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| June 1. |
Warrant by Treasurer Oxford to the Customs Commissioners to permit the South Sea Company to remove the several quantities of goods contained in the annexed schedules [missing] from on board her Majesty's ships Warwick and Anglesea and to re-ship the same on board the Elizabeth and Bedford; and to allow the said Company the benefit of the drawback according to the first shipping of their goods. |
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Prefixing: report by the said Commissioners on the memorial of said Company, ut supra, p. 248. The like favour was allowed by your Lordship's warrant of 1711 Dec. 18 to Messrs. Cary and Hatley. Out Letters (Customs) XVI, pp. 137–8. |
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Treasury reference to the Agents for the Tin Affair in Cornwall of the petition of Christopher Davies and Thomas Pellew, two of the clerks to the said Agents, shewing that at first two clerks were thoughts sufficient for that service who were allowed 80l. per an. each; the number being since increased to three and the salary of one split for an allowance to the third clerk; that 40l. per an. doth not discharge the expense they are at in attending the duty: therefore pray an augmentation. Reference Book IX, p. 184. |
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Warrant by Treasurer Oxford to Spencer Compton to pay as follows out of the 500,000l. Civil List arrears money: viz. |
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£ |
s. |
d. |
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to Michael de Monsegur for 2½ years to 1713
June 24 on his pension of 91l. 5s. 0d. per an. |
228 |
2 |
6 |
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to the executors of Amila Keiser for three quarters to 1712 Sept. 29 (being the time of her death) on her late pension of 24l. per an. |
18 |
0 |
0 |
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£246 |
2 |
6 |
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Civil List Arrears, T 56/34, p. 151. |
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Royal warrant dated St. James's to Edward Nicholas to pay 273l. to Edward, Earl of Clarendon: without account: for so much expended by him for our special service. Queen's Warrant Book XXVI, p. 116. |
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Money warrant for 169,053l. to John Morley, Paymaster of the Class Lottery of 1,800,000l. anno 1712: whereof 168,003l. is for one year from 1713 Sept. 29 on the fund for said Lottery as by the Act of 10 Anne, c. 19; 1,000l. is for one year from 1713 Dec. 25 to the Paymaster and the Comptroller of said Lottery and their clerks, &c.;
and 50l. for rent of their office for one year from 1713 Dec. 25. This warrant is to be satisfied out of the receipts from the Duties appropriated by said Act. (Money order dated June 4 hereon.) In the margin: a Treasury order dated 1714 Oct. 28 confirming this order and a later same dated 1714–15 March 8 for issuing the unpaid remainder thereof. Money Book XXIII, p. 128. Order Book VIII, p. 441. |
| June 1. |
Same for 169,053l. to Thomas Jett, Paymaster of the [first] Lottery of 1,800,000l. anno 1712 [10 Anne, c. 18] being for interest, clerical and other fees and rent for one year, ut supra. (Money order dated June 14 hereon. In the margin: a later confirmation dated 1714 Aug. 6 by Treasurer Shrewsbury hereof.) Money Book XXIII, p. 129. Order Book VIII, p. 443. |
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Warrant by Treasurer Oxford to the Auditors of Imprests to allow in account to Henry Ferne, Customs Cashier, 436l. 6s. 10d. for the charge of paying into the Exchequer the Customs money for one year ended 1713 Dec. 25 and 352l. 11s. 6d. for the charge of passing his accounts for the same year. |
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Prefixing: (1) said Ferne's bill of his expenses: (2) report thereon by Auditor T. Foley. Money Book XXIII, pp. 130–1. |
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Money warrant for 612l. to George Mackenzie for 306 days on his ordinary of 40s. a day as late her Majesty's Secretary to the King of Poland: to wit from 1713 June 24 to 1714 April 26 upon which day his letters of revocation as Secretary were signed by her Majesty. (Letter of direction dated June 19 hereon.) (Money order dated June 9 hereon.) Ibid., p. 132. Order Book VIII, p. 443. Disposition Book XXII, p. 249. |
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Money order for 100,000l. to the Bank of England for one year to 1715 June 1 on their yearly sum appropriated by the Act of 5–6 Wm. and Mary, c. 20, as by their Charter dated 27 July 1694:
out of the Five Sevenths of the 9s. per barrel Excise. Order Book VIII, p. 440. |
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Letter of direction for the following issues: out of Civil List moneys: viz. |
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£ |
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to the Cofferer of the Household in further part of 3,066l. for Customs Duties on her Majesty's wines |
1,000 |
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to the Lord President [of the Council] for Lady day quarter |
375 |
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to the Lord Privy Seal for same quarter |
455 |
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to the 13 Judges, Masters in Chancery and Judges of Wales for Easter term |
4,200 |
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to Lord Forfar in part of 1,400l. |
400 |
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to the Commissioners for executing the office of Master of the Horse, for 1½ years on their patent salary |
100 |
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to Mr. Nicholas to be paid over to such uses as her Majesty hath directed |
2,000 |
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£8,530 |
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Disposition Book XXII, p. 242a. |
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Same for the following issues: out of Civil List funds: |
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s. |
d. |
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to Henry Viscount Bolingbroke, a Principal Secretary of State, for 1714 Lady day quarter on his salary of 1,850l. per an. |
462 |
10 |
0 |
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to John, Earl of Mar, for same quarter on the like salary |
462 |
10 |
0 |
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to William Bromley, for 1714 Lady day quarter on his salary of 1,850l. per an |
462 |
10 |
0 |
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to said Bolingbroke: for secret service |
750 |
0 |
0 |
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to said Bromely, for secret service |
750 |
0 |
0 |
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Disposition Book XXII, p. 242b. |
| June 1. |
William Lowndes to the Attorney General to report on the enclosed report [missing] from Auditor Harley on the case of Baron Price as surety for Mr. Neal, late Master and Worker of the Mint. Out Letters (General) XXI, p. 216. |
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Same to same to report on the case of Robert Chaplin, executor of Robert Chaplin, Esq., deceased, one of the sureties of the abovesaid Neal. Ibid. |
| June 2. |
Same to the Customs Commissioners to report on the enclosed proposal [missing] which has been presented to my Lord Treasurer to prevent the running of wool and tin in Cornwall. Ibid., p. 217. |
