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Aug. 2.
Windsor Castle. |
Royal sign manual for 1,288l. to Henry Guy, for secret
service, without account: to be issued on the
20,000l. privy seal dormant of July 28 last. (Money
warrant dated Aug. 2 hereon. Money order dated
Aug. 4 hereon.) |
King's Warrant Book XII, p. 223. Money Book VIII, p. 219. Order Book II, p. 77. |
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Royal warrant dormant to the Treasury Lords to give
warrant from time to time to William Roberts,
gent., as paymaster of the moneys to be employed
in the repairs of Windsor Castle, to pay thereout
from time to time 100l. per an. during pleasure to
Grinling Gibbons, "whom we have employed and
do employ to carve several pieces of work within
our said Castle of Windsor": to be payable half
yearly as from June 24 last: and the auditor of
the premises is to allow same on account "provided
the said Grinling Gibbons from time to time mend,
cleanse and repair his own work at his own proper
cost and charge." (For the Treasury dormant
warrant hereon see infra under date 1687–8, Mar. 24.) |
King's Warrant Book XII, p. 224. |
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Royal warrant to William Thomas, esq., Paymaster
of the Band of Gentlemen Pensioners, to forthwith
pay 75l. to George Farrington, one of the said Band,
as royal bounty, without account, in consideration
of former services and sufferings for his loyalty;
same to be paid out of the 75l. remaining in said
Thomas's hands on June 31 last of the money which
he lately received at the Exchequer out of the
new imposition on tobacco and sugar. |
Ibid. |
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Same to the Attorney or Solicitor General to acknowledge satisfaction upon record of the fine of 50l.
set upon Henry Bridge in 1684, Trinity term, in
the Crown Office for a riot and entering the house
of Mary Quartermain and taking thence divers
parcels of lace; the said Quartermain having by
instrument dated April 15 last released said Bridge
of all actions against him; and he being unable
to pay the fine and his wife and children being
undone by his being kept prisoner in the King's
Bench. He is hereby to be discharged of his said
imprisonment. |
Ibid, p. 227. |
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Royal sign manual for 167l. 19s. 0d. to Daniell Petit,
esq., his Majesty's Consul at Amsterdam, without
account, as in full satisfaction of all his allowances
and charges in the King's service from the time that
Bevill Skelton, esq. left the King's service in
Holland to the time that Marquis D'Albyville
arrived there, being above three months, "according
to directions given him in that behalf by the Earl of
Middleton, one of our Principal Secretaries of
State": to be issued on the 20,000l. privy seal
dormant of July 28 last. (Money warrant dated
Aug. 4 hereon. Money order dated Aug. 6 hereon.) |
Ibid, p. 229. Money Book VIII, p. 230 Order Book II, p. 80. |
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Money warrant for 2,000l. to the Treasury Lords
(John, Lord Belasyse; Sidney, Lord Godolphin;
Henry, Lord Dover; Sir John Ernle and Sir Stephen
Fox) for last June 24 quarter's salaries. (Money
order dated Aug. 4 hereon.) |
Money Book VIII, p. 218. Order Book II, p. 78. |
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Same for 40l. to John Lowe, senr., Deputy Chamberlain
in the Receipt, for extraordinary service in locking
up and delivering out his Majesty's treasure in the
Receipt according to Treasurer Rochester's order of
1686, Oct. 26, supra, pp. 968–9. (Money order
dated Aug. 4 hereon.) |
Money Book VIII, p. 219. Order Book II, p. 78. |
Aug. 2.
Windsor Castle. |
Money warrant for 125l. to Dame Joane Howard for
1686, Lady day quarter, on her pension. |
Money Book VIII, p. 219. |
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Same for 843l. 10s. 10d. to Bevill Skelton, esq., for
two bills of extraordinaries 1686, Oct. 17, to 1687,
April 17, as Envoy Extraordinary to France.
(Money order dated Aug. 6 hereon.) |
Ibid, pp. 220–1. Order Book II, p. 81. |
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Appending: said bills. |
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(1) for 1686, Oct. 17, to 1686–7, Jan, 17–27. |
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l. |
s. |
d. |
l. |
s. |
d. |
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charges in passing my privy
seal at the offices of the
Signet and Secretary of
State and charges at the
Admiralty for passes |
28 |
10 |
0 |
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fees paid at the Exchequer
on 955l. for my equipage
and ordinary |
22 |
10 |
0 |
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for treasury warrants and
orders and Exchequer fees
on my 3,000l. arrears when
I came out of Holland |
150 |
0 |
0 |
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for the captain and crew of
the yacht who carried me
to Dieppe, 29 guineas |
29 |
0 |
6 |
|
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for a barge and boats to
bring me and my goods on
board the yacht |
233 |
12 |
6 |
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233 |
12 |
6 |
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Livers. |
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for postage of letters of all sorts |
300 |
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audience fees at the Courts |
427 |
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paid at the Custom House at Paris |
115 |
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intelligence, gazettes and prints |
220 |
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to several journeys for myself and
secretary to Versailles |
200 |
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for mourning for the Empress
Dowager and Prince of Conde |
600 |
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given to Mr. Everard at his going
for England |
180 |
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expenses of my voyage out of
England and bringing goods
and servants from Dieppe to
Paris |
3,000 |
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5,042 |
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which at 1,230 Livres Tournois per £
sterling comes to |
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409 |
18 |
4 |
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£643 |
10 |
10 |
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Followed by: allowance, dated 1687, April 25,
of this bill by Secretary the Earl of Sunderland.
