Declared Accounts: Stamp Duties

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Stamp Duties

DECLARED ACCOUNTS: STAMP DUTIES ETC. GENERAL ACCOUNT.
PIPE OFFICE: ROLL 2928 [E.351/2928].
AUDIT OFFICE: BUNDLE 2175, ROLL 156 [A.O.1/2175/156].
Thomas Spence, Comptroller and Accomptant General of the Duties on Stampt Vellum, Parchment and Paper.
John Montagu, Register of the Duties on Clerks and Apprentices.
2 August 1713 to 2 August 1714.
Charge. £ s. d. £ s. d.
Arrears: remaining in the hands of several persons particularly named at the foot of the last General Accompt 87,016 15 11 5/12
Receipts: money due and payable for the Stamp Duties within the time of this Accompt:
for the Third Continued Duty and the Additional Duty:
for stamps imprest or made for ready money at the Head Office 53,922 7 5
for stamps put upon vellum, parchment and paper delivered to the Ware housekeepers to supply the Country 30,939 3 8
for the Duties on entries made by the Secondaries, Town Clerks and other Law Officers 1,667 15 0
for money raised by penalties for deeds executed before being duly stampt 20 0 0
the Registers of the Universities for the Duties entered by them for Degrees 1,476 10 0
money due upon bond given by William Lowndes for Stamp Duties 160 0 0
for parchment, paper and prints provided for furnishing the Country and lodged with the Warehousekeepers of Unstamped Goods 3,159 8 7¾
for profit arising by discount allowed thereon by the stationers 1,228 10 1¼
for profit arising by the advance of prices of parchment etc. in the custody of the Warehousekeeper of Stampt Goods 4 5 6¾
92,578 0 4¾
for the New Duties on Stampt Vellum etc. and on Cards and Dice:
for stamps impressed or made at the Head Office for ready money 3,410 11 6
for stamps put upon vellum, parchment and paper delivered to the Warehousekeepers to supply the Country 5,160 12 0
for the Duty on dice marked this year at 5s. a pair 379 15 0
for the Duty on stock in hand brought to the Office to be stampt at 6d. a pair 0 5 6
for the Duty arising on Almanacks stampt this year for the Company of Stationers in London 1,913 10 10
for the like stampt this year for George Parker 25 0 0
for paper and print provided for furnishing the Country and lodged in the hands of the Warehousekeepers of Unstamped Goods 31 12 10½
for profit arising by discount allowed thereon by the Stationers 17 9 7½
for profit arising by the advance in price of parchment etc. in the custody of the Warehousekeeper of Stampt Goods 0 1 0½
10,938 18 4½
for the Duties on several kinds of stampt vellum etc. and on certain printed papers, pamphlets and advertisements:
for stamps imprest or made at the Head Office for ready money 7,139 1 3
for stamps put upon vellum etc. delivered to the Warehousekeepers for the supply of the country 2,078 18 0
for money raised by penalties incurred for Deeds executed before being duly stampt 20 0 0
for the Duty arising on large pamphlets entered at the Office at 2s. a sheet 104 8 0
for the Duty arising by Advertisements at 1s. each 743 3 6
for the value of parchment and paper provided for furnishing the Country and lodged with the Warehousekeepers of Unstampt Goods 103 17 6½
for profit arising by discount allowed thereon by the Stationers 42 18 2½
for profit arising by the advance in price of parchment etc. in the custody of the Warehousekeeper of Stampt Goods 1 1 3½
10,233 7 9½
for the New Duty on Policies of Insurance total receipts as above 115,612l. 15s. 10¾d.
money due and payable for the rates upon monies given with Clerks and Apprentices:
for the Duty of 6d. per 1l. on sums of 50l. or under:
on indentures brought to the Head Office, amounting to 36,997l. 6s. 1½d. 924 19 2¾
on indentures brought to Country Collectors amounting to 29,353l. 9s. 733 17 3¼
1,658 16 6
for the Duty of 1s. per 1l. on sums exceeding 50l.:
on indentures brought to the Head Office amounting to 46,413l. 7s. 6d. 2,320 13 4½
on indentures brought to Country Collectors, amounting to 10,116l. 3s. 31/6d. 505 16 3 5/12
2,826 9 7 11/12
total receipts as above 4,485 6s. 1 11/12d.
overpayments, detailed by Collectors and places:
for arrears on the Expired Duties 9 12 4½
for ditto on the Third Continued Duty and the Additional Duty 669 14 7¾
for the new Duties on stampt vellum etc., cards and dice 2 17 3½
for the Duties on several kinds of stampt vellum and on certain printed papers etc. 63 4 10½
for the rates on money given with Clerks and Apprentices 48 2 6¼
793 11 8½
total charge and receipts £207,908 9 8 7/12
Discharge.
