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Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… 1620 June 1620 June 7. Northborn. 51. Sir Edwin Sandys to the Marquis of Buckingham. Justifies himself in exposing the courses of … the utter extirpation of the colony. Declares that in one year with 8,000 l. he did more for the advancement of …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… Two bills of adventure are sealed for the Lord Keeper, one for 110 l., for a patentee's part in the main land, the … share in the ship. Propositions offered by Francis Weekes on behalf of merchants of Barnstaple for settling a … requests that he will, by fair persuasion, win assistance from the county in a work so honourable to the nation and to …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… to proceed. Have been forced to suspend Capt. John Martin from the commission for Virginia to which he was lately … a clerk in the Sec. Office, who, contrary to his oath and duty, "delivered our papers committed to his charge, which … was probably taken to England and presented by him. On 1 Sept. 1625, Sec. Conway writes to the Turkey Company to …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… June 18. Account of ordnance and ammunition delivered to the Earl of Carlisle by the King's warrant of 24 May 1627, … of Southampton, merchant, to the Duke of Buckingham. One of the chief for the maintenance of the plantation of St. … Courts and the election of officers to be agreed upon. On 8 June, Capt. Roger North, brother to Lord North, was …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… patent, that the planters should be taxed more than 5 per cent. upon their goods imported, whereas ninepence per pound … is a note respecting a silver mine discovered by one Phillips, "a Scotch and mineral man," residing with Sir …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… West Indies June 1630 June 1630 June 2. Whitehall. Minute of the Privy Council. Thos. Fittz, merchant, having been … committed to the Fleet prison for embezzling beaver skins from a warehouse, the Attorney General is required to …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… and West Indies June 1631 June 1631 June 15. Minutes of a Court for Providence Island. An oath for the officers of the Company agreed upon: Mr. Treasurer [John … Wormeley who will inform the colony of the articles agreed on by their agents. When the planters have resolved and the …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… sooner fortified and peopled. These resolutions confirmed on 26th Nov. following. At an adjourned meeting, at 6 p.m. on … this year, and promised large annual supplies. Building of ships, employing them in fishing, and the manufacture of salt … A fisherman in six months may make his wages worth 60 l. per annum. The first year's outlay will build, fortify, and …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… America and West Indies June 1633 June 1633 June 1. The eldest son of Lord Say and Sele and John Michell admitted … a gunner. Mr. Hart ordered to sell tobacco at 14 d. per lb. June 6. Several payments ordered. The freight of 50 … not get more for it. June 10. Order upon a letter received from the Masters of the Trinity House concerning the charge …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… of his transportation, refused. Request of Edw. Gates, one of the Council of the island, for liberty to return … West India flax, a solid commodity, worth at least 4 s. per 1b.; some of the gum sent from the island worth 2 s. 6 d. … and Messrs. Rous and Sherland sang with him, but never on the Sabbath day. Ditloff denies that he had ever been …