The Speedwell and French Victory have sailed for Iceland to wait on the fishery. [FINALLY!]
A Yarmouth vessel from Amsterdam, coming up with the Dutch fleet riding at the Texel, with his topsails a-trip, the admiral fired at her, upon which she lowered a little; but the pilot, a Dutchman, saying they shot not at her, the master hoisted the sails again, upon which the admiral made another shot which passed between the masts, when he lowered and bore up. The admiral sent his boat for the master, and when informed it was the fault of the pilot, ordered the latter to be sent for, and clapped into the bilboes, but was very courteous to the master on parting.
The fleet was 25 men-of-war, and intended for the Downs.
Fifty sail of laden colliers have passed to the southward. [S.P. Dom., Car. II. 240, No. 71.]
There are several reports during the month regarding other navies testing England's sovereignty over the Channel by not "saluting" with their flags first. Great disrespect had to be met with force. What the exact courtesy required here was, I have no idea.
Two Ostend men-of-war, of 30 and 12 guns, fell in with a French man-of-war of 40 guns, and after disputing for 3 or 4 hours, they parted.
The Frenchman has come into the Downs, but will only confess to 2 men killed, one being the captain’s son, who was lieutenant of the ship. The captain being a Protestant, has desired leave to bury his son in the churchyard, which being granted, the corpse has been brought ashore. The French ship is very much torn, but is refitting with all speed.
The Constant Warwick saw the fight 3 leagues off Dover. [S.P. Dom., Car. II. 240, No. 65.]
@@@ May 18. 1668 Deal. Rich. Watts to [Williamson].
Understands by the Warwick that Capt. Carew and Capt. Brewer of Ostend met with a French man-of-war of 40 guns, who seeing the Spanish colours, slung his masts and furled his sails, and although the least of the Ostenders had 34 guns, yet went between them, gave them several broadsides, and made the Ostenders leave them.
Others say the Frenchman has above 100 killed and wounded; she has come in with many holes in her sails, and an Englishman belonging to her says they came out with 250 men, and now have not 150 well on board; very few hands were furling the sails when they came to anchor.
The French lieutenant and another officer have been brought ashore to be buried. [S.P. Dom., Car. II. 240, No. 66.]
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These Ostenders have a lot of nerve. Possibly more trouble than the Barbary pirates.
This and many other letters can be found at: 'Charles II: May 1668', in Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Charles II, 1667-8, ed. Mary Anne Everett Green (London, 1893), pp. 369-418. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk…
May 17. 1668 Happy Entrance, Portsmouth. Hab. Wiles to the Navy Commissioners.
Arrived here with 30 men for the Cambridge, but finds her backward, and in no posture of keeping them, so is forced to retain them on board the ketch.
Asks further orders and 5 more men; is only ordered 10, with which he cannot do his business;
when he has sent his boat away with 7, can do nothing, and if he sends fewer, the people beat and abuse his men, that it is a shame to see it; the men are so much discouraged that he fears he shall not get them to go pressing any more, unless their Honours make him stronger. [S.P. Dom., Car. II. 240, No. 50.] Annexing, Order by Sir Thos. Teddeman to Hab. Wiles, to sail for Portsmouth, press men at Margate, Deal, and Dover, and deliver them to the Cambridge — 6 May 1668. [S.P. Dom., Car. II. 240, No. 50I]
The impress men being abused as they go about their business ... and Capt. Wiles catches 30, only to find the Cambridge is unfit to receive them, so he has to keep them on board his ketch. I see a mutiny coming.
@@@ All this month's letters can be found at:
'Charles II: May 1668', in Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Charles II, 1667-8, ed. Mary Anne Everett Green (London, 1893), pp. 369-418. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk…
May 16. 1668 Rye. James Welsh to Williamson. A vessel from Dieppe speaks very confidently of the conclusion of the peace between the two Crowns, the more so as several English, late cannoneers there, are waiting for a passage. [S.P. Dom., Car. II. 240, No. 44.]
@@@ May 17. 1668 Portsmouth. Chas. Collier, for Hugh Salesbury, to Williamson.
The ships are fitting out in all haste, and the Dragon and 2 others are ready to sail.
The carpenter of the Dragon cast himself away because he could not receive things needful for the use of the ship, and wrote the cause of his doing so on his rule, before he went into the water. [S.P. Dom., Car. II. 240, No. 45.]
Do I understand this to mean the carpenter wrote a suicide note on his rule? A short note indeed ... or did he just escape and swim to shore?
May 16. 1668 Warrant prohibiting all persons from having access to the attiring house of the Theatre Royal, under the management of Thos. Killigrew, save only such as belong to the company of actors, and are employed by them, complaint having been made of hindrance of the acting, and interruption of the scenes thereby. [S.P. Dom., Entry Book 30, f. 32.]
@@@ May 16. 1668 Warrant for preventing persons coming into the theatre before the play is finished, without paying the accustomed prices for their respective places; offenders to be brought in custody before the Lord Chamberlain. [S.P. Dom., Entry Book 30, f. 32.]
May 16. 1668 Edwinstowe. John Russell to the Navy Commissioners.
Is at great trouble and charge in making room to lay timber and plank at Stockwith, for want of hoys to carry it away.
Now is the time of the year for taking it down to the water, and 16 or 18 wagons come in daily; shall be forced to discharge them from bringing more, for want of vessels to fetch it away; the wharf being so full, must hire another piece of land to lay it on.
Desires a vessel to be sent to Hull for timber which lies there in danger. [S.P. Dom., Car. II. 240, No. 38.]
Ships to be built, and ships waiting for repair ... all need wood. And it is stuck at Edwinstowe (the village in Sherwood Forest, Nottinghamshire where Maid Marion is rumored to have married Robin Hood), and on the wharf at Stockwith, which appears to be inland on the River Trent. The Trent empties into the North Sea between Hull in Yorkshire and Immingham in Lincolnshire, so it's reasonable to send a ship there.
The puzzle lies in the last line: why bring timber INLAND from Hull where it would be even easier to pick up? Surely the shipwrights there can use it? Especially as they have run out of space for planks at Stockwith ... ???
'Charles II: May 1668', in Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Charles II, 1667-8, ed. Mary Anne Everett Green (London, 1893), pp. 369-418. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk…
Parliament is correct in thinking smuggling has increased because of the new tax on wine:
May 14. 1668 John Paige to Williamson.
