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Army
DECLARED ACCOUNTS: ARMY: GUARDS AND GARRISONS AND LAND FORCES.
AUDIT OFFICE: BUNDLE 59, ROLL 65 [A.O.1/59/65].
Henry, Earl of Lincoln, Receiver and Paymaster General.
25 December 1716 to 25 December 1717.
Charge. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Arrears: remaining in the Accomptant's hands on the end of his last preceding Accompt | 3,700 | 5 | 7¼ | |||
and depending on sundry persons particularly named at the foot of the said last Accompt | 12,855 | 5 | 6 | |||
— | 16,555 | 11 | 1¼ | |||
Receipts: money had out of the Exchequer: Michaelmas term, 3 George I, in full of 270,984l. 0s. 5d. by general writ of Privy Seal of 29 Sept. 1714 and Royal Sign Manual of 5 May 1716 |
75,247 | 1 | 2 | |||
the same term, in part of 1,088,908l. 5s. 5d. by the same Privy Seal and Royal Sign Manual of 9 March 1716–17, 3 George I | 381,886 | 18 | 10 | |||
Easter term, 3 & 4 George I, in further part of the same | 499,747 | 16 | 1 | |||
Michaelmas term, 4 George I, in full of the same | 207,273 | 10 | 6 | |||
the same term, in part of 185,002l. 4s. 1d. by the same Privy Seal and Royal Sign Manual of 12 Nov. 1717, 4 George I | 105,601 | 2 | 1¾ | |||
— | 1,269,756 | 8 | 8¾ | |||
voluntary charge: for interest on tallies | 314 | 7 | 10½ | |||
deduction from Col. Philip's Regiment and the four Independent Companies at Annapolis Royal and Placentia towards reimbursing the charge of provisions sent them from Great Britain | 2,324 | 17 | 4 | |||
deductions from the pay of several Regiments towards a Fund for payment of Pensions to Officers' widows | 9,611 | 14 | 4¼ | |||
— | 12,250 | 19 | 6¾ | |||
— | ||||||
total charge and receipts | 1,298,562 | 19 | 4¾ | |||
Discharge. | ||||||
Pay and entertainment of the General and Staff Officers in Great Britain: Col. Charles Churchill and Capt. Robert Reed, Aides de Camp to the Captain General and Commander in Chief, at 10s. per diem each; 25 Dec. 1716 to 24 Dec. 1717 |
365 | 0 | 0 | |||
Col. John Armstrong, Secretary to the Commander in Chief, same rate; same time | 182 | 10 | 0 | |||
Henry Lumley, Thomas Erle and William, Lord Cadogan, as Generals of the Forces, at 1.200l. per an. each; same time | 3,600 | 0 | 0 | |||
Thomas Sidenham, Secretary to the Generals, at 10s. per diem; same time | 182 | 10 | 0 | |||
Thomas Meredyth, George Carpenter (now Lord Carpenter), Richard, Lord Cobham, John, Earl of Stairs, and Charles Wills, as Lieuts. General, at 970l. per an. each; same time | 4,850 | 0 | 0 | |||
William Tatton, Joseph Sabine, William Evans, John Pepper, Joseph Wightman, and George Wade, as Majors General, at 485l. per an. each; same time | 2,910 | 0 | 0 | |||
John Stewart, Richard Russell, Andrew Bissett, Thomas Stanwix, Sir Charles Hotham, Humphrey Gore, Philip Honywood, Phineas Bowles, George Preston, Thomas Panton and James Dormer, as Brigadiers General, at 365l. per an. each; same time | 4,015 | 0 | 0 | |||
this Accomptant as Paymaster General | 365 | 0 | 0 | |||
William Poultney and James Craggs as Secretaries at War successively, same rate; same time | 365 | 0 | 0 | |||
Michael Hyde, Commissary General of the Musters, for himself, his Deputy Commissaries and clerks, at 5l. 19s. 4d. per diem; same time | 2,177 | 16 | 8 | |||
Sir Philip Meadowes and James Bruce, Comptrollers of the Army Accompts, at 750l. per an. each; same time | 1,500 | 0 | 0 | |||
Marmaduke Bealing, their Secretary, at 16s. 5¼d. per diem; same time | 300 | 0 | 0 | |||
Col. Medcalf Grahme, as Adjutant General, at 20s. per diem; same time | 365 | 0 | 0 | |||
Col. John Armstrong, as Quarter Master General, same rate; same time | 365 | 0 | 0 | |||
Col. Thomas Lascells as Deputy Quarter Master General, at 10s. per diem; same time | 182 | 10 | 0 | |||
Edward Hughes, Judge Advocate General, for himself, his clerk and Deputy at Jersey and Guernsey, at 20s. per diem; same time | 365 | 0 | 0 | |||
Adam Smith, Clerk of the Courts Martial in North Britain, at 7s. 6d. per diem; same time | 136 | 17 | 6 | |||
Sir Samuel Garth, Physician General, Alexander Inglis, Surgeon General, and Benjamin Teal, Apothecary General, at 10s. per diem each; same time | 547 | 10 | 0 | |||
Capt. Thomas Fazakerley, Marshal to the Horse and Grenadier Guards, at 7s. per diem; same time | 127 | 15 | 0 | |||
Hugh Warren, Surveyor of the Guards; at 2s. 6d. per diem; same time | 45 | 12 | 6 | |||
Jonas Watson, Firemaster to the Grenadiers, at 3s. per diem; same time | 54 | 15 | 0 | |||
the Messenger to this Accomptant and the Messenger to the Secretary at War, at 1s. 7¾d. per diem each; same time | 60 | 0 | 0 | |||
Robert Mawgridge, Drum Major, same rate; same time | 30 | 0 | 0 | |||
Capt. John Fury, Provost Marshal General, at 5s. per diem; same time | 91 | 5 | 0 | |||
Thomas Morphy, Barrack-master, at 3s. 3½d. per diem; same time | 60 | 0 | 0 | |||
Brig. James Crofts, as Aide de Camp to the King, at 200l. per an.; half-year to 24 June 1717 | 100 | 0 | 0 | |||
Col. William Lloyd and Lord Hinchingbrook, as Aides de Camp to the King, same rate each; year to 24 Dec. 1717 | 400 | 0 | 0 | |||
Col. James O'Hara and Col. John Cholmley, ditto, at 150l. per an. each; same time | 300 | 0 | 0 | |||
George Smith, Chaplain General to the Forces, at 121l. 13s. 4d. per an.; half year to 24 Dec. 1717 | 60 | 16 | 8 | |||
Edward Hughes, Judge Advocate General, for three men to attend him, at 1s. 6d. per diem each; year to 24 Dec. 1717 | 82 | 2 | 6 | |||
— | 24,187 | 0 | 10 | |||
pay of the Regiments in Great Britain: the First Troop of Horse Guards (John, Duke of Montagu); Officers etc. and 154 private gentlemen; year to 24 Dec. 1717 |
16,546 | 13 | 4 | |||
the Second Troop of Horse Guards (Algernon, Earl of Hertford); same establishment; same time | 16,546 | 13 | 4 | |||
the Third Troop of Horse Guards (George, Lord Newburgh); same establishment; same time | 16,546 | 13 | 4 | |||
the Fourth Troop of Horse Guards (John, Earl of Dundonald); same establishment; same time | 16,546 | 13 | 4 | |||
the First Troop of Grenadier Guards (Richard, Lord Lumley); Officers etc. and 145 private men; same time (abating 6l. 10s. for respits) | 10,736 | 13 | 4 | |||
the Second Troop of Grenadier Guards (the Earl of De Lorraine); same establishment; same time | 10,743 | 13 | 4 | |||
the Royal Regiment of Horse Guards (the Marquis of Winchester); Officers etc. and 378 private soldiers; same time (including five men per Troop not on the muster rolls, allowed pursuant to Royal Warrants of 15 July 1717 and 22 Aug. 1718; abating 149l. 13s. for respits and deducting 348l. 15s. for ninety private men disbanded) | 28,841 | 10 | 4 | |||
the King's Own Regiment of Horse (General Henry Lumley and Lord Viscount Irwin); Officers etc. and 360 private men; same time (including five men per Troop as above; deducting 348l. 15s. as above) | 28,169 | 18 | 4 | |||
the Lord Viscount Windsor and Maj. Gen. George Wade, for the Regiment of Horse successively under their command; Officers etc. and 240 private men; same time (including five men per Troop as above; abating 38l. 12s. 8d. for respits, and deducting 232l. 10s. for sixty private men disbanded) | 19,067 | 15 | 8 | |||
Col. Thomas Pitt's Regiment of Horse; same establishment; same time (including five men per Troop as above; deducting 232l. 10s. as above) | 19,106 | 8 | 4 | |||
the Royal Regiment of Dragoons (Richard, Lord Cobham); Officers etc. and 240 private dragoons; same time (including five men per Troop as above; abating 51l. 18s. 6d. for respits and deducting 139l. 10s. for sixty private men disbanded) | 12,623 | 2 | 4 | |||
Col. James Campbell's Regiment of Dragoons; same establishment; same time (including five men per Troop as above; deducting 139l. 10s. as above) | 12,675 | 0 | 10 | |||
Lieut. Gen. George Carpenter's Regiment of Dragoons; same establishment; same time (including five men per Troop as above; deducting 139l. 10s. as above) | 12,675 | 0 | 10 | |||
John, Earl of Stair's Regiment of Dragoons; same establishment; same time (including five men per Troop as above; abating 82l. 15s. 4d. for respits and deducting 139l. 10s. as above) | 12,592 | 5 | 6 | |||
Col. William Kerr's Regiment of Dragoons; same establishment; same time (including five men per Troop as above; abating 65l. 15s. for respits and deducting 139l. 10s. as above) | 12,609 | 5 | 10 | |||
Maj. Gen. William Evans's Regiment of Dragoons; same establishment; same time (including five men per Troop as above; abating 168l. 10s. 8d. for respits and deducting 139l. 10s. as above) | 12,506 | 10 | 2 | |||
Maj. Gen. John Pepper's Regiment of Dragoons; same establishment; 182 days to 24 June 1717 (including five men per Troop as above; abating 141l. 9s. 4d. for respits) | 6,248 | 5 | 0 | |||
Maj. Gen. Owen Wynn's Regiment of Dragoons; same establishment; same time (including five men per Troop as above; abating 90l. 18s. for respits) | 6,298 | 16 | 4 | |||
Brig. Richard Munden's Regiment of Dragoons; same establishment; year to 24 Dec. 1717 (including five men per Troop as above; abating 20l. 6s. 8d. for respits and deducting 139l. 10s. for sixty private men disbanded) | 12,654 | 14 | 2 | |||
Brig. James Dormer's Regiment of Dragoons; same establishment; 182 days to 24 June 1717 (including five men per Troop as above) | 6,389 | 14 | 4 | |||
Brig. Phineas Bowles's Regiment of Dragoons; same establishment; year to 24 Dec. 1717 (including five men per Troop as above; deducting 139l. 10s. for sixty private men disbanded) | 12,675 | 0 | 10 | |||
Sir Robert Rich, bt., for his Regiment of Dragoons; same establishment; 182 days to 24 June 1717 (including five men per Troop as above; abating 20l. 6s. 8d. for respits) | 6,369 | 7 | 8 | |||
Col. William Stanhope's Regiment of Dragoons; same establishment; year to 24 Dec. 1717 (including five men per Troop as above; abating 23l. 2s. 8d. for respits and deducting 139l. 10s. as above) | 12,651 | 18 | 2 | |||
Brig. Philip Honywood's Regiment of Dragoons; same establishment; same time (including five men per Troop as above; abating 128l. 2s. for respits and 139l. 10s. as above) | 12,546 | 18 | 10 | |||
