East Indies: December 1603 | British History Online

Calendar of State Papers Colonial, East Indies, China and Japan, Volume 2, 1513-1616. Originally published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1864.

'East Indies: December 1603', in Calendar of State Papers Colonial, East Indies, China and Japan, Volume 2, 1513-1616, (London, 1864) pp. 139-140. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-state-papers/colonial/east-indies-china-japan/vol2/pp139-140 [accessed 27 April 2024]

December 1603



1603.	325. Minute that Henry Middleton succeeded [Sir Jas. Lancaster] with as many [four] ships, and at his return brought from the King of Ternate a present to King James I., and letters ratifying the treaty of commerce; but the Dutch representing the English as pirates, and that they came with a design to plunder his country, the King commanded them to leave it, and the Governor of Poleron [Pooloroon] confessed to Capt. Keeling that the Dutch factors there offered the natives 12,000 dollars not to trade with the English. [East Ind Corresp., March 23, 1613.]
1603.	326. Articles granted by the King of Dachem [Acheen] and Sumatra to the subjects of the Queen of England. Free entry and trade, duty free, without regard to the goods imported or exported. Succour to be given to English ships in danger through stress of weather. Power of making wills and of disposing of their estates when and to whom they think fit. Ample security as to all contracts and bargains, in which respect the natives are bound to a punctual observance of justice and fair dealing. Authority to the chief governor or factor to inflict punishments on their own delinquents, without appealing to the civil magistrates of the country. Assurance of steady justice in all cases of injuries received from the natives, upon complaint made. Exemption from arrests upon goods or prizes. Liberty of conscience and the undisturbed exercise of their own religion. [Two pages and a half. An indorsement, almost illegible, states that these articles were “delivered to Sir Jas. Lancaster, anno Dom. 1603.” 0[riginal] C[orrespondence] from the India Office, Vol. I., No. 1. Printed in Universal History, Vol. X, p. 16.]
1603.	327. “The lading of four ships of the East India for Lisbon,” including spices, indigo, precious stones, calico, stuffs, silks, and musk. [Half a page. Correspondence, Portugal.]
	328. King of Bantam to Queen Elizabeth. In answer to a letter from the Queen, brought by Capt. Jas. Lancaster, with a ruby ring, two vestures woven and embroidered with gold, and placed within a purple box of china. [Minute. East India Correspondence, March 23, 1613. This appears to be a minute of No. 314.]