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CCXXXIX. Virginia Company. "A note of the shipping, men, and
prouisions sent and prouided for Virginia, ... in the yeere
1621."
End of May, 1622

A note of the shipping, men, and prouisions sent and prouided for Virginia,
by the Right, Honorable Henry Earle of South-hampton, and the
Company, and other priuate Aduenturers, in the yeere 1621. &c.

Ships and People

                                           

1	The Elianor 30. Tun: in May 1621. with	10.	Persons.
2	The George 180. Tun: in Iuly	120.
3	The Charles 120. Tun: in Iuly	080.
4	The Marmaduke 100. Tun: in Iuly	080.
5	The Temperance 80. Tun: in Iuly	050.
6	The Warwicke 160. Tun: in August	100.
7	The Tiger 40. Tun: in August	040.
8	The Sea-flower 140. Tun: in August	120.
9	The Flying Hart 200. Tun: in August	060.	Men .40. Cattell.
10	The Discouery 60. Tun: in Nouember	020.
11	The Bona Noua 200. Tun: in Nouember	050.
12	The Hopewell 60. Tun: in Nouember	020.
13	The Godsspeed 150. Tun: in Aprill 1622	100.
14	The Gift of God 140. Tun: in Aprill	100.
15	The Prime-Rose 80. Tun: in Aprill	060.
16	The Charity 80. Tun: in Aprill	030.
17	The Bonaventure 50. Tun: in Aprill	010.
18	The White Lion 180. Tun: in May	040.	Men .40. Cattell.
19	The Furtherance 180. Tun: in May	080.	Men.
20	The Margaret and Iohn 160. Tun: in May	080.
21	The Iames 120. Tun: in May	080.
	Summe of the persons	1300.	Cattell 80.

Sent also to the Summer Ilands by that Company.

       

22	The Ioseph 150. Tun: in May 1621	100.	Persons.
23	The Iames 120. Tun: in Iuly	080.
24	The Concord 180. Tun: in August	070.
			Persons 250.

So there is 24. saile of Ships, with 500. Mariners in them imployed to these Planta-
tions in this yeere.

 

Besides, there are now prouiding seuerall Ships in diuers parts of this Kingdome to transport to the Plantations aboue

500. persons.

And for the greater benefit of the Plantations, these things following haue been
here done this yeere.

16 Persons Italians, and others, haue been prouided and sent for the mak-
ing of Beads for trade in the Countrey with the Natiues, and for making
Glasse of all sorts.

57 Young maids haue bin sent to make wiues for the Planters, diuers of
which were well married before the comming away of the Ships.

A Magazine hath bin sent of all necessaries for the Colony, to the value of
2000. pound, besides al priuate mens sending goods, which was very ample,
Trade being set open for all his Maiesties Subiects.

A Ship called the Discouery, hath bin set out for the rich trade of Furres,
which both the French, and Hollanders haue yeerely within our precincts,
and within 50. leagues of vs.

25. Persons for the building of Boats, Pinnaces and Ships, for the neces-
sary vse of the Colony for fishing, trade, and Discouery, &c.

7. Persons sent for planting the 1000. acres of land giuen to the East-India
Schoole.

Other occurrents of note.

The Gouernors arriuall in Virginia, at the end of the last Summer, with
9. Ships, and neare seuen hundred people, all safely, and in good health.

The admirable deliuerance of diuers Ships; and namely, of the Tiger,
which being driuen strangely neare 200. leagues out of her course, fell into
the Turkes hands, and yet came safe to Virginia.

Master Berkleys letters assure vs, that there is not a more fit place for
Iron-workes then in Virginia, both for wood, water, mines, and stone: and
that by Whitsontide next, we may rely vpon Iron made by him.

The Plants of Cotton-wooll trees that came out of the West Indies, prosper
exceeding well, and the Cotton-wooll-seeds from the Mogols Countrey
come vp, and grow: Samples of it they haue sent; and this commodity
they hope this yeere to bring to a good perfection and quantity.

The Indico seed thriues well, but they yet want knowledge how to cure it.

Our Frenchmen assure vs that no Countrey in the world is more proper
for Vines, Silke, Oliues, Rice, &c. then Virginia, and that it excelleth their
owne Countrey. The Vines being in abundance naturally ouer all the
Countrey: a taste of which wine they haue already sent vs, with hope the
next yere to send vs a good quantity.

There be Mulbery trees in wonderfull abundance, and much excelling both
in goodnesse and greatnesse those of their Countrey of Languedock. To
the full perfecting of both which rich commodities of Wine and Silke, there
wanteth nothing but hands. And of the Mulberies may bee made also
good wholesome Wine for the people there.

And of a certain Plumme in the country they haue made good drink.

Salt-workes are erecting (the proper place being now found, as the
Rocheller doth certifie vs) whereby many Ships will transport people at
easier rates hereafter, finding Salt there to furnish them for the great and
profitable fishings vpon that Coast, whither 20. saile of Ships went this
last yeere out of the Westerne parts of England, besides the Ships formerly
mentioned.

