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Dec. 28.
Plymouth. |
1. Sir Thos. Waltham to the Navy Comrs. The Delft with her
convoy departed, and the Victory prize, Mermaid, and Pembroke are
in the Sound, attending the merchantmen bound for Tangiers and
Cadiz. The Deptford ketch has brought in a prize laden with Malaga wine, &c., pretended at first to be a Swede, but confessed to
come from St. Malo and to be bound for Holland. [Adm. Paper.] |
Dec. 28.
Sheerness. |
2. Capt. Abra. Ansley to the Navy Comrs. Sent their orders to
the master of the Guernsey at the Nore, to bring the ship into port,
the carpenters from Chatham being ready to trim her, but the
master refused, and has sent the pilot back. The Henrietta and
Tiger are in the Swale, ready to sail the first opportunity. [Adm.
Paper.] |
Dec. 28.
Dartmouth. |
3. Giles Ivy to Sir Arthur Ingram, governor of the Canary
Company, Leadenhall Street. Will use what diligence he can to
promote the election of Jos. Williamson as burgess of Dartmouth,
in place of Thos. Kendall, deceased; has already spoken to some
friends. Sir John Frederic has written about another person and
the Duke of Albemarle for Sir John Colleton, but he will not be
the man. |
Dec. 28.
Deal. |
4. Ri. Watts to Williamson. A French sloop carried away a
small West country vessel, before the face of the fleet in the Downs;
the master and men escaped to Deal in their boat. Most of the
captains were on shore, and no vessel was willing to give chase to
the sloop; 300 sail are at the back of the Goodwin, towards
Holland; 300 or 400 Dutch vessels are reported to be laded at
Bourdeaux, Nantes, &c., and going for Holland, with three or four
French ships as convoy. More seamen go away in ships now than
was expected; there are 10,000 able seamen in the last and this
fleet, for none but stout resolute fellows go now. |
Dec. 28.
6 p.m., Aldborough. |
5. Rich. Browne to Williamson. The Diamond, Warspite,
and four other frigates engaged five Dutch men-of-war, which came
out of the Texel in a bravado, took two or three of them and 90
prisoners, and are in chase of the rest; the vessels taken were so
disabled that they had to be sunk. Two Scotch privateers took one
Danish man-of-war, and two others were wrecked on the Scaw; 35
of the Gottenburg fleet have sailed by. |
Dec. 28.
Pembroke. |
6. Fras. Malory to Williamson. The harbour has been empty
a long time together. |
| Dec. 28. |
7. Fras. Malory to James Hickes. To the same effect. |
| Dec. 28. |
8. "Advices received," being notes from letters all calendared
above. [1½
pages.] |
Dec. 28.
Plymouth. |
9. John Clarke to Williamson. There is a report that the French
King has drawn 30,000 or 40,000 soldiers to Brest, with vessels to
transport them, but whither is not known. Sir John Skelton has sent
expresses to the Earl of Bath and Sir Wm. Coventry. The Delft
has sailed with vessels for the Western Islands, and three other
frigates will take those bound for Portugal, Cadiz, &c. |
| Dec. 28. |
10. John Clarke to Jas. Hickes. To the same effect. |
Dec. 28.
Hull. |
11. L. Whittington to Williamson. The Gottenburg fleet was
dispersed in a storm; two ships laden with hemp and masts on the
King's account put into the Humber, and are loth to sail again without convoy. The coast is free, yet the Newcastle coal fleet
stirs not. |
Dec. 28.
Lynn. |
12. Edw. Bodham to Williamson. A Lynn boat laden with salt
has come in alone from Tynemouth, and seen no enemy; it left
behind a great fleet of colliers, and some ships from Scotland, with
three men-of-war for convoy, bound for London. |
Dec. 28.
Newcastle. |
13. Rich. Forster to Williamson. A vessel has sailed for Barbadoes, and also the laden collier fleet. |
Dec. 28.
Whitehall. |
14. Petition of Ralph Smith, nailer of Lancashire, to the King,
for pardon for the offence of coining, and liberty to prosecute the
King's service. Came in and implored pardon in August last, promising to discover several coiners; had a pass therefore, and has
returned with a list of 15 who persist in coining; has also discovered
two considerable mines, which Sir Rob. Murray has mentioned to
His Majesty. With reference thereon to Baron Turner, who is
acquainted with the matter of the coiners; his report, Jan. 11,
1667, advising that the petitioner may have his liberty to prosecute
offenders, on giving a recognizance of 500l. to appear at the Lancashire summer assizes; and note by Sir Roger Bradshaigh, Jan. 15,
1667, that he has taken the said recognizance. |
| Dec. 28. |
Entry of the above reference. [Ent. Book 18, p. 235.] |
Dec. 28.
