Declared Accounts: Excise

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Excise

DECLARED ACCOUNTS: EXCISE: GENERAL ACCOUNT.

AUDIT OFFICE: BUNDLE 1080, ROLL 740 [A.O.1/1080/740].

The Commissioners and Governors of Excise.

24 June 1716 to 24 June 1717.

Charge. £ s. d. £ s. d.
Arrears: remaining in nett money to be further accompted for 70,387 5 11¾
resting due from sundry brewers etc. in the Country Collections 33,504 18 9¼
ditto, ditto in London 13,159 16 2
remaining due from sundry former Country Collectors 26,064 6 3¼
resting due from present ditto 3,346 18 11
ditto from several Collectors of [the Duties on] Imported Liquors in London port 271 11 6¾
ditto from several ditto in the Outports 945 4 5¼
ditto from Richard Butler upon bond for the said Duty in Plymouth 37 13 4
ditto from persons concerned in collecting the Duties on Coffee, Cyder and Mead etc. in London 1,316 8 8
ditto from the Treasurer of the Navy, for bills drawn upon him 99 6 1
resting to be accompted for by Noblemen and others [as in previous years] 18,723 12 0¼
and remaining imprested to the Commissioners or their Cashier 500 0 0
— 168,357 2 2½
Receipts: the whole produce of the Revenues of Excise for the year to 24 June 1717:
the produce of the Country Collections		 776,942 9 8¼
ditto within London, Westminster and the Bills of Mortality 357,857 6 10¾
the produce of the Excise on Imported Liquors in London and the Outports 23,532 16 11
the King's part of London fines to 24 June 1716, received by the Cashier from Mr. Haines, clerk to the Register 101 9 1
— 1,158,434 2 7
Overbalances etc.:
balance due to Edward Pilsworth, junior, formerly a clerk in the Distillery Office		 8 2 8
balances due to Country Collectors, detailed 244 14 7
ditto to Collectors in the Outports, detailed 7 10 8¼
the gross produce of the Duty on Sweets, being intermixed in vouchers with Exciseable Liquors 42 2 1
— 302 10 0¼
—
total charge and receipts £1,327,093 14 9¾
Discharge.
Overbalances due to Collectors etc. from the preceding Accompt:
to Edward Pilsworth [as above]		 8 2 8
to Country Collectors, detailed 615 5 8
to Collectors in the Outports, ditto 1 18 6
— 625 6 10
salaries etc.:
salaries of Country Collectors etc.		 70,566 19 0½
riding charges 4,582 19 0
incident charges disbursed by Collectors etc. 1,682 16 10¾
Officers' taxes 7,476 14 3
charges in returning money to London 520 9 2½
to Sir Marmaduke Wyvill, bt., Christopher Montagu, John Whetham and Roger Gale, four Commissioners, for expenses in travelling to view 228 0 0
— 85,057 18 4¾
allowances for exports etc. in the Country:
allowed for Exciseable Liquors exported as merchandize within the time of this Accompt		 785 2 4¾
allowed pursuant to Justices' Warrants 287 0 7¼
allowed the fishermen of Great Yarmouth for the Duty on strong beer provided for their North Sea and herring fishing; year to Michaelmas 1716 160 0 0
— 1,232 3 0
exports and overcharges allowed by the Commissioners in London:
to sundry brewers for beer exported		 423 2 11½
to distillers for low wines and spirits exported 5 13 4
for cyder exported 13 0 11¾
— 441 17 3¼
to sundry brewers for overcharges 270 5 9½
to distillers for low wines and spirits overcharged 10 13 11
to sundry persons for cyder overcharged 39 2 11¼
— 320 2 7¾
(total in London 761l. 19s. 11d.)
allowances in London port and the Outports:
the Collector, London port, for incidents		 498 17 9
allowed for brandy overentered 24 0 4
— 522 18 1
allowed poundage and salaries to Collectors etc. in the Outports 288 0 6½
incident charges in ditto 240 0 5½
brandy overentered in ditto 1 13 0
ditto overcharged in ditto 3 8 9
— 533 2 9
(total in the ports 1,056l. 0s. 10d.)
total allowed as above 88,108l. 2s. 1¾d.
ready money received and particularly accompted for 1,085,634 18 1¾
—
total payments and allowances £1,174,368 7 1½
and then remains 152,725 7 8¼
whereof the nett money unaccompted for, to be charged in the next Accompt 54,749 8 5½
money remaining in arrear and unpaid on brewers, victuallers and others in the Counties in England and Wales 33,519 19 1½
ditto in London (beer and ale 4,562l. 18s. 8¾d., strong waters 1,143l. 1s. 11¼d., low wines 2,470l. 4s. 5½d., coffee 2,832l. 5s. 10d., cyder 1,339l. 18s. O¾d., meath 488l. 6s. 8½d., sweets 329l. 8s. 11d.) 13,166 4 7¾
— 46,686 3 9¼
arrears unpaid by Collectors and others for the balance of their Accompts, etc.:
(much as on previous Rolls e.g. Vol. XXVI, p. cccliv. and Vol. XXVIII, p. ccclxxxix but after Charles Wind, late Collector of Chester adding George Murray, late Collector, Bedford; John Powell, late Collector, Oxon; Ezekiel Polstead, late Collector, Litchfield; Pawlet Asterley, late Collector, Tiverton; Thomas Bretton, late Collector, Hants.; John Wallis, for money received of Peter Wekett, late Collector, Hertford; Richard Lanham, late Collector, Marlbro', for Thomas Crabbs's two bills unpaid; Henry Goodere, late Collector, Canterbury; John Brennand, late Collector, Chester; William Milton, late Collector, Essex; William Hunt, late Collector, York)		 26,726 19 2¾
remaining in arrear and unpaid by several Collectors for the balances of this year's Accompts 2,648 13 4¼
remaining in arrear from Edward Herne, and from John Franks and John Courtney [as in previous years] 271 11 6¾
remaining in arrear and unpaid for balances due from several former and present Collectors in the Outports 965 11 2½
ditto from Richard Butler, late Collector, Plymouth port, for the Duty of Brandy on bond, detailed 37 13 4
and remaining due from several Collectors etc. in London, detailed [as in previous years] 1,316 8 8
remaining unpaid on several bills of Exchange drawn upon the Navy Treasurer, detailed 99 6 1
total unpaid by Collectors and others 32,066l. 3s. 5¼d.
and depending on sundry noblemen and others [as in previous years] 18,723 12 0¼
imprest money in the hands of the Commissioners or of their Cashier 500 0 0
—
sum total of the supers to balance the Accompt
Declared 28 September 1721.		 £152,725 7 8¼

DECLARED ACCOUNTS: EXCISE: CASH ACCOUNT.

AUDIT OFFICE: BUNDLE 917, ROLL 125 [A.O.1/917/125].

The Commissioners and Governors of Excise.

24 June 1716 to 24 June 1717.

Charge. £ s. d.
Arrears: remaining in the Commissioners' hands, as by the end of the last precedent Cash Accompt 24,618 0 10¾
and depending on the late Sub Commissioners and others as at the foot of the said last Accompt 53,826 0 2
£ s. d.
Receipts: money received out of the Revenues of Excise within the time of this Accompt:
on the Hereditary and Temporary Excise to 1 Aug. 1714:
Michaelmas quarter 1716		 17 15 4¾
Ladyday quarter 1717 14 14 3¼
Midsummer quarter 1717 1 19 2
— 34 8 10
on ditto to 29 Sept 1715:
Michaelmas quarter 1716		 194 10 8¾
Xmas quarter 1716 14 7 11
Ladyday quarter 1717 14 12 9¼
Midsummer quarter 1717 42 15 11¼
— 266 7 4¼
on ditto from 29 Sept. 1715:
Michaelmas quarter 1716		 133,392 9 3
Xmas quarter 1716 116,301 10 4¾
Easter quarter 1717 123,706 18 1¼
Midsummer quarter 1717 124,314 11 9¾
— 497,715 9 6¾
on the Additional 9d. for 99 years from 25 Jan. 1692–3:
Michaelmas quarter 1716		 43,152 0 4½
Xmas quarter 1716 36,682 9 11½
Ladyday quarter 1717 38,654 12 9¼
Midsummer quarter 1717 39,596 0 11
— 158,085 4 0¼
on the Additional 9d. for 16 years from 17 May 1697 continued 4 Anne:
Michaelmas quarter 1716		 46,762 13 1¾
Xmas quarter 1716 38,814 4 8½
Ladyday quarter 1717 39,393 8 9½
Midsummer quarter 1717 42,094 13 4¾
— 167,065 0 0½
on the Additional or Bank 9d. from 17 May 1697:
Michaelmas quarter 1716		 43,152 0 4¼
Xmas quarter 1716 36,682 9 10½
Ladyday quarter 1717 38,654 12 8¾
Midsummer quarter 1717 39,596 0 9½
— 158,085 3 9
on the Additional 3d. on Beer, Ale, Cyder etc. from 26 March 1710 for 32 years:
Michaelmas quarter 1716		 16,726 16 5
Xmas quarter 1716 14,987 7 10½
Ladyday quarter 1717 15,007 13 0¾
Midsummer quarter 1717 15,596 12 7¼
— 62,318 9 11½
on Low Wines and Spirits of the First Extraction, from 24 June 1710 for 96 years:
Michaelmas quarter 1716		 9,249 15 2¾
Xmas quarter 1716 8,872 1 3¾
Ladyday quarter 1717 9,168 7 5¼
Midsummer quarter 1717 8,975 19 4
— 36,266 3 3¾
and on money received in part of London Fines and Penalties adjudged against brewers and others:
Michaelmas quarter 1716		 101 9 1
total Receipts as above 1,079,937l. 15s. 11d.
—
total charge and receipts £1,158,381 16 11¾
Discharge.
Salaries of the Commissioners and other Officers and Clerks of the Excise etc.:
George Townesend, Sir Marmaduke Wyvill, bt., Christopher Montagu, James Vernon, junior, John Whetham, Sir William Ashhurst, William Carr, Roger Gale and John Broome, the nine Commissioners; year to Ladyday 1717		 7,200 0 0
Thomas Goodman, John Shorter, James Mountague, Peter Hussey and Polexfen Drake, five Commissioners for Appeals, at 200l. per an. for the time of this Accompt 900 0 0
(Memorandum.—Polexfen Drake was paid from Ladyday 1716 to Midsummer 1716 and his brother Duncomb Drake from Xmas 1716 to Ladyday 1717 which is only half a year.)
the Officers attending upon the Commissioners of Appeals; Thomas Hawes, Register and two doorkeepers and messengers; year to Ladyday 1717		 180 0 0
Sir Basil Dixwell, bt., Auditor of the Excise, for himself and clerks; ditto; same time 700 0 0
Edmund Elwell, Comptroller of the Excise, ditto; same time 1,320 0 0
John Bruere, a clerk in the Comptroller's Office; same time 80 0 0
Edmund Naylor, Secretary to the Commissioners of Excise; same time 450 0 0
Thomas Yarbourgh, Register to the same; same time 390 0 0
John, Lord Delawarr, and Edward Pauncfort, Receivers General and Cashiers, for themselves and clerks; same time 1,574 0 0
John Ellis, Solicitor, for salary and additional salary; same time 350 0 0
Richard Hill, a tellor; same time 80 0 0
Mrs. Mary Howard, housekeeper; same time 250 0 0
John Lawton, clerk of the Securities; same time 100 0 0
the several Under-Officers; by quarters 11,903 10 7¾
Thomas Frederick, for rent of his house in St. Olave, Old Jewry, London, for the Grand Office of the Excise; year to Ladyday 1717 264 0 0
Thomas Porter for coach-houses and stables 50 0 0
— 25,791 10 7¾
payments to tradesmen, artificers and others and for necessary and incident charges:
John Hatley, for stationery; Robert Vincent, ditto; Benjamin Colbatch, ditto; Elizabeth Jansen, ditto; Eleanor James, for printed goods; carriage of books; disbursements; Treasury fees etc.; the Secretary's bill of disbursements; the Solicitor's fees; office-necessaries; messengers' charges; the Deputy Auditor's ditto; Thomas Hawley, gunsmith; John Cooke, ironmonger; Thomas Stone, clockmaker; Arthur Osborne, upholsterer; Joseph Brand, plumber; Matthew Jarman, glazier; John Hall, blacksmith; Nathaniel Jackson, yard-keeper, for brooms; John Gillham, joiner; William Cramwell, tallow-chandler		 2,783 6 8¾
Spencer Compton, Treasurer to the Prince of Wales, part of 40,000l. yearly payable from the Excise 39,000 0 0
Charles, Duke of Cleveland, for his yearly pension of 4,000l. to Ladyday 1717 3,750 0 0
Mary, Duchess Dowager of Northumberland, for the like 1,500 0 0
Charles, Duke of Grafton, for the like of 3,000l. and the Dowager Duchess of Grafton, for her pension of 1,000l. per an. 3,750 0 0
Grace, Countess of Granville, for her pension of 1,500l. per an. and Katherine, Lady Dowager Gower, mother and guardian of John, Lord Gower, for his yearly pension of 1,500l. per an. 3,000 0 0
Henry, Earl of Grantham, for his pension 2,000 0 0
payments by Treasury Warrant:
Inferior Officers' taxes; the cashier's charges		 1,538 16 4¼
payments for exports, overcharges and office-receipts, detailed 697 14 2½
total for salaries, incidents, pensions etc. 83,811l. 7s. 11¼d.
£ s. d.
money paid into the Exchequer, detailed by dates:
out of the Hereditary and Temporary Excise since 29 Sept. 1715 etc. for the King's life and the 3,700l. weekly for Annuities 		433,197 2 1
out of the Additional or Fund 9d. for 99 years 154,169 2 3½
out of the Additional 9d. for 16 years, continued 163,548 17 5
out of the Additional or Bank 9d. 154,169 2 1
out of the Additional 3d. 60,822 16 1½
out of the Duty on Low Wines etc. 35,815 1 1½
and for part of Fines and Penalties adjudged against brewers etc. 101 9 1
— 1,001,823 10 2½
—
total payments and allowances £1,085,634 18 1¾
and so remains 72,746 18 10
whereof depending on sundry late Sub-Commissioners of Excise etc. [as in previous Accounts] 53,826 0 2
and depending on the Commissioners:
for money imprested to the Cashier		 500 0 0
for money arising out of:
the Hereditary and Temporary Excise before Aug. 1714		 102 19 3¾
ditto, before 29 Sept. 1715 134 5 8¾
ditto after 29 Sept. 1715 7,700 0 9
the Additional 9d. for 99 years 2,372 19 6½
the Additional 9d. for 16 years continued 2,601 1 9
the Additional or Bank 9d. 2,372 19 4¼
the Additional 3d. 1,337 12 7¾
the Duty on Low Wines since Midsummer 1710 1,798 18 7¾
the expired Duty on Low Wines, the expired double 9d. and the Duty of 2s. a gallon on Brandy 0 0 11¼
— 18,420 18 8
—
£72,746 18 10
Declared 10 June 1719.

