William and Mary: May 1689 | British History Online

Calendar of State Papers Domestic: William and Mary, 1689-90. Originally published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1895.

'William and Mary: May 1689', in Calendar of State Papers Domestic: William and Mary, 1689-90, (London, 1895) pp. 84-129. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-state-papers/domestic/will-mary/1689-90/pp84-129 [accessed 19 April 2024]

May 1689



May 1. Whitehall.	Commissions for Col. William Stuart to be colonel of Col. Cunningham's regiment of foot; for Sir George St. George to be colonel of Col. Richard's regiment of foot [H.O. Military Entry Book 2, p. 37]; for Edward, Earl of Meath, to be colonel of the regiment of foot lately commanded by Sir John Edgeworth, and to be captain of a company in the same regiment; for George Newcome to be lieutenant-colonel of the Earl of Meath's regiment of foot, and to be captain of a company in the same regiment; for Frederick Hamilton to be major of the Earl of Meath's regiment and to be captain of a company in the same; for Robert Stearne to be captain of a company in the Earl of Meath's regiment [crossed through]; for Francis Rolleston, ditto; for Francis Preston, ditto, in the room of Newcomen; for Chichester Philips, ditto [Ibid., p. 39]; for John Worsopp, ditto, in the room of Capt. Henry Thomas; for Richard Needham, ditto [crossed through]; for George Hamilton, ditto in the room of Ambrose Edgeworth; for Parson Hoy, ditto in the room of Capt. John Mccantash [Mackintosh ?]; for Cuthbert Wilkinson, ditto; for John Garner, ditto, in the room of Capt. Bury; and for Robert Pointz to be captain-lieutenant of the company in the same regiment. [Ibid., p. 40.]
	For William Flower to be lieutenant to Capt. George Newcomen in the same regiment; for George Connock to be lieutenant to Major Hamilton's company in the same; for Anthony Brabazon to be lieutenant to Capt. Stearne's company in the same; for William Underhill to be lieutenant to Capt. Rolleston in the same; for William Usher to be lieutenant to Capt. Preston in the same; for John Porter to be lieutenant to Capt. Philips in the same; for Peter Latham to be lieutenant to Capt. Worcopp in the same [Ibid., p. 41]; for [blank] to be lieutenant to Capt. Nedham in the same; for Charles Brabazon to be lieutenant of grenadiers to Capt. Nedham in the same; for Charles Hubbelthorne to be lieutenant to Capt. George Hamilton in the same; for Henry West to be lieutenant to Capt. Hoy in the same; for John Culliford to be lieutenant to Capt. Wilkinson in the same; and for Nicholas Carteret to be lieutenant to Capt. Yarner in the same.
	For James O'Bryen to be ensign to the company in the same of which the Earl [of Meath] is captain [Ibid, p. 42]; for John Itchingham Chichester to be ensign to Lieut.-Col. Newcomen in the same; for George Brabazon to be ensign to Major Hamilton in the same; for Thomas Welden to be ensign to Capt. Sterne in the same; for Robert Pigot to be ensign to Capt. Rolleston in the same; for Thomas Allen to be ensign to Capt. Preston in the same; for Edward Corker to be ensign to Capt. Worsopp in the same; for John Philips to be ensign to Capt Philips in the same [Ibid., p. 43]; for Joseph Strowd to be ensign to Capt. Hamilton in the same; for John Leigh to be ensign to Capt. Hoy in the same; for Henry Brabazon to be ensign to Capt. Wilkinson in the same; for Thomas Wilbraham to be ensign to Capt. Yarner in the same; for Henry West to be adjutant in the same; for William Floyd to be chaplain in the same; for Brabazon Moor to be quartermaster in the same; for Robert Weldon to be surgeon in the same [Ibid., p. 44]; for George Crofts to be Lieutenant to Capt. Richard Slapes in Sir Edward Dering's regiment of foot; for Francis Jeffrys to be first lieutenant to Capt. Archibald Clinkard in the same; and for Herbert Humphreys to be ensign to Capt. Napper in the same [Ibid., p. 46.]
May 1. Whitehall.	Protection to Richard Wedmore, William Driver, and Thomas Weddin, engaged in working the ferry boat between Fulham and Putney, from being impressed into the navy. [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 34, p. 311.]
May 1. Whitehall.	Warrant to Major William Richardson, keeper of Newgate, empowering him, in view of the frequent robberies committed on the highways, and the many burglaries perpetrated to the damage of the King's subjects, to use all lawful means for taking of highwaymen upon the highways and burglars and other felons: and thereunto he is to ride about the highways from time to time, and to apprehend such offenders as he shall meet. He is also, if needful, to search houses suspected of harbouring highwaymen or other felons. And as a reward for his zeal, he is empowered to retain all the goods found on felons, at their arrest, for his own behoof. [Ibid., p. 313.]
May 1.	Warrant to pay Henry, Lord Herbert of Cherbury, 1,500l., the remaining part of a yearly salary of 1,260l. allowed to the Treasurer of the Household, and the salary of 500l. allowed to the cofferer; the other part having been granted to Francis, Viscount Newport in consideration of his executing both offices. [Ibid. 35, p. 75.]
May 1.	Proceeding upon the petition of Robert Saunders praying for the renewal of a grant of the farm of the duty called post-groats, arising out of tin within the Duchy of Cornwall. Referred to the Treasury for report. [S.P. Dom. Petition Entry Book 2, p. 80.]
May 1.	Proceedings upon the petition of Sir Samuel Barnardiston, bart., praying a writ of error against Lady Katherine Soames. Granted. [Ibid., p. 83.]
May 1.	Passes or post-warrant for Lady Chaumalier, Robert Leigh, esq., John Carlo, James Hay and Elizabeth Kelly, with arms and apparel to go to Ireland within thirty days and to return if they desire to do so [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 34, p. 307]; for Mr. Valentyn Buck to go to Holland and to return; for Captain Robert Wroth to go to Berwick; for Alexander Hay, esq., lieutenant in Lord Yaster's [the laird of Yester's ?] independent troop, to go to Scotland [Ibid., p. 308]; for Montagu North to go to Italy [Ibid., p. 309]; and for Louis de Vignolles, Master of the Horse, to travel. [Ibid., p. 310.]
May 2. Whitehall.	Proceedings upon the petition of George Oxinden LL.D., stating that the King having appointed him Judge of the Court of Admiralty of the Cinque Ports, to which formerly there was a salary of 2s. a day payable out of the fee farm rents in the county of Kent; which being sold, the petitioner prays that a salary of 100l. a year may be allowed to him. Granted. [S.P. Dom. Petition Entry Book 1, p. 32.]
May 2.	Proceedings upon the petition of Gilbert Malkin, praying a grant of the offices of clerk of the estreats, and bag-bearer in the Court of Exchequer. Referred to the Attorney General [S.P. Dom. Petition Entry Book 2, p. 82.]
May 2.	Proceedings upon the petition of Sir Robert Owen, knt., praying to be constable of Harlech Castle, a post which has been held by his ancestors from time immemorial. Referred to the Treasury. [Ibid., p. 88.]
May 2. Hampton Court.	Appointment of Francis, Viscount Newport, Treasurer of the Household, as Cofferer of the same. [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 34, p. 309.]
May 2. Hampton Court.	Warrant to the Attorney-General to issue a writ of certiorari in favour of Richard Boyle, for quashing his conviction for bigamy. He had shown that he had been formerly seduced by one Loveday Billing, lately deceased, with whom he did sometime since cohabit, but he, being willing to live virtuously, did marry one Susan Moyse widow, according to the law of the land. The said Billing thereupon indicted him for bigamy, at the sessions held in London, the 29th day of June 1687, where—he being not provided for witnesses, they being absent, and he under confinement—a verdict passed against him without proof or certificate of any marriage with the said Billing, and he was thereupon burnt in the hand. In the reign of the late King, he had presented a petition for the reversing of this sentence, but that the matter had not been further proceeded with by reason of the late stop of the execution of the laws. [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 34, p. 316.]
May 2. Hampton Court.	Warrant for a Treasury warrant for the payment of 500l. to Robert Molesworth, Envoy Extraordinary to the King of Denmark, for his equipage and 5l. a day for his ordinary entertainment. [Ibid. 35, p. 76.]
May 2. Whitehall.	The Earl of Shrewsbury to—."I find you express a zeal for the King's service but do not understand what it is that you desire should be done." Asks for an explanation. [H.O. Letter Book 1, p. 69.]
May 2.	Pass to William Bishot and Jacob Megnich to go to Holland. [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 34, p. 311.]
May 3.	The petition (fn. 1) of John Clapp. Joseph Pitts, and John Gould, of the parish of Colyton in the county of Devon, and Daniel Cleveland and Nathaniel Smith of the parish of Honiton in the same county, shewing that the persons thereafter mentioned, inhabitants of the said parishes and neighbourhood, men of sober and industrious lives, were, after the defeat of the Duke of Monmouth, taken into custody, some having joined in arms with him, some having supplied provisions, but others of them in nowise having assisted. That at the time they should have been tried, the Lord Chief Justice Jeffreys required them all to plead guilty, or else they should be immediately executed; which threat, having been made good upon one that put himself on trial, terrified the rest into a compliance, though several of them were innocent, and being thus attainted by a forced confession they were banished for ten years and sold as slaves into America. That by reason of the great number so banished, the country wants inhabitants, artificers and labourers. The petitioners pray that the said persons may return home to their wives and children. The list contains the names of the following 41 persons:—
	John Smith.	Thomas Quick.
	Thomas Franklyn.	Thomas Pester.
	Abraham Thomas.	John Conant.
	John Baker.	William Clarke.
	James Fowler.	Edmund Bovett.
	Christopher Irwell.	Thomas Bovett.
	Richard Pyne.	Peter Kent.
	John White.	John Clode.
	Samuel Pinson.	Argenton Roost.
	Richard Parker.	Gideon Dare.
	Francis Smith.	Humphry Slade.
	Emanuel Marchant.	John Skiffe.
	Thomas Meade.	John Bagwell.
	Nicholas Salter.	Henry Tizard.
	Benjamin Whicker.	John Alston.
	John Heathfield.	George Macey.
	Nicholas Braddon.	Richard Greene.
	Francis Puckett.	John Edwards.
	John Gey.	Robert Spurway.
	William Harvey.	Edward Vildue.
	and William Browne.
	The petition, which is authenticated by Sir Walter Yonge, was referred to the Committee for trade and Plantations. [S.P. Dom. Will. & Mary 1, No. 43.]
May 3.	Proceedings upon the petition of Mr. Ayleway for employment in the West Indies. Referred to the Committee for Trade and Plantations to report what may fitly be done for the petitioner's gratification, the King considering him a suffering person from Ireland, and one very fit to be employed. [S.P. Dom. Petition Entry Book 2, p. 81.]
May 3. Whitehall.	The Earl of Shrewsbury to the Commissioners of Admiralty. I have delivered Memorials, as desired by you, touching the ports of Mahon, Gibraltar and Ferrara, to the Spanish and Florentine ministers at this court and have also prepared the draft of a letter to the governments of Algiers, Tunis, and Tripoli, wherein they have notice of the change in the sea passes, and are referred for further information to the Consuls. I enclose the King's warrant for the hall and houses at Sheerness. [H.O. Letter Book (Secretary's) 1, p. 69.]
May 3. Hampton Court.	Licence to Edward Fleming, high sheriff of Hampshire, to live out of the said county during his shrievalty. [H.O. King's Letter Book 1, p. 8.]
May 3.	Caveat that nothing pass for discharging the ship Elizabeth, of London, Richard Kilshaw, master, taken by two brothers, privateers of Holland, and brought into Plymouth, the said ship being stopped by order of Council, or for carrying her into Holland to be tried there, till notice be given to Mr. Peter Renew in Sherburne Lane, near the Post Office. [S.P. Dom. Entry Book 73, p. 6.]
May 3. Hampton Court.	Warrant for the appointment of Richard Coling as one of the clerks of the Privy Council. [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 34, p. 312.]
May 3. Hampton Court.	Like warrant for Charles Montague. [Ibid.]
May 4. Channel Row.	J. Bowles to William Blathwayt. This brings to your notice the copy of a letter from the Navy Board. [S.P. Dom., Will. & Mary 1, No. 44] Enclosing—
May 4. Channel Row.	The Commissioners of the Navy to Mr. Bowles, dated the previous day, stating that the two vessels taken up to carry despatches to the West Indies sailed on 24th April and have not since been heard of, but they hope that before this time they are clear of the Channel. Copy. [Ibid., No. 44(i.).]
May 4. Channell Row.	The Lords of the Admiralty to the Commissioners of Trade and Plantations. Enclosing a list of nine merchant-ships taken up by the Navy Board to serve as men-of-war in the West Indies. Seven of them will be ready in three weeks, and these with the Dunkirk can take seven hundred "landsmen" at least beside their crews. [Ibid., No. 45.] Enclosing—
May 4. Channell Row.	The list referred to. [Ibid., No. 45(i).]
May 4. Whitehall.	Proceedings upon the petition of John Ishall of the Inner Temple praying to be one of the surveyors of Customs in the port of London, three of whom were papists and have been absent from their post since the King's accession. Referred to the Treasury. [S.P. Dom. Petition Entry Book 1, p. 22.]
May 4. Whitehall.	Proceedings upon the petition of Edmund Allen stating that his grandfather, Roger Conyers, gentleman, was a sufferer to the value of 12,000l. by his loyalty to Charles the First, by which his father was reduced to great straits, and the petitioner himself, in 1678, became an ensign to get a living and was shipped to Flanders; that a peace ensuing, he was disbanded, and never received a great part of his pay; that he was promised preferment by King James but missed it because he refused to turn papist; and that he is now in debt and incapable of martial service by reason of sickness. The petitioner prays for a land waiter's place in London for the support of his wife and four small children. The matter was referred to the Treasury for report. [Ibid., p. 23.]
May 4. Whitehall.	Proceedings upon the petition of William Hammond, stating that in 1641 he served in Ireland as a soldier in the war against the rebels, and had several villages and land let out to him for that service, where he lived very comfortably with his wife and ten children; that he has now been driven out of Ireland and is in great want. The petitioner prays to be appointed a King's waiter or land waiter in the Custom House of London. Referred to the Treasury for a report. [S.P. Dom. Petition Entry Book 1, p. 24.]
May 4.	Proceedings upon the petition of Thomas Stockdale stating that his grandfather, Edward Stockdale, was ("sixty years since") sworn a menial servant to King Charles the First and served him through all his troubles as a servant and as a lieutenant of horse up to the time of the King's "murder"; that he was often imprisoned and plundered and deprived of a land waiter's place in London and also of a housekeeper's place of the manor house of York and dying before the Restoration, lost the reward he should have had, and left petitioner's father and family in great poverty. The petitioner's father, George Stockdale, having by industry acquired an estate, lost it by the stopping of the Exchequer in 1670. Petitioner prays for the grant of a land waiter's place. Referred to the Treasury. [Ibid.]
May 4. Whitehall.	Proceedings upon the petition of Philip Elston and William Blackeller, gentlemen, stating that they, being duly qualified, pray that the King will grant them the office of Solicitor to the Excise, now vacant. Referred to the Treasury for report. [Ibid., p. 26.]
May 4. Whitehall.	Proceedings upon the petition of John Butcher, stating that he had been at sea 40 years, nearly five of which he has served as a lieutenant, that he came to the King, at Exeter, and that he was assistant to Sir Edward Seymour. He prays for the command of a fourth or fifth rate ship or for some other command. Referred to the Admiralty for report. [Ibid.]
May 4.	Proceedings upon the petition of John Martyn asking for the office of searcher in the Customs at Plymouth. Referred to the Treasury for report. [Ibid. 2, p. 83.]
