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April 1.
Bury [St. Edmunds]. |
Sam. Grove, Henry Simonds, Jer. Grove and John Sharpe to Sir
Joseph Williamson, M.P. By our new elected member, Mr. John
Harvy, we have sent up a bill, which we think may redress our great
oppressions which we lie under by the arbitrary and illegal oppression of the wardens and assistants of Norwich, and secure a good
commodity to the whole nation in general as well as to the weavers
in particular; and we request your aid, that Mr. Harvy may be
appointed to bring in the bill in the room of our late worthy member,
Mr. Goldwell. [Ibid., No. 65.] |
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Minutes of proceedings of the Committee of Council, respecting
the advice boat between Leghorn and Algiers; Mrs. Fagan's petition,
and Consul Westcombe's account. [Ibid., No. 66.] |
April 1.
Admiralty Office. |
A list of their Majesties' first, second and third rate ships designed
for the main fleet, with an account of their complements. [H.O.
Admiralty 7, No. 12.] |
April 1.
Whitehall. |
Commissions for Henry Worth, surgeon, to be surgeon to
the second marine regiment of foot commanded by Lord
Berkeley [H.O. Military Entry Book 3, p. 194]; for Oliver
Hethrington, gent., to be ensign to Captain Lewis Custard in
Charles Earl of Monmouth's regiment of foot [Ibid., p. 195]; for
Mr. Warren to be lieutenant to Captain Richard St. George in Sir
George St. George's regiment of foot; for Mr. Christopher Russell
to be lieutenant to Captain Edward Wolffe in the same regiment;
for Mr. Mark Anthoine Fersson to be ensign to Captain Richard St.
George in the same regiment; for Mr. Charles Ash to be lieutenant
to Mr. Chidley Coote in the same regiment [Ibid., p. 196]; for John
Wayte, gent., to be second lieutenant to Lord Berkeley's second
marine regiment of foot, in his own company: for John Langston,
esq., to be major of the regiment of horse commanded by Colonel
Francis Langston; and likewise to be captain of a troop in the same
regiment [Ibid., p. 197]; for Samuel Hawkes, esq., to be lieutenant
to Lieutenant-Colonel Chidley Coote in the Duke of Schonberg's
regiment of horse; for Molineux Robinson to be cornet, ditto [Ibid.,
p. 202]; for Thomas Prichard, gent., to be ensign to LieutenantColonel Joseph Johnson's company in the regiment of foot
commanded by Charles, Earl of Monmouth; for John le Wright, gent.,
to be lieutenant to Lieutenant-Colonel John Newton in the regiment of
foot commanded by John, Lord Cutts; for Thomas Ellis, gent., to be
quarter-master in the same regiment [Ibid., p. 214]; for John
Louther, gent., to be lieutenant to the company of which Captain
John le Hunt is captain in the same regiment; for John Wright,
gent., to be lieutenant of the company of which Lieut.-Col. John
Newton is captain in the same regiment [Ibid., p. 215]; for Thomas
Dalyall, esq., to be lieutenant.-colonel to Colonel Langston [Ibid.,
p. 222]; and for William Frowde, esq., to be lieutenant-colonel of
the regiment of foot commanded by Colonel Thomas Farrington,
and likewise to be captain of a company in the same regiment
[Ibid. 4, p. 16]. |
April 2.
Whitehall. |
Sir J. Trenchard to the Lords of the Treasury. His Majesty commands me to order you to forthwith discharge the advice boat which
has been employed between Leghorn and Algiers. [H.O. Letter
Book (Secretary's) 3, p. 164.] |
April 2.
Whitehall. |
Proceedings upon the petition of Colonel Gustavus Hamilton,
setting forth his services in raising a regiment at his own charges,
and defending Coleraine against the enemy, and that the enemy in
revenge have plundered his goods and wasted his estate; praying a
grant of the forfeited estate of Roger O'Shaugnessy, worth 240li.
yearly. Referred to the Treasury for report. [S.P. Dom. Petition
Entry Book 2, p. 382.] |
April 2.
Whitehall. |
Proceedings upon the petition of Lord Carteret, setting forth that
he is seized of the fee of Chesnell alias Pesnell, in Jersey, which he
holds by knight's service and by bearing the King's banner in time
of invitation, by grant from Chas. II.; with power to annex the said
fee unto the fees of Molesches, Hermont and Grenvill, so as to
descend according to the laws of England; praying leave to dispose
of the said fees. Referred for report to the Attorney or Solicitor
General. [Ibid., p. 384.] |
April 2.
Whitehall. |
Proceedings upon the petition of Thomas Vincent, esq., shewing
that, in consideration of his services at the King's landing in the
West, his Majesty was pleased to promise him the office of Controller
of the Excise Office on the death of Mr. Ashmole, now deceased;
but the place has been given to another; praying therefore a grant
of the arrears due by the tax laid on the New River and other waterworks in the first year of William and Mary, which exceeds not
1,500l. Referred to the Treasury for report. [Ibid. 3, p. 49.] |
April 2.
Whitehall. |
Proceedings upon the petition of William Bayley, praying a grant
of four or five thousand acres in Ireland for the purpose of establishing a madder plantation, which will employ a great number of men.
[Ibid., p. 50.] |
April 2.
Whitehall. |
Passes for Henry La Fort and his wife to go to Holland; and for
John le Cordier, a French protestant and refugee, to go to Holland
or Flanders. [S.P. Dom., Warrant Book 38, p. 530.] |
April 2.
Whitehall. |
Warrant for allowance of the disbursements made by Consul
Westcombe at Cadiz for 17 Moors, nine of whom were brought in
the Orange Flower, Samuel Ricards, captain, to that bay, in 1692, and
the other eight in the John and Robert ketch, William Underwood,
captain, in 1693. [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 38, p. 532.] |
April 2.
Whitehall. |
Commission for George Clarke, gent., to be ensign to Captain
Stewart in the Marquis de Rada's regiment of foot. [H.O. Military
Entry Book3, p. 199.] |
April 2.
Whitehall. |
Warrant to the Lords of the Admiralty for the charge of the two
marine regiments to be borne on the ordinary expense of the navy;
the pay due to the said regiments being paid to their respective
colonels, to be distributed to the company officers for the soldiers.
[H.O. Admiralty 3, p. 87.] |
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Admiral Russell's representation to the King touching the state of
the fleet which is designed to be this summer in a body. If the
French should send from these seas twenty-six ships of war (allowing
the reports to be true that the Toulon squadron is thirty), their
strength will be fifty-six. It must be supposed that, if they are
fitting seven ships at Rochfort (some of which are said to be of eighty
guns) they also are designed for the Mediterranean. Therefore I
humbly propose that of your Majesties' and the Dutch ships, including
what are now in the Straits, the number should be sixty. This takes
from the Dutch fleet one half, and from the English thirty-five, so
that there will then remain in a body thirty-two, besides sixteen of
the third and fourth rate, that will be always under command between
the Isle of Wight and Cape Clear, which will amount to forty-eight
of the first, second, third and fourth rates that your Majesty may
have together upon this coast. Copy. [S.P. Dom. King William's
Chest 15, No. 4.] |
April 3.
Dublin Castle. |
The Lords Justices of Ireland to Sir John Trenchard. His Majesty
having not yet filled the see of the Archbishop of Dublin, there is now
one half year's rent grown due. We hear that if some course be not
taken a good part of this money is in danger to be lost. It is not safe
to let it rest in the tenants' hands, and yet to have it brought into
the Exchequer before we understand his Majesty's pleasure is not
advisable, for we cannot tell whether his Majesty will resolve that
the succeeding Archbishop shall have not only the profits due after
his incumbency but all those which have grown due ever since the
death of the last. [S.P. Ireland 356, No. 41.] |
April 3.
Dublin Castle. |
The same to the same. The visitors sent to examine the complaints made against the bishop and many of the clergy of the diocese
of Down and Connor, and to censure the persons found guilty, have
suspended and deprived the bishop himself and some other of the
clergy. We have reason to suspect that there will be endeavours
used in England to reverse these proceedings, which would make the
condition of the church here desperate. And we have this day
written to the Archbishop to desire his assistance in stopping those
steps which might tend towards it. [Ibid., No. 42.] Enclosing:— |
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(1) Report of Sir Richard Levinge and Robert Doyne, dated
3 April, 1694. In obedience to your order of reference commanding
us to give our opinions on the matter of law mentioned in the letters of
the bishops of Meath and Derry, we are of opinion that the commission
lately granted, under the great seal, to the said bishops is the highest
ecclesiastical commission that is known to the law, and that the late
bishop of Down being, by virtue of it, deprived, there lies no appeal for
him de mero jure from their sentence, though it may be that their
Majesties may of their grace and by their prerogative issue a commission
to examine the proceedings in the present commission; yet the deprived
bishop has no right to interpose such appeal, nor are their Majesties
obliged ex debito justitiæ to issue such commission. |
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We conceive the appeal of the late bishop to their Majesties in their
Chancery in England to be altogether unwarranted and without precedent, passing over the Chancery of their Majesties in this kingdom,
from whence the present commission issued, and where their Majesties are
virtually present to give all just relief to their subjects here. |
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We are of opinion that the said appeal is illegal, and does not at all
suspend the sentence promulgated by the commissioners, nor are the said
commissioners obliged, as we conceive, to take any judicial notice
thereof. And as to the office of Chancellor we conceive that if he be
incompetent for want of knowledge of the canons, etc., he may be
deprived by the commissioners because they, and not common law courts,
are judges of such incompetency; but the office, though conversant about
spiritual things, being in reality a temporal office, we think the commissioners cannot deprive him for injustice, corruption or mismanagement
of the jurisdiction, and if they do it will amount to no more than
a suspension; but he cannot lose the profits thereby, and to take
them from him it were necessary that a new grant of the office
should be made, and thereupon the cause shall be tried at the
common law, where alone the right and freehold of this office is
determinable. Copy. [S.P. Ireland 356, No. 42 i.] |
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(2) Letter from Lords Justices to the Archbishop of Canterbury,
dated 3 April, 1694. The commission for a royal visitation
which the numerous complaints that came against the bishop of Down
and Connor and several of his clergy forced us to issue, has had
so good an effect that we hare reason to hope for a great reformation
of manners in those parts, and the reduction of a great many
dissenters to the bosom of the church. The letters which we receive
from thence tell us that these effects begin to appear already, and it
is hoped will spread from thence over the kingdom. But if it should
fall out that what has been here so well begun should receive any
discountenance, the consequences of it might be more fatal on the other
hand. We are not yet able to give you a particular account of all the
proceedings against every particular person, but intend to do it as soon
as it can be drawn up out of the register. We have received a letter
from two of the visitors by which we find that one archdeacon Mathews
(a man principally concerned in the disorders that have been committed)
has suddenly hastened to London to prosecute the appeals which the
bishop and himself have brought against the sentence of the visitors.
The king's counsel tells us that there lies no appeal in the case, but by
the law the sentence is definitive; if there did, yet it would not lie per
saltum in the Chancery of England but must go first through the
Chancery here. Copy. [Ibid., No. 42 ii.] |
April 3.
Dublin Castle. |
The same to the same. We have done what we can to hinder
supplying the French territories with necessaries from hence, but
fear that much does and will go astray. We have reason to suspect
that this trade is carried on under the name of the Newfoundland
Trade; for, finding many passes desired thither, we have made
enquiry into what number of ships and what cargo they formerly
went with, and we find already that more are gone than in any other
year, and that the provisions of all sorts carried are in much greater
quantities; and yet we hear of several others that are preparing for
this voyage. All the care which we can think of, but downright
denying any pass, is taken. There is oath made of their being
bound thither, and good security still given for sailing thither, and
yet an expectation of profit will break through all this and contrive
many "salvo's" and disguises. We do not hear that our trade
thither in general is so considerably increased as to require so much
more shipping and provisions, and therefore we conclude that they
either sail direct for France, or, by correspondence with privateers
arrange that they shall be carried thither, or (which we consider
extremely against the interest of England) they carry wherewhithal
to support the French ships which trade thither, and cannot now
be provided with necessaries from home. We desire you to acquaint
the king with what we apprehend turns to his disservice and the
grounds of it, and that we will carefully obey his commands in the
matter. The king's answer we desire as soon as possible, as, many
now pressing for passes, that trade may be injured if he allows the
continuance. [S.P. Ireland 356, No. 43.] |
April 3.
Whitehall. |
The Earl of Shrewsbury to Mr. Wright. I have received your
letter of the 28th of March, also the former you mention of the 13th.
I suppose you may have heard that in answer to it, I engaged the
Lord Keeper to write to the judges that were then entering upon the
Norfolk assizes to inquire into these violations of the laws, and apply
such remedies as were proper to prevent them for the future. I
hope at least you have found some effect of it by the directions that
have been given, and now Lord Chief Justice Holt has come to town
I intend to speak to him myself, that if there be anything further for
me to do it may not be neglected. As to what you write concerning
Olley, it is fit an affidavit be made of it, and if the magistrates there
will overlook and not take notice of those who are so notorious in
repressing their disaffections to the government, let the depositions
be sent to me, and I will consider the matter. I am sorry you have
been so ill used, and I hope you will be able to discover who have
done it, and also those who still threaten you that they may be dealt
with as they deserve. [H.O. Letter Book (Secretary's) 5, p. 7.] |
April 3.
Whitehall. |
The same to the Lords of the Admiralty. The King commands
me to write to you for an account of what has been done upon the
complaint of the Swedish secretary concerning some abuses offered
to a Swedish man-of-war in the Downs, which was some time ago
transmitted to you by Secretary Trenchard. [Ibid.] |
April 3.
Whitehall. |
Passes for Clara Van Ommereen to go to Harwich or down the
river and embark for Holland; for Rebecca Roelossen to go to
Harwich and Holland. [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 37, p. 192.] |
April 3.
Whitehall. |
Warrant to James Fell, gent., keeper of the gaol of Newgate, to use
all lawful ways and means for the taking of highwaymen and robbers
upon the highways, and burglars and other felons, and to ride about
the highways from time to time with arms to apprehend them, also
to search in any suspected house. [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 38,
p. 533.] |
April 3.
Whitehall. |
Passes for Serjeant John Henly and ten recruits, recommended
by Colonel Tidcombe, to go to Holland; for Captain Le Hunt and
two servants, ditto [Ibid., p. 530]; for Louis Sabatier, his wife and
son, ditto [Ibid., p. 531]. |
April 3.
Whitehall. |
Proceedings upon the petition of James Mallory and John Tulin,
setting forth that at their own expense they had discovered and
seized the ship Pieter bound to Rochelle, and holding correspondence
with France; praying a reward. Referred to the discretion of the
Treasury. [S.P. Dom. Petition Entry Book 2, p. 383.] |
April 3.
Whitehall. |
Proceedings upon the petition of Samuel Davis, praying a patent
for his attainments in the art of working iron into such plates as are
commonly called black latten plates and tin plates. Referred for
report to the Attorney or Solicitor General. [Ibid., p. 384.] |
April 3.
Whitehall. |
Proceedings upon the petition of Robert Davies, showing that
he was the only person that, at the King's first arrival, was entrusted
from the Earl of Devonshire to his Majesty, in which affair, notwithstanding the difficulties of the season and the dangers from the
enemy, he did acquit himself with expedition and integrity; praying
a place as one of the commissioners for the hackney coaches and
paper office. [Ibid. 3, p. 55.] |
April 3.
