P

Pack, —, lieutenant-colonel in Princess Anne's regiment, deceased

Packer, [Philip, paymaster of works, deceased], accounts of

Packet boats. See Chester, Corunna, Dover, Falmouth, Harwich, Holland, Newston, Spain.

Packington, Sir John, bart., deputy lieutenant for Worcester, city and county

Pacy, John, custos brevium and chirographer of the Common Pleas, Ireland

Padmore, John, Clerk of the Crown of Leinster 3rd pursuivant, Ireland

Paget(Pagett), Mr., circular letter sent to
-, hon. Henry, deputy lieutenant for Buckinghamshire, Middlesex and Staffordshire, list of deputy lieutenants signed by
-, William, 6th Lord Paget, commission of the peace for Staffordshire signed by lord lieutenant of Staffordshire

Paine(Pain, Payne), Edward, clerk of the ordnance, Ireland
-, John, captain, surveyor and director-general of fortifications in Ireland
-, Neville, information against and note
-, Robert deputy lieutenant for Gloucester city
-, William, merchant, petition signed by

Pains and Penalties, Bills of, discussed

Painscastle, co. Radnor, meeting of J.P.s at

Painted linen

Painter, William, redeemed slave, petition of

Paixfield, James, merchant at Leghorn, petition signed by

Pajot, Mons., paper from, re postal treaty

Pakenham, co. Suffolk

Palatinate, the, protestants of, settled at Usinghen, school, etc., for

Palestina, Travels into

Palfrey, [George], lieutenant in Churchill's regiment
-, Gervis, ensign in Stewart's regiment

Pallas, —, captain of the Oriflame

Palliser, Thomas, major and captain in Coote's regiment

Palmer, Anthony, merchant at Tunis
-, Sir Henry, bart., deputy lieutenant for Kent
-, Joseph, accused of piracy, pardon for
-, Nathaniel, deputy lieutenant for Somerset
-, William:
-, bills received from
-, brother of the guild of glovers, Dublin
-, commissioner in Ireland for the relief of the Vaudois
-, letter from
-, letters to
-, memorial and representation signed by
-, and Mr. Poultney
-, secretary to the Lords Justices, Ireland

Palmes, Guy, teller of the Exchequer, embezzlement in office of
-, Stephen, petition for writ of error

Pamplin, John, deputy lieutenant for Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely

Pantoun, William, writer to the signet, wife of. See Edgar, Helen.

Paper. See Brown paper, Printing paper, Writing paper.

Paper-makers, case of, against an intended Act, presented to parliament

Paper-making, French interest in

Paper-mills, number of, in the kingdom, and number of families employed by owners of, case of, presented to parliament rents of

Paper Office. See State Paper Office.

Papist(Papists, Popish, Roman Catholics, Romish, etc.):
-, Act for amoving . . . from London and Westminster (1 W. and M.)
-, Act for disabling . . . from sitting in either House of Parliament (30 Chas. II)
-, Act for . . . disarming Will. III)
-, arms, etc., concealed by, proclamation re
-, appointed consul at Leghorn, representation against
-, bishops, "deputed to endeavour the subversion of this kingdom," persons prosecuting, for saying mass, reward for
-, education of children as, Act against (3 Jas. I, cap. V) proclamation against
-, French. See French.
-, information against
-, inheritance or purchase of lands by, enactment re
-, marriage of a king or queen of Scotland with. See Scotland (marriage).
-, priests:
-, arrest and commitment of
-, in or returning to Ireland Act for banishing execution of laws against, proclamation for, informations re

-, in the Plantations. See Plantations.
-, in Scotland, proposed acts against
-, in the service of foreign ministers. See Foreign Ministers.
-, informers against. See Informers.
-, proclamation against
-, proclamation against, case re
-, protestant children and heirs of. See Protestant.
-, schoolmaster
-, seminary abroad, seduction to, suspected
-, See also Jesuits, Recusants.

Parana, history of note.

Paraquaria, Sepp and Del Techo of (voyage to Paraquaria and history of Paraquay), and notes

Parchment dressing

Pardons
-, before trial
-, by the king, discussed
-, caveats entered against
-, general See also London, prisons (Newgate); Midland, Northern, Oxford and Western circuits.
-, granting of, and the Act for the sale of Irish forfeitures
-, irregular methods of procuring
-, of burglary
-, of convicts. See Convicts.
-, of counterfeiting
-, of highway robbery
-, of malicious killing of horses
-, of murder and manslaughter by the king, discussed
-, of outlawries by attorney, etc., Act for note; Irish act to hinder
-, of pirates and piracies proclamation re recommended by the Admiralty
-, of rebellion in Ireland. See Ireland (rebellion).
-, of robbery
-, of sword stealing
-, of treason
-, rescinded
-, See also Transportation.

Parham, Lord Willoughby of. See Willoughby, H.

Paris, Francis, pirate, pardon for

Paris
-, advices dated at
-, arms and accoutrements bought in, for James II
-, Jean Bart in
-, Bastille, the, prisoners in, escaped and released from
-, British ambassadors in, proceedings of
-, cafetier Armenian
-, colonel Hooke in
-, informer goes to
-, le grand Counsell
-, letters from
-, duke and duchess of Norfolk in
-, pretended will of James II printed in
-, Rue St. Honoré
-, talk of war in

Parish clerks, company of, printer to

Parke, Reuben, deputy lieutenant for Lincoln and Lincolnshire

Parker, Mrs., imprisoned for entertaining disaffected persons
-, George, deputy lieutenant for Devon and Plymouth, petition and warrant for enclosing lands at Plympton St. Mary
-, Gervas, adjutant, quartermaster and lieutenant in the royal regiment of fusiliers
-, Sir Henry, bart., deputy lieutenant for Warwickshire
-, [John], consul at Corunna, despatches for
-, Nathaniel, potmaker, petition of

Parkhurst, John, deputy lieutenant for Northamptonshire

Parks. See Forests.

Parkyns. See Perkins, Sir W.

Parliament. See also Convention Parliament.
-, Acts and Bills, royal assent to and note
-, And see:
-, Abjuration.
-, Alnage.
-, America (proprietory governments).