Master Iohn Porey hath of late made a discouery into the great Bay
Northward (yet at the bottome of it he was not, reseruing it to a second
Voyage) where are now settled neare 100. English very happily, with
hope of a good Trade of Furres there to be had. And Terra Lemnia was
sent vs from thence, which is found as good as that of Turkey, and is in
great abundance to be had.

In February last he likewise discouered to the South Riuer, some 60.
miles ouer land from vs, a very fruitfull and pleasant Countrey, full of
Riuers, wherein are two haruests in one yeere (the great King giuing him
friendly entertainment, and desirous to make a league with vs) hee found

also there in great quantity of the same Silke-grasse, (as appeareth by the
samples sent vs) wherof Master Heriott in his booke 1587. makes relation,
who then brought home some of it, with which a piece of Grogeran was
made, and giuen to Queene Elizabeth, and some heere who haue liued in
the East Indies affirme, that they make all their Cambaya Stuffes of this,
and Cotten-wooll.

Also in his passage by land, Master Porey discouered a Countrey, full of
Pine trees, aboue twenty miles long, whereby a great abundance of Pitch
and Tarre may be made: and other sorts of woods there were, fit for
Pot-ashes and Sope-ashes.

The Indians haue made relation of a Copper-mine, that is not far from
thence, how they gather it, and the strange making of it: a piece whereof
was sent home, being found (after triall) very excellent metall. Some
of the English haue made relation of a China box seene at one of the
Kings houses, who declared, that it was sent him from the West, by a King
that dwels ouer the great hils, whose Countrey is neare the Sea, he hauing
that box from a People, as he said, that come thither in Ships, and weare
clothes, and dwell in houses, and are called Acanackchina. And he offered
our people that he would send his brother along with them to that King:
which the Gouernour purposeth not to refuse, hoping thereby to discouer
the South Sea, so long talked of.

A small Ship comming in December last from the Summer-Ilands, to
Virginia, brought thither from thence these Plants, viz. Vines of all sorts,
Orange and Leman trees, Sugar canes, Cassado roots (that make bread)
Pines, Plantans, Potatoes, and sundry other Indian fruites and plants,
not formerly seene in Virginia, which begin to prosper very well.

Gifts.

               

	l.	s.	d.
The Gentlemen and Mariners that came in the Royall Iames from the East Indies (being at Cape Bona Speranza homeward bound) gaue towards the building of a Free Schoole in Virginia, to be called the East India Schoole, the summe of	70.	8.	6.
Towards the furtherance of the said East India Schoole, an vnknowne person hath added the sum of	30.	00.	00.
A person refusing to be made known, hath giuen the sum of 40.s. a yere for euer, for a Sermon, before the Virginia Comp.	30.	00.	00.
At a Quarter Court held the 30. of Ianuary 1621. by a person not willing as yet to be knowne, was sent in gold to helpe forward the East India Schoole	25.	00.	00.
At the same Quarter Court, a small Bible, with a couer richly wrought; a great Church Bible; Bookes of Common Prayer; and other Bookes were presented to be sent to Virginia, in the name of a person who had the yeere before sent, for the vse of the Colledge at Henrico, diuers Bookes, and an exact Map of America; the Giuer is not knowne, but the Bookes are valued at	10.	00.	00.
Giuen also by M. Thomas Bargraue, Preacher in Virginia deceased, for the vse of the Colledge, a Library valued at	100.	Marks.
And there is a contribution made by the inhabitants in Virginia, for the building of an house of entertainment for new comes at Iames City, amounting to the value of	1500.	li.

Patents granted this yeere,

1

• To the Lady Dale.

2

• To Sir Dudly Digges.

3

• To Sir Iohn Bourchier.

4

• To Captaine Ralphe Hamer.

5

• To Master Trthur Swayne, &c.

6

• To Master Rowland Trueloue, &c.

7

• To Master Iohn Crowe.

8

• To Master Edward Rider.

9

• To Captaine Simon Leeke.

10

• To Master Daniel Gookin.

11

• To Master Edward Bennett.

12

• To Master Ioseph Leming.    Who together with their Associates,
  haue vndertaken to transport great
  multitudes of people and Cattle to
  Virginia.

13

• To Sir Charles North.

14

• To Sir George Yeardly.

15

• To Master Thomas Leueson.

16

• To Captaine William Wildon.

17

• To Master Henry Southey.

18

• To Martins Hundred.

19

• To Master Robert Moston.

20

• To Master Edmund Wynne.

21

• To Captaine Henry Pelham, &c.

22

• To Captaine Daniel Tucker.

23

• To Sir Bowyer Worsly.

24

• To Master Thomas Buckley.

25

• To Master Francis Harwell.

26

• To Sir Iohn Brooke.