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 A CALENDAR OF 
 
 THE COURT MINUTES 
 
 ETC. OF THE 
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 
 
 1660-1663 
 
 BY 
 
 ETHEL BRUCE SAINSBURY 
 
 WITH AN INTRODUCTION AND NOTES BY 
 
 WILLIAM FOSTER, CLE. 
 
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 1663 
 INTRODUCTION 
 
 At the commencement of the period here dealt with, the entire 
 management of the trade was in the hands of the New General 
 Stock, which had been started in 1657 upon the grant of a new 
 charter from the Protectorate Government. Its predecessor, the 
 United Joint Stock, was still in the process of winding-up, and 
 meetings were occasionally called of the Committees who had been 
 entrusted with that task ; but it had ceased to trade and had left 
 the field to the new body. The latter had not so far attained any 
 striking degree of success. The times had been difficult ever 
 since the starting of the Stock. The uncertainty of the political 
 situation and the financial needs of the Government had been 
 a dead weight upon the trade of the country ; while a further 
 depression had resulted from the heavy loss of shipping due to 
 the Spanish War and to the depredations of privateers. The East 
 India Company naturally felt the full force of the depression ; in 
 August, 1659, we find the Committees writing to Surat that piece- 
 goods would scarcely fetch their prime cost and that the supply 
 must be cut down to one-quarter of what had previously been 
 ordered ; while in the following February it was stated that there 
 was a sufficient quantity in hand of indigo and Surat calicoes to 
 meet all probable demands for two or three years. 
 
 Still, the Committees did not lose heart, but went on dispatching 
 ships and goods to the East, in hopes of better times. The 
 Barhadoes Merchant sailed in December, 1659, for Guinea and the 
 Coromandel Coast, and was soon followed by the Blackmore (or 
 Blackamoor) bound for Guinea and Surat. In March, 1660, the 
 Smyrna Merchant, East India Merchant, and Concord started for 
 Madras ; while in April three ships — the Eagle, Richard and 
 Martha, and American ^ — departed for Surat, and the Castle 
 
 ' It may have been part of this fleet that was seen by Samuel Pepys while on his way 
 to Deal in one of the vessels bound for Holland, under Lord Montagu, to bring over King 
 
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 iv COURT MINUTES 
 
 Frigate for Guinea and Bantam (in Java). As the Commissioners 
 of Customs refused to allow bullion to be shipped without special 
 authority, an order was obtained for the export of treasure to the 
 amount of 35,000^. (pp. 4, 5)- The question of ' planting ' Pulo 
 Run — the island in the Bandas which the Dutch, by the Treaty of 
 Westminster, had undertaken to restore to the English — had been 
 revived in January, but on the 23rd of that month it was decided 
 that it was too late to do anything that season. On the 5th of 
 the same month, the Advice, one of the ships sent out in May, 
 1658, reached Plymouth from Bantam. 
 
 In February, 1660, the Committees were disturbed by the news 
 that certain private merchants were fitting out the Anne and 
 Joyce for dispatch to Bantam, and a month later it was learnt that 
 the promoters of the enterprise had petitioned the Council of State, 
 who had referred the application to a committee. Representations 
 were at once made to the latter, with the result that the dispute 
 was submitted to arbitrators, by whose award the Company was 
 to take over the vessel and compensate the adventurers for their 
 outlay. The Restoration, as the ship was now named, was dispatched 
 in June to Bantam. 
 
 Of the excitement over the Declaration of Breda and the negotia- 
 tions that ended with the return of the exiled King the Court 
 Minutes show no trace, except that in those for May 17 there is 
 a reference to the fact that ' theis are now times of healing ', while 
 on May 23 it is recorded that at the five preceding meetings a 
 sufficient quorum had not been obtained ' by reason of the 
 publique affaires '. At the meeting of May 30 — the day following 
 the arrival of Charles in London — the Committees decided to 
 present a congratulatory address to His Majesty, accompanied by 
 a suitable gift ; and this proposition, when submitted to the 
 general body of members on June 5, was carried with acclamation. 
 The only discussion was concerning the form the gift should take : 
 some thought a jewel would be most suitable ; others considered 
 that ' coined gold ' should be given ; but the majority voted for 
 
 Charles. In his Diary, under date of April 8, 1660, he says that near the mouth of the 
 Thames they ' overtook two good merchantmen that overtook us yesterday, going to 
 the East Indies. The lieutenant and I lay out of his window with his glass, looking 
 at the women that were on board them, being pretty handsome.'
 
 INTRODUCTION v 
 
 the presentation of silver plate to the value of about 3,000/. The 
 actual cost was 3,210/. (p. 36). 
 
 The annual election was held on July 3, 1660, when Alderman 
 Andrew Riccard (who was knighted shortly after) became Governor, 
 and was succeeded as Deputy by Sir Thomas Chambrelan or 
 Chamberlain. Four days later the result of the poll for Committees 
 was announced. It was headed by Lord George Berkeley (after- 
 wards the first Earl of Berkeley), who thus commenced his long 
 connexion with the East India Company. He proved useful in 
 keeping the Company in touch with the royal court and with 
 the Royal African Company. Though he was re-elected each 
 year until 1696, he never became Governor ; but his cordial rela- 
 tions with his fellow Committees are shown by the inscription 
 on the silver teapot which he presented to them in 1670, now in 
 the Victoria and Albert Museum. He had a family interest in the 
 East India trade, for his wife was a daughter of John Massingberd, 
 the former Treasurer of the Company. 
 
 One consequence of the Restoration was the return of the exiled 
 Lord Craven and his resumption of his property, including the 
 mansion which, together with a subsidiary tenement, had been 
 rented from him by the Company in 1648 for a period of twenty-one 
 years. As narrated in the introduction to the 1650-4 volume 
 (p. xxviii), the two houses had been sequestrated by the Common- 
 wealth Government and leased to the Company in March, 1652, 
 for seven years at 140/. per annum ; and a year later both the 
 house and the tenement had been sold, subject to this lease, the 
 former to Edward Tooke and the latter to John Pufford. Tooke 
 in turn disposed of his bargain to John Sweeting, to whom we find 
 the Company paying the rent in April, 1658. In July of that 
 year attention was called to the fact that the lease was running 
 out ; whereupon certain Committees were deputed to look out 
 for fresh premises. About a week later it was reported that a lease 
 of Crosby House could probably be obtained, and the idea of return- 
 ing thither evidently found favour ; but ultimately it was decided 
 to stay where they were, and on September i an agreement was 
 made with Sweeting to renew the lease for another seven years at 
 200/. per annum, the Company apparently undertaking the repairs. 
 The reversion of the property to Lord Craven necessitated fresh
 
 vi COURT MINUTES 
 
 arrangements, and on July i8, 1660, it was decided to ask him to 
 grant a fresh lease for twenty-one years of the house and the small 
 tenement at the same rent (200/. per annum) as had been agreed 
 upon in 1648. As regards arrears, the Company was willing to 
 pay His Lordship whatever the current Stock had disbursed for 
 rent short of the 200/. stipulated for in the 1648 lease, after deduct- 
 ing the proportion due for the tenement, which had not been in 
 their hands ; and on August 8 it was ordered that 125/. should be 
 paid him on this account (including probably the quarter's rent 
 due at Midsummer). The proposal that a fresh lease should be 
 granted on the old terms evidently did not commend itself to 
 Lord Craven, who stipulated for 240Z. a year, though he was willing 
 to allow the odd 40/. to be devoted during the first three years to 
 making any repairs that might be necessary. The Company, while 
 protesting that the house was not worth so much, offered 240/. for 
 seven years, provided the landlord would undertake all repairs. 
 In January, 1661, as His Lordship still insisted on his terms, the 
 Company intimated its determination to find a home elsewhere ; 
 but a month later negotiations were reopened. The upshot appears 
 to have been the grant of a lease for twenty-one years at 100^. 
 a year rent, and a fine of 1,000/., the Company agreeing to make 
 its own repairs. 
 
 In August, 1660, came the glad news that seven ships from the 
 East had arrived in the Dow^ns. These were the Londoji, Society, 
 Constantinople Merchant, and Coast Frigate from Surat ; the 
 Marigold and Merchants' Delight from the Coromandel Coast ; and 
 the Discovery from Bantam. They were quickly brought round to 
 the Thames, where they were honoured with a visit from the 
 King himself. Writing to Surat on September 24, the Committees 
 said that His Majesty had repaired on board ' some of the ships 
 now returned from India ; where were presented unto him some 
 pleasing rarieties '. A letter of August 12, preserved among the 
 Duke of Sutherland's papers, is a little more precise : ' On 
 Thursday last His Majesty went below Gravesend aboard an East 
 Indian fleet, consisting of seven goodly ships, returned with rich 
 lading ; amongst which one ship and her lading fell to his own 
 share, for, as I hear, the ship and her lading were the adventure of 
 Richard Cromwell ' [Historical MSS. Commission : Fifth Report,
 
 INTRODUCTION vii 
 
 p. 174). For the latter statement, it may be added, there appears 
 to have been no justification whatever, as all the vessels had been 
 sent out by the Company in the ordinary way. 
 
 The Committees now took up the question of obtaining a fresh 
 charter from the King, and during August and September dis- 
 cussions went on regarding the privileges to be sought. At a general 
 meeting held on August 31 it was announced that His Majesty 
 had received very graciously the plate offered by the Company, 
 and the Committees suggested that a present should now be 
 offered to the Duke of York, whose assistance during the negotia- 
 tions for the charter was evidently desired. A sum of 1,000/. was 
 thereupon voted. The form of the gift was left to be settled by 
 the Committees, but probably it took the shape of plate. The 
 actual cost was 1,062/. 10s. (p. 52). The Company's petition to 
 His Majesty for the grant of a charter with additional privileges 
 was presented on October 2, and was referred to the consideration 
 of the Solicitor-General and the Attorney-General. Particulars 
 of the fresh privileges desired are given on pp. 38-40. Apparently 
 the Company's Parliamentary friends also moved in the matter, 
 for on November 8, 1660, the Committee for Trade and Navigation 
 was instructed by the House of Commons to consider what should 
 be done to encourage the East India trade and to bring in a bill 
 for that purpose {Commons Journals, vol. viii, p. 179) ; but nothing 
 seems to have come of this. 
 
 The approach of the season for sending out ships turned the 
 thoughts of the Company to the organization of their settlements ; 
 and on October 17 it was decided to order the abandonment of 
 the factories of Agra, Ahmadabad, Mokha, and Basra, and to 
 suppress the separate agency for Persia, thus placing all the 
 ' northern ' factories under Surat. There seems to have been 
 some idea of reducing the Presidency there to an Agency, and 
 it is noteworthy that a letter sent to Surat twelve days later was 
 addressed simply to ' Our Cheife and Counsell ' {Letter Book, 
 vol. ii, p. 342) ; but the change was not actually made, and the 
 next letter (March 27, 1661) bore the old superscription of ' Our 
 President and Counsell '. On December 14, 1660, it was resolved 
 to amalgamate the two Agencies for the Coromandel Coast and 
 the Bay of Bengal into one, the seat of which was for the present 
 to be Fort St. George.
 
 viii COURT MINUTES 
 
 The Company was continuing actively its trade in Guinea. 
 The Royal James and Henry, dispatched in September, 1660, was 
 directed to call there on its way to Madras ; while a smaller vessel, 
 the Benin Frigate, was sent out specially to the same parts about 
 the end of November. Meanwhile the future of this trade — which 
 was outside the limits defined in the Company's existing charter — 
 was causing the Committees some anxiety. As we have seen, their 
 title was derived from the purchase of a lease granted in the time 
 of the Commonwealth, and now the Restoration had revived the 
 rights of Sir Nicholas Crisp and his partners, whose monopoly, 
 under grants from Charles I, was apparently to last at least until 
 June, 1662, if not until much later. Sir Nicholas was a zealous 
 Royalist and had suffered heavily for his loyalty ; hence his claims 
 were sure of a respectful consideration at Court. At the same time 
 an influential syndicate was being formed, with the support of 
 the Duke of York and Prince Rupert, to develop the trade with 
 Guinea, and particularly to prospect for gold in those parts. The 
 East India Company was naturally anxious to retain its hold upon 
 the trade of the Gold Coast ; and among the additional privileges 
 suggested for the new charter (early in October, 1660) we find 
 included the extension of the Company's sphere to embrace this 
 region ; while on November 14 it was resolved to apply to be 
 heard before any decision was taken in favour of other applicants. 
 These representations proved useless ; and on December 18, 1660, 
 a royal charter was issued to the syndicate aforesaid, incorporating 
 them under the title of ' The Company of the Royal Adventurers 
 into Africa '. Subject to Crisp's rights under his patent, and in 
 any case from the date of its expiration, the new body w-as granted 
 the sole trade with the western coast of Africa from Cape Blanco 
 to the Cape of Good Hope.^ 
 
 We turn now to what is in some respects the most important 
 feature of the present volume, namely, the light it throws upon the 
 part played by the East India Company in those disputes with 
 Holland which led up to the Second Dutch War (1665-7). No 
 detailed account of these negotiations is to be found in published 
 English works ; but they may be followed in the ponderous tomes 
 
 ' The Company of Royal Adventurers Trading into Africa, by Professor G. F. Zook (1919), 
 p. 8. Crispe came to an agreement with the Company in the summer of 1662 (ibid., p. 14).
 
 INTRODUCTION ix 
 
 of Lieuwe van Aitzema's Saken van Siaet en Oorlogh (Part iv, 
 1669), and still better in Dr. Nicolaas Japikse's De V erwikkelingen 
 tusschen de Republiek en Engeland van 1660-65 (Leiden, 1900). 
 The latter author, however, though he examined for the purpose 
 of his work the collections in the Public Record Office, British 
 Museum, Bodleian, and Lambeth Palace, seems to have been 
 unaware that the records of the East India Company were likewise 
 open to historical students. His statement of the controversy is 
 eminently broad-minded and free from bias, and he has spared no 
 pains to make it complete ; but some of the documents now printed 
 for the first time throw ^'resh light upon the part played by the 
 English Company in the negotiations. 
 
 The restoration of King Charles had placed Holland in a position 
 of some difficulty. True, the relations of that country with the 
 Commonwealth Government had left memories that were far from 
 pleasant — memories of the Navigation Act of 1651 (which, though 
 laxly administered, had inflicted much damage upon Dutch com- 
 merce) and of the war that had followed it, in which Holland had 
 been beaten and humbled. On the other hand, the monarchical 
 reaction in England was likely to widen still further the breach 
 with the Batavian republic and to encourage the partisans of 
 Charles's nephew, the young Prince of Orange, in their opposition 
 to De Witt's administration ; while Charles himself could scarcely 
 be expected to entertain warm feelings towards that Government, 
 which had virtually expelled him from its territories some eighteen 
 months before. Still, in the existing state of European politics 
 a continuance of the bad feeling between the two nations was 
 a prospect not to be faced without dismay, and a reconciliation, 
 especially if it procured the repeal of the Navigation Act and the 
 settlement of the dispute over the North Sea fisheries, would be 
 much to the interests of Holland. When, therefore, it was certain 
 that Charles was about to regain his father's throne, he found 
 himself invited to the Hague, magnificently regaled, and treated 
 with the greatest deference ; while hopes were openly expressed 
 that an alliance between the two countries would follow. Charles 
 himself, radiantly happy at the unexpected turn of events, 
 appeared to have forgotten the past and was extremely gracious 
 to his new hosts ; and the thunder of Dutch cannon that honoured
 
 X COURT MINUTES 
 
 his embarkation at Schcvcningen may well have seemed to 
 announce the inauguration of happier relations between England 
 and the Netherlands. 
 
 The King himself was probably not averse, at this period, from 
 a close understanding between the two countries and a settlement 
 of the disputes which had hitherto divided them ; and he certainly 
 did not wish the opening of his reign to be troubled by any question 
 of foreign politics. But he quickly discovered that his people were 
 not at all of that mind, but that on the contrary there was a 
 general and deep-seated feeling of hostility towards the Hollander. 
 This was natural enough in the case of those who were suffering 
 from the effects of his competition, but it was more widespread 
 than that. Alike in the City, the Court, and the Parliament, the 
 opinion was strongly held that the Dutch were getting by unfair 
 means a stranglehold upon the foreign commerce of Britain and 
 that this accounted in a large measure for the decline of English 
 trade and shipping ; and to many Englishmen the very existence 
 of their country seemed to be threatened by the rising power of 
 their adversary. The national pride was touched by the growth 
 of this small continental State, which was deemed to be endeavour- 
 ing by devious ways to secure a prize which it had failed to secure 
 by war. In the popular view Holland had largely taken the place 
 of Spain as the national enemy, and every proposal for diminishing 
 its power was eagerly welcomed. Hence it came that, while at the 
 Restoration all the legislation of the Commonwealth was at once 
 swept away, the Navigation Act was brought forward in a more 
 stringent form and promptly made law ; while a bill for the 
 protection of the English fisheries was passed by the Commons, 
 though it failed to get through the House of Lords before the 
 dissolution of Parliament which took place at the end of 1660. 
 
 The ambassadors dispatched by the States-General to negotiate 
 a fresh treaty reached London towards the end of October, 1660. 
 The mission was headed by the Heer van de Lok en Beverweert 
 (a great friend of Pensionary de Witt), while his colleagues were 
 Simon van Hoorn, Michiel van Goch, and Ripperda van Farmsum, 
 the last of whom died in England about six months later. Bever- 
 weert, who was also called Prince Louis of Nassau (he was a natural 
 son of Prince Maurice of Nassau), was well known to the English
 
 INTRODUCTION xi 
 
 court. He had been sent to Breda by the States-General, as soon 
 as the King's restoration was assured, to congratulate King Charles 
 and to sound him on the possibility of an alliance between the 
 two countries ; and he was already connected with some of the 
 English nobility through the marriage of his eldest daughter 
 Emilia with Lord Ossory in 1659. ^ The somewhat tardy arrival 
 of the embassy was, according to Clarendon,^ distasteful to the 
 King, as savouring of a certain want of respect ; but he received 
 the ambassadors with his usual graciousness, and at once nominated 
 a number of Privy Councillors, including General Monck (now 
 Duke of Albemarle), Sir Edward Nicholas and Sir William Morice 
 (Secretaries of State), Lord Robartes, Viscount Valentia, and 
 Denzil Holies, to carry on the negotiations. Into the story of 
 these negotiations we cannot enter at any length. They related, 
 it must be remembered, to all questions in debate between the 
 two countries, and even in the matter of reparation for past 
 injuries there were claims from English merchants trading to the 
 Baltic, to the Mediterranean, to Africa, and to the West Indies, 
 as well as from those concerned in the East India commerce. We 
 must here confine our attention to the last-named class, and even 
 with them we must deal rather summarily. 
 
 Complainants outside the East India Company were the first to 
 move. About the end of July, 1660, Sir Richard Ford and other 
 merchants presented a petition to the King, praying for compensa- 
 tion in the case of the Bantam Frigate, which in 1657, while trading 
 at Indrapura (in Sumatra), had been seized and taken to Batavia, 
 where she was released. This claim, after investigation, was at 
 the end of the year passed on to the treaty commissioners. At 
 the beginning of October the East India Company submitted its 
 claims, ranging over the period 1656-9 and amounting to over 
 237,000/. In accordance with its request, the statement was 
 referred to the law officers for verification ; they reported 
 (January 19, 1661) that the allegations had been substantiated, 
 and thereupon the Company petitioned the King to press the 
 claim upon the Dutch ambassadors. Further, in December, 1660, 
 
 • Seven years later her sister married Henry Bennet, Lord Arlington. Both ladies were 
 naturalized by private Acts of Parliament. 
 
 * Continuation of the Life of Lord Clarendon, ed. 1761, vol. ii, p. 173.
 
 xii COVRT MINUTES 
 
 a petition wixs submitted by the descendants of seamen ill-treated 
 by the Dutch in the hostilities of 1616-19, asking for compensation ; 
 and on February 22, 1661, this was passed on to the English 
 commissioners with instructions to endeavour to obtain satisfaction. 
 
 The fact that these petitions had been entertained and coun- 
 tenanced by the King seemed ominous to the Dutch envoys. 
 The case of the Bantam Frigate and at least the first item on the 
 Company's list were in their view excluded by the agreements 
 concluded at the Hague in February, 1659 (N.S.).^ As related in 
 the last volume, Sir George Downing, Cromwell's representative 
 there, had by those agreements secured the payment of damages 
 for three ships (not belonging to the East India Company) which 
 had been seized for attempting to enter Bantam in spite of the 
 Dutch blockade, and had accepted this concession as cancelling 
 all other English claims. The Company, however, had never 
 recognized the justice of this arrangement, and had protested at 
 the time, both to Downing and to the Protector, that it utterly 
 ignored the Company's claims, which were quite on a par with those 
 it satisfied ; and the Committees thought themselves justified in 
 pressing the technical point that those agreements were not binding 
 upon His Majesty, since they w'ere concluded by the rebel Common- 
 wealth Government. Such a contention would equally apply to 
 the settlement made by the Treaty of Westminster (1654) ; but 
 the Company did not question the equity of that, and made no 
 attempt to go behind its decisions. Still, the mere contention that 
 King Charles could ignore entirely the engagements concluded by 
 the previous rulers of England was a disturbing fact for the Dutch 
 Ambassadors, especially as for some time, in manoeuvring for 
 position, neither the King himself nor the English commissioners 
 would make a clear statement as to their position on this important 
 point ; and the resulting uncertainty had not a little to do with 
 the unfortunate course of the negotiations at their earlier stage. 
 
 The resentment excited on both sides by this state of affairs is 
 
 ' Printed by Aitzema (vol. iv, pp. 504-5). The first agreement, dated February 6 (N.S.), 
 provided for the payment of compensation in the cases under negotiation, such payment 
 to be conclusive of all claims for damages done by the Dutch East India Company to 
 Englishmen in the East Indies so far as was known in England up to January 20, 1659 
 (N.S.). The second agreement, dated February 27 (X.S.), fixed the amount to l)e paid 
 at 507375^- OS. 3<f.
 
 INTRODUCTION xiii 
 
 shown by the quarrel that arose over the arrangements for the 
 surrender of Pulo Run, in the Bandas. This island, as already- 
 noted, was restored to the English by the Treaty of Westminster ; 
 but the financial weakness of the East India Company and the 
 disturbed state of Anglo- Dutch relations had hitherto prevented 
 any attempt to take possession of it, although in 1656, 1658, and 
 again in 1659 the Company had made preparations for that pur- 
 pose. In September, 1660, however, it was decided to send out 
 an expedition to claim and colonize the island, and Captain Dutton, 
 who had been selected for its Governor in 1658 but had been 
 dispatched to St. Helena instead, was to proceed from that island 
 to Bantam in order to take up that post. Accordingly an applica- 
 tion was made to the Dutch East India Company for letters to the 
 Governor- General at Batavia and the Governor of the Bandas, 
 instructing them to hand over the island to the English. The 
 request was duly complied with, but on receipt of the letters it 
 was found that they stated that the surrender was to be made on 
 production of commissions not only from the Company, but also 
 from the King. The latter stipulation was reasonable enough, and 
 it is to be regretted that any difficulty was made about accepting 
 it ; however, the Committees were in the mood to boggle about 
 the matter, and they wrote again early in November, asking for 
 fresh letters with the objectionable proviso omitted, and also for 
 letters from the States-General, to reinforce those from the Dutch 
 Company. They promised in return to obtain from the King 
 a formal warrant, authorizing the Company to take over the 
 island ; and this was to be produced to the Dutch ambassadors 
 before the delivery of the letters. 
 
 Such a demand was likely to produce distrust in Holland ; and 
 towards the end of the month a reply came from Amsterdam to 
 the effect that the States-General had taken over the negotiations 
 and that apphcation should be made to the Dutch ambassadors in 
 London accordingly. The latter now sought an audience with 
 King Charles and impressed upon him that the requirement of his 
 formal authorization of those sent to receive Pulo Run was a 
 stipulation entirely to his honour. His Majesty gave only an 
 evasive reply, and this increased the fear that there was something 
 behind his unwillingness to comply with their wishes (Japikse,
 
 xiv COURT MINUTES 
 
 p. 88). However, on December 19, 1660, the ambassadors com- 
 municated to the Company copies of letters received from Holland, 
 the originals of which they were prepared to deliver as soon as the 
 royal warrant was ready. These were from the States- General 
 and the Dutch Company respectively, and the Committees detected 
 a difference between them. In the one the island was to be delivered 
 to those coming from the English Company with due authority ; 
 in the other, it was to be given up to those named in the act of 
 commission from King Charles. Thereupon the Committees 
 demanded that the Dutch Company's letter should be altered to 
 agree with that of the States-General, and this the ambassadors 
 undertook to do. On applying later, the Committees were told 
 that the revised letters had come, but that by mistake that from 
 the States-General had been altered to agree with that from the 
 Dutch Company. This error, it was stated, would at once be 
 rectified. 
 
 Meanwhile the royal commission under the great seal was 
 passing but slowly through its various stages, and the Company, 
 whose preparations were far advanced, thought it well to hasten 
 matters by procuring a warrant under the privy seal, authorizing 
 them to take possession of Pulo Run. This was secured on 
 December 22, 1660,^ and a few days later it was exhibited to the 
 ambassadors. To them, upon examination, its terms appeared 
 entirely unsatisfactory, in that it made no mention of the treaty 
 of 1654. Beverw^eert and his colleagues declared, therefore, that 
 it did not comply with the required conditions, and they urged 
 the Company to obtain a fresh warrant of the tenor desired. This 
 the latter refused to do, alleging that they could not ask His 
 Majesty to ratify, even indirectly, the acts of a usurper. As a matter 
 of fact, the fuller commission under the great seal, which was 
 obtained on January 11, 1661, equally avoided any recognition of 
 the 1654 treaty. 
 
 The question of the future relations of the two nations in the 
 East was, in the eyes of the Committees, of equal importance with 
 that of recoupment for past injuries ; and on December 11, 1660, 
 
 ' There has been some confusion between this document and the grant under the broad 
 seal of January ii, 1661. Sir William Hunter {History of British India, vol. ii, p. 189 «.) 
 supposed them to be the same, suspecting an error of dates in the references to them.
 
 INTRODUCTION xv 
 
 they applied to the Council of Trade, urging that in the treaty 
 negotiations not only should reparation be insisted upon for 
 damages already sustained, but for the future the English should 
 have the right to trade freely in all parts of the East, without 
 any molestation on the plea that the Dutch were at war with the 
 natives of a particular place or had obtained an exclusive contract 
 from a native ruler. Such a claim struck at the roots of the Dutch 
 system of monopoly, and its concession could hardly have been 
 expected ; but the English Company, smarting under a sense of 
 injury, were disposed to ride the high horse, and they found a 
 certain amount of backing among their friends at Court. On 
 January 3, 1661, the Council of Trade made a favourable report 
 upon the claims of the Company, and recommended that these 
 should be insisted upon in the treaty with the Dutch, subject to 
 some slight modifications. 
 
 Meanwhile the ambassadors had referred to the Hague for 
 instructions, and on receipt of a reply they wrote to the Company, 
 proposing a middle course. This was that no actual mention of 
 the objectionable treaties should be made in the royal warrant, 
 but that the latter should state that the restoration of Pulo Run 
 would cancel all claims on either side up to date or, if that could 
 not be conceded, up to January, 1659, at least all those for injuries 
 known in England by that time. This demand — especially the 
 suggestion that all their claims up to the very date of the warrant 
 should be wiped out — proved too much for the equanimity of the 
 Committees. In their view, Pulo Run had been unjustly withheld 
 from the Company for forty years, to the great loss of the latter, 
 and now to make its restoration an excuse for cancelling other 
 claims seemed an intolerable aggression. They answered imme- 
 diately in an intemperate letter, the terms of which aroused much 
 anger in Holland. They flatly refused to make any such request 
 to the King, and intimated that they would hold no further com- 
 munication with the ambassadors, unless the latter were prepared 
 to assure them that their claims would be fully satisfied. 
 
 The Company now turned to Charles himself. Already on 
 January 28, 1661, a petition had been addressed to him, com- 
 plaining that the Dutch ambassadors were delaying the necessary 
 instructions for the surrender of Pulo Run and declaring that
 
 xvi COURT MINUTES 
 
 meanwhile a strong fleet was being prepared in Holland for dispatch 
 to the East. The Company was doubtless aware that a matri- 
 monial alliance with the Infanta of Portugal was in contemplation, 
 and so it was shrewdly suggested that if these warlike preparations 
 were not directed against the Company's settlements, they were 
 doubtless intended to make an end of the Portuguese power in the 
 East, in which event English interests would plainly be imperilled. 
 This was followed up by an address to the treaty commissioners, 
 urging that the Dutch ambassadors should be told that no treaty 
 would be concluded without satisfactory assurances on the subject 
 of the naval preparations and a pledge that reparation should 
 be made for past injuries and that henceforth British trade in 
 the East should not be molested. A further petition on February 22 
 repeated fresh alarmist rumours as to the Dutch armaments, 
 which were now reported to be aimed at Goa. This led to imme- 
 diate representations to the Dutch ambassadors, pointing out that 
 aggressions upon the Portuguese settlements were likely to injure 
 English trade, and offering the services of His Majesty as mediator 
 between the two countries. About the same time the Dutch 
 envoys addressed the King, relating the substance of their corre- 
 spondence with the Company, and complaining of the indignity 
 inflicted upon them by the language the latter had seen fit to use ^ ; 
 they repeated their request that the royal commission for Pulo 
 Run should contain words cancelling pre- 1659 claims and begged 
 the King to order his subjects to conform accordingly. On 
 March 6 the Company ordered the commission of January 11 to 
 be shown to the ambassadors and a formal demand to be made 
 for the requisite order for the surrender of Pulo Run. This demand 
 was refused, as perhaps was expected ; and the Company was 
 obliged to dispatch its ships without the orders which alone could 
 have secured the rendition of the island. In default of these, 
 the Committees handed to John Hunter, the newly appointed 
 
 * From what is stated by Japikse (p. 102, note 3), it appears that the King passed on 
 this complaint to the East India Company, who replied vindicating the expressions used. 
 No reference is given, and the document has not been traced. In the same note it is 
 stated that the Dutch East India Company expressed its willingness to forgo its rights 
 under the 1659 treaty, provided that the money it had paid were returned. As this had 
 gone into the pockets of private merchants, neither the English Government nor the East 
 India Company was likely to take advantage of the offer.
 
 INTRODUCTION xvii 
 
 Agent for Bantam, the two letters originally received from the 
 Dutch Company in October, 1660, and then declared to be unsatis- 
 factory. This device proved useless, for of course the authorities 
 at Batavia were fully apprised of the state of the dispute. It was 
 too late, however, for the Company to delay matters any longer. 
 The African^ which was to carry Captain Dutton from St. Helena 
 to Bantam, on his way to Pulo Run, had sailed on January 26. 
 The Discovery^ one of the vessels to be employed in the expedition, 
 had started about February 6. Hunter, who was to go with 
 Dutton to the island to superintend the transfer, proceeded to 
 his post in the Loyal Merchant^ which departed towards the end 
 of the same month ; and the London, destined likewise for Bantam 
 and Pulo Run, followed about April 10. These vessels carried out 
 a number of colonists ^ for the island, besides stores and other 
 necessaries. 
 
 For the refusal to give the English the necessary credentials the 
 ambassadors themselves were not to blame. When they found 
 the Company's representatives so unyielding on the point, they 
 advised that the stipulation suggested from Holland should be 
 abandoned and the letters handed over, since to maintain the 
 dispute was likely to lead to still further claims for damages, if — 
 as proved to be the case — the withholding these letters should 
 prevent the transfer of the island. This was wise counsel ; but 
 the resentment excited in Holland by the overbearing attitude of 
 the English, as evinced particularly in the Company's reply to the 
 ambassadors, prevented the acceptance of this solution. A con- 
 cession on the point would have smoothed the path of their envoys 
 and have done something to remove the suspicions entertained in 
 London as to the good faith of the Dutch authorities ; while it 
 would not have prevented the question of damages being dealt 
 with in the treaty itself, where it would have been more in 
 place. 
 
 The negotiations that were going on for the marriage of the 
 King with Catherine of Braganza threatened a new complication 
 in the relations between England and Holland. Allusion has 
 already been made to the concern evinced in London at the nev,s 
 
 ' One of these men, appropriately named Smallwood, was engaged on lower terms than 
 the rest ' by reason of smallnesse of stature' (p. 75). 
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 xviii COURT MINUTES 
 
 that the Dutch were preparing for fresh aggressions against 
 Portuguese India and to the offer Charles had made of mediating 
 between the two countries. Early in April, 1661, the Dutch 
 ambassadors answered somewhat evasively the letter that had 
 been addressed to them on these points. They declared that the 
 fleet now setting out would do no manner of wrong to the English 
 in the East ; and, while thanking Charles for his offer of mediation, 
 merely expressed a desire that he would induce the King of 
 Portugal to make just reparation to their fellow-countrymen. 
 Charles was by no means satisfied, and frankly told the ambassadors 
 that if the fleet attacked the Portuguese he would break off 
 relations with Holland (Japikse, p. 102). It is possible that some 
 weeks earlier he had seriously considered the advisability of dis- 
 patching a fleet to the East by way of demonstrating his readiness 
 to uphold the cause of Portugal ; for on February 25 we find 
 a mysterious allusion to a matter of great concern to the Company 
 which might ' suddainly fall under consideration ', and this 
 evidently was one which involved the sending of ships to the 
 Indies. From Pepys's diary we learn that at the end of March 
 instructions were given to prepare two of the royal navy ships 
 to go to the East Indies ' upon some design against the Dutch, 
 we think at Goa ' ; but the idea was soon abandoned. 
 
 The fact has already been mentioned that in October, 1660, the 
 Company had petitioned for a fresh grant of privileges. The 
 charter thus obtained, dated April 3, 1661, was largely a repetition 
 of the patent granted in 1609 by James I, with a few additions 
 suggested by needs that had developed since. The date of election 
 of the Governor, etc., was changed from the beginning of July to 
 some time in April later than the loth — a change which was 
 explained later (p. 109) to be intended to secure that the new 
 Committees should have time to acquaint themselves with the 
 Company's business before the home-coming ships arrived. The 
 amount of foreign silver that might be exported in one voyage 
 was raised from 30,000/. to 50,000/. A new clause provided that, 
 in order to check clandestine trading, no goods coming from the 
 Company's sphere should be entered in any customhouse without 
 the Company's concurrence. Another laid down that members 
 were to have one vote for every 500/. of stock, those holding less
 
 INTRODUCTION xix 
 
 being allowed to pool their shares for that purpose.^ The Company 
 was licensed to appoint officials to govern its forts and factories, 
 and the chief officials were granted the power to judge all persons 
 under them, in both civil and criminal causes, and to execute 
 judgement accordingly. In the case of the smaller settlements 
 provision was made for the accused person to be sent for trial to 
 some other place where there was a Governor and Council. Per- 
 mission was granted to send out ships of war, men, and ammunition, 
 to appoint military officers, and to wage war or make peace with 
 any non-Christian people. Fortifications might be erected at 
 St. Helena or elsewhere within the Company's limits ; stores and 
 ammunition for their defence were to be exported duty free ; and 
 men might be recruited to serve therein. Unlicensed Englishmen 
 found in the Indies might be seized and sent home. For the better 
 discovery of abuses the Company and the chief agents might 
 examine witnesses upon oath. 
 
 An interesting corollary to the grant of the charter is provided 
 in a resolution of the Committees on May 15, 1661, to endeavour 
 to get it confirmed by Parliament. This is a new fact,, and it is 
 interesting from a constitutional point of view as indicating doubts 
 as to the King's power to grant such ample powers by a royal 
 charter. We have already noted the order of the House of Com- 
 mons on November 8, 1660, for the preparation of a bill for the 
 encouragement of the East India trade, and in the Attorney- 
 General's report (February 3, 1661) on the Company's petition we 
 find him advising that the draft charter (as modified) should be 
 approved and recommended to Parliament for confirmation. In 
 May or June, 1661, pursuant to the resolution already mentioned, 
 the Company submitted to the King a draft bill for that purpose, 
 stating that the Attorney- General considered that some of the 
 clauses of the charter were not ' literally consistant with the laws 
 of the kingdome ' ^ and begging that His Majesty would recommend 
 the bill to the acceptance of Parliament. Thereupon the Law 
 
 ' This was a continuation of the existing arrangement (see the preceding volume, p. 174). 
 
 ^ It will be remembered that some of the clauses in the draft of Cromwell's charter had 
 been struck out on the ground that Parliamentary sanction was necessary, and the Pro- 
 tector had promised the Company to procure an Act accordingly (see the last volume, 
 pp. xvi, xviii). 
 
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 Officers were directed to examine the draft and report ; but 
 nothing further has been traced, and the Commons' Journals 
 contain no record of the bill having been introduced. 
 
 The first election under the new charter was held on April 19, 
 1661, when Riccard and Chamberlain were re-elected Governor 
 and Deputy-Governor respectively. 
 
 The formal coronation of King Charles took place on April 23, 
 1661, and the Company thriftily used its share of the decorations 
 to make a permanent improvement in the appearance of the 
 building. On March 20 ' Sir Thomas Chamberlan and Sir William 
 Thomson were intreated to give direction what preparation to 
 make against the Coronation to represent the Companies loyall 
 gratitude to His Majesty, and how to beautify the front of this 
 house '. Old engravings have made us familiar with the fact 
 that for a long time the East India House had an ornamental 
 wooden structure over the top windows, with ships painted thereon, 
 surmounted by the wooden effigy of a seaman. From Pepys's 
 Diary (in Dr. Wheatley's edition) we learn that this was erected 
 at the time of which we speak. Passing along Leadenhall Street on 
 April 17 he ' saw the picture of the ships and other things this morn- 
 ing set up before the East Indy House, which are well done '. 
 
 Besides the four ships already mentioned as having been sent 
 out to Bantam in January-April, 1661, the Company dispatched 
 the Coast Frigate to Madras in February, the Constantinople 
 Merchant to Surat in March, and the Royal Charles to Guinea and 
 Madras about the end of August. Of home-coming ships, the 
 Katherine arrived from the Coromandel Coast on July 22, and the 
 Richard and Martha and the Blackmore, both from Surat, about 
 a week later ; while in August came in four more, viz. the East 
 India Merchant and the Madras Merchant from the Coromandel 
 Coast, and the Merchant Adventure and the Restoration from 
 Bantam. The last-named was sold in October, 1661. The return 
 of these ships enabled the Company to declare in September a 
 dividend of 20 per cent. — the first earned by the New General 
 Stock. Payment of this was not actually due until June 8, 1662 ; 
 but the shareholders were allowed the option of receiving it in 
 advance at a fixed rate of discount. The rate of dividend was 
 reckoned upon the paid-up capital, not the nominal ; and it is
 
 INTRODUCTION xxi 
 
 expressly stated that the necessary money was provided out of 
 profits, leaving the capital untouched. 
 
 During the autumn and early winter the Committees were 
 busily engaged in preparing ships for dispatch to the East Indies, 
 and in arranging for certain changes in the administration. For 
 some time they had been dissatisfied with the proceedings of 
 President Andrews at Surat, Agent Chamber at Madras, and 
 Agent Trevisa in Bengal ; and it was decided to remove all three. 
 On October 25, 1661, George Oxenden was elected to the post 
 held by Andrews ; on December 11 Edward Winter was chosen to 
 be the new Agent at Madras ; and at the end of the month William 
 Blake was appointed to be Chief in Bengal. Both Oxenden and 
 Winter were knighted by King Charles ; and they sailed, the 
 latter in the Madras Merchant in February, 1662, and the former in 
 the Richard and Martha about the end of the following month. 
 Blake had already started in the Good Hope, which had left early 
 in February. Other ships dispatched this season were the Corona- 
 tion, for Guinea and the Coromandel Coast (December, 1661), the 
 Marigold to Bantam (February, 1662), and the Sterling Adventurer 
 to the same port (end of March). In July, 1662, the George and 
 Martha sailed for Guinea, St, Helena, and Madras. 
 
 At the same time that Sir George Oxenden left England to take 
 up the post of President at Surat, a new chapter was opened in the 
 history of the English in Western India by the departure of a royal 
 squadron to take possession of the island of Bombay on behalf of 
 King Charles. This was the outcome of the marriage treaty of 
 June 23, 1661, by which the island was ceded to the English 
 Crown as part of the dowry of the new Queen, and doubtless with 
 a view to the secret clause by which the English monarch bound 
 himself to negotiate a satisfactory peace between Portugal and 
 Holland, or, failing this, to send a force to the East Indies to 
 defend the Portuguese possessions against further aggression on 
 the part of the Dutch. From the fact that the Company had for 
 a long time been desirous of acquiring Bombay or some other 
 Portuguese possession in those parts (see the 1650-4 vol., p. xxiii, 
 and that for 1654-9, P- xxv) it might be inferred that the Company 
 had something to do with this provision of the treaty ; but 
 everything points to the conclusion that such was not the case.
 
 xxii COURT MINUTES 
 
 The Portuguese were of course well aware that the transfer had 
 been mooted and that it was likely to prove acceptable, but 
 apparently the offer was a spontaneous one.^ In point of fact 
 the Company, though conscious that it would be advantageous to 
 have a fortified settlement to which its servants might withdraw, 
 should Surat at any time prove unsafe, knew well enough that it 
 would be difficult to make such a place as Bombay a centre of 
 trade ; and it shrank from any project that seemed likely to 
 involve much expenditure upon fortifications and a garrison. 
 When, therefore, in October, 1661, Lord Clarendon suggested to 
 the Company that it should send out men and shipping to Bombay 
 at its own charge, or at least bear a portion of the expense of so 
 doing, an unfavourable reply was returned (p. 137). The Com- 
 mittees were not unwilling to render assistance on repayment, for 
 they had already resolved (pp. 95, 128, 134) to offer their help in 
 carrying out men and stores for the purpose, but they were deter- 
 mined not to spend the Company's funds upon the new acquisition. 
 
 Thus thrown back on its own resources, the government began 
 its preparations, in spite of the depleted state of the treasury. By 
 November 8 it had decided to send out four ships and 500 men, 
 and the Company was urged to consider what help it could render 
 (p. 147). Some stimulus was given by the announcement that 
 certain individuals had offered to man and victual one of the ships 
 and to pay 7,000/. for the use of her, including, presumably, liberty 
 to lade her home with Indian goods (p. 163), Alarmed by this, 
 the Committees quickly came to terms with the Commissioners of 
 the Navy. It was agreed that the Company should find the money 
 necessary for manning and victualling the ships, and should lade 
 them back again, paying the usual freight terms. The money thus 
 due was to be deducted from the sum advanced by the Company 
 for victualling, etc. ; and the balance was to be allowed in a subse- 
 quent settlement of the Company's account for customs. 
 
 The ships chosen for the purpose were the Dunkirk, the Mary 
 Rose, the Leopard, the Convertine, and a pinnace named the 
 
 1 It is worthy of note that Do%\iiing in January, 1662, suggested to Clarendon that 
 the cession of Macao should also be obtained from the Portuguese, as a means towards 
 trade in China, but Clarendon replied that something more profitable was in contemplation 
 (Japikse, op. cit., p. 237, note 2).
 
 INTRODUCTION xxiii 
 
 Chestnut. The Convertine was not on the same footing as the rest, 
 as she had been definitely hired from the Navy by the Company. 
 She had been captured from the Dutch in 1651, and was of course 
 foreign-built ; so a special exemption from the operation of the 
 Navigation Act had to be obtained in her case. For the victualling, 
 etc., of the other four vessels the Company paid 11,000/. to the 
 Navy Commissioners. The command of the squadron was given 
 to James Ley, third Earl of Marlborough ; while for the garrison 
 to be left at Bombay a force of 500 men was raised and placed 
 under the command of Sir Abraham Shipman, who was to be 
 Governor of the island when it was made over. The Leopard was 
 dispatched in advance of the rest, as it had been arranged that she 
 should call at Lisbon to embark a new Governor for Goa, Don 
 Antonio de Mello de Castro, who had been specially appointed to 
 facilitate the transfer, though on arrival in the Indies he proved 
 to be the chief obstructionist. The rest of the fleet started early 
 in April, 1662. 
 
 Meanwhile the Committees were watching anxiously the negotia- 
 tions between the English and the Dutch commissioners. The 
 complications threatened by the alliance with Portugal had been 
 successfully avoided, for within a few weeks of the Marriage Treaty 
 peace was concluded between that country and Holland, though 
 by delaying the ratification the Dutch were able to snatch a few 
 more places in India from their opponents. The prospects of a 
 cordial understanding between England and Holland were, how- 
 ever, fading fast away, and the conclusion of an alliance was scarcely 
 probable. The new Parliament, which met in May, 166 1, was as 
 determined as its predecessor to uphold the Navigation Act ; 
 while the King's advocacy of the recognition of his nephew as 
 Stadtholder had irritated De Witt. Still, it was recognized on 
 both sides that a settlement of the points in dispute between the 
 two countries would be an advantage to both. In England trade 
 was in a poor condition, due in part to the effects of the Navigation 
 Act, and it was hoped that a revival might ensue were the differences 
 with the Dutch adjusted, especially as the settlement was expected 
 to provide for the payment of liberal compensation to the English 
 complainants. In Holland, too, good relations were desired ; 
 but neither the Dutch ambassadors nor their superiors at the
 
 xxiv COURT MINUTES 
 
 Hague were in a mood for a one-sided bargain, and they contested 
 vii^orously the arguments and proposals of the Enghsh commis- 
 sioners. Certainly the demands of the latter were not lacking in 
 boldness. In March, 1661, they had sent to the ambassadors 
 draft articles for a treaty of friendship and a defensive alliance 
 between the two countries ; but with them they transmitted 
 further articles for the settlement of the disputes regarding the 
 East India trade, etc. Among other things these required that 
 previous to the conclusion of any alliance the claims of the English 
 merchants should be settled, and that the East India Company in 
 particular should be granted immediate satisfaction ; further, that 
 Pulo Run should be forthwith surrendered, by virtue of the treaty 
 of 1623. With regard to the future, the English were to be allowed 
 to reside in any part of the East Indies, and to trade freely with 
 all natives, except those who were ' immediate servants of the 
 Dutch ' ; and they were not to be debarred from such commerce 
 on the ground that the natives had made an exclusive contract 
 with the Dutch, or by reason of any hostilities that might occur 
 between those parties. An English passport was to be a sufficient 
 protection from any interference from the Dutch, whether the 
 vessel w^ere English or native-ow'ned, provided that the latter were 
 laden with goods for an English factory ; and all privileges secured 
 by these articles were to be extended to ' all and every Indian 
 [i. e. Asiatic] nation that are or shall be received into the protection 
 of His Majesty ' (Japikse, op. cit., appx. iv). Naturally, these 
 propositions aroused much indignation in Holland ; and the 
 ambassadors were reproached by De Witt for having so far enter- 
 tained them as to transmit them to the Hague for consideration. 
 At the same time it w^as intimated that the States would not 
 enter into any treaty of alliance unless the English Government 
 would meet their wishes in regard to the Navigation Act and the 
 fishery question. 
 
 After an interval a fresh proposition was made by the English 
 commissioners. The treaty they sketched out was based upon 
 that of 1654 with certain modifications, of which the principal of 
 those relating to the East Indies were that the surrender of Pulo 
 Run should be stated as being in accordance with the agreement of 
 1623 and that the Dutch should send commissioners to London to
 
 INTRODUCTION xxv 
 
 settle the claims of the English merchants. To both these stipula- 
 tions, and especially to the latter, the Dutch objected (July, 
 1661). The claims referred to, they contended, ought to be prose- 
 cuted in the Dutch law courts, not made a matter of negotiation, 
 though here the precedents were against them, and it was difficult 
 to refuse to King Charles II what had been conceded King James I 
 and to Cromwell. As a result, in spite of a protest from the East 
 India Company (p. 125), the English commissioners in August 
 informed the ambassadors that the requirement that London 
 should be the place of meeting of the commissioners would not 
 necessarily be insisted upon, and further that the King would 
 recognize Downing's agreement of January, 1659, ^^ cancelling all 
 claims for losses in the East Indies known up to that date. This 
 important concession was the subject of a fresh protest by the 
 East India Company (p. 140), but the Privy Council overruled the 
 objection. The anxiety of the English Government to reach a 
 conclusion is shown by two letters from Lord Clarendon to Downing, 
 printed in Lister's biography of the former (vol. iii, pp. 168, 171). 
 In the one, dated August 16, 1661, the Lord Chancellor wrote : 
 ' In a worde, wee are of opinion that, if this peace can be hand- 
 somely made up and speedily, great conveniences will aryse from 
 it.' In the other (September 6) he said : ' All heare are of opinion 
 that it will be best to finish the treaty with the Dutch upon the 
 old foote which is left by Cromwell.' 
 
 Negotiations now proceeded as to the exact manner in which 
 the claims for damages on both sides were to be adjusted. It 
 would be tedious to narrate in detail the various proposals made 
 first by the one side and then by the other, and for the outcome 
 the reader may be referred to the provisions of the treaty, as given 
 below. At the same time a long debate went on as to the date 
 from which the claims relating to parts of the world other than the 
 East Indies should be reckoned. The Dutch wished to fix the 
 same date (1659) ^^ i^ the case of the East Indian claims ; but on 
 this point the English Government remained firm, and in the end 
 (July, 1662) the States-General accepted its contention that the 
 1659 agreement only related to the East Indies and that for all 
 other claims the settlement made by the Treaty of Westminster 
 (1654) must be the starting-point.
 
 xxvi COURT MINUTES 
 
 During the negotiations a surprise was sprung upon the Dutch. 
 This was the revival of certain claims for compensation on account 
 of two ships belonging to the younger Courteen, viz, the Bona 
 Spera)iza and the Henry Bonaventura, the former of which, having 
 been hired by the Portuguese at Goa for a venture to Macao, was 
 captured by the Dutch in the Straits of Malacca, while the latter 
 was wrecked on the island of Mauritius and part of her cargo was 
 appropriated by the Dutch settlers there. ^ Both events occurred 
 in 1643, and proceedings regarding them had now been going on 
 intermittently ever since. Courteen took refuge in Italy from 
 his creditors and in 1650 he was made a bankrupt. It was alleged 
 that his claims against the Dutch had been assigned to Sir Edward 
 Littleton and Sir Paul Pindar (whose creditors in turn took them 
 over) ; but it appears that he actually prosecuted the claim 
 himself (through a Dutch agent) in Holland and obtained 85,000 
 guilders in settlement. Pindar subsequently sued the Dutch 
 East India Company in the same way but abandoned the suit 
 (p. 222). When the commissioners appointed under the Treaty 
 of Westminster were holding their sessions, this particular one 
 was brought before them by Pindar's executors, but apparently it 
 was rejected.- The fact that it had virtually been agreed" that in 
 the new treaty all claims relating to the East Indies prior to 
 January, 1659, would be barred roused the claimants to action, 
 and at the end of January, 1662, a petition from them was read 
 at the Council table, and referred to the treaty commissioners to 
 demand satisfaction from the Dutch ambassadors. The claim 
 was clearly excluded by previous treaties and by the arrangement 
 already accepted, quite apart from the fact that the Dutch Com- 
 pany had paid damages to Courteen, who had been vouched for 
 by King Charles I as the person really entitled to the money 
 (p. 221) ; but the petitioners (who were headed by Lord Anglesey, 
 
 ^ See The English Factories in India, 1642-5. pp. xx, 129. 
 
 2 In Lister's Life of Clarendon (vol. ii, p. 247) it is stated that Courteen compromised his 
 claim while Pindar's suit was still going on in Holland, and that the former indemnified 
 the Dutch Company against all other claimants ; also that, as the 1654 commissioners 
 could not agree on the subject, it was referred to the Swiss Cantons for arbitration (in 
 accordance with the treaty), but nothing came of this. The petitioners appear (p. 220) 
 to have stated that they had refrained from presenting their claim in 1654 because of 
 their loyalty to King Charles I.
 
 INTRODUCTION xxvii 
 
 President of the Council) had great influence at court, and so not 
 only was the claim pressed upon the Dutch ambassadors but 
 King Charles himself wrote to the States-General, urging satis- 
 faction (p. 215). As no reply had been received, the petitioners 
 in June, 1662, again called attention to the matter, and Sir George 
 Downing (who had, in June, 1661, resumed his post as ambassador 
 at the Hague) was instructed to require an answer. This promptly 
 produced a declaration by the States- General that it was out of 
 the question to entertain so old a claim. Further pressure resulted 
 in an offer to insert in the treaty a clause permitting the claimants 
 to follow their suit in the Admiralty Court at Amsterdam ; but 
 this did not satisfy the English, who distrusted the Dutch law 
 courts. Neither side would give way, and a rupture seemed to 
 be imminent. The Dutch ambassadors began to hint at departure ; 
 and Downing as a counter-demonstration let it be known at the 
 Hague that, if they did so, he would at once quit Holland. 
 
 At last a solution of the deadlock was found. It was agreed 
 that the treaty should give the claimants leave to prosecute their 
 suit already begun {litem inceptam prosequi) but should omit all 
 reference to the tribunal to which they were to resort. In for- 
 warding instructions to the Dutch ambassadors to this effect, 
 De Witt made it clear to them that the construction in Holland 
 would be that the appropriate tribunal was meant — in this case 
 the Admiralty Court at Amsterdam ; but the ambiguity of the 
 wording left it open to the English claimants to contend that what 
 was meant was that the official negotiations over the controversy 
 were to be resumed later. Thus the stumbling block in the way 
 of the conclusion of the treaty was only removed by adopting 
 a vague compromise which led to much wrangling in the years 
 that followed.^ 
 
 The difficulty having thus been got over, the treaty was signed 
 on September 4, 1662 (O.S,).- Its wording followed closely that 
 
 * For the later history of this dispute see a document of about 1680 calendared in the 
 Report of the Historical MSS. Commission on the Papers of the Duke of Portland, vol. viii, 
 p. 19. 
 
 " The text of the document is given in Aitzema, vol. iv, p. 908 (Dutch) and 915 (Latin), 
 and Jean Du Mont's Corps Universel Diplomatique (1728), vol. vi, part ii, p. 422 (Latin). 
 The treaty was ratified at the Hague on December i (N.S.) and at Westminster on 
 Christmas Eve.
 
 xxviii COURT MINUTES 
 
 of the Treaty of Westminster, but of course the provisions for 
 the satisfaction of the Enghsh claims for losses in the East Indies 
 and elsewhere were revised. The clause (no. xv) in the new treaty 
 is given at length on p. 251. It provided for the surrender of 
 Fulo Run to any one coming with a commission from King Charles 
 under the broad seal, and bound the States-General and the 
 Dutch East India Company to deliver authorizations to that 
 effect, immediately upon the ratification of the treaty. The 
 restoration of Pulo Run was to be accepted as cancelling all 
 claims (save in the case of Courteen's two ships) for damages 
 sustained in the East Indies (and known in Europe) prior to 
 January 10/20, 1659. For claims arising out of incidents in other 
 parts of the world the Treaty of Westminster (1654) was taken as 
 the determining line. With regard to claims on either side for 
 losses from those respective dates to the conclusion of the treaty, 
 provision was made for the appointment of commissioners to 
 dispose of them. The commissioners, however, were only to take 
 cognizance of claims included in a special list to be attached to 
 the commission ; and for this purpose each side was to draw up 
 its list of claims and communicate it to the other side for examina- 
 tion, with a view to the rejection of out-of-date or otherwise 
 inadmissible items. This done, a whole year was to be allowed, 
 during which the English ambassador at the Hague was to 
 negotiate with the Dutch authorities, with the claimants (or their 
 agents) in attendance, in order to settle by friendly negotiation 
 as many as possible of the claims. At the end of the year 
 any still outstanding would be referred to the decision of the 
 commissioners, four for each side, who were then to meet in 
 London and proceed to dispose of such claims in the manner 
 followed after the Treaty of Westminster, except that the arbitra- 
 tion of the Swiss Cantons was not to be resorted to on this 
 occasion. 
 
 The arrangement thus come to — which left undisturbed the 
 Dutch monopoly of the Far Eastern trade, and gave only a distant 
 and uncertain prospect of compensation for English losses — was 
 a great disappointment to the East India Company. All through 
 the negotiations its Committees had done their best, by frequent 
 petitions and representations, to press their views upon the King
 
 INTRODUCTION xxix 
 
 and the English commissioners, while means that were more 
 questionable were not left untried. As far back as March, 
 1661, the full Court gave permission to the secret committee 
 in charge of the matter to deal in any manner they saw 
 fit with a proportion not exceeding one-fifth of what should be 
 ultimately recovered from the Dutch, the intention being (see p. 99) 
 to promise recompense in this way to those who were likely to be 
 able to influence the decision ; on May 13 one hundred gold pieces 
 were placed at the disposal of the Governor for distribution ; on 
 June 19 it was ordered that a sum of 150^. in gold should be dis- 
 tributed to persons who had done the Company ' kindnesse ' ; 
 on October 16 it was arranged to give a present of East Indian 
 commodities to the value of 100^. to the wife of the Lord High 
 Treasurer ; and on June 27, 1662, the ' committee for the Dutch 
 business ' was authorized to spend 300^. or 400I. for a purpose not 
 specified. In spite of all this the Company made no headway. It 
 is true that both countries were desirous of reaching an agreement ; 
 but the Dutch, especially after they had concluded (in the spring 
 of 1662) a defensive alliance with France, were determined not to 
 pay too high a price for English friendship or to facilitate in any 
 way the presentation of claims against themselves ; and they were 
 of course well aware of Charles's financial embarrassments, which 
 seemed to remove all danger of warlike action. As a matter of 
 fact, in respect of damages the treaty proved abortive. Directly 
 after its conclusion Downing went on leave and did not return to 
 the Hague until nearly a year later. In his absence no attempt 
 was made to negotiate over the respective claims. When he got 
 back to his post he presented the English list, only to find that no 
 steps had been taken to collect the Dutch counterclaims. These 
 were then called for, but those concerned were in no hurry to 
 submit them (Japikse, pp. 278-80). The treaty had fixed no time- 
 limit, either for the presentation of the respective demands or for 
 their consideration by the opposing parties ; and the only means 
 of hastening a decision was by diplomatic pressure, of which the 
 States-General seem to have taken little heed. On one pretext or 
 another the consideration of the matter was delayed, and it was 
 still unsettled when the Second Dutch War broke out in the spring 
 of 1665. It cannot be doubted that the resentment excited in
 
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 England by the apparent intention of the Dutch to evade the 
 engagements in this respect was a powerful factor in the agitation 
 which led up to that deplorable event. 
 
 We must now look back to the spring of 1662 and resume our 
 chronicle of the general activities of the Company. The annual 
 election was held on April 14. Sir Andrew Riccard, having served 
 for two years, gave up the post of Governor to Sir Thomas Chamber- 
 lain, who had been his Deputy during that period. Sir William 
 Ryder was chosen as Chamberlain's successor. Both objected to 
 serve. Chamberlain on the score that he could not afford to neglect 
 his own business in order to take up work for which nothing was 
 paid him ; but in the end they gave way. The meeting decided 
 that allowances should be given to all Governors and Deputies, 
 including those who had already served, but the amount was left 
 to be settled at a future meeting. On the 30th of the same month 
 a balance of the New General Stock was made up, showing that 
 after paying the dividend already sanctioned, the Company was 
 over 40,000/. to the bad ; this, however, took no account of the 
 goods and other assets outside England, or of any capital liabilities. 
 It is noteworthy that, in addition to the money received from 
 subscribers, the Company had apparently borrowed for trading 
 purposes over 137,000/. 
 
 At a meeting of the Committees held on May 12, 1662, a letter 
 was read from the King, desiring the loan of 30,000/. for the use 
 of the Navy. Interest at 6 per cent, was promised, and the money, 
 if not previously repaid, was to be deducted from the amount 
 payable by the Company as customs during the rest of the year. 
 After much debate, a deputation was appointed to wait on the 
 King and represent that consent could only be given at a general 
 meeting of the adventurers, and that, if this were called, the result 
 might not be satisfactory to His Majesty, while it might cause 
 grave inconvenience to the Company. The matter was thereupon 
 allowed to drop. A little later, however (June 25), the Company 
 resolved to advance to the Treasury 10,000/., to be repaid out of 
 the London assessments. 
 
 Of the ships expected home from the East, the Castle Frigate 
 had already arrived early in February, 1662. At the end of May 
 came in the Barbadoes Merchant, the American, and the African ;
 
 INTRODUCTION xxxi 
 
 while the Eagle, the Constantinople Merchant, the Coast Frigate, 
 and the Loyal Merchant followed soon after. Of these seven the 
 first and sixth had come from Madras, the second, fourth, and fifth 
 from Surat, and the other two from Bantam. From an entry on 
 August I, we learn that the King had been on board the Loyal 
 Merchant, which had brought him a letter and present from the 
 King of Bantam. For the expense of entertaining him a sum of 
 40/. was allowed to Captain Millett on March 13, 1663. 
 
 For some time negotiations had been proceeding between the 
 East India Company and the new body that (as already narrated) 
 had been chartered in 1660 for the purpose of exploiting the trade 
 with Western Africa. The early operations of the latter had been 
 conducted on a small capital and had not as yet yielded much 
 return. This fact excited some hopes in the East India Company 
 that it might yet prove possible to conclude a favourable arrange- 
 ment, and in the early summer of 1662 we find a series of represen- 
 tations made to the Duke of York, one of which suggested that 
 the two trades should be united on terms mutually satisfactory. 
 Apparently these overtures were not received favourably, for on 
 July 16 it was decided to ask permission to send ships to Guinea 
 to fetch away the Company's belongings. Early in September 
 fresh proposals were made to the Duke, viz. that the Company 
 should be left in possession of its settlements until Christmas, 1664, 
 on condition that the Royal Company should be allowed to station 
 factors there and trade within fixed limits ; that, failing this, the 
 East India Company should be allowed until Midsummer, 1663, to 
 draw off its servants and goods. The Company professed itself 
 indifferent whether it kept the trade or not ; but this does not 
 agree with a resolution on September 24 to send a deputation to the 
 Royal Company to assert its rights for the full term of its lease. 
 Negotiations followed and the Royal Company signified its readiness 
 to allow the East India Company to trade at three points until 
 Christmas, 1664 ; but the conditions laid down were judged to be 
 too onerous, and on October 11 an answer was sent declining to 
 agree and asking permission to send out ships to fetch away the 
 Company's estate, with a view to surrendering its stations by 
 March 25, 1663. An agreement to this effect was made on October 16, 
 1662. On November 11 order was given to pay to the Guinea
 
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 Company the balance of the 1,300/. for which the lease had been 
 acquired in 1657. 
 
 Matters having thus been arranged with the East India Company, 
 the Duke of York and his fellow-adventurers proceeded with their 
 plans for developing the trade with Africa. Subscriptions were 
 in\-ited to a new stock, with the result that a sum of 17,000/. was 
 collected ; and on January 10, 1663, King Charles granted a fresh 
 charter, by which the Company was reorganized on a broader 
 basis, its title being changed to that of ' The Company of Royal 
 Adventurers of England Trading into Africa ', and its sphere 
 enlarged by removing the northern limit from Cape Blanco to Cape 
 Sallee on the coast of Morocco (Zook, op. cit., p. 13). During the 
 rest of the year there was much correspondence between the two 
 Companies regarding the withdrawal of the East India Company's 
 factors and goods, and a formal agreement for this purpose was 
 concluded on September 17, 1663. 
 
 The Navigation Act had recently been strengthened by a supple- 
 mentary enactment which made it clear that the importation of 
 spices from Holland was absolutely forbidden. Since the English 
 East India Company was unable to procure any reasonable 
 quantity in the East, where the Dutch sedulously kept prices at 
 a high level, the result was a great scarcity in England of these 
 much desired condiments ; and this led to schemes being broached 
 to meet the difficulty. Early in August, 1662, the Earl of Bath and 
 Sir Henry Bennet submitted to the King a plan by which they 
 should be allowed, notwithstanding the Act, to import a limited 
 quantity, paying a rent of 500/. or more yearly ; this arrangement 
 to continue until the East India Company, by the recovery of Pulo 
 Run, found itself in a position to obtain a sufficient supply. A few 
 days later Sir Nicholas Crisp proposed a scheme to the East India 
 Company, but finding many objections raised, seemed to be willing 
 ' to lay downe his designe ' ; evidently, however, he changed his 
 mind, for on September 23 we find the Lord Treasurer reporting 
 to the King on a petition submitted by Crisp. His plan was to 
 allow all traders temporarily to import spices, paying customs 
 on the same ; with the proviso that he himself was to collect these 
 dues, and pay one-third to the Farmers of the Customs, retaining 
 the remaining two-thirds until he had thus received the 20,000/.
 
 INTRODUCTION xxxiii 
 
 promised him by the King. The Lord Treasurer's report was in 
 favour of the adoption of this plan, but no immediate decision was 
 taken. On October 3 Lord Berkeley acquainted his fellow Com- 
 mittees that the Chancellor of the Exchequer desired to have their 
 opinion on the proposals made by Lord Bath and Sir Henry Bennet ; 
 whereupon, a week later, it was resolved to treat privately with 
 those two persons and endeavour to persuade them to desist. 
 Apparently this had no effect, for on October 22 a reply was sent 
 to Lord Ashley, begging that the King would consider the Company's 
 interests and professing an expectation that its next shipping from 
 the Far East would bring a good supply of spices. In the end it 
 was resolved to adopt Crisp's scheme, and a royal warrant to that 
 effect was issued in November (p. 271). On December 20 a procla- 
 mation appeared, permitting the unrestricted importation of 
 spices, notwithstanding the Navigation Act, until the East India 
 Company should be restored to Pulo Run or some other of the 
 Spice Islands. That the King should have ventured thus to con- 
 travene an Act of Parliament of such importance is somewhat 
 remarkable. 
 
 The hope of lucrative markets, if once they could grow their 
 own spices on Pulo Run and bring them straight to England, was 
 doubtless a great stimulus to the Committees in their endeavours 
 to secure the early transfer of that island. Negotiations upon this 
 subject had been renewed upon the arrival of the African from 
 Bantam at the end of May, 1662. This brought the intelligence 
 that Hunter and Dutton had in October, 1661, applied to the 
 Governor- General at Batavia for orders to the local authorities to 
 make over Pulo Run, but had received a refusal, on the ground 
 that, according to intelligence received from Holland, the English 
 Company had ripped open old sores and were making unreasonable 
 demands upon the Dutch ; the Governor-General and his Council 
 declared, therefore, that they did not feel themselves at liberty 
 to surrender the island until further instructions arrived, though 
 they hoped that these would come before the monsoon would serve 
 for Pulo Run (p. 143). Thereupon Hunter and Dutton had resolved 
 to proceed to that island, to see whether they could induce the 
 Dutch authorities there to surrender it, in spite of the absence of 
 instructions from Batavia ; but of this there was of course little 
 
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 hope. On receipt of this intelligence the Company at once made 
 complaint to the King (p. 211), and on June 8, 1662, its petition 
 was referred to the Treaty Commissioners for investigation. The 
 complaint was communicated to the Dutch ambassadors, whose 
 reply was shown to the Company. This produced a further repre- 
 sentation to the Privy Council, in which it was urged that the 
 Dutch were entirely in the wrong and should be required to recom- 
 pense the Company for the expenditure it had incurred in sending 
 out ships and men to take possession of Pulo Run, only to be 
 refused its delivery (p. 217) ; and at the end of June the Company 
 presented a petition to the King, begging him to take steps to 
 secure the surrender of the island, in accordance with the treaties 
 of 1623 and 1654, with full reparation for the losses incurred. These 
 losses were stated, in a concurrent memorial to the Privy Council, 
 at 157,000/. ; but of this sum only 23,000/. represented actual 
 outlay, the remainder being claimed as compensation for the loss 
 of the spices which it was reckoned that the island would have 
 produced in two years. Of these demands little notice seems to 
 have been taken. The negotiations over the treaty appeared to be 
 drawing to a conclusion, and once this was signed the cession of 
 Pulo Run would be settled, and an opportunity would be given for 
 making good any valid claim for damages. 
 
 Before the news of the non-surrender of the island arrived to 
 inflame the minds of the Company, some idea had been entertained 
 of coming to terms with its Dutch rival. On April 11, 1662, Lord 
 Clarendon wrote to Downing : * I could be very glad that you had 
 any invitation from thence to receive overtures from the East 
 India Companie there for a good understanding between the two 
 Companies : to which I heare the Companie there is well disposed 
 and not onely ready to allow reasonable recompense for damages 
 sustayned, but so to acertaine the trade for the future and dividinge 
 the pepper between them as will bring a great benefit to the King 
 our master and to the Companie here ' (Lister, op. cit, vol. iii, p. 191). 
 On May 2 Sir Richard Ford was asked to consult the Lord Chancellor 
 regarding the expediency of requesting the King's leave to make a 
 private agreement with the Dutch East India Company. Appa- 
 rently no objection was raised, for informal communications were 
 continued, and a conference between the two parties was contem-
 
 INTRODUCTION xxxv 
 
 plated. It was found, however, that the Dutch were unwilling to 
 come to an arrangement unless they were allowed to lease Pulo 
 Run from the English, and on July 2 the Committees resolved 
 unanimously that they would not part with the island on any terms 
 whatever. An uncompromising reply was accordingly dispatched, 
 and the negotiations then terminated. 
 
 The treaty with the Dutch having been concluded, the Commit- 
 tees after a short interval grew concerned for its speedy execution. 
 On October 24, 1662, they asked the King to appoint the persons 
 who were to examine the English claims. In reply, they were told 
 (a week later) to apply to Downing, who had now returned for a 
 time to England ; and on November 12 an Order in Council was 
 issued, directing all English claimants to address themselves to 
 him. About a month later steps were taken to draw up a list of 
 damages and to consider what should be done to obtain an authori- 
 zation from the Dutch for the surrender of Pulo Run. Such an 
 authorization was not actually due until after ratifications had 
 been exchanged, and there was some fear that the delay thus 
 created might prevent the documents being dispatched to the 
 Far East that season. At the request of the Company, therefore. 
 King Charles wrote to the States- General, asking that the delivery 
 of the necessary documents might be expedited. No difficulty was 
 made about complying with this request, and orders from the 
 States-General and the Dutch Company to the oflEicials at Batavia 
 and Banda for the surrender of Pulo Run reached London in the 
 early part of January, 1663. ^ To complete the formalities, a fresh 
 commission from the King, under the broad seal, dated January 26, 
 1663,2 was procured, and a commission from the Company was 
 drawn up and signed. All these documents were dispatched to 
 Bantam in the Constantinople Merchant, which sailed about the 
 end of January, carrying instructions to Agent Hunter to take 
 possession of the island forthwith, if, as was feared, the Dutch had 
 not already surrendered it. About the end of March, 1663, the 
 Coast Frigate departed for the same destination, furnished with 
 
 ' For the letter from the States-General, forwarding these documents, see the Ashmolean 
 MSS. in the Bodleian, no. 834, ff. 234-5. 
 
 ' No copy has been traced in the English records, but the text will be found in Dagh- 
 Regisler, Batavia, 1663 (p. 511), together with a Dutch translation (p. 512). 
 
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 duplicates of those authorizations, in case the originals should 
 miscarry. 
 
 The other vessels sent out this season were the East India 
 Merchant (January), the Castle Frigate (January), and the Royal 
 Katherine (February), all for Madras ; and the African and Loyal 
 Merchant, both of which sailed for Surat about the end of March. 
 Of home-coming ships, the Concord and Truro reached Plymouth 
 on February 23, 1663, the former from Madras and the latter from 
 Surat : the London arrived from Bantam on April 29 : the Good 
 Hope and Marigold from the same port in June ; and the Richard 
 and Martha from Surat in the same month. In the last-named vessel 
 returned Matthew Andrews, the late President, against whom the 
 Company had heavy claims ; but on October 23 it was agreed to 
 settle these by arbitration. 
 
 Towards the end of March, 1663, the Committees were disturbed 
 by reports that the right of the Company to the share of the 
 Gombroon customs was being questioned, and on the 31st of that 
 month a petition was presented to the King, praying to be heard 
 before any steps were taken. From a document of July 21 it 
 appears that the motion had come from Sir Gilbert Talbot, the 
 Master of the Jewel House, who, having claims against the late 
 King, had asked to have these satisfied out of arrears due from the 
 East India Company (as he contended) on account of those customs 
 receipts. This was evidently a revival of the idea that had prompted 
 the dispatch of Lord Bellomont to Persia in 1653, namely, that 
 the agreement of 1622, though negotiated by the East India 
 Company's servants, had been in effect a treaty between the two 
 crowns (the Company having no power to conclude treaties), and 
 therefore any pecuniary benefit resulting from it ought to have 
 accrued to the royal treasury. In the embarrassed state of the 
 King's finances, any possible source of additional revenue was 
 sure to be scrutinized carefully ; when, therefore, the Company's 
 petition was read at the Council Board, an order was given for the 
 delivery of a statement showing the average amount received during 
 the past forty years. The Committees were somewhat relieved by 
 an assurance given by the King, at the time he received the peti- 
 tion, that he would be careful not to infringe the Company's 
 privileges ; and on April 24 it was resolved to ask the Privy Council
 
 INTRODUCTION xxxvii 
 
 not to insist upon the return being made, pointing out that it chiefly 
 concerned the existing Stock's predecessors and claiming that the 
 privilege was covered by the terms of the royal charter. This 
 answer appears to have been accepted, for, although on July 21 
 Talbot's petition was referred to the Lord Treasurer and the 
 Chancellor of the Exchequer, nothing more is heard of the matter. 
 
 The annual elections were held in the middle of April, 1663, when 
 Chamberlain was re-elected Governor and Thomas Kendall chosen 
 as Deputy. The former again pressed for some recompense, and 
 this was once more promised, though a decision as to the amount 
 was deferred on the excuse that the assembly was a thin one. 
 Three days later the subject was again mentioned, but Chamberlain 
 agreed that its consideration should be postponed until after the 
 arrival of the ships expected that season, when more money would 
 be available. At the same meeting it was decided that any adven- 
 turer who had not fully paid up his proportion should have his 
 voting power reduced accordingly. 
 
 Captain Button returned from Bantam in the London, which, 
 as already stated, arrived at the end of April, and the news he 
 brought increased the dissatisfaction felt at the state of affairs in 
 the Far East. Button reported such serious malpractices on the 
 part of Agent Hunter that the Committees determined to send out 
 Quarles Browne to supersede him ; and he also informed the Court 
 of the result of the voyage he and Hunter had made to Pulo Run 
 (see p. xxxiii) to see whether the local authorities would surrender it, 
 in spite of the absence of instructions to that effect from their 
 superiors at Batavia. As might have been expected, the Governor 
 of the Bandas refused to hand over the island and intimated that 
 any attempt to land would be forcibly repelled ; in consequence the 
 English were obliged to return to Bantam with their object un- 
 attained. Hunter's tame acquiescence in this repulse was bitterly 
 criticized by the Committees, who, in their letter to Bantam of 
 June 30, 1663 {Letter Books, vol. iii, p. 265), wrote : ' Wee cannot 
 but conclude that if our Agent had byn posesscd with the head and 
 heart of a man, hee would either by the first have foreseene that 
 his ententions would not answere our desires, and soe at that time 
 have forborne to prosecute the voyage, or elce by the latter (having 
 put us to soe greate a charge) have done somthing worthie the
 
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 name of an Englishman, and not have rctorncd back soe dis- 
 honourably, to our greate losse in perticulcr and to the generall 
 shame of the nation.' 
 
 On May ii, 1663, a packet arrived overland from Surat, con- 
 taining letters from Sir George Oxenden to the Company and 
 others from Lord Marlborough and Sir Abraham Shipman to the 
 King and the Duke of York. These brought the amazing news 
 that the Portuguese Governor who had been taken out in the fleet 
 in order that he might hand over Bombay had raised doubts about 
 the validity of Shipman's commission and had refused to surrender 
 the island until he should receive further instructions from Lisbon ; 
 moreover, that he had declared that in any case the neighbouring 
 islands would not be included in the transfer, although these, it 
 was averred, had been shown as dependencies of Bombay in the 
 map laid before King Charles at the time of the treaty. This 
 intelligence created a very bad impression in London, where the 
 Braganza marriage had for some time ceased to be popular. The 
 King had been disappointed, alike in his bride and in the dowry 
 she was expected to bring ; much of the money remained yet 
 unpaid ; Tangier was proving a costly and useless possession ; and 
 now Bombay was withheld, after the King had been at the expense 
 of sending out a special expedition to take possession of it. Pepys 
 wrote in his diary, under date of May 15 : ' The Portugalls have 
 choused us, it seems, in the island of Bombay in the East Indys ; 
 for after a great charge of our fleets being sent thither with full 
 commission from the King of Portugall to receive it, the Governor 
 by some pretence or other will not deliver it to Sir Abraham 
 Shipman, sent from the King, nor to My Lord of Marlborough ; 
 which the King takes highly ill, and I fear our Queen will fare the 
 worse for it.' Charles was not likely to vent his wrath upon his 
 consort, who was of course in no way responsible for his disappoint- 
 ment ; but he lost no time in letting his brother-in-law know how 
 highly he resented the affront. On May 14 Sir Henry Bennet 
 (Secretary of State) wrote to Sir Richard Fanshaw, the English 
 ambassador at Lisbon : ' The dishonour and disappointment of 
 such a thing, and the expense His Majesty hath been at to send for 
 it, hath left him in the last resentments against this usage that can 
 be imagined . . . and I am bid to tell Your Lordship that less than
 
 INTRODUCTION xxxix 
 
 the Viceroy's head, and satisfaction for all the damages and expense 
 His Majesty is exposed to by this disappointment, will not suffice 
 to pay His Majesty for this affront ; it being expected that what 
 be done of this kind, and the possessing us of the foresaid island — 
 which, by the way, is found to be far inferior to what it was repre- 
 sented — come from Portugal itself, without the concurrence of any 
 demands or diligences on our side.' Two days later Lord Clarendon 
 himself wrote to Fanshaw, declaring that ' if some sudden satis- 
 faction be not given, there will be an end of our alliance with 
 Portugal '. On receiving these letters, the ambassador at once 
 communicated with the Portuguese government, who in reply 
 expressed regret and asked him what he thought should be done. 
 Fanshaw repeated his demand for satisfaction and added a sugges- 
 tion that Bassein should be ceded in addition to Bombay. On 
 June 20/30 he received an answer that fresh instructions for the 
 surrender of the latter place were being dispatched, but that the 
 demand for the cession of Bassein was not understood.^ The 
 negotiations in Lisbon were interrupted by Fanshaw's return to 
 England ; but in London the Portuguese ambassador was informed 
 on July 25 that King Charles insisted upon (i) the punishment of 
 the Viceroy, (2) reparation for the expenses incurred, which were 
 estimated to be at least 100,000/., and (3) the cession of the whole 
 of the territory ' exhibited formerly to His Majestic in the map, 
 containing not only Bombaim, but Salzede [Salsette] and Taan 
 [Thana] ' (P. R. 0. : CO. 77, vol. ix, no. 7). 
 
 Lord Marlborough and his squadron arrived towards the end of 
 June, and the Governor of the Company, with some of the Com- 
 mittees, waited upon him to congratulate his safe arrival, Pepys 
 notes on June 29 that his colleagues of the Navy Commission were 
 away visiting the ships, and two days later all his clerks went off 
 on the same errand. On July 23 he himself paid a visit to the 
 vessels, suspecting that there was collusion between the officials 
 to cheat the King in matters of wages and victuals. No doubt 
 he was only one of many visitors. The Company had been liberal 
 to the officers and crews in the matter of private trade, and probably 
 there was much selling of East India commodities. Pepys himself 
 
 » For all this see the Report of the Historical MSS. Commission on the Heathcote MSS. 
 (Cd. 9469 of 1899).
 
 xl COURT MINUTES 
 
 makes no mention of this, though on September 5 he notes that he 
 bought his wife in Cornhill ' a chintz, that is a painted Indian 
 callico, for to line her new study, which is very pretty '. On the 
 same day he visited Captain Minors (of the Leopard) and, ' abating 
 only some impertinence of his, I did inform myself well in things 
 relating to the East Indyes '. During November he was busy 
 over the question of the ships' accounts, with a view to settling 
 what was due to the King from the East India Company for 
 freight. 
 
 The Surat letters that arrived in the middle of May, as well as 
 those brought by the fleet, informed the Company of fresh acts 
 of aggression on the part of the Dutch, this time on the Malabar 
 Coast. Though the treaty of peace between Portugal and Holland 
 had been signed in August, 1661, it was not ratified at the Hague 
 until December, 1662, and not published at Batavia until the 
 following March ; and the long delay gave the Dutch a welcome 
 opportunity of following up their scheme of mastering the Portu- 
 guese pepper ports on the south-west coast of India. In November, 
 
 1661, they captured Ouilon without difficulty and early in January, 
 
 1662, Cranganur was stormed ; Cochin was then besieged, but 
 without success. A fresh attempt was made in October, 1662, and 
 on December 28 Cochin capitulated. Cannanore, the last strong- 
 hold of the Portuguese on that coast, was then attacked and this 
 too yielded early in February, 1663. The progress of the Dutch 
 had been watched with anxiety by the English at Surat, who were 
 greatly concerned lest they should be cut out of the pepper trade 
 in those parts ; and they had endeavoured to secure their position 
 by setting up factories at Karwar, Porakad (about forty miles 
 south of Cochin), and Old Kayal (near Tuticorin). In October, 
 1662, the Surat President dispatched the Hopewell to the factory 
 at Porakad, to fetch away the goods that had been bought there. 
 On her way she encountered the Dutch fleet near Cochin, and her 
 captain was informed that he could not be allowed to pass, as the 
 whole coast was under blockade. He protested, but in vain, and 
 he found himself obliged to give up his voyage and return to Surat. 
 Oxenden then determined to try whether the flag of the King of 
 England would be treated with more respect. As we have seen, 
 the vessels of the royal squadron were to be laden home with the
 
 INTRODUCTION xli 
 
 Company's goods ; and Oxenden now arranged with Lord Marl- 
 borough that one of them, the Leopard, should complete her 
 lading at Karwar and Porakad, from the goods awaiting shipment, 
 and then proceed straight to England. On reaching Cochin she 
 found the city in the hands of the Dutch, who refused her permis- 
 sion to proceed to Porakad, on the ground that the place was a 
 dependency of Cochin and that the monopoly of trade had conse- 
 quently passed to them. Captain Minors protested vigorously ; 
 but the only concession that was made was an offer to allow him 
 to proceed to his destination, on condition that he would imme- 
 diately withdraw the factors and give a pledge that the English 
 would not make any further attempt to trade at Porakad. This 
 of course he had no power to promise ; so, finding the Dutch 
 commander obdurate, he sailed for England without the rest of 
 his cargo, to the loss both of the King and of the Company. The 
 Dutch meanwhile followed up their action by forcing the Rajas 
 of Cochin and Porakad to sign treaties in March, 1663, which gave 
 complete control of the pepper produced in those districts. 
 
 The news from Surat and Bantam furnished materials for a fresh 
 complaint against the Dutch, and in the middle of July, 1663, a 
 strongly worded petition was presented to the King, declaring 
 that English trade to the East was doomed unless he interposed 
 his royal protection. Nothing was done immediately, owing, it 
 would seem, to the King's absence from London ; and in October 
 the Committees renewed their representations. Thereupon certain 
 members of the Privy Council were appointed to go into the matter 
 and consider any proposals the Company might lay before them. 
 As a result a letter was written by the King to the States-General 
 (October 30) demanding satisfaction, and this was accompanied 
 by a letter from the Company to Downing of the same date, begging 
 him to use his influence in its behalf.^ Further particulars were 
 furnished to the ambassador on December 4, in compliance with 
 his request, and, armed with these, he held a conference with the 
 deputies of the States-General, a report of which he sent to Lord 
 
 ' Apparently there had been some correspondence on the subject during the previous 
 month between the Lord Chancellor and Downing, and the latter had declared that only 
 retaliatory measures would induce the Dutch to take serious notice of such complaints 
 (Lister's Life of Lord Clarendon, vol. iii, p. 249).
 
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 Clarendon under date of December iS.^ The controversy ranged 
 over the case of the Bo7ia Esperanza and Henry Bonaventura as well 
 as over those of the Hopewell and Leopard. As regards the former 
 two vessels, the dispute was as to the meaning of the recent treaty. 
 The Dutch took up the position already indicated, that lis incepta 
 could only refer to legal proceedings ; Downing, on the other hand, 
 maintained that the phrase meant the diplomatic negotiations that 
 had taken place between himself and the States-General, adding 
 that King Charles would never consent to accept any other inter- 
 pretation. In the case of the Hopewell the Dutch delegates asserted 
 that she had been bound for Cochin, not Porakad ; and on Downing 
 contradicting this, they replied that their information was as yet 
 imperfect and begged him to wait until their next fleet should 
 arrive. The same allegation as to the real destination of the vessel 
 was made in the case of the Leopard, and the refusal to allow her 
 to proceed to Porakad was justified on the ground that it was a 
 dependency of Cochin. Downing denied this, and urged that, even 
 if the Dutch had acquired exclusive rights at Porakad, it would 
 have been only right to have allowed the English time to withdraw 
 their factory. To this no reply was made, and the conference was 
 ended by an intimation from the ambassador that he should con- 
 tinue to press for speedy satisfaction. 
 
 To complete our references to foreign affairs, it may here be 
 mentioned that the dispatch of Sir Richard Fanshaw to Madrid as 
 ambassador in the autumn of 1663 gave the Committees, who had 
 already received proposals for a voyage to Manilla via Macao 
 (p. 287), an opportunity to raise the question of the right of the 
 English to trade to the Philippines and other parts of the Spanish 
 East Indies ; also of certain restrictions lately imposed upon the 
 importation of East India commodities into the Spanish dominions. 
 At a meeting on October 10, representations on the subject were 
 ordered to be made, and the following day a petition was presented 
 to the King. Thereupon the Privy Council ordered the Committees 
 to appoint some of their number to attend the Secretary of State, 
 when Fanshaw's instructions were being drawn up. 
 
 The returns brought by the ships that came home during the 
 spring and early summer of 1663 enabled the Committees on 
 
 * Lister's Life of Lord Clarendon, vol. iii, p. 263.
 
 INTRODUCTION xliii 
 
 June 23 to declare a dividend of ten per cent., to be paid in money 
 forthwith. The arrival of the Royal Charles and the Discovery 
 from Madras in August, and of the Coronation from Bantam in 
 September, led to further distributions. On August 12 it was 
 resolved to pay twenty per cent, in money on July 25, 1664, 
 allowing shareholders to discount the dividend earlier if they 
 chose ; and on September 11 a further division of ten per cent, 
 in money was ordered to be made immediately. Probably the 
 inadvisability of keeping much money in hand, lest it should lead 
 to demands from the needy Treasury for loans, was one reason for 
 these distributions. 
 
 The ships sent out during the second half of the year were the 
 Royal Oak (to Bantam), the Marigold, Happy Entrance, and 
 Morning Star (to Madras), and the American. Of these the Mari- 
 gold was to call at Guinea on her way out ; while the voyage of the 
 American was primarily a venture to Madagascar and the East 
 African coast, to discover whether a profitable trade could be 
 established in those parts ; if, however, sufficient cargo could not 
 be obtained to warrant an immediate return to England, the vessel 
 was to go on to Surat and procure a lading there. On the way out 
 she was to deliver some stores, etc., at St. Helena. 
 
 In the preceding volumes of this series many references have 
 been made to the debt due to the Fourth Joint Stock on account of 
 pepper purchased in 1640 on behalf of King Charles by Lord 
 Cottington and the Farmers of the Customs (see the volume for 
 1640-3, pp. viii-xiv). The insolvency of the latter had long 
 rendered the prospect of recovery remote ; but the Restoration 
 raised hopes that this and other similar liabilities would be dis- 
 charged by the royal exchequer, and Sir Nicholas Crisp, who was 
 one of the Farmers concerned, was particularly active in endea- 
 vouring to bring this about. In all, the amount which the Farmers 
 had raised to relieve the late King's necessities, and for which they 
 were personally responsible, was over a quarter of a million sterling, 
 of which the sum still due to the East India Company (apart from 
 any question of interest) was 42,000/. To induce the Treasury to 
 shoulder the burden, a proposal was made that the Farmers and 
 their creditors should advance 150,000/. in cash to His Majesty, 
 and that this sum, together with the existing debt, should be repaid
 
 xliv COURT MINUTES 
 
 by instalments out of the customs or the excise revenue, the new 
 loan being repaid first (with interest). This plan was laid before 
 the Trustees of the Fourth Joint Stock on June 27, 1661, with a 
 view to learning whether or not they would subscribe their propor- 
 tion. As they had no corporate money left, all they could do was 
 to call a general meeting, after drawing up a list of the adventurers 
 showing the share of the debt due to each. If the meeting was 
 held, no record of its proceedings has survived ; but apparently the 
 scheme came to nothing and the next we hear on the subject is 
 that the Trustees had agreed with Crisp to accept 25 per cent, 
 (i. e. 10,500/.) in full discharge of the liability. A royal warrant 
 for the payment of this sum was accordingly issued on March 27, 
 1662, though nothing seems to have been done until a year later ; 
 then, the money having been paid over, on May 22, 1663, the 
 Trustees met and arranged for the signing of a general release to 
 the Farmers. Next day a further meeting was held, at which 
 steps were taken to distribute the money among the adventurers 
 in the form of a ten per cent, dividend. A division at the same rate 
 had been made in the summer of 1660 (p. 21). 
 
 From November, 1661, onwards the Company was increasingly 
 troubled by the claims of Thomas Skinner, which were to give rise 
 later on to a celebrated conflict between the two Houses of Parlia- 
 ment. Skinner, who was a brother of Frederick Skinner, one of the 
 Company's agents at Bantam, had in the time of open trade gone 
 out with a ship to the Far East and had obtained from the King of 
 Jambi the grant of the small island of Berhala. His complaint 
 was that the servants of the Company, after the grant of Cromwell's 
 grant, seized his ship and goods at Jambi, though they afterwards 
 restored the former, at the same time warning him not to trade 
 within the limits fixed in the Company's charter. For the conse- 
 quent losses, including the prevention of his development of the 
 island. Skinner claimed compensation. The Company in reply 
 (November, 1661) declared that the goods seized belonged to 
 Skinner's brother Frederick, who was in debt to the Company ; 
 they denied his other assertions, and ridiculed the extravagance 
 of his claims. This reply appears to have resulted from an applica- 
 tion from Skinner to the Privy Council, with a consequent reference 
 to a Committee. The proceedings dragged on, and the next allusion
 
 INTRODUCTION xlv 
 
 to them in the present volume occurs in the autumn of 1662, when 
 Skinner submitted a detailed answer to the Company's contentions. 
 The Company replied on November 24, suggesting the issue of 
 commissions to examine witnesses in the East Indies. In May, 
 1663, the Company petitioned the King to dismiss the case and 
 leave Skinner to seek his remedy in the law courts ; and this course 
 was ordered to be adopted. In August, however, Skinner procured 
 a fresh reference to the Privy Council and the Company was again 
 put upon its defence. The Committees presented another petition 
 (October 6), again begging that the case might be left to the deter- 
 mination of the law ; but this time the Privy Council decided to 
 persist in its examination of the plaint and appointed some of its 
 number to hear it and endeavour to settle the difference amicably. 
 The Company's statement was submitted on October 24 ; and on 
 November 9 the committee of the Privy Council ordered that the 
 dispute should be arbitrated by two representatives of each side. 
 The Company remonstrated, but in vain ; and on December 16 
 its representatives were duly nominated. Thus the matter remained 
 at the close of 1663. 
 
 The attentive reader will find in the volume abundance of minor 
 topics of interest. Such are : the arrangements made to secure 
 the representation of the East India Company on the newly formed 
 Council of Trade (pp. 30, 32) ; the recommendation of that body 
 that restrictions on the export of treasure should be abolished 
 (p. 61) ; the presentation by Richard Baxter of copies of an Arabic 
 version of Grotius de Veritate for distribution in the East (p. 49) ; 
 the offer of a true rule for finding longitude (p. 118) ; a scheme for 
 the colonization of Mauritius (pp. 51, 63) ; directions for the 
 conduct of business in the Court of Committees (p. 240) ; orders 
 for precedence when several vessels were in company (p. 85) ; a 
 combination of master's mates to dictate conditions of employ- 
 ment, and the steps taken by the Committees to punish the offenders 
 (p. 272 et seq.) ; a dispute with the customs officials whether calico 
 was linen for revenue purposes (pp. 290, 332) ; and a squabble with 
 the Post Office over the delivery of letters arriving from the East 
 in the Company's ships (pp. 339, 355). 
 
 The task of calendaring, which Miss Sainsbury has discharged 
 with her usual care and thoroughness, has been rendered more than
 
 xlvi COURT MINUTES 
 
 usually arduous by reason of the large proportion of documents 
 contributed to this sixth instalment by the various series in the 
 Public Record Office. To make room for these, two slight changes 
 of system have been made. The first is the omission (except in 
 cases where the entry possesses some special interest) of the lists 
 appended to the Court Minutes, specifying the warrants signed for 
 payment of moneys. Many of these have been mentioned already 
 in the body of the minutes ; while the rest are largely payments to 
 tradesmen or to the Company's officials, without any clue to the 
 services rendered. In the second place, the transfers of stock 
 have been grouped together at the end of the volume, instead of 
 being entered among the minutes of the courts at which they were 
 approved and registered. It may usefully be recalled that, in 
 accordance with the practice adopted in the previous volumes, all 
 personal names are spelt as they occur in the original. The index 
 is entirely the w^ork of Miss Sainsbury, and upon her has fallen the 
 main burden of the proof-reading.
 
 COURT MINUTES, ETC. 
 
 OF THE 
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY, 1660-1663 
 
 A Court of Committees,^ January 4, 1660 {Court Book, 
 vol. xxiv, p. 235). 
 
 The Governor [Thomas Andrews] declares that it is of great 
 importance to stop the private trade driven at home and in India 
 by some of their factors, who buy junks and employ the Company's 
 servants in them ; also there is shipping intended to be sent to 
 India by private men. On his suggestion, nine members are 
 appointed a special committee to consider these matters. Henry 
 Whitaker to be paid for sarsaparilla sold at Guinea. The owners 
 of the Blackmore to allow for carriage of goods to and from that 
 ship out of the money to be paid them for passengers carried to 
 Guinea. The Court consents to freight the Concord for 350 tons, 
 the owners to provide the men and stores in proportion to her 
 burden, (i p.) 
 
 Petty Cash Payments, January 4, 1660, to December 29, 1663 
 [Home Miscellaneous, vol. xvii). 
 
 Made and entered by John Stanyan, Secretary to the Company. 
 
 (I2i pp.) 
 
 The Company to Mrs. Bridgman, etc. [at Amsterdam], 
 January 6, 1660 {Letter Book, vol. ii, p. 271). 
 
 Advise the safe arrival of the sheets,^ and the receipt of invoices, 
 and bills of exchange ; these will be accepted and paid when 
 due. {\p.) 
 
 * Throughout the volume, all courts (unless otherwise specified) are to be understood 
 to be for the ' New General Stock *. 
 
 ^ These were old linen sheets, purchased in Holland for sale at cheap rates to the negroes 
 in Guinea. 
 
 2482 B
 
 2 COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 The Company to the Mayor of Plymouth, January 7, 1660 
 {Letter Book, vol. ii, p. 271). 
 
 Have heard that their ship the Blackmore, bound for the East 
 Indies, has put into Plymouth and that several Spanish men-of-war 
 are roving up and down the Channel ; they therefore request that 
 the Mayor will render his assistance in procuring one of the Common- 
 wealth's frigates to convoy their said vessel fifty or sixty leagues 
 to the southwards. {^ p.) 
 
 The Company to John Madock at Plymouth, January 9, 
 1660 {Ibid., p. 272). 
 
 They understand that the Advice has put into Plymouth, and 
 that part of her lading has been thrown overboard and part 
 damaged because of the storm she encountered. Desire details of the 
 goods taken out of their said ship during her stay at Plymouth. 
 He should also make inquiries about the Dragon, how her cargo has 
 been disposed of and when she may be expected ; demand their 
 letters and books of accounts from the commander of the Advice 
 and dispatch them to London by the first conveyance ; ascertain 
 what news there is of their other ships, and whether the siege at 
 Bantam is raised ; and advise them whether Mr. Skinner is at 
 Plymouth or where he has gone, and when he intends to come 
 to London. (| p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, January ii, 1660 {Court Book, 
 vol. xxiv, p. 236). 
 
 Maurice Blackman offers to build a ship for the Company if 
 he is given the same encouragement as Captain Millett ; he is 
 told that, if he builds one between 400 and 500 tons burden fit 
 for their service, she shall be employed before any other upon 
 suitable terms. Mr. Biddulph stating that the [Christ's] Hospital 
 authorities, to whom the Leadenhall warehouses are let by the 
 City, are anxious to have possession and proceed with their design, 
 certain Committees are requested to ascertain their intentions. 
 After some debate how to procure the Company's right of customs 
 and privileges in Persia, which have been kept from them for a long 
 time and only inconsiderable sums paid (and these not without
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 3 
 
 presents, which with incidental charges have mounted of late 
 years to as much as has been received), certain Committees are 
 appointed to consider the best way to recover these customs and 
 privileges, either by getting together sufficient shipping to remain 
 in the Gulf to receive the customs in kind from the junks as they 
 come in, or to force the Persians to give the Company their rights 
 according to agreement, or to arrrange for payment of a con- 
 siderable sum in acquittance for the future of their claim of half 
 customs. If it be thought necessary to use force, they are to con- 
 sider how best to withdraw the Company's estate from Persia, (i p.) 
 
 The Company to John Launch [at Marseilles], January 16, 
 1660 {Letter Book, vol. ii, p. 273). 
 
 Have received his letter of the 6th instant, with the enclosure 
 from Consul Ryley. Thank him for his care in dispatching their 
 packets, and enclose another for the said Consul, to be forwarded 
 by the first conveyance, (j p.) 
 
 The Company to Thomas Dethick and Company [at Leghorn], 
 January 16, 1660 [Ibid., p. 274). 
 
 Thank them for dispatching their packet of the 22nd August 
 last to Consul Ryley, and desire them to transmit the enclosed 
 packet to him by the first opportunity. (| p.) 
 
 The Company to Consul Ryley at Aleppo, January 16, 1660 
 {Ibid., p. 274). 
 
 Have received his letter of the 25th October last, advising 
 receipt of their packets dated the 22nd August, one by way of 
 Leghorn, which he had dispatched to Basra, the other from 
 Marseilles, which he intended to forward in a few days. They 
 have now sent two packets, one by way of Marseilles, the other 
 by way of Leghorn, and entreat him to forward one letter of each 
 packet directly to their Agent and factors at Ispahan, the other 
 to Gombroon, as soon as possible. (| p.) 
 
 The Company to John Madock at Plymouth, January 17, 
 1660 {Ibid., p. 275). 
 
 Acknowledge the receipt of his letters of the 13th instant, one 
 to themselves with a packet from St. Helena enclosed, the other 
 
 B 2
 
 4 COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 to the United Stock. Have heard nothing from Bantam but what 
 he has told them. Desire he will not send their box of books by 
 the ordinary carrier (as he proposes), but by an express ; and, if 
 it has already gone, then at once to send on an order for it to be 
 delivered to William Samford, junior, at Exeter, who has instruc- 
 tions what to do with it. Remind him of their desire to be informed 
 what goods are taken out of the Advice, whose they are, and to 
 whom delivered ; also what Mr. Skinner has received from that 
 ship and what he still has in her, (-|- p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, January i8, 1660 [Court Book, 
 vol. xxiv, p. 238). 
 
 There being a want of commodities at Guinea and as it will be 
 some time before the Company sends another ship to that place, 
 the Court consents to goods to the value of 4,000^ or 5,oooZ. being 
 sent in the Samuel, a good ship now bound for the Bight, or in 
 any other sound vessel going that way upon private account, 
 rather than let their trade there want, but not to encourage private 
 shipping to that place. The Commissioners of the Customs refusing 
 to pass out the Company's bullion as formerly without a special 
 order, the Committees of the Treasury and as many others as please 
 are entreated to assist in a petition to the Council of State for an 
 order to export to the value of 35,000/. in foreign coin and bullion. 
 Richard Foard and Peter Proby are accepted as securities for 
 saltpetre. After some debate on Pulo Run, a court is summoned 
 to meet next Monday at nine o'clock to consider the planting of 
 that island, those Committees not attending to be fined $s. unless 
 they can give satisfactory reasons for their absence. Mr. Boone's 
 bill for chirurgery and Mr. Tanner's for bricklayers' work to be 
 examined, (i p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, January 23, 1660 {Ibid., p. 239). 
 
 This court, specially called to consider about Pulo Run, after 
 some debate comes to the conclusion that it is too late for any- 
 thing to be done now, and so gives order for the committee to be 
 elected for this purpose next year to be reminded by the Secretary 
 about September, that they may get to work in time. Ralph 
 Stonehouse, who through private business lost his passage to
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 5 
 
 Guinea, is granted permission to go there in a private ship ; but if 
 the Company send goods in such a vessel, then he is to go in her 
 and look after them. (| p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, January 25, 1660 [Ibid., p. 239). 
 
 Resolution concerning the freighting of a ship to Bantam and 
 Jambi is deferred, the letters and books expected from thence 
 in the Advice not having yet arrived. Letters prepared for the Coast 
 and Bay are read. {\ p.) 
 
 Orders in Parliament, January 26, 1660 {Public Record 
 Office: S.P. Doni. : Interregnum, I. 91, p. 104). 
 
 The Council of State to give warrant to the East India Company 
 for transporting 35,000/. in foreign coin and bullion. 
 
 A Court of Committees, February i, 1660 {Court Book, 
 vol. xxiv, p. 240). 
 
 After approving certain transfers and one payment, the Court 
 reads over the Bantam diary. (| p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees for the United Joint Stock, 
 February 6, 1660 {Court Book, vol. xxiii, p. 683). 
 
 The Court agrees to the proposal made by Daniel Skinner that 
 his brother Frederick should be permitted to come to London to 
 do his business without interruption, and that the matter between 
 him and the Company should be referred to men unconnected 
 with the latter, provided he gets two able men to stand security 
 for his so doing ; Daniel Skinner promises to be one and to try 
 to induce Mr. Baker ^ to act as a second. Mr. Cokayne desires 
 some gratuity for the time he served as a Committee, or that the 
 generality may be asked about the matter ; hereupon a general 
 court is appointed to be held to-morrow week for this purpose. 
 A bale of cotton yarn in the Company's warehouse belonging to 
 Captain Blackman to be delivered to Captain Ryder, (i p.) 
 
 ' Frederick Skinner was a brother-in-law of Anthony Baker, who was either a nephew or 
 cousin of Aaron Baker. Skinner had been Agent at Bantam, and the Company had 
 claims against him.
 
 6 COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 A Court of Committees, February 8, 1660 {Court Book, 
 vol. xxiv, p. 241). 
 
 The owners of the Concord having, since her entertainment by 
 the Company, spent much money in making her a three-decker, 
 desire to be allowed the same terms as other ships of that class ; 
 the Court refuses to alter the agreement, but promises as an 
 encouragement to give them a gratuity of 50/. should the voyage 
 prove successful. The lading of the treasure aboard the several 
 ships is left to the Committees of the Treasury. The entertain- 
 ment of the American on the usual terms, to go with the others 
 to Persia, is sanctioned. A list of the treasure and goods to be 
 laden in various vessels is approved. (i| pp.) 
 
 The Company to Mrs. Bridgman, etc. [at Amsterdam], 
 February 10, 1660 {Letter Book, vol. ii, p. 275). 
 
 Direct that, when a convoy is available, the quicksilver should 
 be laden in one or two good vessels bound direct for Dover, 
 and consigned to Vincent Delabarr there. If no vessel is going to 
 that port, they are to freight a small one themselves, and send 
 her in company with the convoy. (| p.) 
 
 A General Court of the Adventurers in the United 
 Joint Stock, February 14, 1660 {Court Book, vol. xxiii, p. 685). 
 
 The Governor announces the desire of Mr. [William] Cokayne 
 for an allowance for the year and four or five months he acted 
 in the Company's business since he received any gratuity ; after 
 some examination it is found that he has already been gratified 
 with 800Z. by this Stock, which is thought to be ' very sufficient ' ; 
 therefore he is desired ' to acquiesse and expect nothing further '. 
 ilP-) 
 
 A Court of Committees, February 15, 1660 {Court Book, 
 vol. xxiv, p. 242). 
 
 Captain Michell offers the Castle Frigate, but his terms are 
 rejected, as too high. Three Committees of this Stock are requested 
 to meet three of the United Stock to agree upon a valuation for 
 the goods received by the Advice at Bantam. The Treasurer of
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 7 
 
 Christ's Hospital states that the Hospital has paid the rent ot the 
 Leadenhall warehouse to the City, and being in want of money 
 desires the Company to pay them ; he is told that the Company 
 hold themselves the City's tenants and on receiving a receipt or 
 assignment from the City will pay, or they will lend the Hospital 
 100/. ; the Treasurer cannot decide, but will call in a fortnight 
 for the Company's answer, (f p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, February 20, 1660 {Ibid., p. 243). 
 
 The treasure to be entered in the Customhouse and shipped 
 to-morrow morning, with all other commodities for the Coast and 
 Bay. The Court is moved to give permission to their Agent to 
 entertain some young men now at the Coast and Bay, who went 
 there in the time of free trade ; but refuses to act in the matter 
 until return of the next shipping, when the state of affairs in those 
 parts may be better ascertained. The Castle Frigate is entertained 
 to go for Guinea and Jambi on stated terms, to be ready to sail 
 by the 15th of April next. (| p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, February 22, 1660 [Ibid., p. 243). 
 
 Letters for the Coast and Bay are signed. Francis Wolley to 
 be paid for gold and silver lace. James Waincourt is admitted 
 to the freedom on payment of 5/. (| p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees for the United Joint Stock, 
 February 23, 1660 {Court Book, vol. xxiii, p. 686). 
 
 At the request of Captain Straunge, who has paid the principal 
 of his bond, the interest charged for late payment of the same is 
 remitted and the said bond delivered up to be cancelled. Daniel 
 Skinner declares that he has delivered in his brother Frederick's 
 book of accounts, and desires that, if any objection is found to them, 
 his brother may come unmolested to answer the same, and the 
 matter be referred to arbitration, for which he will give security ; 
 this is agreed to, on condition that he gives the names of the 
 arbitrators and securities by this day week ; and when the latter 
 shall have sealed bonds, a letter of licence shall be given for Skinner 
 to be free during the time of arbitration, which shall be limited to 
 three months. Mr. Everson's accounts to be examined. (| p.)
 
 8 COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 The Company to Mrs. Bridgman, etc. [at Amsterdam"], 
 February 24, 1660 {Letter Book, vol. ii, p. 289). 
 
 Note from their last letter that no ship is available from Amster- 
 dam to Dover in which to lade the quicksilver, and that the ship's 
 master with whom they treated would not undertake the voyage 
 under 6u/. sterling, which they think ' an extraordinary demand '. 
 Desire them to inquire whether a vessel from Rotterdam could be 
 had on better terms, or perhaps an English one might undertake 
 the voyage for about 20I. and sail under a Dutch convoy ; but if 
 only a Dutch ship is procurable she must go to Dover Pier (pretend- 
 ing to be westward-bound) and stay there until the Company's 
 ships pass and put the quicksilver aboard them, and make no 
 charge except for freight. Direct them to inquire if the convoys 
 for France will undertake to deliver the goods at Dover, or to put 
 them into a barque which the Company will order to be there to 
 receive them ; but if none of these proposals is feasible, then the 
 goods must be freighted on the best terms possible and sent to 
 Dover with all speed. Presume that they have inquired how the 
 Dutch pack their quicksilver ; and desire an exact account of the 
 tare and weight of each parcel to be kept and noted in the invoice. 
 Give them permission to engage that the ship in which the quick- 
 silver shall be transported shall be saved harmless from the Act 
 of Parliament,^ which they conceive does not extend to goods 
 landed at Dover or reshipped at sea. (| p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, February 29, 1660 {Court Book, 
 vol. xxiv, p. 244). 
 
 The Court is moved to send a ship to Bantam, and is informed 
 that the Aime and Joyce is being fitted for that voyage by 
 Mr. Skinner and his friends, notwithstanding the former pretence 
 that she was only to fetch home their estate and Mr. Skinner, for, 
 although the latter has returned, they still go on with their design. 
 It is decided to watch their proceedings and acquaint them that, 
 if they encroach on the Company's privileges or trade, they will 
 be obstructed as much as possible and do so at their peril. Certain 
 Committees are appointed to consult with the Governor on this 
 
 * The Navigation Act.
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 9 
 
 matter and to hire a ship to send to Bantam if they see fit. Captain 
 Ryder reports that he has arranged satisfactorily with Captain 
 Michell. (i p.) 
 
 List of Piece-Goods, etc., sold and delivered, March 1660 
 TO December 1663 {Home Miscellaneous, vol. vi). 
 
 Giving the quantities and prices of the goods and the names of 
 the purchasers. {10$ pp.) 
 
 A Court of Committees for the United Joint Stock, 
 March i, 1660 (Court Book, vol. xxiii, p. 687). 
 
 Mr. Everson is allowed interest on 83Z. due to him for amber, 
 but nothing on the bale of sugar he sent to Holland, as it had 
 left the Company's warehouse before any claim was made. (^ p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, March 7, 1660 {Court Book, vol. xxiv, 
 P- 245). 
 
 John Orme, James Gosnell, Laurence Lanyan, John Merry, 
 John Saxby, and John Betts are entertained as factors for Guinea, 
 to go in the Castle Frigate at once ; they are advised to prepare 
 themselves with all speed and give in the names of their securities 
 by the next court ; those whose salaries do not exceed 30/. a year 
 to give bond in 500/., and those who receive more to be bound 
 in 1,000/. On hearing that Ralph Stonehouse has not yet gone to 
 Guinea, the Court resolves to dismiss him from their service. 
 The commander of the Eagle to receive a cable from the owners 
 of the Blackmore, and deliver it at Surat for the use of the latter 
 ship, (f^) 
 
 A Court of Committees, March 14, 1660 {Court Book, vol. xxiv, 
 p. 246). 
 
 Sambrooke is given directions how to reply to the letter received 
 from Surat. William Jesson's brother, who was given permission 
 to send out goods to the value of 500Z. to Surat to be disposed of 
 by the President towards payment of his brother's debts, having 
 only sent out to the value of 200/. is, upon petition, given leave 
 to send the remaining 300/, in rials, which if he pays into the 
 Company's cash at home they will send on to the President to be
 
 10 COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 disposed of as before ; he desires time for consideration. Wine and 
 beer to be provided for the Presidency. An opportunity presenting 
 to buy cloth at a reasonable price and ship it out custom free, the 
 committee is desired to provide another loo pieces for Surat. 
 Francis Radcliffe and Joseph Browne, both of Clerkenwell, are 
 accepted as security in 500/. for John Betts ; Thomas Bretton 
 and Captain John Prowd in 1,000/. for John Orme ; and John 
 Lanyan in 1,000/. for his son Laurence (being advised to provide 
 also another security known to the court). (i| pp.) 
 
 A Court of Committees for the United Joint StocKi 
 March 15, 1660 [Court Book, vol. xxiii, p. 687). 
 
 Thomas Crafton, administrator to William Weale, requests that 
 the latter's estate, now in Mr. Revington's hands, may be placed 
 to his account with the Company, and that the accounts and papers 
 belonging to Weale (also in the hands of Mr. Revington or Mr. Lamb- 
 ton) be sent home ; hereupon order is given for a letter to be written 
 to the President with directions for the said estate to be sent home, 
 and for all estates of factors who die out there to be paid in future 
 into the Company's cash (after just debts are settled) and credit 
 given for them in the Company's books. William Worrall, who 
 bought a parcel of saltpetre, shows an award by which his partner, 
 Mr. Warren, is to have one half, and begs assistance, as he is unable 
 to make good the whole bargain ; the Court consents to help, on 
 condition that he clears one half of the bargain by this day fort- 
 night and gives power to the Company to right themselves with 
 Warren for the other half. (| p.) 
 
 The Company to Mrs. Bridgman, etc. [at Amsterdam], 
 March 16, 1660 [Letter Book, vol. ii, p. 289). 
 
 The freight agreed to be paid for the seventy chests of quick- 
 silver is ' extraordinary ', but as no other vessel could be procured 
 they must rest satisfied. They have sufficient amber in their 
 warehouse to supply their trade, but commission them to buy 
 10,000 old sheets, taking special care that they are thoroughly 
 dried before packing, as the Guinea factors complain that those 
 formerly sent arrived damaged. (J p.)
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY ii 
 
 The Company to Vincent Delabar [at Dover], March i6, 
 1660 {Ibid., p. 290). 
 
 Advise the dispatch of quicksilver from Holland. They desire 
 that at the arrival of the Liefde he will at once send word, but 
 until he hears from them the quicksilver is to remain aboard. He 
 is to inform them what custom and charges will have to be paid 
 if the quicksilver is landed, and whether any part of the same 
 will be repaid if it is trans-shipped in the Road. {\ p.) 
 
 The Company to Vincent Delabar [at Dover], March 19, 
 1660 {Ibid., p. 290). 
 
 Particulars of the quicksilver from Holland, It is to remain in 
 the Dutch vessel until the Company's ships arrive, when he shall 
 be told the quantity to be laden in each. When entering the 
 quicksilver on the composition, he is to regulate and reduce the 
 same as much as possible. They have sufficient rials of eight and 
 bars of silver at present, but hereafter may need his assistance 
 in procuring more. {^ p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, March 21, 1660 {Court Book, vol. xxiv, 
 P- 247). 
 
 On the recommendation of John Rushworth, Clerk of the 
 Council, Richard Lambton, now in India, is to be allowed to 
 remain in the Company's house there until his abilities are made 
 known, when he shall be given employment accordingly. At the 
 request of the owners of the Castle Frigate (so that they may not 
 have an excuse to leave some of the Company's goods behind 
 because of the amount of ballast), directions are to be sent to 
 Guinea for the negroes to assist in cutting rock for ballast for that 
 vessel. The owners of the Advice request their first payment for 
 freight and demurrage, but are told that many things will be 
 disputed and must be discussed before any payment is made ; 
 they are desired to appoint three representatives, and the Court 
 will choose three to settle all differences and make up their 
 account ; hereupon they name Lucas Lucy, George Poyner, and 
 Henry Davy, and the Court names Messrs. Thomson, Moycr, and 
 Ryder. {I p.)
 
 12 COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 A Court of Committees, March 28, 1660 [Court Book, vol. xxiv, 
 p. 248). 
 
 Hamlet Latham, a gentleman of Essex, is accepted as the other 
 security in 1,000/. for Laurence Lanyon. Signor Augustine 
 Coroneel is granted permission to send a chest containing saddles, 
 etc., in the Eagle for the Viceroy of Goa, the Husband to see that 
 there is nothing in the said chest prejudicial to the Company. The 
 owners of the Advice and the Committees being unable to come to 
 a settlement, the matter is referred to arbitration, Captain Limbrey 
 and Colonel Midelton to act for the said owners, John Langley 
 and Michael Godfrey for the Company ; the choice of an umpire 
 is deferred, (i p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees for the United Joint Stock, 
 March 29, 1660 {Court Book, vol. xxiii, p. 688). 
 
 William Worrall and his brother are ordered to seal a bond of 
 200L to make good any loss that may arise from sale of half the 
 saltpetre he bought, and to give power to the Company to recover 
 the loss of the other half from Mr. Warren. Thomas Stevenson to 
 be paid what is due to him from both Stocks, but 100/. to be left 
 in the Company's hands until Blake shall clear the accounts at the 
 Bay. Mr. Allington to be sued for calicoes he bought and sold 
 again. Mr. Kenn is allowed for damaged calicoes. Mr. Aston, 
 administrator of Paul Waldegrave, to be paid what is due to the 
 latter's estate all except 100/., which is to be left in the Company's 
 hands until the account at the Bay is cleared. (| p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, March 30, 1660 {Court Book, vol. xxiv, 
 p. 249). 
 
 As not only the Company but private men have sustained 
 damage, both in the East Indies and Guinea, through the Dutch, 
 it is thought that the best and readiest way to procure satisfaction 
 for the same will be by employing some one from hence to claim 
 restitution for all parties ; to this it is agreed on condition that 
 every claim shall be distinctly made and concluded for apart, 
 the charge of the whole borne proportionately by each several 
 claimant, and the Agent employed approved by the Company,
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 13 
 
 the latter not to be liable for any previous expenses contracted in 
 the business. The petition of Hugh Forth and Daniel Skinner 
 having been referred by a Committee of the Council to Secretary 
 Thomson and Thomas Povey,^ certain Committees are desired to 
 wait on those gentlemen, (i p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, April 3, 1660 {Ibid., p. 250). 
 
 The Company, in order to right themselves for damages and abuses 
 sustained in Persia, having, for the more secret management of 
 this business, referred it to a sub-committee to act herein as they 
 think best ; the said committee now reports [here the mmiuscript 
 breaks off]. 
 
 The Company to Vincent Delabar [at Dover], April 5, 1660 
 {Letter Book, vol. ii, p. 291). 
 
 Acknowledge receipt of his letter, advising the arrival of the 
 ship with the quicksilver. Their ships are at Gravesend, awaiting 
 a fair wind to take them to the Downs ; when there, he is to see 
 forty cases of the said quicksilver put aboard the Eagle, twenty 
 cases aboard the Richard and Martha, and the remaining ten cases 
 aboard the American, and to take receipts for the same from the 
 commanders or pursers. Directly he hears of the arrival of the 
 Company's ships in the Downs, the Dutch vessel is to sail thither 
 and trans-ship the quicksilver as ordered. {\ p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, April ii, 1660 {Court Book, vol. xxiv, 
 p. 254)- 
 
 James Allen is admitted to the freedom by redemption, paying 
 5Z. Captain Michell is granted the same liberty as Captain Swanley 
 and allowed to invest 200Z. for his own account in spice or white 
 pepper, but is not to touch black. The Court agrees with Messrs. 
 Lucas Lucy, Henry Davy, George Poyner, Daniel Farvax, and 
 Captain Willliam Wildy, on behalf of the owners of the Advice, 
 to seal bonds in 6,000/. penalty to refer all differences that may 
 arise between them to the judgement of Messrs. Michael Godfrey, 
 John Duckworth, and Captain John Limbrey, or any two of them, 
 to determine by the loth of May next. (| p.) 
 
 • The friend of Evelyn and Pepys. After the Restoration he held many offices.
 
 14 COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 A Court of Committees, April 13, 1660 {Court Book, vol. xxiv, 
 p. 255). 
 
 Goods to be sold this afternoon are priced. Thomas Rastell, 
 after satisfying the Court that he is not concerned in the design 
 of Hugh Forth and Daniel Skinner in sending out a private ship 
 for the South Seas, nor in any other design prejudicial to the 
 Company, is granted permission to transfer his adventure, (f p.) 
 
 A General Court of Sales, April 13, 1660 [Ibid., p. 256). 
 
 Sale of cardamoms, mace, sugar, Sarkhej indigo, ginger, Jambi, 
 Malabar and Quilon pepper, quilts, eckbarrees, baftas, derguzees, 
 and nassapores, with prices and names of purchasers. (2J pp.) 
 
 A General Court of Sales, April 17, 1660 {Ibid., p. 258). 
 
 Sale of Sinda nassapores, rhanders, broad and narrow baftas, 
 dutties, dungarees, derribauds, mercolees, kerebauds, egbarrees, 
 byrampauts, Dulka dutties, durguzees, longcloth, adatas, sallam- 
 pores, and Lahore indigo, with prices and names of purchasers. 
 (2 pp.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, April 18, 1660 {Ibid., p. 260). 
 
 The owners of the Advice state that Lucas Lucy is unwilling to 
 seal the bond of arbitration, and desire that the engagement entered 
 into by the rest of them may be accepted ; this is agreed to. The 
 Court consents to deliver the ginger brought home as private trade 
 in the Advice, belonging to Widow May, Julius Wildy, and John 
 Howard, on Captain Wildy engaging to make good the average 
 liable for the same ; also to the ginger belonging to George Wortley 
 being delivered to him, on Alderman Lewis undertaking to satisfy 
 any liability for it. George Smith and Colonel William Vincent 
 are accepted as security for pepper. Upon the petition of Rebecca 
 Bolt, the Court gives permission for the delivery to her of a quantity 
 of white pepper, now in their warehouse, but bought some time 
 ago by her late husband, who served the Company many years at 
 Bantam and died on his passage home in the Advice, (i p.)
 
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 The Company to Mrs. Bridgman, etc. [at Amsterdam], 
 April 20, 1660 {Letter Book, vol. ii, p. 314). 
 
 Acknowledge receipt of several letters and of a bill of lading for 
 fifty chests of sheets shipped in the John Henrickson Prunck. Note 
 that they intend to send an additional fifty chests. The three 
 bills of exchange drawn upon them, payable to Nicholas Warren, 
 Peter Cousten, and Edmund Draper, respectively, shall be met 
 when due. The quicksilver has been trans-shipped into the 
 Company's vessels bound for India. {\ p.) 
 
 A Meeting of Ten Committees, April 25, 1660 [Court Book, 
 vol. xxiv, p. 261). 
 
 Letters lately received overland from India are read and those 
 present engaged by the Governor to secrecy concerning certain 
 matters contained in the same. James Duppa, who acted as surgeon 
 in two convoys to St. Helena, petitions for some consideration for 
 his pains and expenses, and the Court, finding that he was omitted 
 when the other officers of the Marmaduke were gratified, gives him 
 twenty nobles for his services and future encouragement. {\ p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, May 2, 1660 {Ibid., p. 262). 
 
 Certain proposals made by Maurice Blackman for his new ship 
 upon the stocks at Blackwall are referred to the Committee for 
 Charterparties, who are to make the best terms possible for the 
 said vessel to voyage to Guinea, St. Helena, the Coast, Macassar, 
 back to the Coast and so home. Other Committees are desired to 
 settle with the men demanding payment for services at Guinea, 
 and others to determine concerning tare for indigo lately bought 
 by Mr. Thomson. The wife of William Mainstone, a factor at 
 Macassar, to be paid 10/. on account of her husband's salary. 
 (I p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees for the United Joint Stock, May 3, 
 1660 {Court Book, vol. xxiii, p. 689). 
 
 Mr. Gurney is allowed a fortnight in which to consider how to 
 settle his debt with the Company. John Semaine offers to give 
 bond to pay half his debt at Midsummer and the rest at Michaelmas,
 
 i6 COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 but he is desired to comply with his contract. The accounts of 
 Messrs. Yardley, Bolt, and Harris to be examined and settled. (| p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, May ii, 1660 {Court Book, vol. xxiv, 
 p. 263). 
 
 William Vincent and George Smith are accepted as security for 
 indigo, and Messrs. Moyer, Williams, and Langley for calicoes. 
 Ordered that all bales of calicoes taken from the warehouse for 
 transportation without being opened are not to have the skins 
 taken off, as these preserve the goods from wet ; also that an allow- 
 ance of 45lb. per bale tare be made to buyers of cotton yarn, but 
 if they will not consent to this, then the bales are to be shipped and 
 the buyers allowed a pound tare more than they weigh. The 
 owners of the Advice to be paid an additional 500/. on account of 
 freight, when they shall have renewed the bond of arbitration. An 
 agreement is made with Maurice Blackman for his new ship of 
 300 tons, sixty men and twenty-four guns, to go to such places 
 as shall be arranged for, on terms and conditions given. [i\ pp.) 
 
 The Company to Mrs. Bridgman, etc. [at Amsterdam], 
 May II, 1660 [Letter Book, vol. ii, p. 315). 
 
 Acknowledge receipt of letters, a bill of lading for fifty chests 
 of sheets shipped in the Jacob Hendricks and a bill for 500Z., drawn 
 upon them and payable to Christopher Boone ; also of an invoice 
 for 154 chests of sheets and a bill of lading for fifty-four chests 
 of that same parcel shipped in the Jacob Clapmutts. They have 
 accepted the two bills of exchange payable to Signor Carlo Mari. 
 
 A Court of Committees, May 16, 1660 [Court Book, vol. xxiv, 
 p. 264). 
 
 James Oldfield, Maurice Thomson, Jacob Strange, and Samuel 
 Harris accepted as security for calicoes. Transfer read and 
 approved. Certain Committees are desired to order what they 
 think necessary with regard to the award made touching the ship 
 Restoration.^ {\ p.) 
 
 * Upon a petition from the East India Company, complaining that Hugh Forth, Daniel 
 Skinner, and others were infringing its charter by sending out a ship and praying that the
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 17 
 
 A Court of Committees for the United Joint Stock, May 17, 
 1660 [Court Book, vol. xxiii, p. 690), 
 
 Upon the petition of James Berblocke, formerly master of the 
 Supply, the Court orders, ' in pitty to him, considering his poverty 
 and that theis are now times of healing, although hee hath not 
 deserved such favour from the Company,' his bond to be given up 
 and what is due to him for wages to be paid, upon his giving 
 a general release. (| p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, May 23, 1660 (Court Book, vol. xxiv, 
 p. 265). 
 
 The minutes of the last five meetings, at which a full quorum of 
 Committees were not present, are read, approved and ordered to be 
 registered, as being as authentic as the acts of this present court, 
 it being very necessary the Company's business should be proceeded 
 with, notwithstanding that because of public affairs, a full court 
 cannot always be got together, Messrs. Pennoyer, Davison, Day, 
 and Cleere are accepted as security for calicoes. The owners of 
 the Castle Frigate to be paid 50/. for fitting her in time to sail with 
 the other ships. The Committees appointed to settle concerning 
 the valuation of goods received at Bantam by the Advice being 
 unable to agree, it is resolved that the United Stock shall be paid 
 five rials of eight for every picul of pepper received, but no interest 
 for the time elapsed ; and that it shall be left to the Committees 
 to agree concerning the value of the other goods, (ij pp.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, May 30, 1660 [Ibid., p. 266). 
 
 The Governor suggests that the Restoration, provided by Hugh 
 Forth and Daniel Skinner to go to the East but taken off their 
 hands (by an award) by the Company, being only an old ship 
 lengthened, shall be fitted and sent to India and sail there from 
 port to port ; but after some debate it is resolved to dispatch her 
 
 vessel be stayed, the House of Lords on May 9, 1660, referred the matter to the Committee 
 of Petitions and ordered the ship to be detained. A week later it was reported from the 
 Committee that the parties had come to an agreement, and a certificate was exhibited 
 from Nicholas Penning and others, to whom the dispute had been referred, that it had 
 been decided that the voyage should be abandoned {Lords' Journals, vol. xi, pp. 20, 29 ." 
 Historical MSS. Commission, Seventh Report, p. 81). 
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 i8 COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 with all expedition to Bantam, there to lade and return at once, 
 and to leave her provisioning, etc., to the Committees formerly 
 appointed to make up an account of her cost. It is thought 
 requisite that the Company should express their allegiance to His 
 Majesty in some congratulatory address at this juncture, and that 
 a present of 10,000 oz. of plate, equal to about 3,000/., might 
 be an acceptable testimony of the same ; therefore a general court 
 is appointed to be held next Tuesday to obtain the concurrence of 
 the generality. James Congett delivers in a journal and ledger 
 kept at Cormantine from June 23, 1658, when Mr. Staveley 
 delivered up the remains to his charge, and ending April i, 1659. 
 (I P-) 
 
 The Company to the Dutch East India Company [at 
 Amsterdam], June i, 1660 {Letter Book, vol. ii, p. 315). 
 
 For several years they have been molested and hindered in their 
 trade at Bantam and elsewhere by the Dutch Company and their 
 ships not permitted to enter the designed ports in the lawful way 
 of trade, to their great prejudice, and for this they expect satisfac- 
 tion. Having now a ship ready to sail to Bantam, etc., they desire 
 that the Bewinthebbers will give an absolute order to their servants 
 in the East to permit this and all other vessels of the English 
 Company to sail into the Road of Bantam or wherever they may 
 wish to go, without let or hindrance from the Dutch ships, so that 
 the English Company may not be obliged to apply to the King 
 for redress and thus risk impairing the peace between the two 
 nations, which they heartily desire may be continued. They 
 entreat the Bewinthebbers to send them their resolutions in this 
 matter by the first post, and to enclose their letters intended for 
 the East, that all may go by the said English ship and her departure 
 not be retarded. (| p.) 
 
 The Company to Mrs. Bridgman, etc. [at Amsterdam], 
 June i, 1660 [Ibid., p. 316). 
 
