George Carteret

So they had supported different people.

There's some guy named Sir George Carteret and the cousin of the king, Prince Rupert of the Rhine.

Prince Rupert was quite the Renaissance man who liked to invent things such as materials that would eventually be used in bulletproof glass.

Oh.

In Boston, the commissioners of His Majesty King Charles II were reviewing the affairs of the American plantations.

One of the commissioners was Sir George Carteret, and when he sailed for England in August 1665, he was accompanied by the two French explorers.

It gives one a curiously graphic insight into the conditions of ocean travel in those days to learn that the royal commissioner's ship was attacked, boarded, and sunk by a Dutch filibuster.

Carteret and his two companions landed penniless in Spain, but by pawning clothes and showing letters of credit, they reached England early in 1666.

Seventh.

In the morning to Mr. Coventry’s, Sir G. Carteret and my Lord’s, to give them an account of my return.

My lady I find is, since my going, gone to the wardrobe.

Then with Mr. Creed into London to several places about his and my business, being much stopped in our way by the city train-bands, who go in much solemnity and pomp this day to muster before the King and the Duke, and shops in the city are shut up everywhere all this day.

And there being with him my Lord Chamberlain, I spoke for my old waterman, Payne, to get into White's place, who was waterman to my Lord Chamberlain, and is now to go master of the barge to my Lord to sea.

And my Lord Chamberlain did promise that Payne should be entertained in White's place with him.

From thence to Sir G. Carteret, and there did get his promise for the payment of the remainder of the bill of Mr. Creed's, wherein of late I have been so much concerned, which did so much rejoice me that I, meeting with Mr.

Child, took him to the Swan Tavern in King Street, and there did give him a tankard of white wine and sugar.

It's the 11th of June 1664.

Up and to the office where we sat all the morning, where some discourse arose from Sir George Carteret and Mr. Coventry, which gives me occasion to think that something like a war is expected now indeed.

Mr. Creed dined with me, and thence after dinner by coach with my wife, only to take the air, it being very warm and pleasant.

He spells the air A-Y-R-E, so it's still very early times for the use of the I.

Wadlow the Vintner, at the Devil, in Fleet Street, did lead a fine company of soldiers, all young comely men, in white doublets.

There followed the Vice Chamberlain, Sir G. Carteret, a company of men all like Turks, but I know not yet what they are for.

The streets all gravelled, and the houses hung with carpets before them, made brave show.

And the ladies out of the windows, one of which over against us I took much notice of, and spoke of her, which made good sport among us.

The Adventures of England on Hudson Bay by Agnes C. Lout Chapter 4 The Adventurers of England In Boston, the commissioners of His Majesty King Charles II were reviewing the affairs of the American plantations.

One of the commissioners was Sir George Carteret, and when he sailed for England in August 1665, he was accompanied by the two French explorers.

It gives one a curiously graphic insight into the conditions of ocean travel in those days to learn that the Royal Commissioner's ship was attacked, boarded, and sunk by a Dutch filibuster.

Carteret and his two companions landed penniless in Spain, but by pawning clothes and showing letters of credit, they reached England early in 1666.

Maryland, established in 1634 under a Catholic nobleman, Lord Baltimore, and blessed with religious toleration by the Act of 1649, flourished under the mild rule of proprietors until it became a state in the American Union.

New Jersey, beginning its career under two proprietors, Berkeley and Carteret in 1664, passed under the direct government of the Crown in 1702.

Pennsylvania was, in a very large measure, the product of the generous spirit and tireless labors of its first proprietor, the leader of the Friends, William Penn, to whom it was granted in 1681 and in whose family it remained until 1776.

The two Carolinas were first organized as one colony in 1663 under the government and patronage of eight proprietors, including Lord Clarendon, but after more than half a century, both became royal provinces governed by the King.

All the way down the coast from Massachusetts to Georgia were to be found in the fields, kitchens, and workshops men, women, and children serving out terms of bondage, generally ranging from five to seven years.

In the proprietary colonies, the proportion of bond servants was very high.

The Baltimores, Penns, Carterets, and other promoters anxiously sought for workers of every nationality to till their fields, for land without labor was worth no more than land in the moon.

Hence the gates of the proprietary colonies were flung wide open.