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Calendar of State Papers Domestic: William III
… to see you here very soon I must acknowledge your letter of the 2nd inst. If you want that encouragement for coming … may be taken on that side, before he recover out of his consternation. When he comes among us he will find … lay before you an estimate for making a gun wharf at Portsmouth, we sent Mr. Charlton, our surveyor general, …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: William III
… Oct. 1. Whitehall. J. Vernon to Mr. Blathwayt. Your letter of the 4th inst. arrived on Sunday. The Dutch mail of Friday … be kept up for the safety of the kingdom, and you are to endeavour to get suitable supplies for as many troops, and so … of one Boulton and Burke, dealers with capt. Kidd, and to endeavour to seize them and their effects, as likewise in my …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: William III
… Dieren. Warrant for a cong d'lire to the dean and chapter of Hereford, recommending Humphrey Humphreys, D.D., bishop of Bangor, to be elected to the see of Hereford, void by the … should march the captives to Lazulh [? Arzila], where I'd endeavour to take them off: and he should know my ship by my …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: William and Mary, 1695
… September 1695 September 1695 Sept. 1. Whitehall. The Duke of Shrewsbury to Lord Capell. [ S.P. Ireland, King's Letter … to prepare an order for Colonel Norcott's regiment, now at Portsmouth, to embark and go with Sir George Rooke to the … so, that they keep him in; if he have gone out, that they endeavour to intercept him on his return. That they cruise …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: William III
… September 1696 September 1696 Sept. 1. Whitehall. The Duke of Shrewsbury to the King. I have not this long while been … are ordered to be victualled for five months, and those at Portsmouth to be supplied every fourteen days with what they … you should wait for his Majesty's leave, which I will endeavour to procure at the earliest opportunity. [ Ibid. …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: William III
… III September 1697 September 1697 Sept. 1. The Marquis of Winchester to [Sir Joseph Williamson ?]. The House of … ( sic), a Portuguese merchant, who has fled upon it. Every endeavour is being made to get him apprehended. His method … The Earl of Bellomont intends to go next week to Portsmouth, there to embark on the Deptford man of war, which …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: William III
… 2. Whitehall. R. Yard to Lord Ambr. Williamson. Letters of 27 Aug. from Dublin state that several vessels, … from Flanders, were also upon the coast. Letters from Portsmouth say that the seamen of Vice Admiral Aylmer's … upon the best terms that can be obtained, and to endeavour to effect exchanges of them for any of the …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: William III
… 1. Loo. Commission to Francis Fowke, esq., to be captain of that company whereof William Forbes, esq., was late captain in colonel Edward Fox's regiment of foot. [ In the margin] This commission was prepared and … of the Board of Ordnance to the lords justices concerning Portsmouth. In obedience to your commands of 17th Aug. last …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: William III
… September 1700 September 1700 Sept. 3. Whitehall. Warrant of the lords justices to the attorney-general to permit Theophilus, earl of Huntingdon, in his Majesty's name but at his own charge, … not for that consideration and that he is my son, I should endeavour to have recommended him to go to Madrid; where, in …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: William III
… Sept. 2. Loo. Royal warrant to the provost and fellows of Trinity College, Dublin; reciting that the fellows are not … same letter to Mr. Edisbury at Harwich, the governor of Portsmouth and the mayor of Rye. [ Ibid. pp. 2267.] Sept. 6. … his arrival, have notice of the Spanish flota, he shall endeavour to seize them and bring them to a place of safety, …