chastise and punish the same delinquents and every of them for their offences, by fines, redemptions, amerciaments, forfeitures, or other means, as according to the law and custom of our realm of Ireland, and form of the same ordinances and statutes hath been accustomed or ought to be done; giving strictly in charge Sheriffs to to the sheriffs of the said city and of the said county of London- attend derry, which now are or shall be hereafter, by the tenor of these them. presents, that they be attendant, assisting and aiding to the aforesaid now mayor and recorder, and to their successors and such aldermen as aforesaid, in all and every thing which to the office of conservators of the peace and such justices within the aforesaid city and liberties of the same do or may belong.

the

and before

Also we will, and by these presents for us our heirs and suc- Oath to be cessors do grant and confirm to the said mayor and commonalty taken by and citizens of the city of Londonderry aforesaid, that the said mayor; William Gardner above in these letters patent named and ap- whom: pointed to be mayor of the said city of Londonderry, before he be admitted to the said office of justice of peace shall take as well the oaths of allegiance and supremaey as his corporal oath to the office of mayor of the city aforesaid, and of a justice of peace, well and faithfully to execute his office respectively in all things, together with such other oaths (if any shall be) provided by the laws of this our realm of England in that part shall be requisite to be taken by every justice of peace, to be taken before the bishop of Derry for the time being. And that the bishop of Derry for the time being have and shall have, by virtue of these our letters patent, full power and authority to give and administer the several oaths aforesaid to the said William Gardner, without any other warrant or commission to be obtained or prosecuted of us our heirs or successors. And that every mayor of our and by the city of Londonderry hereafter for the time being, and the pre- recorder sent recorder of that city, and every other recorder of the same and other justices; city hereafter according to the tenor of these presents to be named and before and constituted, and also all such aldermen of the same city whom. now named and constituted, or hereafter by virtue of these presents to be named or elected, which according to the tenor and true intention of these presents now be, or hereafter shall be justices of the peace of the city aforesaid, and every of them, shall take as well the oaths of allegiance and supremacy as their said corporal oaths, rightly and faithfully to execute the office of a justice of peace, together with such other oaths (if any shall be) provided in that behalf by the laws and statutes of our realms of England and Ireland, or either of them, requisite to be taken of a justice of peace before the mayor of the city of Londonderry aforesaid, for the time being, or his last predecessor then late mayor of the said city for the time being. And that the mayor of the said city for the time being, and his last predecessor aforesaid for the time being, have and shall have, and every of them have and shall have, full power and authority, by virtue of these our letters patent, to give and administer the several oaths aforesaid to all and every such justices of the peace, or any of

Justices at

large not to

interfere in

the city.

The mayor,

and certain

them, without any other warrant or commission from us our heirs or successors, in any manner to be obtained or prosecuted. Also we do prohibit, for us our heirs and successors, by these presents, that no justice of the peace of us our heirs or successors of the said county of Londonderry aforesaid, but such justices of the peace of the said county which are or shall be also justices of the peace of the said city of Londonderry, may at any times enter, or presume to enter, into the said city, liberties or precincts of the same, to do or execute any thing there that justices of the peace of the same city by virtue of these our letters patent may or ought to do.

And further we will, and by these presents for us our heirs recorder, and successors, do firmly charge and command, the chancellor aldermen,to or keeper of our great seal of Ireland for the time being, that in be justices all commissions of us our heirs and successors hereafter to be of the peace made for the conservation of our peace in the said county of Lon

in the county.

The sessions and

assizes to be

held in the

city.

donderry, and for the executing of such things in the county aforesaid as do belong to the office of justice of peace, the mayor, recorder, and any four aldermen of the said city of Londonderry for the time being, shall be appointed and constituted to be justices for conservation of the peace of us our heirs and successors within the said county of Londonderry.

And we will that the said chancellor or keeper of the seal, when and as often as in that behalf it shall seem requisite to him, shall in every such commission also appoint such and so many other persons of the said city or county of Londonderry to be justices of the peace for the said county only, and not of the said city of Londonderry, liberties or suburbs of the same, together with the mayor, recorder, and aldermen as to the said chancellor or keeper of the seal shall seem in that behalf to be necessary.