"I allow this bill except the first, second, third
and last articles, which I leave to the consideration of the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury." |
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(2) From 1686–7, Jan. 17, to 1687, April 17. |
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Livres. |
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extraordinary expenses for myself and
servants in my journeys to Versailles and
sending my secretary thither |
500 |
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for intelligence |
600 |
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for postage of letters |
760 |
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for prints and gazettes |
600 |
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2,460 |
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l. |
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which at the above rate of exchange comes
to |
200 |
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Followed by: Secretary Sunderland's allowance,
dated ut supra. "I allow this bill." |
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Aug. 2.
Windsor Castle. |
Money warrant for 512l. 9s. 6d. to Sir Ignatius Vitus,
alias White, bart., Marquis d'Albyville, for a bill of
extraordinaries 1686, Nov. 7, to 1687, April 30, as
Envoy (Extraordinary) to the States General of
the United Provinces. (Money warrant dated
Aug. 6 hereon.) |
Money Book VIII, pp. 221–3. Order Book II, p. 79. |
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Appending: said bill. |
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l. |
s. |
d. |
l. |
s. |
d. |
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fees for my privy seal and
the warrants for my equipage and my advance
quarter's ordinary |
22 |
18 |
6 |
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Exchequer fees on said
equipage and advance |
26 |
6 |
0 |
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fees for my privy seal and
Exchequer and Treasury
fees for 1,000l. arrears of
my pension "always paid
without any charge or fees,
as the late Lord Treasurer
and Mr. Shaw, one of the
officers of the Treasury,
do know" |
55 |
3 |
0 |
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for transporting my goods,
coaches, horses and servants into Holland and
bringing them from
Rotterdam to the Hague. |
85 |
10 |
0 |
|
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paid at the Admiralty office
for the order for the
yacht |
2 |
5 |
6 |
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given to the captain and
company of the yacht |
21 |
10 |
0 |
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|
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for several orders and warrants for passing my goods
at the Customs House and
searcher's |
7 |
0 |
0 |
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220 |
14 |
0 |
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Gils. |
St
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den. |
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given upon my arrival at
the Hague and at my
public audience to
several officers and servants about the Court
and belonging to the
States [General]; according to custom |
354 |
6 |
0 |
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for an entertainment to
several of the States
[General] and of the
Court and nobility |
418 |
0 |
0 |
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|
|
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for wine that is to be given
to six companies of
burghers on May day
as always accustomed |
375 |
0 |
0 |
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to the stationer and bookseller for paper, wax,
prints and Dutch
gazettes |
206 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
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|
for postage of letters to
the last of April, the
fortnight remaining
[being] computed [at
the rate] as is weekly
paid, letters for Germany included |
498 |
15 |
0 |
|
|
|
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to the messengers sent to
the Brill with my
despatches |
120 |
0 |
0 |
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|
to several persons sent to
Amsterdam, Utrecht &
other places |
138 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
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|
for intelligence of all kinds |
446 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
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|
to greffiers of the States
General and of Holland
for necessary resolutions |
100 |
0 |
0 |
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|
for gazettes and lardons
of all sorts sent to his
Majesty's Secretaries of
State, their secretaries,
to his Majesty's ministers abroad in France,
Spain, Ratisbon, Brussels, Denmark and Hamburg |
160 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
for relieving poor seamen
and soldiers and other
his Majesty's subjects |
90 |
0 |
0 |
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to one Edward, who served
his Majesty well in
Monmouth's time, to
carry him to England,
five gold pistols |
47 |
10 |
0 |
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to messengers sent to
several [of the Dutch]
Admiralties for his
Majesty's service |
120 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
|
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|
3,140 |
0 |
0 |
|
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|
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|
l. |
s. |
d. |
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|
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which is in English money |
291 |
15 |
6 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
512 |
9 |
6 |
|
|
|
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|
Followed by: allowance, dated 1687, April 13,
by Secretary the Earl of Middleton of said bill
save for the first three articles thereof, which
are submitted to the Treasury Lords. |
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Aug. 2.
Windsor Castle. |
Money warrant for 125l. to Thomas Lane, esq., for last
Lady day quarter on his pension. |
Money Book VIII, p. 223. |
|
Same for 125l. to Edward Griffin for last June 24
quarter on his same. (Money order dated Aug. 4
hereon.) |
Ibid, p. 223. Order Book II, p. 78. |
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Treasury warrant to the Customs Cashier to pay
100l. to Richard Topham, gent., for half a year to
June 24 last on his same. |
Money Book VIII, p. 223. |
|
Money warrant for 25l. to Nicholas Yates for last
Lady day quarter on his same. |
Ibid. |
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Same for 50l. to Thomas Whitgrave, esq., for last
Lady day quarter on his same. |
Ibid, p. 227. |
|
Same for 50l. to Francis Reynolds, esq., for same on
his same. |
Ibid. |
|
Same for 100l. to George Gunter, esq., executor of
Katherine Gunter, widow, for half a year to June 24
last on her annuity or pension. |
Ibid, p. 228. |
Aug. 2.
