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| Sept. 16. |
Money warrant for 75l. to Jane Warburton for one quarter to June 24 last on her annuity as a Maid of Honour; out of which she is to pay Ann Smith (now Ann Grant whom she succeeded in said post) so much thereof as covers from 1709 Lady day to the day of the said Smith's marriage. Money Book XX, p. 142. Order Book VII, p. 305. Disposition Book XX, p. 57. |
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Same for 440l. to the clerks et al. of the House of Commons as follows for extraordinary pains and service during the last Session of Parliament: viz. |
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£ |
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Culverwell Needler, Clerk Assistant attending said House |
100 |
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George Hooks, George Coles, James Courthope and Hicks Burroughs, four Under Clerks attending said House, for services in writing, copying and engrossing several Bills and other papers for her Majesty's service during said Session |
200 |
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Thomas Smith, Housekeeper to said House, for keeping same clean during said Session |
30 |
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Thomas Wybergh, Serjeant at Arms attending said House, to be by him distributed amongst the several
messengers and their assistants, the doorkeepers and the person who delivers out the votes: in reward for their constant attendance |
110 |
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£440 |
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Money Book XX, p. 142. Order Book VII, p. 300. Disposition Book XX, p. 57. |
| Sept. 16. |
Same for 825l. to John Robinson, late Envoy Extraordinary to the King of Sweden, for 165 days 1709 March 25 to Sept. 6 inst. (being the day of his return into the presence) on his ordinary of 5l. a day. |
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298l. to same for a bill of extraordinaries 1709 April 2 to Sept. 5 in that employ. Money Book XX, pp. 143, 147. Order Book VII, pp. 308, 316. Disposition Book XX, p. 57. |
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Letter of direction for 20,000l. to Sir Thomas Littleton, Navy Treasurer: out of the money paid into the Exchequer by the Bank of England as part of the supply anno 1709: and is to be applied as follows: viz. |
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£ |
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for bills of exchange under the head of Wear and Tear |
10,000 |
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for wages, including the flag pay demanded for Sir John Norris who is going to the Mediterranean |
10,000 |
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£20,000 |
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Disposition Book XX, p. 55. |
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William Lowndes to the Agents for Taxes to report on the enclosed letter [missing] which informs the Lord Treasurer that a distringas is issued out of the Exchequer for an arrear of Land Tax on the parish of Carshalton Co. Surrey; which [arrear] as is alleged has been paid to the Receiver of said county. Out Letters (General) XIX, p. 113. |
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Warrant by Treasurer Godolphin to Robert Walpole, Secretary at War, to prepare a royal warrant for 624l. 11s. 5d. to Major James Allen in full of his disbursements as Commissary of Provisions in Spain, being for losses and extraordinary charges in buying up and furnishing provisions for the Forces that were sent to Spain under the Earl of Rivers and for abatements made by direction of the Earl of Galway from the prime cost of several of the provisions delivered by the said Commissary to the Assientistas or Contractors for bread and forage for the said Forces: this sum to be paid out of Contingencies of the Forces in Spain: and [further for] 578l. for his pay as Commissary aforesaid from 1707 Dec. 24 to 1709 July 23, being the time he was prisoner, at the same rate of 20s. a day which was allowed him on the Establishment before he was made a prisoner at the battle of Almanza: this second sum is “to be paid out of the Fond of Second Officers.” |
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Appending: (1) report by said Walpole dated Aug. 13 last on said Allen's memorial (see supra, Calendar of Treasury Books, Vol. XXII, p. 147) shewing that at the battle of Almanza he lost all his equipage to the value of 300l. “which he was obliged to
make [i.e. to furnish himself with at the outset] on account of his being Commissary” and that at the time of his being made prisoner there was due to him 1,024l. 11s. 5d. more than had been issued to him, the greatest part of which he borrowed of the Officers for the use of the Troops upon promise of repayment of the same with interest. He has since received 400l. in part thereof. The balance is due to him and should be paid. On the 23 Dec. 1707 the Earl of Galway appointed another Commissary of Provisions in Allen's room which excludes his pay from that date to 1709 July 23 the day when he was exchanged. His interim pay ought to be paid “in regard he will be the only Officer I know of which will be deprived of his pay by being a prisoner.” |
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(2) statement of said Allen's account. Out Letters (General) XIX, pp. 119–120. |
| Sept. 16. |
Order by Treasurer Godolphin to the Customs Commissioners to observe (a) infra. |
