APPENDIX. 047 



No. III. 



Of the CHOICE of his MAJESTY'S 

 HAWKS. 



TO all thofe to whome this prefent Writingc 

 fhall come I Sr. Anthony Pell Knight Maif- 

 ter Faulkner Surveyor and Keeper of his Majef- 

 ties Hawkes fend greetinge, Whereas I am cre- 

 dibly informed that divers perfons who doe ufu- 

 allie bringe Hankes to fell doe commonlye con- 

 vey them from fhipbord and cuftcme howfe be- 

 fore fuch tyme as I or my fervants or deputies 

 have any fight or choife of them for his Majefties 

 ufe whereby his Highnefs is not nor hath not late- 

 ly beene furnifhed with the number of Hawkes as 

 is mod meete, Wherefore theis are in his Majefties 

 name to will charge and commaund you and every 

 of you that fhall at any tyme hereafter bringe any 

 Hawkes to fell, That neither you nor any of you 

 nor any others for you or by your appointment doe 

 remove or convey awaye any of your Hawkes 

 whatfoever from fhipbord or the cuftome houfe un- 

 till fuch tyme as the bearer hereof my welbeloved 

 friend William Spence Gent, have his firft choife 

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