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1678.
Feb. 28.
Whitehall. |
1643. Sir Joseph Williamson to Governor Lord Carlisle. A
letter of recommendation in favour of Mr. Beckford. [Col. Entry
Bk., Vol. XCIII., p. 97.] |
March 20.
Whitehall. |
1644. The King to Governor Stapleton. Whereas since the
capture of Tobago from the Dutch by the French, and the subsequent abandonment of the Island by both nations, it has come to
our knowledge that certain negroes have been left behind there by
the Dutch, and that no one is in possession of Tobago except some
"Salvage" Indians, we have thought fit, in acceptance of your good
services, to grant you the said negroes for your own use and property,
provided that no one else can show legal title to the same. By
His Majesty's command. J[oseph] W[illiamson]. [Col. Entry Bk.,
Vol. XCIII., p. 97.] |
July 31.
Port Royal. |
1645. Governor Lord Carlisle to Secretary Williamson. I have
been much troubled with gout in my passage, but was greatly
refreshed by the wine you obliged me with. I despair not of a
deliverance, having walked more here in twelve days than in as
many months in England. You will have heard before this of the
disaster to the Count d'Estreés on the Isle of Avis. I hear this
morning by a boy coming from Petit Guavers in Hispaniola that
he put on shore about 2,500 men, of whom some 1,200 are dead,
and the rest in a perishing condition. This voyage will turn to a
very ill account to His Most Christian Master. [Col. Papers,
See Addenda Volume.] |
Aug. 1.
Barbadoes. |
1646. Governor Sir Jonathan Atkins to Secretary Coventry.
According to intelligence received yesterday from Governor
Stapleton, there is little danger now from the French fleet under
the command of Count d'Estreés, the greater part of it having been
"ruined almost to a miracle." Desirous it seems of making some
further attempt on the Dutch or Spaniards, or both, they made
their first design upon Curacoa, whereof the Governor sent out
three ships to discover them, with orders to attend the French
fleet, but with such care as to run no risk of capture. The French
discovering them, it seems, gave chase with all their fleet. The
Dutch better acquainted with these seas than they drew them on
among some islands, where there was neither water for the great
ships nor possibility of avoiding the shelves and rocks there. The
first ships that struck fired guns to warn the rest to stand off,
which they took as signal for an engagement, and pursued more
eagerly, to their ruin, as enclosed relation shows (see ante
No. 741 XIV.). D'Estreés and most of the men are saved, and not
many lives lost, though all their great ships are ruined and gone.
Yet for all this my intelligence says that d'Estreés lost not his
courage, but would have attempted Curacoa with the ships which
were left, but his buccaneers, "which are only beasts of prey,"
seeing there was little to be got but blows, deserted him. Since
this first misfortune another frigate was driven into Porto Rico,
where the Spaniards cut her off, and another wrecked on Crab
Island, so that d'Estreés is like to give his master a good account
of his fleet; I wish them as good luck at home, if we have a war
with them. Doubtless this intelligence will reach you before
my letter, for the Dutch have not of late years been much
acquainted with success, and General Stapleton is so much nearer
to those parts that if he had a ship at hand he will send it away at
once; but having a ship ready to sail I thought it my duty to
despatch the news. Copy. 2 pp. [Col. Papers, See Addenda
Volume.] |
Aug. 3.
Barbadoes. |
1647. Colonel Strowde to [Lords of Trade and Plantations?].
A vessel came in yesterday from the Leeward Islands with news
of a great disaster to Count d'Estrées before Curacoa, his fleet
being decoyed on to a place called the Island of Rocks by three
Dutch privateers. The loss is reported to be himself prisoner,
and 13 ships utterly lost; the rocks are said to be covered with
500 brass guns. This news came to the Leeward Islands by a
vessel sent from Curacoa to treat for an exchange of prisoners.
This is the second fleet which Count d'Estrées has lost. [Col.
Papers, See Addenda Volume.] |
| [Oct. 4.] |
1648. Address of the Jamaica Assembly to Governor Lord
Carlisle. Objections to the Bills brought over by Lord Carlisle
from England, and the whole system of Poyning's law:—(1.) The
distance of Jamaica from England. (2.) The swiftness of change
in colonies from the nature of the case. (3.) The privation of a
deliberative voice in the making of laws. (4.) The excessive
power vested in the Governor. (5.) The superiority of the former
system. [Presented with. the Bill of Impost, 4th October (see ante,
No. 807).] Copy. 3 pp. [Col. Papers, See Addenda Volume] |
| Dec. 9. |
1649. The King to Governor Atkins. Directing that Mr. Edwyn
Stede, Agent for the Royal African Company in Barbadoes, be
sworn of the Council in that Island. By His Majesty's command.
J. Williamson. [Col. Entry Bk., Vol. XCIII., p. 158.] |
1679.
Nov. 29.
St. Christopher's. |
1650. Governor Sir William Stapleton to Captain James Aire,
commanding H.M.S. Deptford. Ordering him to sail and seize a
Dutch vessel said to be at anchor in Statia Roads, and take her to
Digby's Bay. Holograph. [Col. Papers, Vol. XLIII., No. 186.] |
1680.
May 27. |
1651. Certificates of Lord Vaughan concerning Captain Charles
Morgan, that he served as Captain of Fort Charles, Commissary of
Ordnance, and Commander of all other forts and fortifications in
Jamaica; also as Captain in the Regiment of Port Royal, in all of
which he served with the deportment of a prudent, discreet, and
sober officer, from 1st November 1676 to Lord Vaughan's departure
from the Island, 14th March 1678. |
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A similar certificate from Lord Carlisle, only with dates altered
to 18th July 1676 and 27th May 1680. Copies. [Col. Papers,
See Addenda Volume.] |
