Books, Calendars, Calendar of the State Papers of William and Mary 1693 March
Calendar of the State Papers of William and Mary 1693 March is in Calendar of the State Papers of William and Mary 1693.
01 Mar 1693. Whitehall. Warrant to [Viscount Sydney] to issue letters patent to the Earl of Burlington and Cork, granting and confirming to him all the manors and lands called Cappagh-Coyne alias Cappoquin, Saltabared alias Saltubberett [Salterbridge] and Aghmeane alias Great Alfane in the co. Waterford, to be held of the castle of Dublinin freeand common soccage, Sir John Temple, attorney-general, having reported on the Harl's petition that the said lands were granted by Queen HKlizabeth to Sir Christopher Hatton, by letters patent of 10 July, 1574; that one Roger Dalton afterwards purchased the lands from Sir Christopher, and hada grant of the same from James I. by letters patent of 4 January in the tenth year of his reign; that Richard Dalton, alleged to have been son and heir of the said Roger, levied a fine thereof. in Trinity term 1616 to Sir Richard Boyle, afterwards Earl of Cork, who made a settlement thereof by fine in Haster term, 1618; that the lands were returned by the Civil Survey as belonging to the petitioner's father in 1641; and that Roger Power, the petitioner's agent, has made an affidavit that they have been in petitioner's possession for 25 years, excepting for one or two years during the late rebellion. [S.P. Dom. Signet Office Letter Book 12, p. 572.]
01 Mar 1693. Whitehall. Warrant to [the same] to grant to Richard, Earl of Ranelagh a discharge from the proviso contained in letters patent of 30 July, 94 Chas. I]. and 18 December, 27 Chas. II., requiring him to keep the castle of Athlone in good and sufficient repair, and also from the payment of the annual rent reserved of 100l., for the space of 21 years, in consideration that the said castle, and the greatest part of the interest granted him by the said letters patent in and near Athlone, is absolutely ruined and laid waste by the late wars, and to enable him in some degree to repair and rebuild the houses and tenements that have been so ruined and destroyed. [Ibid., p. 575.]
01 Mar 1693. Whitehall. Warrant to [the same] to grant to the same a lease for a further term of thirty-one years of several small tenements in and about the town of Navan, &e., of which a lease was formerly granted to Sir John Cole, kt., as trustee for the said Harl, by letters patent under the Great Seal of Ireland, dated 23 Aug. 22 Charles II. [Ibid., pte]
01 Mar 1693. Whitehall. Warrant to [the same] to order payment to the same of 900l. out of the funds arising from forfeited lands, &c., in accordance with the Harl's petition, setting forth that a yearly pension of 800. was granted by letters patent of 80 May, 29 Charles II. to Adam Loftus (afterwards Viscount Lisburne), and Samuel Kingdon, esq., for their natural lives in trust for the said Earl; that the King's promise for the punctual payment thereof was one of the conditions upon which the Earl surrendered his patent of Vice-Treasurer of Ireland; that he received the said pension till 29 September, 1688, but from that time till the death of the said Viscount Lisburne at Limerick, a few days before 20 September, 1691, he received nothing, "being three years of arrears"; and also in consideration, "that our royal uncle intended the said pension to him during his own life." [S.P. Dom. Signet Office Letter Book 12, p. 578.]
01 Mar 1693. Whitehall. Commissions for Peter Croye, gent., to be ensign to Captain Thomas Ralegh's company in the Earl of Bath's regiment of foot [H.O. Military Entry Book 2, p. 388]; for John Stone, gentleman, to be lieutenant to Lieut.-Col. Thomas Whaley's company in the royal regiment of fusiliers commanded by Col. Edward Fitzpatrick; for Richard Hyde, esq., to be guidon and major of the second troop of Horse Guards, under the command of James, Duke of Ormond [Ibid. 2, p. 848]; for Edward Moreton, gentleman, to be lieut. to Captain Leech's troop in the regiment of horse commanded by John, Lord Berkeley [Ibid., p. 349]; and for Sir Thomas Levingstone to be major-general of all the forces [Ibid., p. 368].
01 Mar 1693. Whitehall. Appointment of Wiliam Knapton, esq., as governor of Calshot Castle in Southampton. [Ibid., p. 850.]
01 Mar 1693. Whitehall. The Earl of Nottingham to the Commissioners of the Treasury. The Earl of Derby (age 38) has represented to the King the great want of all sorts of coin in the Isle of Man, whereby the trade thereof is wholly lost, to the great prejudice of his lordship as well as the inhabitants; and the Karl designing to set up a linen manufactory there, which may be very advantageous to England, and which cannot be carried on without "such a current cash as may be sufficient to pay the workmen for their labour," has prayed that he may have leave to coin "abase metal not exceeding the value of 10,000l.," for the support of the island and of the linen manufactory, which moneys so coined should be current only in the Isle of Man. The King is willing to gratify the Earl of Derby and promote the welfare of that island, and has commanded me to acquaint you with this matter, that you may report your opinion thereon. [H.O. Letter Book (Secretary's) 2, p. 624.]
01 Mar 1693. Whitehall. Passes for Mr. John Hein, and Mr. Ephraim Walther, to go to Harwich and Holland; and for Nicholas Crosse, recommended by the vicar and churchwardens of East Greenwich, ditto. [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 36, p. 506.]
02-04 Mar 1693. Whitehall. Unsigned and unaddressed letters, as to intrigues at Amsterdam against the Prince of Orange, also as to the mediation of Sweden. [S.P. Dom. King William's Chest 14, No. 4a.]
01 Mar 1693. Whitehall. The Earl of Nottingham to the Attorney General. The Lord Commissioners of the Admiralty have presented the enclosed papers to the King, containing a complaint about pressing a man unduly, and he commands me to transmit them to you. They wish you a se the offenders. [H.O. Letter Book (Secretary's) 2, p. 625.]
02 Mar 1693. Whitehall. Proclamation for altering some of the times appointed for holding the next assizes. [S.P. Dom. Proclamations 6, p. 90.]
03 Mar 1693. Whitehall. Warrant addressed to William Knight, for the apprehension of John de Grave, for corresponding with his Majesty's enemies. [H.0. Warrant Book 6, p. 505.]
03 Mar 1693. Whitehall. Warrant to [Viscount Sydney] to cause William, Lord O'Brien to be sworn of the Privy Council of Ireland. [S.P. Dom. Signet Office Letter Book 12, p. 584.]
03 Mar 1693. Whitehall. The Earl of Nottingham to the Earl of Montagu. I understand that the cloth and brocade which the King ordered to be sent to Algiers are ready, and I desire you to have them sent to Admiral Rooke at Portsmouth, directed to Consul Baker at Algiers, who will dispose of them in such manner as the King has appointed. [1.O. Letter Book (Secretary's) 2, p. 626.]
03 Mar 1693. Whitehall. Warrant addressed to the Keeper of Newgate to set at liberty Andrew Bertin and John Sebille. [H.O. Warrant Book 6, p. 505.]
03 Mar 1693. Whitehall. Passes for Christian, William, and John, being three grooms, and six horses to go to Gravesend and Holland, recommended by Baron de Schutz, envoy from Zell; and for Jannetje Stevens, to go to Harwich and Holland [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 86, p. 506]; for ore Newman, ditto; and for John Stanley, ditto [Ibid., pao:
04 Mar 1693. Westminster. Memorial of T. Bade to the King touching the ship Juffroww Sara of Amsterdam, Cornelis Fluiter master, which sailed from the Texel under convoy of Captain vander Saan, bound for Lisbon, and was seized at Spithead by Leonard Mosier, commanding the armed sloop Le Lucrece, alias Ashby, who threw the master and crew into prison, in disregard of the treaties existing between England and Holland. [H.O. Admiralty 2, p. 623.]
04 Mar 1693. Whitehall. Address of the English House of Commons to the King touching the state of Ireland. We, the Commons, have taken into serious consideration the state of Ireland and find ourselves obliged to lay before you the great abuses and mismanagement of the affairs of that kingdom.
By exposing your protestant subjects to the misery of free quarter and the licentiousness of the soldiers, to the great oppression of the people there, which has been chiefly occasioned by the want of pay, which we hoped we had fully provided for.
By recruiting your Majesty's troops with Irish papists, and such persons who were in open rebellion against you, to the great endangering and discouragement of your Majesty's good and loyal protestant subjects in that kingdom.
By granting protection to Irish papists whereby protestants are hindered from their legal remedies and the course of law 1s stopped.
By reversing outlawries for high treason against several rebels in that kingdom (not within the Articles of Limerick) to the great discontent of your protestant subjects there.
By letting the forfeited estates at under rates, to the lessening of the revenue.
By the great embezzlements of the stores in the towns and carrisons of Ireland, left by King James; and by the great embezzlements which have been made in the forfeited estates and goods which might have been employed for the safety and better preservation of the said kingdom.
We crave leave also to represent to your Majesty that the addition made to the Articles of Limerick, after the same were finally agreed to and signed and the town thereupon surrendered, has been a very ereat encouragement to the Irish papists, and weakening to the English interest there.
Having thus laid before your Majesty these abuses and mismanagements in Ireland, we ask for redress thereof: that the soldiers may be paid their arrears and the country what is due to them for quarters, and that no Ivish papist may serve in your army there.
And forasmuch as the reducing of Ireland has been of great expense to this kingdom, we also ask that no grant may be made of the forfeited lands in Ireland till there be an opportunity of settling that matter in parliament, in such manner as shall be thought most expedient.
That a true account of the escheats and forfeited estates both real and personal, and stores left by King James, may be laid before the Commons in parliament, to the end that the said escheats, forfeitures and stores, and the embezzlements thereof, may be enquired into.
That no outlawries of any rebels in Ireland may be reversed, or pardons granted to them but by advice of parliament; and that no protection may be granted to any Irish papists to stop the course of justice.
As to the additional article which opens so wide a passage to the Irish papists to come in and repossess themselves of the estates which they had forfeited by their rebellion, we ask that the Articles of Limerick with the said addition may be laid before the Commons in parliament, and that the manner of obtaining the same may be enquired into, to the end it may appear by what means the said Articles were so enlarged, and to what value the estates thereby
04 Mar 1693. Kensington. Commissions for Henry Durel, esq., to be captain of the company whereof Stephen Piper was late captain in the Queen's regiment of foot, commanded by Col. Henry Trelawny [H.O. Military Entry Book 2, p. 884]; for Matthew Barlow, gentleman, to be ensign to Major Charles Johnson's company in the same regiment [Ibid., p. 835]; for Charles Saundersen, esq., to be major of George, Viscount Castleton's regiment of foot, and likewise to be captain of a company in the same regiment; for William Marshall, esq., to be captain of Major Barrington's company in George, Viscount Castleton's reciment of foot [Ibid., p. 841].
04 Mar 1693. Whitehall. Proceedings upon the petition of Thomas Martir, who prays for letters patent for his new invention of japanning coaches. Referred to the Attorney General. [S.P. Dom. Petition Entry Book 1, p. 454.]
04 Mar 1693. Whitehall. Proceedings upon the petition of Sir Maurice Eustace. Shows that there remains due to him, as executor to Sir Maurice Eustace, late Chancellor of Ireland, in part of the purchase of Chapelizod, near Dublin, and upon the account of the Lord Chancellor and Lord Justice of Ireland, the sum of 8,653l. He was attainted by King James, and his house in Dublin was demolished. Other like misfortunes happened to his brother, Sir John Eustace, and to his near kinsman, Sir Maurice Eustace of Castlemartin. He prays for a grant of the sum of 8,653l. out of the forfeitures of dissenters detained from their Majesty by private hands, or outof any fund other than the Exchequer. Referred to the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury. [)S.P. Dom. Petition Entry Book 1, p. 456.]
04 Mar 1693. Whitehall. Proceedings upon the petition of Eugene Alexander, Prince de la Tour and Tassis [Thurn and Taxis] andhis brother and sisters. The petitioners show that there is due to them from the Post Office of England the sum of 2,7110. 6s. 54d. by virtue of two contracts made between Daniel O'Neale, Postmaster General of England, and the petitioners' deceased father; and they pray for payment. Referred to the Commissioners of the Treasury. [Idid.]
04 Mar 1693. Whitehall. Warrant for a Privy Seal to pay or cause to be paid to George Stepney, esq. (appointed agent to the Emperor's court "and in other places in Germany"), the sum of three pounds a day for his ordinary entertainment and allowance, to commence from the 11th December last and to continue until his return. [H.O. Warrant Book 6, p. 505.]
04 Mar 1693. Whitehall. Warrant to search for and apprehend Elizabeth Lloyd, accused of dispersing treasonable pamphlets. [Ibid., p. 507.]
04 Mar 1693. Whitehall. Passes for Mrs. Marolt, Rosina Dorothea, her daughter, Mr. Powish and his wife and Christine Eingehart, to go to Harwich and Holland [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 36, p. 506]; and for James Jourdan and his wife, ditto [Ibid., p. 50].