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J. Taylour (in the absence of the Treasury Secretaries) to the Attorney and Solicitor General to report on the enclosed draft [missing] of a sign manual containing her Majesty's directions to her trustees to transfer her shares amounting to 22½ per cent. in the Asiento Contract to nominees therein. Ibid. |
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Treasurer Oxford to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland to report on the enclosed several reports [missing] from the Comptrollers of Army Accounts and the Secretary at War on the case of Col. Chudleigh's Regiment concerning the difference between English and Irish subsistence for the time they continued in England, by reason of unavoidable accidents, after they were placed on the Irish Establishment. Out Letters (Ireland) IX, p. 367. |
| June 3. |
Money warrant for 5,000l. to Henry Smith, Treasurer to the Commissioners for building 50 new churches in London, &c.: on account of said building. (Money order dated June 5 hereon.) Money Book XXIII, p. 121. Order Book VIII, p. 439. |
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Letter of direction for 9,675l. to Charles Cæsar, Treasurer of the Navy: out of loans in the Exchequer on Land Tax anno 1714: and is intended to be applied to the following services: viz. |
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to the head of Wages
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£ |
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for the Duke of Leed's flag pay for 1714 Lady day quarter |
225 |
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to the head of Wear and Tear
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for half a year to the Yards at Woolwich to 1713
Lady day |
9,450 |
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£9,675. |
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Disposition Book XXII, p. 242b. |
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William Lowndes to Sir Simeon Stewart. You have not produced to the Attorney General any writings to make out your title to Binswood in Hull Forest. In case you do not forthwith lay before him
your title to what you pretend to in that forest my Lord Treasurer will be obliged to give such directions as the Attorney General proposes that her Majesty's service may not suffer by any longer delay in that matter. Out Letters (General) XXI, p. 217. |
| June 3. |
Fiat by Treasurer Oxford for royal letters patent to constitute Christopher Dawney as one of the Queen's waiters London port loco
Charles West, deceased. Out Letters (Customs) XVI, p. 138. |
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Warrant by same to the Surveyor General of Crown Lands for a constat of the island and rock [called] Skerries near Holyhead in Wales whereon a lighthouse is intended to be built:
in order to a lease of said rock to William Trench for 99 years from 1713 June 24 with powers to erect and support a lighthouse and keep a light therein for the benefit of ships and navigation and to take a Duty or toll not exceeding a penny per ton on all ships and vessels (men of war only excepted) passing within sight thereof or having any benefit thereby: at the rent of 5l. per an. for 60 years:
the lease to be void if the lighthouse be not erected and working within five years: every seven years the lessee to deliver to the Auditor of Wales a true account upon oath of his receipts for the said Duty. |
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Prefixing: (1) order of the Queen in Council dated St. James's 1710–11 March 18 referring to the Attorney or Solicitor General the petition of Capt. John Davison and Francis Brown proposing to build at their own cost a lighthouse on a small uninhabited island or rock called the Skerries. |
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(2) Report dated 1711 Aug. 17 by Sir Edward Northey, Attorney General, on said petition. The channel between England and Wales and Ireland in tempestuous weather and dark nights is one of the most dangerous passages in the world and therein many ships with their cargo, &c., have been cast away for want of a light in the night on the Welsh coast. The petitioner Davison some years since proposed to erect a lighthouse on the Skerries and met with a general approbation from merchant owners and shipmasters of whom 140 did subscribe to pay moderate tonnage for his encouragement. He petitioned Wm. III for a patent and obtained divers references and reports, one [report] from the Earl of Pembroke when Lord Admiral. “But [petitioner] had not obtained any order for building such lighthouse” but being desirous to go on he hath taken partners to join with him. For my better information I sent a copy of the present petition to the Master &c. of Trinity House. They replied that “on their petition to the late King Wm. III shewing that notwithstanding by an Act of Queen Elizabeth they [Trinity House] had the sole right and power of making, erecting and placing all beacons, buoys, marks and signs for the sea in such places of the sea shore and uplands near the coast of England as to them should seem most convenient and requisite, that yet sundry private persons had contrary to the said general power given to that Corporation, procured letters patent from the Crown by virtue whereof they had erected several lighthouses on the sea coasts, converting the profits arising therefrom to their own uses which should have otherwise been employed in maintaining poor decayed seamen, their widows and orphans, [Trinity House therefore] praying his late Majesty not to suffer any more grants to be made to any private persons to erect lighthouses for the future”:
and they further certified they do not conceive there is any absolute
necessity for erecting such lighthouse as by the petitioner is suggested, for that, if there were, the masters of ships trading that way would have unanimously applied to them for erecting the same whereas but very few as yet had made application: upon their being willing to pay a moderate Duty towards maintenance thereof that Corporation is ready to erect a lighthouse in the Skerries in case it be found for the service of the public and the good of navigation in particular. |
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[With regard to this matter of sole right in the Trinity House] the Attorney General finds that the Act of 8 Eliz. permitted them to so set up but there is no clause prohibiting other persons to so erect &c. nor is your Majesty disabled to licence such. I am of opinion the proposal will be for the public advantage and that petitioners may be licensed. |
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(3) Order of the Queen in Council dated Windsor 1711 Sept. 3
referring to the Lord Treasurer the various papers (the abovesaid petition and report). |
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(4) Reference dated 1711 Oct. 24 by Lord Treasurer [Harley] to the Surveyor General of Crown Lands of said papers. |