I made inquiry for a person going to Spain or Paris, and can only find a Frenchman for Rouen, who will take all care of the packet, and it will be remitted for Paris, if this way will do.
The masters of the Leghorn ships deny having any cheeses for you, but the case of wine is aboard, and will be delivered tomorrow. [S.P. Dom., Car. II. 240, No. 21.]
You'd think by now Williamson could get a letter to Paris without much trouble.
@@@ May 14. 1668 Edinburgh. R. M. [Rob. Mein] to Williamson.
The 4 murderers [McGregor and his associates] are executed, their hands being cut off before death, and are put on iron pikes above the gallows, where they hang in chains, between Leith and Edinburgh.
They all confessed their share in the murder of the Laird of Muresk, but said they were deceived by the Earl of Aboyne, who promised to secure their lives if they would keep silence, and ordered them, under pain of banishment, to apprehend the laird and his son, condemn them, and put them to death. [S.P. Dom., Car. II. 240, No. 17.]
For more about the 1666 murder of John Lyon, Laird of Craigston and Laird of Muiresk (1590 – 1666) see https://patrickspeople.scot/our%2…
Charles Gordon, 1st Earl of Aboyne (c1638 - March 1681). The fourth son of George Gordon, 2nd Marquess of Huntly and Lady Anne Campbell, he was created 1st Earl of Aboyne and 1st Lord Gordon of Strathaven and Glenlivet by Letters Patent on 10 September 1660. Charles Gordon married secondly, Elizabeth Lyon, daughter of John Lyon, 2nd Earl of Kinghorne (1596 – 1646) and Lady Elizabeth Maule, on 28 August 1665 of Glamis, Angus, Scotland. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cha…
It appears the Earl ordered the killing of the Laird because they both wanted the same lands.
They need an Irishman to lift the ships in the Medway!?
May 14. 1668 Indenture between the Navy Commissioners and Hen. Nicoll, of Kilmaiden, Waterford, whereby the latter obliges himself, at his own cost, to clear the Medway of wrecks, according to the schedule annexed, in 6 months.
The Navy Commissioners, by virtue of the order of the Lord High Admiral, are to supply 4 vessels named with all necessaries, of which a list is annexed, but to provide no further supplies, even if there shall be occasion for them.
Nicoll is to preserve the vessels, and to return them on the finishing of the work, or to be accountable for the damage.
In consideration of the said work, he is to receive 300/. upon the sealing of the indenture, and 100/. upon finishing the work, besides the right to dispose of such part of the wrecks as he can save, except guns, shot, and anchors, which are to be returned to his Majesty. [S.P. Dom., Car. II. 240, No. 10.] Annexing, Schedule of provisions on board the ships mentioned in the indenture. [S.P. Dom., Car. II. 240, No. 10I.] Schedule of 14 vessels sunk or wrecked in the Medway, as mentioned in the indenture. [S.P. Dom., Car. II. 240, No. 10II.]
@@@ May 14. 1668 Deal. Rich. Watts to [Williamson].
Sir Thos. Allin has sailed in his ketch for London, his wife being very sick. Sixty ships are in the Downs. [S.P. Dom., Car. II. 240, No. 19.]
@@@ May 14. 1668 Swansea. Capt. John Man to Williamson.
Two ships have come into the road, one, the St. John of Ostend, having 4 or 5 companies of Spanish foot from Galicia for Ostend; the captains are much troubled at the conclusion of peace, being soldiers of fortune, and fearing their trade will fail.
The other, a Newcastle vessel taken by the Dutch in the late war, but now belonging to a merchant of London, has a Dutchman aboard who has been a slave in Turkey, and who has brought over a tiger of so gentle a nature that the men of the ship play with him as if he were a dog. [S.P. Dom., Car. II. 240, No. 22.]
'Charles II: May 1668', in Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Charles II, 1667-8, ed. Mary Anne Everett Green (London, 1893), pp. 369-418. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk…
The Elizabeth from Cadiz, richly laden, bound for France, has arrived, and reports that Don John was ready 6 weeks since to take shipping from the Groyne for Flanders, having then a considerable fleet and a good army to carry with him;
also that Tangiers is in a thriving condition, but that the Turks have taken some of our vessels in the Straits, and others are daily chased by them there.
The Elizabeth came out with a good fleet of English merchantmen, which were convoyed by the Nightingale frigate part of the way. Other vessels named have come in. [S.P. Dom., Car. II. 240, No. 4.]
[Groynes in Sitges, Catalonia, Spain is now known as A Coruña. It’s a busy port located on a promontory in the Golfo Ártabro, a large gulf on the Atlantic Ocean.]
'Charles II: May 1668', in Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Charles II, 1667-8, ed. Mary Anne Everett Green (London, 1893), pp. 369-418. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk…
Adm. Allin is trying to get food from another source:
May 12. 1668 M. Wren to Navy Commissioners.
They represented the Stadthaus of Haarlem as fit to be kept from sale for the service; the Duke moved the King in Council for directions about the other 2 prize ships; thinks there is a Council order for a privy seal for their sale; supposes Lord Anglesey will appoint some person to get out the privy seal.
They will receive the Duke’s order for suspending the boatswain of the Anne, and the carpenter of the Kent; he will also give order to the marshal of the Admiralty to apprehend Mason, late boatswain of the Pearl, for embezzlement.
Sir Thos. Allin informs him that the victualler at Dover has orders to victual the Diamond for 120 men only, and the Deptford ketch for 25, whereas the former — being one of the winter guard — is to be victualled for the complement appointed her on a foreign voyage, and the other had 5 men added. Desires them to set this right, and to direct that the Constant Warwick and Capt. Beach may be supplied at Dover or in the Downs;
asks when the vessel that is to carry the victuals to Capt. Poole will be ready, that he may have the orders prepared that are to go with her. [2 pages. S.P. Dom., Car. II. 239, No. 210.]
@@@ And Henry Bennet, Lord Arlington gets a letter from a 5-year-old:
May 12. 1668 Glentworth. Earl of Ogle to Williamson. Requests him to present a letter enclosed to Lord [Arlington]. [2 pages. S.P. Dom., Car. II. 239, No. 213.]
