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1689. Feb, 13. Whitehall. |
The Earl of Shrewsbury to Mr. Pollexfen and Sir Robert Atkins.—
The King directs you to attend him to-morrow at nine of the clock
at the Secretary's Office in the Stone Gallery here, and I am bid to
let you know it is to have your opinion how this present convention may best be turned into a Parliament. [H.O. Letter Book
(Secretary's) 1, p. 29.] |
Feb. 13. |
Proclamation of William and Mary, as King and Queen of England.
[S.P. Dom. Proclamations, Vol. 6, No. 6.] |
Feb. 14. Whitehall. |
Proclamation that all Sheriffs Justices of the Peace, Collectors,
Receivers, and others connected with the revenue, being Protestants,
and who held office on the 1st of December last, shall be continued
in the same. [Ibid., No. 9.] |
Feb. 14. London. |
News-letter. The Lords and Commons, having on Tuesday night
fully agreed the preliminaries and ordered them to be enrolled in
the records of Parliament, and Chancery; they agreed to a Proclamation for proclaiming William and Mary, King and Queen of England,
&c., and yesterday they were proclaimed in London and Westminster
with all the accustomed formalities, accordingly. The Lords and
Commons having met at Westminster, went thence to Whitehall and,
in the Banqueting House, desired them to accept the Crown, as above;
which they did, and afterwards proceeded with the heralds to the
Royal Exchange, being met at Temple Bar by the Mayor and
aldermen on horseback. The King and Queen having heard the
declaration of the Lords and Commons read, went to the Royal
Chapel where the Bishop of London preached; the Princess of
Denmark was with them. Dr. Burnet officiated as clerk of the
closet to the King, and Dr. Stanley to the Queen. The sermon
being ended, all the Bishops that were at chapel, viz.:—The
Archbishop of York, the Bishops of London, St. Asaph, Winchester,
Gloucester, and Bristol, and the Bishop of Kildare in Ireland went
from thence and took off their habits in order to wait on their
Majesties, who received them very graciously. The Lords have
ordered the Clerks of the Court of King's Bench to make copies or
abstracts of what proceedings have been in their office against any
peers in criminal cases since James II. to this time. Yesterday Lord
Chief Justice Wright was apprehended by Sir William Waller at the
Old Bailey and carried before the Lord Mayor and being accused of
having committed high misdemeanor was committed to Newgate.
His Majesty has made Lord Shrewsbury one of his principal
Secretaries of State Lord Devon, Lord Steward of his household.
Mons. Benting, Lord Chamberlain, Mons. Overkirk Master of Horse,
Lord Halifax, President of the Council, and it is said the Lord Danby
will be made Treasurer. The Privy Councillors were sworn this
day. [Greenwich Hospital, News Letters, Vol. 3, No. 66, and
Greenwich Hospital, News Letter Entry Book 2, p. 281.] |
Feb. 14. Whitehall. |
The Earl of Shrewsbury to the Lord Great Chamberlain. As the
King does not intend to go to-morrow to the Parliament you need
not summon the peers to be there in their robes. [H.O. Letter Book
(Secretary's) 1, p. 29.] |
Feb. 15. Whitehall. |
Warrant to George Collins, one of the King's messengers in ordinary
to arrest Edmund Stack, a reputed Roman Catholic, lately one of
the clerks in the Excise and Hearth Office, who has absconded with
bonds and papers relating to those branches of the revenue. [S.P.
Dom. Warrant Book 34, p. 164, and Entry Book 72, p. 19.] |
Feb. 15. Whitehall. |
Warrant to Thomas Neale, Master of the Mint, to continue to coin
the gold and silver bullion in the Mint with the former dies until
the puncheons and dies "with our effigies and arms shall be made
and finished." [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 34, p. 165, and Entry
Book 72, p. 21.] |
Feb. 15. Whitehall. |
Passes for John Evans, and his servants, John Wright and Thomas
Johnson, to go beyond seas. [S.P. Dom. Entry Book 72, p. 19];
a duplicate of the above, [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 34, p. 164]; for
Jonathan Evans, ditto; and for John Sparrow and Ralph Onion to
go to Holland, and to return. [Ibid.] |
Feb. 16. Whitehall. |
Warrant to search printing houses for unlicensed, seditious, false,
and scandalous papers, books, &c. [S.P. Dom. Entry Book 72,
p. 22.] |
Feb. 16. |
Duplicate of the above. [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 34, p. 168.] |
Feb. 16. |
Order in Council that in all prayers for the King, to the word
"King" be added " and Queen," to the word "Sovereign Lord" be
added" and Lady" and that instead of the King's name, "Charles"
or "James," there be used the names "William and Mary." And the
first petition for the King in the Litany shall end thus "Thy
servants William and Mary, our most Gracious King and Queen."
