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June 1.
Whitehall. |
Warrant to Sir Henry Goodrick, to cause 540 cartouch boxes, and
60 granado pouches to be issued for the use of the regiment of foot,
commanded by Col. Zachariah Tiffin. [H.O. Military Entry
Book 2, p. 271.] |
June 1.
Whitehall. |
Commissions for John Norrys, esq., to be captain-lieutenant of the
troop, in the regiment of dragoons commanded by Col. Robert
Echlin, of which he himself is captain [H.O. Military Entry Book
2, p. 271]; for John Sabine, to be lieutenant to Major Joseph
Sabine's company, in Sir John Morgan's regiment of foot; and for
Peter Abraham Cucut, gent., to be ensign to the same company.
[Ibid., p. 272.] |
June 1.
Whitehall. |
Proceedings upon petition of Lord Bellew. Shows that he
was taken prisoner and dangerously wounded at the battle of
Aughrim, and continued prisoner and under cure for above five
months, and though released, is yet still under cure. That his wife
has been in England since August, 1688, and that she is heir to 500l. a
year, and has 3,500l. on mortgage in trustees' names for her use, all
which, with the petitioner's estate, was seized in July, 1690. That
his personal estate, to a considerable value, was taken by their
Majesties' army in Ireland and converted to their uses, and all his
houses and furniture, etc., burnt and destroyed. That being deprived
of all his personal and real estate, and having grown weak and
infirm, is reduced to a lower condition than can be expressed, his
wife receiving no manner of subsistence. Prays to have some relief
for him and his wife as their Majesties shall think fit. Referred to
the Treasury. [S.P. Dom. Petition Entry Book 1, p. 308.] |
June 1.
Whitehall. |
The Earl of Nottingham to the Commissioners of the Treasury. I
enclose the extract of a letter to me from the Lords-Justices of
Ireland, concerning the ship Henry, being one of the transport ships
which carried the Irish to Brest, and likewise the copy of a letter,
from the Commissioners of Prizes to Mr. Deyos, their sub-commissioner in Ireland, relating to the same subject, that you may give
such directions therein as the case shall require; so that all pretence
of a breach of the capitulation on our part may, as far as is possible,
be avoided. [H.O. Letter Book (Secretary's) 2, p. 473.] |
June 1.
Whitehall. |
The Earl of Nottingham to Mr. Pierson and Mr. Nash. Mr.
Edward Bushell, a merchant of London, has made oath, that he
believes the ship called the Guardian Angel, of which Timothy
Evans was pilot in a voyage to and from Portugal, has arrived at
Rotterdam, he having seen two letters to that purport—one from
the merchant to whom she was consigned, and the other from the
captain of the ship; having known the said Timothy Evans for
many years, believes him to be an honest man, and loyal to their
Majesties. I therefore desire you will discharge him. [Ibid.] |
June 1.
Whitehall. |
Passes for Tobias Schwartz to go to Harwich and Holland [S.P.
Dom. Warrant Book 36, p. 248]; for George Coning, ditto; for
Roeloff Hansen, ditto; for Mr. William Bidwell, ditto; for Coenrad
Pietersen Havekam, ditto; and for Lawrence Losscher, ditto.
[Ibid., p. 249.] |
June 2.
Whitehall. |
The Earl of Nottingham to the Commissioners of the Treasury.
I send, by the Queen's command, the enclosed estimate for the
monthly pay of the officers and servants of the marching hospital,
that you may examine it by what has formerly been proposed in
matters of this kind, and lay before her your opinion what may best
be done. [Ibid.] |
June 2.
Whitehall. |
The same to the Bishop of Exeter. I have received yours of the
30th of May, with the note enclosed of the names of the persons and
the services performed, but without any notice of what may be fit to
be given upon each article; which, if you will let me know, I will
give order for paying the money to such person as shall be appointed
to receive it. [Ibid., p. 475.] |
June 2.
Whitehall. |
Passes and post-warrants for Mr. Philip Colas, a French minister,
to go to Harwich and Holland; for Mr. William Cradock, ditto; for
Mr. James Charron, ditto; for Mr. Henry Shute, Mr. John Stacy,
and Mr. John King, ditto [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 36, p. 250]; for
Captain John Fowler, Captain Robert Lamb, and Edward Chaplin,
their servant, ditto; for Henry Allen, a messenger, and Charles
Marys, to go to Newcastle or thereabouts [Ibid., p. 251]; for John,
Lord Burleigh, and William Cecil, esq., his brother, Lewis Berrard,
Helkiah Bedford, Culpepper Tanner, Anthony Chameau, and Abraham
Du Paquier, their servants, to go beyond seas and travel in the
dominions of friendly princes and states, and to allow them to
embark at any port in this kingdom to go thence to Holland.
[Ibid., p. 252.] |
June 2.
Whitehall. |
The Earl of Nottingham to the Lords-Justices. I have transmitted what you wrote me concerning the transport ship Henry to
the Lords of the Treasury, and also the copy you sent me of
the Commissioners of Prizes' letter to Mr. Deyos, that they may give
such order as shall be proper in this case, and take care to prevent,
as far as possible, any breach of the Articles of Limerick. You are
to appoint a monthly fast in Ireland, as the same is observed in
England; the Queen leaves it to you to appoint a day. [S.P.
Ireland King's Letter Book 1, p. 334.] |
June 2.
Whitehall. |
Warrant to the Commissioners of the Admiralty, to give orders for
paying 670l. to Peregrine, Earl of Danby, the amount realised
by the sale of two old French ships, and an old bylander taken by
the Bridget, Capt. Robert Marshall, commander, which was tender
to the Resolution, commanded by the said Earl, and brought into
Portsmouth, where they were appraised by the officers of the Prize
Office, and condemned as lawful prize in the Court of Admiralty.
The charges connected with the condemnation and sale are to be
deducted from the said 670l. [H.O. Warrant Book 6, p. 341.] |
June 2.
Whitehall. |
Admiral Russell's letter to the Earl of Nottingham containing an
exact and particular relation of the victory and success over the
French fleet. Printed. [S.P. Dom. William, and Mary 4, No. 51.] |
| June 2. |
Admiral Russell to the King. I knew Lord Nottingham would
give your Majesty the account of what success your fleet has
had against your enemies, which has prevented me from troubling
you before on this subject, I humbly beg you will please to believe it
has not proceeded from want of that duty I shall always pay to you,
but purely out of consideration not to give you more trouble than
was necessary. It has pleased God to give success to your Naval forces,
and if your Majesty is pleased to believe that I have not been wanting
for my endeavours to perform what may conduce most to your
service, I shall have, in that thought, all the joy and satisfaction
imaginable. [S.P. Dom. King William's Chest 12, No. 98.] |
June 3.
Whitehall. |
Proceedings upon the petition of Charles, Earl of Monmouth, part
owner, and the rest of the owners of the South Dyke yacht, Thomas
Robinson, commander. Shows that the said yacht, being sent
express from the coast of England to give notice to the fleet that the
French fleet was on our coast, and on her voyage back met with a
vessel called the Prince William, Jaques Verdouck, master, laden
with French wines and brandies, and other goods of the growth of
France, which she took as prize and brought into Portsmouth; but
as the petitioners' yacht has a commission granted from their
Majesties, as other men-of-war have in her Majesty's employment
(but manned and victualled at the petitioners' own cost and charge)
they are informed that they can have no benefit of the said prize.
They pray her Majesty to grant them the said vessel with all
her lading to their own use. Referred to the Treasury. [S.P.
Dom. Petition Entry Book 1, p. 309.] |
June 3.
Whitehall. |
The Earl of Nottingham to Judge Dolben. The Queen desires
you to hold the Assizes for the county of Bucks at the town
of Buckingham, thinking it best for the ease of her subjects of that
county, who are to attend them. In the winter they are to be held
at Aylesbury, and in the summer at Buckingham, according to the
rule heretofore practised. [H.O. Letter Book (Secretary's) 2, p. 475.] |
June 3.
Whitehall. |
The same to the Mayor of Harwich. I am informed that a
gentleman, whose name is Vrigny De Jusgné and who had my
pass, is stopped at Harwich upon suspicion, because some letters
were found concealed in his hat; but these were only letters of
recommendation on his behalf from some friends in England. I have
received a very good character of his honesty and good affection, and
I desire you will discharge him, and permit him to pass beyond the
seas. If there is any other officer at Harwich concerned herein, I
desire you will acquaint him with it, that this gentleman may be
no longer hindered from continuing his journey. [H.O. Letter Book
(Secretary's) 2, p. 475.] |
June 3.
Whitehall. |
The Earl of Nottingham to Mr. John Nash. Being assured by
persons of good credit, that Andrew Baumgaerten, David Bove, and
Francis Peter Payferie, three persons lately come from France, whom
you have stopped at Deal, are French Huguenots, and have made
their escape hither for shelter and refuge, I desire you will discharge
them, and permit them to come to town; their friends having
promised that they shall appear before me. [Ibid., p. 476.] |
June 3.
Whitehall. |
Passes for Mr. Ouzeel Van Swiese, of Leyden, and Mr. John
Cousart, of Amsterdam, to go to Gravesend and thence to New York,
in America [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 36, p. 250]; for Chambarge
d'Haas to go to Harwich and Holland; for John Meier, ditto;
for Dirk Beker, ditto; for Mr. Edward Joselin, ditto [Ibid., p. 251];
for Christopher Laersen to go to Gravesend and Denmark; for
Mr. Charles Sclater to go to Greenwich and embark for Sweden;
for Gyles Van Deuch to go to Harwich and Holland [Ibid.,
p. 252]; for Mr. Peter Justice and William Hasklever, John Klock
and George Koning, servants, ditto; and for Robert Downes to go
to Gravesend and New York. [Ibid., p. 253.] |
June 3.
Whitehall. |
Warrant to Thomas Beake and Nicholas Hill, messengers in
ordinary, to search for Mr. George Knipe, and having found him, to
seize him together, with his papers, on the charge of high treason.
[H.O. Warrant Book 6, p. 342.] |
June 3.
Whitehall. |
Warrant to the Justices of Assize and Gaol Delivery for the
Norfolk Circuit, to cause Henry Cole, John Williamson, and Richard
Busbey, who were convicted of robbery at the assizes held at
Aylesbury, in Buckinghamshire, to be inserted in the next general
pardon which shall come out for the Norfolk Circuit, upon condition
of transportation. [Ibid.] |
June 3.
Whitehall. |
Warrant to the Commissioners of the Great Seal to grant a
commission of review for rehearing and determining the dispute
between Abel Reensterne, Tobias Degums, Claus Jansen, Ernest
Bakeman, Hans Lampers, the widow of Paul Husman, and Peter
Artman, subjects of the King of Sweden, and John Fletcher, the
former persons being owners of a ship called the Hercules, of which the
said Peter Artman was, or is, master. The said ship and lading had
been taken and seized by the said John Fletcher, commander of a
privateer called the Dolphin, by virtue of a commission granted to
him, and were, by the Judge of the Court of Admiralty of England,
decreed to be restored to the said Peter Artman, the master, for
the use of the above-named persons; but afterwards, upon an
appeal, the same were condemned to the said John Fletcher, as
a lawful prize. [Ibid., p. 343.] |
June 3.
Whitehall. |
Warrant for a writ of error, for the reversal of the outlawry
of John Galwey for high treason, in sitting as a member in the
late pretended parliament; and for letters patent under the
great seal of Ireland granting him a free pardon. [S.P. Dom. Signet
Office 12, p. 469.] |
June 4.
"Park" near Louvain. |
Warrant for a privy seal for Mr. Alexander Higgins to be their
Majesties' Accountant. [S.P. Scotland Warrant Book 15, p. 126.] |
June 4.
Whitehall. |
Passes for Moses Ferme to go to Harwich and Holland; for
Mr. Furssen, ditto; for John Fabry, ditto; for Henry de Vie,
ditto [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 36, p. 253]; and for Aeltze Vander
Broeck, with her little son, ditto. [Ibid., p. 254.] |
June 4.
Whitehall. |
Warrant to the Commissioners of the Admiralty, to give order for
the payment of 100l. to John Codnell, in consideration of the service
performed by him, in rescuing an English ship out of the hands of
the French. [H.O. Warrant Book 6, p. 344.] |
June 4.
Whitehall. |
Warrant to Sir Joseph Williamson, keeper of the State Paper
Office, to deliver to Sir Charles Hedges, knt., Judge of the
Admiralty, all the papers relating to the affairs of the Admiralty
now remaining in the said office, in order to lay them up among the
records of the Admiralty. [Ibid.] |
June 5.
Whitehall. |
Warrant to the Lords-Justices of Ireland to permit Theobald, Lord
Caher to bring a writ of error for the reversal of his outlawry
for high treason, he having represented that by the Declaration of
1688 it was promised to all subjects the free enjoyment of their
estates, in case they should lay down their arms and retire to
their respective habitations before the 10th of April then next
ensuing, and that he, upon the publication of the said declaration,
being then a captain of foot in the Irish army, quitted that service
before the said date, and was not after that time in any military
employment. Being, however, in Cork upon his own private affairs,
he was, upon the surrender of that city, made a prisoner of war and
sent to England, where he remained a prisoner in the Tower until be
was admitted to bail about February last. Since his being brought
a prisoner to England he was indicted and outlawed for high
treason, all his lands being seized, so that he has nothing left
to maintain himself and his children. [S.P. Dom. Signet Office 12,
p. 500.] |
June 6.
Whitehall. |
Proceedings upon the petition of Edward Corker. Shows that he
is a faithful subject, and continues to do good service to the Government in the station where he is placed, and that he has never
had any satisfaction for the services he has done. Prays, therefore,
that the Treasury be directed to examine his allegations, and
if found true, that he may have some reasonable satisfaction out of
such arrears as he shall discover to be due to their Majesties.
