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Feb. 1. Guildhall. |
Henry Crispe to Secretary Jenkins. Mr. Goodenough, late
under-sheriff of Middlesex, came to the Court of Aldermen to-day
and sent in a note to the Town Clerk, requiring the Lord Mayor and
Aldermen to appoint for each of them an attorney to give an
appearance and common bail to the suits of Papillon and Dubois,
so that you may plainly see the Whigs have no inclination to be
quiet and that it is absolutely necessary that the riots should
be tried this term or the sittings after the term. [S.P. Dom., Car.
II. 422, No. 63.] |
Feb. 1. |
Order of the Lord Mayor and Aldermen that the Sheriffs and
Common Serjeant write to his Majesty to acknowledge his favour
in causing the trial on the Quo Warranto against the city for the
duty of water-bailliage to be deferred till next term. [Ibid.
No. 64.] |
Feb. 1/11. Amsterdam. |
Robert Ferguson to his wife. (Printed in Ferguson, Ferguson
the Plotter, p. 107.) [Ibid. No. 65.] |
Feb. 1. Whitehall. |
Secretary Jenkins to Sir Robert Holmes. A Holland merchantman laden with High Country wines and belonging to subjects
of the States General, being distressed about Tuesday last,
though not cast away in the Isle of Wight, the Master has written
to the Dutch Ambassador here to desire him to use his interest
with his Majesty that he may be relieved in the barbarous usages
he has received from the people of the Isle. The relation the
Ambassador made to his Majesty is to me and to every honest
man matter of shame and confusion as well as of pity and trouble,
to see that a neighbour nation, whose alliance the King very highly
values, is treated in this distress without regard to the faith of
treaties, the laws of nations or the dictates of common humanity.
His Majesty commanded me to lay this before you and to require
you to use your utmost endeavours to rescue these poor men from
the violence they labour under and to recover their own for
them as much as is possible and that you give me an account of
what you shall have done therein that his Majesty may let the
Ambassador see that he does what in him lies to answer his obligations by treaty and to punish, as the law requires, those guilty
of robbing and spoiling poor people in the extremity of their
distress. [S.P. Dom., Entry Book 68, p. 197.] |
Feb. 2. Whitehall. |
[William Carr ?] to Mr. Blunt alias Mounson alias Anderson.
The King has been so kind to the two gentlemen and is extremely
kind to you in particular. All things here go well as to the
King's interest. Yesterday Mr. F. and Shockey (Choqueux)
and I met at Mr. Shockey's. Sir Ellis Leighton in the same
lodging with me in Scotland Yard. Pray prepare yourself for a
voyage which must be suddenly. I have been so extremely
employed about the East India Company's business that I have
not yet kissed Madam Rockwood's hands. The difference
between the two great men is not yet ended. We shall have
more changes at Court. |
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Dr. Can. came to town last Tuesday. He presents his services
to you. This week we have had two balls at Court. Col. Sidney
will be General of the English. My particular affairs go very well.
Direct yours to me under Sir John Werden's cover. [S.P. Dom.,
Car. II. 422, No. 66.] |
Feb. 2. |
Henry Crispe to Secretary Jenkins. The matter you commanded me to lay before you is thus. The rectory of St. Swithin's
being vacant by Dr. Owen's death and in the gift of the Salters'
Company, Mr. Johnson, who wrote Julian the Apostate, amongst
others is a candidate, Dr. Burnet having relinquished his pretensions in Johnson's favour or because he distrusts his interest. |
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I gave you an imperfect account of Dr. Tillotson's sermon, for,
though he declared his abhorrence of that villainous act and gave
his late Majesty the character of the best prince that ever lived
and said no less of the King, yet he said our religion and liberty
in all human probability would expire with him. This I thought
it my duty to acquaint you with, because I had before so much
commended his sermon on a lame information, which it had
undoubtedly deserved, had it not been for this reflection on his
Royal Highness. [Ibid. No. 67.] |
Feb. 2. London. |
The Duke of York to the Prince of Orange. "I see by yours
of the 5 (N.S.) that you were come back to the Hague and that the
frost had hindered your hunting in Guelderland and obliged you
to come back sooner than you intended . . . . We here have not
had so much frost, our ice-houses being not filled nor no likelihood
that they will be this winter, the season being so far advanced.
I am much of your mind in what you said upon the subject of
Lord Shaftesbury's death. The party here do not at all seem to
regret him and he did them harm by being too hot. We shall
now see who will take his place. I have not time to say more
now. . . ." [Over 1 page. Holograph. S.P. Dom., King William's
Chest 3, No. 77.] |
Feb. 3. Guildhall. |
Henry Crispe to Secretary Jenkins. The Salters' Company
used to have a feast the last Tuesday in January, which happening
this year on the 30th, they had not respect enough for the royal
martyr nor obedience to the laws sufficient to adjourn their
mirth, but held a solemn feast on that day. I hope this contempt
of the law and despite of the Royal family will not escape the
punishment it deserves, and the rather because, if some course
be taken with them, it may influence the choice of the rector
of St. Swithin's. |
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Sheriff Shute has forfeited his recognizance by not appearing
the first day of term. I hope the King will take the forfeiture. |
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The Archbishop of York being dead, I suppose, will occasion
divers removes. If the King would remember Dr. Calamy for
a prebend or some such thing, it would much encourage our
city ministers in their loyalty, for which none is more eminent
than himself or more like to suffer, his whole income being at the
pleasure of the people. [S.P. Dom., Car. II. 422, No. 68.] |
Feb. 3. Brockley. |
John Pigott, High Sheriff of Somerset, to Secretary Jenkins.
Requesting that the assizes this Lent may be kept at Bath, a
very loyal city and a town that can accommodate both judges
and country better than any other in the county. [S.P. Dom.,
Car. II. 422, No. 69.] |
Feb. 3. |
Commissions to Thomas Seymour to be lieutenant and to
Adrian Moore to be ensign to Capt. Miller's company in the
Coldstream regiment of Guards. Minutes. [S.P. Dom., Entry
Book 69, p. 22.] |
Feb. 3. London. |
Newsletter to John Squier, Newcastle. The prohibition being
neither allowed nor disallowed by the judges at Westminster
concerning Mr. Sands, the interloper, only time taken to consider
of it, is of infinite prejudice to him and all the undertakers and
owners of his ship and lading. |
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On Thursday Mr. Goodenough, late under-sheriff of this city,
sent a letter to the Court of Aldermen, desiring each of them to
give him an appearance to the several actions he had orders to
bring against them for not swearing Papillon and Dubois sheriffs.
The Court were angry and some were for committing him for
his insolence, but at last they refused to give any appearance and
left him to take his course. Yesterday he took out four writs
and will proceed to take out as many as will arrest the whole
Court of Aldermen and the Lord Mayor also. Those people that
have declared against Sir John Moore have also put the two present
sheriffs in the declaration, by which they are made parties and so
incapable of returning a jury. |
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Proclamation has been published in Scotland by the Council
requiring all the Dissenting ministers to appear before them on
2 March to answer to all that shall be laid to their charge. |
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The proceedings of the Court of Aldermen last Monday relating
to the suppressing of conventicles are still a secret, but I am told
by a very good hand they agreed to the method they would
proceed by and on Tuesday signed it at the vestry in Bow Church
before sermon time, so now we shall see it suddenly put in
execution. |
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By a French vessel come into Falmouth in three weeks from
Cadiz we have advice that the Emperor of Morocco is not killed
and that Muley Hamett, his nephew, is encamped in the mountains,
where he could not be attacked. The truth of this and former
reports time must make appear. |
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The Woolwich came on the 1st from Tangier but says nothing of
a fight between the Emperor and his nephew. She has another
lion on board for his Majesty, which is the fourth. |
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His Majesty has given Mr. Sheridan, who was prosecuted by
the Parliament, 1,000l. and settled on him a pension of 500l.
per annum. |
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The French preparations by sea for the war with Argier go
on with vigour and have so alarmed those of Argier that they have
sent for engineers to view their mole and ordered all workmen
to work on it, till it be made a very regular fortification. |
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A motion was made to-day for a Habeas Corpus to the Lieutenant of the Tower for bringing up Lord Danby. Mr. Justice
Dolben replied that the last one was granted to the Earl in order
to inform the Court of something they did not know and that the
Court was resolved to grant no more in that case. However, the
Lord Chief Justice not being there, it was ordered to be moved
again, when the Court was full. [3 pages. Admiralty, Greenwich
Hospital 2, No. 68.] |
Feb. 3. Whitehall. |
The King to the Earl of Aberdeen and the rest of the Privy
Council. Warrant for issuing orders to the Lieut.-General and
commander in chief of the forces for reducing the Asst. Major,
the Quartermaster and Marshal of the regiment of dragoons.
[S.P. Scotland, Warrant Book 7, p. 536.] |
Feb. 3. Whitehall. |
The King to the Marquess of Queensbury, Treasurer Principal,
and John Drummond of Lundin, Treasurer Deput. Warrant for
payment to John Graham of Claverhouse as colonel of the regiment of horse 13s. 8d. sterling per diem out of the daily allowances
appointed by the establishment to the officers ordered by this
last letter to be reduced. [Ibid. p. 537.] |
Feb. 3. Whitehall. |
The same to the same. Warrant for not suffering any signature
of lands containing any change of holding to be passed in the
Exchequer without a special warrant under the King's hand, he
resolving not to grant any such change except to those whose
singular deserts merit a particular mark of favour. [Ibid. p. 538.] |
Feb. 3. Whitehall. |
The King to the Marquess of Queensbury, Treasurer Principal.
Warrant for advancing moneys to John Graham of Claverhouse,
Adam Urquhart of Meldrum or any others as he shall see good
cause for their being employed in procuring intelligence. [Ibid.
p. 539.] |
Feb. 3. Whitehall. |
The same to the same. Approving of his choice of Hugh
Wallace, writer to the Signet, to be Receiver General and CashKeeper and to be Paymaster of all the standing forces and garrisons
at a salary of 700l. sterling, the same as the late Receiver General.
[Ibid. p. 540.] |
Feb. 3. Whitehall. |
Warrant for a protection for one year to Alexander Bruce of
Kinnaird, brother to Robert Bruce, who was one of the captains
of the Lifeguard in 1650, and died of wounds received at the
battle of Worcester, the said Alexander having also received many
wounds in those wars and having had his estate sequestrated by
the usurpers. [Ibid. p. 541.] |
Feb. 3. Whitehall. |
Warrant for a commission to James Smith, architector and
mason in Edinburgh, to be overseer of all the works of the palace
of Holyrood House and of all palaces and castles in Scotland, as
he shall appoint the same to be repaired, with a yearly salary of
100l. sterling to be paid at Whitsunday and Mertinmes by equal
portions, the first payment to be next Whitsunday. [Nearly
4 pages. Ibid. p. 542.] |
Feb. 3. Whitehall. |
The King to the Marquess of Queensberry, Treasurer Principal,
and John Drummond of Lundin, Treasurer Deput. Warrant
for payment to Capt. John Scott and Capt. Thomas Blair of
the pensions granted them 12 Dec., 1679, and 16 June, 1680, (the
warrants for which are calendared in S.P. Dom, 1679–80, pp. 310,
516), which had been omitted from the list of pensions to be paid
by them, the first payment to be for Mertinmes last for the
preceding half year. [S.P. Scotland, Warrant Book 7, p. 546.] |
Feb. 3. Whitehall. |
The same to the same. Warrant for payment during pleasure
of a yearly pension of 25l. sterling to be paid by two equal portions
at Whitsunday and Mertinmes, the first payment to be made next
Whitsunday, to Andrew Sheills, whose employment of receiving
the King's hawks in Orkney and Zetland is made void by late gift
to James Nasmith of the office of Master Falconer. [Ibid. p.
547.] |
Feb. 4. Porkinton. |
Sir Robert Owen to Secretary Jenkins. When I took leave of you
to come into the country, you bade me write to you the case of
Harlech Castle. (Description of it.) The constable has an influence on the town and may be bailiff for ever, if beloved, which a
stranger can never be. Mr. Manley has no manner of concern
in the county nor within 40 miles of the place, nor do I think a
man that pretends to law and was not thought capable of serving
as steward of a little manor ought before all the gentry of Wales
be constable of the only castle with a fee belonging to it we have;
which my uncle, W. Owen, kept for the King, the very last of any
garrison in England or Wales, and which was ever in our family
and taken from my father by Lord Shaftesbury, as I have heard
a friend of his, Capt. Chaloner, a herald, say. Sir Francis Manley
I love and honour, and, were he in, I would never open my lips,
but, as for the son, I desire but a view and doubt not but you'll
find him short of the fore-mentioned lord's son. If I have this,
I will build rooms to entertain the judges and out of the fee of
50l. a year give a considerable plate in honour of the King to be
run for on the marsh below for ever, so 'tis not for my own benefit
but for his Majesty's service in encouraging a breed of horses
and letting the country partake his bounty that I request this.
[S.P. Dom., Car. II. 422, No. 70.] |
Feb. 4. Whitehall. |
Secretary Jenkins to the Attorney General. Signifying his
Majesty's pleasure that he put off till the first week in next term
the trial of the Quo Warranto in the duty of water-baillage, it having
been represented to him in behalf of the City of London that by
reason of divers of their witnesses living in very remote places
and many other difficulties they cannot be ready to make defence
this term. [S.P. Dom., Entry Book 68, p. 198.] |
Feb. 5. Hereford. |
Herbert Aubrey to Secretary Jenkins. On Wednesday the
31st Edward Dyer, shoemaker, being abused and threatened and,
as he believed, robbed by his son, came to the Mayor for a warrant
against him, which he would have declined out of kindness to
both, but the father was so urgent he was forced to grant it.
In the evening he was discovered at the Boothall, drinking.
John Jones, one of the servants, told him he had a warrant against
him and assured him that, if he would come to the Mayor, he did
not doubt the Mayor would make him and his father friends.
Instead of complying, he struck at the serjeant, stood on his
guard and swore his destruction, if he tried to arrest him. The
innkeeper with his wife and children and another so far sided with
young Dyer that they conveyed him away. The Mayor sent the
gaoler to assist the serjeant, but he had like to have been killed,
had the blow designed him with an oaken plant fallen on his head.
The two durst attack him no more, but acquainted the Mayor
with it. About two hours after, the Mayor coming home to his
house with the serjeant saw this fellow crossing the road to the
house he had been in before and commanded the serjeant to
seize him, but he was struck down on his knees, which the Mayor
seeing, he commanded Dyer to render himself, but he made no
return but with his cudgel except oaths. It is sworn that the
Mayor was down on one knee, but he seized the fellow and found
him more outrageous than ever, for he gave base and very
threatening language. The Mayor lost his hat and periwig
and Mrs. Mayoress her hat too for the time of the scuffle. By this
time a great conflux of the rabble was got together, who rather
seemed come to look on or rescue the fellow than assist the Mayor,
but some honest citizens stood by him and endeavoured to convey
this malefactor to prison, who twice on the way beat the officer
and had him down under him, so that he was forced to be let
blood. However, he was laid up in Biester's Gate, though
the inclinations of many of the crowd were bent on his delivery
and the neglect of others to assist the Mayor very egregious.
He lay there till the 3rd, none offering to bail him. On Saturday
there was a meeting in the Town Hall, five of the Justices being
present. The prisoner was brought up with a strong guard,
occasioned by some threats he had given to be the death of four
and to burn some houses. The witnesses were examined before
him, nor had he any thing to say in his defence. After a scrutiny
had been made of the delinquents, as well those that neglected their
duty in assisting as the offender, he was remitted to gaol. The
others, that countenanced him or lamely aided the Mayor, are all
bound over to the next sessions, among whom one of our brethren
of the House is deeply accused, who will next Tuesday at a
Common Council receive his censure. Some, I am confident,
will be disfranchised. The offender on Saturday evening tendered
good bail and is bound in 200l. and his sureties in 100l. each for
his appearance next assizes, that the judges, as persons impartial,
may censure his crime and that the punishment may be more
public and deter others from like affronts to the government in
the person of his Majesty's lieutenant here. I doubt not but the
city will be very quiet, when this crime has passed all the forms of
law and justice, and our town bullies will be afraid to venture on
outrages so like rebellion. We are all here in perfect peace, full
of love of our good King and the government as by law established,
which we hope has got rather than lost ground by nipping this
tendency to rebellion in the bud. The Mayor has behaved in
this with great resolution. [2 pages. S.P. Dom., Car. II. 422,
No. 71.] |
Feb. 5. |
William Gallwey to Mr. Realey (Royley). Apologizing for
his delay in paying his debt and sending him a bottle of Irish
usquebaugh. [Ibid. No. 72.] |
Feb. 5. Whitehall. |
Reference of the petition of the late Aldermen and capital
burgesses of Walsall for a grant of a new charter with the amendments and privileges contained in an annexed paper, they having surrendered their old one, to the Attorney-General, who is to
report his opinion and prepare a draft of a warrant with such
clauses as he conceives most consistent with his Majesty's service.