-, Army.
-, Attainder.
-, Bail.
-, Brandy.
-, Broad Cloth.
-, Butter and Cheese.
-, Capias profine.
-, Cecil. J., 4th earl of Salisbury.
-, Crown, the.
-, Crown Office.
-, Customs.
-, Distressed orphans.
-, Earthenwares.
-, East India Co. (subscribers' Bill).
-, English brandy.
-, Excise.
-, Fee Farm Rents.
-, Fines.
-, Fishermen.
-, General Post Office.
-, Hackney Coaches.
-, Hudson Bay Co.
-, Interest.
-, Ireland:
-, juries.
-, outlawries.
-, parliament (lords).
-, wool.
-, Irish forfeitures.
-, Irish papists
-, Jesuits.
-, Judgments.
-, Jurors.
-, King's Bench (Crown Office).
-, King's Lynn.
-, Lewknor.
-, Limitations.
-, Low Wines.
-, Mannors, John.
-, Marriages.
-, Mary II, Queen of England.
-, Militia.
-, Monopolies.
-, Oaths.
-, Offices.
-, Paper.
-, Papist.
-, Pardon of outlawries.
-, Peace, Sessions of.
-, Pennysylvania.
-, Pirates.
-, Plantation trade.
-, Poll Bill.
-, Popery.
-, Prisoners.
-, Prisoners for debt.
-, Prizes.
-, Prohibition.
-, Recognizances.
-, Recusants.
-, Registry.
-, Settlement.
-, Sheriffs.
-, Spirits.
-, Stonewares.
-, Tillage.
-, Trade with France.
-, Turkey Company.
-, Uniformity.
-, Weavers.
-, William III.
-, Woollen manufacture.
-, addresses of See also below Commons and Lords.
-, avoidance of differences between the two houses
-, and bills of attainder
-, bounty granted to naval officers by
-, cases presented to. See:
-, Brewers.
-, Brunskel.
-, Crosfeild, Robert.
-, Distillers' Company.
-, Felt-makers.
-, French protestant weavers.
-, Hackney coachmen.
-, Kent fishermen.
-, Paper-makers.
-, Penny Post.
-, Rye, John.
-, Thrown silk.
-, Wool-combers.
-, clerk of. See Johnson, Mathew.
-, and the defence of the plantations
-, dissolution of proclamation for, promoters and advisers of, M.P. instructed to enquire re
-, elections of. See Elections.
-, and foreign affairs
-, impeachments by, M.P. instructed to further
-, judgments of, in election cases
-, judgments reversed in
-, and Captain Kidd
-, member of, assault on
-, money appropriated by, for signal services
-, new, proclamations for
-, observations offered to, on behalf of creditors
-, petitions to
-, resolutions of

-, supply granted by
-, unlikely to make further provision for disbanded officers
-, "very cautious in introducing new . . . methods of raising money,"
-, writs of error into. See Writs.
-, House of Commons:
-, address of, to the king
-, address of some of its members to the king. add. add.
-, and bribery at elections
-, clerk of. See Joddrell, Paul.
-, committee of, report of
-, dissolution
-, general fast desired by
-, petitions to
-, libels and scandalous pamphlets against, information re
-, members absent beyond sea, notes and precedents of
-, memoranda for, re penny post
-, resolutions of
-, speaker of, [Henry Powle], M.P. for New Windsor, election case, petition against See also Harley, Robert, votes note.
-, House of Lords:
-, addresses of, to the King
-, cases heard before
-, clerk assistant of. See Walker, John.
-, lord mayor and aldermen of London heard before
-, members of, refuse to present petition against marquis of Carmarthen
-, petition to
-, intercepted letter from earl of Melford to earl of Perth communicated to

Parret (Parrott), Andrew, alderman and deputy lieutenant for York city

Parrey. See Parry.

Parrott. See Parret.

Parry (Parry), Benjamin, rent of Chichester House paid to
-, David, deputy lieutenant for Denbighshire
-, James, deputy lieutenant for Brecknockshire
-, Richard, deputy lieutenant for Flintshire
-, Symon, lieutenant in Coote's regiment

Parsons (Parson), —, captain in Stanley's regiment
-, Richard, alderman of Hadleigh
-, Thomas, M.A., presented to the rectory of Suckley and chapels of Lulsey and Alfrick

Partington, —, first sheriff of Chester, his proceedings at a parliamentary election

Partition treaty (Spanish treaty, the Peace, Treaty for the Spanish succession):
-, conclusion of
-, Dr. Davenant's book on
-, the Emperor and
-, France and
-, Methuen on
-, Portugal and And see Peter II.
-, printed copy of, acknowledged by Vernon
-, publication of
-, republic of Geneva joins

Parton(Partoune), co. Kirkcudbright, barony, lands and "astricted multures and thirlage to the baron miln,"

Partridge, William, lieutenant-governor of New Hampshire, appointed a commissioner for trying piracies
-, See also Patridge.

Pascal, —, talk of sending him to England

Pascoe, C. F.

Pashe, Mr., representation by

Passenger, William, captain of H.M.S. Shoreham his petition for salvage money, report on

Passes:
-, for poor soldiers. to England
-, for ships. See Ships.
-, for Venetian ambassador
-, instructions re, mentioned
-, to Holyhead and Dublin
-, to go abroad
-, to return from France
-, See also Algerine passes.

Paston, Sir Robert, 1st earl of Yarmouth, Brunskel's application to petitions for rules re fines

Paterson, Mr., commissary, a commissioner for the Highlands

Pathways. See Roads.

Patrick, Simon, bishop of Ely, elected member of the S.P.G. refuses to pay a chantry rent, report signed by

Patrickson, Richard, deputy lieutenant for Cumberland

Patridge, John, barber of London, information against
-, See also Patridge.

