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| Nov. 21. |
Letter of direction for 131,736l. 16s. 9d. to Charles Cæsar, Treasurer of the Navy: out of Contributions in the Exchequer on the Class Lottery 1712: and a further 6,333l. 0s. 9d. out of [arrears of] the twelfth 4s. Aid anno 1709: and is in full of 138,069l. 17s. 6d. to complete a quarter's interest due at Michaelmas last to the South Sea Company and to be paid over to Richard [sic for Robert] Knight, Cashier to the said Company, pursuant to the Lord Treasurer's warrant of Oct. 11 last ut supra, pp. 475–6. Disposition Book XXII, p. 64. |
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William Lowndes to Visct. Fitz-Hardinge [Treasurer of the Chamber] to pay 234l. 5s. 6d. to Benjamin Bedford for six months' rent to Oct. 30 last for a house taken of him for the Czar of Muscovy's Minister: according to two warrants signed by the Lord Chamberlain of the Household. Ibid., p. 65. |
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Letter of direction for 28,333l. 6s. 8d. to James Brydges, Paymaster of the Forces Abroad: out of Contributions as above: and is for the services following: viz. |
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in part of 475,385l. 7s. 8¼d. for the war in Spain anno 1712. |
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in part of 15,000l. to answer three bills of exchange drawn by Mr. Hamond from Barcelona payable to Mr. Milner: at the [exchange] rate of 4s. 9d. per piece of Eight, which fell due the 17th inst.; for the use of the British Troops in Spain, according to Mr. Brydges' memorial of the 20th inst. |
13,000 |
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in part of 243,020l. 17s. 6d. for extraordinary of the war anno 1712. |
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in full of 15,000l. for the abovesaid three bills |
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to be paid over to James Milner for the value of 59,813l. 1s. 8d. in his bills payable in Barcelona Dec. 15 next at [the exchange rate of] 53½ [pence] sterling per dollar or piece of Eight; the same being in full of 40,000l. agreed to be remitted by him [Milner] 16 Sept. last for the subsistence of her Majesty's Forces ordered from Catalonia to Port Mahon |
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William Lowndes to the Customs Commissioners to report on the enclosed letter [missing] of complaint against one Ralph Hull, master of the Elizabeth pink. Out Letters (General) XX, p. 308. |
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Same to the Secretary at War. It is the Queen's pleasure to allow to Col. Richard King 500l. for his service and expenses in relation to the Garrisons of Dunkirk and Gibraltar. Please prepare a warrant for her Majesty's signature for same. Ibid., p. 309. |
| Nov. 24. |
Royal warrant dated Windsor Castle to John, Duke of Montague, Master of the Great Wardrobe, to deliver to Henry, Lord Burton, Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard of our Body, or to Francis Clerk, Clerk of the Cheque to the said Guard, 46 livery coats for the said Guard, all to be made alike of fine crimson cloth lined with blue serge and guarded with fine blue velvet with a gold edging with a Rose, Thistle and Crown, our letters AR, Motto and Scroll on back and breast on each coat; all with silver and gilt spangles: and 46 crimson cloth briches guarded with the same velvet and gold edging: and 46 velvet bonnets with bands of crimson sky colour and white ribbon: and 46 pair of gray worsted stockings: and 46 waist belts of buff: and 46 pairs of buff gloves and 50 carbine belts of crimson cloth guarded with the like blue velvet and gilt edgings as the coats are: and 140 swords with brass hilts gilt and with silver handles, that is to say 100 for the Yeomen of the Guard of our Body and 40 for the Yeomen Warders of the Tower of London: and likewise to pay to said Lord Burton or to the said Clerk of the Cheque 140l. for the provision of cloth for watch gowns for each man rated at 20s. a piece given by us, to be put on the 6th day of February next: and further to pay to said Lord Burton or to the said Clerk of the Cheque the sum of 1,612l. 2s. 0d. which we are graciously pleased to allow to the said Yeomen of the Guard and Warders of the Tower as in lieu of 94 liveries to complete their usual number of 140, being at the rate of 17l. 3s. 0d. a piece: which sum is to be distributed or divided amongst the said Yeomen of the Guard and Warders of the Tower in such proportion as the said Lord Burton shall think fit. Queen's Warrant Book XXV, p. 345. |
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T. Harley to the Comptrollers of Army Accounts. My Lord Treasurer agrees with you that the charge of transporting clothing for any of her Majesty's Regiments should be defrayed out of the offreckonings of such Regiments. He signified his opinion therein to the Secretary at War and desired that it might be laid down and established as a rule for the future. But the Secretary at War has since desired to know whether Handasyde's and Alexander's Regiments now in the West Indies shall be comprehended within the said rule; it being represented to him that the expense thereof for Regiments at such a distance will be too great to be borne in that manner. My Lord Treasurer is well apprised that the great profit that arises to the Colonels by their contracts for clothing would not easily break, through so reasonable a rule. He therefore desires you to consider the case of those Regiments with respect to others that are up the Mediterranean and to give him your opinion thereon. Out Letters (General) XX, p. 309. |