 Enclosed they send their letter to the Bewinthebbers of the 
 Dutch East India Company, desiring their order to their ministers 
 to permit the English ships to go into the Road of Bantam and 
 elsewhere without molestation. The arrival is reported of the
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 19 
 
 vessel in which the sheets were sent. Though there is no present 
 need of more, and prices appear to have risen, yet, if the market 
 is reasonable and the sheets good, they commission them to buy 
 10,000 more on the best terms procurable, advising them of any 
 alteration in the price, and of any news of Indian affairs they can 
 obtain. (^ p.) 
 
 A General Court of Adventurers, June 5, 1660 {Court 
 Book, vol. xxiv, p. 267). 
 
 The Governor states that some have lately desired to take up 
 their freedom, in order that the adventures they have bought in 
 this Stock may be passed ever to them in the Company's books ; 
 but not thinking the last oath drawn up suitable, he has deferred 
 administering any until the generality, who alone can alter it, 
 shall agree upon another. Hereupon it is resolved that no oath 
 shall be administered until the Company shall ' receive His 
 Majesties countenance, and another and more propper forme of 
 an oath be agreed on '. The Governor further declares that the 
 Committees are of opinion that it would be fitting for the Company, 
 much improve their interest, and show a sense of their loyal affection, 
 to congratulate His Majesty upon his happy restoration to the 
 Crown and Government, as the Merchant Adventurers have done 
 and the Turkey Company have resolved to do. This motion is so 
 readily embraced by the generality that ' immediatelie it became 
 more their care how to performc it then to make any scruple of 
 doing it '. Some propose that a jewel be given, others coined gold, 
 but finally it is decided that plate for furnishing His Majesty's 
 house will at this juncture be ' very seasonable and a continuall 
 memoriall of the donours '. Resolved that such plate as shall be 
 thought fitting, to the value of 3,000/., shall be prepared with all 
 convenient speed and presented to His Majesty in the Company's 
 name, (f p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, June 6, 1660 {Ibid., p. 268). 
 
 The Governor and certain Committees, with the Committee of 
 the Treasury, are desired to provide plate suitable for His Majesty's 
 use, where it can be procured at the cheapest rates, to the value 
 of 3,000/. The Treasurer and some of the Governors of Christ's 
 
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 20 COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 Hospital request payment of lOoZ. for a year's rent of Leadenhall 
 warehouses ; this is ordered to be made, on their assurance that 
 the warehouses shall be continued to the Company at the same 
 rent the Hospital has to pay the City, ' in case the same shall not 
 be putt to the intended use for regulatinge of draperie,* and that 
 a reasonable warning shall be given in the event of the Company 
 having to quit them. John Gold and Thomas Stone are accepted 
 as security for pepper. The draft of a letter to be sent to Bantam 
 in the Restoration is read and approved, and order given for the 
 said ship to be dispatched with all speed ; also for amber to the 
 value of i,oooZ. to be shipped in her, and for Mr. Skinner to be 
 repaid for such rials and merchandise aboard her as he has already 
 paid for. Robert Hopper is entertained to go in her as purser's 
 mate at 305. a month. (15 pp.) 
 
 The Company to Benjamin Delanoy, Consul at Aleppo, 
 June ii, 1660 {Letter Book, vol. ii, p. 319). 
 
 Enclosed they send a letter to the commanders of their ships at 
 Gombroon, etc., which should be forwarded at the first oppor- 
 tunity. They entreat that, like his predecessor, Consul Ryley, he 
 will carefully dispatch all packets from and to India by the safest 
 conveyance possible. (| p.) 
 
 The Company to John Launce [at Marseilles], June ii, 
 1660 {Ibid., p. 320). 
 
 Thank him for sending their packets to and from India and desire 
 him to forward the enclosed for Aleppo. (| p.) 
 
 The Company to Thomas Dethick, etc. [at Leghorn], 
 June ii, 1660 {Ibid., p. 320). 
 
 To the same effect. (J p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, June 20, 1660 {Court Book, vol. xxiv, 
 p. 269). 
 
 Payment of 12,996/. 25. ^d. is ordered to be made to the United 
 Joint Stock for goods received from Bantam by the Advice for 
 account of this Stock, valued according to agreement and the 
 account presented. On the motion of Colonel Drax and Captain
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 21 
 
 Ryder, the Court agrees to allow Captain Browne to carry out to 
 the value of 200/. for his own account and return it in such goods 
 as other captains bound to those parts have had permission for. 
 Nicholas Penning and Captain William Ryder accepted as security 
 for pepper. Transfer approved. The Speaker [Sir William 
 Lenthall] requests by letter that the Company will employ John 
 Haward, late purser in the Advice ; a reply is sent to the effect 
 that this shall be done when opportunity presents, (i p.) 
 
 A General Court of Adventurers, June 20, 1660 {Ibid.f 
 p. 270). 
 
 The Governor announces that they are called together at the 
 request of some adventurers, who understood that the Committees 
 intend to provide other plate than that meant by the generality 
 to present to His Majesty ; the Committees satisfying the court 
 with regard to this, it is unanimously agreed that the plate already 
 ordered shall be got ready and presented. The Governor further 
 states that, as the time of election is near, it is very necessary to 
 agree upon an oath to be administered to all who are admitted to 
 the freedom, and to the Governor, Deputy, and Committees who 
 shall be elected ; hereupon the ' auncient oaths ' are read and 
 approved, and it is decided that these shall be administered. 
 
 A Court of Committees for the United Joint Stock, June 21, 
 1660 {Court Book, vol. xxiii, p. 690). 
 
 The saltpetre bought by Mr. Worrall to be delivered, he to pay 
 150/. within twenty-one days and give a bond with his brother to 
 pay the remainder within three months. A division of ten per cent, 
 in money to be issued to the adventurers by the ist of August next ; 
 meanwhile any adventurer to be allowed to discount his division 
 for any debt he may owe to the Company. (| p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, June 27, 1660 [Court Book, vol. xxiv, 
 p. 271). 
 
 A dispute arises whether or no the 11,000 rials disbursed at 
 Bantam for the United Stock have been paid, or are to be deducted 
 out of the 12,996/. 25. 3^., and order is given for payment of the
 
 22 COURT MINUTES, ETC, OF THE 
 
 latter to be deferred until the Committees formerly appointed to 
 settle this matter shall determine what is fit to be done. Hugh 
 Forth and Daniel Skinner to be paid 2,000/. upon account, until 
 the demands which the Company think unreasonable shall be 
 explained by the arbitrators who made the award. The bond of 
 Ralph Johnson, who died at Guinea, to be delivered up to be 
 cancelled. Captain Ostler, Nathaniel Heme, Sir John Lewis, 
 Alderman Foote, William Weld, and John Midleton are accepted 
 as security for calicoes and ginger. (| p.) 
 
 A General Court of Adventurers, July 3, 1660 (Court Book, 
 vol. xxiv, p. 272). 
 
 The Governor announces that by a majority of votes Andrew 
 Riccard has been elected Governor and Sir Thomas Chambrelan ^ 
 Deputy. Mr. Riccard earnestly desires not to be pressed to under- 
 take this charge, as he is already engaged to the Turkey Company ; 
 but he is prevailed upon to accept it, and he and Sir Thomas 
 Chambrelan take the required oath. Governor Andrews is heartily 
 thanked for his services during the past year and promised some 
 fitting compensation, (i p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, July 4, 1660 {Ibid., p. 273). 
 
 The Court takes notice of the fact that persons have sometimes 
 been accepted as securities because they were known to be share- 
 holders in the Company and their shares were looked upon as 
 increasing the security ; yet afterwards they have transferred 
 their shares ' and the securitie weakned thereby, W'ithout any 
 question made '. For prevention of the like in the future, Jeremy 
 Sambrooke is ordered to report when any adventurer who has been 
 accepted as security, or is otherwise indebted to the Company, 
 intends to transfer his stock or any part of it, before the said 
 transfer is offered for approval, or any part of an adventurer's 
 stock drawn from his credit in the Company's books. Francis 
 Clarke, Nicholas Warren, and Philip Jegon, accepted as securities 
 
 * He had been knighted by the King on May 20. Riccard received the same honour on 
 July 10. 1660, according to Shaw's Knights ; but in the Court Minutes he is still described 
 as Esquire on July i8, and it is not until the next meeting (July 25) that he is styled 
 Sir Andrew Riccard. Possibly ' lo ' is a mistake for ' 20 '.
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 23 
 
 for pepper, and William Finch, Samuel Harris, Jacob Strange, 
 Roger Scattergood, and George Smith as securities for calicoes. 
 
 (I p.) 
 A General Court of Adventurers, July 7, 1660 {Ibid., p. 274): 
 
 The Governor announces that the following have been elected 
 Committees : Lord George Berkley, Sir William Thomson, 
 Sir Theophilus Biddulph, Sir William Vincent, Sir Thomas Blud- 
 worth. Sir John Frederick,^ Sir Richard Ford, Sir John Lewis, 
 Sheriff Love, Colonel James Drax,^ Messrs. Maurice Thomson, 
 William Williams, Samuel Moyer, Thomas Kendall, John Jollife, 
 Stephen White, George Smith, Peter Middleton, Christopher 
 Willoughby, Thomas Pearle, Francis Clarke, Christopher Boone, 
 John Mascall, and Captain William Rider. (|- p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, July ii, 1660 {Ibid., p. 275). 
 
 According to the annual custom, the following officers of the 
 Company are re-elected and sworn : Jeremy Sambrooke as 
 accountant-general at 220L a year, John Herbert as his assistant 
 at 80/. a year, Samuel Sambrooke writer of letters and keeper of 
 the calico warehouse at 150/. a year, Michael Dunkin cashier at 
 150^. a year, Richard Harris as his assistant at 80L a year, James 
 Acton solicitor and attorney at 20/. a year, Richard Seaborne 
 husband and keeper of the Saltpetre Warehouse at 80/. a year, 
 George Papillon keeper of the Blue Warehouse at 80/. a year, 
 Captain John Prowd surveyor of shipping etc. at 50^. a year, 
 Percival Aungier paymaster of the mariners at 30^. a year, John 
 Spiller beadle and porter at 30/. a year, John Stanyan secretary 
 and keeper of the Pepper Warehouse at 140^. a year. The Court, 
 being informed of the designs of several persons who await the 
 arrival of the Company's fleet from India to board the ships and 
 carry away private trade, directs Captain Prowd with Messrs. 
 
 » Alderman Frederick had been knighted on the 26th of the preceding month. The other 
 knights here mentioned had been made by the King on May 16 when they presented to him 
 at the Hague the congratulatory address from the City of London. 
 
 * Drax had been knighted by Cromwell, but had of course dropped the title upon the 
 Restoration. Soon afterwards, however, he was knighted by Charles II ; but the date 
 usually given (June 18. 1660) must be wrong, as in the Court Minutes he is still styled 
 Colonel Drax up to July 18.
 
 24 COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 Spiller and Aungier to go to the Downs with letters for the com- 
 manders of each vessel, board each ship with the assistance of 
 persons of known fidelity, and take care that no one, more especially 
 those who are known to buy private trade, be permitted to approach 
 the said ships and that no goods are delivered out of them. They 
 are to give notice of this and require the assistance of all persons 
 requisite, and inform the Court at their return of all their doings. 
 The bond of arbitration entered into with the owners of the Advice 
 is, at their request, renewed, the name of Colonel Thomas Midleton 
 being substituted for that of Captain Limbrey, and the time limited 
 to the end of the present month, (i p.) 
 
 A Meeting of the Feoffees for the Fourth Joint Stock, 
 July 13, 1660 [Court Book, vol. xxi, p. 325). 
 
 Sir John Wolstenholme is allowed to transfer his adventure of 
 11,357/. ^05. in the Third Joint Stock, and one of 3,350/. 115. in the 
 Fourth Joint Stock, with all profits and proceeds, to James Edwards, 
 Sir John and his son John first to give the Company a general 
 discharge and the son to give his bond for 4,000/. to indemnify 
 the Company. (| p.) 
 
 The Company to Mrs. Bridgman, etc. [at Amsterdam], 
 July 13, 1660 [Letter Book, vol. ii, p. 320). 
 
 Acknowledge the receipt of several letters, also of a bill of lading 
 for fifty chests of sheets sent in the Henry Johnson. Note from 
 their last letter that peace is concluded between the King of 
 Bantam and the Dutch and desire them to make inquiries as to 
 the particulars upon which the difference was composed and 
 advise in their next. {\ p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, July 18, 1660 [Court Book, vol. xxiv, 
 p. 276). 
 
 Lord Craven to be desired to grant the Company a twenty-one 
 years' lease of their present house and the tenement at the back 
 gate, and to secure them against any who in the future shall make 
 any claim to it ; His Lordship to be told that this Stock is willing 
 to make up what they have paid short of 200/. a year for the time 
 they have enjoyed the said house, deducting the rent of the
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 25 
 
 tenement, which was not in their hands. Certain Committees are 
 requested to procure a mandate from the Duke of York to any of 
 the fleet in the Downs to assist those who shall be sent by the 
 Company aboard their returning ships in obstructing the designs 
 of private traders ; also to obtain a commission from the Lords 
 Commissioners of the Treasury to authorize those nominated by the 
 Company to search any vessel or place where they suspect private 
 trade to be, to stop the same, and to command all persons to yield 
 obedience to the said commission. John Gardiner, late a factor 
 at Guinea, to be paid his salary of 30/. a year for the time he served 
 this Stock, and given a gratuity of 10/. (i p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, July 25, 1660 {Ibid., p. 277), 
 The following men are entertained as factors for Guinea : 
 Robert Richards at 30/. a year, John Miners at 25/. a year and 
 John Brewster at 15Z. a year ; to be ready to sail in the Royal 
 James and Henry and each to provide security in 500/. Arthur 
 Vigurs desiring employment and being thought suitable for service 
 at Pulo Run, ' in regard of his Dutch tongue,' the Court promises 
 to remember him. John Claes ^ to be offered goods to the value 
 of 500/. if he will deliver up ' Cape Corse Castle ' to the Company, 
 as it would be of great advantage to them, the ground on which it 
 stands being already theirs. Fifteen soldiers to be entertained to 
 go in the Royal James and Henry to Guinea. John Burston to be 
 paid 13/. ys. for several 'platts'' and Edward Peers, schoolmaster, 
 5/. for a quarter's salary, (f p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees for the United Joint Stock, July 26, 
 1660 {Court Book.^ vol. xxiii, p. 691). 
 
 Understanding that the General Stock makes some scruple 
 about paying for the goods of the United Stock received at Bantam, 
 supposing they have made some payments for the United Stock, 
 the Court orders that, upon payment of 9,200/. by the General 
 Stock on this account, the adventurers in the United Joint Stock 
 shall undertake to make good to the General Stock what shall 
 appear to have been disbursed in India or the South Seas on their 
 account. {\ p.) 
 
 * See the introduction to the preceding volume, p. xxiii.
 
 36 COURT MINUTES, ETC, OF THE 
 
 The Company to Mrs, Bridgman, etc. [at Amsterdam], 
 July 27, 1660 {Letter Book, vol. ii, p. 321). 
 
 Acknowledge receipt of their letters, advising the dispatch of 
 sheets. The bills of exchange payable to Carlo Mary, Steven 
 Ridrigues, and William Davidson, have been honoured and 
 accepted. Expect to receive the terms and conditions of the 
 peace between the King of Bantam and the Dutch in their next. 
 When in correspondence with Jonas Abeels, he, upon their desire, 
 procured an abstract of the estate of the Dutch East India Company, 
 both abroad and at home, and the debts owing to and by them ; 
 they desire that a similar abstract may be obtained and sent to 
 them. (J p.) 
 
 Petition of Sir Richard Ford, Edward Bolle, Edward 
 Mico, John Bankes, and William Prettiman to the King, 
 1660 {Public Record Office : CO. yy, vol. viii, no. 76). 
 
 They repeat the facts set forth in their former petition presented 
 in June 1659,^ ^^^ P^^V that, as they have proved these in the 
 High Court of Admiralty, the King will be pleased to refer the 
 consideration of the matter to the Judge of that court, or to 
 whosoever may be fit to state the case and report what in law 
 and justice ought to be done for their satisfaction and to secure 
 English trade in those parts in the future. Annexed is an order 
 given at the Court at Whitehall, August 2, 1660, referring the matter 
 to the Judge of the Admiralty [Dr. Zouch], and Dr. Mason, Master 
 of Requests, luho are to certify what they think should be done, when 
 His Majesty will declare his further pleasure. Signed, Edward 
 Nicholas, (i p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, August i, 1660 {Court Book, vol. xxiv, 
 p. 278). 
 
 John Billingsley is admitted to the freedom by redemption, 
 paying 5/. Sir Henry Littleton presents an order from the King 
 for a certificate of the interest of Alderman Titchbourne and 
 Alderman Ireton ^ in the Company's stock and for the same to be 
 
 ' See the preceding volume, p. 332. 
 
 * Robert Tichborne was brought to trial as a regicide in October 1660, and spent the rest
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 27 
 
 stopped ; hereupon the accountant is directed to make one out, 
 which he does, showing that Robert Titchbourne adventured in the 
 New General Stock 3,000/., of which 1,500/. is paid in, and 600/. 
 in the United Stock, which has been repaid to him with profits 
 with the exception of about 100/. ; when the ships return, a further 
 account of the said Alderman's proportion shall be sent to His 
 Majesty. John Ireton, not being a member of the Company, has 
 no adventure with them. Mr. Andrew and others, on behalf of 
 the United Stock, request payment for the goods received at 
 Bantam by the Advice ; they are desired to wait until the Company 
 receives further news from that place. John Coltman petitions 
 for 400/. of Colonel Barkstead's ^ subscription, alleging it to be in 
 trust for him, and desires to be credited for the 200/. already paid 
 in ; he is told that the Court can do nothing in this matter, but will 
 inform him when anything occurs concerning the said adventure. 
 {li pp.) 
 
 A General Court of Sales, August i, 1660 {Ibid., p. 279). 
 
 Sale of cotton yarn, coho seed,^ Lahore indigo, benzoin, nut- 
 megs, cardamoms, Sarkhej indigo shirts, Malabar and Jambi 
 pepper, white, mixed and damaged pepper, with prices and names 
 of purchasers. (|- p.) 
 
 Captain Thomas Fleet to the King, August 5, 1660 (Public 
 Record Office : S.P. Dom., vol. x, no. 51). 
 
 Was sent by the late government to St. Helena, to convoy the 
 East India fleet ; has conducted it to the Isle of Wight. Heard, 
 off Land's End, of His Majesty's happy settlement in his kingdom. 
 
 of his life in prison. John Ireton (brother of Henry Ireton) had been Lord Mayor in 1658 
 and had been active (with Tichborne) in securing the support of the City for the cause of 
 Cromwell. At the Restoration he was excepted from the Act of Indemnity and was for 
 a time imprisoned. 
 
 *■ John Barkstead was another of the supporters of the Commonwealth, and had been 
 one of the judges at the trial of Charles I. He escaped to the Continent in 1660, but was 
 arrested, brought to England, and executed. 
 
 ^ Coffee berries. These were sold at 7/. iis. per cwt.
 
 28 COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 Captain Thomas Fleet to the Navy Officers, August 6, 
 1660 [Public Record Office : S.P. Dom. (Admiralty Paper), vol. x, 
 no. 52). 
 
 Has arrived in the Downs with seven East India ships, which 
 have proceeded with a fair gale to London. 
 
 Petition of Thomas Hall and William Bromidge to the 
 King, August 8, 1660 {Public Record Office : S.P. Dom., vol. x, 
 no. 78). 
 
 For leave to seize all goods delivered or brought from any ship 
 without payment of dues . . . many frauds are acted ; seven East 
 India ships and fourteen now come in from the Straits will defraud 
 His Majesty of many thousands in customs, if not prevented. . , 
 
 A Court of Committees, August 8, 1660 {Court Book, vol. xxiv, 
 p. 280). 
 
 Thomas Bostocke is admitted to the freedom by redemption, 
 paying 5/, John Myners, lately entertained for Guinea, refusing 
 that employment, John Merry is engaged in his place at 20/. a year, 
 and his father Thomas Merry and his brother William are accepted 
 as his security. Certain Committees are desired to draw up and 
 present a petition to the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury 
 to obtain for the Company a convenient time for the payment of 
 custom on goods now returned ; also an address to the King 
 beseeching a renewal and enlargement of the Company's powers 
 and privileges, reparation for the damages sustained by the Dutch 
 in the East, and His Majesty's protection for prevention of the 
 same in the future. The Committee of the Treasury are given 
 permission to take up at interest (but not to allow more than 
 five per cent.) what money will be needful to pay for freight and 
 custom of the ships now returned. John, son of Colonel Barkstead, 
 claims the 500/. subscription paid in by the latter, alleging that it 
 was done for the benefit and use of himself, his three brothers, 
 and a sister ; he is told of the King's order touching the said 
 subscription, and that the Court can do nothing in the matter. 
 Upon receipt of another order from the King concerning the adven- 
 tures of Thomas Andrews, Francis Allein, and John Barkstead,
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 39 
 
 Jeremy Sambrooke is directed to certify touching these, as he did 
 lately upon a similar occasion, (i^ pp.) 
 
 The Company to Mrs. Bridgman, etc. [at Amsterdam], 
 August id, 1660 [Letter Book, vol. ii, p. 321). 
 
 Acknowledge the receipt of bills of lading, etc., for sheets ; also 
 the particulars of what goods the Dutch Company intend to sell, 
 and lists of the cargoes of their two last returned ships. Com- 
 mission them to buy 10,000 more sheets. Have accepted three 
 bills of exchange for the sum of 600/. Four of their ships have 
 arrived from Surat, two from the Coast, and one from Bantam ; 
 they expect another from the latter place and one from the Coast. 
 Enclose a list of the cargoes of the said seven ships, and one of 
 the Dragon expected from Bantam, [h p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, August 15, 1660 [Court Book, vol. xxiv, 
 p. 281). 
 
 Gregory Barbar is admitted to the freedom by redemption, 
 paying 5/. The owners of the Coast Frigate to be paid 1,500/. 
 on account of freight and allowed to have all their unprohibited 
 goods delivered to them, on William Vincent undertaking that none 
 shall be disposed of before the Company's. John Jollife is also 
 allowed to receive a certain parcel of coho seed and twenty- 
 three pieces of cuttanee.^ The Committee for Charterparties to 
 meet with the owners of the Anne and report concerning their 
 proposals. The Court accepts a bill of exchange from Fort St. 
 George for 4,856/. 155. 6d., payable at two months sight to Edward 
 Winter, on his brother Thomas undertaking that all the goods 
 now returned for his said brother shall remain in the Company's 
 custody until any difference that may arise shall be settled. Charles 
 Moriscoe and John Dickons accepted as security for cotton yarn, 
 and John Swift and Benjamin Glanvile for pepper, (i p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, August 22, 1660 [Ibid., p. 282). 
 
 Jeffrey Potticary is entertained as a factor for Guinea at 25/. 
 a year ; John and William Jollife are accepted as his securities. 
 The Committee of the Treasury are desired to see to the payment 
 • These were piece-goods, of silk or of silk mixed with cotton.
 
 30 COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 of the customs with as much advantage to the Company as possible, 
 and also to the payment of wages due to the mariners of the 
 London and Discovery. Mr. Povey requests that Henry Garry at 
 Surat may be given some certain employment and salary ; he is 
 told that this has already been done, but that Garry shall not fare 
 any the worse for his recommendation. [ ] Baker is ad- 
 
 mitted to the freedom by redemption, paying 5/. Many incon- 
 veniencies arising from vessels being restricted by their charter- 
 parties to certain ports, by which the Company in any case of 
 necessity is powerless to alter their course, the Court directs that 
 for the future all charterparties shall be drawn up in such general 
 terms as to admit of ships being employed how and to what places 
 the Company shall wish (the west coast of Sumatra excepted), 
 so long as they are dispeeded for England some time in January, 
 or, continue a year in the country upon demurrage at the Company's 
 pleasure. James Congett's salary and account to be settled, (i p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, August 24, 1660 {Court Book, vol. xxiv, 
 p. 284). 
 
 Coin or bullion to the value of 5,000/. to be sent in the Royal 
 James and Henry. At the request of John Lethulier, the Court 
 orders that if Jean Velters, chief of the Dutch factory at Pippli 
 in Bengal, shall pay any money into the Company's cash at Hugli, 
 bills of exchange shall be given for payment of the same here at 
 2s. 3d. sterling for every rupee to Messieurs Lampsins, so the 
 amount does not exceed 10,000 rupees. (| p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, August 29, 1660 {Ibid., p. 285). 
 
 Two petitions to the King, prepared according to direction, are 
 read, approved and ordered to be presented, and the committees 
 who drew them up are directed to meet in the afternoon to draw 
 up heads of privileges suitable for the Company to request, to be 
 annexed to the petition. A letter from the Privy Council (by 
 direction of the King) to the Lord Mayor ^ is read ; in this the 
 Company, as well as others, are appointed to nominate four 
 persons, two of whom His Majesty will appoint on a committee 
 
 ^ .See British CommiUees, &c., of Trade, 1622-75, by C. M. Andrews, p. 65 ; also Cunning- 
 ham's Growth of English Industry and Commerce, vol. ii, pt. i, p. 199.
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 31 
 
 to establish and promote trade ; hereupon the Court gives per- 
 mission for each adventurer to bring in four names on a ticket 
 next Friday morning and orders a general court to be held in the 
 afternoon of that day, when the four chosen shall be declared. 
 Messrs. Pearle and Willoughby are requested to receive the votes. 
 A motion is made concerning a present to the Duke of York, who 
 has shown himself very ready to help the Company ; the Court 
 resolves to recommend this matter to the generality as being of 
 great importance, especially as their intention to make such 
 a present ' is knowne abroad and that there is an expectation 
 of it '. The owners of the Merchants' Delight to be paid 2,oooZ. 
 on account of freight. Goods belonging to the owners of the 
 Constantinople Merchant to be delivered, on condition that none 
 are sold before the Company's. (i| pp.) 
 
 A General Court of Adventurers in the United Joint 
 Stock, August 29, 1660 [Court Book, vol. xxiii, p. 692). 
 
 The Governor announces that since the last election many 
 Committees have died and it is difficult to get together seven, the 
 number formerly appointed to form a quorum ; therefore he wishes 
 to ascertain whether new Committees shall be appointed or the 
 quorum lessened. Hereupon it is resolved that the present Com- 
 mittees shall perform the business necessary for concluding this 
 Stock, and five of them shall make a quorum. (| p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees for the United Joint Stock, 
 August 30, 1660 (Ibid., p. 692). 
 
 The Court consents to the business between the Company and 
 Frederick Skinner being referred to arbitration. Skinner and his 
 brother Daniel to seal a bond of 20,000/. penalty to stand to the 
 award or deliver up the person of the former ; John Mascall and 
 John Bence to act for Skinner, and Sir Richard Foard and Thomas 
 Murthwayte for the Company, the award to be settled by the 
 31st October next. (| p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, August 31, 1660 [Court Book, vol. xxiv, 
 p. 286). 
 
 The Commissioners of the Customs to be paid 1,000/. on account.
 
 32 COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 Thomas Hopkinson, who has taught for a long time in a school 
 at Poplar, petitions for the post vacated by Mr. Peers ; this is 
 given to him on condition that he takes the oaths of supremacy 
 and allegiance and agrees to the customary terms, which are 
 a salary of 20L a year, with a dwelling house, for which he is to 
 teach twenty-five poor scholars gratis. Up-) 
 
 A General Court of Adventurers, August 31, 1660 {Court 
 Book, vol. xxiv, p. 287). 
 
 The Governor announces that the four men chosen in accordance 
 with the directions of the King in the letter from the Privy Council 
 to the Lord Mayor are Sir William Thomson, William Williams, 
 Thomas Kendall, and Christopher Willoughby ; he also states 
 that two petitions have been prepared for presentation to His 
 Majesty, the one for ' renovatinge and enlarginge the Companies 
 immunities ', the other for reparation for the damages sustained 
 by the Dutch. These are read, approved, and ordered to be 
 presented, and it is stated that the present to His Majesty ' found 
 so kind an acceptance that they doubt not but to find His Majestys 
 favour in so just things as they are ' ; but in order to use ail 
 effectual means to procure the Company's desires, it is thought 
 advisable to procure the friendship of the Duke of York, for ' soe 
 good an advocate for them in what they might have occasion 
 may redound much to their advantage '. Two sums, 1,000 marks 
 and 1,000/,, are considered, and it is resolved to present the Duke 
 with 1,000/. ; but in what manner is left to the discretion of the 
 Committees, (f p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, September 5, 1660 {Ibid., p. 288). 
 
 The owners of the Society to be paid 2,000/. on account of freight. 
 The Court demurs to granting the request of Captain Connis for 
 some money on account of freight, until satisfaction has been 
 received for a very great breach of charterparty committed by him 
 in his late voyage, and directs certain Committees to examine 
 and report on this matter ; at the same time it is ordered that 
 1,000/. be paid to the owners of the Marigold, on Connis promising 
 to deliver in a true list of all goods taken into or delivered out of his 
 ship. Goods brought home in the Merchants' Delight to be delivered
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 33 
 
 to the owners, on condition that none are sold before the Company's. 
 The owners of the Constantinople Merchant to be paid 1,500/. on 
 account of freight, and given leave to export the goods they 
 engaged not to dispose of before the Company's sale, provided 
 they are not contrary to charterparty. On a motion to send 
 a pinnace or two to Guinea, certain Committees are desired to 
 consult with Messrs. Wood and Congett and report their opinions. 
 [il pp.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, September 7, 1660 [Ibid., p. 289). 
 
 The copy of an order of the Commissioners of Customs about 
 weighing goods entered at sight is read and, being prejudicial to 
 the Company's interest, one or two Committees are requested to 
 confer with the Commissioners and exempt the Company from it. 
 Cloth to be shipped in the Royal James and Henry for Guinea ; 
 and taffetas brought home in the Merchants' Delight to be delivered 
 to Sir John Banks. Goods brought home as private trade and not 
 contrary to charterparty to be delivered, except those returned in 
 the Marigold, which are to remain in the Company's custody, (f p.) 
 
 The Company to Mrs. Bridgman, etc., [at Amsterdam], 
 September 7, 1660 {Letter Book, vol. ii, p. 322). 
 
 Acknowledge receipt of letters and of the estimate of the estate 
 of the Dutch East India Company ; in this they think there is 
 some mistake, so desire to be furnished with an abstract of the 
 balance of the said estate, if it is to be obtained from the Dutch 
 accountant. They have received particulars of the sales at 
 Amsterdam, also a bill of lading of thirty chests of sheets on 
 board the Nathan. On the 29th ult. they received letters from 
 their Agent at Guinea, complaining greatly of the condition of 
 the sheets sent, which are not only small but patched and drawn, 
 so that they sell very slowly. Having already complained of this, 
 they hope the sheets lately sent are better, for, if they are not, 
 ' it will rcdownd to our prejudice and your dusparagement.' {\p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, September 12, 1660 [Court Book, 
 vol. xxiv, p. 290). 
 
 The draft of the heads of a charter to be annexed to a petition 
 
 2482 D
 
 34 COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 is read, the substance approved, and order given for the same 
 to be drawn up ready for presentation ; the petition is then read, 
 some additions made to it and the whole ordered to be engrossed. 
 Coloured ginghams to be in future termed calicoes in all charter- 
 parties and treated as prohibited goods. Numerous small parcels 
 of calicoes sent as presents to be delivered, if not containing more 
 than twenty pieces. A general court of sale of all goods is ordered 
 to be held this day month at 8 o'clock in the morning and a list 
 of the said goods to be printed at once. William Barker, admin- 
 istrator to his brother Robert, who died in the Sural Frigate^ to be 
 paid what is due to the latter, (i p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, September 19, 1660 [Court Book, 
 vol. xxiv, p. 291). 
 
 The heads of a charter to be annexed to a petition are perfected, 
 some small additions made to the petition, and both ordered to be 
 engrossed ready for presentation when Lord Berkley shall appoint 
 a time. Letters for Guinea and the Coast and Bay, by the Royal 
 James and Henry, are read and signed. ( j p.) \ 
 
 A Court of Committees, September 19, 1660 [Ibid., p. 292). 
 
 The Court resolves to send a ship of about 300 tons burden to 
 Surat in the spring, and entreats certain Committees to consider 
 what stock will be suitable to send thither and what goods shall 
 be returned, and to give directions accordingly for letters to be 
 prepared to send overland to that place ; also to settle the account 
 of John Symonds, a soldier lately returned from Guinea. Other 
 Committees are requested to examine damaged goods, make up 
 the accounts of several ships' freights, and consult with the King's 
 Customhouse waiters concerning the demand of 5^ per ship for 
 bill money. When cleared, the London is to go into Mr. Johnson's 
 dock and the Discovery into ' Mr, Graves docke ' ^ for new sheathing, 
 and each vessel is to be fitted with all convenient speed. The 
 Coast Frigate is offered for employment. A bag of each sort of 
 saltpetre to be delivered to the powdermakers for them to experi- 
 
 ^ At the top of Limehouse Reach, near the entrance to Limehouse Dock. The other 
 dockyard was the one at Blackwall formerly belonging to the Company, and sold by them 
 to Henry Johnson in 1655.
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 35 
 
 ment with, they to pay for the same according as the remainder 
 shall be sold. (i| pp.) 
 
 Petition of Thomas Violet ^ to the King, September 20, 
 1660 {Public Record Office : S.P. Dom. : vol. xvi, no. 36). 
 
 For reference to the officers of the Mint to testify to his skill and 
 ability to serve as registrar and searcher of gold and silver to be 
 exported by the East India Company or others, with a moiety of 
 the forfeitures, and the allowance of 2d. on every pound troy of 
 silver coined in the Mint. . . . 
 
 A Court of Committees, September 21, 1660 [Court Book, 
 vol. xxiv, p. 293). 
 
 The draft of a letter to Surat is read, approved, and ordered to 
 be engrossed. All their goods, with the exception of some few 
 prohibited, to be delivered to the owners of the Merchants' Delight, 
 and white pepper, long pepper, and cassia fistula to Thomas 
 Spriggs and John Statton, two sailors in the Discovery. (J p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, September 24, 1660 [Ibid., p. 294). 
 
 This being the day appointed to consider concerning the planting 
 and fortifying of Pulo Run, the Court resolves to buy a pinnace 
 of 60 or 80 tons to carry free planters to St. Helena (if any are 
 willing to go), to take the Governor of that island to Pulo Run, 
 and there remain for the use of the said island. Certain Com- 
 mittees are desired to purchase such a vessel, to be ready to sail 
 by the 20th December next. It is also resolved that the Discovery 
 shall sail for the Coast and take thence such men as have been sent 
 there to go to Pulo Run, and that the London shall carry passengers 
 direct from England to that island. The standing Committee for 
 Plantations is requested to meet from time to time to consider 
 what preparations and provisions will be necessary for this work 
 and provide the same in good time. (| p.) 
 
 The Company to John Launce [at Marseilles], September 24, 
 1660 {Letter Book, vol. ii, p. 336). 
 
 Send a packet for transmission to Aleppo. {I p.) 
 
 * Cf. the 1650-4 volume, p. 135. 
 D 2
 
 36 COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 The Company to Consul Delanoy [at Aleppo], September 24, 
 1660 {Letter Book, vol. ii, p. 336). 
 
 Thank him for forwarding their packet to Basra and their letters 
 from Gombroon, and desire him to dispatch the enclosed packet 
 by an express as speedily as possible. {\ p.) 
 
 The Company to Thomas Dethick, etc. [at Leghorn], 
 September 24, 1660 [Ibid., p. 336). 
 
 Desire him to send the enclosed packet as directed by the first 
 opportunity. (^ p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, September 26, 1660 (Court Book, 
 vol. xxiv, p. 295). 
 
 The King's waiters at the Customhouse to be allowed 30I. for 
 attending on the several ships now returned. Coloured ginghams 
 to be delivered to the owners of the Merchants' Delight. A dispute 
 arises whether to buy or build a vessel to send to Pulo Run, and 
 the matter is referred to the Committees who were desired to 
 purchase a ship for that island. Sir Thomas Bludworth offers the 
 ship African to go to Guinea. Payment of 3,210^. to Sir Thomas 
 Vynar, etc., for plate presented to the King, (f p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees for the United Joint Stock, 
 September 27, 1660 {Court Book, vol. xxiii, p. 693). 
 
 Laurence Saucer allowed an abatement on the price of some 
 calicoes mislaid in the warehouse. The question arising whether 
 goods imported before March 25, 1658, may be delivered 
 without notification to the Excise Office, it is decided that this 
 need not be done, by the terms of the Act of Parliament lately 
 published.-^ The Court, perceiving that Skinner does not intend 
 to make ' a faire end ' with the Company, orders his arrest and 
 an action of trespass upon the case in 10,000/. damages to be 
 entered against him, and another for debt upon his bond of 
 500/. (i p.) 
 
 * See Act 12 Charles II. c. ii, s. ^S-
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 37 
 
 The Company to Mrs. Bridgman, etc. [at Amsterdam], 
 September 28, 1660 [Letter Book, vol. ii, p. 341)- 
 
 Acknowledge receipt of their letters and bills of lading for sheets 
 sent in the Derick Mackerel, also of four bills of exchange amounting 
 in all to 600/. and made payable respectively to Robert Mitchell, 
 John Harris, Jacob Gostlin, and Peter Zupert ; these will be paid 
 when due. Desire them to deliver to the Bewinthebbers of the 
 East India Company the enclosed letter, in which they ask for 
 their order to the Dutch General at Batavia etc., for the delivery 
 of Pulo Run. (1 p.) 
 
 The Company to the Honourable the Bewinthebbers at 
 Amsterdam, September 28, 1660 [Ibid., p. 342). 
 
 ' It having now pleased the Almighty to returne our Kings 
 Majestic to the government of his kingdomes,' the Company have 
 resolved to take possession of and plant Pulo Run, and are fitting 
 out ships to send there ; therefore they desire an effectual order 
 from the Bewinthebbers to their General at Batavia and the 
 Governor of the Banda Islands and to all others, that the English 
 who are sent for this purpose may without molestation or delay 
 be permitted to possess and enjoy the said island, according to the 
 true intent and purport of the agreement. They doubt not of 
 their ready compliance, and request theni to send not only the 
 original order but true copies of it, for the English Company's 
 perusal and satisfaction. They earnestly desire that a good and 
 amiable correspondency may be held between their people and the 
 Dutch in those parts, and hope this desire is reciprocated, ' that 
 wee may agree together as becommcth Christians.' (| p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, October i, 1660 [Court Book, vol. xxiv, 
 p. 296). 
 
 The Court on information that there is a pinnace of 60 tons fit 
 to send to Guinea to be had for 436^., desires those appointed for 
 this business to buy her and see that she is fitted up at once. Ten 
 tons of elephants' teeth to be bought at the best possible terms. 
 Certain Committees are desired to present the Duke of York this 
 afternoon with the Company's gift and to inform Lord Berkley
 
 38 COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 and request his attendance. All the Committees to be summoned 
 to wait on His Majesty to-morrow morning with the Company's 
 three petitions. Cask[s] bought for damaged ginger by Captain 
 Ryder to be examined, (i p.) 
 
 Petition of the East India Company to the King [October] 
 1660 [Public Record Office : CO. 77, vol. viii, no. 78). 
 
 His Majesty having frequently declared his royal inclination to 
 give all just encouragement to trade and navigation and to lend 
 his sovereign authority for their advancement, like his royal 
 progenitors who incorporated the petitioners' predecessors by their 
 royal charters, the petitioners are encouraged to pray that His 
 Majesty will grant them his warrant to confirm their former charters 
 (given by Queen Elizabeth and King James) with such alterations 
 and additions of power and privileges as are offered in the paper 
 annexed, which the petitioners hope His Majesty and His Council 
 will find necessary and convenient for the enlargement of their 
 trade, and consistent with the honour of the Crown and princely 
 equity, [l p.) 
 
 Annexed is an order given at the Court at Whitehall, October 3, 
 1660, in which the King, ' being graciously inclined to gratify the 
 petitioners request,' refers the examination of the alterations and 
 privileges desired by them in the new charter to the consideration of 
 the Attorney or Solicitor General,^ upon whose report His Majesty 
 will signify his further pleasure in the matter. {\ p.) 
 
 Particulars of additional Powers and Privileges desired 
 BY the Company [October] 1660 [Ibid., no. 80). 
 
 That the choice of the next Governor, Deputy Governor, and 
 twenty-four Committees may be made between the tenth and last 
 day of April next, and so yearly at that time. That the limits 
 of the Company's trade, formerly confined ' to all parts from beyond 
 the Cape Bone Sperance [i.e. Cape of Good Hope] to the Straights 
 of Magellan ', may be extended ' from Cape de Tres Puntas to 
 Accara''' on the coast of Affrica '. That all fines and penalties 
 
 * Sir Geoffrey Palmer and Sir Heneage Finch. 
 
 * i. e. the Gold Coast, from Cape Three Points to Accra.
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 39 
 
 imposed, for breach of any bye-law made or to be made for the 
 better management of their affairs, upon members or servants of 
 the Company may be levied and executed by such of their officers 
 or servants as they shall appoint. That all votes at elections, etc., 
 be regulated by the amount of stock held by the voter, i. e. one vote 
 for every 500^. subscribed or paid, those who have subscribed less 
 than this sum to be allowed to join together and so obtain a vote. 
 That all plantations, forts, fortifications, factories, or colonies be 
 immediately under the power and command of the Company, 
 who are to appoint Governors or other officers to govern them, 
 with power to judge all persons in all cases, whether civil or 
 criminal, according to martial law if the offender holds a military 
 employment, or otherwise according to the statute and common 
 laws of this kingdom, and to execute judgement accordingly ; if the 
 offence shall be committed in any factory where judgement cannot 
 be given, that then the chief factor and his council may transmit 
 such offender to some other place where justice may be done, or 
 into England, as shall be found most convenient. That no com- 
 missioner or other officer of the customs shall pass any warrant 
 or certificate of any goods to or from any of the parts included 
 within the limits of this charter without sufficient certificate under 
 the Company's seal, and that no goods grown, produced, or manu- 
 factured in any part beyond Cape Bone Sperance be imported 
 from any other place upon penalty of confiscation ; the Lord 
 Treasurer to be directed to order all officers of the customs to 
 observe this. That whereas the Company have liberty by their 
 former charter to export only 30,000/. a year in foreign coin and 
 bullion, they may now be allowed to transport 50,000/. a year. 
 That the Company may have liberty at any time to send to any 
 places of their trade such ships of war, men, and ammunition as 
 their occasions shall require, and also to commission officers, and 
 to make peace or war with any Prince or people, not Christians, 
 in any place of their trade, as may be most advantageous to them, 
 and may be allowed to right themselves upon the said people or 
 their goods for any injury, loss or damage sustained through them, 
 or upon any others who shall interrupt, injure, or wrong them in 
 their trade within the limits of their charter. That they may 
 erect castles, fortifications, forts, garrisons, colonies, or plantations
 
 40 COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 at St. Helena and elsewhere within the limits of their charter, as 
 they shall deem requisite, and have liberty for that purpose to 
 send out all kinds of clothing, victuals, ammunition, and imple- 
 ments necessary, free of custom, and such men as they shall see 
 fit, with full power to govern them and to inflict punishment or 
 impose fines for breach of orders. That they may have full power 
 to seize all English, or others His Majesty's subjects, sailing in any 
 Indian vessel, or living in those parts, without their licence, or 
 any who shall continue to disobey their orders, and send them to 
 England. That all persons in India or any other place of the 
 Company's trade, subjects to His Majesty, shall be liable upon all 
 occasions to the justice of the English President and Council, or 
 the respective Agents, Governors, and their Councils, and that if 
 any shall appeal from their justice they may be seized and sent 
 prisoners to England. That the President or Chief Agent or 
 Governor may administer an oath upon all lawful occasions to 
 all factors, masters, pursers, supercargoes, and commanders of 
 castles, forts, plantations, or colonies. Signed Andrew Riccard, 
 Governor, (i^ pp.) 
 
 Petition of the Company to the King [October] 1660 
 {Public Record Office : CO. 77, vol. viii, no. 81).^ 
 
 The petitioners and their predecessors have with great industry 
 and expense endeavoured to establish the East Indian trade, which 
 was looked upon by His Majesty's royal predecessors as very 
 conducive to the honour and w^ealth of this kingdom and so 
 encouraged by their royal charters. But the Dutch, making use 
 of the advantage of force without regard to the rules of amity and 
 common right, have for many years invaded the English factories 
 and ousted the servants of the petitioners by violence and murder, 
 as at Amboyna and other places, impeding their commerce in all 
 parts of the Indies, taking their ships and goods on unlawful and 
 dishonest pretences to such an extent that unless a remedy is found 
 they will extirpate the trade and exhaust the stock of the peti- 
 tioners, as is shown by positive evidence and indubitable testimony 
 made and to be made in the High Court of Admiralty. The peti- 
 tioners therefore pray that the Judge of the Admiralty, and whoever 
 
 * There is a copy in vol. vi, f. 99 of the Dutch Records at the India Office.
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 41 
 
 else is thought fit by the King, may legally examine and speedily 
 consider the proofs of those particulars and report their opinions 
 of the merits of the petitioners' case according to the law of nations, 
 and that His Majesty will then interpose his royal authority with 
 the States of the United Provinces so that the Dutch Company 
 may not only make full and equal reparation for the loss and 
 damage done, but give good and sufificicnt security for the per- 
 formance of such terms and agreements as by the King's authority 
 shall be made with them for the future management of the said 
 trade on amicable conditions. Signed Andrew Riccard, Governor.^ 
 {%p.) Annexed is an order made at the Court at Whitehall, October 16, 
 1660, in which the King appoints the Judge of the Admiralty and 
 Drs. Mason and Exton, or any two of them (the Judge to he one), 
 to examine the particulars of the petitioners' grievances with regard 
 to the injuries received from the Dutch in the East Indies, with the 
 proofs and allegations, and upon receipt of their report His Majesty 
 will signify his further pleasure. Signed Edward Nicholas. {\p.) 
 
 Petition of the East India Company to the King [October], 
 1660 {Public Record Office : S.P. Dom. : vol. xviii, no. 44). 
 
 For a warrant to the Customs Commissioners to permit them to 
 export 6o,oooZ. in coin and bullion, for which they have a previous 
 royal grant, but the Customs Commissioners require a special 
 order. With reference thereon to the Lord Treasurer, October 8, and 
 his report," November 26, that the Companys former licences for 
 export of coin have varied from 30,000/. to 100,000/. but that a licence 
 for 60,000/., on condition of their importing as much, would be 
 expedient. 
 
 The King to Sir Andrew Riccard, Governor of the East 
 India Company, October 2, 1660 [Public Record Office : CO. yj, 
 vol. viii, no. 77). 
 
 Desiring that Colonel Daniel Onca],^ who has contracted to supply 
 the royal magazines yearly with gunpowder and reports that the 
 
 ' Endorsed by Dr. Exton as received by him on December 12 16O0. 
 
 ^ See Entry Book, vi, pp. 41-2. 
 
 ' Daniel O'Neill, the celebrated Irish soldier, whose services to the Royalist cause were 
 lavishly rewarded at the Restoration. In March 1663 he became Postmaster-General, in 
 which capacity he came into conflict with llie Company, as will be seen later.
 
 42 COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 saltpetre used is mostly obtained from the East India Company, 
 may be supplied with 250 tons at the current rate. (| p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, October 3, 1660 [Court Book, vol. xxiv, 
 p. 297). 
 
 Calicoes, drugs, etc., to be priced in readiness for the sale. 
 Captain Bowen is desired to see that the Londo7i is quickly fitted. 
 The account of freight of the London and Discovery to be made 
 up, the private trade brought home in them to be examined, and 
 each mariner to be allowed a cwt. of non-prohibited goods free 
 of freight, but to pay for all brought home over and above that 
 quantity. Captain Thomas Fleet, commander of the convoy to 
 St. Helena, is given a gratuity of twenty marks. Certain Com- 
 mittees are entreated to undertake the fitting out of the London 
 and Discovery. On receipt of a letter from the King on behalf of 
 Colonel Oneale, who has contracted to buy powder for His Majesty's 
 service, the Court, being satisfied with regard to the manner of 
 payment, readily accedes to His Majesty's desire for the said 
 Colonel to have 250 tons of the Company's saltpetre on the same 
 terms as the rest shall be sold at, and orders a contract to be 
 underwritten for the same before the day of sale, (i p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, October 8, 1660 {Ibid., p. 298). 
 
 The Court, having obtained a reference upon their petition to 
 the King about their trade, and being informed that certain persons 
 claim some concernment in the Guinea trade, from whom the Com- 
 pany may expect some opposition, entreats certain Committees 
 to confer with Sir Nicholas Crispe, or others interested in the 
 Guinea charter, and report how that business can best be accom- 
 modated. Other Committees are requested to frame a charter 
 in such a way, according to the reference on the petition, as will 
 be most beneficial to the Company. It is left to the Governor and 
 the Committee of the Treasury to gratify those who have rendered 
 assistance to the Company in their suits to the King. A vessel of 
 about 200 tons to be procured to go to St. Helena and Bantam. 
 Mr. Thurscrosse consents to some of his calicoes being sold by the 
 candle with the Company's, but three bales of a kind the Company 
 has not are to be delivered to him. (| p.)
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 43 
 
 A General Court of Sales, October id, 1660 {Ibid., p. 299). 
 
 Sale of Malabar, Jambi, and Quilon pepper, damaged pepper, 
 sugar, cloves, cinnamon, Lahore and Sarkhej indigo, ginger, 
 ' tincall ' [i, e. borax], cardamoms, stick-lac, seed-lac, shell-lac, 
 turmeric, spikenard, coho seed, aloes, saltpetre, cowries, redwood, 
 goats' wool, cotton yarn, indigo shirts, broad and narrow baftas, 
 deribauds, duttees, sovaguzzees, mercolees, dungarees, quilts, 
 eckbarees, percullaes, durguzzees, salampores, brown longcloth, 
 white ginghams, bettelees, morees, and taffetas, with prices and 
 names of purchasers. (7I pp.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, October 15, 1660 {Ibid., p. 307). 
 
 An agreement for the ship African is read and approved. The 
 Court, thinking Captain John Hunter, on account of his great 
 experience and long service in the East, a fit person to govern and 
 manage their affairs in the South Seas, puts it to him, with per- 
 mission to make his own terms ; he declares his willingness to 
 accept the position at a salary of 300^. a year (a proportion to 
 be paid to his wife in England), to stay five years in the East, 
 abstain from all trade, and devote himself wholly and solely to 
 the Company's business, ' without reservation of any by-ends to 
 himselfe.' These demands are considered ' very high ' and more 
 than are usually allowed to an Agent ; yet because of his ' hearti- 
 nesse to the Company ', and as more than ordinary service is 
 expected from him, they are consented to, and it is decided that 
 his salary shall begin and end at Bantam, that he shall be com- 
 missioned as Agent and Commander in Chief of all the Company's 
 affairs in the South Seas,have the pre-eminence in all their ships 
 and command all but ' the navigable part ', go to Pulo Run and 
 see it settled, then return to Bantam and act in accordance with 
 the directions sent to him from time to time. These ' high termes ' 
 to be no precedent for others to cite in the future. Cloths to be 
 provided for India for next year. John Gold, Thomas Stones, 
 Henry Hunter, Senior and Junior, accepted as securities for 
 pepper. {1 p.)
 
 44 COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 A Court of Committees, October 17, 1660 [Court Book, vol. 
 xxiv, p. 308). 
 
 The following securities are accepted for various goods : Daniel 
 Andrews, Matthew Holworthy, John Stacy, Edward Wood, 
 Robert Davies, Thomas Parris, Benjamin Delawne, Hugh Smithson, 
 William Skynner, Edward Watts, and James Stainer. Captain 
 John Hunter's request to be given 100/, of his salary at his departure 
 is referred to the Committee for Plantations, who are to satisfy 
 him in some other way. Samuel Sambrooke to be instructed how 
 to prepare a letter to be sent to the Bewinthebbers of the Dutch 
 East India Company. (i| pp.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, October 17, 1660 {Ibid., p. 309). 
 
 Many disorders and inconveniencies having lately occurred 
 abroad prejudicial to the Company's business, and the charges 
 there exceeding the Company's allowance, it is resolved that the 
 management of affairs in the northern part of India shall be 
 placed under one agency, at a place most secure and convenient 
 for trade : that the factories of Surat, Karwar, ' Cale Vella ',^ 
 and Rajapur shall be kept up, as also the factory at ' Scinda ' 
 [i. e. Tatta], so long as the Persia customs are paid ; but the fac- 
 tories of Agra, Ahmadabad, Mokha, and Basra shall be ' wholly 
 deserted ' and the houses and remains disposed of to the best 
 advantage. In the case of Gombroon, no directions are to be 
 given until an account is received of the proceedings there after 
 receipt of the orders lately sent. (| p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, October 19, 1660 {Ibid., p. 310). 
 
 Calicoes sent home as presents by Edward Winter to be delivered. 
 Captain Gosnall is granted remission of fines on private trade 
 brought home by him in the Discovery. James Congett to be paid 
 his salary and a gratuity of 100 marks. Captain Hunter is given 
 a gratuity of twenty marks for his expenses in coming up about 
 the Company's business. A master to be found for the Guinea 
 pinnace. (| p.) 
 
 ' Kayal, on the coast of Tinnevelly, about nine miles SSW. of Tuticorin. Though now 
 two miles from the sea, it was in ancient times a famous port. An English factory had 
 recently been established there from Surat.
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 45 
 
 A Court of Committees, October 24, 1660 [Ibid., p. 311). 
 
 The following securities are accepted : Edmund White, George 
 Gosfright, Francis Samson, Samuel Hedge, Edmund Sherman, 
 Judoco Mawes, William Rushworth, William Wight, Jacob 
 Strange, Maximilian Beard, and Thomas and John Garway. (!/>.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, October 26, 1660 {Ibid., p. 312). 
 
 The following securities are accepted : John Gold, Charles 
 Thurrold, John Lethulier, William Hooker, Samuel Moyer, John 
 Langley, John Jollife, and Benjamin Albein. Letters intended 
 for Surat are read and perfected. (| p.) 
 
 The Company to Consul Delanoy [at Aleppo], October 29, 
 1660 [Letter Book, vol. ii, p. 345). 
 
 Have received his of the 27th May, with the three letters enclosed. 
 Desire him to forward those now sent to the President and Council 
 at Surat. (J p.) 
 
 The Company to Thomas Dethick, etc. [at Leghorn], 
 October 29, 1660 [Ibid., p. 345). 
 
 Forward a packet for transmission to the Consul at Aleppo. 
 
 {\P-) 
 
 The Company to John Launce [at Marseilles], October 29, 
 1660 [Ibid., p. 345). 
 
 To the same effect. {\ p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, October 31, 1660 {Court Book, vol. 
 xxiv, p. 313). 
 
 The new ship built by Captain Millett is tendered ; consideration 
 deferred. The owners of the Merchants' Delight to be paid 2,400/. 
 on account of freight and demurrage. The landwaiters given 10/. 
 for attending at the unlading of the seven ships, and other officers 
 of the Customhouse 40s. for services rendered. Richard Bate, 
 Thomas Hatton, and John Bateman accepted as securities for 
 cotton yarn. Richard Maxwell is given 61. for four months' service 
 as a factor at Guinea. Order is given for a list of this Stock's
 
 46 COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 debts to be presented at the first court in every month. Quarles 
 Browne is given permission to read or copy such papers as may be 
 of use to him in his business with one Greenway deceased, or in 
 case of necessity to be allowed to have any originals, on condition 
 that care is taken to restore them, (i p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, October 31, 1660 {Court Book, 
 vol. xxiv, p. 314). 
 
 Cassia lignum, cinnamon de matt, trambone cinnamon,^ lac of 
 all kinds, aloes succatrina, Bengal taffetas, cowries and coloured 
 ginghams to be in future inserted in all charterparties as prohibited 
 goods, with the fines due on each. Sir Thomas Bludworth to be 
 paid 500/. on account of lead. Certain Committees are entreated 
 to prepare a petition to the King for a commission to the Company 
 to depute fit persons to take possession of and plant Pulo Run. 
 
 A Court of Committees, November 2, 1660 [Ibid., p. 315). 
 
 The new ship built by Captain Millett is entertained for the 
 South Seas, to be ready by the ist February next and to return 
 to England by January 20, 1662 ; the Coast Frigate is also 
 entertained. A gratuity of 50Z., in accordance with a former 
 promise, is given to the owners of the Advice. {\ p.) 
 
 The Company to the Dutch East India Company at Amster- 
 dam, November 2, 1660 [Letter Book, vol. ii, p. 346). 
 
 Acknowledge the receipt of their letter of ' the i8th passado 
 novo ', with the originals and copies of their orders to their Governor- 
 General and Council at Batavia and to the Governor of the Islands 
 of Banda, commanding them to permit the English Company's 
 deputies to take free and full possession of Pulo Run. Note, 
 however, that this is directed conditionally that the said ' assignes ' 
 deliver to the Governor of Banda ' a due act of commission both 
 from ourselves and from our Kings Majestie ' ; and in their letter 
 
 * All these are terms for the wild varieties of cinnamon obtained on the Malabar Coast, 
 ■which the Portuguese called Irampdo (false) or de viatos (from the jungles). In O.C. 2936 
 cassia lignum is explained as being the same as ' cannella de matta, as they [the Portuguese] 
 call it, that growes at Cucheene '.
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 47 
 
 the Bewinthebbers urge it to be reasonable that such a royal 
 commission should be had, because the Dutch left the said island 
 by special order of the States General. Fail to apprehend the 
 meaning of this, ' it being a thing, as wee conceive, beside any 
 example ' ; neither do they understand why, because the Dutch 
 relinquished the island by order of the States General, the English 
 must have their King's commission, to communicate to the Dutch 
 Company, for possession of what they grant and ought not to 
 detain. But to show that they do not wish to omit anything that 
 may tend to an amiable and good correspondence, they promise 
 that, if the Bewinthebbers send their order to their Governor 
 without any such condition, and also an ' originall act ' of the 
 States General enforcing the same, then the English will procure 
 a sufficient warrant from the King to authorize their deputies to 
 plant the island for their use, and an original of the said com- 
 mission shall be sent to the Bewinthebbers for them to communicate 
 to their Governors. They hope that the Bewinthebbers intend 
 a real performance of what has been agreed upon, and pray them 
 to hasten their dispatches concerning this affair, that these may 
 be sent by the first ships. (| p.) 
 
 The Company to Mrs. Bridgman, etc. [at Amsterdam], 
 November 2, 1660 {Ibid., p. 347). 
 
 A bill of lading for sheets received. Have accepted the bill of 
 exchange for 300Z., payable to John Bourdon. The letters sent 
 from the Dutch East India Company do not give the full and 
 desired satisfaction for the surrender of Pulo Run : therefore in 
 the letter to them enclosed they have signified what they further 
 expect and requested a speedy answer ; this when received should 
 be quickly forwarded. (J p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, November 7, 1660 [Court Book, 
 vol. xxiv, p. 315). 
 
 The draft of a petition to the King for a commission under the 
 broad seal to authorize the Company to take possession of Pulo 
 Run is read and approved, and the Governor and as many Com- 
 mittees as please are desired to present the same next Friday 
 morning. Other Committees arc requested to help perfect the
 
 48 COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 charter. Thomas Burnell, on behalf of his kinsman John, who is 
 at the Coast, presents a letter from a factor there, recommending 
 the said John for entertainment in the Company's service ; the 
 Court promises to consider his request. Thomas Boone is enter- 
 tained as purser's mate in the London. No payment to be made 
 to the owners of the Marigold until the master of that ship gives 
 in an exact account of all goods received into and delivered out 
 of her ; in the meantime Sir Thomas Bludworth is entreated to 
 extract what information he can from one Ward, who was a mate 
 in the Marigold. The petition of Henry Thurscrosse, to be paid 
 the proceeds of his calicoes sold at the Company's sale, is referred 
 to certain Committees, who are to persuade him to give something 
 towards the maintenance of the Company's hospital, and to find 
 out what he knows concerning the private trade in the Marigold 
 before settling with him. (i p.) 
 
 The Petition of the Company to the King [November], 
 1660 {Public Record Office: CO. 77, vol. viii, no. 82). ^ 
 
 The petitioners' predecessors in the time of King James, with the 
 authority and consent of His said Majesty, settled a profitable 
 factory on the island of Pulo Run and enjoyed the whole trade 
 of the spices there by an amicable agreement with the natives 
 until they were totally deprived of the same by the violent intrusion 
 of the Dutch Company, who made the island fruitless to the 
 natives and all others by cutting down the spice trees and laying 
 all waste. The petitioners wish to leave nothing unattempted 
 that may conduce to repair the former honour of the Crown in 
 those parts and increase His Majesty's revenue by the enlargement 
 of their trade, and therefore they have resolved and prepared, 
 ' by the permission of God and Your Majestie,' to possess and 
 plant the said island again with all possible speed ; but thinking 
 it their duty and interest not to proceed without royal authority, 
 they petition for His Majesty's royal commission under the great 
 
 ^ A letter of November 10, 1660, quoted in the Fifth Report of the Historical MSS. Covi- 
 mission (p. 169), says : 'The East India Company were yesterday with the King, for some 
 assistance from him towards the maintenance of that trade. He promised that in due 
 time he would give them all the assistance they could in reason require.' 
 
 Copies of the petition are to be found in the Public Record Office (CO. 389, vol. i, f. 8) 
 and British Museum [Add. MSS. 25, 115, f. 39).
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 49 
 
 seal to empower them to possess and plant Pulo Run for the use 
 of the English Company, and to enable them to commission such 
 persons as from time to time shall be found needful for that 
 purpose, with civil and military power to perfect so hopeful a 
 design, for the King's name and commission will not only be rever- 
 enced by the neighbouring Indians but, as they trust, will ' put 
 sober thoughts into the Agents of the Holland Company who 
 inhabit in the adjacent islands of Banda '. As it may be necessary 
 to inform the Dutch Company and their ministers in India, the 
 petitioners pray that they may be furnished with four duplicates 
 of the desired commission under the great seal, as one ship might 
 miscarry in so remote a passage. Signed Andrew Riccard, Governor. 
 dp.) Annexed is an order made at the Court at Whitehall, Novem- 
 ber 26, 1660, in which the King refers this petition to the Council 
 for Trade, who are to consider and certify what they think fit for 
 His Majesty to do in the matter. Signed Edward Nicholas. [\ p.) 
 Also annexed, the report [undated] ^ of the said Council ' that the 
 matters conteyned in the said petition he by Your Majesty gratiously 
 granted as therein is expressed and desyred '. Signed Pembroke. 
 
 A Court of Committees, November 14, 1660 {Court Book, 
 vol. xxiv, p. 317). 
 
 Allowance for demurrage and kentledge is made to the owners 
 of the African. The charter not being yet ready, three more 
 Committees are desired to help with it ; Sir Richard Ford is 
 especially entreated to perfect it, with the assistance of any he 
 pleases ; and it is agreed that Mr. Sands shall have the draft to 
 read. Richard and Thomas Waringe, William Bullivant, and 
 James Hill are accepted as securities. The Court understanding 
 that some are applying to the King for a patent ' to include all 
 Africa ', which if granted would be of great disadvantage to the 
 Company, orders that Mr. Sands be desired to put in a caveat 
 with the Attorney-General for the Company to have an audience 
 before anything of the sort is passed by him. A letter is read from 
 Richard Baxter, the eminent divine, requesting that some copies 
 of the book called ' Grotius de veritate religionis Christianae ', 
 
 ' 27 November, according to Add. MSS. 25, 115, f. 41. 
 2482 E
 
 50 COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 translated into Arabic at the charge of Robert Boyle,^ may be 
 prudently disposed of by some of the Company's agents in places 
 of their trade (other than in the Turkish Empire) where that 
 language is understood, in order that Christianity may be estab- 
 lished among the infidels there. The Court is very ready to promote 
 so pious a work, if they find that these books are allowed by 
 authority. Samuel Sambrooke's salary is raised from 150/. to 
 200/. a year, but, other business intervening, nothing is resolved 
 concerning his two other requests for some acknowledgement for 
 the several charterparties he has drawn up, and to be given, or 
 permitted to choose, an assistant and allowed sufficient to maintain 
 him. Colonel Oneale desires either to be released or allowed easier 
 terms for his contract for saltpetre ; he is reminded that it was 
 arranged at his special request and by desire of the King, and 
 though the Court is willing to favour him, yet it is beyond their 
 power to make any alteration now. (i^ pp.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, November 21, 1660 [Ibid., p. 318). 
 
 John Lawson to be paid 150/. on account of wharfage of goods, 
 and the owners of the Constantinople Merchant an additional 
 4,000/. for freight. Roger Daniell is appointed clothdrawer to the 
 Company in the room of [William] Harwood, deceased. Robert 
 Ostler, Nathaniel Heme, Stephen Bolton, and William Allein are 
 accepted as securities. Samuel Sambrooke's salary of 200/. a year 
 to begin from last Michaelmas, and he to be allowed to choose an 
 assistant and present him for approbation to the Court. Certain 
 Committees are desired to draw up a written statement of what 
 they conceive fitting for the Company to lay before the Council 
 of Trade, (i p.) 
 
 The Company to Mrs. Bridgman, etc., [at Amsterdam], 
 November 23, 1660 {Letter Book, vol. ii, p. 347). 
 
 Bills of lading for sheets received. Hope they will prove as well 
 conditioned as reported, for the Guinea factors still complain of 
 the smallness and raggedness of those sent. Note the reason why 
 
 * This was the translation by Edward Pocock, published at Oxford in 1660, at the 
 expense of the Hon. Robert Boyle, the celebrated natural philosopher and chemist.
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 51 
 
 they did not receive the answer of the Bewinthebbers by the last 
 post, but hope to have it by the next. The bills of exchange made 
 payable to John and Richard Beauchampe will be met when due. 
 
 Treasurer Southampton to the Company, November 24, 
 1660 {Public Record Office: Entry Book II, p. 26). 
 
 Warning them against alienation of stock belonging to the 
 following regicides : John Barkstead 750^, Robert Tichborne 
 1,500/,, Thomas Andrews 800/., and Francis Allen 250/. 
 
 A, Court of Committees, November 28, 1660 {Court Book, 
 vol. xxiv, p. 320). 
 
 The Court agrees that Samuel Sambrooke shall be paid 20s. for 
 each charterparty he has drawn up and be permitted to present 
 an assistant tor their approbation, and that his salary shall be 
 at the rate of 200/. a year from last Michaelmas, which is to include 
 allowance for all charterparties or any other business. Bills of 
 exchange accepted as security for pepper bought by Mr. Parentee. 
 A letter is received from the Dutch East India Company, in answer 
 to one from the English Company, referring the latter to the Dutch 
 Ambassadors for an answer ; therefore certain Committees are 
 entreated to wait on the said Ambassadors, endeavour to ascertain 
 their real intentions concerning the delivery of Pulo Run, and 
 report the same. Some persons desirous of planting at Mauritius 
 are told to present their proposals and desires in writing. Nathaniel 
 Owen, who has served Jeremy Sambrooke about five years and is 
 recommended by Sir Edward Massey, is entertained as purser in 
 the Discovery. Sir William Vincent and Sir George Smith are 
 accepted as securities for pepper, and Henry Davy and Sir Andrew 
 Riccard as securities for Lahore indigo. The account of Herricke, 
 a factor lately returned from Guinea, to be examined. Richard 
 Maxwell, who has already been at Guinea, is entertained as a factor 
 for that place at 25/. a year, to go there in the Binnino frigate, and 
 at his request the 61. paid to him for former services there is now 
 made up to 10/. Ovanes, a poor Persian,^ is allowed to take passage 
 in the Discovery for India, to have fit accommodation and the usual 
 
 ' Armenian rather. The name is meant for Yohannes. 
 E 2
 
 52 COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 ship's allowance, but only to pay lol. Warrants for payments, 
 including 1,062/. 105. to ' His Royall Highnesse '.^ (i| pp.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, November 30, 1660 {Ibid., p. 322). 
 
 Sir Richard Ford reports that, at the meeting yesterday between 
 the Committees and the Dutch Ambassadors, the latter desired to 
 see the King's commission to this Company for possessing and 
 planting Pulo Run ; upon which the Committees desired first to 
 know positively whether Their Excellencies had full power and 
 instructions from the States-General, as is intimated from their 
 Company, to grant the English Company that order to their 
 ministers in India as expressed in the English Company's last 
 letter to the Dutch Company, of which a copy was sent to the 
 Ambassadors. The Ambassadors replied that, there being only two 
 present out of four, they could not answer this. Hereupon it was 
 thought that a return in writing should be immediately made to 
 their Excellencies by John Stanyan and subscribed by him, as 
 Secretary, in the Company's name. Sir Richard Ford insisting 
 upon the importance of hastening the King's commission and the 
 exactness necessary in wording and drawing up the same, he is 
 entreated to take special care of this himself and to use what 
 means and assistance he thinks proper, A gentleman from Lord 
 Craven, coming for the quarter's rent of the Company's house, 
 informs the Court that His Lordship will not be satisfied any 
 longer with 200/. a year, but expects more ; hereupon Lord Berkley 
 is entreated to endeavour to procure a lease for seven years at 
 200Z. a year, the Court not thinking it worth more, and in the 
 meantime three Committees are requested to seek a place where 
 the Company can be accommodated, either at Sir John Langham's ^ 
 or elsewhere, in case Lord Craven will not accept reasonable terms. 
 Thomas Taylor and Thomas Chestshire accepted as securities in 
 500/. for Richard Maxwell, (i p.] 
 
 * This must be for the present to the Duke of York voted on August 31. Presumably 
 it had taken the form of plate, which would account for the excess. 
 
 * Crosby House, in Bishopsgate, which had been the Company's home from 1621 to 
 1638.
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 53 
 
 The Company to the Dutch Ambassadors, November 30, 
 1660 {Letter Book, vol. ii, p. 348), 
 
 They have heard reported in a full court what passed between 
 the members of the Company and Their Excellencies yesterday 
 concerning Pulo Run. They hoped to have had a pertinent answer 
 from them to their letter to the East India Company at Amsterdam, 
 a copy of which was left with Their Excellencies, for the said Company 
 intimated as much, but it appears that the Ambassadors insist 
 upon seeing a commission from the King. After mature considera- 
 tion, they pray to be informed in writing whether Their Excel- 
 lencies have such a commission from the States-General as the 
 English Company have asked for, and if so that it may be delivered 
 to them, when they shall have shown a full commission from His 
 Majesty to possess and plant Pulo Run ; or, if Their Excellencies 
 have not one, will they please to obtain it as soon as possible, 
 when the English Company engage not only to show their com- 
 mission but to give them an authentic copy of the same. Signed, 
 John Stanyan, Secretary. {^ p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, December 5, 1660 {Court Book, 
 vol. xxiv, p. 323), 
 
 The Court resolves that the African shall sail on the loth instant, 
 and so enter upon demurrage the 20th December, 166 1. The 
 matters in dispute between the Company and the owners of the 
 Marigold are by mutual consent referred to arbitration, John 
 Buckworth and Richard Holworthy to act for the Company and 
 Mr. James Astrey and Captain John Millett for the owners of that 
 ship ; everything to be settled by the 15th January next, and 
 a bond of 5,000/. penalty to be sealed on both sides. The owners 
 by request are to be given 1,000/. on account of freight and demur- 
 rage, which sum they promise to repay, if by the award it shall 
 not appear due to them. Certain Committees are desired to 
 manage the Company's business with the arbitrators when matters 
 are referred to arbitration. Alderman Meynell and Daniel Mathew 
 are to have delivered to them some goods bought from Captain 
 Connis, these being of a perishable nature and likely to lose their 
 market if not quickly disposed of, upon condition that they first
 
 54 COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 place the equivalent of their value in the Company's hands. 
 William Limbrcy to be continued in his post of purser in the 
 London. William Finch and John Dickons accepted as security 
 for i,ioo/. Lord Berkley reports that he has conferred with 
 Lord Craven and endeavoured to persuade him to accept 200/. 
 for seven years for the Company's present house, but His Lordship 
 insists upon being paid 240/. a year, but will allow the odd 40Z. 
 for three years for repairs. The Court, thinking that a far greater 
 sum than this will be required for reparations, requests Lord 
 Berkley to tell Lord Craven that, if he will undertake to do all 
 repairs necessary for the Company's accommodation from time to 
 time, they will pay 240/. a year for seven years to avoid the trouble 
 of moving, although it is much above the worth of the house. 
 Lead to be sent in the Discovery for the Coast, (i^ pp.) 
 
 The Dutch East India Company at Amsterdam to the 
 Governor-General and Council at Batavia, December /g, 
 1660 [Public Record Office : S.P. Holland, vol. 163, f. 387). 
 
 What they have written and ordained, at the request of the 
 English East India Company, to Governor W>yns and the Council, 
 may be perceived by the enclosed letters, the contents of which 
 they are to observe, to the end that the order and command 
 contained in them may be readily performed Translated out 
 of low Diitch. {1 p.) 
 
 The Dutch East India Company at Amsterdam to Abraham 
 Weyns, Governor of Banda, December ^-g, 1660 {Public Record 
 Office: CO. yy, vol. viii, no. 84). 
 
 In their letter of November 6, 1654 [N.S.], they commanded 
 him, in conformity with the arbitration and award of the respective 
 Commissioners (of which a copy was sent to him), to quit and 
 deliver up Pulo Run to those coming with due command and 
 qualifications. They have been advised by the English East India 
 Company, in their letter of the 28th September last, of their 
 intention to take possession of the said island, and their letters 
 have been required, which they do not wish to deny ; therefore 
 they charge and command him, upon the English appearing in 
 the islands of Banda for that purpose, to deliver up the island of
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 55 
 
 Pulo Run to those named in the Act of Commission of His Majesty 
 of Great Britain (of which an authentic copy is enclosed), and to 
 hold all neighbourly friendship with the said nation. {Translation. 
 
 IP-) 
 
 The States-General at the Hague to the Governor- 
 General AND Council at Batavia, December Z^, 1660 {Ibid., 
 no. 85). 
 
 By the enclosed letter will be seen what they have written and 
 ordained, at the request of the English East India Company, to 
 Governor Abraham Weyns and the Council at Banda touching the 
 delivery of Pulo Run, which they are to observe, and see that the 
 order therein contained is readily performed. ' Translated out of 
 low Dutch.' {I p.) 
 
 The States-General at the Hague to Abraham Weyns, 
 Governor of the Islands of Banda, December ^, 1660 {Ibid., 
 no. 85 i).i 
 
 They think it expedient, as the Governor and Directors of the 
 English East India Company intend to take possession of Pulo 
 Run, to write and tell Governor Weyns that, in accordance with 
 the award given by the Commissioners on both sides, he is to 
 deliver up the said island to those who shall come from the English 
 Company with due authority and qualifications. ' Translated out 
 of Dutch.' {I p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, December 10, 1660 {Court Book, 
 vol. xxiv, p. 325). 
 
 Upon receipt of a letter from the Lord Treasurer [see p. 51] 
 warning the Company not to part with any stock belonging to 
 persons named, who were judges of the late King, but to keep 
 the same for His Majesty's use, Jeremy Sambrooke is ordered to 
 prepare an answer agreeable to the certificate returned to the King 
 upon his intimation, and to inform His Lordship that the Company 
 have already had notice to this effect from His Majesty, which 
 they have promised to observe and obey, as they will His Lordship's 
 letter. All those going in the African as passengers upon the 
 * For another copy see Home Miscellaneous (I.O.), vol. 628, p. 245.
 
 56 COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 Company's terms and conditions to St. Helena to be provided 
 with good and fitting accommodation. Mr. Aungier reporting an 
 attempt to force open his office door, the matter is to be examined 
 by the Committee of the Treasury. A draft of two petitions and 
 remonstrances to the Council of Trade is read, approved, and 
 ordered to be engrossed and presented to-morrow. (| p.) 
 
 Remonstrance and petition of the Company to the Council 
 OF Trade [December, 1660] {Public Record Office : CO. 389, 
 vol. i, f. 8). 
 
 The freedom of trade to be granted them at the Spanish planta- 
 tions and factories in the Philippine and Molucca Islands may 
 advance the trade of England greatly by helping forward the sale 
 of considerable quantities of English goods and manufactures and 
 in return furnishing the Company with gold and silver, with 
 which these factories abound by reason of their trade with the 
 South Seas, and with this money the Company will be able to buy 
 Indian goods from other parts fit for sale in Europe, and thus 
 prevent the exportation of so much bullion. And because they 
 conceive that hitherto nothing has impeded that freedom of trade, 
 and that the Articles with the King of Spain were ' confined to his 
 side of the Line ', and that the Spanish would gladly trade with 
 them in their plantations if they could obtain the royal permission, 
 the petitioners pray the Council to represent to the King their 
 opinion and advice, that in the articles now to be concluded with 
 the Spanish Ambassador freedom of trade to the Spanish planta- 
 tions and factories in East India and in any port or place of the 
 Spanish King's dominions in Europe may be allowed the Company. 
 Signed Andrew Riccard, Governor. (| p.) 
 
 The Remonstrance and Petition of the Company to the 
 Council of Trade, December ii, 1660 {Ibid., i. 24).^ 
 
 The East India trade was managed of old by the Chinese, then 
 by the ' Moores of Cambaya or Guzeratts ', in whose time the 
 spices and other commodities of India were brought overland to 
 
 ^ For another copy see Brit. Mus. Add. MSS. 25,115, f. 81. A third version (in the 
 Public Record Office : CO. 77, vol. viii, no. 90) is imperfect, giving only the first half.
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 57 
 
 Europe till Vasco de Gama discovered the passage round the Cape 
 of Good Hope, when the rich trade of the East fell into the hands 
 of the Portuguese. They supplied Europe with goods from thence, 
 and soon became such masters of those vast territories that no 
 vessel dared sail in those parts without their licence. To secure 
 this trade the Portuguese built towns and castles upon the sea 
 coast ' from Mosambique in Affrica to Mocao in China, and on 
 several islands, having a great footing in Japan itselfe ', and 
 became exceedingly powerful both by land and sea. In I579 
 Sir Francis Drake on his return from the South Seas touched at 
 the Moluccas, where the natives invited the English to trade. 
 In 1595 and 1597 the English and Dutch began to look into this 
 trade, first by ' perticuler voyages ', but afterwards, by procuring 
 patents and forming considerable stocks, they entered upon it 
 more vigorously. They were much opposed by the Portuguese, 
 with whom they had many sea-fights, and by these lessened both 
 the power and trade of that nation. The English endeavoured 
 in a fair and just way to trade with the natives, by making agree- 
 ments with them for freedom of trade (except at Gombroon, or 
 where they were opposed by the Portuguese, or where force was 
 necessary) ; they agreed with the Persians for trade in Persia, 
 with the Turks for trade in the Red Sea, with the Mogul for trade 
 at Surat and other places, with the King of Golconda for trade 
 upon the Coromandel Coast, with the Queen of Achin and the King 
 of Jambi for trade upon Sumatra, with the Mataran and King of 
 Bantam for trade in Java, with the Emperor of Japan for trade in 
 his country, and with the King of Macassar ; and the trade of 
 several of the Banda islands was surrendered to them only, by 
 the Orankays or chief men. But whilst the English were content 
 to carry on the trade in a fair and just way with the consent of 
 the natives, the Dutch, coveting to engross it for themselves, 
 unjustly seized many ships belonging to the English, disturbed 
 them in their trade in divers places, drove them from their posses- 
 sions in the islands of Banda, and inflicted many wrongs and 
 injuries upon them ; and having thus almost ruined their trade, 
 proceeded to fortify themselves and get a footing, either by 
 subtlety or force, in those places they deemed most advantageous. 
 The English, having sustained such great loss and fearing further
 
 58 COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 hindrances, complained, and a treaty was procured in 1619 by 
 Commissioners appointed by both sides, in which it was agreed 
 that the Enghsh should have satisfaction for the wrongs and 
 damages done to them by the Dutch, that their possessions in 
 Banda should be restored, and one-third part of the spices of the 
 Banda and Molucca Islands be allowed them, they to bear a pro- 
 portion of the charge. This treaty was explained and confirmed 
 by another agreed to in the year 1622. But the Dutch both during 
 the time of and after the treaty continued their unjust dealings, 
 interrupting the English in their trade, seizing their ships, molesting 
 them in their factories, murdering their people (as at Amboyna 
 and other places), both by sea and land, firing their houses and 
 factory at Jakatra in order to carry on their design in building 
 Batavia, and refusing them their proportion of spices unless upon 
 payment of unreasonable charges in ready money. They refused 
 also to deliver up the island of Pulo Run, in accordance with the 
 express agreement made in several treaties ; but instead they 
 laid waste the spice trees there, so that for a long time the trade 
 was almost lost. Neither of late years have the Dutch forborne 
 their wonted violence, but upon pretence of war and contracts 
 made with the natives they have disturbed the English in their 
 commerce by sea and land, not suffering them to lade their ships at 
 Achin, or to come to their houses and factory at Bantam, but have 
 seized their goods before Goa, assaulted and wounded their factors 
 in their own houses at Jambi, and vilified them generally, as if 
 they were but one degree above slaves ; and have endeavoured 
 continually by raising the price of commodities where they and the 
 English trade, and by other unmerchantlike ways, to oust them, 
 from the trade and engross it all themselves. All which impudent 
 affronts to the honour of the English nation and ' horrid injuries ' 
 to the petitioners' stock and commerce have been often justified 
 and at all times palliated by the States of the United Provinces, 
 most of these States being interested in the Dutch East India 
 Stock and sharers in the unjust advantages thus gained. And, 
 if at any time the Dutch, by intervention of the royal authority 
 of this kingdom, have been brought to a treaty for reparation for 
 past damages and capitulations for the future security of English 
 trade, they have made such easy composition and such partial
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 59 
 
 restitution for former robberies as they thought profitable, and 
 have kept the new agreements only until an advantageous oppor- 
 tunity of breaking them occurred. By these renewed violations 
 they make for themselves a terrible name among the Indians and 
 engender contempt for His Majesty's power and authority. The 
 petitioners have already applied to the King concerning restitution 
 for losses caused by the unjust violence of the Dutch, and His 
 Majesty has had the same examined in the High Court of Admiralty, 
 and commanded a report to be made of the merits of the petitioners' 
 case, and what reparation ought by right to be made ; therefore 
 for their future security and the preservation of their stock and 
 trade, which so much concerns the King's honour and the increase 
 of his revenue, they pray the Council to present to His Majesty 
 as their advice : i. That before the present treaty of alliance is 
 concluded with the Ambassadors of the United Provinces they 
 may have their demands adjusted, fully satisfied, and so calculated 
 that the Dutch may not retain anything gained by their violence ; 
 and that it may be made a part of and inserted in the Articles of 
 Alliance. 2. That the English Company shall not be disturbed 
 or hindered in their trade by the Dutch, but shall be allowed free 
 passage for their ships, goods, and servants, and to reside and 
 trade with the natives or any others, not servants of the Dutch. 
 3. That the Dutch shall not, upon any pretence of hostility to the 
 natives in any parts within the limits of the English Company's 
 charter, impede the said free passage of their ships, goods, or 
 servants. 4. That the Dutch shall not, upon pretence of any 
 contract made or to be made with the natives, hinder the English 
 in buying and carrying away any Indian commodities. 5. That 
 the commanders of any ships, whether English or belonging to 
 any nation not in enmity with the Dutch and with whom the 
 English Company trade, on showing passports from the said 
 Company, shall not be retarded or hindered at sea or in port by 
 any Dutch ship or officer, or diverted from the free prosecution 
 of their intended voyage. 6. That no Indian vessels of any descrip- 
 tion, though belonging to an enemy of the Dutch, shall be inter- 
 rupted in their passage to and from any part or place in India, 
 if they carry a certificate from the Agent or factors of the English 
 Company to show that their lading belongs to the said Company.
 
 6o COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 7. That no Indian, though a declared enemy to the Dutch, desiring 
 to reside under the protection of the EngHsh Company in any of 
 their forts or plantations, shall be stopped by the Dutch from 
 repairing thither, provided he has a warrant for so doing from 
 the commander of such fort or plantation. All which the peti- 
 tioners humbly submit to the wisdom of the Council and hope 
 they will find nothing in these proposals but what is as consistent 
 with common justice and the law of nations as with the honour 
 of His Majesty and the advantage of his subjects. Signed Andrew 
 Riccard, Governor. {$\ pp.) 
 
 Petition of Edmond Grove and others to the King, 
 [December], 1660 [Public Record Office : CO. 77, vol. viii, no. 83). 
 
 Between the years 1616 and 1619 the Dutch East India Company 
 seized about twelve English ships and their ladings belonging to 
 the English East India Company ; in these ships were about 
 1,000 seamen, some of whom, being wounded, were put ashore 
 helpless and almost naked amongst the Indians, the rest were 
 kept prisoners, most of them from two and a half to four years, 
 mostly in irons and great misery with nothing but rice and water 
 to feed upon, so that the greater part perished or were destroyed, 
 it not being known what became of them. Upon the seizure of 
 these twelve ships the said 1,000 men, though many ought to have 
 had quarter for their liberties and goods, had everything taken 
 from them to the utter ruin of themselves and their families, and 
 there appears no one to demand satisfaction for more than fifty 
 of them, and only five alive to give evidence. The Dutch Company 
 made satisfaction to the English Company (who were better 
 befriended than your petitioners) for their ships and ladings more 
 than thirty years ago, but your petitioners and their relations are 
 still without satisfaction. Although they have made continual 
 claims on behalf of above fifty of the said sufferers to the late 
 King James, King Charles, every Parliament except the present 
 one, and to several Lords Ambassadors of the United Provinces, 
 to the further expense of money and time, yet they could never 
 obtain any redress. Therefore they humbly pray that the King 
 will take them under his protection and prevail with the Lords 
 Ambassadors of the States-General of the United Provinces to
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 6i 
 
 receive their complaints and treat with such person as the petitioners 
 shall choose, that such satisfaction as shall seem agreeable to justice 
 may be made to them. [Copy. | p.) Annexed is an order made at 
 the court at Whitehall, December ii ,1660, referring the above petition 
 to the consideration of the Privy Council. Signed G. Holies. Seventy- 
 seveyi signatures, all in one hand-writing, are annexed to the petition} 
 
 A Court of Committees, December 12, 1660 {Court Book, 
 vol. xxiv, p. 326). 
 
 According to the annual custom, the Court orders 12/. to be 
 distributed to poor widows of East India men. Christopher 
 Bowman and Thomas Roberts accepted as securities for coffee. 
 The owners of the Society to be paid an additional 2,000/. on account 
 of freight and demurrage, and certain Committees are desired, 
 before that ship is cleared, to examine the Company's letters and 
 report any miscarriage of that vessel or her master. Thomas 
 Winter requesting some goods brought home by his brother 
 Edward, he is told that they are prohibited and are looked upon as 
 belonging to Captain Connis, to whom he must apply concerning 
 them. Hearing that much dissatisfaction is felt among masters 
 of ships about the order for certain additional goods to be ac- 
 counted in future as prohibited, the Court decides that the said 
 order shall apply only to ships entertained since it was issued, (f /?.) 
 
 Proposition made to the King by the Council of Trade, 
 December 12, 1660 {Public Record Office : S.P. Dom. : vol. xxiii, 
 no. 85). 
 
 That he should withdraw the penalties on the export of gold 
 and silver, as injurious to trade, by preventing English merchants 
 from bringing their money into the kingdom, where it would be 
 detained, and inducing them to lodge it instead at Amsterdam or 
 Leghorn. Annexed : Reasons for the above opinion . . . that this 
 freedom is important to the East India and Turkey Companies more 
 especially, and meeting objections against it.^ 
 
 * A letter of December ii, 1660, quoted in the Fifth Report of the Historical MSS. Com- 
 mission (p. 196), says : 'The King holds the Dutch to very hard terms, demanding not 
 only reparation for the old business of Amboina, but also for 300,000/. laid to their charge 
 by the Spanish merchants and adventurers of Guinny.' 
 
 * This was probably the origin of the Act of 1663 {15 Chas. II, c. 7), which permitted
 
 62 COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 A Court of Committees, December 14, 1660 {Court Book, 
 vol. xxiv, p. 327). 
 
 Captain Bearblocke, formerly master of the Supply, who is 
 very poor, expressing contrition for his past conduct and promising 
 to serve the Company faithfully in future, is entertained as third 
 mate in the Discovery, as an able pilot is wanted for the South 
 Seas. John Banks and John Dethicke are accepted as securities 
 for pepper, and Sir Richard Ford and Peter Proby for cardamoms. 
 It being desired that affairs at the Coast and Bay should be settled 
 in a more convenient and less expensive way, it is resolved that, 
 instead of having two agencies, there shall in future be one, under 
 one Agent, who shall reside at the Fort [i. e. Fort St, George] 
 until the opinion of the factors shall be received touching the 
 conveniency or inconveniency of that place, or any other thought 
 preferable, with their reasons ; and in the meantime they are to 
 be advised to improve the manufacture of cloth as much as they 
 can at and about the Fort, both as regards variety of sorts, quantity 
 and cheapness, so that a better judgement may be obtained of 
 the worth of that place. All are desired to think of some one 
 suitable to be Agent there before next Monday, that the appoint- 
 ment may then be made. The last order to the Coast factors, 
 directing how the necessary goods shall be fetched from Porto 
 Novo, is to be renewed, (ij pp.) 
 
 Order of Council, December 14, 1660 [Public Record Office : 
 Privy Council Register, vol. Iv, p. 73). 
 
 The Committee appointed to treat with the Dutch Ambassadors 
 are ordered to meet at the Council Chamber and proceed in the 
 treaty with the said Ambassadors on Tuesday the i8th instant at 
 3 o'clock in the afternoon. 
 
 Licence for Export of Coin and Bullion, December 18, 
 1660 [Parchment Records, no. 21), 
 
 Letters Patent giving the Company permission to buy 60,000/. in 
 foreign coin and bullion and export the same to the East Indies or 
 
 foreign coin or bullion of gold or silver to be exported without fee or duty. On this subject 
 see Professor W. R. Scott's Joint Stock Companies to J720, vol. i, p. 266.
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 63 
 
 Persia in this year's intended voyage of their several ships without 
 penalty, forfeiture or payment of custom, provided that before 
 the said coin or bullion is shipped it is duly entered in the Custom- 
 house books and good and sufficient security given to the Com- 
 missioners of the Customs that a like amount shall be imported on 
 the return voyage of the Company's ships and a true and perfect 
 certificate of the same delivered to the Commissioners of the 
 Customs. {With the Great Seal, damaged.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, December 19, 1660 {Court Book, 
 vol. xxiv, p. 328). 
 
 Resolved that 8,000/. be sent in rials in the African to Bantam and 
 14,000/. in the new ship and in the London, which are to follow. 
 Certain Committees are desired to treat with those who wish to 
 plant at Mauritius, and report to the Court. Spice to be presented 
 to the Company's officers according to the annual custom and to 
 such officers of the Customhouse as deserve it. Bills of exchange 
 presented by Mr. Parentee are approved and goods to their value 
 ordered to be delivered to him. Henry Thurscrosse to be paid 
 500Z. on account of his calicoes sold by the Company, (f p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, December 20, 1660 {Ibid., p. 329). 
 
 Translates of the orders of the States-General and of the Dutch 
 East India Company touching the delivery of Pulo Run [see 
 PP- 54-55], received yesterday from the Dutch Ambassadors, are 
 read, but they not agreeing, the Company's not giving so much 
 satisfaction as the States', the Committees are requested to attend 
 the Ambassadors again, to desire that the Company's may be 
 made positive and agreeable to the States' order ; and a promise 
 having been made that a copy of the King's commission for the 
 delivery of Pulo Run should be given when the orders shall be re- 
 ceived, the Court, fearing whether the broad seal can be procured 
 in a hurry, entreats certain Committees to procure a commission 
 under the Privy Seal, to be had in time to deliver to the Ambas- 
 sadors. Order is given for 60/. to be remitted to Amsterdam. (| p.)
 
 64 COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 Royal Commission to the Company for Pulo Run, Decem- 
 ber 22, 1660 [Home Miscellaneous, vol. 628, p. 249). 
 
 Understanding that the Company intend to dispatch ships and 
 men to repossess, plant, and fortify Pulo Run, ' which of right 
 belongeth to them and their successors by the grants and charters 
 of Our Royal Predecessors and of Ourself,' the King gives his 
 consent and commission for their doing so through such persons 
 as they think fit to depute for that purpose. All English subjects 
 are enjoined to give due obedience to the said commissioners ; 
 and all allied Princes are desired not to disturb the Company in 
 their quiet possession of the island. {Copy, made in 1789. 4 pp.) 
 
 Petition of Sir Richard Ford, Edward Bolle, Edward 
 Mico, John Bankes, and William Prettiman of London, 
 MERCHANTS, TO THE KiNG, [December] i66o [PubUc Record Office : 
 CO. 77, vol. viii, no. 86). 
 
 Having formerly obtained His Majesty's gracious reference to 
 their complaints of the unjust proceedings of the Dutch East 
 India Company against their ship Bantam, they humbly beg leave 
 to present the annexed report of their case made by Dr. Zouch, 
 Judge of the High Court of Admiralty, and Dr. Mason, Master of 
 Requests, and pray that the King will recommend their said case 
 to the Ambassadors of the United Provinces of the Netherlands, 
 that by their means such satisfaction may be made to them as 
 shall be most agreeable to the honour of His Majesty and the just 
 merits of the report. Signed Richard Ford, (f p.) Annexed is 
 an order given at the Court at Whitehall, December 23, 1660, in which 
 the King recommends the petition and report to the Commissioners 
 appointed to treat with the Dutch Ambassadors, that they may insist 
 upon speedy satisfaction being made to the petitioners for the damages 
 sustained. Signed Edward Nicholas. {\ p.) 
 
 Enclosure : Report by Dr. Zouch and Dr. Mason, Septem- 
 ber 22, 1660 [Ibid., no. 86 i). j 
 
 The wrong done by the Dutch East India Company to the 
 owners of the Bantam in not allowing them to lade her with pepper 
 contracted for with the Queen of Achin, hindering them from
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 65 
 
 shipping other goods and constraining them to return to Europe 
 without the said ship's full lading, appears by proofs given in 
 the High Court of Admiralty and is acknowledged in the main by 
 the Governor of Batavia in his answer to the protest of the English 
 factors. The sum of 10,000/. claimed for the said damage is proved 
 by the testimony of those employed in the Bantam and by a 
 certificate of three credible persons (one a Dutch captain) given 
 upon oath at the arrival of the said ship at Leghorn and attested 
 by a Notary Public of Florence and others. Upon consideration 
 of the foregoing, and that the hindering of the freedom of trade 
 by the Dutch in the East Indies concerns not only the said owners 
 but others and may tend to the great prejudice of the English 
 nation and the diminution of His Majesty's customs, the Doctors 
 think that the case should be made known to the Ambassadors 
 of the United Provinces, that by their mediation satisfaction may 
 be given to the petitioners by the Dutch Company ; or if that does 
 not succeed, then the King to require that the petitioners be granted 
 a judicial trial of their case in the court at the Hague and due 
 reparation be made to them, or that His Majesty will signify in 
 some way that they shall not be denied the remedy allowed by the 
 law of nations in similar cases, (i p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, December 24, 1660 {Court Book, 
 vol. xxiv, p. 330). 
 
 Anthony Merricke, who was hurt in the Discovery, is given 20s. 
 
 ihp.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, December 31, 1660 {Ibid., p. 330). 
 
 Sir Richard Ford reports that, upon delivery of the commission 
 under the Privy Seal for Pulo Run to the Dutch Ambassadors, 
 they expected to have found in it some ratification of the treaty 
 of 1654, hut there being no mention of the same they urged for 
 a word or two to be inserted to that purpose. Sir Richard replied 
 that the Company do not derive their title to the island by that 
 treaty alone and therefore cannot trouble the King or prescribe 
 in what manner His Majesty should give his commission ; they 
 have found so much encouragement from him on all occasions that 
 they resolve not to attempt ' soe unbecomeinge a thinge ', but to 
 
 2482 F
 
 66 COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 proceed in their business ; for want of orders to the Dutch officials 
 in the East the English Company will be necessitated to protest, 
 lest they shall find any hindrances or opposition, for their several 
 attendances on their Excellencies were only to prevent protests 
 and not because of any fear or doubt. The Court approves of this 
 answer and thanks Sir Richard. A gratuity of 20/. is ordered to 
 be given to Mr. Marriott, chaplain at Poplar. Resolved that forty 
 men shall be sent this year direct from hence to Pulo Run. Josias 
 Dewry, Michael Davison, and Henry Day are accepted as securities 
 for saltpetre, (i p.) 
 
 A Paper sent from Antwerp to Sir Balthazar Gerbier 
 {undated] {Public Record Office: CO. 77, vol. viii, no. 87). 
 
 If the King of Great Britain, the Duke of York, or the East 
 India Company will give a reward, a true relation shall be made of 
 the negotiation and success of the Dutch Embassy in China, when 
 by permission of the Emperor the ambassadors were ' admitted 
 att Pekin to erect companies ' in several places chosen for the 
 purpose, which would be worth to the Dutch as much, if not more 
 than, their seven provinces. All the particular advantages (accord- 
 ing to the ambassadors' report) to be had there shall be shown, 
 also all that is requisite for promotion of this great work, more 
 considerable than all the interest which the Dutch have in the 
 East and West Indies. It shall also be shown what profitable 
 merchandise is to be had there and at what rates, what difficulties 
 the Dutch have encountered, and how these must be overcome. 
 Although these difficulties will not be met with by the English, 
 yet it seems of great importance to the Crown, the King, his sub- 
 jects, and to the East India Company to have an ample and true 
 account of all this. {Translation, f p.) 
 
 Proposals to the East India Company ^ [undated] {Ibid., 
 no. 88). 
 
 I. The Company has been much damnified in their stock and 
 trade, both in exporting and importing, by being defrauded of 
 their duties in the shipping of goods for which no duty has been 
 
 * Made by ' a true lover of that Company ', who does not give his namei
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 67 
 
 agreed upon or paid. 2. When the Company's goods come into 
 the river and are brought to the quay to be unladen, it is a practice 
 for much pepper, indigo and other commodities to be carried away 
 by pockets and other private ways to the Company's great pre- 
 judice. 3. It is also a practice of some employed in the Company's 
 service to mark all private trade with the Company's mark, get 
 it into the common warehouse, and dispose of it with the con- 
 nivance of the warehouse-keeper ; in this way great quantities 
 of silk, cloth, indigo, etc., have been disposed of. 4. From several 
 ships unladen at Erith, Woolwich, etc., many goods have been 
 taken on which no Company's duty has been paid, and many 
 bales of the Company's goods have been taken out of hoys and 
 at their unlading concealed and privately delivered without duty 
 being paid. It is also a practice for private traders to meet the 
 ships at the Isle of Wight or in the Downs, and have a hundred 
 or more parcels trans-shipped into other vessels and brought up 
 by fishermen in faggot boats to the bridge. For prevention of 
 all this mischief it is proposed : i. That two or more faithful and 
 diligent surveyors shall be appointed to attend the lading and 
 unlading of the Company's goods by land and water. 2. That 
 these surveyors shall be empowered by the Company and allowed 
 one-third part of the profit of the goods seized, and also for such 
 incidental expenses as shall be incurred, and such a salary as shall 
 be thought fit. 3. That the said surveyors shall be given all 
 entries, or copies of the same, inward or outward, to examine and 
 check, with particulars of all free and prohibited goods, charter- 
 parties, and covenants of masters. 4. That the Husband shall 
 not contract alone for any outward goods, but others shall join with 
 him to confirm the contract, and the said surveyors be empowered 
 to take an account with the Husband what goods and provisions 
 are returned out of each ship, and to register the same. That 
 they shall also have power to inspect all goods transported and 
 imported on board any of the Company's ships or elsewhere as 
 often as they shall see cause, and all that they find unduly trans- 
 ported or imported they shall put into safe custody according to 
 directions. It is believed, upon good grounds, by well-wishers of 
 the Company and by the proposer hereof, that many thousand of 
 pounds may be gained and saved by the proposed remedies, (i p.) 
 
 F 2
 
 68 COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 A Court of Committees, January 2, 1661 [Court Book, vol. xxiv, 
 p. 331). 
 
 Mr. Molineaux to be substituted for Captain Millett, deceased, 
 as one of the arbitrators in the difference between the owners of 
 the Marigold and the Company. Mr. Chamber is appointed Chief 
 at the Coast and Bay and Mr, A'Court Second ; they and their 
 Council to carry on the Company's affairs there next year or until 
 further orders, to treat for the settlement of a factory for cinnamon 
 in Ceylon, to take care that no more factories than are absolutely 
 necessary are kept up in the Bay, to endeavour to remove the 
 manufacture of taffetas to the Fort, and not to spend any money 
 in building, (i p.) 
 
 The Company to John Madock [at Plymouth], January 3, 
 1661 {Letter Book, vol. ii, p. 361). 
 
 Their ship the African sailed last Monday out of the Downs, 
 leaving behind all the letters and papers which should have been 
 carried by her. As the wind since her departure has turned to the 
 S.W., they hope she may not yet have quitted the Channel ; 
 therefore they desire Madock to make inquiry, both at Plymouth 
 and Falmouth, and if the African is in either port, to require 
 her commander not to depart until he shall have received the said 
 letters and papers, which, upon notice sent by Madock, shall be 
 forwarded with all possible speed. {\p-) Letters to the same effect 
 were also sent to James Geere [Greene ?] at Weymouth and to Lawrence 
 Wheeler at Dartmouth. 
 
 Order of the Council for Trade, January 3, 1661 {Public 
 Record Office: CO. yy, vol. viii, no. 89). 
 
 A report touching the Company's trade into the East Indies is 
 read and approved, and order given for the petition and repre- 
 sentation of the said Company, formerly presented to the Council, 
 with their report thereupon containing their opinion and advice 
 to the King and their reasons for the same, to be forthwith pre- 
 sented to His Majesty, Lord Roberts ^ to be desired to present 
 it. Signed by G. Duke, Secretary. (^ p.) 
 
 * John, Lord Robartes of Truro, afterwards Earl of Radnor. He was at this time Lord 
 Privy Seal.
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 69 
 
 The Council of Trade to the King, January 3, 1661 {Public 
 Record Office : C. 0. 389, vol. i, f. 27, and CO. 77, vol. viii, no. 91).^ 
 
 The Council have received from the English East India Company 
 the annexed narrative of their trade and, having examined and 
 debated the same, they are of opinion for the following reasons 
 that the said trade may deserve the King's protection and encourage- 
 ment. The Dutch East India Company have from their first 
 entrance into this trade continually disturbed the English in the 
 liberties and advantages granted them by former royal charters, 
 contrary to the law of nations and the many agreements concluded 
 with them, and unless His Majesty interposes and provides for the 
 future safety of his subjects, ' that noble stock of neare eight 
 hundred thousand pounds ', engaged for the effectual prosecution 
 of the said trade, is ' like to be extinct '. Therefore the Council 
 humbly advise that in the present treaty with the Ambassadors 
 from the United Provinces the seven following provisions be 
 included. \Here the Council recite the conditions asked for in the 
 Company's petition of December 11, 1660.] All these articles the 
 Council, for the reasons following, think just, rational, and necessary 
 for the welfare of the trade of His Majesty's subjects, and they 
 consider that, if mutually stipulated for by both Companies, the 
 Dutch should not make any difficulty in complying with them. 
 (I? PP') 
 
 Reasons offered by the Council of Trade to the King 
 FOR the preceding ADVICE [JANUARY 3, 1661] {PubUc Record 
 Office : CO. 389, vol. i, f. 29, and CO. yy, vol. viii, no. 92). ^ 
 
 With regard to the first article, the Council find that all damages 
 and injuries done to the English Company by the Dutch have been 
 justified and palliated by the United Provinces, most of the 
 States being interested in the Dutch Company and sharers in the 
 unjust advantages raised ' by our ruine ' ; and that the Dutch, 
 when brought by the interposition of the royal authority of 
 England to a treaty for reparation for past damages and capitula- 
 tions for the future security of the English trade, have made 
 
 * For another copy see Brit. Mus. Add. MSS. 25,115, f. 91. 
 " For another copy see Brit. Mus. Add. MSS. 25,115, f. 95.
 
 70 COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 such easy composition and partial restitution of former robberies 
 as to have found it profitable to keep such agreements only until 
 an advantageous opportunity offers of breaking them ; and by 
 these renewed violations they raise for themselves a terrifying 
 name among the Indians and create a contempt of His Majesty's 
 power and authority, as being unable to vindicate affronts offered 
 by the Dutch to the English Crown or to those under its protection. 
 As to the second and third articles, the Council conceive that by 
 common right, while the English are in amity with the United 
 Provinces, the subjects of the latter should not in any part of 
 the world impede the King's subjects from freedom of trade with 
 any natives, especially in those places where the English have 
 fixed residence and factories, not even if the Dutch are in actual 
 hostility with the said natives, unless when besieging them and 
 during terms of rendition, when the besiegers may hinder neutrals 
 from importing such things as may reinforce the place and frustrate 
 any treaty in progress. But the Dutch, owning no other right than 
 might to the trade in the East Indies, have made it a common 
 practice, where they have found the natives more inclined to trade 
 vjith the English (as they most generally are) than with themselves, 
 to declare war against them and send such naval force as may 
 control the English shipping there, and by the pretence of calling 
 the riding of two or three Dutch ships before these ports a siege 
 of the enemy, they not only impede the trade of the English but 
 seize their ships and goods, as at Bantam, Achin, Goa, and other 
 places, as instances of which no fewer than twenty English ships 
 within the last few years can be adduced, three being confiscated 
 for fetching their own goods out of the factory at Bantam, As 
 to the fourth article, the Council find that the Dutch have not only 
 impeded the English from obtaining many advantages from pepper 
 and other East Indian commodities, on pretence of former con- 
 tracts for the whole of the said commodities, but when they have 
 found them lading goods bought and paid for, they have robbed 
 them of the same and forced the ships away, to the loss of their 
 whole voyage, as at Achin and other places in Sumatra. And in 
 times of open hostility between the Queen of Achin and the Dutch, 
 the latter destroyed the voyage of the Bantam, an English ship 
 at ' Andrewpore ' [Indrapura], on pretence of a former contract
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 71 
 
 made with that Queen for all her pepper ; and within the last 
 two years, the said Queen having contracted with the Agent of 
 the English Company for terms of trade for her pepper, gold, and 
 all other things (as appears by her letter), the Dutch forcibly 
 prevented the said Agent from lading what he had agreed for and 
 drove the Queen to a peace and new contract for all her pepper, 
 thus excluding the English, which the Council think most unfair. 
 As to the 5th, 6th, and 7th articles, they find that the Dutch 
 have shown extravagant cruelty to the natives and injury to the 
 English, and have made it their common practice to command 
 and force all Indian vessels coming from China, Sumatra, and 
 other parts towards Bantam and other English factories, to 
 deviate to Batavia and sell their goods there. They have also 
 prohibited the subjects of the King of Macassar (though not in 
 hostility with them nor with His Majesty's consent) at no less 
 a penalty than loss of life, ship, and goods, to sail to Amboyna 
 or the Molucca Islands, so that the English, who have a factory 
 at Macassar, may not be supplied by them with spices. This 
 violence the Dutch have cruelly shown to the Indians, and further, 
 on meeting an Indian junk deposited with the English as payment 
 for a debt and sailing in the service of the English Company from 
 Japara to Bantam, they assaulted and mastered her, tore down 
 the English flag, and destroyed the Indians whom they found 
 aboard another English ship convoying the said junk. They also 
 confiscated two other junks in the English service, going from the 
 Bay of Bengal to Ceylon, and declared they would do it, ' though 
 their masters should pay three times the value of them ', rather 
 than permit the English to trade to that island ; all which is to 
 the signal dishonour and prejudice of the English name and nation. 
 They have barbarously murdered the natives on the islands of 
 Pulo Run and Lantore (while these islands still belonged to the 
 English) for the maintenance of their unjust conquest of the 
 islands of Banda and other eastern parts in their possession, and 
 have made it death without mercy to any native taken sailing to 
 the east of the island of Bouton ; by which means they design to 
 render Pulo Run, if possible, useless to the English (who are now 
 about to plant it) by hindering all natives from trading with them. 
 Of all the facts affirmed in the preceding reasons, the Governor
 
 72 COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 and Company have undertaken to give clear evidence when and 
 where required, (i^ pp.) 
 
 The Company to John Madock [at Plymouth], January 8, 
 1661 {Letter Book, vol. ii, p. 362). 
 
 Being advised this day that the African was at Plymouth, and 
 not doubting but that their previous letter arrived in time to 
 cause Madock to stay the said ship, they now forward the letters 
 (enclosed in a box) and beg him to deliver the same to the com- 
 mander, take a receipt from him, and forward it to them. If, 
 however, the African has sailed and is forced by contrary winds 
 to put into Falmouth or to return to Plymouth, he is, in either 
 case, to do his best to get the letters aboard her. (^ p.) 
 
 The Company to Captain Miles Browse, January 8, 1661 
 [Ibid., p. 363). 
 
 His departure without taking leave of the Court of Committees 
 and, what is ' farr more disagreeing wuth reasonable consideration ', 
 leaving behind the letters and papers for St. Helena and Bantam, 
 argue that he is a person of much indiscretion, and they wonder 
 what reception he thinks he would have met with on arriving at 
 those places without any directions from the Company. His 
 conduct has much discontented them, put them to much trouble, 
 and the owners of the vessel to expense in sending on the letters 
 to him. On the 3rd instant they wrote to John Madock at Plymouth 
 to stay Browse, and they now send the letters enclosed in a box, 
 which he is to open and dispose of according to the several super- 
 scriptions. On receipt of the same he is to set sail for St. Helena, 
 there take in Captain Button and the rest of the passengers, then 
 proceed to Bantam, and await the orders of the Agent and factors 
 there for his future disposure. (f p.) 
 
 Royal Commission to the Company for Pulo Run, January 
 II, 1661 {British Museum Add. MSS. 18,463, ff. 81-3). 
 
 Giving authority to the Company and their successors ' to enter 
 uppon and take and possesse the Island of Roone alias Pula 
 Roone, and the same or any part thereof to plant, husband,
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 73 
 
 manage, reteyne and keep ', to and for their sole use and benefit ; 
 to ship out of England to the said island as many people as shall 
 willingly consent to go thither, to help manage, fortify, and defend 
 the said island. Licence is also given for the free transportation 
 of any sorts of timber, and other necessaries for building, all 
 utensils of household and husbandry, victuals, clothing, all kinds 
 and sorts of weapons and ammunition, that shall be necessary 
 for the defence of the said island, without payment of any imposi- 
 tion, custom, subsidy or other duty, provided always that before 
 the things aforesaid are put on board any ship, licence for the same 
 shall be first obtained in writing under the hand of the Lord High 
 Treasurer of England, or of two at least of the Commissioners of 
 the Treasury, or of six or more of the Privy Council, to whom 
 power is given to grant such licence. The Company and their 
 successors are also granted free power and licence to erect in or 
 upon the said island, or the coasts thereof, such fortifications of 
 whatever kind or nature they, or the major number of them, 
 whereof the Governor or his deputy is always to be one, shall 
 conceive to be most meet and convenient, and to store, furnish, 
 and strengthen the same with soldiers, arms, and ammunition, 
 also with commanders and officers, of all kinds and degrees, with free 
 power to raze or demolish the said forts, etc. at their will and 
 pleasure. And for the better government of the soldiers and 
 people residing on the island, full power is given to the Company, 
 or the major part of them, by commission under their seal, to 
 create and appoint a Governor and Council of the said island, 
 with judges, justices, officers, and ministers of justice for the 
 hearing and determining of all causes and matters both civil, 
 criminal, and capital, for the due preservation of justice and peace 
 in civil affairs, and to appoint under them within the said island 
 commanders, colonels, captains, and all other miartial officers for 
 the training and command of the soldiers there, and of all persons 
 within the island able to bear arms when occasion of invasion or 
 other imminent danger shall so require. And to the Governor of 
 the said island and to those chief in command in martial affairs 
 under such Governor, leave is given to muster, train, and lead 
 all such soldiers and others as shall be put under their command 
 when and as often as any occasion for necessity of public defence
 
 74 COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 of the said island shall require in order to resist or withstand all 
 enemies, pirates, rebels, traitors, and mutineers as well by land 
 i\s by sea, and to fight with them and kill, apprehend or take them 
 prisoners, and such being taken according to the law of arms, to 
 put them to death, to ransom, or otherwise deal with them with 
 all discretion. Ihc Company is also granted authority to make 
 fit and wholesome ordinances and constitutions within the said 
 island for keeping the peace, and for the government of the people 
 there. These ordinances and constitutions are to be duly kept and 
 observed by all whom they shall concern, under such pains and 
 penalties expressed in them as may by law be inflicted, provided 
 the said ordinances are reasonable and not repugnant or contrary, 
 but as near as may be agreeable, to the laws and statutes of 
 England and not tending to take away the right or interest of any 
 person or persons in their freehold estates, goods, or chattels. The 
 Lord Chancellor or the Lord Keeper of the Great Seal is commanded 
 to make or cause to be made to the said Governor and Company 
 and their successors such and so many letters patent, duplicates, 
 constats, and exemplifications of these presents under the Great 
 Seal of England as by them shall be required, and these presents, 
 or the enrolment or exemplification thereof, shall be to the Lord 
 Chancellor or the Lord Keeper of the Great Seal of England a 
 sufficient discharge in that behalf without further warrant. These 
 Letters Patent to be valid and effectual in the law in all things. 
 ' Witness Ourself att Westminister the eleventh day of January. 
 Per ipsum Regem.' (5^ pp.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, January 16, 1661 {Court Book, 
 vol. xxiv, p. 332). 
 
 Lord Craven sends to ascertain whether the Company intend 
 to keep on his house at a rental of 240/. a year ; the Court replies 
 that, if His Lordship will repair the house and make it fit for the 
 Company's occasions, they, being old tenants and very desirous 
 to continue, will agree to anything reasonable and pay the said 
 rent. A draft charterparty of the Loyal Merchant is approved, 
 and the Court decides on the number and size of Bengal taffetas 
 to be reckoned to the ton. At the request of Sir John Shaw, his 
 brother-in law, William Hull, now at Fort St. George, is to be
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 75 
 
 employed as a factor if he is found suitable. Order is given that in 
 future, before any securities are offered, Jeremy Sambrooke shall 
 certify as to their standing in the Company's books. The accounts 
 of President Wyche and Christopher Oxeinden to be made up, and 
 information given whether there is any objection against either of 
 them. The following securities for various sums of money are 
 accepted : George Day, John Cleare, Benjamin and George De 
 Lawne, Thomas Barrett, William Weld, John Cressnor, and 
 Lawrence Sawcer. (if pp.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, January i8, i66i {Ibid., p. 334). 
 
 Captain Hunter presents a paper containing the following 
 requests : (i) that the allowance of 100/. a year to his wife out 
 of his salary may begin from the day he sails from Gravesend and 
 be continued and constantly paid to her so long as he remains in 
 the Company's service ; this is consented to : (2) that his son and 
 his servant may be entertained on the Company's conditions ; 
 hereupon both are entertained to go with him, his son at a salary 
 of 12/., and his servant at 10/. a year, on condition that they are 
 to be the Company's ' immediate ' servants. On his further 
 request, to have the allowance for his fresh provisions settled, 
 he is granted 40/. for himself, his son, and his servant, as a testi- 
 mony of the Company's respect and for his encouragement in their 
 service. The Court, before entertaining young men for Pulo Run, 
 decides that none shall be given more than 12I. a year, and that 
 those entertained shall be of better capacity than ordinary land- 
 men and go out on condition that they will undertake any employ- 
 ment or service their superiors shall reasonably think fit to put 
 them to. After several petitions have been read the following men 
 are chosen : Josiah Shutc, John Knott, Christopher Dcsbrow, 
 William Bradebent, Joseph Sayer, Richard Athy, Thomas Mead, 
 John Benn, John Emerson, Ezra Sherlcy, William Clough, John 
 Markland, and George Small wood, all at a salary of 12/. a year 
 except Smallwood, who, ' by reason of smallnesse of stature ', is 
 to have but 10/. per annum. The petitions of John Rawlins and 
 James Bale for employment to be considered at the next court. 
 Certain Committees are desired to attend the Attorney-General 
 and satisfy him to the best of their ability with regard to any
 
 76 COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 difficulties or scruples he may raise concerning the Company's 
 charter, (ij pp.) 
 
 Letter to the Company, dated from Amsterdam, January 
 "is, ^^^^ [Public Record Office : CO. jy, vol. viii, no. 96). 
 
 Notifying that the Dutch Company are setting out, with all 
 expedition, seven great ships, three of their own and four great 
 men-of-war which they have bought, two from the States and two 
 from the City. One of the former was commanded by Vice- 
 Admiral De Ruyter and carries sixty-six pieces of ordnance ; the 
 other three carry fifty-four and fifty-six pieces each ; and 1,800 
 land soldiers are to go in these ships, ' all choyce men, and the sea 
 men choyce men alsoe '. This design is managed by a committee 
 sworn to secrecy. Many and various are the opinions concerning 
 it. Some think that it is only to secure the plantation at ' Cape 
 Boon Sperance ', and to convoy the Dutch ships home from the 
 Indies, they being ' jealous ' of the eight French men-of-war that 
 went from Toulon towards the Cape about two months ago, and 
 ' feare full ' of the six English men-of-war that are gone or going 
 towards the Coast of Guinea. ' Wee wish they have not some 
 designe against the English.' Next April the Dutch intend to set 
 out ten more ships to carry 4,000 land soldiers direct to the 
 Indies, (f p.) 
 
 Petition of the Company to the King [January 19, 1661] 
 {Dutch Records, vol. vi, f. loi). 
 
 When formerly they presented their just complaints against 
 the Dutch East India Company to the King, His Majesty referred 
 the particular examination of the legal proofs to the Judge of the 
 High Court of Admiralty and Dr. Exton, who by the annexed 
 report certify their judgement of the whole. The petitioners pray 
 the King to recommend to the commissioners who are to treat with 
 the Lords Ambassadors of the United Provinces that, before the 
 conclusion of the intended alliance with the States, the petitioners 
 may have such full and just reparation for those damages and 
 affronts as may be agreeable to His Majesty's honour and the 
 merits of the petitioners' case, according to the said report. {\p.)
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 77 
 
 Report of Messrs. Zouch, Exton, and Mason concerning 
 
 THE injuries OF THE DuTCH EaST InDIA CoMPANY TOWARDS THE 
 
 English Company, January 19, 1661 {Public Record Office : 
 CO. yy, vol. viii, no. 94).-^ 
 
 Having on the 12th December last received the King's reference 
 on the Company's petition [December 11, 1660], they have read 
 the proofs made in the High Court of Admiralty concerning the 
 complaints of the English Company against the Dutch Company 
 and find : First, concerning the hindrance to several English ships 
 trading in the Indies and the losses sustained thereby : In August, 
 1656, the Endymion (commanded by Gervase Coachman and on 
 his death by John Gerrad) arrived near Bantam, where the English 
 had and still have a factory, but was prevented by several Dutch 
 ships from taking her lading to Bantam and constrained to anchor 
 near their General, where she was detained and not even allowed 
 to acquaint the English Governor with her arrival. She therefore 
 went to Jambi and took in pepper, intending to complete her 
 lading at Bantam, but was again stopped and not allowed to go 
 there, notwithstanding applications to the General of the Dutch 
 ships and to the Dutch Governor at Batavia by the English 
 Governor, and so she was forced to return to England with much 
 dead freight, leaving goods behind to perish at an estimated 
 damage of io,oooZ. In September, 1658, the Mayflower, com- 
 manded by William Curtis, arrived in the Road of Achin, where 
 leave had been procured from the Queen of that place to lade 
 pepper, but this was prevented by three Dutch ships, and the 
 commander asserted that he had orders to prevent all English 
 from trading there, and to seize all pepper found in their ships ; 
 accordingly fifty bags of pepper were taken out of the Mayflower's 
 longboat and carried on board the Dutch Admiral, and Curtis, on 
 expostulating, was told that this was done in accordance with the 
 orders of the Dutch Company. The Mayflower's burden was 
 280 tons and, had she not been prevented, she could have shipped 
 501,760 lb. of pepper, which, all charges deducted, might have 
 yielded in England 9,219/. 16s. lod. ; this with her damage in 
 
 * For copies see no. 97 in the same volume and f. 99 of vol. vi of the Dutch Records at 
 the India Office.
 
 7S COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 demurrage for twelve months at yl. a day, amounting to 2,555^,, 
 totals 11,774/. lbs. lod. In December. 1658, the Advice, com- 
 manded by Robert May, and the Dragon, commanded by Nicholas 
 Badiford, riding before Bantam, were surrounded by several 
 Dutch ships and not allowed to proceed to Bantam nor to send 
 their boats, with the result that they could not deliver their cargo 
 or receive any goods ; neither upon sending to the Dutch Governor 
 at Batavia could they obtain redress. The pretence was that the 
 Dutch were at war with Bantam ; yet the English ships only carried 
 arms and ammunition necessary for their own use. The loss of 
 pepper which might have been laden in the Advice, and her enforced 
 demurrage, is estimated at 15,794/. and in the case of the Dragon 
 the loss is estimated at 10,787/. The Dragon, not being permitted 
 to take in pepper at Bantam, intended to go to Jambi, but the 
 Dutch hearing of this sent a large vessel, with money aboard, to 
 buy up all the pepper there. In February, 1659, the Marigold, 
 commanded by John Connis, arrived near Bantam, intending to 
 go there, but was prevented by the Dutch, and trade being utterly 
 denied her she was forced to depart thence ; the damage caused 
 is estimated at 13,039/. lo^. In September, 1659, the ConstaiUinople 
 Merchant, master, Robert Browne, intending to trade at Goa, met 
 between that place and VingoorIa seven Dutch vessels and was 
 prevented by them from proceeding, and, by order of Peter 
 Debeeter, the Dutch Vice-Admiral, all her ammunition intended 
 for Surat was seized, the estimated damage amounting to 
 35,524/. 13s. 6d. In September, 1659, the Samaritan, Anne, and 
 Mayfio'iver arrived at Achin, but were prevented from trading there 
 by the Dutch, who after the arrival of the said three ships con- 
 tracted with the Queen of that place for all the pepper in her 
 dominions for the space of two years ; the estimated damage is, 
 in the case of the Samaritan 12,135/. 4s. : in the case of the Anne, 
 Ji,6y6l. IS. 8d. : and in the case of the Mayfloiver, 13,708/. 135. 4^. 
 The Merchants' Delight, arriving near Bantam, was prevented from 
 disposing of her lading at that place by the Dutch, the estimated 
 loss amounting to 13,587/. Secondly, concerning the spoiling of 
 the English Company's houses and goods by the Dutch : i. In 
 April, 1659, the English Company had a house at Cape Coast 
 in Guinea, through which the Dutch sent many shots and after-
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 79 
 
 wards fired several houses near ; so that on May i, 1659, it was 
 burnt down, with the goods, valued at 2,500/. 2. In August, 1659, 
 Peter de Gayer and Jonathan Class, servants of the Dutch Company, 
 went with about forty whites and one hundred and fifty blacks or 
 slaves into the English Company's warehouse at Jambi, beat and 
 wounded the servants there, and took away 100,000 rials of eight, 
 which, if invested in pepper, might have yielded in England 
 87,134/. 135. id. Thirdly, concerning the insolence and domineer- 
 ing carriage of the Dutch towards the English Company : i. The 
 Endymion, meeting with six Dutch ships, was commanded to come 
 to an anchor near their General, and on doing so was again com- 
 manded to come nearer still, which it is conceived was only done 
 to show the ' power and greatnes ' of the Dutch. The latter also 
 constrained the English captain to ask permission before he was 
 allowed to send a small boat to an adjacent island for wood for 
 their necessary firing. The Marigold riding before Batavia, the 
 Dutch General ordered the ' scrutoors and cabinetts ' belonging 
 to Frederick Skinner, the English Company's Agent, to be taken 
 out of her and the papers searched, to the great damage of English 
 commerce in those parts. 3. The Constantinople Merchant bound 
 for Goa met with seven Dutch vessels under Peter Debeetcr. 
 One, named the Dunburgh, fired at the Constantinople Merchant 
 and commanded her to strike sail ; which she did, but, the Dutch 
 ships lying dangerously close, her captain ordered her anchor to 
 be weighed to get a better berth ; whereupon Debeeter put out 
 a blue ensign and fired to warn the rest of his ships to slip their 
 cables. He also fired at the Constantinople Merchant and com- 
 manded her to come to an anchor again, which she did, and the 
 Dutch sailors told some of her company that if she had not done 
 so it would have gone very badly with her. 3. Two commanders 
 of Dutch ships went aboard the Marigold and ordered her captain 
 to go aboard the Dutch Admiral, lying three or four miles distant. 
 On the way the Marigold was fired at by another Dutch vessel, 
 and on coming near the Admiral she was told to anchor close by. 
 None were permitted to go ashore without first going to the 
 Admiral. 4. The Dragon and Advice lying in Bantam Road, the 
 Dutch ships would not let them send a boat ashore, except for 
 food, and both going and returning they had to go aboard the
 
 8o COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 Admiral, lest they should take or bring away any goods ; to this 
 they were forced to submit, to the great dishonour of the English 
 in those parts. 5. The Dragon, sailing towards Jambi, was hailed 
 by a Dutch ship, whose commander told the captain that he must 
 go and speak with the Admiral. The captain declared he could not 
 leave his ship ; but after many protests he sent Messrs. Middleton 
 and Wiltshaw in his stead. Wiltshaw was permitted to return, but 
 Middleton was detained and the captain was again told to go, 
 and finally was forced to do so ; and the Admiral detained him and 
 took him with Middleton to Batavia, where they were taken ashore 
 and kept in a house three days, and ten Dutchmen were put 
 aboard the Dragon. The facts touching the grievances of the 
 English East India Company concerning the wrongs and losses 
 sustained by them through the Dutch East India Company being 
 apparent from the proofs, as formerly related, as regards the 
 illegality of the proceedings the referees think that the action of 
 the Dutch in not only violently debarring the English Company 
 from trade in those parts where they have factories and are free 
 to sell and receive goods, but also by engrossing commodities 
 where the English arrived or intended to arrive, is altogether 
 unla"^"ful by the law of nations, which allows all people (in amity) 
 freedom of trade and commerce. The Dutch taking from the 
 English arms, ammunition, and goods without any just reason 
 was utterly unlawful, and the burning of their houses and goods 
 was still more barbarous. So that there is just cause for the King 
 to be sensible of the said losses (amounting to upwards of 237,660^., 
 apart from the loss of the Dragon and Mayflower, laden with goods 
 which would have yielded in England about 55,750/., which ships 
 it is feared are lost through the action of the Dutch), and for His 
 Majesty to insist with the Dutch Ambassadors that full and speedy 
 satisfaction be given, and that by His Majesty's further taking 
 into consideration how much he has been prejudiced by loss of 
 customs, and the English nation dishonoured by these proceedings, 
 some course of security may be taken for preventing the like ; 
 and if these things are not obtained, that His Majesty will declare 
 his further pleasure as to what remedy shall be taken agreeable 
 to the law of nations. Signed Richard Zouch, John Exton, Robert 
 Mason. (3 pp.)
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 8i 
 
 A Court of Committees, January 23, 1661 [Court Book, 
 vol. xxiv, p. 336), 
 
 Lord Craven sends word that he insists upon his demand of 
 240Z. a year as rent for his house, and desires to know the Company's 
 decision ; the Court replies that, if His Lordship will not be more 
 moderate in his demand, the Company only desire a convenient 
 time to provide themselves with another house and to have the 
 customary warning. The owners of the Coast Frigate are to be 
 paid 600/. on a further account of freight, and Captain Proud 
 is directed to make a survey of that ship before her next departure. 
 Mr. Godscall reports the lading of prohibited goods aboard the 
 Royal James and Henry in the Downs by Samuel Hutchinson, as 
 is shown by two books kept at the house of Edward Wood ; here- 
 upon it is resolved that an endeavour shall be made to discover 
 clear proof of this and then the fine shall be put to the account of 
 the owners. Some of the Guinea Company requesting the 1,300/. 
 agreed upon for their interest in that trade,^ they are told that, 
 when it has been assigned over by a good title, they shall be 
 paid, and certain Committees arc entreated to prepare and present 
 a draft of such an assignment, (i p.) 
 
 A Court of Comjmittees for the United Joint Stock, 
 January 24, 1661 [Court Book, vol. xxiii, p. 694). 
 
 Mr. Allington to be allowed for damaged calicoes. Saltpetre 
 belonging to Mr. Warren, and formerly bought of the Company by 
 Mr. Worrall, to be delivered to the latter on stated conditions. [\p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, January 25, 1661 [Court Book, 
 vol. xxiv, p. 337). 
 
