[1] While this was pending at the board, a letter was read at the committee from Sir Lionel Jenkins, touching the continuance of the king’s sovereignty, in case the plantation were deserted; wherein is stated the advantage the French might take by the absence of the English, and the methods proper to be followed in such case, to maintain the king’s dominion and sovereignty.

[2] Newfoundland. Ent. in initio. Bund. in initio.

[3] Ent. A. 36 to 58.

[4] Ibid. 58. 68.

[5] Entries A. 447.

[6] Entries, C. 104, 105, 106.

[7] Entries, C. 208.

[8] Ibid. 341.

[9] Entries, D. 30.

[10] Ibid. 33.

[11] Entries, D. 34.

[12] Entries, D. 44 to 54.

[13] Vid. Bund. I. No. 75. vid. ant. p. 7.

[14] Entries, 142, 144, 147.

[15] Entries, D. 249.

[16] Ibid. 272.

[17] Entries, D. 337.

[18] Entries, D. 406, 408.

[19] Ibid. 462.

[20] Entries, D. 480, 496.

[21] Entries, E. 124, 126.

[22] Ibid. 154.

[23] Entries, E. 164.

[24] Ibid. 204.

[25] Ibid. 241, 242.

[26] Entries, E. 416.

[27] Entries, E. 512.

[28] Bund. M. 99.

[29] See Captain Taverner’s Remarks, Feb. 1715-16. Bund. M. 15.

[30] Bund. M. 98.

[31] 8th April 1723. Ent. F. 36.

[32] December 19th, 1728. Bund. O. 34.

[33] Ent. F. 158.

[34] Entries F. 176 to 234. Bund. O. 40.

[35] Vid. ant. pa. 34.

[36] Entries, D. pa. 337.

[37] Entries, D. pa. 344.

This is from Captain Taverner’s Letter of Remarks the 20th of March 1713-4.

[38] Entries, D. pa. 494.

Commodore Scott’s Letter, the 16th of November 1718.

[39] Bund. O. 31. Letter from Lord Vere Beauclerck. St. John’s, 19th August 1728.

[40] Ent. E. 132. From Captain Kempthorne’s letter, October 1715.

[41] Ent. E. 1411. From Captain Passenger’s answers to heads of inquiry, October 1718.

[42] Ent. E. 401. From Captain Passenger’s answers to heads of inquiry, October 1718.

[43] Ent. D. 426. 429. From Captain Leake’s letter, September 27th, 1714.

[44] Ent. D. 445. From Mr. Cuming’s representation, February 1714-5.

[45] Memorial of the merchants of Poole, in answer to a letter from the board, 3d December 1715. Another, word for word the same, came from Weymouth, vid. Bund. M. No. 4, 5.

[46] The memorial from Exeter, 30th Jan. 1715-6. Bund. M. No. 6.

[47] Bund. M. No. 8.

[48] Bund. O. 49.

[49] 27 April 1730. Bund. O. 70.

[50] Bund. O. 71.

[51] Bund. O. 73.

[52] Bund. O. 75.

[53] Ibid. O. 79.

[54] Bund. O. 84.

[55] Bund. O. 104, 105.

[56] 29th of December 1730. Bund. O. 109.

[57] The correspondence to this effect may be seen, Bund. O. 108, and so on through that volume.

[58] 30th of March, 1730. Bund. O. 119.

[59] Ent. F. 410.

[60] Ibid. 420. Bund. P. 22.

[61] Ent. G. 203. in April 1750.

[62] Vid. ant. p. 6.

[63] May 23, 1754. Ent. G. 329.

[64] Ent. G. 341, 343, 345.

[65] 6th December 1763.

[66] 6th March 1764. Bund. S. 57, 58.

[67] 21st March 1764. Bund. S. 61. Ent. H. 236, 240.

[68] 30th of March 1764. Ent. H. 260.

[69] 20th of April, 1764. Entries, H. 337.

[70] 11th of December 1764.

[71] Ibid.

[72] Bund. T. 50.

[73] 5th of June 1765. Entries, H. 438.

[74] 6th of May 1765. Entries, H. 435.

[75] 29th of March 1766. Entries, H. 461.

[76] Ent. H. 470. 500.

[77] Ent. I. 229.

[78] Entries, I. pa. 249.

[79] Sect. 1.

[80] 1785, January 14, 17, 20, 24, 28.

[81] 1785, January 29, 31.

[82] 1785, Feb. 5th.

[83] 1785, Dec. 7, 9, 12, 13—1786, Jan. 10, 11.

[84] January 14.

[85] 1786, January 16, 17, 18, 25, 30—Feb. 1, 3, 7, 10, 14—March 11.

[86] 1786, March 17.

[87] 1788, Feb. 9—March 26—April 3.

[88] Boni judicis est ampliare jurisdictionem.