April, 1616
[22 April, 1616.]
Whereas the Crooks. Knees, and Compass Timber, arising
upon such Trees as shall be felled for Wharfing, Building any of
His Majesty's Houses, or other Public Services, will be of singular
Use for the Navy, whereof principal Care is to be had, in order
to the Kingdom's Safety: It is therefore Ordered and Ordained,
by the Lords and Commons in Parliament assembled, That the
Crooks, Knees, and Compass Timber, arising from any Trees
felled for any of the said Services by Order from the Committee
of His Majesty's Revenue, be reserved to the Use of the Navy,
and not disposed of to any other Use.
And it is further Ordained, That the Officers employed by the
said Committee for the Revenue shall from Time to Time
deliver the said Crooks, Knees, and Compass Timber, for the
Service of the Navy, to such Persons as shall be assigned and
appointed to receive them by the Commissioners of His Majesty's
Navy, who are to dispose the same into His Majesty's several
Yards as they shall find most convenient; and to charge the
several Proportions so delivered upon the respective Officers into
whose Hands the same shall come, that they may be employed
and accounted for according to the Purport and true Intent of
this Ordinance, and not otherwise.