In the prayer for the High Court of Parliament, instead of "Our
sovereign and his" these words, " Their Majesties and their." In
the first and second collects for the King, next after the Commandments, the words be read thus, "The hearts of thy chosen servants
King William and Queen Mary, that." In the prayer for Christ's
Church militant the words be read thus, " And especially Thy
servants William and Mary, our King and Queen." In the first
prayer in the form to be used at sea, the words be read thus, "Our
most Gracious Sovereign Lord and Lady King William and
Queen Mary and their Kingdoms." And in all prayers for the
Royal Family the persons particularly to be prayed for, be thus
named and expressed, "Catherine the Queen Dowager, her Royal
Highness the Princess Anne of Denmark and all the Royal
Family." [S.P. Dom., Will. & Mary 1, No. 1; and S.P. Dom.
Proclamations, Vol. 6, No. 7.] |
Feb. 16. Whitehall. |
Warrant to Robert Stevens, messenger, inspector of printing
presses, to apprehend the authors of "divers false, scandalous, and
seditious books, papers, news, pamphlets, and intelligences, daily
printed and dispersed, containing idle and mistaken relations of
what passes, with malicious reflections upon persons to the disturbance of the public peace, which are published without any
authority contrary to the laws in that case provided." [S.P.
Dom. Warrant Book 34, p. 168.] |
Feb. 16. Whitehall. |
Pass for Mrs. Arabella Knifton and Mrs. Anne Clifford, with a
maidservant, to go to France. [Ibid.] |
Feb. 17. Cambridge. |
Dr. John Covell to the Earl of Shrewsbury. I have heard from
Dr. Wynne that orders were sent from the Council Chamber to all
Corporations for proclaiming their present Majesties; neither I nor
the Mayor have received them. [S.P. Dom., Will. & Mary 1,
No. 2.] |
Feb. 17. Whitehall. |
The Earl of Shrewsbury to Sir Robert Holmes. I send you for
examination the copy of a Memorial delivered in by the Agent of the
Hanse Townes, relating to the two ships therein mentioned, and
request that you return it to me, together with your opinion what
it becomes his Majesty to do in this case. [H.O. Letter Book
(Secretary's) 1, p. 29.] |
Feb. 17. Whitehall. |
Passes for — Robinson, merchant, to go to Hamburgh and
to return; for Epinetus Pollett and Thomas Clifton to go to
France [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 34, p. 168]; and for the following
persons to embark at Dover for Calais:— Charles Leybourne, esq.,
Humphrey Northall, Thomas Arnold, Thomas Wentworth, esq.,
James St. Claire, esq., Joseph Persicoe, esq., and 6 servants, Robert
Buckingham, esq., Henry Hurlston, William Singleton, Walter
Dormer, senior, Thomas Johnson, Robert Doary, Walter Dormer,
junior, Richard Drew, Henry Devon, Richard Chaire, Bartholemew
Gardner, John Serjeant, Thomas Hooper, Robert Wallis, Robert
Chapman, John Ketchlove, Thomas Palmer, John Grey, John
Meckries, Charles Johnes, David Robert, Guy Forster, Thomas
Muttlebury, Thomas Butler, junior, John Hampsted, Henry Pockley,
John Floyd, Thomas Swift, Peter Vandore, Timothy Clarke, John
Lewin, George Peirson, Philip Carney, Benjamin Booth, John Fisher,
Benjamin Cotton, Thos. Chamberlain, and — Faune. [Ibid.,
p. 166–7.] |
Feb. 17. Whitehall. |
Duplicate of the last without the list of names. [S.P. Dom. Entry
Book 72, p. 22.] |
Feb. 18. |
His Majesty's speech in the House of Lords. Printed. [S.P. Dom.