May 4.	Proceedings upon the petition of Sir Roland Gwynne, knt., praying for grant of the stewardship of the lordships and manors of Melinith, Gwerthinian, Cumstoydwr, Presteigne and Preston lands, Knighton and Gladestey in the county of Radnor. Referred to the Treasury for report. [Ibid., p. 87.]
May 4. Whitehall.	The Earl of Nottingham to Sir Robert Holmes. The King commands me to send you the enclosed order, which he has signed as Admiral of Holland, and would have you show it to the Officerin-Chief, commanding any ships belonging to the Dutch fleet which shall come to the Isle of Wight, and this his Majesty would have you do, from time to time, upon the arrival of any of those ships in that island, that so they may pursue the direction of it. [H.O. Letter Book (Secretary's) 2, p. 21.]
May 4. Whitehall.	The same to the Commissioners of the Admiralty. Sends them the above-mentioned Order: the King would have you despatch it to some of his Majesty's ships in the Downs, that are to remain there, with directions to show it to the commanders of any of the ships belonging to the Dutch squadron which are to join our fleet, and so to do, from time to time, as often as they shall see any of those ships passing by. [H.O. Letter Book (Secretary's) 2, p. 21.]
May 4. Whitehall.	The same to Sir John Hanmer, at Liverpool. Mr. Harbord will send directions as to the money mentioned in your letter of the 30th ultimo, the matter being wholly under his care. [Ibid., p. 22.]
May 4. Whitehall.	Warrant to the keeper of Newgate to deliver into the custody of the keeper of the Gatehouse, Thomas Drury, James Innes, Donald Bagne, Robert Maxwell, Humphrey Cohoon, John Laing, John Bayne, William Brodie, Robert Johnston, Joseph Coltret, Patrick Cunningham, and William Browne. [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 34, pp. 312 and 314.]
May 4.	The like to the keeper of the Gatehouse to receive the above into custody. [Ibid.]
May 4. Whitehall.	Warrant to Lord Lucas, Governor of the Tower, to receive into custody Arthur, Lord Forbes, charged with dangerous and treasonable practices against the King's government. [Ibid., p. 315.]
May 4. Whitehall.	Warrant to the same to receive the Earl of Castlemaine for the same reasons. [Ibid.]
May 4.	Warrant to Isaac Cotton, messenger, to arrest Sir Anthony Dean, knt., Samuel Pepys. and [William] Hewer, esq., suspected of treasonable practices. [Ibid., pp. 320 & 341.]
May 4.	The like to William Sharp to arrest the Earl of Montgomery. [Ibid., p. 320.]
May 4.	The like to Henry Allen to arrest John Hatch, Thomas Hilliard and Joseph Rue. [Ibid., p. 341.]
May 4.	Passes for Adrian Keppink, Cornelius Hemen and Hendrick Janssen to go to Holland [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 34, p. 315]; and for Thomas Rutherford and James Temple to go to Scotland. [Ibid., 316.]
May 5. Whitehall.	Copy of a proclamation to the effect that all French Protestants seeking an asylum in England will not only receive royal protection for themselves their families and goods but be assisted in their different callings. [S.P. Dom. Will. & Mary 1, No. 46.]
May 6/16. Maestricht.	The Prince of Waldeck to the King. Encloses a report from Quartermaster-General Dopft, a letter to General Schoning, from the Elector of Brandenburg, a memorandum from the Count de Lannoy, and one, drawn, up in the writer's presence, by the Marquis of Bettemar "General de l'artillerie" of the King of Spain, with his remarks upon them. I am much embarassed by the people at the Hague, and my age and infirmities make me unequal to the campaign. Certain of the generals are also insubordinate. The behaviour of the Count of Nassau is excellent. Mons. de Heckeren suggests that the Dukes of "Cell" [Zell ?] and Wolfenbottel might be induced, by a brief note from your Majesty, to leave their troops here for a year. This would be a great help. If two English regiments were given to the Marquis de Gastanaga, who wishes to form a corps of 16,000 men, I could then put a stop to the daily complaints; and, if there were need, this corps could be united to that under my command. [S.P. Dom. King William's Chest 5, No. 21.] Enclosing—
	(1.) Instructions sent to Quartermaster-General Dopft to consult with Field Marshal Schoning and General Delwig as to the siege of Rheinberg, and the sconce at Bonn. Hassell, 24 April 4 May, 1689. [Ibid. No. 21(i.).]
	(2.) Copy of a letter from Marshal Schoning to the Prince of Waldeck, enclosing an extract from a rescript of the Elector of Brandenberg. The Elector states that he does not consider it advisable to attack either Rheinberg, or the sconce at Bonn, until the dispositions of the allied armies are completed in every quarter. 2/12 May 1689. [Ibid., No. 21(ii.)]
	(3.) Copy of a letter from General Schoning to the Prince of Waldeck. I was yesterday at Meurs and saw, among others, "l'intendant Vilars" and Lieut.-Colonel Fabry, who has most influence over Bernsaut, the governor of place. He has promised me to ensure our success. In return, I promised to give him back the cross the Elector took from him, and to allow him to come back to us. "Il a pleure devant moy de rage"; certainly he was badly treated in our service. I have built a redoubt at Kaisersworth, and propose to bombard that place. We have deserters from the garrison coming in each day. The bridge at Treves is blown up, and great activity prevails at Bonn and Montroyal. If the Lunenburg troops withdraw, it will make a gap in my forces, 30 April/10 May, 1689. [Ibid. No. 21(iii.).]
	(4.) Memorandum, addressed to the States at the Hague by Count de Lannoy, envoy from the Bishop of Liege, suggesting (1) that the officers of the two regiments sent for the protection of the country of Liège should take an oath to the Bishop of Liège and be under his orders. A note in the margin states that troops must remain in the allegiance of the States and at their disposition. (2) That these troops shall not be at the charge of the Bishop. A note in the margin to the effect that as the troops remain in the States' service, so they shall remain in the States' pay. (3) That the Dragoons shall only take forage from the country; the infantry only "le simple service." This suggestion is accepted. (4) The troops shall remain in the Bishop's service as long as he may require them and no longer; in case he requires more troops, the Prince of Waldeck and the Commander of Maestricht, &c. are to have orders to send reinforcements to serve under the same conditions. The marginal notes suggest that two months should be fixed as the term of occupation and the disposition of troops left to the Generals. It appears advisable that a considerable number of troops should be stationed south of the Sambre, towards Phillippeville. The Hague 1/11 May, 1689. [Ibid., No. 21(iv).]
	(5.) Memorandum of a conference at Maestricht, held between the Prince of Waldeck and the Marquis de Bettemar, General of the Spanish Artillery. The Prince of Waldeck agrees to detach from his forces 6,000 foot, to assist in forming a body of 15,000 men, and, in exchange, the Count (sic) de Castanaga will put 1,500 horse under the orders of the Prince of Waldeck. The Prince will furnish six regiments, amounting to 4,000 men, and will not move the two regiments at Namur until he has otherwise provided for the safety of that place. He will keep the regiment at Noyelles at his disposition, but will leave that of Styrum. The Prince will remain for some time at Maestricht and, if needful, will draw his troops towards the Meuse, so as to be ready to help the Elector, or the country of Lièqe. If the enemy attack Mons., Charleroi, or Namur, he will go to their assistance either with the Spaniards, or alone; the Marquis is to furnish 1,500 horse on demand. As soon as the operations about Rheinberg and Kaiserworth are completed, the Prince is to recall his troops from the Elector and reinforce the regiments detached to the Marquis, to the strength of 6,000 men. The Prince of Waldeck has come to this decision for the following reasons; because the resolution at the Hague shows a desire to secure the barriers of the Low Countries; the force extending to the neighbourhood of Oudenarde, Flanders will be covered; troops, if required, can be sent into Flanders from Breda and Bergen-op-zoom; the enemy will not be able to detach troops on the side of the Meuse; Waldeck's cavalry will be re-inforced, and some can be detached, if needful, on the Rhine, and finally, because a good understanding would be restored between Castanaga and himself. Maestricht, 5/15 May, 1689. [Ibid., No. 21(v).]
May 6. Hampton.Court.	The King to the President and Council of Jamaica. Whereas by our letters of the 22nd of February last we declared our intention that all things within the island of Jamaica, should be put into the same state that they were in at the time of the arrival of the Duke of Albemarle, and charged you to restore all persons to such places and trusts as they held at the time of the said Duke's arrival; and forasmuch as Peter Beckford, esquire, being captain of the forts and fortifications at Port Royal, was removed by the said Duke, our will is that you restore him to the place of captain of the said forts and fortifications as he held it during the government of Sir Thomas Lynch and Hender Molesworth, esq. [H.O. King's Letter Book 2, p. 18.]
May 6. Whitehall.	"Whereas divers fires have lately happened in several parts of the kingdom and that many Irish Papists, and other lewd and vagrant persons disaffected to the Government, are observed to wander up and down, to the terror of his Majesty's subjects, and have feloniously designed to burn several towns, as by the confession of some already apprehended doth appear," this general warrant is now issued for the apprehension of all vagabonds, unknown, and suspicious persons. [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 34, p. 317.]
May 6. Hampton Court.	Commissions for William Harbord to be captain of a troop of horse, to be forthwith raised, for guarding and conveying treasure, set apart for the payment of the forces designed for Ireland; for Robert Hedges to be lieutenant in the same; for Mark Hedges to be cornet in the same; and for John Smith to be quarter-master in the same. [H.O. Military Entry Book 2, p. 38.]
May 6.	Passes for Lieut.-Colonel Mackenzie to go to York [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 34, p. 315]; and for Jacob Van Molenschet to go to Holland. [Ibid., p. 316.]
May 7. Hampton Court.	Declaration of war against the French King. The following grounds are assigned for the declaration of war. The French King has invaded the territories of the Emperor and the Empire; not long since the French took licenses from the Governor of Newfoundland to fish in the seas there, but of late they have seriously encroached upon the trade and fishery of our subjects there: the French King has invaded our Caribbee Islands and seized our provinces of New York and Hudson's Bay and that at the very time he was negotiating here in England a treaty of neutrality in America; French privateers have attacked English ships; and heavy duties have been laid on some English manufactures and the importation of others forbidden; the right of the flag has been disputed; and English Protestant subjects have been persecuted in France. Printed. [S.P. Dom. Will. & Mary 1, No. 47, and S.P. Dom. Proclamations, Vol. 6, No. 22.]
May 7/17. Maestricht.	The Prince of Waldeck to the King. Learns with much displeasure of the state of Ireland. We have succeeded in our negotiations with the Governor of Rheinberg who has received some of the allied troops and promised to receive others. The treaty cost a hundred thousand lires, but was well worth a million. As soon as the artillery reaches Wesel we shall attack Kaiserworth. I have asked M. de Dykvelt to tell your Majesty several things of importance. [S.P. Dom., King William's Chest 5, No. 22.] Enclosing —
	(1.) Reports, from Count de Flodroff, on the measures to be taken for the defence of Liege; recommending, for reasons set out, that the camp should be placed south of the Meuse. In a marginal note the Prince of Waldeck objects to this course. The approaches to Liège are not in the condition represented; the Prince of Waldeck notes that confusion arises from using ears instead of eyes; it would have been better not to compel the Bishop of Liege to declare for the allies, for then it would not have been necessary to defend him. The castle of Franchemont can be defended by the peasants who are now occupying it. The French hold the castle of Monjardin, on the Vesse, which from its position is the best castle on that side of Liege. Maestricht, 15 May, 1689 [Ibid., No. 22(i.).]
	(2.) Extract from a letter written by Mons. de Weibnom [Lieut.Gen. Weibbenum ?] to the Prince of Waldeck. The artillery has reached this town and is posted near to Berck. The horses cannot possibly bring to N[amur]. They are in very bad condition. Korpt, 15 May 1689. [S.P. Dom. King William's Chest 5, No. 22(ii.).]
	List of vacant commissions in the regiment of Lannoy's, with names suggested to fill them. [Ibid., No. 22(iii.).]
May 7. Hampton Court.	The King to Sir Hele Hooke, high sheriff of Gloucestershire. Granting him license to remain out of the said county during his term of office. [S.P. Dom. King's Letter Book 22, p. 14.]
May 7. Hampton Court.	The same to the lieutenancy of the city of London. Under an Act of Parliament for ordering the forces in the several counties of England, made in the fourteenth year of King Charles the Second, it is provided that, in regard of the extraordinary duties which may be thrown upon the forces of the city of London, for the safety of the King's person, and preventing insurrections, the lieutenants of that city may, under a royal warrant, levy so much money as they shall require for defraying the charges of the militia, in the same way as the assessment was levied at that time, and not exceeding in any one year the proportion of one month's tax, which the city then paid towards the tax, of 70,000l. a month. The King therefore, hearing that the said militia is much indebted, and in arrear, by reason of their past services, does, under this Act, authorise you to levy the sum prescribed, for one whole year, to be reckoned from Michaelmas 1687, and to apply the same according to the intent of the said Act. [Ibid., p. 15.]
May 7. Hampton Court.	The King to Sir John Fleet, sheriff of London and Middlesex. Granting him leave to dwell out of the above city and county, during his term of office. [Ibid., p. 17.]
May 7. Whitehall.	The Earl of Shrewsbury to Sir John Lanier. The King approves of the removal of the troops under your command, " as may be most convenient for their subsistence in those parts. Orders will be given for officers to go to their commands. As there are some disaffected persons in those counties, you should observe them, and, if necessary, arrest them. Postscript. The soldiers in your regiment are reported to be disaffected. As a friend, I advise you to enquire into the charge, that those under you may be as trusty as yourself. [H.O. Letter Book (Secretary's) 1, p. 70.]
May 7. Whitehall.	The same to Mr. Bridges. Has received his account of the burning of the town of Alresford; "there are informations of the like practices from other parts, which make it so much the more necessary to have a watchful eye over such as are found passing up and down and can give no good account of themselves." Postscript. " I hope you will excuse my writing in another hand, as well as my not answering your last. I must make the same excuse to Lord Middleton; but I hope both of you believe [me] your humble servant as much as ever." [Ibid.]
May 7. Whitehall.	The same to Col. Heyford. Informing him that Cornet Thomas and Capt. Meers, whom he has secured, must be continued in custody till further orders. [Ibid., p. 71.]
May 7. Whitehall.	The Earl of Shrewsbury to Lord Lucas. Directing him to allow the Earl of Arran the liberty of the Tower, attended by a warder, until further notice. [H.O. Letter Book (Secretary's) 1, p. 71.]
May 7. Whitehall.	Protection for Lady Winter, of Huddington, Worcestershire, complaint having been made, that several disorderly persons have threatened to do violence to her house and estate. [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 34, p. 318.]
May 7.	Warrant to the Clerk of the Signet to prepare a signed bill for a privy seal containing a warrant to the Treasury, to pay to James Johnston, esq., who has been appointed envoy to the Swiss Cantons, the sum of 5l. per diem for his ordinary entertainment and allowance; and further to pay to him the sum of 500l. for his equipage, as well as any sums due to him for intelligence, expenses, or other extraordinary expenses. [Ibid., p. 319.]
May 7.	The like in favour of Charles, Lord Dursley, Envoy Extraordinary to the King of Spain. [Ibid., p. 320.]
May 7.	The like to Alexander Stanhope, esq., Envoy to reside at Florence. [Ibid.]
May 7.	Caveat that no grant pass of the place of the office of governor or manager of the new hospital near the city of Dublin, void by the death of Col. Jeffrys, till notice be given to Mr. Hampden one of the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury, or to Sir Robert King. [S.P. Dom. Entry Book 73, p. 6.]
