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May 23. |
Warrant to pay to Sir Edw. Carr and Edw. Halsall, equerries
in ordinary to the Queen, 150l. each for board wages, and 30l.
standing wages for one year and a half, ending Michaelmas, 1663.
[Docquet.] |
May 23. |
Presentation of John Harding to the Rectory of Landilp, co.
Cornwall. [Docquet.] |
May 23. |
Reference to the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, &c., of York, on the
petition of George Finlawson, who served under the Earl of Tiveot
and lost both his arms in battle, for recommendation to charity.
[Ent. Book 18, p. 164.] |
May 23. Royal Charles. |
1. Sir Wm. Coventry to Lord Arlington. The Dutch packet
has arrived without letters from Sir George Downing; fears they
are stopped on the other side. Sends a letter from the Earl of
Sandwich, and a printed paper from Sir Wm. Davidson. The Duke
of York keeps a libellous picture about Holmes in Guinea. |
May 23. |
2. Sir Wm. Coventry to Sir Wm. Batten. Wishes Langley might
be continued for the ketch at Wivenhoe, and the other appointed
take the ketch at Deptford; guns and carriages for a ketch may be
fitted out of the prize ships; sends a hoy for stores. The commander of the ketch at Wivenhoe refuses to give Langley possession,
his commission being as captain, and Langley's only as master and
commander. [Adm. Paper.] |
May 23. Woolwich. |
3. Wm. Bodham to Sam. Pepys. Has received Rundells' new
estimate; proposes an interview with him before the Board. As
to the hemp, sends Bowden, an indifferent witness, who has been
been in the trade for 40 years, to give his opinion on the matter.
The sight, touch, and smelling of the hemp will give sufficient
information. [Adm. Paper, 2 pages.] |
May 23. Ordnance Office. |
4. Edw. Sherburne and two other Ordnance Officers to the
Navy Comrs. The Merchants' Adventure and Providence, both of
London, are ready laden with shot for Harwich, but cannot sail for
want of men. [Adm. Paper.] |
May 23. Plymouth. |
5. John Lanyon to the Navy Comrs. Wants money for disbursements upon the several ships in port. Repairs needed for the
Little Mary. The Paradox has arrived, and will send ashore some
arms to be fixed. The Giles ketch, bound for Tangiers, is the only
convoy appointed for the victualling ships; some other ship should
see them safe out of the soundings, as several Dutch capers are
abroad. A Newfoundland ship, the Reformation of Dartmouth,
with 80 men, is taken. The prize ship, St. Mary of Amsterdam,
would make a good convoy. [Adm. Paper.] |
May 23. |
6. Note by Wm. Foster of meat casks found amongst the ballast
in the hold of the Unity prize. [Adm. Paper.] |
May 23. London. |
7. Wm. Breames to the Navy Comrs. Robt. Moulton, captain
of the Centurion, being upon the coast of Holland, has seized a flyboat and galliot hoy, laden with flax, potash, and other commodities;
and in contempt of the Duke of York's order, has taken out 290
bundles of the flax and other goods, and disposed of one of the
prize boats for his own advantage. [Adm. Paper.] |
May 23. |
8. Sir Wm. Coventry to Sam. Pepys. They are making all
possible haste to get to sea and meet the Dutch. Must be content
with less victuals than at first proposed; if three months dry
and two months wet can be put on board, will sail forthwith.
Casks must furnished for the John and Elizabeth hoy, sent to fill
water in the river. [Adm. Paper.] |
May 23. Chatham. |
9. Comr. Peter Pett to Sam. Pepys. Has dispatched the hoy
with the 19-inch cable and three pinnaces. The Augustine is
ready to sail for Dover. Is offered a bargain of elm. [Adm.
Paper.] |
May 23. The Augustine, Chatham. |
10. Capt. Rich. Teate to the Navy Comrs. Is ready to sail for
Dover. Asks whether to go into the pier or remain in Dover Road.
[Adm. Paper.] |
May 23. Cockpit. |
11. Sir Wm. Clarke to Sam. Pepys. The Duke will appoint a
convoy for the Desire hoy to Portsmouth. [Adm. Paper.] |
May 23. |
12. List of 14 vessels taken up by Capt. Tatnell, but not
employed. [Adm. Paper.] |
May 24. |
13. Certificate by the Masters and Wardens of Barber Surgeons'
Hall of the goodness and reasonable price of a list provided by
Mr. Solby, of drugs, instruments, &c., provided for Mr. Smart's
chest, as surgeon of one of the hospital ships. [Adm. Paper,
3½
pages.] |
May 24. |
14. Like certificate for another surgeon's chest. [Adm. Paper,
3½
pages.] |
May 24. |
15. Account of cordage and other things recovered from the
wreck of the London, since April 4th. [Adm. Paper, 1½
pages.] |
May 24. Trinity House. |
16. Nich. Hurleston, master, and four others of Trinity House,
to the Navy Comrs. Will proceed with all diligence to provide six
able persons as masters in the merchant ships hired for carrying
provisions to the fleet. [Adm. Paper.] |
May 24. Cockpit. |
17. Duke of Albemarle to the Navy Comrs. Recommends
Robt. Thorpe, sen., as master of a ship when opportunity offers.
[Adm. Paper.] |
May 24. Woolwich. |
18. Wm. Bodham to Sam. Pepys. Has "ventilated" as much
as possible Edw. Rundells' estimates; can but pronounce him a
prevaricating knave; admires the audacious impudence of a bold
mechanic who dares affront his superiors with such a piece of plain
derision. His promise at first was to keep to the rates he set
down; shows how, by altering the wording of the second contract, he
has untied his hands; wishes to be confronted with him before the
Board. Sends an abstract of the first estimates of Rundells and
Ellery, contrasted with Rundells'last. Endorsed with a breviate
of the following estimates. [Adm. Paper, 1½
pages.] Encloses, |
18. i-iii. Estimates by Edw. Rundells, for a gallery from the
old hemp loft to the street; total, 15l. 1s.: for repairing
38 feet of wharfing in the gunyard at Woolwich;
total, 18l. 2s. 4d.: for altering and raising the shed at
Woolwich ropeyard, 25l. 18s.
Woolwich Ropeyard, May 6, 1665. |
18. iv. Enlarged estimates for the same works, the prices being
27l. 5s., 22l. 16s. 3d., and 23l. 11s. 4d. |
18. v. Edw. Rundells to Sam. Pepys. Was unable to send the
papers concerning the enlarged estimates sooner, having
to meet Sir George Carteret about his fountain.
Deptford, May 22, 1665. |
18. vi. Edw. Rundells' reasons why the estimates were after
wards enlarged. |
18. vii. Abstract of estimates for three pieces of work, two by
Edw. Rundells and one by Robt. Ellery. |
18. viii. Note by Sam. Pepys of the occasion and scope of the
above papers; showing Rundells' knavery in making his
estimate at the lowest rate, and then refusing to stand by
it, his purpose being to make Robt. Ellery work at that
rate. |
May 24. |
19. Account by Thos. Harper of 39 anchors in store at
Deptford, and of 28 more now received from Mr. Downing. [Adm.
