P

Pacey (Pacy), Henry, Receiver General of Taxes for part of co. Lincoln, 181.
-, -, Samuel, Receiver General for Suffolk, 146; surety, 618. See also Allen, Sir R.
-, -, William, Receiver General for part of co. Norfolk (Hundreds of Blofield and others) and for Yarmouth, 179.

Pacheco, Francisco de Sousa, Portuguese Envoy at The Hague, 394.

Packer, Mary, lease of tenement in the Savoy and St. James's Street, 305, 310, 631.
-, -, Philip, Paymaster, Works and Buildings, stay of process, 516–7.

Packet Boats. See Post Office.

Packington (Pakington), Sir John, evidence of, 5, 6. See also Albert, T.

Pacy. See Pacey.

Paddington, Parish of, co. Middlesex, issue for poor of, 383.

Padstow, co. Cornwall, Customs collector at, 127, 166, 379.
-, ships seized at, 321, 584, 629.

Paget (Pagett), Henry, a Lord of the Treasury, 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 20, 22, 23, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32, 33, 34, 37, 39–42, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 52, 54, 55, 56–64, 229.

Paine. See Payne.

Pakington. See Packington.

Palaces. See Royal Houses and Palaces.

Palatine, Elector of, troops of, 46, 215; victualling of, 402.

Palatines, four battalions of, bread and forage for, 77, 87; letters about, 88, 102.

Palatines, Poor:
-, Commission constituting Trustees for distributing the money collected for, 147, 183, 200; constitution of, 184; expiration of commission, 184.
-, Commissioners and Trustees for, Secretary to, 21, 95, 165, 177, 183–4, 199, 200, 244, 330, 446.
-, embarked for Holland, 95, 177, 183–4, 199, 200, 244, 446–7.
-, embarked for New York, 78, 242, 330–1, 339, 410, 560.
-, in Southwark, 446.
-, letters relating to, 8.
-, money for, from Chamber of London, 199.
-, payments out of collections for, 147, 177, 183–4, 199, 200, 302, 446.
-, transported to and from Ireland, 21, 24, 207, 244, 446.
-, warrants and orders relating to, 147, 302.

Pall Mall, messuage in, 266; fields, 310; letter carried from, 590.

Palmer, _, attendance of, at the Treasury, 559, 560.
-, -, Charles, royal bounty, 438, 602.
-, -, William, petitions, 151, 342, 534, 536. See also Andrews, John.

Palmes, Colonel Francis, Regiment of, offreckonings, 606.
-, -, Guy, late Teller of the Receipt, annuity of, 398, 430, 467–8, 572; assignee of, 430. See also Paunceford, E.
-, -, William, estate of, 430; petition of, 624.
-, -, -, Envoy Extraordinary to the Duke of Savoy, loans, 483; ordinary of, 308.

Pangaert, _, arrears of forage due to, 21.

Panther, the, captures by, 616.

Panton, Brigadier Thomas, seniority of, 582.

Paper, Duties on, deficiencies of, 339.

Paper for Plate, deficiencies of, and applications of revenue to, 132.

Paper, specimens of, for public service, 166, 315.

Paper Office, Keeper of, 164; salary, 382.

Papillon, Philip, Cashier for Victualling Navy, stays of process, 515–519, 523.

Papists, estates of, 227; in Scotland, 547.

Parchment, Duty on. See under Hides.

Park, John, Dempster of the Justice Court, 122.

Parke, Daniel, Governor of the Lee-ward Islands, land grants, 365, 418; executors, 406–7, 459, 526, 542.

Parker, John, Agent for Prizes, debt, 377.
-, -, Miles, Receiver General of Taxes, co. Oxford, 180, 235.

Parkes, Thomas, royal bounty, 602.

Parkhurst, _., a Commissioner for Prizes, 540.

Parks and Gardens, Hampton Court, works in, 277, 278; St. James's Park, works in, 277, 278.

Parks, Thomas, agent for Lord A. Hamilton, 430.

PARLIAMENT, 158, 172.
-, Acts of:
-, Bank of England, 105; enlarging Capital Stock [7 Anne, c. 30], 182.
-, burglars. See house-breakers.
-, Coals, Duties on, 199.
-, cruisers and convoys [6 Anne, c. 65], 353.
-, Culm, Duties on, 199 [8 Anne, c. 10], 171, 172.
-, Establishment for Forces anno 1711, 11.
-, Exchequer Bills [9 Anne, c. 7], 32.
-, Forfeited Estates, limiting action of claimants (7 Anne) [recte 6 Anne, c. 61], 174.
-, Hackney Chairs and Coaches, licences for [9 Anne, c. 16], 78.
-, Half-Subsidies [6 Anne, c. 73], 150.
-, housebreakers, apprehending of (6 Anne, c. 31), 239.
-, Houses, new Duties on [8 Anne, c. 10], 171, 172.
-, Acts of:
-, King, Sir Peter, confirming title of, 8; indemnifying, 164.
-, Loan, tallies registered on (8 Anne, c. 14), 569.
-, Lottery, £2,000,000 [9 Anne, c. 16], 25, 26, 68, 70, 80.
-, Malt, Duties on [7 Anne, c. 3, 9 Anne, c. 3], 155.
-, pines, preservation of in New England, New Hampshire, etc., 135.
-, Post Office, erection of (12 Car. II), 131.
-, prizes, captors right to produce of [6 Anne, c. 65, cl. 6], 141.
-, quarantine [9 Anne, c. 2], 165.
-, recruiting [9 Anne, c. 4], 170.
-, sail cloth, encouraging British manufacture of, 182.
-, seamen's wage tickets [4–5 Anne, c. 6. cl. 12], 37, 93, 103, 109, 115; subscribing into capital of South Sea Company, 74.
-, South Sea Company [9 Anne, c. 15], 74, 100.
-, Supply, rewards for prompt payment [6 Anne, c. 39], 361; raising £2,000,000 [9 Anne, c. 16], 61.
-, wine, French, import of [9 Anne, c. 8], 55.
-, water, supply of, from fen to Boston, 185–6.
-, Army votes, 223, 538.
-, Clerk of:
-, Mr. Johnson:
-, letter to, papers of the Lords Committee for preparing records, 335.
-, Mathew Johnson, certificate of, 382.
-, demands from, 87.
-, demands to be given in to, 100.
-, Estimates, 23.
-, extraordinaries of the war not provided for by, 18.
-, grants by, for Navy Course, 12.
-, Houses of, accommodation for, 363.
-, impeachment of Dr. Henry Sacheverell, 282, 283.
-, money voted for Army abroad 217, 218.
-, petition that a Bill may be brought in, vesting trust of divers manors, lands, etc. in cos. Surrey and Sussex, 173.
-, places sending Members to, 185.
-, provision by, for Navy creditors, 14.
-, provision for extraordinaries, 30.
-, provision for repayments for plate, 87.
-, supplies, 101.
-, war in Piedmont, grant for, 233.
-, See also Cabinet Council.
-, See also Commons, House of; Lords, House of.
-, [Navy pay] tickets, 27.