May 7. Hampton Court.	Proclamation for the apprehension of the author, printers, and publishers of a scandalous libel entitled: " A Short History of the Convention or New Christened Parliaments." [S.P. Dom. Proclamations, Vol. 6, No. 23.]
May 7.	Passes for Dorothy Coope, and a child to go to France [S.P Dom. Warrant Book 34, p. 315]; for John Weston, and his nephew, to go to Flanders [Ibid., p. 317]; for Capt. Leveson, with one of his officers, a surgeon, and five servants to go to Kendal [Ibid., p. 318]; and for Lieut.-Col. Matthews to go to Cockermouth. [Ibid., p. 319.]
May 8. Dublin Castle.	A declaration of His Most Sacred Majesty, 'James the Second to all his loving subjects in the Kingdom of England. The calumnies of our enemies are now shown to be false; for since our arrival in Ireland we have made it our chief concern to satisfy our Protestant subjects. Their just complaints have been listened to and even those who took up arms against us have been treated with lenity. Liberty of conscience is secured, and many of those who left their homes are now daily returning to them, and yet more are only prevented by the conduct of the Usurpers in closing the ports. Let the people of England judge us by our conduct in Ireland what they may expect from us. If in twenty days after our appearing in person in England any of our subjects, however guilty, return to their allegiance, we assure them a full pardon and all past miscarriages shall be forgotten. We doubt not by arms to reduce the most obstinate, though as in Ireland we prefer the methods of lenity and mercy. Printed, 4 copies. [S.P. Dom. Will. & Mary 1, No. 48.]
May 8.	Pass and post-warrant for the Earl of Southesk and Lord Keith to go to Scotland. [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 34, p. 319.]
May 9. Hampton Court.	Proclamation commanding all papists (except such as are excepted in the Act provided for the same) to remove out of London and Westminster, and ten miles adjacent. [S.P. Dom. Proclamations, Vol. 6, No. 24.]
May 9.	Proceedings upon the petition of John Phelips, one of the seven auditors of the revenue in the Court of Exchequer, praying the settlement of a pension of 200l. per annum out of the revenues in charge before him, of which he is in arrear 2,210l., and praying that, until consideration can be had of the said arrear, he may have the taking of the account of the revenue of the Post Office, properly belonging to him as senior auditor. Referred to the Treasury for report, the King " considering the petitioner as an ancient servant to "the Crown and a sufferer for it." [S.P. Dom. Petition Entry Book 2, p. 84.]
May 9. Whitehall.	Proceedings upon the petition of Horatio Moore, praying a grant of the office of "Master of all the Royal Tennis Courts." Referred to the Attorney-General to enquire into the validity of the petitioner's grant of the reversion of this office and whether the same is now vacant. [Ibid., p. 85.]
May 9.	Proceedings upon the petition of Lewis Stucley, praying to be continued as Controller of Plymouth and Fowey, and the members thereof, as he was in the time of Charles II. Referred to the Treasury for enquiry into the causes for the displacement of the petitioner. [Ibid., p. 89.]
May 9. Hampton Court.	Licence for Benjamin Disborough, high sheriff of Essex, to live out of the country during his shrievalty. [H.O. King's Letter Book 1, p. 8.]
May 9. Whitehall.	The Earl of Shrewsbury to Captain Waldron. Your instructions were to divide, among the soldiers, the value of the plate found by them, if it did not exceed a certain sum: as this is the case, you should sell it at once and distribute the proceeds. You will do well to send up the two bonds by some safe hand as soon as may be. [H.O. Letter Book (Secretary's) 1, p. 72.]
May 9. Whitehall.	Licence to Sir William Williams, one of His Majesty's counsel, to plead for Sir Samuel Barnardiston, convicted of high misdemeanor and fined 10,000l., against which judgment he, Sir Samuel, is now bringing a writ of error. [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 34, p. 368.]
May 9. Whitehall.	Passes for Mr. William Cotton to go to Flanders and return. [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 34, p. 319]; and for Mr. Edward Rogers and Mr. Wilson, with their servant Jeremiah Rhodes, to go to Holland. [Ibid. 35, p. 77.]
May 10. Hampton Court.	Warrant to the Sheriffs of London and Middlesex to have the heads and quarters of Richard Nelthorpe, Charles Bateman, Richard Rumbale, Capt. Walcot, and William Hone taken down from the respective places where they have been affixed, and delivered to their friends. [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 34, p. 321.]
May 10. Hampton Court.	Warrant to Frederick, Duke of Schomberg, master of the Ordnance, to cause an allowance of 300l. a year to be made to Sir Henry Goodricke, lieutenant-general of the Ordnance, in lieu of the mansion house in Little Minories, appropriated to his office, which was alienated by a grant made by King Charles the Second, and in lieu of which a similar allowance was made to Sir Henry Tichborne, late holder of the same post. [Ibid., pp. 321 & 328.]
May 10.	Warrant to Henry Harris, engraver, to remove the inscription of Sigill. Jacobi II. Dei gratia Mag. Brit. Fran. et Hib. Reg. Fid. Defen., &c., out of the seal for the County Palatine of Chester, and, instead thereof, to engrave "Sigill. Gulielmi III. et Mariœ II. Dei grat. Mag. Brit. Fran. et Hib. Regis et Regince, Fid. Defen. &c." [Ibid., p. 322.]
May 10. Whitehall.	Warrant to the keeper of Newgate to permit Mrs. Mary Carr to see Alexander Gawne, a prisoner. [Ibid.]
May 10. Hampton Court.	Warrant to the Captain John Williams, keeper of Warwick Gaol, to use all lawful means for arresting robbers, highwaymen, burglars, and other felons. [Ibid., pp. 331.]
May 10. Whitehall.	Warrant for appointing Frederick, Duke of Schomberg, William, Earl of Devon, Charles, Earl of Monmouth, Richard, Viscount Lumley, Thomas Wharton, William Harbord, Major-General Sir John Lanier, Major-General Kirke, and Col. Charles Trelawny, commissioners for reforming abuses in the army. [H.O. Military Entry Book 2, p. 49.]
May 10. Hampton Court.	Instructions to the same Commissioners. You are hereby required, forthwith upon receipt of our commission, to repair to our several regiment in their respective quarters, and to call before you the officers and soldiers of each regiment in such manner as you shall judge best for our service; and in order thereunto, and to the disbanding of them, if necessary, you may direct the marching of such regiment, company, or troop, or of any other regiment, company, or troop to such place as you shall judge most expedient for this service. You are to examine the state and condition of each regiment, as to their number of men, their age and fitness for service their arms, clothes, and (if horse or dragoons) their horses, and their deportment in their march and quarters, and the payment of them; and if you find they have not paid their quarters, as they ought to have done, you are then to cause so much of the pay of the officers and soldiers, who shall appear faulty therein, to be stopped, in order to the satisfying such quarters.
	You are to enquire of the gentlemen of the county where such regiments are quartered, or through which they have passed, and of the respective householders where they are, or have been quartered. or in such other method as you can what officers and soldiers have given any cause of being suspected to be disaffected to our government.
	You are to enquire into the musters of each regiment, and whether the same have been duly and faithfully executed, and by whom, and whether the muster rolls "have been closed upon the place" according to our late orders.
	You are to enquire into the arrears due to each regiment and to adjust the off reckonings, so that no greater deductions be made by the officers than by the rules are allowed of. And you are to examine what arrears are due to each commissioned or non-commissioned officer or soldier in each regiment, and by whom, to the end the same may be immediately paid, and particularly to such officers and soldiers as you shall think fit to discharge, as also whether the subsistence money has been duly paid, and if you find any officers faulty herein you are to suspend or cashier them as you shall see cause.
	In case you shall find there have been any false musters, or any defect in the number of men, or in the fitness of such men, in respect of age, or their disaffection to our service, you may disband such officer, company, troop, or regiment as you shall find so faulty, or otherwise dispose of such of the men as are good, to such companies, troops, or regiments as you shall judge best for our service.
	You are, from time to time, to give us an account of your proceedings, and if any case happen in which you shall not find yourselves sufficiently instructed how to act, you are to give unto us a true state of such case, and expect our further orders if the affair will admit of such delay, or otherwise, to use your discretion. [H.O. Military Entry Book 2, p. 221.]
May 10. Hampton Court.	The King to the mayor and burgesses of Kingston-upon-Hull. In answer to your petition, stating that the office of high steward of your town is void by the death of Thomas, late Earl of Plymouth, the incapacity of Henry, Lord Dover, from holding it, and praying that it may be conferred upon William, Earl of Kingston, we are graciously pleased to grant your request. [S.P. Dom. King's Letter Book 2, p. 19.]
May 10.	Proceedings upon the petition of Henry Killigrew to have the office of Groom of the Bedchamber restored to him. Referred to the Treasury for report, the King being disposed to relieve and appoint the petitioner. [S.P. Dom. Petition Entry Book 2, p. 85.]
May 10.	Proceedings upon the petition of Thomas Chicheley, praying the place of "Register for Seizures," or Controller-General of Accounts, in the customs in the Port of London. Referred to the Treasury to consider what is fit to be done for the petitioner's gratification, the King being informed that his qualifications fit him for employment in his service. [Ibid., pp. 85, 92.]
May 10.	Proceedings upon the petition of Bernard Granville, praying that, forasmuch as certain lands, called Knole Park, are fallen to him by the death of the Duke of Albemarle, which were under-rented by the late King Charles the Second," the King would either increase the rent to its full value, or give the petitioner leave to take them into his own hands. Referred to the Treasury for report. [S.P. Dom. Petition Entry Book 2, p. 86.]
May 10.	Proceedings upon the petition of Joseph Hayes, asking, "in consideration of his great sufferings," to be one of the Commissioners of the Navy. Referred to the Commissioners of the Admiralty to report. [Ibid., pp. 86, 88.]
May 10. Whitehall.	The Earl of Shrewsbury to the Attorney-General. The King being informed that Captain Nugent, committed for murder to Maidstone gaol, has been brought thence by Habeas Corpus, and that an endeavour is being made to have him enlarged upon bail, directs you to oppose this, in order that he may be sent back to Maidstone until discharged by law. [H.O. Letter Book (Secretary's) 1, p. 72.]
May 10. Whitehall.	The same to Sir Richard Raynes. Enquiring whether he will accept the post of judge of the Admiralty. [Ibid.]
May 10. Whitehall.	The same to the Commissioners of the Great Seal. It is the King's pleasure that Mr. Serjeant Thompson and Mr. Serjeant Trenchard be their Majesty's serjeants. [Ibid., p. 73.]
May 10.	Pass for Nicolaes Soldenies, Perre Heringa, and Samuel de Nysen, poor Dutchmen, to go to Holland. [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 34, p. 322.]
May 11. Whitehall.	Proceedings upon the petition of Edmund Norden, esquire, stating that Sir William Godolphin, holding the office of Auditor to the Principality of Wales, is, as a Roman Catholic, unable to hold such an office. Mr. Thomas Tudor has the reversion of the same office by grant from Charles II., and the petitioner prays he may be granted the said office upon the surrender to him, by Mr. Tudor, of the reversion aforesaid. Referred to the Treasury for report. [S.P. Dom. Petition Entry Book 1, p. 30.]
May 11.	Proceedings upon the petition of Richard Pont for a writ of error to reverse a judgment, given against him in the King's Bench. Granted. [Ibid. 2, p. 87.]
May 11.	Proceedings upon the petition of Sir Thomas Pilkington, knt, lord mayor of London, for a writ of error, in the High Court of Parliament, against Edmund Bolsworth. Granted. [Ibid.]
May 11. Whitehall.	Warrant for the presentation of — Stroude, clerk, to the rectory of St. Ives, in the county of Cornwall and the diocese of Exeter, void by the translation of Jonathan, late Bishop of Bristol, to the see of Exeter. [H.O. Church Book 1, p. 13.]
May 11. Whitehall.	Warrant to Frederick, Duke of Schomberg, Master General of Ordnance, for supplying certain ordnance and ammunition to Capt. William Alington, of the William and Jane, for the defence of his ship, in which he has agreed to carry William Duncombe, Envoy Extraordinary to the King of Sweden, to Stockholm. [H.O. Military Entry Book 2, p. 45.]
May 11. Whitehall.	The Earl of Shrewsbury to Colonel Pack. I will inform the King of your diligence in causing such to be apprehended as are gathering together in those parts to watch the opportunity of doing mischief. I shall not believe reports to the discredit of Colonel Langston; he is too careful an officer not to discover if "an ill man" were in his regiment, and would not suffer such a one to remain there: [H.O. Letter Book (Secretary's) 1, p. 73.]
May 11. Whitehall.	The same to the Commander-in-Chief at Chester, enclosing a list of suspected persons arrested while endeavouring to pass into Ireland, with instructions that they are to be brought from the places where they are confined, to Chester.—The names are as follows:—
	From Holywell:—Quartermaster Michael Wall, Corporal Edward Gascoyne, Edward Harman, Percy Keating, Morris Gibbons, William Davells, Thomas Comerfort, James Fitzwilliams, Edmund Fitzwilliams, James Murphy, Alexander Doyle, Timothy Cowry, John Burke, James Corner, Edmund Pendergrasse, Carber Eagon, (?) William Hart, John Mutlexney, Terence Hine, William Ramoy, Hugh McGuyre, Edward Burke, and Bryan Doherty. From Holyhead: Captain William Crosby. From Warrington: John Suffer and Lawrence Kearny. [Ibid.]
May 11. Whitehall.	The same to John Leach. The prisoners, John Suffer and Lawrence Kearny, seized by you, with three horses belonging to Lord Forbes, should be sent to Chester. The horses are to be sent to London. [Ibid., p. 75.]
May 11. Whitehall.	The King to the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge. Whereas several persons in the University, who should have received their degrees since Christmas last, have been delayed by reason that the abrogated oaths could not be taken and thereby "have lost their year." We, hereby, authorise you to restore all those, so delayed, "to their year" and to indemnify them against any disadvantage or incapacity they may have incurred by reason that the abrogated oaths could not be taken; provided that they take the new oaths and do all other things pertaining to those degrees, though out of due time and order, prescribed by their statutes. [H.O. King's Letter Book 1, p. 9.]
May 11. Whitehall.	Protection for Henry Parker, Joseph Parker, and Duke Greenaway (whose service is absolutely necessary for the working of the ferry boats between Brentford and Kew) from impressment into the King's service. [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 34, p. 323.]
May 12. Maestricht.	The Prince of Waldeck to the King. I am glad to hear matters are going on well in England, that measures have been taken to support the good disposition of the convention in Scotland, and that the continual reports of the death of the pretended Prince of Wales seem well founded. I am anxious, however, about the French fleet, which has put out before the Dutch fleet had joined the English; and also about the intrigues in Poland and Denmark, which in my opinion call for serious attention. I would suggest that a few ships might make Denmark consent to the restitution of the Duke of Holstein, and that the King of Poland should be warned that any interference on his part in favour of France, would be regarded with disfavour by Holland, and might damage the trade of that country with England and Holland. The dispatch of the squadron to the Mediterranean Sea might have a good effect on the policy of the Porte, in inducing him not to protract a matter for which the whole world is anxious. The plans of the allies ought to be more definite. Both the Spaniards and the Elector of Brandenburg persist in asking for detachments from the army of the States, the men demanded could not be supplied without seriously diminishing that army's strength; besides, it is necessary to see to the defence of the town of Liège. I have held a council here and enclose the resolution taken at it.