 Lead to be sent in the London and Royal Merchant. Henry 
 Dacres to be paid at the rate of 15/. per ton for steel to be sent to 
 the South Seas. The Commissioners of the Customs desiring the 
 Company to clear their account of about 2,000/., certain Com- 
 mittees with the Committees of the Treasury are desired to wait 
 upon the Commissioners and urge that the ' debenters ' ^ belonging 
 
 • See the previous volume, p. xxii. 
 
 * Customhouse certificates of amounts due for drawback. 
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 82 COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 to the Company and those who have bought goods from them 
 may be satisfied first or out of the said amount, which will about 
 avail tor the purpose. In reply to inquiries the Court lays down 
 that the young men entertained for Pulo Run may be employed 
 either as planters, factors, soldiers, or in any other way their 
 superiors see fit ; that the Agent and Council of Bantam will have 
 power to place and employ all under their Agency : and that each 
 one is to provide security with another person known to the court 
 in 200/. Resolved that the 40,000/. in stock and money formerly 
 agreed to be sent to the Coast and Bay shall be made up to 50,000/., 
 of which 20,000/. shall be sent in the Discovery and 30,000/. in the 
 Coast Frigate ; direction is given for the additional 10,000/. to be 
 provided in bullion, (i p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, January 28, 1661 {Court Book, 
 vol. xxiv, p. 338), 
 
 The Commissioners of Customs to be paid 2,000/. on account. 
 Captain Gosnall, commander of the Discovery^ to be given a salary 
 of 8/. a month, and allowed for primage and average and for fresh 
 provisions for the past voyage and the one he is about to take. 
 A petition to the King is read, approved, and ordered to be pre- 
 sented this afternoon. (I p.) 
 
 Petition of the Company to the King, January 28, 1661 
 [Public Record Office : CO. yy, vol. viii, no. 95). 
 
 His Majesty's reception of their late address touching the honour 
 and interest of their trade, and his royal resentment expressed at 
 * those horrid invasions and rapines ' committed upon the English 
 by the Dutch, encourage the petitioners to acquaint His Majesty 
 that, notwithstanding they have by his gracious concession of 
 a special commission for the replanting Pulo Run gratified the 
 Dutch Ambassadors in all they could reasonably desire previous 
 to their giving such orders to their Governor of Banda as might 
 procure to the English the peaceable possession of the said island, 
 yet the Ambassadors have delayed with fair promises and excuses 
 and as yet have done nothing effectual ; but in the meantime 
 the petitioners have certain advice that the Dutch are making 
 very warlike preparations, both of ships and men, to be presently
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 83 
 
 sent to the Indies, as may appear by the annexed letter. The 
 petitioners humbly conceive that it may be the result of the 
 Dutch counsels to perfect at once their long-designed work of 
 ruining the whole trade of the English in India, and dispossessing 
 the Portuguese of the little that still remains in their hands. There- 
 fore they pray that the King will be pleased to order the Dutch 
 Ambassadors to give an account of the intention of ' this suddain 
 great and private warlike preparation for the East Indies ' ; and 
 if they affirm that it does not affect the English, that His Majesty 
 will urge for a full assurance by a present agreement with the 
 petitioners, first, as to reparation for losses, affronts, and injuries 
 done to them, according to the report of the King's referees, who 
 have certified upon judiciary proofs of the same; secondly, as to 
 the stipulating of equal and reasonable conditions for the peaceable 
 security and freedom of the petitioners' trade in the East, according 
 to the advice of the Council of Trade offered to His Majesty. And 
 if the Ambassadors refuse or delay to do this, that then the King 
 will take such other course as will let them know and feel that he 
 will and can maintain the honour and power of his Crown and the 
 right of the petitioners in the privileges granted to them by his 
 royal charter, (i p.) 
 
 Sir Richard Ford to Sir Edward Nicholas, January 31, 
 1661 [Ibid., no. 93). 
 
 The letters that came yesterday from Amsterdam confirm the 
 news of the Dutch preparations for India, and give another con- 
 jecture of the design to be for the surprise of Goa and an island 
 adjacent, by which the Dutch will make themselves masters of 
 all the trade of the coast of India and so destroy it, both for the 
 English and the Portuguese, and render the name of both nations 
 so contemptible in all other parts of India that all natives of the 
 Coast of Coromandel, Bay of Bengal, and the South Seas will be 
 drawn into a perfect and entire compliance with them, exclusive 
 of others ; and, once sole masters of the Indian trade, the vast 
 profit will in a few years make them opulent enough to give laws 
 to all Christendom. Therefore the East India Company earnestly 
 and humbly pray that, according to their late petition, the King 
 will send a memorial to the Dutch Ambassadors, demanding an 
 
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 84 COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 account of this sudden, great and warlike preparation for India 
 and stating that, as the English Company have many and great 
 complaints depending before him of notorious injuries done to 
 them by the Dutch Company, both by seizure of goods and inter- 
 ruption of the just liberty of their trade granted them by His 
 Majesty's royal charter, if the Dutch wish the King to believe that 
 the said preparation is not intended for the total eradication of 
 the English interest in India, the said Ambassadors shall instantly 
 treat and agree with such commissioners as His Majesty shall 
 appoint for the just reparation to the English Company and all 
 others His Majesty's subjects for former damages done them by 
 the Dutch, and stipulate for such equal and reasonable conditions 
 for the future freedom and security of their trade in the East 
 as may be agreeable to the honour of the King, the profit of his 
 revenue, and the good of his subjects. 
 
 In a note amiexed, Sir Richard Ford begs to be excused for 7iot 
 waiting in person on Sir Edward, indisposition having prevented 
 him, and states that the Company s secretary will give Sir Edward 
 a copy of the last letter from Amsterdam, by which it ivill be seen that 
 ' the intended Armada is to great to be neglected '. [^ p.) 
 
 The Dutch Ambassadors to the Company, [? January 31, 
 1661] {Public Record Office: CO. 77, vol. viii, no. 114). ■•■ 
 
 Sending a certain clause which, according to the express writing 
 of the Lords the States-General, they would willingly see inserted 
 in the Act of Consent or Authorization which the Company have 
 formerly obtained from the King. The clause is as follows : ' For 
 the full takeing away of all former pretences, disputes and dis- 
 contents which are depending betweene the two East India Com- 
 panies of both nations to this day, or to the 20th January 1659, ^^ 
 at least all that were knowne in England before that time.' The 
 Ambassadors trust the Company will procure this. They will 
 await further advice on the same. Signed Jno. Huls, Secretary. 
 
 ' For another copy see P.R.O. : Slate Papers, Holland, vol. 164, p. 25.
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 85 
 
 A Court of Committees, February i, 1661 {Court Book, 
 vol. xxiv, p. 339). 
 
 On recommendation from the Coast, James Noell, Geoffrey 
 Thomas, Shem Bridges, and Robert Deeringe, supernumeraries 
 there, are entertained by the Court, each at a salary of 20I. a year. 
 Lord Craven sending again about his house, certain Committees 
 are desired to treat with those sent about this business. Sir Richard 
 Ford reports concerning the proceedings with and behaviour of 
 the Dutch Ambassadors and his apphcation to the King and the 
 Secretary thereupon, and advises the Company to adopt some 
 immediate measures so that His Majesty may divert the design 
 the Dutch evidently intend by ' their great and suddaine equipage ' 
 at Amsterdam. A memorial received yesterday from the said 
 Ambassadors is read and, being ' very unreasonable ', an answer 
 is immediately agreed upon and ordered to be signed and presented 
 in the Company's name by their Secretary this afternoon. Sir 
 Richard is thanked heartily for the care and pains he has taken in 
 the matter, and entreated to use what means he thinks will tend 
 best to procure speedy satisfaction for past damages received 
 from the Dutch, and security for the future freedom of the Com- 
 pany's trade, a plenary order from the Dutch for the delivery of 
 Fulo Run, and good satisfaction touching their present prepara- 
 tions. Lord Berkley, Sir William Thomson, and Sir William Rider, 
 or any two of them, are desired to accompany and assist Sir Richard. 
 Sir Henry Littleton applies concerning the transfer of Alderman 
 Titchbourne's adventure, which the King has given to him ; he 
 is told that the Company will take Counsel's advice and answer 
 him at their next meeting. To prevent disturbances, the Court 
 orders that the Discovery, being the Company's own ship, is to 
 wear the flag in her maintop on the outward voyage to the Coast, 
 and the Coast Frigate to carry the flag in her foretop ; and when- 
 ever any one of the Company's ships shall encounter any freighted 
 vessels, the former is to wear the flag in the maintop, provided no 
 freighted ship in her company 'exceed above one- third * her 
 force and burden ; this order to hold good except in cases where 
 the Company's Agents shall think it necessary to give contrary 
 directions, (i^ pp.)
 
 86 COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 The Company's Answer to the Memorial of the Dutch 
 Ambassadors, February i, i66i {Public Record Office: CO. yy, 
 vol. viii, no. 98).^ 
 
 The undated memorial, left with them yesterday by the Ambas- 
 sadors' secretary, confirms their apprehension of finding, after 
 many delays (some promissory, and others of pretended mistakes 
 of the Ambassadors' secretaries in Holland), their hopes of right and 
 friendship with the Dutch abortive. The memorial, instead of 
 giving letters from the States-General and Dutch Company for 
 quiet possession of Pulo Run, to which the Dutch ' never had 
 title but of might ', requests them to resign at once their just 
 demand of ' three hundred thousand pounds or thereabouts, and 
 the honour of His Majesty, and our honesty and wittes to the 
 bargaine '. They desire clear and pertinent information as to 
 whether the Ambassadors have full power from the States-General 
 and Dutch Company ' to make a present close of past injuries ', 
 and to secure them against further disturbance in the freedom of 
 their trade in the East ; to which if the Ambassadors deny or 
 refuse to give ' a categoricall answeare ', they will trouble them 
 no further, but apply themselves ' to such other expedients as the 
 justice of God and our King shall make us masters of '. Signed 
 by John Stanyan, Secretary, (i p.) 
 
 Desires of the East India Company to the Lords Commis- 
 sioners appointed to treat with the Dutch [February, 
 1 661] {British Museum., Add. MSS. 17,018, f. 199). 
 
 (i) That they would consider the Company's petition to His 
 Majesty on receipt of news of the great naval preparations at 
 Amsterdam. From this it will be seen how necessary it is to 
 obtain from the Ambassadors satisfaction for past injuries and an 
 assurance that the fleet now preparing shall not prejudice English 
 trade in the East or elsewhere. (2) That consideration may be had 
 of their petition accompanying the report of the losses sustained 
 by them at the hands of the Dutch. The Ambassadors will doubt- 
 less try to get this matter deferred to the close of the treaty, hoping 
 in the meantime to ' give a fatall wound to the remainder of our 
 Stocke '. This apprehension is based on the behaviour of the 
 * For a duplicate, see no. loi in the same volume.
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 87 
 
 Dutch over Pulo Run, which they retain in spite of the treaty of 
 1623 ; and since that of 1654, finding no means of avoiding its 
 surrender, they destroyed all the spice trees thereon. This year 
 the East India Company wrote to them asking for letters to Batavia 
 and Banda to deliver up the said island ; but those they sent in 
 reply were clogged with the condition that the persons demanding 
 the same must be provided with a due act of commission from the 
 Company and from the King, as shown by their letter of October 18 
 last. The Company by letters of November 2 told the Dutch 
 Company that if they would send them an original act of the 
 States-General for the quiet possession of the island, a sufficient 
 warrant should be procured from His Majesty to authorize the 
 planting thereof. On December 3 (N.S.) last the Dutch Company 
 answered that the States-General had taken the business out of 
 their hands and had given their resolution to their Ambassadors, 
 to whom the Company must apply. This was done ; but the 
 Ambassadors on December i denied having received such orders, 
 but said they would write about the matter. Later they furnished 
 copies of letters of December 16 and 17 from the Dutch Company 
 and States-General, but different in effect, that from the States- 
 General being clear and honest, while the Company's letter con- 
 tained a new stipulation that the island should be delivered to 
 none but such as were named in the King's commission ; and the 
 original letters were not to be delivered to the English Company 
 except upon sight of the King's commission authorizing them to 
 possess it by virtue of the Treaty of 1654. The commission already 
 obtained from His Majesty (copy herewith) would not satisfy 
 them. The Company told the Ambassadors that they could not 
 press the King to ratify the acts of a Usurper and that it was 
 dangerous for their interest to have their servants nominated in an 
 immediate commission from His Majesty ; whereupon the Ambas- 
 sadors promised to write for fresh letters from the Dutch Company, 
 agreeing with those of the States-General. On applying later, 
 the Company received answer that the letters had come but, by 
 a mistake of the Secretaries, the letter of the States-General 
 (' which wee liked ') was made conformable with that of the 
 Company. A promise was given that the error should be rectified. 
 So the Company's expectation was on Thursday last paid with
 
 88 COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 that unreasonable memorial left with Their Lordships, together 
 with the Company's answer thereto. Submit that the Ambassadors 
 be told that no treaty can be concluded without (i) full assurance 
 that the great naval preparations are not directed against His 
 Majesty's subjects or their trade ; (2) satisfaction for the Company's 
 losses before the fleet sails, with a stipulation for the freedom of 
 British trade in the East. It is certain that, in present circum- 
 stances, even if the fleet is only designed to act against the Portu- 
 guese in the East, English interests must suffer. {Copy. 3 J pp.) 
 
 Order of Council, February i, 1661 {Public Record Office : 
 Privv Comicil Register^ vol. Iv, p. 118). 
 
 The petition of the Company acquainting the Board with the 
 warlike preparations of the Dutch is presented ; whereupon order 
 is given that the Committee appointed to treat with the Dutch 
 Ambassadors do, at their next meeting with them, tell them of 
 the same, and require some satisfactory account for what design 
 these preparations are intended. 
 
 Sir Geoffrey Palmer's Report on the additional powers 
 
 DESIRED BY THE CoMPANY IN THEIR NeW ChARTER, FEBRUARY 3, 
 
 1661 {Public Record Office: CO. yj, vol. viii, no. 109).^ 
 
 I. Power to enlarge the limits of their trade from Cape de Tres 
 Puntas to Acara in Africa cannot be granted because of the late 
 patent to the Royal African Adventurers, which includes those 
 bounds. 2. Power to exercise martial law in military matters is not 
 convenient to be inserted in this patent. 3. The penalty of con- 
 fiscation for goods imported of the growth within the Company's 
 limits from any other place is in the former patent, and therefore 
 need not be added. 4. The clause to impose oaths without express- 
 ing the particulars should be restrained and qualified. The rest 
 of the powers desired may be convenient for the encouragement 
 of trade, and the old charter, with the new additions, is fitting for 
 His Majesty's recommendation to Parliament for confirmation. 
 
 * This is the original. For a copy see no. 79 in the same volume.
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 89 
 
 Letter to the Company, Amsterdam, February ^, 1661 
 {Ibid., no. 99). 
 
 The writers are informed that the Dutch Company have bought 
 two more men-of-war from the States, and that all six vessels are 
 sheathing, and will be ready ' very suddainely '. They are to carry 
 nothing but men, ordnance and ammunition (the smallest must 
 carry fifty guns) ; and fourteen other ships, both small and great, 
 are to carry men and merchandise. It is reported that the men- 
 of-war are to take an island near Goa, and if they do, it will hinder 
 all the trade of that city. The said ships are to be ready to sail 
 by the middle or latter end of March. Nothing certain is as yet 
 known of their design. (^ p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, February 6, 1661 {Court Book, 
 vol, xxiv, p. 340). 
 
 John Burnell, who is living at the Coast, to be entertained in the 
 Company's service if found qualified. Mr. Acton is directed to 
 enter a bill in Chancery against the owners of the Royal James and 
 Henry, that it may be ascertained what prohibited goods she 
 carried out. Nathaniel Heme offers to supply information con- 
 cerning cloth, etc., shipped as private trade in one of the vessels 
 going to the Coast ; he is given blank orders for seizing the same 
 and desired to disclose what he can. Thinking to discourage 
 private traders, the Court resolves to send out orders that all 
 European commodities be sold, even though at a small profit. 
 Mr. Blake is permitted to send back in the Discovery a black 
 woman who came home as a nurse, he paying for her diet and 
 passage. At the request of the father of John Ellis, a factor at 
 the Coast, the Court directs that the Agent be advised that one 
 Symonds was by the partiality of Andrews at Surat put over 
 Ellis, although the latter was entertained in England and Symonds 
 in India ; it being contrary to the Company's liking that their 
 factors should be given any discouragement if they are fit for 
 their employment. Vincent Vcttee, a Dutchman, is entertained 
 as a factor for the South Seas at 40/. a year. Certain Committees 
 are requested to buy perpetuanos of Sir Richard Ford, or else- 
 where, others to provide quicksilver, vermilion, and brimstone ;
 
 90 COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 and order is given for 400 pigs of lead to be shipped in the Con- 
 stantinople Merchant, (i p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, February 8, 1661 {Court Book, 
 vol. xxiv, p. 342). 
 
 The Committees finding, by certain reports spread abroad, that 
 they are suspected of private trading, every man present declares 
 that by virtue of his oath taken to the Company he has never 
 from the beginning of this Stock sent any private trade to India 
 nor is he concerned at this present time in any, those excepted 
 who own ships, and they only in accordance with the Company's 
 allowance to them in charterparty. Nicholas Brethers and Richard 
 Ufwhite are accepted as securities for Captain John Hunter in 
 2,000/., and John Jollife and Benjamin Albin as securities for 
 pepper. Thomas Smart, a waterman employed to discover private 
 trade aboard the two ships bound for the Coast, writes that he has 
 found seven small barrels of coral owned by the chief mate in the 
 Coast Frigate, and two vats containing coral and cloth, and these 
 the commander has engaged to produce ; but that ship and the 
 Discovery are so full of goods it will take six days to search them. 
 Hereupon it is generally agreed that both vessels shall be searched 
 before their departure. John Rawlins and James Bale are enter- 
 tained as factors, the former at 35Z. a year and the latter at 25/. 
 a year, to go out with Captain Hunter. Francis Clarke is con- 
 tracted with to deliver quicksilver aboard the Constantinople 
 Merchant, (i p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, February 13, 1661 {Ibid., p. 343). 
 
 Order is given for the Constantinople Merchant to touch at 
 Mauritius on her outward voyage to relieve any distressed ships 
 that may have put in there. Richard Seaborne is empowered to 
 prefer a bill or bills in Chancery to interrogate any who may be 
 able to make disclosures concerning private trade ; if he does 
 this effectually, it may clear him from what has been alleged 
 against him and be an acceptable service to the Company. Thomas 
 Cullinge and Richard Davidge are accepted as securities in 1,000/. 
 for James Bale, and T. Mervin and Richard Symonds in 1,000/. 
 for Thomas Symonds. Robert Jennings entertained as a landsman
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 91 
 
 for Pulo Run at 10/. a year. Quicksilver to be bought from Mr. 
 Andrew and shipped at once in the Coast Frigate. John Madocke is 
 given a gratuity of twenty nobles for his care in the Company's 
 business, (i p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees for the United Joint Stock, 
 February 14, 1661 (Court Book, vol. xxiii, p. 695). 
 
 Sir Richard Ford not having sufficient leisure to act as arbitrator 
 between the Company and Frederick Skinner, Alderman Love is 
 desired to supply his place, [l p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, February 15, 1661 {Court Book, 
 vol. xxiv, p. 344). 
 
 The owners of the Merchant's Delight to be paid an additional 
 1,000/. on account of freight and demurrage. Tincal bought by 
 Mr. Thetcher to be examined and, if his complaints are justified, 
 some allowance made to him. Vincent Vette is advanced 12I. on 
 account of his salary, to furnish him for the voyage. James Arwaker 
 and George Elpicke are entertained, each at 12I. a year, for Pulo 
 Run, they to go there in the London. Mr. Clarke is contracted 
 with to supply the Company with more quicksilver, to be packed 
 according to the Dutch method. Stock to the value of 10,000/. 
 to be sent to Bantam in the Loyal Merchant. Jacob Vanhoudt, 
 a limner in Long Acre, and Abraham Vanswanswicke, ' a straunger ', 
 are accepted as securities in 1,000/. for Vincent Vette. (f p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, February 20, 1661 [Ibid., p. 345). 
 
 Nathaniel Owen, purser in the Discovery, to give particulars 
 concerning the disbursement of 35/. entered in an account pre- 
 sented by him, the said sum to be charged to his own account 
 until he does so. Certain Committees are entreated, with as many 
 others as please, to meet Mr. Cuttler, hear his description of ' such 
 houseing and conveniencie ' with which he proposes to accom- 
 modate the Company, and report thereon.^ Henry Crowne and 
 about ten other adventurers present themselves and declare that 
 upon ' this blessed change of government in State ' there may 
 
 ' He had previously oflercd to provide liie Company with a house (see the preceding 
 volume, pp. 279, 280).
 
 92 COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 possibly be some alterations in the Company's affairs ; therefore 
 they desire a general court may be called, that the Committees 
 may give an account of their transactions during the past year ; 
 hereupon order is given for a general court to be held this day 
 fortnight, and Sambrooke is directed to prepare accordingly. The 
 chirurgion in the Loyal Merchant to be allowed 55. a head for each 
 passenger, for supply and administration of medicines, etc., to any 
 ■who shall need them during the voyage, and 40s. in addition to 
 provide ' sugar and currants for the comfort of such as shalbe 
 sicke '. A similar allowance to be made for nine passengers in 
 the African, but nothing more to be given to those surgeons who 
 have this allowance. Thomas Smart is given 10/. for discovering 
 private trade aboard the Coast ships. The administratrix of 
 Robert Streete, a factor who died at Bantam, to be paid 40/. 55. 
 in full of his account, {'^i pp-) 
 
 A Court of Committees, February 22, 1661 {Court Book, 
 vol. xxiv, p. 346). 
 
 The draft of a petition to the King about the Dutch business is 
 read, approved, and ordered to be prepared this afternoon. The 
 ushers of the Council Chamber and their servants to be given 
 3^. as usual. Christopher Gardiner and William Foster are enter- 
 tamed for Fulo Run, Gardiner at 12/. a year to be recommended 
 for the military service, and Foster as a landsman at lol. a year; 
 and the Court resolves not to entertain any more for that place. 
 Lists of all goods sold but not taken away, and of what remains to 
 be sold, to be prepared in readiness for the court of sale to be held 
 next Wednesday three weeks. (|- p.) 
 
 Petition of the Company to the King, February [22], 1661 
 [Public Record Office: CO. 77, vol. viii, no. 103). ^ 
 
 They have before acquainted His Majesty with the great war- 
 like preparations made and in making by the Dutch East India 
 Company, by which they not only design to maintain themselves 
 with impunity for former injuries and affronts done to the King 
 and his petitioners, but to perfect their long-endeavoured total 
 destruction of the English interest in the East India trade. The 
 
 ' See also Dutch Records (I.O.), vol. vi, f. 102.
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 93 
 
 petitioners have received fresh advice from Amsterdam [see p. 89] 
 of the vigorous prosecution both of naval and land arming there, 
 pretended for India, and think it their duty to present it to the 
 King in the annexed extract, and once more to pray His Majesty 
 to recommend to the commi sioners, who are to treat with the 
 ambassadors from the United Provinces : i. That before making 
 any other treaty of alliance they demand from the said ambassadors 
 a full and satisfactory account of ' the intentions of their soe 
 considerable arminge '. 2. That either the said ambassadors or 
 some other commissioners may be made plenipotentiaries both by 
 the States-General and the Dutch East India Company to agree 
 with such commissioners as the King shall appoint in the adjust- 
 ment of and reparation for the vast injuries and losses the peti- 
 tioners have sustained by the unjust violence of the Dutch Company, 
 and also to stipulate for such reasonable, equal, and well-secured 
 conditions for the freedom of the petitioners' East India trade in 
 the future as may answer to His Majesty's declared zeal for its 
 just advancement. Signed Tho. Chambrelan, Deputy. (| p.) 
 Received and Read 22 February, 1661. 
 
 Order of Council, February 22, 1661 [Public Record Office : 
 Privy Council Register^ vol. Iv, p. 142).^ 
 
 Upon the petition of Edmond Grove and sundry others, com- 
 plaining of injuries sustained from the Dutch East India Company, 
 the Committee appointed to treat with the Dutch Ambassadors 
 are recommended by care and solicitation to obtain relief for the 
 distressed petitioners and compensation for their great losses. 
 
 The Treaty Commissaries to the Dutch Ambassadors, 
 February 22, 1661 {Public Record Office : CO. 77, vol. viii, no. 
 
 I04).2 
 
 His Majesty having received information, and now newly a 
 petition from the East India Company, certifying the great prepara- 
 tions for a fleet with a number of land soldiers to be sent shortly 
 from the United Provinces to the East Indies, which gives cau«;e 
 for jealousy to His Majesty's subjects, partly on their own account, 
 
 * See also no. 102 of vol. viii of CO. 77. 
 ' For a translation see no. 105.
 
 04 COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 they remembering former passages (mentioned in their petition), 
 and partly on account of the subjects of the King of Portugal in 
 those parts, lest designing their disturbance the English trade 
 should thereby receive prejudice and interruption. His Majesty, 
 upon this occasion taking notice of the differences which have 
 happened and still continue between the States of the United 
 Provinces and the King of Portugal, desires ' as a neighbour and 
 a Christian ' to see the same amicably composed and the causes 
 removed, for which purpose he offers himself as a mediator, and 
 is willing to do all in his power to beget a good understanding. 
 This the King has commanded the writers to signify to Their 
 Excellencies and to desire them to give notice thereof to their 
 superiors, that His Majesty's intention may be speedily put into 
 execution. They likewise have order to show Their Excellencies 
 the original petition in which the complaints and desires of the 
 Company are expressed, further consideration of which His 
 Majesty will reserve to another time. Signed Valentia, Denzil 
 Hollis, Edward Nicholas. {French, i p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, February 25, 1661 [Court Book, 
 vol. xxiv, p. 347). 
 
 The Court, having not yet received a full account of private 
 trade returned in the last ships, requests certain Committees to 
 see to this and discover all they can. Strong beer and biscuit to 
 be sent to Bantam and Pulo Run. Sir Richard Ford gives an 
 account of the presentation of the Company's petition last Friday 
 and of the good effects it has and may produce ; he is heartily 
 thanked and entreated to continue his care and not to be dis- 
 couraged ; he further states that there is ' a probability of some- 
 what of concernment and advantage to this Stocke may suddainly 
 fall under consideration and of necessity must be managed with 
 expedition and secrecie ' ; of this he has told the Governor, who 
 can do as he thinks fit in disclosing the same, but he himself has 
 been pledged not to tell ; hereupon all present, by virtue of 
 their oaths, are engaged to secrecy not to mention this business 
 at any time or in any place without the Court's leave or until it 
 is made public. Then the Governor acquaints them with it ; 
 upon which Mr. Willoughby is added to the committee for the
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 95 
 
 Dutch business, and the five, or any three of them, are directed 
 to act herein according to their judgement and the Company's 
 advantage. They are given full power to conclude in this matter 
 and, if there is occasion, to man and victual two or three ships at 
 the Company's expense, but to take care that the Company has 
 the benefit of relading them home ; they are also enjoined not to 
 engage the Company in any public matter which may occasion 
 them to exhaust their stock. Lord Berkley is desired to satisfy 
 Lord Craven if possible about this house and obtain a new lease 
 of it for the Company of the same tenor as the last and upon the 
 terms already proposed to His Lordship. [t-I pp-) 
 
 A Court of Committees, February 27, 1661 {Ibid., p. 348). 
 
 Penwarden Rumsey is allowed to vacate his bargain for benzoin. 
 Mr. Pearle, in the absence of Sir William Ryder, is desired to 
 assist the Committees in making up freights. Mr. Munday, 
 formerly a surveyor of the Customhouse, comes with two others 
 (by desire of some of the Committees) to disclose what they know 
 of the frauds done the Company by the removal of goods brought 
 home in the last ships without leave, and promises to do all he 
 can in this respect, if the Court will repay him the 4L already 
 spent. Upon this being agreed to, he gives lists of goods delivered 
 out of four of the ships and promises to do what he can with 
 regard to two others. Sir Thomas Bludworth and Richard Spencer 
 are accepted as security for Lahore indigo, (i p.) 
 
 The Dutch Ambassadors to the King, [February, 1661] 
 {Public Record Office : CO. 77, vol. viii, no. 100). 
 
 They have been commanded by their masters, the Lords of the 
 States-General, to represent to His Majesty what has passed con- 
 cerning Pulo Run between the two East India Companies since the 
 28th of September last. The English East India Company wrote 
 to the Dutch Company about the end of the said month and 
 demanded from them letters and orders to the Governor of the 
 Indies to put them in possession of the said island, in accordance 
 with the agreements which have been made. The States-General 
 and the Dutch East India Company have always been and still 
 are ready to restore Pulo Run on the authority and security
 
 96 COURT MINUTES, ETC, OF THE 
 
 {mutatis mutavdis) cotit.\iiu\l in the instruinonts and letters dis- 
 patched to this etTect on the 6th November, 1654, with which 
 letters the Company were content and gave an acqviittance by 
 whicli they deolarcil themselves wholly satisfied witfi the said 
 agreements.^ But since, the ICnglish Company have refused to 
 take letters of a like tenor and obtain at\ instrvunent of authoriza- 
 tion fron\ the King. It is true that, after some tielays, the English 
 Compaiw showed the .\mb;vssadors the copy of an act of authoriza- 
 tion fron\ the Kiiig, stating simply th.it they could take possession 
 of Pulo Run, but not mentioning the Dutch Con\pany, or the agree- 
 ments by virtue of which the restitution should be made. The 
 Ambassadors represented to the English Company that by this 
 instrument the Dutch Company could lind neither safety nor 
 security, and requested them to use their good offices with the 
 King for amending and enlarging the said authorization ; which 
 they refused to do. Of this the Ambassadors advised the Lords 
 of the States-General, who had also learned that the English 
 Company were working to renew pretensions made null and void 
 by preceding agreements, and particularly by that of the 20th 
 January, 1659. Their Lordships have thought that His Majesty 
 would not be displeased if, in order to abolish and accommodate 
 all dilTcrcnccs between the two Companies, they instructed their 
 Ambassadors to beg earnestly that the following clause, or some- 
 thing equivalent to it, may be inserted in the act of authorization : 
 that by the restoration of Pulo Run all differences and disputes 
 between the two companies before the 20th January, 1659, P*^^* 
 ticularly the pretensions of the English known in England before 
 that date, shall be annulled. This was communicated to the 
 English Company, who replied, in stinging language, as shown 
 in the annexed copy [see p. 86]. The Lords of the States-General 
 having seen the said answer, and considering it to be the work of 
 some private individuals unauthorized by the King, look upon it 
 as an indignity ofTered to their State in the person of their Ambas- 
 sadors, and have ordered the latter to complain of the same to 
 His Majesty, hoping he will show his resentment of it to the said 
 
 * The Com|mny were not really satisfied with the terms of the letters, but accepted them 
 subject to the explanations and assurances of the Dutch ambassador (see Court Minutes, 
 1650-4, p. 37 j).
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 97 
 
 Company. The Ambassadors, knowing the kindly justice of the 
 King, doubt not but that he will disapprove of his subjects renewing 
 pretensions annulled and made void by treaties, for it would be 
 a remarkable thing if, two nations having made agreements, by 
 virtue of which one has paid immense sums, the other should fail 
 to keep the conditions made binding by the same. In order to 
 hinder the confusion and disorders which cannot always be avoided 
 in agreements made under an illegal government, the Ambassadors 
 have a special order from Their Lordships to beg that the King 
 will command the English Company and his other subjects to 
 conform themselves to the treaties mentioned above, and that 
 His Majesty will cause the said clause, or its equivalent, to be 
 inserted in the act of authorization. Signed Prince Louis of 
 Nassau, S[imon] de Hoorne, [Michel] Van Gogh, Ripperda van 
 Farmsum. (French. 3i- pp.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, March 6, 1661 {Court Book, vol. xxiv, 
 P- 349)- 
 
 The Company having obtained the King's grant under the Great 
 Seal for re-possessing and planting Pulo Run, it is thought con- 
 venient to let the Dutch Ambassadors see it and demand from 
 them their long-promised orders to their ministers in the East 
 to deliver up and resign possession of the said island to the English 
 Company accordingly. Some person unconcerned is to go with 
 the Committees to see and hear what passes on both sides, and, 
 if it is thought fit, an attested copy of the grant is to be left with 
 the Ambassadors. The Court resolves to consider about a fortnight 
 after the next day of sales what orders and directions to send to 
 Guinea that gold may be procured, more goods sold, and others 
 be discouraged from that trade. The owners of the Constantinople 
 Merchant desire their account of freight made up and paid ; they 
 are told that they have an account to make up for breach of 
 charterparty, and when this is done they shall be paid the balance. 
 The Court promises to consider the request of Dr. Ball and Sir John 
 Jacobs for their sons at Surat to be confirmed in their respective 
 entertainments before the departure of the ships, (i p.) 
 
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 98 COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 A General Court, March 7, 1661 [Court Book, vol. xxiv, 
 p. 351). 
 
 After the Governor has desired all who are not adventurers to 
 withdraw, he requests to be informed of the wishes of those remain- 
 ing, as the occasion of this meeting is ' from themselves '. Here- 
 upon some declare that there is a rumour of extensive private trade 
 being carried on in which some of the Committees are suspected 
 of participating, they being under diversity of oaths ; therefore 
 the generality wish to know under what charter they now act. 
 They are told that at present the Committees act by virtue of 
 ' their auncient charters ', but hope speedily to obtain a new one 
 from the King. When this is procured they may, if they please, 
 resolve that all adventurers shall be under one and the same oath, 
 such as they shall agree upon, and those who refuse to take it 
 will be denied a vote. With regard to the private trade spoken of, 
 it was in the Royal James and Henry and consisted principally of 
 Hunscott sayes, which are prohibited under a penalty of 3/. a 
 piece ; this the Court knows all about and has taken care accord- 
 ingly. The Committees answering severally concerning this busi- 
 ness, the generality, who thought that it had been passed over 
 and no notice taken of it, are now well satisfied and thank them 
 for their care in the same. It is agreed that the owners of the 
 Royal James and Henry shall be charged with the fine, and the 
 man who first discovered this private trade, though slightly con- 
 cerned in it himself, shall not be fined, because of his very acceptable 
 service in bringing it to the Company's notice, (f p.) 
 
 The Company to Mrs. Bridgman, etc, [at Amsterdam], 
 March 8, 1661 {Letter Book, vol. iii, p. 15). 
 
 Acknowledge the receipt of their account current. Complain 
 that, notwithstanding the desire expressed in their last letter 
 to be furnished with an account of the shipping the Dutch East 
 India Company are sending or preparing to send to India, with 
 all else necessary for them to know, nothing has been received by 
 the two last posts ; therefore they again repeat their desire to 
 receive weekly advices as to the shipping of the Dutch Company 
 for India, and any other occurrences relating to their or the English
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 99 
 
 Company's affairs there. Fear that their letters may have been 
 intercepted, and advise that in future they be put under some 
 other cover. Are fully supplied with quicksilver and sheets ; so 
 desire no more at present. PS. Acknowledge the receipt of a 
 letter * with coppie of one of the 25th past month ', The original 
 of the latter has not been received ; so repeat the advice to send 
 in future ' under the covert of your freind '. (i p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, March 13, 1661 {Court Book, vol. xxiv, 
 p. 352). 
 
 The remainder of the Malabar pepper and dust of pepper to be 
 sold at the price last quoted. Sir Richard Ford reports what 
 occurred at the late attendance of the Committees on the Dutch 
 Ambassadors, and that no satisfaction may be expected from 
 them ; hereupon, after some consideration how to obtain satis- 
 faction, the Court gives additional powers to the Committees 
 formerly appointed to conduct this business and decrees that 
 they or any two of them may use all just and possible means to 
 obtain the required satisfaction ; and, if they see occasion, they 
 may, with the advice of the Governor and Deputy, dispose of 
 a proportion of what shall be recovered from the Dutch in such 
 a way as they please, provided it does not exceed one-fifth of the 
 sum obtained, (i p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, March 15, 1661 {Ibid., p. 353). 
 
 A petition and a narrative to the King about the Dutch is read, 
 approved, and ordered to be presented this afternoon. (J p.) 
 
 Petition of the Company to the King, touching Pulo Run, 
 {Dutch Records, vol. vi, f. 103). 
 
 They acknowledge with affectionate loyalty His Majesty's 
 ' accumulated favours ' in answer to their humble addresses, 
 particularly in ' the last vigorous owninge the justice and reason ' 
 of their petitions against the Dutch, and sending the same to their 
 Ambassadors for a satisfactory answer. Only by His Majesty's 
 justice and authority will the petitioners ultimately obtain satis- 
 faction, for from the former proceedings of the Dutch and their 
 present behaviour no ' equitable composure ' with them can be 
 
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 expected, as His Majesty and Council will perceive when they 
 have considered the reports of the Council of Trade and the High 
 Court of Admiralty. As regards the present, the petitioners beg 
 the King to consider the annexed narrative and recommend it to 
 the commissioners appointed to treat with the Dutch Ambassadors, 
 that the former may intimate, in His Majesty's name, that if, 
 by delay in giving timely order, any damages ensue by the Dutch 
 Company impeding or frustrating the costly preparations made 
 for planting Pulo Run according to the King's commission. His 
 Majesty will hold them responsible for ample reparation, both to 
 his own honour and his subjects' estates. The island of Pulo Run 
 was taken by force from the English Company by the Dutch in 
 1620 and, notwithstanding the articles of agreement concluded 
 in 1622 [-23] for its restoration, kept until 1654, when the Dutch, 
 after destroying the fruit trees and rendering the island useless, 
 promised ' the late Usurper ' to restore it ; but because they 
 dared not openly refuse to perform this promise and did not want 
 the English Company to enjoy the island, knowing that in time 
 it might as before afford two hundred tons yearly of nutmegs and 
 mace, they corrupted two members of the Company with a pension 
 of 10,000 [/.] a year,^ to be paid so long as they kept the island 
 from being re-planted by the English Company. On His Majesty's 
 happy restoration and professed encouragement of the trade to 
 India, the petitioners resolved to replant Pulo Run ; and out of 
 amity and neighbourliness they asked the Dutch Company for 
 letters to their Governors of Batavia and Banda, to prevent any 
 retarding of the intended plantation. The Dutch sent the letters, 
 but ' clogged ' with the condition, that whosoever should be sent 
 to take possession of Pulo Run must deliver a due act of commission 
 from the English Company and the King, as appears by their 
 letter of the i8th October last. The petitioners thought this 
 condition strange, as is seen by their letter of the 2nd November 
 last ; but told the Dutch that, if they would send an original act 
 of the States for quiet possession, they would procure sufficient 
 
 ' It is not known to whom this accusation refers Japikse (p. 87) gives the more credible 
 figure of i,oooZ. and adds that the story went on to say that after the deaths of the delin- 
 quents the Dutch ambassador (Nieuwport) got hold of the agreement and burnt it. Aitzema 
 (vol. iv, p. 617) mentions the rumour of bribery. The story is not a very probable one, 
 and the delay in claiming the island can be explained on other grounds.
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY loi 
 
 warrant from the King to authorize the planting of Pulo Run. 
 In a letter of the 3rd December (N.S.) last the Dutch replied that 
 the States-General had taken the business out of their hands and 
 given their resolution to their ambassadors, to whom the English 
 Company must address themselves. Upon this the petitioners 
 applied to Their Excellencies by a memorial to ascertain whether 
 they had been instructed to give the required orders. The reply 
 was in the negative, as appears by a copy of their memorial of the 
 1st December last, but they promised to write about it. When 
 pressed to hasten, as one of the petitioners' ships was ready to 
 depart and the rest to follow soon for the said plantation, they 
 sometime after delivered copies of letters of the i6th and 17th 
 December from the States-General and the Dutch Company, but 
 very different one from the other. That from the States was clear 
 and honest, but the Company's contained the new condition that 
 the island should be delivered to none but such as were named in 
 the King's commission, and that the original of these letters must 
 only be delivered upon sight of the King's commission, authorizing 
 the petitioners to possess the island by virtue of a treaty in 1654. 
 Thus the commission obtained from His Majesty (of which a 
 duplicate is herewith presented and a copy has been delivered to 
 the Dutch, would not satisfy them. When told that the petitioners 
 found it inconsistent with their duty to press His Majesty to ratify 
 the acts of a usurper, and dangerous for them to let their servants 
 be nominated in an immediate commission from His Majesty for 
 the planting of Pulo Run, the Ambassadors promised to procure 
 new letters from the Dutch Company, conformable to those of the 
 States-General. On being applied to again at a suitable time for 
 these letters, they replied that they had received them, but by 
 mistake of the secretaries the letter of the States (' which wee liked ') 
 was made conformable to the Company's letter, which the peti- 
 tioners could not accept ; and therefore time must be allowed to 
 rectify this error. At last came a most unreasonable memorial, 
 of which a copy is ready, with the answer made to it. Although 
 the Ambassadors have since kept them in expectation of better 
 compliance, yet now when the petitioners' last ships are departing 
 for Pulo Run with His Majesty's commission under the Great Seal 
 of England (which was shown to the Ambassadors), they declare
 
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 plainly that the petitioners shall not have any order from them to 
 their ministers in India for the quiet possessing of the said island, 
 unless all pretences of damages arc renounced, according to the 
 last mentioned memorial. As the pretended act of indemnity 
 was the grant of ' the late tyrant Cromwell ', who to procure 
 reparation for some few particular friends was content to ignore 
 the just demands of the petitioners, ' who were noe parties in that 
 treaty,' His Majesty's East India Company having, as they con- 
 ceived, clear evidence of no less than 250,000/. damages done them 
 by the Dutch East India Company since 1654, they thought it 
 neither agreeable to the duty they owe His Majesty's honour, nor 
 to the trust reposed in them for the management of that Stock 
 (in which so many hundred families are concerned) so far to 
 distrust His Majesty's justice or protection, or to make so bad 
 a bargain for the Stock, as to renounce the right to 250, ooo^ to 
 secure a far less adventure of expense of 30,000/. or 40,000/., that 
 is laid out for that plantation and may be fruitless if the Dutch 
 oppose it. (2 pp.) 
 
 Order of Council, March 15, 1661 [Public Record Office : 
 Privy Council Register, vol. Iv, p. 170). ^ 
 
 A petition from the Company with a narrative of their losses 
 sustained by the Dutch is presented and read, and the Council 
 orders both to be referred to the Committee of the Board formerly 
 appointed to treat with the Dutch Ambassadors, to consider the 
 same and insist upon all the particulars of the Company's requests ; 
 for which purpose the said Committee is to meet next Tuesday the 
 19th instant at nine in the morning. 
 
 John Ward to Colonel Michell, March 19, 1661 {Public 
 Record Office : S.P. Dam. : vol. xxxii, no. 98). 
 
 . . . Wonders to hear money for the East India Company 
 proffered at 90/. per cent, and to lose all profits. . . . 
 
 A Court of Committees, March 20, 1661 [Court Book, vol. xxiv, 
 p. 354). 
 
 Verge Vora to be presented with six yards of fine scarlet in 
 
 ^ Also C 0. 77, vol. viii, no. 106, and Dutch Records (I.O.), vol. vi, f. 102.
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 103 
 
 return for his present of fine calico to the Company. The dispute 
 with the owners of the Constantinople Merchant is by mutual 
 consent left to the decision of three Committees. Wine and beer 
 to be provided for the Surat Presidency. Consideration of a petition 
 presented by Jeremy Sambrooke is deferred until the ships have 
 gone. Certain Committees are requested to consider and report 
 on the proposals of Francis Thomson touching private trade, and 
 others to give directions for preparations to be made for the 
 coronation ' to represent the Companies loyall gratitude to His 
 Majesty and how to beautify the front of this house '. (i p.) 
 
 A General Court of Sales, March 20, 1661 [Ibid., p. 356). 
 
 Sale of coho seed, olibanum, Malabar pepper, Lahore and 
 Sarkhej indigo, indigo :ihirts, tapseils, sovaguzzees, niccanees, 
 broad and narrow baftas, dungarees, deribauds, nassapores, long- 
 cloth and pintado quilts, with prices and names of purchasers. 
 {2ipp.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, March 22, 1661 (Ibid., p. 355). 
 
 Allowances to be made to Mr. Hooker and Sir William Ryder 
 on pepper. Henry Thurscrosse to be paid 350/. on account of his 
 calicoes, and the Court resolves to settle his and Mr. Winter's 
 business after the departure of the ships. The account of John 
 Godfrey, a factor deceased at Guinea, to be cleared. The freight 
 of the Coast Frigate referred to the Committees who are to settle 
 about the Constantinople Merchant, (i p.) 
 
 The Company to Mrs. Bridgman, etc. [at Amsterdam], 
 March 22, 1661 {Letter Book, vol. iii, p. 16). 
 
 Since last writing they have heard nothing ; this causes them 
 to beHeve that their letters are intercepted, and therefore they 
 have given this to Francis Clarke to be sent under cover by him. 
 Have received no letters from them since one of the i8th ult. 
 Desire them to write weekly, as before directed, and to send all 
 letters under cover to some friend. (J p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, March 27, 1661 {Court Book, vol. xxiv, 
 P- 359). 
 
 Certain Committees are desired to tender the Company's ' reall
 
 104 COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 thanks' to the Attorney-General for his service. The sum of 
 20,000/. in money and bullion and 15,000/. in goods to be sent in 
 the Constantinople Merchant to Surat. Messrs. BoUe [Ball?], 
 Jacob, and Bernard, lately entertained as factors, to be each 
 allowed a salary of 20/. a year. Sir James Modeford and Daniel 
 Edwards are accepted as security for calicoes, (f p.) 
 
 Transfer of Adventure, [ ] March, 1661 [Public Record 
 Office : S.P. Dom. : vol. xxxiii, no. 95). 
 
 Grant to Sir Henry Littleton, Bart., of 1,500/. now in the East 
 India Company, and other moneys and stock of Robert Tichborne, 
 attainted of high treason. [Docquet Book, p. loi.] 
 
 A Court of Committees, April i, 1661 [Court Book, vol. xxiv, 
 p. 360). 
 
 Sir Henry Littleton presents the King's grant under the Broad 
 Seal for transfer to him of Alderman Titchbourne's adventure ; 
 but the Court considering it requisite to have a formal discharge 
 out of the Exchequer, he promises to procure the same. (| p.) 
 
 Letters Patent granted by His Majesty to the East India 
 Company, April 3, 1661 [Parchment Records, no. 22). 1 
 
 Confirming them as a body corporate and politic, by the name 
 of The Governor and Company of Merchants of London Trading 
 into the East Indies, to have perpetual succession and a common 
 seal. The administration is to consist of a Governor and twenty- 
 four Committees to be elected by the said Company. Sir Andrew 
 Riccard is to be the first Governor, and the following are to be 
 the Committees, until the next election : George, Lord Berkeley, 
 Sir John Lewis, Sir William Thomson, Sir Richard Ford, Sir James 
 Drax, Sir John Frederick, Sir Theophilus Biddulph, Sir William 
 
 ' This is the original charter. The text is in good condition ; but the portrait of the 
 King and much of the ornamental side borders have been cut away at some date unknown, 
 and the great seal is missing. A copy forms no. 23 in the same series, and there is an abstract 
 in CO. 77, vol. viii, no. 107 (Public Record Office). The charter is duly entered upon 
 the Patent Roll at the P.R.O. (no. 2965). In a printed form it is available in various col- 
 lections of charters. 
 
 For a photo-lithographic reproduction of the first and last sheets of the charter, see 
 Relics of the Honourable East India Company (Birdwood and Foster).
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 105 
 
 Vincent, Sir Thomas Bludworth, Sir William Ryder, Sir Stephen 
 White, Sir George Smyth, William Love, William Williams, John 
 Jollife, Peter Middleton, Thomas Kendall, Maurice Thomson, 
 Samuel Moyer. Christopher Boone, Francis Clerke, John Mascall, 
 Thomas Pearle, and Christopher Willoughby. The ' Court Generall ' 
 is empowered to elect also a Deputy Governor, who, after taking 
 the required oath, shall execute the office of Governor when the 
 latter is absent. The Company is to choose its Governor annually, 
 between the tenth and last day of April, and before assuming 
 office he is to take an oath to perform the duties. An oath, the 
 terms of which are to be settled by the Company, is to be taken 
 by the present and future members. The Committees are to be 
 elected annually, between the tenth and last day of April, and 
 they are to take an oath for the faithful performance of their duties. 
 Should the Governor or any Committee die or be removed, a fresh 
 one is to be elected at a general meeting. Members of the Com- 
 pany, their sons of full age, and their apprentices or factors em- 
 ployed by the Company may trade freely to all parts between the 
 Cape of Good Hope and the Straits of Magellan, under regulations 
 laid down by the Company ; such trade being subject, in the case 
 of the possessions of Christian states, in league with His Majesty, 
 to the consent of such states. The Company may hold General 
 Courts at pleasure, and may make or revoke laws and ordinances, 
 with pains and penalties (by fine or imprisonment) for breach of 
 them, always provided that such by-laws be not repugnant to 
 the laws, statutes or customs of the realm. The fines so levied 
 are to belong to the Company. A period of six months is allowed 
 for the payment of a moiety of any customs due to the Crown, 
 and six months longer for the second half. In the event of any 
 merchandise miscarrying on its outward voyage, the customs paid 
 thereon shall be allowed to the Company in the payment made on 
 the next consignment exported. Any goods imported by the 
 Company may be exported within thirteen months of arrival 
 without payment of further customs. Liberty is given to transport 
 such foreign silver as the Company shall bring into the realm, up 
 to a limit of 50,000/. in any one voyage. The Company shall enjoy 
 the whole trade to the East Indies. In any time of restraint six 
 ships and six pinnaces, with 500 men, shall be permitted to sail,
 
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 unless His Majesty has, by about 20 July, given notice that they 
 cannot be spared. No other persons are to trade to the East 
 Indies, unless by licence from the Company, under penalty of the 
 forfeiture of their ships and goods, one half of which shall accrue 
 to the Crown and the other half to the Company ; and further 
 such offenders shall be imprisoned during pleasure and shall not 
 be released until they have given bond, in 1,000/. at least, not to 
 attempt such trade again. The Company may grant licences under 
 their common seal to merchants, strangers, and others to trade 
 into or from the East Indies ; and the Crown undertakes not to 
 give permission to any one to sail to or trade in those parts without 
 the consent of the Company. Persons who fail to make good 
 their subscriptions may be disfranchised at a general court. 
 Apprentices, factors, and servants may be admitted as members. 
 The Company must bring into the realm as great or greater value, 
 in bullion of gold or silver, as they export in any but the first voyage; 
 and this must be done at latest within six months of the return of 
 the fleet. All silver is to be shipped from London, Dartmouth, or 
 Plymouth, and duly entered. To hinder clandestine traffic, no 
 entry of goods in the customhouse is to be admitted, if these come 
 from the Company's sphere, except by the express permission of 
 the Company. Each shareholder is to have a vote for every 
 500/. of stock ; but those holding less than this amount may join 
 to make up that sum and have a vote jointly for the same. All 
 plantations, forts, factories, or colonies in the East Indies are to 
 be under the control of the Company, who may appoint Governors 
 or other officials to manage them. Such Governors and their 
 Councils may judge all persons living under them, in matters civil 
 or criminal, according to the laws of England, and may execute 
 judgement accordingly. In the case of a factory where there is no 
 Governor and Council, the chief may transmit an offender to another 
 settlement for trial. The Company may send out ships of war, 
 men, and ammunition for the defence of their settlements, and may 
 commission commanders or officers over them ' to contynue or 
 make peace or warr with any prince or people, that are not 
 Christians, in any places of their trade, as shall bee most for the 
 advantage and benefitt of the said Governor and Company and of 
 their trade, and alsoe to right and recompence themselves upon
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 107 
 
 the goods, estate, or people of those parts by whome the said 
 Governor and Company shall sustaine any injury, losse or damage, 
 or upon any other people whatsoever that shall any wayes interrupt, 
 wronge, or injure them in their said trade, within the said places, 
 territories, and limitts granted unto the said Governor and Com- 
 pany, or their successors, by this charter ', Permission is granted 
 to erect fortifications and establish garrisons and colonies at 
 St. Helena, as also elsewhere within the Company's limits ; to 
 send out to such places provisions, ammunition, etc., free of duty, 
 to transport thither volunteers, and to punish them for mis- 
 demeanors. The Company is authorized ' to seize upon the 
 persons of all such English, or any other our subjects in the said 
 East Indies, which shall sayle in any Indian or English vessell or 
 inhabite in those parts without the leave and lycence of the said 
 Governor and Company in that behalfe first had and obtained, or 
 that shall contemne or disobey their orders, and send them to 
 England '. The servants of the Company in the East Indies shall 
 be liable to such suitable punishment, for offences there committed, 
 as the President and Council shall think fit. Should any appeal 
 from their decision, he may be sent home as a prisoner to the 
 Company. For the better discovery of abuses, it shall be lawful 
 for the Company and their chief servants in the East to examine 
 upon oath all factors, masters, etc., so as the oath be not repugnant 
 to the laws of England. The Company shall not attempt to trade 
 at any place in the possession of a Christian prince or state in 
 league with the English Crown, should such trade be objected to. 
 The charter may be revoked after three years warning. All 
 English officials are enjoined to aid and assist the Company and 
 their servants. (6 skins.) 
 
 Answer of the States Ambassadors concerning the Dutch 
 PREPARATIONS FOR THE East Indies, April i66i [Public Record 
 Office: S.P. Holland, vol. 164, p. 147). 
 
 They have informed the States-General what the King wrote 
 to them the 22nd February last, and have just received the answer 
 and resolutions of the States, in which they are directed to thank 
 His Majesty for his offer of mediating between the States and the 
 King of Portugal and to pray him to endeavour to get the said
 
 io8 COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 king to make them just and reasonable reparation. With regard 
 to the jealousy and umbrage of the East India Company about 
 the Dutch fleet now preparing, the Ambassadors are expressly 
 ordered to assure His Majesty that no damage or wrong is intended 
 to his subjects either in the East or elsewhere, but on the contrary 
 every favour and help. This they pray the King to believe will 
 be religiously and sincerely adhered to. [French, i^pp- Received 
 4 April.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, April 5, 1661 {Court Book, vol. xxiv, 
 p. 361). 
 
 Daniel Andrews and Henry Spurstow are accepted as security 
 for pepper, and James Hill and Benjamin Stone for 150/. Order 
 is given for the quicksilver provided by Mr. Clarke and intended 
 for Surat to be shipped in the London for Bantam, as it came too 
 late to go in the Constantinople Merchant. The account of Consul 
 D'Lanoy at Aleppo to be paid to his order at the rate of 6^. the 
 dollar. {I p.) 
 
 Order of Council, April 5, 1661 [Public Record Office: Privy 
 Council Register, vol. Iv, p. 196). 
 
 That the Committee formerly appointed to treat with the 
 Dutch Ambassadors be empowered to treat with them upon the 
 last overture made by them for a new treaty, and also upon any 
 other matter or proposal which hereafter they shall present, until 
 the whole treaty shall be consummated and perfected. 
 
 A Court of Committees, April 10, 1661 [Court Book, vol. xxiv, 
 p. 362). 
 
 Thomas Winter, on behalf of his brother Edward, desires that 
 certain things which are only for necessary use may be delivered 
 to him out of the private trade warehouse ; hereupon certain Com- 
 mittees are requested to examine them and, if they are not pro- 
 hibited, to give permission to the owners of the Marigold (in whose 
 custody they are) to deliver them. Thomas Pearle and William 
 Parker are accepted as security for 700^. Certain Committees are 
 desired to examine and report on the account of the late President 
 Wyche. Sir Henry Littleton having procured the King's grant
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 109 
 
 under the Broad Seal for the transfer to him of Alderman Titch- 
 bourne's adventure, and a draft of a discharge to the Company for 
 the same having been read and approved, the Court agrees to the 
 said adventure being transferred to his credit, on condition that 
 he executes the draft (a counterpart of which shall be sealed to 
 him), and leaves the King's grant with the Company, (i p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees for the United Joint Stock, 
 April ii, 1661 {Court Book, vol. xxiii, p. 695), 
 
 Henry Garry to be paid 50/. for salary due from this Stock. 
 Sir Henry Littleton having a grant of the adventure of Alderman 
 Titchbourne from the King under the Broad Seal, payment of the 
 last division in this Stock, being 60/., is ordered to be made to 
 him. a p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, April 19, 1661 [Court Book, vol. xxiv, 
 p. 363). 
 
 The account of Ralph Johnson, a factor who died at Guinea, to 
 be made up and paid to his administrators. The Committees of 
 the Treasury are desired, with the assistance of Mr. Boone, to 
 endeavour to ship 20,000 dollars in the London for Bantam, if 
 these are obtainable on reasonable terms. (J p.) 
 
 A General Court, April 19, 1661 [Ibid., p. 364). 
 
 The Committees appointed to scrutinize the votes for the election 
 of Governor and Deputy declare that by a majority of votes 
 Sir Andrew Riccard is again chosen Governor, and Sir Thomas 
 Chamberlen Deputy for the year ensuing. Hereupon both are 
 sworn in the presence of the generality according to custom. (J p.) 
 
 A General Court, April 26, 1661 [Ibid., p. 366). 
 
 The Governor intimates that the reason why the time of election 
 has been altered is to allow the new Committees to come in at the 
 very beginning of the year's business, as formerly the ships arrived 
 sometimes before their election. This present election has been 
 made by virtue of the King's charter granted to the Company, 
 and the standing order to remove eight Committees who have the
 
 no COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 fewest votes and supply their places with eight adventurers who 
 have the largest number of votes has been observed ; all this is 
 generally approved. The Governor further states that, as by 
 His Majesty's favour the Company has obtained a new charter, 
 if they intend to have their standing orders touching the form of 
 their election observed, they must renew them, because by the 
 present charter the time of election is altered ; hereupon it is 
 generally resolved that instead of the election taking place as 
 formerly in July there shall be annually a new and free election of 
 governor, deputy, and twenty-four Committees between the loth 
 and the last day of April according to the new charter ; no governor 
 or deputy shall rem.ain in their respective posts for more than two 
 years together ; eight of the old Committees with the fewest 
 number of votes shall resign annually and eight adventurers with 
 the highest number of votes be admitted in their stead.^ The 
 names of the twenty-four Committees are as follows : George, 
 Lord Berkley, Sir William Thomson, Sir Richard Ford, Sir William 
 Vincent, Sir Stephen White, Sir Anthony Bateman, Sir George 
 Smith, Sir William Ryder, Alderman William Love, Sir Joseph Ash, 
 Sir James Drax, Messrs. Maurice Thomson, William Williams, 
 John Jollife, Thomas Kendall, Christopher Boone, Francis Clarke, 
 Christopher Willoughby, Peter Vandeputt, Samuel Barnardiston, 
 Robert Lant, Thomas Winter, Thomas Breton, and Edward Pearce. 
 A motion is made that, in regard the adventurers are under several 
 different oaths, which is a cause of great dissatisfaction to some, 
 an oath shall be devised for all and offered for approval to the 
 generality, and every one shall be freed from any former oaths ; 
 of this the Court approves, and refers it to the discretion of the 
 Committees to prepare such an oath by the next meeting. Spiller 
 is given special order to inform himself of the addresses of the 
 adventurers, that they may be warned by ticket when a general 
 court is to be held, (ij pp.) 
 
 * This had evidently been the rule at least from the formation of the New General Stock, 
 for at the elections of 1658, 1659, and 1660 the number of new Committees chosen was 
 eight ; and it became the regular practice. The object was to ensure continuity by retain- 
 ing a considerable proportion of those already familiar with the duties.
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY in 
 
 A Court of Committees, April 29, 1661 {Court Book, vol. xxiv, 
 P- 367). 
 
 This being the first meeting of the Committees since their election, 
 serious consideration is had how to conduct the Company's business 
 this ensuing year, that the inconveniencies which happened last 
 year may be prevented. These, it is thought, were mainly caused 
 by the lack of full and timely attention on the part of the Com- 
 mittees ; but as nothing can now be concluded to remedy this, 
 they are only reminded of their past failure and earnestly pressed 
 to give more attendances in the future. This request, and the 
 consideration of the oath they have taken, will, it is hoped, so 
 prevail upon them that nothing more need be urged. It is now 
 ordered that the attendances of the several Committees shall be 
 given in the next printed list for election (none to be counted 
 unless the Committee was in his place by ten o'clock), that the 
 generality may be better guided in their choice. Jeremy Sam- 
 brooke is ordered to balance his books within a month ; and, 
 after he has been directed by the Committee as to the method in 
 which the books are to be kept in future, he is to give a perfect 
 balance of the said books yearly between the departure and arrival 
 of the ships. Certain Committees are requested to prepare the 
 draft of an oath suitable for all the adventurers to take. Lord 
 Berkley, Sir William Thomson, Sir Richard Ford, Sir William 
 Ryder, and Mr. Willoughby are desired to continue their endeavours 
 to obtain satisfaction for the damages sustained from the Dutch. 
 Sir Richard Ford is particularly requested to go on as he has 
 begun in this business ; and the said five men, or any three of 
 them, are appointed a committee to take any they please to help 
 manage the Dutch business, both concerning the said satisfaction 
 and to obtain freedom of trade in the future. They are also to 
 attend the King, the Lord Chancellor, or any committee of the 
 Council from time to time to receive proposals and report to this 
 committee for direction concerning the same. Jeremy Sambrookc 
 is directed to prepare every month a perfect list of all the Com- 
 pany's debts. (iJ^/>.)
 
 112 COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 A Court of Committees, May 3, 1661 {Court Book, vol. xxiv, 
 p. 369). 
 
 The drafts of the bonds to be given by the Company, engaging 
 them to import the same amount of money as they lately exported, 
 are read, agreed to, and ordered to be engrossed and sealed. Certain 
 Committees are desired to undertake the arbitration concerning 
 the Marigold, which is to be concluded by the end of the month ; 
 others to treat with Captain Barker for a voyage with his new ship 
 to Guinea and India. (| p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, May 10, 1661 [Ibid., p. 370). 
 
 The Court, understanding how near to perfection the grand 
 charter, the charter for Pulo Run, and the commission for martial 
 law are brought, and considering the service Mr. Sands has rendered 
 at all times in these matters, orders that he be given 100^. in gold 
 as a gratuity ; Sir James Drax and other Committees are entreated 
 to see this done. The Court thinking that the London, on account 
 of contrary winds, may still be in some part of the west country, 
 orders that if possible an additional 5,000/, in dollars shall be laden 
 in her for a further supply of stock for the South Seas, (i p.) 
 
 The Company to John Madock [at Plymouth], May ii, 1661 
 {Letter Book, vol. iii, p. 36). 
 
 They enclose a letter to the commander and purser of the London, 
 which ship set sail on the 2nd instant from Portland Road, but as 
 the win(;i has been contrary they think she may be still in the 
 Channel ; if so, or if she shall have put into Plymouth or Falmouth, 
 they desire Madock to have the said letter delivered as directed, 
 and to afford the commander and purser any assistance they may 
 require. (J p.) 
 
 Letters to this effect were also sent to Captain Thomas Lancaster at 
 Portsmouth, James Greene at Weymouth, and Lawrence Wheeler at 
 Dartmouth. 
 
 A Court of Committees, May 13, 1661 {Court Book, vol. xxiv, 
 p. 371). 
 
 A new ship, master Roger Millar, is offered for employment by
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 113 
 
 Sir John Robinson, and a survey is ordered to be taken of her ; 
 also of Captain Barker's vessel, and of one belonging to Zachary 
 Browne. Sir William Vincent and Sir George Smith arj accepted 
 as security for indigo, and Edward Watts and James Stainer for 
 calicoes. Order is given for one hundred pieces in gold to be 
 distributed by the Governor ' where there hath been an eminent 
 desert by extraordinary services done for the Company '. (op-) 
 
 A Court of Committees, May 15, 1661 {Ibid., p. 372). 
 
 The account of the late President Wyche to be cleared and his 
 bond given up to be cancelled. Certain Committees are requested 
 to prepare a draft of an act for confirmation of the Company's 
 charter by Parliament and to endeavour to get it passed. Order 
 is given for a survey to be taken of the three new ships tendered 
 for employment, and Messrs. Thomson and Willoughby are desired 
 to make out an abstract of goods suitable for two vessels to carry 
 to Guinea this coming year. The Court, according to annual 
 custom, makes a new election of their officers who are now present, 
 and those for whom oaths are prepared are sworn, viz. : Jeremy 
 Sambrooke as accountant-general at 220^ a year ; Samuel Sam- 
 brooke, writer of letters and warehousekeeper at 200/, a year ; 
 Captain John Prowd, surveyor of shipping, whose salary is raised 
 from 50^. to Sol. a year ; Michael Dunkin, cashier-general, whose 
 salary is raised from 150/. to 200/. a year ; Richard Harris, bis 
 assistant at 80/. a year ; John Harbert assistant to the accountant 
 at 80/. a year ; George Papillon, keeper of the Blue Warehouse at 
 80^. a year ; Percival Aungier, paymaster of the marines at 30/. 
 a year ; James Acton, solicitor at 20I. a year ; John Stanyan, 
 secretary and keeper of the Pepper Warehouse, at 140/. a year. 
 Acton moves the Court for a gratuity for the loss of his time in 
 their service, and is promised that this shall be considered at their 
 next meeting, [i^ pp.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, May 22, 1661 [Ibid., p. 373). 
 
 Certain Committees are desired to examine and report with 
 regard to the ' extraordinarie paines ' taken by Mr. Acton, that 
 the Court may be guided in their resolution concerning his motion 
 
 for a gratuity. Thomas Brough, lately appointed assistant to the 
 2482 I
 
 J 14 COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 Secretary, having left that post, Laurence Stanyan, at the request 
 of the Secretary, is entertained at a salary of 20I. a year, to begin 
 from last Christmas. William Weld, Laurence Saucer, and John 
 Midleton are accepted as security for calicoes. Surveys of the 
 three new ships are submitted, and the Court is of opinion to 
 entertain two for Guinea, one to sail by the 15th of July next, the 
 other some time in October ; it is left to the discretion of the 
 Committees, formerly appointed for the purpose, to entertain and 
 agree for which two of the said vessels they think fit, upon reason- 
 able terms. Henry Sayre is admitted to the freedom by redemp- 
 tion, paying 5^. Payments to Bp. Warner,^ ' Mr. Chiffinch - for 
 His Majesty ', &c. {li pp.) 
 
 The Company to Mrs. Bridgmax, etc. [at Amsterdam], 
 May 24, 1661 [Letter Book, vol. iii, p. 39). 
 
 Have received their several letters. From the last they note 
 that the Dutch East India Company have received letters overland 
 reporting the loss of three English ships on their return to England. 
 This with other shipping news is diversely related in letters to 
 several merchants in London. Beg them to ascertain from the 
 Dutch Company from whom and whence the news of the said loss 
 (which they hope may prove false) came ; also the date of the 
 letters from Surat and the Bay, and advise the same, with any 
 other news obtainable. Direct them to provide 2,000 dozen 
 boat-men's knives, to be sent for the Guinea market in July next 
 or before. (| p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, May 31, 1661 [Court Book, vol. xxiv, 
 P- 374)- 
 
 Ouarles Browne is admitted to the freedom, by service to the 
 Company. Joanna Lucas, whose husband died since his return in 
 the Advice, having lost many of his goods in the storm, is given 
 a gratuity of 15/. William Williams, one of the Committee of the 
 
 * John Warner, Bishop of Rochester, 1637-66. 
 
 ^ The amount is 748^. 2s. 6d. William Chififinch was the well-known page to Charles II, 
 much employed in confidential transactions. From an entry in the minutes of 18 Novembw, 
 1663, we learn that the money v. as the proceeds of the sale of the shares held by the regicide 
 Barkstead (see p. 27),
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 115 
 
 Treasury, desiring to be excused from that service on account of 
 private business, Sir William Ryder is entreated to take his place. 
 John Swift and Robert Cranmer are accepted as security for 379^. 
 Richard Harris, purser of the man-of-war, is given 10/. for victual- 
 ling a man to St. Helena and for bread and cask delivered for the 
 Company's use ; payment for 100 iron hoops delivered to him 
 by the London is also remitted to him. The conditions of the 
 entertainment of the Coronation and the Royal Charles are 
 approved, (i p.) 
 
 Petition of the Company to the King, [May or June, 1661] 
 .{Public Record Office : CO. 77, vol. viii, no. 108). 
 
 His Majesty having been graciously pleased to confirm and 
 enlarge the charters granted by his royal predecessors for the 
 encouragement of the petitioners in the prosecution of the East 
 India trade, and the Attorney-General having reported that some 
 of the additional concessions desired by the petitioners and granted 
 by the royal charter are not ' soe literally consistant with the 
 laws of the kingdome as they are absolutely necessary for the due 
 administration of the trade that must be managed in collonies 
 planted at soe great a distance among heathen-nations ', the 
 petitioners humbly pray the King, by his favourable recommenda- 
 tion, to have the said charter confirmed by Parliamentary authority, 
 and to order the Solicitor-General to tender the annexed bill to 
 that purpose to the House of Commons, with the report of the 
 Council of Trade, and such other marks of his royal inclination 
 as he shall judge most consonant to the good of the Crown and of 
 his subjects. Signed Andrew Riccard, Governor, (f p.) 
 
 Draft of a Bill for Confirming the Company's Charter, 
 [May or June, 1661] ^ {Ibid., no. no).- 
 
 Describes the founding of the Company by a charter granted by 
 Queen Elizabeth, and the subsequent establishment of a Dutch 
 East India Company, which has violently encroached upon English 
 
 ' There is no trace in the Commons' Journals of the introduction of any such bill. 
 
 * The next document in the volume is an extract from the Marriage Treaty (June 23, 
 1661), giving the clause relating to Bombay. The treaty itself is accessible in several 
 printed collections, 
 
 I 2
 
 ii6 COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 trade in the East and has brought the name and honour of the 
 English nation and their trade there into small repute. James I 
 confirmed the Company's charter, and the present King has done 
 the same, granting additional privileges, by letters patent of 
 April 3, 1661. Enacts that the said Company be incorporated 
 under its present title, and enjoy all advantages of a corporate 
 body and the powers and privileges granted to them in the said 
 letters patent, including a monopoly of English trade in all places 
 between the Cape of Good Hope and the Straits of Magellan. No 
 subject of Great Britain or Ireland is to trade to those parts without 
 the licence of the Company, upon pain of forfeiture of ships and 
 goods, the one half of such forfeitures accruing to His Majesty and 
 the other half to the Company. In default of seizure, the value 
 thereof may be sued for on behalf of the King or of the Company. 
 For the encouragement of the English marine, the Company are 
 not to export or import goods in any vessel that is not English- 
 built, and the captain, master, and at least three-fourths of the 
 mariners must be English. The landing of goods at any port where 
 there is not a customhouse is forbidden, on penalty of forfeiture 
 of ship and cargo, as also of the wages of all on board. (4 pp.) 
 
 Order of Council, June 5, 1661 [Public Record Office : Privy 
 Council Register, vol. Iv, p. 236). 
 
 Upon a petition from the Company, praying the King to order 
 the Solicitor-General to tender a bill annexed to the House of 
 Commons, together with the report of the Council of Trade, with 
 such marks of His Majesty's gracious inclination to the petitioners 
 as he shall judge consonant to the good of the Crown and of his 
 subjects, the King orders the said petition with the bill annexed 
 to be recommended to Mr. Attorney and the Solicitor-General, who 
 are to read and consider both, and also the charters granted to 
 the Company, and report their opinions of the whole matter to the 
 King, who will then give such further order as shall be fit. 
 
 A Court of Committees, June 14, 1661 [Court Book, vol. xxiv, 
 P- 375). 
 
 The reply is read to an answer of the Dutch Ambassadors to the 
 preliminary articles delivered to them by His Majesty's Commis-
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 117 
 
 sioners appointed to treat with them, and is ordered to be pre- 
 sented. Sir Richard Ford, Sir Wilham Ryder, Maurice Thomson, 
 and Christopher Boone are desired, if they see cause, to take the 
 advice of Dr. Turner on any point thereof. Up.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, June 19, 1661 {Ibid., p. 376). 
 
 Sir Richard Ford having made some alteration in the answer to 
 the Dutch Ambassadors read at the last court, signed it in the 
 Company's name, and delivered it because he found it necessary 
 to use all possible expedition, now desires the Court's approbation 
 of the same ; hereupon the draft is read and approved. Nicholas 
 Herrick, George Meynell, George Hughs, Thomas Mullinax, George 
 Harris, Philip Foxwell, Gilbert Beavis, John Vodale [Uvedale?], 
 Timothy Whiteing, and Devereux Elmes apply to be entertained 
 as factors for Guinea ; it is resolved to select those who are thought 
 suitable at the next Court. Sir Thomas Chamberlaine and Sir 
 Richard Ford are desired to distribute 150Z. in gold to some who 
 have done the Company ' kindnesse in their businesse '. (f p.) 
 
 The Company to Mrs. Bridgman, etc. [at Amsterdam], 
 June 21, 1661 [Letter Book, vol. iii, p. 39). 
 
 Advise the receipt of several letters, a bill of lading, an invoice 
 of thirteen chests and two casks of knives, and a bill of exchange. 
 Doubt not but before this letter is received the seven East India 
 ships will have arrived in harbour ; therefore beg them to inquire 
 concerning the English shipping, etc., and whether any letters 
 have been brought for them from Bantam, and if so to forward 
 the same at once. Up-) 
 
 A Court of Committees, June 26, 1661 [Court Book, vol. xxiv, 
 P- 377). 
 
 The following oath, prepared by the Committees to be taken by 
 all adventurers, is read : ' You doe sweare to bee good and true 
 to our Soveraigne Lord the Kings Majestic, and to his heires and 
 successors, and that you wilbe faithfull to the Governour, his 
 Deputy and Company of Merchants of London tradcing into the 
 East Indies. The secrets of the said Company which shalbee 
 given you in charge to conccalc by the said Governour or his
 
 ii8 COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 Deputy you will not disclose, and dureing the present Joynt Stock 
 of this Company you will not trade in any such comodity or comodi- 
 ties whatsoever to or from the limitts of the Companyes charter 
 beyond the Cape of Good Hope which the Court of Committees 
 have or shall declare from time to time that they doe or will reserve 
 to the said Joynt Stock exclusive to any others,' This oath is 
 approved and the Court resolves to offer it to the generality. 
 Roger Scattergood is admitted to the freedom by redemption, 
 paying 5/. Certain Committees are desired to confer with ' a 
 person who pretends to give a true rule for finding out the longitude 
 more exactly then hath at anytime before bine discovered '. All 
 the men who applied at the last court to be employed as factors 
 for Guinea are entertained in that capacity, with the exception of 
 George Meynell and Timothy Whiteing, Captain Prowd is directed 
 to provide ' ten lusty young men of fifteen yeares of age or upwards ' 
 as soldiers for Guinea, [i-h pp-) 
 
 A Meeting of the Trustees for the Fourth Joint Stock, 
 June 27, 1661 [Court Book. vol. xxi, p. 326). 
 
 A proposal ^ having been made to some of the Trustees of the 
 Fourth Joint Stock on behalf of the Farmers, for satisfying the 
 great debt they owe the Stock, by advancing a certain proportion 
 of the debt in ready money, and then to have the customs settled 
 by an Act of Parliament for repaying the ready money with 
 interest in a reasonable time, and after that, then the whole 
 principal debt to be satisfied out of the customs ; upon considera- 
 tion Sambrooke is directed to prepare by next Tuesday a list of 
 all the adventurers, with their several proportions of the debt 
 (now declared to be ' 42,000/. principall '), when a meeting of all 
 the adventurers is to be held to resolve on this proposal."^ (f p.) 
 
 • See two Orders of Council of 29 April and 7 June i66i (Privy Council Register, vol. Iv, 
 pp. 207, 240). The Farmers of the Customs and their creditors were to find 150,000/. 
 to be advanced to His Majesty, and then this sum, with the addition of the old debt of 
 253,242/. 135. 5(f., was to be repaid by instalments within four years, out of the customs 
 or the excise revenue. 
 
 ^ There is no entry of any such meeting.
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 119 
 
 A Court of Committees, July 3, 1661 {Court Book, vol. xxiv, 
 P- 378). 
 
 John Parry and Thomas Crafton are accepted as security in 
 500/. for Philip Foxwell. Certain Committees are desired to 
 examine Mr. Johnson's bill for the London, and others to see about 
 the calicoes belonging to Henry Thurscrosse brought home in the 
 Mangold. Thomas Winter moves the Court to order the goods 
 in the warehouse belonging to his brother Edward to be delivered 
 to him ; he is told that, if Captain Connis will direct their delivery, 
 the Husband is not to hinder it. George Meinell is entertained as 
 a factor for Guinea at 20I. a year, (i p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, July 10, 1661 {Ibid., p. 379). 
 
 Alderman William Love and Nicholas Wildboare are accepted 
 as security in 500^. for John Uvedale. Certain Committees are 
 requested to take effectual care to prevent the designs of private 
 traders who have vessels ready to carry away goods on the arrival 
 of the ships ; others are desired to give directions for any repairs 
 found necessary to the Company's house, (f p.) 
 
 The Company to Lucas Cocke at Plymouth, July ii, 1661 
 {Letter Book, vol. iii, p. 40). 
 
 They daily expect the arrival of their ships from India, and 
 therefore request that if, on account of contrary winds or any 
 other accident, they shall put into Plymouth, during their stay 
 diligent observation may be kept of all goods taken out of the said 
 vessels and landed, the quantity and quality noted and, if possible, 
 to whom they belong. They will readily defray all expense and 
 charges incident hereto, and show their thankfulness for any 
 favour and care taken. Formerly they have been much abused 
 and prejudiced by commanders and others bringing home extra- 
 ordinary quantities of goods, notwithstanding engagements to the 
 contrary in their charterparties, and they wish to prevent this 
 in future, for which purpose they desire his assistance, {h p.) 
 
 Letters to the same effect were sent to Lawrence Wheeler at Dart- 
 mouth, James Greene at Weymouth, and Thomas Lancaster at Ports- 
 mouth.
 
 120 COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 A Court of Committees, July 17, 1661 {Court Book. vol. xxiv, 
 p. 380). 
 
 Henry Thurscrosse to be given 300/. on account of his calicoes, 
 and the Court resolves that his business shall be settled within the 
 month. Edmund Young is entertained as chief for Guinea at 
 a salary of 200/. a year, to go in the next ship and give security 
 according to his employment. Jeremy Sambrooke having pre- 
 sented the required estimate of this Stock's estate, the paper 
 formerly presented by him is read and he is given a gratuity of 
 50/., which is to be a final one. Mr. Acton, who has charged no 
 fees to this Stock and has taken pains about the licence for shipping 
 60,000/., is given a gratuity of 10/., but is told that in future he 
 is to put down his fees for his services and expect no gratuity. 
 The following securities are approved : Sir Thomas Bludworth 
 and Richard Spencer for cotton yarn, Richard Bates, John Bate- 
 man, and William Rawlins for 500/., Sir Thomas Soame and Robert 
 Taylor in 500Z. for Nicholas Herrick and Charles Harris and Nicholas 
 Crispe in a like sum for George Harris. Certain Committees are 
 desired to make agreement with the wharfinger for rates for goods 
 to come and for those already landed or shipped. The boatswain 
 [George Turner] of the Success to be allowed 10/. for cordage and 
 the gunner [Thomas Mumford] 3/. for powder presented to the 
 Governor of ' St. Ango '.^ (i p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, July 24, 1661 {Ibid., p. 381). 
 
 Ordered that warrants be signed for payments to various 
 persons. (J p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, July 31, 1661 {Ibid., p. 382). 
 
 Francis and John Young are accepted as securities in 2,000/. for 
 Edmund Young, and Francis Hughs and Thomas Blackerby in 
 1,000/. for Francis 2 Hughs, a Guinea factor. The owners of the 
 Eagle are given liberty to receive eight faggots of raw silk, the 
 remainder of their stock left at Surat and since returned in the 
 
 * A mistake for Santiago, one of the Cape Verd Islands. The Success was to call there 
 on her voyage to St. Helena and buy provisions (see the last volume, p. 350). 
 
 * Apparently an error for ' George ' (see p. 117)1
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 121 
 
 Richard and Martha. Certain Committees are desired to attend 
 the Lord Treasurer with a petition praying for his warrant to the 
 Commissioners of the Customs to allow the Company such privileges 
 as are granted in their charter. The owners of the Smyrna Merchant 
 to receive certain goods returned for their account in the Blackmore. 
 John Feild, a relation of Captain Prowd, is entertained as an 
 apprentice at 10/. a year for five years to go to Fort St. George in 
 the Royal Charles, and Roger Vivian, residing at that place, is 
 engaged as a factor at 2$l. a year. John Latton is entertained as 
 an apprentice at 10/. a year for five years, to go to Guinea in the 
 Coronation. John Dickons and William and Benjamin Spier are 
 accepted as securities for cotton yarn. On information concerning 
 the proceedings of the Committee for Private Trade, they are 
 entreated to continue their care and give what directions they 
 deem requisite. Certain Committees are desired to examine and 
 report on the state of affairs at Surat. {^i pp-) 
 
 Petition of the Company to the Earl of Southampton, 
 Lord High Treasurer [July, 1661] [Home Miscellaneous, vol. xlii, 
 P- 47)- 
 
 Though they are invested with the sole trade to the East Indies 
 by virtue of His Majesty's charter, as appears by the annexed 
 extract, and though all employed in their ships in that trade are 
 by express covenant forbidden to carry to or from the Indies any 
 goods except for the Company, yet they have found by continued 
 experience that considerable quantities of goods have been yearly 
 imported by interlopers, who, in order to conceal these frauds and 
 avoid the penalties due for the same, have evaded the payment 
 of customs by stopping their ships upon the western coast, secretly 
 transporting their goods into other vessels, and sending them into 
 France or to other parts beyond the seas ; or they have prevailed 
 with the officers of the customs of the outports to admit the entry 
 of such goods and to help to convey them away secretly. There- 
 fore the petitioners pray the Lord High Treasurer to grant them 
 his warrant to the Commissioners of the Customs for the latter to 
 give order to the officers of the outports to use all possible diligence 
 to discover the arrival of any ships from the East Indies in or near 
 any of their ports or roads, and send faithful officers aboard the
 
 122 COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 same to sec that no East India commodities are admitted at such 
 ports except by persons producing a deputation under the Com- 
 pany's common seal, (f p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, August 7, 1661 {Court Book, vol. xxiv, 
 p. 383). 
 
 Certain Committees are requested to examine the chests in the 
 warehouse belonging to Mr. Andrews and deliver to him such 
 necessary clothing as they find in them ; also to order the delivery 
 of such non-prohibited goods belonging to seamen as they think 
 fit. A proposal of secrecy is made to the committee for affairs 
 of that nature for them to consider if it might be of any advantage 
 to the Company ; and it being declared to the Court (after a strict 
 injunction of secrecy), it is largely debated and the said committee 
 enjoined to give an answer according to the debate and sense of 
 the Court. The commanders of the several ships to assist Sir 
 Thomas Chamberlen and other Committees in searching for and 
 bringing away such goods as they shall think fit. Goods to be 
 delivered to the owners of the Katherine. Three Dutchmen who 
 came from Bantam in the Restoration to be given four pounds 
 a piece, and another who came from St. Helena in the same vessel 
 to be given 2/., all for services done on board, (i p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, August 9, 1661 [Ibid., p. 384). 
 
 Charles Harris, John Johnes, and William Chamberlen are 
 accepted as securities in 500Z. for George Harris ; and Richard 
 Jones and Philip Payne for Gilbert Beavis. Order is given for 
 7,000/. in coin and bullion to be provided for dispatch in the 
 Coronation to the Coast. Captain Prowd is desired to survey the 
 Restoration as soon as she is cleared. (J p.) 
 
 Commissioners of Customs to Sir Philip Warwick, August 13, 
 1661 [Public Record Office : Entry Book, vol. ix, p. 71). 
 
 Reporting the readiness of the East India Company to pay 
 customs and duties for all goods arrived in the four ships now in 
 the river, if the Lord Treasurer will grant his warrant to rebate 
 the interest due for the same according to their charter, ' which 
 we desire you to move His Lordship to doe, the said Company
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 123 
 
 being (as we are assured) to present the said abatement to His 
 Majesty,, as we lately advertised '. Wiih Lord Southampton's 
 minute : ' The East India Company intending to make a present 
 to His Majesty, I hereby allow and warrant you to rebate their 
 interest for this time.' 
 
 A Court of Committees, August 14, 1661 {Court Book, vol. xxiv, 
 p. 385). 
 
 Thomas Mullinax is accepted as security in 500^. for his son 
 Thomas, a Guinea factor. Order is given for all wills of persons 
 deceased while in the Company's service to be sent to Mr. Edmund 
 Arnold, the Company's proctor, that he may be able to certify 
 proof of the same, as well as the legal grant of all administrations 
 by which any money shall be demanded of the Company, and to 
 perform all other business proper to his position. Mr. Beale is 
 given a gratuity of lol. for expediting the Company's charter at 
 the engrossing office. Mr. Gifford's goods to be delivered, he 
 engaging to refer himself to the Company concerning fines. (|- p.) 
 
 The Company to Mrs. Bridgman, etc. [at Amsterdam], 
 August 16, 1661 [Letter Book, vol. iii, p. 41). 
 
 Acknowledge the receipt of their letters and the list of com- 
 modities the Dutch Company intend to put up for sale. Have 
 no need of more sheets at present. Enclose a letter to the Honour- 
 able George Downing, and desire that it may be delivered to 
 
 him. a p.) 
 
 The Company to the Honourable George Downing at the 
 Hague, August 16, 1661 [Ibid., p. 41). 
 
 He knows they have been very insistent in soliciting just repara- 
 tion for damages from the Netherlands East India Company. The 
 King and his Council have been graciously pleased to ' ownc ' 
 them and other complainants in their several demands, but now the 
 States Ambassador[s] would deny all claims made before January, 
 1659, pretending to regard the agreement (with which Downing 
 assisted) for the ships Postilion, John and Francis, and Frederick, 
 ratified by Richard Cromwell as supreme magistrate, ' as exclusive 
 to any other pretences of the English nation against the Dutch
 
 124 COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 which were then knowne in England '. They cannot believe this 
 was done at that time, and if such an Act is produced they think 
 they may, without breach of charity, suspect it to have been 
 indirectly obtained since. They desire him to state what he knows 
 about this, and give them his best advice and assistance as to 
 what course they should pursue to obtain their rights. They 
 consider that they ought not to be included in what they were no 
 parties to, and that, if the sum paid was in full satisfaction for all 
 damages sustained by the English from the Dutch up to that 
 time, it ought to have been divided proportionably to each sufferer. 
 They cannot think Downing would concur in such ' an irrationall 
 treaty as to make the just and greate demands of a multitude the 
 price of the sattisfaction of a few ', and therefore they confidently 
 expect from him such a report of that transaction as may extricate 
 them and many others from this unreasonable pretence of the 
 Ambassadors, {t P-) 
 
 A Court of Committees, August 21, 1661 {Court Book, vol. xxiv, 
 p. 386). 
 
 Mr. Young, Agent for Guinea, is given lol. for fresh provisions, 
 and all factors for that place are given 3/. apiece for the like pur- 
 pose. John Uvedall to be allowed to take cloth to the value of 
 20I. to Guinea. Certain bills of exchange drawn upon the Company 
 from Surat by the President, etc., for about 40/. or 50/. apiece are 
 to be accepted, though no advice has yet been received ; but care 
 is to be taken that payment is made to the right persons. Mrs. 
 Terrill to be given 30/. on account of her husband's salary. Private 
 trade in the Company's warehouse to be examined and unprohibited 
 goods to be delivered. A petition about the Dutch business is 
 read and ordered to be presented to the King. On the request of 
 Edward Steevens, who was formerly awarded a gratuity of twenty 
 nobles for surveying ships, that sum is now increased to 10/. and 
 order given for his continuance in that employment. (|- p.) 
 
 Petition and Narrative of the Company to the King, 
 [August, 1661] {Public Record Office : CO. 77, vol. viii, no. 113). 
 
 They have tasted liberally of the King's grace in confirming and 
 enlarging their charter, and in owning their just interest in all
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 125 
 
 their addresses complaining against the injurious invasions made 
 on them by the Dutch Company, and they doubt not but that 
 His Majesty will not only hear with patience the ensuing narrative, 
 but with his accustomed princely goodness grant as much of their 
 petition as may be agreeable to the honour of his crown and the 
 right of his subjects. His Majesty was pleased, on the first arrival 
 of the Ambassadors of the United Provinces, to receive from the 
 English Company information of the sad state of their trade, 
 caused by the unneighbourly proceedings of the Dutch, and after 
 the report from the High Court of Admiralty (upon due proof of 
 the damage done the English Company by the Dutch Company), 
 and the advice of the Council of Trade how the like might be 
 prevented for the future, to order that the States Ambassadors 
 should be told they must give satisfaction for the one and security 
 for the other, before he would enter upon any other Articles of 
 Alliance with the said States. But since, as the petitioners under- 
 stand, the King hath, for reasons of State, thought fit to make the 
 honour of his East India Charter and the interests of his subjects 
 concerned in that trade subsequent to the main Treaty of Alliance, 
 provided that by one article of that treaty the States should 
 shortly depute Commissioners fully instructed and empowered to 
 meet in London an equal number, to be appointed by the King, 
 to settle all things, both past and future, in such a manner as 
 might still the just complaints of his subjects and prevent any 
 more of that nature. But the petitioners are informed by their 
 friendly correspondent in Holland that the States have, at the 
 instance of the Dutch Company, resolved to order their Ambas- 
 sadors not to consent to any such equitable way of composure, 
 and, therefore, they pray His Majesty to consider : (i) That their 
 rule of law of actor sequitur forum rei was never meant nor practised 
 further than where the plaintiff and defendant were private 
 persons ; (2) That the Companies incorporated by His Majesty's 
 charter and the States' octroy ^ are bodies politic, and that, being 
 by the immediate authority of the respective sovereignties, all 
 differences that arise between them are matters of State and ought 
 to be decided as such ; (3) That as there have been too many and 
 great injuries done to His Majesty's Company by those of the 
 
 * Dutch octrooi, grant or concession.
 
 126 COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 Netherlands since they were respectively established, so satisfac- 
 tion for them was never adjusted but by Commissioners of State 
 appointed by His Majesty's predecessors and those States, as in 
 1619 and 1622, and even in the year 1654, when this nation was 
 under the power of a usurper ; (4) That when three English ships, 
 set out by private adventurers to the Indies, were piratically 
 taken by the Dutch Company, the States submitted to give satis- 
 faction for that wrong by a treaty of State, as they called it, and 
 the stipulation for the agreement and payment was mutual between 
 the usurper Richard and his allies and friends, the States-General, 
 as may appear by their public Acts dated in i658[-59 ?] ; (5) A good 
 part of the demands now extant against those of the United 
 Provinces have been more or hss prosecuted in their own courts, 
 but have met so many parties on every Bench, and thereby so 
 much delay or denial of justice, that in prudent despair some have 
 desisted from any more fruitless expense of money and time, and 
 they and others, ' made wise by their neighbours harmes ', have 
 awaited His Majesty's most happy restoration, and with it their 
 own reparation ; (6) That there is scarce any one exercising any 
 jurisdiction, either sovereign or subordinate, in the United Pro- 
 vinces but is particularly interested in maritime trade, and especially 
 in that of the East Indies ; (7) That His Majesty's merchant 
 subjects, some of whom already groan under past oppression of 
 the Dutch, and others of whom tremble with apprehension of what 
 may follow (if the King does not apply some remedy by bringing 
 the said States to reason), will be quite discouraged from prosecut- 
 ing any foreign trade, to the signal prejudice of the royal revenue 
 and the lessening of navigation and native manufactures of this 
 kingdom ; (8) That if the present East India Stock is not by the 
 King's justice at this time repaired and preserved from the past 
 and future encroachments of the Dutch, it will tend to the total 
 extinction of His Majesty's subjects' and nearest allies' interest 
 in East India, and make the States of the United Provinces sole 
 masters of it, and so able to impose on all Europe the price of East 
 Indian commodities, and by the gains thereof in time to give 
 laws to all princes of Christendom. Therefore the petitioners, on 
 behalf of themselves and their fellow sufferers, earnestly pray the 
 King to insist that the United States of the Netherlands shall
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 127 
 
 send commissioners, as aforesaid, to London, to give just satisfac- 
 tion in the premises, as they have always done, according to common 
 justice and the respect that they owe and have always paid to the 
 imperial crown of this kingdom, ' which if they should reverence 
 the lesse for being on Your Majesties most sacred head, wee shall, 
 as wee are bound by generall and speciall duty to soe gratious and 
 good a Prince, at your Majesties Command endeavour to revenge 
 on them and sacrifice our lives and the remaining fortunes which 
 their rapine hath left us in that Your Majesties service, thincking 
 it better becoming Englishmen under soe glorious a prince to 
 runne the hazard of a feavour then tamely to contract to ourselves 
 and entayle to our posterity a certaine consumption of the honour 
 and wealth of our nation '. (i p.) 
 
 The Company's Address to Sir William Morice [August, 
 1661 ^] [Home Miscellaneous, vol. xlii, p, 65). 
 
 Having, by his favour, seen the 15th Article of the Treaty with 
 the United Provinces, they beg leave to acquaint him with their 
 scruples concerning the same, (i) Whether it is intended by the 
 said Article that they shall have liberty to demand and recover 
 reparation for damages they may sustain by the non-delivery of 
 Pulo Run to those who were sent last year to receive it by His 
 Majesty's commission. This they think was intended, because it 
 was so declared to them at the Council Board at Hampton Court, 
 but they cannot find it explained in the terms of the Article, which 
 in this particular ' seeme only to look forward '. (2) In the 5th 
 paragraph mention is made of a catalogue of damages to be drawn 
 up by both parties, and examined and admitted by the respective 
 commissioners. No time is fixed in which this is to be done, ' but 
 a wholle yearc, after each is agreed on them, shalbc given for 
 a freindly conference and composure of them '. This causes the 
 Company to fear that ' the Hollanders have a latitude to spinn 
 out the tyme of that commencement of the Treaty at their pleasure, 
 and have it in their power to null the wholle intention of the 
 Articles, all other stcpps fixed and times of the adjustment of 
 damages depending on a time unfixed and uncertaine '. (3) It 
 would greatly ease their ' perplexed thoughts ' if they might 
 
 ' The date is conjectural, and possibly should be fixed somewhat later.
 
 128 COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 know what the last remedy must be in case the commissioners 
 shall not agree on all the demands depending before them within 
 the time limited. Therefore they petition Sir Morice, if he thinks 
 their scruples on the above points well grounded, to advise them 
 whether there is yet time and place left for an address to the King 
 for relief, before the ratification of the Articles, for they humbly 
 conceive ' that its noe new thing bctweene Princes and States to 
 make explanatory Articles to mutuall [satisfaction] where any 
 difficulty doth arise that may occasion such disputes '. (i p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, August 22, 1661 {Court Book, vol. xxiv, 
 p. 387). 
 
 On the petition of the master, officers, and company of the 
 Restoration, the Court gives order for their private trade to be 
 delivered to them, they engaging to refer themselves to the Com- 
 pany concerning freight and fines, and the master undertaking 
 that the quality and weight of all the goods shall be taken before 
 dehvery. The petition and account of Jeremy Raymon to be 
 examined. This being the day appointed to consider about the 
 business proposed in the letter from the King to the Company, 
 much time is spent in debating how to accommodate His Majesty, 
 and Sir Richard Ford, Sir William Ryder, and Mr. Christopher 
 Boone are desired to return an answer according to the sense of 
 the Court, pointing out ' the conveniency one way and the incon- 
 veniency in the other, and that what His Majesty shall thereupon 
 incline unto the Company will give all the assistance they can to 
 the same '.^ {^ P-) 
 
 Order of Council, August 26, 1661 [Public Record Office : 
 Privy Council Register, vol. Iv, p. 350"^). 
 
 The petition and narrative of the Company, read at this Board, 
 is ordered to be referred to the consideration of the Committee of 
 the Privy Council appointed to treat with the Ambassadors from 
 the United Provinces, the said Committee to make their report 
 thereon to the Board. 
 
 ' No hint is given as to the nature of the request, which is described in the margin as 
 'a private affaire '. It probably related to the expedition for the taking over of Bombay. 
 * For a copy see CO. 77, vol. viii, no. 112.
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 129 
 
 A Court of Committees, August 28, 1661 {Court Book, vol. xxiv, 
 p. 388). 
 
 The owners of the Katherine to be paid 2,500/. and the owners 
 of the Blackmore i,5ooZ. on account of freight and demurrage. 
 Richard Harris is appointed housekeeper in the place of John 
 Spiller, deceased, ' to see the watch duly sett and doe such busi- 
 nesse as shalbe requisite '. (f p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, August 30, 1661 [Ibid., p. 389). 
 
 An inventory to be taken of the tackle, provisions, and stores 
 of the Restoration, and that ship to be sold by the candle at the 
 next sale. Mrs. Noell, executrix of James Noell, and Martin Noell 
 are accepted as securities for James Noell, a factor at the Coast. 
 
 Sir Edward Bearing and Bearing are accepted as securities 
 
 for Charles Bearing, a factor for the Coast. Coral to be provided 
 for India. A general court to be held next Wednesday week in 
 the afternoon, to consider about declaring a dividend to the adven- 
 turers, and other business. The draft of a letter to Secretary 
 Maurice and a narrative and petition to the King about the Butch 
 business, ' drawne and presented in time of exigency by Sir Richard 
 Ford ', are read and approved, and Sir Richard is thanked for his 
 vigilant care in the matter, [i p-) 
 
 The Company to Benjamin Belanoy [at Aleppo], Septem- 
 ber 2, 1661 (Letter Book, vol. iii, p. 58). 
 
 Acknowledge the receipt of two letters from him with a packet 
 enclosed from Persia. Are especially glad to hear news of the 
 Eagle. Besire him to forward the enclosed letters to their President 
 and Council at Surat, and to enclose under the Company's cover 
 all letters that he may receive from any of the factors or English 
 people in India. (|- p.) 
 
 The Company to John Launce [at Marseilles], September 2, 
 1 661 [Ihid., p. 60). 
 
 Besire him to forward the enclosed packet of letters to Consul 
 Belanoy at Aleppo. (J p.) 
 
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 130 COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 The Company to Thomas Dethick and Richard Browne [at 
 Leghorn], September 2, 1661 {Letter Book, vol. iii, p. 59). 
 
 They intend by their ships in the spring to send a parcel of coral 
 to India ; so commission them to buy twenty chests of Grezio 
 coral and five chests of ' Ricaduti ', taking care that the same 
 is ' in faire branches, sound, and of a deepe colour ' and at a reason- 
 able price ; some part they wish to receive in December, the re- 
 mainder in the following February. On advice of the receipt of 
 this commission they will send monies and give order to draw 
 upon them by exchange. They enclose a packet for Consul Delanoy 
 to be forwarded by the first conveyance, (i p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, September 4, 1661 {Court Book, 
 vol. xxiv, p. 390). 
 
 The Committee of the Treasury is advised to provide 20,000/. 
 or 30,000/. in gold abroad, to be brought to Dover and from thence 
 shipped to India. A box of jewels belonging to the late James 
 Cooke, a surgeon deceased at Bantam, to be delivered to such 
 persons as are legally qualified to receive and give a discharge for 
 it. The owners of the Richard and Martha to be paid 2,500/. on 
 account of freight. Messrs. Bridges and Allen are accepted as 
 securities for Shem Bridges, a factor at the Coast, and Messrs. 
 Jollife and Albin as securities for indigo. Certain Committees are 
 directed to see that the Company's warehouses are cleared, that 
 there may be room for the goods now to be unladen. Captain 
 Hargrave, late commander of the Welcome, having returned this 
 day, presents his journal and a book of freights made by that 
 ship during his employment in her ; the Court, to mark their 
 appreciation of his fidelity, resolves to employ him again as oppor- 
 tunity shall occur. The Committee for Charterparties to treat 
 with the owners of the Dragon and report the state of their business 
 to the Court, (i p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, September 6, 1661 {Ibid., p. 391). 
 
 In order to prevent manyinconveniencies, the Court resolves that 
 no private goods shall be sold by the Company at any time, and 
 that a new preamble shall be drawn up by the next day of sale, by
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 131 
 
 which all goods must be sold for ready money and taken away 
 by the 8th of April next, and to discount from the time or times 
 of payment until that date ; the buyer to pay ten per cent, on the 
 value of his purchase within fourteen days to bind his bargain : 
 if he shall fail to do this or to remove his goods by the specified 
 time, then the Company may resell them, and take any profit ; 
 if a loss results, then the original buyer is to make good the deficit. 
 An estimate of the state of the Stock at home and abroad is ordered 
 to be made, to enable the Court to give the adventurers an account 
 of the same and to declare a dividend, (i p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, September 7, 1661 {Ibid., p. 392). 
 
 The date for the departure of the Coroiiation is ordered to be 
 inserted in her charterparty as the last of October next. The 
 matter concerning the charterparty of the Dragon is, by mutual 
 consent, referred to arbitration. Upon a view of the estimate of 
 this Stock, a division of twenty per cent, in money is ordered to 
 be paid to the adventurers on the 8th of June next ; but if any 
 adventurer shall buy goods at the next sale or assign his division 
 to another who shall have bought goods, he or they shall have 
 goods delivered to them to the amount of his or their division, (f p.) 
 
 A General Court of Adventurers, September ii, 1661 
 {Ibid., p. 393). 
 
 Sir Andrew Riccard states that the occasion of their meeting is 
 for all to be told that upon a calculation of the Stock it is found 
 a division of twenty per cent, in money may be made without 
 touching the capital, and accordingly the same is to be paid to 
 each adventurer on the 8th of June next ; but if any adventurer 
 shall buy goods at the next sale he shall receive goods to the full 
 value of his division, or any buyer shall likewise have goods delivered 
 to him to the value of all such divisions as shall be assigned to him. 
 This is unanimously approved by erection of hands. The oath read 
 and approved at a court of Committees held on the 26th of June 
 last is now read and generally approved, and order is given for it 
 to be taken by all adventurers and officers, who upon taking it 
 shall be freed from all former oaths, except those relating to any 
 particular officer. It is also appointed that this oath shall be 
 
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 132 COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 taken by the Committees at the next meeting and by the adven- 
 turers on receiving the warrants for their divisions ; any refusing 
 to take it shall be incapable of voting in the government of this 
 Stock, or of being elected or admitted to any council, (i p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, September i8, i66i [Court Book, 
 vol. xxiv, p. 394). 
 
 William Isaackson, late minister at Fort St. George, delivers 
 several papers which he conceives to be of concern to the Company ; 
 hereupon he is desired to draw up in writing such things as he 
 knows to be of import to the Company's affairs and to give what 
 information he can to certain Committees now named.^ A petition 
 relating to the Dutch, grounded upon the reply to a letter written 
 by Sir Richard Ford to Amsterdam, is read, approved, and ordered 
 to be presented. The Commissioners of the Customs to be paid 
 2,000/. on account. The ship Richard and Martha, a new vessel 
 at Limehousc, and a new ship at Portsmouth are offered for 
 employment, and order is given for the three to be surveyed. 
 Thomas Waters to be dismissed from his employment as waterman 
 or any other service, and Thomas Smart to be employed when 
 occasion requires, (f p.) 
 
 The Company to Thomas Dethick and Company [at Leghorn], 
 September 23, 1661 [Letter Book, vol. iii, p. 60). 
 
 Desire them to give and get acceptance for the three bills of 
 exchange enclosed, the payment when due to go towards reimburs- 
 ing them for the coral which they hope will be procured in accord- 
 ance with their former directions. Last year they bought several 
 chests of very good Grezio coral at 145. and 15^. the lb. ; at or 
 near this price they hope the coral now on order will be obtained. 
 
 A Court of Committees, September 25, 1661 [Court Book, 
 vol. xxiv, p. 395). 
 
 The proposals of Mr. Lucas on behalf of himself and the rest of 
 the owners of the Dragon not meeting with the Company's approval, 
 the matter is referred to Francis Clarke to determine ; he decides 
 
 ' See Col. H. D. Love's Vestiges of Old Madras, vol. i, p. 179.
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 133 
 
 that the Company shall pay 2,000/. to the owners in full of all 
 claims, a general release to be sealed on both sides, the charter- 
 parties cancelled and, if the ship returns, the Company is to pay 
 freight for all goods she brings home according to the terms of the 
 charterparty and be repaid the remainder of the 400/. imprested ; 
 to this the Court agrees. In accordance with a promise made to 
 Frederick Skinner at the conclusion of his business with the United 
 Stock, order is given for a clause to be put in the Company's 
 letter, directing that, if any money or goods of his come to any 
 of the Company's factors' hands, the same shall be received for 
 the Company's use and valued at the price current at that place, 
 and bills of exchange be given for payment of the same to Skinner 
 in England at the rate of 55. 6d. the dollar, (i p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, September 27, 1661 {Ibid., p. 396). 
 
 At the request of Sir John Robinson, one of the owners of the 
 ship Anne (now in India), the matter in dispute between the owners 
 of that vessel and the Company is referred to arbitration, James 
 Astrey and Captain Reeves to act on behalf of the owners, and 
 John Buckworth and Richard Hallworthy for the Company, (f p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, October 2, 1661 {Ibid., p. 397)- 
 
 Certain Committees are requested to examine and settle the 
 accounts of men returned from St. Helena. Alderman King 
 reports that since the death of Captain Looker the owners have 
 put Captain Seaman in the Richard and Martha, which ship he now 
 offers to go to Surat, and promises that she shall be fitted for the 
 voyage and care taken to prevent private trade ; hereupon the 
 said vessel is entertained for Surat upon the same terms as other 
 ships, and 2,000/. is ordered to be paid to her owners on account 
 of freight for her last voyage. The owners of the Merchant Adventure 
 to be paid 2,500/. on account of freight and demurrage, and the 
 Commissioners of Customs 1,000/. on a further account. The 
 account of the freight and demurrage of the Katherine to be settled. 
 Certain Committees arc desired to examine the business between 
 Mr. Traveisa and Mr. Halsted, and the relation and accounts 
 written by the latter and now given in by Sir Thomas Chambcrlcn. 
 Theophilus Brodstreete, purser in the Marmaduke, is given a
 
 134 COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 gratuity of 5/. on account of some damage he sustained in that 
 ship, (ijpp.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, October 4, 1661 {Court Book, vol. 
 xxiv, p. 398)- 
 
 Taffetas sent from the Bay in the East India Merchant by 
 Mr. Traveisa to be placed in the Company's warehouse and kept 
 until further order. Sir William Ryder and Sir Richard Ford 
 report that from ' casuall discourse ' had with the Lord Chancellor 
 they understand that the King has resolved ' to proceede to 
 possesse and fortifie some Portugall places in India, and that 
 severall shipps are preparing for that purpose ' ; hereupon it is 
 voted that one or both of them be desired to attend His Majesty 
 and offer the Company's assistance and the help of their ships to 
 carry out men and material, they conceiving they can accommodate 
 about forty or fifty men upon reasonable terms in a ship, and carry 
 about thirty or forty tons burden ; and to state that the Company 
 will be ready to assist His Majesty as much as possible without 
 engaging their stock, (f p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, October 7, 1661 {Ibid., p. 399). 
 
 A sale of the Company's goods having been appointed to be 
 held to-morrow, and prints of the preambles or bargains ready 
 for each buyer to subscribe and lists of all goods to be offered by 
 the candle prepared, according to order, by certain of the Com- 
 mittees, these are now examined and the following directions 
 issued : each warehousekeeper is to cast up the ten per cent, of 
 all goods in his charge in readiness to insert in the preambles : the 
 buyer to be allowed until the 8th of February next to make objec- 
 tion to any goods purchased, and Committees to be chosen by lot 
 to be inserted in the contract, to judge of all pretended damage : 
 the ship Restoration to be offered at 1,030^. and lol. advance every 
 bid : a buyer to be allowed to bid first for the next lot of goods 
 of the same sort he last bought : the advance on calicoes to be at 
 the rate of id. per piece for all offered at 55. the piece or under, 
 and for other sorts according to custom : cotton yarn to be sold 
 first, then drugs, and then calicoes in the order printed. For the 
 encouragement of the buyers the Company does not intend to
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 135 
 
 have another sale until towards the Spring : discount to be allowed 
 until the 8th of April next on all ready money paid on any goods 
 bought this next sale, and warrants to be prepared to deliver 
 goods within fourteen days. The Madras Merchant being offered 
 again for employment, a survey is to be taken of her. The draft 
 of a paper to be presented to the Lord Chancellor, ' agreable to the 
 sense of the last Court,' in compliance with his request that what 
 Sir Richard Ford had declared to him should be delivered in writing, 
 is now read, approved, and ordered to be presented to His Lord- 
 ship, (i p.) 
 
 A General Court of Sales, October 8, 9, and 10, 1661 {Ibid.^ 
 p. 400). 
 
 Sale of cotton yarn, Jambi and Quilon pepper, red goat's wool, 
 sal-ammoniac, coffee, cassia lignum, China roots, seed-lac, turmeric, 
 benzoin, cloves, sugar, musk, saltpetre, cowries, red earth, redwood, 
 white and brown sallampores, white and coloured ginghams, 
 percalloes, Oringell betelees, salpicadoes, chillees, morees, broad, 
 narrow, and blue baftas, broad and narrow diapers, dimities, 
 longcloth, tapseiles, niccanees, Guinea stuffs, khanders, kastapores, 
 taffetas, wrappers, packing wool, skins ; with prices and names 
 of purchasers. The ship Restoration with her inventory, valued 
 at 1,030/., is sold to Thomas Gold for 1,380/. {11pp.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, October ii, 1661 {Ibid., p. 411). 
 
 Certain Committees are desired to examine the private trade 
 belonging to the owners of the East India Merchant. The saltpetre 
 brought back by the several ships being of various kinds, Francis 
 Thomson is requested to assist the Husband in seeing that it is 
 delivered equally to the several buyers, that all jealousy may be 
 prevented, and also to keep a lock on each warehouse. Musk sold 
 to Alderman Love to be examined and weighed. The Court, 
 thinking it would be to the Company's advantage to alter the 
 preamble for sale of goods and to sell in the names of some par- 
 ticular men, as counsel advise, yet wishing to prevent misunder- 
 standings and jealousies abroad, gives order that, though the 
 contract for sale of goods, as now printed, is still approved and 
 allowed, so is also the selling in the names of Sir Andrew Riccard,
 
 136 COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 Sir Thomas Chamberlen, and Sir William Thomson, whose names 
 are used in trust only and for the Company's convenience, the 
 money for the proceeds of all goods sold in the said names to be 
 paid into the Company's treasury before any goods are delivered. 
 This being the day appointed to examine into the Company's 
 affairs at the Coast and Bay in order to remedy miscarriages and 
 abuses there, a list of the factors employed in those parts is read, 
 and the Court resolves to continue William Acourt, Stephen 
 Charleton, James Noell, Shem Bridges, Robert Bearing, and 
 William Bradford at the Fort ; William Jearsey, Thomas Symonds, 
 and Ralph Conisby at Masulipatam, where Jearsey is to be chief 
 if William Daniel is not already in that place, and if he is, then 
 Jearsey is to have some other good employment ; William Daniel 
 and William Smith at Viravasaram ; Thomas Shingler and Ambrose 
 Salsbury at Petapoli ; Richard Chamberlen, Jonathan ^ Ken, 
 Daniel Sheldon, Thomas Hopkins, John Priddy, Henry Aldsworth, 
 and Job Charnock in the Bay ; and to dismiss Thomas Chambers, 
 Agent at the Fort, William Johnson, John Burnell, and Jonathan 
 Traveisa, late agent at Hugll, who are all to return home ; and 
 care is ordered to be taken to secure what these men have belong- 
 ing to the Company in those parts. It is also decided that the 
 second at the Fort and the chief at all other factories where cloth 
 is provided shall see the same embaled and sign a ticket for each 
 bale, that, if any is found wanting, the Company may know from 
 whom to require satisfaction, i^^pp-) 
 
 Order of Council, October 14, 1661 {Public Record Office : 
 Privy Council Register, vol. Iv, p. 403 2). 
 
 For the Company to draw up and deliver to the Clerk of the 
 Privy Council a particular of all damages and losses by them 
 sustained from the subjects of the United Provinces since the 
 year 1659, the said Clerk to present the same to the Lords and 
 others the Committee of His Majesty's said Council, who are to 
 communicate it to the Dutch Ambassadors. 
 
 ' A mistake for ' Ion '. 
 
 ^ For a copy see Home Miscellaneous, vol. xlii, p. i, where the order is signed ' Richard 
 Browne, Clerk of the Council.'
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY I37 
 
 A Court of Committees, October i6, i66i {Court Book, 
 vol. xxiv, p. 412), 
 
 The owners of the Katherine to be paid an additional 1,600/, for 
 freight and demurrage. Sir Thomas Chamberlen is desired to view 
 and report on the condition of the tenement in Lime Street. On 
 being informed of the King's resolution to send out two ships to 
 take possession of ' Bon Bay ', the Court, after long debate, re- 
 solves, in order to protect their trade, to offer to pay for victualling 
 the said vessels, provided the Company is empowered to prevent 
 any commodities being carried out in them and has the lading of 
 them home, paying 20/. per ton freight and deducting from it 
 what they have paid for victualling, which if not found sufficient, 
 then the remainder to be supplemented from customs on their 
 goods ; the Committee for the Dutch business (to which Mr. Boone 
 is now joined) is desired to meet to-morrow to arrange this business 
 on the most advantageous terms possible. A present of East India 
 commodities, to the value of about 100/., to be provided for ' the 
 Earl of Southampton's lady '} The Lord Chancellor having made 
 an offer to the Company to consider whether it would be to their 
 advantage to dispatch men and shipping at their own charge ' to 
 possesse, maintaine, and fortify Bon Bay ', or to undertake part 
 of that charge jointly with the King, or leave it wholly to His 
 Majesty, after serious consideration they came to the conclusion 
 that it would be no advantage to them to act in the matter, and 
 they desired the Governor with some of the Committees to wait 
 upon His Lordship, thank him for his offer and for telling them 
 about it, and inform him that the Company cannot see that any 
 advantage would accrue to them, and therefore they humbly 
 leave it to the King's good will and pleasure. Sir Andrew Riccard 
 and the Committees having done this, the former now acquaints 
 the Court that it is reported he gave the answer ' upon his owne 
 head, contrary to any commission from the Company ', and there- 
 fore he desires to be acquitted from this imputation ; hereupon 
 it is voted and declared that the answer returned to the Lord 
 
 ' Thomas Wriothesley, fourth Earl of Southampton, was the Lord High Treasurer 
 (1660-7). His objections to receiving any indirect profit from his post were \\ell known 
 hence, probably, the decision to make a present to his wife.
 
 138 COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 Chancellor concerning ' Bon Bay ' was ' according to the sence 
 and order of the Company '. The men returned from St. Helena 
 to be paid according to their first entertainment, with an abate- 
 ment of four months for the time of their passage home. It is 
 resolved that the new ship offered by Captain Zachary Browne, 
 shall go to the Coast in December next upon the usual terms. The 
 owners of the East India Merchant to be requested to deliver to 
 the Company two chests laden in that ship by Mr. Traveisa, for 
 which they shall be saved harmless. Captain William Hargrave's 
 account to be paid. Some of the Guinea Company requesting 
 payment with interest of the money agreed upon for the assign- 
 ment of the Guinea trade, the matter is referred to certain Com- 
 mittees to determine. {^\pp-) 
 
 Sir Edward Nicholas to Sir Andrew Riccard, October 17, 
 1661 {Public Record Office: CO. 77, vol. viii, no. 118). 
 
 The Agent of the Duke of Courland has represented to the King 
 that the Company have seized the Fort of Gambia on the coast of 
 Africa, which belongs of right to the Duke, who desires the inter- 
 position of His Majesty's authority for restitution of the place. 
 Sir Nicholas therefore, by royal command, desires from Sir Andrew 
 an account of the business, that the King may return an answer 
 to the Duke, dp.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, October 18, 1661 {Court Book, 
 vol. xxiv, p. 414). 
 
 The owners of the East India Merchant requesting to be paid 
 half freight, they are told that according to charterparty 105. 
 a piece is to be paid for all calicoes brought back as private trade ; 
 therefore it is thought that what is due to them for freight is already 
 more than paid. They refer the Company to the master of their 
 vessel for an exact account of all private trade, but he on being 
 applied to can give no satisfactory answer ; so nothing is con- 
 cluded. Permission is given for Sir Henry De Vicke ^ to have 
 a copy of the two treaties concluded between the Company and 
 the Dutch in the years 1619 and i622[-23]. A paper drawn up 
 
 * Sir Henry de Vic, Chancellor of the Garter, 1660-71.
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 139 
 
 and presented to the Lord Chancellor by the Committee appointed, 
 'according to thesenceof the last Court', is read and approved. Up.) 
 
 Sir Andrew Riccard to Sir Edward Nicholas, October 18, 
 1661 [Public Record Office : CO. 77, vol. viii, no. 119). 
 
 Assuring Sir Edward that the Company have never seized the 
 Fort of Gambia/ and that they have no Fort near, except Choro- 
 mantine Castle on the Gold Coast at Guinea, which has been for 
 upwards of thirty years in the continual possession of the Eng- 
 lish. ilp.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, October 21, 1661 [Court Book, 
 vol. xxiv, p. 415). 
 
 Drafts of two petitions about the Dutch are read and ordered 
 to be engrossed and presented to the King next Wednesday. 
 The Court, being acquainted that they have ' a very great cash 
 at present ', and that it might be an accommodation to the Com- 
 pany and the adventurers to discount their divisions, orders that 
 those adventurers who wish to be paid their divisions in money 
 before the last day of November next shall have the same upon 
 rebate of six per cent, per annum from the time they receive their 
 money until the 8th of June next. The owners of the East India 
 Merchant to be paid 1,600/. on account of freight, on delivering 
 to the Company the two chests sent home by Mr. Traveisa. The 
 owners of the Madras Merchant to be paid 2,000/. on account of 
 freight and demurrage. Petitions for employment read, but 
 nothing concluded, (i p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, October 22, 1661 [Ibid., p. 416). 
 
 Certain Committees are nominated to determine the difference 
 between the Company and the owners of the Mayflower, and others 
 to examine and report on the freight, demurrage, and all other 
 business concerning the ship Society. A list is ordered to be made 
 of all private trade brought back in the Restoration, and the Com- 
 mittee for Private Trade is directed to remit or require payment 
 
 ' Apparently the real offender was Capt. Robert Holmes, the commander of the fleet 
 sent out in 1660 by the Royal Adventurers into Africa (see Zook's Company of Royal 
 Adventurers, pp. 10, 30).
 
 140 COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 of such freight as they shall judge lit. The owners of the East 
 India Aler chant requesting to be paid 2,000/. and proposing to 
 refer all differences between themselves and the Company, the 
 Court directs that, when they shall deliver the two chests sent 
 home in their ship by Mr. Traveisa and name their referees, the 
 1,600/. lately ordered to be paid to them shall be made up to 
 2,000/. and paid at once, (i p.) 
 
 Petition of the Company to the King, October 23, 1661 
 {Home Miscellaneous, vol. xlii, p. 2). 
 
 They humbly acknowledge His Majesty's ' unparallel'd, con- 
 tinuall, accumulated favours towards them ', more especially in 
 his royal and firm resolve to procure them just reparation for the 
 affronts and damage done them by the Dutch, and to secure them 
 against the like in future. By these favours they are emboldened 
 to represent that they have received an order of Council dated the 
 14th instant to present a particular of the losses they have sus- 
 tained by the subjects of the States of the United Provinces 
 from the year 1659. By this limitation they and others will be 
 denied satisfaction for many and great damages done to them 
 by the Dutch before that year, to which they will submit if it is 
 His Majesty's positive determination, but presuming the point to 
 be still under consideration they humbly pray that the King will 
 be pleased to consider : (i) That they have had no treaty with 
 the Dutch since 1654, up to which time they confess they gave 
 them a full discharge. (2) They know no pretence the Dutch can 
 have to evade their retrospecting for damages done to them and 
 others the King's subjects in the East, unless upon a pretended 
 agreement made by the owners and laders of three private ships 
 in January, 1659, which they say was ratified by the ' Usurper 
 Richard ', and made conclusive to all pretences or demands of the 
 English for any damages done them by the Dutch in East India, 
 known at that time in England. This agreement and ratification 
 the petitioners conceive cannot in reason or equity concern them, 
 because the whole treaty relates only to the said three ships, 
 while the sum, 50,375/. 05. 3^?., awarded and paid was calculated 
 on a just appraisement of the said ships and their ladings, and 
 was applied to the sole use of the owners and laders. They pray
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 141 
 
 to be allowed to present an account of their losses and damages 
 from the year 1654 or, if the King ' will looke no further then that 
 ratification of Richards ', not to be confined to a shorter time 
 than that allows. All which they humbly submit, doubting not 
 but that in due time His Majesty will see that the States of the 
 United Provinces send commissioners empowered to adjust and 
 give satisfaction for all former damages done his subjects, and 
 establish such articles of security against the like in future as may 
 make any more addresses of this nature unnecessary, (ij pp.) 
 
 Order of Council, October 23, 1661 {Public Record Office : 
 Privy Council Register, vol. Iv, p. 414 ^). 
 
 The Company's petition is read, in which they pray that the 
 damages and losses sustained by them from the Dutch may be 
 reckoned, not from 1659 but from the year 1654. After serious 
 consideration, the Council give order for the said account to begin 
 and be brought in from January, 1659, with an additional account 
 of all losses and damages sustained by the Company before that 
 time, of which no knowledge had come to light in 1659 or proof 
 been legally had, because of the non-arrival of ships or their com- 
 panies, that so such satisfaction and due reparation as shall be 
 thought fit may be demanded by the Lords Commissioners, or 
 others appointed to treat with the Dutch Ambassadors. 
 
 [Nathaniel Owen and John Dale] at Bantam to the 
 Dutch Governor-General and Council of India at Batavia, 
 October 23, 1661 {Public Record Office : CO. yy, vol. viii, no. 120). 
 
 Enclosing a letter from the Lords of the States-General of the 
 United Provinces, etc., to the English East India Company, con- 
 cerning the delivering up of the Island of Pulo Run to the said 
 Company, for which purpose the writers come empowered with 
 ' His Majestic of Great Britain's commission and all other things 
 requisite thereunto '. They desire that His Honour will be pleased 
 to send his commands and orders to the Governor of Banda through 
 them for ' the performance of the premises ', and promise they 
 will study ' love, peace and amity with all the parts of good neigh- 
 bourhood, and make no question but wee shall receive the like '. 
 
 * See also Home Miscellaneous, vol. xlii, p. 4.
 
 142 COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 They request an answer, with the orders to the Governor of Banda 
 enclosed, as they will be ready in a few days to sail for those parts. 
 No signature and no endorsement, (i p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, October 25, 1661 [Court Book, 
 vol. xxiv, p. 417). 
 
 After a long debate Mr. George Oxinden is unanimously elected 
 President of ' all the north part of India from the Red Sea to 
 Silon ' at a salary of 300/. a year, but because of his ability and 
 long experience in those parts and the trouble and care that will 
 be required to settle affairs there, it is resolved that he shall be 
 gratified with an additional 200/. a year ; the above reasons are 
 stated by the Court so that this additional sum may not be looked 
 upon by his successors as a precedent. Mr. Oxinden is called in 
 and told of the Court's resolution ; he expresses his gratitude, and 
 promises to use his utmost endeavours to serve the Company. 
 He is desired to attend the meetings of the Court and to inform 
 himself from time to time of their intentions. Four arbitrators 
 are named to settle the dispute between the Company and the 
 owners of the East India Merchant by the last day of November, 
 under a penalty of 6,000/., and certain Committees are desired 
 to attend their meetings and inform them rightly in the business. 
 A warrant is signed for payment of 2,oooZ. to the owners of the 
 East India Merchant on delivery of the two chests sent by Traveisa, 
 and certain Committees are requested to try and discover the real 
 owners of the same. An additional 3,200/. to be paid to the ow^ners 
 of the Merchant Adventure on account of freight and demurrage. 
 A list of damages sustained by the Company from the Dutch in 
 India and Guinea, the total amounting to 249,227/. lis. yd., is 
 read, approved, and ordered to be signed by the Governor and 
 delivered to the Council, (ij pp.) 
 
 Particulars of the Demands of the East India Company 
 for Damages done them by the Dutch East India and Guinea 
 Companies [October, 1661] {Home Miscellaneous, vol. xlii, p. 3). 
 
 For damages sustained upon the ship Endymion, 10,000/. ; 
 upon the Mayflower, 11,774/, 165. lod. ; upon the Marigold, 
 13,039^. loj. ; upon the Constantinople Merchant, 35,524^- '^ZS- ^d. ;
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 143 
 
 upon the Samaritan, 12,135/. 45. ; upon the Anne, 11,676/. 15. M. ; 
 upon the Mayflower, 13,708/. 135. ^d. ; upon the Merchants' Delight, 
 13,587/. ; upon the English house and goods at Cape Coast, Guinea, 
 by the Dutch West India Company, 2,500/. ; for plunder done 
 by the Dutch East India Company upon the English factory at 
 Jambi, 87,134/, 13^. i^. ; making a total of 211,080/. 12^. $d., as 
 ascertained by the Judge of the Admiralty and others to whom 
 His Majesty was pleased to refer the examination of the deposi- 
 tions thereof made in his High Court of Admiralty. For damages 
 sustained upon the ships Dragon and Advice, of which due proof 
 was made to the satisfaction of the said Judge of the Admiralty 
 and others His Majesty's referees, but the amount of the same 
 could only be conjectured at that time, but can now be demon- 
 strated by the factory and other sufficient evidence, claim is made 
 as follows : for demurrage paid to the owners of the Dragon 
 occasioned by the Dutch detaining her at Batavia, 2,555/., and 
 for her cargazon, 25,516/. 95. 6d. ; for demurrage paid the owners 
 of the Advice, 960/. ; for damage sustained by her goods thrown 
 overboard in the passage home by reason of the insufficiency of the 
 ship contracted by the Dutch detaining her, 9,115/. 9^. 8^. The 
 total of these demands amounts to 249,227/. 115. yd. (i p.) 
 
 The Dutch Governor-General and Council of India to 
 [Nathaniel Owen and John Dale], Batavia, October 29/ 
 November 8, 1661 {Public Record Office: CO. yy, vol. viii, no. 122). 
 
 Acknowledge the receipt of their letter of the 23rd October 
 last, enclosing two letters, dated October 18, 1660, from their 
 masters in Holland, one directed to them, and the other to the 
 Governor of Banda, by which letters Their Honours ' doe order, 
 command and advise ' them to deliver up and surrender the island 
 of Pulo Run to the English nation, provided that the Governor 
 and his Council first see ' a sufficient Act and Commission from 
 His Majestic of Great Britain and the Hon. East India Company '. 
 They have been always ready, and now are willing, to surrender 
 the said island on seeing such a commission, but since the date of 
 the prementioned letters they have, by their last ship from Holland, 
 received intelligence that the English Company pretends to have 
 received much damage from the Dutch, and ' doth renew and ripp
 
 144 COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 open severall oulcl sores and debates formerly enacted which have 
 bine long buried '. Therefore they consider that no agreement 
 formerly made is of any value or force, and do not think that the 
 surrender of the island can be demanded with reason until further 
 news is received from Holland, which they hourly expect. Mean- 
 while they desire that patience may be shown in this business and 
 the voyage prolonged so that they may better regulate their 
 affairs, and doubt not but that this request will be complied with, 
 as ' the monsoone is not as yet accordant for your transportation 
 to those parts '. Signed Joan Muttsuyker, Carell Hard Shinke, 
 Arnold Flaming Van ond Shour, Joan Ver Burch, Derrick 
 Sture.^ {ilpp.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, October 30, 1661 {Court Book, 
 vol. xxiv, p. 418). 
 
 Bonds of arbitration in 6,000/. penalty apiece to be sealed 
 between the Company and the owners of the Mayflower. Debate 
 arises upon the appointment of Mr. George Oxinden as President 
 for Surat ; and the Court, although unwilling to meddle with any 
 personal differences, yet to justify themselves in their choice and 
 Mr. Oxinden in his reputation, entreats certain of the Committees, 
 or as many as please, to inspect two books kept by him in his late 
 employment for some particular men in India. The Committee 
 for Private Trade are desired to gratify those they have employed, 
 and to remit such freight of private trade to the master and ship's 
 company of the Restoration as they shall think fit. The Committee 
 for the Dutch business are requested to attend the Council on 
 Monday afternoon next to answer some complaints made against 
 the Company by Thomas Skinner, (i p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, November i, 1661 {Ibid., p. 419). 
 
