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ibid. Jan Matthijssen, extraordinary expenses (February-July 1665), 15 July 1665, and
enclosure, Frans Janssen, certificate, 14 July 1665; ibid, 6989.1. Cornelis Evertsen the
Elder, extraordinary expenses 0anuary-April 1665), 5 September 1665, and enclosures,
Adriaen van Keckhoeve, accounts (17 January-20 February 1665), 14 March 1665, Elias
Feris, accounts (20 February-20 April 1665), 1 May 1665, Elias Feris, accounts (31
December 1664-16 January 1665), 17 February 1665; ibid. Adriaen van Keckhoeve,
accounts (20 February-25 April 1665), 27 May 1665, and enclosure, receipt, 20
February 1665; ibid. Jacob Pens, extraordinary expenses (November 1664-April 1665),
20 April 1665, and enclosures, Elias Feris, accounts (16 December 1664-9 March
1665), 1665, 'WL', accounts (13 November 1664-7 April 1665), [no date], Danot
Jolien, accounts (20 November 1664-8 April 1665), [no date]. Downing made appar
ently conflicting statements: he reported twice that Evertsen had sailed, and also that the
Zeelanders at The FFague had denied this. The latter was a deliberate ruse: De Ruyven
also reported that Evertsen had sailed. SeeTNA, SP 84/174, f. 113. Downing to Bennet,
14/24 February 1665 [I]; ibid, ff. 122, 122v. Downing to Bennet, 17/27 February 1665;
ibid, 133. De Bacquoy [De Ruyven] to Bennet, 18 February 1665.
96 Richard Forster to Williamson, 7 February 1665, CSPD 1664-1665194.
97 NA, AA 2484. RAvZ, 14, 18, 20, 27 and 28 February 1665; ZA, Rek. C 6988. Johannes
Radeus, accounts (February 1665), 2 March 1665; ibid6989.1. Adriaan Banckert,
extraordinary expenses (July 1664-January [February] 1665), 11 April 1665; TNA, SP
84/174, 68v. News summary [6-14 February 1665]; ibid, 79. Downing to Bennet,
3/13 February 1665; ibidff. 94v, 95. Downing to Bennet, 7/17 February 1665; ibid
102v-103. Middelburg, 13 and 17 February, Amsterdam, 18 February, 'Translate of the
Dutch gazette etc, 7-19 February 1665; ibidff. 104v-105, 106v. Downing to Bennet,
10/20 February 1665; ibid,iï. 112-113v. Downing to Bennet, 14/24 February 1665 [I];
ibid. 118. De Malines to Williamson, 17/27 February 1665; ibid, ff. 122, 122v, 123v.
Downing to Bennet, 17/27 February 1665; ibid, 133. De Bacquoy [De Ruyven] to
[Bennet], 18 February 1665; ibid, ff. 140, l4lv. Downing to Bennet, 21 February/3
March 1665; ibid, I49v. De Bacquoy [De Ruyven] to [Bennet], 28 February 1665;
ibid, SP 84/175, 2v. Downing to Bennet, 2/12 March 1665; ibid, 103. Van Gogh
to States General, 2 March 1665; [Johan Boreel] to [Van Kinschot], 22 February 1665,
Codex diplomaticus Neerlandicus, II, 19; [Johan Boreel] to [Van Kinschot], 4 March
1665, ibid, 24; William Coventry to Sandwich, 13 February 1665, MS Carte Calendar
41-, Thomas Wilde to Sandwich, 17 February 1665, ibid; William Coventry to
Sandwich, 20 February 1665, ibid; Phineas Ellwood to Sandwich, 20 February 1665,
ibid; Luke Whittington to Sir Edward Walker, 4 February 1665, CSPD 1664-1665,
191; Richard Bower to Williamson, 15 February 1665, ibid, 202; 'News from the
North', 23 February 1665, ibid, 215; Pepys, Diary, 3 and 18 February 1665; Van Gogh
to De Witt, 9 February 1665, Brieven tusschen Johan de Witt, IV, 441-442; Sandwich
Journal, xlv, 166-168; F. R. Harris, The Life of Edward Montagu, KG. First Earl of
Sandwich (1625-1672). London, 1912, I, 274; Charles II to Duchesse d'Orléans, 9
February 1665, C.H. Hartmann, Charles II and Madame. London, 1934, 144.
98 NA, AA 2484. RAvZ, 28 February 1665 (on petition of [-] Cooper).
99 TNA, SP 84/175, lv, 3v. Downing to Bennet, 2/12 March 1665; ibid, 12. Downing
to Bennet, 7/17 March 1665; ibid, 156. Amsterdam admiralty to States General, 2/12
March 1665.
100 Bruijn, Dutch Navy, 86; Bruijn, Varend verleden, 112. See also Backer Dirks, Neder-
landsche zeemagt, II, 182-183.
101 De Jonge, Nederlandsche zeewezen, II, 56-57 and nl. See also Aitzema, Saken van staet,
XI, part 2, 1033, 1034, 1044-1045. Aitzema, in error, gave the commander as Jan
Evertsen. See Aitzema, Saken van staet, XII, 204-205.
102 Roos, Twee eeuwen, 239-240; Fox, Four Days' Battle, 183 [quotations].
