Articles against Don Laureano Deloris Ÿ Aÿalla (aged about 50) Governor of this Town & Castle of St Augustine belonging to the Spanyards

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Articles against Don Laureano Deloris Ÿ Aÿalla (aged about
50) Governor of this Town & Castle of St Augustine belonging to the Spanyards

1. That in August 1686 a hundred Spanjards, Indians & Negroes, came
from St. Augustine in three Pereagoes, And by Virtue of a Commission
from the said Governor, (in time of Peace between the Crown of England
& Spain,) Entred upon & Invaded the Lands & Territoryes of his Most
Sacred Majesty King William the third, lying within the Southern Bounds
of the Province of South Carolina.

2.Thus they destroyed a great Settlement at Port Royall made by the
Lord Cardross, & Captain Hamilton, & other Scotch Gentlemen & forced them to
fly for their Lives,

3. That in the Same Month they landed at Edistoe Island & broak
open the dwelling house of Mr. Joseph Mourton then Governor of the said
Province, and robbed him of his money & plate during his being at
Charles Town, & Forceably carryed away Mr. Edward Bowell his Brother
in Law, and 13 Slaves with them & all their Plunder, worth above
£1500: to St Augustine

4 That in the said Month of August in a hostile manner they broake
open the dwelling house of Mr. Paul Grimball Secretary of the said Pro=
=vince during the time of his attending the Governor & Councill at Charles
Town, they spoild & made havock of all the goods & household stuffe
in the House, they likewise killd & destroyd all the Cattle they could find
upon the Plantation, by which he lost above £1000:-

5 That they in a hostile manner killed the said Mr. Bowell, and a Scotch
mann who was fled from Port Royall at Mr. Paul Grimballs Plan=
=tation

6- That the Said Governor has refused to deliver up the 11 Slaves, taken from
Governor Mourton, (tho demanded) saying they are become Christians
& in the King of Spains pay, That he cannot deliver them without the
King of Spains Order, Thus they likewise keep Andrew Ransom an
English Subject a Prisoner, in their ffoort, he has been there Eleven
years -, but represented home by None of them

Edward Randolph

Charles town in Carolina,
March: 19th: 1698

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Articles against the Spannish
Governor at St. Augustine

Citation

“Articles against Don Laureano Deloris Ÿ Aÿalla (aged about 50) Governor of this Town & Castle of St Augustine belonging to the Spanyards,” William Blathwayt papers at the John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, accessed April 16, 2024, https://cwfblathwayt.omeka.net/items/show/131.