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| Dec. 16. |
Royal sign manual for 50,000l. to
Henry, Earl of Lincoln, Paymaster of the Forces: as imprest for the
Guards, Garrisons and Forces. (Money warrant dated Dec. 19 hereon.)
(Money order dated Dec. 19 hereon.) King's Warrant
Book XXVII, p. 247. Order
Book IX, p. 158. |
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Same for 500l. to Thomas Lowther,
gent., “the same being by him to be paid and applied to such uses
as we have directed.” (Money warrant dated Dec. 19 hereon.)
(Money order dated Dec. 19 hereon.)
King's Warrant Book XXVII, p. 247. Order Book IX, p. 51. |
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Money order for 333l. 5s. 1d. to Heneage Walker, Usher
of the
Exchequer Court: being 330l. 9s. 8d. for necessaries by him
delivered for his Majesty's service [to the officers of said
Court] in Michaelmas term 1715 and 2l. 15s. 5d. for 133 days 1715 Aug. 5
to Dec. 15 on his diet allowance of 5d. a day.
Order Book IX, p. 50. |
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Letter of direction for 6,000l. to
Harry Mordaunt, Treasurer and
Paymaster of the Ordnance: out of money remaining in the Receipt of the
Exchequer arisen by sale of South Sea Stock: and is intended to be
applied to Land Services of the Office of Ordnance. Disposition
Book XXIII, p. 115. |
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Same for 5,000l. to Henry, Earl of
Lincoln, Paymaster of the Forces:
out of money arising by South Sea Stock as above: and is intended to be
paid over to William Burroughs, Commissary of Provisions and Stores for
the Forces in North Britain. Ibid., p. 116. |
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William Lowndes to the Secretary at War. The Treasury
Lords are informed that notwithstanding the great charge the Garrison
of
Placentia hath borne by the stoppages from their pay for provisions
&c. they are represented to be in a starving condition not only for
want of provisions but also of clothing and the rest of their
subsistence. My Lords desire you to enquire into the state of said
Garrison and the abuses and hardships they have been subjected to and
to report what is fit to be done for remedying the same. Out Letters (General) XXII, p. 23. |
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Same to the Leather Duties Commissioners. It is my
Lords'
pleasure that you dismiss—Maine, one of your officers for Leather
Duties at Agmondesham [Amersham], Co. Bucks, and that Mr. Tho. Evans,
the officer for the same Duties at Buckingham, be constituted in his
place. Ibid., p. 27. |
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Same to the Victualling Commissioners enclosing Mr.
Sloper's report [missing] proposing that you should pay a bill of
exchange of 540l. drawn by Col. Moody upon you
for provisions supplied to the Garrison of Placentia and payable to
Jonathan Shephard. My
Lords direct you to accept the said bill and to pay it accordingly,
taking care that the said sum be inserted in your accounts of the
charge of provisions for the said Garrison that are to be transmitted
to the Officers where they are paid, to the end the same may be made
good out of stoppages from the pay of the said Garrison. You'll
please to observe that Mr. Sloper thinks it a matter fit for enquiry
(since the Garrison are now represented to be in a starving condition)
whether the provisions for which they have been hitherto charged
were actually delivered to them. My Lords direct you to give them an
account of what you know concerning that affair. Ibid., pp. 28–9. |
| Dec. 16. |
Treasury subscription for the execution of a warrant dated
Nov. 4
from the Duke of Bolton, Lord Chamberlain of the Household, to the Duke
of Montagu, Master of the Robes, for the delivery to the
Honble. Gray Maynard, Yeoman of the Removing Wardrobe, of the following
particulars for the Princess Ann's apartment at St. James's,
viz. a standing bed with a counterp[art] of the same all complete, of
crimson damask trimmed with crimson silk Orrice lace, two pair of
window curtains, vallance, window seats and hangings for the room all
of crimson damask, six back stools, two armed chairs and two square
stools to be covered with the same and laced suitable;
bedding for the bed and case curtains of crimson Harateen with loose
cases of the same for the chairs, stools and window seats; also silk
lines and tassels to draw the curtains; also to order the yellow mohair
furniture to be taken down and with an addition to be made fit and put
up in another apartment in the Nursery: likewise two small mohair beds
laced and bedding for the same room; and the green serge furniture that
is now in that room to be made into furniture for two rooms for the
young Princesses’ dressers with such addition to the same as
shall be wanted: also a looking glass, a walnuttree table and stands
and a cradle quilted with white satin and bedding suitable for the
Nursery: all to an estimate of 1,140l. Warrants not
Relating to Money XXIII, p. 316. |
| Dec. 17. |
Money warrant for 595l. to Edward
Southwell, Sir Christopher
Musgrave and Andrew Charlton, late Commissioners for the Office of
Privy Seal, for 119 days from their commencement on 30 April
1715 to 27 Aug. 1715 (from which date the salary of the Earl of
Sunderland as Lord Privy Seal commences) on the allowance of 4l
a day in lieu of diet and fee of 20s. a day.
(Money order dated Dec. 20
hereon. This order is only for 476l. representing
only the allowance in lieu of diet.) Money Book
XXIV, p. 188. Order Book IX, p. 164. |
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Treasury warrant dormant [to the Customs Cashier] to pay
52l. per an. salary to Thomas Turner as a
King's waiter, London port. Money Book XXIV,
p. 188. |
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Same to John Hill, Esq., Paymaster for the Transport
service, to pay sums as follow for the charge of transporting from
Ireland the Regiments mentioned; the Lords Justices of Ireland having,
in obedience to his Majesty's commands, lately sent them into
Great Britain: viz. |
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to Major Philip Finney for the transportation of Col.
Windress's Regiment |
65 |
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to John Makey for the transportation of Brigadier
Preston's Regiment |
65 |
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to ditto for the transportation of the Regiments of
Clayton and Morryson from the port of Dublin to the river Clyde in
Scotland |
200 |
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to ditto for the transportation of Major General Wightman's
Regiment from Dublin to the Clyde |
100 |
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£430 |
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Followed by: four bills of exchange drawn on the
Treasury Lords by the Lords Justices for the above four items, the
bills being dated respectively 1715 Sept. 3, Sept. 15, Oct. 17 and Oct.
12. Money
Book XXIV, pp. 190–1. |
| Dec. 17. |
Money warrant for 20l. to James
Knox, clerk, towards the charge of his passage to the island of St.
Christopher, whither he is going a minister. (Money order dated Dec. 23
hereon.) Ibid., p. 193. Order Book
IX, p. 159. |
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William Lowndes to the Customs Commissioners to use all
civility and despatch in passing the baggage of Mr. Methuen, “who
was his Majesty's Ambassador in Spain” and is arrived here
and has brought with him part of his baggage which was landed at
Portsmouth and is now coming up in the waggon to London; the rest is to
come to London by sea. Out Letters (General) XXII, p. 27. |
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Same to same to permit John Hall to attend at the water
side and take an account of the loading and unloading ships in order to
his being instructed in the affairs of the Customs. Ibid., p. 28. |
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Same to same. His Majesty has put into the hands of
Monsieur
Bonet [André Louis Frédéric Bonet de Saint
Germain] Resident from the King of Prussia, a box containing some
things which his
Majesty is sending as a present to the Queen of Prussia. Please send an
officer to the lodgings of the said Monsieur Bonet in Oxenden
Street to seal the said box in order to its transportation. Ibid. |
| Dec. 17, 19. |
Treasury warrant to same to employ Samuel Grice (one of
the land surveyors, London port) as Surveyor of the Warehouse ibid. loco
John Holland, deceased. |
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William Finch as one of the Surveyors of the landwaiters
Ibid. loco said Grice. |
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Henry Boorer as a tidesman in the inferior list ibid. loco
Thomas Goodwin, who surrenders in regard of his ill health and in order
to being employed as an officer in the Salt Duty. (Prefixing:
report by the said Commissioners. Boorer and Godwin have made oath that
no money consideration has passed between them.) Out
Letters (Customs) XVI, pp. 295, 296. |
| Dec. 19. |
William Lowndes to the Earl of Lincoln [Paymaster of the
Forces]. Having read to my Lords a memorial concerning the subsistence
of the rebels taken prisoners at Preston, of whom Col. Solomon Rapin is
appointed to have the care and inspection, my Lords thought fit to send
the said memorial and other papers accompanying it to the
Secretary at War for him to consider and to propose what is most
reasonable and fitting to be done with regard to that expense. In the
meantime my Lords desire you to accept Col. Rapin's bills to be
drawn on you for any sums not exceeding 500l.