[S.P. Dom., Entry Book 55, p. 235.] |
Feb. 6/16. Amsterdam. |
Robert Ferguson to his wife. (Printed in Ferguson, Ferguson
the Plotter, p. 108.) [S.P. Dom., Car. II. 422, No. 73.] |
Feb. 6. Whitehall. |
Secretary Jenkins to Samuel Mearne, Master of the Stationers'
Company. Commanding him in his Majesty's name to take into
his custody all the copies of a book lately caused to be printed in
Italian by one Leti, entitled, Del Teatro Britannico, in two volumes
quarto, seized by Robert Stephens, messenger of the press,
and to keep them under lock and key and not to dispose of any
copy thereof without further order. [S.P. Dom., Entry Book 54,
p. 151.] |
Feb. 6. Whitehall. |
Secretary Jenkins to the High Sheriff of Somerset. It is true
I owe you a service but I have not been able to pay it at this
time. I proposed the holding of next assizes at Bath to his
Majesty, the Lord Keeper and the two judges that come that
circuit, but it was not thought fit it should be so this winter
season, because the precedents not only of the last but of former
years were against us. Besides the judges, namely the Lord Chief
Baron and Justice Dolben, have already signed and published
their warrants to have the assizes held at Taunton. [S.P. Dom.,
Entry Book 68, p. 199.] |
Feb. 6. Whitehall. |
Secretary Jenkins to Lord Fitz-Hardinge (on the same subject
and to the same effect as the last). There may be an attempt
with some hopes of success to have the next summer assizes
held at the loyal city of Bath. [Ibid.] |
Feb. 6. Whitehall. |
Secretary Jenkins to Samuel Carleton. His Majesty receiving
an account this evening of what passed yesterday and two or
three days before at Chichester in relation to the Duke of Monmouth's coming thither, finds you have had a part in that service
and that you have acquitted yourself very worthily. He takes
notice of your zeal and duty and recommends to you to persevere,
for in so doing you will not only discharge yourself of an indispensable obligation but also do what shall be most acceptable to the
Bishop of Chichester. [S.P. Dom., Entry Book 68, p. 200.] |
Feb. 6. Whitehall. |
Secretary Jenkins to the High Sheriff of Sussex. His Majesty
has received this evening so good an account of your conduct,
vigour and zeal in the service that you went about that he has
commanded me to give you his particular thanks and to desire
you to give his thanks to all gentlemen that on the occasion of
the Duke of Monmouth's coming into that county attended you.
It was a great satisfaction to his Majesty to find there was such
an appearance of the most considerable gentlemen of that county
when his service required it, and the check given so opportunely
to a concourse that might easily have ended, if not in the breach
of the peace, yet in the affront of the government, is a service
he values so much the more as it prevents a mischief rather than
revenges it. When you have leisure, pray send me a list of all
the gentlemen that appeared to attend you on this occasion, for,
though I think I have it already in some measure, I would have
it so perfect that not one gentleman's name might be left out,
since it is a justice I owe them to lay the names of every one
distinctly before his Majesty, who is exceedingly satisfied with
them and most particularly with your carriage as his lieutenant
in the head of them. The very first moment that he shall think
fit that you may be dismissed from the attendance you are in,
you shall have notice. [Ibid. p. 201.] |
Feb. 6. Whitehall. |
Secretary Jenkins to the Mayor of Chichester. His Majesty
is very well satisfied with your care and watchfulness in executing
his orders on the Duke of Monmouth's coming to your city.
That right has been done to you that his Majesty has recommended
me to thank you particularly for your performances. He desires
you still to watch over the peace of that place and also the dignity
of the government, which would have been wounded very much,
if the appearance which some men intended to make on the Duke
of Monmouth's coming into town had not been stopped with
effect. Each of the Justices and Aldermen, as have been assisting
you, have had their names laid before his Majesty to-night.
I intend to do it again, when I have them from yourself or Mr.
Atterbury, which I desire I may not fail of, that justice may be
done to every one that has appeared to be a loyal subject in his
station. [Ibid. p. 202.] |
Feb. 6. Whitehall. |
Secretary Jenkins to Mr. Atterbury. Your letter of yesterday
was very welcome. I laid it immediately before the King.
I thank you heartily for giving me the names of those gentlemen
of that county that attended Mr. Sheriff, and also of those Aldermen and citizens that assisted Mr. Mayor. Though your list
was as full as could be expected on the sudden, yet I must desire
you to make me up against you come home the most perfect list
you can, that right may be done to every gentleman that has done
any service or manifested his affection to his Majesty. I shall
be very careful to recall you as soon as his Majesty's service can
permit it. In the meantime I must desire you to inform me
at large, as you have already done in three letters, of what passes
there. [S.P. Dom., Entry Book 68, p. 203.] |
Feb. 6. Whitehall. |
Commission to Alexander Leith to be ensign of Lieut.-Col.
Buchan's company in the Earl of Mar's regiment. [S.P. Scotland,
Warrant Book 7, p. 548.] |
Feb. 6. Dublin. |
Lady M. Warren to Secretary Jenkins. My two nieces, the
only surviving children of Lord Tara, the elder of whom is
married to my nephew Barnewall, being entitled to a bond of
2,000l. for payment of 1,000l. given by the late Earl of Carlingford
to their uncle, Sir James Preston, assigned this bond to the King,
a usual practice in the Court of Exchequer here, the sole motive
for doing so being that the Earl being a peer those concerned in
the bond could not easily get an appearance from him. After
nearly two years the now Earl pleaded that the bond was not the
act or deed of his father, the late Earl. The 3rd instant was
appointed for trial, yet the Earl prevailed to have it put off till
next Easter term and I since understand he intends to apply to
his Majesty and to obtain his letter to the Barons of the Exchequer
or the Attorney-General here to cease further proceedings on this
bond, now it goes in the King's name. (Pointing out the mischiefs
that would ensue on granting such a letter.) Besides, I hope his
Majesty retains some sense of Lord Tara's services and, seeing his
children cannot obtain a just debt of their own, which you may
remember they solicited last summer from his Majesty, will not
hinder them the ordinary course of justice. Wherefore I request
that, if any such letter be desired by the Earl, you will in
opposition let his Majesty know so much. [1½ pages. S.P. Ireland, Car. II. 343, No. 93.] |
Feb. 7 ?] |
Seventeen Yeomen Warders of the Tower to the King. Petition
for speedy relief without which they will not be able to perform
their duties, having been for 10 years without their summer and
winter liveries and halberts and some of them 3 years, and the
rest much longer, without their salaries. (See Privy Council
Register, Vol. 69, p. 629.) [S.P. Dom., Car. II. 422, No. 74.] |
[1683 Feb. ?] |
Robert Pledall to the King. Petition, stating that the late
Sir Robert Knollys about 1633, being seised in fee simple of the
manor of Rotherfield Greys, Oxfordshire, surrendered the same
and took a grant thereof in tail male with remainders over, that
17 May, 1642, the reversion of the said manor was granted by the
late King to the said Sir Robert in fee simple to enable him to
make a jointure for his son's wife and to re-settle the estate, which
grant is now in the petitioner's hands, who has lent great sums on
the security of the estate, but the King having left Whitehall
immediately afterwards on the breaking out of the rebellion, and
the six clerks, who enrolled or should have enrolled the said
grant attending him to Oxford, the records are lost or mislaid
so that the enrollment of the said grant cannot be found, which,
if the said grant should by any accident miscarry, may prove
very prejudicial to the petitioner and to the heirs of the said
Sir Robert, and therefore praying an order for the enrollment
thereof. [S.P. Dom., Car. II. 438, No. 75.] |
Feb. 7. Whitehall. |
Reference to the Lords of the Treasury of the petition of
Letitia Kennedy and Katherine Holdenby, daughters of William
Knollys of Rotherfield Park, setting forth that their grandfather,
Sir Robert Knollys, surrendered the manor of Rotherfield and
other lands to the late King, to put it under the protection of
the statute of 34 Hen. 8, and thereon took a grant thereof, that
afterwards he received a grant of the reversion thereof in fee with
the clause that, after the settlement thereof on his son and other
provisions for his family, he should restore the reversion to the
Crown, and that the petitioners are possessed of the said estate
though encumbered with a debt of 7,000l. and therefore, that the
estate may not be ruined by that debt, praying to be released
from the said clause in the last King's grant. [S.P. Dom., Entry
Book 55, p. 236.] |
Feb. 7. Whitehall. |
Warrant to Charles, Earl of Dorset and Middlesex, Sir George
Hewit, Sir Edward Villiers and William Chiffinch, after reciting
that by indentures of lease and release dated 13 and 14 Sept.,
1680, and by an indenture of assignment dated the said 14 Sept.,
William Chiffinch with and by the King's privity and direction
conveyed to the said Earl and the said Sir George Hewit and Sir
Edward Villiers in fee simple that new erected capital messuage
called Burford House with the appurtenances in New Windsor,
and by the same deeds the same is declared to be in trust for
Ellen Gwyn during her life and after her decease for Charles,
Earl of Burford, and the heirs male of his body with remainder
to the Crown and that the King's intention was that the said house
should have been declared not only with provision for the heirs
male but also for the heirs female of the first Earl of Burford and
for default of such issue for the use of the said Ellen Gwyn and
her heirs for ever and not in trust for the Crown, directing that
they declare further trusts of the said premises according to the
King's intention therein before expressed as the said Ellen Gwyn
or her counsel shall approve of. [1½ pages. S.P. Dom., Entry
Book 66, p. 194.] |
Feb. 7. Whitehall. |
Secretary Jenkins to the Attorney General. Signifying his
Majesty's pleasure that he enter a nolle prosequi to an indictment
now depending in the King's Bench against the Bishop of London
for issuing processes out of the ecclesiastical courts in his diocese
in his own name and not in his Majesty's. [S.P. Dom., Entry
Book 68, p. 204.] |
Feb. 7. Whitehall. |
Warrant for a patent granting the title of a knight baronet to
Sir Patrick Maxwell of Springkell and the heirs male of his body,
in consideration of his other services and especially of his being
for several years past eminently instrumental in securing the
peace and the suppression of thefts, robberies and other crimes
committed on the Borders. [S.P. Scotland, Warrant Book 7, p. 549.] |
Feb. 7. Whitehall. |
Protection in the new form to Sir John Strachan for one year.
[Ibid. p. 551.] |
Feb. 8. Chichester. |
Memorandum that John Peachey, counsellor at law, is a
disaffected person and is deputy judge of the Vice-Admiralty,
by which he has great awe and influence on seamen and fishermen
and has frequently molested them all along the coast of Sussex
with vexatious process and sometimes he issues writs from the
Court of Admiralty to arrest landsmen and thereby interrupts
the course of common law, bringing matters under the jurisdiction
of that court which properly do not belong to it and exacting
unreasonable fees. He employs Ezekiel Everest as his marshal,
one notorious for joining with factious and seditious persons.
This office has formerly been exercised by the Chancellors of this
diocese and Dr. Briggs, the present Chancellor, is very fit for it.
[S.P. Dom., Car. II. 422, No. 76.] |
Feb. 8. Whitehall. |
Reference to the Lords of the Treasury of the petition of George
Beardsell for satisfaction, he having taken Captains Hawley
and Haw[k]shead, who molested the States General under pretence
of a letter of marque (recalled) to George Carew. [S.P. Dom.,
Entry Book 55, p. 236.] |
Feb. 8. Whitehall. |
Certificate by Secretary Jenkins that the Earl of Anglesey in
pursuance of his Majesty's warrant delivered up the Privy Seal
into his hands on Wednesday, 9 Aug., 1682. [S.P. Dom., Entry
Book 66, p. 193.] |
Feb. 8. Thursday. London. |
Newsletter to Roger Garstell, Newcastle. The design against
Dr. Oates meets not with that credit at C[ourt] as some hoped,
and the more, for that it's said Mr. Elliot, the parson, is at the
bottom of it, so that the thing seems dropped, the Lord Mayor
and Recorder both denying a warrant against him. |
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The Duke of Monmouth, as annually since he was Governor,
last Monday morning was presented by the town of Hull with a
purse of gold and a barrel of ale, after which he took horse for
Chichester, where great preparations are made for his reception,
of which the Bishop has by a letter complained to his Majesty. |
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The writs at the suit of Papillon and Dubois against our Lord
Mayor etc. are directed to the Crowner of this city, some of the
Aldermen having given appearances, but the Lord Mayor has
refused. Yesterday Sir Jonathan Raymond for refusing an
appearance was attached on the Exchange. The Lord Mayor
and Court of Aldermen have restored Sir John Shorter, who
yesterday sat in their court. |
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The Archbishop of York is dead and it's thought that Sir
Leoline Jenkins will succeed him, he having had it for some years
in commendam (sic). |
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The merchants' lecture at Pinners' Hall in Broad Street was
on Tuesday disturbed by Sir James Edwards' man and two
informers on a warrant from the Lord Mayor. |
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Next Tuesday the Delegates in the case of Emerton and Madame
Hyde will sit and so onward de die in diem, till the circuits begin,
if not before determined. |
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Yesterday began the arguing of the demurrer to the City's
defence against the Quo Warranto. (Then follows a summary of
the proceedings which are fully reported in State Trials, Vol. VIII,
col. 1087 and following.) |
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To-morrow the Earl of Danby comes to the King's Bench bar.
[3 pages. Admiralty, Greenwich Hospital 2, No. 69.] |
Feb. 9. |
James Stanford to Secretary Jenkins. I now find I must
receive my re-credentials in order to which I beg to be permitted
to receive them from your own hands. [S.P. Dom., Car. II. 422,
No. 77.] |
Feb. 9. Whitehall. |
The King to the Lord Deputy. Warrant for the donation of
the bishopric of Ferns and Leighlin to Dr. Narcissus Marsh and,
in regard to the exility of the said bishopric for causing the
rectory of Killeban (? Killabban) in the said diocese of Leighlin
now void and in the King's dispose to be granted to the said Dr.
Marsh to be holden by him in commendam with the said bishopric.
[S.P. Dom., Signet Office, Vol. 11, p. 139.] |
Feb. 9. Whitehall. |
The King to the Lord Deputy. Warrant, after reciting that
James Clarke and William Robinson had stated by their petition
that by an Act made in Ireland in 14 and 15 Car. II., it is provided
in several cases that goods imported into that kingdom shall be
put into the custody of the warehouse of the respective custom
houses to remain there till the duties on them be paid, the charges
to be borne by the merchants or owners at moderate rates and
also such goods as shall be seized or stayed, but that notwithstanding the usefulness of such a warehouse keeper, no such
officer has hitherto been appointed in any of the ports there and
therefore praying a grant to them of the office of warehouse
keeper throughout the several ports of Ireland, a reference
thereof to the Lord Lieutenant and his report dated 2 Dec., 1682,
that, in regard such an office as is desired is directed by an Act of
Parliament, being thereby judged to be no less for the King's
service than for the benefit of traders, his opinion is that his
Majesty may not unfitly erect the said office and confer it on the
petitioners, whom he knows to be persons of loyalty, integrity
and diligence, and a further report of the Lords of the Treasury
dated 25 Jan., that the Commissioners of the Revenue in Ireland
have acquainted them that they conceive it not convenient that
any one person should be storekeeper for the whole nation, since
the work is to be performed separately in each port, but that, if
his Majesty thinks fit to appoint the petitioners to the office of
storekeeper of the port of Dublin or any other port of Ireland
with this restriction that they shall be subject to such directions
as they shall receive from the Commissioners of the Revenue,
the said Commissioners have nothing to object against it, wherein
they concur: for causing letters patents to be passed for erecting
an office of warehouse keeper or storekeeper or such other name
as the same is called in the custom house or port of London
with a grant to the petitioners or either of them of the said office
in the port of Dublin during pleasure with a proviso that they
shall be subject to such directions as they shall receive from the
Commissioners of the Revenue in Ireland. [3 pages. Ibid. p.
