B

B., B., letter signed by, 96.

Babba Hassan, guns, pistols and knives for, 405.

Bacalan, [St. L. de], lieutenant colonel, bill drawn by, 203.

Bache, William, blacksmith to Wm. III, debt owing to relict of, 112, 487.

Backburn of Fishrie, co. Aberdeen, 259.

Bacon, Philip, a Receiver General of Taxes for co. Suffolk, 140.

Bagg, Thomas, recommended as tidewaiter at Lynn Regis, 310.

Bagnal, William, petition for reward for arresting a felon, 301.

Bagshaw, Adam, to be instructed in the affairs of the Customs, 32, 268.
-, -, -, junior, complaint against a Customs official, 423.

Bahama Islands, West Indies, civil, ecclesiastical and military officials in, 447.

Baillie, Baily. See Bayley.

Bairam, Turkish festival of, 404, 409.

Baker, Henry, Surveyor General of the riding officers for the wool business in Kent and Sussex, 454, 458; petition referred to, 148.
-, -, John, admiral or vice-admiral, accounts of, concerning Gibraltar, 258; squadron of, 124, 438; short allowance money due to Companies of, 541.
-, -, Thomas, a Commissioner for bringing in Arrears of Prizes, 62, 122, 155, 206, 269, 489, 496, 505; reports of, 155, 206.
-, -, -, Consul at Algiers, 292.
-, -, William, apprehended for burglary, 454.

Bale goods, cargo of, 490.

Balfour, Sir Andrew, son of David, 271.
-, -, David, of Balleidmonth, lands of, 271.
-, -, George, boatman and tidesman at Prestonpans, 338.

Ball, William Tredwell, chaplain going to South Carolina, passage money for, 339.

Balleidmonth, [co. Fife], 271.

Ballinacor, Ballynicor, co. Wicklow, barony of, Aghavanna farm, quit rent on, 117.

Ballow, Henry, Deputy Chamberlain for joining tallies in the Exchequer Court, 261, 352, 356, 474, 522.

Ballynicor. See Ballinacor.

Balmerino, Lord. See Elphinstone, J.

Balneavis, William, chaplain going to Antigua, passage money for, 495.

Baltic, the, plague in places in, 233; ships coming from, 143, 338, 387, 426, 433.

Bambeck, Cornelius van, of Amsterdam, merchant, 183.
-, -, Henrietta Cornelia van, daughter of Cornelius, annuity of, 183.

Bampton, co. Devon, hundred of, Receiver General of Taxes for, 139.

Banastre, William, Chief Justice of Carmarthen, Pembroke and Cardigan, 156, 316, 374, 536.

Bancks. See Banks.

Banfield, John, petition concerning Customs seizure of his money in the ship Hannah, 154, 173.

Banff, sheriffdom of, 259.

Banister, Jacob, farmer near Sheppey Island, petition of, 148.
-, -, Richard, tidesman, inferior list, London port, 381.

BANK OF ENGLAND, 1, 3, 49, 57. Act (7 Anne, c. 30), 45, 268.
-, Cashiers of, receivers of moneys of the Lottery as by Act 10 Anne, c. 19, 37, 40, 54.
-, circulating Exchequer Bills, allowance for, 102, 224–5, 339, 477.
-, Court of, 5, 15, 32, 34, 71.
-, Deputy Governor of, 5, 220.
-, Directors of, attending the Treasury, 5, 10, 45, 220.
-, exchanging Exchequer Bills for ready money, 516.
-, fund for (100,000l. annually), deficiency on, 41, 45, 316; issue for, 317.
-, Gentlemen of, attending the Treasury, 15, 20, 23, 32, 36, 40, 48, 71.
-, Governor of, 5, 6, 10. See also Gould, _.
-, incorporation of, charter of, 220, 317.
-, interest of 6 per cent, on orders of loan paid to, 549, 550.
-, loans by, 9, 14, 15, 16, 22, 25, 27, 28, 30, 41, 55, 71, 134, 146, 184, 219, 228, 232, 237, 247, 300, 304, 308, 331, 344, 353, 365, 421, 442, 519; interest on, 5, 6, 10, 12, 18, 20, 24, 26, 29, 31, 32, 33, 34, 36, 42, 44, 45, 46, 48, 50, 53, 82, 85, 94, 132, 243, 314, 367, 452, 462, 464, 466, 469, 518, 549.
-, moneys due from public offices to, 51.
-, remittances to Amsterdam, 85, 256; to Antwerp, 85.
-, specie taken out of, 6.
-, stock of, enlargement of, 268, 332.
-, subscriptions, patent for taking. 317.
-, tallies and orders deposited with, as securities for loans, 3, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 29, 30, 32, 33, 34, 36, 37, 38, 40, 41, 44, 46, 48, 50, 55, 58, 71, 72, 82, 85, 94, 132, 300, 304, 308, 314, 375, 389, 396, 442, 462, 466, 518, 549.

Bankers' annuities. See Annuities.

Banks (Bancks, Bankes), [James], lieutenant sent to America on ensign's pay, payments to wife of, 351, 471.
-, -, John, a Receiver General of Taxes for co. Northampton, 141.
-, -, William, butcher, losses in serving provisions to Chelsea Hospital, 472.

Barbados, West Indies, bills drawn from, 417.
-, Captain General and Governor in Chief of. See Crow, M.; Lowther, R.
-, chaplain going to. See Beresford, S.
-, Customs in, collector of. See Edwards, T; Gwillim, T.
-, Four and a Half per cent. Duty, 129.
-, Governor of, salary of, 129. See also Crow, M.; Lowther R.
-, land in, grant of, 309.
-, prizes at, 96.
-, schoolmaster going to. See Brace, E.
-, Secretary of. See Skene, A.