upon account of that charge. Out Letters (General) XXII, p. 29. |
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Same to the Comptrollers of Army Accounts enclosing the
above memorial as also Col. Rapin's letter with a list [all
missing] of such
Officers as he thinks necessary to be employed in the several places
where the said rebels are kept. My Lords desire you to propose what is
reasonable and fitting to be done for regulating this expense as
well
with respect to the subsistence as other charges which this service
shall of necessity require. Ibid. |
| Dec. 19. |
Same to the Navy Commissioners. My Lords desire you to
send to them the demands which may be proper to be made of the
Parliament in the ensuing Session for the service of the Navy. |
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A like letter to the Victualling Commissioners for the
charge of the Victualling. |
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A like letter to the Board of Ordnance for demands with
respect to the Land and Sea Service of the Ordnance. |
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A like letter to the Secretary at War for demands for
Guards and
Garrisons and other Land Forces and the Contingencies thereof. Ibid., p. 30. |
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Same to the Commissioners for Licensing Hackney Coaches.
My
Lords direct that your Receiver pay the fees paid by Charles Bernard
and John Idle, two of your number, on the late renewal of your
commission when they were made Commissioners with you. Ibid. |
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Treasury warrant to the Attorney General to enter a noli prosequi
on the information against the ship Elizabeth and
Margaret, Benjamin
Woodbridge master, from Barbados, of which Patrick Ogilvie is half
owner, which is seized by Stephen Scot, Surveyor of the Navigation Act,
for not being manned according to law. |
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Prefixing: the Customs Commissioners’
report on the said Ogilvie's petition. According to petitioner the
ship is legally manned, being
13 British mariners and only three Portuguese, the other two Portuguese
coming over as passengers without wages: the ship having proceeded
about a year since from Boston in New England to Barbados with a
British master and all British mariners, but at Barbados four deserted
and no other British mariners could be got there. The evidence as to
the number of the crew is conflicting. Out
Letters (Customs) XVI, pp. 292–4. |
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Same to the Surveyor General of Crown Lands for a
particular of two tenements on the south side of Pall Mall in order to
a new lease thereof to Thomas Graham. |
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Prefixing: report by said Surveyor General on
said Graham's petition for same. The petitioner is entitled to the
remainder of several terms granted to the late Earl of St. Albans by
Charles II. which will expire at Michaelmas 1740. The houses contain in
front next the Pall Mall 35 foot and 104 foot in depth from Pall Mall
to
Lord Carlton's coach-house yard and 37 foot in length along the
wall which divides the said coach-house yard and [from] the gardens of
the said tenements. They are in the tenure of petitioner and John
Barnes [respectively] and are worth 30l. and
40l. per an. at rack rents. I rate fines of
15l. and 20l. respectively
for making up the term into
50 years and a rent of 2s. 6d. in the pound on the additional term, amounting
respectively to 3l. 15s.
0d. [per an. additional] for petitioner's
house and 5l. [per an. additional] for
Barnes's house. Warrants not Relating to Money
XXIII, p. 318. |
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Same to the Stamps Commissioners to depute Dennis Price as
a billman in their Office (under their Receiver General to go about and
receive money on the bills of exchange sent to the Office for remitting
the Duties collected in the country): all loco
Edward
Drakeford, as to whose ability the Receiver General is
dissatisfied. |
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Prefixing: presentation by the Stamps
Commissioners of said Price to the Treasury Lords for approval. Warrants not Relating to Money
XXIII, p. 306. |
| Dec. 19. |
Treasury subscription for the execution of a warrant dated
Nov. 30 from the Duke of Bolton, Lord Chamberlain of the Household, to
the Duke of Montagu, Master of the Great Wardrobe, for the delivery to
Grey Maynard, Yeoman of the Removing Wardrobe, of furniture as follows:
viz. for the Princess of Wales's New Closet at St. James's, a
pair of window curtains, vallance and cornices; a window seat, a couch
squabb and three pillows; two square stools all of crimson damask
trimmed with crimson silk Arras; the window vallance lined with crimson
taffata, and silk line for the window curtains;
with false cases of crimson paragon for the couch squabb, three
pillows, window seat and stools: |
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for the Dressing Room next the Closet, hangings for the
room, two pair of window curtains, vallance and cornishes, two window
seats, eight square stools, two dressing chairs, all of blue double
camblet trimmed with blue silk lace shot with woosted, and silk line
for the window curtains; and 30 yards of blue silk line for a bell;
likewise a frame for a bedstead with a girt webb bottom and 14 elbow
chairs black Japan: |
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for Madam Schulenberg a dressing chair covered with
crimson mohair and laced: |
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for the Foreign Ministers’ Room a curtain of yellow
woosted camblet bound with lace, all to an estimate of 230l. Lord Chamberlain's
Warrant Book I, pp. 2–3. |
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Same for same of a like warrant dated Nov. 30 to same for
the delivery to said Grey Maynard of furniture as follows for the Great
Council Chamber at St. James's, viz. four pair of window curtains
of crimson damask trimmed with a silk Orrice lace of the same colour;
a glass branch to hold 12 candles, the nozells to be of pewter silvered
over: to an estimate of 394l. Ibid., p. 3. |
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Same for same of a like warrant dated Dec. 16 to same for
the delivery to said Grey Maynard of furniture as follows for the
Princess of Wales's service: viz.: two large Persian carpets, two
horse[hair]
bedsteads and bedding, one with a scarlet woosted camblet canopy, the
other a scarlet mohair canopy; and a press bed for one of the
Pages of the Back Stairs to lie in: to an estimate of 160l. Ibid., pp. 3–4. |
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Treasury warrant to the Customs Commissioners, Scotland,
to employ John Wilkinson as a tidewaiter at Leith loco William
Carmichael, dismissed. Out Letters (North Britain) III, p. 427. |
| Dec. 20. |
Treasury order for the satisfying of the remainder of the
money order of 14 Oct. last for 135,000l. to
William Thomas, ut supra, p. 785, for the 1711
Lottery. The unsatisfied remain hereon is hereby to be paid to Sir
Andrew Chadwick, who since the date of the said order has been
appointed Paymaster of the said Lottery. Order Book
IX, p. 140. |
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William Lowndes to Mr. Holbech. My Lords direct you to lay
before them forthwith an account of all the moneys by you deducted
or received for fees or other profits of the money issued to you for
payment of wages, bills or other demands in the Office of Treasurer of
the Chamber. Out Letters (General) XXII, p. 30. |
| Dec. 20. |
Treasury reference to Hugh Cholmley, Surveyor General of
Crown
Lands, of the petition of Lady Herbert, Dowager of Chirbury, for
extension of lease of a certain parcel of ground in or near the circuit
of St. James's, in the east part of the Park, whereon five ice
houses did formerly stand, and of two messuages and tenements built
there:
petitioner having laid out considerable sums of money in building on
the premises. Reference Book IX, p. 261. |
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Same to Thomas Baker and William Gosselin, late Agents for
bringing in Arrears of Prizes, of the petition of Nicholas Davy shewing
that in 1704 he was appointed one of the Agents for Prizes in Falmouth
port and so continued till 1707; that before superseding the Commission
for Prizes he sent an account of all the prizes and their several and
particular charges with an account of all the moneys received and paid
on them respectively by him during the said time: that on balance there
is about 100l. due to him besides agency [fee]
