|
|
|
ENTRIES
RELATING TO AMERICA, &c.
|
161a*
|
|
|
17 July. Thomas Temple, Esq.,
appointed Governor of
|
|
|
Laccady, and other territories in America, for
life. (14 Chas. II. p. 5.)
|
|
|
|
18 November. Grant to Francis, Lord
Willoughby, all those
|
|
|
Islands called the Caribee Islands, containing in them
the Islands of St. Christopher's alias St. Aristooall,
Granado alias Greinada, St. Vincent, St. Lucy alias St.
Lucre, Barbidas alias Barbadoes, Mattalania alias Martenico,
Domenico, and others, to hold the same for 7
years. (14 Chas. II. p. 20.)
|
|
|
|
24 March. Grant to George, Duke of
Albemarle, Anthony,
|
|
|
Lord Ashley, and others, all that territory or track
[tract] of land called Carolina. (15 Chas.
II. p. 2.)
|
|
|
|
17 July. Commission to Thomas Temple,
Esq., to be
|
|
|
Governor of several places in America. (15
Chas. II. p. 18.)
|
|
|
|
Grant to John Clarke and others, Inhabitants of New
England,
|
|
|
of divers liberties, &c. (15 Chas.
II. p. 15.)
|
|
|
|
9 April. Grant to Thomas Rosse and
others, the office of
|
|
|
Receiver General, of all sums of money due and payable
from the several plantations in Africa and America, for
life. (15 Chas. II. p. 11.)
|
|
|
|
Grant to the Governor and Company of Rhode Island
of
|
|
|
divers privileges. (15 Chas. II. p. 15.)
|
|
|
|
2 June. Grant to Francis, Lord
Willoughby, and others,
|
|
|
of the main tract of land, being part of the continent of
Guiana in America, called Surinam. (15
Chas. II. p. 10.)
|
|
|
|
13 August. Grant to John Collins, of
a moiety of the profits
|
|
|
of the Isle of Barbada, alias Barbuda [Barbadoes],
reserved to the King for 7 years, and after the expiration
of the said 7 years, then grants it to the said John for 31
years. (16 Chas. II. p. 11.)
|
|
|
|
26 April. James Drebble appointed
Escheator of the Isles
|
|
|
of Barbadoes and Caribee, for life. (16
Chas. II. p. 11.)
|
|
|
|
12 March. Grant to James, Duke of
York, and his heirs,
|
|
|
all that part of the main land of New England, and
several Islands adjacent. (16 Chas. II. p.
8.)
|
|
|
|
17 Feb. Grant to Thomas
Elliott, of certain Copper Mines
|
|
|
and other metals in Nova Scotia, for 31
years. (16 Chas. II. p. 17.)
|
|
|
|
29 May. Grant to Sir George Carteret,
Knt., and John
|
|
|
Trethewy, one annuity of 500£. per annum, to be paid out
of one moiety of the profits arising out of the Caribee
Islands, and due or payable to the Crown during the lives of
William Ley and James Carterett. (17 Chas.
II. p. 5.)
|
|
|
|
3 April. Declaration that the
commodities of Jamaica shall pay no customs for the space
of five years. (17 Chas. II. p. 3.)
|
|
|
* There are two pages
labeled 161, thus I have labeled them a and b.
|
|
|
|
162a*
|
ENTRIES
RELATING TO AMERICA, &c.
|
|
|
|
20 December. Grant to Sir James
Modyford, Knt., license
|
|
|
to distinguish the Island of Providence alias St.
Katherine, into counties, towns, manors, lordships and other
privileges. (18 Chas. II. p. 4.)
|
|
|
|
4 February. William Willoughby, Esq.,
appointed Captain
|
|
|
General of the Caribee Islands for three
years. (18 Chas. II. p. 4.)
|
|
|
|
19 March. Edward Scarburgh appointed
Surveyor General
|
|
|
of Virginia during his life. (19 Chas.