Paper.] |
May 24. |
20. Philip Tandy to Viscount Conway. Private affairs and
accounts. Cannot get the creation money. No warrants are come
out for the army, hence many of the soldiers mourn. |
May 24. Royal Charles. |
21. Sir Wm. Coventry to Lord Arlington. Hears that the
Hamburg vessels still remain there. Hopes good luck to the fleet,
but only fears about the men; no industry nor philosophy can
preserve them, while they gain 8l. ready money more easily on
board a collier than 23s. on the King's ships, for which they have
to wait a year. The Duchess and her beautiful maids are departing,
therefore long letters must not be expected from men under such
a calamity; would vent their desperation on the Dutch, were not
the victualler as cruel as the ladies. He is said to be there but does
not appear, as his method is when he cannot give content. Many
ships have been on short allowance, some have drunk water, and
some been in danger of neither having beer nor water. [2 pages.] |
May 24. |
22. Petition of John Reyloffen to the King and Council, for
liberty for himself and his son, a boy of 13, now prisoner in
Chelsea College, to return home on equal exchange; was master of
the King Solomon, serving Wm. Scott of Rouen, and only did what
every master of a merchant ship is obliged to do, for preservation of
its owners. Annexing, |
22. i. Wm. Scott to Reyloffen. Regrets the misfortune caused by
the war, but will do his best for his liberation. [Dutch.]
Rouen, April 25, 1665. |
May 24. Whitehall. |
Proclamation for further proroguing the Parliament which was
appointed to meet June 21. [Printed. Proc. Coll., Charles II.,
p. 186.] |
May ? |
23. Petition of the Governor and Company of Merchants trading
to the Canary Islands to the King, for a proclamation in the usual
form, declaring their incorporation as now granted by charter,
several persons belonging to them still continuing the trade, on
pretext that they are not bound to take notice of the charter till
published by proclamation. [Copy.] |
May 25. Whitehall. |
Proclamation for observance of the privileges granted to the
Canary Islands' Company, forbidding others to intermeddle with
their trade, as by so doing, the prices of those wines have been
much enhanced in value, and the manufactures of England debased.
[Printed. Proc. Coll., Charles II., p. 187.] |
May 25. |
Reference on the petition of John Patterson, attorney, to the
Lord Chancellor, who is to consider how far errors of that nature
are capable of pardon, the petitioner having ingenuously confessed
his faults. [Ent. Book 18, p. 165.] |
May 25. |
24. Commission to John Howard to be Ensign to the King's
own company of foot, in Col. John Russell's regiment of Guards. |
May 25. |
Minute of the above. [Ent. Book 20, p. 62.] |
May 25. |
Warrant for a grant to George Arnott, of fines due on lands
and tenements in the duchy of Cornwall, amounting to 525l. [Ent.
Book 22, pp. 142–3.] |
[May 25.] |
25. Draft of the above. [1½
pages.] |
May 25. |
Warrant for a lease to James Hamilton, ranger of Hyde Park,
and George Birch, auditor of excise, for 41 years, of 55 acres of land
in the north-west corner of Hyde Park, on rental of 5s., on condition of their enclosing it, planting it with choice apple trees, and
delivering one half of the produce for the King's household. [Ent.
Book 22, pp. 144–5.] |
May 25. |
Warrant for a release to Francis Phillips, from the covenant on
which he holds the residue of a lease of Kempton Park, Middlesex,
formerly granted to William Killigrew, on covenant of maintaining
300 deer there, and keeping up the parks. [Ent. Book 22, p. 150.] |
May 25. |
Pass for Thomas Bromley, with five horses, sent by the King to
the Prince of Orange, custom free. Minute. [Ent. Book 22, p. 151.] |
May ? |
26. Petition of John Ogilby to the King, for a prohibition to
any persons to reprint or counterfeit the sculpture of any of the
following books, which he has printed at expense of 20 years' labour;
viz., Virgil, Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, Æsop's Fables paraphrased,
and the account of His Majesty's passing through London, and his
coronation. |
May 25. Whitehall. |
27. Prohibition by the King to any person for 15 years to
reprint or counterfeit the sculpture in certain works of John
Ogilby, master of the revels in Ireland; viz., Virgil, Homer's Iliad,
and Odyssey, Æsop's Fables, and His Majesty's entertainment in
passing through London. [Printed.] |
May 25. |
Entry of the above. [Ent. Book 22, p. 151.] |
May ? |
28. Jos. Walley to his Friends in Christ. Thanks for their kindness to him as a stranger. Thinks the duty of his dispensation is to
stand still and see the salvation of God; regrets the spirit of
division among God's people; begs their prayers; sends his brother
William a concordance. Lives at Whitby, a cheesemonger's, at the
Black Horse, Golden Lane. [3 pages.] |
May 25. |
Warrant for apprehending Joseph Walley with all his papers,
at Whitby, a cheesemonger's, at the Black Horse, Golden Lane.
Minute. [Ent. Book 22, p. 152.] |
May 25. |
The King to the Duke of Buckingham, [Lord Lieutenant of the
West Riding of Yorkshire]. Having ordered the 3rd year's militia
tax to be collected in Yorkshire before 24th June, and the time
being short, directs him to employ Sir Fras Cobb, sheriff of the whole
county, to raise and receive the same; an exact account thereof is to
be sent to a Secretary of State. With note of like letters to Lords
Belasyse and Fauconberg, for the other two ridings of Yorkshire.
[Ent. Book 20, pp. 70–1.] |
[May 25.] |
29. Draft of the above. [Imperfect.] |
May 25. Whitehall. |
30. [Lord Arlington] to Lord Fauconberg. Enforces the King's
letters on the raising of the militia tax. [Damaged. Draft, altered
into the form of a letter from the King.] |
May [25]. Whitehall. |
31. The King to the [Mayor, &c.] of Newcastle. Requests
assistance for Col. Edw. Villiers, governor of Tynemouth Castle,
who is ordered to repair and fortify it, for security of the town and of
trade, during the war with the United Provinces. Requests them,—
especially as convoys are allowed for carrying on the coal trade,
notwithstanding the occasions of the war,— to contribute thereto,
after the example of London, which has given voluntary expressions
of loyalty and affection to the public interests, and thus to ease the
King of an expense not convenient in the great and pressing
occasions of the war. [2 pages.] |
May 25. |
Entry of the above. [Ent. Book 17, p. 111.] |
[May 25.] |
32. Draft of the above. [2 pages.] |
May 25. Portsmouth. |
33. Capt. Phineas Pett to the Navy Comrs. Has all his gunner's
stores on board; intends sailing the Tiger out to-morrow. [Adm.
Paper.] |
May 25. |
34. List of the company of the prize ship Patriarch Isaac, manned
with 15 able seamen; with certificate of her delivery to the Commissioners of Prizes, July 4, 1665. [Adm. Paper.] |
May 25. The Coventry, Spithead. |
35. Capt. Wm. Hill to Sam. Pepys. Has seized a ship coming
from Amsterdam, L'Affection Renaissante; can obtain no order
from the Duke of Albemarle whether to deliver her up again to the
French, from whom he took her, or to the Commissioners of Prizes.