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Prefixing: (a) Order in Council dated Sept. 5 concerning the Eastland trade, made upon a representation from the Commissioners of Trade concerning the present state of the Eastland trade: the said representation setting forth that the Hollanders have one particular advantage over the British in that trade in that Dutch ships always carry authentic certificates of the particulars of their lading and upon production thereof to the Danish Customs officers in the Sound those ships are not detained by any further search; whereas British ships which have no such certificates are liable to search and are often detained three or four days on that account and perhaps much longer by a sudden turn of wind; whereby the Hollanders have the opportunity of getting first to the markets in the East Sea though they arrive in the Sound no sooner that the British ships do. The Eastland Company is very sensible hereof and therefore desires that for the future all British ships trading thither be allowed to carry the like certificates and have the like benefit thereof, by being suffered to proceed on production thereof in the Sound: the form of such certificate to be a translation of the Holland certificate and the method of making it out to be settled between the Eastland Company and the Customs Commissioners and that the same be notified to the Danish Court by her Majesty's minister resident there: British subjects having a right thereto in regard that by the Treaties of Commerce between Great Britain and Denmark the British are to have all advantages in trade which the Hollanders do or may enjoy: the Commissioners of Trade adding finally that “the trade of your Majesty's subjects to the Baltic is much decreased since the year 1700 when the war broke out between the Swedes and the Muscovites, which makes the encouragement herein proposed the more necessary.” On considering the said representation the Queen hereby approves same and orders that directions be given accordingly to the Customs Commissioners and to her Minister in Denmark. |
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(b) Translation of the Dutch certificate. “. . we upon the outermost watch of the United Provinces have visited . . the lading of the ship . designed for the Sound and have found all well and justly entered at the Counting House of Convoys . . .” and have taken the oath of the master and helmsman thereto and their holy and upright promise to lade nothing further except what shall be duly entered at the Counting House of Convoys and that the same shall appear by the passports which shall be delivered to
them after such goods taken in and that thereby also according to their knowledge the Duty of the country [Denmark] shall not be shortened directly or indirectly: and that in case of taking in more goods they shall shew and deliver over the Convoy bill and passports thereof at the paying [of] Customs in the Sound to the officers of the King of Denmark as well as the Convoy Bills or passports upon which we have made the said [present certification or] visitation and enquiry, which we to the number of 21 have fastened to this and sealed with the seal put into our hands to this end on account of the High and Mighty States General of these United Provinces . . . Done at . . . the 21 June 1708. Out Letters (Customs) XV, pp. 195–8. |
| Sept. 16. |
Warrant by same to the Victualling Commissioners to receive from the Collectors of the Customs of the ports and places in Scotland, detailed, the quantities of foreign salt as follow to the total of 51,777 bushels for which her Majesty has paid the sum of 23,299l. 15s. 0d. ut supra, p. 331, as by the Act of Parliament [7 Anne, c. 11] in that case provided; same to be received as soon as may be in the best and easiest manner you can from the said ports and places where it now is; and to dispose of same either in the Victualling or in such other manner as shall be thought most advisable. |
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Appending: an account of the quantity of salt delivered to the officers of the Customs of the several ports with the money due thereon at the rate of 9s. per bushel together with the number of certificates granted at each port: said ports being Aberdeen, 1,546 bushels, 9 certificates; Ayr, 429 bushels, 6 certificates; Arran, 13 bushels, 1 certificate; Borrowstounness, 213 bushels, 1 certificate; Caithness, 94 bushels, 4 certificates; Campbeltown, 213 bushels, 8 certificates; Dumfries, 714 bushels, 1 certificate; Dundee, 5,020 bushels, 6 certificates; Eyemouth, 780 bushels, 7 certificates; Fort William, 115 bushels, 1 certificate; Glasgow town, 11 bushels, 1 certificate; Glasgow port, 21,364 bushels, 46 certificates; Inverness, 1,528 bushels, 17 certificates; Irvine, 69 bushels, 4 certificates; Kirkcaldy, 20,478 bushels, 16 certificates; Leith, 6,548 bushels, 13 certificates; Lewes, 299 bushels, 3 certificates; Montrose, 510 bushels, 8 certificates; Perth, 72 bushels, 5 certificates; Port Patrick, 1,102 bushels, 2 certificates; Prestonpans, 914 bushels, 3 certificates: the total being 62,039 bushels, representing 27,917l. 13s. 5d.: and 162 certificates. Out Letters (North Britain) II, p. 93. |
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Same by same to the Customs Commissioners in Scotland to deliver to the Commissioners for the Victualling the abovesaid 51,777 bushels of foreign salt; rendering an account thereof to the Lord Treasurer in order that the Victualling Commissioners may be duly charged therewith. Ibid., p. 94. |
