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Date.
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Nature and Substance of the Entry.
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Reference.
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| Jan. 11.
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Warrant from Treasurer Danby to the Receipt to issue
28,000l. to Edward Seymour, Treasurer of the Navy,
as for the service of the Navy and Victualling thereof
on any orders in his name resting unsatisfied and
not appropriated to particular uses by Act of
Parliament : same to be by tallies on the Customs.
And similarly 5,000l. more to same for same : to
be by tallies on Anthony Rowe and partners, Contractors
for the Hearthmoney, on the 20,000l.
which they are to pay Feb. 1 next in part of their
150,000l. advance money.
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Money Book (General)
p. 354.
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Charles Bertie to [the Auditor of the Receipt] to strike
tallies on the Tenths for 500l. for half a year on
Visct. Brouncker's pension.
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Out Letters (General)
p. 358.
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| Jan. 13.
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Sir Phi. Lloyd to the Customs Cashier. Mr. [Charles]
Bertie having this morning had the misfortune
to lose his lady, he is not in a condition to attend
Treasurer Danby. In his absence I am commanded
to write to you that in regard there is a necessity
for Secretary Williamson immediately to employ
some money for his Majesty's service, you are
to pay 200l. to him upon his tally for 1,000l. on
the Customs for secret service.
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Ibid, p. 358.
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Charles Bertie to Serjt. Ramsey to pay 100l. to James
Gere who was a witness in the case for the King
in your prosecution against Mr. Harrington and
who several times came out of Dorsetshire obliged
to a long and expensive attendance here and suffered
near six months' imprisonment on that account.
You are also to pay his bill for his ordinary expenses
in town with [when you pay] the other charges
relating to that cause. You are to place the money
due to you according to your bill delivered for
secret service together with the money already
by you paid and to be paid to Mr. Gere upon your
account of law charges.
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Ibid.
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| Jan. 14.
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Same to the Navy Commissioners. Treasurer Danby
desires that the following bills may be assigned
for payment out of such bills as he shall appoint
[therefor], abating the imprests, viz. :—
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Ibid, p. 359.
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l.
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s.
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d.
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Geo. Copping for freight of the
Charles pink
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115
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8
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4
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Geo. Manwaring, balance of his
accounts
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234
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8
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8
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Richd. Morris, ditto
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385
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18
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9½
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Christo Venman, extraordinary
nec[essities'] money
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97
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0
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4½
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Ditto
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79
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0
|
4½
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Ditto, balance
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18
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0
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6¾
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Katherine Lloyd, extraordinary
money
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13
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10
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8¼
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Ditto
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30
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0
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0
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John Barton, extraordinary
money
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138
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11
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5
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Ditto
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82
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10
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0
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Ditto, balance
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124
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18
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6¼
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Hen. Caerveth, ditto
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8
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8
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9
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Ditto, extraordinary nec[essities]
money
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14
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15
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10
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Ditto, disbursements
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13
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0
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9¼
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William Tomlinson, disbursements
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2
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10
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6
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Ric. Freeman, extraordinary
money
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16
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18
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1
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Ditto
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27
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6
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4½
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John Wren, victuals
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181
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18
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0
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Mr. Soleby, pension
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1000
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0
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0
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£2584
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6
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1¼
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(Charles Bertie dated March 21 to the Treasurer of the
Navy to pay same out of Custom House bonds.)
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| Jan. 15.
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Charles Bertie to the Treasurer of the Navy. Treasurer
Danby has directed 33,000l. to be issued to you,
28,000l. thereof by tallies on the Customs, and 5,000l.
on the next February instalment of advance money
from the Hearthmoney Contractors. Both these
sums are designed for the Victuallers of the Navy.
Please deliver to Mr. Brett and partners [Victuallers
of the Navy] the tallies for said 33,000l. as so much
money and take in their bills of imprest for the
[like] value which [bills] are assigned by the Navy
Board for payment out of such moneys as Treasurer
Danby should appoint for that purpose.