Windsor Castle. |
Money warrant for 25l. to the executors of Nicholas
Tettersell for last June 24 quarter on his pension. |
Money Book VIII, p. 228. |
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Same for 638l. to John Robinson, "who is employed
in his Majesty's service in Sweden"; for 1685,
Aug. 11, to 1687, May 11, on his ordinary of
20s. a day. (Money order dated Aug. 8 hereon.) |
Ibid, p. 229. Order Book II, p. 81. |
|
Same for 150l. to the Countess Dowager Marischal
for last June 24 quarter on her annuity or pension. |
Money Book VIII, p. 229. |
|
Same for 75l. to Charles Gifford, esq., for same on
his pension. |
Ibid. |
|
Same for 100l. to John Rogers and Ann his wife for
1687, Lady day quarter, on their pension. |
Ibid, p. 230. |
|
Same for 12l. 10s. to Nicholas Estoll for same on his
same. (Money order dated Aug. 8 hereon.) |
Ibid, p. 230. Order Book II, p. 80. |
|
Same for 40l. to Robert Swan for half a year to June 24
last on his same. (Money order dated Aug. 8
hereon.) |
Money Book VIII, p. 230. Order Book II, p. 80. |
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Treasury dormant warrant to the Customs Cashier
for payment of the salary of 10l. per an. to Richard
Evans as searcher of Milford port. (Henry Guy
to same, dated Aug. 19, to so pay same.) |
Money Book VIII, p. 231. Disposition Book VI, p. 101. |
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Money warrant for 457l. 3s. 6d. to John Robinson
for two bills of extraordinaries 1683–4, Jan. 1, to
1686–7, Jan. 26, on his employment in his Majesty's
service in Sweden. (Money order dated Aug. 8
hereon.) |
Money Book VIII, pp. 232–3. Order Book II, p. 81. |
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Appending: said bills. |
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(1) from 1683–4, Jan. 1, to 1686–7, Jan. 7: dated
Stockholm, 1685–6, Jan. 7. |
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Copr. dollars. |
l. |
s. |
d. |
|
|
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postage of letters at Stockholm |
970 |
|
|
|
|
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postage of letters at Hamburg |
590 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
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postage of letters at Amsterdam |
786 |
|
|
|
|
|
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|
postage of letters at Elsinore |
342 |
|
|
|
|
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2,688 |
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at 24 dollars per £ |
|
112 |
0 |
0 |
|
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extraordinary entertainments
on several occasions |
1,860 |
77 |
10 |
0 |
|
|
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|
new year's gifts to their
Majesty's servants and
others |
550 |
22 |
18 |
4 |
|
|
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for intelligence |
600 |
25 |
0 |
0 |
|
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|
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for a new privy seal |
|
21 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
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[Exchequer] fees on 1,221l. |
|
46 |
13 |
6 |
|
|
|
|
stationery ware |
150 |
6 |
5 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
for mourning on the late King
[Charles II's] death |
650 |
27 |
1 |
8 |
|
|
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extraordinary expenses for
coach, horses, liveries and
upon the receipt of the late
King's credentials, and for
the charge in keeping and
the loss on the sale of my
coach and horses |
1,200 |
50 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
for translating and printing
the news of the rebels
overthrow |
100 |
4 |
3 |
4 |
|
|
|
|
given to redeem an English
merchant out of prison and
to relieve divers others of
his Majesty's subjects |
150 |
6 |
5 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
Followed by: Secretary the Earl of Middleton's
allowance of this bill, "submitting the 5, 6, 9
and 11 articles in it to the consideration" of
the Treasury Lords. |
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(2) from 1686–7, Jan. 17, to Jan. 26: |
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|
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Copr.
dollars. |
l. |
s. |
d. |
|
|
|
|
postage of letters at Stockholm |
350 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
postage of letters at Amsterdam |
300 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
650 |
27 |
1 |
8 |
|
|
|
|
extraordinary entertainments |
600 |
25 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
new year's gifts |
100 |
4 |
3 |
4 |
|
|
|
|
stationery ware |
50 |
2 |
1 |
8 |
|
|
|
|
£58 |
6 |
8 |
|
|
|
|
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|
Followed by. allowance dated Whitehall, Feb. 14
last by Secretary the Earl of Middleton. "I
allow of this bill." |
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Aug. 2.