Brig. Humphrey Gore's Regiment of Dragoons; same establishment; same time (including five men per Troop as above; abating 108l. 6s. 8d. for respits and deducting 139l. 10s. as above) | 12,566 | 14 | 2 | |||
Col. James Tyrrell's Regiment of Dragoons; same establishment; same time (including five men per Troop as above; abating 2l. for respits and deducting 139l. 10s. as above) | 12,673 | 0 | 10 | |||
Col. Charles Churchill and Sir Charles Hotham, bt., for a Regiment of Dragoons successively under their command; same establishment; same time (including five men per Troop as above; deducting 20l. 16s. 10d. for respits and abating 139l. 10s. as above and 8d. not paid) | 12,654 | 3 | 4 | |||
Col. Richard Molesworth, for his Regiment of Dragoons; same establishment; same time (including five men per Troop as above; abating 44l. 14s. 8d. for respits and deducting 139l. 10s. as above) | 12,630 | 6 | 2 | |||
Col. William Newton's Regiment of Dragoons; 182 days to 24 June 1717 (including five men per Troop as above) | 6,389 | 14 | 4 | |||
the First Regiment of Foot Guards (the Duke of Marlborough); Officers etc. and 1,960 private men; year to 24 Dec. 1717 (including five men per Company not on the Muster Rolls allowed by Royal Warrants as above; abating 17l. 15s. 10d. for respits and deducting 643l. 15s. 4d. for 28 serjeants and 448 private men disbanded) | 51,426 | 19 | 8 | |||
the Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards (William, Lord Cadogan); Officers etc. and 1,260 private men; same time (including five men per Company as above; deducting 413l. 17s. for 18 serjeants and 288 private men disbanded) | 33,397 | 6 | 4 | |||
the Third Regiment of Foot Guards (John, Earl of Dunmore); same establishment; same time (including five men per Company as above; abating 34l. 19s. for respits and deducting 413l. 17s. as above) | 33,362 | 7 | 4 | |||
Col. Peircy Kirk's Regiment of Foot; Officers etc. and 600 private men; same time (including five men per Company as above; abating 20l. 6s. 8d. for respits and deducting 303l. 16s. for two entire companies and 10 drummers and 100 private men disbanded and 1s. 8d. not paid) | 13,633 | 19 | 10 | |||
Lieut. Gen. William Seymour's Regiment of Foot; same establishment; same time (including five men per Company as above; abating 53l. 11s. for respits and deducting 303l. 16s. as above) | 13,600 | 17 | 2 | |||
Lord Viscount Irwyn's Regiment of Foot; same establishment; same time (including five men per Company as above, deducting 303l. 16s. as above) | 13,654 | 8 | 2 | |||
Richard, Lord Viscount Shannon's Regiment of Foot; same establishment; same time (including five men per Company as above; abating 13l. 10s. 8d. for respits and deducting 303l. 16s. as above) | 13,640 | 16 | 6 | |||
Col. Henry Harrison's Regiment of Foot; same establishment (including five men per Company as above; deducting 303l. 16s. as above) | 13,654 | 8 | 2 | |||
Brig. Henry Grove's Regiment of Foot; same establishment; same time (including five men per Company as above, abating 303l. 16s. as above) | 13,654 | 8 | 2 | |||
Col. Edward Montague's Regiment of Foot; same establishment; same time (including five men per Company as above, deducting 303l. 16s. as above) | 13,654 | 8 | 2 | |||
Lieut. Gen. George Macartney's Regiment of Foot; same establishment; same time (including five men per Company as above; deducting 303l. 16s. as above) | 13,654 | 8 | 2 | |||
Maj. Gen. Joseph Sabine's Regiment of Foot; same establishment; same time (including five men per Company as above; abating 253l. 18s. 8d. for respits and deducting 303l. 16s. as above) | 13,400 | 9 | 6 | |||
Lieut. Gen. Charles Wills's Regiment of Foot; same establishment; same time (including five men per Company as above; deducting 303l. 16s. as above) | 13,654 | 8 | 2 | |||
Brig. George Preston's Regiment of Foot; same establishment; same time (including five men per Company as above; abating 6l. 2s. for respits and deducting 303l. 16s. as above and 1s. 8d. not paid) | 13,648 | 4 | 6 | |||
Col. John Fane's Regiment of Foot; same establishment (including five men per Company as above; deducting 303l. 16s. as above and 1s. 8d. not paid) | 13,654 | 6 | 6 | |||
Brig. Robert Stearne's Regiment of Foot; same establishment (including five men per Company as above; abating 14l. 4s. 8d. for respits and deducting 303l. 16s. as above) | 13,640 | 3 | 6 | |||
Col. Roger Handasyde's Regiment of Foot; same establishment; same time (including five men per Company as above; abating 196l. 6s. 8d. for respits and deducting 303l. 16s. as above) | 13,458 | 1 | 6 | |||
Col. John Pocock's Regiment of Foot; same establishment; 182 days to 24 June 1717 (including five men per Company as above; abating 42l. 9s. 4d. for respits) | 6,917 | 10 | 4 | |||
Col. Richard Lucas, for his Regiment of Foot; same establishment; same time (including five men per Company as above; abating 24l. 8s. for respits) | 6,935 | 11 | 8 | |||
Brig. Thomas Stanwix's Regiment of Foot; same establishment; same time (including five men per Company as above; abating 28l. for respits) | 6,931 | 19 | 8 | |||
Sir Charles Hotham's Regiment of Foot; same establishment; same time (including five men per Company as above) | 6,959 | 19 | 8 | |||
Brig. Alexander Grant's Regiment of Foot; same establishment; same time (including five men per Company as above) | 6,959 | 19 | 8 | |||
Col. Charles Dubourgay's Regiment of Foot; same establishment; same time (including five men per Company as above; abating 131l. 11s. 8d. for respits) | 6,828 | 8 | 0 | |||
Col. Charles Chudleigh's Regiment of Foot; same establishment; same time (including five men per Company as above; abating 28l. 4s. 8d. for respits) | 6,931 | 15 | 0 | |||
Brig. Henry Morryson's Regiment of Foot; Officers etc. and 500 private men; same time (including five men per Company as above) | 5,874 | 1 | 0 | |||
Col. William Egerton's Regiment of Foot; same establishment; for a year to 24 Dec. 1717 (including five men per Company as above; deducting 118l. 16s. 8d. for 10 drummers and 100 men disbanded) | 11,661 | 10 | 10 | |||
Major General Joseph Wightman's Regiment of Foot; same establishment; same time (including five men per Company as above; deducting 118l. 16s. 8d. as above) | 11,661 | 10 | 10 | |||
Col. Jasper Clayton's Regiment of Foot; same establishment; same time (deducting 118l. 16s. 8d. as above) | 11,661 | 10 | 10 | |||
— | 789,396 | 1 | 2 | |||
pay of the Garrisons (establishments given): Berwick and Holy Isle |
884 | 18 | 10¼ | |||
Blackness | 664 | 19 | 8¼ | |||
Calshot Castle | 136 | 17 | 6 | |||
Carlisle | 346 | 15 | 0 | |||
Chester | 456 | 5 | 0 | |||
Clifford Fort and Tinmouth Castle | 683 | 4 | 8¼ | |||
Cinque Ports | 1,585 | 9 | 4½ | |||
Dunbarton | 664 | 19 | 8 | |||
Edenburgh Castle | 1,769 | 2 | 2¼ | |||
Gravesend and Tilbury | 820 | 2 | 2¼ | |||
Guernsey | 409 | 9 | 4 | |||
Hull and the Blockhouse | 868 | 15 | 6¼ | |||
Hurst Castle | 182 | 10 | 0 | |||
Jersey | 401 | 10 | 0 | |||
Landguard Fort | 344 | 7 | 0 | |||
St. Maws | 191 | 12 | 6 | |||
Pendennis Castle | 295 | 8 | 5¼ | |||
Plymouth and St. Nicholas Island | 2,067 | 19 | 0¾ | |||
Portland | 130 | 15 | 10 | |||
Portsmouth | 1,334 | 3 | 0¼ | |||
Sheerness | 911 | 7 | 2¼ | |||
Scilly Island | 361 | 19 | 0 | |||
Scarborough Castle | 52 | 9 | 4½ | |||
Sterling Castle | 1,594 | 19 | 8¼ | |||
Tower of London | 3,344 | 13 | 10¼ | |||
Upnor | 492 | 15 | 0 | |||
Fort William | 601 | 2 | 2¼ | |||
Windsor | 1,328 | 8 | 11½ | |||
North Yarmouth | 73 | 0 | 0 | |||
the Isle of Wight | 1,750 | 2 | 0¾ | |||
the Gunners at St. James's Park | 136 | 17 | 6 | |||
— | 24,886 | 19 | 8 | |||
the pay of the several Companies of Invalids; by Kingsmill Eyre, Agent and Solicitor to the 28 Companies in South Britain; establishments detailed: for twelve Companies (including the Lieut. Colonel, the Major, the Adjutant and the Surgeon) |
5,258 | 14 | 10 | |||
for sixteen other Companies | 6,847 | 15 | 2 | |||
for three Companies until disbandment | 273 | 15 | 6 | |||
— | 12,380 | 5 | 6 | |||
fire and candle for the Guards and Garrisons, detailed | 2,758 | 0 | 0 | |||
pay and entertainment of the Officers of the Garrisons in the Plantations and of the Regimental Forces there and for fire and candle: for Col. Francis Alexander's Regiment of Foot in the Leeward Islands; Officers etc. and 360 private soldiers; year to 24 Dec. 1717 |
9,411 | 11 | 8 | |||
for the four Independent Companies at New York (Brig. Robert Hunter); Officers etc. and 400 private men; same time | 7,044 | 10 | 0 | |||
for the two Independent Companies at Jamaica (Alexander Stephenson); Officers etc. and 200 private men; same time | 3,434 | 0 | 10 | |||
for the Independent Company at Bermudas (Capt. Benjamin Bennet); Officers etc. and 50 soldiers; same time | 948 | 5 | 0 | |||
for the pay and contingencies of the Garrison at Annapolis Royal (by John Mulcaster, Agent and Solicitor): for the four Independent Companies of Foot (Officers etc. and 320 private men), to 24 Aug. 1717, 2,634l. 11s. 6¾d.; for the Garrison for the same time 530l. 15s. 3¾d.; and for fire and candle 85l. 1s. |
3,250 | 7 | 10½ | |||
for the like at Placentia (by Anthony Vezian, Agent): for the four late Independent Companies (Officers etc. and 320 private men), 1,575l. 7s. 10d.; for the Garrison 303l. 15s.; and for fire and candle 85l. 1s. |
1,964 | 3 | 10 | |||
the pay of the Garrison and Regimental Forces at Annapolis Royal and Placentia: Col. Richard Phillips for his Regiment of Foot (Officers etc. and 348 private men), 25 Aug. 1717 to 24 Dec. 1717, 3,245l. 4s.; for the Garrison at Annapolis Royal for the same time 570l. 1s. 11d.; and for fire and candle there, 42l. 14s.; for the Garrison of Placentia, for the same time, 193l. 3s. 4d.; and for fire and candle there, 42l. 14s. |
4,093 | 17 | 3 | |||
— | 30,146 | 16 | 5½ | |||