Henry Cavendish, Earl of Ogle (19 January 1663 – 1 November 1680), was the only son and heir of Henry Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Newcastle and his wife Frances Pierrepont, but died before his father at the age of 17.
A Nonconformist minister, coming from Ireland, held a conventicle on a moor, and preached to 100, speaking against episcopacy, on which the Council sent troops to keep that country in order, and to find out the preacher if possible.
One of the Lord Chancellor’s troop exacting money where he was quartered, was seized by the Earl of Caithness.
Peter Roy McGregor, a notorious thief and murderer, and 3 of his associates, are to have their right hands cut off alive, and then to be hanged and left in chains, between Edinburgh and Leith. [2 pages. S.P. Dom., Car. II. 239, No. 211.]
@@@ May 12. 1668 Totnes. Devon Thos. Brooking to Sir Thos. Clifford.
I have had two bales of double baize, which cost me 44/. 16s. 6d. per bale, stolen out of the St. Peter of Dartmouth on her way to Crosick, by an Ostend man-of-war, whose captain beat and wounded the master, and two of his company. I beseech you to acquaint the Spanish ambassador with the business, so that he may make the captain of the man-of-war suffer for the robbery, and that I may have satisfaction.
A vessel has just arrived at Dartmouth from Portugal, which has been also plundered of a great many barrels of oil, boxes of sweetmeats, &c. [2 pages. S.P. Dom., Car. II. 239, No. 212.] Annexing, Certificate by Henry Crue, mayor and water bailiff of Dartmouth, Devon, that Andrew Stocker of Kingswear, master, And Hannafords, master’s mate, and John Adggener, all belonging to the ship St. Peter of Dartmouth, voluntarily deposed before him that in sailing from Dartmouth to Crosick, they were met, 21 April, by an Ostend man-of-war, commanded by Adrian Vyack, who ordered the master and two of the company of the St. Peter aboard his ship, abused them with threatenings and blows, and took 2 packs of fine baize, belonging to Thos. Brooking of Totnes, merchant, which had been shipped on board their vessel by Tristram Couch of Dartmouth, merchant, and also 3/. in money belonging to the captain. — 9 May 1668. [2 pages. S.P. Dom., Car. II. 239, No. 212I.]
(I went to college with some Hannafords ... the family is still running things in the same neck of the woods.)
A Spanish man-of-war has come in for water, having 400 men in her, bound for Flanders. Another ship of 400 men came out of Vigo with her, but they were separated by the storm.
They say that Don John is at the Groyne, ready to come forth with 6,000 men and 4 ships. [S.P. Dom., Car. II. 239, No. 216.]
May 12. 1668 Plymouth Fort. —––––– to Williamson. The St. Ignatius from Vigo in Galicia, has arrived with 550 men on board; two ships came out with her, having 700 men in each.
The Milford frigate has sailed for Portsmouth, and the Francis is waiting to take in provisions, intending to return to her station off the Lizard. [S.P. Dom., Car. II. 239, No. 217.]
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[Vigo is a port on Spain’s northwest coast. The mouth of the nearby Vigo Estuary is sheltered by the Cíes Islands. Where would they be sending 2,350 "men" now the Peace Treaties have all been signed?]
The Francis isn't on watch at the Lizard any more ... for want of food.
All these letters are from 'Charles II: May 1668', in Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Charles II, 1667-8, ed. Mary Anne Everett Green (London, 1893), pp. 369-418. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk…
David H ... I checked the link and it seems Phil Gyford agreed with you as the link is now as you suggested. If you have any more helpful catches like that, feel free to email him ... at the bottom right of the page there is a box called ABOUT ... and there's his email.
And as to the great posts ... so far no one has come along who knows the answer. Check back frequently. And please post some more; this is a blog.
‘The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there’. This is the opening sentence of L.P. Hartley’s "The Go-Between" (1953) and has become an historical cliché. The past really does not have an independent existence, but is being continually updated by adventurous sightseers: it is a frequently reexamined scene, an endangered world plundered by souvenir-hungry historical tourists like us. Tread lightly; leave behind as little debris as possible; be respectful ... they think differently from us for good but frequently obscure reasons.
May 11. 1668 The Greenwich, Downs. Capt. Rich. Beach to the Navy Commissioners.
The hoyman that has his six weeks’ provisions will not part with it until Sir Denis Gauden pays him.
Begs despatch; has spent a third of his beer and provisions already;
desires they will order the victualler to recruit him from Dover, or allow the purser money or credit. [S.P. Dom., Car. II. 239, No. 205.]
@@@ May 11. 1668 The French Victory, between Gravesend and the Hope. Capt. John Fortiscue to Sam. Pepys.
The men that had tickets have received their pay.
The rest of his provisions have not come down; has written to know whether it is the victualler’s or the hoyman’s fault; begs despatch, the season being far spent.
His master is now in London; expects his pilot this evening. [S.P. Dom., Car. II. 239, No. 207.]
Once again a stormy Channel has been of assistance to England:
May 11. 1668 Lyme. Anth. Thorold to Hickes.
The Lily and 4 other ships from Morlaix say that they are again fitting for trade there, and speak confidently of peace with Spain;
that the Ostenders are commanded in,
and that Beaufort has put into Brest with his fleet, much disabled by the storms, but that they are fitting them up again to receive soldiers, who are being sent. [S.P. Dom., Car. II. 239, No. 201.]
@@@ May 11. 1668 Weymouth. John Pocock to Hickes.
The Palm Tree from Calais reports that during the time the Spanish fleet lay there, to convoy Don John for Flanders, 9 or 10 of the commanders were killed in a quarrel about a wench; and that 8 or 9 weeks since, the whole fleet of 35 sail went for the Groyne to take in soldiers.
Hears by the George from Portugal that the Duke de Beaufort with his fleet is riding before the Groyne, to keep Don John from coming to Flanders. [S.P. Dom., Car. II. 239, No. 203.]
So that's what the French are after, not an invasion ... just as Stephane told us a month ago.
@@@ May 11. 1668 Yarmouth. Leo. Bower to Williamson.
Sixty light colliers have gone northward.
A great Dane, laden with deals from Norway, struck upon the sands and filled with water, but the men, &c., were saved by a mackerel fisher boat.
A vessel has arrived from Dunkirk with some English soldiers, taken prisoners by the French, but set at liberty since the peace.