DECLARED ACCOUNTS: EXCISE: MALT: GENERAL ACCOUNT.

AUDIT OFFICE: BUNDLE 1080, ROLL 741, PART 1 [A.O.1/1080/741/1].

The Commissioners and Governors of Excise.

24 June 1716 to 24 June 1717.

Charge. £ s. d. £ s. d.
Receipts: the whole duty and produce of the Duty on Malt, Mumm, Cyder and Perry 24 June 1716 to 24 June 1717:
gross produce in Country Inland Collections:
malt at 6d. a, bushel		 743,280 1 6¼
cyder at 4s. a hogshead 13,276 8 3¼
compounders 4,347 6 0
the King's share of fines 370 18 4¾
interest on bills of exchange returned and protest 7 17 5½
surcharges from the Examiners' Office in London 6 3 6
money taken up and not formerly charged 1 4 0
gross produce in the Outports:
mumm at 10s. a barrel		 67 8 10
cyder at 4s. a hogshead 27 8 4¾
— 94 17 2¾
gross produce in London port:
mumm at 10s. a barrel		 155 5 7½
cyder at 4s. a hogshead 2 4 4½
— 157 10 0
gross produce in London:
mumm at 10s. a barrel		 956 11 11¼
cyder at 4s. a hogshead 1,224 6 3½
— 2,180 18 2¾
total produce as above 763,723l. 4s. 7¼d.
overbalances (Collectors and districts named) 150 7 11½
—
total charge and receipts £763,873 12 6¾
Discharge. £ s. d. £ s. d.
salaries and incidents:
balance due to John Ebrall, late Collector of Suffolk, being twice paid		 14 4 4¼
salaries in the Country 40,253 15 8½
riding charges in the Country Collections 2,238 17 0
taxes assessed on Officers 4,204 9 6
incident charges 794 18 11½
charges in returning money to London 464 8 4¼
poundage in the Outports 6 19 4
Sir Marmaduke Wyvill, bt., Christopher Montagu, John Whetham and Roger Gale, four Commissioners of Excise, for their travelling charges 152 0 0
— 48,129 13 2½
allowances for exports etc.:
allowed the Duty on Malt and Cyder exported		 43,559 3 6
allowed by Justices' Warrants 1,243 7 11
allowed for the Duty on Cyder overcharged in London 19 1 9¼
— 44,821 13 2¼
total for salaries etc. and allowances 92,951l. 6s. 4¾d.
ready money received and particularly accompted for 359,056 2 1½
—
total payments and allowances £452,007 8 6¼
then remains 311,866 4 0½
whereof remaining in arrear for the Malt Duty for a year from 24 June 1716 by sundry Maltsters and others in the Country at the determination of this Accompt 47,278 6 11½
and remaining due from sundry Maltsters etc. in London ditto 1 12 9¼
and ditto from sundry Country Collectors ditto 388 11 0¾
and ditto from Alfred Lawson, Collector, Poole port 4 1 6
— 47,672 12 3½
money resting to be accompted for by the Commissioners of Excise for cash in the Cashier's hands 10,179 0 10¼
ditto on accompt of sundry Country Collectors for cash received after Midsummer 1717 253,656 18 6¾
ditto on accompt of sundry Collectors at the Outports, ditto 40 0 8½
money to be accompted for at London port 17 17 7½
and on accompt of sundry Maltsters and Cyder makers in London 299 14 0
— 264,193 11 9
—
£311,866 4 0½
Declared 28 September 1721.

DECLARED ACCOUNTS: EXCISE: MALT: CASH ACCOUNT.

AUDIT OFFICE: BUNDLE 917, ROLL 126 [A.O.1/917/126].

The Commissioners and Governors of Excise.

24 June 1716 to June 1717.

Charge. £ s. d. £ s. d.
Arrears: remaining in the Commissioners' hands:
out of the Duty on Malt from 24 June 1716, none, this being the first Accompt		 nil
out of ditto to 24 June 1716 9,999 16 4½
out of ditto to 23 June 1715 31 19 7½
out of ditto to 23 June 1714 149 8 3
out of ditto to 23 June 1713 276 3 6¼
out of ditto to 23 June 1712 2 3 10¼
out of the Duty on Sweets for 99 years from 25 March 1707 12 6 3½
out of the old Duty on Malt and Leather 0 0 4¾
— 10,471 18 3¾
and remaining on Thomas Tresham, a late Officer in the Excise 682 9 0
Receipts: money received out of the Duties on Malt during the time of this Accompt:
on the Duty on Malt from 24 June 1716		 369,235 2 11¾
on ditto to 23 June 1716 291,752 16 4¾
on ditto to 23 June 1715 920 7 8
on ditto to 23 June 1714 301 2 0
on ditto to 23 June 1713 29 8 7
on ditto to 23 June 1712 and to 23 June 1707 7 4 1
on the Duty on Sweets [as above] 190 9 1½
and out of London fines adjudged against Maltsters and others 62 2 0
— 662,498 12 10
—
total charge and receipts £673,653 0 1¾
Discharge.
Salaries etc.:
John, Lord Delawarr and Edward Pauncfort, Receivers General, for themselves and clerk; year to Ladyday 1717		 376 0 0
the Comptroller for his Deputy and two clerks 140 0 0
Sir Basil Dixwell, Auditor, and John Ogden, his Deputy; same time 80 0 0
Anthony Cossens and John Tooker, Accomptants General; five Assistant Accomptants; John Lawton, Clerk of the Securities; and Samuel Johnson, Correspondent; George Preston, Assistant Doorkeeper; Edward Willett, Accomptant for the London Distillery etc.; and others, named; same time 711 8 6¾
John Francis, Richard Hill junior and Bartholomew Bruere, a billman and two receivers; John Geadon, Chief Examiner of the Country Officers' books; and other Examiners etc.; same time 491 14 6
— 1,799 3 0¾
payments to tradesmen, artificers and others:
to John Hatley, Robert Vincent and Benjamin Colebatch, for stationery wares; to Eleanor James, for printed goods; for stamps and carriage of parcels; for a clerk's allowance; for Treasury fees etc.; for Law charges; to John Hall, blacksmith, John Cook, ironmonger, Joseph Brand, plumber, Arthur Osborne, upholsterer, Matthew Garman, glazier, John Gilham, joiner and William Cranwell, tallow-chandler		 1,432 13 5¼
payments by Treasury Warrants:
for Inferior Officers' taxes, Exchequer charges etc.		 402 12 9¾
payments for over-balances and exports:
for over-balances on Malt		 84 3 1¼
for cyder and sweets overcharged 15 6 0
for malt exported 3,744 13 0
— 3,844 2 1¼
total for salaries etc. 7,478l. 11 s. 5d.
money paid into the Exchequer, detailed by dates:
out of the Malt Duty from 24 June 1716		 354,655 7 2
out of ditto to 23 June 1716 298,506 10 6½
out of arrears of the Duty to 23 June 1715 700 0 0
out of ditto to 23 June 1714 300 0 0
out of ditto to 23 June 1712 200 0 0
out of the Duty on Sweets 170 18 10½
out of part of fines adjudged against Maltsters etc. 62 2 0
— 654,594 18 7
—
total payments and allowances £662,073 10 0
there remains 11,579 10 1¾
whereof depending on Thomas Tresham 682 9 0
and depending on the Commissioners:
out of the Malt Duty from 24 June 1716		 10,179 0 10¼
out of ditto to 23 June 1716 312 1 9
out of ditto to 23 June 1715 194 9 9½
out of ditto to 23 June 1714 90 1 9¼
out of ditto to 23 June 1713 95 1 5¾
out of ditto to 23 June 1712 4 5 8½
out of ditto to 23 June 1707 2 2 2¾
out of the Duty on Sweets 19 17 2
out of the Old Duty on Malt and Leather 0 0 4¾
— 10,897 1 1¾
—
£11,579 10 1¾
Declared 10 June 1719.
[An Abstract follows with Arabic numerals.]