Referred to the Treasury. [S.P. Dom. Petition Entry Book 1, p. 310.] |
June 6.
Whitehall. |
Proceedings upon Sir John Temple's report concerning Lord
Massereene's petition. I have examined the state of such particulars
as the petitioner now desires to have reported upon, which are concerning two parcels of salmon belonging to him which have been seized
for the use of your forces in Ireland, and find, that during the siege
of Londonderry about 60 tons of salmon were taken from the
petitioner's agents at Culmore Fort, and carried to Londonderry for
the use of that garrison, and that the usual price of good salmon was
then 15l. per ton there, as appears by the annexed report of
Mr. Harboard, dated the 15th of August, 1689, then made to the
Treasury concerning that matter. |
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I also find that the petitioner's agents in Ireland had taken and
"barrelled up" a great deal more salmon at the fishing in the Bann,
near Coleraine, in the year 1689, being about 140 tons; 63 tons
whereof were sold by the petitioner to a merchant in London at
14l. 10s. per ton, and the rest ordered to be sent to Liverpool. |
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That your Majesty by Order in Council, dated the 9th of
September, 1689, was pleased to order that the Officer-in-Chief
commanding at Coleraine, should take care to preserve the said
salmon, and in case your affairs should not stand in need thereof,
should permit the petitioner's agents to dispose thereof for the
petitioner's best advantage. |
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That afterwards the late Duke of Schomberg, by his order
dated the 10th of November, 1689, required the then Governor of
Coleraine not to suffer any of the said fish to be removed without
his special order. That afterwards six tons of the said salmon were
disposed of for the use of your ships which lay at Portrush, and of
the soldiers at Coleraine, and the rest kept so long there that the
petitioner could not make good the sale that he made of the 63
tons to the merchants in London, who made a protest on the 24th of
March, 1689–90, against the petitioner for not delivering the said
fish to them, and the petitioner was forced to sell his fish at a great
under-value afterwards. |
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By all which means the petitioner has been at a very great loss,
and I conceive deserves such satisfaction as you shall think fit to
make him, both for the salmon made use of for your forces, and for
the damage sustained by him in detaining the rest of the fish from
him whereby he lost the benefit of the bargain that he had made for
it. Referred to the Treasury. [S.P. Dom. Petition Entry Book 1,
p. 310.] |
June 6.
Whitehall. |
The Earl of Nottingham to Col. Gibson. I have your letter
of yesterday, acquainting me that you had been served with a
Habeas Corpus, for removing Mr. Cooper to London, which you
must obey, and so you must do if you should ever be served with
another. [H.O. Letter Book (Secretary's) 2, p. 476.] |
June 6.
Whitehall. |
The same to the Attorney-General. I desire you will attend the
Queen at the Cabinet Council at 12 o'clock to-morrow or sooner, if
it will be convenient to you. [Ibid.] |
June 6.
Whitehall. |
Passes and post-warrants for Abraham Van Braam to go to
Harwich and Holland; for Geertruydt Gellickhuys, with her small
child, ditto; for Mr. William Pyne, ditto; for Henry Graham, esq.,
and James Loftus, his servant, to have the same privileges as those
granted to Lord Burleigh in the pass given to him on the 2nd of
June; for Robert Knollys, the messenger, to go to Portsmouth
[S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 36, p. 254]; for Tunnis Barent, a seaman,
to embark at Gravesend, and pass over to Denmark, ditto; and for
Maynardt Andries, a seaman, ditto. [Ibid., p. 255.] |
June 6.
Whitehall. |
Warrant to the Attorney or Solicitor-General, to prepare a bill
for signature incorporating the borough of Warwick. [H.O.
Warrant Book 6, p. 345.] |
June 6.
Whitehall. |
R. Yard to Sir Joseph Williamson, at Cobham Hall. To-day two
Dutch mails came in with letters of the 30th past and the 2nd
instant (our style) from the King's camp, which give an account
that the town of Namur was surrendered to the French by capitulation on the 26th past, the garrison retiring into the castle, which
held out still, and was likely to do so for some time. The King
advanced on the 29th to the River Mehaigne which alone separated
his from the enemy's camp, over which he caused a great many
bridges to be made, with a firm resolution to attack the enemy the
next day; but there fell, the day and night before, so much rain that
the thing was prevented. The army continued in the same place when
these letters left, the low ground on each side of the river, by reason of
the continual rain, being so full of water, that it was impossible for the
present to pass over to attack the enemy, so that they awaited only
fair weather to commence the attack. In the meantime this nearness
of our army gave the French a great diversion, and was the reason
they could not push on the siege so vigorously as they might otherwise have done. They had not yet begun to attack the castle, their
batteries playing, hitherto, upon the new fort on the same hill with
the castle. Above 500 deserters have come over to us. [S.P. Dom.
William and Mary 4, No. 52.] |
June 7.
Whitehall. |
The Earl of Nottingham to Judge Dolben. Since I wrote to you
that the Queen thought Buckingham the most proper place for
holding the Assizes, she has been importuned to change that resolution; she is informed that you had some objections to it, which she
would know, so that if they are satisfactory she may revoke her former
order, which as yet she does not think fit to do. [H.O. Letter Book
(Secretary's) 2, p. 477.] |
June 7.
Whitehall. |
The same to the Commissioners of the Admiralty. I have
acquainted the Queen with the misfortune that has happened to the
Dunkirk, and she has hereupon commanded me to tell you, that she
would have orders sent to such of the men-of-war which come from
the fleet to the Downs, as you think proper, to proceed to Harwich;
and in case Lord Portland has not gone from thence, to convoy him
to Holland, and having done so—or if Lord Portland should have sailed
from Harwich upon the arrival of the convoy from the Downs—to
return to such station as you shall appoint. And because some menof-war may be expected with the colliers and others from before
Dunkirk, his Majesty would have the like orders sent to the buoy
in the Nore, to be executed by such of those men-of-war as shall
first arrive there. [Ibid.] |
June 7.
Whitehall. |
The same to Sir Francis Bowes. I have your letter of the
3rd instant, with the enclosed copy of an information, upon oath
against Mr. Timothy Williamson, who must be prosecuted for his
offence, and I desire you will bring him over to the next Assizes, and
take care that he is brought to trial. [H.O. Letter Book (Secretary's) 2, p. 478.] |
June 7.
Whitehall. |
Warrant to the Clerk of the Signet attending, to prepare a bill
containing the presentation of Ralph Holden, clerk, to the rectory of
St. Ives, in Cornwall, in the diocese of Exeter, void by the resignation
of John Tindal, clerk. [H.O. Church Book 1, p. 125.] |
June 7.
Whitehall. |
Passes and post-warrants for Lawrence Plante to go to Harwich
and Holland; for Mr. David Danon, ditto; for Teunis Janse, ditto;
for Emanuel Hachelaer, ditto; and for Stephen Gythens, the messenger,
to go to Harwich. [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 36, p. 255.] |
| June 7. |
Sir Charles Hedges to Mr. Warre. The St. John, Soren Sorensen,
master, was ordered to-day to be restored. The Rusticus Polonus
was pretended to be bound from St. Sebastian to Dantzic on account
of merchants at that place; but there were great suspicions of her
trading with France, and the claimers not proving their property,
and the ship not being furnished with papers and documents as it
ought to have been, she was condemned. [H.O. Admiralty 2,
p. 349.] |
June 8.
Whitehall. |
Proceedings upon the petition of Thomas Fowle, gent., agent to
Viscount Massereene. Shows that, about the 27th of June,
1691, several persons pretending their Majesties' authority, came to
the said lord's house and woods in Ireland, saying they would
fell trees for the Navy, whereof the said lord complaining, he was
assured that the orders issued on that occasion were only for
surveying such woods as might be proper without felling any
of them, and that they should not be felled till the owners had given
their consent upon such terms as should be adjusted. But so it was
that the said persons proceeded to mark and cut down about 145
trees of the best growing near his park, called the manor of Deer
Park, in the county of Antrim, which have been measured and their
respective scantlings computed to be of a very great value, but much
more esteemed by his lordship, because he would not have them
felled or sold upon any account but for their Majesties' service, in
case trees "of that extraordinary length, contents, and scantling"
could not be provided elsewhere. That upon their Majesties' orders
to the Admiralty concerning this matter, the petitioner was
appointed agent to attend them, and has waited 12 months;
and in regard the said 145 trees are computed by workmen and
valued by a skilful carpenter at 3l. 15s. 0d. per load, making in the
whole 781l. 2s. 0d., he prays, on behalf of the said Lord Massereene,
to have satisfaction for the said trees at that rate. Referred to the
Admiralty. [S.P. Dom. Petition Entry Book 1, p. 312.] |
June 8.
Whitehall. |
Proceedings upon the petition of Col. Baldwin Leighton. Shows
that he was one of the first officers who appeared in England
for their Majesties' service, to the hazard both of his life and fortune
as would appear by certificate if required, and that he had, besides, the
copy of a letter signed by the King, owning his fidelity and service.
His Majesty was pleased to send him into Ireland with several
hundred blank commissions, the disposal of which was left to his
care with other instructions. That besides his pains and charges, he
paid off two small merchant-ships, which attended him nine weeks
upon the expedition. His Majesty has since given him the office of
Warden of the Fleet, for which he had a patent, but it is stopped at the
the Great Seal, though he does not know the reason; which expense,
and his losses at sea and in Ireland for his Majesty's service, amounts
to upwards of 2,400l. Therefore he prays, either to be reimbursed
his losses and expenses, or for some other compensation. Referred
to the Treasury. [S.P. Dom. Petition Entry Book 1, p. 313.] |
June 8.
Whitehall. |
Proceedings upon the petition of Samuel Huxford, Peter Plummer,
Charles Webb, and William Hunt, seamen, lately serving on board
the Arcana galley. Shows that the said vessel was built by the
appointment of several merchants and others in London, and was
intended by them for a privateer, and that a commission of marque
was obtained for Capt. John Wood as commander thereof under the
seal of the Admiralty, empowering him to take ships, etc., of the
French king or his subjects. That accordingly the said galley was
manned and set sail with the petitioners and other mariners about
April, 1690, and arriving, the month following, at Dover, they found
the Countess of Southesk, having a pass from the Earl of Nottingham
for the quiet embarking of herself and her servants for Flanders.
The said captain, having agreed with her for her transportation
to Nieuport, afterwards landed her at Calais, and as soon as the said
galley returned the petitioner gave information thereof to their
Majesties' Council, where they attended from time to time, and at
the last summer assizes at Maidstone, and at the High Court of
Admiralty where the said galley was condemned. As they have
never received a penny of pay for their service in the said galley,
nor any allowance for their long attendance upon the said process,
for about 18 months, nor for any other charges of imprisonments
whence they were bailed by Mr. Aaron Smith, they therefore pray
to have the remaining five sixteen parts of the said galley which are
forfeited by the owners who did not come in at the trial to make
oath of their ignorance of her going to France. Referred to the
Attorney or Solicitor-General. [Ibid.] |
June 8.
Whitehall. |
Proceedings upon the petition of Captain Connor O'Brien. Shows
that his grandfather, Teige O'Brien, of Dromore, in the county
of Clare, next brother to Donogh, Earl of Thomond, was, in 1641,
seized in fee of several manors and lands in the said kingdom
of Ireland, and his sons Dermot O'Brien (who died without issue),
and Terlagh O'Brien, his father (?) were also seized of considerable
estates, all which by due course of law would have devolved upon
the petitioner as heir to them. That his father, upon the restoration
of King Charles II., obtained his Majesty's letter of the 7th of
March, 1660, directed to the then Lords-Justices of Ireland, to settle
and establish him in all his said estate of which he had been
dispossessed by the late usurped powers; but the same land was
given out before to "transplanted persons," who, by his Majesty's
declaration, were not to be dispossessed until they were reprized.
Whereupon the petitioner's father, by his agent, agreed with his
cousin, Col. Daniel O'Brien, late Viscount Clare, to include his estate
in such grant or proviso as he should obtain for his own grandfather
Daniel, then Viscount Clare, a third brother of the said Earl of
Thomond, but yet in trust for the petitioner's father, which the said
Lord Clare undertook and gave a note in writing to that effect;
whereupon the petitioners desisted from any further prosecution in
the Court of Claims, and left the same wholly to the management of
the said Lord Clare. |
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Lord Clare, through the favour of his Majesty to his family,
obtained, in his own name, a grant as well of his own grandfather's estate as of that of the petitioner's grandfather, which
however was in trust for his father, and by force thereof has enjoyed,
for above 20 years last past, all the rents and profits of all the
petitioner's ancestors' said estate, for his own proper use. The
petitioner's father and agent, who was his younger brother, are both
dead, and the said instrument of trust is miscarried by the late
troubles in Ireland. Whereas the said Lord Clare found the
petitioner would be entitled to the said estate as heir-at-law to the
said Teige, and Terlagh, he procured the petitioner, by express name,
to be attainted of high treason by the late pretended parliament in
Ireland for being in their Majesties' service. Therefore, considering
that the said estates have been and still stand incumbered with
debts contracted by the said Viscount Clare, almost to the full value,
and also that the said estate being in the possession of the said
Lord Clare, is now to be seized into their Majesties' hands, the said
lord being an " adherer " to King James, the petitioner prays to be
restored to the possession of his said estate or for a grant to him of
a custodium of it. Referred to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland.
[S.P. Dom. Petition Entry Book 1, p. 319.] |
June 8.
Whitehall. |
The Earl of Nottingham to Lord Lucas. I desire you will send
me a list of the prisoners in the Tower, and let me know the time
when each of them was examined. [H.O. Letter Book (Secretary's) 2, p. 478.] |
June 8.
