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THE LEVANT COMPANY
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It would seem that the wished-for patent
was not easily forthcoming. For the mer-
chants used their best efforts to set forth the
advantages to the realm which they had
been instrumental in obtaining, either directly
or indirectly. In a letter dated June 18,
1590 6 they urge on Cecil 7 how they had been
useful politically, in that their agent had
frustrated the designs of the King of Spain.
They relate the story at length. It appears
that the subjects of the King of Spain in the
Straits had obtained from the pope a special
It is clear by comparing the list of names at the end
of documents B and C that document C is subsequent
to document B. For in B Mr. John Hart and Mr.
Richard Martin are named ; in C they are both knights.
My suggestion is that document A—the Letter—was
accompanied by either documents B or C (being the
“ annexed articles ” which are mentioned in the letter).
In either case 1591 (as the calendarer suggests} would
be too late for its date. I would put it at 1588 or 1589.
I have not been able to fix the year in which Sir
Richard Martin or Sir John Hart was knighted. In
any case it would appear that already in 1589 the two
companies combined to obtain a charter which would
unite them. It is worthy of note also that their sug-
gestions, which are evidently embodied in documents
B and C, were adopted in the charter of 1592.
6 S. P. D. Eliz. vol, 232, No. 54.
7 “ Your honour ” is the person addressed.
29
It would seem that the wished-for patent
was not easily forthcoming. For the mer-
chants used their best efforts to set forth the
advantages to the realm which they had
been instrumental in obtaining, either directly
or indirectly. In a letter dated June 18,
1590 6 they urge on Cecil 7 how they had been
useful politically, in that their agent had
frustrated the designs of the King of Spain.
They relate the story at length. It appears
that the subjects of the King of Spain in the
Straits had obtained from the pope a special
It is clear by comparing the list of names at the end
of documents B and C that document C is subsequent
to document B. For in B Mr. John Hart and Mr.
Richard Martin are named ; in C they are both knights.
My suggestion is that document A—the Letter—was
accompanied by either documents B or C (being the
“ annexed articles ” which are mentioned in the letter).
In either case 1591 (as the calendarer suggests} would
be too late for its date. I would put it at 1588 or 1589.
I have not been able to fix the year in which Sir
Richard Martin or Sir John Hart was knighted. In
any case it would appear that already in 1589 the two
companies combined to obtain a charter which would
unite them. It is worthy of note also that their sug-
gestions, which are evidently embodied in documents
B and C, were adopted in the charter of 1592.
6 S. P. D. Eliz. vol, 232, No. 54.
7 “ Your honour ” is the person addressed.