DECLARED ACCOUNTS: EXCISE: HOPS: GENERAL ACCOUNT.

AUDIT OFFICE: BUNDLE 1080, ROLL 741, PART 5 [A.O.1/1080/741/5].

The Commissioners and Governors of Excise.

24 June 1716 to 24 June 1717.

Charge. £ s. d. £ s. d.
Arrears: remaining in nett money to be further accompted for 4,645 3 8
remaining due from sundry hop planters etc. in the Country Collections 2,646 8 7
resting due from present Country Collectors 23 6 10¼
— 7,314 19 1¼
Receipts: the whole duty and produce of the Duty on Hops, 24 June 1716 to 24 June 1717 20,355 5 9½
overbalances paid into the Excise Office, London, by Collectors, named with their districts 90 5 9
money due to Thomas Ellis on an office receipt 18 Sept. 1712 5 19 5
money received on Richard Backwell's Accompt as Collector of Rochester, 27 April 1717, not accompted for until the next following year 1 5 6
paid Alexander Mitchell the contents of six office receipts of 25 Sept. 1712, being twice accompted for in the Discharge 15 8 1
— 22 13 0
—
total charge and receipts £27,783 3 7¾
Discharge.
Money charged in the preceding General Accompt, proper to this Accompt 50 0 0
over-balances due to Country Collectors 104 16 5¾
salaries etc.:
salaries to Country Collectors etc.		 871 8 4¼
incident charges disbursed by Collectors 68 4 4¾
charges of returning money to London 21 2 1
for Commissioners' travelling charges 11 15 8½
— 972 10 6½
allowances for exports etc.:
allowed for hops exported as merchandize		 522 4 2
allowed by Justices' Warrants in the Country 1 15 2
— 523 19 4
total allowed for salaries etc. 1,496l. 9s. 10½d.
ready money received and particularly accompted for 21,148 7 3
—
total payments and allowances £22,799 13 7¼
and then remains 4,983 10 0½
whereof remaining in arrear and unpaid by sundry hop-planters etc. in the Country on the determination of this Accompt 1,147 18 6½
and remaining due from sundry Country Collectors ditto 23 3 1½
— 1,171 1 8
money resting to be accompted for by the Commissioners of Excise for the balance of the Cash Accompt in the Cashier's hands 1,040 9 11½
and for money received from sundry Country Collectors after 24 June 1717 2,771 18 5
— 3,812 8 4½
—
£4,983 10 0½
Declared 22 April 1723.

DECLARED ACCOUNTS: EXCISE: HOPS: CASH ACCOUNT.

AUDIT OFFICE: BUNDLE 917, ROLL 127 [A.O.1/917/127].

The Commissioners and Governors of Excise.

24 June 1716 to 24 June 1717.

Charge. £ s. d. £ s. d.
Arrears: remaining in the Commissioners' hands, as by the end of the last precedent Cash Accompt of Hops 1,150 14 9
Receipts: money received out of the Duty on Hops within the time of this Accompt:
for the Duty on Hops from 1 June 1711		 80 17 7½
for ditto from 1 Aug. 1715. 20,957 4 10
— 21,038 2 5½
—
total charge and receipts £22,188 17 2½
Discharge.
Salaries to the clerks employed on the Hop Duties:
the Receivers General for two clerks, 20l.; Anthony Cossens and John Tooker, Accomptants General, 40l.; Henry Wilcox, Assistant Accomptant, 60l.; an Assistant to the Clerk of the Securities, 40l.; Alexander Tulidah, clerk to the Auditor, 12l.; a clerk in the Comptroller's Office, 12l. 		184 0 0
payments to tradesmen and others:
John Hatley, Benjamin Coalebatch and Robert Vincent, for stationery wares; Eleanor James, for printed wares; carriage of parcels; the Secretary's disbursements; Treasury fees etc.		 342 0 5
payments by Treasury Warrant, detailed 46 12 6¼
payments for Hops exported 2,436 1 2¾
money paid into the Exchequer, detailed by dates:
on the Duty on Hops from 1 Aug. 1715, 1 George I		 18,039 13 1
ditto from 1 June 1711 100 0 0
—
£21,148 7 3
and so remains 1,040 9 11½
whereof depending on Gervas Clarke, doorkeeper, for money imprested 100 0 0
and on these Accomptants 940 9 11½
—
£1,040 9 11½
Declared 10 June 1719.

DECLARED ACCOUNTS: EXCISE: CANDLES: GENERAL ACCOUNT.

AUDIT OFFICE: BUNDLE 1080, ROLL 741, PART 2 [A.O.1/1080/741/2].

The Commissioners and Governors of Excise.

24 June 1716 to 24 June 1717.

Charge. £ s. d. £ s. d.
Arrears: remaining in nett money to be further accompted for 12,959 14 8½
remaining due from sundry further tallow-chandlers etc. in the Country Collections 765 12 7¾
resting due from ditto in London 96 12 5¾
ditto from present Collectors in the Country 138 11 6½
— 13,960 11 4½
Receipts: the whole produce of the Duties on Candles, 24 June 1716 to 24 June 1717:
the produce of the several Country Collections		 89,208 13 7¾
ditto within London and Westminster and the Bills of Mortality 42,222 16 8
— 131,431 10 3¾
over-balances paid into the Excise Office by sundry Collectors, named with their collections 207 18 9¾
—
total charge and receipts £145,600 0 6
Discharge.
Overbalances due to several Collectors from the preceding Accompt 169 16 9¾
salaries etc.:
salaries to Collectors etc. in the country		 7,346 17 1¾
riding charges in Sheffield Collection 25 4 0
incident charges disbursed by Collectors etc. 214 1 6
taxes assessed on Officers 794 8 11
charges of returning money to London 51 14 11¼
Sir Marmaduke Wyvill, bt., John Whetham, Christopher Montagu and Roger Gale, four Commissioners of Excise, for travelling expenses 41 12 1¾
— 8,473 18 7¾
allowances for exports etc.:
allowed in the Country the Duty on Candles exported as merchandize		 1,049 2 0½
allowed by Justices' Warrants in the Country 5 9 3¾
allowed for Duty overcharged in London 9 6 2
— 1,063 17 6¼
total allowed for salaries etc. as above 9,537l. 16s. 2d.
ready money received and particularly accompted for 120,887 12 9¼
—
total payments and allowances £130,595 5 9
then remains 15,004 14 9
whereof remaining in arrear and unpaid by sundry tallow chandlers etc. in the Country at the time of the determination of this Accompt 554 13 1¾
ditto by ditto in London, ditto 62 6 7½
resting due from sundry late and present Collectors in the Country, ditto 365 15 11½
— 982 15 8¾
money resting to be accompted for by the Commissioners for cash in their Cashier's hands 1,895 5 3¾
ditto for money received from sundry Country Collectors after 24 June 1717 8,563 4 9
ditto for ditto from sundry tallow-chandlers etc. in London ditto 3,562 17 9¼
part of a candle bill writ off to callicoes, 15 September 1714, to make good a bill of Mr. Lanham, Collector of Marlbro' Collection 0 11 2¼
— 14,021 19 0¼
£15,004 14 9
Declared 28 September 1721.

DECLARED ACCOUNTS: EXCISE: CANDLES: CASH ACCOUNT.

AUDIT OFFICE: BUNDLE 917, ROLL 129 [A.O.1/917/129].

The Commissioners and Governors of Excise.

24 June 1716 to 24 1717.

Charge. £ s. d. £ s. d.
Arrears: remaining in the Commissioners' hands, as by the end of the last precedent Cash Accompt 644 13 4¾
money imprested to William Taylor, Doorkeeper, for incident charges 150 0 0
Receipts: money received out of the Duties on Candles within the time of this Accompt:
on [the Duty on] Candles [which] commenced 1 May 1710		 33 10 11
on ditto [which] commenced 25 March 1711 60,971 18 9½
on ditto [which] commenced 1 May 1715 60,938 6 4¼
and on London fines 44 8 7½
— 121,988 4 8¼
—
total charge and receipts £122,782 18 1
Discharge.
Salaries:
John, Lord Delawarr and Edward Pauncefort, Receivers General, for two clerks		 100 0 0
Isaac Hide, Accomptant General 70 0 0
Thomas Wyvill, Accomptant, and Henry Buck, Assistant Accomptant 140 0 0
an Assistant to the Clerk of the Stores 45 0 0
George Preston, Assistant Doorkeeper 5 0 0
Francis Oldham and William Johnson, two Examiners of Candles 110 0 0
an Assistant to the Clerk of the Securities 20 0 0
Robert Shawter, Messenger 50 0 0
the Comptroller, for two clerks 108 0 0
Alexander Tulidah, a clerk in the Auditor's office 48 0 0
Richard Ansell, a General Surveyor 119 8 10¾
eight Surveyors 440 0 0
Officers for surveying wax- and tallow-chandlers 1,612 5 3¾
William Clark, Assistant Officer 35 0 0
Gervas Clark, Doorkeeper 38 14 4
— 2,941 8 6½
payments to tradesmen, artificers and others:
John Hatley & Co., Robert Vincent, Benjamin Colebatch and Elizabeth Jansen, for stationery wares; Eleanor James for printed wares; John Gibbons, clerk of the Stores, for stamps and carriage of parcels; Edmund Naylor, Secretary, for his bills of disbursements; Gervas Clark, Doorkeeper, for rent, Treasury fees, office necessaries etc.; John Ellis, Solicitor, for law-charges; John Hall, blacksmith; John Cooke, ironmonger; John Brand, plumber; Matthew Jarman, glazier		 927 3 11
payments by Treasury Warrant:
Inferior Officers' taxes, 340l. 4s.; Exchequer charges 20 Dec. 1714 to 6 Dec. 1715 (in full of 12l. 1s. 11½d.), 3l. 17s. 4d.; ditto, 12 Dec. 1715 to 18 June 1716, 21l. 5s. 1d. 		365 6 5
money paid for over-payments and exports:
to Humphrey Thomas, late Collector, for an overpayment 7l. 6s. 9d.; for exports, out of the Duty from 25 March 1711, 83l. 4s. 3d., and out of ditto from 1 May 1715, 83l. 4s. 2¾d. 		173 15 2¾
total for salaries, incidents etc. 4,407l. 14s. 1¼d.
money paid into the Exchequer, detailed by dates:
for the Duty from 25 March 1711		 58,234 11 3
for ditto from 1 May 1715 58,200 18 9½
for part of fines and penalties adjudged against tallow chandlers 44 8 7½
— 116,479 18 8
—
total payments and allowances £120,887 12 9¼
and so remains 1,895 5 3¾
whereof depending on Gervas Clark for incidents 100 0 0
and on Henry Buck for ditto 50 0 0
— 150 0 0
and on the Commissioners 1,745 5 3¾
—
Declared 10 June 1719. £1,895 5 3¾

DECLARED ACCOUNTS: EXCISE: GILT AND SILVER WIRE AND STARCH: GENERAL ACCOUNT.