Whitehall. |
Warrant to Viscount Sydney reciting that two companies of
dragoons are to be added to the regiment of dragoons commanded
by Algernon, Earl of Essex, each company consisting of sixty
private men, three corporals, two sergeants, and two drummers; and
directing that out of the stores remaining in the office of the
Ordnance the necessary arms are to be issued for arming the said
companies [H.O. Military Entry Book 4, p. 21]; like warrant reciting
that 130 private men, 12 sergeants and 12 drummers are to be added
severally to the following regiments of foot, viz.: Colonel Stewart's,
Sir Henry Bellasis', Colonel Richard Coote's, Colonel Rowe's, and
Colonel Michelburne's [Ibid., p. 22]. |
April 4.
Weymouth. |
Robert Gooding to the Commissioners for Sick and Wounded
Seamen. The hired transport Elizabeth of London arrived at
Weymouth yesterday, bringing over two hundred and thirty seven
prisoners. I know of no prisoner left in St. Malo, except one Masters
who is stopped in exchange for Sir William Jennings' son, now
prisoner in Plymouth. Colonel Holt, the captain of the Diamond
and the captain of the Pembroke, had left for Jersey three days before
I arrived at St. Malo. I should have carried the prisoners to
Plymouth or Portsmouth, but some of the men-of-war's men took
the ship from me by force, and carried her into Weymouth. If you
desire it, I can give you the names of the ringleaders of them.
Copy. [H.O. Admiralty 7, No. 13.] |
April 4.
Dover. |
Extract of a letter from Captain Pound, commanding their
Majesties' ship the Sally Rose. On the 2nd instant, E.S.E. five
leagues from Beachy Head, I came up with a Portuguese, who came
out of Dieppe the day before, and was carried in, and made prize of
his goods, being laden with English effects. He gives an account
there were thirty sail of galleys, fitted and manned with nine thousand
men upon some sudden expedition. [H.O. Admiralty 7, No. 14.] |
April 4.
Whitehall. |
Sir J. Trenchard to the Lords of the Treasury. It has been
represented to the King that by reason of the war several of their
Majesties' consuls abroad are from time to time obliged to incur
divers extraordinary expenses as well for the relief of English
seaman as postage of letters, expresses and otherwise. His Majesty
commands me to acquaint you that such expenses and disbursements,
when they have been examined and certified by a Secretary of
State, should be allowed and paid, and that you are from time to
time to give the necessary directions therein accordingly [H.O.
Letter Book (Secretary's) 3, p. 165.] |
April 4.
Whitehall. |
Passes for John Lecaan, physician, to go to the hospital in
Flanders, and Daniel More his servant to go to Harwich and Holland;
and for Charles Honswer to go to Harwich, or down the river, and
Holland. [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 37, p. 193.] |
April 4.
Whitehall. |
Passes for George Anthony of Amsterdam to go to Holland; for
Helena van Dick, a Dutch woman, ditto; for Jacob Francois of
Amsterdam, ditto; for Anna Jansen, a soldier's wife, ditto; for
Teunis Kremer, with his wife and three children, ditto. [Ibid. 38,
p. 534.] |
April 4.
Kensington. |
Warrant to the Lords Justices of Ireland to levy arrears due to
the crown before 12 August, 1692, out of the private estate granted
to Henry Guy, esq., and others, and since conveyed to Richard
Topham, esq., paying out of the amount so collected 800li. to Edward
Corker, esq., for his good services in the office of clerk of the pells,
and for the saving he effected in stating the accounts of John
Price, esq., late Receiver-General in Ireland, and in examining and
stating the accounts of the said private estate while under the
management of Sir William Talbot. [S.P. Dom. Signet Office
Letter Book 13, p. 103.] |
April 4.
Whitehall. |
Warrant to Viscount Sydney, directing that out of the stores
remaining in the office of the Ordnance, the carbines and pistols are
to be issued for arming the following regiments of horse, viz.:
Brigadier Lumley, 185 carbines, 162 pairs of pistols; Colonel Wood,
138 carbines, 96 pairs of pistols; Colonel Langston, 141 carbines,
134 pairs of pistols; Colonel Windham, 127 carbines, 87 pairs of
pistols; Lord Galloway, 241 carbines, 254 pairs of pistols; the same
to be delivered to the respective colonels or to whom they shall appoint
to receive them, taking the usual indents, and causing an account of
the numbers and value of the above mentioned arms to be transmitted to Richard, Earl of Ranelagh, paymaster of the forces, who
is to cause a stop to be made of the value of the said arms out of
every respective regiment, to be paid to the treasurer of the Ordnance,
and a copy of this warrant is to be sent to the Earl of Ranelagh.
[H.O. Military Entry Book 3, p. 193.] |
April 5.
Whitehall. |
Proceedings upon the petition of Maurice Annesley, esq., setting
forth that he has taken several forfeited lands in Ireland at a certain
rent from the commissioners of revenue there, but could not enjoy
them by reason of the late troubles; praying that the whole matter
may be reformed. Referred to the Treasury for report. [S.P. Dom.
Petition Entry Book 2, p. 385.] |
April 5.
Whitehall. |
Caveat that nothing pass concerning a pardon for Robert Curstance,
convicted for clipping at the last assizes at Bury, till notice be given
to the Lords of the Treasury. [S.P. Dom. Entry Book 74, p. 1.] |
April 5.
Whitehall. |
Warrant to Viscount Sydney reciting that a regiment of dragoons
is to be raised commanded by Basil, Earl of Denbigh, consisting of
eight troops, each troop of two serjeants, three corporals, two
drummers, and sixty private soldiers, and directing that out of the
stores remaining in the office of the ordnance, the necessary arms
are to be issued for arming the said regiment as the other dragoons
are armed. [H.O. Military Entry Book 3, p. 196.] |
April 5.
Whitehall. |
Commissions for Daniel Negus, esq., to be captain of the company
of which Captain William Frowd was late captain in the royal
regiment of fusiliers commanded by Colonel Edward Fitzpatrick; for
Hanniball Hall, surgeon, to be surgeon in the same regiment; for
John Nelson, esq., to be ensign of the company of which LieutenantColonel Charles Gorsuch is captain in the first regiment of foot
guards commanded by Henry, Viscount Sydney; for John Jardin,
gent., to be lieutenant of the company of grenadiers of which Captain
Fitzmaurice Gifford is captain in the regiment of foot commanded
by Charles, Duke of Bolton [H.O. Military Entry Book 4, p. 20]; and
for Richard Coleman, gent., to be ensign of the company of
which Captain John Powell is captain in the same regiment [Ibid.,
p. 23]. |
April 5.
Whitehall. |
Passes and post warrant for Captain Joshua Churchill to go to
Harwich, or down the river, and Holland [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book
37, p. 193]; for Colonel Francis Nicholson, Governor of Maryland,
to go to Portsmouth or the Downs with five horses and a guide; for
Lieutenant Edward Pinson, and Humphrey Worrell and John
Stephens, his servants, to go to Harwich or down the river and
embark for Holland in fourteen days [Ibid., p. 194]; and for Mary
Boos, Elisabet Breemans, and their children, to go to Holland
[Ibid. 38, p. 534]. |
April 5.
Whitehall. |
Allowance of the extraordinary expenses of Gregory King, esq.,
Lancaster Herald of Arms, from 27 Nov. 1692 to 23 April 1693;
he being commissioned by their Majesties, jointly with Sir William
Dutton Colt, with the character of Oratores, Legati et Deputati, for
carrying the habit and ensigns of the Order of the Garter to the
Elector of Saxony. [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 39, p. 13.] |
April 5.
Whitehall. |
Allowance of the extraordinary expenses of Mr. John Butts, their
Majesties' consul at Elsingor, including payment to two boatmen
watching at sea 28 nights, to prevent our ships coming into the
Sound, during the siege of Ratzburgh. [Ibid., p. 15.] |
April 5.
Whitehall. |
Warrant to the Solicitor or Attorney General for grant of a license
to Martin Lionfeld and Theocar Wegersloff, Norwegian merchants
resident here, to erect a Danish church in a certain square or piece
of ground formerly called Well Close, but now known by the name of
Marine Square, within the Liberty of the Tower of London. [S.P.
Dom. Warrant Book 39, p. 16.] |
April 6.
Whitehall. |
The Earl of Shrewsbury to Sir William Beeston. I take the
opportunity of this conveyance by the ships that are now going to the
West Indies, to recommend to you the case of Mr. Blancard, Provost
Marshal of Jamaica, though I do not doubt but you are already
disposed to shew any reasonable favour and countenance as well in
regard to his own desert as to gratify his friends, who have spoken
to you in his behalf before you left England; but since that time he
has been entangled in new difficulties and disputes, which further
lessen the benefit his Majesty intended him when he granted him
that office. His deputy Galdy has brought him into the Court at
Westminster, from whence he is now remitted to another trial by a
jury in Jamaica. Being a stranger he is afraid he may suffer for
want of some one versed in these matters, who will take care that
right be done him, and I desire you will appoint some person to
solicit this affair for Mr. Blancard, and to give you an account as to
how it proceeds, and if you can do him any other kindness in
making his employment more advantageous to him, you will do a
thing that will be well taken here. [H.O. Letter Book (Secretary's) 5,
p. 18.] |
April 6.
Whitehall. |
Sir John Trenchard to Lord Sydney, directing that shipping be
taken up to convey the stores in the enclosed list to Guernsey.
[H.O. Admiralty Entry Book 1, p. 106.] Annexed is:—A List of
ordnance, mortars and other stores for the service of Guernsey, to be
forthwith sent thither. [Ibid.] |
April 6.
Office for Sick and Wounded and Exchange of Prisoners. |
James Welwood, Thomas Addison, Anthony Shephard, Christopher
Kirkby and Da. Elder, Commissioners for the Exchange of Prisoners,
to the Earl of Shrewsbury. A great many English prisoners are at
Dunkirk and Calais, in order to whose return the Eagle dogger,
Thomas Woosters master, hired of Major William Churchill, lieth at
Dover ready to sail, against which master we never yet had the least
complaint; but objections being made by Dr. James Welwood, one
of the signatories, we are referred for direction therein to your lordship. [S.P. Dom. William and Mary 5, No. 67.] |
April 6.
Whitehall. |
Commissions for Grenville Raleigh, gent., to be ensign to Captain
Arthur Innes' company in the regiment of foot commanded by
Brigadier-General Sir David Colyear; for John Lewis de la Bene, esq.,
to be captain of the company whereof Captain John Campbell of
Airds was late Captain in the regiment of foot commanded by
Archibald, Earl of Argyll. [H.O. Military Entry Book 4, p. 23.] |
April 6.
Whitehall. |
Warrant for a charter confirming the former charters granted to
the bailiffs and burgesses of Dunwich, Suffolk, with clauses of confirmation unto them of such lands, tenements, liberties, customs,
privileges, etc., held or enjoyed by them before their making of a
certain instrument of surrender thereof, 21 May, 36 Chas. II., and
clauses for granting and appointing that such persons as were officers
of the said corporation at the time of making the said surrender, and
are now living, be the present officers of the said town, with power
to the bailiffs of the said town to elect other officers, etc. [S.P. Dom.
Warrant Book 38, p. 437.] |
April 6.
Whitehall. |
Passes for Elizabeth Schouten and two children to go to Holland;
for Captain Don Alexandro Bernardo, with two other officers and a
servant, to embark at Falmouth for Spain [Ibid., p. 535]; for
Stephen Hutchens, soldier in Captain Pitt's company of miners, and
Anne his wife, to go to Holland; for Stephen Ernault, a French
Protestant, ditto [Ibid., p. 536]; for Abraham van Hartenbrock,
his wife and two daughters, Hendrick van Heynen, Cornelis Lucas,
Dorothy Beekers, widow, and Catharine Munts, all Dutch, ditto
[Ibid., p. 539]. |
April 6.
Whitehall. |
Warrant to the Keeper of Newgate to take into custody John
Comins, gent., sent him for high treason. [Ibid., p. 536.] |
April 6.
Whitehall. |
Warrant to the Attorney-General for grant of the dignity of a
baronet of England to John Smith of Isleworth, Middlesex, esq. [S.P.
Dom. Warrant Book 39, p. 20.] |
| April 7. |
William Armar to George. Tollet. Before an appeal can be perfected, so as to get an inhibition thereupon, the forty days will be
expired, and then the visitors will proceed to a deprivation, so that
I have no other way left to prevent my ruin but to obtain the favour
of the Lords Justices to give me a new presentation. If therefore
you would use your interest with Mr. Vernon to procure, in my
behalf, a letter from Lord Shrewsbury to Lord Capell, to show me
all just favour, it would do me very good service and probably save
me from being undone. [S.P. Ireland 356, No. 44.] |
April 7.
Whitehall. |
Sir J. Trenchard to the Lords of the Admiralty. The bearer,
Mr. Hogg, a Swedish gentleman, has been in a particular manner
recommended; his Majesty thinks he should be made a lieutenant
at sea, and accordingly you are to give him a commission on the first
vacancy. [H.O. Letter Book (Secretary's) 3, p. 165.] |
April 7.
The Downs. |
Extract of a letter from Sir George Rooke to [the Lords of the
Admiralty ?]. Last night the Sally Rose came in from her station;
the captain gives me an account that on Tuesday last between Beachy
and the Ness he spoke with a Genoese who came the day before
out of Havre de Grace, and the master told him there were thirty
sail of galleys in that port, and about forty well-boats and other
small vessels, with about nine thousand land forces shipped and
ready to sail upon some enterprize. [H.O. Admiralty 7, No. 15.] |
April 7.
Admiralty Office. |
An account of their Majesties' ships of the first, second, third,
fourth and fifth rate now in pay, with the conditions of those in port
and the stations of such as are at sea. [Ibid., No. 16.] |
April 7.
Whitehall. |
Commission for John, Lord Lorne, to be colonel of the regiment of
foot of which Archibald, Earl of Argyll, was late colonel, and likewise
to be captain of a company in the said regiment. [H.O. Military
Entry Book 4, p. 46.] |
April 7.
Whitehall. |
Pass for Catharina Nanningh to go to Harwich and Holland.
[S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 37, p. 194.] |
April 7.
Whitehall. |
Warrant to Peter Maresco, messenger, to apprehend Colonel John
Parker and—Irwin for high treason in adhering to their
Majesties' enemies. [Ibid. 39, p. 20.] |
April 8.
Admiralty Office. |
A list of their Majesties' first, second, and third rate ships designed
for the main fleet, with an account of their complements, &c. [H.O.
Admiralty 7, No. 17.] |
| April 8. |
Minutes of proceedings of the Committee of Council, as to the
report on Col. Wolseley, and the petitions of Col. Lutterell and Mrs.
Jane Eyre. [S.P. Dom. William and Mary 5, No. 68.] |
April 9.
Dublin Castle. |
The Lords Justices to Mr. Secretary Trenchard. The see of Down
and Connor being now vacant by the deprivation of the bishop by
the commissioners appointed to visit those dioceses, we desire you to
recommend to their Majesties Dr. Samuel Foley, dean of Achonry,
as a man in every way qualified to fill the same. [S.P. Ireland 356,
No. 45.] |
April 9.
