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General Index
P, Q
P
Pack, , lieutenant-colonel in Princess Anne's regiment, deceased
Packer, [Philip, paymaster of works,
deceased], accounts of
Packet boats. See Chester, Corunna,
Dover, Falmouth, Harwich,
Holland, Newston, Spain.
Packington, Sir John, bart., deputy
lieutenant for Worcester, city
and county
Pacy, John, custos brevium and chirographer of the Common Pleas,
Ireland
Padmore, John, Clerk of the Crown
of Leinster 3rd pursuivant, Ireland
Paget(Pagett), Mr., circular letter
sent to
hon. Henry, deputy lieutenant for Buckinghamshire,
Middlesex and Staffordshire,
list of deputy
lieutenants signed by
William, 6th Lord Paget,
commission of the peace for
Staffordshire signed by
lord lieutenant of Staffordshire
Paine(Pain, Payne), Edward, clerk of
the ordnance, Ireland
John, captain, surveyor and
director-general of fortifications
in Ireland
Neville, information against
and note
Robert deputy lieutenant for
Gloucester city
William, merchant, petition
signed by
Pains and Penalties, Bills of, discussed
Painscastle, co. Radnor, meeting of
J.P.s at
Painted linen
Painter, William, redeemed slave,
petition of
Paixfield, James, merchant at Leghorn, petition signed by
Pajot, Mons., paper from, re postal
treaty
Pakenham, co. Suffolk
Palatinate, the, protestants of, settled
at Usinghen, school, etc., for
Palestina, Travels into
Palfrey, [George], lieutenant in
Churchill's regiment
Gervis, ensign in Stewart's
regiment
Pallas, , captain of the Oriflame
Palliser, Thomas, major and captain in
Coote's regiment
Palmer, Anthony, merchant at Tunis
Sir Henry, bart., deputy lieutenant for Kent
Joseph, accused of piracy,
pardon for
Nathaniel, deputy lieutenant
for Somerset
William:
bills received from
brother of the guild of glovers,
Dublin
commissioner in Ireland for the
relief of the Vaudois
letter from
letters to
memorial and representation
signed by
and Mr. Poultney
secretary to the Lords Justices,
Ireland
Palmes, Guy, teller of the Exchequer,
embezzlement in office of
Stephen, petition for writ of
error
Pamplin, John, deputy lieutenant for
Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely
Pantoun, William, writer to the signet,
wife of. See Edgar,
Helen.
Paper. See Brown paper, Printing
paper, Writing paper.
Paper-makers, case of, against an intended Act, presented to parliament
Paper-making, French interest in
Paper-mills, number of, in the kingdom, and number of families
employed by owners of,
case of, presented to parliament rents of
Paper Office. See State Paper Office.
Papist(Papists, Popish, Roman Catholics, Romish, etc.):
Act for amoving . . . from
London and Westminster
(1 W. and M.)
Act for disabling . . . from
sitting in either House of
Parliament (30 Chas. II)
Act for . . . disarming
Will. III)
arms, etc., concealed by, proclamation re
appointed consul at Leghorn,
representation against
bishops, "deputed to endeavour the subversion of
this kingdom,"
persons prosecuting, for
saying mass, reward for
education of children as,
Act against (3 Jas. I,
cap. V) proclamation
against
French. See French.
information against
inheritance or purchase of
lands by, enactment re
marriage of a king or queen
of Scotland with. See Scotland (marriage).
priests:
arrest and commitment of
in or returning to Ireland
Act for banishing
execution of
laws against, proclamation for, informations re
in the Plantations. See
Plantations.
in Scotland, proposed acts
against
in the service of foreign
ministers. See Foreign
Ministers.
informers against. See Informers.
proclamation against
proclamation against, case re
protestant children and heirs
of. See Protestant.
schoolmaster
seminary abroad, seduction
to, suspected
See also Jesuits, Recusants.
Parana, history of note.
Paraquaria, Sepp and Del Techo of
(voyage to Paraquaria and history of Paraquay), and notes
Parchment dressing
Pardons
before trial
by the king, discussed
caveats entered against
general See also London, prisons (Newgate); Midland, Northern, Oxford and
Western circuits.
granting of, and the Act for the
sale of Irish forfeitures
irregular methods of procuring
of burglary
of convicts. See Convicts.
of counterfeiting
of highway robbery
of malicious killing of horses
of murder and manslaughter
by the king, discussed
of outlawries
by attorney, etc., Act for
note; Irish act to hinder
of pirates and piracies
proclamation re
recommended by the Admiralty
of rebellion in Ireland. See Ireland (rebellion).
of robbery
of sword stealing
of treason
rescinded
See also Transportation.
Parham, Lord Willoughby of. See
Willoughby, H.
Paris, Francis, pirate, pardon for
Paris
advices dated at
arms and accoutrements bought
in, for James II
Jean Bart in
Bastille, the, prisoners in, escaped
and released from
British ambassadors in, proceedings of
cafetier Armenian
colonel Hooke in
informer goes to
le grand Counsell
letters from
duke and duchess of Norfolk in
pretended will of James II printed
in
Rue St. Honor
talk of war in
Parish clerks, company of, printer to
Parke, Reuben, deputy lieutenant for
Lincoln and Lincolnshire
Parker, Mrs., imprisoned for entertaining disaffected persons
George, deputy lieutenant for
Devon and Plymouth,
petition and warrant for enclosing lands at Plympton St. Mary
Gervas, adjutant, quartermaster and lieutenant in the
royal regiment of fusiliers
Sir Henry, bart., deputy lieutenant for Warwickshire
[John], consul at Corunna,
despatches for
Nathaniel, potmaker, petition
of
Parkhurst, John, deputy lieutenant for
Northamptonshire
Parks. See Forests.
Parkyns. See Perkins, Sir W.
Parliament. See also Convention
Parliament.