Parliamentary [seamen's wages] tickets payment, 62, 93, 95; issue for, 109.

Parliamentary tickets [for seamen's wages], issue for, 109.

Parliamentary Survey [anno 1650], 310.
-, premises valued in, 140.

Parran, John, Receiver General of Taxes, co. Oxford, 519.

Parrot, Thomas, late tidesman, 586.
-, -, William, petition, proof spirits, 379.

Parsons, Mrs. _, royal bounty, 376.
-, -, John, Comptroller of Excise, Scotland, salary, 312.

Partis, Francis and Company, petition of, 525.

Pascall, —, Commissioner for Prizes, 540.

Patent officers. See Customs.

Paterson, James, relict of, royal bounty, 375.

Pateshall, Walter et al., Assessment Commissioners of the Land Tax, for Shrewsbury, petition of, 158.

Patrick. See Port Patrick.

Patuxent, Maryland, Collector of Customs, 366; Receiver of Fines, 451, 477.

Paul, Lady Katherine, jointure of, 538.
-, -, William, Farmer of Prizage of Wines, executrix of, 538.

Paunceford, Edward, assignee of Guy Palmes, petition, 430.

Paunefort, Edward, Cashier of Excise, allowances, 430.

Payne (Paine), Robert, surety for Thomas Crabb, petitions, 29, 161, 162, 221, 526, 623, 632.

Peace, Justices of the, recruiting by, 527.

Peace, Treaty of, Ambassador and Plenipotentiary, Earl of Stafford plate for, 616.
-, Plenipotentiary, John Robinson, Bishop of Bristol, cloth of state of, 559; goods of, sealed, 591; plate for, 559.

Pearce (Peirce), Elias, petition, proof spirits, 379.
-, -, John, petition, 598–9.
-, -, Major General Thomas:
-, aide de camp to, 38; pay of, 172.
-, command in Portugal, 141.
-, pay due to, 141.
-, pay of, 172.
-, petition, 628.
-, loss of baggage, 624; exchanged prisoner of war, 624.

Pearl alias Margaretta, quarantine, 488.

Pearne, Colonel John, Lieutenant Governor of Montserrat, salary, 161, 165, 281, 303, 305, 361, 485.

Pearseavall, Samuel, payment, 615. Cf. Percivall.

Peck, Daniel, Receiver General of Land Revenue, North Wales, accounts, 365; extent on lands for debt, 434.

Pedlars. See Hawkers.

Peeling, Lancaster Port, riding officer at, 587.

Peers, House of. See Lords, House of.

Peirce. See Pearce.

Pelham, Henry, Clerk of the Pells, payments to, 129, 151, 224–5.
-, -, John, Customs officer, Shoreham, co., Sussex, 618.

Pell Office. See Exchequer Court.

Pells, Clerk of the, clerk to, 225; payments to, 129, 151, 224–5.

Pells, Clerk of. See also Exchequer of Receipt.

Pember, Andrew, groom to Prince of Denmark, annuity, 316.

Pembrey Sands [co. Carmarthen], ship stranded on, 574.

Pembroke, co., Justices of, 283, 296, 533, 548, 595, 608–9; seal of, 435.
-, Receiver General of Taxes and House Duties, 179, 433, 465, 489.

Pembroke Dock, mayor of, 469; sick seamen at, 469.

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

Pembruge, Charles, Customs officer, reward for, 593.

Pendennis Castle, co. Cornwall, rent, 328, 393, 394; condition of, 410.

Penhallow, Samuel, Treasurer of New Hampshire, appointment, 452.

Penmaen, co. Anglesey, 174; ferry at, 494.

Penn, William, Proprietor of Pennsylvania, surrender of interest in, 448, 478, 494, 632.

Penny Post, 466.

Penny Post Office. See under Post Office.

Pensioners, Band of. See Gentlemen Pensioners.

