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Journals of the Board of Trade and Plantations: Volume 2, February 1709 - March 1715. Originally published by His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1925.
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Journal, July 1713
July 2. Present:—Lord Guilford, Sir Philip Meadows, Mr. Monckton.
Jamaica.
Mr. Hodges about Clifford's petition.
Escheats.
Mr. Joseph Hodges attending, as he had been desired the 29th past [fo. 385], the petition of Mr. Jeronimy Clifford, relating to the lands claim'd by him in Jamaica, mention'd in the minutes of the 25th ditto, was again read; and Mr. Hodges being ask'd several questions thereupon, he said that Mr. Clifford misunderstood what he had said to him, for that there was no law in Jamaica whereby the uncultivated lands of persons that shall be absent some years from that island may be escheated; that there is a law indeed which escheats the lands of persons dying without heirs; that he knows the lands claim'd by Mr. Clifford, and particularly those that go by the name of Brant's Land: he thinks he has heard those lands have been escheated, but for what reason he does not remember, nor is he sure that it is so; their lordships thereupon desired him that, when he return'd to Jamaica, he would do Mr. Clifford all the friendly offices he cou'd, in order to the securing the said lands to him, which he promised to do accordingly.
New England.
Letter from Mr. Lownd's. Proposal for settlement of disbanded officers and soldiers.
A letter from Mr. Lowndes, of the 30th of the last month, referring to the Board, by order of my Lord Treasurer, a proposal of the disbanded officers and soldiers [fo. 374, 394], relating to a settlement to be made by them between the Rivers St. Croix and Sagadahoc in North America, was read, and their lordships agreed to take the same into consideration on Monday morning next.
July 6. Present:—Lord Guilford, Sir Philip Meadows, Mr. Moore, Mr. Gwyn, Mr. Foley.
Trade.
Flanders.
Letter from the Lord Bolingbroke.
Regulation of commerce.
A letter from the Lord Viscount Bolingbroke, of the 2nd instant, inclosing the copy of one from Mr. Drumond of the 4th of July, n.s. [fo. 367, 395], upon what the Board writ his lordship the 10th of June, relating to a new regulation of commerce in Flanders, for what their lordships may have to offer thereupon, was read; and directions given for preparing an answer thereto.
New England.
Letter from Mr. Secretary Addington.
A letter to the secretary from Mr. Addington, secretary of the Massachusets Bay, dated the 21 of December, 1711, was read, and the following papers therewith transmitted were laid before the Board, vizt.:
Papers therein referrd to.
Account of ordnance, ammunition and other stores of war in the several forts in New England, with their expenditure.
List of causes in the several inferior Courts of the Massachusets Bay in 1711.
Two Acts past in October, 1710.
Acts past in the Massachusets Bay in May, 1711.
An Act for further inforcing and inlarging the Act, or Order of the Court past at their Sessions in May last, against inticing, harbouring, concealing or conveying any of the soldiers, marines or sailors of her Majesty's land or sea forces from the kingdom of Great Britain, or of those raised within this province, for the service of the present expedition now on foot, and for a more speedy prosecution of offenders, pass'd in July, 1711.
Acts past in the Massachusets Bay in October, 1711.
Minutes of the Council of the Massachusets Bay, from the 13th February, 1709, to the 30th June, 1710.
Minutes of the Council of the Massachusets Bay, from the 1st July to the 10th November, 1710.
Minutes of Council of the Massachusets Bay, from the 11th November, 1710, to the 24th February, 1710/11.
Minutes of Council in Assembly, from the 31 May, 1710, to the 22nd August following.
Minutes of Council in Assembly of the Massachusets Bay, from the 14th March, 1710/11, to the 26th April, 1711.
Minutes of the Council in Assembly of the Massachusets Bay, from the 30th May, 1711, to the 14th June following.
Minutes of Council in Assembly of the Massachusets Bay, from the 30th May, 1711, to the 5th July following.
Minutes of the Assembly of the Massachusets Bay, from the 31 May, 1710, to the 19th July following.
Minutes of the Council of New Hampshire, from the 9th May, 1711, to the 30th October, 1711.
Acts past at an Assembly in New Hampshire in May and October, 1711.
The Treasurer of New Hampshire's account of her Majesty's revenue there for 1710 and 1711.
Several proclamations issued by Colonel Dudley, relating to the late expedition to Canada.
New England.
Letter from the Governor.
A letter from Colonel Dudley, Governor of New England, dated the 8th of April, 1712, returning answers to several clauses in his instructions, was read; and the publick proceedings therewith transmitted were laid before the Board, vizt.:
Papers of publick proceedings.
Book containing the laws of the Massachusets Bay, from 1692 to 1712.
Account of the civil and military officers in New England, Courts of Justice, Table of Fees, summary of the last year's accounts of the Treasury, number of the militia, and number of inhabitants.
New England.
Four letters from the Governor to the Board and secretary.
Two letters from Colonel Dudley, Governor of New England, both dated the 29th of October, 1712, one to the Board, the other to the secretary, was read.
The letters from Colonel Dudley, Governor of New England, dated the 2nd December, 1712, to the Board, and the 9th of December, 1712, to the secretary, were read; and the papers transmitted with the last-mention'd letter were laid before their lordships, and are as follow, vizt.:
Papers referr'd to.
An account of the officers, civil and military, in the Massachusets Bay and New Hampshire, the Courts of Justice, Table of Fees, summary of the last year's (vizt., 1712) accounts of the Treasury, number of the militia and of persons within the said province.
Minutes of Council in New Hampshire, from the 10th of January, 17 11/12, to the 13 of November following.
Minutes of Council and General Assembly in New Hampshire, from the 5th of May, 1712, to the 15th of October following.
Three Acts pass'd in New Hampshire in October, 1712, with the seal of the province, affix'd and certify'd to be true copies by Charles Story, secretary.
Massachusets Bay.
Letter from Mr. Addington to the secretary.
A letter to the secretary from Mr. Addington, secretary of the Massachusets Bay, dated the 19th of December, 1712, was likewise read; and the papers of publick proceedings therewith transmitted were laid before the Board, according to the following list thereof, vizt.:
Papers referrd to
List of causes in the inferior Courts of Barnstable and Bristol in 1712.
Account of ordnance, amunition, and other stores of war in the several forts of New England, with their expenditure, for the year 1712.
Four Acts pass'd in the Massachusets Bay, at a Session of Assembly begun the 22nd of October, 1712.
Two proclamations issued by Colonel Dudley in October and November, 1712, one for a General Thanksgiving, t'other for the better execution and more strict observance of the Act for ascertaining the rates and value of foreign coins within her Majesty's plantations in America.
Minutes of Council in the Massachusets Bay, from February 26, 1710, to the 31 July, 1711.
Minutes of Council in the Massachusets Bay, from the 2nd of August to the 8th of December, 1711.
Minutes of Council in the Massachusets Bay, from the 12th of December, 1711, to the 21st March following.
Minutes of Council in the Massachusets Bay, from the 26th of March to the 10th of June, 1712.
Minutes of Council in Assembly of the Massachusets Bay, from the 17th of October, to the 10th of November, 1711.
Minutes of Council in Assembly of the Massachusets Bay, from the 12th of March to the 14th June, 1712.
Acts pass'd at a General Assembly of the Massachusets Bay, in May, 1712.
Answers prepar'd.
Then the draught of an answer to the said several letters from New England [fo. 395] being consider'd, the same was agreed and ordered to be transcrib'd.
Nevis.
Debentures deliver'd to Mr. Martin.