the pay etc. of the Officers of the Garrison at Minorca and of the Regimental Forces there from 25 Dec. 1716 to 24 Dec. 1717: pay of the Officers: Lieut. General George Carpenter as Governor and Commander in Chief, 730l.; Col. Richard Cane as Lieut. Governor, 730l.; Giles Earle and Thomas Maynard, successively Comsary General, 730l.; James Auchmuty, the Governor's Chaplain, 121l. 13s. 4d.; Joseph Micklethwaite, the Governor's Secretary, 182l. 10s.; Anthony Wescombe, Deputy Judge Advocate 182l. 10s.; John Hay, Captain of the Ports, 91l. 5s.; Richard White, Provost Marshall, 73l.; Juan Aledo, as Signalman, 18l. 5s.; at Fort St. Anne: Joseph Sawle, as Fort Major, 91l. 5s.; William Campbell, as Adjutant, 54l. 15s.; Collin Campbell, as Surgeon, 91l. 5s.; Robert Nappier, as Surgeon's Mate, 45l. 12s. 6d.; and at Fort St. Philip: the Lord Forbes, as Lieut. Governor, 730l.; Thomas Cockran, as Fort Major, 91l. 5s.; Alexander Campbell, as Adjutant, 54l. 15s.; James Campbell, as Surgeon, 91l. 5s.; James Scott, as Surgeon's Mate, 45l. 12s. 6d. |
4,154 | 18 | 4 | |||
pay of the Regiments: Col. James O'Hara, for the Royal Regiment of Fuziliers (Officers etc. and 512 private men, including five men per Company not in the Muster Rolls etc.), 12,869l. 5s. 10d.; Col. Richard Phillips and Brig. Thomas Stanwix for the Regiment of Foot successively under their command (Officers etc. and 512 private soldiers including five men per Company as above, 12,668l. 10s. 10d.); Maj. Gen. Thomas Whetham, for his Regiment of Foot (as above, including five men per Company as above, 12,668l. 10s. 10d.); Lieut. Gen. Nicholas Sankey (as above, including five men per Company as above), 12,668l. 10s. 10d. |
50,874 | 18 | 4 | |||
— | 55,029 | 16 | 8 | |||
the pay etc. of the Officers of the Garrison of Gibraltar and of the Regimental Forces there, for the same time: pay of the Officers: David, Earl of Portmore, as Governor, 730l.; Col. Stanhope Cotton, as Lieut. Governor, 365l.; Thomas Medlicott, as Commissary General, 547l. 10s.; Alexander Chalmers, as Chaplain, 121l. 13s. 4d.; Alexander Urquhart, as the Governor's Secretary, 182l. 10s.; John Beaver, as Deputy Judge Advocate and Commissary of the Musters, 182l. 10s.; Ludovic Petrie and Mordecai Abbott, as Town Major successively 91l. 5s.; John Sidley, Town Adjutant, 54l. 15s.; James Penman, Surgeon Major, 182l. 10s.; Thomas Urquhart and Thomas Collins, Surgeon's Mates, 182l. 10s.; John Kemp, Provost Marshall, 73l.; Joseph Espinosa, Signalman, 18l. 5s.; John Worthington, Turnkey, 18l. 5s. |
2,749 | 13 | 4 | |||
pay of the Regiments: Maj. Gen. Thomas Pearce for his Regiment of Foot (Officers etc. and 387 private soldiers), 11,147l. 14s. 2d.; Col. Stanhope Cotton for his Regiment of Foot (as above, abating 73l. for respits), 11,074l. 14s. 2d. Lieut. Gen. Thomas Meredith for his Regiment of Foot (as above), 11,1472l. 14s. 2d. |
33,370 | 2 | 6 | |||
— | 36,119 | 15 | 10 | |||
pensions borne on the King's Establishment of Guards etc. year to 24 Dec. 1717 (unless otherwise stated): Col. Charles Salisbury |
200 | 0 | 0 | |||
Capt. Edward Borrett | 200 | 0 | 0 | |||
Lieut.-Col. Jeffrey Gibbons | 200 | 0 | 0 | |||
Sir John Gibson, Lieut. Governor of Portsmouth, to 24 Oct. 1717, the day of his death | 98 | 4 | 0¾ | |||
Mrs. Anne Babington | 100 | 0 | 0 | |||
Mrs. Anne Harris | 100 | 0 | 0 | |||
Capt. George Browne | 100 | 0 | 0 | |||
Margaret, Judith and Elizabeth Tichborne, orphans of Capt. Benjamin Tichborne | 100 | 0 | 0 | |||
Capt. Thomas Hyde | 91 | 5 | 0 | |||
Lieut. Claudius Linderot | 91 | 5 | 0 | |||
Robert Trelawney | 91 | 5 | 0 | |||
John Rose | 40 | 0 | 0 | |||
Lieut. Henry Meoles | 36 | 10 | 0 | |||
Aaron Darby | 91 | 5 | 0 | |||
Ensign Robert Cornelius | 36 | 10 | 0 | |||
Lieut. Morley | 27 | 7 | 6 | |||
John Shaw | 20 | 0 | 0 | |||
Maj. Griffin May | 91 | 5 | 0 | |||
Lieut. Col. Garrard Russell | 63 | 17 | 6 | |||
Capt. Nicholas Masterson | 63 | 17 | 6 | |||
Major Edward Coney | 91 | 5 | 0 | |||
Major Tamworth Reresby | 50 | 0 | 0 | |||
Capt. Thomas Fitzgerald | 45 | 12 | 6 | |||
Lieut. Morgan Calahan | 36 | 10 | 0 | |||
Lieut. Samuel Antrim | 36 | 10 | 0 | |||
Lieut. James Simpson | 36 | 10 | 0 | |||
Lieut. James Fanning | 45 | 12 | 6 | |||
William Gill | 40 | 0 | 0 | |||
— | 2,224 | 11 | 6¾ | |||
contingent disbursements, pensions and allowances for services, payable out of contingencies: Lord Paston, for his pension |
300 | 0 | 0 | |||
Brig. Mark Anthony Moncal, ditto | 300 | 0 | 0 | |||
Col. de la Bastyde, ditto | 150 | 0 | 0 | |||
Lieut. Col. Charles Floyer, ditto | 150 | 0 | 0 | |||
Maj. David Ovray, ditto | 100 | 0 | 0 | |||
Capt. Michael Owen, ditto | 100 | 0 | 0 | |||
Maj. Matthew Stewart, ditto | 282 | 17 | 6 | |||
James, Lord Torphichen, ditto (to 16 Aug. 1717 only) | 182 | 2 | 6 | |||
Capt. John Farrier, ditto, for services and wounds at the battle of Dumblain (from 17 Aug. 1717) | 100 | 15 | 0 | |||
the same, by Royal Bounty | 400 | 0 | 0 | |||
Maj. Gen. Richard Holmes (from 12 Aug. 1717) | 101 | 5 | 0 | |||
Lieut. Gen. Charles Wills, for his pay as a Captain until a Company fall vacant in his Regiment | 182 | 10 | 0 | |||
Lieut. Col. Alexander Rose, of Lieut. Gen. Wills's Regiment, to make up his pay to that of Lieut. Colonel and Captain, from 25 June 1717 | 18 | 6 | 0 | |||
Maj. Francis Williamson, of the same Regiment, ditto to that of Major and Captain, same time | 45 | 15 | 0 | |||
Col. George Watkins as Governor of South Sea Castle, same time | 45 | 15 | 0 | |||
and to several persons, named, for their allowances, according to the posts they enjoyed at the time of the Union | 1,108 | 6 | 3 | |||
William Pulteney and James Craggs, successively Secretaries at War, for rent of a house allowed them | 200 | 0 | 0 | |||
Martin Killigrew, for rent of Castle Hill, co. Cornwall | 200 | 0 | 0 | |||
Sir Philip Meadows and James Bruce, for office contingencies of the Comptrollers of Army Accompts | 900 | 0 | 0 | |||
Richard, Lord Cobham, for so much expended in the marches etc. of the Royal Regiment of Dragoons | 49 | 17 | 10 | |||
Col. James Campbell, for the like of the Royal Regiment of North British Dragoons | 45 | 2 | 8 | |||
the Earl of Stair, for the like of his Regiment of Dragoons | 93 | 18 | 6½ | |||
Lieut. George Carpenter, for the like of his Regiment of Dragoons | 43 | 7 | 0 | |||
Col. William Kerr, for the like of the Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment of Dragoons | 235 | 6 | 9 | |||
Maj. Gen. William Evans, for the like of his Regiment of Dragoons | 133 | 4 | 1½ | |||
Col. Richard Molesworth, for the like of his Regiment | 57 | 4 | 8 | |||
Col. William Newton, for disbursements and the charge of transporting his Regiment to Ireland | 254 | 1 | 0 | |||
Brig. Humphrey Gore, for disbursements in the marches etc. of his Regiment | 90 | 8 | 9 | |||
Col. William Stanhope, for the like of his Regiment | 311 | 15 | 2 | |||
Brig. Philip Honywood, for the like of his Regiment | 45 | 15 | 1 | |||
Brig. Richard Munden, for the like of his Regiment | 69 | 14 | 10 | |||
Maj. Gen. John Pepper, for the like of his Regiment to 24 June 1717, when they embarked for Ireland | 89 | 13 | 3 | |||
Maj. Gen. Wynn, for the like of his Regiment, ditto | 117 | 4 | 7½ | |||
Sir Charles Hotham, for the like of his Regiment and for charges of transportation to Ireland | 477 | 5 | 8 | |||
Sir Robert Rich, for the like of his Regiment | 40 | 6 | 10 | |||
John Mulcaster, agent to Col. James Tyrrell's Regiment of Dragoons, for the like | 97 | 14 | 4 | |||
the same, for the like of Brig. Dormer's Regiment | 62 | 3 | 2½ | |||
Col. Peircy Kirk, for the like of the Princess of Wales's Regiment of Foot | 76 | 7 | 9 | |||
Richard, Lord Viscount Shannon, for the like of his Regiment | 208 | 16 | 10 | |||
Lieut. Charles Wills, for the like of his Regiment | 58 | 17 | 9 | |||
Col. Henry Harrison, for the like of his Regiment | 227 | 2 | 8 | |||
Brig. Henry Grove, for the like of his Regiment | 145 | 3 | 6 | |||
Brig. Robert Stearne, for the like of his Regiment | 100 | 10 | 0 | |||
Col. Roger Handasyde, for the like of his Regiment | 110 | 1 | 0 | |||
the same, for fire and candle for his Regiment while garrisoned in the town and citadel of Plymouth | 325 | 15 | 8 | |||
Col. Thomas Chudleigh, for the like of his Regiment | 35 | 14 | 0 | |||
Col. John Pocock, for the like of his Regiment | 57 | 8 | 0 | |||
Col. Charles Dubourgay, for the like of his Regiment to 24 June 1717 when they embarked for Ireland | 41 | 2 | 0 | |||
Brig. Alexander Grant, for the like of his Regiment from 22 July 1715, the day of raising, to 24 June 1717, when they were transferred to the Irish Establishment | 250 | 8 | 0 | |||
Maj. Gen. Joseph Sabine, for the like of Webb's Fuziliers | 124 | 19 | 6 | |||
John Mulcaster, agent to Col. Richard Lucas's Regiment of Foot, for the like | 97 | 6 | 4 | |||
Maj. Gen. Charles Trelawney, Governor of Plymouth, and Brig. Thomas Stanwix for fire and candle for Brig. Stanwix's Regiment in Plymouth | 267 | 15 | 11½ | |||
the said Brig. Stanwix, for expenses in the marches etc. of his Regiment from Exeter to Plymouth and thence to Bideford where they embarked to Ireland | 50 | 19 | 0 | |||
Edward, Lord Hinchingbrook, for the like of his Regiment | 38 | 2 | 8½ | |||
Brig. Henry Morrison, for the like of his Regiment and charges of their embarkation to Ireland in June 1717 | 145 | 3 | 10 | |||
Col. William Egerton, for expenses in the marches etc. of his Regiment | 295 | 0 | 3 | |||
Col. Richard Maitland, Quarter Master to the Third Regiment of Foot Guards (the Earl of Dunmore's) for the expenses of that Regiment | 35 | 7 | 0 | |||
Capt. John Parsons, Quarter Master to the Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards for the expenses of that Regiment and for repairing the Guard houses at St. James's, the Tiltyard and at Hampton Court | 86 | 6 | 6 | |||
Thomas Paterson, for Brig. George Preston, for expenses on work, furniture, firing, etc. for the Detachment of Brig. Wightman's Regiment at Inverness from 19 July 1717 | 338 | 11 | 9 | |||
Robert Wilson, for fire and candle for the Invalids in Jersey, whereof he is Lieut. Governor | 64 | 10 | 0 | |||