PENSIONS:
-, account of, 131, 133.
-, for Army Officers' widows, 96.
-, for King's mathematical boys of Christ's Hospital, 1.
-, logwood pension, 189.
-, names:
-, Barton, A.
-, Bastin, M.
-, Beauclerk, C.
-, Betteston, M.
-, Blair, Captain
-, Booth, G.
-, Boucher, E. and M.
-, Bretton, T.
-, Brockett, W.
-, Browning, J.
-, Cafarelli, E.
-, Calder, Lieut. J., four of orphans of.
-, Campbell, John
-, Carey, Dorothy.
-, Carmichaell, W.
-, Churchill, C.
-, Coates, J.
-, Cock, M.
-, Compton, S.
-, Cowley, Lieut.
-, Creanton, Lieut.-Col.
-, Dalrymple, Sir D. (349)
-, Defages, Lieut.-Col. G.
-, Demainbray, P.
-, Dering, Col. D.
-, Dering, H.
-, Deveze, K.
-, Garde, M. M.
-, Garde, Capt. P.
-, Gowerau, Capt. I.
-, Hamilton, Lieut.-Col. A.
-, Hamilton, E.
-, Harcourt, S.
-, Hedges, Sir C.
-, Henley, A.
-, Hext, A.
-, Hill, John.
-, Howse, E.
-, Hyde, H. and L.
-, Johnson, B., S. and M.
-, Kemys, N.
-, Lammy, —.
-, Lane, T.
-, Langton, D.
-, Laurenson, P.
-, Lindsey, D.
-, Lisle, M.
-, Littleton, Lady
-, London, Lord Mayor of.
-, Lucas, E. J. and M.
-, Macarty, Donough.
-, Morland, Sir S.
-, Nassau, Henry de, Earl of Grantham.
-, Oates, R.
-, Ofranville, M.
-, Osborne, C. and T.
-, Palmes, G.
-, Pember, A.
-, Philips, Capt. R.
-, Pie, M.
-, Privy Purse, keeper of.
-, Revet, J.
-, Ruperti, G. A.
-, St. Saviour, York, rector of.
-, Schomberg and Leinster, Duke of.
-, Sewell, E.
-, Seymour, Charles.
-, Seymour, Charles, Duke of Somerset.
-, Sharp, Dame Margaret and Sir William.
-, Snell, J., R. and V.
-, Snow, R.
-, Stewart, Sir J.
-, Strachan, Dr.
-, Tabor, J.
-, Thornycroft, M.
-, Toll, A.
-, Tonks, A.
-, Tribbeks, J.
-, Vernon, J.
-, Werndley, H.
-, Whitehall, G.
-, Wilton, prebend of.
-, Windham, Frances, Sir Francis and Rachel.
-, Windsor, E. and O.

Penwith, co. Cornwall, stannaries in, 172, 625.

Pepper, Major General John:
-, pay of, 39, 235; regiment of, 363.

Pepys, Samuel, late Treasurer for Tangier, accounts and executor of, 82, 355, 368, 521, 523.

Percivall, William, late Surveyor of House Duties, co. Cambridge, 217. Cf. Pearseavall.

Peregrine, galley, baggage on, 549.

Pereyra, Isaac, petition, 603.

Periam, John, Steward of the Hundred of Milverton, co. Somerset, 499.

PERPETUITIES:
-, Cambridge University, 175.
-, Eton College, 307.
-, Fairfax, Col., heirs of, 188.
-, Kinnoul, Earl of, 59.
-, Lichfield Cathedral, Dean and Chapter of, 206.
-, Lichfield, church of, Vicars of, 206.
-, St. Botolph, London, poor of, 381.
-, St. John, Walbrook, London, poor of, 381.
-, St. Magnus, London, poor of, 381.
-, St. Michael, Cornhill, poor of, 381.

Perry, Edward, late Receiver of Fines, Leeward Islands, 358, 475.
-, -, James, landwaiter, Belfast, 421.
-, -, John, assignee of Samuel and Thomas Price, 300.
-, -, Micajah, bills of exchange, 510–11; petition of, 331.

Perth, Scotland, Excise establishment, 312.

Peterborough, Earl of. See Mordaunt, Charles.

Peterhead, Scotland, ships of, 238.

Peters, Henry, master of the Prophet Daniel, 591.
-, -, Robert, Receiver General for co. Hertford, 179.

Petersfield, co. Southampton, Land Tax arrears, 424.

Petit, Colonel [Louis], fortifications of Port Mahon, 61, 93, 278.

Petitions, Clerk of the, 67. See also Treasury.

Petitot, Francis, pictures of the Queen in enamel, payment for, 497.

Petty Custom. See Customs—Duties.

Pevensey, Rape of, co. Sussex, Receiver General of Taxes, 181, 418, 489.

Pewter, quart and pint mugs of, 399.

Peyton, Mr._; account of tin consignments, 55; attending the Treasury, 12.

Philadelphia, schoolmasters going to, 213.

Philip and Mary, master of 202; quarantine, 213.

Philips (Philipps, phillips), _, chaplain at Alicante, 531.
-, -, Edward, Comptroller of the Mint, appointment, 293.
-, -, Francis, clerk, royal bounty for passage to Maryland, 580.
-, -, James, Receiver General of Taxes for South Wales, securities, 433; commission, 489.
-, -, John, Auditor, Scotland, 123.
-, -, -, Chaplain of Garrison of Plymouth, appointment, 149.
-, -, Captain Robert, pension of, 348.
-, -, Thomas, Distributor of Stamps cos. Montgomery and Salop, 81, 364.

Philpot, _, petition, 493–4. See also Gardner, Captain R.

Phipps, Sir Constantine, Lord Chancellor of Ireland, royal bounty to, 142; certificate of, 555.
-, Steward of the Manor of Cookham and Bray, co. Berks., 173.

Phips, Sir William, Governor of Massachusetts Bay, 503.

Phœnix, discharge of pressed man from, 250.
-, transport, 446, 447.

Physic Garden, Keeper of the, 123.

Physician, the Queen's. See Dalrymple, T., Eizat, E.

Pie, Mary La, annuity to, 142.

Piedmont:
-, Army in. See Army Abroad, in Piedmont.
-, Crowns. See Coins.
-, money of, 505–13.
-, rate of exchange, 605.
-, war in, extraordinary expenses of, 37–8, 46; grants for, 231–3, 238, 244.

Piggon, Edward, Surveyor of House Duties, co. Norfolk, 503.

Pigot, Henry, Wardrobe, 427.

