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Calendar of State Papers Domestic: William III
… to be lieutenant of Lieutenant Colonel Robert Stearne's company in Colonel Frederick Hamilton's regiment [ S.P.44. 167. p. 330]; Mr. William Dudgeon to be … doubt because he was afraid of offending the lawyers and prize officers, who do not easily release what has once …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: William III
… to John, earl of Marlborough, to be general of foot. [ S.P.44. 168. p. 354.] Commission to the same, to command in … such directions for capt. Cross's giving an account of the prize goods he took as you think fit. Report of the lords of … Ranelagh, Resolution, Kent, Suffolk, Bedford, Sunderland, Medway, Pembroke, Dunkirk, Oxford, Exeter, Salisbury, Looe, …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: William III
… and wish I could send you a score of good regiments. [ S.P. Dom. King William's Chest 16, No. 6.] March 1. Kensington. Commissions for Mr. … to be appointed to attend in the station of the Swallow prize. [ Ibid. 100, p. 200.] Mar. 5. Whitehall. The same to …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: William III
… give such directions therein as may be found requisite. [ S.P. Dom., Entry Book 99, p. 357.] Mar. 1. Whitehall. The … an ancient officer in the guards, "being of a gentleman's family, in age and in want," for the next vacancy among the … Page. The petitioner lost his eye on board the Tiger prize in the King's service. He prays to be admitted "an …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: William III
… to-day received your letters of the 4th and 7th inst. [N.S.], but have not had an opportunity of laying them before … on the public service. Endorsed, Recd. Mar. 20. 1 p. [ S.P.32. 15. ff. 4344.] Mar. 111. Whitehall. J. Ellis to the … p. 147.] Mar. 12. Kensington. Warrant for a grant of a prize to Benjamin Holman and Michael Schade. Benjamin Holman, …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: William III
… of wool are English wool, and therefore has caused Blair's ship to be seized; although he justifies by his bills of … upon information. But if all ships driven into his Majesty's ports may be searched by colour of a general order given to … Hedges the article I received a post or two ago about prize ships, that they should not be subject to any arrests. …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: William III
… to the court of Spain, returned on Jan. 9th last. [ S.P. 44. 348. p. 116.] Mar. 1. Marlea. E[dward] Harrison to … war, and took 16 French privateers: when commander of the Medway he had several drunken, mutinous men on board, whom he … Exchequer that from 1695 to 1697, when he commanded the Medway, he had run wine and brandy on shore to defraud the …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: William III
… James le Vasseur, marquis de Puissar, was late colonel. [ S.P. 44. 168. p. 340.] Mar. 1. Whitehall. Ja. Vernon to the … 68, 20: Lowestoft, 93, 28: Poole, 83, 28: Essex prize, 59, 16: Feversham, 99, 28. [ S.P. 42. 67. No. 3 a.] … Greenwich, Jersey. (At Plymouth): Pendennis, Kingston, Medway, Chatham. (At Woolwich): Bonadventure, Deptford, …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: William III
… About two years since the King granted an almsman's place in Canterbury Cathedral to John Widupe, who has never … Romney, and brought into Cadiz. There she was condemned as prize in the admiralty court, and sold, Consul Westcomb … with you into the Soundings the Berwick, Edgar, Lion and Medway, which you had appointed for those services; as also …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: William III
… high sheriff of Carmarthen, to live out of that county. [ S.P. Dom., Entry Book 163, p. 96.] May 1. Whitehall. Minutes … Dublin of the 8th inst. advise that his Majesty's ship Medway, Captain Cleveland, had brought to Kinsale a Dunkirk … of the Admiralty; as also a petition of Mould about a prize ship laden with fish from Newfoundland. Long's petition …