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(5) Report dated 1712 Aug. 8 by John Manley, Surveyor General of Crown Lands, on said papers. I applied to the Duke of Ormonde Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, and to the several ports in Cheshire, Lancs., North and South Wales, Devonshire, Cornwall and Somerset and to the mayors of their Corporations. They have given me their opinions and unanimously agree that there is an absolute necessity of a lighthouse on the Skerries and express their agreement or consent to pay a Duty for all ships passing that way and some of them propose that the same shall be a penny a ton. The Skerries is three leagues from Holyhead and of small value save that sometimes a few sheep are put there to graze. Some would have it erected on the head of land at Holyhead in Anglesea, but most opinions oppose the building of it there, that place being so very high that the clouds will very often render the light invisible. William Robinson, a worthy gentleman in Denbighshire who has an estate in the island of Anglesea, claims the inheritance of the Skerries and alleges that he and his ancestors have long enjoyed it and he doth yearly graze sheep thereon. I have asked him to shew me his title which he has not yet done. Till I know more of it I must be of opinion that the Skerries is her Majesty's, for I conceive that by the prerogative royal all things of this nature are vested in the Crown. Even if Robinson's possession should be legal her Majesty has an undoubted right to grant licence to build a lighthouse thereon just the same as or even stronger than the uncontroverted authority of the Crown to fortify upon the lands of any subject for the defence of the realm. |
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(6) Note of a second reference dated 1712 Sept. 25 of this report back again to Mr. Manley. |
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(7) Second report dated 1712 Sept. 30 from said Manley. If any doubt be made of the Crown's right to grant a lease of the soil of the island, it may be proper at present to grant only licence to erect and to receive the Duty. Notwithstanding the Civil List Act [1 Anne, c. 1] this may be granted for 60 years. Warrants not Relating to Money XXII, pp. 207–16. |
| June 3. |
Royal warrant dated St. James's to the Clerk of the Signet for a privy seal to authorise and command the Lord Treasurer to issue forth commissions under his hand to such persons as he shall think fit to be Receivers General of the Land Tax anno 1714 for the respective
counties, cities and places as in the Act [13 Anne, c. 1] for said Tax. Out Letters (Affairs of Taxes) II, p. 152. |
| June 4. |
Same dated same to same for a privy seal to confirm Navy pensions as follows. Several yearly pensions, bounties or rewards amounting to 3,826l. 3s. 10d. per an. were granted by Wm. and Mary to several Officers who served at sea in the quality of Commanders of ships and other employments and to their widows and children: which pensions have been granted by Orders of Council and warrants from the Admiralty Lords and have been paid by the Navy Treasurer upon bills made out according to the usual Course of the Navy. But it has been represented to her Majesty that the same having been continued and paid since her accession it is necessary that such payments should be confirmed and allowed by her Majesty and that such pensions as her Majesty should think fit to continue should also be confirmed and allowed by royal warrant in order to their more regular payment for the future. The several sums in the following list amounting to 3,556l. 3s. 10d. are hereby allowed and Navy Bills are hereby to be made out from time to time for payment thereof till direction to the contrary from the Queen, the Lord Treasurer or the Admiralty Lords:
the recipients to be alive and not otherwise provided for in the Queen's service. And allowance is hereby to be made of such payments in the Navy Treasurer's accounts. |
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Appending: list of the pensions and allowances borne on the Ordinary Estimate of the Navy, granted before the present reign and not since renewed: |
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Captains. |
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Capt. Lyonel Ripley in consideration of long service, great age and infirmities: 123l. 3s. 9d.: equal to half the wages of a Captain of a Third Rate: commencement 1697 April 13 and 1699–1700 Jan 1: orders dated 1697 April 13 and 1700 June 28.
Capt. John Voteir in consideration of long service in the Navy:
136l. 17s. 6d.: being equal to the wages of a Captain of the Fourth Rate: commencement 1692–3 March 14:
order dated 3 April 1693.
Capt. Thomas Wilshaw, a superannuated Officer, in consideration of his long service, age and infirmities, loss of his leg and other wounds: 100l.: commencement 1701 April 11: order dated 1701 April 11. |
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Masters Superannuated. |
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Francis Burrell of the Assurance: 59l. 6s. 3d. for a First Rate: commencement 1696–7 Feb. 22, 1699–1700 Jan 1: orders dated 1696–7 March 17, 1700 June 28. |
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John Haydon of the Duke: a Second Rate: 82l. 2s. 6d.: commencement 1693 April 8: order dated 1692–3 March 11. |
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William Parker of the Sandwich: a Second Rate: 54l. 15s. 0d.: commencement 1693 Nov. 10 and 1699–1700 Jan. 1: orders dated 1694 June 28, 1700 June 28. |
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William Pickman of the Vanguard: a second Rate: 54l. 15s. 0d.: commencement 1699–1700 March 8: order dated 1700 Dec. 24. |
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Thomas Browne of the Guernsey: a Third Rate: 41l. 1s. 3d.: commencement 1696–7 Feb. 22 and 1699–1700 Jan. 1; orders dated 1696–7 Jan. 5, 1700 June 28. |
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John Gliddon of the Edgar: a Third Rate: 41l. 1s. 3d.: commencement 1699 Sept. 20, 1699–1700 Jan. 1: orders dated 1699 Sept. 20, 1700 June 28. |
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John Oliver of the Henrietta: a Third Rate: 41l. 1s. 3d.: commencement 1700 May 29: order dated 1700 Dec. 24. |
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William Harris of the Burford: a Third Rate: 41l. 1s. 3d.: commencement 1700 April 5: order dated 1700 Dec. 24. |
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William Good of the Lichfield: a Fourth Rate: 36l. 10s. 0d.: commencement 1699 Sept. 20 and 1699–1700 Jan. 1: orders dated 1699 Sept. 7 and 1700 June 28. |
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William Lenton of the Thunderbolt prize: for a Fourth Rate: 36l. 10s. 0d.: commencement 1699 Oct. 24 and 1699–1700 Jan. 1: orders dated 1699 Oct. 24, 1700 June 28. |
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Surgeons superannuated. |
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John Moyle of the French Ruby: a Second Rate: 70l. 12s. 1d.:
commencement 1686 Sept. 12: order dated same. |
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Robert Pearse of the Duke: a Second Rate: 86l. 17s. 11d.:
commencement 1689 June 3: order dated 1690–1 June 9. |
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Nath. Doggett of the Dutchess: a Second Rate: 86l. 17s. 11d.:
commencement 1692–3 Feb. 3: order dated 1692–3 Jan. 23. |
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Joseph Ridout of the Windsor Castle: a Second Rate:
85l. 7s. 6d. commencement 1701 Dec. 22: order dated 1701 Dec. 22. |
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Richard Bond of the Suffolk: a Third Rate: 64l. 8s. 2d.:
commencement 1700 July 1: order dated 1700 July 1. |
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Pursers Superannuated. |
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William Chappell of the Queen: a First Rate: 52l. 2s. 8d.:
commencement 1701–2 Jan. 22: order dated 1701–2
Jan. 20.