Will. & Mary 1, No. 3.] |
Feb. 18. Whitehall. |
Proceedings upon the petition of Sir William Phipps, knt., and
Increase Mather, rector of the college of Cambridge, in the New
England, setting forth that the charters of Incorporation, granted
to the four colonies in New England, were, in the year 1684, taken
away, and Sir Edward Andros, made Governor of that Colony; and
praying that their ancient privileges may be restored to them.
Referred to the Committee for trade and foreign plantations for
report. [S.P. Dom. Petition Entry Book 2, p. 53.] |
Feb. 18. The Hague. |
Count Weibbenum to [the King ?].—The Marquis of Castanaga's
opinion on the action of the French. Asks for 5,000 English
troops to assist in the campaign. Condition of the cavalry and
of the garrisons. The Prince of Vaudémont hopes for a continuance
of your protection. [S.P. Dom. King William's Chest 5, No. 1.] |
Feb. 18. Whitehall. |
Warrant for a grant of 4 l. a day to George, Marquis of Halifax,
as Keeper of the Privy Seal. [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 34, p. 212.] |
Feb. 18. Whitehall. |
Warrant to the Clerk of the Signet to prepare a Bill to pass the
privy seal for the payment of 4l. per diem to George, Marquis of
Halifax, Keeper of the Privy Seal, "in lieu of the ancient diet of
sixteen dishes of meat." [Ibid.] |
Feb. 18. Whitehall. |
Passes for Elizabeth Philips to go to France; and for Andrew Ker,
Adam Davidson and Lawrence Deese to travel by land to Scotland.
[Ibid.] |
Feb. 19. |
Protection for Mrs. Ann Talbot, of Longford, Shropshire, who is
"under great apprehensions of being molested and prejudiced by
some disorderly persons; and also to William Hill, her steward."
[Ibid., and S.P. Dom. Entry Book 72, p. 23.] |
Feb. 19. Whitehall. |
Warrant to Henry Harris, "engraver," to make "two new seals
for our signet" according to a draft enclosed. [S.P. Dom. Warrant
Book 34, p. 70, and S.P. Dom. Entry Book 72, p. 25.] |
Feb. 19. Whitehall. |
The like to the same to engrave "a new seal to be used as our
privy seal," according to a draft enclosed. [Ibid.] |
Feb. 19. Whitehall. |
Warrant to deliver Colonel John Butler, taken into custody at
Whitehaven, and all other Irish prisoners, to the officer appointed to
take them to Carlisle. [Ibid., and S.P. Dom. Entry Book 72, p. 25.] |
Feb. 19. |
Proclamation for avoiding all damage and loss to the subject by
the foreign coins lately received by them. [S.P. Dom. Proclamations, Vol. 6, No. 10.] |
Feb. 19. Whitehall. |
O. Wynne [Secretary to the Earl of Shrewsbury] to Richard
Owen, Postmaster at Holyhead. You will find by the enclosed that
a strict eye is to be had to the port of Holyhead that no person be
suffered to go for Ireland without a pass. I am bid to desire you
to send constant accounts of what news you have from Ireland,
and of such persons as shall happen to be stopped there. And if
you be not the chief officer in that port, you are to communicate
this to him. [H.O. Letter Book (Secretary's) 1, p. 30.] |
Feb. 19. |
Pass for Thomas Jolly, with six children and three servants, to go
to Flanders. [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 34, p. 169.] |
Feb. 20. |
Proceedings upon the petition of Edward Strode for a writ of
error, upon a judgment of the Court of King's Bench, given against
him, in an action of trespass upon the case, brought by one George
Rodney in the county of Devon. Granted. [S.P. Dom. Petition
Entry Book 2, p. 54.] |
Feb. 20. Whitehall. |
Passes for Allycourt and Halleele, two Turks to go beyond sea; for
Mr. Nicholas Hubin, with his wife and two servants to go to France;
Mr. — de Roche and Mr. — de Perigni to go to Holland; for
John Issen with his wife and two children, to go to Flanders
[S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 34, p. 170]; for Thomas Thompson, with
one servant to go to France; and for Thomas Plott to go to Italy,
by way of France. [Ibid., p. 178.] |
Feb. 21. Whitehall. |
Warrant to William, Earl of Devonshire, Steward of the Household
to swear and admit Francis, Viscount Newport, as Treasurer of the
Household, Thomas Wharton, as Controller of the Household, Sir
Stephen Fox, as eldest clerk of the Green Cloth, William Forrester,
as second clerk of the same, James Forbes, as eldest clerk comptroller
and — Isaac, as youngest clerk comptroller. [S.P. Dom.
