his office to measure and sett out land to the Planters according vnto his Pattentt And further he humbly desirs that his Matie wold be Gratiously Pleased to grant him the keeping Records of the sayd Lands being Duely Capable of the same by vertue of his surveyors Place wh Petition is by his Matie Referrd vnto my Lord Windsor to be grattified in his Requestt or otherwise to Certify what his May conceiue fit to be done theirin. My humble request vnto yur Lord is before my Lord off Windsor Leaue England to Recomend the sayd John Mann vnto his Lordpps fauour he being & will approue him selfe a most vsefull Person hauing at his one Charge made a survey off the Iland whereof he hath made a Draughtt & sentt itt vnto his Matie. Your Lordpps most humble servant 23th Aprill 1662. JOHN SHAW. Endorsed-"A Memoriall towching M John Mann Surueyor off Jamaica April 23 1662," and "A Lre from Jo. Shaw for La Clard to recommend M2 J. Mann surveyor of Jamaica to Id Windsor y Governor." XVI. JOHN CLARKE TO KING CHARLES II. MY LORD O KING I humbly and earnestly craue yo' Majesties favour according to yor Royall word, for a speedy dispatch of a good & ample Charter for ye Colonie of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations, and that y° Charter lately granted unto my neighbo' Mr. Wintrup may againe be reveiwed by yo Majesty, for as much as therby he hath iniuriously swallowed up the one half of or Colonie: And yt now by yo' wisdome, through a cleer information of y° state of those Parts, such certaine & equall bounds & limitts may be set between us both, as may best stand with y° growth & flourishing of those Plantations & with ye Permanent hono' of yo' Majesty & yo' Petitioners shall take themselues greatly obliged JOHN CLARKE. May 14. 62. XVII. SAMUEL MAVERICK TO THE EARL OF CLARENDON. RIGHT HONORABLE May it please you' Lord' (if I know my selfe) I have beene for some tyme, beene a faithfull Intelligencer, as to the New-Englan' affaires in psuance of wch I heare wth humbly p'sume to p'sent to you' Lord a trew representation of the affaires as now they stand there, colected out of scuerall letters lately come from thence and also by report of many psons lately arived euery pticular, and more, will be playnely made out if required. I leave all to you' Lord wise Consideration, and am att all tymes ready to attend you' Comandes. And shall euer remayne Your Lord's most humble seruant SAMUELL MAVERICKE My Lord I haue much more to say, so hath Capt Breeden and others, yf yo" please to Command vs att any time to wayte on yo". To the right honorable Edward Endorsed" New Englande. B: No. (12.)" [DOCUMENTS REFERRED TO IN THE PRECEDING LETTER.] A Representation of the state of affaires in New England as Collected out of Seuerall Letters & by reporte of Seuerall persons wch Lately came from thence as followeih. One M: Kellon Who formerly had the Kings Warrant for aprehending Whaly & Goffe. Whome he followed making dilligent inquiry after them as farr as Newhauen, where being Credibly informed they were in two houses, ye sd Kellon went to y° Gouern' Mr Leete for his asistance and Liberty to search, whch the said Gouern refused should be don vntill such tyme as their did a Court sitt about it, whch delay the sa Mr Kellon Credibly beleues was an opertunitie giuen to Escape away wh he suposes they did from the s two howses, & that with the consent of Some of the Chieff Magistrates, ye said two Coll. being reported to bee at the said place two dayes after Mr Kellons going away and yett no Care taken to aprehend them. ch The said Mr Kellon informing of a french Vessell that Came to Boston to trade Contrary to the Act of Nauigation, and prosecuting according to y° s act in his Matics behalfe was condemned to pay yo Charge of the Court, though he fully proued the Înformation. One Mr Lositer a fusition taking notice of y° delay of Newhauen Gouerns & their Neglect to Yeild Obedience to y° Kings Warrant for Whaly & Goffe, in the name of him Selfe & diuers of his Neighbours to quitt themselues from y° Guilt of that neglect, drew vp a