B

Bacon's rebellion in Virginia (1676), p. 649.

Bagilholt, Jeffery, Mayor of Barnstaple, documents signed by, 436.

BAHAMA ISLANDS, the, p. 54, 695, 710, 753, 855, 1059.
-, -, proprietors of, 326, 331, 373, 388, 389, 432, 433, 542, 582, 588, 643, 687, 709, 725, 729, 842, 874, 952, 1005, 1065.
-, -, letters, etc., from :—155, 602, 606.
-, -, letters, etc., to :—541, 699, 884, 995, 1000, 1040, 1077.
-, -,-, Governor of. See Trott, Nicholas; Webb, Nicholas.
-, -,-, a nest of pirates and illegal traders, p. 73, 221, 588, 602, 681, 699, 753, 1338.
-, -,-, business of, 565, 582, 603, p. 319, 656.
-, -,-, violation of Acts of Trade in, 643.
-, -,-, names of persons to serve in Admiralty Courts, 759 I., 774 I., 779.
-, -, And see Proprietary Colonies.

Ball, Chr., 739, 751.
-, -,-, letters from, 867, 874.

BaM, 1203.

Baltimore County (Maryland), 864 I., 1377, 1390.

Baltimore, Lord. See Calvert, Charles.

Balston, Jonathan, 419, 605.

Bancombe Bay (Montserrat), 1239.

Banker, Captain Evert, 1144 I.

Bannister, James, 869, 983.

BARBADOS, 695, 835, 990, 1107, 1108, 1109.
-, -, Governor of. See Russell, Francis; Grey, Ralph.
-, -, President of. See Bond, Francis.
-, -, President and Council of, letters from:
-, 1696 :—138, 188, 192, 277.
-, 1697 :—596, 978, 1089, 1151, 1262, 1285.
-, -,-, letters to:
-, 1696:—414.
-, 1697:—711, 712, 718, 719, 1135, 1420.
-, -, Council of, 842, 848.
-, -,-, President of, letters to, 959.
-, -,-, minutes of:
-, 1696:—24, 61, 65, 132, 151, 166, 178, 191, 208, 230, 248, 278, 301, 316, 330, 346, 360, 398, 425, 440, 476, 504.
-, 1697:—564, 581, 600, 616, 670, 703, 732, 748, 767, 773, 789, 825, 847, 870, 883, 889, 931, 944, 975, 1013, 1032, 1052, 1067, 1099, 1161, 1188, 1210, 1224, 1254, 1269, 1315, 1350, 1364, 1376, 1417.
-, -,-, letters to, 944.
-, -,-, Councillors of, 936, 937, 938, 952, 978 II., 1305, 1413.
-, -, Council and Assembly of, their representation of the decay of the island, 125.
-, -,-, Acts of, 295, 296, 603, 611, p. 319, 1032, 1264, 1300, 1301, 1305, 1309, 1348, 1362, 1412.
-, -, courts in, 1258.
-, -, merchants trading to, 579, 646.
-, -,-, memorials of, 267, 540, 541.
-, -,-, agents of, 349, 357, 565, 620, 787, 1206, 1232.
-, -,-, documents from, 400, 925, 936, 944, 1174, 1177, 1194, 1412.
-, -,-, letters, etc., to, 611, 925, 1128, 1310, 1339, 1419.
-, -,-, imports to, from Virginia, 956 I.
-, -,-,-, from Maryland, 1054.
-, -, MILITARY AND DEFENCE, state of the fortifications of, 104, 104 III., 711.
-, -, strength of the militia in, 104 II.
-, -, the King's troops in, 357, 1161, 1373.
-, -, militia of, act, 616.
-, -, stores of war for, 355, 361, 363, 426, 447, 546, 576, 711, 718, 978, 978 II.
-, -, weakness of, 400, 452.
-, -, measures for defence of, 452, 457, 670, 978, 1382.
-, -, danger from the French of, 554, 825.
-, -, question of convoys to, 245, 267, 287, 400, 540, 541, 565, 575, 577, 603, 646, 787, 791, 883, 978, 1254.
-, -, question of convoys from, 975, 978, 1052.
-, -, provisions to be given to West Indian squadron, 944, 1364.
-, -, deserters from West Indian squadron, 975.
-, -, the act for improving the supply of white servants, 49, 1419.
-, -, piracy in, 978, 1203.
-, -, settlement of disbanded soldiers in, 1397, 1412.
-, -, Scotland, district of, 600.
-, -,-, regiment of, 670.
-, -, Hole, district of, 600.
-, -, transportation of criminals to, 620, 656, 657, 1157, 1194.

Barker, William, 508.