and attendance: that being agent as aforesaid jointly with one John
Parker he, petitioner, in 1709 was prosecuted as well as the said
Parker on account of several sums received by him, but upon
petitioner's producing vouchers of his said accounts and
disbursements they respited prosecution against him and promised to
satisfy his demands as soon as Parker had finished the balance of his
account, which they apprehended could not be allowed him before [then]
in regard all instructions and directions were sent to Parker and the
petitioner jointly and therefore they considered both the said agents
equally liable: that judgment was obtained against the said Parker, but
execution respited upon his promise of paying the balance due on his
accounts by
Michaelmas following, which not being done execution was taken out
against him and he was in custody and has been since discharged by
order of the Treasury as petitioner is informed: therefore petitioner
prays payment of what is due to him on the balance of his said account
and recompense for his agency and attendance as aforesaid. Ibid., pp. 267, 268–9. |
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Treasury warrant to the Surveyor General of Crown Lands
for a particular of the mills of Devynock, Cray, Thenny, Ystrodvelty,
Llywith, Glyntawy and Poollkock and also the Leerwit and custom of hogs
with a visage within the Forest of Devynock and the fishing of the
rivers of Neath and Towy in Co. Brecknock: in order to a new lease
thereof to Penry Williams, Esq., at the old rent of 43l. 6s. 8d. |
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Prefixing: report by said Surveyor General on the
petition of said Penry Williams for a new lease. The premises were
granted
10 Nov. 1591 to Edward, Lord Stafford, for 60 years in reversion of a
former grant to William Awbrey, which former grant was for 99
years terminable on the lives of the said William Awbrey and Mary and
Edward Harbert, the last of which, viz. said Edward Harbert, died in
Feb. 1662–3. The premises have been let for many years past for
73l. per an., leaving a clear yearly value of
29l. 13s. 4d. after payment of the reserved rent. I rate a fine of
89l. for the renewal for 31 years. Warrants not Relating to Money XXIII, p. 307. |
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Robert Walpole to the Duke of Argyll dated from the
Treasury
Chambers. I have yours of the 29th ult. and have had an account
from the Deputy Paymaster at Edinburgh of what you declared to him
concerning the method of paying the Troops prescribed by his
Instructions. I have likewise seen a representation of the Colonels and
Commanding Officers to you; and being unwilling to take upon myself the
weight of determining an affair so disagreeable to your
Grace and unacceptable to the Army, I thought it my duty to lay the
substance of these papers before his Majesty in Cabinet Council that I
might have his directions thereupon. |
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I find it the unanimous sense of all that serve the King
that it is neither advisable nor justifiable to direct or allow any
method of paying the Troops but [save] according to their effectives;
that it is not advisable [in] the circumstances of his Majesty's
affairs if your Grace is pleased to consider that the present expense
does far exceed the provision made by Parliament, the necessity of
sending the money down to Scotland in specie and the difficulty and
hazard and expense of this service seem to put it out of all dispute
that it is not justifiable. I need only appeal to the Act of Parliament
relating to musters. But if the necessity of the service did absolutely
require that the method of mustering complete practised throughout the
late war should be now continued I should be very unwilling to raise
any objection that might distress or streighten the service. But it
seems that the necessity is by no means so urgent as to require the
law's being dispensed with. I am not at all ignorant that the
non-effective money has always been the fund for raising recruits and
if there was no power by law to remove the respits and apply the money
to recruiting I should think it proper to acquiesce in the method that
has been practised and that is now insisted upon. But your Grace knows
very well that there is a power expressly given by Act of Parliament
for this purpose. |
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This seems alone to answer all the objections contained in
the memorial of the Colonels and if the clamour occasioned by false
musters be avoided and the unreasonableness of paying almost double the
numbers that serve be prevented, whatever officers are sent into any
parts of England to recruit may have a sum issued to them upon account
of Levy Money, may have credit for the intermediate subsistence of the
new raised men and at last if by the number of recruits it shall be
found just and necessary the whole respits being removed by proper
warrants the Regiment becomes legally and regularly entitled to their
full pay as effectually as if paid by false musters, and, I am sure,
free from all objections. |
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I am afraid, my Lord, the effective numbers that have
served this year under your Grace have been too much discoursed of to
be any secret, and if this should lead into an examination of the
muster rolls and the payments of the Troops it might begett a question
that
I am not ready to answer. |
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However, my Lord, the Treasury has now again made
provision for another month's full subsistence [so] that there may
be no probability of want or complaint. But ‘tis hoped that the
care and industry of the Officers will have either so far completed
their Regiments that the public may have the benefit and service of the
men that are paid for or [that] by proper respits there may not be a
necessity of sending down such large sums in specie which all the world
must be sensible there is no just demand for. |
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I hope, my Lord, I have here expressed the sense of his
Majesty and his servants who have been consulted upon this occasion and
I give you this trouble by command tho’ ‘tis not my proper
province. |
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The little experience that I have had in the affairs of
the Army make me very sensible of several difficulties and hardships
which they lie under, and I am sure there is no man more ready to do
all the justice and service I can to those brave men who venture their
lives in the defence of their King and country. But I am verily
persuaded that the way to have nothing denied them which is their due
is to ask and insist upon nothing which is not their due. Out Letters (North
Britain) III, pp. 456–7. |
| Dec. 21. |
Royal letters patent appointing John Fortescue Aland,
Esq., to be Solicitor General with the like wages as Richard Lechmere.
King's
Warrant Book XXVIII, p. 175. |
| Dec. 22. |
Royal sign manual dated St. James's for 1,000l. to Sir William
Fazakerley, Chamberlain of London: without account: for and towards the
relief and support of the poor inhabiting the parishes in and about the
city, as of the King's charity and benevolence to them. (Money
warrant dated Dec. 26 hereon.) (Money order dated Dec. 31 hereon.)
Ibid. XXVII, p. 242. Order Book
IX, p. 165. |
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Royal warrant [to Henry, Earl of Lincoln, Paymaster of the
Forces]
to pay 648l. 11s. 5d. to Samuel Lyn, Esq., to defray the contingent
disbursements of the Office of Francis Gwyn, Esq., late Secretary at
War, for paper, pens, ink, books, maps and other stationery ware and
necessary expenses relating to that Office in arrear from Xmas
1713 to Michaelmas 1714. |
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Appending: account of said disbursements. King's Warrant Book
XXVII, pp. 249–50. |
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Same to same to pay 1,000l. to
Brigadier Lewis Petit towards satisfying his own personal demands with
respect to his pains, services and expenses in and about the
fortifications and garrison of Port
Mahon. Ibid., p. 251. |
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Same to the Attorney General for a privy seal to discharge
the baronet fee of 1,095l. due from Sir Francis
St. John of Thorp, Co. Northampton. Ibid., p.
249. |
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Royal sign manual for 500l. to
Spencer Compton, Speaker of the
House of Commons: for 100 days 1715 Sept. 11 to Dec. 20 on his usual
allowance of 5l. a day as Speaker. (Money warrant
dated
Dec. 23 hereon.) (Money order dated Dec. 24 hereon.) Ibid., p. 251. Order Book IX, p.
