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and Survey of all the Armor, and other Municion or Habiliaments of Warr, remayneing at the Tower of London, Taken in the month of October, 1660, By vertue of a Commission under the signe Manuall and privy signet of his most excellent Majestic, Charles the second, by the Grace of God, of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, King, etc.: directed unto Sir John Robinson, Knight, Leiften'nt of the Tower of London, Collonell William Ashburneham, Sir Thomas Armestronge, Knight, John Wood and Bartholmew Beale, Auditors of the Imprests. The Teanor of which said Commission hereafter ensueth, in theis wordes, vizᵗ. Charles Rex, Trusty and welbeloved. Wee greet you well. Whereas our welbeloved Servant, William Legg, esqʳ., Master of our Armoryes, in the Tower of London, Greenwich and elsewhere in our Kingdome of England, hath byn by the late unhappy differences in this our Kingdome outed of his said Office, and the same put into the hands of other unknowne persons: Our will and pleasure is, that he enter upon, and take the Execucion of the said office into his hands, as formerly. And upon his humble request that a Survey of the same may be taken, to the end it may be knowne unto us, what Armes are remaineing in our said Armoryes, that he may be duely Charged with them to make Accompt to us; Wee, haveing made choyce of you out of our trust and confidence in you, doe hereby authorize, appointe, will and require you all, or any two of you, one of the Auditors of our Imprests being one, to take the Remaines of all our Armes, Tooles and other Utensils, in our Tower of London, and Magazines and Storehouses at Greenwich. And wee doe authorize and require you for our good service herein, imediately without delay to repaire to the said places, and there to call before you for your better assistance herein, John Loup, Clerke of our Armoryes, Richard King and Thomas Cox, two of our Armorers, that all you may joyntly together proceed to the Execucion of this our will and pleasure for the good of our service: And alsoe to call before you the present officer, Officers, Storekeeper and all others whom you shalbe informed of, that now have, or have, at any time, had the keepeing or Surveying of our said Armoryes, And that in your Bookes to be made thereof you doe perfectly distinguish what quantityes of every nature, then and there found remayneing, are good and serviceable, what defective and what unserviceable, to the end we may bee truly informed of the state of that our office: And, if you find any to be imbezelled, to Certifie the same alsoe, and by whom. Given at our Court at Whitehall, this second day of August, in the Twelfe yeare of our Reigne. By his Majesties Comaund. Edw. Nicholas. To our trusty and welbeloved Sir John Robinson, Leiften'nt of our Tower of London, Collonell William Ashburneham, Sir Thomas Armestrong, knt. John Wood, Bartholmew Beale, Auditors of the Imprest.

Accordinge to the purport and direction of which said Comission, the said Comissioners or two of them, whereof one of the said Auditors was