CDXXXIII. John Harvey. Petition to Sir Francis Wyatt and
the Council
March, 1623/4
Manuscript Records Virginia Company, III, pt. ii, p. 62
Document in Library of Congress, Washington, D. C.
List of Records No. 631
To the right worll͠ Sr Francis Wyatt knight etc and to the Counsell of
Estate
The Complaint and petition of John Haruey Esquier
Whereas at this p̢sent whilst yor petitioner according to the Com̃andement
of ther Lops is here busied in his in his Maties seruice, John white one
of the mrs mates of his shipp the Southampton, being abetted by Robert
Guyar mr of the said shipp, hath most pernitiously framed a mutynie
or devision among the shipps Company, & hath been so Impudent, yea
insolent, as to deliuer into the hands of yor said peticioner, (by whose
bread hee liueth at all) of ther names, whose myndes hee hath seditionly
alienated fro' ther duty, for the vtter ou9throwing of ye voyage wch yor
said petitioner, being sole honor & aduenturer of the same shipp now
intendeth, & for the p̱formance wherof hath been a great Charge of
fower thousand sterling at the least. All wch notwthstanding, & that ye
right Honobl͠e the Lords of his Maties Counsell for new England haue
been pleased by ther Comission and Instructions to giue in Charge the
admirallty of those seas, & also that ye said shipp is to returne hither
wth her lading of fish to the great releife & saffeguard of this plantacion,
the said white, abetted by Guyar as aforesd, still p̱sisteth in his mutinous
practice, not only to the intollerable Damage of yor said peticioner but
also to the manifest hurt & disfurnishing of this Cuntry, & to the hindrance
of his maiesty seruice ther in New England.
Humbly desireth yt in respect of ye gt damages hee hath already sustained
& greater hee is like to sustaine by ther meanes, you would be pleased
to depositt ye goods, & attach the persons of these tow ringleaders of
Mutynie, & to employ them in some seruice of the Colony, tell such
time as order may come fro' ther Lops of ye priuy Counsell of England
for ther farther Censures.
And yor peticioner as well here as in England by his affectionat seruice
shalbe alwaies ready to expresse his thankefullnes