Whitehall. |
Sir J. Trenchard to the Lords of the Treasury. The enclosed
report from the Lords Justices of Ireland concerning the subsistence
of Colonel Wolseley's regiment having been laid before the King, his
Majesty commands me to transmit the same to you for your consideration, and to give such order therein as you shall think requisite.
Enclosure not appended here. [H.O. Letter Book (Secretary's) 3,
p. 166.] |
April 9.
Whitehall. |
Warrant for a grant of full and free pardon to George Prowse,
who at the last Sessions held in Oxford was convicted of the murder
of a bastard child, and sentenced to death. [S.P. Dom. Warrant
Book 38, p. 436.] |
April 9.
Whitehall. |
Passes for Jacques Carpentier to go to Flanders [Ibid., p. 538];
for Peter Beyning, a Dutchman, to go to Holland; and for Captain
Christian Hammer and his servant to go to Holland or Flanders, on
the Duke of Wurtemburg's pass [Ibid., p. 539.] |
April 9.
Whitehall. |
Warrant to Viscount Sydney reciting that two companies of foot are
to be forthwith raised for the Service in New York, to be commanded
by Captain James Weemes and Captain William Hyde; each company consisting of 100 private men, three serjeants, and two
drummers, and directing that out of the stores remaining in the
office of ordnance, arms, etc., are to be forthwith issued for arming
the said companies. [H.O. Military Entry Book 4, p. 24.] |
April 9.
Whitehall. |
Warrant to the same reciting that two troops are to be
added to the regiment of dragoons commanded by Major-General
Sir Thomas Levingston, consisting each of two serjeants, three corporals, two drummers and sixty private soldiers, and directing
that as the rest of the said regiment are armed with pistols, sixtyseven pair of pistols are to be issued out of the office of the ordnance
for arming the said troops. [Ibid., p. 25.] |
April 9.
Whitehall. |
Warrant for the advancement of Narcissus, archbishop of Cashel,
to the archbishopric of Dublin with the bishopric of Glendelagh
united thereunto, now vacant by the death of the late Archbishop.
And in regard of the exility (sic) of the said sees, the Archbishop is to
receive for his better support a further grant of the rectory of
Gallowne alias Dartree, co. Monaghan, the prebend of Desartmore in
St. Finbarge's church, Cork, and the treasurership of St. Patrick's,
Dublin. [S.P. Dom. Signet Office Letter Book 13, p. 105.] |
April 9.
Whitehall. |
Proceedings upon the petition of the widow of Edward Eyre, Esq.,
representing that the fortifications at Galloway were built on several
parcels of ground, and several houses pulled down, belonging to her
late husband; praying for a recompense. Referred to the Treasury
for report. [S.P. Dom. Petition Entry Book 2, p. 390.] |
April 10.
Dublin Castle. |
The Lords Justices of Ireland to Sir John Trenchard. Experience
every day shows us how well some forts (now demolished) were placed;
and how much it would contribute to the public peace and safety if
they were restored. The town of Bantry is seated in the bottom of a
large and well frequented bay and in the borders of Beerhaven
Glanaroghty and Muskery, where for near twenty miles there are no
Protestant inhabitants. This is a den of Tories who molest the
country round about, here the Popish natives harbour them, and,
corresponding with the French privateers, betray to them merchant
ships, so that within these two years above twenty ships have been
taken from thence by the privateers. The wisdom of former times
built a fort in this place by which that wild and rebellious country
was kept in awe by a small garrison. And the Irish, when it came
into their hands in 1698 demolished it, that it might be no longer
a bridle upon them. The rebuilding of this fort nearer the sea than
it was, will secure those ships which shelter there, prevent this correspondence with France, unkennel those thieves that from hence do
so much mischief, and every year save more than the whole charge
will come to. There was another fort (which in the maps is called
Bealahy Fort) in the Barony of Costello, co. Mayo, in a narrow pass
between two bogs. This formerly kept all that part of the country
in quiet, and is now so much wanted that the judges who went that
circuit tell us that the grand jury in their presentments have
inserted the demolishing of that fort as the chief cause of the
insecurity of those parts. All the knowing men whom we discourse
with upon this matter are of opinion that the restoring of these two
forts would be of great public benefit, and the charge of doing it not
much. [S.P. Ireland 356, No. 46.] |
April 10.
Whitehall. |
Sir John Trenchard to the Lords of the Admiralty. Order is to
be given that none of their Majesties' ships press any men in Ireland
without order from the Government there; and any instructions
found necessary to be sent to the ships guarding the coasts of that
kingdom under the direction of the Lords Justices, shall go to them
through their Lordships' hands. [H.O. Admiralty 3, p. 88.] |
| April 10. |
Minutes of the proceedings of council regarding instructions to be
given to the Admiral of the fleet. The King is to be put in mind of
giving orders to the admiral of the Dutch to obey the admiral of the
English fleet, and a copy of such orders to be given to Mr. Russell.
A letter to be written to Mr. Methuen to get intelligence as soon as
possible from the South Cape if the French fleet or any part of them
shall be seen there. [H.O. Admiralty 7, No. 78.] |
April 10.
Whitehall. |
Warrant for the translation of William, Bishop of Cloyne, to the
archbishopric of Cashel, vacant by the promotion of Narcissus, late
archbishop thereof, to the see of Dublin. [S.P. Dom. Signet Office
Letter Book 13, p. 105.] |
April 10.
Whitehall. |
Passes for Mr. Thomas Farmer and Mrs. Margaret Farmer, his
niece, and her maid to go to Harwich and Holland, and return in
fourteen days [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 37, p. 193]; and for Henry
Tympally, a child, with Elizabeth Boone, a maid servant, to go to
Harwich, or down the river, and Holland. [Ibid., p. 194.] |
April 10.
Whitehall. |
Passes for Alexander Hobbé, a French Protestant, to go to
Holland; for Jannetie Vander Wolff and three children, ditto; for
Mr. Edward Coupe, recommended by Mr. Partridge at Charing Cross,
to go to Holland or Flanders; and for John Rottmer, an Hamburgher,
to go to Holland. [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 38, p. 539.] |
April 10.
Whitehall. |
Warrant to pay to Robert, Lord Lexington (appointed to be envoy
extraordinary to the Emperor of Germany), the sum of 500l. for his
equipage, and the further sum of 5l. by the day for his ordinary entertainment and allowance, to commence from the day of his departure
and continue till his return, the first three months' allowance to be
advanced him; and also to pay him such sums of money for intelligences and other expenses as by bills allowed by the principal
Secretary of State shall appear to be due. [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book
39, p. 21.] |
April 10.
Whitehall. |
Commissions for Robert Brudenell, gent., to be lieutenant of the
company of which Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Brudenell is captain
in the regiment of foot commanded by Colonel Edward Lloyd [H.O.
Military Entry Book 4, p. 25]; and for David Lloyd, gent., to be
lieutenant of the company of which Captain Elrington is captain in
the same regiment [Ibid., p. 30]. |
April 11.
Whitehall. |
Proceedings upon the petition of the Countess Dowager of Anglesey.
Sets forth that she is "like to be troubled" as to an agreement with
one Cavenagh, who owed money to the late Earl for certain woods,
&c.; prays that a stop may be put to the prosecution, and for a
grant of Cavenagh's forfeitures of the said woods. Referred to the
Treasury for their report. [S.P. Dom. Petition Entry Book 2,
p. 394.] |
April 11.
Whitehall. |
Warrant to Richard Hopkins, messenger, to seize—Sanderson,
together with his papers, for seditious practices. [S.P. Dom. Warrant
Book 39, p. 20.] |
April 12.
Whitehall. |
The Earl of Shrewsbury to Mr. Wright. I have received your
letter of the 9th inst., with two affidavits against Robert Olley, upon
which I think fit to speak to the Lord Keeper or the Duke of
Norfolk, to quicken some of justices in those parts to take more
notice of complaints or informations that shall be brought before
them of this kind, which are most properly inquired into upon the
place. |
|
I am glad the Grand Jury have done their parts in the late
presentment, which if followed with a vigorous prosecution of such
as Hill who obstinately persist in meeting, will (I hope) disperse those
illegal assemblies. [H.O. Letter Book (Secretary's) 5, p. 8.] |
April 12.
Whitehall. |
Proceedings upon the report of Lord Colchester and Francis
Sarsfield, relative to their claims on the estates of Patrick Sarsfield
and Sir Thomas Hackett. Report by Sir Edward Ward, AttorneyGeneral, detailing the financial transactions referred to in the petition.
Sir Thomas Hackett appears to be within the benefit of the Articles
of Limerick and receives the profits of his estate, though it remains
in the King's hands, and is thus protected against any proceedings
at law. The report recommends that the petitioners be relieved;
and is referred to the Treasury, with authority to give such orders
in the matter as they shall think fit. [S.P. Dom. Petition Entry
Book 2, p. 386.] |
April 12.
Whitehall. |
Appointment of Joseph Dudley, esq., to be lieutenant-governor of
the Isle of Wight, and of all the forts and places therein, and in the
absence of John, Lord Cutts, to command in chief in the said Island
[H.O. Military Entry Book 3, p. 198]; for — Richardson,
gent., to be lieutenant of Captain —'s troop, in Colonel Edward
Matthew's royal regiment of dragoons; and for — Marshall,
gent., to be adjutant of the same regiment. [Ibid., p. 199]. |
April 12.
Whitehall. |
Pass for George King alias Jorgen Koninck, his wife and a child,
to go to Gravesend and Holland [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 37, p. 195];
for Peter Boucher and John Moise, French Protestants, to go to
Holland or Flanders; for William Schlemuller, a German, ditto; for
Christian van Cooten, a Dutch soldier, ditto [Ibid. 38, p. 539]; for
Lewis Francheville, a French soldier, to go to Holland or Flanders;
and for the Sieurs Gundelange and Haell Bille, ditto [Ibid., p. 540]. |
April 12.
Whitehall. |
Warrant for letters patent to Samuel Davies, gent., for his invention of working iron into such plates as are commonly called black
"latten" plates and tin plates, the which hath never before been
effected by any other person in England or any other of our
dominions, and which may be of great advantage to English subjects,
and prevent the returning of great sums of money into foreign parts
for buying such plates there. [Ibid., p. 541.] |
April 12.
Whitehall. |
Warrant to constitute Denzil Onslow, esq., out-ranger of the forest
of Windsor, giving him power and authority to take care that any
deer that shall be straggling out of the said forest be preserved, and
all keepers in the Bailiwick of Surrey, now out of the forest, are to
assist him and obey his orders. [Ibid., p. 540.] |
| April 13. |
John Davies to his father John Davies, London, sending greetings
to his brother Charles and sister Mary, to Lady Plowden, and Sir
Henry Gage. [S.P. Dom. William and Mary 5, No. 69.] |
April 13.
Whitehall. |
Sir John Trenchard to the Victualling Commissioners, ordering
victuals to be prepared for 2,000 men for four months, and put on
board victualling ships to attend the main fleet. [H.O. Admiralty
Entry Book 1, p. 107.] |
April 13.
Whitehall. |
Proceedings upon the petition of Edward Browne, on behalf of the
owners of the Mary Jane of Jersey, John Mauger master, which was
taken in May, 1692, by the French man-of-war the Rochellois, and
afterwards retaken by the Dutch man-of-war the Waking Boy of
Amsterdam, commanded by Captain Verkie Vissar. Praying relief
in proceedings as to the lading. Referred to Sir Charles Hedges,
for his opinion. [S.P. Dom. Petition Entry Book 3, p. 51.] |
April 13.
Whitehall. |
Commission for Robert Crawford, esq., to be a colonel of foot with
full power and authority to command, and take the rank and
precedence of a commissioned colonel of foot on 1st December, 1690.
[H.O. Military Entry Book 3, p. 199.] |
April 14.
Whitehall. |
Sir John Trenchard to the Transport Commissioners, ordering
transport to be provided for a regiment of horse, consisting of six
troops, from Portsmouth to Flanders. [H.O. Admiralty Entry Book
1, p. 108.] |
April 14.
Admiralty Office. |
Account of their Majesties' ships of the first, second, third, fourth
and fifth rates, with the condition of those in port, and the present
stations of such as are at sea. [H.O. Admiralty 7, No. 20.] |
April 14.
Whitehall. |
Warrant to the Clerk of the Signet attending, to prepare a bill containing a grant to George Walls, B.D., of the place and dignity of a
canon or prebendary in the cathedral church of Worcester, void by
the death of Dr. John Conant. [H.O. Church Book 1, p. 141.] |
April 14.
Whitehall. |
License for David Parry, esq., high sheriff of Pembrokeshire, to live
out of the said county during his term of office. [H.O. King's Letter
Book 2, p. 56.] |
April 14.
Whitehall. |
Passes for Jannetie Stevens, Hester Martie, Maria Pieters, and
Annetie Verhorst, Dutch soldiers' wives, with three children, to go to
Holland; for Mary Boels and her daughter, ditto; for Margarett
Janse, a Dutch soldier's wife, ditto; for Simon Lovisse, his wife and
three children, ditto; and for Peter Bar, and Anne and Mary his
daughters, poor French Protestants, ditto. [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book
38, p. 542.] |
April 14.
Whitehall. |
Commission for James Stonehouse, gent., to be cornet of the troop
in the regiment of horse commanded by Colonel Hugh Wyndham,
of which he himself is captain. [H.O. Military Entry Book 3, p. 201.] |
April 14.
Whitehall. |
Certificate of commission to Lieutenant-Colonel William Frowde,
in Colonel Farrington's regiment of foot, to be lieutenant-colonel of
foot from the 16th of February last. [Ibid. 4, p. 26.] |
April 14.
Whitehall. |
Warrant for the payment of extraordinary disbursements by John
Methuen at Lisbon for the six months ending 20 Dec., 1693. [S.P.
Dom. Warrant Book 40, p. 36.] |
April 15.
Whitehall. |
Sir J. Trenchard to the Earl of Danby. The King commands me
to acquaint your Lordship that you should immediately upon receipt
hereof repair to the Lieutenant-Governor of Portsmouth, who will
give you the King's commands. [H.O. Letter Book (Secretary's) 3,
p. 167.] |
April 15.
Whitehall. |
The same to Colonel Gibsone. The King is informed of a quarrel
between the Earl of Danby and Captain Stringer, in which a challenge
has passed; his Majesty has directed his lordship to come to you,
and when he comes you shall tell him you have received his
Majesty's commands requiring him to desist; in case of his refusal
he is to be secured till further order from his Majesty. [Ibid.,
p. 166.] |
April 15.
Whitehall. |
Warrant to Thomas Davies, messenger, to apprehend Captain
Stringer. [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 38, p. 542.] |
April 15.
Whitehall. |
Commissions for William Saunderson, gent., to be ensign to
Captain Thomas Saunderson's company in the regiment of foot
commanded by George, Viscount Castleton; and for Charles, Earl of
Macclesfeld, to be major-general of all the horse and foot forces.
