Bear Posted April 28, 2007 Share Posted April 28, 2007 (edited) Hello,King William III25 August 1696Military Commission appointing Richard Hamaker to be a Lt in the Regiment of Foot under the command of Colonel William Seymour and Capt John Gilbert. This document signed by the king while on campaign during the War of the Grand Alliance in Flanders Our Court at Loo.thanks,barry Edited April 28, 2007 by Bear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Bear Posted April 28, 2007 Author Share Posted April 28, 2007 (edited) William the Third by the Grace of God. King of England, Scotland, France and Ireland. Defender of the Faith. To our trusty and welbeloved Richard Hamaker Gent. Greetings we do by these presents constitute and appoint you to be Lieutenant to the company of (Granad ???) in our regiment of foot commanded by our trusty and welbeloved Colonel William Seymour where of John Gilbert Esq. is Captain. Your are therefore carefully and deligently to discharge the duty of Lieutenant by exercising and well disciplining as well the inferior officers as soldiers of that company and we hereby command them to obey you as their lieutenant and you to observe and follow such orders and directions from time to time as you shall receive from your Colonel, Captain, or any other your superior officer according to the rules and discipline of war, in ursuance of the trust we hereby repose in you given at our Court at Loo this 25 of August 1696. In the eighth year of our reign. Edited April 28, 2007 by Bear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Bear Posted April 28, 2007 Author Share Posted April 28, 2007 Secretary of State William Blathwayt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Bear Posted April 28, 2007 Author Share Posted April 28, 2007 War of the Grand Alliance (1688-1697)One Huge Mess http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_the_Grand_alliance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bear Posted April 28, 2007 Author Share Posted April 28, 2007 William BlathwaytHe established the War office as a department of the British Government and established the colony of Massachusetts Bay and was Secretary of State from 1692-1702. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Y Posted April 29, 2007 Share Posted April 29, 2007 William held court in the loo? Seriously, though, great document. Hello,King William III25 August 1696Military Commission appointing Richard Hamaker to be a Lt in the Regiment of Foot under the command of Colonel William Seymour and Capt John Gilbert. This document signed by the king while on campaign during the War of the Grand Alliance in Flanders Our Court at Loo.thanks,barry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DutchBoy Posted April 29, 2007 Share Posted April 29, 2007 (edited) William and Mary made Het Loo mostly what it is today...It also has an awesome collection of ODM from around the world, for those of you who are ever in the area. Edited April 29, 2007 by DutchBoy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TS Allen Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 "Granad..." is possibly Grenadiers? Granadiers? TS Allen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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