140.] |
Feb. 9. Whitehall. |
The King to the Lord Deputy. Warrant, after reciting that
Thomas Tilson, craner of the port of Dublin, has represented that
with the office of craner a house was also granted him, commonly
called the old custom house in Dublin, appertaining to the said
office, for which he has constantly paid a rent of 5l. yearly,
reserved thereout, to the Exchequer, but has not enjoyed the
said house by reason of a contract with the farmers of the Irish
customs, whereby the King gave them the use of that house,
and, the said farm being now near expiring, praying some
reasonable compensation for the said house, a reference thereof
to the Lord Lieutenant, who consulted the Solicitor General as
to the petitioner's title to the said house and the Surveyor of
the King's buildings as to the value thereof, of whom the former
judges the petitioner's title to be very good and thinks it reasonable that after the determination of the present farm some yearly
compensation should be made him for the use of the house during
his grant, but that, when a new grant of the office should be made,
the house should not be inserted in such grant, and the latter
conceives it may be moderately valued at 60l. per annum, with
both which reports he concurs, and a further reference to the
Lords of the Treasury and their report dated 18 Jan., 1682-3, that
they agree with the Lord Lieutenant in concurring with the
opinions of the Solicitor General as to the title and of the
Surveyor as to the value of the house, which they conceive may be
properly paid out of the charge of the management of the customs,
but that, when this office shall next become void, it will be for his
Majesty's service to except the house out of any new grant of the
said office: for causing the rent of 60l. per annum to be settled
on the said Tilson for the said house during the term of his grant
of the craner's office, to commence immediately after the determination of the present farm and to be paid him yearly out of
the charge of the management of the customs, and further declaring the King's express pleasure that, as often as any new grant of
the said office be made after the determination of the said Tilson's
interest, the house called the old custom house in Dublin shall
be always left out of such grant. [2 pages. Ibid. p. 143.] |
Feb. 10. Noon. |
Secretary Jenkins to Sir Thomas Exton. His Majesty, having
information that the Court of King's Bench has to-day resolved
not to grant a prohibition to Sands, the interloper, has commanded
me to signify to you his pleasure that all care be used to continue
the ship in question under the arrest of the Admiralty as it now
is, till it be otherwise ordered by due course of law and, that there
may be no possibility to break that arrest and sail away the ship,
he would have all the sails and the rudder itself taken away by
the proper officer and secured, so that no use may be made of them.
He gives this order thus soon, because it is told him that, as soon
as this news reaches the interlopers, they may very probably
attempt to have the ship sail away and consequently render the
judicial resolution of this day of no avail to his rights and just
prerogatives. [S.P. Dom., Entry Book 68, p. 205.] |
Feb. 10. Whitehall. |
Secretary Jenkins to Lord Chief Justice Pemberton. His
Majesty being applied to by Alderman Daniel and Sheriff Rich
that the Lent Assizes may be kept at Southwark and not at
Croydon, which his Majesty is informed will be found inconvenient
as well as unusual, I am commanded to recommend it in a very
especial manner to you that, if any favour be shown, it may be
to the borough of Southwark as having chosen very worthy men
to the latter parliaments. [Ibid. p. 206.] |
Feb. 10. Whitehall. |
Secretary Jenkins to the Duke of Newcastle. You descend
to such punctual accounts of what passes at Berwick and everywhere else in your peculiar jurisdiction that I confess myself
unable to correspond with you. However, when there is any
thing that requires his Majesty's answer, I shall lay it as
I receive it before you. The commission of association for
Berwick is not yet come out because of the hurry of the term and
because I have not yet seen Capt. Widdrington to show him the
list, as his Majesty commanded. I am to signify to you his
Majesty's pleasure that Sir William Clifton be made a deputy
lieutenant for Nottinghamshire and that you issue him your
commission, as soon as may be with your convenience. [Ibid.] |
Feb. 10. Whitehall. |
Protection in the new form to William Muligane of Burn for
one year. [S.P. Scotland, Warrant Book 7, p. 552.] |
Feb. 10. Whitehall. |
Warrant for a presentation of Alexander Gregory to be parson
at the parish church and parochine of Ayr. [Docquet. Ibid. p. 553.] |
Feb. 12. Chichester. |
The examination of Daniel Duffield. About 4 or 5 on Monday
afternoon the 5th instant he saw Major Braman and Mr. Richard
Farington with divers others standing together at Robert Haslin's
door and, when they saw horsemen coming up the East Street,
they cried out that the Duke had deceived them and so ran to
meet the horsemen. The same evening, when the Duke of
Monmouth came towards the Market Cross, he saw Thomas
Smyth, the elder, encourage the rabble by crying out: Now
hallo, boys, hallo, which they did. Thomas Baker and John
Chatfield likewise encouraged the rabble and set the link-boys to
receive the Duke and John Chatfield carried a torch himself.
[Copy. S.P. Dom., Car. II. 422, No. 78.] |
Feb. 13. London. |
Capt. John Clerke to Secretary Jenkins. Last Sunday, the 11th,
I being commanded to keep guard on the Royal Exchange that
day, about 10 four constables desired assistance from me to
disturb the conventicles and I did so with two considerable
parties of armed men. Half an hour after more constables came
requiring aid from me, and I sent out three more parties, who
disturbed several meetings and this I continued till 4 by relieving
my out-guards, who were commanded to keep guard in some of
their meeting-houses and about 5 we took one priest or teacher
with much difficulty and brought him to my guard and after that
a party of my men was strongly set upon by two or three hundred
of the rabble, some of them falling on with great force to disarm
them, but could not prevail, but three of them we took, who were
brought to my guard and afterwards carried before Sir James
Edwards, who committed them to prison, and they are bound over
to be prosecuted. The teacher is bound to be prosecuted on the
20th. We disturbed 7 conventicles that day. Great multitudes
came on both sides of our guard that day and were commanded
several times by me and some constables to depart in the King's
name, but would not, till they were forced. [S.P. Dom., Car. II.
422, No. 79.] |
Feb. 13. Whitehall. |
Secretary Jenkins to the Attorney General. His Majesty,
being informed that the trial of the late riot in London is to be
next Thursday morning at Guildhall and being advised that the
issue of it will be of very great consequence to his affairs in the
City, particularly to the validity of the proceedings at the election
of the present sheriffs, desires your utmost care and application
in this affair and that you would to that end concert with Mr.
Solicitor, Sir George Jeffreys and such others of the King's
Counsel as you would desire should be assisting at the trial and
that you would forthwith send for Mr. Graham or any other
that have had any part in this business that you may satisfy
yourself what diligences they have already used and also give
them your further directions. [S.P. Dom., Entry Book 68, p.
207.] |
Feb. 13. Whitehall. |
Commission to Henry Hodson to be ensign to Capt. Ferdinando
Hastings in the first regiment of Foot Guards. Minute. [S.P.
Dom., Entry Book 164, p. 90.] |
Feb. 13. Whitehall. |
Commission to Henry Bruce to be ensign of his brother, Capt.
John Bruce's company in the Earl of Mar's regiment. [S.P.
Scotland, Warrant Book 7, p. 554.] |
Feb. 13. Whitehall. |
Warrant for a gift of the office of one of the four ordinary Macers
before the Lords of Council and Session to Roderick Davidson,
servant to Sir George Mackenzie of Tarbett, for his life. [Docquet.
Ibid. p. 555.] |
Feb. 14. Bishopthorp. |
The Archbishop of York to Secretary Jenkins. Enclosing
a copy of the acknowledgement he enjoined Mr. Clifford alias
Cliffe to make under his hand. As he submitted thereto, so I
submit my own judgment to that of the Privy Council to whom
this sermon gave offence. [S.P. Dom., Car. II. 422, No. 80.]
Enclosed, |
Confession by William Clifford, curate of Lighcliffe chapel in
the parish of Halifax, that contrary to the canons he had taken
upon him to preach, not being licensed, not only in his said
cure but elsewhere and that in a sermon preached in the parish
church of Wakefield he used several bold expressions, as
"That kings have power to dispense with the laws at their
pleasure"; "That the lives and liberties of subjects depend
on the good or evil will of their prince," and "That the King
may alter religion at his pleasure and that the power of kings
is not in anything more visible than in establishing such
modes of public worship as they think fit," etc. Though his
intention was only to forbid subjects to exercise any coercive
power on their sovereigns, yet, because the words were of doubtful and dangerous interpretation and might be abused by
malicious persons and had therefore justly given offence to
some of the Privy Council, he craves pardon for his boldness
and submits to the censure inflicted by the Archbishop, which is,
that he stands suspended from serving the said cure, till the
pleasure of his Majesty or their lordships be further known,
and from preaching in the diocese of York, till he be thereto
licensed according to the canons. Feb. 12, 1682[–3]. [Ibid.
No. 80 i.] |
Feb. 14. Whitehall. |
Secretary Jenkins to Sir John Berry. Signifying his Majesty's
pleasure that he do not sail for the Mediterranean, till he receive
new orders from the Admiralty Commissioners. [S. P. Dom.,
Entry Book 63, p. 61.] |
Feb. 14. Whitehall. 8 p.m. |
Secretary Jenkins to the Earl of Nottingham. Desiring him
to give orders to Sir John Berry that he and the ships under his
command do not sail for the Mediterranean till further orders
from his lordship and the Board. [Ibid. p. 62.] |
Feb. 14. Lisburn. |
Sir George Rawdon to the Earl of Conway. We heard the
third or fourth post since that you have resigned the Secretary
of State's place and have a pension for it of 1,500l. per annum.
Your grandfather's pension of 2,000l. per annum for 21 years was
paid all but about 5 years at the latter end of the term, when the
King and Parliament parted. The report is now at Dublin
that you and my lady intend for Ireland next spring. It came
over with the other news of your resignation, so we are trimming
up this house and making some alterations of the doors and
passages and of a good inner room to that we call your lodging
chamber, which is much the better and more convenient and all
the cost will not be 20l. But, if you come, at Portmore furniture
for a lodging chamber or two and linen will be necessary to be
sent over, but table linen may be better provided here. Our
passage to the house the new way through the meadows is very
pleasant and noble but wants gravelling, which I think will not
be begun without your own direction, for it will be a long way.
When my lady comes, my three daughters, I hope, will please her
for company, for I expect Arthur and his wife two months hence
and, if she do well, she may be delivered here, for midwife,
nurses, etc. here are the best in the kingdom, I believe. Lord
Massereene's grandson, for which there was much joy in that
house, was brought into the world by Nan Taylor, and the young
lady there has her nurses and nurse-keepers etc. from hence. |
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Our new schoolmaster has 27 gentlemen's sons already out of
the country that are boarded in town, but, till you signify your
pleasure to the Council or Lord Deputy of giving the school etc.
here and the 40l. salary, we shall not get the county's or rather the
diocese of Connor's school settled here. The Dean of Connor
opposes and, though Carrickfergus pretends to it, they will
neither build a school nor can pretend it to be the shire town of
that diocese, for it is a town and county of itself, and I think
this will not be settled, till the Lord Lieutenant come back, who
has been moved already, as you writ, therein, though the Lord
Primate is desirous to promote it, and then perhaps our bishop
may think fit to return to his charge here also. |
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Your cornet is here and seems a very civil and well-bred person.
He and your lieutenant dined here to-day. I hear he speaks of
sending for his wife and her father (a knight named Stanley, I
think) and that they may have a house to live in here in town,
which you will find much improved since you last saw it, but
Charlemont decays very much. Capt. Wilkinson has taken
Loughanny of Capt. Bolton's executor and, I am told, has no
thoughts of late of Charlemont. I sent you a letter long since of
Capt. Ch. Pointz, a good officer. I wish, if you think fit, his
company were there, being now at Tanderagee in place of Capt.
Chichester's. |
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I suppose you know that Sir Robert Colvill's son is married
to one of Sir John Temple's daughters, that Mistress Radcliffe
(left very rich by her brother) is godmother to and gives her 3,000l.
and her father 2,000l. more, which being 1,000l. more than your
nieces' fortunes are reported, for that 1,000l. and to engage the
Solicitor his counsel against Will. Hill, against whom a decree is
passed for 2,500l. to be paid Sir Robert next May, and that some
small pique differed me and Sir Robert (who is much exalted of
late) by his opposing any small maintenance out of the county for
support of our two militia troops of Killulta:—for these reasons,
I think, he did not prosecute any motion to marry into this family.
My daughters grow up tall and will be well accomplished and
discreet, I hope. God grant that in time convenient they may be
disposed into honest and good families and have kinder husbands
than their elder sister, who intends a visit and to bring her brave
boy with her next summer. I hear Capt. Forbes has sold his
cornet's commission lately at Dublin and intends for France, but
his father says nothing of it to me, when he writes to me, which is
not so frequently as formerly. |
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Venison has been sent two or three times to Mr. Kingdon and
I wrote to him; but his busy employments afforded me no
answer, only he desired Mr. Farewell to mention his respects to
me and on my letter employs him in all suits in these parts that
concern the Commissioners of the Revenue. |
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Mr. Lyndon, a judge now in the King's Bench, and Baron
Worth come hither next circuit. The Marquess of Antrim died
last week at his dwelling near Dunluce and my niece, who is very
rich, intends a great funeral for him. I hear that Capt. Eustace
now at Dublin and his brother Hill are fallen out and the occasion
is that he demanded his portion by Sir John Davyes and Mr. Hill
acknowledges he promised it to you, but says it is but 300l.
so they are about a lawsuit and send to me as the surviving
trustee to certify my consent to the marriage, which I cannot
do being it was not asked of me. My daughter Sheridan sues
for the Glin lease also and Lady Plunket for our portion so our
neighbour is in a pack of troubles. |
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Six notable Tories, that have done much mischief in Derry
and Tyrone, came over the Lough three weeks since and were
harboured in Kilmackevit two or three nights and robbed Sir
Hercules Langford's receiver that lives in his four towns in Kilulta
of 200l. and all his household goods and got back in a boat of
Lord Massareene's and, being much searched after, fled into
Kintire in Scotland and some of Capt. Frederick Hamilton's
soldiers garrisoned in Coleraine went after them and took
Cormack Neill, the chief, and are pursuing the rest in hopes by the
Earl of Argyle's assistance to take them, and some of their
accomplices that stayed here have been killed and four or five
of their heads brought into Armagh. In this and other robberies
a party of your troops lies at Dromore and of my son's at Loughbrickland to little purpose, for I hear of no Tories out that way,
which I write now to Lord Granard and between the Commissioners and the old farmers the troops are unpaid two or three
quarters. |
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Mr. Wigg gets no employment and is selling his household stuff
to the regret of the neighbourhood, while George Macartney (the
justice) by the Earl of Longford's kindness and the interest of
his wife's brother, that is one of the Commissioners of the Customs
at London, is in Wigg's place and pleases not the merchants in
Belfast, with whom there has been a contest already, and between
him and Henry Davyes also. I have put all your tenants on
planting and quicksetting etc., so they are very busy in every
farm. |
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I am so pained with piles sometimes that I cannot sit, go or
stand, but lie on a couch and sometimes have no sleep all night.
Now I cannot stir abroad as formerly but every day the weather
is good I take the air for an hour or two with my daughters in the
Race in the coach. |
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You may have heard of a rogue that came a month ago to
Portmore late with a grey gelding he had tired and borrowed Tom
Tenman's hither, pretending to be your groom sent over, where
being suspected a cheat he slipped away early next morning to
Donaghadee and got a passage to Scotland, but on my warrant
Tenman got his horse from one that had bought him. I suppose
he has been somewhere at a robbery and fled. The gelding has
been cried here in the markets and at Dublin, but is not yet
challenged by the owner. [3½ pages. S.P. Ireland, Car. II. 343,
No. 94.] |
Feb. 15. |
The Earl of Yarmouth to Secretary Jenkins. Lord Richardson,
who had lately the place of Custos Rotulorum of Norfolk is now
dangerously ill. This gentleman, Mr. Moutham, was at the
charge of passing his patent [as clerk of the peace] and paid the
late Lord Chancellor 600l., who to my knowledge, had this lord
died before him, would have continued in the same gentleman for
nothing. It is absolutely necessary that we have a good clerk of
the peace and this man is industrious, knowing and loyal. We
beg you to inform his Majesty of the state of the case and that my
son may be made the Custos, that so this gentleman may enjoy it
as he does. [S.P. Dom., Car. II. 422, No. 81.] |
Feb. 15. Whitehall. |
Secretary Jenkins to Sir Thomas Exton, the King's Advocate.
