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Letter
of Reprisal
Mr. Ceasar, whereas there have been
delivered to me from one
(1. Captain's Name)
Captain John Foxhall, of London, merchant, a
note of sundry losses by him and one
(2. Partner's
Name) John Field , his partner,
sustained by arrests made of their goods and merchandise at Cadiz, in
Spain, to the value of £7800, whereof (as he informed) they have
heretofore made proof in the court of the Admiralty, and could never
obtain any restitution, although means have been made from her Majesty to
the King by Sir Henry Cobham and Sir John Smith, Knights, at their several
ambassies into Spain.
Whereby the said Captain
Foxhall has been brought to utter undoing and decay, and therefore,
among others, is now an humble suitor to be licensed to arm forth some
ship for reprisal against the subjects of the said King of Spain. This
shall be therefore to require you, according to the articles heretofore
set down for those purposes, and the course already held with such as have
been licensed in the like, to deliver unto said Captain
Foxhall a commission, under the seal of my office of Admiral, for
the arming forth of one ship to the seas by way of reprisal, to recover
upon the subjects of the said King such recompense and restitution as may
countervail his losses and damages sustained.
And this shall be your sufficient warrant in that
behalf.
So fare you well.
From the court at Richmond in the twenty ninth
day of November 15
your
loving friend,
C.Howard |