Barbary, Christian slaves in, delivery of, 404.

Barber, Francis, coastwaiter, London port, 152.

Barcelona, Spain, 218.
-, Army stores carried to, 514.
-, bills drawn from, 523; payable at, 523; sent from 22.
-, coinage at, account of, 513; recoining of dollars, 31; recoining of pieces of eight, 68.
-, corn for, 405.
-, corn sold at, 101.
-, Deputy Paymaster of the Forces at, 38, 39, 488.
-, factors at, 334.
-, letters dated at, 392, 453.
-, man of war going to, 90.
-, provisions traded with, 467.
-, remittances to, 13, 14, 36, 37, 38, 41, 51, 68, 72, 73, 82, 90, 175, 299, 455, 491.
-, troops of the Emperor [of Germany] transported to, 134.

Barclay, William, Comptroller at Inverness, dismissed, 400.

Bargany, co. Ayr, barony of, 449.

Bargeny (Bergainy, Bergavenny), Lady. See Hamilton, Margaret.
-, -, Lord. See Hamilton, J; Hamilton, W.

Barges, of Prince George of Denmark, Master of. See Hill, C.
-, watermen, liveries for, 546.
-, See also Queen's Barges.

Barham, Alexander, one of the Band of Gentlemen Pensioners, 503.

Barker, Edward, Treasurer to the Governors of Queen Anne's Bounty, 190, 340.
-, -, John, clothier to the Army, moneys due to, 323.
-, -, -, petition concerning frauds in Customs, 163.

Barking, co. Surrey. See Weston.

Barkley, George, episcopal minister in the bishopric of Ross, petition for support, 280; royal bounty for, 483.

Barlow, Nathaniel, Messenger of the Chamber, going to Hanover, payments to, 70, 435.

Barman, James, master of the Tygar, 184.

Barnard, James, one of the Band of Gentlemen Pensioners, 503.

Barnes, Edward, recommended as landwaiter, London port, 310.

Barnett (Barnet), Richard, petition for a tidesman's place, 486.
-, -, Robert, recommended as tidewaiter, London port, 310.

Barnstaple, co. Devon, landwaiter at, 494; Surveyor of. See Burgoyne, T; waiter and searcher at, 494.

Barodale, _, a creditor of G. Palmes, 335; payment to, 369.

Baronetcy fees, discharge of, 107, 128.

Baronies, named:
-, Auchencruive.
-, Ballinacor.
-, Bargany.
-, Mondynes.
-, Sundrum.

Barremore, Barrimore. See Barrymore.

Barrington, Thomas, landwaiter at Bristol, to be surveyor in Exeter port, additional salary for, 212.

Barrow, co. Lincoln, Carrygarth Farm, lease of, 164; Receiver General of Taxes for, 138.

Barry, James, 4th Earl of Barrymore, Lieutenant General of the Forces in Spain, aides-de-camp of, 193.
-, bills payable to, 48, 326.
-, letters from, 44, 371.
-, messenger coming express from, 54.
-, pay of, 17, 193.
-, regiment of, 69.
-, accounts of, 305.
-, at Gibraltar, 47.
-, bread and forage for, 286.
-, in Portugal, 42, 286.
-, officers absent, 42.
-, overpayments to, 42.
-, prisoners in Portugal, 42.
-, subsistence of, 47.

Barrymore (Barremore, Barrimore), Earl of. See Barry, J.

Barton, Mris. Katharine, royal bounty for, 546.

Bas (Lebas), Charles le, clothier to the Army, moneys due to, 210, 306, 323.

Basingstoke, co. Southampton, deputy Postmaster at, 158.

Baskets, dust, for the Removing Wardrobe, 448.

Basset, John, sheriff of co. Devon, 501.

Basseterre, St. Christopher, lease of land adjoining Monkey Hill near, 270.

Bassha alias Berkshire, Charles, apprehended for house-breaking, 486.

Bastards, estates of, 221.

Bastiaenz, William, Lt. Admiral [of Holland], 439.

Bateman, _, to attend the Treasury, 72.
-, -, Sir James, letter referred to, 256.
-, loans to Navy on South Sea Stock, 373, 375; interest on, 83, 491.
-, South Sea Stock assigned to, 373.

Bath, co. Somerset, Abbey at, repair of the organ in, 520.

Bath, Earl of. See Granville, J.

Bathurst, Allen, Baron Bathurst, recommending E. Bathurst for a Customs place, 310.
-, -, Edward, Receiver General of Taxes for part of co. Kent, 141.
-, -, -, recommended as housekeeper to the Custom House, 310.

Battle, Dr. Ralph, Queen's Sub-Almoner, additional pension for use of Lady Keightley, 246; royal bounty for, 247.

Baty, Arthur, recommended as tidewaiter, London port, 310.

Baxter, Alexander, Receiver General of Taxes for part of co. Wilts., 141.

Bayley (Baillie, Baily, Baylie, Bayly), Arthur, payment made on behalf of D. Cock, 433.
-, -, George, a Commissioner for Trade, 117, 249.
-, -, Robert, master of the Crown, 540.
-, -, Samuel, Receiver General of Taxes for co. Stafford, 239, 532; account of, 501.
-, -, Thomas, chaplain going to Naragansett, passage money for, 210.
-, -, William, Under Chamber Keeper at the Treasury, 87.

Bayne, James, Master Wright to Charles II, James II and William III, 360.
-, -, William, petition praying a pension, 360.
-, -, pension for, 483.

Bayonne, France, prisoners in Spain marching to, 467; ships going to, 90.

Beachcroft, Sir Robert, Lord Mayor of London, 190.

Beachley, in Bristol port, boatmen at, 152, 493.

Bead, Francis, tidesman at Bristol, 529.