Brig. Bowles, for disbursements in the marches, etc. of his Dragoons | 86 | 0 | 1½ | |||
Somersett English, Under-housekeeper at Hampton Court, for fire and candle for the Invalids there | 22 | 14 | 3¼ | |||
Sir Robert Pollock, for the like for the Garrison of Fort William | 424 | 3 | 0 | |||
William Skelton, for ferrying the Horse and Foot Guards etc. at Lambeth and Fulham | 60 | 0 | 0 | |||
Hatch Moody, agent to the Garrison of Berwick and Holy Island, for coals and candles, etc. | 21 | 0 | 0 | |||
Lieut. Col. Jonas Watson, for disbursements for fuzees for the Troops of Horse Granadier Guards and Companies of Foot Guards and for fire and candle for the Granadier Guards at Whitehall and St. James's Park | 123 | 16 | 0 | |||
Sir Adolphus Oughton, bt., for three hautboys to the Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards | 82 | 2 | 6 | |||
Gen. Henry Lumley, for the charge of clothing in rich liveries the kettle drummers and nine trumpeters of his Regiment of Horse | 394 | 3 | 0 | |||
Thomas Morphy, for necessaries for the six Companies of the Third Regiment of Foot Guards in the barracks at the Savoy | 474 | 17 | 2½ | |||
Aaron Tirrell, as of the Royal Bounty, for services | 45 | 0 | 0 | |||
Capt. Marcellus Laroon, ditto | 350 | 0 | 0 | |||
Capt. Alexander Abercrombie, ditto, for long and faithful service and for loss in the late Rebellion etc. | 382 | 10 | 0 | |||
Capt. Patrick Vaus, ditto, for the like | 382 | 10 | 0 | |||
Lieut. John Kelly, for good and faithful service | 100 | 0 | 0 | |||
Lieut. Col. Thomas Cæsar, of the Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards, as of the Royal Bounty, for service as a volunteer in Flanders at his own expense in 1711 and having since been disappointed in his preferment | 300 | 0 | 0 | |||
Edward Hughes, Judge Advocate General, for attending the Board of General Officers | 365 | 0 | 0 | |||
the same, for disbursements on office necessaries | 137 | 9 | 4 | |||
John Merrill and Richard Arnold, for stationery etc. for the Secretary at War's Office | 1,402 | 3 | 9½ | |||
Theophilus Blyke, for expenses of furnishing the Secretary at War's apartments in Hampton Court Palace, etc. | 70 | 0 | 0 | |||
Lieut. Gen. Carpenter, for expenses in North Britain, intelligence etc. | 1,088 | 14 | 0 | |||
Michael Hyde, Commissary General of the Musters, for postage, etc. | 45 | 12 | 6 | |||
Capt. Woodes Rogers, for levy money for 99 effective private men for his Independent Company in the Bahamas and for subsistence of the said Company | 273 | 10 | 10 | |||
Thomas More, for expense of the Earl of Carnarvon's office for issuing Debentures etc. | 289 | 0 | 0 | |||
William, Lord Cadogan, for clothing the haut-boys and drum-majors of the Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards | 344 | 9 | 0 | |||
John, Earl of Dunmore, for colours and clothing for the hautboys and drum-majors of the Third Regiment of Foot Guards | 520 | 0 | 0 | |||
Capt. Edward Hall, as Captain Commandant of Tynmouth Castle | 182 | 5 | 0 | |||
Lieut. Col. Lewis Boriragon, to make up his pay to that of Lieut. Col. of Dragoons | 13 | 13 | 0 | |||
Sir Tristram Dillington, ditto to make up his pay as Governor of Hurst Castle | 46 | 0 | 0 | |||
Col. Charles Churchill, for disbursements in the marches etc. of his regiment | 50 | 7 | 10 | |||
Col. Jasper Clayton, for the like of his Regiment in North Britain | 163 | 6 | 0 | |||
Nicholas Roope, in satisfaction of his claim as Governor of Dartmouth Castle etc. | 350 | 0 | 0 | |||
Sir Scipio Hill, in satisfaction of his petition | 202 | 16 | 6 | |||
Lieut. Gen. Hatton Compton, Lieutenant and Governor of the Tower, for coals and candles for Col. Harrison's Regiment of Foot | 75 | 0 | 0 | |||
Kingsmill Eyre, agent and solicitor to the 28 Companies of Invalids, for their coals, candles, etc. | 178 | 0 | 6 | |||
Henry Cunningham, for Henry Gelfillame, Robert Stewart and Robert Buchanan, for coals etc. for Col. Montague's Regiment at Craigforth and for the Guard on that part of Forth Water where there is a passage called Drip Coddle, in Scotland | 83 | 19 | 11 | |||
Quarter Master Thomas Cox, of Maj. Gen. Wynn's Regiment of Dragoons, as of the Royal Bounty, for wounds received at Preston and the loss of his leg | 50 | 0 | 0 | |||
John Gough, ditto, for the loss sustained in purchasing an Ensign's Commission for his son William in Maj. Gen. Whetham's Regiment, ‘being broke after’ | 100 | 0 | 0 | |||
Col. Francis Seyes, for good and faithful service | 500 | 0 | 0 | |||
the Duke of Argyll, for his services as Commander in Chief in North Britain during the Rebellion | 845 | 0 | 0 | |||
Col. Robert Monro, for services in North Britain | 350 | 0 | 0 | |||
Sir Patrick Strahan, for service in the Highlands during the Rebellion | 500 | 0 | 0 | |||
Maj. Thomas Cockrane, as Major of Brigade to the Duke of Argyll in North Britain | 49 | 0 | 0 | |||
the Earl of Orkney, for Officers and men taken in for the better defence of Edinburgh Castle, etc. | 1,036 | 12 | 8 | |||
Capt. William Clarke, Adjutant to the Third Regiment of Foot Guards, for repairs of an empty house in the Savoy assigned him | 50 | 0 | 0 | |||
Col. Jasper Clayton, for expenses of his Regiment of Foot in 1715 | 52 | 5 | 9 | |||
Richard, Lord Viscount Cobham, for expenses in the marches of the Royal Regiment of Dragoons | 9 | 3 | 10½ | |||
Col. Charles Dubourgay, as Quarter Master General in North Britain | 182 | 10 | 0 | |||
Edward Harley, for the Auditor's fee | 434 | 4 | 2 | |||
— | 23,652 | 7 | 4¼ | |||
the Officers of the several Regiments, detailed, for payments out of respits (including 1,000l. to Gen. Francis Nicholson for his services and his expenses etc. while in command of the Forces in Nova Scotia in Newfoundland) | 4,072 | 5 | 2½ | |||
money paid for subsisting the rebel prisoners at Lancaster and Chester (by John Mulcaster, Agent and Solicitor for transacting their affairs) | 1,627 | 1 | 9¼ | |||
money paid to Thomas Missing for provisions furnished for the Garrison of Gibraltar | 15,785 | 4 | 8¼ | |||
the King's allowance for forage to the Regiments of Dragoons in North Britain (the Royal North British Dragoons 18 March 1714–15 to 24 Dec. 1716; Lieut. Gen. Carpenter's, same time; the Earl of Stair's, 18 March 1714–15 to 24 Aug. 1716; Col. Newton's 16 Dec. 1715 to 24 Dec. 1716; Col. Kerr's, 1 Oct. 1715 to 30 April 1716; Maj. Gen. Evance's, 16 Oct. 1715 to 24 April 1716; Col. William Stanhope's, 6 Dec. 1715 to 24 Dec. 1716) | 2,998 | 9 | 7 | |||
several persons, named, for payment of the offreckonings of the men reduced out of the several Regiments | 6,195 | 0 | 4 | |||
(total for pay etc. of the General and Staff Officers and the pay of the Regiments etc. and Garrisons; for fire and candle; for contingencies etc.; as above, 1,031,459l. 16s. 7½d.) | ||||||
money paid to the Earl of Cadogan for the charge of transporting from Holland in 1715 6,000 men of the Troops of the States General on the occasion of the late Rebellion | 14,053 | 12 | 2¾ | |||
money paid over to Robert Walpole, late Paymaster General of the Forces, and surcharged on him in his Accompt | 147,386 | 11 | 8½ | |||
money paid to Capt. Woodes Rogers, Governor of the Island of Providence, for the charge of victualling for one year 100 men, of whom the Garrison for the defence of the Bahamas was to consist | 912 | 10 | 0 | |||
half-pay (by Regiments etc.; no names): several reduced Officers for their half-pay by the King's Establishment of 12 July 1717 | 67,064 | 11 | 0 | |||
several Officers en second for their half-pay | 28,254 | 16 | 8 | |||
several Officers of the thirteen Regiments broke in Ireland for their half-pay for 183 days from 25 June 1717 | 12,272 | 12 | 6 (fn. 1) | |||
— | 107,592 | 4 | 2 | |||
money paid to John Merrill, Paymaster of the Pensions for Officers' widows | 3,553 | 8 | 4¾ | |||
— | ||||||
total payments and allowances | £1,304,958 | 3 | 1½ | |||
and so remains a Surplus of | 6,395 | 3 | 8½ (fn. 2) | |||
to which is added the money depending in super on sundry persons for money imprested for the service of the Forces: money imprested in the year 1716: the Duke of Argyll, for so much received from the Commissioners of Excise in Scotland, which is repaid and returned in super on the said Duke |
10,000 | 0 | 0 | |||
Capt. Alexander Urquhart, for contingencies at Gibraltar | 749 | 8 | 6 | |||
Lieut. Gen. Charles Wills for money paid on bills of Exchange | 538 | 17 | 0 | |||
Brig. Lewis Petit, for expenses on the fortifications etc. of Port Mahone | 1,000 | 0 | 0 | |||
the same, for the Train of Artillery there | 567 | 0 | 0 | |||
— | 12,855 | 5 | 6 | |||
ditto in the year 1717: Col. John Moody, for the Garrison of Placentia |
3,000 | 0 | 0 | |||
Brig. George Preston, in satisfaction of a bill of exchange | 200 | 0 | 0 | |||
Lieut. Gen. Charles Wills, ditto | 100 | 0 | 0 | |||
the Earl of Sutherland, for the extraordinary expenses of a body of Militia to assist in suppressing the Rebels | 2,000 | 0 | 0 | |||
Col. Alexander Urquhart, for the Garrison of Gibraltar | 999 | 18 | 11½ | |||
Col. Richard Kane, for contingencies for the Garrison of Minorca, from 24 Oct. 1715 to 25 April 1717 | 2,997 | 4 | 2 | |||
George, Lord Forbes, ditto; from 25 April 1717 | 1,336 | 18 | 4 | |||
John Mulcaster, agent to the Four Independent Companies at Annapolis Royal, for their respited pay | 2,031 | 11 | 0 | |||
ditto, for the respited pay of four men, one per company, allowed for widows | 32 | 8 | 0 | |||
Richard Hampden, late Treasurer of the Navy, for money paid over for provisions furnished Col. Phillips's Regiment and the four late Independent Companies of Foot at Annapolis Royal | 2,324 | 17 | 4 | |||
Theophilus Blyke, late Paymaster of the Pensions to Officers' widows | 6,066 | 2 | 9¾ | |||
— | 21,089 | 0 | 7¼ | |||
— | ||||||
£33,944 | 6 | 1¼ | ||||
and so the Accomptant is in Surplusage Declared 18 October 1725. |
40,339 | 9 | 10 |
DECLARED ACCOUNTS: ARMY: FORCES ABROAD AND OTHER SERVICES IN THE LATE WAR.