| Nov. 25. |
Countersignature by Treasurer Oxford of a royal sign manual dated Windsor Castle Oct. 27, countersigned on that date by Gilbert, Bishop of Salisbury, as Chancellor of the Order of the Garter, to Heneage Finch, Master of the Jewel Office, for the provision of a great Collar of the said Order according to the usual form and weight, with an enamelled George appendant thereat, as also a plain gold George and a Garter of blue velvet with gold letters, buckle and pendant as is usual, for John, Earl Powlet, Steward of the Household, lately elected a Knight of the Order. |
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The like for Henry, Duke of Beaufort. |
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The like for Thomas, Earl of Strafford. |
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The like for Henry, Duke of Kent. |
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The like for Robert, Earl of Oxford, Lord High Treasurer. Queen's Warrant Book XXV, p. 326. |
| Nov. 25. |
T. Harley to the [Principal] Officers of the Ordnance. The Garrison of Gibraltar is designed to be reinforced by Troops from Portugal. The Governor of the Garrison has represented the slender accommodation that remains either for Officers or soldiers, and the Secretary at War has desired (inasmuch as the said Governor alleges there is no bedding for soldiers) that directions may be given for furnishing the said bedding out of the Ordnance Stores. Please send my Lord Treasurer your opinion thereon. Out Letters (General) XX, p. 310. |
| Nov. 26. |
William Lowndes to Mr. Blathwaite to report on the enclosed memorial [missing] of what Col. Spotswood, Governor of Virginia, sent to the Bishop of London in relation to the education of Indian children in the William and Mary College and the conversion of the neighbouring nations [of Indians]. Ibid., p. 309. |
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Treasury reference to the Comptrollers of Army Accounts of the memorial of the Earl of Orrery shewing that Capt. Thomas Birch of the said Earl's late Regiment (now Major General Sibourg's) was broke by a Court Martial in Flanders on the 15th Oct. 1709; that the Captain who succeeded was not made till 31 March following; that the said Birch had, by [reason of] being a recruiting officer, contracted a great debt to the Regiment; that he [Birch] was respited on the musters from 22 June 1709 to 22 April 1710; that Capt. Massey (who succeeded Birch) is respited from 31 March 1710 to 22 April, being involved in the respite by coming in the middle of the muster; that in the said Regiment's clearing [to] 10 Dec. 1709 the Duke of Marlborough took off Birch's six months' respite to that time, which [moneys] are applied towards the payment of his debts; that in the clearing to the 22 Dec. 1710 the said Birch is further respited from the 23 of Dec. 1709 to 30 March 1710, and Capt. Massey for him to 22 April 1710, being two musters amounting to 60l. 10s. 0d.; that the said Birch's remaining debt being 125l. the said Earl prays removal of the respits of the two musters so that Massey may have his right and Birch's pay may be applied to the further payment of his debt, which otherwise must fall on the Colonel. Reference Book IX, p. 98. |
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Same to the Customs Commissioners of the petition of Jeffery Power and John Marks, executors of John Smith, late of Bideford, Co. Devon, merchant, praying to be remitted the interest on 8,000l. Customs bonds due from him. Ibid., p. 99. |
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Same to Mr. Brydges [Paymaster of the Forces Abroad] of the petition of the Marquess of Lothian, Colonel of the Third Regiment of Foot Guards, shewing that the undertakers at Dunkirk have moved for damage and loss in the bedding and other necessaries furnished by them for the use of the Battalion of said Guards that was at Dunkirk, "and it having been proposed that the same should be made good at the charge of the said Regiment, prays that no charge may be made on the said Battalion on that account in consideration that in the whole number of beds, which were 234, old and damaged, there
were but 22 a little worse, which was occasioned by the great sickness, so that the loss is very inconsiderable." Reference Book IX, p. 99. |
| Nov. 26. |
Fresh reference to the Attorney General of the petition of Edward Noel and John Perry, ut supra, Calendar of Treasury Books, Vol. XXV, p. 300. Ibid. VIII, p. 459. |