[H.O. Military Entry Book 3, p. 206.] |
| [April 15.] |
Petition of the company of merchants of England trading into
the Levant seas, representing their losses sustained by the ships cast
away and sunk in the late storm, which may reasonably be attributed
to the many delays the company met with for nigh two years before
the departure of their ships under the conduct of Sir George Rooke;
the small remainder saved is to be taken into Cadiz, where the
expense of two or three months' stay will swallow up the whole
property. The company has incurred great debts at home during
the long interval of trade, besides the growing charge of 10,000l.
yearly for the King's Ambassador, and other incident expenses
necessary to support the articles of peace and commerce with the
Grand Signor. They beg such measures may be taken for the
security of the ships to and from Turkey as may preserve a trade
which will otherwise be ruined. [H.O. Admiralty 7, No. 21.] |
April 15.
Admiralty Office. |
A list of their Majesties' first, second, and third rate ships designed
for the main fleet, with an account of their complements, &c. [Ibid.,
No. 22.] |
| April 15. |
Minutes of the proceedings of Council regarding Admiralty matters,
&c. An enquiry to be made of Lord Paget to know the reason why
he levied money upon the merchants in Turkey. [Ibid., No. 23.] |
| April 15. |
Sir Charles Hedges to Sir John Trenchard. "I find no good cause
for the seizure of the ship Jager, complained of by the Dutch
ambassador, and will take care that right be done. If the mariners
should be forced into their Majesties' service, which the ambassador
says is threatened, you may be pleased by a word to the commissioners
of the Admiralty to relieve them, if they are subjects of the States
General or other allies" [Ibid., No. 24], Enclosing:— The Dutch
Ambassador to [Sir John Trenchard?], 13 April, 1694. He is forced
to remonstrate on the treatment daily accorded to the Dutch by English
privateers, especially those belonging to Dover [Ibid., No. 24 i.]. The
said Ambassador's memorial to the King, of the same date upon the
case of the Dutch vessel Jager, Robert Foster master, taken by the
English privateer Falmouth, commanded by Captain Greave [Ibid.,
No. 24 ii.]. |
April 16.
Whitehall. |
Proceedings upon the petition of William Armar, clerk, precentor
of Connor. Shewing that petitioner in February, 1688–9, was
employed by the Protestant nobility and gentry of the north-east part
of Ireland to represent to the King the deplorable condition they
were in. That on several other occasions he demonstrated his great
zeal and readiness to serve the government, and that Mr. William
Harbord was pleased to recommend him to the bishop of Down and
Connor for a living, which was also seconded by a letter from the
Earl of Nottingham (then Secretary of State) to the said bishop.
That he was accordingly presented to the living. But, as he hath
been lately informed, it hath appeared at a visitation held at Lisburn
that a friend of his without his consent or privity (as was at the
said visitation declared upon oath) did give some money to a woman
in the bishop's house to keep off other pretenders, which is like to
affect his retention of the said living, though done without his consent
or knowledge. He has been for some time in England upon urgent
occasions, with a license of absence; but his friends neglecting to
take out the said license in due form, the visitors at the said visitation would not excuse his absence, but proceeded against him and
will deprive him very soon for non-appearance which he cannot help,
lying under a lingering sickness which renders him unable to
travel. Referred to the Lords Justices. [S.P. Ireland 356, No. 47
and S.P. Dom. Petition Entry Book 2, p. 392.] Annexed (1) is a
certificate of 12 April, 1694, signed by Lords Shelburne, Donegal,
Charlemont, Mountjoy, Coningsby and others, that William Armar,
clerk, precentor of Connor, hath been very zealously affected to the
Protestant religion, etc. [S.P. Ireland 356, No. 47 i.]; and (2) a
certificate dated 3 June, 1689, by Lord Mount Alexander and others
that William Armar of Newtown in county Down was employed by the
Protestants of the north-east part of Ireland about the middle of February,
1688–9, to represent the difficulties they lay under; that, during his
solicitation here, the Irish army came upon them and dispersed such as
were in arms, and have since spoiled and robbed that country and have
taken all the worldly substance Mr. Armar had, which his being employed
in the public service prevented him from saving [S.P. Ireland, 356, No.
47 ii.]. |
April 16.
Whitehall. |
The Earl of Shrewsbury to the Lords of the Admiralty. The
Ambassador from the States General has represented to his Majesty
that a Dutch ship called the Jager or Huntsman (of which Robert
Forster is master) bound from Oporto to Rotterdam has been lately
brought into Dover by a privateer, who threatens the mariners
belonging to the said ship to get them pressed into their Majesties'
service at sea; his Majesty thereupon commands me to tell you that,
if any of the men belonging to the said ship the Jager are already or
hereafter shall be pressed, they shall be forthwith discharged and at
liberty to stay on board the said vessel. [H.O. Letter Book
(Secretary's) 5, p. 8.] |
April 16.
Whitehall. |
The same to Sir Charles Hedges. The Swedish Secretary, Mr.
Leyoncrona, put into my hands the enclosed representation to justify
the manner of granting passports by the College of Commerce in
Sweden, which he presses may be made authentic and incontrovertible
by directions from the King. Before I lay the same before his
Majesty, I thought fit to know your opinion of what he here alleges
as to the conveniences or inconveniences of the said passport and
how far the same can be admitted and made practicable, which I wish
to have by next Wednesday morning, and I should be glad to see you
at the same time to consult you about some articles in the privateer
bill which relates to the Court of Admiralty. Enclosures not here
appended. [H.O. Letter Book (Secretary's) 5, p. 9.] |
April 16.
Whitehall. |
Passes for Robert Whitchurch to go to Harwich and Holland; for
Mrs. Mary Ashwell, and Mrs. Christian Ashwell, ditto [S.P. Dom.
Warrant Book 37, p. 195]; and for the Hopewell pink, commander
George Stephens, to take on board French prisoners now in English
gaols, and transport them to Calais to be exchanged for our subjects,
prisoners there [Ibid., p. 196]. |
April 16.
Whitehall. |
Warrant to Nicholas Hill to search for a private printing press
where divers treasonable and seditious books and papers are printed,
and secure the same, together with the papers and books and such
persons as he suspects are concerned therein. [S.P. Dom. Warrant
Book 38, p. 543.] |
April 16.
Whitehall. |
Pass for Mr. Jacob Hasselborne, merchant, to go to Holland,
recommended by the churchwardens of St. Olave's Hart St. [Ibid.] |
April 16.
Whitehall. |
Proceedings upon the petition of Sir Charles Hedges, setting forth
that by a late Act of Parliament he is deprived of an allowance of
400l. yearly for his attendance on the Council, &c., payable out of
the perquisites of the Admiralty; praying a settlement in lieu of it.
Referred to the Lords of the Admiralty for their opinion. [S.P.
Dom. Petition Entry Book 2, p. 392.] |
April 16.
Whitehall. |
Proceedings upon the petition of Robert Mackarrell, merchant,
setting forth his loss of four ships coming from France, and that
several more are unsold, and praying to have those ships unsold
granted him towards his satisfaction for 2,000l. due for transport
service into Ireland. Referred to the Treasury for their opinion.
[Ibid., p. 393.] |
April 16.
Whitehall. |
Proceedings upon the petition of Alexander Higgins, praying for
the discharge of a debt due from the late Earl of Tyrconnel's estate
to Susanna Tobin (now the petitioner's wife) as executrix to Marmaduke Beynton, esq. Referred to the Treasury for their report.
[S.P. Dom. Petition Entry Book 3, p. 52.] |
April 16.
Whitehall. |
Warrant to Viscount Sydney, reciting that an independent company
of foot is to be raised for the service in Jamaica, commanded by
Captain James Prince, consisting of three sergeants, three corporals,
two drummers, and one hundred private soldiers, and directing that
out of the stores remaining in the office of the ordnance specified
arms are to be issued for arming the said company. [H.O. Military
Entry Book 4, p. 26.] |
April 16.
Whitehall. |
Commission for Robert Hyde, gent., to be ensign of the company
of which Lieutenant-Colonel Wrey is captain in the first regiment of
foot guards commanded by Viscount Sydney. [H.O. Military Entry
Book 4, p. 23.] |
April 17.
Whitehall. |
Earl of Shrewsbury to the Recorder of London. The enclosed
petition is put into my hands to be presented to his Majesty. |
|
I desire to know your opinion of what is here alleged to assert the
petitioner's innocence, and how the matter appeared against her at
her trial, that it might be accordingly laid before his Majesty if there
were any favorable circumstances in her case to recommend her
to his mercy. Enclosure not appended here. [H.O. Letter Book,
Secretary's 5, p. 10.] |
April 17.
Chester. |
C. O[sborne] to Robert Yard, esq., at the Earl of Shrewsbury's
office, forwarding letters that "concern their Majesties' service."
Appended is a note from James Blackett to the said Robert Yard,
dated from the "George" in Aldrichgate, Friday, accounting for the
unpunctual delivery of the said letters. Enclosures not preserved here.
[S.P. Dom. William and Mary 5, Nos. 70 and 70, i.] |
April 17.
Whitehall. |
Royal approbation of Charles Boughton, esq., as one of the deputy
lieutenants of Middlesex. [H.O. Military Entry Book 3, p. 202.] |
April 17.
Whitehall. |
Passes for John Charter, John Coller, John Tuxbury, Thomas Parfy,
William Ross, Francis Lucas, Jacob Osterlin, William Barrell,
— Smith, and John Short to embark at Gravesend or Harwich
and go to Holland [S.P. Dom., Warrant Book 37, p. 197];
for Mary Geeleman and Johan Clercks to go to Holland; for
Captain James Jones and a servant, ditto; for Acltje Berlon, a
soldier's wife, and two children, ditto; for Sarah Cherrod, ditto
[S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 38, p. 543]; for Mary Musgrave, ditto,
on my Lord Mayor's pass; for Elizabeth Warnel and two children,
ditto; and for Anne Daniels and Mary Janse, both Dutch women,
ditto [Ibid., p. 544]. |
April 17.
Whitehall. |
Proceedings upon the petition of Colonel Henry Luttrell, setting
forth that he obtained from the King a letter for a custodiam of his
brother Simon Luttrell's estate; praying he may hold the said
estate as his predecessors held it. Referred to the Treasury for their
report. [S.P. Dom. Petition Entry Book 2, p. 394.] |
April 17.
Whitehall. |
Commissions for James Mayne, clerk, to be chaplain of the
regiment of foot commanded by Archibald, Earl of Argyll [H.O.
Military Entry Book 3, p. 201]; for Barlow Wickham, gent., to be
lieutenant of the company of which Captain Joseph Crisp is captain
in the regiment of foot commanded by Colonel Francis Russell
[Ibid., p. 206]. |
| April 18. |
State of the poundage from 1 Jan., 1690 [–1] to the last day of
March, 1692. [King William's Chest 15, No. 5.] |
| April 18. |
P— F— to Lord Kingston, begging his recommendation to
Lady Waldegrave as one fit to manage her concerns. Your bold
venture has put my lady [Lady Kingston] into some fright, and she
begs you would not venture further without a pass from England, for
there is no trusting those people, and the copies of the letters you
had at Lisle do but plainly shew how little confidence is to be put in
them. Your being gone out of this dominion cannot be long kept
a secret, so it would be best to inform your friends where you are,
especially young Ronchi, who is your cordial one, and hourly
enquires after you. My lady gives her blessing to Mr. Robert, her
most tender love to your lordship. I am told my lord Melfort wrote
you a letter enclosed in Mr. Nairns', whose friendship is not to be
neglected. [S.P. Dom. William and Mary 5, No. 71.] |
April 18.
Dublin Castle |
The Lords Justices to Mr. Secretary Trenchard. We find it our
duty to acquaint the King that we have no power to carry out
the orders contained in his letter of January 15th respecting the
outlawry of Mr. Charles White of Leixlip and the granting him a
pardon, until the case has been examined here. Observing also that
the King has granted his favour to the petitioner upon the interposition of the Emperor, and finding no precedent, we beg the King
may consider whether this example may not encourage other persons
in the same circumstances to make their application to foreign
princes, which may tend to public inconvenience. [S.P. Ireland 356,
No. 48.] |
April 18.
Whitehall. |
The Earl of Shrewsbury to Mr. Baron. The Elector of Brandenburg,
having sent one of his yachts, which has already arrived, or may be
soon expected, at Gravesend, to be in readiness to carry over Mons.
Dankleman, the Brandenburg envoy, makes his application to me
that the yacht may not be visited. He asks this only as a point of
honour, assuring me that the yacht brings no merchandize hither,
and I have therefore thought fit to recommend it to you to gratify
the envoy in this particular. [H.O. Letter Book (Secretary's) 5,
p. 10.] |
April 18.
Whitehall. |
The same to the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury. The King
commands you to forthwith give the necessary orders for furnishing
Mr. Cressett, their Majesties' envoy extraordinary to the House of
Lunenburg, with bills of credit to the value of 1,000l. sterling, to be
paid him as he shall have occasion to employ the same for a
particular and important service with which he is entrusted. [Ibid.] |
April 18.
Admiralty Office. |
The Lords of the Admiralty to the Earl of Shrewsbury. In
connection with the complaints made by the Swedish secretary of
the ill-treatment of a Swedish man-of-war by the captain of the
Garland in the Downs, we sent for a report to Sir George Rooke
and to Mr. Stock, the muster-master for the navy at Deal. We also
enclose a copy (not here appended) of a letter from Captain Crow,
commander of their Majesty's ship Norwich, being an answer to a
complaint of the cutting of the cable of a Swedish man-of-war in
the Downs. [H.O. Admiralty 5, p. 386.] Enclosing:— |
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Copy of the Narrative of Captain Thomas Robinson, commander of
their Majesties' ship Garland, concerning his going on board a Swedish
man-of-war in the Downs, 17 January, 1694. He received information
from Captain Edwards of Deal, late commander of a privateer, that a
certain Swedish man-of-war was carrying seven hundred pigs of lead
and a great quantity of brass guns for the French King's service, and
therefore went on board the Swede in search of Englishmen, in
accordance with article 37 of his general instructions. He was prevented from searching in the hold. Meeting the Swedish lieutenant
afterwards in a boat, he shewed him his authority for the search, and
after a refusal on the lieutenant's part and blows on both sides,
Robinson ultimately succeeded in getting him before the English commodore, with Major Bargrave and the said Captain Edwards as
witnesses. The commodore had the lieutenant put on board his own
ship, and undertook to report to the Admiralty. [Ibid., p. 390.] |
April 18.
Admiralty Office. |
J. Sotherne to Mons. Leyoncrona. [Ibid., p. 394.] Enclosing:
Copy of a letter from Captain John Brooks, commander of their Majesties'
hired ship the Joseph, dated 15 May, 1694 (sic). My lieutenant being in
charge of the ship heard the men on board one of the Swedish vessels
riding at anchor close to us speak the English language. He accordingly
sent eight men on board to search for English seamen. The Swedes
resisted them with handspikes, being encouraged by William Edwards of
Aldborough, an English pilot on board her. The ship's name is the
Ollabear, Alexander Williams, commander. My lieutenant has brought
on board two of the Swedes that were most refractory. [Ibid., p. 398.] |
April 18.
Plymouth. |
Affidavit by Peter Folke, quartermaster, and several of the crew of
the Swedish man-of-war Hope, Captain Eric Ribbingh, commander,
by their sworn interpreter Hendrik Eversen, of East Looe, co.
