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[54a] Clar. St. Paps., 106, f. 192, Downing to Clarendon, September 18, 1663. O. S.; S. P., Holland, 167, ff. 271, 272, Downing to Bennet.
[55] Add. MSS., 22,920, f. 22, Royal Company to Downing, September 25, 1663.
[56] Clar. St. Paps., 106, f. 223, Downing to Clarendon, October 2, 1663 O. S.
[57] S. P., Holland, 168, ff. 41, 42.
[58] _Ibid._, 176, f. 121.
[59] _Ibid._, 167, f. 284, Downing to Bennet, September 25, 1664 (O.
S.).
[60] Brieven van de Amba.s.sadors in Engeland aan den Raadpensionaris, Cunaeus to DeWitt, November 2, 1663 (N. S.).
[61] C. S. P., Col., 1661-1668, p. 159, warrant to duke of York, Sept.
5, 1663.
[62] S. P., Dom., Charles II, 114, f. 53. These instructions are not preserved in their complete form.
[63] C. O. 1: 16, f. 157, oath of William Quick and others at Charles Island, June 1, 1662.
[64] C. O. 1: 18, f. 154, deposition of Stephen Ustick, June 7, 1664; S. P., Dom., Charles II, 114, ff. 147, 148.
[65] 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.
[66] 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.).
[67] C. O. 1: 18, f. 90, resolution of the council of war on board the Jersey, April 9, 1664.
[68] Loketkas, Staten Generaal, Engeland, deposition of John Denn, commander of the s.h.i.+p Mary, December 3, 1663 (O. S.).
[69] S. P., Dom., Charles II, 114, f. 149, Holmes' narrative.
[70] S. P., Holland, 176, ff. 118-123, June 7, 1663 (N. S.). A mark of gold was supposed to be worth about 28. 16s.
[71] Index op het Register der Contracten, letters dated June 13, 14, 1663. 1663.
[72] 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.
[73] C. O. 1: 17, ff. 153, 154, Mr. Brett to the Royal Company, August 31, 1663; Brieven van de Amba.s.sadors in Engeland aan de Staten Generaal, Downing to S. G., September 15, 1664 (O. S.).
[74] Index op het Register der Contracten, September 17, 1663.
[75] 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.
[76] Aitzema, XI, 295, deposition of Andries C. Vertholen, June 9, 1664 (N. S.).
[77] C. O. 1: 18, f. 39, order of the council of war held on board the Jersey, May 7, 1664.
[78] S. P., Dom., Charles II, 114, ff. 51, 52, Holmes' examination. In his examination before the Privy Council Holmes a.s.serted that in one of the s.h.i.+ps captured from the Dutch, orders had been found from the States General commanding the Dutch factors to seize the English fort at Kormentine. There is no evidence to support this a.s.sertion and the States General afterwards characterized the statement as "an errand invention & a fowle lye." S. P., Holland, 181, f. 10.
[79] S. P., Dom., Charles II, 114, ff. 150, 151, Holmes' account; C.
O. 1: 18, f. 39, order of the council of war held on board the Jersey, May 7, 1664.
[80] S. P., Holland, 174, f. 32, Downing to Bennet, January 10, 1664/5 (O. S.). This letter, written over a year later, shows that Downing was not acquainted with Holmes' instructions.
[81] Lister, Thomas Henry, _Life and Administration of Edward, first Earl of Clarendon_, III, 259, Downing to Clarendon, November 6, 1663 (O. S.).
[82] S. P., Holland, 168, f. 230, Downing to Bennet, December 18, 1663.
[83] Clar. St. Paps., 107, f. 101, Downing to S. G., February 8, 1663/4 (O. S.).
[84] Add. MSS., 22,920, f. 26, Schested to Downing, February 10, 1664; S. P., Denmark, 17, f. 150, Frederick III to Schested, December 15, 1663.
[85] Loketkas, Staten Generaal, Engeland, W. I. C. to S. G., read December 1, 1663 (N. S.); _ibid._, S. G. to Downing, December, 1663.
[86] S. P., Holland, 169, ff. 120, 121, Downing to (Bennet), February 12, 1663/4 (O. S.).
[87] _Ibid._, f. 121.
[88] _Ibid._, ff. 122, 124.
[89] S. P. Holland, 169, f. 132, Downing to S. G., February 16, 1663/4 (O. S.).
[90] _Brieven van de Amba.s.sadors in Engeland aan de Staten van H. en W. F._, Cunaeus to DeWitt, March 11/21, 1664.
[91] Pepys, _Diary_, IV, 103; Brieven van de Amba.s.sadors in Engeland aan de Staten van H. en W. F., Cunaeus to DeWitt, (April 8/18, 1664, N. S.).
[92] Clar. St. Paps., 107, f. 147, Downing to Clarendon, April 1, 1664 (O. S.); Dumont, _Corps Universel Diplomatique_, VI, part 2, p. 424, article XIV.
[93] S. P., Holland, 170, ff. 16-18, Downing to Bennet, May 6, 1664 (O. S.); Clar. St. Paps., 107, ff. 195, 196, Downing to Clarendon, May 6, 1664 (O. S.).
[94] _Brieven van de Amba.s.sadors in Engeland aan de Staten van H. en W. F._, Cunaeus to DeWitt, May 6/16, 1664; Secretekas, Engeland, no.
123, Cunaeus to the directors of W.I.C., May 6/16, 1664.
[95] Secretekas, Engeland, no. 123, W. I. C. to S. G., May 23, 1664 (N. S.).
[96] S. P., Holland, 173, f. 129, Downing to Bennet, December 30, 1664 (O. S.).
[97] Resolution of S. G., June 13, 1664 (N. S.).
[98] _Ibid._, June 5, 1664 (N. S.).
[99] S. P., Holland, 171, f. 174, VanGogh to S. G., June 24/July 4, 1664.
[100] DeWitt, _Brieven_ (DeWitt, Johan, _Brieven, geschreven ende gewisselt tusschen den Heer Johan de Witt_), IV, 311, DeWitt to VanGogh, July 11, 1664 (N. S.).
[101] _Brieven van de Amba.s.sadors in Engeland aan de Staten van H. en W. F._, VanGogh to DeWitt, July 15/25, 1664.
