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April 3.
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430. Examination of Samuel Wilson, tailor. Had some hundreds
of letters to carry into New England, amongst others one bundle of
news-books and the letter taken upon him, which were given him
by one Hooke [see ante, No. 422] ; knows not where Hooke lives.
Major Thompson delivered him several letters to carry to New England,
and two days after came and asked him where he had put
them, because he heard there would be a search for letters ; knows
not where Thompson lives, but met him and received the letters on
the Exchange. [Dom., Chas. II., Vol. LXXI., No. 12, Cal., p. 98.]
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April 5.
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431. Petition of Henry Janson, Doctor of Laws, to the King. That
his Majesty about a year since granted petitioner all the wastes and
illegal encroachments in Barbadoes [see ante, No. 276]. Mr. Kendal
and some other planters there have obstructed this grant, and though
ordered to give in their exceptions speedily in writing to the Privy
Council, have all this while refused to do so. Prays they may be
ordered to appear before the Privy Council and show reason, if they
can, for their past contempt and continued opposition to his Majesty's
grant. Indorsed, Rec. April 5, read 15, and to be heard 24. To be
heard the 29th, 1663. 1 p. [Col. Papers, Vol. XVII., No. 16.]
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April 7.
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432. Edward Godfrey to Thos. Povey. Has formerly written how
the Province of Maine standeth at present. Know as Columbus offered
the discovery of the West India to Henry VII. you are at present
offered a tract of land already discovered and in part populated with
English, which for future and discovery is of more concernment than
any part of America as yet settled on by the English. Send for Gorges
at Francis Lutterell's, at Gray's Inn, and talk with him ; you will
find him a man not capable of such a great business, to be the undoing
of so many loyal subjects, and suffer those parts of the which,
till 1652, had ever lived according to his Majesty's laws, but now is
made a receptacle of those of Hugh Peters, Vane, Vener, Baker, Potter,
who to avoid their principles fly thither for shelter, and keep us
loyal subjects out of our inheritance after 30 years' possession so
dearly bought. Desires he will talk with Lord Robartes' son, Mr.
Hender (?) that Godfrey may know Povey's resolution. Though
Gorges' grandees have plundered Godfrey's house in New England,
and possessed themselves of most of his records, precedents, and
papers of 55 years' travail, he has sufficient here in England to
guard a right course and settle those parts as formerly to any reasonable
man. Is informed that one Mr. Nicolls, belonging to the
Duke of York, is to go for New England. Has all passages of 40
years in that country, which will show him and Povey what is
needful. 1 p. [Col. Papers, Vol. XVII., No. 17.]
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April 7.
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433. Agreement between the agents of Connecticut and Rhode
Island, touching the Narragansett country. Differences having
arisen between Jno. Winthrop and Jno. Clarke, agents for taking out
Patents for the colonies of Connecticut and Rhode Island respectively,
as to the meaning of certain bounds in a Patent lately granted to
Connecticut, said agents have jointly appointed Wm. Brereton,
Major Robert Thomson, Capts. Richard Deane and John Brookhaven,
and Dr. Benjamin Worsley to consider what might be most
commodious for settling said bounds :—the undersigned have unanimously
agreed to advise, that a river called Pawcatuck shall be the
bounds, and shall in future be called alias "Narragansett River ;"
2ndly, "if any parts of that purchase at Quimbage doth lie along
upon the east side of that river that goeth down by New London
within six miles of the said river, that then it shall wholly belong
to Connecticut colony, as well as the rest which lyeth on the western
side ; 3rdly, that the proprietors and inhabitants of that land about
Mr. Smith's trading house claimed or purchased by Major Atherton,
Capt. Hutchinson, Lieut. Hudson, and others, or given unto them by
the Indians, shall have free liberty to choose to which of those colonies
they will belong ; 4thly, propriety shall be carefully maintained through
said colonies. Signed, Wm. Brereton, Robert Thomson, B. Worsley,
Ri. Deane, Jno. Brookhaven. With mem. that to the four proposals
above mentioned said Jno. Winthrop and Jno. Clarke consent as
a final issue of all the controversies betwixt them. Signed, Jno.
