68 CHARLES I. 
During 1633 and 1634 there was somewhat of a lull in the 
proceedings against the Hollanders, the Council of the 
Society being busy with the arrangement of its internal 
affairs. On August Ist of 1633, a general form of invitation 
to join the society was sent out, which gave a general 
resumé of what the king and others had already done 
towards the establishing of this Association, and which 
urged the claims of this national work.1_ The need for this 
appeal is made evident by the contents of a letter sent 
on August 10th by Philip, Earl of Pembroke and Mont- 
gomery, to Captain Sir John Pennington. Pembroke 
frankly admits that it is difficult to get men of means to 
hazard their money in the Association, and that, in spite 
of all efforts, it has been found impossible to secure as many 
adventurers as had been expected by the king and his asso- 
ciates. They have four busses ready to be taken off the 
stocks for the approaching fishing season, but cannot do 
this without money to the amount of £2,400; this is £1,800 
more than they have in hand—rather a serious deficit. 
The Earl proceeds to inform the Captain that in consequence 
of this shortage of funds it has been decided to take the next 
subscription from the adventurers at Michaelmas instead 
of at Christmas, as previously arranged. Thus Sir John 
Pennington is asked to forward £30, the amount required 
of him, to Captain Styles, treasurer for the Association, 
who is to be found at his house in Fenchurch Street.? It 
had already been arranged that a certain oath should be 
taken by each member of the Council for Fishing, and that 
a certificate should be granted to the master of each ship 
belonging to the Association, while two seals in silver had 
been procured at a cost of £12 from Edward Greene, chief 
graver to the King.’ 
1Cal. S.P. Dom. Car. I., vol. 244, No. 5. 2 Ibid. vol. 244, No. 49. 
3 Ibid. vol. 232, Nos 105, 106; vol. 233, No. 75; vol. 234, No. 59; 
vol. 238, Nos. 6 and 7; vol. 250, No. 39; vol. 257, No. 30. 