The hogshead of knives is not as represented, but there is a barrel containing knives, flints, &c., which has been taken by the customs' officers into the storehouse till an owner comes for it. [S.P. Dom., Car. II. 239, No. 204.]
Thanks for 10/., which my cousin Fielding has obtained, and will not be wanting in answering your expectations for it.
Henry Blucket, the great speaker amongst the Baptists, and Blenkinsop, a colonel in Oliver’s army, were at Bartholomew Hartwood’s, and sent for me, but were gone before I arrived.
They wished friends would not be so timorous, but would be undaunted spirits, for now the trying times drew apace, and there was no question but the Lord would appear for His people, and a very short time would manifest it.
George Harwood says he has received such satisfaction from them that he would freely volunteer life and all.
Ed. Alwaine said that there had been another attempt to fire the city, and that one was taken in the very act, upon which two soldier like men, singularly well-mounted and appointed, endeavoured a rescue, whereupon one of the latter was captured, who gave himself out as a prophet, and prophesied that within two months London would be burnt, and about that time the French would land in England.
I saw John and Thos. Parkinson, Quakers, who had been coursing the country as far as Kendal; they were well mounted, and their horses said to be worth 30/. John Parkinson was a petty schoolmaster in Durham, and has lately been in Holland, where he intends going again.
He says that the English officers, such as [Thos.] Kelsey and [John] Desborow, are in a very brave condition, and talk of the great ones in England, not valuing them a groat; also that the Hollanders laugh at the articles they engaged to, as to sending over such English as had made their escape thither, if found guilty; since whosoever got into Holland might be made free in 4 hours, and be as secure as any in the world.
They were troubled at the sending over [Col John] Okey and others, who were either hanged or beheaded.
Knowing that I was once under Kelsey in Kent, he offered to carry any letters if I wrote to him.
These Parkinsons were as complete in their garb as if they had 500/. a year; I know not what trade John drives, but as he rides about the country, I think he may be employed about some business from Holland, and so, spy like, carries intelligence there. He says that the Spaniards and French have agreed to have at England, but that Holland keeps them out of it, as De Ruyter said he loved not England so ill that the Frenchmen should invade it.
I desire directions as to further proceedings. Endorsed, “Durham intelligence.” [1 ¾ pages. S.P. Dom., Car. II. 239, No. 200.]
H.W. previously wrote on May 1 about his visit to Sunderland and Cleadon, mentioning Newcastle, Shields, and Durham. I think he's in Yorkshire. https://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/…
"L&M add that the adjournment and prorogation prevented a settlement, and in 1670 both houses agreed to expunge all records of the affair from ther journals; whereafter the Lords did not assert their legal authority in such cases."
May 9. 1668 Account of proceedings 7-9 May in the Houses of Lords and Commons, on a dispute of privilege. The House of Lords, 7 May, expresses surprise that the Commons have received from the East India Company a petition arraigning the Lords’ proceedings, and voted thereon, without acquainting the Lords, condemning the House of Peers, which is the highest judicature in the kingdom; that they have in so doing committed a breach of privilege unexampled in former times; the Lords also declare that Thos. Skinner, merchant, has been highly oppressed by the East India Company, and that in overruling the plea of the said company, they are warranted by Parliamentary precedents.
The Commons in reply, 8 May, express their wish for good correspondence with the Lords, and suggest that all proceedings on the Lords’ sentence in Skinner’s case be forborne, and that Sir Sam. Barnardiston, Sir And. Ricard, Rowland Gwin, and Chris. Boorne be released; they declare that the petition of the company to the Commons against the Lords is not scandalous, and its entertainment no breach of privilege.
They resolve, 9 May, that whoever aids in executing the sentence of the House of Lords in Skinner’s case shall be deemed a betrayer of the Commons of England, and an infringer on the privileges of the House.
[2 ½ pages. The proceedings on this difference between the Lords and Commons have been erased from the Journals of both Houses. S. P. Dom., Car. II. 239, No. 182.]
May 8. 1668 The Monmouth, Downs. Sir Thos. Allin to the Navy Commissioners.
Desires orders as to victualling certain ships;
asks whether he may spare any of the King's stores, on security of repayment, where he sees a palpable necessity, for some poor men who cannot get them at Deal or Dover. [S.P. Dom., Car. II. 239, No. 165.]
People are starving ... the Admiral wonders if the Commissioners are aware of the fact ...???????????????????
@@@ May 8. 1668 Warrant to Arthur, Earl of Anglesey, Navy treasurer, to pay 930/. to Thos. King for houses bought long since for the King's service. [S.P. Dom., Entry Book 26, f. 30.]
@@@ May S. 1668 Privy Seal for 3,000/. to Lord Arlington for secret service. Minute. [S.P. Dom., Entry Book 30, f. 31.]
@@@ May 8. 1668 Warrant to pay to Baptist May, Keeper of the Privy Purse, 22,500/. for the said purse. [Docquet, Vol. 23, No. 214.]
'Charles II: May 1668', in Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Charles II, 1667-8, ed. Mary Anne Everett Green (London, 1893), pp. 369-418. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk…
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About Monday 18 May 1668
San Diego Sarah • Link
May 18. 1668
Yarmouth.
Rich. Bower to Williamson.
The Speedwell and French Victory have sailed for Iceland to wait on the fishery.
[FINALLY!]
A Yarmouth vessel from Amsterdam, coming up with the Dutch fleet riding at the Texel, with his topsails a-trip, the admiral fired at her, upon which she lowered a little;
but the pilot, a Dutchman, saying they shot not at her, the master hoisted the sails again, upon which the admiral made another shot which passed between the masts, when he lowered and bore up.
The admiral sent his boat for the master, and when informed it was the fault of the pilot, ordered the latter to be sent for, and clapped into the bilboes, but was very courteous to the master on parting.
The fleet was 25 men-of-war, and intended for the Downs.
Fifty sail of laden colliers have passed to the southward.
[S.P. Dom., Car. II. 240, No. 71.]
There are several reports during the month regarding other navies testing England's sovereignty over the Channel by not "saluting" with their flags first. Great disrespect had to be met with force. What the exact courtesy required here was, I have no idea.
About Monday 18 May 1668
San Diego Sarah • Link
May 18. 1668
Deal.
Morgan Lodge to [Williamson].