 George ^ Blake having lately returned from the Bay and desiring 
 to serve the Company again, certain Committees are requested 
 to examine the accounts still depending between him and the 
 
 * These names are : Joan Maatzuiker (Governor-General), Karel Hartzing (Director 
 General), Arnold de Ylaming van Outshoorn, Nicholaas Verburg, and Dirk Steur (Members 
 of Council). 
 
 * A mistake for * William '.
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 145 
 
 United Stock. Consideration of the entertainment of John Spiller 
 again for India is deferred. The following men are entertained as 
 factors : Gerard Aungeir, Charles Proby, John Nicholas, Robert 
 Elowes, William Jones, Hannibal Allen, John Budly, Charles 
 Smeaton, and Thomas Stiles. The bond of arbitration between 
 the Company and the owners of the Anne to be sealed in a penalty 
 of 6,000/. [t- p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, November 4, 1661 {Ibid., p. 420). 
 
 Caesar, son of Sir Thomas Chamberlen, is entertained for Surat, 
 to go with and be under the care and tuition of the President. 
 The following men are entertained for the several factories in 
 India : Richard Frances, Thomas Haslewood, Robert Fleetwood, 
 Gabriel Tounsend, Robert Hopper, James Calthrope, Charles 
 Bendish, Edward Harris, Joshua Bunberry, John March, Francis 
 Minshull, Matthew Vincent, Henry Chune [Chown], George Clay, 
 William Blackman, and Joseph Spencer, and, as youths and super- 
 numeraries, John Hopkins and Hackett Jones ; all to be employed 
 as occasion shall require. The Court resolves not to receive any 
 more petitions for employment in India this year, and desires the 
 Committees to inquire and ascertain what they can about- the men 
 already entertained, (i p.) 
 
 Order of Council, November 4, 1661 [Public Record Office : 
 Privy Council Register, vol. Iv, p. 426). 
 
 That care may be taken for a particular clause, if in general it 
 cannot be, to preserve His Majesty's peace with Portugal in the 
 treaty now on foot with Holland. 
 
 The Company to Thomas Dethick and Company [at Leg- 
 horn], November 4, 1661 [Letter Book, vol. iii, p. 61). 
 
 Have received their letters of the 7th and 14th ult., with a bill 
 of lading of ' 10 chests of Grczio and 3 of Ricaduty ' [coral] shipped 
 in the Defence, and a note of the contents of each chest. Will 
 honour their bills with acceptance and payment when presented. 
 Hope to receive the remainder of the coral in time for shipment 
 to India. Thank them for information concerning the arrival and 
 departure of ships, and prices of goods. (|- p.) 
 
 2482 L
 
 146 COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 A Court of Committees, November 6, 1661 {Court Book, 
 vol. xxiv, p. 421). 
 
 Calicoes brought back as private trade in the several ships and 
 still in the custody of the Company to be tendered to the respective 
 owners, receipts taken for them, fines charged to their owners' 
 accounts, and no more money paid or ships employed until the said 
 accounts are settled with the Company. The answer of Mr. George 
 Oxinden to James Clitherow's paper is read ; also an answer to 
 the proposal for a reference made by Alderman Love, and some 
 present endeavour to arrange terms between the Alderman, the 
 freighters of the King Farnatido, and Oxinden ; hereupon it 
 is mutually agreed that upon the answer to be given to Mr. Oxin- 
 den's bill in Chancery all differences and demands shall be referred 
 to four Committees, who are to be bound by the advice of counsel. 
 Four arbitrators are nominated to settle the dispute between the 
 Company and the owners of the Merchant Adventure. Robert and 
 Francis Archer are accepted as securities in 1,000/. for Hannibal 
 Allen ; Charles Smeaton, Senior, and John Pory in i,oooZ. for 
 Charles Smeaton, Junior ; and Edward Herrys, Senior, and 
 William Woodman for Edward Herrys, Junior, in a like amount. 
 i^lPP-) 
 
 Order of Council, November 6, 1661 {Public Record Office : 
 Privy Council Register, vol. Iv, p. 427). 
 
 Alderman Edward Backwell is licensed and authorized to furnish 
 the Company and other merchants with the proportion of 80,000/. 
 in foreign coin and bullion, and is ordered to attend the Lord High 
 Treasurer and the Chancellor of the Exchequer to consult and order 
 how this shall be done, Their Lordships to take such security from 
 him for performance of the same as to them shall seem fit. 
 
 A Court of Committees, November 8, 1661 {Court Book, 
 vol. xxiv, p. 423). 
 
 Thomas Davies is entertained as a factor for Guinea, to go in 
 the Coronation. In the letter to be sent by the Coronation to Guinea, 
 power is to be given to the Agent and factors to receive gold from 
 any private person there and to give bills of exchange upon the
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 147 
 
 Company for payment in England on the best terms obtainable, 
 not exceeding 3/. 105. per ounce for good Tiber gold. Edward 
 Darnellie and Thomas Hatton are accepted as securities in 1,000/. 
 for Thomas Stiles ; Sir Joseph Ashe and Sir George Smith in 
 a like sum for Gerard Aungeir ; Sir Thomas Bendish and John 
 Bendish in 500/. for Charles Bendish ; Peter Watson, John Allen, 
 and Richard Davis, or any two, in 500Z. for Thomas Davis. The 
 proposal of the Lord Chancellor concerning Bombay having lately 
 been renewed, the King intending to send four ships and 500 men 
 there, and the Company desired to consider and reply how they 
 may advance their own interest and yet serve His Majesty, the 
 Court leaves this business to the committee formerly appointed 
 to attend the Chancellor, to arrange to the advantage of the 
 Company and the content of the King, (i p.) 
 
 The Company's Opinion concerning the Sailing of the 
 King's Squadron directly from Johanna to Bombay [Novem- 
 ber, 1661] {Home Miscellaneous, vol. xlii, p. 9). 
 
 They humbly offer the following reasons why, in their opinion, 
 it is safer for His Majesty's ships to proceed from Johanna to 
 Bombay, land their men, and take possession of that place first, 
 where they can refresh their sailors and fit their ships to proceed 
 to Goa. In the first place their people will be sickly, the ships 
 much pestered and not so fit to encounter an enemy at their first 
 arrival on the coast of India as when refreshed at Bombay. Secondly, 
 it will not be known whether Goa is in the possession of the Portu- 
 guese or the Dutch, the latter already reporting confidently that 
 they have surprised it and consequently all the subordinate places 
 in India. Thirdly, if the fleet sails directly for Goa and falls into 
 the power of the Dutch, then the King's instructions concerning 
 Bombay will be of no avail, the Company's business totally frus- 
 trated, and their estates imperilled or destroyed. In the meantime 
 the Company's ship the Richard and Martha can sail with their 
 President and estate directly for Surat, the better to provide 
 goods to relade the King's ships back for England ; which being 
 done she may, if required, return and attend His Majesty's ships 
 to Goa, and in the interim ascertain the state of affairs on the 
 coast. Unless the President is first landed with the Company's 
 
 L 2
 
 148 COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 stock at Surat to provide goods whilst the King's ships arc on his 
 service, it will be too late for them to return that year ; and 
 because it is the Company's chief intention to employ the Richard 
 and Martha (when His Majesty's service is performed) in getting 
 lading to return the King's ships timely for England, they humbly 
 pray to be speedily informed of the royal pleasure, that they may 
 regulate their own affairs accordingly, (f p.) 
 
 Thomas Skinner's Articles, and Schedules of His Losses, 
 
 GIVEN IN PURSUANCE OF THE OrDER OF THE LoRDS ReFEREES, 
 
 November 12, 1661 [Home Miscellaneous, vol. xlii, pp. 10-28). 
 
 I. That the old East India Company, established by charter of 
 His Majesty's predecessors, resolved about the year 1654 to close 
 their books and put an end to their Company and trade to the 
 Indies. 2. That they published this their resolve on the London 
 Exchange, and there exposed to sale their yards, houses, forts, and 
 goods, with the remains of the Joint Stock, and united interest of 
 the said Company in England and the Indies, and afterwards 
 actually sold the same. 3. That upon such public notice many 
 persons belonging to the said Company, as well as others, did, 
 from and after 1654, set forth ships to trade to the Indies upon 
 their own private account, and an open and free trade was con- 
 tinued and tolerated for many years without let or molestation 
 until the setting up of the present New East India Company. 
 4. That from the time mentioned, especially from November, 1656, 
 the old Company desisted from trading upon account of their 
 Joint Stock, and never after sent ships or advice to their agents 
 in the Indies, until by their letters of May, 1658, they expressly 
 discharged them of their agencies, signifying their Joint Stock was 
 concluded and no more to be sent out upon that account. 5. That 
 about October, 1657, the present East India Company procured 
 a charter or commission from Oliver Cromwell to appropriate the 
 trade of the Indies to themselves under the title of the New Company 
 or New General Joint Stock, and by virtue of that pretended 
 commission or charter expressly declared to act, and never pre- 
 tended any other authority for the same. 6. That the said New 
 Company, for the managing and carrying on of their trade in the 
 Indies, appointed John Edwards, Henry Page, Robert Streete,
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 149 
 
 and William Maynestone their agents and factors, who arrived at 
 Bantam about November 26, 1658. 7. That afterwards Thomas 
 Lever, Charles Celler, and Foulke Mydleton, with other servants 
 and ministers, were received into the service of the New Company, 
 the ship Dragon was hired, and her master, Captain Thomas 
 Beddiford, directed to act according to order and instruction from 
 the Company or their agents. 8. That about July, 1657, Thomas 
 Skinner (the petitioner) left London in his ship the Thomas, and 
 about November, 1658, arrived at Jambi. 9. That shortly after 
 his arrival the Pangran Rattow,^ King of Jambi, and Prince of the 
 Isle of Bhrala,2 for certain considerations and with the advice 
 and consent of his children and Council, gave and delivered to 
 Thomas Skinner, his heirs, and assigns, the said Isle of Bhrala. 
 10. That Skinner did sow, plant, and build a house on the said 
 island, in which he lived with his servants. 11. That at his return 
 from the said island to Jambi, Robert Streete and Thomas Lever, 
 taking upon themselves to act as commissioners and agents of the 
 New East India Company, complained to the King of Jambi that 
 Skinner had aboard his ship the Thomas divers parcels of goods 
 belonging to the Company of which he intended to defraud them, 
 and they summoned him before the King to answer concerning 
 the same. 12. That about April 8, 1659, the matter was heard 
 before the King and his nobles, and His Majesty, not being satisfied 
 to whom the goods belonged, declared that he would write to 
 Captain More,^ the Company's chief agent at Bantam, to ascertain 
 the truth, and ordered that nothing should be touched until an 
 answer came from Bantam. 13. That accordingly the King caused 
 a letter to be written to Captain More, stating the matter and 
 desiring an answer. 14. That before any answer came, that is to 
 say about May 2, 1659, the surgeon of the ship Dragon, with six 
 black servants from the English house, armed with daggers, 
 assaulted Skinner at Jambi, hurt and bruised him to the hazard 
 of his life, and that night Thomas Lever and Robert Streete came 
 with the rest of the English, their servants and blacks armed with 
 
 ' Pangeran and Rain are Malay words, both meaning ' prince '. 
 
 * Berhala, a small island off the south-east coast of Sumatra, lying between Cape Bon 
 and the island of Singkep. 
 ' The Capitao M6r, i. e. chief captain or agent, is intended.
 
 150 COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 swords and other weapons, beat Skinner's servant and would have 
 committed other acts of violence, if they had not been prevented 
 bv the natives, who of their own accord took arms for his defence 
 and rescue. 15. About May 13, 1659, by order from the said 
 Lever and Streete, Skinner's house at Jambi was broken open by 
 force, his papers and goods taken out, carried to the Company's 
 house and delivered into the hands of Lever and Streete, or one 
 of them, particularly the several goods specified in the first schedule. 
 16. After the breaking into of Skinner's house, a guard of the 
 Company's agents and servants was kept before it and in the 
 street to surprise Skinner himself, who, being advertised that he 
 was in peril of his life, was constrained to retire to the Dutch house 
 for safety. 17. On information that the Company's agents and 
 servants intended to assault his ship, riding at anchor in the river 
 of Jambi before Quale, Skinner, to prevent any violent proceed- 
 ings, offered Lever and Streete sufficient bail, both by Dutch and 
 Jambinese, to answer any pretence or demands, if they would 
 legally proceed against him ; but this they refused, pretending 
 they had orders from the commissioners at Bantam to take his 
 goods by force. 18. About May 19, 1659, the ofiticers and men 
 of the Dragon, then riding in the road before Quale, forcibly boarded 
 the ship Thomas, with orders from Streete and Mydleton to stay 
 aboard ; and immediately after Streete and Mydleton, with about 
 one hundred hired blacks, armed with daggers and other weapons, 
 also went aboard, stabbing some of the men, drubbing others, 
 forcing some to fiy, and driving others overboard, and so kept the 
 said ship under force for many days. 19. During this time they 
 ransacked the whole ship, and carried away all the goods and 
 things specified in the second schedule, and shipped them aboard 
 the Dragon, or otherwise disposed of them for account of the 
 Company. 20. About May 28, 1659, by order of Lever, Streete, 
 and Midleton and in the name of their employers, goods belonging 
 to Skinner, in a warehouse on shore near his ship, were forcibly 
 seized, and all the goods specified in the third schedule were shipped 
 in the Dragon, or otherwise disposed of for account of the Company. 
 21. After this Lever, Streete, and Midleton, or one of them, dis- 
 posed of the Thomas and proclaimed that they would sell or make 
 use of her for the Company's occasions, by which means they drew
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 151 
 
 off Peter Denis de Brier, who had in his custody all Skinner's 
 jewels, etc., mentioned in the fourth schedule, and detained him 
 in the Company's house at Jambi. 22, About July 20, 1659, the 
 King of Jambi received an answer from the commissioners at 
 Bantam, in which it was certified that Frederick Skinner had given 
 into the hands of Thomas Skinner in money and goods the sum 
 of 9,454 rials, but in the letter no claim or pretence of right or title 
 was made to any of the goods in question on behalf of their em- 
 ployers. 23. The King, now being fully informed as to whom 
 the goods in question belonged, was ready to give sentence, but 
 Lever and Streete prevailed with him to forbear, and to desire 
 Skinner to go to Bantam, where right should be done him, and if 
 he would do so Lever promised before the King to have the Thomas 
 repaired, victualled, and all the goods that were taken away put 
 into the said ship again and carried to Bantam with Skinner's 
 men and particularly Peter Denis de Brier ; upon which conditions 
 Skinner accordingly gave his consent in writing to go to Bantam. 
 24. Notwithstanding this solemn engagement. Lever and Streete 
 afterwards refused to perform their promise and would not suffer 
 Skinner to go to Bantam nor restore his ship or goods. 25. About 
 August 25, 1659, Lever, Streete, Celler, and Midleton, by pretence 
 of orders from the commissioners at Bantam of August 11, com- 
 manded Skinner to repair and fit his ship and depart in thirty days 
 from Jambi, and afterwards sent him two clauses from the Com- 
 pany's letters, and instructions given their commissioners at their 
 departure from England. 26. The said two clauses were to the 
 following effect : That the New Company or General Joint Stock 
 was set up by charter of Oliver Cromwell, and by virtue thereof 
 the said Company had power to recall all English in those parts 
 not entertained in their service. By that power the Company 
 authorized their agents and commissioners to seize the ships and 
 estates of all persons trading in those parts contrary to the said 
 charter, to be converted, the one half to the use of the Company, 
 the other to the use of the Commonwealth, and that their agents 
 acting according to this authority should be saved harmless. 
 27. Before August 24, 1659, neither the New Company, nor their 
 agents or commissioners gave any warning or time to Skinner to 
 retire home with his ship and goods, or before the said two clauses
 
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 delivered to him the 7th September, 1659, did they show him by 
 what authority or commission their Company acted. 28. Skinner 
 being despoiled of all his goods, and his ship disabled for service, 
 her provisions, ammunition, and other necessaries taken away by 
 the Company's agents and servants, and he having no way left 
 to repair and fit her, about September 5, 1659, he made a protest 
 in writing against the said Lever, Streete, and their consorts, 
 declaring amongst other things that he had resolved to take his 
 passage for Europe, and charging Lever, Streete, and all whom it 
 might concern, with his said ship and goods and all damages and 
 consequences following the injuries and wrongs done unto him, 
 his ship and goods ; which protest about September 5, 1659, 
 was delivered into the hands of Lever in the presence of Streete. 
 29. Between September 20 and 23, 1659, Skinner complaining to 
 Kaytommongon,'^ the King's Chancellor, of the detention of Peter 
 Denis de Brier with his jewels and goods, Lever promised before 
 the Chancellor that he would restore them. 30. Skinner was 
 denied a passage to England in the Company's ship, and so was 
 forced to take his journey overland, which he could not perform 
 in less than nineteen months. 31. Lever promised to pay Skinner 
 what he owed his brother Frederick, and also to deliver all goods 
 belonging to the latter and to keep an account of both. 32. Lever 
 owed upon account to Thomas Skinner the sum of money for the 
 goods and things mentioned in the fifth schedule, which money, 
 goods, and things Lever had then in his custody. 33. Frederick 
 Skinner by letter to Lever ordered him to pay all sums of money, 
 and to deliver all such goods of his as were in his hands to Thomas 
 Skinner, which Lever promised to do. 34. Notwithstanding this 
 promise, upon pretence of orders from the Company's commis- 
 sioners at Bantam to seize Frederick Skinner's estate. Lever 
 refused to pay the said money or to deliver the goods, but detained 
 them for account of the Company. 35. Frederick Skinner satisfied 
 all pretences and demands of the Company and did not in any 
 account, or before the arbitrators, charge them with any of the 
 moneys or goods in Lever's custody, or with any of the goods, etc., 
 aboard or taken out of the Thomas, nor did he lay any claim to 
 
 * Kaya Tamanggung. The former word means ' noble ' ; the latter is a title equivalent 
 to Minister of the Interior.
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY i53 
 
 them. 36. By reason of the premises, Thomas Skinner was dis- 
 appointed of and lost many profitable voyages and bargains, as 
 is mentioned in the sixth schedule, and also lost what he might 
 have gained, if his person, ship, and goods had been free, the 
 several sums mentioned in the said schedule, 37. Thomas Skinner, 
 being commanded away so hastily, was constrained to leave 
 behind at Jambi his own proper goods, the particulars and worth 
 of which are mentioned in the seventh schedule. 38. The Thomas, 
 and her tackle, furniture, and such goods as were left in her at 
 the time of Skinner's protest on September 5, besides the goods 
 taken out, were worth the sum of money mentioned in the eighth 
 schedule. 39. Thomas Skinner, by reason of the premises, besides 
 the particular losses and damages above specified, has sustained 
 divers other losses and damages which cannot be so well reduced 
 into certain values, but are humbly submitted to the wisdom of 
 the Right Honourable the Lords Referees, to be estimated accord- 
 ing as they are expressed in the close of the paper of the schedules 
 hereunto annexed. (7 pp.) 
 
 The first schedule contains an account of the papers and goods 
 taken out of Thomas Skinner's house at Jambi ; these are valued 
 at 150 rials. The second an account of the goods and money taken 
 out of the ship Thomas at Quale ; these are valued at 6,140 rials. 
 The third an account of the goods seized on shore in the warehouse 
 at Quale, which are valued at 3,100 rials. The fourth, an account 
 of the jewels and goods in the custody of Peter Denis de Brier ; 
 these are valued at 15,000 rials. The fifth, an account of what 
 Thomas Lever owes to Frederick and Thomas Skinner, estimated 
 at 1,667 rials. The sixth, an account of the many profitable 
 voyages and bargains mentioned in the 36th article ; estimated 
 value, 60,000 rials. The seventh, an account of the goods left at 
 Jambi, which are valued at 1,840 rials. The eighth, an account of 
 the value of the ship Thomas and the goods left in her, estimated 
 at 12,000 rials. The ninth, an account of divers other losses 
 referred to in the 39th article, viz. : i. What the sums above- 
 mentioned, if invested in rich Indian commodities, would have 
 produced in England. 2. The damages sustained by the retarding 
 and hindering of the plantation of the Isle of Bhrala, where Skinner 
 had already sown cardamoms, planted several fruits, and con-
 
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 tracted with the Chinese for the planting of pepper, 3. The great 
 sutTerings Skinner underwent in the persecution of his person both 
 on shore and aboard, with the affronts, scandals, and injuries put 
 upon him in such a remote place, 4, The expense, fatigue, and 
 hazard of his life in coming home overland, which took him nineteen 
 months. (3 pp.) 
 
 The Company's Answer to Thomas Skinner's Articles 
 [Home Miscellaneous, vol, xlii, pp. 11-17). 
 
 They cannot wonder at such notorious falsities and extravagant 
 demands when they consider Skinner's Dutch extraction, and that 
 his applications in all his embroilments in the East have been made 
 to that nation, and that since his return home he has offered to 
 sell his services to the Dutch Company to assist them in evading 
 the just reparations due to the English Company, which have been 
 established by such legal proofs as have induced the King and his 
 Privy Council to insist upon the same ; but for the more par- 
 ticular and pertinent confutation of the said articles they affirm : 
 I. That the East India Company was always one and the same, 
 established by His Majesty's royal predecessors, and the trade was 
 carried on wholly by them until about 1654, when, ' the usurper 
 Oliver granted by lisence to some of his favorites to trade for 
 India ', and thus an irruption was made into the Company's trade 
 which then they could not restrain. 2. They thought it high time 
 to take care for the preservation of their estate abroad, to make 
 such provision as prudence should direct, and not to maintain 
 a charge at places where interlopers would reap the benefit ; but 
 they did not expose their remains to public sale. 3. They did not 
 renounce their trade or royal charter, neither is the Joint Stock 
 (on foot in 1654) concluded, nor did they give any toleration to 
 others to trade to the Indies, although the corruption of those 
 times could offer them no relief for the restraint of any incursions 
 made into their trade. 4. They traded as they found most to their 
 advantage, and did not think fit to put fresh estate into the hands 
 of Frederick Skinner at a time when they wanted what they had 
 formerly sent to him. It was only reasonable for them to dis- 
 charge from their service such persons as were found not fitting, 
 of whom Frederick Skinner was the most peccant. 5. ' When
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY i55 
 
 Oliver found the trade neer lost and soe much decayed that many 
 were discouraged from adventuring further into that lycentious 
 way, and his friends gratified, hee then confined it againe to the 
 management of one Joynt Stock, which begun in October, 1657 ; 
 whose usurped authority, as they could not resist, soe they thought 
 it noe crime to make servisable to the right of those charters which 
 were formerly granted them by His Majesties predecessors, and 
 that was all the use they made of Oliver's commission.' 6, 7. These 
 articles they acknowledge. 8. Thomas Skinner knew well, before 
 he set out in the Thomas, that the trade to the Indies was again 
 restricted to one Joint Stock or Company. 9. It is possible that 
 Skinner, or any one, requesting the island of Bhrala might easily 
 have obtained so inconsiderable a thing, for it has no accommoda- 
 tion and is a mere rock, as will be seen by the enclosed relation 
 made by Henry Dacres, who was for many years the Company's 
 Chief at Jambi. 10. The said relation will show what reason or 
 ground there was to sow or plant the island, and that the Company 
 did not disturb Skinner there at all. To the remaining articles the 
 Company, to avoid prolixity, answer as they find the matter 
 stands by their letters and advices as follows : Thomas Skinner, 
 having a brother named Frederick Skinner living as the Company's 
 Chief at Bantam, provided a ship called the Thomas, of about 
 180 tons burden, and sailed in her to Bantam with a cargo of only 
 some knives, looking glasses, and ' such like toyes ', which could 
 not amount to ' many score pounds of monny ', by which it is 
 easy to guess how he intended to make up his voyage and lade 
 her home by his brother's help with the Company's estate, which 
 the latter kept in his hands, he having invited Thomas to Bantam 
 ' to come under the notion of a Genneez [Genoese], and promised 
 him ladeing '. But things not happening at the arrival of Thomas 
 Skinner according to his expectation, he left Bantam and sailed 
 to Jambi with some amber, white pepper, and other goods put 
 aboard by Frederick his brother. The Company's servants at 
 Jambi, being informed of this, applied to the King of that place 
 for the goods aboard the Thomas belonging to Frederick Skinner, 
 since he was much indebted to the Company, and they could not 
 tell how to satisfy themselves for what he owed. Upon this Thomas 
 Skinner assured the King that the said goods were not his brother's
 
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 but belonged to him ; whereupon His Majesty ordered that they 
 should remain in the Thomas until he received an answer to his 
 letter to Bantam concerning them. This satisfied the Company's 
 factors, until they heard that Thomas Skinner had, with the 
 assistance of a Dutchman named Kenicker, conveyed away all 
 the amber and some other goods, contrary to the King's command, 
 and sold them to the Dutch ; upon which the factors complained 
 to the King, who, plainly perceiving Skinner's design, declared he 
 would not countenance any unjust action, and ordered one of his 
 principal officers named Kayavero Berbanza,"^ the Chief Customer, 
 to go aboard the Thomas and deliver all the remaining goods into 
 the custody of the Company's factors for satisfaction of Frederick 
 Skinner's debt. This was done by Kayavero, who went aboard 
 with his officers, seized the goods and then left the ship. The 
 Company gave Frederick Skinner credit in his account for the said 
 goods, and have since concluded all business with him by arbitra- 
 tion, and he has paid them their due and given them a general 
 discharge. Upon the re-estabhshment of the joint trade, the 
 Company, so far from surprising any particular adventurer's ship 
 or goods in the East, allowed eighteen months for their departure, 
 and agreed to take whatsoever estate, in goods or money, any 
 merchant might have remaining there after the expiration of the 
 said time, and to pay them for the same in England at 6^. 6d. the 
 piece of eight ; nor was anything done to Thomas Skinner by the 
 Company's servants in virtue of their charter, or any general 
 order given against interlopers, but only in a judicial manner to 
 recover satisfaction from the estate of Frederick Skinner found in 
 the ship Thomas. Thomas Skinner asserts that, while he was at 
 Jambi, for want of provisions and money to pay his men, most 
 of them deserted, and amongst the number Peter Denis de Brier, 
 his son-in-law ; but Brier left because of Skinner's merciless 
 beating and ill-usage, and fled to the English house for protection. 
 The ship Thomas was much decayed, and only two boys, a cook, 
 and a quarter-master remained aboard, and Frederick Skinner, in 
 a letter to his brother Thomas, called him a madman for allowing 
 his men to leave. The Company's factors, seeing Skinner's help- 
 less condition, offered their assistance if he would leave for England ; 
 ^ The latter word seems to be the Malay harhangsa, ' of noble birth.'
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 157 
 
 but he was obstinate and peevish, making a protest dishonouring 
 to the Enghsh nation, and abetting the Dutch to undermine the 
 Company, for which they never wanted the will at the least oppor- 
 tunity. Shortly after this, the Dutch tried to assault the English 
 house, and with forty white men and 150 blacks, armed with 
 swords, guns, and lances, broke open the warehouse, took away 
 what they pleased, and beat and wounded many of the Company's 
 servants, for which the Company claim a loss of 100,000 dollars, 
 ' the consequence whereof is proved in the Admiralty Court to 
 bee 87,134/. to the Company'. Thomas Skinner wilfully left his 
 ship and went away from Jambi, saying he would make the factors 
 pay him in England for what he pretended against them, although 
 they advised him to appoint some one to take care of his ship and 
 make what was possible of her, for they refused to meddle in the 
 matter. Upon these pretences he has grounded his notorious 
 demands against the Company, the equity of all which is humbly 
 referred to Their Lordships' wise consideration. (3I pp.) 
 
 Description of the Island of Braula or Varella [Home 
 Miscellaneous, vol. xlii, p. 17). 
 
 It Hes some five or six leagues from Jambi and about three or 
 four from the islands of Lingena, inhabited by the people of Johor. 
 The King of Jambi calls it his island, and the people of Johor say 
 it belongs to them ; but it is not, nor is it likely ever to have been, 
 inhabited by either. It has neither harbour or road, the ground 
 all about being foul and rocky. It is not more than two miles in 
 circumference, and the greater part is taken up by two pyramidical 
 rocks between whose clefts grow sappy trees ; the other part 
 consists of boggy ground, made so by the constant rains. The 
 whole island does not afford ten tons of timber ; no four-footed 
 beast is to be found on it and no grass or eatable fruit, except 
 a small kind of nut, and this is not plentiful. There are some 
 birds, but they fly over to the mainland in the morning and return 
 at night. No stream, a foot broad, either of salt or fresh water, is 
 to be found on the whole island, which at high tide looks more 
 than one, but not so at low water. Signed Henry Dacres. (f p.)
 
 158 COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 A Court of Committees, November 13, 1661 {Court Book, 
 vol. xxiv, p. 424). 
 
 Upon the request and recommendation of Lord George Berkely, 
 the Court, notwithstanding their recent order, entertain John 
 Petite to go to India. Simon Hopper and Francis EUoby are 
 accepted as securities in 500/. for Robert Hopper, and Peter Proby 
 and George Toriano in 1,000/. for Charles Proby. Isaac Tillard, 
 the Company's correspondent at Plymouth, is given a piece of 
 plate of the value of 25/., in recognition of his services in discover- 
 ing private trade aboard the ships touching at that port. Certain 
 Committees are desired to settle the dispute between the Company 
 and the owners of the Richard and Martha, and four arbitrators 
 are named to determine matters between the Company and the 
 owners of the Merchant Adventure, in a penalty of 3,000/. Order 
 is given for a fine of 10s. a piece henceforward to be set on all sorts 
 of calicoes, according to the calculation and account of the Custom- 
 house. It is, however, agreed that parcels not exceeding twenty 
 pieces, brought home as private trade by sailors, and some sallam- 
 pores sent to Mrs. Stringer by her husband, shall be delivered free 
 of mulct for the present, (i p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, November 15, 1661 [Ibid., p. 425). 
 
 Certain small parcels of calicoes to be delivered free of fine. 
 Alderman King, on behalf of the owners of the Richard and Martha, 
 submitting to the fines on private trade brought home in that 
 vessel being deducted from the money due for freight, and Widow 
 Looker referring herself to the Company concerning fines on certain 
 calicoes, the Court engages the said ship to go to Surat on another 
 voyage upon terms signed by the Alderman. Captain Curtis 
 requesting to be allowed to refer himself to the Company and not 
 to the owners of the said ship about his private trade, this is agreed 
 to ; hereupon he states that the owners demand 50/. for his passage 
 home, notwithstanding that he is commissioned by the Company ; 
 he is told that according to the terms of the charterparty he should 
 be brought home free of charge, and, if he is made to pay, the 
 Company will deduct the amount from the money due for freight. 
 Calicoes brought home in the Richard and Martha belonging to
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 159 
 
 John Hart, late mate in the Mayflower, to be delivered, he promis- 
 ing to submit himself to the Company regarding fines, which can 
 be deducted from his goods in the Blackmore. Certain Committees 
 are desired to rectify the error in the entry of the Company's 
 copper at the Customhouse. Mr. Acton is directed to attach the 
 eleven chests of taffetas in Captain Porter's hands upon an action 
 for debt in 10,000/. against Traveisa. On information that the two 
 chests of musk laden by Traveisa in the East India Merchant 
 belong to a Dutchman in India, it is agreed to leave them to be 
 disposed of by the owners of that ship. Henry Thurscrosse to be 
 paid 600Z. on account of calicoes, he promising to refer himself to 
 the Company before receiving the remainder. [i\ pp.) 
 
 Warrant from Lord Southampton to the Customs Com- 
 missioners, November 16, 1661 {Public Record Office : Entry Book 
 
 in, p. 3). 
 
 To permit Alderman Backwell, in accordance with an order of 
 Council of the 6th instant, to export from time to time foreign coin 
 and bullion to the value of 80,000/. . . . taking a bond of him in 
 80,000/. to coin 40,000/. in the Mint in sums of 10,000/. every three 
 months. 
 
 A Meeting of Twelve Committees, November 18, 1661 [Court 
 Book, vol. xxiv, p. 426). 
 
 Mr. Norwood having informed some Committees of certain 
 unwarrantable actions committed by the Husband, especially the 
 endorsing of a cocket for five bales of cloth in the Discovery, Nor- 
 wood is requested to declare all he knows ; he replies that he 
 cannot do so from memory, but will examine his books and notes 
 and then report ; hereupon two Committees are desired to go to 
 the Customhouse and examine and report on the books. Mr. Acton 
 is directed to take out attachments against such of the owners of 
 the Royal James and Henry as do not answer the Company's bill 
 'in Chancery. John Page and Richard Cliffc are accepted as securi- 
 ties in 1,000/. for Jonathan Dudley ; Richard Davidge and Richard 
 Warren in 500/. for John March ; Danic Spencer and Thomas 
 Tookey in 500/. for Joseph Spencer ; and Edward Calthrope and 
 Martin Cawell in 500/. for James Calthrope. Resolved that the
 
 i6o COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 fine for private trade brought back in the Richard and Martha shall 
 be deducted from the money due for freight, the remainder of 
 which shall be paid, and any favour intended deferred, (i p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, November 20, 1661 [Court Book, 
 vol. xxiv, p. 427). 
 
 What took place at the meeting of the twelve Committees is 
 approved and ordered to be registered and to remain as authentic 
 as the acts of this court. Those desired to inquire concerning the 
 conduct of the Husband report several instances of his shipping 
 goods under different names. He is called in and told of this, but 
 denies it all. However, the Court is not satisfied, and, taking into 
 consideration his irregular entries of their musk and copper, they 
 dismiss him and order him to deliver in his books and Mr. Herbert 
 to put a lock at once on the great warehouse. Sir Garvace Ellowes 
 and William Baker are accepted as securities in 1,000/. for Robert 
 Ellowes. Messrs. Willoughby and Barnardiston, who gave bail 
 for Captain Porter in an action of 3,200/. about the tafTetas sent 
 home by Traveisa, are to be saved harmless for the same. The 
 accounts of Matthias Halsted, lately returned from Hugh, to be 
 cleared. The Court resolves, in the event of a third ship being 
 wanted for Surat, to employ Captain Arnold Browne and his 
 vessel, {'^■kpp-) 
 
 A Court of Committees, November 25, 1661 [Ibid., p. 429). 
 
 John Ogilby is given 20 nobles on presenting for the acceptance 
 of the Company ' a large bible in English of a new and faire edition 
 with sculpts, dedicated to His Majestic and by him recommended 
 to all corporations, &c.' ^ A petition and two certificates from 
 Richard Seaborne about the entries of the musk and copper plate 
 are read ; but as nothing is found in these to defer the election of 
 a new Husband, the Court chooses Thomas Sprigg for that post, 
 at a salary of 80/. a year, he to give security in 1,000/., and Francis 
 Thompson to be his assistant at 40/. a year, he to give security in 
 500/. William Marston is entertained as Auditor at 80/. a year, 
 
 * This is the handsome illustrated Bible which Ogilby published at Cambridge in 16601 
 He presented copies to the King and to the House of Commons, receiving monetary rewards 
 in both cases.
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY i6i 
 
 to give security in 500/, Sir Andrew Riccard, Sir Thomas Blud- 
 worth, John Daberone, Christopher Boone, William Blake, and 
 Jeremy Jones are accepted as securities in 1,000/. for William 
 Jones, (i p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, November 27, 1661 {Court Book, 
 vol. xxiv, p. 430). 
 
 The following securities are accepted : Thomas Green and Thomas 
 Townsend for Gabriel Townsend ; John Pory and Henry Hampson 
 for Charles Smeaton ; Sir William Thomson and M. Thomson for 
 Thomas Sprigg ; Thomas Agg and Benjamin Coles for Francis 
 Thomson. At the desire of the owners of the Mayflower and Anne 
 respectively, the Company agrees to the disputes being arbitrated 
 without the stipulation of any sum or penalty. The purchase of 
 brimstone by the Governor for the Company is approved, and 
 order given for this commodity to be prohibited in all charter- 
 parties. Sprigg and Thomson are sworn and directed to proceed 
 in the performance of their duties. Order is also given for all 
 porters employed by Seaborne to be dismissed and for Sprigg to 
 engage others in their stead, having regard to old servants of the 
 Company who are suitable, (ij pp.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, November 29, 1661 {Court Book, 
 vol. xxiv, p. 431). 
 
 John and Thomas Vincent are accepted as securities for Mathias 
 Vincent. The Secretary is directed to demand from Richard 
 Seaborne all books and papers in his charge, (f p.) 
 
 The Company to Mrs. Bridgman, etc. [at Amsterdam], 
 November 29, 1661 {Letter Book, vol. iii, p. 71). 
 
 Cannot give commission for quicksilver, as they have sufficient 
 for their occasions at present. Note the great quantity of silver 
 arrived from the ' Plate fleete ', and that rials of eight, both from 
 Seville and Mexico, are to hand at about 22s. the mark of eight 
 ounces troy, but whether for bank money or cash is not stated ; 
 so beg to be advised concerning this. They require gold more 
 
 2482 M
 
 i62 COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 than silver, and would like to know whether they can have to the 
 value of 8,000/. or 10,000/, or more at a reasonable rate. {\ p.) 
 
 Order for a Warrant, Whitehall, December i, 1661 [Public 
 Record Office : S.P. Dom. : vol. xlv, no. 3). 
 
 To permit the East India Company to export this year 60,000/. 
 in foreign coin and bullion custom free, on their bond to import 
 as much by return of the ships now going out. 
 
 The Company to Thomas Dethick and Company [at Leg- 
 horn], December 2, 1661 {Letter Book, vol. iii, p. 72). 
 
 Acknowledge the receipt of several letters and the accounts for 
 coral. They cannot send them any saltpetre, as although they 
 had a considerable amount, yet it was all disposed of at the last 
 court of sales. Note the acceptance of their bills of exchange, 
 and in reply to what they write with regard to interest until these 
 fall due, they are willing to allow any just charge. Trust that, 
 when the Defence left Amsterdam in company with the St. George, 
 both intending to touch at Tholone [Toulon], they met the two 
 frigates for their convoy ; that the Defence also encountered the 
 Lewis and Russia Merchant ; and that they will be preserved 
 from attacks of the Turkish pirates. The four bills of exchange 
 have been presented and accepted and shall be paid in due course. 
 ilp.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, December 2, 1661 [Court Book, 
 vol. xxiv, p. 432). 
 
 The King's waiters at the Customhouse to be paid 35/. for fees 
 for the seven ships last arrived. His Majesty intending to send 
 a fourth ship to India, and proposals having been made by some 
 private persons to victual and man her and give 7,000/. for a certain 
 time for wear and tear, in kindness to the Company these terms 
 are first offered to them ; hereupon after long and serious debate 
 the Court resolves that a committee shall endeavour to divert the 
 voyage of the said vessel and, if this cannot be done, then to 
 arrange so that she may be of ' the least inconveniency ' to the 
 Company ; the committee appointed to manage the Dutch busi-
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 163 
 
 ness to act in this matter. The following securities are accepted : 
 Robert Lant, Christopher Boone, and Christopher Willoughby 
 for William Marston in 500/. ; Thomas and Robert Bretton for 
 Robert Fleetwood ; Captain Prowd and John Burchett for 
 Francis Minshul ; Richard and Peter Jones for Hackett 
 Jones, (i p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, December 3, 1661 {Ibid., p. 433). 
 
 The Committees appointed to act concerning the business of the 
 fourth ship intended by the King for India not being satisfied at 
 the sudden rising of the last Court upon that vote, and disinclined 
 to act until a vote is made by a full Court, the present Court 
 resolves upon a further vote to refer the management of that 
 business to them, and desires them to proceed at once in the matter. 
 The draft of a petition to the King for a proclamation against the 
 invasion of the Company's trade is read, and approved for engross- 
 ing and presentation. The following officers are named for His 
 Majesty's ships bound for India : Captains Browne, Tincker, and 
 Cubitt as commanders ; Messrs. Hargrave, Yates, and Browning 
 as masters ; Elloby, Hopper, Goodlad, and Harris as pursers ; 
 Wright, Basse, Blissett, Treveine, Lee, Thurston, Hart, and 
 Fletcher as mates ; and James Waddin and John Limbry as 
 stewards. Captain Prowd is directed to make inquiries for such 
 other officers as there shall be occasion for. (i p.) 
 
 Petition of the Company to the King [December 3, 1661] 
 {Home MiscellaneoiLS, vol. xlii, p. 6). 
 
 Though His Majesty has been graciously pleased to confirm and 
 enlarge their charter for the just encouragement of that trade in 
 which his revenue, the honour of the English name, and the stock 
 of many of his subjects is so highly concerned, yet some people, 
 whose avarice renders them enemies to all just rules of regular 
 commerce, having tasted some advantages by invading the Com- 
 pany's rights in sending ships privately to India and from thence 
 to Italy and thus defrauding the King of his customs, are striving 
 to repeat their attempts. Therefore the Company humbly prays 
 His Majesty to restrain them from so doing by a royal proclamation, 
 
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 i64 COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 forbidding any other of his subjects to invade or disturb at their 
 utmost peril the trade incorporated to the petitioners ; and in 
 order that none may pretend ignorance, that such concessions 
 may be declared in the said proclamation as may most immediately 
 concern all those whom it is intended to restrain from trading 
 within the limits reserved to the Company by their royal charter. 
 Signed Andrew Riccard, Governor. (| p.) 
 
 The King to the Duke of York, Whitehall, December 5, 
 1661 [Public Record Office: S.P. Dom. : vol. xlv, no. 16). 
 
 The Duke is to order the Navy Commissioners to agree with the 
 East India Company, on such terms as shall be most for His 
 Majesty's advantage, about foMr ships to be set forth at his charge 
 for the Indies, to be by the Company freighted back from the 
 Indies. 
 
 A Court of Committees, December 6, 1661 [Court Book, 
 vol. xxiv, p. 434). 
 
 Sir Thomas and Thomas Chamberlen are accepted as securities 
 for Caesar Chamberlen, and Messrs. Maximillian and Davis for 
 Joshua Bunbury. A discussion arises as to whether Sir George 
 Oxinden ' stood confirmed ' as President, and, to silence all doubts, 
 the Court by vote now confirms him in that post in accordance 
 with their former election. Edward Winter and Quarles Browne 
 are named for the place of Agent at the Coast ; but there being 
 some objection against Winter, a committee is appointed to inquire 
 concerning him and report before any thing is decided. Order is 
 given for the Company's seal to be affixed to the two agreements 
 made by the committee with the Principal Officers and Com- 
 missioners of the Navy of this day's date for the four ships which 
 the King intends to send this season for his own service to India.^ 
 (I A) 
 
 • ' After dinner [at Whitehall], by appointment came the Governors of the East India 
 Company to sigri and seal the contract between us (in the King's name) and them. And 
 that done, we all went to the King's closet and there spoke with the King and the Duke 
 of York, who promise to be very careful of the India trade to the utmost.' (Pepys's diary, 
 December 6, 1661.)
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 165 
 
 A Court of Committees, December 9, 1661 [Ibid., p. 435). 
 
 Certain goods returned in the Madras Merchant belonging to 
 Mr. Otway, a minister, to be delivered. The owners of the East 
 India Merchant again agree to all differences between them and 
 the Company being referred to arbitration. The Committees of 
 the Treasury report that they have arranged to pay Alderman 
 Backwell 20,oooZ. in money, upon account of the foreign coin and 
 bullion contracted for with him, as by doing so two months before 
 the appointed time that sum will be paid off without loss. Certain 
 Committees are desired to draw up a charge against the owners 
 of the Merchant Adventure and to attend the meetings of the 
 referees and give them information on the subject. The owners 
 of the Madras Merchant refer themselves to the decision of the 
 Court concerning the fine to be deducted from the freight of that 
 vessel, and the captain and purser petition for favour with regard 
 to certain calicoes ; decision in the matter is deferred. Captain 
 Price refers himself to the Court concerning calicoes brought home 
 in the Blackmore, and order is given for that ship's account to be 
 made out, what is due for fines deducted, and the remainder paid 
 to the owners, and that the captain may receive his goods. Certain 
 Committees are desired to assist the Husband in this and all cases 
 of difficulty in which he shall desire advice, (i p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, December ii, 1661 [Court Book, 
 vol. xxiv, p. 436). 
 
 The Court, before electing an Agent for the Coast, resolves that, 
 if in the future they shall see fit to remove the President from Surat 
 to Fort St. George, the Agent must be content to give place to 
 him ; that the salary shall be 100/. a year, any further gratuity 
 according to deserts, and the usual security given ; but if Edward 
 Winter is appointed he must pay 2,000/. into the Company's stock 
 in addition to the usual security. This Thomas Winter promises 
 shall be done. Hereupon Edward Winter and Quarles Browne 
 are named for the said post. Winter is chosen, and being called 
 in and told the conditions of his appointment, he accepts them
 
 i66 COURT iMINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 and refers himself wholly to the Court. The fine on certain goods 
 is remitted to Judith, wife of Thomas Clarke, late master in the 
 Samaritan. Order is given for certain goods to be delivered to 
 Richard Goodlad on payment of a fine of 35/., he to be returned 
 25/. of that sum for his good services in helping to save the treasure 
 from the wreck of the Smyrna Merchant, (i p.) 
 
 Order of Council, December ii, 1661 {Public Record Office: 
 Privy Council Register, vol. Iv, p. 480^). 
 
 For the Company to wait, with their petition for a proclamation 
 to be issued against the invasion of their trade, upon the Attorney 
 General, who is required to consider the same and report his 
 opinion to the Board. 
 
 A Court of Committees, December 13, 1661 {Court Book, 
 vol. xxiv, p. 437). 
 
 The fine on certain calicoes is remitted to Edward Wakefield, 
 chaplain in the East India Merchant ; also to Elizabeth Harrison 
 on account of her poverty and the loss of her husband. Richard 
 Ward, a surveyor, is given 5Z. in recognition of his services on board 
 the Blackmore and East India Merchant. A gratuity of 10/. is 
 given to five Customhouse searchers for services rendered the 
 Company. Certain vacant warehouses in Leadenhall to be hired. 
 Calicoes bought by Mr. Astruck, which he says are not equal to 
 the muster shown, to be examined, (i p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, December 16, 1661 {Ibid., p. 438). 
 
 The minutes of the 13th instant, when only twelve Committees 
 were present, are read and confirmed. Spice to be distributed to 
 the Company's officers and to the ofiicers of the Customhouse 
 according to the usual practice. The chaplain at Poplar to be 
 gratified with 20I., and 12I. to be given to poor widows of East 
 India men. The Committee for Charterparties to arrange with 
 the owners of the Madras Merchant for that ship to go to the Coast 
 and Bay instead of to Surat, as first intended. (| p.) 
 
 ' For another copy see Home Miscellaneous, vol. xlii, p. 7.
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 167 
 
 A Court of Committees, December 18, 1661 {Ibid., p. 439). 
 
 Certain Committees are desired to see the coral landed at the 
 Customhouse and endeavour to prevent more than one chest of 
 a sort being opened, that breakage and damage may be avoided. 
 Sir William Ryder is entreated to hasten the departure of the 
 Convertine and pinnace before the dispatch of the other ships. 
 The Earl of Marlborough, Commander-in-chief of the King's ships 
 for India, wishing to have a good understanding with the Company 
 in all his proceedings, certain Committees are requested to wait 
 on and confer with him. Order is given for all unprohibited private 
 trade to be delivered to the owners. Sir Richard Ford and Sir 
 George Oxinden are to endeavour to obtain the issue of the pro- 
 clamation petitioned for by the Company. The Treasurer and 
 some of the Governors of Christ's Hospital request the Company 
 to give up the warehouses at Leadenhall, as they fully intend ' to 
 proceede in their designe with the Drapery '. The Court agrees 
 to do so by Midsummer, if this purpose is adhered to ; if not, they 
 expect to be allowed to remain upon the same terms as at present. 
 The following factors to proceed to the Coast and Bay : Charles 
 Proby, Robert Elloes, Hannibal Allen, John Nicholas, John 
 Dudley, and Thomas Stiles, each to receive 30/. a year and to go 
 in the Good Hope with special recommendation to the Agent to 
 be advanced according to their deserts. Thomas Haslewood, 
 Joseph Spencer, James Calthrope, Joshua Bunberry, Francis 
 Minshull, George Clay, Robert Fleetwood, John March, Edward 
 Herris, Gabriel Townsend, and Matthew Vincent, all being young 
 men, are to receive 20I. a year, and John Latton, John Hopkins, 
 and Hackett Jones, who are youths, 10/. a year ; all to be dis- 
 posed of as the Agent and Council shall see fit. William Blake is 
 entertained as Chief for the Bay of Bengal, on condition that he 
 first settles all accounts, etc., with the Company, after which his 
 salary shall be agreed upon. The Court receiving good accounts 
 of Philip Giffard, who is at Rajapur, his salary is increased from 
 10/. to 20/. a year. The following men are entertained for Surat : 
 John Spiller at 100/. a year to go as second to the President ; John 
 Goodyear at 100 marks a year ; Gerard Aungeir, Charles Smeaton 
 and Strensham Maisters, ' now at Suratt ', at 30/. each a year ;
 
 i68 COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 Caesar Chamberlen, John Pettit, Charles Bendish, and Richard 
 Francis at 25/. a year ; William Jones, William Blackman, Henry 
 Chune, and Henry Oxinden at 20/. a year. Robert Hopper and 
 Hamon Gibbon are entertained for Bantam, the former at 30/. 
 and the latter at 15/. a year. Upon the petition of William Jesson, 
 the Court agrees to entertain his brother John in their service if 
 the President shall consider him fit for the same.^ An agreement 
 is made with the owners of the Madras Merchant for that vessel 
 to be ready to leave Gravesend for the Coast and Bay by January 20 
 next. {2\pp.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, December 23, 1661 {Court Book, 
 vol. xxiv, p. 441). 
 
 Richard Harris is allotted a salary of 20/. a year, to act as Beadle, 
 look after the Company's house, get in debts, and see to all other 
 business belonging to that post, this salary to be distinct from 
 his other ^ of 80^. a year. Thomas Clayton is engaged as his 
 assistant at 105. a week, to be at the house from the rising to the 
 setting of the watch, which it is now ordered is not to rise during 
 the months of November, December, and January until six in the 
 morning. Mary Price, who cleaned and helped look after the house 
 in Spiller's time and does so still, is given a gratuity of 40s. and 
 allotted a salary of 4/. a year for the future. Certain Committees 
 are to desire the powdermakers, who lately contracted with the 
 Company for saltpetre, to pay in their money for the same and 
 take it away. Others are desired to examine and report on the 
 accounts of William Blake. As it would be a great expense and 
 inconvenience to have the saltpetre received this year examined 
 before it is taken over from Mr. Seaborne, and Francis Thomson 
 having seen it all landed and also what was taken away, the Court 
 gives direction for all the saltpetre brought home this year and 
 still in the warehouses to be taken over as it is from the charge 
 of Richard Seaborne, who is to deliver the key of the great ware- 
 house at the Customhouse to Mr. Sprigg. Upon the written 
 request of Mr. Roane, Harris is told to accommodate him as far 
 as he can legally concerning the goods he claims. • (i p.) 
 
 • There is a mistake here. John Jesson was in England, and apparently it was he who 
 petitioned that his brother William in India might be re-employed. 
 ^ He was assistant cashier.
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 169 
 
 The Company to Thomas Dethick and Company [at Leghorn], 
 December 23, 1661 {Letter Book, vol. iii, p. 73). 
 
 Have received their letters and bills of exchange. The Defence 
 has arrived safely with the coral. One chest of Grezio has been 
 examined, with which they are not well satisfied, as it contains 
 a large quantity of small and coarse coral. Considering the price 
 quoted, they cannot commend the bargain, but when other chests 
 have been viewed they will advise further. Note that the remainder 
 is to be sent in the Greyhound. {\ p.) 
 
 Order of Council, December 27, 1661 {Public Record Office : 
 Privy Council Register, vol. Iv, p. 506). 
 
 That the Duke of York, the Duke of Albemarle, the Earl of 
 Anglesey, Lord Holies, Lord Ashley, the Vice-Chamberlain [Sir 
 George Carteret], Secretary Nicholas, and Secretary Morice, 
 or any three of them, be constituted a committee concerning 
 transaction of all affairs relating to ' Bonne Bay in the East 
 Indies '. 
 
 A Court of Committees, December 30, 1661 {Court Book, 
 vol. xxiv, p. 442). 
 
 A list of the commanders and officers for the King's four ships,' 
 the Dunkirk, Leopard, Mary Rose, Convertine, and the pinnace 
 Chestnut, is read and ordered to be signed and sent immediately to 
 the Navy Office, that all named may proceed in their several 
 employments without loss of time. Captain William Hargravc is 
 appointed to the command of the Convertine. Order is given for 
 25,000^. in money and bullion to be laden in the Good Hope, 20,000/. 
 for the Coast and Bay, and the remaining $,oool. in rials for Jambi. 
 Thomas Rowse and Matthias Datslear are accepted as securities 
 for John Nicholas. The committee appointed to examine the 
 accounts of William Blake report that, if he is willing to agree to 
 and perform certain conditions drawn up and now presented, he 
 may be considered fit for the Company's employment ; he expresses 
 his willingness to do so, and is therefore elected Chief for the Bay 
 at a salary of 100 marks a year. At the request of Edward Winter
 
 170 COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 the Court promises that he shall remain as Agent at the Coast 
 for three years certain, and another two years if there shall be 
 occasion for his services, unless any just reason shall appear to 
 the contrary ; hereupon he is made free of the Company by service 
 and sworn accordingly. (i| pp.) 
 
 List of Four of the King's Ships and their Companies, 
 [December, i66i] [Home Miscellaneous, vol. xlii, p. 8). 
 
 The Dunkirk^ admiral, Arnold Browne, captain, [William] Basse, 
 master, George Blissett, Edmund Oaty, and Edward Carlton, mates, 
 John Vincent and John Jordan, midshipmen, Richard Musgrave, 
 steward. Leopard^ John Tincker, captain, Michael Yeats, master, 
 Richard Thurston, Richard Harris, and William White, mates, 
 Thomas Clarke and John Mallett, midshipmen, Abraham Wooffe, 
 steward, James Marriner, his mate. Mary Rose, Joseph Cubitt, 
 captain, Nathaniel Surges, master, John Hart, Charles Hart, and 
 Thomas Tayte, mates, George Ankey and Hugh Penrose, midship- 
 men, William Heath, steward. Chestnut Pinnace, John Stephens, 
 
 captain, Willmott, master, Bolter, mate. Convertine, 
 
 William Hargrave, captain, Nathaniel Browneing, master, Richard 
 Fletcher, Thomas Sparks, and William Walter, mates, William 
 
 Paulton and East, midshipmen, Francis Ellobey, purser, 
 
 John Lymbrey, steward, (i p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, January 3, 1662 [Court Book, 
 vol. xxiv, p. 444). 
 
 Certain Committees are entreated to make as good an agreement 
 as possible with the powdermakers for payment and delivery of 
 saltpetre. Those Committees who attended the Earl of Marl- 
 borough are directed to gratify as they think fit such persons as they 
 know have deserved, or may in the future deserve, the Company's 
 favour, and to take care that instructions for the officers of the 
 King's ships bound for India may be so worded that they shall 
 not be able to inconvenience the Company in any way. Francis 
 Blake and Elisha Biscoe are accepted as securities in 2,000/. for 
 William Blake. Jane Button, sister of Captain John Button, to 
 be allowed one month's pay per annum of her brother's salary.
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 171 
 
 Stephen Flower, a factor in India, is allotted a salary of 30/. a year. 
 Certain Committees are desired to settle with Sir Thomas Blud- 
 worth and Mr. Cranmer, owners of the Merchant Adventure. Messrs. 
 Seaborne and Sprigg to make an inventory of all goods in the 
 warehouses and sign the same, and this to be a discharge to Sea- 
 borne for all that is named in it. Nicholas White, an old sailor, 
 is admitted to the Company's almshouse at Poplar, (i^ pp.) 
 
 The Company to Thomas Dethick and Company [at 
 Leghorn], January 6, 1662 {Letter Book, vol. iii, p. 74). 
 
 Acknowledge the receipt of their letter of the i6th ult. with two 
 bills of exchange. Hope the commander of the Greyhound may be 
 induced to accept a modest freight for the twelve chests of coral 
 he is to bring in his ship. {\ p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, January 8, 1662 [Court Book, 
 vol. xxiv, p. 445). 
 
 At the request of the father of William Johnson, Chief at Masuli- 
 patam, the Court directs orders to be given in the letters to the 
 Coast for what is advised against him to be examined and a full 
 account sent home. Alderman Love to be allowed a bale of cloth 
 in place of one he bought, which was sent by mistake to Guinea. 
 Certain Committees are requested to attend the meetings of the 
 arbitrators for the Mayflower. The account of Edmund Percivall 
 to be cleared and his bond delivered up, if at the arrival of the 
 Surat ships nothing appears against him. Some silk returned in 
 the Blackmore to be delivered to Mrs. Collins, and Captain Price 
 not to be settled with until he does what is right with regard to 
 her. Certain cloths returned in the Merchant Adventure to be 
 delivered to Mrs. Tindall, who has promised to submit to the 
 Court's decision concerning the fine. The account of the freight 
 of the Madras Merchant to be made up. Certain piece goods 
 returned in the Madras Merchant to be delivered to Isaac Pewsey 
 on payment of a fine. Certain Committees arc desired to confer 
 with Sir George Oxinden about a secret he has to impart relating 
 to the ' security and conveniency of the Companyes affaires '. 
 Silvester Morgan, ' an adventurer in this Stock ', presents the
 
 172 COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 Company with a book of heraldry, and in recognition is admitted 
 to the freedom without payment.^ (i^ pp.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, January io, 1662 {Court Book, 
 vol. xxiv, p. 446). 
 
 Resolved that another ship shall be freighted for Surat ; Sir 
 William Ryder is requested to look out for one. Arrangements 
 for the relading of the Good Hope in the East. Committees to 
 advise with counsel about the business of Ragg and Traveisa, 
 and direct Mr. Acton how to proceed. Cahcoes returned in the 
 East India Merchant to be delivered to Mrs. Spearing free of fine. 
 Some cloths, etc., belonging to the master of the Anne, who is 
 now in India, to be delivered. Captain Prowd is instructed to fit 
 out the Convertine in all respects like one of the Company's own 
 vessels. Rates and accounts to be settled with the wharfinger of 
 the Customhouse quay. Sir Richard Ford having received some 
 advice from Holland concerning the Company, he and Sir Thomas 
 Chamberlen are desired to make such use of it as shall be most 
 advantageous, (i p.) 
 
 Order of Council, January 10, 1662 {Public Record Office : 
 Privy Council Register, vol. Iv, p. 512 ^). 
 
 Upon hearing the petition of the Company, stating that they are 
 engaged to furnish lading home from India for four of the King's 
 ships, to provide which, in the commodities of that country, will 
 require a far larger stock than they have usually sent out, so that 
 the money they are permitted by their charter to export yearly 
 will come short by at least 30,000/. of what may enable them to 
 comply with the contracts made with the Principal Officers and 
 Commissioners of His Majesty's Navy, the Council, after weighing 
 the reasons brought forward by the petitioners then present, 
 license and authorize the Company to export to the Indies in the 
 ensuing year 30,000/. in foreign coin and bullion of silver and gold, 
 over and above the 50,000/. limited by His Majesty's charter, and 
 those whom it may concern are required to conform themselves 
 accordingly, for which this shall be a sufficient warrant. 
 
 * This was The Sphere of Gentry, by Sylvanus Morgan, printed in i66i. 
 ^ See also Home Miscellaneous, vol. xlii, p. 29.
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 173 
 
 Order of Council, January 10, 1662 {Ibid., p. 512). 
 
 The Clerk of the Signet to prepare a Bill for His Majesty's royal 
 signature to pass the Privy Seal for payment of one thousand 
 pounds to Sir Abraham Shipman upon account, to be disposed 
 of as the Duke of York or the Duke of Albemarle shall appoint. 
 
 Warrant to Sir Abraham Shipman, January, 1662 {Public 
 Record Office : Entry Book III, p. 108). 
 
 For 1,200^. for the raising and furnishing of 400 men for His 
 Majesty's service in the East Indies, as by the Privy Seal of the 
 27th ult. 
 
 A Court of Committees, January 13, 1662 {Court Book, 
 vol. xxiv, p. 447). 
 
 Mr. Langham to be allowed abatement on calicoes. Captain 
 Cubutt thanks the Court for procuring him the command of the 
 Mary Rose, and promises to follow their orders closely. On con- 
 sideration of the exorbitancy of the private trade carried on last 
 year, and foreseeing that the same is intended again, the Court 
 directs that endeavours be made speedily to procure the King's 
 proclamation prohibiting all private trade to and from India, and 
 desires certain Committees to take every means and care to prevent 
 and discourage it ; for this purpose directions are to be issued to 
 the Company's servants in the East to seize, when possible, all 
 prohibited goods and make the owners pay the fine of charter- 
 party, half of which shall be divided equally amongst the factors 
 of the factory where this is done ; they are also to be given one- 
 eighth part of the fine received by the Company for prohibited 
 goods discovered by their means or advice. Captain Prowd to be 
 permitted to change such of the inferior officers named by the 
 Company for the King's ships as he sees fit. The Katherine is 
 ordered to be freighted, if reasonable terms can be agreed upon. 
 It being thought requisite for some general standing rules to be 
 given to the Presidency and Agencies in the East in order to 
 prevent the great inconveniencies which have lately befallen the 
 Company, the following are considered suitable : none of the
 
 174 COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 Company's ships or stock to be employed in trading from port to 
 port, except on receipt of particular directions and express order 
 from England ; no Macassar or Bantam ships to return from any 
 of these ports to the Coast, but to go direct home ; endeavours to 
 be made to drive a full trade out and home direct ; a competent 
 stock to be left in the country yearly after the departure of the 
 ships for England, so that goods may be provided in time and 
 remain in the warehouses until the arrival of the next shipping ; 
 the returning ships to be dispatched for Europe yearly some 
 time in the month of December at the latest ; no freight goods 
 to be allowed to be carried in the Company's ships to any 
 market to which the Company sends goods of a similar quality, 
 (li pp.) 
 
 John Stanyan to the Navy Commissioners, January 14, 
 1662 {Public Record Office : S.P. Dom. : vol. xlix, no. 38). 
 
 The Company think good to make some alteration in the persons 
 intended to be employed, of whom a list was formerly sent. Encloses, 
 List of officers for the five East India ships, whom the Company desire 
 to be empowered for their employments, December 2,0, 1661. Note of 
 alterations required in the officers and provisions needed for the East 
 India ships, January 13, 1662. 
 
 A Court of Committees, January 17, 1662 {Court Book, 
 vol. xxiv, p. 449). 
 
 Four new arbitrators are appointed to settle the business between 
 the owners of the East India Merchant and the Company, those 
 formerly chosen having failed to accomplish anything in the time 
 allotted. Certain Committees are requested to determine matters 
 with the owners of the Merchant Adventure, and others to assist 
 the inhabitants of Poplar in their endeavours to make that place 
 a distinct parish of itself, (i ^.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, January 22, 1662 {Ibid., p. 450). 
 
 Calicoes to be delivered to the widow of Captain John Looker, 
 late commander of the Richard and Martha, to Henry Boone, 
 Michael Yates, and Henry Dacres. The greater part of the fine
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 175 
 
 on calicoes brought home by Captain Doves is allowed him as 
 a gratuity, in recognition of his good service to the Company. The 
 freight of the Madras Merchant to be made up, that it may be 
 cleared. Captain Tincker reports his appointment by a com- 
 mission from His Royal Highness [the Duke of York] to the 
 command of the Convertine, and states his willingness to observe 
 the commands of the Company. A ' bundle of writing ' belonging 
 to Messrs. Davies and Pickering, both deceased in the Bay, to 
 be examined and given up to their friends, if no cause is found to 
 the contrary. 1 The commander of the Castle Frigate claiming as 
 private trade some black pepper, order is given for all that is 
 in his ship to be sent at once to the Company's warehouse. 
 Calicoes belonging to Mrs. Tindall to be examined. John, 
 son of Agent Hunter, is entertained as a factor for Bantam at 
 20I. a year, and William Dawes as a factor for the Coast at 30^. 
 a year, (ij pp.) 
 
 Warrant from the Lord High Treasurer to the Com- 
 missioners OF THE Customs, January 23, 1662 [Home Mis- 
 cellaneous, vol. xlii, p. 30 2). 
 
 Authorizing them to permit the Company to transport 50,000/. 
 to the East Indies, in accordance with the text of their charter. 
 Signed T. Southampton. (| p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, January 24, 1662 [Court Book, 
 vol. xxiv, p. 451). 
 
 Thomas Uster to supply the Company with paper and books in 
 the same way Sir William Humble has done hitherto, ' if hee doth 
 serve as good and as cheape as any other '. Remission on the 
 freight of ginger is granted to Robert Hopper, purser's mate in 
 the Restoration. Richard Hords is entertained as purser's mate in 
 the Convertine. Captain Richard Longman requests that his 
 calicoes returned in the Richard and Martha may be delivered ; he 
 
 1 The letters proved, upon examination, to contain information about private trade. 
 They were consequently retained, and they may now be found in the Original Correspondence 
 series (see The English Factories in India, 1655-60, passim). 
 
 * See also P.R.O. : Entry Book X, p. 29.
 
 176 COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 is told that the Company does not detain them, but expects the 
 line due on them according to charterparty. Lists of the debts 
 owing to this Stock, and of goods sold but not yet delivered, to 
 be made out and presented to the Court. Certain Committees are 
 directed to draw up a clause for insertion in the Coast letter for 
 the better government of the town of Madras. The Court agrees 
 that white pepper, which has been prohibited hitherto, shall be 
 free, but orders very severe measures to be taken against any who 
 import black pepper privately, and that commodity to be seized 
 wherever discovered. Sir William Ryder to settle with Mr. Gold 
 concerning his purchase of the Restoration, and Captain Prowd to 
 see that the Convertine is speedily fitted according to contract 
 and delivered into Captain Tincker's charge. Captain Michel! 
 acknowledging that he owns the goods delivered from his ship at 
 Deal and promising to submit himself to the Court concerning the 
 same, order is given for his white pepper and ginger to be delivered. 
 A vessel to be freighted for Bantam, if it can be ready in a month's 
 time, {ilpp.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, January 27, 1662 {Court Book, 
 vol. xxiv, p. 452). 
 
 A new correspondent being wanted at Amsterdam, Joseph 
 Bathurst, Richard Mannings, Socur Corsellis, and Elias Abeels 
 are nominated for that post, and Bathurst and Mannings, being 
 Englishmen and in no way interested in the Dutch, are chosen ; 
 they are to act jointly for the Company and to give sufficient 
 security for any estate that shall be consigned to them. On 
 a further application by Captain Longman, order is given for his 
 calicoes to be delivered on payment of a fine of 80/. ; also for 
 calicoes to be delivered to Captain Price on payment of a fine of 
 400/. Certain piece goods to be delivered to Deborah Buckler. 
 Sir Richard Ford is desired to draw up an answer to the letter 
 sent to him by Sir George Downing concerning the Company. 
 Certain Committees are requested to consider whether it would be 
 advantageous to the Company to send goods for trade to Mozam- 
 bique in the Chestnut Pinnace, and to give orders accordingly ; 
 others are directed to get in debts, cause goods remaining overtime 
 to be taken away, and annul the contracts of those not able to
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY i77 
 
 perform them, that the goods may be disposed of again ; and 
 others requested to attend the meetings of the arbitrators for the 
 Anne from time to time. Direction is given for a clause to be 
 inserted in all charterparties that all ships shall be bound to sail 
 to any part or place within the limits of the Company's charter 
 beyond the Cape of Good Hope, except the West Coast of Sumatra. 
 
 A Court of Committees, January 29, 1662 {Ibid., p. 454). 
 
 The Court gives directions for the remission of fines on calicoes 
 to be delivered to a sailor, a sailor's widow, and others ; also to 
 James Lutton, master of the Anne, now in India. The sailors for 
 the Convertine are ordered to go on board next Monday. Certain 
 Committees are directed to draw up a bill to be exhibited in Chancery 
 against Thomas Thomlings and the captain and purser of the East 
 India Merchant, to discover who supplied their calicoes, and who 
 are the real owners of the same here. The conditions on which 
 the Starling Adventure, commanded by Captain Reader, has been 
 entertained for Bantam are approved. Order is given for the 
 treasure to be shipped next Friday in the Good Hope, and it is 
 resolved that 12,000/. of stock shall be sent in the Marigold to 
 Bantam. Certain Committees are to attend the Lord Treasurer 
 with a petition about entering the Company's copper plate, (i p.) 
 
 Order of Council, January 31, 1662 {Public Record Office : 
 Privy Council Register, vol. Iv, p. 531). 
 
 The petition of the Earl of Anglesey, ■•• Sir John Aytoun, and 
 Charles Whitaker, Esq., on behalf of themselves and the rest of 
 the creditors of Sir Edward Littleton, Sir Paul Pindar, and William 
 Courteen, deceased, is read, showing that the said Sir Edward 
 Littleton, etc., became indebted to the petitioners and others for 
 great sums, amounting to 150,000/. and upwards ; that Courteen 
 became insolvent in 1643, by losses sustained through the Dutch 
 East India Company ; and that several applications have been 
 made to the said Company for 75,000/, damages, and other sums 
 of money unjustly detained from the petitioners and other creditors 
 of the said Courteen, Littleton, and Pindar upon pretence that 
 
 Arthur Annesley, President of the Council of State ; created Earl of Anglesey in 1661. 
 2482 N
 
 178 COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 Courteen assigned the sum of 7,500/. [sic] out of some ships and 
 adventures to his Dutch creditors, notwithstanding he had bar- 
 gained, sold, and assigned them to Sir Edward Littleton and 
 Sir Paul Pindar on the behalf of the petitioners and other creditors 
 many years before upon a great and valuable consideration ; 
 and praying that His Majesty would be pleased to require the 
 Dutch Company to give the petitioners satisfaction according to 
 the merits of their cause. Hereupon order is given for the said 
 petition to be referred to the Committee of the Council appointed 
 to treat with the Dutch Ambassadors ' here resident ', the said 
 Committee to demand that satisfaction be given to the petitioners. 
 
 A Court of Committees, January 31, 1662 {Court Book, 
 vol. xxiv, p. 455). 
 
 Upon the petition of Captain Arnold Browne, Captain Cubutt, 
 and Captain Tincker, commanders of His Majesty's ships, for 
 further liberty of trade, they are granted the same privileges as 
 other freighted vessels, and in addition cloves, nutmegs, mace, 
 and indigo are left free to them ; but not being satisfied, they are 
 advised to specify what commodities they desire, and considera- 
 tion shall be had of the same. Piece goods to be delivered to 
 John Hart on payment of a fine of 50/. Mr. Barnardiston is added 
 to the committee appointed to settle the rates of wharfage for 
 goods, ilp.) 
 
 Royal Warrant to the Earl of Southampton, Lord High 
 Treasurer, February i, 1662 {Home Miscellaneous, vol. xlii, 
 p. 29 ^ 
 
 To pay to the East India Company the sum of 10,800/. owing 
 for saltpetre, etc., contracted for with Daniel Oneale, the King's 
 powdermaker, payment of which sum was promised to be made 
 either in milreis or Portuguese money. If this cannot be done, 
 then upon arrival of the King's fleet under the command of the 
 Earl of Sandwich, who was appointed to receive the said moneys, 
 payment is to be made in milreis. But if neither of these ways 
 can be compassed, then the Company is to be allowed to deduct 
 
 * See also P.R.O. : Entry Book III, p. 117.
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 179 
 
 the said sum from money due for customs on goods exported or 
 imported by them. Signed Edward Nicholas. (| p.) 
 
 John Stanyan to the Navy Commissioners, February 3, 
 1662 [Public Record Office : S.P. Dom. : vol. 1, no. 13). 
 
 The Company wish the Convertine ^ to be finished according to 
 contract, and delivered to Captain John Prowd. 
 
 A Court of Committees, February 3, 1662 [Court Book, 
 vol. xxiv, p. 456). 
 
 Two Committees are nominated by the Court and two b^ 
 Mrs. Anne Russell to settle about the Katherine. Powder to be sent 
 in the Marigold and Starling to the King of Bantam, The owners 
 of the Madras Merchant to be paid 1,659/. ^^5. ^d. for freight and 
 demurrage for her last voyage. By desire of the Lord Mayor 
 [Sir John Frederick], John Nicholas is added to those factors now 
 going to the Coast appointed to be of Council. Sir William Ryder 
 and Messrs. Willoughby and Sambrooke are accepted as securities 
 in 300/. for John Hunter. (|^.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, February 5, 1662 [Ihid., p. 457). 
 
 Certain Committees are desired to examine the books and letters 
 in order to draw up a charge against ' peccant ' persons at the 
 Coast and Bay before the departure of the Good Hope, that the 
 same may be sent thither. An answer, drawn up by Sir Richard 
 Ford, to a scandalous pamphlet printed in Holland entitled 
 Mercurious, is read and approved as fit to be printed in vindication 
 of the Company. Being asked to state how they will receive the 
 10,800/. in Portugal money assigned by the King on account of 
 saltpetre, the Court resolves to waive the receipt of the said money 
 in Portugal (as was once intended), seeing that it is supposed to 
 be on its way to England, and so it is improbable that the Leopard 
 can arrive in time to take it from thence to India. It is accordingly 
 resolved to receive it here ; but in the event of its non-arrival 
 they desire it to be further secured upon the Company's customs, 
 as these shall become due from time to time, until full satisfaction 
 
 ' Pepys, under date of February 17, 1662, records a visit of inspection paid to this vessel 
 at Deptford by the Navy Commissioners. 
 
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 i8o COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 is had. On the petition of John Hart, who was fined 50/. for 
 cahcoes, 10/. of that sum is returned to him as a gratuity, which 
 it is hoped he will merit by good service in the Convertine. Certain 
 Committees are desired to confer with two Frenchmen, for whom 
 Mr. Parrent has requested liberty to go to Bantam, and to discover 
 their intentions. Calicoes returned in the Katherine to be delivered 
 to Anne Russell, on payment of one-fifth of the fine due. Certain 
 Committees to determine matters concerning the Merchant Adven- 
 ture [Madras Merchant in the margin] ; others to settle the account 
 of the wharfinger of the Customhouse and rates for the future. 
 William Blake is nominated to succeed Agent Winter in case of 
 the decease of the latter, and is allotted 20I. for fresh provisions 
 on his outward voyage. Agent Winter is allotted 40Z. for the like 
 purpose. (T^ipp.) 
 
 Royal Warrant to Lord Southampton, February 5, 1662 
 {Public Record Office: Entry Book 111, pp. 122-3). 
 
 For tallies to be struck for the following sums upon the dowry 
 of the Portuguese Infanta, . . . 10,800/. to the East India Company 
 for the provision of saltpetre. 
 
 A Declaration to vindicate the Company from the Slanders 
 of the ' Utrecht Mercury ' [February, 1662] {Home Miscel- 
 laneous, vol. xlii, p. 33). 
 
 The ' Utrecht Mercury ' of February 2, 1662 [N.S.] having pub- 
 lished a most scandalous report reflecting upon the honour and 
 justice of the English nation, it is thought reasonable to make 
 public a vindication of the same. The slander is known to have 
 been forged in the East India Chamber of Amsterdam and extracted 
 mostly from a memorial sent from thence to the States. The 
 English Company declare that the first objection raised against 
 them, of having demanded repayment for what they received 
 satisfaction for ten years ago, is utterly false ; for the first article 
 of reparation demanded by them is for damages sustained from 
 the Dutch East India Company in the year 1656, and though the 
 English had a partial recompense made to them in 1654 for many 
 murders, etc., committed by the Dutch Company and others before 
 that time, yet because it was concluded by commissioners (though
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY i8i 
 
 under a Usurper) they recognized it, but at the same time wished 
 that the restitution had been ' more adequate to the robbery ', 
 that the gain of the spoilers might not have encouraged them so 
 soon to renew their trade of violence. Secondly, the statement 
 that the pretences of the English are without specification of time 
 or evidence as shown by those concerning the Mayflower, Marigold, 
 and Samaritan, is answered by the fact that sufficient proof of the 
 damage done to the English in those and other their ships, estates, 
 and persons by the Dutch has been given in the English High 
 Court of Admiralty, where the judges have passed a report to the 
 King on which to base his insistence for satisfaction to be made 
 to his subjects. Seeing that the Dutch Company and others, from 
 a sense of guilt and a desire to retain their unjust acquisitions, 
 have hitherto declined to settle the matter by the customary and 
 reasonable method of referring it to commissioners, to be appointed 
 by the King and the States of the United Provinces, the English 
 thought it sufficient to let the Dutch know only the quantum of 
 their demands, until they come before competent judges, for 
 which they think no reasonable person will deem them guilty of 
 injustice, imprudence, or impertinency. They also leave it to all 
 rational men to judge whether the pamphleteer was not employed 
 by the Dutch Company to embroil their more honest fellow- 
 subjects in the quarrel, and to hazard the universal peace and 
 commerce of the States by a breach with England, and so make 
 the innocent suffer for the impunity of a few others, like birds of 
 prey, {ilpp.) 
 
 A Court of Committees for the United Joint Stock, 
 February 6, 1662 [Court Book, vol. xxiii, p. 696). 
 
 Serjeant Crafton is given twenty nobles for arresting Mr. Skynner. 
 John Gurney to be allowed an abatement on the price of the indigo 
 he bought, which is to be delivered to him when paid for. Certain 
 Committees are desired to examine and report on the accounts of 
 Michael Boult, Anne Mixer, and Christian Jones, (f p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, February 7, 1662 {Court Book, 
 vol. xxiv, p. 458). 
 
 Captain Minors, commander by commission from His Royal
 
 i82 COURT iMINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 Highness of the Leopard, bound for Lisbon and India, acquaints 
 the Court that his ship is in the Downs ready to sail at the first 
 fair wind, and promises to further the Company's interest on all 
 occasions. A gratuity of 32/. is bestowed on sixteen Customhouse 
 waiters for services rendered. Order is given for the Good Hope 
 and Marigold to proceed to the Downs and sail from thence at 
 the first opportunity. Edward Winter to be allowed to take out 
 a piece of green and a piece of scarlet cloth for his own use. Certain 
 Committees to take measures to obtain the Company's books from 
 Richard Seaborne, either by counsel's advice or as they shall 
 think fit. (f^.) 
 
 Order of Council, February 7, 1662 [Public Record Office: 
 Privy Council Register, vol. Iv, p. 539). 
 
 The Master of the Ordnance to send on board His Majesty's ship 
 the Convertine bound for ' Bonne Bay ' four whole culverin, four 
 demi-culverin, and five hundred shot, for the use of His Majesty's 
 forces there, for which this order, with the receipt of an officer 
 authorized by the Commander-in-Chief, shall be his discharge. 
 
 The Company to Joseph Bathurst and Richard Manning 
 [at Amsterdam], February 7, 1662 [Letter Book, vol. iii, p. 93). 
 
 Having received a very good character of them from several of 
 their friends in London, they now appoint them their correspon- 
 dents [at Amsterdam], and intend to commission them to act on 
 the Company's behalf as occasion shall require. Desire them to 
 send word of any ' materiall passages ' that may come to their 
 knowledge. [\p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, February 10, 1662 [Court Book, 
 vol. xxiv, p. 459). 
 
 Captain Thomas Axtell is entertained as Lieutenant of the 
 soldiers at Fort St. George, at a salary of 2$l. a year. The owners 
 of the Castle Frigate to be paid 1,200/. on account of freight and 
 demurrage. Pepper dust to be delivered to Mr. Penoyer, he giving 
 a deposit in accordance with its ordinary value. Payments to 
 Captain Arthur Bayley, Elizabeth Harris, Rodrigues Franciae,
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY '183 
 
 Mrs. Eulalia Andrews, Lewis Parent, William Turner, Michael 
 Stamper, etc. (f />.) 
 
 The Lord High Treasurer's Engagement to the Company, 
 February ii, 1662 {Home Miscellaneous, vol. xlii, p. 31 ^). 
 
 Daniel Oneale, the King's powdermaker, having contracted 
 with the Company for a parcel of saltpetre, etc., to the value of 
 io,8ooZ., which sum the King promised, by letters under the Privy 
 Signet of the ist of this instant February, should be paid in milreis 
 or other money expected from Portugal, the Lord High Treasurer, 
 in pursuance of the King's pleasure signified to him, now assures 
 the Company that they shall be paid the io,8ooZ. when the milreis 
 arrive in the fleet commanded by the Earl of Sandwich, who has 
 been appointed to receive and bring the said money to Eng- 
 land. (1^.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, February 14, 1662 [Court Book, 
 vol. xxiv, p. 460). 
 
 A warrant for payment of 10,800/. on a contract for saltpetre 
 for His Majesty's use, subscribed by the Earl of Southampton, is 
 read and approved, and order is given for saltpetre to the value 
 of that sum to be delivered to the powdermakers, who are not to 
 be released from their engagement until the Company is fully 
 paid, that is 9,000/. in saltpetre on account of the contract for 
 250 tons, and 1,800/. more on account of several lots bought at 
 the last sale. William Basse, late chief mate in the Restoration 
 and now master in the Dunkirk, is granted remission of freight on 
 certain goods. Calicoes to be delivered to Mrs. Russell at a reduced 
 fine. Sir Richard Ford is desired to endeavour to obtain three 
 special warrants from the King to command all English in India 
 to yield obedience to the Company's Agents, either by returning 
 home, or living in conformity to the Company's orders, (f p.) 
 
 Extract of a Letter to the Company, Amsterdam, February 
 15/25, 1662 [Public Record Office : CO. yj, vol. viii, no. 123). 
 
 The East India Company go on here very vigorously in the 
 
 preparation of their fleet for India. There will be twenty-two 
 
 • For a duplicate see p. 32 of the same volume. See also P.R.O. : Entry Book III, p. ia6.
 
 i84 COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 ships in all, which are yet here, and in Zealand, and in the Maze, 
 besides those already gone with the last easterly wind. Of these 
 six are men-of-war and sixteen others. They are to carry 6,000 
 land soldiers with all warlike materials. ' Wee shall endeavour 
 to gett your Worships a list of the names and burthens and force 
 of every one.' No signature. {\p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, February 17, 1662 [Court Book, 
 vol. xxiv, p. 461). 
 
 John Coltman is entertained at a salary of 20I. a year to discover 
 private trade. Certain Committees are requested to look after the 
 Company's interest wath regard to the unjust demands of Thomas 
 Skinner. Charles Walsh, an ' able orthodox divine ', is enter- 
 tained at a salary of 50/. a year to go with Sir Edward Winter to 
 Fort St. George. [^ p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, February 18, 1662 (Ibid., p. 462). 
 
 On condition that he pays 100/. at once, Samuel Swinock is 
 allowed extension of time for payment for some sugar, as Sir John 
 Cutler (by whose order he made the purchase) now refuses to take 
 it. Sir Thomas Chamberlen is granted an abatement on some 
 calicoes he bought and found to be damaged. Certain Committees 
 are desired to examine and make suitable allowance on cardamoms 
 bought by Sir William Ryder and William Finch, on indigo bought 
 by Mr. Thomson, and on tincall bought by Mr. Thetcher. Sir 
 William Ryder is released from his bargain for indigo, and Stephen 
 Bolton from his for pepper, benzoin, aloes, and cowries. Mr. Walsh 
 is given 10/. for provisions and 25Z, on account of salary, and 
 granted leave to take his wife with him to the Coast. The Com- 
 mittees appointed to get in the Company's debts are authorized 
 to compound any as they see just cause. Thomas Winter is accepted 
 as security in 2,000/. for Sir Edward Winter, upon promising to 
 see that the latter invests 2,000/. in the Company's stock. The 
 Court consents to Sir Edward Winter taking ' certaine persons, 
 men and womenkinde, with him, besides his Lady '. ' Birdeyes ' ^ 
 out of the Blackmore to be delivered free of fine ; also some calicoes 
 belonging to Browning out of the Merchant Adventure, and some 
 
 • Apparently some kind of chintz (see p. 346 of the last volume).
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 185 
 
 to Mrs. Tindall at a reduced fine on account of her ' disconsolate 
 condition '. Ordered as a general rule that 40 pieces of calico may 
 be delivered to a widow, and 20 pieces to a sailor without payment 
 of fine, but 2s. 6d. is to be paid by them for every piece over this 
 quantity, {^i pp-) 
 
 Order of Council, February 21, 1662 {Public Record Office: 
 Privy Council Register, vol. Iv, p. 552). 
 
 The petition of Sir Thomas Vyner and Robert Vyner, the King's 
 goldsmiths, is read, wherein they pray for licence and permission 
 to supply the East India Company and other merchants to the 
 value of 50,000/. in gold and silver of foreign coin and bullion, and 
 to transport the same for the maintenance and advancement of 
 trade, engaging to bring into His Majesty's mint 25,000/. of foreign 
 coin and bullion within such time as the King shall appoint and 
 limit. Hereupon the Council orders that the said petitioners be 
 licensed and permitted to do as they desire, upon the conditions 
 they propose, and that they attend the Lord High Treasurer and 
 the Chancellor of the Exchequer to consult and order how the 
 said business shall be effected ; Their Lordships to take such 
 security for performance of what is to be done as they shall think 
 fit.^ 
 
 A Court of Committees, February 26, 1662 {Court Book, 
 vol. xxiv, p. 463). 
 
 The draft of a preamble for a sale the 6th March next is read 
 and ordered to be printed. Captain William Porter to be saved 
 harmless for some calicoes belonging to Mr. Traveisa sent home in 
 the East India Merchant. Sir Edward Winter, although bound by 
 contract not to trade in any ammunition, is allowed to take some 
 out for his own use. On receipt of a letter from the Principal 
 Officers and Commissioners of the Navy, desiring the Company to 
 advance 2,000/. in addition to the 10,000/. already paid them for 
 victualling the King's ships for India, the Court, considering that 
 the io,oooZ. is amply sufficient for the purpose, requests the Com- 
 mittees appointed for that business to attend the Officers, tell 
 
 * For a warrant from the Lord Treasurer to the Conuiiissioners of Customs, dated March 4, 
 1662, authorizing the export of the money, see P.R.O. : Entry Book X, p. 51.
 
 i86 COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 them so, and that the Company is in want of money for its own 
 occasions, and to use every argument to satisfy them without the 
 payment of any more money, (i p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, February 28, 1662 {Court Book, 
 vol. xxiv, p. 464). 
 
 The Court gives direction for a clause to be inserted in the letter 
 to the Coast, desiring the Agent and Council to get in all debts 
 and dues belonging to the Fourth Joint and United Joint Stocks 
 and obtain satisfaction for all frauds or abuses committed against 
 either Stock. The following amounts to be laden in the ships for 
 Surat : 5,000/. in the Dunkirk, 5,000/. in the Mary Rose, 10,000/. 
 in the Convertine and 100 cloths, with what is intended for Mozam- 
 bique ; the remainder of the stock and goods to be shipped in the 
 Richard and Martha. Captain Tincker, commander of the Con- 
 vertine, is allotted a salary of 10/, a month and 30/. for primage and 
 average for this voyage. George Day and John Clare are accepted 
 as securities for calicoes. The Court agrees to such of Sir Edward 
 Winter's houses at Metapella [Madapollam] and Masulipatam, 
 lately seized by some of the Company's factors, being taken over 
 for the Company's use as shall be convenient, upon terms to be 
 arranged by consultation, and to Viravasaram being deserted, 
 if that is found requisite. Commodities intended for sale on the 
 6th March next are priced, (f p.) 
 
 Estimates of the Cost of Ammunition, etc., for supply of 
 THE King's Ships for India and Jamaica [February, 1662] 
 {Public Record Office : CO. yy, vol. viii, nos. 124, 127). 
 
 The cost of powder, shot, and other munitions of war for the 
 supply of His Majesty's ships, the Dunkirk, Leopard, Mary Rose, 
 Convertine, Chestnut Pink, and Mathias is estimated at 5,430/. 16s. id. 
 Signed Edw. Sherburne, Geo. Clarke, Fra. Nicholls. (2 pp.) 
 
 An additional estimate of the charge of powder, shot, etc., for 
 the Centurion, Bear, Satisfaction, and Westergate, amounts to 
 3,254/. 25. yd., making the total of the two estimates 8,684/. i8-^- 8^- 
 Signed Edw. Sherburne, Geo. Clarke, Fra. Nicholls, Ri. March. (3 pp.) 
 
 A supplementary estimate for a mortarpiece, etc., to be sent to 
 Bombay adds 376/. lys. lod., and brings up the total to 9,061/. 16s. 6d. 
 Signed Edw. Sherburne, Ri. March, (i p.)
 
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 Pay, etc., to the Force for Bombay, February, 1662, to 
 December 3, 1664 {Public Record Office: CO. 77, vol. viii, no. 125 ^). 
 
 An account of moneys disbursed on behalf of His Majesty by 
 Sir Abraham Shipman for the expedition of men and officers, fifty 
 in all,2 for the Island of Bombay, the total of which amounts to 
 13,317^- 4s. Signed Humfray Cooke. (19 pp.) 
 
 Warrant to Sir Abraham Shipman, March 4, 1662 {Public 
 Record Office : Entry Book III, p. 154). 
 
 For 10,907/. 45. which with 1,200/. formerly assigned to him 
 makes up eighteen months' pay for the forces to be upon the Island 
 of Bombay according to the establishment. 
 
 A Court of Committees, March 5, 1662 {Court Book, vol. xxiv, 
 p. 465). 
 
 The freight of private trade belonging to Captain Browne and 
 Mr. Elloby returned in the Restoration to be settled. A bill to be 
 exhibited in Chancery against those who can testify concerning 
 private trade returned in the Castle Frigate. Copper to the value 
 of 2,000/. to be sent to Surat. {^p.) 
 
 A General Court of Sales, March 6, 1662 {Ibid., p. 466). 
 
 Sale of Jambi, Quilon, and Malabar pepper, red goat's wool, 
 Lahore indigo, green ginger, saltpetre, coffee,^ sallampores, long- 
 cloth, morees, percalloes, pintado quilts, derebuds, Synda baftas, 
 dutty elloies, Oringall betteliee, Caileveila cloth, calicoes, and 
 cossaes, all at eight months' discount, with prices and names of 
 purchasers. (2f_^/>.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, March 10, 1662 {Ibid., p. 468), 
 
 Thomas Pettit, Senior, and Thomas Pettit, Junior, are accepted 
 as securities for John Pettit. Mr. Vandeput is desired to buy 
 145 bricks of copper upon the best terms possible. {I p.) 
 
 * No. 126 in the same volume is a duplicate. Some interesting extracts were printed 
 in Notes and Queries, July 4, 1908. 
 
 2 Viz. 4 captains, 4 lieutenants, 4 ensigns, 8 sergeants, 12 corporals, 8 drummers, 2 
 gunners and their mates, a chirurgeon and his mate, a chaplain,storekeeper, gunsmith, and 
 provost-marshal. 
 
 ' Two small bags, sold to Mr. Humphrey Broome at 61. i8s. per cwt.
 
 iS8 COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 A Meeting of Eleven Committees, March ii, 1662 {Court 
 Book, vol. xxiv, p. 469). 
 
 Several directions are given for perfecting the Surat letters and 
 the commission of Sir George Oxinden. Remission of freight is 
 granted to Captain Browne on certain goods brought back in the 
 Restoration. Robert Maisters is allotted a salary of 30/. a year 
 from the time of his entering the Company's service. {\p-) 
 
 A Court of Committees, March 12, 1662 [Ibid., p. 469). 
 
 The proceedings of the Committees who met yesterday are con- 
 firmed. Mr. Walsh, who was entertained as minister for the Coast 
 and given 35/. on account, having absented himself and not gone, 
 order is given for his arrest. Sir George Oxinden is consulted 
 concerning the number of persons necessary for the factories 
 under his presidency, and declares that sixteen will be wanted 
 for Surat, Persia, and Sinda, four for Calicut or Cale Velha, six 
 for Rajapur and the Deccan, and four to voyage to Achin when 
 necessary ; a sufficient number having been entertained, it is left 
 to Sir George and his Council to appoint them employment. After 
 some debate about ' the Persia businesse ', it is resolved to leave 
 it to the discretion of the President and Council how to act in the 
 matter; but they are only to compound for the arrears of customs 
 and for good settlement in the future, Robert Barbour is enter- 
 tained as a factor and public notary for Surat at 30/. a year, as he 
 is a good linguist. On the report of the Committees appointed to 
 settle concerning the Merchant Adve^iture, it is agreed that the 
 owners be paid 1,375/. in full settlement, (i ^.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, March 14, 1662 [Ibid., p. 470). 
 
 At the request of Sir George Oxinden, the Court declares that for 
 whatever he shall do in executing their orders or instructions the 
 Company will save him harmless. By desire of Mr. Santhill, his 
 son is to be recommended to the President in the Surat letter. 
 The freight of the East India Merchant to be adjusted. (|p.)
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 189 
 
 Warrant from Lord Southampton to Sir Thomas Player/ 
 March 14, 1662 [Public Record Ojjice : Entry Book III, p. 188). 
 
 To pay (out of the 200,000/. loan from the City) 10,907/. 4s. to 
 Sir Abraham Shipman, in full (with 1,200/. formerly assigned) of 
 eighteen months' pay for the forces to be upon the Island of 
 Bombay. 
 
 A Court of Committees, March 17, 1662 {Court Book, vol. xxiv, 
 P- 471)- 
 
 Sir George Oxinden to be allowed 100/. for fresh provisions for 
 his voyage and an additional 100/., as the Earl of Marlborough is 
 to accompany him. The Court agrees to deduct 90/. from the 
 freight or demurrage of the Starling in payment for a cable sold to 
 Captain Reader. The account of the Katherine's freight to be 
 examined. Sir Henry Oxinden and Maximilian Dallison are 
 accepted as securities in 4,000/. for Sir George Oxinden ; Anthony 
 Earneing and Daniel Pennington in 500/. for Robert Barbour ; 
 and Samuel Collymore in 300/. for Richard Hardres, purser's mate 
 in the Convertine. [i p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, March 19, 1662 {Ibid., p. 472). 
 
 Authority to be given under the Company's seal for John Coltman 
 to search any of the Company's ships bound to or from India in 
 order to discover and seize prohibited goods. ^ Cahcoes to be 
 delivered to Captain Richard Longman on payment of a fine. 
 Mrs. Tindall, on account of her poor circumstances, to be repaid part 
 of the fine she deposited for calicoes ; but the refund is not to be 
 made until six months hence, lest it should ' come into the purse 
 of her creditors '. Francis Elloby to pay freight for some white 
 pepper and cassia lignum, but not for his ginger, benzoin, and 
 dragon's blood. Permission is given to the commanders of the 
 Surat ships to bring home indigo, nutmegs, mace, or cloves for 
 their own account without incurring any penalty or fine. George 
 Gibbon, servant to Sir George Oxinden, is entertained as a factor 
 at 20/. a year to go to Surat with his master ; and Sir George is 
 
 ' Chamberlain of London. 
 
 ^ For a copy of the resulting commission see Home Miscellaneous, vol. xlii, p. 35.
 
 190 COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 given permission to take three other servants with him at his own 
 charge, (i p.) 
 
 Petition of the Company to the King [March, 1662] {Home 
 Miscellaneous, vol, xHi, p. 34). 
 
 They are perplexed by the ' frequent troubles ' they give the 
 King by their addresses, and their own unhappiness caused by 
 their unkind neighbours the Dutch, but cannot without apparent 
 injury to His Majesty's goodness and honour and their own just 
 reparation desist from representing the many repeated wrongs 
 done them by the Dutch, and think it their duty to pray His Majesty 
 to consider the annexed narrative [missijig] of the late unjust, 
 perfidious damages done them by the Dutch Company on the 
 coast of Guinea, That the impunity of these great injuries of the 
 Dutch may not take away their ' sense of sinning ', and the trade 
 and estate of the King's subjects, the petitioners once more humbly 
 pray the King to require the Ambassadors of the United Provinces 
 to desire their masters without further delay to send commissioners 
 into England fully empowered and instructed to repair the honour 
 of the Crown and the estates of His Majesty's subjects, both for 
 these and former damages, {^p.) 
 
 Order of Council, March 19, 1662 {Public Record Office : Privy 
 Council Register, vol. Iv, p, 577)- 
 
 A petition from the East India Company, representing their 
 perplexity both for the frequent trouble given the King by their 
 addresses, and their own unhappiness caused by the behaviour of 
 the Dutch, is read, and order given for the same to be recom- 
 mended as a business of great importance to the Commissioners 
 appointed to treat concerning the accommodation of differences 
 between the two States, 
 
 Protest against the Governor and Council of Banda for 
 non-Delivery of Pulo Run, March 20, 1662 {Public Record 
 Office : CO. yy, vol, viii, no, 128), 
 
 Captain John Hunter, Agent for the English East India Company, 
 and Captain John Dutton, appointed Governor for the Island of 
 Pulo Run, arrived at the said island the nth of March, 1662, with
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 191 
 
 a commission from the English East India Company, and letters 
 from the States-General of the United Provinces, all tending for 
 the peaceable surrender of the said island unto the English Com- 
 pany, according to a contract lately passed in Europe between 
 the two Companies with the approbation of the King of Great 
 Britain and the States-General of the United Provinces. Yet 
 notwithstanding all this, and the offer of the said Captains to 
 produce their authority, with all other persuasions they could 
 possibly use, the Dutch Governor persisted in an obstinate denial 
 to surrender the island, whether by order from the General and 
 Council in Batavia or from the Dutch Company in Europe is not 
 known, but this unjust denial has frustrated the English Company's 
 good intents and resolutions for planting and fortifying Pulo Run, 
 for which purpose they have been at a very great charge in pre- 
 paring and setting forth several ships, and in entertaining men to 
 serve by sea and land, with all materials, provisions, and ammuni- 
 tions, etc., for carrying on and perfecting so great a work. There- 
 fore Captains Hunter and Dutton protest that the Dutch Company 
 are liable to make good unto the English Company all charges, 
 losses, and damages that shall accrue by the unjust dealings of the 
 Dutch in not surrendering Pulo Run, with such consideration as is 
 usual in such cases, which will amount to no less than 124,215^. 155., 
 as shall in good time be made appear. This protest, dated aboard 
 the London in Pulo Run Road, was delivered unto Governor Joan 
 Van Dam by Nathaniel Owen and John Dale, and is subscribed by 
 John Hunter, John Dutton, Robert Bowen, John Gosnall, William 
 Mainestone, and William Lymbre. {1 p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, March 21, 1662 {Court Book, vol. xxiv, 
 p. 473). 
 
 At the request of Sir Abraham Shipman, his son, now in India, 
 is entertained as a factor at 20/. a year, with liberty to leave the 
 service and go with his father when he wishes. Permission is given 
 for certain stores to be sent in the Richard and Martha for relief 
 and supply of the Eagle. Elizabeth Haslock, who was to have 
 paid loZ. for freight of some ginger, having been cheated of her 
 money, is granted a remission of 5/. Francis Elloby is granted 
 some remission of freight on ginger belonging to one Harris, mate
 
 192 COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 in the Restoration. John Goodyear is given lo/. for fresh provisions, 
 and Thomas Thomhngs is accepted in i,ooo/. as his security, (f p.) 
 
 Money Warrant, March 21, 1662 {Public Record Office: Entry 
 Book III, p. 200). 
 
 By tally on Sir Thomas Player for 1,000/. to James, Earl of 
 Marlborough, for provision for his intended voyage to the Indies : 
 by a tally struck on the 200,000/. lent by the city. 
 
 The Company to Joseph Bathurst and Richard Manning 
 [at Amsterdam], March 21, 1662 {Letter Book, vol. iii, p. 140). 
 
 Acknowledge the receipt of several letters with a printed list of 
 goods to be sold by the Dutch Company on the 27th instant. 
 Cannot commission them to provide sheets, as there is a large 
 quantity still in their factories at Guinea. Hope the resolution 
 of the States-General to send commissioners to England to treat 
 about the East India business may produce good effects. Mean- 
 while, desire them to ascertain what sum of money is proposed 
 and given in commission to offer to the English Company in 
 satisfaction for their losses and damage sustained ; also what is 
 to be offered for Pulo Run, how the States-General mean to pro- 
 ceed in future with regard to the regulation of the East India 
 trade between the two Companies, and anything else worthy of 
 notice that can be found out. In order that they may do this 
 more effectually, they authorize them to bestow a reasonable 
 reward on such persons as shall be instrumental in helping them. 
 ilP-) 
 
 The Company to Captain Richard Seaman, March 21, 1662 
 {Home Miscellaneous, vol. xlii, p. 36). 
 
 Having given him his dispatches some days ago, they wonder 
 what keeps him still at Gravesend. Direct that, without further 
 loss of time, he shall sail into the Downs with the Richard and 
 Martha, and so be ready to take advantage of the first fair wind, 
 or they will be necessitated to protest against him for breach of 
 charterparty. A similar letter is sent to Captain Reader of the 
 Starling Adventure. {\p.)
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 193 
 
 The Company to Captain John Tincker, March 21, 1662 
 {Ibid., p. 36). 
 
 He being in command of the Convertine for the intended voyage 
 to India, and having had long experience in maritime affairs, they 
 question not but that his own prudence as well as their desires 
 will cause him before leaving to examine each officer in that ship 
 in order to ascertain if all are supplied with provisions and stores 
 necessary for such a voyage, and also cause them to give in an 
 account of the same to Mr. Elloby the purser, so that in case 
 anything has been omitted it may be supplied according to the 
 contract between the Principal Officers of the Navy and the Com- 
 pany, and so prevent many inconveniences which otherwise might 
 happen. They desire him to go with all convenient speed into the 
 Downs with his ship, so as to be in readiness to sail with the first 
 fair wind, (i^.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, March 24, 1662 [Court Book, vol. xxiv, 
 p. 474)- 
 
 At the request of Alderman Boll, direction is given for his kins- 
 man, Edward Doughty, now in India, to be recommended to Sir 
 George Oxinden for entertainment, if he is deserving and if there 
 is occasion for him. Sir George Oxinden is given leave to send 
 home yearly, as an experiment, four or five bales of cotton goods 
 not usually sent to England, half for his own account and half for 
 the Company's, until the latter thinks fit to prohibit the same. 
 
 The Company to Captain Reader, March 24, 1662 [Home 
 Miscellaneous, vol. xlii, p. 37). 
 
 Knowing his ship to be ' lite and cleare ', they desire that^he 
 will assist the Convertine and Richard and Martha, who are ' much 
 pestreed and incomoded, to saile in the condicions they now are ', 
 by carrying some of their lading or provisions part of the way 
 until they are better able to receive them, according to the advice 
 of Captain Prowd and the commanders of the said ships. Up.) 
 
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 194 COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 The Company to Captain Richard Seaman, March 24, 1662 
 [Home Miscellaneous, vol. xlii, p. 38). 
 
 The confidence they had in his care to prevent private trade 
 caused them to show him particular favour, yet they have received 
 information of several considerable parcels of prohibited goods, 
 expressed in the enclosed list, put aboard his ship the Richard and 
 Martha, of which he pretends ignorance. They believe him, but 
 are assured that their information is true ; therefore, to acquit 
 himself, they order and expect that he will take especial care on 
 his arrival in India to discover and see the said goods delivered 
 into the possession of Sir George Oxinden. They understand that 
 his ship is ' very deepe and much pestred ', therefore they have 
 directed the commander of the Starling Adventure to take aboard 
 some of his lading or provisions and to accompany him as far as 
 possible without prejudice to his own voyage, by which time the 
 Richard and Martha may be able to receive the said lading or 
 provisions aboard again, about which Captain Prowd will consult 
 and advise with him. (i p.) 
 
 Order for a Warrant, March 25, 1662 {Public Record Office : 
 S.P. Dom., vol. Hi, no. 114'^). 
 
 To pay Sir Nicholas Crisp 10,000/. for his past services, especially 
 in compounding the great debt of the East India Company, whereby 
 the King has saved 30,000/. ; to be paid from the additional duties 
 in the Port of London. [Entry Book V, p. 233.] 
 
 A Court of Committees, March 26, 1662 {Court Book, vol. xxiv, 
 p. 475)- 
 
 Private trade of Averell Mason and Mrs. Carwarthen. Certain 
 Committees are desired to settle all differences with the owners of 
 the Castle Frigate and to adjust the account of that ship's freight. 
 
 Up.) 
 
 Order for a Warrant, March 27, 1662 {Public Record Office : 
 S.P. Dom., vol. lii, no. 123 2). 
 
 To pay to the Trustees of the Fourth Joint Stock due of the 
 
 * See also no. 19 of vol. liii in the same series. 
 
 * See also no. 19 of vol. liii of the same series, and Entry Book III, pp. 244-5.
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY i95 
 
 East India Company by the Customs Commissioners 10,500/., 
 which they have agreed with Sir Nicholas Crisp to take in Heu of 
 42,000/. due from the late King, for which the late Farmers of the 
 Customs are bound ; this sum, with 300Z. [to Crisp for] expenses, 
 is to be paid from the late loan on assessments made by the City 
 of London, and all bonds, etc., delivered. [Entry Book V, p. 232.] 
 
 Project of the Dutch Ambassadors, March, 1662 {Public 
 Record Office : S.P. Holland, vol. cxlv, f. 157). 
 
 Giving reasons why they cannot accept the 14th article of the 
 treaty, concerning Commissioners to be sent to treat and compose 
 certain differences between His Majesty and the States, and 
 submitting the following project for determination of differ- 
 ences and pretensions that have arisen since the treaty of 1659. 
 I. That with the ratifications, a specification of the pretensions 
 of both parties shall be given, naming sum, time, place, and all 
 other circumstances, with the documents needful to justify the 
 same affixed, with a reciprocal promise that every just and reason- 
 able satisfaction shall be given by both parties for all well-founded 
 pretensions and demands. 2. That endeavours shall be made for 
 a friendly accommodation of all matters which cannot be deter- 
 mined in the above way. 3. That if the pretensions of either 
 party cannot be adjusted by either of the above methods, then, 
 at the expiration of one year all pretensions and actions of the 
 same nature as those decided by Commissioners on the 30th August, 
 1654, shall be submitted to the arbitration of commissioners and 
 decided in a similar way mutatis mutandis. By this proposal as 
 much deference is shown to His Majesty as was accorded to his 
 predecessors concerning Amboina and the Island of Pulo Run, for 
 before differences regarding these places were decided in August, 
 1654, by commissioners there had been an examination of all the 
 circumstances and many efforts made to bring both parties to 
 a friendly agreement. This examination of pretensions is absolutely 
 necessary, for, first, if any claims of either party appear just and 
 rightly founded, satisfaction can at once be given without recourse 
 to any formalities or delays, which will save much expense ; while 
 if on the contrary claims are put forward without any just founda- 
 tion, they can be at once dismissed, and thus much time and 
 
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 196 COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 expense saved. This dispatch of just, and rejection of unjust, 
 pretensions, the States-General are resolved to execute religiously, 
 assuring themselves of like justice on the part of His Majesty. 
 Secondly, when the justice or injustice of a cause does not appear 
 clear, or cannot be sufficiently proved, satisfaction can at once be 
 given or refused, in which case it will be better that efforts be 
 made to settle matters amicably rather than by submitting them 
 to a decision, for if differences can be accommodated by mutual 
 consent, nothing remains for complaint, but if they are submitted 
 to a decision, one or other of the parties feels aggrieved. Thirdly, 
 the claims being specified as above, all that are out of date or have 
 been already decided by former agreements can be rejected. This 
 proposition the Ambassadors believe to be much more reasonable, 
 for when there is no means of giving satisfaction or arriving at 
 a friendly accommodation, the decision can be left to arbitrators 
 or commissioners, as mentioned above. In this way article 14 can 
 be accepted as satisfactory, for the expedients proposed before 
 proceeding to that extremity will only help to lessen the number 
 of claims, prevent disorders, and settle the greater part of differ- 
 ences by a more convenient method than by such a decision. 
 [French. Endorsed as received March 27, 1662. 6\ pp.) 
 
 Warrant to Sir Abraham Shipman, March 29, 1662 {Public 
 Record Office: Entry Book III, p. 213). 
 
 For 726Z. 155. 6d. for three weeks' pay to himself, eight weeks' 
 pay to Captain Shipman, three weeks' pay to Captain Hungerford, 
 and eight weeks' pay to Captain Povey, with the officers and 
 soldiers of their respective companies raised for His Majesty's 
 service in the East Indies ; being due since their last muster. 
 
 A Court of Committees, April 2, 1662 {Court Book, vol. xxiv, 
 p. 476). 
 
 Certain Committees are desired to draw up a written statement 
 of what is necessary to insert in the privy seal to reimburse the 
 Company for money expended in victualling the King's ships this 
 year for India. A petition to His Majesty about the Dutch busi- 
 ness is read, approved, and ordered to be engrossed and pre- 
 sented, {^p.)
 
 EAST INDIA' COMPANY 197 
 
 Application for an Order under the Privy Seal [? April, 
 1662] {Home Miscellaneous, vol. xlii, p. 40). 
 
 The Company, in accordance with several articles of agreement 
 made on December 6, 1661, between them and the Principal Officers 
 and Commissioners of the Navy, paid to the Treasurer, Sir George 
 Carteret, the sum of ii,oooZ. to defray the victualling of four of 
 the King's ships, viz. the Dunkirk, Leopard, Mary Rose, and 
 Chestnut Pink, and for the passages of 450 landsmen in the said 
 vessels and in the Convertine to the East Indies ; they have also 
 promised to relade home from India all these vessels but the 
 Chestnut Pink with goods and merchandise and to pay freight for 
 the same. The King by his Privy Seal has assured the Company 
 that, if the said freight shall not be sufficient to reimburse them 
 for the 11,000/. and any additional sum spent in India in victualling 
 his vessels, then the overplus shall be allowed the Company from 
 customs due on goods imported from time to time by them until 
 they shall have received full satisfaction. The Company having, 
 in compliance with the King's pleasure, hired his ship the Con- 
 vertine for a voyage to the East Indies, His Majesty has promised 
 that, although the said ship is ' forreigne built ' and therefore 
 liable by law to be charged extraordinary customs on all goods, etc., 
 returned in her, yet only ordinary dues and customs shall be levied 
 on goods, etc., brought by her into any of His Majesty's ports, (f p.) 
 
 Petition of the Company to the King, April 2, 1662 [Public 
 Record Ojfice : CO. 77, vol. viii, no. 130^). 
 
 His Majesty having been pleased to declare his resolution not to 
 enter into any new and near alliance with the United Provinces 
 until full assurance has been given that past injuries done to his 
 subjects and security against the like in future is provided for by 
 the commissioners to be sent from Holland for that purpose, the 
 petitioners think they would be wanting in their general duty as 
 subjects, and their special obligations as a company favoured by 
 the King, if they should not beg leave to acquaint His Majesty 
 with what they hear from their correspondent in Holland to the 
 contrary ; therefore with all submission they report that they 
 
 * For a copy see Home Miscellaneous, vol. xlii, p. 39,
 
 iqs court minutes, etc., of the 
 
 have letters which say that, ' all things are agreed with England, 
 and that Your Majesties complayning subjects must seek repaira- 
 tion in Holland for a years space, and what cannot be agreed in 
 that time shall be referred to commissioners as in anno 1654, and 
 that thereupon the East India Stock is now lately risen in Amster- 
 dam and bought and sould at a much higher rate then formerly '. 
 This the petitioners conceive may well be, if the Netherlands can 
 obtain the King's friendship without making reparation for former 
 rapine, or without any article to restrain them from prosecuting 
 ' soe advantagious a trade of vyolence and injustice '. But the 
 petitioners know too much of the practices of the Dutch to believe 
 any report that may accuse the King of having receded from his 
 resolution, grounded on the just principles of his honour and justice 
 in the East Indies and the right of his subjects whose estates are 
 there engaged, and do not think it necessary or consistent with 
 their duty to repeat their former petitions for honourable repara- 
 tions from the Dutch for things past, and security for the future 
 by such articles as have been presented by the Council for Trade. 
 They pray to be pardoned for this representation, and that His 
 Majesty will believe that neither hopes nor fears of profit or loss 
 in the East India Stock will make them depart from that absolute 
 submission to his pleasure becoming to them as his most loyal 
 subjects. Stg-^^gfif Andrew Riccard, Governor. (|^.) 
 
 Proposals touching the Dutch Treaty "^ {Home Miscellaneous, 
 vol. xlii, p. 41). 
 
 It is humbly desired that, if the ratification of the Articles of 
 State with the Dutch must precede the adjustment of damages 
 done by their subjects and security against the like in future, the 
 methods for both may be made part of the treaty and articles 
 to be ratified. Also that not only the persons, time, and place for 
 the said treaty of damages and security, but also the delivery of 
 the sum, time, and place of the damages, may be specified, that so 
 the demandants may know what course to take, when and where 
 to begin and prosecute it, either by way of justice or amicable 
 composure. And in case neither course is taken, that then the third 
 article of the Netherlanders' project may be enlarged with general 
 
 * No date is given.
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 199 
 
 terms of all differences to be decided by commissioners to be sent 
 from the Netherlands into England, as in 1654, and not limited 
 to such cases only as were decided in that year, because those 
 were only such as were depending between the two East India 
 Companies, but those now in dispute concern most part of the 
 English merchants trading to most parts of the universe. But 
 whereas by the preparatory articles of the treaty in 1654 it was 
 provided that in case of non-agreement between the commissioners 
 the final decision should be referred to the Cantons of Switzerland, 
 it is now proposed that His Majesty may be the umpire without 
 any farther appeal. Up.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, April 9, 1662 {Court Book, vol. xxiv, 
 p. 476). 
 
 Remission of the fine on calicoes brought home in the Richard 
 and Martha is granted to Captain Curtice, in consideration of the 
 good service he did the Company in his late voyage. The Court 
 also promises to help him to obtain satisfaction for some calicoes 
 bought at the Coast with the estate of one Cox, who died there ; 
 the said calicoes, for which Curtice has had to pay 135^. to the 
 friends of Cox, were sent home to the Company by Mr. Chambers. 
 Some calicoes returned in the Katherine to be delivered to George 
 Willoughby on payment of one-third of the fine ; and some returned 
 in the Blackmore to be delivered free to Richard Goodlad, late 
 purser in the Smyrna Merchant. At the request of Samuel Sam- 
 brooke, his son Samuel, who has been with his father about three 
 years in the Company's service, is allotted a salary of 20I. from 
 next Lady Day. (i ^.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, April ii, 1662 {Ibid., p. 477). 
 
 Arbitrators are nominated by the Company and by the owners 
 of the Katherine to settle concerning the freight, demurrage, 
 allowance for want of goods, and private trade brought home in 
 that ship, and order is given for 1,200/. to be paid to her owners 
 on account of her last voyage. The Committees appointed to deter- 
 mine concerning the Castle Frigate report they have agreed that 
 Captain Michell shall pay a fine of 250/. for the calicoes and black 
 pepper he brought back in that vessel. (| p.)
 
 200 COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 A General Court of Adventurers, April 14, 1662 {Court 
 Book, vol. xxiv, p. 481). 
 
 Sir Andrew Riccard states that according to the annual custom 
 a scrutiny of the votes for election of a Governor and Deputy has 
 been taken, and by a majority Sir Thomas Chambrelan has been 
 chosen Governor and Sir William Rider Deputy. Hereupon 
 Sir Thomas desires to be excused, as he cannot spend his time in 
 the Company's business to the neglect of his own without some 
 allowance ; Sir William also desires to be excused, for he is going 
 to live out of London. They are told that what has been so unani- 
 mously decided by the generality cannot be altered, and are 
 requested to take the oath, which they ultimately consent to do. 
 A motion is then made that all who have served or shall undertake 
 the post of Governor or Deputy during the duration of this Stock 
 shall have an allowance, the amount of which shall be determined 
 at another Court. (| p.) 
 
 A General Court of Adventurers, April 17, 1662 {Ibid., 
 p. 482). 
 
 The Governor declares that the following have been elected 
 Committees for the ensuing year : George, Lord Berkly, Sir Andrew 
 Riccard, Sir William Thompson, Sir John Lewis, Sir Anthony 
 Bateman, Sir Richard Ford, Sir Thomas Bludworth, Sir George 
 Smith, Sir Stephen White, John Jolliffe, Arthur Ingram, John 
 Bathurst, Maurice Thompson, Robert Lant, Samuel Barnardiston, 
 Christopher Boone, Peter Vandeput, Thomas Kendall, Francis 
 Clarke, John Mascall, Thomas Winter, Christopher Willoughby, 
 Thomas Canham, and Stephen Langham. (f p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, April 21, 1662 {Ibid., p. 483). 
 
 Direction is given for bills to be set up in convenient places to 
 encourage men and women to go to St. Helena as free planters, 
 the Company giving them free passage and land to plant upon. 
 The Committee for Plantations to make provision of all kinds of 
 necessaries tor supply of Castle Choromantine and St. Helena. 
 Iron to be sent to Guinea in the next ship. Upon the petition of 
 John Stanyan, his salary is increased from 140/. to 160/. a year.
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 201 
 
 on account of the great pains he has taken and will have to take 
 about the Dutch business, and the former promise to gratify him 
 at its conclusion is renewed. The following officers are re-elected 
 at the annual salaries stated, and are sworn : Jeremy Sambrooke, 
 accountant-general, at 220/., Samuel Sambrooke, writer of letters 
 and keeper of the Calico Warehouse, at 200/., Michael Dunkine, 
 cashier-general, at 200/., Richard Harris, assistant to the cashier 
 and beadle, at 100/., John Stanyan, secretary and keeper of the 
 Pepper Warehouses, at 160/., John Herbert, assistant to the 
 accountant-general, at 80/., Captain John Prowd, surveyor of 
 shipping, at 80/., George Papillion, keeper of the Blue Warehouse, 
 at 80/., William Marstone, auditor, at 80/., Thomas Sprigg, husband, 
 at 80I., Francis Thomson, assistant to the husband, at 40/,, James 
 Acton, solicitor and attorney, at 20/., Percival Aungeir, paymaster 
 of the mariners, at 30Z., Laurence Stanyan, assistant to the secretary, 
 at 20^., Samuel Sambrooke, Junior, assistant to his father, at 20/., 
 Thomas Clayton, doorkeeper and porter, at 26/. The election of 
 John Coltman is deferred. Notice to be given by ticket to those 
 who have not performed their contracts that all goods remaining 
 in the Company's custody will be put up to sale some time in May 
 next, mpp.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, April 23, 1662 [Ibid., p. 484). 
 
 The owners of the East India Merchant offer that vessel for 
 employment, and are told that the Company will treat with them 
 when they require a ship of her burden. John Coltman is enter- 
 tained at a salary of 20/. a year. Sir Andrew Riccard and Messrs. 
 Thomson and Boone are desired to manage the business of the 
 treasury ; and certain other Committees to settle the rates for 
 wharfage of goods, both for the past and future. {\ p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, April 28, 1662 [Ibid., p. 485). 
 
 Order is given for a court to be held every Wednesday morning 
 at 9 o'clock [' Wednesdayes and Fridaies ' in the margin], and if 
 there is occasion to meet oftener direction shall be given from 
 time to time. John Thomas, an almsman who was lately robbed 
 of his clothes and household stuff, is given 205., and Captain Prowd 
 is directed to provide him with a new gown. Certain Committees
 
 202 COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 are requested to examine and report on the affairs of Mr. Thris* 
 crosse. The Company considering that the pleasure of His Royal 
 Highness should be ascertained concerning the Guinea trade, the 
 committee for the Dutch business are desired to draw up a suitable 
 address and present to him. (f p.) 
 
 Petition of the Company to the Duke of York {Home Mis- 
 cellaneous, vol. xlii, p. 44). 
 
 They are in possession of Fort Cormantine and of the trade on 
 the Gold Coast of Guinea by an assignment from Sir Nicholas 
 Crispe, which expires in December, 1664. They know that His 
 Royal Highness is invested by royal charter with the rights of that 
 trade in reversion and with present possession of the other parts 
 of South Africa, and having received some gracious overtures of 
 his inclination to treat with them about the same, they declare 
 themselves ready to do so and to observe such time as the Duke 
 shall please to appoint for that purpose. (J p.) 
 
 Petition of the Company to the Duke of York [Ibid., p. 44). 
 
 Praying that His Royal Highness will give order to all his officers 
 and commanders, who are or shall be employed on the Gold Coast 
 of Africa, to permit the petitioners' servants and ships to trade to 
 and from Fort Cormantine and the Gold Coast during the term 
 of their possession without let or molestation, and the petitioners 
 will endeavour to withdraw their servants and estates from thence 
 within their limited time, or give His Royal Highness satisfaction 
 if they are necessitated to prolong it. (I p.) 
 
 Petition of the Company to the Duke of York {Ibid., 
 pp. 45-6). 
 
 The trade they enjoy on the Gold Coast serves their East India 
 trade by supplying it with gold, which is carried thence direct 
 to India, and all goods they send to the said Coast are carried in 
 their ships bound for India and so do not cost 40s. per ton freight ; 
 but if that trade were carried on by vessels going only from and 
 to England, their hire, with no commodities of bulk to help defray 
 costs, would make the gold too dear. The petitioners therefore 
 consider that as the Gold Coast trade cannot be made advan-
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 203 
 
 tageous without the East India trade and the latter needs the 
 supply of gold, it would be of service to all concerned if the two 
 trades were united ; and, knowing His Highness to be, with others, 
 invested in the right of the one as they are of the other, they 
 humbly suggest whether it might not be to his interest to endeavour 
 to unite the two upon the following grounds : i. The African 
 trade will thereby be put into experienced hands. 2. It will be 
 carried on by good advice and on the cheapest terms. 3. That 
 being united with so considerable a stock as that of the East India 
 trade, it will never want a full supply of all things that may procure 
 the utmost advantage of the trade of all parts of Africa, and will 
 not feel so much any loss or miscarriage. 4. The reputation of 
 the East India Stock joined with His Royal Highness's name and 
 interest will prove a greater security against any intruders, English 
 or others. 5. The larger supply of gold that will be procured by 
 confining the whole trade to one stock may in time provide suffi- 
 ciently for the enlargement of the East India trade without the 
 exportation of bullion from Europe, to the increase of His Majesty's 
 customs and enlivening of trade at home. The petitioners are not 
 only ambitious of the honour of His Highness's name in uniting 
 the two trades, but they also desire his profit and interest, and 
 therefore humbly propose : i. That the Duke should contract the 
 several shares of the African patent into very few hands on the best 
 terms obtainable, and buy up the rest of the stock. 2, That he 
 should agree with the petitioners on reasonable terms for the 
 present stock and right of the patent to be united with the East 
 India trade. 3. That the sum agreed on should be made a stock 
 for His Highness and the other persons concerned with him in the 
 trade so united. And as soon as the Duke is made master of the 
 whole of the African stock and patent and knows what reasonable 
 demands to make for it, the petitioners will meet him in an agree- 
 ment for it, in such a manner as shall become their respect for His 
 Highness and the trust they are under, (i J pp.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, April 30, 1662 {Court Book, vol. xxiv, 
 p. 486). 
 
 Messrs. Vandeput and Canham are requested to go bail for 
 Samuel Barnardiston in the suit of Rag and Traveisa, and the
 
 204 COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 Company will save them harmless. It is ordered that in future 
 fines on all prohibited goods shall be levied on the owners of the 
 vessel in which they come, and no remission or abatement be 
 made except by the Court, (| p.) 
 
 The Estate of the New General Stock, April 30, 1662 
 {Home Miscellaneous, vol. xl, p. 50). 
 
 Liabilities. ' Principall debt owing at interest ', 137,242/. 4s. 6d. 
 Interest on loan of 120,000/. at five per cent, for six months, 3,000/. 
 Divisions unpaid, 34,892/. 135. 8^. Due for goods bought ' upon 
 tyme ', with freights and provisions, 10,474/. gs. Salaries and 
 wages owing to deceased servants, 2,000/. Total, 187,609/. ys. 2d. 
 
 Assets. Cash in hand, 7,499/. 75. 6d. Debts upon bills and 
 upon account, 119,856/. 145. id. Goods in hand, 16,822/. 155. ^d. 
 Total, 144,178/. 175. od. 
 
 Balance, representing ' what was sent out more then was in the 
 land ', 43,430/. JOS. 2d. (2 pp.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, May 2, 1662 [Court Book, vol. xxiv, 
 p. 487). 
 
 On reading a letter from Sir John Webster to Mr. Simon Bonnell 
 concerning the affair between the two East India Companies, the 
 Court desires Sir Thomas Chambrelen to write to Sir John, as 
 though from himself, and keep up a correspondence with him, that 
 the Company may have timely notice of what concerns them, as 
 they have already been much prejudiced by some concealments 
 of offers to treat made by the Dutch Company ; and Sir Richard 
 Ford is entreated to take the advice of the Lord Chancellor with 
 regard to the expediency of the Company asking the King's leave 
 to obtain a private treaty from the Dutch Company. (| p.) 
 
 The Company to Joseph Bathurst and Richard Manning 
 [at Amsterdam], May 7, 1662 [Letter Book, vol. iii, p. 143). 
 
 Have received their letter of the 14th ult. and shall make use 
 of the information contained as opportunity presents. Direct 
 them to provide with all expedition ' Guiney neptune \^ boatswains' 
 
 ' a term used both for copper plates and for large brass pans for evaporating salt water.
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 205 
 
 knives, and Flemish sayes, such as are sent to Guinea ; to take 
 especial care with regard to their goodness and price and send 
 them as soon as possible. The sayes they are to lade in a ship 
 bound for Dover, consigned to Vincent Delabar, who will receive 
 order how to dispose of them. They also require ' 100 driveing 
 kettles,'^ such as are fitting for the Gaboone ', for the use of their 
 factors at Guinea. (| p.) 
 
 TO [Secretary Nicolas ?], May, 1662 {Public Record 
 
 Office : S.P. Dom., vol. liv, no. 33) 
 
 Thinks the East India Company would lend the King 20,000/. 
 or 30,000/., if he wrote to them as follows : The City of London 
 failing in a loan proposed of 200,000/., he is unable to pay the 
 Navy Treasurer 100,000/. assigned to him therefrom, for the 
 benefit of trade. Knowing the Company to be both able and 
 willing, he requests the loan of 30,000/., for which, with interest 
 at six per cent., they shall have security by assignment on the 
 assessments, or else be paid by defalcation from their next customs 
 on goods imported. 
 
 A Court of Committees, May 9, 1662 {Court Book, vol. xxiv, 
 p. 487). 
 
 Henry Hunter is promised allowance of freight for taffetas sent 
 home in the East India Merchant by Traveisa to Ragg and delivered 
 into the Company's custody. Tincal belonging to Mr. Thetcher to 
 be examined. The written report of the committee appointed to 
 determine the business of Mr. Thurscrosse, that he shall pay 100/. 
 and have certain goods delivered to him, is approved. Black 
 pepper having been brought home last year as private trade, the 
 Court now orders that all such pepper found on board any vessel 
 shall be looked upon as belonging to the Company and sent to 
 their warehouses. Cardamoms bought by Sir William Rider and 
 others, said to be damaged, to be examined. Sambrooke to write 
 to Amsterdam for sayes, battery, and knives wanted for Guinea. 
 Mr. Vandeput is requested to ship copper plate to Holland in his 
 own name and sell it for the Company, (i p.) 
 
 ^ Possibly drifting kettle-nets for fishing in the Gabun River.
 
 2o6 COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 The Dutch Ambassadors to M. le Greffier Ruysch, May 
 9/19, 1662 {Public Record Office : S.P. Holland, vol. clxv, f. 251). 
 
