Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 29, 1716-1717. Originally published by His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1930.
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Bagby, John, transported, 309 ii.
Bahama Islands, The, Admiralty Court, instructions concerning, 595 iv.
-, defence of, 240.
-, fortification of, necessity for, 108, 596, 635.
-, garrison of, proposed, 657 i., iii.
-, government, need of, 328.
-, government of, resumption of, report upon, 671 i.
-, Governor of. See Mostyn, Roger; Rogers, Woodes; Walker, Thomas.
-, -, to be appointed by Crown, suggestion for, 108.
-, Habakoe i., 625.
-, Harbour Island, settlement at, 635.
-, -, fortified by pirates, 596.
-, history of, 657 vi.
-, importance of, 108, 240, 331, 657 iv., v., vii.
-, Islathera (Isle Aethera), pirates at, 240 i., ii.
-, Lords Proprietors of, 657 i.
-, -, letter to, 657 ii.
-, -, neglect by, 108, 331, 557, 657, iv.–vii.
-, -, -, report upon, 331, 671, 671 i.
-, -, proposal for surrender of government, 58, 657, ii.–v., vii.
-, New Providence, 328, 328 i., ii.
-, -, fort at, demolished by Spaniards, 671 i.
-, -, -, -, pirates 328.
-, -, reprisals by Spaniards, prevented, 328, 328 ii.
-, -, fortification of, urged 596.
-, -, inhabitants desert, 240 i., ii.
-, -, pirates at, 240 i., ii., 328, 671 i.
-, -, resettlement of, proposal for, 657 ii.–vii.; and see Rogers, W.
-, -, -, recommended, 671 i.
-, pirates at, 158 i., iii., 240, 240 i., 328, 328 i., ii., 408 ii., 473, 595, 596, 635, 677.
-, -, Capt. Walker expelled by, 328, 328 i.
-, -, fortify Harbour Island, 596.
-, -, goods of, seized, 328.
-, -, increase of, 328, 595, 595 iv.
-, -, privateer despatched from Virginia against, 240 iii., 595, 595 iv.
-, -, profess not to attack British ships, 240, 240 i., ii.
-, -, Providence fortified by, 328.
-, -, report upon, 331, 453, 453 i., iii., 671 i.
-, -, ship of, destroyed, 328; and see Hornigold.
-, -, ship taken by, 677.
-, -, suppression of, proposed, 240, 328, 408, 408 i.–iii., 418, 587, 596, 657 ii., iii.
-, -, -, report upon, 671 i.
-, population of, 108.
-, products of, 229, 230.
-, raids on, 108, 240, 657 iv., vi., vii., 671 i.
-, representation on, 108, 108 ii., 328.
-, settlement of, report upon, referred, 7.
-, -, scheme for, proposed, 108; and see Rogers, W.
-, -, urged, 230, 240, 596.
-, H.M. ship wrecked on, 239 i.
-, -, guns of, 239 i.
-, Spanish attacks on, 108, 240, 657 iv., vi., vii., 671 i.
-, Spanish wrecks, fishing on, 595 iv.; and see Spanish galleons, wreck of.
Baillergreau, Jacob, document signed by, 675 iv.
Baine, John, transported, 309 ii.
Baker, Cleophas, 425 vi.
Balchen (Balcher), Capt., R.N., 158 v.
-, -, letter from, 158 iv.
Ball, Guy, document signed by, 573.
-, Robert, document signed by, 588 i. (a).
Ballantine, William, transported, 310 ii.
Bambridge, John, Councillor, New Jersey, appointment of, recommended, 103.
Bampfeild, G., letter from, 335.
-, -, Agent of Governor Hunter, instructions to, 585.
-, -, memorial by, 353.
Bane, William, transported, 311 i.
Barbados, Act, appointing Agents, 115.
-, -, to dock entail and enable George Nicholas, etc., report upon, 672, 673, 685.
-, -, to dock entail and enable Thomas Somers, etc., referred, 345.
-, -, -, report upon, 354, 363.
-, -, confirmed, 384.
-, -, for docking the entail of Mount Lucie Plantation, report on, 58.
-, -, -, referred, 7.
-, -, -, confirmed, 89.
-, -, appointing Committee of accounts, enquiry concerning, 572.
-, -, to oblige keeping of white servants, 572.
-, Agents for. See Micklethwait, Joseph; Heysham, William; Lloyd; and Act appointing.
-, -, -, letter to, 573.