II. p. 8.)
|
|
|
|
8 May. Grant to Henry, Earl of St.
Albans, John, Lord
|
|
|
Berkeley, Sir William Moreton, and John Trethewey, all
that entire tract, territory, or parcel of
land in America, and bounded by
and within the head of
the rivers Tappahanocke, alias Rappahanocke, and
Quiriough or Patawomack rivers, to them and their
heirs. (21 Chas. II. p. 4.)
|
|
|
|
1 November. Grant to Christopher, Duke
of Albemarle,
|
|
|
William, Earl of Craven, John, Lord Berkeley, Anthony,
Lord Ashley, Sir George Carteret, Sir Peter Colliton,
&c., all those Islands called the Bahama Islands or the
Islands of Lucayos, lying in the degrees of 22 to 27, and
all ports, havens, creeks, &c., to their heirs and
assigns. (22 Chas. II., p. 9.)
|
|
|
|
11 January. Grant to Edward, Earl od
Sandwich, Richard,
|
|
|
Lord Gorges, William, Lord Allington, Thomas Grey, and
Henry Blouncker, Esquires, Sir Humphry Winch, Sir John
Finch, and Edmond Waller, several yearly salaries, vizt:
to the Earl of Sandwich, 700£. per annum, and to the rest
(to each) 500£. per annum, they being of the
Council for Foreign Plantations. (22
Chas. II. p. 8.)
|
|
|
|
6 August. Grant to Francis Raynes, all
the lands and
|
|
|
estates of one Henry Edlyn, lying and being in the Island
of Barbados, escheated to the Crown by his being executed
for the murder of his wife. (22 Chas. II.
p. I.)
|
|
|
|
8 July. Edwyn Steed appointed Provost
Marshall General
|
|
|
of the Barbadoes, for life. (22 Chas.
II. p. 1.)
|
|
|
|
9 Sept. Grant to John Strode to farm
the Imports upon the
|
|
|
growth of the Leeward Islands, for 7
years. (22 Chas. II. p. 5.)
|
|
|
|
23 March. Sir Ernest Bryan, Knt.,
appointed Escheator in
|
|
|
the Barbadoes and the Caribee Islands, for
Life. (23 Chas. II. p. 3.)
|
|
|
|
4 April. Commission for James, Duke of
York, and others,
|
|
|
to be of the Council for Foreign
Plantations. (23 Chas. II. p. 2.)
|
|
|
|
7 March. Charles Wheeler appointed
Captain General
|
|
|
of the Caribee Islands. (23 Chas. II.
p. 2.)
|
|
|
* There are two pages
labeled 162, thus I have labeled them a and b.
|
|
|
|
|
ENTRIES
RELATING TO AMERICA, &c.
|
161b*
|
|
|
19 June. Commission appointing Sir
Richard Temple,
|
|
Knt., to be of the Council of Foreign
Plantations. (23 Chas. II. p. 2, in
dorso.) Another Commission (same
part) dated 15 Aug. |
| |
|
17 November. Alexander Culpeper
appointed Surveyor
|
|
in Virginia, during
pleasure. (23 Chas. II. p. 8.) |
| |
|
16 September. Robert Clowes appointed
Chief Clerk to
|
|
attend the Supreme Council in the town of
St. Iago, in Jamaica, during life. (24
Chas. II. p. 3.) |
| |
|
27 September. Commission granting to
Anthony, Earl of
|
|
Shaftesbury, and others, a standing
Council for Trade and Traffic both at home and for the
Foreign Plantations. (24 Chas. II. p.
4.) |
| |
|
19 July. Grant to William, Earl
of Kinnoul, in the Caribee
|
|
Islands, one annuity of 600£. per annum
for five years, to be paid out of the four and a half per
cent. Customs from those Islands, and after the expiration
of five years the like annuity of 1000£. per annum to be
paid for ever. (24 Chas. LL. p. I.) |
| |
|
10 February. Revocation of the
Grant formerly made to
|
|
Sir Charles Wheeler, of the Government of
the Leeward Islands. (24 Chas. II. p.
