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Calendar of State Papers Domestic: William and Mary
… Letters from France say that the French intend to have a fleet at sea this summer composed of 82 men-of-war and 30 … and Dutch prizes; that Mons. de Gremonville, captain of a French man-of-war, had taken an English prize in the … Genoa, worth about 50,000 crowns, and that there arrived a manof-war of 60 pieces of cannon from Toulon at Rochelle …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: William and Mary
… William and Mary May 1691 May 1691 May 1. A computation of the off reckonings for clothing several … The King had already "planned" one of them a chief justice, and I hope will take care of the others. Sir … others, because, upon the King's declaring he should be a judge, he parted with several employments of very …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: William and Mary
… of musketshot, and 100 lb. of match to be issued for a company of foot to be drawn out of the hospital at Chelsea … Hill and three servants to go to Edinburgh; and a pass for Jonathan Fisher to go to Harwich and Holland. [ … George Louis, Elector of Hanover to the King. Sends a letter by the Baron Geuritz to assure the King of his …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: William and Mary
… regiment; for Lewis de Burevillette, esq., to be ensign to a company in the same regiment [ H.O. Military Entry Book 2, … by Sir George St. George [ Ibid. 3, p. 126]. May 1. A warrant authorizing the Earl of Derby to preserve his … Lords of the Admiralty to Sir John Trenchard, enclosing a list of the main fleet, with an account of the present …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: William and Mary
… Proceedings upon the petition of John Duval, esq., praying a writ of error in a judgment obtained against him by Edward Price, esq. … and officers to return, to answer the charge of affronting a Danish man-of-war at Plymouth. [ H.O. Admiralty 5, p. 402.] …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: William and Mary
… Grant, the younger. The said land is to be held at such a rent that the said Manus may receive 50 l. yearly, and is a reward given in consideration of his escaping from the … County and Queen's County, being 1,093 acres, worth 180 l. a year, which is part of the forfeited estate of Sir Patrick …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: William and Mary
… Nov. 1. Whitehall. Commission for Henry Higden for be a lieutenant to LieutenantColonel Charles Cotton, in the … Book 14, p. 206. Nov. 1. Holland House. Warrant for a commission for Mr. Andrew Kennedy of Clowburn to be … Book 14, p. 207.] Nov. 1. Holland House. Warrant for a gift of a yearly fee of 100 l. to the same Andrew Kennedy …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: William and Mary
… with Mr. Skinner reports that he lies sick at Chester. A French ship that lately came from Limerick was driven by … escaped from Dublin Castle, as it is said, by the help of a rope by which he got down from his window. [ Ibid., p. … for superseding the commission of inquiry and for a draught of two proclamations, one to prohibit all trade …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: William and Mary
… writer, he will try to make arrangements for establishing a magazine on the Upper Rhine. Copy, Extract. [ S.P. Dom. … and Mr. Andrew Newport is made Commissioner in his stead. A person came to one of the correspondents of Mr. Peter Barr, an eminent merchant in this city, and offered him a bill of exchange of 30 l which he refused to accept, not …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: William and Mary
… of this night's mail at that place, the same stays for a messenger, whom I shall send away to-morrow, and not sail … Williamson at Cobham Hall. The Electress of Bavaria had a son on the 18/28 of last month at Vienna, for which there … for the said Salomon Smith, to go with one able horse and a guide to Holyhead. [ Ibid., p. 411.] Nov. 2. Whitehall. …