Patten, Archibald, captain in Donegal's regiment

Paul, Richard, captain of H.M.S. Sheerness

Paulet(Pawlet), Charles, 1st duke of Bolton, regiment of
-, Charles, marquis of Winchester and 2nd duke of Bolton:
-, lord justice of Ireland, warrants to
-, lord lieutenant of Southampton and Dorset
-, vice-admiral of Hampshire and Isle of Wight, letter to
-, warden and keeper of the New Forest, licence to hunt, etc.
-, William, Lord Pawlett, deputy lieutenant for Hampshire

Pauli Commissioner of the King of Denmark in England add. add.

Paulin, —, major in Macclesfield's regiment

Pauncefort, Mr

Pawlet. See Paulet

Paxton, Wen., captain of H.M.S. Seahorse

Pay(wages), of army and artillery, see several ranks; of dockyard workmen, of (seamen). See Navy (seamen).

Payler, Sir Watkinson, bart., deputy lieutenant for Yorkshire, E.R

Paymaster-General. See Jones, R., earl of Ranelagh.
-, Ireland. See Army in Ireland; Harbord, W.

Payne. See Paine.

Payton. See Peyton.

Peace:
-, disturbances of. See Riots.
-, Clerks of the, abuses of and prisoners for debt See also Derby
-, Commissions of, fees for See also Ireland.
-, Justices of the. See Justices
-, Sessions of, bill to rectify proceedings in
-, International:
-, in Europe, maintenance of, in the interest of England
-, treaties for. See Treaties.
-, of the Highlands. See Scotland (Highlands).

Peachy, Sir Henry, deputy lieutenant for West Sussex

Pearls, earrings and necklace of

Pearth. See Perth.

Pedder, —, captain of a third rate, proposed
-, Andrew, captain of H.M.S. Boyne

Peebles, co. Peebles:
-, Cross Kirk of
-, King's meadows
-, Temple land
-, "the rude aiker

Peek, Henry, half-pay officer, Irish establishment

Peerages, creation of:
-, of England. See Halifax.
-, of Ireland. See Howe, Mount Castle, Strabane.
-, of Scotland. See Annandale, Argyll, Hyndford, Lothian, Rosebery, Seafield

Peerce. See Pierce.

Peers, Richard, deputy lieutenant for Yorkshire, N.R

Peers, fees paid by, for commissions of the peace, House of. See Parliament, House of Lords.

Pegat, —, pensioner on the Irish establishment

Peirce. See Pierce.

Peirpoint, Warcomb, licence to return from France

Peirson, Malony, merchant at Surat, commission to try pirates,
-, Sir Matthew, deputy lieutenant for Yorkshire, E.R

Pelham, Sir John, bart., deputy lieutenant for East Sussex
-, Sir Nicholas, deputy lieutenant for East Sussex
-, Thomas, Commissioner of the Treasury, note; deputy lieutenant for East Sussex

Pells, Clerk of the. See Exchequer Receipt.
-, Ireland. See Ireland

Pemaquid, lands called, in America

Pemberton, Sir Francis, lord chief justice, Common Pleas

Pembroke and Montgomery, earl of. See Herbert, T.

Pembrokeshire:
-, deputy lieutenants for
-, high sheriff of
-, M.P. for. See Owen, Sir A.

Pen. See Penn.

Pendeloques, diamond

Pendennis, co. Cornwall, ordnance officers at

Pendergast, Sir Thomas, plot to invade England discovered by
-, Cp. Prendergast.

Pendlebury, James, comptroller of an artillery train

Penhallow, Thomas, first lieutenant of H.M.S. Norwich, petition for restoration

Penn(Pen), William, proprietor and governor of Pennsylvania, appointed commissioner for trying piracies, quit rents due by, offer to discover

Pennefether, Mathew, lieutenant in Ingoldsby's regiment

Penniston, Sir Fairmeadow, bart., deputy lieutenant for Oxfordshire

Pennsylvania(Pensylvania, Pensilvania):
-, bill for reuniting, to the Crown
-, commission for trying piracies in
-, emigrants to
-, pass to
-, property in, petition for
-, proprietor and governor of. See Penn, W.
-, protestant minister in, pay of
-, quit rents for the lower counties of
-, schoolmaster in, pay of

Penny post:
-, case of William Dockwra re, answer to, memoranda re, for M.P.s
-, receiver of

Pennyman, James, deputy lieutenant for Yorkshire, N.R.
-, Sir Thomas, bart., deputy lieutenant for Yorkshire, N.R

Pennyston, co. York, market at, caveat against

Penryn, co. Cornwall, parliamentary election for, report concerning port of, mentioned

Pensilvania. See Pennsylvania

Pensioners:
-, band of, admissions to captain of, see Beauclerk, C., duke of St. Albans; paymasters of
-, French, See French.
-, in and out. See Chelsea Hospital.

Pensions:
-, civil and military, Ireland. See Irish establishment.
-, granted out of Land Revenue out of Savoy hospital to French protestant minister to widows. See Army (officers); Clergymen; Navy (officers).
-, naval, retrenched and restored petitions for
-, petition for
-, Scotland. See Scotland.

Pensylvania. See Pennsylvania.

Penvose in St. Tudy, co. Cornwall

Penzance, co. Cornwall, French ship wrecked and plundered near

Pepys, Arthur, lieutenant in Langstone's regiment

Percivall, Charles, lieutenant in Coote's regiment
-, See also Purcivall.

Percy, Anthony, memorial signed by

Pereyre (la Peyrere), Voyage to Greenland . . . by, and note.

Periam, Richard, deputy lieutenant for Exeter

Perin. See La Roque Perin

Perjury, prosecution for, subornation of

Perkins, Mr., of Athelhampston, information against, warrant to arrest
-, Mr., of West Drayton, information against
-, Edward, deputy lieutenant for Monmouthshire

Perkins or Parkyns, Sir William, estate of, grant of two thirds to his lady

Perne, John, captain of a company of pioneers

Perrit, Nicholas, manslaughter of

Perrot, Hugh, a pirate, pardon for

Perry, —, information re
-, John, deputy lieutenant for Middlesex
-, Micaiah or Micajah, a Virginia merchant of London, money for French refugees paid to

Pershall, John, post warrant for

Perswall Jos., merchant in Lisbon, letter signed by

Perth, earl of. See Drummond, J.

