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THE LEVANT COMPANY
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quite dramatically that “ the court desiring
to confer in private, asked Sir Thomas to
withdraw a while. Then the Governor asked
each man present whether he wished Sir
Thomas to go, and each answered, No.”
Phillips on his return into the room was
informed of the feeling of the meeting. His
only reply was that if he could not go to
Constantinople for the company, he would
go as the king’s agent.
Thereupon the Company decided to present
a Petition to the Privy Council against the
appointment of Phillipps.45 Every member
present at the meeting signed the petition.
But seemingly it was not well received,46 and
once more the question was debated whether
or not to accept the King’s nominee. Once
again it was negatived, and the company
resolved to petition the House of Commons
to mediate between them and the King in
the matter. Nothing came of this; and
when Conway, the King’s secretary, wrote
to the company that it was the King’s pleasure
that Sir Thomas Phillipps should sail for
46 Min. March 2, 1625.
83
quite dramatically that “ the court desiring
to confer in private, asked Sir Thomas to
withdraw a while. Then the Governor asked
each man present whether he wished Sir
Thomas to go, and each answered, No.”
Phillips on his return into the room was
informed of the feeling of the meeting. His
only reply was that if he could not go to
Constantinople for the company, he would
go as the king’s agent.
Thereupon the Company decided to present
a Petition to the Privy Council against the
appointment of Phillipps.45 Every member
present at the meeting signed the petition.
But seemingly it was not well received,46 and
once more the question was debated whether
or not to accept the King’s nominee. Once
again it was negatived, and the company
resolved to petition the House of Commons
to mediate between them and the King in
the matter. Nothing came of this; and
when Conway, the King’s secretary, wrote
to the company that it was the King’s pleasure
that Sir Thomas Phillipps should sail for
46 Min. March 2, 1625.