[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [The Dynasties of the Kanarese Districts of the Bombay Presidency from the Earliest Historical Times to the Musalman Conquest](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.fleet-1882) › c7.s8.55 # The Dynasties of the Kanarese Districts of the Bombay Presidency from the Earliest Historical Times to the Musalman Conquest c7.s8.55 The Dynasties of the Kanarese Districts of the Bombay Presidency from the Earliest Historical Times to the Musalman Conquest c7.s8.55 - **Language:** English ### [c7.s8.55](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.fleet-1882.c7.s8.55) When Bombay was made over to the English, the Bándra College claimed much land and various rights in the island,⁸ and these not being acknowledged, the Fathers in 1667 received and assisted a dismissed English officer, who attempted to raise a force for the capture of Bombay.⁹ In 1720 and 1722 there were again disagreements and skirmishes between the English in Bombay and the Portuguese at Bándra, where the Fathers had some great guns mounted.⁴ At Thána in Fryer's time (1673-75) there were seven churches and colleges; at Bassein six churches, four colleges, and two convents.⁶ There was in 1623 no Bishop down the coast nearer than Cochin, all being subject directly to the Archbishop of Goa,¹⁰ but in the account of the district given in 1634 Thána is mentioned as having a cathedral church.¹¹ The Inquisition at Goa had jurisdiction over all countries east of the Cape of Good Hope: it extended its - [Previous: c7.s8.54](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.fleet-1882.c7.s8.54) - [Next: c7.s8.56](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.fleet-1882.c7.s8.56) - [Up: c7.s8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.fleet-1882.c7.s8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.fleet-1882.c7.s8.55](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.fleet-1882.c7.s8.55) · Pramāṇa