CCXLI. Treasurer and Council for Virginia. Answer to the
Privy Council concerning Captain John Bargrave's Petition
June (?), 1622[322]
C. O. 1, Volume II, No. 7
Document in Public Record Office, London
List of Records No. 517
To the Right honoble͠ the Lordes and others of his Maties most honoble
Priuy Counsell
The humble answere of the Treasuror & Councell for Virginia
May it please your ll͠ps; According to a Refference to the Governor &
Councell of Virginia * * * subscribed vnder Captayne Bargraues
petic̃on in these wordℯ following: This petic̃on being read at the Board,
It was thought meete and ordered, that the Governour and Counsell of
the Plantac̃on in Virginia doe take considerac̃on aswell of this petic̃on, as
of certayne Articles sett downe in writing & exhibited to the Board by
the petic̃oner, wch are to be sent vnto them herewithall: And therevpon
to make answere to the same in writing with all convenient expedic̃on.
Wee haue had considerac̃on of the same, consisting of two partℯ; The
first a Complaynt agaynst Sr Thomas Smith & others concerning seuerall
wrongs and Losses thereby sustayned in his perticuler during that governe-
ment: The other an aspersion vpon the forme of governmt itselfe, both in
present and future, preiudiciall to the Plantac̃on, If the same be not
releived with a better (as more at Large it appeareth by the said petic̃on).
With the Latter wee haue only proceeded, & according to the enioynement
of the Refference, made our answere vnder Captayne Bargraues Hande-
wrighting, to the which herewith sent, Wee humbly referr your L̃ɫps.
ffor the former, because wee could neither take it into our considerac̃on,
nor give our answere therein, vnlesse wee entred into a strict and perticuler
examinac̃on thereof; It being a busines of greate latitude, having reference
to many yeares execuc̃on, witnesses and recordℯ past in this Courte & per-
formed in the Plantac̃on: ffor the doing whereof wee finde our selues,
neither qualified nor authorised by the foresaid reference: Wee most
humbly submitt the medling therewith to such further order, direccon &
authority, as your ll͠ps shall please to give in that behalfe.