05 Mar 1693. The Constable of Castille to Schonembergh. As to ships to be furnished by Spain to act in union with those of England and Holland, with list. Copy. [S.P. Dom. King Willtam's Chest 14, No. 5.]
06 Mar 1693. Whitehall. Caveat that nothing pass in order to the incorporating of several companies of tradesmen in the town of Lancaster, till notice be first eiven to the Mayor and Aldermen of Lancaster, or to Mr. Benjamin Fletcher, at his chambers in Symmond's Inn, or to Thomas Preston, esq., M.P., at Holker, near Lancaster, who has left a letter with Mr. Warre concerning that matter. [S.P. Dom. Entry Book 73, p. 15.]
06 Mar 1693. Whitehall. Warrant, addressed to Sir Henry Goodrick, Leutenant-general of the Ordnance, and to the rest of the principal officers of the same department, to provide experienced gunners, drawn out of several garrisons, castles, and fortifications in England, to serve abroad; the vacancies to be supplied by practitioner-gunners. [H.O. Warrant Book 6, p. 508, and H.O. Military Entry Book 2, p. 835.]
06 Mar 1693. Whitehall. Pass for Levy and Joseph Hartogh and Moses Eleazar to go to Harwich and Holland. [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 36, p. 507.]
07 Mar 1693. Whitehall. Sir Charles Hedges to [the Earl of Nottingham]. All the ships mentioned in the Elector Palatine's letter have been restored with their cargoes. I beg some further time to report as to the thirty-seven Danish ships. [H.O. Admiralty 2, p. 583.] Enclosing:—
The Elector Palatine to the King, dated at Dusseldorf 27 Jan., 1693, with regard to merchandize shipped by one Jean Claubergh Hermans on several ships taken by English prwateers. The sword-blades, constetuting part of the consignment, were made by the Spanish and Portuguese method, and could not be sold except in those two countries. [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 36, p. 589.]
07 Mar 1693. Sir Charles Hedges to [the Earl of Nottingham]. With regard to the case mentioned in Mons. Almonde's letter I find that Captain Wassanaer, having rescued a small English vessel called the Loving Friendship, took out several goods belonging to English merchants and put them on board a ship called the Greyhound, and the English owners of the goods arrested the same under warrant out of the court of Admiralty. The persons concerned being their Majesties' subjects, the case can be equally well tried here as in Zealand. [H.O. Admiralty 2, p. 627.] Enclosing:—
U. P. van Almonde to the King with regard to the ship, Golden Greyhound, taken about a year since by a French privateer, and rescued by Captain Wassenaer; on arriwing at Portsmouth she was arrested, as having had on board certain goods belonging to English subjects, transferred by Wassenaer from the French ship, which had taken them from an Linglish pink. The Golden Greyhound has since been reclaimed by the Admiralty Board of Amsterdam; and an order is requested for the release ie the said ship, with a view to a trial in Amsterdam. [Ibid., p. 631.]
07 Mar 1693. Whitehall. The Earl of Nottingham to the Lieut.-Governor of Deal Castle. In case any person shall show you a pass to cross the sea, signed by me and sealed with a seal whose coat of arms and figures shall agree with the impression here enclosed, which pass shall bear date after the 6th of the present March, I desire you will stop every such person, and send me particulars, and keep every such person in custody till you receive an answer from me to your letter. I desire you todo this, because I am informed of several passes counterfeiting my hand and seals and for preventing abuses of this kind, I have caused a new seal to be engraved which I will use on future occasions. [H.O. Letter Book (Secretary's) 2, p. 626.] Lake letters were sent to the Mayors of Harwich, Dover, Sandwich, and Rye, and on 9th March to Mr. Baron. [Ibid.]
07 Mar 1693. Kensington. Commissions for James Nicholson, esq., to be major and captain in Capt. John Tidcombe's regiment of foot [H.O. Military Entry Book 2, p. 831]; for Francis Langston, esq., to be colonel of the regiment of horse whereof Col. Charles Godfrey was late colonel and likewise to be captain of a troop in the same regiment [Jtid., p. 838]; and for John Grime, esq., to be lieutenant-colonel of the regiment of foot commanded by Col. John Tidcombe [Ibid., p. 841].
07 Mar 1693. Whitehall. Warrant addressed to Mr. James Lawrence, "clerk in their Majesties' General Letter Office," to watch the house of Smith, a bookseller in Covent Garden, and to observe all letters delivered there to be conveyed into the country or abroad; should any be found in a handwriting resembling the example sent with this waraunt oe bringing them are to be arrested. [H.O. Warrant Book 6, p. 507.]
07 Mar 1693. Whitehall. Allowance of the extraordinary expenses of John Robinson, resident at the court of Sweden, from Noy. 12th, 1692, to Feb. 12th, 1693. [Ibid., p. 508.]
07 Mar 1693. Whitehall. Passes for Mrs. Anna Smith and Anna Smith her daughter, to go to Harwich and Holland [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 86, p. 507]; for Lewis Scheppes, ditto; for Capt. de Montagnac and Peter, his servant, to go to Flanders and Holland; for Capt. de Gatines and Francis Landry, his servant, ditto; for Lieut. Henry de la Lande, ditto; for Lieut. Moses Cariez, ditto; and for Lieut. John Clavier, ditto [Ibid., p. 508]; for Suzanne Souchon and her child of nine months old, to go to Harwich and Holland; for Charles Burtel, ditto; for Thomas Henp, ditto; for William van Hof, Hendrick Nuward, John Reens, and Gerrit Ely, ditto; for Bastian van Holder, ditto [Ibid., p. 509]; for Zacharias Quirinsen, and John de Haan, ditto; for John Bruyns, ditto; for Bertran Marouze, ditto; for Charles Fregier and Isaac de Veare, ditto; for Adrian Cock and John Witt, ditto; and for Robert Schreemoer, ditto [Ibid., 510].
08 Mar 1693. Whitehall. Sir Charles Hedges to [the Earl of Nottingham]. The ship Sun of Dantzig is laden, for the most part, with naval stores, and is under as ill circumstances as any I have met with since the war. The ship Juffrow Sarah will probably be discharged to-morrow morning. [H.O. Admiralty 2, p. 618.] Enclosing:—
Memorial from the City of Dantzig to the King, dated at Dantzig, 27 Feb., 1693, on behalf of the ship Sun, of Dantzig, Bartholomew Grunewald, master, taken by Captain John Paul, commanding the English privateer Dolphin. [Ibid., p. 619.]
08 Mar 1693. Stockholm. Fabrian Wrede, H. Billingshiold, H. Flemming, Johan Hogg, Carl K. Gythensterna, P. Schack, A. Grooth, and Silverstrom, to the magistrates in Gothenburg. "His Majesty" is informed that divers of his subjects, ships and ladings sailing upon Spain, the Spanish Netherlands, France, England, Holland, and other places, are most part of them "carried up" by capers and very few released, but are first plundered, the seamen ill-treated, and detained with tedious processes and charges, and for those released no reparation is made; therefore his Majesty commands that you the "chamber college" shall publish the needful orders that all his Majesty's subjects, either here in this kingdom or in his provinces thereto depending, who have any concerns upon their own ships or upon other Swedes, or strangers that have suffered any hindrance, charges, or damages, are without delay required to send in a full and pertinent relation of all that has happened, together with a particular account of all their damages, as well with all the needful documents towards maintaining their right, after which his Majesty will study what way to procure them satisfaction and protect them, that all may see what care his Majesty takes for the welfare of his subjects; and you are to publish this to all merchant traders in your town or city, that those who may be concerned herein, without delay or hindrance of time, come in with an ample relation of what is past. In the meantime all seafaring men and owners of ships are commanded diligently to set forward their trade and navigation, being assured his Majesty will take them into protection from all oppression of an enemy, and everyone that has hitherto been ill-treated or hereafter may unexpectedly suffer damage by any caper will see them righted; but all masters and owners of ships are to take special care that their ships be furnished with due passes and verifications.
Written below:—The Swedish ships have been stopped and detained here; the Eastland Company, as well by this order as by their advices from their correspondants in Sweden, have reason to fear their ships in Sweden, laden with naval stores, may be stopped there inlikemanner. 'T'ranslation. [S.P. Ireland 858, No. 25.]
08 Mar 1693. Whitehall. Proceedings upon the petition of John Loftingh, free denizen of England and merchant of London, who prays for letters patent for his invention of making thimbles. Referred to the Attorney General. [S.P. Dom. Petition Entry Book 1, p. 457.]
08 Mar 1693. Whitehall. Commission for John Walters, gentleman, to be ensign to Captain John Campbell of Aird's company in the regiment of foot commanded by Archibald, Earl of Argyll. [H.O. Military Entry Book 2, p. 335.]
08 Mar 1693. Caveat that nothing pass relating to the Earl of Limerick's estates in Ireland, till notice be first given to Thomas Dungan, esquire, the said Earl's brother, at his lodgings in Rider Street, near St. James's. [S.P. Dom. Entry Book 78, p. 16.]
08 Mar 1693. Kensington. Warrant for grant of a writ of nolle prosequi in the case of William stcourt, gent., committed to Dover gaol for confessing he came from France since the 25th of March, 1692, and who was afterwards brought to London by habeas Corpus and was bailed by Sir William Gregory, justice of the court of King's Bench, before whom he entered into a recognizance of 2001. with four sureties each in the sum of 100l. on condition he should appear at the next assizes for the county of Kent. [H.O. Warrant Book 6, p. 511.]
08 Mar 1693. Kensington. Warrant for grant of letters patent to John Stapleton, gentleman, for his invention of a new and extraordinary engine of copper, iron, or other metal with glasses for light, and joints, contrived to enable a person in it to walk and move freely under water; and also for his invention of a machine for pumping air, and other engines. [Ibid., p. 512.]
08 Mar 1693. Passes for Gerard Cupers, Edward Newell, and Charles Bon, three grooms, with six horses, to go to Harwich and Holland [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 36, p. 509]; for Peter Vander Baer, ditto; for Isaac Elias Zeaman, ditto; for Mr. John Lecan and Matthew Lowin, ditto; and for Maria Haack, with her son, 14 years old, ditto [Ibid., p.. 511].
08 Mar 1693. Whitehall. C. Laty to King James II. Believing that peace-makers are blessed, I have informed Lord Melfort what were the objections against him, without letting him know who made them, and have commended to him those not "well with him" when I knew they deserved commendation; yet I am in hazard of being undermined unless "James the first" supports me. Asks for money. It is not possible for me to retrench more, having done away with my saddlehorses, and coach and the horses for it, and three servants, for though I spare no expense that is for your service, I deny myself and family many things. Yesterday, by an "artful" vote, the House of Lords will force the Prince of Orange to let us know what he will do about the Triennial Bill. The Irish business has exposed him sufficiently. [S.P. Dom. William and Mary 5, No. 7.]
08 Mar 1693. C. Laty to "Mrs. Nurse." My other way of sending letters being stopped, I am forced to make use of this conveyance, which, I hope, will safely bring my lines and the enclosed to wait upon your ladyship. This month began very boisterously in both Houses, and yesterday the lords made an artful vote that will let us know within very few days whether the Triennial Bill will be passed or no. Things go infinitely beyond my expectation, though sometimes they grow flat again. This Irish business has made much noise. [Ibid., No. 8.]
09 Mar 1693. Whitehall. The Earl of Nottingham to Mr. Hoste and Mr. Durgate. I cannot send you any directions concerning the persons, mentioned in your letter of the 6th inst., till you shall let me know whether they are Englishmen or foreigners; for if they are their Majesties' subjects they must be proceeded against as traitors, for serving on board an enemy's ship, and if they are Frenchmen they must be treated as prisoners of war. [H.O. Letter Book (Secretary's) 2, p. 627.]
09 Mar 1693. Whitehall. Proclamation stating that his Majesty has caused a new seal to be made, to avoid the deception of the mayors, sheriffs, and other persons, the former seal and hand of Daniel, Earl of Nottingham, having been counterfeited and forged on several passes and warrants, whereby the peace of the country may be disturbed and great danger ensue to royal personages. And whosoever shall discover any person who has been guilty of making or forging the said counterfeit warrants or passes or of dispersing or using the same shall receive the reward of 5001. Printed. [S.P. Dom. Proclamations 6, p. 91.]
09 Mar 1693. Whitehall. Proceedings upon the petition of Roger Parncott, who, like his father, has been a great sufferer for loyalty to Charles I. The petitioner, on account of his great age and loss of sight, prays for an almsman's place in Christ Church Hospital, at Oxford. Granted on the next vacancy. [S.P. Dom. Petition Entry Book 1, p. 457.]
09 Mar 1693. Whitehall. Warrant addressed to Richard Poyke, for the apprehension of -Jones, alias Simpson, suspected of high treason. [H.O. Warrant Book 6, p. 518.]
09 Mar 1693. Whitehall. Passes for Catherine Clarke to go to Harwich and Holland [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 86, p. 511]; and for Mr. Thomas Hale and Richard Morgan, his servant, to go to Holland or Flanders [Ibid., p. 512].
