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DRAPER’s RECORDS

Two photographs I created Spring, 2002, in England are of the documents, establishing John Coombe, Draper, as supporting the Jamestowne venture of the Virginia Company. These are presented here at our website with permission of the Archivist, Penelope Fussell, for the Worshipful Company of the Draper’s. The Company’s first Royal charter was dated in 1364 with records indicating an informal association among Draper’s as early as 1180, just over a hundred years after William the Conqueror, William I, seized the throne of England after defeating the army of Harold the II at the Battle of Hastings. Please read the notes I have provided with the literal interpretations of the document content to learn more.
Denise Mortorff, Member Combs Research Group

PHOTOs Taken Spring, 2002 c. D.Mortorff

Septimo die Aprils 1609

This day here assembled the Right Hon Sir Thomas Pulleson
Knight the Right Hon Sir Thomas Hayes Knight the now
Henry Wollaston Esq & Mr Clemt Burke Richard Osborne, Tristram
Dyamen and Robt Burk Esq & master Wardens. And of ye disstente
Mr Henry Butler Mr John Hall Mr Robte Thomas Mr
Edmund Moore Mr John Langley Mr Edward Leaninge Mr
William Mayyes Mr Thomas Wight Mr Laurence Campe &
Mr Thomas Wheler
Before whome those thinges done and penned downe
The last Court were now made over Ratified & allowed.

[This is similar to a roll call with the assembled eight named Drapers and a reference to Wardens who maintained the accounts of the Company. John Coombe (Combe) is specifically named as one of the adventurers of the Company supporting the Jamestowne venture.; The other ten named Drapers are noted as being distant or away at the time. The subject of discussion follows:]


CLth Adventurer Item in answere the precepte from the Right Honorable the Lord
To Virginia Maier unto this Company dixersed fourging an adventure to be
made by this house for the plantation in Virginia It is this
daye Condisionded and agreed upon that Clth of the house stock
shallbe adventured and so muche more as maye make up CLth wth
suche small somes as shalbe adventured by suche pticulor Brethren
of this Societie as have promised to adventure wth the Company
wth CLth and the pticulor somes hereafter mentioned wth wardens are
Intreated to rollese and paye in unto Sir Thomas Smythe
Knight Tresur for the Company of Virginia, and to take a
Bill of Adventure for the said CL under the Seale of the
Company as in like cases are used and accustomed
plus inde folio segmente

[The above discussion indicates the specific support by the Draper’s for the Jamestowne venture. This was requested by Elizabeth I in a letter I have seen in the Draper Company archives that requests the support for the venture specifically. “Dixersed” in the document is either discoursed or discussed. This points out there was money in the accounts of the Company and that of (interpreted) “such particular brethren of this Society as have promised to adventure with the Company”. Among these brethren is John Coombe, as mentioned in one image, at the top of the list of those venturing in the name of the Company. In the Draper records is Christopher Lovett, in which he is noted as receiving 1000 pounds from Elizabeth Combe on behalf of Archdale Combe, her son, to be apprenticed by her brother. This Archdale Combe is within the age range of the Archdale Combe who shows up in Virginia in the 1670’s. His grandfather is assumed to be the John Coombe who ventures to support the Jamestowne Adventure in the documents presented here. This John Coombe is also the father-in-law of Elizabeth Lovett Coombe. These findings are based on probate records and orphan’s recognizance records in our research project transcribed by myself, archivists or professionals I hired due to the complexity of the handwriting or Latin expertise needed.]


VIRGINIA Adventurers wch adventured wth the house and not
in their owne names but included in the same as
on the side of this leafe

Mr John Coombe
Mr Allen Cotton
Mr William Banister
Mr John Rany
Mr John Meredethe
Mr John Shawe
Mr John Rose
Mr Richard Husbande
Mr Willm Essington
James Mallett

[This is the second page of the document specifying those Draper’s, by name, who added their support by paying monies toward the venture. You will note “Mr. John Coombe” who is at the top of this list and the amount of the donation he provided. He is the only John Coombe (Combe) in the Draper records in this time frame and cannot be confused with any others in Company Records. Also, the name Combe is characteristically pronounced as Coombe in England so the spelling should not be an issue in his identity. His record, and the offices he filled as a Draper, with other information about him and related Draper’s can be reviewed at our website in the report COMBE, COMBER, ARCHDALE, LOVETT &c. of the WORSHIPFUL DRAPERS COMPANY of LONDON
http://www.combs-families.org/combs/record...and/drapers.htm

It is paramount researchers realize that these names DO NOT appear in the Jamestowne records because the official Virginia Company Records by Kingsbury only state the Draper’s Company as supporting the adventure (no specific names stated). You will note that in the documents presented here it states (interpreted) “ adventurers which adventured with the house and not in their own names. . . “] The Draper records clarify those that DID support this effort with the Company’s contribution however, and makes it clear that the John Coombe (Combe) who died in 1610 was alive and supported the effort in 1609. I am excited to share this information if you descend from the colonial Archdale Combe of Virginia and choose to accept this John Coombe, Draper as your ancestor or if you are simply interested in this information because you delight in studying history. To my knowledge no one has attempted to enter the Jamestowne Society utilizing this information. Also, the names of these Draper’s in this document are not in their records as far as I know. Any errors in this interpretation are my responsibility and I will update this as needed. Please direct comments to me thru our discussion group.]