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Folios 67-68. A newsletter from RY [Robert Yard] to Sir Jo [Joseph] Williamson, dated...

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This record is about the Folios 67-68. A newsletter from RY [Robert Yard] to Sir Jo [Joseph] Williamson, dated... dating from 1697 June 1 in the series Secretaries of State: State Papers Domestic, William and Mary. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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SP 32/7/47
Date
1697 June 1
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Folios 67-68. A newsletter from RY [Robert Yard] to Sir Jo [Joseph] Williamson, dated at Whitehall [Middlesex]. Reports on: the embarkation of five regiments for Flanders; the departure of Sir George Rook [Rooke], with ten ships, from 'the Nore' [Thames Estuary] to the Downes, where Admiral [Matthew] Aylmer awaits; Admiral Michael at Spithead [Hampshire]; HMS Neptune, Vanguard, and Albemarle return to Sheerness [Kent], with their crew making up the complement on Rook's ships; despatch of bomb vessels too expensive; increased valuation of Exchequer notes; improved health of the Duke of Shrewsbury; excommunication of Lady Macclesfield at Doctor's Common, and impending trial.

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English
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Open Document, Open Description
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