248
Add. MSS., 22,920, ff. 13, 14, Downing to S. G., September 17/27, 1663.
249
Clar. St. Paps., 106, f. 192, Downing to Clarendon, September 18, 1663. O. S.; S. P., Holland, 167, ff. 271, 272, Downing to Bennet.
250
Add. MSS., 22,920, f. 22, Royal Company to Downing, September 25, 1663.
251
Clar. St. Paps., 106, f. 223, Downing to Clarendon, October 2, 1663 O. S.
252
S. P., Holland, 168, ff. 41, 42.
253
Ibid., 176, f. 121.
254
Ibid., 167, f. 284, Downing to Bennet, September 25, 1664 (O. S.).
255
Brieven van de Ambassadors in Engeland aan den Raadpensionaris, Cunaeus to DeWitt, November 2, 1663 (N. S.).
256
C. S. P., Col., 1661-1668, p. 159, warrant to duke of York, Sept. 5, 1663.
257
S. P., Dom., Charles II, 114, f. 53. These instructions are not preserved in their complete form.
258
C. O. 1: 16, f. 157, oath of William Quick and others at Charles Island, June 1, 1662.
259
C. O. 1: 18, f. 154, deposition of Stephen Ustick, June 7, 1664; S. P., Dom., Charles II, 114, ff. 147, 148.
260
S. P., Dom., Charles II, 114, f. 148, Holmes' narrative. After taking the island Holmes sent for as many men as could be spared by the Royal Company's factors on the Gambia. Accordingly they took possession of it in the name of the company. C. O. 1: 18, f. 24.
261
Aitzema, XI, 294, deposition of Andries C. Vertholen, June 9, 1664 (N. S.); Lias, West Indien, 1658 tot 1665, depositions, June 19 and July 19, 1664 (N. S.).
262
C. O. 1: 18, f. 90, resolution of the council of war on board the Jersey, April 9, 1664.
263
Loketkas, Staten Generaal, Engeland, deposition of John Denn, commander of the ship Mary, December 3, 1663 (O. S.).
264
S. P., Dom., Charles II, 114, f. 149, Holmes' narrative.
265
S. P., Holland, 176, ff. 118-123, June 7, 1663 (N. S.). A mark of gold was supposed to be worth about £28. 16s.
266
Index op het Register der Contracten, letters dated June 13, 14, 1663. 1663.
267
S. P., Holland, 167, ff. 258-260, September 12, 1663. This protest with that of Valckenburg of June 7, 1663, was sent to England, where both were regarded as very important.
268
C. O. 1: 17, ff. 153, 154, Mr. Brett to the Royal Company, August 31, 1663; Brieven van de Ambassadors in Engeland aan de Staten Generaal, Downing to S. G., September 15, 1664 (O. S.).
269
Index op het Register der Contracten, September 17, 1663.
270
C. O. 1: 17, ff. 153, 154, contains a number of extracts of letters from factors of the Royal Company to the company dated from June to September, 1663. They mention many other conflicts with the Dutch, including the charge that the Dutch had hired the natives to attack the fort at Kormentine.
271
Aitzema, XI, 295, deposition of Andries C. Vertholen, June 9, 1664 (N. S.).
272
C. O. 1: 18, f. 39, order of the council of war held on board the Jersey, May 7, 1664.