Dutch and English tensions over sea sovereignty and war plans
In April letters from Amsterdam The Hague and Cadiz discuss rising conflicts over sea power The Danish claim to sovereignty in the Davis Straits angers the States of Holland and England refuses to accept tribute The reports also note Spanish and French backing shifts and plans to strike at Minorca Port Mahon and Portobelo plus the broader European balance of power.
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Holland
Denmark
Davis
West Indies
Porto Bello
Cartagena
Cuba
Hague
France
Europe
House of Austria
House of Bourbon
Amsterdam
Clavijo Isail
Cadiz
Port Mahon
Alicapt
Haddock
Fire, inscriptions, and court news from York region
Last week a fire destroyed Stil lington Mr Richardson's house and two adjoining homes. The Lobster-House on the York to Malton road also burned. A stone near Micklepate-Bar was misread as an altar stone though it is a pedestal for a statue, with a dubious ancient inscription. Royal appointments, ships commissions, and notable deaths fill the rest of this bulletin.
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Horsley
Severus
Caracalla
York
Iland
Nicomedes
Britain
Country News
Stillington
Mr. Richardson
Malton
Micklepate-Bar
Bucantid
Panthea
Richard Cornwallis
Lord Cornwallis
Egterry
Bath
Duke of Cumberland
Coldstream Regiment
Earl of Scarborough
Board’ of Admiralty
Winchelsea
Savage
Fox
Harcourt Masters
Board of Ordnance
Josiua Poscock
Jamaica
Customs
Burnham
Folkstone
Charles Sewell
Hastings
Mary
George Baker
Deceasd
Marquess of Bowmont
Duke of
Roxburgh
Lord
Edmund’ Thomas
Northey
William A Narry
Campton Kette
Wilts
Thomas Webster
Bart
Martin
Plymouth Dock
Lords of the Admiralty