P

Pacey (Pacy), Samuel, of Lowestoft, Receiver General of Taxes for Suffolk, debt, of, composition with sureties, 189, 355, 361, 368, 374, 453;

Private Act 7 Anne, No. 18, empowering, 100, 189, 374.

executor of. See Pacey, William.

extended estate of, sales of parts of, 152, 202, 237.

overpayment on account of Marriage Duties by, transferred to House Duties and Land Tax accounts, 250, 304.

sureties for. See Aldred, J.;

Allen, Sir R.;

Barker, T.;

Pack, J.;

Spelman, B.

-, William, brother and executor of Samuel, 237, 304;

petitions of, 152, 250.

-, -, Receiver General of assessments for part of Norfolk, 47.

Pack (Pake, Parke), Joseph, surgeon, surety for S. Pacey, 361, 368.

Packet boats. See Post Office.

Padstow, co. Cornwall, port of, collector of. See Bowen, G.;

Marshall, G.;

Moores, E.

deputy Comptroller of. See Quarme, R.

waiter and searcher in, 412.

Page, Thomas, payment to, for stationery, 285.

Paget, —, Army debenture endorsed to, 356.

Paice, Joseph, et al., petition of, concerning money paid to J. Thrale for Forces in New York, 63.

Painters in enamel. See Boit, C.;

Petitot, F.

Paintings, heraldry. See Heraldry;

of the Queen in enamel, 107, 386, 420.

Paisible, James, musician to the Prince of Denmark, 223;

pension for, 299.

Pake. See Pack.

Palatines. See Army—Low Countries;

Germany.

Palleslands. See Pembroke.

Palmer, Charles, royal bounty for, 376, 468.

-, Peregrine, mate to waterman attending searchers in London port, 467.

-, Thomas, merchant, currants imported by, 224, 243.

-, William, surety for J. Andrews, 475;

appointed a Receiver General of arrears of Land Tax for co. Warwick, 475.

Palmes, Francis (William), Envoy Extraordinary to the Duke of Savoy, attending the Duke on campaign, field equipage for, 132.

departure of, date of, 276.

extraordinaries of, bills of, 74, 78.

ordinary, 276, 327.

travelling charges of, to Toulon, Hanover, Berlin, Vienna, Turin, Flanders and London, 78.

-, Guy, assignment of his pension, 63–4.

Pannell, Anna, pensioner on the Charity Roll of Scotland, 471.

PAPER, parchment and vellum:

Twenty per cent. Duties on, as by 8–9 Wm. III, c. 7, to encourage the bringing in of Plate and Hammered Money into the Mint to be coined (Paper for Plate), deficiencies of, applications of revenue to, 46, 76, 99, 136, 164, 199, 242, 288, 319, 369, 395, 426, 457.

stamped. See Stamp Duties.

Paper Office. See State Paper Office.

Papillon (Papillion), Phillip, Cashier of the Victualling, accounts of, 84, 291, 345;

auditing fees of, 306.

agent to. See Hawes, F.

interest on tallies received by, 345–6.

Papists. See Germany—Protestant Refugees;

Ireland.

Parchment, Duties on. See Paper;

stamped. See Stamp Duties.

Paris, advances at, for subsistence of prisoners of war, 70, 104, 229, 316, 379, 404.

Parke (Park, Parkes, Parks), Daniel, colonel, Captain General and Governor in Chief of the Leeward Islands, allowance, 55, 151, 253, 474;

grants of plantations in St. Christopher by, 387, 411, 475, 476, 490, 491.

-, Hugh, Customs boatman in Newcastle port, 332.

-, John, captain, reformed officer, half pay for, 122.

-, -, Dempster of the Justice Court in Scotland, salary, 266.

-, Joseph. See Pack.

-, Julius Cæsar, grantee of lands in St. Christopher, 411, 475–6, 490.

Parker, Sir Henry, lease of Teddington farm in Rowington manor, 94.

-, Miles, Receiver General of assessments and Duties on Houses for the county, university and city of Oxford, 47, 66.

Parks. See Royal Parks.

PARLIAMENT:

Acts, printed copies of, 73, 77, 274.

Bills, 109, 202, 213–15.

Clerk of. See Johnson, M. See also Commons, House of;

Lords, House of.

-, Ireland. See Ireland.

Parma, Duke of, Envoy Extraordinary from. See Sanseverino, Count de.

Parran (Parron), John, Receiver General of Taxes for co. Oxford, accounts, 134.

Parrot, Mrs. Mary, salary of, in the Office for Circulating Exchequer Bills, 182.

-, William, officer of the Trustees for Circulating Exchequer Bills, salary, 182.

Parry, Benjamin, payments to, for rent of Parliament House in Ireland, 58, 478.

-, -, Register of public deeds, conveyances and wills in Ireland, salary of, 19, 188, 191, 213.

-, Charles, collector of Excise at Reading, 489.

Parsons, —, given leave to come to London, 91.

-, Agnes, royal bounty for, 148, 468.

Parton, George, arrested on coming from France, 224.

Paston (Paxton), Charles, Lord Paston, regiment of foot of, captains in, respits on pay of, 176.

in Portugal, offreckonings, 198;

subsistence for, 93, 323, 379.

serving as marines, clearings, 42.

Patching, Thomas, outlawed for murder, forfeited estate in Surrey and Sussex, 433, 490.

Paterson, James, pension in Scotland for his widow, 472.

-, John, burgess of the Cannongate at Edinburgh, 461.

Patuxent River. See Maryland.

Paul, John, captain of H.M.S. Hastings, 61, 256.

Pauling, Robert, Accomptant and Comptroller General of the accounts of the Stamp Duties, 367.