Money accompted for in the Cash Accompt for these Duties:
salaries to the Commissioners etc. at the Head Office in London 5,194 15 11
rent of the said Office 160 0 0
necessary and incident charges of the same 1,853 19 9¾
salaries of the Officers of the New Duties 1,355 18 4
paper etc. bought for furnishing the Country and goods bought in 1713 but not paid for until this year 3,299 2 9¾
discompt for prompt payment at the Head Office 1,698 11 2¼
poundage allowed to sundry Law Officers for money by them paid for the Duties of Entries in their books 52 4 11
money paid into the Exchequer:
on accompt of arrears of the First Continued Duty 23l. 17s.; on ditto of the second Continued Duty 1l. 19s. 10½d., on accompt of the Third Continued Duty 42,741l. 9s., on accompt of the Additional Duty 42,041l. 13s. 9½d., on accompt of the New Duty 1711, 10,117l. 3s. 10½d., on accompt of ditto 1712, 8,639l. 9s. 3½d., on the New Duty on Policies of Insurance 1,783l. 11s. 10d. 105,349 4 8
118,963 17 7¾
money overpaid in the preceding General Accompt 349 3 2½
allowed to Distributors for incident charges etc.:
for money discompted by Robert Isaacson, Distributor for London, for allowances made by him for Ten-pound parcels vended by him 3 4 5
for poundage allowed the several Distributors:
on arrears of the First Continued Duty 1 18 11
on ditto of the Second ditto 0 3 5½
on the Third ditto 1,900 18 3¼
on the Additional Duty 1,324 3 1½
on the New Duty 1711 287 6 4¼
on the New Duty 1712 219 4 5½
3,733 14 7
for poundage allowed the University Registers at 100s. per cent.:
on the Third Continued Duty 71 18 3
on the Additional Duty 1 18 3 73 16 6
for money paid by the several Distributors for necessary and incident charges etc.:
on the Third Continued Duty 318 4 10½
on the Additional Duty 39 16 11¼
on the New Duty 1711 21 11 3
on the New Duty 1712 19 18 0½
399 11 1¼
for the allowance out of the New Duty, 1711, for Almanacks cancelled 209 5 3
for an overcharge in the last preceding General Accompt 1 7 11
total allowed to Distributors as above 4,420l. 19s. 9¼d.
payments made out of the Duties on monies given with Clerks and Apprentices:
money accompted for in the Cash Accompt for these Duties by William Frankland, Receiver-General:
Officers’ salaries 456 10 0
necessary and incident charges 81 3 6
money paid into the Exchequer 3,489 9 0
4,027 2 6
incident charges and poundage allowed the Collectors of these Duties:
necessary and incident charges 3 0 10
poundage on 825l. 16s. 2½d. and at 12d. per 1l. 41 5 5¾
44 6 3¾
total payments out of the above Duties 4,071l. 8s. 9¾d.
total payments and allowances £127,805 9 5¼
and so remains £80,103 0 34 4/12
against which depending on the several Warehousekeepers, Distributors and others, named:
on Distributors for arrears of the Single Duty and of the First and Second Continued Duties, now expired:
Richard Aglionby, late for Carlisle (nil, 331l. 6s. 9½d., 125l. 4s.) 456 10 9½
Simon Babb, for Somersetshire (90l. 8s. 9½d., 6l. 12s. 4d., nil) 97 1 1½
Anthony Boise, for Hertfordshire (nil, 98l. 7s. 7½d. and 1,340l. 9s. 7½d.) 1,438 17 3
Joshua Claver, for Hull (nil, nil, 414l. 15s. 1d.) 414 15 1
William Collins, for Worcestershire (427l. 11s. 6d., 42l. 5s. 3d., nil) 469 16 9
Edward Cawley, for Lincolnshire (58l. 5s. 11d., nil, nil) 58 5 11
Peter Clinton, for Dorsetshire (nil, 513l. 2s. 6¾d., nil) 513 2 6¾