Whitehall. |
15. Petition of Sir Godfrey Lloyd, captain of the Foot Guards
now in garrison at Portsmouth, to the King, to order Sir Stephen Fox
to pay to him 160l. 13s., which Sir Stephen advanced to the late
Capt. Wm. Barker, who died 6th May last, and which is deducted
from his payments; to be in part of arrears due to the petitioner's
company. With reference thereon to Lord General Albemarle; report of Sir Stephen Fox, Jan. 9, 1667, that by Bulstrode's running
away in July 1665 with 600l. of their money, that company sustained a greater loss than any other in the regiment, wherefore
Capt. Barker got an advance of 200l. over the weekly payment
of 10l. constantly made to each company at Portsmouth, so that he
might probably be overpaid when Lloyd entered on the company,
but that was not the writer's fault, the advance being made in a
case of necessity; and final report of the Duke of Albemarle, that
the money should not be repaid, as the straits the company were in
which occasioned the advance, were owing to Bulstrode's running
away. Annexing, |
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15. i. Account of the pay of Capt. Barker's company from
Aug. 5, 1665, to Aug. 4, 1666. Sept. 15, 1666. |
| Dec. 29. |
16. Petition of Capt. Thos. Sherley to the King, for the foot
company in Windsor Castle, void by death of Capt. Finchley; he
and his father, Sir Thos. Sherley, both served the late King in the
wars; was plundered for engaging in Sir George Booth's design;
served 11 months without pay in His Majesty's life guard of
cavalry. |
Dec. 29.
Whitehall. |
Warrant for those tallies already levied upon the excise of
London and Middlesex for the Queen-Mother to be paid in their
course, notwithstanding the order contained in the letter within
written, and for payment of the tallies levied for her this present
Christmas. [Ent. Book 14, p. 106.] |
| Dec. 29. |
Pass for Viscount Maidstone into Turkey. Minute. [Ent.
Book 23, p. 309.] |
| Dec. 29. |
Warrant for swearing Isaac Le Gomme, jeweller in ordinary to His
Majesty, in place of Fras. and John Simpson deceased. Minute
[Ent. Book 23, p. 309.] |
| Dec. 29. |
Order for a warrant for allowance to Edw. Earl of Clarendon,
keeper of Woodstock Park, of 40l. a year for the keepers, and 40l.
for the deer, as formerly allowed to Philip Earl of Montgomery.
[Ent. Book 23, pp. 310–2.] |
| Dec. [29.] |
17. Copy of the above. [2½
pages.] |
Dec. 29.
Edinburgh. |
18. R. M[ein] to Williamson. The Lord Commissioner has returned from the west, whence no fresh insurrection need be feared,
they having paid well, both in life and estate, for their late mad
attempt. Has incurred ill will for not sending to the Gazette the
account of the noblemen's carriage in pursuit of the Whigs; how
they marched on foot, and went up to the middle through the rivers
to give an example to the soldiers; also of the conduct of Sir And.
Ramsay, who was four days and nights in attendance on Council,
without once going home, kept the city in arms and closely watched,
sent out scouts to beat up the rebels' quarters, and hindered the
many fanatics within from joining those without, or supplying them
with necessaries. [1½
pages.] |
Dec. 29.
Beaudesert. |
19. Sir B. Broughton to Williamson. Hunted out and punished
the raiser of the false reports of Papists' rendezvous, and his fellow
justices have done the like. Has seized some gunpowder in the
hands of a factious Presbyterian ploughman, whose father has some
30l. a year. If all of his persuasion so provided themselves, they
would want no powder for the rising; he would not trust it to come
by a carrier, and had it left in a private house, two miles off; he
said he bought it for himself and his neighbours to bird with,
but they all denied having employed him to buy for them. [1½
pages.] |
Dec. 29.
Newcastle. |
20. Rich. Forster to Williamson. All are hoping that care will be
taken for convoy for the light fleet coming down, as all sorts of
commodities from London are wanted. |
Dec. 29.
Harwich. |
21. Silas Taylor to Williamson. Particulars of the voyage of
the Gottenburg fleet; they met five Holland men-of-war, employed
to waylay the Hamburg convoy; two were taken, two burned, and
several ships are in pursuit of the others. Guns are heard, but
supposed to be salutes of ships coming in. [1½
pages.] |
| Dec. 29. |
22. John Lord Belasyse to Williamson. Wants a commission for
Peter Conne to be ensign to Capt. Legg's company in Tangiers; he is
going with the fleet to conduct the recruits. Endorsed with note
of a pass for the ship Young Prince of Denmark, taken last summer,
and now in possession of Sir Wm. Batten for His Majesty's use. |
| Dec. 29. |
23. Ja. Hickes to [Williamson]. Sends letters from Bristol,
Chester, Plymouth, and Yarmouth; the north mail has not yet
come in. |
Dec. 29.