Mr. Joseph Martin attending, and his letters of attorney and other powers from Philip Dewit, Margaret Rogerson, and Martin Madan, who were sufferers at Nevis, being examind at the Board, the debentures number'd 141 and 244 were deliver'd to the said Mr. Martyn.
New England.
Disbanded officers and soldiers touching their proposal about a settlement.
Several disbanded officers and soldiers attending [fo. 387, 396], their proposal, referr'd to the Board by Mr. Lowndes's letter of the 30th of the last month, and mention'd in the minutes of the 2nd instant, were again read; and these people were acquainted that when her Majesty sent over the Palatines to New York, they enter'd into an engagement to her Majesty to reimburse her Majesty the charges she should be at for their settlement; and being there-upon ask'd if they had any proposal to make of that nature, in case her Majesty should be at the charge of transporting them to Nova Scotia, they said that they had not. Then their lordships, taking notice that their demands of pay &c. for three years were much too high, they said that they were willing to go for one year's pay; whereupon they were directed to consider further on that matter, and to bring their lordships their last proposal thereupon on Thursday morning next.
July 8. Present:—Lord Guilford, Mr. Monckton, Mr. Gwyn, Mr. Foley.
New England.
Letter to the Governor.
A letter to Colonel Dudley, Governor of the Massachusets Bay and New Hampshire [fo. 393], agreed at the last meeting, was signed.
Trade.
Letter to the Lord Bolingbroke.
Regulation of commerce in Flanders.
A letter to the Lord Viscount Bolingbroke, in answer to his lordship's of the 2nd instant, with Mr. Drummond's of the 4th July, 1713, n.s. [fo. 387, 440], relating to a new regulation of commerce in Flanders, as directed in the last minutes, was signed.
July 9. Present:—Lord Guilford, Sir Philip Meadows, Mr. Monckton, Mr. Gwyn, Mr. Foley.
St. Christopher's.
Order on Address from the Council and Assembly, and petition of Mr. Duport, praying shares of the French part of St. Christopher's.
An Order of Council, of the 24th June, 1713 [Q. fo. 193], referring to the consideration of the Board an Address from the Council and Assembly of St. Christopher's to her Majesty, in behalf of themselves and the inhabitants thereof; as also the petition of their agent, Mr. Stephen Duport, praying that the poor inhabitants there may have shares given them of the French part of that island, gratis, which is to be vested in her Majesty by the late Treaty of Peace, was read; and Mr. Duport being call'd in, acquainted the Board that the French part contain'd about thirty thousand acres good and bad land. Their lordships then desir'd him to give them a particular account thereof, with his thoughts in writing upon the whole matter, which he promis'd to do accordingly.
New England.
Mr. Dummer and disbanded soldiers in relation to their proposal for a settlement.
Mr. Dummer, agent for New England, and several disbanded officers and soldiers attending [fo. 394, 397] (as directed in the minutes of the 6th instant), in relation to their proposal for a settlement upon her Majesty's waste lands in North America, they said they were unwilling to go to Nova Scotia, and still desir'd that their settlement might be on the lands between the Rivers St. Croix and Sagadehoc; that if her Majesty will allow them two years’ pay, with their transportation, and tools necessary to cultivate the land, they were willing to engage themselves to repay her Majesty the last of the said two years’ pay in seven years, but that they could not engage to do it sooner; whereupon they were directed to draw up what they had now offer'd, and what they might have further to propose, in writing, and lay it before their lordships to-morrow morning, which they promis'd to do accordingly.
Nevis.
Debenture deliver'd to Mr. Ball.
Mr. Samuel Ball attending, and his power of attorney from Mr. Thomas Minor, sufferer at Nevis, being examin'd at the Board, the debenture number'd 594 was sign'd and deliver'd to the said Mr. Ball.
July 10. Present:—Lord Guilford, Sir Philip Meadows, Mr. Monckton, Mr. Moore, Mr. Gwyn, Mr. Foley.
New England.
Disbanded soldiers’ further memorial in relation to their settlement.
Several disbanded officers and soldiers, who were yesterday at the Board [fo. 396], attending again, presented to their lordships a memorial, containing the last proposals they had to offer for making a settlement between the River St. Croix and Sagadehock in North America, which was read; and being ask'd by the Board, whether the several sums in the account annex'd to their said memorial were the lowest to which the same might be reduced, they said they were, and that they could not go under; whereupon their lordships gave directions for preparing a letter to the Lord High Treasurer on this subject [fo. 398], referr'd to them by Mr. Lowndes's letter, mentioned in the minutes of the 2nd instant.
July 13. Present:—Lord Guilford, Sir Philip Meadows, Mr. Monckton, Mr. Gwyn, Mr. Foley.
New England.
Letter to the Lord Treasurer on disbanded officers’ memorial.
A letter to the Lord High Treasurer, upon the memorial of several disbanded officers and soldiers [fo. 397; Q. fo. 1], with their last proposals for making a settlement between the River St. Croix and Sagadehoc in North America (mention'd in the minutes of the 10th instant), was sign'd.
Maryland.
Letter from the President of the Council.
A letter from Mr. Lloyd, President of the Council of Maryland, dated January the 25th, 1711–12, was read; and the papers referr'd to therein laid before the Board, and are as follow, vizt.:
Papers referr'd to.
Minutes of Council in Assembly of Maryland, from 23rd October to the 3rd November, 1711.
Minutes of the Assembly of Maryland, from the 23rd October, 1711, to the 3rd November following.
Journal of the Committee of Accounts in October, 1711.
Second letter from him.
Another letter from Mr. Lloyd, President of the Council of Maryland, dated the 15th of July, 1712, was likewise read, and the several papers therewith transmitted, were laid before the Board, and are as follow, vizt.:
Papers referr'd to.
A compleat list of men, women, children and negro slaves in the province of Maryland, with the number of white men fit to bear arms.
An account of the several Courts in Maryland.
Table of Fees of the several officers in Maryland.
Third letter from him.
A third letter from Mr. Lloyd, President of the Council of Maryland, dated November 20th, 1712, was also read, and the papers therein referr'd to laid before the Board, and are as follow, vizt.:
Papers referr'd to.
Letter from Mr. Lloyd, President of the Council of Maryland, to the Earl of Dartmouth, dated the 20th of November, 1712.
Copy of an Address from the President, Council and Assembly of Maryland to her Majesty.
Journal of the Council of Maryland in Assembly, from the 28th of October to the 15th of November, 1712.
Journal of the House of Delegates, from the 28th October, 1712, to the 15th of November following.
Maryland.
Journal of the Committee of Accounts, from the 29th of October to the 11th of November, 1712.
Account of arms &c. in the province of Maryland, between February, 1708, and September, 1710.
Twenty-six Acts passed in Maryland the 15th of November, 1712.
Fourth letter from the President.
A fourth letter from the President and Council of Maryland to the Board, dated the 16th of April, 1713, relating to the miserable condition of that province, by reason of their debts, the high duties on tobacco, and the inhabitants’ want of cloathing, which they are now forced to begin making there, was read.
Answers prepar'd.
Whereupon the draught of an answer to the several foregoing letters being laid before the Board, their lordships agreed to the same, and ordered it to be transcrib'd.
Jamaica.
Mr. Thurston and Mr. Rigby summon'd.
Their lordships then gave directions [fo. 408] that Mr. Thurston, the Lord Archibald Hamilton's agent, and Mr. Rigby, deputy secretary of Jamaica, have notice to come to the Board on Wednesday morning next, at ten of the clock.