Warrant Book 34, p. 172, and S.P. Dom. Entry Book 72, p. 25.] |
Feb. 21. Whitehall. |
The Earl of Shrewsbury to Capt. Hamilton at Chester. By his
Majesty's commands, I send you the enclosed letters and papers.
The instructions which are signed for you by the King will
sufficiently inform you of his intentions and pleasure, so that there
is nothing more to be added than to acquaint you that I have
written the enclosed letters to Mr. Anderton and Mr. Frith, Officers
of the Customs and Excise at Chester, directing them to furnish you
with the 1,000l. and to provide a vessel for carrying you and the
stores, as is mentioned in the said instructions. The form of the
oath which is required to be taken by Lieutenant-Colonel Lundy
you will find in the printed Declaration of the Lords and Commons.
There are some other papers which are to be sent into Ireland with
care and diligence such as the printed proclamations for proclaiming his Majesty in that Kingdom which will be sent forward as
soon as ready, but the condition of that country calling for your
speedy departure, you need not stay for them when you shall be
provided with all things else for your voyage. [Postscript to a
duplicate letter.] Copies of the proclamation are enclosed for
publication in Ireland. More will be sent. [H.O. Letter Book
(Secretary's) 1, p. 30.] |
Feb. 21. Whitehall. |
The same to Lord Tweeddale. I am commanded by his Majesty
to acquaint your lordship that he has received your letter of the
7th instant, and that the account you gave him of having assisted
the Protestants in Ireland with arms and ammunition was very
acceptable to him, their conditions being such as ought to engage all
of the same profession to give them all possible relief and succour
against the common enemy of our religion, which his Majesty is so
extremely sensible of, that his thoughts are almost wholly employed
how to rescue and deliver them from those imminent dangers that
threaten them and therefore cannot but be very well pleased that
your Lordship, and such as have nearer opportunities to serve them,
are so readily disposed to do it. [Ibid., p. 32.] |
Feb. 21. Whitehall. |
The Earl of Shrewsbury to [Matthew] Anderton and W. Frith,
Officers of the Customs and Excise at Chester. Directing them to
furnish Capt. James Hamilton with the sum of 1,000l. [H.O. Letter
Book (Secretary's) 1, p. 31.] |
Feb. 21. Whitehall. |
The same to Matthew Anderton. Directing him to despatch the
stores of war to be sent to Ireland under the charge of Capt. Hamilton,
in a sufficient merchant ship hired at the port of Chester. [Ibid.,
p. 32.] |
Feb. 21. Cowes. |
Sir Robert Holmes to the Earl of Shrewsbury.—On the 31st of
December last, a privateer pinck of Flushing, burthen about eighty
tons, called the White Phœnix, Vita Vita, master, brought into this
road two prizes; viz. The Cornelius, a galliot hoy, of and from
Hamburgh, Jacob Jacobson, master, bound for Rouen; and the
St. Bartholomew, a flyboat, of and from Hamburgh, Casteen Fryer,
master, bound for Honfleur. On the 12th instant the privateer sailed
hence with her prizes. Though the prizes were seized under a commission from the Prince of Orange, I think " the King of England
has nothing to say to them," but that the Zealand privateer may
carry them into Zealand, and the Hanse towns make their complaint
to the States. "For if the Hanse towns be permitted to carry naval
stores to France, it may be of ill consequence to any prince or
state, which hath war with him." The privateer and the two
Hamburgh vessels are still at Spithead, if the King has any more to
say to them. "I have a report from a newly-arrived vessel that
there are several French men-of-war and privateers cruising in
the Channel. Some few of the Irish in the Island have made
their escape, and as many as can will; slipping on board some
vessel or other. It were very well that some men-of-war were
ordered to Ryde, in these roads, to search all vessels that pass
about the Island." [S.P. Dom. Will. & Mary 1, No. 4]. |
Feb. 21. Whitehall. |
Passes for Mr. Noel Aubert, to go to France [S.P. Dom. Warrant
Book 34, p. 171]; for James Keneady and Edward Wouten to go
beyond sea; for William Philpot, with his two servants, to go to
France, or any other place beyond sea; and for Edward Talbot,
George Saunders, and George Shepherd, to go to France [Ibid.,
p. 172]. |
Feb. 22. |
Warrant to appoint Arthur Herbert, John, Earl of Carbery, Sir
Michael Wharton, Sir Thomas Lee, Sir John Chicheley, Sir John
Lowther, of Whitehaven, and [William] Sacheverill, Commissioners
of the Admiralty. [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 34, p. 180.] |
Feb. 22. Whitehall. |
The Declaration of William and Mary, as King and Queen of
England, France, and Ireland. Printed. [S.P., Ireland, 352, No. 1.] |
Feb. 22. Whitehall. |
Proclamation granting pardon and indemnity to those of the
Kingdom of Ireland who shall lay down their arms and retire to
their places of abode before 10th April next, and also granting to
Roman Catholics the favour for the private exercise of their religion.