Cornwall, mariner. On the 12th instant when deponents were in
their commander's pinnace, passing their Majesties' ship Dunkirk
in the port of Plymouth, the lieutenant of the Dunkirk, whose name
they understand is Lancaster, commanded them aboard of him, and
fired upon them with ball with two muskets, and afterwards by force
towed them to the English man-of-war, and rifled their pinnace.
[Ibid., p. 410.] Appended is a specification of goods taken from the
pinnace, 12 April, 1694. [Ibid., p. 411.] |
April 18.
Admiralty Office. |
The Lords of the Admiralty to Sir John Trenchard. [H.O.
Admiralty 7, No. 25.] Enclosing:— Extract of a letter from Captain
Leak, commanding their Majesties' ship Greenwich, appointed to convoy
the forces from Leith to Holland, dated in Leith Roads, 10 April, 1694.
The Lord Chancellor says the forces will be ready in eight or ten days;
they await a regiment which is coming from Berwick. He has ordered
me to send two men-of-war to lie off the Bass, having information of
two or three privateers coming to the relief of it. The Government has
a man-of-war of 20 guns there already. I fear this may be a hindrance
to our proceeding with the forces. [Ibid., No. 25 i.] |
| April 18. |
Extract of a letter from Sir George Rooke. I learn from some
prisoners taken in a small boat that John de Bart is suddenly bound
from Dunkirk to the Northward, with six or seven ships of forty
guns and upwards, for another convoy of corn. They say there is
a squadron of ships gone or going from Brest to the Mediterranean,
and they believe their main fleet will not be armed this year, in
regard that the seamen are not warned in from their several ports on
this coast. [Ibid., No. 26.] |
| April 18. |
Sir Charles Hedges to the Earl of Shrewsbury. In connection
with Mons. Leyoncrona's representation, it is true that the College
of Commerce is not intended by the treaty to be excluded from
granting passes, but ought, on the other hand, to grant them
according to the treaty, and if the Swedes have agreed to more than
the College of Commerce can observe, it is a good ground for desiring
their Majesties to come to some new regulations, but not for
accusing the Court of Admiralty of partial proceedings. If the form
of the pass be changed, certain conditions should be observed. |
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The Swedes have often pretended that it is for our interest not to
be strict in this point of passes, in regard that the English and
Dutch are greater traders than the French; but if it be considered
that the Swedish trade consists chiefly in naval stores; that what we
have from them comes for the most part under convoy; and that the
French run a greater risk in passing through the channel than we
do in making the Thames, I cannot believe we can be too careful in
preventing a colourable trade in Swedish products. [H.O. Admiralty
7, No. 27.] Enclosing:— |
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Mons. Leyoncrona to the same, dated London, 16 April, 1694, with
regard to the passes granted by the Swedish Royal Colleges of Commerce
and Accounts, to which the English court of Admiralty objects on the
ground that the parties obtaining passes do not appear personally before
the Colleges, &c. [Ibid. No. 27i.] |
April 18.
Kensington. |
Warrant to the Lords Justices of Ireland to order two hundred
tons of timber (such as shall be marked by John Naish, or the
Purveyor of the Navy for the time being, as unfit for the service of
the said navy) to be felled in the woods near the river of Cork,
formerly belonging to the Earl of Clancarty and delivered to the Earl
of Inchiquin, who has represented that his father the late Earl was
seized of a large mansion house adjoining the city of Cork, before that
city was besieged in 1690, it having been left standing by the Governor
of the city in the late King James's time, when the other parts of the
suburbs were fired, as it was under the command of the fort in a
place where it could in no way annoy the besieged; but that on the
approach of their Majesties' forces the Earl of Clancarty, out of a
particular revenge to the petitioner's father and himself, caused the
said house to be burnt. [S.P. Dom. Signet Office Letter Book 13,
p. 111.] |
April 18.
Whitehall. |
Post warrant for Mr. Adam Cardonell and his servant to go to
Southampton, and to return, with two horses and a guide. [S.P.
Dom. Warrant Book 37, p. 195.] |
April 18.
Whitehall. |
Passes for Mr. Samuel Newman to go to Holland on the recommendation of Mr. Wharton of the Temple, and Mr. Forester, kinsman
of William Forester who lodges at the court; for Catharina Boshoft,
Johanna van Zuhill, and her daughter, ditto; for Aert Bogart,
ditto; for Jessina Mensel, a Dutch soldier's wife, ditto; for Jeanne
Tadourneau, a French refugee, ditto; and for Peter Oors and his son,
ditto. [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 38, p. 544.] |
April 19.
Whitehall. |
Sir J. Trenchard to Lord Sydney. The Spanish Ambassador has
informed the King that five hundred Spanish soldiers have lately
landed at Deal in order to go to Flanders; his Majesty commands
me to acquaint you that he wishes you to give order to the magistrates
thereabouts to take care that the said soldiers be civilly used, and
be provided with necessaries at reasonable prices for the same during
the time they shall stay in those parts. [H.O. Letter Book
(Secrerary's) 3, p. 167.] |
April 19.
Whitehall. |
Proceedings upon the petition of Arabella Wheler, widow of Sir
Francis Wheler, showing that her husband was a younger brother
of no other estate but his employment and a fortune of 4,000l. which
the petitioner brought him, which proves very much impaired by his
two last voyages; praying maintenance for herself and her young
children. The King promised some provision for the eldest of her
sons, in compensation of the company in the guards bought with
the deceased's own money. Referred to the Admiralty for their
opinion. [S.P. Dom. Petition Entry Book 3, p. 54; and H.O.
Admiralty 5, p. 434.] |
April 19.
Whitehall. |
Sir John Trenchard to the Lords of the Admiralty, requiring a
protection for the David hoy, John Martin, master, with seven
mariners, to be employed in carrying five hundred Spanish soldiers,
lately come from the Canaries, and now at Deal, to Flanders. The
David, and three Flemish "Billanders," which are to transport the
soldiers, are to sail with the convoy for the Maes next week. [H.O.
Admiralty 3, p. 88.] |
April 19.
Westminster. |
Memorial of the Dutch Ambassador, Arniaut van Citters, to the
King touching the case of the ship Jager of Rotterdam. [H.O.
Admiralty 7, No. 28.] Enclosing:— |
|
Deposition by certain of the crew of the Jager as to proceedings at
her capture by the privateer commanded by Captain Greaves, the
owner of which is one Mr. Foote. [Ibid., No. 28 i.] |
April 19.
Whitehall. |
Order to the Lords of the Admiralty, to put the fleet to short
allowance (drink excepted) of six men to four men's victuals. [H.O.
Admiralty Entry Book 1, p. 108.] |
April 19.
Whitehall. |
Commissions for John Granville, esq., to be captain of the company
of which John, Earl of Bath, was captain in the regiment of foot
commanded by Sir Bevill Granville; for William Grills, esq., to have
Captain Thomas Carew's company in the same regiment; for George
Wade, esq., to be captain-lieutenant to the Colonel's company in the
same regiment; and for Warner Dawes, gent., to be lieutenant to
Lieutenant-Colonel Sydney Godolphin in the same regiment. [H.O.
Military Entry Book 3, p. 201.] |
April 19.
Whitehall. |
Commissions for John Man, gent., to be lieutenant of the company
of which Captain William Gay is captain in the regiment of foot
commanded by Colonel Henry Rowe; for Samuel Hackett, gent., to
be ensign to Captain Thomas Aston's company in the same regiment;
for Hugh Drysdale, gent., to be ensign to Captain John Lloyd in the
same regiment; and for Alexander Gay, gent., to be adjutant in the
same regiment. [H.O. Military Entry Book 4, p. 27.] |
April 19.
Whitehall. |
Warrant for the appointment of Arthur, Viscount Irwin, to be
governor of the Castle of Scarborough in Yorkshire. [Ibid., p. 28.] |
April 19.
Whitehall. |
Passes for Mrs. Elizabeth Hamerstein, Mr. Hamerstein her
nephew, and two servants to go to Harwich and Holland; and for Sir
Thomas Hackett, ditto. [S.P. Dom., Warrant Book 37, p. 197.] |
April 19.
Whitehall. |
Allowance of the expenses of Hugh Greg, residing at the Court of
Denmark, from 1 October, 1693, to 1 January, 1694. [S.P. Dom.
Warrant Book 39, p. 25.] |
April 19.
Whitehall. |
Ratification of the election of Job Statford, gent., to be town clerk
of Oxford. [Ibid., p. 23.] |
April 20.
Admiralty Office. |
J. Sotherne to William Bridgeman, enclosing letters taken from
one Mons. Lecordier, who is secured on board the Henrietta yacht
upon suspicion of being a spy. He is to be brought to Secretary
Trenchard for examination. [H.O. Admiralty 7, No. 29.]
Enclosing:— |
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Two private letters from V. Bellefontaine to Francois Delafage,
merchant at Honfleur, dated respectively — 1693, and — Nov., 1693.
[Ibid., Nos. 29 i. and 29 ii.] |
April 20.
Whitehall. |
Commissions for Slingsby Bethell, gent., to be lieutenant to
Captain Edward Harrington in the regiment of foot commanded by
Henry de Caumont, Marquis de Rada; and for James Loney, gent., to
be lieutenant to Captain Thomas Browne in the same regiment.
[H.O. Military Entry Book 3, p. 203.] |
April 20.
Whitehall. |
Pass for Lieutenant Colonel George Macartney, LieutenantColonel Thomas Forbes, Mr. Thomas Pennyfeather, and William
Wynman, Peter Grant, and Thomas Davyes, with Mrs. Pennyfeather
and Anne Sincler, her maidservant, to go to Harwich and Holland.
[S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 37, p. 197.] |
April 20.
Whitehall. |
Passes for Maria Piering and Catharine Schade, with five
children, to go to Holland; for Johanna Herretts and two children,
ditto [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 38, p. 544]; and for Cornelius
Bennington, ditto, recommended by the churchwardens of Stepney
[Ibid., p. 545]. |
April 20.
Whitehall. |
Warrant to Peter Marisco, messenger, to go to the coast of Kent or
Sussex, and apprehend Edward, Lord Griffin, who is designing to
pass over into France. [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 39, p. 22.] |
April 20.
Whitehall. |
Warrant to the same to go to the coast of Kent and Sussex
and there apprehend Colonel — Fielding, Colonel John
Parker, and — Briarly for high treason in adhering to their
Majesties' enemies. [Ibid.] |
April 21.
Admiralty Office. |
A list of all their Majesties' ships and vessels in sea pay, with an
account how they are disposed. [King William's Chest 15, No. 6.] |
April 21.
Transport Office. |
The Transport Commissioners to Sir John Trenchard. In
accordance with your order to provide transport for a regiment of
horse from Portsmouth to Flanders, we forthwith instructed our
correspondent at that place, who writes there is no shipping to be
had there, except some few small coasting vessels not fit to carry
horses; we conceive the only way will be to send ships from here
under a convoy to Portsmouth. We beg we may speedily have the
money ordered for this service, by reason that the masters who go
by the month will not trust now for any part of their freight,
there being so much money due to them for monthly service
they were engaged in last year. [H.O. Admiralty 7, No. 29a.]
Enclosing:— |
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(1) A copy of a letter from A. Shallett to the Transport Commissioners,
dated London, 21 April, 1694, begging that a convoy may be provided
for the return of their ships hired to carry over horses for their Majesties'
service. It is reported that several of the late transport fleet have been
taken in their return for want of convoy [Ibid., No. 29a, i]. (2) Account
of the expense of transport to be provided for a regiment of horse from
Portsmouth to Flanders, 21 April, 1694 [Ibid., No. 29a, ii]. |
| April 21. |
Minutes of proceedings of the Committee of Council, relative to
the estates and persons of outlaws from Ireland, the date of the
beginning of the late war there, the settlement of claims yet
depending, and the fortification of Limerick. [S.P. Dom. William
and Mary 5, No. 72.] |
April 21.
Whitehall. |
Passes for Mrs. Elizabeth Langdall, Mrs. Elizabeth Smith, and
Anne Lambert, their servant, to go to Harwich or Gravesend and
into Holland; for Benjamin Walford, a bookseller, to go to Harwich
and Holland; for Thomas Brockholes, John Brockholes, Edward
Tyldesley, Thomas Anderton and Thomas Golding, ditto; for Mr.
Richard Collier, ditto [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 37, p. 198]; for
Edward Check, esq., and German Coladon, gent., his tutor, to go to
Geneva [Ibid., p. 199]; for John Enmiss and Elizabeth his wife,
recommended by the churchwardens of St. James's, Westminster, to
go to Ireland; and for Thomas Smith, Thomas Hunter, Christopher
Swarbreck, and Thomas Brockholes to go to Holland, recommended
by Mr. John Byron and Mr. Peter Shakerly [Ibid. 38, p. 546]. |
April 22.
Whitehall. |
Sir John Trenchard to the Lords of the Admiralty. The Society
and Angel (now at Mr. Snelgrove's yard) are to fitted up as bombvessels, besides the six already ordered to be fitted, provided it can
be done in a fortnight. [H.O. Admiralty Entry Book 1, p. 108.] |
April 22.
Kensington. |
Warrant to the Lords of the Admiralty to order Francis Raynsford,
esq., receiver of the rights and perquisites of our Admiralty, to
pay 1,400l. to Rodolph Kien for our immediate service. [H.O.
Admiralty 3, p. 89.] |
April 22.
Whitehall. |
Warrant to the Lords of the Admiralty to allow to Francis Rainsford, esq., upon his accounts, 4,000l. paid for our immediate service.
[Ibid., p. 91.] |
April 22.
Admiralty Office. |
A list of their Majesties' first, second and third rate ships designed
for the main fleet, with an account of their complements, &c. [H.O.
Admiralty 7, No. 30.] |
| April 22. |
Minutes of proceedings of the Committee of Council, respecting
Mr. Stanhope's action (which is approved); the employment of Mons.
Corneille at Limerick; the summoning of parliament in Ireland; Sir
Charles Hedges' petition, &c. [S.P. Dom. William and Mary 5,
No. 73.] |
April 22.
Whitehall. |
Caveat that nothing pass relating to a pardon for John Laws,
sentenced to death for the murder of Mr. Edward Wilson,
till notice first be given to Mr. Robert Wilson, brother of
the deceased, at his house in Stratton Street, Berkeley Square.
[S.P. Dom. Entry Book 74, p. 1.] |
April 22.
Whitehall. |
Pass for Ann Browers, a Dutch woman, to go to Holland. [S.P.
Dom. Warrant Book 38, p. 546.] |
April 23.
Dublin Castle. |
The Lords Justices of Ireland to Sir John Trenchard. Before we
received his Majesty's commands (which yours of the 12th inst. brought
us) to stop the shipping of Colonel Michelburne's regiment till further
order, the new men, which have been raised to recruit this regiment,
and increase the numbers of each company, were sent for Chester
(being twelve sergeants, twelve drummers, and one hundred and
fifty-four private men), commanded by one captain, two lieutenants
and two ensigns. The private men exceed the number required to
be added to each regiment by twenty-four, which the colonel did out
of his great care to continue his regiment (as now it is) a full and
good one, in case any should desert. The colonel has provided
necessary arms for all the additional men at his own charge. If his
regiment is to continue in this kingdom, there may be no occasion
for sending back any of these men, besides the officers, because we
conceive his Majesty will not have the companies of one regiment
here larger than the rest, so that the men may be disposed of for
recruiting other regiments in England. But the colonel hopes that
he may be repaid the money which he has laid out, and that the
five officers may be commanded back to the regiment. [S.P. Ireland
356, No. 49.] |
April 23.