159. |
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Royal warrant to the Attorney or Solicitor General for a
great seal for a grant to Andrew Becker of all wrecks, jetsam, flotson
and lagan, goods derelict, riches, bullion, plate, gold, silver, coin,
merchandise which at any time heretofore or hereafter within 14 years
hereof have been or shall be cast away wrecked or lost in or upon any
of the rocks, shelves, shoals, seas or banks in or between the latitude
of 51 and 53 degrees north and 6 and 36 degrees north latitude in
America and in or upon the coasts or seas of Ireland:
reserving to the Crown a tenth of the proceeds. King's Warrant
Book XXVII, p. 252. |
| Dec. 22. |
Royal warrant to the Treasury Lords to pay to George
Tilson, to be by him remitted to Luke Schaub, so much as is grown or
shall grow due on the allowance of 40s. a day to
said Schaub from May 30 last in lieu of all his expenses; he having
been Secretary to Richard, Lord
Cobham (late our Envoy Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the
Emperor of Germany), and on the said Lord's departure from Vienna
was left to take care of our affairs in that Court till the arrival of
another Minister: the said Lord Cobham's allowances having ceased
from the said May 30 last. King's Warrant Book
XXVII, p. 277. |
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Money warrant for 1,228l. 11s. 5d. to Paul Methuen on his
ordinary of 100l. a week as Ambassador
Extraordinary to the Catholic King:
to wit for 12 weeks and two days Sept. 13 last to Dec. 8 inst. (when he
returned into the presence from that employment). (Money order dated
Dec. 23 hereon.) |
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760l. to same for a bill of
extraordinaries [not detailed] from 14 June last to Dec. 8 last in his
said service. (Money order, ut supra.) Money
Book XXIV, p. 194. Order Book IX, p.
164. |
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Same for 212l. 17s. 6d. to James, Duke of
Montrose, as late a
Principal Secretary of State: to wit for 42 days from 1715 June 24
(the day to which he was last paid) to Aug. 5 (the day on which he
delivered up the seals of his said office). (Money order dated Dec. 23
hereon.) Money Book XXIV, p. 194. Order Book IX, p. 161. |
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Same for 86l. 6s. 0d. to same for 315 days from
1714 Sept. 24 to
1715 Aug. 5 on his patent fee or salary of 100l.
per an. as a Principal
Secretary of State. Money Book XXIV, p. 194. |
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Same for 1,500l. to Anthony
Cracherode: as imprest for Crown
Law expenses. (Money order dated Dec. 23 hereon.) Ibid., p. 195. Order Book IX, p.
159. |
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Letter of direction for 1,000l. to
William Clayton: in part of 15,000l. for the
French Protestants: out of Civil List money. Disposition
Book XXIII, p. 116. |
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Treasury warrant to the Stamps Commissioners to employ
John
Latteman as a stamper [in their Office]. Warrants not
Relating to
Money XXIII, p. 15. |
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William Lowndes to the Revenue Commissioners, Ireland. My
Lords grant leave of absence to Mr. Strickland and Mr. Gibbon, two
members of your Board, to return to England for some affairs that press
their being here. Out Letters (Ireland) X, p. 21. |
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Royal warrant dated St. James's to the Lords Justices
of Ireland to order the Receiver General of Revenues in Ireland to pay
5,000l. for the purchase of arms and ammunition
for supplying the Stores in
Ireland, “taking care that a due account of the expenditure of
the said money be rendered to us”: the Treasury Lords having laid
before us your letter of Nov. 8 last representing the necessity of
replenishing the Stores with some new arms and ammunition. Ibid. |
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Same to same to put on the present Establishment of
Ireland 2s. a day to Col. Samuel Boisrond as
additional to his former pension
of 10s. a day, being 6s. a
day for himself and 4s. a day for his wife:
all in regard of his great poverty and to enable him to discharge his
debts. Ibid., p. 22. |
| Dec. 22. |
Same to same to put on the Establishment of French
Pensioners in Ireland pensions of 3s. a day to
Moses Carries, 5s. a day to Gabriel
Crespigny and 8s. 6d. a day
for Daniel Bernatre: all as from Lady day last, when the present
Establishment of Ireland took place:
the said three pensions having been authorised by royal warrants dated
respectively Feb. 28 last, Dec. 21 last and Feb. 24 last, but they
having by some mistake been left out of the said Establishment. Ibid., pp. 22–3. |
|
Same to same to place on the Establishment of Ireland the
pensions of 10s. a day to Major General Lewis
Montolieu, alias St. Hypolite, who served the
King in Sicily “in that post” [as a Major General]
and is entitled to half pay of 10s. a day as Col.
of Horse; 10s. a day to Brigadier John Sausin
(who has served the Crown several years and last of all in Borle's
Regiment of Dragoons) and 200l. per an. for
William Abraham Bodens in compensation for the loss of a patent place
in Ireland: all as from 1715 Sept. 29. Ibid., pp.
23–4. |
| Dec. 23. |
Same to the Treasury Lords to pay 200l. to David Pouchond as a present for his services: he
having acted as Introductor to the Ministers employed in the late
negociations for Peace at
Utrecht and a memorial having been presented in his behalf that the
like present may be made to him by his Majesty as he received from the
other Princes who sent Ministers to the said Congress: which the King
thinks reasonable. (Money order dated Dec. 30 hereon.)
King's Warrant Book XXVII, p. 244. Order Book IX, p. 167. |
|
Money warrant for 25l. to George
Holmes for last Sept. 29 quarter's salary as chief clerk for
ordering the records in Cæsar's Chapel in the Tower. (Money
order dated Dec. 24 hereon.) Money Book
XXIV, p. 195. Order Book IX, p. 160. |
|
Same for 37l. 10s. 0d. to Richard Topham for same
quarter's allowance as supervisor of the work of ordering the said
records. (Money order, ut supra.) Money Book XXIV, p. 196. Order Book
IX, p. 160. |
|
Same for 250l. to Anthony Cracherode
("who is employed in soliciting and taking care of divers law suits and
other prosecutions for his Majesty's service “) for half a
year from June 1 last to Dec. 1
inst. on his 500l. per an. in lieu of all termly
and other fees and charges therein. (Money order dated Dec. 23 hereon.)
Money Book XXIV, p. 196. Order
Book IX, p. 160. |
|
Treasury warrant dormant to the Paymaster of the
1,500,000l. Lottery anno
1711 to pay to William Glanvill and William Thomas, late Comptrollers
of the said Lottery, 72l. per an. from 1714 Lady
day for which they were to furnish their said Office with all manner of
necessaries and books and other things for carrying on the business of
said Office: so as that in case of death or removal of any officer his
successor may have a suitable proportion of such books and necessaries
remaining there. |
|
Followed by: a Regulation of necessaries and
books proposed for the Office of Comptroller of the said Lottery now
executed by William
Glanvill. [The Office necessaries (brooms, candles, coals &c.) at
18l. 12s.0d. per an.; the Books are individually computed, e.g.
“120 sheets or five quire of Imperial paper first stitched in
blue paper and afterwards bound in vellom and head banded, with the
Queen's arms on the covers, with an alphabet and ruled 69 lines on
every side.”] Money Book XXIV, pp.
197–9. |
| Dec. 23. |
Treasury warrant dormant to the Paymaster of the
1,500,000l. Lottery anno
1711 to retain for himself 76l. per an. from 1714
Lady day in return for which he is to supply his said Office with
necessaries and books as above. |
|
Prefixing: a Regulation of the necessaries
proposed for the Office of Paymaster of the said Lottery late executed
by Bernard Hutchins, Esq. Ibid., pp.