Paunceford, Edward, petition of, concerning assignment on a pension, 63.

Paxton, Robert, chaplain for Virginia, passage money for, 393.

-, See also Paston.

Payzant, Lewis, French protestant, petition for pension in Ireland, 375.

Peace:

“general discourse of a peace,” 171.

negotiations for, 182, 188, 212.

Treaty of a General Peace, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary for, Secretary to. See Walpole, H.

Peacock, Robert, Treasurer and Chief Constable of the hundred of Witchford, 107.

Pearce (Pearse, Peirce, Pierce), Edward, Brigadier, petition of, 43.

regiment of dragoons of, pay of, 213.

sent to Ireland, 213, 315.

subsistence, 43, 315.

-, James, of the Exchequer Office in the Inner Temple, 490.

-, John, copies of Act relating to fortifications delivered to, 224.

-, -, lieutenant in the Earl of Donegal's regiment, half pay for, 122.

-, -, contractor for transporting prisoners of war, securities of, 397, 428.

-, Matthew, payment to, for seal and press, 285.

-, [Thomas], colonel, regiment of foot of, in Portugal, offreckonings, 198;

subsistence, 93, 323, 379.

-, William, weigher in fee in London port, 162.

Pearson, Richard, schoolmaster for Barbados, passage money for, 198.

-, William, Customs boatman at Blakeney and Cley, 88.

Peers. See Lords, House of.

Peers, Sir Charles, Sheriff of London, payment to, 313;

petition of, concerning a tally, 326.

-, Cha., Commissioner for taking subscriptions for enlarging the capital stock of the Bank, 180.

Peirce. See Pearce.

Pelham, Henry, Clerk of the Pells, 75, 319.

Pelher. See Peltier.

Pells, Clerk of. See Exchequer Receipt;

Ireland, Exchequer Court.

Peltier (Pelher), James, captain, petition of, 289;

pension in Ireland for, 351.

Pembroke, county of, Chief Justice of. See Whitacre, C.

lands, etc., in, lease of, 431.

Receiver General of assessments. See Howells, G.

Second Justice of. See Webb, T.

Pembroke, co. Pembroke, lands called Palleslands in, lease of, 240.

Pembroke and Montgomery, Earl of. See Herbert, Thomas.

Pen. See Penn.

Pendrell, William, pensions of his daughters, 367;

services of, to Charles II, after the battle of Worcester, 367.

Penhallurick, John, Customs collector at Poole, arrears of, 443.

Penn, Nether and Over, co. Stafford, outlaws' lands in, 286.

Penn (Pen), William, Proprietor and Governor of Pennsylvania, proposal of, for provisioning ships in the West Indies, etc., 13, 154.

Pennington, Robert, sheriff of Cumberland, payment to, 97.

Pennsylvania, chaplain for. See St. Clare, R.

Proprietor and Governor of. See Penn, W.

provisions from, proposal to furnish Navy ships with, 13, 154.

Surveyor and Inspector of Customs in, appointed, 255.

Pennyfather, —, colonel, Commissary General of Ireland, 451.

Penrin. See Penryn.

Penry, Nathan, tidesman in London port, dismissed, 392.

Penryn, Penrin, co. Cornwall, 416.

port, collector of, advance by, for service of Wm. III on his landing, 442. See also Ennys, T.;

Kent, J. searcher in, 467.

PENSIONS (annuities, annual charities and bounties). And see Annuities;

Perpetuities;

Royal Bounty.

Army. See Army.

granted by the Prince of Denmark. See George, Prince of Denmark.

in Scotland. See Scotland.

issues for. See under Compton, S.

on the Excise, 198.

on First Fruits and Tenths, 40, 81, 428, 464.

on the Irish Establishment. See Ireland.

on the Post Office Revenue, 198, 241, 245, 260, 402, 428.

Paymaster of the Queen's annual charities, bounties and private pensions. See Compton, S.

Names of annuitants and pensioners:

Aberdeen, Bishop of.

Adamsone, Elizabeth.

Alexander, E.

Allan, Jennet.

Altenbourg, Charlotte, Countess de.

Anderson, Mrs.

Anderson, Anna.

Anderson, Bessie.

Andre, T. d'.

Arbuthnot, J.

Arskine, Agnes.

Atkinson, T.

Aubert, J.

Aymes, S., children of.

Babell, C.

Badger, H.

Bailey, Alice.

Balvaird, Jean.

Bannantyne, Margaret.

Barber, Mary.

Barrow, Mary.

Beaucœur, Elizabeth, widow.

Beetham, Alice.

Bellomont, Richard, Earl of.

Bembo, Eliz.

Black, Jean.

Blackall, W.

Blaikie, Eliz.

Blair, Eliz.

Blair, Jean.

Bohme, A. W.

Bonabell, J.

Booth, Charity.

Bouchereau, E.

Brisbane, Margaret.

Brisbane, Mary.

Brown, F.

Brown, Jean.

Brown, W.

Browning, Jane.

Bruce, Jennet.

Bruce, Margaret.

Brugier, Mary, widow.

Brunevall, Mary.

Buccleuch, Ann, Duchess of.

Buckholt, C.

Burch, Love.

Burnet, Henrietta.

Burnet, Isabel.

Cabin, Gabriel Mary.

Cadick, Katherine.

Cairncross, Barbara.

Callderwood, Isabel.

Callum, Agnes.

Campbell, Archibald.

Campbell, Elizabeth.

Campbell, Margaret.

Campbell, Mary.

Carmichael, W.

Carr, W.

Cathcart, L.

Clarendon, Earl of.

