Burrell letter patent TO sir thomas salibury the follow letter patent appoint  sir Thomas salibury judge of the admiralty court in be take from a copy in the  record office letter patent under the great seal of great Britain grant to the  right worshipful sir Thomas salibury knight and doctor of law for the office  of judge of the high court of admiralty of England so long as he shall behave  himself with a salary of pound per annum George the second by the grace of God  of great Britain France and Ireland king defender of the faith c to our trusty  and wellbeloved Thomas salibury knight doctor of law late advocate general for  theoffice of Lord high admiral of great Britain greeting we confide very much  in your learning honesty fidelity circumspection industry and dexterity in the  dispatch of business in this behalf and in consideration of your I good  service to we in the defence and maintenance of the right jurisdiction of the  office of Lord high admiral of great Britain aforesaid and of our high court  of admiralty of England of our especial grace certain knowledge and mere  motion no for ourselves our heir and successor by these present ordain make  and depute you the say Thomas salibury knight doctor of law official principal  and commissary general and special in our say court of admiralty of England  and lieutenant and judge of the same with all and singular the power authority  and jurisdiction thereto belong together with all and singular the fee profit  advantage and commodity whatsoever and howsoever due and belong to the say  office accord to the ancient custom of our say high court of admiralty of  England without any account to be make or give to we our heir or Burrell  successor thereupon with the salary of four hundred pound to be place upon the  ordinary estimate of our navy and to be pay you yearly by the treasurer of the  navy for the time be by equal portion at the four most usual time of the year  videlicet at the feast of saint Michael the Archangel the nativity of our Lord  Christ the annunciation of the bless virgin mary and the feast of saint John  the baptist to be compute from the that day of September last pass be the  feast of saint Michael the Archangel and we do hereby commit and grant to you  Thomas salibury knight out power and authority to take cognizance of hear  determine and examine all cause civil and maritime also all contract complaint  offence or suspect offence crime plead debt exchange amount policy of  assurance load of ship and all other matter and contract which relate to  fraught due for the hire of ship transportation money or bottomry also to hear  and determine suit transgression injury extortion demand and matter civil and  maritime whatsoever between merchant or between owner and proprietor of ship  and other vessel whatsoever employ or use within the maritime jurisdiction of  our admiralty of England or between any other person whatsoever have make  begin or contract for any thing matter cause or business or injury whatsoever  do or to be do as well in uponor by the sea orpublic stream or fresh Burrell  er p water port river creek and place overflow whatsoever within the ebb and  flow of the sea and high water mark or upon any of the shore or bank to they  or either of they adjacent from any the first bridge towards the sea through  England and Ireland and the dominion thereof or elsewhere beyond the sea  together with all and singular the incident emergency such and dependency  wheresoever or howsoever such cause complaint contract and other the premise  or any of they may happen to arise be contract have or do and moreover to hear  and determine cause of appeal and complaint of nullity for the cause aforesaid  or any of they from whatsoever judge justice viceadmiral marshal bailiff S  constable or any other our officer and minister whatsoever to our say high  court of admiralty of England interpose or to be interpose with all and  singular their emergency dependency annex and connex cause and business  whatsoever accord to the law civil Burrell and maritime and the custom of our  high court of admiralty of England with full power of inhibit prohibit  supersede and cause to be supersede all and singular which shall be needful in  that behalf to inhibit supersede and prohibit that they or either of they  which the say cause of appeal or complaint of nullity remain undetermined in  our say high court of admiralty do in no wise attempt to proceed further  therein under the penalty in that behalf to be limit at your discretion and  also complaint of all and singular contract convention cause civil and  maritime contract or to be perform beyond the sea and within England and  Ireland or in any part of their dominion to be fulfil or perform howsoever  happen and also the cognizance of all and singular the matter which any way  concern or ancient have belong and do belong to the office of the Lord high  admiral of great Britain and the jurisdiction of the admiralty of England  aforesaid and general to take cognizance of and proceed in all and singular  other cause suit crime offence or suspect offence excess injury complaint  transgression forestallings maritime business whatsoever howsoever do commit  or perpetrate through the kingdom and place aforesaid within the maritime  jurisdiction of our admiralty of England upon the sea or water or bank or  shore thereof also with power and authority to take all manner of recognizance  for agreement or debt whatsoever and to put the same in execution and to cause  and command they to be execute and also to arrest cause and command to be  arrest accord to the civil law and the ancient custom of our high court of  admiralty aforesaid all ship person thing good ware and merchandise for the  premise and every of they and for other cause whatsoever concern the same  wherever they shall be meet with or find in the kingdom or dominion aforesaid  within the liberty and franchise or without and likewise for all other  agreement cause contempt or offence whatsoever howsoever contract or arise so  that the good or person of the debtor and offender may be find within the  aforesaid jurisdiction of our admiralty of England and to hear examine discuss  and final determine the same with their emergency dependency annex and connex  cause and business whatsoever accord to the law and custom aforesaid and by  Burrell all other lawful way and mean accord to your best knowledge and  ability to compel all manner of person in that behalf as the case shall  require to appear and answer in our say high court of admiralty of England  with power of use any temporal coercion and inflict any other penalty and  mulct