Bristol. |
24. Jo. Fitzherbert to [Williamson]. There is a report that 300
button makers assembled tumultuously by beat of drum, to petition
Lord Digby, the Earl of Bristol's son, for something in behalf of
their trade, and the suppression of foreigners who encroach upon it,
and that several have been taken into custody; cannot obtain particulars. The rest of the ships for America and the West Indies,
disabled in the late storm, will be ready in a few days. |
Dec. 29.
Victualling Office. |
25. Denis Gauden to the Navy Comrs. Several parcels of beef
and pork have been returned from the fleet this year, for no other
cause than that it had been too long in salt; to avoid loss, has
shipped 16,193 four-pound pieces of beef and 318 two-pound pieces
of pork to Barbadoes, in the Loyal Berkeley. Begs an order from
the Lord Treasurer to the Customs' officers to let it pass free, according to the tenth article of his contract. [Adm. Paper.] Encloses, |
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25. i. Certificate by N. Osborne that the beef and pork, value
344l. 10s. 2d, have been shipped in the Loyal Berkeley
for Barbadoes, and that he promises to pay for Denis
Gauden the duty of the goods, in case the Lord Treasurer's warrant be not provided within one month for
their being transported custom free. Jan. 2, 1666. |
Dec. 29.
The Milkmaid, Yarmouth Roads. |
26. Thos. Stollard, master of the Milkmaid, to the Navy Comrs.
Sailed with the fleet from Tynemouth; has arrived in the Roads,
and will make the best of his way to the place ordered. [Adm.
Paper.] |
Dec. 29.
Ipswich. |
27. Andrew Crawley to Sam. Pepys. No ships have been victualled, and there was only one killing of oxen this week. The
Success and Drake are in the Rolling Grounds, and part of the Gottenburg fleet in Ouseley Bay. [Adm. Paper.] |
| Dec. 29. |
28. Report by three officers of the Diamond to the Navy Comrs.
on the nature of her defects. [Adm. Paper.] |
Dec. 29.
Portsmouth. |
29. John Shales to Sam. Pepys. There have been 115 oxen and
218 hogs slaughtered this week, and the Swallow ketch victualled.
Account of the damaged provisions aboard the York, surveyed by
warrant from Comr. Middleton. Has been exact in dividing the loss
on provisions, and has laid much on the victualler, but it has been
punctually supplied. [Adm. Paper.] |
| Dec. 29. |
30. Sir William Warren to the Navy Comrs. Sends an account
of money and goods supplied by him to 15 commanders of ships
named at Gottenburg. Promises accounts for other ships, as soon
as they come to hand. [Adm. Paper.] |
Dec. 30.
Plymouth. |
31. Sir Thos. Waltham to the Navy Comrs. Departure of the
Victory prize, Pembroke and Mermaid, with their convoys, for Cadiz
and Tangiers. The Deptford ketch will be ready in a few days.
Desires an order for petty warrant as ships come in, the victualler
refusing it for want of Mr. Gauden's order. [Adm. Paper.] |
Dec. 30.
Board of Greencloth. |
32. Report of the Board of Greencloth that one gentleman usher
daily waiter has a right to daily diet; two gentlemen ushers to diet
on Sundays and festival days; and that 273 days at 4s. a day, from
October 1, 1664, to July 1, 1665, come to 54l. 12s., and to 13l. 12s.
for the festival days. |
Dec. 30.
Portsmouth. |
33. Hugh Salesbury to Williamson. A supposed prize laden
with deals has been taken by the Flying Horse, a privateer belonging to Sir Wm. Batten. Lord A[rlington] might be supplied with
deals from it, or from a ship from Hamburg, laden with deals for
Peter Barr, merchant of London, but driven by weather into Cowes.
The York was paid off 12 months' pay, and is at Spithead ready
for service. Account of two other prizes taken by the Flying
Horse. |
Dec. 30.
Hull. |
34. L. Whittington to Williamson. Two Newcastle prizes have
arrived which parted off the Humber with the Newcastle fleet of
180 sail with three convoys. They had not seen nor heard of any
Hollanders. |
Dec. 30.
Plymouth. |
35. John Clarke to Williamson. Will gladly contribute to carry
on his business at Dartmouth. Has written to Thos. Newman and
Ambrose Mudd, two of the most leading men of the town, and used
what arguments he could. The merchant ships for Portugal, Cadiz,
and Barbadoes have sailed with four frigates. |
Dec. 30.
