Royal African Company, 1663

10 January 1663

Our Royal Consort Queen Katherine
Mary the Queen our mother
James Duke of York
Henrietta Maria, Duchess of Orleans
Prince Rupert
George Duke of Buckingham
Mary Duchess of Richmond
Edward Earl of Manchester
Philip Earl of Pembroke
Henry Earl of St. Albans
John Earl of Bath
Edward Earl of Sandwich
Charles Earl of Carlisle
Earl of Lauderdale
George Lord Berkley
William Lord Craven
Lord Lucas
Charles Lord Gerrard
William Lord Croft
John Lord Berkeley
Thomas Grey, Esq.
Sir George Carteret, Kt.
Sir Charles Sidley, Kt.
Sir Ellis Leighton, Kt.
Edward Gregory, Gent.
Sir Edward Turner, Kt.
Sir Anthony de Merces
William Legg, Esq.
Richard Nicholl, Esq.
Sir William Davison, Kt.
William Cutler
Sir James Modyford, Kt.
Thomas Cullen, Gent.
George Cock, Gent.
Charles Porter, Gent.
Sir John Colleton, Kt.
John Duckworth, Gent.
Sir John Robinson, Kt.
Sir Nicholas Crispe, Kt.
Sir Richard Ford, Kt.
Sir William Ryder, Kt.
John Bence
Sir George Smith, Kt.
Sir John Shaw, Kt.
Sir Martin Noell, Kt.
Abraham Bigg, Gent.
Thomas Povey, Esq.
Edward Backwell, Esq.
Matthew Wren, Gent.
Tobias Ruscat, Gent.
Martin Noell, Jun., Gent.
Henry Johnson, Gent.
James Congett, Gent.
John Ashburnham, Gent.
Edward Noell, Esq.
James Noell, Gent.
Francis Meynell, Gent.
John Cooper, Gent.
Sir Andrew Riccard
William Herbert, Esq.
Sir John Jacob
Sir John Harrison
Sir John Wolstenholme
Sir William Wake
Silas, Titus, and Peter Proby

Sainsbury, W. Noel, ed., Calendar of State Papers, Colonial Series (Volume 5), America and West Indies, 1661-1668, Preserved in Her Majesty’s Public Record Office (Vaduz: Kraus Reprint Ltd., 1964) First Published London: HMSO, 1880. pp. 120-121.

More information about the Royal African Company can be found in the book:

The English in West Africa 1681-1683: The Local Correspondence of the Royal African Company of England 1681-1699

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