Entry Book: October 1694, 16-20

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October 1694, 16–20

Date. Nature and Substance of the Entry. Reference.
Oct. 16. Establishment under the Queen's sign manual for John Murray, esq., as Commissary General of the Provision, Ammunition and Stores to be sent with the Forces intended for Jamaica: he being also to pay the said Forces and to perform the duty of Deputy Commissary of the Musters and Deputy Judge Advocate “during the present Expedition”: Per an. l. King's Warrant Book XVIII, p. 19.
to the said Commissary General 1l. 7s. 4¾d. per day 500
to his clerk, 9s. 10¼d. per day 180
£680
Henry Guy to the Auditor of the Receipt to issue 75l. to William Wekett and 5l. to John Hurst out of the new duty on coffee. Disposition Book XII, p. 150.
Same to same to issue 100l. to me [Guy] for secret service; out of loans to be made by myself on credit of the Hereditary and Temporary Excise. Ibid.
Same to Bartholomew Burton to issue out of the remainder of the 5,000l., supra, p. 719, 1,641l. 4s. 11d. l. s. d. Ibid, p. 151.
to Sir Leonard Robinson, viz.: for receiving and lending into the Exchequer 32,300l. to be repaid out of the second Quarterly-Poll: at 5s. per cent. 80 15 0
for receiving back from the Exchequer 282,952l. which was lent on the credit of the Review of the Poll transferred to the second 4s. Aid, and 9,147l. 10s. 11d. for interest thereof, and for distributing both the said principal and interest to the lenders: being 292,099l. 10s. 11d.: at 5s. per cent. 730 4 11
for receiving back from the Exchequer 82,400l., which was lent on the vote of the Commons of 1693, Nov. 18, and transferred to the second 4s. Aid, and 1,473l. 15s. 0d. for interest thereof and distributing to the lenders both the principal and interest, being 83,873l. 15s. 0d.: at 5s. per cent. 209 13 8
for his bills of charges expended on the said loans 583 1 4
for money by him paid for the discount of 1½ per cent. over and above 447l., which he has already received 37 10 0
£1,641 4 11
Oct. 16. Henry Guy to the Auditor of the Receipt to issue 3,605l. 3s. 2¾d. to the Earl of Ranelagh out of Contributions upon Annuities: to be for the services following: l. s. d. Disposition Book XII, p. 151.
for the Foot Regiment of Col. Mordent, late the Earl of Monmouth's, in full of their contingent warrant for 3,117l. 3s. 7d. 1,500 0 0
to the Foot Regiment late under Col. Godfrey Lloyd in the West Indies, in full of 6,315l. 13s. 8¾d. due to them to clear them to 1692, April 1 2,105 3 2¾
Same to same to issue 10,000l. to Charles Bertie upon the unsatisfied order in his name as Treasurer of the Ordnance: to be issued out of loans to be made by said Bertie upon credit of the Exchequer in general [sic] payable out of the second Quarterly Poll: the present sum to be applied to the expenses of the Ordnance Office in respect to naval affairs. Ibid.
Same to the Earl of Ranelagh to report on the enclosed petition of Lieut. John Willoughby concerning 83l. 9s. 8d. due to him for subsistence to Nov. 1 last as Lieut. to Col. Erle's Regiment, “which [sum] is detained from him.” Out Letters (General) XIV, p. 305.
Same to same to stop out of the 537l. 12s. 9d. directed the 12th inst., supra, p. 788, for Thomas Morin, sutler to the Guards, the 300l. which my Lords are informed he is indebted for Excise; “and to acquaint the Commissioners of Excise therewith to the end the sum may be received for their Majesties' use.” Ibid, p. 306.
Oct. 16. Henry Guy to Sir John Trevor, enclosing several papers [missing] relating to the Countess of Clancarty. Please return same after perusal. Out Letters (General) XIV, p. 306.
Same to Mr. Shales, enclosing an account [missing] of money paid to ships etc. by the Navy Treasurer between the 7th and 14th inst. Ibid.