Plymouth Fort. |
36. Sir Jo. Skelton to Williamson. Will enjoin his friends to vote
for Williamson as burgess for Dartmouth, and explain his capacity
to serve them, but has only little acquaintance there. Sir Walter
Young endeavours for it. Departure of ships. Several French menof-war are cruising off Ushant. |
[Dec. ?] 30.
Dartmouth. |
37. Owen Lindsey to Sir Philip Frowde. Sir Edm. Fortescue,
burgess for Plympton Marries, is dead. Mr. Williamson should make
all haste to make friends for that corporation, in case he fail for
Dartmouth; it is an ancient corporation, and when Sir Edmund
was chosen, the Earl of Bath was greatly in favour of Sir Nich.
Slanning. In Dartmouth there were two before Mr. Williamson;
the Dukes of York and Albemarle wrote for Sir John Colleton;
the merchants want a merchant to stand. |
Dec. 30.
Letter Office. |
38. James Hickes to Williamson. The Yarmouth mail has come
in, but part of the letters have been lost by the way. Has written
to Dartmouth, but finds that Williamson's letter was stayed on the
road. |
Dec. 30.
Falmouth. |
39. Thos. Holden to James Hickes. Capt. Correll, of a Fowey
privateer, has sent in a prize laden with salt and wine to Helford;
there being no more English than French on board, the French
conspired to kill the English, and one was attacked, leaped overboard
and was drowned, but the rest secured the French, and saved
themselves. There are 3,000 French at Brest, intended for Ireland
next spring. |
Dec. 30.
Berwick. |
40. M. Scott to Williamson. All is peaceable there, and not
infested with pirates. |
Dec. 30.
Dover. |
41. Warham Jemmett, sen., to [Williamson]. Sir Phil. [Frowde]
is displeased with him, and threatens him for complaining to his
friends, but has only done what his trust requires; asks him to
peruse all his letters to Sir Philip. Inserts one to him, forwarding
the French and Flanders mails, and accounting for their non-arrival
previously because of the north-west winds. |
Dec. 31.
Yarmouth. |
42. A. B[ower] to Williamson. Six Gottenburg ships have sailed
with convoys for London. The fleet of colliers sailed, but was forced
back by contrary winds. |
Dec. 31.
Weymouth. |
43. John Pocock to James Hickes. Wishes him a merry new
year. |
Dec. 31.
Washborne. |
44. Jo. Fowell to Williamson. In obedience to Lord Arlington
and Mr. Comptroller's commands, has been to Dartmouth to use his
interest for Williamson, notwithstanding his resolutions and obligations to the contrary. As the corporation disappointed him once
before, dares not be sure of them, especially as so many powerful
persons' interests were engaged for others. Supposes it to be
through neglect that Lord Arlington's express only came a few
hours before the common post, which brought him the Lord General's
commands to the writer to use his interest for Sir [John] Colleton.
There are others who stand for the burgess-ship, but the town would
be happy in choosing a person so worthy and able to serve them as
Williamson. Will write him if he has any further hopes. [2 pages.] |
Dec. 31.
Truro. |
45. Hugh Acland to Williamson. Two vessels laden with wine
and salt have arrived in Falmouth harbour, and pretend to be
Swedes. |
Dec. 31.
Aldborough. |
46. Rich. Browne to Williamson. The St. Patrick has brought
in a Dutch man-of-war, which she has taken, but they knew nothing
of the rest of the frigates that were in pursuit; has seen the Warspite and five more English frigates, which have sailed to the Gunfleet; hopes they were the last of the Gottenburg fleet. Account of
pickeroons off the shore; wishes a small frigate might cruise, to put
by these small rogues. Is sorry the expresses do not come timely;
knows not where the fault lies. |
Dec. 31.
Swansea. |
47. Jo. Man to Williamson. The country is in good health and
peaceable condition. |
Dec. 31.
Deptford. |
48–50. Three storekeepers' receipts for canvas sent by land from
Portsmouth to Deptford, 26th November, 7th and 8th December, and
31st December, 1666. Three papers. [Adm. Papers.] |
| Dec. 31. |
51. Account by the clerk of the cheque at Chatham of several
journeys made to ships named at Sheerness and the Nore, to muster
men, pay wages, &c., from 6th May 1665 to 31st December 1666.