And we will, and by these presents for us, our heirs and successors do grant, ordain and confirm, that the justices of us, our heirs and successors assigned or to be assigned for taking of assizes and nisi prius, in the said county of Londonderry, the justices of us our heirs and successors, assigned or to be assigned for the gaol delivery of the said city of Londonderry from time to time, the justices of us, our heirs and successors, assigned and to be assigned, for oyer and terminer within the same county of Londonderry, and also the justices of peace of us, our heirs and successors of the said county of Londonderry, and every of them severally and respectively, from time to time shall hold and keep all and every of their several sessions, as well for assizes and nisi prius to be taken in the said county of Londonderry, as for the gaol delivery of the said county of Londonderry, and for oyer and terminer in the said county of Londonderry, and for the execution of such things and business which do belong or appertain to the office of a justice of peace of the said county of Londonderry, within the said city of Londonderry and not elsewhere, or in any other place out of the same city; unless by reason of the

plague raging in the same city, or for any other grievous cause they be forced to hold the same sessions in some other place more convenient, until the said city shall recover her former estate and health and may conveniently receive the said sessions, and not longer.

the corpo

And further, of our more abundant grace we have given, All fines granted and confirmed, and by these presents for us, our heirs and felons' and successors do give, grant and confirm unto the said mayor goods and commonalty and citizens of the city of Londonderry afore. granted to said, and to their successors, all and all manner of fines, issues ration; and amerciaments whatsoever, in all and every sessions of the peace to be holden within the said city of Londonderry, liberties and precincts of the same, before the justices assigned and to be assigned to keep the peace of us, our heirs and successors in the same city, of and for all and singular things, causes and matters whatsoever in any manner hereafter arising or happening within the said city, liberties or precincts of the same, to hold to the said mayor and commonalty and citizens, and their successors, as of our gift, without any accompt or any other thing in any manner therefore to be yielded, paid or made to us, our heirs or successors.

We have also given, granted and confirmed, and by these presents for us, our heirs and successors do give, grant and confirm to the said mayor and commonalty and citizens of the city of Londonderry aforesaid, and to their successors, all goods and chattels of all and singular felons and fugitives, felons of themselves and of those put in exigent for felony, growing happening arising or chancing within the same city, liberties and suburbs of the same; and that the same mayor and commonalty and citizens, and the asand their successors, may have in the city aforesaid, and in the size and ascounty of Londonderry aforesaid, and the towns, limits and say of bread places before mentioned to be granted (except in the town and and beer; liberties of Coleraine aforesaid), assize and assay of bread, wine, beer and ale, and of all other victuals and things whatsoever in the city aforesaid, and other the said premises (except before excepted), to be sold.

clerk of the

And also the office of clerk of the market within the said city and the of of Londonderry, and the liberties of the same, and within the fice of the said county of Londonderry, and within the said towns, places markets in and limits before mentioned to be granted, and all and whatso- the city and ever doth belong to the office of clerk of the market, together liberties; with the correcting and punishing of all persons there selling bread, wine, beer, and other victuals, with the forfeitures, fines and amerciaments to be forfeited, and in all other things which there do and may hereafter there belong to us, our heirs or successors, to have and exercise the same office by their sufficient deputies.

And that they may in the city aforesaid and in the said county and the exof Londonderry, and in the towns, places and limits before men- ecution of tioned to be granted (except in the town and liberty of Coleraine writs, exaforesaid), the full execution of all writs whatsoever of us, our cept Coleraine.

heirs and successors, and of all other writs, mandates, precepts, estreats and warrants, with the return of the same, by their minister or deputy or by their ministers or deputies whom they shall choose thereto, so that for ever the clerk of the market or household of us, our heirs or successors, or any sheriff, escheator or any other officer or minister of us our heirs or successors, may by no means enter or intermeddle to do any thing which doth or may there belong to his, or their, or any of their, office or offices, for us our heirs or successors.

And theapWe have also granted and confirmed, and by these presents, pointment for us, our heirs and successors do grant and confirm to the said of undersheriffs, mayor and commonalty and citizens of the city of Londonderry clerks, &c. aforesaid, and to their successors, that they may choose all such under sheriffs, clerks and bailiffs to the said sheriffs of the said city and county of Londonderry aforesaid, and of the towns, places and limits above mentioned to be granted (except the town and liberties of Coleraine aforesaid), for which they will answer as often and when it shall seem meet unto them, to be made, elected and chosen, to have exercise and occupy those offices so long as it shall please them, any statutes or ordinances made to the contrary in any wise notwithstanding.