Barnstable County (Massachusetts), 29.

Barnstable Bay (Massachusetts), 1416.

Barnstaple (Devon), merchants of, 397, 436.
-, -,-, petitions of, 392, 436, 796, 800.
-, -,-, letters to, 406, 807, 930.
-, -, merchant ships sailing from, 545.
-, -, Mayor of, letters to, 648, 807, 907.

Barrett, Charles, 65.

Barrow, Thomas, 55.

Bart, Richard, 481.

Barton, Major William, 859 I.

Barwick Parish (Massachusetts), 1326.

Bass, Jeremiah, 385, 1005, 1059.
-, -,-, letters to, 995, 1000, 1066, 1198, 1225.
-, -,-, documents from, 1030, 1187, 1189, 1197, 1203, 1206.

Bassett, William, petitions from, 881.

Bates, William, 682.

Bath, Earl of. See Granville, John.

Bath, Mr., 622.

Bathurst, Lancelot, 956 V.

Battaile, John, 32.

Bavincott, John, 871.

Bay of Bulls (Newfoundland), 449 I., 586, 654, 1115, 1147.

Bayard, Nicholas, 1288.
-, -,-, documents signed by, 217, 217 I.–III., 503, 536 III.

Bayer, Bastian, agent for the Leeward Islands, documents signed by, 199, 201, 585, 618, 777, 1204 I., 1344, 1404.

Bayly, John, 104 II., 178.

Beake, Abraham, 529.

Beal, Ninian, 2, 4, p. 29, 77.

Bear, John (a pirate), 375, 1201 III.

Bear Island (Maine), 108.

Beata, Altovalla, p. 564.

Beckford, Peter, 435, 639, 1080, 1348, 1362, 1368.
-, -,-, documents signed by, 97, 224.
-, -,-, (junior), 344.

Beckman, Sir Martin, 695.

Bedford (New York), p. 519, 1329, 1335.

Beeckman, Gerard, p. 149, p. 152.

Beere, Elizabeth, 1389.

Beeston, Sir William, Lieutenant-Governor of Jamaica, 288, 293, 297, 327, 339, 363, 391, 418, 451, 528, 1005, 1098.
-, -,-, and the expedition to Hispaniola in 1695, p. 204.
-, -,-, letters from:
-, 1696:—40, 48, 72, 73, 101–103, 130, 163, 232, 325, 553.
-, 1697:—639 IV., VI., VII., 715, 768, 770, 868, 995, 1059, 1080, 1184, 1201, 1318, 1348.
-, -,-, his complaints of the neglect of the English Government, 824.
-, -,-, letters to:
-, 1696:—292, 413, 639 III.
-, 1697:—714, 721, 959, 1138, 1139, 1201 II.

Belcher, Andrew, 1304.

Bellomont, Earl of. See Coote, Richard.

Bentinck, William, Earl of Portland, 157 II.

Berkeley County (Carolina), 45.

Berkeley, Lord, 365 I., 1367.
-, -, Sir William, p. 462, p. 651.

BERMUDA, 399, 617, 645, 695, 759 I., 1005, 1030, 1059, 1122, 1165, 1227, 1232, 1285, 1333 I., 1360, 1362, 1420.
-, -, Governor of. See Goddard, John; Robinson, Sir Robert; Day, Samuel.
-, -, Deputy Master of. See Rawlins, John.
-, -, council of, minutes of, 1374.
-, -, merchants trading to, documents from, 1356.
-, -, its great importance urged by Barbados, p. 96, 487.
-, -, measures for defence of, 488.
-, -, fortifications of, 713.
-, -, case of Richier, 728 I.–XV., 733 I., II., 787, 841, 841 I.–XIII., 842, 972, 1028, 1029, 1062, 1340, 1374.
-, -, names of persons to serve in Admiralty Courts, 774 I.

Bernon, Gabriel, p. 253, 531, p. 320.
-, -,-, memorials from, 514, 515, 533.

Berwick, 1007.

Beverley, Harry, 37.
-, -, Peter, clerk of the House of Burgesses of Virginia, 171, 956 V., p. 654.
-, -,-, letters from, 51, 52, 982, 1113, 1114.
-, -, Robert, 139, 259, p. 652.

Bevon, James, 86, 87.

Bickford, Lieutenant Abraham, 26, 27 I.–III., p. 80, 162, 631 I.
-, -,-, letter from, 27 I.

Bideford, H.M.S., 975, 978, 1052, 1188, 1315, 1364, 1376.