[S.P. Dom. Proclamations, Vol. 6, No. 11.] |
Feb. 22. Whitehall. |
Passes for Signori Innocentis Fede, Bernardo and Jean
Cazall, Italians, to go to France, and for Mrs. Mary Porter, Isabella
Porter her daughter, and one maid servant, ditto. [S.P. Dom.
Warrant Book 34, p. 173.] |
Feb. 23. Hampton Court. |
Warrant to the Governor, &c. of Tilbury Fort to let pass the ships
to the number of 36 or thereabouts, which have embarked the forces
going to Holland. [S.P. Dom. Entry Book 72, p. 27, and S.P.
Dom. Warrant Book 34, p. 178.] |
Feb. 23. Whitehall. |
Warrant to the Earl of Dorset to swear William Churchhill,
citizen of London, as the King's bookseller, bookbinder and stationer.
[S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 34, p. 179.] |
Feb. 23. Whitehall. |
Warrant to the same to swear Sir John Lowther as Vice Chamberlain of the Household. [Ibid.] |
Feb. 23. |
An Act for removing and preventing all questions and disputes
concerning the assembling and sitting of this present Parliament;
enacting that the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and the Commons,
convened at Westminster the 22nd day of January, 1688–9, and
there sitting on the 13th day of February following, are the two
Houses of Parliament, and so shall be. Printed. [S.P. Dom.
Will. & Mary 1, No. 5.] |
Feb. 23. Whitehall. |
The Earl of Shrewsbury to Lord Lucas [Governor of the Tower].
Directing him to allow the children and relations of Sir Thomas
Jenner, a prisoner in his custody, to have access to him, and that he
be suffered to have the liberty of the Tower in the presence of a
warder. [H.O. Letter Book (Secretary's) 1, p. 33.] |
Feb. 23. Whitehall. |
Passes for the Duchess de Bouillon, with 32 servants, to embark
on board the—, whereof Capt. Gay is master, for France [S.P.
Dom. Entry Book 72, p. 27]; Duplicate of the above [S.P. Dom.
Warrant Book 34, p. 173]; also for the following persons to go to
France:—Mrs. Chappelle, Raphael her son, and two boys, Philip
and Thomas Deligny, Charles Turner esq., and Walter Plummer,
William Goodwyn, and John Davis, his servants, Ralph Sheldon,
esq., and Timothy Crosse, Nicholas Upton, his servants; Thomas
Wyndham, Richard Graham, esq., Richard Lane, and Thomas
Thompson; Robert Gargrave, esq., William Barker, and John
Barker, his servants; William Banks, esq., and Richard Harrison,
and Thomas Harman, his servants; John Calvert, esq., and John
Trigg, and Elizabeth Horner, his servants; Gerald Devereux,
esq., and Walter Devereux, and John Taylor, his servants; John
Decanter, Esq., and Matthew Wightell, his servant; Thomas Rose,
Edward Commins, William Cunningham, and Thomas Rosse, their
servant; Nicholas Miller, senior, Nicholas Miller junior, Thomas
Bray, Jonas Watson, Henry Higgins, Richard Tildesley, John Dixy,
Thomas Welsh, John Adams, with John Stoakes, David Henderson,
Lachary Broome, George Aleby, Francis Smith, George Paul, John
Hurry, John West, and William Kelly, their servants; Richard Hulk,
Leon Wyatt, Thomas Woodcock, Aaron Wall, Robert Richardson,
Jervas Haulton, Henry Robinson, John Adamson, Robert Peake.
