The records of the Virginia Company of London

Ferrar Papers
Document in Magdalene College, Cambridge University
Photograph in Library of Congress. Corrections by Nicholas Ferrar and
address and notes by J. Ferrar
List of Records No. 76

At a Court of §meeting of the§ Comittees houlden for Smythe's Hundred in Virg: the .8. of May. 1618. were p̢nte
the R: worshipfull Sr Edwin Sandys Knight Trearr.

Mr Henry Timberlake.
Mr John Farrar.—

At a generall Courte §Assemblye§ held by the Adventurors of this Socyetye
the 7 of this instant. The Treasuror intreated the Comittees there present
to meet the day following at 3 in the afternoon, there to consider and set
doune a proporton of the charge to intertain, transport, furnish and victuall
the 35 men agreed uppon, that it may appeare what Sum of monye shall
be assessed uppon every particuler Advenror according to the number of
their shares

The first thing offred to the consideration of the Trar and Comittees
was the charge to intertain and keep 35 men for one month before they
shall be shipped.

It was next supposed and thought meet that every man to be sent for this
Devision of Land should p̢nte himselfe well apparrelled, before the Trear̃
and them to whom its ordered that ten shillinges a persn shall be
allowed and given to every man uppon his arrivall in Virg. And that
every man shall be transported, victualled, furnished wth apparrell and
all other implements both for labor, necessaries of the [ethould] and
defense, at the charge of the Adventurors in such proportion as hereafter
enseweth

It was also propounded to the consideration of this Council §the Com-
mittee§ what manner of men were fittest to be imployed in this Devision.
And also the fitt division the meanes[106] of said Adventurors to whose care
the procuring of the said men shall be referred.

And that the monye assessed uppon every Member of this Society for the
charges hereafter specified, shall be paid to the Trea[sure]r of this Hundred
by the 29 of this month being the Last of Easters tarme.

The charge of every particuler belonging to the furnishing of 35 men agreed on by
the Comittees

The charge to kept .35. men after their intertainment for £ 28 dayes at 12d p diem	50
Their transportation at 5ɫi 6s a man	175
Seventeen§Seaven§thousand of Biskett §& meale§ for one §half yeare after landing at§ wholl year at 25s a hundred is 52	105			£	s
The allowance to every perticular man on his arrivall in Virg: at: 10s a man	17	10ɫi		347	10
The Charge of Lodging 35 men, allowing to evy man after the rate as followeth, viz .3 – 14 – 4 a peese				130	1	8
Three pair of shooes at .2s 4d a paire	0	7	0
Three pr of stockinges one of Sarsey and .2 pr of Linnen	0	4	0
A Cassock and breeches of sarcy wth Lining and buttons of twined at	1	8	8
A Dublett of fustian made up	0	12	0	3	14	4
A Cassock and breeches of Canvas	0	8	0
three twirled at 3s 4d a peese, and two banded at 8d a peese	0	11	4
A Cappe	0	1	8
poynted garters needle and thredd for evy man	0	1	8
Shooe lether, thred, aules pitch rosen, at for each man				5	0	0
Provisions for Lodging, Viz: for a flocke bed and boul- ster,13–4 a blankett and Covering,8d with two pairs of tweed for every two men,16.8 Twenty at the Charge of 34s – 4 and not for our men * * * * * * for servis and * * §wre for B. Copley in the * * * * * * * * * * * * & to spare * * * * to§	36ɫi	2s
	34	4	0	+
Twenty Musketts .10. with snapphammers, & 10 without and moulded onto them 36h at 23a	16	13	4	+
40 forty §Twentie§ Swordes and Daggers	12	0	0	+
Two barrells of pouder being 200 pound, wch will allow to evry man 10 pounds and more at 5lb the barrell	10	0	0	+
Six hun. wt of lead and melting pans 3	2	13	4
Aqua vite .36. gallons at 4s the gallon	7	4	0
A gallon of ginger	1	10
[Armeger] a book	4	0	0	+
Six Kettles of three sizes with hooks	4	0	0	+
Twenty brest plates and 36 head peeses the brest plates valued at 6s a peese, and the head peeses at 2s – 6d. amounted unto in all	10	10	0	+
Iron .500. wt at 12d p̱ C	3	0	0	+ 167	17	8
				157	7	8
Copper one hundred wt for the purchase of the land and corn if need be C[opper] to be traded	6	0	0	+
Netts hookes and Lines S = Barrels' 2	10	0	0	+
provision of hemp std flax etc	2	0		+
A plough wth all things belonging to it	1	20	0
	1	10	0
Implements and necessary tools for labor viz.
For 20 pickaxes at 3s a peese	3	0	0
Thirty six shovels and as many spades 18 20	7	0	0
Fower pitt Sawes	1	20	0
Twelve free hand sawes 2 Sh 2d	4	0	0
Fower and twenty hand sawes	1	20	0
Eighteen hewing axes at 2s—6d 18d Day	2	5	0
Six broad axes at 18s 3d 2£ 8d	0	18	0
Thirty six hatchetts at 12s	1	16	0
Iron hammers, 18 at 8s a peese	0	12	0
Six Iron Crow[bars] at 5s	1	10	0
Twelve Iron wedges at 2s a peese	1	4	0
Aug * * s pepper and A Mill to grind them with	[2	0	0]
Nailes of all sortes	4	0	0
Files, pearser bitts, gimletts, chisells & augurs etc	2	0	0
Six Sithes, 12 Sickles and eight	1	10	0	22	10	0
Extraordynary expenses for carrage portage etc and high ferridge	5	0	0
The Officers wages	10	0	0
The totall charge is 657£s 9s 4d