 To-morrow they are to attend a conference with the King's 
 commissioners. Yesterday they had an audience with the Chan- 
 cellor and told him that the Lords of the States-General hoped 
 that the King would have accepted the project delivered to his 
 commissioners on the 6th of April [N.S.], the justice and reason 
 of which they have set forth both by word and writing ; but the 
 answer given, by order of the King, was not entirely satisfactory, 
 and therefore in order to meet His Majesty as much as possible, 
 and to demonstrate to the world how much they desire to live in 
 faithful friendship and alliance with the King of Great Britain, 
 another project has been sent to be presented to His Majesty, 
 which it is hoped he will find acceptable and the treaty be con- 
 cluded thereupon and the term a quo for claims in Europe taken 
 not from 1654 but generally from January 20, 1659 [N.S.]. The 
 Ambassadors requested His Excellency to recommend the new 
 project to His Majesty, which being done, they hope that the long 
 negotiations may at last come to a good issue, more especially as 
 they hear that the said project was shown some time ago to Sir 
 George Downing, who sent it to England, and gave hopes that it 
 would prove acceptable in all points. His Excellency replied that 
 he would examine the said project and speak about it to some of 
 the commissioners and do all in his power to facilitate the negotia- 
 tions. He further said that he could not understand where we 
 disagreed, because there was on the part of the English just as 
 little inclination to leave everything to the decision of commis- 
 sioners, but with regard to the term a quo, he could well see that 
 His Majesty could not agree to its being taken otherwise than 
 from 1654 for whatever concerns damages outside the Indies, 
 being obliged in all honour to take as much care of his subjects as 
 the Usurpers had. The King had also received reliable information 
 that little difficulty would be made in Holland in taking the term 
 from 1654, and that it had been demonstrated to several influential 
 members of the Assembly that the treaty of 1654 [? 1659] only 
 applied to matters that had occurred in the Indies. His Majesty 
 had also given his royal word and promise to those of his subjects
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY '207 
 
 who claimed to have suffered damages between 1654 ^^d 1659 
 that these should be looked after, and their claims sent in again 
 with those of others to the commissioners, and from this His 
 Majesty had no wish to nor could he retract. His Excellency 
 expressed astonishment that our advices differed so from his, but 
 he remained firm as to the term for all claims outside the Indies 
 beginning from 1654. They will do all they can at the conference 
 to be held to-morrow with the King's commissioners to execute 
 the orders of the States-General^ but fear they will be unable to 
 overcome this point, as not only the Chancellor but all the other 
 ministers say the same. [Extract. French. 3I pp.) 
 
 A Second Project submitted by the Dutch Ambassadors, 
 May 10, 1662 {Public Record Office : S.P. Holland, vol. clxv, 
 f. 204 1). 
 
 The following points were adjusted between Sir George Downing 
 and De Witt on March 10 last (N.S.), each promising to do his best 
 to get the treaty concluded accordingly. Commissioners only for 
 past matters, and not for anything whatever that may happen 
 after the date of the treaty. Their commission with regard to 
 past matters to contain no general term, but to be expressly 
 limited to a list to be annexed, they to take no notice of anything 
 else whatever. In order that this list may be agreed to, one shall 
 be drawn up by each side and delivered for reciprocal considera- 
 tion, and if anything shall be found therein known in London 
 before January 20, 1659 [N.S.], touching the pretensions of the 
 English according to the treaty of February 6, 1659 [N.S.], or at 
 The Hague regarding the pretensions of the United Provinces, or 
 any other actions not proper to be submitted to such arbitration, 
 these shall first and foremost be taken out of the list. This list 
 being agreed to by both sides, four months [one year in the margin] 
 shall be given in which to determine by friendly conferences 
 between His Majesty's Minister at The Hague and the Com- 
 missioners of the States-General everything contained in the said 
 list which shall have happened in Europe, and eight months [one 
 year in the margin] for all that shall have occurred without Europe, 
 
 * Corrected in the margin by another hand. A fair copy, embodying these corrections, 
 will be found at p. 214 of the same volume.
 
 208 COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 and the claimants or their specially authorized attorneys shall be 
 at The Hague for this end the first day of the said time. At the 
 expiration of this time all pretensions concerning matters which 
 have happened in Europe which the claimants or their attorneys 
 have been trying to settle at The Hague, as above, and shall not 
 have agreed upon before the said time, shall be referred to and 
 determined finally by the said commissioners, and at the expira- 
 tion of the said time the same shall be done with regard to matters 
 which occurred outside Europe. The commissioners, at the expira- 
 tion of the said time, if any pretensions still remain unsettled, to 
 assemble in London, four for each side, with full authority as in 
 1654. {French. i| pp.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, May 12, 1662 {Court Book, vol. xxiv, 
 p. 489). 
 
 Sir George Carteret presents the King's letter of the 9th instant 
 desiring the loan of 30,000/. for the use of the Navy at six per cent. 
 interest, to be secured by an assignment on the Chamberlain of 
 London and repaid out of the assessment or deducted by the 
 Company from the customs on goods imported from India by 
 Christmas next ; this is read, but, there not being a full court. 
 Sir George is told that nothing can be decided until there is ; there- 
 fore he leaves, and suddenly the court fills up and the matter is 
 debated, but no means found to do the King the desired service, 
 though some suggest that each Committee should lend 500/. on his 
 own account. Finally, the Governor, the Deputy, and some of the 
 Committees are desired to wait on Sir George and give a verbal 
 answer to the effect that the Company are willing on all occasions 
 to do His Majesty any service in accordance with their ability, 
 but are so unprepared for what he now asks that they have neither 
 the power nor means to comply, for the Committees have no power 
 to lend the adventurers' money (which is only entrusted to them 
 to manage the stock-in-trade) without the consent of the generality, 
 and if they are called together it is feared that the consequences 
 would not be satisfactory to the King and might cause many and 
 great inconveniences to the Company, [i p-)
 
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 A Court of Committees, May 14, 1662 {Ibid., p. 490). 
 
 The account of the freight of the Society to be made up and 
 adjusted with the owners. The Governor intimating that there is 
 a ship being prepared to meet the homeward-bound vessels and 
 carry off the private trade brought back in them, the Court refers 
 the matter to the discretion of the Committee for Private Trade. 
 Certain Committees are desired to attend the arbitrators for the 
 An7ie on behalf of the Company ; and others to make up the 
 account of the Blackmore's freight. Mr. Thetcher to be allowed 
 10/. on the tincal he bought, (i p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees for the United Joint Stock, May 15, 
 1662 {Court Book, vol. xxiii, p. 696). 
 
 Michael Boult to be paid 48/, lys. 6d. in lieu of his account. 
 Certain Committees are desired to examine and report on the 
 account of Thomas Rilstone. (| p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, May 16, 1662 {Court Book, vol. xxiv, 
 p. 491). 
 
 Francis Knight to be returned, with interest, the money he paid 
 for calicoes, which have been otherwise disposed of. The owners 
 of the George and Martha to be allowed three months' demurrage 
 for time to be spent in going to Guinea and visiting several islands 
 and places on the outward voyage. {\ p.) 
 
 The Dutch Ambassadors to M. le Greffier Ruysch, May 16/ 
 26, 1662 {Public Record Office : S.P. Holland, vol. clxv, f. 275). 
 
 On the 20th inst. [N.S.] they had a more definite conference 
 with the King's Commissioners and told them what the Lords of 
 the States-General had proposed in their resolution of the loth 
 instant, and sought by every possible means to bring the com- 
 missioners to accept the same, especially that concerning the term 
 a quo, in which Their Lordships had made one alteration only, 
 viz. the time for an amicable accommodation concerning claims 
 both within and without the Indies to be one year in each case, 
 instead of four or eight months, as formerly proposed. The Com- 
 missioners withdrew into another chamber to examine the said 
 
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 210 COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 proposal, but returning shortly said they had read it, but found 
 that we did not yet agree fundamentally, and that they must 
 positively insist on the said term being taken to begin from 1654 
 for all damages sustained without the Indies, and this for several 
 reasons, the principal being that the honour and word of the King 
 were engaged ; but this being agreed to, they would be ready to 
 give their opinion definitely on the remainder of the proposal, 
 which they did not think so important, and see if an agreement 
 could be come to, and so an end made of the business. To this 
 the Ambassadors replied, Their Lordships had thought their pro- 
 posal to be so just, especially regarding the term, that they had 
 not imagined there would be the least difficulty, and if the Com- 
 missioners would set the alleged reasons before His Majesty, they 
 believed that he would agree to the same and cause an end to be 
 made of the business. The Commissioners consented to reconsider 
 the proposal, but held out no hopes of any change being made 
 with regard to the term a quo, but promised they would endeavour 
 before the King left for Portsmouth to let the Ambassadors have 
 an answer. [Extract. French. 3 pp.) 
 
 The Dutch Ambassadors at Chelsea to M. le Greffier 
 RuYSCH, May 23/JuNE 2, 1662 [Ihid.^ f. 277). 
 
 Touching the term a quo., they beg to refer to their letter of the 
 26th May last, by which and the answer of the King's Commis- 
 sioners Their Highnesses will doubtless have seen how zealously 
 the English insist that the term for all damages committed outside 
 the Indies shall begin from 1654. The Chancellor also insisted on 
 this in the last conference they had with him, as they wrote in 
 their letter of the 19th ult. ; so they cannot hope that on the 
 English side there will be any yielding on this point. They have 
 done everything imaginable to attain their Highnesses' intention, 
 but, to their great regret, without avail, and therefore they await 
 definite orders on this point and on their letter of the 26th ult., 
 as they foresee that all further endeavours will be equally fruitless, 
 and, the King being absent, no alteration can be expected. [Extract. 
 French. 3 pp.)
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 211 
 
 The Company to Sir Philip Warwick,^ May 26, 1662 {Home 
 Miscellaneous, vol. xlii, p. 46). 
 
 Thank him for his civility in appointing a meeting for Monday 
 morning, but regret that some special duties will prevent them 
 from seeing him then. Entreat him to peruse the paper enclosed 
 (which is a true copy of what the Lord Treasurer has signed), and, 
 as the money was not paid in Lisbon, to procure an order for pay- 
 ment to them of the 10,800/. out of the money now arrived from 
 Portugal, and they will wait upon him next Tuesday to receive 
 
 it. a p.) 
 
 Petition of the Company to the King [May, 1662] [Ibid., 
 p. 48). 
 
 Having had large experience of the King's care of the honour 
 and interest of the East India trade, and observing His Majesty's 
 just inclination to preserve the rights of his nearest ally, the King 
 of Portugal, in those parts, the petitioners think themselves 
 doubly obliged to represent that by their ships lately arrived from 
 several parts of India they have received the enclosed account of 
 the intolerable and unlimited avarice of their common enemy in 
 those parts, the Dutch, by which it will be seen that the latter 
 omit no ways or means to exclude all their Christian neighbours 
 from any share in the commerce of any part of India, The petitioners 
 more particularly beg His Majesty to consider the message sent by 
 their agents to the Dutch General at Batavia, and his and his Council's 
 answer, by which they conceive the King will clearly discern how 
 disingenuously the States of the Netherlands and their ambassadors 
 have dealt concerning Pulo Run ; for though the Dutch East 
 India Company did promise and the States engage by two several 
 treaties that the said island should be restored to the petitioners, 
 and though the King's royal warrant under the Great Seal empower- 
 ing the petitioners to possess and plant the said island, together 
 with the letters of the East India Chamber of Amsterdam to the 
 agents for the same purpose, were exhibited to the States' ambas- 
 sadors before the departure of the ships with necessaries for the 
 said possessing and planting, yet it appears by the General's reply 
 
 * Lord Southampton's secretary and factotum at the Treasury. 
 P 2
 
 212 COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 from Batavia of the 8th November, 1661, that by fresh orders 
 from his masters, grounded upon a false pretence of your petitioners 
 ripping open old sores and debates formerly concluded, they 
 resolved that the treaty of 1654 was no further obligatory upon 
 them, and they intend as much as possible to annul the petitioners' 
 right and frustrate their costly preparations made for repossessing 
 the said island. Therefore the petitioners pray His Majesty to 
 take the whole narrative of the facts into consideration, and 
 resolve how far it may be necessary in the present treaty with the 
 States to vindicate the honour and the right and just interest of 
 his subjects, and provide good and sure conditions and articles 
 both for the past and future, without which it is humbly conceived 
 His Majesty's honour and revenue as far as concerns that trade 
 must necessarily be extinguished with the stock and courage of 
 his allies and the petitioners, (i p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, May 28, 1662 {Court Book, vol. xxiv, 
 p. 492). 
 
 Benjamin Lannoy, Consul at Aleppo, to be paid 226 dollars at 
 6s. a dollar for disbursements in sending expresses to and from 
 India and the Company's letters overland, but at the same time 
 to be told that the Company is aware that he kept a packet of 
 theirs some days, though a Dutch packet was sent away immediately 
 in a French ship, and consequently arrived a month sooner than 
 the Company's, and that they expect ' more punctuall and cordiall 
 usage ' in future. The sum of io,8ooZ., assigned to the Company 
 by a warrant under the Lord Treasurer's hand, not having been 
 received, it is proposed that, as the late request of the King could 
 not be complied with, both His Majesty and the Company might 
 now be served by taking an assignment from Sir George Carteret 
 upon the Chamber of London to receive the said sum out of the 
 60.000^. which he is to have from the assessments, when they come 
 in about three months hence. This proposal is well received, and 
 it is left to the discretion of the Governor, the Deputy, Sir Richard 
 Ford, and the Committees of the Treasury to perform. The 
 Governor states that there is a considerable quantity of saltpetre 
 bought by the powdermakers, who assert that they have delivered 
 powder to the value of 5,000^. for the King's use, for which they
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 213 
 
 have tallies struck on the customs ; if the Company will accept 
 these, the Lord Treasurer's warrant shall be procured for the 
 Commissioners to discount the same to the Company on the next 
 customs due, they to take away saltpetre equivalent to the amount ; 
 the Court agrees to this, and refers it to the Committees who are 
 to see about the payment of the 10,800/., but in the meantime the 
 powdermakers are not to be acquitted. A draft of an agreement 
 between the Company and the wharfingers of the Customhouse 
 Quay is read and approved. Upon the recommendation of Agent 
 Chappell, Ferris, and Young, who served at Guinea, are allotted 
 wages of 20s. a month and given 55. a month as a gratuity for 
 good service ; and if Ferris will serve again he is to be allowed 
 255. a month and considered for any special service he shall per- 
 form, (lipp.) 
 
 The Company to Joseph Bathurst and Richard Manning 
 [at Amsterdam], May 30, 1662 [Letter Book, vol. iii, p. 144). 
 
 Advise the safe arrival of two letters, an invoice, and bill of 
 lading. Hope the goods formerly ordered will arrive in time to be 
 trans-shipped into the vessel now ready to sail for Guinea. If no 
 ship bound for Dover is leaving their port or Rotterdam, the sayes 
 must be laden in some other and the commander contracted with 
 to deliver them at Dover for a reasonable charge. Have accepted 
 their bills of exchange. This day have arrived the Barbadoes 
 Merchant from the Coast, the American from Surat, and the 
 African from Bantam. Enclosed is a list of their cargoes. (| p.) 
 
 The Company to Sir Philip Warwick [May, 1662] (Home 
 Miscellaneous, vol, xlii, p. 49). 
 
 Thank him for the readiness he showed Sir Richard Ford this 
 morning in procuring the effects of the Lord Treasurer's engagement 
 for the 10,800/. owing to them. It encourages them to beg him to 
 present the enclosed petition to His Honour and by mediation to 
 obtain a speedy and favourable answer to the same, which will oblige 
 them and do His Majesty no inconsiderable service. The present 
 exigency of the affair gives them confidence to entreat him to let 
 the bearer, their secretary, know whether their personal attendance 
 is requisite, and, if so, when and where. {\ p.)
 
 214 COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 The Company to Thomas Dethick and Company [at Leghorn], 
 June 2, 1662 {Letter Book, vol. iii, p. 145). 
 
 Acknowledge the receipt of their letter of the 24th February, 
 with packets enclosed. The Concord has arrived with six chests of 
 coral for their account ; they wish these could have come in time 
 to be sent in their ships for India. Enclose a letter to be for- 
 warded to Consul Delanoy ; also a list of the cargoes of three of 
 their ships returned from India. They expect five or six more 
 vessels this year. (J p.) 
 
 The Company to Benjamin Delanoy [at Aleppo], June 2, 
 1662 {Ibid., p. 145). 
 
 Have received his letters up to the 8th March last, with the 
 account of his disbursements for postage of letters to and from 
 India and, according to his wish, have ordered payment of the 
 same to be made to John Jolliffe. Thank him for his readiness in 
 serving them, but state that it has come to their knowledge that 
 letters have arrived from India to Aleppo for the English and the 
 Dutch, and while the Dutch Consul has forwarded his at once, 
 Delanoy has delayed two days before doing so, and then sent them 
 by a stranger to the same person at Scanderoon who had care of 
 the Dutch letters. In future he must not omit to forward all letters 
 by the first opportunity, and not commit them to the hands of 
 the Dutch or any related to them, for by experience the English 
 Company know that the Dutch will not ' stick to act anything 
 that may tend to our prejudice or damage '. (f p.) 
 
 The Company to Vincent Delabar [at Dover], June 4, 1662 
 {Ibid., p. 146). 
 
 Have been advised by their correspondents at Amsterdam, 
 Messrs. Bathurst and Manning, that according to order they have 
 shipped 200 Leyden sayes in the Katherine, commanded by Josias 
 Tedcle and bound from Rotterdam to London. She is to touch 
 at Dover to deliver the sayes, and Delabar, on hearing of her 
 arrival there, is to board her, receive the said goods, and keep 
 them by him until further orders. They enclose an invoice and 
 bill of lading of the sayes. (| p.)
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 215 
 
 A Court of Committees, June 4, 1662 [Court Book, vol. xxiv, 
 p. 493). 
 
 The owners of the Blackmore to be paid, but a deduction of 40/. to 
 be made for longcloth missing in that ship. Francis Clarke to be paid 
 for quicksilver already delivered, and a contract is made with him 
 for more. Indigo bought by Mr. Thompson to be examined, (i p.) 
 
 Order of Council, June 6, 1662 [Public Record Office : Privy 
 Council Register^ vol. Ivi, p. 2). 
 
 The petition of Sir John Eyton, George Carew, and Charles 
 Whitaker on behalf of themselves and the rest of the creditors of 
 William Courteen, Sir Edward Littleton, and Sir Paul Pindar is 
 read, showing that, notwithstanding His Majesty's letters of the 
 2ist of March last to the States-General, requiring satisfaction 
 and reparation for the two ships the Henry Bonaventure and the 
 Bona Esperanza (belonging to William Courteen), several memorials 
 delivered in reference to the same, and daily solicitations, the 
 States-General have hitherto delayed giving any answer, their 
 design being, it is thought, to have the treaty perfected with an 
 ' utter exclusion ' of the petitioners' claims, which would cause 
 the latter great loss, and ruin many hundreds of poor persons. 
 Upon consideration of this, order is given for Sir George Downing 
 to proceed further and effectually with the States-General in 
 requiring due satisfaction for the damages sustained by His 
 Majesty's said subjects through the loss of the said ships, and to 
 procure a speedy answer to their just demands. 
 
 Order of Council, June 8, 1662 [Ibid., p. 6). 
 
 For the Commissioners appointed to treat with the Dutch 
 Ambassadors to send for the East India Company and examine 
 the matter of their complaint about Pulo Run, and give an account 
 of the same to this Board on Wednesday, the nth instant. 
 
 A Court of Committees, June 9, 1662 [Court Book, vol. xxiv, 
 P- 494). 
 
 Captain Miles Browse's bill for 550/. at 55. 6d. a dollar, drawn 
 upon the Company by the Agent and Council of Bantam, to be
 
 2i6 COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 accepted. The George and Martha to be at Gravesend ready to 
 sail on the 25th instant. Jonathan Ash to be provided with a copy 
 of the inventories of Thomas Leaver, who died at Jambi, and of 
 the clause in the Bantam letter which concerns him. Sir Francis 
 Burdett and Sir Gilbert Thetcher to be paid their dividends, and 
 the fines for their freedom not to be charged until the next division. 
 Captain Prowd to take ' a frugall care ' in seeing to the repair of 
 the pump at the Company's almshouse and the pales of the ground 
 belonging to the house and churchyard. (| p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, June ii, 1662 [Ibid., p. 495). 
 
 The Court, after consideration concerning several bills of exchange 
 from Surat, resolves not to accept them, as the drawers of these 
 bills have not sent home any accounts to satisfy the Company 
 concerning the drafts. Additional calicoes to be delivered to 
 Mrs. Looker. Settlement to be made with Mr. Thetcher about 
 the tincal he bought. Certain Committees are directed to endeavour 
 to obtain from the Commissioners of Customs payment of the 
 impost for goods sold by the Company, and to give them such 
 satisfaction for customs due on goods in the five ships now arrived, 
 that these may be landed and warehoused without impediment. 
 Other Committees are given authority to act as they think right 
 with regard to the estate or person of Matthew Andrews, for the 
 prejudice he has done the Company. The Court, notwithstanding 
 their previous order, accepts a bill of exchange from Surat pre- 
 sented by Alderman Backwell, he giving ample satisfaction con- 
 cerning the same. Sir Richard Ford is entreated to continue his 
 care and assistance in the business with the Dutch, (i p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, June 13, 1662 {Ibid., p. 496). 
 
 Musk and raw silk to be delivered to the owners of the Barbadoes 
 Merchant. No freight or demurrage to be paid to the owners of 
 any vessel before the original accounts of all goods received and 
 delivered, of all passengers, and all matters of concern to the 
 Company during the voyage, have been given in. Fines for the 
 freedom of the Company are remitted to Thomas Walter and Richard 
 Langley, as both might have been admitted by patrimony, the
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 217 
 
 present proprietors of their adventures being women. A remon- 
 strance to the Council concerning the Dutch is read and approved. 
 Cahcoes to be delivered to Mrs. Looker. Directions to be given 
 for such repairs as are necessary to be done to the Company's 
 house. (I p.) 
 
 The Company's Remonstrance to the Lords of the Privy 
 Council, June 13, 1662 {Home Miscellaneous^ vol. xlii, p. 49). 
 
 By favour of the Council the petitioners saw the States Ambas- 
 sadors' memorial in reply to their complaint concerning the refusal 
 of the General at Batavia to restore the island of Pulo Run, which 
 ought in common honesty to have been done, and which, by 
 treaties made in 1623 and 1654, the Dutch promised to do. The 
 petitioners are not surprised to find that in the said memorial the 
 Dutch endeavour to extenuate their repeated injuries by con- 
 fidently misreporting the facts, seeing they also presume to accuse 
 the Council of mistaking and misinterpreting them. A. They beg 
 that reference may be had to the enclosed copy of what they 
 presented to His Majesty about February, 1661, in which the 
 truth of what passed between the said Ambassadors, the Dutch 
 Company, and themselves will clearly appear. B. Whereas the 
 Dutch say the English Company sent them a protest, the latter 
 declare that the Dutch ' misremember the nature of the address 
 to which they give that name ', as will be seen by the annexed 
 copy, which the petitioners conceive only conveys in its terms 
 what becomes good Christians and neighbours, who would persuade 
 that injustice should not be aggravated by the multiplying and 
 continuing of injuries. The main pretence by which the Dutch 
 would justify themselves is, that His Majesty did not confirm the 
 treaties of 1654 and 1659, and therefore they would not give the 
 order for the English Company's quiet possession of Pulo Run. 
 Neither in the treaty of 1623 nor in that of 1654 is there the least 
 * umbrage ' of any condition that those sent to possess the island 
 should have any particular authority from the States. The Dutch 
 Company never really intended to deliver up the island, which 
 after many years' detention by them has been made the ' most 
 profitable blood in the veines of their trade ', and therefore they 
 offered to restore it only on such terms and conditions as were
 
 2i8 COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 utterly inconsistent with the King's honour and the right of his 
 subjects. The petitioners beg the Council to consider how needful 
 it will be, before the conclusion of the general treaty, for the 
 Dutch to give good and reasonable satisfaction for damages already 
 proved, and for those that may accrue by the non-delivery of the 
 island to the English agents sent out at such great cost to receive 
 and plant it. They also pray for better security than was formerly 
 given for possessing and enjoying the said island, and for other 
 reciprocal terms for an equal and free commerce with the Dutch 
 in that and other parts of the East Indies. (i| pp.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, June i8, 1662 [Court Book^ vol. xxiv, 
 p. 497)- 
 
 A packet of letters from Portugal to be delivered to the persons 
 to whom they are addressed. Mr. Roberts' deed of transfer to 
 Mr. Pennington is approved. Cassia lignum bought by Thomas 
 King to be delivered. The petition of Thomas Cokaine, who is 
 recommended by Mr. Duckworth and other worthy men, for 
 employment as a factor to be considered. Mrs. Tindall to be 
 repaid 75/. of the 200/. fine formerly deducted. Isaac Tillard of 
 Plymouth to be sent a commission under the Company's seal to 
 seize and discover private trade.^ The committee for the Dutch 
 business is directed to demand from the Dutch ' what the Company 
 may be damnified by the charge and preparation to plant and 
 fortifie Polaroone, if the Dutch keepe them out of possession, and 
 likewise for consequentiall damages '. Cowries to be delivered to 
 William Bunckley. (1 p.) 
 
 The Company to Captain Brown [June, 1662] [Home Miscel- 
 la7ieous, vol. xlii, p. 51). 
 
 Requiring him to put all the goods with their numbers and 
 marks now between decks and in the gun-room in his ship, the 
 Constantinople Merchant, aboard a hoy, send them up to the 
 Company's warehouse, and forbear working in the hold until this 
 is done. Captain Prowd, the bearer of this order, is to see the 
 same performed. (J p.) 
 
 ' For a copy of this commission see Home Miscellaneous, vol. xlii, p. 51.
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 219 
 
 Letters to the like effect to Captain Wyld, of the Barbadoes Merchant, 
 Captain Browse, of the African, Captain Ryckman, of the Eagle, and 
 Captain [Mallison] of the American. 
 
 Warrant from Lord Southampton to the Customs Com- 
 missioners, June 19, 1662 [Public Record Office : Entry Book III, 
 P- 323). 
 
 To permit the Company to default out of customs due from them 
 10,800/. for saltpetre furnished by them to Mr. O'Neale : but as 
 soon as Signor de Sylva shall pay in the like sum of 10,800/., then 
 it is to be devoted to paying those persons that would have been 
 in course but for this diversion. 
 
 The New Project of the States Ambassadors concerning 
 PuLO RuN,^ June 20, 1662 {Public Record Office : CO. 77, vol. viii, 
 no. 131). 
 
 What has been decided regarding the restitution of Pulo Run is 
 contained in a separate Article, signed this day, wherein it has 
 been agreed between His Majesty the King of Great Britain and 
 the Lords of the States-General that the said island shall be restored 
 to the English East India Company, by which restoration all 
 damages, injuries, and wrongs both parties pretend to have received 
 in the Indies, and which have been known of in England before 
 January 20, 1659, shall be accounted null and void. This Article 
 to have the same force as if it had been inserted word for word 
 in the Treaty signed to-day. [French, f p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, June 20, 1662 [Court Book, vol. xxiv, 
 p. 498). 
 
 A steel mill, two ploughs, and harness for three horses to be 
 provided for St. Helena. Private trade brought back in the African 
 to be delivered to the several owners on the commander giving 
 a written desire to this effect. Private trade to be delivered to 
 Captain Robert Browne, Robert Fisher, and Sir John Jacob. (|- p.) 
 
 * This is a draft of a proposed separate treaty concerning Pulo Run. The suggestion was 
 not entertained.
 
 220 COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 The Company to Joseph Bathurst and Richard Manning 
 [at Amsterdam], June 20, 1662 [Letter Book, vol. iii, p. 146). 
 
 Acknowledge the receipt of their letters of the 9th and i6th 
 instant, with bill of lading of the sayes sent in the Katherine and 
 consigned to Delabar at Dover. Have accepted their three bills 
 of exchange, amounting to 600/., which shall be paid in due course. 
 Note from their letter that some of the West India Company were 
 summoned to appear at The Hague concerning the Guinea ships 
 belonging to the English, which they had caused to be taken on 
 that coast. Desire to be informed what progress has been made 
 in this matter, (^ p.) 
 
 The States-General to Sir George Downing, June 22, 
 1662 [Public Record Office : CO. 77, vol. viii, no. 132). 
 
 They have perused and considered the memorial presented to 
 them on the 20th of April last by Sir George Downing, concerning 
 satisfaction and reparation claimed for two English ships, the 
 Bona Esperatiza and Henry Bonaventure, the former taken by the 
 Dutch East India Company in the Straits of Malacca in 1643, 
 and the latter cast away, about the same time, on the island of 
 Mauritius and her lading seized by the said Company, those 
 interested and wronged not having received any satisfaction, they 
 not having dared, because of their loyalty to the late King, to put 
 in their claim sooner. Their Lordships reply that they cannot 
 consent to revive and dispute anew anything that happened 
 previous to the solemn treaties concluded between the English 
 and the Dutch in 1654 and 1659, notwithstanding any reasons 
 and exceptions urged to the contrary, as it might be of most 
 dangerous consequence, liable to disquiet the two nations and to 
 interrupt the good understanding between them, which is alone 
 sufficient to cause Their Lordships to decline meddling with this 
 old case, or any of a like nature. Their Lordships, however, would 
 acquaint Sir George that the said interested persons strive both 
 abusively and untruthfully to defend themselves by this excuse of 
 not daring to put in any claim during the late troubles, for they 
 brought in their pretences in writing in 1654 before the Com- 
 missioners appointed to hear both sides, in the name of William
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 221 
 
 Tombes, executor to the late Sir Paul Pindar, out of whose capital 
 these present pretences are revived, and the demands exorbitantly- 
 extended to the sum of 72,546^. sterling, as may appear by the 
 copy of the said demands here annexed. Their Lordships will not 
 repeat the reason produced by the Dutch Company in 1643 to 
 justify their right and obligation to take the Bona Esperanza and 
 to confiscate her, nor relate how the Henry Bonaventure was 
 abandoned by the master and his men, with a written declaration 
 to prove that they would not venture their lives to recover any- 
 thing belonging to her, and willingly suffered the Dutch to use 
 their best endeavours to do so, nor how, at the last, the said case 
 was amicably composed and concluded through a final agreement 
 between the Dutch Company on the one side and Jacob Pergens 
 and David Goubard (the latter as well for himself as being empowered 
 by W. Courteen and other partners) on the other side, for the sum 
 of 85.000 guilders and payment of the same made by the Dutch, 
 as Sir George can see by the copy of ' the said agreement, act of 
 caution, order and acquittance ', all here annexed. David Goubard 
 had been an adventurer and owner of the Bona Esperanza, and 
 been employed from time to time, in the name of the common 
 partners, in the direction of that ship, having let her out to William 
 Courteen and signed her charterparty. Pergens too had from all 
 the remaining partners and owners authority and power to the 
 same effect whereby he was substituted on the 12/22 May, 1648, 
 and has since bought and paid for the shares held by Goubard 
 and his fellow partners, as can be proved by contracts and acquit- 
 tances, which, if needful, can be produced. In order that Sir George 
 may see how abusively the ' quality ' of Pergens about the liquida- 
 tion of the said difference is drawn into dispute, a procuration is 
 here annexed, passed the 27 Oct./6 Nov., 1645, by William Courteen 
 to the said Pergens, also two solemn transports dated the loth 
 December, 1647, and 22nd February, 1648, ensuing. Also how 
 abusively the present pretenders are pleased to say Sir Paul Pindar, 
 in whose name they act, obtained this action by a transport of 
 William Courteen and Sir Edward Littleton of the igth December, 
 1642, appears most clearly by a letter of the late King of Great 
 Britain written upon this subject to Their Lordships the 9th 
 October, 1647, in which His Majesty declares that the right or
 
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 title to the said ships belongs to William Courteen and not to 
 Sir Paul Pindar, and recommends that satisfaction be given to 
 Courteen. And yet more clearly still by a letter written the same 
 day by His Majesty to Sir William Boswell, then Resident in 
 Holland, charging the latter to obtain information on the said 
 subject from Pergens, ' as being in commission for manageing the 
 affaires of Mr. Courten in Holland ', and ordering him to advise 
 and assist Pergens from time to time according to the best of his 
 knowledge. These two letters are annexed, and Their Lordships 
 could also add like letters from the English Parliament, and some 
 more Acts tending to confirm what is aforesaid, if they were not 
 satisfied that His Honour and the King his master are already 
 wholly contented concerning this particular by what has been 
 here stated. Their Lordships cannot refrain from informing 
 His Majesty that Sir Paul Pindar did in 1650 and 1651, by his 
 attorney Jonas Abeels, sue the Directors of the East India Company 
 of Amsterdam concerning this business, ' and there to make a con- 
 clusion, that the sayd Directors might be condemned to pay unto 
 the sayd Sir Paul Pindar, and by provision to depose to the afore- 
 sayd summe of foure score and five thousand guilders, promised 
 by the aforesayd agreement unto the said Pergens and David 
 Gobard, with the interest of the same summe from the very day 
 of the sayd agreement to the effectuall enjoying of it, appearing 
 at large by the extract of the Record of the Schepens aforesayd ', 
 here annexed. These and perhaps many other proofs, which by 
 lapse of time cannot now be produced, being represented to Sir Paul 
 or his assigns, and that he was notoriously in the wrong, he aban- 
 doned the cause without any further prosecution, and ever since 
 to this time, for all Their Lordships know, it has been left alone. 
 Their Lordships wonder very much that the executor of Sir Paul's 
 last will ' would come to that impudence ' in 1654 arid revive the 
 cause before the Commissioners appointed on both sides, and 
 make those enormous demands of above 72,000/. sterling, or that 
 his heirs, or any others in his name, should be so bold as to revive 
 this ' so fully admortified action ' after the solemn treaties of 
 1654 and 1659, and importune the King of Great Britain and put 
 Their Lordships to the trouble of reviewing such an old ungrounded 
 cause. They beg vSir George to represent all the foregoing to His
 
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 Majesty in such a manner as to cause him to show his indignation 
 against the prosecutors, that others may be discouraged from like 
 importunities. Signed Johan Van Schrieck, and by order of the 
 same J. Sproussen. {Translated from the Dutch. 8 pp.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, June 25, 1662 [Court Book, vol. xxiv, 
 p. 499). 
 
 The demand upon the Dutch for the damage of Pulo Run, 
 amounting to 157,000/., drawn up by the committee is read, 
 approved, and ordered to be presented. Joseph, brother of Matthew 
 Andrews, desires the delivery of certain diamonds and musk laden 
 in the Constantinople by his said brother for the account of several 
 Portuguese ; also of some other goods laden in the three Surat 
 ships for his brother's account ; but the Court only gives an order 
 for delivery of the ebony wood and some chairs from aboard the 
 American, for which Andrews has a bill of lading. In accordance 
 with a former resolve it is ordered that 10,000/. for the King's 
 service shall be advanced in ready money to Sir George Carteret, 
 this being about the amount the Company must have paid for 
 customs, had it not been arranged that they should discount 
 10,800/. out of those in their own hands ; security for the said 
 10,000/. to be taken upon the Chamber of London to be paid out 
 of the assessments. Mrs. Harris to be allowed 4/. a year to keep 
 the Company's house clean, this sum having formerly been allowed 
 to Mary Price for the like service. Some calicoes and white pepper 
 sent as a token by Foulk Midleton in the African to be delivered 
 free of fine. The sum for stores and provisions supplied to the 
 Merchant Adventure at St. Helena to be deducted from the amount 
 due to her owners, (i p.) 
 
 [The Secret Committee of the Dutch East India Company 
 TO Sir John Webster], June 26/JuLY 6, 1662 {Home Miscel- 
 laneous, vol. xlii, p. 55 ^). 
 
 The Company's advocate has communicated to them Sir John's 
 letter of the 3rd current [N.S.], and they also have copies of two 
 letters written by the latter to Sir Thomas Chamberlain. In reply, 
 they assure Sir John that the Dutch Company has always had 
 
 * This is evidently a translation of the enclosure to the letter which follows.
 
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 the inclination to live in friendship, good correspondence, and 
 harmony with the English Company, to which end they have 
 sought all that may serve ' to the stiring of it up ', and to prevent 
 all that may obstruct the same. For this reason they have shown 
 their ready willingness to take the island of Pulo Run for a certain 
 sum of money, because they foresee that it will remain a stumbling 
 stone, and that the near neighbourhood of the English and Dutch 
 will cause endless disputes and quarrels. Therefore they are 
 surprised to find that the English Company, who formerly appeared 
 to have a like inclination, desire only to treat of ' some pretended 
 actions without the said island '. They are only authorized to 
 negotiate the one with the other and, if the English Company 
 will do likewise, they are ready immediately to enter into a friendly 
 conference and negotiations ; but if not, they will be necessitated 
 to refer themselves back to those by whom they have been com- 
 missioned. In the meantime they wish to understand the ' utmost 
 meaning ' of the English Company from Sir John, that they may 
 regulate their conduct accordingly. Signed Cornelius De Graeff, 
 Joris Backer, Jan Munster, P. van Dam. (i p.) 
 
 Sir John Webster to Sir Thomas Chambrelen, June 27/ 
 July 7, 1662 {Ibid., p. 58). 
 
 Acknowledges the receipt of his two letters and notes that the 
 Lord Van Hoorne had in writing assured the English Company of 
 the cordial and sincere intentions of the Dutch to make an amicable 
 composure of things past and an equal settlement for the future. 
 Rejoices that what he has formerly written is confirmed by His 
 Lordship, who was not one of the committee Sir John treated 
 with, and the latter has not heard of any fresh overtures from 
 him ; but from the confirmation of his authority he hopes for 
 good success, ' seeing your Company condescend further then it 
 was desired '. If three from each Company had met in Flanders, 
 each would have had the same time and occasion to follow their 
 instructions ; which these may have at The Hague, daily even 
 hourly from their principals and this State, which may be advan- 
 tageous in the negotiations, both in matters of estate and com- 
 merce. On receipt of Sir Thomas's letter Sir John addressed 
 himself to Burgomaster Cornelius De Graef, Lord of Polsbroeke,
 
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 Munter [sic], and Van Dam. The first of these was in the country ; 
 but to the two others Webster wrote all particulars. That evening 
 the Lord of Polsbroeke came home and spoke to him ; and the 
 second day after he went to The Hague, where news had been 
 received that the English Company had agreed to a conference 
 being held there, which Sir John never dared propose, ' conceiving 
 it unequal), supposing both courts will have sway in the treaty, 
 which may delay progresse '. He encloses a copy (well knowing 
 that a translation may err in word or sense) of the answer of the 
 committee for secret negotiations for the Dutch Company, which 
 met at The Hague, and to which is added Joris Backer, a moderate 
 man, in place of Jeronimo De Haez ; the said answer is not so 
 ample as to prevent misunderstandings. Sir John presumes ' to 
 cast in one myte toward that threasury toward a happy reconcilia- 
 tion and augmentation of friendly commerce in India and Europe, 
 which is more desired by the chief adventurers then outward 
 appearance '. The chief means to induce the Dutch to help towards 
 a future reglement for the trade is the lease of Pulo Run, ' by 
 which they care not to bee enriched, for these want not any fruit 
 that can grow upon that island, but apprehend it to bee the cause 
 or augmentation of striffe, which these desire to prevent '. The 
 island wants water, and, if planted, no benefit can be expected in 
 less than ten years. If the Dutch Company should resolve ' to 
 divide their greatest store of nutmeggs to the participants, the 
 charge of planting and garrison that island cannot turne to 
 account'; but without it, it may be doubted if the Dutch will 
 condescend to help towards the wished-for reglement for future 
 commerce. Many propose and are inclined to leave the trade of 
 India, Persia, Surat, etc., open to all, ' reserving [as] a recognisence 
 for it the trade for [the] Molucca islands and Seylone for the 
 Company, which may bee disadvantagious to all '. (i^ pp.) . 
 
 A Court of Committees, June 27, 1662 {Court Book, vol. xxiv, 
 p. 500). 
 
 A parcel of jewels brought back in the Constantinople Merchant, 
 and consigned to Signor Dormedo, to be delivered, he paying 
 freight and all charges. Ordered that the security for the 10,800/. 
 be transferred upon the Chamber of London to be paid out of the 
 
 2482 Q
 
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 assessment, and the said sum advanced in ready money to Sir 
 George Carteret for the King's special service. Sir Thomas Cham- 
 brelen to be repaid 15/. he disbursed for the discovery of private 
 trade. The committee for the Dutch business are authorized to 
 spend 300/. or 400/., or as much of that sum as they find necessary. 
 The owners of the Barhadoes Merchant, the African, and the 
 American to be paid 2,000/. apiece on account of freight and 
 demurrage. Widow Terrill to be paid 150/. in part of her bill of 
 exchange. Sir Richard Ford is desired to answer Sir George 
 Downing's letter, to thank him for the pains he has taken in the 
 Company's business, and promise that, when there is a good issue 
 to the same, he shall receive their ' reall thankes '. A fine on 
 calicoes is allowed to Thomas Thompson, the minister, (i p.) 
 
 The Company to the Privy Council, June 28, 1662 [Public 
 Record Office : CO. 77, vol. viii, no. 134 ^). 
 
 Showing that the Dutch were obliged to render to them the 
 island of Pulo Run by the Articles of 1623 and 1654. From these 
 it plainly appears that the English Company were not obliged 
 to take any special commission or warrant from the States-General 
 for the possession of that island ; yet, to prevent further disputes, 
 they at once desired the same from the Ambassadors and the 
 Dutch East India Company, but were most unkindly denied them, 
 as appears by the copies of the papers last delivered to Their 
 Lordships. Therefore they think they have good ground to demand 
 satisfaction from the Dutch for all the damages they may sustain, 
 both of present expense and consequent losses necessarily depend- 
 ing on the disappointment that will be given to their ships sent 
 out to possess, fortify, and plant the said island. These they 
 calculate as follows : for demurrage for the London and Discovery, 
 with the sailors wages for eighteen months, 13,500/. Cost of 
 ammunition, necessaries, and provisions for possessing, fortifying 
 and planting the said island, 5,000/. ; wages, passages, and other 
 charges for the several persons to possess, fortify, and plant the 
 said island, 4,500/. ; damages for two years' fruits of the island, 
 which will be lost by non-delivery of it, now reckoned according 
 to what it has formerly yielded yearly, i. e. three hundred thousand 
 1 See also Home Miscellaneous, vol. xlii, p. 52.
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 227 
 
 pounds of nutmegs, valued but at three shillings the pound, 45,000/., 
 fifty-five thousand pounds of mace, at eight shillings the pound, 
 22,000/., is per annum 67,000/., 134,000/. ; total, 157,000/. If 
 the Dutch consent to the island being detained from those now 
 sent by the English Company in the aforesaid ships to possess it, 
 then the latter think that present satisfaction should be adjusted 
 and paid to them ; and though the Dutch may pretend that the 
 island will yet be delivered up, yet the value of the English Com- 
 pany's losses ought still to be adjusted and security for payment 
 obtained, to be made when the fact shall be evinced. Their Lord- 
 ships are further entreated to consider that by the treaty of 1654 
 the Dutch are obliged to deliver up the said island in the same 
 condition in which it was at the time of the treaty ; so that if 
 the Company prove any waste to have been caused by the Dutch, 
 the latter ought to give satisfaction for the same, (i p.) 
 
 Petition of the Company to the King, June 29, 1662 [Ibid., 
 no. 133 ^). 
 
 They hope they have satisfied the Lords Commissioners appointed 
 to treat with the Dutch of their undoubted right to the island of 
 Pulo Run, and of the duty of the Dutch by all obligations of 
 national faith and common honesty to have restored it to them 
 long since, but more especially now after the many addresses 
 made to their ambassadors and to their Company, and the great 
 and costly expedition of ships, men, and material sent out by the 
 petitioners for planting the said island, they being encouraged to 
 do so by a royal commission under the great seal of England. As 
 further evidence of the injustice of the Dutch in detaining the 
 island and of the consequent damages sustained by the petitioners, 
 His Majesty is entreated to consider the annexed remonstrance. 
 The present East India stock was begotten by hopes of recovering 
 the fruits of Pulo Run, and the great advantages of the trade that 
 might from thence be acquired in the south seas of India, Japan, 
 and China. The petitioners find that without fulfilment of these 
 hopes they cannot thrive, that their trade to all other parts of 
 India will be extinguished, and the Dutch become sole masters 
 of that vast commerce, and by its advantage enhance all com- 
 
 ' For a copy see Home Miscellaneous, vol. xlii, p. 53. 
 Q 2
 
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 moditics to their European neighbours, as they have already done 
 with their spices, and so by their immense wealth be able to give 
 laws to all. The petitioners therefore pray His Majesty to provide 
 that the Dutch give them effectual command, both from their 
 States and their Company to their ministers in Batavia and Banda, 
 for the delivery of Pulo Run according to the Articles of 1623 and 
 1654, without further delay, and make full reparation for the 
 damages already caused by its detention. Signed Tho. Cham- 
 brelan, Govr. (| p.) 
 
 Petition of the Company to the King, June 29, 1662 
 {Public Record Office : CO. yy, vol. viii, no. 135 ^). 
 
 Upon the death of Nathaniel Wych, their President at Surat, 
 Matthew Andrews, one of their factors, ' intruded into the said 
 Presidency ' without any warrant or subsequent allowance from 
 them, and has continued to exercise that authority most extrava- 
 gantly in their affairs to their great prejudice and his own advantage. 
 Andrews, knowing that the petitioners would not leave him in 
 power, but send out (as they have done in their last ships) a man 
 of more honesty and integrity to preside over affairs and call him 
 and all others to account in India, and also knowing that he will 
 be unable to justify his actions, designed, as the petitioners are 
 advised, to retire with his gains from India last April, in a ship 
 built there for that purpose, and to betake himself and his estate 
 to Genoa or Leghorn to avoid the legal proceedings by which the 
 Company can obtain reparation for the many and great damages 
 they have sustained through him. Therefore the petitioners pray 
 for the King's royal letters to the Duke of Florence and the State 
 of Genoa in favour of those whom they may empower to take 
 proceedings against the said Andrews, if he and his estate shall 
 be found in their dominions, that due expedition of justice in the 
 legal prosecution of their rights may be had. Signed Tho. Cham- 
 brelan, Govr. (i p.) 
 
 Warrant, Hampton Court, June 30, 1662 [Public Record Office : 
 S.P. Dom. : vol. Ivi, no. 123). 
 
 For a grant to Sir Charles Berkeley, Deputy-Governor of Ports- 
 
 * For a copy see Home Miscellaneous, vol. xlii, p. 54.
 
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 mouth, of the King's moiety of a quantity of goods, supposed to 
 belong to the East India Company, discovered hid in a hay-mow 
 near Portsmouth, and forfeit because they seem to have paid no 
 custom at their importation. [Entry Book III, p. 62.] 
 
 A Court of Committees, July 2, 1662 {Court Book, vol. xxiv, 
 p. 501). 
 
 On consideration of the writing received from Sir John Webster, 
 in which an endeavour is made by the Dutch to get Pulo Run 
 from the Company by treaty, the Court resolves unanimously not 
 to part with the island on any terms whatsoever. The owners of 
 the Constantinople Merchant to be paid 2,oooZ. and the owners of 
 the Eagle 3,000/. on account of freight and demurrage. Any owner, 
 master, or mariner delivering any goods belonging to Matthew 
 Andrews into the Company's custody is to be saved harmless. 
 Francis Clarke to be given a chest or two of red earth, and those 
 who desire it a bag or two of wool, to try the markets abroad, on 
 giving a note to pay for the same as the next shall be sold. The 
 draft of a letter to Sir John Webster in answer to his of the 7th 
 instant (N.S.) is read, approved, and ordered to be signed by the 
 Governor, (i p.) 
 
 The Company to Sir John Webster, July 3, 1662 [Home 
 Miscellaneous, vol. xlii, p. 56). 
 
 His letter of the 7th current brought them further evidence of 
 his continued care towards their good agreement with the Dutch. 
 They would have been well pleased if the enclosed copy of the 
 letter to Sir John from the Deputies of the Dutch Company had 
 some affinity with the integrity and candour with which he has 
 mediated, and with which they themselves have moved towards 
 the overtures made. They have never seen a letter ' soe extreamly 
 heterogenious and dissonant in its resolveing part from its pro- 
 fessing preface ; had it bine an English style, wee must have said 
 that the first and latter part of it could not possibly have bine the 
 birth of the same heart and brayne '. No rational man could 
 believe that the Dutch wish to live in friendship and harmony 
 with them when, previous to a treaty for reparation of past injuries, 
 they expect to be left in possession of Pulo Run, a place to which
 
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 the English Company has undoubted legal right by all the laws of 
 nations, and which the Dutch have by more than one solemn 
 treaty engaged to restore to them. The Dutch allege that the 
 island, if possessed by the English, will be a stumbling stone, and 
 occasion continual disputes ; but they should consider why the 
 two nations should not be neighbours and yet continue friends, 
 and that the same argument might be used for the removal of the 
 English from all places where their factories are near those of other 
 nations. The real reason, as the writers conjecture, is that the 
 Dutch in their unlimited avarice wish to engross the trade of the 
 whole world ; for they cannot reasonably urge that the English 
 should relinquish their right to Pulo Run to gratify the Dutch 
 jealousy, until they can accuse them of some such intrusion as 
 they themselves have made. The Dutch think themselves ' in 
 the same condition as the Romans were with the Carthagenians 
 when they tould them they would treat of peace when they had 
 removed their citty ten miles further into the country '. Neither 
 can the Dutch believe the English to be so tame and insensible 
 as to be persuaded that the way to a reglement to future commerce 
 is to resign the principal probability to their advantage in the trade. 
 If, as Sir John says, the Dutch have spices enough without Pulo 
 Run, that is one argument why they should the less envy the English 
 their ' little vineyard ', which, the Dutch allege, will give no fruit 
 under ten years. They desire Sir John to inform the Dutch Com- 
 pany that they will 'never recede from their integrity, but effectu- 
 ally make good whatsoever wee have profest of a desire to make 
 an amicable close of all past disputes and settle the commerce in 
 future on terms of indifferency and honour ' ; but they can give 
 no hopes of letting the Dutch have a lease of Pulo Run, either for 
 their offer of money or threats of setting open all the trade but 
 that of the Moluccas and Ceylon. Pulo Run will yield fruit before 
 the lapse of ten years if the Dutch have not, contrary to the Articles 
 of 1654, repeated their former devastations of the spice trees on 
 it. They beg Sir John to forgive the just indignation they cannot 
 conceal in their reply to such extravagant proposals, which are 
 like those ' made to the Isralites, to purchase peace with the 
 price of their right eyes ', and they express their sense of grateful 
 obligation to him for his ' love and kindnesse '. (i| pp.)
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 231 
 
 A Court of Committees, July 4, 1662 [Court Book, vol. xxiv, 
 p. 502). 
 
 Certain Committees are requested to examine and report on the 
 transactions and accounts of Mr. Buckeridge while he was employed 
 in Persia. Sir Richard Ford, with as many of the Committee for 
 the Dutch Business as please, is to acquaint the Lord Chancellor 
 with the advice lately received from Holland touching the amicable 
 treaty between the two Companies, first proposed by the Dutch, 
 and desire his direction how to proceed in the matter. Calicoes 
 bought by Alderman Bathurst to be examined, and suitable 
 allowance made for those found damaged, (f p.) 
 
 The Contents of the Dutch Ambassadors' Memorial, July, 
 1662 [Public Record Office : S.P.F. Treaty Papers, vol. xlvi, p. 396).^ 
 
 The States-General did, to show their readiness to conclude the 
 treaty, authorize the ambassadors to consent to the greatest part 
 of the project offered by His Majesty the 27 June/7 July, 1662, 
 though far different from that Their Lordships had at first pro- 
 posed, only adding one new article immediately after the nth 
 of the project, which is that now in controversy. Observations 
 thereon. And whereas it is suggested to His Majesty that, this 
 granted, new demands might arise on the part of the States, the 
 ambassadors declaring they have not power to conclude the 
 treaty, it is a mistake. The ambassadors said they had not power 
 to conclude except this article were inserted and the terme a quo 
 taken from 1659 in conformity to the project presented 10/20 May, 
 1662. And the ambassadors here declare plainly that they have 
 power to conclude, this article being comprised, and the 14th 
 being framed according to the said project of 10/20 May, which 
 relates to the commissioners to be appointed and to the Island of 
 Pulo Run. The ambassadors were likewise misunderstood by the 
 commissioners when they apprehended the ambassadors to have 
 said all should be granted except only the term. The ambassadors 
 only said, all would be easily agreed upon if the term were once 
 fixed, as appears from their notes on the conference of 10/20 May. 
 
 • The memorial is given in full in S.P. Holland, vol. i66, p. ii, endorsed as received 
 July 4, 1662.
 
 232 COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 However, the ambassadors conclude, seeing the commissioners 
 took all for granted and agreed, save only the term, that those 
 clauses in consideration whereof the States yielded to the deputa- 
 tion of commissioners are likewise granted and yielded to, and 
 so the aforesaid project is yielded to be inserted in the treaty. 
 The difficulty then lies in the term. The reasons why the States 
 cannot agree to 1654. The States consider the deputation of 
 commissioners as of great importance, their subjects being privileged 
 not to appear before any foreign judge, unless they themselves 
 please, that sort of procedure having been rarely found of any use 
 or effectual ; the differences are best decided by amicable com- 
 posure, or the ordinary ways of justice, those alone under the 
 Usurper which related to the judges having been determined that 
 way and indeed rather by the consent of parties even then. Never 
 any such decisory power was given to any commissioners on like 
 occasions under His Majesty's predecessors. The reason why 
 in the time of the Usurper the States agreed to such a deputation 
 was because, the two nations being then heated against one another 
 by the war, the ordinary judges could hardly be expected to be 
 equitable in their sentences. Notwithstanding the States have 
 agreed to this deputation upon the conditions offered in the 
 Memoriall of 10/20 May. Now, if the term were taken from 1654 • 
 I. The commissioners would be oppressed with the multitude of 
 causes. 2. All differences, at least those that were well grounded, 
 arisen between 1654 and 1659 were decided by amicable means, 
 as the Postilion, etc., and those that were not so decided were 
 found to be unjust, which satisfied the then Powers. And the 
 States further beg His Majesty would consider how willing he would 
 be to satisfy for such violences as during the intermediate term 
 insisted on were done by the Usurpers to the subjects of the States. 
 As to Pouleron, the ambassadors refer to their memorial of 6/16 
 June in answer to His Majesty's letter by Mr. Secretary Morice 
 and to the memorial presented to the commissioners the 20/30 June. 
 This, with all the assurances possible of the readiness and passion 
 the States have to conclude this treaty, the ambassadors thought 
 fit to represent to His Majesty, in the interim till they shall receive 
 their superiors' answer to His Majesty's memorial of the 27 June/ 
 7 July, which they expect speedily. (3I pp.)
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 233 
 
 Extract of a Letter from the Dutch Ambassadors at 
 Chelsea to the States-General, July 4/14, 1662 {Public 
 Record Office: S. P. Holland, vol. clxvi, f. 33). 
 
 With regard to their negotiation they see no sign of the King's 
 commissioners consenting to go any further, either concerning the 
 island of Pulo Run or in reducing the articles listed to form the 
 treaty, before the King receives Their Highnesses' answer to the 
 memorial His Majesty caused to be delivered to them on the 
 7th instant, and which they sent the same day to Their Highnesses. 
 Having discussed the said memorial and considered it more exactly, 
 they find that the commissioners have reported many things not 
 in accord with their memorials and notes, and inasmuch as they 
 are not qualified to conclude the treaty they think it necessary for 
 their justification to set down the annexed narrative and give it 
 to one of the Secretaries of State. They hope their former letter 
 with the said memorial from the King will be delivered to Their 
 Highnesses, but think it their duty to send a duplicate, and beg 
 for a reply as soon as possible. The King and all his ministers are 
 firmly resolved that the term a quo must begin from 1654, for all 
 damages committed outside the Indies ; otherwise there is nothing 
 more to be done here. {French, if pp.) 
 
 Petition of the Company to the Duke of York, July 5, 
 1662 {Home Miscellaneous, vol. xlii, p. 59). 
 
 They return him humble thanku for his mediation, by which 
 they obtained the King's letters to the Duke of Tuscany and the 
 State of Genoa to give the Company's procurators speedy justice 
 against the person and estate of Matthew Andrews, the petitioners' 
 late Agent at Surat, in case he shall have arrived in their territory. 
 They have received credible information that the said Andrews 
 has kept up a continued correspondence with Titchbournc, the 
 convict traitor ; therefore they pray His Royal Highness to give 
 express orders to the commanders of His Majesty's ships that are 
 or shall be in the Mediterranean to seize the Loyal Welcome^ the 
 vessel Andrews had built in India, or any other ship sailed by 
 Englishmen from those parts, as transgressors against the royal 
 charter granted to the Company, and send them home to England
 
 234 COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 under sufficient guard, that His Majesty may receive his proper 
 customs and the delinquents be punished as they deserve. (|- p.) 
 
 Petition of the Company to the Lord Treasurer [? July, 
 1662] {Ibid., p. 60). 
 
 By the charter all persons not belonging to the Company are 
 excluded under severe penalty from all trade to and from those 
 parts limited in the said charter to the petitioners. Notwith- 
 standing this, they find that great encroachments are made daily 
 upon His Majesty's revenue and their own privileges by the prac- 
 tices of some covetous persons, who by corrupting the com- 
 manders of the petitioners' ships manage to trade in them privately 
 both out and home, and, either by deceiving or corrupting the 
 officers of the customs, convey their goods secretly to and from the 
 said ships, thus defrauding the King of his customs and the 
 petitioners of their rights. To prevent this, the petitioners humbly 
 pray His Lordship to give express command to the commissioners 
 and officers of the customs to appoint some of the King's officers, 
 when requested by the Company, to assist their servants in dis- 
 charging and landing all goods not belonging to the Company 
 found in any of their ships from India, that the King's customs 
 may be secured and the petitioners learn how and on whom to 
 right themselves, (f p.) 
 
 The Company to Captain Millet, July 7, 1662 {Ibid., p. 61). 
 
 Congratulate him upon his safe arrival into the Downs. They 
 take it ' as a respect ' that he craves their advice as to the delivery 
 of the letter from the ' Sultan of Bantam ' to the King, and desire 
 him, as soon as his ship is moored in the river, to hasten to the 
 East India House with the said letter, when the Governor will take 
 care ' to have the letter and yourselfe accompanied to the King 
 with that respect of theirs as may not lessen your esteeme '. (| p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, July 9, 1662 {Court Book, vol. xxiv, 
 p. 503). 
 
 Several letters and instructions for dispatch in the George and 
 Martha are read and ordered to be engrossed ready for signing at 
 the next court. A bill of exchange payable to Codrington is not
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 235 
 
 accepted, as there are no books of accounts to hand referring to 
 it ; but he is promised that he shall receive interest, if it is found 
 that it ought to have been accepted and paid. (|- p.) 
 
 The Company to Vincent Delabar [at Dover], July 9, 1662 
 [Letter Book, vol. iii, p. 147). 
 
 Yesterday they gave order to Captain Egmont, commander of 
 the George and Martha (now bound for Guinea on their account), 
 to sail from Gravesend to the Downs ; on his arrival there, they 
 desire Delabar to lade the ten cases of sayes aboard the said vessel 
 and cause the commander to sign the three bills of lading enclosed. 
 Two of these Delabar is to return, and the third he is to forward 
 to the Agent at Fort Cormantine. (|- p.) 
 
 The Company to Joseph Bathurst and Richard Manning 
 [at Amsterdam], July ii, 1662 [Ibid., p. 148). 
 
 Have received theirs of the 7th instant with enclosed papers. 
 The sayes have been landed at Dover, and the ' driven kettles ' 
 received, but not the ' Guinea neptune '. They send several 
 letters received from India and desire they may be delivered as 
 directed. They also enclose a list of the cargoes of the Coast 
 Frigate from Coromandel and the Loyal Merchant from Bantam; 
 for the goods returned in these and their former ships a sale is to 
 be held on the 5th prox. The commander of the Loyal Merchant 
 reports that he parted with four Dutch East India ships in about 
 36° north latitude, and that four other ships expected at Cape 
 Bonesperance or St. Helena are missing and suspected to be 
 lost. {\ p.) 
 
 The Company to Thomas Dethick and Richard Browne [at 
 Leghorn], July ii, 1662 [Ihid., p. 148). 
 
 Desire them to advise in their next the price of ' Corrall Grezio 
 of the best sort ' ; the last received was ' reasonable good but 
 exceeding deare ', Enclosed they send a letter directed to any 
 one of the commanders of His Majesty's ships in the Straits. It 
 contains matter of concernment both to the King and to the 
 Company ^ ; therefore they are to be very careful to deliver it. 
 
 ' Doubtless this was the result of the petition to the Duke of York (p. 233).
 
 236 COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 If no ships come to their port, they should ascertain whether 
 there be any at Genoa, and if so dispeed it thither to be delivered 
 as directed, {h p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, July ii, 1662 [Court Book, vol. xxiv, 
 P- 504). 
 
 A bill of exchange from Guinea payable to Richard Matthews 
 to be accepted. John Davis, who translated the history of Muscovy, 
 Tartary, Persia, and the East Indies into English ^ and presented 
 a copy to the Company, to be gratified with 30/., to be paid out 
 of the fines for private trade. Mr. Acton's account to be examined. 
 The Governor is given leave to order the delivery, free of fine, of 
 ' tockens ' ^ not exceeding five pieces of calicoes, but for any over 
 and above that number the fine will be exacted. Mr. Thompson, 
 the minister, having 200 pieces of calico and having only asked 
 for remission on half that number, he is ordered to pay the fine 
 on the remainder. Thomas Andrews to be requested to clear his 
 goods from the Company's warehouse. Such warehouses as may 
 be necessary and convenient for the Company to be hired at 
 Mr. Williams's house. The accounts of [George] Morton, who died 
 in Persia, and of John Edwards, to be examined and made up ; 
 and Puleston's security to be requested to clear the debt he owes 
 the Company. The Committee for the Dutch Business are desired 
 to make a timely demand upon the Dutch on behalf of the Company 
 for damage sustained at Cape Coast, and Messrs. Sambrooke to 
 examine the books, letters, and papers, and supply such extracts 
 as are needful to make proof of the loss. Colonel Rainsford's 
 accounts to be examined, (ij pp.) 
 
 Sir George Downing at The Hague to Sir Edward Nicholas, 
 July ii, 1662 [Public Record Office: S.P. Holland, vol. clxiv, 
 p. 82). 
 
 By his letter of Wednesday last he told Sir Edward that the 
 
 ' Tke Voyages and Travels of the Ambassadors from the Duke of Holstein to the Great Duke 
 of Muscovy and the King of Persia . . . containing a compleat history of Muscovy, Tartary, 
 Persia, and other adjacent Countries. . . . Rendred into English by John Davies, of Kidwelly 
 London, 1662. 
 
 Tokens, or presents, sent home by factors in the East.
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 237 
 
 States-General had that day unanimously agreed to ' the terme 
 of 1654 ' for matters outside the East Indies, and sent word of 
 this by an express to their ambassadors. Their resolution is the 
 former project, which Sir Edward has already ' m terminis ', with 
 the alterations proposed by His Majesty's commissioners, viz. that 
 of twelve months instead of eight, and this of 1654 for matters out 
 of the East Indies. , . . De Witt has caused a preamble to be put 
 before the project concerning commissioners, whereby all matters 
 outside the East Indies before 1654, and all matters in the East 
 Indies known in London the 20th January, 1659, should be declared 
 and taken to be null and void. This is wholly new. Till now there 
 was no preamble before that project, nor any clause or words of 
 that nature, and moreover in the resolution of the States-General 
 of the loth May last, they there used as an argument to press 
 His Majesty to yield to the term of 1659 that, although matters 
 before that time should not be referred to commissioners, yet they 
 were not thereby ' extinguished ', but still left to other ordinary 
 remedies. De Witt now ' finding himselfe pinched in the businesse 
 of the Bona Esperanza and Henry Bona Adventure, and that 
 neither the treaty of 1654 or 1659 are sufficient to acquit them, 
 they would now have a new and enacting positive clause to cut 
 them off '. It is true the King has declared that he will have 
 commissioners for matters in the East Indies only from 1659, but 
 it is one thing not to obtain the privilege of commissioners for 
 those whose grievances were before that time, and another to cut 
 them off from all other right and remedy which of due belongs 
 to them. If the treaties of 1654 or 1659 do cut them off, they are 
 contented to abide by them ; but for Sir Edward to insert any 
 clause or words to cut them off is quite another matter, and would 
 make a greater noise than he can imagine. Downing cannot 
 conceive that this will ever be yielded to, and for his part sees no 
 reason for any such preamble. There are several causes of an 
 older date than those, now in dependence before the courts at The 
 Hague, and the people concerned in them have been at vast 
 expense, and will, if the said preamble is admitted, be cut off 
 also. (3 pp.)
 
 238 COURT iMINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 The Company to John Launce [at Marseilles], July 14, 
 1662 {Letter Book, vol. iii, p. 159). 
 
 Advise the safe arrival of his letters, with the packet he for- 
 warded from Aleppo. Desire to know the price of the best branch 
 coral. Send enclosed a letter directed to any one of the com- 
 manders of the King's ships, which he is to see carefully delivered, 
 as it is a matter of concern both to His Majesty and the Com- 
 pany, (i p.) 
 
 Declaration by the King, Hampton Court, July 16, 1662 
 {Public Record Office: S.P. Dom. : vol. Ivii, no. 65^). 
 
 That if the freight of goods and merchandise to be reladen 
 homewards by the East India Company on four out of five ships 
 victualled by them, and conveying 450 landsmen to the Indies, 
 do not defray the 11,000/. advanced by them for the said victualling, 
 the overplus shall be allowed them out of the Company's customs ; 
 also, that the Convertine, one of the said ships, though foreign 
 built, shall only pay English customs. [Entry Book VII, p. 163.] 
 
 A Court of Committees, July 16, 1662 {Court Book, vol. xxiv, 
 p. 505). 
 
 A bill of exchange from Bantam, payable to Captain Nicholas 
 Millett, to be accepted ; also one from Guinea, payable to Robert 
 Taylor, for gold delivered there at 3/. 65. the ounce. Advice to be 
 sent out that bills given for money paid into the Company's cash 
 (except in the case of estates of men deceased) shall be made 
 payable at a certain time after the arrival of the ships in which 
 they are sent, in order that all risk of the return of the money 
 shall be borne by those who are to receive the same. A certificate 
 is read in which it is stated that the cloth consigned to Colonel 
 Henry Rainsford is for the account of a Banyan, Deoldas Goordas ; 
 hereupon direction is given for care to be taken that all he owes 
 in the country is cleared. A survey to be taken and report made 
 of the condition and age of the East India Merchant, Coast Frigate, 
 African, and American, that choice may be made of one of them 
 to go to Guinea and the Coast. On consideration of the state of 
 
 * See also no. 125 in the same volume.
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 239 
 
 the Company's trade to Guinea, the Committee for the Dutch 
 Business is desired to address the Duke [of York] or treat with 
 Sir George Carteret, for liberty to send a ship or two to fetch away 
 the Company's estate remaining there, and for some slight goods 
 to be taken to sell whilst the vessel stays, until opportunity occurs 
 to make some further arrangements with His Highness touching 
 that trade, (ij pp.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, July 23, 1662 {Ibid., p. 506). 
 
 Stick-lac to be delivered to Mr. Midleton. A bag or two of each 
 sort of saltpetre to be delivered to the powdermakers, for them 
 to prove and ascertain how best to buy it. The Governor is desired 
 to have an exact trial made of the saltpetre, that it may be more 
 easily priced for the sale. No allowance to be made on Mr. Thomp- 
 son's indigo. Sir William Rider to be allowed something on the 
 cardamoms he bought. A bill of exchange from Surat, payable 
 to Alderman John Wall, to be accepted and paid. Two dozen 
 new chairs to be provided for the ' great parlour '. Directions 
 to be given for money to be received into the Company's cash in 
 the East, and for bills to be given for the same, in accordance with 
 instructions to be issued by the Governor, Deputy, and Com- 
 mittees of the Treasury. It is resolved that six months' discount 
 shall be allowed from the ist of September next upon the goods 
 to be sold on the 5th of next August, this to be announced at the 
 beginning of the sale ; and any buyer who shall clear and take 
 away his goods by the ist of November is to be allowed, over and 
 above his discount, one per cent, for prompt payment. Fines on 
 calicoes remitted to Mary Beard, whose husband is a prisoner at 
 Ceylon, and to Jeremy Gallway on ' allejars and pulfettose '. 
 {ilpp.) 
 
 Petition of John Russell and Others to the King, July 24, 
 1662 [Public Record Office : S.P. Dom. : vol. Ivii, no. 100). 
 
 That they, as the first proposers, may have the entire manage- 
 ment of an Insurance Company for navigation, which, if rightly 
 settled and regulated, will prove very advantageous to trade and 
 navigation. With report thereon by the Council for Trade, that the 
 proposals are to raise a joint stock of 100,000/. or more, to be vested
 
 240 COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 with the East India Company, or in some public secure way, so as 
 to become an encouragement to ship-owners, etc., to ensure, and 
 a great public service. . . . 
 
 A Court of Committees, July 30, 1662 [Court Book, vol, xxiv, 
 p. 508). 
 
 After consideration of the conditions of the preamble for sale, 
 the Court votes that all goods shall be sold at six months from the 
 ist of September next, and discount allowed for two months more 
 on goods cleared and taken away by the ist of March, with an 
 additional one per cent, for prompt payment to those who clear 
 and take away their goods by the ist of December next ; those 
 who fail to fulfil their contracts by the ist of March, besides suffer- 
 ing the penalty for breach of contract, will also be denied the 
 benefit of the two months' discount. Mr. Chappell, a principal 
 witness of the damage sustained by the last fire at Cape Coast, 
 consents to postpone his intended visit to the country until after 
 he has been examined ; at his request, the Court orders his account 
 to be made up. Calicoes to be the first goods offered at the sale. 
 Debtors who fail to clear their accounts with the Company, after 
 one or two warnings, are to be sued. Raw silk brought home by 
 Mr. Buckeridg to be delivered to him, (i^ pp.) 
 
 Warrant from Lord Southampton to Sir Thomas Player, 
 July 31, 1662 [Public Record Office : Entry Book III, p. 382), 
 
 To pay, out of the portions of the eighteen months' assessments 
 hypothecated to the City, 10,500/. to the Trustees of the Fourth 
 Joint Stock in the East India Company, and 300Z. to Sir Nicholas 
 Crisp. 
 
 A Court of Committees, August i, 1662 [Court Book, vol. xxiv, 
 p. 509). 
 
 The rules and orders of observance to the chair in court time 
 having been of late infringed by the holding of private conferences 
 to the prejudice of public business, the Court decrees that in 
 future, when the Court is ' once sett ', all discourse, except that 
 addressed to the Governor, shall cease at the warning of a knock 
 with the hammer ; any one transgressing in this way to pay 12^
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 241 
 
 to the poor-box ; if any stranger shall be in court, he is not to be 
 addressed except by or through the Governor, under a like penalty. 
 Sir Richard Ford reports that the King desired him, when on 
 board the Loyal Merchant, to inform the Court that he wished 
 them to dispose of his pepper and ginger to the best advantage 
 and tell him of the result, that he may consider what to return to 
 the King of Bantam. The account of Thomas Lever, who died 
 at Jambi, to be examined. The draft of a preamble for sale of 
 goods on the 5th instant is read and approved, (i p.) 
 
 Order of Council, August 3, 1662 [Public Record Office : Privy 
 Council Register, vol. Ivi, p. 83). 
 
 Upon the humble request of Francis Meynell, one of the sheriffs 
 of London, this day presented, praying for licence and permission 
 to sell unto and supply the East India Company and other mer- 
 chants with the value of 30,000/. in gold and silver of foreign coin 
 and bullion, and to transport the same for the maintenance and 
 advancement of trade, and engaging to bring into His Majesty's 
 mint 15,000/. of foreign coin and bullion within the space of twelve 
 months next ensuing ; by order of the Council he is licensed and 
 permitted to do as he requests on the conditions stated. He is 
 also told to attend the Lord High Treasurer and the Chancellor 
 of the Exchequer to consult about the manner and way in which 
 this business shall be effected, Their Lordships to take such security 
 for due performance of the same as they shall think fit.^ 
 
 Petition of the Earl of Bath ^ and Sir Henry Bennet ^ 
 TO THE King [August, 1662] {Home Miscellaneous, vol. xlii, 
 p. 67). 
 
 Showing that the Dutch have by force of evil practices dis- 
 possessed the East India Company of Pulo Run, the trade of the 
 Banda Islands, the factory of Amboyna and the Moluccas, and 
 
 » See also a warrant of the same date to the Commissioners of Customs in Entry Book X 
 (p. 107). 
 
 * John Grenville, Earl of Bath, was at this time Groom of the Stole, besides holding 
 other offices at court. He took considerable interest in the East India trade. 
 
 * Better known by his later title of Lord Arlinf;ton. He was now Keeper of the Privy 
 Purse, but a few months later he became Secretary of State. 
 
 248a R
 
 242 COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 ousted the said Company and His Majesty's nearest allies, the 
 Portuguese, from all commerce upon the island of Ceylon, from 
 which places only the most excellent spices are to be had ; they 
 have also prohibited their people, on pain of capital punishment, 
 from selling any of these spices to the King's subjects in the East, 
 but dispose of them themselves to other parts of the Indies at such 
 prices that they cannot be procured and sold in Europe at the same 
 rate. By a late Act of Parliament ^ the importation of all spices 
 from the Netherlands and Germany is prohibited, on penalty of 
 forfeiture of both ship and goods ; so that even the King's house- 
 hold, as well as his subjects, are likely to want these wholesome 
 and necessary spices for medicine or diet, unless an attempt is 
 made to bring them from Holland secretly, in which case His 
 Majesty's revenue would suffer loss, and the said spices be obtain- 
 able only at such excessive rates as the smugglers like to charge. 
 To prevent all these inconveniences, until such time as the East 
 India Company shall recover their own possessions in the East 
 and so be able to supply these spices, the petitioners pray that they 
 and their assigns may be granted a free licence and authority 
 under the great seal of England to bring yearly into the port of 
 London only, from any place or places beyond seas, in any English 
 ship or ships 100,000 lb. of nutmegs, 40,000 lb. of mace, 50,000 lb. 
 of cloves, and 50,000 lb. of cinnamon, with the King's part of the 
 forfeitures or compositions had or made on any of the said spices 
 imported contrary to law and without the royal licence, the 
 petitioners paying for the said licence and forfeiture an annual 
 rent of 500^. into the Exchequer, or such other sum as His Majesty 
 shall think fit. 
 
 Annexed is an order of the King in Council, dated at Hampton 
 Court, August 4, 1662, in which His Majesty, being graciously 
 inclined to favour the above petition, recommends it to the considera- 
 tion of the Lord High Treasurer and the Chancellor of the Exchequer, 
 or either of them, to report how this may be done most agreeably to 
 the King's service and his gracious intentions towards the petitioners. 
 Also a note from the Chancellor of the Exchequer, dated September 2, 
 
 ' Act 13 and i4Chas.II,c. 11, sec. 23, interpreting the previous Navigation Act (12 Chas. II, 
 c. 18), absolutely prohibited the importation of ' spicery ' and certain other goods from 
 Holland and Germany.
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 243 
 
 1662, desiring the petitioners to show their said petition to the East 
 India Company, so that they may give their opinion on the same. 
 (2 pp.) 
 
 A General Court of Sales, August 5, 1662 {Court Book, 
 vol. xxiv, p. 510). 
 
 Sale of mercolees, broad and narrow chintz, broad and narrow 
 blue and white baftas, niccanees, pintado quilts, broad and narrow 
 tapseils, longcloth, brown betteles, catchaes, duppetin catchaes, 
 challaes, taffetas, cavanees, salampores, morees, oringall betteles, 
 percalles, eckbarees, calicoes, cotton yarn, Jambi, Malabar and 
 Quilon pepper, coffee,^ cardamoms, spikenard, shell-lac, seed-lac, 
 stick-lac, olibanum, aloes epatica, aloes succatrina, benzoin, senna, 
 cassia lignum, turmeric, myrrh, tincal, green ginger, goats' wool, 
 cowries, saltpetre, and red earth, with prices and names of pur- 
 chasers, i^-olpp.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, August 8, 1662 {Ibid., p. 520). 
 
 A fine on calicoes is remitted to Alice Kerby, whose husband 
 died in the Eagle. Sir Nicholas Crispe propounds a project for 
 bringing spices from Holland ' by allowance ' ; but the Court 
 objects for many reasons, and ' hee semed to be soe farr satisfied 
 as to lay downe his designe '. George Papillon is awarded a gratuity 
 of 20/., but his request for an increase of salary is deferred until 
 the next election. The ships Loyal Merchant and African are 
 chosen to go to Surat. Captain Weld [Charles Wylde] declares 
 his readiness to submit to the Court's decision concerning the 
 private trade returned in the Barbadoes Merchant. The accounts 
 of freight of the several ships returned home to be made up. (i p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, August ii, 1662 {Ibid., p. 521). 
 
 The bond of John Edwards, who died at Bantam, to be delivered 
 up to be cancelled. Cavanees to be delivered free of fine to Mary 
 Simpson, whose husband was shot to pieces in the Barbadoes 
 Merchant. The committee for drawing up letters are desired to 
 meet next Thursday afternoon, to give instructions concerning 
 
 * Ninety-one bags, sold at prices varying from 121s. to i6is. per cwt 
 
 R 2
 
 244 COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 letters to be sent overland to India. The American to be enter- 
 tained for Guinea and the Coast, if her owners will accept the 
 Company's terms. {\ p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, August 15, 1662 [Court Book, vol. xxiv, 
 p. 522). 
 
 The minutes of a meeting of twelve Committees on the nth 
 instant are read, approved, and declared to be as authentic as the 
 acts of this present Court. Benzoin to be delivered to Edward 
 Francis, surgeon. Edward Clarke is granted remission of fine on 
 certain calicoes returned in the Eagle. The Committee for Private 
 Trade are desired to cause unprohibited goods to be delivered. 
 A list of goods, to be sent overland to Surat, is read and approved. 
 The Court orders that persons who shall infringe the conditions 
 of charterparty in freighted ships shall not be employed again in 
 the Company's service, (f p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, August 20, 1662 [Ibid., p. 523). 
 
 Painted calicoes belonging to Farnando Correa to be delivered 
 to him on payment of a fine of 5/. ; and seventeen pieces of calicoes 
 to be delivered free to Edward Winter, being tokens sent to his 
 three sisters and other relatives. Captain Browne declares his 
 willingness to refer himself to the Governor and Deputy concern- 
 ing his private trade. Mr. King allowed an abatement on damaged 
 sugar. An additional 2,000/. to be paid to the owners of the 
 American on account of freight and demurrage, (i p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, August 22, 1662 [Ibid., p. 524). 
 
 Calicoes to be delivered, on payment of the fine, to Thomas 
 Thompson, minister, lately returned from Surat, to John Mallison, 
 late commander of the American, and to William Kennon, purser 
 of the Loyal Merchant ; and some forty-five pieces to be delivered 
 free to Mrs. Good, whose husband died in the Eagle. As a mark 
 of special favour and because of ' the good service and honour he 
 hath done this kingdome and the Company by his deportment ', 
 Captain Nicholas Millett, commander of the Loyal Merchant, is 
 to have his goods delivered to him free of fine, except some black 
 pepper, which the Court resolves to keep and allow him for at the
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 245 
 
 rate of 6s. 6d. the rial ; he is also to be presented with a piece of 
 plate to the value of 30Z. An account to be taken of all private 
 trade remaining in the Company's warehouse for prohibited goods. 
 The desire of the powdermakers to assign a tally for 3,100/., which 
 they have upon the Customhouse, to the Company in exchange 
 for saltpetre is agreed to. Some calicoes that were seized coming 
 from Plymouth to be delivered to Captain Porter, he having 
 made an affidavit that they were some he brought home in the 
 East India Merchant, for which he has already paid the fine. 
 (i| pp.) 
 
 Sir Andrew Riccard's Answers to Thomas Skinner's 
 Articles, August 22, 1662 {Home Miscellaneous, vol. xlii, 
 p. 62). 
 
 To the 1st and 2nd Articles he replies that the adventurers in 
 the United Stock who carried on the East India trade, finding it 
 necessary to draw that Stock to a balance, that all interested 
 might know their proportions, valued their houses, forts, and 
 remains, but did not expose them to public sale, for the Company 
 have them still. To the 3rd, the Company did not renounce their 
 trade or royal charters, nor is the Joint Stock (on foot in 1654) 
 yet concluded, neither did they give any toleration to others to 
 trade to India ; but several persons invaded the Company's 
 privileges by means of licences procured from ' the Usurper Oliver ', 
 and traded during the greater part of the time mentioned, the 
 Company not being able to restrain them. To the 4th, the Com- 
 pany both traded and sent advices to their agents in the Indies 
 during the time mentioned, as they found most convenient and 
 advantageous, and did not discharge their agents. To the 5th, 
 it is replied that, when Cromwell confined the trade again to a joint 
 stock, the Company thought it no harm to keep alive their privileges 
 by using his commission. They deny that they called it the New 
 East India Company. To the 6th and 7th, the persons and ship 
 mentioned in these were entertained and employed by the New 
 General Stock. To the 8th ; this is probable. To the 9th and 
 loth, ' hee saith he neither knoweth nor bcleiveth them '. To the 
 nth, I2th, and 13th, he answers that he finds by advices from 
 Bantam in copies of Frederick Skinner's letters of the 5th and
 
 246 COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 Qth February, 1659, to his brother Thomas of Jambi, that the 
 white pepper and nutmegs in the Thomas belonged to the said 
 Frederick and were consigned to Thomas Lever of Jambi, but 
 upon complaint to the King of that place, showing Frederick 
 Skinner to be deeply indebted to the Company, His Majesty 
 ordered these and all other goods belonging to the said Frederick 
 Skinner aboard the Thomas to be delivered to the Company's 
 factors to be disposed of as they pleased ; accordingly Kayavero 
 Berganza, the King's principal minister, went aboard the Thomas 
 with his attendants and seized the goods belonging to Frederick 
 Skinner mentioned in the Company's books and valued at 2,057 
 rials. As regards the 14th and 15th, he denies any knowledge. 
 The next three articles he contradicts. To the 19th, he replies 
 as he did to the nth, 12th, and 13th articles. The 20th and 21st 
 he denies. The next three he does not believe. To the 25th ; this 
 is probable. To the 26th ; the Company gave no such directions 
 to their factors at Jambi, and he knows of no proceedings against, 
 or seizure of the person or estate of, Thomas Skinner. As to the 
 27th he is ignorant of what passed. To the 28th ; if any such 
 protest was made, it did not concern the Company. The 29th he 
 believes to be false. As regards the 30th to the 33rd, he pleads 
 ignorance. To the 34th ; for what was received of Frederick 
 Skinner's for the Company's use, he refers to his answer to the 
 nth, i2th, and 13th articles. To the 35th; the Company are 
 responsible for any goods or merchandize belonging to Frederick 
 Skinner that came into the hands of their factors and were not 
 included in the award of the arbitrators. To the 36th ; it is 
 strange that Thomas Skinner should pretend that he was offered 
 freight at Macassar which would have yielded him 20,000 rials of 
 eight, when (as ' I have heard ') he never was at that place, and 
 when his ship was so out of repair, in want of men and stores and, 
 judging from the Company's advices, altogether incapable of 
 undertaking any voyage, and according to a letter from Frederick 
 Skinner of the 8th and loth January, 1659, would not yield 2,000 
 rials of eight. It never appears that Thomas Skinner had sufficient 
 stock to manage any such affair as he alleges, he having confessed 
 since his return to the smallness of the cargo he carried out, and 
 that the ship, her tackle, goods, and stores had been insured for
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 247 
 
 1,150/., which (Sir Andrew believes) was much more than they were 
 worth. The 37th and 38th articles he does not believe. To the 
 39th ; this is so groundless and full of fiction that, as it requires 
 little reply from the Company, so Sir Andrew can say nothing, but 
 can only wonder at Thomas Skinner for the trouble he has given 
 the King, the Lords Referees, ' yourselfe and us '. (3 pp.) 
 
 Report made to the Lords Referees touching the Busi- 
 ness OF Thomas Skinner ^ {Home Miscellaneous, vol. xlii, pp. 42-3). 
 
 In obedience to Their Lordships' commands, he has perused the 
 books and examined the business concerning the frivolous pre- 
 tences of Thomas Skinner against the East India Company, and 
 humbly conceives that from the beginning it was a mere plot to 
 defraud the said Company. Frederick Skinner, the Company's 
 agent at Bantam, ought only to have traded for his masters' 
 account and by their order ; yet he took the liberty of trading 
 with their stock and laded several ships with pepper for other 
 men's account. Daniel and Thomas Skinner, brothers of Frederick, 
 having notice that ' Oliver, the late Usurper ', intended to restrict 
 the trade to a company as formerly, they resolved to send a pinnace 
 and advise Frederick, hoping to lade her home at the Company's 
 expense. It is recorded at the Insurance Office on the Royal 
 Exchange, London, that on June 13, 1657, Daniel Skinner caused 
 the ship Thomas of Dover, burden 130 \sic\ tons, to be insured 
 with her goods by several merchants for the sum of 1,150/. as 
 a full valuation, at the rate of 10/. 165. per cent, for a year, and 
 i8j. per month for every 100/. until intimation should be given to 
 cease. On August 30, 1660, Daniel Skinner intimated to the 
 insurers that the Thomas of Dover and her goods had been cast 
 away upon the coast of Jambi, and that he renounced all right, 
 title, and interest he or those insured had in the said ship and 
 goods to the use and benefit of the said insurers, thus excluding 
 himself from the demands of any but the insurers. Thomas Lever, 
 who had been for a long time the Company's chief factor at Jambi, 
 in his journal charges 107 pieces of eight for the cost of recovering 
 the said goods from Thomas Skinner, which Lever says Skinner 
 ought to make good to the Company ; and again in the said 
 * Unsigned and undated. Probably by Sir Andrew Riccard.
 
 24S COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 journal Lever makes out an account to the Old Stock for goods 
 belonging to Frederick Skinner and taken out of the Thomas of 
 12,057 pieces of eight, and he, being a trader with Frederick 
 Skinner, knew well to whom the goods belonged. From letters 
 from the factors and commissioners at Bantam to the King of 
 Jambi and the factors of that place it appears that Frederick 
 Skinner was indebted to the Company 24,000 pieces of eight, that 
 he provided his brother Thomas with money and goods to the 
 value of 9,454 pieces of eight, and that the said Thomas had little 
 or nothing of his own. It also appears that the Company's letters 
 and instructions fell into the hands of Thomas Skinner, who had 
 given advice of the same to Frederick, and that Thomas owed 
 Frederick 9,454 pieces of eight, which rightly belong to the Com- 
 pany. Frederick Skinner gave the Company a general release 
 from the 30th of April, 1661. From all this Their Honours will 
 clearly judge : i. That Thomas Skinner has no pretence in law 
 or equity against any one but the insurers, to whom he renounced 
 all his own rights and also those of any others who were concerned 
 with him in the said ship and goods. 2. That the goods which the 
 Company obtained possession of through their agents at Jambi 
 were taken as the goods of Frederick Skinner, and served him in 
 clearing his account with the Company, to whom he has given 
 a general release. In consideration of all which Their Honours 
 are requested by their report to ease the King and the Company 
 of any ' further trouble of the impertinent and vexatious caville 
 of Thomas Skinner '. (i^ pp.) 
 
 The Company to John Launce [at Marseilles], August 25, 
 1662 {Letter Book, vol. iii, p. 165). 
 
 Send a packet of letters directed to Consul Lannoy, and request 
 that it may be forwarded by the first opportunity. (| p.) A letter 
 to the same effect is addressed to Thomas Dethick and Richard Browne 
 [at Leghorn]. Also one to Lannoy [at Aleppo], asking him to forward 
 the packet to Surat. 
 
 A Court of Committees, August 27, 1662 {Court Book, vol. xxiv, 
 p. 526). 
 
 The Court grant the request of Mrs. Leaver that some jewels, etc.,
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 249 
 
 belonging to the estate of her son Thomas, deceased at Jambi, 
 may remain untouched in the Company's hands until further 
 advice from that place. Captain Robert Browne is allowed some 
 remission of the fine on calicoes he brought home as private trade 
 in his last two voyages in the Constantinople Merchant, because of 
 his good service and submission. The Court resolves that calicoes 
 and black pepper shall in future be kept entirely for the Company, 
 and that for either of these commodities brought home in ships 
 arriving after next Christmas the full fine shall be demanded. 
 Each Committee engages not to mediate for any abatement on 
 behalf of any one offending in this respect, and it is thought fit 
 that a subscription to that effect be made by all the Committees, 
 to remain as a remembrance. The assignment by the powder- 
 makers of a tally struck in the Exchequer for 3,100/. on the Custom- 
 house and there made payable to the Company, is read and 
 approved, and direction is given for saltpetre to that value to be 
 delivered. Calicoes returned in the American to be delivered to 
 Widow Crother on payment of one-third of the fine. {i\ pp.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, September 3, 1662 [Ibid., p. 527). 
 
 Certain goods to be delivered to Richard Hollworthy, the Court 
 being satisfied that they were put upon him by the commander 
 of the Coast Frigate ; and some favour with regard to the fine is 
 ordered to be granted him when the owners of that ship shall be 
 cleared. Mr. Buckeridge requests that the rest of his goods may 
 be delivered ; hereupon Sir Andrew Riccard is added to the com- 
 mittee appointed to examine his accounts. The accounts of freight 
 of the several ships to be examined and settled. The Committee 
 for Shipping to treat for the new vessel at Blackwall for the Coast 
 and Bay, and provide in all charterparties against the three common 
 and great inconveniencics proposed for consideration by Captain 
 Prowd. After some dispute concerning the condition of affairs at 
 Guinea, it is left to the committee for that business to ' prosecute ' 
 the last petition to His Royal Highness as occasion shall require. 
 Order to be sent to Guinea for the purchase of elephants' teeth, 
 in readiness for transport to India. Cloth being very cheap, order 
 is given for some to be purchased for India. An additional 2,000/. 
 to be paid to the owners of the Barbadoes Merchant on account of
 
 250 COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 freight and demurrage, and 3,000/. to the owners of the Loyal 
 Merchant on account of freight, (i^ pp.) 
 
 The Company's Proposals to the Duke of York touching 
 Fort Kormantine, September 3, 1662 {Home Miscellaneous, 
 vol. xHi, p. 66). 
 
 I. That they may peaceably enjoy under his royal protection 
 ' the rest of your [our }] time, being two years from Christmas next.' 
 2. During that time they will pay the wages of the soldiers and 
 factors belonging to Fort Kormantine, Wyamba,^ and their house 
 at Cape Coast. 3. They will give lodging and all other accommo- 
 dation in those places to factors, not exceeding four in number, of 
 the Royal Company. 4. Their factors shall furnish the factors of 
 the Royal Company with such an assortment of goods as shall be 
 necessary for the advantage of their trade of negroes to the value 
 of 6,000/. a year, as they cost being put aboard in England, and 
 the factors of the Royal Company shall, for what is so delivered 
 to them, give bills of exchange from time to time upon some 
 well-known merchants of their Company, who shall undertake to 
 accept and pay the same, and interest with five per cent, advance 
 for their adventures, payable at sixty days after sight in London. 
 5. They propose that, as double the quantity of elephants' teeth 
 comes from those parts as \vill sell in this kingdom, they should 
 take from the Royal Company yearly fifteen or twenty tons to be 
 delivered at Fort Kormantine, good merchantable ware, which 
 they will take on account of what may or shall be owing them 
 by the Royal Company ; and for what gold shall be delivered to 
 them at the Fort they will pay 3/. 105. the ounce troy ; and that 
 during the said time neither the Royal Company or any of their 
 factors or servants shall trade for gold at Fort Kormantine, Cape 
 Coast or Wyamba. If these proposals are not to the liking of 
 His Royal Highness, they desire to be allowed until next Mid- 
 summer to dispose of their commodities and draw off their servants 
 and all other their belongings, when they will be ready to surrender 
 the Fort to whomsoever His Royal Highness or Sir Nicholas 
 Crispe shall appoint. They assure the Duke that, if it were not 
 
 • Probably VVinneba, between Accra and Cape Coast Castle.
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 251 
 
 for his service and the good of the nation, the continuance or 
 relinquishing of the said trade is a matter of indifference to them. 
 They do not believe His Royal Highness is well informed of the 
 state of the place, the Dutch having a castle within cannon shot 
 of the Fort, and all other nations a free trade along that coast. 
 (li pp.) 
 
 Order of Council, September 3, 1662 [Public Record Office : 
 Privy Council Register, vol. Ivi, p. 124). 
 
 The treaty between His Majesty and the States-General of the 
 United Provinces was this day read and approved, and accordingly 
 ordered to be signed by the Commissioners to-morrow at three in 
 the afternoon. 
 
 Article XV of the Anglo-Dutch Treaty, September 4, 1662 
 [Public Record Office : S.P. Holland, Treaty Papers, vol. xlvi, 
 f. 2i4).i 
 
 XV. Item, Conventum et conclusum est inter dictum Dominum 
 
 Regem Magnae Britanniae ac dictos Dominos Ordines Foederati 
 
 Belgii quod insula Pularon restituetur dicto Domino Regi aut iis 
 
 qui ad hoc diploma a Rege sub magno Angliae sigillo acceperint, 
 
 idque simulac aliquis, tali instructus diplomate, illuc pervenerit ac 
 
 illam restitutionem petierit ; et quo illud facilius et certius ad 
 
 exitum perducatur, ab Ordinibus Generalibus et Societate Belgica 
 
 [Indica?] quae est apud Belgas, diplomata ad hoc naecessaria ipsi 
 
 tradentur, statim post ratificationem hujus tractatus. Et quod 
 
 per restitutionem istius insulae Pularonis actiones ac pretensiones 
 
 omnes quas subditi unius et alterius partis ob damna, injurias, 
 
 et offensiones invicem in India illatas, et in Anglia cognitas ante 
 
 decimum . ... . . 
 
 —■ : lanuarii anni millesimi sexcentesimi qumquagesimi 
 
 vigesimum -^ ^ -1 & 
 
 octavi ,, , ... . 
 sibi competere putant (hoc excepto, quod scilicet qui se 
 
 jacturam passos dicunt in duabus navibus, videlicet Bona Avantura 
 et Bona Esperanza, poterunt litem inceptam prosequi) cessa- 
 bant, extinguentur, et annihilabuntur eo quo scquitur modo ; ut 
 omnes offensae, injuriae, damna, ac dispendia (excipiendo prius 
 excepto) que pars una ab altera pertulit aut quomodolibct se 
 pertulisse causari posset in Indiis Orientalibus, quorum quidem 
 
 ' The spelling follows that of the manuscript.
 
 252 COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 notitia aliqua fuerit Londini apud Anglos, aut Hagae Comitum 
 
 apud Belgas, ante vigesimum diem Januarii anno millesimi sex- 
 
 centesimi quinquagesimi noni, stylo novo, aut decimo Januarii 
 
 anni millesimi sexcentesimi quinquagesimi octavi, stylo veteri. 
 
 In caeteris vero mundi plagis ex capite quarumcumque actionum 
 
 aut rerum quae contingere ante publicationem et notitiam pacis 
 
 • . . . . ,. quarto 
 
 mtcr utramque gentem mitae die ~ -, — ; — Martu anni 
 
 quatuordecimo 
 
 ■ 1, • . ^ . . . , . tertii . , , 
 
 millesimi sexcentesimi quinquagesimi : penitus deleta atque 
 
 ^ * quarti 
 
 extincta remanebunt, ita ut neutra dictarum partium alteri 
 
 negotium facescet ob aliquod istiusmodi damman [damnum], 
 
 offensam, injuriam, aut dispendia (excipiendo prius excepto), sed 
 
 eorum omnium singulorumque perfecta erit remanebitque abolitio, 
 
 omnesque eo nomine lites actionesque casse nullaeque erunt. 
 
 Caetera autem damna, offensae, injuriae, et dispendia quae gens 
 
 Anglicana, seu publico, seu privatorum nomine, affirmare poterit sibi 
 
 obvenisse aut illata esse a Foederatorum Belgarum regimine, aut a 
 
 societatibus vel privatis eidem regimini subjectis ; uti et vicissim 
 
 quae Foederati Belgae, seu publico seu privatorum nomine, sibi 
 
 obvenisse aut illata esse causari poterunt ab Anglorum regimine 
 
 aut a societatibus vel privatis eidem subjectis in Indiis Orientalibus 
 
 . decimum ^ .. ..,,.. ... 
 
 post diem -^ r Januarii anni millesimi sexcentesimi quin- 
 
 vigesimum ^ 
 
 . . octavi , . . ,. ^ ,. . 
 
 quagesimi aut saltem quorum notitia ante eum diem Londini 
 
 ^ noni ^ 
 
 aut Hagae Comitum non fuerit, atque in caeteris mundi partibus 
 
 post publicationem et notitiam pacis praedictae, anni millesimi 
 
 sexcentesimi quinquagesimi . absque ulla personarum seu loci 
 
 et temporis ulteriori districtione aut exceptione, submittentur 
 sicuti hisce tabulis submittuntur examini, arbitrio et decisioni 
 Commissariorum et arbitrorum modo et conditionibus ut sequitur. 
 Ut Commissarii in res praeteritas tantum constituantur, neutiquam 
 vero in futuras quae post diem conclusi tractatus accidere poterunt. 
 Uti Commissio eorum im praeterita solum modo ut jam dictum est 
 directa, clausulam ullam generalem nequaquam contineat, sed 
 expresse circumscribatur ac limitetur catalogo special! qui com-
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 253 
 
 missioni adjungetur, ita ut, praeter actiones eodem catalogo 
 descriptas, de nulla alia re cognoscere ipsis integrum sit. Ut 
 autem de eo utrinque conveniat, catalogus ab utraque parte 
 conficietur ac utrinque commutabitur, ut hinc inde rite ac debiti 
 examini subjici possit, ac si vel in hoc, vel in illo inveniantur res 
 qualescunque ad Indias Orientales spectantes quae ante diem 
 
 decimum _ .. . .„ . . ... . . 
 
 —r — : lanuarn anni millesimi sexcentesimi qumquagesimi 
 
 vigesimum -1-10 
 
 Londini notae fuerunt quoad actiones Anglorum aut eodem 
 
 noni ^ ° 
 
 tempore Hagae Comitis quoad actiones FoederatarumProvinciarum, 
 
 vel quae in ceteris mundi plagis ante publicationem et notitiam 
 
 ,. . . .„ . . ... . . tertii 
 
 pacis praedicti anni millesimi sexcentesimi qumquagesimi -. 
 
 acciderunt, aut etiam aliae actiones ejus naturae ut hujusmodi 
 arbitrio submitti minus aptae censeantur, eae ex catalogis expun- 
 gentur. Postquam itaque de hisce catalogis utrinque conven- 
 tum erit, annus intiger constituetur, quo inter Serenissimae Suae 
 Majestatis Ministrum atque Ordinum Generalium Commissaries 
 Hagae Comitis negotia omnia iisdem catalogis contenta per amica 
 colloquia componantur, et praetendentes, vel eorum mandatarii 
 hunc in finem speciali mandato muniti, ante exitum sexti mensis 
 praedicti anni Hagae Comitis sistere se tenebuntur. Hoc autem 
 anno elapso omnes eae actiones, ob quas praetendentes vel eorum 
 mandatarii Hagae fuerint, eo intuitu ut de iis amicabiliter transi- 
 geretur (quod per legitimum testimonium ablegati Regis Magnae 
 Britanniae et Commissariorum Ordinum Generalium aut alterutrius 
 probare tenebuntur), et de quibus tamen antea ita transactum non 
 fuerit, ad dictos Commissarios remittentur, aut [ut }'] tandem per 
 eos aut componantur aut decidantur ; qui quidem Commissarii 
 post dictum annum elapsum, si aliquae actiones tunc temporis ita 
 amice non fuerint compositae, eo fine Londinum [sic] convenient, 
 eruntque quaterni ab utraque parte, instruentur autem et munien- 
 tur autoritate, fietque porro haec ipsa submissio et progressus in 
 omnibus et per omnia, eodem prorsus modo quo anno millesimo 
 sexcentesimo quinquagesimo quarto factum fuit. Ita tamen, ut 
 hisce super arbitrium Protestantibus Helvetiorum Cantonibus non 
 diferatur.
 
 254 COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 A Court of Committees, September 5, 1662 {Court Book, 
 vol. xxiv, p. 528). 
 
 Lord Berkely acquaints the Court that His Royal Highness 
 expects a select committee of the Company to wait on him next 
 Monday morning at his lodgings about the Guinea business. Mr. 
 Lethieulier's request to be told the Court's decision concerning 
 the taffetas consigned to him in the Coast Frigate from the Bay 
 by a Dutchman is deferred, as the Governor is not present. Certain 
 Committees are desired to examine the grounds of the demands 
 of the King's waiters and others at the Customhouse. Calicoes 
 sent to Philip Travers from Surat in payment of a debt to be 
 delivered, he to pay one-third of the fine. Mrs. Crowther petitions 
 for the reduced fine on her calicoes to be taken off, and is told that, 
 when she has satisfied her creditors, her request shall be considered. 
 Captain Hargrave's petition, for some allowance for his homeward 
 voyage in the Richard and Martha, is to be considered when his 
 salary account has been made up. (i p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, September 10, 1662 {Ibid., 
 P- 529). 
 
 The owners of the Love are told to give in their demand for 
 demurrage at the next court. The father of Nicholas Herrick 
 to be paid lol. of his son's salary, according to the desire of the 
 latter at his entertainment. Calicoes brought home in the Con- 
 stantinople Merchant still remaining in the warehouse to be delivered 
 to the Captain, half the fine to be charged and deducted from the 
 freight of that ship ; all other private unprohibited trade returned 
 in her to be delivered. On being informed that Matthew Andrews 
 owns one-sixteenth of the Constantinople Merchant, his proportion 
 of her freight is ordered to be detained until he shall make a 
 fair account with the Company. Mr. Lethieulier applying again, 
 it is decided that he shall have his goods on payment of 150/., 
 the freight, custom, and charges, but pay yl. of the 150/. to 
 Sir Thomas Chambrelan for what he expended about the said 
 goods, (i p.)
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 255 
 
 A Court of Committees, September 12, 1662 {Ibid., p. 531). 
 
 The box belonging to Thomas Leaver is demanded by his 
 executor Jonathan Ashe, who is told that an answer shall be given 
 him in a fortnight. Calicoes returned in the Constantinople 
 Merchant, belonging to Thomas Smart by the death of his brother, 
 to be delivered on payment of one-third of the fine. Mariners in 
 the said ship to pay one-third only of the fine on their calicoes. (| p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, September 17, 1662 {Ibid., p. 532). 
 
 The Court resolves that the calicoes landed at Sandwich from the 
 Eagle, and seized when coming up in a hoy, shall be delivered on 
 payment of one-third of the fine, as they belong to poor mariners 
 who submit wholly to the decision of the Court. Those returned 
 in the Barbadoes Merchant, which were given to the minister at Fort 
 St. George to enable him to buy books, shall be delivered free ; and 
 the Governor is desired to dispose of them, and with the proceeds 
 and by the advice of Mr. Thompson, the minister, to buy books to 
 be sent out. Calicoes returned in the Barbadoes Merchant as private 
 trade to be delivered on payment of one-third of the fine, except 
 where cause shall be shown to the contrary ; and the fine on those 
 landed at Portsmouth and lost, to be remitted, they belonging only 
 to poor mariners. Captain Hargrave is awarded a gratuity of 20/., 
 in recognition of his good services in India and since his return. 
 Calicoes to be delivered free to Thomas Thomlings and Robert 
 Davis. {1 p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, September 19, 1662 {Ibid., p. 533). 
 
 A ' toacken ', containing a carpet, a quilt, and about fourteen 
 pieces of calicoes, to be delivered free to John Langham. Sir 
 Andrew Riccard and Mr. Thompson are desired, with the assistance 
 of one or two Committees, to act in the Company's behalf in 
 Skinner's business. Peter Vandeput reports the sale of the Com- 
 pany's copper, and presents the account and a bill of exchange for 
 the net proceed. The Committee for Private Trade are desired to 
 inspect the several warehouses where it is stored, and charge all 
 prohibited goods found there to the account of the owners of the 
 vessels in which they returned, and to deliver the keys of the said
 
 256 COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 warehouses to the pursers. The Committee for Plantations to meet 
 next Wednesday afternoon to consider about the condition of 
 St. Helena. Thomas Cockaine is entertained as a factor for Guinea 
 at 20/. a year, to go there in the American, (i p.) 
 
 Report to the King from Lord Southampton, September 23, 
 1662 {Public Record Office: Entry Book X, p. 129). 
 
 On the petition of Sir Nicholas Crispe concerning spices imported 
 and the customs and duties thereon. The spices imported since 
 the Navigation Act have been only by stealth and without paying 
 any custom, being brought in by Dutch and foreign merchants and 
 foul traders at home. This must necessarily be so, because the Dutch, 
 who have had the sole trade of them these many years, are pro- 
 hibited, and the English cannot import them from Holland because 
 they import them not from the place of their growth, the English 
 East India Company themselves having no capacity to do it until 
 they be restored to Poleroon, or gain some of the Spice Islands, so 
 that neither to them (until such a conjunction) nor to any other 
 can the freedom of importing those spices be any prejudice, . . . 
 All the traders therein conceive it very just and equal that the 
 licence be general, and not restrained to any person or small 
 number . . . ' and it was agreed with consent of all that if Your 
 Majesty gave this lycence Sir Nicholas Crispe should receive two 
 thirds and the Farmers one, untill Your Majesties intended bounty 
 to Sir Nicholas Crispe were compleated '. 
 
 A Court of Committees, September 24, 1662 {Court Book, 
 vol. xxiv, p. 534). 
 
 Sir Andrew Riccard, Christopher Willoughby, and John Jollife 
 are given permission to take certain goods, on depositing money 
 to the amount similar goods fetched at the last sale, and agreeing 
 to allow for them at the rates at which such goods shall be sold at 
 the next sale ; they are not to pick them, but ' to take them all as 
 they shall rise from the pile '. Certain Committees are requested 
 to meet on Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons to examine 
 debtors and endeavour to obtain payment from them, to see that 
 goods already sold but remaining in the warehouses are cleared, to 
 find out those who have not paid in the ten per cent, on the goods
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 257 
 
 last sold, and consider the best means to be taken with them ; for 
 this purpose the several warehousekeepers are to be directed to 
 provide lists of all goods in their custody still unsold, and of those 
 sold, taken away, and not paid for, and the accountant is to provide 
 a list of those who have not paid in their ten per cent, according to 
 contract. Sir Thomas Bludworth, Messrs. Jollife, Kendall, and 
 Boone, are requested to join with the Committee for the Dutch 
 Business to meet the Royal Adventurers to assert and endeavour 
 to maintain the Company's interest in the Gold Coast trade for the 
 full time assigned the Guinea Company by Sir Nicholas Crispe, and 
 to take the Court's resolutions to any new propositions that shall 
 be made by the said adventurers. Order is given for the private 
 trade in the warehouse belonging to the owners of the Eagle to be 
 delivered to them, the full fine to be charged on the calicoes until 
 the master, purser, and boatswain have satisfied the Court by 
 oath what calicoes have been landed or delivered out of the said 
 vessel and not come to the Company's warehouse. The account of 
 William Parker, a factor deceased in Persia, to be cleared, and his 
 bond delivered up to be cancelled, (i^ pp.] 
 
 The Company to John Launce [at Marseilles], Septem- 
 ber 25, 1662 [Letter Book, vol. iii, p. 166). 
 
 They learn from his letter of the 19th instant the miscarriage 
 from Paris of their last letter to him containing the packet for 
 Surat ; so now they enclose a transcript of the same and desire him 
 to forward it speedily to Aleppo. Thank him for the delivery of 
 their letter to Captain Kirby, commander of the Constant Warwick, 
 and for information received in his letters of the 8th and 12th ult. 
 
 A Court of Committees, September 26, 1662 [Court Book, 
 vol. xxiv, p. 535). 
 
 The officers of the Customhouse request some gratuity for the 
 last seven ships returned from India, in regard the Company does 
 not pay the fees like private persons ; hereupon the Court agrees 
 to bestow 3/. 105. per ship on the King's waiters, 3/. per ship on the 
 Customhouse waiters, and 10/. between the several officers ' above 
 staircs ' for this last year. Goats' wool to be delivered to George 
 
 2482 s
 
 258 COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 Willoughby and pepper to Mr. King. The Governor and Deputy 
 are entreated to give directions to the warehousekeepers in any 
 extraordinary case for the delivery of goods bought at the last sale. 
 Calicoes to be delivered to Lady Alder on payment of one-third of 
 the fine. The Committee for the Guinea Business is desired to meet 
 this afternoon to agree upon what to propose to the Royal Company 
 for an accommodation between both Companies, in accordance with 
 the debate held this day and the opinion of the Court upon the 
 resolution of Sir Richard Ford, (i p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, October i, 1662 [Court Book, vol. xxiv, 
 p. 536). 
 
 Captain Browne requesting that proofs of the charges brought 
 against him may be speedily produced, the Committee for Private 
 Trade is desired to arrange for his affairs to be settled within 
 a fortnight. Resolved that in future no goods shall be delivered 
 except those which have been bought by the candle. The draft of 
 a charterparty, drawn up with the advice of counsel, is read and 
 approved. Several proposals from the Company to the Royal 
 Adventurers trading to Guinea are read, approved, and ordered to 
 be signed and presented. Coffee bought by Mr. Short and said to 
 be damaged to be examined, (i p.) 
 
 The Company to John Launce [at Marseilles], October 2, 
 1662 [Letter Book, vol. iii, p. 167), 
 
 Note that the last letters they sent directed to Consul Delanoy 
 and to their President, etc., at Surat were received open and torn, 
 not fitting to be forwarded ; therefore they have sent transcripts 
 to be dispatched in their place. Desire him to return their letter 
 for Surat, but to dispose of any other letters directed to particular 
 persons in India as he shall think best. He is to burn all the letters 
 that were opened and defaced, to avoid the charge of postage. (2 p.) 
 
 The King to [the Company], Whitehall, October 3, 1662 
 [Public Record Office: S.P. Dom : vol. Ixi, no. 6). 
 
 The money arising from the sale of a present of pepper and ginger, 
 received from the King of Bantam, and committed to their care, is
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 259 
 
 to be paid to Colonel William Legge, Lieutenant of Ordnance. 
 [Entry Book VIII, p, 16.] 
 
 A Court of Committees, October 3, 1662 {Court Book, vol. xxiv, 
 P- 538). 
 
 On information that the executor of Colonel Rainsford (who died 
 in India) is suing Mr. Buckeridge for money paid in Persia into the 
 Company's cash by order of the President and Council on goods 
 consigned to Buckeridge by the said Colonel and entrusted to him 
 by Banyans, Mr. Acton is directed to give Mr. Buckeridge every 
 assistance in his power in what is just and legal. The Court resolves 
 that Captain Browne shall answer to the bill in Chancery against 
 him for his former voyage ; but if he refuses, then he shall be served 
 with a writ and allowed no favour for what shall be proved against 
 him. A petition of the Earl of Bath and Sir Henry Bennitt to the 
 King for liberty to import spice from the Netherlands is brought 
 to this court by the Honourable Lord Berkely and read, being 
 referred from Lord Ashely^ for the Company's opinion before he 
 reports this business to His Majesty ; the Court is very sensible of 
 the singular kindness and favour of this act, and nominates certain 
 Committees to meet next Thursday afternoon to draw up an answer 
 to the said petition, (i ^.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, October 8, 1662 [Ibid., p. 539)- 
 
 Sir Thomas Bludworth reports concerning some proposals made 
 by the Royal Company ; these are read and Sir William Rider and 
 Sir George Smith are desired to make the Company's excuses for 
 not answering at once on such a weighty matter. Meanwhile, after 
 serious debate, it is resolved by vote to withdraw all the Company's 
 remaining estate from Guinea by the 25th of March next and send 
 no more there, and certain Committees are requested to draw up 
 an answer to the Royal Company's proposals in accordance with 
 this vote, giving the reasons for the Company's conduct in the 
 matter. The Court accepts the offer of John Chaplin to discover 
 Indian commodities in the Company's and other shipping, provided 
 he may have half of what shall be so recovered after deduction of 
 
 > The celebrated Anthony Ashley Cooper, created Baron Ashley in 1661 and Earl of 
 Shaftesbury in 1672. He was Chancellor of the Exchequer from i66i to 1672. 
 
 S 2
 
 26o COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 all charges, the Company to have the other half. Messrs. Bathurst 
 and Clarke are desired to go bail for Mr. Buckeridge at the suit of 
 Colonel Rainsford's executors, for which the Court will indemnify 
 them, (i p.) 
 
 The Company to John Launce [at Marseilles], October 9, 
 1662 {Letter Book, vol. iii, p. 168). 
 
 They enclose a letter from the King to the Earl of Marlborough, 
 which Launce is to forward by the first opportunity ; it contains 
 matter of great importance to His Majesty's service, and therefore 
 no time is to be lost in its dispatch. Launce is to advise in his next 
 how he has disposed of the said letter. (J p.) A letter to the same 
 effect is sent to Consul Delanoy at Aleppo. 
 
 A Court of Committees, October 10, 1662 {Court Book, 
 vol. xxiv, p. 540). 
 
 Two Committees are named by the Court, and two by the owners 
 of the Eagle, to settle all disputes concerning that vessel, especially 
 its demurrage. Certain Committees are appointed to meet and 
 congratulate Sir George Downing on his arrival, and advise with 
 him how the Company may best proceed in their business with the 
 Dutch ; others are requested to meet those ' honourable persons ' 
 who petition to import spice and endeavour to induce them to 
 desist ; this the Court thinks will be better than making a report 
 to Lord Ashley. (| p.) 
 
 The Company to the Duke of York and the rest of the 
 Royal Company, October ii, 1662 {Home Miscellaneous, vol. xlii, 
 p. 69). 
 
 Since the delivery of their several propositions to the Duke of 
 York, they have received certain proposals from the Royal Com- 
 pany concerning their giving them dispensation of trade at Fort 
 Kormantine, Cape Coast, and Wyamba until the 25th of December, 
 1664 ; these proposals they do not think consistent with their 
 interest and cannot agree to, for the reasons following : i. It is 
 proposed that they shall maintain the garrison of Kormantine 
 during the said time and deliver it up in good repair, and maintain 
 the Fort at Cape Coast, if it is taken or surrendered. This they
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 261 
 
 cannot do, for the maintenance of these two forts against such 
 powerful enemies as may appear in those parts would make gold 
 dearer than they can buy it in Europe, and if Cape Coast should be 
 surrendered, the Company are not provided with sufficient strength 
 to maintain it, and would prefer to resign what they already possess 
 at the cost they purchased it. 2. That they should give lodging 
 and diet to four of the Royal Company's factors ; to this they 
 would agree if they could assent to the rest of the proposals, although 
 it would cost 150Z. a year. 3. Considering the hazard of the seas, 
 the decay of goods in those hot countries, the danger of fire and 
 robbery (which often happen), the interest on so long disburse of 
 money, and the great charge that must in the meantime be borne, 
 they would be losers to undertake it for twice the sum proposed. 
 4. They expect to have good Tiber gold delivered to them, not that 
 which they have sold themselves at 505. the ounce, being falsified 
 with copper and silver ; and if they cannot have elephants' teeth 
 on their terms, which is double their cost at Guinea, they cannot 
 be savers in carrying them to India. 5. In this they are ready and 
 willing to serve the Royal Company. 6. Their ships are hired ; 
 therefore the owners will only be engaged to fight in defence of 
 their ships and goods ; neither will they continue longer on that 
 coast than their prefixed time, because of the monsoon, for if any 
 casualty should befall any of them it would be a certain overthrow 
 of their whole voyage. They think the 7th, 8th, and 9th proposals 
 to be equal and just between the two companies. The premises 
 being considered, they humbly desire the Duke to give them a pass 
 for the ship that is ready to fetch off their gold and other goods to 
 be conveyed to the East Indies, and allow them to send, a few 
 months later, another vessel to fetch their servants and what else 
 they have there, and by the 25th of March to deliver up Fort 
 Kormantine and the other places in their possession to whomsoever 
 His Royal Highness shall appoint, with the consent of Sir Nicholas 
 Crispe, to receive the same, as His Royal Highness does not wish 
 them to continue the rest of the time assigned them by Sir Nicholas 
 upon the terms they formerly proposed. If they shall have anything 
 at Fort Kormantine after the said date they desire to be allowed to 
 leave two of their servants there at their own charge to sell and 
 dispose of the same, allowing the Royal Company ten per cent, on
 
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 what they so sell after the said date towards the charge of the Fort 
 and their other accommodation. (i| pp.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, October 15, 1662 [Court Book, 
 vol. xxiv, p. 541). 
 
 Debate concerning the importation of spice is deferred. Lord 
 Berkeley not being present. On information that the Royal 
 Company have appointed a committee to meet a committee of this 
 Company with full power to treat and conclude, the Court nominates 
 the Governor, the Deputy, and certain other Committees to meet 
 the committee of the Royal Company, and directs that either the 
 Governor, the Deputy, Sir William Riccard, or Sir William Thomp- 
 son is to be present ; that if only three persons meet, they are not 
 to conclude anything but what all agree to, but if more, then the 
 major part of them may act and conclude as they think fit in 
 pursuance of the following directions : the committee to have full 
 power to conclude concerning the drawing off the Company's estate 
 from Guinea by the 25th of March next ; the sending out a sort- 
 ment of goods if the Royal Company thinks fit ; the continuance 
 of factors to sell the remains ; the delivery of Choromantine Castle 
 (with the consent of Sir Nicholas Crispe) and of the land pur- 
 chased at Cape Coast and Wyamba and the factory there ; 
 and if Cape Coast Castle be purchased by the Company's factors, 
 this company to be repaid the value disbursed with consideration 
 for the same ; and to consider of all other things needful.^ 
 A letter from the King for payment of the proceeds of his ginger 
 and pepper to Colonel Legge is brought by Mr. Howell, who 
 is told that, the Governor being absent, no answer can be given 
 until the next court ; in the interim Sir Richard Ford is desired to 
 inquire of Sir William Compton^ whether such payment of the 
 money is with his consent, that it may be disposed of in no other 
 way than was intended, namely, for returning a present to the 
 King of Bantam, (i p.) 
 
 • Repeated at p. 71 of Home Miscellaneous, vol. xlii. 
 
 * Master of the Ordnance.
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 263 
 
 Articles of Agreement between the Royal African 
 Company and the East India Company, October 16, 1662 
 {Letter Book, vol. iii, p. 171). 
 
 I. The East India Company to have liberty until the 25th of 
 March next to dispose of so much of their estate now at Guinea as 
 they can, and after the said date to leave there two factors for 
 twelve months to dispose of what shall remain. Upon the pro- 
 ceeds of what shall be sold after the 25th of March next they are to 
 allow the Royal Company ten per cent., and at the end of 
 the twelve months they may take away anything still undisposed 
 of. 2. On the 25th of March next the East India Company are to 
 deliver to the assigns of the Royal Company Fort Choromantine, 
 the factories, houses, and ground at Wyamba, Cape Coast, and 
 Benin ' with the consent of Sir Nicholas Crispe, or that the Royal 
 Company will indemnifie the East India Company for soe doeing, 
 without any wilfull waste to bee made on any of them,' with 
 the guns and ' their ha[b]illiments,' and whatever else they sent 
 there, also ten barrels of their powder. All English soldiers on that 
 Coast belonging to the East India Company and in their pay are, 
 from the said 25th of March, to enter the pay and service of the 
 Royal Company, each to be armed by the East India Company 
 with a sword, musket, and ' bandaleirs ', or a pike. All other 
 muskets, powder, etc., to be disposed of by the East India Company 
 as they shall think fit. 3. If Cape Coast Castle has been purchased 
 by the East India Company they are to deliver it over to the 
 assigns of the Royal Company on the 25th of March next, and be 
 allowed by them the cost of the said purchase. 4. The East India 
 Company to have liberty before the 25th of March next to send 
 out, as they find convenient, two ships for Guinea, and one other 
 within twelve months after the said date (no goods for trade on 
 that coast being sent in them), and then to draw off all their ships 
 remaining there. 5. All spare household stuffs, weights, and 
 instruments belonging to the East India Company at the end of 
 twelve months after the 25th of March next to be valued and 
 priced by factors of both companies, if they can agree, and left for 
 the use of the Royal Company; and four of that Company's 
 factors to be admitted to reside at Choromantine, be lodged by the
 
 264 COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 East India Company, and given what warehouse room they may 
 have occasion for, as far as the East India Company can spare the 
 same, (i p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, October 17, 1662 {Court Book, vol. xxiv, 
 P- 542). 
 
 Certain Committees are desired to draw up an answer to be 
 returned to Lord Ashley to the petition for liberty to import spice 
 from the Netherlands ; others are requested to examine matters 
 concerning Captain Browne's former voyage and what else they see 
 fit and report speedily, so that a full conclusion may be made with 
 him ; and others are asked to dispose of the copper plates in the 
 Company's possession, but not to part with them before obtaining 
 payment. Upon information that some old debts would be cleared 
 if certain abatement of interest were allowed for the time the money 
 has been due, the Court, not wishing to create a precedent, leaves 
 it to the discretion of the committee appointed to get in debts to 
 act herein as they see best. (i|- pp.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, October 22, 1662 {Ibid., p. 543). 
 
 The request of the Royal Company that a cargo of goods at 
 Plymouth intended for the Castle of Choromantine may go in the 
 ship the Company is sending to Guinea is agreed to, provided the 
 said goods can be put on board in the river, as there is not time for 
 the ship to stop at Plymouth ; it is also resolved that the said 
 goods shall be carried freight free and the Royal Company accommo- 
 dated in anything that shall not prejudice the East India Company. 
 The Court calls to mind that on March 13, 1661, they promised to 
 some persons a proportion of what by their special assistance 
 should be recovered from the Dutch ; but they having done nothing, 
 the said promise is now by vote annulled and made void. A draft 
 of a petition to the King touching ' a Dutch businesse ' is read, 
 approved, and ordered to be presented ; and a draft of the answer 
 prepared in reference to the petition for liberty to import spice 
 (referred to the Company by Lord Ashley) is also read and approved. 
 Payments to James Drax, John Harrison, and the owners of the 
 American. {1 p.)
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 265 
 
 The Company to Lord Ashley, October 22, 1662 [Home 
 Miscellaneous, vol. xlii, p. 71). 
 
 Thank him for communicating to them the petition to the King 
 concerning the importation of spice. They have read it, and 
 acknowledge the truth of the statements that the Dutch have 
 taken possession of the Spice Islands, hindered the East India 
 Company from possessing Pulo Run, obstructed their commerce 
 to Ceylon, the Bandas and the Moluccas, and prohibited the sale 
 of spice to the English in the East Indies. But the Company have, 
 since the happy return of the King, and by his gracious encourage- 
 ment, sent out two ships and a pinnace to take possession of Pulo 
 Run and renew their trade in the Bandas and Moluccas, and hope 
 at the return of their next ships to be furnished with a considerable 
 quantity of spice for supply of this Kingdom ; therefore they 
 humbly hope that whatever His Majesty shall direct concerning 
 the said petition he will be graciously pleased ' to have respect to 
 his East India Company therein '. (| p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, October 24, 1662 [Court Book, 
 vol. xxiv, p. 544). 
 
 The Governor states how inconvenient it is that a ' victualling 
 house ' should be kept next to the Company's house ; hereupon 
 he is entreated to do his best to prevent a licence being granted for 
 this purpose. The owners of the Constantinople Merchant desire 
 that all matters in dispute between them and the Company may 
 be settled by arbitration. Messrs. Milner, Meers, and Andrews 
 present a bill of exchange for 14,549^. from Surat drawn upon the 
 Company by Matthew Andrews and John Lampton, made payable 
 fifteen days after sight for money paid into the Company's cash by 
 their assigns ; they are told that there is no reason why the Com- 
 pany should accept the said bill and that they will find it no honour 
 to be the bearers of it, but a positive answer shall be given to them 
 in a week's time. Their request for the delivery of certain goods 
 belonging to Matthew Andrews and returned last year is denied, 
 and their further request that the said goods may be disposed of 
 and not ' lye and spoyle ' is left unanswered. It is now agreed to 
 suspend the vote of the last court annulling the power formerly
 
 266 COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 given to some of the Dutch Committee to dispose of a part of what 
 shall be recovered from the Dutch, until the said Committee shall 
 have had a meeting, {i p.) 
 
 Petition of the Company to the King, October 24, 1662 
 {Public Record Office : CO. 77, vol. viii, no. 121'). 
 
 Finding by the 15th article of the late treaty made with the 
 Dutch Ambassadors that a list is to be agreed on both sides of the 
 damages, injuries, and losses sustained, for which reparation is 
 intended by the said article, and an umpire appointed for cases 
 referred to the Commissioners not by them agreed to within the 
 time limited, the petitioners pray that persons may be forthwith 
 appointed on both sides to receive and consider the demands of 
 damages and injuries His Majesty's subjects have sustained, in 
 order that a list may be made according to the said article, and 
 also to resolve on a fitting umpire or super-arbiter, that these 
 necessary preliminaries may be adjusted with the Dutch before 
 the exchange of the ratification of the said treaty, that the 
 petitioners may not be left to uncertainties and so frustrated of all 
 the grace and justice His Majesty intends them by the said article 
 and treaty. Signed Tho. Chamberlan, Governor. Endorsed. Read 
 in Council October 31, [1662]. (| p.) 
 
 At a meeting of the Royal Company, Whitehall, October 25, 
 1662 {Home Miscellaneous, vol. xlii, p. 73). 
 
 They have received the East India Company's answer of the 
 22nd instant, in which they excuse themselves from permitting 
 their ship now bound for Guinea to stop at Plymouth, but ofier to 
 receive any goods the Royal Company can ' clap on board the ship 
 in the river '. They have therefore ordered their Committee to 
 obtain leave of the East India Company to ship such goods as they 
 have ready, with two factors, whose passages they will pay. In 
 pursuance of this order, the said Committee desire the East India 
 Company to give instructions to the commander of their ship to 
 receive such goods as shall be sent and the two factors, and for the 
 bearer to bring the said order back, as some of the goods are to be 
 
 * For a copy see Home Miscellaneous, vol. xlii, p. 72.
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 267 
 
 shipped this afternoon. Signed Ellis Leighton, Secretary, October 27, 
 1662. (^ p.) 
 
 The Company to Captain Mallison, October 25, 1662 {Ibid., 
 P- 73)' 
 
 They have given full dispatch to his ship, the American, and 
 desire that he will prosecute his voyage to Guinea without delay. 
 The passport from the Royal Company forbids the said ship to 
 carry any goods hence to the coast of Africa ; therefore the Com- 
 pany have refrained from sending any, and strictly prohibit him or 
 any of his company taking any there, at their utmost peril. They 
 desire him to receive on board such goods as shall be sent by the 
 Royal Company for their own account, also two factors, who are to 
 take passage in his vessel. He is to receive a sufficient warrant 
 from the Royal Company for the said goods ; also a cocket. Signed 
 Tho. Chamberlan, Governor. (| p.) 
 
 A Meeting of twelve Committees, October 27, 1662 {Court 
 Book, vol. xxiv, p. 546). 
 
 The report of the Committee to whom the affairs of the Constanti- 
 nople Merchant were referred, that her owners should pay a fine of 
 200/. for the former voyage, her account be made up and that sum 
 deducted from it, and the several charterparties on both sides be 
 cancelled, is approved. The request of the Royal Company to be 
 permitted to lade some goods in the river aboard the American for 
 Guinea and send two factors in her, according to a former offer, is 
 agreed to, and an order to this effect is drawn up and signed. 
 A notary appears with the bill of exchange payable to Messrs. Milner, 
 Meers, and Andrews ; he is told that for want of sufficient advice 
 the bill cannot be accepted. (| p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, October 31, 1662 {Ibid., p. 547). 
 
 The minutes of the last meeting are read and confirmed. The 
 Court, being informed that the goods said to belong to Matthew 
 Andrews were sent aboard at Swally as the Company's, but after- 
 wards marked with Andrews's private mark, now resolves that they 
 shall be sold by the candle at the next sale. Captain John Mallison 
 is given a gratuity of twenty nobles. The Treasurer of Christ's
 
 268 COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 Hospital states that they are in great want of room at Leadenhall 
 ' to proceede in their designe with the drapery ', and therefore they 
 desire the Company will give up the warehouses there ; hereupon 
 the Court resolves that this shall be done by the 25th of March next, 
 or sooner if possible. Permission is given to Captain Mallison to 
 bring home in the American from the Coast nutmegs, mace, or 
 cloves, indigo or neckcloths, without fear of penalty, though some 
 of these things are forbidden in the charterparty. (i^ pp.) 
 
 Order of Council, October 31, 1662 [Public Record Office : 
 Privy Council Register, vol. Ivi, p. 184'). 
 
 The Company's petition to the King [of the 24th instant] is read, 
 and order given for them to apply with their demands for reparation 
 of their losses by the Dutch to Sir George Downing, late His 
 Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary to the Netherlands, who is desired 
 to put this, and all matters offered by the Company for his considera- 
 tion, into such method and form as may best promote the peti- 
 tioners' desires, and the King will in due time nominate as umpire 
 or super-arbiter such a person as he shall think fit. 
 