Acts and Bills, royal assent to
and note
And see:
Abjuration.
Alnage.
America (proprietory governments).
Army.
Attainder.
Bail.
Brandy.
Broad Cloth.
Butter and Cheese.
Capias profine.
Cecil. J., 4th earl of Salisbury.
Crown, the.
Crown Office.
Customs.
Distressed orphans.
Earthenwares.
East India Co. (subscribers'
Bill).
English brandy.
Excise.
Fee Farm Rents.
Fines.
Fishermen.
General Post Office.
Hackney Coaches.
Hudson Bay Co.
Interest.
Ireland:
juries.
outlawries.
parliament (lords).
wool.
Irish forfeitures.
Irish papists
Jesuits.
Judgments.
Jurors.
King's Bench (Crown Office).
King's Lynn.
Lewknor.
Limitations.
Low Wines.
Mannors, John.
Marriages.
Mary II, Queen of England.
Militia.
Monopolies.
Oaths.
Offices.
Paper.
Papist.
Pardon of outlawries.
Peace, Sessions of.
Pennysylvania.
Pirates.
Plantation trade.
Poll Bill.
Popery.
Prisoners.
Prisoners for debt.
Prizes.
Prohibition.
Recognizances.
Recusants.
Registry.
Settlement.
Sheriffs.
Spirits.
Stonewares.
Tillage.
Trade with France.
Turkey Company.
Uniformity.
Weavers.
William III.
Woollen manufacture.
addresses of See also below
Commons and Lords.
avoidance of differences between
the two houses
and bills of attainder
bounty granted to naval officers
by
cases presented to. See:
Brewers.
Brunskel.
Crosfeild, Robert.
Distillers' Company.
Felt-makers.
French protestant weavers.
Hackney coachmen.
Kent fishermen.
Paper-makers.
Penny Post.
Rye, John.
Thrown silk.
Wool-combers.
clerk of. See Johnson, Mathew.
and the defence of the plantations
dissolution of proclamation
for, promoters and
advisers of, M.P. instructed to
enquire re
elections of. See Elections.
and foreign affairs
impeachments by, M.P. instructed
to further
judgments of, in election cases
judgments reversed in
and Captain Kidd
member of, assault on
money appropriated by, for signal
services
new, proclamations for
observations offered to, on behalf
of creditors
petitions to
resolutions of
supply granted by
unlikely to make further provision
for disbanded officers
"very cautious in introducing
new . . . methods of raising
money,"
writs of error into. See Writs.
House of Commons:
address of, to the king
address of some of its members to the king.
add. add.
and bribery at elections
clerk of. See Joddrell, Paul.
committee of, report of
dissolution
general fast desired by
petitions to
libels and scandalous pamphlets
against, information re
members absent beyond sea,
notes and precedents of
memoranda for, re penny post
resolutions of
speaker of, [Henry Powle], M.P.
for New Windsor, election
case, petition against
See also Harley, Robert,
votes note.
House of Lords:
addresses of, to the King
cases heard before
clerk assistant of. See Walker,
John.
lord mayor and aldermen of
London heard before
members of, refuse to present
petition against marquis of
Carmarthen
petition to
intercepted letter from earl of
Melford to earl of Perth
communicated to
Parret (Parrott), Andrew, alderman
and deputy lieutenant for York
city
Parrey. See Parry.
Parrott. See Parret.
Parry (Parry), Benjamin, rent of
Chichester House paid to
David, deputy lieutenant for
Denbighshire
James, deputy lieutenant for
Brecknockshire
Richard, deputy lieutenant for
Flintshire
Symon, lieutenant in Coote's
regiment
Parsons (Parson), , captain in
Stanley's regiment
Richard, alderman of Hadleigh
Thomas, M.A., presented to
the rectory of Suckley and
chapels of Lulsey and Alfrick
Partington, , first sheriff of Chester,
his proceedings at a parliamentary election
Partition treaty (Spanish treaty, the
Peace, Treaty for the Spanish
succession):
conclusion of
Dr. Davenant's book on
the Emperor and
France and
Methuen on
Portugal and And
see Peter II.
printed copy of, acknowledged by Vernon
publication of
republic of Geneva joins
Parton(Partoune), co. Kirkcudbright,
barony, lands and "astricted
multures and thirlage to the
baron miln,"
Partridge, William, lieutenant-governor of New Hampshire, appointed a commissioner for
trying piracies
See also Patridge.
Pascal, , talk of sending him to
England
Pascoe, C. F.
Pashe, Mr., representation by
Passenger, William, captain of H.M.S.
Shoreham his petition for
salvage money, report
on
Passes:
for poor soldiers. to England
for ships. See Ships.
for Venetian ambassador
instructions re, mentioned
to Holyhead and Dublin
to go abroad
to return from France
See also Algerine passes.
Paston, Sir Robert, 1st earl of Yarmouth, Brunskel's application
to petitions for rules re
fines
Paterson, Mr., commissary, a commissioner for the Highlands
Pathways. See Roads.
Patrick, Simon, bishop of Ely, elected
member of the S.P.G.
refuses to pay a chantry
rent, report signed by
Patrickson, Richard, deputy lieutenant
for Cumberland
Patridge, John, barber of London, information against
See also Patridge.
Patten, Archibald, captain in Donegal's
regiment
Paul, Richard, captain of H.M.S.
Sheerness
Paulet(Pawlet), Charles, 1st duke of
Bolton, regiment of
Charles, marquis of Winchester
and 2nd duke of Bolton:
lord justice of Ireland, warrants to
lord lieutenant of Southampton and Dorset
vice-admiral of Hampshire
and Isle of Wight, letter to
warden and keeper of the
New Forest, licence to hunt,
etc.
William, Lord Pawlett, deputy lieutenant for Hampshire
Pauli Commissioner of the King of Denmark
in England add. add.