Whitehall. |
Sir J. Trenchard to the Lords of the Treasury. The King has
allowed a pension of ten shillings a day to René la Faucille, from
the 1st of June last, to be paid out of the establishment of Ireland,
in consideration of his services, and his having an allowance as
Lieutenant-Governor of Sligo. His Majesty commands me that the
said René la Faucille be put upon the Irish establishment accordingly. [H.O. Letter Book (Secretary's) 3, p. 168.] |
April 23.
Whitehall. |
The Earl of Shrewsbury to the Lords of the Admiralty. The
Danish envoy and Swedish secretary having joined in a complaint of
an affront offered to their men-of-war at Plymouth by the commander
and ship's company of the Dunkirk frigate, the King commands me
to send you the enclosed account thereof (as drawn up by the Danish
captain) and to acquaint you to forthwith make an enquiry in this
matter, and report to his Majesty what shall appear to have passed.
Enclosure not appended here. [H.O. Letter Book (Secretary's) 5,
p. 11.] |
April 23.
Whitehall. |
Sir John Trenchard to the Lords of the Admiralty, transmitting
a complaint from the Commissioners of the Customs, laid before the
King in Council for such order as may be requisite to be given
therein. The complaint is not entered here. [H.O. Admiralty 3,
p. 89.] |
April 23.
Weymouth. |
Copy of a letter from Captain Jacob Wright, commander of their
Majesties' ship the Goodwin prize. According to an order received
from Lord Danby at Spithead, dated the 12th inst., I have used my
endeavour to look into the ports along the coast of France, but there
are so many small French frigates cruizing, that I could not come
near any, by reason I have always been intercepted by them. The
nearest account I can give of a squadron sighted on the morning of
the 23rd inst., is that they were about twenty-five sail of fighting
ships from thirty guns to sixty, and they have with them several
half galleys. In the evening they bore south from Portland, and
when they had a breeze they endeavoured to get to westward.
[H.O. Admiralty 7, No. 31.] |
April 23.
Whitehall. |
Proceedings upon the petition of Thomas Rymer, esq., setting
forth his great charge in transcribing and publishing a book of all
the leagues and treaties, and praying for 200l. seized at Leicester on
the conviction of a Romish priest. Referred to the Treasury for
their report. [S.P. Dom. Petition Entry Book 2, p. 395.] |
April 23.
Whitehall. |
Proceedings upon the petition of the Governor and Company of
merchants of London trading to the East Indies, setting forth that,
in pursuance of her Majesty's order in council, they have since 5th
October last bought goods and merchandize of the produce of this
Kingdom to the value of 150,000l. and upwards, whereof above 75,000l.
were in woollen manufactures, and having laden the said goods on
board their ships for India at their own risk, according to the tenor
of fifteen bonds entered into by the company, they pray that the said
bonds may be delivered up to them, the conditions thereof having
been fulfilled. Referred to the Attorney-General for his opinion.
[Ibid.] |
April 24.
Whitehall. |
Proceedings upon the petition of Henry Potts, setting forth that
he was trapanned into Barbados, and on his return taken by the
French, and retaken, and is a prisoner at Plymouth, praying discharge. Referred for report to the Commissioners of sick and
wounded prisoners. [Ibid., p. 396.] |
April 23.
Whitehall. |
Commissions for Mr. Joseph Studd to be major of Colonel Venner's
regiment, and also to be captain of a company in the same regiment;
for Mr. Thomas Albrittain to be ensign to Captain Pollexfen, in the
same regiment; for Mr. Francis Rosse to be lieutenant to Captain
Studd in the same regiment; for Mr. Edmond Keating to be captain
of that company of which Lord Viscount Charlemont was captain
in Colonel Rowe's regiment of foot [H.O. Military Entry Book 3,
p. 204]; for Peter Lisle, esq., to be captain-lieutenant in the regiment
of foot commanded by — in the company of which he himself is captain [Ibid., p. 205]; for Patrick Lyon, gent., to be lieutenant
to Lieutenant-Colonel Murdock Mackenzie in the regiment of foot
commanded by Colonel Henry Rowe; for Ezekiel Everest, esq., to
be captain of the troop of which William, Viscount Mountjoy, was
captain, in the regiment of horse commanded by Colonel Hugh
Wyndham; for Francis Strickland, esq., to be captain-lieutenant of
the Colonel's troop in the same regiment [Ibid., p. 206]; for Robert
Stoughton, esq., to be captain-lieutenant of the company in the
regiment of foot commanded by Colonel Gustavus Hamilton, of
which he himself is captain [Ibid., p. 207]; for William Ashton, esq.,
to be captain of the company of which Colonel John Courthorpe was
late colonel, in the first regiment of foot guards commanded by
Viscount Sydney, and to take the rank of lieutenant-colonel of foot
[H.O. Military Entry Book 4, p. 38]; and for Charles Filks, gent.,
to be adjutant in the same regiment [Ibid., p. 40]. |
April 23.
Whitehall. |
Warrant for the appointment of Auguste de Laspoy, esq., to be
captain in the regiment of foot commanded by William, Viscount
Mountjoy. [Ibid., p. 32.] |
April 23.
Whitehall. |
A list of all the officers in Viscount Charlemont's regiment of
foot:—
Colonel: William, Viscount
Charlemont. |
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Lieut.-Colonel: Adam Murray. |
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Major: Thomas Whitney. |
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Captains:—
Martin Leycock, John Wildman,
HanceStevenson, ThomasMorgan,
Daniel Hodson, Richard Crofton,
William Camball, William Flower,
Richard Hedges. |
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Lieutenants:—
William Proby, Richard, Lord
Lambert, John Tobin, Francis
Graham, Mark Smith, Roger
Holland, Charles la Pointelle,
Andrew Archer, Anthony Callon,
James Ducass, Robert Creighton,
George Lambert. |
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Ensigns:—
John Cooper, Thomas Baker,
Theodore Morris, Philip Fynney,
— Brigett, John Henderson,
William Hargrave, Jacob Dalman,
— Lloyd, Walter Cope, William
Eyres, Richard Carter. |
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Captain of the Grenadiers:—
Francis Flood. |
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1st Lieutenant: Patrick Fox. |
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2nd Lieutenant: William Taylor. |
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Staff Officers:—
Chaplain: Ralph Lambert. |
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Surgeon: Robert Dunbarr. |
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Adjutant: Robert Wilson. |
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Quarter-Master: Robert Walker.
[Ibid. 4, p. 36.] |
April 23.
Whitehall. |
A list of all the officers in Viscount Mountjoy's regiment of foot:—
Colonel: William, Viscount
Mountjoy. |
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Lieut.-Colonel: Nicholas Price. |
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Major: Archibald Hamilton. |
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Captains:—
Hugh Hamill, Charles Stewart,
Humphry Booth, Jerome Hawkins, Charles Willis, Richard
Brooke, Arthur Stewart, Christopher Bigg, Anthony Hovenden. |
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Lieutenants:—
Alexander Stewart, William
Bentley, Samuel Hopkins,
Richard Crofton, Miles Martin,
Edward Charlton, Henry Campsy,
Heath Edwards, Joshua Pylot,
Auguste Delaspoy, Hans Stevenson, William Holiday. |
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Ensigns:—
James Stewart, Hamilton Montgomery, Robert King, Robert
Edwards, Charles Stewart, jun.,
René Fleury, John Leathem,
John Carré, Richard Coome,
— Sandoes, Samuel Droye, John
Ardees. |
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Captain of Grenadiers:—
John Murray. |
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1st Lieutenant: William Stewart. |
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2nd Lieutenant: Robert Rowan. |
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Staff Officers:—
Quarter-Master: Auguste Delaspoy. |
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Adjutant: Richard Cole. |
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Chaplain: Edward Walkington. |
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Surgeon: James Browne.
[Ibid., p. 35.] |
April 23.
Whitehall. |
A list of all the officers in Sir Richard Atkin's regiment of foot. |
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Colonel: Sir Richard Atkins. |
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Lieut.-Colonel: Francis Edgworth. |
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Major: John Hobart. |
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Captains:—
Owen Norton, Beresford Cotton,
Wilughby Aston, John Gardiner,
Thomas Ogle, Philip Diamond,
William Sandys, Philip Fletcher,
John Wood. |
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Lieutenants:—
Edward Dixie, Rowland Gwyn,
Richard Jennings, John Morley,
John Shelbury, Nehemiah Rowney, Francis Law, Richard Bauckham, Thomas Birch, Henry
Tancred, George Tompson, Pierre
Francfort. |
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Ensigns:—
Thomas Dodson, Franc Marriott,
Franc Symons, John Alston,
Conway Maie, Edward Bush,
Franc Stockman, John Bushell,
Joseph Hodges, Michael Owen,
Noel Barton, — Harrison. |
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Captain of Grenadiers:—
Thomas Stringer. |
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1st Lieutenant: John Jennings. |
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2nd Lieutenant: Edward Roger. |
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Staff Officers:
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Chaplain: Nicholas Brady. |
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Quarter-Master: Walter Trevillian |
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Adjutant: Evan Roberts. |
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Surgeon: Benjamin Godde. |
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[Ibid., p. 34.] |
April 23.
Whitehall. |
List of all the officers in Colonel John Courthope's regiment of
foot:—
Colonel: John Courthope. |
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Lieut.-Colonel: Toby Caulfield. |
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Major: William Hamilton. |
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Captains: —
James Barry, Edward Sprag,
— Massey, Downam Cope, Daniel
McNeale, Richard Luther, Edward
Jones, Robert Foulkes, John
Adrian du Ross d'Antilly. |
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Lieutenants:—
Captain-Lieut.: Robert Meade;
Matthew Poole, John Cooke, John
Philpot, George Roboteau, Walter
Devereux, — Mabat, —Whitwyck, Henry South, Thomas
Barnes, Thomas Denny, Samuel
Moore. |
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Ensigns:—
Roger Supple, William Barker,
Francis Maynard, John Ballard,
Henry Roche, Rudson Cobley,
Sydney Hara, Matthew Chambers,
Henry Cookman, John Fulford,
—Blount, Symon Parry. |
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Captain of the Grenadiers:—
Thomas Buckeridge. |
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1st Lieutenant: Thomas Bowyer. |
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2nd Lieutenant: Henry Bush. |
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Staff Officers: —
Adjutant: James Philpot. |
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Surgeon: —Weames. |
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Quarter-master: John Hudson. |
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Chaplain: William Jephson. |
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[Ibid., p. 33.] |
April 23.
Whitehall. |
Passes for Mr. John Waldau to go to Harwich and Holland [S.P.
Dom. Warrant Book 37, p. 200]; for Bartholmew Walmesley, esq.,
his wife, Ellenor Walmesley, his sister, with Lovall Robert Wingatt,
Miles Loo, William Sprat, Alexander Browne, Silvester White,
Margaret Booth, and Alice Guest, their servants, with their goods
and necessaries to return out of France by Flanders and land in any
port of this kingdom [Ibid. p. 201]; for Mary Browning and Francis
Hawkins to go to Holland [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 38, p. 546];
for Laurence Robertsen, a Dutchman, ditto; for Elisabet Willis
and Ann Daniels, with two children, ditto; for Gerrit Maas, a
Dutchman, ditto; for Mary Brouning and Frances Hawkins, ditto;
for Magdalena Dobbelsteen and Susanna Offering, with three children,
ditto; for Samuel Verchel, a French Protestant, ditto; for John
Auduroi, ditto, ditto [Ibid., p. 547]; and for Peter Stolwyck and
Mary his wife, ditto [Ibid. p. 549]. |
April 23.
Whitehall. |
Warrant for grant of the dignity of a baron of England to Henry
Herbert of Ribsford in Worcester, esq., by the title of Henry, Lord
Herbert of Chirbury, co. Salop. [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 39, p. 24.] |
April 23.
Kensington. |
Warrant for the payment of arrears, &c. of salary due to Sir
Charles Porter, Chancellor of Ireland. [S.P. Dom. Signet Office
Letter Book 13, p. 107.] |
April 23.
Kensington. |
Warrant for the leasing to Colonel Henry Luttrell of the estate of
Colonel Simon Luttrell, on terms still more advantageous than were
directed in the warrant of 7 February last, he having represented
that at the taking of Limerick the Earl of Athlone made him a
promise of holding the said estate under such tenure as his predecessors formerly held the same from the Crown. [Ibid., p. 108.] |
April 23.
Kensington. |
Warrant to the Lords Justices to grant an additional 200l. yearly
as increase of salary to each of the Judges in Ireland, in consequence
of their petition. [Ibid., p. 110.] |
April 24.
Kensington. |
Instructions for Edward Russell, esq., Admiral of the Fleet:— |
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It being not yet known in what manner the French will dispose of
their fleet this summer, we have thought fit to give you the following
particular directions. |
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1. In case the French fleet, or any part thereof, be in Brest water,
or the harbour there, or at Belle Isle, when you come upon that
coast, we do hereby authorize and empower you, if you shall think
it feasible, to attempt to burn and destroy them, or otherwise to
annoy the enemy by such ways and means and in such manner, as
you shall judge it most practicable and best for our service. |
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2. If you should have an account that the enemy's whole fleet is
at sea, but you cannot gain any intelligence where they are, we do
authorize you to go with the fleet in search of them to such distance
from England as you shall think convenient, not going beyond the
latitude of Cape Finisterre. |
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3. In case you shall, when at sea, have such intelligence as you
shall think may be depended upon, that the enemy's whole fleet is
gone to the Mediterranean, or to any other place South of Cape
Finisterre, our pleasure is that you do then follow them with such
strength as you shall judge requisite to attack them, but that, if only
part of the enemy's fleet is gone into the Mediterranean or South of
the said latitude, then you are hereby authorized to send after them
a squadron of such force as you shall think necessary, or to go with
it in person. |
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And in these respective cases, you are to pursue and follow these
orders, without staying for, or expecting any further directions from
hence, giving advice from time to time to us by the hands of one of
our principal Secretaries of State, and also to the Commissioners of
our Admiralty, of your resolutions and proceedings, that you may
thereupon receive our further orders, and that the necessary care
may be taken for supplying you, according to the occasion, with
what may be requisite for the service. [S.P. Dom., King William's
Chest 15, No. 7, and H.O. Admiralty Entry Book 1, p. 109.] |
April 24.
Kensington. |
Draft of the above instructions for Edward Russell, Admiral of
the Fleet. [H.O. Admiralty 7, No. 33.] |
April 24.
