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the space and circuit of three Irish miles to be measured and limited from the middle of the said city of Derry, on each and every side of the same city, from henceforth be and shall be within the jurisdiction and liberties of the said city. And that the said city of Londonderry and the circuits, precincts, limits, bounds, compass, liberties, franchises and jurisdiction of the same shall for ever hereafter extend and spread itself, and may extend and spread itself within and through the space and circuit of three Irish miles, to be measured and limited from all and every part of the said city as aforesaid, from henceforth for ever, and that the mayor and commonalty and citizens of the said city of Londonderry and their successors beneath in these presents mentioned and named may execute and exercise all rights and jurisdictions hereinafter mentioned within the aforesaid circuit, precinct, limits, bounds and compass aforesaid.

And further we will, ordain, constitute, confirm and declare, the liberties that all and singular houses, edifices, lands, tenements, waters, and water-courses, ground and soil situate, lying and being within the town of Coleraine, in the said province of Ulster, and within and by the space and circuit of three Irish miles to be measured and limited from the middle of the said town of Coleraine, on each, all, and every side of the same from henceforth for ever be, and shall be, part and parcel of the said town of Coleraine, and within the jurisdiction and liberties of the said town of Coleraine. And that the said town of Coleraine and the circuit, precincts, limits, bounds, compass, liberties, franchises and jurisdiction of the same town, from henceforth forever shall extend and spread, and may extend and spread, within and by the space and circuit of three Irish miles to be measured and limited on all and every side of the said town of Coleraine as aforesaid, henceforth for ever.

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And we will, grant, establish, ordain, appoint, confirm, and of London- create, that all citizens and inhabitants of the city of Londonderry incor- derry aforesaid, and they who hereafter shall be citizens and inporated. habitants of the said city, and their successors for ever hereafter, be and shall be by force of these presents a new body corporate and politic, in deed, fact and name, by the name of The mayor and commonalty and citizens of the city of Londonderry; and them by the name of the mayor and commonalty and citizens of the city of Londonderry, a new body corporate and politic in deed, fact, and name, really and fully, for us, our heirs and successors, we do erect, make, ordain, constitute, create, confirm and declare, by these presents. And that, by the said name, they shall have perpetual succession; and that they and their successors for ever, by the name of the mayor and commonalty and citizens of the city of Londonderry, be and shall be in all future times persons able and in law capable to have, purchase, receive and possess lands, tenements, goods, chattels, rents, reversions, possessions, liberties, privileges, rights, jurisdictions, franchises, and hereditaments of what sort, kind, nature, or quality soever, to them and their successors in fee and perpetuity, or in any

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other manner howsoever, and also to give, grant, demise and assign such lands, tenements, and other hereditaments, goods, and chattels, and to do and execute all and singular other acts and things by the name aforesaid. And that they and their successors for ever, by the name of the mayor and commonalty and citizens of the city of Londonderry, may plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered, defend and be defended, in any courts, pleas, and places, and before any judges, justices and other persons and officers of us, our heirs and successors, in all plaints, suits, pleas, causes, matters and demands, of what kind, nature or form soever, in the same and like manner and form as our other lieges of our kingdoms of England or Ireland (being persons able and in law capable) may plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered, defend and be defended, and may have, purchase, receive, possess, give, grant, and demise. And that the said mayor To have a and commonalty and citizens of the said city of Londonderry, common and their successors, may for ever hereafter have a common seal seal; for transacting all business whatsoever of them and their successors, and that it may be lawful to the same mayor and com. monalty and citizens of the city aforesaid, and their successors, at their pleasure, from time to time, to break, change, and new make the said seal as to them shall seem best.

And further we will, and by these presents for us our heirs to have a and successors do grant and ordain, that for ever hereafter there mayor; be and shall be within the city of Londonderry aforesaid one of the more honest and discreet citizens of the said city, or of the more honest and discreet inhabitants within the liberty of the same, in form hereafter in these presents mentioned, from time to time to be elected, who shall be and be called the mayor of the said city.

