See also:

• ROBERT
• ROBERT (1275—1343)
• ROBERT, HUBERT (1753-1808)
• ROBERT, LOUIS LEOPOLD (1794-1835)

ROBERT See also:

• ROBERT JENKINS (fl. 1731-1745)
• JENKINS, SIR LEOLINE (1623-1685)

JENKINS (fl. 1731-1745)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master mariner, is known as the protagonist of the " See also:

• JENKINS, ROBERT (fl. 1731-1745)
• JENKINS, SIR LEOLINE (1623-1685)

Jenkins's See also:

• EAR (common Teut.; O.E. are, Ger. Ohr, Du. oor, akin to Lat. auris, Gr. ovs)

ear " incident, which, magnified in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England by the See also:

• PRESS (through Fr. presse from Lat. pressare, frequentative of premere, to crush, squeeze, press)

press and the opposition, became a contributory cause of the See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war between England and See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain (1739) . Bringing See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

home the brig " Rebecca " from the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

West Indies in 1731, Jenkins was boarded by a See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish See also:

• GUARDA

guarda-See also:

• COSTA, GIOVANNI (1826–1903)
• COSTA, LORENZO (146o-r535)
• COSTA, SIR MICHAEL ANDREW AGNUS (1808-1884)

costa, whose See also:

• COMMANDER

commander rifled the holds and cut off one of his ears . On arriving in England Jenkins stated his grievance to the See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king, and a See also:

• REPORT (O.Fr. report or raport, modern rapport, from O.Fr. reporter, mod. rap porter, Lat. reportare, to bring back, in poetical use only, of bringing back an account, news, &c.)

report was furnished by the commander-in-See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief in the West Indies confirming his See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account . At first the See also:

• CASE
• CASE, JOHN (d. 1600)

case created no See also:

• GREAT

great stir, but in 1738 he repeated his See also:

• STORY, JOHN (c. 1510-1571)
• STORY, JOSEPH (1779-1845)
• STORY, ROBERT HERBERT (1835-1907)
• STORY, WILLIAM WETMORE (1819—1895)

story with dramatic detail before a See also:

• COMMITTEE (from commute, an Anglo-Fr. past participle of commettre, Lat. committere, to entrust; the modern Fr. equivalent comite is derived from the Eng.)

committee of the See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

House of See also:

• COMMONS

Commons, producing what purported to be the ear that had been cut off . Afterwards it was suggested that he might have lost tli,e ear in the See also:

• PILLORY (0. Fr. pilori, Prov. espitlori, from Lat. speculatorium, a place of observation or " peep-hole ")

pillory . Jenkins was subsequently given the command of a See also:

• SHIP

ship in the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India See also:

• COMPANY

Company s service, and later became supervisor of the company's affairs at St See also:

• HELENA
• HELENA, ST (c. 247-c. 327)

Helena . In 1741 he was sent from England to that See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island to investigate charges of corruption brought against the acting See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor, and from May 1741 until See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1742 he administered the affairs of the island . Thereafter he resumed his See also:

• NAVAL

naval career, and is stated in an See also:

• ACTION

action with a pirate See also:

• VESSEL (O. Fr. vaissel, from a rare Lat. vascellum, dim. of vas, vase, urn)

vessel to have pre-served his'own vessel and three others under his care (see T . H . See also:

• BROOKE, FRANCES (1724-1789)
• BROOKE, FULKE OREVILLE, 1ST BARON (1554-1628)
• BROOKE, HENRY (c. 1703-1783)
• BROOKE, SIR JAMES (1803-1868)
• BROOKE, STOPFORD AUGUSTUS (1832– )

Brooke, See also:

• HISTORY

History of the Island of St Helena (See also:

• LONDON

London, 2nd ed., 1824), and H . R . Janisch, Extracts from the St Helena Records, 1885) .