Thomas Shepheard, Thomas Man, Benjamin Marett, Michael Burton,
Thomas Farryan, John Ullock, Richard Smith, Joseph Dufty, with
John Woodcock, and Francis Wyatt, their servants; John Peach,
Thomas Alsop, his servant; George Holder, and John Holder, his
boy; John Marsh, and Edward Parkes, John Pattison, John Burton,
his servants; William Bright, John Bulmer, William Bulmer, Francis
Farne, Nicholas Chappell, William Smithson, Richard Jackson,
Joseph Wood, and John Dent; Sir Thomas Morley, Penelope his
lady, and Francis their daughter; Mary Whitehead, gentlewoman,
with Dorothy Mecater, (?) John Holland, and Thomas West, their
servants; John Lewin, and his son; John Stapleton, Daniel Fulham,
Richard Hebert, Balthazar Artimo, Warnecombe Pierrepoint, his
wife and son; Mrs. Waldegrave, Mary Jones, Mrs. Harnidge,
Mrs. Elstone, John Hatfield, Claudius Piennett, Mrs. Blackbourne,
Mrs. Aubing, Mrs. Hatfield, Gwin Evans, David Lewis, William
London, and two children, Alice Thompson, Elizabeth Clarke, Bryan
O'Bryan, Robert Johnson, Mr. Desarter, and 4 servants, Matthew
Smith, Thomas St. John, Guy Foster, Mr. Le Point, and Peter
Thomas, his servant, John Wade, Magdalen St. Paul, Thomas St. Paul,
Isabella de Lattre, Rosamond Southward, Mrs. Read, and Mrs. Salvin,
Walter Strickland, esq., Elizabeth Parkinson, Philippa Neptune,
Mrs. Francis Hawksted, Benjamin Cotton, Humphry Northall,
Richard Cotton, John Lynall, Innocentia Feady, Bernardo Alberti,
Josepho Battalini, Francisco Marco, Antonio Plunket, James Seopolina,
Antonio Maria Grandi, Elizabeth Marco, two servants, Humphrey
Prescott, Mary Wiliams, William Shadd, Thomas Jones, two washerwomen, Mr. Hide, Mr. Dixon; the officers of the buckhounds, the
serjeant, his wife, four children, two maids two men, with five
horses for himself, and one for each servant; the harbourers;—Jolly,
his wife, three children, a maid, a man and four horses; and Babel,
three horses, and a man; Lancelot Carlisle, Anthony Knight, and
Thomas Pierson, yeoman with 14 horses, to each of them a servant,
and five horses; James Loftus, Richard Holmes, and Thomas Atkins,
yeomen, foot-huntsmen; and William Webb, Thomas Comfort, Thomas
Todd, two servants and five horses, and 45 couple of hounds.
[Ibid., pp. 173–7.] |
Feb. 24. Chester. |
Captain James Hamilton to the Earl of Shrewsbury. I received
your letter of the 21st instant this morning at Neston, where the
ships ride, and as the wind is still too westerly for them to sail, I
came hither to attend to your order to the officers of the customs
here. In view of the importance of haste, and my inexperience, I
desire to describe my actions more particularly. I was commanded
to go hence with the arms and ammunition to Whitehaven, to
receive more there. But finding that the Jersey, frigate, did not
dare to deal with that coast, I agreed with Captain Beverley to
ride off Ramsey Point in the Isle of Man, while I went into
Whitehaven on board the Pelican, which had the arms. |
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However, as I must hire another ship at Whitehaven for the arms,
unless there is a fair wind to-morrow, I shall go by land to Whitehaven
for that purpose. I have already sent an express thither to order
that the ammunition be made ready; and though it is 115 scurvy
miles from this place and not within the post road I hope to arrive
there by next Wednesday. The Customs here have but 48l. in cash
and the collector is on his circuit. By reason of the sense I have
of the sad condition of the people, for whom these succours are
designed, I shall leave the necessary orders for the money, or so
much as can be got together, to be put on board the frigate, rather
than lose so much time as this matter seems to require. I doubt,
but I may be delayed at Whitehaven, seeing that the stores must
come 30 miles over land from Carlisle. Could not orders be sent
to the officers of the customs at Whitehaven, to supply me with
the necessary money for Ireland ? — Postscript, February 25.