Thomas Sutton of the Neptune: a Second Rate: 45l. 12s. 6d.:
commencement 1701 April 28: order dated 1701–2 Jan. 16. |
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Boatswains Superannuated. |
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John Green of the Royal William: a First Rate: 52l. 2s. 8d.: commencement 1694 June 5: order dated 1694 June 28. |
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Thomas Corley of the Britannia: a First Rate: 52l. 2s. 8d.:
commencement 1701–2 Jan. 28: order dated 1701–2
Jan. 24. |
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Abell Wollard of the Grafton: a Third Rate: 39l. 2s. 1d.:
commencement 1692–3 Jan. 18: order dated 1692–3 Jan. 16. |
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William Holloway of the Expedicion: a Third Rate: 39l. 2s. 1d.:
commencement 1694 May 29: order dated 1694 Jan. 19. |
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Thomas Gosting of the Leopard hulk: for a Third Rate:
39l. 2s. 1d.: commencement 1695 May 5: order dated 1695 April 4. |
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John Andrews of the Swallow: a Fourth Rate: 32l. 11s. 8d.:
commencement 1690 Dec. 8: order dated 1691 April 2. |
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Gunners Superannuated. |
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William Hodges of the Victory: a First Rate: 52l. 2s. 8d.:
commencement 1695–6 Feb. 27: order dated 1695–6
March 19. |
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Jacob Penn of the Russell, a Third Rate: 39l. 2s. 1d.: commencement 1695–6 March 22: order dated 1696 July 2. |
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William Luckins of the Berwick: a Third Rate: 39l. 2s. 1d.:
commencement 1700–1 March 6; order dated 1700–1
March 4. |
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Thomas Parsons of the Rose for a Fourth Rate: 32l. 11s. 8d.:
commencement 1699 Oct. 11: order dated 1699 Oct. 11. |
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Carpenters Superannuated. |
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John Barnell of the Ossory: a Second Rate: 45l. 12s. 6d.:
commencement 1690–1 Feb. 1: order dated 1690–1
March 24. |
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John Bond of the Sandwich: a Second Rate: 45l. 12s. 6d.:
commencement 1695 April 27: order dated 1695 Sept. 10. |
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Daniel Hackman of the Duke: a Second Rate: 45l. 12s. 6d.:
commencement 1701 July 7: order dated 1701 May 29. |
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Mat. Richardson of the Restoracion: a Third Rate: 39l. 2s. 1d.:
commencement 1693 Oct. 24: order dated 1693–4 Feb. 7. |
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Edmd. Lowance of the Devonshire: a Third Rate: 39l. 2s. 1d.:
commencement 1696 Dec. 15: order dated 1696–7 Jan. 5. |
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Cooks Superannuated. |
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Richard Ball of the Falcon: a Fifth Rate: 16l. 5s. 10d.:
commencement 1692 Sept. 30: order dated 1692 Oct. 10. |
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Pensions. |
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Mary Carter, widow of Rear Admiral Carter, slain in engagement with the French in May 1692: 200l.: commencement 1692 May 20: order dated 1692 Nov. 28. |
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Dame Arabella Wheeler, relict of Sir Francis Wheeler, Kt., in consideration of the loss of her husband who was cast away in the Sussex: 200l.: commencement 1693–4 Feb. 20:
order dated 1695–6 Feb. 10. |
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Mary Fletcher in consideration of the loss of her husband who was slain in fight against the French in Hudson Bay:
136l. 17s. 6d.: commencement 1698 Aug. 13: order dated 1698 Aug. 13. |
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Anne Skelton in consideration of the loss of her husband, Capt. Charles Skelton, who was cast away in the Coronation:
100l.: commencement 1692 Dec. 26: order dated 1693
July 29. |
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Ellen Wrenn in consideration of the loss of her husband, Capt. Ralph Wrenn, and of the good services performed by him: 100l.: commencement 1699–1700 Feb. 12: order dated 1699–1700 Feb. 15. |
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Frances Jennifer, widow of Capt. Jno Jennifer, late Commander of the Edgar, for his subsistence, being half pay as Commander of the said ship: 91l. 5s. 0d.: commencement 1690–1 Feb. 5: order dated 1692–3 Feb. 8. |
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Mary Allen, widow and relict of Capt. William Allen, Commander of the Adventure, slain in fighting against the French Oct. 1696: 80l.: commencement 1697 May 28: order dated 1697 May 28. |
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Elizabeth Harman in consideration of the loss of her husband killed in the Advice in service in the West Indies: 70l.:
commencement 1694 Oct. 7: order dated 1695–6 Feb. 7. |
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Cornelia Gallway, relict of Capt. Thomas Gallway, slain in fight with the French at sea 26 April 1695: 60l.: commencement 1695 June 24: order dated 1695 June 24. |
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Ann Pepwell in consideration of the loss of her husband, being killed in the Tyger hired in fight with the French: 60l.:
commencement 1695 Sept. 14; order dated 1695–6 March 24. |
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Dorothy Searle, widow of Capt. Henry Searle, late Commander of the Bidiford, for her subsistence: half the present pay as Commander of a Sixth Rate: 54l. 15s. 0d.: commencement 1701 June 28: order dated 1701 July 3. |
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Elizabeth Urry, in consideration of the loss of her husband, Capt. Thomas Urry, killed by the French in the West Indies:
50l.: commencement 1700 April 11: order dated 1700
April 22. |
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Elizabeth Tayler, in consideration of the loss of her husband, Capt. Thomas Tayler, killed in the Nonsuch in fight with the French: 50l.: commencement 1694–5 Jan. 5: order dated 1696 April 21. |
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Elizabeth Chapman, widow and relict of Capt. Thomas Chapman, in consideration of the loss of her husband slain in fight against the French: 40l.: commencement 1698 April 28:
order dated 1698 April 25. |
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Capt. Charles Stewart in consideration of his sufferings and service at sea: 100l.: commencement 1698–9 Feb. 26:
order dated 1698–9 Feb. 28. |
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John Maretts, a French sea Officer and refugee: 60l.: commencement 1699–1700 Feb. 15 and 1707 Sept. 30: orders dated 1699–1700 Feb. 15 and 1707 Sept. 11. |
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Francis Skelton, a soldier wounded in the West Indies: 8l. |
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Thomas Bates: 6l. 13s. 4d. |
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Moses Jaqueau, a French sea Officer and refugee who served as a volunteer per order in her Majesty's Navy in the years 1691 and 1692: 100l.: commencement 1691–2 March 3
and 1699 Sept. 30: orders dated 1692–3 March 1 and 1699 Nov. 1. |