10 Mar 1693. Whitehall. Commissions for Mark Cazelet, esq., to be captain of the company whereof Captain John Arundel was late captain, in John, Earl of Bath's regiment of foot [H.O. Military Entry Book 2, p. 387]; for Isaac Knight, esq., to be captain of the company whereof Captain Vincent Grantham was late captain, in George, Viscount Castleton's regiment of foot; for Thomas Bedford, esq., to be captain-leutenant to the company in the same regiment whereof he himself 1s captain [Ibid., p. 841]; for Middlemore, gentleman, to be Leutenant of Captain Richard Beaumont's company in the same regiment; and for John Whitehalfe, gentleman, to be ensign to Captain Richard Beaumont, in the same regiment [Ibid., p. 842].
10 Mar 1693. Whitehall. Proceedings upon the petition of William Adderley, esq. Shows that in a wood called Bearwood, upon the waste of his manor of Eivendens, in Berkshire, within the forest of Windsor, there are 600 acres of wood of 50 years' growth. Prays, under the statute 22 Edward IV., cap. 7, for a licence to fell the said wood. Referred to the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury. [S.P. Dom. Petition Entry Book 1, p. 458.]
10 Mar 1693. Whitehall. Passes and post warrant for Peter Newlin, the messenger, to go to Torbay [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 36, p. 511]; for Don Joachim de Fuenmayor, and Don Sebastian de Quincozes, with three domestic servants, to go to Falmouth and the Groyne; for Thomas, Earl of Sussex, to send a horse out of England to his daughter in France [Ibid., p. 512]; for Mr. Culpeper Tanner to go to Harwich and Holland; and for Moses Isaacx, ditto [Ibid., p. 513].
11 Mar 1693. Whitehall. Passes for John Friedrich Multzam and John Richter to go to Harwich and Holland; for Mr. Henry Cockaine, and Thomas Marsh, his servant, ditto; for Claudy Serboo, and Roos Mariens, ditto; for Vazinew Vazill, and Stephen Spilchiefky to go to Gravesend and Denmark [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 36, p. 513]; for Isaac Jacobsen and Joseph Pereira, with his two children, to go to Harwich and Holland; and for Ashe Windham, esq., Patrick St. Clair and Thomas Stenenough, ditto [Ibid., p. 514].
11 Mar 1693. Caveat that nothing pass concerning a patent for the Royal Oak Lottery till notice be first given to Mr. Henry Acourt or Mr. William Allam, assignee of Mr. William Deane, the present patentees, at the Lotteries' Office in Fleet [Street], or to Mr. Dodd, attorney, under the King's Bench Office in the Inner Temple. [S.P. Dom. Entry Book 73, p. 16.]
12 Mar 1693. Whitehall. The Earl of Nottingham to the Commissioners of the Great Seal. The King commands me to order you to put Mr. William Braddon out of the commission of the peace for the county of Cornwall. [H.O. Letter Book (Secretary's) 2, p. 627.]
13 Mar 1693. Whitehall. Warrant addressed to the Attorney or Solicitor General, reciting that Waterford was surrendered on the 24th of July, 1690, upon certain articles, the third of which was to the effect that the Roman Catholics of that place should not be molested in their properties; and directing, upon the petition of the Roman Catholics of Waterford, a ratification and confirmation of the said third article under the Great Seal. [S.P. Ireland King's Letter Book 1, p. 851.]
13 Mar 1693. Whitehall. Commissions for Benjamin Grimaudet, gentleman, to be ensign to Capt. Bradshaw's company in Col. John Tidcombe's regiment of foot; for Mark Hildesley, gent., to be ensign to Lieut.-Col. Hammond Rook in the Queen's regiment of foot, commanded by Col. Henry Trelawny [H.O. Military Entry Book 2, p. 387]; for Elizeus Burges, esq., to be brigadier and eldest lieutenant of the second troop of horse guards, whereof the Duke of Ormond is captain and colonel; for Dejuge, gentleman, to be adjutant to Col. Francis du Cambon's regiment of foot [Ibid., p. 888]; and for James Buttler, esq., to be exempt and eldest captain of the second troop of horse guards, whereof James Duke of Ormond is captain and colonel [Ibid., p. 843].
13 Mar 1693. Whitehall. Warrant for the denization of the following French Protestants:— Peter Laloue, clerk, Isaac Odry, clerk, Peter Hamelot, clerk, Abel Ligonier, clerk, John Gohier, clerk, James Gohier, Peter Ducros, John Buschman, John Beckman, Lucas Yosnony, John Wesell, Henry Sperling, William Barlemeyer, John Gaspard Meyer, Hugh Marmion, Michael Garnaut, Peter Garnaut, Lewis Pointou, Stephen Toulouse, Peter de l''Isle, John Braguier, Henry Justel, Peter Daniel and Peter his son, Peter St. Julien de Malecare, Peter and Lewis his children, David Sabatier, Peter John Daves, Peter Verdetty and Theodore his son, Samuel Mar, John Luquet, Peter Brochard and Mary his wife, James Davy and Dorothea his wife. John Richer. Anthony le Mercier, Peter Angel, ,John Theron. Peter John David, Francis Grimpret, Michael de Neuville, Daniel Helot, Gabriel Cosson, Abraham Desmarets, John Treville, Isaac Sausselle, Peter de la Touche, Martha his wife, and Peter, James and Mark their children, John Mariette, John Rapillart, Isaac Cousin, Henry Baignoux, John Robethon, Abraham Kemp, Daniel Duchemin, Philipe Bouquet, John Alexander Faure, David Lardeau, Jane his wife, and David and Anna their children, Stephen Thibaut and Lsther his wife, Peter Pashtureau and Jane his wife, John Labbe and Elizabeth his wife, Samuel Binaud, Stephen Rouleau and Mary his wife, Francis Basset, Mary Magdalen his wife, and Suzanna Magdalen and Susanna their daughters, James Mani, John Mani, John Pages, Benjamin Godfroy, Andrew Jolin, Claude Fonnereau, John le Sage, Daniel Audait, John Anthony Roche, Henry Roche, Richard Moyne, John Tadourneau, Susanna Basset, Christian Bauer, Nicholas de Wael, Peter Roux, John Chadaigne, Henry Jourdan, Adrian Brievinck, William Beste, John Valleau, Vincent de Laimerie, John Audebert, Elizabeth his wife, and John, Philip and Moses, their children, Daniel Fougherson and John, his son, Peter la Brosse, Andrew Denis, Samuel de Rosseau, Gerard Bovey, Nicholas Wilkens, Cornelius Van Deure, Peter Brun, John Dubrois, Abraham Dupont, David Knigge, William Moyon, Isaiah Valleau, Nicholas Fallet, Thomas Fallet, George Nicholas Dobertin, Austin Borneman, Abraham 'T'exier, Nicholas Moyne, John Papin, Daniel Marchezather de Belleveue, Matthew Chottard, and Paul and Gabriel his children. Josias Caillon, and Josias , and John his children, James Thomeur, John Thomeur, Peter Thomeur Duport, Elias Arnaud, and John and Elias his children, Jeremiah Marion, Ambroses Godfrey Hantkwitz, Jacob Giles Zinck, John Motteux, John Anthony, and Timothy, Peter, Judith, Catherina, and Martha Mary his children, Isaac Charier, Peter Chabot, Denis Cavallier, Peter Maurice, Daniel Cadroy, Moses Jaqueau, Mary Ann Pryor, Peter Fermend, David de la Maziere, Esther Sandham and , Isaac de la Haye. [H.O. Warrant Book 6, p. 516.]
13 Mar 1693. Whitehall. Passes for Andrew Depp to go to Harwich and Holland; and for Michael Bird, ditto. [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 36, p. 514.]
14 Mar 1693. Whitehall. The Earl of Nottingham to the Lord Lieutenant. I have told the King what you have written to me about the major of Colonel Kchlin's regiment and Colonel Long, and his Majesty is well satisfied with your reasons for promoting the major and making Colonel Long major of that regiment in his place. [S.P. Ireland King's Letter Book 1, p. 450.]
14 Mar 1693. Whitehall. The same to the Commissioners of the Admiralty. Mr. Parker, consul at Corunna, has been put to much expense in taking care of such seamen, being their Majestie's subjects, as are put on shore at that place or thereabouts, and it is likely that he will be obliged, at several times during the war, to be at expenses on the same account. I therefore desire you will give order how such seamen shall be disposed of, and also that you will reimburse him his expenses. [H.O. Letter Book (Secretary's) 2, p. 627.]
14 Mar 1693. Whitehall. Proceedings upon the petition of Alice Cezar, widow, Peter Salmon, and Duling Salmon. Shows that Richard Levison, esq., being seized in fee of the manor of Westcourt in the parishes of Gillingham and Chatham, in Kent, did, by indenture dated 12 January, 21 James I., demise unto Peter Buck of Chatham, gentleman, three parcels of land, containing 9 acres, part of the manor of Westcourt, at a certain rent, for 81 years. Shortly after, John Durling, the petitioner Salmon's grandfather, purchased the said manor and premises of the said Richard Levison, and he and his heirs received the rent during Buck's lease. King James I. erected a great part of the docks and storehouses now belonging to the navy at Chatham upon the premises demised to Buck, and a survey was procured and the said ground set out and bounded from that in the King's possession, by stones which have stood till within eight years. In October, 1640, Duling died, and by his will bequeathed the said manor and premises to his daughter (petitioners' mother) and her heirs, who mortgaged the same to George Bowes, esq., who assigned the same to Augustine Cezar, esq. 'The lease to Buck is expired, and the lands are in the Crown's hands. Oliver Cromwell caused a survey of the said docks and buildings to be taken, and made a contract with the petitioner for 2,600l. for the same; but on account of his death the contract was not performed. King Charles Il. caused the said survey to be again examined by Commissioner (?) Pett, who found the dimensions as before, but Pett being removed there have been no further proceedings in the matter. The petitioner, Alice Cezar, is entitled to the mortgage by the last will of the said Augustin Cezar, deceased. The petitioners pray that their right and title to the premises may be examined. Referred to the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. [S.P. Dom. Petition Entry Book 1, p. 489.]
14 Mar 1693. Whitehall. Allowance of extraordinary expenses of George Stepney, esq., their Majesties' secretary with the Hlector of Brandenburg, from the 8rd of July to the 14th of Dec., 1692, when he left Berlin for Vienna. [H.O. Warrant Book 6, p. 514.]
14 Mar 1693. Whitehall. Allowance of the expenses of Charles, Lord Dursley, envoy extraordinary to the States General of the United Provinces and plenipotentiary at the Congress, from the 6th of Dec., 1692, to the 6th of March following. [Ibid., p. 515.]
14 Mar 1693. Whitehall. Warrant addressed to Dr. William Oldys and Samuel Franklin, esq., to stop the prosecution of the ship George, of Belfast, John Sinklear, master. The said vessel was impressed into the King's service for transporting the Irish prisoners, after the surrender of Limerick, into France, and was eventually taken by Capt. Dilkes, commander of the King's ship Adventure, brought to Plymouth and condemned as prize in the Court of Admiralty, for carrying goods from France. [Ibid., p. 518.]
14 Mar 1693. Whitehall. Passes for Captain de Solms, Mr. van Hunefeldt, John Meyer, Manfredo Herlitz, Nicholas Feltrap, Nicholas Chris, and Christian Smidt, to go to Harwich and Holland [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 36, p. 515]; for Brigadier Lumley, with John Mortaine, William Ingfeild, George Morlone, and Joseph Booth, his servants, ditto; and for Colonel John Tidecombe, and Mr. William Hart, with Thomas Hall, John Vandest, and for John Wilson, their servants, ditto [Ibid., p. 516].
15 Mar 1693. Whitehall. Warrant to [Viscount Sydney] to make a grant to George Philips, esquire, (in consideration of his services and his losses sustained in Ireland), of his estate in co. Londonderry, formerly mortgaged to Joseph Dean and John Stepney, who are indebted to the Crown in divers ereat sums of money, though no estate belonging to either of them has hitherto been discovered upon which the said debt might be charged; and to cause the said Dean and Stepney to be discharged of so much of their debt as shall be due to them in virtue of the said mortgage. [S.P. Dom. Signet Office Letter Book 12, p. 584.]
15 Mar 1693. Whitehall. Warrant to [the same] to give directions for the arrears of licences to be set off upon the score of the army bills to December 1691. [Ibid., p. 586.]
15 Mar 1693. Whitehall. Warrant to [the same] to grant to James Roche, his heirs and assigns for ever, (in compensation for his services in hazarding his life by long lying in the water, and the wounds he received from the enemy when he was sent by Major-General Kirke into Londonderry to give notice of the intended relief), of the ferries in Ireland remaining in the Crown's disposal. These do not amount to above 80l. a year beyond the Crown rents, because since the lease of 21 November, 12 Charles II. to Alexander Shinton, afterwards granted to the Duke of Monmouth, bridges have been built at Portumna and other places, and the ferries of Waterford and Wexford are in ea of persons pretending ancient rights thereto. [Ibid., p. 587.
