TO MAKE OTHER RIVERS, STREAMES AND WATERS NAVIGABLE AND PASSABLE FOR BOAT, KEELES, AND OTHER VESSEL TO PASSE FROM PLACE TO PLACE, WHICH HERETOFORE HATH NOT BEENE PRACTIZED OR PUT IN VSE BY ANIE OTHERS WITHIN ANIE OF OUR REALMES AND DOMINIONS
Year: 1627

page_text: WHEREAS our welbeloved subiect ARNOLD SPENCER, Gentleman, hath
humblie informed vs that by the onelic direcčon, invenčon, paines, and exceeding
great charge of him, the said Arnold Spencer, the river of Ouse, leading from
Saint Ives to Saint Neete als. Saint Needes, in the County of Huntington, hath
beene made navigable to the great benefitt and commoditie of the inhabitante
resideinge thereaboute, and that he intendeth (att his owne charge, paynes,
travaile, and industrie for the general good and benefitt of this our comion-
wealth, "TO MAKE OTHER RIVERS, STREAMES AND WATERS NAVIGABLE AND
PASSABLE FOR BOAT, KEELES, AND OTHER VESSEL TO PASSE FROM PLACE TO PLACE,
WHICH HERETOFORE HATH NOT BEENE PRACTIZED OR PUT IN VSE BY ANIE OTHERS
WITHIN ANIE OF OUR REALMES AND DOMINIONS;" the vse whereof wee doubt not
but will redound to the great and generall good of vs and our subiecte.
NOWE KNOWE YEE, that wee, graciously inclyninge to further all such
Invencons and services as may anie way tend to the good of the commonwealth,
and for the better encouragement of such as shall endeavor themselves that
way, of which the said Arnold Spencer hath alreadie by makeing the said
river of Owse navigable given a good testimonie, of our especiall grace, certaine
knowledge, and meere močon have given and granted, and by these psente for
vs, our heires and successore, (as much as in vs lyeth,) doe give and grant vnto
the said Arnold Spencer, bis executore, administratore, and assignes, and his
and their deputies, servante, and factore, full and free licence, power, priviledge,
and authoritie, that he, the said Arnold Spencer, his executore, administratore,
and assignes, and everie of them, by him and themselves, or his and their suf-

page_text: ficyent deputie or deputies, shall or lawfullie may, at all tymes and from tyme
to tyme hereafter for and durcinge the tearme of yeeres hereafter in these
Psente graunted, devise, make, cutt, direct, finish, pfect, exercise, practise, put
in vre, and vse in all places convenyent within this our Realme of England,
Dominion of Wales, and Towne of Barwicke, as well the cuttinge, contriveinge,
frameinge, erecting, setting vpp, pfecting and makeinge of all and all manner
of lock, sluces, bridge, cutte, dames, and other Inventons not repugnant to
the lawes and Statute of this our Realm of England for makeinge of rivers and
streames navigable and passable, and the same beinge soe made navigable to
passe and rowe in and vppon the same with boate, kille, and other vesselle.