Paulin, , major in Macclesfield's
regiment
Pauncefort, Mr
Pawlet. See Paulet
Paxton, Wen., captain of H.M.S.
Seahorse
Pay(wages), of army and artillery,
see several ranks; of dockyard
workmen, of (seamen).
See Navy (seamen).
Payler, Sir Watkinson, bart., deputy
lieutenant for Yorkshire, E.R
Paymaster-General. See Jones, R.,
earl of Ranelagh.
Ireland. See Army in Ireland;
Harbord, W.
Payne. See Paine.
Payton. See Peyton.
Peace:
disturbances of. See Riots.
Clerks of the, abuses of
and prisoners for debt
See also Derby
Commissions of, fees for
See also Ireland.
Justices of the. See Justices
Sessions of, bill to rectify proceedings in
International:
in Europe, maintenance of, in
the interest of England
treaties for. See Treaties.
of the Highlands. See Scotland
(Highlands).
Peachy, Sir Henry, deputy lieutenant
for West Sussex
Pearls, earrings and necklace of
Pearth. See Perth.
Pedder, , captain of a third rate,
proposed
Andrew, captain of H.M.S.
Boyne
Peebles, co. Peebles:
Cross Kirk of
King's meadows
Temple land
"the rude aiker
Peek, Henry, half-pay officer, Irish
establishment
Peerages, creation of:
of England. See Halifax.
of Ireland. See Howe, Mount
Castle, Strabane.
of Scotland. See Annandale,
Argyll, Hyndford, Lothian,
Rosebery, Seafield
Peerce. See Pierce.
Peers, Richard, deputy lieutenant for
Yorkshire, N.R
Peers, fees paid by, for commissions of
the peace, House of. See
Parliament, House of Lords.
Pegat, , pensioner on the Irish
establishment
Peirce. See Pierce.
Peirpoint, Warcomb, licence to return
from France
Peirson, Malony, merchant at Surat,
commission to try pirates,
Sir Matthew, deputy lieutenant for Yorkshire, E.R
Pelham, Sir John, bart., deputy lieutenant for East Sussex
Sir Nicholas, deputy lieutenant
for East Sussex
Thomas, Commissioner of the
Treasury,
note; deputy lieutenant for
East Sussex
Pells, Clerk of the. See Exchequer
Receipt.
Ireland. See Ireland
Pemaquid, lands called, in America
Pemberton, Sir Francis, lord chief
justice, Common Pleas
Pembroke and Montgomery, earl of.
See Herbert, T.
Pembrokeshire:
deputy lieutenants for
high sheriff of
M.P. for. See Owen, Sir A.
Pen. See Penn.
Pendeloques, diamond
Pendennis, co. Cornwall, ordnance
officers at
Pendergast, Sir Thomas, plot to invade
England discovered by
Cp. Prendergast.
Pendlebury, James, comptroller of an
artillery train
Penhallow, Thomas, first lieutenant of
H.M.S. Norwich, petition for
restoration
Penn(Pen), William, proprietor and
governor of Pennsylvania,
appointed commissioner for
trying piracies, quit
rents due by, offer to discover
Pennefether, Mathew, lieutenant in
Ingoldsby's regiment
Penniston, Sir Fairmeadow, bart.,
deputy lieutenant for Oxfordshire
Pennsylvania(Pensylvania, Pensilvania):
bill for reuniting, to the
Crown
commission for trying piracies
in
emigrants to
pass to
property in, petition for
proprietor and governor of.
See Penn, W.
protestant minister in, pay of
quit rents for the lower
counties of
schoolmaster in, pay of
Penny post:
case of William Dockwra re,
answer to, memoranda re,
for M.P.s
receiver of
Pennyman, James, deputy lieutenant
for Yorkshire, N.R.
Sir Thomas, bart., deputy
lieutenant for Yorkshire, N.R
Pennyston, co. York, market at, caveat
against
Penryn, co. Cornwall, parliamentary
election for, report concerning port of, mentioned
Pensilvania. See Pennsylvania
Pensioners:
band of, admissions to
captain of, see Beauclerk, C.,
duke of St. Albans; paymasters
of
French, See French.
in and out. See Chelsea Hospital.
Pensions:
civil and military, Ireland. See
Irish establishment.
granted
out of Land Revenue
out of Savoy hospital
to French protestant
minister to widows. See
Army (officers); Clergymen;
Navy (officers).
naval, retrenched and restored
petitions for
petition for
Scotland. See Scotland.
Pensylvania. See Pennsylvania.
Penvose in St. Tudy, co. Cornwall
Penzance, co. Cornwall, French ship
wrecked and plundered near
Pepys, Arthur, lieutenant in Langstone's regiment
Percivall, Charles, lieutenant in Coote's
regiment
See also Purcivall.
Percy, Anthony, memorial signed by
Pereyre (la Peyrere), Voyage to Greenland . . . by, and note.
Periam, Richard, deputy lieutenant for
Exeter
Perin. See La Roque Perin
Perjury, prosecution for, subornation of
Perkins, Mr., of Athelhampston, information against,
warrant to arrest
Mr., of West Drayton, information against
Edward, deputy lieutenant for
Monmouthshire
Perkins or Parkyns, Sir William, estate
of, grant of two thirds to his
lady
Perne, John, captain of a company of
pioneers
Perrit, Nicholas, manslaughter of
Perrot, Hugh, a pirate, pardon for
Perry, , information re
John, deputy lieutenant for
Middlesex
Micaiah or Micajah, a Virginia
merchant of London, money for
French refugees paid to
Pershall, John, post warrant for
Perswall Jos., merchant in Lisbon,
letter signed by
Perth, earl of. See Drummond, J.
Perth, co. Perth, bailie in. See
Robertson, A.