Whitehall. |
The same to Captain Richardson. I desire you will send me the
names of all the prisoners of state in your custody, and let me know
the time when each was delivered to you. [Ibid., p. 479.] |
June 8.
Whitehall. |
The same to the keeper of the Gatehouse to the same effect as the
above. [Ibid.] |
June 8.
Whitehall. |
The same to the Commissioners of the Treasury. I send you the
enclosed letter from the Duke of Schomberg, by the Queen's
command; and in regard this matter has been a long time depending, and you will perceive by his letter the necessity of dispatch,
her Majesty would have you give the necessary orders in it. [Ibid.] |
June 8.
Whitehall. |
The same to the Duke of Leinster. I send you the enclosed
"state" of Mr. Higgin's case that you may examine it, and report
how you find it. [Ibid., p. 480.] Memorandum. The above said
case of Mr. Higgins was concerning two troopers belonging to
Col. Coy's regiment, which, with Quarter-master Palmer and twelve
more troopers, committed several abuses in his house, and took some
horse by force. [H.O. Letter Book (Secretary's) 2, p. 480.] |
June 8.
Whitehall. |
The Earl of Nottingham to the Lords of the Treasury. I send,
by the Queen's command, the enclosed memorial from Col. Robert
Echlin, concerning money for the recruits, and accoutrements of his
regiment, that you may prepare the requisite orders. [Ibid.] |
June 8.
Whitehall. |
The same to the same. This is only to accompany the enclosed
extract of a letter from Col. Nicholson, lieutenant-governor of
Virginia, which I thought fit to transmit to you, that you may
consider it and give directions therein. [Ibid.] Enclosure:— |
|
Extract from Col. Nicholson's letter from " Virginy, James'
City, " February 26, 1691–2. I beg that an order may be sent about
the houses, and other appurtenances, on the land found to escheat to
their Majesties, for it may sometimes happen that, upon the land of
very little value, there may be a house or more of great value,
especially if towns are to be. I conceive that the tobaccos, which are
carried from one plantation to another, are to pay their Majesties
1d. per pound according to the Act of Parliament. I must move
your lordship, that directions may be sent concerning this. I am
in hopes to have, by the fleet, directions about the Exchequer Court,
and that all their Majesties' collectors in these parts be obliged to take
the oath for observing the Acts of Trade and Navigation. When
orders come about the Quit rents, I hope to be able to advance. [Ibid.] |
June 8.
Whitehall. |
Passes for Dirck Jansen and Mary Joosten to go to Harwich and
Holland; for Thomas Roelossen, ditto; for Lewis de May, ditto;
for Anthony Guenall, ditto; for Johanna Sappels and her two
children, ditto; for Ernst Henderick, ditto [S.P. Dom. Warrant
Book 36, p. 256]; and for Mr. William Storrs, ditto. [Ibid., p. 257.] |
June 8.
Dover. |
Robert Jacob to Messrs. Becceler and Geertz. I was at Deal
yesterday, and went on board the ship Christian the Fifth with the
captain's letter to his mate for my giving them my assistance, but I
never saw such a crew of ill-men on board a ship, I mean the
privateer crew, who are about the number of 16 or 20, and
the major part of them were very much in drink, and lived as if the
ship were all their own, and had all things at their command to the
great disheartening of the ship's company, who I prevailed with to
have a little patience, and we would get it remedied, the privateer
riding all the time very near the ship to see after her. I have
carried the scrivener of the ship with me to several tradesmen
at Deal, where I have given him credit for such provisions as should
be wanting until I had your further order. It would be very
proper to give in security at Doctor's Commons about the said ship,
that she shall not stir till after a hearing at the Court, that the
hellish crew may be removed from on board, for, at their pleasure,
they lend out a long boat of the ship for several days, which ought
not to be from that ship, and if it should be lost, may be to the
hazard of the ship. [H.O. Admiralty 2, p. 361.] |
June 9.
Whitehall. |
Commissions for Thomas Hopson, esq., to be captain of the
company, of which Lieutenant-Col. Anthony Hastings was late
captain in the first regiment of foot guards, commanded by Charles,
Duke of Schomberg; and to take his rank as youngest lieutenantcolonel of foot. [H.O. Military Entry Book 2, p. 272]; and for Lieut.Col. Henry Davies to be deputy-governor of the Castle of Southsea,
under the command of Lieut.-Gen. Thomas Talmash, governor of
Portsmouth, to hold the same in succession to Capt. Richard
Carter. [Ibid., p. 274.] |
June 9.
Whitehall. |
Proceedings upon the petition of Dame Ann March, widow.
Shows that she was "possessed and settled" of a plantation in the
island of Nevis in the West Indies, left by her husband, Sir Thomas
Warner, governor of St. Christopher, which plantation she
surrendered to her son, Col. Philip Warner, of Antigua, now
deceased, in consideration of 400l. per annum to be paid to her in
England, during her life. There being already eight years passed
and no articles performed, and she being of great age, and in some
measure deprived of her sight, and suffering other infirmities, is
reduced to a low condition, and cannot, by reason of the war, "the
current of the law being stopped in those islands," force to justice the
persons concerned. Prays for a letter to the Governor-in-Chief of
those islands, that a special court may be held for a trial of such
actions as shall be brought against the heirs or executors of
Col. Philip Warner and others. Referred to the Committee for
Trade and Foreign Plantations. [S.P. Dom. Petition Entry Book
1, p. 315.] |
June 9.
Whitehall. |
Warrant to the Clerk of the Signet attending, to prepare a bill
containing the presentation of Richard Fyson, clerk, and M.A. to the
rectory of Suckley, in the county and diocese of Worcester, void by
the death of Benjamin Herbert. [H.O. Church Book 1, p. 124.] |
June 9.
Whitehall. |
Passes for John Baptista Van Kuyser to go to Gravesend and
Denmark; for Derck Hendrickse, Amerentia Simens, Janje Van
Vorschott, and Sara Visch to go to Harwich and Holland; for
Reynier Martens, ditto [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 36, p. 257]; and for
Mr. Henry Ford and Mr. James Salle, ditto. [Ibid., p. 258.] |
June 9.
Whitehall. |
The Earl of Nottingham to the Lords Justices. I will write
to the Prince of Hesse, and speak to Mons. Hoffman as you propose
concerning Lord Iveagh. I have acquainted the Queen with Capt.
Oliver's circumstances, and she gives him leave to be absent from his
command in Col. Foulk's regiment, and to remain in Ireland.
[S.P. Ireland King's Letter Book 1, p. 335.] |
June 9.
Whitehall. |
Warrant to Nicholas Hill, messenger-in-ordinary, to search for
Robert Young, and Stephen Blackhead, and having found them to
seize them for high crimes and misdemeanours, and bring them to
be examined. [H.O. Warrant Book 6, p. 355.] |
June 9.
Whitehall. |
R. Yard to Sir Joseph Williamson, at Cobham Hall. Lord
Newburgh, who was in the Proclamation, has likewise surrendered
himself, and both he and the Earl of Scarsdale are upon bail.
Several ships of the fleet have come to Spithead to repair their
masts and rigging, and will be ready to sail again in a few
days. The train of artillery which lately came to Portsmouth is now
shipping there, and the transport ships which lie in the river are
hastening thither. The Earl of Portland left here last Tuesday, but
the Dunkirk, which was appointed to be his convoy, ran aground in
going out of the river, and was forced to throw her upper tier
of guns overboard; she then got off again. This delayed his
departure. Lord Forbes and Mr. St. George have likewise come in.
Seal of Arms. [S.P. Dom. William and Mary 4, No. 53.] |
June 10.
Whitehall. |
Proceedings upon the petition of John Tatham, chemist, showing
that he has found out and contrived a new engine, consisting of a
small copper boiler and a wooden vessel, for brewing and distilling all
sorts of liquors cheaper than was ever practised. Prays for letters
patent for his invention for 14 years. Referred to the Attorney
or Solicitor-General. [S.P. Dom. Petition Entry Book 1, p. 314.] |
June 10.
Whitehall. |
The Earl of Nottingham to Lord Chief-Justice Holt. The Queen
desires you to take bail of the Earl of Scarsdale, the Earl of
Newburgh, Lord Griffin, Lord Forbes, Mr. Griffin, Mr. James
Grahme, Mr. George Porter, Mr. Henry Slingesby, Mr. Oliver St.
George, and Mr. Adderley, to appear the first day of the next term at
the King's Bench, and, in the meantime, at the Council Table, when
and as often as they shall be summoned. The lords to be bound each
in 5,000l., and their two sureties in 2,500l. each; and the commoners
in 3,000l. a piece, with two sureties likewise, each in one 1,000l.
[H.O. Letter Book (Secretary's) 2, p. 481.] |
June 10.
Whitehall. |
The same to the same. A similar order in regard to the Earl of
Lichfield. [Ibid.] |
June 10.
Whitehall. |
The same to Lord Commissioner Trevor. The Queen—intending
that the parliament shall be prorogued next Tuesday, but not having
yet resolved upon the day to which the prorogation shall be made,
which will not be settled before next Monday afternoon at Council—
would have you give order for a commission in the usual form to be
prepared, leaving a blank in it for the day when the parliament is
next to meet. The persons who are to make the prorogation will be
the same mentioned in the last commission, whose names are here
enclosed, and the quorum likewise is to be the same. On Monday
you shall have a warrant in form. [Ibid.] |
June 10.
Whitehall. |
The same to Admiral Russell. I received the enclosed petition of
Sieur Pierre Gaudy, from Lord Portland, who knows the contents of
it to be true, and I have otherwise received a good character of the
petitioner; I recommend him to you, by the Queen's command, to be
placed on board the fleet, and employed in such manner and station
as you shall think most convenient. Some further care may be
taken of him upon the return of the fleet into port at the end of the
summer, and in the meantime I hope, by his experience on the coast
of France, he may be of use to you. [Ibid., p. 482.] |
June 10.
Whitehall. |
The same to the Duke of Leinster. The Queen desires you to
require the colonels of the five regiments, who lately came from
Ireland, to take an account of all their officers, how they have paid
their quarters, and at what rates, and particularly you are to send
for the lieutenant-colonel of the Earl of Meath's regiment, acquainting
him and them that she expects a speedy and exact account hereot,
and that if any complaint of this nature comes against any officer
he shall be discharged. The Queen also hears that the troops
at Petworth turn their horses into the meadows, and particularly
that this has been done in the grounds belonging to the Duke
of Somerset; and that, at Chiswick, they are quarterel in private
houses, and pretend to pay but 3d. a day for three meals, " and will
not pay that neither." [H.O. Letter Book (Secretary's) 2, p. 482.] |
June 10.
Whitehall. |
Warrant to the Clerk of the Signet attending to prepare a bill
containing a presentation of Nathaniel Crow, clerk to the rectory of
Stoke Climsland, in the county of Cornwall and diocese of Exeter,
void by the death of — Pyke, incumbent. [H.O. Church
Book 1, p. 125.] |
June 10.
Whitehall. |
Passes for Mr. Thomas Gherardi, Mr. Frederick Gherardi and
Mr. Cagnony, with Girolamo Pozzi, their secretary, and John
Baptista Pazzy and Piero Mancini, their two servants, to go to
Harwich and Holland [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 36, p. 257]; for
Elsken Kosbeyers, ditto; for Jacomin Van Hops and John Schade,
ditto; for Henry Oerlandt, ditto; for James Fortin and Elizabeth
Linard, and her two children, ditto, this pass was renewed on the
1st of July; and for Peter Coster, ditto. [Ibid., p. 258.] |
June 10.
Whitehall. |
Warrant to Nicholas Hill. messenger-in-ordinary, to seize Capt.
Hamilton, with his papers, on suspicion of high treason. [H.O.
Warrant Book 6, p. 349.] |
June 10.
Whitehall. |
Warrant for letters patent under the great seal of Ireland granting
to Sir Arthur Trevor, Speaker of the House of Commons in Ireland,
executor of Arthur Trevor, of the Inner Temple, deceased, the
possession of the estates of Donough, Earl of Clancarty, forfeited for
high treason, till the moneys due from the said estates, for which
they were mortgaged in 1661 by Donough, late Earl of Clancarty
and Viscount Muskerry, his son and heir, to Arthur Trevor, of
the Inner Temple, esq., shall be paid. [S.P. Signet Office 12, p. 470.] |
June 10.
Whitehall. |
The Earl of Nottingham to —. Requires him, by the Queen's
command, to act in concert with her Majesty's ships in doing
damage to the enemy, and to hinder their privateers from going
to sea or returning to harbour. [H.O. Admiralty 5, p. 170.] |
June 11.
Whitehall. |
Warrant to Sir Henry Goodrick, to supply arms, etc., to the
company of miners, commanded by Capt. John Pitt. [H.O. Military
Entry Book 2, p. 273.] |
June 11.
Whitehall. |
Proceedings upon the petition of Thomas Samborne. Shows
that by his long study and pains, and at his great charges " he has
invented, contrived, and perfected a certain exercise called Fives,
which is moderately expensive and in itself innocent and harmless,
and very much conducing to the health and refreshment of such
as practice it, the same being never heretofore publicly practised in
England." Prays letters patent for the sole use and advantage
thereof in England, Wales, and the town of Berwick-upon-Tweed.
Referred to the Attorney or Solicitor-General. [S.P. Dom. Petition
Entry Book 1, p. 316.] |
June 11.
Whitehall. |
Proceedings upon the petition of John Lloyd, of London,
merchant, owner and freighter of the Adventure, William Parker,
master. Shows that the said ship coming from Portugal, with wines
and oils, bound for London, on her voyage home was taken by
a French privateer, and carried to Brittany; the ship and cargo being
of small value there, and the customs of the wines and oils very
considerable, he prays for leave to bring the ship and cargo to London,
giving security that nothing of the growth of France shall be
imported in the said ship. Referred to the Treasury. [Ibid.] |
June 11.