Cleveland, Duchess of.

Cloffe, Elizabeth.

Cock, Mary.

Colvill, Margaret.

Cornwallis, Lord Charles.

Cossard, Anne Gabrielle.

Courtie, Sarah.

Crawford, Helen.

Crawford, Jean.

Cross, T.

Crusius, Mrs. Dove.

Cuff, F.

Culpeper, Lord.

Cuninghame, Elizabeth.

Cuninghame, Helen.

Cuninghame, Margaret.

Dalrymple, Janet.

Debnam, Elizabeth.

Denby, H.

Denmark, Prince Charles of.

Dennistone, Anna.

Dennistone, Margaret.

Dick, Sir A., children of.

Donaldsone, J.

Donaldsone, Jean.

Donn, Elizabeth.

Douglas, Anna.

Douglas, Elizabeth.

Douglas, Helen.

Doyley, Elizabeth.

Drummond, Anna.

Dunblane, Bishop of.

Dundass, Helen.

Durham, G.

Edinburgh, Bishop of.

Edward, Jennet.

Elliott, J.

Elliott, Jean.

Ellis, Agnes.

Ellis, Elizabeth.

Erskine, Elizabeth.

Even, Mrs. —.

Fairies, Bessie.

Falquier, —, widow.

Farquhar, Margaret.

Fearme, Elizabeth.

Fielder, R.

Finley, Barbara.

Fock, Elizabeth.

Forbes, J.

Forbes, R.

Forrester, Jean.

Forster, Mary.

Frazer, Jennet.

Frazer, Margaret.

Galliard, J. E.

Garrioch, Mary.

Gastigny, James.

George, Prince of Denmark.

Gibson, Agnes.

Glaidstones, Anna.

Gordon, A.

Gordon, Jean.

Gracy, Agnes.

Graham, Jennet.

Graham, W.

Grant, Isabel.

Graves, J.

Greg, C.

Griffith, Hannah.

Guiraud, F. de.

Haigie, Elizabeth.

Haliburton, Alison.

Haliburton, Sarah, Lady Olivistob.

Hallywell, C.

Hamilton, Alexander.

Hamilton, Anna.

Hamilton, Dame Christian.

Hamilton, Elizabeth.

Hamilton, Elizabeth and her sons.

Hamilton, Isabel.

Hamilton, Jean.

Hamilton, Margaret.

Harrison, Sarah.

Hay, Agnes.

Hay, Jennet.

Hedges, Sir C.

Helbig, Mary.

Henderson, Ann.

Henderson, Jean.

Herriot, Elizabeth.

Hext, A.

Hodges, Barbara.

House, G.

Hurry, Grace.

Jacobi, J. C.

Johnston, Elizabeth.

Johnston, Sarah.

Jolly, Mary.

Jones, Frances.

Jones, John.

Keith, Lilias.

Kennedy, Mrs. —.

Kermont, J.

Kerr, Elizabeth.

Kerr, Isabel.

Kerr, Jean.

Kilpatrick, Janet.

Kilpatrick, Margaret.

Kinnaries, Mrs. —.

Kinnoul, Thomas, Earl of.

Kinnoul, William, Earl of.

Kirkaldie, A.

Kirkaldie, Sir J.

Kirkwood, Martha.

Knight, A.

La Chapelle, Mary.

Lamb, Isabel.

La Motte, C. de.

La Mouline, Mary.

La Mouline, P. R.

Lane, T.

Latour, P.

Lau, Mary.

Lefever, S.

Leitch, Jennet.

Lesser, J. G.

Lesley, Jean.

Liddell, Agnes.

Lindsey, —.

Lindsey, Elizabeth.

Lindsey, L.

Lindsey, Margaret.

Livingston, Mary.

Lloyd, Ann.

Lloyd, R.

Logan, N.

Lowman, Jane.

Ludolph, H. W.

Lumsdean, Elizabeth.

Lutzau, Katherine.

McCalla, Agnes.

McConachie, Marion.

McDougall, Jennet.

McKennen, Margaret.

McKenzie, Elizabeth.

Mansell, Barbara.

Mansell, C.

Mansell, F.

Mansell, F., junior.

Mar, John, Earl of.

Mason, Jean.

Matsen, C.

Maxwell, J.

Meeker, J.

Melvill, J.

Merur, Mrs. —.

Mitchel, Mary.

Moffat, Agnes. Monceau, Mary.

Moncreif, Isabel.

Moncurr, Margaret.

Monteith, R.

Montgomerie, H.

Mordington, Lady

Morton, Grisell.

Murray, Jennet.

Murray, William, widow of.

Myretown, R.

Nairne, —.

Nasmith, Barbara.

Nasmith, C.

Normand, E.

O'Hara, Mary.

Paisible, J.

Palmes, G.

Pannell, Anna.

Paterson, James, widow of.

Peltier, J.

Pembroke and Montgomery, Thomas, Earl of.

Peterson, G.

Peyton, Sir S.

Pitaligo, Lady.

Pittman, R.

Plessen, Mary.

Porterfield, Barbara.

Porterfield, Mary.

Pringle, Jean.

Pringle, Sophia.

Ramsey, Elizabeth.

Rennie, Agnes.

Richause, P. V.

Rigg, Elizabeth

Robertson, Marion.

Rooch, J.

Roscommon, Richard, Earl of.

Ross, Katharine.

Russell, Dame Katherine.

Russell, Sir W.

Rutherford, Anna.

St. Albans, Duke of.

St. Loe, Dorothy.

St. Loe, Jane.

Salime, Lord.

Sandwich, Edward, Earl of.

Schumacher, Sophia.

Scot, Margaret.