Same to the Navy Commissioners to appoint a clerk to adjust with the “instruments” of the Treasurer of the Navy what money has been abated on account of clothes from Marine soldiers out of their wages since 1690: and in case any marine soldier is not paid for his services before 1 Oct., 1693, you are to direct the setting off and the allowing on each ship's books so much as his clothes amount to or so much as his wages will admit of, after first deducting the [contributions to the Chatham] Chest and the usual allowances. Thereupon please report to my Lords the total amount and what thereof has been paid. Ibid.
Same to Mr. Fotherby for an exact amount of what is due to be deducted from the Foot Regiments of Col. Lillingston and Col. Colt for the provisions delivered to them during the time you were Commissary for the late Expedition to the West Indies: and also of the moneys you have actually paid them and anything else necessary to the perfect adjusting of their arrears. Ibid, p. 307.
[?] Same to the Attorney General to report on the enclosed [letter] missing from Edward Barnes, one of the Commissioners for the Quarterly Poll at Norwich, complaining that several persons within the Division of Windham [Wymondham] who have not taken the oaths [of Supremacy etc.], are not assessed double, as he conceives they ought to be. Ibid.
Oct. 16. Same to the Earl of Ranelagh to report on the enclosed memorial [missing] concerning the stating the arrear of the Army in Ireland. Ibid.
Same to the Victuallers of the Navy for an account of the first cost of the several species of provisions directed to be furnished by you to the soldiers going to Jamaica and what the usual allowance of short provisions will amount to per diem for each man. Ibid.
Same to the Commissioners for Hackney Coaches to attend my Lords tomorrow with the whole establishment of the officers of your Office. Ibid.
Same to the Excise Commissioners. My Lords are ready to sign the Excise Office salary bill for last Michaelmas quarter, but direct you to send them a certificate how the usage has been in paying the quarter's salary in which a Commissioner goes out. Is the whole paid to him that goes out or him that comes in, or in what proportion to each. Ibid, p. 308.
Oct. 16. Henry Guy to the Earl of Ranelagh to report on the enclosed memorial [missing] of Col. John Hales concerning the 185l. 3s. 8d. disbursed by him and his brother [in law] Lieut. -Col. Goodwin, in raising recruits for the year 1689. Out Letters (General) XIV, p. 308.
Same to Mr. Fox to report on the enclosed memorial [missing] of said Col. Hales concerning the 379l. 8s. 6d. stopped from him and his abovesaid brother. Lieut. Col. Goodwin. Ibid.
Same to the executors of Mr. Squibb to proceed with all speed in making up said Squibb's accounts as Receiver of First Fruits and Tenths and as Receiver of the money collected for the Redemption of Captives [in Barbary]. Ibid.
Same to Mr. Clarke to procure a royal warrant to be signed by the Queen, to authorise the Paymaster of the Forces, Ireland, to pay 1,843l. 10s. 10d. to the Transports Commissioners upon account of the transportation into Holland and Flanders. Ibid, p. 309.
Treasury reference to the Customs Commissioners of the petition of Col. Richard Tilden for leave to transport a bell to Barbados. Reference Book VII, p. 66.
Oct. 17. Treasury warrant to Mr. Knight [Customs Cashier] to pay 50l. to the Mayor etc. of Lyme Regis for half a year to June 24 last on the annuity for the conservation of the Cobb pier there. Money Book XII, p. 280.
Same to the Commissioners for Stamped Paper to place on the establishment of their Office an additional salary of 50l. for Robert Pawling, Accomptant and Comptroller General of the Stamped Vellum Duties, as additional to his salary of 150l., in view of his great pains and attendance and to allow him three clerks at 40l. per an. each for the despatch of business there. (In the margin: a later Treasury confirmation, dated 1702, July 21, of this warrant.) Ibid, p. 281.
Same to James Herbert, Receiver General of the money arising by Prizes, to pay 50l. to George Oxendon, Dr. of Laws, for half a year to Sept. 29 last as Judge Official and Commissary of the Court of Admiralty of the Cinque Ports. Ibid, p. 282.