protest in Writting against itt, w their reasons for so protesting, wch they gaue in to the Governors, & for ye protest the said Mr Rossiter was a forthnight Impris oned. Its frequently taught & preached as a duty to hide ye fugitiues of Moab, the Kings Mate is spoken slitely of, & prognostick of a Sudden Change in one yeare more & Such Like things are blowne about in New England to keepe vp a party in a hopefull Expectation of an alteration here. Diuers Youths lately p'secuted att Boston for making bonefires on Gunpowder treason day at night, it being kept as a thankesgiuing for ye returne of New England Agents, Yo Youths being Willing to Conforme to ye practise that Such a tyme affords in old England, for this the parents of the Youths were fined, but yo Children of y Church Members Who Were guilty as much as Others. Scapt all Scott free. One Cap' Scott is reported to haue had ample power from yo King & Councell, Wch in a little tyme in Long Island he putt forth to ye Imprisoning diuers, Others he threatned much, Especially y° Gouern of Rods Island, butt hauing strick Comand from the Kinge to returne Wth all speede, hee Could not stay to Effect his intended designes, this Capt Scott by his Confident boasting of his fauor at Court is Entertayned of their Cabinett Councell at Boston, & now reported to bee in some imployment for them to England, One Thomas Joy but for asking him Whether he did not once keepe Cows, was asaulted wt two or three boxes on the Eare & vpon Complaint of the sa Scott to ye Comission" the sd Joye was fined 200lb bound to his good behauior, and Since his Estate all Seized on. Cap Scott confidently affirmes that my Lord Chancello in his heering & in publick audience asked M Clarke iff hee where not ashamed so Impudently to Vilify and acuse Mr Winthrop (and Mr Winthrop being present) my Lord Chancellor should say he wondered how Mr Winthrop Could have the patience to bare itt. Cap Scott is much made of att Boston and reputed as their Sauiour, pretends to bee a greate fauorite att Court Weares about his Neck the Kings picture in gold, Wth a gold chayne, woh hee affirmes heere yo King gaue him and before his going over to New England he afirmed the Duke of Yorke gave it him. Diuers inhabitants of Roade Island Colony have been imprisoned att Boston aboue'12 moneths for keeping possession of Lands bought of the Indians wch is not wth in the bounds of their pattent, and notwithstanding their Apeales to his Matie when the Agents of the respectiue Collonyes where p'sent in England, are not yett releast butt more strictly Confined vpon the returne of ye sd Agents. The Libertyes of New England are nothing att all inlarged, notwithstanding his Maties orders in his Letter, the Gene Court spent about 3 Weekes tyme in descanting vpon itt what his Maties meanes and disputing whether the King wthout the Parliment Cann Impose such things on them, and many doe Openly Expresse they neuer intend to Obserue his Maties Comands and Will dye before they Will Yeald to him, and are more seuere against the Kings friends than Euer they were. Strange Reports are Raysed and blowne about concerning the diuisions of England the the (sic) King is gonn to Windsor Castle and dares nott Come to London. Thereby to discorage all the Kings freinds here, and to keepe vp the Sperits of others in Expectation of Sudden Changes and alterations. Which are frequently pro nosticated here. Endorsed "Extracts of 5 Seuerall letters from New England. Feb. 1662. B: N° (13)." XVIII. SAMUEL MAVERICK TO THE EARL OF CLARENDON. RIGHT HONORABL May it please you' Lord! As I haue ptly vnderstoode wt Indeauours there haue beene to obstruct the settelm of the Gouermt of New England, so I also vnderstand that some (vnder the name of Inhabitante of, and adventurers to New England,) haue indeavored to render me vncapable, of bearing any share (as a seruant) in that worke, this hath not beene vnknowne to many who haue beene, and are much concerned there on wch some for p'vention of secret scandalls wch might hinder me of being the meanest seruan' in |