Scougall, Margaret.

Sest, Elizabeth.

Sharpe, Sir W.

Shore, J.

Simpson, Mary.

Smith, James.

Smith, Mary Elizabeth.

Smith, W.

Stedwell, J.

Stephen, Bessie.

Steven, John.

Stewart, Archibald.

Stewart, Elizabeth.

Stewart, Sir James.

Stewart, Mary.

Strachan, J.

Straiton, Marion.

Suhm, B.

Thanet, Elizabeth, Countess Dowager of.

Thomson, Helen.

Thomson, Jean.

Thornycroft, Colonel E., widow of.

Tirie, Anna.

Turner, Rebecca.

Valentine, Judith.

Vauch, Elizabeth.

Vaus, L.

Veitch, E.

Villiers, W., wife of.

Wachop, Mary.

Waddell, Agnes.

Waldegrave, Lady Henrietta.

Waleking, C.

Walker, Helen.

Walker, J.

Walker, Margaret.

Wallace, Katherine.

Walthorpe, Ann.

Watt, Anna.

Watt, W.

Watts, R.

Weems, N.

White, Anna.

White, Sarah.

Whyteford, Sir J.

Williamson, Marion.

Wilson, Jean.

Windham, Frances.

Windham, Sir F.

Windham, Rachel.

Winram, Helen.

Wishart, Bettie.

Wishart, Helen.

Witicki, G.

Wright, A.

Yates, N., heirs of.

Young, Elizabeth.

Young, Jean.

Young, Margaret.

Young, W.

Penso, David, and Company, of London, merchants, petition of, concerning importation of currants, 192, 193, 201.

Pentyre, Philip, of Plymouth, merchant, prize fish, etc., bought by, 358–9.

Penzance, co. Cornwall, port of, waiter and searcher in, 88.

Pepper, [James], regiment of dragoons of, officers of, subsistence, 166.

offreckonings, 198.

subsistence, 205.

Pepys, Samuel, Treasurer for Tangier, accounts of, 302;

executor of. See Hewer, W.

Percivall, George Balls, appointed Surveyor of Duties on Houses for co. Lincoln, 71.

Perkins, Math., Clerk of the Woodyard to Wm. III's Household, arrears of, 137.

-, Thomas, appointment as Customs boatman at Heacham and Brancaster, 212;

declined, 412.

Perpetuities. See:—

Cambridge University.

Cambridge University, Emanuel College.

Cotton, Sir J.

Dartmouth Corporation.

Dublin, Archbishop of;

Christ Church, Chanter of;

Christ Church, Dean and Chapter of;

French ministers in;

Trinity College, Provost, etc.

Eton College, Provost, etc.

Fairfax, Colonel, heirs of.

Lichfield Cathedral, Dean and Chapter of;

Vicars Choral of.

London and Westminster—

St. Botolph's, poor of.

St. John Baptist, Walbrook, poor of.

St. Magnus, poor of.

St. Michael's, Cornhill, poor of.

Tower, Vicar of.

Meath, Bishop of.

Perrott, Thomas, sheriff of co. Worcester, payment to, 246.

Perry, Duties on. See Malt Duties.

Perry, Edward, Sub-commissioner of the Four and a Half per cent. Duty at Nevis, acting and residing at Antigua, 430.

Surveyor General of Barbados, Leeward Islands and Bermudas, appointment, salary, etc., 430;

clerk for, 449.

-, John, assignee of a banker's annuity, 349.

-, Micajah, petition of, in behalf of William Bird, 483;

and Company, proposal for remitting money to New York, accepted, 36.

Person, Peter, servant to the Pages of the Backstairs to the Prince of Denmark, 221, 298.

Perth, Perthshire, port, foreign salt purchased in, 365.

Peterborough, Earl of. See Mordaunt, Charles.

Peterman, Roth, Queen's waiter in London port, 88.

Peters, Robert, Receiver General of assessments for co. Hertford, 48.

-, William, sailor, lessee in trust for Richard Trevanion, 44.

Peterson, Erasmus, chaiseman of the Prince of Denmark, 222, 298.

-, George, pensioner of the Prince of Denmark, 312.

-, Hugh (Hogan), groom to the Prince of Denmark, 222, 298.

-, Martin, master of the Prince Charles of Sweden, petition of, 441.

Petit, —, colonel, employed in fortifying Tortosa, 304.

Petitot, Francois, painter in enamel, payment to, for two pictures of the Queen, 386.

Peyton, C., Warden of the Mint, 196.

-, Sir Sewster, bart., Master of the Buck and Stag Hounds to the Prince of Denmark, 222;

pension for, 299.

Pheasants. See Windsor Great Park.

Phelp (Philps), John, an Auditor of the Revenue in Scotland, appointment, salary, etc., 61, 173, 264, 268.

Philipott, Chaplain, Army debenture of, 356.

Philips. See Phillips.

Philipstown, [King's County], barracks in, maintenance of, 120.

Phillips (Philips), Constantine, sergeant, outpensioner of Chelsea Hospital, 204.

-, John, petition for a pension in Ireland, 450.

Phillpot (Phillpott), John, footman to the Prince of Denmark, 222, 297.

-, See also Philipott.

Philps. See Phelp.

Phœnix Park, co. Dublin, Ranger of, salary, 116;

tithes in, 117, 478.

Physicians. See Army;

George, Prince of Denmark;

Ireland;

Scotland.

Physic Garden. See Scotland.

Piastres, 25.

Pibus, John, waterman to the Prince of Denmark, 299.

Picart, Samuel, chaplain for the Leeward Islands, passage money for, 79.

Pickard, —, Customs surveyor at Southampton, 41.