15 Mar 1693. Whitehall. Warrant to [the same] to close the accounts of the regiments that served in Ireland, and are now in England and Flanders, according to the allowances herein specified; with directions as to the payment of the debts due from the army to the country, divided into five several classes. "Several regiments were clothed by us, and we do therefore allow all cost of carriage of such clothes and accoutrements, and to the regiments who received surtout coats by order of the 88 Duke of Schomberg, we allow the said coats free." [Ibid., p. 588.]
15 Mar 1693. Whitehall. Warrant for grant of letters patent to John Bushnell for his invention of a mathematical machine for draining mines and meres, and raising ships sunk at sea. [H.O. Warrant Book 6, p. 519.]
15 Mar 1693. Whitehall. Warrant for the reprieve of John Parr—who at the assizes at Reading was sentenced to death for robbery—till the 5th of April next. [Ibid.]
15 Mar 1693. Whitehall. Passes for Daniel Ferret to go to Harwich and Holland [$.P. Dom. Warrant Book 36, p. 514]; for Erich Sasse, ditto; for Lieut. Scrimshire and Cornet Fox, ditto; for Don John Francisco de Madrano, ditto; and for Andrew Thomassen, ditto [Ibid., p. 516]; for Mr. William Trappes, and Thomas Smith, his servant, ditto; for Captain Thomas Musgrave, Sergeant Worrell, and Theo. Treaherren, a servant, ditto; for John Gerd Weitzena, J oseph Mennick, John Gise, Frederick Dorinck, Anthony Rotkircken, and Christian Just, ditto; for Israel Tempest, Nathan Levi, Mark Solomons and Abraham Isaacx, ditto; and for Jacob Israels, Moses Israels, his wife and 3 children, ditto [Ibid., p. 517]; for Mr. Andrew Lombard, a French minister, ditto; for John Fabry, ditto; for Lewis Charon, ditto [Ibid., p.518]; and for Capt. Dauteuil, ditto [Ibid., p. 519).
16 Mar 1693. Certificate by Richard Crawley, notary public, that notwithstanding all that is testified in a pass dated 16 August, 1692, by the College of Commerce respecting the ship Virgo, or Junyfer Elizabeth it appears by the master's deposition upon oath that none of the persons certified to be owners of the said ship, have any part in her, but that from the time of her building she has belonged to Hamburgers and merchants of Cadiz, and not to any subject of Sweden. [H.O. Admiralty 2, p. 271.]
16 Mar 1693. Whitehall. Warrant to [ ViscountSydney] to appointJohn Hartstonge, D.D., to the bishopric of Ossory, vacant by the death of Dr. Thomas Otway. [S.P. Dom. Signet Office Letter Book 12, p. 592.]
16 Mar 1693. Whitehall. Warrant to [Viscount Sydney] to discharge Elisha Gale, master of the Crown pink of Whitehaven, from any prosecution, under the circumstances set forth in his petition, viz., that he was captured by Captain William Carr, commanding the Deptford frigate, whilst on his return from France, whither he had carried some of the prisoners of war who, by the capitulation of Limerick; were to be transported to that kingdom. [Ibid., p. 598.]
16 Mar 1693. Whitehall. Warrant to Sir Henry Goodrick, knight, to deliver, out of the ordnance, cannons, powder, etc., to Richard, Earl of Scarborough, for the defence of Sunderland, Hartlepool, and Tesemouth (sic) in the county palatine of Durham. [H.O. Military Entry Book 2, p. 846.]
16 Mar 1693. Whitehall. The Earl of Nottingham to Sir John Houblon. I desire you will be at my office to-morrow. afternoon, at four o'clock precisely, and that you will bring on with you a merchant of the Hast India Company; a committee of the Council being appointed to meet here about the affairs of that company. [H.O. Letter Book (Secretary's) 2, p. 628.]
16 Mar 1693. Whitehall. The same to the Governor of the East India Company. The committee of Council will meet at my office to-morrow at four o'clock in the afternoon and from them I desire that you and the Deputy Governor will attend here precisely at that time. [Ibid.]
16 Mar 1693. Whitehall. The same to the Mayor of Dover. I understand that someone named Captain Cook was yesterday at Dover and is trying to get abroad upon pretence that he has a pass signed by the King to go to Flanders. I therefore think it necessary to acquaint you that no pass has been granted to any person of that name out of my office, and therefore, if he is still at Dover, you must secure him, or do your best to have him secured, that his pretences may be examined. [H.O. Letter Book (Secretary' s) 2, p.629.]
16 Mar 1693. Whitehall. Proclamation offering pardon and a reward of 500l. to anyone who will confess to making and using fraudulent passes, and who will discover his or her accomplices. [S.P. Dom. Proclamations 6, p. 92.]
16 Mar 1693. Whitehall. Warrant for Peter Chasseloup, French sea officer and refugee, who volunteered in the Navy in 1691 and 1692, to have a continuance of the annual pension of 120l. until some other provision be made for him. [H.O. Warrant Book 6, p. 521.]
16 Mar 1693. Whitehall. Warrant addressed to Henry Allen to search for and apprehend Major Morgan Price, Captain Valentine Browne and Captain Thomas Shirley on suspicion of high treason. [Ibid., p. 546.]
16 Mar 1693. Whitehall. Passes for Cornelis Johnson and Anne, his wife, to go to Harwich and Holland; for Ensign Charles Vygh, ditto [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 36, p. 518]; for Capt. James 8t. Pierre and Joel Gashe, his servant, ditto; for Mrs. Collingwood, Cornelius Stamp and Anna Hart, ditto; for Gerrit Burns and Mary, his wife, ditto; for Captain Peter Mongy, and for John Christian Dreyeigen, ditto [Ibid., p.519]; and the King's pass, in Latin, for Andreas Benites, envoy extraordinary from the Elector of Bavaria, ditto [Ibid., p. 520].
17 Mar 1693. Council Chamber, Dublin. The Lord Lieutenant and Council of Ireland to the Earl of Nottingham. We have had frequent applications made to this board from several persons who have taken leases from the Commissioners of their Majesties' revenue of the forfeited lands, for abatement of their rents by reason that some could not get possession or enjoy a ereat part of the lands demised; others were plundered and the stock and substance of their undertenants taken away by the rapparees and sometimes by their Majesties' own forces, so that they could make none, or very little advantage of their farms.
We are also much troubled by those who were indebted to King James to allow them by discount so much as King James was indebted to them; as for instance, one in particular, a brewer, is indebted to King James for excise, and at that time he had to furnish the hospital at Kilmainham with beer, so that there remains due to him a considerable sum for that service. There is also another case which is frequently before us, and that is the case of the protestants whose estates were seized by King James; the Commissioners of the Revenue require from these men the quit-rents and crown rent for 1688. It seems to be very hard that they should be pressed to pay the rent due to that King for the year when he had the greatest part of the profits of the estates from all the tenants who were in arrears. In all these particulars we desire the King's directions, and if he condescends to give relief, which we conceive reasonable, therein we require your lordships to lay it before his Majesty that a commission under the Great Seal either of England or this kingdom may be granted with instructions, for the purpose aforesaid, either to the Lord Lieutenant and Council or to such of the Council as his Majesty shall think fit, and that they be empowered to give such relief in all these and the like cases as shall seem reasonable. The like method that we now offer was used in the time of the Earl of Essex for reducing the quit-rents of such lands as were not altogether "improfitable" but yet charged with too high quit-rents by which means the quit-rent was reduced to the general satisfaction of the kingdom. Seal ofarms. [S.P. Ireland 355, No. 26.]
17 Mar 1693. Dublin. Viscount Sydney to the Earl of Nottingham. The proceedings of the parliament in England have made some of our members here "very insolent," which I ought to let you know, that I may have instructions "how to proceed with these gentlemen." I am afraid if matters stand as they are represented to us out of England we shall have very ill sessions. They say they have gained the point because there is no mention made of the vote of the sole right in the address that was presented to the King. It is too late to give any advice in this matter because I suppose parliament is now at an end; but if the King is resolved that this parliament shall sit in April, it will be necessary for him to give his orders at the opening as to whether any notice shall be taken of the votes of the last sessions, touching their claim of the sole right to have money bills begun in the House of Commons, what is to be done with them if they attack the Lord Chancellor, the Speaker, or any others that have appeared in his Majesty's interest, what bills should be presented to them, how to proceed if they receive them, and what to do if they reject them.
I send you a memorial that was presented to me by the officers of the army, concerning an office that was erected in favour of Capt. Fitz Gerald, who does not deserve it, and as it is a grievance to the soldiers who "deserve very well," I propose that his Majesty will put an end to this office.
I have also sent you a proposal about the government of Sligo and Carrickfergus; concerning Sligo Iam sure what is proposed is for the good of the service, for there is now nobody in the "country." Lord Kingston has given up his commission and it is necessary to have a man of quality in that "country" to suppress the rapparees, and no one is to be found, unless some advantage can be got out of it. [Ibid., No. 27.] Enclosing:—
The King, thinking Sligo a place considerable enough to put a garrison there, the Lord Lieutenant has constituted Lord Blany governor thereof and of the whole county of Sligo; but as Lord Blany cannot reside there, it is necessary to put a deputy governor there, a good officer whose loyalty is well known. The Lord Lieutenant thought of Mons. de la Faucille, who was appointed to be major of Callimot's regiment, but was wounded at the Boyne and rendered incapable of serving; he is known to the King. His Majesty will not allow a double pay of governor, so Lord Blany shall have the allowance of governor and Mons. de la Faucille the pay of town major, and sia shillings besides, which will be added to his pay by the means proposed at the end of this memorial.
Carrickfergus is of no less importance than all the other places of Ireland; not only by reason of its "neigbourhood" to Scotland, but also because it is necessary to have some fit place in that part of Ulster where there may be a garrison and magazines of war. There can be no other reason given why the King did not order that place to be set down upon the establishment as one where there should be a governor, but the avoiding of expense. The King may give the governor's place to Lord Donegal without any allowance, and put Mons. de la Saigne there as deputy governor (the latter commanded at Drogheda, and is now without any employment) and take ten shillings for his pay, and six shillings for Mons. de la Faucille, out of the money designed for the payment of the French officers made incapable of serving. There are six of those places void, amounting to sixteen shillings and threepence a day; therefore the King will keep two very necessary places without any expense, for this money will be still made use of for the end it was designed, which is the maintaining of the French officers not fit for service by reason of their age and wounds, and his Majesty will put two "very honest gentlemen" in away to do him service and to make themselves a name.
The names of those whose pensions are vacant are, Mons. de Goulaine, to whom the King has given a captain's place nm Galway's regiment; Beawean has left his pension; De lV Atmery, married in London, where he has enough to live won; Renold has left his pension; Dangilbaut is dead; Londés has gone into France. [S.P. Ireland 355, No. 271.]
17 Mar 1693. Kensington. Commissions for Philip Parsons, esq., to be captain of an independent company of foot, to be forthwith raised and employed in Hudson's Bay for the defence of the same, and to observe and follow ° such orders as shall from time to time be received from the Governor and Company of Hudson's Bay; and for Samuel Adams, gentleman, to be lieutenant of the same company. [H.O. Military Hntry Book 2, p. 342.]
17 Mar 1693. Whitehall. The Earl of Nottingham to Sir John Williamson. I desire you will deliver to Mr. Warre the papers mentioned in the enclosed list, there being occasion for them for their Majesties' service in Ireland; they shall be restored to you again in a few days. [H.O. Letter Book (Secretary's) 2, p. 629.]
17 Mar 1693. Whitehall. Proceedings upon the petition of Dame Anne Paul, wife of Sir John Paul, late resident from King Charles I. atthe court of Denmark, for payment of the debt contracted by her husband whilst at that court. Referred to the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury. [S.P. Dom. Petition Entry Book 1, p. 460.] ,
17 Mar 1693. Whitehall. Warrant for a grant of letters patent to Richard Povey, William Dockwra, Thomas Puckle, and Augustin Harris, for their invention "of a peculiar art of making moulds of iron and other metals." [H.O. Warrant Book 6, p. 520.]
17 Mar 1693. Whitehall. Passes for John Christopher Fabricius to go to Harwich and Holland [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 36, p. 519]; and for Mons. de Grammar, ditto [bid., p. 520].
18 Mar 1693. Whitehall. The Navy Board to the Lords of the Admiralty. We conceive that by putting the men employed in this summer's service to short allowance, a considerable charge will be saved to their Majesties, several species of victual being now so dear; the expense in victualling ships will be lessened, and the pretences of coming in to revictual will be obviated, if the Victualling Commissioners deliver their whole proportions on board, and the commanders see them duly taken in, and not left behind, as we hear has been too often practised of late.
We cannot find any precedent in the books of this office, since the restoration, for putting the Channel fleet to short allowance on their first setting out in war time, nor have we ever heard of such a thing being done, or of the Channel fleet being on short allowance as a whole. In some foreign voyages, particularly to the W: Indies, there is a necessity for it, and the seamen provide themselves accordingly at their going forth. In case this be done, it will be absolutely necessary for some of the Victualling Commissioners, or their agents, to accompany the fleet with money to pay them monthly as proposed.
