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Counterpart of WARD WARD 2/48/173/75
Catalogue reference: WARD 2/48/173/75
Date: 1542
Counterpart of WARD WARD 2/48/173/75
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Letters patent confirming the custom of paying 5s per ton of every new ship built...
Catalogue reference: WARD 2/62/241/70
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This record is about the Letters patent confirming the custom of paying 5s per ton of every new ship built... dating from 1605 Apr 4 in the series Court of Wards and Liveries: Deeds and Evidences. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- WARD 2/62/241/70
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1605 Apr 4
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Letters patent confirming the custom of paying 5s per ton of every new ship built in England, granting the appointment of surveyor to John Grent, gentleman, to rate the tonnage of all new built ships, with an annuity of 1s a day for life, paid quarterly out of the exchequer. Choice of appointment endorsed by [Charles Howard, earl of] Nottingham. Dated at Greenwich.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- English
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Court of Wards and Liveries: Deeds and Evidences
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