[Adm. Paper, 2¼
pages.] |
| Dec. 31. |
Warrant to the Commissioners of Prizes for the delivery of
the ship Young Prince of Denmark to Sir William Batten for the
use of His Majesty. Minute. [Ent. Book 23, p. 313.] |
| Dec. 31. |
Warrant to the Commissioners of Prizes for delivery of the King
Solomon, lying at Ratcliffe, to Capt. Wm. Reeves. [Ent. Book 23,
p. 313.] |
| Dec. 31. |
Grant to Carr Scrope [or Scroop] of Cockerington, co. Lincoln, of
the dignity of a baronet, with the usual discharge. [Docquet.] |
| Dec. 31. |
Congé d'élire to the Dean and Chapter of St. Asaph to elect
a bishop to that see, void by death of Dr. Griffin; with a letter
recommending Dr. Glenham as bishop. [Docquet.] |
| Dec. 31. |
52. Note that the warrant on the Prize Office for Wm. Gombledon
for 850l. was for the remainder of the diamond pendants which
the privy purse should have paid, and for a ring of 200l. for the last
envoy from Savoy. |
| Dec. |
53. Petition of Wm. Ashburnham, cofferer of the household, to the
King, for a warrant to the Board of Greencloth to review the
accounts sent in by them of his receipts and payments for four years,
as they do not allow all he has paid, and debit him with more than
he has received; also that a fair balance may be drawn out, and kept
yearly. |
| Dec. ? |
54. Petition of Peter Barr, merchant of London, to the King, that
his ship may be allowed to unlade without molestation, because
though he began to prepare to withdraw his effects from France on
November 19, it did not reach Dover, on account of the winds, till
30 hours after the time limited. |
| Dec. ? |
55. Petition of Ellen Bradlie, daughter of the late William
Bradlie, to the King, for payment of 22l. 10s. due to her father
on a pension of 2s. 6d. a day, allowed him on returning from
Holland, according to the King's precept, till he had a place granted,
which he did not live to enjoy. |
| Dec. ? |
56. Petition of 16 Brewers, whose houses were burnt during the
fire, to Lord Arlington, for his influence at the Council, to which,
by order of the referees, the Lord Treasurer and Lord Ashley, is
submitted their petition for abatement of one half of their growing
duties on excise, which amount to 4,000l., on plea that the stock
for which they had paid excise was lost in the fire; the referees
were unwilling to recommend their case, lest it might become a
precedent. Annexing, |
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56. i. Statement of the case of the brewers of London whose houses
were burnt; that it is distinct from that of all other
sufferers, and that therefore His Majesty's favour to them
would not be likely to create a precedent. |
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56. ii. Estimate of the charge and prejudice that the 16 brewers,
late in and about Thames Street, will suffer by not being
permitted to rebuild their brewhouses, consumed by the late
fire; total, 12,640l. |
| Dec. ? |
57. Petition of Dr. Edmond Castell, chaplain in ordinary, to the
King, for a good living near Cambridge, or a prebend in Ely, to
prevent his dying in prison, as the reward of his labours in being
principal assistant in publishing the Polyglott Bible, and sole compiler of the Heptaglott Lexicon, in which undertakings, with a loss of
3,000l. by the late fire, he has spent 12,000l., is burdened with debt,
and has the copies of the work lying on his hands. [Made prebendary
of Canterbury 13th November 1667.] |
| Dec. ? |
58. Petition of William Fisk, master of the Good Advice of
Alborough, to the Navy Comrs., for payment, after long waiting,
of his bill for 20l. due to him for transporting provisions from
Deptford to Harwich; has daily applied for it since October last,
and now understands by Mr. Fenn that it is not to be paid, because
it is just nothing less than that sum. [Adm. Paper.] |
| Dec. |
59. Petition of Sir Thomas Foot, Bart., to the King, for reversion
of the baronetcy conferred on himself, to Art. Onslow, of West
Clandon, Surrey, who has married his eldest daughter, he having no
sons. Annexing, |
59. i. Warrant, according to the petition, for Art. Onslow to
enjoy future dignity and present rank and precedence,
as though he were the heir male of Sir Thos. Foot.
December 1666 |
| Dec. ? |
60. Petition of the Servants and Creditors of the late Sir Faithful Fortescue, to the King, to confirm an assignation made by
Sir Faithful, during his last illness in the Isle of Wight, whither
he went to avoid the contagion, to Col. Walter Slingsby, deputy
governor there, of a grant of the King's moiety of fines on retailers
of wines who exceed the prices of Parliament and proclamation,
which assignment was to pay his funeral expenses, and his servants
and creditors there. Annexing, |
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60. i. Assignation by Sir Faithful Fortescue to Col. Walter
Slingsby of the aforesaid grant, one-third being for himself and two-thirds for Sir Faithful's servants, or things
needful for himself. May 24, 1666. |
| Dec. ? |
61. Petition of Capt. Levi Green to the King, for a gift of the
Young Tobias, a small prize yet undisposed of; commanded the
Unicorn, a second-rate ship, under the Duke of Albemarle and
Prince Rupert, in last summer's expedition, and received no bounty;
he and his father have been great sufferers for their loyalty. |
| Dec. ? |
62. Petition of Capt. John Hayward to the King, for the Prince
William of Haarlem, a prize now at Harwich; commanded the St.