It is a question whether the butter and cheese put on board will last good so long as will be necessary under the method of lengthening the victualling. [H.O. Admiralty 6, No. 2.]
18 Mar 1693. Whitehall. Warrantto [Viscount Sydney] to appoint William, Earl of Inchiquin, governor of the town of Kinsale, and of the fort near that place, in the room of John, Viscount Fitzharding, at a fee of 20s. per day. [S.P. Dom. Signet Office Letter Book 12, p. 591.]
18 Mar 1693. Whitehall. The Earl of Nottingham to the Lord Lieutenant. The King has considered your letters concerning the parliament of Ireland, and commands me to tell you to prorogue it for six weeks or two months. The King's present intentions are that it should not sit till about September, unless some unforeseen accident should alter this resolution. In the meantime, the bills which you have transmitted will be considered, and his Majesty has ordered that as soon as the judges shall come from their circuits, they shall meet and consider the claims of the House of Commons relating to money bills; for though the judges of Ireland have made the matter plain, yet the opinion of the judges here will strengthen and add weight to it, 'and if can be resolved what measures should be taken in the money bills to be passed when parliament sits. The King is dissatisfied with the proceedings of the City of Londonderry in choosing such a mayor as your Excellency represents; but with this case there can be no other directions but such as the law gives, which the King would have pursued.
It will be scarcely practicable to keep the two newly-raised Scotch regiments here, because they are to have the same pay as those of Ireland, and any regiments from hence will not be so well contented with it, but you are to dispose of those two Scotch regiments in quarters as may best prevent the inconvenience which you apprehend. [S.P. Ireland King's Letter Book 1, p. 452.];
18 Mar 1693. Whitehall. The same to the same. The House of Lords has lately made an address to the King representing several abuses in the management of the affairs of Ireland, and his Majesty has commanded me to send you the enclosed extract with the following directions upon them.
That you require an account from the Commissioners of Enquiry of the several matters contained in the three first articles and transmit the same to his Majesty.
That you enquire into the abuses complained of in the fourth article.
That you send an account of what ground there is for the complaint in the sixth article, and take care that nothing of that nature be done for the future.
As to what is mentioned in the seventh artcile about the the Lord Mayor of Dublin, the practice being founded upon the construction of an Act of Parliament, the King wishes you to be very "tender" in executing it in future.
The King commands you to enquire the reason Sweetman was not prosecuted, or what was done against him. He is mentioned in the eighth article.
The House of Commons has likewise made an address in which is the following article:—By recruiting your troops with Irish papists and such persons, who were in open rebellion against you, to the great endangering and discouraging of the good and loyal protestant subjects in that kingdom.;
His Majesty wishes you to inquire into it and direct the order against this abuse to be duly executed.
And the King wishes you to transmit an account of these matters as soon as possible.
I enclose you, by his Majesty's commands, a letter from Bristol to a "Parliament man" that you may inquire into the grounds of the complaint in it and prosecute it as it deserves. Note. The enclosed letter was from Richard Dent and directed to John Dutton Colt, esq., a member of the House of Commons, London, dated Bristol, March 8, 1692-8. [S.P. Ireland King's Letter Book 1, p. 451.]
18 Mar 1693. Kensington. Commissions for William Helmsley, gent., to be ensign to Captain Hamilton in John, Lord Cutts', regiment of foot [H.O. Military Lintry Book 2, p. 389]; for James Haskett, esq., to be town major of the town and garrison of Portsmouth and of the forts and fortifications thereunto belonging [Ibid., p. 3840]; for Richard Goddard, gent., to be Leutenant of Captain Edward Croft's company, in Colonel Henry Trelawny's regiment of foot [Ibid., p. 347]; and for Thomas Frazer, clerk, to be chaplain to the regiment of Scots' foot guards, commanded by Brigadier George Ramzey [Ibid., p. 842].
18 Mar 1693. Kensington. Appointment of Charles, Earl of Carlisle, as governor of the town and castle of Carlisle and of the forts and fortifications there. [Ibid., p. 340.]
18 Mar 1693. Whitehall. The Earl of Nottingham to the Commissioners of the Treasury. The King commands me to acquaint you that he has thought fit to continue Mr. Molesworth's allowance, granted to him as envoy extraordinary to the King of Denmark, until the present Saturday on which day the privy seal in that behalf shall cease and determine. [H.O. Letter Book (Secretary's) 2, p. 680.]
18 Mar 1693. Whitehall. The same to Mr. Blathwait. The King intends to have an encampment of his forces here, and wishes you to prepare a list of such regiments as will be most proper to be so disposed. [Ibid.]
18 Mar 1693. Whitehall. Warrant for Lewis Fountaine and Peter le Fevre, two French prisoners, to be delivered to the Commissioners for the Exchange of Prisoners of War. [H.O. Warrant Book 6, p. 521.]
18 Mar 1693. Kensington. Warrant for a grant of letters patent to John Loftingh for his invention of an instrument or engine for making thimbles "for men, women and children," in England, thus saving the heavy importation duty of these articles from Germany and other parts abroad. [H.O. Warrant Book 6, p. 522.]
18 Mar 1693. Whitehall. Allowance to the executors of the late William Harbord, esq., of the expenses of the said William Harbord, their Majesties' ambassador extraordinary to the Ottoman Porte, from the 10th Noyv., 1692-3. [Ibid., p. 523.]
18 Mar 1693. Kensington. Warrant addressed to William Oldys and Samuel Franklin to withdraw the proceedings made in the Court of Admiralty against the ship Crown of Whitehaven, commanded by Elisha Gale. [Ibid., p. 524.]
18 Mar 1693. Whitehall. Passes for Anne Parent, Catherine le Coq, Noe Bets, and John Coq, twosmall children, and Picronne Marouse, with three children, viz.: Giles, Mary and Thomas, to go to Harwich and Holland [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 36, p. 520]; and for Mr. Robert Foreman, ditto [Ibid. 87, p. 1].
19 Mar 1693. Whitehall. Pass for Jacob Israels, Moses Israels, his wife, two children, and one servant, to go to Harwich and Holland. [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 387, p. 1.]
20 Mar 1693. Whitehall. The Earl of Nottingham to Sir Charles Hedges. I desire you will let me know, as soon as you can, whether the lead mentioned in the enclosed memorials was condemned to the King or to a privateer; and if to a privateer, what the King can do in the matter to comply with what is desired in the Elector of Brunswick's name. [H.O. Letter Book (Secretary's) 2, p. 680.]
20 Mar 1693. Whitehall. The same to the Commissioners of the Treasury. The House of Lords has, in a late address to the King, represented that the usual and ancient methods of the Exchequer have not been of late observed in Ireland; his Majesty would therefore have you forthwith cause this matter to be enquired into and an account returned to him. The House of Commons has by an address, amongst other things relating to Ireland, desired that a true account of the escheats and forfeited estates, both real and personal, and stores left by the late King James in that kingdom, may be laid before the Commons in parliament; his Majesty would have you give order that an account of those matters be prepared. [Ibid., p. 681.]
20 Mar 1693. Whitehall. The same to the Governor of Sheerness. Several of the foreign merchant ships mentioned in my letter to you of the 27th Dec. last have been released; the King commands me to acquaint you that he would have you permit all such ships to sail. [Ibid.]
20 Mar 1693. Whitehall. The same to the Commissioners of the Treasury. The King has been moved in behalf of Elizabeth Sproston, of Limerick, widow; and in consideration of her sufferings and of her deplorable condition is pleased to bestow upon her the sum of fifty pounds and has commanded me to tell you of it, that you may give order for the immediate payment of the said sum. [Ibid., p. 632.]
The same to the same. The King commands me to acquaint you that he would have you give order for paying the bearer, Mr. Heydegger, the sum of 100l. [H.O. Letter Book (Secretary's) 2, p. 633.]
20 Mar 1693. Whitehall. Proceedings upon the petition of George Booth, esq. Shows that the manor of West Ham in Essex is part of the Queen-Dowager's jointure, and that he has performed several eminent services to his Majesty; he therefore prays for a "concurrent" lease of 99 years to commence from the death of the Queen-Dowager. Referred to the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury. [S.P. Dom. Petition Entry Book 1, p. 460.]
20 Mar 1693. Whitehall and Kensington. Passes for Mrs. Freeman ("her husband belonged to the Robes") to go to Harwich and Holland; the King's pass in Latin for Gabriel, Count of Oxenstierne, envoy extraordinary from the King of Sweden, ditto [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 36, p. 520]; for Gerrit Gerritsen, ditto; for Mrs. Johanna Maria Pelt, and Johana de Wormf her servant, ditto; for Mrs. Mary Abraham de Backby, ditto; for Johanna van Sult, ditto [Ibid. 37, p. 1]; for Margretha Schaft, ditto [Ibid., p. 2]; and for Maurice Thompson, esq., and William Butcher his servant, ditto [Ibid., p. 3].
21 Mar 1693. Whitehall. The Earl of Nottingham to — —, sending for consideration and report a proposal of supplies for Guernsey. Copy. [S.P. Channel Islands, Bundle 9.] Appending:—
(1) — to the King, not dated. After consulting with Capt. Phillipps and Mons. Carles as to repairs and other necessary works, we approve of the demand for stores for Guernsey made in the proposal submitted to us, excepting in the item of gunpowder. We have also considered the engineer's project for the repair of the several works and castles, and consider that its execution would much conduce to the safety of the island. Our total estimate of 14,479l. 14s. 9d. is based largely on the engineer's estimate, and on the cheap working of the inhabitants and soldiers and "may therefore meet with some disappointment therein." [Ibid.]
(2) Estimates of the stores required for the island of Guernsey: (a) materials for carrying on the fortifications there, (0) of ordnance, &e. In duplicate, the second copy showing what is not in store. [Ibid.]
(3) Account of what new works and repairs are proposed to be done to Castle Cornet and Chateau Duvalle, &c., in Guernsey, by Capt. Phillips and Mons. Carles, engineers. [Ibid.]
(4) to the Lords Commissioners of the Council, dated 9 May, 1693, being a second report on the above proposal, wherein it is found that by using articles at present in store the previous estimate of cost can be abated by 7,8651. Appending the duplicate estimates; see above. [Ibid.]
21 Mar 1693. Kensington. Warrant to the Principal Secretaries of State to prepare a particular signification under the royal seal that the captains of the first regiment of foot guards shall have and take the rank and command of lieutenant-colonel of foot. [H.O. Military Entry Book 2, pp. 845 and 354.]
21 Mar 1693. Kensington. Warrant addressed to Sir Henry Goodrick, knight, reciting that a new packet boat for their Majesties' service had been built, and directing that the usual iron ordnance and stores of war be delivered to the master gunner of the said vessel. [Ibid., p. 347.]
21 Mar 1693. Whitehall. Proceedings upon the petition of James Correy, esq. Shows that he has lost and expended great sums of money for the preservation of the garrison of Enniskillen in Ireland, and prays for the grant of a debt of 2,000l. due by the late Earl of Tyrone, to Sir Robert Scott, "a forfeiting person now in the French service," and also a lease of a small estate, belonging to Cuchoniet Macquise, of Fulleville in the county Fermanagh, also a "forfeitting person." Referred to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. [S.P. Dom. Petition Entry Book 1, p. 461.]
Proceedings upon the petition of Robert Edgworth, esq. Shows that he has served in the Irish war, and acted as deputy-lieutenant of Longford; that four of his brothers were also in the service; that one was killed in Scotland and that the others were then in the King's service; and that his wife is sole daughter of Sir Edward Terrill, but is kept out of her estate as her father was outlawed two months after his death. The petitioner prays for a grant of the custodium of the said ee Referred to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. [Ibid., p. 462.]
21 Mar 1693. Whitehall. Proceedings upon a letter from Lord Sydney, dated at Dublin Castle, 3 Feb. 1698, with a petition from Sir Richard Cox, praying that his lands may be erected into a manor with a weekly market and two yearly fairs and that he may have an abatement of the moiety of his quit-rent, not exceeding 1001. per annum. There are three reasons why this should be done. Firstly, his considerable services; secondly, the advantage an English plantation (which he is now carrying on at Dunmanway) will be to that wild country, and the excess if will bring to the revenue; and thirdly, that the quit-rent being too great upon such coarse lands, should be moderated, that the proprietor may have some reasonable profit of his estate. Referred to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. [Ibid., p. 463.]
Proceedings upon a report by the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, dated 17 December, 1692. The report considers that Sir Thomas Domeville's request is very reasonable and modest; and that Domeville having so great a debt upon that part of Mr. Talbot's estate which is mortgaged, and being forced to buy in several prior incumbrances, and to lay out a great deal of money to make the "housing" tenantable, amounting to the value of the estate, and being further willing to release to their Majesties several sums due to him for business done in his office for their service, their Majesties will do well to direct that a grant and release be passed to the petitioner and his heirs of the right of redemption of the mortgaged lands and premises, and their Majesties' right and title thereto. Referred to the Treasury. [Ibid., p. 465.]
