A Calendar of the Court Minutes Etc of the East India Company 1635 1639

hich he was pleased to give the following reply: (1) as regards their demand for justice against the employers and commanders of the two ships set out for the Red Sea, His Majesty will at once appoint a committee to hear and report upon that business, and will then take order that the Company shall be satisfied, ' or otherwise will leave them to their course in lawe ' ; (2) His Majesty directs the Lord Treasurer and Lord Cottington to consult the Farmers of the Customs and report upon the Company's requests for the reduction of the customs duties to their former level, and for the enlargement of the time granted for re-export of goods ; (3) with reference to their desire that negotiations may be resumed with the Dutch (in order that satisfaction may be obtained and the Company be permitted to share in the Moluccas and Banda trade), His Majesty declares that he has already taken steps in this matter ; (4) as regards their request for a renewal of their charter, with such new privileges as they have found to be necessary, His Majesty declares his gracious inclination to renew the said charter with such fitting enlargement as may be for their encouragement and the better government of that trade. (Draft, corrected by Nicholas, and with a note by him that it was shown on September 5 to His Majesty, who ordered the amendments and then approved. Petition Of The Governor, Deputy, And Committees Of The East India Company To The King, September 30, 1638 (Home, Miscellaneou...