AUDIT OFFICE: BUNDLE 1080, ROLL 741, PART 4 [A.O.1/1080/741/4].

The Commissioners and Governors of Excise.

24 June 1716 to 24 June 1717.

Charge. £ s. d. £ s. d.
Arrears: remaining in nett money to be further accompted for 3,310 13 1¾
remaining due from sundry starch-makers etc. in the Country Collections 212 7 5¼
ditto from ditto, in London 207 4 9½
resting due from present Country Collectors 32 5 1
— 3,762 10 5½
Receipts: the whole produce of the Duties on Gilt and Silver Wire and Starch, 24 June 1716 to 24 June 1717:
the produce of British starch, the growing Duty in the Country Collections		 4,580 2 2¾
the produce of gilt and silver wire and starch in London, Westminster and the Bills of Mortality 13,745 16 9½
salary overpaid in London, Ladyday quarter 1716, 10s.; and an overpayment due to the Soap etc. Accompt 60l. 10s. 2d. 61 0 2
— 18,386 19 2¼
over-balances paid into the London Office by Collectors, named with their districts 26 11 11½
—
total charge and receipts £22,176 1 7¼
Discharge.
Over-balances due to Country Collectors 26 12 3
Salaries etc.:
salaries to Country Collectors etc.		 58 10 3¼
incident charges disbursed by Collectors etc. 3 13 11¾
Inferior Officers' taxes repaid in the Country 3 16 8
charges of returning money to London 3 11 4
Sir Marmaduke Wyvill, bt., a Commissioner of Excise, for his travelling charges 0 6 3
— 69 18 6
allowances for exports etc.:
allowed for starch exported as merchandize		 19 17 0
allowed for Justice's Warrants in the Country 15 11 7
lost by fractional parts 0 0 0¼
— 35 8 7¼
total allowed for salaries etc. 105l. 7s. 1¼d.
ready money received and particularly accompted for 17,527 3 10¾
—
total payments and allowances £17,659 3 3
and then remains 4,516 18 4¼
whereof remaining in arrear and unpaid of this Duty on Starch by several starch-makers etc. in the Country 313 17 9
resting in arrear and unpaid by ditto in London 211 17 1½
remaining due from Country Collectors at the determination of the Accompt 26 11 9½
— 552 6 8
and resting to be accompted for by the Commissioners of Excise for the balance of the Cash Accompt in the Cashier's hands 245 16 1¼
ditto on accompt of sundry Country Collectors, for money received after 24 June 1717 1,275 1 7¾
ditto on accompt of sundry refiners and starch-makers in London etc., for ditto 2,443 13 11¼
— 3,964 11 8¼
—
£4,516 18 4¼
Declared 28 September 1721.

DECLARED ACCOUNTS: EXCISE: GILT AND SILVER WIRE AND STARCH: CASH ACCOUNT.

AUDIT OFFICE: BUNDLE 917, ROLL 128 [A.O.1/917/128].

The Governors and Commissioners of Excise.

24 June 1716 to 24 June 1717.

Charge. £ s. d.
Arrears: remaining in the Commissioners' hands, as by the end of the last precedent Cash Accompt of Gilt and Silver Wire and Starch 177 19 11½
Receipts: money received out of the Duties on Gilt and Silver Wire and Starch within the time of this Accompt 17,595 0 0½
—
total charge and receipts £17,773 0 0
Discharge.
Salaries:
Midsummer quarter 1716, 107l. 8s. 1d.; Michaelmas quarter 1716, 107l. 8s. 1d.; Xmas quarter 1716, 107l. 8s. 10d.; Ladyday quarter 1717 107l. 13s. 4¾d. 		429 18 4¾
payments to tradesmen, artificers and others:
Midsummer quarter 1716, 40l. 15s. 4d.; Michaelmas quarter 1716 23l. 16s. 9¾d.; Xmas quarter 1716 42l. 5s. 9d. 		106 17 10¾
payments by Treasury Warrant:
Inferior Officers' taxes 59l. 13s. 0½d.; Exchequer fees etc. 3l. 14s. 0¼d 		63 7 0¾
paid for Gilt and Silver Wire and Starch exported as merchandize 1,917 5 9½
total payments allowed as above 2,517l. 9s. 1¾d.
money paid into the Exchequer out of these Duties detailed by dates 15,007 14 2
ditto for fines and penalties adjudged against starch-makers etc. 2 0 7
(total paid into the Exchequer 15,009l. 14s. 9d.)
—
total payments and allowances £17,527 3 10¾
and then remains 245 16 1¼
whereof depending on the Commissioners
Declared 10 June 1719.		 245 16 1¼

DECLARED ACCOUNTS: EXCISE: SOAP ETC.: GENERAL ACCOUNT.

AUDIT OFFICE: BUNDLE 1080, ROLL 741, PART 3 [A.O.1/1080/741/3].

The Commissioners and Governors of Excise.

24 June 1716 to 24 June 1717.

Charge. £ s. d. £ s. d.
Arrears: remaining in nett money to be accompted for 43,935 6 9
remaining due from sundry soap-boilers etc. in the Country Collections 7,585 11 8¾
ditto from ditto in London 589 6 5
resting due from sundry Country Collectors 305 2 1
— 52,415 6 11¾
Receipts: the whole Duty and produce of the Duties on Soap, Paper, Calicoes and Starch, 24 June 1716 to 24 June 1717:
the growing duty in London, Westminster and the Bills of Mortality		 131,789 10 8½
ditto in the several Country Collections 98,083 15 4¼
— 229,873 6 0¾
added to cash the money gained by several fractional parts less than ¼d., d.; an overpayment (proper to Candle Duty) 11s. 2¼d.; cash paid in by Arthur Stevens 25 Aug. 1716 on Mr. Bamford, Collector for Hertford, 1l. 15s. 4d. 2 6 7
over-balances, detailed by Collectors and districts 478 8 3½
—
total charge and receipts £282,769 7 11
Discharge.
Over-balances due to Collectors from their preceding Accompts 254 16 1½
salaries etc.:
salaries to sundry Country Collectors etc.		 2,873 11 1
taxes assessed on Officers 272 13 4
incident charges disbursed by Collectors etc. 122 11 11¾
charges of returning money to London 13 17 11¾
Sir Marmaduke Wyvill, bt., Christopher Montagu, John Whetham and Roger Gale, four Commissioners, for their travelling charges 41 5 10¾
— 3,324 0 3¼
allowances for exports etc.:
allowed in the Country the Duties of Soap etc. exported as merchandize		 1,377 10 3¼
allowed ditto one third of the Old Duty and the whole of the Additional Duty on soap consumed in the woollen manufactures 7,787 16 3
allowed by Justices' Warrants in the Country for overcharges 42 19 4½
allowed by the Commissioners for ditto in London 17 14 9
allowed for arrears on the Old Duty in London discharged by the Commissioner's orders 120 2 5
allowed cash overpaid, proper to Candles 0 11 2¼
— 9,346 14 3
total allowed for salaries etc. 12,670l. 14s. 6¼d.
ready money received and particularly accompted for 213,658 13 1¼
an overpayment made to Gold and Silver Wire 60 10 2
—
total payments and allowances £226,644 13 11
then remains 56,124 14 0
whereof remaining in arrear and unpaid on the determination of this General Accompt by sundry makers etc. in the Country 5,801 17 7
ditto by soap-makers etc. in London 758 6 6
resting due from sundry Country Collectors 271 2 4
ditto from Benjamin le Gross, late Assistant Accomptant, money taken up of Thomas Saunders, soap maker, and converted to his own use 45 7 0
— 6,876 13 5
money resting to be accompted for by the Commissioners for the balance of the Cash Accompt in the Cashier's hands 9,107 6 8
ditto for money received after 24 June 1717 from sundry Country Collectors 21,076 4 1¼
ditto for ditto from sundry soap-makers etc. in London 19,064 9 9¾
— 49,248 0 7
—
£56,124 14 0
Declared 4 April 1722.

DECLARED ACCOUNTS: EXCISE: SOAP ETC.. CASH ACCOUNT.

AUDIT OFFICE: BUNDLE 917, ROLL 130 [A.O.1/917/130].

The Commissioners and Governors of Excise.

24 June 1716 to 24 June 1717.

Charge. £ s. d. £ s. d.
Arrears: remaining in the Commissioners' hands, as by the end of the last precedent Cash Accompt of Soap etc. 5,776 19 11¾
and remaining the money imprested to the doorkeeper and to the storekeeper to defray incident charges 350 0 0
Receipts: money received out of the Duties upon Soap etc. within the time of this Accompt:
on the Duty from 10 June 1712		 128,308 5 10¾
on ditto from 2 Aug. 1714 88,217 6 7¼
money received on accompt of London fines 113 7 3½
— 216,638 19 9½
—
total charge and receipts £222,765 19 9¼
Discharge.
Salaries to clerks and others employed on these Duties 3,198 13 7¼
payments to tradesmen, artificers and others 855 8 7½
payments under Treasury Warrants for inferior Officers' taxes, for the Cashier's charges and to Thomas Herbert 525 9 8
payments for exports 9,776 2 9
ditto for soap consumed in the woollen manufacture and overcharged 1,806 12 1½
— 16,162 6 9¼
money paid into the Exchequer, detailed by dates:
on the Duty from 10 June 1712		 118,210 1 2
on ditto from 2 Aug. 1714 79,172 17 10½
on part of fines and penalties adjudged against soap-boilers etc. 113 7 3½
— 197,496 6 4
—
total payments and allowances £213,658 13 1¼
and so remains 9,107 6 8
whereof imprested to Gervas Clarke, doorkeeper, for incidents 300 0 0
and to Henry Buck, storekeeper, for the like 50 0 0
and depending on these Accomptants 8,757 6 8
—
£9,107 6 8
Declared 10 June 1719.

DECLARED ACCOUNTS: HIDES: GENERAL ACCOUNT.

AUDIT OFFICE: BUNDLE 645; ROLL 250 [A.O.1/645/250]. Also BUNDLE 1080, ROLL 741, PART 6 [A.O.1/1080/741/6].

Nicholas Vincent, Paul Burrard, John Williams, Anthony Dawley Bryan Fairfax and Sir Harcourt Masters, Commissioners for the Duties on Hides and Skins and on Vellum and Parchment.