Proceedings upon the petition of Samuel. Hartwell, esq. Shows that he and his father, before the agitation in Ireland, lived at Castle Connell, near Limerick, the estate and inheritance of the family, who expended much money on the same. That the said castle was in May last demolished by their Majesties' express orders; and that the petitioner, his wife, children, and several relations were forced to remove. He has, in consequence, become a great sufferer, and prays to have his case taken into consideration. Referred to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. [S.P. Dom. Petition Entry Book 1, p. 470.]
Proceedings upon the Lord Lieutenant's report, dated 10 Feb. 1692-8, upon the petition of Mr. Darling for the office. of craner, wharfinger and packer, in the several ports of Ireland. The report is in favour of a grant to the petitioner of the officesin question for the term of three lives. Referred to the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury. [Ibid., p. 478.]
Proceedings upon a report, dated 10 Feb., 1692-3, from the Lord Lieutenant upon a petition of Mr. Gay. Lord Sydney reports that the office of warehouse keeper or store keeper is directed by an act of Parliament passed in the reign of Charles II., and that it is an office of much utility. Recommends Mr. Gay for the office in question. Referred to the Lord Commissioners of the Treasury. [Ibid., p. 479.]
21 Mar 1693. Kensington. Warrant, upon the report of Sir George Treby, knight, for a writ of error to be brought by the heir and executors of the late Lord Thomas Howard for reversing his outlawry for high treason. [H.O. Warrant Book 6, p. 525.]
21 Mar 1693. Whitehall. Warrant to prepare a bill containing a grant for making John Fredrick Dona Ferrassiers, an alien born, a free denizen of England. [Ibid.]
21 Mar 1693. Whitehall. Passes for John Sculd, Thomas Custer, Christian Brower, Henry Sibert, and Peter Crept, with horses belonging to the envoy of Brandenburg [destination not stated] [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 36, p. 520]; for Vincent Jardin and Stephen la Cambolina, ditto; for Johanna Fourner and Serva Morizet, ditto; for Mr. James du Four, ditto; for Anne Cousin and Mary Magdalene Tistard, ditto; and for Lieut.-Col. Peter de Verdun, ditto [Ibid. 87, p. 2]; for Catharina Schuzt, ditto; for George Knappert and Peter van Rysbeeck, ditto; for Mr. Francis von Hagen and Sens Jacobsen, his servant, ditto; for Abraham Teerling and his daughter, ditto [Ibid., p. 3]; and for Cornelis Coot, ditto [Ibid., p. 4].
22 Mar 1693. Whitehall. Sir Charles Hedges to [the Earl of Nottingham]. The lead laden in the two ships mentioned in the enclosed was condemned as prize, but an appeal is now depending. [H.O. Admiralty 2, p.639.] Enclosing:—
Mons. Schutz to -—-—. London, 3; March, 1698. Besides the lead specified in the memorial presented yesterday, I find there is a quantity on board the Goldberg, Hlie Bedard master, and the City of Stockholm, Jean Rose master, bound for Lisbon and Genoa. As the appeal vs still pending and the above belongs partly to the lead factory of the Elector of Brunswick, and partly to Jedn Jaques Hiibner, director of the said factory at Hamburg, I am bound to demand its release.][Ibid., p. 648.]
22 Mar 1693. Kensington. Warrant to [Viscount Sydney] to try the validity of the x marriage settlement alleged by Dame Frances O'Neile, widow of Sir Neile O'Neile, who was outlawed in England for high treason and died in rebellion against us; and to allow her and her four daughters full benefit thereof if found to be good in law. [S.P. Dom. Sig gnet Office Letter Bock 12, p. 594.]
22 Mar 1693. Kensington. Warrant to [the same] to grant to Thomas Browne, of Dublin, esq., and his son John Browne, for their greater security, though they have never concerned themselves in the late troubles, full pardon of all treasons, &c., &e. [Ibid., p. 595.
22 Mar 1693. Kensington. Warrant to [the same] to appoint Thomas Coote, esq., one of the justices of the court of King's Bench in Ireland, in the room of [Lbid, ps 595.)
22 Mar 1693. Kensington. Warrant to [the same] to grant to Philip Savage, esq., the office of Chancellor of the Exchequer in Ireland, vacant by the resignation of Sir Charles Meredyth, kt., in as ample a manner as enjoyed by Sir Thomas Hibbots, Sir Robert Meredyth, deceased, Richard, Viscount Ranelagh, or the said Sir Charles Meredyth. [Ibid., p. 597.]
22 Mar 1693. Kensington. Warrant to [the same] to grant to Sir Richard Cox letters patent for erecting the lands of Dunmanway, and others purchased by him in the barony of Carbery, co. Cork, (whereon he designs an Hinglish plantation) into a manor with like privileges to those enjoyed in the manor of Beaver alais Canigoline or in any other manor in co. Cork,~with two fairs in the. year, viz: on 1 ah and 15 November, and a weekly market every Tuesday. [Ibid]
22 Mar 1693. Kensington. Warrant to [the same] authorizing the payment of the sums from time to time necessary for the maintenance of the ancient, maimed and infirm officers and soldiers in the hospital near the city of Dublin, provided such sums do not exceed the amount of the deduction viz., sixpence in the pound, to be made out of the pay of all officers and soldiers and other persons placed on the military list of the establishment in our kingdom of Ireland, commencing from 1 January, 1691.][Ibid., p. 598.]
22 Mar 1693. Kensington. Warrant to [the same] authorizing the deduction of sixpence in the pound only (instead of the twelvepence now deducted), from all payments made to our garrisons and land forces in Ireland; the money so deducted to be dealt with as hereafter directed by royal warrant. [Ibid., p. 600.]
22 Mar 1693. Kensington. Warrant to [the same] to grant to Thomas, Lord Coningsby, and Charles Fox (age 33), receivers and paymasters-general in Ireland, sixpence in the pound on all moneys paid by them (provided it do not exceed the yearly sum of 6,250l.), in lieu of the allowances they at present receive for their fees and expenses. [Ibid.]
22 Mar 1693. Kensington. Warrant to [the same] to appoint Alexander Carncross, late archbishop of Glasgow, to the bishopric of Raphoe vacant by the translation of Bishop William to Kilmore. [Ibid., p. 607.]
22 Mar 1693. Whitehall. The Earl of Nottingham to the Lord Lieutenant. I have laid before the King your letter to me on behalf of the Archbishop of Dublin, with the enclosed papers, and the King has commanded me to transmit the same back to you, and to tell you he would have you cause the matter to be examined in form by his council in Ireland, and report the case with your opinion in the matter. [S.P. Ireland King's Letter Book 1, p. 458; and H.O. Letter Book (Secretary's) 2, p. 6384.]
22 Mar 1693. Whitehall. The same to the same. The King wishes me to instruct you to suffer no delay in the proceedings, in order to the reversing of the outlawries, in which you have the King or Queen's directions. [Ibid.]
22 Mar 1693. Whitehall. Commissions for Henry Auguste Helie Boiroux, esq., to be captain of the company whereof Capt. George Kayworth was late captain, in Col. Ferdinando Hastings' regiment of foot; for Andrew Agnew, esq., to be captain of the troop whereof Sir William Douglas was late captain, in the Scots royal regiment of dragoons, commanded by Sir Thomas Levingston; for Andrew Pitcarne alias Wheeler, esq., to be captain of the company whereof Lieut.-Col. Henry Sandys was late captain, in the first regiment of foot guards, commanded by Charles, Duke of Schomberg, and to take his rank as lieut.-col. of foot [H.O. Military Entry Book 2, p. 348]; for Col. Henry Lumley to be brigadier-general over all the horse employed or to be employed in the service; for Col. Ferdinando Hastings to be brigadier-general of foot; for John, Lord Cutts, to be brigadier of foot; for Sir David Collyear to be brigadier-general of foot; for Col. Thomas Erle to be brigadier-general of foot; for Col. Francis du Cambon to be brigadier-general of foot; for Paul Tronchay, esq., to be Leutenant to Col. Thomas Eden's company in the first regiment of foot guards, commanded by Charles, Duke of Schomberg; for Thomas Woodcock, gentleman, to be lieutenant to Captain Charles Carrell's company in the Queen's regiment of foot, commanded by Col. Henry Trelawny; for Leonard Fish, gentleman, to be ensign to Col. Henry Trelawny's company in the same regiment [Ibid., p. 344]; for Vavasour Gage, esq., to be ensign to Lieut.-Col. Thomas Eden's company in the first regiment of foot guards, commanded by Charles, Duke of Schomberg; and for Thomas Povey, esq., to be adjutant to the same regiment [Ibid., p. 348].
22 Mar 1693. Whitehall. The Earl of Nottingham to the Committee of Trade and Plantations. The King has appointed Francis Russell, esq., to be governor of Barbados in place of Colonel James Kendall, whom he thinks fit to remove to the government of Jamaica, and he wishes you to give order for preparing their commissions and instructions accordingly. [H.O. Letter Book (Secretary's) 2, p. 682.]
22 Mar 1693. Whitehall. The same tothe Commissioners of the Treasury. The King has been pleased to grant to Mrs. Anne Bagnall the sum of 2001. per annum for her own maintenance, and the same sum to her children, to be paid by the Commissioners of the Revenue in Ireland out of her husband's estate, seized into his Majesty's hands; to commence from Christmas last past. [Ibid., p. 633.]
22 Mar 1693. Whitehall. The same to the same. I send you here enclosed the petition of Mrs. Katherine Cusack with the Lord Lieutenant's letter concerning her; upon consideration whereof his Majesty has granted her 100l. per annum, to be paid by the Commissioners of the Revenue in Ireland out of her jointure, seized into his Majesty's hands for the rebellion of her present husband; the same to commence from Christmas last past. [H.O. Letter Book (Secretary's) 2, p. 638.]
22 Mar 1693. Whitehall. Proceedings upon the petition of Capt. John Poyntz, who prays for letters patent for his new invention of a machine for removing obstructions in rivers, harbours, creeks, etc. Referred to the Solicitor General. [S.P. Dom. Petition Entry Book 1, p. 461.]
22 Mar 1693. Whitehall. Warrant addressed to Sir Charles Hedges, knight, for the discharge from bail of the Wisdom of Solomon. [H.O. Warrant Book 6, p. 526.]
22 Mar 1693. Whitehall. Warrant, addressed to the Recorder of the city of London and others, for a pardon, without condition of transportation, to be granted to Henry Tankred, convicted of the murder of John Burton and sentenced to death for the same. [Ibid., p. 582.]
22 Mar 1693. Whitehall. Warrants to the "ministers, elders, and deacons of the French Church in London," granting them licence to admit Theodore Blanc as one of their ministers. [H.O. King's Letter Book 1, p. 47.]
22 Mar 1693. Whitehall. Passes and post warrant for John Verhaest, one of their Majesties' harbingers, with one horse, etc., to go to Harwich; for Peter Sejourne, to go to Harwich and Holland, for John Andrew Ammersback, ditto; for Edward Halls and Thomas Richards, ditto; for Joseph Mansveldt, ditto [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 87, p. 4]; for Widow Duke, ditto, and for the Right Honble. the Hari of Scarbrough, William Carr, esq., and three servants to go to Durham [Ibid., p. 5].
23 Mar 1693. Victualling Office. Memorial of the Victualling Commissioners to the Lords of the Admiralty. We never remember the Channel fleet having been put to short allowance on sailing, but are of opinion it might be advantageous if money be provided to pay the seamen constantly each month for the same. In hot weather the seamen may possibly desire a greater proportion of beer, though at short allowance; every man will have 54 pints a day; victualling ships might attend the fleet for this purpose. [H.O. Admiralty 6, No. 3.]
23 Mar 1693. Kensington. Appointment of James Draper as town clerk of Falmouth, in succession to Giles Draper, gentleman, deceased. [S.P. Dom. William and Mary 5, No. 9; and H.O. Warrant Book 6, p. 581.]
23 Mar 1693. Whitehall. Sir Charles Hedges to [the Earl of Nottingham]. The lead on the ship Peace was ordered to be delivered to the claimers on bail; that on the ship Patience was condemned as prize, and the sentence confirmed by the court of appeal, but the proofs of ownership and manner and place of capture are not yet perfected. [H.O. Admiralty 2, p.651.] Enclosing:—
Mons. Schutz to London; 26 March, 1698, certifying that the lead on board the Hamburg ship Peace, Pierre Hermansen Backer, master, and on the Patience, Herman Wrede, master, belongs to the Elector and to Mr. Hubner, as in his letter of 8 /18th instant. [Ibid. 2, p. 647.]
23 Mar 1693. Whitehall. The Earl of Nottingham to the Lord Lieutenant. I have acquainted the King with your letter which accompanies the petition of Lady Jane Dowdall, and the Solicitor-General's report of her case; the King has commanded me to order you to settle upon her, for life, some reasonable allowance out of her forfeited estate. [S.P. Ireland, King's Letter Book 1, p. 358.]