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Subscription by Treasurer Oxford for the execution of a warrant dated this day by the Duke of Shrewsbury [as Lord Chamberlain] to Heneage Finch, Master of the Jewel Office, for the delivery to said Shrewsbury, who is appointed to go beyond sea in her Majesty's service, of 5,893 ounces of white plate and 1,066 ounces of gilt plate to an estimate of 2,500l. Warrants not Relating to Money XXII, pp. 23, 24. |
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Treasury reference to the Barons of the Exchequer, Scotland, of the petition of Margaret and Nicholas Dicks, grandchildren of Sir Andrew Dick of Craighouse, shewing that in consideration of a debt due to him out of the lands of Orkney when annexed to the Crown an annuity of 132l. sterling was settled on his descendants, which annuity was continued by Wm. III and Queen Anne, one half to Elizabeth Dick, only daughter then living of his first marriage, and the other half to the other children of his second marriage. The said Elizabeth being deceased, the petitioners pray that her share of 60l. per an. may be distributed among the other descendants. Out Letters (North Britain) II, p. 399. |
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William Lowndes to William Blathwayte to report on the following memorial of Col. Spotswood, Governor of Virginia, which my Lord Treasurer has received from Secretary the Earl of Dartmouth. |
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Prefixing: (1) The memorial signed by H. [Henry Compton], Bishop of London, of what Col. Spotswood, Governor of Virginia, sent to the Bishop of London in relation to the education of Indian children in William and Mary College and the conversion of neighbouring [Indian] nations: to be sent to the Queen: shewing that his Excellency hath dealt so prudently with those people as to persuade them to send two sons of the chief men in each town to be educated in the College, which amount to the number of 20: by which means he hath so many hostages for the peaceable behaviour of those tributary nations. The parents and friends of those children come often to the College to see them and are wonderfully taken with the care that is had of them, insomuch that they lament their own misfortunes in having not had the like opportunity of education in their infancy and are desirous to receive instructions when we can yield it them. His Excellency is of opinion that the only course that can be taken for the accomplishment of so good a work must be to have two churches and schools erected in two of the principal towns and to furnish each with a minister and schoolmaster; of which there is one already upon the place who offers his service to take care of one of the churches and is judged a proper person for it: but still there must be a provision found out for these ministers and schoolmasters for their maintenance as well as for erecting the said structures. It is therefore hoped that her Majesty will allow so much out of her quit rents there as may suffice for the building the said churches and the maintenance at least of one of the said ministers and schoolmasters; it being hoped that the Society [for Propagating the Gospel] will make
provision for the other: and likewise in consideration of the very slender provision for the education of Indian children in the College (there being no more than what Mr. Boyl [Robert Boyle] gave for that purpose and which will not defray the tenth part of the charge the College is at for those they now have) that her Majesty would be pleased to appoint an allowance sufficient to supply the defect. |
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(2) Report dated Nov. 8 by William Blathwayt to Treasurer Oxford on the above memorial. The proposal would tend very much to the benefit and greater safety of the Colony and even of other her Majesty's Plantations upon the Continent in securing and establishing a friendship with those bordering Nations, especially at a time when a project has been lately set on foot by letters patent in France to renew and improve the discoveries made on the back of the English Colonies from the river of Mississippi to the river of St. Lawrence as far as Newfoundland, where our Virginia and neighbouring Indians may happen to be conversant and retain a friendship and kindness for the English in their distant travels and yearly huntings through great tracts of land and so disappoint or make known the intentions and progress of the French, which if brought to effect as designed by such letters patent would much endanger or impair our trade in furs and otherwise as well as give way for inroads and may occasion attempts to be made on the English by such Indians in those parts as hath lately happened in Carolina. The Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in America has already given occasion to hope they will make provision for one of the said churches and schoolmasters. The state of her Majesty's quit rents has been very lately laid by me before your Lordship "with the receipt of the Queen's order in Virginia for 3,000l. to be remitted into England out of the said quit rents as they shall arise (which may be complied with in less than three years)." Her Majesty may if she so think fit direct 300l. out of quit rents for building one of the churches and maintenance of one minister and assistant for the first year and 150l. to be further allowed yearly for carrying on that good work in case the Society may not be willing to make a further allotment for this purpose. Out Letters (Plantations Auditor) III, pp. 82–85. |