200–2. |
|
Same to the Auditors of [Crown Revenues for] Wales and to
the respective Receivers thereof to make forth debentures from time to
time, and to pay the respective allowances as follows due to the
Barons of the Exchequer Court out of the revenue of Wales: viz. |
|
|
per an. |
|
|
£ |
s. |
d. |
|
to the Chief Baron |
95 |
6 |
8 |
|
to the Second Baron |
90 |
3 |
4 |
|
to the Third Baron |
76 |
0 |
0 |
|
to the Fourth Baron |
66 |
10 |
0 |
|
Ibid., p. 101. |
|
Same to John Dutton Colt, Paymaster of the Class Lottery
anno
1711 for 2,000,000l. to pay to John Fytche, late
Comptroller of the said
Lottery, or his successor, 73l. per an. from 1714
Lady day, for which he or they are to supply all manner of necessaries
for carrying on the work of said Office as above. Followed by: blank pages intended to contain a schedule
or Regulation of said necessaries. Ibid., pp.
203–20. |
|
Letter of direction for 339l. 0s. 9¾d. to James, Duke of
Montrose, late a Principal Secretary of State: in full of his demands
for secret service up to 5 Aug. 1715, when he delivered up the seals of
his said office. Disposition Book XXIII, p.
116. |
|
William Lowndes to the Secretary at War. Since I wrote to
you on the 16th inst. for an account of the state and condition of the
Garrison of Placentia my Lords have received letters from the
Victualling Commissioners concerning the provisions that have been sent
there and the ill practices of Col. Moody in disposing of the same or
some part thereof. I am to enclose copies thereof [missing] for your
report thereon so as the same may be laid before the King in
Council for orders therein. Out Letters (General) XXII, p. 30. |
|
Treasury reference to the Customs Commissioners of the
petition of Capt. Francks et al., concerned in
taking Holy Island Castle, praying directions to the said Commissioners
to cause a vessel commanded by one Lancelot Errington which was seized
there and forfeited with the brandy, salt and other merchandise in her,
to be delivered to
them, free of Duty, his Majesty having been pleased to declare that
what interest he [his Majesty] has in the said ship and loading should
be given to petitioners for their encouragement. (Like reference to the
Salt Commissioners of the same petition.) Reference Book
IX, p. 260. |
| Dec. 23. |
Same to the Commissioners for Hackney Coaches of the
petition of Daniel Blake and George Clarke, late Commissioners for
Hackney
Coaches, shewing that the Office in Norfolk Buildings being too small
they took a lease of a house in George Street, York Buildings, at
45l. per an. rent, and there is one quarter rent
due at Xmas next: that since they took the said house they have been
put out of the commission and the present Commissioners have resolved
to continue their Office in Norfolk Buildings, wherefore the term of
the [George
Street] lease will fall on petitioners: therefore praying relief. Ibid. |
|
Entry of a Treasury caveat in favour of Nathaniel Booth,
Esq. (being appointed Remembrancer to George, Prince of Wales, by
patent dated 15 July 1715, wherein the solicitation of all patents or
grants from the Crown any ways relating to his said Royal Highness or
his Principality and revenues belong to the said Nathaniel Booth
exclusive of all other persons), that when any grant from his Majesty
for preparing any bill relating to his Royal Highness, his Principality
or revenues is signed he [the said Booth] may have notice thereof, to
the end he may take care of the same and follow the patents through the
several Offices as (he presumes) is his right to do. Notice to be sent
him at his Chambers, No. 9, in Holborn Court in Grays Inn. Caveat Book, p. 65. |
| Dec. 24. |
William Lowndes to the Commissioners for Stating the
Accounts
[Debts] of the Army enclosing for their consideration a report
[missing]
from the Secretary at War, together with other papers relating to a
demand for forage for the four Regiments of Dragoons which have been
quartered in Great Britain. Out Letters (General) XXII, p. 31. |
|
Same to same transmitting for their consideration the
joint report
[missing] of the Paymaster General [of the Forces] and the Secretary at
War upon the memorial of Robert Rutherford, late Muster Master of the
Forces in North Britain, touching his pay for that service
[for the period] whilst he was left out of the Establishment. Ibid. |
| Dec. 26. |
Money warrant for 30l. 13s. 8d. to Ni. Lechmere, Esq., for
160
days computed by the day on his fee of 70l. per
an. as late Solicitor
General, to wit from 24 June 1715 (the day to which he was last paid
thereon) to 1 Dec. following, when he was removed from the said
employment. Money Book XXIV, p. 196. |
|
Treasury warrant to John Hill, Esq., Paymaster for the
Transport
Service, to retain 500l. per an. for himself and
clerks from the day that Thomas Micklethwayte resigned the office of
Paymaster of
Transports. Ibid., p. 221. |
|
William Lowndes to Henry, Earl of Lincoln, Paymaster of
the
Forces. The Treasury Lords direct you to apply as follows the sum of
118,556l. 15s. 7d. out of the 120,000l. which on
the 22 Dec. last
[supra, p. 316] they authorised you to borrow
from the Bank of
England on a deposit of tallies and orders on Land Tax and Malt
anno 1715: viz. to the following services: |
|
|
£ |
s. |
d. |
|
in further part of 425,900l. 14s. 6d.
granted
for Guards and Garrisons and Forces in the Plantations
anno 1715. |
|
|
for subsistence upon account |
23,578 |
16 |
5 |
|
to answer fees paid at the Exchequer upon the sum of 499,040l. 4s. 7½d. received between the 12th and 30th Nov. 1715 |
3,119 |
0 |
0 |
|
to answer a bill drawn by Lieut. Gen. Wills dated 23 Nov. 1715 for
the use of the prisoners at Preston: payable out of
[Army] Contingencies |
500 |
0 |
0 |
|
to answer a bill drawn by Lieut. Gen. Carpenter dated 15 Nov. 1715
to Mr. William
Gradwell: payable out of [Army] Contingencies |
100 |
0 |
0 |
|
to answer a payment to Brigadier Preston for the charges of
transporting the Regiment of Grove and Harrison from Flanders to
Britain: chargeable to [Army] Contingencies |
559 |
6 |
9½ |
|
in further part of 265,754l. 7s. 6d.
granted for Additional Forces anno 1715. |
|
|
for subsistence upon account |
22,062 |
14 |
0 |
|
to answer his Majesty's warrant for levy money of additional
men to Brigadier
Stearne's Regiment |
342 |
0 |
0 |
|
to Mr. Alexander Gordon for the use of the Earl of Sutherland in
consideration of the expenses he had been at in making head against the
rebels in Scotland |
1,000 |
0 |
0 |
|
in further part of 35,912l.
19s. 2d. granted for the Forces in Flanders anno 1715. |
|
|
for subsistence upon account |
2,793 |
7 |
0 |
|
in further part of 123,698l. 10s. 0d.
granted for Half Pay Officers anno
1715. |
|
|
for one month's subsistence from 25 Nov. last to Dec. 24 inst.
to the reduced Officers who were ordered to quarters and garrisons
allotted them |
7,078 |
10 |
0 |
|
for 182 days’ half pay from 25 Dec. 1714 to
24 June 1715 to several Officers pursuant to his Majesty's
warrant |
2,599 |
11 |
4 |
|
in further part of 425,900l. 14s. 6d.
granted for Guards and Garrisons and
Plantation [Forces] anno 1715. |
|
|
to answer his Majesty's warrant payable to
Brigadier Richard Russell without deduction for straw faggots and other
necessaries for the first Regiment of Foot Guards in
Hyde Park from 15 Oct. 1715 to 10 Dec. inst. |
300 |
8 |
0 |
|
to answer the like warrant to Col. Oughton for the Coldstream
Guards for the same time |
148 |
14 |
0 |
|
in full of 20,000l.