Whitehall. |
Proceedings upon the petition of John Ashby, Andrew Stacy,
George Moore, and Thomas Nix, gent., and others, showing that they
with several others concerned with them, have brought to perfection
the way to make "good merchantable pitch and tar" (which was
never yet made in England, but brought from foreign parts, occasioning thereby vast sums of money to be remitted from hence) not
only for the use of the Royal Navy, but also to furnish the other
ships which annually use great quantities thereof. But in regard it
will require several thousand pounds stock to carry on the said
undertaking, and that when raised it cannot be so well managed as by a
joint stock, they pray to be incorporated by the name of the Governor
and Company for making Pitch and Tar, obliging themselves to
deliver annually for their Majesties' use 100 "last" of pitch, and 100
"last" of tar at such price as the officers of the Navy shall
from time to time think reasonable. Referred to the Attorney
or Solicitor-General. [Ibid., p. 317.] |
June 11.
Whitehall. |
The Earl of Nottingham to Lord Chief-Justice Holt. The Queen
desires you to take bail of Sir John Fenwick and Mr. Orby
to appear the first day of the next term at the King's Bench, and in
the meantime at the Council Table, when and as often as they shall
be summoned; they being bound in 3,000l. a piece with two sureties
each in one 1,000l. [H.O. Letter Book (Secretary's) 2, p. 483.] |
June 11.
Whitehall. |
Passes and post-warrants for Paul Gardon and Judith, his wife,
to go to Harwich and Holland [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 36, p. 258];
for Herman Van Geyn, ditto; for Abraham Blancard, ditto; for
Timothy Doekes, ditto; for Cornelia Tretenbach and Wyve Gerritz,
ditto; for Sirach Goudt to go to Harwich and Norway [Ibid.,
p. 259]; for Jan Van Markerck to go to Harwich and Holland;
and for John Thompson, the messenger, to go to Portsmouth.
[Ibid., 260.] |
June 11.
Whitehall. |
Warrant for letters patent under the great seal of Ireland
releasing Frances Lovett, widow and executrix of Christopher Lovett,
of the city of Dublin, alderman, from the covenants contained in certain
letters patent dated 17th July, 1677, made to the said Christopher,
leasing to him, for 21 years, the bleaching yards and weaving
shops at Chapelizod, near Dublin. The Warrant recites that for the
better carrying on of the linen manufacture, King Charles II. had
granted to the said alderman 1,200l. as stock, in utensils, such as
looms, geers, and yarn, to be delivered up at the expiry of the lease
and that the said Frances had greatly suffered as a Protestant
and for having refused to furnish the late Irish and French armie
with shirts and tents, whereupon her goods were seized by one
Broomfield, a Quaker, in order to furnish the said army. The
covenants referred to were as to the said Lovett keeping up twenty
looms for the linen manufacture, besides what he kept up in working
and making tapestry. [S.P. Dom. Signet Office 12, p. 473.] |
June 11.
Whitehall. |
R. Yard to Sir Joseph Williamson, at Cobham Hall. This
morning the Dutch post came in with letters from the King's camp
of Monday last, which tell us that his Majesty's army, as well as the
French, continued still in their camps, and the weather remained
very rainy; but, notwithstanding the weather, our forces were in
very good health. The French were much more inconvenienced
than we, being obliged to go six leagues for forage. In the meantime the castle of Namur and the new fort made a brave defence.
The French had taken a small work called the Devil's House though,
as it said, it cost them 1,500 men, and on Sunday last they attacked
the counterscarp of the new fort, but were beaten off with great
loss. Upon the whole matter, the besieged make a good defence, and
it is hoped the French may be baffled at last. Our army was to
march on Tuesday last, but his Majesty's design was not known.
The fleet continues still at St. Helens, but it is said the Blue
squadron is going out upon some design, and in the meantime
a great many transport ships are ordered to Portsmouth from the
River and other places. Since my last the Earl of Lichfield, Lord
Forbes, Lord Griffin, and several others of those named in the late
Proclamation have surrendered themselves. [S.P. Dom. William
and Mary 4, No. 54.] |
June 13.
Whitehall. |
Warrant to the Governor, or Lieut.-Governor of Portsmouth,
to deliver such number of guns, now or lately mounted on the
works, to the order of the Clerk of the Delivery now in the garrison,
to supply the broken guns taken out of the fleet. [H.O. Military
Entry Book 2, p. 272.] |
June 13.
Whitehall. |
Proceedings upon the petition of Gilbert Heathcote and Arthur
Shallett, of London, merchants. Shows that they had two ships
laden with wine and soap, etc., from their factory in Catalonia
bound for London, viz., The Mariner's Adventure. Thomas Blake,
commander, and the Sarah and Anne, Samuel Prins, commander,
and that on the 5th day of March last the said ships were taken by
a French man-of-war, and carried into Marseilles after seven hours
engagement, in which the captain and six men were killed on board one
of the said ships, and two men on board the other, and the remaining
men were put in prison at Toulon, where they still suffer great hardships, not having yet found a way to get home. Forasmuch as the
goods are all of the growth of Spain, and will pay her Majesty
considerable custom if permitted to be bought and brought with the
poor prisoners to London, the petitioners pray for a grant " to buy
the said ships and ladings again, " upon giving sufficient security to
bring away nothing of the growth of France more than necessary
provisions for the voyage. Referred to the Treasury. [S.P. Dom.
Petition Entry Book 1, p. 318.] |
June 13.
Whitehall. |
Proceedings upon the petition of William Warre, showing that
Francis Minshull obtained a judgment against him in an action
for 300l. in the King's Bench Court, affirmed since in the
Exchequer Chamber, in which judgment there is manifest error.
Prays for a writ of error returnable in Parliament. Granted.
[Ibid., p. 321.] |
June 13.
Whitehall. |
Proceedings upon the petition of Richard Manlove, esq. Shows
that John Cook obtained a judgment in an action of trespass against
him in the Court of Common Pleas, which was affirmed before
the said late King, and that lately an execution is awarded against
the petitioner upon a writ of scire facias in which there is manifest
error as he is advised. Having no other remedy at law but
by a writ of error returnable in Parliament, he prays for the same.
Granted. [Ibid., p. 323.] |
June 13.
Whitehall. |
Warrant to the Clerk of the Signet attending, to prepare a
bill containing the presentation of Benjamin Collier, clerk, to
the vicarage of Sutterton, in the county and diocese of Lincoln, void
by the death of Samuel Whiting. [H.O. Church Book 1, p. 125.] |
June 13.
Whitehall. |
Passes for Mr. Thomas Hebert, Mr. James Angelras and Mr. Michael
Isarne to go to Harwich and Holland; for Stephen Guillebert, ditto;
for Francis der Kinderen, ditto [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 36, p. 260];
for Mr. Charles Astley, ditto; for Mr. Henry Turner, ditto; and
for Mrs. Sarah Forrester, a maid, and a footboy, ditto. [Ibid., p. 261.] |
June 13.
Whitehall. |
Warrant to the Attorney or Solicitor-General, to prepare a bill,
containing a grant to John Tatham, chemist, of the sole use of
his invention of a new engine, consisting of a small copper boiler, and
a wooden vessel, of a new fashion, for the brewing and distilling all
sorts of liquors and spirits. [H.O. Warrant Book 6, p. 349.] |
June 13.
Whitehall. |
The Queen's instructions for the more due and regular payment of
the quarters of the forces. Printed. [S.P. Dom. William and
Mary 4, No. 55.] |
| June 13. |
Sir Charles Hedges to Mr. Warre. I send you letters of Mons.
Guldestolp and Mr. Duncombe, which relate to a Swedish ship, and of
Mons. Fouleresse, containing complaints by the Danes against some
English privateers. [H.O. Admiralty 2, p. 353.] Enclosing the
letter above referred to. [Ibid., pp. 357–363, and 367.] |
June 13.
Dartmouth. |
A copy of a letter from Capt. Charles Stocker, commander of the
Cloudsley, galley. Saturday last my galley, under command of
Lieutenant Lidstone, between St. Albans and Portland, met a
French privateer, which after five or six hours chase he took,
and to-day has brought her into this harbour on board which
are 57 men. The galley stopped at Weymouth, where the French
privateer on Saturday night was carried by Mr. Lidstone before the
mayor of the said place, and there made affidavit. The contents of
which were to this effect, that on Tuesday last this privateer came
from St. Malo, and that there were 28 sail of men-of-war at
that place, which made their escape from the French fleet after the
battle there, three of which are three-deckers, and all the rest two-
and-a-half deckers, and that this privateer was sent out on purpose
to observe the motion of the English fleet, and that the Toulon fleet
were at Brest. I am just going to sail in the galley myself, there
being two other small privateers on this coast which daily annoy us.
On board this privateer there were four Irishmen, Mr. Lidstone put
Mr. John Wheeler on board a ketch tending on the Windsor Castle
bound up to the fleet, who promised to deliver them to the Flag.
[H.O. Admiralty 4, p. 299.] |
June 14.
Whitehall. |
Proceedings upon the consideration of Sir William Russell's case.
Sir William having a mind to dispose of his command on behalf of a
near relation, very well qualified, having been lieutenant-colonel, he
would not do it until he had first spoken to Col. Coy, his colonel, to
beg his consent, which being asked, his answer was that he could not
grant it, having been bid 500 guineas for that troop. Afterwards
Col. Coy told Sir William that he made no exception against the
gentlemen proposed, but that it would be a wrong to the lieutenant
who had served so well. Nevertheless Col. Coy has disposed
of that troop in favour of Mr. Hambden Coy, his brother, who was
lately but a cornet, and then was made lieutenant over all the
cornets, and now a captain in Sir William Russell's troop, over
all those lieutenants' heads, whom the colonel pretended he would
not wrong so much. The said Sir William Russell thinks himself
hardly used to have his commission given away whilst he was
attending the Lords of the Treasury by the Queen's order. Whereas
the colonel alleges that Sir William Russell has not been with the
regiment since he left Limerick, which is true; but he can show the
colonel's leave to go to Dublin, and Baron De Ginckle's license to be
absent during three months, which was approved by his colonel as
may appear by a letter from him in answer to what he wrote about
it, which letter bears date at Belfast, December 23, 1692 (sic); and
since his arrival in England the said Sir William has been employed
more in looking after horses than for his own affairs; he did not
receive money for recruits till the 12th of March, 1692, and made
afterwards what speed he could to buy horses and laid out the whole
money he received as may appear by the annexed account. Sir
William further declares that he has not received any subsistence
since he left Limerick, excepting five guineas, but he acknowledged
that Col. Coy made him receive four months personal pay some
little time before it was paid to the rest of the army. Referred
to the Earl of Ranelagh, and George Clarke, esq. [S.P. Dom
Petition Entry Book 1, p. 320.] |
June 14.
Whitehall. |
Proceedings upon the petition of William, Viscount Montgomery
Shows that the Marquis of Powis, his father, in 1688, when he left
England, was indebted to several persons in great sums of money, for
which the petitioner became bound for his said father who had made
provision for satisfying the same. The petitioner was outlawed
for high treason in August, 1689, and the said estate seized to their
Majesties' use, so that he is not able to satisfy the debts. Prays for a
grant, by lease or otherwise, to subject the premises to the payment
of the said debt, and the interest thereof. Referred to the Treasury.
[S.P. Dom. Petition Entry Book 1, p. 383.] |
June 14.
Whitehall. |
The Earl of Nottingham to Lord Chief-Justice Holt. I have
yours of the 12th, and since you are of opinion that a recognizance
cannot be taken for the prisoner's appearance in any other place but
a court of justice which has cognizance of the cause, the Queen
would have you take bail for the lords and gentlemen mentioned in
my former letters, to appear at the King's Bench the first day of the
next term. [H.O. Letter Book (Secretary's) 2, p. 483.] |
June 14.
Whitehall. |
The same to the same. The Queen desires you to take bail
of Lord Clifford, to appear the first day of the next term; he
to be bound in 5,000l., and his two sureties in 2,500l. each. [Ibid.] |
June 14.
Whitehall. |
The same to the Lords of the Committee of Trade and Plantations.
The Queen intending to appoint Col. Beeston upon the death
of Lord Inchiquin, to be lieutenant-governor of Jamaica, with
the like powers as were granted to his lordship, would have you
consider of it, and give order for preparing the necessary dispatches
for a lieutenant-governor as soon as may conveniently be, in regard it
will be necessary that he should make all haste thither. [Ibid., p. 484.] |
June 14.
Whitehall. |
The same to the Commissioners of the Treasury. The Queen
desires you to give order for paying to Capt. Bourke the sum of 100l.,
which she is pleased to bestow upon him in consideration of his good
services at Galway. [Ibid.] |
June 14.
Whitehall. |
The same to the Duke of Leinster. I enclose, by the Queen's
command, the petition of Mr. Thomas Pitt, on behalf of himself and
the parish of Stratford, in Wiltshire, that you may examine the
complaint, and give order for the punishment of the offenders
as there shall be cause; and in the meantime take care that there are
other quarters appointed for the soldiers, who are to remove from
thence. [Ibid.] |
June 14.
Whitehall. |
The same to the Commissioners of Transport. Col. Wynne and
Col. Echlin, colonels of two regiments of dragoons in Ireland, having
bought up horses here in England for recruiting those regiments, the
Queen would have you provide shipping for transporting them into
Ireland, in like manner as the same was allowed to the regiments
which are in Flanders. [Ibid., p. 485.] |
June 14.
Whitehall. |
The same to the Commissioners of the Great Seal. The Queen
would have you put Abraham Harrison, esq., into the commission for
the peace for Kent. [Ibid.] |
June 14.
