SECOND ROYAL CHARTER OF THE COLONY OF THE MASSACHUSETTS BAY IN NORTH AMERICA, GRANTED BY KING WILLIAM AND QUEEN MARY, IN THE THIRD YEAR OF THEIR REIGN. SEPTIMA PARS PATENTIUM, DE ANNO REGNI REGIS GULIELMI WILLIAM and MARY, by the Grace of God, &c. Recital of to all to whom thefe prefents fhall come, greeting. Whereas his late majefty King James the Firft, our royal a grant of North land in America, made by the First to cil of Ply mouth in the 18th year of predeceffor, by his letters patents under the great feal of England, bearing date at Weftminfter on the third king James day of November in the eighteenth year of his reign, did the Coungive and grant unto the Council eftablished at Plymouth in the county of Devon, for the planting, ruling, ordering, and governing of New-England in America, and his reign. to their fucceffors and affigns, all that part of America lying and being, in breadth, from forty degrees of northerly latitude from the equinoctial line, to the fortyeighth degree of the faid northerly latitude inclufively, and, in length, of and within all the breadth aforefaid, throughout all the main lands from fea to fea; together with all the firm lands, foils, grounds, havens, ports, rivers, waters, fifhings, mines and minerals, as well royal mines of gold and filver, as other mines and minerals, precious ftones, quarries, and all and fingular other commodities, jurifdictions, royalties, privileges, franchises, franchifes, and pre-eminences, both within the said tract of land upon the main, and alfo within the islands and feas adjoining; provided always, that the faid lands, iflands, or any the premifes by the faid letters patents intended and meant to be granted, were not then actually poffeffed or inhabited by any other Chriftian prince or state, or within the bounds, limits, or territories of the fouthern colony then before granted by the faid late King James the First, to be planted by divers of his fubjects in the fouth parts: to have and to hold, poffefs and enjoy all and fingular the forefaid continent, lands, territories, iflands, hereditaments and precincts, feas, waters, fishings, with all, and all manner of, their commodities, royalties, liberties, preeminences and profits that should from thenceforth arise from thence, with all and fingular their appurtenances, and every part and parcel thereof, unto the faid Council, and their fucceffors and affigns, for ever, to the fole and proper ufe and benefit of the faid Council, and their fucceffors and affigns for ever: to be holden of his faid late Majefty King James the First, his heirs and fucceffors, as of his manor of Eaft-Greenwich in the county of Kent, in free and common foccage, and not in capite, nor by knights' fervice: yielding and paying therefore to the faid late king, his heirs and fucceffors, the fifth part of the ore of gold and filver, which should, from time to time, and at all times then after, happen to be found, gotten, had and obtained, in, at, or within, any of the faid lands, limits, territories or precincts, or in, or within, any part or parcel thereof, for, or in refpect of, all and all manner of duties, demands, and fervices whatsoever, to be done, made, or paid to the faid late King James the Firft, his heirs and fucceffors; as in, and by, the faid letters patents, amongst fundry other other claufes, powers, privileges, and grants, therein contained, more at large appeareth. cil at Ply ted Massa Rosewell in fee sim Car. 1. And whereas the faid Council established at Ply- The Counmouth, in the county of Devon, for the planting, rul- mouth graning, ordering, and governing of New-England in Ame- chusers bay rica, did, by their deed indented under their common toSir Henry feal, bearing date the nineteenth day of March in the and others, third year of the reign of our royal grandfather king ple; in 3 Charles the First, of ever-bleffed memory, give, grant, bargain, fell, enfeoff, alien, and confirm to Sir Henry Rosewell, Sir John Young, knights, Thomas Southcott, John Humphreys, John Endicott, and Simon Whetcombe, their heirs and affigns, and their affociates for ever, all that part of New-England in America aforefaid, which lies and extends between a great river there commonly called Monomack alias Merrimack, and a certain other river there called Charles river, being a bottom of a certain bay there commonly called Maffachufets, alias Mattachufets, alias Maffatufets, bay; and