25 June 1716 to 24 June 1717.

Charge. £ s. d. £ s. d.
Arrears: money due and payable, depending in super at the foot of the last preceding Accompt:
on sundry tanners, tawers etc. for money due at Midsummer 1716; on the Old Duties from 24 June 1711 2,875l. 6s. 10¾d. and on the Additional Duties from 1 Aug. 1712 1,839l. 9s. 10¼d. 		4,714 17 9
on sundry Collectors to balance their Accompts to Midsummer 1716; on the Old Duties 419l. 1s. 5¾d. and on the Additional Duties 175l. 9s. 10¾d. 594 11 4½
on the Commissioners of these Duties for the balance of their Cash Accompt to Midsummer 1716; for the Old Duties 1,165l. 13s. 7¾d. and for the Additional Duties 766l. 5s. 4d. 1,931 18 11¾
on ditto for money imprested to Francis Sorrell, their Secretary, for incidents; out of the Old Duties 144 9 7½
on ditto for money due from sundry collectors paid in since the determination of the last Accompt; on the Old Duties 21,466l. 7s. 10¾d. and on the Additional Duties 13,135l. 18s. 7d. 34,602 6 5¾
— 41,988 3 2½
Receipts: money received and payable within the time of this Accompt for the several Duties on Hides and Skins and on Vellum and Parchment, together with the produce of fines etc.:
for the Duties from 24 June 1711:
Bedford (Thomas Poole)		 5,411 11 5¼
Bristol (Francis Somaster) 5,903 3 8
Canterbury (John Rogerson) 3,797 10 0
Carmarthen (John Picton) 1,780 11 5¾
Chester (Thomas Billings) 5,605 3 6¼
Cornwal (John Brooke) 1,938 9 5¾
Cumberland (John Hodgson) 3,015 2 4
Derby (William Archer) 5,228 18 0¼
Dorset (Thomas Cornelius) 7,463 17 5½
Durham (Thomas Walbancke) 3,014 11 3
Essex (Henry Marmion) 7,776 7 5½
Exeter (Edward Binlawes) 3,843 1 4
ditto (Stewkley Goodwyn) 794 11 8¼
Gloucester (Joseph Wheeler) 7,809 16 8¾
Isle of Wight (William Vessy) 214 15 4
Leeds (Matthew Slack) 6,206 11 5¼
Lichfield (George Lomax) 5,332 14 9½
Lincoln (Samuel Saunders) 3,177 7 0¾
Marlborough (William Huson) 5,890 5 8¼
Norwich (Edmund Haddock) 5,281 0 1½
ditto (James Wrenn) 2,089 0 1
Richmond (William Askew) 2,080 14 10¾
ditto (John Bach) 1,493 11 5
Sussex (Samuel Power) 7,007 3 5
North Wales (William Gough) 2,142 8 9¾
these Accomptants in London and within the Bills of Mortality 11,933 2 7
— 116,231 11 6
for the Duties from 1 Aug. 1712:
Bedford (Thomas Poole)		 2,939 14 11¼
Bristol (Francis Somaster) 3,788 10 8¾
Canterbury (John Rogerson) 2,145 6 3¾
Carmarthen (John Picton) 1,114 7 10¼
Chester (Thomas Billings) 3,206 15 1¼
Cornwall (John Brooke) 1,072 14 5¼
Cumberland (John Hodgson) 1,758 4 11
Derby (William Archer) 3,109 6 8¼
Dorset (Thomas Cornelius) 4,320 10 10¾
Durham (William Walbancke) 1,902 12 2
Essex (Henry Marmion) 5,020 9 0
Exeter (Edward Binlawes) 2,403 3 2¼
ditto (Stewkley Goodwyn) 503 10 5¾
Gloucester (Joseph Wheeler) 4,651 10 4¾
Isle of Wight (William Vessey) 121 5 5¼
Leeds (Matthew Slack) 3,517 10 6¼
Lichfield (George Lomax) 3,185 0 10½
Lincoln (Samuel Saunders) 1,878 5 8¼
Marlborough (William Huson) 3,373 1 3
Norwich (Edmund Haddock) 2,968 16 1¼
ditto (James Wrenn) 1,148 10 11¾
Richmond (William Askew) 1,204 16 11
ditto (John Backs) 874 2 5½
Sussex (Samuel Power) 4,010 0 4¾
North Wales (William Gough) 1,321 17 4
these Accomptants in London and the Bills of Mortality 7,607 19 5¼
— 69,148 4 6¼
for the produce of fines and penalties:
for the Old Duties detailed as above		 377 1 2¾
for the interest arising by bills of exchange returned for non-payment:
on the Old Duties ditto		 4 13 1
on the Additional Duties ditto 1 19 7¼
— 6 12 8¼
for a surcharge on William Gough in North Wales; for the Old Duties 0 1 0¾
(total Receipts as above 185,763l. 11s. 0d.)
overpayments, detailed as above:
on the Old Duties 		62 12 1¼
on the Additional Duties 643 10 9½
— 706 2 10¾
—
total charge and receipts £228,457 17 1¼
Discharge.
Overpayments, on the previous Accompt, detailed by Collectors and districts:
out of the Old Duties 		45 12 7½
out of the Additional Duties 188 4 9¾
— 233 17 5¼
salaries etc.:
salaries to the Commissioners and others in London and within the Bills of Mortality		 3,283 16 4
salaries to the Collectors etc. in the Country, detailed by Collections 22,708 1 10¾
— 25,991 18 2¾
incident charges:
incident charges in London		 1,539 5 8¼
ditto in the Country, detailed by Collections:
postage of letters etc.		 756 3 5
riding charges 1,232 3 0
Officers' taxes repaid 2,227 1 3
charges on remitting money from the Country 83 16 3¼
— 4,299 3 11¼
total for salaries etc.; out of the Old Duties 19,893l. 17s. 0½d. and out of the Additional Duties 11,936l. 10s. 9¾d; in both 31,830l. 7s. 10¼d.
repayments on debentures; for hides and skins exported:
in London		 8,917 3 2
in the Country, detailed by Collections 2,338 19 8¼
— 11,256 2 10¼
(Out of the Old Duties 7,525l. 3s. 5¼d. and out of the Additional Duties 3,730l. 19s. 5d.)
overcharge repaid by William Huson at Marlborough to Stephen Smith, fellmonger and leather dresser of Witney in Oxfordshire; out of the Old Duties 1l. 0s. 9¾d. and out of the Additional Duties 1l. 0s. 9¾d. 		2 1 7½
money paid into the Exchequer:
out of the Old Duties 		86,097 18 8
out of the Additional Duties 52,329 2 5
— 138,427 1 1
total payments and allowances: out of the Old Duties 113,563l. 12s. 7d. and out of the Additional Duties 68,185l. 18s. 3¼d.
—
£181,749 10 10¼
and so remains 46,708 6 3
against which depending for money due from sundry tanners, tawers and dressers of hides and skins and parchment-makers in the several Collections, detailed by Collections as above:
for the Old Duties 		2,919 5 1¼
for the Additional Duties 1,826 11 7½
— 4,745 16 8¾
and for money remaining in arrear in the Collectors' hands, detailed, at Midsummer 1717 to balance their Accompts:
for the Old Duties 		897 6 5¾
for the Additional Duties 333 11 8¼
— 1,230 18 2
and for money in the Accomptants' hands:
on the Old Duties 		1,603 4 4½
on the Additional Duties 1,334 9 7¾
— 2,937 14 0¼
and imprested by them to Francis Sorrel their Secretary, for contingencies; out of the Old Duties 422 4 7½
and for money due from Collectors, received after the determination of this Accompt:
for the Old Duties 		23,341 5 4¼
for the Additional Duties 14,030 7 4¼
— 37,371 12 8½
—
£46,708 6 3
and so this General Accompt is even and Quit.
Declared 21 August 1722.
Editor's Note.—There are two copies of this Account; one is with the General Accounts of the Excise in A.O.1/1080/741 with—for the most part—Arabic numerals; this would appear to be a draft which may have been kept for convenience with the Declared Accounts of the Excise: it is not shown at the end as having been declared before the usual Officers. The other (A.O.1/645/250)has been labelled among the Customs Accounts to which it certainly does not belong; the Declaration is signed in the ordinary manner.

DECLARED ACCOUNTS: HIDES AND SKINS: CASH ACCOUNT.

AUDIT OFFICE: BUNDLE 788, ROLL 995 [A.O.1/788/995].

Nicholas Vincent, Paul Burrard, John Williams, Anthony Dawley, Brian Fairfax and Sir Harcourt Masters, Commissioners for the Duties on Hides, Skins, Vellum and Parchment.