	We have miraculously preserved our country and that of our neighbours and made ready to clear the Rhine; want of timely assistance has hindered our doing this, but, by negotiations, we have secured Rheinberg. As soon as the attack is ready I shall go to General Schoning to put our artillery and troops into action. The lack of money and horses for the pontoons tend greatly to dishearten the troops, and I am at a loss what to do. The Counsellor Pensionary [Heinsius], do what he will, can make no rapid advance. There is a difficulty about contributions. The Spaniards, the Elector of Brandenburg, the Bishop of Liège, the Duke of Dusseldorf, the Bishop of Münster, and the Elector of Trèves are all demanding it from the country of Luxemburg and elsewhere. This will lead to disorder and must be regulated. The Elector of Brandenburg wishes me to go to him to command his army. This, your Majesty might approve of, for a particular operation, whilst the arms of the States defend the frontier; but I am sure you would not wish the army to take a part in the operation of clearing the Rhine, and in this case, I think, it is best for me to command, and to leave the Elector to take his own course. But some think Bonn ought to be reduced first.
	Mons. de Nortwic (?) is suggested for the post of Deputy to the army. I hope he will be informed that he is not to command me, and I am persuaded that the Counsellor Pensionary will see to this. I have many necessary expenses for bridges, carriages, and forage; moreover the Council is not well disposed toward me, and has the pretext of the want of money always ready. Your Majesty will perhaps instruct them to ratify my actions and ask the States of Holland, through the Counsellor Pensionary, to advance the necessary supplies so that we may lose no more chances, as we did on the Meuse, for lack of pontoons. I am also in want of horses. I hope to retire when this campaign is over and end my days in peace. [S.P. Dom. King William's Chest 5, No. 23.]
May 12. Whitehall.	The Earl of Shrewsbury to Sir John Maynard and Sir William Rawlinson, Commissioners of the Great Seal, at Gunnersbury, requesting them to attend the King at Hampton Court that afternoon; the notice is sent to them, as the attendance of two commissioners is sufficient. [H.O. Letter Book (Secretary's) 1, p. 75.]
May 13. Whitehall.	The Earl of Shrewsbury to Major-Gen. Kirke.—"The King "commands me to write to you that it is with no little concern that he hears you are still on this side of the water, being satisfied that it would have been very much for his service that you should have sailed, with what troops and provisions you had ready, with the first wind that offered; and it is of that consequence that no further delay be used, that it is His Majesty's express pleasure that, without waiting for any supply of what kind soever, you should immediately sail for Londonderry—the wind permitting—with what you have ready to carry with you. Postscript. There is a considerable body of men ordered immediately to follow, in case you can get time enough to save the town." [H.O. Letter Book (Secretary's) 1, p. 76.]
May 13. Whitehall.	The Earl of Nottingham to the Commissioners of Great Seal. His Majesty commands me to signify his pleasure that you give order for inserting the names of the Earl of Northampton, the Earl of Westmorland, and Lord Grey of Ruthven, in the commission of the peace for the county of Northampton, and to acquaint you that he approves of the method which you have proposed of disposing of the charity of the Lord-Keeper Bridgeman. [Ibid. 2, p. 22.]
May 13. Whitehall.	The same to the Commissioners of the Admiralty Mr. Duncombe. Having, by his Majesty's order, agreed with Captain William Alington, Commander of the William and Jane, to carry him, with his family and goods into Sweden, whither he is going as his Majesty's envoy-extraordinary; and the said Mr. Duncombe having petitioned his Majesty that the said Captain may be furnished with a set of colours, and that he may have his Majesty's commission, with a protection for 60 men, to enable him to perform this service, his Majesty commands me to acquaint you that he would have you give such orders herein as have been usual in like cases. [Ibid.]
May 13. Whitehall.	The same to the Commissioners of the Great Seal. "The King having directed my Lord Shrewsbury to grant a warrant for passing the Duke of Schomberg's patent without paying any fees, commands me to acquaint you that he will not have this serve for a precendent in any other case whatever as to the fees of honour due to his Majesty's servants, which his Majesty's intention is shall be constantly paid by all other persons, without allowing that any advantage shall be taken from this case of the Duke of Schomberg. And his Majesty would have you take care that the rule heretofore observed by former Lord Chancellors or Lord Keepers, as to the payment of those fees before the passing of the patent, be punctually kept on all other occasions, without any variation from it." [Ibid., p. 23.]
May 13. Hampton Court.	Proclamation by and with the advice of their Majesties Privy Council for preventing of false musters and injuries which may be done either to the soldiery or subjects. [S.P. Dom. Proclamations, Vol. 6, No. 26.]
May 13. Westminster.	Proclamation for nominating and appointing commissioners for putting in execution the Act of Parliament lately passed for raising money by a poll, and otherwise towards the reducing of Ireland. [S.P. Dom. Proclamations, Vol. 6, No. 27.]
May 13. Hampton Court.	The King to Robert Harley, sheriff of Herefordshire. Granting him leave to remain or dwell out of the said county during his term of office. [S.P. Dom. King's Letter Book 2, p. 19.]
May 13. Hampton Court.	Warrant for a patent and commission to George, Lord Melville, to be principal and sole Secretary of State for Scotland. [S.P., Scotland, Warrant Book 14, p. 1.]
May 13. Hampton Court.	Warrant to the Earl of Shrewsbury to deliver up certain papers relating to Scotland, to Lord Melville, Secretary of State for that kingdom. [Ibid., p. 3.]
May 13. Hampton Court.	Warrant to Sir Andrew Forester to deliver up all books, papers, seals, and records, belonging to the Secretary's office of Scotland, to Lord Melville, with a detailed receipt for same. [Ibid.]
May 13. Hampton Court.	Warrant to Sir John Dalrymple for subscribing the docquet of Lord Melville's warrant for the office of sole Secretary of State. [Ibid.]
May 13. Whitehall.	Proceedings upon the petition of Frederick Wegham, stating that being "conversant" at Chatham and London he was able, by the ship of which he was master, to give important intelligence to Herr Van Zitters, the Dutch Ambassador, before his Majesty's coming. That he was sent by the Ambassador, with secret letters to the States, when he was taken prisoner by a French privateer, but eventually got safely to the Hague, and discharged his trust. Prays for the command of one of the King's yachts or other employment. Referred to the Admiralty with instructions to confer some employment upon petitioner. [S.P. Dom. Petition Entry Book 1, p. 27.]
May 13. Whitehall.	Proceedings upon the petition of Thomas Reve, vicar of Stoke next Nayland, in the county of Suffolk, stating that, about two years since, he married one Mary Walker, daughter-in-law to Charles Umfrevill, now Sir Charles Umfrevill, with whom petitioner was to have had, as her portion, the sum of 400l., then in the hands of the said Sir Charles. The petitioner's wife died about a year since, when he took out letters of administration and demanded the said 400l. from the said Sir Charles, upon whose refusal to pay the same, petitioner commenced a suit in the Common Pleas but cannot proceed therein without the King's leave, the said Sir Charles being a Gentleman Pensioner. Referred to Lord Lovelace, Captain of the band of Gentlemen Pensioners to hear all parties and to report. [Ibid., p. 28.]
May 13. Whitehall.	Proceedings upon the petition of Sebright Repington, esq., stating that by an act of Edward VI., the churches of St. Peter and All Saints, in Stamford, in the County of Lincoln, were united; at which time his ancestors had the advowson in fee of St. Peter, and the Crown the fee of All Saints. The value of St. Peter's being treble that of All Saints, and the church of St. Peter being demolished by the said Act, it was provided that the Crown should have one turn in three to present to the said church, and petitioner's ancestors the remaining two turns, which arrangement was carried out till Dr. Richard Cumberland, the present incumbent, obtained a presentation from Charles II., when it was petitioner's right to present. Petitioner is advised that his title is endangered, and prays to be restored to his ancient right of presentation. Referred to the Attorney or Solicitor General to report. [S.P. Dom. Petition Entry Book 1, p. 29.]
May 13. Whitehall.	Warrant to John Stevens, messenger, to arrest Richard, Viscount Preston, upon suspicion of treasonable practices. [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 34, p. 324.]
May 13. Whitehall.	The like to Lord Lucas, governor of the Tower, to receive Sir John Fenwick into custody upon suspicion of treasonable practices. [Ibid.]
May 13.	The like to James Kitson, messenger to deliver the above, into the custody of Lord Lucas. [Ibid., p. 325.]
May 13.	The like to arrest Peter Shakerley upon suspicion of treasonable practices. [Ibid.]
May 13.	The like for the delivery of Sir John Fenwick to Lord Lucas, at the Tower. [Ibid.]
May 13.	The like for a grant of the offices of secretary and provostmarshal-general, of the Bermudas, or Summer Islands, to Henry Fifield. [Ibid., p. 326.]
May 13. Hampton Court.	License to Sir William Williams, king's counsel, to appear and plead for the Earl of Macclesfield, in his trial on an information of misdemeanour; in the reign of King James the said Earl was outlawed upon this information, but having reversed the outlawry, is now speedily to be tried, and would be greatly prejudiced if he were unable to have the services of Sir William Williams, who had been his counsel in several previous suits. [Ibid., p. 327.]
May 13. Whitehall.	Warrant to apprehend Nathaniel Hooke, suspected of treasonable practices. [Ibid., p. 78.]
May 13.	Passes or post-warrants for Peter Joseph Plattenoet to go to Holland; for Lieut. Osborne Taylor, and Gilbert Syonds, in Col. Villiers' regiment of horse, to go to Morpeth; for Mr. Martin, gentleman of the horse to the Earl of Southesk, with eight coachhorses and three footmen, to go to Scotland; for William Murray to go to Scotland, and return; for Alexander Mackdanyall to go to Holland [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 34, p. 323]; for Captain George Macartney to go to Hamburgh [Ibid., p. 325]; for Dr. Fall and James Mason to go to Edinburgh and return [Ibid., p. 328]; for Garrer Floorer, Jan de Keyser, and Peter de Winter, three Dutchmen, to go to Holland; and for Mrs. Mary Clifford to go to Flanders. [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 35, p. 77.]
May 14.	[Phineas] Bowles to Owen Wynn. Believing it necessary that, on the alteration of foreign passes, the form of those intended for the future, should, if possible, have the hands of all the Commissioners, and Admiral Herbert being expected in town, I forebore giving answer to yours of the 9th, on the prospect of his coming, which, it is said, will be at the King's return from Portsmouth, till which time, Sir Thomas Lee, being in attendance on his Majesty, it will be proper to respite them. I have moved the Commissioners about the protections you recommend to be granted, but they have come to no determination therein. I will lay the same before them again. [H.O. Admiralty, Will & Mary 1, No. 5.]
May 14. Whitehall.	The Earl of Shrewsbury to the Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield. Requesting him to bestow the archdeaconry and prebend, vacant by the death of Canon Browne, upon Mr. William Baker, "who hath married a relation," and " hath a great charge of children," with but small pay for supplying the cure of three parishes. [H.O. Letter Book (Secretary's 1, p. 76.]
May 14. Whitehall.	The same to Captain Blackwall. Directing him to give his reasons for detaining the French prize, mentioned in an enclosed petition, from Captain Ekins. [Ibid., p. 77.].
May 14. Whitehall.	Warrant to the keeper of Newgate to permit Mrs. Hambleton to see Lieutenant Robinson, a prisoner. [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 34, p. 328.]
May 14. Whitehall.	Warrant to the keeper of Newgate to permit Lord William Murray, and his sister, to visit Lord Mungo Murray, a prisoner, and to remain with him a convenient time, without the presence of a warder. [Ibid., p. 330.]
May 14.	Passes or post-warrants, for Capt. John Shales to go to Chester or elsewhere [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 34, p. 324]; for Mary Vrancken and two children to go to Scotland; for Daniel Fraser and Alexander Corbett to go to Holland [Ibid., p. 325]; for Mr. Nicholas Plunket, and his servant, Richard Jones, to go to Newport; for Sir Richard Brown to go to Harwich [Ibid., p. 327]; for Lady Howard, Lady Savile, Mrs. Frances Reeves and Mrs. Agnes Walters, their gentlewomen, Elizabeth Lee, housemaid, Thomas Constable and Ralph Atkins, footmen, Mr. Plessington, steward, who is to return, William Brand, butler, and John Willcox, gentleman, to go to Flanders [Ibid., p. 328.]; for Lambert Orts to go to Holland; for Lord William Murray to go to Edinburgh and return; and for William Gordon to go to Edinburgh. [Ibid., p. 330.]
May 14, 16. Liverpool.	Copies of letters from Col. Charles Trelawny and Col. Kirke to Lord Meath, recommending to his protection Capt. Atkinson and Capt. Berry, and forwarded by Lord Meath to Lord Danby. [S.P. Dom. Will. & Mary 1, No. 49.]
May 15. Whitehall.	The Earl of Shrewsbury to the Commissioners of the Great Seal. Asking for information as to the cause of the delay in issuing commissions for justices of the peace, which the King looks upon as prejudicial to his affairs, at a time when so many appear to disturb the quiet of the kingdom. [H.O. Letter Book (Secretary's) 1, p. 77.]
May 15. Whitehall.	Receipt given by Lord Melville to the Earl of Shrewsbury for four writings entitled "(1) A letter from the meeting of the Estates of Scotland to his Majesty"; (2) "An address from the said Estates to his Majesty"; (3) "The declaration of the Estates of the kingdom of Scotland to be presented to their Majesties the King and Queen of England"; and (4) "The paper of grievances." [S.P. Scotland, Warrant Book 14, p. 3.]
May 15. Whitehall.	Warrant to the keeper of Newgate to permit Mrs. Melville to see Lieutenant Gawne a prisoner, to make even some accounts depending between him and Captain Melville, her husband. [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 34, p. 330.]
May 15. Whitehall.	Pass for Mrs. Elizabeth Cozens and Mrs. Frances Fox, to go to France. [Ibid. 35, p. 79.]
May 16. Hampton Court.	Proceedings upon the petition of the filacers' clerks in the King's Bench, showing "that King Charles the First granted a commission to several peers to inquire what offices were executed, and what fees taken, in all courts of justice; there was a presentment made, upon oath of divers attornies in the said court of King's Bench, of all offices and fees thereunto belonging and hung up in the King's Bench Office, in the Inner Temple, but it was burnt in the fire of London. Since that time several officers in the said court have "unjustly demanded of your petitioners and others more than heretofore they were used to pay." Pray for the grant of a like commission. Referred to Sir John Holt, Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench, who is to hold an enquiry and report. [S.P. Dom. Petition Entry Book 2, p. 89.]
May 16. Hampton Court.	Proceedings upon the petition of Dr. Thomas Kirle, physician in ordinary to King Charles the Second, to have a patent for the mastership of St. Katherine's Hospital, Bedminster. Referred to the Attorney-General for report. [Ibid., p. 90.]
May 16. Hampton Court.	Warrant for letters patent appointing Sir Ambrose Philips, serjeant-at-law as one of the King's serjeants-at-law in ordinary. [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 35, p. 78.]
May 16. Whitehall.	The Earl of Shrewsbury to the Spanish Ambassador, informing him that the Council have made two orders for disposing of the matters mentioned in his letter. [H.O. Letter Book (Secretary's) 1, p. 78.]
May 16. Whitehall.	The same to the Commissioners of the Great Seal. The King desires that Jarvis Pierrepont, Thomas Foley, Thomas Jollife, Bernard Whalley and William Turton be justices of the peace for Staffordshire. [Ibid.]
May 16.	Passes for John Field and Charles Cary to go to Holland [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 34, p. 330.]; and for Mr. Israel Fielding, and two servants, to go to Milford Haven, or elsewhere as the King's service shall require. [Ibid., p. 331.]
May 17. Whitehall.	The Earl of Shrewsbury to the Commissioners of the Admiralty. Acquainting them that the King has appointed George Courtenay, son of Sir William Courtenay, to the office of vice-admiral of the county of Devon and of the city and county of Exeter vacant by the death of Sir Edward Seymour. [H.O. Letter Book (Secretary's) 1, p. 79.]