Whitehall. |
The same to Lord Chief-Justice Holt. I send you the enclosed
petition of Elias Brag, by the Queen's command, who would have
you examine the case for which the petitioner is imprisoned, upon
your arrival at Bristol, and report the matter to her with your
opinion what may be done in it. [Ibid., p. 491.] |
June 14.
Whitehall. |
Passes and post-warrants for Mr. John Frederick Tonnier to go to
Harwich and Holland [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 36, p. 260]; for
Sander Cornelis, ditto; for Mr. Francis Pereira and Thomas Becker,
ditto; for Wouter Geelham and Peter Vertangen, ditto [Ibid.,
p. 261]; for Mr. George Dumaresque, ditto; for Peter Pillot, ditto;
for Mary Molenaar, ditto; for Mrs. Metje de Hoorn, and one maid
servant, ditto; for Mr. Justinus Pegin, ditto; for Johanna Mandhuy,
ditto [Ibid., p. 262]; for Isbell and Elizabeth Goerlee, ditto;
for James Gally, ditto; for John Landicer, ditto; for John Thompson,
the messenger, ditto [Ibid., p. 263]; and for Philip Bogvet and
Bertrand Goffo, to go to Chester and Ireland. [Ibid., p. 264.] |
June 14.
London. |
The Marquis of Carmarthen to the King. I think the subject
upon which I now write to your Majesty is of the greatest
importance that ever can happen both in relation to your person,
your government and the future happiness of this kingdom, and I
find it in everybody's expectation to have something more done
in pursuance of your late victory at sea, the opportunities for it
seeming to be so very obvious. I find also the greatest part of the
Cabinet Council both zealous in their wishes and unanimous in their
opinions that there is now an opportunity to destroy a great part of
the French naval force; insomuch that I cannot but join in what my
Lord Nottingham has written more at large on this matter to
my Lord Portland, and further adds that, as I believe, a sufficient land
force would certainly encompass what we propose to do either at
St. Malo, or Brest, or both, so that the omitting to endeavour it will
be looked upon as an unpardonable crime in us not to advise,
and will have the worst of consequences with a Parliament if
it should fail for want of a due prosecution; amongst many other illhumours which it will create it will most certainly and unavoidably
make them never give more for the support of any troops beyond
seas. I should hope that 7,000 or 8,000 men added to what is here
already, might be sufficient for this work, and pardon my presumption to say that as to your interest and to the advantage it would
bring to this nation, it is impossible that your sparing that number
can be of equal prejudice to your affairs abroad. |
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I acknowledge that my zeal makes me liable to your censure
unless your goodness will forgive it, but I hope you will consider
how critical the time is for it, and that there is not a probability of
ever seeing a like opportunity. I am glad (besides the concurrence
of the general and flag officers) to find by Mr. Russell's letter this day
such warm expressions upon this subject, and we seemed to
be so inflamed upon it in the Cabinet, that most of us have offered
to the Queen to give our personal securities to borrow what money
shall be necessary for this expedition; as for my own part I
am ready to do to the utmost of my ability. |
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In short there needs nothing but your concurrence in this matter
and I hope God will put it into your heart to add this blessing
to those in which you have been so happy an instrument to these
nations, and which will give you an establishment never to be
shaken.—Ends abruptly. [S.P. Dom. King William's Chest 12,
No. 99.] |
| June 14. |
Sir Charles Hedges to Mr. Warre. The three Danish ships, sent
from Amsterdam to France in ballast, were not furnished with passes
agreeable to any treaty or convention with Denmark. [H.O.
Admiralty 2, p. 373.] |
June 15.
Whitehall. |
Commissions for James Bruce, esq., to be captain of the company,
of which Capt. John Gordon was late captain in Sir David Collier's
regiment of foot; and for Patrick Murray, gent., to be captainlieutenant of the company in the same regiment, of which he himself
is captain. [H.O. Military Entry Book 2, p. 273.] |
June 15.
Whitehall. |
The Earl of Nottingham to Lord Chief-Justice Holt. The Queen
desires you to take bail of Col. Sackville, to appear the first day of
the next term, he being bound in 3,000l., and his two sureties in one
1,000l. each. [H.O. Letter Book (Secretary's) 2, p. 483.] |
June 15.
Whitehall. |
The same to Capt. Wilshaw. I have your letter of yesterday, and
desire you will send me as soon as possible, the names of the eight
or nine ships you mention to be at Spithead, and of any others that
may be at Spithead or Portsmouth—those which do not want
refitting, as well as those which do. And that you will let me know
what orders are left for them. I desire you will send the enclosed
to Admiral Russell by the first safe conveyance. [Ibid., p. 485.] |
June 15.
Whitehall. |
The same to Mr. Nash. Having received an account that Dupont,
the Frenchman, whom you seized coming into England without
a pass, is a protestant, I desire you will discharge him. [Ibid.] |
June 15.
Whitehall. |
Passes for Isaac Jacobsen and Elias Isaacse to go to Harwich and
Holland; for Samuel Simson, Philip Barents, and Abraham Nathans,
ditto [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 36, p. 263]; for Arnout Van
Dongeren, ditto; for Anthony Van Neercassen, ditto; for Mr. Elkana
Hickson, and his son, ditto; and for Nicholas Vilner, Anne his wife,
and Charles, his son, to go to Harwich and Flanders. [Ibid., p. 264.] |
June 15.
Whitehall. |
Warrant to the Attorney or Solicitor-General, to prepare a bill,
containing a pardon to Sir John Webb, "gent.", of the murder of George
Ticknall, beadle, and of the manslaughter of Thomas Carrington.
[H.O. Warrant Book 6, p. 350.] |
June 15.
Whitehall. |
Warrant for letters patent to be passed under the great seal of
Ireland, granting 200l. a year to Elizabeth Foulke for the support of
her and her children, she being the widow of Garrat Foulke, esq.,
who died from the wounds he received at the fight at Aughrim.
[S.P. Dom. Signet Office 12, p. 479.] |
June 16.
Whitehall. |
Passes for Mr. William Crighton, to go to Harwich and Holland
[S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 36, p. 264]; for Hendrick Helbers,
ditto; for John Klein, ditto; and for Mrs. Mary Waldegrave, Anne
Waldegrave, her daughter, and Katherine Berghuyse, her servant
maid to go to Harwich and from thence to Holland or Flanders.
[Ibid., p. 265.] |
June 16.
Admiralty Office. |
Orders from the Lords of the Admiralty to Capt. Matthew
Aylmer, commander-in-chief of the Mediterranean squadron at
Kinsale. On your arrival at Kinsale you are to take under your
command four English ships, together with three Dutch ships and
fireships which went with you into the Straits, and follow the orders
given you by the Lords Justices of Ireland. You are to order the
other men-of-war to stay at Kinsale with the merchant ships under
their convoy until they shall receive orders from this Board to
proceed for England or till they have notice from Admiral Russell.
[H.O. Admiralty 4, p. 303.] |
June 17.
Whitehall. |
Proceedings upon the petition of Arthur Moore, esq., showing that
he has much improved the useful invention of lights for the street
during the nights; and being desirous "to communicate the same
improvement for Ireland," he prays to have letters patent passed in
that kingdom for the term of 14 years. Referred to the Attorney or
Solicitor-General. [S.P. Dom. Petition Entry Book 1, p. 321.] |
June 17.
Whitehall. |
Passes for Capt. Bourke and Henry O'Niel, his servant, to go to
Harwich and Holland; and for Beatrix Vander Holst and Grietje
Boudewyns, ditto. [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 36, p. 265.] |
| June 17. |
—to Mr. Molesworth. The three ships called the City of
Copenhagen, the Charlotte Amelia, and the Wisdom of Solomon
went from Amsterdam to France in ballast. As for the Hope of
Frederickshall, she did not have a good pass. The other ship called
the Hope of Christianstadt, Hans Hansen, master, was taken by a
privateer. [H.O. Admiralty 2, p. 371.] |
June 18.
Whitehall. |
Proceedings upon the petition of Caroletta Hastings, widow of
Lieut.-Col. Anthony Hastings. Shows that her husband presented a
petition to the King for the grant of a pension of 504l. 14s. 1d. per
annum to be issuing and payable out of the land revenue in North
Wales. Her husband after a sharp engagement at sea with six
or seven French ships received several wounds of which he died and
left the petitioner with a child in a miserable condition. Prays for
the said pension "or three lives in it." Referred to the Treasury.
[S.P. Dom. Petition Entry Book 1, p. 322.] |
June 18.
Whitehall. |
Proceedings upon the petition of Sir Basil Firebrace, knight,
freighter of the ship Friend's Adventure, Charles Cowper, master.
Shows that the said ship was laden at Oporto with 133 pipes, and
nine half-pipes of Portugal wine for his own account, and, on her
voyage homeward, was taken going into. Falmouth by a French
privateer and carried to St. Malo. As the customs of the wines are
more than the value, he prays for a license to bring and unlade the
same at London, giving security that none of the goods of the growth
or product of France shall be imported in the said ship. Referred to
the Treasury. [Ibid.] |
June 18.
Whitehall. |
Proceedings upon the petition of Thomas Marshall, late commander
of a fireship called the Thomas and Elizabeth. Shows that, in the
engagement against the French in July, 1690, he was instrumental
in saving for their Majesties the Ann from being burnt by the
French, as may appear by a certificate of Captain Tyrrell, and Lieut.
Caverett, the captain and lieutenant of the said ship, and having lost
his papers in the engagement he could not pass his accounts, so that
his wages for the space of 19 months or thereabouts is refused
to be paid for that reason; as he has served the Crown for the
space of 27 years and above, part of the time in Sweden for
King Charles II., and as he has been out of employment these
14 months, and never had any allowance in consideration of his
service, which has reduced him and his family to great want, he
prays for a pension as a superannuated sea-captain. Referred to the
Admiralty. [S.P. Dom. Petition Entry Book 1, p. 323.] |
June 18.
Whitehall. |
The Earl of Nottingham to Lord Chief-Justice Holt. The Queen
desires you to take bail of the Earl of Salisbury, to appear the first
day of the next term at the King's Bench, he being bound in
5,000l., and his two sureties in 2,500l. each. [H.O. Letter Book
(Secretary's) 2, p. 486.] |
June 18.
Whitehall. |
The same to Lord Lucas. The Queen would have you carry the
Earl of Salisbury, a prisoner in your custody, before Lord ChiefJustice Holt, in order to his being bailed. [Ibid.] A like letter of
the same date in regard to Col. Langston. [Ibid.] |
June 18.
Whitehall. |
The same to the Duke of Leinster. Col. Langston, and Major
Langston, are to appear before the Lord Chief-Justice at 4 o'clock
this afternoon, in order to their being bailed. I thought fit
to acquaint you with this that you may take the same care in
relation to them, as you have been directed to do with other officers
to be bailed. [Ibid.] |
June 18.
Whitehall. |
The same to Lord Chief-Justice Holt. The Queen desires you to
take bail of Col. Langston, and Major Langston, to appear the first
day of the next term, at the King's Bench, they being bound in
3,000l. a piece, with two sureties each in 1,000l. [Ibid.] |
June 18.
Whitehall. |
The same to the Commissioners of the Treasury. I send enclosed
two papers: one relating to the Hospital of Dublin, and the other
concerning the completing and closing the muster-rolls for six
months, commencing the 1st of January last past, that you may
consider them and report your opinion what is fit to be done therein.
[Ibid., p. 487.] |
June 18.
Whitehall. |
The same to the same. The Queen, being moved upon the enclosed
petition of Capt. John FitzGerald, has been pleased to order him the
sum of 10l., and you are to direct the payment thereof to him. He
had left a troop in the Irish army, for which he was allowed halfpay, and obtained leave from the Lords-Justices to come over
to England, where he had been these 14 months, without employment or subsistence; he now desires to go over to Flanders. He
prayed for his arrears. [Ibid.] |
June 18.
Whitehall. |
Passes for Martin Roosis to go to Harwich and Holland; for Anna
Visschers, and her little daughter, ditto; for John Olard and Nicholas
Patron, ditto; and for Alexander Eustace, ditto. [S.P. Dom.
Warrant Book 36, p. 266.] |
June 18.
Whitehall. |
The Earl of Nottingham to the Lords-Justices. The Queen
approves of the fortifications of Kinsale which you propose, and she
desires it to be done as soon as possible, and would have the charge
of it born out of the money allotted for Ireland. I have written to
the Lords of the Treasury about remitting the quit-rents, that the
same may be extended until Easter. [S.P. Ireland King's Letter
Book 1, p. 335.] |
June 18.
Whitehall. |
Warrant to the Keeper of Newgate, or his deputy, to carry
Major Langston, a prisoner in his custody, to Lord Chief-Justice
Holt, in order to his being bailed. [H.O. Warrant Book 6, p. 351.] |
June 18.
Whitehall. |
Warrant to the Treasurer of the Chamber, to cause 20l. to be paid
to the gentlemen of the Chapel Royal, as of a free gift, and in lieu
of three deer. [Ibid.] |
June 18.
Whitehall. |
Warrant to the Chief-Justice and Recorder of London, and
the Sheriffs of Middlesex, to cause Robert Lacy to be inserted in the
next general pardon, which shall come out for the prisoners of
Newgate, without any condition of transportation. [Ibid., p. 352.] |
June 20.
Whitehall. |
Commission for James Vantol, gent., to be ensign of the company
of which Capt. Richard St. George is captain in Sir George
St. George's regiment of foot. [H.O. Military Entry Book 2, p. 273.] |
June 20.
Whitehall. |
Warrant to Sir Henry Goodrick, to cause 500 cartouch boxes, and
500 bayonets, whereof 60 are to be long, for the Grenadiers, to be
delivered to Col. William Beveridge, being for the supply of the
regiment of foot under his command. [Ibid., p. 274.] |
June 20.