| Nov. 27. |
Royal warrant dormant dated Windsor Castle to the Navy Commissioners to pay 2,000l. per an. salary to Thomas, Earl of Strafford, as First Commissioner for the office of High Admiral over and above the salary of 1,000l. each payable to him and the rest of the Admiralty Lords (being the like allowance as was made to Edward, Earl of Orford, when he was First Commissioner of the Admiralty): to be during pleasure and to commence as from Sept. 30 last, the date of the letters patent constituting the said commission. Queen's Warrant Book XXV, p. 326. |
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Royal sign manual for 3,000l. to Coniers Darcy and Geo. Fielding ("whom we have appointed to execute the office of Master of our Horse"): as imprest for the extraordinaries of the Stables. (Money warrant dated Nov. 28 hereon.) (Money order dated Dec. 1 hereon.) Ibid., p. 327. Order Book VIII, p. 249. |
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Royal warrant to the Attorney or Solicitor General for a great seal to constitute and appoint Henry Neale to be Surveyor of the Island of Minorca and the ports thereto belonging, to do all things appertaining to such office and particularly to enquire and examine
into the nature of the tenures of the present inhabitants, what rents are reserved to the Crown of Spain or to those under whom they hold their estates and how the same may be disposed of by us to the best advantage; what is the present product of the Island; what improvements may be made there and what public buildings are thereon; how our subjects of Great Britain may be best encouraged to go and inhabit there; in what manner a free port is to be established in that island; and what encouragements are necessary to make Minorca a magazine of trade in the Mediterranean; how a Civil Magistracy is to be settled for security of traders and good government of the island and to settle a method whereby the Garrison may always be best served with provisions: with power to administer oath for the better ascertaining the premises: and to report to the Lord Treasurer thereupon: and the Governor &c. of the island to be aiding and assenting to him herein. (The patent hereon is dated 12 Dec. 1712.) Queen's Warrant Book XXV, p. 328. |
| Nov. 27. |
Warrant by Treasurer Oxford to Spencer Compton to pay 20l. to Rebecca Bruges, alias Pride, as royal bounty. Money Book XXII, p. 102. |
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Money warrant for 220l. 9s. 7d. to Daniel Webb, Esq., Sheriff of Co. Wilts, for the year ended 1711 Sept. 29, being for an overpayment or surplusage on his account; the same arising by his paying 200l. to Hen. Allen et al. for apprehending five felons, viz. Richard Steed, William Cater and Hen. Buckland, for robbery on the highway, William Burrough for housebreaking and John Green for false coining. |
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Prefixing: certificate by Francis Neale, Deputy Clerk of the Pipe, of the said surplusage. (Money order dated Dec. 1 hereon.) (Letter of direction dated 1712–3 Feb. 26 hereon.) Ibid., p. 103. Order Book VIII, p. 246. Disposition Book XXII, p. 96. |
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Dormant money warrant by Treasurer Oxford to the Auditor of the Receipt to pay 300l. per an. to John Meyrick as Chief Justice of Carnarvon, Merioneth and Anglesea, thereto appointed by patent of 1711–12 Feb. 20: all by authority of the privy seal of 1703 July 8 appointing that the Judge or Chief Justice ("as this officer is commonly called") of said counties shall receive at the Exchequer the fee or salary of 300l. per an. by way of augmentation and in lieu and satisfaction of the several salaries and allowances heretofore payable by the Receiver General of Crown Revenues within the said counties. Warrants not Relating to Money XXII, pp. 23–4. Money Book XXII, p. 104. |
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Letter of direction for 1,090l. to Isaac D'Alais, employed as her Majesty's Secretary at the Court of Hanover: out of Civil List moneys. (This letter probably covers the warrants of April 7 last for his ordinary, supra, p. 230.) Disposition Book XXII, p. 66. |
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Same for 88l. 15s. 10d. to William Robinson, alias Litton, for an overpayment, ut supra, p. 454: out of Civil List moneys. Ibid. |
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William Lowndes to the Customs Commissioners to report on the petition of Henry Norris for discharge of several ships, not named, from quarantine. |
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The like of David Watson's petition for same for ships not named. Out Letters (General) XX, p. 310. |
| Nov. 27. |
Same to the Navy Commissioners to report the best and most proper method of applying the money directed for seamen's wages in such a manner as may save most to the public by discharging the greatest number of men out of her Majesty's ships. Ibid. |
