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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A41836	A brief narrative and deduction of the several remarkable cases of Sir William Courten, and Sir Paul Pyndar, Knights, and William Courten late of London Esquire, deceased their heirs, executors, administrators and assigns, together with their surviving partners and adventurers with them to the East-Indies, China and Japan, and divers other parts of Asia, Europe, Africa and America : faithfully represented to both houses of Parliament.	Graves, Edward.	1679 (1679)	Wing G1605; ESTC R39444	18,876	18

A Brief NARRATIVE And Deduction of the several Remarkable Cases of Sir William Courten and Sir Paul Pyndar Knights and William Courten late of London Esquire Deceased Their Heirs Executors Administrators and Assigns together with their Surviving Partners and Adventurers with them to the East-Indies China and Iapan and divers other parts of Asia Europe Africa and America Faithfully represented to both Houses of Parliament Reduced under four Principal Heads viz. I. The Discovery and Plantation of Barbadoes II. Their Vndertakings and Expeditions to the East-India China and Japan III. The Denyal of Iustice upon their civil Actions depending in Holland and Zealand IV. Their Loanes and Supplyes for the Service of the Crown upon the Collection of Fines and Compositions out of the Popish Recusants Estates c. Recollected out of the Original Writings and Records for publick Satisfaction London Printed in the Year 1679. To the Right Honorable the Lords Spiritual and Temporal And to the Honorable the Knights Citizens and Burgesses in Parliament Assembled Right Honorable and most Worthy Patriots THE following Narrative and Deduction of the several Cases gives a brief Account of the vast Improvement and Riches of England by Trade and Enterprises of those two famous Merchants Sir William Courten and Sir Paul Pyndar Knights Deceased who for their Publick Spirits and Loyalty had not their Equals in the Age they lived Their Names being as well known as their Memorable Actions throughout the World Their great disbursements upon several emergent Occasions and their Greater Losses occasioned by the unhappiness of the late troublesom Times when Iustice was not only Obstructed but perverted to their great prejudice and oppression Wherefore the Complaynants thought it most seasonable and convenient to give this following Relation of their Services and Sufferings and consequently of the Losses and Damages sustained by their Heirs Executors Administrators and Creditors which include many Hundred Families within the City of London and this Kingdom The causes of Complaint continuing so long are the more grievous under a Government so renowned for the Laws Liberties and Properties of the Subjects Yet since it is the Priviledg of English men to represent their Grievances in Parliament the Complaynants have modestly done it being ready with their Vouchers upon Record to justify every particular of their Charge promising to themselves in this Iuncture that the Cause of the Widdows and Fatherless may be heard and relieved It is very remarkable That the Ancestors of Sir William Courten fled out of Flanders into England for Protection of their Lives Liberties and Estates in the time of Queen Elizabeth from the Spanish Inquisition under Duke de Alva And that William Courten Esq was forced out of England to preserve himself from Want and Imprisonment And even his Son William Courten the Grand Child of Sir William constrained to live in Exile to escape the Prosecutions of his Fathers and Grandfathers Creditors inter alia for those very Moneys lent to supply King James and King Charles the First towards the Support of the King of Bohemia and Relief of Rochel and the Isle of Ree The several Abstracts of these following Cases being of very high import to the Honour and Interest of the King and Kingdom may easily invite every person that is a Lover of his Country to a through perusal and even to gratify himself with some remarques not vulgarly known Obliging thereby Among all the rest of the persons interessed and concern'd Your most Obedient and Devoted Servants Edward Graves Thomas Townesend Elizabeth Whitaker Iames Boeve Gilbert Crouch Thomas Norton Richard Powell Nath. Hill George Carew Thomas Coppin William Hinton Volentina Lloyd A Brief Narrative and deduction of the several remarkable Cases of Sir William Courten and Sir Paul Pyndar Knights and William Courten late of London Esquire Deceased Their Heirs Executors Administrators and Assigns together with their Surviving Partners and Adventurers with them to the East-Indies China and Iapan and divers other parts of Asia Europe Africa and America Faithfully represented to both Houses of Parliament Reduced under four Principal Heads viz. I. The Discovery and Plantation of Barbadoes II. Their Vndertakings and Expeditions to the East-India China and Japan III. The Denyal of Iustice upon their civil Actions depending in Holland and Zealand IV. Their Loanes and Supplyes for the Service of the Crown upon the Collection of Fines and Compositions out of the Popish Recusants Estates c. As followeth viz. I. Barbadoes THAT Sir William Courten at his own proper Costs and Charges first Discovered Planted and Possessed the Island of Barbadoes before any Subject or Inhabitant belonging to any Nation or Kingdom whatsoever That he Fortified the said Island and expended 28600 l. sterling in Fortifications Buildings and settling Plantations before he had a Patent under the Great Seal of England for the Government thereof in the third year of King Charles the First which subjected the same to the Dominion of the King And being in the quiet Possession of the said Island for the space of two years and upwards had allotted out several Plantations to others under acknowledgments of Quit-Rents so that he could not be disseised thereof without manifest Injustice That by the Law of England The Heirs and Assigns of Sir William Courten retain a Freehold in the said Island according to the Original of all Propriety Notwithstanding Iames late Earl of Carlisle by an Arbitrary and pretended Power and Authority as Lord Proprietor of all the Carribee Islands in the year 1628. with his Complices Subjects of England entred the said Island of Barbados by force of Arms and spoiled Sir William Courten his Servants and Planters of their Lands Houses Fortifications and Possessions which Intrusion doth not create a Right to any that claim under the said Earl or others that got into Possession afterwards by Colour of his pretended Title The Honour of the King being to be preferred before the Profit of the King Bracton lib. 2. Cap. 2. de acquirendo rerum dominio si insula in Mari nata sit occupantis sic occupanti conceditur and the Book saith It is tantum divina natura aperante That these wrongs and oppressions have been divers times made appear both in matters of Fact and Law But in regard there was no Parliament held in England for the space of 13 years after the said Force and Injury committed Sir William Courten and his Son could not find any relief against the said Earl of Carlisle or his Agents and Complices the said Earl being so powerful with the chief Ministers of State at that time And by reason of other Spoils and Depredations committed upon Sir William Courten and his Son by the East India Company of the Netherlands hereafter particularly mentioned all further prosecution for satisfaction and reparation of Damages was suspended pro tempore That William Courten Son and Heir of the said Sir William fled into Italy where he died indebted to his own Creditors 64000