George last summer under Prince Rupert and the Duke of Albemarle, without the advantages which ships of the like second-rate
have received by His Majesty's bounty, and lesser ships by cruizing. |
| Dec. ? |
63. Petition of John Lloyd to the Duke of York. Commanded
the Dragon in the summer's engagement with the Dutch, and on
3rd June, received a dangerous gun-shot wound in the shoulder,
which disabled him for several months, and compelled him to seek the
advice of several physicians at his own cost. Prays an order towards
his charges and loss. [Adm. Paper.] Enclosing, |
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63. i. Memorandum of sums from 100l. to 200l., given as gratuities to four captains named, for wounds similarly
received. |
| Dec. ? |
64. Petition of a Merchant and Traveller to the King, for leave to
erect an address office where merchants and others, inhabitants or
strangers, may leave their names, as is done in the chiefest trading
places abroad; the want of this has been much felt since the fire;
people coming from all parts to London cannot find the persons with
whom they have relation; the registration will promote rather than
hinder trade, and it is to be entirely voluntary. |
| Dec. ? |
65. Petition of Christian, wife of George Mayne, now in Norway,
to the King and Council, for an order to free the Dutch built ship
Moore of Amsterdam, a Scottish prize ship, freighted by her husband
with deals bought in Norway, for good of the country, since the late
dreadful fire, and shipped in a Dutch bottom, because no English
vessel could be had; or else for leave to transport them to some
other country, her husband being bound in 1,000l. to clear the ship,
and ignorant of any commands to the contrary. |
| Dec. ? |
66. Petition of William Milde, master, and the rest of the Mariners of the ship [Papillon ?] of Hamburg, now at Hull, to the King, for
restoration to them of the wines seized out of their vessel, because
being detained by the winds, they did not arrive within the time
limited in the proclamation, although they obtained an order, by
desire of Parliament, for unloading their goods. |
| Dec. ? |
67. Petition of Patrick More to the King, for the prize ship the
Island of Walcheren, lately brought in; was promised something
last summer, if he could find anything suitable. Annexing, |
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67. i. Certificate by Sir Edw. Spragg, that the petitioner has
sailed with him in every ship he has commanded, and
behaved with much courage and activity against the
Dutch. Dec. 28, 1666. |
| Dec. ? |
68. Petition of — Musgrave and others to the King, for a grant
of the fines due to His Majesty of 20s. a head for cattle, and 10s. a
head for sheep, imported into Northumberland, Cumberland, and
Westmoreland, between July or August and December, contrary
to the Act of Parliament. |
| Dec. ? |
69. Petition of Robert Nott to the King, for the reversion of the
place of page of the bedchamber. Spent his youth in service of Sir
Hugh Pollard, late comptroller of the household, by whose death he
is left destitute. |
| Dec. ? |
70. Petition of Lewis Parent and Company, English merchants
trading to France, to the King and Council. Their ship Hopewell
went in October with French prisoners to Bourdeaux, to bring back
English prisoners, to save the charge of sending a ship on purpose,
when the proclamation came prohibiting import of French goods;
request an order for the ship to come in, with her passengers and
lading; will bring over, at their own charge, not only the prisoners
intended, but 50 or 60 more now at Rochelle. |
| Dec. ? |
71. Petition of Louis Rosin, prisoner in Windsor Castle, to the
King, for examination of his case; has been five months a prisoner,
hoping to prove his innocence, and return to his friends, and have
the help of a physician for preservation of his life. |
| Dec. ? |
72. Petition of the Actors, &c., of the Theatre Royal to the King,
for payment of the arrears due to them, and for assistance in rebuilding their theatre, which will cost 2,000l. more than the old one;
without help they cannot go on with their building, and pay for
clothes, scenes, &c., for their now acting at Lincoln's Inn Fields. |
| Dec. ? |
73. Petition of John Van Messem to Lord Arlington, for employment. Has lost by the war the benefit he formerly derived from
the province of Friezland. Annexing, |
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73. i. Note of 68l. 8s., a year's pension from Christmas 1665 to
1666, due to John Van Messem. |
| Dec. ? |
74. Petition of Sir William Wale to the King, for the payment
of 1,697l., balance due to him on his account for wines, with allowance for interest on delay in payments [see Oct. 27, 1666], having
lost his own dwelling house and several others, and all of his wines
by the late calamitous fire. If the money cannot be paid, begs a
yearly allowance from the customs or excise. |
| Dec.? |
75. Petition of the Churchwardens and Overseers of St. Margaret's, Westminster, to the King, to continue his benevolence of
100l. a year to the poor, but to settle half of it on the churchwardens for the poor of the parish, and half on King Charles's
Hospital, formed by the late King for bringing up fatherless
children, which has lost half of its revenue in the late fire. |
| Dec. ? |
76. Note of licence to Sir Wm. Davidson to send two ships to
New England and four to Barbadoes, to be supplied with all necessaries. Also for leave for him to send deal boards and such like
commodities from Norway, to be shipped in Holland boats, as the
city stands in special need of such commodities. |
| Dec. ? |
77. Proviso in a grant for no erection to be made on a piece of
ground northward of the river, which is to remain an open wharf,
except the soil between [St.] Paul's Wharf and Baynard's Castle,
which is to be granted to St. Paul's Church. |
| Dec. |
Warrant for installing the first fruits of the Bishoprick of
Rochester, being 322l. 7s. 4½d. to Dr. Dolben, to be paid in four
years. [Docquet.] |
Dec.
