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Sailcloth. See Navy.

SALT, duty on (as by 5 Wm. and Mary, c. 7 and continued by 7– 8 Wm. III, c. 31), allowance on, 254.
-, arrears on, 140.
-, bills on, 226.
-, collectors of, 125.
-, loans on, 1, 16, 22, 30, 31, 32, 34, 45, 55, 72, 73, 74, 76, 77, 107, 160, 191, 192, 285, 290, 297, 303, 314, 346, 348; discount on, 19; issues out of, 26, 29, 184, 188, 189, 251, 283, 312.
-, pensions under. See Pensions. salaries, 226.

Saltpetre. See East India Company; Ordnance.

Schools and colleges, Christ's Hospital, 18, 163, 165.

Seamen, Registry Office for. See Navy— seamen.

Seamen, Royal Hospital for, at Greenwich, 141.

Searchers. See Customs.

Secret Service, issues for, 9, 13, 17, 18, 28, 34, 58, 59, 61, 109, 111, 122, 123, 151, 153, 162, 163, 183, 225, 236, 248, 256, 259, 263, 279, 301, 307, 314; payments out of, 31, 59, 77.

Secretaries of State, 132, 303.
-, attending the King beyond the seas, 250.
-, fees, 151.
-, Latin Secretary. See King's Latin Secretary.
-, return of jewel plate, 110, 111, 273.
-, secret service issues, 13, 111, 259.

Serjeant-at-Arms. See Commons, House of.

Sedition, conviction for, 107.

Sheriffs, accounts, 186; payments by for apprehending highwaymen, clippers, coiners, etc., 213, 247, 250, 259, 268; payment into the Exchequer of a fine, 251.

SHIPS AND SHIPPING—
-, claimed by the Swedes, 76, 79, 341.
-, Danish built, 206.
-, Dutch pilots, 26, 264, 275.
-, East India. See East India Company.
-, fines for hiring ships to go to France, 309.
-, fireships. See Ordnance— ships.
-, freight charges for, going to New England, 84.
-, French, trading into England, duty on, 137.
-, frigate, seizure of, 132.
-, hire of, 231; for the reduction of Ireland, 196.
-, hospital, for Newfoundland, 85.
-, machine ships, 185.
-, manned by Portuguese, 151; by Spaniards, 94, 154.
-, merchant, ill practices on, in the Thames, 225.
-, private masters of, acceptance of Exchequer Bills, 69, 284.
-, seized, 239. See also Prizes.
-, sink ships, 26, 264, 275.
-, sold by inch of candle, 237, 347.
-, Spanish built, 94.
-, store ships, 26, 264, 275.
-, Swedish, 107.
-, taken by the French, 89, 107, 160, 175, 208, 231, 240, 343, 352.
-, tunnage of. See Customs— Tunnage and Poundage; Excise—five-sevenths.
-, See also Navy; Ordnance; Transports.

Ships, names of—
-, Amelia, 240.
-, Anglesey, 206.
-, Ann, 240.
-, Ann, galley, 279.
-, Assurance, 87.
-, Barbarabella, 351.
-, Bonadventure, 119, 151.
-, Bridgetta, of Trondhjem, 206.
-, Bristol, 95.
-, Chasseur, 237, 267.
-, Chatham, 195.
-, Deptford, 69, 195, 283.
-, Dragon, 194.
-, Eagle, 313.
-, Eaton, 231.
-, Effingham, 89.
-, Elizabeth, of Hull, 104.
-, Etmore, 173, 215.
-, Foresight, 87, 195.
-, Francis, 187.
-, Francis and Mary, 95.
-, Greyhound, 185.
-, Isaac, 231.
-, John, 95.
-, John, of Yarmouth, 222.
-, John and Ann, of Bilboa, 155.
-, Lion (Lyon), 24, 38, 202.
-, Loyall Effingham, 343.
-, Markham, 231.
-, Mountfort, 231.
-, Muscovia Merchant, 293.
-, Norwich, 195.
-, Nosterdam de Grace, 194.
-, Nostra Senora de Virgunia, 155.
-, Oak, pink, 185.
-, Ormond, 208.
-, Pontchartrain, 74.
-, Providence, of London, 312.
-, Rachell, 298.
-, Rappahannack Merchant, 89.
-, Releife, 89.
-, Romney, galley, 155.
-, St. Anthony, 190, 205.
-, St. Antonio, of Padua, 205.
-, St. Francis, 161.
-, St. Francis Zair, 194.
-, St. Francisco Los Animos, 94.
-, St. James, 298.
-, St. Peter, 175.
-, St. Peter, of Ostend, 39, 206, 280.
-, Samuell, 156.
-, Sarah, 312.
-, Seaflower, 185.
-, Sheerness, 195.
-, Slaughter, galley, 249, 271.
-, Susannah, 89.
-, Swift, advice boat, 344.
-, Terra Nova Merchant, 89.
-, Three Brothers, 237.
-, Tolmodigheyt, of Copenhagen, 214, 347.
-, Union, dogger, 271.
-, Upton, galley, 267.
-, William, 187.
-, William and Mary, galley, 312, 344.
-, Yarmouth, 152, 182, 194.

Sick and Wounded and Prisoners of War, Commssioners for, 39, 87.
-, bills on, 49, 52, 217.
-, debt, 41, 44, 53, 208.
-, issues for, 13, 44, 53, 61, 74, 153, 208, 217, 231, 268, 304.
-, Malt Lottery tickets of, 276, 297, 340; discount in, 76.
-, sick and wounded seamen, 39.
-, Treasurer or Receiver for, 189, 208, 217, 231, 268, 304.

Signet, Clerk of, 86, 92, 93, 101, 111, 120, 122, 128, 129, 196, 232, 233, 236, 237, 259, 274.

Signet Office, 118: fees, 151.

Silk alamodes, sealing of. See Royal Lustring Company; seizures of, 219, 264, 343; sold by inch of candle, 265.

Silks, East India. See East India Company; French, 252, 277.

Silver, price of, 263; belonging to a pirate, 306; discovery of, in America, 50.

Sink ships. See Ships.

Slopsellers. See Navy.

Solicitor General, 4, 6, 9, 10, 14, 21, 25, 26, 29, 34, 35, 38, 40, 47, 52, 55, 57, 58, 59, 66, 69, 79, 82, 83, 92, 93, 103, 111, 118, 119, 120, 121, 123, 125, 126, 128, 129, 158, 163, 206, 243, 244, 255, 258, 275, 340, 341, 348, 350; fees, 203, 259; issues for, 18; opinion, 348.

-, Ireland. See Index of Persons and Places — Ireland.

Stamp duties (stamped paper, parchment and vellum), as by 5–6 Wm. and Mary, c. 21, and 8–9 Wm. III, c. 20.
-, Commissioners or Surveyors of, 1, 59, 266, 277; allowance for money bags to cease, 338.
-, loans on, 78.
-, Office, incidents bill, 135, 240, 351; salary bill, 86, 230, 351.
-, officers, 146; repayment of assessments on salaries below 50l. per annum, 61, 266.
-, paper and parchment, stamped, prices of, 89; types of, 89.

Steel, landing and loading of, 269.

Stivers. See Guilders.

Stockjobbers. See Brokers; Customs.

Stonewares, duty on. See Glass.

Store ships. See Ships.

Straw, for the Army, 48, 209.

Strouds. See Wool.

Sugar, seizure of, 298, 312.

Supremacy, oath of. See Allegiance.

Surveyors. See Customs.

Sweets, duty on. See Excise—malt.