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Warrant by Treasurer Oxford to the Customs Commissioners to employ Thomas Pryse as a coastwaiter in London port loco Edward Johnson, deceased. |
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Cornelius Reed as a tidesman at Bristol loco Francis Bead, deceased. |
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William Frowde as a tidesman in the superior list [London port] loco Geo. Wilcox, deceased. |
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Roger Russel as a same in the inferior list [ibid.] loco said Frowde. Out Letters (Customs) XV, p. 462. |
| Nov. 27. |
Treasury reference to the Attorney General of the petition of Daniel Roseingrave, ut supra, p. 332: "this petitioner being dead, his petition and Mr. Borret's report thereon proposing an allowance to be made to him of 20s. a week (on the application of Gilbert Pepper, who had given him credit since his being in England)" is referred as above. Reference Book IX, p. 72. |
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Same to the Customs Commissioners of the petition of Joseph Smith, Philip Ford of London, merchants, and William Tomlinson of London, watchmaker, praying delivery of a tobacco Duty bond of 60l. 10s. 0d. which has been discharged by them. Ibid., p. 99. |
| Nov. 28. |
Warrant by Treasurer Oxford to Spencer Compton to pay 1,000l. to Matthew Prior: without account: in consideration of his expense relating to his journeys to and from France and in residing there for the despatch of several affairs with which he hath been and continues to be intrusted by her Majesty. Money Book XXII, p. 103. |
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Money warrant for 285l. 2s. 6d. to Gilbert, Bishop of Sarum, Chancellor of the Order of the Garter; for half a year to 1712 Sept. 29 on the annuity or yearly pension for the support of the dignity of said Order. (Money order dated Dec. 1 hereon.) (Letter of direction dated 1712 Dec. 1 hereon.) Ibid., p. 104. Order Book VIII, p. 253. |
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Same for 180l. to the administratrix of John Coxall, Receiver General of Land Tax and Subsidy annis 1702–4, and part of the Land Tax anno 1705 for part of Co. Lincoln: as in satisfaction of his extraordinary charges in his receipt in getting the moneys speedily collected in the country and making early and punctual payments thereof into the Exchequer. (Money order dated Dec. 5 hereon. In the margin of this order there are two memoranda as follows: (1) Certificate undated but belonging to the year 1717 by N. Vincent and P. Burrard, "we compute that 5l. 19s. 0d., part of the allowance within proposed, was for bringing up the Subsidies." (2) Confirmation dated 1717 Nov. 13 by the Treasury Lords for the execution of this money order as follows: "It appearing unto us that the sum of 180l. remains unsatisfied on this order and that 174l. 1s. 0d. is the proportional part for the returning of the Land Taxes, exclusive of the Subsidies, let the said sum of 174l. 1s. 0d. be satisfied by such proportions at a time as shalbe signified to you by our direction,
out of any money which now is or hereafter shalbe in the Receipt of Exchequer arisen and to arise by and out of arrears of Land Taxes pursuant to the late Act of Parliament in that behalf.") (Letter of direction dated 1712 Dec. 5 hereon for payment of said 180l. out of Civil List moneys.) Money Book XXII, p. 104. Order Book VIII, p. 251. Disposition Book XXII, p. 70. |
| Nov. 28. |
Royal sign manual dated Windsor Castle for 2,800l. to Charles, Duke of Shrewsbury, "whom we have appointed to negotiate several affairs in France" without account. (Money warrant dated Dec. 2 hereon.) (Money order dated Nov. 29 hereon.) Queen's Warrant Book XXV, p. 327. Order Book VIII, p. 248. |
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Letter of direction for 28l. 11s. 8d. to Hugh Reason for an overpayment, ut supra, p. 420, and for 41l. to William Alderton for reward, ut supra, p. 377: out of Civil List moneys. Disposition Book XXII, p. 68. |
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William Lowndes to the Treasurer of the Navy to apply as follows the 27,498l. 5s. 4d. directed to you the 20th inst., it being the last Midsummer dividend on South Sea Stock then standing in your name for the use of the public: viz. |
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to the head of Wages. |
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for paying the Companies' widows and relations of 12 ships lost and taken, which makes 90,000l. in further part of 101,300l. demanded for that service |
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for paying the men to be discharged from her Majesty's ships for reducing their number to the middle complement |
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on the head of Wear and Tear. |
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towards paying bills of exchange |
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on the head of Victualling. |
