APPENDIX I 



GRANT TO THE FELLOWSHIP OF ENGLISH MERCHANTS 

 FOR DISCOVERY OF NEW TRADES (1576-7). 



(Patent Rolls, 19 Elie., pt. xii.) 



ELIZABETH by the Grace of God, etc., To all 

 manner our officers true liege men ministers and 

 subjects, and to all other our people as well within 

 this realm as elsewhere under our obeisance juris- 

 diction and rule or otherwise, to whom these our 

 Letters Patents shall be seen read or shewn. 

 Greeting. 



We being given to understand by our faithful and 

 loving subjects Sir Rowland Heyward and Sir 

 Lionel Duckett, Knights, Governors of the Fellow- 

 ship of English Merchants for Discovery of New 

 Trades, that the said Fellowship do mind shortly to 

 attempt the killing of whales in the ocean and other 

 seas, for to make train oil to the great commodity 

 and benefit of this our Realm of England, And for 

 that purpose have already to their great costs and 

 charges procured certain Biscayans men expert and 

 skilful to instruct our subjects therein. We well 

 liking and allowing of this their attempt and enter- 

 prise as a thing likely to be very beneficial both for 

 the increase of our Navy and mariners and also for 

 furnishing of this our said Realm and Dominions 



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