Benjamin Collett, for Worcestershire (nil, 241l. 7s. 1d., nil) 241 7 1
Charles Herle, for Cornwall (nil, 281l. 9s. 6½d., nil) 281 9 6½
Charles Jones, for Radnorshire (127l. 11s. 9d., 45l. 4s. 3¼d., nil) 172 16 0¼
Francis Isaacson, for Lincoln (nil, 263l. 4s. 10¼d., nil) 263 4 10¼
Henry Marriot, for Norfolk (114l. 9s. 5d., nil, nil) 114 9 5
George Maynard, for Yorke (nil, nil, 610l. 13s. 6½d.) 610 13 6½
Samuel Wilson, for Berwick (12l. 6s. 3½d., nil, nil) 12 6 3½
Robert Warren, for Suffolk (58l. 5s. 11d., nil, nil) 58 5 11
Timothy Wesley, for Reading (nil, nil, 523l. 6s. 3¼d.) 523 6 2¾
Thomas Wall, for Bristoll (nil, nil, 2¾d.) 0 0 2¾
5,726 8 7¾
on Distributors and Warehousekeepers for the Third Continued Duty, the Additional Duty, the New Duty 1711, and the New Duty 1712, and for Stampt Goods in their Custody on 1 Aug. 1714:
John Adams, for Radnorshire (Third Continued Duty 197l. 2s. 6½d., Additional Duty 161l. 17s. 3¾d., New Duty 1711, 6l. 10s.) 365 9 10¼
James Brook, for Southwark (Third Continued Duty 395l. 17s. 1½d., Additional Duty 357l. 7s. 4¾d., New Duty 1711, 37l. 6s., New Duty 1712, 97l. 5s. 11¾d.) 887 16 6
Thomas Bedford, for Bedford (Third Continued Duty 139l. 7s. 9¾d., Additional Duty 86l. 0s. 2d., New Duty 1711, 75l. 7s. 0¼d., New Duty 1712, 89l. 13s. 2½d.) 390 8 2½
Thomas Beresford, for Sommersetshire (Third Continued Duty 145l. 0s. 8½d. Additional Duty 124l. 2s. 3d., New Duty 1711, 143l. 10s. 1½d., New Duty 1712, 144l. 3s. 1½d.) 556 16 2½
Francis Blithe, for Colchester (Third Continued Duty 230l. 18s. 9¼d., Additional Duty 158l. 6s. 6¼d., New Duty 1711, 23l. 16s. 11¼d., New Duty 1712, 50l. 17s. 2¼d.) 463 19 5
Paul Courand, for Hampshire (Third Continued Duty 1,013l. 10s. 3½d., Additional Duty 766l. 14s. 1d., New Duty 1711, 33l. 5s. 10d., New Duty 1712, 47l. 7s. 1½d.) 1,860 17 4
William Dowse, for Huntingdonshire (Third Continued Duty 50l. 16s. 0¾d., Additional Duty 48l. 19s. 9d., New Duty 1711, 5l. 4s., New Duty 1712, 73l. 0s. 6¾d.) 178 0 4½
Thomas Day, for Cambridge (Third Continued Duty 269l. 14s. 10d., Additional Duty 208l. 9s. 4d., New Duty 1711, 56l. 4s. 7½d., New Duty 1712, 195l. 12s.) 730 0 9½
Edward Eden, for Durham (Third Continued Duty 273l. 1s. 5¼d., Additional Duty 278l. 12s. 7½d., New Duty 1711, 149l. 4s. 10¼d., New Duty 1712, 127l. 17s. 9¾d.) 828 16 8¾
Hugh Folkes, for Cheshire (Third Continued Duty 745l. 6s. 3¾d., Additional Duty 785l. 17s. 5½d., New Duty 1712, 34l. 126l. 11s. 5¼d., New Duty 1712, 34l. 19s. 10d.) 1,692 15 0½
John Folkes, for Denbigh (Third Continued Duty 397l. 1s. 3¾d., Additional Duty 349l. 9s. 4½d., New Duty 1711, 5l. 4s.) 751 14 8¼
John Freeman, for Suffolk (Third Continued Duty 526l. 19s. 3d., Additional Duty 381l. 10s. 6¾d., New Duty 1711, 65l. 17s. 6¼d., New Duty 1712, 130l. 17s. 4¼d.) 1,105 4 8¼
Daniell Garrod, for Norfolk (Third Continued Duty 960l. 10s. 10¾d., Additional Duty 706l. 16s. 5d., New Duty 1711, 52l. 11s. 9½d., New Duty 1712, 242l. 4s.) 1,962 3 1¼
Samuell Gibbs, for Wiltshire (Third Continued Duty 283l. 5s. 7½d., Additional Duty 244l. 8s. 9¼d., New Duty 1711, 122l. 18s. 1d., New Duty 1712, 99l. 0s. 7d.) 749 13 0¾
Henry Hawkins, for St. Austell (Third Continued Duty 243l. 15s. 9¼d., Additional Duty 203l. 10s. 10d., New Duty 1711, 72l. 14s. 8½d., New Duty 1712, 20l. 17s. 7½d.) 540 18 11¼