alfo all and fingular thofe lands and hereditaments whatsoever, lying within the fpace of three English miles on the fouth part of the faid Charles river, or of any and every part thereof; and alfo all and fingular the lands and hereditaments whatfoever, lying and being within the space of three English miles to the fouthward of the fouthernmost part of the faid bay called the Maffachufets, alias Mattathufets, alias Maffatufets, bay; and alfo all thofe lands and hereditaments what foever which lie and be within the space of three English miles to the northward of the faid river called Monomack, alias Merrimack, or to the northward of any and every part thereof; and all lands and hereditaments whatfoever, lying within the limits aforefaid, north and fouth in latitude and in breadth, and in length length and longitude, of and within all the breadth aforefaid, throughout the main lands there from the Atlantick and weftern fea and ocean on the east part, to the fouth fea on the weft part; and all lands and grounds, place and places, foil, woods and woodgrounds, havens, ports, rivers, waters, fifhings and hereditaments, whatfoever, lying within the faid bounds and limits, and every part and parcel thereof; and alfo all islands lying in America aforefaid, in the faid feas, or either of them, on the western or eaftern coafts or parts of the faid tracts of land by the faid indenture mentioned to be given and granted, bargained, fold, enfeoffed, aliened and confirmed, or any of them; and alfo all mines and minerals, as well royal mines of gold and filver, as other mines and minerals whatfoever, in the faid lands and premiffes, or any part thereof; and all jurifdictions, rights, royalties, liberties, freedoms, immunities, privileges, franchises, pre-eminences, and commodities whatfoever, which they the faid Council eftablifhed at Plymouth, in the county of Devon, for the planting, ruling, ordering, and governing of New-England in America, then had or might ufe, exercife or enjoy, in or within the faid land and premifes, by the fame indenture mentioned to be given, granted, bargained, fold, enfeoffed, and Habendum: confirmed in, or within, any part or parcel thereof; to have and to hold the faid part of New-England in America, which lies and extends, and is abutted as aforefaid, and every part and parcel thereof, and all the faid islands, rivers, ports, havens, waters, fishings, mines, minerals, jurifdictions, franchifes, royalties, liberties, privileges, commodities, hereditaments and premises whatsoever, with the appurtenances, unto the faid Sir Henry Rofewell, Sir John Young, Thomas Redden Southcott, John Humphreys, John Endicott, and Simon Whetcombe, their heirs and affigns, and their affociates for ever, to the only proper and abfolute ufe and behoof of the faid Sir Henry Rofwell, Sir John Young, Thomas Southcott, John Humphreys, John Endicott, and Simon Whetcombe, their heirs and affigns, and their affociates for evermore; to be holden Tenendum. of our faid royal Grandfather king Charles the First, his heirs and fucceffors, as of his manor of East Greenwich in the county of Kent, in free and common foccage, and not in capite, nor by knights fervice; yielding and paying therefore unto our faid royal dum. Grandfather, his heirs and fucceffors, the fifth part of the ore of gold and filver, which should, from time to time, and at all times hereafter, happen to be fouud, gotten, had and obtained in any of the faid lands within the faid limits, or in or within any part thereof, for and in fatisfaction of all manner of duties, demands and fervices whatsoever to be done, made or paid to our faid royal Grandfather, his heirs or fucceffors, (as in and by the faid recited indenture may more at large appear). this grant 4 And whereas our faid royal Grandfather, in and by The king his letters patents under the great Seal of England, confirmed bearing date at Westminster the fourth day of March by letterspatent, in in the fourth year of his reign, for the confideration Car. Is therein mentioned, did grant and confirm unto the faid Sir Henry Rofwell, Sir John Young, Tho. Southcott, John Humphreys, John Endicott, and Simon Whetcombe, and to their affociates after named; viz. Sir Ralph Saltenftall, knight, Ifaac Johnfon, Samuel Aldersey, John Ven, Matthew Craddock, George Harwood, Increase Nowell, Richard Perry, Richard Bellingham, Nathaniel Wright, Samuel Vaffal, Theophilus H |