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Out Letters (General)
p. 360.
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| Jan. 16.
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See supra, p. 966, under date 1678, April 16.
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Subscription by Treasurer Danby of a docquet of a
privy seal containing his Majesty's constitution of
Henry Dering as chief and principal clerk to attend
the Trustees for Sale of Fee Farms, loco Robert
Blaney and Richard Lightfoote, Esqrs., deceased :
with the custody of all patents, books, etc., and
power to inspect records, etc., and with such allowance
for himself and clerks and incidents as Treasurer
Danby shall think fit.
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Docquet Book, p. 15.
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| Jan. 17.
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Warrant from same to John Ramsey, Serjeant at Arms,
attending the Lord Treasurer, to arrest John
Girlington, late Receiver General of Hearthmoney,
co. Lancs., who has been a long time indebted
to the King for his receipts and has not accompted
for the same.
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Warrants not Relating to
Money VII. p. 276.
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| Jan. 17
[altered
as stated
here in
the text
from
Jan. 9].
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Royal warrant to the Attorney or Solicitor General
for a great seal for a grant to Richard Kent of the
office of Receiver General and Cashier of the Customs
and with further provisions therein as to him as
follow, viz. By commission under the great seal
dated 1677, Nov. 9, Sir Richard Temple, Sir
Edward Dereing, Sir Francis Lawley, Sir George
Downeing, Sir William Lowther, Cha. Cheney
and Francis Millington were appointed Customs
Commissioners with power to issue warrants to the
Receiver General and Cashier or to any collector
of the outports to pay rewards and incidents. Further
the King has also erected an office for the general
receipt of all moneys arising by the Customs into
which office from time to time there are to be
returned and paid by all collectors all Customs
moneys : such office to be always held and kept in
the Custom House, London port and to be open
from 8 in the morning till 4 in the afternoon every
day in the week, Sundays and holly days
excepted : the officer there for the time being
to be called his Majesty's Receiver General and
Cashier of Customs, and to be bound to give
continual attendance, and to have a place appointed
in said Custom House, to sit with the rest of the
officers : his receipt to be a good discharge to
collectors, etc. : every week on Tuesday said
Cashier to pay into the Receipt of the Exchequer
at Westminster all moneys before that time by him
received (except such moneys as before that time
he should have paid by warrant from the Lord
Treasurer or the Customs Commissioners, which
payments are, by the said letters patent, to be
allowed by the Auditor as duly authorised) : "and
to the end wee might allwayes have a cleer sight
and estimate of our Treasure, hee the said Receiver
General and Cashier for the tyme being is oblidged
weekly from tyme to tyme and every Tuesday in
each week to present unto the Lord Treasurer or
Commissioners of the Treasury for the tyme being
a faire certificate in writeing containing the then
state of the cash and the receiptes of the precedent
weekes both of the Customes and subsidies and also of
the new duties upon wine and vinegar distinctly :
and alsoe a weekely certificate is to be delivered
unto the Commissioners of the Customes for the
tyme being or oftner if they should thinke fitt to
require the same." Said Receiver General is
further to observe the directions of the Lord
Treasurer or Treasury Lords from time to time.