Perth (Pearth), shire of, commission
of justiciary for, convener of
Perto, John, pirate, pardon for
Peru, empire of, commanded by the
possessors of the gulf and river
of Darien, 'greatest
treasures in the world' brought
from
Peru dollar and half-dollar, weight and
exchange value of, in Ireland
Peter II, king of Portugal:
letter to, mentioned
and Paul Methuen, relations between
and the [Partition] treaty
resolved to court the friendship
of England and Holland
Peter the Great, 'the Czar,' 'Czar of
Muscovy':
and the king of Sweden,
differences between
letters to, mentioned
seems resolved to prevent
all applications to him for
peace
and William III, relations
between
Peterborough, earl of. See Mordaunt,
Charles and Henry.
Peterborough cathedral, almsmen and
beadsmen in
Peters, Ralph, of Liverpool, appointed
deputy steward of the Hundred Courts of Salford and West
Derby
William, litigant
Petersfield, co. Hants, J.P. at
Petit (Pettit), Mr., record keeper in
the Tower, address from House
of Lords for
Isaac Francis, captain-lieutenant in the [Scots] guards,
precedency of a lieutenantcolonel for
Petit Sancy, large brilliant known as
and note
Petitguavos (Petit Guaves, Pettit
Guavas), Hispaniola, the French
at, Kidd's goods at,
search for pirates at
Petter, Dr. John, rector of Green's
Norton, death of
Pettit. See Petit.
Pettit Guavas. See Petitguavos.
Petty, Henry, Lord Shelburne:
his duel with colonel Cunningham
horses of
master of the game, Ireland
prothonotary of the Common
Pleas, Ireland
sworn a privy councillor, Ireland
Pews in Hackney Church, litigation re
Peyton(Payton), Craven, deputy lieutenant for Middlesex,
note
Sir Sewster, bart., reprieve
and pardon of manslaughter for
Phesdo, Lord. See Falconer of Phesdo,
Sir J.
Philazers. See Filazars.
Philip, [co. Selkirk], land and mill of
Philip II, duke of Orleans, mourning
for
Philiphaugh, Lord. See Murray of
Philiphaugh, Sir J.
Philips(Phillips, Philipps), captain,
relation of James Vernon, recommended for a vacancy in the
1st Foot-Guards
Lady, granddaughter to.
See Shooter, C.
Sir Ambrose, serjeant-at-law,
deputy lieutenant for Leicestershire
Henry, lieutenant in Bellasis's
regiment
Jo., lieutenant of H.M.S.
Bedford, certificate signed by,
John, assistant to the surveyor
of the navy, petition of
John, deputy lieutenant for
Haverfordwest
John, deputy lieutenant for
Cardiganshire
Sir John, bart., deputy lieutenant for Pembrokeshire
elected member of the S.P.G
Robert, lieutenant in Stewart's
regiment
Thomas, master of the Crown
of Bideford
Thomas, Voyage to Guineay
by, and note.
Thomas, captain in Brudenell's
regiment
Thomas, captain in Donegal's
regiment
Walter, cornet in Essex's
regiment
William, deputy lieutenant
for Brecknockshire
Phillpot(Philpot), George, of Hampshire, information against,
brother of, 'the secular priest
Howell, suspect, warrant to
arrest
Phinny, Phil., ensign in Meredith's
regiment
Phisgall(Physgall). See Stewart of
Physgall.
Physic, reader of. See Cambridge
university.
Physician (army), pay of
Physician-General(Army), pay of
Piacenza, Denis de Carli of, capuchin,
note.
Picholi, Gio. Benadito, attestation by
Pickard, , captain of a 3rd rate,
proposed
Peter, captain of H.M.S.
Namure
Pickelraw, co. Berwick, lands
Pickering, Sir Henry, deputy lieutenant for Cambridgeshire
Pickett, William, information of
Pictures, seized, of the Prince of
Wales, etc., brought to England
Pieces of Eight. See Eight.
Piedmont, earl of Galway in
Pierce(Peerce, Peirce, Pierse), Dr.,
bishop of Waterford named,
address to James II signed by,
pretended parish priest
Henry, almsman's place for
Henry, captain, his company
in Bellasis's regiment
John, convicted of piracy,
pardon for
Pierrepoint, Evelyn(Eveling), 5th
earl of Kingston, deputy lieutenant for Wiltshire
William, 4th earl of Kingston,
regiment of
Pierrepont (Pierreponte), Jarvas, deputy lieutenant for Buckinghamshire
William, deputy lieutenant for
Nottingham (town and county)
Pierse. See Pierce.
Pigott (Piggott), Mr., letter to
Granado, deputy lieutenant
for Cambridgeshire
John, deputy lieutenant for
Somerset
Robert, deputy lieutenant for
Salop
Thomas, deputy lieutenant for
Buckinghamshire
Thomas, J.P. for Staffordshire
Pikes, issue of, to the 2nd Foot-Guards
Pilchards, export of, to Venice,
amount and value price
of. See Prices.
Pilkington, Sir Lyonel, bart., deputy
lieutenant for Yorkshire, W.R.
and York city
Piller money
Pillory sentence, for seditious
words
Pills against Melancholy
Pilly, da, Huguenot pensioner,
Irish establishment
Pilot, French
Pilot and linquister
Pin money
Pincarton (Pinkertoun), , captain,
taken prisoner to Spain and
condemned, efforts to obtain
his release
Pinchbeck (Pinchback), Martin, arrest
of, his diet and prison
fees
Pinchinat, Sieur, pension for
Pindar, Reginald, deputy lieutenant
for Gloucestershire
Pine. See Pyne.
Pinenburg(Pinnenberg) treaty of.
plenipotentiary to. See Cresset,
J.
Pinet. [Pierre], letter from
Pinfold, Thomas, certificates signed
by
Sir Thomas, advocate-general,
deceased
Pinkertoun. See Pincarton.
Pinnenberg. See Pinenburg.
