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Calendar of State Papers Domestic: William III
… of privateers in those parts. They are everywhere pressing seamen. [ S.P.44. 102. pp. 1011.] The same to … Dunkirk, 30 at St. Malo, 4 at Honfleur, and 10 at Ostend. Pressing orders have been sent to Dunkirk to plant more … throne, and it has now fortuned, upon the very pinch of a pressing occasion, [when] a war is expected to break out with …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: William III
… commission and instructions to be forthwith prepared, he pressing to go on board, while Sir George Rooke expects to …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: William III
… to his Majesty, has presented a memorial touching the pressing of six Dutch seamen (named) on board his Majesty's … forthwith, and that they direct officers engaged in pressing sailors to be careful to take none who are Dutch … detained. The ambassador has repeated his request, in very pressing terms, pursuant to the treaties between the two …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: William III
… of Sir Wm. Beeston's letter, complaining of the irregular pressing of seamen at Jamaica by rear admiral Benbow. His … (settled by Order of Council) for preventing the irregular pressing of seamen in his Majesty's plantations in America, 2 …