John Jourdain

After touching at the Cape of Good Hope, and visiting Aden, Mocha, and the island of Socotra, the Ascension sailed, towards the end of August 1609, for Surat, and on 3 September was lost on a shoal in the Gulf of Cambay.

A few days later most of them set out for Agra, but Jourdain remained at Surat, pushing the company's trade and conciliating the Indian officials.

From Mocha he went to Sumatra, and on to Tecoa and Bantam, where on 28 November 1617 he was appointed to remain as chief factor, or 'president of the English,' his work being not only to regulate the business of the company, but—which was more troublesome—to adjust the quarrels of his subordinates.

[3] The appointment gave Jourdain authority over all of the Company's factories in the East except that of Surat, where Sir Thomas Roe held sway as special envoy to the Moghul Emperor Jahangir.

Dale's command, he insisted, was limited to the fleet he came out with, unless other ships were placed under his orders by the president and council: "The dissension and crossings between Sir Thos.

A battle began on 17 July and despite a spirited defence, after two hours the English hoisted a flag of truce and Jourdain went out on deck to talk to the Dutch commander, Henrick Johnson.