July 14. Present:—Lord Guilford, Sir Philip Meadows, Mr. Monckton, Mr. Gwyn, Mr. Foley.
Leeward Islands.
Letters from Sir John St. Leger, with publick papers.
A letter from Sir John St. Leger to the secretary, dated the 25th of July, 1712, was read; and the several publick papers relating to the government of the Leeward Islands, therewith sent, were laid before the House, and are as follow, vizt.:
Address of the Lieutenant General of the Leeward Islands and the Lieutenant Governor and Council of Antegoa to Major Douglas, congratulating his accession to the Government.
Copy of an Address from the Lieutenant General of the Leeward Islands and the Council and Assembly of Nevis to her Majesty, upon her Majesty's bounty to the sufferers of that island by the French invasion, and sending of Colonel Douglas to be their Captain General &c.
Address from the Lieutenant Governor, Council and Assembly of St. Christopher's to her Majesty, upon the Act for the relief of the sufferers of that island by the French, and in favour of Colonel Douglas.
Address from the Assembly of Nevis to Colonel Douglas, setting forth their innocence in relation to the murther of Colonel Parke, desiring the re-establishment of a Committee to inspect the publick stores, and promising to pass several laws for the good of the island.
Proclamation by Major Douglas, publishing her Majesty's pardon to the murtherers of Colonel Parke, and forbidding all reflections &c. thereupon.
Petition of the merchants of Antegoa to Colonel Douglas for a new Act of Courts.
Copy of a proclamation by Colonel Douglas, for a general fast in all the Leeward Islands, occasion'd by the murther of Colonel Parke, and the islands’ being expos'd to the insults of the common enemy.
Copy of Major Douglas's order for suspending Lieutenant General Hamilton from his place of Lieutenant General of the Leeward Islands.
Account of stores of war wanting in the Island of St. Christopher's.
Copy of a summons to all the officers of St. Christopher's to make a return of fines, amerciaments &c. to the Captain General in Council.
An Act for the better government of negro's and other slaves on the Island of St. Christopher's.
Minutes of Council at Nevis, from the 1st of March, 17 10/11, to the 30th of November following.
Minutes of Council at Montserrat, from the 27th of March, 1711, to the 29th December following.
Another letter from Sir John St. Leger to the secretary, dated August the 23rd, 1712, was read; and the following papers of publick proceedings in the Leeward Islands, sent therewith, were laid before the Board, vizt.:
1st February, 17 11/12, to 1st May, 1712.
The Collector's account of ships clear'd at Antegoa, from 1st of May, 1711, to 1st May, 1712.
Account of the number of negro's imported to Antegoa, from 1st May, 1711, to 1st May, 1712.
Account of powder belonging to the publick of Antegoa, receiv'd by John Brett to the 29th of April, 1712.
Account current of the stores belonging to the publick of Antegoa, to the 29th April, 1712, receiv'd from John Brett the 27th May following.
Account of powder belonging to the publick of Antegoa, receiv'd by John Brett, to the 22nd of August, 1711.
Account current of stores belonging to the publick of Antegoa, receiv'd from John Brett, the 22nd of August, 1711.
Account of stores deliver'd out of the magazine of Antegoa by John Brett, to the 11th of March, 17 11/12.
Account of stores deliver'd out of the magazine of Antegoa by John Brett, to the 22nd of August, 1711.
Naval officer's account of what vessels have sail'd and given bond in this island, from the 25th June, 1711, to 25th September following.
Naval officer's account of such vessels as produced certificates, from 25th June, 1711, to the 25th September following.
Proceedings of the Court of Chancery in Antegoa, from 14th January, 1711–12, to the 2nd of June following.
Proceedings of the Court of Queen's Bench and Common Pleas in Antegoa for the year 1712.
Answer to several articles of Major Douglas's instructions.
The following publick papers were likewise brought to their lordships by Sir John St. Leger, which were this day laid before the Board, vizt.:
Minutes of the Council and Assembly at Antegoa, from the 18th to the 26th of July, 1712.
Abstract of exports and imports to and from Antegoa, from the 1st May to the 1st of August, 1712.
Proceedings of the Court of Chancery in Antegoa, from 17th January, 1711–12, to the 2nd of June following.
Naval officer's account of what vessels have sail'd and given bond in Antegoa, from the 25th September, 1711, to the 25th June, 1712.
The Deputy-Collector's account of vessels enter'd at Antegoa, from the 1st of May, 1712, to the 1st of August following.
The Deputy-Collector's accounts of the ladings of what vessels were clear'd in the several harbours of Antegoa, from the 1st of May, 1712, to the 1st of August following.
Letter from the Governor &c.
A letter from Major Douglas, Governor of the Leeward Islands, and from the Lieutenant Governor, Council and Speaker of the Assembly of Antegoa, dated October the 10th, 1712, relating to the conduct of two captains of ships of war, upon an invasion from the enemy, and praying two more of her Majesty's ships for their security, was read; as also the copy of a letter from the abovesaid Governor, Council and Speaker of the Assembly of Antegoa, to the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, complaining of the conduct of Captain Hamilton and Captain Constable, commanders of her Majesty's ships of war, when the Leeward Islands were invaded by the French.
Second letter from the Governor.
Another letter from Major Douglas, Governor of the Leeward Islands, relating to the complaints against him, dated at Antegoa, November the 1st, 1712, was read.
Third letter from him.
A third letter from Major Douglas, Governor of the Leeward Islands, dated the 30th of March, 1713, relating to Monsieur Cassart's expedition against Curaçoa, and his own appointing a Court of Exchequer, with the effect of it, and desire of further directions thereupon, was read.
Barbadoes.
Letter from the Governor.
Extracts thereof, and a query sent the Attorney General.
A letter from Mr. Lowther, Governor of Barbadoes, dated the 20th of December, 1711, was read; whereupon order'd [fo. 245, 409] that copies of paragraphs C and D of the said letter, relating to proceedings against Mr. Skene, secretary of that island, about her Majesty's share of prizes, which the said Skene is to account for, &c., be sent to Mr. Attorney General [fo. 418], with the following query, for his opinion thereupon, vizt.:
Q. “Whether an appeal can or ought to be brought from the Court of Exchequer in Barbadoes to the Governor and Council there, as a Court of Chancery?’
Maryland.
Letter to the President.
A letter to Mr. Lloyd, President of the Council of Maryland, order'd yesterday to be transcrib'd, was sign'd.
St. Christopher's.
Memorial from Mr. Duport.
Re-settlement of that island.
A memorial from Mr. Duport, agent for St. Christopher's (as desir'd by their lordships the 9th instant), relating to the re-settlement of that island, together with the copy of another memorial &c. on the same subject, were read; and their lordships agreed to take the same into consideration on Tuesday morning next.
July 15. Present:—Lord Guilford, Sir Philip Meadows, Mr. Monckton, Mr. Gwyn, Mr. Foley.
New York.
Letter from the Governor.
A letter from Colonel Hunter, Governor of New York, to the secretary, dated the 11th of May, 1713, was read, as also the paper therewith transmitted, vizt.:
Paper referr'd to.
Printed address of the Grand Jury of New York to Colonel Hunter, 5th May, 1713, with two other printed papers
relating to the struggle between him and the Assembly of that province.
Answer to be prepar'd.
Whereupon their lordships gave directions for preparing an answer thereunto.
Plantations General Circular letter to the Governors, with Treaties of Peace, &c., and Assiento Contract.
Circular letters, transmitting copies of the Treaties of Peace and Commerce, as also of the Assiento Contract, to the respective Governors of all her Majesty's islands and plantations, as also to the Propriety-Governors on the Continent of America, were signed.
