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2nd April 1663, Letter from Henry Chowne to Sir GO, London

BL, Add. MS. XX, XXX, ff. 83-84

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BL, Add. MS. XX, XXX, ff. 83-84



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Henry Chowne, for Surat, 1661


"[November 4th, 1661] The following men are entertained for the several factories in India: Richard Frances, Thomas Haslewood, Robert Fleetwood, Gabriel Tounsend, Robert Hopper, James Calthrope, Charles Bendish, Edward Harris, Joshua Bunberry, John March, Francis Minshull, Mathew Vincent, Henry Chune [Chown], George C;ay..."[1]

"The following men are entertained for Surat: John Spiller at 100/. a year to go as second to the President ; John Goodyear at 100 marks a year ; Gerard Aungeir, Charles Smeaton and Strensham Maisters, ' now at Suratt ', at 30/. each a year; Caesar Chamberlen, John Pettit, Charles Bendish, and Richard Francis at 25/. a year ; William Jones, William Blackman, Henry Chune, and Henry Oxinden at 20/. a year."[2]
  1. 'A court of committees, November 4, 1661' (Court Book, vol. xxiv, p. 418), in Ethel Bruce Sainsbury (ed.), A calendar of the court minutes of the East India Company, 1660-1663 (Oxford, 1922), p. 145
  2. 'A Court of Committees, December 18, 1661' (Court Book, vol. xxiv, p. 439), in Ethel Bruce Sainsbury (ed.), A Calendar of the Court Minutes of the East India Company, 1660-1663 (Oxford, 1922), pp. 167-168