Pinner, Nicholas, captain, surveyor and
director-general of fortifications
in Ireland
Pinsent, Robert, captain of a company
in F. Hamilton's regiment
Pinzarie. See Douglas of Pinzarie.
Pioneers, company of
Pipe staves
Pirates and piracy:
accessories, directions for sending
to England
Acts for suppression and trial of
brought to England
commissions for trial of
commissions to fight and seize
effects of, disposal of
not to be returned to pardoned
pirates sent home
engagement with
execution of, ordered by William
III
French. See French.
French protestants convicted for
hung in chains after execution
in New England. See New
England.
in Newfoundland. See Newfoundland.
on the coast of Africa, frigate for
suppressing
papers relating to, mentioned
pardon for, on condition of entering the navy, and note.
See also Pardons.
proclamation re
seizure of, rewards for
ship captured by
ship condemned for
ships cruising after
treasure hidden in Cornwall by
witnesses against, pardon for
See also Kidd, W.
Pirton. See Purton.
Pisa, Italy, expresses to
Pistoles and half-pistoles, Spanish and
French, exchange value of, in
Ireland
Pitcullo, co. Peebles, lands and barony
Pitcurr, co. Forfar, lands and barony
Pitdounie, co. Forfar, lands
Pitman, , captain, governor of
Hurst Castle, letters to,
representation of
Pitodrie. See Erskine of Pitodrie.
Pitot, Allain Alexandre, alias Pere
Eusbe de Guingamp, a capuchin priest, account of his being
trapanned and of his escape
Pitsea (Pitsey) Hall, co. Essex
Pitt, George. deputy lieutenant for
Dorset and Hampshire.
John, president of the coast of
Coromandel, commissioner for
trying piracies
Moses, appointed treasurer to
prisoners for debt in Fleet
prison, note.
Richard, petition for almsman's place
Thomas, president of Fort St.
George, commissioner for trying
piracies
Pittenween, co. Fife, lordship of
Pittfield, Alexander, deputy lieutenant
for Middlesex
Pittillo, James, gift of an escheat to
Placentia(Plaisance), Newfoundland,
French ships equipping for
Plaintiffs, demands of, abuses re
Plaisance. See Placentia.
Plantamour, Philip, employed in H.M.
service at the Court of Brandenburg (at Berlin), expense and
salary
Plantations and colonies:
artillery demanded for
convicts for
defence and security of, instructions to Benbow for
memorial and representation
re
their dependence on New York
impoverished by excessive duties
on sugars
merchants trading to, petition
of See also Plantationtraders.
ministers in, want of
ordnance stores for
printing paper for
provisions for, supplied by Ireland
Romish priests and jesuits encouraged in
ships trading to, by way of Algiers,
passes for, proclamation re
tobacco from, imported into Spain
wrought sugars from
See also Scotland, company of.
Dutch. See Dutch.
French. See French.
Plantation trade:
Act for preventing and regulating
abuses in (7 and 8 W. III,
cap. 22, sec.)
importance of
discouragement of refiners' and distillers' trade will be bad for
with Spain.
Plantation-traders, reasons offered by,
against a higher duty on lowwines made from molasses than
on low-wines made from corn
Plate:
discharge warrants in respect of
from Cadiz
grant of
in Mexico, scarcity of
for the Spanish flota, at Vera Cruz,
taken to Jalapa.
taken on board Cotlogon's squadron
Plate Fleet. See Spanish flota.
Plate of gold, for Scotland, See
also Mint.
Platforms and carriages, supplied by
the Ordnance
Player, Arthur, elected scholar of
Winchester
Playford, co. Suffolk
Plescovia. See Pskov.
Plimouth. See Plymouth.
Plot, Robert, suspect, warrant to
arrest
Plowright, William, convict, pardon
for
Plumbers' stores for the navy
Plume, Dr. Thomas, incumbent of East
Greenwich, petition of
Plumer, John, deputy lieutenant for
Hertfordshire
Richard, surveyor of customs,
Ireland
Plumpton, co. York, W.R.
Plunket(Plunkett), Father, vicargeneral of Meath, pretended
parish priest
Margarita, countess dowager of
Fingall, pass for
Sir Walter, privy councillor,
Ireland
Pluries capias, writ of
Plus ultra, piece of ordnance called
Plymbridge, co. Devon, highway from
Plymbridge Lane Gate. See Plympton
St. Mary.
Plymouth(Plimouth), co. Devon
advice from
collector of customs at
commissioner of the navy at
See St. Lo.
deputy lieutenants for
exposed to 'French insults
Froward Point, guns required for
governor of, pirates delivered to
Plymouth, etc.cont.
journey to and from
letters dated at
mayor of, deputy lieutenant for
the town and borough,
suspects to be examined by
naval stores at, embezzlement of
ordnance officers at
ordnance storehouses at, charge of
passage to Tangier from, duration
of
provisions for
Royal Citadel
H.M. ships at and from
account of
fitting out, proposals
for manning, state of
4th rates at
list of
seamen for, from Ireland
ships of and from
Commodore Whetstone at
See also Hamoaze harbour.
Plymouth Yard, letter dated from
Plympton (Plymton) St. Mary, co.
Devon:
lands in, petition and patent
for enclosure of
places in, named:
Broomhill Gate
Camdown
Camdown Gate
Mare Park Gate
Norther Cross, four crossways
Plymbridge Lane Gate
Pocklington, John, deputy lieutenant
for Huntingdonshire
Poine. See Pyne.
Pointis (Pointy), Jean:
his design to land in Ireland
escape of his fleet
excuses himself from command of
the Fort
information which should have
resulted in his capture
Poissy near St. Germains, France, conspirators at
Poizet, , Huguenot pensioner, Irish
establishment
Poland, kings of, of the House of Vasa,
styled kings of Sweden
wool from, used by feltmakers
Pole, Sir John, bart., deputy lieutenant
for Devon
Samuel, deputy lieutenant for
Derbyshire
Polhill, David, deputy lieutenant for
Kent
Poll Bill, proposals for a new
Poll tax. See Scotland.