2.) |
| |
|
10 February. William
Stapleton appointed Governor of
|
|
the Leeward Islands during
pleasure. (24 Chas. II. p. 2.) |
| |
|
6 July. William, Lord Willoughby,
appointed Captain
|
|
General, and Governor in Chief, of the
Barbadoes and Caribee Islands, during
pleasure. (24 Chas. II. p. 2.) |
| |
|
13 April. Grant to Leonard Compeare and
Thomas Martyn,
|
|
Esq., the office of Receiver of the
Duties upon all Wines, Brandies, &c., imported into
Jamaica, for life. (26 Chas. II. p. 2.) |
| |
|
29 June. Grant to James, Duke of York,
of several Islands
|
|
and the main land, near New England,
particularly bounded, to him and his heirs,
&c. (26 Chas. II. p. 5.) |
| |
|
28 March. Richard Morley, Esq.,
appointed Secretary of
|
|
Barbadoes, and clerk of the Courts there,
during life. (26 Chas. II. p. 2.) |
| |
|
8 July. Thomas, Lord Culpeper,
appointed Lieutenant and
|
|
Governor General of Virginia, during
life. (27 Chas. II. p. 7.) |
| |
|
27 January. The King declares and
confirms several Laws
|
|
concerning his people in Newfoundland,
and upon the sea adjoining, &c. (27
Chas. II. p. 11.) |
|
|
* There are two pages
labeled 161, thus I have labeled them a and b.
|
|
|
|
|
162b*
|
ENTRIES
RELATING TO AMERICA, &c.
|
|
|
|
Proclamation to prohibit commodities into Foreign
|
|
|
Plantations, but from England only. (27
Chas. II. p. 10.)
|
|
|
|
11 March. John Richards appointed
Secretary of the
|
|
|
Barbadoes, for life. (27 Chas. II. p.
2.)
|
|
|
|
25 June. Robert Thornton, gent.,
appointed Provost
|
|
|
Marshall of Jamaica, for life. (27
Chas. II. p. 7.)
|
|
|
|
3 September. Harbottle Wingfield,
gent., appointed Clerk
|
|
|
of the Court of Common Pleas at Port Royal,
Jamaica. (27 Chas. II. p. 3.)
|
|
|
|
27 January. Ralph Wyatt appointed Clerk
of the Market in
|
|
|
Barbadoes, during pleasure. (27 Chas.
II. p. 11.)
|
|
|
|
10 October. Commission granted to Sir
William Berkeley,
|
|
|
to pardon the Rebels in Virginia upon their
submission. (28 Chas. II. p. 1.)
|
|
|
|
10 October. Herbert Jeffery, and
others, Commissioners
|
|
|
appointed to enquire and report the grievances of the
Inhabitants of Virginia. (28 Chas. II. p.
1.)
|
|
|
|
10 October. Captain Robert Walter,
Commissioner,
|
|
|
appointed Governor of Virginia, in the absence of Herbert
Jeffery. (28 Chas. II. p. 1.)
|
|
|
|
9 October. Herbert Jeffery appointed
Governor of Virginia
|
|
|
in the place of Sir William Berkeley.
(28 Chas. II. p. 1.)
|
|
|
|
11 November. Commission granted for
Herbert Jefferyes
|
|
|
to be Lieutenant Governor of Virginia.
(28 Chas. II. p. 3.)
|
|
|
|
9 March. Garrett Cotter appointed
Secretary and Marshall
|
|
|
of the Islands of Nevis, Teago, and Mountserrat, for
three lives. (28 Chas. II. p. 5.)
|
|
|
|
Same date and part, the King confirms and grants to
the
|
|
|
Inhabitants of Virginia, privileges, &c.
|
|
|
|
Commission to John Willoughby, and others, to
administer
|
|
|
an oath to Sir John Atkins, appointed Captain General of
the Caribee Islands; another, to Randolph Russell, and
others, to administer an oath to William Stapleton,
appointed Captain General of the Caribee Islands, lying
leeward of Guadaloup, and for William Stapleton to
administer an oath to the Deputy Governors of the
same. (29 Chas. II. p. 10.)