May 17. Whitehall.	The same to the mayor and aldermen of Exeter, Mr. Joseph Boson, late master of the quay at the city of Exeter, complains that he has been removed from his office without cause. As he performed good service in conveying ordnance, &c., when landed at that port, the King desires that he may be reappointed, unless there is some material objection. [Ibid.]
May 17/27. Maestricht.	The Prince of Waldeck to the King. The artillery and the bridge Maestricht of boats have got no further than Nimuegen. Count de Flodorp has been sent to the Rhine to take measures to supply the want, so that the bombardment of Kaiserworth may be begun. The departure of the troops of Lunenburg inconveniences me, as does the obstinacy of Zealand, Friesland and Groningen in respect of the levy of 14 companies of horse. The matter of the contributions is at a standstill upon the question of the security to be given by two people, each of 25,000 livres, "quoi que Pæsserts n'aye donne caution au conseill détat mais à Mons d'Ameronguen, a son dire, et que Van Den Hoevel est assez connu à Mons. d'Ameronguen, mais les soins que le vieux Pæsserts prendt de faire deroger au respect du à votre Majesté appuyé de Mons d'Ameronguen fait posposer vos volontés et mesmes dans des termes indecentes." The Elector of Brandenburg wishes that the Bishop of Liège be compelled to pay him the money which he negociates in Holland, 100,000 florins. If I can, I shall get the Bishop to do something. Postscript. The Baron de Fay brings me a confirmation of the report that the Marshal d'Humières is collecting a large force at Bossour (Buissier). I advised him to march all the troops he had to Dendermonde, so as not to deprive Mons of infantry and to keep on the defensive. I also advised Castanaga to imitate the French in making magazines in good time. In spite of my illness, I am doing my best. [S.P. Dom. King William's Chest 5, No. 24.] Enclosing—
May 17/27. Maestricht.	Count ? Champagne [the Prince of Waldeck.] The day before yesterday Marshal d' Humières formed his camp within two leagues of this place. He had with him 13,000 men from the neighbouring garrisons and yesterday 8,000 more joined him. His camp is close to Bossour (La Busiere) on the Sambre. The Court is quartered in the village called Mierlepoterre. A detachment of the army is at Eteunez near the Abbey of Bonne Esperance. They have pillaged the farm-yard of the Abbey and are supposed to be marching towards Roeulx. Binch, 15/25 May 1689. [Ibid., No. 24 (i).]
May 17. Liverpool.	Colonel Kirke to Colonel Sir George St. George, at Chester. Whomsoever you recommend for command, I have the King's orders to place. They should be men known to you. I hope you are assured of Mr. Hill; because gentlemen lately come from Ireland, report that he was concerned with Colonel Lundy at Londonderry. He should clear himself of that charge. [S.P. Dom. Will. & Mary 1, No. 50.]
May 17. Chanell Row.	Phineas Bowles (Secretary to the Admiralty) to William Blathwait. Sends him the names of the ships designed for the Plantations. [Ibid., No. 51.] Enclosing—
May 17. Chanell Row.	"A list of their Majesties own and such hired ships as are designed for the West Indies." [Ibid., No. 51 (i).]
May 17. Hampton Court.	The King to "the meeting of the Estates of our ancient kingdom of Scotland." The commissioners sent by you have presented your letter to us with your petition, or claim of right, the grievances, and your address for turning you into a parliament; and after reading them, "the Queen and we" did take and sign the oath tendered to us by our said commissioners which we will religiously observe. At your desire we have resolved to turn you into a parliament; but because the instructions to our commissioners cannot be expedited before the 21st instant, to which date you stand adjourned, we authorise you to adjourn to the 5th of June next, against which time you are to require all the members to be present, that, then you may, proceed to despatch what affairs do most conduce to the right settlement of the nation. And as we do assure you on our part that we will not put the advantages of the Crown in the balance with the true interests of the kingdom, so we do expect that you will concur with us in settling the welfare of the kingdom by such laws as may procure your own happiness and establish the public good. [S.P. Scotland Warrant Book 14, p. 6.]
May 17. Whitehall.	Proceedings upon the petition of Richard Wolseley, gentleman. Being forced from his estate in Ireland, worth 300l. per annum, for being a Protestant, and not having wherewithal to subsist, prays for a place as King's waiter in the Custom House, London. Referred to the Treasury for report. [S.P. Dom. Petition Entry Book 1, p. 31.]
May 17. Whitehall.	Proceedings upon the petition of Andrew Horton, stating, that at his own expense, he accompanied divers of the King's subjects of the counties of Northampton and Leicester to join the Earl of Devonshire, and attended the Princess of Denmark till she met the Prince at Oxford. Prays for a place as King's waiter in the Custom House, London. Referred to the Treasury for report. [Ibid.]
May 17. Whitehall.	Proceedings upon the petition of the mayor, aldermen, burgesses, and inhabitants of Portsmouth, stating that Portsmouth, being a garrison, "has suffered much by soldiers left behind their colours, by their wives and children, when they die or march, by debts they contract beyond their pay, but particularly by the great disorders lately committed by the Irish, who not only made themselves masters of the houses by free quartering, but threatened to destroy the petitioners, which it is believed they would have done." Petitioners also complain that all ships that come to Spithead or into the haven are liable to pay light money, which is a great hindrance to the port, whereas in the Isle of Wight they have the advantage of being exempt from the burden of light money, by grant of Charles II. Referred to the Trinity House. [S.P. Dom. Petition Entry Book 1, p. 36.]
May 17. Whitehall.	Proceedings upon the petition of Captain Hyde, praying for the command of a yacht, in consideration of his many services. Referred to the Admiralty. [Ibid. 2, p. 91.]
May 17.	Passes or post-warrants for—Trefford to go to Denmark (?) [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 34, p. 330]; for Mr. Patrick, Mr. Cole and Mr. Collins to go to Lord Kingston's house in Nottinghamshire; for Sir Richard Bassett to go to Berwick; for Lieut.-Colonel William Arratt to go to Scotland; for Colonel Edwards, Sir William Wither, Colonel Harrington, Major Birch, Captain Haitley, Captain Wilson to go to Holland [Ibid. p. 331]; for Thomas de Carbonel, Paul Girardot Salamon Maurice, Nicholas le Blanc, David de Caux, Robert Hays, and Jacob L'Apostre (the latter and Thomas de Carbonel, being Englishmen, and the others French protestants) to go to Holland; and for John Davison to go to Blakestone, near Durham. [Ibid. 35, p. 79.]
May 18/28. Maestricht.	The Prince of Waldeck to the King. Marshal d'Humières is encamped on this side of the Sambre, I have had to draw my men together and look out for a safe position. This will be at Borckwaveren [?]. I hope soon to be able, to go there, and from thence to Kaiserworth. I have not been able, owing to the delay in coming to a settlement, to use the troops of Wolfenbüttell. The troops of Cell [Zell ?] are already marching. None of the Swedish regiments, except that of Lowenhaupt, which is in Breda, and Bergen-op-zoom, are fit for service, and the English are not in a condition to make long marches and lack the help of the fourteen companies of cavalry, which Zealand refuses to raise. The Spaniards, who are not paid, desert. All this is likely to help the French, unless your Majesty can give orders for replacing our losses by new levies. The Duke de Esta (?) would readily provide a regiment, and on good terms the Duke of Wurtemburg and others would also do so. [S.P. Dom. King William's Chest 5, No. 25.]
May 18. Hampton Court.	Warrant for appointing the following a Privy Council for Scotland:—Prince George of Denmark, William, Duke of Hamilton, James, Marquis of Douglas, John, Marquis of Athole, James, Earl of Drumlanrig, Archibald, Earl of Argyll, William, Earl of Crawford, John, Earl of Erroll, George, Earl Marischal, George, Earl of Sutherland, Charles, Earl of Mar, John, Earl of Glencairn, Alexander, Earl of Eglinton, John, Earl of Cassillis, Robert, Earl of Lothian, the Earl of Annandale, John, Earl of Tweeddale, David, Earl of Leven, John, Earl of Dundonald, John, Earl of Kintore, John, Lord Yester, George, Lord Melville, the Lord Rosse, Henry, Lord Cardross John, Lord Carmichael, David, Lord Ruthven, the Master of Forbes, Alexander, Master of Melville, Sir James Dalrymple "of the Stair," the elder, Sir John Dalrymple "of the Stair," the younger, Sir John Maitland, Sir Hugh Campbell of Calder, Sir James Montgomery of Skelmerlie, Sir Patrick Home of Polwarth, The Laird of Grant, Sir Archibald Murray, of Blackbarony, Sir John Maxwell, of Pollock, Sir Robert St. Clair, of Stevenson, the Laird of Ormistoun, the Laird of Bredie, Major General Mackay, and the Provost of Edinburgh, for the time being. [S.P. Scotland Warrant Book 14, p. 7.]
May 18. Hampton Court.	A list of the persons whose names are to be inserted in the commission for the Privy Council of Scotland as above. [Ibid., p. 11.]
May 19.	Proceedings upon the petition of Thomas Newman for the command of one of the King's ships of war. Referred to the Admiralty to dispose of as may be for the King's service and the petitioner's gratification. [S.P. Dom. Petition Entry Book 2, p. 97.]
May 19. Whitehall.	Warrant to Lord Lucas, governor of the Tower, to allow Sir John Fenwick, Colonel Lundy, and Mr. Philip Burton, prisoners, the liberty of the Tower, attended by the warders. [Ibid., p. 334.]
May 19.	Pass for Stephen Schull and Leonard Houtaffeel to go to Holland. [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 34, p. 333.]
May 20.	Phineas Bowles to Mr. Blathwait. By an express from Portsmouth I hear the ship Dunkirk is "sheathed," and will be launched next spring [tide]. [S.P. Dom. Will. & Mary 1, No. 52.]
May 20. Hampton Court.	Warrant to the keepers of the Great Seal to prepare a commission directed to Henry, Bishop of London, William, Bishop of St. Asaph, Jonathan, Bishop of Exeter, Sir Thomas Penfold, knt., doctor of laws, Simon Patrick D.D. dean of Peterborough, and George Bramston, doctor of laws, empowering them to examine into the matters alleged by Dr. Gregory Hascard, dean of St. George's Chapel, Windsor, against Dr. Saumares, one of the canons of that church; the Attorney-General having reported, after examining into the petition of Dr. Hascard, that Dr. Saumares had proceeded against his oath and the statutes of the chapel; the commissioners are to call Dr. Saumares before them and inflict such censure or punishment on him as the case shall require. [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 34, p. 332.]
May 20. Whitehall.	Warrant to Henry Allen, messenger, to deliver Peter Shakerley a prisoner into the custody of Lord Lucas, governor of the Tower. [Ibid., p. 333.]
May 20. Whitehall.	The like to Lord Lucas to receive the above prisoner. [Ibid., p. 334.]
May 20. Whitehall.	Warrant to Henry Sheldon, messenger, to arrest Ralph Gray, upon suspicion of dangerous practices. [Ibid., p. 336.]
May 20. Whitehall.	The like to James Kitson, messenger, for the arrest of—Kirk. [Ibid.]
May 20. Whitehall.	Warrant to the keeper of the Gatehouse to receive Capt. Francis Braithwait into custody. [Ibid., p. 337.]
May 20.	Warrant to deliver the above to the keeper of the Gatehouse. [Ibid.]
May 20.	Protection for Mr. John Purcell of the Hay, Maidley, near Shifnall Shropshire; several disorderly persons having threatened to do violence to his house and estate. [Ibid.]
May 20. Hampton Court.	Warrant to Richard, Viscount Lumley to take measures for the protection of the King's game in Sussex. [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 34, p. 338.]
May 20. Hampton Court.	License to Cornelius Tilbourne, surgeon in ordinary to the late King Charles the Second, who has "made experiment of the virtue of his antidote against poison and other distempers, to the general satisfaction," and has obtained, upon examination, a license from the College of Physicians to practise surgery, to sell the said antidote, and other medicines, from a stage in any city or town, he first acquainting the chief magistrate with his intention to do so. [Ibid., p. 340.]
May 20. Hampton Court.	Warrant for letters patent creating Arthur Herbert, Baron of Torbay and Earl of Torrington, with remainder of the barony to his brother, Charles Herbert. [Ibid., p. 80.]
May 20. Whitehall.	Warrant for a grant to John Maynard of the dignity of a canon or prebendary in the free chapel of Windsor, void by the death of Dr. [Isaac] Vossius. [S.P. Dom. Entry Book 57, p. 229.]
May 20. Hampton Court.	License to Sir Andrew Henley, high sheriff of Dorset, to live out of that county during his shrievalty. [H.O. King's Letter Book 1, p. 10.]
May 20. Whitehall.	The Earl of Shrewsbury to the Earl of Macclesfield. Authorising him to issue to his deputy lieutenants any orders he may think fit, for dealing with the papists who have been collecting arms and horses in Wales, some of whom "have garrisoned themselves in Powis Castle.' [H.O. Letter Book (Secretary's) 1, p. 80.]
May 20.	Proceedings upon the petition of William Bowles for employment in Chatham yard. Referred to the Admiralty either to order the payment of the debt claimed by the petitioner, if it be due to him, or to employ him in the King's service, according to his capacity. [S.P. Dom. Petition Entry Book 2, p. 96.]
May 20.	Pass for Elizabeth Vanlaer, and her maid, and Mons. Bizoc to go to Holland or Flanders. [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 34, p. 335.]
May 21. Whitehall.	The Earl of Shrewsbury to the Mayor of Chester. Mr. Herbert Awbrey, late a commissioner of the revenue in Ireland, has come into the neighbourhood of Chester. As he is suspected of ill designs, you are to have him arrested. If you will send particulars of your disbursements for the maintenance of soldiers, prisoners, &c., the Commissioners of the Treasury will order you to be paid. [H.O. Letter Book (Secretary's) 1, p. 80.]
May 21. Whitehall.	The same to Colonel Heyford. I have not yet received any formal complaint "made by the Magistrates of Newcastle on the occasion of demolishing the statue there" though there are private letters about town reflecting on the conduct of the officers and soldiers; but having this information from you, I shall make use of it for your vindications, thinking it hard that those who are innocent should bear the reproach of what appears to be only done by the common people, who are sometimes apt to make escapes in what they think is service to a cause they are affected with. The seizing of horses is usually entrusted to the deputy lieutenants and the justices. Where none have been yet appointed, the matter must still be looked to. [H.O. Letter Book (Secretary's) 1, p. 81.]
May 21. Whitehall.	The same to Col. Langston. Mr. Vice-Chamberlain promises to write to his friends to give you the best information they can for his Majesty's service, "and I do not doubt but you will make the right use thereof, to disturb that nest of persons who have so long infested those parts and are at last broke out into that insolence, as even to make an attempt upon your quarters." This must serve for an answer to Col. Pack's letter. Lieut. Hardy should be kept safe. [Ibid., p. 82.]
May 21. Whitehall.	The same to Col. Billingsley. Informing him, in reply to his request for directions, that "dangerous words" uttered by a soldier are offences at common law, provided " they are not attended with such circumstances as may bring them within the Act for martial law." [Ibid.]
May 21. Whitehall.	The same to Sir John Lanier. Informing him that, owing to the despatch of troops to Ireland, none can be spared for Scotland. [Ibid., p. 83.]
May 21. Whitehall.	The same to Mr. Anderson [Anderton ?]. Complaint having been made of his neglect in what has been committed to his care for the King's service, he is ordered to come up to London and explain his conduct to the Lords of the Council. [Ibid.]