And to the end that this our pleasure may be the better effected and the said
Arnold Spencer, his executore, administratore, and assignes may the more
fullie enioy the benefitt of this our Psent graunt, our will and pleasure is and
wee doe by these sente, for vs, our heires and successore, straightly charge
inhibitt and comaund all and everie psonne and psonnes whatsoever other
then the said Arnold Spencer, his executore, administratore and assignes, and
such other psonne or psonnes as shalbe thereunto lycenced and authorized
by him the said Arnold Spencer, his executore, administrator, and assignes,
to psume, attempt, or goe about, by anie way, divise, or meanes directlie or
indirectlie to intermeddle, deale, vsc, exercise, occupie, put in practize, sett vpp
or finishe in or vppon anie the rivers, streames, waters, sluces, cutte, or dames
soe made or to be made navigable pfected or done by the said Arnold Spencer,
his executore, administratore, and assignes, deputie or deputies as aforesaid, anie
manner of sluces, lockt, bridges, or engines as by the said Arnold Spencer, his
executore, administratore, and assignes, deputie or deputies, or anie other, by his
or their meanes, have beene first invented or sett vpp, or whereof he or they, or
anie of them, shall hereafter be the first inventor, dureinge the terme hereafter
menconed, without the licence of the said Arnold Spencer, his executore,
administratore, or assignes, thereunto first had and obteyned in wryteinge,
vnder his or their hande and seales, and to have the said sluces, bridges, lock,
and invenĉons vtterlie defaced and pulled downe, vppon payne of our high dis-
pleasure, and vppon such other further paines, pennalties, and imprisonment,
as by the lawes and statute of this our Realme of England, or by our Progative
royall, cann or may be inflicted vppon the offendorf for their contempt and
breach of our royall comaundement in this behalfe: And further, of our
more especiall grace, certaine knowledge, and meere mocon, wee doe by these
psente for vs, our heires and successore, give and graunt vnto the said
Arnold Spencer, his executore, administratore, and assignes, full, free, and
absolute power, licerice, priviledge, and authoritie, to take, receive, collect, and

page_text: gather, pecive, hold, and enioy, to his and their owne pper vse and behoofe, all
and all manner of pffitte, commodities, benefitt, and advantage whatsoever,
which by anye wayes or meanes whatsoever, shall arise, accrewe, or growe due,
or be had, made, or gotten, as well by reason or meanes of anie vessell, lighter,
keele, wherric, barge, or barke whatsoever, which shall or may att anie time
or tymes passe, come, ride, ancker, rest, or saile in or vppon, to, or froe anie
the rivere, cutte, passage, streames, waters, or sluces to be soe cutt, made
navigable, or pfected, as aforesaid; and alsoe of anic bridge, sluces, dames, and
all and singuler other the misses, and everic or anie of them, in anic manner
of wise, without our lett, deniall, contradiccon, or impediment whatsoever, and
without rendringe or deliveringe anic accompt or accompte, payment, or
other thing, to vs, our heires, or successore, for the same, other then the
yeerclic rent hereafter in these psente reserved: Provided nevertheles, that.
the said Arnold Spencer, his executore, administratore, or assignes, peecdo
not to take for anie such boate, barke, keele, lighter, or other vessell which
shall passe, saile, or goe through anie the said sluces, anie greater rate or rates
vppon the tunne then is to be paid, and was formerlie graunted by our late.
royal father, deceased, vnto the aldermen and burgesses of the towne of
Stamford, for boate and vesselle passinge from the sea to the said towne of
Stamford, in the county of Northton, and from the said towne of Stamford to
the sea; Provided alsoc, and our expresse will and pleasure is, that the said
Arnold Spencer, bis executore, administratore, and assignes, deputies or
factor, shall not by coullour of theis psente Psume about to cutt anic
river, water, watercourse, mill dame, crane, bridge, streame, or currant what-
soever, in or vppon anie of the lande, woode, or waters of vs, our heires, or
successor, or anie of our subiecte, in anie place or places whatsoever where
the same shalbe in the least wise or manner tend to the Piudice or detriment
of vs, our heires, or successore, or anie of our subiects, and not in or vppon.
anie of the lande, tenemente, wood, waters, or ground of vs, our heires, or
successor, or of anie of our subiecte; but first compounding and accordingo
with vs, our heires and successore, and with the owner and owners of the
Pmisses, for soe much of the same as he, they, or anie of them shall have
needfull cause of imployment of for the intent and purposes aforesaid
att such reasonable rates as by twoe of our justices of the peace, next
inhabitinge, shalbe reasonablye ordered, appointed, and sette downe, and
the said Arnold Spencer, his executore, administratore, and assignes, shall
further att his and their owne pper cost and charges make, erect, and main-
teyne convenient and good bridges in all places needfull and convenient over
the rivers and waters, streames, słuces, cutte, and dames, by him and them soe
or goe

page_text: cutt, vsed, compounded for or imployed, to have and to hold, vse, excrcise,.
