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 