She is square sterned, and carries 40 pieces of ordnance. Asks directions about Mrs. Pley's ships, still at Weymouth, which he is to
convoy. Comr. Middleton will not give him orders to call there for
them. [Adm Paper.] |
May 25. Portsmouth. |
36. Constance Pley to the Navy Comrs. The convoy is arrived,
but so tied up in his orders that, although his course is to go out
at the Needles, he will not step into Portland Road to take out
their ships now ready to sail with him; he "clucks up all the ships
along the coast like chickens, as far as Lyme and Topsham," but
refuses to call at Portland for those which were chiefly intended;
it will be like their last convoy, the King Ferdinando, which went
about on the same errand, and lost the opportunity of serving them.
Requests peremptory orders to the captain to call for the ships at
Weymouth, and to see such as are bound to Chatham safe there before
leaving them. [Adm. Paper.] |
May 25. |
37. Wm. Bodham to Sam. Pepys. Has received Mr. Moll's
refused hemp according to order, but with regret, as giving occasion
to maligners to cavil; has used the utmost circumspection in
examining it. With Sam. Pepys' answer in shorthand, May 27.
[Adm. Paper, 2 pages.] |
May 25. |
38. Report by Capt. John Proud and three others to the Navy
Comrs., of their survey and valuation of 21 merchant ships hired into
the service. [Adm. Paper.] |
May 26. |
39. Certificate that Jacob Copping and James Sherland were
entered quartermasters on the Defence and changed into the Swallow;
and request for payment of wages due to them by Capt. Thos. Rand,
for service on board the former ship. [Adm. Paper.] |
May 26. Harwich. |
40. Sir Wm. Batten to the Navy Comrs. Is ignorant of
Mr. Salisbury's crime; wishes not to countenance abuse of trust,
but thinks he should be heard before his dismissal; every man
is not born fit for a clerk of the survey, in these active times.
Hopwood's hoy is not yet arrived. Pinnaces, oakum, and cordage
wanted. [Adm. Paper.] |
May 26. Gravesend 4 A.M |
41. Sir John Mennes to Sam. Pepys. Is prevented by contrary
winds from sending off the victualling ships. Hopwood's hoy is
returned without an anchor; it is strange that five great cables and
goods to the value of 3,000l. should be put on board so rotten
a vessel with so idle a master; requests that six able seamen be
sent to carry her down. [Adm. Paper.] |
May 26. Chatham. |
42. Comr. Peter Pett to Sam. Pepys. Finds that Mr. Gregory
is only guilty of indiscretion in forbidding the messenger to
carry Mr. Barrow's letter; the other charge concerning the labourers is a mistake. As to the disputed priority of signing, both
will give their reasons forthwith; they should agree well, but not
too well, or the service may suffer, as it does in some places. Requests 618l. for 25 discharged shipwrights and 4 servants. Recommends Capt. Taylor's New England masts. Mr. Wild offers to
contract for scuppers. [Adm. Paper.] |
May 26. Chatham. |
43. Comr. Peter Pett to Sam. Pepys. Will send the 25 pressed men
to Deptford, but could well employ them in the many works now
on hand. Fears the dispute between the clerk of the cheque and
storekeeper will need the exercise of a higher power than his own
to settle. [Adm. Paper.] |
May 26. Woolwich. |
44. Chris. Pett to Sam. Pepys. Objects to the plan of shifting the
topmast abaft the mast for men-of-war; it may do for merchantmen,
they having but little help, and not being so subject to labour in a
sea gale; an experiment should be made of it on some of the smaller
ships. Has sent the two captains of the Dutch prizes to wait on
the Duke of Albemarle, and desired Anthony Deane to furnish
Capt. Teddeman with a pinnace and awning. Great want of timber.
[Adm. Paper.] |
May 26. The Sorlings, Plymouth. |
45. Capt. Jonathan Waltham to Sir Wm. Coventry. Has just
arrived, disabled in an engagement with two Flushing men-of-war
off Scilly, having two men killed and five wounded; could have
secured them both with but one other ship's help. [Adm. Paper.] |
May 26. Cockpit. |
46. Sir Wm. Clarke to Sam. Pepys. Sends an order for 10
more soldiers for the Loyal Subject, out of Sir Chichester Wray's
company. The Baltimore is to have 30 from Sir John Griffith's
company. Lieut. Edwards is not to be employed any more until he
has been heard for himself; he says he has impressed 200 men
since May 10. Sends Capt. Pett's letter, which does not quadrate
with Col. Middleton's. [Adm. Paper.] Enclosed, |
46. i. Capt. Phineas Pett to Sir Wm. Clarke. Forwardness of
the Tiger. Intends sailing to-morrow; hopes when at
Spithead to have some better account of men. Wishes
for more particular instructions concerning the victuallers which he is to convoy to the fleet.
Portsmouth, May 25, 1665. |
May 26. Gravesend. |
47. Fr. Hosier to the Navy Comrs. Has found out and
examined the two waiters who are witnesses of the charge laid
against Rich. Stringer, master's mate of the Merlin. [Adm. Paper.]
Encloses, |
47. i. Deposition of Ga. Saunders. Paid Rich. Stringer 24s.
for the discharge of Stephen Sampson, his boatswain, and
David Dove, a boy; but the next day they were pressed
again by the captain of the Merlin. May 22, 1665. |
47. ii. Deposition of Thos. Hall and Fras. Mawhood [King's
waiters at Gravesend]. On 11th May, Rich. Stringer
came on board the Brotherhood and pressed the boatswain
and a boy. Mr. Saunders, master, thought to clear them,
and offered 10s.; this was refused, and 15s. accepted.
Were afterwards informed by Mr. Saunders that the sum
did not satisfy Rich. Stringer, and that 10s. more had
been given him. Gravesend, May 26, 1665. |
May 26. Royal Charles. |
48. Duke of York to [Lord Arlington]. Thinks it too late to
join any one with the victualler for this season, the time of year
being past to make new provisions of flesh, but it should be done
against next year or winter. Cannot judge whom it should be;
that belongs to the Lord Treasurer and a committee of Council;
will merely request Mr. Gauden to get what victuals he can for the
present, and will then go and seek the Dutch, whose fleet is said
to be on the west of the Dogger. A Dutch galliot is taken; thinks
it was sent to fetch in things for the fleet, but the papers were
chiefly thrown overboard: a private letter found makes the number
of the Dutch fleet 112. Capt. Nixon is condemned to be shot;
Capt. Stanesby is cleared. [Begun on the 24th. 3½
pages.] |
May 26. Royal Charles. |
49. Sir W. Coventry to [Lord Arlington]. For want of men,
some ships will have to be left behind to man the rest. The Dutch
fleet is variously reported at 106, 110, and 116, in the letters taken.
Capt. Nixon is to be executed to-morrow. There is no evidence
that Stanesby had sailed from the enemy, or deserted, till ordered
by Nixon, who was his commander. A soldier is condemned to day
for inciting the rest to mutiny, and to fall upon the seamen. Asks
what is done towards encouraging private men-of-war. [2 pages.] |
May 26. |
Reference to Sir Edw. Griffin, treasurer of the chamber, on the
petition of Andrew Newport, for the allowance of 20s. a week, promised him on quitting his lodgings to Mdme. La Garde, but now
run on two and a half years. [Ent. Book 18, p. 166.] |
May 26. |
Reference to the Lord High Chancellor and the Attorney General
on the petition of Lord Langdale, for determination about the change
of the rectory of Holme, the college [St. John's, Cambridge] having
accepted His Majesty's gracious offer. [Ent. Book 18, p. 167.] |
May 26. |
Reference to the Commissioners of Prizes on the petition of
Fras. Sandford, for a certain quantity of prize paper towards printing
his collection of monuments. [Ent. Book 18, p 168.] |
May 26. |
Memorandum that John Knowles was committed to the Gatehouse for treasonable practices. Minute. [Ent. Book 22, p. 148.] |
May 26. |
Warrant to Lord Ashley, treasurer for prizes, to pay to Arthur
Earl of Anglesey 400l. out of prize money, for secret services,
without account. [Ent. Book 22, p. 148.] |
May 26. |
Warrant for a grant to Viel Vyvyan, in reversion after Sir Rich.