Henry Guy to the Auditor of the Receipt to issue as follows out of the Exchequer: l. s. d. Disposition Book XII, p.152
Out of 20,613l. 12s. 2d., part of the 600,000l. residue of the 1,200,000l. subscriptions to the Bank of England; and 20,000l. of moneys arisen or to arise on the tallies in the Earl of Ranelagh's hands struck on [loans on] the Exchequer in general and repayable out of the second Quarterly Poll: making 40,613l. 12s. 2d. in all.
to the Earl of Ranelagh, Paymaster of the Forces, for the fourth and last payment on Sir Joseph Herne's seventh letter of credit for the subsistence of the Forces in Flanders 24,633 6 10
to ditto for one week's addition to contingencies for the week ended the 13th inst. (in the margin: 5,000l. of this stopped, see Oct. 24 infra, p. 804) 9,000 0 0
to ditto for five weeks' subsistence to the Regiments of Stewart, Erle, Hastings and Venner to Aug. 25 last 4,100 11 8
to ditto for four weeks' subsistence to the Duke of Bolton's Regiment from Aug. 5 to Sept. 1 last 820 2 4
to ditto for the like for Col. Beaumont's Regiment 820 2 4
to ditto for Capt. Richard Bettsworth: as bounty for the loss of his leg 146 0 0
to ditto for Col. Llillington's [Regiment] to defray the charge of 200 saddles, with their necessary accoutrements, for the intended Expedition to Jamaica 266 0 0
to ditto, to answer the 1½ per cent. discount of 30,000l. in tallies in part of 50,000l. [loans] on the Exchequer in general 450 0 0
to ditto, towards answering Exchequer fees 377 9 0
Out of subscriptions to the Bank.
to Charles Fox for Wickman Hauseim, Commissary to the Danish Forces, in lieu of 2,270 Rix dollars short paid him in the return of 15,000l. to Hamburg for recruits in 1691 540 9 6
to ditto [for same] for so much overcharged upon the said [Danish] Forces in Ireland by the Office of Ordnance 120 0 0
to ditto for Lady Wiseman as executrix to Lord Hewitt, for his pay as Col. of a Regiment of Horse for Oct., Nov. and Dec., 1689 188 12 0
to ditto for Cornet Draycott, of the same Regiment, for the same time 170 2 0
to the Treasurer of the Ordnance towards answering bills for the [Artillery] Train in Flanders 1,000 0 0
to ditto for the gunmakers 500 0 0
to ditto in further part of 8,738l. 12s. 6d. for a proportion of arms to Jamaica 250 0 0
to ditto for the fortifications at Sheerness 100 0 0
to ditto towards the charge of building a storehouse and removing the gunpowder at Greenwich 500 0 0
to the Treasurer of the Navy for wages 23,663 10 5
£67,646 6 1
Oct. 17. Henry Guy to the Auditor of the Receipt to issue as follows out of the Exchequer, viz.: l. s. d. Disposition Book XI I. p. 153.
Out of loans on the Hereditary and Temporary Excise.
to the Treasurer of the Navy for Victualling the Fleet in the Mediterranean: on account of the year 1695 5,000 0 0
Out of low wines.
to me [Guy] for secret service 297 17 6
to the Paymaster of the Works: to be paid over to Capt. Studholm for repairing of the [King's] private roads 100 0 0
to the Treasurer of the Chamber for the quarterly charity 125 0 0
to ditto for a quarter to Mr. Randue 65 10 0
to the Cofferer of the Household for the [royal bounty at the] Gate money 55 4 0
Out of Tenths.
to the Lady Margaret Professor at Oxford 23 6 8
to the Physic Reader there 70 0 0
to the Reader of the Civil Law there 70 0 0
£5,806 18 2
Same to same to issue 50,000l. to Edward Russell, upon the unsatisfied order in his name as Treasurer of the Navy: to be issued out of loans to be made by said Russell on credit of the Exchequer in general, repayable out of the second Quarterly Poll: this sum to be applied to wages of seamen. Ibid.
