Note 1 — 1688, January 20.

Holmes was commissioned by the King, August 21, 1687, to command a squadron to be sent to the West Indies for the suppression of pirates. On November 12, letters patent were issued granting to him all goods that he should take from the pirates for three years (Cal. State Papers, Colonial, 1685-1688, pp. 421, 467). In the Colonial Entry Books in the Public Record Office are entered the orders from the King to the Governors of the various colonies requiring the publication of this proclamation (Idem, p. 488).