|
|
|
|
27 April. Charles Herbert appointed
Chief Clerk in the town
|
|
|
of St. Iago de la Vega, in Jamaica. (29
Chas. II. p. 4.)
|
|
|
|
1 March. Charles, Earl of Carlisle,
appointed Governor
|
|
|
and Captain General of Jamaica. (30 Chas. II.
p. 6.)
|
|
|
* There are two pages
labeled 162, thus I have labeled them a and b.
|
|
|
|
|
ENTRIES
RELATING TO AMERICA, &c.
|
163a
|
|
|
13 April. The King confirms divers Laws
made in Jamaica.
|
|
|
(30 Chas. II. p. 7.) The heads of
the Bills are forty in numbers.
|
|
|
|
26 September. Grant to Edward Randolph,
Esq., and
|
|
|
others, Commission to administer an oath to Josias
Winslow, Governor of New Plymouth; also Benedict Arnold,
Esq., Governor of Rhode Island and Providence Plantation; to
John Leverett, Esq., Governor of Massachusetts Bay; and to
William Leet, Esq., Governor of the Corporation of
Connecticut. (30 Chas. II. p. 1.)
|
|
|
|
20 April. Indenture between the King
and Robert Spencer,
|
|
|
John Strode, Charles Tucker, and Henry Daniel, Esquires,
as to the Imposts and Customs due to the King, of four and a
half per cent. in the Islands of Barbadoes, Nevis, Antegua,
Mountserrat, and St. Christopher's for seven
years. (30 Chas. II. p. 4.)
|
|
|
|
21 June. John Bindloss and Simon
Winslow appointed
|
|
|
Chief Clerk, Register [Registrar], and Sole Examiner in
the Court of Chancery in Barbadoes for their
lives. (31 Chas. II. p. 5.)
|
|
|
|
6 December. Thomas, Lord Culpeper,
appointed
|
|
|
Lieutenant and Governor General of Virginia, for
life. (31 Chas. II. p. 2.)
|
|
|
|
2 August. Garrett Cotter appointed
Secretary and Marshall
|
|
|
of the Islands of Nevis, St. Christopher's, Antegua, and
Mountserrat, for three lives. (31 Chas.
II. p. 6.)
|
|
|
|
Commission to John Cutts, and others, for governing
the
|
|
|
Colony of New Hampshire, in America. (31
Chas. II. p. 6.)
|
|
|
|
8 May. Charles Jones appointed
Postmaster and Register
|
|
|
of the Admiralty in Barbadoes.
(31 Chas. II. p. 5.)
|
|
|
|
5 April. Thomas Robson appointed Clerk
of the Market
|
|
|
in Bridgtown, in Barbadoes, during
pleasure. (31 Chas. II. p. 5.)
|
|
|
|
20 March. Nicholas Spencer appointed
Secretary in
|
|
|
Virginia, during pleasure. (31 Chas.
II. p. 6.)
|
|
|
|
8 December. Concerning Laws to be made
in Virginia:
|
|
|
the confirmation of Tithes, &c. (31
Chas. II. p. 2.)
|
|
|
|
24 February. John Bindlosse appointed
Clerk of the
|
|
|
Markets in Jamaica. (32 Chas. II. p.
2.)
|
|
|
|
6 March. Joseph Crispe appointed Escheator in
the
|
|
|
Leeward Islands. (32 Chas. II. p. 2.)
|
|
|
|
19 May. William Blathwaite, Esq.,
appointed Surveyor and
|
|
|
Auditor General of all the Revenues in
America. (32 Chas. II. p. 2.)
|
|
|
|
28 October. Richard Sutton appointed
Governor of
|
|
|
Barbadoes, &c. (32 Chas. II.
p. 3.)
|
|
|
|
28 February. Grant made to William
Penn, Esq., of a tract
|
|
|
|
|
* There are two pages
labeled 163, thus I have labeled them a and b.
|
|
|
|
|
|
164a
|
ENTRIES
RELATING TO AMERICA, &c.
|
|
|
|
of land, with the Islands belonging to
it, in America, bounded on the east by Delaware,
&c. (33 Chas. II. p. 2.) |
| |
| 2
September. Sir Thomas Lynch appointed
Governor of |
|
Jamaica. (33 Chas. II.
p. 2.) |
| |
| 21 April.