granted for Chelsea Hospital anno 1715. |
|
|
towards satisfying his Majesty's warrant dated 7 Nov. 1715 to
Mr. Day, who contracted for clothing 27 Companies of
Invalids |
2,984 |
18 |
5 |
|
in part of 8,183l. 9s. 4d. granted
for
arrears to Officers in Minorca and
Gibraltar. |
|
|
to answer his Majesty's warrant dated
12 Dec. 1715 for pay of the Officers'
servants of the Regiments serving in those places from 25 Oct. to 24
Dec. 1714, viz.: |
|
|
for the four Regiments in Minorca |
520 |
10 |
8 |
|
for the three Regiments in Gibraltar |
390 |
8 |
0 |
|
in further part of 425,900l. 14s. 6d.
for
Guards, Garrisons &c. anno1715 |
|
|
for completing the pay of the General and
Staff Officers in Great Britain to 24 June
1715 |
2,054 |
14 |
11 |
|
for one month's subsistence of several
Regiments in North Britain |
5,655 |
13 |
10 |
|
in further part of 265,754l. 7s. 6d.
granted for Additional Forces anno 1715. |
|
|
for one month's subsistence to Brigadier
Grant's Regiment |
881 |
19 |
0 |
|
for one month's subsistence to several
Regiments arrived from Ireland |
6,459 |
7 |
4 |
|
for subsistence to the Dutch Forces upon account |
11,077 |
16 |
2 |
|
for transportation and provisions for the said Forces |
10,121 |
5 |
7 |
|
for pay and contingencies advanced to them before embarcation |
10,624 |
11 |
4 |
|
for expenses relating to their embarcation |
1,638 |
1 |
11 |
|
in further part of 57,759l.
14s. 7d. granted for Forces in Minorca anno 1715. |
|
|
for subsistence upon account |
1,304 |
12 |
1 |
|
in further part of 37,192l.
14s. 9½d. granted for Forces in Gibraltar anno 1715. |
|
|
for subsistence upon account |
660 |
8 |
9½ |
|
£ |
118,556 |
15 |
7 |
|
Disposition Book XXIII, pp. 120–1. |
| 1715. Dec. 26. |
William Lowndes to the Earl of Lincoln to apply 34l. 19s. 11d, as follows out of the 120,000l
which the Treasury Lords on Dec. 22
last [supra, p. 316], authorised you to borrow
from the Bank of
England: viz. |
|
|
£ |
s. |
d. |
|
in further part of 425,900l. 14s. 6d.
granted for Guards, Garrisons and
Invalids anno 1715.
|
|
|
to complete his Majesty's warrant dated 7 Nov. 1715 to Mr.
Day, who contracted for clothing
27 Companies of Invalids |
34 |
19 |
11 |
|
Disposition Book XXIII, p. 122. |
|
Same to the Commissioners for Hackney Coaches. My Lords
direct you to pay the fees paid by Edward Wharton, gent., on the
renewal of the commission whereby he was late appointed Receiver of the
Hackney Coaches Revenue. Our Letters (General) XXII, p. 31. |
|
Same to the Secretary at War. On reading the enclosed report
[missing] from the Comptrollers for Army Accounts relating to the
subsistence of the rebels taken prisoner at Preston, and other charges
attending that service, my Lords desire you to take his Majesty's
directions about appointing the Officers which the said Comptrollers
think necessary to be employed in looking after the said prisoners in
the several places where they are kept and settling the allowances as
well to the said prisoners as to the said Officers in the manner
proposed by the said Comptrollers. |
|
” You will also take care that with such other
instructions as shall be thought necessary to give the said Officers
they be strictly enjoined to take exact lists of the prisoners now
alive in the several places where they are kept and hereafter duly to
certify the decrease of them weekly, and transmit the said lists and
certificates punctually to the
Paymaster General.” Ibid. |
|
Same to the Earl of Lincoln [Paymaster General of the
Forces]. On reading your Deputy's report of Nov. 22 last relating
to Mr. Missing's demands for victualling the Garrison of Gibraltar
the Treasury
Lords direct that the sum of 2,206l. 7s. 8½d. be paid to Mr.
Missing upon account of the services following: viz. |
|
|
£ |
s. |
d. |
|
for a moiety of 1,996l. 13s. 0¾d., being the value
of a second quantity of provisions imported to supply the stores there
according to the Lieut. Governor's certificate dated
Oct. 11 last |
998 |
6 |
6¼ |
|
for a moiety of 2,416l. 2s. 4½d., being the amount
of the charges of victualling 1,963
persons in the said Garrison for 56 days from 18 July to 11 Sept. last
according to the said Mr. Missing's contract |
1,208 |
1 |
2¼ |
|
£ |
2,206 |
7 |
8½ |
|
My Lords desire that when you lay any memorial before them
for a supply for your Office you insert the above sum for Mr. Missing
accordingly. Ibid., p. 32. |
| Dec. 26. |
Treasury reference to the [Principal] Officers of the
Works of the petition of Col. Richard King shewing that he received the
late Lord
Treasurer's [Oxford's] directions 19 March 1713–14 for
60l. to repair the lodgings he lately had at the
Cockpit, which the Officers of the Works estimated at 152l. 17s. 8d.: that he represented to his Lordship that the same
could not be repaired for near that [60l.] sum:
that his Lordship ordered him to proceed with the repairs and to employ
his own workmen therein and when they were finished to give an account
of the charge and it should be paid: that he thereupon proceeded with
his own workmen at the lowest prices, but the lodgings being so
extremely out of repair the bills came to 119l.
1s. 11½d.: that he
enjoyed the lodgings no longer than three months and has been at great
expense in removing: that the King now enjoys the same as an Office:
therefore prays that the said bills may be paid by the
Treasury. Reference Book IX, p. 261. |
|
Treasury approval of John Dive as first clerk in the
Office of John
Smith, one of the four Tellers of the Receipt. |
|
Prefixing:. said Smith's presentation of
said Dive to the Treasury
Lords for approval. Warrants not Relating to Money
XXIII, p. 308. |
|
William Lowndes to the Revenue Commissioners, Ireland. In
reply to yours of the 6th inst. relating to the late Duke of
Ormonde's forfeited estate in Ireland I am to send you an attested
copy of the entry in the Journals of the House of
Lords [Lords’ Journals, Vol. XX, pp. 154, 155–7, 160, 168, 169, 172, 176]
shewing that the said late Duke did not surrender himself by the time
limited in the Act of Attainder [1 Geo. I., St. 2, c. 17]. The
exemplification of the said Act under the great seal here has already
been executed and was carried to Ireland by one of the Secretaries to
the Lords Justices
[of Ireland]. Out Letters (Ireland) X, p. 24. |
| Dec. 27. |
Money warrant for 2,000l. to the
Treasury Lords (Robert Walpole, Esq., Sir William St. Quintin, Bart.,
Paul Methuen, Esq., Daniel, Lord Finch, and Thomas Newport) from 1715
Xmas quarter on their salaries. (Money order dated Dec. 30 hereon.)
Money Book XXVII, p. 159. Order
Book IX, p. 164. |
|
Same for 100l. to Thomas Man for
1715 Xmas quarter for attendance in the Treasury Office and for
disbursements for the said Office for fire, candles, mops, brooms
&c. |
|
5l. to John Farra for same quarter
for his extraordinary pains in carrying letters on several occasions
for his Majesty's service. (Money order dated Dec. 31 hereon.)
