Background - continued
15/1/1700 the English ship Loyal Marchant set sail with her prize Margit ... for the Indies ...
19/1 ... arrived the English return-ship named Neptunus, 24 guns and 60 men, Captain John Lesleij, October 14 from Madras, bound for London ...
25/1 ... arrived the Councillor* of the Indies and Commissioner ... the Hon. Wouter Valkenier [persuaded by W.A. van der Stel to grant him ‘Vergelegen’ estate, and other lands to members of his coterie]
26/1 [Neptunus and Wyngaard sailed]
1/3 [Letter to Holland reporting the discovery of a ‘fine basin’ beyond the Roode Zand, to be named ‘Waveren’ and colonised. No trace found of Ridderschap; cf. Resolutions 1/6/98]
22/6 Resolutions of the Lords XVII ... resolved to authorise the various Chambers*, in accordance with the desire of the colony of the Cape, to send thither some free-folk, men, women and children, free of passage-money and with free food, care being taken that as far as possible they are Dutch, or subjects of this State, or of German nations carrying on no trade by sea, and with knowledge of agriculture or viticulture, but no French ...
31/7 [Some colonists from over-crowded Drakenstein being sent to Waveren: more sent in October]
28/12 [Foundation-stone of permanent Church laid: cf. 9/4/78. Not in use until 1704]
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