Jamaica.
Mr. Rigby about an Act.
Merchants summon'd thereupon.
Richard Rigby, esquire, deputy-secretary of Jamaica, attending [fo. 400, 430] (as desir'd the 13th instant), in relation to An Act pass'd there, to prevent any one person from holding two or more offices of profit in that island, and after having given their lordships an account of what he had to say against the said Act, he was desir'd to put the same in writing, and wait on the Board again next Friday morning; and being withdrawn, their lordships gave the secretary directions to write to Colonel Long, Mr. Aylmer, Mr. Parrott, Mr. Moor, Colonel Thompson, Mr. Kent, Mr. Beckford, Mr. March and Colonel Laws, Jamaica merchants and planters, for what they may have to offer thereupon on Friday next, at which time their lordships intend to consider the said Act.
Ordered that the secretary do further desire the fore-mentioned merchants to inform the Board what they know of any relations or heirs of Williamina Kupius, of Jamaica, deceas'd.
Leeward Islands.
Mr. Travers.
Debentures deliver'd.
Mr. John Travers and Mr. Samuel Travers attending, and their powers of attorney being examin'd at the Board, the two debentures numbered 458 and 466, in the names of Sarah Evant and Thomas Powell, who were sufferers at Nevis, were deliver'd to the said Mr. John and Samuel Travers.
July 16. Present:—Lord Guilford, Sir Philip Meadows, Mr. Monckton, Mr. Gwyn, Mr. Foley.
Barbadoes.
Letter &c. from Mr. Skene, relating to his ill-treatment by the Governor.
Clause added to Mr. Lowther's letter thereupon.
A letter from Mr.Skene, secretary of Barbadoes [fo. 406], to the secretary of this Board, dated the 5th May, 1713, relating to his ill treatment by Mr. Lowther, Governor of that island, upon the said Skene's producing her Majesty's order for restoring him to his places there, &c., as also the copy of a summons from Mr. Lowther, requiring Mr. Skene's attendance in Councill, to answer for his petition to her Majesty, and what he had done at this Board, during his stay here; and Mr. Skene's case, both referr'd to in the forementioned letter, were read; whereupon their lordships agreed upon a clause to be added to the letter preparing to Mr. Lowther, relating to his undue proceedings in this affair.
New York.
Mr. Attorney General's opinion on queries about grants of land and quit-rents.
Mr. Attorney General's opinion upon some queries sent him the 28th of April, 1713 [fo. 340], in relation to grants of lands and quit rents at New York, was read; and directions given for preparing a copy thereof to be transmitted to Colonel Hunter.
Letter to the Governor.
The draught of a letter to Colonel Hunter, Governor of New York, directed yesterday to be prepared, was taken into consideration, agreed and order'd to be transcribed.
July 17. Present:—Lord Guilford, Sir Philip Meadows, Mr. Monckton, Mr. Moore, Mr. Gwyn, Mr. Foley.
Jamaica.
Attorney General's report.
Act about quieting possessions.
A report from the Attorney General upon an Act pass'd in Jamaica the 31st of July, 1711 [fo. 255], entituled An Act for the further quieting possessions and preventing vexatious suits at law, was read; whereupon their lordships ordered that a copy thereof be prepared and sent to the Lord Archibald Hamilton.
Letter from Lord Archibald Hamilton.
Papers therein referred to.
A letter from the Lord Archibald Hamilton, Governor of Jamaica, to the Board, dated the 19th of January, 17 11/12, was read, and the papers therewith transmitted laid before the Board, and are as follow, vizt.:
Papers therein referred to.
Minutes of the Council of Jamaica, from the 7th November, 1710, to the 8th of January, 17 11/12.
Minutes of the Council in Assembly at Jamaica, from the 23rd July, 1711, to the 3rd of November following.
Minutes of the Assembly of Jamaica, from the 9th of October, 1711, to the 3rd November following.
Naval officer's list of ships, enter'd and clear'd in Jamaica, from the 25th of March, 1709, to the 29th of September, 1711.
Second letter from him.
A second letter from the Lord Archibald Hamilton, Governor of Jamaica, to the Board, dated the 8th of March, 17 11/12, was read, and the papers therein referr'd to laid before the Board, vizts.:
Papers therein referr'd to.
List of the patent officers in Jamaica.
Two Acts past in Jamaica about quieting possessions, and to prevent hawking &c.
Third letter from Lord Archibald Hamilton.
Papers therein referr'd to.
A third letter from the Lord Archibald Hamilton, Governor of Jamaica, to the Board, dated the 15th of May, 1712, was read, and the following papers referr'd to therein were laid before the Board, vizt.:
Account of the stores &c. in the several forts and fortifications in Jamaica.
The state of Mr. David Creagh's case relating to his having traded with her Majesty's enemies &c.
Captain Francis Hawkins's representation concerning the fortifications in Jamaica, 12th January; 17 11/12.
Naval officer's list of ships enter'd and clear'd in Jamaica, from the 29th of September, 1711, to the 25th of March, 1712.
Fourth letter from him.
Papers with it.
A fourth letter from the Lord Archibald Hamilton, Governor of Jamaica, to the Board, dated the 10th, and a postscript the 18th of October, 1712, was read, transmitting several publick papers, which were laid before the Board, vizt.:
Her Majesty's accounts of fortifications, from the 25th March, 1711, to the 29th September, 1711.
Her Majesty's account of fortifications, from the 29th September, 1711, to the 25th March, 1712.
Her Majesty's account currant, from the 25th of March, 1711, to the 29th September following.
Her Majesty's account current, from 29th September, 1711, to the 25th March, 1712, with a list of outstanding debts thereupon.
Her Majesty's account of impost, from the 25th March, 1711, to the 29th September following.
Her Majesty's account of impost, from the 29th September, 1711, to the 25th March, 1712.
Her Majesty's account of quit rents &c., of fines, forfeitures and escheats, from the 25th March, 1711, to the 29th September following.
Her Majesty's accounts of fines, forfeitures and escheats, from the 29th September, 1711, to the 25th March, 1712.
Her Majesty's account of wine licences and of quit rents, from the 29th September, 1711, to the 25th March, 1712.
Address from the Governor, Council and Assembly of Jamaica to her Majesty upon the peace.
Copy of the proceedings of a Council of War in September, 1712.
A list of the militia regiments in Jamaica.
A list of the shipping lost in the hurricane at Jamaica, 28th August, 1712.
Minutes of the Council of Jamaica, from the 8th of January, 1711/12, to the 29th of September following.
Fifth letter from his lordship.
A fifth letter from the Lord Archibald Hamilton, Governor of Jamaica, to the Board, dated the 22nd of November, 1712, was read, and the papers therein referr'd to were laid before the Board, vizt.:
Papers therein referr'd to.
Address from the Council and Assembly of Jamaica to the Lord Archibald Hamilton, Governor.
An address from the Council and Assembly to the Governor of Jamaica in relation to a difference between him and Admiral Walker there.
Transcript of two paragraphs in letters to Mr. Peter Beckford, from Whitgift Aylmer in London.
An account of escheats, with observations thereon.
Accounts of her Majesty's revenue (vizt., quit rents, fines, forfeitures, escheats, impost, fortifications, wine licences, outstanding debts &c.) in Jamaica, from the 25th March to the 29th September, 1712.
Minutes of Council in Jamaica, from the 14th October, 1712, to the 14th of November following.
Minutes of Assembly in Jamaica, from the 14th of October, 1712, to the 14th of November following.