Whitehall. |
The Earl of Nottingham to the Commissioner of Accounts. I send
enclosed [not entered] the copy you desired of me in your letter
concerning the pay of the Danish troops in his Majesty's service.
[H.O. Letter Book (Secretary's) 2, p. 487.] |
June 20.
Whitehall. |
Passes for John de L'Amy to go to Harwich and Holland for
Mr. Theodours Vlack, ditto [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 36, p. 266];
and for Wolfgang Fredrich Bauvenfeindt, Georgio Angerer, Franciscus
Scaguller, John Sauter, and Christoph Azwanger, ditto. [Ibid.,
p. 267.] |
| June 20. |
Allowance of the expenses of James Johnstoun, esq., EnvoyExtraordinary to the Elector of Brandenburg, from the 24th of July,
1691, to the 27th of February, 1691–2. [H.O. Warrant Book 6,
pp. 352 & 353.] |
June 20.
"Our Court at St. Germans." |
Blank commission, signed by James II., and countersigned by
Lord Melfort for a lieutenancy in a troop of horse. Seal of Arms.
[S.P. Dom. William and Mary 4, No. 56.] |
June 21.
Whitehall. |
Warrant to Sir Henry Goodrick, to cause 458 snaphance muskets
(58 to be strapped for the Grenadiers), belonging to Colonel John
Beaumont's regiment of foot, to be exchanged for such as are more
serviceable. These unserviceable arms were purchased by the
officers of the regiment in lieu of those lost or broken in service in
Scotland and Ireland. [H.O. Military Entry Book 2, p. 276.] |
June 21.
Whitehall. |
Proceedings upon the petition of Elizabeth, Countess-Dowager of
James, Earl of Castlehaven. Shows that King Charles II. by
letters patent under the Great Seal of England, granted and
confirmed to James, late Earl of Castlehaven, several quit-rents
reserved and growing due out of some particular lands in Ireland
amounting in all to 500l. per annum, which grant was to the said
Earl, his heirs, and assigns in fee simple until the sum of 5,000l.
was paid. By the said letters patent the Earl had power in his
Majesty's and his successors' names to take and execute process out of
the Exchequer for the said quit-rents to his own use, and to distrain;
and also the said Earl had a special authority to assign the said
rents, either by deed in his lifetime or by his last will, as by the said
letters patent dated the 17th of September, 1684, may more fully
appear. The said rents were paid to the said Earl in his lifetime,
and he settled the said rent on the petitioner as her jointure, having
no other way to provide for her. Since his death she has been paid
the 500l. per annum, as it became due until the beginning of the
late trouble in Ireland, and then she was robbed of all she had by
Rapperees, principally because she had been charitable to the English
protestants of that country. Besides this she is not paid the said
rent, though she is not indicted or outlawed; and having nothing else
to live upon she will be utterly ruined; prays, therefore, for the
continuance of the payment of the aforesaid rent. Referred to the
Treasury. [S.P. Dom. Petition Entry Book 1, p. 324.] |
June 21.
Whitehall. |
Proceedings upon the report of the Lord-Justices concerning
the petition of Mr. Fanshaw and others. [See under date 2nd March,
1692.] In obedience to her Majesty's order of reference in the case
of William Fanshaw, esq., and Mary his wife, etc. We have for our
better information referred the same to Sir John Temple, who having
returned the annexed certificate, we are of the same opinion with
him that the petitioner, Mrs. Fanshaw, has a right to 800l. per
annum jointure out of the estate of William Sarsfield, esq., her late
deceased husband, by virtue of an agreement made before their
intermarriage, and also of a portion given by the late King Charles II.
But as to the inheritance claimed by the petitioner, the infant,
though there be some proof that the said William Sarsfield agreed to
settle the lands upon the issue of their bodies, yet no such settlement
being made, and it being uncertain whether it should have been
limited to the issue female as well as male, and the said William
Sarsfield having by his will only charged the said estate with
one 1,000l. for the portion of his daughter, and 50l. per annum for
her maintenance, we conceive she is not entitled to any further
provision out of that estate; all which is submitted to her Majesty's
royal consideration. Referred to the Treasury. [Ibid., p. 325.] |
June 21.
Whitehall. |
Proceedings upon the petition of Katherine Walker, daughter
of Col. Paul Smith, and Magdalen, his wife. Shows that her father,
having been a great sufferer for his service to King Charles I., and
being made a partaker of the Royal Oak Lottery, he enjoyed
the same during his lifetime, and her mother had 20l. per annum
allowed her out of the said lottery by the late King. Her mother is
lately dead, having lain long in a languishing condition, and the
petitioner and her children are left very poor. Prays therefore to
have the continuance of the said pension. Referred to the Treasury.
[Ibid., p. 326.] |
June 21.
Whitehall. |
Proceedings upon the petition of Sir James Hays, bart., showing he
has done great services to the Government, as the Lords Nottingham,
Sydney, and Mr. Johnstoun [can testify] and having been dangerously
wounded, and having suffered a long sickness which has reduced him
to great want, he prays for some relief in his present condition.
Referred to the Treasury. [S.P. Dom. Petition Entry Book 1,
p. 326.] |
June 21.
Whitehall. |
The Earl of Nottingham to the Commissioners of the Treasury. I
send you, by the Queen's command, the enclosed papers concerning
two ships belonging to Mr. Sarsfield. She would have you forthwith
send orders for stopping the unloading of them and lay this matter
before her in Council on Thursday next for her further directions.
[H.O. Letter Book (Secretary's) 2, p. 488.] |
June 21.
Whitehall. |
The same to the Duke of Leinster. The enclosed petition of
Edward Evans, I send you by the man himself, who, if he makes out
the matter alleged in his petition, will deserve your favour, who, I
doubt not, will take care to do him justice, as well as prevent such
disorders for the future. [Ibid.] |
June 21.
Whitehall. |
The same to the Governors of "Bethleham." The Queen would
have you discharge Mr. Richard Stafford out of Bethlehem, and
deliver him into his father's hands. [Ibid.] |
June 21.
Whitehall. |
Passes for Hans Reyman to go to Harwich and Holland; for
Cornelis Pietersen and Barbara Caspars, ditto [Ibid.]; for Isaac
Duchay, ditto; and for Mr. James Frith, a minister, ditto. [S.P. Dom.
Warrant Book 36, p. 267.] |
June 21.
Whitehall. |
The Earl of Nottingham to the Lords-Justices. I have acquainted
the Queen with the estimate you sent me about the repairs necessary
at Limerick, which she approves of, and desires you to give order for
it to be done as soon as possible, and would have it born out of the
money allotted for Ireland. I desire you will transmit me the bills
of which I sent you the heads sometime since, as soon as possible.
[S.P. Ireland King's Letter Book 1, p. 336.] |
June 21.
Whitehall. |
The same to the same. I send you the petition of Mr. Thomas
Fawle, Lord Massereene's agent, and the affidavits and testimony of
the officers employed by the Commissioners of the Admiralty, that
you may examine the matter and adjust the points in difference upon
the fairest terms between their Majesties' and his lordship, that the
timber may be used as it was designed for the Navy. [Ibid., p. 336.] |
| June 21. |
Viscount Sydney to the King. There is one thing likely to
happen which will cause a great deal of change in your affairs, it is
the loss of my Lord Commissioner Trevor, who is now in much
danger, he was attacked three days ago with a fit of an apoplexy,
and it was followed with a fever which is enough to carry any man
out of this world. If he should not recover, you will have some
difficulty to find a Speaker that has honesty, ability and good
affection. Yesterday morning my Lord Nottingham, my Lord
Rochester and myself met about the further discovery of the plot,
and not being able to make any great progress in it, we fell to the
consideration of what you should do in case this man should die.
Everyone named all they could think of that could in any manner
deserve to be recommended in that employment and upon the whole
debate it was concluded that Sir Christopher Musgrave was the
fittest man. My Lord Nottingham and my Lord Rochester said
a great deal for him and would answer for him, that he would serve
faithfully if he undertook it. I had nothing to say against him, but
his behaviour ever since you came to the Crown, which could
not as I thought be excused, though they said a great deal for him,
and desired me to let you know what had passed in this matter. As
to the other which is concerning the great Seal, they were both of
opinion that it would be for your service to have it in the hands of
one man. I was inclined enough to concur with them, if I would fix
upon a man that was fit for it, which I confessed I did not know.
My Lord Rochester said he did, but would not name him at that time,
which is all I can tell you of this conversation. I will not mention
anything else as I know you have a particular account from
very good hands. Our impatience for letters is very great and my
concern for your safety and happiness I cannot express. [S.P. Dom.
King William's Chest 12, No. 100.] |
June 22.
Whitehall. |
Commissions for Major Arthur Ormsby to be major of the
regiment of foot commanded by the Earl of Meath; for James
Sterling, gent., to be lieutenant of Major Arthur Ormsby's company
in the same regiment; for Henry Glover, gent., to be ensign of the
same company [H.O. Military Entry Book 2, p. 275]: for Walter
Raleigh, gent., to be lieutenant of the company in which Lieut.-Col.
Henry Sands is captain in the first regiment of foot, commanded
by Charles, Duke of Schomberg [Ibid., p. 278]; for Lieut.-Col. Francis
Edgeworth to be major of Col. Samuel Venner's regiment of foot, and
likewise to be captain of a company in the same regiment; for
— Chamberlain to be ensign to that company; for —
Hitchcock, gent., to be lieutenant of it [Ibid., p. 279]; and for
Walter Raleigh, esq., lieutenant in the company commanded by
Lieut.-Col. Henry Sandys, in the first regiment of foot guards, to be
captain of foot. [Ibid., p. 300.] |
June 22.
Whitehall. |
The Earl of Nottingham to Sir Robert Cotton and Mr. Frankland.
I desire you would put the letters directed to Mr. Blathwayt in a bag,
and seal it as you used to do, and then deliver it to this messenger to
be carried to Harwich and put into the hands of the master of the
packet-boat, and charge the master to deliver it to Mr. Vanderpoole
at Brill, or, in his absence, to the person who takes care of the
letters, and bring a receipt of the delivery. [H.O. Letter Book
(Secretary's) 2, p. 489.] |
June 22.
Whitehall. |
Passes and post-warrant for Peter Lespilier, and his wife, to go to
Harwich and Holland; for Paul Thebaud, ditto; for Peter Willemsen.
ditto; for John Butts, esq., to go to Gravesend and Denmark;
and for Nicholas Hill, one of their Majesties' messengers-in-ordinary,
to go to Harwich. [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 36, p. 268.] |
June 23.
Whitehall. |
Warrant to Sir Henry Goodrick, to cause 1,000 barrels of powder
to be forthwith carried into Holland and delivered to —
Meisters, esq. [H.O. Military Entry Book 2, p. 275.] |
June 23.
Whitehall. |
Commission for William Bretton, gent., to be ensign of the
company of which Lieut.-Col. William Matthews is captain in the
first regiment of foot guards, commanded by Charles, Duke of
Schomberg [Ibid.]; for Ferdinand Richard Hastings to be ensign to
Capt. George Raworth's company in Col. Ferdinando Hastings'
regiment of foot [Ibid., p. 276]; and for John Fontanier, esq., to
be a reformed captain in Viscount Galway's regiment of horse.
[Ibid., p. 277.] |
June 23.
Whitehall. |
Proceedings upon the petition of George Crofts, of Churchtown, in
the county of Cork, showing that he and his family are protestants,
and, that he, at the beginning of the late revolution in Ireland, sent
over his only son, who was admitted lieutenant in Sir Edward Dering's
regiment, and is still, to this day, in the same regiment. He had but
60l. per annum of free estate, which was settled on his son upon
marriage, but being a great dealer in cattle, and having a stock of
5,000l. or 6,000l. value upon several farms, he could not come over
himself being in hopes to preserve his stock, but seeing most of it
destroyed by Rapparees and that the same violence broke upon
protestants and papists, the high sheriff of the county had a troop
offered him to suppress them, and the petitioner was made lieutenant
of that troop by reason of his great knowledge in all the bye-roads;
he accepted the post so as to be enabled to revenge the injuries he
and other protestants had suffered. While the King was before
Limerick he was made a close prisoner in Cork, but he nevertheless
supplied his Majesty's camp by his agent, James Griffith, and sent his
commission at that time to Sir Robert Southwell, with an attestation
of several protestants of the said country how instrumental he had
been to preserve their cattle and houses, and had his Majesty's
protection granted under his signet. After the surrender of Cork he
behaved himself much to the advantage of the protestants, by
guiding all parties for the destruction of the enemy, being made
lieutenant of a militia troop under Captain Taylour as may appear by
the certificate of the Lords-Justices and General Ginckle. Prays to
have a pardon granted to him for having acted by his first
commission. Referred to the Lords-Justices of Ireland. [S.P. Dom.
Petition Entry Book 1, p. 327.] |
June 23.
Whitehall. |
The Earl of Nottingham to the Principal Officers of the Ordnance.
I send enclosed a warrant for sending 1,000 barrels of powder
to Holland; and her Majesty would have you write to Mr. Meisters
and give him notice thereof, and by what ship you send it. [H.O.
Letter Book (Secretary's) 2, p. 489.] |
June 23.
Whitehall. |
A Declaration requiring all officers and soldiers to observe strict
discipline, and for the payment of quarters. Printed. [S.P. Dom.
Proclamations, Vol. 5, p. 80.] |
June 23.
