XI, n. 3.

On the thirteenth day of ye said month of Aprill, I the said Notary at the request aforesaid tranaported myselfe unto the persons of Mistris Kirck, widdow of late Jarvis Kirck, in his life time merchant of this Citty of London, and to Captaine David Kirck, his sonne, and William Barkely also of London merchant Adventurers of Caneda, and have required them and every of them to deliver or cause to be delivered to the assignee of the said Generall de Caen, the keyes of the severall Warehousen where the said Beavers are layde up as aforesaid, And then I notified unto them the aforefaid protedt, and showed them the said order from his Majesties honorable privy Councill, Whereupon Mistris Kirck replyed shee had bin long sick, since her late husband's decease, and had not the keyes of the said Warehousen, but was ignorant of those buissineses which shee had comitted to her sons ordering, and the said Capt. David Kirck answered he was not Executor or administrator to his late father, and that he had not ye said keyes. And the said William Barkely having perused and read over the protest and order of ye Councell, answered thereupon that he hath not the said keyes of the said Beavers and therfore cannot delivered them: And on the fowerteenth day of Aprill, I the said Notary having alsoe required of Robert Charleton, also of London merchant and one of the said Adventurers unto whome I have notified the premises and delivered unto him an authentick coppy of the protest and order aforesaid, and I demanded of him the delivery of the said keyes. Whereupon the said Robert Charleton answered that hee neither is or ever was possessed of the said keyes where the said Beavers are kept, and for his part hee wisheth that the said Generall de Caen had the beavers for the price hee offered for them. And finally ye said Robert Charleton said that he canot get his part which he hath in the said Comp. and he doeth not knowe who hath the said keyes, neyther can hee deliver them. Of which severall answers aforesaid, I the said Notary have at the instance of Sieur Despinez made this present Act for to availe the said Generall de Caen as of right shall appertaine, Thus done and passed att London in the presence of William Hill and George Colles, Witnesses thereunto required.

Josua Mainet, Not. Pub.

(Sur le dos est écrit.)

Requeste de Monsieur de Caen.

(State Paper Office, Colonial Papers, vol. V, art. 87.)