Winthrop, in the presence of J. Beane, Wm. Potter, and Robert
Thomson. Copy by John Sanford, Recorder of Rhode Island and
Province. Indorsed, Recd from the Governr of Rhode Island, the
12th Nov. 1680. 2 pp. Two copies. [Col. Papers, Vol. XVII., Nos.
18, 19.]
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April 8.
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434. Minutes of the Council of Barbadoes. President Walrond
acknowledges the receipt of 1,000l. from the last Spanish ship
admitted to trade, and will present it to Lord Willoughby on his
arrival, according to a former agreement between the President
and Council. ½ p. [Col. Entry Bk., Vol. XI., p. 78.]
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April 9.
Westminster.
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435. Patent of Receiver-General of the Revenues of Foreign
Plantations. His Majesty judges it meet to erect an office in England
to be called the office of Receiver-General of the Revenues
payable from his foreign dominions, colonies, and plantations in
Africa and America, with the fee of 400l. per annum, to be paid out
of said revenues, and to grant said office to Thomas Rosse and Thomas
Chiffinch, Esquires, for their natural lives and the life of the longer
liver, to exercise same by themselves, or sufficient deputies, observing
all orders from the High Treasurer and Chancellor of the Exchequer,
but not to be receivers or collectors of the customs or duties payable
on goods imported from said colonies and plantations. 1 memb.
[Pat. Roll, 15 Chas. II., Part 11, No. 4.]
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April 9.
Point Cagway.
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436. Minutes of the Council of Jamaica. Upon a question
whether it be requisite to take in more persons in the Council.
Resolved that Lt.-Coll. John Lynch, Mr. Pugh, and Capt. John Man
be sworn of the Council, and they were sworn accordingly. [Col.
Entry Bk., No. 37, p. 21.]
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April 10.
Whitehall.
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437. Order of the King in Council. Letters and papers from New
England being read, the King declared that he intends to preserve the
charter of that plantation and speedily to send over Commissioners
to see how the charter is maintained on the part of the Province, and
to reconcile the differences at present amongst them. ¾ p. [Col.
Entry Bk., Vol. LX., pp. 10, 11.]
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April?
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438. Petition of Jo. Collins to the King. For a grant of the
island of "Burbooda" [Barbuda] which lyes upon a rock in
17° latitude, uninhabited, and never brought any profit to the Crown
and is not fit for any use but to graze some few cattle. [Cruttwell
says this island was called Dulcena "from its beautiful appearance."]
Signed but mutilated. 1 p. [Col. Papers, Vol. XVII.,
No. 20.]
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April 15.
Whitehall.
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439. Minute of the preceding petition of John Collins, with
reference to the Council for Foreign Plantations, see Warrant, 8th
July, No. 514. ½ p. [Dom. Entry Bk., Chas. II., Vol. XIII., p. 266.]
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April 21.
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440. Bond of Samuel Wilson, Martin Aglethorpe, Edward
Merryweather, Noah Floyd, and Randolph Ingram, in 1,000l., for
good conduct and presenting within a year to a Secretary of State
the person of Hooke, writer of a seditious letter to New England, see
ante, No. 422. [Dom., Chas. II., Vol. LXXII., No. 17, Cal., p. 117.]
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April?
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441. The King to [the Deputy Governor of Jamaica]. His
Majesty has heard of the success of the undertaking upon Cuba, in
which he cannot choose but please himself in the vigour and resolution
wherein it was performed, although it does not appear to his
Majesty that any public benefit accrues to his service thereby. Has
likewise been informed of new undertakings of the like nature ; but
because his Majesty cannot foresee any utility likely to arise thereby,
but on the contrary concludes that whatever the success be, the
strength of the place will be much weakened and the minds of the
planters distracted from industry on the island, which alone can
make it considerable, his Majesty has thought fit hereby to command
him to give no encouragement to such undertakings unless
they may be performed by the frigates or men-of-war attending
that place, without any addition from the soldiers or inhabitants.
Draft with corrections in the handwriting of Sec. Nicholas. 1 p.
[Col. Papers, Vol. XVII., No. 21.]
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April.
Whitehall.