Whitehall. |
Passes for Adrian Sohner, Jacob Horn, Matthias Gieske, Philip
Schwers, Christian Meurer, John Michel Faust, John Gettenburgh and
John Brardts to go to Harwich and Holland [S.P. Dom. Warrant
Book 36, p. 268]; for John Gysberts and Wessell Berents, ditto; for
Mr. Isaac Craeyesteyn ditto; for Hans Jurgen Katzenbergh, ditto;
for Jacob de Voss and Jacob Rose, ditto; for Captain FitzGerald and
Mr. Oliver Lynagh and John Daniel, their servant, ditto [Ibid., p. 269];
for Maria Magdalene, ditto; for John de Coning, ditto; and for
Richard White and John Coxe, ditto. [Ibid., p. 270.] |
June 23.
Whitehall. |
Warrant to the Chief Justice of the King's Bench, and the
Recorder of London and Sheriffs of Middlesex, for a further reprieve
of Thomas Wheeler, alias Richard Tovey. [H.O. Warrant Book 6,
p. 353.] |
June 23.
Whitehall. |
Warrant to the Attorney or Solicitor-General, to prepare a bill
revoking and determining certain letters patent, appointing John
How, esq., "keeper of our Pall Mall, in St. James's Park, and of the
house there called the Mall House, and a little garden thereunto
belonging." [Ibid., p. 354.] |
June 23.
Whitehall. |
Warrant to the same to prepare a bill, containing a grant to
Thomas Samborne, of the sole use of his invention of "a certain
exercise called fives, which is moderately expensive, and in itself
innocent and harmless, and very much conducing to the health and
refreshment of such as practise it." [Ibid., p. 355.] |
June 23.
Whitehall. |
Order in Council upon the report of Lord Chief-Justice Holt,
concerning the charter to the Corporation of Nottingham. [S.P.
William and Mary 4, No. 57.] |
| June 23. |
Sir Charles Hedges to [Mr. Warre.] I herewith return you
Mons. Scheel's memorial, and desire you would acquaint the Earl of
Nottingham that the ship therein mentioned was restored on the
23rd of June last. [H.O. Admiralty 2, p. 377.] Enclosing the
Memorial referred to. [Ibid., p. 381.] |
June 24.
Whitehall. |
Commissions for John Anthony Berniere, gent., to be ensign of
the company of which Major Theophilus Rabyniere is captain
in Col. John Foulke's regiment of foot; for John England, gent., to
be ensign of the company of which Capt. Tucker is captain in the
same regiment; for Peter Parry, gent., to be lieutenant to Capt. John
Hedlam in Col. William Beveridge's regiment of foot [Ibid., p. 278];
and for Edward Booth, gent., to be ensign to Capt. William Warner
in Col. Ferdinando Hastings' regiment of foot. [Ibid., p. 280.] |
June 24.
Whitehall. |
Warrant to Sir Henry Goodrick, to cause 60 snaphance muskets
to be issued to Col. Francis Du Cambon. [H.O. Military Entry
Book 2, p. 276.] |
June 24.
Whitehall. |
Proceedings upon the petition of Peter De Vivent, a reformed
captain in Lord Galway's regiment, showing that there is 318 days
of his pay due to him after the rate of 6s. 3d. a day, amounting
to 99l. 7s. 6d., as appears by Mr. Fox's certificate. Prays for the
payment of the said sum. Referred to the Treasury. [S.P. Dom.
Petition Entry Book 1, p. 327.] |
June 24.
Whitehall. |
Proceedings upon the petition of Lady Ellen Aylmer, on behalf of
herself and her two children, Sir Justin Aylmer, bart., and Luke
Aylmer, both minors. Shows that a settlement was made upon her
when she married Sir FitzGerald Aylmer, bart., deceased, of some
lands in Ireland. Her said husband died in 1685, and she became
seized of her jointure and guardian to her children. In 1687, being
sensible of the great incumbrances which lay upon the said estate,
she carried her two children to France to be brought up there at the
cheapest way she could contrive; but the wars happening in Ireland,
her design was frustrated and she, with her children, are all outlawed
in Ireland, though they have been all this while in France, and the
eldest is not 10 years old. Prays for an order to reverse the
outlawry, and for a pardon. Referred to the Lord-Lieutenant
of Ireland. [S.P. Dom. Petition Entry Book 1, p. 328.] |
June 24.
Whitehall. |
Proceedings upon the petition of the Master Wardens and
Assistants of the Trinity House of Deptford Strand. Shows that
whereas application is made to them by the owners and masters of
ships trading westward of Plymouth to erect a lighthouse upon the
Eddystone as a safe direction for ships hereafter to avoid that
dangerous rock, upon which so many of their Majesties' subjects have
perished, and that in consideration of such a hazardous undertaking
the said Masters and Owners voluntarily offer to pay them after the
same rate and proportion they now do to the light upon Dungeness,
viz., one penny per ton outwards, and the like inwards, for all ships
and vessels passing by the said lighthouse, excepting coasters which
are to pay but 12d. per voyage; now the petitioners being well
satisfied that the placing and maintaining a light upon the said rock
will be of the greatest use and benefit to navigation in general,
and to their Majesties' own ships in particular, whilst during the war
with France they will greatly frequent Plymouth, and having thereupon resolved to do their utmost endeavours for accomplishing so
good a work, they pray letters patent for demanding and taking the
duty of one penny per ton outward and as much inward, from all
ships and vessels passing by the same (coasters excepted), the said
payment to commence upon kindling the light. Referred to the
Attorney or Solicitor-General to consider and report. [Ibid., p. 333.] |
June 24.
Whitehall. |
The Earl of Nottingham to Monsieur Hoffman. I have received a
letter from Hamburg, in which I am informed that the Irish have
arrived there, but that the Baron de Goedens pretends that he has
received no orders for the marching or subsistence of these troops;
so that they run the risk of dying of hunger. I am writing to tell
you of this, so that you may write on this subject, and that your
orders may remedy this inconvenience, and I pray you to take
prompt measures as the affair concerns the Emperor's service too
nearly to be neglected. [H.O. Letter Book Secretary's 2, p. 489.] |
June 24.
Whitehall. |
The same to the Earl of Huntingdon. I have acquainted the
Queen with what you wrote to me about your horses being seized
and detained. I believe they will be restored upon her directions in
Council, ordering that the horses of all protestants which have been
seized shall be restored to them as soon as they make it appear that
they are the true owners of them. This, I believe, will be sufficient
in your case; but if not, I will receive her Majesty's further pleasure
as soon as I know where the difficulty lies. [H.O. Letter Book
(Secretary's) 2, p. 490.] |
June 24.
Whitehall. |
The Earl of Nottingham to Capt. Wilshaw. I desire you to send
the enclosed by the first convenient opportunity to Capt. Mees, who
is probably cruising between Cape La Hogue and Havre, or if not
there, perhaps further west towards St. Malo. You are to give
directions for flinging the letter overboard in case of danger. [Ibid.] |
June 24.
Whitehall. |
The same to Mr. Clarke. The Queen would have you acquaint all
the officers of Lord Galway's and Col. Langston's regiments, now
going to Holland, to be careful not to take any more of the
provisions on board the transport ships for their men or horses than
what shall be necessary on their passage; those ships being designed
for further services, which by taking the provisions will be "disappointed," and therefore all such will be strictly required and
deducted out of their pay. [Ibid., p. 491.] |
June 24.
Whitehall. |
Passes for Mr. John Meyn to go to Harwich and Holland; and
for Lieut. Terence O'Bryan and Andrew FitzGerald, his servant, to
go to Holland. [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 36, p. 270.] |
June 24.
Whitehall. |
Warrant to the Justices of Assize and Goal Delivery for the
Western Circuit, to cause George Crowther to be inserted in the
next general pardon, which shall come out for that circuit without
any condition of transportation, he having been found guilty of
felony at the assizes held at Bristol in August, 1690. [H.O. Warrant
Book 6, p. 356.] |
June 24.
Whitehall. |
Warrant to the Attorney or Solicitor-General, to prepare a bill
containing a pardon to Gerrardus Beeckman, late of Midwort, in the
King's County, in the province of New York; Surgeon Myndert
Coarten, late of New Utrecht, in the same county, yeoman, Thomas
Williams, late of West Chester, in the county of West Chester, in
the said province, mariner, Johannes Vermullie, late of Harlem in
the county of New York, yeoman, and Abraham Brasier, late of
New York, in the same county, labourer, they having been found
guilty at New York on the 31st of March, 1691, of high treason;
and also to Abraham Governor, late of New York, yeoman, who was,
at the same time, indicted and found guilty of the murder of Josiah
Browne, of New York, labourer. [Ibid.] |
June 24.
Whitehall. |
Warrant for discharging the King's subjects in Ireland from
arrears of hearth-money and quit-rents due to Easter last. [S.P.
Signet Office 12, p. 480.] |
June 24.
Whitehall. |
Warrant for letters patent to be passed under the great seal
of Ireland granting to John Lowther, Edward Ford, Francis
Chantrell, Arthur Bush, Charles Monk, and William Downes, of all
wrecks in the river Shannon between the city of Limerick and the
entrance to the said river, happening before the 24th of June, 1695,
reserving to the Crown a fifth thereof. [Ibid., p. 481.] |
June 24.
Whitehall. |
Warrant for the payment of 550l. and such revenues as have
arisen from the bishopric of Londonderry during the late vacancy,
for the repairs of the ruined churches in Londonderry. [S.P. Signet
Office 12, p. 483.] |
June 24.
From on board ship, before Dunkirk. |
Justus Van Hogenhoeck to [Lord Nottingham]. Has received
his letter of the 10/20th, and will act according to her Majesty's
intentions. A French ship with six guns has been taken and sunk
off Calais. Two ships of the Admiralty of Rotterdam are here.
[H.O. Admiralty 5, p. 176.] |
June 25.
Whitehall. |
Commissions for John Woodcock, gent., to be ensign to Capt.
Andrew Armstrong's company in Sir James Leslie's regiment of foot;
for Abraham Petipeire, gent., to be lieutenant, to Capt. Edward
Pope in Col. William Beveridge's regiment of foot; and for —
Reverson, gent., to be ensign to the same Capt. Edward Pope.
[H.O. Military Entry Book 2, p. 278.] |
June 25.
Whitehall. |
Commission for William Maynard, esq., and Samuel Clarke, esq.,
to be deputy lieutenants of Suffolk; Lord Cornwallis to issue
out their deputations. [Ibid., p. 280.] |
June 25.
Whitehall. |
The Earl of Nottingham to Lord Chief-Justice Holt. The Queen
desires you to take bail of Sir Philip Constable, bart., and Henry
Lawson, esq., to appear the first day of the next term, at the King's
Bench. [H.O. Letter Book (Secretary's) 2, p. 491.] |
June 25.
Whitehall. |
The same to the Duke of Leinster I enclose by the Queen's
command an information against Sir Robert Gore from his colonel
complaining of his disobedience to Gen. Ginckle, and praying the
bestowal of his company upon Mr. Brook. The Queen desires you
to examine it, and report your opinion. [Ibid., p. 492.] |
June 25.
Whitehall. |
The same to the Commissioners of the Treasury. I enclose an
estimate of what is necessary for the repairs of the walls of Limerick,
which the Queen has directed to be done; but in regard the charge
of it is to be borne out of the money allotted for Ireland, her
Majesty would have you consider what branch or part of the
establishment of that kingdom may best be stopped and applied to
this service. I also send a paper about the corporals of the
regiments of horse, that you may consider it, and give necessary
directions. [Ibid.] |
June 25.
Whitehall. |
Passes for Christiana Cornelissen and two small children, to go
to Harwich and Holland; for Peter Doux, Isabeau, his wife, and
one child, ditto. [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 36, p. 270]; and for
Henry Doison ditto. [Ibid., p. 271]. |
June 25.
Whitehall. |
The Earl of Nottingham to the Lords Justices. The Queen
would have you give order to Sir John Hanmer, governor of
Cork, to deliver the barge which belonged to their Majesties' ship
Breda, to Mr. Thomas Burrows, clerk of the check at Kinsale,
for their Majesties' service. [S.P. Ireland, King's Letter Book 1,
p. 337.] |
June 25.
Whitehall. |
Warrant to Sir William Dolben, one of the Justices of the King's
Bench, and Sir John Powell, one of the Barons of the Court of
Exchequer, Justices of Assize and Gaol Delivery for the Norfolk
Circuit. William Beckwith was sentenced to death at the Assizes,
held for Huntingdonshire in the year 1687, for murdering Robert
Moreton, but the execution of his sentence was then respited until
further order, and the King was pleased, by his warrant dated the
12th day of February, 1689–90, to direct that his name be inserted
in the next general pardon for the Norfolk Circuit. The King was
induced so to do upon circumstances which since appear to him, and
to us upon further examination, not to have been truly represented;
and the murder, whereof the said William Beckwith stands convicted,
was accompanied with such aggravations as render him no fit object
of mercy. We therefore revoke and determine all warrants for his
reprieve and for his being inserted in the general pardon, and all
and singular the clauses therein contained. [H.O. King's Letter Book
1, p. 43.] |
June 27.
Whitehall. |
Warrant to Sir Henry Goodrick, to cause some qualified person to
be sent to take a survey of such ordnance–found in the several
garrisons of Portsmouth, Hull, Landguard Fort, Tilbury, Sheerness,
and the batteries on the river Medway—as is fit to supply the
ships of war; such to be dismounted and applied to that service.
He is likewise to cause "Drake or taper-bored guns" to be mounted
in the place of those taken. [H.O. Military Entry Book 2, p. 280.] |
June 27.
Whitehall. |
The Earl of Nottingham to the Commissioners for Victualling the
Navy. I received a letter, this morning, from Admiral Russell,
wherein he says that butter and cheese are wanting in the fleet,
which will occasion the spending of their other provisions faster
than need be; you are therefore to send such victuals to the fleet
with all speed. [H.O. Letter Book (Secretary's) 2, p. 493.] |
June 27.