Windsor Castle. |
Money warrant for 444l. 0s. 6d. to Sir Gabriel Silvyus,
kt., for two bills of extraordinaries as Envoy Extraordinary to the King of Denmark. (Money order
dated Aug. 8 hereon.) |
Money Book VIII, pp. 234–6. Order Book II, p. 82. |
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Appending: said bills. |
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(1) [for the period 1686, June 26, to Nov.] |
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l. |
s. |
d. |
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|
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1686, June 26, for a ship which I
hired to transport my baggage
from Copenhagen to Ilewick [Sleswick] |
24 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
for embarking and disbarking my
goods and other petty charges |
83 |
10 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
for my voyage by land for eight
days; my hiring of carts for my
servants; my passage over the
two Belts and other charges |
26 |
10 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
for four or five dinners to my Comm[issione]rs at Sle[s]wick with
whom I treated |
15 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
the expenses of my journey from
Sleswick to Hamburg by land;
being forced to carry my baggage
by waggon as well as my people |
36 |
10 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
for five or six journeys which I made
from the Camp to Hamburg upon
the request of the King of Denmark; for the trumpet[er]s and
drum[mer]s which I made use of
for to go in and out the city for
conducting me from and to the
Camp and other charges at the
gates of the city |
15 |
10 |
0 |
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|
for divers entertainments which I
gave at the Camp to the ministers
of Brandenburg, Lüneburg and
Hesse Cassel and others who were
employed in the mediation of the
affairs betwixt the King and the
town [Hamburg], who came also to
confer with me about it |
15 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
for my journey which upon the
request of the King of Denmark
I made to the Court of Zelle for
the adjusting the affair of Hamburg; the presents which I made
there as well for the coaches and
lacques as for the trumpets and
housekeeper |
15 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
for my return from Hamburg to
Sleswick with the carriage of my
goods and my people by waggon,
and other charges |
36 |
10 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
paid to the burgomaster of Sleswick
for my house hire while I stayed
there, which was three months,
at the same time I paid my house
hire at Copenhagen |
20 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
for a ship which I hired at Sleswick
to carry my goods to Copenhagen |
26 |
10 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
for my voyage by land from Sleswick
to Copenhagen; for the hire of
waggons of the passage of [the]
Belts and other charges |
26 |
10 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
for a dinner to the ministers of this
Court and other foreign ministers
to celebrate his Majesty's birthday |
10 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
paid to Sir Peter Wyche for the
postage of letters from England to
Hamburg and from Hamburg to
Amsterdam in six months' time,
as by his [Wyche's] account |
19 |
10 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
for the carriage of letters from Hamburgh to Copenhagen, Hamburg
to Sleswick, Copenhagen to Sleswick and Norway to Copenhagen
in six months' time |
12 |
10 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
fees paid at the Exchequer on receiving 900l. |
26 |
2 |
6 |
|
|
|
|
|
pens, ink, paper, wax, news, gazettes,
for six months' time |
10 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
£338 |
12 |
6 |
|
|
|
|
|
Followed by: allowance dated Whitehall, 1686,
Dec. 18, by Secretary the Earl of Middleton
of said bill save for the item of Exchequer fees,
which is submitted to the Treasury Lords. |
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(2) for the period 1686, Nov., to 1686–7, Feb, 7,
"from which time it pleased his Majesty to make
a regulation of the extraordinaries of the ministers
that he employs abroad." |
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l. |
s. |
d. |
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the 1st of Jan. [1686–7], given in
new year's gifts to the drummers,
trumpeters, kettle drummers of
the Guards of the King of Denmark
and to other subaltern officers |
30 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
for an entertainment given to the
foreign ministers residing in this
Court and to the Chief of the Court
the day of his Majesty's coming
to the Crown |
10 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
for the [Exchequer] fees on 900l.
paid me |
25 |
2 |
6 |
|
|
|
|
|
for [postage of] letters, which I have
paid to [for] Sir Peter Wyche from
England and [sic for to] Hamburg
and from Copenhagen to Hamburg
as by Wyche's note |
12 |
10 |
6 |
|
|
|
|
|
for the letters which came from
Hamburg to Copenhagen, from
Norway and other parts |
6 |
15 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
for pens, ink, paper, gazettes and
intelligences and for gratuities paid
to the Post Office here |
8 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
for mourning for the Empress
Dowager |
10 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
to the page that was sent to me
with the news of the King [sic] of
Denmark's happy delivery of a
young Prince |
3 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
£105 |
8 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
Followed by: allowance, ut supra, dated Whitehall, 1687, April 26; except for the third article
concerning fees, which item is referred to the
consideration of the Treasury Lords. |
|
Aug. 2.
Windsor Castle. |
Henry Guy to the Auditor of the Receipt to issue as
follows out of the branches of the revenue directed
to be this week paid into the Exchequer, viz.: |
Disposition Book VI, pp. 91–2. |
|
Out of the Customs. |
l. |
s. |
d. |
|
|
|
|
|
to the Treasurer of the Navy, on
the Navy's weekly money, on
account of 400,000l. for the year's
Navy service, beginning 1686,
Lady day |
7,000 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
to ditto for Mr. Ryder for rent of
the Navy Pay Office |
130 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
to ditto for Mr. Turner |
42 |
17 |
10 |
|
|
|
|
|
to the Treasurer of the Ordnance
[for two weeks on the Ordnance
Office] ordinary |
2,000 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
to Mr. White for New Park: last
payment |
451 |
15 |
10 |
|
|
|
|
|
to the Duke of Norfolk |
182 |
10 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
to the Privy Purse |
1,000 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
to the Earl of Sunderland on his
privy seal |
1,500 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
to the Treasury Lords for [last]
Midsummer quarter |
2,000 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
to the Earl and Countess of Lichfield
for same quarter |
300 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
to me [Guy] for secret service |
800 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
Out of the Excise. |
|
|
to the Earl of Ranelagh for the
Forces |
8,000 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
to Sir William Killigrew, for a
quarter |
125 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
to Somerset Fox, for half a year |
150 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
to the Paymaster of the Works for
a quarter on the ordinary of the
Works |
1,500 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
to the Privy Purse |
1,000 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
to me [Guy] for secret service |
488 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
Out of the Hearthmoney. |
|
|
to the Cofferer of the Household |
2,000 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
to the Treasurer of the Chamber,
for the ordinary [of the Office
of the Chamber] |
2,000 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
to the Earl of Ranelagh for the
Forces |
2,000 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
Out of the loans on the Linen Duty
Act. |
|
|
to ditto for the Forces |
8,000 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
Out of the Letter Office money. |
|
|
towards the Queen's quarter |
1,200 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
(Same, dated same, to the Customs Cashier,
enclosing the paper of the disposition of the Customs
cash for the present week, said paper including
only the above eleven Customs items; total disposition, 15,407l. 3s. 8d.) (Same, dated same, to
the Commissioners of Excise and Hearthmoney,
enclosing the like paper of disposition of the cash
of those branches of the revenue; said paper
including for the Hearthmoney only the above three
Hearthmoney items; total disposition 6,000l.: and
for the Excise the above six Excise items [payable
out of the Exchequer], together with the following
items [payable directly out of the Excise Office],
viz. 1,500l. towards the Queen Dowager's quarter;
1,500l. to Sir Benj. Bathurst on his privy seal for
the Princess's debts: total disposition, 14,263l.) |
|
Aug. 2.
