As Braddyll's name appears among those present in Council in Bombay, in 1723, he must have succeeded in making his peace with the Company.

Under the Company's rule, in those days, all but the worst offences were condoned, so long as they were not directly aimed at the Company's trade.

A plot against the Governor's freedom might be pardoned, but, for assistance given to the Ostenders there was no _locus poenitentiae_.
On the 9th January, Boone embarked on board the _London_, after making over the governorship to Mr.Phipps, followed by the good wishes of the community.

During his six years of office he had proved himself a faithful and zealous servant of the Company: 'a gentleman of as much honour and good sense as any that ever sat in that chair,' according to Hamilton.

He had found Bombay with a languishing trade and open to attack.