Vivyan, Bart., his father, of the office of Captain of the Castle of
St. Mawes, Cornwall. [Ent. Book 22, p. 148.] |
May 26. Leeds. |
50. John Bettson to Robt. Lye. The party are high in their
expectations from the Dutch, and say the death of the 21 men
at York does not discourage them from carrying on the work of
God. A man much in their favour will become an intelligencer
if he may not be made a witness, and may have 10l. in hand and a
salary. Asks whether to engage him. |
May 26. Whitehall. |
51. Petition of Sir Thos. Strickland to the King, for the farm for
21 years of a halfpenny per gallon tax imposed by the present
Parliament on Scottish salt, at the same rent which he now pays
for it, as sub-farmer to the Farmers of Customs. The tax was
chiefly promoted by him; it has encouraged English manufactures,
and brought in a yearly revenue of 1,800l. With reference thereon
to the Lord Treasurer to consider how the grant can be arranged,
on expiration of the present farm of the customs; and his report,
June 12, that the farmers do not object to the grant, but that he is
no friend to minute farms [of customs]. |
May 26. |
Entry of the preceding reference. [Ent. Book 18, p. 166.] |
May 26. Whitehall. |
52. Petition of Sarah, relict of Capt. Willim. Pestle, to the
King, for relief. Her husband was killed at the taking of the forts
in the isles of Cape Verd, in Major Holmes' late voyage to the
coast of Guinea. With request thereon to the Navy Commissioners
for an order to the Navy Treasurer to pay her 50l., and make provision for her future subsistence. |
May 26. |
Entry of the above reference. [Ent. Book 18, p. 168.] |
May 26. Whitehall. |
53. Petition of Oliver Cave and two others to the King, for
pardon, because when in the company of Phineas and Thos. Hodgson, the said men stole 25l. from some country people, on the
Borough bridge road, co. York. With reference thereon to the
Attorney General. |
May 26. Whitehall. |
54. Petition of Capt. John Strode, lieutenant of Dover Castle, to
the King, for as much as shall seem meet of the benefit of three
Dutch prizes, the City of Rouen, laden with spices and calicoes, the
Jacob, bound for Guinea, and the Golden Sun, laden with linseed,
which are condemned in the Admiralty Court; they were got in at
his charge, he having fitted out two vessels from Dover for such
services; had to give 20l. to the widow of one of the masters
who was drowned in boarding. With reference thereon to the
Commissioners for Prizes. |
May 26. |
Entry of the above reference. [Ent. Book 18, p. 168.] |
May 26. |
Note of the King's approbation of Roger Clavell and John Lawrence as Deputy Lieutenants of the Isle of Purbeck. Minute.
[Ent. Book 20, p. 62.] |
May 26. |
Grant to James Hyde, M D., on surrender of Sir Thos. Clayton,
of the office of Reader of Physic at Oxford; fee, 40l. a year.
[Docquet.] |
May 27. |
Grant to Anne Hume of all debts belonging to the King, by the
forfeiture of John Gaisely, chandler, executed for murder in 1659.
[Docquet.] |
May 27. |
Warrant for conveying the Earl of Rochester prisoner to the
Tower for high misdemeanors. Minute. [Ent. Book 22, p. 152.] |
May 27. |
Warrant to Sir John Robinson to receive the Earl of Rochester
prisoner. Minute. [Ent. Book 22, p. 152.] |
May 27. |
Warrant requiring assistance in the search after divers armed
men who aided the Earl of Rochester in taking by force of arms
Mrs. Eliz. Mallet, without her consent, and carrying her from the
city into the country; also aid for Sir John Warre in searching
for the said Mrs. Mallet and restoring her to her friends. [Ent.
Book 22, p. 153.] |
May ? |
55. Petition of the Earl of Rochester to the King, for restoration
to favour; inadvertence, ignorance of law, and passion were the
occasions of his offence; would rather have chosen ten thousand
deaths than incurred His Majesty's displeasure. |
May 27. Chatham. |
56. Edw. Gregory to the Navy Comrs. Sends tickets for several
shipwrights and calkers discharged by order of Comr. Pett, to be
sent to Deptford. Has paid them conduct money. [Adm. Paper.] |
May 27. Newcastle. |
57. Capt. J. Lightfoot to the Navy Comrs. Will victual the
Speedwell at as easy a rate as possible; sends a bill of exchange for
80l., payable to Sir Wm. Batten. [Adm. Paper.] |
May 27. |
58. Sir Wm. Coventry to Sam. Pepys. As to the reputed
embezzlement by Capt. Moulton, if any of the goods were between
decks, they were prize to the seamen, and if in the great cabin, to the
commander. Will endeavour to get Col. Middleton's business
settled. The Bonadventure brings news that the Hamburg convoy
and all the merchant ships are taken; it is a great loss. The fleet
sails to Southwold Bay to-morrow. Money is much wanted for the
slopsellers. The purser of the Loyal George does not appear; has put
another in his place. It is impossible to keep men on board when
ships come in to clean; this might be obviated by having scrubbers
or brushes made 16 or 18 inches long, of brass wire, a dozen or more
to each ship, so that in calm weather the commanders could make
their men put them upon long poles, and scrub to the very keel.
Asks who is to bear the leakage of beer likely to take place, most of
the casks being wood bound. Complains of the delay in victualling;
but for that, Eversen had not got into the Texel, nor the Hamburg
convoy been lost. Wants some Laws of War to paste up in the
ships. [Adm. Paper, 4 pages.] |
May 27. Woolwich. |
59. Capt. Wm. Dale to the Navy Comrs. Has received only 17
pressed men out of the 80 ordered from Capt. Tatnell. Is hindered
by weather from getting the guns on board. [Adm. Paper.] |
May 27. Dover. |
60. Thos. White to the Navy Comrs. Hears no news of the
expected ship with provisions and stores. Requests payment of his
accounts. [Adm. Paper.] |
May 27. Cockpit. |
61. Duke of Albemarle to the Navy Comrs. Desires that the
water ships and victuallers be hastened away. [Adm. Paper.] |
May 27. Harwich. |
62. Sir Wm. Batten to the Navy Comrs. Is ordered not to leave
Harwich while the fleet stays; three Gottenburg ships are come in.