enioye, and receive, pceive, practise, and pforme all and everie and anic the
lycences, powers, priviledges, authorities, pflitte, commodities, and advantage;
and all and singuler other the misses whatsoever by these psente given and
granted, as aforesaid, and everie of them, vnto the said Arnold Spencer, liis
executore, administratore, and assignes, from the One-and-twentyeth day of
Julie next ensueinge the date of these psente, for and dureinge the terme
of cleaven seeres from thence next ensueinge, and fullie to be compleate and
ended, yeeldinge and payeinge. And the saide Arnold Spencer, for himselfe,
his executore, administratore, and assignes, doth by these psenté covenant,
pmise, and agree to yeelde and pay vnto vs, our heires and successore, yeerelye
for the same the rent or some of five pound of lawfull money of England
att the twoe most vsuall feast or termes in the yeere, that is to say, Th'annun-
ciacon of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint Michaell Th'archangell, by
even and equall porcons att the receipt of the Exchequer of vs, our heires and
successor, att Westminster, yeerelic and from tyme to tyme to be payde.
dureing the saide terme.
And to the end this our Psent graunt may be the better executed, and
to avoide inaine inconveniences which may arise by the obstinacy of some
ill-disposed psonnes, our will and pleasure is, and wee doe by these sent for
vs, our heires and successore, grant that when and as often as the said Arnold
Spencer, his executore, administratore, and assignes, deputies, factore, and
servant or workemen, or anie of them, shall have necessarie occasion to com-
pound with any psonne or psonnes whatsoever for or in respect of the misses,
and that the owner or owners of the grounde or soyle soe to be soe compounded
for shall absolutelie refuse to accept of or to take such reasonable composicon
as shalbe offered to him or them for the same, that in all and everio such
cases itt shall and may be lawful to and for anie twoe of our justices of the
peace, resideinge necrest to the place or ground soc compounded or to be
compounded for as aforesaid, or whereupon anie such difference shall happen
to arise, to lymitt and assesse such reasonable satisfaccon to the owners or
possessor of the saide ground or soyle respectivelic as they in their discrecon
shall thinke fitt and convenient. And that the commissioners of sewers of the
several countyes of our said realme and dominion respectively shall from
tyme to tyme sett downe such orders and direcĉons according to the lawes and
statute of this our Realme of England, whereby the said Arnold Spencer, his
executore, administratore, and assignes, may the more spedilye and effectuallie
pceede in the duc execucon of the misses according to the purporte and true
meaninge of these sente. And to that end and purpose wee doe by these

page_text: Psente straightly charge and comaund as well our said commissioners of
sewers respectivelic- as, alsoetall. sheriffe, justices of peace, mayore, bayliffe,
constables, and other our officers and ministers. to whome it shall or may
apptaine that they and everie of them..be from tyme to tyme aydeinge and
assisting to the said Arnold Spencer, his exccutore, 'administrator, and
assignes, deputies, servante, factore, and workmen, in the doeinge, executinge,
pformeinge, and finishinge of all. and singuler. the composicons, orders, and
agreement aforesaid and of all and singuler other. the misses according to
the true intent and meaneinge hereof soc.farr forth as to them or anie of them
shall or may belonge or apptaine inanie.manner of wise durcinge 'the tearme
aforesaid, and for the better encouragment of. the said Arnold Spencer, his
executor, administratore, and assignes, to pceede in soe laudable a worke
with effect, and for that wee are informed that the said Arnold Spencer hath al-
readie made navigable the said river of Owse, leadinge from Saint Ives to Saint
Need als. Saint Neete in our Countye of Huntington, the benefite whereof the
said Arnold Spencer or his assignes nowe have or ought to have and enjoy.