Several Acts pass'd at Jamaica by the Lord Archibald Hamilton, the 31 October, 1st and 14th November, 1712.
Sixth letter from Lord Archibald Hamilton.
A sixth letter from the Lord Archibald Hamilton, Governor of Jamaica, to the Board, dated the 12th of December, 1712, relating to the misbehaviour of Admiral Walker, and desiring he may be recalled from that island &c., was read; and the papers transmitted therewith were laid before the Board, being as follow, vizt.:
Papers with it.
Letter from Lord Archibald Hamilton, Governor of Jamaica, to Sir Hovenden Walker, Rear Admiral of the White, and Commander in Chief of all her Majesty's ships there, dated November the 23rd, 1712.
Copy of the deposition of John Rolfe.
Copy of the deposition of Jeremiah French and Edward White.
Copy of the deposition of George Sharpless.
Copy of the deposition of Thomas White.
Seventh letter from him.
A seventh letter from the Lord Archibald Hamilton, Governor of Jamaica, to the Board, dated the 18th of December, 1712, was read, as also the minutes of Council in Jamaica, the 12th of that month.
Eighth letter and papers.
An eighth letter from the Lord Archibald Hamilton, Governor of Jamaica, to the Board, dated the 3rd of January, 1711/23, was read, transmitting minutes of Council from the 16th of October, 1712, to the 18th December following, as also a further account of the behaviour of Sir Hovenden Walker, commodore of the squadron there.
Ninth.
A ninth letter from the Lord Archibald Hamilton, Governor of Jamaica, to the Board, dated the 5th of March, 1712/23, was read.
Tenth.
A tenth letter from the Lord Archibald Hamilton, Governor of Jamaica, to the Board, dated the 31st of March, 1713, was read.
Eleventh letter from his lordship.
An eleventh letter from the Lord Archibald Hamilton, Governor of Jamaica, to the Board, dated the 25th of April, 1713, was read, as were also the two following papers therewith sent, vizt.:
Papers referr'd to in the last.
Copy of a letter from the Commissioners of her Majesty's Customs to the Lord Archibald Hamilton, Governor of Jamaica, dated the 13th November, 1712.
Representation of the merchants of Jamaica to his Excellency the Lord Archibald Hamilton, in Council, relating to the prosecutions upon plantation bonds.
Letter from Lord Archibald Hamilton to the secretary.
A twel[f]th letter from the Lord Archibald Hamilton, Governor of Jamaica, to the secretary of this Board, dated the 25th of April, 1713, was read, relating to the apprehended interruption of trade by pirates assembled in the Gulph of Darien, and the want of a better naval guard for that island.
Answer to the fore-said letters agreed.
Upon consideration of the Lord Archibald Hamilton's above-mention'd letters, their lordships agreed an answer thereto [fo. 433], and ordered it to be transcribed.
Letter from Mr. Lownds.
Petition of Mr. Swimmer.
Kupius.
Escheats.
Letter to the Attorney General.
A letter to the secretary from Mr. Lownds, the 12th of February last, by order of the Lord High Treasurer, referring to the Board a petition from Anthony Swimmer, of Jamaica, esquire, for the escheated estate of Mrs. Kupius, lately deceased there, without heirs [fo. 431; Q. fo. 108], was read; and their lordships thereupon gave directions for sending a copy of the foremention'd account of escheats referr'd to in the Lord Archibald Hamilton's letter of the 22nd November, 1712, to Mr. Attorney General for his opinion thereupon in point of law.
Barbadoes.
Attorny General's report.
Appeals.
A report from Mr. Attorney General [fo. 406], upon the extract of a letter from Mr. Lowther, Governor of Barbadoes, and a query thereupon, relating to appeals from the Court of Exchequer in that island to the Governor and Council there as a Court of Chancery (sent him the 15th instant), was read; whereupon their lordships gave directions for preparing a copy thereof to be transmitted to Mr. Lowther.
Letter from Mr. Lowther, Governor, with papers.
A letter from Mr. Lowther, Governor of Barbadoes, to the Board, dated the 20th of December, 1711, mention'd in the minutes of the 14th instant, was again read, as also an address to him from the General Assembly relating to several of the clergy in that island, with the resolves of that House &c. annex'd thereunto.
Second letter from him.
A second letter from Mr. Lowther, Governor of Barbadoes, to the Board, dated the 18th of February, 1711/12, was read, and the two following papers sent therewith were laid before the Board, vizt.:
Papers therein referr'd to.
Letter from Mr. Slingsby, Attorney General at Barbadoes, dated the 18th of February, 1712, inclosing a state of the case of the ship Oxford, Robert Knowle master, seiz'd there, and under prosecution on suspicion of having made several breaches upon the Acts of Trade, together with other papers relating thereto.
Several papers and depositions relating to Mr. Skene, secretary of Barbadoes.
Third letter from Mr. Lowther.
A third letter from Mr. Lowther, Governor of Barbadoes, to the Board, dated the 9th of April, 1712, relating to the suspension of the Solicitor General to the ship Oxford, seized by his order; to Mr. Skene, secretary of that island, &c., was read, and the several publick papers therein referr'd to were laid before the Board, and are as follow, vizt.:
Papers therein referr'd to.
An abstract of the proceedings in Council the 22nd January, 1711/12, against Mr. Carter, Solicitor General.
Naval officer's list of ships entred and clear'd in Barbadoes, from 25th June, 1711, to the 24th December, both inclusive.
Case of the ship Oxford, seized at Barbadoes for breach of the Acts of Trade, with reference to ships seiz'd in that island.
One and thirty depositions taken in relation to the ship Oxford, in answer to several interrogatories.
Several papers and depositions about Mr. Skene, secretary of Barbadoes.
A list of causes that have been dispatch'd in Chancery in Barbadoes, from the 8th August, 1711, to the 5th of April, 1712, as also those that remain to be determined.
A list of the French prizes taken, from July, 1711, to March, 1712.
Copies of the orders that have been given Mr. Lowther to the men-of-war, from the 28th of June, 1711, to the 23rd of February following.
Minute of the Council of Barbadoes, of the 12th of May, 1709, relating to the secretary of that island.
A list of the names of the French prisoners at Barbadoes.
Address of the Assembly of Barbadoes to Mr. Lowther, relating to the clergy there.
A copy of the oath taken by her Majesty's Solicitor General in Barbadoes.
Copy of a manifest of the loading of the ship Oxford, deliver'd the Governor of Barbadoes by Robert Addison.
Copy of a Clearance Bill and manifest of the ship Oxford and her lading from the Port Kinsale.
Copy of the Governor's Order for seizing the ship Oxford.
Memorandum out of the Custom House books of Barbadoes, relating to the seizure of the ship Oxford.
Copies of a bond and memorandums proposed to have been enter'd into by the commander and consignee of the ship Oxford to her Majesty.
Petition of Robert Knowles, commander of the ship Oxford, to the Governor, praying for a libell.
Petition of Robert Addison, praying to be admitted a party in vindication of the ship Oxford.
Copy of a libel exhibited by William Byndloss against Robert Knowles &c., and the ship Oxford.
Petition of William Byndloss, praying that Mr, Addison may not be admitted a party in the tryal of the ship Oxford, and that the petition of Knowles and Addison may be laid aside.
Petition of William Byndloss, praying that Mr. Addison may be examined to interrogatories &c. in relation to the ship Oxford, with the Judge of the Admiralty's order thereupon.
Answer of Robert Knowles, comander of the ship Oxford, to the libell exhibited against him and the said ship by William Byndloss.