Beale, Richard, tidesman at Bridlington, dismissed, 399.

Bealing, Marmaduke, Register of the Queen's Warrants Inwards, London port, 534.

Beamand. See Beaumont.

Beane, Richard, holding land in Wighill, 111.

Bearance, George, of London, merchant, petition for discharge of ships from quarantine, 354, 453, 471.

Beatie, Robert, master of the Unity, 134, 198.

Beauclerk, Charles, Duke of St. Albans, annuity for, 415, 537; Captain of the Band of Gentlemen Pensioners, 72, 443; Master of the Hawks, 415; pension of, expired, 415.

Beaufort, Duke of. See Somerset, Henry.

Beaumont (Beamand), Monsieur, contractor for forage for the Army in the Low Countries, 53, 192, 195, 233, 367, 444, 486.
-, -, Edward, recommended as noontender, London port, 310.
-, -, -, noontender in London port, 152.
-, -, Sir G., recommending J. Robinson for a Customs place, 312.
-, -, Sir George, a Commissioner for the Privy Seal, 358, 549.
-, -, Sir Richard, to be one of a panel to execute the office of Keeper of the Privy Seal, 200.

Beckford, _, Collector of duties on prize goods in Jamaica, 381.

Beckley, Humphry, messenger [of the Chamber], charges in apprehending W. Newton, 173.

Bedchamber. See Royal Bedchamber.

Bedder, Thomas, petition for tidesman's place, London port, 323; recommendation of, 310.

Bedding, for the Army, 533; for the Gentlemen Porters at St. James's, 255.

Bedford, county of, distributor of stamps for. See Boys, A.; Receiver General of Taxes. See Reddall, A.

Bedford, Benjamin, upholsterer, disbursements by, payment for, 318; payments for furniture, 520; rent for a house paid to, 523.
-, -, Edward, Surveyor of the duties on Houses for co. Lincoln, dismissed, 251.

Bedford's Level. See Bolingbroke Fen.

Bedingfeild, Edmund, one of the Band of Gentlemen Pensioners, 503.

Beer, for troops at Dunkirk, 365.

Belford, Belfoord, co. Northumberland, lands at Mowtown and Weymsland in, 274.

Bell, exported for a church in the Canaries, 454; for the church of Liguanea, Jamaica, Customs duty on, 467.

Bell, James, master of the John and Elizabeth, 507.
-, -, John, missionary going to Virginia, passage money for, 121.
-, -, Thomas, Comptroller and searcher at Orkney, 198.

Bellenden (Bellanden, Bellendine, Bellindine), John, Lord Bellenden, royal bounty for, 468, 480.

Bellingham, Robert, tidesman, London port, 310, 311.

Bellings, Sir Richard, cause brought by the Duchess of Buccleuch against, 291, 292.

Bellington, Robert, tidesman, inferior list, London port, 152.

Belman, John, master of the Anna and Mary, 288.

Beltisloe, co. Lincoln, wapentake of, Receiver General of Taxes for, 138.

Belts, for Yeomen of the Guard, 524.

Ben, John, arrested for stabbing J. White, 269, 301.

Benacre, Prenacre, co. Suffolk, manor of, 148.

Bendysh, _, employed in sending Palatines home, 317.
-, -, Henry, importer of brandy and rum, London port, 125.

Bennett (Bennet), [John], lieutenant sent to America on ensign's pay, payments to wife of, 351, 471.

Benson, _, recommending Mr. Swinbank for a Customs place, 312.
-, -, Martha, annuity of, 274.
-, -, Richard, a surety for J. Andrews, 170, 309.
-, -, Robert, Baron Bingley, Chancellor and Under Treasurer of the Exchequer, 1, 137, 417, 534n.; allowance in lieu of perquisites, 92, 209, 330, 468, 551.

Bentinck, Henry, 6th Earl of Portland, Queen's christening gift of plate to, 338.

Beranger, _, correspondent of, loan by, 74; proposal about tin in Holland, 74; to attend the Treasury, 89.

Bere Forest, South, co. Southampton, cottagers committing waste in, 19; cottages and encroachments in, 204.

Beresford (Berisford, Berresford), Francis, an apprentice in the Mint, 359.
-, -, -, recommended as Surveyor of the Navigation Act, 310.
-, -, Samuel, clerk, going as chaplain to Barbados, passage money for, 191.

Bergainy. See Bargeny.

Bergavenny. See Bargeny.

Berisford. See Beresford.

Berkeley, John, 4th Viscount Fitz-Hardinge, one of the Tellers of the Exchequer Receipt, 548.
-, Treasurer of the Chamber, 155, 233, 249, 270, 278, 318, 319, 455, 465, 523, 530, 535, 540, 541; accounts of, 519.
-, -, William, 4th Baron Berkeley of Stratton, a trustee for the Duchess of Buccleuch, 291, 292.

Berkshire, county of, Receiver General of Taxes. See Ambrose, L.

Berkshire, Charles. See Bassha.

Berlin, Germany, 137n.

Bermudas, West Indies, civil, ecclesiastical and military officials in, 447; Company of Guards at, subsistence of, 76, 105, 473.

Bernard, Christopher, a trustee for building a church at Rotterdam, 388.

Berne, Switzerland, letters posted at, 410.

Berresford. See Beresford.

Bertie, _, one of the four Tellers of the Exchequer Receipt, 355.
-, -, _, recommending A. Dupa Quier for a Customs place, 310.
-, -, Ann Venables-, Countess of Abingdon, a Lady of the Bedchamber, 40, 41, 229, 350, 495; annuity for, 121, 303.
-, -, Henry, a Commissioner of Public Accounts, 94, 210, 341, 473, 479, 551; a Commissioner of accounts of Army Debts, 479.
-, -, Montagu Venables-, 2nd Earl of Abingdon, Warden, Chief Justice and Justice in Eyre, Trent South, 204, 279; appointment of, 363; attending the Treasury, 19; salary of, 363, 372.