Pollard, Christopher, of Bideford, coining instruments sent to Newfoundland by letter from
Pollexfen, Edmund, deputy lieutenant
for Plymouth
John, commissioner for trade
and note, deputy
lieutenant for Devon
Polson of Kilmiles, David, commissioner for the Highlands
Pomerani
Ponsonby, Henry, lieutenant in Gustavus Hamilton's regiment
Pontac, de, captain of the Franois
Pontoon men, company of
Poole, Mathew, lieutenant in Columbine's regiment
Pooley, Robert, appointed a commissioner of the Stamp Office
Poor, the:
employment of
by felt-makers
in glass manufacture
in silk industry
in woollen manufacture
of London. See London.
relief of, in Savoy hospital, statutes
for, violated and neglected
of St. Tudy, fairs for the benefit
of
of Scotland. See Scotland.
of Windsor. See Windsor (church
and poor).
Poor French protestants in Boston,
assistance for
Poor knight of Windsor
Poor prisoners, bill for the relief of,
note.
Poor women, employment of, in wool
picking and carding
pensions for
Pope, Roger, lieutenant-colonel in
Arran's regiment
Pope, the. See Clement XI.
Popery, Act for further preventing the
growth of (11 and 12 Will. III,
cap. 4), note, and note,
proclamation of
Popery in Scotland, growth of, prevention of
Popham, Alexander, deputy lieutenant
for Wiltshire
Popish emissaries in England
Popish Plot, temp. Chas. II
Popish priests. See Papist priests.
Population of England, computation
of
Port a Pee (Port au Paix, Port d'Espe),
Hispaniola, taken from the
French and note.
Port Louis (Port Lewis) France:
advices from
English ships at
naval preparations at
See also St. Louis.
Port Royal, Jamaica:
agent victualler at, refuses more
credit to Benbow
fortifications of, war stores for
harbour, H.M. ships in, names,
condition of, etc.
letters dated at
Port St. Lewis. See St. Louis.
Portcullis Pursuivant. See Heralds,
College of.
Porter, , captain in Macclesfield's
regiment
Sir Charles, M.P. for New
Windsor, case of
John, captain of a company in
F. Hamilton's regiment
Richard, of Framlingham, deputy lieutenant for Woodbridge,
co. Suffolk
Robert, deputy lieutenant for
Nottingham, town and county
William, Master of Chancery,
Ireland, commissioner for hearing Chancery causes
Porter (army), pay of
Portland, earl of. See Bentinck, W.
Portland, island of, and French coast,
H.M. ships cruising between
lieutenant of, and captain
of the castle. See Travell,
Sir T.
Portman, Henry, deputy lieutenant
for Dorset and Somerset
Portmore, Lord. See Colyear, D.
Portobello, C. America, French ships
for H.M. ships from
governor of, a Frenchman
Porto Rico (St. John de Porto Rico),
West Indies, island of
voyage to
Portsmouth, co. Hants:
agues at, prevalence of
army transports for
Blockhouse Point, proposed wharf
at
cutler of
deputy mayor of. See Blakeley, J.
dockyard wall round,
building of.
embezzlement of stores at
examinations dated at
garrison of, as to reinforcing
governor of, letter to See
also Erle, T.
H.M. ships at and from
account of
fitting out
list of
ordnance for, memorial re
3rd and 4th rates
'indirect practices' at.
letter dated at
lieutenant-governor of. See Gibson.
mayor of, letter to
mill at
ordnance officers at
the Ouze at
packet from
postmaster of, letter to
post warrants to
road from Southwick to, enclosure
and diversion of
ships from and to
storekeeper at
suspect arrested at
town-major of. See Daliel, R.
wharf and storehouses at, building
of expense of
Portugal:
British envoy to. See Methuen, P.
British ministers in, correspondence with
and England, relations between.
See Foreign policy.
and France, relations between
French ambassador to
French naval protection for
gunpowder for
and Holland, improved relations
between
king of. See Peter II.
letter for, mentioned
merchants trading in and to,
petition of, advised
to act in concert
ministers of, foreign affairs not
communicated to
salt from
ship for
trade with. See Trade.
M. de Villette for
Portuguese, the Portuguese:
in Brazil, complaint against
envoy (ambassador). See Cunha,
D. Luis da.
governor on the African coast,
complaint against
navy (squadron, ships), collaborating with the French
movements of
seamen, in London, information
re
and a shipping duty
subjects, pressed for the British
navy
trade with England, see Trade;
with Holland
Portumna, co. Galway, Irish troops
guarding
Post Boys (newspaper)
Post Office (Post House, Post Houses):
letters intercepted at
mismanagement of, complaint re
tampering with packets in, suspected
of Scotland, regulation of
in Southwark, master of
of Vienna, gifts to officers of
See also General Post Office.
Post Rolls, persons forced to pay for
Post Warrants
Postage, deputy clerk of [at Dover]
free, allowance of
Postal Treaty, with France, with
Spain
Postmasters-General, letters to
Pot ashes, Russia and English, for
soap making
Potmakers, journeymen, case and
petition of
Potter, William, Secretary to the
Hudson's Bay Company, letter
to
Potts, Sir Roger, bart., deputy lieutenant for Norfolk, letter
from, mentioned, letter
to
Poullard, Leonard, pirate, pardon for
Poultney, Mr.
Poulton, , a priest, warrant to arrest
Pound, Thomas, captain of H.M.S.
Dover Prize, petition for pardon
Pousset, Francis, protestant weaver,
petition of
Poussin (Poussine), Monsr., French
ambassador:
complaints received from
at Dover
recalled from England
'the story of,' against Mr.
