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Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Charles II
… on the Vlie and Schelling, and the 8th, at 8 a.m., the little fleet of eight small ships and five fire-ships stood towards the Vlie, the rest of the fleet standing a little out at sea, that these might better draw into their … valuable merchantmen and three men-of-war, and taken a little pleasure boat and eight guns, in four hours. The loss …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Charles II
… officers, so that the clerk of the passage's place, worth little already, will come to nothing at last. The sickness … 3 pages.] Aug. 19. Plymouth. 49. Capt. Thos. Scott, of the Little Victory, to the Navy Comrs. Has expended 41 l. in … it. Aug. 22. Harwich. 106. Silas Taylor to Williamson. The Little Mary, perceiving by moonlight that the Breda was …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Charles II
… the French, mortified, and the Hollanders convinced how little reliance is to be placed on them. Hopes Spain, … 15. Hugh Acland to Williamson. Being in a remote part, has little intelligence; the thanksgiving was solemnly kept, with … 7. Rotterdam. 39. [Wm. Scott to Aphara Behn]. Dares say little lest his letter should miscarry, there being a general …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Charles II
… a pension. Have consumed in two ineffectual petitions the little left by their father, who spent his estate in …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Charles II
… [Rob. Meine] to Williamson. Prizes are brought in daily. A little privateer of six guns has taken a rich ship laden with … J. Barker to Williamson. Has escaped from the Temple with little more than the skin of his teeth to Lord Lyonberg, the … for himself also; will attend as soon as he has lodged his little concerns; asks the address of the post office, that by …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Charles II
… has been much distress for the sad calamity in London. The Little Lion is convoying vessels with naval stores and others … meet often, and in greater numbers than formerly, and little care is taken to hinder them. Sept. 11. Plymouth. 53. … home this year; the Dutch are in great disorder, and a little blow would bring them to confusion. Lewis Parent, a …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Charles II
… to all service. [Scott] is very cautious, yet wants only a little encouragement, beyond her bare word, to do all that is … Dartmouth; asks whether the necessaries demanded for the Little Gift are to be procured. [ Adm. Paper.] Sept. 20. … Castle. 73. Capt. John Strode to Williamson. The fleet is little damaged. On Tuesday, hearing firing off Hythe Bay, …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Charles II
… the Navy Comrs. Has bespoken the supplies ordered for the Little Gift, and provided a cable for the Dartmouth. The … their men feeding on fresh meat, so they will want very little. Urged Sir Jeremiah Smith, when bound for home, to … and promises great readiness to serve. The colours were so little soiled, and so very rich that the officers have laid …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Charles II
… not fetch 6 l. Mr. Gauden has asked for it, but he has little need of it there. Oct. 1. 10. List of nine ships from … public witness against those that were executed, can have little interest against that party. Beech and Williams are … they were when they woke. One Flemish ship was sunk in a little brush between the English and Dutch fleets off Ostend. …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Charles II
… are preparing for Virginia and Barbadoes, but carrying little goods, English goods selling so dear and theirs so … 13. Capt. Thos. Langley to the Navy Comrs. Fears that the Little Mary has been taken by three Dutch men-of-war; saw her … Oct. 15. Yarmouth. 38. Rich. Bower to Williamson. The Little Mary, convoy to the fishery, made towards a vessel …