Perth, co. Perth, bailie in. See Robertson, A.

Perth (Pearth), shire of, commission of justiciary for, convener of

Perto, John, pirate, pardon for

Peru, empire of, commanded by the possessors of the gulf and river of Darien, 'greatest treasures in the world' brought from

Peru dollar and half-dollar, weight and exchange value of, in Ireland

Peter II, king of Portugal:
-, letter to, mentioned
-, and Paul Methuen, relations between
-, and the [Partition] treaty
-, resolved to court the friendship of England and Holland

Peter the Great, 'the Czar,' 'Czar of Muscovy':
-, and the king of Sweden, differences between
-, letters to, mentioned
-, seems resolved to prevent all applications to him for peace
-, and William III, relations between

Peterborough, earl of. See Mordaunt, Charles and Henry.

Peterborough cathedral, almsmen and beadsmen in

Peters, Ralph, of Liverpool, appointed deputy steward of the Hundred Courts of Salford and West Derby
-, William, litigant

Petersfield, co. Hants, J.P. at

Petit (Pettit), Mr., record keeper in the Tower, address from House of Lords for
-, Isaac Francis, captain-lieutenant in the [Scots] guards, precedency of a lieutenantcolonel for

Petit Sancy, large brilliant known as and note

Petitguavos (Petit Guaves, Pettit Guavas), Hispaniola, the French at, Kidd's goods at, search for pirates at

Petter, Dr. John, rector of Green's Norton, death of

Pettit. See Petit.

Pettit Guavas. See Petitguavos.

Petty, Henry, Lord Shelburne:
-, his duel with colonel Cunningham
-, horses of
-, master of the game, Ireland
-, prothonotary of the Common Pleas, Ireland
-, sworn a privy councillor, Ireland

Pews in Hackney Church, litigation re

Peyton(Payton), Craven, deputy lieutenant for Middlesex, note
-, Sir Sewster, bart., reprieve and pardon of manslaughter for

Phesdo, Lord. See Falconer of Phesdo, Sir J.

Philazers. See Filazars.

Philip, [co. Selkirk], land and mill of

Philip II, duke of Orleans, mourning for

Philiphaugh, Lord. See Murray of Philiphaugh, Sir J.

Philips(Phillips, Philipps), —captain, relation of James Vernon, recommended for a vacancy in the 1st Foot-Guards
-, Lady, granddaughter to. See Shooter, C.
-, Sir Ambrose, serjeant-at-law, deputy lieutenant for Leicestershire
-, Henry, lieutenant in Bellasis's regiment
-, Jo., lieutenant of H.M.S. Bedford, certificate signed by,
-, John, assistant to the surveyor of the navy, petition of
-, John, deputy lieutenant for Haverfordwest
-, John, deputy lieutenant for Cardiganshire
-, Sir John, bart., deputy lieutenant for Pembrokeshire elected member of the S.P.G
-, Robert, lieutenant in Stewart's regiment
-, Thomas, master of the Crown of Bideford
-, Thomas, Voyage to Guineay by, and note.
-, Thomas, captain in Brudenell's regiment
-, Thomas, captain in Donegal's regiment

-, Walter, cornet in Essex's regiment
-, William, deputy lieutenant for Brecknockshire

Phillpot(Philpot), George, of Hampshire, information against, brother of, 'the secular priest
-, Howell, suspect, warrant to arrest

Phinny, Phil., ensign in Meredith's regiment

Phisgall(Physgall). See Stewart of Physgall.

Physic, reader of. See Cambridge university.

Physician (army), pay of

Physician-General(Army), pay of

Piacenza, Denis de Carli of, capuchin, note.

Picholi, Gio. Benadito, attestation by

Pickard, —, captain of a 3rd rate, proposed
-, Peter, captain of H.M.S. Namure

Pickelraw, co. Berwick, lands

Pickering, Sir Henry, deputy lieutenant for Cambridgeshire

Pickett, William, information of

Pictures, seized, of the Prince of Wales, etc., brought to England

Pieces of Eight. See Eight.

Piedmont, earl of Galway in

Pierce(Peerce, Peirce, Pierse), Dr., bishop of Waterford named, address to James II signed by, pretended parish priest
-, Henry, almsman's place for
-, Henry, captain, his company in Bellasis's regiment
-, John, convicted of piracy, pardon for

Pierrepoint, Evelyn(Eveling), 5th earl of Kingston, deputy lieutenant for Wiltshire
-, William, 4th earl of Kingston, regiment of

Pierrepont (Pierreponte), Jarvas, deputy lieutenant for Buckinghamshire
-, William, deputy lieutenant for Nottingham (town and county)

Pierse. See Pierce.

Pigott (Piggott), Mr., letter to
-, Granado, deputy lieutenant for Cambridgeshire
-, John, deputy lieutenant for Somerset
-, Robert, deputy lieutenant for Salop
-, Thomas, deputy lieutenant for Buckinghamshire
-, Thomas, J.P. for Staffordshire

Pikes, issue of, to the 2nd Foot-Guards

Pilchards, export of, to Venice, amount and value price of. See Prices.

Pilkington, Sir Lyonel, bart., deputy lieutenant for Yorkshire, W.R. and York city

Piller money

Pillory sentence, for seditious words

Pills against Melancholy

Pilly, — da, Huguenot pensioner, Irish establishment

Pilot, French

Pilot and linquister

Pin money

Pincarton (Pinkertoun), —, captain, taken prisoner to Spain and condemned, efforts to obtain his release

Pinchbeck (Pinchback), Martin, arrest of, his diet and prison fees

Pinchinat, Sieur, pension for

Pindar, Reginald, deputy lieutenant for Gloucestershire

Pine. See Pyne.

Pinenburg(Pinnenberg) treaty of. plenipotentiary to. See Cresset, J.

Pinet. [Pierre], letter from

Pinfold, Thomas, certificates signed by
-, Sir Thomas, advocate-general, deceased

Pinkertoun. See Pincarton.

Pinnenberg. See Pinenburg.