Berwick, co. Northumberland, 419.
-, disbanding of regiments at, 542.
-, Mayor, etc., of, allowance to for repairing the bridge over the Tweed, 265, 318, 507.
-, sheriffdom of, 274.
-, Surveyor of Customs at, 312.

Berwick, North, co. Northumberland, landwaiter and searcher at, 338.

Best, Mawty, brewer, prosecuted for fraud, 136.
-, -, Thomas, brewer, prosecuted for fraud, 136.

Bethone, Edward, landwaiter at Lyme, to be surveyor of Poole port, 152.

Betteress, Samuel, petition concerning duties on hides, 160.

Betty, Algernon, importer of brandy and rum in London port, 125.

Bevan, Robert, recommended as a Customs watchman, 310.

Bever, Richard, schoolmaster going to South Carolina, passage money for, 116.

Bewick, Ambrose, tidesman, superior list, London port, 93.

Bibles, for Ambassadors, 427, 531; for chapels in America, 254; for Chapels Royal, 229.

Bickfield, Herman, master of the Love, 130.

Bideford, co. Devon, Collector of Customs at, 494; landwaiters at, 93; merchant of, 525; Surveyor of Customs at, 310. See also Burgoyne, T; tidesmen at, 93, 494; tidesurveyor at, 494.

Bieberstein. See Marschall van Bieberstein.

Bierly. See Byerley.

Bieter, Henry, master of the Hope, 460.

Bilbao, Bilboa, Spain, bills drawn from, 62, 416.

Bill, John, a Messenger of the Chamber to attend the Duke of Shrewsbury in France, 535.

Bint, Charles, allowance for carrying votes of the House of Commons, 95.

Birch, Thomas, captain in the Earl of Orrery's regiment, court-martial of, 525.

Birchfeild, Maurice, Surveyor General of Customs in the Northern District of America, 397, 429, 485.

Bird (Byrd), William, Auditor and Cashier of the Revenues in Virginia. 175, 263.

Births, duties on. See Marriages.

Bishop, John, bookbinder, discovery of Excise and Customs frauds, 65.

Bissell, Charles, agent employed for settling the rights and privileges of the borough of Portsmouth, 323.

Black, Margaret, royal bounty for, 313, 546.
-, -, William, a Professor of Philosophy in King's College, Aberdeen University, pension for, 479.

Black Rod. See Gentleman Usher Black Rod.

Black Torrington. See Torrington.

Blackhouses. See Blakeshouse.

Blacking, cargoes of, 288.

Blackness Castle, co. Linlithgow, Company of Guards at, 262; muster rolls of, 263; pay of, 263.
-, Governor of, 262.

Blacksmith. See Works.

Blackwell, Thomas, Professor of Divinity in Marischal College, Aberdeen University, pension for, 478.

Blagny, de, Jacob, royal bounty paid to, for the use of the Society of French Gentlewomen at the Hague, 537.

Blaiklock, Robert, Sheriff of co. Cumberland, 415.

Blair, Mrs., pension for, 235.

Blairhall, [co. Perth], 477.

Blake, _, stores for the Canada Expedition purchased from, 272.
-, -, William, recommended as tidewaiter, London port, 310.

Blakeshouse, Blackhouses, Easter and Wester, co. Aberdeen, 259.

Bland, John, payment to, for prosecuting Popish clergy and taking Tories, 215.
-, -, William, waterman, petition for discharge of a fine set on him, 328; satisfaction of the fine, 385.

Blasy. See St. Blazey.

Blathwayte (Blathwaite, Blathwayt), William, Auditor General of the Plantations, 175, 235, 243, 263, 264, 290, 296, 377, 500, 525, 526, 542, 543, 545.
-, Clerk of the Privy Council, 267, 537.
-, late Secretary at War, 438.

Blayney, Lady Dowager, pension of, 256.

Blench, duties, 94, 271, 418; lands holden in, 271, 274.

Blesco, Thomas, bills payable to, 232.

Bletsoe, Thomas, bills payable to, 242.

Blinston, Samuel, Register of Certificates in Guernsey, 152.

Blizard, Elizabeth, herbstrewer to the Queen, livery for, 116.
-, -, Stephen, noontender, London port, 93.

Blofield, co. Norfolk, hundred of, Receiver General of Taxes for, 140.

Blohne, Peter, master of the Johannes, 305.
-, -, -, junior, master of the Moses, 306.

Blome, Derick, master of the States Town, 288.

Bloody Island, Port Mahon, hospital in, 56.

Blount. See Blunt.

Bluemantle Pursuivant. See Gibbon, J.

Blunt (Blount), Charles, a Manager of the 1712 Lottery and Adventure (as by 10 Anne, c. 18), 419.
-, Paymaster of the Two Million Adventure, 11, 125, 157, 179, 222, 289, 290, 385.
-, money order in the name of, 495.
-, officers for, 11, 151.
-, petitions of, 134, 221.
-, sureties of, 124, 134.
-, Receiver of subscriptions to the South Sea Company, 176n.
-, -, Charles, recommending candidates for Customs employment, 311, 312.
-, -, John, Receiver of subscriptions to the South Sea Company, 176n.
-, -, Samuel, creditor of T. Patching, 172.

Blyke, Theophilus, Deputy Commissary of Stores in Spain, accounts of, 513, 514.

Blythe, Theo., tidewaiter at Leith, 198.

Boatmen. See Customs; Scotland—Customs.

Boden, _, Collector [of Revenue] at Drogheda, petition for stay of prosecution for debt, 147.