Pickup, Charles, tidesman in London port, 412.

Picton, John, waiter and searcher at Cardigan, dismissed, 79.

Pictures, for the Duke of Marlborough, 90.

of the Queen, in enamel, 107, 386, 420;

set in diamonds, 165, 274.

Pieces of Eight. See Eight.

Piedmont, 2, 7, 22, 25, 28, 92, 178, 216, 251, 334, 385;

Allies march into, in 1692, 289.

Piementi. See La Piementi.

Pierce. See Pearce.

Piggot (Piggott), Daniel, appointed chief boatman at Berdsy Ferry, 79.

-, John, allowance for keeping the Queen's private road between Stansted and Hockerill, 236.

Pilligreen, Paul, outpensioner of Chelsea Hospital, 204.

Pilot, Jos., lieutenant in Lord Mountjoy's regiment, half pay for, 122.

Pilson, James, Customs collector at Fowey, 412.

Pink (Pinck), John, painter, payments to, for heraldic designs and painting work, 54.

Pinkney, Cha., Army debenture of, 356.

Pisa, 335, 336.

Piscataqua, Piscataway, collector and surveyor of Customs in. See Armstrong, R.;

Shannon, N.;

woods in, survey of, 477.

Pistoles (Pistols), exchange equivalence of, 104, 359.

Pitch and tar, imported, 416.

Pitmedden (Pittmedden). See Seton, William.

Pitsligo, Lady, pension in Scotland for, 473.

Pittman, Richard, pensioner of the Prince of Denmark, 300.

Pittmedden. See Pitmedden.

Plague, in the Baltic, 357–8, 425. See also Ships—quarantine.

PLANTATIONS and Colonies:

Auditor General. See Plantations—Surveyor and Auditor General.

chaplains for, passage money for, 69, 79, 97, 123, 139, 141, 164, 227, 241, 260, 323, 328, 345, 351, 388, 393, 401, 425, 448, 460, 474.

Customs in. See Customs.

Dutch ships licensed in Jersey and Guernsey to trade to, 26.

Duties (as by Act 25 Chas. II, c. 7), 190.

arrears of, issues out of, 39, 333, 400.

receiver of, 190.

Governors and Lieutenant Governors of, allowances, 60, 81, 151, 253, 275, 301, 474, 491;

securities, 64.

illegal trade in, 167, 255–6, 345.

Naval stores from, Act 3–4 Anne, c. 9, for encouraging the importation of, 256.

Palatines in, settlement of, 297. See also Jamaica;

New York.

schoolmasters for, passage money for, 198, 464.

Surveyor and Auditor General of Plantations and Revenues in America (W. Blathwayt):

Deputies to, appointed, 425, 490;

letters to, 488.

letters from and to, 410, 488.

matters referred to, 67, 352, 361, 387, 411, 477, 485.

reports by, 416, 483–5, 487, 490–1.

trade, 55;

proposal for promoting, 475.

See also America;

Trade and Plantations.

Plate, shipped for Portugal, seized, 134, 206, 453–4.

See also Jewel House;

Mint.

Platt, Mary, merchant, permitted to reduce rum to proof, 381.

Playell, John, keeper in Hyde Park, allowance for watering, 419.

Plessen, Christian Siegfried de, Keeper of the Privy Purse and Master of the Robes to the Prince of Denmark, 221, 297.

-, Mary, widow, pensioner of the Prince of Denmark, 312.

Pley, George, senior, Customs collector at Weymouth, arrears of, 443.

-, -, junior, Customs collector at Weymouth, arrears of, 443.

Plumber. See Queen's Plumber.

Plumleigh, Thomas, owner of the Adventure of Dartmouth, 153.

Plunket (Plunkett), James, captain in the Marquess of Carmarthen's regiment of marines, petition for arrears of pay, 256, 300;

payment to, 353, 355.

Plymouth, co. Devon, 153.

Commissioners for Sick and Wounded at, 237.

merchants of, 43, 240, 256, 358.

Navy Yard at, sale of decayed stores in, 49.

packet boats from, 377.

port of, boatmen in, 88, 138.

land called Lambhay taken into, 127.

landwaiters in, 40.

prizes in, 43, 61, 75, 240, 256, 358.

Prizes Office in, incidents bill, 258.

tidesmen in, 332, 372, 412.

prisoners of war at, 10, 137.

regiments at, 87.

Pocket glass, 386.

Pocklington, John, Second Justice of Chester, Denbigh, Flint and Montgomery, salary, 78, 218, 282, 452.

Pocock, —, widow, payment to, for quitting old houses on Castle Hill, Windsor, 313.

Point se biens Plantation. See St. Christopher.

Poland, Augustus II, King of, Envoy Extraordinary to. See Dalrymple, J., Earl of Stair;

letters, etc., to, postage on, 344.

Polgooth, Polgoth. See St. Ewe.

Pollock. See Anstruther, Sir W.;

Maxwell, Sir J.

Polonia wool, 366, 441.

Polwarth, Lord. See Hume, Patrick.

Pont de Biens Plantation. See St. Christopher.

Poole, co. Dorset, Customs collector at. See Penhallurick, J.

port, Comptroller of. See Smith, N.

Receivers General of assessments. See Derbie, B.;

Derbie, J.

riding surveyor between Exeter and, 85.

Poor. See

Edinburgh.

London and Westminster:

St. Botolph's.

St. John Baptist, Walbrook.

St. Magnus's.

St. Michael's.

Scotland.

Pope, Andrew, lieutenant, payment to, for carrying letters from Stanhope to Marlborough, etc., 87, 211;

description of his journeys, 87–8.