 Money Warrant to Colonel William Legg, October 31, 1662 
 [Public Record Office : Entry Book HI, p. 507). 
 
 For 5,430/. 165. id. for emptions and other provisions to be 
 issued out of the stores for ammunition and habiliments of war 
 for the ships Dunkirk, Leopard, Mary Rose, Convertine, Chestnut, 
 and Mathias appointed for His Majesty's service in India and 
 Jamaica by warrant from the Duke of York. , . . 
 
 [Thomas Skinner's answer to the Company's Case] [Home 
 Miscellaneous, vol. xlii, pp. 82-6). 
 
 At the last meeting, held on September 18, 1662, Sir Andrew 
 Riccard and Mr. Maurice Thomson, on behalf of the East India 
 Company, acknowledged that goods valued in all at 2,057 rials of 
 eight were taken by the Company's agents out of Thomas Skinner's 
 ship, the Thomas, and that for these and for what other goods 
 their agents had taken from Thomas Skinner the Company were 
 chargeable. They denied that the Company's agents meddled 
 * For a copy see Home Miscellaneous, vol. xlii, p. 74,
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 269 
 
 with the ship Thomas or took away any of her brass guns, furniture, 
 or goods, other than those mentioned, for which the Company are 
 ready to pay ; they have also promised to pay what the same 
 were worth more than appears by the said valuation. They 
 further declared and agreed that the Company make no pretensions 
 to the ' isles of Braule and Barella ', and that Thomas Skinner 
 may enjoy them as he pleases. With regard to the valuation, 
 it is deposed by Frederick Skinner, the Company's Agent at 
 Bantam, that about October, 1658, Thomas Skinner had laden 
 aboard the Thomas at Japarra and taken to Jambi 128 peculs of 
 white pepper, worth at Bantam 9I or 10 rials the pecul. It is 
 deposed by Hugh Pratt, gentleman, that the said pepper was 
 aboard the Thomas when he was in that ship at Quale. Further, 
 it is deposed by Caleb Kyrne and Bennet Sharp, both serving in 
 the African, that in October and November, 1661, when they were 
 at Jambi, they heard that the price of white pepper was 10 rials 
 the pecul, at which price Sharpe bought some. It is also deposed 
 by Frederick Skinner that his brother Thomas shipped in the 
 Thomas at Japarra and took to Jambi 24 peculs of nutmegs, worth 
 at Bantam 50 rials and upwards the pecul. It is deposed by Hugh 
 Pratt that the said nutmegs were aboard the Thomas, that there 
 were no more to be bought, and that Captain Morgan had bought 
 nutmegs at Japarra at 46 rials the pecul. It is deposed by Sharpe 
 that when he was at Jambi no nutmegs were to be bought, but at 
 Bantam they were ' at f rialls of eight the 100 by tale, and some 
 not of the best were sold there at halfe a riall of eight a cattee or 
 100 by tale, to take it between | and \ ryalls a cattee, 100 cattee 
 being a pecuU, is 62-| ryalls of eight at Bantam a pecull. If soe 
 there, and as above at Japarra, which is soe much neerer the place 
 whence they first come, well may they bee worth at Jambee 
 60 ryalls a pecull ; by the said Company not naming in their 
 valuation, quantity nor price, may easily bee seen their agents rude 
 dealing. Soe the said 24 pecull nutmeggs at 60 rialls a pecull is 
 rialls of eight 1440.' It is also deposed by Hugh Pratt that the 
 goods in the Thomas, for her victualling and provisions, when he 
 was aboard, could not be worth less than about 242 rials of eight, 
 and this the petitioner, Thomas Skinner, declares they stood him 
 in at Jambi ; he also says that from the time the pepper and
 
 270 COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 nutmegs were laden in the Thomas at Japarra until the time the 
 Company's servants took them out of the said ship they had not 
 been diminished by him or to his knowledge, and that he received 
 several relations, attestations and protests from the ship's company 
 concerning the doings of the Company's agents and servants 
 aboard his said ship and also on shore in the warehouse at Quale. 
 The handwritings of two who wrote are here proved upon oath, 
 as are the attestations of the Company's servants at Gombroon. 
 Here follows an attestation dated May 27, 1659, of what the 
 Company's agents and servants did in the Thomas from the 19th 
 May, when they first boarded her. They broke open by force 
 the hold, cabins, gun- and powder-rooms and chests, and stole 
 whatever they liked, attempted to kill Peter Denis de Brier, drove 
 some men overboard, stabbed and drubbed others, took all Skinner's 
 linen, knives, the greater part of his other things, besides pistols 
 and thirteen blades, linen belonging to the quartermaster and 
 Peter Denis de Bryer, arrack, beef, pork, sugar, barrels of powder, 
 two brass guns, one iron gun, two hawsers, a case of small guns 
 and carriages, and caused many disorders, for there were about 
 one hundred of them aboard. Skinner deposes that about the 
 time the Company's agents so despoiled him he was in peace- 
 able possession of all the goods mentioned, and that the same were 
 reasonably worth 1,310 rials of eight. In another attestation 
 dated May 28, 1659, concerning goods in a warehouse on shore, 
 it is stated that about 3 o'clock on that day Peter Denis de Bryer 
 went to the said warehouse, intending to fetch away Thomas 
 Skinner's goods, but was prevented from so doing by Thomas 
 Connings and one Anthony, who said they had received orders 
 from Mr. Midleton, on behalf of the Chief at Jambi, not to let 
 anything belonging to Skinner go from the warehouse. Thomas 
 Skinner deposes that the said goods, consisting of pictures, looking 
 glasses, Japarra and other wood, a small anchor, a case of English 
 saddles, bridles, and furniture, a parcel of pepper bags, a chest with 
 clothes, and a water cask, were worth 1,050 rials. John Francklyn 
 and Edward Baxter, mariners, depose that about November, 1661, 
 when they were in the African in the service of the Company in 
 Saddo Road near Jambi, they saw aboard Mr. Midleton's prow in 
 the river several small brass guns which they heard belonged
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 271 
 
 formerly to the Thomas and had been taken out of that ship, 
 Caleb Kyrne deposes to this, and that he heard some say that 
 Thomas Skinner and his people were taken out of the Thomas by 
 violence. Bennet Sharpe deposes that about October, 1661, he 
 was at Jambi and heard Peter Dennis De Bryer and John Williams, 
 employed then in the Company's service, say that several blacks 
 with Fowlke Midleton, the Company's Agent, seized upon Thomas 
 Skinner's ship the Thomas and her goods, broke open her hold, 
 gunroom, cabin, and Peter De Bryer's chest, Sharpe saw in the 
 Company's house some ropes and several small brass guns, and 
 De Bryer told him that ropes, brass guns and other goods were 
 taken out of the Thomas. It is evident that a ship of about 
 180 tons, which the Company in their answer before the Lords said 
 was the burden of the Thomas, cannot have cost in England less 
 than 3,000/., and that the same with the appurtenances remaining, 
 after deduction for reasonable wear and tear, may be estimated 
 as worth 8,000 rials of eight. By direction of the Company's 
 agents and servants Thomas Skinner's house at Jambi was broken 
 open, his papers and things to the value of 150 rials taken away, 
 besides other losses, damages, and injuries, (5 pp.) 
 
 Royal Warrant to Sir Geoffrey Palmer, November, 1662 
 {Public Record Office : Entry Book X, p, 141). 
 
 Countersigned by Treasurer Southampton, for a bill for the 
 grant to Sir Nicholas Crispe, his executors, etc., of two parts in 
 three of all the subsidy and custom of nutmegs, cinnamon, cloves, 
 and mace imported into England, Wales, and Berwick : and two- 
 thirds of all seizures and forfeitures of such spices : all until he 
 shall be repaid the sum of 20,000/. payable to him thereout, as by 
 a certificate from the Lord Treasurer and the Chancellor of the 
 Exchequer : the said Crispe to be receiver and collector of the 
 premises. And to this end a liberty and licence is to be given to 
 all traders to import the said spices on payment of custom and 
 notwithstanding the Act of Navigation, 
 
 A Meeting of Twelve Committees, November 4, 1662 {Court 
 Book, vol, xxiv, p. 548). 
 
 Order is given for payment of 600/. to George Wharton, Colonel
 
 272 COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 Legg's deputy, on account of the proceeds of the King's pepper 
 and ginger, for providing arms and ammunition for the King of 
 Bantam, as directed by Sir WilHam Compton's letter ; the re- 
 mainder to be paid when it comes into the Company's cash. 
 Consideration to be had next Thursday of what to do with the 
 Guinea factors for whom there is now no need. To encourage 
 ships to go over the bar of the Ganges, as the Dutch vessels do, 
 each vessel attempting it is to be allowed a pilot and two boats, 
 the Company to defray all charges, (f p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, November 6, 1662 {Court Book, 
 vol. xxiv, p. 549). 
 
 The Court promises to consider the petition of Francis Lenthall 
 for employment, when more factors are needed. Rhubarb in the 
 Company's custody to be delivered to the owners on payment of 
 freight and custom. The Committee for the Dutch Business are 
 desired to meet for consideration of what is to be done until matters 
 are brought to a conclusion, and to use their discretion how to act 
 with regard to Sir George Downing. Captain Elliott, on behalf 
 of himself and the owners of the Coast Frigate, agrees to submit 
 all differences to arbitration. (|^.) 
 
 Articles of Confederacy between Thomas Rickman and 
 others, November 10, 1662 {Home Miscellaneous, vol. xlii, p. 75). 
 
 Thomas Rickman, Josias Smith, John Wootes, Samuel Ward, 
 William Stannard, Thomas Hall, Matthew Crover, Joseph Tranc- 
 more, George Mastle, Samuel Smith, James Mackefield, William 
 Adrim, Francis Dyer, Thomas Girdio, Samuel Bresson, Leonard 
 Gey, Thomas Harman, and John Mercer ^ do covenant and agree 
 by and between themselves, their respective executors and adminis- 
 trators, not to serve the East India Company upon any conditions 
 but those contained in the annexed printed paper, and also upon 
 the condition that the said Company, or the commanders of their 
 ships, certify under their hands that it shall be lawful for the said 
 men to put their goods, which they shall bring home, into any of 
 His Majesty's warehouses they shall think fit, without let or 
 hindrance from the Company ; and that none of the said men 
 
 ' Two names appear to have been omitted.
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 273 
 
 shall seal any obligation to the Company above the penalty of 25 Z. 
 without the consent and agreement of any twelve of them had and 
 obtained in writing under their hands ; and that none of the said 
 men shall hinder or intercept one another in any employment 
 undertaken under the said conditions, or they shall pay to such 
 a one so intercepted 100^. sterling within three days of the said 
 hindrance or interception, notwithstanding any pretence of law or 
 equity to the contrary. To the performance of this covenant and 
 agreement the said men bind themselves severally each to other 
 in the sum of 200^. The copy is signed John Bowchett, x\bchurch 
 Lane, November 21, 1662. (i^ pp.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, November ii, 1662 {Court Book, 
 vol. xxiv, p. 550). 
 
 Several people asking for the work of hotpressing for the Company, 
 it is resolved that only four shall be employed, and directions are 
 given for the parcel of cloth intended this year for India to be 
 pressed. A fitting cargo and stock to be provided for the East 
 India Merchant. Order is given for payment to the Guinea Com- 
 pany of the remainder of 1,300/. for the Fort and trade of Guinea. 
 A copy of a covenant made by twenty masters' mates, in which 
 they agree not to serve the Company except on their own terms, 
 is shown to the Court and thought of ' such high concernement ' 
 that they resolve to make an example of the most prominent 
 actors and to employ none of the offenders again except on acknow- 
 ledgement of their error. Josias Smith and three others (to be 
 named in due time) are to be utterly excluded. As a further 
 encouragement for ships to go up the Ganges, it is resolved that, 
 in addition to the help of a pilot and two boats at the Company's 
 charge, they shall be allowed an extra los. per ton for all goods 
 taken within the bar. The minutes of the meeting of the 4th 
 instant are confirmed. (i| pp.) 
 
 Order of Council, November 12, 1662 {Public Record Office : 
 Privy Council Register, vol. Ivi, p. 202). 
 
 That all persons who pretend to have received injuries and 
 sustained losses from the Dutch do speedily prepare and bring in 
 their complaints, claims, and demands in writing to Sir George 
 
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 274 COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 Downing, who is required to put them into such ' method and 
 forme ' as may best tend to obtaining satisfaction for all their just 
 pretensions. 
 
 The Company to John Launce [at Marseilles], November 13, 
 1662 {Letter Book, vol. iii, p. 179). 
 
 Acknowledge the receipt of his letter of the 17th ult. with the 
 packet from Consul Delanoy. They now enclose another packet 
 to be forwarded to the Consul. (J p.) 
 
 The Company to Consul Delanoy [at Aleppo], November 13, 
 1662 {Ibid., p. 179). 
 
 Have received his letter of the 4th August, with the packet from 
 India and the letter from Signer Agostinehe Coronell Chacon.^ 
 The Surat factors in their last letter advised them of a large bill of 
 exchange drawn upon the Company by their President, Matthew 
 Andrews, payable to his assigns Alderman Milner, etc., in London. 
 The said President has very much wronged the Company and 
 abused and falsified their trust in him ; therefore they have 
 refused to accept the said bill and believe it will be returned to 
 India by this post. If it, or any other private letters, come to 
 Delanoy's hands he is not to forward them in the Company's 
 packet, but for the future he is to let every person bear the charge 
 of forwarding his own letters. (| p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, November 14, 1662 {Court Book, 
 vol. xxiv, p. 551). 
 
 Certain Committees are desired to examine the account of 
 Morton, a factor deceased in India ; others to view China roots 
 bought by Christopher Thomlingson and said to be damaged. 
 The bond of Daniel Clutterbuck to be delivered up to be cancelled, 
 his account having been cleared. The Court approves of the 
 following stock being sent to India this year : ioo,oooZ. in treasure, 
 of which 40,000/. is to go to the Coast and Bay, besides what will 
 go from Guinea, some cloths and other goods ; 40,000/. for Surat, 
 with cloths and perpetuanos ; and 20,000/. for Bantam ; also that 
 the East India Merchant should carry out to the Coast cloths, 
 
 * See a note at p. 273 of the last volume.
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 275 
 
 vermilion, coral, lead, refined brimstone, alum, quicksilver, 20,000/. 
 in gold if procurable, and 2,oooZ. in pieces of eight for Jambi. 
 The Committee for Buying Cloth are desired to ascertain whether 
 Molder, who is now appointed to do part of the Company's hot- 
 pressing, has suitable accommodation. Four Committees are 
 nominated to settle all matters in dispute between the Company 
 and the owners of the Coast Frigate. Consideration of a paper 
 presented by Captain Porter is deferred. Captain Prowd is 
 directed to notify the commanders of the several ships to appear 
 at the next court to give satisfaction concerning themselves and 
 their mates, (if pp.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, November 19, 1662 {Ibid., p. 553). 
 
 Mr. Bevin to undertake part of the hotpressing for the Company. 
 Copper to be sent to the Coast. Payment of the bill of exchange 
 belonging to Matthew Andrews is again demanded by a notary, 
 and refused for the same reasons as were given before. The 
 account of the freight and demurrage of the Barhadoes Merchant 
 to be made up. Captains Millett, Porter, and Michell are ques- 
 tioned as to whether they had anything to do with the combination 
 of the masters' mates ; they deny this on oath, and, in reply to 
 further question, state that most of the mates still persist with it ; 
 hereupon the Court, thinking it wise to take advice how to punish 
 the offenders and complain by petition, desire two of the Com- 
 mittees to see to the matter. The sum of 2,400/. to be paid to the 
 owners of the Eagle on account, and their business to be settled 
 this day week, if they refer themselves to the whole Court. (i| pp.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, November 21, 1662 [Ibid., p. 554). 
 
 Mr. Bathurst being ill, Mr. Willoughby is desired to go bail in 
 his stead with Mr. Clarke for Mr. Buckeridge at the suit of Mr, 
 Rainsford's executors, the Court promising to indemnify them. 
 A petition to His Royal Highness complaining of the combination 
 of the masters' mates is approved and ordered to be signed and 
 presented. A contract is made with Sir Thomas Bludworth for 
 lead. A new paper of pretensions by Thomas Skinner coming 
 from the Judge of the Admiralty, to which an answer is required 
 within eight days, the Committee formerly appointed to see to this 
 
 T 2
 
 276 COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 business and Mr. Jollife are desired to answer it and to ask for 
 a commission to examine witnesses in the East. At the request of 
 Messrs. Ellers and Carter, permission is given for five tons of 
 saltpetre to be delivered to the powdermakers. (i| pp.) 
 
 Petition of the Company to the Duke of York ^ {Home 
 Miscellaneous, vol. xlii, p. 77). 
 
 They have of late years found themselves intolerably injured 
 by the great encroachments of the commanders, officers, and 
 seamen employed in their ships to the East Indies, who carry out 
 and bring back money and goods for their own private accounts, 
 defrauding the King of his customs and the Company of their 
 freight, and so being able to undersell the latter, which without 
 some timely remedy will be the ruin of their joint stock. To 
 prevent this abuse the Company have provided reasonable and 
 legal covenants to be entered into by all their commanders, officers, 
 and seamen, in which fair and just encouragement is given for 
 faithful and diligent service, yet some mutinous and unconscionable 
 men have entered into a confederacy under their hands and seals 
 (a copy of which is enclosed), not to serve the Company but under 
 certain conditions, and thus obstruct a trade on which the good 
 of the kingdom very much depends. Therefore the petitioners 
 pray His Royal Highness to cause these men to be summoned 
 before him to give an account of their seditious confederacy and 
 receive such punishment as shall be deemed meet, (i p.) 
 
 Answer of Sir Andrew Riccard and Maurice Thomson to 
 Thomas Skinner's Allegations against the Company, Novem- 
 ber 24, 1662 {Ibid., p. 78). 
 
 At the instance of the Judge of the Admiralty appointed to hear 
 and examine the allegations of Thomas Skinner against the Company 
 and the answers of the latter and to report his opinion of the same. 
 Sir Andrew Riccard and Maurice Thomson deposed upon oath and 
 answered according to the best of their knowledge and the letters 
 and books of the Company ; but if these last are not admitted as 
 authentic and what has been answered before is not sufficient to 
 satisfy, they desire commissions to examine witnesses upon oath 
 
 * Marked as presented November 20 {sic).
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 277 
 
 in the East Indies to the complainant's allegations, which he 
 insists upon, with translations of the chops and instruments, which 
 he pretends were granted by the King and town of Jambi, etc., 
 with facsimiles of the seals to prove their truth, and what else 
 may be requisite in this business ; for what in Skinner's last paper 
 is pretended as proof is done chiefly by parties concerned, who 
 should not be admitted as witnesses. (I p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, November 26, 1662 {Court Book, 
 vol. xxiv, p. 555). 
 
 The account of the Barbadoes Merchant being made up, except 
 with regard to the passengers carried to and from Macassar, 
 direction is given for a warrant to be made out for payment of the 
 same, and for one-eighth part of what is due to the commander, 
 Captain Wylde, to be deducted until he gives satisfaction about the 
 said passengers. (| p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, November 28, 1662 [Ibid., p. 556). 
 
 Captain Wylde is directed to give in a true account of all passen- 
 gers carried to and from Macassar in the Barbadoes Merchant and 
 of what he received from them. Certain Committees are desired 
 to attend the Council in the afternoon, the Company having heard 
 that His Royal Highness intends to communicate to the Board 
 their ' petitionary complaints ' of the combination of the masters' 
 mates. Mr. Semaine and the rest of the powdermakers to be 
 summoned to meet a committee next Tuesday afternoon to settle 
 accounts and satisfy the Company. What is due to the late 
 George Moreton to be paid to his administrator. Committees, 
 aided in turn by the Governor and Deputy, to get in debts, see 
 that all goods sold are taken away, and prepare for the next sale ; 
 also to consider how to clear the Leadenhall warehouses and pro- 
 vide others in their stead. The Court, willing to give reasonable 
 encouragement to mariners where it can be done without prejudice 
 to the Company, gives permission for nutmegs, mace, cloves, indigo, 
 benzoin, and neck-cloths to be brought home in the Company's 
 ships free of fine, notwithstanding prohibition in chartcrparties to 
 the contrary. (i| pp.)
 
 278 COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 List of Commodities permitted or prohibited by the Com- 
 pany [November, 1662] {Home Miscellaneous, vol. xlii, p. 80). 
 
 Permitted : diamonds, seed pearl, musk, ambergris, white 
 pepper, nutmegs, cloves, mace, benzoin, indigo, green ginger, 
 sugar, sugarcandy, raw silk, myrabalans, nux vomica, China roots, 
 rhubarb, senna, incense, aloes epatica, bezoar stones, borax, 
 camphor, long pepper, oculus Indy,^ ' chambogiam,'^ salammoniac, 
 frankincense, opium, sanders wood, olibanum, lapis of several 
 sorts, lignum aloes, mastic, musk cods, nutmegs preserved, oil of 
 mace or of nutmegs, tamarinds, turmeric, Agra and Ahmadabad 
 taffetas, China satins, damasks and taffetas. Prohibited : calicoes 
 of all sorts, black pepper, cinnamon, cardamoms, saltpetre, lac of 
 all sorts, cowries, coloured ginghams, Bengal taffetas, cotton yarn, 
 aloes Socotrina, cassia lignum, (i p.) 
 
 John Chaplin's Commission from the Company, November 28, 
 1662 {Ihid., p. 88). 
 
 Appointing him their deputy, with power to seize all goods 
 brought from time to time into the kingdom contrary to their 
 charter, by which the Company is granted the sole and entire 
 trade to the East Indies and given power to seize and make for- 
 feiture of all goods from any part within the limits of the trade 
 granted to them in the said charter brought into the kingdom 
 without their knowledge or consent. He is also authorized to 
 keep all such goods in safe custody until further order, or until 
 order from such persons or committees of the said Company as 
 shall have been appointed by them to manage their business of 
 private trade. (|- p.) 
 
 Order of Council, November 28, 1662 [Public Record Office : 
 Privy Council Register, vol. Ivi, p. 232 ^). 
 
 A petition dated the 20th instant from the Company to the 
 Duke of York, Lord High Admiral of England, complaining of 
 
 * A mistake for ' cocculus India ', the dried berries of a climbing plant found on the 
 Malabar coast. They are poisonous, but were used in England for increasing the intoxicat- 
 ing power of beer. 
 
 * Gamboge. 
 
 * See also Home Miscellaneous, vol. xlii, p. 78.
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 279 
 
 the great encroachments of their commanders, officers, and seamen, 
 is read, and order given for the petitioners to wait on the Attorney 
 General, the Judge of the High Court of Admiralty, His Majesty's 
 Advocate and Counsel learned in the Civil Law and give them 
 notice to attend this Board on the 3rd of December next at three 
 in the afternoon to deliver their opinions touching this complaint. 
 
 A Court of Committees, December 3, 1662 {Court Book, 
 vol. xxiv, p. 558). 
 
 Francis Clarke to be paid for quicksilver and asked to buy all 
 that came in the same ship with his and so prevent it being taken 
 into the Company's market by private traders. Order is also 
 given for the purchase of elephants' teeth. An allowance on tincal 
 is made to Mr. Vandermarsh, and to Mr. Hampson on piece goods 
 and indigo. Dimities and diaper are now added to the list of 
 unprohibited goods, (ij pp.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, December 5, 1662 {Ibid., p. 559). 
 
 The owners of the East India Merchant are refused payment for 
 demurrage, but promised the same terms as others shall have this 
 year. The Governor states that, besides what has been paid for 
 guns for the King of Bantam, there is 494^. 25. id. remaining on 
 the pepper, and 341/. 5s. 4d. in Sir Richard Ford's hands for 
 ginger, and that he is called upon to clear the account : hereupon 
 he is desired to order payment of the first amount to Sir William 
 Compton when the guns are finished, and to assign the remaining 
 sum to Sir Richard Ford, (i p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, December 10, 1662 {Ibid., p. 560). 
 
 The Committee for the Dutch Business, and as many others as 
 please, are desired to draw up a list of the losses and damage the 
 Company has suffered by the Dutch, take advice on the subject, 
 and consider what is best to be done in order to procure a com- 
 mission from the Dutch for the Company to possess Pulo Run. 
 Samuel Ward, William Stanner, and Matthew Crover, three of the 
 mates named in the articles of combination against the Company, 
 acknowledge their fault and ask to be employed again ; the Court
 
 28o COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 consents to employ Ward and Stanner, but not Crover, as he did not 
 ' recant his fault soe heartily as to give the Court reason to receive 
 him againe into favour '. An affidavit made by Captain Charles 
 Wylde is read, stating what money he received from the passengers 
 to and from Macassar in the Barbadoes Merchant ; hereupon the 
 sum formerly deducted from his freight is ordered to be paid to 
 him. (i p.) 
 
 Petition of the Company to the King, [December, 1662] 
 {Home Miscellaneous, vol. xlii, p. 81). 
 
 Their right to the island of Pulo Run has been agreed to by all 
 transactions, but their possession of the same has been long retarded 
 by unreasonable delays ; and now they observe that the ratification 
 of the treaty with the Dutch, which should have been concluded in 
 three months, may probably be deferred so long that the season for 
 sending to the East Indies this year will be lost and they sustain 
 further damage, unless some absolute orders can be obtained, for 
 they have ships ready to depart, on which, if these orders may be 
 sent, further trouble to the King and the damage to themselves of 
 another year's detention of that island may be prevented ; there- 
 fore they pray His Majesty to give such present order therein as 
 shall seem most agreeable to his honour and to their right, (f p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, December 12, 1662 [Court Booky 
 vol. xxiv, p. 561). 
 
 Thomas Sprigg, the Husband, is awarded a gratuity of 50/. for 
 discovery of private trade and ' other extraordinary service '. 
 Thomas Winter, a young man born in India, who has a mother and 
 friends living there, is granted permission to take his passage in the 
 East India Merchant for the Coast ' as one of the two allowed the 
 Company by charterparty ', and promised employment when there 
 is occasion. Certain Committees are desired to settle all matters 
 relating to the last voyage of the African. Berry, the cooper, to be 
 paid for casks delivered in Richard Seaborne's time, if he can prove 
 their delivery. William Cannon is given 5/. for faithful services 
 rendered the Company. Oxen and hogs to be provided for abroad ; 
 Spanish wine and beer for Surat, the Coast and Bay ; Canary and 
 beer for Bantam ; one half hogshead of Spanish wine for the
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 281 
 
 Governor of St. Helena ; and one hogshead of the same for 
 the Governor of Pulo Run. The Committee for Plantations to 
 bestow a gratuity not exceeding 405. apiece on two St. Helena 
 men who pretend some pay is due to them. The Husband is 
 directed to obtain from the Accountant a list of all goods shipped 
 by certificate from the beginning of this Stock, that a timely demand 
 may be made for all debentures still unpaid. Saltpetre to be 
 delivered to Messrs. Ellors and Carter. The Solicitor is directed to 
 take counsel's advice how to obtain satisfaction from the powder- 
 makers for saltpetre formerly delivered. (i| pp.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, December 17, 1662 {Ibid., p. 563). 
 
 Edward Steevens is awarded a gratuity of 10/. for his pains in 
 repairing the ' modle ' ^ and surveying ships ; and Captain Brooke- 
 haven and Mr. Graves twenty nobles apiece, either in spice or 
 plate, for surveying vessels for this Stock. The Court also gives 
 direction for 12I. to be distributed among widows of poor East India 
 men, according to the annual custom, for 5/. to be given to the poor 
 of the parish by the Governor, and 12I. to John Crandon, who has 
 served about a year ; also for spice to be given to the officers and 
 others at the Customhouse to the value of 5/. only, it being dearer 
 this year. Certain Committees are desired to speak to Mr. Westerne 
 about some iron for which he demands payment, and to examine 
 and report on Richard Seaborne's books. Captain Porter is asked 
 whether his ship is at Gravesend ready to take in the Company's 
 treasure and goods and to set sail ; he replies that she has been 
 hindered by bad weather and is only at Erith ; hereupon he is told 
 that if he does not comply with his charterparty, a protest will be 
 sent to him. Matters concerning charterparty are settled with 
 Captain Michell, who is told to be ready to sail in company with the 
 East India Merchant ; and, for his future encouragement, the Court 
 gives order that the calicoes he brought home are to be delivered. 
 The agreement with the owners of the Royal Katherine and Con- 
 stantinople Merchant to be perfected by the Shipping Committee 
 to-morrow. Order is also given for the six remaining chests of coral 
 to be shipped in the East India Merchant. Captain Prowd is 
 
 ' Apparently the small model which was kept as a pattern for ships to be built for the 
 Company's service.
 
 282 COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 directed to sell on the best terms possible all the elm trees in the 
 Almshouse field fit to be cut down, and to plant as many again. 
 (li PP-) 
 
 Sir Thomas Chamberlain to Secretary Sir William Morice, 
 December 17, 1662 {Home Miscellaneous^ vol. xlii, p. 87). 
 
 Sir Richard Ford has told the Company of the King's gracious 
 order upon their petition about Pulo Run, and Sir William's 
 permission for them to state their desires as to the letter to be 
 written to the States of the United Provinces about the same ; for 
 this Sir Thomas offers his own and the Company's hearty thanks, 
 and begs that the States may be effectually pressed by His Majesty 
 (for reasons stated in the petition), not only to send the English 
 Company an express and absolute mandate to all ministers of the 
 Dutch East India Company in the Indies to deliver Pulo Run into 
 the quiet possession of the Agents of the English Company, but also 
 to command the Dutch Company to give the like orders to their 
 General at Batavia and to the Governor of the Islands of Banda, 
 and that open duplicates of both may be sent to the King for his 
 satisfaction. Sir Thomas will be greatly obliged if the Company 
 could have His Majesty's letter in time to send away next Fridav. 
 [l P-) 
 
 Sir Thomas Chamberlain to Sir George Downing, Decem- 
 ber 18, 1662 [Ihid., p. 86). 
 
 Encloses a letter from the King to the States of the United 
 Provinces, which His Majesty has been graciously pleased to grant 
 the Company, for present orders from the States and their East 
 India Company for the delivery of Pulo Run, and begs Sir George, 
 in the English Company's name, to send it on to The Hague by the 
 first post to some ' confident ' friend, who will deliver it and solicit 
 a speedy answer and reasonable resolution upon His Majesty's just 
 demands. The bearer will show Sir George a duplicate of the said 
 letter. In a postscript Sir Thomas adds that the Company's ship 
 for Bantam, in which the orders are to be sent, is to sail on the 
 15th January next. (| p.)
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 283 
 
 The King to the States of the United Provinces, Decem- 
 ber 18, 1662 {Ibid., p. 87), 
 
 The ratification of tiie treaty last concluded between His Majesty 
 and the States should have been made and reciprocally exchanged 
 within three months, but that time has expired and the said 
 ratification has not been passed. His Majesty is content to wait 
 yet longer with regard to his own concerns, but for the rendition 
 of Fulo Run, which ought to be made to his East India Company 
 after the said ratification, he requires the States to hasten their 
 absolute orders to their governors and commanders in the Indies, 
 and also the orders of the Dutch Company to their General at 
 Batavia and to their Governor of the islands of Banda, to give 
 peaceable possession of the said island immediately to whomsoever 
 His Majesty shall appoint. This His Majesty demands because 
 his East India Company has a vessel ready to sail to the Indies by 
 which the said orders may be sent, and also because the withholding 
 of the said orders until the ratification is accomplished will hinder 
 the English Company another year from enjoying the effect of the 
 said treaty with regard to the restitution of Pulo Run, ' which wee 
 beleive your justice and freindshipe would not putt in hazard.' 
 Translation from the French.^ {\ p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, December 19, 1662 {Court Book, 
 vol. xxiv, p. 565). 
 
 The chaplain at Poplar is given a gratuity of 20/. in recognition 
 of his services amongst the poor. The Commander of the Castle 
 Frigate having some scruple about signing the charterparty, the 
 matter is referred to the committee for that business. The fine is 
 remitted on certain calicoes belonging to a maidservant of Alderman 
 Chiverton. Messrs. Bagnall and Thomlinson are allowed an abate- 
 ment on China roots found to be damaged. Certain Committees 
 are desired to speak with the Commissioners of the Customs about 
 letting the goat's wool pass out as it came in, free, and get them 
 to pay impost on the pepper dust, (i p.) 
 
 ' The French text is printed in Dagh-RegisUr, Batavia, 1663 (p. 468).
 
 284 COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 Proclamation, Whitehall, December 20, 1662 {Public Record 
 Office : S.P. Doni. : vol. Ixv, no. 27). 
 
 Permitting the free import of nutmegs, cinnamon, cloves, and 
 mace, until the East India Company be restored to Pulo Run, or 
 some other of the Spice Islands, whereby they can import them, 
 notwithstanding a clause in the Act of Navigation, forbidding the 
 import of goods except direct from the place of growth and manu- 
 facture, or from the place where they are usually first shipped. 
 Printed. 
 
 A Court of Committees, December 23, 1662 {Court Book^ 
 vol. xxiv, p. 566). 
 
 Captain William Porter to be repaid what he spent in the suit 
 about the taffetas sent home by Traveisa. The Committee for the 
 Guinea Business are directed to draw up the commissions and 
 instructions necessary to be sent by the Castle Frigate^ and to place 
 Captain Michell second in commission during his stay at Guinea 
 for the management of the Company's affairs there ; consideration 
 to be had of his services on his return. Order is given for Thomas 
 Mullinax, a factor at Guinea, to go in the Castle Frigate to the Coast 
 and be employed there. Robert Berry to be paid 26I. in full of all 
 demands. The charterparty for the Barbadoes Merchant's last 
 voyage to be delivered up to be cancelled. The Royal Katherifie 
 to be ready to sail from Gravesend by the 15th of January next 
 and to return the loth of January following, (i p.) 
 
 The Company's Requests to the Royal Company, Decem- 
 ber 31, 1662 {Home Miscellaneous, vol. xlii, p. 89). 
 
 I. For a pass for the Castle Frigate, commanded by Captain 
 Stephen Michell, to go to Fort Kormantine and fetch away gold 
 or any other goods belonging to them. 2. That the Royal Company 
 will appoint two persons to join with Captain Michell and another 
 whom he shall choose, to value all things according to contract and 
 pay for them there in good Tiber gold at 3L 10s. the oz., or here by 
 bills of exchange on the Royal Company, as the value shall be agreed 
 upon, at thirty days' sight. 3. That the Royal Company will 
 obtain from Sir Nicholas Crispe an order for the surrender of Fort
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 285 
 
 Kormantine to such as the East India Company shall appoint, and 
 that the said two persons appointed by the Royal Company may 
 have order to give sufficient acknowledgement for such things as 
 shall be delivered according to contract. 4. If the Castle of Cape 
 Coast is purchased by the East India Company, that upon its 
 delivery to the Royal Company it may be paid for in gold, or by 
 exchange here as abovesaid, according to contract, and that as the 
 East India Company are advised, by letters received since the date 
 of the contract, that their factors have erected two new factories 
 on the Gold Coast, viz. at Anto and Cantancory,^ that, on these 
 being delivered to the Royal Company's factors, the East India 
 Company may receive satisfaction in gold there, or by exchange 
 here as aforesaid, for what they have disbursed, either for purchase 
 of the trade or erection of housing or other accommodation, as in 
 the case provided in the contract for Cape Coast Castle. 5. The 
 East India Company has a pinnace of about sixty tons at Guinea 
 fit for supplying the Benin trade and to go between all the other 
 factories there ; this vessel they will let the Royal Company have 
 at the valuation of the persons mentioned above. 6. They also 
 have some goods there which are not vendible on that coast, and 
 these they desire to be allowed to ship in any of the Royal Com- 
 pany's vessels bound for Barbadoes, paying a reasonable freight 
 for the same. 7. That such negroes as they can spare may be 
 valued and paid for as aforesaid. Signed John Stanyan, Secretary. 
 
 A Court of Committees, December 31, 1662 {Court Book, 
 vol. xxiv, p. 567). 
 
 Captain Porter is given permission to take back in the East India 
 Merchant a native of Johanna. John Coltman reports that there is 
 a quantity of lead shipped as private trade in the East India 
 Merchant, part of which belongs to Richard Goodlad ; hereupon 
 Captain Porter is called into court and told that the Company will 
 expect the penalty. The Governor states that Henry Johnson has 
 agreed to take all the trees from the almshouse field for 50/, and 
 plant sixty young ones in their place. The Governor is desired to 
 
 1 Probably a mistake for Tantamkweri, about 30 miles east of Cape Coast. 'Anto' is 
 apparently Ante (Ahanta), the district round Cape Three Points.
 
 286 COURT MINUTES, ETC, OF THE 
 
 draw up a paper in pursuance of the agreement made with the 
 Royal Company, and of anything else required by this Company. 
 
 (I A) 
 
 Guns sent to the King of Bantam, 1662 [Public Record Office : 
 CO. 77, vol, viii, no. 145). 
 
 Three culverins, each weighing over 40 cwt. Their total cost is 
 put at 908/. 8s. gd. ' The graveing came to 185.' Signed J. Moore. 
 
 Demands of the English East India Company for losses 
 sustained from the Dutch East India Company [Dutch Records, 
 vol. vi, f. 104). 
 
 Recapitulates the claims already made (see pp. 77-80) on account 
 of interference with the Mayflower, Marigold, Constantinople 
 Merchant, Merchants' Delight, Dragon, and Advice,'^ and for the 
 plunder of the English warehouse at Jambi. In the case of the 
 Dragon the amount claimed is raised to 28,071/. 95. (the loss of the 
 vessel being attributed to her detention until the winter) ; but in 
 the case of the Advice the claim is reduced to 10,075/. 105. Further 
 claims are made (i) for 23,000/. spent in preparing shipping, 
 victuals, etc., for taking possession of Pulo Run ; (2) for 67,000/. 
 per annum from January 1659, for loss of trade owing to the non- 
 surrender of that island, its former yearly yield being stated at 
 300,000 lb. of nutmegs at 35. per lb. and 55,000 lb. of mace at 85. 
 Reparation is also demanded for the destruction of the fruit trees, 
 etc., which will render the island unproductive for about fourteen 
 years ; and it is suggested that the Dutch Company should be 
 required to supply other trees and plants to replace those destroyed. 
 Signed by the Secretary. (3 pp.) 
 
 Demands of the English East India Company for Damages 
 sustained from the Dutch West India Company [Ibid., f, 105). 
 
 For the house and factory at Cape Coast, which were burnt on 
 May I, 1659, with all goods, merchandise, and household stuffs 
 
 * The Endymion is omitted, as her detention was known in England previous to January 
 1659.
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 287 
 
 by the Dutch at Cape Coast Castle in the service of the Dutch 
 West India Company, at a loss amounting to 2,500/. For the 
 house and factory at Cape Coast, which had been rebuilt and 
 plentifully stored with several sorts of merchandise for the trade 
 of that place, and were on May 22, 1661, again burnt with all the 
 goods, merchandise, and household stuffs by two blacks of Morea,^ 
 hired for the purpose by the servants of the Dutch West India 
 Company, causing the English Company loss and damage to the 
 amount of 15,474/. 12s. (J p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, January 2, 1663 {Court Book, vol. 
 xxiv, p. 568). 
 
 Certain proposals made by Charles Goldsmith and Thomas 
 Martin to lade two ships in India with goods for Macao and the 
 Philippines are read, and they are told that it is too late in the 
 year to take such a design in hand. Captain Michell to be allowed 
 a hogshead of wine and one of brandy for his use whilst abroad. 
 The Royal Company to be desired to give directions to their factors 
 in Guinea to deliver to the factors of this Company as much Tiber 
 gold as they shall have when the Castle Frigate is there, and take 
 bills of exchange on the East India Company for payment at the 
 rate of 3/. 105. per ounce, thirty days after sight. Certain Com- 
 mittees to speak with Sir Nicholas Crispe about the delivery of 
 Choromantine to the Royal Company and, if he refuses to give 
 order for the same, to demand satisfaction from him for the time 
 he let it to the Company. Stores to be provided for the Benjamin 
 pinnace. Captain Porter declaring that he has no interest in the 
 lead shipped as private trade in his vessel, the Court consents to 
 take it and pay the owners the cost, as it cannot be got at without 
 much loss of time and harm to the provisions, but the Captain is 
 to pay the cost of discovery, to give 5/. to the officers, and a bill of 
 lading for the said lead ; but this arrangement is not to be looked 
 upon as a precedent for others to put the Company to the like 
 trouble, thinking to escape in a similar manner. An agreement is 
 made with Mr. Pennington concerning the goat's wool he bought. 
 
 (If PP-) 
 
 ' llori, about four miles east of Cape Coast.
 
 288 COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 The Company to Joseph Bathurst and Richard Manning 
 [at Amsterdam], January 2, 1663 {Letter Book, vol. iii, p. 206). 
 
 Acknowledge the receipt of their two last letters and desire to 
 be kept informed constantly of anything relating to ' any materiall 
 passages ' in the East, and of all else that may concern the Company. 
 Their charges shall be reimbursed and an acknowledgement and 
 reward made for their correspondence, etc., in due course. (^ p.) 
 
 The Netherlands East India Company at Amsterdam to 
 John Maatsuycher, Governor-General at Batavia, January 
 4/14, 1663 {Ibid., p. 222). 1 
 
 As by the 15th article of the treaty made on the 4/14 September, 
 1662, between the King of Great Britain and the States-General, 
 the island of Pulo Run is to be restored to the said King or to such 
 as shall be authorized by him in writing under the great seal of 
 England to receive it, after ratification of the said treaty (an 
 authenticated copy of which is now sent) and the necessary orders 
 put into His Majesty's hands, they, in accordance with the desire 
 of the States-General and in pursuance of the order contained in 
 their letter of the loth instant (copy of which is enclosed 2), not only 
 give him notice of the said treaty, but also enjoin and charge him 
 upon receipt of the same to deliver up the island to such as are 
 thus authorized to receive it, and advise what he has done in 
 pursuance of this their order, (f p.) Also a letter of the same 
 tenor to the Governor and Council of the Banda Islands. 
 
 A Court of Committees, January 7, 1663 {Court Book, vol. xxiv, 
 p. 570). 
 
 A copy of Thomas Skinner's demands to be sent to the factors 
 at Jambi, who are to look into the matter and return a perfect 
 relation of the facts and whatever else may help the Company in 
 their defence. Dr. Turner and Dr. Walker to be retained as 
 counsel for the Company for the ensuing year, to be given 5/. each 
 and a fee as often as their services are required. Some allowance 
 is made to buyers of China roots for ' trash and scumings '. (i p.) 
 
 * The Dutch text is printed in Dagh-Register, Batavia, 1663 (p. 470), where the date is 
 given as 5/15 January. 
 
 * Printed (in Dutch) in op. cil. (p. 469).
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 289 
 
 The States-General to John Maatsuycher, Governor- 
 General AT Batavia, January 8/18, 1663 [Letter Book, vol. iii, 
 p. 221).^ 
 
 Bythe 15th article of the treaty made on the 4/14 September, 1662, 
 between the King of Great Britain and the States-General, the 
 island of Pulo Run is to be restored to the said King or to such as 
 shall be authorized by him in writing under the great seal of 
 England to receive it, after the ratification and delivery of reciprocal 
 instruments and the necessary orders put into the hands of His 
 Majesty (as may be seen by the authenticated copy of the treaty 
 now sent). They have thought good not only to give him notice 
 of the said treaty, but also to enjoin and command that after 
 receipt of the same he is to deliver over the island to those thus 
 authorized to receive it, and advise them of what he has done in 
 pursuance of this order. Signed A. Ruych. Examined by Edmund 
 Arnold. Also a letter of the same date and tenor to John Vandam, 
 Governor of Banda, and his Council. 
 
 A Court of Committees, January 9, 1663 [Court Book, vol. xxiv, 
 p. 571). 
 
 Two Committees interested in the United Stock and two on 
 behalf of this Stock are requested to settle the business of Thomas 
 Skinner in a manner which shall be satisfactory to both Stocks and, 
 with the assistance of Christopher Willoughby, to defend the 
 Company against Skinner's pretences, and use their discretion in 
 the determination of all differences. Sir George Smith is desired 
 to nominate at the next court an ' able aurthodox Divine ' for 
 Surat, in case Mr. Thompson should come home. Mr. Boone 
 reports that he has retained Dr. Walker as the Company's counsel 
 for this year and hopes to do the like with Dr. Turner when he 
 returns to town ; hereupon direction is given for advice to be 
 taken from the said Doctors about formulating the Company's 
 demands for losses and damage sustained from the Dutch. The 
 sum of 900/. to be imprested to the owners of the Loyal Merchant 
 on account of her intended voyage, and permission is given to the 
 commander to carry out some broadcloth, (i^ pp.) 
 
 • The Dutch text is printed in Dagh- Register, Batavia, 1663 (p. 469). 
 2482 U
 
 290 COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 A Court of Committees, January 14, 1663 {Court Book, 
 vol. xxiv, p. 572). 
 
 Messrs. Lanoy and Aldersey to dye the perpetuanoes intended 
 for India this year. The committee appointed to adjust the 
 freight of the African report that pepper is missing over and above 
 the usual allowance made for its being taken in at Jambi when 
 green and foul ; this matter is left for the committee to deal with. 
 (I A) 
 
 A Court of Committees, January 16, 1663 {Ibid., p. 573). 
 
 Discussion concerning Mr. Thompson's indigo is deferred. 
 Resolved that a court of sales shall be held next Thursday at 
 2 o'clock of goods unsold, unpaid for, and remaining in the ware- 
 houses ; the bills to publish this to name only several sorts of 
 calicoes, drugs, and other East India commodities. Quicksilver 
 to be sent in the Royal Katherine to the Coast and Surat, some of 
 which is to be bought from Francis Clarke. Mr. Jollife is desired 
 to ' require of the Commissioners of the Customes that either they 
 declare themselves satisfied without payment of any additionall 
 duty for callicoes as lynnen,^ or that they will goe to tryall about 
 it.' He is also to urge them to pay the impost for dust of pepper 
 exported, it being what the Company paid custom for at the 
 importation, (i p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, January 21, 1663 {Ibid., p. 574). 
 
 Thomas Papillion and George Chaundler to be returned the 5/. 
 each paid for their freedom, it now appearing that their fathers 
 were free of the Company. Treasure to be shipped in the Con- 
 stantinople Merchant to-morrow. The Court, in accordance with 
 the decision of Judge Exton, consents to Thomas Skinner comparing 
 the papers exhibited concerning his affairs with the Company's 
 books, and directs that care be taken to see that ' he abuse not 
 
 > Under date of February 27, 1664, Pepys writes : 'Sir Martin Noell . . . told us the 
 dispute between him, as Farmer of the Additional Duty, and the East India Company, 
 whether callicos be linen or no ; which he says it is, having been ever esteemed so. Thev 
 say it is made of cotton woole and grows upon trees, not like flax or hempe. But it was 
 carried against the Company, though they stand out against the verdict.' See also Court 
 Minutes, 1644-9, P- 343 «• and infra, s.d. August 14, 1663.
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 291 
 
 any of them '. The decision concerning the African is approved. 
 All copper remaining on the Company's hands to be sold. A piece 
 of plate to the value of lol. is given to Captain Charles Wylde for 
 his descriptions of the Ganges and the town of Madraspatan.^ 
 John Mold, a pensioner, to go as a gunner to St. Helena ; his 
 pension to be given to his son until the latter is ten years old. 
 Some allowance to be made on pepper sold to Mr. King. Certain 
 Committees are desired to decide what goods and treasure shall 
 be laden 'in each of the outward bound ships. Suspicion having 
 been aroused concerning the Loyal Merchant's lading, order is 
 given for her to be searched. The Governor is desired to procure 
 a new commission under the Broad Seal for possessing Pulo Run, 
 according to the tenor of the commission formerly procured under 
 the Privy Seal. Calicoes to be delivered to John Boyce. (if pp.) 
 
 Warrant from the King to the Attorney-General, White- 
 hall, January 21, 1663 {Home Miscellaneous, vol. xlii, p. 90). 
 
 To prepare a bill for the royal signature to pass the great seal, 
 containing a commission to authorize the East India Company to 
 take, receive, possess, plant, govern, and fortify the island of Pulo 
 Run to the proper use of themselves and their successors, by such 
 person or persons as they shall think fit to depute or commission, 
 commanding all His Majesty's subjects, upon pain of the royal 
 displeasure, to yield all conformity and obedience to such persons 
 so commissioned and authorized, and desiring all Princes and 
 States in alliance with His Majesty, together with their ministers 
 and officers whom it may concern, not to hinder or disturb the 
 agents and servants of the said Company in their quiet and 
 free reception, possession, plantation, fortification, and peaceable 
 continuance in the enjoyment of the said island.^ Signed William 
 Morice. (f p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, January 23, 1663 {Court Book, vol. 
 xxiv, p. 576). 
 
 The owners of the Eagle requesting that their business may be 
 settled, the Court decides to determine it at once. Thomas 
 
 ' For an account of Wylde and his charts see my article in the Geographical Journal^ 
 July, 1914. ' No copy of the royal commission has been found. 
 
 U 2
 
 292 COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 Skinner producing a letter from the Judge of the Admiralty 
 directing that he be allowed to see such of the Company's books 
 and letters as refer to his business, he is given permission to do so. 
 Mr. Kendall is entreated to procure the King's commission under 
 the broad seal for the Company to possess Pulo Run as speedily as 
 possible, that it may be sent in the Coyistantinople Merchant ; 
 a warrant to the Attorney-General for that purpose is delivered 
 to him, and directions are given for a commission to be prepared 
 under the Company's seal to nominate and empower persons to 
 receive possession of the said island on the Company's behalf. 
 Mr. Boyce desires some allowance on calicoes delivered to him, 
 which he asserts are not like the sample he saw. The information 
 given at the last court about the Loyal Merchant was a mistake, 
 as it concerned the Royal Katherine, which vessel is to be searched 
 forthwith, (i p,) 
 
 A Court of Committees, January 28, 1663 [Court Book, vol. 
 xxiv, p. 578). 
 
 A commission to pass the Company's seal, appointing persons to 
 receive possession of Pulo Run on the Company's behalf, is read 
 and approved. The Lord Richeonson^ presents his chaplain for 
 entertainment as minister at Surat ; hereupon the Court decides 
 to hear him preach at the parish church ' Sunday morning next 
 come senight ', and desires as many of the Committees as please to 
 nominate other candidates to preach also, that a better choice 
 may be had. The purser of the Constantinople Merchant is given 
 405. for his charges in waiting for letters and to hasten him to the 
 Downs. The freight of the Loyal Merchant to be settled. The 
 committee appointed to proportion the treasure and goods to the 
 several ships to be dispeeded this year report as follows : the 
 Royal Katherine to carry 20,000/. of treasure, lead, broadcloth, 
 
 * Lord Richardson, as he was commonly styled, though his rightful title was Lord 
 Cramond. He was the grandson of Sir Thomas Richardson, Lord Chief Justice, whose 
 second wife was created Baroness Cramond in 1629. The chaplain who was thus recom- 
 mended to the Court was John L'Escaillot, who had graduated M.A. at Cambridge in 
 i66o. His letter of January 26; 1664, describing the sack of Surat by Sivaji, is 
 printed at p. 424 of vol. i of Wilkin's Works of Sir Thomas Browne (1836), and has often been 
 quoted.
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 293 
 
 scarlets, quicksilver, and perpetuanoes ; the Loyal Merchant 
 ■26,0001. of treasure, perpetuanoes, broadcloth, elephants' teeth, 
 quicksilver, vermilion, coral, alum, brimstone, and lead ; the 
 African, 14,000/. treasure, broadcloth, alum, quicksilver, elephants' 
 teeth, lead, coral, vermilion, and brimstone ; the Coast Frigate, 
 8,000/. in rials, muskets, bandoleers, brass guns, and perpetuanoes. 
 
 The Company's Commission for taking possession of Pulo 
 Run, January 28, 1663 [Letter Book, vol. iii, p. 220).^ 
 
 The King having given authority, under the great seal of England, 
 to the Governor and Company or to such as they may appoint to 
 receive, possess, plant, and fortify the ' Island of Roone alys 
 Pollaroone ', these are to notify that we the said Governor and 
 Company nominate, appoint, and ordain Captain John Hunter, 
 Captain John Button, Henry Page, Peter Cooke, John Rawlins, 
 William Turner, William Mainstone, Vincent Vette, Richard 
 Mohune, Foulke Midleton, Henry Pearle, Robert Hopper, Hamond 
 Gibbon, Thomas Hunter, John Hunter, Junior, James Bale, Francis 
 Foster, Josiah Shute, Joseph Sayer, John Knott, William Broad- 
 bent, Thomas Mead, John Benn, William Clough, John Emerson, 
 Ezra Sherly, John Markland, George Smallwood, and Robert 
 Jennings, or any one or more of them, to receive, possess, plant, 
 fortify, and keep possession of the said island. 
 
 The Company to Joseph Bathurst and Richard Manning 
 [at Amsterdam], January 30, 1663 [Ibid., p. 206). 
 
 Desire them to procure and send one cwt. of the wood called 
 saponhout,- which the Dutch Company bring yearly in great 
 quantities from the East. If there are several sorts they are to send 
 some of each, with information as to the uses to which it is put, 
 what colour it is usually dyed, which is the best kind now sent, also 
 from what part of the East it is procured and at what cost. They 
 are to dispatch the wood by the first opportunity either from 
 Amsterdam or by way of Rotterdam, {h p.) 
 
 ' Printed (in Enj^lish and Dutch) in Dagh- Register, Batavia, 1663 (pp. 511, 513). 
 ^ The red dye-wood known as sappan- or Brazil-wood.
 
 294 COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 A Court of Committees, February 4, 1663 [Court Book, 
 vol. xxiv, p. 580). 
 
 Upon consideration of a paper drawn up by the Auditor from the 
 Bay books, showing some extravagance in accounts there, the 
 Court directs him to keep three books, one for Surat, one for the 
 Coast and Bay, and one for Bantam and the South Seas, and 
 register in them all irregular or unwarrantable actions committed 
 either in buying or selling goods at unusual prices or without 
 sufficient order, any excess in expenses of housekeeping or other 
 extraordinary charge, whatsoever is done without or contrary to 
 commission, any freight, custom, or money received for the Com- 
 pany's account which does not appear to have been entered or 
 rightly disposed of, any error in accounts or miscarriage abroad ; 
 and to charge all such things to the account of the several persons 
 found culpable of the same. For this purpose he is to audit all books 
 from the Indies and examine how goods received here tally in 
 quantity and quality with the invoices ; to enable him to do this 
 he is given permission to inspect all books, letters, or commissions 
 to and from the East, and all orders at home which may be neces- 
 sary. The Committee for Plantations to consider what seamen, 
 artificers, and stores will be necessary to send in the Coast Frigate 
 to supply Pulo Run. The owners of the Loyal Merchant to make 
 good the pepper found missing in their vessel, to be paid the 
 remainder of their freight, and their charterparty to be cancelled. 
 The Governor is desired to endeavour to persuade the Hospital 
 authorities to permit the Company to renew the lease of the ware- 
 houses at Leadenhall for twenty-one years and, as an inducement, 
 to offer 100/. as a gift to the Hospital. Copies of the list of unpro- 
 hibited goods to be supplied to Captains Millett and Fisher, (if pp.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, February 6, 1663 [Ibid., p. 582). 
 
 The Committee for Plantations report that in their opinion forty 
 men will be sufficient to send to Pulo Run, with certain stores ; 
 hereupon they are desired to entertain thirty men for the present, 
 and what stores and provisions they think requisite. William 
 Bradford, who, according to the last letter from the Coast, has been 
 entertained as a factor there, is accorded a salary of 20I. a year.
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 295 
 
 Business concerning the Eagle to be settled next Tuesday. Mr. Gold 
 complaining of want of weight in the guns sold to him from the 
 Restoration'' s inventory, he is told that, if he pays 300/. within 
 a fortnight, in addition to the 1000/. already paid, he shall be cleared 
 of that bargain. Cowries sold to the Royal Company. What is due 
 to the owners of the Castle Frigate to be paid with the exception of 
 50/,, which is to be detained until they satisfy the Company as to 
 who shipped the calicoes consigned to Thruscrosse. (i p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, February ii, 1663 {Ibid., p. 585). 
 
 Messrs. Willoughby and Canham are requested to be bound on 
 the Company's behalf to stand to the order of Chancery to be made 
 upon hearing after the return of the commission to examine wit- 
 nesses in India in the matter depending between Mr. Buckeridge 
 and the administrators of Colonel Rainsford. The extremity of the 
 weather having obstructed trade very considerably, the sale 
 arranged for the loth instant is postponed until Thursday the 
 24th instant, when all goods which have been in the warehouses 
 since October i, 1661, are to be sold ; also all goods sent home by 
 particular men in India, especially those sent by Matthew Andrews. 
 It is resolved that the minister for Surat shall be given a salary of 
 50/. a year to begin at his departure from Gravesend (25/. to be 
 imprested on account) and 10/. to be allowed him for fresh pro- 
 visions ; and many of the Committees having heard John Le Escal- 
 lett (recommended by Lord Richeonson) preach last Sunday and 
 been well satisfied with him, he is now entertained for that post, 
 which he accepts thankfully and promises to do his best to answer 
 the Court's expectations. Alderman Millner and Joseph Andrews 
 request that the goods sent home by Matthew Andrews may be sold 
 and his bill of exchange accepted ; they are told that the Court has 
 already given their answer concerning the bill and has decided to 
 sell the said goods by the candle, but if they will engage to pay the 
 Company, with interest, whatever Andrews owes, the Company 
 will engage to pay what shall remain due to Andrews also with 
 interest; this they refuse to do. (i^pp.)
 
 296 COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 A Court of Committees, February 13, 1663 {Court Book, 
 vol. xxiv, p. 587). 
 
 The Court, observing that more money is likely to be spent by the 
 Company in the business between Mr. Buckeridge and Colonel 
 Rainsford's administrators, orders all expenses to be charged to the 
 account paid in by Buckeridge to the Company's cash. Lahore and 
 Sarkhej indigo to be provided from Surat. The Committees are 
 desired to attend by turns of six each day on the first four days 
 of next week, both morning and afternoon, to endeavour to get in 
 all debts and cause all goods bought to be cleared by the ist of March 
 next ; tickets to notify this to be sent to all concerned (| p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, February 18, 1663 {Ibid., p. 588). 
 
 Order is given for the treasure to be shipped aboard the Royal 
 Katherine next Friday. The sum of 50/. detained from the owners 
 of the Coast Frigate to be paid on production of an affidavit from 
 the purser, or any other, of the lading of calicoes belonging to 
 Thriscrosse. The following men are entertained as factors to go in 
 the Coast Frigate to Bantam to supply the southern factories and 
 be placed by the Agent : Humphrey Weston and Thomas Steeven- 
 son at 40/. a year, Thomas Harrington and Francis Farrer at 30Z. 
 a year, William Abjohn and Charles Lucy at 20/. a year. An 
 additional amount of iron and lead to be laden in the Coast Frigate. 
 The Royal Company to have the iron originally bought for Guinea, 
 provided they will give 15/. a ton for it. (i p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, February 20, 1663 {Ibid., p. 589). 
 
 Debate is had concerning the disposal of iron and battery to the 
 Royal Company, but no decision arrived at. The money remaining 
 over from the proceeds of the calicoes given to the minister at the 
 Fort by the factors and sent home to buy books is to be sent to him 
 in rials of eight after the books have been paid for. {\p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, February 25, 1663 {Ibid., p. 590). 
 
 Edward Tooke and William Rusholte are accepted as security in 
 500/. for William Abjohn. The Governor moves for a letter to be 
 written to Sir George Downing, who has not yet come to town, as 
 it is necessary some progress should be made in the Dutch business
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 297 
 
 in pursuance of the 15th article ; he also states that the articles 
 with Portugal contain ' somewhat of advantage to the English 
 merchants ', and if by the King's permission a copy of that particu- 
 lar part could be obtained the Company may make good use of it ; 
 hereupon he is entreated to write to Sir George, and also endeavour 
 to obtain the copy mentioned. Henry Powell, who by order of 
 Matthew Andrews was entertained as a factor at the Bay, is dis- 
 missed the Company's service. Notice to be given on the Exchange 
 that the court of sales is again to be deferred until some time in 
 April next, and order is given for lists to be printed of the several 
 quantities and qualities of calicoes intended for sale. Certain 
 Committees to settle and clear accounts with the powdermakers. 
 The request of Mr. Buckeridge to have some of his goods delivered 
 is refused. The masters of the Loyal Merchant and Royal Katherine 
 are warned not to leave any persons in the East without the 
 Company's permission ' upon paine of the extreamest pennalty of 
 charterparty '. {'^i pp-) 
 
 Sir Thomas Chamberlain to [Sir George Downing], 
 February 25, 1663 (Home Miscellaneous, vol. Ixii, p. 91). 
 
 The Company have sent several times to his house to see if he 
 had returned from the country, so that the committee might confer 
 with him about several wrongs received from the Dutch Company. 
 The time is drawing on apace ; and the Company therefore desire 
 his advice as to whether they shall send over their claims before his 
 departure : to whom to address themselves at The Hague : and 
 what else he shall think meet to be done to bring the business to 
 such a conclusion that the Company may receive satisfaction. (| p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, February 27, 1663 {Court Book, 
 vol. xxiv, p. 591). 
 
 A letter to Sir George Downing, drawn up by the Governor, is 
 read and approved. Dame Sybil Boteler and William Farrer are 
 accepted as securities in 1,000/. for Francis Farrer. By desire of 
 Sir Henry Bennitt, Percival Stanny is entertained to go to Bantam 
 and be there employed as the Agent pleases. Directions to be sent 
 to Surat that no more cardamoms are to be bought, unless for the 
 purpose of completing tonnage and to avoid delay of shipping.
 
 298 COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 Orders to be dispatched to all parts of the East, forbidding any per- 
 sons to be left there without the Company's permission, and for 
 any found without the same to be sent home with those harbouring 
 them. Certain Committees are nominated to act as commissioners 
 to examine witnesses in India concerning the business of Colonel 
 Rainsford, two to be chosen by the Company and two by the 
 administrators. Thomas Lucy and Henry Dacres are accepted as 
 securities in 500Z. for Charles Lucy. James Hill to pay for so much 
 only of the coffee he bought as is merchantable, (i^ pp.) 
 
 The Company to Joseph Bathurst and Richard Manning [at 
 Amsterdam], February 27, 1663 [Letter Book, vol. iii, p. 226). 
 
 Thank them for their information concerning saponhout wood. 
 Have been advised of the return of the Concord from the Coast and 
 the Truro from Surat. Both wintered at Augustine Bay, where 
 about the beginning of July arrived the Leopard, commanded by 
 Richard Minors, with the Portuguese Viceroy from Lisbon on 
 board, bound for Goa. About the middle of July arrived the 
 Madras Merchant from Fort St. George. Have heard from their 
 ships at Plymouth that the Dutch admiral was cast away near 
 Augustine Bay, and a rumour that the other three vessels were also 
 lost thereabouts ; the commanders of their two returned ships 
 promised to send an account of this, but as yet have not done so. 
 In November their ships came from St. Helena, and brought three 
 Dutchmen who had hidden on the island since last April, when 
 the Dutch fleet was there. The President of Surat writes in his 
 letter of the loth March last that the Dutch have taken Cranganore, 
 ' a small cittie neare Cocheene ', and are now besieging the latter 
 place, which it is supposed they will soon master. Enclose a printed 
 list of the cargoes of their tw^o ships. They carried a packet of Dutch 
 letters, and these have been given to Lucas Lucy to forward. (| p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, March 6, 1663 [Court Book, vol. xxiv, 
 P- 592). 
 
 The Court gives directions for a book to be kept in the counting- 
 house for the entry of all freights and other matters concerning 
 every ship, to be begun with the freights as they were settled last 
 year. Richard Hardres, who last year was entertained as purser's
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 299 
 
 mate in the Convertine, but left behind, is given leave to go to Surat 
 in the Loyal Merchant to look after his possessions and return in her, 
 unless Sir George Oxinden shall find employment for him. A clause 
 to be inserted in the Surat letter for inquiry to be made about 
 Colonel Rainsford's business and an exact account of the same to be 
 returned. Edward Halford and Thomas Farrington are accepted 
 as securities in 1,000/. for Thomas Harrington, and John Sayer and 
 John Billingsly in a like sum for Thomas Stevenson. As a reward 
 for good service, the salary of Henry Page, Second at Bantam, is 
 increased from 30Z. to 50/. a year, to begin from the expiration of his 
 covenanted time of five years, (ij pp.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, March ii, 1663 [Ibid., p. 594). 
 
 The Court gives permission for 1,500 dollars to be sent to Surat 
 for the use of the Padres there, the same to be consigned to the 
 President and Council. Certain Committees to direct the Husband 
 to adjust and settle the accounts of the customs. John Sibley and 
 Richard Weston are accepted as securities in i,oooZ. for Humphrey 
 Weston, At the request of Alderman Micoe, who inadvertently 
 omitted to pay in time for goods bought at the last sale, he is 
 granted the usual allowance, as he has been a good customer and 
 paid well. The commanders of each ship to be permitted to carry 
 200 yards of mixed-coloured cloth for their own private account, 
 after it has been examined by the Husband and sealed. Four vats 
 of battery remaining in the Company's hands to be delivered to the 
 Royal Company, who are to pay the prime cost and charges, with 
 2\ per cent, for bringing them from Holland. Forty barrels of 
 powder to be sent in the Coast Frigate to the King of Bantam, (i p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, March 13, 1663 [Ibid., p. 595). 
 
 Certain Committees to meet the Governor of Christ's Hospital 
 at Leadenhall and endeavour to get a renewal of the lease of the 
 warehouses there. The Court, conceiving that the use of the title 
 of Agent and Agency in Persia is the cause of extraordinary expense, 
 orders that in future it shall not be styled an agency, but all letters 
 sent thither shall be directed to their ' cheifc and factors at Persia ' ; 
 also that the President and Council shall examine the Persian 
 accounts from time to time before they are sent home, and allow
 
 300 COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 nothing unwarrantable, and that a copy of Sir John Lewes's ' paper 
 of queries shall be transmitted to Surat to be considered and altered 
 where found irregular. The charterparty of the Coast Frigate to be 
 delivered up to be cancelled. Inquiries to be made concerning 
 certain coral. Mr. Jollife, with the assistance of Mr. Acton, to 
 advise with counsel about drawing up an instrument to be signed 
 and sealed by Sir Nicholas Crispe as a sufficient discharge to the 
 Company for the delivery of Chormantine to the Royal Company, 
 and to draw up a discharge to Sir Nicholas for the remainder of the 
 time he sold it to the Company which they cannot enjoy. Captain 
 Nicholas Millett is given 40Z. for his expenses in entertaining the 
 King aboard his ship in the Company's name. The factors and 
 young men entertained for Bantam to be given 5/. apiece for fresh 
 provisions. Joseph, brother of Matthew Andrews, presents a paper 
 demanding some goods ; he is promised an answer in a week's time 
 and the Governor undertakes to see about the same. Indigo in the 
 custody of George Papillion, belonging to Thomas Winter and Robert 
 Cranmer, to be delivered to the former on certain conditions. {^iPP-) 
 
 Order of Council, March 13, 1663 {Public Record Office : Privy 
 Council Register^ vol. Ivi, p. 340). 
 
 That the Lord High Treasurer and Lord Ashley forthwith cause 
 one thousand pounds sterling in pieces of eight to be sent by the 
 first conveniency to ' Bonne Bay ' for the present supply of His 
 Majesty's forces there. That they likewise write to the President of 
 Surat desiring him to take care that the garrison of ' Bonne Bay ' 
 wants neither money nor necessary provisions, to the value of four 
 thousand seven hundred and sixty-six pounds. Bills of exchange 
 charged on Their Lordships to the said value shall be accepted and 
 punctually satisfied. 
 
 A Court of Committees, March 18, 1663 [Court Book, vol. xxiv, 
 P- 597)- 
 
 Coral to be bought from Mr. Willoughby. Two Grecians are 
 
 given permission to send fifteen pair of pistols, a looking-glass, an 
 
 amber cup, and i cwt. of wrought and unwrought amber to the 
 
 Governor of Surat for the Mogul's use, the said articles to be 
 
 ' Formerly Chief in Persia (see English Factories in India, 1 651-4, p. ix).
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 301 
 
 consigned to the President and Council. Treasure to be shipped in 
 the African and Coast Frigate. The charterparties of the Smyrna 
 Merchant and African to be delivered up to be cancelled. Calicoes 
 bought by William Finch to be examined, (f p.) 
 
 The Company to Isaac Tillard [at Plymouth], March 19, 
 1663 [Letter Book, vol. iii, p. 237). 
 
 Thank him for assistance afforded to their ships the Concord and 
 Truro, now arrived safely in the Thames. Have given 61. apiece to 
 the six men Tillard sent on board to help bring up the said ships. 
 {I p.) 
 
 Warrant from Lord Southampton to the Farmers of the 
 Customs, March 19, 1663 [Public Record Office : Entry Book IV, 
 p. 154). 
 
 To permit 1,000/. in pieces of eight (which Alderman Backwell 
 has undertaken to advance) to be transported to Bombay for the 
 present supply of the forces there. 
 
 A Court of Committees, March 20, 1663 [Court Book, vol. xxiv, 
 P- 598)- 
 
 The Court incline to make their demand on the Dutch for loss 
 of the fruits of Pulo Run from the year 1654, if by the articles 
 now agreed to this may be admitted, but if not, then from January, 
 1659 ; they therefore desire the Dutch Committee to confer with 
 Sir George Downing and take his opinion. Order is given for 
 i,oooZ. in money to be sent to Surat ' according to His Majestie's 
 pleasure for his owne use and service in India '. Allowance made 
 to William Finch for damaged calicoes. The Governor is entreated 
 to get Sir George Downing to dine with the Dutch Committee, 
 that they may confer with him about their business. Certain 
 Committees to examine the petition of Gilbert Chadder, who came 
 from St. Helena, and inquire into the state of that island. Joseph 
 Andrews comes with a notary for an answer to a ' rude paper of 
 demaunds of goods ' ; he is told that the Company is not satisfied 
 that these goods belong to Matthew Andrews, but thinks they were 
 bought with the proceeds of money and goods received from the 
 Company and that he is bound not to trade in such goods. The
 
 302 COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 Accountant is directed not to make out a warrant for any goods 
 bought for the Company until the bills of parcels are signed by 
 the Committee who contracted for the same ; and if for stores or 
 petty things, then they are to be signed by the officers who bought 
 them. Stephen Bolton's account to be examined, (if pp.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, March 25, 1663 [Court Book, vol. xxiv, 
 P- 599). 
 
 By desire of the Queen, the Court gives permission for a Portu- 
 guese gentleman and his two servants to take passage for Surat 
 in the Loyal Merchant. The Governor and Sir Richard Ford are 
 asked to take care and prevent the endeavours used against the 
 Company with regard to the customs of Persia, and, if necessary, 
 Lord Berkely and some other Committees are to give their assis- 
 tance. Directions are issued for a court of sales to be held on the 
 28th of April next ; for a printed list of the adventurers' names 
 to be ready by the 8th April, and votes for the election of Governor 
 and Deputy to be brought in on the nth April ; for a general 
 court to be held on the 13th April to declare the result of the 
 election ; for votes for the Committees to be brought in on the 
 14th April, and a general court to be held on the i6th April to 
 publish the names of those chosen. Captain Millett is given 
 leave to carry out 500 cwt. of amber for his own private account, 
 as the Company are not exporting any. (i p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, March 27, 1663 {Ibid., p. 600). 
 
 Five tons of saltpetre to be delivered to Messrs. Filers and 
 Carter, and five tons to Mr. Loyd, part of the 250 tons they con- 
 tracted for ; the Company accommodating them with the same 
 in order that their mills may not stand still, and on condition that 
 they at once settle their account. (| p.) 
 
 Lord Southampton and Lord Ashley to the President of 
 Surat, March 27, 1663 {Public Record Office : Entry Book IV, 
 p. 163). 
 
 Forwarding for his observance the order of the King in Council 
 for the supply of the garrison of Bombay with such moneys and 
 necessary provisions to the value of 4,766/. as the same shall desire.
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 303 
 
 Charles II to the King of Bantam, Whitehall, March 28, 
 1663 [Home Miscellaneous, vol. xlii, p. 92 ^). 
 
 His Majesty wishes health, prosperity and everlasting happiness 
 to ' the most famous and renowned Sultan Abull Fettahee [Abul 
 Fath], King of Bantam ', and has received no small joy and 
 felicity on hearing that the report of his restoration to the crowns 
 and dominions of his royal progenitors has penetrated into the 
 furthest parts of the world, and ' found such resentment amongst 
 our remote friends and allies as you in particular have largely 
 expressed in your kind congratulatory letter lately delivered unto 
 us '. For all this His Majesty returns his hearty thanks, and 
 declares that he will most zealously improve all opportunities of 
 showing what value he sets upon the King of Bantam's affection, 
 and how much he desires that a good correspondence and mutual 
 amity may increase and be continued between them. In this 
 confidence he recommends to the royal protection all Englishmen 
 who shall be sent to Bantam by himself or the East India Company, 
 and desires they may be kindly used and receive, ' as wee hope 
 they will deserve ', preference in matters of trade before all other 
 foreign nations ; they shall have such instructions and commands 
 as may best give content, and His Majesty doubts not but that 
 their conduct will confirm and augment the good opinion already 
 had of them. He acknowledges with all kindness and pleasure 
 the present received, and desires the King of Bantam to accept 
 a small one ^ now sent ' as a pledge of our great love and affection 
 towards you, and as a beginning of that sincere friendshipp which 
 wee shall alwaies study to preserve and maintaine with you '. 
 
 Petition of the Company to the King, March 31, 1663 
 [Ibid., p. 91). 
 
 The petitioners have had some obscure intimation of the endea- 
 vours of some persons to obtain orders from the King concerning 
 the customs at Gombroon, which customs were first granted to the 
 Company's predecessors by special stipulation after a valuable 
 
 * For another copy see the Letter Books, vol. iii, p. 244. 
 
 * Consisting of three brass culverin, with their fittings, 372 round shot, and 100 muskets, 
 with bandoliers and flints {Letter Books, vol. iii, p. 245).
 
 304 COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 consideration, and have been acknowledged by the Kings of Persia 
 without interruption to be the sole right of the successors of the 
 said Company. Therefore the petitioners pray that, if any person 
 has or shall make any pretence to the said customs, they may 
 know the allegations for the same, and be permitted to make their 
 just defence before any disposure is made. (^ p.) 
 
 Order of Council, April i, 1663 {Public Record Office: Privy 
 Council Register, vol. Ivi, p. 372). 
 
 Upon reading the petition of the Company concerning the 
 customs of Gombroon, order is given for the said Company, as soon 
 as they conveniently can, to bring to this Board ' a medium ' of 
 what they have made of the customs of Ormus since the first grant 
 of the same made to them in the year 161 1 [sic). 
 
 A Court of Committees, April i, 1663 (Court Book, vol. xxiv, 
 p. 601). 
 
 Debate is had concerning the sale of pepper by the candle, but 
 resolution herein is deferred. Order is given for a book in several 
 volumes, recommended and much desired by Mr. L'Escallett, to 
 be bought and to remain in the library at Surat.^ Protests to be 
 made to the owners and masters of the Loyal Merchant and African, 
 for not being ready at Gravesend to sail according to their charter- 
 parties, (i p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, April 3, 1663 [Ibid., p. 602). 
 
 Advice to be sent to Surat for cloth to be sold at any profit above 
 invoice, in order that its consumption may be increased. Mr. 
 Westerne to be paid for iron. Rhubarb sent home by Matthew 
 Andrews in the Eagle to be sold, as his brother Joseph refuses 
 to receive it; also some taffetas belonging to Mr. Buckeridge 
 and Mr. Traveisa. John Harbert's long-standing account to be 
 examined ; and the Court orders that in future any servant 
 disbursing money for the Company and letting his account run 
 beyond three months shall receive no allowance for the same. 
 Sir Thomas Chambrelan reports that he delivered the petition 
 
 1 From the Court's letter to Surat of April 4, 1663, it appears that this work was Critici 
 Sacri, in 9 vols., and cost 16I.
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 305 
 
 concerning the Persian customs to the King, who told him that 
 he had not to his knowledge signed any paper relating to that 
 business, and that he would be very cautious not to infringe the 
 Company's rights and privileges, (ij pp.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, April 8, 1663 [Ibid., p. 603). 
 
 The protest against the owners of the Loyal Merchant and their 
 answer is read ; the owners excuse their non-appearance at Graves- 
 end because of wind and weather, but the Court, having observed 
 that the wind was fair and other vessels arrived in time, directs 
 that some persons who observed the wind should make affidavits 
 about it. Efforts to be made to recover the money paid to Richard 
 Seaborne by the powdermakers on the Company's saltpetre. 
 It is resolved that the pepper bought by Mr. King and not taken 
 away shall be resold at the next court of sales ; also all other goods 
 remaining unsold in the warehouses. No broker to be permitted 
 to buy goods at any sale who has an unpaid account with the 
 Company, (i p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, April 10, 1663 [Ibid., p. 604). 
 
 Aloes returned in the Truro to be delivered to William Pennoyer. 
 Agreement is made with the powdermakers for delivery of salt- 
 petre. Permission is given for the stick-lac bought by John 
 Langham to be resold. The owners of the Concord to be paid 
 2,oooZ. on account, and the owners of the Truro i,$ool. (i p.) 
 
 A General Court, April 13, 1663 {Ibid., p. 607). 
 
 Sir Thomas Chambrelan, after giving a brief account of some 
 principal parts of the Company's affairs, states that he has again 
 been chosen Governor and Thomas Kendall Deputy ; that he 
 expects performance of the promise formerly given of an allowance 
 for his pains, which may be the better done now, because several 
 sums of money have been already and will be received into the 
 Company's cash from private trade. Hereupon the minutes of 
 the last court of election are read, wherein the generality ' finding 
 themselves obliged to make allowance to the Governour and 
 Deputyes for their paines and time spent in this Stocke ', it is 
 again decided that this should be done ; but there being only 
 
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 3o6 COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 a ' thinnc ' court, resolution is deferred until the next general 
 court, when such an allowance shall be determined upon, ' be the 
 appearance what it will '. The Governor and Deputy by desire 
 then take their oaths. An order of the Court of Committees, 
 dated the 27th of August last, is read and the Governor declares 
 that the same was underwritten by all the then Committees and 
 that it is fit that all those coming in now should sign it also ; and 
 the generality, thinking it a very good way to discourage private 
 trade, resolve accordingly. (| p.) 
 
 Order of Council, April 15, 1663 [Public Record Office : Privy 
 Council Register, vol. Ivi, p. 386). 
 
 The petition of Sir Thomas Vyner and Robert Vyner is read, 
 in which they desire licence and permission to sell to the East India 
 Company and other merchants to the value of 60,000/. in gold 
 and silver of foreign coin and bullion, and to transport the same 
 for the maintenance and advance of their trade, and offer to bring 
 into His Majesty's mint 30,000/. of foreign coin and bullion within 
 such time as has been allowed in a like case ; hereupon the Council 
 orders that the petitioners be licensed and permitted to do as 
 they propose, the details being left to the Lord High Treasurer 
 and the Chancellor of the Exchequer. 
 
 A General Court, April 16, 1663 [Court Book, vol. xxiv, 
 p. 608). 
 
 Some of the generality observing that several of the adventurers 
 have not paid in the full proportion of their subscription and yet 
 vote as if they had done so, it is agreed that for the future no 
 adventurer shall vote for more than what he has paid in. It 
 having been resolved at the last general court to settle at this 
 court a gratuity to be given to the Governor and Deputy, and the 
 attendance not being as good as was hoped for, the Governor 
 declares he will call them together again after the arrival of the 
 ships, at which time he hopes good divisions in money may be 
 made to the adventurers, until when he will refer himself to them. 
 He then gives the names of those chosen to be Committees, which 
 are as follows : George, Lord Berkley, Sir Andrew Riccard, Sir 
 William Thompson, Sir Samuel Barnardiston, Sir William Rider,
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 307 
 
 Sir Stephen White, Richard Reeves, John Jollife, Arthur Ingram, 
 John Bathurst, Maurice Thompson, Robert Lant, Peter Vandeput, 
 Christopher Boone, Francis Clarke, Thomas Canham, Christopher 
 Willoughby, John Mascall, Thomas Tyte, Richard Spencer, 
 Michael Davison, John Page, Thomas Papillon, and Thomas 
 Pearle.i (i p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, April 17, 1663 {Ibid., p. 609). 
 
 Damaged goat's wool which came in the Truro to be returned 
 to the owners, who are to allow for it according to charterparty. 
 The Auditor is desired to examine the goods lately returned 
 contrary to order by Matthew Andrews, so that, in case they prove 
 prejudicial to the Company, the damage may be put to Andrews's 
 account. An agreement is made with the grocer, Thomas King, 
 concerning the sale of pepper. The Husband is ordered to take 
 up three chests of coral bought of Mr. Willoughby. Certain 
 Committees are desired to draw up a preamble for the next sale.. 
 The Committee of the Treasury are thanked for their services 
 during the past year and entreated to continue their care for the 
 year ensuing ; also to see that the Company's seal, which they 
 report to be defective, is mended. The Deputy states that on 
 receiving again the Company's gold which was seized last Saturday 
 by Paul Hagget, who had a warrant from the King and took the 
 gold from aboard the Loyal Merchant, although there was a ' cock- 
 quett ' ^ for it, he was obliged to engage it should be forthcoming 
 in case it shall be condemned in the Exchequer and made a lawful 
 seizure ; hereupon the Court decrees that he shall be saved harmless 
 for his said engagement. (I5 pp.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, April 24, 1663 [Ibid., p. 610). 
 
 Mr. Tomlingson is allowed an abatement of 150^. on China roots ; 
 and, on his assertion that he has paid in the greater part of the 
 money due for his seed-lac, which has been included in the bill for 
 sale again, the same is ordered to be withdrawn. The charter- 
 
 ' From the minutes of June 17 and 30 it appears that Captain Brookhaven was 
 elected a committee but was replaced by Pearl on announcing his inability to attend. 
 That the correction was made in the text shows that the minutes were not written up until 
 some time after the meetings. 
 
 ^ A cocket was a certificate that duty had been paid on goods for exix)rt. 
 
 X 2
 
 3o8 COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 party of the Eagle's last voyage to be delivered up to be cancelled. 
 An instrument to be drawn up for Thomas King to sign and seal 
 to make good his proposal concerning the Company's unsold 
 pepper. The Court wishing all contracts for sale of goods to be 
 made out in the Company's name, which they are advised must 
 be under hand and seal, a draft prepared for that purpose is read 
 and approved, and it is resolved that trial shall be made of this 
 way and, if no inconvenience arises, that it shall be followed in 
 future ; the Governor is desired, as it is a new method, to give 
 the reason for its adoption at the beginning of the sale. It is also 
 ordered that declaration be made at the beginning of the sale that 
 buyers are not to expect any allowance on calicoes already opened, 
 but to take them as they are without wrappers or gunny, but for 
 whole bales they may, if they will, open them at their own charge 
 to see if there is any reason for an abatement in price, for, after the 
 delivery of any goods, the Company will not listen to complaints 
 of the same. Certain Committees are desired to endeavour to 
 excuse the not giving an account of the customs of Gombroon 
 according to the requirement of an order of Council of the ist 
 instant, ' it being a matter of trade and soe comprehended in the 
 immunities of their charter, and this Stocke haveing bine but of 
 short continuance cannot properly medle with the actions of former 
 Stocks that have had propriety therein '. Francis Clarke to be 
 allowed discount, (i^ pp.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, April 27, 1663 {Court Book, vol. xxiv, 
 p. 612). 
 
 The owners of the Concord are given leave to sell by the candle 
 at the next sale certain damaged calicoes. The Court orders that 
 all goods intended for the next sale shall be sold at six months* 
 discount ending the loth of November next, that a further two 
 months shall be allowed on all goods cleared and taken away by 
 that time, and one per cent, allowed in addition on all those cleared 
 and taken away by the loth of August next. Thomas King's bond 
 concerning pepper is read and approved, and it is resolved that no 
 pepper shall be put to the candle at the next sale, in accordance 
 with the tenor of the said bond. Certain Committees are desired 
 to examine the papers and passages of the Truro and Concord 
 and draw up a charge against their owners, (i p.)
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 309 
 
 A General Court of Sales, April 26 and 29, 1663 {Ibid., 
 p. 613). 
 
 Sale of longcloth, sallampores, white and coloured ginghams^ 
 buckshaws, morees, sannoes, percallaes, dimities, diapers, bettelecs, 
 neckcloths, brawles, Guinea stuffs, baftas, tapseiles, deribauds, 
 Cale Velha cloth, cotton wool, wrappers, talTetas, velvets, damask, 
 carpets, cotton yarn, seed pearls, camphor, wax, wormseed, shell- 
 lac, seed-lac, stick-lac, China roots, ginger, olibanum, aloes ' Suc- 
 cotrina ' and ' epattica ', tincal, sugar, turmeric, cassia lignum, 
 ' lapis tutia,'^ goats' wool, salammoniac, cowries, red earth, salt- 
 petre and cofTee,^ with prices and names of purchasers. (7 pp.) 
 
 Petition of the Company to the King, [May 1663] {Home 
 Miscellaneous, vol. xlii, p. 93). 
 
 Showing that Thomas Skinner has traded for his own private 
 account with a ship called the Thomas to the East Indies, contrary 
 to the privileges of the petitioners and to their great damage, yet 
 he pretends he has received some wrong there from their factors 
 concerning which he formerly presented a petition to His Majesty 
 for reparation. This petition was referred to the Lord Privy Seal, 
 Lord Ashley, and others, the facts to be examined by the Judge of 
 the Admiralty, and several meetings have been had and time spent, 
 by all which the petitioners have been much prejudiced in their 
 trade and business, nor has the said Skinner, as they conceive, made 
 any proof of the matter, while he still proceeds with much clamour 
 against them. The petitioners are entrusted with the estates of 
 other men and of many widows and children, and are liable to give 
 an account of the trust reposed in them. They pray to be dismissed 
 from any further proceedings on the said petition, and that Skinner 
 may be left to take his course in any court of law, if he has just 
 cause of action and complaint, and that they may have the benefit 
 of the law for their defence and be allowed to give proofs in a 
 judicial way for-their discharge. Annexed is an extract from Proceed- 
 ings of the Council at Whitehall, May 4, 1663, in luhich the King is 
 graciously pleased to declare his will and pleasure that the reference 
 to the said petition shall be withdrawn and the matter in question left 
 > Zinc orei ' At 4/. per cwt»
 
 310 COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 to the decision of the laic in a judicial way. Signed William Morice. 
 
 (I A) 
 
 A Court of Committees, May 6, 1663 {Court Book, vol. xxiv, 
 p. 620). 
 
 Certain Committees are desired to see that the Husband perfects 
 the account of customs for goods imported and to be imported, and 
 that the powdermakers settle their accounts with the Company ; 
 others are requested to meet every Wednesday, or as often as they 
 see occasion, to examine the several officers' accounts of goods 
 returned and delivered and their disbursements of money ; while 
 others are to solicit Sir George Smith to clear the debt owing to the 
 Company by Sir William Vincent for which Sir George stands 
 engaged. The Committee for Letters are entreated to draw up 
 a narrative, to be presented to the King, of all passages they think 
 convenient to be extracted from the advices now returned in the 
 London. {1 p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, May 8, 1663 {Ibid., p. 621). 
 
 The Governor is entreated to take some of the Committees to 
 assist him when there is any occasion to appear anywhere on the 
 Company's behalf. The account of the remaining cardamoms, long 
 since sold, to be made up and cleared. Certain calicoes and ' divers 
 toyes ' returned in the Concord to be delivered to Mrs. Hester 
 Burnell. Allowance on damaged longcloth made to Mr. Aboab. 
 Mr. Puckle and others applying for the goods of Captain Kilvers, 
 late commander of the Concord, as belonging to one Huchison, the 
 surviving partner, they are told to state their claim and title to the 
 same in writing, (i p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, May 13, 1663 {Ibid., p. 622). 
 
 Sir Richard Ford's account to be discharged of certain pepper 
 and the same to be put to the account of Messrs. Swift and Glanvill, 
 who have sealed bills for it. The Governor is entreated to take 
 some of the Committees and confer with those officers of the 
 customs who have been or may be serviceable to the Company, and 
 give or promise them what encouragement they shall see fit. Deeds 
 presented for transfer of the adventure of Mr. Godsfreight, now in 
 Barbadoes, to be examined in order to ascertain if they give
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 3" 
 
 sufficient power and rights for the said transfer. Mr. Lasheer is 
 granted some allowance on damaged calicoes. Certain Committees 
 are requested to examine from time to time all damaged calicoes 
 and report what allowance should be made on each parcel, (i J pp.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, May 15, 1663 [Ibid., p. 623). 
 
 Officers re-elected and their former salaries confirmed. On the 
 petition of George Papillon, his salary, in accordance with a promise 
 lately made, is raised from 80Z. to 100/. a year. The salary of 
 Thomas Sprigg is also raised from 80/. to 100^. a year, and that of 
 Thomas Clayton from 26I. to 30/. a year, all to begin from the 
 25th of March last. John Crandon, who has spent all his time in 
 the Company's business and hitherto only received 12L, is given 
 a gratuity of 10/. and a salary of 20/. for the ensuing year, beginning 
 from the 25th of March last, to do such business as shall be directed 
 by the Company. The several officers elected and their yearly 
 salaries are as follows : Jeremy Sambrooke, accountant-general, 
 220/. ; John Harbert, his assistant, 80Z. ; Michael Dunkin, cashier- 
 general, 200/. ; Richard Harris, his assistant, 80/., and as house- 
 keeper and beadle, 20/. ; Samuel Sambrooke, writer of letters and 
 keeper of the Calico Warehouse, 200I. ; Samuel Sambrooke, Junior, 
 his assistant, 20Z. ; John Stanyan, secretary and keeper of the 
 Exchange Warehouse, 160L ; Laurence Stanyan, his assistant, 20/. ; 
 Captain John Prowd, surveyor of shipping, 80/. ; James Acton, 
 solicitor and attorney, 20I. ; George Papillon, keeper of the Drugs 
 and Blue Warehouse, 100/. ; William Marston, auditor, 80/. ; Thomas 
 Sprigg, husband, 100/. ; Francis Thompson, his assistant, 40/. ; 
 Percival Aungeir, paymaster of the mariners, 30Z. ; Thomas Clayton, 
 porter and doorkeeper, 30Z. ; John Coltman, to discover private trade, 
 20/. The Court directs that the Auditor shall be allowed to see and 
 read any books of accounts requisite for his purposes ; that all 
 youths employed in the countinghouse shall write or copy anything 
 required, John Harbert, in the absence of Jeremy Sambrooke, to 
 direct them as he shall find necessary ; also that all in charge of 
 warehouses shall keep a ledger showing the receipt and delivery of 
 all goods committed to their care. Certain Committees are desired 
 to confer this afternoon with Captain Dutton as to the expediency 
 of sending a ship speedily to Bantam, {i^ pp-)
 
 312 COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 A Court of Committees, May 20, 1663 [Court Book, vol. xxiv, 
 p. 625). 
 
 Sir Richard Ford complains that some reflection has been made 
 upon his reputation by a report circulated on the Exchange concern- 
 ing saltpetre, which it is alleged he took away by collusion with 
 Richard Seaborne without order ; this he denies, and asserts that 
 he and Peter Proby were allowed by ballot to receive the said 
 petre on their own security, and that the bond supposed to have 
 been given by him to Richard Seaborne was in reality given to the 
 Company and dated in 1657 for saltpetre bought of the United 
 Stock, as appears by the Company's books ; therefore he requests 
 that an order of court to vindicate his reputation may be recorded 
 and a copy of the same delivered to him. Hereupon the Court 
 expresses regret that such a groundless report, which must have 
 arisen from some mistake, should have been spread abroad, also 
 their satisfaction that Sir Richard has acted in all his transactions 
 as a man of honour and fidelity, and done the Company many good 
 and acceptable services, which they have and will always acknow- 
 ledge with thanks. Certain Committees are desired to settle with 
 Mr. Basse, the wharfinger, about his demands concerning warehouse 
 room. The owners of the Concord and the owners of the Truro 
 consenting to all differences between them and the Company being 
 referred to arbitration, arbitrators are nominated and the sum of 
 2,000/. ordered to be paid to the said owners respectively, on 
 account. Captain Prowd to inquire for and survey a vessel of about 
 200 tons suitable to be sent for Bantam some time next month. The 
 Court, considering that their affairs to the southward urgently 
 require an ' able sollid man ' to govern there as chief, with some 
 fit men as assistants, and that some unfit persons now there should 
 be recalled, it is thought that if Quarles Browne will undertake 
 this work he would do the Company good service, because of his 
 long experience in those parts, they being satisfied that the objec- 
 tions brought against him ' in Olivers time ' ^ were false and 
 malicious ; therefore he is sent for and asked if he will accept the 
 post and be ready to go next month. He thanks the Court for their 
 good opinion and desires to be allowed to give his answer in the 
 » See the 1655-9 volume, pp. 254, 293.
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 313 
 
 afternoon. A bill of Widow Hayes for casting lead to be examined. 
 Christopher Boone to be paid for what he spent in business with an 
 engineer, who made very advantageous proposals to the Company ; 
 and Mr. Saulsbury of Portsmouth to be paid 50/. he supplied to the 
 London and given 5/. to buy a piece of plate in recognition of services 
 to the Company. A full settlement to be made with the powder- 
 makers, who are not to be given credit for the money paid to 
 Richard Seaborne. [2\ pp.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, May 22, 1663 [Ibid., p. 627). 
 
 Captain Button's goods brought home in the London to be 
 examined and reported on. Resolved upon ' sufficient reasons ' 
 that Captain Price, commander of the Blackmore, shall not be 
 employed in the Company's service. It being announced that 
 Quarles Browne is willing to accept the post offered to him and to 
 refer himself to the Court for all conditions, he is accordingly enter- 
 tained as Agent for Bantam at a salary of 200/. a year, with a 
 gratuity of 100/. ' to set him out ', 50/. for fresh provisions, and to 
 be allowed to take his wife and family with him, the said salary to 
 begin from his arrival at Bantam and end on his departure from 
 thence ; and, in the event of his service answering the Company's 
 expectations, he is to be given an additional 100/. a year. He is 
 called in and, being satisfied with the said conditions, he is given 
 leave to remain in court and read the orders to Bantam and the 
 letters from thence, so as to inform himself of the affairs there before 
 his departure. Philip Travers is entertained to go as second to 
 Bantam and to remain there ' positively ' for a year. Joseph 
 Andrews is given permission to receive certain goods sent to him 
 by his brother Matthew in the Truro. It is left to the Committee 
 for Shipping to settle conditions for a vessel for Bantam, (ij pp.) 
 
 A Meeting of the Trustees for the Fourth Joint Stock, 
 May 22, 1663 [Court Book, vol. xxi, p. 327). 
 
 The Trustees having, after many meetings and transactions with 
 the Farmers of the Customs, at length agreed to accept 10,500/, in 
 full satisfaction of their debt owing to this Stock, upon which, as 
 lately stated, there remains about 42,000/., part of a larger sum 
 owing by them, the said agreement is ratified and approved as
 
 314 COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 follows : whereas the late Sir Job Harbie, Sir John Jacob, Sir 
 Nicholas Crispe, and Sir John Harrison did about the year 1640 
 by several bonds become bound with several others to the late 
 William Cokaine, then Deputy Governor of the East India Company, 
 and the late Robert Bateman, then Treasurer of the Company, for 
 payment of several great sums of money, upon which bonds there 
 remains due of the principal about 42,000/., which was for the use 
 of the said Governor and Company and belonged to the adventurers 
 in the Fourth Joint Stock. And whereas by the means and solicita- 
 tions of Sir Nicholas Crispe the King has already caused the said 
 sum of 10,500/. to be paid to the trustees of the said Fourth Joint 
 Stock, which they, in pursuance of their trust, thought best to 
 accept in full satisfaction of the debt of 42,000/. Whereupon 
 Sir John Jacob, Sir Nicholas Crispe, Sir John Harrison, and Dame 
 Elizabeth Harbie, executrix of Sir Job Harbie, desire a general 
 release from all actions and demands whatsoever, by and with the 
 consent of the trustees for the said Fourth Joint Stock, from Thomas 
 Cokayne, administrator to his late father William Cokayne, who 
 whilst he lived was one of the trustees of the said Stock. Now the 
 trustees for the adventurers in the said Fourth Joint Stock, accord- 
 ing to the power given to them by a deed of trust dated December 3, 
 1657, ori behalf of the adventurers in the said Stock, think this to 
 be fitting and reasonable, and give their full consent and approval 
 to Thomas Cockayne sealing and delivering unto Sir John Jacob, 
 Sir Nicholas Crispe, Sir John Harrison, and the executrix of Sir Job 
 Harbie a general release from all actions and demands, and discharge 
 of all judgements and proceedings in law concerning the said debt 
 of 42,000/., and direct that this order of their consent and approba- 
 tion be recorded in their book, Thomas Cokayne to have a copy 
 of the same and another copy to be given to Sir John Jacob, Sir 
 Nicholas Crispe, Sir John Harrison, and the executrix of the late 
 Sir Job Harbie, or to either of them, signed by John Stanyan, 
 Secretary to the East India Company, {^i pp.) 
 
 A Meeting of the Trustees for the Fourth Joint Stock, 
 May 23, 1663 {Court Book, vol. xxi, p. 328). 
 
 The minutes of the last meeting held on the 22nd instant are read, 
 approved, and confirmed. The trustees, taking notice that the
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 315 
 
 original deed of trust made to them under the Company's seal is 
 ' somewhat defaced by the ratts ', order the said deed, for their 
 greater security and to show by what power they have acted and 
 do act for the said adventurers in the Fourth Joint Stock, 
 to be enrolled in the hustings, in case the original should in any 
 way miscarry ; Sir Anthony Bateman to see that this is done and 
 that notice of when, where, and by whom it is performed is entered 
 in the Court Books of this Stock. A division of ten per cent, in 
 money is ordered to be made to the adventurers in the Fourth 
 Joint Stock, warrants to be signed by any three or more of the 
 trustees present for payment of the adventurers' several propor- 
 tions. Warrants are signed for ' gratifying ' the several officers 
 who have performed service for this Stock. (^ p.) 
 
 The Company to Nicholas Lee [at Falmouth], May 23, 1663 
 [Letter Book, vol. iii, p. 260). 
 
 Acknowledge the receipt of his letter advising the arrival of the 
 London at Falmouth ; she is now at London. Wish to hear more 
 about the goods landed at Falmouth. Expect seven or eight more 
 ships this year, but not before the end of June. Will send him 
 further instructions later, or request Sir Samuel Barnardiston to 
 direct him how to proceed. (J p.) 
 
 The Company to Hugh Salesbury [at Portsmouth], May 23, 
 1663 [Ihid., p. 261). 
 
 They have ordered the sum of 50^., disbursed by Salesbury, 
 according to the account signed by Robert Bowen, master of the 
 London, to be paid to Daniel How. Thank him for his care and 
 diligence and state that they have directed their Treasurer to pay 
 5^., ' to buy a beaver hatt,' to whomsoever he shall appoint to 
 receive the same. Desire him to continue his care when any of 
 their expected ships arrive, and advise them of any private trade 
 landed at Portsmouth or thereabouts, and also to write to his 
 friends at the Isle of Wight to keep a similar lookout there, as goods 
 are often landed and transported thence to France and other parts, 
 which tends to the ruin and destruction of the Company's trade.
 
 3i6 COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 The Company to Isaac Tillard [at Plymouth], May 23, 1663 
 {Letter Book, vol. iii, p. 261). 
 
 Request him to give the same care to any ships arriving that he 
 did to the Concord and Truro, and to write to some friend at 
 Falmouth to advise the Company of any vessels arriving there and 
 of any goods landed. Mr. Lee reported that some goods were 
 landed out of the London, but as yet he has sent no details. Wish 
 for further particulars concerning the parcel of elephants' teeth. 
 
 Up-) 
 
 A Court of Committees, May 25, 1663 {Court Book, vol. xxiv, 
 p. 628). 
 
 Some thinking it too late to provide a ship to send to Bantam, it 
 is put to the question and resolved that endeavours shall be made 
 to fit out a vessel to be dispatched thither by the 25th June next 
 at the latest. Order is given for the London to be docked for 
 repairs. (!/>.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, May 27, 1663 {Ibid., p. 629). 
 
 Referees to conclude with the owners of the Concord and Truro 
 concerning private trade brought home in those vessels. The 
 Morea Adventurers to be entreated to let the Company have the 
 ship Royal Oak for Bantam, as she is the only one that can be 
 ready in time for that voyage this season, and in exchange the 
 Company will let them have as good a vessel suitable for their 
 occasions. Three more Committees are added to the Shipping 
 Committee, and all are desired to settle conditions for the vessel for 
 Bantam. Sir Andrew Riccard is added to the committee for pro- 
 viding goods for India and desired with the others to make timely 
 provision of such sorts and quantities of goods for the ensuing year 
 as they deem meet. Mr. Boone is added to the committee appointed 
 to look after and manage the Dutch business, (f ^.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, May 30, 1663 {Ibid., p. 630). 
 
 Messrs. Spencer and Papillon are desired to assist the Governor 
 in the Company's defence against the suit of the owners of the 
 Love. Sir Andrew Riccard reports that he has prevailed upon the
 
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 Morea Adventurers to let the Company have the Royal Oak and 
 that he is to arrange all conditions ; he is thanked for his trouble 
 and requested to settle this matter with the other Committees ; the 
 Court resolves to send i2,oooZ. worth of stock in the said vessel, and 
 gives order for her great cabin to be reserved for the use of the 
 Agent and his wife, whose passage the Company is to pay. Philip 
 Travers to be given 20I. to set him out, and a salary of 80^. a year, 
 which, if his services give satisfaction, is to be increased by an 
 additional 20I. ; he is to be allowed to take his wife out with him. 
 Mr. Willoughby to be added to the committee for private trade. 
 The Court resolves to entertain a lieutenant for Pulo Run, with 
 a salary not exceeding 50/. a year, to train men and carry out such 
 orders as he shall receive from time to time from the Company, 
 the Agent and Council at Bantam, or the Chief of the Island. 
 Eight oxen to be killed for provision for the South Seas, (i p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, June 3, 1663 {Ibid., p. 631). 
 
 An order of the ist of August last is read to remind the Com- 
 mittees concerning keeping order in court, and the same is again 
 approved. Those of the mariners of the London against whom 
 there is no objection are to be paid, and those who have brought 
 back private trade to be allowed to have it on paying the freight ; 
 the officers also to be allowed to take away what private trade 
 they have in the said ship, provided the freight and fines for the 
 same do not exceed in value the amount of salary due to them. 
 The conditions of freight for the Royal Oak are read and approved. 
 Ordered that, when the powdermakers settle their account with 
 the Company, saltpetre shall be delivered to them to the amount 
 of the tallies on the customs which the Company has already 
 accepted and which are reckoned at 6,400^. Benzoin sent in the 
 London to be delivered to Richard Mohun without fine. The 
 Court contracts with Francis Clarke for quicksilver at 35. ^d. the 
 lb., and orders ten tubs of vermilion to be written for from Holland, 
 and copper to be provided for Surat. (i| pp.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, June 5, 1663 [Ibid., p. 632). 
 
 Thomas Ditchfield is given 3/. ' in charity to set him out to sea '. 
 Henry Boone's bills to be examined. Major John Cogan is enter-
 
 3i8 COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 tained as Lieutenant for Pulo Run at 50Z. a year, given 12I. for 
 fresh provisions, and directed to look out for a Serjeant and corporal 
 to take with him. The Committee for Plantations is desired to 
 entertain ten seamen and ten artificers to go to Pulo Run in the 
 Royal Oak. Major Willoughby, who is well recommended and 
 applied for the post given to Cogan, is told that, when occasion 
 arises for a similar post to be filled at Fort St. George, he shall be 
 considered. Vincent Vetty is entertained to go with the Agent 
 to Bantam at his former salary of 40/. a year, to be employed as 
 the Agent shall think fit. (i| pp.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, June 12, 1663 [Court Book, vol. xxiv, 
 P- 633). 
 
 An agreement is made with Messrs. Buckworth and King con- 
 cerning pepper to be bought by them and exported to the Straits. 
 Major Cogan being ill and therefore unable to go to Pulo Run, 
 Major Willoughby is entertained in his stead at the same salary 
 but given 15/. to set him out. John Forrester, an engineer, is 
 entertained as ensign for Pulo Run at a salary of 20I. with an 
 allowance of 5I., and 5I. is advanced to him from his salary. Vincent 
 Vetty is given 10^., as he has been at more than the ordinary charge 
 in getting ready twice in so short a time. A clause from the 
 charterparty of the Royal Oak concerning her lading is read and 
 approved. (i| pp.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, June 17, 1663 {Ibid., p. 634). 
 
 A bill of exchange from Amsterdam for payment of vermilion 
 to be accepted and paid, and advice to be sent to Messrs. Dethick 
 and Company at Leghorn to buy coral to the value of 10,000 dollars. 
 Mr. Mascall to join the Committee for Letters. Captain Brook- 
 haven to be written to in order to ascertain whether he is going 
 to act as a Committee of this court, to which he was elected, as if 
 not another may supply his place. Certain Committees are 
 desired to draw up articles against those persons in the South Seas 
 who have abused and defrauded the Company, and to collect 
 what proofs they think fit from any lately returned from thence. 
 Some unprohibited goods returned in the Concord to be delivered 
 to John Lethieulier on certain conditions. John Dale, formerly
 
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 a mate in the London and now going out in the Royal Oak, to be 
 paid what is due to him and given his goods freight free, Vincent 
 Vetty to be paid the remainder of his salary. Certain goods, sent 
 by Henry Page at Bantam in the London and consigned to Sir 
 George Smith, to be delivered to the latter, he giving his word that 
 Page has no interest in them, (i p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, June 19, 1663 {Ibid., p. 636). 
 
 Mr. Papillon to join the Committee for Private Trade. John 
 Weaver, weaver, and Robert Stileman, mercer, accepted as 
 securities in 1,000^. for Philip Travers. Arnold Browne's bond for 
 his voyage in the Restoration to be delivered up to be cancelled, 
 upon payment of the money due for freight of his goods. Agent 
 Browne is given permission to take John Harrison, a youth, to 
 Bantam as a servant of the Company, at a salary of 5^. a year for 
 the first three years ; the Agent is also to be allowed to take 
 a certain amount of rough amber and a piece of red cloth for his 
 own account. Amber to be provided for Surat, Certain terms 
 proposed by Mr. King with regard to the pepper he bought of the 
 Company are agreed to. Four or five ' paire of pistolls ' to be 
 provided for the King of Macassar, (i p.) 
 
 The Company to Joseph Bathurst and Richard Manning 
 [at Amsterdam], June 19, 1663 {Letter Book, vol. iii, p. 262). 
 
 Acknowledge the receipt of their letter, with the invoice and 
 bill of lading of five tubs of vermilion laden aboard the Mackerel, 
 and note their intention to buy quicksilver and ' cause it to bee 
 burnt to vermillion and thereby save something in price '. Could 
 have bought the quicksilver as cheaply in London. The bill of 
 exchange drawn upon the Company and payable to Nicholas 
 Corsellis shall be met when due. (| p.) 
 
 The Company to Thomas Dethick and Company [at Leg- 
 horn], June 19, 1663 {Ibid., p. 262). 
 
 Commission them to buy Grczio, Ricaduty, and Terraglia coral 
 to the value of 10,000 dollars, and hope they will obtain it at 
 a cheaper rate than the last, for the Company have lately bought 
 several parcels both better and cheaper. According to the execu-
 
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 tion of this order, so they will be encouraged to proceed or forbear 
 in giving further commissions. (| p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, June 23, 1663 {Court Book, vol. xxiv, 
 p. 637). 
 
 The Duke of York to be petitioned for a warrant to empower 
 the Company to place men on board the King's ships on their 
 arrival from India, to prevent frauds in freight and custom and 
 prejudice to the Company from private trade. At the desire of 
 the owners of the Royal Oak, direction is given for a clause to be 
 inserted in the letter to Bantam to the effect that, if the said ship 
 is not dispeeded from Bantam home, sufficient pepper shall be 
 kept on board to shoot amongst the other goods, and that the 
 owners and ship's company shall have the same allowance of trade 
 as was granted to other vessels this last year. A division of ten 
 per cent, in ready money to be forthwith made to the adventurers, 
 those who owe the Company money on account not to be paid, 
 but to be allowed their division on the same. It is resolved that 
 no young men shall be entertained as factors or writers this year. 
 
 (I p.) 
 
 Petition of the Company to the Duke of York, June 24, 
 1663 {Dutch Records, vol. vi, f. 106). 
 
 That they advanced a considerable sum of money towards 
 setting forth and supplying the King's ships, the Dmikirk, Leopard, 
 and Mary Rose for India, and agreed with the Principal Officers 
 of the Navy, under hand and seal, that the commanders of the 
 said ships should receive into them only such goods as should be 
 laden for the petitioners' account by their factors, but, contrary to 
 His Highness's declared pleasure, the said agreement, and the 
 King's charter, there are very many goods laden in the said ships 
 to the great prejudice of the petitioners. They therefore pray 
 for His Highness's warrant to enable them to place persons on 
 board each of the said ships with power to search and take account 
 of all goods laden therein, (f p.)
 
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 Warrant from the Duke of York to the Company, June 24, 
 1663 {Ibid., f. 106). 
 
 Authorizing the Company to appoint such persons as they shall 
 think fit to go aboard the King's ships, now returned from the 
 East Indies, and take account of all private trade returned in 
 them, in order to prevent any prejudice likely to be received by 
 the Company from the same, and the King being defrauded of his 
 freight and customs, and requiring the commanders and officers 
 in the said ships to permit such persons to come and continue 
 aboard accordingly. (| p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, June 26, 1663 {Court Book, vol. xxiv, 
 p. 638). 
 
 Order is given for the treasure to be shipped in the Royal Oak, 
 and for the Treasury to send 2,000 pillar dollars^ to Bantam, 
 they being good, weighty, and procurable, whilst other money is 
 scarce. Agent Hunter, his two sons, Henry Page, and Peter 
 Cooke to be sent home at the first opportunity, and the Agent 
 and Council to examine Mainstone, Rawlins, and any others there, 
 and dismiss or retain them as they shall think fit. Alderman 
 Backwell and Richard Hutchinson accepted as securities in 2,000/. 
 for Quarles Browne. Quarles Browne is given permission to take 
 some ' mixt clothes ' to Bantam on his own account, but to advise 
 the Company how they sell. The Governor and certain Com- 
 mittees are desired to attend the Earl of Marlborough and con- 
 gratulate him upon his safe arrival. Matthew Andrews, who 
 returned from Surat in the Richard and Martha, appearing in 
 court, a committee is appointed to act on the Company's behalf 
 in his business, (i^ pp.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, June 30, 1663 {Ibid., p. 639). 
 
 All those who are indebted to the Company and have not upon 
 summons given satisfaction to the Committees to be sued. Captain 
 Brookhaven declaring that he is unable to attend as a Committee, 
 Thomas Pearle, who was next in choice by vote, is appointed in 
 his stead. Gold taken from the Loyal Merchant, and now in the 
 
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 Treasury, to be delivered to Alderman Backwell on condition that 
 he returns the same weight and goodness when the Company shall 
 desire it, and allows four per cent, per annum interest meanwhile. 
 The cellar at Crosby House to be boarded and fitted to receive 
 some of the pepper now sent home, (f p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, July i, 1663 [Court Book, vol. xxiv, 
 p. 640). 
 
 Letters, commissions, and instructions to go to Bantam by the 
 Royal Oak are perfected and signed, and her master is ordered to 
 hasten on his voyage. By desire of Agent Browne, a minister is 
 to be provided for Bantam to go by the next shipping. John 
 Stratford is given 40/. for his service in going to Guinea and 
 St. Helena, it having taken him about twelve months. Major 
 Willoughby to be advanced 25Z. of his salary when he is on board, 
 on giving security to repay it if he does not proceed on the voyage ; 
 and John Forrester is advanced lol. on the usual security and 
 given permission to take his wife with him. The surgeon of the 
 Royal Oak is allowed 5Z. to provide medicaments for the passengers 
 (about thirty in number), and to look after them during the voyage. 
 John Stileman is entertained as an apprentice for seven years at 
 5^. a year, to go to Bantam in the Royal Oak. {1 p.) 
 
 The Company to the King of Bantam, July i, 1663 [Letter 
 Book, vol. iii, p. 280). 
 
 By their ships lately returned from ' your port ' they have been 
 informed of several great abuses and misdemeanours practised by 
 several of their servants to the great prejudice of the Company ; 
 therefore they have sent out as Agent Quarles Browne, ' whoe 
 hath bin in Your Majesties presence ' and who, they hope, will 
 manage their affairs with wisdom and discretion for their profit 
 and advantage and the honour of the nation. They pray that he 
 and the rest of their factors may be received into the King's royal 
 protection and be at all times assisted and countenanced by him. 
 ilp.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, July 3, 1663 [Court Book, vol. xxiv, 
 p. 641). 
 
 The Husband is directed to go aboard the Richard and Martha,
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 323 
 
 the Marigold, and the Good Hope, and bring all private trade he 
 finds in them, except canes and cassia fistula, to the Customhouse 
 warehouse. The desire of the Royal Company and a petition 
 from Samuel Higginson and Trustrom Miner, for licence to trade 
 for blacks to Madagascar, are referred to the consideration of 
 certain Committees, who are to report their opinion on the same ; 
 also on a motion made by Agent Browne, to be allowed to employ 
 a vessel in the country for his own account to go to Japan and the 
 adjacent parts to discover and obtain trade and let the Company 
 know if there is encouragement for the same. A protest to be 
 made against the owners of the Royal Oak, that ship being ' leaky 
 and not thight stanch ', or ready to depart according to charter- 
 party. Vincent Vett, who is under restraint, requesting an 
 advance of 40Z. from his salary to pay his debts so that he may 
 proceed to Bantam, two Committees are desired to ascertain 
 whether the sum named will set him free ; if so, he is to have it, 
 but if not, nothing is to be given to him. Mr. Papillon is added to 
 the Dutch Committee, (i^ pp.) 
 
 A Court of Committees for the United Joint Stock, July 3, 
 1663 {Court Book, vol. xxiii, p. 697). 
 
 Eleven barrels of indigo, one of dust of indigo, and two bales 
 of cotton yarn to be delivered to Daniel Mathews on payment of 
 480/. ilp.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, July S, 1663 [Court Book, vol. xxiv, 
 p. 642). 
 
 A tally for 1,800/, upon the customs to be accepted from the 
 powdermakers and saltpetre for it delivered to them, if the Farmers 
 will promise payment. The committee desired to consider con- 
 cerning private trade to Madagascar report that in their opinion 
 it will not be to the Company's interest to allow others to trade 
 within the limits of their charter, but that they themselves should 
 send a ship thither and keep all others out ; the Court approves, 
 and desires the said committee to treat with Higginson for his 
 ship. Goods belonging to the commander of the Concord to be 
 examined, the fines due on them settled, and a full conclusion 
 made with him and the owners of the said vessel. Messrs. Milner 
 
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 324 COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 and Andrews requesting payment of their bill of exchange, they 
 are referred to the answer already given to them, (i p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, July io, 1663 {Court Book, vol. xxiv, 
 P- 643). 
 
 Payment of 200/. to be made to Elizabeth Terrill on a bill of 
 exchange, with interest at four per cent, for the time the money 
 has been owing. Samuel Swinnock's bond for 400I. to be delivered 
 up to be cancelled. Letters to be prepared to be sent overland 
 to Surat. The committee reporting that an agreement has been 
 made with Higginson for his ship, the African, to go to Madagascar 
 for 60/. a month, the Company to man and victual her, the Court 
 approves. (| p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, July 15, 1663 {Ibid., p. 644). 
 
 Captain Button's account and the freight of his goods to be 
 examined. ' Divers toakens ', sent from Surat in several ships, 
 to be delivered to Madam Dallison. The Court consents to the 
 release of Edward Jones, who has been imprisoned five weeks at 
 their suit for non-payment for goods according to contract, on 
 a friend promising to pay 20/. and Jones agreeing to give the 
 Company a general release and to cancel his bargain. A letter 
 from the King, recommending the petition and case of Lady 
 Lambton, is read ; hereupon the Court gives her ' what present 
 satisfaction they could therein, and appointed to write very 
 effectually about it to Suratt,^ and desired her to appoint any 
 freind to see it may be penned as neer as they can, without their 
 owne prejudice, to her content '. A petition and narrative to the 
 King, complaining of the refusal of the Dutch to give up Pulo Run 
 and obstructing the Company's trade on the coast of India, is read 
 and approved, (i p.) 
 
 The Company's petition to the King, July, 1663 {Dutch 
 Records, vol. vi, f. 106). 
 
 They have had this last year (as in former years) reiterated 
 and sad experience of the unjust practices of the Dutch to engross 
 
 * See Letter Books, vol. iii, p. 299. Lady Lambton complained that Sir George Oxenden 
 had seized the estates of her three sons, John, Ralph, and Richard.
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 325 
 
 the whole trade of India, they having, notwithstanding all treaties 
 and promises, not only refused to deliver up, but forcibly detained 
 the Island of Pulo Run (for whose reception the petitioners have 
 been at a vast charge) and by force impeded them from trading 
 in India, to the great damage of His Majesty and themselves, 
 which is fully shown in the narrative tendered herewith. The 
 petitioners are sensible that unless some speedy course is taken 
 to oblige the Dutch to make satisfaction for past wrongs and to 
 prevent their abuses and encroachments in the future, the whole 
 trade of India will in a few years be lost to the King's subjects ; 
 therefore they pray His Majesty to procure, by such expedients as 
 he shall think requisite, suitable reparation from the Dutch for 
 past injuries, and security in the future from their insolent attempts 
 against the petitioners' trade, (f p.) 
 
 Narrative of abuses, indignities, and affronts offered 
 BY the Dutch Company to the English, July 1663 {Ibid., 
 f. 107). 
 
 After the happy return of His Majesty and his gracious encour- 
 agement for the promotion of trade in general and that of India 
 in particular, the Company in 1660 decided to expand their trade 
 and plant the Island of Pulo Run, which for many years had been 
 unjustly detained by the Dutch. They therefore procured letters 
 from the Dutch Company to permit them to take possession of the 
 island, but these letters were so ' conditionall ' that to have them 
 made clearer the petitioners, with the King's permission, negotiated 
 with the Dutch Ambassador[s] in England, who promised orders for 
 delivery of Pulo Run if they on their part would procure a com- 
 mission from the King authorizing them to receive it. The Com- 
 pany, not doubting but that His Majesty would grant this favour, 
 provided two ships with soldiers and materials for fortifying and 
 planting the island, and having obtained His Majesty's commission, 
 but not the promised orders, they, after waiting until the season 
 for sending to Pulo Run was nearly lost, urged the Dutch Company 
 to perform their promise, who would only do so on conditions 
 dishonourable to the King and against the interest of the nation 
 and the Company ; so the latter informed the Ambassadors that 
 they had made preparations and must proceed in their design,
 
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 but if any damage befell them for want of the said orders they 
 must ' expect it from them '. The ships were dispatched, and in 
 October, 1661, the English Agent at Bantam wrote to the General 
 at Batavia that he was proceeding with the King's commission to 
 take possession of Pulo Run and desired his order to the Governor 
 of Banda to deliver it up according to the orders of the Dutch 
 Company. The General by a letter of the 8th November, 1661, 
 replied that the Dutch had since countermanded those orders, 
 alleging that the English demanded great damages and renewed 
 and ripped open old sores long since buried ; therefore no order 
 for the surrender of the island could be given until further instruc- 
 tions were received from Holland. Notwithstanding this, the 
 English Agent proceeded on his voyage and arrived at Pulo Run 
 about March 11, 1662, and demanded its surrender from the 
 Governor of Banda ; this was denied and a guard of soldiers kept 
 on the island, whose commander declared that if the English 
 attempted to land they would fire upon them. Having used all 
 fair means and persuasions and waited as long as the season would 
 permit, the English Agent protested against the said General and 
 Governor for damages done the English by the non- delivery of the 
 island, which damages the petitioners estimate at more than 
 23,000/., besides the want of the fruits of that island, which yielded 
 heretofore yearly 67,000/. ; all this they hope by His Majesty's 
 means the Dutch will be made to pay, together with all former 
 damages, and also be obliged to deliver up Pulo Run according to 
 former treaties and agreements. The petitioners beg leave to 
 represent to His Majesty the unjust proceedings of the Dutch 
 concerning Pulo Run and the frivolous pretences on which they 
 founded their denial to surrender that island when the method for 
 adjustment of all former injuries was under debate by the King's 
 commissioners and the Dutch Ambassadors in the Treaty of Peace, 
 and so far agreed on all hands that Pulo Run of right belonged to 
 and ought to be surrendered to the English. They also complain 
 of the arbitrary behaviour of the Dutch in detaining the Hopewell, 
 sent in October, 1662, from Surat to the petitioners' factories at 
 Porcat and Caile Velha to lade goods they had provided there in 
 great quantities for England ; the said vessel after five days 
 detention being forced to return to Surat without having effected
 
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 the object of her voyage. The President and Council of Surat, 
 having depended on those goods from Porcat and Cale Velha to 
 complete the lading of the King's ships, applied to the Earl of 
 Marlborough, who thereupon sent the Leopard, with such goods 
 as had been laden before in the Hopewell, to Porcat to take in the 
 goods there ready, not doubting but that the Dutch would have 
 more respect for the King's ship and flag ; but the Dutch, being 
 as it seemed puffed up with their victory at Cochin (which place 
 they had taken), continued by frivolous pretences to debar the 
 English from any trade in those parts, pretending they had made 
 an agreement with the King of Cochin and all his tributaries, 
 among whom they included the King of Porcat, to buy all the 
 pepper in their territories to the exclusion of all other nations ; ^ 
 so that eventually the Leopard returned to England with the 
 gold and commodities intended for delivery at Porcat and without 
 the goods to complete her lading home ; which, besides the affront 
 to the King's flag, is a loss to His Majesty of 6,000/. in the freight, 
 and to the English Company of at least 20,000/. The petitioners 
 further crave leave to show the Dutch methods for ousting the 
 English from all trade in the Indies and engrossing it all themselves : 
 I. By pretending that the English are not to trade with any people 
 with whom the Dutch are at war, or whom they besiege. They 
 observe where the English plant factories for trade and then 
 declare war against the King of that place and send a ship to lie 
 before it to debar the English of trade, so that the war they make, 
 though apparently against the King of those territories, is in 
 reality against the English. 2. They endeavour by subtle means 
 to make agreements with some of the Kings of those countries 
 for their chief commodities, and so to oust the English from any 
 trade by pretending that they have bought all those commodities. 
 3. On these pretences they, in a warlike and hostile manner, seize 
 and detain the ships of the English and either prevent them from 
 continuing their voyage or detain them until the right season of 
 the year has passed. And the better to colour these actions and 
 to avoid the reparations that His Majesty on behalf of your subjects 
 might justly claim from the Dutch in Europe, they frame letters 
 
 ' These agreements were not made until March, 1663 (Valentyn, Beschryvinge van Malabar 
 PP- 3^. 37)-
 
 32S COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 and protests ' stuft with many falsities and undue suggestions ' ; 
 by which means, unless some speedy remedy is applied, it may 
 easily be seen that in a few years the English will be totally excluded 
 from all trade in those parts of India. (4J pp.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, July 17, 1663 [Court Book, vol. xxiv, 
 P- 645). 
 
 A petition of the officers of the Concord for some abatement of the 
 fine on calicoes is left to the discretion of the ' Committees referres ', 
 who are to show them what favour they can ' in regard their case 
 is different from other shippes ', but not to let it appear that any 
 abatement is made of the fine itself. A further agreement is made 
 with Thomas King concerning pepper. Captain Button to be paid 
 what salary is due to him. [1 p.) 
 
 The Company to Joseph Bathurst and Richard Manning 
 
 [at Amsterdam], July 17, 1663 [Letter Book, vol. iii, p. 290). 
 
 Advise the safe arrival of the five tubs of coral by the Mackerel. 
 The vermilion has not yet been received. The bills of exchange, 
 payable, one to Daniel Smith, the other to John Berry, shall be 
 accepted and paid in due course. Acknowledge the receipt of the 
 list of the cargoes of the ships arrived at Amsterdam from Batavia. 
 Hoped to have had news of the four ships they expect, and desire 
 them to ascertain whether these have arrived at St. Helena. [\p-) 
 
 Reference on the petition of Sir Gilbert Talbot, White- 
 hall, July 21, 1663 [Public Record Office : S.P. Dam : vol. Ixxvii, 
 no. 30). 
 
 To the Lord Treasurer and Chancellor of the Exchequer on the 
 petition of Sir Gilbert Talbot, Master of the Jewel House, for 
 payment of 6,500^. due to him from the late King, out of arrears 
 which he will show to be due from the East India Company to the 
 Crown, on the customs of Ormus. [Entry Book XIII, p. 327.] 
 
 A Court of Committees, July 22, 1663 [Court Book, vol. xxiv, 
 p. 646). 
 
 Messrs. Millner and Andrews appear in court, and the latter 
 requests that he may ' have a charge ', and if his answer does not
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 329 
 
 give satisfaction then he will refer his business to arbitration ; he 
 is told that he has already been advised of the Company's custom 
 in such cases ; they are ready to hear him, but in the meantime 
 will proceed according to law and equity ; he asks for a week 
 to consider and leaves the court. The owners of the Royal Oak to 
 be paid for the passengers who went in her, being thirty-two, 
 besides the two allowed by charterparty ; those who took their 
 wives and servants to pay for them, the Agent's wife to be excepted. 
 The wife of Captain Mallison to be paid thirty dollars, at the rate of 
 55. the dollar, which sum her husband disbursed for cattle and 
 plants for St. Helena. Robert Jackson and John Reynolds to be 
 given $os. apiece for services rendered at Guinea and towards their 
 passage home. {i\pp-) 
 
 A Court of Committees, July 24, 1663 {Ibid., p. 647). 
 
 William Hurt to be paid 20I. for so much taken up at Dartmouth 
 by Agent Browne, the amount to be charged to Browne's account ; 
 and the owners of the Marigold to be paid i,20oZ. on account. 
 Cowries brought home in the Richard and Martha, belonging to 
 Captain Seaman and his purser, to be delivered and the fine on them 
 considered before that ship is cleared. The business concerning 
 Andrews to be looked into. An extra month's demurrage to be 
 allowed the owners of the Concord. The warehousekeepers are 
 directed to make preparations for a sale to be held on the 25th of 
 August next at 8 o'clock in the morning, (i p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, July 29, 1663 {Ibid., p. 648). 
 
 The draft of letters to be sent overland to Surat for next year's 
 provision of goods being read, it is stated that this is likely to be 
 the last return of the seven years, when a perfect valuation must 
 be made in accordance with the preamble ; therefore it is most 
 necessary to consider what is essential should be written for the 
 advantage of this Stock. Hereupon the Court resolves to consider 
 the matter next Friday, and at the same time to discuss the pre- 
 amble. The owners of the Concord to be paid 50/., as ordered at her 
 dispatch. Matthew Andrews neither appearing nor referring his 
 business with the Company to arbitration, it is resolved that the 
 law proceedings begun against him shall be continued. The
 
 330 COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 request of John Belle, an Armenian, who formerly acted as inter- 
 preter for the Company in Persia, for the post of winemaker in one 
 of the two places now vacant in that country, is granted, (ij^p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, July 30, 1663 [Court Book, vol. xxiv, 
 p. 649). 
 
 The owners of the Richard and Martha to be paid 4,000/. on 
 account of freight, the private trade brought back in her to be 
 delivered to them, and the fines charged to their account. The 
 Court notes that the vessel is offered again for the Company's 
 service. A letter from the Duchess of Albemarle concerning a bale 
 of calicoes is read and referred to the Deputy. Calicoes to be 
 delivered to John Zeale and to Captain Cubitt. The Court resolves 
 to send to Surat next year to the value of 60,000/. in money and 
 goods, and directs that advice be given of this in the overland letters 
 to that place. Certain goods sent home in the Dunkirk by Sir 
 Abraham Shipman to be delivered to his wife, (i p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, August 5, 1663 {Ibid., p. 650). 
 
