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

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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]



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PROB 11/328 Hone 113-166 Will of Henry Chowne of Horsham, Sussex 18 December 1668

PROB 11/346 Bunce 104-150 Will of Henry Chowne, Merchant of Surat, East India 06 November 1674
  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