40 Documents relating to the

Colonial Pa-
pers. Vol.
VIII, No.
84.

Lord Baltimore's Memorial
22. December 1635.

That his Maj^tie will be pleased to give order that Cap: John
West, Samuell Mathews, John Utye, and William Pearce, bee
sent for into England to answer theyr misdemeanors they
beinge the Prime actors in the late Mutenye in Virginia.
To give warrant to M^r Atturney Generall to draw a newe
Commission for Sir John Harvey for the Government of
Virginia, with an Enlargement of his powers.
That itt may be referred to M^r Secretarye Windebanke to
prepare such Instructions for Sir John Harvey as shal be fitt
for his Maj^ties service in Virginia.
The Lord Baltimore desires that M^r Secretary Windebanke
wil bee pleased if any Petition or question should be made
touching Maryland to gett it referred, to bee examined in
the Countrye, in regard noe profe can heare be made of the
truth, But if that cannot be done, then to move the kinge to
heare itt.

Colonial Pa-
pers. Vol.
IX, No. 7.

Governor West to the Lords Comm^rs for Plantations.
28 March 1636.

Most Reverent and Right Honorable,
Within few dayes after Sir John Harvey had expressed his
Intent to the Councell heere of departing the Colonye, we
opened his Maj^ties Commission wherein we found ourselves
injoyned in case of vacancy, whither by death or occasioned by
publiqe or private affayres to elect among our Number one to
supply the place untill further Command eyther from his
Maj^ties or your Lordshipps received, which choice made by plu-
ralitye of voices his Maj^ties Commission expressly ratines. The
Councell with one consent were soe pleased as to fasten theire
votes on mee, to which the peoples' suffrages as willingly
condiscended. Neyther was presumption the cause of soe
hastye a choice before Sir John Harvey was out of the Capes,
as it is injuriously objected by some, but I hope your Honors
will conceive a truer and a more direct reason necessitated it,
for wee deferred the election untill the last day and hour of
the Counsell's sitting after which tyme it was impossible to
effect it with a full conformity to his Maj^ties Commission, and
reserving our duetye of information to your Lordshipps, the
dwellings of some of the Counsell being remote one hundred
miles from others of them, and from the place of the shipp's
riding, that one ship, being the last of that yeare, left in the
river soe that unless we had then made our choyce we could
not for want of the full number of the Counsell have duely