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This Day the Lords appointed the Committee
to draw up an Adress to his Maiestie upon the
severall leads of Advice they have agreed
to make the [King]: this Day the house of Commons
read a 2d time the Bill for encourageing
Privateers by allowing the Commodities they
take to be sold in Markets & areward for
every tunn they shall take either Privateer
or Man of War together with the Hulk A Bill
for Punishing Mutineers & Diserters and
paying souldiers Querters was reported & ordered
to be Engrosed The Heer Overkirk Generall
of horse is by his Maiestie layd aside being a
Dutch Man & Collonel Lumley goes forthwith to
Command in his Roome

11 February. 92/3

To
The honorable Sir Richard: Newdi=
gate /
Baronet
2
At Arbury
near Coventry

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Lucio Alvarez

Heer Overkirk is Henry, Count of Nassau, Lord of Overkirk. He was appointed Master of the Horse by King William III in 1689. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_de_Nassau,_Lord_Overkirk

Wikipedia's list of Masters of the Horse doesn't mention Lumley, but I think he's this guy, who was Colonel of the First Troop of Horse Guards:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Lumley,_1st_Earl_of_Scarbrough