Abbreviations
| bho | British History Online |
| bl | British Library, London, UK |
| brram | British Records Relating to America in Microform, previously held by British Museum, now at the British Library. |
| Cal. SP. Col./Dom. | Calendar of State Papers Colonial/Domestic |
| gc | Guinea Company |
| hca | High Court of Admiralty |
| hmso | Her Majesty’s Stationary Office |
| hpo | History of Parliament Online |
| ihr | Institute for Historical Research, London, UK |
| ior | India Office Records, British Library, |
| odnb | Oxford Dictionary of National Biography |
| pc | Acts of the Privy Council |
| pr | Patent Rolls, The National Archives |
| pro | Public Records Office, now The National Archives/ Proclamations |
| ra | Royal Adventureres into Africa |
| rac | Royal African Company |
| sp | State Papers Colonial/Domestic |
| tna | The National Archives, London, UK |