Hammond and Dr. Davenant
writers employed by
Povey, John, order in council signed
by
Richard, serjeant at arms,
Ireland.
Powder. See Gunpowder.
Powell, Charles, deputy lieutenant for
Brecknockshire
Charles, trustee and executor
of T. Bridges
Hugh, captain in Hanmer's
regiment, death of
John, captain of a company in
Newfoundland
Littleton, deputy lieutenant
for Radnorshire
Thomas, town clerk of Gloucester, deceased
Sir Thomas, bart., deputy
lieutenant for Carmarthenshire
See also Powle.
Power,, ensign in Macillicud's regiment, in custody
John, deputy clerk of the postage [at Dover], letter to
suspect arrested by
Powis, earl of. See Herbert, W.
Powis (Powiss, Powes), [Sir Lyttelton],
justice K.B., reflections upon
Sir Thomas, parliamentary
candidate for Ludlow
Powle. Henry. See Parliament (Commons, speaker of).
See also Powell.
Powlett, William
styled Lord William
Powlett M.P.[for
Winchester] Add.
Poyntz,, captain, his soldiers in
Ireland
P.P., letter from, to the Duke of
Ormond
Practitioners (artillery), pay of
Prade, James, deputy lieutenant for
Cornwall
Prfine. See Prefine.
Prater, Richard, captain in Erle's
regiment
Pratt, Dr., curate of St. Mary le
Strand, chaplaincy of the Savoy
for
John, deputy lieutenant for
Exeter
Prefine (Prfine) duty, abuses in the
management of note;
account of
Prendergast, , Father, "proposed
massacring the protestants,"
arrest of
John, returned from France
without licence
Prerogative. See Royal Prerogative.
Prerogative Court of Canterbury. See
Canterbury.
Presgrove, Robert, clerk in Guy
Palmes' office, money embezzled by
Pressing of seamen. See Impressment.
Preston, John, warrant to arrest
Robert, pursuivant, Ireland
Price (Prise, Pryce), Adam, deputy
lieutenant for Montgomeryshire
Charles, deputy lieutenant for
Monmouthshire
Edward, deputy lieutenant for
Radnorshire
[John], D.D., fellow of King's
College, Cambridge, recommended for provostship
John, captain of H.M.S.
Centurion
John, deputy lieutenant for
Herefordshire
John, receiver-general of the
revenues in Ireland, accounts
of
Nicholas, lieutenant in Charlemont's regiment
Nicholas, lieutenant-colonel
and captain in Coote's regiment
Thomas, deputy lieutenant for
Merionethshire
Thomas, town major of Dublin,
payment out of concordatums
to
Sir Vaughan, bart., deputy
lieutenant for Montgomeryshire
Vaughan, deputy lieutenant
for Cardiganshire
Prices, costs and values of:
Bedford Level, draining of
Berlin coach
Bread
Brimstone
Coney wool
Currents
East India Company's stock
Engine for milling lead
Foreign coins in Ireland
French brandy
Gunpowder
Herrings
Horses
Lace
Land, proposal to advance
fen land
Pilchards
Salmon
Saltpetre
Ships
Slaves, redemption of
Soap
Stocks. See above East India Co.
Timber, in France
Water house
Wool
Prideaux, Edmund, deputy lieutenant
for Cornwall deputy
lieutenant for Devon, excused
Sir Peter, deputy lieutenant
for Devon, excused
Priests. See Papist priests.
Primrose (Primerose),, lieutenantcolonel, his company in the
1st Foot-Guards
Archibald, ensign in Seymour's
regiment
of Carrington, Sir Archibald,
clerk and keeper of the registers
and justice-general, Scotland
of Dalmeny, Archibald, son
of Sir Archibald, created Lord
Primrose, Viscount Rosebery
commissioner for auditing
Treasury accounts, Scotland
privy councillor of Scotland
Primrose, barony of, creation of
Prince of Wales. See James Francis
Edward.
Prince of Wales, tavern at the sign of
the
Prince Rupert's Bay, Dominica, q.v.
Princess, the. See Anne, princess of
Denmark.
Pringle, Robert, under-secretary of
State for Scotland:
attending the king abroad
at Hampton
Court
letters from or signed by
payment to
Sir Walter, advocate, servitor
to
William, customer in Strangford
Printers and publishers, information
and proceedings against
See also
Cosmographical printer.
Printing licences
Printing paper, manufacture of
Prior, Matthew commissioner
for trade letter
from
Prisoners:
Act for delivering declarations to
note.
allowances to messengers for keeping
liberated by rioters
Prisoners for debt. Cp. Poor prisoners.
Acts and Bill for the relief and
release of (22 and 23 Car. II,
c. and Car. II, c.)
and note
gaol fees of
obstinate, proposed punishment
of
See also London, prisons (Fleet).
Prisons and gaols, broken open
escape from fees
See also Dover.
Exeter.
Flint Castle.
Gloucester.
Kilmanham.
London.
Maidstone.
Paris (Bastille).
Southampton.
Worcester.
Pritchard, Teuder, conspirator against
the life of William III
warrant to arrest
Sir William, elected member
of the S.P.G.
Private centinels. See Soldiers.
Privateers, discouragements to
protection from, petitions for
ship
captured by
See also Dunkirk, French, Irish,
St. Malo.
Privilege, for Spanish consul
Privy Council
instructions of
of Ireland. See Ireland.
letter to
lord president of, a commissioner for trade and
execution of pirates See
also Herbert, F., earl of Pembroke.
of Scotland. See Scotland.
Privy Councillors, of Ireland. See
Ireland.
of Scotland. See Scotland.
Privy Purse, issue for keeper
of, rumoured appointment of
Privy Seal
keeper of (Lord Privy Seal):
a commissioner for trade
commissioners for executing the
office of (E. Southwell, C.