Bodmin, co. Cornwall, Postmaster at, 176.

Boghead, co. Banff, 259.

Boissier and Company, merchants of Genoa, money due to, 286.

Boit, Charles, enameller, payments to, for picture of the Queen and Court, 8, 143.

Bolingbroke (Bullingbrook), co. Lincoln, wapentake or soke of, Receiver General of Taxes for, 141, 207.

Bolingbroke Fen, co. Lincoln, Great Level alias Bedford's Level, lease of tithes of, 183.

Bolingbroke, Viscount. See St. John, H.

Bolton, Duke of. See Powlett, C.

Bond, William, 27; petition of, 28, 245.

Bonet de St. Germain, André_ Louis Frédéric, Resident of King of Prussia in London, 96, 248, 327.

Bonham, Capt., importer of brandy and rum in London port, 125.

Boniface, Thomas, allowance for carrying votes of the House of Commons, 95.

Bonn, Germany, 321.

Bonnac, Marquis de. See Usson, J. L. de.

Bonner, Vaughan, Receiver General of Taxes for part of co. Lincoln, arrears of, 196; commission of, revoked, 167, 207; sureties of, 196.

Bonnets, velvet, for Yeomen of the Guard, 524.

Booker, George, a felon, apprehended, 421.
-, -, Samuel, apprehended for false coining, 537.

Books, Flamsteed's Historia Celestis, or astronomical Observations, 115, 244.

Bookseller, payment for printing Flamsteed's Observations, 244; payment for transcribing a 14th volume of Leagues and Treaties, 128.

Booth, John, Comptroller of the warehouses for coffee and tea, 399.

Boothby-Graffoe, co. Lincoln, wapentake of, Receiver General of Taxes for, 138.

Bophin, Lord. See Bourke, J.

Bordeaux, France, wines bought for the Queen at, 11, 148, 161.

Bordt, Geo., master of the Concordia, 114.

Boreland, John, bills payable to, 242, 497.

Borr, Jacob, brigadier, regiment of Marines of, 58, 169, 170.

Borret (Borrett), Edward, captain, son of William, pensioner of the battle of Mons, 544.
-, -, Richard, recommended for a tidesman's place, London port, 418.
-, -, William, a Manager of the 1712 Lottery and Adventure (as by 10 Anne, c. 18), 419.
-, -, -, Treasury Solicitor, 19, 32, 41, 63, 87, 88, 101, 127, 174, 246, 272, 279, 287, 308, 323, 339, 394, 401, 420, 452, 453, 458, 496, 529, 532, 534, 547, 550.
-, charges relating to the South Sea Company, 176, 385.
-, fees payable to, 376, 377.
-, issues to, for Crown Law charges, 128, 211, 319, 451, 490.
-, payments by, 33, 108, 191, 196, 197, 276, 510, 531.
-, petition on behalf of his son, 544.
-, petitions referred to, 158, 204, 313, 332, 342, 367, 368, 510, 543.
-, receipts and payments of, for Crown prosecutions, 536.
-, salary of, 97, 341.
-, to attend the Chancellor of the Exchequer, 59.

Borrowstounness, co. Linlithgow, 279; landwaiter and searcher at, 383; tidesmen at, 400; tidewaiter at, 400.

Borthwick, William, collector of Customs at Orkney, 198.

Bosish, Philip, boatman at Plymouth, 434.

Boston, New England, bills drawn from, 417; troops taken to Annapolis from, 499.

Boston, co. Lincoln, Mayor of, petition concerning fresh water supply, 126, 214; Receiver General of Taxes, 138; waiter and searcher at, 381.

Boswell, John, master of the David, 184; petition of, 115.
-, -, William, Comptroller of the Mint in Edinburgh, 199.

Boteler, John, Lieutenant Governor of Tilbury Fort, 345.
-, -, -, seizure of Italian silks in London port by, 218.

Bothmer (Bothmar), Hans Kaspar, Baron von, Envoy Extraordinary from Brunswick Luneburg, sealing of goods of, 209.
-, Envoy from the Elector of Hanover, lodgings of, 145; sealing of goods of, 145.
-, Hanover regiment of Dragoons of, 281, 512.

Bouch, John, watchman in Essex Street, petition for reward for arresting rioters, 342.

Bouchetiere, Charles de la, colonel, regiment of Dragoons of, 372; accounts of, 302; clearings, 302; non-effectives, 370; pay for 9 troops of, 302; recruits, 370; subsistence of, 302.

Bouchier, Thomas, Professor of Civil Law in Oxford University, pension of, 490.

Bouer, _, memorandum about Army utensils, etc., 514.

Boulness. See Bowness.

Bound, John, Rouge Croix Pursuivant, 356.

Bounty. See Royal Bounty.

Bourdieu, _, du, Chaplain to the British and French Congregations at Stockholm, 410.

Bourgay. See Dubourgay.

Bourke, Sir James, colonel on half-pay, volunteering for service in Flanders, equipage for, 208.
-, -, John, 9th Earl of Clanricarde, Lord Bophin, estate forfeited in Ireland, 123; redemption of, 426.
-, -, Michael, Baron Dunkellin afterwards Earl of Clanricarde, petition for relief from incumbrances on his estate, 250.

Bourne. See Eastbourne.

Bourne Bottom, within Southampton port, waiter and searcher at, 261.

Boutell, William, waterman, London port, 434.

Bover and Teissier, Messrs., letter from, 514.

Bowden, Thomas, merchant, petition for discharge of a ship from quarantine, 115, 184.
-, -, William, merchant, petition for discharge of a ship from quarantine, 184, 250.

Bowen, John, tidesman, London port praying reward for detecting frauds, 515.
-, -, Peter, clothier to the Army, moneys due to, 210.