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£3,556 |
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10 |
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Queen's Warrant Book XXVI, pp. 133–7. |
| June 4. |
Privy seal for 500l. for equipage and 5l. a day as ordinary to Edward, Earl of Clarendon, as Envoy Extraordinary to the Elector of Hanover and Duke of Brunswick Luneburg. Ibid., p. 138. |
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Royal sign manual for 505l. to Sir Thomas Hanmer for 101 days 1713–14 Feb. 16 (the day he was chosen Speaker of the House of Commons) to 1714 May 27 on the usual allowance of 5l. a day to the Speaker of said House. (Money warrant dated June 7 hereon.) (Money order dated June 9 hereon.) (Letter of direction dated June 10 hereon.) Ibid., p. 138. Order Book VIII, p. 442. Disposition Book XXII, p. 505. |
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Warrant by Treasurer Oxford to Edward Nicholas to pay 100l. to George, Earl of Dunbarton, as royal bounty. Money Book XXIII, p. 133. |
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Money warrant for 107l. 15s. 9¾d. to Carew Harvey alias Mildmay for the surplusage on his account as Sheriff of Co. Essex for the year ended 1713 Sept.: the same having arisen by his payments for apprehending Susanna Newton and Robert Skelton for felony and burglary and Joseph Robinson and Jo[h]n Briston for felony and robbery on the highway and Bartholomew Tennard for burglary and sacrilege. (Letter of direction dated July 19 hereon.) |
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Prefixing: certificate by the Deputy Clerk of the Pipe of said surplusage. Ibid., p. 136. |
| June 4. |
Same for 100l. 18s. 2d. to Edmond Glenister for the surplusage on his account as sheriff of Co. Cambridge for the year ended 1713
Sept. 29: the same arising by his payments for apprehending Rubin Draper for housebreaking and Edward Bonnet for robbing on the highway. (Letter of direction dated July 19 hereon.) |
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Prefixing: certificate as above. Ibid., p. 137. Disposition Book XXII, p. 275. |
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Letters patent by Treasurer Oxford appointing Samuel Edwards, Charles Low and Walter Brown to be the persons to pay interest on Exchequer Bills: with the yearly allowance as salary of 750l.:
as in place of said Edwards, Lionel Herne (now deceased) and said Low. Warrants not Relating to Money XXII, pp. 222–3. |
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Money warrant for 20,000l. to the abovesaid Samuel Edwards, Charles Lowe and Walter Brown, Paymasters [of Exchequer Bills]:
as imprest to satisfy to the Tellers of the Receipt what they shall allow from time to time for interest at two pence per 100l. per day to the payers or lenders [on the Exchequer Bills] at the Receipt at the respective times of paying or lending the same; and also to satisfy six months’ interest to the holders of Exchequer Bills although the said Bills shall not have circulated through her Majesty's revenue or taxes in manner as is appointed by the Act [9 Anne, c. 7] obliging the Bank to exchange Exchequer Bills for money upon demand. This order is to be satisfied out of Exchequer Bills in such proportions as the Auditor of the Receipt shall think sufficient “but in case there be sufficient money remaining in the Exchequer, of the fonds settled for paying interest on Exchequer Bills, then the said order or any part thereof is to be satisfied out of the said money and not by issuing more Bills.“(Money order dated June 16 hereon.) Money Book XXIII, p. 144. Order Book VIII, p. 445. |
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T. Harley to the Treasurer of the Chamber. My Lord Treasurer desires you to pay to Nahum Tate, Poet Laureat, what is now due on his salary of 100l. per an. and what shall hereafter become due thereon. Disposition Book XXII, p. 243. |
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William Lowndes to the Comptrollers of Army Accounts to report on the enclosed memorials [missing] of Sir John Lambert and Mr. Decker relating to the interest due to them for several sums advanced by them respectively on bills of exchange for the use of her Majesty's Forces Abroad. Out Letters (General) XXI, p. 218. |
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Same to Sir Nathaniel Lloyd, her Majesty's Advocate. Several persons have applied to my Lord Treasurer in a case relating to the ship Catherine of Rotterdam representing that she was seized by a Scots man of war in Leith Road and tried in the Admiralty of Edinburgh in the year 1704 and condemned there as prize; which sentence upon an appeal of the proprietors was confirmed by the Lords of Session in Scotland: that her Majesty granted a review of the proceedings in Scotland before the Privy Council in England, where the papers from Scotland were transmitted; but when it was moved
there the then Lord President (the Earl of Rochester) and other Lords in Council declared to you [the said Sir Nathaniel Lloyd] that you should acquaint the advocate of the proprietors that he should not insist on the hearing the cause, for that her Majesty had given order that the same should be accommodated and satisfaction made. |
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My Lord Treasurer desires you to recollect what you know of this matter and to report as soon as you can with your opinion what is fit for her Majesty to do therein. Out Letters (General) XXI, p. 218. |
| June 4. |
Approval by Treasurer Oxford of a proposal by Roger Chapman and William Wenman, respectively Comptroller and Paymaster of the Queen's [or Civil List] Lottery of 500,000l. for their taking a house in Channel Row near the Palace Yard in Westminster for their Office at a rent of 53l. per an. and at a cost of 70l. for fitting up. Warrants not Relating to Money XXII, p. 217. |
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Docquet by same, by way of information for the Queen, of a signature of gift under the privy seal of Scotland in favour of John, Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorn, discharging him of his Retoured Duties extending to 357l. 2s. 9⅓d. and of the yearly Taxtward Duty of 97l. 18s. 4d. till he obtain his age of 21 years. Out Letters
(North Britain) III, p. 109. |
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Royal warrant dated St. James's to Treasurer Oxford and the Barons of the Exchequer in Scotland to pay 1,500l. to Archibald, Earl of Roseberry, as royal bounty in lieu of all claims to the pension of 158l. 6s. 8d. per an. and arrears thereof payable out of the lordships of Fife and Strathern and likewise the salary of 300l. per an. as Chamberlain of same: same to be detained by him out of Crown rents or revenue received by him by virtue of his office of Chamberlain of Fife and Strathern: he being indebted upon his accounts of said Chamberlainship to the amount of about the said 1,500l. Ibid., pp. 109–10. |
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Same to the Attorney General to prepare a bill for a great seal of Great Britain for appointing the ports and places for the shipping of naval stores as by the Act [12 Anne, c. 9] for encouraging the importation of naval stores from Scotland: as by the memorial of the proprietors of firwoods in Scotland desiring the appointment of Ardmore or Firth of Tay, Inverness, Garmouth or Speymouth, Findhorn, Aberdeen, Perth and Dundee, Inverary and Bona [Bonawe]: the Customs Commissioners having reported that they have no objection thereto. Ibid., pp. 111–12. |