Windsor Castle. |
Henry Guy to the Customs Commissioners, enclosing
a copy [missing] of the petition of Mr. Spragg,
agent to Col. Dungan, Governor of New York.
(The like letter to Mr. Santen.) |
Out Letters (General) XI, p. 154. |
|
Same to the officers of the Mint to furnish James
Grahme, esq., Keeper of the Privy Purse, with
4,000 Healing Medals, for the King's use in his
progress. The Treasury Lords "will take care
for the regular discharge thereof." |
Ibid, p. 155. |
|
The Treasury Lords to the Earl of Sunderland [Secretary of State] to move the King for royal letters to
the King's Governors, commanders of ships and
other his officers [in the West Indies] to assist
Mr. Constable in pursuance of his agreement,
ut supra, pp. 1467–8: the said Constable having
desired such royal letters. |
Ibid. |
Aug. 2.
Windsor. |
Treasury warrant to John Fisher, Deputy Surveyor
General of Crown Lands, for a ratal of the constat
or particular as follows in order to a lease of the
premises to Richard Ball for 31 years. |
Warrants not Relating to Money XII, pp. 123–6. |
|
Prefixing: said constat or particular made out by
T. Eden, Deputy King's Remembrancer, of said
premises, being part of the estate of Francis Charlton,
outlawed for treason, as found by inquisition taken
at Salop [Shrewsbury] in co. Salop, 1686–7, Jan. 19,
before Charles Manwaring, George Weld, Edward
Kinaston, Robert Prize, John Huxley and Christopher Brayne, esqrs., and Richard Deaves and
John Waring, gent., by the oaths of Peter Langley
et al. jurors: the particular being in substance,
ut supra, p. 1399, save that coal works in Wrockwardine here noted as demised to said Charlton by
Charles, Earl of Salop [Shrewsbury], are stated as
being of the clear annual value of 48l. 10s. 0d.:
the total of the above being 120l. 6s. 0d. per an.
of premises of which Charlton was seized as of
fee and 158l. 10s. 0d. per an. of which he was
possessed as above. |
|
| Aug. 3. |
Money warrant for 50l. to the executors of Francis
Mansell, esq., for 1687, Lady day quarter, on his
pension. |
Money Book VIII, p. 228. |
| Aug. 3. |
Henry Guy to Mr. Santen, the Customs Commissioners,
to deliver to bearer, Mr. Francis Riva, for the
Queen's use, unopened and Customs free, a box
now in the Customs House. |
Out Letters (General) XI, p. 154. |
| Aug. 4. |
Money warrant for 10,000l. to Thomas Lloyd, Paymaster of the Works, as imprest for the service of
the Works. (Money order dated Aug. 4 hereon.) |
Money Book VIII, p. 226. Order Book II, p. 78. |
|
Treasury warrant to the Customs Commissioners to
order payment to John Pearse of 233l. 11s. 8d. in
full for six months to 1686, Dec., for his service
in inspecting the prosecutions in Customs causes
in the Exchequer: the said Commissioners having,
on said Pearse's petition, reported July 23 last
that they never intended that Pearse's service
should be created into an established office, but
to reward him from time to time for so long as he
should be found useful; and that an allowance of
12d. per £ (which on 4,671l. 13s. 10d. fines and
forfeitures paid into the Exchequer during said
half year will produce the above sum) is a competent
recompence. |
Money Book VIII, pp. 226–7. |
|
Money warrant for 29l. 10s. 0d. to Thomas Robson
in part of 5,000l. granted to him out of the arrears
due on Bevis Lloyd's account: same to be paid
out of the 29l. 10s. 0d. paid into the Exchequer
June 21 last by William Jeffrys and others, tenants
of Roderick Gwyn, in part of a bill obligatory of
the said Roderick and assigned by the said Bevis
Lloyd to the late King. (Money order dated Aug. 12
hereon.) |
Ibid, p. 231. Order Book II, p. 83. |
|
Treasury warrant to Auditor William Aldworth to
allow in account to the executors of Ralph Pemberton, late Receiver of Recusants' Forfeitures in
Essex, Kent, Surrey and Sussex, 35l. 1s. 8d., the sum
remaining due to the King on his account thereof:
all on condition that the said executor remit to
the King the 95l. 10s. 10d. due to him
from the King on the foot of his said account. |
Money Book VIII, p. 237. |
|
Henry Guy to the Auditor of the Receipt to issue to
Mr. [Charles] Bertie [for the Ordnance] the 1,000l.