May 21. Whitehall.	The Earl of Nottingham to the Commissioners of the Admiralty. The King—having lately concluded a treaty with the States General of the United Provinces, wherein, amongst other things, it is provided that in the instructions to be given to the captains of the men-ofwar, sent forth on either side, as convoys to the merchant ships, or to the West Indies, a clause shall be inserted obliging them to protect each others merchant ships, and to assist the Plantations and Colonies of each other, in the West Indies, for their defence— commands me to send you the enclosed copy of the article relating to this matter, and to acquaint you that he would have you take care that such clauses as are directed by this article be inserted in all the instructions to the captains of the men-of-war sent abroad as convoys to merchant ships, or to the West Indies, and that if any be gone already you send the same after them by the first convenience; and his Majesty commands me to acquaint you that he would have you, upon fitting occasions, inform all masters of ships, and other persons concerned, who shall come before you, that, by a treaty between his Majesty and the States General, the captains of their men-of-war are obliged to protect our merchant ships sailing with them, and desirous to be under their protection, according to the tenor of the treaty; that so his Majesty's subjects may not, for want of information, lose the benefit of his care for their security against pirates. [Ibid. 2, p. 24.]
May 21. Whitehall.	Proceedings upon the petition of John Chichester, brother to the late Earl of Donegall, stating that he has been a captain of foot in Ireland, for many years, and has held other considerable employments and an estate, whereof he was deprived for being an Englishman, and a protestant; that he raised a regiment for his Majesty's service, but on the coming down of the Irish army" be retired to Coleraine and Londonderry, with such forces as he could carry with him, whence, with much difficulty, he sent away his wife, who is a person of quality, and six children, but continued himself in Londonderry till the governor refused to give him quarter any longer. Petitioner prays for a post in the army preparing for Ireland, and, in the meantime, for such subsistence as will keep his numerous family from starving. Referred to the Treasury, the King being graciously disposed towards petitioner. [S.P. Dom. Petition Entry Book 1, p. 33.]
May 21.	Proceedings upon the petition of Robert Williamson, praying for a grant, for himself and his son, of the office of one of the five undersearchers in the port of London, with "the estates belonging to the said office." Referred to the Treasury for report. [Ibid. 2, p. 91.]
May 21.	Proceedings upon the petition of John Cawley D.D., archdeacon of Lincoln, who states that by the death of Sir Edward Lake in 1675, the officiality of the archdeaconry of Lincoln fell to the disposal of the petitioner; who not being skilled in the nicety of the canon law, granted a deputation thereof to Dr. Howell, chancellor of Lincoln, the Bishop's commissary, giving him power to execute the office, and receive the profits, reserving only to the petitioner 75l. per annum, although in strictness of that law, he ought to have received the profits himself, allowing Dr. Howell such a portion as he thought reasonable. William Oldys, doctor of law, a practitioner in the court has, under some old canon, never received in this kingdom, prosecuted the petitioner for simony in the Court of Arches, and obtained a judgment, though the petitioner was never heard, which judgment was afterwards confirmed by the delegates.
	This cause is of a kind never before heard in England, nor could the delegates agree as to the offence, or its punishment; while several of the judges of the common law, who were of the number of the delegates, have since granted a prohibition, as to the temporalities of the archdeaconry, and openly declared in court that it was a very hard sentence, and a dangerous precedent. The petitioner prays for the grant of a commission under the Great Seal to review the cause. Upon reference, the Attorney-General reported in favour of the petitioner; and the Earl of Shrewsbury thereupon wrote to the Treasury directing the issue accordingly. [Ibid., p. 94.]
May 21.	Passes or post-warrants for the Duke of Northumberland, with his servants, Mr. Charles Dartiquenave, Mr. John Ivonet, Mr. William Alleson, Mr. Charles Hodges, page, Robert Webb and Edward Hughes, footmen, Matthew Syston, waggoner, Andrew Fouse, sumpterman, John Browne, William Villiers, and William Richardson, grooms, to go to Holland [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 34, p. 335]; for John Reed, late a soldier in Col. Babington's regiment to go to Holland; for Jan Van Leewan, his Majesty's footman to go Holland; for William Spenceley adjutant in Col. Leveson's regiment to go to Cockermouth; for Cornet Humphrey Chamberlain, ditto [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 34, p. 339]; for the Commissary-Marshal to go to Berwick, or elsewhere on the King's service; for Andrew Hay, esq., and his servant, James Kilgoure, to go to Holland or Flanders [Ibid., p. 341]; and for Richard Whitland, one of the Earl of Kingston's servants, to go to Holm Pierrepoint, the said Earl's house in Nottinghamshire. [Ibid. 35, p. 79.]
May 22. Hampton Court.	The King to the president, vice-president, treasurer and court of assistants of the Artillery Company, London. We, being satisfied of the loyalty of our Artillery Company and willing to promote the welfare and preservation of it in its ancient good order and discipline, do authorize you to frequently exercise the said company in the ground called the Artillery ground, near Moorfields, and in other places where they have formerly exercised. And we likewise give you full power and authority to hold courts, free and public, for the annual election of officers and other occasions, as may be necessary for the government of the said company, according to the ancient rules and practice thereof. [H.O. King's Letter Book 2, p. 20.]
May 22. Whitehall.	The Earl of Shrewsbury to the lord mayor of London. The warrants for seizing the horses of papists and suspected persons are not to be put in execution, till further order; similar letters were written to the Earl of Clare and Lord Lucas. [H.O. Letter Book (Secretary's) 1, p. 83.]
May 22. Whitehall.	The same to Mr. Serjeant Thompson and Mr. Serjeant Tremaine. Instructing them to appear in the House of Lords on Monday next to defend the cause of the court of Ludlow and the Marches of Wales, in which the rights of the Crown are concerned. [Ibid., p. 86.]
May 22. Whitehall.	The same to the Lords of the Admiralty. Directing them to allow Count de Bruay, who is returning to Flanders, to embark on the frigate that convoys the packet boat from Harwich to the Brill. [Ibid.]
May 22.	Warrant to Henry Sheldon, messenger, to seize Mr. Manly upon suspicion of treasonable practices. [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 34, p. 34.]
May 22.	Warrant to Lord Lucas, governor of the Tower, to permit Capt. Shakerley to have the liberty of the Tower, attended by a warder. [Ibid., p. 343.]
May 22.	Passes or post-warrants for David Soyer, Jaques Soyer, David Coppe and Pierre de Lannoy to go to France [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 34, p. 336]; for Mr. James Martin, fellow St. Andrews College, in Scotland to go to Scotland; for Ensign John Walcot, in Col. Cutts' regiment, to go to Cambridge for recruits [Ibid., p. 341]; for the Earl of Northumberland, and others, to go to Holland (as before); for Count de Bruay to go to Harwich for Holland [Ibid., p. 342]; and for Major Dowcett, Capt. Beverley, Capt. Carlisle, and Mr. Craggs to go to Hull. [Ibid., p. 344.]
May 23.	Depositions taken before Nicholas Ridley, the mayor of Newcastle, concerning the pulling down of the statue of James II. at Newcastleupon-Tyne.
	Thomas Bowles deposes that on Saturday, the eleventh instant, about 9 p.m. Col. Hayford come into Hedlam's coffee house on the Sandhill, and said that he had ordered the statue on the Sandhill to be pulled down. Two of his soldiers presently came in and said to him that they had pulled it down, whereupon he gave them some money.
	Benjamin Reays deposes that on the same day, while he was on the Sandhill, he saw a crowd, and one Capt. Killigrew making a speech from a stage and throwing money among the crowd; and he saw a soldier throw a rope round the statue's neck and pull it down. There were soldiers with carbines standing near the statue.
	Allan Bateman deposes to seeing the crowd, and Capt. Killigrew; and that a soldier, in a red coat, with his sword drawn, got up on to the pedestal of the statue, and struck at it, endeavouring to break off the stirrups or spurs.
	Francis Johnson deposes to the same effect as Benjamin Reay.
	Matthew Blunt, barber-surgeon, deposes to seeing a crowd round the statue "the man being before pulled off horseback."
	Robert Maddison, yeoman, deposes to hearing Capt. Killigrew speaking from the mountebank's stage on the Sandhill. The captain said to the rabble that he was not come as a mountebank to take their money but to give them money, and so threw money among them. After the man was pulled off the horse, the people were beating it with stones; and when the deponent said it was a shame, seeing he was pulled off, to abuse it, a soldier or officer in a blue coat, made a pass at him with his sword.
	Thomas Mortimer, gentleman, deposes to hearing Capt. Killigrew say: "our laws, liberties and properties were taken away and all by that picture" pointing to it; and that he then saw the statue pulled off. The depositions are addressed and posted to Sir William Blackett, bart., M.P., at the House of Commons. [S.P. Dom. Will. & Mary 1, No. 53.]
May 23.	Caveat that nothing pass relating to the presentation to Hart (sic) church, in the county of Hertford, till notice be given to the Bishop of Salisbury. [S.P. Dom. Entry Book 73, p. 7.]
May 23. Hampton Court.	The King to the lord mayor of London. The agent of the Hanse Towns has presented a memorial to us, touching certain immunities and privileges claimed by him for the Steelyard; the like memorial having been presented to Charles II., it was referred to the then Lord Mayor of London, and the matter was in every particular approved, namely, that the said agent of the Steelyard ought to be exempt from all duties and taxes whatsoever. We being informed that our subjects residing in the Hanse Towns do enjoy the like or greater privileges, hereby signify our pleasure that the said agent, and the Steelyard, shall be freed from all duties and taxes, and that you restore to the said agent any distress that may have been made upon him. [H.O. King's Letter Book 1, p. 11.]
May 23. Hampton Court.	Licence to Sir William Blackett, high sheriff of Northumberland, to live out of the said county during his term of office. [H.O. King's Letter Book 1, p. 12.]
May 23. Hampton Court.	Declaration for the encouragement of officers, seamen, and mariners employed in the present service, with an Order in Council, directing the distribution of the same. [S.P. Dom. Proclamations, Vol. 6, No. 28.]
May 23. Hampton Court.	Proclamation for a general fast to be held within London and Westminster, and ten miles round, on Wednesday, the 5th of June following, and on Wednesday, the 19th of June in the rest of the kingdom. [Ibid., No. 25.]
May 23. Hampton Court.	Warrant to the Attorney-General for granting to John Ashburnham, esq., the dignity of a baron by the title of Lord Ashburnham, of Ashburnham, in Sussex. [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 34, p. 346.]
May 23. Hampton Court.	Warrant to the Privy Council for "a recruit" of 500 men for the Duke of Schomberg's regiment, lately commanded by the Earl of Dumbarton, in the service of the States General, on account of the desertion of so many Scotch soldiers. [S.P., Scotland, Warrant Book 14, p. 12.]
May 23. Hampton Court.	Warrant for a gift of the office of his Majesty's advocate in Scotland, to Sir John Dalrymple of Stair, the younger. [Ibid., p. 13.]
May 23. Hampton Court.	Warrant for a commission to William Lockhart, advocate, to be his Majesty's solicitor in Scotland. [Ibid., p. 15.]
May 23.	Passes or post-warrants for Captain Clapham, in the Duke of Bolton's regiment, to go to York [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 34, p. 341]; for Van Belle, Johannes Jeutdecker, Gilbert lkemans, Fritz Cabel, Johanner Burster, Gerret van Dycke, Jan Blomdecker, Pieter Wagenaer, Glaude and Aert, Jacob Gerrets, Jan Pieters, Hans Jurgien, Abraham, Govert Fryenbergh, Hans Jan Fomentin, Glaude Siner, Peter Sneder, Ferion David, Eminin, La Crose, Cornelius Ostrom, Abraham Heymen, Jan Piere le Clercq, Jan Battard, Piere Patriarche, Machtel, Gurtruy, Barbe, and Catryn. (The punctuation is as in the original; some of the names are probably those of children and servants); for Captain Thomas Sorocold, in Lord Lisburne's regiment, to go to Huntingdon; for Michael Manachan, a poor soldier, to go to Holland; for Christopher Stanfield, also a poor soldier, to go to Holland; for Cornet D'Allemagne, in Lord Cavendish's regiment, to go to Newcastle; for Mrs. Frances and Mrs. Elizabeth Caryll, Mrs. Katherine Browne, Mrs. Margaret Copley, and their servants, John Blissett and Mary Jones, to go to Flanders [Ibid., p. 343]; for Jan Boere to go to Holland [Ibid., p. 344]; and for Mr. James Pearse, jun., and three servants to go to Carlisle, Cockermouth, and elsewhere. [Ibid., p. 345.]
May 24./June 3. Smalcald (?)	The Prince of Waldeck to [the King]. Keeps Dopft (?) with him, in order to gain more light as to the resolutions of the Duke of Saxony and the Landgrave. Determination as to Luxemburg. The Elector of Brandenburg has sent an express to threaten the Landgrave from occupying Schaumburg. Movements of the troops. [S.P. Dom. King William's Chest 5, No. 26.]
May 24. Whitehall.	The Earl of Shrewsbury to the lord mayor of London. My late instructions have given greater occasion for discourse than the matter needed. Nothing more was intended by it than that the seizing of the horses of the papists should be stopped, until such time only as it might be done with better effect. Officers employed in these affairs ought to be cautioned not to give alarm unnecessarily. [H.O. Letter Book (Secretary's) 1, p. 84.]
May 24. Whitehall.	The Earl of Nottingham to the Commissioners for regulating the army. I enclose a letter from Newcastle to Sir William Blackett and Sir Ralph Carr. The King would have you call before you the parties concerned and examine the matter complained of, and proceed against the offender in due course. [Ibid. 2, p. 25.]
May 24.	Additional instruction for the Commissioners for reforming abuses in the army, as to taking off respites upon the musters. [H.O. Military Entry Book 2, p. 224.]
May 24. Whitehall.	Proceedings upon the petition of George Rodney, esquire, as to a lease of the manor house of Lyndhurst, and petitioner's detention in the Fleet prison. Referred to the Treasury. [S.P. Dom. Petition Entry Book 1, p. 33.]
May 24. Whitehall.	Proceedings upon the petition of the Marquis de Miremont, late colonel in a regiment of horse, John Staples, Charles Manwaring, William Barlow, John Grosvenor, and Robert Killegrew, captains in the same regiment, praying to be refunded the costs of accoutrements for their regiment, two troops of which have been incorporated in the regiment late of Sir John Fenwick. Referred to the Earl of Ranelagh to report. [Ibid., p. 35.]
May 24.	Proceedings upon the petition of Clere Windham, gentleman. Having lost an appointment in the Custom House for refusing to sign a paper concerning the abrogating of the penal laws and test, he prays to be appointed a land surveyor in the Custom House, London. Referred to the Treasury to report, the King being graciously disposed towards the petitioner. [Ibid.]
May 24. Whitehall.	Proceedings upon the petition of George Breholt, stating that he is a seaman, well acquainted with the coasts of England, France, and Ireland, and that when commanding certain merchant ships he engaged and took some Dutch and Algerian ships, for which Charles II. presented him with a gold chain and medal, and promised him the command of a man-of-war; but the popish faction prevented it. He now prays for the command of a King's ship. Referred to the Admiralty. [Ibid., p. 37.]
May 24. Whitehall.	Proceedings upon the petition of William Green, esq., stating that, in 1640, he had a grant, for life, from King Charles I., of the receiver's place for collecting the fee farm rents in Warwickshire and Leicestershire. Upon their sale, he was allowed a pension of 20l. per annum. Prays, in consideration of age and hardship, for a continuance thereof. Referred to the Treasury. [S.P. Dom. Petition Entry Book, p. 37.]
