Epstein, Mordecai: The English Levant Company: its foundation and its history to 1640 (London: George Routledge & Sons Ltd, 1908)

158 THE EARLY HISTORY OF
manifesting theire desyre and redyness to
enter into the said trade of the Levant by
the payment of the severall soshes of twentye
and fyve poundes by everye of them uppon
theire first entry towards the necessarye
supporte of the present charge of the said
trade giving theire full and free consent to
beare and paye uppon theire goodes to be
sent and retorned to and from all and everie
partes of the said trade such rateable con-
sulage as from tyme to tyme shall be found
proporcionable to supporte the future neces-
sarye charge thereof, know ye that we for
the consideracions aforesaid and for dyverse
other good causes and considerations as there-
unto especiallye moving, of our especiall
greate certaine knowledge and meere mocion
have willed ordayned constituted graunted
and declared and by these presents for us our
heires and successors doe will ordaine con-
stitute graunte and declare that our wel-
beloved subjects syr Thomas Lowe, syr John
Spencer, syr Thomas Smyth, syr Stephen
Soame, syr Robert Lee, syr leonerd holladay,
syr Willm Romney and syr John Ffearne
knights John Jowles cittizen and aiderman