58 RECORD OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY 



settled by the Lord aliqui abusus vel discrepantiae in posterum orientur et accident de 



Chancellor Clarendon , . * L ,. ' 



alone, while living: guDernatione aut alus rebus vel negotus praedictae Regans Societatis, 



wVtf Canter- unc ^ e e jusdem constitutioni stabilimini et studiorum progressui vel 

 d Ke r re ^ us e * ne gts aliqua inferatur injuria vel impedimentum ; quod 

 the Lord Treasurer, tune et toties per presentes pro nobis heredibus et successoribus 



the Bishop of London, r j- -it i 



the Lord Privy Seal, BOOTHS LordinamusJ l authonzamus nommamus assignamus et con- 



praefatum praedilectum et perquam fidelem Consanguineum 



time being, or four or e t Consiliarium nostrum Edwardum, Comitem Clarendon, Cancellarium 



more of them. 



nostrum Regni nostri Angliae, per seipsum durante vita sua, et post 

 ejus mortem, tune Archiepiscopum Cantuariensem, Cancellarium vel 

 Custodem Magni Sigilli Angliae, Thesaurarium Angliae, Episcopum 

 Londinensem, Custodem Privati Sigilli, et duos Principales Secretaries, 

 pro tempore existentes, aut aliquos quatuor vel plures eorum, easdem 

 discrepantias et abusus reconciliare componere et reducere. 



General clauses. Et ulterius volumus, ac per presentes pro nobis heredibus et 



successoribus nostris firmiter injungendo praecipimus et mandamus 

 omnibus et singulis Justiciariis Majoribus Aldermannis Vicecomitibus 

 Ballivis Constabulariis et aliis officiariis ministris et subditis nostris 

 heredum et successorum nostrorum quibuscunque, quod de tempore in 

 tempus sint auxiliantes et assistentes praedictis Praesidi Concilio et 

 Sodalibus Regalis Societatis praedictae et successoribus suis in omnibus 

 et per omnia, secundum veram intentionem harum Literarum nostra- 

 rum Patentium. 



E6 quod expressa mentio de vero valore annuo vel de certitudine 

 praemissorum sive eorum alicujus, aut de aliis donis sive concessionibus 

 per nos seu per aliquem progenitorum sive praedecessorum nostrorum 

 praefatis Praesidi Concilio et Sodalibus Regalis Societatis ante haec 

 tempora factis, in presentibus minime facta existit ; aut aliquo 

 statuto actu ordinatione provisione proclamatione sive restrictione in 

 contrarium inde antehac habito facto edito ordinato sive proviso, 

 aut aliqua alia re causa vel materia quacunque, in aliquo non obstante. 

 In cujus rei testimonium has Literas nostras fieri fecimus Patentes. 

 TESTE ME ipso, apud Westmonasterium, quinto decimo die Julii, anno 

 regni nostri decimo quarto. 



Per ipsum Regem. 



HOWARD. 2 



1 From the Patent Roll. 



2 This document, with those of a similar nature, subsequently granted to the 

 Society, are preserved in a strong box in the apartments of the Royal Society. 

 The first Charter is on four skins of vellum ; it was drawn by Sir Robert Sawyer, 

 then Attorney-General, and is remarkable for its clearness and legal terseness. 

 The first skin contains some remarkably handsome ornamented capitals and 

 flowers, with a finely executed Portrait of Charles II in Indian ink within the 

 initial letter C. The Great Seal of the Kingdom in green wax is appended to 

 the Charter. 



