E.

Earthenware, duties, on. See Customs, duties—Glass.

East India silks, duty on. See Customs, duties—Additional.

East India Company, Governor of, 77; saltpetre bought from, 9, 19, 21, 22, 29, 221.

East India Company, New, 436; payment to the Two Millions by, 31, 45; fund for, 332; case against the Old Company concerning Customs officers, 79–84; to attend the Treasury in the Old Company's case concerning jewels, 351, 358.

East India Company, Old, 436; mills and presses for, 38, 39, 219, 258; petition of for a ruling to restrain Customs officers intermeddling between the two East India Companies, 78–84; petition of, seizure of jewels, 349, 351, 358.

East India Stock, loans and subscriptions to, 165.

East India Trade, King's subscription to, 177.

Eastland Merchants, 297.

Ecclesiastical Court, 222.

Eight, pieces of, 167.

Elephants' teeth, for the King, 437.

Engineers. See Army—engineers; King's engineers.

EXCHEQUER BILLS, 7, 31, 32, 86, 131, 182, 186, 227, 333.
-, cancelled, 165.
-, charge of circulating, 71, 76.
-, counterfeited, 123.
-, discount of 6l. 15s. per cent. on, 124.
-, erased and altered, 210.
-, false, 8.
-, loan for circulating, 19.
-, loans on, 249.
-, Trustees for circulating, 4, 10, 19, 23, 41, 43, 44, 58, 61, 138.
-, allowances to, 139, 335.
-, interest allowed to, 335.
-, issues for, 198, 344.
-, Secretary and Accountant to, allowance to, 139, 335; issues for, 198.
-, 6th contract with the Treasury 327.
-, 7th contract with the Treasury, 319.

EXCHEQUER COURT, 111.
-, Barons, 304, 311.
-, deputy chamberlains in, payment to for joining tallies, 165, 301.
-, foreign opposer in, fees, 191, 195, 416.
-, foreign estreats, clerk of the, fees for keeping the record of recusants' forfeitures, and for extracting fines and amerciaments, 191, 195, 267, 415, 439.
-, informations, 19.
-, King's Remembrancer, 54, 98, 140, 159, 162, 234, 257, 287, 302, 345, 381, 394, 417.
-, deputy to, 132, 208; payment to for transcribing schedules for assessments, 261, 417; clerks to, payment to, 417; misapplication of money by, 302.
-, fee of 6s. 8d. for 100l. allowed to when taking securities, 295.
-, Office of, clerks in, issues for, 218; duplicates of taxes entered in, 291; secondaries and sworn clerks in, issues for, 219.
-, payments to for passing Customs accounts and for parchment for Customs books, 280.
-, securities taken by, 183, 186, 193, 220, 295, 296, 307, 311, 323, 371, 396.
-, leases, 128, 263, 316, 359, 413.
-, Lord Chief Baron, 17, 48, 174, 208, 277.
-, Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer, 316, 416; office of, clerks and secondaries in, payment to, 191, 199.
-, Nichils, clerk of the, salary, 424.
-, Pipe, Clerk of, 334, 359; fees payable to, 239; warrants to for leases, 122, 168, 170, 173, 184, 208, 230, 262, 281, 303, 349, 399, 436, 440, 442; warrants to for letters patent, 268.
-, Comptroller of, fees of, 191, 195, 239.
-, deputy chamberlains of, fees of, 239.
-, deputy clerk of, 128, 129.
-, Great Roll of the, 221, 359, 392.
-, Office, seal, 162, 268; secondaries and clerks in fees of, 191, 195, 239; Tally Court in, officers and clerks of, fees, 165.
-, rents, 164.
-, Usher, issues for, 250, 315, 428.