Now therefore the King hereby grants to Richard
Kent the said office of Receiver General and Cashier
of Customs in consideration of good service heretofore
performed and hereafter to be performed with an
annuity or yearly salary of 1,000l. payable quarterly,
the first payment thereof at Lady day next. He
is to keep but one book of accompts both for the
Customs and subsidies and new impositions. For
what money he shall pay into the Receipt he is to
strike tallies in general for the Customs and subsidies
and new imposts together without any other
distinction. And as for his weekly accounts to be
presented to the Lord Treasurer, he is to make
them in general an account of Customs and impost
of wines and vinegar together ; and the like account
he is to deliver to the Commissioners of the Customs
for the time being. He is also yearly at Michaelmas
(or within three months thereafter) to present to
the Lord Treasurer an entire account in writing
both of his receipts and payments of all customs
and subsidies and also of new imposts on wines
and vinegar together and the like account he is to
deliver to the Customs Commissioners ; the first such
accompt to be made at Michaelmas next. The
Auditors of Imprest are to take such accompts yearly
from him. And to the end the said Receiver General
may keep but one entire book of accompts both of
Customs, subsidies and new impost on wine and
vinegar, the several receivers of London port
and the outports are to pay in their receipts to the
said Receiver General without distinction but in
general on the Customs and new impost. The said
Receiver General to be answerable for no more
than he actually receives, the remainder is to be
set in super on the respective [port] receivers,
collectors and sub-collectors on their respective
accounts. And whereas there may be tallies
remaining unpaid, being struck on said Receiver
General as Receiver General for the new impost
alone, and of which the Auditor will expect to have
a particular account when he takes the said Receiver
General's account, said Auditor is hereby to accept
and allow such tallies as if they had been struck
on the Customs in general. Said Receiver General
and those employed under him are to be exempt
from serving on juries or inquests or bearing
any office civil or military. And forasmuch as the
said Richard Kent has proposed to advance to the
King upon the request of the Lord Treasurer from
time to time for the King's urgent and immediate
service several great sums of money upon tallies
to be struck on the Customs and hath already in
pursuance thereof advanced several great sums of money
upon the credit of such tallies, for the security hereof
and of all sums he shall in future advance (to a total
of not more than 200,000l. in any one year) and of 6 per
cent. interest thereon the King hereby declares and appoints
that Kent shall be reimbursed the same with
such 6 per cent. interest out of the said Customs
revenues and that all such tallies as are struck as
above and are delivered to him shall be paid to him (or
his assigns) in [the due and proper] course [of] and
according to the precedency of the dates of such tallies
and shall be preferable and preferred before any other
payments to be made out of the said revenue of Customs
by any order or warrant of any after date [and this]
without any further or other warrant to be obtained in
that behalf ; subject nevertheless to warrants for payment
of salaries of Customs officers and of incidents
and contingents of the Customs and for the payment of
merchants' debentures for foreign goods exported again
and payments to merchants for encouraging the building
of good and defensible ships. And for the further
security of said Kent for the repayment of said moneys
the King hereby promises and agrees that unless said
Kent misbehave himself in his office the King will not
determine such office or its salary or profits till all
moneys advanced or to be advanced by Kent as above
be fully satisfied with interest. All notwithstanding
any Act, statute, ordinance, restraint or other matter or
thing whatsoever to the contrary. [The above italicised
conclusion of the warrant, which in this form of it is
dated Whitehall, Jan. 9, is struck through and cancelled
and replaced by what follows hereon, thus
making a fresh warrant, which is dated Whitehall,
Jan. 17. The alteration is preceded by the
following note prefixed, "Memorandum Mr. Kent's
warrant being altered by Mr. Attorney [General] and
new drawn after it was first signed was made" as
follows. The statement of opinion by Sir William
Jones, Attorney General, is as follows : "There having
been a former draught of this intended patent which
was at my request referred by your [Danby] lordship
to the Commissioners of the Customs and they
having made several objections to the same, this
present draught is so altered as in my opinion doth
obviate all those objections,"] and forasmuch as
said Kent has proposed to advance from time to time
as well for the Navy as for other the King's urgent
and immediate service several great sums of money
on tallies on the Customs and hath already advanced
several great sums thereon, to the end he may be
secured repayment with 6 per cent. interest the King
hereby declares and appoints that he shall be reimbursed
such sums as he has or shall advance for
the service of the Navy and interest thereon out of
the Customs or some part thereof and in default
thereof out of the new duties [on wine and vinegar]
aforesaid and that his tallies for such advances (not
exceeding the sum of [the docquet fills up the blank
with the sum of 200,000l.] in any one year) shall be
paid to him, or to such other person as shall have
the receipt of the Customs, in course and according to
the precedency of the dates thereof and shall be preferable
and preferred before any other payments to
be made out of the Customs or in default thereof
out of the said new duties etc. saving etc. ut supra,
and for such moneys as said Kent has or shall advance
for other the King's urgent and immediate service,
the King hereby declares and appoints that he shall
be reimbursed with 6 per cent. interest out of the
said new duties ; such tallies to have precedency
etc. ut supra, subject nevertheless to the necessary
expenses for managing the same duty. With the
like promise for not terminating his office ut supra.