Same to Robert Ellis. My Lords are informed that Samuel Finnes, deceased, late Receiver of Crown [Fee Farm] Rents remaining unsold in cos. Northampton, Warwick, Leicester, Lincoln etc., employed you for several years past to collect the said rents and that you have the books of that collection in your custody, but refuse to deliver copies thereof to William Hawkins and John Hewit, gent., the present Receivers [thereof]. You are immediately to bring the said books to me at the Treasury Chambers or exact duplicates thereof. Out Letters (General) XIV, p. 308.
Same to the Governor and Company of the Bank of England to pay 47,646l. 6s. 1d. into the Exchequer on Friday morning next in further part of the 600,000l. residue of your subscriptions. The same is intended to be issued as follows, viz. l. s. d. Ibid, p. 309.
to the Earl of Ranelagh, Paymaster of the Forces 20,613 12 2
to Edward Russell, Treasurer of the Navy 23,663 10 5
to Charles Fox, one of the Paymasters of the Forces, Ireland 1,019 3 6
to Charles Bertie, Treasurer and Paymaster of the Ordnance 2,350 0 0
£47,646 6 1
Oct. 17. Henry Guy to the Earl of Ranelagh, enclosing the petition [missing] of Thomas Wright, of Langston [Long-stone], co. Derby, together with an assignment of the sum of 382l. 4s. 7d. from the Duke of Devon [shire] to said Wright in satisfaction of his expenses in raising and maintaining a Troop of Horse at his own charge upon the Revolution, viz. for same to be paid out of the 965l. 18s. 2d. remaining due to said Duke at the foot of his account of money received and paid by his Grace at that time. Please pay said 382l. 4s. 7d. to Wright and place same to your account of [Army] Contingencies. Out Letters (General) XIV, p. 309.
Entry of the Treasury Lords' signature of the docquet of an in custodiam lease under the Exchequer seal to Doro hy Westby, widow, of several tenements and lands in the Forest of Bolland, co. Yorks, being parcel of the lands of Christopher Parker, outlaw: at a rent of 21s. 4d. and fine of 42s. 8d. Warrants not Relating to Money XIV, p. 344.
Entry of a notice [intended for the Gazette]. A patent has been granted to Sir Jos. Herne, Francis Parry, George Clark, Abell Slaney and Daniell Barton for the sole making and coining of copper farthings and halfpence; with injunction to change 200l. weekly of such tin farthings and halfpence as are not counterfeit. This is to give notice that the said patentees intend to begin [so] changing [such coins] on Nov. 6 next at their office in Angell Court over against St. Sepulchre's Church, London. Ibid, p. 345.
Treasury warrant to the Clerk of the Pipe for a lease to Joseph Cragg (Craigg), esq., of a parcel of land on the north side of Le Bass Court, alias Scotland Yard, within the circuit of Whitehall Palace, in the parish of St. Martin's in the Fields, abutting south and east on an old structure called the Clock House and certain stables and other parts of the said area called Scotland Yard, and west on a building newly erected by Joseph Cragge, gent., north on a tenement leased by Charles I to Thomas Carey, esq., deceased, and being of dimensions detailed: the present lease to be for 99 years at the rent of 6s. 8d. per an. and fine of 300l.: with a special clause to grant him a sufficient way or passage to and from the premises: with warrant for him to build thereon with the approbation of the Surveyor General of Works and to assert and defend the Crown's title to the premises at his own charge. Ibid, pp. 346–7.
Prefixing constat and Surveyor General's ratal of the premises.