The wind is now fair, and I am in haste to save the tide.
Mr. Matthew Anderton has advanced me 595l. 16s. 8d. upon his
own credit. [S.P. Dom. Will. & Mary 1, No. 6.] |
Feb. 25. Whitehall. |
Proceedings upon the petition of Sir John Cope. Stating that Lady
Cope, the widow of his late brother, Sir Anthony Cope, is a lunatic,
and that upon the lands in her jointure great waste has been done,
these being upon part of the petitioner's estate in Oxfordshire.
Prays that she and the estate may be committed to the custody of
Thomas Wharton comptroller of the household. Granted. [S.P.
Dom. Petition Entry Book 2, p. 56.] |
Feb. 25. Whitehall. |
Warrant for a grant to Lord Lucas of the office of chief governor
of the Tower of London. [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 34, p. 188.] |
Feb. 25. Whitehall. |
Passes for Claud Fourmont, Louis Menar, Jane Fallofield, Robert
Blandford, senior, Robert Blandford, junior, and Luke Smith, to go
to France; for Thomas Heywood and Edward Wissen, do.; for
Mrs. Ann Aumont, Hern Krell, and Elizabeth Krell, do.; and for
Sir Edward Baesch, do. [Ibid., pp. 178 and 179.] |
Feb. 26. Whitehall. |
Passes for Elizabeth Foole with Mary Foster and her two daughters
to go to Stirling; for Andrew Hay to pass by land from Scotland
to London [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 34, p. 180]; for Honor Dayell,
Katherine Morfie, Ellen Sullivan and a child, Jane Willdon and
Alligarty, with a child, to go to Flanders; for James Clinton
and William Bruce to go to Holland; for Isaac Lafon and one
servant to go to Hamburgh; and for Francis Johnson and Anthony
Maynard to go to France, on board the Penelope. [Ibid., p. 181.] |
Feb. 27. Whitehall. |
Warrant for a commission appointing Sir John Maynard, sergeantat-law, Anthony Keck, and — Rawlinson to be keepers of the
Great Seal. [Ibid., p. 183.] |
Feb. 27. |
Duplicate of the above. [Ibid., p. 185.] |
Feb. 27. The Council Chamber at Whitehall. |
Warrant to Henry Evans, one of the messengers of his Majesty's
chamber, to arrest Sir Robert Hamilton on suspicion of high treason.
[Ibid., p. 194] |
Feb. 27. Whitehall. |
Warrant to Simon Chapman, a King's messenger, to proceed to
Dover to recall the passports lately granted for the transport to
France of persons, horses, coaches, &c., belonging to the late King
James. [Ibid., p. 181.] |
Feb. 27. Whitehall. |
The Earl of Shrewsbury to Lord Lucas. Directing him to grant
to Charles Hales, a prisoner in the Tower, the liberty of the Tower
in the presence of a warder. [H.O. Letter Book (Secretary's) 1, p. 33.] |
Feb. 27. Berlin. |
The Elector Frederick [of Brandenburgh] to the King. I am unable
to express the greatness of my joy at the accomplishment of the
desire I have had for several years, particuarly during the six
months since Minden, for your elevation to the throne of England,
which is equally due to you, by blood, and by the benefits which
England and all Protestants, indeed all Europe, have received by your
means. Hopes for a continuance of the King's friendship. Holograph.
[S.P. Dom. King William's Chest 5, No. 2.] |
Feb. 27. Whitehall. |
Warrant revoking the passports granted to the ships the John of
London, the Penelope ketch, or any other vessels, to transport the
late King and Queen's servants, &c. [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 34,
p. 182.] |
Feb. 27. Whitehall. |
Passes for Christopher Hickson to go to Ireland; the like for
Mons. Becheville, with three servants, to go to France [S.P. Dom.