The Augustine must be hastened down with cables, and then remain
as a store ship. Masts and broom much wanted. Capt. Nixon is
condemned to be shot to death. [Adm. Paper.] |
May 27. Bristol. |
63. Sir Humph. Hooke, Sir Robt. Yeamans, and John Knight
to Sir Wm. Batten. Received an imprest warrant for 400 men to
be sent to London; little progress is made therein, no ships having
arrived since the warrant came. Complain of Sir John Knight
giving the men their conduct money, after they have received their
imprest money. Went aboard all the vessels in Slangroad pill,
Kingroad, &c.; find that the Mayor has given protection to 12 men
upon the Providence of Glasgow. [Adm. Paper.] Enclose, |
63. i. Warrant of protection by John Lawford, mayor of
Bristol, to 12 men on board the Providence of Glasgow, now in port. April 25, 1665. Endorsed with a note
by Sir Robt. Yeamans to his father, promising to leave
no means unattempted to serve the King, if no interruption be given to their employment. |
63. ii. List of 29 impressed seamen who have received their
tickets and conduct money, and of 20 more who are
impressed, but have not appeared. |
May 27. New Forest. |
64. Thos. Eastwood to the Navy Comrs. Particulars of 1,400
loads of timber felled; desires an imprest of 200l. for land carriage.
[Adm. Paper.] |
May 27. Portsmouth. |
65. Account of 69 anchors in store; with note [by Comr. Middleton,] that many of them are unserviceable, and cannot be mended
unless sent to London. [Adm. Paper.] |
May 27. |
66. Thos. Lewis to Thos. Hayter. Begs that the enclosed account
may be presented to Mr. Pepys, to determine whether three vessels,
hired by the ton as victualling ships, shall now be taken up by the
month. Will get water-casks for one of the ships in the river.
Wishes Mr. Pepys to be reminded of the certificate for the defective
provisions put on shore at Tangiers. [Adm. Paper.] Encloses. |
66. i. Account by Thos. Lewis of eight hired victualling ships,
four of which are returned from the fleet and relading,
and three more returned with empty casks; more shipping
is wanted to carry the remaining supply of beer.
May 27, 1665. |
May 27. Cockpit. |
67. Duke of Albemarle to the Navy Comrs. Capt. Perriman, of
the Swallow, is to be "laid by the heels" for disobeying orders in
refusing to release Thomas Gibbs and Henry Kitchin, impressed out
of the Hope, contrary to proclamation. [Adm. Paper.] Encloses, |
67. i. Capt. John Perriman, commander of the Swallow, to the
Duke of Albemarle. Answers the complaint made against
him of impressing two men out of the Hope; Thos. Gibbs
and Henry Kitchin were impressed by his mate between
Gravesend and London; they had liberty the next day
to go for their wages, when their master enticed them to
decline the King's service; they were afterwards found
ashore and pressed by Capt. Jas. Coleman of the Hound;
they escaped from him, and came again on board the
Swallow. With note, May 29, that the Duke consented
to their remaining on board the Swallow. May 27, 1665. |
May 27. Redriff. |
68. Capt. J. Perriman to Sam. Pepys. The two men pressed
should be put on board the Hound, but they fear Capt. Coleman, and
are willing to remain in the Swallow. Wishes the King knew of all
the abuses offered to those that have orders to press; coal traders
should be compelled not to exceed 3l. a voyage for each man; and
west and north vessels should be bound to bring their coals to
London, or many seamen will be drawn from the service. [Adm.
Paper.] |
May 28. |
69. Jacob Blackleech to [the Navy Comrs.]. The water-ship
Sarah and Elizabeth is returned from the fleet; 30 tons of new
cask are sent on board the Swallow. [Adm. Paper.] |
May 28. |
70. Col. Reymes to Sam. Pepys. The convoys appointed for
them are so clogged up with other orders as to be unable to
perform what is desired. The captain of the Coventry refuses to
call for ships which have waited a month in Portland Road, or
to conduct any to Chatham when he returns, and yet is called a
convoy; begs that the name may be altered, or new orders given
with all expedition; goods to the value of 10,000l. are ready at
St. Malo. The report of a breach with France frightens the merchants, lest these goods should be seized. Begs an order for some
vessel to make a trip over at once. [2 pages.] |
May 28. Portsmouth. |
71. Constance Pley to Sam. Pepys. Urges the necessity of
hastening the St. Malo convoy; is troubled to think that so many
goods lie waiting for transportation, and the Coventry, designed
for a convoy, should remain there all this while. Begs an order
to the captain to sail immediately, and call at Weymouth for the
vessels waiting his conduct. Encloses, |
71. i. [George Pley, jun.,] to his mother, Constance Pley. Has
10,000 lbs. of hemp and other goods ready packed and
marked, waiting only a convoy to set sail. Has drawn two
bills of exchange. Private affairs. St. Malo, May 23, 1665. |
May 28. Royal Charles. |
72. Sir Wm. Coventry to Williamson. The civilians must be
consulted whether the alteration in letters of marque is to be done
by new instructions or under the great seal, and if the Admiralty
Court will not grant blank commissions, he must get as many drawn
and engrossed as Lord Arlington thinks fit, there being neither time
nor hands to do it in the fleet. Capt. Nixon's execution was
prevented first by the storm, now by its being Sunday, and tomorrow will be the King's birthday. The Duke of Monmouth has
arrived. Repines that they cannot sail after this storm, which
may have scattered or damaged the Dutch. |
May 28. Dover. |
73. Jo. Carlisle to Williamson. The coast is clear; two supposed
prizes are brought in. The Holland fleet is said to have gone northward, to meet De Ruyter, leaving 17 sail to guard their coasts. |
May 29. Rotterdam. |
74. W—to—. Is authorized to correspond with
him. Mr. Oates came lately from England, and met Mr. Wiltshire
secretly. Their friends in the west are in the best disposition, but
do not think this a fitting time to make an offer to the [Holland]
senate, or to make a gathering; first, because some of those at the
helm, being in correspondence with Mr. Turner, might take advantage of what they offer, in order to advance the peace, which they
earnestly seek underhand, notwithstanding their outward confidence;
many of the [Holland] senate are in the Zauny interest, and wish
their own fleet beaten; second, because the result of the French
mediation and of an encounter between the two fleets must be
waited for. It is said that the French and English Kings are
combining to exterminate the Calvinist religion. C. B. is not
in the least suspected of intelligence with the Court; he is of a
great spirit and very ambitious, and a Dutchified Presbyterian, so
that it is better to avoid intercourse with him. C. Sy. is very
precipitate. Zealand and some other provinces, which are for the
Prince of Orange's interest, speak of breaking off from Holland,
and expect that the King, the Prince's uncle, will grant them all
kinds of freedom of commerce with his dominions. [2 pages.] |
May 29. King's Birthday, Royal Charles. |
75. Earl of Falmouth to Lord Arlington. They sail to-morrow
for Sole Bay, Sir George Downing's letter making them wish to be
in deeper water. Hopes to meet the Dutch half seas over. Great
skill will be necessary to get men. The decay by sickness and
colliers is greater than could be imagined. Hopes soon to be the
bringer of good news. |
May 29. Royal Charles. |
76. Sir Wm. Coventry to Lord Arlington. Capt. Langhorne has
arrived with seven ships, and reports the taking of the Hamburg
fleet, with the man-of-war their convoy; mistaking the Dutch fleet
for the English, they fell into it. Will sail to-morrow for Southwold
Bay, and there finish taking in victuals. |
May 29. Chatham Dock. |
77. Phineas Pett to the Navy Comrs. Forwardness of the
Victory. Timber wanted; a considerable quantity can be supplied
by Robt. Morecock of Chatham. [Adm. Paper.] |
May 29. Chatham. |
78. Edw. Gregory to the Navy Comrs. Denied the storekeeper
a messenger to carry up a single letter, in virtue of the enclosed
warrant, but did not refuse him labourers for shipping provisions;
as to pre-eminency of signing, urges the undisputed custom of the
yard, and the superiority of the office of clerk of the cheque, as
shown by his being named first in all warrants, &c., his salary being
higher than that of storekeeper, &c. [1¼
pages.] Encloses, |
78. i. Warrant from the Navy Comrs. to the Officers of the Yard
at Chatham, to discontinue the employment of labourers
for the carriage of letters, unless in cases of necessity.