Pigram, Nathaniel, commander of the Margaretta, privateer, 263.

Pilgrim, Thomas, et al., petition of, 156.

Pilkington, Robert, petition, public house measures, 399.

Pillar [Pillau, Prussia], money of, 507.

Pilots. See Navy.

Pindar, Mr., Agent for the Royal African Company, 2, 5.

Pine trees, for masts for the Navy, 134, 135; preservation of [9 Anne, c. 22], 407.

Pinkney, Leonard, Customs Officer, Newcastle, patent, 305; salary, 319.

Pipe, Clerk of and Comptroller of. See Exchequer Court.

Pipe, Clerk of the, clerk to, allowance, 346, 579; patent of, revoked, 370, 433.
-, Deputy Clerks, certificates of, 387, 408–9, 482, 609.
-, patent, 370, 433. See also Cheyne, W., Viscount.
-, secondaries to, salaries, 406.
-, warrants to, 214, 221, 239, 313, 375, 387, 494–5, 472–3.
-, Scotland, 251, 359. See also Mackenzie, J.; Tyas, J.; Scotland, Exchequer.
-, Comptroller, fees, salary, 381–2. See also Pottenger, J.
-, Office of the, Deputy Chamberlains of, fees, 381. See also Ballow, H.; Smith, J.

Pipe staves, from Virginia, 167, 288, 592.

Pirchill, North and South, co. Stafford, Land Tax arrears, 425.

Pistoles. See Coins.

Pitch and Tar, for the Dominions, 134; from Sweden, 148, 213; from the Baltic, 213–4, 224, 488.

Pitmedden, co. Aberdeen, 387.

Pitt, _, Keeper of Newgate Prison, 414.
-, -, Thomas, of Old Sarum, lease of a messuage in Pall Mall, 266.

Plantations:
-, Accounts, Commissioners of, precept of, 447.
-, Barbados, 448, 449.
-, Deputy Auditor (Conrade Adams), 450.
-, Governor of (Robert Lowther), appointment and salary of, 450.
-, Receiver (Samuel Barwick), appointment allowance, 450.
-, late Receiver of Casual Revenue (Charles Thomas), accounts, 539; executors of, 539.
-, revenue, 474.
-, Bermuda, 448, 449.
-, Lieutenant Governor (Benjamin Bennett), appointment and salary, 450.
-, revenue, 474.
-, Carolina, revenue, 448, 449, 478.
-, cocoa, duty on, 567.
-, imported, 554.
-, Connecticut, revenue, 448, 449.
-, Customs, salary bill, 341.
-, Delaware River, counties on, 478.
-, Duties, payments out of, 551; surplusage, 307.
-, fines and forfeitures, 475, 476, 477.
-, Hudson's Bay, revenue, 478.
-, Jamaica, 448, 449.
-, Deputy Auditor (Peter Heywood), 450.
-, Governor (Lord Archibald Hamilton), appointment and salary, 450.
-, Receiver General (Leonard Compere), appointment allowance, 450.
-, Receiver General, Deputy (Charles Chaplin), appointment allowance, 450.
-, revenue, 452, 475.
-, land shares, 475.
-, Leeward Islands, Deputy Auditor (William Matthew), appointment, 358.
-, late Deputy Auditor (Edward Perrie), 358.
-, Governor (Walter Douglas), appointment and salary of, 450.
-, mail service, 487.
-, Receiver of Casual Revenue, vacancy, 358.
-, revenue, 475.
-, Maryland, Deputy Auditor (William Bladen), 451.
-, Governor (John Corbett), allowances and appointment, 451.
-, late Governor (Colonel Seymour), allowances, 451.
-, Patuxent District, Receiver (George Muschamp), appointment and salary, 451.
-, revenue, 448, 449, 477.
-, Massachusetts Bay, Deputy Auditor (Isaac Addington), 452.
-, revenue, 448, 449, 453, 477.
-, Treasurer (James Taylor), appointment and salary, 451.
-, New England, Governor (Joseph Dudley), appointment and salary, 451.
-, revenue, 453.
-, New Hampshire, Deputy Auditor (Isaac Addington), 452.
-, revenue, 448, 449, 453, 478.
-, Treasurer (Samuel Penhallow), allowances, 452; appointment, 452.
-, New Jersey, Governor (Robert Hunter), appointment, 451.
-, revenue, 448, 449, 477.
-, New York, Deputy Auditor (George Clarke), 451.
-, Governor (Robert Hunter), appointment and salary, 451.
-, Receiver General (Robert Byerby), appointment and salary, 451.
-, revenue, 448, 449, 453, 477.
-, Secretary and Clerk of the Council (George Clarke), leave of absence, 393.
-, North America, maps of, 370.

Pennsylvania, proprietor, 478.
-, revenue, 448, 449, 478.
-, surrender, 478.
-, tenure, 478.
-, pine, white, preservation of [9 Anne, c. 22], 407.

Proprieties, charter governments, 448, 449.
-, quit rents, 448, 449, 450.
-, revenues, 448, 449, 450.
-, Providence, Rhode Island, revenue, 448, 449.
-, quit rents, 475, 476.
-, raising naval stores in, 400.
-, revenue of, 474.
-, Rhode Island, revenue, 448, 449.
-, Surveyor and Auditor General of Plantations and Revenues in America (William Blathwayt):
-, accounts, 423,539.
-, Annapolis, upkeep of garrison of, 493.
-, clerks, 450.
-, despatches, 450.
-, instructions to, 290.
-, letters of, 357, 474.
-, letter of, America, accounts of revenues, etc., 380; details of governors, officers, etc. 380; Virginia, Byrd's accounts, 250.
-, patent of, 289, 449, 479.
-, references to, 491, 492, 493; St. Christopher, grant of Rennew Lands, 418; Lieutenant Governor, Michael Lambert, grant of land, 343.
-, report, New York, collector of revenue, 318.
-, St. Christopher, grants of land, 407, 459.
-, lease of Olivie's Plantation, 365.
-, salary, 449.
-, tobacco, duties on, 476, 477.
-, improving revenue on, 279.
-, Virginia, Deputy Auditor (Philip Ludwell), appointment, 358; allowance, 451.
-, Council, Philip Ludwell, 250.
-, Governor General and Lieutenant General of (George, Earl of Orkney), appointment and salary, 451.
-, late Deputy Auditor (Colonel Dudley Diggs), 250, 357.
-, Lieutenant Governor (Alexander Spotswood), appointment and salary, 451.
-, quit rents, account, 539.
-, late Receiver (Colonel Byrd), accounts, 358.
-, Receiver General (William Byrd), appointment and salary, 451.
-, revenue, 448, 449, 452, 453, 476.
-, See also Colonies; Trade and Plantations.