Warrant Book 34, p. 181]; and for Mrs. Anne Wessells, with three
children to go to Scotland, by sea. [Ibid., p. 182.] |
Feb. 28. Whitehall. |
Proclamation requiring the bringing in of arms lately embezzled.
[S.P. Dom. Proclamations, Vol. 6, No. 12.] |
Feb. 28. |
Proclamation for the discovery and apprehension of Robert Brent,
gentleman. [Ibid., No. 13.] |
Feb. 28. Whitehall. |
The Earl of Shrewsbury to Matthew Anderton collector of customs,
at Chester. I have received your letter of the 24th instant which gives
an account of the 595l. 19s. 8d. lent by you to Captain James
Hamilton and I have acquainted the Lords of the Treasury with the
service you have done. They have promised me to receive the
King's directions for your being reimbursed this sum, and also what
shall be further or advanced to the said Captain Hamilton towards
completing the 1,000l. which his Majesty ordered to be taken upon
credit for this occasion; the due payment whereof you may depend.
upon. [H.O. Letter Book (Secretary's) 1, p. 33.] |
Feb. 28. Whitehall. |
The same to William Jackson, Mayor of Bristol. I have received
your letter of the 23rd instant, which I have laid before his Majesty,
who declares that the keys of the City shall be kept by you and
not by the officer commanding the forces quartered there, which you
are to signify to Lieut.-Col. Brewer, and I do not question but he
will acquiesce therein. [Ibid., p. 34.] |
Feb. 28. |
A certificate, signed E. Griffith, stating that the writer knows
Edmond Donellan, of Cloghan (?) in the county of Roscommon, to be
a very honest gentleman and a good Protestant of the church of
England, and that his son James Donellan, late of the Middle Temple,
at whose request this certificate is given, is also reputed to be a
good Protestant. [S.P. Dom. Will. & Mary 1, No. 7.] |
Feb. 28. Whitehall. |
Warrant to Sir James Grant, being upon the King's service, with
a horse and guide, to go to Edinburgh. [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book
34, p. 182.] |
Feb. 28. Whitehall. |
Warrant to commit James, Earl of Arran, to the Tower, for
treasonable practices. [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 34, p. 183.] |
Feb. 28. Whitehall. |
Warrant for Arthur Herbert to give such orders to the Commissioners and Officers of the Navy, as shall be necessary for the service,
till a Lord High Admiral, or Commissioners for that office, be appointed.
[Ibid., p. 184.] |
Feb. 28. Whitehall. |
Warrant for a grant of the office of Keeper of the Privy Seal to
to George, Marquis of Halifax. [Ibid., p. 192.] |
Feb. 28. Whitehall. |
Warrant to grant the office of Solicitor-General to Sir George
Treby, knt. [Ibid., p. 197.] |
Feb. 28. Whitehall. |
Passes and post-warrants for Joseph Avis and William Anderson,
his servant, to go to Shrewsbury and to return; for George King,
ditto.; for Lord Glamis, and his two servants to go to Edinburgh; for
Major Littleton to go to Huntingdon [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 34,
p. 184]; for Francis Bridgman, to go to France: for Mr. Maldronet.
to go to Holland [Ibid., p. 185]; and for Edward Carew, esquire,
to go to Flanders. [Ibid., p. 197.] |
Feb. 28. Whitehall. |
Warrant to swear John, Lord Lovelace, as Captain of the band of
pensioners. [Ibid., p. 185.] |
Feb. |
Draft Bill, "For the better manifestation of the duty and allegiance of their Majesties' subjects and security of their Government." [S.P. Dom., Will. & Mary 3, No. 8.] |
[Feb. to June.] |
A book of rough memoranda of Parliamentary matters classified
under the following heads:—House of Lords, containing rules of
procedure in the Commons upon a message from the Lords, &c.;
Conferences, relating to procedure upon conferences between the two
Houses; Privileges, as to whom the privileges of the House extend;
Orders, as to the Chairman and attendance at the Committees of the
House; Elections, giving the franchise for Poole, Wallingford,
Dunwich, Old Sarum, East Grinstead, New Radnor, New Windsor,
"Michell," Southampton, and Abingdon; Divisions of the House;
Matters remarkable; and Votes. [Ibid. No. 9.] |
Feb. to June. |
William Churchill's bill for stationery. [S.P. Dom. Warrant
Book 34, p. 498.] |