Board his owne Shipp or elsewhere at your Discretion in Order, to his being brought to Answer for the1 by Commission either vnder Our Great Seale of England or from Our High Admiral as is before expressed In which Case Our Will and pleasure is That the Captain or Commander by you Suspended shall dureing such his Suspension and Committment be succeeded in his said Office by such Commission or Warrant Officer of Our said Shipp appointed by Our Commissioners for Executeing the Office of Our High Admirall of England or by Our High Admirall of England for the time being as by the known practice and Discipline of Our Navy does and ought next to succeed him as in case of Death Sicknesse or other Ordinary disability happening to the Commanders of any of Our Shipps of Warr and not otherwise you standing alsoe accomptable to vs for the Truth and Importance of the Crime and Misdemeanors for which you shall so proceed to the Suspending of such Our Captain or Commander Provided alsoe that all Disorders and Misdemeanors committed on Board by any Captain Commander or lievtenant Master or other Officer Seaman Soldier or Person whatsoever belonging to any of our Shipps of Warr or other Vessells acting by imediate Commission or Warrant from Our Commissioners for the Executeing the Office of Our High Admirall of England under the Seale of Our Admiralty or from Our High Admirall of England for the time being may be Tryed and punished according to the lawes of the Place where any such Disorders Offences and Misdemeanors shall be comitted on Shoare Notwithstanding such Offender be in our Actuall Service and borne in Our Pay on Board any such our Shipps of War or other Vessells acting by imediate Commission or Warrant from Our Commissioners for Executeing the Office of Our High Admirall or from Our High Admirall as aforesaid Soe as he shall not Receive any Protection for the Avoiding of Justice for such Offences 1 Sic: the same. committed on Shoare from any pretence of his being employed in Our Service at Sea And further Our Will and Pleasure is that you shall not at any time hereafter by colour of any Power or Authority hereby granted or mentioned to be Granted take upon you to Give Grant or Dispose of any Office or place within Our said Province and Territories which now is or which shall be Granted vnder the Great Seale of England any further than that you may upon the Vacancy of any such Office Suspension of any Officer by1 putt in any Person to Officiate in the Intervall until the said Place be Disposed by Us under the Great Seale of England or that Our Directions be otherwise Given therein And Wee doe hereby Require and Command all Officers and Ministers Civill and Military and all other the Inhabitants of Our said Province and Territory to be Obedient Aiding and Assisting vnto you the said Richard Earle of Bellomont in the Execution of this Our Commission and of the Powers and Authorities therein contained and upon your Death or Absence and the Death or Absence of our said lievtenant Governor to Our Council of Our said Province and Territory for the time being To whome Wee doe by these p'sents Give and Grant all and singular the Powers and Authorities hereby Granted vnto you to be by him or them respectively exercised and Enjoyed vntill the returne of you Our Governor or of Our lieutenant Governor or the Arrivall or Constitution of such other Governour as shall be thereupon Commissionated and appointed by Us And Our Will and Pleasure is That you the said Richard Earle of Bellomont shall and may hold Execute and Enjoy the Office and Place of Our Captain Generall and Governor in Chiefe in and Over Our said Province and Territory of the Massachusetts Bay in New England With all and singular the Powers and Authorities hereby Granted unto you for and dureing Our Will and Pleasure And Whereas there are divers Colonies adjoyning to Our 1 Sic: by you. Province of the Massachusetts Bay for the Defence and Security whereof it is requisite that due care be taken in this time of Warr Wee have therefore thought it further necessary for Our Service and for the better Protection and Security of Our Subjects Inhabiting in those Parts to Constitute and Appoint and Wee doe by these p'sents Constitute and Appoint You the said Richard Earle of Bellomont to be Our Captain Generall and Commander in Chief of the Militia and of all the Forces by Sea and land within Our Colonies of Connecticutt Rhode-Island Providence Plantation and the Narraganzett Countrey or Kings Province and of all