Oct. 18. Royal warrant, under the Queen's sign manual, to the Attorney or Solicitor General for a great seal for a grant of ground for the erection of Greenwich Hospital: the grant to be to Sir John Somers, Keeper of the Great Seal; Thomas, Duke of Leeds, President of the Privy Council; Thomas, Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery, Keeper of the Privy Seal; Charles, Duke of Shrewsbury, a Principal Secretary of State; Sidney, Lord Godolphin, First Commissioner of the Treasury; Sir John Trenchard a Principal Secretary of State; Edward Russell, First Commissioner of the Admiralty, Admiral of the Navy Royal; Sir Stephen Fox, a Commissioner of the Treasury; Sir John Lowther, of Whitehaven, a Commissioner of the Admiralty; Sir William Ashurst, Lord Mayor of London; Sir Robert Clayton, Sir Patience Ward, Sir John Moor and Sir William Pritchard, kts., of all the parcel of eight acres of ground, part of the manor of East Greenwich, 673 feet along the Thames to the north, late in the occupation of Nicho. Smithys, to the east end of the edifice called the Vestry there; and abutting 358 feet east on the public way leading from the Crane there to the lane called the Back Lane and then 72 feet more eastwards and then 199 feet east upon said Back Lane, being 658 feet in all east to west; and abutting south on the ground of the Old Tilt Yard and the Queen's Garden (the north end of the ground of said Tilt Yard and of said Garden and about half of the edifice there now used for the service of the Ordnance, being comprehended in these dimensions and is intended hereby to be conveyed), being in all 718 feet north to south; and abutting west on Friars Road and in part on several pieces of waste ground belonging to the Crown and, next the Thames, abutting on the tenement late in the occupation of said Nicho. Smithys: together with all that capital messuage lately built or in building by Charles II and still remaining unfinished, commonly called the Palace, at Greenwich, and the edifices or tofts called the Chappell and Vestry there and the tenements there now or late in the tenure of William Yardley and — Guy, widow: and also all the ground between the said ground and the low water mark of the Thames: and all the Crown's title thereto excepting only and reserving to the Crown the ground, 115 feet long, now staked out for a way or passage through the premises to and from the Thames and to and from their Majesties' house called the Queen's House near the premises; and excepting also the little piece of ground, 50 feet by 30 feet, and their Majesties' crane thereupon standing at the corner of the said Vestry: all to hold for ever in free and common socage as of the manor of East Greenwich, without rent: to the intent that same shall be converted for the use and service of the Hospital which it is the royal intention to erect and found within said manor for the relief and support of seamen serving in the Navy Royal who by reason of age, wounds or other disabilities shall be incapable of further service at sea and be unable to maintain themselves and for the sustentation of the widows and maintenance and education of the children of seamen slain or disabled in such service and also for the further relief and encouragement of seamen and improvement of navigation: and with intent further that as soon as the Crown shall create and establish a Corporation or body politic for the government of the said Hospital that then the said grantees shall convey the premises to such Corporation. King's Warrant Book XVIII, pp. 15–17.
Oct. 18. Royal warrant, under the Queen's sign manual, to the Attorney or Solicitor General for a great seal for a grant to Guy Palmes, esq., of the office of one of the four Tellers of the Exchequer loco Henry Maynard, esq., deceased. King's Warrant Book XVIII, p. 18.
Oct. 18. Royal sign manual for 2,000l. to Bartholomew Burton, gent., without account: in satisfaction of so much by him paid or to be paid to divers persons by way of reward for making loans of considerable sums of money on credit of the Exchequer in general. (Money warrant dated Oct. 19 hereon.) (Money order dated Oct. 23 hereon.) King's Warrant Book XVIII, p. 19. Money Book XII, p. 282. Order Book IV, p. 13).
Money warrant for 84l. to Hugh Horton, gent., Receiver General for co. Bucks of the first 4s. Aid and Review of the Poll, in full of his extraordinary charges etc. in his said receipt. (Money order dated Oct. 19 hereon.) Money Book XII, p. 280. Order Book IV, p. 147.
Oct. 19. Same for 2,000l. to the Treasury Lords (Sidney, Lord Godolphin; Sir Stephen Fox; Charles Montague, Chancellor of the Exchequer; Sir William Trumbull, kt., and John Smith, esq.) for 1694, Michaelmas quarter on their salaries. (Money order dated Oct. 18 [sic erratum for 19 or 20] hereon.) (Henry Guy to the Auditor of the Receipt to pay same out of the 4½ per cent. Duty.) Money Book XII, p. 281. Order Book IV, p. 128. Disposition Book XII, p. 153.