(Treasurer Danby's subscription dated Feb. 1 of
docquet hereof.)
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King's Warrant Book VI.
pp. 134-45. Docquet
Book, pp. 19-20.
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| Jan. 17.
|
Royal warrant to the Attorney or Solicitor General for
a great seal to constitute and appoint Robert
Spencer and Charles Fanshaw Esqrs., Sir Paul Neal,
Kt., Peter Prideaux, John Trelawney, William
Coward, Francis Stephens, Edmond Doyly, Robert
Maddocks and also Charles Bertie, Commissioners
for Appeals in Excise ("for appeals and regulating
our duty of Excise") with the salary of 200l. per
an. each, payable quarterly ; the first payment
to the first 9 to be made at Lady day next and that
to said Charles Bertie to be made at the first quarter
day after the death and avoydance of any of the
first named Commissioners. (Treasurer Danby's
subscription dated Feb. 14 of docquet hereof. [The
effect of this great seal is to add to the Commission
Maddocks in possession and Bertie in reversion.])
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King's Warrant Book VI.
p. 146. Docquet Book,
p. 22.
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Same to same for a same for a grant to Richard
Fownes of Steepton [Steepleton] co. Dorset, of the
office of steward of the manors of Stoke under Hamdon,
Curry Mallet, Shepton Mallet, Stratton super
Fosse, Midsomer Norton, Farrington Gurney, Englishcombe,
Widcombe, West Harptree, Laverton
and Milton Falconbridge in co. Somerset, all in
reversion after George Long, Esq.
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King's Warrant Book VI.
p. 147.
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Royal warrant to the Clerk of the Signet for a privy seal
for the legal prosecuting and effectual recovery of all
sums of money bequeathed by Dorothy Sckipwith
(Skipwyth) to the use of popish churches or monasteries
beyond the sea and to several Romish priests,
papists, or other superstitious uses, which sums are
by law forfeited to the King : and further to pay
to David Wood gent., 250l. out of the first moneys
thereof which shall be recovered or adjudged to the
King ; as royal bounty, as a reward for his good
services, the said Wood (who serves in the King's
troop of Guards) having not only discovered said
bequest but procured an information thereof to be
exhibited in the Exchequer. In case the moneys
so recovered do not amount to so much then he is to
receive so much as the same shall amount to. Said
Wood's acquittance to be a good discharge to any
person paying the same. Any residue there may be
is to be paid into the Exchequer to the King's use ;
and if the whole happen to be paid into the Exchequer
it is to be kept distinct and apart from
other the King's revenue and is to be issued to said
Wood as above without account. (Treasurer
Danby's subscription dated Jan. 28 of docquet
hereof.)
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King's Warrant Book VI.
pp. 148-9. Docquet
Book, p. 18.
|
Same to the Attorney or Solicitor General for a great
seal for a commission to the following to be Commissioners
in the port of Newcastle, river of Tyne,
Cullercoates, Seaton Sluice, Blythe nook and all other
members, creeks, and places belonging to the said
nook (except Sunderland and such other places as
are within the bishopric and County Palatine of
Durham) for measuring and marking all keels, boats,
carts and wains for carriage of coals, with power to
do all things in pursuance of the Act of 9 Henry V
or the late Act of 30 Car. II. The Attorney or
Solicitor General is further to prepare instructions
to be annexed to the said Commission.
