CONTENTS 



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PREFACE iii 



LIST OF PLATES . . . * . . . . . ,, .. . vii 



CHAPTER I 



FOUNDATION AND EARLY HISTORY OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY ... 1 



CHAPTER II 



THE CHARTERS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY : 



Charta Prima, Praesidi, Concilio, et Sodalibus Regalis Societatis 



Londini, a Rege Carolo Secundo concessa, A. D. MDCLXII .. , . 48 



Charta Secunda, lisdem ab eodem concessa, A.D. MDCLXIII . . 69 

 Charta Tertia, lisdem ab eodem concessa, A. D. MDCLXIX . . .94 



A License for purchasing in Mortmain to the yearly value of 



One Thousand Pounds, granted by King George the First . 115 



CHAPTER III 



THE STATUTES OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY : 



The Original Statutes enacted in 1663 . . . . .117 



Statutes enacted in 1847 . . . . . ... .131 



Statutes of 1905 . . ., . ,. ,. . ., , 145 



Notes on the History of the Statutes . . . . . 159 



CHAPTER IV 



THE TRUSTS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY 174 



Gassiot Declaration of Trust . . . . . . . 188 



CHAPTER V 



PRINCIPAL BENEFACTORS OF THE SOCIETY 193 