Obediah Clayton and Samuel Travel appointed |
|
Clerks of the Passes, for 21
years. (33 Chas. II. p. 3.) |
| |
| 9 May.
Edward Cranfeild, Esq., appointed Governor of |
|
New Hampshire. (34
Chas. II. p. 1.) |
| |
| 14
November. Cornwall Somers, gent.,
appointed |
|
Postmaster in Barbadoes, vice Charles
Jones, deceased. (34 Chas. II. p.
8.) |
| |
| 14
December. Timothy Thornhill, of
Barbadoes, created a |
|
Baronet. (34
Chas. II. p. 9.) |
| |
| 22 March.
The King doth give and grant to James, Duke |
|
of York, his heirs and assigns, the town
of Newcastle, alias Delaware, and fort thereunto
belonging, situate between Maryland and New Jersey; and
all that tract of land within the circle of twelve miles
about the said town situate upon the river Delaware; and
all Islands in the said river; and the said river and soil
thereof, lying north of the said circle; and all that
tract of land upon Delaware river, beginning 12 miles
south from the said town of Newcastle, alias Delaware, and
extending south to Cape Lopin. To be holden of the manor
of East Greenwich, co. Kent, in free and common socage,
and not in capite or by knight's service, yielding and
rendering therefore every year four beaver skins, when the
same shall be demanded, or within ninety days after such
demand made --- with several powers and authorities,
amongst others to exercise Martial Law. (35
Chas. II. p. 1.) |
| |
| 23 Nov.
George Hannah, Esq., appointed Provost Marshall |
|
General of Barbadoes. (35
Chas. II. p. 2.) |
| |
| 28 Sept.
Francis, Lord Howard of Effingham, appointed |
|
Lieutenant and Governor General of
Virginia, during pleasure. (35
Chas. II. p. 2.) |
| |
| 1 January.
Richard Cony, Esq., appointed Lieutenant |
|
Governor and Commander in Chief of the
Bermuda or Summer Islands, during pleasure, with power of
constituting officers; the places of Sheriff, Provost
Marshall, and Secretary of the said Islands always
excepted. (36 Chas. II. p. 7.) |
| |
| 11 December. John Mountsteven,
Esq., appointed Provost |
|
Marshall General of Jamaica, during
pleasure; to execute by deputy, first approved by the
Governor, or some of the Council there, for the time
being. (36 Chas. II. p. 8.) |
|
|
* There are two pages
labeled 164, thus I have labeled them a and b.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ENTRIES
RELATING TO AMERICA, &c.
|
163b
|
|
| 17
December. John Tucker., appointed
Provost Marshall |
|
General, or Sheriff, and Secretary of
Bermuda, alias the Summer Islands, to exercise by himself
or deputy, during pleasure. (36 Chas. II. p. 8.) |
| |
| 2 July.
Thomas Robson, gent., appointed Clerk of the |
|
Markets of St Michael's, alias Bridge
Town, Spikes Town. and all the Towns in the Barbadoes.
(1 Jac. II. p. 4.) |
| |
| 11 April.
John Mountstevens, Esq., appointed Provost |
|
Marshall General of
Jamaica. (1 Jac. II. p. 4.) |
| |
| 17
October. George Hannay, Esq., appointed
Provost Marshall General of Barbadoes.
(1 Jac. II. p. 8.) |
|
|
| |
| 15
October. Edward Randolph, Esq.,
appointed Collector, |
|
Surveyor, and Searcher of the Customs,
within the colonies of New England, which office was
erected the 15 Oct., 33 Chas. II., with a salary of 100£.
per ann. (1 Jac. II. p. 8.) |
| |
| 8 October.