 Saltpetre from the sale of August, 1662, to be delivered to the 
 powdermakers according to contract, to make up the tally of 
 1,800/. lately accepted by the Company on account of their customs. 
 The following orders are given for insertion in the overland letters : 
 the surviving brothers of the late Mr. Lampton to have copies of his 
 accounts and papers and be given all estate, etc., really belonging 
 to them ; coffee and tincal to be written for ; and Thomas Rolt, 
 a factor at Surat, who desires to be recommended to the President 
 for employment to be told that all things of that nature are left 
 entirely to the discretion of the President and Council. Captain 
 Prowd to survey the Marigold and any ship of about 200 tons fit for 
 Guinea and India. Sir Richard Ford to be desired to attend, with 
 the Governor and other Committees, a Committee of the Council 
 to-morrow about Andrews. The owners of the Good Hope to be 
 paid 2,000/. on account. John Jollife to be paid 63/. 125. for the 
 account of Benjamin Lannoy, for postage of letters. Goods to be 
 provided for the American, bound for Madagascar, (i p.)
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 331 
 
 A Court of Committees, August 7, 1663 {Ibid., p. 652). 
 
 Order is given for the pepper to be sifted and prepared for sale, 
 and a committee is appointed to treat with such persons as they 
 think fit about refining the Company's saltpetre. Indigo to be 
 delivered to Sir Richard Ford. (| p.) 
 
 The Company to Consul Delanoy [at Aleppo], August 10, 
 1663 {Letter Book, vol. iii, p. 290). 
 
 Have received his several letters and his account ; the latter, 
 according to his desire, has been paid to the Worshipful John 
 Jolliffe. Request him to give speedy dispatch to the enclosed 
 packet to the President and Council at Surat. {^ p.) 
 
 The Company to Thomas Dethick and Company [at Leghorn], 
 August 10, 1663 {Ibid., p. 291). 
 
 Desire them to dispatch the enclosed packet to Consul Delanoy ; 
 it contains their letters to the President and Council at Surat. 
 Note their intention to send all the coral ordered in the Greyhound. 
 ihP-) 
 
 The Company to John Launce [at Marseilles], August 10, 
 1663 {Ibid., p. 291). 
 
 Advise the safe arrival of his letters with the packets from 
 Consul Delanoy, and desire him to forward the enclosed packet 
 to the Consul. (J p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, August 12, 1663 {Court Book, vol. xxiv, 
 p. 653). 
 
 The Court resolves to keep to the day appointed for the sale, and,, 
 in order to encourage the same, resolves to divide to the adven- 
 turers in this Stock twenty per cent, in money on the capital paid in, 
 to be payable the 25th of July next, but to allow any adventurer 
 buying goods to have them delivered at once to the value of his 
 division, according to the conditions of the preamble, and if any 
 adventurer assigns his division to a buyer, goods may be delivered 
 to the full value of the same ; the intention being that the difference 
 or advantage to the adventurers by ' defaulking ' their divisions on
 
 332 COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 goods bought shall be the two months from the 25th May, 1664, to 
 the 25th July next. It is also resolved to sell at six months' dis- 
 count from the 25th September next to the 25th of the following 
 March, and to allow one per cent, abatement for prompt payment 
 on all goods cleared and taken away by the 25th December next, 
 as well to the adventurers on their divisions as to other buyers ; 
 and two months' discount over and above the said six months for 
 all goods cleared by the 25th March next ; the ten per cent, on the 
 goods to be payable within fourteen days after the date of contract. 
 (I p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, August 14, 1663 {Court Book, vol. 
 xxiv, p. 654). 
 
 Sir Martin Noell desires that direction may be given for payment 
 of the additional duties on calicoes entered at the Customhouse ; 
 he is told that no such duties are considered to be due, and that the 
 Company is willing to go to law about the matter ; Sir Martin leaves, 
 and the Court directs that Sir Robert Atkins, Messrs. Travers, 
 Montague, and Smith, counsel for the Exchequer, be retained for the 
 Company in this business, and appoints Mr. Charles Keep to be 
 their attorney. Coral to be bought at Genoa and Leghorn. The 
 account of the King's ships to be made up. Peter Chambers delivers 
 in a protest on behalf of his brother Thomas, and is told that it shall 
 be considered. Laurence Mercer is made free of the Company by 
 payings/, [ilpp.) 
 
 The Company to Thomas Dethick and Company [at Leghorn], 
 August 14, 1663 {Letter Book, vol. iii, p. 302). 
 
 Hope they will procure the coral formerly ordered to the Com- 
 pany's satisfaction as regards goodness and price. The seven bills 
 of exchange sent shall be accepted and paid in due course. Have 
 no occasion for coral beads. Commission them to buy more of the 
 best Grezio coral to the value of 5,000 dollars, at a higher price than 
 the last if worth it. They must take care that the large branches 
 are not taken out of the chests by the brokers or others. A sale is 
 to be held on the 25th instant ; in their next they will advise what 
 prices their goods fetched. {\p.)
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 333 
 
 The Company to Joseph Bathurst and Richard Manning 
 [at Amsterdam], August i8, 1663 [Ibid., p. 302). 
 
 Thank them for information of the arrival of the two Dutch 
 East India ships, and desire them to advise what preparation of 
 shipping is intended the ensuing season by the Dutch Company ; 
 also particulars of the sales of their goods, with any other news 
 relating to their trade in India obtainable from the ships now 
 arrived. Enclose a paper giving the prices fetched by their own 
 goods at the last general sale. {\ p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, August 19, 1663 [Court Book, vol. xxiv, 
 p. 655). 
 
 The account of the Royal Company to be made up. Lead and 
 iron to be shipped in the American for Madagascar. The business 
 with Nicholas Buckeridge to be examined, his account settled, and 
 what he knows concerning Matthew Andrews, likely to be of use 
 to the Company, to be ascertained. Colonel Rainsford's business 
 to be settled. Thomas Winter to be requested to perfect Sir Edward 
 Winter's security. No warrant to be signed for payment of divi- 
 dends to any who are indebted to the Company, until they shall 
 have settled their accounts. The accounts between this Stock and 
 the United Stock to be settled. Calicoes to be delivered to John 
 Zeal, purser in the Mary Rose, Captain Cubitt having agreed to be 
 responsible for the fines due. (ijpp.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, August 21, 1663 [Ibid., p. 656). 
 
 Sir John Frederick and other members of Christ's Hospital 
 request the Court to allow a ' poores box ' at their sale, that those 
 who please may give towards the charge of the great number of 
 children in the said hospital. They quote the example of the Low 
 Countries, where it is the custom to give ' one per mill on all sales 
 to their poore '. They are told that the Company has a hospital of 
 its own to maintain, the charge of which daily increases ; that it is 
 too near the sale to arrange anything, but that, after it has taken 
 place, assistance shall be given to them in some other way. The 
 account of the freight of the Marigold to be examined and made up. 
 Instructions to be prepared for the voyage and employment of the
 
 334 COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 American. Certain Committees are requested to speak with 
 Thomas Davis, late a factor at Guinea, and take an account of the 
 Company's affairs in those parts. Matthew Andrews to be informed 
 that the goods which he sent and brought home without or contrary 
 to commission have been reserved for his account, and if he wishes 
 them to be sold by the Company's candle he can set his own price 
 upon them, (i p.) 
 
 A General Court of Sales, August 25, 1663 {Court Book, 
 vol. xxiv, p. 658). 
 
 Sale of cotton yarn, Jambi, Malabar, and Quilon pepper, dust of 
 and damaged pepper, cassia lignum, goat's wool, salammoniac, 
 benzoin, spikenard, shell-lac, seed-lac, stick-lac, cardamoms, opium, 
 cloves, aloes Soccatrina, myrrh, ginger, turmeric, cowries, saltpetre, 
 pintado quilts, broad and narrow chintz, tapseiles, salloes, broad, 
 narrow, and blue baftas from Sinda and Broach, Guinea stuffs, 
 brawles, niccannes, dungarees, longcloth, morees, sallampores, 
 taffetas, bettelles, percallaes, dimities, diapers, sannoes, ginghams, 
 and longees, with prices and names of purchasers, [i/^pp.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, August 28, 1663 {Ibid., p. 672). 
 
 The private trade aboard the Discovery to be looked into, and no 
 wages to be paid until the Committees are satisfied. John Colt- 
 man's disbursements to be examined. The warehousekeepers to 
 give in to the accountant a list of those persons who have not paid 
 for goods not yet taken away. All warrants for dividends to the 
 adventurers are to be signed, but those who are in any way indebted 
 to the Company are not to be given theirs until they have paid up 
 all they owe. Resolved that discount shall be allowed for all money 
 paid on goods bought at the last sale from the time of payment into 
 the treasury ; also that any adventurer not indebted to the Com- 
 pany may receive his dividend of twenty per cent, in money upon 
 discount, although it is not strictly due till the 25th of July next. 
 Sir William Rider to see that the Company is allowed on their own 
 customs the 1,600/. which they paid in setting out the King's ships 
 for India. The Committee of the Treasury to be intreated to make 
 timely provision of gold for the Coast and Bay. (i p,)
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 335 
 
 A Court of Committees, September 2, 1663 {Ibid., p. 673). 
 
 Certain Committees are desired to treat with the Royal Company 
 about taking away from Guinea everything belonging to this 
 Company, and report to the court. The owners of the Royal 
 Charles to be paid 6,000/. on account. Complaints being made of 
 the difference in the calicoes sent from the Coast and bought at the 
 last sale, Sambrooke is directed to look into the matter and write 
 about it. The Company's books to be examined, and all brokers 
 who have not yet paid the ten per cent, on goods they have bought, 
 nor brought their principals to subscribe, are to be at once requested 
 to do either one or the other, (i p.) 
 
 Order of Council, September 2, 1663 [Public Record Office : 
 Privy Council Register, vol. Ivi, p. 543 ^). 
 
 The King having been graciously pleased, by a reference dated 
 the 22nd August last, signed by Mr. Holies, one of the Masters of 
 Requests, to refer the differences between Thomas Skinner and the 
 East India Company to the Lords of the Privy Council, to hear both 
 parties and give such relief as should appear just and reasonable, 
 the said Thomas Skinner, by his petition presented this day, prays 
 that a day may be appointed for hearing the said differences. 
 Hereupon Their Lordships appoint Wednesday, the 14th of October 
 next, and direct that the Judge of the Admiralty, some of the 
 East India Company, and all other parties concerned take notice 
 and attend. 
 
 A Court of Committees, September 4, 1663 [Court Book, 
 vol. xxiv, p. 674). 
 
 The owners of the Royal Charles to make good and merchantable 
 the Company's cowries, which were damaged by being badly stowed 
 in that vessel. Saltpetre to the value of 3,080/, 55. 2d. to be delivered 
 to Thomas Carter and Christian Ellers, powdermakers. The 
 dividend on the adventure of Laurence Moyer to be detained until 
 the executors agree. Certain calicoes returned in the Discovery to 
 be delivered to Mrs. Doves on payment of 20/. for freight and fine. 
 Payment to be made to the owners of the Marigold. Calicoes 
 returned in the Richard and Martha to be delivered to Bridget 
 
 • See also Home Miscellaneous, vol. xlii, p. 94.
 
 336 COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 Looker. The account of William Jennings, deceased in Persia, to 
 be cleared. The Governor and certain Committees are desired to 
 make an agreement for the refining of the saltpetre, as it will be to 
 the Company's advantage to have it brought to the standard proof, 
 as is customary in Holland, {'^l pp.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, September 9, 1663 [Court Book, vol. 
 xxiv, p. 675). 
 
 John Coltman is directed to go aboard the Coronation and bring 
 away in a lighter to the Company's warehouse all private trade 
 returned in that ship. Saltpetre to the value of 3,6ooZ. to be 
 delivered to Messrs. Carter and EUers, this amount being accepted 
 by the Farmers on the Company's customs by their letters of the 
 8th instant. Those who bought pepper being very anxious to 
 receive it, order is given for some to be delivered to those who paid 
 their money in first, and so by turns. Captain Joseph Sheldon,^ 
 who procured the Company translations of several Arabic papers, 
 is to receive some silk stuffs and calicoes sent as tokens in the 
 Charles, * hee onely rewarding ' the scholar who copied the said 
 translations with 405. The petition of Henry Starkey to have 
 certain goods sent in the Royal Charles by Henry Powell, for which 
 Captain Barker signed a bill of lading, is referred to the Committee 
 for Private Trade. Richard Boylston to be paid 2,000/. on account 
 of cloth bought of him. Certain Committees to treat with the 
 Farmers of the Customs and settle some way to prevent private 
 trade and the abuse offered to the Company by the Customs 
 officers in countenancing and assisting private traders ; and 
 Mr. Jollife to procure three ' deputations ' from the Lord Treasurer 
 to authorize persons to seize the same. Captain Prowd to survey 
 all vessels offered for employment. Thomas Darson, gunner in the 
 Leopard, to have certain calicoes delivered to him on payment of 
 the fine. Captain Barker to be paid the proceeds of his goods sold 
 at the Company's candle, and have the rest of his calicoes in the 
 warehouse delivered to him, the fines to be charged to the owners' 
 account, i^z pp.) 
 
 • Probably the nephew of the Archbishop of Canterbury and brother of Daniel Sheldon, 
 one of the Company's factors. Joseph Sheldon was knighted in 1666. and was elected 
 Lord Mayor ten years later.
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 337 
 
 A Court of Committees, September ii, 1663 {Ibid., p. 677). 
 
 Resolved that the Company's ship the London shall be fitted to 
 go to Surat by the ist of February next, and that forty head of 
 oxen shall be contracted for now, and salted when thought con- 
 venient ; also that the Discovery shall be sold at the candle. The 
 Committee for Shipping are desired to meet next Tuesday afternoon 
 to agree concerning conditions of freight for the Marigold and other 
 vessels. A division of ten per cent, in money to be made to the 
 adventurers in this Stock upon their capital paid in, the same to be 
 payable on the 25th instant. The business of the Truro (referred to 
 arbitration but no agreement arrived at) is now by consent of all 
 parties referred to the ' umpirage ' of the Governor. Thomas Greene 
 to be paid for cloth, (i p.) 
 
 The Company to Joseph Bathurst and Richard Manning [at 
 Amsterdam], September ii, 1663 {Letter Book, vol. iii, p. 303). 
 
 Acknowledge the receipt of several letters and bills of exchange. 
 Report the arrival of the Coronation from the Coast and enclose 
 a list of her cargo. Desire to know the price of quicksilver and 
 vermilion at Amsterdam. {\p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, September 16, 1663 {Court Book, 
 vol. xxiv, p. 678). 
 
 Certain Committees to treat with the Royal Company for the 
 
 delivery of 10,000/. value in gold at Guinea, money to the value of 
 
 the same to be paid to them here upon the receipt of bills of exchange 
 
 signed by the Committee of the Royal Company ; also to arrange 
 
 that as much more gold as the Royal Company can supply at 
 
 Guinea shall be paid for here upon advice of its delivery ; and to 
 
 settle concerning the turning over of all remains belonging to this 
 
 Company at Guinea, the clearing of everything from thence, and 
 
 the sale of the iron remaining here, on such terms as they think 
 
 best. The ship Christopher is entertained to go to the Coast and 
 
 Bay, and the Marigold to go there and to Guinea. It is left to the 
 
 discretion of Samuel Sambrooke to make allowances for damaged 
 
 calicoes up to sums not exceeding 3/. to any one person, and to 
 
 certain of the Committees to do so in cases exceeding the said limit. 
 2482 Z
 
 338 COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 A bill of exchange from Guinea, payable to John Allen, is accepted. 
 John Cooke's request for a reward for discovering lead aboard the 
 Royal Katherine is referred to the Committee for Private Trade. 
 Some Portugal money, 2,000 rials of eight, and some copper to be 
 laden in the American. The request of Christopher Willoughby 
 for remission of interest on goods bought is denied. The account 
 of Richard Napper, deceased in India, to be made up. Certain 
 Committees to meet the Committee for the United Stock to rectify 
 some errors in the accounts and cause them to perfect their security 
 of 5,000/. adventure in this Stock ; for, until this is done, no 
 proceed of the adventure they have is to be paid to them. (2 pp.) 
 
 Articles of Agreement between the East India Company 
 AND THE Royal African Company, September 17, 1663 {Home 
 Miscellaneous, vol. xlii, p. 103). 
 
 I. That upon the arrival at Kormantine of the Marigold or any 
 other of the East India Company's ships, their factors shall cease 
 to sell any more goods, and those remaining shall be taken over 
 by the factors of the Royal Company, they paying for them in rich 
 Guinea gold according to a valuation to be made by two or three 
 of the factors of each Company, to be appointed for the purpose. 
 2. Whereas by an agreement between the two Companies dated 
 October 16, 1662, the East India Company promised to pay the 
 Royal Company ten per cent, of the proceeds of what goods should 
 be sold by their factors from March 25, 1663, to March 25, 1664, 
 it is now agreed that the said ten per cent, shall be defalked to the 
 Royal Company by the factors of the East India Company on 
 account of such goods as the former Company shall buy of the 
 latter ; but if they shall not agree for any, or for not so much as 
 the said ten per cent, shall amount to, then the whole or part shall 
 be paid to the Royal Company's factors in gold according to the 
 first agreement. 3. That the Royal Company shall not claim the 
 ten per cent, upon goods bought by their factors from the factors 
 of the East India Company. 4. The Royal Company has bought 
 and agreed to receive from the East India Company about thirty- 
 eight tons of Swedish iron at the rate of 13/. 105. the ton, with 
 promise to pay for it by bills of exchange upon their factors at 
 Kormantine in rich Guinea gold at the rate of 3/. 145. the oz.
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 339 
 
 English troy weight. 5. The East India Company to pay the 
 Royal Company in ready money io,oooZ, sterhng, for which the 
 Royal Company shall give them bills of exchange upon their 
 factors to pay them in rich Guinea gold at ten days sight at the 
 rate of 3/, gs. the oz. English troy weight. 6. What other rich 
 Guinea gold the factors of the Royal Company shall deliver to the 
 factors of the East India Company in excess of the said 10,000/. 
 within ten days after the arrival of their ship, the factors of the 
 East India Company shall pass their bills of exchange upon the 
 said Company at the rate of 3/. 145. the oz. English troy weight, 
 which bills the East India Company promise to accept and pay to 
 the Royal Company twenty days after sight. 7. All goods belong- 
 ing to the East India Company at Guinea not bought by the factors 
 of the Royal Company shall be laden upon one of the Royal Com- 
 pany's ships either for Barbadoes or London at a reasonable 
 freight. Sealed with the Company's seal by order of the Company 
 of Royal Adventurers of England trading into Africa. For Sir 
 Ellis Leighton, Secretary, Cornelius Middleguest, Clerk.-' (ij pp.) 
 
 The Company to Thomas Dethick and Company [at Leg- 
 horn], September 17, 1663 {Letter Book, vol. iii, p. 303). 
 
 Have received their several letters and bills of exchange. Repeat 
 their former order for Grezio coral. Hope that the packets for 
 India were forwarded to Consul Delanoy by the Eagle. Enclose 
 particulars of the sale of their goods and a list of the cargo of the 
 Coronation, which ship arrived lately in the Downs. (| p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, September 18, 1663 {Court Book, 
 vol. xxiv, p. 680). 
 
 The Committee for Letters is appointed to meet on the 8th of 
 October next to look into affairs of the Coast, the Court noting 
 that returns have not been made answerable to the stock sent, 
 and that certain disorders and irregularities have been committed 
 there. The complaints made against Captain Zachary Browne 
 to be examined, together with his defence. The Company and 
 other merchants complaining that the Post Office has taken away 
 their ships' letters and not allowed their own servants to bring 
 
 ' The Royal Company's seal appears to have been affixed on December 8. 
 
 Z 2
 
 340 COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 them, certain of the Committees are desired to join with some of 
 the Turkey Company and others to make complaint and endeavour 
 to obtain redress. The sum of 10,000/. to be paid in pursuance 
 of the agreement with the Royal Company for gold to be delivered 
 at Guinea. The business of Anne Carver, whose husband died in 
 India, to be examined. Opium sent in the Royal Charles to be 
 delivered to Peter Daniell. (i p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, September 23, 1663 [Court Book, 
 vol. xxiv, p. 681). 
 
 A bill of exchange for gold to the value of 10,000/. to be delivered 
 at Guinea by the Royal Company is read and approved ; and order 
 given for another bill received from Hamburg to be accepted and 
 paid. Robert Wolly, a broker, who bought goods for the Company, 
 is given 10/. as a gratuity for good service. The Deputy is desired 
 to draw up some particular instructions to be sent to St. Helena. 
 Two commissions to be prepared for the Company's seal to authorize 
 the Governor of St. Helena and the commander of the American 
 to make seizure of any shipping belonging to any of the King's 
 subjects found within the limits of the Company's charter without 
 their licence. Money to be supplied to the Governor, as he finds 
 necessary for the service of the Company, out of the Treasury, and 
 when it amounts to 100/. a warrant is to be made out for the same. 
 Edward Wood demanding money due to the owners of the James 
 and Henry for the service of that ship, some of the Committees for 
 Charterparties are entreated to make a final settlement with her 
 owners, (i p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, September 25, 1663 {Ibid., p. 682). 
 
 Calicoes returned in the Dunkirk, Coronation, Richard and 
 Martha, and the Discovery to be delivered to Jacob Beavins, 
 Thomas James, Robert Midgley, surgeon in the Dunkirk, Elizabeth 
 Peaze, Pharo Humphrie, and the carpenter of the Richard and 
 Martha. The Auditor is instructed to call upon the Husband for 
 accounts of all private trade brought home since his entertainment, 
 to ascertain if the money due for freight and fines has been paid, 
 and if the Husband has received the Company's impost. Those 
 appointed to examine Mr, Buckeridge's business desire to know
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 341 
 
 the Company's pleasure with regard to the increase of his salary 
 in Persia from 50Z. to 125Z. per annum (which latter sum his pre- 
 decessor, Agent Garway, received) the gratuity of fifty tumans 
 yearly received from the King of Persia in return for what the 
 Company presented him with (which is not mentioned in the 
 account), and the expense of housekeeping in Persia beyond the 
 Company's allowance ; the Court, having a good opinion of 
 Buckeridge, request the committee to state his account, passing 
 over the expense in housekeeping, for which there was some reason, 
 and resolve to gratify his good services themselves as they see fit. 
 (li pp.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, September 30, 1663 {Ibid., p. 684). 
 
 A bill of exchange from Guinea for 560/. to be accepted, and 
 paid to John Allen. Matthew Andrews to have delivered to him 
 such things as are of use, but no merchandise. The petition of 
 Joseph Hynmers, lately returned from Surat, for salary, is referred 
 to certain of the Committees, and order is given for calicoes brought 
 back in the Leopard to be delivered to him, Francis Clarke having 
 promised to pay the fine due. The charterparty of the Marigold's 
 last voyage to be delivered up to be cancelled. On consideration 
 of the conduct of Captain Zachary Browne in his last voyage and 
 of the condition of his ship, the Good Hope, the Court, thinking 
 neither master nor ship fit for the Company's service, resolves not 
 to entertain them this year. The two commissions for seizure of 
 any shipping found trading within the limits of the Company's 
 charter are read, and order is given for them to pass the Company's 
 seal. Calicoes and ' a suit of hangings ', sent in the Discovery by 
 Sir Edward Winter, to be delivered and the fine charged to his 
 account. {i\ pp.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, October 2, 1663 {Ibid., p. 685). 
 
 The sum of 2,400/. to be paid to the owners of the Truro on 
 account. No dividend to be paid on any adventure remaining 
 in the Company's hands as security, especially in the case of 
 Sir Edward Winter, who is to be allowed four per cent, interest 
 yearly on his divisions so long as they remain with the Company 
 after payment is due. Captain Rainsford nominates Sir John
 
 342 COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 Lewis to act on his behalf concerning the affairs of his brother 
 Colonel Rainsford, and Mr. Papillon is appointed by the Company 
 to act for them, these two to settle all matters in dispute. Bills 
 of exchange expected from Leghorn to be accepted and paid. 
 Henry Thruscrosse to be paid the balance of his account, if it is 
 found correct by the Accountant. The Deputy having procured 
 a letter of credit from Alexander Bence to Thomas Bird at Lisbon, 
 to be taken to Madeira for supply of wines to the American, the 
 same being for the Company's use, order is given for the Deputy 
 to be indemnified. The Court resolves to suspend the entertain- 
 ment of the Richard and Martha until the owners account for the 
 broadcloths carried out by that ship in a former voyage and taken 
 away by Matthew Andrews. Advice to be sent to Leghorn for 
 provision of Grezio coral to the value of 10,000 dollars. The 
 Court, being told that the minister of this parish has no more than 
 his bare tithes, desires the Governor to gratify him as he sees fit. 
 Order is given for spice to be presented at Christmas to the Farmers 
 of the Customs. Captain Gosnell, late master of the Discovery, 
 being spoken to about the private trade he took away, promises 
 to disclose all he knows about it, and the matter is referred to the 
 Governor's discretion. The Discovery to be sold by the candle on 
 Tuesday come senight in the afternoon, (i^ pp.) 
 
 The Company to Thomas Dethick and Company [at Leghorn], 
 October 2, 1663 [Letter Book, vol. iii, p. 314). 
 
 Note the progress they have made in the purchase of coral, and 
 trust the Greyhomid will arrive safely with it. The six bills of 
 exchange for payment of the said coral shall be met in due course. 
 Commission them to buy still more Grezio coral, to the value of 
 10,000 dollars, and ship it from Leghorn in time to be laden in the 
 ships that are to go to India this next spring. (| p.) 
 
 Petition of the Company to the King, October 6, 1663 
 [Home Miscellaneous, vol. xlii, p. 94). 
 
 The petition of Thomas Skinner for reparation for damages he 
 pretends to have sustained from the Company's factors was by 
 the King referred to several Lords of the Privy Council, but on 
 a petition from the Company His Majesty was pleased to supersede
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 343 
 
 the said reference and order the matter to be left to the decision 
 of the law. Since this, Skinner by another petition has procured 
 a new reference from the King to the Lords of the Privy Council 
 for the said difference to be heard. The petitioners therefore pray 
 that this last reference may be withdrawn and the matter in 
 question left, according to the former order, to the determination 
 of the law, when the petitioners will be ready to make their defence 
 against any pretences of the said Skinner, (f p.) 
 
 Order of Council, October 7, 1663 {Public Record Office : 
 Privy Council Register, vol. Ivi, p. 572). 
 
 For some of the East India Company to attend on Friday the 
 9th instant at nine in the morning, when Their Lordships intend 
 to consider the petition and narrative presented this day by the 
 said Company to the Board. 
 
 A Court of Committees, October 10, 1663 {Court Book, vol. 
 xxiv, p. 687). 
 
 The owners of the Coronation to be paid 4,000^. on account. 
 Examination to be had of the Discovery's freight made in India 
 during her last voyage. The Shipping Committee report the 
 entertainment of the Morning Star and the Rebecca. Private trade 
 brought home in the freighted ships to be examined and delivered, 
 and the fines charged to the owners' account. Certain Committees 
 are desired to prepare an address to the King to instruct his ambas- 
 sador [Sir Richard Fanshawe], now proceeding thither, to endeavour 
 to secure the removal of the prohibition on importing East India 
 commodities into the Spanish dominions, and to procure freedom 
 of trade in any of the Spanish dominions in the East Indies. The 
 Committee for the Dutch Business are entreated to consider what 
 fees are due to Sir William Morris and Sir Henry Bennitt for 
 service rendered to the Company and to gratify them for the same. 
 (I p.) 
 
 Petition of the Company to the King, October ii, 1663 
 {Public Record Office : CO. 77, vol. ix, no. 16). 
 
 They have lately received advice from Spain that about the 
 14th of August last an edict was published strictly prohibiting
 
 344 COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 the importation of any East Indian commodities into any part 
 of the Spanish dominions without a certificate from the Dutch 
 themselves and the Spanish consul resident there that the said 
 goods were brought from India by the Dutch Company and had 
 never been in any but Dutch shipping. The petitioners, observing 
 this to be much in favour of the Dutch Company and purposely 
 procured by them as a further encroachment on the English, the 
 effect of which will be a very great decay of their trade, and 
 lessening of the King's revenue and navigation, they thought it 
 their duty to make the same known to His Majesty, and to pray 
 him to give instruction to his ambassador or public minister going 
 to Spain to negotiate for the said prohibition to be taken off, that 
 the petitioners may have equal freedom with the Dutch or any 
 other nation, and that, according to the former report and opinion 
 of the Council of Trade, the ambassador may also be instructed 
 to procure a licence from the King of Spain for freedom of trade 
 to the English into and from the Philippines and other Spanish 
 dominions in the East Indies, which may redound much to the 
 increase of the trade and navigation of His Majesty's dominions. 
 
 Order of Council, October 14, 1663 {Public Record Office : 
 Privy Council Register, vol. Ivi, p. 580 ^). 
 
 In pursuance of His Majesty's reference of the 22nd August last 
 upon the petition of Thomas Skinner, the business between the 
 said Skinner and the East India Company is taken into considera- 
 tion and counsel heard on both sides. After debate it is resolved 
 that the said petition be referred again to the Lord Privy Seal, 
 the Earl of Marlborough, Lord Ashley, and the Vice Chamberlain, 
 the former referees in this case, with the Earl of Anglesey added. 
 All, or any three or more of them, are to consider the whole matter 
 and endeavour to compose all differences in an amicable way ; 
 but if their mediation does not prove effectual, then they are to 
 report to this Board the true state of the matter in difference, that 
 such further order may be given as shall be thought just and 
 necessary. 
 
 * See also Home Miscellaneous, vol. xlii, p. 96.
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 345 
 
 Warrant from Lord Southampton to John Coltman, 
 October 14, 1663 {Public Record Office : Entry Book X, p. 229). 
 
 To be waiter and searcher for uncustomed and prohibited goods 
 in London port and the outports, with power to enter any ship, 
 house or place sover, to search for and seize the same ; the East 
 India Company having prayed the Lord Treasurer, in order to 
 the better discovery of such goods, so to authorize Coltman. 
 
 A Court of Committees, October 15, 1663 [Court Book, vol. 
 xxiv, p. 688). 
 
 The Accountant is directed to draw up a perfect list of debts 
 prior to the last two sales, and this is to remain in court for constant 
 reference. Sir Philip Warwick to be given 10/., and his clerk 405., 
 as fees for three ' deputations ' procured from the Lord Treasurer, 
 one to John Coltman, another to Humphrey Fairecloth, and the 
 third left blank, to make seizures. The Committee for Private 
 Trade to do as they think fit with the calicoes put out of the 
 Dunkirk and brought back in a Barbadoes ship. Resolved to 
 freight the Richard and Martha for Bantam, her owner, Alderman 
 King, promising to do his utmost to give the Company satisfaction 
 concerning the private trade carried out in her former voyage. 
 The Court also resolves to send the Royal Charles to Surat and the 
 Coronation to the Coast and Bay, upon conditions agreed upon 
 with the Committees and subscribed to by the commanders. 
 So the shipping this year is as follows : For Surat, the London, 
 Royal Charles, and the American ; for the Coast and Bay, the 
 Coronation, Marigold (to go to Guinea also), the Morning Star, and 
 the Rebecca ; for Bantam, the Coast Frigate (supposed to be there) 
 the Royal Oak (already gone), the Richard and Martha, and the 
 Christopher, the latter to go to the Coast as well. An order of 
 indemnity to be passed under the Company's seal to authorize 
 John Stevenson of Chatham and Rochester to make seizure of 
 goods. The account of Mr. Flattman (lately returned from 
 Guinea) to be examined. The Committee of the Treasury are 
 entreated to make such provision of gold and silver as they think 
 fitting, (i p.)
 
 346 COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 A Court of Committees, October 21, 1663 {Court Book, 
 vol. xxiv, p. 690). 
 
 The affairs and accounts of William Bell, a factor lately returned 
 from Surat against whom the President has written, to be examined, 
 but in the meantime his chest of clothes is to be delivered to him. 
 Thomas Came to be given money in lieu of certain brawles short 
 of the quantity he bought at the last sale. The business between 
 Thomas Worrall and the Company to be examined. Giles Sussex, 
 a hotpresser, petitioning to be employed, he is told that when 
 there is need of such work his request shall be considered. The 
 Committees, finding themselves much aspersed by the groundless 
 clamours and demands of Thomas Skinner, give direction for an 
 account of the business between him and the Company to be drawn 
 up, that they may justify themselves. Matthew Andrews humbly 
 acknowledging the error of his behaviour and asserting his willing- 
 ness to submit entirely to the decision of the Court, he is told 
 (many members being absent) to apply this day week, when an 
 answer shall be given to him ; meanwhile the Governor is entreated 
 to take advice how the Company may proceed safely with him. 
 The owners of the Royal James and Henry to be paid 1,000/. on 
 account. Richard Seaborne requesting that the suit against 
 himself and Mrs. Langford may be stayed so that he may go into 
 the country, his mother being dead, the Court agrees to a suspension 
 of fourteen days, (i^ pp.) 
 
 Order of Council, October 21, 1663 [Public Record Office: 
 Privy Council Register, vol. Ivi, p. 586 ^). 
 
 Directing the Company to appoint some of their members to 
 attend the Secretary of State, who is or shall be appointed to draw 
 up instructions for the ambassador His Majesty intends to send 
 to the King of Spain, that upon the Company's petition concerning 
 the importation of commodities into Spain, and such further 
 advertisements as they shall give, due care may be taken to prevent 
 inconveniences which will ensue to their trade by that edict. 
 And upon reading another petition presented by the Company, 
 in which they complain of the several injuries done them by the 
 
 ' See also CO. 77, vol. ix, p. 24, and Home Miscellaneous, vol. xlii, p. 99.
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 347 
 
 Dutch (more particularly expressed in a memorial annexed) the 
 Council appoints the Lord Treasurer, the Duke of Albemarle, the 
 Marquis of Dorchester, the Earl of Anglesey, Lord Berkley, Lord 
 Ashley, the Vice-Chamberlain, Mr, Secretary Morrice, and Mr. 
 Secretary Bennett, or any four or more of them, a committee 
 to meet next Thursday, the 22nd instant, at three in the afternoon, 
 and so from time to time as they shall appoint, to receive and 
 consider such proposals as the Company shall present to them for 
 preventing the mischief threatened to their trade by the exorbitant 
 power of the Dutch in the Indies, Their Lordships are also to 
 consider such ways and means as they shall deem fit and necessary 
 for the preservation of that trade, and the protection of His Majesty's 
 subjects trading to the Indies, and report their opinion on the whole 
 matter to the Council. 
 
 Representation of the Company to the Lords of the Privy 
 Council ^ {Public Record Office : CO. 77, vol, viii, no, 129). 
 
 That Pulo Run was delivered to them and continued many 
 years in their possession by virtue of royal charters, and that in 
 all treaties, either with or concerning the two East India Companies, 
 the said island has always been acknowledged as the property 
 of the English Company, to be resigned to them by the Dutch 
 whenever possession should be demanded. Yet to prevent any 
 misunderstanding the English Company in the year 1660, after 
 His Majesty's happy restoration, receiving encouragement to 
 enlarge their trade, signified to the Dutch Company their intention 
 of repossessing and planting the said island, and received the 
 annexed orders from the States General of the Dutch East India 
 Company to their servants in the East to permit them the quiet 
 possession of the same. That accordingly the English Company 
 sent two ships, the London and the Discovery, with His Majesty's 
 commission, soldiers and equipage to take possession of the island ; 
 these arrived in Batavia in October, 1661, and in Pulo Run the 
 following March, and delivered the letters of the States General 
 to the Dutch Company, but were, both by the General of Batavia 
 and the Governor of the Banda Islands, denied possession of the 
 said island and kept off by a guard of soldiers. That the charge 
 
 » This is presumed to be the memorial referred to in the preceding document.
 
 348 COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 thus incurred amounts to more than twenty-three thousand pounds, 
 besides the want of the fruits of the island, which heretofore 
 yielded yearly 67,000/. All this the petitioners pray may be 
 recommended to the King's Resident, Sir George Downing, to 
 procure satisfaction for them, and they also desire that he may be 
 ordered to press forward the arbitration for adjusting their former 
 damages. (| p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, October 23, 1663 [Court Book, vol. 
 xxiv, p. 691). 
 
 After a long debate the Court resolves to refer all matters 
 between the Company and Matthew Andrews to arbitration. 
 A ' petitionary ' remonstrance from Thomas King is read, and 
 directions are given for his account to be examined before the next 
 court, as until this is done nothing can be resolved. The widow 
 of Thomas Carver to be paid the salary due to her late husband, 
 a factor who died at Surat. Calicoes to be delivered free of fine 
 to Mary Hunlock, whose husband died in the Mary Rose. Part 
 of the Company's hotpressing work to be given to Widow Dent, 
 according to promise. The committee appointed to provide goods 
 for the East are desired to allot the cargoes for this year's shipping. 
 
 The Case between the Company and Thomas Skinner, 
 October 24, 1663 [Home Miscellaneous, vol. xlii, p. 97). 
 
 The Company having at Bantam a servant named Frederick 
 Skinner, who was deeply indebted to them, they sent out an order 
 for as much of his estate as could be had to be secured towards 
 satisfaction of his said debt. Their factors at Jambi having 
 information that certain goods belonging to Skinner were laden 
 aboard the Thomas, and that ship arriving at Jambi, they applied 
 to the King and Justice of that place for permission to seize the 
 said goods ; this was given, and the King sent one of his principal 
 ministers and some other officers aboard, who brought away goods 
 to the value of 2,057 dollars and delivered them to the Company's 
 factors, but the Company has ever been ready to account to Skinner 
 far the same. How groundless the claims and pretences of Thomas 
 Skinner are is shown by the following statement : About July,
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 349 
 
 1657, he prepared an old Flemish ship called the Thomas and 
 sailed her to Bantam with an inconsiderable cargo of goods (as he 
 himself has acknowledged). Before his departure he made a bill 
 of sale for the said vessel and her furniture for 180Z., borrowed of 
 Thomas Merry, and an insurance of 1,150/. for the whole adventure 
 of both ship and stock. Thomas Skinner was invited to Bantam 
 by his brother Frederick, who promised to lade him home ; but 
 on his arrival he was disappointed of this and so sailed to Jambi, 
 and his ship needing repair, provisions, and money, and having 
 only four men left in her, and Thomas Skinner himself being 
 privately indebted to the natives, he ran away secretly with what 
 he could carry to the Dutch at Molucca. Upon this the King of 
 Jambi seized the ship to satisfy his people's debts, but the Company 
 did not meddle with her. Hereupon Thomas Skinner applied to 
 the Dutch, vilifying the English and embroiling the Company's 
 affairs, so that immediately afterwards the Dutch attacked the 
 Company's factory in a hostile manner and with about 200 armed 
 men broke open their houses and warehouses, took away what they 
 pleased, and beat and wounded several English, by which the 
 Company lost 100,000 dollars, as is shown by a protest of their 
 factors. Thomas Skinner, who was of Dutch extraction, after 
 his return to England offered to sell his services to the Dutch 
 Company and assist them in evading those just reparations due 
 to the English Company, amounting to about 250,000/. Since 
 Thomas Skinner's return he has renounced to the insurers both 
 ship and cargo, as having been lost on the coast of Jambi. As to 
 the island of ' Brawla ' which he claims, if the Company had not 
 been sufficiently entitled to it by several grants of the King's 
 royal predecessors he might have had liberty to possess it ; yet 
 it is of no value and not habitable and the Company never dis- 
 turbed him there, as he alleges. This is the truth of the matter, 
 according to the best information received by the Company, and 
 has been formerly answered to upon oath. (2 pp.) 
 
 The Company to Thomas Dethick and Company [at Leg- 
 horn], October 26, 1663 [Letter Book, vol. iii, p. 320). 
 
 Have received no advice from them of the shipment of any of 
 the coral. Hope to hear soon, or it will come too late to be sent
 
 350 COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 by the first ships to India. If no ships of good defence and burthen 
 are available, then the coral must be dispatched by smaller vessels, 
 in order that it may arrive in time. Urge them to provide the 
 coral already ordered, as, by their next, commission may be given 
 for still more. {\ p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, October 28, 1663 {Court Book, vol. 
 xxiv, p. 693). 
 
 The resolve concerning the business of Matthew Andrews is 
 confirmed, he promising to abide by the finding of the referees, 
 and to clear up any dubious point. The purchaser of the Discovery 
 to be allowed to have some iron hoops and cask included in the 
 estimate of that vessel but omitted from the inventory. The 
 freight of the Good Hope to be made up. Certain Committees are 
 desired to prepare such instructions as they see fit to recommend 
 to the ambassador for Spain concerning the Spanish business, 
 and to attend Secretary Bennett with the same. The committee 
 who attended the Lords of the Council last Saturday at the hearing 
 of the business between the Company and Thomas Skinner report 
 that Their Lordships wish the matter to be concluded by a reference 
 and decided amongst the parties themselves (Frederick Skinner to 
 join them) and to be told next Saturday of the decision arrived at. 
 The Court apprehends that this may be of great prejudice to the 
 Company ; nevertheless' they will agree to it, if Frederick and 
 Thomas Skinner desire a reference, and provided the United Stock 
 will also agree to the same. Mr. Vandeput to provide copper to 
 complete the parcel allotted for India this year. The Court 
 consents to the ship Christopher being renamed the Happy Entrance. 
 (If pp.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, October 30, 1663 {Ibid., p. 695). 
 
 There being a sufficient supply of copper and coral for export 
 this year, order is given that no more be provided. The owners 
 of the Loyal Merchant to be fined for taking out a passenger without 
 the consent of the Company, it being thought that John Swift has 
 gone to India in that vessel. A committee is appointed to get 
 in the Company's debts and settle concerning the removal of goods 
 from the warehouse, and any outstanding contracts, as they shall
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 35i 
 
 think best. Some persons having been landed in the East and 
 taken into the Company's service without order from home, the 
 Court now decrees that none shall be taken into service abroad 
 without the Company's order and permit being first received. 
 The Committee for Plantations are desired to consider what men, 
 ammunition, and materials may be necessary for the defence of 
 Fort St. George, and for carrying on the fortification and plantation 
 of Pulo Run. The executor of Edmund Young, who died at 
 Guinea, to be paid what is due to his account. Sticklac brought 
 back in the Coronation for account of the owners of the Royal 
 James and Henry to be delivered to Edward Wood, (if pp.) 
 
 The Company to Thomas Dethick and Company [at Leg- 
 horn], October 30, 1663 {Letter Book, vol. iii, p. 320). 
 
 This is only to confirm their previous letter and to urge the 
 dispatch of the coral. Have decided not to give order for more 
 coral, because of its dearness and the lateness of the year. {\ p.) 
 
 The Company to Sir George Downing, October 30, 1663 
 [Ibid., p. 321). 
 
 The King ' being in progresse ' has prevented them from recom- 
 mending to Downing's care the procuring of satisfaction for the 
 damages they formerly sustained through the Dutch East India 
 Company ; but since His Majesty's return they have made their 
 humble addresses to him, not only concerning their former but 
 also their late wrongs sustained by the non-delivery of Pulo Run, 
 and the interruption of their trade at Porcat and Cale Velha, and 
 His Majesty has been graciously pleased to recommend the same 
 to the care of Downing. They pray him to use his best endeavours 
 to obtain just satisfaction and the assurance of a fair correspondence 
 in future in all parts of the Indies, and for his better information 
 they enclose a copy of the King's letter ^ with several papers 
 relating to the proceedings of the Dutch at Pulo Run and Porcat. 
 (I p.) 
 
 ' Printed in Lister's Life of Lord Clarendon (vol. iii, p. 256), from a copy then in the State 
 Paper Office. Attempts to trace it in the Public Record Office have failed.
 
 352 COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 Warrant from Lord Southampton, October 31, 1663 {Public 
 Record Office: Entry Book IV, p. 367). 
 
 To the Receipt for tallies of assignment on the customs for the 
 10,000/. bestowed by the King on Sir Nicholas Crispe for his 
 services, and lately for compounding a great debt with the East 
 India Company. 
 
 A Court of Committees, November 4, 1663 {Court Book, 
 vol. xxiv, p. 697). 
 
 Resolved that a fine of 35. 4d. shall be charged on every ten 
 
 yards of Bengal taffeta brought home as private trade, and so in 
 
 proportion for pieces of longer or shorter length. Quilts bought 
 
 by Thomas Fox to be delivered on payment of the principal money, 
 
 the interest due to be charged to his account. The accounts of 
 
 William Daniell, Thomas Davies, and [Thomas] Hopkins, factors 
 
 deceased in India, to be examined. The Committee for Letters 
 
 are desired to meet this afternoon and report what they consider 
 
 best to be done with regard to affairs at the Coast. The Deputy 
 
 is entreated to take care that all committees appointed from time 
 
 to time do meet about their respective business as occasion shall 
 
 require ; and the Secretary is directed to notify the Deputy of all 
 
 so called upon. Some dispute arising about the work to be done 
 
 to the Royal Charles, order is given for another survey. Matthew 
 
 Andrews nominates Sir William Thomson and Alderman Bathurst 
 
 to act on his behalf, and the Court names Sir Andrew Riccard and 
 
 Mr. Jolliffe to act for the Company, and entreats all or any three 
 
 of them to determine the matters in dispute according to a former 
 
 order of court ; and the Deputy and Mr. Papillon are requested 
 
 to look after the Company's interest when these referees meet. 
 
 (li PP-) 
 
 Sir George Downing at the Hague to the States-General, 
 November 4/14, 1663 {Public Record Office : S.P. Holland, vol. 168, 
 p. 80). 
 
 Complaining, in pursuance of the orders and instructions received 
 * by this last post immediately from the King himselfe ', that,
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 353 
 
 since the conclusion of the late treaty between His Majesty and 
 their Lordships, the Hopewell, a ship belonging to the English 
 East India Company, and the Leopard (one of the King's ships 
 whose lading homeward had been granted to the English Company), 
 both bound from Surat for Porcat to unlade their goods at the 
 English factory there and take in such as were there ready for 
 them, were wholly hindered and defeated in their voyage by certain 
 vessels belonging to the Dutch East India Company, then before 
 Cochin, to the great dishonour of His Majesty and damage to the 
 English Company. Downing, according to his said orders, demands 
 that satisfaction and reparation be made to the Company, and at 
 the same time complains that satisfaction and reparation has not 
 yet been made to those persons concerned in the ships Bona 
 Esperanza and Henry Bonadventure. (i p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, November 6, 1663 [Court Book, vol. 
 xxiv, p. 698). 
 
 The Governor is desired to call on such Committees as he thinks 
 fit to accompany him on Monday to see the Royal Charles surveyed. 
 The wife of James Addams to be given 50s. on account of her 
 husband, who was taken out of the Richard and Martha and put 
 into the Surat Frigate as purser. The committee formerly appointed 
 to treat with the Royal Company about all matters still unsettled 
 between the two Companies, especially about utensils delivered at 
 Guinea, money spent on the Royal Company's goods, and the 
 want of powder which should have been delivered by this Company, 
 are desired to settle all this and other business before the departure 
 of the Marigold. The daughter of Captain Knox petitions for 
 money credited to her father in the Coast books ; but the Court, 
 not thinking it safe to part with any of it, promises that what shall 
 be due shall be paid to the Captain on his return, or, if deceased, 
 shall be given to those empowered to receive it. Consideration of 
 James Browne's petition for employment abroad is deferred. 
 Calicoes to be delivered, on payment of a reduced fine, to Mary 
 Taite, whose husband died in the Mary Rose, (i p.) 
 
 2482 A a
 
 354 COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 The Company to Thomas Dethick and Company [at Leg- 
 horn], November 6, 1663 [Letter Book, vol. iii, p. 323). 
 
 Are sorry to hear from their last letter that the coral has not 
 been shipped. Repeat their directions to send it by small ships, 
 if others are not available. The bills of exchange payable to 
 Richard Midleton and Richard Bayley shall be met in due course. 
 Enclose a letter to be forwarded to Consul Delanoy. (J p.) 
 
 The Company to John Launce [at Marseilles], November 6, 
 1663 [Ibid., p. 323). 
 
 Enclose letters to be forwarded to Consul Delanoy at Aleppo. 
 Acknowledge the receipt of his letter with the packet from the 
 Consul. (^ p.) 
 
 The Company to Benjamin Delanoy [at Aleppo], November 6, 
 1663 {Ibid., p. 323). 
 
 Advise the safe arrival of his letter with the packet from Surat. 
 Have been informed that some private persons have lately sent 
 letters to Aleppo to be forwarded overland to India. These letters 
 contain matters that may tend much to the Company's prejudice ; 
 therefore they desire Delanoy to inquire diligently if any such have 
 arrived, and to detain them until he shall receive further advice 
 from the Company. [^ p-) 
 
 Resolution of the Referees in the Case between the 
 Company and Thomas Skinner, Whitehall, November 9, 1663 
 [Home Miscellaneous, vol. xlii, p. 100). 
 
 Lord Robartes, Lord Ashley, the Earl of Anglesey, and Sir Henry 
 Bennet resolve that Frederick Skinner shall give good and sufficient 
 release to all right, title, or claim he has or at any time had to the 
 ship and goods taken at Jambi which Thomas Skinner now claims ; 
 also that both parties shall name two indifferent persons and refer 
 all differences to them as to that ship and those goods, the said 
 two persons to meet within a week to settle the same and state 
 the matter, either jointly, if they can agree, if not, then to do so 
 severally. Signed, Richard Browne. {\p.)
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 355 
 
 The Company's desires touching the Post Office, Novem- 
 ber II, 1663 {Ibid., p. 100). 
 
 I. That covers for Turkey may pass free, as by the Act they ought. 
 2. That bills of lading, bills of exchange, factories and accounts 
 may pass free, as by the Act they ought, whether for inland or 
 foreign letters or packets, 3. That it be left free to all ships to 
 send up their letters as they please. 4. That the office may not 
 exact the money here upon inland letters, but that it may be paid 
 on their delivery, 5. That packets and letters, both inland and 
 foreign, of more than two letters may pass by the ounce, as by the 
 Act. If Mr. Oneale [see p, 41] does not agree to the foregoing, then 
 it is desired that the same may be referred to the King's Attorney 
 or Solicitor-General to state the same upon the Act between him 
 and the merchants, or that he will agree to come to trial at law 
 by consent. (| p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, November ii, 1663 [Court Book, 
 vol. xxiv, p. 699). 
 
 The result of the second survey of the Royal Charles is read and 
 approved, and the owners promise to see that it is carried into 
 effect. Order is given for a bill of exchange from Guinea, payable to 
 Benjamin Brand, to be accepted and paid ; also for the black cloth 
 provided for Japan, but not sent,to be sold. The accounts of James 
 Noell, deceased in India, and of William Faldoe, deceased at Guinea, 
 to be examined, Alexander Talley, formerly a serjeant at St. Helena, 
 who is now very poor, is given 3/. Certain concessions are made to 
 Thomas King with regard to his bargain for pepper. The first 
 agreements made with the owners of the Morning Star and Happy 
 Entrance are now so far modified as to permit of the earlier dispatch 
 of these ships from England, The Court decrees that any factor 
 who wishes to return home and whose indented time has expired, 
 shall be allowed to do so upon clearing his account ; also that no 
 man's salary shall be increased in India but by order and permit 
 from England, Some calicoes and other small things, sent as 
 tokens to Thomas Winter for friends, to be delivered. {'^^ pp.) 
 
 A a 2
 
 356 COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 A Court of Committees, November 13, 1663 [Court Book, 
 vol. xxiv, p. 701). 
 
 Certain Committees are desired to examine the accounts of 
 persons who have been employed at Guinea and are now petitioning 
 concerning the same. The Committees appointed to examine the 
 business of Thomas Davies are also desired to examine the account 
 of Roger Chappell, who has returned to Guinea. Sir William Rider 
 is requested to tender the Company's services to His Royal Highness 
 and offer any assistance and accommodation that can be afforded 
 to him or to the Royal Company by the ship Mangold bound for 
 Guinea. John Elderton is given 3/. towards his expenses and loss 
 of time in returning as a passenger from Guinea. The Court refuses 
 to accede to the request of Matthew Andrews for some alteration 
 to be made in the late order of consent to a reference, and resolves 
 that if he is not content to proceed upon it he must answer the 
 Company's bill in Chancery. Certain Committees are desired to 
 settle the accounts between the Company and the Principal Officers 
 of the Navy. Cardamoms to be delivered to William Finch upon 
 payment of 600I. A parcel of calicoes bought by Mr. Hewling 
 falling short of the number sold to him, his bargain is to be made 
 good from some of the same kind now returned in the Coronation. 
 The petition of Captain William Curtis for a kinsman of his to be 
 employed is referred to ' a more proper time '. {^\pp.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, November 16, 1663 [Ibid.^ p. 702). 
 
 The Governor having received a letter from Sir Henry Bennet, 
 desiring the Company to give order to their servants in India to 
 assist and succour Sir Abraham Shipman with what he or his men 
 should have occasion for, to be sent with his Majesty's express 
 overland to Surat, the Court, not sufficiently understanding the 
 general expressions in the said letter, entreats the Governor, the 
 Deputy, Sir Andrew Riccard, and Sir Samuel Barnardiston to wait 
 on Secretary Bennet and ascertain his desires more particularly. 
 A paper of reasons against referring the difference between the 
 Company and Thomas Skinner, and praying that these may be 
 decided by law, is read, approved, ordered to be signed by the 
 Governor, and presented. A letter is read from the Duke of York, 
 requiring an account of all moneys or adventures held by the
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 357 
 
 Company belonging to any persons convicted of high treason whose 
 estates are forfeited to the King and by him given to the Duke ; 
 the Court, inferring that the latter intends to take these out of the 
 Stock, directs that he be waited upon and told that, if he will take 
 over the adventures so adjudged to him, it would be a great honour 
 and encouragement to the Company ; but if not, they will, upon 
 such discharges as counsel shall advise, both in regard to these 
 adventures and that of Colonel Barkstead (already paid to the 
 King), pay the capital of them in gold to His Highness, (i p.) 
 
 The Company to the Lords Referees, November 16, 1663 
 {Public Record Office : CO. 77, vol. ix, no. 19 ^). 
 
 They cannot agree to refer Skinner's claims against them, for the 
 following reasons : i. They are chosen by the generality of adven- 
 turers to conduct and manage the trade to India for one year only. 
 2. All their advices, papers, books of accounts, etc., received up to 
 now from the Indies (which may be seen by any ' sober-minded 
 person ') show that nothing has been seized and taken out of the 
 Thomas from either of the Skinners but the goods acknowledged, 
 amounting to 2,057 dollars, the property of Frederick Skinner, their 
 factor, who at the time was indebted to them for a vast sum of 
 money, which he afterwards accounting for, the Company accepted 
 an inconsiderable sum for the same because of his pretended 
 inability to pay more ; these 2,057 dollars the Company are and 
 have ever been ready to make good. 3. They have cause to believe 
 that all Thomas Skinner's papers and affidavits are false and 
 fictitious, all or many of them being in the Javanese language and 
 not understood by any in this part of the world, and the transla- 
 tions, made by himself to serve his undue and indirect ends, are 
 contrary to the style and usage of the Javanese, as all conversant 
 with those parts affirm. 4. Thomas Skinner, who is Dutch on his 
 mother's side, offered, for a reward, to assist the Dutch against the 
 Company and hinder the latter from obtaining just satisfaction for 
 all the injuries, oppressions, and indignities put upon them. 5. They 
 never gave any order or commission to meddle with or interrupt 
 Thomas Skinner or his ship, and if any bad language or violence 
 was offered to him by any of their servants, the Company disowns 
 
 > For a copy see Home Miscellaneous, vol. xlii, p. lor.
 
 358 COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 it and leaves the remedy to Skinner, 6. In the late times of 
 disorder and confusion thirty or forty ships were sent to India by 
 private persons, all invading the rights of the Company's charter 
 granted and confirmed by several of the King's royal predecessors ; 
 notwithstanding which neither the Company nor any of their 
 factors ever took anything from them, but ' as Christians and 
 Englishmen ' relieved, succoured, and protected them. 7. Thomas 
 Skinner's ship was a rebuilt Flemish vessel, ill-fitted for such 
 a voyage, her provisions had all gone, and her men, all but five or 
 six, for want of the same forsook her when she first came to Jambi, 
 and so she was unable to proceed on any other voyage, and Skinner 
 left her ' to make up his meane fortune by undue pretences against 
 the East India Company in England, and gave out speeches to 
 that purpose in India before he came away '. 8. Thomas Skinner 
 only carried out an inconsiderable stock of knives and looking- 
 glasses, and yet ' raiseth a pretence of 40,000/.'. He insured his 
 ship and goods for 1,150/. and renounced them to the insurers as lost 
 and cast away at Jambi and has or ought to have received satisfac- 
 tion from them, and they, by law, have sole right to the said ship 
 and goods. To show how mean an esteem Skinner had of his ship 
 and goods, before his departure he mortgaged the whole to Thomas 
 Merry for 180/. taken up at bottomry. For these and many other 
 reasons the Company conceive they cannot, with discharge of their 
 trust and as the nature of the thing stands, refer the matter, which 
 appears to be a contrivance to get money from them upon unjust 
 pretences, it being Skinner's ' singuler and onely busines and 
 designe soe to doe '. In consideration of all which they pray to be 
 dismissed from troubling Their Lordships further and to be ' left 
 to the law'. Signed, Tho. Chambrelan, Gov. {i^pp., original.) 
 
 A General Court of the Adventurers in the United Joint 
 Stock, November 17, 1663 [Court Book, vol. xxiii, p. 698). 
 
 Sir Andrew Riccard upon entreaty takes the chair and states 
 that the object of the meeting is to appoint a committee to manage 
 the business appertaining to the conclusion of this Stock and to 
 settle any difference or misunderstanding that has arisen or may 
 arise between it and the General Joint Stock ; for, since the last 
 general meeting, when five of the then Committees were appointed
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 359 
 
 to be a quorum, so many of them have died that it is difficult to get 
 together a sufficient number to do any business. Hereupon the 
 following men are nominated for that purpose, viz, : Sir Andrew 
 Riccard, Sir Richard Chiverton, Sir William Ryder, Sir George 
 Smith, Sir Stephen Whyte, William Pennoyer, Thomas Andrew, 
 Maurice Thomson, Richard Wareing, Edward Wood, Richard 
 Clutterbucke, Henry Spurstow, James Edwards, James Clitherowe, 
 Matthew Halworthy, John Langley, and Thomas Heatley ; they or 
 any five or more of them to be a committee to meet from time to 
 time and perform all the business of this Stock until its conclusion. 
 Messrs. Andrew, Thomson, Clutterbucke, Edwards, Clitherow, and 
 Spurstow, or any four of them to be a special committee to meet 
 the Committees of the General Joint Stock to settle any differences 
 that may happen between the two Stocks, {'^l pp-) 
 
 A Court of Committees, November 18, 1663 [Court Book, 
 vol. xxiv, p. 703). 
 
 Order is given for the freight of all ships that brought saltpetre 
 from the Coast and Bay to be made up, and the rate of tare to be 
 allowed is now settled. Sir John Banks presents a copy of an 
 assignment of the subscription of 1,500/. by Thomas Andrews, of 
 which 750/. is paid in, by Alderman Francis Warner, his executor, 
 in part of a debt owing by the said Andrews to Sir Thomas Adams 
 and Sir John Dethick, and desires it may be transferred to them in 
 the Company's books ; he is told that the said subscription is not 
 only claimed by the King and the Duke of York but by others also, 
 particularly Sir Thomas Chambrelan and Alderman Whitham, and 
 that, when it shall be decided by law to whom it rightly belongs, 
 the Company will pay it to the same. The draft of a letter to the 
 President and Council of Surat, written according to the direction 
 of Sir Henry Bennet, is read, approved, and ordered to be signed. 
 Stick-lac belonging to the owners of the Royal James afid Henry, 
 which came in the Royal Charles, to be delivered to Edward Wood 
 on payment of freight, custom, and other charges, (i p.) 
 
 A Representation to the Duke of York, November 18, 1663 
 {Home Miscellaneous, vol. xlii, p. 102). 
 
 According to the command of the Duke, an examination has been
 
 36o COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 made of the Company's books concerning the adventures of those 
 persons named by His Royal Highness and made over to him by 
 the King. This shows that John Berkstead paid in 700/., which 
 His Majesty disposed of and the Company paid in gold to Mr. Chif- 
 finch for His Majesty's privy purse, as appears by a warrant signed 
 by the King, dated April 5, 1661 ; Alderman Thomas Andrew paid 
 in 750/., which the King commanded the Company not to part with, 
 notwithstanding that some claim the said money for a just debt 
 long since due and also by a pretended assignment from Alderman 
 Warner, executor to Alderman Andrew ; Francis Allen paid in 
 250Z., which is still in the Company's hands ; Alderman Robert 
 Titchborne paid in 1,500/., which adventure the King has given to 
 Sir Henry Littleton and for which the Company has a discharge 
 from His Majesty under the great seal. A division of forty per cent, 
 has been made by the Company to the several adventurers, and 
 twenty per cent, more is to be paid in July next, which the Company 
 is ready to pay to whomsoever of right it belongs, on receipt of 
 a legal discharge. Signed Thomas Chambrelan, Governor. {^ p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, November 20, 1663 [Court Book, 
 vol. xxiv, p. 704). 
 
 Gershom Howard, an old sailor, to be admitted to the Company's 
 Almshouse at Poplar. Edward Wood to be allowed to pay for his 
 stick-lac out of the money to be received from the demurrage of the 
 James and Henry. Powder to be provided and sent in the Marigold, 
 and delivered to the Royal Company at Guinea according to agree- 
 ment. Renewed orders to be sent to all parts of the Indies this year 
 for a perfect valuation and account to be made of all things remain- 
 ing in the Company's factories there, (i p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, November 25, 1663 [Ibid., p. 705). 
 
 Bills of exchange received from Leghorn to be accepted and 
 paid. Coral to be bought from Mr. Willoughby. Jeremy, son of 
 Samuel Sambrooke, who has served Alderman Bathurst eight years 
 and is well versed in the Company's business, is entertained for the 
 post of Warehousekeeper at Fort St. George, at a salary of 40/. 
 a year for five years. John Crandon is entertained as a factor for the 
 Coast, at 20/. a year for five years, ' to write the letters, in regard he
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 361 
 
 is an exquisite penman, of which they are in want at the Fort ' ; 
 he is given a gratuity of 10/, for former service and told to supply 
 the usual security. At the request of Mr. Tomlings and the brother 
 of Thomas Chamber, who is at the Coast, the Court agrees to allow 
 the latter to return home with his estate when he shall have cleared 
 and given up his account ; Messrs. Tomlings and Chamber to state 
 in writing the security they propose to offer for him. Mr. Smith 
 applies for the salary of his son, who has served five years at 
 Viravasaram, and requests that the latter may have some prefer- 
 ment and increase of pay ; the father is told that his son's account, 
 etc., shall be examined and encouragement given to him according 
 to his deserts, and that, on production of a letter of attorney, the 
 salary shall be paid, (i p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees for the United Joint Stock, Novem- 
 ber 26, 1663 [Court Book, vol. xxiii, p. 699). 
 
 On seeing a list of the debts owing, the Committees appoint 
 certain of their number to endeavour to get in Mr. Semaine's, 
 others to settle the account of Mr. Bathurst, and others to examine 
 and report concerning the saltpetre bought by Mr. Gurney. Mr. 
 Acton to prosecute Vanpeem for the sum he still owes, (f p.) 
 
 The Company to Sir George Downing [at The Hague], 
 November 27, 1663 [Letter Book, vol. iii, p. 322). 
 
 Acknowledge the receipt of his letter, with the enclosed copy of 
 a letter from the Bewinthebbers of the Dutch East India Company 
 to the States-General. Have had some overtures of great moment 
 depending between the Farmers of the Customs and themselves, 
 and so there have been no meetings of the Court of Committees 
 since the receipt of his letter ; therefore they defer answering him 
 fully until the next post as to the several particulars about which 
 he desires information. (| p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, November 30, 1663 [Court Book, 
 vol. xxiv, p. 707). 
 
 The Court being of opinion that it would conduce much to the 
 advantage of their affairs and to their own satisfaction if some 
 faithful and able person were sent to the Coast to inspect and
 
 362 COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 settle their business and return and give an account of all matters 
 there, and esteeming Nicholas Buckeridge well qualified for this 
 employment, on their proposal he readily offers his services and 
 is entertained to go by the Happy Entrance to Fort St. George 
 and return in one of the last ships from thence next year (about 
 eighteen months) ; he to be paid 300/. and given 50/. for fresh 
 provisions for the voyage, with liberty to trade in unprohibited 
 commodities. The Court also resolves that he shall go in the 
 nature of a Commissioner to superintend and examine all matters 
 according to instruction, and to this end he shall take rank next 
 to the Agent at Fort St. George in Council and elsewhere, and 
 consult and advise concerning any of the Company's business that 
 shall occur during his stay ; and if he shall have occasion to go to 
 Masulipatam or any other of the subordinate factories, he shall 
 there, in the absence of the Agent, have the position of Chief ; 
 these terms are given to encourage him to put forth his best 
 endeavours faithfully and industriously in the Company's service ; 
 and as on his return he shall be found to deserve, so fresh employ- 
 ment shall be given to him. Resolved that no more applications 
 for employment in India be entertained this year, (i p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, December 2, 1663 [Court Book, vol. 
 xxiv, p. 708). 
 
 Mr. Dickons to be made some allowance for damaged cotton 
 yarn, and his account to be cleared. Mr. Tomlings writes to 
 request that the Company will instruct their Agent and Council 
 at Fort St. George to endeavour to clear all accounts with Thomas 
 Chamber before the return of the ships now about to depart, and 
 if anything should remain unsettled, that order may be given for 
 the said Chamber to be allowed to return home and bring his 
 estate (if not in prohibited goods) with him, on depositing 10,000/. 
 in the Company's cash (at 55. 6d. the piece of eight), and absolutely 
 engaging to stand to the award agreed upon by any two or three 
 of the four persons chosen by each party ; the Court agrees and 
 directs that order be given in the letters to the Coast in accordance 
 with the tenor of the request, on condition that the Nabob's 
 business is cleared and the money or security given there for that 
 purpose is not part of the 10,000/. proposed for security that
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 363 
 
 Chamber will abide by the award of the arbitrators. The accounts 
 of William Faldoe and Pedro Paule, deceased at Guinea, to be 
 paid, {ip.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, December 4, 1663 {Ibid., p. 709). 
 
 In the report of the committee appointed to examine the business 
 of Nicholas Buckeridge, it is stated that he owes 323/. on balance, 
 but that he has acquitted himself so well and given such satisfac- 
 tion in his late employment that he deserves some further con- 
 sideration from the Company ; hereupon the Court bestows the 
 said 323/. upon him as a gratuity, and gives direction for his 
 goods remaining unsold to be delivered to him, and the proceeds 
 of those sold to be given to him. An agreement is made with the 
 owners of the James and Henry concerning certain goods said to 
 have been carried to Guinea in that ship. Upon petition the 
 master and mariners of the Happy Entrance are given permission 
 to bring home free of fine certain calicoes ; also nuts, mace, and 
 cloves not exceeding the allowance of tonnage by charterparty. 
 The account of the Richard and Martha to be settled. Wine to 
 be provided for the several parts of India, and coral and quick- 
 silver to be bought, (i p.) 
 
 The Company to Sir George Downing [at The Hague], 
 December 4, 1663 {Letter Book, vol. iii, p. 324). 
 
 Have received his letter and according to his desire they send 
 the following particulars : By the commission given to James 
 Snow, commander of the Hopewell, that vessel was only ordered 
 to sail to Porcat or Quiloane, there take in her lading of pepper, 
 cassia lignum, and such calicoes as should come from Cale Velha, 
 and not go to Cochin or any other port or place. The Hopewell 
 had on board eleven parcels of opium, and ' baggs of chicqueenes 
 of gold ', consigned to John Harrington and Alexander Grigsby, 
 the Company's factors at Porcat ; she carried no arms, ammuni- 
 tion, or contraband goods. Porcat is about fourteen leagues 
 south of Cochin and is a place of no defence, having no garrison or 
 fortifications ; only about five guns lying on a sandbank by the 
 sea, and these are used more to salute friends than to offend an 
 enemy. About 1649 the Company's ship, the Discovery, laded
 
 364 COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 a large quantity of pepper at Porcat, and since then the English 
 have traded there, being several times invited by the King or 
 Rajah of that place and the country thereabouts, who is neither 
 a Portuguese or Moor, but a Gentue, and tributary to the Samareene ^ 
 or Emperor, who lives up in the country and whose dominions 
 extend from about Carwar to Cape Comorin and who is neither 
 tributary nor vassal to the King of Cochin. The Dutch had not 
 obtained any victory or conquest over the King of Cochin, who 
 was not dependent upon, neither had he any protection from, 
 the Portuguese, being a free Prince and only tributary to the 
 above-mentioned Samareene. His residence is in the upper 
 town of Cochin, up in the country, so that the pretence of the 
 Dutch to the conquest of the King of Cochin appears to be but 
 a fallacy, as they only obtained the conquest of Cochin, which was 
 in the possession of the Portuguese. In 1660 the President and 
 Council of Surat sent factors to settle a factory and to reside at 
 Porcat. They were very courteously entertained by the Rajah, 
 who undertook to build them a house (which he did), and give it 
 freely to the English, who should only pay the ordinary customs 
 and be free from all molestation and encumbrances. What 
 agreement was made between the Rajah and the Dutch they know 
 not, nor had the Dutch any quarrel with him that the Company 
 are aware of ; however, they know that by the law of nations the 
 Dutch, upon pretence of an agreement made with the said Rajah 
 to buy up all his pepper, have no power to exclude the Company 
 from the trade of that place or hinder them fetching from thence 
 the goods their factors had provided, the Prince having invited 
 them to reside and settle a factory there. Concerning the pro- 
 ceedings of the Hollanders with His Majesty's ship Leopard, if 
 Downing will read the copy of Captain Richard Mynors' protest 
 delivered to Herr Ricklifife Van Goens and the answer of the latter 
 (sent in a former letter), he will perceive that the Dutch offered 
 to lade the Company's pepper, which w^as at Porcat, in their own 
 ships and take it into the Road of Cochin, and afterwards would 
 have permitted the Leopard to go to Porcat and lade the pepper 
 the Company had bought there ; but the factors, having received 
 
 ' The Zamorin of Calicut is intended.
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 365 
 
 no orders, would not have delivered the said pepper to any Dutch 
 ship. With regard to the said pepper being laden in the Leopard, 
 the terms were such that neither the commander of that ship or 
 the factors on shore could have accepted them, they having 
 received no authority to dissolve the factory or engage never to 
 trade at Porcat for the future ; so that these offers, seriously 
 considered, signify nothing except a fiat denial of the Company's 
 desires, which, to use the Hollanders' own expressions, ' any 
 indifferent person of sound judgment must necessary conclude 
 that what they proposed could not possibly bee condiscended 
 unto.' (ii pp.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, December 9, 1663 {Court Book, 
 vol. xxiv, p. 710). 
 
 The owners of the Richard and Martha to be paid 1,000/. on 
 account. The Committees appointed to settle the account of the 
 Royal Charles are to note that a lapidary was taken out in that 
 ship and left in India. WilUam Bucknell's account to be examined. 
 Christopher Willoughby to be paid for coral. Consideration of the 
 petition of Captain Roger Millner for reduction of fine on calicoes 
 is deferred, the Court not knowing whether it is now in their power 
 to reduce fines v/ithout the consent of the generality. The account 
 of the freight of the Coronation to be made up. Some calicoes 
 returned in the Coronation to be delivered free of fine to James 
 Beacham. Treasure to be shipped to-morrow aboard the Happy 
 Entrance and Morning Star, ' with a double guard well armed, 
 in a Customehouse boate, if it blow, or in a lighthorseman,^ if it 
 be calme.' (i p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees for the United Joint Stock, Decem- 
 ber 10, 1663 [Court Book, vol. xxiii, p. 700). 
 
 John Gurney begs for some favour with regard to his debt for 
 saltpetre, as he has been a great loser on that commodity ; he 
 asserts that there is still about 300/. worth in the Company's 
 warehouse, and asks that it may be sold and the proceeds go 
 towards satisfaction of his debt and promises with the help of 
 friends to pay the remainder. His request is agreed to on con- 
 
 ' Now termed a gig.
 
 366 COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 dition that he puts it in writing and signs and seals it ; this he 
 does and it is lodged in the Treasury, (f p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, December ii, 1663 {Court Book, 
 vol. xxiv, p. 712). 
 
 Order is given for the Company's seal to be affixed to the Articles 
 
 of Agreement concluded on the 17th of September last with the 
 Royal Company. Spice to be presented to Sir John Wolstenholme, 
 Sir John Harrison, Sir Nicholas Crispe, Sir John Jacob, and Sir 
 John Shaw, Farmers of the Customs ; also to Messrs. Dawes, 
 Rumbolt, Turner, Seamer, and Kenniston, officers of the Custom- 
 house. A paper from Nicholas Buckeridge is read, and it is 
 resolved that he must give security with another person in 2,000/., 
 that he may take a youth out and home to attend upon him as 
 one of the passengers allowed gratis by charterparty, and that he 
 be allowed to bring home five or six bales of ' paintings of Coro- 
 mandell ' free of fine, without prejudice to his bond or indenture. 
 The Court now declares neckcloths and coloured ginghams free 
 to all the Coast ships to trade in without penalty, and reduces 
 the fine on taffetas from 35. 4d. to 2s. 6d. per piece. The owners 
 of the Truro to be paid 800/. in settlement of all claims. The 
 salary of William Faldoe for the time he served this Company is 
 fixed at 30/. per annum, that being the rate he was paid at during 
 the two years he served the Guinea Company, (ij pp.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, December 16, 1663 {Ibid., p. 713). 
 
 The Court resolves that all Coast ships shall be allowed to bring 
 home five bales of calicoes free of fine ; also that the letter received 
 from Aleppo shall be left with the Secretary of State and that he 
 shall be informed verbally of the contents of the letter from 
 Gombroon. John Zeale to pay a fine of 25. 6d. per piece on his 
 calicoes. Nicholas Cooke is accepted as security in 2,000/. for 
 Nicholas Buckeridge, and John Crandon's father as security in 
 500/. for his son, who is to go in the Happy Entrance to assist Mr. 
 Buckeridge. A bill of exchange for 238/. 5s., representing the 
 estate of Thomas Codrington, who died in Persia, to be paid for 
 the maintenance of his son to Nicholas Buckeridge, who took care 
 of the boy ; but as Buckeridge is going abroad, he requests that
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 367 
 
 the money may be paid to the Company and the youth sent out 
 with Captain Bowen to be instructed by him, as the interest of 
 the said money is not sufficient for his support ; to this the Court 
 consents. Thomas Skinner desiring that his business may be 
 referred to arbitration, the Court agrees and nominates three 
 Committees, any two of whom, or any two appointed by the 
 United Stock, to act for them, (i p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees for the United Joint Stock, Decem- 
 ber 17, 1663 {Court Book, vol. xxiii, p. 701). 
 
 Sir Andrew Riccard is requested to ask Mr, Perimont if he had 
 an order from Mr. Chevall to receive certain caHcoes of his from 
 Mr. Sambrooke. Mr. Acton to prosecute Vanpeering for his debt 
 to this Stock. (J p.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, December 18, 1663 [Court Book, 
 vol. xxiv, p. 715). 
 
 The sum of 5/. to be bestowed upon the poor of the parish, and 
 12L given, according to custom, to poor widows of East India men ; 
 also a gratuity of 20I. to Mr. Marriott, the Company's chaplain at 
 Poplar. A printed declaration concerning private trade in accor- 
 dance with alterations lately made by the committee for that 
 business, is read and approved, and Samuel Sambrooke is desired 
 to distribute copies to all commanders of ships as they go out. 
 Spice to be presented to the Company's officers and divers Custom- 
 house men according to the ancient custom. Seed-lac returned 
 in the Richard and Martha to be delivered to John Evans on 
 payment of fine. The owners of the Coronation and Rebecca 
 appearing to settle their charterparties, it is resolved that the 
 rate of tares this year shall be alike for all the Coast shipping; 
 also that the Coronation shall carry twenty-eight guns and be at 
 Gravesend by the loth January. Captain Seaman to pay loZ. 
 to the poor box as a fine for cowries brought home in the Richard 
 and Martha, and he is told to give in a written statement of all he 
 knows about the parcel sent home by Sir George Oxindcn. The 
 account of the late Colonel Henry Rainsford, as stated and signed 
 by Sir John Lewis and Thomas Papillon, is read in the presence 
 of Francis Rainsford, the brother and administrator, who approving
 
 36S 
 
 COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 of it, the Court orders the same to be registered and attested by 
 Samuel Sambrooke and John Stanyan. The number of bales of 
 calicoes Nicholas Buckeridge is to be allowed to bring home for his 
 own account without penalty is increased from five to ten. (i| pp.) 
 
 A Court of Committees, December 23, 1663 {Court Book, 
 vol. xxiv, p. 717). 
 
 James Browne is entertained as a factor for Bantam at a salary 
 of 30/. a year. Order is given for the Company's seal to be afftxed 
 to the general release given by Francis Rainsford, administrator 
 of the late Colonel Henry Rainsford. A letter from the Duke of 
 York is read, desiring to receive 500/. on account of several adven- 
 tures of delinquents whose estates have been forfeited and given 
 to him by the King ; hereupon the Court orders payment of the 
 said 500/. to be made to John Holder, he giving a receipt and 
 engaging to procure ' a legall condemnacion in the Excheaquer 
 and alsoe a sufficient discharge '. (i p.) 
 
 The Company to Sir George Downing [at The Hague], 
 December 25, 1663 {Letter Book, vol. iii, p. 358). 
 
 Acknowledge the receipt of his letter, stating the progress he 
 has made with the deputies of the States-General concerning the 
 ships Hopewell and Leopard in the presence of the directors of the 
 Dutch East India Company, whose pretence of not having received 
 the papers about the Hopewell they agree with him is only to 
 spin out time ; for, though the Dutch have not received advices 
 from Batavia, they acknowledge they have had notice overland 
 from Surat of their agents' proceedings with that ship. Enclose 
 a copy of the declaration and answer of Jacob Hastaerd, com- 
 mander of the fleet before Cochin, to the protest of the commander 
 and officers of the Hopeivell, with a copy of the declaration made 
 by the latter, which plainly show the offers in the first to be 
 mere pretences without any intention of performance. Thank 
 him for his manifold favours, and refer their cause to his further 
 management. {\ p.)
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 369 
 
 A Court of Committees, December 31, 1663 [Court Bookf 
 vol. xxiv, p. 718). 
 
 Roger Escombe and Richard Clarke are accepted as securities 
 in 1,000/. for James Browne. On reading a clause in Sir William 
 Rider's letter from Genoa, concerning saving customs on the 
 Company's coral by sending it to Leghorn to be shipped thence 
 to England, the Court declare themselves willing to pay what is 
 just and due, but unwilling to run any risk of being deprived of 
 the timely supply of their goods by trying to save the custom. 
 Alderman King requests a certificate under the Company's seal 
 to assert the importation and sale of some East India goods by the 
 Company to him, in the same way as is done in Holland for the 
 East India commodities they import into the Spanish dominions ; 
 and certain Committees are entreated to draw up a form of such 
 a certificate as will serve on all occasions of this nature. John 
 Belle, an Armenian, to be allowed a free passage in one of the 
 two ships going to Surat in the spring. Examination and report 
 to be made of the petition of Benjamin England. A general court 
 is appointed to be held next Thursday, to obtain the concurrence 
 of the generality to what the Court shall think fit to do with regard 
 to imposing fines on calicoes brought home as private trade. Mr. 
 Canham is added to the committee desired to defend the Company's 
 right against the claim of additional duty on calicoes to be paid 
 as for linen. Treasure to the amount of 10,000/. to be shipped 
 in the Rebecca, and an additional 12,000/. in the Coronation for the 
 Coast and Bay. (i|- pp.) 
 
 2482 B b
 
 TRANSFERS OF STOCK, 1660-3 
 
 NEW GENERAL STOCK 
 
 (Unless othenvise specified, half the nominal amount had been 
 
 paid up.) 
 
 1660. 
 iS Jan. Solomon Vandenbrooke to Richard Booth, 200^. (75/. 
 paid), 
 I Feb. Henry Newton to Samuel Foote, 500/. 
 ,, ,, Flelen Foote, executrix to Henry Fleming, to Samuel 
 
 Foote, 250Z. 
 ,, ,, William East to Maurice Thomson, 500/. (187Z. los. paid). 
 22 ,, Joseph Edmonds to Captain William Rider, i,oooZ. 
 ,, ,, William Rutlands to Samuel Foote, 125^. 
 ,, ,, Daniel Saveile to Samuel Foote, 125/. 
 29 ,, Richard Swanne to Valentine Crome, 500^, 
 13 Apr. William Gough to George Gosfright, 500/. 
 ,, ,, Henry Newton to William Vincent, 3,400/. 
 ,, ,, Henry Shute to John Godschall, 1,000/. 
 ,, ,, Thomas Kelsey to John Bancks, i,oooZ. 
 ,, ,, Robert Ostler to Nathaniel Heme, 500/. 
 ,, ,, Abraham Babington to James Allen, i,6ooZ. 
 II May Thomas Rastell to Edward Wood, 1,000/. 
 ,, ,, W^illiam Barrington to James Fotherby, 500/. 
 ,, ,, John Clarke to Alderman Backwell, 1,000/. 
 ,, ,, William Mead to Peter Daniel, 2,000/. (875/. paid). 
 ,, ,, Tobias Bridge to Godfrey Lee, 1,000/. 
 ,, ,, William Wildy to Henry Davy, 1,000/. 
 
 John Peirson to Benjamin Hewling, 500/. 
 
 William Pennoyer to Michael Davison, 500/. (206/. 55. 
 
 paid). 
 Matthew Sheppard, Senior, to Matthew Sheppard, Junior, 
 
 1,000/. 
 William Cox to Edmond White, 1,200/. (625/. paid). 
 Francis Fowke to Edmond Harrison, 500/. 
 ,, ,, Samuel Richardson to William Peake, 1,000/. 
 4 July Thomas Andrew to Richard Clutterbuck, 800/. 
 ,, ,, Anthony Philip to George Blake, 800/. 
 ,, ,, Maurice Thomson to Arthur Bayley, 3,000/. 
 ,, ,, John Broakhaven to Joseph Denham, 200/. 
 ,, ,, Samuel Richardson to Richard Royle, 2,000/. 
 
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 EAST INDIA COMPANY 371 
 
 4 July Samuel Richardson to Simeon Fincham, 1,000/. 
 
 ,, ,, Edmond Rolfe to Thomas Aldworth, 300Z. 
 
 ,, „ William Kiffen to Sir William Thomson, 1,000/, 
 
 ,, ,, Benjamin Hewling to Sir William Thomson, 1,000/. 
 
 18 ,, William Prettiman to Peter Cully, 2,000/. (750/. paid). 
 I Aug. John Westly to John Billingsley, 500/. 
 
 ,, ,, Isaac Gerrard to Sir William Thomson, 1,000/. (375/. paid). 
 
 15 ,, Walter Plumer to Thomas Bostocke, 500/. 
 ,, ,, Richard Baker to Gregory Barbar, 500/. 
 
 22 ,, Richard Baker to Baker, 500/. 
 
 ,, ,, Major Edward Allen to Michael Davison, 500/. 
 
 19 Sept. to Maurice Thomson, 1,000/. 
 
 ,, ,, Captain Richard Swann to . 
 
 28 Nov. Simeon Fincham to Samuel Richardson, 1,000/. 
 
 ,, ,, John Hill to Richard Beckford, 250/. 
 
 ,, ,, Thomas Robinson to Nicholas Laurence, 500/. 
 
 ,, ,, John Brunicke to Michael Dunkin, 500/. (187/. 10s. paid). 
 
 ,, ,, Robert Morris to Sir Richard Ford, 1,000/. 
 
 ,, ,, James Holland to John Cullen, 300/. 
 
 14 Dec. Thomas Byde to Richard Norton, Junior, 2,000/. (750/. 
 paid). 
 
 ,, ,, Richard Norton, Junior, to George , Junior, 
 
 1,336/. 65. 8d. (500/. paid). 
 
 ,, ,, Laurence Loe to Sir William Vincent, 1,000/. 
 
 ,, ,, Ellis Crispe to Samuel Crispe, 500/. 
 
 19 ,, Joseph Derney to William Bryan, 500/. 
 1661. 
 
 16 Jan. John Roy to Giles Dunstar, 1,000/. (375/. paid). 
 ,, ,, Nathaniel Herring to Francis Clarke, 1,000/. 
 
 ,, ,, Joseph Hall to Humphrey Heycocke, 1,000/. (375/. paid). 
 
 27 Mar. Mrs. Hester, administratrix of John Tutchin, to John 
 
 Short and John Glascocke, feoffees, 1,200/. 
 
 22 May Nathaniel Wyche to Thomas Tomlins, 1,000/. 
 
 ,, Nicholas Whitby to R. Booth, 500/. 
 
 ,, Thomas Griffith to William Mead, 1,500/. (562/. 105. paid). 
 
 ,, Sir Henry Littleton to Q. Browne, 3,000/. 
 
 ,, John Leverett to William Sedgwickc, 750/. (375/. paid). 
 
 ,, John Leverett to Alderman William Peake, 500/. 
 
 ,, Samuel Richardson to Henry Sayer, 1,000/. 
 
 ,, William Cokayne, Senior, to David Otghar, 1,333/. 6.9. 8d. 
 (500/. paid). 
 
 ,, ,, WilliamCokayne, Senior, to Thomas Cokayne, 666/. 135. 4^. 
 
 (250/. paid). 
 
 31 ,, Robert Canning to John Dickons, 500/. 
 
 21 Aug. Francis Brodridge to Michael Davison, 600/. (225/. paid). 
 
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 372 COURT MINUTES, ETC., OF THE 
 
 1661 
 
 iS Sept. John Hatch to Maurice Thomson, 500/. (125/. paid). 
 
 ,, ,, Tobias Harvey to Sir Thomas Allen, 1,000/, 
 
 ,, ,, Jeremy Blackman to Thomas Winter, 500/. 
 
 27 ,, Henry Davy to Captain William Wildy, 1,000/. 
 
 16 Oct. Godfrey Lee, in trust for Tobias Bridge, to John Godscall, 
 
 1,000/. 
 
 21 ,, John Stanyan to Christopher Boone, 500/. 
 
 ,, ,, Thomas Martin to Roger Scattergood, 1,000/. 
 
 ,, ,, Thomas Nassam to George Blake, 500/. 
 
 ,, ,, Thomas Nassam to George Peryer, 1,200/. 
 
 ,, ,, Roger Nettleship to Sir Stephen White, 500/. 
 
 ,, ,, Sir Benjamin Wright to Thomas Wilson, 1,000/. 
 
 ,, ,, John Carleton to James Winstanly, 1,000/. (375/. paid). 
 
 6 Nov. Edmond Halley to Josias Dewye, 1,000/. 
 
 ,, ,, Richard Royley to Samuel Richardson, 2,000/. 
 
 ,, ,, Samuel Richardson to Richard Wynne, 2,400/. 
 
 ,, ,, William Sedgwicke to Samuel Richardson, 500/, 
 
 ,, ,, Roger Ascue to William Potter, 500/. (187/. 10s. paid). 
 
 18 ,, William Baker to Sir Stephen White, 1,000/. 
 
 20 ,, George Peryer to Richard Doyle, 500/. 
 
 ,, ,, Henry Johnson to Henry Hunter, 500/. (187/. 10s. paid). 
 
 ,, ,, Hammond Ward to John Bathurst, 600/. (225/. paid). 
 
 25 ,, Samuel Butler to Thomas Hussie, 100/. (37/. los. paid). 
 ,, ,, Thomas Medlicott to James Sotheby, 500/. 
 
 ,, ,, John Tracey to Samuel Barnardiston, 500/. (187/. los. 
 
 paid). 
 
 29 ,, John Clitherow to James Clitherow, 1,500/. 
 1662. 
 
 3 Jan. George Barber to Quarles Browne, 500/. 
 
 ,, ,, Sarah Story to Alderman Bathurst, 600/, 
 
 ,, ,, Edward Backwell to Sir John Bancks, 1,000/. 
 
 ,, ., Charles Corsellis to Daniel Rawlinson, 500/. 
 
 ,, ,, John Shorter to George Snell, Junior, 500/. (125/. paid). 
 
 ,, ,, Nehemiah Borne to George Gifford, 1,000/. (375/. paid). 
 
 8 ,, Alderman Love to Christopher Boone, 2,500/. 
 
 10 ,, Richard Pixly to William Potter, 500/. 
 
 ,, ,, William Potter to Richard Morse, 250/. 
 
 17 ,, John Bence to Captain John Brookhaven, 2,000/. 
 
 26 Feb. Edward Bushell to Thomas Tomblings, 312/. 105. 
 
 (117/. 35-. gd. paid). 
 
 ,, ,, Edward Bushell to Rowland Hill, 687/. 105. (257/. 165. 3d. 
 
 paid). 
 
 ,, ,, John Graves to Elizabeth Hitchcock, 100/. 
 
 ,, ,, Anne Revel to Samuel Lee, Junior, 400/.
 
 EAST INDIA COMPANY 373 
 
 26 Feb. Nathaniel Heme to Amy Laurence, 500/. 
 
 „ ,, Robert Fenn to Valentine Wanley, 1,000/. 
 
 ,, ,, Elizabeth Wynn to James Houblon, Junior, 1,200/. 
 
 17 Mar. Richard Budd to Robert Cranmer, 900/. 
 
 ,, ,, Robert Cranmer to Samuel Sambrooke, 800/. 
 
 ,, ,, Richard Clutterbuck to Stephen Langham, 2,000/. 
 
 21 Apr. Richard Clutterbuck to Thomas Winter, 2,000/. 
 
 4 June Walter Tindall to Alatthew Tindall, 300/. 
 
 ,, ,, Robert Cranmer to Richard Hiller, 400/. 
 
 ,, ,, Joseph Denham to John Brookhaven, 200/. 
 
 ,, ,, William Massey to John Miller, 300/. 
 
 II ,, Captain Thomas Roberts to Daniel Pennington, 1,000/, 
 
 2 July Thomas Leigh to Daniel Rawlinson, 300/. 
 
 ,, ,, John Cudworth to Samuel Lee, Senior, 480/. 
 
 30 ,, Mr. Bretton to John Mew, 1,000/. 
 
 ,, ,, Henry Collier to John Colvill, 1,000/. (312/. 10s. paid). 
 
 ,, ,, Elizabeth Hobby to John Hobby, 700/. 
 
 8 Aug. Thomas Hill to Abraham Hill, 2,000/. 
 
 1 Oct. Richard Hill to Abraham Hill, 2,000/. 
 
 ,, ,, Thomas Brumfield to John Colvill, 400/. 
 
 ,, ,, Edward Pearce to Daniel Pennington, 1,000/. 
 
 ,, ,, Josias Maes to Michael Dunkin, 250/. (35/. 5.9. paid). 
 
 31 ,, Samuel Ironside to Thomas Murthwaite, 500/. (187/. los. 
 
 paid). 
 
 ,, ,, Samuel Whitby to William Collins, 500/. (125/. paid). 
 
 14 Nov. Sir Stephen White to William Barker, 1,000/. 
 
 ,, ,, Robert Ingram to Arthur Ingram, 1,500/. 
 
 ,, ,, James Noell to Thomas Winter, 2,000/. 
 
 ,, ,, James Southersby to Nathaniel Latton, 500/. 
 
 28 ,, William Barker to Nathaniel Letton [sic\ 1,000/. 
 
 ,, ,, Arthur Bayley to Joseph Alston, 3,000/. 
 
 ,, ,, John Hooper to Francis Warner, 250/. 
 
 „ ,, James Winstanly to Benjamin Albin, 1,500/. (625/. paid). 
 1663. 
 
 2 Jan. Francis Warner to William Collins, 250/. 
 ,, ,, John Hoope to William Pearce, 250/. 
 
 ,, ,, George Chandler to Edmund White, Junior, 1,000/. 
 
 „ ,, AnthonyTuckney to Thomas and Robert Doughty, 1,000/. 
 
 ,, ,, Thomas and Robert Doughty to Henry Ashurst and 
 
 Henry Saunders, 1,000/. 
 
 4 Feb. John Harrison to Thomas Papillon, 500/. 
 
 20 ,, Edward Tidcombe to Christopher Boone, 1,000/. 
 
 I Apr. Thomas Bretton to Edward Pearce, 200/. 
 
 ,, ,, Matthew Shephard to Henry Richards, 1,000/. 
 
 „ ,, Philip Jackson to Richard Bridges, 500/.
 
 374 COURT MINUTES, ETC. 
 
 1663. 
 
 I April Richard Hiller to Thomas Edwards, 1,000/. (250/. paid). 
 
 8 ,, William Smith to George Snell, Junior, 600/. 
 
 ,. ,, Thomas Sherman to Jeremy Sambrooke, 500/, 
 
 8 May Henry Chitty to Thomas Lant, 500/. (62/. 105. paid). 
 
 ,, ,, Derrick Host to Peter Vandeput, i,oooZ. 
 
 ,, ,, Andrew Duncan to William Bellamy, 500/. 
 
 ,, ,, Nathaniel Brandon to Nathaniel Letton, 1,000/. (375/. 
 paid). 
 
 22 ,. Nathaniel Brandon to James Edwards, 150Z. (56/. 55. 
 
 paid). 
 
 ,, ,, John White to William Lant, 500/. (187Z. 105. paid). 
 
 23 June Nathaniel Bradshaw to James Edwards, 150/. (56/. 55. 
 
 paid). 
 
 ,, ,, John White to William Lant, 500/. (187/. 10s. paid). 
 
 ,, ,, Benjamin Barron to Roger Cogan, 1,600/. 
 
 ,, ,, Hester Tutchin to Francis Clarke, 1,200/. 
 
 26 ,, The executrix of Valentine Crone to Sir John Lewis, 
 
 1,000/. (437/. 10s. paid). 
 
 17 July Robert Beake to Edward Beaker [sic], 200/. 
 
 29 ,, Benjamin Whitcombe to Thomas Bell, 500/. 
 
 ,, ,, John Letheiullier, Junior, to Samuel Sambrooke, 600/. 
 
 ,, ,, The executors of Giles Long to Samuel Richardson, 400/. 
 
 ,, ,, Executors of Edward Barton to Edmund Alsbury, 500/. 
 
 ,, ,, Ellis Crispe to Edward Bolls, 1,000/. 
 
 ,, ,, Benjamin Coles to John Harris, 600/. 
 
 ,, ,, Francis Sampson to Nicholas Roberts, 1,200/. (450/. 
 
 paid). 
 
 19 Aug. John Midleton (executor to Peter Midleton) to Wm. 
 Hooker, 1,000/. 
 
 ,, ,, John and Elizabeth Athy to Daniel Rawlinson, 500/. 
 
 16 Sept. Stephen Bolton to William Allen, 131/. 
 
 30 ,, Francis Lodwick to Thomas Canham, 250/. 
 ,, ,, Thomas Juxon to Nicholas Juxon, 2,100/. 
 
 ,, ,, Thomas Winter to Sir Edward Winter, 2,000/. 
 
 ,, ,, James Drax to William Drax, 750/. 
 
 30 Oct. Francis Beakley, Bart., to John Hobby, 1,000/. 
 
 ,, ,, Simon Smith to Peter Cully, 600/. 
 
 ,, ,, Nicholas Lawrence to Lawrence Mercer, 500/. 
 
 ,, ,, Edmund Aldrich to John Hobby, 200/. 
 
 ,, ,, Sir Anthony Bateman to Francis Dashwood, 1,000/. 
 
 ,, ,, Clere Talbott to Lawrence Mercer, 200/. 
 
 ,, ,, Stephen Bolton to Thomas Allen, 500/. (187/. 10s. paid). 
 
 ,, ,, Edward Hall to John Hobby, 500/. (125/. paid). 
 
 i
 
 INDEX 
 
 Abchurch Lane, 273. 
 
 Abeels, Elias, 176. 
 
 Abeels, Jonas, late Agent for the Company 
 at Amsterdam, 26, 222. 
 
 Abjohn, William, 296 (2). 
 
 Aboab, Jacob, 310. 
 
 Accra, 38, 88. 
 
 Achin, 188 ; agreement for trade made by 
 the English factors with the Queen of, 57, 
 64, 7i> 77 ; Dutch aggression at, 58, 70, 
 71. 77> 78. . 
 
 A'Court, William, 68, 136. 
 
 Acton, James, solicitor to the Company, 
 286 ; entertainment and salary, 23, 113, 
 201, 311 ; instructions to, 89, 159 (2), 
 172, 259, 281, 300, 361, 367 ; gratuity 
 desired by, 113 (2), 120. 
 
 Adams, Sir Thomas, 359. 
 
 Adatas. See Cotton goods. 
 
 Addams, James, 353. 
 
 Addams, Mary, 353. 
 
 Admiralty, High Court of, 64, 143 ; state- 
 ments proved in, 26, 40, 41, 65, 77-80, 
 157, i8r ; reports from, 100, 125 ; judge 
 of, see Zouch, Richard. 
 
 Adrim, William, 272. 
 
 Advice, the, iv, 5, 14, 21 ; commander of, see 
 May, Robert ; details desired concerning 
 goods returned in, 2, 4, 6, 27 ; dispute con- 
 cerning, referred to arbitration, 11, 12, 
 13, 14, 17, 24; passengers in, 14, 114; 
 payment to owners, 16, 46 ; molested 
 by the Dutch, 78, 79, 80 ; consequent 
 claims for damages sustained, 78, 143, 
 286. 
 
 African Company. See Royal African Com- 
 pany. 
 
 African, the, xxx, xxxiii, 36, 43, 53, 238, 
 280, 291, 301 ; commander of, see Browse, 
 Miles ; payment to her owners, 49, 226 ; 
 passengers in, xvii, 55, 56, 92 ; goods and 
 stock laden in, 63, 219, 223, 290, 293, 301 ; 
 to go to Bantam, xvii, 68, 72 ; to Surat, 
 xxxvi, 243 ; to Madagascar, 324 ; returns 
 home, xxx, xxxiii, 213 ; mariners in, 269, 
 270. 
 Agg, Thomas, 161. 
 
 Agra, 278 ; factory at, to be given up, vii, 44. 
 
 Ahmadabad, 278 ; factory at, to be given 
 up, vii, 44. 
 
 Albein, Benjamin, accepted as security, 45, 
 90, 130 ; adventure transferred to, 373. 
 
 Albemarle, Duke of. See Monck, George. 
 
 Alder, Lady, 258. 
 
 Aldersey, — , 290. 
 
 Aldrich, Edmund, 374. 
 
 Aldworth, Henry, 136. 
 
 Aldworth, Thomas, 371. 
 
 Aleppo, 35, 214 ; Consul at, see Ryley and 
 Delanoy ; packets for and from, 53, 238, 
 257. 354- 
 
 ' Allejars ' . See Cotton goods. 
 
 Allen, Major Edward, 371. 
 
 Allen, Francis, 28, 51, 360. 
 
 Allen, Hannibal, 145, 146, 167. 
 
 Allen, James, 13, 130, 370. 
 
 Allen, John, 147, 338, 341. 
 
 Allen, Sir Thomas, 30, 32, 372, 374. 
 
 Allen, William, 50, 374. 
 
 AUington, William, 12, 81. 
 
 Aloes, 43, 184, 305 ; epatica, 243, 278, 
 309; ' succatrina', 46, 243, 278, 309, 
 334. 
 
 Aloes-wood. 278. 
 
 Alsbury, Edmund, 374. 
 
 Alston, Joseph, 373. 
 
 Amber, 9, 10, 20, 155, 156, 300, 302, 319. 
 
 Ambergris, 278. 
 
 Amboyna, malpractices of the Dutch at, 40, 
 58, 61 n., 195, 241. 
 
 American, the, xxx, 213, 238, 334 ; com- 
 mander of, see Mallison, John ; goods, etc., 
 laden in, 13, 249, 267, 268, 2,33^ 338, 342 ; 
 to go to Persia,6; toGuineaand the Coast, 
 244, 267 (2); to Madagascar, xliii, 330 ; to 
 Surat, iii, 345 ; payment to her owners, 
 226, 244, 264 ; passengers in, 256, 267. 
 
 Amsterdam, 61, 132, 180, 205, 293 ; agents 
 of the Company at, see Bathurst, Bridg- 
 man, and Manning ; Admiralty Court 
 at, xxvii (2) ; money to be remitted to, 
 63; letters from, 83, 84, 183-4, 211; 
 East India Chamber of, 180, 211 ; East 
 India stock risen in, 198 ; bills of exchange 
 from, 220, 318, 319, 328, 337 ; letters to, 
 passim.
 
 COURT MINUTES, ETC. 
 
 Andrews. Daniel, 44, 108, 122. 
 
 Andrews, Kulalia, 183. 
 
 Andrews, Josepli, his request concerning his 
 brother Matthew's goods, etc., 223, 265, 
 295. 304. 313. 328, 329 (2). 
 
 Andrews, Matthew, President at Surat 
 (1659-1662), 9, 89. 254. 297, 313, 333; 
 his misconduct, xxi, 216, 228, 233, 274 ; 
 goods belonging to, 229, 265, 267, 307, 
 334, 341, 342 ; ship built by, 233 ; bill 
 drawn upon the Company by, 265, 274, 275 ; 
 returns home, xxxvi, 321 ; law proceedings 
 against, 329, 356 ; his submission, 346 ; 
 his affairs referred to arbitration, 348, 
 350, 352 ; his brother, see Andrews, 
 Joseph. 
 
 Andrews, Thomas, Governor of the Company 
 { 1 659-1 660), 91, 236 ; advises concerning 
 private trade, 1,8; promised compensa- 
 tion for past services, 22 ; to help act on 
 behalf of the United Stock, 27, 359 (2) : 
 transfers adventure, 370. 
 
 Andrews, Alderman Thomas (regicide), his 
 adventure, 28, 51, 359, 360. 
 
 Anglesey, Earl of. See Annesley, Arthur. 
 
 Ankey, George, 170. 
 
 Aune, the, 29, 172 ; commander of, see 
 Lutton, Janies ; molested by the Dutch, 
 78 ; consequent claims for damage sus- 
 tained, 78, 143 ; arbitration concerning, 
 133. I4S> 161, 177, 209. 
 
 Anne and Joyce, the, iv, 8. 
 
 Annesley, Arthur, Viscount Valentia and 
 Earl of Anglesey, President of the Council, 
 xi, 344, 354 ; joint petition of, xxvi, xxvii, 
 177-8; to serve on committees, 169, 
 
 347- 
 ' Anthony ', 270. 
 Ante (Ahanta), 285. 
 Archer, Francis, 146. 
 Archer, Robert, 146. 
 Arlington, Lord. See Bennet, Henry. 
 Arnold, Edmund, the Company's Proctor, 
 
 123, 289. 
 Arwaicer, James, 91. 
 Ascue, Roger, 372. 
 Ash, Jona3ian, 216, 255. 
 Ash, Sir Joseph, no, 147. 
 Ashley, Lord. See Cooper, Anthony. 
 Ashurst, Henry, 373. 
 Aston, Charles, 12. 
 Astrey, James, 53, 133. 
 Astruck, James, 166. 
 Athy, Elizabeth, 374. 
 Athy, John, 374. 
 Athy, Richard, 75. 
 Atkms, Sir Robert, 332. 
 Attorney-General. See Palmer, Sir Geoffrey. 
 Augustine Bay, 298 (2). 
 Aungier, Gerard, 145, 147, 167. 
 
 Aungier, Percival, 24, 56 ; entertainment 
 
 and salary, 23, 113, 201, 311. 
 Axtell, Captain Thomas, 182. 
 Aytoun (or Eyton), Sir John, 177, 215. 
 
 Babington, Abraham, 370. 
 
 Backer, J oris, 224. 
 
 Backwell, Alderman Edward, 321, 370, 372 ; 
 
 licensed to supply the Company and others 
 
 with coin and bullion, 146, 159, 165, 301. 
 Baftas. See Cotton goods. 
 Bagnall, John, 283. 
 Baker, Aaron, 5 n. 
 Baker, Anthony, 5 «. 
 Baker, John, 30, 
 Baker, Richard, 371 (2). 
 Baker, — ,371. 
 Baker, William, 160, 372. 
 Bale, James, 75, 90, 293. 
 Ball, Dr., 97. 
 Banda Islands, 14, 57, 58 ; Governor of, 
 
 see Weyns and Van Dam ; unjust conquest 
 
 by Dutch of, 71, 241, 265. 
 Bandoleers, 293. 
 Banks, Sir John, 33, 62, 359 ; joint petition 
 
 of, 26, 64 ; adventure transferred to, 370, 
 
 372- 
 
 Bantam, 5, 6, 17, 20, 27, 29, 213, 294 ; 
 agents at, see Browne, Hunter, and Skinner ; 
 powers allotted to, 82 ; Dutch blockade, 
 xii, 2, 4 ; diary from, read, 5 ; ships and 
 stock for, iii, iv, xvii, xx, xxi, 8, 9, l8, 42, 
 63, 71, 72, 78, 91, 94, 108, 109, 174, 176, 
 177, 274, 280, 282, 311, 312, 313, 316 (2), 
 317 (2), 319, 321, 322, 345 ; factors and 
 others at and for, r4, 43, 149, 168, 175, 299, 
 300, 313, 322, 368 ; deceased at, 92, 130 ; 
 JDutch hinder English trade at, 18, 58, 70, 
 71, 77, 78, 79; Company's commissioners 
 at, 150, 151, 152 ; two Frenchmen desire 
 permission to go to, 180 ; abuses and 
 misdemeanours at, 322 ; King of, 57, 234 ; 
 peace concluded between the Dutch and, 
 24, 26; presents for, 179, 241, 279, 286, 
 299, 303 ; presents from, xxxi, 241, 258, 
 262, 272, 279, 303 ; letters to, 303, 322. 
 
 Bantam, the, seized by the Dutch, xi, xii, 64 
 (2), 65, 70. 
 
 Barbadoes, 310, 339, 345. 
 
 Barbadoes Merchant, the, iii, xxx, 213, 216, 
 243, 275, 284 ; commander of, see Wyld, 
 Charles ; payment to her owners, 226, 249, 
 277 ; private trade in, 243, 255 ; pas- 
 sengers in, 277, 280. 
 
 Barbar, Gregory, 29, 371. 
 
 Barber, George, 372. 
 
 Barbour, Robert, 188, 189. 
 
 Barker, Captain James, commander of the 
 Royal Charles, 112, 113, 336 (2). 
 
 Barker, Robert, 34.
 
 INDEX 
 
 377 
 
 Barker, William, 34, 373 (2). 
 
 Barkstead, Colonel John, his adventure, 27, 
 28, 51, 114 «., 356, 360- 
 
 Barkstead, John, Junior, 28. 
 
 Bamardiston, Sir Samuel, i6o, 372 ; elected 
 a Committee, no, 200, 306; services re- 
 quired of, 178, 203, 315, 356. 
 
 Barrett, Thomas, 75. 
 
 Barrington, William, 370. 
 
 Barron, Benjamin, 374. 
 
 Barton, Edward, 374. 
 
 Basra, vii, 3, 36, 44. 
 
 Basse, — , 312. 
 
 Basse, William, 163, 170, 183. 
 
 Bassein, xxxix. 
 
 Batavia, xvii, 58, 71, 143, 328, 368 ; Go- 
 vernor-General at, see Maatzuiker, Joan. 
 
 Bateman, Sir Anthony, no, 200, 315, 374. 
 
 Bateman, John, 45, 120. 
 
 Bateman, Robert, 314. 
 
 Bates, Richard, 45, 120. 
 
 Bath, Earl of. See Grenville, John. 
 
 Bathurst, Alderman John, 231, 360, 361 ; 
 elected a Committee, 200, 307 ; services 
 required of, 260, 275, 352 ; adventure 
 transferred to, 372 (2). 
 
 Bathurst, Joseph, the Company's correspon- 
 dent at Amsterdam, 176, 214 ; letters to, 
 182, 192, 204, 213, 220, 235, 288, 293, 298, 
 319, 328, 333, 337. 
 
 Baxter, Edward, 270. 
 
 Baxter, Richard, xlv, 49. 
 
 Bayley, Captain Arthur, 182, 370, 373, 
 
 Bay ley, Richard, 354. 
 
 Beacham, James, 365. 
 
 Beake, Robert, 374. 
 
 Beaker, Edward, 374. 
 
 Beakley, Sir Francis, 374. 
 
 Beale, Nicholas, 123. 
 
 Bear, the, 186. 
 
 Beard, Mary, 239. 
 
 Beard, Maximilian, 45. 
 
 Beauchamp, John, 51. 
 
 Beauchamp, Richard, 51. 
 
 Beavins, Jacob, 340. 
 
 Beavis, Gilbert, 117, 122. 
 
 Beckford, Richard, 371. 
 
 Beddiford, Captain Thomas, 78, 149. 
 
 Beer, 10, 94, 103, 280. 
 
 Bell, Thomas, 374. 
 
 Bell, William, 346. 
 
 Bellamy, WilUam, 374. 
 
 Belle, John, 330, 369. 
 
 Bellomont, Lord, xxxvi. 
 
 Bence, Alexander, 342. 
 
 Bence, John, 372. 
 
 Bendish, Charles, 145, 147, 168. 
 
 Bendish, John, 147. 
 
 Bendish, Sir Thomas, 147. 
 
 Bengal, Bay of, vii, 34, 62, 134, 179, 294, 
 
 359 ; Chief at, see Blake ; ships and 
 stock for, 7, 71, 82, 166, 168, 170, 280, 
 334, 337, 345, 3^9 ; factors and others at 
 and for, 68, 136, 144, 167, 297 ; deceased 
 at, 175. 
 
 Benin, 263, 285. 
 
 Benin Frigate, the, viii, 51. 
 
 Benjamin, the, 287. 
 
 Benn, John, 75, 293, 
 
 Bennet, Sir Henry (afterwards Lord Ar- 
 lington), Secretary of State, xxxviii, 297, 
 350, 354, 356, 359, 366 ; joint petition of, 
 xxxii, xxxiii, 241-3, 259, 260; to serve 
 on a committee, 347. 
 
 Benzoin, 27, 95, 135, 184, 189, 243, 244, 277, 
 
 278,317.334- 
 Berblock, Captain James, 17, 62. 
 Berhala Island, granted to Thomas Skinner, 
 
 xliv, 149, 153, 155, 349 ; description of, 
 
 157- 
 
 Berkeley, Sir Charles, 228. 
 
 Berkeley, Lord George, v, xxxiii, 34, 37, 158, 
 254, 259, 262, 302 ; elected a Committee, 
 V, 23, 104, no, 200, 306 ; to obtain a new 
 lease of the Company's house, 52, 54, 95 ; 
 to assist in negotiations concerning the 
 Dutch, 85, ni, 347. 
 
 Bernard, — , 104. 
 
 Berry, John, 328. 
 
 Berry, Robert, 280, 284. 
 
 Bettelees. See Cotton goods. 
 
 Betts, John, 9, 10. 
 
 Bevin, — , 275. 
 
 Bezoar stones, 278. 
 
 Bible, presented to the Company, 160. 
 
 Biddulph, Sir Theophilus, 2, 23, 104. 
 
 BiUingsley, John, 26, 299, 371. 
 
 Bills of Exchange, passim ; not accepted, 
 274, 275. 
 
 Bird, Thomas, 342. 
 
 * Birdseyes ', 184. 
 
 Biscoe, Elisha, 170. 
 
 Blake, Francis, 170. 
 
 Blake, George, 370, 372. 
 
 Blake, William, 12, 89, 161, 180 ; appointed 
 Chief at the Bay, xxi, 167, 169 ; his ac- 
 counts, 144, 168, 169 ; his securities, 170. 
 
 Blackerby, Thomas, 1 20. 
 
 Blackman, Captain Jeremy, 5, 372. 
 
 Blackman, Maurice, 2, 15, 16. 
 
 Blackman, William, 145, 168. 
 
 Blachnore, the, iii, xx, i, 2, 9, 166, 209 ; 
 commander of, see Price, John ; pay- 
 ment to her owners, i, 129, 215 ; stock, 
 etc., shipped in, 121, 159, 165, 171, 184, 
 199. 
 
 Blackwall {see also Poplar), 15, 249 ; dock- 
 yard at, 34 n. 
 
 Blissett, George, 163, 170. 
 
 Bludworth, Sir Thomas, 46, 48, 259, 275 ;
 
 3/8 
 
 COURT MINUTES, ETC. 
 
 elected a Conimktee, 23, 105, 200 ; ofiters 
 the African for Guinea, 36 ; accepted as 
 security, 95, 120, 161 ; part-owner of the 
 Mf reliant Adventure, 171 ; to join the 
 Dutch committee, 257. 
 
 Blue Warehouse, the, 23. 113, 2or ; keeper 
 of, see Papillon, George. 
 
 Boll, Alderman, 193. 
 
 BoUe, Edward, 26, 64, 374. 
 
 BoUe, — , 104. 
 
 Bolt, — , 14, 16. 
 
 Bolt. Rebecca, 14. 
 
 Bolter, — , 170. 
 
 Bolton, Stephen, 50, 184, 302, 374 {2). 
 
 Bombay, xxi, xxii, xxiii, xxxviii, xxxix ; the 
 Company resolve to assist in taking pos- 
 session of, 137 ; their opinion concerning 
 the sailing of the King's ships for, 147-8 ; 
 a committee appointed to act concerning 
 all things relating to, 169 ; guns, etc., for, 
 182 ; payment for the King's forces at, 
 187 (2). 189,300,301,302. 
 
 Bona Esperanza, the, 237, 251 ; compensa- 
 tion claimed for, xxvi, xlii, 215, 220, 221 
 
 (2), 353- 
 
 Bonnell, Simon, 204. 
 
 Boone. Christopher, 16, 109, 257, 289, 313 : 
 elected a Committee, 23, 105, no, 200, 307 : 
 to help negotiate concerning the Dutch, 
 117, 137, 316 ; accepted as security, 161, 
 163 ; adventures transferred to, 372 (2), 
 
 373- 
 Boone, Henry, surgeon to the Company, 4, 
 
 174, 317- 
 Boone, Thomas, 48. 
 Booth, Richard, 370, 371. 
 Borax, 43, 91, 184, 205, 209, 216, 243, 27S, 
 
 279. 309. 330- 
 Borne, Xehemiah, 372. 
 Bostock, Thomas, 28, 371. 
 Boswell, Sir William, 222. 
 Boteler, Dame Sybil, 297. 
 Boult, Michael, 181, 209. 
 Bouton Island, 71. 
 Bowchett. John, 273. 
 Bowen. Captain Robert, commander of the 
 
 London, 42, 191, 315, 367. 
 Bowman, Christopher, 61. 
 Boyce, John, 291, 292. 
 Boyle, the Honourable Robert, 50. 
 Boylston, Richard, 336. 
 Bradbent, WilUam, 75, 293. 
 Bradford, William, 136, 294. 
 Bradshaw, Nathaniel, 374. 
 Braganza, Catherine of, xvi, xvii, xxi, 
 
 xxxviii, 302. 
 Brand, Benjamin, 355. 
 Brandon, Nathaniel, 374 (2). 
 Brandy, 287. 
 Brawles. See Cotton goods. 
 
 Breda, iv, xi. 
 
 Brethers, Nicholas, 90. 
 
 Breton, Robert, 163. 
 
 Breton, Thomas, 10, no, 163, 373 {2). 
 
 Brewster, John, 25. 
 
 Bridge, Tobias, 370, 372. 
 
 Bridges, Richard, 130, 373. 
 
 Bridges, Shem, 85, 130, 136. 
 
 Bridgman, Mrs., the Company's correspon- 
 dent at Amsterdam, letters to, i, 6, 8, 
 10, IS, 16, i8, 24, 26, 29, 5:^, 37, 47, 50, 98, 
 103, 114, 117, 123, 161. 
 
 Brimstone, 89, 161, 275, 293. 
 
 Broadcloth. See Cloth. 
 
 Brodridge, Francis, 371. 
 
 Brodstreete. Theophilus, 133. 
 
 Bromidge, William, 28. 
 
 Brookhaven, Captain John, 281, 307 n., 318, 
 321; transfers adventure, 370 ; adventure 
 transferred to, 372, 373. 
 
 Broome, Humphrey, 187 n. 
 
 Brough, Thomas, 113, 114. 
 
 Browne, Captain Arnold, 160. 319 ; captain 
 of the Dunkirk, 163, 170; his private 
 trade, 178, 187, 18S. 
 
 Browne, Captain George, 258, 259, 264. 
 
 Browne, James, 358, 368, 369. 
 
 Browne, Joseph, 10. 
 
 Browne, Quarles, 46, 318, 319, 322, 329 : 
 admitted to the freedom of the Company, 
 114 ; named as Agent fortheCoast,xxxvii, 
 164, 165, 322 ; entertained as Agent for 
 Bantam, 312, 313, 317 ; his securities, 
 321 ; permitted private trade, 321, 323 ; 
 adventures transferred to, 371, 372. 
 
 Browne, Richard, Agent for the Company at 
 Leghorn, letters to, 130, 235, 248. 
 
 Browne, Richard, Clerk of the Council, 136, 
 
 136 W-, 354- 
 
 Browne, Captain Robert, commander of the 
 Constantinople Merchant, 78, 218 ; his 
 private trade, 21, 219, 244, 249. 
 
 Browne, Sir Thomas, 292 n. 
 
 Browne. Captain Zachan,-, commander of 
 the Good Hope, 113, 138; complaints 
 against, 339, 341. 
 
 Browning, Nathaniel, 163, 170, 184. 
 
 Browse, Captain Miles, commander of the 
 African, 215, 219, 304 ; letter to, 72. 
 
 Brumfield, Thomas, 373. 
 
 Brunicke, John, 371. 
 
 Bryan, William, 371. 
 
 Buckeridge, Nicholas, 240, 297, 304, 368 ; 
 sued by Colonel Rainsford's executor, 
 259, 260, 275, 295, 296 ; his account, 231, 
 249. 333' 340. 341, 363 ; to go as com- 
 missioner to the Coast, 362 ; his securities, 
 366 (2) ; his care of Codrington's son, 366, 
 
 367- 
 Buckler, Deborah, 176.
 
 INDEX 
 
 ;79 
 
 Bucknell, William, 365. 
 Buckshaws. See Cotton goods. 
 Buckworth, John,2i8,3i8; to help arbitrate, 
 
 13- 53, ^33- 
 Budd, Richard, 373. 
 Budley, John, 145, 159, 167. 
 Bullivant, William, 49. 
 Bunberry, Joshua, 145, 164, 167. 
 Bunckley, William, 218. 
 Burchett, John, 163. 
 Burdett, Sir Francis, 216. 
 Bumell, Hester, 310. 
 Burnell, John, 48, 89, 136. 
 Burnell, Thomas, 48. 
 Burston, John, 25. 
 Bushell, Edward, 372 (2). 
 Butler, Samuel, 372. 
 Byde, Thomas, 371. 
 Byrampauts. See Cotton goods. 
 
 Gale Vella. See Kayal. 
 
 Calicoes (see also Cotton goods), sale of, and 
 
 reference to, passim ; warehouse for, 16, 
 
 23, 201, 311 ; dispute concerning duties 
 
 on, xlv, 290, 290 n., 332, 369. 
 Calicut, Zamorin of, 364. 
 Calthrope, Edward, 159. 
 Calthrope, James, 145, 159, 167. 
 Came, Thomas, 346. 
 Camphor, 278, 309. 
 Candle auction, 129, 134, 258, 267, 295, 304, 
 
 308 (2), 334, 336, 337, 342. 
 Canham, Thomas, 203, 295, 369, 374; elected 
 
 a Committee, 200, 307. 
 Canning, Robert, 371. 
 Cannon, William, 280. 
 Cape Coast Castle, 260, 261 ; the Company's 
 
 offer for, 25, 262, 263, 285 ; the Dutch 
 
 attack their house at. 78, 79, 250 ; claims 
 
 for damages sustained, 143, 236, 240, 286, 
 
 287. 
 Cape Comorin, 364. 
 Cape de Tres Puntas, 38, 88. 
 Cape of Good Hope, viii, 38, 39, 57, 76, 105, 
 
 116, 118, 177, 235. 
 Cardamoms, 14, 43, 62, 153, 184, 205, 239, 
 
 243, 278, 297, 310, 334, 356. 
 Carew, George, 215. 
 Carleton, Edward, 170, 372. 
 Carpets, 255, 309. 
 Carter, Thomas, powdermaker, saltpetre 
 
 delivered to, 276, 281, 302, 335. 
 Carteret, Sir George, Vice-Chamberlain and 
 
 Treasurer of the Navy, 208, 212, 239, 344 ; 
 
 payments made to, 197, 205, 223, 226 ; to 
 
 serve on a committee, 169, 347. 
 Carver, Anne, 340, 347. 
 Carver, Thomas, 347. 
 Carwarthen, Mrs., 194. 
 Cassia fistula, 323. 
 
 Cassia lignum, 46, 135, 189, 218, 243, 278, 
 309, 334, 363. 
 
 Castle Frigate, the, xxx, 6, 194, 283, 284 ; 
 commander of, see Michell, Stephen ; to 
 go to Guinea, Jambi, and the Coast, iii, iv, 
 7i 9, II, 284, 287 ; payment to her owners, 
 17, 182, 295 ; private trade in, 175, 187, 
 199. 
 
 Catchaes. See Cotton goods. 
 
 Cavanees. See Cotton goods. 
 
 Cawell, Martin, 159. 
 
 Celler, Charles, 149, 151. 
 
 Centurion, the, 186. 
 
 Ceylon, 68, 225, 230, 239 ; Dutch obstruct 
 Enghsh and Portuguese trade at, 71, 242, 
 265. 
 
 Chadder, Gilbert, 301. 
 
 Challaes. See Cotton goods. 
 
 Chamber, Peter, 332, 361 (2). 
 
 Chamber, Thomas, 199, 332 ; entertainment 
 and dismissal, xxi, 68, 136 ; to return 
 home, 361, 362, 363. 
 
 Chambrelan, Caesar, 145, 164, i68. 
 
 Chambrelan, Richard, 136. • 
 
 Chambrelan, Sir Thomas, 164, 184, 359 ; 
 elected Deputy-Governor, v, xx, 22, 109 ; 
 Governor, xxx, xxxvii, 200, 305 ; petitions, 
 etc., signed by, 93, 228, 266, 267, 358,360 ; 
 services required of, 117, 122, 137, 172, 
 204, 212, 262, 265, 301, 302, 316, 321, 330, 
 33^y 337, 342 (2), 346, 353, 356 ; desires 
 some allowance, xxxvii, 200, 305, 306 (2) ; 
 letters to, 223,224-5 ; letters from, 282 {2), 
 297 ; payments to, 226, 254 ; reports made 
 by, 285, 296, 297, 304, 305, 306. 
 
 Chambrelan, Thomas, 164. 
 
 Chambrelan, William, 122. 
 
 Chancellor, Lord. See Hyde, Sir Edward. 
 
 Chancery, bills exhibited in, 89, 90, 146, 159, 
 177, 187, 259, 356 ; order of, 295. 
 
 Chandler, George, 290, 373. 
 
 Chaplin, John, 259, 260, 278. 
 
 Chappell, Roger, Agent at Guinea, 213, 240, 
 
 356. 
 
 Charles I, viii, xxvi m., 60, 220, 221, 222 ; 
 judges at his trial, 27 n., 55; claims against, 
 xxxvi, xHii, 195, 328. 
 
 Charles II, vi, xxv, xxvi, xxxvi, 61 «., 65, 
 66, 128, 138, 222, 223, 229, 234, 314 ; his 
 restoration, iv, v, ix, xi, 19, 37 ; con- 
 gratulatory address and present of plate 
 from the Company to, iv, v, vii, 18, 19, 
 21, 23 n., 32, 36, 123 ; knighthoods con- 
 ferred by, xxi, 22 n., 23 n.; petitions to, 
 vii, xi, xii, xxx, xxxii, xxxiii, xxxvi, xli, 
 xlii, 26, 28, 35, 38-41, 48-9, 60-1, 64, 
 69, 76, 82-3, 92, 99, 115, 124-7, 163- 
 4, 190, 197-9, 211-12, 227-8, 239-40, 
 241-3, 266, 280, 303, 304, 309, 324-s, 
 342-3, 343-4 ; referred to, 30, 32, 42, 68,
 
 38o 
 
 COURT MINUTES, ETC. 
 
 9;!, 9;, 99, 196, 268, 282 ; adventures 
 duimed by. 27. 28. 51, 55, 85, 356, 359. 
 360, 368 ; letters from, xxvii, xxxv, 41- 
 2. 164, 215, 232, 233, 258-9, a6o, 262, 
 282 (2), 283, 303. 351, 353 ; letters to, xvi. 
 27, 95-7, 234 ; commission for delivery of 
 Pulo Run desired and obtained from, xiii, 
 xiv, xvi, xxviii, 46-9, 52, 53, 55, 63, 64, 65, 
 72-4. 82, 87, 97. roi. 112, 127, 141, 143. 
 191, 211, 227, 292, 293, 325, 347; pro- 
 position from the Council of Trade to, 61, 
 83 ; offers to mediate between the Dutch 
 and Portuguese, xvi, xviii, 94, 107, 108 ; 
 new charter granted to tlie Company by, 
 vii, xviii, xix, 104-7,109,110. 113,115-16 ; 
 his page, 114 «. ; money to be advanced 
 to, 118 «., 223 ; resolves to possess and 
 fortify a Portuguese place in India, 134, 
 137, 147, 148 ; bible dedicated and pre- 
 sented to, 160 ; ships sent to India by, 
 xxi, xxii, xxiii, xxxiv, 162, 163, 164 (2), 
 170 (2), 172, 174, 178, 185, 186, 187, 197, 
 235, 238, 268, 320, 321, 327, 332, 334, 
 353; warrants from, 178-9, 291, 307; 
 his powdermaker, see O'Neill ; gratuity 
 given to Sir Nicholas Crispe by, 194, 352 ; 
 proposed as umpire, 199 ; Dutch pro- 
 posals to be recommended to, 206-8, 209- 
 10, 219, 231, 232, 233 ; loan from the 
 Company to, xxx, 197, 205, 208, 212, 223, 
 225, 226 ; declaration by, 238 ; on board 
 the Loyal Merchant, 241 ; presents from 
 the King of Bantam to, xxxi,24i, 258,262, 
 272, 279, 303 ; his treaty with the Dutch, 
 xxvii, xxviii, xxxv, xxxviii, 251, 266, 288, 
 289, 297, 326, 353 ; Article xv of, 251-3, 
 266, 288, 289, 297 ; report from Lord 
 Southampton to, 256 : money to be sent 
 to India for the service of, 301 ; Lady 
 Lambton's case recommended by, 324 ; 
 narrative to be presented to, 310, 325- 
 8 ; affront to his flag. 327. 
 
 Charleton, Stephen, 136. 
 
 Charnock, Job, 136. 
 
 Cliestnut Pinnace, xxiii, 170, 176; cost of 
 munitions, etc., for, 186, 197, 268. 
 
 Chestshire, Thomas, 52. 
 
 Chevall, — , 367. 
 
 Chifhnch, William, page to Charles II, 114, 
 360. 
 
 Chillees, 135. 
 
 China, xxii «., 66, 227, 278 ; roots, 135, 274, 
 278, 283, 288, 307, 309. 
 
 Chintz. See Cotton goods. 
 
 Chitty, Henry, 374. 
 
 Chiverton, Alderman Sir Richard, 283, 359. 
 
 Chown, Henry, 145, 168. 
 
 Christ Church Hospital, Governors of, 294. 
 299> 333 ; desire warehouses at Leaden- 
 hall, 2, 167, 268 ; request rent for, 7, 19, 20. 
 
 Christopher, the, 337, 345, 350 
 
 Cinnamon, 43, 242, 278, 284 ; ' de matt ', 46 ; 
 
 trambone, 46 «. ; factory for, 68. 
 Claes, John, 25, 79. 
 