Bower, Henry, petition for a perpetuity, 296.

Bowers, William, tidesman, inferior list, London port, 493.

Bowes, John, General Surveyor of duties on Houses for the West Riding of co. York, 97.

Bowles, [Phineas], colonel, regiment of Foot of, 344.
-, going to Ireland, 383.
-, muster rolls, 441.
-, recruits for, 100.
-, subsistence of, 162, 441, 446.

Bowness, Boulness, co. Cumberland, waiter and searcher at, 253.

Boyce, _, deputy searcher, London port, 311.

Boyd, James, swearing against J. Ordway, 363, 429.
-, -, -, tidesman and boatman at Dover, 335.

Boyden, Benjamin, General Surveyor of duties on Houses for co. Middlesex, 97.

Boyle(Boyl), Charles to be employed by the Commissioners for Striped Linens, 290.
-, -, -, 4th Earl of Orrery, Envoy Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary at the Hague and at Brussels, 352, 491, 508, 522.
-, major general, pay of, 19, 189, 203.
-, regiment of, captain in, 525; clearings, 525; musters, 525.
-, recommending A. Dupa Quier for some employment, 310.
-, -, Henry, Secretary of State, 405, 408, 410, 411.
-, -, James, appointed Commissioner for soap and paper duties, etc., in Scotland, 289; appointed Commissioner for wire and starch duties, etc., in Scotland, 339.
-, -, Juliana, Countess Dowager of Burlington, a Lady of the Bedchamber, 104, 229, 350, 495.
-, -, Richard, 2nd Viscount Shannon, regiment of Marines of, clothing of, 370; musters, 370; wages for, 58.
-, -, Robert, provision for the education of Indian children in the College of William and Mary, Virginia, 527.

Boys, Anthony, distributor of stamps for cos. Bedford, Cambridge, Essex and Hertford, prisoner in Newgate, 425.
-, -, Joseph, landwaiter and searcher at Kirkcaldy, 383.

Brabant, money of, 60, 65, 425.

Brace, Edward, schoolmaster going to Barbados, passage money for, 116.

Braddock, _, major general, going to Plymouth and Portsmouth, payments to, 77, 473.

Braddyl, Roger, clothier to the Army, moneys due to, 203, 210.

Bradford, co. York, 285.

Bradford, Earl of. See Newport, F.

Bradgate, Jervaise, Receiver General of Taxes for co. Leicester, 140.

Bradley Haverstoe, co. Lincoln, wapentake of, Receiver General of Taxes for, 141, 207.

Bradshaw, Samuel, Receiver General of Taxes for co. Derby, 139.

Bramber, Brember, co. Sussex, rape of, Receiver General of duties on Houses, 107; Receiver General of Taxes, 141.

Brancaster, co. Norfolk, waiter and searcher at, 93.

Brand, Thomas, writer and embellisher, payments to, 33, 276.

Brander, Charles, merchant, petitions for discharge of ships from quarantine, 229, 250, 273, 474, 485.

Brandy, above proof, to be reduced, 125.
-, cargo of, 361.
-, French, seizure of, 99.
-, imported in Glasgow, 362.
-, importers of, in London port, 125.
-, running of, 273, 293, 320, 429.
-, seized, 99, 163.

Brasey Sound. See Bressay.

Brattle, Charles, deputy undersearcher, London port, 548.

Brayne, Richard, clothier to the Army, moneys due to, 324, 462.

Bread, for the Army. See Army.

Breadbog of Ard, co. Banff, 259.

Brecknock, Roger, discovering frauds in the Navy, 435.

Brecon, county of, Chief Justice of. See Cox, C.
-, Commissioners of Taxes, 443.
-, Receiver General of Taxes, 443. See also Powell, C.
-, Second Justice of. See Bridges, W.

Breholt, Capt., commander of the Dublin yacht, 113.

Brember. See Bramber.

Bremen, Germany, ships coming from, 130, 288, 305, 490; quarantine imposed on, 338, 433.

Brent, Humphrey, attending the Treasury concerning Lottery business, 41.
-, Commissioner for the 1711 Lottery as by Act 9 Anne, c. 6 (1,500,000l. Lottery), 234, 237, 241, 281.
-, Commissioner for the 1712 Lottery as by Act 10 Anne, c. 18 (1,800,000l. Adventure), 546.

Brentford, co. Middlesex, Companies of Invalids quartered in or near, 552.

Brereton, _, colonel, petition for pay as Captain of Marines, 345.

Bressay, Brasey, Sound, Shetland Isles, fort in, repair of, 204.

Brest, France, Canary wines bought in, 428.

Breton, William, Envoy Extraordinary to the King of Prussia, 27, 99, 108, 239; sealing of goods at lodgings in Bond Street, 159.
-, -, -, brigadier, regiment of, 99, 344; allowances for swords, 61; clearings, 61; subsistence of, 165.

Brewers, contractors with the Victualling Commissioners, prosecuted for fraud, 127, 136, 148, 287, 533_4.

Bricklayer, of the Works. See Stacey, R.

Bridge, built by Charles I over the Tweed, issues for repair of, 265, 318, 507.

Bridges (Brydges), _, attending the Treasury about his fees, 4.
-, -, George Rodney, arrears due on a pension vested in, 273.
-, -, James, Paymaster General of the Forces Abroad. See Army—Abroad.
-, loans by, 30, 31, 33, 178, 189, 194, 207, 228, 232, 300, 367.
-, -, John, Agent and Solicitor to the Commissioners of Customs, 190.
-, -, -, Commissioner of Customs, 118; attending the Treasury, 14.
-, -, William, Second Justice of Glamorgan, Brecon and Radnor, 156, 317, 374, 536.
-, -, -, [Surveyor General] of the Ordnance, attending the Treasury, 5.