I signified his Majesty's commands to you the other day, not only
for continuing the interloper under the arrest of the Admiralty
but for doing it so effectually by taking away her sails and rudder
that it should be impossible for her to go on her voyage. Information is now brought that nothing of this is done, only that a
deputy or some such person employed by Mr. Joynes is indeed
aboard her but may be easily surprised (even though he had half a
dozen more with him) and clapped under hatches and the ship
carried away. This would have been this moment carried to the
King, but he is and will be abroad all this day. I beseech you
give the Serjeant of the Admiralty effectual orders to go straight
to Gravesend and to do his duty by securing the ship in the way
the King directed, since his prerogative, if the ship should escape,
would be irreparably prejudiced and the officers of the Court
justly condemned. [S.P. Dom., Entry Book 68, p. 209.] |
Feb. 15. Whitehall. |
Warrant to the Earl of Thanet, Governor of the fort and
blockhouse at Gravesend, to assist the Marshal of the Court of
Admiralty or his deputy in detaining under the arrest of the said
Court the Commerce, Sands master, now lying before Gravesend,
and not to suffer her to pass beyond the said port and blockhouse
till she be cleared of the said arrest. [S.P. Dom., Car. II. 359,
p. 108.] |
Feb. 16. Whitehall. |
William Carr to Thomas Blunt at the Hague. I could not
answer yours of the 16th (N.S.) the night it came, because I had
not spoken to Lord Sunderland, but now I give you this as his
answer. He said that order is taken for the pardons, and that I
need not trouble myself any further. Dr. Cann and I had
yesterday a long discourse of you. He is glad you came off
so well in Madam Hamilton's business. He hopes you did not
make use of his name as was reported. We have little news here
but all goes well with the King both in church and state. Sir
Ellis Leighton and I are both lodged in one house in Whitehall,
where Mr. Nevil Paine was the other day very merry. The King
goes to Newmarket on the 3rd. I meet Sir Henry Bellasis sometimes here and others who inquire after your health. [S.P.
Dom., Car. II. 422, No. 82.] |
Feb. 16. Chichester. |
The examination of Edward Barnard. About 5 on Monday
the 5th instant he was standing in the Market Cross about the
time the Duke of Monmouth came and there appeared near
Mr. Haslin's house Major Braman, Mr. Richard Farington,
and divers others, who followed the numerous rabble with the
Duke to Mr. Holmes' house in South Street, who behaved very
tumultuously and insolently, wishing the Duke welcome with
loud acclamations of joy. [Copy. Ibid. No. 83.] |
Feb. 16. Chichester. |
The examination of John Randall. To the same general
purport as the last. [Copy. Ibid. No. 84.] |
Feb. 16. Whitehall. |
Warrant to the Duke of Ormonde, Lord Steward, and the
rest of the Board of Green Cloth for payment of 40l. per annum
by even quarterly payments, the first payment to commence at
last Christmas, to William Dike, late Serjeant of the Silver
Scullery for his life, he having been always a loyal follower
of the King beyond sea and having been as serjeant a very useful
servant, the said pension to be paid out of such pensions as
are fallen by the death of several persons since Lady Day, 1681.
[S.P. Dom., Entry Book 50, p. 99.] |
Feb. 16. Whitehall. |
Warrant to the Attorney or Solicitor General for a licence to
the Master and Scholars of Christ's College, Cambridge, to
purchase and hold lands notwithstanding the statutes of mortmain, in which a clause is to be inserted containing the royal
confirmation of the donation of Sir John Finch and Sir Thomas
Baines and the terms, agreements and statutes appointed by Sir
John Finch and his executors and agreed to by the said Master
and Scholars and declaring the King's pleasure that the two
Fellows of this foundation shall always hereafter enjoy all benefits
and privileges of the Fellows of the old foundation as is
appointed by the said statutes of Sir John Finch. [1½ pages.
S.P. Dom., Entry Book 53, p. 508.] |
Feb. 16. Whitehall. |
Warrant to the Attorney General, after reciting that Sir
Thomas Longueville is a Protestant and is prosecuted in an
action in his name for 20l. per mensem for the recusancy of
Dame Mary, his wife, who stands convicted, for staying and
discharging the said action and all other proceedings against
the said Sir Thomas concerning the recusancy or conviction
of the said Dame Mary. [S.P. Dom., Entry Book 54, p. 152.] |
[Feb. ?] |
Report by the Lords of the Treasury on the reference to them
of the petition of William Oakes, late receiver of the hearth money
for Kent and Canterbury, and of John Ashburne one of his sureties,
both for many years prisoners in the Fleet in execution for the
remaining debt due by the said receiver on his account for a year
and a half ended Michaelmas, 1670, that the agents for bringing
in the arrears of taxes have certified that three sureties were
bound with the said Oakes, viz., Sir William Roberts, Edmund
Waring and the said Ashburne, inn holder, that the said Roberts
on payment of 1,000l. on the said receiver's account was discharged by privy seal from the said suretyship and was to have
his remedy against him for the whole money and also in his
Majesty's name to sue the said Waring for 500l. thereof, who was
likewise to have the benefit of the said privy seal, if he paid the
500l. in time, which he has not done, that the said Ashburne
had all his estate and goods seized above 8 years since and he
thrown into prison, where he has lain so long that it is believed
he has spent the charity of all his friends and is now ready to
perish, that a debt due to the said Ashburne by Hugh Pyers
has been seized, who was forced to pay 150l. on account of the
said Ashburne in part of the said Oakes' debt, and also his
household goods were seized and sold by the Sheriffs of London
for 60l. 17s. 5d., which was answered to his Majesty on the
determination of their account, which being allowed, the balance
due of the said Oakes' debt will be 1438l. 15s. 5d. and that the
said agents are of opinion that the said Oakes and Ashburne are
fit objects of his Majesty's mercy, wherein the Lords concur.
At the foot, |
Feb. 16. Whitehall. |
Order that the Lords of the Treasury give all necessary orders
for setting the petitioners at liberty, but that they be still
answerable for the said debt. [2 pages. Ibid. p. 154.] |
Feb. 16. Whitehall. |
Secretary Jenkins to the Earl of Nottingham. His Majesty is
pleased that Sir John Berry do without further delay pursue his
voyage first intended and that you and the Board give him orders
to do so, notwithstanding the stop put on him last Wednesday
night. And further that you direct him to send one of the men-ofwar under his command to Lisbon to deliver to his Majesty's
envoyé, Mr. Fanshaw, the dispatches sent to Sir John Avory to be
conveyed to him. Sir John Wyburne is desired by the merchants
to be sent on that errand. [S.P. Dom., Entry Book 63, p. 62.] |
Feb. 16. Whitehall. |
The King to the Lord Deputy of Ireland. After reciting the
petition of Maurice Eustace and Michael Tempest, his guardian,
and the report thereon of the Lords of the Treasury, both calendared in the Calendar of Treasury Books, Vol. 7, p. 678, signifying his pleasure that no stop be given to the information now in
the Exchequer against Maurice Eustace and Michael Tempest,
petitioners, by a nolle prosequi and that he will not interpose in
the proceedings between the parties but that the matter between
them be left to the determination of the courts in which the
same depend. [2pages. S.P. Ireland, Entry Book 1, p. 30.] |
Feb. 17. Bath. |
— to Lord —. Your great kindness to this
corporation emboldens me to acquaint you that, though it
for the most part consists of honest loyal persons, they are not
without some evil members. One amongst them may perhaps
be as pernicious to the King's interest here as any man in England,
John Sherstone, a most busy pestilent Presbyterian. In all
elections to Parliament here none is so active and violent against
the King's friends and for the contrary party as he. Since the
death of Sir George Speke, to whom and Sir Walter Long he was
ever a fast friend, he is tooth and nail already making a party
for Mr. Hall or Mr. Ash to stand with Sir Walter against Lord
Fitz-Hardinge and Sir William Bassett, but I hope we shall now
find matter enough to turn him out of the corporation, but your
advice and assistance will be wanted. |
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Not long ago being in his company he began an oration against
the iniquity of the times and lamented much that many godly
ministers as he called them, who own the same faith, preach the
same doctrine and received the same ordinations with the Church
of England divines, should not be permitted to preach. I replied,
I doubted if they were episcopally ordained. He affirmed,
they were. I answered that, if they were, I was very sorry they
forgot the oath of canonical obedience, which they took at
their ordination. He answered, they took no such oath. I
replied, you shall as well persuade me to believe that you and this
gentleman, meaning another person there, who are both Common
Council men, never took the oath of a freeman nor that of a
Common Council man, as that any, who has episcopal orders,
did not take the oath of canonical obedience. He then repeated
several times that he never took the oath of a freeman. I then
told him, I thought his election was not good for our charter
says out of the freemen shall be chosen the Common Council
men. At the last quarter sessions, being the next after this
discourse, I got myself returned of the grand jury and presented
this person to be unduly elected to the Council and it was expected
the Mayor would have put the question, whether he ought not
to be expelled, and I know, that if it were, the loyal party would
carry it. The Mayor is very willing to have it done, but is something timorous that it may touch the charter. If Secretary
please but to write to the Mayor that he hears there is such a
bad man in the Council, whose election has been presented to be
irregular, and to give some encouragement that his expulsion
shall be no prejudice to the charter, the thing will be easily done
and a loyal man will, I am sure, be chosen in his room, and then
let no Whig ever hope to be Parliament man for Bath. Since
this presentment other matters have been ripped up against
him. Though it is a pretty while since they were done, you may
thereby perceive his temper. I enclose what we have to charge
him with under the hand of one of our witnesses, who is a member
of our Common Council. [2 pages. S.P. Dom., Car. II. 422, No.
85.] Enclosed, |
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Information of Francis Pearce. I affirm and am ready to
testify on oath that about four years since I, being then
constable of this city, found John Sherstone at a conventicle
in this city. On 30 Jan. three years ago at the Abbey Church
whilst the minister spoke honourably in his sermon of the
memories of the Earl of Strafford and Archbishop Laud,
he said, I wonder Mr. Williams, meaning the minister,
should speak in their commendation, when they were two of
the greatest rogues in the kingdom, or words to that effect.
[Ibid. No. 85 i.] |
Feb. 17. |
Secretary Jenkins to Serjeant Sir John Maynard and Mr.
Pollexfen. His Majesty being informed that on Mr. Shales'
application to you to be of counsel for him, you are desirous to
decline it, in regard it may be ill taken, signifying by his Majesty's
command that you are at liberty to appear before his Majesty
as counsel for the said Shales. [S.P. Dom., Entry Book 68, p.
208.] |
Feb. 17. Whitehall. |
Warrant to Sir Thomas Exton, the King's Advocate, and
Samuel Franklin, the King's Proctor, after reciting that the
Greyhound of London, Capt. Peter Blake commander, lying near
the Hope, is bound for the coast of Guinea to trade with infidels
there without licence, to take care that process be issued out of
the Court of Admiralty for staying her till sufficient security be
given that she shall not go to or trade with any infidel country.
[S.P. Dom., Car. II. 359, p. 109.] |
Feb. 17. Whitehall. |
Secretary Jenkins to the Lord Primate [of all Ireland]. His
Majesty having written a letter to the Earl of Clanrickard in
favour of Lord Dunkellin, his lady and children, I am desired by
her to address that letter, which goes here enclosed, to you, that
it may come certainly to Lord Clanrickard. The letter itself
speaks more than needs be enlarged on to you, considering
the special protection you have for Lord Dunkellin, his lady and
children, but what speaks most movingly is the sad prospect he
and his family have, if this present stop should continue long on
his allowance, which your authority with Lord Clanrickard will,
I hope, remove. [S.P. Ireland, Car. II. 341, p. 137.] |
Feb. 18. Chichester. |
The Bishop of Chichester to the Duke of York. A former
account has been given of three young men here, who drank a
health to the Duke of Monmouth and confusion and damnation
to the King and the Duke of York and withal swore they would
set the crown on the Duke of Monmouth's head in spite of all
Tory soldiers. I and all the loyal party here believed that these
treasonable words had been by the Mayor and Recorder entirely
transmitted to Mr. Secretary that the King and Council might
have had a true relation, but it seems the Recorder dealt most
treacherously with his Majesty and drew the Mayor into combination with him so that only the former part of what they said was
returned to the Secretary, but the latter part that they vowed
to set the crown on the Duke of Monmouth's head in spite of all
Tory soldiers was not. This had never been discovered, had
not Mr. Atterbury, discoursing the Mayor, found out their
intrigue, who will doubtless acquaint his Majesty with it, if he
has not done so. The Recorder, having caused the Mayor to
return only what would not touch the lives of those three traitors,
possessed the Attorney General with a sham story, concealing
the worst from him, and then wrote down to the Mayor that the
Attorney General was of opinion these boys, as the Recorder
calls them, must be bailed and the Mayor bailed one on receipt
of the letter, and would have bailed the other two, had not Mr.
Atterbury stopped it. |
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Other signs of the Recorder's loyalty may be observed from the
opportunity he used to release those rebels, which was now,
when the Duke of Monmouth is here, that they may be caressed
by him for their zeal to crown him king and no doubt they have
received great thanks and further promises, and I am sure it
has set all the grand rebels and schismatics here a cock-horse.
It is likewise remarkable and has been much noticed here that
30 Jan. last, when the Mayor and the rest of the corporation
appeared in the Cathedral to join in that general humiliation,
he absented himself. When he should have stayed to advise
and assist the Mayor on the Duke of Monmouth's coming here,
he went to London, to show how he preferred the lives of these
rebels to the safety and life of the King and his brother. I have
no more personal hatred to Sir Richard May than I have to my
own children, but I abhor him or any man that bearing office
under his Majesty should reward his kindness so ill as this man
has done on several opportunities. [2 pages. S.P. Dom., Car.
II. 422, No. 86.] |
Feb. 18. |
Informations of Capt. Roger Tilly alias Shelton taken that day
before Secretary Jenkins. Ricard Bourke of Tipperary, lately
married to Sir Thomas Orby's daughter, Mr. Kearney lately
accused by Mr. Oates and himself went to the Cardinal de
Bouillon to propose their design of putting Ireland into the
French King's hands, which they made appear to him to be easy,
they being furnished only from hence with ammunition, arms
and some men of experience, and desiring the Duke of Luxembourg to command in chief, which proposition was very well
received by the Cardinal, who told them he would acquaint the
King and, if he would not accept it, he would acquaint the Pope
and would employ all his fortune and interest in it. He sent
for the three gentlemen three days after to meet him at Trapp,
4 leagues from Versailles, where he treated them very well and
told them that all things went as they could desire, provided they
were assured of able men in the country that would undertake
to have men in readiness to join with theirs and provided that
they could propose to him any reasonable method for bringing
about their design. The first person they named, of whom they
told him they were sure, was the Earl of Clanrickard for co.
Galway, the next was Col. Roger Maccarty for co. Cork, and they
told the Cardinal he himself should give him an assurance of
his readiness and accordingly he went to him next day, two days
before he went for England. The next person they named for co.