May 24. Whitehall.	Proceedings upon the petition of Ann Wild, wife of Abraham Wild, commander of the Aberilla, merchantman, of Maryland, and Mary Brown, wife of Peregrine Brown, master and part owner thereof, stating that the boatswain, and others of the ship, were impressed in the Bay of "Becheea" [Biscay ?] to go on board the Henrietta, Captain Nevill, commander, and afterwards taken prisoners by a French privateer. Pray an inquiry to be made for their husbands. Referred to the Admiralty. [Ibid., p. 38.]
May 24.	Proceedings upon the petition of Renier Berkelbach, agent, stating that he had lent Captain William Saxby "4,094 guilders and 12 pence," for which the Marquis of Albaville was bound. Prays that the said sum may be stopped out of monies due to the said Marquis. Referred to the Treasury for report. [Ibid. 2, p. 96.]
May 24. Whitehall.	Warrant for a congé d'élire to the dean and chapter of Bangor to choose a bishop in the place of Dr. Humphry Lloyd, deceased, and recommending to them Humphry Humphreys, D.D., dean of Bangor. [H.O. Church Book 1, p. 14.]
May 24. Whitehall.	Warrant to James Kitson, messenger of the chamber, or James Horton, constable of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, to arrest such persons as they shall be made acquainted with by How, who are suspected of dangerous and treasonable practices against the Government. [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 34, p. 344.]
May 24. Whitehall.	Warrant to William Sharpe, messenger, to deliver Colonel Cunningham and Colonel Solomon Richards, prisoners, into the custody of the keeper of the Gatehouse. [Ibid., p. 345.]
May 24.	The like to the keeper of the Gatehouse to receive the above prisoners, on suspicion of dangerous practices against the Government. [Ibid.]
May 24. Whitehall.	Warrant to Lord Lucas, governor of the Tower, to allow Mr. Richard Graham, a prisoner, to have the liberty of the Tower, attended by a warder. [Ibid., pp. 346 and 347.]
May 24. Hampton Court.	"Seeing that John Okell was appointed scrivener to the Household, for his life, by the late King Charles the Second, and, that he had a place, or shop, assigned to him near the banquetting house, which hath since been taken down to make room for other buildings, this warrant is issued to allow him to erect another shop, at his own charge, in some convenient place in Scotland Yard, by the directions of the Surveyor-General; and he is to enjoy the same, without molestation, during the King's pleasure." [Ibid., p. 347.]
May 24. Whitehall.	Warrant for a grant of the office of Treasurer of the Chamber to Sir Rowland Gwynn, knt. [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 34, p. 352.]
May 24. Whitehall.	Warrant to apprehend Sir William Booth, suspected of dangerous and treasonable practices. [Ibid., p. 362.]
May 24. Whitehall.	Certificate that William Duncan, envoy-extraordinary to the King of Sweden, departed on his employment on the previous day. [Ibid. 35, p. 85.]
May 24. Whitehall.	Certificate that Robert, Lord Lexington, envoy-extraordinary to the Elector of Brandenburg, departed on his employment on the 20th inst. [Ibid., p. 130.]
May 24.	Passes or post-warrants for William White, merchant of London, and his boy to go to Flanders. [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 34, p. 341]; for Serjeant Goodall, Serjeant Ankerey, and — Newton, soldiers in Col. Talmash's regiment, to go to Holland [Ibid., p. 341]; for William Febure, Jacob Vanhder Velden, and Andrew Grave to go to Flanders, and for Captain Fowke, in Sir James Leslie's regiment, and two servants to go to Scotland [Ibid., p. 345]; for Count Benoist Oxenstiern, with four servants, to go to Holland; for William Johnson and William Mill to go to Holland; and for Lodowick Carlile to go to Chester. [Ibid. 35, p. 79.]
May. 25–Sept. 30.	Journal of events in Flanders happening between these dates; giving a minute description of the progress of the campaign. 40 pp. [S.P. Dom. King William's Chest 5, No. 27.]
May 25./June 4.	Memorandum, concerning the protestants in France, addressed to the King and Queen of England, and to the Allied powers. Discusses the possibility of effecting a rising of the protestants in France, and the religious feeling in the district of the Cevennes. The "religion" is particularly numerous in Vivarais, Dauphiné, Bas-Languedoc, Rovergue, Haut Languedoc, Fois, and Haute Guienne. The country there is naturally strong, for it is a land of wood and mountain. The Cevennes are about ten miles across. The inhabitants are men of determination, and since the revocation of the Edict of Nantes, the troops have never ventured to make an attack upon their religious assemblies. The number of men capable of bearing arms, on behalf of the protestant cause, is very large, and a rising in any one part of the Cevennes would quickly spread. Ten officers should be sent by way of Switzerland; 50,000 or 100,000 livres should also be sent. The banished ministers, whose presence would be of much assistance, only want the orders of the King of England before starting. The Elector of Brandenburg might be asked to allow the refugee officers, now in his service, to go to Holland or England, in order to their return to France, where they can be of most use. A descent on the coast of the Mediterranean would greatly assist the insurrection. Orders may be sent to Zurich to Mons. de Convenant. [Ibid., No. 28.]
May 25./June 4. Maestricht.	Prince of Waldeck to the King. Marshal d'Humières is acting foot soldier, getting in grain from all the little Spanish towns, and threatening Mons and Charleroy. Although I do not believe that he intends to besiege either town, I dare not go to the Rhine, before I have found out the enemy's intentions, and consulted with the Marquis de Castanaga, who is getting more reasonable. Kaiserworth could be easily taken now, were it not that the bridge at Bonn makes it necessary to watch both banks of the river. I have instructed the generals on the Rhine to take the fort before the bridge at Bonn, and I have left the generals on the Rhine in possession of the artillery, which has at last reached Wesel. I had to supply musket-balls and matches, owing to the negligence of those intrusted with that service; I am still in want of ammunition, and of proper hospitals.
	General Montague is here, and complains of the badness of the arms; this should be remedied before the next campaign. He seems reasonable, and has with him six battalions. The English cavalry will find it hard work living here. I have written to Mons. Schenittenburg to come to me. The rumour, current here, that your Majesty had asked for six German regiments, alarms people. It would be inconvenient to send them now; but when I have got back the troops sent to the Rhine, and can use them for an invasion of France, you might have some regiments, replacing them by new levies, or the Elector of Brandenburg might lend troops to be paid by the States. I am sending for two Swedish regiments, and if Denmark keeps quiet, I hope for some from Lunenburg. If the Duke of Lorraine could pass the Rhine, it would be a great help. Postscript.—I do not know how to find commissions for Tances and Cavaillero, the Spaniards whom you have sent to me for that purpose, and must ask you for instructions; otherwise I shall have the whole Spanish nation, and the Marquis de Castanaga, up in arms again. [S.P. Dom. King William's Chest 5, No. 29.]
May 25. Whitehall.	The Earl of Nottingham to Commissioners for regulating the army. I have received your letter, wherein you desire a power to give a commission to the Judge Advocate, for calling a council of war. There was a warrant for that purpose delivered on Wednesday last to Mr. Barry, Lord Monmouth's secretary, and, with it, at the same time, an order in English to the Dutch officers to obey your lordships' order. As to the omission of Lord Lumley's name in the additional instructions, it was a mistake, which, I hope, will be of no prejudice, since it is inserted in the commission; however, if it be necessary, new instructions shall be transcribed and signed with his lordship's name in them. [H.O. Letter Book (Secretary's) 2, p. 25.]
May 25. Whitehall.	The same to the Commissioners of the Customs. There being a treaty lately concluded between his Majesty and the States General of the United Provinces, wherein, amongst other things, it is agreed that the captains of the men-of-war belonging to either party which shall be sent to sea as convoys to merchant ships, or to the West Indies, shall be directed to protect, against the insults or attacks, of any person whatsoever, the merchant ships belonging to the subjects of the other party, which shall follow the same route as the men-ofwar, and desire to put themselves under their protection; his Majesty commands me to acquaint you with it, that you may give notice thereof to all masters of ships, merchants, and other persons concerned. [H.O. Letter Book (Secretary's) 2, p. 26.]
May 25. Whitehall.	Warrant to Henry Allen to receive into custody, from the provost marshal, the bodies of Robert Lee, and his two servants, and to bring them before Lord Shrewsbury. [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 34, p. 348.]
May 25.	The like to Francis Clarke, for arresting James Fitzgerald, gentleman, upon suspicion of dangerous practices against the government. [Ibid.]
May 25. Whitehall.	Warrant to Arthur Clum, of the General Letter Office, to search for treasonable and seditious printed libels, books, and papers, about the persons, and in the chambers, and warehouses of all carriers, waggoners, and pack-horse men, and hagglers, now on the western roads. [Ibid., p. 349.]
May 25.	The like to Richard Burnley, of the General Letter Office, for the Northern roads. [Ibid., p. 350.]
May 25.	Post-warrant for Chichester Grimes, lieutenant in Lord Hewett's regiment, to go to Cumberland [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 34, p. 348]; and pass for William Watson to go to Holland. [Ibid. 35, p. 81.]
May 26. Hampton Court.	The King to the Governors of Sutton's Hospital or the Charterhouse. Signifying to them his wish that, upon the next vacancy in a poor brother, or pensioner's place, in that hospital, Thomas Lane be admitted to it. [S.P. Dom. King's Letter Book 2, p. 21.]
May 26. Hampton Court.	The same to the mayor and corporation of Kingston-on-Hull. Acknowledging the receipt of an instrument, under the common seal of the corporation, containing the nomination of Robert Banks, clerk, M.A., as vicar of the parish of Holy Trinity, in Hull, void by the death of Nicholas Anderson, clerk; with a request that the King would approve of the election, in accordance with an Act of Parliament made in the reign of King Charles the Second, for separating Trinity Chapel from Hessle and making it a parish church. Request granted. [Ibid., p. 22.]
May 26. Whitehall.	Pass to Mr. Robert Bradshaw to go to Durham. [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 34, p. 345.]
May 27.	Proceedings upon the petition of the inhabitants of Alsford [Alresford]. Stating that their town had been consumed "by a late dreadful fire" and praying the King to give them the poles, pales, and boards at Winchester House. Referred to the Surveyor General, Sir Christopher Wren, for report. [S.P. Dom. Petition Entry Book 2, p. 96.]
May 27. Whitehall.	The Earl of Shrewsbury to the Lords of the Admiralty. Lord Melville has recommended to the King the eight masters of the vessels, whose names are sent herewith, to be allowed to obtain seamen for their voyage to Scotland, under an order "for the re-delivery of such men as have been pressed from them that are yet in the river," together with a protection for those engaged in place of men now at sea in the King's service. The King desires your opinion on this matter. [H.O. Letter Book (Secretary's) 1, p. 87.]
May 27. Whitehall.	The same to the same. In consideration of Sir William Courtenay's deserts, the King has bestowed on his son, Mr. George Courtenay, the vice-admiralty of Devonshire and of the city of Exeter. [Ibid., p. 95.]
May 27. Whitehall.	The same to the Commissioners of the Great Seal. The King desires that Thomas Munn, William Watton, Edward Roper, James Codd, Roger Paine, and William Randall be justices of the peace for Kent. [Ibid.]
May 27. Hampton Court.	Grant of licence to John White "to be our sole printer, in our city of York," and to have the sole use of a printing press there, and the sole power of printing all papers usually printed relating to our revenue and courts of justice in the five northern counties. [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 34, p. 349.]
May 27. Whitehall.	Warrant to James Kitson, messenger, to go to Farningham in Kent and there to arrest Gabriel Cox who is accused of dangerous practices against the Government. [Ibid., p. 350.]
May 27.	Two blank warrants for the arrest of unnamed persons, with a memorandum that both were put into the hands of the Duke of Bolton. [Ibid., p. 351.]
May 27.	Warrant to apprehend Gabriel Cox, see above. [Ibid., p. 353.]
May 28.	Copies of "an Act for impowering his Majesty to apprehend and detain such persons as he shall find just cause to suspect are conspiring against the government," made the 16th March 1688–9; of a similar Act made the 24th April 1689; and of one "impowering their Majesties to commit, without bail," all suspected persons, made the 28th May 1689. [S.P. Ireland 352, No. 2.]
May 28. Whitehall.	The Earl of Shrewsbury to the Commissioners of the Great Seal. The King finding that there is a difference between the two orders made by you, one on the 19th March and the other on the 27th April last, in the dispute between Sir John Cope and Lady Spencer, as to the custody of Lady Cope, widow, a lunatic, desires you to report to whom, and in what manner, the custody of the lunatic ought to be granted. [H.O. Letter Book (Secretary's) 1, p. 88.]
May 28. Whitehall.	The Earl of Nottingham to the chief officer of customs at Bristol. The King, being informed that a ship from Guinea, whereof Captain Bridges, is captain, in lately arrived at Bristol, commands me to signify to you his pleasure that you do not permit her to sail out of your port until he shall direct you further. [Ibid. 2, p. 27.]
May 28. Whitehall.	Proceedings upon the petition of Elizabeth, wife of Edward Tayler, Katherine, wife of James Salmon and Jane, wife of Nicholas Simpson. In October, 1687, their respective husbands were shipped on board the William, William Peters, master, lying in the Thames, and bound for Madeira and Barbadoes. The ship returned home at Christmas, 1688, and the petitioners have demanded of the master what became of their husbands, but can get no answer from him, nor any account of wages due. They have prosecuted him, but he has removed from court to court. They pray that he may be forced to answer before the King in Council. Referred to the Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench for report. [S.P. Dom. Petition Entry Book 1, p. 38.]
May 28. Whitehall.	Proceedings upon the certificate of the dean and other dignitaries of Bristol, on behalf of John Potter, who desired to be an almsman in Bristol Cathedral. Order accordingly, to the clerk of the signet, to prepare a warrant of an almsman's place as desired. [Ibid., p. 39.]
May 28. Whitehall.	Proceedings upon the petition of John Arnold, praying for a writ of error, returnable in the high court of Parliament Granted. [Ibid. 2, p. 97.]
May 28. Whitehall.	Proceedings upon the petition of John Macklin, to be a midshipman under Vice-Admiral Killigrew. Referred to the Admiralty. [Ibid., p. 109.]
May 28. Whitehall.	Warrant for grant to John Jones, clerk, of the deanery of Bangor, void by the promotion of Dr. Humphry Humphreys to the bishopric of Bangor. [H.O. Church Book. 1, p. 17.]
May 28. Whitehall.	Warrant to Henry Allen, messenger, to go to Stamford and there arrest Thomas Hawkins, mayor of that town, and his brother George, for "affronting and opposing the King," and for other dangerous practices." [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 34, p. 352.]
May 28. Whitehall.	Commission for Col. John Gibson to be lieutenant-governor of the town and garrison of Portsmouth. [H.O. Military Entry Book 2, p. 47.]
May 28.	Pass for Mrs. Buckingham, her daughter, and Mrs. Askew to go to Flanders. [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 34, p. 352.]
May 29.	Thomas Arundell to the Earl of Shrewsbury. In December last my wife and I, designing for France, had shipped our goods for Rouen. The rabble took them from the master of the ship and they came into the hands of the constable of Greenhithe. I therefore beg the favour of the warrant to the constable to deliver the goods to Mr. John Rigmarden for my use. [Signed] "Your Lordship's humble servant and kinsman." [S.P. Dom. Will. & Mary 1, No. 54.]
May 29.	Proceedings upon the Petition of Elkanah Settle to Lord Shrewsbury, stating that "he unhappily offended" in setting forth a paper entitled "the Relation of the death of King James, &c." for which he and Robert Hurst, the printer, are indicted, and praying that their prosecution may be stopped. Granted, the Stationers Company being desired to cease the prosecution, as the petitioner had submitted himself and promised not to offend again. [S.P. Dom. Petition Entry Book 2, p. 98.]