Bridgestock. See Brigstock.

Bridgwater, co. Somerset, collector of Customs at, 226, 270; Comptroller of. See George, R.; customer of, 198; tidesman at, 493.

Bridgwater, Thomas, watchman in fee, London port, 310.

Bridlington, co. York, boatman at, 335; tidesman at, 399.

Briggs, Hugh, Comptroller of Liverpool port, 307.

Brighthelmstone. See Brighton.

Brighton, Brighthelmstone, co. Sussex, Comptroller and searcher of, 458; riding officer at, 458, 459.

Brigstock, Bridgestock, Brixtock, co. Northampton, manor of, 173.

Briheuga, Spain, battle of, 351; prisoners taken at, 386, 461; regiments at, 196, 461.

Brinsendell, Richard, proposed for an almsman's place in St. Stephen's Hospital, 283.

Brisco, Temple, collector of Customs of Wexford, removal to some other port, 44, 315.

Bristol, co. Gloucester, 152.
-, affidavit made at, 481. Bishop of, 311, 388. See also Robinson, J.
-, merchants of, 96.
-, port of, accounts of, 93.
-, cheque clerk in, 93.
-, collector of Customs. See Sansom, J.
-, Customs officers in, 173.
-, Customs sloop at, commander of. See Whetham, J.; Williams, J.
-, gauger of wine vessels, 396.
-, landwaiter, 212.
-, money and goods seized in, 80.
-, Queen's waiter, 290, 310, 344.
-, searcher at. See Clutter-buck, W.
-, sugar seized in, 80.
-, tidesmen, 152, 176, 177, 226, 529; extraordinary, 399.
-, Receiver General of Taxes. See Dixon, G.; Hutchins, B.
-, ship fitting out at, falsely entered in the Admiralty, 348, 363.
-, ships bound from, 173.

Brixtock. See Brigstock.

Brixton, East, co. Surrey, Commissioners for Land Taxes, 471.

Broadhurst, Edward, tidesman, superior list, London port, 93.

Broadlies, co. Aberdeen, 259.

Broad pieces. See Coins, gold.

Brocade cloth, presented to the Dey of Algiers, 404.

Brochado. See Cunha Brochado.

Brodie, Alexander, Comptroller at Montrose, removed to Inverness, 400.

Bromfeild, _, bills payable to, 242.

Bromley, Jane, petition for office of gauger of wine vessels in Bristol port, 396.
-, -, William, Speaker of the House of Commons, 297, 537.

Brook (Brooke), _, clothier at Cranbrook, 148.
-, -, Hannah, annuity order in the name of, 358.

Brooks, Thomas, tidesman, inferior list, London port, 94.

Broome, _, a tailor, wounding of wife of, 368.

Brooms, for the House of Commons, 97; for the Treasury Office, 87.

Brothercross, co. Norfolk, hundred of, Receiver General of Taxes for, 140.

Brougham, Daniel, collector of Carlisle port, 253.
-, -, Thomas, Receiver General of Taxes for cos. Cumberland and Westmorland, 141, 143, 239.

Broughton, John, custodiam lease of lands in Rickmansworth, 417.
-, -, Michael, appointed Receiver of the rents of the Crown in North Wales, 414, 433; surety bond of, 414.

Broughty Castle, Bructy Castle, co. Forfar, 143.

Brown (Browne), _, debt recovered by an agent for Prizes from, 155.
-, -, _, proposal for building a lighthouse on the island of Skerries, 465.
-, -, Adam, landwaiter in London port, 93.
-, -, [Charles], major of the Trenches at Annapolis, pay of, 75, 471, 496.
-, -, Edward, a Page of the Backstairs, 375.
-, -, Guy, waiter and searcher at Whitby, 381.
-, -, Hans Teizen, master of the Two Wolfs, 305.
-, -, Harry, Queen's waiter at Bristol, 310.
-, -, Henry, a surety for R. Brown, 163.
-, -, Nathaniel, one of the Band of Gentlemen Pensioners, 503.
-, -, Robert, Receiver General of Taxes for part of co. Norfolk, sureties of, 163, 229, 536.
-, -, William, bills payable to, 242.

Bruce, _, memorial concerning the Commissary of Musters in Scotland, 345, 348.
-, -, James, a Comptroller of Army Accounts, 150, 205, 289, 329.
-, -, Thomas, 2nd Earl of Ailesbury, recommending a candidate for a Customs place, 310.

Bructy Castle. See Broughty.

Brudges alias Pride, Rebecca, royal bounty for, 313, 528.

Brunswick and Luneburg, Duke of, Convention Act with, for supplying Troops in the Low Countries, 511–12; Envoy Extraordinary from. See Bothmer, Baron von; Grote, Baron von; Plenipotentiary and Special Envoy from. See Görtz, Baron von; Resident from. See Kreienberg, C. F.

Brushes, cloth, for the Removing Wardrobe, 448.

Brussels, Belgium, Envoy Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary at. See Boyle, C., Earl of Orrery; expresses sent to, 412; Secretary at. See Laws, J.

Bryack. See St. Breook.

Brydger, [John], [Surveyor of Her Majesty's Woods in America], complaint against, 110; complaint by, 94, 109.

Brydges. See Bridges.

Buccleuch, Duchess of. See Scott, Anne.

Buchanan, _, Comptroller of the Post office at Edinburgh, 130.

Buck, Henry, petition to be deputy Queen's waiter, London port, 349.

Buckhurst, [Philip], lieutenant sent to America on ensign's pay. payments to wife of, 351, 471.

Buckingham, county of, Commissioners of Taxes, 443.
-, Receiver General of Taxes, 443. See also Horton, A.; Rogers, J.; Turney. B.;
-, Sheriff of. See Grange, R.