Plate:
-, for coinage, 276, 392; gilt, 464, 538, 552, 559, 560, 578, 616; gold, 578; silver, 552, 616; white, 464, 559, 578; held by Customs, 585; presents of, 252.
-, See also Mint.
-, paper for, deficiencies in and application of revenue to, 163, 239.

Plater, William, Receiver of Patuxent District, Maryland, appointment, 451.

Playing Cards, duty on, 342, 389, 390.

Plott, Thomas, Commissioner, Alienation Office, appointment, 295; allowance, 313.

Plough Court, Lombard Street, 465.

Plummerden, _, Apothecaries' Hall, certificate, 463.

Plymouth, co. Devon, agent for Sick and Wounded at, 577, 596. See also Slaughter, _.
-, boatmen of, 587.
-, Garrison of, chaplain to, 149; fire and candle allowance, 453; land called Lambhay, 447.
-, Naval Yard, 222, 609; issue for, 369; stores at, 229; workmen discharged, 255, 259, 457.
-, Regiments at, 16, 171.
-, ships taken to, 574.
-, Yard. See Navy, Yards.

Plymouth, Countess of. See Windsor, Elizabeth.
-, -, Earl of. See Windsor, Other.

Pocklington, John, Second Justice of cos. Chester, Denbigh, Flint and Montgomery, 170, 283, 292; patent revoked, 296.

Pocock, Colonel John, Regiment of, 11, 158, 607, 623.

Poland, 175.
-, -, Augustus II, King of, Envoy Extraordinary to, 218, 283, 287, 482. See also Scott, J.; Stair, Earl of.

Poland, King of, secretary to, 290.

Pollard-Coppice alias Cranehill Coppice. See Wychwood Forest.

Pollock, co. Renfrew, 121.

Polwarth, Lord. See Hume, Patrick; Hume-Campbell, Alexander.

Pontefract Park, co. York., lease of, 541.

Pontoon service, 437.

Poole, co. Dorset, Collector for, 203, 587. Receivers General for, 178. See also Derbie, B. and J., riding officer, 587.

Popham, John, Receiver General for co. Southampton, 181, 412; commission, 489.

Popple, William, Secretary to Commissioners for Trade, 78, 125, 278, 303, 339, 371, 397, 405, 407, 431, 454, 492, 556, 560, 579; salary of, 3, 189, 297–8.

Porchester, co. Southampton, Church of, churchwardens of, 252.
-, repair of, 51–2.
-, -, Castle, co. Southampton, naval brewery at, 531.

Portcullis Pursuivant. See Heralds and Pursuivants.

Porteen, James, silk of, seized, 293.

Porter, Colonel [Aubrey], rent of house of, 383.

Porterfeild, John, Underkeeper of the Palace of Holyrood House, 122.

Port Mahon, Agent of Commissioners for Sick and Wounded, going to, 98.
-, bills of exchange from, 99, 417, 470.
-, Commissary at, instructions for, 72.
-, Committee of Enquiry, accounts and payments, 307.
-, dollars from, satisfaction of bills out of, 51, 89, 413.
-, Engineer at, 344.
-, establishment for, 92, 431.
-, fortifications at, 61, 93, 278, 437, 444. See also Petit, Colonel L.
-, Genoese treasure (prize) ships at, 26, 50, 57, 69, 73, 76, 210, 223, 254, 327, 347, 355–7, 377, 386, 389.
-, Great Island, hospital at, 388.
-, money from, 116, 598.
-, naval stores at, 366, 469.
-, pieces of eight at, 89, 569.
-, transport agents at, 444.
-, victualling agents at, 443; victualling at, 440, 612; victualling bills, 612–14.

Portman, _, wines belong to, seizure of, 62.
-, -, Henry, Ranger of Hyde Park, 47, 149, 185, 400, 402, 446, 538.

Portmore, Earl of. See Colyear, David.

Port Patrick, Scotland, packet boat between Ireland and, 102, 487.

Port Merchant, quarantine, 213.

Port Royal. See Annapolis Royal.

Portsdown, co. Southampton, land tax arrears, 424.

Portsmouth, co. Southampton, 596.
-, bills taken up at, 116.
-, Customs at, absconding of clerk, 395.
-, Garrison at, 632; Chaplain of, 149; fire and candle, 326, 548; Invalid Company at, 94,231.
-, Harbour, fortifications, 72, 335.
-, Lieutenant Governor of, 517, 548. See also Gibson, Sir John.
-, Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of, Prosecution, 446.
-, Naval yard at. See Navy-Yards.
-, Ordnance, master cooper, 293.
-, Postmaster of, 293, 545.
-, ships at, 95; laid up, 556; refitted, 426, 538.

Portsmouth Chapel, Bibles etc. and altar furniture for, 121.