[Copy.] Navy Office, August 21, 1662. |
May 29. The Success, off Scarborough. |
79. Capt. Edw. Grove to the Navy Comrs. Sailed for Fleeckery
and Mardow in Norway, with four other vessels, to seize or destroy
the enemy's ships coming out of the Sound, or failing this, to go for
Elsinore; received there from Sir Gilbert Talbot, Envoy Extraordinary to the King of Denmark, 8 convoys,—one a galliot hoy laden
with shot and 36 pieces of brass and copper ordnance, as a present
for the King. Has made all haste to return to the Gunfleet, notwithstanding bad weather. Saw no enemy. Asks where to find
the fleet if already sailed. [Adm. Paper.] |
May 29. Cockpit. |
80. Sir Wm. Clarke to Sam. Pepys. Sends tickets for John
Robinson, late surgeon of the Phœnix. Desires payment and some
allowance for the loss of his chest. [Adm. Paper.] |
May 29. |
81. J. Uthwat to Thomas Hayter. Recommends John Hunt as
master of the Black Dog galliot hoy in Deptford dry dock. [Adm.
Paper.] |
May 30. Harwich. |
82. James Locke to the Navy Comrs. Desires a bill of imprest
for present necessities on board the Bachelor ketch, hired for three
months certain, and now to be continued. [Adm. Paper.] |
May 30. Plymouth. |
83. John Lanyon to the Navy Comrs. The damage sustained
by the Sorlings in her late skirmish is repaired. Masts cannot be
bought for money. The Mary is dispatched. The Giles ketch
bound for Tangiers is in for repairs and victualling. Proposes the
Monk as a watering boat for the port, until another be built. The
eight tons of hearth pitch lying in the Prize Office would be useful.
[Adm. Paper.] |
May 30. Chatham. |
84. Philip Barrow to the Navy Comrs. Justifies his own conduct in the late dispute with the clerk of the cheque; the signing
above him will appear no offence by the enclosed reasons, once
debated before the Board. Did not charge the clerk of the cheque
with denying labourers to carry provisions on board some vessels;
the obstruction met with was from the boatswain and his foreman.
Encloses, |
84. i. Statement by Phil. Barrow of the grounds on which the
storekeeper claims precedence in signing above the clerk
of the cheque. [Four pages.] |
May 30. Cockpit. |
85. Duke of Albemarle to the Navy Comrs. Desires that some
of the prize ships which are to be appointed as provision ships
may be for Harwich. The Truelove is to be victualled at Newcastle.
[Adm. Paper.] |
May 30. Harwich. |
86. Sir Wm. Batten to the Navy Comrs. The victualling ships
have arrived, after much loss from ill weather; of all the new boats
sent, only four are brought in. Pinnaces, anchors, bowsprits, and
masts are much wanted. The fleet is about to sail for Sole Bay. Lock's
ketch, arrived from the Hamburg River, passed through the Dutch
fleet off the Texel, and was chased by 15 of them. Carpenters and
calkers wanted. Urges the immediate dispatch of stores, as the
whole fleet depends upon Harwich. [Adm. Paper, 2 pages.] |
May 30. Royal Charles. |
87. Sir Wm. Coventry and Sir Wm. Penn to the Navy Comrs.
Are under sail for the northward. Provisions wanted, especially
beer; anticipate a battle with the Dutch; desire a sufficient supply
of masts, yards, boats, &c., to be hastened to Harwich in case of
need. [Adm. Paper.] |
May 30. Portsmouth. |
88. Hugh Salisbury to Sam. Pepys. Will hasten to London
immediately upon notice of Sir Wm. Batten's arrival. [Adm. Paper.] |
May 30. Woolwich. |
89. Wm. Acworth to Sam. Pepys. Has taken the 80 cradles
out of the Loyal Katherine; the 300 soldiers ordered for that ship
refused at Greenwich to come on board until their arrears, amounting
to 23s. 4d. a man, were paid; the arrears were promised at Woolwich,
but only 120 came on board; many are gone away. [Adm. Paper.] |
May 30. Victualling Office. |
90. Certificate by Andrew Boult and John Milton of the neglect
of three coopers named, pressed for service at the Victualling Office,
in wilfully absenting themselves 10 or 14 days, and request for their
punishment. [Adm. Paper.] |
May 30. |
91. Jacob Blackleech to [the Navy Comrs.] Account of water
put on board three water ships. [Adm. Paper.] |
May 30? |
92. Petition of Thos. Old, of Deptford, mariner, to the Navy
Comrs., to be admitted as master of one of the Flemish hoys now
fitting out at Deptford; has served in a small vessel of his own ever
since the King came to England. [Adm. Paper.] Annexing, |
92. i. Certificate by Capt. Wm. Badiley, and three others, of the
fitness of Thos. Old to take charge of one of the galliot
hoys. May 25, 1665. |
May 30. |
Warrant to Thomas Chiffinch to retain in his hands 250l. from
moneys paid on composition by persons charged with goods, furniture, &c., of the late King, in reward for his zeal and industry in
recovering the same. [Ent. Book 22, p. 182.] |
May 30. |
Warrant to Thos. Chiffinch to pay to Colonel William Hawley
and Thomas Beauchamp, his fellow commissioners, 250l., for like
services. [Ent. Book 22, p. 182.] |
May 31. Royal Charles, Gunfleet. |
93. Sir W. Coventry to Lord Arlington. The Dutch fleet will
see their Hamburg prizes safe into the Texel and will then return
to meet the English fleet. Delay of provisions is the mother of
many mischiefs, and has lost the Hamburg ships, for if the fleet
had been well victualled, it would have been at sea, and must have
been beaten before the other could be taken, though that might
have been safe, had it come within the 10 days prescribed. Thinks
the King's ships are superior, a third rate being able to compare with
Opdam's own ship, of whose guns they boast much, being 24 or 36
pounders. Comparison of the reported ordnance on the Dutch ships
with that of the English, in favour of the latter. Sir George
Downing's caution is observed, and no commander, with one exception, has any interest in his ship, nor have the owners even chosen
the masters; thinks well of the commanders; there are only eight
or ten of the good old commanders left on shore, and they either declined service or were unfit to be invited. The supply of ammunition is very complete; reasons why he thinks the suspicions of
embezzlement of powder false. The Dutch packet boat brings no
letters from Sir George Downing nor intelligence. Asks whither
in this case it should still be allowed to come to Harwich, which—as
being the place where stores are kept, preparations made, and whither
the fleet must resort on its return,—is the most unfit for an enemy
to be at; Woolwich or Chatham would be better, and Sir George
Downing should be told to send his packets another way. It is
resolved not to leave any ships behind for want of men, as those
worst manned can ply the guns on one side. The Maryland Merchant, being defective, is left. [6 pages.] |
May 31. Whitehall. |
94. The King to the Earl of Bridgewater, lord lieutenant of
Buckinghamshire. Has given directions that out of the militia
money now raising for the third year, shall be paid the militia ex
penses and those for under officers, trophies, and 14 days' duty; the
arrears of the two former years' tax are to be kept in a safe place.
