requisite that due care be taken in the time of Warr Wee have therefore thought it further necessarye for Our Service and for the better protection and Security of our subjects Inhabiting those parts to Constitute and appoint And Wee do by these Presents Constitute and Appoint you the said Joseph Dudley to be Our Captaine Generall and Comander in Cheif of the Militia and of all the Forces by Sea and Land within our Colonies of Rhode Island and Providence Plantacon and the Narraganset Country or King's Province and of all our Forts and Places of Strength within the same. And for the better Ordering Governing and Ruleing our said Militia and all our Forces Forts and Places of Strength within our said Colonies of Rhode Island and Providence Plantacon and the Narraganset Countrey or King's Province Wee doe hereby give and Grant unto you the said Joseph Dudley and in your absence to our Lieutenant Governor or Commander in Cheif of Our Province of Massachusets Bay, all and every the like Powers as in these presents are before Granted and Recited for the Ruling Governing and Ordering Our Militia and all our Forces Forts and Places of Strength within Our Province of the Massachusets Bay to be exercised by you the said Joseph Dudley and in your absence from our Territory and Dominion of New England by our said Lieutenant Governour or Commander in Cheif of our said Province of the Massachusets Bay for the time being within our said Colonies of Rhode Island and Providence Plantation and the Narraganset Countrey or King's Province for and dureing our Pleasure. In Witness &c. Witness our selfe at Westminster the thirteenth day of February
-Public Record Office, Patent Roll, 14 William III, No. 2.
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Admiralty Muniment Books, xxin;
a common practice in, 219 n
Admiralty jurisdiction, reserved to
Crown, in Province Charter, 28; as
given to the governors, 51-53, 64-66,
71-74, 78-81, 85-88, 96, 97, 105-107,
115, 116, 123-125, 132-134, 141-143,
150-152, 159-161, 169–171, 179–181,
393-395
Alcott, Job, named a Councillor in
Province Charter, 18
Aldersey, Samuel, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14
Allen, Samuel, Governor of New
Hampshire, his claims protected in
Massachusetts Province Charter, 17
Andros, Sir Edmund, Governor of the
Territory and Dominion of New
England and Vice-Admiral of New
England, xvii, xX, XXiX, XXXi, xxxiii,
xxxiii n, 291, 292, 358 n, 369 n; first |
commission (1686) as Governor, 44-
56; second commission (1688) as
Governor, 57-68; first commission
(1686) as Vice-Admiral, 201-202;
second Latin commission (1688) as
Vice-Admiral, 203-205; translation,
370-371
Anne, Queen of England, xxxvi,
xxxvi n, 2, 83, 92, 93, 94, 166, 167,
176, 177, 221 n, 293
Anne of Denmark, wife of James I,
xxxvi
Appeal, right of, 23, 41, 49, 62, 244,
251, 265, 277, 287, 366, 379, 383-
385, 388-390
Appleton, Samuel, named a Councillor
in Province Charter, 18
Archbishop of Canterbury.
Potter, John; Wake, William
Archbishop of York. See Blackburn,
Launcelot
Augusta, wife of Frederick Louis,
Prince of Wales, xxxvi
BAKER, SIR SHERSTON, 357 n,
Beeston, Sir William, Governor and
Vice-Admiral of Jamaica, 216, 216 n,
219 n
Belcher, Jonathan, Governor of the
Province of the Massachusetts Bay
and Vice-Admiral of the Colonies
of New Hampshire and the Massa-
chusetts Bay, XXX, XXX, Xxxiv;
commission (1730) as Governor,
119-127; commission (1730) as
Vice-Admiral, 234-236
Bellamont, Earl of. See Coote,
Richard
Bellingham, Richard, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14
Bellomont, Earl of. See Coote,
Richard
Berkeley, James, third Earl of Berke-
ley, 345, 346, 384, 385
Bernard, Sir Francis, Governor and
Vice-Admiral of the Province of the
Massachusetts Bay, xxi n, xxx, XXXİ,
xxxiv, 146 n, 165, 269, 326; first
commission (1760) as Governor,
146-154; second commission (1761)
as Governor, 155–163; first commis-
sion as Vice-Admiral, 257-266;
second commission (1761) as Vice-
Admiral, 267-268; oath (1761), 268
Bishop of London. See Gibson,
Bisse,-, 136, 353 n
Blackburn, Launcelot, Archbishop of
York, 344, 345, 351, 352, 384, 388,
389
Boston, New Town House (Old State
House), injured by fire (1747), xix;
losses occasioned by burning of,
xix n, xx n
Old Town House, destroyed by
fire (1711), xix
Bradford, William, named a Coun-
cillor in Province Charter, 18
Bradhurst, Dudley. See Bradstreet,
Dudley
Bradstreet, Dudley, named a member
of Council for New England, 38
Simon, Governor of Massachu-
setts Colony, named a Councillor
in Province Charter, 18; named a
member of Council for New Eng-
land, 38, 55
Broadstreet, Simon. See Bradstreet,
Simon
Browne, John, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14
Samuel, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14
Bulkeley, Peter, named a member of
Council for New England, 38
Burges, Elizeus, Governor of the Prov.
ince of the Massachusetts Bay and
Vice Admiral of the Colonies of
New Hampshire and the Massa-
chusetts Bay, xvii n, xxix, xxxi,
xxxiv, xxxiv n, 109, 228 n; com-
mission (1715) as Governor, 91-100;
commission (1715) as Vice-Admiral,
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Charles II, King of England, xxxvi,
xxxvi n, 14, 52, 65, 72, 75, 79, 86,
93, 96, 97, 103, 106, 112, 115, 120,
123, 130, 132, 139, 148, 157, 166,
176, 187, 198, 199, 201, 203, 333,
357, 358, 359, 361, 362, 363, 364,
365, 367, 368, 369, 370, 394
Charles Edward Louis Philip Casimir,
the Young Pretender, xxxvi, xxxvi n
Charles River, 8, 9, 11
Charlotte, wife of George III, xxxvi
Charter (1629). See under Massa-
chusetts Bay Colony
(1691). See under Massachusetts
Bay Province
Explanatory (1725). See under
Massachusetts Bay Province
Chatham, Earl of. See Pitt, William
Clarke, Thomas, Deputy Secretary of
the Province of the Massachusetts
Bay, 323
Cocks, John, 33, 318, 320, 323, 325, 329
Collector, Surveyor, and Searcher of
Customs in the Colonies of New
England, commission (1681) of,
333-337; salary of the office, 335
Commissions, Royal (1667–1774), those
of which no copies have been found,
xvi, xvi n; sources of those here
printed, xvii, xvii n, xviii n, xx, xxi,
xxin. See also Collector; Governor;
Governors; Lieutenant-Governor;
Lieutenant-Governors; President;
Register; Searcher of Customs; Sec-
retaries; Secretary; Surveyor; Vice-
Admiral; Vice-Admirals
Compton, Sir Spencer, first Earl of
Wilmington, 345, 346, 384, 385
Connecticut Colony, included in Terri-
tory and Dominion of New England
(1688), 57; Governor of Province of
Massachusetts Bay put in command
of forces of, 75, 82
Coote, Richard, first Earl of Bello-
mont, Governor of the Province of
the Massachusetts Bay and Vice-Ad-
miral of the Colonies of the Massa-
chusetts Bay, New York, and New
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