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Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Charles II, 1678
… confide in your wonted goodness. My son, who was a King's scholar at Westminster and now is a scholar of Peterhouse, … of London, that on 4 April last, he was challenged by a Dunkirk man of war on the Dogger bank, which fired on him, … portion 8,600 Coinage duty 26,000 Dutch money 40,000 Prize goods 76,000 4,513,600 l. ( sic) N.B.The French money …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: William and Mary, 1695
… last we received yours of the 26th ult., with his Majesty's orders therein for our direction, relating to the Irish who … their leaders in hopes, and likewise to expect his Majesty's further order. We have directed the officers to assure them … grant letters of marque against the French and to set up a prize office, we believe it would contribute much to the …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: William and Mary, 1695
… that the crown chancellor gave them an account of the King's indisposition, which his Majesty had also done before by an … This day two Dutch privateers brought in a large French prize laden with salt, and their Majesties' ships Cornwall, … men belonging to a fleet of fifty or sixty sail bound for Dunkirk laden with stores, bombs, salt, etc., and had …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: William and Mary, 1695
… by his fatherinlaw, the Duke of Orleans, by the King's order, so that now there are no more hopes of a peace on … 22nd, in the evening, sailed hence his Majesty's ships, Dunkirk, Winchester, Ruby and Swan, and joined next morning … The same day a Dutch caper sent into that port a French prize of 100 tons, laden with flax, hemp, &c., from Norway, …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… fishing ground, and had a Governor in Charles I.'s time. There is great destruction of trees, wasteful …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… John Roberts, and Peter Learre, to be commissioners of the Prize Commission in Barbados. Signed, R. Venables, Wm. Penn, … March 1. 1,975. Instructions for the Commissioners of the Prize Office erected at Barbados, 1 March 16545. Fourteen … of the West Indian Expedition for the establishment of a Prize Office in Barbados. Signed, R. Venables, Wm. Penn, Edw. …
Calendar of State Papers Foreign: Elizabeth
… which his Majesty was pleased that your Excellency's person should hold, and showing that I was of the Chamber, … port where they should be, whether it was Gravelines or Dunkirk. It was Dunkirk (saith she), and other talk there was of the Duke of …
Calendar of State Papers Foreign: Elizabeth
… already done by many others. Endd. Draft. French. 1 p. [ S.P. For. Eliz. CXLVI. 17.] ( De Buys left England, after a … in his letters dated Nov. 25, 1574. Endd. French. 1 p. [ S.P. For. Eliz. CXLVI. 18.] ( On March 27, Boischot was still at Dunkirk; on April 7 he desired an answer from the Queen to …
Calendar of State Papers Foreign: Elizabeth
… two kingdoms. Reading, Oct., anno 18. Copy. Latin. 1 pp. [ S.P. For. Eliz. CXLVI. 22.] [Oct. 29 ?] 508. Rough draft of … Draft. On same sheet as the preceding. Latin. 1 p. [ S.P. For. Eliz. CXLVI. 22 a.] [Oct. 29.] 509. Agreement by … in Portuguese or English vessels. Endd. Italian. 1 p. [ S.P. For. Eliz. CXLVI. 23.] [A.D. 1576 ?] 510. The Reasons …
Calendar of State Papers Foreign: Elizabeth
… thereby bring upon themselves their own and their country's ruin. Such being the case, his Majesty trusts that his … and has taken Mardyke, a place between Gravelines and Dunkirk, which, it is thought, he will lay siege to, though … de la Motte is retired, for the water was so let in at Dunkirk that it nearly drowned all his men. Two ensigns of …