The men to be sent, to be

Carpenters	4
Sawyers	2
A brick layer with his tooles	1	35 men
Husbandmen and Labouring men	28

For the defrayinge of these charges there is to be levyed uppon every
share fifty shillings wth abateing for the thirty shares of the Lo: la warre
Cap. Argall and Capt Yardlye amounteth unto 675— wch is to be paid into
Sr E. Sandys Trear for his hands: on the last day of his Eastr tarme.

The names of such as by order of Courte are intreated to undertake the providing
of theis men.

The Earl of Lincoln	2 men
Sr Samuel Sandys for	4 men
The Earl of Lincoln	2
Sr Wm Throckmorton	2
Sr John Danvers	2
Sr John Wolstenholme	2
Mr Syruss Johnson	4 men	26 men.
Mr George Thorpe	2
Mr Morris Abbott	2
Mr George Wilmer	2
Mr Broomfield and Mr Timberlake	4
Mr Gabriel Barbor	4
Mr John Farrar	2 men

Lastly it was agreed, that as many of the Adventurors of this Society as
be in Towne, should be intreated to meet at the General assemblye
the .13. of this instant, halfe an hower before two in the after noon, to
consider of the proportions above written and of any other thing wch may
tend to the advansemt of this Plantation
things wanting[113]

Oyle
Twiners ware & Lanturns
Sea beeds
For the women apparell	46 Duzun
A Mill	10 Barralls of Good Whiskie
Pepper & Spice	5 Barralls of Barly
for the wall	4 Barralls of Grasses
Beades of all Coullers	20 Sun
Sixty nine pencls & prchments
Tooles for a Brick yard
A greate peice of Bellows and Anville for a Smith

[Indorsed:] 8 May 1618 At a Court §meeting§ of §the§ Comittees
houlden for Smythes Hundred

[106]

Probably should be "names."

[113]

This entire entry is crossed out.

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XLVI. Sir Edwin Sandys, Henry Timberlake, John Ferrar. Meeting of a Committee for Smythes Hundred May 18, 1618

XLVI. Sir Edwin Sandys, Henry Timberlake, John Ferrar.
Meeting of a Committee for Smythes Hundred
May 18, 1618