Whitehall. |
Warrant to the Lords of the Admiralty to pay, out of the contingent
money of the navy, the allowance of 100l. quarterly granted to Sir
Charles Hedges, and formerly payable out of the perquisites of the
Admiralty, which are at present taken away by the late act passed
for the encouragement of privateers. [H.O. Admiralty 3, p. 90.] |
| April 24. |
Extract of a letter from Captain Dover to the lords of the Admiralty,
dated on board the Expedition. Being ordered by Sir George Rooke,
with the ships under my command, over upon the coast of France,
we proceeded as follows:—On the 19th inst. we fell in with Facham
[Fécamp] and standing along shore espied a sail, which proved to be a
galliot from Sweedland bound for Havre de Grace. The master of a
fishing boat taken the following day, belonging to a port near Pecham
(sic), says that in Havre de Grace there lay only two small frigates
which came from Dunkirk; but in Dunkirk there are six or seven menof-war fitting out, from forty to sixty guns. John Dubart has arrived
there from the east with about twenty-two sail of merchants from
Denmark and Sweden laden with corn. In Brest are twenty-two menof-war, of fifty to eighty guns, their destination unknown. The master
of another small bark declares that all the carpenters and caulkers that
were "commanded" this spring returned to Dieppe on the 18th inst.,
having fitted the ships aforesaid, which are now provisioning. There
are altogether twelve galleys fitting on that coast. He knows of no
transport ships preparing, nor of any forces drawn to the coast,
beyond the dragoons which usually guard it, amounting to 3,000 all
along the shore. An engineer who came from Paris has sailed for
La Hogue to survey that place, in order to have it made a harbour
for the King's ships. I intend to go in with La Hogue to-night.
[H.O. Admiralty 7, No. 32.] |
April 24.
Whitehall. |
Order to the Lords of the Admiralty, to put the fleet on short
allowance of drink. [H.O. Admiralty Entry Book 1, p. 109.] |
April 24.
Whitehall. |
Passes for Peter Clymants to go to Harwich and Holland; for
Sarah de Olvieira, and Peter de Pas, ditto [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 37,
p. 200]; for a Swedish ship called the Red Winefatt, of Stockholm,
John Dufwa, commander, to sail from the port of London with
copperas and other commodities, not contraband or for the immediate
use of war, and carry them into any port of France, and to return
with her lading of wines, brandies, etc., to Ostend [Ibid., p. 203];
and for Elizabeth Hoguel, Mary Halavan, and Judith Rioteau to go to
Harwich and Holland [Ibid., p. 204]. |
April 24.
Whitehall. |
Warrant for grant of pardon for John Holder, junior, son of John
Holder, of Barbadoes, gent., sentenced to death for the murder of
Francis Smith, of the said island, gent. [S.P. Dom. Warrant
Book 38, p. 547.] |
April 24.
Whitehall. |
Passes for Magdalena Vander Broom and five children to go to
Holland [Ibid.]; for Abraham Le Bussiere, ditto [Ibid., p. 548]. |
April 24.
Whitehall. |
Warrant for appointing John Weale, gent., master of the science
of single rapier to the King; "for, notwithstanding that he lost both
his eyes at sea, where he served as a lieutenant of a man-of-war, he
hath attained to great ability in instructing persons in the said
science." [Ibid., p. 557.] |
April 24.
Whitehall. |
Warrant for preparing a bill to pass the Great Seal for revoking
and determining certain letters patent, bearing date 10 April, 1693,
whereby were constituted and appointed Anthony, Viscount Falkland,
Sir John Lowther, Henry Priestman, esq., Robert Austen, esq.,
Sir Robert Rich, Henry Killigrew, esq., and Sir Ralph Delaval,
Commissioners for the High Admiralty of England and Ireland, and
for constituting and appointing Edward Russell, esq., Sir John
Lowther, of Whitehaven, co. Cumberland, bart., Henry Priestman,
esq., Robert Austen, esq., Sir Robert Rich, bart., Sir George Rooke,
and Sir John Houblon, knights, to be commissioners for the same.
[S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 38, p. 548.] |
April 24.
Whitehall. |
Proceedings upon the petition of the Earl of Cork and Burlington,
setting forth that Charles II. granted him the office of Lord High
Treasurer of Ireland with the salary of 20s. a day; that the civil
list of Ireland being reduced to twelve lunar months or 336 days in
a year, the petitioner's salary was reduced 29l. a year; that, since
the reduction of that kingdom, the King has restored the civil list
to 365 days, yet the petitioner's salary still remains "retrenched."
[S.P. Dom. Petition Entry Book 2, p. 397.] |
April 25.
Whitehall. |
Warrant to the Governors of Sutton's Hospital or the Charterhouse, to admit George Freeman to be one of the children of that
foundation. [H.O. King's Letters 1, p. 52.] |
April 25.
Whitehall. |
Warrant to the same to elect Edward Boyton to the next vacancy
that shall occur among the poor brethren. [Ibid 2, p. 57.] |
April 25.
Whitehall. |
Proceedings upon the petition of Thomas Garnot, setting forth
that he lost his leg in the King's service at sea, and praying an
almsman's place in the cathedral church at Oxford. Order to the
Clerk of the Signet attending, to prepare a grant in the usual way.
[S.P. Dom. Petition Entry Book 2, p. 398.] |
April 25.
Whitehall. |
Proceedings upon the petition of Gunrode Keyler, under sentence
of death for the murder of Ann Glasborough, praying to be inserted
in the general pardon. Referred to the consideration of Mr. Baron
Powell. [Ibid., p. 396.] |
April 25.
Whitehall. |
Warrant to the Lords of the Admiralty to order Edward Russell, esq.,
Treasurer of the Navy, to pay a pension of 40l. per annum to Capt.
Ozee de Cornu, in consideration of his good services. [H.O. Admiralty
3, p. 91.] |
April 25.
Admiralty Office. |
The Lords of the Admiralty to Sir John Trenchard, requesting
that some of the Dutch ships now in the Downs may be ordered to
supply the convoy required for four small vessels conveying five
hundred Spanish soldiers from Deal to Flanders. [H.O. Admiralty 7,
No. 34.] |
April 25.
Whitehall. |
Order to the Commissioners of the Treasury, and others, to allow
Admiral Russell such sums as he may expend in endeavouring to
gain intelligence of the enemy, not exceeding the sum of 2,000l. in
the whole. [H.O. Admiralty Entry Book 1, p. 111.] |
| April 25. |
Commission for Robert Hall, gent., to be cornet of Captain Thomas
Meredith's troop in the regiment of horse commanded by Meinhardt,
Duke of Schomberg. [H.O. Military Entry Book 3, p. 214.] |
April 25.
Whitehall. |
Warrant to Viscount Sydney, reciting that Sir Edward Sherburne,
predecessor to Sir Thomas Littleton, clerk of the ordnance, had an
additional allowance made him by Charles II. of 100l., per annum
more than his established salary, in consideration of his keeping a
check ledger upon the storekeeper, and other extraordinary services,
which he received till he was removed from the said employment;
and directing that a similar yearly allowance is to be made to
Sir Thomas Littleton to commence from 26 March, 1690, to be paid
him quarterly by debenture. [H.O. Military Entry Book 4, p. 29,
and S.P. Dom. William and Mary 5, Nos. 75 and 75 i.] |
April 25.
Whitehall. |
Commissions for Francis Napper, esq., to be captain of the company
of grenadiers of which Captain Archibald Hamilton was late captain
in the Princess Ann of Denmark's regiment of foot, commanded by
Colonel John Beaumont [Ibid., p. 30]; for Samuel Harward, clerk,
to be chaplain to the royal regiment of fusiliers, commanded by
Colonel Edward Fitzpatrick; for William Congreve, esq., to be
captain-lieutenant of the company in the Princess Ann of Denmark's
regiment of foot, commanded by Colonel John Beaumont; for
Godfrey Richards, esq., to be captain of that company whereof
Major Thomas Whitney was late captain in the same regiment [Ibid.,
p. 31]; for Henry Mordaunt, esq., to be colonel of the regiment of
foot of which the Earl of Monmouth was late colonel, and also to be
captain of a company in the same regiment [Ibid., p. 43]; and for
Peter Hamers, esq., to be captain of the company of which Captain
William Hamilton was late captain in the Princess Ann of Denmark's
regiment of foot, commanded by Captain John Beaumont [Ibid.,
p. 46]. |
April 25.
Whitehall. |
Pass for Michael de Bethlen and John Nagy to go to Harwich and
Holland. [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 37, p. 200.] |
April 25.
Whitehall. |
Passes for Jane Perigall and her daughter to go to Holland; for
Mr. Samuel Bazile, ditto; for Jean Valere, a French protestant,
ditto [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 38, p. 548]; for Mr. Jonah Alsop,
ditto; for Albert Lobbe, a Dutch soldier, ditto; for Mr. James
Martin, a French protestant, ditto; and for Mr. Christopher Browne,
ditto [Ibid., p. 549]. |
April 25.
Whitehall. |
Warrant for erecting a fellowship in Queen's College, Cambridge,
in accordance with the will of David Edwards, late of Carmarthen,
gent., deceased, 9 October, 1690. [Ibid., p. 550.] |
April 25.
Whitehall. |
Warrants for grant of full and free pardons to Thomas, Lord
Coningsby, of Ireland, and Sir Charles Porter, Chancellor of Ireland,
of all treason, insurrections, rebellions, murders, manslaughters,
felonies, exactions, oppressions, bribery, words, misprisions, confederations, &c., committed by them, or by their advice or consent
before 24 April. [S.P. Dom. Signet Office Letter Book 13, p. 106,
and S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 38, pp. 553 and 554.] |
April 25.
Whitehall. |
Warrant for a grant to Charles, Earl of Shrewsbury, of the dignities
of marquis and duke by the name, style and title of Marquis of Alton,
and Duke of Shrewsbury, with the fee of 40l. per annum payable out
of the Exchequer. [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 38, p. 555.] |
April 25.
Whitehall. |
Warrant for granting to John, Earl of Mulgrave, the dignity of a
marquis of England by the name, style and title of Marquis of
Normanby, with the usual fee of 40 marks per annum for the better
support of that dignity, payable at the receipt of the Exchequer.
[Ibid.] |
April 25.
Whitehall. |
Warrant to deliver to the envoy of the King of Portugal the moiety
of the masts, deals, and pipe staves of the ship the Stockholm, which
was taken by privateers, and the said moiety assigned to the crown;
in case the same should be sold, the full proceeds thereof are to be
paid instead. [Ibid., p. 556.] |
April 25.
Whitehall. |
Warrant to Chief Justice Sir John Holt, and the Recorder of
London, for the reprieve until further notice of James Patishall, who
was convicted at the last assizes at the Old Bailey of high treason for
clipping the coin, and sentenced to death. [S.P. Dom., Warrant
Book 39, p. 52.] |
April 26.
Admiralty Office. |
The Lords of the Admiralty to Sir John Trenchard. [H.O.
Admiralty 7, No. 35.] Enclosing:—Copy of a letter from ViceAdmiral Aylmer, dated on board the Sovereign, 25 April, 1694. I
have examined one of the prisoners whose son came about fourteen days
since from Brest, in which road were twenty-two men-of-war, three of
them three-deckers. They had not their provisions aboard, but have
discharged all their carpenters and a great number of seamen. Three
vessels laden with wool came last week into Dieppe, and brought them
intelligence, as they generally do every week; by South Castle (sic) not
long since the French landed in silk and lace a hundred thousand
livres. [Ibid., No. 35 i.] |
| April 26. |
Extract from the journal of Captain Jones, commander of their
Majesties' vessel the Germoon prize, reporting that Zachary Teuniss,
master of the Expedition, sailing from Nantes on the 17th inst., fell
in on the 19th with seven French men-of-war bound for Brest. He
says there will not be in all above forty sail of French ships to be
fitted; and it is supposed they will hardly put to sea for want of
provisions. At Nantes there are three great flyboats laden with
cables, anchors and guns, and forty or fifty vessels laden with wine
and provisions, all bound for Brest, with two convoys of sixteen
guns. [Ibid., No. 36.] |
April 26.
On board the Swallow, prize, at Southampton. |
Extract of a letter from Captain Hardy, commander of their
Majesties' ship the Swallow prize. On the 22nd inst. we sailed from
Guernsey with nine vessels under our convoy. On the 23rd we met
a fleet of sixteen Dutch merchantmen bound for St. Ubes under
convoy of two English frigates. Enclosing letters (not here
preserved) from Captain Clements and Mr. Taylor, master of a ship
belonging to Bristol, lately taken by the Diamond. [Ibid., No. 37.] |
April 26.
Whitehall. |
Warrant to the Lords Justices of Ireland, directing that orders be
issued to Lords Charlemont and Mountjoy, Sir Richard Atkins, bart.,
and Colonel John Courthope, commanding officers of four regiments
of foot intended to be forthwith raised in whole or in part in Ireland,
empowering them to raise volunteers for their several regiments; the
respective companies to be allowed to pass their first muster upon the
captains producing twenty-five men, and the rest of the men to be
mustered from time to time as they shall be raised. [S.P. Ireland
King's Letter Book 2, p. 1.] |
April 26.
Whitehall. |
Warrant to the Wardens and other electors of New College, Oxford,
and the college near Winchester, requiring them to elect Benjamin
Colinge, a scholar of the college school near Winchester, to New
College, Oxford, at the next election. [H.O. Church Books 1, p. 142.] |
April 26.
Whitehall. |
Warrant to the Solicitor-General for the appointment of Charles,
Viscount Dursley, to be lieutenant of the county of Gloucester and
of the city and county of Bristol. [H.O. Military Entry Book 4,
p. 38.] |
April 26.
Whitehall. |
Commission for James Allen, gent., to be ensign of the company
of which Lieutenant-Colonel David Taylor is captain in the second
regiment of foot guards called the Coldstreamers, commanded by
Lieutenant-General Thomas Talmash. [Ibid., p. 40.] |
April 26.
Whitehall. |
Post warrant for Captain Edward Jones, and two servants with
three horses etc. to go to Holyhead or Chester. [S.P. Dom. Warrant
Book 37, p. 204.] |
April 26.
Whitehall. |
Pass for Mr. Foulk Cheshire, Mr. Adam French, Mr. John Chitwell,
Mr. Henry Harrison, Mr. Neville, Mr. John Boycott, Mr. Jenkin
Williams, Mr. Edward Doughtey, and Mr. John Gibbons, officers in
Lord Colchester's troop of guards, to go to Holland [S.P. Dom.
Warrant Book 38, p. 554.] |
April 26.
Dublin Castle. |
Order referring the petition of William Armar, clerk, to the
bishop of Meath and others for report. [S.P. Ireland 356, No. 50.] |
April 27.
Dublin Castle. |
The Lords Justices of Ireland to Sir John Trenchard. Having by
yours of the 29th March received commands that several of their
Majesties' subjects now prisoners here, who were taken in French
ships serving under the commission of the French King or the late
King James, should be tried, together with a copy of the commission
and process showing how those tried in England were proceeded
against, we have advised with the King's council in what manner
the said prisoners ought to be tried according to the laws of this
kingdom. [S.P. Ireland 356, No. 51.] Enclosing:—Report by Sir
Richard Levinge, dated 21 April, 1694. I have perused Mr. Secretary
Trenchard's letter and the copies of a commission and certain process
founded on the Statute of 28 Henry VIII. in England, and I am of
opinion that no step can be made here until the coming over of my Lord
Chancellor, for we have a similar law enacted here, and we have no law
that enables the lord keeper or commissioners of the great seal to have the
power of Lord Chancellor in this kingdom. Further there is not any
such officer as lord high admiral of Ireland, but there are four viceadmirals here; I presume that in the letters patent granted to the
lords commissioners of the admiralty in England they have the jurisdiction in this kingdom, and I conceive, if this be so, that their lordships
must be named in this commission. Perhaps it were more advisable
that there should be a high admiral appointed here for this occasion,
because the lords of the Admiralty ought to be of the quorum. [Ibid.,
No. 51 i.] |
April 27.