Two Ostend men-of-war, of 30 and 12 guns, fell in with a French man-of-war of 40 guns, and after disputing for 3 or 4 hours, they parted.
The Frenchman has come into the Downs, but will only confess to 2 men killed, one being the captain’s son, who was lieutenant of the ship.
The captain being a Protestant, has desired leave to bury his son in the churchyard, which being granted, the corpse has been brought ashore.
The French ship is very much torn, but is refitting with all speed.
The Constant Warwick saw the fight 3 leagues off Dover.
[S.P. Dom., Car. II. 240, No. 65.]
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May 18. 1668
Deal.
Rich. Watts to [Williamson].
Understands by the Warwick that Capt. Carew and Capt. Brewer of Ostend met with a French man-of-war of 40 guns, who seeing the Spanish colours, slung his masts and furled his sails, and although the least of the Ostenders had 34 guns, yet went between them, gave them several broadsides, and made the Ostenders leave them.
Others say the Frenchman has above 100 killed and wounded;
she has come in with many holes in her sails, and an Englishman belonging to her says they came out with 250 men, and now have not 150 well on board;
very few hands were furling the sails when they came to anchor.
The French lieutenant and another officer have been brought ashore to be buried.
[S.P. Dom., Car. II. 240, No. 66.]
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These Ostenders have a lot of nerve. Possibly more trouble than the Barbary pirates.
This and many other letters can be found at:
'Charles II: May 1668', in Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Charles II, 1667-8, ed. Mary Anne Everett Green (London, 1893), pp. 369-418. British History Online
https://www.british-history.ac.uk…
About Sunday 17 May 1668
San Diego Sarah • Link
May 17. 1668
Happy Entrance,
Portsmouth.
Hab. Wiles to the Navy Commissioners.
Arrived here with 30 men for the Cambridge, but finds her backward, and in no posture of keeping them, so is forced to retain them on board the ketch.
Asks further orders and 5 more men; is only ordered 10, with which he cannot do his business;
when he has sent his boat away with 7, can do nothing, and if he sends fewer, the people beat and abuse his men, that it is a shame to see it; the men are so much discouraged that he fears he shall not get them to go pressing any more, unless their Honours make him stronger.
[S.P. Dom., Car. II. 240, No. 50.]
Annexing,
Order by Sir Thos. Teddeman to Hab. Wiles,
to sail for Portsmouth, press men at Margate, Deal, and Dover, and deliver them to the Cambridge
— 6 May 1668.
[S.P. Dom., Car. II. 240, No. 50I]
The impress men being abused as they go about their business ... and Capt. Wiles catches 30, only to find the Cambridge is unfit to receive them, so he has to keep them on board his ketch. I see a mutiny coming.
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All this month's letters can be found at:
'Charles II: May 1668', in Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Charles II, 1667-8, ed. Mary Anne Everett Green (London, 1893), pp. 369-418. British History Online
https://www.british-history.ac.uk…
About Saturday 16 May 1668
San Diego Sarah • Link
May 16. 1668
Rye. James Welsh to Williamson.
A vessel from Dieppe speaks very confidently of the conclusion of the peace between the two Crowns,
the more so as several English, late cannoneers there, are waiting for a passage.
[S.P. Dom., Car. II. 240, No. 44.]
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May 17. 1668
Portsmouth.
Chas. Collier, for Hugh Salesbury, to Williamson.
The ships are fitting out in all haste,
and the Dragon and 2 others are ready to sail.
The carpenter of the Dragon cast himself away because he could not receive things needful for the use of the ship, and wrote the cause of his doing so on his rule, before he went into the water.
[S.P. Dom., Car. II. 240, No. 45.]
Do I understand this to mean the carpenter wrote a suicide note on his rule? A short note indeed ... or did he just escape and swim to shore?
About Saturday 16 May 1668
San Diego Sarah • Link
The Wits and Pepys have been taking advantage:
May 16. 1668
Warrant
prohibiting all persons from having access to the attiring house of the Theatre Royal, under the management of Thos. Killigrew,
save only such as belong to the company of actors, and are employed by them, complaint having been made of hindrance of the acting, and interruption of the scenes thereby.
[S.P. Dom., Entry Book 30, f. 32.]
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May 16. 1668
Warrant
for preventing persons coming into the theatre before the play is finished, without paying the accustomed prices for their respective places;
offenders to be brought in custody before the Lord Chamberlain.
[S.P. Dom., Entry Book 30, f. 32.]
About Saturday 16 May 1668
San Diego Sarah • Link
May 16. 1668
Edwinstowe.
John Russell to the Navy Commissioners.
Is at great trouble and charge in making room to lay timber and plank at Stockwith, for want of hoys to carry it away.
Now is the time of the year for taking it down to the water, and 16 or 18 wagons come in daily; shall be forced to discharge them from bringing more, for want of vessels to fetch it away;
the wharf being so full, must hire another piece of land to lay it on.
Desires a vessel to be sent to Hull for timber which lies there in danger.
[S.P. Dom., Car. II. 240, No. 38.]
Ships to be built, and ships waiting for repair ... all need wood. And it is stuck at Edwinstowe (the village in Sherwood Forest, Nottinghamshire where Maid Marion is rumored to have married Robin Hood), and on the wharf at Stockwith, which appears to be inland on the River Trent.
The Trent empties into the North Sea between Hull in Yorkshire and Immingham in Lincolnshire, so it's reasonable to send a ship there.
The puzzle lies in the last line: why bring timber INLAND from Hull where it would be even easier to pick up? Surely the shipwrights there can use it? Especially as they have run out of space for planks at Stockwith ... ???
'Charles II: May 1668', in Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Charles II, 1667-8, ed. Mary Anne Everett Green (London, 1893), pp. 369-418. British History Online
https://www.british-history.ac.uk…
About Thursday 14 May 1668
San Diego Sarah • Link
Parliament is correct in thinking smuggling has increased because of the new tax on wine:
May 14. 1668
John Paige to Williamson.
I made inquiry for a person going to Spain or Paris, and can only find a Frenchman for Rouen, who will take all care of the packet, and it will be remitted for Paris, if this way will do.
The masters of the Leghorn ships deny having any cheeses for you,
but the case of wine is aboard, and will be delivered tomorrow.
[S.P. Dom., Car. II. 240, No. 21.]
