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An Account of the
A Liſt of the late Governors of Scilly, bearing Commiſſions.
Govern'd, Anno
| Honourable Sir Francis Godolphin, | 1593 |
| Honourable Sir William Godolphin, | |
| Honourable Francis Godolphin, Eſq;, | 1640 |
| Honourable Sir John Granville (afterwards Earl of Bath) | 1651 |
| Honourable Sidney Godolphin, Eſq; | 1702 |
| Major Bennet governed a ſhort Time, | |
| Right Hon. Francis Earl of Godolphin, | 1733 |
The Governors having the Military Power were not always Proprietors holding the Civil Juriſdiction, as has before been obſerved; for Major Bennet was Governor of Scilly, while the preſent Earl of Godolphin was only Proprietor: His Lordſhip thinking this an Infringement on his Authority, had a Commiſſion as Governor, bearing Date July 7, 1733, and has been Governor and Proprietor of the
Iſlands