Byndloss's exceptions to Knowles's answer to the libell &c.
Report of the Register of the Court of Admiralty upon the libell, answer, exceptions &c., in the case of the ship Oxford.
Further answer of Robert Knowles and Robert Addison to the libell exhibited by William Byndloss against them.
Exceptions of William Byndloss to the further answer of Knowles and Addison.
Third answer of Knowles and Addison to Byndloss’ second exceptions.
Interrogatories to be exhibited to witnesses on account of the ship Oxford.
Petition of Robert Knowles, praying the Judge of the Admiralty to dismiss the libell.
Petition of Robert Knowles, praying liberty to sail with the ship Oxford, upon giving security to answer the award of the Court.
Petition of William Byndloss, praying the ship Oxford may not be admitted to sail before a hearing.
Protest of William Byndloss against an order of appraisment granted upon the petition of Knowles &c., for liberty to sail &c.
Petition of Robert Knowles, praying a short day for a hearing upon the libel exhibited by William Byndloss, against the ship Oxford.
Petition of William Byndloss, praying time to examine witnesses &c.
Petition of William Byndloss, praying a further time to examine witnesses.
Fourth letter from Mr. Lowther.
A fourth letter from Mr. Lowther, Governor of Barbadoes, to the Board, dated the 28th of May, 1712, relating to a petition of some masters of ships for leave to sail to Great Britain; to the misbehaviour of Captain Constable, who refused to convoy the said ship to the latitude of twenty; to his want of power over the captains of men-of-war; to the Excise Bill; and to several persons designing ill offices against him, was read; and the papers therewith transmitted were laid before the Board, vizt.:
Papers received with it.
Mr. Upton's deposition relating to Captain Constable's refusing to obey Mr. Lowther's order to convoy a fleet of ships to the latitude of twenty.
Petition of several comanders of merchant ships to Mr. Lowther, praying leave to sail to Great Britain.
Copy of Mr. Lowther's order to Captain Constable to convoy a fleet of merchant ships to the latitude of 20, bound to Great Britain.
Minutes of the Council of Barbadoes, from the 15th April, 1712, to the 21st of May following.
Minutes of Council in Assembly of Barbadoes, from the 15th of April, 1712, to the 7th of May following.
Fifth letter from Mr. Lowther.
A fifth letter from Mr. Lowther, Governor of Barbadoes, to the Board, dated the 16th of August, 1712, was read, and the several papers referr'd to therein were laid before the Board, which are as follow, vizt.:
Papers therein referr'd to.
Minutes of Assembly of Barbadoes, from the 20th May, 1712, to the 22nd of July following.
Naval officer's list of ships, from the 25th of March, 1712, to the 24th June following.
Account of stores of war in the magazine in Barbadoes, ending the second of June, 1712.
List of christnings and burials in Barbadoes, from the 22nd June, 1711, to the 22nd June, 1712, as also the number of schoolmasters there.
List of causes determined and undetermined in the several Courts in Barbadoes, from 1711 to 1712.
List of negroes imported into Barbadoes, from the 25th June, 1711, to the 2nd June, 1712.
Account of ordnance stores and ammunition in the several divisions in Barbadoes, taken the first August, 1712.
List of the inhabitants of Barbadoes, with the number of their slaves, horses &c.
An Act to enable the surviving executor of Johanna Paris, widow, to dispose of lands &c. for the uses herein mentioned. Pass'd the 1st of August, 1712.
Account of prizes and seizures in the Court of Admiralty in Barbadoes, from June, 1711, to July, 1712.
Colonel Lessly's deposition concerning his ready compliance to the Governor's order, directing him to deliver to Captain Archibald Hamilton ordnance stores and ammunition for his expedition to the Leeward Islands.
Mr. Berwick's petition to the Governor, praying that Mr. Skene may be obliged to make good to her Majesty the summ decreed against him by the Court of Exchequer.
Sixth letter from Mr. Lowther.
A sixth letter from Mr. Lowther, Governor of Barbadoes, to the Board, dated the 29th of August, 1712, complaining of the men-of-war attending that island, in relation to the assistance he intended the Leeward Islands, mention'd in the minutes of the 27th of November last, was again read, and the three following papers transmitted therewith, were laid before the Board, vizt.:
Papers therewith transmitted.
Order issued by Mr. Lowther, Governor of Barbadoes, to the captains of the men-of-war attending that island about the assistance necessary for the security of the Leeward Islands &c.
Minutes of the Council of Barbadoes, from the 7th June, 1712, to the 13th September following.
Minutes of Council, relating to the behaviour of the men-of-war attending Barbadoes when their assistance was required for the security of the Leeward Islands, from the 14th July, 1712, to the 31st of August following.
Seventh letter from him.
A seventh letter from Mr. Lowther, Governor of Barbadoes, to the Board, dated the 26 of January, 1711/23, was read, and the papers therein referr'd to were laid before the Board, and are as follow, vizt.:
Papers with it.
Naval officer's list of ships entred and clear'd at Barbadoes, from the 25th June to the 24th September, 1712, both inclusive.
Naval officer's list of ships entred and clear'd at Barbadoes, from the 25th of September to the 24th of December, 1712, both inclusive.
Minutes of the Council and minutes of Council in Assembly of Barbadoes, from the 30th of September, 1712, to the 13th of January following.
An Act for laying an imposition on wines and other strong liquors imported this island, to raise money for carrying on the fortifications, for payment of such officers as are or shall be employ'd here at the publick charge, and for such other publick uses as are herein appointed. Pass'd the 4th December, 1712.
Eighth letter from the Governor.
An eight letter from Mr. Lowther, Governor of Barbadoes, to the Board, dated the 30th of March, 1713, was read, transmitting an Act pass'd there, together with minutes of Council and Assembly, which were laid before the Board, vizt.:
Acts and minutes.
An Act declaring that the Court of Common Pleas for the precincts of Christ Church and St. Philip's may be holden on Monday and Tuesday, the 23rd and 24th days of March, 1712, and so successively from time to time, as the law directs.
Minutes of the Council of Barbadoes, from the 30th September, 1712, to the 13th January following.
Minutes of the Assembly of Barbadoes, from the 29th of August, 1712, to the 13th January following.
Minutes of the Council of Barbadoes in Assembly, from the 20th of January to the 20th of March, 1711/23.
Answer to Mr. Lowther's letters.
Upon consideration of Mr. Lowther's above-mentioned letters, their lordships agreed an answer thereto, and order'd it to be transcrib'd.
Virginia.
Letter from Col.Spotswood.
A letter from Colonel Spotswood, Lieutenant Governor of Virginia, to the Board, dated the 11th of February, 1711/23, was read, and the papers therewith transmitted were laid before the Board, and are as follow, vizt.:
Papers therewith transmitted.
Copy of an address from the President and Assembly of North Carolina to Colonel Spotswood, Lieutenant Governor of Virginia, for assistance against the Indians &c. in war with them.
Proclamations for a suspension of arms, and for preventing abuses in obtaining certificates of rights for taking up lands.
Account of births and burials in Virginia, from the 1st of April to the 1st of October, 1712.
Account of negroes imported into Virginia in 1712, from the coast of Africa.
Account of arms and ammunition belonging to her Majesty in Virginia, in 1712.
Copy of a Bill entituled, an Act declaring what shall be accounted a sufficient seating and planting hereafter to be taken up and patented.
Minutes of the Council of Virginia, from the 18th of August to the 9th of December, 1712.
Minutes of the Council of Virginia in Assembly, from the 22nd October to the 29th November, 1712.
Journal of the Assembly, from the 22nd October to the 29th November, 1712.