Pinner, Nicholas, captain, surveyor and director-general of fortifications in Ireland

Pinsent, Robert, captain of a company in F. Hamilton's regiment

Pinzarie. See Douglas of Pinzarie.

Pioneers, company of

Pipe staves

Pirates and piracy:
-, accessories, directions for sending to England
-, Acts for suppression and trial of

-, brought to England
-, commissions for trial of
-, commissions to fight and seize
-, effects of, disposal of not to be returned to pardoned pirates sent home
-, engagement with
-, execution of, ordered by William III
-, French. See French.
-, French protestants convicted for
-, hung in chains after execution
-, in New England. See New England.
-, in Newfoundland. See Newfoundland.
-, on the coast of Africa, frigate for suppressing
-, papers relating to, mentioned
-, pardon for, on condition of entering the navy, and note. See also Pardons.
-, proclamation re
-, seizure of, rewards for
-, ship captured by
-, ship condemned for
-, ships cruising after
-, treasure hidden in Cornwall by
-, witnesses against, pardon for See also Kidd, W.

Pirton. See Purton.

Pisa, Italy, expresses to

Pistoles and half-pistoles, Spanish and French, exchange value of, in Ireland

Pitcullo, co. Peebles, lands and barony

Pitcurr, co. Forfar, lands and barony

Pitdounie, co. Forfar, lands

Pitman, —, captain, governor of Hurst Castle, letters to, representation of

Pitodrie. See Erskine of Pitodrie.

Pitot, Allain Alexandre, alias Pere Eusèbe de Guingamp, a capuchin priest, account of his being trapanned and of his escape

Pitsea (Pitsey) Hall, co. Essex

Pitt, George. deputy lieutenant for Dorset and Hampshire.
-, John, president of the coast of Coromandel, commissioner for trying piracies
-, Moses, appointed treasurer to prisoners for debt in Fleet prison, note.
-, Richard, petition for almsman's place
-, Thomas, president of Fort St. George, commissioner for trying piracies

Pittenween, co. Fife, lordship of

Pittfield, Alexander, deputy lieutenant for Middlesex

Pittillo, James, gift of an escheat to

Placentia(Plaisance), Newfoundland, French ships equipping for

Plaintiffs, demands of, abuses re

Plaisance. See Placentia.

Plantamour, Philip, employed in H.M. service at the Court of Brandenburg (at Berlin), expense and salary

Plantations and colonies:
-, artillery demanded for
-, convicts for
-, defence and security of, instructions to Benbow for memorial and representation re
-, their dependence on New York
-, impoverished by excessive duties on sugars
-, merchants trading to, petition of See also Plantationtraders.
-, ministers in, want of
-, ordnance stores for
-, printing paper for
-, provisions for, supplied by Ireland
-, Romish priests and jesuits encouraged in
-, ships trading to, by way of Algiers, passes for, proclamation re
-, tobacco from, imported into Spain
-, wrought sugars from
-, See also Scotland, company of.
-, Dutch. See Dutch.
-, French. See French.

Plantation trade:
-, Act for preventing and regulating abuses in (7 and 8 W. III, cap. 22, sec.)
-, importance of
-, discouragement of refiners' and distillers' trade will be bad for
-, with Spain.

Plantation-traders, reasons offered by, against a higher duty on lowwines made from molasses than on low-wines made from corn

Plate:
-, discharge warrants in respect of
-, from Cadiz
-, grant of
-, in Mexico, scarcity of
-, for the Spanish flota, at Vera Cruz, taken to Jalapa.
-, taken on board Coëtlogon's squadron

Plate Fleet. See Spanish flota.

Plate of gold, for Scotland, See also Mint.

Platforms and carriages, supplied by the Ordnance

Player, Arthur, elected scholar of Winchester

Playford, co. Suffolk

Plescovia. See Pskov.

Plimouth. See Plymouth.

Plot, Robert, suspect, warrant to arrest

Plowright, William, convict, pardon for

Plumbers' stores for the navy

Plume, Dr. Thomas, incumbent of East Greenwich, petition of

Plumer, John, deputy lieutenant for Hertfordshire
-, Richard, surveyor of customs, Ireland

Plumpton, co. York, W.R.

Plunket(Plunkett), Father, vicargeneral of Meath, pretended parish priest
-, Margarita, countess dowager of Fingall, pass for
-, Sir Walter, privy councillor, Ireland

Pluries capias, writ of

Plus ultra, piece of ordnance called

Plymbridge, co. Devon, highway from

Plymbridge Lane Gate. See Plympton St. Mary.

Plymouth(Plimouth), co. Devon
-, advice from
-, collector of customs at
-, commissioner of the navy at See St. Lo.
-, deputy lieutenants for
-, exposed to 'French insults
-, Froward Point, guns required for
-, governor of, pirates delivered to

Plymouth, etc.—cont.
-, journey to and from
-, letters dated at
-, mayor of, deputy lieutenant for the town and borough, suspects to be examined by
-, naval stores at, embezzlement of
-, ordnance officers at
-, ordnance storehouses at, charge of
-, passage to Tangier from, duration of
-, provisions for
-, Royal Citadel
-, H.M. ships at and from account of
-, fitting out, proposals for manning, state of
-, 4th rates at
-, list of
-, seamen for, from Ireland
-, ships of and from
-, Commodore Whetstone at
-, See also Hamoaze harbour.

Plymouth Yard, letter dated from

Plympton (Plymton) St. Mary, co. Devon:
-, lands in, petition and patent for enclosure of
-, places in, named:
-, Broomhill Gate
-, Camdown
-, Camdown Gate
-, Mare Park Gate
-, Norther Cross, four crossways
-, Plymbridge Lane Gate

Pocklington, John, deputy lieutenant for Huntingdonshire

Poine. See Pyne.

