CCCLXIII. Governor in Virginia. Commission to Captain Pierce
May 29, 1623
Manuscript Records Virginia Company, III, pt. ii, p. 40a
Document in Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
List of Records No. 514
By the Governor and Captaine generall of Virginia.
A Comission to Capt. Pierce to be Capt. of ye Gaurd &c
To all to whom these p̢sentℯ shall come greeting. Know yee that I Sr
Francis Wyatt Knight Governor and Capt generall of Virginia, out of the
true acknowledgmt that I haue of the discretion, valor, and circumspec-
tion, and of the vertue and sufficiencie, of my trusty & welbeloued frend
William Pierce gent, do by these p̢sentℯ nominate, make, constitute, ordaine
and appoint him the said Willm Pierce Captaine of my Gaurd and Company:
And also do nominate, make, constitute, and appoint him the said William
Perce (Capt of my Guard & Company) Liueteñnt Governor and Com-
mander of James Cittie, of the Island, of the Block-houses, and of all other
places belongeinge to the same, and also of all the people there resident.
And also I do hereby giue full power, and authority to him, to com̃and rule
and govern, both my guard & Company, and the said Citty, Island,
Blockhouses, and people, according to his best discretion, in all causes wch
shall app̱teine to his place and callinge, both as Capt of my guard and
Company, and as Liueteñnt Governor of the places aforesaid: Wherefore
I do by these presentℯ moreover will and Comand, all manr of p̱sons vndr
my guard and Company now being, or wch shalbe, and all officers and people
now resident in James Citty, the Island the Blockhouses, and all other
places belonging to the same, or wch here after shall or may come to reside,
or inhabite there, in all things and vppon all occac̃ons (in case aforesaid)
to giue all due respect, and willingly to obey and execute, the direcc̃ons
and Com̃andℯ of him the said Captaine, and Liueteñnt governor, during
so long time as he shall remaine in his said place and Com̃and, according to
the authoritie vnto him given; And also to be vnto him, in all cases afore-
said, aiding and assistinge, as they will answer the contrary at theire
further perillℯ. Given att James Citty vndr my hand, and Colony Seale
the 29th day of May 1623, and in the xvjth yeare of this Plantation.
Francis Wyatt
Chr: Davison Secr.