Whitehall. |
78. Commission to the Earl of Ogle to be Governor of Newcastleupon-Tyne, taking command of the militia and any forces that may
serve there. |
Dec.
Whitehall. |
79. Commission to Col. Edw. Villiers to be deputy-governor of
Newcastle-on-Tyne, in the absence of the Earl of Ogle. |
| Dec.? |
80. Sir Wm. Bolton, Lord Mayor of London, to Lord Arlington.
The shopkeepers formerly in the Royal Exchange, Cornhill, having
now built themselves shops both above and below, in the Exchange,
lately called Gresham College, are anxious to make the same known,
and beg in consideration of their late suffering condition, that it
may be published in the Gazette. With note, by Williamson, for
the advertisement to be inserted. |
| Dec. ? |
81. Lord Arlington and Sec. Morice to Sir Philip Frowde. Complain of delay in the arrival of the King's letters, those from Newcastle, Plymouth, Bristol, &c., being 10, 12, or 14 hours later than
formerly. He is to warn the postmasters that unless they convey
letters with the expedition required by their instructions, they will
be dismissed, and to order labels to be sent with the letters to be
signed by the postmasters, stating the hour of arrival and dispatch
of each mail, as is usual in particular despatches. [Draft, corrected
by Lord Arlington.] |
|
81. i. Description of a proposed postal map of England, giving the stage towns, with the number of miles between
each, so that as the mails are ordered to run seven miles
an hour from March to September, and five miles from
September to March, it could easily be calculated how
many hours any express ought to be. |
| Dec. ? |
82. Capt. John Wood to the Navy Comrs. The victualler only
gave him 6d. per man per month, as commander of the Providence,
for necessary money, instead of 15d. The ship was sunk in an
engagement with the Dutch, July 25, 1666; remained in the
fleet till Aug. 16, by order of the Duke of Albemarle, and commanded the Unicorn fire-ship, from Aug. 2 to Sept. 21, but being
seized with sickness, another commander went to sea with her. Asks
for an allowance during sickness, and the money due for necessary
money. [Adm. Paper.] |
| Dec. ? |
83. Rich. Gouldinham to the Navy Comrs. Is ready to deliver
into the stores at Deptford 250l. worth of anchors at 44s. per cwt.
on receipt of 200l. down, and the remainder of the money on
delivery of the goods. Will make 14 more by March next, for one
third of the money in hand, and the remainder on delivery. [Adm.
Paper.] |
| Dec. ? |
84. Capt. John Gibbs to Sir W. Batten. Asks that 300l. due
for freighting the Love hoy with timber from Stockwith to
Harwich, and 121l. 15s. 9d. for rosin sold by him, may be paid
from the chamber of the city, as many others have it. [Adm.
Paper.] |
| Dec. ? |
85. Lewis Herault to the King. The words of the wise are as
nails fixed; kings and wise men are synonymous words, and his
Majesty's words to him have been as nails fixed, by inciting him to
respectful gratitude, but not by producing any effects. Begs him to
write but seven letters, the number of perfection, CHARLES, below
a paper subjoined, which will bring all good intentions on his behalf
to effect. [French, 2 pages.] Encloses, |
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85. i. Form of declaration of the King's resolution to grant to
Lewis Herault, minister of the French church in London
the next vacant prebend in Windsor or Westminster, he
having failed in other church preferment, being old, and
his congregation brought so low by the late fire that they
cannot afford him the small allowance whereon he has
hitherto supported his family. [1¼
pages.] Whitehall. |
[Dec.]
Dover. |
86. Account by F. Hosier, victualling agent, of provisions remaining due by letter of credit, and of provisions delivered by letters of
credit from other ports, for several ships named, during the month
of December, and of provisions bought from pursers during the
year. [Adm. Paper, 3 pages.] |
| [Dec.] |
87. Abstract of loans granted at Portsmouth, Dover, Sheerness
and Harwich, to 56 merchant ships in 1665 and 1666. [Adm.