Whitehall. |
Passes for Anne Hamel to go to Harwich and Holland; for
Nicholas Vander Motten, with his son, ten years old, ditto; and for
James Du Perrou and John Girardot, ditto. [S.P. Dom. Warrant
Book 36, p. 271.] |
June 27.
Whitehall. |
Allowance of the expenses, incurred by Charles, Lord Dursley,
Envoy Extraordinary from their Majesties, to the States General of
the United Provinces, and plenipotentiary at the Congress, from the
6th of March, 1691–2, to the 6th of June, 1692. [H.O. Warrant Book
6, p. 358.] |
June 27.
Whitehall. |
Warrant to the Attorney or Solicitor-General, to prepare a bill
containing a pardon to Robert Lacy, convicted of clipping coin.
[Ibid.] |
June 27.
Admiralty Office. |
J. Sotherne to Richard Warre. I send you the enclosed copies of
examination of several French prisoners, sent hither to-day from
the Commissioners for Sick and Wounded, for you to lay the same
before the Earl of Nottingham. [H.O. Admiralty 4, p. 307.] |
|
Enclosing:—The examinations referred to. Andrew Wate, master
of the "James" of Dieppe says he saw the late engagement being but
two leagues off; 13 three deckers, French ships, were burnt at
La Hogue and 3 more at Cherbourg. James Cattel of the James
says likewise and heard there were five or six companies of King
James's Irish at La Hogue. John Ducatell says that the English
firing ashore and the army firing from the shore caused great
destruction to the French seamen, a great part of King James's
army had been disbanded. Nicholas Woodbee says there was no
looking for seamen in France this summer. [H.O. Admiralty 4,
p. 311.] |
June 28.
Whitehall. |
Proceedings upon the petition of John Adams, esq. Shows that
his estate, worth 700l. per annum, lies near Mullingar which was
all wasted by their Majesties' army. That he supplied the said army
with 1,600 or 1,800 barrels of corn for forage, etc., besides grass for
many thousand horses, and 5,000 or 6,000 loads of firing during their
encampment. That when firing grew scarce, all his houses except two,
were pulled down and the timber and his trees cut down and burnt
and that he never had any compensation, though he has sustained
loss to the value of 6,000l. or 7,000l. Prays, considering his losses
and the good intelligence he gave to the army and his heartiness to
their Majesties' service, to have employment in Ireland, and a grant
of something for his present relief, and to carry him into Ireland,
and a lease of some of their Majesties' land near Dublin, with a house,
till he can improve his own. Referred to the Lord Lieutenant of
Ireland. [S.P. Dom. Petition Entry Book 1, p. 329.] |
June 28.
Whitehall. |
Proceedings upon the report of the Commissioners of the Treasury
made upon the petition of Gilbert Heathcote and others. [See before,
under date 13th of June.] We have considered the same, and for our
better information therein we referred the said petition to the Commissioners of Customs who have certified us that the said petitioners
have severally made proofs of their respective properties in the said
several ladings, and that they are really and bonâ fide goods of the
product of Spain and Portugal respectively, and being such, their
cases seem to them to be the same with that of Sir Basil Firebrace,
lately before your Majesty, upon which they are informed he has
obtained your license. The Petitioners see no cause why they
may not enjoy the like favour, they giving security as in the former
case, that nothing but the respective cargoes from Spain and Portugal
be imported in the said ships, and not any goods of the growth
or product of France against which we have nothing to object.
Retransmitted to the Treasury to order accordingly. [Ibid., p. 330.] |
June 28.
Whitehall. |
Proceedings upon the report of the Lords Justices concerning
Mr. Pottinger's petition. In obedience to her Majesty's order of
reference upon the petition of Thomas Pottinger of Belfast, merchant,
we have examined the allegations therein set forth and find, by the
testimony of the Earl of Drogheda, Sir John Topham, knt., JudgeAdvocate of their Majesties' army, and divers others, persons of
quality and credit, who personally appeared before us to evidence
the same, that the petitioner was very serviceable to their Majesties'
affaires, as he was "Soveraigne" of Belfast at the first landing of the army under the late Duke Schomberg, and was at
considerable expense for his zeal to their Majesties' service on divers
occasions. For all which, we conceive the petitioner may be an
object of the Queen's bounty to be extended to him, in such manner
as she shall think fit. Referred to the Treasury. [S.P. Dom.
Petition Entry Book 1, p. 335.] |
June 28.
Whitehall. |
The Earl of Nottingham to the Governors of Landguard Fort. The
Queen desires you to admit into Landguard Fort all such seamen as
shall be sent to you by the Vice-Admiral of Suffolk, for the service
of the Fleet, and that you keep them there until the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty shall order them hence. [H.O. Letter Book
(Secretary's) 2, p. 493.] |
June 28.
Whitehall. |
The same to the Commissioners of the Treasury. The Queen
desires you to pay Sir Henry Bellasis, 200l. in consideration of the
he will be at in looking after the embarkation of the troops, for this
expedition. [Ibid.] |
June 28.
Whitehall. |
Passes for Joost Carol and his wife to go to Harwich and Holland;
for Mary Luco, ditto; [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 36, p. 271]; for
Eler Kortham and Luder Loof, ditto; for Capt. Francis Contales, to
go to Harwich and Flanders [Ibid., p. 272]; for Mary Catherine
Bellings and Lucy Creagh, her woman, to return from France to any
port in this kingdom; for Mr. John Wolstenholme and a servant, to
go to Harwich and Holland [Ibid., p. 274]; and for Mr. Edmund
Loftus, to go to Harwich and Flanders. [Ibid., p. 275.] |
June 28.
Whitehall. |
Pasces for the ships Adventure, William Pasker, master; Sarah
and Anne, Samuel Prins, master; and Mariner's Adventure,
Thomas Blake, master, to come from France, whither they had been
taken after capture, to any port in England. The passes are granted
on the petitions of John Lloyd, Gilbert Heathcote, and Arthur
Shallett, all merchants of London. [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 36,
pp. 272–273]. |
June 28.
Whitehall. |
Warrant to George Shipside, messenger in ordinary, to take into
custody Peter Boneau, a Frenchman, lately a soldier in their
Majesties' army, and carry him to Derby, and there deliver him into
the hands of the mayor of that borough, in order to his being
prosecuted for rape. [H.O. Warrant Book 6, p. 359]. |
| June 28. |
[Lord Godolphin] to the King. The time of the year is now come
that I shall be obliged, for my health's sake, to beg your leave that I
may go into the country to drink the waters, and that you would
be pleased to dispense with my attendance at the Treasury for that
time at least, in case you should still be averse to my humble
request that I may have leave to retire from it for good and all; I
should hope that might come more seasonably to you at this time
than formerly it has done, because you have others now in your
service that are not only more capable of serving you there but
everywhere, than I am sure I can pretend to be. I only know that
to the least little I have endeavoured to serve as well and faithfully
as it was possible for me to do and I hope your own experience may
be sufficient to satisfy you that whenever you have any real use of
my service your commands will always be stronger with me and
more prevalent than any reason or inclination of my own. [S.P.
Dom. King William's Chest 12, No. 101.] |
June 29.
Whitehall. |
Commissions for George Brooks, esq., to be captain of the company,
of which Sir Robert Gore was late Captain in Col. Abraham
Creighton's regiment of foot; and for William Leister, gent., to be
ensign of the company of which Captain William Carey is Captain
in Col. William Beveridge's regiment of foot. [H.O. Military Entry
Book 2, p. 279.] |
June 29.
Whitehall. |
Proceedings upon the petition of John Yates. Shows that, in
February, 1689, he loaded a small vessel called the Hopewell of Hull
with 40 tons of lead of the value of 400l. or thereabouts, bound
from thence to London or Plymouth, and afterwards for Cales
[Cadiz ?] in Spain, putting Robert Sanderson on board, with orders
to sell and dispose of the goods as he pleased; but before the ship
came to any port in England, she was taken by a French privateer
and carried to Dieppe where she was made prize and condemned as
such, and the master and men made prisoners. Nevertheless it was
suggested that the said Sanderson voluntarily went to France with
his cargo, and that the petitioner gave order for the same; and
though absolutely false, yet about two years since he was committed
to prison upon suspicion of high treason for six months together,
and was, in the Easter term 1691, discharged in Court, and in
Michaelmas term following was again presented for the same
pretended fault, and a bill found against him in Middlesex for high
treason, and being prosecuted by a tedious and chargeable prosecution, he is ruined, and his wife with five children reduced to want.
Prays for a Nolle Prosequi. Referred to the Attorney or Solicitor
General. [S.P. Dom. Petition Entry Book 1, p. 329.] |
June 29.
Whitehall. |
Proceedings upon the petition of Thomas Clark, shows that his
Majesty thought fit, upon his accession to the Crown, to make him
collector for the excises for the county of Hereford in consideration
of his service; but being discharged in March last, for no other
cause, as he was told, but only to make room for others, he prays
to be restored to his employment. Referred to the Treasury. [Ibid.,
p. 332.] |
June 29.
Whitehall. |
The Earl of Nottingham to the Commissioners of the Admiralty.
I am informed that, of the 40 shallops, only 27 arrived at Gravesend
last night, and I cannot hear where the rest are. The Breda also
was at the Nore, and had no orders, and the captain was in town.
I hope some immediate care will be taken in these things. [H.O.
Letter Book (Secretary's) 2, p. 494.] |
June 29.
Whitehall. |
Passes and post warrant for John Conrad Jackes to go to Harwich
and Holland; for John Heyns, ditto; for Magdalen Godfrey, a child
of eight years old, ditto [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 36, p. 274]; for
Sophia Jans and two children, ditto; for Joseph Jacobs, Samuel
Simons, his wife, and two children, and Isaac Simons, ditto; for
Susanna Vander Bosch, with three children, ditto [Ibid]; and for
Charles Couchman one of their Majesties' messengers, to go to
Portsmouth. [Ibid., p. 275.] |
June 29.
Whitehall. |
Warrant to the Chief Justice of the King's Bench and Recorder
of London, and Sheriff of Middlesex to forbear putting into execution the sentence of death should it be passed upon George Pitt,
junior, esq., if he be found guilty, at the next sessions at the Old
Baily, of manslaughter. [H.O. Warrant Book 6, p. 359.] |
June 30.
Whitehall. |
Commission for Stephen Thomas, gent, to be a reformed lieutenant
in Henry, Viscount Galway's regiment of horse. [H.O. Military
Entry Book 2, p. 279]; for Col. Wolgand (sic) William Romer to be
first engineer of the train of artillery, for the present expedition by
sea [Ibid., p. 281]; for Col. Richard Ingoldsby to be AdjutantGeneral of all the foot forces employed on the present expedition;
for Thomas Brereton, gent. to be Quarter-Master to the Earl of
Meath's regiment of foot; for James Villemisson, gent., to be a
reformed lieutenant in Henry, Viscount Galway's regiment of horse;
for Daniel Criespian, gent., to be adjutant to Col. John Coy's
regiment of horse; for Edward Waile, clerk, to be chaplain to the
same regiment [Ibid., p. 282]; and for John Wood, gent., to be ensign
to Capt. Edmund Hale's company in Col. John Hale's regiment of
foot. [Ibid., p. 284.] |
June 30.
Whitehall. |
The Earl of Nottingham to Capt. Atkinson. The Queen would
have you go down to Portsmouth to-morrow morning, to be assisting
in the embarkation of the troops, and the distribution of them,
according to what proportions they are capable of, and most proper
for the service. [H.O. Letter Book (Secretary's) 2, p. 494.] |
June 30.
Whitehall. |
The same to Capt. Bembo (sic.) I desire you to be at my office
morrow afternoon at 4 o'clock. [Ibid.] |
June 30.
Whitehall. |
The same to Sir James Leslie. I have your letter of the 24th
instant concerning Capt. Davies; he has remained here, as I am
informed, with the Queen's leave having been wounded in the
campaign in Ireland, and having since been ill, whereby he has not
been able to attend upon his command. It will not be proper to
remove him. [Ibid.] |
June 30.
Whitehall. |
The same to Lord Chief Justice Holt. The Queen desires you to
take bail of Sir Theophilus Oglethorpe, to appear, the first day of
the next term, at the King's Bench, he being bound in 3,000l. with
two sureties each in one 1,000l. [Ibid., p. 495]. |
June 30.
Whitehall. |
The same to the same. You are to take bail of Anthony Le
Grand as above. [Ibid.] |
June 30.
Whitehall. |
Passes and post warrants for Mr. Andrew Bongar, and Mr. David
Boue, recommended Mons. Brocass, French minister, to go to Harwich
and Holland [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 36, p. 275]; for Mrs. Drage,
Maren Madtzdatter, her servant-maid, and Anne Macken a child of
two years old, to go to Harwich and Denmark; for Nicholas De Gens,
and John Mars, to go to Harwich and Holland; for Peter D'Vernet.
ditto; for Monk Broerez Tulp, ditto; for Henry Bruggeman and
George Risterbad, ditto [Ibid., p. 276]; for Mary Dirchsen, ditto;
for Capt. Atkinson, to go to Portsmouth; and for Mary Dircksen
to go to Harwich and Holland. [Ibid., p. 277.] |
| [June.] |
[The Queen ?] to the Commanders of the Dutch ships at Falmouth.
Capt. Hughes, commander of the Pearl, having been ordered to
go with the ships under his command, which came from Bilboa,
and to join Admiral Russell, the persons addressed are required to
unite and sail with the said captain. [H.O. Admiralty 5, p. 174.] |
| June and July. |
Journal of the events which have taken place in the Low Countries
with the allied forces. The movements of the Prince of Waldeck
are referred to and it is stated that six battalions of English had
arrived. Some propositions for the future movements of the troops
are given. [S.P. Dom. King William's Chest 12, No. 102.] |
