To
the
Kings
Most
Excellent
Majesty
.
The
Humble
Petition
of
Thomas
Kynaston
Merchant
,
George
Porter
Esq
Son
and
Heir
of
Endimion
Porter
Esq
Adventurers
in
the
Joint
Stock
with
Sir
William
Courten
to
the
East-Indies
,
George
Carew
Esq
Administrator
of
Sir
William
Courten
,
and
Sir
Paul
Pyndar
,
Charles
Earl
of
Shrewsbury
,
Sir
Thomas
Meres
K
nt
.
Executor
of
Sir
Erasmus
de
la
Fountain
K
nt
.
Deceased
,
George
Cole
Esq
Thomas
Coppin
,
and
Charles
Whitaker
Esqs
on
the
behalf
of
Themselves
,
and
Others
;
With
many
Orphans
and
Widows
,
Creditors
of
Sir
William
Courten
and
his
Son
;
and
Sir
Edward
Littleton
,
and
the
late
Earl
of
Bridgewater
,
Deceased
.
SHEWETH
,
THat
there
is
150000
l.
and
upwards
due
to
Us
from
the
East-India
Company
of
the
Netherlands
,
by
reason
of
their
violent
Depredation
upon
the
Two
Ships
,
the
Bona
Esperanza
,
and
the
Henry
Bona
Adventura
;
which
Debt
and
Damages
was
reserved
by
Your
Majesties
Treaty
Anno
1662.
for
Satisfaction
.
That
in
the
Year
1664.
Our
said
Wrongs
and
Damages
were
proved
before
the
Commons
of
England
,
and
Your
Majesties
most
Honourable
Privy
Councel
,
and
admitted
by
Your
Majesty
as
a
Ground
of
that
ensuing
War
against
the
Vnited
Provinces
.
That
Your
Majesty
upon
Report
of
the
Admiralty
Court
,
owned
our
said
Right
and
Claim
in
the
Premises
under
the
Great
Seal
,
and
gave
us
Letters
of
Reprisal
in
the
Year
1665.
with
special
Provisoes
and
Limitations
to
continue
in
force
,
as
well
in
Peace
as
in
War
;
But
afterwards
our
said
Right
and
Claim
seemed
for
some
time
to
be
suspended
:
For
since
that
our
said
Right
and
Claim
hath
been
Revived
,
and
again
been
owned
by
Your
Majesty
,
with
Intentions
that
We
should
receive
Reparations
at
the
next
Treaty
,
as
appears
by
several
Orders
and
Referrences
from
Your
Majesty
,
and
the
Lords
of
Your
Majesties
most
Honourable
Privy
Councel
,
and
Reports
thereupon
hereunto
annexed
;
All
signifying
,
that
in
Justice
and
Honour
Your
Petitioners
ought
to
be
satisfyed
in
this
particular
Case
.
And
accordingly
in
the
Month
of
July
1672.
Your
Majesty
did
by
Your
Letters
,
Command
Your
Plenipotentiaries
then
in
the
Vnited
Provinces
,
to
provide
Satisfaction
for
Your
said
Petitioners
.
And
after
that
again
,
Your
Majesty
Commanded
Your
Plenipotentiaries
at
Cologne
to
the
same
purpose
.
Yet
hitherto
no
Satisfaction
,
or
Reparation
hath
been
made
unto
Us
,
or
any
of
Us.
Wherefore
Your
Petitioners
do
Humbly
Beseech
Your
Majesty
,
either
to
Permit
Vs
to
make
Vse
of
our
said
Letters
Patents
for
Reprisals
Legally
obtained
,
and
remaining
upon
Record
;
Or
to
use
such
Effectual
Means
with
the
States
of
the
United
Provinces
,
or
their
East-India
Company
to
make
Vs
some
Satisfastion
for
our
said
Losses
and
Damages
out
of
the
800000
l.
Pattacones
payable
to
Your
Majesty
by
the
last
Treaty
;
Or
that
we
may
receive
Satisfaction
otherwise
according
to
Justice
.
And
Your
Petitioners
shall
,
as
in
Duty
Bound
,
ever
Pray
,
&c.