Appending : said Commissioners' names, viz., Edward,
Visc. Morpeth son of the Earl of Carlisle, Matthew
Jefferson, mayor of Newcastle on Tyne or the mayor
thereof for the time being, Sir John Fenwick, Sir
Ralph Cole, Sir James Clavering, Sir Ralph Delevall,
Sir Will. Blackett, Sir Tho. Lydle, barts., Sir Francis
Anderson, Sir Ralph Carr, Sir Ralph Jenison, Sir
George Vaine, Kts., John Tempest, Nich. Conyers,
Hugh Lampton, Ralph Davison, William Davison,
Henry Madison, Daniel Collingwood, Timothy
Davison, John Hedworth, Robt. Roadam, Ellis
Cooper, Nath. Johnson, William Blakeston, John
Watson, William Lampton, Geo. Morton, Robt.
Jenison, Heni Jenison, Ralph Hedworth, Isaac
Bazier, Michael Blacket, Tho. Love, John Butler,
Robt. Hedworth, Humphrey Pibus, Robt. Wetwang,
Tho. Bewick, junr., Rapha Fell, William Aubony,
John Vary, Geo. Johnson, William Halliman, Geo.
Swadle, Hen. Kirkhouse, Ed. Carr, Tho. Richardson,
Cuthbert Carr, Jeremy Low, John Baly, James
Scott and John Hamond, senr., of Ipswich in Suffolk,
John Start, Robt. Scrutton, Richard Downing, junr.,
Geo. Baly of Great Yarmouth and Norfolk, Mathew
Burrell and Geo. Dukenson and Jeremy Cutler and
Marmaduke Woodhouse of Kingston upon Hull,
Edward Mason, Benjamin Newman, Thomas Penitent
and John Wentforth of Lyme Regis, co. Norfolk,
Henry Dickenson and John Smith and Geo. Haxby,
and Robt. Stabler of Bridlington, co. Yorks, Richard
Biddy and John Robinson and John Cockrell of
Scarborough, co. Yorks, Christopher Browne and Geo.
Browne and John Wetherall of Whitby, Yorks, Robt.
Wiggoner, Tho. Grey and Tho. Grange of Sunderland,
and the following, of whom two are to be of the
quorum, viz., Henry Brabant, Customer of Newcastle,
the Comptroller of Customs ibid, Geo. Cock, searcher
ibid, and the Customers, Comptrollers and searchers
there for the time being, Charles Osborne and Giles
Dunstar, General Surveyors of the Customs or the
General Surveyors for the time being, Anthony
Isaacson, Collector of Customs, Newcastle, Walter
Ettrick, Collector of Customs, Sunderland, or the
Collectors at Newcastle and Sunderland for the time
being, Tho. Browne, John Eden, Jno. Clerke, and
Michaell Hardcastle, Surveyors of Customs, Newcastle
and Sunderland, or the Surveyors there for the
time being, Richard Hindmarsh and Christopher
Sanderson and Charles Sanderson, deputy patent
officers, Newcastle port, and the deputy patent
officers there for the time being, John Phillipson
and Jno. Clutterbuck, gent., Tho. Shalter and Tho.
Wilson and Tho. Harrison and Richard Leake, coalwaiters
in the river of Tyne, Nicholas Cramlington
and Robt. Berwick and Hen. Bickerdick,
coalwaiters in the river of Weare and the coalwaiters
there for the time being.
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King's Warrant Book VI.
pp. 150-1.
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| Jan. 18.
|
Warrant from Treasurer Danby to Francis, Lord
Hawley et al, Trustees for sale of Fee Farm Rents,
and to John Phelips, auditor of the rates [ratals]
attending the said service. The Duke of Albemarle
has contracted for the purchase of several fee farm
rents in the Isle of Wight and co. Southants, and
has paid the purchase money due thereon into the
Exchequer by 2 tallies dated 1676, Sept. 28, and
1678, Aug. 27. But inasmuch as the rents in the
said island and the increased rent of the town of
Southampton have been formerly conveyed or
otherwise disposed or intended to be disposed of
the said Duke cannot have the benefit of his contract.