| June 5. |
Warrant by Treasurer Oxford to Edward Nicholas to pay 50l. to Lady Duffus as royal bounty. Money Book XXIII, p. 109. |
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William Lowndes to the Lord Chief Baron, Scotland, to report on the enclosed petition and draft [all missing] of a signature in behalf of James Oswald for a novodamus and for erecting several lands as therein with a barony, with power to hold markets &c. Out Letters (North Britain) III, p. 109. |
| June 7. |
Money warrant for 955l. to Edward, Earl of Clarendon, Envoy Extraordinary to the Elector of Hanover and Duke of Brunswick Luneburg: 500l. thereof for equipage and 455l. for a quarter's ordinary
by way of advance. (Money order dated June 8 hereon.) Money Book XXIII, p. 136. Order Book VIII, p. 441. |
| June 7. |
Letter of direction for 1,800l. to Sir John Humble, Paymaster of the 1,500,000l. Lottery anno 1710 [8 Anne, c. 10]: the same being to be applied in aid of the deficiency of the fund for the said Lottery: and is to be paid out of the 25l. per tun on French wines. Money Book XXIII, p. 138. |
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William Lowndes to Mr. Nicholas. My Lord Treasurer desires you to pay as follows upon the proper warrants or Establishments respectively: viz. |
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£ |
s. |
d. |
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to Sir Andrew Kennedy |
100 |
0 |
0 |
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to Dr. Garden |
107 |
10 |
0 |
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to Mr. Gilligan in full of 1,800l. |
900 |
0 |
0 |
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to Mr. Blackman |
150 |
0 |
0 |
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to the Earl of Clarendon |
273 |
0 |
0 |
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to the Lady Lovelace |
23 |
15 |
0 |
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to Elizabeth Elstob |
100 |
0 |
0 |
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£1,654 |
5 |
0 |
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Disposition Book XXII, p. 243. |
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Same to same similarly to pay as follows: |
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£ |
s. |
d. |
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to Col. Richard Baggott for three quarters to 1714 Lady day on his pension of 100l. per an |
75 |
0 |
0 |
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to ditto for last Lady day quarter on his additional pension of 100l. per an. |
25 |
0 |
0 |
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to the Earl of Jersey for Henry Villiers for three quarters to 1714 Lady day on 100l. per an |
75 |
0 |
0 |
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to Mrs. Elizabeth Battle for half a year due at Lady day last on 50l. per an |
25 |
0 |
0 |
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to Mrs. Rebecca Forster for 1714 Lady day quarter on 30l. per an |
7 |
10 |
0 |
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to Susanna Wooward [Woodward] for three quarters to 1714 Lady day on 20l. per an |
15 |
0 |
0 |
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to Mary Brinknall for same time on 20l. per an |
15 |
0 |
0 |
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£237 |
10 |
0 |
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Ibid., p. 244. |
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Same to Mr. Carkesse. The Customs Commissioners’ report has been sent to my Lord relating to the books arrived here for Monsieur Hoffman, Resident from the Emperor of Germany. My Lord recommends it to your Board [the Customs Commissioners] to accommodate this matter with Monsieur Hoffman in the easiest manner that may be. Out Letters (General) XXI, p. 219. |
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Same to Sir Isaac Newton enclosing for his consideration a paper [missing] received by my Lord Treasurer from an unknown hand relating to copper farthings. Ibid. |
| June 7. |
Treasury reference to the Queen's Remembrancer of the petition of Samuel Edwards, Cha. Lowe and Walter Brown, proposing their sureties, detailed, in 9,000l., on their being appointed to pay the interest on Exchequer Bills. Reference Book IX, p. 178. |
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Same to the Surveyor General of Crown Lands of the petition of Arthur Bevan of Langham, Co. Carmarthen, for a lease of a mill in Egglewise Kymmyn [Eglws Cymmin], Co. Carmarthen, granted by King William to John Thomas “which said Thomas has left, being forced by his necessities to fly his country”. Ibid., p. 179. |
| June 8. |
Warrant by Treasurer Oxford to Edward Nicholas to pay 10l. each to Frances Mansell, Anne Mansell and Rachel Mansell as royal bounty. |
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10l. to Ann Whittle as same. Money Book XXIII, pp. 138, 139. |
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Same by same to the Receipt to innovate a lost annuity order No. 36 for 30l. per an. made out in the name of Robert Benson [and by him assigned to William Wickham]: on the petition of William Wickham. Order Book VIII, p. 442. |
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Same by same to Spencer Compton to pay out of the 500,000l. appropriated for Civil List arrears 45l. to Gregory Guinini for 1½ years to 1713 June 24 on his pension of 30l. per an. T 56/34 (Civil List Arrears), p. 152. |
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William Lowndes to the Comptrollers of Army Accounts to report on the enclosed memorial [missing] of Mr. Howe relating to the clothing of the Company of Invalids at Greenwich; together with an estimate [missing] of the charge thereof. Out Letters (General) XXI, p. 219. |
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T. Harley to the Postmaster General enclosing Lord Bolingbroke's letter [missing] enclosing an account [missing] exhibited by James Hobson of moneys due to him for the charge of vessels employed in her Majesty's service between England and France from 1711
June 10 to 1713 Oct. 20. Ibid. |
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Treasury reference to the Stamps Commissioners of the petition of John Rollos for a reward for his service, he having contrived the expeditious method now used for stamping newspapers, &c. Reference Book IX, p. 179. |
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Same to the Customs Commissioners of the petition of Hugh Harsnet, Riding Surveyor of the Customs at Lymington, and Daniel Gates, mariner, shewing that they have at their own expense prosecuted one Thomas Tanner for putting on board the Endeavor 17 bags of wool containing 400 pound weight of the product of Great Britain who was convicted and fined for same: therefore praying the 40l. reward promised by the Queen's Proclamation for every person convicted for owling. |
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Together with: a later fresh reference dated 1715 May 11. Ibid. |
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Same to same of the petition of Thomas Preston of London, broker, shewing that he was employed by one Skynner to take up and enter 80 parcels of oil and some lemons which were consigned to Skynner