Acts passed in the General Assembly of Virginia, begun the 22nd October, 1712.
Answer to Col.Spotswood.
Upon consideration of Colonel Spotswood's foregoing letter, their lordships agreed an answer thereto, and ordered it to be transcrib'd.
Jamaica.
Mr. Aylmer, Mr. March &c.
Mr. Rigby.
Act about offices.
Memorial from Mr. Aylmer &c.
Heirs of Kupius.
Further day appointed.
Mr. Aylmer, with Mr. March and Mr. Beckford, attending, and Mr. Rigby, with Colonel Long, Mr. Moore, Mr. Kent and several other Jamaica merchants and planters [fo. 408, 438], The Act to prevent any one person from holding two or more offices of profit in Jamaica, pass'd the 17th of April, 1711, was read; and the said Aylmer, March and Beckford presented to their lordships a memorial for the confirmation of the said Act, and setting forth that the notice they had was so short, they were not able to give their lordships their reasons so fully as they might be able to do, had they a longer day; and also that they beleiv'd there were heirs living of Williamina Kupius, which they might be able to give their lordships an account of had they time. Whereupon their lordships appointed Thursday next, that they may come prepared thereupon.
Jamaica.
Letter to Attorny General with Acts.
Their lordships taking into consideration the Acts pass'd at Jamaica in 1711 and 1712, gave directions for sending those contain'd in the following list to Mr. Attorney General, for his opinion thereupon in point of law, vizt.:
An Act declaring what persons shal be qualify'd to sit in Assemblies, pass'd the 17th of April, 1711.
An Act to prevent hawking and disposing goods clandestinely, past the 31 of July, 1711.
An Act to disinable any member of the Council or of the Assembly of this island from acting as Commissioner for receiving any publick money raised or to be raised by the Governor, Council and Assembly of this island, and to disinable any such Commissioner to be a member of the Council or of the present or any future Assembly of this island. Past in November, 1711.
An Act for regulating fowling and fishing, past in November, 1711.
An Act for the better securing the estate and interests of orphans and creditors, and to oblige executors to give security, and to return appraisments into the secretary's office of this island. Past in November, 1711.
An Act to encourage white men to come to continue and settle in this island, past in October and November, 1712.
An Act for preserving the publick records of this island, past in October and November, 1712.
Nevis.
Mr. Lee's debenture.
Mr. Tudor Lee attending, and an attested copy of the last will and testament of his father, Mr.Samuel Lee, late of Nevis, who was a sufferer there, being examined at the Board, the debenture number'd 424 was deliver'd to the said Tudor Lee.
July 20. Present:—Lord Guilford, Sir Philip Meadows, Mr. Monckton, Mr. Gwyn, Mr. Foley.
Jamaica.
Letter to the Governor.
A letter to the Lord Archibald Hamilton, Governor of Jamaica [fo. 417], agreed at the last meeting, was signed.
Barbadoes.
Letter from Mr. Lowther.
A letter from Mr. Lowther, Governor of Barbadoes, dated the 20th of May, 1713, relating to Mr. Skene's complaints against him, was read.
Letter to him.
A letter to Mr. Lowther, agreed at the last meeting, was signed.
New York.
Letter to Governor.
A letter to Colonel Hunter, Governor of New York, &c., agreed the 16th instant, was sign'd.
Virginia.
Letter to Lieutenant Governor.
A letter to Colonel Spotswood, Lieutenant Governor of Virginia, agreed at the last meeting, was sign'd.
St. Chirstopher's.
Settlement of French part of the island.
Notice to Mr.Heysham.
Order'd that Mr. Robert Heysham be acquainted with the Board's intention of considering on Thursday morning next the memorial from the Council and Assembly of St. Christopher's, presented to her Majesty by Mr. Duport, relating to the settlement of the late French part of St. Christopher's.
Miscellanies.
Incidents &c.
The secretary laid before their lordships the accounts of incidental charges in the service of this Board, from Michaelmas, 1712, to Midsummer, 1713, which are as follow, vizt.:
Letter to Lord High Treasurer.
Whereupon a letter to the Lord High Treasurer, praying payment thereof, as likewise of the salaries due to this office, was signed.
Virginia.
Earl of Orkney.
Vacancies in Council.
Order'd [fo. 436] that the Earl of Orkney be acquainted that this Board having under consideration the filling up such vacancies as are at present in the Council of Virginia, they are desirous to know whether his lordship has any person to recommend to those places.
July 23. Present:—Lord Guilford, Sir Philip Meadows, Mr. Monckton, Mr. Moore, Mr. Foley, Sir John H. Cotton.
Virginia.
Letter from Earl of Orkney recomending councillors.
Representation to be prepar'd proposing two.
A letter from the Earl of Orkney, dated yesterday [fo. 435], recommending several persons to be of her Majesty's Council in Virginia, was read; whereupon their lordships examined the list of persons recommended to fill up vacancies in the said Council, and gave directions for preparing the draught of a representation to her Majesty [fo. 439], proposing Mr. William Cocke, secretary of Virginia, and Mr. Edmond Berkley, as persons fitly qualify'd to supply the present vacancies.
Barbadoes.
Maryland.
Letters to Mr. Lowther and Col. Lloyd.
Letters to Mr. Lowther, Governor of Barbadoes, and to Mr. Lloyd, President of the Council of Maryland, for answers to what was writ them the 26th of October, 1711, upon several clauses of her Majesty's instructions for those governments, were sign'd.
Leeward Islands.
Mr. Duport and Mr. Heysham about and address from St.Christopher's &c.praying shares of the French part of that island.
Queries thereupon.
Mr. Duport attending, and Mr. Robert Heysham, as he had been desired, the Order of Council of the 24th June, 1713, referring to the Board an address from the Council and Assembly of St. Christopher's, together with the petition of Mr. Duport, praying that the poor inhabitants there may have shares of the French part of that island given them, was read, as also a memorial from the said Duport, mentioned in the minutes of the 14th instant; whereupon Mr. Duport being asked why he proposed that no one person should have above 200 acres, he said because that wou'd be a means to people the island sooner, and Mr. Heysham agreed thereto; but he thought it wou'd be hard to limit some gentlemen, who were in a capacity to cultivate and improve more lands, to that number of acres. Then Mr. Duport being asked what was meant by his twelfth article, where he desires some consideration to be had of those persons who had suffer'd during the first war, and have not been reliev'd by the Act made in favour of the sufferers of Nevis and St. Christopher's, he said that there was only himself and another who were in that case, and they had been plunderd by the English troops, when they re-conquer'd that island under General Codrington, the father, and that his particular loss in negroes and other things amounted to above 11,000l. After some further discourse upon this matter, these gentlemen withdrew, and their lordships agreed to reconsider this matter on Tuesday next, or at the first opportunity.
Barbadoes.
Memorial from Mr. Marsh about an Act to enable Joanna Paris &c. sent to Mr. Solicitor General.
Mr. Heysham presented to their lordships a memorial from Mr. Marsh, praying the Board's consideration of An Act, pass'd in Barbadoes the first of August, 1712, to inable the surviving executor of Joanna Paris, widow, to dispose of lands &c., was read, and directions given for sending the said Acts to Mr. Solicitor General for his opinion thereupon in point of law.
Jamaica.
Merchants &c. in relation to an Act about offices of profit.