23 Mar 1693. Whitehall. The same to the Lord Chamberlain. Baron de Goertz has waited on the King in Flanders and received his audience there as envoy extraordinary from the Elector of Brunswick, and his Majesty is pleased that he should have the usual present, and that the same should be given to him in money instead ofa jewel. The King has commanded me to acquaint you with this that you may give your orders. Mr. Blathwait will give the Baron his present if you will remit the same to him. [H.O: Letter Book (Secretary's) 2, p. 635.]
23 Mar 1693. Whitehall. The same to the Commissioners of the Treasury. The King has considered your report upon the petition of the Countess of Clancarty, and the report of Sir John Temple, attorney general in Ireland, and he has directed that she should receive, out of the rent and profits of the estate lately belonging to her son Donough, Earl of Clancarty, and now seized into the King's hands, so much money as remained due unto her upon the judgment in Ireland in Trinity Term, 1682, whereby she recovered 6,280l. against the said Harl for her damages in detaining her dower from her since the death of her husband. The debts wheréunto she is liable amount to 5,784l. 17s. 8d., as is particularly set forth in your report. The King would have you give the necessary orders that the rents and profits of the said estate be paid unto the said Countess by the Commissioners of the Revenue in Ireland, from time to time, as soon as the same shall be received by them, until the sum remaining due unto her upon the said judgment and the debts to which she is liable shall be fully satisfied and paid. [Ibid., pp. 685 and 688.]
23 Mar 1693. Whitehall. The same to the same. I send you here enclosed -the copy of a letter which I received from the Lord Lieutenant and the Council of Ireland, which I laid before the King, who thereupon commanded me to acquaint you that you should consider the cases, mentioned in the two first paragraphs, in order to give the parties relief if it shall be thought fit, and thereupon report your opinion. As to the cases of those protestants, mentioned in the 8rd paragraph, whose estates were seized by the late King James, and yet the Commissioners of the Revenue require from them the quit rents and Crown rents for the year 1688, when the late King received the greatest part of the profits of the estates of all the tenants who were in arrear, the King wishes you to give order for remitting to all such protestants the quit rents and crown rents for that year in the manner proposed. [Ibid., p. 636.]
23 Mar 1693. Whitehall. The same to the same. I have laid before the King the enclosed letter from the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, recommending the request of the inhabitants of Athlone, who pray his Majesty to bestow upon them 1201. towards the repair of St. Mary's church, and that the same may be paid to the Bishop of Meath, bishop of the diocese. The King has granted the said request and has commanded me to acquaint you with it. [Ibid.] .
23 Mar 1693. Whitehall. The same to the same. I have acquainted the King with the enclosed paper, which I received from Lord Galway, and his Majesty commanded me to transmit the same to you, that you may consider it and report your opinion thereon. [H.O. Letter Book (Secretary's) 2, p. 687.]
23 Mar 1693. Whitehall. Passes, post warrants and passports for John van Houten to go to Harwich and Holland; for Lawrence Heyndricks, ditto; for Henry Beerninck, ditto; for Col. Steward and a guide, ditto [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 87, p. 5]; for Ensign Benjamin Grimandet, ditto; for Philip Williams, Lord Coningsby's servant, with one able post horse and a guide, ditto; for Colonel Howe, with two post horses, etc., ditto; for William Williams alone, ditto; for Andrew Dobbeler, ditto ([Ibid., p. 6]; for Daniel de Bary, ditto [Ibid., p. 7]; and for the ship Compass, commanded by Erick Peter Torne, to sail from the Thames to Portugal, and there to load wine and other commodities and carry them into the East Sea [Ibid., p. 8].
23 Mar 1693. Whitehall. Proceedings upon the petition of James, Viscount Lanesborouch. Shows that there is payable out of his father's estate 2531. per ann. to the Crown; that he has lost by adhering to their Majesties' service to the value of above 380,000l.; and that the quit rent upon his estate is so high that some of his tenants refuse to take his lands this year. He prays for a grant of the said rent to him and his heirs. Referred to the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury. [S.P. Dom. Petition Entry Book 1, p. 464.]
23 Mar 1693. Whitehall. Proceedings upon the petition of Sir Laurence Esmond, bart., by his guardian the Countess of Devonshire. Shows that, being sent into France when but thirteen years old, he remained there during the late rebellion and was not in any manner of way concerned therein. That he had a pass to England, where he returned and has lived ever since in due obedience to the Government. He is nevertheless indicted of high treason in Ireland, though still an infant. Upon a former petition against the said indictment, a stop was ordered, but a nolle prosequi was omitted to be entered on the said indictment. The petitioner therefore prays for a nolle prosequi to be entered on such presentments and indictments as are against him. Referred to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. [Ibid., p. 468.]
23 Mar 1693. Whitehall. Caveat that nothing pass relating to the grant of a fair at Heveningham in the county of Suffolk, till notice be given to Lord Allington, "over against Mr. Notts, in Pall Mall." [S.P. Dom. Entry Book 78, p. 167.]
23 Mar 1693. Whitehall. The King to [the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland]. Whereas some doubts have arisen whether the word "property." in the third article of the articles for the surrender of Waterford and dated the 24th of July, 1690, should extend to real as well as personal estates, which article we have lately ratified; upon consideration of this matter and your report thereon we have thought fit, for removing all such doubts, hereby to declare that the word property ought, according to the true meaning and signification thereof, to be construed to extend to both real and personal estates. Roman Catholics are therefore to enjoy the full benefit of the said article according to our said declaration; and you are to give order accordingly. [S.P. Ireland King's Letter Book 1, p. 352.]
23 Mar 1693. Kensington. Commission for Robert Pinsent, gentleman, to be lieutenant to Capt. Simon Duft's [Dust's?] company in Col. William Selwyn's regiment of foot. [H.O. Military Entry Book 2, p. 348.]
23 Mar 1693. Kensington. Warrant to prepare a bill containg a grant to Edward Russell, esq., of the office of treasurer of the chamber, with all advantages to the said office belonging as enjoyed by Sir Rowland Gwynn. [H.O. Warrant Book 6, p. 527].
23 Mar 1693. Kensington. Warrant for the ship the Marshal Dorfling, commanded by Capt. Whittaker, taken by a privateer of St. Malo on the 29th of December and retaken on the 1st of January, to be restored to the owners upon their paying salvage in such proportion as settled by the treaty lately made in cases of reprisals. [Ibid., p. 528.]
23 Mar 1693. Kensington. Warrant to prepare a bill for revoking certain letters patent, whereby were constituted and appointed Charles, Lord Cornwallis, Sir John Lowther, Sir Richard Onslow, Henry Priestman, esq., Anthony, Viscount Falkland, Robert Austen, esq., and Sir Robert Rich, as commissioners for executing the office of high admiral of England; and also for constituting and appointing the aforenamed persons and Henry Killigrew (age 41), esq., and Sir Ralph Delaval (age 52), commissioners for executing the said office and also that of high admiral of Ireland. [Ibid., p. 529].
23 Mar 1693. Kensington. Warrant to prepare a bill for pardon to be granted to Henry Thorneycroft, gent., accused of the murder of Patrick Campbell. [Ibid., p. 530].]
23 Mar 1693. Kensington. Warrant addressed to the Recorder of London for grant of free pardon to Charles Christian, sentenced—at a Court Martial held on board the Neptune—to death for burglary. [Ibid., p. 546.]
24 Mar 1693. Whitehall. Post warrant and passes for Mr. Francis Clarke, the messenger, to go to Harwich [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 87, p.6]; for Peter Mercier, ditto; for Mr. Thomas Scott, ditto; for Lucas Petersen van Willingen, ditto; for Daniel Kulp and Henry Bauman, ditto; and for Isaac Elias, ditto [Ibid., p. 7].
25 Mar 1693. Whitehall. The Commissioners of Transport to the Earl of Nottingham. The Admiralty have given orders for the Play prize (after having acted with the St. Martin prize as convoy for a ship with powder and shot from Plymouth to Kinsale) shall join with the Prince of Orange in conyoying the ships we are taking up in the Bristol Channel. The ships now ready to sail with horses, &c., to Holland are wind-bound, and most of them undermanned.
Since receiving the orders of the 15th instant we have taken up about 15,000 tons of shipping in the river. Mr. Shallett informs us the reason we have not had more offers is the delay in payment of the ships that were in the transport service for Ireland, two or three years since. Heis a great dealer in shipping and well acquainted with its conditions and wants, and is of opinion that if part of that arrear were paid their Majesties might have 40,000 tons of shipping in this river if there were occasion for it. We fear it will be impossible to find men enough for the ships unless the masters take them as they can find them till the number in their contracts be completed. [H.O. Admiralty 6, No. 4.]
25 Mar 1693. Whitehall. The Earl of Nottingham to the Lord Lieutenant. I have acquainted the King with the case of Sir Matthew Bridges, governor of Londonderry and Culmore Fort, and with his request contained in the enclosed paper. [Not entered.] The King commands me to transmit the same to you, that you may report your opinion thereon. Sir Matthew's request is to have the same allowance as the Governor of Cork and Kinsale, viz.: 20s. per diem, according to the King's promise, and likewise to have 401. per annwm for a house. He now receives but 10s. per diem as governor of Culmore. [S.P. Ireland King's Letter Book 1, p. 353.]
25 Mar 1693. Whitehall. The Earl of Nottingham to the Lord Keeper [Somers]. I am commanded by the King to acquaint you that he has appointed Mr. Ward his attorney general, that you may give directions for the dispatch of his patent. When I waited on you, you mentioned Lord Powys' house as being convenient for you; I do not remember whether you said that the King had given any orders in it, and therefore I spoke to the Queen about it this morning, and she is well pleased to let you have it, and I shall accordingly acquaint the Lords of the Treasury so that you need not think of any other house. [H.O. Letter Book (Secretary's) 2, p. 684.]
25 Mar 1693. Whitehall. Signification to Paul Tranchay, lieutenant to Lieut.-Colonel Thomas Eden in their Majesties' first regiment of foot guards, to command as captain of foot. [H.O. Mihtary Entry Book 2, p. 348.]
25 Mar 1693. Whitehall. Warrant to the Provost Marshal to discharge and set at liberty James Steward, a prisoner in his custody. [H.O. Warrant Book 6, p. 527.]
25 Mar 1693. Whitehall. Warrant addressed to the Commissioners for Sick and Wounded Seamen and Exchange of Prisoners to discharge John Hunter, late master of the ship the Adventure, of Dublin. [Ibid., pp. 528 and 580.]
25 Mar 1693. Whitehall. Passes and post warrants for Mr. Edward Child to go to Harwich and Holland; for James Foulon, Marie Catherine, his wife, and a young child, ditto; for the Baron de Birlibsch, with his gentleman and one servant, and Don John de Vergara, and two servants to go to Falmouth and Spain; for Peter Newlin, the messenger, to go to Harwich; for Dirck Meyer to go to Harwich and Holland [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 87, p. 9]; and for six Dutch seamen, viz., Hans Jaspers, Henry Cornelis, Albert Thomas, Peter Douwell, Harman Barentz and Martin Schult, ditto [Ibid., p. 10].
25 Mar 1693. Whitehall. John Charlton (?) to the Earl of Nottingham. On the 22nd inst. we were commanded to give notice to the Commissioners of Transport of such ships as we shall want for embarking the train now being fitted out. You should give directions to the Commissioners as to how many feet of water the biggest vessel shall draw that is employed in the affair, to prevent taking out too large vessels for the intended expedition. The Commissioners of Transport are commanded to attend this Board on Monday next in order to settle all things relating to the embarkation of the stores, and on Wednesday next we shall begin to load the vessels that have come in. Seal. [S.P. Dom. William and Mary 5, No. 10.]
25-27 Mar 1693. Whitehall. Copies of (1) the letter from the Earl of Nottingham to Lord 25-27. Keeper Somers. Calendared above.
(2) Letter from Lord Keeper Somers to the King at Harwich. I am sorry that before entering upon the execution of the great trust with which you have honoured me, I must give your Majesty some trouble in relation to 1t.
Lord Nottingham has told me since your departure that Sir William Rawlinson is to be chief baron, Sir William Wogan, chief justice of Chester, and Mr. Ward, attorney general. You Majesty has given me no commands relating to any of them, so before I act in the matter, I will represent to you of what consequence that may be. The lawyers are "spread over every part of the kingdom" and have great influence among the people. The method used to unite them in their service to the Crown, has been by obliging them to a dependence on the Great Seal for their promotion, where they merited it, and this has always given weight to that office in public affairs; and, if I understand. you aright, making the Great Seal thus considerable was one of the effects you expected from placing it ina single hand; but I submit it to you how far it is lkely to succeed, or any other of your Majesty's ends to be answered, when such eminent offices are disposed of in such a manner at my entrance upon this charge.
