The answer of the Bermuda Company to the matters complained of in the petition of Mr. Perient Trott humbly offered to the consideration of the honourable the knights, citezens and burgisses assembled in Parliament.
         Somers Islands Company.
      
       
         
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             The answer of the Bermuda Company to the matters complained of in the petition of Mr. Perient Trott humbly offered to the consideration of the honourable the knights, citezens and burgisses assembled in Parliament.
             Somers Islands Company.
          
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           Trott, Perient. -- True relation of the just and unjust proceedings of the Somer-Island-Company.
           Bermuda Islands -- Early works to 1800.
           Great Britain -- Colonies -- Administration -- Early works to 1800.
        
      
    
     
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           The
           Answer
           of
           the
           BERMUDA
           COMPANY
           TO
           THE
           Matters
           Complained
           of
           in
           the
           Petition
           of
           Mr.
           PERIENT
           TROTT
           ,
           humbly
           offered
           to
           the
           Consideration
           of
           the
           Honourable
           the
           Knights
           ,
           Citezens
           and
           Burgisses
           Assembled
           in
           PARLIAMENT
           .
        
         
           THe
           
             Bermuda
          
           Company
           having
           purchased
           the
           soyl
           of
           the
           Island
           ,
           were
           incorporated
           in
           1614.
           by
           the
           Name
           of
           the
           
             Governour
             and
             Company
             of
             the
             City
             of
          
           London
           ,
           
             for
             Plantation
             of
             the
             Summer
             Islands
             ;
          
           and
           thereby
           had
           the
           sole
           Government
           committed
           to
           them
           ,
           with
           a
           power
           to
           make
           Laws
           as
           near
           as
           might
           be
           to
           the
           Laws
           of
           
             England
             ;
          
           being
           the
           same
           power
           granted
           to
           all
           other
           His
           Majesties
           foreign
           Plantations
           ,
           and
           the
           Company
           are
           still
           the
           proprietors
           of
           the
           said
           Islands
           .
           And
           if
           any
           By-Laws
           were
           made
           contrary
           to
           their
           power
           ,
           or
           prejudicial
           to
           the
           Island
           (
           as
           is
           untruly
           suggested
           )
           the
           Company
           here
           must
           needs
           be
           the
           great
           loosers
           .
        
         
           That
           no
           Lands
           have
           been
           taken
           away
           from
           any
           person
           without
           due
           proceedings
           and
           Examinaton
           had
           according
           to
           the
           Laws
           and
           constitutions
           of
           the
           Islands
           ;
           neither
           have
           any
           Records
           or
           due
           Entries
           manifesting
           any
           mans
           title
           to
           the
           same
           been
           razed
           or
           altered
           ,
           nor
           have
           any
           persons
           been
           admitted
           to
           any
           shares
           in
           the
           said
           Islands
           ,
           but
           upon
           evidence
           of
           their
           right
           and
           title
           to
           the
           same
           .
        
         
           That
           the
           penny
           in
           the
           pound
           upon
           
             Tobacco
             ,
          
           is
           a
           Tax
           necessary
           to
           support
           the
           charges
           of
           the
           Government
           ,
           (
           over
           and
           above
           the
           publick
           shares
           set
           aside
           and
           now
           imployed
           for
           that
           purpose
           )
           and
           is
           duely
           imposed
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           recovery
           thereof
           ,
           Actions
           at
           Law
           are
           brought
           against
           the
           Petitioner
           Mr.
           
             Trott
             ,
          
           whereby
           the
           validity
           of
           the
           said
           Tax
           will
           be
           tryed
           .
        
         
           And
           if
           the
           Governour
           and
           Council
           there
           do
           impose
           any
           Assessment
           upon
           the
           Planters
           ,
           without
           the
           consent
           of
           the
           Assembly
           ,
           it
           is
           without
           the
           knowledge
           of
           the
           Company
           ,
           and
           contrary
           to
           the
           Known
           Laws
           of
           the
           place
           ,
           and
           would
           be
           redressed
           upon
           complaint
           made
           to
           the
           Company
           here
           .
        
         
           That
           the
           managing
           the
           Trade
           of
           
             Tobacco
          
           in
           the
           Companies
           Magazin
           Ships
           ,
           is
           necessary
           for
           the
           Proprietors
           ,
           sufficient
           for
           the
           growth
           and
           utmost
           improvements
           of
           the
           Islands
           ,
           satisfactory
           to
           the
           Planters
           ,
           alwaies
           used
           since
           the
           first
           purchase
           of
           the
           Islands
           ,
           and
           the
           only
           way
           for
           the
           preventing
           of
           frauds
           and
           oppressions
           .
        
         
           As
           to
           the
           
             Whale
             Fishing
             ,
          
           The
           Company
           having
           made
           a
           Lease
           thereof
           for
           Ninety
           nine
           years
           ,
           to
           several
           Undertakers
           ,
           who
           expended
           near
           four
           thousand
           pound
           in
           Boats
           ,
           Tackle
           ,
           and
           other
           charges
           for
           carrying
           on
           the
           Trade
           ,
           and
           having
           intrusted
           some
           persons
           under
           them
           to
           manage
           the
           same
           for
           five
           years
           ,
           and
           the
           said
           Trustees
           having
           some
           ways
           interested
           Mr.
           
             Trott
          
           therein
           ,
           and
           the
           five
           years
           being
           expired
           ,
           the
           said
           Boats
           and
           Tackle
           were
           seized
           at
           the
           request
           and
           for
           the
           said
           undertakers
           ,
           who
           are
           the
           Proprietors
           and
           owners
           of
           the
           same
           .
           And
           are
           now
           under
           the
           value
           of
           one
           hundred
           pound
           .
        
         
           As
           to
           the
           building
           of
           Ships
           ,
           If
           the
           same
           were
           not
           restrained
           ,
           there
           would
           not
           be
           Timber
           left
           sufficient
           for
           the
           necessary
           supply
           of
           the
           Islands
           .
        
         
           And
           as
           to
           Appeals
           ,
           Any
           person
           aggrieved
           may
           bring
           the
           same
           ,
           unless
           where
           the
           Cause
           of
           Action
           is
           under
           the
           value
           of
           five
           pounds
           .
        
         
           And
           ever
           since
           the
           granting
           of
           the
           said
           Charter
           ,
           the
           Company
           have
           endeavoured
           to
           advance
           the
           Common
           and
           Publick
           Interest
           of
           the
           Islands
           ,
           and
           the
           rights
           of
           the
           Proprietors
           there
           .
           And
           the
           Islands
           are
           now
           in
           a
           more
           flourishing
           condition
           than
           ever
           they
           were
           since
           they
           were
           first
           Planted
           .