Teingmouth and Shaldon | for 11000 t. loſs. ||| Williamd and Mary By the Grace of God, King and Queen of England, Scotland, France, and Ireland, Defenders of the Faith, &c. […] Whereas, We are credibly given to underſtand, […] That on the 26th day of July-laſt paſt, about Four a Clock in the Morning, (the French Fleet then riding in Torbay, where all the Forces of Our ſaid County were drawn up to Oppoſe their Landing,) ſeveral of their Gallies drew off from their Fleet, and made to- | wards a weak Unfortified Place called Teingmouth, about Seven Miles to the Eaſtward of Torbay; and coming very near, and having played the Cannon of their | Gallies upon the Town, and ſhot near Two Hundred great Shot thereinto, to drive away the poor inhabitants, the Landed about Seventeen Hundred of their | Men, and began to Plunder and Fire the Towns […] Witness Our Selves at Westminster, the Thirteenth Day of November, in the Second Year of Our Reign. || God Save the King and Queen.
1692
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Teingmouth and Shaldon | for 11000 t. loſs. ||| Williamd and Mary By the Grace of God, King and Queen of England, Scotland, France, and Ireland, Defenders of the Faith, &c. […] Whereas, We are credibly given to underſtand, […] That on the 26th day of July-laſt paſt, about Four a Clock in the Morning, (the French Fleet then riding in Torbay, where all the Forces of Our ſaid County were drawn up to Oppoſe their Landing,) ſeveral of their Gallies drew off from their Fleet, and made to- | wards a weak Unfortified Place called Teingmouth, about Seven Miles to the Eaſtward of Torbay; and coming very near, and having played the Cannon of their | Gallies upon the Town, and ſhot near Two Hundred great Shot thereinto, to drive away the poor inhabitants, the Landed about Seventeen Hundred of their | Men, and began to Plunder and Fire the Towns […] Witness Our Selves at Westminster, the Thirteenth Day of November, in the Second Year of Our Reign. || God Save the King and Queen.
Created/published
[In the Savoy] : Printed by Edward Jones for William Fall dwelling in Weld-street, 1692.
Description
1 sheet ([1 p.]) ; 37 x 26 cm
Corporate author
England and Wales. Sovereign (1689-1694 : William and Mary)
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Broadsides (notices)
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England.
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Call number
FAST ACC 271801 (folio)
Folger-specific note
From dealer's description: "Royal proclamation assigning 11,000 pounds for the recompense of the losses suffered by the residents of the villages of Teingmouth and Shaldon at the hands of French plunderers, who destroyed at least 116 houses, killed livestock, burned ships, profaned the property of two churches, and committed various and sundry robberies and other violent acts. No other copies have been located in libraries, bibliographies, or the trade."|Ordered from W.S. Cotter Rare Books, D 9380, 2019-12-20, Email quote.