-, Assembly of, 572, 573.
-, -, Committee of Correspondence, letter from, 573.
-, benefices in, 573, 573 ii.
-, burials, 661 ii.–xii.
-, christenings in, 661 ii. (ff).
-, Commissary of, complaint concerning. See Gordon, Rev.
-, Council, 572.
-, -, subsistence of regiment advanced by, 116.
-, -, -, payment for, 116.
-, Councillors of, 125, 238, 244, 254, 255, 263, 264, 271, 271 i., 272, 290, 539.
-, -, judges in own cases, practice concerning, 238; and see Colleton, John.
-, Court of Chancery, list of causes in, 661 xiv.
-, Court, Ecclesiastical, complaint concerning, 573.
-, Court of Errors, list of causes in, 661 xiii.
-, debts of, provision for, 572.
-, defence, 424.
-, epidemic in, 572.
-, fortifications, etc., 4½ p.c. appropriated for, 424.
-, -, repair of, measures for, 592.
-, 4½ p.c. duty in, 297.
-, -, accounts of, 341 i., 424.
-, -, Acts relating to, 424.
-, -, appropriated for fortifications, 424.
-, -, payments from, 475 i.
-, -, report upon, 424.
-, guardship, 275, 425, 489.
-, -, aid against pirates requested for Leeward Islands, 484.
-, -, disabled by desertion and sickness, 661.
-, -, instructions concerning pirates, 489.
-, -, pirates destroyed by, 661.
-, inhabitants, white, list of, 276.
-, Jacobites in, precautions against, recommended, 572.
-, Mount Lucie Plantation. See Act concerning.
-, murder, pardon for, 326.
-, Naval Officer. See Cornelius, John.
-, Naval Officer's list of ships cleared, 504.
-, party heats in, subside, 572.
-, passes for ships for, number required, 52.
-, pirates infest, 473, 661.
-, -, instructions concerning, 489.
-, prosperity of, 505.
-, Provost Marshal General of. See Reynolds, Thomas; Reynolds, Francis; Forbes, William.
-, rebel prisoner, transported to, 310 vi.
-, -, settlement of, in, 129, 145.
-, Revenue, payment from, for subsistence of regiment, 116.
-, Secretary of. See Skeene, A.
-, St. Lucia. See St. Lucia.
-, trade, with French forbidden, 524.
-, -, returns of, required, 572.
-, -, with Spanish settlements, French and, 572.
-, white servants, Act to oblige proportion of, 572.
Barbuda, 118 ii.
-, Lt.-Governor of, appointment of, approval of by Crown, 190, 197.
-, -, -, enquiry concerning, 190.
-, -, -, -, reply to, 197.
Barnard, —., Councillor, Jam., 359 i.
Barnet, Jonathan, deposition of, 308.
-, Thomas, transported, 309 ii.
Barnett, Jonathan, debt of, 387.
Barnstaple, traders of, petition of, 479.
-, -, -, recommended, 480.
Barnwell, Col., Car., 413 iv. (b).
Barr, Henry, document signed by, 675 viii.
Barrow, Thomas, pirate, 240 i. ii.
Barry, Thomas, transported, 310 iii.
-, William, transported, 309 ii.
Barzey, William, document signed by, 118 xiv., xv.
Basse, Jeremiah, N.J., charges against, 135.
-, -, fined, 135 i.
-, -, instructions to, by Mr. Cox, 392 i.
-, -, intrigues of, 135.
Basseau, Monsr., claim of, 308 ii.
Bassett, William, Councillor, Va., document signed by, 165 i., 530 i., 595 iv.
Bateman, Sir James, Lord Mayor of London, 582.
-, -, sub-governor of South Sea Co., document signed by, 67 i.
-, -, letter to, 80.
Bathsheba. sloop, 158 v., 240 i.
Bathurst, Richard, recommended by Council, Jam., 387.
Baton, Alen, transported, 309 i.
Baxa, Vicente de, Governor of Havana, letter from, 409 i.
Baxter, John, 355.
Bay of Hounds, 240 i.
Bayles, Daniel, document signed by, 675 iv.
Baylor, Jonas, document signed by, 146 i.
Bean, Duncan, transported, 313 i.
Beane, Kenedy, transported, 312 i.
Beaufort, Duke of. See Somerset, Henry.
Beauséjour (du Burre), Madame de, sale of plantation by, 44 ii., 47 i.; and see Oufroy; Tulon.