Pointis (Pointy), Jean:
-, his design to land in Ireland
-, escape of his fleet
-, excuses himself from command of the Fort
-, information which should have resulted in his capture

Poissy near St. Germains, France, conspirators at

Poizet, —, Huguenot pensioner, Irish establishment

Poland, kings of, of the House of Vasa, styled kings of Sweden
-, wool from, used by feltmakers

Pole, Sir John, bart., deputy lieutenant for Devon
-, Samuel, deputy lieutenant for Derbyshire

Polhill, David, deputy lieutenant for Kent

Poll Bill, proposals for a new

Poll tax. See Scotland.

Pollard, Christopher, of Bideford, coining instruments sent to Newfoundland by letter from

Pollexfen, Edmund, deputy lieutenant for Plymouth
-, John, commissioner for trade and note, deputy lieutenant for Devon

Polson of Kilmiles, David, commissioner for the Highlands

Pomeraniœ

Ponsonby, Henry, lieutenant in Gustavus Hamilton's regiment

Pontac, — de, captain of the François

Pontoon men, company of

Poole, Mathew, lieutenant in Columbine's regiment

Pooley, Robert, appointed a commissioner of the Stamp Office

Poor, the:
-, employment of
-, by felt-makers
-, in glass manufacture
-, in silk industry
-, in woollen manufacture
-, of London. See London.
-, relief of, in Savoy hospital, statutes for, violated and neglected
-, of St. Tudy, fairs for the benefit of
-, of Scotland. See Scotland.
-, of Windsor. See Windsor (church and poor).

Poor French protestants in Boston, assistance for

Poor knight of Windsor

Poor prisoners, bill for the relief of, note.

Poor women, employment of, in wool picking and carding pensions for

Pope, Roger, lieutenant-colonel in Arran's regiment

Pope, the. See Clement XI.

Popery, Act for further preventing the growth of (11 and 12 Will. III, cap. 4), note, and note, proclamation of

Popery in Scotland, growth of, prevention of

Popham, Alexander, deputy lieutenant for Wiltshire

Popish emissaries in England

Popish Plot, temp. Chas. II

Popish priests. See Papist priests.

Population of England, computation of

Port a Pee (Port au Paix, Port d'Espe), Hispaniola, taken from the French and note.

Port Louis (Port Lewis) France:
-, advices from
-, English ships at
-, naval preparations at
-, See also St. Louis.

Port Royal, Jamaica:
-, agent victualler at, refuses more credit to Benbow
-, fortifications of, war stores for
-, harbour, H.M. ships in, names, condition of, etc.
-, letters dated at

Port St. Lewis. See St. Louis.

Portcullis Pursuivant. See Heralds, College of.

Porter, —, captain in Macclesfield's regiment
-, Sir Charles, M.P. for New Windsor, case of
-, John, captain of a company in F. Hamilton's regiment
-, Richard, of Framlingham, deputy lieutenant for Woodbridge, co. Suffolk
-, Robert, deputy lieutenant for Nottingham, town and county
-, William, Master of Chancery, Ireland, commissioner for hearing Chancery causes

Porter (army), pay of

Portland, earl of. See Bentinck, W.

Portland, island of, and French coast, H.M. ships cruising between lieutenant of, and captain of the castle. See Travell, Sir T.

Portman, Henry, deputy lieutenant for Dorset and Somerset

Portmore, Lord. See Colyear, D.

Portobello, C. America, French ships for H.M. ships from governor of, a Frenchman

Porto Rico (St. John de Porto Rico), West Indies, island of voyage to

Portsmouth, co. Hants:
-, agues at, prevalence of
-, army transports for
-, Blockhouse Point, proposed wharf at
-, cutler of
-, deputy mayor of. See Blakeley, J. dockyard wall round, building of.

-, embezzlement of stores at
-, examinations dated at
-, garrison of, as to reinforcing
-, governor of, letter to See also Erle, T.
-, H.M. ships at and from
-, account of
-, fitting out
-, list of
-, ordnance for, memorial re
-, 3rd and 4th rates
-, 'indirect practices' at.
-, letter dated at
-, lieutenant-governor of. See Gibson.
-, mayor of, letter to
-, mill at
-, ordnance officers at
-, the Ouze at
-, packet from
-, postmaster of, letter to
-, post warrants to
-, road from Southwick to, enclosure and diversion of
-, ships from and to
-, storekeeper at
-, suspect arrested at
-, town-major of. See Daliel, R.
-, wharf and storehouses at, building of expense of

Portugal:
-, British envoy to. See Methuen, P.
-, British ministers in, correspondence with
-, and England, relations between. See Foreign policy.
-, and France, relations between
-, French ambassador to
-, French naval protection for
-, gunpowder for
-, and Holland, improved relations between
-, king of. See Peter II.
-, letter for, mentioned
-, merchants trading in and to, petition of, advised to act in concert
-, ministers of, foreign affairs not communicated to
-, salt from
-, ship for
-, trade with. See Trade.
-, M. de Villette for

Portuguese, the Portuguese:
-, in Brazil, complaint against
-, envoy (ambassador). See Cunha, D. Luis da.
-, governor on the African coast, complaint against
-, navy (squadron, ships), collaborating with the French movements of
-, seamen, in London, information re
-, and a shipping duty
-, subjects, pressed for the British navy
-, trade with England, see Trade; with Holland

Portumna, co. Galway, Irish troops guarding

Post Boys (newspaper)

Post Office (Post House, Post Houses): letters intercepted at
-, mismanagement of, complaint re
-, tampering with packets in, suspected
-, of Scotland, regulation of
-, in Southwark, master of
-, of Vienna, gifts to officers of
-, See also General Post Office.

Post Rolls, persons forced to pay for

Post Warrants

Postage, deputy clerk of [at Dover] free, allowance of

Postal Treaty, with France, with Spain

Postmasters-General, letters to

Pot ashes, Russia and English, for soap making

Potmakers, journeymen, case and petition of

Potter, William, Secretary to the Hudson's Bay Company, letter to

Potts, Sir Roger, bart., deputy lieutenant for Norfolk, letter from, mentioned, letter to

Poullard, Leonard, pirate, pardon for

Poultney, Mr.