accord to the law and custom aforesaid and to do and minister justice  and to proceed summary without the strict formality of law consider only the  truth of the fact and equity of the case with all possible dispatch and also  to inquire by the oath of lawful and man both within the liberty and franchise  as without of all and singular such thing which by right statute ordinance and  custom ancient be or ought to be inquire after and to mulct correct punish  chastise and reform and imprison and cause and command to be imprison in any  of our goal be within our kingdom and dominion aforesaid the party guilty and  the contemners of the law and jurisdiction aforesaid violater usurper  delinquent and contumacious absentee master of ship mariner rover fisherman  shipwright and other workman and artificer whosoever exercise any kind of  maritime affair as well accord to the law civil and maritime and the ordinance  and custom aforesaid and their demerit as accord to the statute of our kingdom  of great Britain for the admiralty of England in that behalf make and provide  and to deliver and absolute discharge and cause and Burrell er p command to be  forthwith discharge whatsoever person imprison who be to be deliver and to  preserve and cause to be preserve the public stream of our admiralty aforesaid  and the port river fresh water and creek whatsoever within the maritime  jurisdiction of our admiralty aforesaid in what place soever they may be in  these the kingdom and dominion aforesaid as well for the preservation of our  royal navy and of the fleet and vessel of our kingdom and dominion aforesaid  as of whatsoever fish increase in the river and place aforesaid and also to  keep and cause to be execute and keep the statute and ordinance whatsoever in  that behalf make and provide and to exercise expedite and execute all and  singular the thing in the premise and every of they as by right and accord to  the law statute and ordinance aforesaid ought to be do and moreover to reform  net too straight and other unlawful engine and instrument whatsoever Burrell  by public stream port river fresh water or creek whatsoever within the  maritime jurisdiction of our admiralty aforesaid use or exercise by sea or  water and to punish and correct the exercisers and occupier thereof accord to  the say statute and ordinance of our kingdom of great Britain for the  admiralty of England make and provide against the same and further to take  cognizance of and proceed in the aforesaid cause business suit and complaint  contempt offence crime and extortion civil and maritime and in all and  singular other the premise together with all and singular the emergency  incident annex and connex cause and business whatsoever and to give promulge  and interpose all manner of sentence and decree in that behalf whatsoever and  to put the same in execution with cognizance and full jurisdiction of  whatsoever other cause civil and maritime which relate to the sea or which any  manner of way respect or concern the sea or passage over the same or naval or  maritime voyage or the maritime jurisdiction of our admiralty of England  aforesaid upon the sea or in the port public stream river fresh water creek  and place overflow as aforesaid wheresoever do or to be do with power also to  proceed in the same accord to the law civil and maritime and the custom of our  high court of admiralty of England ancient use as well of mere office mix or  promote as at the instance of any party as the cause shall require and seem  more expedient to you and likewise to take cognizance of and decide of wreck  of the sea great or small and of the death drown and view of dead body of all  person whatsoever in the sea or public river port fresh water or creek  whatsoever within the ebb and flow of the sea and high water mark through our  kingdom and dominion aforesaid and the jurisdiction of our admiralty of  England together with the custody and conservation of the statute concern  wreck of the sea and the office of coroner make in the three and four year of  the reign of king Edward the first also the statute concern good pillage or  take away upon the sea within the kingdom of England make in the twentyseventh  year of the reign of king Edward the three together with the cognizance of  mayhem in the aforesaid place within the flow of the sea and high water mark  happen with power of punish all delinquent in that Burrell behalf accord to  the exigency of the law and the custom of our court of admiralty of England in  such case with power by these present of depute and surrogating in your place  one or more deputy or deputy as often as you shall think fit and such  substitute or substitute at pleasure to revoke and of exercise expedit and  execute all and singular the premise or any of they by your aforesaid deputy  to have hold occupy exercise and enjoy free and quiet by yourself or your  sufficient deputy or deputy surrogate or surrogates by you to be substitute as  aforesaid the office of lieutenant official principal and commissary general  and special precedent and judge of our high court of admiralty of England so  long as you shall behave yourself well in as ample manner and form as David  Lewis doctor of law Julius Caesar knight doctor of law Daniel don knight and  doctor of law Henry marten knight and doctor of law Richard zouch doctor of  law Thomas hide doctor of law John Exton doctor of law leoline Jenkins knight  doctor of law Richard Lloyd knight doctor of law Thomas Exton knight doctor of  law Richard reins knight and doctor of law Charles hedge knight and doctor of  law Henry Newton knight and doctor of law Henry Penrice knight and doctor of  law or as any other judge of the say court former hold exercise occupy or  enjoy the say office of lieutenant official principal and commissary general  and special and precedent and judge of Burrell er p the say court together  with the salary of four hundred pound grant to you the say Thomas salibury as  aforesaid last we will and by these present for ourselves our heir and  successor do grant to you the say Thomas salibury knight doctor of law that  these our letter patent or the enrolment thereof shall be in and by all thing  good firm valid sufficient and effectual in the law any defect imperfection  omission cause matter or thing whatsoever in any wise notwithstanding in  witness whereof we have cause these our letter to be make patent witness  ourselves at Westminster the nineteenth day of December in the twentyfifth  year of our reign by the writ of privy seal exd cock the remainder of this  volume consist of case and opinion which be omit as not fall within the scope  of these report