Same for 167l. 10s. 0d. to John Stanier, gent., late Receiver General for co. Salop of the first and second Twelve Months' Aid and the Quarterly Poll; in full for his extraordinary charges in his said receipt. (Money order dated Oct. 19 hereon.) Money Book XII, p. 282. Order Book IV, p. 129.
Treasury warrant to Sir Robert Cotton and Thomas Frankland, Postmasters General, to pay 1,000l. to Maynard, Duke of Schonberg, for one quarter to March 31 last on his annuity. Money Book XII, p. 282.
Same to the Receipt for tallies on the Excise for 575l. to Charles, Duke of Southampton, in further part of 1688, Michaelmas quarter, on his pension. Ibid, p. 283.
Treasury allowance of the 1694, Sept. 29, quarter's salary bill of the Excise Office: total, 5,332l. 1s. 6d. Ibid.
Treasury warrant to the Customs Commissioners to direct the outports collectors to pay same quarter's salary bill of the outports: total, 5,381l. 7s. 0d. established salaries; 568l. 5s. 0d. additional salaries; or in all 5,949l. 12s. 0d. Ibid.
Same to John Knight, Customs Cashier, to pay same quarter's salary bill of London port: total, 5,036l. 17s. 6d. established salaries; 121l. 5s. 0d. additional salaries; or 5,158l. 2s. 6d. in all. Ibid.
Money warrant for 343l. 2s. 6d. to Thomas Felton and the executors of William Chiffinch for same quarter's allowances as Master of the Hawks. Ibid, p. 284.
Treasury warrant to the Receipt for tallies on the Excise for 2,000l. to Ann, Duchess of Monmouth, now Duchess of Buccleuch, for half a year to 1693, Christmas, on her pension. Ibid.
1,500l. to George, Duke of Northumberland, for same time on his same.
Money order for 12l. 10s. 0d. to William Wardour [Clerk of the Pells] for 1694, Michaelmas quarter, on his allowance for locking up and taking care of the cash of the Receipt. Order Book IV, p. 128.
Oct. 19. Henry Guy to the Auditor of the Receipt to issue 52l. to me [Guy] for secret service: out of low wines. Disposition Book XII p. 153.
Same to same for tallies [on the Excise] for 750l. to the Duchess Dowager of Grafton and Charles, Duke of Grafton, for last June 24 quarter on their pension. Ibid, p. 154.
Same to same to issue 6,000l. to the Earl of Ranelagh on the unsatisfied order in his name for the Forces: to be issued out of loans to be made by said Earl on the Vellum Duties: to be paid over to Machado and Pereira in further part of their arrear on account of forage to May 1 last. (In the margin: “not accepted.”) Ibid.
Same to the Transports Commissioners for an account of the charges of the several species of provisions which you are to furnish, by order of the Committee for Trade and Plantations, to the soldiers now going to Jamaica; and what same will amount to per man per day. Out Letters (General) XIV, p. 309.
Same to Sir John Trevor. Please make an appointment to attend the Treasury, as the Countess of Clancarty is very pressing with my Lords to be heard on her business. Ibid, p. 310.
Same to Mr. Fotherby. Bring to my Lords next Tuesday your accounts of the money received and paid by you on account of the late Expedition in the West Indies. Ibid.
Same to the Navy Commissioners for an account how much has been paid to the wages of the Yards and other ordinary services of the Navy out of the funds of this year granted in the last Session of Parliament. Ibid.
Same to Mr. Pauncefort to examine whether the officers named in the enclosed [missing] as having come over to their Majesties upon the capi ulation of Limerick are the same with those who obtained their Majesties' bounty last year for that service; and in what proportions the said officers were paid. Ibid.
Same to Mr. Fox to report on the enclosed petition [missing] of 47 Troopers late under Lieut. Gen. Lanier, and now under Col. Lumley, concerning the arrears of pay due to them in Ireland. Ibid.