Elizabeth Hall, for York (Third Continued Duty 336l. 1s., Additional Duty
314l. 0s. 4¾d., New Duty 1711, 95l. 13s. 5¾d., New Duty 1712, 81l. 0s. 8¾d.) 826 15 7¼
John Hamilton for Edinburgh (New Duty 1711, 451l. 13s. 9½d., New Duty 1712 1,175l. 6s. 11d.) 1,627 0 8½
John Handfield, for Kent (Third Continued Duty 526l. 12s. 7d., Additional Duty 447l. 8s. 8¾d., New Duty 1711, 160l. 3s. 10¼d., New Duty 1712, 42l. 6s. 0¾d.) 1,176 11 2¾
Thomas Howson for Lincoln (Third Continued Duty 281l. 17s. 0½d., Additional Duty 265l. 9s. 8¼d., New Duty 1711, 111l. 10s. 8¼d., New Duty 1712, 54l. 11s. 3½d.) 713 8 8½
John Hodges, for Derby (Third Continued Duty 294l. 8s. 1¾d., Additional Duty 230l. 1s. 9¼d., New Duty 1711, 53l. 6s., New Duty 1712, 32l. 16s. 2d.) 610 12 1
Henry Jeanes, for Sommersetshire (Third Continued Duty 650l. 6s. 5d., Additional Duty 442l. 5s. 7½d., New Duty 1711, 3l. 16s. 7d., New Duty 1712, 57l. 6s. 8d.) 1,153 15 3½
William John, for Exeter (Third Continued Duty 786l. 6s. 8½d., Additional Duty 705l. 19s. 1½d., New Duty 1711, 311l. 8s. 6d., New Duty 1712, 63l. 18s. 2d.) 1,867 12 6
Thomas Loyd, for Brecknockshire (Third Continued Duty 139l. 8s. 3¾d., Additional Duty 90l. 18s. 6¼d., New Duty 1711, 21l. 16s. 9¼d., New Duty 1712, 4l. 8s. 8½d.) 256 12 3¾
William Loveday, for Worcestershire (Third Continued Duty 278l. 5s. 8¼d., Additional Duty 240l. 2s. 3½d., New Duty 1711, 46l. 4s. 7d., New Duty 1712, 80l. 12s. 2d.) 645 4 8¾
Richard Lowry, for Westmorland (Third Continued Duty 326l. 11s. 10½d., Additional Duty 328l. 10s. 10¼d., New Duty 1711, 167l. 10s. 6¼d.) 822 13 3
William Mathews, for Herefordshire (Third Continued Duty 258l. 1s. 7d., Additional Duty 182l. 1s. 7¾d., New Duty 1711, 31l., 4s., New Duty 1712, 54l. 0s. 2¾d.) 525 7 5½
Thomas Moor, for Yarmouth (Third Continued Duty 64l. 3s. 11¾d., Additional Duty 91l. 9s. 5d., New Duty 1711, 25l. 16s. 4½d., New Duty 1712, 15l. 4s. 6½d.) 196 14 3¾
Nathaniel Morgan, for Carmarthenshire (Third Continued Duty 189l. 17s. 9¾d., Additional Duty 225l. 11s. 6½d., New Duty 1711, 12l. 7s. 1¾d., New Duty 1712, 7l. 4s. 9½d.) 435 1 3½
John Mitchell, for part of Sussex (Third Continued Duty 195l. 1s. 2¼d., Additional Duty 124l. 11s. 0d., New Duty 1711, 5l. 3s. 5d., New Duty 1712, 26l. 9s. 5d.) 351 5 0¼
Thomas Oldfield, for Gloucestershire (Third Continued Duty 784l. 10s. 0¾d., Additional Duty 747l. 16s. 8d., New
Duty 1711 259l. 1s. 3¼d., New Duty 1712, 32l. 10s. 11½d.) 1,823 18 11½
Henry Polkinhorne, for Cornwall (Third Continued Duty 640l. 1s. 8¼d., Additional Duty 511l. 19s. 2¾d., New Duty 1711, 21l. 11s. 3d., New Duty 1712, 5l. 15s. 8d.) 1,179 7 10
Thomas Phillips, for Shropshire (Third Continued Duty 110l. 10s. 0½d., Additional Duty 136l. 0s. 2¾d., New Duty 1711, 53l. 19s. 2¾d., New Duty 1712, 10l. 0s. 10¾d.) 310 10 4¾
Robert Rhodes, for Newcastle under Lyne (Third Continued Duty 475l. 3s. 6¼d., Additional Duty 442l. 12s. 6¾d., New Duty 1711, 55l. 18s., New Duty 1712, 12l. 18s. 4d.) 986 12 5
John Rhett, for part of Essex (Third Continued Duty 96l. 3s. 0¼d., Additional Duty 64l. 16s. 1d., New Duty 1711, 8l. 15s. 1¾d., New Duty 1712, 47l. 19s. 10d.) 217 14 1
John Shepherd, for London (Third Continued Duty 247l. 7s. 6½d., Additional Duty 228l. 3s. 3d., New Duty 1711, 27l. 11s. 6d., New Duty 1712, 89l. 19s. 11½d.) 593 2 3