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to carry on the new Course of that Office |
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Same to Visct. Fitz-Hardinge, Treasurer of the Chamber. The Lord Treasurer desires you to pay 365l. to Sir Godfrey Kneller for drawing several pictures of her Majesty at whole length: according to two warrants from the Lord Chamberlain. Ibid., p. 69. |
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Same to the Customs Commissioners to report on the enclosed letter and memorial [missing] from Lord Lexinton concerning some of the baggage of the Marquis de Bonnac [Jean Louis d'Usson, Marquis de Bonnac; Envoy Extraordinary from France to Spain from Sept. 1711] which he desires to send from Dantzic to Spain. Out Letters (General) XX, p. 311. |
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T. Harley to the Victualling Commissioners. I have read to my Lord Treasurer your letter of the 14th inst. relating to the contracts for furnishing sea beer for her Majesty's service at Portsmouth. As
her Majesty is yet without a brewhouse of her own at that port, my Lord cannot but approve of your accepting of the contract which is most to her advantage. In order to make an agreement for a brew-house there it is necessary that the respective persons having brew-houses to sell to her Majesty do exhibit particulars of the premises "for it does not appear to his Lordship that any such particulars have yet been exhibited and without them no true valuation can be made." Ibid. |
| Nov. 28. |
Treasury reference to the Taxes Commissioners of the petition of George Howell, Receiver General of Taxes for South Wales, shewing that he was Receiver thereof about 20 years and considering the remoteness of his receipt made as early payments as any other Receiver, but of late years became in arrear by the insolvency of his agents and deputies; that since his removal from the said receipt he hath raised what money he possibly could and would have paid the whole if he could have sold his estate, which he could not [do] so long as he was an accomptant [debtor] to her Majesty; that on coming to London to obtain a privy seal to sell his estate several extents were awarded against him and at last he was committed to Newgate and his estate and effects very much undervalued: that since, he has with great difficulty and expense obtained his liberty and has been in the country to raise money to satisfy his debt, which after just allowances will not exceed 4,000l., and which he could soon pay [if favoured] with the concurrence of the Crown and the liberty of a privy seal to sell his estate: that he is apprehensive he may be again committed to prison, which will utterly ruin himself and family and a levari facias is actually issued against his estate: therefore praying stay of process and of the Levari and also [payment of] an allowance of 1,165l. 11s. 1d. made him by the late Agents for Taxes for his extraordinary charges and [a further allowance of] 3d. in the pound on all his remittances. Reference Book IX, p. 100. |
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Subscription by Treasurer Oxford for the execution of a Lord Chamberlain's warrant to the Master of the Great Wardrobe to deliver to the Duke of Shrewsbury the furniture [for his embassy in Paris and chapel] as follows: to an estimate of 382l.: viz. a Cloth of State of crimson damask with gold and silver fringe, a chair, two stools, two cushions, a foot stool, a foot carpet, a large Bible of imperial paper richly bound in two volumes, four Common Prayer Books quarto, one altar cloth of tissue panned with velvet, 20 ells of diaper for towels, two large surplices of fine Holland. Warrants not Relating to Money XXII, p. 24. |
| Nov. 29. |
William Lowndes to Mr. Borret. My Lord Treasurer on reading the enclosed petition [missing] of Jacob Smith is pleased to agree that you pay him 10l. in compassion to his misfortune. Disposition Book XXII, p. 68. |
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Treasury reference to the Taxes Commissioners of the petition of William Claridge, late Receiver General of Taxes for Co. Warwick, praying an allowance of 222l. for his extraordinary charges in his receipt, he having sent up 37,310l. in specie under strong guards "notwithstanding Exchequer Bills were during the time of his receipt 3 per cent. discount, which if he had done as other Receivers [did] would have amounted to 642l." Reference Book IX, p. 100. |
| Nov. 29. |
Treasury reference to the Auditors of the Duchy of Cornwall of the petition of Martin Killigrew shewing that he is possessed of a rent of 200l. [per an.] from the Crown charged upon the Duchy of Cornwall, on which half a year was due at Lady day 1712: that the Receivers [of the revenue of said Duchy] treat his debts [debentures] with contempt, telling him they have no money nor know not when they shall, though considerable sums have been received on last Michaelmas audit: that they endeavour to avoid such payments as suit least with their profit: therefore praying effectual orders so that the Receivers may no longer abuse him by "separate" excuse. Reference Book IX, p. 103. |
