Your L'd«ps Most faithfull humble servant Lord Lovelace. jj Boyle.

.•. Letters of Ecnization, dated 25th Aug. 1708, win be found in Deed Book X. 241 Sees off. naturalizing the above Clergyman, Sibylle Cliarlotte his Wife & Christian Joshua, Benigna Sibylle & Susanna Sibylle their Children; also Lorentz Schwisser, Anne Catherine his wife & Johannes their son; Heinrich Rennau & Joanna his Wife & Lourentz & Heiniich their Sons; Susanna Liboschain Marie Johanna Liboscham; Andreas Votck, Anna Catharine

;5^ PAPERS RELATING TO THE PALATINES.

.7; ,• CERTAIN PALATINES TURN PIETISTS.

[Counc. Min.]

"> 8 f^»l'^' In Council, May 26th 1709.

Upon Reading the Petition of Joslma Cocherthal the INIinister & Herman Schuneman and other of the Germans y* were sent over hither by her Majesty's Cliarity setting forth yt by Reason of the Death of My Lord Lovelace they and the rest of these Germans are in Great want of Provisions and necessarys for their Support being Provided for by his Lordship in his life time but sence his Decease have rec'd no subsistance and upon reading a Copy of a Report from the R* Honi^^e ye Lords of Trade to her Majestic dated y« 28th of Aprill 1708 with relations to ye said Germans and upon CoRo Nicholsons informeing this Board that he believes it was intended they should be supported by her Majesty's Bounty for nine or Twelve Months after there arrivall here and it being represented to this Board that nineteen Persons of the forty seven of the s'^ Germans have changed their Religion become Pietists and withdrawn themselves from the Communion of the Minister and y^ Rest of the s^ Germans, being Seven & Twenty in all which this Board conceives not agreeable to the Intentions of her Majesty and may prove distructive of the Ends of their being settled here and the Gentlemen of this Board haveing brought to their remembrance that my Lord Lovelace did say in Councill yt he had orders in England to allow the said Germans a maintenance for Twelve months after their arrivall here and this Board being of opinion that unless some speedy measures be taken for their immediate