Colonel Laws, Mr. Kent, Mr. Rigby and several other Jamaica merchants and planters on the one side, and Mr. Aylmer, Mr. March, and Mr. Beckford on the other, attending, as appointed the 17th instant [fo. 430, 441], in relation to the Jamaica Act for preventing any one person from holding two or more offices of profit in that island, Mr. March acquainted their lordships that it was impossible for them to be ready at present, but that if their lordships wou'd give them a few days’ time, they shou'd then prepare matters, so as to lay a full state thereof before their lordships; whereupon their lordships appointed Tuesday next for that purpose.
Certificate about secretary's and pro-vost marshal's office.
Mr. Rigby presented to the Board a certificate of several Jamaica planters and merchants, that they know no inconveniences attending the execution of the offices of secretary and provost marshal in that island by the same person, which was read.
Jamaica.
Memorial from mer-chants &c. bound in plantation bonds there, sent with other papers on the same subject to Mr. Carkess.
Then Mr. Kent presented to their lordships a memorial from several Jamaica merchants, in behalf of themselves and others bound to her Majesty in plantation bonds there, which was read, and ordered that a copy thereof, as also of my Lord Archibald Hamilton's letter of the 25th of April last, and the copy of a letter from the Commissioners of the Customs, with a representation of the merchants of Jamaica to his lordship relating to the said bonds, be sent to Mr. Carkess for the opinion of the Commissioners of her Majesty's Customs thereupon.
July 28. Present:—Lord Guilford, Sir Philip Meadows, Mr. Monckton, Mr. Gwyn, Mr. Foley.
Virginia.
Representation pro-posing two new councillors.
A representation proposing Mr. William Cocke and Mr. Edmund Berkley to be constituted members of her Majesty's Council of Virginia [fo. 436], as directed the 23rd instant, was signed.
Trade.
Letter from Lord Bolingbroke with papers from Utrecht.
Trade in the Netherlands.
A letter from the Lord Viscount Bolingbroke, of the 23rd instant, together with several papers receiv'd from the Lords Ambassadors and Mr. Drummond at Utrecht [fo. 395, 443], relating to the settlement of trade in the Netherlands, were read, the said papers being as follows, vizt.:
Copy of Mr. Drummond's letter to Lord Viscount Bolingbroke, dated at Utrecht, 28th July, 1713.
Extract of a letter from the Lords Ambassadors to Lord Viscount Bolingbroke, dated at Utrecht, 28th July, 1713.
Copy of the provisional regulation of trade in the Spanish Netherlands.
Translation of the resolution of the States General, relating to the provisional regulation of trade in the Spanish Netherlands.
Flanders merchants summon'd thereupon.
Whereupon ordered that Alderman Scawen, Mr. Livinus Dorpere, Mr. Edward Atkins, Mr. White and Mr. John Waller, Flanders merchants, be desired to attend the Board on Fryday morning next.
Trade.
Letter from Lord Bolingbroke about advantages the Dutch make by the cloth manufactures in Limburg &c.
A letter from the Lord Viscount Bolingbroke, of the 25th instant [fo. 444], relating to the advantages which the Dutch make by the cloth manufactures in Limburg, and to a general and final settlement of trade in the Low Countries, referring the same to the consideration of the Board, as also what instructions may be necessary to be thereupon given to some of her Majesty's Ministers in those parts, was read.
Jamaica.
Merchants for and against the Act about offices of profit.
Memorial with reasons for passing the same.
Mr. Aylmer, Mr. March, and Mr. Beckford attending [fo. 438, 447] (according to appointment the 23rd instant) in behalf of the Act, pass'd in Jamaica, to prevent any one person from holding two or more offices of profit in that island; and Mr. Rigby, Colonel Laws, Mr. Moore, Mr. Kent, and other merchants and planters, appearing likewise against the said Act, Mr. Aylmer, Mr. March and Mr. Beckford presented to the Board a memorial containing their reasons for passing the same, which was read; and after hearing both parties thereupon, their lordships agreed to adjourn the consideration thereof to Friday morning next.
Pennsylvania.
Acts.
Then the secretary laid before their lordships 29 Acts pass'd in Pennsylvania, in 1709, 1710, 1711, and 1712, which were sent to the office by Mr. Penn, the 22nd instant.
Sent to Mr. Solicitor General.
Whereupon ordered that the said Acts be sent to Mr. Solicitor General for his opinion thereupon in point of law.
New York.
Letter from Col.
Hunter with papers.
Letter to Mr. Attorney General about the fishery, escheats and quit rents.
A letter from Colonel Hunter, dated at New York, the 11th June last, together with the following papers therein referrd to, were read; and the secretary acquainted their lordships that in order to lose no time he had already sent to Mr. Attorny General [fo. 448] the papers mark'd C, D and E; the said papers are as follows:
Printed address of the Grand Jury of New York to Colonel Hunter, the 5th May, 1713, with two other printed papers relating to the struggle between him and the Assembly of that province.
Colonel Hunter's speech to the Assembly of New York, the 27th May, 1713.
Copy of the proceedings of the Supream Court at New York, with relation to the Queen's right to the royal fish.
Proceedings at New York relating to an escheat.
The state of her Majesty's quit rents in New York.
July 31. Present:—Lord Guilford, Sir Philip Meadows, Mr. Monckton, Mr. Gwyn, Mr. Foley.
Jamaica.
Rigby; memorial against Office Act.
A memorial from Mr. Rigby, deputy secretary and provost marshal of Jamaica, against An Act for preventing any one person holding two or more offices in that island (mention'd in the minutes
That Act reconsider'd and sent Mr. Attorny General.
of the 28th instant), inclosing Sir Edward Northey's opinion in relation to the said Rigby's executing the place of deputy secretary, was read; and their lordships taking again into consideration the foremention'd Act, ordered that it be sent to Mr. Attorney General, for his opinion thereupon.
Letter to Major General Handasyd thereupon.
And further ordered that a letter be writ to Major-General Handasyd [fo. 447], to desire him to let their lordships have his reasons for passing the said Act, together with his opinion upon it.
Trade.
Flanders.
Dorpere, White.
Mr. Dorpere, Mr. White and another Flanders merchant attending [fo. 440] (as they had been desired the 28th instant), the provisional regulation of trade in the Spanish Netherlands, as also the resolution of the States General thereupon, were read to them (mentioned also in the said minutes of the 28th instant), with which they were satisfy'd for the present.
Trade.
Woollen manufacture, Limburgh.
Provisional regulation and resolution of States General sent to Flanders merchants.
Queries for their answer.
These gentlemen being ask'd how the woollen manufacture at Limburgh stood [fo. 441], they said that at Limburgh and several other places of Holland, contiguous to the territories of Limburgh, they do make considerable quantities of fine cloth, that the same (both the Dutch cloth as well as that of Limburgh) is imported into the Spanish Netherlands and New Conquests, without paying any duty, which is not allow'd to our cloth imported there, and which is a very great prejudice to our trade; for by this means there is much more Limburgh cloth or Dutch cloth going under that denomination, sold in Flanders than of ours. After some further discourse with these gentlemen hereupon, order's that copies of the foremention'd regulation and resolution be sent to these gentlemen, to be communicated to the other merchants here, and that they be desired [fo. 446] to bring to their lordships on Thursday morning next their answers to the following queries in writing:
Whether Limburgh and Verviers are pawn'd to the Dutch?
What caution might there be to hinder the Dutch goods from being carryd into Flanders and New Conquests, as goods of Limburgh and Verviers, whereby they under-sell us?
Nevis.
Debenture deliver'd.
Mr. Rowland Gideon and Mr. Charles Kesar, return'd as sufferers of a loss at the island of Nevis, attending, a debenture for the said loss, numbered 231, was deliver'd to them.