Money Book XXIV, p. 167. Order
Book IX, p. 167. |
|
Same for 620l. to the clerks of the
Treasury, detailed, ut supra, p. 769: for Xmas
quarter's salaries or allowances for services. (Money order dated
Dec. 30 hereon.) Money Book XXIV, p. 174. Order Book IX, p. 167. |
|
Same for 25l. to Richard Powys,
Esq., for 1715 Xmas quarter for extraordinary service performed in the
Treasury. (Money order dated Dec. 30 hereon.) Money Book
XXIV, p. 112. Order Book
IX, p. 138. |
| Dec. 27. |
Money warrant for 65l. to Mark
Frecker for his pains and the pains of several clerks employed in
making up books containing the accounts of the income and issues of the
Customs with other the public revenues and taxes between Michaelmas
1715 and Xmas following. Money
Book XXIV, p. 121. |
|
William Lowndes to the Taxes Commissioners to certify my
Lords what arrears remain of the several Land Taxes for [or upon] the
Household and what assessments have been made: and also what returns
have been made from the several counties for the Land Tax
anno 1715. Out Letters
(General) XXII, p. 31. |
| Dec. 28. |
Royal warrant dated St. James's to the Attorney or
Solicitor
General for a great seal to grant to John Fellows of London, Esq. (in
consideration of 7,663l. paid to Henry Ferne,
Customs Cashier), the estate at Carshalton of Edward Carlton: he and
Arden Carleton, late of London, merchants, being indebted to the Crown
on [Customs]
bonds whereupon three extents were taken out under the seal of the
Exchequer Court whereon the Sheriff of Surrey by virtue of three
inquisitions taken before him on the said extents 1713 Sept. 28 and
1714 April 5 and July 15 did seize into the hands of the Crown the
capital messuage of the said Edward Carleton lying in Carshalton to the
yearly value of 313l. The said Fellows is to hold
same so long as the same remains in the hands of the Crown by virtue of
the said extents. |
|
Appending: schudule of the Customs bonds given by
the said
Edward and Arden Carlton and their various securities, viz. Edmund
Watkinson, John Sheffeild, William Ellins, William Downer. King's
Warrant Book XXVII, pp. 252–4. |
|
Royal letters patent constituting and appointing Thomas
Colby to take care of the Transport Service (to adjust the accounts
relating to the said service and to execute all other acts, matters and
things in relation thereto) as fully as Samuel Atkinson, Nicholas Roope
and the said Colby were constituted to do by the royal warrant of July
22
last until the first day of Michaelmas term 1715; the King being well
informed that the business of transports does yet require the
assistance of some able and skilful person not only to settle and
determine the just demands of the creditors of that Office which shall
remain to be settled and determined, but also to carry on such further
services in relation to Transports as the necessity of public affairs
since the present Rebellion do and shall require. Colby to have an
allowance of 400l. per an. from the first day of
last Michaelmas term. Ibid., pp.
255–6. |
|
Royal warrant to the Clerk of the Signet for a privy seal
for 10,030l. to Conyers D'Arcy and George
Fielding as imprest for paying and discharging the debts incurred for
the extraordinary expense of the
Stables in the time of their acting as Commissioners for executing the
office of Master of the Horse to the late Queen Anne. (Money warrant
dated 1715–16 Jan. 24 hereon,” and there having been a
former privy seal granted for 5,000l., part of
the above sum, a clause was inserted in these words [on this money
warrant]: “and your
Lordship [the Auditor of the Receipt] is desired to take care that such
proper memorandums be entered in the books of your Office
as may prevent any directions [for payment] being made on an order
dated 26 Aug. 1714 [supra, p. 44] for 5,000l. as part of the abovementioned sum by virtue of a
former privy seal.” (Money order dated
1715–16 Jan. 26 hereon.) Ibid., pp.
270–71. Order Book IX, p. 177. |
| Dec. 28. |
Money warrant for 25l. to William
Clayton for extraordinary service in the Auditor of the Receipt's
Office from 1715 Xmas quarter. (Money order dated Dec. 30 hereon.)
Money Book XXIV, p. 169. Order
Book IX, p. 139. |
|
Treasury allowance of John Thorowkettle's bill of
14l. 10s. 0d. for 1715 Dec. 25 quarter as Messenger of the Chamber
attending the
Treasury. |
|
Treasury warrant to the Customs Cashier to pay said
Thorowkettle
14l. 10s. 0d. for same quarter as Messenger attending the Customs.
Money Book XXIV, p. 182. |
|
Money warrant for 20l. to John
Acourt, clerk, towards the charge of his passage to Barbados whither he
is going a minister. (Money order dated Dec. 31 hereon.) Ibid., p. 193. Order Book IX, p.
166. |
|
Same for 125l. each to Thomas Smith,
Thomas Pelham, Grey
Neville, John Plumptre, Leonard Smelt, Sir William Gordon and
Sir Thomas Palmer for one quarter each to Dec. 10 inst. on their
allowances of 500l. per an. each as Commissioners
for taking and stating the Debts due to the Army. (Money order dated
Dec. 31
hereon.) Money Book XXIV, p. 221. Order Book IX, p. 165. |
|
Same for 1,110l. to William Cadogan,
Master of his Majesty's Robes, for three quarters to June 24 last
on the 1,480l. per an. payable to him by his
privy seal of 31 Oct. last [supra, p. 780]:
450l. thereof on his own salary of 600l. per an.: and 660l. on the
yearly sum of 880l. for the several officers of
the Robes. (Money order dated Dec. 31
hereon.) Money Book XXIV, p. 222. Order Book IX, p. 166. |
|
Treasury allowance of the 1715 Sept. 29 quarter's
incidents bill of the Post Office: total 947l.
9s. 0d. (including 30l. to Arnold Beeby for half a year's allowance of
beer for the clerks; 25l. 7s. 6d. for 6,090
ship letters on Aug. 19; 12l. 5s. 0d. to John Lloyd for drawing
and copying 12 plans of the several Post Roads; 62l. 14s. 4d.
for 15,052
ship letters on Sept. 28; 7l. 7s. 0d. to John Braint for New
River water for seven quarters). Money Book XXIV,
p. 253. |
|
Treasury confirmation of a money order dated 1715 Sept. 19
for
455l. for Daniel Pulteney as Envoy Extraordinary
to the King of
Denmark, ut supra, p. 735, under date 1715 Sept.
13. Order Book
IX, p. 161. |
|
Treasury commission to Laurence Batten as a Surveyor of
the
Duties on Houses loco Martin Temple, deceased.
(Treasury warrant to the Receiver General of said Duties for Co.
Middlesex to pay said
Batten 40l. per an. salary from date hereof.)
Out Letters (Affairs of
Taxes) II, pp. 162, 170. |
|
Letter of direction for 29,968l. to
John, Duke of Montague, Master
of the Great Wardrobe: out of Civil List moneys: and is to be applied
to the following services: |
|
|
£ |
s. |
d. |
|
for [services in the Office of the Great Wardrobe on] account of
his Majesty's Coronation |
10,267 |
5 |
10 |
|
on the annual account of the Office [of the Great Wardrobe] |
19,700 |
14 |
2 |
|
£ |
29,968 |
0 |
0 |
|
Disposition Book XXIII, p. 116. |
| Dec. 28. |
Letter of direction for 700l. to
Charles Dartiquenave, Paymaster of the
Works: out of Civil List moneys: and is intended to be paid over to
Henry Wise for 1715 Xmas quarter on the allowance of 2,800l. per an. for keeping his Majesty's Gardens and
Plantations: as by the privy seal of Jan. 5 last [supra, p. 324]. (William Lowndes to said
Dartiquenave to so pay same.) Ibid., pp.
116–17. |
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William Lowndes to the Navy Treasurer to apply 7,000l. to the payment of a quarter's salary to the
Admiralty Lords and other
Officers of the Navy to Xmas 1715. The said sum is to be applied out of
314l. of the moneys raised by you on the 1715
Land Tax tallies and orders and 6,686l. of the
money raised on South Sea Stock. Ibid., p.