Popery and Popish clergy. See Ireland.

Popple, William, junior, Secretary to the Commissioners for Trade, letters to, 161, 180, 297, 410, 416.

payments to, 51, 97, 152, 279, 440.

salary, 68, 97, 279, 440.

Pork, curing of. See Scotland—fish and flesh.

Port Glasgow, co. Renfrew, General Inspector and Adjuster of damaged tobacco and wines at, appointment, 59;

wine taster at, 163.

Port Isaac (Izick), co. Cornwall, waiter and searcher at, 412.

Port Mahon, Sir G. Byng's squadron for, 1.

Port Patrick, co. Wigtown, foreign salt purchased at, 365.

Port St. Antonio. See Jamaica.

Portcullis Pursuivant. See Hesket, J.

Porter, —, colonel, payment to, for arms in Ireland, 480.

Porterfield (Porterfeild), Barbara, pensioner on the Charity Roll of Scotland, 472.

-, John, underkeeper of Holy-rood House, salary, 266.

-, Mary, pension in Scotland for, 473.

Portland, Earl of. See Weston, Jerome.

Portman, alias Seymour, Henry, Ranger or Keeper of Hyde Park, 113;

payments to, 131, 143, 235.

Portmore, Earl of. See Colyear, David.

Portsmouth, co. Southampton, 44, 140, 284, 340, 422.

Customs collector, salary and allowances, 373.

fortifications at, improvement of. See Fortifications.

high cost of living at, 373.

landwaiters at, 212.

Navy ships at, paying of, 179, 185, 249, 269, 371, 377.

Navy Yard at, sale of decayed stores in, 49.

Prizes Office contingencies, 50, 258.

seizures at, 420, 427.

smuggling at, 79.

waiters and searchers at, 138.

wrecks sold at, 49.

Portugal, 240, 336.

Army in. See Army.

brandy imported from, 392.

coin of, 160.

fish and train oil exported to, 256.

Crown of, Debt due from, for damages done in 1650 and 1651:

Agents and Trustees for recovering (J. Buckley, E. Bushell, J. Bushell, T. Canham, S. Crispe, T. Drake, P. Du Cane, G. Hitchcock, H. Holcombe, P. Hubland, J. King, T. King, D. Lambert, J. Lordell, J. Midgley, R. Oxwick, John Smith, Sir R. Stanyer, H. Stroad, R. Suckley, N. Townshend, R. Turner, W. Twyford, E. Watts, E. Wytheridge), 387;

discharged from the Queen's share, 444–5.

charges of recovering, 444.

principal and interest on, amount of, 444.

Queen's share of, amount of, 444.

payment into Exchequer, 444;

delayed, 387.

sum received in lieu of, 444.

King of:

Ambassador Extraordinary (Envoy) to. See Methuen, J.;

Methuen, P.;

Ruvigny, H. de, Earl of Galway.

Secretary to. See Lefevre, T.

Envoy from, memorial of, 134.

permitted to ship chest to Holland, 427.

See also Cunha, Don L. da.

expenses of the King of Spain's Court paid by, 159.

horses bought from, 86, 157, 165.

powder presented to the King of Spain by, 160.

stores of war received from, 158–9.

subsidies to, issues, etc., for, 6, 92, 102, 157, 160, 270, 380.

Treasurer General to. See Gomes, Don M.

Treaty with, 157, 405.

Troops of, necessaries for, 157;

pay of, 157, 405, 409.

packet boats to, 173, 202. See also Lisbon.

plate shipped for, 134, 454.

remittances to, loss by, 409.

trade with, 253.

Portuguese Regiments. See Army—Portugal;

Gibraltar.

Portumna, Portumny, [co. Galway], barracks in, maintenance of, 120.

Post Coinages. See Tin.

POST OFFICE:

accounts, auditing fees, 309.

annuities and pensions on, 63, 245.

arrears of, 29, 404, 428.

grants of, 208, 352–3, 402.

Cashier. See Post Office—Receiver General.

at Charing Cross, 356.

clerks in, beer for, 176.

at Edinburgh, revenue of, farm of, 95.

farmers of, allowances to, for postage of State letters, etc., 95.

settlement out of, 95.

at Harwich, 356.

incidents bills, 66, 176, 259, 491.

in Ireland, Deputy Postmaster, debt of, 421.

leaden seals for, 259.

at New York, 475.

officers of, assessments on, repaid, 259;

feasts due to, 176.

packet boats, agents for, 206, 412.

commanders, 356, 446.

contractors. See Dummer, E.;

Macky, J.

Flanders and Holland, 257, 427, 446.

contract for, 146–7, 453.

great use of, in the war, 147.

mails carried by, produce of, 147.

taken by the French, 453;

mails thrown overboard from, 356.

goods shipped in, 427;

seized, 173, 202, 206.

great charge of, 97.

Jamaica, 378.

measuring, etc., of, 176.

New York, proposal for increasing, 475.

not licensed to convey goods, etc., 202.

Portugal, 97, 173, 176, 202, 206.

sailors on, 356;

information against, 202.

transporting soldiers in, 257, 377–8;

allowance per head for, 97;

Postmaster General's proposal for, 97.

Penny Post, 138;

Office, assessments on officers of, repaid, 259.

pensions on. See Post Office—annuities.

postmasters, disbursements by, 285, 412.

Postmasters General (J. Evelyn: Sir T. Frankland), 97, 146.

letters to, 44, 224.

memorial of, 259.

payments by, 198, 241, 245, 259, 260, 402, 428.

petitions referred to, 63, 206, 412, 421, 446, 453, 475.

report of, 147.