Limerick was Mr. Lacy father to Lieut.-Colonel Lacy, who was
lieut.-colonel to Sir George Hamilton's regiment, when his
brother commanded it, and is lately made so to Count Coningsmark. He went over immediately to England to persuade his
father to undertake this business, who was then in prison at
London. All this was about the time the King went to Strasburg
last year, and they have since sent Capt. Kennedy, who commands
the English company in Coningsmark's regiment, to Ireland to
visit Galway, Cork and Limerick and several other places on
the coast and to endeavour to engage Lord Clanrickard and Lacy
to be in readiness at all times, till they should hear from him,
he being appointed to give them the signal. He told them they
need only provide men, for arms, ammunition and money should be
taken care for. Kennedy returned within these two days and is
gone to his regiment now in Catalonia. The way proposed to the
King of bringing this about was to seize the towns of Galway,
Limerick and Cork at the same time on a Sunday and to seize the
ports and that no quarter was to be given to any that would not
join them. The Castle of Limerick was to be surprised by persons
who should go in one by one pretending a design only of seeing
it and, when their number was come in, they should seize and kill
the officers and soldiers. A number of men-of-war on whom
the arms and provisions were to be sent were to come to the
coast but keep off at sea, till they saw their opportunity, and
they were to send in a ship laden with merchandize, which was
to lie at the mouth of the River of Limerick and the searchers,
when they came on board, were to be clapped under deck and
three cannons shot off one after another to advertise their party
that it was time to fall on, and that the ships were near to assist
them. The ships of war are to carry English colours and the
Irish forces, which have been in the French service, are to be
on board. The said regiment is to be broken soon; that is to
serve as a pretext for their going in so great number home.
The King will pretend to know nothing of this, but it is to be
managed by the Pope and the Cardinal de Bouillon, but notwithstanding the King furnishes all the provisions. Aug. 5–15,
Versailles. |
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(Then follow the informations given 24 and 27 Aug., N.S.,
calendared in S.P. Dom., 1682, p. 346.) |
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Immediately after Tilly parted with Lord Preston at Versailles
on the 27th, he with Everard and Glesan went to the Cardinal
de Bouillon who ordered them to be at his house at Pontoise
on Saturday, where Everard assured him that all the people in
Ireland were very well disposed and ready to rise when ordered.
The Cardinal assured them of all assistance from hence. He
said they had but two little things to do, in which if they succeeded
and were favoured by the weather and the sea, they would
immediately go about this work. The two things were to surprise
Luxembourg and Nieuport. It was then proposed that either
the Duc de Bouillon (for they had laid aside the thoughts of the
Duke of Luxembourg) should command or a German officer,
whose name he has forgotten. Everard for this service is already
made Bishop of Waterford by the Pope. He speaks very good
Spanish and may pass for a merchant of that nation, and will be
much at the Spanish ambassador's chapel. Aug. 21–31, Paris. |
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Tilly asked Glesan what they would do with the great number
of fireworks they had prepared, who answered they would be
useful for taking places or defending them, if taken, for they were
resolved to lay hold of the first opportunity and not stay for the
French landing. Mr. Bourke, Lord Castle Connell's son, is
settled in Ireland lately on account of this business and Col.
Maccartie, Mr. Bourke and Mr. Kearney design to do the same.
Arms are to be sent over in ships' ballast. One Brien of Limerick
lately came over and had an audience of the Cardinal and went
the 8th instant to Nantes on something relating to the design
and thence was to go to Ireland, but has orders to return soon.
He hopes at his return to have the names of all concerned in
this conspiracy throughout Ireland. |
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(Names of some of those engaged in this business in Wicklow
and Wexford.) [Aug. 30–] Sept. 9, Versailles. |
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6,000 arms are on the road to Nantes to be shipped for Ireland.
Everard is to go over soon. [8 pages. These are the original
informations in Lord Preston's handwriting sworn before Secretary
Jenkins. S.P. Ireland, Car. II. 343, No. 95.] |
Feb. 18. |
Further information of Roger Tilly, sworn before Secretary
Jenkins. Giving further particulars about the persons and
things mentioned in the above informations. [22 pages. Ibid.
No. 96.] |
Feb. 18. [Received.] |
The Merchants of Jersey trading in France to Secretary Jenkins.
Craving his protection in the affair concerning which Viscount
Preston, envoy extraordinary to France, has sent memorials to
him, giving information of the instances he has made to the
Most Christian King's Council for the recovery of the money
seized on them at the custom house at Constance without having
any right done him therein. The merchants have nothing to
add to the request presented by them to the said Council for the
recovery of the money, of which you have had a copy but, they
pretending that the laws forbidding transporting silver and gold
out of France are so general that there can be no exceptions and
that the article of the last treaty of commerce betwixt the two
crowns, which permits the transporting thereof, was in force
only during the war, as the English themselves acknowledge,
having on several occasions begged leaves for transporting
silver out of France, which they would not have done if they
had reckoned themselves to have the right to do so without leave,
in virtue of the treaty, there is no insisting now on that merely
on the ancient customs and tolerations by which the said
merchants have been engaged to continue their trade in the
same manner as it is long since settled. They have several times
transported their coins not unknown to the custom house officers,
who have often helped to carry it into the boats. Since they have
not heard of any cutting shorter of that privilege, it looks like a
very grating justice unawares to seize on their money and
confiscate it before they have notice that there is no leave of
transporting. The said toleration is known to all; you have
had a certificate of it. |
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It would therefore be useless to make any more instances
to the said Council grounded on the article of commerce, since
nothing can be added to what Lord Preston has represented, but
we are well informed that this affair is not looked on by the said
Council as of consequence enough to refuse the recovery of that
money, if you would speak a word of it to M. Barillon as from his
Majesty and let him know that his Majesty will be well satisfied
that poor merchants, his subjects, should be eased of that loss
and that they may for his sake get the said recovery, for which the
petitioners implore your charitable offices. [1½ pages. S.P.
Channel Islands1, No. 129.] |
Feb. 19. Chichester. |
The examination of John Pannett. About 5 or 6 on Monday
afternoon, the 5th instant, he was in South Street, being commanded by Mr. Carleton, the high constable of this city, to assist
to disperse the insolent and tumultuous rabble then gathered in
the streets when the Duke of Monmouth came into the town.
He saw amongst the rabble 7 persons (named), who behaved very
tumultuously, halloing and shouting. [S.P. Dom., Car. II. 422,
No. 87.] |
Feb. 19. Whitehall. |
Reference to the Lords of the Treasury of the petition of
Henry Hilliard for a grant of those derelict lands in the lordships
of Marsh Chapel and North Coattes, Lincolnshire, left by the
sea. [S.P. Dom., Entry Book 55, p. 237.] |
Feb. 19. Whitehall. |
Reference to the Attorney General of the petition of William
Corbett for a renewal for 31 years of a grant made by his Majesty,
of the office of water bailiff for the rivers of Humber, Trent, Ouse
and members, to his grandfather, William Chamberlain, for a term
of years very near expiring, the remainder of the said patent
being granted to him and his mother and it having been of small
value for want of stewards appointed for keeping the courts of
conservancy. [Ibid.] |
Feb. 19. Castle Elizabeth. |
Sir John Lanier to Secretary Jenkins. By my last I acquainted
you how the stocking trade of this island with the French has been
altogether stopped, since their moneys have been seized in
Normandy, which makes our merchants very pressing to me to
lay before you their bad condition. A letter from Lord Preston
mentions nothing can be done at the French court till they hear
from M. Barillon, which makes me desire you to discourse with
him about that affair. |
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From St. Malo we hear two men-of-war came thither last week
to convoy their fleet that lies ready, bound for Newfoundland.
Two of their best ships have been lately taken by the Turks.
The smallest carried 30 guns. They have relieved all the
companies of St. Malo's castle and put a foot regiment into
Caen, but have made no other alterations in that province. All
our works are finished and the undertakers gone back to England,
which makes me hope by your favour I may have leave to go too.
[2 pages. S.P. Channel Islands 1, No. 128.] |
Feb. 20. |
The information of Sir Robert Vyner. He is informed by one
very intimate with the Fanatics that the persons under-mentioned
are consulting to disturb the government, to which intent divers
of them that have their houses many miles distant lurk about
the city for mischief, which, he fears, they intend suddenly.
The meanest are furnished gratis with strong battle-axes or bills,
others with firearms. The bills were devised by Alexander, wellknown for his making of silk armour, of which he has made many
suits for the richer sort of them as well as some for the Court.
His reasons were, they were a good weapon of offence for men
unskilled in firearms, good to mix with those who had firearms,
and, if they were discovered, they were but watch bills, etc. He
believes some thousands are given out, and they are very good
both for offence and defence. |
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At first they gave out they designed these arms only to prevent
the succession of his Royal Highness, but now they talk of more
speedy action. |
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This informer I have obliged and think he is truly loyal. He
says he would willingly prevent bloodshed, though he has many
friends in the party. He hopes he did his Majesty and his Royal
Highness good service some years ago in discovering a design
to destroy them both, going by water, and supposes it may be
remembered, though he did it by Mr. Blood, who had a reward,
and, he heard, was commanded to reward him, but he never had
anything. |
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This is not the first of that party that has made this kind of
discovery, for above a year since another gave me the like in
part, whose examination I gave in to Lords Rochester and Halifax,
Mr. Seymour, Secretary Jenkins, etc. That person assured me
that on any search of the Fanatics those arms would be everywhere
found, especially in the out parts, the North and East, but it
was not then thought fit to be done. |
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The names of the said persons are Colonels Owen, Scott,
Buffett and Mansell, Majors Braman, Chamberlaine, Broghouse,
Gibson and Rolfes, Captains Mason, Haynes, Ward, Holloway,
Cary, Powell, Ellis, Swetnam and Rumball; Proby, Alexander
that makes silk armour, Bond makes the battleaxes: several
of the others are well-known for Crown stealers, etc., John Eeles,
Pachell, Powell, Staples, Whitacre, Jenkes and Hone. [S.P.
Dom., Car. II. 422, No. 88.] |
Feb. 20. |
— to Secretary Jenkins. Great are the expectations of the
Whigs to learn how the farmers of the Hearth Office come off,
but they hope Lord Halifax will be able to go through with
what he has undertaken and then we shall see whether the Duke
of York be not as deep in that business as any amongst them.
Though he thought by making the King merry on ship-board
to have had that business quite laid aside, yet there was a hearing
last night, when Lord Halifax proved how the King was cheated
by them, but it was referred till 5 to-morrow, but, if this be once
made out, the Duke of York will be set out in his own colours,
for without question he has the greatest hand in this business,
and then we hope the eyes of our friends will be clear to see a
Pope in his face, for he smells so much of Popery, that it is not to
be endured much longer, for it goes into our very nostrils, but he
is now coming on Sir P. W[ard], thinking to make him such another
fool as he has done poor Mr. Pilkington, but, if the Duke or the
Pope pinches his pocket a little, he has wherewith to bear it, but
he must have a care of touching his body as they did Pilkington,
for we will not suffer it, for we will not stand still and look on as
we have done, for we are now in a better condition than we were
and have greater assurance of our friends from all sides and every
one endeavours to keep what interest they have in the country
as well as the city, that, if occasion serve, they may go where
their interest lies, because they can be most serviceable to them.
[Ibid. No. 89.] |
Feb. 20. Whitehall. |
The King to the Marquess of Queensberry, Treasurer Principal,
and John Drummond of Lundin, Treasurer Deput. Having
ordered the payment of the annual rent of 6,000l. sterling to
William, late Earl of Morton, during his life and the principal
after his death to James, now Earl of Morton, for the behoof of
that family and which we designed and yet ordain to be free from
all debts of the Earls of Morton and not affectable by their
creditors, and that this Earl of Morton or his son receiving the
principal or annual rents shall not infer any passive title or
representation of the last Earl of Morton or any of his predecessors
and, seeing that the said William, Earl of Morton, has left his
estate in great disorder and calling to mind the entire loyalty
of that noble family and having a just sense of the present low
condition thereof, we now signify our pleasure that, as the
late Commissioners of the Treasury caused to make payment of
the annual rent of the said 6,000l., so we authorize and require
you to consider what annual rents thereof are resting since the
last Earl's death and to make payment thereof to James, now
Earl of Morton, and of the current annual rents during his life
and after his death to his son, James Lord Aberdour, which failing,
to any other that shall succeed to that title. And it having been
the advice of the Lords of the Treasury by their letter of 6 March,
1677[–8], that, in regard we were in possession of the rents and
duties of Orkney and Zetland from crop 1669 inclusive it was just
that we (for the annual rents of that money then due and
acclaimed by the Earl of Morton as resting to him at Lammas
1677) should order the payment to him of 900l. sterling (albeit
more was due), which was not then or afterwards paid, therefore
we now authorize and require you to pay to Lord Aberdour,
donator of the escheat of William, late Earl of Morton, the said
sum of 900l. sterling and out of the first and readiest of it we
ordain you to pay to the Earl of Aberdeen, Chancellor, 7,000
merks Scots due to him by the said late Earl, wherewith the said
gift was burdened, and, as we at the beginning designed the
said principal sum of 6,000l. sterling to be applied for the behoof
and support of the family of Morton, so we still order the payment
thereof and that it be secured according to that our purpose at
the sight of the Chancellor, you as Treasurer Principal, the
Marquesses of Douglas and Montrose, the Earls of Middleton and
Tweeddale and Charles Home, as friends and near relations of
the house of Morton, the said Earl and his son, before payment of
the said 6,000l. sterling, not only giving a sufficient ratification
of the decreet obtained at our Advocate's instance for our behoof
of the earldom and lordship of Orkney and Zetland but also a
renunciation of all right and title they have or can pretend thereto,
as also that they hold compt to you the rents and duties intromitted with by the late Earl out of that earldom and lordship
of crop 1668, to which he had no right. And whereas Robert
Logan of Constoune, having been cautioner for the Earls of
Morton, was forced to sell his small estate for paying their debts
for which he was cautioner, whereby his relict and children were
reduced to great straits and thereon she arrested the said debt
of 6,000l. sterling and obtained a decreet for making the arrest
forthcoming, whereon the Commissioners of the Treasury, to
prevent further prejudice by that decreet, appointed 400 merks
Scots yearly to be paid to the said relict and children out of the
annual rents payable to the said Earl for the said 6,000l., which
was accordingly paid till Martinmas, 1681, we now order that this
Earl and his son, Lord Aberdour, with the said relict be heard
to state their several cases before the Chancellor and you, whom we
hereby authorize and require to determine how much, or if any
debt at all, is now justly due by the Earl to her and her children
and, in case of their finding any such debt to be justly due, to
appoint payment thereof either out of the said 6,000l. sterling or
the annual rents or partly out of both. [2½ pages. S.P. Scotland,
Warrant Book 7, p. 555.] |
Feb. 20. Whitehall. |
The same to the same. Warrant, after reciting the report
of Lieut.-general William Drummond, Master of the Ordnance,
concerning the great want of bedding for the soldiers in Edinburgh
Castle and the great inconveniencies sustained by them through
want of an allowance of coals to be burnt in the great room where
they usually lie and that the King agrees with his estimate of
the necessary particulars, viz., for every bed 17l. Scots, making in
all for 60 beds 1,020l. Scots and 50l. yearly for coals, for payment
of the said sums of 1,020l. Scots and 50l., which last allowance is
to commence for the first year from such time as they judge
most reasonable. [Ibid. p. 558.] Annexed, |
Note of the particulars of every bed. [Ibid. p. 559.] |
Feb. 20. Whitehall. |
The same to the same. Warrant for payment to Mary, Countess
of Dalhousie of 300l. sterling. [Ibid. p. 560.] |
Feb. 20. Whitehall. |
Warrant for a gift of the office of one of his Majesty's ordinary
trumpeters in Scotland to Bartholomew Cousings, servant to the
Marquess of Montrose. [Docquet. Ibid.] |
Feb. 20. Whitehall. |
Memorial of a protection in the new form to Sir William
Preston of Valefield for one year. [Ibid. p. 561.] |
Feb. 20. Dublin. |
Phelim O'Neill to the Earl of Conway. About payment of
bills of exchange and other business.—We are all in a bad condition now about the pay of the army. No right can be had of the
old farmers nor any thing will they pay. No assignments can be
had for September or December and their assignments for June
are generally returned insolvent and, especially what I am most
concerned for, your troop's and Capt. Rawdon's troop's assignments
for June were returned to me yesterday. Both were on Henry
Davis, who paid them part and tells them now he can pay them
no more. 250l. are unpaid of your troop and about 240l. of Capt.
Rawdon's and how to get it rectified I know not. Many are in
the like condition. The Lord Deputy knows the grievance
generally and cannot well help it. It is to be feared that these
late farmers will leave off more in arrears than any before them.