Obediah Smith, for Daventry (Third Continued Duty 313l. 13s. 4¾d., Additional Duty 262l. 7s. 0½d., New Duty 1711, 91l. 15s. 9d., New Duty 1712, 209l. 13s. 5¼d.) 877 9 7½
Charles Sanderson, for Newcastle (Third Continued Duty 390l. 0s. 5¾d., Additional Duty 374l. 2s. 3½d., New Duty 1711, 76l. 6s. 4d., New Duty 1712, 66l. 12s. 11½d.) 907 2 0¾
Thomas Seward, for Dorchester (Third Continued Duty 263l. 5s. 9¼d., Additional Duty 218l. 12s. 4d., New Duty 1711, 43l. 7s. 11¼d.) 525 6 0½
Jos[eph] Stockwell, for Abington (New Duty 1711, 65l. 8s. 1d., New Duty 1712, 136l. 3s. 4½d.) 201 11 5½
William Thompson, for York (Third Continued Duty 783l. 18s. 10¾d., Additional Duty 531l. 10s. 3¾d., New Duty 1711, 390l. 16s. 3½d., New Duty 1712, 185l. 16s. 10½d.) 1,892 2 4
Nathaniel Thorne, for Tiverton (Third Continued Duty 529l. 13s. 0¼d., Additional Duty 876l. 11s. 7¼d., New Duty 1711, 379l. 11s. 0¼d., New Duty 1712, 23l. 1s. 11½d.) 1,808 17 7¼
Edward Thomas, for Glamorganshire (Third Continued Duty 368l. 3s. 6½d., Additional Duty 364l. 13s. 1d., New Duty 1711, 61l. 10s. 11¼d., New Duty 1712, 35l. 6s. 0½d.) 829 13 7¼
Edward Vaudrey, for Lancashire (Third Continued Duty 558l. 19s. 3¾d., Additional Duty 614l. 5s. 3d., New Duty 1711, 46l. 19s. 5¾d.) 1,220 4 0½
John Ward, for Nottinghamshire (Third Continued Duty 63l. 10s. 9d., New Duty 1711, 28l. 8s. 8¾d.) 91 19 5¾
Jeremiah Withers for Warwickshire (Third Continued Duty 96l. 19s. 3½d.), Additional Duty 124l. 5s. 1¾d., New Duty 1711, 135l. 4s., New Duty 1712, 48l. 18s. 4d.) 405 6 9¼
William Webb for Chichester (Third Continued Duty 66l. 17s. 11¼d., Additional Duty 43l. 6s. 7½d., New Duty 1711 10l. 7s. 6¾d., New Duty 1712, 37l. 18s. 5¼d.) 158 10 6¾
Gilbert Walmishley, for Litchfield (Third Continued Duty 504l. 10s. 6d., Additional Duty 216l. 16s. 8d., New Duty 1711, 30l. 17s. 3¼d., New Duty 1712, 15l. 15s. 6¼d.) 767 19 11½
and on sundry late Distributors:
Henry Axford, for Wiltshire (New Duty 1711) 9 15 3¼
John Amory, for Taunton (Additional Duty) 97 12 2½
Stephen Bishop, for Oxford (Third Continued Duty 528l. 11s. 11¾d., Additional Duty 495l. 1s. 2¼d., New Duty 1711, 32l. 10s.) 1,056 3 2
Richard Aglionby, for Carlisle (Additional Duty) 374 18 5¾
Anthony Boise, for Hertfordshire (Additional Duty) 1,166 3 7¼
Edmund Calverley, for Southwark (Third Continued Duty 14l. 2s. 7¼d., Additional Duty 10l. 1s. 8d., New Duty 1711, 12l. 17s. 2d., New Duty 1712, 75l. 16s. 0¼d.) 112 17 5½
Joshua Claver, for Hull (Additional Duty) 417 12 7½
William Collins, for Worcestershire (Additional Duty) 68 5 5
Peter Clinton, for Dorsetshire (Additional Duty) 987 14 6¼
Benjamin Collett, for Worcestershire (Additional Duty) 136 3 4¾
Charles Jones, for Radnorshire (Additional Duty) 35 19 10
Francis Isaacson, for Lincoln (Additional Duty) 230 1 1
Robert Jackson, for Carlisle (Additional Duty) 0 10 0
Stroud Knight, for Redding (Third Continued Duty 342l. 0s. 6¼d., Additional Duty 325l. 3s. 11d., New Duty 1711, 31l. 4s. 3¼d., New Duty 1712, 44l. 3s. 1½d.) 742 11 10
George Maynard, for York (Additional Duty) 639 19 8½
Thomas Hewett, for Tiverton (Additional Duty) 230 10 1
Henry Nisbett for Derbyshire (Third Continued Duty 20l. 13s. 3¼d., Additional Duty 59l. 16s. 7¼d., New Duty 1711, 12l. 7s. 9¼d., New Duty 1712, 2l. 10s.) 95 7 7¾
John Newton, for part of Sussex (Third Continued Duty 456l. 18s. 11½d., Additional Duty 372l. 1s. 0½d., New Duty 1711, 7l. 12s. 7d., New Duty 1712, 11l. 4s. 7½d.) 847 17 2½
