The lawes or standing orders of the East India Company
- Title
- The lawes or standing orders of the East India Company
- Author
- East India Company.
- Publication
- [London :: E. Allde?],
- 1621.
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- Subject terms
- East India Company -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Early works to 1800.
- East India Company -- Administration -- Early works to 1800.
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Contents
- title page
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A Table Contayning the seuerall Heades from whence all the Orders in this Booke are Drawne.
Anno Dom. 1621. -
LAWES OR STANDING ORDERS, MADE AND ORDEYNED BY THE GOVERNOVR AND COMPANY OF MAR∣CHANTS OF LONDON TRADING TO THE EAST INDYES, For the better Gouerning of the Affaires and actions of the said Company heere in ENGLAND residing.
Anno Dom. 1621.- Courtes.
- Gouernour.
- Deputy.
- Generality.
- Treasurers.
- Committees generall.
- Election of Officers.
- Secretary.
- Remembrancer.
- Husband.
- Clarke of the Stores in London.
- Warrants.
- Purueyers of Timber & Plancke.
- Measurer of Timber and Plancke.
- Clarke of the Yard.
- Mr. Shipwright.
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M
r . Pylot. - Boateswaine generall.
- Purcer generall.
- Porter of the Lodge.
- Clarke of the Cordage and other Stores.
- Clarke of the Iron Workes in the Yard.
- Seruars of Iron workes to the Companies Ships.
- Smith in the Yard.
- Taphouse in the Yard.
- Chirurgion generall.
- Keepers of Anchors and Stores in the Downes.
- Cowper, Boatmaker, Caruer, Mast-maker, Paynter, Ioyner.
- Clarke of the Slaughter-house.
- VVatchmen in the Yard.
- VVorkemen generally in the Yard.
- Guardians for Recouery of olde Stores, Prouisions and Victuals, which returne home in the Companies Ships.
- Committees to take Accompt of olde Stores, returned in the Compa∣nies Ships.
- Committees to Appraise the Companies Ships which returne.
- Committees of the Yard.
- Committees for Entertaining of Marriners.
- Clarke of the Imprest and Wages.
- Committees for the Buying of Victuals, prouisions & Stores to the Ships.
- Masters of Ships and their Mates.
- Quarter Masters and Boateswaynes.
- Pursers and their Mates.
- Chirurgions in the Companies Ships.
- Boateswaine, Gunner, Cooke, Steward, Cooper, Carpenter & Armorer.
- Committees for Commissions, and Letters.
- Factories in the Indies.
- Committees for discharge of the Companies Ships.
- Clarkes of the Ware-houses.
- Committees of Ware-houses.
- Sales of Merchandize.
- Solicitor for Payment of Debts.
- Solicitor in the Law.
- Wages.
- Gratifications.
- Trade.
- Beadle.
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Porter of the Companies House in
London. - Accomptants generall.
- Auditors in the Court of Committees.
- Auditors generall.
- Audit of Accompts.
- Freedomes.
- Penalties or Fines.
- Lawes or Orders.
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THE ORDER AND METHOD THAT THE ACCOMPTANTS GENERALL SHALL OBSERVE AND PERFORME IN THE Mannaging and digesting the Accompts of the Company: As followeth.
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In the other Bookes called theAccompt Currant, you shall enter and digest all manner imployments and returnes, amply and perticularly; in the mannaging whereof you shall obserue this order following. -
Orders to bee obserued For the better Ʋouching of sundry Accompts, and haue reference to cer∣taine other Articles, set downe for the perfect Auditing of the Companies Accompts, as inPage. 70
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