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442. Fair copy of the preceding letter "to the Deputy Governor
of Jamaica to regulate future attempts on the Spaniards, &c.," which
has been struck through, and Sec. Nicholas has written the draft of
another letter to be sent instead, which is calendared in the abstract
following. 2¼ pp. [Col. Papers, Vol. XVII., No. 22.]
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April 28.
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443. The King to the Deputy Governor of Jamaica. Understanding
with what jealousy and offence the Spaniards look upon
our island of Jamaica, and how disposed they are to make some
attempt upon it, and knowing how disabled it will remain in its
own defence if encouragement be given to such undertakings as
have lately been set on foot, and are yet pursued, and which divert
the inhabitants from that industry which alone can render the
island considerable, the King signifies his dislike of all such undertakings,
and commands that no such be pursued for the future, but
that they unitedly apply themselves to the improvement of the
plantation and keeping the force in a proper condition. Countersigned
by Sec. Bennet. [Col. Papers, Vol. XVII. No. 23.]
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April 28.
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444. Two copies of the preceding letter, one bearing date
26th May 1663. [Col. Entry Bk., Vol. XCIII., pp. 13, 14, and
pp. 16, 17.]
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April.
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445. Another copy of preceding letter. [Dom. Entry Bk.,
Chas. II., Vol. XXI., pp. 152, 153.]
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April 28.
Point Cagua.
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446. Minutes of the Council of Jamaica. Resolved that the
Cocoa walks distributed to the officers of the late army remain
their property, and be confirmed by the seal of the island. That
Mr. Pugh and Capt. Man bring in an abstract of the tenths and
fifteenths due to his Majesty and his Royal Highness from the
records of the Admiralty Court. That Lt.-Col. Thos. Lynch, Capts.
Fuller and Man, and Mr. Pugh, contract with a carpenter for
rebuilding the bridge at Passage Fort, and report on the best means
of levying the same on boatmen, alehouse keepers, and merchants.
That an Act be drawn empowering any two justices of the peace to
settle a maintenance for the ministers of their precincts. That the
Spanish prisoners be sent to England by the first King's ship. That
butchers shall not charge more than 6d. per lb. for tame hogs, under
a penalty of 20s. for each offence. That a review of the accounts
between Capts. Morris, Williams, and Burroughs be made. That
the Spanish negroes be exercised in martial discipline, under the
command of Juan Luyola.
Proclamations of Dep. Governor Lyttelton in accordance with the
above resolutions of Council concerning the price of butchers' meat
and the accounts between Capts. Williams and Burroughs, both dated
April 9. 4½ pp. [Col. Entry Bks., No. 37, pp. 21, 22, and No. 34,
pp. 79-81.]
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April.
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447. Warrant to Sir Heneage Finch, Solicitor-General. To
prepare a bill containing a grant to Lord Windsor, Governor of
Jamaica, of all that point of land called Point Cagway, next adjoining
Charles Fort, containing about 400 acres, with all privileges,
mines, &c., and also the ferry over the harbour, and all its rights, to
be holden for ever in free soccage, as of the manor of East Greenwich
in Kent. 1 p. [Col. Papers, Vol. XVII., No. 24.]
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April.
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448. Copy of the preceding, in the handwriting of Sec. Nicholas,
but with the clause about mines omitted. [Col. Papers, Vol. XVII.,
No. 25.]
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April 29.
Whitehall.
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449. Secretary Sir Henry Bennet to Sir Chas. Lyttelton Deputy
Governor of Jamaica. Sir Edward Nicholas has put into Sec.
Bennet's hands his letters of Dec. 15 and Jan. 13, relating the condition
of the island, in which his Majesty will take some speedy
resolutions for supplying all things requisite. For the present here
goes only an order forbidding him absolutely to encourage any more
such undertakings as have been from the island abroad into other
parts, the disability into which they will cast them, as to their
own defence and improvement, making his Majesty dissatisfied with
the success of them, how good soever they be. Will solicit with all
efficacy the things desired, both for the good of the island, and his
particular satisfaction. 1 p. [Col. Papers, Vol. XVII., No. 26.]
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April?
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450. Draft of preceding in Sec. Nicholas' hand. [Col. Papers,
Vol. XVII., No. 27.]
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