[1] The patent of November 3, 1620.
[2] These "irregular and disobedient persons" were undoubtedly the
members of Thomas Weston's colony at Weymouth. The Council for New
England, in May, 1622, took notice of the complaints against Weston
and moved that a proclamation be secured warning those who went to New
England in contempt of authority (Records in Amer. Antiquarian Society
_Proceedings_ for April, 1867, p. 59). The proclamation was ordered
by the Privy Council on October 23, 1622 (_Acts of the Privy Council,
Colonial_, i, 55).
[3] A note on the original proclamation in the privy seal bundles,
no. 1955, in the Public Record Office, reads, "I have prepared this
proclamation readie for your Majesty's signature upon an order made at
the Councell Board. Thomas Coventry."
1624, September 29.
[Encouraging Growth of Tobacco in Plantations.]