Original: Whitbourne , Newfoundland 's first inland town , is named after Sir Richard Whitbourne , one of the most colourful early settlers of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador who wrote a book about Newfoundland that was published in 1620 .
Simplified: Sir Richard was selected by the High Court of the Admiralty to set up the first English law court in the New World in 1615 in Trinity .