Beck, Thomas, Capt., 309 ii.
Beckford, Peter, Speaker, Jam., document signed by, 387 i.
-, -, complaint against, 357 (c).
-, Thomas, Councillor, Jamaica, 169, 175 i., 359 i., 387.
Bedford, H.M.S., 352.
Bedgood, John, document signed by, 452 v.
Beef Island. See Virgin Islands.
Begg, Miles, transported, 310 iii.
Belcher, —, 286.
-, Jonathan, 582.
Bell, Richard, document signed by, 452 v.
Bellamy, Samuel, pirate, 484, 639 i.
-, -, at Virgin Islands, 568.
-, -, captures by, 425 iii., 595 i.
-, -, wreck and death of, 629, 666, 677.
Bellomont, Lord, late Governor of of New York, etc. See Coote, Richard.
Bendysh, Thomas, debts of, 387.
Benerman, Mark, transported, 312 i.
Bennet, George, Councillor, Jamaica, 169, 175 i., 359 i., 387.
Bennet, sloop, 158 v., vi., 240 i., ii., 677; and see Signora Nostra de Belem.
Bennett, Benjamin, Lt.-Governor of Bermuda, charge against, 247 i., 280 iii., iv.
-, -, -, withdrawn, 306.
-, -, -, reply to, 300, 677.
-, -, letter from, 300, 677, 678.
-, Sir John, letter to, 32, 306.
Bentley, Joseph, Surveyor of Customs, letter from, 660 i.
-, -, -, referred, 660.
Beresford, Richard, Agent of Assembly, S. Carolina, 71.
-, -, document signed by, 477, 488, 517.
-, -, letter from, 99, 226, 230, 413, 429 ii., 456.
-, -, letter to, 97, 229, 239 i., 243, 407, 413 i., 462.
-, -, salary, 71.
-, Samuel, Rev., Councillor, Barbados, 573 ii.
Berkeley, James, Earl of Berkeley, First Lord of the Admiralty, 582.
Berkley, Edmund, Councillor, Virginia, document signed by, 165 i., 530 i., 595 iv.
Bermuda, Acts of, 677.
-, Act, to vest lands of Richard Jennings, etc., 574 i.
-, -, -, confirmed, 684.
-, -, -, referred, 566.
-, -, -, report upon, 574, 581.
-, -, report upon, request for, 49, 104.
-, Assembly of, 574.
-, -, Journals, 677.
-, Council of, charge against, 247 i.
-, -, -, withdrawn, 306.
-, Councillors, charge against, 280 iv.
-, Court of Chancery, action in, 280 iv.
-, Comte de Paix, case of, 247, 247 i.
-, fortifications of, damaged by hurricane, 300.
-, inhabitants, numbers of, 677.
-, Lt. Governor of. See Pulleyn, Henry: Bennet, Benjamin.
-, passes for ships for, number required, 52.
-, piracy, charge of, 247 i.
-, -, -, withdrawn, 306.
-, -, trial for, 280 i.–iv.
-, -, enquiry concerning, 678.
-, pirates seized in, 677, 678.
-, revenue, accounts of, 677.
-, sloop, captured by pirates, 240 i., ii.
-, Spanish galleons, wrecks of, Bermuda men fishing on, 300, 595 iv.
-, -, -, -, prevented, 677.
-, Susanna sloop, case of, 280 i.–iv.
Bernard, Samuel, petition of, 178, 648 i.
-, -, -, referred, 648.
-, -, -, hearing of, 670.
-, Thomas, Councillor, Jamaica, 169, 175 i., 308.
-, -, dismissal of, protest against, 178.
-, -, document signed by, 203 i., ii.
-, -, Chief Justice, Jam., 451 (e).
-, -, -, -, appointment of, 78.
-, -, -, -, removal of, Address for, 387, 387 i.
Bertie, J., a Lord Proprietor of Carolina, document signed by, 40, 53, 56, 71, 72, 73, 74, 287, 293–5, 372, 382 i., 567, 597, 608, 609; and see Carolina, Lords Proprietors of.
Betty, Francis, transported, 310 v.
Beverley, Henry, Capt., instructions of, 240 iii., 595, 595 iv.
-, -, information by, against pirates, 595 iv.
-, -, sloop of, captured by Spaniards, 595.
-, Peter, document signed by, 540.
-, —., (Va.) lands of, 452 i.
Bevon, James, Councillor, Nevis, document signed by, 66 ii., iv., v., 118 xi., xii., xiii.