The King doth erect, constitute, and appoint a |
|
President and Council to take care of the
territory and dominion of New England, commonly called
Massachusetts Bay; and appoints Joseph Dudley, Esq., to be
the first president. (1 Jac. II. p. 8.) |
| |
| 28
October. Francis, Lord Howard, of
Effingham, appointed |
|
Lieutenant and Governor General of
Virginia. (1 Jac. II. p. 8.) |
| |
| 21
October. Nicholas Spencer, Esq.,
appointed Secretary |
|
in Virginia. (1 Jac.
II. p. 9.) |
| |
| 21
October. Alexander Culpeper, Esq.,
appointed Surveyor |
|
General in Virginia. (1
Jac. II. p. 9.) |
| |
| 17
October. Reginald Wilson, of Jamaica,
gent., appointed |
|
Clerk of the Naval or Navy Office in
Jamaica. (1 Jac. II. p. 9.) |
| |
| 28
October. Sir Philip Howard, Knt.,
appointed Captain |
|
General and Governor in Chief, in and
over Jamaica, and the other territories depending
thereon. (1 Jac. II. p. 10.) |
| |
| 5
December. Grant to Hugh Noden, Merchant
Taylor of |
|
London, of five shares of land, with the
edifices thereupon, sitiate in the Summer Islands alias
Bermuda, to him and his heirs for ever. To be held in free
and common socage, by fealty only. (1
Jac. II. p. 10.) |
| |
| 8 January.
Archibald Carmichael appointed Clerk of the |
|
Navy in Barbadoes. (2
Jac. II. p. 2.) |
| |
| 30 April.
Richard Cony, Esq., is constitutes Lieutenant |
|
Governor and Commander in Chief of
Bermuda or Summer Island: a Quo Warranto being issued, and
Judgement thereon entered against the Bermuda
Company. (2 Jac. II. p. 6, in
dorso.) |
|
|
|
|
* There are two pages
labeled 163, thus I have labeled them a and b.
|
| |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
164b
|
ENTRIES
RELATING TO AMERICA, &c.
|
|
|
| 9 June.
Grant to Colonel John Legg, Christopher Guise, |
|
and John Robins, (upon the surrender of
Roger Whaley,) the office of Master or Registrar, for the
taking cognizance of the free consents of such persons as
shall go into the plantations in America or
elsewhere. (2 Jac. II. p. 7.) |
| |
| 29 June.
John Tucker appointed Secretary and Provost |
|
Marshall General of the Bermuda or Summer
Islands. (2 Jac. II. p. 9.) |
| |
| 3 June.
Sir Edmund Andros appointed Governor of New |
|
England. (2 Jac. II. p.
9.) |
| |
| 10 June.
Thomas Duncan, Esq., appointed Governor of |
|
New York. (2 Jac. II.
p. 9.) |
| |
| 9 Sept.
Thomas Montgomery appointed Attorney General |
|
of Barbadoes. (2 Jac.
II. p. 10.) |
| |
| 9 Sept.
Sir Robert Robinson appointed Governor of |
|
Bermuda. (2 Jac. II. p.
10, in dorso.) |
| |
| 28 Sept.
Sir Nathaniel Johnson to be Governor in and |
|
over the Islands of Nevis, &c., known
by the Name of the Caribee
Islands. (2 Jac. II. p. 10, in
dorso.) |
| |
| 25
Nov. Commission for the Duke of
Albemarle to be |
|
Governor of Jamaica. (2
Jac. II. p. 12.) |
| |
| 28 Dec.
William Tyack, gent., appointed Escheator of the |
|
Leeward Islands. (2 Jac.
II. p. 12.) |
| |
| 4 March.
Grant to Christopher, Duke of Albemarle, of all |
|
Wrecks of plate, gold, silver, &c.,
on the north side of Hispaniola, or about the Islands of
Bahama and Florida. (3 Jac. II. p. 1.) |
| |
| 2 March. Grant to
Christopher, Duke of Albemarle, of all |
|
Mines of Gold, &c., in the Colonies
of America. (3 Jac. II. p. 2.) |
| |
| 12 August.
