Jamaica ss
George the Third by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King and of Jamaica Lord Defender of the Faith and so forth To Clark Gayton Esquire Admiral and Commander in Chief of our Fleet on the Station of this Island of Jamaica Greeting We Command You that the Body of James Young Merchant (now in your Custody on Board our Ship the Antelope as it is said) under safe and secure Conduct together with the day and Cause of his Captain and Detention by whatsoever Name or Names he May be therein named or called You have before our Chief Justice of the Island of Jamaica immediately at his House situated in the Town of Saint Jago de la Vega then and there to do Submitt to and receive all such Things as shall be Considered of by our said Chief Justice in this particular and have then there this Writ hereof fail not at your Peril Witness The Honorable Edward Webley Esquire Chief Judge of our Supreme Court of Judicature and Chief Justice of our said Island at Saint Jago de la Vega the 12th day of February in the Sixteenth Year of our Reign
Edwd Webley
William Singer C[C] Corona.
1776 February 12th
1. PRO, Admiralty 1/240. Similar writs were issued the same day for William Clarke and John Werden, mariners.