AUDIT OFFICE: BUNDLE 319, ROLL 1270 [A.O.1/319/1270].
James, Duke of Chandos, late Paymaster of the Forces: Final Account.
1 February 1716–17 to 12 May 1719 (and since 24 August 1713).
Charge. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Arrears: remaining in the Accomptant's hands upon the end of his last preceding Accompts: as Paymaster General of the Forces acting in conjunction with the Allies in the Low Countries, 46l. 4s. 5d. and as ditto of the Forces in Spain and Portugal 134l. 13s. 7½d., which sums were respectively discharged by tallies of 26 Jan. and 7 Feb., 3 George I, leaving the Accomptant even and quit | nil | |||||
Receipts: Michaelmas term, 3 George I, on accompt, by General Privy Seal of 29 Sept. 1714 and Royal Sign Manual of 8 April 1717 | 2,306 | 19 | 6 | |||
the same term, ditto, by the same Privy Seal and Royal Sign Manual of 12 April 1717 | 15,921 | 19 | 10¾ | |||
Michaelmas term, 4 George I, ditto, in part of 250,000l. towards Subsidies and Arrears, by Privy Seal of 19 Aug. 1715, 2 George I | 18,747 | 18 | 1½ | |||
Easter term, 4 & 6 George I, ditto, for preventing the designs of the King of Sweden, by General Privy Seal of 29 Sept. 1714 and Royal Sign Manual 18 April 1718 | 45,000 | 0 | 0 | |||
— | 81,976 | 17 | 6¼ | |||
Voluntary charge: received of Sir Roger Mostyn, late Paymaster General of Marines, for the subsistence of detachments of Marines, prisoners in Spain | 1,806 | 11 | 2 | |||
money received of John How, late Paymaster General of the Guards and Garrisons | 12,919 | 17 | 6 | |||
money received of Charles Medlycot, late Commissary of Stores in Portugal, being the sum received by him for the sale of public stores | 518 | 2 | 3 | |||
deductions of 12d. in the 1l. and one day's pay in the year | 90 | 11 | 1¼ | |||
money repaid by John Howe, being the subsistence of English prisoners taken at the Battle of Briheuga, 1710 | 8,314 | 8 | 6 | |||
money received from the widow of Brigadier Lewis Petit, being the remains of money provided for the fortification of Port Mahon | 1,049 | 12 | 6 | |||
money received for bread delivered by John Sherman to the Garrison of Gibraltar for two years from 24 Dec. 1709 | 3,000 | 0 | 0 | |||
profit on remittances etc. surcharged on the Accomptant by Warrant of 19 July 1727 | 103 | 11 | 2 | |||
money repaid by Benjamin Sweet, Deputy Paymaster of the Forces in Flanders | 1,536 | 9 | 3¼ | |||
— | 29,339 | 3 | 5½ | |||
Sundry amounts surcharged on the Accomptant in pursuance of the said Warrant of Her Majesty [Queen Caroline] as Guardian of the Kingdom: subsistence, pay and clothing of several British Regiments (to be charged, so far as may be found proper, to the said Regiments on their being cleared) |
435,164 | 9 | 1½ (fn. 3) | |||
Deduction of 2½ per cent. from the pay of Foreign Forces | 21,572 | 7 | 1¾ | |||
money for the Subsistence, etc. of several Regiments in Spain and for Officers and men of the said Regiments who were taken prisoner | 357,006 | 6 | 7¼ | |||
money paid to various Regiments serving in Spain and Portugal for the years 1705, 1707–11 | 1,958,525 | 1 | 10¾ | |||
money paid to Messrs. Man and Maccullock in settlement of a clothing contract | 764 | 13 | 3¼ | |||
money paid for medicines for the Earl of Donegal's Regiment | 40 | 0 | 0 | |||
money paid to the agents of the six Regiments of Dragoons raised in Portugal, for the purchase of horses | 26,712 | 0 | 0 | |||
money for payments on accompt of subsistence, etc. for several British Regiments in Flanders, allowed in the Accompt to 22 Dec. 1711 (to be charged to the said Regiments on their being cleared) | 434,323 | 10 | 8½ | |||
ditto, to 24 Aug. 1713, ditto | 252,929 | 1 | 10¼ | |||
money allowed in the said Accompt for levy money | 6,406 | 0 | 0 | |||
money allowed for subsistence, etc. for British Regiments serving in Spain and Portugal in the Accompt for the year 1713 | 88,004 | 13 | 2½ | |||
value of bread supplied by the contractors, Adrian Vanderkaa and Joshua Castanho, or of proviandt guelt in lieu, to Foreign Forces in the Low Countries, detailed | 11,039 | 1 | 6¾ | |||
proviandt guelt to be stopped from British troops | 1,237 | 19 | 1 | |||
sums chargeable on the Emperor of Germany, detailed | 350,409 | 2 | 10 | |||
sums chargeable on the States General of the United Provinces, detailed | 14,098 | 16 | 8 | |||
sums chargeable on the Treasury of Ireland, detailed | 215 | 11 | 0 | |||
charge of transportation 1704–7 not deducted in the Accompt of Charles Fox, the preceding Paymaster of the Forces | 2,960 | 13 | 2 | |||
additional levy money for the year 1710 | 1,718 | 0 | 0 | |||
pay of the Earl of Donegal as Major General for the year 1706 | 119 | 14 | 0 | |||
pay of Colonel Cardellon and Captain Carlton | 43 | 3 | 4 | |||
extraordinary expense of bread supplied to the Garrison of Gibraltar for the years 1710–12 | 19,558 | 11 | 2¼ | |||
bounty paid to troops in consideration of equipment lost at the Battle of Saragossa | 2,365 | 15 | 5½ | |||
value of horses supplied to Major General Harvey's Regiment of Horse and Lord Raby's Regiment of Dragoons in Portugal | 6,558 | 0 | 0 | |||
money spent by Messrs. Johnson and Leuellin on recruit horses from Ireland | 129 | 17 | 8 | |||
money paid for clothing for the Spanish Forces in the year 1709 | 31,663 | 12 | 9 | |||
value of wheat bought in 1707 not accounted for by James Allen, late Commissary in Spain | 312 | 13 | 5½ | |||
money paid to Charles Medlycot, Commissary of Provisions in Portugal, for barley and straw, in the year 1707 | 1,939 | 3 | 8 | |||
balance due for arms, tents, etc. delivered by the Office of Ordnance to the British Regiments, March 1701–2 to Oct. 1712 | 26,605 | 16 | 7 | |||
money paid to Anthonio Belvitches and Joseph Larissa, contractors in Spain for mules, 1710–12 and for bread, etc., for the year 1708 | 161,840 | 2 | 9¾ | |||
balance of money paid to Ralph Bucknell for the use of prisoners taken at the Battle of Almanza, in the year 1707 | 226 | 15 | 5½ | |||
pay and extraordinaries of the Palatines (to be deducted when their full demands come to be cleared) | 18,737 | 5 | 0 | |||
subsidies made to the Kings of Sicily and Portugal (to be deducted as above) | 18,833 | 6 | 8 | |||
salary of Dr. Lacaan, Director of the Hospital in Spain | 100 | 0 | 0 | |||
arrears of subsidies paid to the Kings of Denmark and Prussia (to be deducted as above) | 6,675 | 10 | 7¼ | |||
money due to Major General Evans for forage supplied for 100 days to 1 April 1713 | 27 | 2 | 7½ | |||
— | 4,258,863 | 19 | 4½ | |||
money surcharged, being the difference between what the Commissioners for stating the Debts of the Army have disallowed of the payments made to several Regiments by the Accomptant and allowed by the Auditor and what they have charged the Regiments with, for which he had no allowance | 616 | 17 | 2¾ | |||
— | ||||||
total charge and receipts | £4,370,796 | 17 | 7 | |||
Discharge. | ||||||
Pay of General and Staff Officers and Officers of the Hospitals: James, late Duke of Ormond, in accompt of his pay as Commander in Chief in Flanders, 24 June to 24 Aug. 1713 |
596 | 16 | 8 | |||
Dr. Alexander Inglis on accompt of his pay as Physician to the Hospital in Flanders in the year 1712 | 24 | 3 | 9 | |||
the widow of John Barker, late Commissary of Stores upon General Erle's Expedition, for his pay at 20s. per diem from 22 Dec. 1708 to 23 March 1708–9 | 91 | 0 | 0 | |||
David Campbell for 84 days' pay in advance for several Officers under the command of the Duke of Argyll in Spain from 1 Feb. 1710–11, detailed | 287 | 14 | 0 | |||
Dr. John Friend, in full of his pay etc. as Physician to the Hospital and to the General in Spain, from 24 Dec. 1706 | 150 | 0 | 0 | |||
George Denune for his pay as Surgeon's Mate to the Hospital in Spain from 23 Dec. 1708 to 23 Feb. 1708–9 | 15 | 10 | 0 | |||
William Squire for 91 days' pay in advance as Master Apothecary to the Hospital in Spain from 24 Dec. 1709 | 45 | 10 | 0 | |||
more to him for his pay from 14 Nov. to 23 Dec. 1710 | 15 | 0 | 0 | |||
William Elphinstone, Robert Napier, Robert Maitland and John Mylne, four Surgeons Mates to the Hospital in Spain, for 91 days' pay in advance from 24 Dec. 1709 | 91 | 0 | 0 | |||
Colin Campbell for his pay as an Extraordinary Surgeon's Mate to the said Hospital from 24 Dec. 1710 to 23 Dec. 1711 | 91 | 5 | 0 | |||
John Smith for his pay as Supernumerary Clerk to the said Hospital from 24 Dec. 1711 to 23 Dec. 1712 | 92 | 0 | 0 | |||
John Plumerden for his pay as an Extraordinary Mate to the Apothecary there from 24 Dec. 1711 to 14 Nov. 1712 | 81 | 15 | 0 | |||
Paul Margarett for his pay as Surgeon there, from 24 Dec. 1711 to 22 March 1711–12 | 45 | 0 | 0 | |||
Charles Medlycott, deceased, for his pay as Commissary of the War Stores in Portugal, at 20s. per diem from 1 Aug. to 22 Dec. 1708 | 144 | 0 | 0 | |||
— | 1,770 | 14 | 5 | |||
money due to Officers en second and Officers on Half-pay for their service in the late War: Captain John Symmonds for his full pay for himself and servants at 10s. per diem from 23 Dec. 1711 to 30 April 1712 |
65 | 0 | 0 | |||
Captain William Butler for the subsistence of himself and servants in Portugal at 7s. 6d. per diem from 23 Dec. 1710 to 22 June 1711 | 68 | 5 | 0 | |||
James Brown in full of his pay as Ensign en second in Spain from 1 May 1709 to 23 Dec. 1712 | 143 | 14 | 8 | |||
Captain Francis Clarke in full of his pay at Lieutenant en second in Spain from 1 May to 23 Dec. 1709 | 39 | 4 | 0 | |||
Daniel Combes, agent for Half-pay Officers, detailed | 100 | 0 | 0 | |||
Catherine Walters, on account of her husband's pay as one of the Lieutenants sent to New England | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
— | 418 | 3 | 8 | |||
bounty money, levy money etc.: Colonel William Southwell, for making good the loss of his horses and baggage in Spain during the year 1707 |
300 | 0 | 0 | |||
Thomas Macnemara, to enable him to go to Portugal, Jan. 1709–10 | 50 | 0 | 0 | |||
Major P. Gordon, for arms and accoutrements lost at the Battle of Ramillies by the Royal Regiment of Scotch Dragoons | 540 | 0 | 0 | |||
Captain John Man, for the like loss by Major General Ross's Regiment of Dragoons | 405 | 0 | 0 | |||
Lieut. Archibald Kennedy, for Levy money for 50 men for the Independent Companies at New York in the year 1713 | 100 | 0 | 0 | |||
John Dann, assignee of Thomas Brerewood, clothier, in full discharge of assignments relating to accoutrements supplied to Earl Cadogan's Regiment of Horse in the years 1703 and 1704 | 380 | 5 | 5¾ | |||