And that in like manner for ever there be and shall be within twelve the same city twelve of the more honest and discreet citizens of aldermen, the said city of Londonderry, or other inhabitants of the said city or liberty of the same, agreeable to the ordinance hereunder in these presents specified, from time to time to be elected, who shall be and shall be called the aldermen of the said city, and shall be of the common council of the same city, and that the said aldermen shall from time to time be assisting and aiding to the mayor of the said city of Londonderry for the time being, in all matters and business touching or concerning the same city.

And that in like manner for ever there be and shall be within two the said city of Londonderry two of the more honest and discreet sheriffs, citizens of the same city, or of the more honest and discreet inhabitants within the liberty of the same, in form hereunder in these presents mentioned, from time to time to be elected, who shall be and be called the sheriffs of the said city of Londonderry and of the said county of Londonderry.

And that there be and shall be for ever within the said city one one chamof the discreetest citizens of the said city, or of the inhabitants berlain, within the liberty of the same city, from time to time in like man

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ner to be elected, who shall be and shall be called the chamberlain of the said city.

And that in like manner there be and shall be for ever within the same city of Londonderry twenty-four of the more honest and discreet citizens of the said city, or of the inhabitants within the liberty of the same in form hereafter in these presents mentioned, from time to time to be elected, who shall be and shall be called chief burgesses of the said city, which chief burgesses shall be from time to time in like manner assisting and aiding to the mayor and aldermen of the same city in all things and matters touching or concerning the said city and liberty of the same, and shall be of the common council of the same city.

And further we will, and by these presents for us our heirs and successors do grant and confirm unto the said mayor and commonalty and citizens of the said city of Londonderry and their powered to successors, that the mayor and common council of the city of make bye Londonderry aforesaid for the time being, and their successors, laws, or the greater part of them (whereof we will the mayor for the time being to be one), upon public summons by the mayor of the said city for the time being, or by his precept thereupon to be made, being thereunto assembled, may and shall have full power, ability and authority, to establish, constitute, ordain and make from time to time for ever, all reasonable and convenient laws, statutes, constitutions, orders and ordinances whatsoever in writing, which to them according to their wise discretions shall seem good, wholesome, honest, profitable, necessary, and requisite, for the rule and government of the said city. And of all and singular the officers, ministers, citizens, artificers, inhabitants, residents and dwellers whatsoever of the said city and the liberty of the same for the time being. And also for the rule and government of the markets and fairs within the said city of Londonderry, and the liberty and limits of the same, and of the people coming or resorting to the said markets and fairs or any of them. And for declaring in what manner and order the same mayor and citizens and all and singular the officers, artificers, and residents of the said city and liberty thereof, and their factors, servants and ministers in their offices, functions, services, mysteries, arts and businesses within the said city and liberty thereof for the time being, shall hold, carry and behave themselves most for the public good, common profit and good government of the same city and liberty, and of the victuallers of the same. And for regulating the things, matters and businesses of the said city, or touching or any ways concerning the citizens or inhabitants of the same, or the arts, handicrafts, or mysteries, in the same city and liberty. And that the mayor and common council of the said city for the time being, or the greater part of them (whereof we will the mayor for the time being to be one), as often as they shall appoint, make, ordain or establish such laws, statutes, regulations, ordinances and constitutions in form aforesaid, shall and may make, ordain, limit, provide and inflict such and the like pains, pu

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nishments and penalties, by imprisonment of the body or by fines and amerciaments, or by either of them, against and upon all delinquents offending against such laws, regulations, ordinances and constitutions, or any of them, as to the same mayor and common council of the said city for the time being, or the greater part of them (whereof we will the mayor of the said city for the time being to be one), shall seem necessary, fit, convenient, reasonable and requisite, for the better observance of the same laws, ordinances and constitutions. And the same fines and to their amerciaments shall and may levy and have to the use and be- own use. hoof of the mayor and commonalty and citizens of the city aforesaid and their successors without hindrance of us, our heirs and successors, or any of the officers or ministers of us, our heirs and successors, and without any account to be rendered to us, our heirs or successors, for the same.

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All and singular which laws, ordinances, regulations, and consti- Their orditutions so made or to be made, we will to be observed under the nances not pains in them to be contained, so nevertheless that all and singular to be repugsuch laws, statutes, ordinances, regulations, constitutions, pains, laws of Irepunishments, penalties, imprisonments, fines and amerciaments be land; consonant and not repugnant or contrary to the laws, statutes, regulations or customs of our said realm of Ireland.