I do not meddle with any consideration of the persons themselves and if may not be improper to observe how much it has been to the honour of your reign that your judges have been men of known ability, and that it is the particular concern of the Crown that the chief baron should be experienced in the course of the exchequer and "knowing" in the common law.
As to the place of attorney general, as you had expressed to many persons your pleasure to advance Sir Thomas Trevor to that office, it was not In my power to make it a secret and as you had divers times commanded me to find I was under the necessity of proposing it to Mr. Ward, before I could name him to you, and so that could not . . concealed.
This being the case let me offer it to your consideration whether if the passing of these patents must be the first use I am to make of the seal it can be supposed I have that credit which ought to go with it, and without which it is impossible it should reach what you aimed at in this change. You will bear me witness that I have a just prospect of the difficulties of this charge, and only a "perfect resignation" to you and "a gracious assurance of your support engaged me to enter upon it." I lay the seal and myself at your feet. [S.P. Dom. Wiliam and Mary 5, No. 11.]
27 Mar 1693. Transport Office. The Commissioners of Transport to the Earl of Nottingham. ReTransport quiring directions anew as to the requisite draught of the ships to be furnished to the Victuallersand Ordnance Board. [H.O. Admiralty 6, No. 5.]
27 Mar 1693. Whitehall. Passes for Emilia van de Water and her young son, to go to Harwich and Holland; and for John Marrs, ditto. [S.P.Dom. Warrant Book 87, p. 10.];
27 Mar 1693. Whitehall. Warrant addressed to Charles Maris to apprehend Hugh Hamilton, living with a Frenchman named Daik in Church Street, and to seize and secure his papers. [Ibid. 88, p. 257.]
28 Mar 1693. Whitehall. Passes for Peter Flament, to go to Harwich and Holland; for Mr. Robert Crigg, ditto [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 87, p. 10]; for Henry Franse, ditto; and for Mons. Bertrand and one domesticservant, ditto [Ibid. p. 11].]
28 Mar 1693. Whitehall. Warrant, addressed to John Gillibrand appointed inspector of printing presses, to search all printing houses, booksellers' shops, and warehouses, for false, scandalous, and seditious books, newspapers, pamphlets, and intelligences, daily printed and dispersed abroad, containing malicious reflections upon the government. [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 38, p. 262.]
29 Mar 1693. Whitehall. Sir John Trenchard to the Lords of the Admiralty. Directing them to give orders for the addition of ten men-of-war to the convoy of the Virginia fleet. [H.O. Admiralty Entry Book 1, p. 1.]
29 Mar 1693. Whitehall. The same to the same. Directing them to give orders for the taking over of men now at Gloucester, impressed for the fleet. [H.O. Admiralty Entry Book 1, p. 1.]
29 Mar 1693. Kensington. Warrant to [ Viscount Sydney] to allow to Sir John Hanmer (age 61), bart., 200l. for the extraordinary charges he was at in going from Dublin to Cork, and shipping the English, Irish and Danes there, and in surveying and repairing the works at Cork. [S.P. Dom. Signet Office Letter Book 12, p. 605.]
29 Mar 1693. Whitehall. Warrant to [the same] to pay to Anne Bagnall 200l. yearly for her own support, and 200l. for the maintenance of her children, out of her husband's forfeited estate. — [bid.]
29 Mar 1693. Whitehall. Warrant to [the same] to grant the office of Printer General of Ireland to Andrew Crooke, on the surrender of the patent formerly granted to Benjamin Tooke and John Crook. [Ibid., p. 606.]
29 Mar 1693. Whitehall. Presentation of John Haslewood, D.D., to the rectory of St. Olave, Surrey, in the diocese of Winchester, void by the death of Dr. Richard Meggot. [H.O. Church Book 1, p. 186.]
29 Mar 1693. Whitehall. Commission for René de Tascher, gent., to be ensign to Capt. John Sinclair in Sir David Collier's regiment of foot. [H.O. Military Entry Book 2, p. 349.]
29 Mar 1693. Whitehall. Warrant addressed to Sir Henry Goodrick, knight, to cause the ten additional men to each company in the three French regiments of foot, commanded by Col. de la Melonniere, Col. du Cambon and Col. Belcastle, to be supplied with arms. [Ibid., p. 350.]
29 Mar 1693. Whitehall. Proceedings upon the petition of John Urquhart. Shows that he has been a seaman for nine years, and a volunteer ever since their Majesties' accession to the crown, under Col. Hastings, and in June, 1691, was "disabled of his left leg," and admitted a pensioner to the chest at Chatham; but finding his allowance too small to maintain his family, prays for an almsman's place at Winchester. Granted on the next vacancy. [S.P. Dom. Petition Entry Book 1, p. 464.]
29 Mar 1693. Whitehall. Warrant addressed to the Attorney General to prepare a bill for a grant of the office of principal Secretary of State to Sir John Trenchard, knight. [H.O. Warrant Book 6, p. 582.]
29 Mar 1693. Whitehall. Warrant addressed to the Attorney or Solicitor General for a grant of letters patent to Thomas Martyr, coach painter in ordinary, for
29 Mar 1693. Whitehall. his invention of a new way of japanning coaches in all colours. [Ibid., p. 583.]
29 Mar 1693. Whitehall. Warrant addressed to Thomas Newlin to search the house of Alexander Milbourne, the printer, for treasonable and seditious libels in print or manuscript. [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 88, p. 257.]
29 Mar 1693. Whitehall. Warrant addressed to John Symons to take into custody the above said Alexander Milbourne. [Ibid., p. 258.]
20 Mar 1693. Whitehall. Warrant to the Lord Keeper of the Great Seal empowering him to grant briefs, receive injunctions, and grant the custody of lunatics, in the form of like warrants issued on 8 June, 1690. [H.O. King's Letter Book 1, p. 47.]
30 Mar 1693. Sir Charles Hedges to [the Earl of Nottingham], transmitting the cases of the six Swedish ships. [H.O. Admiralty 2, p. 659.] Enclosing:—
(i.) Note of the cases of the six Swedish ships. (1) The Whale, laden, with oak planks from Gothenburg to St. Malo taken by the Crown frigate, Captain Warren. (2) The Maria. (8) The Orange-tree, ordered to be restored to David Amta of Gottenburg. (4) The Wrestling Jacob laden with tar and iron for some French port. (5) The Vineyard laden with clapboards and pipe staves from Bordeaux. (6) The Margaret, Andreas Humble, master, pretending to be bound to St. Sebastian's with coal and wheat. [Ibid., p. 655.]
(ii.) The voluntary deposition of John Garrette, skipper of the ship Whale of Stockholm, Jacob Johnson, mate of the said ship, and Pedry Backoft, merchant, taken at Portsmouth, 17 March, 1692-8, before Lewis Barton, gent., deputy mayor of the said borough, with regard to the cargo's destination and capture of the Whale. [Ibid., p. 663.]
(iii.) Note on the case of the ship Maria; Jacob Kanier and John paca shippers of goods thereon, claim their said goods. [Ibid., p. 667.]
(iv.) Johan Kohlar to Count Oxenstiern; London, 23 March 1692-8, touching the release of the ship Orange-tree, bound from Gottenburg to Oporto, captured by the Adventure, Captain Lake. [Ibid., p. 671.]
(v.) Hinrich Moller, master of the ship Wrestling Jacob, to [the same]; not dated. His ship was bound from Stockholm to Rochelle, and was taken by the Experiment, Captain John Giles. He begs for a discharge.][Ibid., p. 675.]
(vi.) Jurgen Berens [?] to the same, not dated, praying for a discharge of lus ship the Vineyard. [Ibid., p. 679.] 7
(vii.) Andreas Humble to the same, not dated. His ship, the St. Margaret, sailed from Stockholm to Dundee, and was captured on her way from Scotland to St. Sebastian. He begs assistance in obtaining release. [Ibid., p. 683.]
30 Mar 1693. Spithead. Sir George Rooke to [J. Sotherne]. On receiving their lordships' orders for sending ten ships with the Virginia fleet 30 leagues beyond Scilly, [ appointed six English ships, and Rear-admiral Van der Goes named four Dutch ships for that service. In consequence of the later order forbidding any of the Straits squadron to be employed I applied to Vice-admiral Collenburg for four others in their stead; but he seems scrupulous to allow them to proceed without the King's direction therein. I hope I shall prevail with him to let them go. The Rear-admiral's willingness to comply in this matter was from directions he lately had from the King to follow my orders. [H.O. Admiralty 4, p. 400.]
30 Mar 1693. London. Memorial by Mons. Bonet, chargé d' affaires of the Hlector of Brandenburg, for the release of two ships belonging to the Brandenburg Company, viz.,l' Africain, Captain Michel Chalopin,and Le Chur Prince, Captain Théophile Thomas, returning with cargoes of sugar, &c., from St. Thomas, and seized on coming to anchor in Plymouth Roads by John Michel, commanding the Rook frigate. [Ibid. 6, No. 5a.]
30 Mar 1693. Dublin. Viscount Sydney to the Earl of Nottingham. I have received your letter of the 18th, and have obeyed the King's commands in proroguing the parliament to the 6th of June. His other commands shall be likewise observed as soon as possible. If you sent me any letters, either on the 21st or 23rd, I think you will have to repeat them, for it is believed that the packet boat is lost; the greatest storm known for many years has been raging this last week. [S.P. Ireland 355, No. 28.]
30 Mar 1693. Whitehall. Warrant addressed to Sir Henry Goodrick, to cause a train of brass ordnance, with all necessary equipage, etc., to be provided for the service in Flanders. [H.O. Military Entry Book 2, p. 351.]
30 Mar 1693. Whitehall. Passes for Dirck Mulder to go to Harwich and Holland; for Moses Arary, ditto; for Captain Philip de Plato, ditto; for Matthew Bergstadt, ditto [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 37, p. 11]; for Dirck Duyvendyck, ditto; and for Eggert Menchen, ditto [Ibid., p. 12].
30 Mar 1693. Whitehall. Warrant addressed to the Attorney General to prepare a bill for re-granting and confirming to the mayor and commonalty of Colchester their lands and ancient privileges, as granted to them by the charter passed in 15 Charles II.; also for granting to the said corporation a market to be held once a fortnight and a fair once a year on the 13th July. Memorandum that another warrant to the same effect was signed by the Queen on the 13th of April. [H.0. Warrant Book 6, p. 589.]
30 Mar 1693. Whitehall. Warrant to prepare a bill for a grant to John, Lord Cutts, of the office of captain and governor of the Isle of Wight in the place of Sir Robert Holmes, knt., deceased. [Ibid., p. 541.]
31 Mar 1693. Whitehall. Sir John Trenchard to the Commissioners for Transportation. They are to order the ships taken up in the Bristol Channel or Irish Sea to come with the first opportunity to Portsmouth. The draught of water of the ships to be furnished to the victuallers and the Ordnance officers shall be the same as last year. [H.O. Admiralty Entry Book 1, p. 2.]
31 Mar 1693. Whitehall. Allowance of the expenses of Sir William Dutton Colt, knight, envoy extraordinary to the Hlector and Dukes of Brunswick and Luneburg, the Landgrave of Hesse Cassel, and the Elector of Saxony, from 17th of Nov. 1692, to the 28th Feb. 1693. One of the items is—"paid for a quarter's rent for a house at Hanover, and for lodgings at Brunswick and Wolfenbuttle, there being no accommodation to behad in Inns but what is very miserable and mean." [H.O. Warrant Book 6, p. 535.]
31 Mar 1693. Whitehall. Warrant for the allowance of the expenses (amounting to 518l. 14s. 10d.) of Sir William Dutton Colt (age 47), knt., for investing the Elector of Saxony (age 24) with the order of the Garter at Dresden the 26th of Jan., 1698. [Ibid., p. 588.]
31 Mar 1693. Whitehall. Pass for John vanden Bosch, to go to Harwich and Holland. [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 87, p. 12.]
Mar 1693. Kensington. Warrant to [Viscount Sydney] to grant to Godert, Earl of Athlone, (1) allthe manors, lands, &c., &c., forfeited for treason by Christopher Fleming, Baron of Slane; and (2) the following lands, which formerly belonged to the late King James whilst he was Duke of York and which are much intermixed with the said lands of Lord Slane, viz., Rochestown, part of Stackallan, part of Rosetown, part of Corballyes, part of Barnwalstown, Avillstown, and parts of Slane, Brayestown, Bryanstown and Faganstown, all in the barony of Slane and county of Meath. The town of Slane, heretofore erected into a manor, is to be continued as such, with privileges, market and fairs as before. Provided always that this grant to the Earl of Athlone shall not prejudice the grant we directed, by our letters of 8 April last, to be made to Henry Guy, Robert Rochfort and Matthew Hutton, esquires, of all the estate of inheritance or freehold enjoyed by the said Duke of York in Ireland on 5 February, 1684. [S.P. Dom. Signet Office Letter Book 12, p. 580.]
Mar 1693. Kensington. Warrant to [the same] to cause William, Earl of FFL fahen. to be sworn of the privy council of Ireland. [Ibid., p. 596.]