Person:Thomas Garrett (21)

Role of the Crown resumed 1594-1607 Pending the settlement of this, Queen Ellizabeth, " well knowing that the English and Spanish refugees cast a longing eye on that island, took possession of it, and, in August, 1595, appointed Sir Thomas Gerard, or Garrett, governor, or captain, as the old title was. In the following year Peter Legh was appointed as substitute for Gerard, who was " nowe otherwise imployed in her Highnes service." This, however, appears to have been a temporary arrangement for Gerard's name occurs in the insular Records till 1606, when John Ireland became Lieutenant. In the meantime, the case between Earl William and his nieces was still undecided, and, in 1607, the island, at the instance of the disputants, was, with the exception of certain religious houses and churches, granted by James I. to the Earls of Northampton and Salisbury, who administered it for their benefit