You'd think by now Williamson could get a letter to Paris without much trouble.
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May 14. 1668
Edinburgh.
R. M. [Rob. Mein] to Williamson.
The 4 murderers [McGregor and his associates] are executed, their hands being cut off before death, and are put on iron pikes above the gallows, where they hang in chains, between Leith and Edinburgh.
They all confessed their share in the murder of the Laird of Muresk, but said they were deceived by the Earl of Aboyne, who promised to secure their lives if they would keep silence, and ordered them, under pain of banishment, to apprehend the laird and his son, condemn them, and put them to death.
[S.P. Dom., Car. II. 240, No. 17.]
For more about the 1666 murder of John Lyon, Laird of Craigston and Laird of Muiresk (1590 – 1666) see
https://patrickspeople.scot/our%2…
Charles Gordon, 1st Earl of Aboyne (c1638 - March 1681). The fourth son of George Gordon, 2nd Marquess of Huntly and Lady Anne Campbell, he was created 1st Earl of Aboyne and 1st Lord Gordon of Strathaven and Glenlivet by Letters Patent on 10 September 1660.
Charles Gordon married secondly, Elizabeth Lyon, daughter of John Lyon, 2nd Earl of Kinghorne (1596 – 1646) and Lady Elizabeth Maule, on 28 August 1665 of Glamis, Angus, Scotland. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cha…
It appears the Earl ordered the killing of the Laird because they both wanted the same lands.
About Thursday 14 May 1668
San Diego Sarah • Link
They need an Irishman to lift the ships in the Medway!?
May 14. 1668
Indenture between the Navy Commissioners and Hen. Nicoll, of Kilmaiden, Waterford,
whereby the latter obliges himself, at his own cost, to clear the Medway of wrecks, according to the schedule annexed, in 6 months.
The Navy Commissioners, by virtue of the order of the Lord High Admiral, are to supply 4 vessels named with all necessaries, of which a list is annexed, but to provide no further supplies, even if there shall be occasion for them.
Nicoll is to preserve the vessels, and to return them on the finishing of the work, or to be accountable for the damage.
In consideration of the said work, he is to receive 300/. upon the sealing of the indenture, and 100/. upon finishing the work, besides the right to dispose of such part of the wrecks as he can save,
except guns, shot, and anchors, which are to be returned to his Majesty.
[S.P. Dom., Car. II. 240, No. 10.]
Annexing,
Schedule of provisions on board the ships mentioned in the indenture.
[S.P. Dom., Car. II. 240, No. 10I.]
Schedule of 14 vessels sunk or wrecked in the Medway, as mentioned in the indenture.
[S.P. Dom., Car. II. 240, No. 10II.]
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May 14. 1668
Deal.
Rich. Watts to [Williamson].
Sir Thos. Allin has sailed in his ketch for London, his wife being very sick.
Sixty ships are in the Downs.
[S.P. Dom., Car. II. 240, No. 19.]
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May 14. 1668
Swansea.
Capt. John Man to Williamson.
Two ships have come into the road,
one, the St. John of Ostend, having 4 or 5 companies of Spanish foot from Galicia for Ostend;
the captains are much troubled at the conclusion of peace, being soldiers of fortune, and fearing their trade will fail.
The other, a Newcastle vessel taken by the Dutch in the late war, but now belonging to a merchant of London, has a Dutchman aboard who has been a slave in Turkey, and who has brought over a tiger of so gentle a nature that the men of the ship play with him as if he were a dog.
[S.P. Dom., Car. II. 240, No. 22.]
'Charles II: May 1668', in Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Charles II, 1667-8, ed. Mary Anne Everett Green (London, 1893), pp. 369-418. British History Online
https://www.british-history.ac.uk…
About Wednesday 13 May 1668
San Diego Sarah • Link
May 13. 1668
Lyme.
Ant. Thorold to Williamson.
The Elizabeth from Cadiz, richly laden, bound for France, has arrived,
and reports that Don John was ready 6 weeks since to take shipping from the Groyne for Flanders, having then a considerable fleet and a good army to carry with him;
also that Tangiers is in a thriving condition, but that the Turks have taken some of our vessels in the Straits, and others are daily chased by them there.
The Elizabeth came out with a good fleet of English merchantmen, which were convoyed by the Nightingale frigate part of the way.
Other vessels named have come in.
[S.P. Dom., Car. II. 240, No. 4.]
[Groynes in Sitges, Catalonia, Spain is now known as A Coruña. It’s a busy port located on a promontory in the Golfo Ártabro, a large gulf on the Atlantic Ocean.]
'Charles II: May 1668', in Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Charles II, 1667-8, ed. Mary Anne Everett Green (London, 1893), pp. 369-418. British History Online
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About Tuesday 12 May 1668
San Diego Sarah • Link
Adm. Allin is trying to get food from another source:
May 12. 1668
M. Wren to Navy Commissioners.
They represented the Stadthaus of Haarlem as fit to be kept from sale for the service;
the Duke moved the King in Council for directions about the other 2 prize ships;
thinks there is a Council order for a privy seal for their sale;
supposes Lord Anglesey will appoint some person to get out the privy seal.
They will receive the Duke’s order for suspending the boatswain of the Anne, and the carpenter of the Kent;
he will also give order to the marshal of the Admiralty to apprehend Mason, late boatswain of the Pearl, for embezzlement.
Sir Thos. Allin informs him that the victualler at Dover has orders to victual the Diamond for 120 men only,
and the Deptford ketch for 25,
whereas the former — being one of the winter guard — is to be victualled for the complement appointed her on a foreign voyage, and the other had 5 men added. Desires them to set this right,
and to direct that the Constant Warwick and Capt. Beach may be supplied at Dover or in the Downs;
asks when the vessel that is to carry the victuals to Capt. Poole will be ready, that he may have the orders prepared that are to go with her.
[2 pages. S.P. Dom., Car. II. 239, No. 210.]
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And Henry Bennet, Lord Arlington gets a letter from a 5-year-old:
May 12. 1668
Glentworth.
Earl of Ogle to Williamson.
Requests him to present a letter enclosed to Lord [Arlington].
[2 pages. S.P. Dom., Car. II. 239, No. 213.]
