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Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… Honours and the Dutch Company ; who as justly may plead a right to all their possessions as to Adga, which is a place of importance, the natives of which are very desirous … an old planter, Governor, but has now commissioned Stapleton, Lt.-Col. to Sir Tobias Bridge, a gentleman of …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… on it. Was very sick all the way from Barbadoes, and such a fit of the gout has taken him as he never had before. But … the subjects of said Kings on this subject, Major-Gen. Wm. Stapleton, Col. Randal Russell, and Lt.-Col. Michael Smith … said differences. Signed by Sir Charles Wheler, W. Stapleton, Ran. Russell, Michael Smith, Francis Morton, Abed …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… to succeed, having essayed it, not otherwise]; and that a fourth rate frigate be yearly sent under the command of the … be vacated, and new ones passed in the name of Col. Wm. Stapleton [allowed]; that 20 pieces of ordnance and 500 firearms, with ammunition, &c., be sent to Col. Stapleton for the defence of Montserrat, which lost theirs in …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… 100 matchlocks, 50 pikes, 30 barrels of powder, half a proportion of match, 1 barrel of flint stones, 150 beds. … Bk., Vol. LXX., p. 14.] July 23. Nevis. 1333. Governor Stapleton to the Council for Trade and Plantations. Cannot … the Governor, Council, and Assembly sat at the trial. Stapleton did not sit or sign the execution; and there were …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… down the street to meet them, and asked why they kept such a noise; some replied we keep no noise, but are going to our … singing again, which he took for an affront, and having a pique against Mr. May on, whom he had said he would put in … never saw any action in his life, and his Lt.-Genl., Col. Stapleton, as little; yet for all this odds his Majesty's …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… are all acquainted with, and whose oppressions you have a long time groaned under." What Bacon has done has been in … Vol. XXXVII., No. 32.] July 17. Nevis. 990. Governor Stapleton to Lords of Trade and Plantations. Sends map of St. … Vol. XLVI., pp. 134, 135.] July 17. Nevis. 991. Governor Stapleton to Sir Robert Southwell. Begs the continuance of …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… on his passage; the three weeks he has been back too short a time to enquire into the true causes of the discontents yet … of Trade and Plantations having been acquainted by Colonel Stapleton, Governor of the Leeward Isles, of the great … request that a Commission may be granted to Governor Stapleton. Encloses, 370. i. Reasons for a Commission of …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… Warrant to the Lord Chancellor. To apply the Great Seal to a Commission, bearing this date, empowering Lieutenant-Colonel William Stapleton, Captain-General and Governor-in-Chief of St. … to be observed in the islands within Sir William Stapleton's jurisdiction, and those belonging to the most …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… and demands to the 24th June last past, and to make them a legal grant and title to the lands improved by them, on … Bk., Vol. XVII., pp. 7377.] July 15. Nevis. 1063. Governor Stapleton to Lords of Trade and Plantations. Acknowledges … Customers, are sworn to respect the Acts of Trade, as also Stapleton himself. Their Lordships kind admonishment of the …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… July 1680, 115 July 1. Nevis. 1418. Governor Sir William Stapleton to Lords of Trade and Plantations. My most grateful … designed) you would infinitely oblige the inhabitants. A frigate in time of peace and a squadron of ships in time of … sheep, there is only a bailie or a steward. The whole in Stapleton's handwriting. Endorsed, Rec. 15 Oct. 1680. 6 pp. [ …