[229] Neill’s Virginia Company, p. 16.
[230] Generall Historie, pp. 53-65.
[231] Wingfield’s Narrative, quoted by Anderson in his History of the Church of England in the Colony, i. 77.
[232] The height of the chimney is 17-7/12 feet; the greatest width 107/12 feet; the fireplace is 7-10/12 feet wide.
[233] Archer was identified by the late William Green, LL.D., Richmond, Va., as the author of the tract, “A Relatyon of the Discovery of our River, from James Forte, into the Maine, made by Captain Christopher Newport, and sincerely written and observed by a Gentleman of this Colony,” reprinted in the Transactions of the American Antiquarian Society, iv. pp. 40-65.
[234] Stith, History of Virginia, p. 67.
[235] Generall Historie, ed. 1624, p. 59.
[236] In the outfit of a settler enumerated by Smith is the item, a complete suit of armor. It is of interest to note that portions of a steel cuirass, exhumed at Jamestown, are in the collection of the Virginia Historical Society at Richmond.
[237] Sainsbury’s Calendar of State Papers (1574-1660), p. 8.
[238] [See chapter vi.—Ed.]