Buckland, Hen., highway robber, apprehended, 528.

Buckley, John, master of the Loyal Ann, 250.

Buckly. See Bulkeley.

Bucknall, Humphrey, tidesman at Bristol, to be a tidesman on the inferior list, London port, 152.
-, -, Samuel, deputising as coastwaiter, London port, 453.

Budge, Richard, boatman at Beachley in Bristol port, 152.

Budleigh, West, co. Devon, hundred of, Receiver General of Taxes for, 139.

Buijs. See Buys.

Buis. See Buys.

Bulkeley (Buckly), Richard, 4th Viscount Bulkeley, 311.

Bullingbrook. See Bolingbroke.

Bully, Thomas, collector of Fowey port, dismissed, 399.

Bulstrode, _, pension for, 40.
-, -, Whitlock, a Commissioner of Excise, 343.
-, appointed Commissioner for soap and paper duties, etc., 288; appointed Commissioner for wire and starch duties, etc., 335.

Bunbury, Sir Henry, a Commissioner of Excise and of the Revenue in Ireland, 340, 384.

Burchett (Burchet), Josiah, Secretary to the Admiralty, 25, 35, 98, 106, 233, 244, 254, 279, 305, 317, 435, 436, 445, 500, 533; letter from, 467; salary, refund of assessments on, 380.

Burdsbank, co. Banff, 259.

Burgesse, _, Postmaster of Shrewsbury, 316.

Burgh, John, executor to M. Wicks, petition of, 206, 301.
-, -, Thomas, Engineer and Surveyor General in Ireland, payments to, 215.
-, -, William, Accomptant General of Ireland, extraordinary payment to, 238.

Burglars, apprehended, 378, 415, 421, 454, 486, 522.

Burgoyne (Burgoign, Burgoin), John, clerk to the Register General of merchant ships, petition for office of Solicitor of Coast Bonds, 382.
-, -, Thomas, surveyor of Falmouth, to be surveyor of Bideford and Barnstaple, 177.

Burials, duties on. See Marriages.

Burkett (Burkitt), Robert, petition for a tidesman's place, 269; tidesman, inferior list, London port, 380.

Burlington, Countess Dowager of. See Boyle, Juliana.

Burn, Nicholas, Comptroller of the warehouses for pepper, 399.

Burnet, Alexander, Professor of Philosophy in King's College, Aberdeen University, pension for, 479.
-, -, Gilbert, Bishop of Salisbury, Chancellor of the Order of the Garter, 245, 524, 529.

Burnfoot (or Nether Newhall), co. Roxburgh, 274.

Burniston, Charles, keeper of the warehouse for East India goods, 399.

Burrard, P. [? a Commissioner for Taxes], certificate of, 529.

Burrell, Thomas, deputy Queen's waiter, London port, 335, 346.

Burridge, _, recommending N. Webb for a Customs place, 313.
-, -, Samuel, Receiver General of Taxes for co. Devon, account of, 388.

Burrough, Hicks, underclerk attending the House of Commons, reward for writing, copying and engrossing bills, etc., 378.
-, -, William, apprehended for housebreaking, 528.

Burslem, Thomas, Receiver General of Taxes for co. Stafford, 140.

Burt, William, presented as Surveyor at Poole, 310; recommended as landwaiter at Weymouth, 310.
-, -, -, tidesman, inferior list, London port, 399.

Burton, Lord. See Paget, H.

Bury, Jacob, employment in the Customs at Harwich, 310.
-, -, John, Receiver General of Taxes for co. Nottingham, 140, 214.

Buse, Arent, master of the Golden Lyon, 130.

Busiere, Monsieur, surgeon, fees of, 109.

Butcher, of London, 265.

Butcher, James, tidesman at Bridgwater, 493.

Butler, Brinsley, Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod, in Ireland, fees of, 216.
-, -, Charles, 2nd Earl of Arran, lodgings in Whitehall of, 538.
-, -, Francis, Deputy Queen's Remembrancer, 414; Second Secondary in the Queen's Remembrancer's Office, 230, 234.
-, -, James, Army advancement sought by, 377.
-, -, -, colonel, regiment of, 69; at Gibraltar, subsistence of, 42, 47.
-, -, -, Duke of Ormonde, Captain General of the Forces in the Low Countries, 23, 52, 57, 60, 66, 69, 73, 81, 89, 192, 208, 230, 362, 377, 394, 417, 423, 444, 472, 474, 544, 552.
-, equipage of, payment towards charge of, 194.
-, Messenger of the Chamber to attend. See Smith, J.
-, pay of, 46, 330, 422.
-, regiment of Life Guards commanded by, 439.
-, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, 8, 117, 134, 154, 181, 192, 208, 220, 365, 424, 441.
-, -, Mary, Duchess of Ormonde, a Lady of the Bedchamber, 104, 229, 350, 495.
-, -, Theobald, captain, Army advancement sought by, 377.

Butts, John, royal bounty for, 313, 546.

Buxton, Lazarous, recommended to be put on Customs establishment, 310.

Buys (Buijs, Buis), Henry, of Holland, payment to, 439.
-, -, Willem, Envoy Extraordinary from the States of Holland, 108.

Byde, Thomas, clothier to the Army, moneys due to, 307.

Byerley (Bierly, Byerly), _, colonel, recommending P. Cass for a Customs place, 310.
-, -, Henry, petition of, 470.
-, -, Robert, a Commissioner (one of a panel to execute the office of Keeper) of the Privy Seal, 200, 358, 549.
-, -, Thomas, Collector and Receiver General of the Revenue of New York, 325.

Byrd. See Bird.

Bythell, Fra., deputy to A. Manwaring, Auditor of Imprests, 194.