from Seville in the Joseph pink, Capt. John Brooks Commander, and through ignorance petitioner entered them on British account; that same are seized on pretence that they are aliens’ goods and have not paid the full [aliens or double] Duty: therefore praying leave to amend the entry, he having no fraudulent design in the entry. Ibid. |
| June 8. |
Same to Mr. Borret of the petition of Henry Foubert shewing that the late King [William III] in the ninth year of his reign granted petitioner, for the support and maintenance of the [his] Royal Academy, a pension of 500l. per an. out of the Royal Oak Lottery, which was paid to him till Xmas 1701 and no longer: that her Majesty was pleased to direct 250l. to him as royal bounty in consideration of his expenses in maintaining the Royal Academy between Xmas 1701 and Xmas 1702; that process has issued against him by the Sheriff of Co. Middlesex to levy 100l. assessed on him for the pension out of the Royal Oak Lottery for the second Subsidy [the Sixth 4s. Aid by 1 Anne, St. 2, c. 1] granted in the second year of her Majesty's reign and also 50l. assessed on him for a pension out of the Exchequer as Keeper of the Royal Academy “by virtue of the said Act of the first year of the Queen”: that he did not receive any pension or sum out of the Royal Oak Lottery nor any pension out of the Exchequer in the said year; therefore conceives the said sums to be wrongly charged and assessed on him:
therefore prays stay of process. Ibid. |
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Same to the Postmasters General of the petition of the merchants trading to Portugal shewing that since the conclusion of peace the correspondence between England and Portugal has been carried on but once in a fortnight: therefore pray that the old custom may be revived in regard the correspondence would be more expeditious and advantageous for trade if the intercourse of the mails were weekly established. Ibid., p. 180. |
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Same to the Taxes Commissioners of the petition of Geo. and Joseph Newell, sureties for Mr. Dixon late Receiver General of Taxes for Co. Somerset, shewing that on an extent at the suit of her Majesty all their estate and effects were seized and their persons committed to Newgate where they have been confined since 1707; that their circumstances have thereby become very mean: therefore praying that a state of their's and Dixon's circumstances may be certified by the proper officer to the House of Commons that they may be entitled to obtain a bill for composition. Ibid. |
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Same to the Comptrollers of the Accounts of the Army of the petition of the Officers [of the Regiments] of Brigadier Hans Hamilton and Lord Mark Kerr shewing that in 1707 after the private soldiers of their Regiments then serving in Spain were incorporated into other Regiments they [the petitioners] were ordered to return into England to assist in raising the said two Regiments again, the charge whereof amounted to 339l. 3s. 6d.: therefore praying to be reimbursed same. Ibid., p. 182. |
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Warrant by Treasurer Oxford to the Commissioners for making forth orders in lieu of tickets in the 1,500,000l. Lottery anno 1711
[9 Anne, c. 6] to renew a lost order in the said Lottery in the name
of Philadelphia Hardness, being No. 49 in the 20th course, for the principal sum of 50l. |
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Prefixing: report by William Glanville, Comptroller of said Lottery, on the case. Warrants not Relating to Money XXII, p. 219. |
| June 8. |
Warrant by Treasurer Oxford to the Commissioners for making forth orders in lieu of tickets in the 1,500,000l. Lottery anno 1711
[9 Anne, c. 6] for renewal of two lost orders in said Lottery in the name of Dame Magdalen Morley, being No. 39 in the 83rd Course for 10l. and No. 24 in the 56th Course for 80l. |
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Prefixing: ut supra. Ibid., p. 220. |
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Same by same to the Queen's Remembrancer for a constat of the house and lands at Carshalton, Co. Surrey, lately belonging to Edward Carlton, merchant, which is seized into the hands of the Crown for money by him owing to her Majesty. Ibid., p. 221. |
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Same by same to Sir Christopher Wren to fit up houses for the accommodation of soldiers in the Savoy, to wit a house for the Officers, a house for the Infirmary, a large house for the Marshal and his prisoners and store rooms for coals. |
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Prefixing: report by said Wren et al. The houses in question are let by the Surveyor General of Crown Lands during pleasure. The fitting up will cost 600l. Ibid., pp. 221–2. |
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Treasurer Oxford to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland to report on the enclosed petition [missing] of Ralph Wilson, Esq., praying (in right of his wife, Margaret Warter, daughter of Edward Warter of Bilboa in Ireland) for recompense for loss by the blowing up and destroying the Castle of Cullen, Co. Tipperary, by order of Wm. III at the siege of Limerick; which Castle with the lands thereto belonging were the interest of his said wife. Out Letters (Ireland) IX, p. 372. |
| June 9. |
Letter of direction for 26,795l. 1s. 0½d. to Thomas Moore, Esq., Paymaster General of the Forces Abroad: out of loans in the Exchequer on Land Tax anno 1714: and is intended to be applied as follows: |
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£ |
s. |
d. |
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in further part of 57,877l. 11s. 6½d. for arrears of Half Pay Officers to 1713 Xmas towards completing the allowance to Half Pay Officers from 1713 June 24 to Dec. 21 following |
26,795 |
1 |
0½ |
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Disposition Book XXI, p. 244. |
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Same for 32,485l. to Charles Cæsar, Treasurer of the Navy: out of loans in the Exchequer on Malt anno 1714: and is intended to be applied to the following services: viz. |
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to the head of Wages
|
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for paying off her Majesty's ship Dover ordered to be laid up |
17,485 |
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for paying men discharged out of Guard Ships |
15,000 |
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£32,485 |
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Ibid., p. 245. |
| June 9. |
Same for 5,872l. 11s. 7d. to John How, Paymaster of Guards and Garrisons: out of loans on Land Tax anno 1714: and is intended to be applied to the services following: viz. |
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|
£ |
s. |
d. |
|
in further part of 386,427l. 17s. 10d. for Guards and Garrisons anno 1714 |
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on account of Contingencies and is to saitsfy a royal warrant of May 18 last: as of her Majesty's royal bounty to several Officers in consideration of the loss of their limbs and other sufferings in her Majesty's service in the late war |
813 |
1 |
8 |