-, -, deposition of, 66 xvi.
Bickardyke, Arthur, document signed by, 540.
Bicknell, John, document signed by, 23.
-, -, letter from, 210.
-, -, letter to, 211.
Bideford, Mayor of, letter to, 6.
-, traders of, petition of, 479.
-, -, -, recommended, 480.
Bidgood, John, document signed by, 452 v.
Bilboa, fish seized at. See Tulon, case of.
Biscayners, at Newfoundland Fishery, 44 ii.
Biskitt, James, 425 vi.
Blackwood, James, transported, 310 v.
Bladen, Martin, Commissioner of Trade and Plantations, commission of, 647.
Blair, James, Councillor, Virginia, document signed by, 165 i., 530 i., 595 iv.
-, -, Speaker of Assembly, Jam., document signed by, 158 xi. (b).
-, -, letter from, 39.
-, -, Councillor, Jamaica, 169, 175 i., 359 i., 387.
Blake, —, St. Kitts, 437.
Blakiston, Col., letter to, 32.
Bland, Richard, (Va.), 243.
-, -, document signed by, 146 i.
Blare, James, transported, 310 ii.
Blathwayt, William, Assistant Clerk to Privy Council, document signed by, 87, 377, 378, 381, 382, 485.
-, -, Auditor General of the Plantations, deputation by, 322, 325, 325 i.
-, -, enquiry by, 292.
-, -, letter from, 325.
-, -, letter to, 322.
Blenac (Blanac), Comte de, Governor, French Hispaniola, 203 ii., 308 iii.
-, -, letter from, 308 ii., iv.
Bodkin, Andrew, plantation of, St. Kitts, 437.
Bolingbroke, Viscount. See St. John, Henry.
Bond, Francis, Councillor, Barbados, appointment of, 263, 290.
-, -, -, recommendation of, 271, 271 i., 272.
Bonetta, sloop, 425 iii.
Bonnemere, Monsieur, plantation of, in St. Kitts, 134, 134 i.
Bonner, William, 447 i.
-, -, letter from, 423.
Boone, Joseph, Agent of Assembly, S. Carolina, complaint against, 71.
-, -, document signed by, 477, 488.
-, -, letter from, 226, 229, 413, 429 ii., 456.
-, -, letter to, 97, 239 i., 407, 413 i., 541, 542, 601.
-, -, salary of, 71.
Boore, Richard, charge against, 468 i.–v.
-, -, -, referred, 468.
-, -, document signed by, 439 v.
-, -, letter to, 439 vi.
Borland, John, Agent for Nova Scotia garrison, 63.
Boughton, Thomas, Speaker of South Carolina Assembly, document signed by, 97, 97 i.
Boure, Louis de, pirate, 425 iii.
Bourke, David, deposition of, 268 (i).
Bow, James, transported, 310 iii.
Bowes, —, Mr., (Jam.), letter from, 359 i.
Bowles, William, petition of, 178.
Bowles, —, candidate for government of New York, 634 i.
Bowne, John, document signed by, 588 i. (a).
Boyle, Alex., transported, 310 i.
-, Henry, donation of, 243.
Bradford, William, Printer, N.Y., 192 iv.
-, -, deposition of, 675 xx.
-, -, Clerk of Assembly, New Jersey, document signed by, 192 iii.
Bransart, Thomas, document signed by, 588 i. (a).
Bray, David, document signed by, 452 ix.
Brazil, 411.
Brenden, John, transported, 311 i.
Brian, Hugh, captured by Indians, 413 i.
-, Joseph, 413 i.
Bridger, J., Surveyor-General of H.M. Woods in America, 666.
-, -, commission of, necessity for, 33.
-, -, -, objection to, 11, 12, 13 i.
-, -, complaints against, not justified, 33.
-, -, instructions of, 436 i.
-, -, -, to Governors to aid, 436 i.
-, -, letter from, 22, 472, 510 i., 515 i.
-, -, salary of, discontinued, 11, 13 i., 13 ii.
-, -, -, petition concerning, 11, 12.
-, -, seizures by, 33.
-, -, survey by, 302.
Bridgwater, Charles, Councillor, Nevis, document signed by, 66 ii., iv., v., 118 xii., xiii.
Briggs, Paul, transported, 310 ii.
Brims, —, Indian Chief, 597.
Bristol, Mayor of, letter to, 6.