Three months' pay is now preparing for the army by way of
imprest on account for present supply, but what months they will
be, nobody knows yet. Mr. Gwyn is 3 quarters of his salary
behind and, unless he makes friends there to get it, I know not
how ever he will. I sent him last week the balance of half a
year's salary to 25 March last, which was got with great trouble.
[2 pages. Conway papers. S.P. Ireland, Car. II. 343, No. 97.] |
Feb. 21. Yarmouth. |
Sir Thomas Medowes to the Earl of Yarmouth. Yesterday
at a Common Council held by consent of Mr. B. Symonds and
myself, I tendered to him the order of his Majesty and Council
with a copy thereof, desiring it might be read and recorded.
He replied that some words were omitted and others inserted,
which belonged not to the order, and that the Lord Keeper had
declared his opinion otherwise. I moved him to a submission
to the order, but his reply was that he would dispute the order
with any in the Common Council, which the loyal party accounted
an extraordinary presumption. To second this Thomas England
declared it no way concerned the Common Council to take notice
of the order. It was answered, It was fit it should be recorded,
that it might be a precedent for the future bayliffs. John Robins
declared that, if he were chosen bayliff next year, he would choose
George England a justice for all that order. The faction spoke
very opprobriously of the order and at last, it being put to the
vote, they carried it by one in the negative. A list of the names
of either party is sent herewith. The other Order of Council
about the fort was read and recorded but not to be performed
without limitations on a treaty with Mr. Clarke sent by Lord
Dartmouth to take an account of the fort, stores and great
artillery there and in the town. I beg your assistance and directions and, if you command it, affidavits will be made of what I
write by the same persons who were at London before, with an
addition of their rude behaviour. Mr. Symonds still retains the
Admiralty seal. If some severe and speedy course be not taken
with them, it will not be convenient to hold any more Common
Councils. The faction will be so emboldened by impunity that
no bounds of law or reason will contain them. Subjoined, |
The said list. [S.P. Dom., Car. II. 422, No. 90.] |
Feb. 21. Chichester. |
— to Roger L'Estrange. I should sooner have given you
an account of the transactions of the Fanatical party here, who
were in a manner totally suppressed as to conventicles till the
Duke of M[onmouth] came hither with Lords Grey, Stamford,
etc., about a fortnight since. The Fanatical party had designed
to have given them a splendid meeting, there being designed and
in readiness 800 or more horse beside a numberless company
of foot with three or four hundred white waistcoats to meet him
with white rods in their hands. This pompous design was
prevented by a special order from the King and Council and by
the care of the High Sheriff and Justices, who took out part of
our troop to view what company the Duke had, which was not
many, but, when he saw the High Sheriff and his great attendants,
who went out about two miles and none of them would take
notice of him or his party, he and Lord Grey swore bloodily at
them. No other compliments passed. The Mayor was fixed
at the gate to take care of mutinies (?) there, guards set in the
town and the constables together, yet the rabble met, animated by
Farrington, Braman, etc., to the number of 1,000 and with loud
acclamations at the Market Cross welcomed him to town and were
very mutinous and troublesome, but no hurt done. The Duke
was at the prayers at the Cathedral both Sundays, but is past the
instruction of sermons, because he knew two loyal prebendaries
were to preach. The last Sunday the Bishop's chaplain preached
on 1 Sam. 15 v. xxiii. and made so full a parallel of rebellion and
witchcraft that the Duke did not stay. Some of his party stayed,
but behaved more like brutes and madmen than Christians, cursing
the preacher with bitter imprecations and, after sermon was
done, followed the prebendary out into the cloister, giving
rude language for his most loyal discourse. The abusive persons
were Mr. Cutts, Allen Charleton and two more. Some of that
party went out in the midst of the sermon, impatient to hear
such a discovery of their horrid nature and danger of rebellion.
They threaten him, who, I think, fears them not. |
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The Duke coming hither has animated the factious very much.
He leaves Chichester to-morrow. [Signature cut off. Ibid. No.
91.] |
Feb. 21. Whitehall. |
Secretary Jenkins to the Bishop of Sarum. On the petition of
Capt. Robert Levingston signifying his Majesty's pleasure that he
take care that the petitioner be installed into the place of a
poor knight of Windsor, as soon as any become void next after
such (if any) to whom the like places have already been granted
or otherwise into the first place void. [S.P. Dom., Entry Book 53,
p. 88.] |
Feb. 21. Whitehall. |
Reference to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland of the petition of
Capt. William Tuite for a grant of his Majesty's title to an estate
possessed by Sir Oliver Tuite of Sonnach in 1641, whereto Sir
James Tuite was restored by the Court of Claims as heir to the
said Sir Oliver, which reverts to his Majesty on failure of issue
male, he being nearly related to the said family and having been
a great sufferer for his Majesty's service. [S.P. Dom., Entry
Book 55, p. 233.] |
Feb. 21. Whitehall. |
Warrant for a charter for the incorporation of the city of
Norwich. [S.P. Dom., Entry Book 66, p. 196]. Annexed, |
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The Heads of the Charter of Norwich. (The purport thereof
appears sufficiently from the abstract of the Charter printed
in Selected Records of the City of Norwich, Vol. 1, p. 50,
except that power is reserved to the Crown to remove any
mayor, alderman, common council man or other officer of
the said city). [4 pages. Ibid. p. 198.] |
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Another copy of the above heads with note by the Attorney
General: Let the amendments be made as herein and let this be
fairly written and I will get Mr. Secretary to affix it to this
warrant by the King. [S.P. Dom., Car. II. 422, No. 92.] |
Feb. 21. Whitehall. |
Secretary Jenkins to the Attorney General. His Majesty
refers the case of the persons concerned in the enclosed petition
to your consideration, desiring you that, if you find the proceedings
against them are frivolous and vexatious, you would without
expecting further orders enter nolle prosequis, as is usual in the
like cases. [S.P. Dom., Entry Book 68, p. 208.] |
Feb. 21. Whitehall. |
Warrant to the joint Secretaries of State for Scotland for causing
a register of protections to be made and kept in the Signet Office
in Edinburgh. [1½ pages. S.P. Scotland, Warrant Book 7,
p. 561.] |
Feb. 21. Whitehall. |
Appointment by the said joint Secretaries of State of Hugh
Paterson of Bannockburn to be keeper of the said register of
protections. [Ibid. p. 563.] |
Feb. 21. Whitehall. |
Warrant to the joint Secretaries of State for Scotland to suffer
Charles Hanses of Gray's Inn to peruse the records or registers
in their office and to give him copies of such papers as he shall
desire to be published. [Ibid.] |
Feb. 21. Whitehall. |
The King to George, Earl of Aberdeen, Chancellor, and the
rest of the Privy Council. Warrant for sending up copies of public
papers in order to them being digested and published by the said
Hanses. (Printed in Wodrow, Vol. 3, p. 497). [1½ pages. Ibid.
p. 564.] |
Feb. 21. Whitehall. |
The King to Richard, Lord Maitland, Justice Clerk. Similar
warrant to the last. (The material part is printed in Wodrow,
Vol. 3, p. 499). [2 pages. Ibid. p. 566.] |
Feb. 21. Whitehall. |
The King to the Earl of Perth, Justice General, and the remanent Commissioners of Judicatory and to Sir George Mackenzie
of Tarbett, Clerk Register. Similar warrants to the preceding.
[Ibid. pp. 568, 569.] |
Feb. 22. Coleman Street. |
Sir Robert Vyner to Secretary Jenkins. Having received a
second information from another of a matter somewhat agreeable
to what I acquainted you and Lord Rochester and others about a
year since, I could not but lay it before you by the enclosed with
the names of divers the informant says are active at present. I
have not taken any deposition from him till I receive your
commands. [S.P. Dom., Car. II. 422, No. 93.] Annexed, |
List of persons suspected to have the black bills in their houses.
Immediately after this a general search in those parts is
proposed to consideration. [Ibid. No. 93 i.] |
[Feb. ?] |
Isaac de la Croix, merchant at Calais, having seen one of his
children carried off by the Roman Catholics and put in a convent
to be brought up in their religion and wishing to save the others
from a like fate has resolved to retire to England with his family.
To facilitate this and to obtain from the Most Christian King
permission to sell his property in France, the Earl of Feversham,
the Queen's Chamberlain, a little while ago appointed him
jeweller to the Queen. He begs Secretary Jenkins to represent
his business to his Majesty, in order that he may order his Minister
at the French Court a permission to leave in good form for the
suppliant. [French. Ibid. No. 94.] Annexed, |
Feb. 22. |
Certificate by the Earl of Feversham that he had sworn and
admitted de la Croix as jeweller in ordinary to her Majesty.
[Ibid. No. 94 i.] |
[Feb. 22 ?] |
Capt. Ralph Widdrington, Col. W. Strother, Utric Whitfield, R.
Bates, William Ogle, Philip Bickerstaffe, Isaac Basire, N. Whitehead, John Ridly and William Orde, Justices of Northumberland,
to Secretary Jenkins. The orders of sessions at Midsummer and
Michaelmas were made in the life time of Serjeant Sir Richard
Stote for settling the county keeping in the high sheriff, a very
loyal gentleman, with the former salary of 500l. per annum and
providing that trust to be lodged in the high sheriff for the time
being, an expedient which would render that office less burdensome, but since Sir Richard's death an order was made at the last
sessions to overthrow the two former orders, which by the
opinion of the Attorney General and other counsel is contrary
to law and will discourage any honest men taking the office of
high sheriff. This was done not by argument but by downright
clamour and voting, the ill consequence whereof will probably
not terminate here, but, if voting must carry it in the Bench, will
produce worse effects, unless there be a change in the voters.
This is a border county and therefore we think of more than
ordinary consideration. We submit the redress to your wisdom
whether it may be best accomplished by a regulation of the
Bench or otherwise. The fathers of every one of us were killed,
banished or lost their estates for their constant allegiance.
We mention the names of our brethren who were of another
opinion (of whom a list follows). See post, p. 78. [Ibid. No. 95.] |
Feb. 22. |
Certificate by Secretary Jenkins on a complaint of William
Sowton, M.A., one of the candidates for the rectory of St. Swithin,
London, of a report lately raised, as he says, to his great disadvantage, viz., that he has since the vacancy of the living represented
some things to the Secretary to the prejudice of Timothy Hall,
another of the competitors for the same, that the said report is
utterly false and groundless. [S.P. Dom., Entry Book 53, p. 87.] |
Feb. 22. |
Secretary Jenkins to Sir Roger Norwich. The Lord Keeper
desired me to write to you that, if any offer to take the oath
of supremacy with and under the explications given to it by Queen
Elizabeth, you should not refuse them, those explications being
set out by authority. [S.P. Dom., Entry Book 68, p. 208.] |
Feb. 22. |
The Lord Lieutenant to Secretary Jenkins. I desire you would
order a letter to be drawn for the promotion of Sir William
Stewart, now a baronet, to the dignity of Baron Ramaltan and
Viscount Mountjoy in Ireland according to his Majesty's pleasure
signified to you the other day. The better to guide the clerk
I enclose a copy of the letter by which the same honours were
conferred on Lord Lanesborough. I would be glad the letter
might be sent by Saturday's post, at least before his Majesty's
remove to Newmarket. |
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I find by a gentleman that was in France last summer how Capt.
Shelton imparted to him and two or three more a great part of
the information he gave with such secrecy to Lord Preston. The
other two, viz., the Deans of St. Patrick, Dublin, and Kilkenny
are returned to Ireland and may there be examined and what they
shall say returned hither to be compared with Shelton's information. Parry, the gentleman remaining here, the Dean of Kilkenny's brother, says they were about to go with this information
to Lord Preston, but forbore, observing Shelton had frequent
recourse thither and giving little credit to the matter. [Holograph. S.P. Ireland., Car. II. 343, No. 98.] |
[1683 Feb. ?] |
Capt. Humphrey Okeover to the King. Petition stating that
the petitioner had a foot company in Holland under the Prince of
Orange, which he quitted, hearing that his Majesty was raising
men for France, and returned to England to serve his Majesty,
in which service he lost his eyesight by a violent sickness, and
that for want of having the benefit of his Majesty's references he
continues in a miserable condition, and that the most famous
German oculist proffers to restore his perfect sight for 50 guineas,
which is more than the petitioner is worth or than he can raise,
and therefore praying his Majesty to bestow so much out of the
privy purse as may satisfy the German's demands. [S.P. Dom.,
Car. II. 422, No. 96.] |
Feb. 23. Whitehall. |
Reference to the Lords of the Treasury of the petition of
Francis Faudell du Fresne for a grant of all such lands as he can
recover from the sea in any part of England for some long term
of years under such reasonable yearly rent as his Majesty shall
think fit, that he may be enabled to make bay salt, having a licence
for 14 years. [S.P. Dom., Entry Book 55, p. 237.] |
Feb. 23. |
Dispensation to William Allestry, high sheriff of Derbyshire, to
be out of his county. [S.P. Dom., Entry Book 66, p. 202.] |
Feb. 23. Whitehall. |
Warrant to Charles Fox, paymaster general of the land forces
and garrisons, for payment of a pension of 4s. per diem during
pleasure to Col. Henry Farre in consideration of his long and
constant loyalty, the imminent hazard of his life at Colchester in
1648 and the total ruin of a plentiful fortune, besides his great
age, he being 85 years old. [S.P. Dom., Entry Book 69, p. 23.] |
Feb. 23. |
Like warrant for a pension of 2s. per diem to Capt. Humphrey
Okeover in consideration of his loyalty and necessitous condition,
he having likewise lost his sight in the King's service. [Ibid.] |
Feb. 23. Antrim. |
Viscount Massereene to Secretary Jenkins. Requesting his
Majesty's letters for facilitating Robert Dallway's admission to
the bar, there being an emergency that does not allow his going
again to London to perfect some exercises in the Inn where
he has been a student and he being also engaged in the dispatch
of some deeds and other importances of this family. [S.P.
Ireland, Car. II. 343, No. 99.] |
Feb. 23. Whitehall. |
The King to the Lord Deputy. Warrant, after reciting the
petition of Daniel Hignett of Limerick, which recited the letters
of 12 May, 1680, (calendared in S.P. Dom., 1679–80, p. 473)
granting him the King's title in a moiety of the lands of Ballyclough and Knockbruck in the barony of Connello, co. Limerick,
and stated that in pursuance thereof he had made out the King's
title to the said lands and passed letters patent for the same dated
22 Sept., 1680, and, because, the said lands having been conceded,
there is no power on record to ascertain the number of acres for
settling the quit rents payable thereout, and, because the
petitioner is still a deficient adventurer and soldier, prayed
letters to authorize the Lord Lieutenant to direct the Barons of
the Exchequer to grant a commission for a survey of the said
lands, and, if any overplus remain above the estimated number of
acres, that he might have liberty to place deficiencies thereon
and that the same might be granted him by new letters patent;
a reference thereof to the Lord Lieutenant, who transmitted the
opinion of the Attorney General, with which he fully agreed,
dated 26 Sept., 1681, that he conceives that the taking of a survey
will tend much to his Majesty's advantage by discovering a
surplus of acres in the said lands, if any may be found, and by
ascertaining the quit rents and that in regard the petitioner (as
alleged) has made out his Majesty's title to the lands, which were
concealed, that his Grace may fitly recommend that his Majesty
would authorize his Grace to direct the Barons of the Exchequer
to cause such a survey to be made and may allow the petitioner
to place deficiencies on such surplus of acres (if any) as shall be
returned on the said survey and the quit rents may be stated
accordingly and thereupon the petitioner may pass new letters
patent of the whole, as desired by him; a further reference to
the Lords of the Treasury and their report dated 6 Feb., 1682[–3],
agreeing with the Lord Lieutenant and the Attorney General:
Authorizing and requiring him, the said Hignett first making it
fully appear that the King's title to the moiety of Ballyclough
and Knockbruck is fully made out, to direct the Barons of the
Exchequer to grant a commission to survey the said lands,
to know what surplus of acres remains over the estimated number
in both or either of them, that so the quit rents may be stated
accordingly; which being done, to cause new letters patent to
be passed to the said Daniel Hignett and his heirs of the King's
moiety of the said lands, with power to him to place deficiencies
according to the Act rate on such surplus of acres (if any) returned
by the said survey, reserving the quit rents to be stated as above
said. [Over 3 pages. S.P. Dom., Signet Office, Vol. II., p.