KNOWE YEE FURTHER; that wee, for the consideračons aforesaid, of
our more abundant grace, certaine knowledge, and mèere močon,' are gracy-
ously pleased to give and graunt vnto the said Arnold Spencer, his executor,
administrator, and assignes, as well all the benefitt which he hath received,
or which he shall or may receive for or in respect of the saide river, soe
by him the said Arnold Spencer made navigable, as aforesaid, if the same
were soe done by the said Arnold Spencer, or att his charge as is alledged;
as alsoe all such benefitt as shall or may accrewo or growe payable for
or in respect of anie river hereafter duringe the tearme aforesaide by him,
the said Arnold Spencer, his deputies, or assignes, to be made navigablo
accordinge to the lymitacon and pvisions before in these psente expressed
to his and their owne pper vse and behoofe without anie accompt or other
thinge whatsoever vnto vs, our heires, or successore, other then the rent
>>hereafter in these psente reserved to be rendered, paid, yeelded, or donc,
to have and to hold the said benefitt of the said river of Owse made
navigable as aforesaid, and all the pífitte and benefitte of all the rivers
by him, the said Arnold Spencer, his executore, administratore, or assignes,
to be made navigable within the terme of eleaven yeeres aforesaid, and all
and singuler the misses last before menconed to be graunted to the said
Arnold Spencer, his executore, administratore, and assignes, from the end and
expiračon of the saide tearme of cleaven yeeres for and dureinge and vnto the
full end and tearme of fowerscore yeeres from thence next ensueinge, and fully
to be compleate and ended, yeeldinge and payeinge; and the said Arnold

page_text: Spencer, for himselfe, his executore, administratore, and assignes, by these
Psente doth covenant, pmise, and agree to yeelde and paye therefore yeerely to
vs, our heirs and successore, for every such river soe made and to be mado
navigable as aforesaid dureinge the tearme before menčoned, for and dureinge
the saide tearme of fowerscore yeeres, the severall yeerelye rente of five pownde
of good and lawfull money of England, a piece for everie such river att the
receipt of our Excheqr. att Westminster, att the twoe vsuall feast or tearmes
in the yeere, that is to saye, Th'annunciacon of the Blessed Virgin Marie and
Saint Michaell Th'archangell, by even and equal porcons halfe yeerelic to be
payed pvided alwayes and our will and pleasure is that these psente or anie
thinge therein conteyned shall not in anie wise hinder or Piudice anic psonne
or psonnes whatsoever for the makeinge of rivers navigable, but that they
may and shall have free libertie without licence from the said Arnold Spencer,
his executor, administratore, or assignes, or any of theme for the making of any
rivers navigable, which the saide Arnold Spencer, his executore, or assignes,
or his or theire deputies are not in hand withall at the tyme of such attempt,
soc as the same be not by the waye or invenčon of the saide Arnold Spencer,
and these sent or anie thinge therein conteyned to the contrarie thereof in
anywise notwithstandinge.
And lastly, wee are further gracyously pleased, and doe by theis psente for
vs, our heires and successore, graunte vnto the said Arnold Spencer, his
executore, administratore, and assignes, that these our Lřes Pattente shalbo
taken, adiudged, and deemed in all and everie our Court of Justice to be
good, sufficyent, and availeable in the lawe to and for the said Arnold Spencer,
bis exccutore, administratore, and assignes, against vs, our heires and suc-
cessor notwithstandinge the not describeinge the certainety of the forme or
fashion of the instruement or devises to be vsed for or aboute the pmisses, and
notwithstandinge anie former or other graunt of priviledge or assignement
touchinge the same, and notwithstandinge anie defect or incertainetie con-
teyned in these psente, or anie statute, provision, proclamacon, restraint, cause,
matter, or thinge whatsoever to the contrarie thereof in anie wise notwith-
standinge, although expresse mencon, &c.
In witnes whereof, &c. Witnes our selfe att Westminster, the Third