PORTUGAL, 36, 82, 87, 141, 148, 223.
-, Army in, 208, 212, 215, 217–8, 552, 595, 597, 618.
-, bills of, 394.
-, Commander in Chief of, 407. See also Colyear, David, Earl of Portmore.
-, Commissary of Provisions, instructions for, 274.
-, deputy Paymaster, 90.
-, payments of soldiers above rate of exchange, 85.
-, recruits for, 430.
-, reinforcements from, for Gibraltar Garrison, 108.
-, See also Army abroad—in Portugal and in Spain and Portugal.
-, army of, retreat of, from Madrid, 314–5, 394; troops of, in Catalonia, 115.
-, battle on frontiers of, 169, 632.
-, bills of exchange from, 10, 34, 37, 505–7.
-, brandy imported from, 127, 379, 588.
-, en second officers in, agent for, 575.
-, gold sent from, loss upon, 4.
-, Infanta of, gifts for, 364.
-, Irish deserters in, 218.
-, King of, Ambassadors to, 35, 127–8, 252, 394. See also Massue de Ruvigny, Henri de, Earl of Galway.
-, secretary to, 483.
-, bread and forage supplies for, 366.
-, contracts by, 105
-, Envoy from, 302–3, 364, 402, 460, 502, 547, 631.
-, Envoy of, to the Netherlands, 394.
-, gunpowder for, 18, 37, 95, 115, 231, 467, 609.
-, Ordnance stores for, 286.
-, Plenipotentiary to treat with, 161.
-, South Sea Stock transferred to, 467, 609.
-, subsidies to, 46, 63, 175–6, 364, 402.
-, deductions out of, 101, 105, 314–5, 394, 502, 631.
-, Treaty with, 443.
-, packet boats for, 89.
-, prize ship to proceed to, 140.
-, Queen of, transport for, 497.
-, remittance to, 47, 108.
-, Spanish deserters in, 218.
-, transport agents in, 444.
-, transports to, 555.
-, victualling agents in, 443.
-, war in, 609; Commissioners for inspecting Public Affairs relating to, 108, 454, 495, 530, 538, 548.
-, war in, prisoners taken, 35, 218, 624, 627.

Postal Charges, of letters from Germany, 479.

Post Fines, Farmer of, rental of, 387.
-, See also Wentworth, Thomas, Lord Raby.
-, Paymaster of, tallies on, 482.

POST OFFICE:
-, Accountant General (George Searle), clerks of, payment, 590; salary of, 589.
-, Act for erecting (12 Car. II), 131.
-, Bristol road, assistant clerk (Evan Lewis), salary, 589.
-, clerk (William Green), salary, 589.
-, Chester road, assistant clerk (Alexander Say), salary, 589.
-, Clerk (Charles Jackson), salary, 589.
-, clerks in, beer for, 184.
-, Controller General (Nathaniel Castleton), petition and salary of, 374.
-, Court Carrier (Henry Andrews), allowance and patent, 496.
-, doorkeeper, payment, 590.
-, Foreign letters, method of delivery, 16.
-, Foreign Office, alphabet keeper (James Laurence), salary, 590.
-, Comptroller (Ashburnham Frowd), salary, 590.
-, clerks, salaries, 590.
-, letter carriers, payment, 590.
-, Grays Inn, letter carrier (John Willis), payment, 590.
-, housekeeper, payment, 590.
-, House of Commons, delivery of letters, 371.
-, incidents bills, 139, 370, 371, 553; allowance of, 184.
-, Inland letter carriers wages, 590.
-, Inland Office Comptroller (William Frankland) salary, 589.
-, windowmen (Stephen Geere; James Walker) salaries, 590.
-, Kent road, assistant clerk (Richard Turbut), salary, 590.
-, clerk (Martin Buckle), salary, 590.
-, night clerk (Edmund Warren), salary, 590.
-, letter carriers, salaries, 590.
-, letters, 102, 108.
-, mailmaker, payment, 590.
-, maps of N. America, 370.
-, North road, assistant clerk (Abraham Brooksbank), salary, 589.
-, clerk (George Colley), salary, 589.
-, packet boats, 487, 547.
-, agent of, at Falmouth, 185; vacant post, 15.
-, agents, frauds and abuses of, regulations to prevent, 15.
-, captured, 457.
-, casualties, widows' allowances, 440.
-, Dover, 227; Director (John Macky), allowances, 626.
-, Falmouth, agent at, 185; vacancy at, 15.
-, Helvoetsluis, manager at (Jacob Vanderpoel), salary, 590.
-, hire of, 102.
-, Ireland and Port Patrick, Scotland, 102.
-, Lisbon, 148.
-, passages for Ministers of States General, 456.
-, Port Patrick, Scotland, and Ireland, 102.
-, Portugal, 89, 410.
-, prisoners, conveyance of, 97.
-, recruits, carried, 410.
-, service, use for trade or war, 102.
-, smart money deductions, 599.
-, States General, Ministers of, passages for, 456.
-, West India service, 102; payment for, 395.
-, Pall Mall, letter carrier (Henry Griffin), payment, 590.
-, Penny post, management and revenue, 466.
-, pensioners on revenue of, 409, 410.
-, pensions, 430.
-, porters, payment, 590.
-, Postmasters General (Sir Thomas Frankland, John Evelyn), 15, 16, 89, 92, 97, 102, 108, 148.
-, annuity, payment by, 159; payable by, 499.
-, clerks, payment, 590.
-, Dover, packet boats, 227; Director, allowances, 626.
-, enactments concerning (12 Car. II), 131.
-, Land Tax refunds, 428.
-, letters to, 599.
-, diplomatic packages permitted, 364.
-, free postage, 591.
-, management revenue, 466.
-, packet boats, 487; captured, 457; casualties widows' allowances, 440; passages for Ministers of States General, 456.
-, Portugal, packet boats, recruits carried on, 410.
-, Western road, stages of, 379.
-, packet boats, 547.
-, pensions payable by, 133.
-, petition referred to, 131.
-, Portsmouth, Postmaster (John Gayton), debt, sureties, 293, 545.
-, post duties, 532.
-, references to, 459, 626, 628; Penny Post Office, 374; Portsmouth Postmaster, debt, surety, 293.
-, regulations to be made by, 185.
-, representation from, 102.
-, Secretary (Benjamin Waterhouse), salary, 589.
-, stays of process, 530.
-, warrant, 545; annuity to Maynard, Duke of Schomberg and Leinster, 346; Preston, co. Lancaster (late Postmaster, John Sharpless), debt, 536; accomptants in arrear, process against, 409.
-, West Indies, packet boats, payment for, 395.
-, posts or stages at Little Brickhill and Fenny Stratford, 131.
-, Preston, co. Lancaster, Postmaster (John Sharpless), salary of, 628.
-, Receiver General (Stephen Lilly), annuity of Duke of Leeds, 350.
-, clerks, payment, 590.
-, pensions, 468.
-, South Sea Stock transferred, 546.
-, stay of process, 525.
-, warrant, 496.
-, St. Mary Woolnoth, poor of, 371; rector's dues, 371.
-, salaries, 589, 590.
-, solicitor of the (Richard Swift), 68; salary, 589.
-, sorters' salaries, 590.
-, stays of prosecutions, 504.
-, well at, pumping of, 184.
-, West Indies, mail service, 487.
-, Westminster, letter carrier, John Logie, payment, 590.
-, West road, assistant clerk (Philip Musgrave), salary, 589.
-, clerk (Thomas Sawtell), salary, 589.
-, Yarmouth road, assistant clerk (Robert Giddings), salary, 589, 590.
-, clerk (Robert Colecroft), salary, 589, 590.
-, See also General Post Office.

