Oeuvres de Champlain
Chapitre XV
To the right honorable the Lords Comissioners for his Majesties Navie and
Admiraltie of England.
The petition of Sr. William Allexander Knight, Capt. David Kerk and others
the adventurers in the joynt companie of Canada.
Whereas it pleased his Majesty some three years agoe to give Comission
under the great Seale of England to the pet rs for planting Colonies in the
river of Cannada, and displanting of those who were then his Majesties
ennemies in the said Landes, and for the better encouragement and enabling
of the pet rs to give them by the same Commission sole power to trade with
the natives within the Gulfe and river of Cannada: Now the pet rs are
informed that there are divers shipps bound for the said Gulfe and river
without warrant from them and contrary to his Majesties expresse pleasure
by his Commission to them, which cannot but turne greatly to the prejudice
of his Majesties service and the losse of the petrs And they are particularly
enformed of one shipp, called the Whale of London whose owners are
Nathaniell Wright and Nathan Wright, the Masters Richard Brewerton and
Wolston Goslyn, that is presently ready for the said voyage.
Wherefore they doe humbly entreat your Lordshipps that for the foresaid
shipp or any other which upon due information shalbe found to have any
such intention contrary to his Majestys Commission to the petrs there may
be such course taken that they may be stayed or sufficient assureance given
that they will prosecute noe such voyage.
And they shall pray for your Lordshipps.
The Lords Comissioners for ye Admiralty desire ye Lord Viscount
Dorchester to be pleased to take this petition into present Consideration,
and calling all parties before him to examine how farre ye limitts granted to
ye petitioners (by Commission from his Majestie) extend in Latitude and
Longitude, and if his Lordshipp shall find that the parties complayned of have intention to goe into those partes contrary to his Majesties
Commission their Lordshipps thinke fitt and order that they be staid as is
desired.
Wallingford House, 26. Febr. 1630. (8 march 1631.)
EDW. NICHOLAS.
(Sur le dos est écrit.)
R. 26°. Febr. 1630. Pet. of Sr. Wm. Allexander.
(State Paper Office, Colonial Papers, vol. VI, art. 4.)