Benjamin Robins, for Exeter (Third Continued Duty 245l. 7s. 6¾d., Additional Duty 341l. 1s. 8½d.) 586 9 3¼
John Stone, for York (Third Continued Duty 680l. 10s. 8¼d., Additional Duty 775l. 9s. 1¼d., New Duty 1711, 190l. 4s. 2¼d., New Duty 1712, 174l. 3s. 10¾d.) 1,820 7 10½
James Taylor, for Chatham (Third Continued Duty) 35 14 3½
Timothy Wesley, for Redding (Additional Duty) 462 12 6¼
Charles Herle, for Cornwall (Additional Duty) 272 18 1¾
George Cooper, Register for Oxford, for so much remaining in his hands (Third Continued Duty 108l. 4s. 6¼d., Additional Duty 5l. 16s. 11¼d.) 114 1 5½
Robert Grove, Register for Cambridge, ditto (arrears of the Second Continued Duty 78l. 11s. 3¾d., Third Continued Duty 320l. 0s. 11½d., Additional Duty 90l. 3s. 3¼d.) 488 15 6½
on the Warehousekeepers:
Charles Howland, Warehousekeeper of Unstampt Goods, for the value of goods in his hands (Third Continued Duty 2,217l. 5s. 4¾d., New Duty 1711, 144l. 4s. 0¼d., New Duty 1712, 200l. 13s. 7¾d.) 2,562 3 0¾
William Curtis, Warehousekeeper of Stampt Goods, for ditto (Third Continued Duty 9,273 7s.), Additional Duty 6,490l. 8s. 5d., New Duty 1711, 1,123l. 5s. 8¼d., New Duty 1712, 1,305l. 8s. 9½d.) 18,192 9 10¾
(total on the Warehousekeepers 20,754l. 12s. 11½d.)
Major Carpenter, Entring Clerk of Cards and Dice, for stampt goods in his custody (New Duty 1711) 358 1 10
George Parker, Almanack maker (ditto) 25 0 0
Cardmakers (named) for so much in arrear etc. for the New Duty 1711 285 3 0
on Dicemakers (Thomas Crawford and Edmund Aspinall) for ditto 28 10 0
and on several other persons:
Thomas Cater on bond (First Continued Duty 26l., Additional Duty 24l.) 50 0 0
William Lowndes on bond (Third Continued Duty 80l., Additional Duty 80l.) 160 0 0
John Baddeley, the Staffordshire carrier, for stampt goods miscarried (First Continued Duty 22l. 6s., Additional Duty 21l. 12s.) 43 18 0
John Harrison, the Chester Carrier, for ditto (arrears of the Continued Duty 40l., Additional Duty 30l.) 70 0 0
Joseph Holden, late clerk to the Secretary for bills delivered for money due (Second Duty 50l., Additional Duty 50l.) 100 0 0
71,977 7 4¼
on sundry Collectors of the Rates on monies given with clerks and apprentices, for money remaining in their hands:
John Adams, Radnorshire 0 11 6½
John Amory, Taunton. 0 12 6½
Thomas Bedford, Bedford 9 0 0
Thomas Beresford, Taunton 14 9 6½
Stephen Bishop, Oxford 5 6 4½
Francis Blithe, Colchester 4 12 0½
Paul Courand, Southampton 4 4 4¾
Thomas Day, Cambridge 21 8 9¾
William Dowse, Huntingdon 15 17 4
Edward Eden, Durham 7 3 2¼
Hugh Foulks, Chester 6 14 10
John Freeman, Suffolk 17 19 0¾
Daniel Garrod, Norfolk 14 15 2¼
Elizabeth Hall, York 2 15 5¼
Henry Hawkins, Cornwall 6 8 6
John Hodges, Derby 8 15 7¼
Thomas Hewett, Devon 0 2 0¾
Thomas Howson, Lincoln 17 4 5¾
Henry Jeans, Wells 2 4 3
William John, Exeter 94 14 10¾
Strout Knight, Berks. 10 2 6½
William Loveday, Worcestershire 16 7 3¾
Richard Lowry, Westmorland 1 6 2½
Thomas Loyd, Brecon 4 0 0
William Mathews, Hereford 21 17 2¼
Thomas Moore, Yarmouth 18 18 3½
Nathaniel Morgan, Carmarthen 0 2 3
John Newton, Sussex 13 1 3¾
Thomas Philip, Salop 5 10 4¼
Robert Rhodes, Newcastle under Lyne 11 9 11¼
Benjamin Robins, Exeter 18 14 9
Charles Sanderson, Newcastle upon Tyne 26 8 1¾
Thomas Seward, Dorsett 8 9 8½