Potashes, 154, 167, 288, 591–2.

Potomac, Maryland, Receiver of Fines, 451, 477.

Pottenger, John, Clerk of the Pipe, salary, 382.

Poulet (Poulett, Powlet, Powlett), Charles, 2nd Duke of Bolton, Governor of Isle of Wight, allowance, 51, 173; repairs to Lyndhurst House, New Forest, 621.
-, -, John, Earl Poulett:
-, christening plate for child of, 447.
-, First Lord of the Treasury (August 1710 to May 1711), 1 and passim.
-, Palatines in New York, 410.
-, salary, 229.
-, Steward of the Household, allowance of plate, 313.

Poultney (Putteney), Charles, Lottery business, allowance, 359.
-, -, John, a Commissioner for Trade, salary, 189, 582.

Povale, Charles, a felon, apprehension of, 351.

Povey, John, a clerk of the Privy Council, 73, 190.

Powell, Mr. Justice, certificate, highwayman apprehended, 408.
-, -, Caleb, Receiver General for North Wales and cos. Brecon, Radnor and Montgomery, 179, 412, 422, 489, 555, 611.
-, -, Geffery, an executor of John Smith, petitions of, 173, 624.
-, -, Henry, letter of, 580.
-, -, William, royal bounty, 438, 602.

Power, John, Collector of Customs, Deal, 268.

Powis. See Powys.

Powle, John, clerk, Commissioners of Taxes, 481, 550, 553.

Powlet (Powlett). See Poulet.

Pownall, Robert, agent for Dr. Benjamin Woodroffe, 348.

Powys (Powis), _, 630, 632.
-, -, Richard, Keeper of New Park, Richmond, grant of office, 411.
-, -, Richard, Lottery business, allowance, 311, 359.

Prayer Books, 121, 318, 339, 528, 552.

Prentatoun [Scotland], 369, 370.

Presenter of Signatures, Scotland, 122.

Preston, co. Lancaster, Postmaster, 269, 536, 638.

Preston, _, naval contract for iron, 439.
-, -, Colonel George, Regiment of, offreckonings, 607.

Price, Brigadier General Nicholas, Regiment of, subsistence, 16, 241.
-, -, Robert, a Baron of the Exchequer, bond, 352.
-, -, Samuel and Thomas, goldsmiths assignees, bankruptcy, 300.

Pride, Rebecca. See Brudges, Rebecca.

Primrose, Major General Gilbert, Regiment of, offreckonings, 607.

Prince Charles, quarantine, 455.

Prince Consort, 432.

Prince's (Princess) Woods, alias Eastwoods in Hermitage, in the manor of Fordington, co. Dorset, reversionary lease of, 140, 221.

Prinn, John, Receiver General for co. Gloucester, 179.

Printer, the Queen's, Scotland. See Campbell, A.

Printers. See Queen's Printers.

Prisoners:
-, in the Compter, 414, 428, 561; in the Fleet, 447; in Ludgate Prison, 447; in the Marshalsea, 588.
-, account of, 87.
-, carried from Port Royal to La Rochelle, 160.
-, Commissary or Muster Master for, 39.
-, French, in England, subsistence, 38.
-, in Spain, bills drawn for, 64, 96.
-, payments for, 92.
-, subsistence, 41, 62, 104, 114.
-, numbers of, 107.
-, Officers, in France, 97.
-, Paymaster for, 39.
-, Portuguese, 260.
-, subsistence, 38, 39, 41, 62, 104, 107, 113, 114, 127.

Private Roads, Keeper of, 55, 86–7, 275–6, 400, 402, 420, 538. See also Studholme, Michael.

