Founding of New England: Earl of Warwick Signed DocumentImportant document from Earl of Warwick on the founding of New England. A single page, signed document measuring 7. 75 by 12. Dated February 8, 1646. The document concerns the outfitting and supply of a ship, and signed by the Earl of Warwick, Robert Rich, a leading figure in the early colonising of America. The document is issued by the Committee of Lords and Commons for the Admiralty to the Commissioners of the Navy advising that a frigate under the