Paper, 4 pages.] Enclosing, |
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87. i. Receipt by Robt, Windley, boatswain of the Eagle, for an
anchor. Sole Bay, June 10, 1665. |
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87. ii. Receipt by Will. Williams, carpenter of the Loyal
George, for a dozen of whole deals and a basket of nails.
June 23, 1665. |
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87. iii. Receipt by Edmund Scott, boatswain of the Loyal George,
for a cable. June 23, 1665. |
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[Each of these receipts has a note to the effect that the
freight was paid, but no abatement made. Dec. 26, 1666.] |
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87. iv. Memorandum of articles supplied to six ships named. |
[Dec.]
Harwich. |
88. Certificate by Comr. John Taylor, that the Amity of
Ipswich was engaged for the time mentioned in the bill, in taking
out ballast to the fleet in Southwold Bay, in August last, and then
in delivering it to ships in harbour. [Adm. Paper.] |
| [Dec.] |
89. "A brief account of the prisoners for truth and righteousriess'
sake in the common gaol of Warwick, how and for what time they
were committed, and the time of their detainment, &c.;" giving the
names of 36 persons, and details of their committal and imprisonment for periods varying from 2 to 5 years, [by Hen. Jackson,
prisoner]. |
| Dec. ? |
90. Account of wines brought in 5 vessels now in harbour for
Abraham Stock of Dover, some laden in France 27th November,
1666. |
| Dec. ? |
91. Account of the investigation, by order of Parliament, into
the cause of the fire in London, published because the English court
was suspected to have caused the burning, by John Steward.
[Dutch translation, printed, 20 pages.] |
| Dec. ? |
92. List of names [of persons who subscribed for news letters],
with notes of the times of their beginning so to do, from 1st March
to 12th October 1666, and of the sums already paid. [Imperfect.] |
| Dec |
93–205. Lists of letters sent by post on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and
Saturdays, with the hour of their transmission, from March to
December 1666; many endorsed by Jas. Hickes of the Post Office.
113 papers. |
Dec.
Deal. |
Lists sent by Morgan Lodge to Williamson of Kings' ships and
merchants' ships in the Downs, during the month, the state of the
wind, &c.:— |
|
No. |
Date. |
King's. |
Merchants'. |
Wind. |
Remarks. |
|
206 |
Dec. 1 |
5 |
6 |
S.W. |
|
|
207 |
" 2 |
6 |
6 |
S.W. |
|
|
208 |
" 4 |
6 |
6 |
E.S.E. |
|
|
209 |
" " |
5 |
5 |
S.W. |
Two ships were on the sands, but have got off; knows not what they are. |
|
210 |
" 5 |
6 |
5 |
S.W. |
The two ships were Ostenders, and had been attacked by a French sloop. |
|
211 |
" 6 |
6 |
10 |
W. |
|
|
212 |
" 7 |
6 |
13 |
S.W. |
The town is in good health. |
|
213 |
" 8 |
6 |
14 |
W. |
|
|
214 |
" 9 |
6 |
14 |
S.W. |
Has news sent weekly, and arequest for lists from another party, but refrains from send-ing them. |
|
215 |
" 10 |
6 |
20 |
S.W. |
|
|
216 |
" 11 |
6 |
27 |
S.W. |
|
|
217 |
" 12 |
4 |
31 |
N.W. |
|
|
218 |
" 13 |
3 |
8 |
N.E. |
The Pembroke has convoyed away the other merchant ships. |
|
219 |
" 14 |
5 |
16 |
N.W. by N. |
More ships are come in, but the wind and tide prevent going on board. |
|
220 |
" 15 |
5 |
19 |
S.W. |
|
|
221 |
" 16 |
5 |
10 |
N.E. |
A ship is on the Goodwin Sands, but no boat can get to it for the weather. |
|
222 |
" " |
5 |
9 |
N.E. |
The ship was a French man-of-war; another is now on the sands; both lost. |
|
223 |
" 17 |
4 |
7 |
S.E. |
|
|
224 |
" 20 |
2 |
2 |
N. |
|
|
225 |
" 21 |
6 |
26 |
S.W. |
|
|
226 |
" 22 |
6 |
27 |
N.E. |
|
|
227 |
" 23 |
5 |
27 |
S.W. |
|
|
228 |
" 24 |
5 |
27 |
S.W. |
|
|
229 |
" 26 |
6 |
34 |
S.W. |
|
|
230 |
" 27 |
7 |
42 |
N.W. |
|
|
231 |
" 28 |
7 |
45 |
N.W. |
|
|
232 |
" 29 |
7 |
45 |
S.W. |
|
|
233 |
" 31 |
4 |
5 |
N. |
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