[1] Holmes was commissioned by the King, August 21, 1687, to command a
squadron to be sent to the West Indies for the suppression of pirates.
On November 12, letters patent were issued granting to him all goods
that he should take from the pirates for three years (_Cal. State
Papers, Colonial, 1685-1688_, pp. 421, 467). In the Colonial Entry
Books in the Public Record Office are entered the orders from the King
to the Governors of the various colonies requiring the publication of
this proclamation (_Idem_, p. 488).
1688, March 31.
[Prohibiting General Trading at Hudson's Bay.]