Thinks that in these distracted times, the Tower of London is the
safest place, and requests him to send the money thither. [Draft,
signed.] |
May 31. |
Commission for James Howard to be Ensign to Col. Atkins, in
Col. Russell's regiment. Minute. [Ent. Book 20, p. 62.] |
May 31. |
Commission to Robt. Sydney to be Colonel of a regiment of foot.
[Ent. Book 20, p. 63.] |
May 31. |
Pass for Sir Thomas Higgons to go to France and return.
Minute. [Ent. Book 22, p. 154.] |
May ? |
95. Petition of Thos. Ross to the King, for permission to nominate Rich. Pearson, now his deputy, as his successor in the place of
Keeper of His Majesty's library, to which he was appointed 22nd
Aug. 1661; is now at service in the fleet, and uncertain of
subsistence for his family if he should die. |
May 31. Whitehall. |
96. Warrant for a grant to Rich. Pearson, in reversion after Thos.
Ross, of the office of Keeper of the King's libraries; salary 200l.
a year. |
May 31. |
Entry of the above. [Ent. Book 22, p. 154.] |
May 31. |
Order for a warrant for erection and incorporation of a Scottish
hospital in Westminster, to be under 41 Scots as governors, with
licence to purchase in mortmain lands not exceeding 500l. a year.
[Ent. Book 22, p. 155.] |
May 31. |
Pass for a vessel called the St. Pierre of Bayonne, employed by
merchants of that place, to go to France and return. Minute. [Ent.
Book 22, p. 157.] |
May 31. |
Pass for George Porter, employed by the Queen-Mother, to go to
France. Minute. [Ent. Book 22, p. 157.] |
May 31. |
Privy seal for 200l. to George Porter, gentleman of the privy
chamber to the Queen Consort, for his expenses on his journey to
France. Minute. [Ent. Book 22, p. 157.] |
May 31. |
Pass for the St. Peter of St. Malo, belonging to French merchants,
to go to Dantzic and Riga, without touching at any port within the
United Provinces. [Ent. Book 22, p. 158.] |
May 31. |
Warrant to pay to Sir Edw. Turner, Attorney General to the
Duke of York, 2,000l., as the King's free gift. [Docquet.] |
May 31. |
Warrant to pay to Sir Willm. Boreman, keeper of the dwarf
orchard at Greenwich, 589l. 17s. 8d., for keeping Greenwich Park,
with 16 coppices and the orchard, for three years past, and building
the garden house, and to allow him 148l. yearly, for paying gardeners
and other services. [Docquet.] |
May 31. |
Warrant to allow on the account of Farmers of Customs all
moneys which have been or may be remitted for five years, from
Feb. 18, 1664, on imposts of the growth and production of Jamaica.
[Docquet.] |
May 31. |
Grant to Thos. Offley, gentleman of the privy chamber, of the
office of Groom-porter, in place of Sir Rich. Hubart, deceased.
[Docquet.] |
May 31. |
Warrant to pay to Stephen Fox 3,000l., for secret service,
without account. [Docquet.] |
May 31. |
Warrant for delivery of 30 tuns of wine, half French and half
Spanish, custom free, to the Count de Molina, ambassador extraordinary from the King of Spain, and for defalcation to be made for
the same to the Farmers of Customs. [Docquet.] |
May 31. |
Grant to Edw. Halsall of 225l., the King's moiety of 450l.,
forfeited by Connistant Cant, of Lynn Regis, for embarking wool to
Guernsey, not entered in the Custom House, with power to compound
and sue for the same. [Docquet.] |
May 31. |
Warrant to pay to George Arnott 525l., being fines and sums due
from George Ward and others to the Receiver of the duchy of Cornwall, with power to recover the same, and to receive them from the
Exchequer, in case they have been paid in. [Docquet.] |
May 31. Dover. |
97. Thos. White to the Navy Comrs. The Augustine is arrived
from Chatham with stores. [Adm. Paper.] |
May 31. Gravesend. |
98. Fr. Hosier to Sam. Pepys. Found such disorder on board
the Loyal Katherine that there was great difficulty in mustering the
seamen; many of the men were too drunk to appear, and the master
absent on shore; begs excuse if anything be wanting in the musterbook. The serjeants for Gravesend soldiers have carried money
down to pay the men their arrears. Asks if it be necessary to
muster victuallers or ammunition ships. Cannot be sure of letting
none pass Gravesend without muster, as they may pass in the night,
on Sunday, or in a gale of wind. [Adm. Paper.] |
May 31. Gravesend. |
99. Note of the arrival into port of the Merlin with 81 men,
and the Cygnet with 46 men, giving good attendance on board.
[Adm. Paper.] |
May 31. Chatham. |
100. Comr. Peter Pett to Sam. Pepys. Complains of the master
of the Black Cock going away to London and losing the opportunity of a fair wind to sail to Blackwall, after being furnished with
men on purpose; begs that Sir Wm. Warren may be informed of
his neglect. [Adm. Paper.] |
May 31. Shipwrights' Hall. |
101. Masters, Wardens, &c., of the Shipwrights' Company to the
Navy Comrs. Have received the copy of contract made with Wm.
Castell and Hen. Johnson, for building two ships, and nominate the
master, two wardens, and three assistants, to overlook the work.
[Adm. Paper, 12 signatures.] |
May 31. |
102. Geo. Phenney, owner of the William and John, to [the Navy
Comrs.] Recommends Geo. Wescott and John Clarke as boatswain
and carpenter. [Adm. Paper.] |
May 31. Sherwood. |
103. John Russell to the Navy Comrs. Finds Lord Byron's
timber in Newstead Woods good and fit for the service. Arrangements for transporting it to London; hoys wanted. [Adm. Paper.]
Encloses, |
103. i. Proposal by Lord Byron for the delivery of 2,000 loads
of timber at certain prices. |
May? |
104. Petition of John Burrowes, Navy slopseller, to the Navy
Comrs., to be indemnified for the loss of clothes, value 512l. 3s. 7d., in
the wreck of the Hopewell. They were delivered to Mr. Tooker
according to directions from the Board, and shipped on his responsibility, the petitioner refusing to be answerable for any hazard.
[Adm. Paper.] Annexing, |
104. i. Affidavit of Luke Noon, servant to John Burrows, that
at the special importunity of Mr. Tooker, messenger of
the Navy Commissioners, clothes, shoes, and bedding, to the
value of 512l. 3s. 7d., were delivered on board the Hopewell,
going with provisions for the fleet, 2d May, 1665.