And so that such laws, ordinances, regulations and constitu- and to be tions be certified by the mayor and common council of the said certified to city of Londonderry for the time being under the common seal the society within four of the same city, to the Society of the governor and assistants months ; London of the new plantation in Ulster, hereafter in these presents mentioned and named, within four months next after the making of such laws, ordinances, regulations and constitutions.

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To the intent that the said Society of the governor and as- and to be sistants London of the new plantation in Ulster, or their succes- approved or sors, or the greater part of them, may, under the common seal of disapproved the said society, ratify, approve and confirm such laws, by them nances, regulations and constitutions so as aforesaid made, or any months; of them, within six months next after the delivery of such certificate to the governor of the said society for the time being, or his deputy in our kingdom of England, or else within the same time under the common seal of the same society, shall adjudge and declare such laws, ordinances, regulations or constitutions so as aforesaid made or to be made, or any of them, to be difficult, useless, or improper to be observed in the said city of Londonderry and liberty thereof.-And we will that immediately after and to be such laws, statutes, regulations, ordinances and constitutions, or enforced if any of them, shall be approved and confirmed under the common approved, seal of the said society, the same laws, ordinances, statutes, regulations and constitutions so allowed shall thereafter be of full force and effect, and from thenceforth for ever inviolably observed under the pains in the same contained,-so nevertheless that all such laws, ordinances, statutes, regulations and constitutions be consonant and not repugnant or contrary to the laws, statutes, regulations or customs of our said realm of Ireland.

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We will also, that immediately after declaration under the common seal of the said society, that such laws, ordinances, regulations or constitutions, so made or to be made, or any of them, are difficult, useless, or improper to be observed in the said city and liberty, the same laws, ordinances, regulations and constitutions so declared under the common seal of the said society to be difficult, useless or improper, shall be held and reputed and from thenceforth shall be repealed and wholly void and of no force or effect, to all intents and purposes, as if the same laws, statutes, ordinances and constitutions had never been or dained or made.

And for the better execution of our will and grant in this behalf, we have assigned, nominated and made, and by these preed, and how sents for us our heirs and successors do assign, nominate, conlong to con. stitute and make our beloved William Gardner, esq. to become tinue. and be the present mayor of the said city of Londonderry, it being our pleasure that the said William Gardner be and shall continue in the office of mayor of the said city, from the making of these presents until the second day of January next after the date of these presents, and from thence until one other of the citizens of the same city shall be appointed and sworn to the office of mayor of the said city, according to the ordinance and constitution in these presents hereafter expressed and declared. The first 12 We have also assigned, constituted, nominated and made, and by these presents for us our heirs and successors do assign, nominate, constitute and make, our beloved Charles Earl of Montroth, Symon Pitt, Henry Finch, Ralph King, John Hanford, John Elvin, John Gorges, esquires, William Gardner, Henry Osbourne, George Carey, Thomas Moncreiffe and Hugh Edward, to become and be the present aldermen of the said city of Londonderry, to continue in the same office during their natural lives, unless in the mean time they or any of them shall for any reasonable cause be removed from their offices or places aforesaid, The 2 first whom for such reasonable cause we will to be removable. We sheriffs have also assigned, constituted and made, and by these presents named, and for us our heirs and successors do assign, nominate, constitute how long to and make, our beloved Gervais Squire and Richard Graham to

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be the present sheriffs of the said city and of the said county of Londonderry, to continue in the same office of sheriffs of the said city and county of Londonderry until the said second day of January next ensuing the date of these presents; and from thenceforth until two others of the citizens of the said city shall be elected, appointed and sworn into the said office of sheriffs of the city and county of Londonderry aforesaid, according to the ordinance and constitution hereunder in these presents expressed and declared. We have also assigned, constituted and made, and by these presents for us our heirs and successors do assign, how long to nominate, constitute and make, our beloved Henry Osbourne to become and be the present chamberlain of the said city, to continue in the same office of chamberlain until the said second day of January next ensuing the date of these presents, and from

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