Receiver General or Cashier of (S. Lilly), 428.

directions to, concerning Exchequer Bills, 14.

letter to, 29, 404.

Revenue, payments due to the Prince of Denmark out of, 19.

ship letters, 176, 259.

Potash, imported, 425, 459.

Potkins, Henry, Customs collector at Yarmouth, arrears of, 443.

Potomac River, 484. See also Maryland.

Pottenger (Pottinger), John, Comptroller of the Pipe, Customs fees of, 322;

salary, 178.

Potts, George, outpensioner of Chelsea Hospital, 204.

Pouissin, Peter, gunner of the Artillery in Ireland, petition for bounty, 450.

Poulett, Charles, 2nd Duke of Bolton, Vice Admiral of the Isle of Wight, petition for grant of a French ship driven ashore, 74–5, 100;

Warden of the New Forest, quit rent claimed by, 236.

Poultney. See Pulteney.

Poulton, co. Lancaster, port, Deputy Comptroller of. See Chew, J.

Povey, John, a Clerk of the Privy Council, 277, 459.

-, Richard, Serjeant at Arms in Ireland, 451.

-, [Richard, Treasurer for Sick and Wounded], payment by, 237.

Powell, Caleb, Receiver General of assessments for cos. Brecon, Radnor and Montgomery, 49.

-, Job, tidesman and weighing porter at Southampton, 138.

-, John, tidesman in London port, 392.

-, Samuel, a Serjeant at Arms, 224.

-, William, royal bounty for, 468.

Power, Geoffrey, an executor of John Smith of Bideford, lease of manor and lands in Devon, 55, 147.

Powys (Powis), —, Customs officer, instructions to, 212.

-, Sir Thomas, attending the Treasury, 13;

petition of, 161.

Poyer, Thomas, chaplain for New York, passage money for, 474.

Pratt, John, Comptroller and Surveyor of Customs at Eyemouth and Dunbar, 143.

-, -, Constable of Dublin Castle, salary, 463.

-, -, outpensioner of Chelsea Hospital, 204.

Prayer, new forms of, printing and postage of, 224, 274.

Prendergast, —, regiment of foot of, offreckonings, 355.

Prescott, Charles, highway robber, reward for arrest of, 322.

Preshue, —. captain, Salt duty fraud by, 250.

Press, Messenger of. See Printing Press.

Preston-hall. See McKenzie, R.

Prestonpans, co. Haddington, foreign salt purchased at, 365.

Pretender, The, intended invasion by, See Invasion.

Prettyman (Pretyman), Thomas, his proposal to recover debts due to the Crown, 80, 134.

Price, Mathew, tidesman and weighing porter at Southampton, 138.

-, Robert, a Baron of the Exchequer, 356;

lessee of premises in cos. Hereford, Huntingdon and Worcester, 105, 259.

-, Samuel, goldsmith and banker of Lombard Street, bankruptcy of, 349–50.

-, Thomas, goldsmith and banker of Lombard Street, annuity assigned to, bankruptcy of, etc., 349–50.

Pride, Rebecca. See Bruges.

Prigg, Nicholas, Customs collector at St. Ives, arrears of, 443.

Primrose, Archibald, Earl of Rosebery, Gentleman of the Bedchamber to Prince George of Denmark, 221, 297;

grant of the office of Chamberlain of Fife and Strathearn, 185, 187, 282;

pension out of the rents of the lordship of Fife, 186.

-, Gilbert, Brigadier, pay of, 248;

his Major of Brigade, pay of, 248.

Princes Woods. See Hermitage.

Pringle, —, recommendation by, for Customs place in Scotland, 413.

-, Jean, pensioner on the Charity Roll of Scotland, 471.

-, of Haning, John, a Commissioner for the Equivalent, 234.

-, Sophia, pensioner on the Charity Roll of Scotland, 472.

Printers, 285. See also Queen's Printers;

Scotland.

Printing Press, Messenger of. See Stephens, R.

Prior, —, bond given by, for J. Nutin's effects, 67.

Prisoners of War. See Sick and Wounded.

Prisons. See London and Westminster—Fleet;

Newgate;

Savoy.

Pritchard, Thomas, outpensioner of Chelsea Hospital, 204.

Privateers. See Ships and shipping.

Privy Council, 22, 25, 118, 358, 402, 459, 485, 487.

Chamber, 68.

furniture for, 435.

Keepers of, allowances for attending Trade and Plantations business, 68.

necessaries and riding charges, 419.

See also Cocks, J.;

Colinge, R.;

Gregson, R.

mourning coverings for, 231.

servant of. See Cocks, J.

Clerks of (W. Blathwayte, C. Musgrave, J. Povey, E. Southale), 459.

allowances for attending Trade and Plantations business, 68, 275.

salaries, 277.

Committees of, for affairs of Jersey and Guernsey, 324–5, 459;

for considering Bills from Ireland, 271.

Lord President of. See Herbert, T., Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery;

Somers, John, Lord Somers.

Orders in Council, 49, 60, 61, 67, 68, 98, 144, 173, 179, 188, 202, 318, 324, 350, 357, 358, 360, 362, 364, 366, 370, 372, 380, 393, 402, 409–11, 416–17, 424–5, 427, 436, 441, 445, 458–9, 461, 465, 477, 482, 485.

painting for, 274.

seals for, new steel, in consequence of the Union, 73.

underclerks of, payment to, 101.

Privy Purse, allowance out of, 385.

issues for the service of, 43, 376, 395.

Keeper of. See Churchill, Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough.

-, -, of the Prince of Denmark. See George.

Privy Seal, charges for a, 146.