117. |
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Same to same to pay and apply as follows the sum of
63,167l. out of the 45,186l. money raised on Land Tax tallies anno 1715 and 17,981l. of money
raised on South Sea Stock: to wit to the services following: |
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|
£ |
|
on the head of Wear and Tear. |
£ |
|
for half a year's wages to 1714 Sept. 29 to the Yards at
Deptford, Chatham, Sheerness and Portsmouth; the Woolwich and Plymouth
Yards being already paid |
56,667 |
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on the head of Victualling. |
|
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for the same half year's pay to the labourers and other
workmen employed at the several ports |
6,500 |
|
£ |
63,167 |
|
Disposition Book XXIII, p. 117. |
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Letter of direction for 4,633l.
11s. 9d. to Charles
Dartiquenave, Paymaster of the Works: to satisfy the debt in the Office
of the
Works at Midsummer 1715 as follows: viz. |
|
|
£ |
s. |
d. |
|
[for works at] the Tower of London between
31 March 1715 and 30 June following |
94 |
7 |
11¾ |
|
[ditto at] Whitehall for the same time |
640 |
17 |
1 |
|
[ditto at] St. James's for ditto |
284 |
17 |
2¾ |
|
[ditto at] Westminster for ditto |
62 |
12 |
4 |
|
[ditto at] Denmark House for ditto |
78 |
19 |
5 |
|
[ditto at] Winchester House for ditto |
23 |
9 |
1 |
|
[ditto at] Newmarket for ditto |
33 |
1 |
3 |
|
allowances for ditto time |
567 |
19 |
6 |
|
[works at] Hampton Court House for ditto time |
500 |
10 |
0 |
|
[ditto at] Hampton Court Gardens for ditto |
33 |
7 |
4¾ |
|
[ditto at] Kensington House for ditto |
403 |
3 |
1½ |
|
[ditto at] Kensington Gardens for ditto |
15 |
8 |
9 |
|
[ditto at] Windsor Castle for the months of
Aug. and Sept. 1714 |
422 |
4 |
1½ |
|
[for ditto ibid. for the months of] Oct.,
Nov. and Dec. |
778 |
0 |
1¼ |
|
[for ditto ibid. for the months of] Jan.,
Feb. and March 1714–15 |
382 |
13 |
8½ |
|
[for ditto ibid. for the months of] April,
May and June 1715 |
312 |
0 |
8 |
|
£ |
4,633 |
11 |
9 |
|
Ibid., p. 118. |
| Dec. 28. |
William Lowndes to Henry, Earl of Lincoln, to apply and
pay
(out of the 120,000l. which the Treasury Lords on
the 22nd inst. authorised you to borrow from the Bank of England on a
deposit of Land Tax and Malt tallies anno 1715,
see supra, p. 316), the sum of 1,000l. to Brigadier Lewis Petit upon account towards
satisfying his own personal demands with regard to his service, pains
and expenses in and about the fortifications of Port Mahon pursuant to
the royal warrant of 22 Dec. 1715: and is to be taken as part of
250,000l. granted by Parliament towards
satisfying the debt due for subsidies and arrears upon account of the
Land Forces. Ibid. |
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Same to the Navy Commissioners. The Officers of the Yard
at
Plymouth have applied to my Lords to be repaid the taxes assessed to
them for 1714 and the first half of 1715 in respect of their said
employment. Send my Lords an account of the sums so assessed. Out Letters (General) XXII, p. 32. |
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H. Kelsall (in the absence of the Treasury Secretary) to
Mr. Aston
[for Mr. Missing]. The Treasury Lords have received the enclosed
extract [missing] of a letter from Admiral Baker to the Admiralty
Lords setting forth the necessitous circumstances of the Garrison of
Gibraltar through the want of supply of provisions, and even credit,
from the contractor. They direct you to give a clear answer thereto in
writing to-morrow morning with what has been performed by
Mr. Missing in relation to that Garrison since the commencement of his
contract. Ibid. |
|
Treasury warrant for payment of the salary bills of the
Customs for 1715 Xmas quarter: viz. for the outports (total 11,220l. 17s. 3¼d.)
and for London port (total 7,437l. 7s. 11d.). Out
Letters (Customs)
XVI, p. 296. |
| Dec. 29. |
Royal sign manual for 200l. to
Monsieur Herman von Pettecum
[Hermann Petkum]: as royal bounty. (Money order dated Dec. 31
hereon.) King's Warrant Book XXVII, p. 255.
Order Book IX, p. 165. |
|
Money warrant for 138l. 18s. 0¾d. to Hugh Cholmley,
Surveyor
General of Crown Lands, for 1714–15 Jan. 13 (the date of his
letters patent of appointment) to 1715 Sept. 29 on his salary of
200l. per an.:
and likewise for 138l. 18s.
0¾d. for same time on his 200l. per an. for
extraordinary service, travelling charges and all other expenses
whatsoever. (Money order dated Dec. 31 hereon.) Money
Book XXIV. pp. 222–3. Order Book IX,
p. 66. |
| Dec. 29. |
William Lowndes to the Excise Commissioners enclosing the
memorial [missing] of Sir Basil Dixwell, bart., Auditor of Excise,
proposing Mr. John Ogden as his deputy. Have you any objection to the
Treasury Lords approving him as his deputy? Out
Letters
(General) XXII, p. 33. |
|
Same to the Auditor of the Receipt to send to the Treasury
Lords an exact account of what was wanting at Michaelmas 1713 of the
sum of 168,003l. given [by 10 Anne, c. 18] as a
yearly fund for the clearing of the principal sum of 2,341,740l. with 6 per cent. interest on certain standing orders
on the Lotteries Nos. 1, 2 and 3 anno 1712. |
|
And also an account of the deficiencies which accrued upon
the said fund at Michaelmas 1714 and Michaelmas 1715. Ibid., p. 34. |
| Dec. 30. |
Royal sign manual for 3,000l. to
Jane Warburton, one of the Maids of Honour to the late Queen Anne: as
royal bounty as a marriage portion, being what was usually given by the
said Queen upon the marriage of her Maids of Honour. (Money warrant
dated 1715–16
Jan. 3 hereon.) (Money order dated 1715–16 Jan. 5 hereon.) |
|
The like for Ann Wyvill: late a Maid of Honour to said
Queen:
as the like royal bounty as a marriage portion. King's Warrant Book
XXVII, p. 250. Order Book
IX, p. 169. |
|
Same for 20,000l. to Samuel Smithin,
the King's Goldsmith: for gold works, gilt and white plate and
other things which he hath delivered or shall deliver into the Jewel
House. King's Warrant
Book XXVII, p. 257. |
|
Money order for 5l. to Edward
Milward for 1715 Xmas quarter's allowance as Porter attending at
the Exchequer Gate. Order Book
IX, p. 134. |
|
Same for 12l. 10s. 0d. to Joseph Fox for same
quarter's allowance for making and keeping the Registers of all
the public loans in the
Office of the Auditor of the Receipt. Ibid., p.
153. |
|
Same for 200l. to George, Earl of
Halifax, Auditor of the Receipt, for one year to Xmas 1715 on his
allowance for extraordinary business of his Office. Ibid., p. 67. |
|
Letter of direction for 408l.
12s. 6d. to Charles
Bodville, Earl of
Radnor, Treasurer of the Chamber: out of Civil List moneys: and is
intended to clear the wages and bills of the Master of his
Majesty's
Barges and 48 watermen, viz. 128l. 2s. 6d. for half a year's
wages to them to Xmas 1715 and 280l. 10s. 0d. for their bills to the
same time. (William Lowndes to Lord Radnor to so pay same.) Disposition Book XXIII, p. 119. |
|
William Lowndes to Mr. Burchett to move the Admiralty
Lords to lay before the Treasury Lords an estimate of the expense of
the ordinary of the Navy for the year 1716; as soon as conveniently may
be. Out Letters (General)
XXII, p. 33. |
