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Calendar of State Papers Domestic: William and Mary
… and Mary March 1691 March 1691 Mar. 1. Edinburgh. The Earl of Argyll, Alexander Melville, and others to the King. Your Privy Council, at the desire of Major-General Mackay, have appointed a Committee that … arms directed to be sent to Ireland, and to cause 1,000 fire-arms to be sent forthwith out of the stores remaining at …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: William and Mary
… Commissions for Col. William Stuart to be colonel of Col. Cunningham's regiment of foot; for Sir George St. … Bench Office, in the Inner Temple, but it was burnt in the fire of London. Since that time several officers in the said … that their town had been consumed "by a late dreadful fire" and praying the King to give them the poles, pales, and …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: William and Mary
… 1693 May 1693 May 1. Madrid. Memorandum as to the conduct of the Prince of Barbanson and the behaviour of the Spanish in the defence … ships lay there still and that several houses were set on fire. It is feared that the packet which Greenhill had in …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: William and Mary
… Whitehall. Licence for Sir William Pinsent, high sheriff of Wilts, to live out of that county during his term of … the ships will leave on the 15 th. The St. Philip caught fire in a thunderstorm. There are two bomb-vessels, and each … Admiralty. Inquiring the whereabouts of the Granado and Fire Drake, bomb-vessels, and the occasion of their delay. [ …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: William and Mary
… in custodiam for three years certain, lands to the value of 60 l. per annum called Kilmurry, in the barony of Condons and Clangibbon, co. Cork, forfeited by the … with the bomb vessels to take off some of the heat of the fire from them. If we can effect our business at Dunkirk, it …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: William and Mary
… William and Mary November 1693 November 1693 Nov. 1. Agenda of the Committee of Council. To order Sir Fr. Wheler to take … out of our family ? Then may be the two poles meet and fire and water dwell together. I can do no more till I hear … and Muscovia merchant store ship. Sixth-rate, Sandadoes. Fire ships, Vulture, Vulcan, Crescent, Fortune, St. Vincent …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: William and Mary
… November 1694 November 1694 Nov. 1. Whitehall. The Duke of Shrewsbury to the Lords of the Admiralty, enclosing the answer received by Mr. … sort. No officer shall salute any person whatsoever, nor fire a salute at any festival, except by directions from the …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: William and Mary
… October 1689 Oct. 1/11. The Camp at Cambron. The Prince of Waldeck to the King. As to winter quarters for the army. Movements of Marshal D'Humieres. Your Majesty will be better informed … much cost and labour, invented "an engine for quenching of fire, the like never seen before in this kingdom, which will …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: William and Mary
… Mary October 1690 October 1690 Oct. 1. Whitehall. The Earl of Nottingham to Mr. Jephson. The King has ordered 1,000 l. … I acquaint you with that you may receive the directions of the Treasury for paying the same. [ H.O. Letter Book ( … and that the next day there would be six more ready to fire; the mine was also to be fired, so that, in two days, it …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: William and Mary
… 1691 Oct. 1/10. Carmagnole. Maximillian Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria, to the King. Informs him of the success of the siege of Carmagnole, which place has, … of a new engine to clear water out of ships, and to quench fire in them, or in houses, and for draining mines, by a much …