May 30, 1665. |
104. ii. Deposition by Alexander Harwood, one of the company
of the Hopewell of Lynn, that the said vessel, employed
as a victualler, and lost through damages sustained by
ill-usage from the master of the Resolution, had on board
at the time of her sinking the packs of clothes, shoes, &c.,
sent by John Burrowes. |
104. iii. Certificate by Richard Beckford, that in the late Dutch
wars he received 25l. for 47l. worth of clothes lost in the
Mary Rose. May 31, 1665. |
May. |
105. Petition of John Burrowes to the Navy Comrs., to the same
effect, urging payment in consideration of losses of more than 1,000l.
in several other ships. |
May ? |
106. Petition of Sir John Lowther, Bart, to the King. By the cunning practice of some Commissioners for enquiring after derelict
lands, his salt houses and staythes at Whitehaven were said to be
within high-water mark, and his petition thereon for a grant of the
premises for corroboration of title was referred to the Lord Treasurer
and Lord Ashley; begs that no other grant of the premises may
pass till their report be made. |
May? |
107. Petition of the Company of Skinners, London, to the King
and Council, for a hearing of the dispute between them and the feltmakers, who have entered a caveat against the solicited confirmation
of their charters, on the ground that the cutting and clipping of
skins and furs belongs to them. [See June 23, infra.] |
May. Whitehall. |
108. Pass for the St. Nicholas, laden with oils, &c., at St. Malo, to
go to Holland and Gottenburg and return, on certificate that she
belongs solely to merchants of France. [Draft, 1½
pages.] |
May. |
109. Memoranda [by Williamson, from the Signet books], of
warrants, grants, &c., passed during the month, the uncalendared
entries of which are:—
Note that moneys paid out or assigned on the revenues of the
duchy of Cornwall are to be allowed by the auditor of the
duchy, on the receiver's accounts.
Order for the money for the Royal aid to be brought up in
specie in carts well guarded, to be hired by Sir Hen.
Vernon, Sir Wm. Doyley, and Robt. Scawen, with power
to allow fitting salaries therefor. |
May ? |
110. Warrant to issue from the Tower stores 30 barrels of powder,
2 hogsheads of flints, and other arms, formerly directed for the
Admiral's regiment, to be delivered to Sir Chas. Littleton, Major.
[Draft.] |
May ? |
111. The King to Katherine Lady Mohun, Boconnock, Cornwall.
Wishes her speedily to give up to her son, Lord Mohun, the deeds
and writings touching his estate, which she detains in spite of a
decree of Chancery. He is going to sea with the Duke of York,
and wishes to settle his estate before he goes. [Draft.] |
May. |
112. Henry Planchy to Lord [Arlington]. Throws himself on
the compassion of a peer, one of the chief ornaments of the age.
Has never been a villain, but has led an ill life, and put some little
slurs on merchants or women to supply his wants, but so cleverly
that the law could not take hold of him; yet sees men worse than
himself preferred. Begs for some livelihood, without which he will
be obliged to return to his former life. [Partly in Spanish; 3 pages.] |
May. |
113. G. Bowerman to the Navy Comrs. After sending down
ballast, according to order, to the St. Paul and Marmaduke, finds
them already ballasted by Smyth the boatswain. Complains that
by this practice he not only loses the benefit of that for which so great
a rent is paid, but is liable to pay considerable sums for the lighters
and hoys employed. Begs redress, and that Smyth may be compelled to make good his losses. [Adm. Paper.] Encloses, |
113. i. John Lewes' account for ballast; total, 15 tons 8qrs. 9 lbs. |
May. |
114. Ellis Osborne, master of the Sarah and Elizabeth, [to the Navy
Comrs.] Recommends Robt. Johns as his boatswain. [Adm. Paper.] |
May. |
115. Fr. Barham, Mr. Johnson's partner, to [the Navy Comrs.]
Requests an order to keep some shipwrights employed on the new
ship building in the East India yard; also a warrant to press barges
and hoys for the service. [Adm. Paper.] |
May ? |
116. Shorthand notes by Sam. Pepys, endorsed "Several papers
relating to the masts bought of Mr. Wood." [Adm. Paper.]
Enclosing, |
116. i. Tender of deals, timber, cant spars, &c., by Caleb Veren.
February 23, 1665. |
116. ii. Tender of 40 pieces of elm timber, at 55s. per load, by
Edw. Buckley.
February 23, 1665. |
116. iii. Tender of 80 loads of dram timber, at 55s. per load, by
Edmund Lee.
February 23, 1665. |
116. iv. Tender of deals, timber, and masts, by Mr. Wood and
Mr. Graves. |
116. v. Comparison of some of the above tenders.
February 23, 1665. |
116. vi. Survey and report of Edw. Gray's masts. May 26, 1665. |
116. vii. Tender of masts, timber, and deals, by Caleb Veren
and Robt. Walker. |
116. viii. Account of masts tendered by Veren and Walker;
with note by Robt. Mayors of their good condition. |
116. ix. Account of old masts contracted for with Mr. Wood;
with comparison of tenders made by Warren, Veren, and
Gray, and abstract of the case by Pepys. |
May. |
117. Names of three masters of lighters employed to transport
timber out of Essex for building the Loyal London, and of 15 shipwrights engaged on the work, for whom protections are wanted.
[Adm. Paper.] |
May ? |
118. Account of the dimensions of eight ships taken up for the
service, from Jan. to April. [Adm. Paper.] |
May. |
119. Similar account by John Fortescue and Jonas Shish of the
dimensions of 13 ships. [Adm. Paper.] |
May? |
120. Reasons why a proclamation should be issued on the patent
granted to Col. [Edw.] Gray, [Thos.] Killigrew, and others for
licensing pedlars and petty chapmen; that otherwise no public
notice would be taken of them; that the conveniences of licensing
industrious and honest pedlars, and suppressing rogues will be
many; as preventing the dispersion of Quakers' and other sectaries'
books; stopping robberies and murders by rogues who wander on
pretence of selling wares, and supply those who live remote from
market towns; none are to be licensed without a certificate of good
conduct from a justice of peace, and a recognizance for good
behaviour. [Patent granted May 3, 1665.] |
May. |
121. Request by Lord Holles, ambassador extraordinary to
France, for a privy seal for payment of 400l. expenses, due 29th
April 1665, in addition to 800l. ordered him 27 June last. |
May ? |
122. Statement that Dr. Paul, Bishop of Oxford, being possessed
of the rectory of Chinner, had, before his accession to the bishopric,
obtained from the Archbishop [of Canterbury] a dispensation to
retain it, confirmed by the King; the presentation to cures void by
promotion belongs to the King, who, on the death of Dr. Paul, claims
the right of presentation, which is denied by the patron. |
May ? |
123. Proposal of expedients for prevention of the plague, showing
that the infection greatly spreads by the present attempts at concealment, and by not shutting up a house till some one in it dies, as
many persons may have visited the house and spread the infection
in the interim; but if it were published that every infected person
shall have medical attendance, &c., and payment for loss of time,
persons would not conceal their misfortune, and 40 houses thus provided might prevent the infection of 10,000. With proposal that a
stock may be raised, physicians appointed, and commissioners accountable to the King bejoined with the physician for their management. |
May ? |
124. Petition of Sir Charles Berkeley, treasurer of the household,
to the King, for the estate of John Somerset, of Wells, value 100l.
a year, and forfeit to the Crown for want of a lawful heir. |