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Calendar of Treasury Books, Volume 22, 1708. Originally published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1952.

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'Declared Accounts 1707: Hanaper', in Calendar of Treasury Books, Volume 22, 1708, ed. William A Shaw( London, 1952), British History Online https://prod.british-history.ac.uk/cal-treasury-books/vol22/cccxcii-cccxciv [accessed 24 November 2024].

Hanaper


DECLARED ACCOUNTS: HANAPER.

AUDIT OFFICE: BUNDLE 1396, ROLL 247.
Edward Seymour, late Clerk or Keeper of the Hanaper and Henry Seymour, now Clerk, etc.
	Michaelmas 1706 to Michaelmas 1707.
	Charge.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.
	Arrears: respited moneys on the foot of the last Accompt	368	17	7
	money in the hands of this Accomptant	445	1	9½
					813	19	4½
	Receipts: issues and profits of several charters or patents, commissions, indentures, etc., as follows:
	small patents, 692 at 2s. each	69	4	0
	sheriffs' patents, 48 at 3s. each	7	4	0
	exemplifications, 23 at 16s. 4d. each	18	15	8
	deanery, one at 16s. 4d.	0	16	4
	archdeaconries and prebends, 3 at 16s. 4d. each	2	9	0
	presentations, 47 at 16s. 4d. each	38	7	8
	dispensations, 50 at 16s. 4d. each	40	16	8
	congés d'eslire, royal assents and restitutions of temporalities, 6 at 16s. 4d. each	4	18	0
	grants of office, two for life at 32s. 8d., three at 16s. 4d. each; fifteen during pleasure at 32s. 8d., 13 at 16s. 4d. each; two during good behaviour at 32s. 8d. each, one at 16s. 4d.	44	18	4
	appeals and adjuncts, 16 at 16s. 4d. each	13	1	4
	duplications, 2 at 16s. 4d. each	1	12	8
	annuities and pensions, 2 at 16s. 4d. each	1	12	8
	indentures, one at 65s. 4d., one at 49s., one at 32s. 4d., two at 16s. 4d. each	8	19	4
	special commissions during pleasure, 2 at 16s. 4d. each	1	12	8
	special licences for years, 4 at 24s. 4d. each	4	17	4
	special pardons and de cursu, 3 at 16s. 4d. each	2	9	0
	confirmations, two at 75s. 10d. each	7	11	8
	for the fines thereof	6	13	4
	grants magni feodi, 3 at 7l. 11s. 8d. each	22	15	0
					298	14	8
	issues of fines of Statute Staple, etc., as by the roll of George Wrighte, Clerk of the Crown	11	4	8
	issue of original Writs as by the roll of John Dawlinge, a clerk in the Office of the Petty Bag	6	13	4
					17	18	0
	received from George, Duke of Northumberland, for his farm of the sealing of Exemplifications, etc., under the seals of the Queen's Bench and of the Common Pleas				1,653	14	0
	farm of common fines, alienations, etc., before the Lord Chancellor, held by the Lord Treasurer				1,546	12	0
	farm of the Sixpenny Writs or Commissions held by Anne, Countess of Newburgh, by patent 8 July 31 Car. II.				1,000	0	0
	total charge				£5,330	18	0½
	Discharge.	£	s.	d.
	fees, liveries, etc., by patent to the following:
	William, Lord Cowper, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain	1,096	19	0
	Sir John Trevor, kt., Master of the Bolls and to the 11 other Chancery Masters for robes	82	8	0
	George Wright, Clerk of the Crown in Chancery	60	0	0
	retained by this Accomptant for his allowances	98	1	6½
	Jonathan Gorstellow Snow, Prothonotary of the Chancery	100	0	0
	Matthew Johnson, Clerk of the Parliaments	40	0	0
	Edward Seymour, writer of Leases [or Clerk of the Exemplifications of Patents]	10	0	0
	the two Auditors of the Hanaper	10	0	0
	William Baker, writer of Leases [or as above]	10	0	0
	William Lambe, one of the Six Clerks in the Chancery, as Clerk Comptroller of the Hanaper	10	0	0
	John Harris, late Chafewax and Thomas Harris, now Chafewax, for provision of wax for seals	360	0	0
	the same for their wages	3	16	0½
	John Trevor, Cryer of the Chancery, for wages	8	10	2½
	the same for provision of parchment, etc.	282	12	0
					2,172	6	9½
	payments by warrant to the following:
	George Wrighte for writing patents, etc.	339	6	8
	William Lambe for engrossing of the Comptrolment Book of the Hanaper	13	6	8
	John Walker, deputy of Matthew Johnson, for transcribing and engrossing several public Bills and Journals of Parliament for her Majesty's service	266	0	0
	Edward Castle, stationer, for stationery wares for the House of Lords and for the Privy Council	178	18	6
	Discharge.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.
	Sherrard Serjeant for necessaries for the Court in the Lord Chancellor's House and in Middle Temple Hall	174	1	9
	Charles Harper, stationer, for stationery wares for the Crown Office in the Chancery	63	13	11
	Robert Briscoe, messenger extraordinary, for attending the Lord Chancellor and riding with Parliamentary Writs	166	0	0
	Israel Harrison, stationer, for stationery wares delivered at the Hanaper Office in the Chancery	42	3	4
	the Clerk of the Hanaper for the increased cost of parchment	73	4	0
	William West, embroiderer, for two rich embroidered bags for the Great Seal, etc.	110	0	0
	Joseph Harvey 'Spigernel' [Sealer]	42	18	6½
	Thomas Harris, Chafewax	28	12	0
John Barrett, William Wekett, Joseph Richards and Samuel Clarke, four messengers attending the Great Seal and the Receipt of the Exchequer for promulgating 7 several Proclamations all over England	280	0	0
James Hunter for sweeping at Westminster	1	6	8
				1,779	12	0½
Payments by way of Rewards:
Sir John Trevor, kt., Master of the Rolls, for keeping the House of Converts [Rolls House] and for the fees of two Chaplains, a clerk and two converted [Jews], Peter Samuell and John Meza	27	4	7
the same as Clerk of the Petty Bag	10	0	0
				37	4	7
total allowances and payments				£3,989	3	5
and so remains				1,341	14	7½
Against which respited:
Mich. 1650 to 6 Aug. 1660				200	4	11
10 July 12 Car. II to Mich. 12 Car. II				15	15	0
Mich. 12 Car. II to Mich. 4 Jac. II				122	9	0
Mich. 1688 to Mich. 13 Will. III				29	12	4
Mich. 1704 to Mich. 1705, 4 Anne				0	16	4
				£368	17	7
And so this Accomptant is Indebted				972	17	0½
Declared 20 Dec. 1708.
Note.—For details of deaneries, presentations, etc., grants of Office, etc., see DECLARED ACCOUNTS: AUDIT OFFICE : BUNDLE 1396, ROLL 248.