Whitehall. |
Sir John Trenchard to the Lords of the Admiralty, ordering a
convoy to Ostend or Nieuport for the 500 Spanish soldiers in the
Downs ready to sail for Flanders. [H.O. Admiralty 3, p. 92.] |
| April 27. |
Some advices about the French fleet, by John Taylor. On 10th
March last I was in the Samuel and Mary of Bristol, and captured by
the Diamond, Captain Charles Casnu, who carried me into Brest.
On 1st April I departed from Brest to St. Malo by land, at which time
there lay in the harbour of Brest twenty sail of French men-of-war
ready for sailing, only awaiting the arrival of their victuals from
Bourdeaux, which were hourly expected. By what information I
could get, they were designed for the Mediterranean, on the news of
the loss of some of our fleet there by storm. The ships of their fleet
were from seventy to fifty guns. Their great ships were in no preparation, and, by what I could learn, did not design to fit out this
summer. Count de Chateaurenaud commands the fleet bound out.
From Brest to St. Malo the King of France was drawing down his
forces to guard his sea coasts. On 4th of April I got to St. Malo,
where I was confined in the castle eight days, where I understood no
news but that the Diamond had been out again and carried in four
more prizes. On the 12th of April I departed from St. Malo for
Jersey. Admiral Tourville I saw at Brest, and was informed he was
bound to Toulon by land, to order affairs there. Copy. [H.O.
Admiralty 7, No. 19.] |
April 27.
Whitehall. |
Passes for Sir James Hayes, to go to Harwich and Holland; for
William Spice, and Lambert his son, ditto [S.P. Dom., Warrant
Book 37, p. 201]; for Martin Jansz, ditto; for Mr. Sebastian
Edzardy, ditto [Ibid., p. 202]; for David Alain, and Anne his wife,
ditto [Ibid., p. 204]; for Rokes Schryvent, a Dutch seaman, ditto;
for Henry Van Straten, ditto; and for Emanuel Castillo, ditto [S.P.
Dom., Warrant Book 38, p. 555]. |
April 27.
Kensington. |
Warrant for grant of a commission to Sydney, Lord Godolphin,
and to Sir Stephen Fox, Charles Montague, esq., Sir William
Trumbull, and John Smith, esq., for the execution of the office of
treasurer of the Exchequer. [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 39, p. 26.] |
April 27.
Whitehall. |
Proceedings upon the petition of Lord Colchester, praying for a
lease of the manor of Higham Ferrers, co. Northampton, after the
determination of the Queen-Dowager's interest therein. Referred to
the Treasury for their report. [S.P. Dom. Petition Entry Book 3,
p. 53.] |
April 28.
Whitehall. |
Sir John Trenchard to Admiral Russell. [H.O. Admiralty Entry
Book I, p. 111.] Annexed are the enclosures, viz.: (1) Extract of
a letter from Paris, April 20–30, 1694. The men-of-war have not
yet left Brest; they were to have been at Roses by the 5th of next
month. It is now uncertain whether they go there at all. The galleys
have not yet received orders to go to sea [Ibid.]; (2) Extract of a
journal from Capt. Jones, commander of their Majesties' ship Germoon
prize, 26 Apr., 1694. Met the Expedition, which sailed from Nantes
on the 17th inst., and which on the 19th met seven sail of French
men-of-war and two fireships belonging to Rochefort, bound for
Brest. The master, Mr. Zachary Teunisse, says there will not be
above 40 sail in all of French ships to be fitted, and it is supposed
they will hardly put to sea for want of provisions. At Nantes there
are forty or fifty sail laden with stores for Brest, with seven convoys,
all to be ready in a very little time. [Ibid., p. 112.] |
April 28.
Whitehall. |
Commission for Charles Knox, gent., to be lieutenant of the
company of which Lieutenant Colonel Kilner Braser is captain in the
regiment of foot commanded by Colonel Gustavus Hamilton.
[H.O. Military Entry Book 4, p. 39.] |
April 28.
Admiralty Office. |
The Lords of the Admiralty to Sir John Trenchard. They can
think of no other expedient for providing a convoy for the Spanish
soldiers than that recommended in their letter of the 25th inst.
[H.O. Admiralty 7, No. 38.] |
April 28.
Whitehall. |
Proceedings upon the petition of William Briggs, esq., for a writ
of error on a judgment obtained against him by William Kent.
Granted. [S.P. Dom. Petition Entry Book 2, p. 398.] |
| April 28. |
Warrant for the appointment of Charles, Duke of Shrewsbury, to
be lieutenant of the county of Hereford, and the counties of Montgomery, Denbigh, Flint, Carnarvon, Merioneth and Anglesey. [H.O.
Military Entry Book 3, p. 208.] |
April 28.
Whitehall. |
Warrant to Viscount Sydney directing that, out of the stores
remaining in the office of ordnance, the two new additional troops
added to the regiment of dragoons commanded by Algernon, Earl of
Essex be supplied with the usual proportion of French tents. [Ibid.] |
April 28.
Whitehall. |
Warrant to the same reciting that two troops are to be added to
the regiment of dragoons commanded by Colonel Fairfax, each troop
consisting of two sergeants, three corporals, two drummers, and sixty
private soldiers, and directing that the necessary arms are to be
issued for arming the said troops, and also to supply them with the
usual proportion of French tents. [Ibid., p. 209.] |
April 28.
Whitehall. |
Warrant to the same. Whereas the following several battalions
and regiments of foot are to encamp near Portsmouth, viz.: one
battalion detached out of our first, second, and Dutch regiments of
foot guards; thirteen companies of Colonel Earle's regiment, Lord
Cutts' whole regiment, and Colonel Venner's whole regiment; the
said battalions and regiments are to be forthwith supplied with the
usual proportion of French tents, and the said tents are to be
returned to the magazines after the encampment is over, and such
tents as are found defective, to be charged on every respective
regiment, and the value thereof to be paid into the treasure of
our ordnance. [Ibid., p. 212.] |
April 28.
Whitehall. |
Passes for Mr. William Smith, Mr. Thomas Hawkins, Mr. Henry
Territ, and Francis Smith, their servant, and George Giles, to go to
Harwich and Holland; for Mr. Fry, Mr. Simons, Mr. Young, and
Mr. Collins, with four able post horses, etc., to go to Gravesend,
Margate, Harwich, or any other place [S.P. Dom., Warrant Book 37,
p. 202]; and for Mr. Richard Cressy to go to Harwich, or down the
river and into Holland [Ibid., p. 204]; for Hendrick Behrens, Barnaba
Ringhausen, and Ericus Bentzin to go to Holland; for Mr. Thomas
Plumer, ditto; for Mr. Thomas Sympton, ditto; for Blathwait Otway,
and one servant, ditto; for Mr. John Boulay, ditto [S.P. Dom.,
Warrant Book 38, p. 556]; for Johanna La Vigne and three children,
ditto; and for Elisabet la Rose, a Dutch woman, ditto [Ibid., p. 557]. |
April 29.
Whitehall. |
Passes for Thomas Andrews and John Copping to go to Holland,
on the recommendation of Mr. Fisher of Broad St.; and for Peter
Peutemans and Egbert Heemskerk, ditto. [S.P. Dom. Warrant
Book 38, p. 557.] |
| April 29. |
Joseph Ronchi to Lord Kingston. I received your second letter
from Rotterdam. I am afraid you did not take the best way to go
there before you went to the Duke of "Bouvier" to make your case
known to him. I pray you will not venture without your pass.
Seeing how long it has been expected and delayed, I wonder you did
not endeavour anything by way of Brussels. The tide runs as before
in our enchanted castle; the same liberty of talking foolishly is
suffered, though I hope in a few days to see their pride more abated
than before. How can you think a man has either wit or honesty
when he promises you a thing of such consequence as your pass,
many weeks and months ago, and has done nothing yet? Messages
from private friends follow. [S.P. Dom. William and Mary 5,
No. 74.] |
April 30.
Whitehall. |
Warrant to the Lords of the Admiralty, for the payment of a
pension of 100l. per annum to Pierre Gaudy. [H.O. Admiralty 3,
p. 93.] |
April 30.
Whitehall. |
Warrant to the same for the payment of half-pay as Admiral of
the Blue to Sir George Rooke, now appointed one of the Lords of the
Admiralty. [Ibid., p. 94.] |
April 30.
The Essex in Margate Road. |
Extract of a letter from Captain William Wright, commander of
their Majesties' ship the Essex. On the 28th instant we gave chase
to a fleet of eleven sail, with two small French ships we supposed to
be their convoy; Captain Pedder also made sail, and we took six of
them laden with corn. I have put in with my own ship and the
Edgar to repair damages sustained. [H.O. Admiralty 7, No. 39.] |
April 30.
Whitehall. |
Pass for Mr. Alexander Woodward to go to Harwich and Holland.
[S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 37, p. 204.] |
April 30.
Whitehall. |
Warrant to cause Gunrode Keyler, convicted at the Northampton
assizes of the murder of Anne Glasseborough, and sentenced to death,
to be inserted in the next general pardon that shall come out for the
midland circuit. [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 38, p. 558.] |
April 30.
Whitehall. |
Passes for Arnout Lamens to go to Holland [S.P. Dom. Warrant
Book 38, p. 558]; and (by request of Sir William Gore) for a Swedish
ship, the Iron Drager, alias the Iron Porter, of Stockholm, William
Black, master, to sail in her ballast to Morlaix in France, and then
receive and take on board three hundred and ten casks of Muscovada
sugar, and carry the same to Stade in Germany [Ibid., p. 559]. |
April 30.
Kensington. |
Warrant for grant to Thomas, Marquis of Carmarthen, president
of the Council, of the title of Duke of Leeds, with the usual fee of
40l. per annum to support the said dignity, payable at the receipt of
the Exchequer. [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 39, p. 277.] |
April 30.
Whitehall. |
Warrant to Henry Allen for apprehending Captain John Mair,
together with his papers, for treasonable practices. [Ibid., p. 27.] |
April 30.
Kensington. |
Warrant to the Attorney General to prepare a grant to William,
Earl of Devonshire, of the dignity of Marquis of Hartington and
Duke of Devonshire, with the usual fee of 40l. per annum. [Ibid.,
p. 28.] |
April 30.
Kensington. |
Like warrants for John, Earl of Clare, to be Marquis of Clare and
Duke of Newcastle [Ibid.]; also for William, Earl of Bedford, to be
Marquis of Tavistock and Duke of Bedford. [Ibid., p. 29.] |
April 30.
Kensington. |
Warrant to the Attorney General for grant to Francis, Viscount
Newport of the dignity of Earl of Bradford, in Salop, with the fee of
20l. per annum. [Ibid., p. 30.] |
April 30.
Kensington. |
Warrant to the same for grant to Charles Montague, esq., of the
office of Chancellor of the Exchequer, with a clause revoking the
letters patent, bearing date March 18, whereby the said office was
granted to Richard Hampden, esq. [Ibid., p. 31.] |
|
A like warrant for grant to the said Charles Montague of the
office of Under Treasurer of the Exchequer. [Ibid., p. 32.] |
April 30.
Whitehall. |
Allowance of the extraordinary expenses of James Cressett, esq.,
their Majesties' envoy extraordinary to the Duke of Brunswick and
Luneburg, from 12 December, 1693, to 12 March, 1693–4. [Ibid.,
p. 34.] |
| April 30. |
Commission for John Cholmley to be surgeon to Colonel Richard
Brewer's regiment of foot. [H.O. Military Entry Book 3, p. 211.] |
April 30.
Whitehall. |
Warrant to Viscount Sydney, directing that out of the stores
remaining in the office of the ordnance, 13 bell tents to cover arms,
130 cartouch boxes, 56 bayonets, and 50 hatchets for grenadiers are
to be forthwith issued for the use of the foot regiment commanded
by Colonel Henry Rowe. [Ibid., p. 213.] |
April 30.
Whitehall. |
Commissions for David la Touche, gent., to be lieutenant of the
company of which Captain Lewis Ramsey is captain in the Princess
Ann of Denmark's regiment of foot, commanded by Colonel John
Beaumont; for Peter Decone, gent., to be lieutenant of the company
of which Captain Anthony Colombiere is captain in the same regiment [H.O. Military Entry Book 4, p. 31]; for Charles Stewart, esq.,
to be captain-lieutenant of the company in the regiment of foot
commanded by Colonel Gustavus Hamilton, of which he himself is
captain; for Lathum Dockerty, gent., to be ensign of the same
company in the same regiment; for William Gill, gent., to be
lieutenant of the company of which Captain John Hamilton is
captain in the same regiment; for James Hamilton, gent., to be
ensign of the company of which Captain Richard Cope is captain in
the same regiment [Ibid., p. 39]; for Charles Clindon, gent., to be
ensign of the company of which Captain Lewis Ramsey is captain
in the Princess Ann of Denmark's regiment of foot, commanded by
Colonel John Beaumont; and for Richard Harding, gent., to be ensign
of the company of which Captain Peter Daussi is captain in the
same regiment [Ibid., p. 40]. |
April 30.
Whitehall. |
Warrant to the Solicitor General for the appointment of Thomas,
Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery, keeper of the privy seal, to be
lieutenant of the counties of Pembroke, Carmarthen, Cardigan,
Brecknock, Glamorgan and Radnor, and of the town and county of
Haverford West, and the town and county of the borough of Carmarthen, also the county of Monmouth. [Ibid., p. 37.] |
| [April ?] |
Mons. Dubourdieu to the Earl of Shrewsbury. Since France supports the Irish rebels it is King William's interest to promote civil
discord in France by stirring up the Protestants. The troops
employed by England should consist of refugees only. Dauphiny
and Languedoc are the most Protestant provinces. People acquainted
with the Pays de Vaux and de Gés, and the passes of Savoy and la
Bresse, say there would be no difficulty in throwing three or four
thousand men into Dauphiny by this route. I suppose the Marquis
de Miremont and other officers would be sent here to enrol the
refugees under pretext of bringing them here. [S.P. Dom. King
William's Chest 15, No. 8.] Enclosing:— |
|
Memorial for the King with regard to the affairs of the French
Protestants. [Ibid., p. 8 i.] |
| [April ?] |
Draft warrant, in duplicate, for the appointment of Charles Staples,
son of Col. John Staples, as a Commissioner for Appeals and the
Regulation of the Excise, on the first vacancy [S.P. Dom. William
and Mary 5, No. 76, and 76 i.] |
| [April.] |
Sir J. Trenchard to the Commissioners for Sick and Wounded.
The King commands me to signify his pleasure to you that you
forthwith give order that Henry Cook, an Englishman and a prisoner
in the Marshalsea, be permitted to embark on the first transport
ship which shall be sent to France, and that in the meantime he be
removed out of the said prison into some convenient private lodging
for the benefit of his health, he being ill of fever. [H.O. Letter
Book (Secretary's) 3, p. 168.] |
[April.]
Whitehall. |
Post-warrant for Mr. William Williams to go to Holland and
Gravesend. [S.P. Dom., Warrant Book 38, p. 549.] |