Therefore by virtue of the privy seal of 1675-6, Feb.
29, you are hereby to cause all the rents in the
said island which are contained in the said contract,
together with the increased rent or reversional rent
of the town of Southampton to be reprized out of
the said contract and in lieu thereof and of all
arrears incurred since Aug. 28 last to make recompense
to said Duke out of or by the rents mentioned
in the schedule hereto annexed [missing] and that a
ratal be made accordingly for the same.
|
Warrants not Relating to
Money VII. p. 276.
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Money warrant for 910l. to Sir Edward Wood for 182
days on his ordinary to the 5th inst. as Envoy
Extraordinary to the King of Sweden : to be
satisfied by tallies on the Customs.
|
Money Book (General)
p. 355.
|
|
Same for 455l. to Bevil Skelton, Esq., for last Christmas
quarter's ordinary of 4l. and 1l. a day as Envoy
Extraordinary to the Emperor of Germany : to be
by tallies ut supra.
|
Ibid.
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|
Letter of direction on an order dated July 16 for
2,500l. to Lawrence Hyde for half a year to 1678,
Lady day, for the Office of the Robes : to be hereby
satisfied by tallies ut supra.
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Ibid.
|
|
Money warrant for 150l. to Anne, Countess Dowager
Marischal for last Christmas quarter on her pension
of 600l. per an. (Charles Bertie to the Auditor of
the Receipt to issue said 150l. which the Excise
Commissioners are to pay into the Exchequer for
said Countess.)
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Money Book (General)
p. 355. Out Letters
(General) p. 384.
|
|
Warrant from Treasurer Danby to Edward Seymour,
Treasurer of the Navy. I have directed 28,000l. to
be issued to you upon Navy orders in your name, by
tallies on the Customs which the Receiver General of
Customs is to pay in course. I desire you will
endeavour to raise [loans to the amount of] the said
sum of 28,000l. upon the said tallies and [that you
will] pay the same to the present Victuallers of the
Navy in satisfaction of the balance of their issues to
Dec. 31 last ; the same amounting to so much by an
account thereof signed by Sir Anthony Deane,
Comptroller of the Victuals. And for the advancing
of the said money you are hereby (and by the privy
seal of May 31 last supra p. 998) directed and
authorised to pay 6 per cent. interest and 2 per cent.
gratuity to the persons that shall lend same from the
dates of said tallies to the time of their payment in
course : such interest to be paid out of such moneys
as shall come to your hands for that purpose.
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Money Book (General)
p. 355.
|
|
Same from same to the Customs Cashier to pay the
abovesaid tallies for 28,000l. in course according to
the dates thereof without giving preference to any
tallies of after dates.
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Ibid.
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|
Money warrant for 110,000l. to Lemuel Kingdon as
imprest for the Guards and Garrisons and incidents
Dec. 31 last to June 31 [sic] next : 58,000l. thereof
to be satisfied by tallies on the Excise and the residue
by tallies on the Customs.
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Ibid. p. 356.
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Same for 7,500l. to Sir Edward Griffin, Kt., Treasurer
of the Chamber, as imprest for the service of his
Office for last Michaelmas quarter.
|
Ibid.
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Warrant from Treasurer Danby to the King's Remembrancer
for a commission to issue under the seal of
the Exchequer Court for setting out the keys and
wharves in the port of Poole and its members :
the said Commissioners to be the Mayors of Poole,
Lyme Regis, and of Weymouth and Melcombe Regis,
Charles Osborne and Giles Dunstar, General Surveyors
of the Customs, Robert Jones, Customer [of
Poole], William Ivy, Comptroller of Poole, William
Elsdon, searcher, ibid, William Culliford, Thomas
Young and John Clement, Esqrs., Henry Flory,
John Chamberlain, Thomas Temple, Charles Stisted,
Francis Draycot and John Wadham, gent.