 Clarendon. Lord. See Hyde, Sir Edward. 
 Clarke, Edward, 244. 
 Clarke, Francis, 22, 103, 132, 260, 275, 308, 
 
 341 ; elected a Committee, 23, 105, no, 
 
 200, 307 ; contracts for quicksilver made 
 
 with, 90, 91, 108, 215, 279, 290, 317 ; 
 
 adventure transferred to, 371, 374. 
 Clarke, George, 186 (2). 
 Clarke, John, 370. 
 Clarke, Judith, 166. 
 Clarke, Richard, 369. 
 Clarke, Thomas, 166, 170. 
 Clay, George, 145, 167. 
 Clayton, Thomas, 168, 201, 311 (2). 
 Cleere, John, 17, 75, 186. 
 Cliff e, Richard, 159. 
 Clitherow, James, 146, 359 (2), 372. 
 Clitherow, John, 372. 
 Cloth, 33, 171, 187, 309, 336, 337 ; for India, 
 
 10, 274, 289, 292-3, 342 ; private trade 
 
 in, 67, 90, 159 ; scarlet, for presents, 102 ; 
 
 orders concerning, 62, 136, 249, 304, 355 ; 
 
 hotpressing of, 273, 275. 
 Clough, WilUam, 75, 293. 
 Cloves, sale of and reference to, passim ; 
 
 free import of, 178, 189, 242, 268, 284, 
 
 363- 
 Clutterbuck, Daniel, 274. 
 Clutterbuck, Richard, 359 (2), 370, 373 (3). 
 Coachman, Gervase, 77. 
 Coast Frigate, the, vi, xxxi, xxxv, 34, 46, 
 
 85, 103, 235, 238, 300 ; payment to her 
 
 owners, 29, 81, 296 ; stock, etc., shipped 
 
 in, 82, 90, 91, 249, 254, 293, 296, 299, 301 ; 
 
 sent to Madras, xx, Pulo Run, 294, 
 
 Bantam, xxxv, 296, 345 ; arbitration 
 
 concerning, 272, 275. 
 Cocke, Lucas, 1 19. 
 Cocket, 307. 
 ' Cocculus India ', 278. 
 Cochin, xlii, 363 ; besieged and taken by 
 
 the Dutch, xl, xli, 29I, 327, 353, 364 ; 
 
 King of, 364 ; agreement made by the 
 
 Dutch with, 327, 364. 
 Codrington, Thomas, 234, 235, 366 ; his son, 
 
 366, 367- 
 Coffee, 43, 61, 135, 187, 243, 258, 298, 309, 
 
 330 ; price of, 27, 187 «., 243 «., 309 n. 
 Cogan, Major John, 317, 318. 
 Cogan, Roger, 374. 
 Coho seed. See Coffee. 
 Coin and bullion, the Company's desire and 
 
 petition to export, iv, xviii, 4, 39, 41 ; 
 
 vvarrants, etc., for exportation of, 5, 61, 
 
 62-3, 62«., 105, 159, 162, 173, 241; 
 
 shipped for India, 30, 82, 104, 123 ;
 
 INDEX 
 
 381 
 
 licence to supply the Company and others 
 with, 146, 185, 241, 306. 
 
 Cokaine, Thomas, 218, 256. 
 
 Cokayne, Thomas, 314 {3), 371. 
 
 Cokayne, William, 5, 6, 314 (2), 371 (2). 
 
 Coles, Benjamin, 161, 374. 
 
 Collier, Henry, 373. 
 
 Collins, Mrs., 171. 
 
 CoUins, William, 373 (2). 
 
 Collymore, Samuel, 189. 
 
 Coltman, John, 27, 285, 334 ; commissioned 
 to discover private trade, 184, 189, 201 (2), 
 311,336,345(2). 
 
 Colvill, John, 373 (2). 
 
 Compton, Sir William, Master of the Ord- 
 nance, 182, 262, 272, 279. 
 
 Concord, the, 214, 316, 328, 329 ; commander 
 of, see Kilvert, Roger ; goes to Madras, 
 iii ; returns, xxxvi, 298, 301 ; owners of, 
 I, 6, 308 (2), 323 ; payment to, 305, 312, 
 329 ; stock laden in, 310, 316, 318. 
 
 Congett, James, 18, 30, :i$, 44. 
 
 Conisby, Ralph, 136. 
 
 Connings, Thomas, 270. 
 
 Connis, Captain John, commander of the 
 Marigold, 32, 53, 61, 78, 119. 
 
 Constantinople Merchant, the, vi, xx, xxxi, 
 XXXV, 90, 108, 218, 292 ; commander of, 
 see Browse, Robert ; her owners, 31, 254 ; 
 payment to, 33, 50, 229 ; dispute with, 
 97, 103 (2), 265, 267, 281 ; molested by the 
 Dutch, 78, 79, 142, 286 ; silk, etc., laden 
 in, 90 (2), 104, 223, 225, 249, 254, 255, 290. 
 
 Constant Warwick, the, 257. 
 
 Convertine, the, xxii, 167, ijgn., 186, 193 (2) ; 
 commander of, see Hargrave and Tincker ; 
 men serving in, 169, 170, 175, 177, 180. 
 189, 193, 298, 299 ; hired by the Company, 
 xxiii, 172, 179, 197 ; guns, etc., laden in, 
 182, 186, 268. 
 
 Cooke, Humphrey, 187. 
 
 Cooke, James, 130. 
 
 Cooke, John, 338. 
 
 Cooke, Nicholas, 366. 
 
 Cooke, Peter, 293, 321. 
 
 Cooper, Sir Anthony Ashley, Chancellor of 
 the Exchequer, 137, 146, 147, 300 ; to 
 serve on a committee, 169, 347 ; petitions 
 referred to, xxxiii, 259, 260, 264 (2), 265, 
 309. 344. 354 ; letter to, xxxiii, 265 ; 
 letter from, 302. 
 Copper, 159, 160, 261, 291 ; plate, 160, 205, 
 264 ; bricks, 187 ; for India, 187, 275, 
 317, 338, 350 (2). 
 Coral, 162, 167, 300 (2). 307, 360, 363, 369 ; 
 for India, 129, 130, 275, 281, 293, 342, 349, 
 350 (2) ; Grezio, Ricaduti, and Terraglia, 
 130, 132, 145, 169, 171, 235, 319, 332, 339, 
 342 (2) ; from Leghorn, 169, 214, 318, 331, 
 332 (2), 342, 349, 351, 354. 
 
 Cormantine. See Fort Kormantine. 
 
 Coromandel Coast, vii, 5, 29, 34, 57, 359 ; 
 Agent for, see Winter, Sir Edward ; ships 
 and stock for, iii, xxi, 7, 15, 82, 90, 122, 
 138, 167, 170, 238, 244, 274, 275, 280, 290, 
 334, 337> 345. 369 ; factors and others at 
 and for, 48, 68, 89, 129, 130, 136, 165, 167, 
 175, 179, 284, 294 ; instructions concern- 
 ing, 62, 174, 179, 186, 294, 335, 339, 352 ; 
 Buckeridge to go as Commissioner to, 362. 
 See also Fort St. George, Masulipatam, 
 etc. 
 
 Coronation, the, 115, 131, 146, 343; com- 
 mander of, see Milner, Roger ; to go to 
 Guinea and the Coast, xxi, 121, 345 ; 
 returns, xliii, 337, 339 ; stock, etc., 
 shipped in, 122, 336, 340, 351, 356, 365, 
 
 367. 369. 
 
 Coronell, Augustine, 12, 274. 
 
 Correa, Famando, 244. 
 
 Corsellis, Charles, 372. 
 
 Corsellis, Nicholas, 319. 
 
 Corsellis, Socur, 176. 
 
 Cossaes. See Cotton goods. 
 
 Cotton and other piece-goods : adatas, 14 ; 
 allejars, 239 ; baftas, 14 (2), 43, 103, 135, 
 187, 243, 309, 334 ; bettelees, 43, 135, 
 187, 243, 309, 334; brawles, 309, 344, 
 346 ; buckshaws, 309 ; byrampauts, 14 ; 
 catchaes, 243 ; cavanees, 243 ; challaes, 135, 
 243 ; chintz, xl, 184, 243, 334 ; cossaes, 187 ; 
 cuttanee, 29 ; derguzzees, 14, 43 ; deri- 
 bauds, 43, 103, 187, 309 ; diaper, 135, 279, 
 309. 334 ; dimities, 135, 279, 309, 334 ; 
 dungarees, 14, 43, 103, 334 ; dutties, 14, 
 43, 187 ; eckbarrees, 14, 43, 243 ; ging- 
 hams, 34, 36, 43.. 46, 13s, 278, 309, 334, 
 366 ; kerebauds, 14 ; longcloth, 14, 43, 
 103, 135, 187, 215, 243, 309, 310, 334; 
 longees, 334 ; mercolees, 14, 43, 243 ; 
 morees, 43, 135, 187, 243. 309, 334 ; 
 nassapores, 14, 103 ; niccanees, 103, 135, 
 243. 334; percuUaes, 43, 135, 187, 243, 
 309, 334 ; perpetuanoes, 89, 274, 290, 
 293; pulfettose, 239 ; rhanders, 14 ;salain- 
 pores, 14, 43, 135, 158, 187, 243, 309, 334; 
 sallos, 334 ; salpicadoes, 135 ; sannoes, 
 309. 334; sayes, 98, 205 (2), 213, 214, 235; 
 sovaguzzees, 43, 103 ; tapseiles, 103, 135, 
 
 243» 309- 334. 
 
 Cotton wool, 309. 
 
 Cotton yarn, 5, 16, 27, 29, 43, 45, 120, 121, 
 134, 135' 243- 278, 309, 323, 334, 362. 
 
 Council of State, 92, 142, 330 ; petitions to, 
 iv, 4 ; orders and warrants from, xxxv, 5, 
 62,88,93, 102, 108, 116, 128, 136, 141, 145, 
 146, 166, 169, 172, 173, 177 182, 185, 190, 
 215 (2), 241, 242, 251, 268, 273, 278, 300, 
 302, 304, 306, 335, 343, 344» 346. 
 
 Courland, Duke of, 138.
 
 382 
 
 COURT MINUTES. ETC. 
 
 1 
 
 Courtcen, William, dispute concerning ships 
 belonj^inp to. xxvi. 177, 17S. 215, 221, 222. 
 
 Courts, ot Committees, f>assini ; orders con- 
 cerning, xlv, 105. 109, 201, 240, 241, 302 ; 
 of sales, 14 (2),'27, 34. 43. 103, 135, 187, 
 243. 309. 334 ; of election, xviii, 23, 105, 
 no, 200. 305, 306. 
 
 Cousten, Peter, 15. 
 
 Cowries, 43. 46, i35» 184, 218, 243, 278, 295, 
 309. 329. 334, 335, 367- 
 
 Cox, — , 199. 
 
 Cox, William, 370. 
 
 Crafton. Serjeant, 181. 
 
 Crafton, Thomas, 10, 119. 
 
 Cramond, Lord. See Richardson, Lord. 
 
 Crandon, John, 281, 311, 360, 361, 366. 
 
 Cranganur. xl, 298. 
 
 Cranmer, Robert, 115, 171, 300, 373 (2). 
 
 Craven, Lord, applied to concerning the 
 lease of his house to the Company, v, vi, 
 24, 25, 52, 54, 74, 81, 85, 95. 
 
 Cresnor, John, 75. 
 
 Crispe, Ellis, 371, 374. 
 
 Crispe, Sir Nicholas, 120, 366 ; his rights to 
 the Guinea trade, viii, 42, 202, 250, 257, 
 261, 262, 263, 284, 285, 287, 300 ; his 
 interest in the pepper debt, xliii, xliv, 194, 
 195, 240, 271, 314, 352 ; his proposal con- 
 cerning importation of spice, xxxii, xxxiii, 
 243, 256 ; granted subsidy of customs on, 
 271. 
 
 Crispe, Samuel, 371. 
 
 Crome, Valentine, 370. 374. 
 
 Cromwell, OHver, xii, xxv, 100, loi, 102, 126, 
 181, 232, 312 ; charter granted the Com- 
 pany by, xix n., xxv, 148. 151, 155, 245, 
 247 ; private trade countenanced by, 154, 
 
 245- 
 
 Cromwell, Richard, vi, 123, 126, 140, 141. 
 
 Crosby House, v, 52 n., 322, 
 
 Crother, Widow, 249, 254. 
 
 Crover, Matthew, 272, 279, 280. 
 
 Crowne, Henry, 91. 
 
 Cubitt, Captain Joseph, 178, 330, 333 ; com- 
 mander of the Mary Rose, 163, 170, 173. 
 
 Cudworth, John, 373. 
 
 Cullen, John, 371. 
 
 Cullinge, Thomas, 90. 
 
 Cully, Peter, 371, 374. 
 
 Curtis, Captain William, commander of the 
 Mayflower, 77, 158, 159, 199, 356. 
 
 Customhouse, the, treasure and goods en- 
 tered at, 7, 63, 158, 167, 323 ; orders 
 concerning, xviii, 106, 116; demands of 
 King's waiters and other officers at, 34, 
 254, 257, 310 ; payments to, 36, 45, 162, 
 257 ; spice, etc., presented to, 63, 166 
 (2), 182, 281, 366, 367 ; rates, etc., to be 
 settled with the wharfinger at, 172, 180, 
 201, 213. 
 
 Customs, 73, 203, 299, 320, 321, 364, 369; 
 in Persia, xxxvi, xxxvii, 2, 3, 44. 188, 302 
 303, 304, 305 ; evasion of payment of, 28, 
 66, 67, 121, 163, 229, 234, 256, 276 ; pay- 
 ment of, 29, 30, 105, 216, 223, 290 ; pay- 
 ments to be made from, xxii, xxx, 179 (2), 
 197, 205, 208, 213, 219, 238, 245, 249, 317, 
 323, 330, 334, 336, 352 ; Commissioners 
 of, iv, 4, 33, 39, 41, 81, 121, 234, 283, 
 290 ; payment to, 31, 82, 132, 133; letter 
 from, 122-3; warrants to, 159, 175, i85«., 
 219, 241 n. ; Farmers of, xxxii, 256, 323, 
 336, 361 ; proposal for payment of debt 
 owing by, xhii, xliv, 118, 195, 313, 314; 
 warrant to, 301 ; spice to be presented to, 
 342, 366. 
 
 Cutler, Sir John, 184. 
 
 Cuttanee. See Cotton goods. 
 
 Cuttler, Mr., 91. 
 
 Daberone. John, 161. 
 
 Dacres, Henry, Chief at Jambi, 81, 155, 157, 
 
 174, 298. 
 Dagh-Register, xxxvm., 283 «., 288 m., 293K. 
 Dale, John. 141, 143, 191, 318, 319. 
 Dallison, Madam, 324. 
 Dallison, Maximihan, 189. 
 Damasks, 278, 309. 
 Daniel, Peter, 340, 370. 
 Daniel, Roger, 50. 
 Daniel, William, 136 (2), 352. 
 Darnellie. Edward, 147. 
 Darson, Thomas, 336. 
 Dartmouth, 68, 106, 112, 329, 
 Dashwood, Francis, 374. 
 Datslear, Matthias, 169. 
 Davidge, Richard, 90, 159. 
 Davidson, William, 26. 
 Davies, John, 236. 
 Davies, Richard, 147, 175. 
 Davies, Robert, 44, 255. 
 Davies, Thomas, 146, 147, 334 ; deceased, 
 
 352, 356- 
 Davis, John, 164. 
 
 Davison, Michael, 17, 307, 370, 371 (2). 
 Davy, Henry, 11, 13, 51, 370, 372. 
 Dawes, — , 366. 
 Dawes, William, 175, 
 Day, George, 17, 75, 186. 
 Dearing, Charles, 129. 
 Dearing, Sir Edward, 129. 
 Dearing, — , 129. 
 Dearing, Robert, 85, 136. 
 Debeeter, Peter, 78, 79. 
 De Brier, Peter Denis, 151 (2), 152, 153, 156, 
 
 270, 271. 
 Defence, the, 145, 162 {2), 169. 
 De Gayer, Peter, 79. 
 De Graeff, Cornelius, Lord Polsbroeke, 224 
 
 (2), 225.
 
 INDEX 
 
 383 
 
 De Haez, Jeronimo, 225. 
 
 De Hoorne, Simon, 97. 
 
 Delabar, Vincent, Agent for the Company at 
 Dover, 6, 205, 220 ; letters to, 13, 214, 235. 
 
 Delanoy, Benjamin, Consul at Aleppo, 258, 
 274, 331 (2), 339, 354 (2) ; letters to, 20, 
 36, 45. 129 (2), 130, 214 (2), 248, 260, 274, 
 33^, 354 ; payments to, 108, 212, 330. 
 
 Delawne, Benjamin, 44, 75. 
 
 Delawne, George, 75. 
 
 De Mello de Castro, Don Antonio, Governor 
 of Goa, xxiii, xxxviii, xxxix, 12, 298. 
 
 Denham, Joseph, 370, 373. 
 
 Dent, Widow, 348. 
 
 Derguzees. See Cotton goods. 
 
 Deribauds. 5ee Cotton goods. 
 
 Derick Mackerel, the, 37. 
 
 Derney, Joseph, 371. 
 
 De Ruyter, Vice-Admiral, 76. 
 
 Desbrow, Christopher, 75. 
 
 De Sylva, Signor, 219. 
 
 Dethick, Sir John, 62, 359. 
 
 Dethick, Thomas, the Company's Agent at 
 Leghorn, 248, 318 ; letters to, 3, 20, 36, 
 45, 130, 132, 145, 162, 169, 171, 214, 235, 
 
 319. 331. 332, 339. 342, 349-50. 351. 354. 
 
 De Vic, Sir Henry, 138. 
 
 De Vlaming van Outshoorn, Arnold, 144. 
 
 De Witt, ix, xxiii, xxiv, xxvii, 237. 
 
 Dewye, Josias, 372. 
 
 Diamonds, 223, 278. 
 
 Diapers. See Cotton goods. 
 
 Dickons, John, 363, 371 ; accepted as 
 security, 29, 54, 121. 
 
 Dimities. See Cotton goods. 
 
 Discovery, the, 51, 85, 89, 226, 343. 35°. 363 ; 
 commander of, see Gosnall, John ; returns 
 home, vi, xliii, 34, 42, 44 ; men serving in , 
 30. 35. 51, 62, 65, 91 ; to go to the Coast 
 and Pulo Run, xvii, 35, 54, 90, 347 ; 
 stock, etc., shipped in, 82, 159, 334, 335, 
 ,340, 342 ; to be sold, 337, 342. 
 
 Ditchfield, Thomas, 317. 
 
 Dividends (or divisions), xx, xxi, 129, 131, 
 216. 306, 341, 360 ; to be issued in money, 
 xliii, 21, 131 (2), 139, 331, 337 ; to adven- 
 turers in the Fourth Joint Stock, 315. 
 
 Dollars, 112, 157, 299, 342 (2), 348, 357; 
 rate of exchange for, 108, 133, 211, 215, 
 329 ; pillar, 321. 
 
 Dorchester, Marquess of. 5ee Pierrepont, 
 Henry. 
 
 Dormedo, Signor, 225. 
 
 Doughty, Edward, 193. 
 
 Doughty, Robert, 373 (2)- 
 
 Doughty, Thomas, 373 (2). 
 
 Dover, 6, 8, 130, 205, 213 ; the Company's 
 Agent at, see JDelabar, Vincent. 
 
 Doves, Captain, 175. 
 
 Doves, Mrs., 335. 
 
 Downing, Sir George, Ambassador at the 
 Hague, xxii n., xli, 206, 207, 272, 296: 
 letters to, xxv, xxxiv, xli, 123-4, 220-3, 
 282, 297, 351, 361, 363-5. 368; letters 
 from, 176, 226, 236-7, 352-3; to ne- 
 gotiate for reparation and satisfaction 
 from the Dutch, xii, xxvii, xxviii, xxxv, 
 ^ 215, 260, 268, 273, 274, 301, 348, 353- 
 
 Doyle, Richard, 372. 
 
 Dragon, the, 2, 29, 149, 150 ; commander of, 
 see Beddiford, Nicholas ; molested by the 
 Dutch, 78, 79, 80, 143, 286 ; her charter- 
 party, 130, 131, 132, 133. 
 
 Dragon's blood, 189. 
 
 Draper, Edmund, 15. 
 
 Drax, Colonel James, 20, 112, 264, 374; 
 elected a Committee, 23, 104, 110; 
 knighted, 23 n. 
 
 Drax, William, 374. 
 
 Drugs, 134, 290, 311. 
 
 Duke, George, 68. 
 
 Dimhurgh, the, 79. 
 
 Duncan, Andrew, 374. 
 
 Dungarees. See Cotton goods. 
 
 Dunkin, Michael, cashier to the Company, 
 371. 3735 entertainment and salary, 2t„ 
 113, 201, 311. 
 
 Dunkirk, the, 169, 197 ; commander of, see 
 Browne, Arnold; men serving in, 170, 
 183, 340; stock, etc., shipped in, 186, 268, 
 
 330. 340, 345- 
 
 Dunstar, Giles, 371, 
 
 Duppa, James, 15. 
 
 Dutch, the {see also Holland and States- 
 General), blockade Bantam, xii, 2, 4 ; 
 wrongs and injuries done the English by, 
 xl, xli, 18. 57-61, 64, 65, 69-71, 76-80, 82, 
 83, 93. 102, 125. 12-16,327,346,347,351; 
 report concerning, 77-80 ; reparation and 
 satisfaction to be procured from, xi, xii, 
 12, 18, 32, 40, 41, 65, 76, 85, 93, 98, 111, 
 123, 125, 140, 141, 180, 191, 215, 218 (2), 
 268, 273, 274, 324, 328 ; particulars of, 
 142-3 ; committee to negotiate concern- 
 ing, 144, 218, 226, 231, 236, 257, 266, 272, 
 279, 301, 316, 323, 343 ; intrusion and 
 abuses at Pulo Run, 48, 58, 71, 87, 100, 
 241, 242 ; refusal to deliver, xxxiii, 86, 
 87, 95-7, loi, 102, 127, 191, 211, 212, 217, 
 218, 226, 265, 325, 347 ; desire to lease or 
 buy, xxxv, 224, 225, 229. 230 ; treaties 
 between the English and, iv, xiv, xv, 
 xxiv, xxvii, xxviii, xxxv, 58, 59, 62, 65, 
 69, 76, 87, 93, 96, 97, 108, 123, 124-7, 138, 
 140, 145, 195, 206, 207, 211, 212, 215-20, 
 222, 225, 226, 227, 229, 230-3, 237, 251-3, 
 266, 280, 283, 288, 289, 297, 326, 353 ; 
 Ambassadors, negotiations with, x, xi, 
 xxiii, xxiv, xxviii, 51, 52, 62-4, 76, 82, 84, 
 85, 87. 93. 95-7, 99-102, 108, ni, 123-5,
 
 384 
 
 COURT MINUTES, ETC. 
 
 i?6, 141. 178, 206; letters to, 52, 53, 93-4 ; 
 letters from, 84, 95-7, 101, 107-8, 206-7, 
 233 ; memorials from, 85, 88, loi, 102. 
 231-2 ; English Company's answer and 
 remonstrance to, 86, 217 ; Proposals of, 
 195-6, 206-8, 209-10, 237 ; embassy in 
 China, 66 ; naval preparations by, xvi, 
 76, 82-9, 92, 93 (2), 108, 183-4 ; English 
 ships molested by, xi, xii, xxvi, xl, xlii, 
 64 {2), 65, 70, 77-80, 142, 286, 326, 327, 
 353, 368 ; endeavour to engross trade in the 
 East, XV, xxviii, 57, 58, 65, 69, 70, 83, 84, 
 86, 92, 115-16, 126, 227,228,230,241,242, 
 256, 265, 324-7, 344, 346. 347 ; corrupt 
 two members of the English Company, 
 too ; report of the taking of Goa by, 147 ; 
 satisfaction demanded by the Earl of 
 Anglesey and others from, 177-8; Direc- 
 tors sued by Sir Paul Pindar, xxvi, 222 ; 
 their castle near Fort Kormantine, 251 ; 
 demands of the English Company for 
 losses sustained from, 286-7 > Cranganur 
 taken by, xl, 298 ; Cochin besieged by, xl, 
 xli, 298 ; agreement with the King of, 327, 
 364 ; narrative of abuses offered by, 325-8 : 
 endeavour to engross trade in all Spanish 
 dominions, 344, 346 ; applied to by 
 Skinner, 349, 357. 
 
 Dutties. See Cotton goods. 
 
 Button, Jane, 170. 
 
 Dutton, Captain John, xxxvii, 72, 170, 190, 
 281, 311, 328; Governor of Pulo Run, 
 xiii, xvii, 190; protests at the non-delivery 
 of, 190-1 ; nominated with others to 
 receive possession of, 293. 
 
 Dyer, Francis, 272. 
 
 Eagle, the, iii, xxxi, 129, 191, 219, 257, 308 ; 
 commander of, see Ryckman ; goods, etc.. 
 shipped in, 12, 13. 120, 244, 255, 257, 304, 
 339 ; payment to her owners, 229, 275 ; 
 men deceased in, 243, 244 ; dispute concern - 
 ing, referred to arbitration, 260, 291, 295. 
 
 Eameing, Anthony, 189. 
 
 East, — , 170. 
 
 East, William, 370. 
 
 East India Company (see also Fourth 
 Joint Stock, New General Stock, and 
 United Joint Stock) : Governor, see 
 Andrews, Chambrelan, and Riccard ; 
 Deputy-Governor, see Chambrelan, Ken- 
 dall, Riccard, and Ryder ; Accountant, 
 see Sambrooke, Jeremy ; Auditor, see 
 Marston, William ; Beadle, see Spiller 
 and Harris ; Cashier, see Dunkin, Michael ; 
 Husband, see Seaborne and Sprigg ; 
 Proctor, see Arnold, Edmund ; Secretary, 
 see Stanyan, John ; SoUcitor, see Acton, 
 James ; Surgeon, see Boone, Henry ; 
 petitions of : concerning exportation of j 
 
 coin and bullion, iv, xviii, 4, 39, 41, 172 ; 
 its charter. i6-r7 n., 30, 32, S3> 34 (2), 38, 
 115, 124-7; customs, 28, 234, 303-4; 
 reparation from the Dutch, 32, 40-1, 76, 
 140-1, 190, 196, 197-8, 266, 324-5 ; Pulo 
 Run, 46, 47-9, 82-3, 211-12, 226-8, 280, 
 324-5 ; its trade, 56, 56-60, 163-4, 166, 
 167, r73, 320, 343-4; Guinea, xxxi, 202 
 (3), 233-4; Matthew Andrews, 228,233-4; 
 Thomas Skinner, xlv, 309, 342-3 ; orders 
 of, 238, 274, 294, 298, 317, 318, 351, 355 ; 
 concerning securities, 22, 75 ; ships, xlv, 
 30, 61, 85, 174, 177, 216, 244, 249, 273, 
 298, 359 ; debts, 45, 46, 176, 194, 256, 257, 
 264, 277, 281, 296, 304, 316, 321, 3^:^, 345, 
 35°> 352 ; private trade, 89, 167, 173, 205, 
 249> 257,. .287, 306, 317, 323, 334, 367 ; 
 votes, xviii, xix, xxxvii, 106, 306 ; sale of 
 goods, 130, 131, 134-6, 239, 240, 256, 290, 
 295, 297, 305, 308, 331, 332, 334, 335 ; 
 secrecy enjoined by, 15, 94, 117, 118, t22 ; 
 address and plate presented to the King 
 from, iv, v, vii, 18, 19, 21, 23 «., 32, 36, 
 123; letters from: to its Agents, passim; 
 to the Dutch East India Company, 18, 37, 
 44, 46 ; to the Dutch Ambassadors, 52, 
 53 ; to the Duke of York, 260-3 ; to the 
 King of Bantam, 322 ; letters to, 49, 51, 
 76, 89, 183-4, 258-9 ; oath to be taken by 
 members of, 19, 21, 98, 105, no, in, 113, 
 117,118,131, 132; money to be taken up 
 at interest for, 28 ; present to be given 
 the Duke of York from, vii, 31, 32, 37 ; 
 desires orders from the Dutch for the de- 
 livery of Pulo Run, xiii, xvi, 37, 54, 55, 97, 
 282 ; commission under its seal for taking 
 possession of, xxxv, 292 (2), 293 ; royal 
 commission obtained for delivery of, 46-9, 
 52, 53. 63-5, 72-4, 82, 87, 97, 100, loi, 112, 
 127 ; Representation to the Privy Council 
 concerning, 347-8 ; resolves not to give 
 up, xxxv, 229 ; additional powers, etc., 
 desired by, vii, xviii, 28, 30, 32, 38, 115, 
 121 ; Attorney-General's report on, 88, 
 115; particulars of, 38-40 ; its charters 
 referred to, vii, xviii, xix, 38, 48, 49, 76, 
 83, 88, 98, 104, 107, 109, no, 112, 118, 
 
 121-5, 148, 154, 163-4, 172, 175. 245,358 ; 
 
 new charter granted by Charles II to, vii, 
 xviii, xix, 104-7, i°9> i^o j bill to confirm, 
 xix, 113, 115-16; its seal, 39, 105, 164,189, 
 218, 307, 341, 345, 366, 368, 369 ; wrongs 
 and injuries sustained from the Dutch, see 
 Dutch, the ; Counsel's advice to be taken 
 concerning, 289, 346-7 ; desires addressed 
 to the Lords Commissioners appointed to 
 treat with the Dutch, 86-8 ; suggested 
 private agreement with the Dutch Com- 
 pany, xxxiv, xxxv, 204 ; demands for 
 losses sustained from the Dutch Company,
 
 INDEX 
 
 385 
 
 2S6-7 ; narrative of abuses, etc., offered 
 by the Dutch to, 324-8 ; Christmas and 
 other charities given by, 61, 166, 281, 367 ; 
 proposals made to, 66-7 : its mark, 67 ; 
 engages to import the same amount of 
 money as it exports, 112, 162 ; rewards 
 for services given by, xxix, 99, 113, 117, 
 137, 166, 226, 264, 265, 266, 299, 301, 305, 
 306 (2), 313, 315. 340, 341 ; estimate to 
 be made of the estate of, 131 (2), 360 ; to 
 assist in victualling the King's ships 
 designed for Bombay, xxii, xxiii, 134, 137, 
 162, 163, 164, 196, 197, 238 ; its opinion 
 concerning their sailing, 147-8 ; answer 
 to Thomas Skinner's articles, xliv, 154-7 ; 
 his frivolous pretences against, 245-8, 268, 
 275, 276 ; Committees to settle, 289 ; re- 
 ferred to the Privy Council, 335, 342, 343, 
 344, 350 ; the case between him and, 348- 
 9 ; resolution of the referees in, 354 ; the 
 Company's answer to, 357-8 ; scandalous 
 pamphlet regarding, 179-81 ; allow- 
 ances to be given to all Governors and 
 Deputy-Governors of, xxx, 200, 305, 306 
 (2) ; loans to the King from, xxx, 197, 
 205, 208, 212, 223, 225, 226 ; book pre- 
 sented to, 236 ; suggested investment in, 
 239-40 ; proposals touching Fort Kor- 
 mantine made by, xxxi, 250-1, 258, 300, 
 337 ; resolves to withdraw from Guinea, 
 xxxi, 259, 300, 337 ; articles of agree- 
 ment between the Royal African 
 Company and, xxxii, 263-4, 338-9, 366 ; 
 requests to the Royal Company from, 
 284-5, 286 ; iron, etc., to be sold to, 
 by, 295, 296 (2), 299 ; articles of 
 confederacy against, xlv, 272-3, 276, 
 277, 279 ; its desire for a commission to 
 examine witnesses in the East, 276 {2), 
 277, 295, 298 ; list of goods permitted or 
 prohibited by, 278, 294 ; warrant from 
 the Duke of York to, 321 ; its books to be 
 examined, 335 ; its complaints against 
 and desires touching the Post Office, xlv, 
 339, 340, 355 ; its house, see East India 
 House. 
 
 East India House, 265 ; lease and rent of, 
 V, vi, 24, 25, 52, 54, 74, 81 ; to be de- 
 corated for the coronation, xx, 103 ; 
 repairs to, 119, 217 ; chairs for, 239. 
 
 East India Merchant, the, iii, xx, xxxvi, 177, 
 188, 201, 238, 281 ; commander of, see 
 Porter, William ; stock, etc., shipped in, 
 134, 135. 138, 159. 172, 185, 205, 245, 
 273-5, 281, 285, 287 ; payment to her 
 owners, 139, 140, 142, 279 ; dispute con- 
 cerning, referred to arbitration, 142, 165, 
 174 ; men and passengers in, 166, 280, 285. 
 
 Ebony wood, 223. 
 
 Eckbarrees. See Cotton goods. 
 2482 
 
 Edmonds, Joseph, 370. 
 
 Edwards, Daniel, 104. 
 
 Edwards, James, 24, 359, 374 (2). 
 
 Edwards, John, 148, 236, 243. 
 
 Edwards, Thomas, 374. 
 
 Egmont, Captain, commander of the George 
 
 and Martha, 235. 
 Elderton, John, 356. 
 Elephants' teeth (ivory), 37, 249, 250, 261, 
 
 279. 293. 316. 
 Ehzabeth, Queen, 38, 115. 
 EUiott, Captain, 272. 
 Ellis, John, 89. 
 Elloby, Francis, 158, 163, 170, 193; his 
 
 private trade, 187, 189, 191. 
 Ellors, Christopher, powdermaker, 276, 281, 
 
 302, 335; 
 Ellowes, Sir Gervase, 160. 
 Ellowes, Robert, 145, 160, 167. 
 Elmes, Devereux, 117. 
 Elpicke, George, 91. 
 Emerson, John, 75, 293. 
 Endymion, the, 77, 79, 142, 286 n. 
 England, Benjamin, 369. 
 Erith, 67, 281. 
 Escombe, Roger, 369. 
 Evans, John, 367. 
 Everson, Joas, 7, 9. 
 Exchange, the. See Royal Exchange. 
 Exchequer, the, 104, 242, 249, 307, 368 ; 
 
 Chancellor of, see Cooper, Lord Ashley ; 
 
 Counsel for, 332. 
 Excise Office, 36. 
 Exton, Dr. John, 290 ; petition referred to, 
 
 41 ; report on by, 77-80. 
 Eyton, Sir John. See Aytoun. 
 
 Fairecloth, Humphrey, 345. 
 
 Faldoe, William, 355, 363, 366. 
 
 Falmouth, 68, 72, 315, 316. 
 
 Fanshaw, Sir Richard. Ambassador to 
 Spain, xxxviii, xxxix, xUi, 343, 350. 
 
 Farrer, Francis, 296, 297. 
 
 Farrer, William, 297. 
 
 Farrington, Thomas, 299. 
 
 Farvax, Daniel, 13. 
 
 Feild, John, 121. 
 
 Fenn, Robert, 373. 
 
 Ferris, — , 213. 
 
 Finch, Sir Heneage, Solicitor-General, 38, 
 115, 116, 355. 
 
 Finch, William, 23, 54, 184, 301 (2), 356. 
 
 Fincham, Simeon, 371 (2). 
 
 Fines, 105, 165, 267, 340, 350, 365 ; for ad- 
 mission to the freedom of the Company, 
 7, 13, 26, 30, 114, 216, 290, 332 ; for 
 disorder at Court meetings, 240, 241 ; for 
 private trading, passim. 
 
 Fisher, Captain Robert, 219, 294. 
 
 Flattman, — , 345. 
 
 C C
 
 386 
 
 COURT MINUTES, ETC. 
 
 Fleet, Captain Thomas, 27, 28, 42. 
 
 Fleetwood. Robert, 145, 163, 167. 
 
 Fleming, Henry. 370. 
 
 Fletcher, Richard, 163, 170. 
 
 Florence. 65 ; Duke of, 22S. 
 
 Flower. Stephen, 171. 
 
 Foot, Helen, 370. 
 
 Foot, Samuel, 370 (4). 
 
 Foot, Alderman Sir Thomas, 22. 
 
 Ford, Sir Richard, 89, 91, 135, 241. 258, 279, 
 310,312,331.371 ; accepted as security, 4, 
 62 : elected a Committee, 23, 104, 1 10, 200 ; 
 knighted, 23 «. ; joint petition of, xi, 26, 
 64; servicesrequiredof,xxxiv, 31,49, 117, 
 128, 167, 172, 176, 183, 204, 212, 213, 216, 
 226, 231, 262, 302, 330 ; reports made by, 
 52, 65, 66, 85, 94, 99, III, 117, 129, 134, 
 282 ; letter from. 83-4, 132 ; paper in 
 vindication of the Company by, 179, 180-1. 
 
 Forrester, John, 318, 322. 
 
 Forth. Hugh, 13, 14, 16, 17, 22. 
 
 Fort Kormantine, 18, 139, 202, 235, 273, 
 338 ; proposals touching, 250-1, 260-2 ; 
 Company's resolve to give up, 263, 264, 
 284, 285, 287, 300, 338 ; goods to be sent 
 to, 200, 264. 
 
 Fort St. George, 29, 68, 165, 298, 351 ; seat 
 of the agency for the Coast and Bay to be 
 at, vii, 62 ; factors and others at and for, 
 74, 121, 132, 136, 182, 360 (2), 361, 362 ; 
 minister at, 255, 296 ; Agent at, see 
 Chamber, Thomas. See also Madras. 
 
 Foster, Francis, 293. 
 
 Foster, William, 92. 
 
 Fotherby, James, 370. 
 
 Fourth Joint Stock, the, meeting of trustees 
 for, xliv, 24, 118, 313-15 ; debts owing to, 
 xliii, xHv, 186, 313, 314 ; warrants for 
 payment to, xUv, 194-5, 240, 315. 
 
 Fowke. Francis, 370. 
 
 Fox, Thomas, 352. 
 
 Foxwell, Philip, 117, iig. 
 
 Franciae, Rodrigues, 182. 
 
 Francis, the, 123. 
 
 Francis, Edward, 244. 
 
 Francis, Richard, 145, 168. 
 
 Frankincense, 278. 
 
 Francklyn, John, 270. 
 
 Frederick, Sir John, Lord Mayor, 23 n., 179, 
 ^^^ ; elected a Committee, 23, 104. 
 
 Frederick, the, 123. 
 
 Gabun river, 205. 
 Gallway, Jeremy, 239. 
 Gambia, 138, 139. 
 Gamboge, 278. 
 Ganges, the, 273, 291. 
 Gardiner, Christopher, 92. 
 Gardiner, John, 25. 
 Garry, Henry, 30, 109. 
 
 Garway, John, 45. 
 
 Garway, Thomas, 45. 
 
 Garway, William, 341, 
 
 Genoa, 228, 233, 236, 332, 369. 
 
 George and Martha, the, commander of, see 
 
 Egmont ; goes for Guinea, xxi, 209, 216, 
 
 234. 235. 
 Gerbier, Sir Balthazar, 66. 
 Germany, 242. 
 Gerrad, John, 77. 
 Gerrard, Isaac, 371. 
 Gey, Leonard, 272. 
 Gibbon, George, 189. 
 Gibbon, Hamon, i68, 293. 
 Gifford, George, 372. 
 Gifford, John, 123. 
 Gifford, Philip, 167. 
 Ginger, 14, 22, 38, 43, 176, 187, 189. 191, 241, 
 
 243, 278, 309, 334 ; presented to Charles II 
 
 by the King of Bantam, 241, 258, 262, 272, 
 
 279. 
 Ginghams. See Cotton goods. 
 Girdio, Thomas, 272. 
 Glanvile, Benjamin, 29, 310. 
 Glascocke, John, 371. 
 Goa, xxvi, 298 ; Governor of, see De Mello 
 
 de Castro ; Dutch designs and aggression 
 
 against, xvi, xviii, 58, 70, 79, 83, 89, 147. 
 Goats' wool, 43, 243, 257, 283, 287, 307, 309, 
 
 334. 
 Godfrey, John, 103. 
 Godfrey, Michael, 12, 13. 
 Godscall, John, 81, 370, 372. 
 Godsfreight, George, 45, 310, 370. 
 Golconda, 57. 
 Gold, 35, 56. 61, 106, 161, 327, 345 ; from 
 
 Guinea, viii, 97, 146, 147, 202, 203, 238, 
 
 250, 261, 284, 287, 337, 339 ; distribution 
 
 of, 113, 117; for India, 130, 275, 334; 
 
 price of, 261, 284, 287, 338, 339 ; seizure 
 
 of, 307, 321 ; payments in, 357, 360 ; 
 
 chicqueenes of, 363. 
 Gold Coast. See Guinea. 
 Gold, John, 20, 43, 45. 
 Gold, Thomas, 135, 176, 295. 
 Goldsmith, Charles, 287. 
 Gombroon. 3, 20, 36, 57, 270 ; factory at, 
 
 44 ; customs at, xxxvi, xxxvii, 2, 3, 44, 
 
 188, 302, 303, 304 (2), 308 ; letter from. 
 
 366. 
 Good Hope, the, xxxvi, 172, 182, 330, 341, 
 
 350; commander oi,see Browne, Zachary ; 
 
 stock, etc., to be shipped in. 169, 177, 179, 
 
 323 ; passengers in, xxi, 167. 
 Good. Mrs.. 244. 
 Goodlad, Richard, 163, 166, 199. 
 Goodyear, John, 167, 192. 
 Goordas, Deoldas, 238. 
 Gosnall, Captain John, commander of the 
 
 Discovery, 82, 191, 342.
 
 INDEX 
 
 387 
 
 Gosnell, James, 9. 
 
 Gostlin, Jacob, 37. 
 
 Goubard, David, 221 (3), 222. 
 
 Gough, William, 370. 
 
 Graves, John, 372. 
 
 Graves, William, 34, 281. 
 
 Gravesend, 13, 168, 192, 216, 235, 281, 367. 
 
 Green, James, 68, 112, 119. 
 
 Green, Thomas, 161, 337. 
 
 Greenway, Thomas, 46. 
 
 Grenville, John, Earl of Bath, joint petition 
 of, xxxii, xxxiii. 241-3, 259, 260. 
 
 Greyhound, the, 169, 171, 331, 342. 
 
 Griffith, Thomas. 371. 
 
 Grigsby, Alexander, 363. 
 
 Grotius (or De Groot), Hugo, 49, 
 
 Grove, Edmund, 60-1, 93. 
 
 Guilders, 221, 222. 
 
 Guinea, i, 34, 97, 139. 142, 171, 192, 322, 
 334 ; Agent at, see Chappell and Young ; 
 goods and ships for, iii, viii, xx, xxi, i, 4, 
 1, 10, 15, 33, 2,(>^ 31, 44» 50. 51- 76, 1 12-14, 
 121, 123, 146, 200, 205 {2), 209, 213, 220, 
 235, 238, 239, 244, 263, 264, 267 ; men 
 entertained for, 4, 5, 9, 25, 29, 34, 45, 51, 
 117, 118, 121, 146, 213, 256, 272, 284, 329, 
 337> 34S> 356? 360 ; deceased at, 103, 109, 
 351, 355, 363 ; satisfaction to be demand- 
 ed for damage done by the Dutch at, 12, 
 61 n., 78, 79, 143, 190 ; trade at, and rights 
 of Sir Nicholas Crispe concerning, viii, 
 xxxi, 42, 138, 202, 239, 249, 254, 257, 273, 
 284, 353 ; the Company's estate to be 
 withdrawn from, xxxi, xxxii, 239, 259, 
 262, 263, 284, 285, 335, 337 ; proposals to 
 the Royal Company concerning, 250, 258 ; 
 gold, etc., from, viii, 97, 135, 146, 147, 
 202-4, 238, 251, 261, 274, 284, 337-41. 
 
 Guns, 286, 293, 295, 300, 303 n., 319. 
 
 Gumey, John, 15, 181, 361, 365, 366. 
 
 Hagget, Paul, 307. 
 
 Hague, The. 65, 207, 208, 220, 224, 225, 237 ; 
 
 Ambassador at, see Downing, Sir George. 
 Halford, Edward, 299. 
 Hall, Edward, 374. 
 Hall, Joseph, 371. 
 Hall, Thomas, 28, 272, 
 Halley, Edmond, 372. 
 Hallworthy, Matthew, 44, 359. 
 Hallworthy, Richard, 53, 133, 249. 
 Halsted, Matthias, 133, 160. 
 Hampson, Henry, 161, 279. 
 Hampton Court, 127, 238, 242. 
 Happy Entrance, the, xliii, 350, 355, 362, 363, 
 
 365, 366. 
 Harbert (or Herbert), John, 160, 304, 311 ; 
 
 entertainment and salary, 23, 113,201,311, 
 Harby, Dame, 314 (2). 
 Harby.Sir Job, 314(3). 
 
 Hardres, Richard, 189, 298, 299. 
 
 Hargrave, Captain William, 130, 138, 254, 
 255 ; commander of the Converiine, 163, 
 169, 170. 
 
 Harington. John, 363. 
 
 Harman, Thomas, 272. 
 
 Harrington, Thomas, 296, 299. 
 
 Harris, Charles, 120, 122. 
 
 Harris, Edward, 145. 
 
 Harris, George, 117, 120, 122. 
 
 Harris, John, 37, 374. 
 
 Harris, Richard, purser, 115, 170. 
 
 Harris, Richard, assistant-cashier, house- 
 keeper, and beadle ; entertainment and 
 salary, 23, 113, 129, 168(2), 201, 311. 
 
 Harris, Samuel, 16, 23. 
 
 Harris, — , mate in the Restoration, 191. 
 
 Harrison, Edmond, 370. 
 
 Harrison, Elizabeth, 166, 182, 223. 
 
 Harrison, John, 264, 373. 
 
 Harrison, John (a youth), 319. 
 
 Harrison, Sir John, 314 (4), 366. 
 
 Hart, Charles, 170. 
 
 Hart, John, 159, 163, 170, 178, 180. 
 
 Hartzing, Karel, 144. 
 
 Harvey, Tobias, 372. 
 
 Harwood, William, 50. 
 
 Haslewood, Thomas, 145, 167. 
 
 Haslock, Elizabeth, 191. 
 
 Hastaerd, Jacob, 368. 
 
 Hatch, John, 372. 
 
 Hatton, Thomas, 45, 147. 
 
 Haward, John, 21. 
 
 Hayes, Widow, 313, 
 
 Heath, WiUiam, 170. 
 
 Heatley, Thomas, 359. 
 
 Hedge, Samuel, 45. 
 
 Henry Bonaventure, the, 237, 251 ; compen- 
 sation demanded on account of, xxvi, xlii, 
 215.220,221,353. 
 
 Heraldry, Book on, 172. 
 
 Herbert, William, Earl of Pembroke, 49. 
 
 Heme, Nathaniel, 22, 50, 89, 370, 373. 
 
 Herrick, Nicholas, 51, 117, 120, 254. 
 
 Herring, Nathaniel, 371. 
 
 Herris, Edward, 146. 
 
 Herris, Edward, Junior, 146, 167. 
 
 Hewling, Benjamin, 356, 370, 371. 
 
 Heycocke, Humphrey, 371. 
 
 Higginson, Samuel, 323 (2), 324. 
 
 Hill, Abraham, 373 (2). 
 
 Hill, James, 49, 108, 298. 
 
 Hill, John, 371. 
 
 Hill, Richard, 373. 
 
 Hill, Rowland, 372. 
 
 Hill, Thomas, 373. 
 
 Hiller, Richard, 373, 374. 
 
 Hitchcock, Elizabeth, 372. 
 
 Hobby, Elizabeth, 373. 
 
 Hobby, John, 373, 374 (3). 
 
 C C 2
 
 388 
 
 COURT MINUTES. ETC. 
 
 Holder, John, 368. 
 
 Holland, 9. 79, 205, 317, 336, 369 ; the Com- 
 pany's disputes with, ix, xvii, 197, 198; 
 peace concluded between Portugal and, 
 xxiii ; advices received from, 172, 231 ; 
 importation of spice forbidden from, ix, 
 xxxii. 242, 243, 256. 
 
 Holland, James, 371. 
 
 Holies, Denzil, Lord, xi, 94, 169. 
 
 Holies, Gervase, Master of Requests, 61, 335. 
 
 Holmes, Captain Robert, 139 n. 
 
 Hooker, William, 45, 103, 374. 
 
 Hooper, John, 373 (2). 
 
 Hopewell, the, commander of, see Snow, 
 James ; molested by the Dutch, xl, xlii, 
 326, 327, 353, 363, 368. 
 
 Hopkins, John, 145, 167. 
 
 Hopkins, Thomas, 136, 352. 
 
 Hopkinson, Thomas, 32. 
 
 Hopper, Robert. 20, 145, 158, 163, 168, 175, 
 
 293- 
 
 Hopper, Simon, 158. 
 
 Hords, Richard, 175. 
 
 Host, Derrick, 374. 
 
 Houblon, James, Junior, 373. 
 
 How, Daniel, 315. 
 
 Howard, Gershom, 360. 
 
 Howard, John, 14. 
 
 Howell, — , 262. 
 
 Huchinson, — , 310. 
 
 Hughes, Frances, 120. 
 
 Hughes, George, 117,1 20. 
 
 Hugh, 30, 136, 160. 
 
 Hull, William. 74, 75. 
 
 Huls, John, 84. 
 
 Humble, Sir William, 175. 
 
 Humphrie, Pharo, 340. 
 
 Hungerford, Captain, 196. 
 
 Hunlock, Mary, 348. 
 
 Hunter, Henry, 43, 205, 372. 
 
 Hunter, Henry, Junior, 43. 
 
 Hunter, Captain John, Agent at Bantam, 43, 
 44, 75, 90, 175 ; protests at the non- 
 deUvery of Pulo Run, xxxiii, 190-1 ; 
 deputed to receive possession of, xvii, 
 XXXV, 293 ; to be sent home, xxxvii, 
 xxxviii, 321. 
 
 Hunter, John, Junior, 175, 179, 293, 321. 
 
 Hunter, Thomas, 293, 321. 
 
 Hurt, William, 329. 
 
 Hussie, Thomas, 372. 
 
 Hutchinson, Richard, 321. 
 
 Hutchinson, Samuel, 81. 
 
 Hyde, Sir Edward, Earl of Clarendon, Lord 
 High Chancellor, xxxix, 74, 271 ; Lister's 
 Life of, xin., xxii, xxv, xxvi«., xxxiv, xli, 
 xlii ; to be consulted, xxxiv. xii, 146, 185, 
 204, 231, 241 ; his suggestion concerning 
 Bombay, xxii, X34, 135, 137, 138^ 139; 
 Dutch Ambassadors confer with, 206, 207, 
 
 210 ; petitions referred to. xxxvii, 242, 
 306, 328. 
 Hynmers, Joseph, 341. 
 
 Indigo, reference to and sale of, passim ; 
 from Lahore, 14, 27, 43, 51, 95, 103, 187, 
 296 ; from Sarkhej, 14, 27, 43, 103, 296 ; 
 shirts, 43, 103. 
 
 Indrapura. xi, 70. 
 
 Ingram, Arthur, 200, 307, 373. 
 
 Ingram, Robert, 373. 
 
 Ireton, Henry, 27 «. 
 
 Ireton, John, 26, 27. 
 
 Iron, 281, 296 (2), 304, sss> 337. 338. 
 
 Ironside, Samuel, 373. 
 
 Isaackson, the Rev. William, 132. 
 
 Ispahan, 3. 
 
 Italy, 163. 
 
 Jackson, Philip, 373. 
 
 Jackson, Robert, 329. 
 
 Jacob, — , 104. 
 
 Jacob, Sir John, 97, 219, 314 (4), 366. 
 
 Jakatra, 58. 
 
 Jamaica, i86, 268. 
 
 Jambi, 153, 247, 271, 35S ; ships and stock 
 at and for, 5, 7, 77, 80, 149, 169, 275, 348 ; 
 pepper from, 14, 27, 43, 135, 187. 243, 334 ; 
 King of, 57, 157 ; appHed to concerning 
 Thomas Skinner, 149, 151, 152, 155, 156, 
 246, 248, 348, 349 ; grants him the island 
 of Berhala, xliv, 149, 277 ; aggression of 
 the Dutch at, 58, 77, 78, 79, 143, 157, 286, 
 349 ; factors deceased at, 216, 249 ; Chief 
 at, see Dacres, Henry. 
 
 James I, xxv, 38, 48, 60, 116. 
 
 James, Thomas, 340. 
 
 James and Henry, the, 340. 
 
 Japan, 57, 227, 323, 355. 
 
 Japara, 71. 
 
 Japikse, Dr. Nicholas, ix, xiii, xvi «,, xviii, 
 xxii, xxiv, xxix. 
 
 Java, 57. 
 
 Jearsey, William, 136. 
 
 Jegon, Philip, 22. 
 
 Jennings, Robert, 90, 293. 
 
 Jennings, WiUiam, 336. 
 
 Jesson, John, 9, 10, 168. 
 
 Jesson. William, 9, 168. 
 
 Jewel House, the, xxxvi, 328. 
 
 Jewels, 130, 151, 152, 153, 225. 
 
 Johanna, 147, 285. 
 
 John, the, 123. 
 
 John Henrickson Prunck, the, 15, 16, 24. 
 
 Johnes, John, 122. 
 
 Johnson, Henry, 34, 34 «., 119, 285. 
 
 Johnson, Ralph, 22, 109. 
 
 Johnson, William, 136, 171. 
 
 Johor, 157. 
 
 JoUife, John, 29, 256 ; elected a Committee,
 
 INDEX 
 
 3«9 
 
 23, 105, 1 10; 200, 307; accepted as 
 security, 29, 45, 90. 130 ; services required 
 of, 257, 276, 290, 300, 336, 352 ; payment 
 to, 214,330,331. 
 
 JoUife, William, 29. 
 
 Jones, Christian, 181. 
 
 Jones, Edward, 324. 
 
 Jones. Hackett, 145, 163, 167. 
 
 Jones, Jeremy, 161. 
 
 Jones, Peter, 163. 
 
 Jones, Richard, 122, 163. 
 
 Jones, William, 145, 161, 168. 
 
 Jordan, John, 170. 
 
 Juxon, Nicholas, 374. 
 
 Juxon, Thomas, 374. 
 
 Karwar, xl, xli, 44, 364. 
 
 ' Kastapores ', 135. 
 
 Katherine, the. See Royal Katherine. 
 
 Kayal, 188, 351 ; factory at, xl, 44 m., 326, 
 327 ; cloth from, 187, 309, 363. 
 
 Kayavero Berbanza, 156, 246. 
 
 Keep, Charles, 332. 
 
 Kelsey, Thomas, 370. 
 
 Kendall, Thomas, 32, 307 ; elected a Com- 
 mittee, 23, 105, no, 200 ; services re- 
 quired of, 257, 292, 340, 342, 352 (2), 356 ; 
 chosen Deputy-Governor, xxxvii, 305,306. 
 
 Kenicker, a Dutchman, 156. 
 
 Ken, Jonathan, 136. 
 
 Kenn, John, 12. 
 
 Kenniston, — , 366. 
 
 Kennon, William, 244. 
 
 Kerby, Alice, 243. 
 
 Kerebauds. See Cotton goods. 
 
 ' Kettles, driveing ', 205, 235. 
 
 Khanders, 135. 
 
 Kiffen, William, 370. 
 
 Kilvert, Captain Roger, commander of the 
 Concord, 310, 323. 
 
 King, Alderman Thomas, 244, 328, 348, 355, 
 369 ; offers the Richard and Alary for 
 Surat, 133, 158, 345 ; pepper bought by, 
 2i8, 258, 291, 305, 307, 308 (2), 318, 319. 
 
 King Farnando, the, 146. 
 
 Kirby, Captain, 257. 
 
 Knight, Francis, 209. 
 
 Knives, 114, 117, 205 {2). 
 
 Knott, John, 75, 293. 
 
 Knox, Abigail, 353. 
 
 Knox, Captain, 353. 
 
 Kyrne, Caleb, 269, 271. 
 
 Lac, 46, 278 ; seed-lac, shell-lac, and stick- 
 lac, 43. 153, 243, 305, 307, 309, 334, 351, 
 359. 360, 367. 
 
 Lace, gold and silver, 7. 
 
 Lahore, indigo from, 14, 27, 43, 51, 95, 103, 
 187, 296. 
 
 Lambton, John, 265, 324 «., 330. 
 
 Lambton, Lady, 324. 
 
 Lambton, Ralph, 10, 324 «., 330. 
 
 Lambton, Richard, 11, 324 «., 330. 
 
 Lampsins, Messieurs, 30. 
 
 Lancaster, Captain Thomas, 112, 119, 
 
 Langford, Mrs.. 346. 
 
 Langham, Sir John, 52, 255, 305. 
 
 Langham, — , 173. 
 
 Langham, Stephen, 200, 373. 
 
 Langley, John, 12, 16, 45, 359. 
 
 Langley, Richard, 216. 
 
 Lanoy, — , 290. 
 
 Lant, Robert, 163 ; elected a Committee, 
 
 no, 200, 307. 
 Lant, Thomas, 374. 
 Lant, WiUiam, 374. 
 Lantore, 71. 
 Lanyon, John, 10. 
 Lanyon, Laurence, 9, 10, 12. 
 Lapis, 278, 309. 
 Latham, Hamlet, 12. 
 Lasheer, Nicholas, 311. 
 Latton, John, 121, 167. 
 Latton, Nathaniel, 373 (2), 374. 
 Launce, John, Agent for the Company at 
 Marseilles, letters to, 3, 20, 35, 45. 129, 
 238, 248, 257, 258, 260, 274, 331, 354. 
 Laurence, Amy, 373. 
 Laurence, Nicholas, 371, 374. 
 Lawson, John, 50. 
 Lead, 46, 54, 81, 90, 275, 285, 287, 292, 293, 
 
 296. 313, 2,3,3, 338. 
 
 Leadenhall, warehouses at, rented by 
 
 Christ's Hospital, 2, 7, 19, 20, 167, 268 ; 
 
 hired by the Company, 166, 277, 294, 299. 
 
 Leaver, Thomas, i49-53> 246, 247, 255 ; 
 
 deceased, 216, 241, 249. 
 Leaver, Mrs., 248, 249. 
 Lee, — , 163. 
 Lee, Godfrey, 370, 372. 
 Lee, Nicholas, 315, 316. 
 Lee, Samuel, 373. 
 Lee, Samuel, Junior, 372. 
 Leghorn, 61, 65, 228 ; the Company's Agent 
 
 at, see Dethick, Thomas. 
 Legge, Colonel William. Lieutenant of the 
 
 Ordnance, 259, 262, 268, 271. 
 Leigh, Thomas, 373, 
 Leighton, Sir Ellis, 267, 339. 
 Lenthall, Francis, 272. 
 Lenthall, Sir William. 21. 
 Leopard, the, xxii, xl. 169, 179, 197, 368 ; 
 commander of, see Minors, Richard ; men 
 serving in, 170, 336; munitions, etc., 
 shipped in, 186, 268, 320, 324 ; passengers 
 in, xxiii, 298 ; molested by the Dutch, 
 xli, xlii, 327, T,ST„ 364. 365. 
 L'Escaillot, the Rev. John, 292, 295, 304. 
 Lethulier, John, 30, 45, 254 (2). 
 LethuHer, John, Junior, 374.
 
 390 
 
 COURT MINUTES, ETC. 
 
 I 
 
 Leverctt. John, 371 (2). 
 Lewes, Sir John, 14, 22, 300, 374 ; elected a 
 Committee, 23, 104, 200; to help arbitrate, 
 
 34 -\ 367- 
 Leuis, the, 162. 
 Ley, James, Earl of Marlboroutjh, xxxviii, 
 
 260, 344 : to command the King's ships 
 
 for Bombay, xxiii, xli, 167, 189, 192, 327 : 
 
 committees to confer with, 167, 170, 321. 
 Leyden, 214. 
 
 Limbrey, Captain John, 12, 13, 24. 
 Limbry, John, steward, 163, 170. 
 Limbry, William, 54, 191. 
 Limehouse Dock, 34 «., 132. 
 Lime Street, tenement in, 137. 
 Lingena islands. 157. 
 Lisbon, xxxviii, 182, 211, 298, 342. 
 Littleton, Sir Edward, Courteen's claims 
 
 against the Dutch assigned to Sir Paul 
 
 Pindar and, xxvi, 177, 178, 215. 221. 
 Littleton, Sir Henry, 371 : Tichboume's 
 
 adventure given by the King to, 26, 27, 85, 
 
 104 (2), 108, 109 (2), 360. 
 Lodwick, Francis, 374. 
 Loe, Laurence, 371. 
 
 London, 106, 208, 242 ; Chamber of, 223, 225. 
 London, the, vi, xxxvi, 115, 191, 226, 310, 
 
 315 ; commander of, see Bowen, Robert ; 
 
 men serving in, 30, 48, 54, 317, 319 ; to be 
 
 repaired and fitted, 34, 42, 119, 316; 
 
 passengers in, 35, 91 ; to go to Pulo Run, 
 
 xvii, 35, 347 ; to Surat, 337, 345 : stock, 
 
 etc., shipped in, 63, 81, 108, 109, 112, 
 
 313 {2), 316, 317, 319. 
 Long Acre, 91. 
 Long, Giles, 374. 
 Longcloth. See Cotton goods. 
 Longees. See Cotton goods. 
 Longitude, offer of a true rule for finding, 
 
 xlv, 118. 
 Longman, Captain Richard, 175, 176, 189. 
 Looker, Bridget, calicoes to be dehvered to, 
 
 158, 174, 216,217.335,336. 
 Looker, Captain John, 133, 174. 
 Looking glass, 300. 
 Lord Mayor. See Allen, Sir Thomas, and 
 
 Frederick, Sir John. 
 Lord Treasurer. See Wriothesley, Thomas, 
 
 Earl of Southampton. 
 Lords, House of (see also Parliament), orders 
 
 of, 17 M. 
 Love, the, 254. 316. 
 Love, Alderman William, 91, 119, 135, 146, 
 
 171 ; elected a Committee, 23, 105, no ; 
 
 transfers adventure, 372. 
 Loyal Merchant, the, xvii, xxxi, 74, 291, 292, 
 
 302 ; commander of, see Millett, Nicholas ; 
 
 stock, etc., shipped in, 91, 235, 293 ; men 
 
 serving in, 92, 244 ; the King on board, 
 
 xxxi, 241, 300 ; to go to Surat, xxxvi, 243, 
 
 299, 302 ; her owners. 350 ; payment to, 
 250, 289, 294 ; protest against, 304, 305 ; 
 gold seized aboard, 307, 321. 
 
 Loyal Welcotne, the, 233. 
 
 Loyd, James, 302. 
 
 Lucas, Joanna, 114. 
 
 Lucas, Robert, 132. 
 
 Lucy, Charles, 296, 298. 
 
 Lucy, Lucas, ii, 13, 14, 298. 
 
 Lucy, Thomas, 298. 
 
 Lutton, James, 177. 
 
 Maatzuiker, Joan, Dutch Governor-General 
 at Batavia, xiii, 65, 77, 79, 191 ; order for 
 delivery of Pulo Run desired from, xxxv, 
 37. 46, 47» 211, 282, 283, 289, 325 ; refuses 
 to deliver it up, xxxiii, 217, 325, 347 ; let- 
 ters to, xvii, 54, 55, 87, 100, 141-2, 288, 
 289, 325 ; letters from, 143-4, 211, 212. 
 
 Macao, xxii n., xxvi, xHi, 57, 287. 
 
 Macassar, 15, 71, 174, 246, 277 (2), 280; 
 King of, 57, 71, 319. 
 
 Mace, 14, 178. 189, 227, 242, 268, 277, 278, 
 
 284, 363- 
 
 Mackefield, James, 272. 
 
 Mackerel, the, 319, 328. 
 
 Madagascar, 323 (2), 324, 330, 333. 
 
 Madapollam, 186. 
 
 Madeira, 342. 
 
 Madock, John, the Company's Agent at 
 Plymouth, letters to, 2, 3, 68, 72, 112 ; 
 gratuity given to, 91. 
 
 Madras, 176, 291 ; ships for, viii, xx, xxxvi. 
 See also Fort St. George. 
 
 Madras Merchant, the, xxi, 135, 180 ; pay- 
 ment to her owners, 139, 179 ; to go to the 
 Coast and Bay, 166, 168 ; returns from, 
 XX, 298 ; her freight, 165, 171, 175. 
 
 Maes, Josias, 373. 
 
 Mainstone, William, 15, 149, 191, 293, 321. 
 
 Malabar Coast, pepper from, 14, 27, 43, 99, 
 
 187, 243, 334- 
 
 Malacca Straits, 220, 318. 
 
 Mallett, John, 170. 
 
 Mallison, Captain John, commander of the 
 American, 244, 268, 329, 340 ; letter to, 
 267 ; gratuity given to, 267. 
 
 Manning, Richard, the Company's corre- 
 spondent at Amsterdam, 176, 214 : letters 
 to, 182, 192, 204, 213, 220, 235, 288, 293, 
 
 298, 319. 328, 33^> 337- 
 
 March, John, 145, 159, 167. 
 
 March, Richard, 186. 
 
 Mari, Carlo, 16, 26. 
 
 Marigold, the, vi, xxxvi, 108, 323, ^^S' 337> 
 341 ; commander of, see Connis, John : 
 stock, etc., shipped in. 32, 33, 48, 119, 
 177, 179, 360 ; dispute concerning, 53, 68, 
 112 ; molested by the Dutch, 78, 79, 142, 
 181, 286 ; owners of, 108 ; payment to.
 
 INDEX 
 
 391 
 
 329, 335 ; to go to Bantam, xxi, 182 ; to 
 Guinea and the Coast and Bay, xliii, 330, 
 
 337, 345, 353. 356, 360. 
 
 Markland, John, 75, 293. 
 
 Marks, 32, 42, 44. 161, 169. 
 
 Marlborough, Earl of. See Ley, James. 
 
 Marmaduke, the, 15, 133. 
 
 Marriner, James, 170. 
 
 Marriott, Thomas, the Company's chaplain 
 at Poplar, gratuity given to, 367. 
 
 Marseilles, the Company's Agent at. See 
 Launce, John. 
 
 Marston, William, Auditor to the Company, 
 294, 307 ; entertainment and salary, 160, 
 201, 311 ; security, 163. 
 
 Martin, Thomas, 287, 372. 
 
 Mary Rose, the, xxii, 169, 173, 197 ; com- 
 mander of, see Cubitt, Joseph ; men serv- 
 ing in, 170, 2,00 ; deceased in, 348, 353 ; 
 munitions, etc., in, 186, 268, 320. 
 
 Mascall, John, 31,318; elected a Committee, 
 23, 105, 200, 307. 
 
 Mason, Averell. 194. 
 
 Mason, Dr. Robert, Master of Requests, 
 petitions referred to, 26, 41, 64 ; reports 
 on, by, 64-5, 77-80. 
 
 Massey, Sir Edward, 51. 
 
 Massey, WiUiam, 373. 
 
 Massingberd, John, v. 
 
 Master, Streynsham, 167. 
 
 Master, Robert, 188. 
 
 Mastic, 278. 
 
 Mastle, George, 272. 
 
 Masulipatam, 136, 186, 362 ; chief at, see 
 Johnson, William. 
 
 Mathew, Daniel, 53, 323. 
 
 Matthews, Richard, 236. 
 
 Matthias, the, 186, 268. 
 
 Mauritius, xxvi, 90, 220 ; proposal to 
 colonize, xlv, 51, 63. 
 
 Mawes, Judoco, 45. 
 
 Maximillian, — , 164. 
 
 Maxwell, Richard, 45, 51, 52. 
 
 May, Robert, commander of the Advice, 78. 
 
 May, Widow, 14. 
 
 Mayflower, the, 159 ; molested by the 
 Dutch, 77-80, 181, 286 ; damage sus- 
 tained, 142, 143 ; arbitration concerning, 
 139, 144, 161, 171. 
 
 Mead, Thomas, 75, 293. 
 
 Mead, William, 370, 371. 
 
 Medlicott, Thomas, 372. 
 
 Meers, Barnaby, 265, 267. 
 
 Mercer, John. 272. 
 
 Mercer, Lawrence. 332, 374 (2). 
 
 Merchant Adventurers, the, 19. 
 
 Merchant Adventure, the, xx, 171, 184, 223 ; 
 her owners, 171. 174 ; payments to, 133, 
 188; charge against, 165 ; arbitration con- 
 cerning, 146, 158, 180. 
 
 Merchants' Delight, the, vi, 32, 33, 2,5, 36 ; 
 payments to her owners, 31, 45, 91 ; mo- 
 lested by the Dutch, 78, 143, 286. 
 
 Mercolees. See Cotton goods. 
 
 Mercurius, a scandalous pamphlet, 179. 
 
 Merricke, Anthony, 65. 
 
 ^lerry, John, 9, 28 (2). 
 
 Merry, Thomas, 28, 349, 358. 
 
 Merry, William, 28. 
 
 Mervin, T., 90. 
 
 Mew, John, 373. 
 
 Mexico, rials from, 161. 
 
 Meynell, Alderman Francis, 53, 241. 
 
 Meynell, George, 117, 118, 119. 
 
 Michell, Captain Stephen, commander of the 
 Castle Frigate, 6, 275, 281, 283, 287 ; his 
 private trade, 13, 176, 199 ; appointed 
 second in commission at Guinea, 284 (2). 
 
 Michell, Colonel, 102. 
 
 Mico, Edward, 26, 64. 
 
 Micoe, Alderman, 299. 
 
 Middleguest, Cornelius, 339. 
 
 Middleton, Andrew, 80. 
 
 Middleton, Foulke, 149-51, 223, 270, 271, 
 
 293- 
 
 Middleton, John, 14, 239, 374. 
 
 Middleton, Peter, 23, 105, 374. 
 
 Midgley, Robert, 340, 
 
 Midleton, Richard, 354, 
 
 Midleton, Colonel Thomas, 12, 22, 24. 
 
 Millar, Roger, 112. 
 
 Miller, John, 373. 
 
 Millett, Captain John, 2, 45, 46, 53, 68. 
 
 Millett, Captain Nicholas, commander of the 
 Loyal Merchant, 238, 275, 294, 297, 304 ; 
 letter to, 234 ; special favour shown and 
 gratuity given to, xxxi, 244, 245, 300, 
 302. 
 
 Milner, Alderman, 265, 267, 274 ; his appli- 
 cation concerning Andrews, 295, 323, 328. 
 
 Milner, Captain Roger, commander of the 
 Coronation, 365, 
 
 Milreis, 178, 183. 
 
 Miner, Trustrom, 323. 
 
 Miners, John, 25, 28. 
 
 Minors, Captain Richard, commander of the 
 Leopard, xl, xli, 181, 182, 364. 
 
 Minshull, JFrancis, 145, 163, 1G7. 
 
 Mint, the, 35, 
 
 Mitchell, Robert, 37. 
 
 Mixer, Anne, 181. 
 
 Modeford, Sir James, 104. 
 
 Mogul, the Great, 57, 300. 
 
 Mohun, Richard, 293, 317. 
 
 Mokha, factory to be given up at, vii, 44. 
 
 Mold, John, 291. 
 
 Molder, — , 275. 
 
 Molineaux, — , 68. 
 
 Moluccas, the, 56, 57, 225 ; Dutch obstruct 
 English trade at, 58, 71, 230, 241, 265.
 
 392 
 
 COURT MINUTES, ETC. 
 
 Monck, Clcorge, Duke of Albemarle, xi, 169, 
 
 173. 330' 347. 
 
 Montiigue, Edward, Earl of Sandwich, 178. 
 
 183. 
 
 Montagu, Henry, \ iscount Mandevilic, 
 Treasurer of the Exchequer, 332. 
 
 Morea Adventurers, the, 316, 317. 
 
 Morees. Sec Cotton goods. 
 
 Morgan, Captain, 269. 
 
 Morgan, Sylvanus, 171, 172 n. 
 
 Mori, 2S7 II. 
 
 Morice, Sir William, Secretary of State, xi, 
 232, 291, 310, 343, 346 ; to serve on a com- 
 mittee, 169, 347 : the Company's address 
 to, 127-8 ; letter to, 282. 
 
 Moriscoe, Charles, 29. 
 
 Morning Star, the, xliii, 343, 345, 355, 365. 
 
 Morris, Robert, 371. 
 
 Morse, Richard, 372. 
 
 Morton, George, 236, 274, 277, 
 
 Mover, Laurence, 335. 
 
 Mover, Samuel, 11, 16, 45 ; elected a Com- 
 mittee, 23, 105. 
 
 Mozambique, 57, 176, 186. 
 
 Mullinax, Thomas, 123. 
 
 Mullinax, Thomas, Junior, 117, 123, 284. 
 
 Mumford, Thomas, 120. 
 
 Munday, — , 95. 
 
 Munster, Jan, 224, 225. 
 
 Murthvvayte, Thomas, 31, 373. 
 
 Muscovy, 236. 
 
 Musgrave, Richard, 170. 
 
 Musk, 135, 159, 160 (2), 216, 223, 278. 
 
 Muskets, 293. 
 
 Myrobalans, 278. 
 
 Myrrh, 243, 334. 
 
 Napper, Richard, 338. 
 
 Nassam, Thomas, 372 (2). 
 
 Nassapores. See Cotton goods. 
 
 Nassau, Prince Louis of, x, xi, 97. 
 
 Nassau, Prince Maurice of, x. 
 
 Nathan, the, 23- 
 
 Navigation Act, the, ix, x, xxiii, xxiv, xxxii, 
 
 8, 242 n. ; contravened, xxxiii, 256, 271, 
 
 284. 
 Navigation, Insurance Company proposed 
 
 for, 239-40. 
 Navy, the. Officers and Commissioners of, 
 
 xxxix, 164, 179 «., 356; letters to, 28, 
 
 174, 179 ; letter from, 185 ; agreements 
 made with, xxii, 164, 172, 179, 193, 197 ; 
 payments to, xxiii, 185,320 ; the Converiine 
 hired by the Company from, xxiii, 172, 179, 
 197 ; loan desired by the King for the use 
 of, XXX, 205, 208. 
 
 Neckcloths, 268, 277, 309. 366. 
 Netherlands, the, x, 198, 199. 211, 242 ; 
 
 petition for liberty to import spice from, 
 
 259, 264. 
 
 Nettleship, Roger, 372. 
 
 New General Stock, the, iii, 245, 308, 315 ; 
 accounts, etc., to be settled with" the 
 United Joint Stock and, 28, 2,2,2,, 338, 358, 
 359 (2) ; dividends of, xx, xxi, xHii. 129, 
 131. i39» 32,^y 337 ; estimate of the estate 
 of, XXX, 131, 204, 329; debts owing to, 
 176 {2), 184, 345; an allowance to be 
 made to Governors and Deputy-Gover- 
 nors of, XXX, 200, 305, 306 (2) ; transfer of 
 adventures in, 370-4. 
 
 Newton, Henry, 370 (2). 
 
 Niccanees. See Cotton goods. 
 
 Nicholas, Sir Edward, Secretary of State, xi, 
 169 ; orders of Council, etc., signed by, 26, 
 41, 49, 64, 94, 179 ; letters to, 83-4, 139, 
 205, 236-7 ; letter from, 138. 
 
 Nicholas, John, 145, 167, 169, 179. 
 
 Nicholls, Francis, 186 (2). 
 
 Nobles, 91, 160, 181, 281. 
 
 Noell, James, 129, 373. 
 
 Noell, James, Junior, 85, 129, 136, 355. 
 
 Noell, Sir Martin, 129, 332. 
 
 Noell, Mrs., 129. 
 
 Norton, Richard, Junior, 371 (2). 
 
 Norwood, Edward, 159. 
 
 Nutmegs, 225, 242, 246, 270 ; sale of, 27, 
 278; free import of, allowed, 178, 189, 
 268, 277, 284, 363 ; price of, 227, 269. 
 
 Nux vomica, 278. 
 
 Oaty, Edmund, 170. 
 
 Ogilby, John, i6o, 160 n. 
 
 Oldfield, James, 16. 
 
 Olibanum, 103, 243, 278, 309. 
 
 O'Neill, Colonel Daniel, the King's powder- 
 maker, 219, 355 ; contracts for supply of 
 saltpetre, 41, 41 «., 42, 50, 178, 183. 
 
 Opium, 278, 334, 340. 
 
 Ordnance, Master of, see Compton, Sir 
 William ; Lieutenant of, see Legge, 
 Colonel William. 
 
 Orme, John, 9, 10. 
 
 Ormus, 304, 328. 
 
 Ostler, Captain Robert, 22, 50, 370. 
 
 Otghar, David, 371. 
 
 Otway, the Rev., 165. 
 
 Ovanes (or Yohannes), an Armenian, 51. 
 
 Owen, Nathaniel, 51, 91, 191 ; joint letter 
 from, 141-2 ; letter to, 143-4. 
 
 Oxenden, Christopher, 75. 
 
 Oxenden, Sir George, President at Surat 
 (1662-9), xxxviii, xl, xli, 146, 147, 165, 
 167, 168, 188, 193, 194, 299, 330, 346, 367 ; 
 knighted, xxi ; to be conferred with con- 
 cerning a secret he has to impart, 171 ; 
 allowance made to, 189 ; his securities and 
 servants, 189, 190 ; letter to, 302 ; com- 
 plaint of Lady Lambton against, 324 n.
 
 INDEX 
 
 393 
 
 Oxenden, Henry, i68. 
 Oxenden, Sir Henry, 189. 
 
 Page, Henry, 148, 293, 299, 319, 321. 
 
 Page, John, 159. 307. 
 
 Palmer, Sir Geoffrey, Attorney-General, 
 petitions referred to, 38, 116, 279, 355 ; to 
 be consulted, 49, 75, 76, r66 ; thanked, 
 104 ; report made by, xix, 88, 115 ; royal 
 warrants issued to, 271, 291, 292. 
 
 Papillon, George, 316, 319, 323 ; entertain- 
 ment and salary, 23, 113, 201, 243, 311. 
 
 Papillon, Thomas, 290, 307, 373 ; to help 
 arbitrate, 342, 352, 367. 
 
 Parent (or Parentee), Lewis, 51, 63, iSo, 183. 
 
 Paris, 257. 
 
 Parker, William, 108, 257. 
 
 Parliament, x, xxiii, 60, 88, 160 «., 222; 
 orders in, 5 ; acts of, referred to, 36, 118, 
 222,242 ; bill for confirmation of the Com- 
 pany's charter by, xix, 113, 115-16. 
 
 Parris, Thomas, 44. 
 
 Parry, John, 119. 
 
 Paule, Pedro, 363. 
 
 Paulton, William, 170. 
 
 Payne, Philip, 122. 
 
 Peake, William, 370, 371. 
 
 Pearce, Edward, no, 373 (2). 
 
 Pearce, William, 373. 
 
 Pearle, Henrj', 293. 
 
 Pearle, Thomas, 31, 95, 108 ; elected a 
 Committee, 23, 105, 307, 321. 
 
 Pearls, 278, 309. 
 
 Peaze, Elizabeth, 340. 
 
 Peers, Edward, 25, 32. 
 
 Peirson, John, 370. 
 
 Pekin, 66. 
 
 Pembroke, Earl of. See Herbert, William. 
 
 Penning, Nicholas, r7 «., 21. 
 
 Pennington, Daniel, 189, 218, 287, 373 (2). 
 
 Pennoyer, WilHam, 17, 182, 305, 359, 370. 
 
 Penrose, Hugh, 170. 
 
 Pepper, references to and sale of, passim ; 
 from Jambi, Malabar, and Quilon, 14, 27, 
 43> 99. 103. 135- 187, 243. 334, 363 ; price 
 of, 269; warehouse for, 23, 113. 201; 
 Farmers of the Customs' debt for, xliii, xliv, 
 "8, 195, 313, 314 ; dust of, 182, 283, 290, 
 334- 
 
 Pepys, Samuel, iii w.,xxxix, 179 n. ; extracts 
 from his diary, iv ti., xviii. xx, xxxviii, 
 xl {2), 164 n., 290 K. 
 
 Percivall, Edmund, 171. 
 
 Percullaes. See Cotton goods. 
 
 Pergens, Jacob, 221 (2), 222. 
 
 Perimont, — , 367. 
 
 Perpetuanoes. See Cotton goods. 
 
 Persia (see also Gombroon and Ispahan) 
 6, 57, 62, 129, 225, 259, 341 ; customs 
 and privileges in, vii, 2, 3, 44, i88. 
 
 302, 304, 308 ; petition concerning, 303-4, 
 305 ; damage and abuses sustained in, 13 ; 
 factors at and for, 188, 231, 340, 341 ; 
 deceased in, 236, 257, 336 ; history of, 
 236 ; no longer to be styled an agency, vii, 
 44, 299, 300 ; the Company's interpreter 
 in, see Belle, John. 
 
 Peryer, George, 372 (2). 
 
 Petapoli, 136. 
 
 Pettit, John, 158, 168, 187. 
 
 Pettit, Thomas, 187. 
 
 Pettit, Thomas, Junior, 187. 
 
 Petty Cash Payments, i. 
 
 Pewsey, Isaac, 171. 
 
 Philip, Anthony, 370. 
 
 Philippine Islands, xlii, 56, 287, 344. 
 
 Pickering, — , 175. 
 
 Piece-goods, Hst of, 9. 
 
 Pierrepont, Henry, Marquess of Dorchester, 
 
 347- 
 
 Pindar, Sir Paul, Courteen's claims against 
 the Dutch assigned to Sir Edward Littleton 
 and, xxvi, 177, 178, 215, 221, 222. 
 
 PipplI, Dutch factory at, 30. 
 
 Pirates, 162. 
 
 Pixly, Richard, 372. 
 
 Plantations, Committee for, services required 
 of, 35> 44. 200, 256, 281, 294 (2), 318, 351 • 
 
 Player, Sir Thomas, 192 ; warrants issued to, 
 189, 240. 
 
 Ploughs, 219. 
 
 Plumer, Walter, 371. 
 
 Plymouth, 68, 106, 119, 218, 245, 264 ; ships 
 at, xxxvi, 72, 298 ; the Company's Agent at, 
 see Madock, John ; Correspondent at, see 
 Tillard, Isaac ; letter to the Mayor of, 2. 
 
 Pocock, Edward, 50 n. 
 
 Poplar (see also Blackwall), 32, 174; gra- 
 tuity to the chaplain at, 166, 283 ; the 
 Company's almshouse at, ^;};i ; men ad- 
 mitted to, 171, 360 ; repairs to, 216 ; elm 
 trees near to be cut down and sold, 282, 
 285 ; schoolmaster at, 25, 32. 
 
 Porakad, English factors and factory at, xl, 
 326, 327, 353, 363, 364, 365;' Dutch 
 interrupt English trade at, xlii, 326, 327, 
 351,352; King of, 327, 364. 
 
 Porter, Captain William, commander of the 
 East India Merchant, 275 {2), 281, 285 ; 
 concerning private trade carried in his 
 ship, 159, 160, 185, 245, 284, 285, 287. 
 
 Porto Novo, 62. 
 
 Portsmouth, 132, 210, 228, 229, 313. 
 
 Portugal, xxi, xxxix, 134, 145, 218; money 
 received from, 178, 179, 180, 183, 2H, 
 338 ; alliance with, xxiii, xxxix, 297. 
 
 Portuguese, the, xxvi, 147, 223 ; trade in the 
 East, 57 ; Dutch designs against, xvi, 
 xviii, xl, 83. 88, 94, 147, 242 ; Charles II 
 offers to mediate between the Dutch and,
 
 394 
 
 COURT MINUTES, ETC. 
 
 xvi, xviii. 94, 107, 211 ; Cochin possessed 
 by, 3()4. 
 
 Pory, John. 146, 161. 
 
 Postilion, the, 123, 232. 
 
 Post Office, the, xlv, 339. 340 ; the Com- 
 pany's desires touching, 355. 
 
 Potter. William, 372 (3). 
 
 Potticary, jetirey. 29. 
 
 Povey. Cajilain Charles, 196. 
 
 Povey, Thomas. 13. 30. 
 
 Powell, Henry, 297, 336. 
 
 Poyner, George, 11, 13. 
 
 Pratt, Hugh, 269. 
 
 Presson, Samuel, 272. 
 
 Prettiman, William, 26, 371. 
 
 Price, Captain John, commander of the 
 Blackmore, 165, 171, 176, 313. 
 
 Price, Mary, 168, 223. 
 
 Priddy, John, 136. 
 
 Privy Council, the, Lords of, letter from, 30, 
 32 ; letter to, 226-7 5 petitions referred 
 to, XXV, xli, xlv, 61. 128, 141,335,342, 343, 
 350 ; licence to be obtained from, 73 ; 
 the Company's remonstrance to, xxxiv, 
 217-18 ; representation to, 347-8. 
 
 Privy Seal, Lord. See Robartes, John. 
 
 Proby, Charles, 145, 148, 167. 
 
 Proby, Peter, 4, 62, 158, 312. 
 
 Prowd, Captain John, 121, 249 ; stands 
 security, 10, 163 ; entertainment and 
 salary, 23, 113,201, 311 ; services required 
 of, 23,81, 118, 122, 129, 163, 172, 173, 176, 
 193, 194, 201, 216, 218, 275, 281, 282, 312, 
 
 32>°> 336. 
 
 Puckle, Thomas, 310. 
 
 Pufford, John, v. 
 
 ' Pulfettose '. See Cotton goods. 
 
 Pulo Run, xiii, xxiv, xxxiii, 192, 195, 211, 
 215, 231, 256, 265, 284 ; preparations for 
 planting, iv, 4, 35, 37, 48, 49, 100, 191, 212, 
 325, 351 ; men entertained for, xvii, 25, 
 35. 75» 90,91. 92.- 294, 317.318 (2) ; orders 
 concerning, 82 ; ships and goods for, xvii, 
 35-7, 94, 265. 294, 318 ; orders desired 
 by the English from the Dutch for surren- 
 der of, xiii, 37. 51-3, 95, 97, 279, 282, 301, 
 326 ; commission desired by the Dutch 
 for surrender of, xiii, xiv, xvi, 46-9, 52, 53, 
 143 ; royal commission granted for surren- 
 der of, xiv, xxviii, 47, 54, 55, 63-5, 72-4, 
 82, 87, 97, 100, 101, 112, 127, 141, 191, 211, 
 227, 291, 292, 325, 347 ; commission under 
 the Company's seal for delivery of, xxxv, 
 292 (2), 293 ; Captain Hunter to super- 
 intend the transfer of, xvii, xxxiii, 43, 293 ; 
 petitions to the King concerning, 46-9, 
 82-3, 211-12, 226-8, 280, 324-5 ; abuses 
 of the Dutch at, 48, 58, 71, 87, 100, 24r, 
 242 ; order from Amsterdam for delivery 
 of, 54, 55 (2), 63, 85, 143, 211, 288, 289,325, 
 
 347 ; Dutch refuse to deliver, xxxiii, 86, 
 87, 95-7, loi, 102, 127, 191, 211, 212, 217, 
 218, 226, 265, 325; letter from the Dutch 
 Ambassador concerning, xiv, xv, 95-7. 
 211, 325 ; protest for non-delivery of, xv, 
 xxiv, xxxiii, 190-1 ; reparation desired for 
 losses caused by the non-delivery of, xxxiv, 
 218, 223, 226-8, 286, 326, 347, 351 ; pro- 
 ject concerning, 219; Dutch desire to 
 lease or buy, xxxiv, 224, 225, 229, 230 ; 
 the Company resolve not to part with, 
 xxxv, 229, 230 ; letter from the King to 
 the States-General concerning, 282 (2), 
 283 ; the Company's representation to 
 the Privy Council concerning, 347-S. 
 
 Quale, 150, 153, 269, 270. 
 
 Quicksilver, 89 ; from Amsterdam, 6, 8, 10, 
 II, 13, 15, 98, 161, 319, 337; contracts 
 for, 90, 91, 108, 215, 279, 317 ; for India, 
 108, 275, 290, 293, 363 ; price of, 317, 319. 
 
 Quilon, xl ; pepper from, 14, 43, 135, 187, 
 
 243. 334, 3(>3- 
 Quilts, 14, 43, 255, 352 ; pmtado, 103, 187, 
 
 243, 334- 
 
 Radcliffe, Francis, 10. 
 
 Ragg, — , 172, 203, 205. 
 
 Rainsford, Captain Francis, 341, 342, 367, 
 
 368. 
 Rainsford, Colonel Henrj?, 238, 298, 299, 
 
 T,T,2, ; his account, 236, 367, 368 ; suit of 
 
 his executors, 259, 260, 275, 295, 296, 
 
 342, 368. 
 Rajapur, 44, 167, 188. 
 Rastell, Thomas, 14, 370. 
 Rawlins, John, 75, 90, 293, 321. 
 Rawlins, W'ilUam, 120. 
 Rawlinson, Daniel, 372, 373, 374. 
 Raymon. Jeremy, 128. 
 Reader, Captain, commander of the Starling 
 
 Adventure, if-j, 189, 192, 193. 
 Rebecca, the, 343. 345, 367, 369. 
 Red earth, 135, 229, 243, 309. 
 Redwood, 43, 135. 
 Reeves, Captain, 133, 307. 
 Reeves, Richard, 307. 
 Restoration, the, 16, 122 (2), 319 , to go to 
 
 Bantam, iv, 17, 18, 20 ; private trade in, 
 
 128, 139, 144, 187, 188 ; to be sold, xx, 
 
 129, 134, 135, 176, 295 ; men serving in, 
 175. 183, 191, 192. 
 
 Revel, Anne, 372. 
 Revington, Henry, 10. 
 Reynolds, John, 329. 
 Rhanders. See Cotton goods. 
 Rhubarb, 272, 278, 304. 
 Rials, reference to, passim ; rate of exchange 
 for, 30, 156, 161, 245, 362.
 
 INDEX 
 
 395 
 
 Riccard, Sir Andrew, Deputy-Governor, 
 XXX, 131, 135, 137, 161, 200, 247 »., 268 ; 
 elected Governor, v, xx, 22, 104, 109 ; 
 elected a Committee, 200, 306 ; knighted, 
 V, 22 n. ; letter to, 41-2, 138 ; letter from, 
 139 ; petitions signed by, 40, 41, 49, 56, 
 60, 115, 164, 198 ; services required of, 
 161, 249, 255, 256,262, 316, 317, 352, 356, 
 35^' 359> 367 ; his answer to Skinner's 
 articles and allegations, 245-7, 276-7. 
 
 Richard and Martha, the, xx, xxxvi, 132, 
 192, 193,363; commander of, 5ec Seaman, 
 Richard ; goods, etc., shipped in, 13, 121, 
 158, 174, 175. 186, 191, 194, 199, 323, 329, 
 330. 32>5, 340, 342, 345> 367 (2), ; pay- 
 ment to her owners, 130, 133, 330, 365 ; 
 dispute with, 158 ; goes to Surat, iii, 147, 
 158 ; to Bantam, 345 ; to attend the 
 King's ships to Goa, 147, 148 ; passengers 
 in, xxi, xxxvi, 254, 321 ; men serving in, 
 340, 3S3,- 
 
 Richards, Henry, 373. 
 
 Richards, Robert, 25. 
 
 Richardson, Lord, 292 n., 295. 
 
 Richardson, Samuel, transfers adventure, 
 370 (2), 371 (2), 372 (2) ; adventures trans- 
 ferred to, 371, 372. 374. 
 
 Richardson, Sir Thomas, 292 n. 
 
 Rickman, Thomas, articles of confederacy 
 between, and others, 272-3. 
 
 Ridrigues, Steven, 26. 
 
 Rilstone, Thomas, 209. 
 
 Roane, — , 168. 
 
 Robartes, Lord John, Keeper of the Privy 
 Seal, xi, 68 ; Skinner's petition referred 
 to, 309, 344, 354. 
 
 Roberts, Nicholas, 374. 
 
 Roberts, Captain Thomas, 61, 218, 373. 
 
 Robinson, Sir John, 113, 133. 
 
 Robinson, Thomas, 371. 
 
 Rochester, 345. 
 
 Rolfe, Edmund, 371. 
 
 Rolt, Thomas, 330. 
 
 Rotterdam, 8, 213, 214, 293. 
 
 Rowse, Thomas, 169. 
 
 Roy, John, 371. 
 
 Royal African Company, the, v, viii, xxxi, 
 88, 139 «., 250, 264, 333, 356 ; the Com- 
 pany's proposals concerning trade with, 
 xxxi, 250, 257, 258, 262, 335, 337, 353 ; 
 proposals made by, 259, 260 ; the Com- 
 pany's answer to, 259, 260-2 ; its requests 
 to, 284-5. 286, 287 ; its letter to, 260-2 ; 
 articles of agreement between the Com- 
 pany and, xxxii, 263-4, 338-9, 366 ; 
 meeting of, 266-7 ! passport from, 267 ; 
 goods, etc., sold to, 295, 296 (2), 299, 360 ; 
 instrument to be drawn up for delivery 
 of I"ort Kormantine to, 300 ; licence to 
 trade in slaves desired by, 323 ; payment 
 
 for gold to be delivered in Guinea by, 
 337-40 ; settlement concerning the Com- 
 pany's remains at Guinea to be made 
 with, 337, 2,53- 
 
 Royal Charles, the, xliii, 115, 335, 365; 
 commander of, sec Barker, James ; to go 
 to Guinea and Madras, xx, I2i ; to Surat, 
 345 ; stock, etc., in, 335, 336 (2), 340, 359 ; 
 to be surveyed, 352, 353, 355. 
 
 Royal Exchange, the, 247, 297, 311, 312. 
 
 Royal James and Henry, the, viii, 25 (2); 
 stock, etc., shipped in, 30, ^2, 34, 81, 98 ; 
 her owners, 351, 359 ; bill to be entered 
 against, 89, 159 ; payment to, 346. 
 
 Royal Katherine, the, xx, xxxvi, 133, 173, 
 189, 284, 297 ; her owners, 122, 179, 281 ; 
 payment to, 129, 137, 199 ; stock, etc., 
 shipped in, 199, 214, 220, 290, 292, 296, 
 338. 
 
 Royal Merchant, the, 81. 
 
 Royal Oak, the, 316, 317 {2), 318 (2), 320, 
 323 ; passengers in, 317, 318, 322, 329 ; 
 stock, etc.. shipped in, 317, 321 ; men 
 entertained for, 318 (2), 319, 322 ; to go 
 to Bantam, xhii, 322. 345. 
 
 Royle, Richard, 370, 372. 
 
 Rumbolt, — , 366. 
 
 Rumsey, Penwarden, 95. 
 
 Rusholte. William, 296. 
 
 Rushworth, John, 11. 
 
 Rushworth, William, 45. 
 
 Russell, Anne, 179, 180, 183. 
 
 Russell, John, 239. 
 
 Russia Merchant, the, 162. 
 
 Rutlands, WiUiam, 370. 
 
 Ruysch, M. Le Greffier, 289 ; letter to, 
 206-7, 209-10. 
 
 Ryckman, Captain, commander of the 
 Eagle, 219. 
 
 Ryder, Sir William, 5, 21, 95, 134, 179, 212, 
 369, 370 ; elected a Committee, 23, 105, 
 no, 306 ; elected Deputy-Governor, xxx, 
 200 ; goods bought by, 38, 103, 184, 205, 
 239 ; services required of, 9, 11, 85, in, 
 n5, n7, 128, 167, 172, 176, 259, 262, 334, 
 
 356, 359- 
 Ryley, Henry, Consul at Aleppo, 3, 20. 
 
 St. George, the, 162. 
 
 St. Helena, 3, 223, 256, 328, 340 ; ships and 
 goods for, xxi, xliii, 15, 27, 35, 42. 45, 72, 
 200, 219, 235, 280, 281, 329 ; Governor of, 
 xiii, 35, 340; the Company granted liberty 
 to erect forts, etc., at, xix, 40, 107 ; men 
 for, 115, 291 ; returned from, 122, 133, 
 138, 281, 298. 301, 322, 355 ; encourage- 
 ment offered to free planters at, 35, 56, 
 200. 
 
 Sal-ammoniac, 135, 278, 309, 334.
 
 396 
 
 COURT MINUTES, ETC. 
 
 Salamporcs. See Cotton sjoods. 
 
 Salloes. See Cotton floods. 
 
 Salpicadoes. See Cotton goods. 
 
 Salsbury, Ambrose, 136. 
 
 Salsbun', Hugh, 313. 315 (2). 
 
 Saltpetre, 10, 12, 23. 81, 162, 278, 359; to 
 be tested and refined, 34, 35, 168, 239, 331, 
 336 : sale of. 4:^.135. 187, 243. 309, 334, 
 361 ; for the King's service, 41, 42 (2), 
 178, 179, 180, 183(2), 212, 213, 219, 245, 
 249, 305 ; to be delivered to the powder- 
 makers, 168, 170, 276, 281, 302, 305, 317, 
 323 , 330, 335. 336 ; bought from the 
 United Stock, 312. 
 
 Samaritan, the, 78, 143. 166, 181. 
 
 Sambrooke, Jeremy, Accountant to the 
 Company, 51, 103, 179, 281, 374 ; in- 
 structions given to, 9, 22, 29, 55, 75, 92, 
 III (2), 118, 335, 342, 345; entertain- 
 ment and salary, 23, 113, 120, 201, 311. 
 
 Sambrooke, Jeremy, Junior, 360. 
 
 Sambrooke, Samuel, 367, 373. 374 ; enter- 
 tainment and salary, 23, 50 (2), 51, 113, 
 201, 311 ; instructions to, 44, 236, 337, 
 367, 368. 
 
 Sambrooke, Samuel, Junior, 199, 201, 236, 
 
 3"- 
 Samford, William, Junior, 4. 
 
 Samson, Francis, 45, 374. 
 
 Sanders-wood, 278. 
 
 Sands, John, 49, 112. 
 
 Sandwich, 255, 
 
 Sandwich, Earl of. See Montague, Edward. 
 
 Santhill, — , 188. 
 
 Santhill, Robert, 188. 
 
 Sappan or Brazil-wood, 293, 298. 
 
 Sarkhej, indigo from, 14, 27, 43, 103. 296. 
 
 Sarsaparilla, i. 
 
 Satins, 278. 
 
 Satisfaction, the, 186. 
 
 Saucer, Laurence, 36. 75, 114, 
 
 Saunders, Henry, 373. 
 
 Saveile, Daniel, 370. 
 
 Saxby, John, 9. 
 
 Sayer, Henry, 114, 371, 
 
 Sayer, John, 299. 
 
 Sayer, Joseph, 75, 293. 
 
 Sayes. See Cotton goods. 
 
 Scanderoon, 214. 
 
 Scarlets, 293. 
 
 Scattergood, Roger, 23, 118, 372. 
 
 Scinda [Tatta], 14, 44, 187, 188. 
 
 Seaborne, Richard, Husband to the Company, 
 119, 161, 305, 312, 313 ; entertained, 23 ; 
 dismissed, 160, 171 ; petition from, 160 ; 
 duties allotted to, 12, 67, 90 ; his books, 
 etc, to be examined and given up, x6i, 
 182, 268, 281 ; suit against, 346, 
 
 Seal, the Broad or Great, commissions, etc., 
 under, xiv, xxviii, 47-9, 63, 74, 97, loi. 
 
 104 «., 108, 109 (2), 227, 2S9. 291 (2), 
 292, 293, 360 ; the Privy, commissions, 
 etc., under, xiv, 63, 65, 173 (2), 183, 
 196, 291 ; application for an order under, 
 197 ; Lord Privy Seal, see Robartes, 
 Lord John, 
 
 Seaman, Captain Richard, commander of the 
 Ricliard and Martha, 133, 329, 367 ; letters 
 to, 192, 194. 
 
 Seamer, — , 366. 
 
 Sedgwicke, William, 371, 372. 
 
 Seed-lac. See Lac. 
 
 Semaine, John, 15, 277, 361. 
 
 Senna, 243, 278, 
 
 Seville, 161. 
 
 Sharp, Bennet, 269, 271. 
 
 Shaw, Sir John, 74, 366. 
 
 Sheets, to be procured from Amsterdam, i, 
 15, 16, 19, 24, 26, 29, 2,2,> 3h 47. 98, 123, 
 192 ; complaints of, 10, ^^, 50. 
 
 Sheldon, Daniel, 136, 336 n. 
 
 Sheldon, Captain Joseph, 336. 
 
 Shell-lac. See Lac. 
 
 Shephard, Matthew, 370, 373. 
 
 Shephard, Matthew, Junior, 370. 
 
 Sherburne, Edward, 186 (2). 
 
 Sherley, Ezra, 75. 293. 
 
 Sherman, Edmund, 45. 
 
 Sherman, Thomas, 374. 
 
 Shingler, Thomas, 136. 
 
 Shipman, Sir Abraham, xxiii, xxxviii, 330, 
 356 ; money to be assigned to, 173, 
 189 ; warrants made out to, 173, 187, 196 ; 
 account of moneys disbursed by, 187 ; 
 his son entertained as a factor, 191. 
 
 Shipman, Captain, 196. 
 
 Short, John, 371, 
 
 Short, Thomas, 258. 
 
 Shorter, John, 372. 
 
 Shute, Henry, 370. 
 
 Shute, Josias, 75, 293. 
 
 Sibley, John, 299. 
 
 Silk, 67, 120, 171, 216, 240, 278. 
 
 Silver, 11, 56, 61, 261, 345 ; hberty to ex- 
 port foreign, xviii, 62 n,, 105, 172, 185 ; 
 ports from which it may be shipped, 106 ; 
 from Amsterdam, 35, 162. See also Coin 
 and bullion. 
 
 Simpson, Mary, 243. 
 
 Sivaji, 292 n. 
 
 Skinner, Daniel, 5, 7, 31, 247 ; his interest 
 in the Restoration, 13, 14, 16 n., 17, 20, 22. 
 
 Skinner, Frederick, the Company's Agent at 
 Bantam, xliv, 2, 4, 8, 181, 269, 349, 350 ; 
 his affairs referred to arbitration, 5, 7, 31, 
 91, 156, 354 ; indebted to the Company, 
 xliv, 36, 248, 348, 357 ; money and goods 
 belonging to, 133, 151-6, 246-8, 357 ; 
 letters from, 245, 246. 
 
 Skinner, Thomas, xHv, xiv, 288, 290-2, 356 ;
 
 INDEX 
 
 397 
 
 Committees to act on behalf of the Com- 
 pany with regard to, xHv, 144, 184, 255, 
 275, 276, 289, 346, 367 ; Berhala granted 
 to, xliv, 149 ; articles and schedules of 
 the losses of, 148-54 ; the Company's 
 answer to, 154-7 ; answer of Sir 
 Andrew Riccard to, 245-7 ; report 
 touching the business of, 247-8 ; answer 
 to the Company's case by, 268-71; 
 the Company's answer to, 276-7 ; the 
 Company's petitions to the King concern- 
 ing, 309, 342-3 ; his dispute with the 
 Company referred to the Privy Council, 
 xlv, 335, 342-4, 350 ; the case between 
 the Company and, 348-9 ; resolution of 
 the referees in, 354 ; the Company's 
 answer to, 357-8. 
 
 Skynner, William, 44. 
 
 Smallwood, George, xvii «., 75, 293. 
 
 Smart, Thomas, 90, 92, 132, 255. 
 
 Smeaton, Charles, 146. 
 
 Smeaton, Charles, Junior, 145, 146, 161, 167. 
 
 Smith, Daniel, 328, 361. 
 
 Smith, — , 332. 
 
 Smith, Sir George, accepted as security, 14, 
 16, 23, 51, 113, 147 ; elected a Committee, 
 23, 105, no, 200 ; services required of, 
 259, 289, 310, 359. 
 
 Smith, Josias, 272, 273. 
 
 Smith, Samuel, 272. 
 
 Smith, Simon, 374. 
 
 Smith, WilHam, 374. 
 
 Smithson, Hugh, 44. 
 
 Smyrna Merchant, the, iii, 121, 166, 199, 301. 
 
 Snell, George, Junior, 372, 374. 
 
 Snow, James, commander of the Hopeivell, 
 
 xl, 363- 
 
 Soane, Sir Thomas, 120. 
 
 Society, the, vi, 32, 61, 139, 209. 
 
 Solicitor-General. See Finch, Sir Heneage. 
 
 Sotheby, James, 372, 373. 
 
 Sovaguzzees. See Cotton goods. 
 
 Spain, X, 280 ; King of, 346 ; articles to be 
 concluded with, 56 ; edict prohibiting 
 import of Eastern commodities published 
 in, 343, 344, 346 ; licence desired for 
 freedom of trade into, 344, 346, 350 ; 
 Ambassador to, see Fanshaw, Sir Richard. 
 
 Sparks, Thomas, 170. 
 
 Spearing, Mrs., 172. 
 
 Spencer, Daniel, 159. 
 
 Spencer, Joseph, 145, 159, 167. 
 
 Spencer, Richard, 95, 120. 307, 316. 
 
 Spice {see also Cloves and Mace), 13. 56 ; 
 Dutch seek to engross all trade in, 58, 71, 
 228, 230, 241, 242, 256, 265 ; presented to 
 the officers of the Company and others, 
 63,167,281,342,366 ; petitionsfor licence 
 to import, xxxii, xxxiii, 241-3, 259, 260, 
 264 (2), 265 ; importation from Holland 
 
 forbidden, ix, xxxii, 242, 243, 256; Crispe's 
 proposals concerning, xxxii, xxxiii, 243, 
 256, 262 ; warrant for customs on, 271 ; 
 proclamation permitting free import of, 
 xxxiii, 284. 
 
 Spier, Benjamin, 121. 
 
 Spier, William, 121. 
 
 Spikenard, 43, 243, 334. 
 
 Spiller, John, Beadle to the Company, 23, 
 24, no, 129, 168. 
 
 Spiller, John, 145, 167. 
 
 Sprigg, Thomas, Husband to the Company, 
 165, 168 ; entertainment and salary, 160, 
 161, 201, 311 (2) ; gratuity given to, 280 ; 
 duties allotted to, 161, 171, 281, 299 (2), 
 3P7» 31O' 322, 340. 
 
 Spriggs, Thomas, 35. 
 
 Sproussen, J., 223. 
 
 Spurstow, Henry, 108, 359 (2). 
 
 Stacy, John, 44. 
 
 Stamper, Michael, 183. 
 
 Stainer, James, 44, 113. 
 
 Stannard, William, 272, 279, 280, 
 
 Stanny, Percival, 297. 
 
 Stanyan, John, Secretary to the Company, 
 I, 4, 52, 352, 372 ; entertainment and 
 salary, 23, 113, 200, 201 ; documents 
 signed by, 53, 85, 86, 285, 286, 314, 368 ; 
 letter from, 174, 179. 
 
 Stanyan, Laurence, 114, 201, 311. 
 
 Starkey, Henry, 336. 
 
 Starling Adventure, the, commander of, see 
 Reader, Captain ; 177, 179, 189, 192, 194, 
 
 States-General, the {see also Dutch, the, 
 and Holland), xxiv, 41, 58 ; Lords of, 84, 
 86, 93, 95-7, 206. 207, 209 ; letters from, 
 xiii, xiv, 55 (2), 87, loi, 141, 191, 220-3, 
 289; letters to, xxxv, xli, 215, 233, 282 
 (2), 283, 352-3, 361 ; connive at wrongs 
 and injuries done the English, 58, 59, 69 ; 
 message to the King from, 107-8 ; orders 
 and commission for delivery of Pulo Run 
 desired from, xxxv, 47, 52, 53, 63, 100, 
 loi, 191, 226, 347 ; commissioners sent 
 to England from, x, xi, xii, xv, xxvii, 
 xxxiii, 93, 192, 207, 231, 232, 251 ; treaty 
 between Charles H and, xxvii, xxviii, 
 xxxv, xxxviii, 59, 69, 93, 215, 231, 237, 
 251, 266, 288, 289, 297, 326, 353. 
 
 Station, John, 35. 
 
 Stavely, Lancelot, 18. 
 
 Steel, 81. 
 
 Steevens, Edward, 281. 
 
 Stephens, John, 170. 
 
 Steur, Dirk, 144. 
 
 Stevenson, John, 345. 
 
 Stevenson, Thomas, 12, 296, 299. 
 
 Stick-lac. See Lac. 
 
 Stileman, John, 322. 
 
 Stileman, Robert, 319.
 
 398 
 
 COURT MINUTES, ETC. 
 
 Stiles, Thomas. 145. 147, 167. 
 
 Stone, Iknjamin, loS. 
 
 Stone, Thomas, 20, 4 ?. 
 
 Stonehouse, Ralph, 4, 5, 9. 
 
 Storv, Sarah. t,-j2. 
 
 Straits of Magellan, 38. 105. ir6. 
 
 Strange, Captain Jacob, 7, 16. 23. 45. 
 
 Stratford, John, 322. 
 
 Streete, Robert, 92, 148, 149, 150. 151, 152. 
 
 Stringer, Mrs., 158. 
 
 Success, the, 120. 
 
 Sugar. 9. 14, 43' 92, I35. 184. 244, 27S, 309 ; 
 candy, 278. 
 
 Sumatra, xi, 57, 70, 71, 177. 
 
 Supply, the, 17, 62. 
 
 Surat, vii, 9, 29, 44. 57, 166, 213, 225, 254, 
 294, 298 ; President at, see Andrews, 
 Matthew, and Oxenden, Sir George ; 
 ships and stock for, iii, xx, 9, 10, 34, 78, 
 103, 104, 108, 133, 147, 148, 158, 172, 185, 
 187, 223, 243, 244. 274, 280, 290, 299, 300, 
 3or, 317, 319. 330, 345 ; factors and 
 others at and for, 30, 97, 142, 144, 145, 
 167, 168, 188 (2), 189, 244, 289, 295, 302, 
 330, 346, 348 ; letters and instructions 
 sent to, 35, 45, 129, 297, 299, 300 (2), 304, 
 329, 359 ; Committees to report on the 
 state of affairs at, 121 ; bills of exchange 
 from, 124, 2i6 (2), 239, 265, 274, 275, 300; 
 sack of, 292 n. 
 
 Surat Frigate, the, 34, 353. 
 
 Surges, Nathaniel, 170. 
 
 Sussex, Giles, 346. 
 
 Swanley, Captain. 13. 
 
 Swann, Captain Richard, 370, 371. 
 
 Swift, John, 29, 115, 310, 350. 
 
 Swinock, Samuel, 184, 324. 
 
 Switzerland, Cantons of, xxvi n., xxviii, 199. 
 
 Symonds, John, 34. 
 
 Symonds, Richard, 90. 
 
 Symonds, Thomas, 89, 90, 136. 
 
 Taffetas, 33, 43, 46, 68, 74, 134, i35. i59» 
 160, 243, 278, 304, 309, 334, 352, 366. 
 
 Take, Mary, 353. 
 
 Taite, Thomas, 170. 
 
 Talbot, Clere, 374. 
 
 Talbot, Sir Gilbert, Master of the Jewel 
 House, xxxvi, xxxvii, 328. 
 
 Talley, Alexander, 355. 
 
 Tamarinds, 278. 
 
 Tanner, John, 4. 
 
 Tantamkweri, 285 n. 
 
 Tapseiles. See Cotton goods. 
 
 Tartary, 236. 
 
 Tatta, 14, 44, 187, 188. 
 
 Taylor, Robert, 120, 238. 
 
 Taylor, Thomas, 52. 
 
 Tedcle, Josias, 214. 
 
 Terrill, Elizabeth, 124, 226, 324. 
 
 Thetcher, Sir Gilbert, 216. 
 
 Thetcher, Thomas, 91, 184, 205, 209, 216. 
 
 Third Joint Stock, the, 24. 
 
 Thomas, Godfrey, 85. 
 
 Thomas, John, 201. 
 
 Thomas, the. 149, 309. 358 ; her cargo, 149, 
 
 153. 155. 156, 246, 247, 269, 270, 271, 349, 
 
 358 ; attacked and disabled, 150, 152, 
 
 153, 248, 270, 271 ; insured, 246, 247, 
 
 349 ; wrecked, 247, 349, 358 ; goods 
 
 taken out of her by the Company's orders, 
 
 268, 271, 348, 357. 
 Thomlings, Thomas, 177, 192, 255; his 
 
 request concerning Chamber, 361, 362 ; 
 
 adventure transferred to, 371, 372. 
 Thomlingson, Christopher, 274, 283, 307. 
 Thompson, the Rev. Thomas, minister at 
 
 Surat, 255, 289 ; goods belonging to, 226, 
 
 236, 239, 244. 
 Thomson, Francis, 103, 169 ; entertainment 
 
 and salary, 160, 161, 201, 311. 
 Thomson, Maurice, 268, 370 (2), 371, 372 ; 
 
 indigo bought by, 15, 184, 215, 290 ; 
 
 accepted as security, 16, 161 ; elected a 
 
 Committee, 23, 105, no, 200, 307 ; services 
 
 required of, 113, 117, 268, 359 (2) ; joint 
 
 reply to Skinner's allegations, 276-7. 
 Thomson, ' Secretary', 13. 
 Thomson, Sir William, 136, 161, 371 (2) ; 
 
 services required of, xx, 11, 32, 85, in, 
 
 255, 262, 352 ; elected a Committee, 23, 
 
 104, no, 200, 306. 
 Thurrold, Charles, 45. 
 Thurscrosse, Henry, 202, 342 ; his calicoes, 
 
 42, 48, 119, 163, 205, 295, 296 ; payment 
 
 for, 103, 120, 159. 
 Thurston, Richard, 163, 170. 
 Tichboume, Alderman Robert, 26 n., 233 ; 
 
 concerning his adventure, 26, 27, 51, 85, 
 
 104 (2), 109 (2), 360. 
 Tidcombe, Edward, 373. 
 Tillard, Isaac, the Company's Correspondent 
 
 at Plymouth, 158, 218 ; letter to, 301, 316. 
 Tincall. See Borax. 
 Tincker, Captain John, 163, 178 ; commander 
 
 of the Leopard, 170 ; of the Converline, 
 
 175, 176, 186 ; letter to, 193. 
 Tindall. Matthew, 373. 
 Tindall, Mrs., calicoes belonging to, 171, 175, 
 
 185, 189, 2l8. 
 Tindall, Walter, 373. 
 Tombes, William, 220, 221. 
 Tooke, Edward, v, 296. 
 Tookey, Thomas, 159. 
 Toriano, George, 158. 
 Toulon, 162. 
 
 Townsend, Gabriel, 145, 161, 167. 
 Townsend, Thomas, 161. 
 Tracey, John, 372. 
 Trade, 88, 105-7, 211, 212, 227, 241, 295, 
 
 I
 
 INDEX 
 
 399 
 
 303, 351 ; committee appointed by the 
 King to promote, 30, 31 ; the Company 
 desire to extend their, xv. xxiv, 38, 57. 
 325 ; granted monopoly of, 38, 105, 116. 
 118 ; the Dutch endeavour to engross the 
 Eastern, xv, xxviii, 57, 58, 65, 69, 70, 83, 
 84, 86, 92, 115, 116, 125, 126, 227, 228, 
 230, 241, 242. 324-7, 344, 346, 347 ; .a 
 committee appointed to prevent mischief 
 threatened by theDutch to the Company's. 
 347 ; at Guinea, viii, 42, 97, 202, 203, 239 ; 
 to Japan, 57, 227, 323 ; to Madagascar. 
 323 ; a proposal to unite the African and 
 East Indian, 203 ; in slaves. 250, 323 ; free- 
 dom of, desired into the Spanish domin- 
 ions, xHi, 343 (2), 344, 346; Council of, xv. 
 xlv, 30, 32, 49, 50, 56, 198 ; advice and 
 orders of, xlv, 61, 68, 83, 125 ; reports of, xv, 
 69, 239-40, 344 ; letter from, 69 ; reasons 
 offered by, 69 ; proposition made to the 
 King by, 6 1 ; remonstrance and petition to, 
 56, 56-60 ; Secretary to, see Duke, George. 
 
 Trade, Private, committee appointed to con- 
 sider and act concerning, i, 23-5, 44, 121, 
 122, 133, 139, 140, 144, 187, 209, 244, 255, 
 258, 317, 319- 3361 33^^ 345- 367 : ships 
 designed for, i, 8, 14, 16, 17 h., 148, 163, 
 209, 233, 247, 358 ; allowed to mariners 
 and others, 13, 14, 21, 2,3, 42, 44, 158, 189, 
 219, 254, 255, 277, 278, 299, 317 ; pro- 
 posals and orders to prevent, xviii, 66-7, 
 103, 106, 116, 119 (2), 121, 173, 234, 320 
 (2), 336 : information given concerning, 
 89, 90 (2), 92, 95, 98, 159, 173, 175 w., 
 226, 259, 285, 315, 340, 342; fines for, 
 passim ; countenanced by Cromwell, 154, 
 245 ; petitions concerning, 163-4, 166, 
 173, 234, 276, 278 ; the Company's orders 
 concerning, 89, 167, 173, 205, 249, 257, 
 287, 306, 323, 334, 367; printed de- 
 claration regarding, 367 ; list of goods per- 
 mitted or prohibited as, 278; returned in 
 the King' s ships, 321; seizure of, 336, 34 1 . 
 
 Trancmore, Josei)h, 272. 
 
 Traveisa, Jonathan, Agent in Bengal, 133 ; 
 goods sent home by, 134, 138, 140, 159, 
 185, 205, 284, 304 ; to be dismissed the 
 Company's service, xxi, 136 ; action for 
 debt against, 159, 160, 172, 203. 
 
 Travers, Arthur, 332. 
 
 Travers, Philip, 254, 313, 317, 319. 
 
 Treasurer, Lord High. See Wriolhesley, 
 Thomas, Earl of Southampton. 
 
 Treasury, the, 322, 366 ; committee of, 
 duties allotted to, 4, 6, 19, 29, 42, 56, 81, 
 109, 130, 212, 239, 334, 345 ; Connnission- 
 ers of, 25, 73 ; petition to be presented to, 
 28 ; report from, 165. 
 
 Treverne, — , 163. 
 
 Truro, the, xxxvi, 298, 301, 308, 316, 337 ; 
 
 payment to her owners, 305, 312, 341, 366; 
 
 goods laden in, 305, 307, 313, 316. 
 Tuckney, Anthony, 373. 
 Tumans, 341. 
 Turkey, 355. 
 
 Turkey Company, the, 19, 22, 6r, 340. 
 Turmeric, 43, 135, 243, 278, 309, 334. 
 Turner, — , 366. 
 
 Turner, Dr. William, 117, 288, 289. 
 Turner, William. 183, 293. 
 Tuscany, Duke of, 233. 
 Tutchin, Hester, 371, 374. 
 Tutchin, John, 371. 
 Tyte, Thomas, 307. 
 
 Ufwhite, Richard. 90. 
 
 United Joint Stock, the. iii, 4, 145, 289, 312, 
 350 ; courts of Committees for, 5, 7, 9, 10, 
 12, 15, 17, 21, 25, 31, 36, 81, 91, 109, 181, 
 209, 323, 361, 365, 367 ; general courts 
 of, 6, 31, 358-9 ; payment to, 17, 20, 21, 
 25, 27 ; Tichbourne's adventure in, 27 ; 
 winding-up of, iii, 31, 245, 358-9; pay- 
 ment of the last dividend of, 109 ; its 
 accounts and debts to be settled, 25, r86, 
 333,, 338, 361, 367- 
 
 Uster, Thomas, 175. 
 
 ' Utrecht Mercury ', the, 180. 
 
 Uvedale, John, 117, 119, 124. 
 
 Valentia, Viscount. See Annesley, Arthur. 
 
 Van Aitzema, Lieuwe, ix, xii n., xxvii n. 
 
 Van Dam, Joan, Governor of Banda, 191,289. 
 
 Van Dam, P., 224, 225. 
 
 Van de Lok en Beverweert, Prince Louis of 
 Nassau, x, xi, xi n., xiv. 
 
 Vandenbrooke, Solomon, 370. 
 
 Vandeputt, Peter, 374 ; elected a Committee, 
 no, 200, 307 ; services required of, 187, 
 203, 205, 255, 350. 
 
 Vandermarsh, John, 279. 
 
 Van Farmsum, Ripperda, x, 97. 
 
 Van Goch, Michel, x, 97. 
 
 Van Goens, Rickliffe, 364. 
 
 Van Hoorn, Lord, x, 224. 
 
 Vanhoudt, Jacob, 91. 
 
 Vanpeem or Vanpeering, — , 361, 367. 
 
 Van Schrieck, Johan, 223. 
 
 Vanswanswicke, Abraham, 91. 
 
 Varella. See Berhala. 
 
 Velters, Jean, 30. 
 
 Velvets, 309. 
 
 Verburg, Nicholas, 144. 
 
 Verge Vora, 102, 103. 
 
 Vermilion,89, 275. 293, 317,318,319,328, 337. 
 
 Vettee, Vincent, 91 (2), 293, 323 ; entertain- 
 ment and salary, 89, 318 (2), 319. 
 
 Vice-Chamberlain. See Carteret, Sir George. 
 
 Vigurs, Arthur, 25. 
 
 Vincent, John, i6r, 170.
 
 400 
 
 COURT MINUTES, ETC. 
 
 Vincent, Matihew, 145, 161, 167. 
 
 Vincent, Thomas, 161. 
 
 Vincent, Colonel Sir William, 29, 310, 370, 
 
 371 : accepted as security, 14, 16, 51, 113 ; 
 
 elected a Committee, 23, 104, 105, no. 
 Vingoorla, 78. 
 Violet. Thomas, 35. 
 VTravasaram. 136, 186, 361. 
 Vivian, Rofjer, 121. 
 Vynar, Robert, 185, 306. 
 Vynar, Sir Thomas, 36, 185, 306. 
 
 Waddin, James, 163. 
 
 Waincourt, James, 7. 
 
 Wakefield, Edward, 166. 
 
 Waldegrave, Paul, 12. 
 
 Walker, Dr., 288. 289. 
 
 Wall, Alderman John. 239. 
 
 Walsh, the Rev. Charles, 184 (2), 188. 
 
 Walter, Thomas, 216. 
 
 Walter, W'illiam, 170. 
 
 Wanley, Valentine, 373. 
 
 Ward, Hammond, 372. 
 
 Ward. John, 102. 
 
 Ward, Richard, 166. 
 
 Ward, Samuel, 48, 272, 279, 2S0. 
 
 Waringe, Richard, 49, 359. 
 
 Waringe, Thomas, 49. 
 
 W'amer, Alderman Francis, 359, 360, 373 {2). 
 
 W'amer, John, 114, 114 n. 
 
 Warren, Nicholas, 10, 12, 15, 22, 81. 
 
 Warren, Richard, 159. 
 
 Warwick, Sir Philip, 345 ; letters to, 122-3, 
 211,213. 
 
 W'aters, Thomas, 132. 
 
 Watson, Peter, 147. 
 
 Watts, Edward, 44, 113. 
 
 Wax, 309. 
 
 Weale, William, 10. 
 
 Weaver, John, 319. 
 
 Webster, Sir John, 204, 229 ; letters to, 
 223-4, 229-30 ; letter from, 224-5. 
 
 Welcome, the, 130. 
 
 Weld, William, 22, 75, 1 14. 
 
 Wester gate, the, 186. 
 
 Westeme, Thomas, 281, 304. 
 
 West India Company, the, 143, 220. 
 
 Westly, John, 371. 
 
 W'cston, Humphrey, 296, 299. 
 
 W'eston, Richard, 299. 
 
 Weymouth, 68, 112. 
 
 We>Tis, Abraham, Dutch Governor of 
 Banda, xiii, 37, 100, 141, 142 ; orders for 
 the surrender of Pulo Run sent to, xxxv, 
 46, 54, 82, 143, 282, 283 ; refuses to 
 deliver over the island, xxxiii, xxxvii, 191, 
 326, 347 ; . letters to, 54-5, 143, 288 ; 
 protest against, 190-1. 
 
 Wharton, George, 271. 
 
 Wheeler, Lawrence, 68, 112, 119. 
 
 Whitaker, Charles, 177, 215. 
 
 Whitaker, Henry, i. 
 
 Whitby, Michael, 371. 
 
 Whitby, Samuel, 373. 
 
 Whitcomb. lienjamin, 374. 
 
 White, Edmund, 45, 370, 373, 
 
 White, John, 374. 
 
 White, Nicholas, 171. 
 
 White, Sir Stephen, 359, 372(2), 373; 
 elected a Committee, 23, 105, 1 10, 200, 307. 
 
 White, William, 170. 
 
 Whitehall, 38, 41, 49, 64. 
 
 Whiteing, Timothy, 117, 118. 
 
 Whitham, Alderman, 359. 
 
 Wight, Isle of, 67, 315. 
 
 Wight, William, 45. 
 
 Wilboare. Nicholas, 119. 
 
 Wildy, Julius, 14. 
 
 Wildy, Captain William, 13, 14, 370, 372. 
 
 Williams, John, 271. 
 
 WiUiams, William, 16, 32, 114, 236 ; elected 
 a Committee, 23, 105, no. 
 
 Willmott, — , 170. 
 
 Willoughby, Christopher, 163, 179, 256, 
 338; elected a Committee, 23, 105, no, 
 200, 307 ; services required of, 31, 32, 94, 
 95, ni, n3, 160, 275, 289, 295, 317; 
 coral bought from, 300, 307, 360, 365. 
 
 Willoughby, George, 199, 257, 258. 
 
 Willoughby, Major, 318 (2), 322. 
 
 Wilson, Thomas, 372. 
 
 Wiltshaw, — , 80. 
 
 Wine, 10, 103, 280, 287, 342, 363 ; ' wine- 
 maker', 330. 
 
 Winstanly, James, 372, 373. 
 
 Winter, Sir Edward, 29, 184, 341, 374 ; 
 named as Agent for the Coast, xxi, 164 ; 
 appointed, 165, 166, 169, 170, 180 ; 
 knighted, xxi ; his securities, 184, 333 ; 
 goods belonging to, 44, 61, 108, 119, 244, 
 341 ; allowed to take out with him his 
 wife, and others, ammunition, and cloth, 
 182, 184, 185 ; houses belonging to, 186. 
 
 Winter, Thomas, 61, 103, 108, 119, 372, 373 
 (2), 374 ; accepted as security, 29, 165, 
 184, 333 ; goods belonging to, 300, 355, 
 
 Winter, Thomas, 280. 
 
 Wolley, Francis, 7. 
 
 Wolly, Robert, 340. 
 
 Wolstenholme, John, 24. 
 
 Wolstenholme, Sir John, 24, 366. 
 
 Wood, Edward, 44, 81, 340, 359 ; goods 
 belonging to, 351, 359, 360 ; adventure 
 transferred to, 370. 
 
 Wood, John, 33. 
 
 Woodman, William, 146. 
 
 Wooffe, Abraham, 170. 
 
 Wootes, John. 272. 
 
 Wool, 135, 187, 229. 
 
 Woolwich, 67.
 
 INDEX 
 
 401 
 
 Wormseed, 309. 
 
 Worrall, Thomas, 12, 21, 346. 
 
 Worrall, William, 10, 12, 21, 81. 
 
 Wortley, George, 14. 
 
 Wright, Sir Benjamin, 372. 
 
 Wright, Samuel, 163. 
 
 Wriothesley, Thomas, Earl of Southampton, 
 Lord High Treasurer, 41, 73, 122, 211, 213, 
 242, 300, 306, 328, 347 ; letters from, 51, 
 55, 302 ; petitions to, 121-2, 177, 213, 
 234 ; minute of, 123 ; present to his wife, 
 137, 137 n. ; to be consulted, 146, 185, 
 241, 328 ; warrants from, 159, 175, 185 «., 
 189, 212, 213, 219, 240, 271, 301, 336, 345 
 (2), 352 ; royal warrants to, 178-9, 180 ; 
 his engagement to the Company, 183 {2), 
 213 ; report to the King from, xxxii, 
 xxxiii, 256 ; his secretary, see Warwick, 
 Sir Philip. 
 
 Wyamba, 250, 260, 262, 263. 
 
 Wyche, Nathaniel, late President at Surat, 
 228, 371 ; his account, 75, 108, 113. 
 
 Wyld, Captain Charles, commander of the 
 Barbadoes Merchant, 219, 243 ; to answer 
 concerning passengers taken by him to 
 Macassar, 277 (2), 280 ; awarded a piece 
 of plate, 291 ; his charts, 291 n. 
 
 Wynn, Elizabeth, 373. 
 
 Wynne, Richard, 372. 
 
 Yardley, Christopher, i6. 
 
 Yates, Michael, 163, 170, 174. 
 
 York, Duke of, 25, 66, 164 m., 173, 175, 268, 
 277 ; the Company to offer a present to, 
 yii, 31. 32, 37. 52 ; letter to, 164 ; his 
 interest in the Guinea trade, viii, xxxi, 
 202, 239, 254, 356 ; petitions from the 
 Company to, 202 (2), 202-3, 233-4, 235 n., 
 260-2, 275, 276, 278, 320 ; to serve on 
 the Bombay committee, 169 ; proposals 
 touching Fort Kormantine presented to, 
 250-1 ; warrant from, 321 ; forfeited 
 adventure given by the King to, 356, 357, 
 359, 360, 368 ; representation to, 359-60. 
 
 Young, Edmund, 120 (2), 124, 351. 
 
 Young, Francis, 120. 
 
 Young, John, 120, 
 
 Young, — , 213. 
 
 Zeal, John, 330, zii, 366. 
 
 Zealand, 184. 
 
 Zouch, Dr. Richard, Judge of the High Court 
 of Admiralty, 275, 276, 279, 335 ; petitions 
 referred to, 26, 40, 41, 64, 76, 309 ; reports 
 on by Dr. Mason and, 64-5, 77-80, 100, 
 125, 143 ; letter from, 292. 
 
 Zupert, Peter, 37. 
 
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