XCI. Rough Draft of a Proposition affecting the Virginia
Company concerning Captain Argall
1620 (?)
Manchester Papers, No. 281
Document in Public Record Office, London
List of Records No. 145
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Doncaster, Zouch, Dareye, North
And yt all Cap. Argolls business may be referrd (the ship only excepted
§wch no more[151] [to be] spoke of§ to my L: Zouch my L: of London, and
Mr Recorder
In the prosequution whereof: the Virginia Company shall choose one
Counsellor of Cap: Argoll another to open the cause §at the hearing§ to
thes[e] Arbitrators. And Mr Harbert and Mr Kightly wch are already
apointed by ye Court to sollicite ye business shall only alone and no other
instru[ct] the Counsell §and attend at the hearing of the cause§ but neither
they nor any other of the Virginia Companye nor any freind for them
shall se make meanes to ye Arbitrators, nor Capt Argoll nor no freind for
him on the other syde: only Cap. Argoll sh or wt inferiour whomsoeuer he
shall choose (so he be none of ye Virginia Company) m shall instruct his
§owne§ Counsell and not aboue one more §and he to be none of ye Vir-
ginia Company§ besyds of Cap. Argolls syde, besyds himselfe and his
Counsell shall appeare §or assist him§ at the hearinge:
whoseeuer shall And whatsoeuer the sayd Arbitrators shall conclude
herein shall stand good and tye all parties, and whosoeuer shall trans-
gress ye order of Court in this kind to be disfranchised and re a record
to be made against him as a disturber of ye publick peace of ye Company.
The Virginia Court & Barmuda Court shall not entermedd[le] with ye
affayres or proceedings of each other wh. An order in each Court to
be made to yt effect vpon payne of disfranchisemt, and record of a pub
as a publick disturber of ye peace & tranquilitie of yt societie
Sr Tho: Smythes Accompts to be perfected within one moneth.
That all parties any wayes interessed in these differences particularly
my L. Sou my L. W. Sr T. S. Sr Ed. S. Sr T. Ro: Sr N. R. &c shall at
some Church in London receaue ye Com̃union together in confirmac̃on of
yer mutuall accords.
[Indorsed in a later hand:] Virginia Virginia Papers.