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Out Letters (Customs) IV
p. 147.
|
|
Same from same to the Customs Commissioners to
discharge the seizure of the ship Providence, Jonathan
Wilson master, and to admit said ship and her
lading to an entry ; said ship having sailed the
latter end of July, 1676, upon a trading voyage for
20 months with 14 men, one thereof a stranger, all
the rest English, but being at Malaga when the
twenty months were expired, the Consul at the
request of the ship's company ordered the master to
pay them their wages, whereupon 4 English left him
and he was forced to hire 4 strangers ; and 2 more
of his men for fear of the Turks left him, [when]
going into the [Gibraltar] Straights, and in their
room he took 2 strangers, and so on his return was
seized by the Deputy Surveyor of the Navigation
Act : the ship's master being willing to pay the
duty on her lading of wine in money forthwith and
to give some reasonable satisfaction to the said
officer rather than that the said seizure should be
prosecuted.
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Ibid, p. 148.
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|
Warrant from Treasurer Danby to the Customs Commissioners
for the transport to Tangier, customs
free, of a hat, coat, breeches, pair of stockings
and shoes, 2 shirts and 2 neckcloths each, for 1,170
soldiers of that garrison, which goods are to be
shipped by direction of the Commissioners for the
Affairs of Tangier.
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Out Letters (Customs) IV.
p. 148.
|
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Treasurer Danby's subscription of a docquet dated 1678,
Dec., of a great seal for a grant to Edmund Flower
of the office and place of musician in ordinary to the
King in his private music in the room and place of
John Lylly, deceased : during pleasure : and with
the wages and fee of 40l. per an. payable out of
the Exchequer quarterly : the first payment to
commence from 1678, Sept. 29.
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Docquet Book, p. 16.
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| Jan. 20.
|
Royal sign manual to Col. Stapleton, Governor of the
Leeward Isles. We are informed by Treasurer
Danby that notwithstanding the provision made in
the Act of 15 [Car. II.] for the encouragement of
trade and the proclamation of 1675, Nov. 24,
grounded thereupon, great quantities of European
goods are by remissness of the officers employed
under you imported into our islands under your
Government from New England, and from Scotland
and Ireland and other parts, which have not been
taken in and laden in England, Wales or Berwick,
all to the great detriment of our customs and of the
trade and navigation of this kingdom. You are
to take care for the prevention of those evil and
unlawful practices for the future and to cause a due
prosecution to be made of all ships and vessels that
shall so import European goods other than such as
are excepted in the said proclamation and which
shall not appear to you upon good proof to have been
first laden in England, Wales or Berwick. We are
likewise informed that several ships and vessels
from New England, Scotland, Ireland and other
parts do frequently lade and take in tobacco and
other the enumerated plantation commodities
within the said Island[s] without having first given
bond there or produced certificates from the officers
of the Custom House of England, Wales or Berwick
that such bond hath been given there duly as by
the Act of 22 and 23 Car. II. and so have carried the
said goods to foreign parts without first unlading
the same in this our kingdom. You are to take care
that none of the said commodities be put on board
any ship or vessel that cannot by law trade in the
said Plantations and that no ship or vessel which
by law may trade there be permitted to lade and
take in any of the said goods before sufficient bond
be first given in the islands under your command, or
certificate produced from some Custom House in
England that bond is there given as abovesaid.
And in case such bonds be given in any of the
islands within your Government you are to see that
the sureties of such bonds be persons of sufficiency
and value and inhabitants upon the island where
the bond is given : and also that the certificates
produced of bonds given here [in England] be
carefully examined for preventing the obtruding of
false and counterfeit certificates.
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King's Warrant Book VI.
p. 153.
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Reference to the Customs Commissioners of the
petition of Francis Dackett, patent landwaiter,
for John Blake to be [his] deputy, loco John Skipwith,
who relinquishes his deputyship.
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Out Letters (Customs) IV.
p. 155.
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