24 June 1716 to 24 June 1717.

Charge. £ s. d. £ s. d.
Arrears: remaining in the Commissioners' hands on the determination of their preceding Accompt:
on the Old Duties 		1,165 13 7¾
on the Additional Duties 766 5 4
— 1,931 18 11¾
and depending on Francis Sorrel, Secretary to these Accomptants, for money imprested to him 144 9 7½
(total arrears 2,076l. 8s. 7¼d.).
Receipts: money received or remitted for the Duties on Hides and Skins etc. within the time of this Accompt:
on the Old Duties from 24 June 1711:
Bedford (Thomas Poole)		 3,651 3 5¼
Bristol (Samuel Saunders) 538 3 2¼
ditto (Francis Somaster) 3,694 6 7
Cambridge (Thomas Billings, junior) 6 6 3
ditto (John Farmer) 705 6 0
Canterbury (Jacob Lynn) 5 0 0
ditto (Archibald Darrock) 634 5 7
ditto (John Rogerson) 2,606 4 4¼
Carmarthen (John Pickton) 1,197 12 1¾
Chester (Thomas Walbanck) 610 0 7¼
ditto (Thomas Billings, senior) 3,597 8 0
Cornwall (John Brook) 1,384 12 1¼
Cumberland (John Hodgson) 1,918 11 1
Derby (John Morris) 493 7 8¼
ditto (William Archer) 2,871 8 9
Dorset (Thomas Cornelius) 4,562 8 3¼
Durham (Thomas Billings, senior) 496 17 4
ditto (Thomas Walbancke) 1,910 0 8¼
Essex (Edmund Haddock) 511 19 1¼
ditto (Henry Marmion) 4,976 18 9¾
Exeter (Edward Binlawes) 3,049 3 6
Glocester (Edward Kemeys) 339 14 5½
ditto (Joseph Wheeler) 5,189 3 10¾
Hants (William Morton) 1,111 8 1
Hereford (Edward Halford) 430 2 3
Hertford (Henry Marmion) 1,045 11 2
Isle of Wight (William Vessy) 142 17 7½
Lancaster (John Rockett) 459 7 10
Leeds (Matthew Slack) 4,878 5 4½
Litchfield (Robert Eckersall) 514 17 7
ditto (George Lomax) 2,762 19 2½
Lincoln (Samuel Power) 694 0 0
ditto (Samuel Sanders) 1,804 12 9½
Marlborough (Thomas Hope) 107 0 0
ditto (William Huson) 4,220 6 6
Southampton (John Rogerson) 833 15 6¼
Norwich (Thomas Boocock) 859 6 9¼
ditto (Edmund Haddock) 3,901 2 8¼
ditto (James Wrenn) 477 10 0
Oxford (John Marlow) 300 0 0
Reading (William Gough) 425 18 11½
Richmond (William Archer) 201 19 1
ditto (William Askew) 1,505 1 0¾
ditto (John Back) 633 9 2
ditto (George Lomax) 664 3 7
Sheffield (William Askew) 472 10 5¾
Suffolk (Richard Eeles) 851 7 4¾
Surry (Joseph Wheeler) 669 5 3¼
Sussex (Leonard Benton) 482 14 1
ditto (Samuel Proctor) 4,464 3 3
Taunton (Francis Somaster) 467 7 11¼
Tiverton (John Brook) 82 0 0½
ditto (Stewkley Goodwyn) 327 17 5
North Wales (Richard Clince) 473 10 7½
ditto (William Gough) 1,113 1 4¾
Westmorland (Matthew Denton) 350 17 11
Worcester (Walter Warlow) 752 7 10
York (Gervas Raynes) 414 9 3¼
these Accomptants in London and within the Bills of Mortality 11,918 19 5¾
and received there for fines and penalties 28 1 9¼
— 95,792 11 3
for the Additional Duties from 1 August 1712:
Bedford (Thomas Poole)		 1,954 14 6
Bristol (Samuel Saunders) 450 8 10¼
ditto (Frances Somaster) 2,403 8 6
Cambridge (John Farmer) 381 9 3¾
Canterbury (Archibald Darrock) 351 18 11¾
ditto (John Rogerson) 1,619 4 2¼
Carmarthen (John Picton) 761 1 7¼
Chester (Thomas Walbancke) 372 5 2½
ditto (Thomas Billings, senior) 2,031 8 9¼
Cornwall (John Brooke) 724 2 9¾
Cumberland (John Hodgson) 1,088 5 0¾
Derby (John Morris) 295 18 10¼
ditto (William Archer) 1,676 18 6¾
Dorset (Thomas Cornelius) 2,738 1 2½
Durham (Thomas Billings, senior) 334 4 10¼
ditto (Thomas Walbancke) 1,282 9 4¼
Essex (Edmund Haddock) 294 4 2½
ditto (Henry Marmion) 3,343 6 8¼
Exeter (Edward Binlawes) 1,970 10 0¾
Glocester (Edward Kemeys) 297 1 3¾
ditto (Joseph Wheeler) 3,149 16 7½
Hants (William Morton) 654 0 6
Hereford (Edward Halford) 249 14 4
Hertford (Henry Marmion) 710 0 0
Isle of Wight (William Vessy) 79 0 9¼
Lancaster (John Rockett) 249 5 0
Leeds (Matthew Slack) 2,761 2 6¼
Litchfield (Robert Eckersall) 282 19 5
ditto (George Lomax) 1,579 12 8¼
Lincoln (Samuel Power) 426 3 7
ditto (Samuel Saunders) 1,068 7 3
Marlborough (Thomas Hope) 53 13 11
ditto (William Huson) 2,335 10 2¾
Northampton (John Rogerson) 531 2 11
Norwich (Thomas Boocock) 459 9 5¼
ditto (Edmund Haddock) 2,135 16 0
ditto (James Wrenn) 283 12 0
Oxford (John Marlow) 130 0 0
Reading (William Gough) 243 15 5¼
Richmond (William Archer) 131 15 6¼
ditto (William Askew) 903 10 5¾
ditto (John Back) 246 1 8¼
Salop (George Lomax) 451 1 7½
Sheffield (William Askew) 264 19 8¾
Suffolk (Richard Eeles) 461 17 6¼
Surry (Joseph Wheeler) 516 3 1¼
Sussex (Leonard Bruton) 306 11 0¼
ditto (Samuel Power) 2,621 7 10
Taunton (Francis Somaster) 271 16 7¼
Tiverton (John Brooke) 50 0 0
ditto (Stewkley Goodwin) 211 6 9¾
North Wales (Richard Clince) 319 19 4½
ditto (William Gough) 677 10 5
Westmorland (Matthew Denton) 214 15 11¾
Worcester (Walter Warlow) 366 14 5½
York (Gervas Raynes) 254 16 6¼
these Accomptants within the Division of London 7,633 10 10¼
— 57,658 5 0¾
(total receipts as above 153,450l. 16s. 3¾d.)
total charge and receipts (on the Old Duties 97,102l. 14s. 6¼d. and on the Additional Duties 58,424l. 10s. 4¾d.) —
£155,527 4 11
Discharge.
salaries and incidents:
salaries at the Head Office in London:
Nicholas Vincent, Paul Burrard, John Williams, Anthony Dawley, Bryan Fairfax and Sir Harcourt Masters, Commissioners; year to Ladyday 1717		 1,200 0 0
Sir Charles Farnaby, Cashier, for himself and clerks; same time 510 0 0
Francis Sorrell, Secretary, (at 50l. per an. for Midsummer quarter 1716 and at 120l. per an. to Ladyday 1717) 102 10 0
George Wilson, solicitor, for himself and clerk; year to Ladyday 1717 150 0 0
Leonard Reresby, Comptroller; same time 100 0 0
Henry Needier, Accomptant General 100 0 0
clerks, assistants, surveyors etc. 1,121 6 4
— 3,283 16 4
incident expenses, detailed 1,539 5 8¼
total for salaries and incidents (out of the Old Duties 3,013l. 11s. 4¾d. and out of the Additional Duties 1,809l. 10s. 7½d.) 4,823l. 2s. 0¼d.
money repaid upon debentures for Hides and Skins etc. exported:
out of the Old Duties 		5,965 15 5½
out of the Additional Duties 2,951 7 8½
— 8,917 3 2
money paid into the Exchequer, detailed by dates:
out of the Old Duties 		86,097 18 8
out of the Additional Duties 52,329 2 5
— 138,427 1 1
—
total payments and allowances (out of the Old Duties 95,077l. 5s. 6¼d. and out of the Additional Duties 57,090l. 0s. 9d.) £152,167 6 3¼
and so remains 3,359 18 7¾
whereof depending on Francis Sorrel, Secretary to the Commissioners, for money imprested to him for contingent expenses 422 4 7½
and so these Accomptants are Indebted (on the Old Duties 1,603l. 4s. 4½d. and on the Additional Duties 1,334l. 9s. 7¾d.)
Declared 21 August 1722.		 2,937 14 0¼

DECLARED ACCOUNTS: SALT DUTIES: GENERAL ACCOUNT.

AUDIT OFFICE: BUNDLE 2094, ROLL 122 [A.O.1/2094/122].

Benjamin Mildmay, Thomas Woodcock, Arthur Ingram, Charles Dent and James Cardonell, Commissioners for the Salt Duties.

