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Folios 138-139. A newsletter from RY [Robert Yard] to Lord Ambassador [Joseph] Williamson,...

Catalogue reference: SP 32/11/87

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This record is about the Folios 138-139. A newsletter from RY [Robert Yard] to Lord Ambassador [Joseph] Williamson,... dating from 1699 Feb 3 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 32/11/87
Date
1699 Feb 3
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Folios 138-139. A newsletter from RY [Robert Yard] to Lord Ambassador [Joseph] Williamson, dated at Whitehall, mentioning: an undertaking at the General Court of the new East India Company to discuss uniting with the old company; King [William III] at the House of Peers [Lords]; a dispute over the election for Heslemere [Haslemere, Surrey] resolved in favour of Sir Theophilus Oglethorpe against Mr Bridges' [George Rodney Brydges'] petition; [House of] Commons committee hearing on the navy, mentioning an Admiralty ruling dated of 12 September 1695, Henry Priestman's allowance as commander-in- chief at Sally [Salé, Barbary] with [HMS] Bonaventure in 1684; engrossing bill for enlarging trade with Russia; Gracious speech read; supply, and 15,000 men to be employed for the summer and winter guard of the sea for 1699; proposal to hold a General court of the old East India Company concerning a merger with the new company. Adds news from Dublin [Ireland]: royal assent for raising £120,000 on land, bring revenues to £135,000; additional duty on woollen manufactures; bill about linen manufacture; and prorogation of parliament.

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