Lord or Keeper of, purse for, 231.

new, in consequence of the Union, payment for engraving, silver and case, 73.

-, Scotland. See Scotland.

Prizage and Butlerage. See Ireland.

PRIZES, 2.

Agents, 179.

accounts, allowances in, 56.

incident charges of, 50.

money detained by, 424.

payments to, 55, 150.

prosecuted by ship owners, petition of, 420.

arrears of:

officers appointed to recover and receive (T. Baker and W. Goslin), appointment, 105.

attend the Treasury, 19, 27, 33.

directions to, 13, 161, 179, 188.

matters referred to, 164, 236, 256, 420, 424.

payments to, 206, 430–1.

reports of, 194.

warrants to, 188, 194, 200, 206, 430.

under officers of, salaries, 200.

captors:

lists of, certified from ships muster books, 179, 188.

payments to, 188, 193, 284;

office for, rent of, 50, 258.

shares of, 62–3.

Act 6 Anne, c. 64, cl. 2, and, 100.

petitions for, 424, 447.

Queen's Declaration concerning, 188.

widows of, petition of, 236;

relief of, 179, 188.

coin seized in, 372.

Commissioners of, 14, 179, 188, 256, 424.

attending the Treasury, 1, 3, 5, 11, 63.

commission revoked, 105.

letter to, 128.

matters referred to, 3, 67, 75.

reports by, 3, 56.

salaries, 11.

Sub-Commissioners and other officers of, payment to, 50;

salaries, 11.

warrant to, 56.

condemnations, copies of, 286.

contingencies, 50, 188.

Court of Appeals for, 285;

Admiralty business in, payment for, 82.

debts on, account of, mentioned, 3.

fish and train oil taken in, permission to export without unloading, 61, 240, 256, 358–9.

galleon taken by Sir C. Wager in the West Indies, 13, 33, 161, 164, 173.

gifts or grants out of, 62–3, 100.

goods taken in, 67, 284.

carriage of, 284.

duties on, 43, 75;

account of, payment for making, 50.

exported from Jersey to Great Britain, 325–6.

Queen's Declaration concerning, 256.

restored, 284.

sales of, 67, 240, 256.

advertisements and inventories of, payment for printing, 285.

brokerage on, 285.

incidents, 188.

marble taken in, gift of, 41.

Office, 16, 243, 286.

incidents bills, 50, 258.

salary bills, 206, 258.

Office in Jamaica, bill of exchange drawn on account of, 430–1.

papers concerning, read, 19.

preserving, payments for, 285.

Queen's share of, 206.

applied to service of the war, 100.

payments out of, 56.

to owners and freighters of the Worcester for damage sustained, amount of, 100.

balance due, 3.

Commons' address on, 100.

design of owners to enlarge demands, 75.

irregular solicitation for owners, 14–17.

petition of owners, 3.

services relating to, allowance for, 3, 75, 194.

share of, 151.

right to, to be judicially determined, 33.

Receivers of arrears. See Prizes—arrears.

Receivers General (Treasurers) of, 236, 424.

attend the Treasury, 1, 5, 11.

See also—

Brewer, J.

Henley, J.

restored, 50.

sales of, 43, 49, 286.

advertisements and inventories of, payment for printing, 285.

brokerage on, 285.

proceeds of, 284;

future, estimate of, 3.

room used for, rent of, 284.

Secretary, Assistant. See Baker, T.

seized in ports, dispute between Customs and Admiralty as to, 303;

Order in Council of Charles II on, mentioned, 303.

Sub-Commissioners. See Prizes—Commissioners.

sugar taken in, duty on, 43.

sunk as breakwaters, 49.

taken into Ireland, five, sent for relief of Nevis and St. Christopher, 60.

Tenths of, Admiralty, 67, 284, 286.

Treasurers for. See Prizes—Receivers General.

warehouse, keeper of. See Mellifont, —.

wines taken in, 63, 447;

Duties on. See Customs—Duties.

Proclamations, 43, 73;

payments for copying and printing, 54, 274, 413.

Progers, Edward, keeper, moletaker, etc., of Middle Park, Hampton Court and Keeper of the Hare Warren, 177, 254.

Provence, 343.

Prussia:

cloth imported from England and Holland into, Excise on, 338.

King of, 127n.

Ambassador Extraordinary to. See Wentworth, T., Lord Raby.

Minister from. See Spanheim, E. F. Von.

subsidies to, arrears due in the late war, issues for, 22, 228, 405.

issues, etc., for, 207, 227, 228, 294, 378, 379, 405, 407, 408.

Treaty dated 28 November, 1704, with, 406–8.

yarn from. See Spruce yarn.

Prussians. See Army—Low Countries.

Pugh, Samuel, appointed tidesman in Yarmouth port, 40.

-, Thomas, Surveyor of Duties on Houses, co. Glamorgan, 466.

Pulteney (Poultney, Pultney), Cha., deputy to the High Steward and Bailiff of East Greenwich manor, 318.

-, Daniel, Envoy Extraordinary to the King of Denmark, extraordinaries, 276, 292, 345, 458.

ordinary, 276, 327.

payment to, 210.

-, John, a Commissioner for Trade, salary, 68, 279.

-, Thomas, a Page of Honour to the Prince of Denmark, 222, 298.

Purdon, Bartho., payment to, for services in Ireland, 478.

-, Mary, royal bounty for, 376, 468.

Purnel, John, tidesman in London port, 332.

Pye, William, appointed landsurveyor at Falmouth, 412.

Pyne, Sir Richard, Chief Justice of the Queen's Bench in Ireland, illness of, 183;

payment to, 183.

Pynn, William, highway robber, reward for arrest of, 245.