Obediah Smith, Northampton 8 12 9¾
Jos[eph] Stockwell, Abingdon 28 28 7
John Stone, York 40 13 7½
Jonah Taylor, Berkhamsted 1 7 6
Edward Thomas, Cowbridge, 13 5 3½
William Thompson, York 8 17 9
Nathaniel Thorne, Devon 3 4 7¼
Edward Vaudrey, Lancashire 116 11 4½
Gilbert Walmisley, Litchfield 7 9 0½
John Ward, Leicester. 12 17 0¾
Adam Watt, Scotland 370 7 2⅓
William Webb, Chichester 5 10 8½
Jeremiah Withers, Coventry 29 5 8
1,058 9 3 7/12
on several persons particularly named at the foot of this year's Cash Accompt 1,215 15 0
and upon William Frankland, Receiver General for the balance of his Accompt 124 19 11¾
£80,103 0 3 4/12
and so this General Accompt is even and Quit. Declared 28 February 1715–16.
DECLARED ACCOUNTS: STAMP DUTIES: CASH ACCOUNT.
PIPE OFFICE: ROLL 2914 [E.351/2914].
AUDIT OFFICE: BUNDLE 2135, ROLL 19 [A.O.1/2135/19].
William Frankland, Receiver General of the Duties upon Stampt Vellum, Parchment and Paper etc. and of the Rates upon Money given with Clerks and Apprentices.
1 August 1713 to 2 August 1714.
Charge. £ s d. £ s. d.
Arrears: remaining in the Accomptant's hands none, he being in surplusage nil
depending upon several persons particularly named at the foot of the last Cash Accompt 1,165 15 0
Receipts: money received for the stamp duties within the time of this Accompt:
for the First Duty continued to 1 Aug. 1706 24 0 0
for the same further continued to 1 Aug. 1710 2 2 10¼
for the same further continued from 31July 1710:
for stamps imprest made out at the Head Office 28,531 12 7
for ditto after the Deeds were written or engrossed 10 0 0
money received of Distributors 23,256 0 1
ditto of the University ‘ Registers’ [Registrars] 648 2 0
ditto of the Officers of the Law etc. 833 17 6
ditto on bonds for this Duty 100 0 0
53,379 12 2
for the Additional Duty:
for stamps imprest at the Head Office 25,390 14 10
for ditto after the Deeds were written or engrossed 10 0 0
money received of several Distributors 16,405 10 5
ditto of the Officers of the Law 833 17 6
ditto on bonds for this Duty 100 0 0
42,740 2 9
for the New Duties on Stampt Vellum etc. and on Cards and Dice:
for stamps imprest at the Head Office 3,410 11 6
money received of several Distributors 1,510 13 0
ditto on bonds for this Duty 1,729 5 7
ditto for the Duty on Playing Cards 4,170 16 0
ditto for the Duty on Dice 369 15 0
ditto for the Duty of ½d. per pack of cards on stocks in hand before 12 June 1711 8 5 6
ditto for the Duty of 6d. per pair of dice, ditto 0 5 6
11,199 12 1
for the Duties on several kinds of Stampt Vellum etc. and on certain printed Papers, Pamphlets and Advertisements:
for stamps imprest at the Head Office 7,139 1 3
for ditto on Deeds after they were written etc. 20 0 0
money received of several Distributors 1,986 7 2½
ditto for the Duty on large Pamphlets 90 6 0
ditto for the Duty on Advertisements 695 4 0
9,930 18 5½
for the New Duty on Policies of Insurance 1,862 9 4
total receipts as above 119,138l. 17s. 7¾d.
money received for the rates upon money given with Clerks and Apprentices within the time of this Accompt:
at 6d. for every 20s. on 36,997l. 6s. 1½d. 924 19 2¾
at 1s. for every 20s. on 46,413l. 7s. 6d. 2,320 13 4½
and received of several Collectors in remote parts before the Indentures were sent to be stamped 781 9 10¾
4,027 2 6
total charge and receipts £124,331 15 1¾
Discharge.