Bideford (Devon), merchants of, 397, 437.
-, -,-, petitions of, 392 I., 428, 784, 787, 788, 797, 800, 872 I., 1147.
-, -,-, letters to, 406, 437, 788, 930.
-, -, Mayor of, letters to, 648, 907.
-, -, merchant ships sailing from, 545.
-, -,-, lost, 589.

Bilbao, 463, 739.

Birckhead, Neh., documents signed by, 1365.

Bird, William, 1321.

Bishop's Pond (Antigua), 1352.

Bishop, Robert, 104 II., 209, 581.

Biss, Thomas, 1347.

Blackborne, Robert, 500.
-, -,-, letters from, 517.
-, -,-, letters to, 517 II

Blackwater, river (Virginia), 139, 273, 299, 329, 772, 943, 954, 1411.
-, -, Swamp (Virginia), p. 457, 1078, p. 665.

Bladen, William, 79, pp. 155–156.

Blair, James, 32, 59, 139, 259, 299, 315, 319, 347, 772, 943, 954, 956 II.–IV., 965, 966, 967, 973, 998, 1253, 1262, p. 607, 1362, 1377, p. 664.
-, -,-, documents signed by, 966 I., 1396.
-, -,-, letters from, 1411, 1413.

Blakiston, Nehemiah, 165.

Blathwayt, William, a member of the Council of Trade and Plantations, 1, p. 36, 101, 207, 219, 344, 370, 399, 536 VII.–VIII., p. 283, 582, 596, 626, 784, 787, 788, 842, 874, 1094, 1122, 1123, 1160, 1320 II., p. 658, pp. 660–661.
-, -,-, letters, etc., from, 536 VII.–VIII., 925, 1037.
-, -,-, letters to:
-, 1696:—12, 14, 48, 58, 73, 88, 162, 218, 225, 228, 235, 243, 372, 429, 553.
-, 1697:—580, 659, 721, 768, 800, 802, 824, 868, 1059, 1080, 1138, 1348.
-, -,-, documents signed by:
-, 1696:—317, 318, 364, 378, 383, 391, 401, 413, 415, 424, 452, 456, 458, 464, 487, 489–491, 511, 518, 519, 530, 533.
-, 1697:—583, 587, 590, 592, 604, 609, 613, 614, 615, 621, 641, 642, 643, 645, 646, 647, 657, 658, 659, 660, 675, 676, 677, 686, 696, 697, 698, 699, 706, 709, 711, 712, 713, 714, 718, 720, 721, 722, 740, 780, 786, 803, 815, 816, 830, 852, 853, 875, 886, 887, 901, 910, 937, 939, 949, 950.

Blunt, H.M.S., 903.

Boardley, Stephen, 516, 518, 550, 656, 658, 677, p. 550.

Boca Chica, 1201.

Boesman, John, 856.

Bohemia river, p. 421.

Bollinger, Richard, 759 I.

Bolton, Duke of. See Paulet.

Bonadventure, H.M. ship, 471, 594, 760, 787, 951, 1115, 1254, 1364.

Bonavista (Newfoundland), 479, 586, 674, 705, 823, 1115, 1151, 1164.

Bond, Francis, President of Barbados, 132, 193, 298, 703.
-, -,-, documents signed by, 138, 188, 192, 277, 978.
-, -,-, letters from, 1697:—1049.
-, -,-, letters, etc., to, 169:—1089I

Boothby, Edward, 862.

Boscawen, 1005, 1059, 1082.
-, -, letter from, 1095.

Bostock, J., 1313 I.

BOSTON, 536 X., XII., 649, 683, 694, 775, 955, 974, 1001, 1111, 1129, 1219, 1284, 1294.
-, -, shipbuilding at, p. 54.
-, -, its traffic with pirates, p. 260.
-, -, pirates fitted out from, 604.
-, -, trade rivalry with New York, 691.

Boteler, John, 104 II., 105, 112, 178.

Boulter, William, a Commissioner of Ordnance, letter signed by, 430 I.

Bourbon Forts (Hudson's Bay), 568, 573, 731, 750.

Bourden, John, documents signed by, 97, 224.

Bourke, Edward, 848, 849, 936.

Bourne, Arthuro, 517 IV.

Bowles, Captain B., R.N., 1182 I.

Bowtell, William, 89, 93.
-, -,-, petition of, 46 I.

Brabant, Mr. Henry, 695, 724.

Bradley, Samuel, p. 81.

Bradshaw, Captain, 633.

Bradstreet, 1043.

Brandenburgh, Elector of, 596, 613.

Brassier, Abraham, p. 152.

Bray, Mr., p. 154, 269, 858, 1050.

Breador, Francis, 351, 356, 656, 666.

Breda, Treaty of (1671). See Treaty of Breda.

Breda, ship, 751.

