career at Lakkireddipalli, these being described in due course. The chief event of his line is the grant of Armugam to the English in 1625 A.D. Armugam was the first place of English settlement on the Coromandel Coast and was obtained, as says Sewell in Volume I, page 146 of Lists of Antiquities, from the Rajah of Venkatagiri, by the karnam of the village, whose name Armugam, the new settlers gave in gratitude to their factory. Cox in page 42 of his North Arcot Manual bears testimony to the same when he writes "the English (in 1625) had moved their factory from Masulipatam to Armugam." The Nellore Manual of Mr. Bornell has the following description on page 24 about Armugam. "This is a small depot about a mile south of the village, which is now chiefly occupied by salt manufacturers and is often mentioned by the early historians of British India as Armugam being our first settlement on the Coromandel Coast. Armugam