Poulton, —, a priest, warrant to arrest

Pound, Thomas, captain of H.M.S. Dover Prize, petition for pardon

Pousset, Francis, protestant weaver, petition of

Poussin (Poussine), Monsr., French ambassador:
-, complaints received from at Dover
-, recalled from England
-, 'the story of,' against Mr. Hammond and Dr. Davenant
-, writers employed by

Povey, John, order in council signed by
-, Richard, serjeant at arms, Ireland.

Powder. See Gunpowder.

Powell, Charles, deputy lieutenant for Brecknockshire
-, Charles, trustee and executor of T. Bridges
-, Hugh, captain in Hanmer's regiment, death of
-, John, captain of a company in Newfoundland
-, Littleton, deputy lieutenant for Radnorshire
-, Thomas, town clerk of Gloucester, deceased
-, Sir Thomas, bart., deputy lieutenant for Carmarthenshire
-, See also Powle.

Power,—, ensign in Macillicud's regiment, in custody
-, John, deputy clerk of the postage [at Dover], letter to suspect arrested by

Powis, earl of. See Herbert, W.

Powis (Powiss, Powes), [Sir Lyttelton], justice K.B., reflections upon
-, Sir Thomas, parliamentary candidate for Ludlow

Powle. Henry. See Parliament (Commons, speaker of).
-, See also Powell.

Powlett, William styled Lord William

Powlett M.P.[for Winchester] Add.

Poyntz,—, captain, his soldiers in Ireland

P.P., letter from, to the Duke of Ormond

Practitioners (artillery), pay of

Prade, James, deputy lieutenant for Cornwall

Præfine. See Prefine.

Prater, Richard, captain in Erle's regiment

Pratt, Dr., curate of St. Mary le Strand, chaplaincy of the Savoy for
-, John, deputy lieutenant for Exeter

Prefine (Præfine) duty, abuses in the management of note; account of

Prendergast, —, Father, "proposed massacring the protestants," arrest of
-, John, returned from France without licence

Prerogative. See Royal Prerogative.

Prerogative Court of Canterbury. See Canterbury.

Presgrove, Robert, clerk in Guy Palmes' office, money embezzled by

Pressing of seamen. See Impressment.

Preston, John, warrant to arrest
-, Robert, pursuivant, Ireland

Price (Prise, Pryce), Adam, deputy lieutenant for Montgomeryshire
-, Charles, deputy lieutenant for Monmouthshire
-, Edward, deputy lieutenant for Radnorshire
-, [John], D.D., fellow of King's College, Cambridge, recommended for provostship
-, John, captain of H.M.S. Centurion
-, John, deputy lieutenant for Herefordshire
-, John, receiver-general of the revenues in Ireland, accounts of
-, Nicholas, lieutenant in Charlemont's regiment
-, Nicholas, lieutenant-colonel and captain in Coote's regiment
-, Thomas, deputy lieutenant for Merionethshire
-, Thomas, town major of Dublin, payment out of concordatums to
-, Sir Vaughan, bart., deputy lieutenant for Montgomeryshire
-, Vaughan, deputy lieutenant for Cardiganshire

Prices, costs and values of:
-, Bedford Level, draining of
-, Berlin coach
-, Bread
-, Brimstone
-, Coney wool
-, Currents
-, East India Company's stock
-, Engine for milling lead
-, Foreign coins in Ireland
-, French brandy
-, Gunpowder
-, Herrings
-, Horses
-, Lace
-, Land, proposal to advance fen land
-, Pilchards
-, Salmon
-, Saltpetre
-, Ships
-, Slaves, redemption of
-, Soap
-, Stocks. See above East India Co.
-, Timber, in France
-, Water house
-, Wool

Prideaux, Edmund, deputy lieutenant for Cornwall deputy lieutenant for Devon, excused
-, Sir Peter, deputy lieutenant for Devon, excused

Priests. See Papist priests.

Primrose (Primerose),—, lieutenantcolonel, his company in the 1st Foot-Guards
-, Archibald, ensign in Seymour's regiment
-, of Carrington, Sir Archibald, clerk and keeper of the registers and justice-general, Scotland
-, of Dalmeny, Archibald, son of Sir Archibald, created Lord Primrose, Viscount Rosebery commissioner for auditing Treasury accounts, Scotland privy councillor of Scotland

Primrose, barony of, creation of

Prince of Wales. See James Francis Edward.

Prince of Wales, tavern at the sign of the

Prince Rupert's Bay, Dominica, q.v.

Princess, the. See Anne, princess of Denmark.

Pringle, Robert, under-secretary of State for Scotland:
-, attending the king abroad at Hampton Court
-, letters from or signed by
-, payment to
-, Sir Walter, advocate, servitor to
-, William, customer in Strangford

Printers and publishers, information and proceedings against See also Cosmographical printer.

Printing licences

Printing paper, manufacture of

Prior, Matthew commissioner for trade letter from

Prisoners:
-, Act for delivering declarations to note.
-, allowances to messengers for keeping
-, liberated by rioters

Prisoners for debt. Cp. Poor prisoners.
-, Acts and Bill for the relief and release of (22 and 23 Car. II, c. and Car. II, c.) and note
-, gaol fees of
-, obstinate, proposed punishment of
-, See also London, prisons (Fleet).

Prisons and gaols, broken open escape from fees
-, See also Dover.
-, Exeter.
-, Flint Castle.
-, Gloucester.
-, Kilmanham.
-, London.
-, Maidstone.
-, Paris (Bastille).
-, Southampton.
-, Worcester.

Pritchard, Teuder, conspirator against the life of William III warrant to arrest
-, Sir William, elected member of the S.P.G.

Private centinels. See Soldiers.

Privateers, discouragements to protection from, petitions for ship captured by
-, See also Dunkirk, French, Irish, St. Malo.

Privilege, for Spanish consul

Privy Council
-, instructions of
-, of Ireland. See Ireland.
-, letter to
-, lord president of, a commissioner for trade and execution of pirates See also Herbert, F., earl of Pembroke.
-, of Scotland. See Scotland.

Privy Councillors, of Ireland. See Ireland.
-, of Scotland. See Scotland.