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in part of 19,308l. 10s. 0d. for the Regiments of Handasyde and Alexander in the West Indies anno 1714 |
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for 94 days’ subsistence May 23 last to Aug. 24
next to Handasyde's Regiment at Jamaica ordered to be reduced |
1,933 |
2 |
4 |
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for 14 days’ subsistence and an allowance of 3s. to each man for his sword as of her Majesty's bounty for the non-Commissioned Officers and private men to be reduced out of the said Regiment |
100 |
11 |
4 |
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in part of 20,170l. 1s. 6d. for the Independent Companies in the Plantations anno 1714 |
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for 33 days’ subsistence for the four Companies at New York from May 23 last to June 24
inst. |
437 |
9 |
9 |
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in further part of 57,877l. 11s. 6½d. for arrears to Half Pay Officers to Xmas 1713 |
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to complete the allowance to Half Pay Officers from the 25 Dec. 1712 to the 24 June 1713 |
2,588 |
6 |
6 |
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£5,872 |
11 |
7 |
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Ibid. |
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William Lowndes to Mr. Borret enclosing a warrant for a commission for appointing certain ports in Scotland for the shipping of naval stores and for constituting naval Officers there. My Lord Treasurer directs you to pass the Commission under the seal with all the expedition that may be and to lay before him an account of the charge thereof. Out Letters (General) XXI, p. 220. |
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Treasury reference to the Surveyor General of Crown Lands of the petition of John, Earl of Exeter, for extension of lease of the manor of Cliffe Regis, Co. Northampton, demised by “the Queen Dowager “to Richard Marriott, gent., and assigned by him to said Earl. Reference Book IX, p. 180. |
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Warrant by Treasurer Oxford to the Stamps Commissioners to employ John Shenton as a distributor of Stamps in Co. Berks loco
Strowd Knight who has voluntarily resigned. Warrants not Relating to Money XXII, p. 216. |
| June 9. |
Warrant by Treasurer Oxford to the Queen's Remembrancer to take the security, detailed, in 9,000l. of Samuel Edwards, Charles Lowe and Walter Brown on their appointment as officers for paying the interest on all Exchequer Bills. |
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Prefixing: report by John Hardinge, Deputy Queen's Remembrancer, on the sufficiency of said security. Warrants not Relating to Money XXII, p. 218. |
| June 10. |
Royal warrant dated St. James's to Sir Edward Northey, Attorney General, to acknowledge satisfaction on record of the judgment against Elizabeth Langley, Jane Langley and Ann Langley who were convicted at the General Assizes of the Peace at Aylesbury Jan. 14
last for a riot and violent assault upon one Sarah Blisse, spinster, and fined 20l. each for which they remain in the goal of the County of Bucks but are recommended as proper objects of charity. Queen's Warrant Book XXVI, p. 140. |
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Same to same for a privy seal to discharge the baronetcy fee of 1,095l. due from Sir Eusebius Buswell. (Treasurer Oxford's warrant to the Receipt for said discharge accordingly dated June 29 hereon.) Ibid., p. 140. Money Book XXIII, p. 221. |
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Letter of direction for the following issues out of Civil List moneys:
viz. |
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£ |
|
to the Treasurer of the Chamber as in further part of 1713 Sept. 29 quarter to his Office |
2,000 |
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to Mr. Nicholas, to satisfy such warrants as her Majesty hath directed. |
1,000 |
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to Lord Farfar to complete 1,400l. [royal] bounty. |
1,000 |
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to the Earl of Clarendon for his equipage and advance [of his ordinary] |
955 |
|
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£4,955 |
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Disposition Book XXII, p. 246. |
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Same for 156l. 13s. 0d. to Charles Dartiquenave, Paymaster of the Works: out of Civil List moneys: and is to be paid over to Henry Portman for new rails round the Ring in Hyde Park and gravelling the same &c. Ibid. |
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Same for 1,500l. to Edward Nicholas in part of his order for 5,000l. for poor French ministers. Ibid., p. 247. |
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William Lowndes to same. My Lord Treasurer desires you to pay as follows on the proper warrants respectively: viz. |
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£ |
|
to the Earl of Dunbarton as royal bounty |
100 |
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to Lady Duffus the like |
50 |
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to Rachel Mansel and her two sisters 10l. each as [royal] bounty |
30 |
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to Anne Whittle the like |
10 |
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£190 |
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Ibid. |
| June 10. |
Same to the Surveyor General of Crown Lands. Send my Lord Treasurer copies of the surveys, in your custody, of the Bailiwick of St. James's. Out Letters (General) XXI, p. 220. |
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Same to same to report on the enclosed report [missing] of Auditor Godolphin on Robert Bridgwater's petition. Ibid. |
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Same to Monsieur Schack [Bertram, freiherr von Schack], Envoy from the Czar of Muscovy, enclosing the Customs Commissioners' report [missing] concerning the two hogsheads of wine which you brought over with you. Ibid., p. 221. |
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Treasury reference to the Surveyor General of Crown Lands of the petition of Sir Robert Eden praying a lease of the four Prebends of the Collegiate Church of Auckland. Reference Book IX, p. 180. |
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Same to the Taxes Commissioners of the petition of William Andrews, one of the sureties of Mr. Kent, late Receiver General of Taxes for Co. Lancs., shewing that there remained 1,333l. 15s. 4d. unsatisfied on said Receiver's accounts; that petitioner paid 605l. 5s. 4d. part thereof: therefore prays allowance for the extraordinary allowances due to said Kent and of a tally for 56l. 14s. 4d. paid by Kent into the Exchequer but not placed to any account. Ibid. |
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Royal warrant dated St. James's to the Duke of Shrewsbury, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, for a great seal to confirm to Edward, Earl of Clarendon, the annuity or yearly pension of 2,000l. as by the patent of 20 April 1714 last: to wit for the residue of his term therein and that he be released therein from the proviso in the said original patent obliging him not to assign or transfer same. Out Letters
(Ireland) IX, pp. 369–71. |
