Epstein, Mordecai: The English Levant Company: its foundation and its history to 1640 (London: George Routledge & Sons Ltd, 1908)

94 THE EARLY HISTORY OF
it was merely a recommendation, It so
happened that complaints were made by
certain inssuential members of the company
against Mr. Green, the consul at Smyrna,
for his unjust proceedings in several matters.
It was therefore decided to dismiss him,
although later 78 this decision was suspended
until further news came from Smyrna and
the company had more facts upon which to
base a final judgment. Yet so soon as the
rumour got about that there was likelihood
of a vacancy at Smyrna, the King recom-
mended to the company for appointment a
Mr. John Freeman.79 The company did
not at once accept the King’s candidate, but
the Court resolved that whoever was ap-
pointed should receive a salary of 1,200
Dollars per annum, in consideration of which
he was not to be allowed to trade for himself
or to be a factor for another.80
There was no fixed rule in the payment of
consuls or in the conditions of their appoint-
ment. One of the earliest cases to be found,
78 Min. December 2, 1633.
79 Min. December 18, 1633.
80 Min. December 18, 1633.