George Aikinheid, clothier, for money paid to him to complete the net offreckonings of Major General Gorge's Regiment to 17 July 1709 | 404 | 17 | 1¾ | |||
Philip Woodward and John Barker, clothiers, to complete the offreckonings of Brigadier James Dormer's Regiment to 23 Dec. 1711, when [the said Regiment was] placed upon the Establishment of Ireland | 1,996 | 14 | 10 | |||
John Merrill, for the respited pay of Sir Richard Temple's Regiment from 24 June 1706 to 23 June 1707 | 182 | 10 | 0 | |||
Lieut.-Col. George Freke for his pay as Lieut. Col. of Lieut. General Erle's Regiment at 7s. a day from 23 Feb. 1711–12 to 24 April 1712, although omitted from the Muster Rolls of the Regiment in error | 21 | 0 | 0 | |||
— | 4,380 | 7 | 5½ | |||
extraordinary charges: Sir Theodore Janssen, for money paid to Monsr. D'Arselliers, Resident at Geneva, for buying arms for the war in Italy, 1708 |
600 | 0 | 0 | |||
Col. Ignatius Nugent, for his pay as Colonel in the service of the King of Portugal in the year 1710 | 100 | 0 | 0 | |||
Richard Cantillon, for his care and pains in stating the accompts of the prisoners in France, from 3 Aug. 1709 to 31 March 1710 | 30 | 2 | 6 | |||
Capt. James Long, for his expenses etc. in going express from London to Barcelona in the year 1712 | 200 | 0 | 0 | |||
Capt. James Mohun, for his expenses etc. in coming express from Spain from the Earl of Barrimore, Commander in Chief, in the year 1712 | 164 | 2 | 6 | |||
Major Humphrey Bland, for his service and charges in going express from London to Barcelona in the year 1712 | 100 | 0 | 0 | |||
Col. James O'Hara, for his expenses, etc. in going express from London to Port Mahon with orders for reducing the Regiments there, in June 1713 | 150 | 0 | 0 | |||
Lieut. Col. Stanhope Cotton, for his service and charges in coming express from Port Mahon in 1713 | 100 | 0 | 0 | |||
Alexander McDonald, on accompt of his expenses in coming from Spain in the year 1713 | 150 | 0 | 0 | |||
Anthoine Richard, on accompt of his charges in going several times from London to Barcelona | 303 | 15 | 0 | |||
Consul Nicholas Herne for disbursements for the storehouses at Denia | 10 | 4 | 3¼ | |||
Wavel Smith, for his expenses in several journeys to the Camp with money for the Army in Spain in the year 1712 | 111 | 12 | 6 | |||
Richard Watkins, for the expense of his journey from Spain to England in the year 1712 | 91 | 10 | 0 | |||
Don Joseph Pasqual, for his expense in going express from Spain to England in the year 1712 | 25 | 0 | 0 | |||
Henry Neal, for his disbursements for special services by order of the Commander in Chief in Spain | 42 | 15 | 0 | |||
Anthony Hammond, Deputy Paymaster of the Forces in Spain, for his loss in selling corn which he took in the year 1712 by order of the Commander in Chief | 102 | 10 | 0 | |||
Martin Mielgo, the King of Spain's Proveditore, for bread and forage supplied to the British Train of Artillery in 1712 | 240 | 0 | 4¼ | |||
Alexander Stevensone, for shoes and stockings delivered by Ralph Bucknall to the British Train of Artillery, 15 June 1706 | 18 | 5 | 10 | |||
John Farra, for his expenses etc. in going down to Tinmouth with money for ten battalions arrived from Flanders at the end of the war | 25 | 10 | 6 | |||
Thomas Sydenham, in part of money paid by him for subsisting invalids from Regiments in the Low Countries in the year 1712 | 100 | 0 | 0 | |||
Sir Henry Furnese, for the loss accruing to him by his remittances to the Forces in Portugal in the year 1705 | 394 | 13 | 2 | |||
Col. William Ker, for forage money paid him for his Regiment of Dragoons in the Spring of 1711 | 669 | 15 | 4½ | |||
John Leaves, for assisting the Deputy Paymaster of the Forces in Portugal and for the dangers he ran in shipping from the River of Lisbon large sums of money for the Forces in Catalonia | 300 | 0 | 0 | |||
Thomas More, in full of his charge and expenses in carrying money to Holland in 1708 for the use of the Army there | 150 | 0 | 0 | |||
Major James Allen, on accompt of his pay as Commissary of Stores in Spain, from 24 Dec. 1707 | 50 | 0 | 0 | |||
— | 4,229 | 17 | 0 | |||
(total money paid for the service of British Forces 10,799l. 2s. 6½d.) | ||||||
money paid and applied by the Accomptant for satisfying bills of exchange drawn for the service of the Expedition to Canada in the year 1711: money paid to complete bills of exchange drawn by Col. John Arnott in Boston, New England: Richard Mico; bill dated 24 July 1711 |
476 | 3 | 9½ | |||
more to him as Executor to Thomas Bletsoe; bill dated the same day | 166 | 13 | 4 | |||
more to him, as ditto; bill dated 28 July 1711 | 88 | 6 | 8 | |||
more to him, as ditto; bill dated 18 July 1711 | 500 | 0 | 0 | |||
John Caswall; bill endorsed by Francis Wainwright; dated 24 July 1711 | 333 | 6 | 8 | |||
more to him; bill dated same day | 496 | 13 | 4 | |||
more to him; bill dated same day | 119 | 0 | 11¼ | |||
John Lloyd [no date] | 333 | 6 | 8 | |||
more to him; bill endorsed by Thomas Hutchinson; same date | 1,000 | 0 | 0 | |||
more to him; bill of same date | 476 | 3 | 9¾ | |||
John Crouch and Samuel Arnold; bill of same date | 595 | 4 | 9 | |||
John Metcalfe; bill of same date | 119 | 0 | 11¼ | |||
more to him; bill of same date | 119 | 0 | 11¼ | |||
Robert Hackshaw; bill of same date | 238 | 2 | 2½ | |||
more to him; bill of same date | 333 | 6 | 8 | |||
Jane Edmonds, executrix of Benjamin Edmonds; bill endorsed by Messrs. Bromfield and Burroughs | 119 | 0 | 11¼ | |||
Robert Gardner; Col. John Arnott's bill dated 18 July 1711, for the subsistence of several Regiments | 2,670 | 17 | 8¾ | |||
(total drawn by Col. Arnott, as above 8,184l. 19s. 4½d.) | ||||||
money paid to John Borland to complete a bill of exchange drawn by Robert Hunter and Francis Nicholson at New York 8 Aug. 1711, for the pay of 29 Lieutenants | 43 | 10 | 0 | |||
money paid to Richard Hampden, late Treasurer of the Navy to complete bills of exchange drawn by Robert Hunter, then Governor of New York, for the service of the Expedition | 5,732 | 3 | 11¾ | |||
— | 13,960 | 3 | 4¼ | |||
pay, subsidies and allowances made to Foreign Princes etc. for services performed in Spain: money paid for the service of the Emperor of Germany as King of Spain: Col. Charles Cusack, on a bill of exchange drawn by Henry Watkins, 14 Oct. 1707 |
60 | 0 | 0 | |||
Brigadier Michael Richards, heir and Executor of Major General John Richards, late Governor of Alicant in Spain, who was blown up and killed in defence of the Garrison there, for money advanced to Domingo Chapoli, the contractor for supplying bread to Alicant and Denia when besieged | 3,090 | 7 | 0 | |||
— | 3,150 | 7 | 0 | |||
money paid to Monsr. D. Steinghens, Minister of the Elector Palatine for the pay of the Palatine troops in Catalonia in the years 1708–9, and on accompt of the subsidy payable to the said Elector | 2,072 | 5 | 0 | |||
money paid to Sieur John Hallungius, agent for the Elector of Treves, for the subsidy due, from 23 Dec. 1711 to 24 March 1712–13 | 7,440 | 9 | 6 | |||
money paid to Col. Joseph Marti for and in consideration of his services and sufferings in the late war | 9,829 | 10 | 6 | |||
(total money paid to Foreign Princes etc., 22,492l. 12s. 0d.) | ||||||
money paid to the King of Denmark by way of loan, which has since been repaid to the Earl of Lincoln out of the arrears of subsidies due to the said King | 45,000 | 0 | 0 | |||
money allowed to the Accomptant for his own care and trouble since his super-sedure from the Office of Paymaster General and for fees and other services | 9,585 | 8 | 0 | |||
more to him for the trouble sustained by him and others in completing his final Accompt, from 24 June 1719 to 24 June 1728 | 4,500 | 0 | 0 | |||
money paid to Edward Harley, an Auditor of the Imprests, his Deputy and his clerks for his duties in preparing the Accompt of Col. Clement Neville as Paymaster of the prisoners taken at Brihuega, from 24 Dec. 1710 to 3 April 1713 | 300 | 0 | 0 | |||
more to him for conducting, for five and a half years, the business required by the late Commissioners appointed for Stating and Determining the Debts of the Army | 550 | 0 | 0 | |||
money paid to Thomas Foley, the other Auditor of the Imprests, for conducting, for six and a half years, the business required by the said Commissioners | 550 | 0 | 0 | |||
more to Edward Harley for examining, engrossing etc. this final Accompt of the said James, Duke of Chandos | 700 | 0 | 0 | |||
— | 16,185 | 8 | 0 | |||
Money allowed to the Accomptant for disbursements made by him and for discount on tallies etc., payment of interest on loans made for the service of the Forces, and also for payments made to Foreign Forces for which no allowance has hitherto been made: loss by remittances, commission etc., discount on tallies and South Sea Stock etc. sold for supply of the Forces and interest on loans |
8,535 | 6 | 6¼ | |||
money paid to Baron de Borle for waggon and forage money and horses lost by the late Baron Walef's Regiment of Dragoons | 4,411 | 5 | 0 | |||
money paid to M. de Braamt for forage delivered by Aix la Chappelle to four Battalions of Prussian Troops in the winters of 1711–12 and 1712–13 | 1,577 | 2 | 10¼ | |||
more to him for forage delivered by Jean de Malines in Sept. 1709 to a detachment of troops commanded by the Earl of Albemarle | 32 | 17 | 1½ | |||
money paid to William Burroughs for forage delivered to the King of Prussia's Army in Limbourg, Nov. 1712 to April 1713 | 4,418 | 11 | 5 | |||
— | 18,975 | 2 | 11 | |||
lastly, the Accomptant is allowed those amounts made and inserted upon his Accompts as Paymaster General to 24 Aug. 1713, herein before surcharged upon him in this Accompt pursuant to Her Majesty's Warrant: payments on accompt of pay, subsistence and clothing of British Regiments in Flanders for the year 1712, which sum appears to have been charged to the said Regiments by the Commissioners for Determining the Debts due to the Army except 4s. only |
435,164 | 9 | 1¼ | |||
payments on accompt of subsistence, etc. of British Regiments in Spain and Portugal for the year 1712 and for the subsistence of Officers and men of the said Regiment who were made prisoners in Spain; charged to the Regiments by the said Commissioners | 357,006 | 6 | 7¼ | |||
money paid to the British Regiments in Spain and Portugal on accompt of their subsistence, etc. which is allowed in the preceding Accompt for the years 1707–11 and the sum of 6,992l. 11s. 6¾d. paid for subsistence to the Earl of Barrymore's Regiment in the year 1705, charged on the Regiments as above | 1,958,525 | 1 | 10¾ | |||