26 March 1716 to 25 March 1717.

Charge. £ s. d. £ s. d.
Arrears: remaining in the hands of sundry persons at the determination of the last Accompt:
sundry proprietors for money due from them		 30,160 1 2
sundry Collectors for money and bonds in their hands 149,116 2 10¼
the Commissioners of the Salt Duties in money 15,772 0 1½
— 195,048 4 1¾
Receipts: money due and payable for the Duties on Salt within the time of this Accompt:
Bideford (John Kittow)		 280 9 5
Bishops Lidiard (John Pavie) 424 11 3
ditto (Charles Hawkins) 332 12 6
Bristol city and port (Christopher Cole) 5,201 2 11
Cockerham (John Jon) 472 17 4
ditto (Edmond Chippendale) 161 14 11½
ditto (Thomas Crowle) 14 13 4
Droitwich (John Kent) 65,375 9 7
Flimby (Thomas Johnson) 2,455 4 0
Flint (Edmond Simson) 1,353 12 11
Grain Isle (William Jeffrys) 175 5 5
ditto (Christopher Berwick) 1 0 0
Laugherne (John Furnivall) 1,575 15 0
Lemington (Joseph Slater) 33,804 8 9
Leverpoole (John Troughton) 26,546 8 4
Middlewich (Samuel Blechinden) 25,390 2 1
Nantwich (Jonathan Brown) 17,764 0 0
Northshields (John Wheelwright) 42,882 10 0
Northwich (Thomas Stephenson) 123,983 19 7
Pensford (Maurice Price) 97 0 10
ditto (Francis Davis) 367 11 8
Plymouth (John Leigh) 679 6 8
Portsea (William Dodd) 5,090 17 6
Sherborne (Charles Jennings) 192 0 0
ditto (Harthory Brudenel) 610 0 0
Shirleywich (William Sudlow) 7,619 10 10
South Shields (John Bell) 40,799 13 4
ditto (John Wheelwright) 34,635 3 4
ditto (Richard Mounteney) 16,072 10 0
Topsham (John Lyon) 3,208 11 1
Yarmouth (Michael Pulteney) 7,850 9 7
and at the following ports:
Barnstaple (Robert Rowe)		 3,246 13 4
Berwick (George Moore) 166 13 4
Beaumaris (Fetherston Nicholson) 36 0 0
Bideford (Thomas Jans) 5,018 13 4
Cardigan (Hugh Lloyd) 14 13 4
Colchester (James Bruce) 14 3 4
Dartmouth (Arthur Robinson) 4,396 0 0
Dover (John Ball) 132 6 8
Exeter (William Spry) 877 4 5¼
Falmouth (William Pye) 4,046 18 4
Fowey (Charles Lamb) 12,673 15 3
Gweek (Bernard Penrose) 434 13 4
London (William Bartram) 2,044 4 4
Looe (William Dyer) 513 6 8
ditto (Thomas Taylor) 1,634 6 8
Lyme Regis (George Lisle) 44 6 8
Lynn Regis (Henry Hare) 26 0 0
Millford (William Goodacre) 264 0 0
Minehead (Thomas Blacke) 291 0 0
Padstow (William Taylor) 752 0 0
Penryn (Ambrose Thompson) 985 0 0
Penzance (Richard Upton) 5,355 4 5½
ditto (William Warren) 450 0 0
Plymouth (David Morris) 5,284 6 8
Poole (Alfrid Lawson) 4,138 0 0
Portsmouth (John Arnold) 896 13 4
Rye (James Benn) 135 0 0
St. Ives (Richard Upton) 2,598 3 4
Sandwich (Benjamin Fisher) 262 6 0
Southampton (Daniel Cardonnel) 1,758 6 8
Swanzey (William Gwynne) 609 13 4
Whitby (Ham Woods) 0 10 0
Yarmouth (Thomas Moore) 358 3 4
— 524,885 8 4¼
money payable for fines, seizures and surcharges, detailed as above 349 13 3½
interest on bonds and bills of exchange, ditto 27 1 3¾
(total receipts 525,262l. 2s. 11½d.)
Duties on Salt made in North Britain, received of Mungo Grahame, Receiver General there 1,585 0 0
overpayments by Collectors, detailed as above 1,937 13 8¼
—
total charge and receipts £723,833 0 9½
Discharge.
Money accompted for in this year's Cash Accompt 227,574 8 2
money defalked and discompted to the Collectors for overpayments on the preceding Accompt, detailed by Collectors and places 1,360 5 6¼
salaries of Collectors and others, named and detailed at length 11,560 6 5
poundage allowed for collecting the Duties on Foreign Salt, detailed by Collectors and ports 1,151 12 6¾
incident charges paid by the several Collectors, detailed by Collectors and places 2,752 15 10
Officers' taxes repaid 1,404 9 1¾
præmiums for returning money 616 9 2
riding charges at Cockerham, Flimby and Yarmouth 59 19 11½
total allowed as above for salaries, etc., 17,545l. 13s. 1d.
discompt for prompt payment of Duties 20,262 17 9¾
abatement for over-entries on Salt Imported 87 8 10½
allowances for rock salt refined and melted 40,798 19 2
money repaid on debentures for Salt and salted fish and salted beef exported (salt 195,821l. 16s. 7¼d., salted fish 14,210l. 10s. 7¾d., salted beef 59l. 0s. 5d.) 210,091 7 8
allowance for waste of salt carried coastwise 11,329 0 0½
allowances for salt lost at sea 2,490 10 0
(total allowed for discompt, exports, etc., as above 285,060l. 3s. 6¾d.)
—
total payments and allowances £531,540 10 4
and so remains 192,292 10 5½
whereof depending upon sundry proprietors, makers and refiners and importers of salt and rock salt for money due for the Duties on Salt at Ladyday 1717:
£ s. d.
Bristol: William Perkes, merchant; Thomas Hooper, late refiner at Sodbury, co. Glouc.; William Perkes and Joseph Tilly, by bond 1,013 3 8
Cockerham: Simon Gullin, Nathaniel Moore and Thomas Martin, by bond; George Smith, Nicholas Hartley and Nathaniel Moore, ditto; Nathaniel Moore, John Boulton and George Stephenson, ditto; George Smith, Thomas Houghton and Humphrey Ellis, ditto; Thomas Nealson, Francis Benson and John Gattonby, ditto; Joshua Lawson, Robert Frame and Thomas Walker, ditto; John Nock and John Riley, ditto; Thomas Jackson, saltmaker at Arnside 161 12 7¼
Droitwich: Richard Smallbrooke and Abel Gower, by bond 80 0 0
Grane Isle: William Armiger and Christopher Josten, by two bonds; the same and John Aynesworth, ditto 1,172 16 8
Laugharne: John Higgins, late refiner at Nayland, co. Pemb. 8 13 4
Lemington [Lymington, co. Hants.]:
Daniel Gates, by bond; the same and Thomas Elmes, by two bonds; Daniel Gates and John Edwards, by bond; John Carter and John Beere, by three bonds		 439 6 3½
Leverpoole: Thomas Johnson, refiner at Hilbree Isle in Cheshire; Robert Hitchmough, ditto at Dungeon, co. Lancs.: William Greenway, William Fleming and John Mackmaster, by bond; Forster Cunliffe, Hugh Corkhill and John Keevish, ditto 379 12 11
Middlewich: Ralph Thorp and James Haynes, by bond; Edward Hyde, ditto 152 17 6
Namptwich: Ralph Thorp, Thomas Cartwright, Richard Knight and John Twemlowe, by bond; Ralph Thorp, Richard Knight and John Twemlowe, ditto; Ralph Thorp Richard Knight and John Raddiley, ditto; Ralph Thorp, Richard Knight and William Sunderland, ditto; Ralph Thorp, Richard Knight and John Lunt, ditto; Ralph Thorp, ditto 1,056 5 4¾
Northsheilds: Valentine Rilston, Christopher Frankling, John Rutherford, Andrew Johnson, Robert Cook, Thomas Raffolds, John Pye, George Burrell, Henry Bayley, Benedictus Errington, Alexander Hall, Robert Mills, Charles Coatsworth, Thomas Clarke, Charles Vaughan, Thomas Martin, John Dogget, John Weston, Francis Partis, Matthias Partis, Ursula Milburne, Michael Hall, Stephen Good, Theophilus Nicholson, Matthew Curry, Benjamin Doggett, John Woosley, Richard Woosley, Henry Robinson, Thomas Bancks, William Mason, Andrew French, Thomas Grainger, William Christian, Thomas Richardson, Robert Michelson, Charles Errington, George Harbottle; [by several bonds all as in previous Accounts]; Philip Bickerstaffe, late proprietor of a saltwork at Amble in Northumberland; arrear due to an Exchequer bill miscarried 3,604 15 9
Northwich: Robert Pownall, agent to Dr. Benjamin Woodrooffe, by two bonds; Ralph Broome and Nathan Blease, by bond; Thomas Neild, senior, Ottwell Broome and Thomas Neild, junior, ditto; Thomas Nickson, Ralph Nickson and John Dean, by three bonds; Thomas Nickson and Ralph Nickson, by three bonds; Edmond Soame, Thomas Nickson and Robert Whitlowe, by three bonds; Cornelius Denn, Daniel Fenn and William Mascall, by four bonds; Sir Thomas Johnson, Richard Gildart and Peter Hall, by bond; Richard Gildart, Richard Norris, Richard Kelsall and Thomas Fillingham, by bond; Ralph Broome, late proprietor of a saltwork 3,555 2 1½
Portissick: Henry Sampson and Co., refiners at Lower St. Colomb 0 1 4¾
South Shields: Philip Bickerstaff, Joseph Milburne, Joseph Hutchinson, Samuel Cooper, William Waune, Ralph Pattison, Leonard Hitchin, John Cougham, Michael Hall, Francis Partis, Matthias Partis, Robert Linton, junior, Lancelot Cramlington, Robert Linton, senior, John Pattison, Charles Coatsworth, Theophilus Nicholson, John Woosley, John Shafftoe, Richard Woosley, William Kitteridge, Jacob Wilkinson, William Metcalfe, William Wightman [by several bonds, all as in previous Accounts] 4,444 13 3¼
Topsham: Thomas Tounson, Thomas Clap, Edward Yendall and George Bourne, late refiners at Topsham 287 17 1½
Yarmouth: Thomas Bendish, late refiner at Sotowne in Suffolk; John Burton, late refiner at Cobholme in Norfolk; Francis Hollis, late refiner at Gorlston in Suffolk; William Maltyward, refiner at Yarmouth; John Gosling, late refiner there; John Bass, late refiner at Woodbridge in Suffolk; Anthony Burrard, refiner there; Samuel Brandling, refiner at Ipswich in Suffolk; Jonathan Bass, late refiner at Maningtree in Essex; Thomas Hollister, late refiner at Colchester in Essex 871 13 0¾
and at the following ports:
Berwick: Robert Cooke, part of a bond lost or mislaid		 13 6 8
Chepstow: John Oakes and Charles Lewis 100 14 2
Dover: William Armiger and Christopher Josten, by bond 440 13 4
Falmouth: Peter Swymmer and Anthony Chapman, by bond; George Roberts and Edward Pearce, ditto 332 0 0
Fowey: Richard Harry, merchant in St. Ives is in arrear 433 6 8
Gweek: Francis Jones and Philip Stevens by bond 20 2 0
London: Thomas Bryant and Abraham Trent, by two bonds; Thomas Bryant and Amos Short by bond; Robert Hinton and Christopher Blower, ditto; Elias Measurier and Thomas Measurier, by two bonds; William Armiger, Christopher Josten and William Randell, by six bonds; John Higgs, senior and John Higgs, junior, by two bonds; John Higgs, senior, by bond [as in previous Accounts] 5,799 14 5
Milford: John Higgins and William Field, by two bonds 603 6 8½
Padstow: John Curtis, Thomas Flamanche and John Leverton, by bond 64 13 4
Penryn: Thomas Trenwith, merchant in Penryn; Thomas Poole, merchant in Falmouth 381 6 8
Penzance: Martin Keigwin, Robert Keigwin and Richard Pascoe, by five bonds; Martin Keigwin, Robert Keigwin and William Lanyon, by seven bonds 478 6 8
Plymouth: James Spicer, Charles Brooking and Edward Soper, by bond 50 0 0
Rochester: William Armiger and Christopher Josten, by three bonds 1,591 13 4
— 27,537 15 0¾
and depending on sundry Collectors at the following ports for the Duty on Foreign Salt locked up in cellars:
Bristol (Christopher Cole)		 1,158 0 0
Barnstaple (Robert Rowe) 667 13 4
Berwick (Samuel Kettilby) 166 13 4
Bideford (Thomas Jans) 1,782 0 0
Dartmouth (Arthur Robinson) 1,353 13 4
Exeter (William Spry) 868 6 8¼
Falmouth (William Pye) 7,601 13 4
Fowey (Charles Lambe) 6,463 13 4
Gweek (Bernard Penrose) 950 13 4
Looe (Thomas Taylor) 777 13 4
Millford (William Goodacre) 134 0 0
Minehead (Thomas Blake) 290 6 8
Padstow (William Taylor) 289 0 0
Penryn (Ambrose Thompson) 8,353 13 4
Penzance (William Warren) 7,590 8 10¼
Plymouth (David Morris) 12,136 6 8
Poole (Alfrid Lawson) 1,079 13 4
Rye (James Benn) 135 0 0
Southampton (Daniel Cardonnel) 37 0 0
St. Ives (Richard Upton) 4,369 3 4
— 56,204 12 2½
and on several Collectors, etc., to balance their Accompts:
St. Agnes in Cornwall (Robert Hall, late Excise Officer)		 0 2 6
Sodbury (Ralph Dean, late Collector) 1 0 0
Bristol (Christopher Cole, in bonds 6,902l. 6s. 8d., and in money 20l. 17s. 4d.) 6,923 4 0
Cockerham (John Jon, later Collector) 3 4 9
ditto (Thomas Crowle, Collector) 146 6 8
Flimby (Richard Uriel, late Collector) 13 13 5½
ditto (Thomas Johnson, Collector) 67 6 8
Flint (Richard Bell, late Collector) 29 12 0
ditto (Edmund Symson) 0 2 3½
Swansey (Henry Fox, late Collector) 7 13 5¼
Carmarthen (Edward Hind, late Collector) 2 0 0
Chepstow (George Richmond, late Collector) 21 19 0¼
Lemington (Thomas Parish, late Sub-Collector) 379 0 5½
ditto (Timothy Parker, late Supervisor) 46 14 6½
ditto (Joseph Slater, Collector, in bonds) 1,443 6 8
Leverpoole (John Troughton, Collector, in bonds 16,398l. 15s. and in money 9l. 16s. 7¾d.) 16,408 11 7¾
London (Jacob Sheldrake, late Keeper of the Bills of Exchange in the Excise Office, part of a bill not accompted for) 200 0 0
Middlewich (Samuel Blechynden, Collector, in bonds) 407 7 6
Amble (George Murray, late Collector) 2 16 6
ditto (John Stevenson, late Collector) 5 0 0
North Shields (William Marshall, late Officer is in arrear) 14 18 7
ditto (John Wheelwright, Collector, in bonds 1,200l. and in money 40l. 0s. 6d.) 1,240 0 6
Northwich (Thomas Stephenson, Collector, in bonds) 27,012 17 1
Portsea (William Dodd, Collector, in bonds) 205 13 9
Shoreham (Stephen Coven, late Collector) 4 11 2½
South Shields (Nicholas Mounteny, Collector, in bonds 7,150 13 4
Topsham (John Lyon, Collector) 0 3 9
and at the following ports:
Barnstaple (Thomas Clinton, late Collector)		 168 9 4¾
ditto (Robert Rowe, Collector, in bonds) 2,874 0 0
Bideford (Thomas Jans, Collector, in bonds) 3,225 6 8
Cardigan (Hugh Lloyd, Collector, in a bond) 13 6 8
Chepstow (Walter Aldey, Collector) 12 12 6
Dartmouth (James Jenkinson, late Collector) 6 12 7¼
ditto (Arthur Robinson, Collector, in bonds) 1,578 6 8
Exeter (William Chamberlaine, late Collector) 0 2 4
ditto (William Spry, Collector, in bonds 259l. 1s. 1¼d. and in money 16s. 8½d.) 259 17 9¾
Falmouth (William Pye, Collector, in bonds) 4,239 6 8
Fowey (Charles Lamb, Collector, in bonds) 8,258 6 8
Gweek (Bernard Penrose, Collector, in bonds) 160 0 0
London (Edward Hyrne, late Collector) 94 0 9¼
ditto (John Stockwell, late Collector) 0 0 4
ditto (William Bertram, Collector, in a bond) 1,955 6 8
Looe (Thomas Taylor, Collector, in bonds) 1,084 13 4
Lyme (George Lisle, Collector, in a, bond) 4 13 4
Lynn (Robert Thorowgood, Collector) 1 16 10¼
Millford (William Goodacre, Collector, in a bond 116l. 13s. 4d. and in money 6l. 4s.) 122 17 4
Minehead (Thomas Wolstenholme, late Collector) 7 14 7
ditto (Thomas Black, Collector) 0 12 4¼
Padstow (John Bligh, late Collector) 0 6 8
ditto (William Taylor, Collector, in a bond 100l. and in money 63l. 10s. 10¼d.) 163 10 10¼
Penryn (Ambrose Thompson, in bonds) 946 6 8
Penzance (Thomas Medcalfe, late Collector) 9 10 3
Plymouth (David Morris, Collector, in bonds) 1,299 15 7
Poole (Alfrid Lawson, Collector, in bonds) 2,723 13 4
Portsmouth (John Arnold, Collector, in bonds) 896 13 4
Rye (George Shuckburgh, late Collector) 3 8 4
St. Ives (Richard Upton, late Collector, in bonds) 177 6 8
Sandwich (William Farnolds, late Collector, in bonds) 329 6 8
ditto (Benjamin Fisher, Collector) 0 0 10
Scilley Islands (Francis Ley, Collector) 2 15 6
Southampton (Daniel Cardonnell, Collector, in bonds) 143 6 8
Swanzey (William Gwynn, Collector, in bonds) 597 0 0
Wells (John Keen) 0 3 3
Weymouth (Lodovicus Jackson, late Collector) 46 11 9
Whitehaven (Henry Blincow, Collector, in a bond) 173 6 8
— 93,319 6 10½
and depending on these Accomptants, being money received from Collectors since the determination of this Accompt 13,983 3 5¼
more ditto, as at the foot of the Cash Accompt 1,247 12 10½
—
£192,292 10 5½
and so this General Accompt is even and Quit.
Declared 3 July 1718.