Privy Purse, issue for keeper of, rumoured appointment of

Privy Seal
-, keeper of (Lord Privy Seal):
-, a commissioner for trade
-, commissioners for executing the office of (E. Southwell, C. Musgrave, J. Vernon, junr.), appointment payment to, in lieu of diet
-, letters for, postage free
-, See also Annesley, A., earl of Anglesey; Grey, F., earl of Tankerville; Lowther, J., Viscount Lonsdale.
-, of Scotland. See Scotland.

Prize Goods, embezzlement of.

Prizes:
-, bill to encourage the taking of discussed
-, captured, by the Dutch by the English by the French by privateers
-, commissioners for, and embezzlement of prize goods
-, M.P. instructed to enquire as to, taken in the late war
-, tenths (shares) of, appropriated for signal services payment out of See also French privateers.

Probert, Henry, deputy lieutenant for Monmouthshire

Proby (Probey), John, deputy lieutenant and M.P. for Huntingdonshire
-, William, lieutenant in Mountjoy's regiment

Proclamations:
-, for executing laws against papists, in Ireland in London and Westminster
-, requiring owners and masters of ships trading to the Mediterranean, etc., to apply for passes
-, for executing acts re marriages, births and burials
-, for dissolving and calling a new parliament
-, for discovery of concealed arms
-, for encouraging mariners, seamen, and landsmen to enter themselves on board, H.M. ships of war
-, for suppressing piracy
-, for a general fast
-, offering a reward for the apprehension of John Glover and others
-, conspirators named in
-, See also Irish forfeitures (Act, etc.).

Procter, Samuel, town clerk of Grantham, deceased

Proctor. See Advocate.

Progers, —, captain, in messenger's custody
-, Edward, pension for

Prohibited and customable goods, commission to seize, petition for

Prohibition, Act of

Prohibitions of trade. See Trade.

Protection from impressment, see Impressment; of protestants, see Irish protestants.

Protection of trade. See Trade.

Protestant:
-, children of papists, maintenance of, enactment re
-, claimants to forfeited estates in Ireland. See Irish forfeitures.
-, heirs of papists, enactment re
-, minister, in Pennsylvania
-, refugees. See French.
-, religion, conspiracy to subvert, information re

Protestants, pretended, going to Ireland See also Irish, Palatinate.

Provost-Marshal (Provost-MarshalGeneral):
-, for a sea expedition
-, orders to, re court martial
-, pay of

Proye, Peter, French pirate, in custody

Prussia:
-, elector of Brandenburg in
-, envoy extraordinary from. See Spanheim, baron de.
-, journey to, expenses of
-, king of:
-, electress [of Brandenburg] solicits William III that her husband may be
-, envoy to. See Wentworth, T., Lord Raby.
-, grandmother of, will of, mentioned, note.
-, jewel (the petit Sancy) claimed by and delivered to, note.
-, and William III, relations between

Pskov (Plescovia), Russia, passes to

Public Accounts, commissioners of

Publishers. SeePrinters.

Pudner, Humphrey, captain of H.M.S. St. Antonio, sloop

Pudsay (Pudsey), Ambrose, deputy lieutenant for Lancashire, Yorkshire, W.R. and York

Pugh, Anne, widow of Richard, petition of son of, death of
-, Richard, commander of H.M.S. Norwich, deceased

Puissar (Puizare, des Puissars), Katherine, widow, pension on the Irish establishment for
-, marquis de. See Le Vasseur, Lewis James.

Puller, Mr., address to James II signed by

Pulteney, John, Clerk of the Council, Ireland
-, John, clerk of the delivery of Ordnance
-, John, deputy lieutenant for Middlesex
-, William, deputy lieutenant for Middlesex

Pulverine (Pulvereen), for glass making for soap making

Pupplet, Richard, deputy lieutenant for town and hamlets of Ipswich

Purcell, Nicholas, colonel, petition of

Purcivall, Charles, half-pay officer, Irish establishment
-, See also Percivall.

Purefoy, —, captain in Ingoldsby's regiment

Purser, John, French protestant, pardon of piracy for

Pursers of Dublin, charter for

Pursuivants. See Heralds, College of; Ireland.

Purton (Pirton), co. Wilts

Purvishill, co. Roxburgh, land

Pye, Sir Charles, bart., deputy lieutenant for Derbyshire.
-, Sir Robert, deputy lieutenant for Berkshire

Pyle, Edward, woodward of the New Forest
-, Richard, elected member of the S.P.G.

Pyne (Pine, Poine), Sir Richard, chief justice, King's Bench, Ireland:
-, arrests ordered by
-, commissioner for hearing Chancery causes, Ireland
-, examination before
-, letters from
-, payment to
-, security for good behaviour given before

Pyott, Richard, J.P. for Staffordshire

Pyper, Francis, highwayman, case of, reprieve for rescinded

Pytts, Samuel, deputy lieutenant for Worcester (town and county)

Pywell, William, lieutenant in Coote's regiment

Q

Quakers, stockholders in the East India Company, detriment to

Quarry, [Robert], judge of the viceadmiralty of Carolina, inventory of J. Eldridge's effects required from letter from, mentioned

Quartermaster, pay of

Quartermaster-general, pay of

Quarters and quartering of troops. See Army.

Quartier, Pierre Armand, pension surrendered by

Quebec (Quebeck), French men of war for masts and timber from

Quelpœrts (Quelpaert), isle of, A relation of a Dutch vessel shipwrekt upon the coast of the and note.

Queen, the late. See Mary II, Queen of England.

Queen dowager. See Catherine of Braganza.

Queen's County, estates in, grant of rents and profits of

Queensberry, duke of. See Douglas, James.

Querns. See Hand querns.

Quesne. See Du Quesne.

Queverie, John, master of the Mary of Anderne

Quhitton, Over and Neither, co. Roxburgh, land and mill

Quick, Alexander, action brought by
-, John, deputy lieutenant for Devon

Quin, Joseph, Dublin, letter to

Quinoe, Stephen, an Irish privateersman, Minehead threatened by

Quit rents in Ireland, see Ireland; in Pennsylvania, offer to discover

Quo warranto, writ of