advanced to him out of moneys paid in[to the
Exchequer] by Col. Whitley: "and you are to
take care when any money comes into the Exchequer
of fines formerly intended to be applied to the
Ordnance to give notice thereof" to the Treasury
Lords so that same may be applied to the uses for
which said 1,000l. is intended. |
Disposition Book VI, p. 93. |
|
Same to the Customs Commissioners to send an
officer to the lodgings of the Earl of Connitz
(Kaunitz), the Emperor's Envoy, in the Pall Mall
to seal his goods in order to their transport to
Germany. |
Out Letters (General) XI, p. 157. |
|
The Treasury Lords to the Earl of Sunderland [Secretary of State]. The King delivered to us on Tuesday
last a petition of Samuel Berington, who was
convicted the last Assizes at Monmouth for counterfeiting money. We were not able at that time to
inform the King of petitioner's case, but have since
received an account from George Macy (who is
employed by the Warden of the Mint) of divers
proceedings against such offenders and amongst
them of said Berington's case according to the
enclosed extract [missing] from Macy's paper.
Judge Holloway has ordered his execution to be
next Monday, the 8th inst. Please lay the matter
forthwith before the King so that if the King reprieve
him you may have time to despatch the reprieve
before Monday; otherwise it will be too late. |
Ibid. |
| Aug. 4. |
Henry Guy to the Customs Commissioners to report
forthwith on Sir Thomas Strickland's petition,
ut supra, p. 1460. |
Out Letters (General) XI, p. 157. Reference Book V, p. 127. |
| [?] |
Same to — to attend Lord Godolphin at his
lodgings in Whitehall to-morrow. (Entry struck
through.) |
Out Letters (General) XI, p. 158. |
| Aug. 4. |
Same to Mr. Fisher [Deputy Surveyor General of
Crown Lands] for a certificate whether or not, by
the death of Sir Hugh Piper, the Castle of Launceston
falls into the King's disposal with the 30l. lands
and other perquisites belonging to it. |
Ibid. |
|
Treasury warrant to the Customs Commissioners to
employ John Man as a deputy searcher, London
port loco Edw. Man, who is willing to relinquish
same. |
Out Letters (Customs) XI, pp. 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65. |
|
John Anderson as boatman at Margate, a member
of Sandwich port loco Thomas Wyldboare, lately
dismissed. |
|
|
Lancelot Whitehall as surveyor of Lynn Regis port
loco Michaell Walford, who is to be collector of
Sandwich port. |
|
|
Thomas Ryder (lately presented as a boatman
at Margate loco Thomas Wyldbare, dismissed)
to be waiter and searcher and have the command
of the boat and boatmen [there] at 40l. per an.
salary. |
|
|
David Hancocks as waiter at Pembroke loco
John Green, lately dismissed. |
|
|
Michaell Walford (surveyor of Lynn Regis port)
as collector of Sandwich port loco Humphry Wilkins,
disabled by sickness and infirmity, and in whose
place said Walford has offciated several months. |
|
|
Richard Scurlack (Scurluck) and Charles Belshire
to be established as boatmen at Aberdovey, a
member of Milford port, at 15l. per an. each. |
|
|
Robt. Watts, Tho. Vidgeon and William Fortecue
(Fortescue) as tidesman in Lyme port locis Richard
Spreke and Tho. Lea, lately dismissed, the third
person being to fill up a former vacancy and so
complete the establishment of that port. |
|
|
William Ettrick as collector of Sunderland port
loco Walter Ettricke, who relinquishes same. |
|
|
Same to Sir John Shaw, bart., collector inwards,
London port, to swear in Anthony Buckworth as
deputy to John Ward, a King's waiter, London
port. |
Ibid, pp. 61, 62, 63. |
|
Hugh Pratt as same to Benjamin Skynner, a
same ibid. |
|
|
James Jones as same to Valentine Morley, a
same ibid. |
|
|
Peter Bradshaw as same to Robert Hughes, a
same ibid. |
|
|
George Coldhame as same to Hugh Bantock,
a same ibid. |
|
| Aug. 4. |
Treasury reference so Sir Tho. Powys of the list of
debts, amounting to 5,314l., due to William Tombs
when he became a felo de se. The referee is to
report his opinion whether it is in the King's power
to make a grant of the said debts. |
Reference Book V, p. 127. |
|
Same to the Customs Commissioners of the petition of
Capt. Roger Mowett, Commander of the Charles
of London, shewing that he has been master of
said ship for divers years past, and that same is
English built and navigated by English, and never
hitherto questioned, but being now come from
Leghorn some officers of the Customs have objected
that petitioner is a Scotchman and thereupon would
treat him as an alien, notwithstanding his being
naturalized as a post natus and having resided with
his family so long in London: therefore petitioner
conceives the said objection is unjust and tends to
the discouragement of thousands: therefore prays
the King for relief. |
Ibid. |
|
Same to same of John Hyde's letter of July 27 last
to the Treasury Lords, setting forth that he has
furnished Mr. Carter with several sums for the
prosecuting of wool, therefore praying to be heard
as to this money before any bounty be allowed to
Custom House officers. |
Ibid, p. 128. |
|
Same to John Fisher, Deputy Surveyor General of
Crown Lands, of the petition of John Aston for a
renewal of a lease of a discovery which he made
to the late King of a parcel of land lying in Ringworth and Taddington, unjustly detained from the
Crown, he having "been at great charges in obtaining
the premises": and further prays a lease of a
further discovery there, he having since found