145.] |
Feb. 23. Whitehall. |
The King to the Lord Deputy. Warrant for the creation of
Sir William Stewart to be Baron Stewart of Ramelton and
Viscount Mountjoy in the Kingdom of Ireland, with remainder
to the heirs male of his body. [Ibid. p. 149.] |
[Feb. ?] |
Widow Habin, Henry Halsted and John Newton of Chichester
and Samuel Carleton to the King. Petition for a grant of 300l.
out of the fines lately set on the Dissenters of Chichester and
Sussex towards the reparation of their losses and damages and
the reimbursement of Carleton's charges, the widow's late husband
having been murdered on Sunday, 6 August last, on his return
from disturbing a seditious conventicle. Halsted and Newton
having, for their diligence in the execution of the laws against
the said conventicles, not only several times been severely beaten
and stoned, but also lost their employments through the factious
interest against them, and Carleton having been at great charges
in bailing and defending the petitioners and others at Chichester,
who have been most unjustly vexed with actions by the factious
party. [S.P. Dom., Car. II. 422, No. 97.] Annexed, |
Feb. 24. |
Certificate by Robert Thornden, Mayor, and four others, that
Halsted, Newton and Richard Habin, who was murdered
6 Aug. last, have been for near two years past very active
disturbers of unlawful meetings, by reason whereof the two
former have lost all their employments and the latter his life.
[Ibid. No. 97 i.] |
Feb. 24. Chichester. |
The examination of Lambert Bernard. Drinking 26 Dec.
last with Robert Whicher and John Woodnutt in the house of
William Bettesworth, innholder. Woodnutt drank a health to
the Duke of Monmouth and confusion to the Duke of York and
said that for all the Tory troopers Monmouth should wear the
crown and stripped himself to his shirt and ran out of the room
and swore he would fight Radney, one of the troopers. [Ibid.
No. 98.] |
Feb. 24. [Received.] |
Mr. Rogerson's information against Mr. Hodges about words
against the Duke. (Calendared erroneously from another copy
under 13 Aug., 1681, in S.P. Dom., 1680–81, p. 402.) [Ibid. No. 99.] |
Feb. 24. Whitehall. |
Secretary Jenkins to Sir Robert Viner. Your letter to me with
the enclosed information was laid before his Majesty and several
of the Lords to-night. His directions to me were to desire you
to take the information of such as are able to say anything in
the matter on oath, as you may, being an alderman and a justice,
do it by law. The principal thing he recommends is that you
would set down as particularly as you can learn, where those
battle-axes and black bills are made, who the workmen are and
where they live, and especially what number or quantities are
already made or vended, for, though your paper mentions
some thousands, yet his Majesty thinks that he that gives so
great a number is able to point at certain persons and places
where they live and are disposed of, even to the precise numbers.
He would have the examinations taken as privately as you can
and, the greater part of the persons in the list not being known
to him, he desires you to make another list, though it need not be
on oath, wherein should be added under every man's name his
quality, dwelling, trade and other circumstances by which those
employed to look after the several persons may find them out.
[S.P. Dom., Entry Book 68, p. 210.] |
Feb. 24. Whitehall. |
Secretary Jenkins to the Attorney General. I send by his
Majesty's command two copies of depositions and originals
sent me from Stamford. I am told the originals of the two
copies are already sent you. You are desired to direct proceedings against Dawkins, if you judge that the evidence and circumstances are such as will bear to his Majesty's vindication and
service. |
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His Majesty being moved to direct you to issue a Quo Warranto
against the city of Bristol and the Lord Keeper having delivered
his opinion in favour of that motion, it is his pleasure that a
Quo Warranto go out as soon as the Duke of Beaufort or Sir John
Knight shall desire it. [Ibid. p. 211.] |
Feb. 24. Whitehall. |
Secretary Jenkins to the High Sheriff of Yorkshire. His
Majesty, having had a representation from the Quakers of their
hard usage, as they complain, in several prisons, has commanded
me to send you that part of it that concerns your county, that you
may return me an answer thereon, whereby his Majesty may have
a true state of the business without words either to aggravate
or excuse what you shall find to be the real matter of fact and,
if you find anything in the restraint of those people that is not
agreeable to the laws of humanity or the legal usages in those
cases, his pleasure is that you, without setting them at liberty
otherwise than by due course of law, give a speedy remedy as
by law you may and ought to do. [Ibid.] |
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Memorandum that the same, mutatis mutandis, was sent to the
High Sheriff of Northamptonshire and the Mayors of Norwich,
Bristol and Gloucester. [Ibid. p. 212.] |
Feb. 24. Whitehall. |
The King to the Earl of Aberdeen, Chancellor, and the rest of
the Privy Council. Approving of their proceedings against
— Lawry, late of Blaikwood, now a prisoner in Edinburgh
Tolbooth and condemned to die for the crimes of treason proved
against him. [S.P. Scotland, Warrant Book 7, p. 570.] |
Feb. 24. Whitehall. |
The King to the Earl of Aberdeen and the remanent Lords
ordinary and extraordinary of the College of Justice, Commissioners for the disposal of the late Earl of Argyle's estate.
Warrant not to assign or set out in favour of any of the children
of the said late Earl any part of his former estate till the charter
chest and all the writs and evidences relating to his estate or
offices be delivered to them and the cannon, arms and ammunition, either belonging to the Crown or which were his before the
sentence of forfeiture, be delivered up to the Master of the
Ordnance. [Ibid.] |
Feb. 25. |
Gabriel Shadd to Secretary Jenkins. Being a prisoner I send
you the enclosed petition with an account of my endeavours to
serve his Majesty annexed, which I pray you to present to him
and to inform him of my sufferings since my durance. Peter
Bell, son of a Nonconformist parson, being in the prison on a fine
of 50l., spoke opprobrious words of his Majesty, saying to me that
if I informed for conscience sake, I should inform against the
King for lying with so many women and that he was a petty
prince and not to be valued by the States of Holland and that
he ought to be divorced from the Queen that there might be an
heir to the Crown. I replied that he was as great a prince as
any in Christendom and bade him not concern himself in such
things, for the Crown would not want an heir and bade him go out
of the room. He immediately struck me twice in the face and,
when I returned him blows, he took up a knife and stabbed at
me and broke it on my body. [S.P. Dom., Car. II. 422, No. 100.] |
Feb. 26. York. |
The Earl of Carlisle to Secretary Jenkins. I received yours
enclosed in one from my son concerning Sir G. Fletcher appointing
me to attend on his Majesty in Easter week. I have been and
am still very ill of the gout and know not how I may be then,
but, if able, I intend to wait on him then. [S.P. Dom., Car. II.
422, No. 101.] |
Feb. 26. Yarmouth. |
Luke Milbourne, curate, to the Archbishop of Canterbury.
The factious inclinations of many here cannot be unknown to
you, especially since the controversy between our bayliffs was
heard at the Council table. Sir Thomas Medowes is a person of
undoubted loyalty and sincerity in the communion of the Church
of England. Of the first his just complaint against a surreptitious
and notoriously ill-affected Justice was an evidence, of the latter
his vigorous putting the laws in execution against Dissenters,
but Mr. Simonds, the other bayliff, has acted very differently.
He is indeed charitable to the poor, constant and devout in the
church, very sober in conversation and not altogether unlearned,
but his choice of a person so ill-affected to be a Justice, who had
not long before been ejected as unfit, and that in spite of the
charter, and his violent wresting the Admiral's seal from a
legal deputy looked ill, yet youth and want of experience might
somewhat have extenuated these, had they not been prosecuted
with greater errors. The order of his Majesty in Council he refused
to submit to and charged it as supposititious, the seal he refused
to resign to the senior bayliff according to order or to have
that order of his Majesty recorded, and several others spoke
extremely contemptuously of that determination and Mr.
Simonds and his party boasted that they came off without the
least reproof, so that they had no reason to acknowledge an error
or his Majesty's order in relation to it. |
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I cannot think Mr. Simonds altogether incorrigible; perhaps a
little severity may reduce him. He is much guided by the person
he had chosen a Justice and a Nonconformist preacher now
practising physic here, than which two perhaps few can be found
more active or dangerous, nor is his elder brother, with whom he
lives, a zealous Presbyterian, wanting in his advice, all three
persons of an inveterate spleen against Sir T. Medowes and the
Church of England. His actions are agreeable to such counsels,
always opposing his partner and suffering conventicles under his
nose without the least disturbance. I am persuaded that your
Grace may in the Privy Council be an assistant to a just and loyal
cause. [2 pages. Ibid. No. 102.] |
Feb. 26. Durham. |
I[saac] B[asire] to Capt. Widdrington, Charles Street, Westminster. I am very glad to perceive by yours of the 22nd that
we have such good grounds to hope for success in the concern of
Northumberland. Last post I sent you our letter to Secretary
Jenkins and by this some fresh instances of the disaffection of
several Justices in Northumberland. I had an account last
post from Mr. Pye of the opinions of Mr. Holt and Mr. Jones
clearly for the Sheriff's right and the last order will be quashed
in the certiorari which he has [pu]t down and that an action will
lie for him against Mr. Howard for all money received on that
account. This was my opinion and directions to the High
Sheriff immediately after the last sessions, but then I considered
this would be very costly to him and a work of time and that,
if we could procure a regulation of the bench before next sessions,
our work would be done more speedily and all that money would
be saved. Therefore, though we will go on with the certiorari,
my advice is that a speedy proceeding be made in Council on
his petition, and let our friends be informed how much the peace
of that county is already interrupted for there are now warrants
against warrants for levying the salary. The loyal Justices have
issued their warrants pursuant to former orders, for paying the
High Sheriff, and the other Justices theirs on the last illegal order
for payment of Mr. Howard; so that, unless a new commission
of the peace come down before next sessions, that county will
probably be in an uproar and there will be such clashing on the
bench as may produce very ill effects. This main point should
be well pressed and effectually communicated to his Majesty,
Mr. Secretary, etc. [Ibid. No. 103.] Enclosed, |
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Fresh instances of disaffection of some Justices in Northumberland. |
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1. The grand jury at Newcastle, who without evidence found
an indictment against several gentlemen, who had signed and
promoted a loyal address, several of the grand jury being
Justices. |
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2. When the grand jury at Morpeth sessions, 1681, made
several proposals for suppressing Fanaticism and the
preservation of the peace, what small encouragement was
given by John Blakiston, one of the Justices, and others, was
well-known to many then in court. |
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3. At the Morpeth gaol delivery, 1681, though an address of
abhorrence was signed by the grand jury and several Justices,
it was refused to be signed in open court by the said Blakiston,
Sir Ralph Delavall and Robert Mitford, foreman of the said
Newcastle jury, who found the indictment against the loyal
addressers. |
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4. At the last assizes at Newcastle Sir R. Delavall, Mr.
Mitford and Mr. Addison preferred 12 indictments against
the loyal High Sheriff, which were all found Ignoramus. |
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5. At the last Alnwick sessions the grand jury desired that no
man should be in public employment for the county but such
as were generally reputed loyal and well-affected to the present
government, at which time two of the jury declared that the
present county treasurer frequented conventicles and he is
still continued in the office only by the power of the said
Justices. |
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6. Information was given to the bench by the grand jury
at last Christmas sessions, 1682, of a dangerous conventicle
of above 500, who met weekly, most of them armed, and
desired some course to be taken speedily to suppress them, but
this and several other good presentments were totally laid
aside, the said Blakiston at that time being the mouth of the
bench. |
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7. Two orders were duly made at Midsummer and Michaelmas
sessions appointing Edmond Craister country keeper and
to continue that office in the High Sheriff for the time being
with the usual salary of 500l. per annum, and those orders
were made that the King and county might be better served
with honest and loyal High Sheriffs, who would otherwise
endeavour to avoid the expense of that office, when their
sufferings for their allegiance could prevail for their excuse,
but those orders were contradicted by one made the last
sessions, Sir Richard Stote, who presided, being dead and
Blakiston being put into the station by clamour and downright
voting, whereby the High Sheriff is ordered to be put out
though he has given bond of 1,000l. and has been at the charge
of executing the same for 3 months this winter time, which is of
more consideration than all the other 9 months. With names
of the Justices who made the two former orders and the last one.
[2 pages. Ibid. No. 103 i.] |
[Feb. 26.] |
Jane Harvey to James Warner, minister, in Moorfields, London.
I have heard of your safe arrival, though you were in much danger
at sea. The Lord help you and the rest of your company to
return thanks for it. Those you writ to much wonder I have no
letter, but I told them I thought the reason was, because I desired
you to send me a household servant maid and did not consider
your condition, as I have since seen by your wife's letters. I
perceive you had a proffer to go for New England. The Lord
direct you what to do in it. I have received a letter from the
Governor in Carolina, who says he cannot assure you of a certain
maintenance, for in Carolina there is liberty of conscience and
every sort takes care for their own minister. You may inquire
to satisfy yourself, both for New England and Carolina. As for a
woman servant, if you have sent none already, I desire you not to
send one, for I am willing but to pay her passage. I would not
have much charge about one, and so you may tell my cousin
Chappell, for I am discouraged about our friends, not to have
one that is fit for me, for I love peace and quietness, and if the
things mentioned for you to send are not sent, I desire you not to
trouble to send any, but, if you have sent any thing, I will take
care to reimburse you. Enclosed is your wife's letter and your
cousin, Rosen's. I take your not writing a little unkindly,
because others that have letters talk of it, but yet it is my duty
not to be afraid of doing good. Mr. Steed and the Governor said,
if I had not been a widow, they would have fined me with the
loss of my houses, but I did it in obedience to God and so God
preserved me. George Hannah is gone for England and I suppose
will see you. (Undated but postmark 26 Feb. but true date
probably earlier as it appears to have been written from Carolina.
Endorsed by Secretary Jenkins "A Nonconformist minister
sent by the Lord Mayor to Newgate 7 Aug. '83. Brought me by
Mr. Swordbearer 8 Aug. He would not acknowledge the Lord
Mayor, nor his being a justice.") [Ibid. No. 104.] |
Feb. 26. Whitehall. |
The King to the Governors of the Charterhouse. We have
written letters dated 15 May, 1681, 12 July, 1682, and 4 Dec.,
1682, in behalf of Henry Levett, son of William Levett, page of
the Backstairs to the late King, whom for his loyalty and faithful
services he the day before and also the very morning of his
martyrdom particularly recommended to our care by Dr. Juxon
(then Bishop of London) that he should be admitted scholar of
that hospital, and now, since the said letters have not taken the
effect we desired and you yourselves have enlarged the age of
capacity from 14 to 15, we hereby specially require that at your
first meeting you admit him a scholar of that hospital notwithstanding any statute etc. to the contrary, which we earnestly
request you to dispense with in this particular case, in no wise
intending the same should be drawn into example, but that
the present rule be duly observed in the case of all others for whom
our letters have been or shall be obtained. [S.P. Dom., Entry
Book 53, p. 506.] |
Feb. 26. Whitehall. |
Reference to the Lords of the Treasury of the petition of Sir
John Fitzgerald for a grant of the quit rents of his father's ancient
estate. With memorandum that this reference was renewed
8 May, 1683, at Windsor, to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland or the
Lord Deputy. [S.P. Dom., Entry Book 55, p. 237.] |
Feb. 26. Whitehall. |
Further reference to the Lords of the Treasury of the case of
Robert Arthur and the report of the Lord Lieutenant thereon.
[Ibid. p. 239]. Prefixed, |
The said report dated 20 Feb., 1682–3, St. James' Square, that
in obedience to the reference of 20 Oct. last we have considered
Robert Arthur's petition and find that besides the certificates
I have myself given of the constant loyalty and services of
Robert and John Arthur, his father and grandfather, in
contributions towards the maintenance of his Majesty's
army and that of his father in Ireland during the late general
rebellion there, his Majesty also granted his declaration of
their constant loyalty and innocence in a clause of the Act
of Settlement, providing that they should be restored to their
ancient estate there except what was thereof in the hands of
soldiers or adventurers or within the city of Dublin and
that they should be forthwith reprized for the excepted part
thereof, of which clause neither the petitioner nor his ancestors
having received any benefit, the more considerable part of their
estate to the value of 1,000l. sterling per annum lying within
the said city of Dublin, for which they have not been as yet
reprized, he prays an order for his reprizal (with a consideration of the loss of the mesne profits of his said estate for
many years past) out of such lands as he shall discover, to
which his Majesty's title has already been found and which are
held in custodiam or otherwise, whereon no new commission
of enquiry will be requisite, and that to strengthen his title
to such lands his Majesty will further appoint that the
satisfaction of the deficiencies of the said reprizal may be
placed on the said lands, whereby the same may be appropriated
to the satisfaction of the said reprizals pursuant to the intent
of the said Act. (Then follows a recital of the letter of 28
May, 1680, about the mischief caused by commissions of
enquiry, calendared in S.P. Dom., 1679–80, p. 495.)