Our Forts and Places of Strength within the same And for the better Ordering Governing and Ruleing Our said Militia and all Our Forces Forts and Places of Strength within Our said Colonies of Connecticut Rhode Island Providence Plantation and the Narragansett Countrey or Kings Province Wee doe hereby Give and Grant vnto you the said Richard Earle of Bellomont and in your Absence to Our lievtenant Governor or Commander in Chief of Our Province of the Massachusetts Bay all and every the like Powers as in these Presents are before granted and Recited for the ruleing Governing Ordering Our Militia and all Our Forces Forts and Places of Strength within Our Province of the Massachusetts Bay to be Exercised by you the said Richard Earle of Bellomont and in your absence from Our Territorie and Dominion of New England by Our said lievtenant Governor or Commander in Chief of our said Province of the Massachusetts Bay within Our said Colonies of Connecticut Rhode Island Providence Plantation and the Narraganzett Countrey for and dureing Our Pleasure In Witness &c Witness our self at Westminster the eighteenth Day of June By Writt of Privy Seale Public Record Office, Patent Roll, 9 William III, Part 6, dorse, No. 3. JOSEPH DUDLEY'S SECOND COMMISSION AS GOVERNOR OF THE PROVINCE OF THE 1 APRIL, 1702 Anne by the Grace of God be To our Trusty and Welbeloved JOSEPH DUDLEY Esquire Greeting Whereas our late Royal Brother and Sister King William and Queen Mary of Blessed memory by their Charter vnder their Great Seale of England bearing date the De Concessione seaventh day of October in the third yeare Dudley Armiof their gero CommisReigne have vnited Erected and Incorporated sionis the Colony of the Massachusetts Bay the Colony of New Plymouth the Province of Main in New England the Territorie of Accadie or Nova Scotia and the land lying between the said Territorie of Nova Scotia and the Province of Main aforesaid into one real Province by the name of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England and have thereby granted to Our loveing Subiects the Inhabitants of our said Province or Territory of the Massachusetts Bay in New England and their Successors That there shall be a Governor a lieutenant Governor and a Secretarye of our said Province and Territory to be from time to time appointed and Comissionated by vs our heires and Successors With severall Priviledges Franchises and Immunities thereby granted to our said loveing Subiects Wee therefore Reposeing especiall Trust and confidence in your Prudence Courage and loyalty out of our especial Grace certaine Knowledge and meer mocon have thought fitt to Constitute and appoint And by these presents Doe Constitute and appoint you the said Joseph Dudley to be our Captaine Generall and Governor in Cheife in and over our said Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England And for your better Guidance and Directions Wee do hereby Require and Command you to doe and execute all thinge in due manner that shall belong vnto the Trust Wee have reposed in you according to the severall Powers and Authorities menconed in the said Charter and in these Presents and such further Powers and Instruccons and Authorities as you shall receive or which shall at any time hereafter be granted or appointed you vnder our Signe Manual and Signett or by Order of Our Privy Councill in Pursuance of the said Charter and according to such reasonable laws and Statutes as are now in force or which hereafter shall be made and agreed vpon in such manner and forme as by the said Charter is directed And Wee do hereby give and Grant vnto you full power and Authority where you shall see Cause and shall Judge any offender or Offenders in Capitall or Crimenall matters for any Fines or Forfeitures due vnto vs fitt obiects of our mercy to Pardon all such Offenders and to Remitt such Fines and Forfeitures Treason and Wilfull murder only Excepted In which Cases you shall likewise have power vpon extraordinary occasions to grant Repreives to the Offenders therein To the end and vntill our pleasure shall be further knowne And Wee Doe hereby Give and Grant vnto you the said Joseph Dudley by your selfe your Captaines and Commanders by you to be authorized full Power and Authority to levy arm muster Comand or employ all persons Whatsoever resideing within our said Province and Territorie of the Masachusetts Bay in New England and as occasion shall require them to Transferr from one place to another for the resisting and withstanding of all |