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rewarded with an Earldom, had joined GERARD HAw- 
TAYNE in the ownership of a plantation in Barbados. 
When the partnership commenced is not known, but | 
differences had arisen between them in 1652, in which 
year, an order was made by Sir GEORGE ASCUE, Governor 
of Barbados and his Council direéting the payment by 
Capt. GERARD HAWTAINE to Sir ANTHONY ASHLYE 
CoopER, of the sum of £8go0 out of the first profits 
of the former’s part of the plantation and finding 
that there was due by Sir ANTHONY 42,219 Ibs. of musco- 
vado sugar which was to be paid out of his moiety of the 
plantation. One JUDAH THROCKMORTON had made 
advances for the Estate, and there was awarded to him 
2,800 lbs. of sugar in payment thereof. THROCKMOR- 
TON and CHARLES REGAYNE were the attornies, or as it 
was then written, “ authorneyes” of Sir ANTHONY COOPER. 
The transcript of this order is apparently imperfeét, but 
it would seem that there was or had been a partnership 
between Capn. GERARD HAWTAYNE and Mr. MATTHEW 
HOPKINGS, and the order under quotation provided for 
the keeping of accounts and for the supervision of each 
owner’s half of the plantation. Sir ANTHONY’S agents 
were to be duly provided with meate, drinke and lodging, 
besides ‘‘ washing and starchinge” befitting their quality. 
In those days the “ washer” apparently did not consider 
starching as part of her work. The use of starch was as 
we know introduced into England in 1553, by one 
DINGHEIM, a Flemish woman. 
One of ‘‘the Authorneye’s” was also to be provided 
with a horse when it could he spared, to ride about the 
plantation and to the Church, 
This order is signed and sealed by JOHN COLLATON 
