[1] At one time Prince Rupert had been governor of the African company founded in 1631. Jenkinson, Hilary, "The Records of the English African Companies." Transactions of the Royal Historical Society, Third Series, VI, 195.
[2] Pepys, Diary (The Diary of Samuel Pepys, edited by Henry B. Wheatley), I, 253.
[3] That some expense attached to the procuring of such charters appears from an item of £133.10s.3d. which the company incurred for this charter. A. C. R., 1221, April 12, 1661. Wherever possible the volume and page of the company's books will be given, but since they have not all been paged the only other method of reference is by dates.
[4] Carr, Cecil T., "Select Charters of Trading Companies, 1530-1707," Publications of the Selden Society, XXVIII, 172-177.
[5] According to the charter of 1660 the former patent had been granted June 25, 1631. It would therefore expire June 25, 1662, if it was not surrendered before that time.
[6] A. C. R., 309, 1221. The records of the first few ventures are to be found in these two volumes of the company's books. Number 309 is the original book, the other being practically a copy of it. In some cases, however, the latter is more complete. These two books have been practically overlooked in the cataloging of the company's records, one of them being labelled, "Ship's Journal." They contain the only information we have of the financial condition of the first company as kept by Thomas Holder, treasurer of the company. The greater part of the two books is taken up with lists and costs of various goods which were sent to Africa.
[7] Admiralty Papers, Navy Board, In-Letters, 6, loose leaf order of the factors of the Royal Adventurers on the Gambia River, July 19, 1661. With this order there is a certificate dated January 3, 1661/2, to the effect that thirty-eight of the crew of the "Amity" had died on the way to Guinea and during the time they were on the Gambia River.
[8] A. C. R., 1221, October 20, 1662.
[9] It is impossible to determine the exact amount which was invested in goods, etc.
[10] A. C. R., 1221, June 20, 1661.