Aldermen

not to be put in assizes, juries, &c. out of

the city.

A market

granted to the corporation; and

Furthermore, seeing it is sufficiently notorious and manifest that they of the city of Londonderry aforesaid which are called, elected and taken to the degree of aldermanship, (their manners and merits requiring it,) having undergone great charges, costs, and labour for the time that they make their abode in the same city, diligently attending the public good, and rule and government of the same, and for that cause in the mean time often leaving their possessions and places in the country, therefore they all and every of them (these things being worthily weighed and considered) may recreate, solace and divert themselves, and quietly remain and stay in such their houses, places and possessions, without all fear of inquietude, trouble or grievance, when after so great charges and labour for cause of recreation and solace they shall betake themselves thither.

And moreover, of our especial grace we have granted for us, our heirs and successors to the said mayor and commonalty and citizens of the city of Londonderry aforesaid, and their successors, that all they and every of them which now are aldermen of the said city and their successors there to be aldermen for the term of their lives, may have this liberty; (that is to say) that as long as they shall remain aldermen there, and shall bear the charge of aldermanship, they be not put nor any of them be put in any assizes, juries, attaints, recognizances or inquisitions whatsoever out of the city of Londonderry aforesaid.

Also, we have granted and confirmed to the same mayor and commonalty and citizens of the city aforesaid, and to their successors for ever, that they may for ever have, hold and keep when to be within the city of Londonderry, liberties and suburbs of the same, a common market, to be holden on the Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays in every week throughout the year; and

held.

also one fair in the city of Londonderry aforesaid, suburbs and and a year. liberties of the same, yearly for ever; (that is to say) on the ly fair; feast of St. Bartholomew the Apostle, and to continue and endure all the said feast and by eight days next following; together with a court of piepowder, and with all liberties and free customs belonging to such a fair; and that they may there have and hold at the said court before their minister or deputy by the said several days, from day to day, from hour to hour, and from time to time, all actions, plaints and pleas of a court of piepowder, together with all summonses, attachments, arrests, issues, fines, redemptions, commodities and other rights whatsoever to the same court of piepowder in any manner belonging or appertaining, without any impeachment, impediment or trouble, of us our heirs or successors, or of any of our officers or ministers whatsoever.

And also, that the same mayor, and commonalty and citi- and view zens of the city of Londonderry may have in that city and of frank. liberties thereof, the view of frankpledge, and all and what- pledge: soever doth belong to view of frankpledge, together with all summonses, attachments, arrests, issues, amerciaments, fines, redemptions, profits, commodities, and other things whatsoever, which may or ought thereof to belong in any manner to us, our heirs or successors.

And for the improvement of our said city of Londonderry, and the ofwe do ordain and constitute that for ever hereafter there be, fices of keepers of and shall be, within the same city, a great beam and common the great balance, for weighing between foreign merchants and the free- beam and men of the city of Londonderry aforesaid, and between foreign great bamerchants; and that for ever hereafter there be, and shall be lance, by within the same city, the office of keeper of the said great beam and common balance:

And also, that for ever hereafter there be, and shall be a great balance or weight within the said city of Londonderry, for the weighing of all merchandizes of avoirdupois, and of all weights whatsoever within the said city, liberties, and suburbs of them, and of all spices, wares, and things ponderable, to be weighed in our city of Londonderry aforesaid, liberties and suburbs of the same; and the said offices of keeper of the great beam and great balance aforesaid, with all reasonable fees and profits belonging to such office, we do, for us our heirs and successors, give and grant to the said mayor and commonalty and citizens of Londonderry aforesaid and their successors, by these presents.

And also, we do give and grant to the same mayor and commonalty and citizens of the city of Londonderry, and to their successors, authority and power to make and name from time to time, all and all manner of clerks, porters, servants, and ministers of the great beam and balance, and of the iron beams and weights aforesaid; and to remove the same clerks, porters, servants, and ministers, and every of them, and other or others in his or their place or places to place, put, and constitute, as often

them or their depu

ties.