Brenton, Jahleel, 109, 122 III., 126, 165, 187, 190, 438, 509, 729, 952, 1023 II., 1064, 1177.
-, -,-, documents from, 121, 986, 995, 1027, 1030.
-, -,-, letters to, 964, 972, 1169.

Bridgeman, alias Every (a pirate). See Every.
-, -, William, a Secretary of the Admiralty, 451.
-, -,-, letters from, 446, 559, 562, 565, 577, 579, p. 319, 637, 656, 679, 729, 738, 745, 751, 781, 787, 872 II., 897, 902, 904, 972, 1142, 1206, 1211, 1307, 1332, 1334.
-, -,-, letters to, 205, 445, 566, 574, 680, 746, 754, 758, 787, 791, 792, 801, 806, 1346.
-, -,-, documents signed by, 107, 157, 169, 182 I., 483, 484, 499, 550, 912, 962, 968, 1159, 1199, 1214, 1215, 1216, 1257.

Bridger, John, 182 II.

Bridges, William, agent for Barbados, 83, 85, 89, 105, 187, 565, 603, 1345.
-, -,-, documents from, 47, 127, 400, 447, 1253, 1259, 1373, 1382, 1397, 1413.
-, -,-, documents signed by, 936, 1174, 1412, 1413.
-, -,-, letters to, 123.

Bridgewater, Earl of. See Egerton.

Bridport (Dorset), merchants of, 635.

Brigos (Newfoundland), 1115.

Bristol (Massachusetts), 23.

Bristol, H.M. ship, p. 49, 931.

Bristol (Somerset), letters, etc., to Mayor of, 648, 807, 907.
-, -,-, letters, etc., from Mayor and merchants of, 449, 578, 674, 695, 839.
-, -,-, merchant ships sailing from, 545.
-, -,-, merchants of, 597.
-, -,-,-, letters from, 705.

Broadbent, John, 306.
-, -, Joshua, p. 530.

Broad Neck parish (Maryland), 864 I.

Brockholes, Anthony, 16 IX.

Brodrick, William, p. 32, 473, 1034, p. 555, 1248, 1255.

Bromley, John, 944.
-, -,-, documents signed by, 138, 188.

Brooke, Chidley, agent for New York, 13, 15, 25, p. 74, p. 81, 162, 167, 204, 225, 226, 228, p. 125, 238, pp. 147–149, p. 177, 385, 1117, 1288, 1334, 1387.
-, -,-, documents from, 157 III., 194, 394, 1025 I., II., 1059, 1072, 1094, 1097, 1151, 1161.
-, -,-, documents signed by, 572, 691, 1006, 1190, 1208, 1391.
-, -, Thomas, 1123 I.
-, -, William, petition, etc., from, 1062, 1120, 1165, 1177.

Brooking, Francis, 600.

Brooks, Thomas, p. 127, 864 II.

Broughton, Edward, 124, 639, 769.
-, -,-, documents signed by, 224.

Brown, David, 77, 221, 864 II.
-, -, Richard, p. 144.

Browne, Philip, 1311, 1330, 1370.
-, -, William, 21.

Bryer, Richard, p. 144.

Buck, John, 784.
-, -, G., 784.

Bugden, Captain, 1317 III.

Bulfinch, J., letters to, 1031, 1235.

Bulkley, Thomas, 729, 787, 874, 877.
-, -,-, petition from, 681, 695, 725, 770, 800, 814, 843, 844, 845, 884, 923, 925, 952, 1373, 1388, 1400.

Burchett, Josiah, a secretary of the Admiralty, 96.
-, -,-, letters from:—669, 787, 792, 800, 802, 808, 819, 834, 842, 903, 904, 918, 925, 928, 945, 951, 952, 1413.
-, -,-, letters to:—801, 806.

Burke, Edward, 105.

Burley, William, 221, p. 154.

Burlington (New Jersey), 1308.

Burnet, Gilbert, Bishop of Salisbury, 856.

Burrell, Lewis, 956 V.

Burt, Eunice, 532.
-, -, Richard, 532.
-, -, William, 859 I

Bushnell, John, p. 144.

Butler, Charles, Earl of Arran, 656, 952, 962 II., 972, 992, 993, 995, 1151, 1177, 1189, 1234.
-, -, James, Duke of Ormond, 1231 I.
-, -, John, 1381.
-, -, Major William, 682.

Byam, Edward, 859 I.

Byfield, Nathaniel, 120 III., 759 I., 919, 1042, 1084, 1326.

Byrd, Colonel William, 956 II., 956 IV., 967, 973, p. 530, 1237, p. 607, p. 652.
-, -,-, documents signed by, 966, 967.