In consideration thereof I cannot advise orders to be given
for issuing commissions to enquire his Majesty's title
to lands to be granted to the petitioner, yet am of opinion
that such lands as he may be able to discover to which his
Majesty's title has been already found and are in his disposal
may be passed to him by letters patent in recompense of his
said ancestors' estate and service, till he shall have obtained
full reprizals according to the said clause, he producing a list
of such lands with the true value thereof to the Lord Lieutenant
within 2 years and placing his deficiencies on the said lands
and paying the rents and services required by the said Act.
[Nearly 2 pages. Ibid. p. 238.] |
Feb. 26. Whitehall. |
Commissions to Capt. Peter Lumsden to be captain, to John
Mascall to be lieutenant and to John Hunt to be ensign of the
company of trained band soldiers of New Romney in the first
regiment of the Cinque Ports. Minutes. [S.P. Dom., Entry Book
69, p. 25.] |
Feb. 26. |
The Lord Lieutenant to Secretary Jenkins. Introducing the
bearer, Mr. Pooly, one of those to whom Capt. Shelton revealed
the plot in France on very small acquaintance and with whom
he, after he was dismissed, had many discourses. [Holograph.
S.P. Ireland, Car II. 343, No. 100.] |
Feb. 27. |
Order of the Court of Aldermen. After reciting the order of
20 Dec., that Sir John Shorter should forbear acting as Alderman
till he gave in his answer and that he having presented a paper of
arguments for his vindication, whereon several counsel have been
advised with by the directions of the Court, who are desirous
that the opinion of the Recorder, who is now out of town, should
likewise be had: that the said Sir John Shorter continue to
forbear acting as Alderman, till at Mr. Recorder's return his
opinion may be presented to this Court. [S.P. Dom., Car. II.
422, No. 105.] Prefixed, |
Dec. 20. |
Order of the Court of Aldermen. Whereas his Majesty has
signified his pleasure by his letter of the 18th that for the
reasons therein mentioned proceedings should be forthwith
had in this Court against Alderman Sir John Shorter to
remove him from his place, if he may be removed by law
and the usage of this city, a copy whereof having been delivered
to him at his request he now desired leave of this Court to
forbear acting in his said place till he should have given this
Court his answer to the said charge, whereon the Court agreed
that he forbear acting accordingly, the Lord Mayor is desired
by this Court to depute Hugh Noden and Thomas Jeve,
inhabitants of Cripplegate ward, or such others, in case of
their failing, as he shall think fit, to hold the wardmotes for
the said ward next St. Thomas' Day in Sir John Shorter's
stead. [Ibid. No. 105 i.] |
[1683 ?] [Feb. 27 ?] Tuesday morning. |
The Earl of Ailesbury to Secretary Jenkins. Being informed
that he is mentioned in a book by Signor Leti, which is not to be
bought, requesting him to lend it him to read on his journey,
which at his return he will return. Was to have waited on him
last night to receive his commands before his journey. [Ibid. No.
106.] |
Feb. 27. Whitehall. |
Reference to the Attorney General of the petition of Thomas
Neale for a market at Shadwell every Wednesday and Saturday
or at least every Saturday. [S.P. Dom., Entry Book 55, p. 241.] |
Feb. 27. Dublin. |
The Archbishop of Armagh to Secretary Jenkins. Acknowledging his letter of the 17th with an enclosure for Lord
Clanrickard. He does not now live here, but in the country many
miles off, however I shall take care to have it safely delivered
and I shall on all opportunities perform all the services I can for
Lord Dunkellin and his lady. [S.P. Ireland, Car. II. 343, No. 101.] |
Feb. 27. |
Capt. Roger Tilly to Mr. Wynne, Secretary to Sir L. Jenkins.
Requesting him to get an answer to the enclosed, from Sir
Leoline, who promised him an answer last night but has forgot it.
[Ibid. No. 102.] Enclosed, |
Capt. Tilly to Secretary Jenkins. I did not believe the King of
France had so many good friends in the Court of England
till now, only I always knew that Lord Sunderland's interest
there obliged him always to stand for that country. It is
very sad I must be obliged to quit my employments in a
country where I was so well assured of my bread, besides
being obliged to make away with my wife's estate for nothing,
which perhaps may be seized before I come thither, since
I am sure all this news will be in the Court of France before
three days. Lord Preston has pressed me to undertake
a pleasant voyage to ruin me. I think his Majesty needed
not to send for me, since he was already satisfied there was no
truth in what I said. I wish it may be so, though I ought
to wish it may go on that hereafter you may believe you had
once a faithful subject in another country. I go to-morrow,
therefore I hope his Majesty will not deny me a passport.
[Ibid. No. 102 i.] |
Feb. 28. |
Memorandum by the Archbishop of Canterbury that his
Majesty has been informed that in Bury St. Edmunds two
conventicles, one of Presbyterians, the other of Independents,
are publicly held and so frequented that they seem to divide the
town with the two parish churches, which makes them so bold
that they make their members appear in the streets at the same
time that the more regular inhabitants repair to and come back
from their parish churches. There is also a like great conventicle
held constantly in Ipswich and another at Woodbridge and yet
not the least disturbance is given to any of them. It is therefore
his Majesty's pleasure that a letter be written to Mr. Justice
Wyndham to meet him at Bury requiring him to give it in charge
to the Justices and especially to those living nigh the said town,
that they take effectual care for suppressing all these unlawful
assemblies. [S.P. Dom., Car. II. 422, No. 107.] |
Feb. 28. Winchester Castle. |
Grant by the Grand Jury of the County of Southampton to
his Majesty, his heirs and successors of all their right, title and
interest in their county hall and the ground thereto belonging,
they being assured of his intention to build a palace where formerly
the castle stood, in which he cannot proceed without the entire
use and possession of the said hall and ground, and he having
promised to rebuild another place for the accommodation of
the county. 32 signatures. [Ibid. No. 108.] |
Feb. 28. |
Robert Ferguson to his wife. (Printed in Ferguson, Ferguson
the Plotter, p. 119.) [Ibid. No. 109.] |
Feb. 28. |
Commission to John Baynes to be brigadier and eldest lieutenant of horse in the King's own troop of Horse Guards. Minute.
[S.P. Dom., Entry Book 69, p. 24.] |
Feb. 28. Whitehall. |
Warrant to Sir Henry Belasyse for causing drums to be beaten
in and about the city of London and other parts of England,
for raising 200 volunteers for recruiting the English forces in the
service of the States General, with a proviso that notice be given
to the Lord Mayor of London before the same be done therein.
[S.P. Dom., Entry Book 164, p. 90.] |
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Memorandum of a like warrant to Col. Alexander Cannon for
raising 200 volunteers, dated 12 March, 1683, Newmarket. [Ibid.] |
Feb. 28. Lisburn. |
Sir George Rawdon to the Earl of Conway. Yours of the
10th (see Hastings MSS. [Hist. MSS. Comm.] Vol. II., p. 393)
was a great satisfaction to all your servants here, that, since you
have done with that great employment of Secretary, it has been
done with so much honour to yourself and approbation of his
Majesty. Mr. Farewell and Capt. Eustace came back from Dublin
two days since, of whom I inquired how this change was understood there, and they say, very honourably and to your advantage
in every way. The captain is come home with satisfaction, for
he made use of the necessity his brother [-in-law] Hill is now
driven to by the many suits now upon him and refused to meddle
with his affairs (for he is his sole steward, manager and receiver
as Mr. Farewell is for his lawsuits) unless he could be assured of
payment of his wife's portion of 1,500l. and of 100l. salary yearly
to set his lands and receive his rents, which Mr. Hill refused, but
at last they consented to secure it, so he and his lady intend to
be absent presently in Wales or England to be out of the importunities of creditors. All Kilwarlin rents are to be paid to Sir
Robert Colvill, till 2,500l. be paid, and Tom Leathes has all the
woods there assigned to him for payment of debts he and Redmon
are bound for. They are estimated at 1,000l. and are all to be
fallen in one year next. A great pity it is such fine young growing
wood should be destroyed, for the best timber trees are felled
already. |
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To-day Mr. Mildmay and John Totnall have been viewing the
free school here, which is much out of order, so I have invited all
the vicars to allow 10l. a year (since you are contented to convey
the site of it etc. and to allow a salary of 40l. a year for a schoolmaster as an addition to the diocese school intended to be settled
here) to repair this old school, the estimated charge being 50l.
for seats, repairing the roof and covering it with shingles and
planking the floor etc., which, Dean Willkins having given the
example and offering to pay his 10l., the rest have consented to.
But on search to-day this old school is found so mean, the walls and
roof being decayed and other defects, that Mildmay, Totnall and
our prime carpenter are all against repairing but to build a new
school and the old one to be reserved for a writing school, for Mr.
Harvey's scholars gentlemen's sons (strangers) are this day 30,
that come to church prayers now in Lent and stand for the most
part for want of seats, and our writing master, as famous in his
kind, has many scholars also. So I am advised to give you this
account as their counsel to move your bounty to allow 100l.
towards a new school, with which and the vicars' mites and other
helps it is designed to build a school worth your noble and
charitable inclinations, but we shall be somewhat straitened for
conveniency about it and, though you were surprised in selling
Eustace Jackson two or three acres intended to enlarge accommodations, to build a schoolmaster's house etc., as you were to quit
the great moss excepted in Mr. Harrison's lease as also in allowing
Major Stroud's trees, which blind the handsomest street in any
town I have seen, please signify your pleasure in this as soon as
may be, for our young people will be discouraged to be so
accommodated long thus and either we must presently repair the
old or give them hope of a new and better schoolhouse. They
give me this estimate of the charge of a new school and hope,
if it fall short, to have other helps of freewill offerings to make it
up. I intend to show example myself and shall invite Mr.
Mildmay that has no family and lives with me, and his nephew
also, and himself the chief promoter of having this a noble public
work, though I have not much hopes of his money, but perhaps
his pains in looking after it may be useful. |
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I writ you a long narrative of several passages here and in our
neighbourhood before I received your account of the 10th instant
of your leaving your great employment and your intention to
retire this spring to Ragley, where I pray God continue your
health and life many years and that you may have more pleasure
than I doubt you will in managing so great a work, as is begun, to
perfection, and that, when your conveniency allows your concerns
here to enjoy your presence, it may be satisfactory and your
remove prosperous and agreeable to my excellent lady sister
to whom I wish all blessings her own heart or yours may desire. |
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My two daughters often inquire if it will not become them to
present their duties to her in writing. Fearing she might think it
troublesome, they presume not to do it so often as they would
but desire me to speak their most humble duty in their behalf,
and Lady Mildmay is so kind a friend and was such to them
when they were in Dublin and is pleased now also to be your
agent that they have besought me that you will take notice of it
to Mr. Gascoigne, her husband, the Duke of Ormonde's secretary,
and thank him in behalf of your two nieces. I allow them 12l.
yearly a piece for their clothes and she makes them very fine and
fashionable from Dublin constantly. [Over 3 pages. S.P.
Ireland, Car. II. 343, No. 103.] |
[Feb.] |
The Presentment of the Grand Jury for Northamptonshire
at the Lent Assizes. We have seen the presentment of the Grand
Jury for Northamptonshire at the sessions held on Tuesday after
the Epiphany (Jan. 9) viz.:—We present it as a duty on all
magistrates to put the laws in execution made to suppress unlawful
assemblies, conventicles etc. because we find that therein have been
hatched all the seditious practices which have of late so much
endangered the peace, and particularly we present all unlicensed
coffee-houses or places where false and seditious news is invented
and spread; we present all meetings of any considerable number of
people who may be suspected of disaffection to be very dangerous
to the public peace and expedient to be suppressed; we present as
absolutely necessary that all laws be put into execution against
all Dissenters whatever, it being impossible to distinguish Papists
from others and both extremes being equally dangerous and,
seeing that several of them take on themselves to teach and
preach in unlawful assemblies, we desire that the oaths of
allegiance and supremacy be tendered to them and all persons
of suspected allegiance for the better discovery of ill-affected
men and the prevention of their ill purposes and that further and
effectual care may be taken for the preservation of the public
peace. On delivering the above presentments it was ordered
that they have the hearty thanks of the court and Sir Roger
Norwich was desired to acquaint some of the ministers of State
therewith and to beseech his Majesty to commission persons
to give the aforesaid oaths. We fully concur with them and are
informed that his Majesty approves of the said presentments and
has commissioned several to tender the oath of supremacy to the
inhabitants of this county who shall be suspected to be opposers
of the King's prerogative in ecclesiastical affairs and causes.
We present it as necessary that the oath be forthwith tendered
to all suspected to be Popish or of Popish principles and to all
other Recusants and Dissenters whatever. And whereas we find
that ill men endeavour to get themselves into public offices and
employments, we present that all officers before entering on their
employments may take the oaths of allegiance and supremacy and
produce a certificate that they are conformable to the Church
government and have received the sacrament according to the
rites of the Church of England within the last 12 months, and
that, whereas all ale-house keepers, victuallers, etc., have a great
temptation in spreading seditious news, that none be licensed for
the future but such as shall take the said oaths and testify their
conformity to the government. And whereas several robberies
have been lately committed in this county and the robbers have
been aided by several ale-house keepers and victuallers, we desire
that all inns, ale-houses and other houses of entertainment give
notice of all suspicious persons that shall come to their house and
on failure thereof be suppressed. And whereas several good
men for want of knowledge know not how to perform their
duties and others, pretending ignorance, will not do it, we present
it as necessary that all officers at the assizes and sessions have
articles comprehending their duties exhibited to them before they
make their presentments and may be enjoined to answer on
oath to them. (The assizes were from 27 Feb. to 2 March.) [3
pages. S.P. Dom., Car. II. 422, No. 110.] |
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Another copy of the above presentment of the grand jury at
the sessions. [Ibid. No. 111.] |
[Feb. ?] |
Col. Thomas Stradling, captain in the King's regiment of
Guards, to the King. Petition stating that nearly 4 years since
he reminded his Majesty of his promise to him of the payment of
376l. 16s. due to him as a captain in the regiment of Guards, which
his Majesty assured him should be continued to him from the time
that by false pretences he was removed from his command till
he was restored to it, being from 1 Aug., 1672, to 1 March, 1675,
which petition was 21 March, 1678–9, referred to the then Lord
Treasurer and on his report that the said sum was really due,
he was ordered to cause it to be paid to the petitioner, but before
he did so he resigned his office, and therefore praying a renewal of
the former directions to Charles Fox, Paymaster for the Army,
for payment of the said sum out of the contingencies. [Ibid.
No. 112.] Probably annexed, |
Draft warrant to Charles Fox for payment of the said sum.
[Ibid. No. 112 i.] |
Memorandum to desire Lord Rochester's favour for an order to
pay 376l. 6s. (sic) to Col. Thomas Stradling that he may
pay 400l. into the Exchequer, to avoid his being sued. (See
Calendar of Treasury Books, Vol. VII., p. 711). [Ibid. No.
112 ii.] |
Memorial by Col. Stradling that in the first war the King gave
his father a commission to raise a foot regiment, which
entitled him to offer to raise a regiment in the late new revised
forces. His Majesty having then allowed of it gives him a
just encouragement to beg the same honour, whenever any
regiments are to be raised. [Ibid. No. 112 iii.] |
[Feb. ?] |
Charles Proger, lieutenant in the Guards, to the King. Petition
for a grant of the fines of 100l. set on John Narden, William
Lenthall and Henry Rogers by the Court of Verge for a riot.
(22 Feb. 1682–3, see Calendar of Treasury Books, Vol. VII., p.
776.) [Ibid. No. 113.] |