PRIVY COUNCIL, 37, 51, 98.
-, Africa Company, protection and victualling of, 420, 421.
-, Beake, Thomas, junior, an underclerk, payment to, for clerks, 299.
-, business at, concerning Trade and Plantations, 189.
-, Chamber, Keepers allowances, 302.
-, payment, 298.
-, Keepers of. See also Cocks, J.; Grigson, R.
-, Keeper (Robert Harmsworth), patent fee, 249.
-, clerks, allowance, 603.
-, clerk of the, payment to, 260.
-, clerks, payments, 260, 296, 297.
-, Earl of Clarendon, letter to, Palatines in New York, 410.
-, Earl of Cornberry, bills of Mr. Champante, 248.
-, four clerks of (W. Blathwayte, J. Povey, E. Southwell, C. Musgrave), payment to, for attending Trade and Plantation business at Privy Council, 189; salaries, 190.
-, Lord President:
-, late (Earl of Rochester), allowance, to executors, 303.
-, Buckingham, John, Duke of, allowances, 343.
-, memorials taken to, 85.
-, orders, 496.
-, orders for release of ships, 148, 167, 200, 202.
-, quarantine, 440.
-, references by, 397, 420.
-, references from, 383.
-, reference from, naval junk, 315.
-, report to, 458.
-, representation to, 88.
-, Secretary of State, Lord Dartmouth, letter to, customable goods run on royal yachts, 410.
-, Palatines, 446, 447.
-, reference from, 627.
-, Secretary of State, Henry St. John, ill-treatment of customs officer, 330.
-, letter to, Baltic, quarantine for ships from, 417, 419.
-, under clerks, payment, 274.
-, warrants of, 219.

Privy Garden. See London and Westminster, places in—Whitehall.

Privy Purse, keeper of, 138, 186, 198, 236, 398, 549; annuity to, 572. See also Masham, Mrs. A.

Privy Seal:
-, Commissioners for (Sir Geo. Beaumont; Robert Byerley; Edward Nicholas), letters patent, 600.
-, Lord Keeper of:
-, Newcastle, John, Duke of, allowance, 247; executors, fee and diet, 404. See also Holles, John.
-, Robinson, John, Bishop of Bristol, absence of, 600; diet of, 578; purse for, 484.

Prizage and Butlerage, Ireland, fees, 345.

Prizage Wines, duty on, 158.

PRIZES:
-, Agents for, Tunis, accounts, 333.
-, West Indies, accounts, 141, 352–4, 459.
-, captors' money [6 Anne c. 65 cl. 6], 93, 141.
-, claimers of, loan by, 69.
-, Commissioners for, accounts, stay of process, 516–7, 540, 628.
-, demands charged on, 77.
-, French, the Hope, 130, 140.
-, galleon taken by Admiral Wager, 53.
-, late Agent for, prosecution of, 377.
-, prize gun money, 92–3, 388, 436.
-, prize money, agents for arrears of, 3, 53, 77, 92–3, 126, 141, 333, 352–3, 377, 388, 446, 459, 529. See also Baker T.
-, due to the Queen, 141.
-, paid into the Exchequer, 93.
-, Receivers General of, 92–3, 166, 338, 442, 518, 529.
-, unclaimed, 529.
-, prosecution of Agent for, 377.

Prizes and Perquisites of the Admiralty agent, 434.

Process, Queen's, Extractor of. See Reid, J.; Underclerk of. See Findlason, A.

Process before the Session, Queen's Clerk of. See Dalrymple, J.

Proclamations, circulated, 604, 605.
-, engrossing, 561.
-, to Scotland, charge of sending, 55.

Progers, Edward, Keeper of the Middle Park, and Mole Taker, and Keeper of the Hare Warren, Hampton Court, fees of, 200.

Property Roll, Enroller of the. See Anderson, A.

Prophet Daniel, master, quarantine, 488, 591.

Prosecutions, for riot, mandamuses, etc., in boroughs etc. which send Members to Parliament, 185.

Protestants, 373.
-, French, 549.

Providence, quarantine, 203, 213, 246, 488, 592; master, 592.

Providence of Whitby, master Benjamin Dickinson, discharge from quarantine, 407.

Providence Plantation [Rhode Island], revenue, 449.

Provisions, Commissary of. See Army—Commissary; Army abroad—in Spain.

Prussia, King of, Ambassadors to, 262, 464, 479, 482. See also Wentworth, Thomas; Strafford, Earl of.
-, crowns for, 97.
-, envoy from, 355, 363, 583.
-, minister from, 458, 533, 552, 554, 620, 624. See also Bonet, F.
-, minister of, at Venice, 533–4.

Prussia, recruiting in, 458, 620, 624.

Prussians, in Flanders, 560.

Public Accounts, Commissioners for Stating, commission to inspect Army Affairs in Portugal, Spain and Italy, 399.
-, Francis Annesley, Henry Bertie, Henry Campion, Thomas Lister, George Lockhart, William Shippen, Salway Winnington—allowances, 360; commission, 380; Commissioners for South Sea Trade, 321; compositions with debtors, 471; incident charges, 79; Plantation accounts, 289, 380, 447, 452–3; precepts of, 94, 311, 447, 504; public revenue, Scotland, 311; salaries, 346, 490; stays of process, 504, 530, 539; transcribing accounts for, 321.

Public Affairs relating to the war in Portugal, Spain and Italy, Commissioners for inspecting, 108; commission, 399; establishment, 495; secretary to, 108, 272, 454, 495, 530. See also Belasyse, Sir H.

Public Debts, payments into Exchequer in aid of, 35, 307.
-, Committee for Stating, commission, 311; report, 565.

Public houses, measures, 399.

Public Offices, 116.

Pugh, Ann, royal bounty, 602.

Pulleine, Major Henry, memorial, 466.

Puller, Isaac, petition, proof spirits, 379.

Pulteney, Daniel, Envoy to King of Denmark, 295, 393, 401, 482.
-, -, John. See Poultney.

Purcell, Cornet Andrew, payment, 115, 595.
-, -, Major Martin, payment, 112, 115, 595.

Purdon, Mary, royal bounty, 438.

Pursuivants at Arms. See Heralds.

Pursuivants, Scotland, 122.

Pye, John, petition, 525.

Pyott, Captain [Henry], recruiting officer, 247, 280.