Henry Cavendish, Earl of Ogle (19 January 1663 – 1 November 1680), was the only son and heir of Henry Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Newcastle and his wife Frances Pierrepont, but died before his father at the age of 17.
About Tuesday 12 May 1668
San Diego Sarah • Link
May 12. 1668
Edinburgh.
Rob. Mein to Williamson.
A Nonconformist minister, coming from Ireland, held a conventicle on a moor, and preached to 100, speaking against episcopacy,
on which the Council sent troops to keep that country in order, and to find out the preacher if possible.
One of the Lord Chancellor’s troop exacting money where he was quartered, was seized by the Earl of Caithness.
Peter Roy McGregor, a notorious thief and murderer, and 3 of his associates, are to have their right hands cut off alive, and then to be hanged and left in chains, between Edinburgh and Leith.
[2 pages. S.P. Dom., Car. II. 239, No. 211.]
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May 12. 1668
Totnes. Devon
Thos. Brooking to Sir Thos. Clifford.
I have had two bales of double baize, which cost me 44/. 16s. 6d. per bale, stolen out of the St. Peter of Dartmouth on her way to Crosick, by an Ostend man-of-war, whose captain beat and wounded the master, and two of his company.
I beseech you to acquaint the Spanish ambassador with the business, so that he may make the captain of the man-of-war suffer for the robbery, and that I may have satisfaction.
A vessel has just arrived at Dartmouth from Portugal, which has been also plundered of a great many barrels of oil, boxes of sweetmeats, &c.
[2 pages. S.P. Dom., Car. II. 239, No. 212.]
Annexing,
Certificate by Henry Crue, mayor and water bailiff of Dartmouth, Devon,
that Andrew Stocker of Kingswear, master, And Hannafords, master’s mate, and John Adggener, all belonging to the ship St. Peter of Dartmouth, voluntarily deposed before him
that in sailing from Dartmouth to Crosick, they were met, 21 April, by an Ostend man-of-war, commanded by Adrian Vyack, who ordered the master and two of the company of the St. Peter aboard his ship, abused them with threatenings and blows,
and took 2 packs of fine baize, belonging to Thos. Brooking of Totnes, merchant, which had been shipped on board their vessel by Tristram Couch of Dartmouth, merchant, and also 3/. in money belonging to the captain.
— 9 May 1668.
[2 pages. S.P. Dom., Car. II. 239, No. 212I.]
(I went to college with some Hannafords ... the family is still running things in the same neck of the woods.)
About Tuesday 12 May 1668
San Diego Sarah • Link
Uh-oooh
May 12. 1668
Portsmouth.
—–––– to Williamson.
A Spanish man-of-war has come in for water, having 400 men in her, bound for Flanders.
Another ship of 400 men came out of Vigo with her, but they were separated by the storm.
They say that Don John is at the Groyne, ready to come forth with 6,000 men and 4 ships.
[S.P. Dom., Car. II. 239, No. 216.]
May 12. 1668
Plymouth Fort. —––––– to Williamson.
The St. Ignatius from Vigo in Galicia, has arrived with 550 men on board;
two ships came out with her, having 700 men in each.
The Milford frigate has sailed for Portsmouth,
and the Francis is waiting to take in provisions, intending to return to her station off the Lizard.
[S.P. Dom., Car. II. 239, No. 217.]
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[Vigo is a port on Spain’s northwest coast. The mouth of the nearby Vigo Estuary is sheltered by the Cíes Islands. Where would they be sending 2,350 "men" now the Peace Treaties have all been signed?]
The Francis isn't on watch at the Lizard any more ... for want of food.
All these letters are from
'Charles II: May 1668', in Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Charles II, 1667-8, ed. Mary Anne Everett Green (London, 1893), pp. 369-418. British History Online
https://www.british-history.ac.uk…
About Daily diary emails update
San Diego Sarah • Link
Thanks for finding this work-around; I'm enjoying meeting everyone in the Discussion Group.
About Sunday 1 January 1659/60
San Diego Sarah • Link
David H ... I checked the link and it seems Phil Gyford agreed with you as the link is now as you suggested. If you have any more helpful catches like that, feel free to email him ... at the bottom right of the page there is a box called ABOUT ... and there's his email.
And as to the great posts ... so far no one has come along who knows the answer. Check back frequently. And please post some more; this is a blog.
About Sunday 1 January 1659/60
San Diego Sarah • Link
‘The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there’. This is the opening sentence of L.P. Hartley’s "The Go-Between" (1953) and has become an historical cliché. The past really does not have an independent existence, but is being continually updated by adventurous sightseers: it is a frequently reexamined scene, an endangered world plundered by souvenir-hungry historical tourists like us. Tread lightly; leave behind as little debris as possible; be respectful ... they think differently from us for good but frequently obscure reasons.
About Monday 11 May 1668
San Diego Sarah • Link
Poor Denis Gauden ...
May 11. 1668
The Greenwich,
Downs.
Capt. Rich. Beach to the Navy Commissioners.
The hoyman that has his six weeks’ provisions will not part with it until Sir Denis Gauden pays him.
Begs despatch;
has spent a third of his beer and provisions already;
desires they will order the victualler to recruit him from Dover, or allow the purser money or credit.
[S.P. Dom., Car. II. 239, No. 205.]
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May 11. 1668
The French Victory,
between Gravesend and the Hope.
Capt. John Fortiscue to Sam. Pepys.
The men that had tickets have received their pay.
The rest of his provisions have not come down;
has written to know whether it is the victualler’s or the hoyman’s fault;
begs despatch, the season being far spent.
His master is now in London; expects his pilot this evening.
[S.P. Dom., Car. II. 239, No. 207.]
About Monday 11 May 1668
San Diego Sarah • Link
Once again a stormy Channel has been of assistance to England:
May 11. 1668
Lyme.
Anth. Thorold to Hickes.
The Lily and 4 other ships from Morlaix say that they are again fitting for trade there, and speak confidently of peace with Spain;
that the Ostenders are commanded in,
and that Beaufort has put into Brest with his fleet, much disabled by the storms, but that they are fitting them up again to receive soldiers, who are being sent.
[S.P. Dom., Car. II. 239, No. 201.]
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May 11. 1668
Weymouth.
John Pocock to Hickes.