-, merchants etc., petition of, 587 i., 657 vii., 671 i.
-, -, -, referred, 587.
-, Naval Store Company, letter from, 552.
-, -, purchase of lands by, Pa., 552 i.
-, sailings from, for Newfoundland, 114 i., ii.
-, ship taken by pirates, 677.
Brodbelt, Lawrence, Councillor, Nevis, document signed by, 66 ii., iv., v., 118 xi., xii., xiii.
-, Richard, document signed by, 66 ii., iv., v., 118 xi., xii., xiii.
Brodrick, William, Councillor, Jamaica, appointment of, etc., 31, 88, 94, 169, 175 i., 308, 359 i.
-, -, departure of, 387.
-, -, Attorney-General of Jamaica, complaint concerning, 158 xi. (a), xii.
-, -, -, order to, 387.
-, -, -, patent of, revoked, 623.
-, -, Proclamation drawn by, complaint against, 158 xi. (a).
Bromhall, Thomas, Capt., 309 i.
Brookes, Edward, Car. S., 268 (i).
Broughton, Andrew, surety for Governor, 420, 447 i.
-, Thomas, Speaker, Car. S., document signed by, 239 i., iii., 407 i., 477 i.
Brown, Anthony. See Antigua, Act to indemnify.
Brown, James, (Nevis), 425 vi.
-, John, transported, 310 v.
-, Ninian, transported, 310 iii.
Browne, Abraham, document signed by, 588 i. (a).
-, Jeremiah, Speaker, Nevis, document signed by, 118 xii., xiii.
-, John, transported, 310 i.
-, Mark, transported, 310 i.
-, Nathaniel. See Jamaica, Act to confirm agreement, etc.
-, Nicholas, document signed by, 588 i. (a).
-, Samuel, deposition of, 66 viii.
-, Thomas, pirate, seized in Bermuda, 677, 678.
-, William, (Boston), 582.
Bruce, Alex., transported, 310 v.
-, James, document signed by, 615, 676.
-, -, transported, 309 i.
-, Robert, transported, 310 i., v.
Bubb, Mr., letter from, 492, 502.
-, -, letter to, 494.
Bulark, John, document signed by, 588 i. (a).
Bull, William, document signed by, 407 i.
Buor, Major Peter, plantation of, in St. Kitts, order concerning, 98.
Burch, Richard, transported, 310 iv.
Burchett, Josiah, Secretary to the Admiralty, letter from, 5, 13 i., 30, 170, 188, 193, 214, 350, 402, 408 i., iii., 489, 510, 529, 563, 570, 639, 641.
-, -, letter to, 52, 158 iv, 183, 194, 209, 212, 273, 298, 408 ii., 461 i., 464 i., 474, 510 i., 558, 638, 639 i.
Burdell, William, Capt., charge against, 468 i.–v.
-, -, -, referred, 468.
Burdis, George, transported, 310 ii.
Burfick, George, transported, 309 ii.
Burges, Elizeus, Governor of Massachusetts Bay and New Hampshire, 126, 131 i., 305.
-, -, arrival of, expected, N.H., 316.
-, -, instruction of, 131 i., 199 ii.
Burgiss, —, pirate, 635.
Burne, John, transported, 309 ii., 310 v.
Burre, Madame du. See Beauséjour.
Burrill, John, Speaker, Mass. Bay, 607.
Burt, E., letter from, 461, 464.
Burton, John, document signed by, 118 x.
-, R., document signed by, 461 i.
Burtton, Jos., transported, 310 ii.
Bustall (Burstall, Bustill,), Samuel, N.Y., 675 ix., xi.
-, -, letter from, 634 i.
-, -, mission of, to England, 349.
Butler, —, (N.E.), maltreated by pirates, 240 i., ii.
Byam, Edward, document signed by, 118 x.
-, -, petition of, 511.
-, Mrs, 118 ii.
Byerley, Thomas, Councillor, N.J., document signed by, 588 i. (b).
-, -, collector, N.Y., return by, 470.
Byrd, William, Councillor and ReceiverGeneral, Va., 452 i., 662.
-, -, accounts of, 367 i.
-, -, case of, 367, 374.
-, -, criticism of, 413 iii. (c).
-, -, document signed by, 533, 534, 656.
-, -, letter from, 140, 142, 367, 550.
-, -, letter to, 141.
-, -, proposal by, concerning naval stores, 506, 507.
-, -, vessel of, condemned for illegal trade, 452 i.