The history of Lynn - Lynn Massachusetts Genealogy Project

88 HISTORY OF LYNN. [1645.sieur D'Aulney, the governors of the French provinces on thenorth of New England. He was accompanied by RichardWalker and Thomas Marshall. For their " good service" inthis embassy, Captain Bridges was allowed ten pounds, LieutenantWalker four pounds, and Sergeant Marshall forty shillings.On the fourteenth of October, the Company of Undertakersfor the Iron Works presented a petition to the court, whichwas granted. As the answer of the court comprises some interestinginformation respecting the Iron Works, it is transcribed." 1 . It was graunted and by this Courte ordered. That the undertakers,their agents and assigns, are hereby granted the solepriviledge and benefitt of making Iron and managing of all Ironmines and workes that now are, or shall be discovered andfound out, or hereafter shall be in this Jurisdiction, for the termeof twenty one yeares from the former graunt: Provided thatthe said adventurers,their agents or assignes, doe within threeyeares from the former date, use their best endevours to theirutmost skill to perfect so many of the said workes, that the Inhabitantsof this Jurisdiction be furnished with barr Iron of allsorts for their use, not exceeding twenty pounds p tunne. Providedalso, that it shall be in the liberty of any within this Jurisdictionto be adventurers with the undertakers, yt by the lastday of this October they bring in their adventures, not lesse inone mans name than ffiffty pounds, wth allowance to y^ adventurers,for the stocke of one thousand pounds, by them alreadydisbursed.2. The Courte doth hereby further graunt to the said undertakers,their agents and assignes, in all places of waste and landsnot impropriated to any towne or person, that the said undertakers,their agents or assignes, at all times during the said termeof twenty one yeeres, shall and may freely and at their own discretionhave and take, all manner of wood and timber, to beconverted into coales, or any other uses for the service of theundertakers, as also all manner of earth, stones, turfe, clay andother materialls for buildings and reparation of their workes,forges, mills, or houses built, or to be built, or for making ormoulding any manner of gunnes, potts, and all other cast Ironware, and for converting wood into charke coale, and also togett digg and carry away of all manner of stone Iron oare andwood of all soarts ; and any other materiall, or thinge of use1 Col.Rec.