money paid to Messrs. Man and Maccullock to satisfy a debt arising from their contract for clothing the Earl of Barrymore's Regiment of Dragoons, charged to the said Regiment as above | 764 | 13 | 3¼ | |||
sum paid for medicines for the Earl of Donegal's Regiment in the year 1705 and charged on the pay of the Regiment as above | 40 | 0 | 0 | |||
money paid in the year 1710, pursuant to Warrants of the Commander in Chief to the agents of the six Regiments of Dragoons raised in Portugal, to buy horses; charged on the said Regiments as above | 26,712 | 0 | 0 | |||
money allowed to the Accomptant to 22 Dec. 1711 for his payments for subsistence, etc. for several British Regiments in Flanders, charged on these Regiments as above | 434,323 | 10 | 8½ | |||
money allowed to the Accomptant to 24 Aug. 1713 for pay etc. whereof 251, 343l. 8s. 10¼d has been charged as above and the difference of 1,585l. 13s. 0d. for subsistence advanced to Colonel Kerr's Regiment in Ireland surcharged on the Accomptant's Accompt for the year 1713 | 252,929 | 1 | 10¼ | |||
levy money allowed in the said Accompt and charged in like manner | 6,406 | 0 | 0 | |||
money allowed in the Spain and Portugal Accompt to 24 Aug. 1713, for subsistence etc. of several British Regiments serving there, whereof 87,999l. 4s. 1¾d. has been charged and the difference of 5l. 9s. 0¾d. was short paid to Elliot's Regiment in the year 1706 and has been allowed in the year 1713 | 88,004 | 13 | 2½ | |||
value of bread delivered to the Foreign Forces by Adrian Vanderkaa and Joshua Castanho, contractors to the Forces in the Low Countries for the year 1712, or of proviandt guelt in lieu, detailed | 11,039 | 1 | 6¾ | |||
proviandt guelt to be stopped from the British troops, whereof 1,231l. 13s. 8¾d. has been stopped by the said Commissioners and the difference of 6l. 5s. 4¼d. is alleged to be chargeable to Col. Pocock's Regiment | 1,237 | 19 | 1 | |||
sums chargeable on the present Emperor of Germany, detailed, viz.: for money lent in 1704, 40,000l.; for money paid in 1710 to Admiral Somelsdyke and other Dutch commanders, for freight and provisions for Lieut. General Ech's Regiment of Horse, 2,036l. 2s. 11½d.; for corn consigned by William Chetwynd to the Commissaries of Stores and Provisions in Spain, 264,335l. 12s. 6d.; and for tents, habiliaments, bread etc., delivered to the Officers of the Emperor 44,037l. 7s. 4½d. | 350,409 | 2 | 10 | |||
sums chargeable on the States General of the United Provinces, detailed: for waggon money etc. allowed the four English Battalions of the 20,000 men, 5,348l. 16s. 8d.; money paid to Brigadier Lillemaris for Dutch Forces sent on Earl Rivera's Expedition, for provisions, 8,750l. |
14,098 | 16 | 8 | |||
sums chargeable on the Treasury of Ireland, detailed | 215 | 11 | 0 | |||
charge of transportation 1704–7 not deducted in the Accompt of Charles Fox, the preceding Paymaster of the Forces, whereof the Commissioners for Determining the Debts of the Army have stopped 1,344l. 11s. 10d. and the difference is here allowed | 2,960 | 13 | 2 | |||
money allowed in the Accomptant's Accompt for the year 1710 for Additional Levy Money to be set against claims made by the respective Regiments as are the payments made in preceding years, whereof 1,642l. has been charged and the remaining 76l. is a debt for men raised for Sir Roger Bradshaw's Regiment in Ireland | 1,718 | 0 | 0 | |||
extraordinary expense of bread delivered to the Garrison of Gibraltar due to the excessive dearness of necessaries; the matter to be settled when the Regiments serving there come to be cleared, the late Commissioners for Determining the Debts due to the Army having held the opinion that the Regiments ought not to be charged | 19,558 | 11 | 2¼ | |||
bounty paid to troops in consideration of equipment lost at the Battle of Saragossa and wear of shoes and stockings on the long marches before and after the Battle; to be charged as an extraordinary of the war and here allowed | 2,365 | 15 | 5½ | |||
value of horses supplied to Major General Harvey's Regiment of Horse and Lord Raby's Regiment of Dragoons in Portugal during the year 1705; these horses being replacements for those taken away by the Duke of Marlborough; to be adjusted when the Regiments come to be cleared but here allowed | 6,558 | 0 | 0 | |||
balance due for arms, tents, etc. delivered by the Office of Ordnance to British Regiments, March 1701–2 to Oct. 1712 | 26,605 | 16 | 7 | |||
money paid to Anthonio Belvitches and Joseph Larissa, contractors in Spain for mules, 1710–12, and for bread etc. for the year 1708 | 161,840 | 2 | 9¾ | |||
pay and extraordinaries of the Palatines; to be deducted when their full demands come to be cleared but here allowed | 18,737 | 5 | 0 | |||
subsidies made to the Kings of Sicily and Portugal; to be deducted as above but here allowed | 18,833 | 6 | 8 | |||
arrears of Subsidies paid to the Kings of Denmark and Prussia; to be deducted as above, but here allowed | 6,675 | 10 | 7¼ | |||
— | 4,202,729 | 9 | 3¼ | |||
— | ||||||
total payments and allowances | £4,330,141 | 18 | 1 | |||
and so remains | 40,654 | 19 | 6 | |||
against which depending on sundry persons accountable for money paid to them by this Accomptant for the service of the Land Forces: the heirs, Executors or Administrators of the late Colonel Joseph Dudley, Governor and Commander in Chief of Massachussets Bay, for money paid to James Douglas upon a bill of exchange dated at Boston, New England 4 Aug. 1711 for the accompt of John Borland for building barracks at Nodles Island and for other contingent charges |
700 | 18 | 0 | |||
more to ditto, for money paid to John Lloyd upon a like bill of exchange dated 2 Aug. 1711 for stores received from Charles Chambers for the Train of Artillery, and for the Expedition to Canada | 200 | 0 | 0 | |||
more to ditto, on a like bill dated 2 Aug. 1711 payable to John Lloyd for stores received from Nathaniel Carey for the said Expedition | 123 | 3 | 3 | |||
more to ditto, on a like bill dated 2 Aug. 1711 payable to Thomas Sanford for like stores received from Oliver Noyes | 200 | 0 | 0 | |||
more to ditto, on a like bill dated 2 Aug. 1711 payable to Messrs. John Crouch and Samuel Arnold for like stores received at Boston from Thomas Fitch | 2,000 | 0 | 0 | |||
more to ditto, on a like bill dated 2 Aug. 1711 payable to Thomas Bletsoe for like stores received from Samuel Greenwood | 200 | 0 | 0 | |||
more to ditto, on a like bill, dated 21 Dec. 1711 payable to Richard Mico for accompt of Nathaniel Henchman of Boston, for victualling, sailors' wages and hire of vessels for tenders on the Fleet in the said Expedition | 996 | 18 | 8 | |||
more to ditto, on a like bill dated 18 April 1712, payable to Francis Clarke for money spent at Boston on stores for the Train of Artillery by John Walley and Major Thomas Fitch | 78 | 17 | 6 | |||
more to ditto and Francis Nicholson, Commander in Chief of the said Expedition, for money paid on a bill drawn by them jointly at Boston, dated 27 July 1711, payable to John Borland for money advanced by him for the contingent charges of the Expedition | 105 | 14 | 9 | |||
more to the heirs etc. of Col. Dudley and to Francis Nicholson, for a like bill dated 3 Nov. 1711, payable to John Borland, on the balance of his accompt for contingencies of the said Expedition | 50 | 14 | 8 | |||
(total paid for the service of the Expedition for the year 1711, 4,656l. 6s. 10d.) | ||||||
more on the heirs etc. of James, late Earl Stanhope, Commander in Chief of the Forces in Spain, for money paid on several bills of exchange drawn on the Accomptant by him in the year 1710: bill dated at Rotterdam 3 April 1710 payable to James Senserfe & Son and assigned to Thomas Clegg |
400 | 0 | 0 | |||
bill dated at The Hague 15 April 1710, payable to the order of Benjamin Sweet and assigned to Theophilus Parsons | 90 | 19 | 2 | |||
bill dated at Genoa 14 Aug. 1710, payable to the order of Messrs. Boissier & Sons, Vignoles and Naville and assigned to Moses Beranger | 1,000 | 0 | 0 | |||
(total of Earl Stanhope's Bills 1,490l. 19s. 2d.) | ||||||
sums which being part of those surcharged in this Accompt are to be returned in super upon the parties who are accountable for the same: Earl of Donegal for his pay as Major General for the year 1706 |
119 | 14 | 0 | |||
Colonel Cardellon for his pay as Engineer at Denia in the year 1709 and Capt. Carlton for his pay | 43 | 3 | 4 | |||
money expended by Messrs. Johnson and Leuellen on recruit horses from Ireland in 1705 (still to be adjusted, it not being known from which Regiments the same is to be deducted) | 129 | 17 | 8 | |||
John Robyns for clothing supplied to the King of Spain's Forces in the year 1709 (charged to the said King's Subsidy but as the clothing was consigned to Henry Vincent, then Commissary in Spain, the latter is to be charged therewith) | 31,663 | 12 | 9 | |||
James Allen, late Commissary in Spain, the unaccompted part of the wheat supplied to the Forces in the year 1707 | 312 | 13 | 5½ | |||
Charles Medlycot, Commissary for Provisions in Portugal in the year 1707, for barley and straw for which no deduction appears to have been made | 1,939 | 3 | 8 | |||
Ralph Bucknell, the unaccompted part of the money paid to him for the prisoners taken at the Battle of Almanza | 226 | 15 | 5½ | |||
Dr. Lacaan, on accompt of his salary as Director of the Hospital in Spain | 100 | 0 | 0 | |||
Major General Evans, on accompt of forage due to him for 100 days ending 1 April 1713 (to be deducted on any demand for the whole amount due 78l. 2s. 9½d.) | 27 | 2 | 7½ | |||
(total of the sums accomptable 34,562l. 22s. 11½d.) | — | £40,709 | 8 | 11½ | ||
and so the Accomptant upon the end of his final Accompt of money received and paid by him since 24 Aug. 1713, the time of his supersedure from his office of Paymaster General, is in Surplusage Declared 27 April 1730. |
54 | 9 | 5½ |
DECLARED ACCOUNTS: ARMY: CHELSEA HOSPITAL.
AUDIT OFFICE: BUNDLE 1469, ROLL 24 [A.O.1/1469/24].
Henry, Earl of Lincoln, late Paymaster of the Royal Hospital near Chelsea.
25 December 1716 to 24 December 1717.
DECLARED ACCOUNTS: ARMY: GIBRALTAR GARRISON.
AUDIT OFFICE, BUNDLE 1264, ROLL 171 [A.O.1/1264/171].
Charles, Earl of Portmore, as son and heir of David, Earl of Portmore, Governor and Commander in Chief at Gibraltar.
24 October 1714 to 24 December 1728.
See Volume XXIX of this Calendar, p. cxxxiii.
DECLARED ACCOUNTS: ARMY: GIBRALTAR: VICTUALLING ACCOUNT.
AUDIT OFFICE: BUNDLE 183, ROLL 556 [A.O.1/183/556].
Thomas Missing, Contractor for Victualling the Garrison of Gibraltar.
1 June 1715 to 19 December 1725.
See Volume XXX of this Calendar, p. cxlvi.