| Sept. 17. |
Royal warrant dated Windsor Castle to the Clerk of the Signet for a privy seal for 796,000l. to James Brydges, Paymaster of the Forces Abroad: as imprest for the Forces, either Foreign or Subject Troops, under his care of pay anno 1709 and for and towards the Queen's proportion of subsidies to the Allies. (Money warrant dated Sept. 27 hereon.) (Money order dated Sept. 28 hereon.) Queen's Warrant Book XXIV, p. 141. Money Book XX, p. 146. Order Book VII, p. 303. |
| Sept. 17. |
Order by Treasurer Godolphin to the Customs Commissioners to observe (a) infra. |
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Prefixing. (a) Order of the Queen in Council dated Whitehall Sept. 16 appointing that ships from the Baltic shall perform 40 days' quarantine at Standgate Creek on the north shore of the Medway opposite the Isle of Grain for so many ships as may safely ride there; and Sharpfleet Creek for so many more as may safely ride there; and the lower end of the Hope for any others; and thereafter to be examined and if clear of infection, the passengers to be allowed to go on shore but the goods to be landed, opened and aired for a week before they be brought to their place of discharge. |
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Further, in case any of the said ships have on board any linen, Polonia wool, hogs' bristles, spruce [Prussia] yarn, feathers, hemp or flax an account thereof is to be returned to the Privy Council for further order concerning the same. Out Letters (Customs) XV, pp. 199–200. |
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Royal warrant dated Windsor Castle to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland for remitting the arrears of hearthmoney and Excise on the town of Lisburn by reason of the dreadful fire which happened there on the 20th April 1707 which consumed all the houses and all the stocks of brewers' drink, the Excise whereof amounts to 143l. 4s. 0d. (of which 99l. 13s. 1d. was paid before the fire and 43l. 10s. 11d. is in arrear) “besides the Hearthmoney of all the houses consumed by the said fire” (there being 58l. 14s. 0d. due thereon to her Majesty at the time of the fire), both which Duties the inhabitants are unable to pay, being reduced to a very low and miserable condition. Out Letters (Ireland) IX, pp. 115–16. |
| Sept. 19. |
Letter of direction for 463l. to Spencer Compton: out of Civil List moneys: and is intended to satisfy several bills of exchange drawn for the charge of transporting divers of the poor Palatines from Holland to England. Disposition Book XX, p. 57. |
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Warrant by Treasurer Godolphin to the Excise Commissioners to deliver to widow Elizabeth Clifford the writings relating to her small estate. |
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Prefixing: report by said Commissioners on the petition of said Clifford. In 1693 Charles Clifford, her late husband keeping a small brewhouse in the Mint, became indebted to the Crown for Excise. For securing of same one Somerfeild, a messenger then belonging to the Excise Office, in Oct. 1693 obtained an assignment from said Charles Clifford to Edward Noell for the Queen of two leases of two small houses in Reading in Berkshire. The said Clifford died in the following January and Somerfeild seized and sold his brewing vessels and accounted for the money which still left a balance of 47l. 15s. 0¾d. due to the Crown. This is still unsatisfied. Soon after Clifford's death Somerfeild went to Reading and tried to get possession of the houses but they were claimed by Henry Deane of Reading who seized same upon a judgment obtained against Clifford in Trinity term 1693 for 400l. This being true and his title being precedent to the abovesaid assignment and the houses not sufficient to satisfy the debt to Deane no further endeavours were made [by the Excise] for obtaining possession of the houses. The said leases and assignment are therefore of no value to the Excise and may be delivered to petitioner according to her prayer. Warrants not Relating to Money XX, pp. 476–7. |
| Sept. 20. |
Money order for 933l. 14s. 2½d. to Samuell Edwyn, Usher of the Receipt of the Exchequer, for necessaries by him delivered to the several Offices following [in the Receipt of the Exchequer] in the half year ended 1708 Lady day: viz. |
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Old Annuity Office |
318 |
19 |
8½ |
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Million Lottery Office |
33 |
12 |
7 |
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Malt Lottery Office |
61 |
8 |
2¾ |
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Exchequer Bill Office |
46 |
18 |
4½ |
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Annuities of 1706 |
120 |
16 |
0 |
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Annuities of 1707 |
351 |
19 |
4 |
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£933 |
14 |
2¾ |
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In the margin. a later Treasury confirmation dated 1711 Aug. 3 hereof. Order Book VII, p. 312. |
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Same for 69l. to Theophilus Westwood, one of the underkeepers of her Majesty's park called New Park near Richmond in Surrey: for one year's salary to June 24 last to himself and Edward Aldrich, another underkeeper and to the bailiff and to Henry Badger the mole-taker there Ibid., p. 314. |
