2 2 HISTORY OF NORTON. 



matter came before the Council on June nth. Sir David and 

 Lord Baltimore pretended private interest, and declared that the 

 proceedings respecting the fisheries would be no inconvenience to 

 them. Sir David desired leave to go over himself, or to send 

 some of his servants. He was allowed to send over his wife or 

 some others in his behalf; and on June 16, he was allowed, upon 

 giving security, to go over himself. On Dec. 22, the matter was 

 referred to the Committee for Foreign Affairs. On May 24, 

 1653, security was taken of him in double the value of his estate, 

 when the sequestration was ordered to be taken off, and all that 

 remained, except the ordnance and other things properly be- 

 longing to the Commonwealth, delivered to such persons as he 

 might appoint. In 1654, Lewis, John, and James Kirke, who 

 were interested in the business of Canada, petitioned Cromwell 

 that some course might be taken with the French Ambassador, 

 Mons. de Neufville, before any new treaty was concluded, for 

 payment of ^48,383 2s. gd., for which France, and especially 

 the associates of New France, were in all equity answerable to the 

 petitioners. On Ap. 24, 1654, Walter Sikes, Cap. Wm. Pyle, and 

 John Treworgie petition the Lord Protector. They declare that 

 in 1652 they were commissioned by the Council of State to 

 manage and order affairs in Newfoundland, and secure the estate 

 of Sir David Kirke there. But Sir David being deceased, James, 

 his brother, had arrested them in actions for ;£i,ioo, pretending 

 the estate in Newfoundland to be his. In 1660 (?), Sir Lewis 

 Kirke, on behalf of himself and the sons of Sir David Kirke, 

 deceased, late Governor of Newfoundland, petititioned the King. 

 He declared that certain duties in Newfoundland were by patent 

 granted to Sir David Kirke and others, which, on account of the 

 late wars, had not been effectually prosecuted ; and he prayed 

 that the ships sent for the protection of the fishing trade might 

 give assistance to George, David, and Philip Kirke, now 

 resident in Newfoundland, for reinforcing the Government and 

 receiving those duties. 



On Nov. 13th, 1637, a grant of the Province of Newfoundland, 

 bordering upon the continent of America, between 46 and 53 deg. 