that there are yet detained from the King all the
herbage and pannage of wood and underwood and
woodland called Marwood Hagge, parcel of the
lordship of Castle Barnard, co. Durham, "and
several other concealments which he is willing at
his own charge to recover [to the Crown]": further
prays an insertion and correction in the said renewal
of lease "in regard there was a mistake in the
misnaming of one of the former parcels whereby
the petitioner cannot recover it from the unjust
detainers." |
Ibid. |
|
Same to said John Fisher and to John Humphrys,
auditor of the premises, of the petition of Sir Sackvile
Crow and Sir Rice Rudg, trustees of Tho. Cornwallis,
an infant: praying a grant, in trust for said Cornwallis, of the stewardship of several manors in
co. Cardigan, which office was granted by the late
King to Edward, Visct. Hereford, et al. "for their
lives during his said Majesty's pleasure . . . [sic],"
which said grant has expired by the demise of the
late King, whereby that office remains vacant. |
Ibid. |
|
Same to Auditor William Aldworth of William Shaw's
account as follows. |
Ibid, pp. 129–30. |
|
Prefixing: said account. |
|
|
[Charge.] |
|
|
1685–6, Jan. 16: received of Monsieur Barillon, the French Ambassador, by order of the Earl of
Rochester, late Lord Treasurer,
the sum of 15,000l. that his
present Majesty, when Duke of
York, put into the hands of
Monsieur Courtin to be secured
upon the taxes of Paris |
15,000 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
1686, May 17: received of the
Marquis de Cattaneo upon account of the Queen Consort's
portion |
2,846 |
1 |
2 |
|
|
|
|
|
1686, July 26: received more of
him upon the same account |
830 |
17 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
1686–7, Jan. 4: received more of
him upon the same account |
73 |
1 |
9 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
£18,750 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
[Discharge.] |
|
|
1685–6, Jan. 20, paid into the
Exchequer by his Majesty's command |
10,000 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
1686, April 1, paid more in there |
5,000 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
1686, June 30, paid more in there |
2,846 |
1 |
2 |
|
|
|
|
|
1686, July 29, paid more in there |
830 |
17 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
balance in hands of accomptant |
73 |
1 |
9 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
£18,750 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
which balance this accomptant prays the Treasury
Lords to allow him for his care and charges in
receiving and paying the money and for the
charge of passing this account through all the
offices. |
|
| Aug. 4. |
Treasury reference to Bartholomew Fillingham et
al. of the petition of John Gwillim, late Captain
of the Royal Guards, praying a grant of
the moiety of the arrears due to the King
from Walter Vaughan, Receiver of the Royal
Aid in co. Pembroke, one moiety of said
arrear being [already] granted to one Kekewich,
who prosecutes the recovery thereof: petitioner and
his family having been very faithful and great
sufferers for their loyalty. |
Reference Book V, p. 129. |
|
The Treasury Lords to the Lord Deputy of Ireland,
enclosing (on reference from the King) the petition
[missing] of Mris. Helena Uniack, praying, for her
husband, Thomas Uniack, the place of collector of
Customs at Cork. Have his fitness examined by
the Revenue Commissioners, Ireland. |
Out Letters (Ireland) V, p. 41. |
Aug. 4.
Windsor. |
Royal letter to all the Governors of the King's Islands,
Colonies and Plantations in America, all admirals
and commanders of ships and other officers to assist
William Constable in his project, ut supra, pp. 1467–8,
of recovering the King's moiety of the riches etc.
taken out of the wreck out of the sea near the coast
of Hispaniola. |
Out Letters (Plantations Auditor) I, pp. 244–6. |
| Aug. 5. |
Money warrant for 150l. to Somerset Fox for half a
year to 1686, Christmas, on his pension. |
Money Book VIII, p. 234. |
|
Treasury warrant to the Customs Cashier to pay
15l. 3s. 4d. to John Langwith for last June 24
quarter on his 3s. 4d. a day as messenger appointed
to attend the affairs of the Customs. (Henry Guy
to same to pay same.) |
Ibid, p. 238. Disposition Book VI, p. 95. |
|
Treasury allowance of said Langwith's bill of 15l. 3s. 4d.
for same quarter's attendance upon the Treasury
Lords. |
Money Book VIII, p. 238. |
|
Money warrant for 100l. to Mrs. Juliana [Justina]
Vandyke, now Lady Stepney, for half a year to
June 24 last on her pension. |
Ibid, p. 239. |
|
Same for 125l. to Mris. Ann Atwood, one of the
daughters of Sir John Lawson, for same period
on her same. |
Ibid. |
|
Same for 125l. to Sir William Killigrew for last June 24
quarter on his same. |
Ibid, pp. 239–40. |
|
Same for 25l. to Mris. Ann Kelly for same quarter on
her same. (Money order dated Aug. 8 hereon.) |
Ibid, p. 240. Order Book II, p. 82. |
|
Same for 60l. to Mris. Ann Goulding, widow, for half
a year to June 24 last on her same. |
Money Book VIII, p. 240. |
|
Same for 200l. to Dame Goodetha Price for half a
year to Christmas last on her same. |
Ibid. |
|
Same for 250l. to Lady Ruth Trevor for half a year
to Lady day last on her same. |
Ibid, pp. 241, 242. |
| Aug. 5. Treasury Chambers. |
Henry Guy to the Auditor of the Receipt out of the
following funds, viz.: |
Disposition Book VI, p. 94. |
|
|
l. |
s. |
d. |
|
|
|
|
|
Barbados [Four and a Half] per cent.
