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83 NA, AA 2484. RAvZ, 25 January 1665; ibid. RAvZ, 27 February 1665; ZA, Rek. C
6988. Johannes Radeus, accounts (January 1665), 5 February 1665, and enclosed,
Pieter Ketelaer, receipt, 29 January 1665; ibid. Johannes Radeus, accounts (February
1665), 2 March 1665, and enclosed, Pieter Ketelaer, receipt, 3 February 1665; ibid,
6989.1. Marinis Loncke (mother's petition), extraordinary expenses (November 1664-
July 1665), 21 December 1665. The items in Radeus' accounts are receipts for dinners
at Veere on 29 January and 3 February, attended by Banckert, Geleijn Pikke, and
various admiralty councillors.
84 NA, AA 2484. RAvZ, 30 January 1665; ibid. RAvZ, 3, 19, 20 and 21 February 1665;
ZA, Rek. C 6980, ff. 175, 177-177v, 181, 184v. OGWR, 1665; TNA, SP 84/174, f.
99v. De Bacquoy [De Ruyven] to Bennet, 7 February 1665 [quotation]; Sandwich
Journal, 165. ('un exploit avantagieux')
85 TNA, SP 84/174, ff. 73v, 74v. Downing to Bennet, 31 January/10 February 1665 [quo
tation]; ibid, SP 84/175, f. 2v. Downing to Bennet, 2/12 March 1665; ZA, SvZ 3102.1,
f. 313. Cunaeus to [Griffier], 30 January/9 February 1665; ibid, f. 315. [Van Gogh] to
Griffier, 30 January/9 February 1665; [Johan Boreel] to [Van Kinschot], 4 March 1665,
Codex diplomaticus Neerlandicus, II, 24; James to Sandwich, 17 January 1665, MS Carte
Calendar 41-, William Coventry to Sandwich, 29 January 1665, ibid-, William Coventry
to Sandwich, 6 February 1665, ibid', Sandwich Journal, 165. Van Gogh put Sandwich's
arrival in the Downs as 2 days later, on 8 February. See TNA, SP 84/174, f. 247v. Van
Gogh to [Griffier], 13 February 1665.
86 ZA, SvZ, 2481. RSG, 7 February 1665 (on intelligence from London, 30 January
1665); TNA, SP 84/174, ff. 85, 88v. De Bacquoy [De Ruyven] to Bennet, 4 February
1665 [quotation t. 85]. ('d'agir en l'execution de son dessein avec toute prudence et
mesure sans hazarder sa flóte').
87 NA, AA 2484. RAvZ, 26 January 1665 (on Cornelis Evertsen the Elder, in-letter, 24
January 1665).
88 NA, AA 2484. RAvZ, 14 February 1665 (on report of Cornelis van Merck); ibid. RAvZ,
18 February 1665 (on Jan Matlo and Maerten Cornelissen); ZA, Rek. C 6990, f. 457.
OGWR, 1666 (14 and 23 February 1665); ibid, 6999.8. Jan Matlo and Maerten
Cornelissen, accounts, 23 February 1665.
89 NA, AA 2484. RAvZ 19 February 1665 (on Council of State, in-letter, 7 [sic - 17?]
February 1665); ibid. RAvZ, 23 February 1665 (on payment of Drie Helden Davids' and
Luipaard's soldiers); ZA, SvZ, 2481. RSG, 17 February 1665 (on Cornelis Evertsen the
Elder, in-letter, 13 February 1665).
90 Sandwich Journal, 165 and nl. The Dutch captain is given here heavily Anglicised as
'Shercole', but (as Tanner hints) no other captain matches better than Van der
Kerkhoven (see Appendix 1). Du Tiel afterwards become a captain in the British navy
and was favoured by James. This now appears to have been a reward for his intelligence
coup.
91 NA, AA 2484. RAvZ, 17 February 1665 (on Jan de Moor, in-letter, [no date]).
92 TNA, SP 84/174, f. 68v. News summary [6-14 February 1665].
93 Sandwich Journal, 165-167.
94 ZA, SvZ 3102.1, f. 344. List of British warships, 19 February/1 March 1665, original
ly enclosed in ibid, f. 341. Cunaeus to [Griffier/De Huybert], 19 February/1 March
1665; William Coventry to Sandwich, 11 February 1665, MS Carte Calendar 41;
Sandwich Journal, 169, 170.
95 NA, AA 2484. RAvZ, 20 February 1665 (on Jan Evertsen, in-letter, [no date]); ZA, Rek.
C 6983. Jan Matthijssen, extraordinary expenses (December 1664-July 1665), 26
August 1665, and enclosures, Elias Feris, accounts (20 February-20 April 1665), 24
April 1665, Elias Feris accounts (18 December 1664-16 February 1665), 17 February
1665, Daniel de Mos [as proxy], accounts (16 February-23 March 1665), 7 May 1665;