Ratification of the Letters Parent made to the |
|
Duke of Albemarle on the 4th
March. (3 Jac. II. p. 7.) |
| |
| 23 August.
Grant to the Duke of Albemarle, the sole use |
|
of saw mills in the plantations of
America, (New England excepted), for the term of 14
years. (3 Jac. II. p. 8.) |
| |
| 13 August. The King erects
the office of Provost Marshall |
|
General of New England, and grants the
same to Sir William Phipps. (3 Jac. II.
p. 8.) |
| |
| 12
November. Henry Hordesnell, Esq.,
appointed Justice, |
|
or Chief Judge of the Bermuda or Summer
Islands. (3 Jac. II. p. 9.) |
| |
| January
20. Proclamation for the more effectual
reducing |
|
and suppressing pirates or privateers in
America. (3 Jac. II. p. 9.) |
|
|
* There are two pages
labeled 164, thus I have labeled them a and b.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ENTRIES
RELATING TO AMERICA, &c.
|
165a
|
|
| 4 November.
Mathew Plowman appointed Collector and |
|
Received of New York, with a salary of
200£. per annum, vice Lucas Santen. (3
Jac. II. p. 10.) |
| |
| 20
October. Grant to the Earl of Feversham,
of all Wrecks, |
|
&c., on the north side of the
main land of America. (3 Jac. II.
p. 10.) |
| |
| 28
February. Grant to Robert Brent, all
Wrecks, &c., in |
|
or upon any of the rocks, shelves, seas,
or banks, on or near the coast of America, between the
Bermudas and Porto Rico, or between Cartagena and the
Havanna. (4 Jac. II. p. 3.) |
| |
| 5 May. The
King authorises the Duke of Albemarle, |
|
(during his being Governor of Jamaica),
to confer knighthood upon any six deserving persons,
according to his own discretion, in that
Island. (4 Jac. II. p. 4.) |
| |
| 20 April.
The King erects and establishes the office of |
|
Secretary and sole Register [Registrar]
in New England, and grant the said office to Edward
Randolph, Esq. (4 Jac. II. p. 4.) |
| |
| 27
September. The King confirms to Thomas,
Lord |
|
Culpeper, an entire tract of land in
Virginia, bounded within the springs of the rivers of
Tapphannock and Quiriough, to him, his heirs and assigns
for ever—yielding and paying therefore, 6£. 13s.
4d. (4 Jac. II. p. 7.) |
| |
| 5
September. Grant to John, Earl of Bath,
Anthony, Lord |
|
Falkland, and others, the use of the ship
Forsight, to take up and recover Gold near Hispaniola.
(4 Jac. II. p. 7.) |
| |
| 25
September. Henry Fifield, gent.,
appointed Secretary |
|
and Provost Marshall General of the
Summer Islands, alias the Bermudas. (4
Jac. II. p. 8.) |
| |
| 7 April.
Sir Edmund Andros appointed Captain General |
|
and Governor over the Massachusetts Bay,
&c. (Pennsylvania and the county of Delaware only
excepted, vide Pat. 3 June, 2 Jac. II.)
(4 Jac. II. p. 8.) |
| |
| 6 April.
Major Henry Carre appointed Provost Marshall |
|
General of Jamaica. (I
Will. & Mary, p. 1.) |
| |
| 19 July.
Hender Molesworth, of Jamaica, Esq., created a |
|
Baronet. (I Will. &
Mary, p. 2.) |
| |
| 8 August.
Archibald Carmichaell appointed Clerk of the |
|
Navy in the Barbadoes.
(I Will. & Mary, p. 4.) |
| |
| 25 July.
Sir Hender Molesworth appointed Captain |
|
General of Jamaica. (I
Will. & Mary, p. 4.) |
| |
| 3 August.
James Kendall, Esq., appointed Captain |
|
General of Barbadoes, St. Lucca,
&c. (I Will. & Mary, p. 4.) |
|
|
* There are two pages
labeled 165, thus I have labeled them a and b.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