Musgrave, J. Vernon, junr.),
appointment payment
to, in lieu of diet
letters for, postage free
See also Annesley, A., earl of
Anglesey; Grey, F., earl of
Tankerville; Lowther, J.,
Viscount Lonsdale.
of Scotland. See Scotland.
Prize Goods, embezzlement of.
Prizes:
bill to encourage the taking of
discussed
captured, by the Dutch by
the English by the
French by privateers
commissioners for, and embezzlement of prize goods
M.P. instructed to enquire as to,
taken in the late war
tenths (shares) of, appropriated
for signal services
payment out of See also
French privateers.
Probert, Henry, deputy lieutenant for
Monmouthshire
Proby (Probey), John, deputy lieutenant and M.P. for Huntingdonshire
William, lieutenant in Mountjoy's regiment
Proclamations:
for executing laws against papists,
in Ireland in London
and Westminster
requiring owners and masters of
ships trading to the Mediterranean, etc., to apply for passes
for executing acts re marriages,
births and burials
for dissolving and calling a new
parliament
for discovery of concealed arms
for encouraging mariners, seamen,
and landsmen to enter themselves on board, H.M. ships of
war
for suppressing piracy
for a general fast
offering a reward for the apprehension of John Glover and
others
conspirators named in
See also Irish forfeitures (Act,
etc.).
Procter, Samuel, town clerk of Grantham, deceased
Proctor. See Advocate.
Progers, , captain, in messenger's
custody
Edward, pension for
Prohibited and customable goods,
commission to seize, petition
for
Prohibition, Act of
Prohibitions of trade. See Trade.
Protection from impressment, see
Impressment; of protestants,
see Irish protestants.
Protection of trade. See Trade.
Protestant:
children of papists, maintenance
of, enactment re
claimants to forfeited estates in
Ireland. See Irish forfeitures.
heirs of papists, enactment re
minister, in Pennsylvania
refugees. See French.
religion, conspiracy to subvert,
information re
Protestants, pretended, going to Ireland See also Irish, Palatinate.
Provost-Marshal (Provost-MarshalGeneral):
for a sea expedition
orders to, re court martial
pay of
Proye, Peter, French pirate, in custody
Prussia:
elector of Brandenburg in
envoy extraordinary from. See
Spanheim, baron de.
journey to, expenses of
king of:
electress [of Brandenburg] solicits William III that her
husband may be
envoy to. See Wentworth, T.,
Lord Raby.
grandmother of, will of, mentioned, note.
jewel (the petit Sancy) claimed
by and delivered to, note.
and William III, relations between
Pskov (Plescovia), Russia, passes to
Public Accounts, commissioners of
Publishers. SeePrinters.
Pudner, Humphrey, captain of H.M.S.
St. Antonio, sloop
Pudsay (Pudsey), Ambrose, deputy
lieutenant for Lancashire, Yorkshire, W.R. and York
Pugh, Anne, widow of Richard, petition of son of, death of
Richard, commander of H.M.S.
Norwich, deceased
Puissar (Puizare, des Puissars),
Katherine, widow, pension on
the Irish establishment for
marquis de. See Le Vasseur,
Lewis James.
Puller, Mr., address to James II signed
by
Pulteney, John, Clerk of the Council,
Ireland
John, clerk of the delivery of
Ordnance
John, deputy lieutenant for
Middlesex
William, deputy lieutenant for
Middlesex
Pulverine (Pulvereen), for glass making for soap making
Pupplet, Richard, deputy lieutenant
for town and hamlets of Ipswich
Purcell, Nicholas, colonel, petition of
Purcivall, Charles, half-pay officer,
Irish establishment
See also Percivall.
Purefoy, , captain in Ingoldsby's
regiment
Purser, John, French protestant, pardon of piracy for
Pursers of Dublin, charter for
Pursuivants. See Heralds, College of;
Ireland.
Purton (Pirton), co. Wilts
Purvishill, co. Roxburgh, land
Pye, Sir Charles, bart., deputy
lieutenant for Derbyshire.
Sir Robert, deputy lieutenant
for Berkshire
Pyle, Edward, woodward of the New
Forest
Richard, elected member of the
S.P.G.
Pyne (Pine, Poine), Sir Richard, chief
justice, King's Bench, Ireland:
arrests ordered by
commissioner for hearing
Chancery causes, Ireland
examination before
letters from
payment to
security for good behaviour
given before
Pyott, Richard, J.P. for Staffordshire
Pyper, Francis, highwayman, case of,
reprieve for rescinded
Pytts, Samuel, deputy lieutenant for
Worcester (town and county)
Pywell, William, lieutenant in Coote's
regiment
Q
Quakers, stockholders in the East
India Company, detriment to
Quarry, [Robert], judge of the viceadmiralty of Carolina, inventory
of J. Eldridge's effects required
from letter from, mentioned
Quartermaster, pay of
Quartermaster-general, pay of
Quarters and quartering of troops.
See Army.
Quartier, Pierre Armand, pension surrendered by
Quebec (Quebeck), French men of war
for masts and timber
from
Quelprts (Quelpaert), isle of, A relation
of a Dutch vessel shipwrekt upon
the coast of the and note.
Queen, the late. See Mary II, Queen
of England.
Queen dowager. See Catherine of
Braganza.
Queen's County, estates in, grant of
rents and profits of
Queensberry, duke of. See Douglas,
James.
Querns. See Hand querns.
Quesne. See Du Quesne.
Queverie, John, master of the Mary
of Anderne
Quhitton, Over and Neither, co. Roxburgh, land and mill
Quick, Alexander, action brought by
John, deputy lieutenant for
Devon
Quin, Joseph, Dublin, letter to
Quinoe, Stephen, an Irish privateersman, Minehead threatened by
Quit rents in Ireland, see Ireland;
in Pennsylvania, offer to discover
Quo warranto, writ of