The Palm Tree from Calais reports that during the time the Spanish fleet lay there, to convoy Don John for Flanders, 9 or 10 of the commanders were killed in a quarrel about a wench;
and that 8 or 9 weeks since, the whole fleet of 35 sail went for the Groyne to take in soldiers.
Hears by the George from Portugal that the Duke de Beaufort with his fleet is riding before the Groyne, to keep Don John from coming to Flanders.
[S.P. Dom., Car. II. 239, No. 203.]
So that's what the French are after, not an invasion ... just as Stephane told us a month ago.
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May 11. 1668
Yarmouth.
Leo. Bower to Williamson.
Sixty light colliers have gone northward.
A great Dane, laden with deals from Norway, struck upon the sands and filled with water, but the men, &c., were saved by a mackerel fisher boat.
A vessel has arrived from Dunkirk with some English soldiers, taken prisoners by the French, but set at liberty since the peace.
The hogshead of knives is not as represented, but there is a barrel containing knives, flints, &c., which has been taken by the customs' officers into the storehouse till an owner comes for it.
[S.P. Dom., Car. II. 239, No. 204.]
About Monday 11 May 1668
San Diego Sarah • Link
May 11. 1668
H. W. to Williamson.
Thanks for 10/., which my cousin Fielding has obtained, and will not be wanting in answering your expectations for it.
Henry Blucket, the great speaker amongst the Baptists,
and Blenkinsop, a colonel in Oliver’s army,
were at Bartholomew Hartwood’s, and sent for me, but were gone before I arrived.
They wished friends would not be so timorous, but would be undaunted spirits, for now the trying times drew apace, and there was no question but the Lord would appear for His people, and a very short time would manifest it.
George Harwood says he has received such satisfaction from them that he would freely volunteer life and all.
Ed. Alwaine said that there had been another attempt to fire the city, and that one was taken in the very act, upon which two soldier like men, singularly well-mounted and appointed, endeavoured a rescue, whereupon one of the latter was captured, who gave himself out as a prophet, and prophesied that within two months London would be burnt, and about that time the French would land in England.
I saw John and Thos. Parkinson, Quakers, who had been coursing the country as far as Kendal;
they were well mounted, and their horses said to be worth 30/.
John Parkinson was a petty schoolmaster in Durham, and has lately been in Holland, where he intends going again.
He says that the English officers, such as [Thos.] Kelsey and [John] Desborow, are in a very brave condition, and talk of the great ones in England, not valuing them a groat;
also that the Hollanders laugh at the articles they engaged to, as to sending over such English as had made their escape thither, if found guilty;
since whosoever got into Holland might be made free in 4 hours, and be as secure as any in the world.
They were troubled at the sending over [Col John] Okey and others, who were either hanged or beheaded.
Knowing that I was once under Kelsey in Kent, he offered to carry any letters if I wrote to him.
These Parkinsons were as complete in their garb as if they had 500/. a year;
I know not what trade John drives, but as he rides about the country, I think he may be employed about some business from Holland, and so, spy like, carries intelligence there.
He says that the Spaniards and French have agreed to have at England, but that Holland keeps them out of it, as De Ruyter said he loved not England so ill that the Frenchmen should invade it.
I desire directions as to further proceedings.
Endorsed, “Durham intelligence.”
[1 ¾ pages. S.P. Dom., Car. II. 239, No. 200.]
'Charles II: May 1668', in Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Charles II, 1667-8, pp. 369-418.
https://www.british-history.ac.uk…
H.W. previously wrote on May 1 about his visit to Sunderland and Cleadon, mentioning Newcastle, Shields, and Durham. I think he's in Yorkshire.
https://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/…
About Saturday 9 May 1668
San Diego Sarah • Link
"L&M add that the adjournment and prorogation prevented a settlement, and in 1670 both houses agreed to expunge all records of the affair from ther journals; whereafter the Lords did not assert their legal authority in such cases."
May 9. 1668
Account of proceedings 7-9 May in the Houses of Lords and Commons, on a dispute of privilege.
The House of Lords, 7 May, expresses surprise that the Commons have received from the East India Company a petition arraigning the Lords’ proceedings, and voted thereon, without acquainting the Lords, condemning the House of Peers, which is the highest judicature in the kingdom;
that they have in so doing committed a breach of privilege unexampled in former times;
the Lords also declare that Thos. Skinner, merchant, has been highly oppressed by the East India Company, and that in overruling the plea of the said company, they are warranted by Parliamentary precedents.
The Commons in reply, 8 May, express their wish for good correspondence with the Lords, and suggest that all proceedings on the Lords’ sentence in Skinner’s case be forborne, and that Sir Sam. Barnardiston, Sir And. Ricard, Rowland Gwin, and Chris. Boorne be released;
they declare that the petition of the company to the Commons against the Lords is not scandalous, and its entertainment no breach of privilege.
They resolve, 9 May, that whoever aids in executing the sentence of the House of Lords in Skinner’s case shall be deemed a betrayer of the Commons of England, and an infringer on the privileges of the House.
[2 ½ pages. The proceedings on this difference between the Lords and Commons have been erased from the Journals of both Houses.
S. P. Dom., Car. II. 239, No. 182.]
About Friday 8 May 1668
San Diego Sarah • Link
May 8. 1668
The Monmouth,
Downs.
Sir Thos. Allin to the Navy Commissioners.
Desires orders as to victualling certain ships;
asks whether he may spare any of the King's stores, on security of repayment, where he sees a palpable necessity, for some poor men who cannot get them at Deal or Dover.
[S.P. Dom., Car. II. 239, No. 165.]
People are starving ... the Admiral wonders if the Commissioners are aware of the fact ...???????????????????
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May 8. 1668
Warrant to Arthur, Earl of Anglesey, Navy treasurer,
to pay 930/. to Thos. King for houses bought long since for the King's service.
[S.P. Dom., Entry Book 26, f. 30.]
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May S. 1668
Privy Seal for 3,000/. to Lord Arlington
for secret service.
Minute. [S.P. Dom., Entry Book 30, f. 31.]
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May 8. 1668
Warrant to pay to Baptist May, Keeper of the Privy Purse,
22,500/. for the said purse.
[Docquet, Vol. 23, No. 214.]
'Charles II: May 1668', in Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Charles II, 1667-8, ed. Mary Anne Everett Green (London, 1893), pp. 369-418. British History Online
https://www.british-history.ac.uk…