Same to the Transports Commissioners, enclosing an extract [missing] of a letter from Sir Richard Atkins complaining of the usage his Regiment met with from Alderman Tyrer, your deputy at Liverpool. Ibid.
Same to same. I read to my Lords yours of the 29th ult. concerning the freight of the ships stopped in France by order of Mr. Daniell Butts. My Lords agree that the accompts of those ships shall be made up to the time of their discharge, but that it be done with a memorandum that the matter be further inquired into: but they do not think it convenient to stop the whole account for this. Ibid, p. 311.
Oct, 19. Henry Guy to the Customs Commissioners to report on the enclosed letter from several gentlemen in Sussex concerning Thomas Sparkes and Thomas Jefferyes, who were convicted at the last Assizes there for transporting corn to France; together with John Bennett's affidavit [missing]. Out Letters (General) XIV, p. 311
Same to the Earl of Ranelagh, enclosing two accounts [missing] of the provisions to be furnished by the Victualling Commissioners and the Transports Commissioners for the soldiers now going to Jamaica. Please prepare for my Lords [a set of] instructions to be sent to Mr. Murray, Commissary of the Provisions and Stores of War for this Expedition, with relation to his issuing and distributing the said victuals and provisions and such money as he shall be charged with for the said soldiers both during their voyage and after their arrival in Jamaica; and as to his accounting for same after his return to England; and as to the deduction to be made out of the pay of the said soldiers for provisions distributed to them; and also in reference to the musters. Ibid.
Same to the Customs Commissioners for their opinion as to employing Mr. Culliford as a General Surveyor of Customs. Ibid.
Same to same. My Lords have this evening signed the quarterly salary bills of the Customs. The dividend to the old Commissioners and the new are to be according to the practice heretofore used in that case. Ibid, p. 312
Treasury warrant to same to remove Robert Eden, landwaiter at Cowes (who may be spared by reason of the present meanness of trade in that port), to be an additional landwaiter at Whitehaven, where there is necessity for such addition by reason of the great increase of the Virginia trade in that port: there being no need to supply the vacancy at Cowes during the war Out Letters (Customs) XIII, p. 112.
Joseph Smith to be a tidesman in fee, London port, loco Abraham Applebury, deceased.
John Mellish (a landwaiter, Southampton port) as surveyor in Portsmouth port loco Lawrence Cole, deceased.
Treasury order to same to observe (a) infra. Ibid, p. 113.
Prefixing: (a) Order of the Queen in Council, dated Whitehall, Oct. 4 inst. (made upon a report of the Treasury Lords touching freeing divers Danish ships lately brought into the Downs from the payment of several duties and charges), that the 54l. 2s. 3d. duty on corn on board same be remitted: but that the tonnage duty and other impositions be not remitted, the same being appropriated by Act of Parliament and part [thereof] being [vested] in distinct proprietors and belonging to divers private persons and corporations.
Oct. 19. Treasury reference to the Customs Commissioners of the petition of Robert Jackson for the landwaiter's place at Pembroke loco Richard Nash, removed to Nangle. Reference Book VII, p. 67.
Same to same of the petition of Timothy Robson, Joseph Atkinson, Robert Fenwick et al., merchants in Newcastle, shewing that last Easter the price of corn at Newcastle was by the Justices declared to be above 40s. a quarter, upon which it would pay only 3d. per bushell Custom: whereupon petitioners sent to Riga and laded several ships with corn, but staying for convoy they arrived not in due time: therefore praying that they may pay Custom only as if they had arrived in time or that they may tranship for exportation, Customs free. Ibid.
Same to the Transports Commissioners of the petition of Capt. Hugh Sayers, praying payment of 728l. 19s. 4d. due to him for the hire of two transport ships into their Majesties' service. Ibid.
Oct. 20. Henry Guy to the Attorney General to report on the enclosed petition [missing] of Sir Edwyn Stede complaining of several actions brought against him for money by him received on their Majesties' account in Barbados. Out Letters (General) XIV, p. 312.
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