May 29. Whitehall.	Proceedings upon the petition of John Royse, merchant, praying for the post of collector of customs at New York. Referred to the Treasury for report. [S.P. Dom. Petition Entry Book 2, p. 98.]
May 30. Carlisle.	Col. T. Langstone to [the Earl of Shrewsbury]. One Graham, a kinsman of the Grahams who live on the border of this country, came hither, and mistaking me, by an odd accident, for Colonel Legge, explained to me that the Grahams were ready to help Colonel Legge to get over to Ireland, if he would make his escape from custody here. Mr. Graham also told me that he came from Ireland himself, about a month since, and showed me King William's commission which he received there which had served him for a pass into this garrison. I have examined him before a council but found he was only entrusted with a message from one George Graham and is a very weak foolish man, and knows nothing but what I knew already, namely that the borderers have been almost all engaged against us. I have also examined Mr. Legge. He denies that he knows of any formed party against us or that he had seen Lord Griffin, though he was informed that that lord and others had been about the borders of Northumberland. He denies the paper found in his bag and believes that it belongs to Carlisle, who made his escape. I conjecture that his party is almost all here in custody, but shall be watchful. Colonel Beaumont's regiment is totally disarmed. Could not three companies be sent from York to relieve it ? That would make this place quite secure. I have allowed Colonel Legge the liberty of the garrison, as he is indisposed. [S.P. Dom. Will. & Mary 1, No. 55.]
May 30. Whitehall.	The Earl of Shrewsbury to Sir George St. George, or the "officer in chief" at Chester. Directing him to send up to London Mr. Donelan, arrested at Chester, with the letters in his possession, he giving just cause of suspicion. [H.O. Letter Book (Secretary's) 1, p. 88.]
May 30. Whitehall.	The same to Sir John Morgan. Advices from Chester report great neglect on that coast in examining vessels and passengers from Ireland, in consequence of which, intelligence has been carried to the enemy, and spies brought over hither to the great disservice of the government. The King has now put the government of Chester into your hands and directs you to repair forthwith to your government" and to see that all vessels and persons arriving at, or going from, those parts be thoroughly searched and inquired into and that suspicious persons be secured. [Ibid.]
May 30. Whitehall.	The same to Col. Francis Russell. Your account of the seizing horses of papists have been received; but you are misinformed concerning Sir Richard Neale for whom persons of note and members of Parliament have spoken. His horses are, therefore, to be forthwith restored to him "for though it be very fitting to disable the enemies of the Government, yet care must also be taken not to increase their number by unnecessary provocations." [Ibid., p. 89.]
May 30. Whitehall.	The same to the Commissioners for the Army. Informing them that the mayor of Stamford, and his brother, have been ordered into custody and are to be brought up to London. It is hoped that this will deter others from forgetting what is due to your lordships' and the King's commission. [H.O. Letter Book (Secretary's) 1, p. 89.]
May 30. Whitehall.	Proceeding upon the petition of Samuel Ferrier, a prisoner in Dunkirk, stating that he was master of a ship belonging to Sandwich in Kent, and was captured, together with his crew of 8 persons, on returning from Norway, and carried into Dunkirk. Prays they may be exchanged for six French prisoners—Captain Jacob Collins, Surgeon John Maldger, John Langlans, boatswain, Peter Staple, captain-at-arms and Francis Bombault, and John Cabolle, boys:— taken at sea, out of a French privateer of Dunkirk. Referred to the Admiralty. [S.P. Dom. Petition Entry Book 1, p. 39.]
May 30. Whitehall.	Licence to Peter Gott, high sheriff of Sussex, to live out of the said county during his term of office. [H.O. King's Letter Book 1, p. 13.]
May 30. Whitehall.	Warrant to James Kitson, messenger, to go to Chester and to receive into custody James Donelan on suspicion of dangerous practices against the Government. [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 34, p. 353.]
May 30.	Warrant to Sir Robert Thorold, bart., deputy-ranger and keeper of St. James' Park to permit Thomas Mariet, esq., who has lately taken a house, newly built near the park wall, in the range of buildings commonly called "Carteret Buildings," to break open a hole in the said wall and thereto fix a door, and to use the same as a passage between his house and the park. [Ibid., p. 358.]
May 30. Whitehall.	Warrant to the Earl of Abingdon, lord lieutenant of the county of Oxford, to issue deputations for appointing Viscount Falkland Viscount Wenman, Lord Lovelace, Henry Bertie, Sir Fairmedow Peneystone, Sir William Walter, Sir John Cope, Sir Robert Jenkinson, Sir John Doyly, Sir Edward Reade, Sir William Glynne, Sir Robert Dashwood, Sir Timothy Tyrrell, Sir Edward Norreys, Sir Thomas Tipping, Sir Edmund Warcupp, Sir William Whitelock, James Herbert, John Stone, Humphrey Wickham, Thomas Tipping, and Thomas Wise, deputy-lieutenants of the county of Oxford. [H.O. Military Entry Book 2, p. 48.]
May 30. Whitehall.	A Commission for Luke King to be deputy commissary-general of the musters, for the forces to be raised for service in Ireland. [Ibid.]
May 30.	Passes or post-warrants for Archibald Hamilton, Gustavus Belflower, Samuel Camlyn — Travers and Ensign Napier, officers in Col. Beaumont's regiment, to go to Carlisle [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 34, p. 352]; for Mary de Bourdeaux and John de Bourdeaux, her son, to embark at Harwich for Holland; and for Major William Ponsonby, to go to Chester. [Ibid. 35, p. 81.]
May 30. Whitehall.	The Earl of Nottingham to Captain Andrew Cotton. I have shown your letter to the King, who has directed that the two persons Phillpott and Du Bourck, whom you have brought from Jersey, should be brought up in the custody of a messenger; you will therefore deliver them to the bearer, who has a warrant to bring them up, and if you have any papers in your hands relating to the crimes whereof they are accused, pray send them up by the messenger, or let some persons appear who can justify the accusation. [H.O. Letter Book (Secretary's) 2, p. 27.]
May 31. Copt Hall.	The King's letter to the Assembly of the Estates of Scotland. At the time of our former letter to you, we did signify to William, Duke of Hamilton, our intention that he should represent our royal person as our High Commissioner, in that session of parliament, and we have authorised our Commissioner to pass such things into laws, as have been lately under your consideration, in relation to the grievances, or whatever else might tend to the security of religion and the prosperity of that kingdom, whereby we have done all upon our part to render you happy and contented.
	By your letter of the 24th instant, and by another from William, Duke of Hamilton, we perceive it is your desire that the session of parliament may be delayed for some time, and that many of your members cannot attend the first diet, for which you have not offered your reasons; yet that all the members may be in no uncertainty of their attendance, we have authorised our Commissioner—after your being turned into a parliament—to adjourn you from the 5th day of June to the 17th of the said month. [S.P. Scotland, Warrant Book 14, pp. 16–18.]
May 31. Copt Hall.	Warrant for a commission to William, Duke of Hamilton, to be his Majesty's High Commissioner in Scotland. [Ibid., p. 18.]
May 31. Whitehall.	Warrant to Henry Evans to receive into custody the commander of the Charlotte, yacht, and the persons of Philpot, a Romish priest, and Andrew de Bourck, a Frenchman, brought from Jersey and accused of holding correspondence with the French, and of a design of betraying that island and the Island of Guernsey. [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 35, p. 80.]
May 31. Copt. Hall.	Instructions to William, Duke of Hamilton, the King's Commissioner, for holding the first session of the Parliament of Scotland:
	1. You are to pass an Act for turning the meeting of the Estates into a parliament, and the three estates are to consist of the noblemen, barons, and burghers.
	2. You are to pass an Act for regulating the articles to consist of 24 persons besides the officers of State, whereof 8 are to be chosen by the noblemen from their estate; 8 by the barons, and 8 by the boroughs from their estates, and in case of the decease of any of these persons, that estate out of which the deceased [came], shall supply the same. These are to prepare matters and Acts of Parliament, but not to exclude the parliament to take any matter into their consideration, though it may have been thrown out or rejected in the articles; and all former Acts, especially Act 1 Charles II. s. 3, inconsistent with this, are to be rescinded.
	3. You are to pass an Act recognising our, and the Queen's, royal authority and right of the crown, ordaining an oath of allegiance to be taken in place of all former oaths of allegiance, and supremacy, declarations, and tests.
	4. You are to pass an Act establishing that church government which is most agreeable to the inclination of the people, rescinding the Act of Parliament, 1669, and all other Acts inconsistent therewith.
	5. You are to endeavour to pass an Act for raising such a supply as may be necessary for securing the kingdom from the present danger and foreign invasion.
	6. You are to pass an Act that forfeitures shall only extend to such interest as the rebel had, and that innocent vassals, or lawful creditors for debts upon record, shall not be prejudged, nor such heirs of entail, whose rights of succession are established by a public infeoffment.
	7. You are to pass an Act, either to take away assizes of error or otherwise, that they shall take place as well against a jury that condemns, as a jury that assoils any panel.
	8. You are to pass an Act rescinding the 18th Act of Parliament 1661 [1681 ?], asserting the prerogative in point of jurisdiction.
	9. You are to pass an Act regulating the abuses in the commissary courts and all other inferior courts.
	10. We are satisfied that an Act should be passed for securing the leiges against inquiries by way of inquisition; but in respect of the present juncture of affairs, this matter would be well considered by the parliament, and, therefore, when the terms of this Act shall be adjusted, you are to transmit the same to us, that we may give you particular instructions "thereanent."
	11. You are to endeavour to procure an Act for an effectual course for redressing the depredations and robberies by the Highland clans, and when this matter is digested, you are to transmit the proposals to us, that you may get particular instructions.
	12. You are to pass an Act rescinding such Acts as were made in the parliament of 1685, as are justly grievous to the people.
	13. You are to pass an Act that no persons be banished out of the kingdom, or from any part thereof, summarily, without a process.
	14. You are to pass an Act that the Kings or Queens of that realm shall not marry with papists, under this certification, that a popish Queen Consort, or the husband of a Sovereign Queen, shall be incapable of enjoying the benefit or advantage of any provisions or settlements, which the law provides, or particular contracts or agreements may have secured to them.
	15. You are to pass an Act that the greater shires of that kingdom, such as Lanark, Ayr, Perth, Fife, Aberdeen, and Midlothian, or others, where it shall be found convenient, may send three or four commissioners to parliament, that the representation may be the more equal.
	16. You are to pass an Act ratifying the privileges of the boroughs and securing their rights in electing their own magistrates for the future; and that the boroughs of Glasgow and St. Andrews shall have the electing of their own provosts, baillies, and town council as the other royal boroughs of the kingdom have.
	17. You are to endeavour to procure an Act or Acts for the encouragement of trade; and if the 27th Act of the Parliament of 1683, be found inconvenient, it may be regulated or rescinded, and when the proposals are adjusted you are to transmit the same to us that you may receive our instructions.
	18. You are to pass an Act for regulating the Universities, so as good order and discipline may be preserved, and that pious and learned persons may be employed and provided.
	19. You are to pass an Act against a standing army in time of peace, but so as the guards, garrisons, and necessary standing forces may be continued.
	20. You are from time to time to adjourn the parliament as you shall find necessary, and in respect the meeting may not be fully convened upon the 5th of June, which is appointed for their first diet, therefore, after passing the first Act of turning them into a parliament, you are to adjourn them to the 17th day of the said month.
	21. You are empowered to confer the honour of knighthood upon such persons as you shall find deserving of the same, not exceeding the number of six.
	You have particular instructions anent what is represented to us as grievances; if there be any other things that may be necessary for the good of that kingdom to be passed into laws, you are to acquaint us from time to time with such overtures, that you may be authorised with particular instructions. [S.P. Scotland, Warrant Book 14, p. 20.]
May 31. Copt Hall	An additional instruction to William, Duke of Hamilton. You are to nominate William, Earl of Crawford, to be President to the first session of parliament, in regard we have no Chancellor for the time being. [Ibid., p. 23.]
May 31. Copt Hall.	Warrant to John Cunningham of Enterkin for appending the Great Seal of Scotland to certain commissions, no Chancellor or Keeper of the Great Seal being appointed. [Ibid., p. 24.]
May 31. Capt Hall.	Warrant for a gift of the office of one of the two clerks of the Privy Council of Scotland to Mr. Gilbert Elliot, advocate. [Ibid.]
May 31. Copt Hall.	Warrant to John Ross, engraver and goldsmith, in London. Whereas by directions from George, Lord Melville, Secretary of State for Scotland, you are to engrave our great and privy seals for that kingdom, together with our quarter seal, which is to be the upper half of our said great seal, and the reverse thereof, divided in the middle, horizontally or per fess, and three signets thereof, you are hereby authorised to deliver the same to the said Secretary of State. [Ibid., p. 25.]
May 31.	Passes or post-warrants for Mr. Spencely, adjutant of Col. Leveson's regiment, to go to Lincoln, West Chester and Cockermouth [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 34, p. 352]; for Col. Richard Brewer, and Mr. William Wallis to go to their quarters at Durham; for John Lover, cook to Lord Portland, to go to Holland and to return [Ibid., p. 353]; for Thomas Bulkeley to go to Beaumaris; and for Capt. Thomas Throckmorton to go to Holland. [Ibid. 35, p. 82.]
May.	Proceedings in the House of Commons upon a petition of Charles Price, and others, merchants of London, part owners of the ship Andaluzia, complaining that their ship was seized in India, in 1684, by the East India Company, and again in England, two years later. The petition was referred to a Committee of the House of Commons to consider the matter, and the whole affairs of the East India Company. On the same paper is a note, dated 20th April [1689], that there was referred to the same Committee, a petition from John and Thomas Temple, complaining that their ship, the Bristol, had been plundered and sunk by Capt. John Tyrrell, by order of Sir Josiah Child. [S.P. Dom. Will. & Mary 1, No. 56.]
May.	A proclamation prohibiting the importation of all sorts of manufactures and commodities of the growth, production, or manufacture of France. [S.P. Dom. Proclamations, Vol. 6, No. 5.]
May. Whitehall.	Warrant to the keeper of Newgate to permit the Earl of Argyll, Sir James Montgomery, and Mr. Johnston, to see Captain Johnston and Lieutenant Macray, prisoners, without the presence of a keeper. [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 34, p. 318.]
May to June.	An account of what men are wanting upon the muster rolls in the several regiments of "Holland establishment." The regiments are the second troop of Guards, second troop of grenadiers, the Royal regiment of horse—which include the Earl of Oxford's, Captain Adderly's, and Capt. Selby's troops; the second regiment of foot guards—the officers of which are Col. Talmash, Lieut.-Col. Selwyn. Major Wingfield, Lieut.-Col. Finch, Lieut.-Col. Cholmondley, Lieut.-Col. Cotton, Lieut.-Col. Edwards, Lieut.-Col. Bridgman, Lieut.-Col. Wilkins, Lieut.-Col. Shenton, Lieut.-Col. Farrington, Lieut.-Col. Seymour, Lieut.-Col. Taylor; the Royal regiment of foot, the Royal regiment of fusileers, the regiment of Scots' foot guards—the officers of which are Captains Keith, Cornwarth, Ogleby, Innes, Davidson, Somervill, Douglas, William Douglas, Hay, and Murray; the Prince George of Denmark's regiment, Colonel John Hales' Regiment, Sir David Collier's regiment, Col. Fitzpatrick's regiment, Col. Hodge's regiment — the officers of which are Captains Hamilton, Norris, Lemon, Hayes, Cole, Redish, and Ayloffe; and Colonel O'Farrell's regiment—the officers of which are Lieut. Colt, and Captains Montgomery, Sharp, Read, Burnet, Cardon, Paterson, Mackenzie, White, and Stratton. [S.P. Dom. King William's Chest 5, No. 30.]