DECLARED ACCOUNTS: SALT DUTIES: CASH ACCOUNT.

AUDIT OFFICE: BUNDLE 2072, ROLL 23 [A.O. 1/2072/23].

Benjamin Mildmay, Thomas Woodcock, James Cardonnell, Charles Dent and Arthur Ingram, Commissioners for the Salt Duties.

25 March 1716 to 25 March 1717.

Charge. £ s. d. £ s. d.
Arrears: remaining in the Accomptants' hands at the foot of their last Accompt 2,767 12 4¾
Receipts: money received for the Salt Duties within the time of this Accompt:
on the Old Duties from 25 March 1694:
Bideford (Edmond Simpson)		 3 10 11½
Bristol (Christopher Cole) 1 1 6½
Cockerham (John Jon) 43 11 10¾
Droitwich (John Kent) 15,211 9 11½
Flymby (Thomas Johnson) 387 19 1¼
Grain Isle (William Jeffrys) 11 9 4¾
Laugherne (John Furnival) 7 7 3¼
Lemington (Joseph Slater) 8,183 5 6
Liverpoole (John Troughton) 201 15 2¾
Middlewich (Samuel Blechynden) 1,034 18 2½
Namptwich (Jonathan Browne) 4,450 3 0½
Northfields (John Wheelwright) 8,129 13 3
Northwich (Thomas Stevenson) 9,020 8 8½
Portissick (Christopher Conyers) 0 7 2¾
Portsea (William Dod) 1,167 18 7¼
Sherborne (Charles Jennings) 6 14 7
ditto (Harthory Brudenel) 29 2 0
Shirleywich (William Sudlow) 2,042 4 6½
Southshelds (John Bell) 5,669 19 15¾
ditto (John Wheelwright) 7,506 11 10½
ditto (Richard Mounteney) 1,304 10 0
Topsham (John Lyon) 190 14 3¼
Yarmouth (Michael Pulteney) 231 11 7¾
and at the following ports:
Beaumarais (Featherston Nicholson)		 9 16 4¼
Bidiford (Thomas Jans) 39 0 0
Cardigan (Francis Howell) 35 11 5½
Chepstow (Walter Aldey) 6 4 0
Colchester (James Bruce) 3 15 8¼
Dartmouth (Arthur Robinson) 126 14 3¾
Dover (John Ball) 34 10 0
Exeter (William Chamberlaine) 12 18 3
Falmouth (William Pye) 329 3 5¾
Fowey (Charles Lamb) 654 6 10¾
Gweek (Bernard Penrose) 32 16 7¾
Lancaster (Joseph Bentley) 0 6 5¾
London (William Bertram) 92 0 0¼
Looe (John Dyer) 48 17 2½
ditto (Thomas Taylor) 20 15 9½
Lyme (Henry Badcock, late Collector) 0 1 10¼
ditto (George Lisle) 3 6 4
Lynn (Henry Hare) 9 0 0
Padstow (William Taylor) 76 0 2
Penryn (Ambrose Thompson) 144 12 4½
Penzance (Thomas Medcalfe) 0 0 3½
ditto (Richard Upton) 124 18 7¼
ditto (William Warren) 109 18 0
Plymouth (David Morris) 395 17 9¼
Rochester (John Pope) 0 5 10¼
St. Ives (Richard Upton) 49 16 0
Sandwich (Benjamin Fisher) 57 0 0
Weymouth (Lodowick Jackson, late Collector) 0 15 0
ditto (Thomas Bower, late ditto) 10 18 1¾
Whitby (Ham[let] Woods) 0 3s 0
Whitehaven (Henry Blencow) 0 4 1¾
Yarmouth (Thomas Moore) 69 18 10¾
Matthew Greenwood, Receiver of Fines and Seizures in London 0 2 1¼
— 67,336 3 4½
out of the East India Fund from 25 December 1699:
Bidiford (Edmond Symson)		 8 5 6¾
Bristol (Christopher Cole) 2 10 3
Cockerham (John Jon) 101 14 5
Droitwich (John Kent) 35,493 9 11½
Flymby (Thomas Johnson) 905 4 7
Grain Isle (William Jeffrys) 42 5 7¼
Laugherne (John Furnival) 17 3 8¾
Lemington (Joseph Slater) 19,094 6 3
Liverpoole (John Troughton) 470 15 7¼
Middlewich (Samuel Blechynden) 2,414 15 9½
Namptwich (Jonathan Browne) 10,383 13 8½
North Shields (John Wheelwright) 18,969 4 3
Northwich (Thomas Stevenson) 21,047 13 7¼
Portissick (Christopher Conyers) 0 16 10¼
Portsea (William Dod) 2,725 3 4¾
Sherborne (Charles Jennings) 15 14 0
ditto (Harthory Brudenel) 67 18 0½
Shirleywich (William Sudlow) 4,765 3 10¾
South Shields (John Bell) 13,229 18 10
ditto (John Wheelwright) 17,515 7 11¼
ditto (Richard Mounteney) 3,043 16 8½
Topsham (John Lyon) 444 19 11¼
Yarmouth (Michael Pulteney) 540 7 2¼
and at the following ports:
Beaumarais (Fetherstone Nicholson)		 22 18 1¾
Bidiford (Thomas Jans) 91 0 0
Cardigan (Francis Howell) 83 0 1
Chepstow (Walter Aldey) 14 9 4
Colchester (James Bruce) 8 16 6¾
Dartmouth (Arthur Robinson) 295 13 4¼
Dover (John Ball) 80 10 0
Exeter (William Chamberlaine) 30 2 7¼
Falmouth (William Pye) 768 1 4¾
Fowey (Charles Lambe) 1,526 16 1½
Gweek (Bernard Penrose) 76 12 1¾
Lancaster (Joseph Bentley) 0 15 1¾
London (William Bertram) 214 13 4¾
Looe (John Dyer) 114 0 2
ditto (Thomas Taylor) 48 10 2½
Lyme (Henry Badcock, late Collector) 0 4 4
ditto (George Lisle) 7 14 9
Lynn (Henry Hare) 21 0 0
Padstow (William Taylor) 177 7 1
Penryn (Ambrose Thompson) 337 8 10¼
Penzance (Thomas Medcalfe) 0 0 8½
ditto (Richard Upton) 291 10 0¾
ditto (William Warren) 256 8 8
Plymouth (David Morris) 923 14 9¾
Rochester (John Pope) 0 13 7¾
St. Ives (Richard Upton) 116 4 0
Sandwich (Benjamin Fisher) 133 0 0
Weymouth (Lodowick Jackson) 1 15 0
ditto (Thomas Bower, ditto) 25 8 10¾
Whitby (Ham[let] Woods) 0 7 0
Whitehaven (Henry Blencow) 0 9 8¼
Yarmouth (Thomas Moore) 163 4 1¼
Matthew Greenwood, Receiver of Fines and Seizures in London 0 4 10¾
— 157,133 5 3¼
excise on Salt made in North Britain; Mungoe Grahme, Receiver General; from 1 May 1714 1,585 0 0
(total Receipts as above 226,054l. 8s. 7¾d. —
£228,822 1 0½
Discharge.
Salaries and incidents:
salaries in London:
Benjamin Mildmay, Thomas Woodcock, James Cardonnel, Charles Dent and Arthur Ingram, Commissioners; year to 25 Dec. 1716		 2,500 0 0
Thomas Hall, ‘Controler’; same time 350 0 0
James Wyndham, ‘Cashire’; same time 430 0 0
Thomas Holdip, Secretary; same time 200 0 0
Matthew Greenwood, Correspondent and Clerk of the Securities; and as assistant secretary; and for his clerk; same time 180 0 0
William Johnson, Solicitor; same time 100 0 0
William Sumpter, Chief Accomptant; same time 100 0 0
John Hall and William Price, Accomptants; same time 140 0 0
assistants, housekeepers, storekeeper etc., messenger, collector, surveyor, clerks etc., named 670 0 0
— 4,670 0 0
incidents, detailed, including 230l.to Thomas Foley for the Auditor's fee 1,754 0 2¾
Inferior Officers' taxes 160 2 6
salaries, incidents and taxes in the Country, detailed:
salaries		 508 3 10¼
incidents 145 5 1
taxes 39 5 7¼
— 692 14 6½
total for salaries and incidents 7,276l. 17s. 3¼d.
repayments upon debentures for salt and for salted fish, beef and pork exported:
out of the Old Duty 		23,921 3 4¾
out of the East India Fund 56,299 11 6½
— 80,220 14 11¼
money paid into the Exchequer, detailed by dates:
out of the Old Duty 		41,687 18 7½
out of the East India Fund 96,803 17 4
(total for South Britain 138.491l. 15s. 11½d.)
out of the Excise on Salt made in North Britain 		1,585 0 0
— 140,076 15 11½
—
total allowances and payments £227,574 8 2
and so these Accomptants are Indebted:
on the Old Duties 		236 6 1½
on the Additional Duties to 25 March 1699–1700 137 19 9¼
on the East India Fund 873 6 11¾
— 1,247 12 10½
Declared 3 July 1718.
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