Manuscripta juridica

NAVIGATIO Treatise "Sea laws" .

[{i}Title page:{/i}] William Welwood, An abridgement of all sea-lawes: Gathered forth of all writings and monuments, which are to be found among any people or nation, upon the coasts of the great Ocean and Mediterranean Sea. And specially ordered and disposed for the use and benefit of all benevolent sea-farers, within his Majesties dominions of Great Brittain, Ireland, and the adjacent isles thereof / by William Welwod, professor of the civill lawe. London: Printed by [{i}Thomas Harper for{/i}] the assignes of Ioane Man and Benjamin Fisher, 1636 [{i}available in electronic storage under http://eebo.chadwyck.com{/i}].

The third edition of this work (as also the second edition) contains an expanded and revised version of the text of 1590. The arrangement of titles was in part changed, and there are twice as many titles. Many more references were added.

The new text also quotes three Scottish judicial precedents:

(Pag. 33) Antoin de la Tour v. Christian Marteis, 1542/11/6 = tom. i c. 335 regist. Scotiae [{i}or 555? Bad quality of printing. The printed edition of Balfour's Practicks has '555'{/i}]{i}.{/i}.

(Pag. 163) Couper v. Seagy, 1498/7 = tom. i regist. Scotiae.

(Pag. 180) King v. Maubray 1487/6/17 = tom i c. 24 regist. Scotiae.

[{i}Pag. 14-18 the author lists 'treatises' on Sea law:{/i}] Iulius Ferrettus, Observant devoir to the Emperour Charls the fift ... intituled 'De iure et re nautica', 1579; Petrus Pekkius (a Zelander); Benvenutus Straccha, De mercatura. Furthermore laws of the Admiralty of France, and Danish sea law (King Frederik II of Denmark, Compend of statutes, Copenhaven 1561).

[{i}Other references:{/i}] Albericus (de Rosate), (Commentarius) ad Novellas (pag. 31); Kintor. art. 45 (pag. 48: 'No other clerke or writer may meddle or pen things concerning the sea-faring, without licence of the Admirall' = this must thus be a set of rules for the Scottish Admiralty and its court, and not a treatise - otherwise the author would have comprised it in his list on p. 14-18); Il consolato del mar (pag. 50, 59, 63, 68, 89, 102 etc.); Baldus (de Ubaldis), (Commentarius) in Digesta (pag. 52, 207, 224); Innocentius (IV papa), (Commentarius) in c. Olim, de verborum obligationibus [X.5.40.16] (pag. 52); Rota Genuensis (pag. 54); Lucius et Iohannes ad d(ictam) l(egem) De submersis [C.11.6.5 on pag. 54] = obviously a typesetter's misreading of quotations from commentaries to the Codex Justinianus by (Philippus) Decius and Jason (de Mayno); (Guilielmus) Budaeus ad l. 1 naut. caup. [D.47.5.1] (pag. 54); Bartolus (de Saxoferrato), (Commentarius) in Digesta (pag. 71, p. 95, p. 111, p. 184); Iason (de Mayno), (Commentarius) in Digesta; Leg(es?) naval(es?) select(ae?) (pag. 137, 158 and more often = this appears to be the title of a collective edition of sources of sea law); Albericus (de Rosate), (Commentarius) ad tit. naut. caup. [D.47.5] (pag. 159); Bartolus et Baldus, (Commentarius) in Digesta (pag. 159); Innocentius (IV papa), (Commentarius in titulum) de foro competenti [X.2.2] (pag. 160); (Johannes) Faber, (Commentarius) in Institutiones (pag. 169-170); 'vide Forman his Register (agreed of long time sithence by the sea-farers on the Forth of Scotland)' (pag. 194); Bartolus (de Saxoferrato), Tractatus de insula (pag. 224); Julius Ferretus (pag. 238)

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Author(s):

• William Welwood

No. of pages: (item 1)

Incipit:

• As the affaires of the sea concernes.

  [{i}Chapter headings:{/i}] The Prohem, containing the origin of the Sea-law ... 1 The order of this treatise ... 2 Of the iudge ordinary in sea-faring causes ... As for the iudge of the sea ... 3 Of the Admirall Clerke. The Clerke of the Admirall Court, beside that ... 4 Of the advocates and other officers ... For the more upright proceeding ... 5 Of the manner of proceeding in seafaring causes. The debates of sea-farers and sea-faring actions should be decided ... 6 Of persons ordinary in ships. Touching persons ... 7 Of fraughting of ships ... 8 Of the master of the ship ... 9 Of the master his duty to the merchant and passenger ... 10 The masters duty to the mariner ... 11 Of the duties and privileges of the mariners ... 12 Of the Clerke of the ship ... 13 Of a pilot or steirsman ... 14 Of money lent to Sea, called 'nauticum foenus' ... 15 Of the Outreaders ... 16 Of sundry partners of ships ... 17 Of casting of goods in a voyage ... 18 Of contribution for pirates ... 19 Of contribution for spoyled and spilt goods ... 20 Of contribution for lightning ... 21 Of the common manner of contribution ... 22 Of priviledged ships ... 23 Concerning shipwracke ... 24 Of things found upon the sea ... 25 Of things taken upon sea ... 26 Of fishers ... 27 Of the community and propriety of the seas ... 28 Of war-fare shippes ... 29 Of watermen and ferriers ... 30 Of shipwrights

Explicit:

• to enhance their wages, or hire, or to receive excessive wages