EXCHEQUER RECEIPT, Auditor of, alias Tally Writer, admission of, 26; house of, 47, 276; surrender and grant of the office of, 209; allowances to, 245; office of, registers of loans in, reward for the keeper of, 315; yearly payment to for computing interest on Exchequer Bills, 341; issues by, 58, 61, 121, 122, 123, 128, 129, 132, 134, 139, 160, 161, 163, 165, 166, 167, 170, 172, 173, 177, 180, 181, 185, 187, 189, 200, 201, 205, 210, 214, 217, 220, 226, 227, 228, 229, 230, 236, 237, 240, 244, 245, 247, 248, 250, 253, 256, 259, 260, 261, 263, 264, 265, 266, 267, 269, 270, 271, 272, 274, 280, 281, 284, 286, 287, 289, 299, 301, 302, 304, 307, 308, 312, 313, 315, 316, 319, 321, 322, 326, 328, 334, 338, 340, 341, 349, 362, 393, 406.
-, cash, inspectors of, 57.
-, Chancellor of, attending the Treasury, 15, 16, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 39, 40, 41, 42, 44, 45, 46, 47, 49, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 61, 64, 71, 73, 74, 77, 85, 88, 91, 92, 96, 98, 99, 100, 105, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 116, 117, 118, 119.
-, chamberlain of, 91.
-, clerks of, 26.
-, deputy chamberlains of, 341; custodians of weights and measures, 64; petition of, 255; fees for sorting records in the Treasury of the Receipt, 298.
-, fees, 49, 179.
-, gallon pot in, 91, 363.
-, gate, porter at, salary, 182, 248, 314, 405.
-, liberates, issues for, 189.
-, loans in general, 91, 189, 229, 261, 349, 362; interest of 6 per cent. on, 76, 108; issues out of, 1 bis, 7, 8, 9, 33, 38, 95, 116, 352.
-, officers of, 250; goods of, 127.
-, old taxes in, issues out of, 34.
-, Pells, Clerk of, allowance to for attending the Treasury Lords etc., 317; allowance to for locking up the treasure, 317; yearly allowance to, 326.
-, public funds in, distribution of, 51.
-, surplusage, overpayments by sheriffs discharged out of, 221.
-, Tally Court, 363; officers and clerks of, payment to, 259.
-, Tellers, four, 41, 44, 276, 281.
-, allowance to for difference in exchange equivalence of guineas, 206, 207.
-, cash and vouchers, inspection of, 57, 298, 303.
-, house of, 47.
-, office, clerks, 56, 172; memorial of, 201; first clerk in, approval of, 300.
-, to take in loans in general, 349, 362.
-, treasure in, 185, 317.
-, Treasury of, at Westminster, records at, 298, 405.
-, Usher of, 71, 127; payments to, 190, 250, 264, 405; liberates, 38, 43, 112.
-, vice-chamberlain of, payment to, 425.

EXCISE—
-, Auditor of, 130.
-, allowance to the clerks of, 185.
-, deputy to, 113.
-, bonds, debt on, 272.
-, Cashier, 90, 364.
-, collectors, 255.
-, allowance to for losses by robbery, 131.
-, arrears due to, 265.
-, country, number increased, 186.
-, discharged from bad debts, 384.
-, number increased, 180.
-, petition of, 388.
-, prosecuted for debt, 384.
-, Commissioners, clerk of the securities and assistant secretary to, 409, 424.
-, new commission under royal warrant of 20 June 1700 viz. F. Onslow, P. Meadows, J. Smith, W. Fleming, F. Parry, W. Strong, G. Townsend, P. Ryley and R. Cox, 385.
-, new commissioner appointed, 391.
-, resignation of, 96.
-, Secretary to, 18, 101; appointment of, 391.
-, Comptroller of, 180.
-, clerks to, allowances of, 55, 321.
-, deputy to, 180.
-, drawbacks, charge of, 76, 77.
-, Duties:
-, proposals for farming and managing, 87, 88, 91.
-, Doubling Act or Double Excise (2 William and Mary, Sess. 2, c. 3, for 1690–1), 186.
-, Twenty-one pence per barrel (complements of Excise), (3 & 4 William and Mary, c. 1 for 1691–2), 186.
-, Additional eighteen-pence per barrel or double ninepence (2 William and Mary, Sess. 2, c. 10, for four years 1691–5, extended to 1697, May 24th), one-third for building 27 ships, 186; remaining twothirds, deficiency of, 133, 166, 182, 207, 229, 253, 267, 289, 311, 335, 361, 389, 422, 431, 437.
-, Ninepence per barrel for 99 years (4 William and Mary, c. 3), 186.
-, Ninepence per barrel for the Lottery (5 William III, c. 7), 186; Transfer Office for, commissioner of chief officer of, 257.
-, Additional ninepence per barrel (5 William and Mary, c. 20), 100,000l. out of for the Bank, 90, 186; two-sevenths of for annuities, 186; moneys from to be paid into the Exchequer, 364.
-, Malt duty (8 & 9 William III, c. 22), 77, 180; Office, 349.
-, incidents bill for, 262, 387.
-, salaries, 383.
-, Cinders, duty on (10 & 11 William III, c. 21), 27, 109, 116.
-, farmers, proposals of, 76, 77, 78, 349.
-, farm of, proposal for, 94.
-, grand Excise, formation of a bank of charity for disabled officers by, 353.
-, incidents bills, 326, 387.
-, loans on, 8; fees for striking, 179.
-, management of, charge of, 76, 77.
-, Office, agent to, 255.
-, incidents bill, 262.
-, officers of, exempt from assessments, 425.
-, salary bill, 174, 252, 303.
-, waste paper in, sale of, 236.
-, officers', country, books of sold, 332.
-, pension on the, 50.
-, Register, office of, 12, 18.
-, salary bill, 387.
-, Secretary. See Excise—Commissioners.
-, solicitor, 99, 384.
-, surveyor of the London brewery, reward for, 332.
-, Treasurer, 413.

Exports. See Customs—Inspector.

Extraordinaries. See Ambassadors.