DECLARED ACCOUNTS: ARMY: TRANSPORT SERVICE.
AUDIT OFFICE: BUNDLE 2309, ROLL 23 [A.O.1/2309/23].
John Hill, Receiver and Paymaster of the Transport Service.
29 September 1716 to 29 September 1717.
Charge. | £ | s. | d. | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Arrears: remaining in the Accountant's hands on the determination of his preceding Account | 4,029 | 8 | 10¼ | |||
and depending upon sundry persons for money imprested | 437 | 19 | 8 | |||
(total arrears 4,467l. 8s. 6¼d.) | ||||||
Receipts: money had out of the Exchequer: Easter term 3 & 4 George I, by Privy Seal of 19 Aug. 1715 |
3,376 | 8 | 2¾ | |||
Voluntary charge: received for Interest on South Sea Stock |
10 | 9 | 6 | |||
received from John Aislaby, Navy Treasurer | 3,000 | 0 | 0 | |||
and received for stores sold | 16 | 8 | 4 | |||
(total voluntary charge 3,026l. 17s. 10d.) | — | |||||
total charge and receipts | £10,870 | 14 | 7 | |||
Discharge. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. |
Hire and freight of ships employed in the Transport Service: freight in full of the ships employed to transport the Dutch Forces from Great Britain to Holland: the Adventure (Thomas Willson, master) for transporting 108 men of the Dutch Forces from Hull to Williamstadt at 7s. 6d. a head (abating 6d. for cheese short returned) |
40 | 9 | 6 | |||
the Martha (Simon Richardson, master) for transporting 153 men from Hull as above (abating 1l. 13s. 6d. for stores short returned) | 55 | 13 | 0 | |||
the Queen Hester (Amor Clark, master) for transporting 268 men of the said Forces from Gravesend to Williamsstadt, at 4s. a head (abating 2l. 1s. 11d. as above) | 51 | 10 | 1 | |||
the Benjamin (John Yeoman, master) for transporting 316 men from Gravesend as above (abating 18s. 4d. as above) | 62 | 5 | 8 | |||
the John (John Ellis, master) for transporting 122 men from Hull as above (abating 15s. 4d. as above) | 44 | 19 | 8 | |||
the Thomas and Susannah (Caleb Rich, master) for transporting 148 men from Hull as above | 55 | 10 | 0 | |||
the Lisle (Gregory Shipton, master) for transporting 260 men from Hull as above (abating 2s. as above) | 97 | 8 | 0 | |||
the Bear Key (James White, master) for transporting 125 men from Hull as above (abating 7s. as above) | 46 | 10 | 6 | |||
the Leeds galley (Christopher Clayton, contractor, and James Derrick, master) for transporting 160 men as above (abating 3s. as above) | 59 | 17 | 0 | |||
the Bomanier (John Thomson, contractor, and John Barker, master) for transporting 172 men as above (abating 37s. 1d. as above) | 62 | 12 | 11 | |||
the Royston (Thomas Wall, master) for transporting 340 men from Gravesend as above | 88 | 0 | 0 | |||
the Unity (John Thomson, contractor) for transporting 162 men from Hull as above (abating 23s. as above) | 59 | 12 | 0 | |||
the Isabella (William Bass, master) for transporting 158 men from Harwich as above, at 4s. a head (abating 2l. 19s. 11d. as above) | 28 | 12 | 1 | |||
the Gloucester (George Ouchterlony, contractor), burthen 78 tons, employed to transport the Dutch General Officers from London to Rotterdam (abating 16s. 8d. for stores short returned) | 49 | 3 | 4 | |||
the Mary and Elizabeth (Robert Beam, master) for transporting 195 men from Harwich to Williamstadt as above; and for freight of 130 tons of returned stores at 5s. a ton (deducting 7s. as above) | 71 | 3 | 0 | |||
the York Merchant (John Thomson, contractor, Samuel Smith, master) for transporting 156 men from Hull as above (deducting 1s. for bread short returned) 58 | 9 | 0 | ||||
the Ann (Robert Mirfield, master) for transporting 112 men from Hull as above (deducting 4s. 7d. for stores short returned) | 41 | 15 | 5 | |||
the Providence (Abraham Thomson, master) for transporting 153 men from Hull as above and for freight of 102¼ tons of returned stores (deducting 22l. 8s. 6d. for provisions bought by the master) | 60 | 10 | 3 | |||
the Marlborough (William Mantle, master) for transporting 159 men from Hull as above and for 106 tons of returned stores (abating 23l. 2s. 6d. for provisions bought by the master) | 63 | 0 | 0 | |||
the Frankfort (Joel Watson, contractor, Nathaneel Forster, master) for transporting 148 men from Hull as above (abating 1l. 0s. 3d. for stores short returned) | 54 | 9 | 9 | |||
— | 1,151 | 11 | 2 | |||
freight in full for three ships hired to transport Lieut. Gen. Seymour's Regiment to Guernsey and Jersey: the Seaford's Adventure (Richard Lemmon, master) for transporting 180 men of Lieut. Gen. Seymour's Regiment from Portsmouth to Guernsey and for importing from thence the like number of Invalids, at 12s. a head for the 180 men |
108 | 0 | 0 | |||
the Anne (Richard Vaughn, master) for transporting 120 men as above from Portsmouth to Jersey and for importing from thence the like number of Invalids | 72 | 0 | 0 | |||
the King George (John Buckler, master) for transporting 200 men as above from Portsmouth to Jersey, and importing from thence the like number of Invalids | 120 | 0 | 0 | |||
— | 300 | 0 | 0 | |||
freight in full for several ships hired to transport English Regiments from Great Britain to Ireland: the King's Fisher (John Pricket, master) for transporting 163 men of Col. Dubourgay's Regiment from Dover to Corke or Kingsale in Ireland |
65 | 4 | 0 | |||
the King (John Lloyd, master) for transporting 169 ditto as above | 67 | 12 | 0 | |||
the Launcelot and Jane (Nicholas Cooke, master) for transporting 160 ditto as above | 64 | 0 | 0 | |||
the William and Anne (Peter Rule, master) for transporting 171 men of Col. Pocok's Regiment as above | 68 | 8 | 0 | |||
the Duke of Cambridge (George Beilby, master) for transporting 165 ditto as above | 66 | 0 | 0 | |||
the John and Josia (Robert Hammel, master) for transporting 148 ditto as above | 59 | 4 | 0 | |||
George Strange for so much paid by him to nine masters of ships for transporting 1,060 men of Brig. Stanwix's and Col. Chudleigh's Regiments from Bideford to Waterford in Ireland and for his commission etc. | 271 | 12 | 6 | |||
the John and Mary (Patrick Kelley, master) for transporting 135 ditto as above from Dover | 54 | 0 | 0 | |||
— | 716 | 0 | 6 | |||
freight in full for transport services to France and from and to Portugal: the Prince George sloop (Erasmus Banbury, master) for the freight of the said sloop hired to transport ten of the King's own horses, with grooms, from Gravesend to Calais, and for duty, etc. |
29 | 0 | 7 | |||
the Albion galley (William Cross, master) for importing 80 Officers of divers Regiments from Lisbon to Great Britain at 40s. a head as agreed with Messrs. Stepney and Goddard, Agents at Lisbon, with interest from 12 July 1715 | 164 | 6 | 10 | |||
the Denbigh Castle (Robert Hughes), burthen 113¼ tons, at 12s. per ton per calendar month, employed to transport Forces to Portugal, 28 Aug. 1703 to 21 Feb. 1703–4 (less deductions) | 150 | 2 | 1 | |||
— | 343 | 9 | 6 (fn. 4) | |||
money imprested on accompt of freight, detailed: the Royston (Thomas Wall, master), hired to transport Forces to Ireland |
200 | 0 | 0 | |||
the Edward's Adventure (Edward Jackson, master), ditto | 200 | 0 | 0 | |||
the Henry and Martha (James Peck, master), ditto | 260 | 0 | 0 | |||
the Owner's Adventure (John Burwood, master), ditto | 340 | 0 | 0 | |||
the Unity (Edward Bowell, master), ditto | 340 | 0 | 0 | |||
the Blenheim (Thomas Godlee, master), ditto | 200 | 0 | 0 | |||
the Crow (Thomas Crow, master), ditto | 130 | 0 | 0 | |||
the Blessing (Thomas Clerk, master), ditto | 250 | 0 | 0 | |||
the Rebecca (Thomas Grange, master), ditto | 150 | 0 | 0 | |||
the Marlborough (Richard Jennys, master), ditto | 230 | 0 | 0 | |||
the Wingham (George Mecaines, master), ditto | 200 | 0 | 0 | |||
the Thornburg (Thomas Snow, master), hired to transport recruits to the Leeward Islands) | 505 | 0 | 0 | |||
— | 3,005 | 0 | 0 | |||
(total for freight as above 5,516l. 1s. 2d.) | ||||||
money paid for provisions and stores bought, detailed (cask and iron hoops, bread, stables for horses, etc., horse slings, hay, deals and spars) | 676 | 17 | 2 | |||
lighterage and other necessary expenses, detailed | 93 | 12 | 4 | |||
— | 770 | 9 | 6 | |||
salaries etc.: Thomas Colby, sole Agent and Manager, 400l.; John Hill, this Accomptant, 500l.; Peter Crank, Chief Clerk, 150l.; clerks, messengers etc., detailed, 202l. 16s. 11d. |
1,252 | 16 | 11 | |||
office rent, stationery etc., detailed | 558 | 13 | 7 | |||
— | 1,811 | 10 | 6 | |||
repayment of a surplusage on the Account of Thomas Jett, late Register and Paymaster of unsatisfied debentures; by Treasury Warrant of 24 May 1717 | 376 | 8 | 2¾ | |||
— | ||||||
total payments and allowances | £8,474 | 9 | 4¾ | |||
and so remains | 2,396 | 5 | 2¼ | |||
against which depending on divers Correspondents and Agents etc.: John Field, Correspondent at Hull |
5 | 7 | 6 | |||
Col. John Jones, Lieut. Governor of Hull | 72 | 12 | 2 | |||
Richard Heath, Storekeeper at the Red House, Deptford | 100 | 0 | 0 | |||
John Crook, Messenger, for contingent expenses | 58 | 15 | 8 | |||
John Swadle, Correspondent at Newcastle | 5 | 0 | 0 | |||
Thomas Coates, Correspondent at Whitehaven (184l. 8s. 7d. and 117l. 8s. 0d.) | 301 | 16 | 7 | |||
— | 543 | 11 | 11 | |||
and so the Accomptant is Indebted Declared 8 March 1717. |
1,852 | 13 | 3¼ |
DECLARED ACCOUNTS: ARMY: TRANSPORT SERVICE.
AUDIT OFFICE: BUNDLE 2309, ROLL 24 [A.O.1/2309/24].
John Hill, Receiver and Paymaster of the Transport Service.
29 September 1717 to 3 January 1717–18.
To be published in Volume XXXII of this Calendar.
DECLARED ACCOUNTS: ARMY: TRANSPORT: COMMISSIONER'S ACCOUNT: ARREARS ETC.
AUDIT OFFICE: BUNDLE 2310, ROLL 25 [A.O.1/2310/25].
Sir Thomas Colby, bt., appointed as Commissioner to settle the Affairs of the Transport Office.
22 July 1715 to 17 December 1717.
See Volume XXX of this Calendar, p. cli.
DECLARED ACCOUNTS: ARMY: PENSIONS TO OFFICERS' WIDOWS.
AUDIT OFFICE: BUNDLE 233, ROLL 811 [A.O.1/233/811].
John Merrill, late Receiver and Paymaster of the money appointed for the payment of Pensions due to the Widows of Officers who were killed or died in the Service.
25 December 1715 to 25 April 1717.
See Volume XXX of this Calendar, p. clix.