revenue |
450 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
Doyly's debt |
100 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
compositions [in the Exchequer] |
19 |
3 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
rent of lands |
34 |
11 |
5 |
|
|
|
|
|
fines of leases |
242 |
19 |
6 |
|
|
|
|
|
Customs |
237 |
17 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
Hearthmoney |
10 |
13 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
any other disposable money in the
Exchequer, usually reserved for
messengers et al. |
4 |
16 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
£1,100 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
to issue as follows, viz.: 60l. to Mris. Goulding;
100l. to Lady Stepney; 25l. to Mris. Kelly; 200l.
to Lady Price; 250l. to Lady Trevor; 125l. to
Mris. Atwood; 340l. to me [Guy] for secret service. |
|
| Aug. 5. |
Same to Mr. Blathwaite [as Secretary to the
Forces], enclosing a copy [missing] of a letter from
the Customs officers at Weymouth, which the
Treasury Lords laid before the King last Tuesday,
by which it appears that a tun of wine was taken
in[to] Portland Castle and lodged there by consent
of one Peters the sentinel. The King has declared
his pleasure that the said Peters be forthwith
cashiered. You are to prepare orders for his
cashiering and to take care it be done. |
Out Letters (General) XI, p. 158. |
|
Same to the Customs Commissioners to deliver to
Mr. Horny Brooke, Customs free and unopened,
"two crucifixes and some other pictures" which
have been seized at Exeter, same being for the
use of his Majesty's Chapel. |
Ibid. |
|
Same to Sir Edward Wood. The Treasury Lords,
being to go out of town for a month or thereabouts,
expect that you should sufficiently instruct your
counsel in that time in the business relating to the
tallies that are wanting which were struck upon
the late Hearthmoney Farm, for my Lords intend
to hear that matter at their return in four or five
weeks. (The like letter to Mr. Jones and to Mr.
Stephens respectively.) |
Ibid, p. 159. |
| Aug. 5. |
Henry Guy to Sir Christopher Wren for an account
of what timber and other materials are remaining
at Winchester. Send it me by to-morrow night
so that I may carry it with me to Windsor. |
Out Letters (General) XI, p. 159. |
|
Same to Mr. Blathwayt [as Secretary to the
Forces]. Sir William Dodson and Mr. John Gore, slopseller, have petitioned the Treasury Lords for payment
of the moneys due to them for clothing the recruits
of 16 Companies of the Royal Regiment of Foot.
On reference to him the Earl of Ranelagh has
reported thereon that there appears to be
672l. 11s. 7½d. due to Dodson for cloth and bays
by him furnished for same and 448l. 4s. 0d. to
Gore for making the clothes and furnishing shirts,
stockings and shoes for same. The total offreckonings for said recruits from the time of their
raising to the time of their disbanding is 193l. 17s. 4d.
This sum has been paid to Gore as in part, thus
leaving 254l. 6s. 8d. due to him, It is the King's
pleasure that you prepare a royal warrant for
payment of this sum and of the 672l. 11s. 7½d. due
to Dodson in full of all their demands. |
Ibid, pp. 159–60. |
|
Same to Bevis Lloyd. There are several petitions
preferred to the Treasury Lords for a grant of your
office of Receiver of [Crown Revenues in] South
Wales, from which you are at present only suspended
for the great debt which you owe upon that receipt.
I am by my Lords' orders to acquaint you that
if you will fully pay off said debt before next
Michaelmas day and give good security for your due
accompting and answering the King's money for
the future my Lords shall be inclined to restore you
to your office. If not, you must expect that your
office will then certainly be disposed of to some
other person. |
Ibid, p. 160. |
|
Treasury reference to Richard Graham and Philip
Burton of the claim of Hen. Harding (on behalf of
the Dean and Chapter of Westminster) of the liberty
of the said Dean and Chapter to all fines Coram
Rege and consequently to the fine of Isaac Symball. |
Reference Book V, p. 129. |
|
The referees herein are to attend the Solicitor
General for his opinion as to the claim of said church
to all such fines. |
|
Same to the Customs Commissioners of the petition of
Mathew Plowman for the place of collector of
Customs at New York loco Mr. Santen, dismissed:
petitioner having been bred a merchant and suffered
for his loyalty. |
Ibid. |
|
Same to Mr. Hewer of the petition of the Troopers
lately under the command of Lieut.-Col. Neatby;
petitioners shewing that they had 25 months' arrears
of pay due to them, of which the King 18 months
since ordered six months to be paid, which the
Colonel received, but petitioners remain still unpaid |
Ibid, p. 130. |
| Aug. 5. |
Treasury reference to Sir Christopher Wren of
the petition of Fra. Villiers, one of the
Tellers of the Exchequer, praying for the
repair of the house belonging to his office,
it being so decayed and uninhabitable that he has
for his present accommodation erected a lodge in
the garden belonging to said office, "which is no
ways suitable to retain his family": the said like
houses having been usually repaired at the King's
charge: further praying to be reimbursed what
he has expended on the building in said garden. |
Reference Book V, p. 130. |
Aug. 5.
Whitehall. |
Report to the Treasury Lords from William Blathwayt
of the petition of Thomas, Lord Colepeper: all ut
supra, p. 1489. |
Out Letters (Plantations Auditor) I, pp. 254–5. |
