In the following year he was dismissed from his office of Lord Chamberlain, whereupon the I'arliament appointed him to the command of their forces. He was then declared a traitor by the King, against whom he fought with various success, until the year 1645, when he resigned his commission. He died in September, 1646. ' WiLLLOi Russell, 5th Earl, and 1st Duke of Bedford, K. G., was born in 1614 created Marquess of Tavistock and Duke ;

of Bedford, 11th M.ay, 1649, and died 7 September, 1700. He was father of the celebrated Lord William Russel, who was beheaded in 1683. Bebrett. ' William Fiennes, 4th Baron, was created in 1624 Viscount, Say and Sele. He was one of the original patentees of Connecticut After passing harmless through the troubles which at this period convulsed England, he became Lord Privy Seal after tlie Restoration, which he had been instrumental in bringing about, and died in 1662. Saybrook, in Connecticut, derives the first part of its name from this nobleman. The latter part from Lord Brook, afterwards a Parliamentary general, and killed at Litchfield in 1742. -- Ed.

128 NEW- YORK COLONIAL MANUSCRIPTS. the said complainants have spoken very menacingly and said : -- If the matter be not arranged, our people will be, within the year, expelled from the quarter whence the complaints proceeded. The Directors of the West India Company have cognizance of the aforesaid complaints. On the xxiii. instant, I communicated to my Lord Seie above mentioned, information relative to the aforesaid memorial, copy whereof goes herewith. He requested that letters be written to the Dutch who are in New Netherland, to the end that our people, who have been complained of, may comport themselves in a peaceable and friendly manner with the English. I doubt if he hath correctly seized the meaning of the English.