Surplusage on the preceding Accompt 0 0 0¼
salaries etc.:
Robert Pooley and Richard Martyn, late Commissioners, Midsummer 1713 to 5 May 1714; Sir Brocas Gardiner, bt. and Thomas Palmer, Commissioners, year to Midsummer 1714; Richard Steele, late Commissioner, from Midsummer 1713 to 31 July 1713; Charles Vyvyan, Commissioner, from 15 Jan. 1713–14’ to Midsummer 1714; Richard Shelton and George Cooper, Commissioners, from 5 May 1714 to Midsummer 1714; at 300l. per an. each 1,361 5 11
William Brydges, Secretary to the Commissioners; year to Midsummer 1714 200 0 0
William Frankland, Receiver General; same time 300 0 0
William Ashurst, late Comptroller General, three quarters to Ladyday 1714; and Thomas Spence succeeding him to Midsummer 1714 300 0 0
the Secretary's clerks, named 220 0 0
the Receiver's clerks, named 171 0 0
the Comptroller's clerks, named 150 0 0
John Mountague, Solicitor 50 0 0
Philip Pinkney, Clerk of the Securities 50 0 0
Samuel Ross, Register of Warrants 50 0 0
Joseph Barry, Teller of the Stamps 50 0 0
Housekeeper, Distributor for London, Warehousekeepers, Inspectors etc., detailed 2,292 10 0
5,194 15 11
rent to William Atwill & Co. for the Head Stamp Office in Lincoln's Inn 160 0 0
incident charges etc., detailed 1,853 19 9¾
(these are charged as follows:
on the First Continued Duty 3s.; on the Second ditto 2s. 11¾d.; on the Third ditto 1,216l. 10s. 1d.; on the Additional Duty 34l. 0s. 10d.; on the New Duty 321l. 18s. 0½d.; on the Duties on several kinds of Stampt Vellum etc. 266l. 11s. 0½d.; on the Duty on Policies of Insurance 14l. 13s. 10d.)
money paid for salaries of officers employed in the New Duty, detailed 1,355 18 4
money paid to the Stationers, Owen Lloyd & Co. and Samuel Sheaf & Co. for parchment and paper bought to supply the Country 3,299 2 9¾
discount for prompt payment at 6l. per cent. per annum (Third Continued Duty 732l. 6s. 0¼d., Additional Duty 643l. 5s. 8½d., New Duty 1711 87l. 15s. 11d., New Duty 1712, 183l. 19s. 10½d., Policies of Insurance 51l. 3s. 8d.) 1,698 11 2¼
poundage to the Chancery Registrars and others (Third Continued Duty 26l. 2s. 6d., Additional Duty 26l. 2s. 5d.) 52 4 11
total for salaries, incidents etc. as above 13,614l. 12s. 11¾d. money paid into the Exchequer, by dates:
£ s. d.
out of arrears of the Duty to 1 Aug. 1706 23 17 0
out of ditto to 1 Aug. 1710 1 19 10½
out of the Duty from 31 July 1710 42,741 9 0
out of the Additional Duty 42,041 13 9½
out of the New Duties on Stampt Vellum etc., Cards and Dice 10,117 3 10½
out of the New Duty on several kinds of Stampt Vellum etc. 8,639 9 3½
out of the New Duties on Policies of Insurance 1,783 11 10
105,349 4 8
salaries, incident charges and money paid into the Exchequer out of the rates upon money given with Clerks and Apprentices:
salaries (John Montague, Register and Comptroller, for 2½ years to Midsummer 1714; two clerks, named, and James Curtis, Assistant to the Surveyor of the Courts and Corporations within the Bills of Mortality) 456 10 0
necessary and incident charges, detailed 81 3 6
money paid into the Exchequer, detailed by dates 3,489 9 0
4,027 2 6
total payments and allowances £122,991 0 2
and so remains 1,340 14 11¾
against which depending on John Mountague, Solicitor, for money imprested to him 1,045 15 0
and on William Brydges, Secretary, for ditto 100 0 0
and on John Edwards, Inspector of the Courts in the Country 60 0 0
and on Henry Sydenham on accompt of his travelling charges 10 0 0
1,215 15 0
and so the Accomptant is Indebted 124 19 11¾
Declared 28 February 1715–16.
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