Note 1 — 1671, December 22.

Although the Island of St. Christophers, occupied by both the French and the English, was given to England in 1667 according to the seventh article of the Treaty of Breda, the next few years were filled with constant controversies in the effort to compose the differences between the two nations (see the Calendar of State Papers, Colonial, 1669-1674, and the Acts of the Privy Council, vol. 2). The above proclamation was reported as advisable by the Council for Plantations on December 7, 1671 (Cal. State Papers, p. 285).