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| July 11. |
Money order for 125l. to Sir Job Charlton for 1688, Trinity
term, on his allowance as Chief Justice of Chester. |
Order Book II, p. 163. |
| July 11. |
Money order for 1,695l. 10s. 0d. to Henry Guy, for
secret service, without accompt: to be issued on the
20,000l. privy seals dormant of Mar. 22 last and
May 25 last: as by the royal sign manual of July 10
inst. and the money warrant of July 10. (The
said sign manual and money warrant which should
authorise this present money order are not entered
in the Treasury records.) |
Order Book II, p. 163. |
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Report to the Treasury Lords from William Blathwayt
on the petition of Capt. Daniell Jones, late commander of the King's ship Diamond, shewing that
he seized a vessel belonging to John Sutton of
Barbados for trading contrary to the Royal Africa
Company's charter and to the Navigation Acts;
that after condemnation Sir Richard Dutton,
Governor there, possessed himself of the ship and
goods to the value of 1,000l., paying petitioner but
100l. as a third part thereof and accounted to the
King for only 100l. as the King's third. |
Out Letters (Plantations Auditor) I, pp. 302–3. |
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Hereon Blathwayt reports that Sir Richard
Dutton has declared that said ship and negroes
were sold by inch of candle for 300l. and an accompt
has been made up and stated before the late Treasurer
[Rochester] accordingly and Dutton has obtained
a privy seal for the allowance of same. To support
his valuation of the ship Dutton has produced the
affidavit of James Reeves, coxswain of the Diamond.
I think petitioner has his remedy at law against
Dutton for his share of the true value of the ship
and negroes; which [action] will be likewise a
good service to the King, to whom there will accrue
an equal third. |
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Prefixing: note of said petition and of the order of
reference, ut supra, pp. 1952–3. |
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| July 12. |
Money warrant for 536l. 1s. 4¾d. to William Blathwayt,
assistant to the Clerks of the [Privy] Council attending the Committee for Trade and Plantations,
being for two quarters to June 24 last for salaries
and incidents for the Plantation Office. (Money
order dated July 16 hereon.) |
Money Book IX, pp. 25–6. Order Book II, p. 164. |
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Appending: said bills: (1) for 1688, Lady day quarter
(total, 267l. 6s. 4¾d.): (2) for 1688, June 24 quarter
(total, 268l. 15s. 0d.), as attested in each case by
several Lords of the Privy Council. |
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| June [sic for July] 12. |
Henry Guy to Capt. Shales. The Treasury Lords
have read your letter of to-day. When you have
cleared your last year's accounts [for provisions
for the encampment on Blackheath] they will
advance you a further sum of money; but till
you do that they do not think fit to advance you
any more. |
Out Letters (General) XI, p. 411. |
| July 12. |
Same to Mr. Grahme to report on the enclosed petition
[missing] of the King's tenants, inhabitants of
Bray, co. Berks, praying an order for felling sufficient
pollard oaks in Winsdor Forest to repair several
common bridges in the said manor. |
Ibid. |
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Treasury reference to Mr. Blathwayt [as Auditor
General of the Plantations] of the petition of Fran.
Burghill, shewing that in obedience to the late
King's commands he brought a quo warranto against
the Bermudas Company's charter, whereby the
King is invested in 130 shares of land there: that
he hopes to make it appear that the King is defrauded
of 23 shares of land belonging to the late Regicides:
therefore prays a grant of such proportion of the
said lands as is usual in such cases [of discoveries]. |
Reference Book V, p. 286. |
June
[sic for July] 12. |
Treasury reference to the Customs Commissioners of the
petition of Hen. Bulstrode, shewing that he was surety
in 50l. for one Ludlow, a tidewaiter, London port,
who was since removed to Bridgwater port, and
there misbehaved himself, and petitioner's bond is
put in suit: therefore prays relief. |
Reference Book V, p. 289. |
| July 12. |
Same to same of the petition of Richard Lockheart
for a King's waiter's or undersearcher's place: he
having been an old servant to the royal family. |
Ibid, p. 294. |
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Same to Mr. Hewer of the petition of [some] inhabitants
of Tangier, praying payment of the arrears due to
them from the officers of the Earl of Dunbarton's
Regiment. |
Ibid. |
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Same to the Treasurer of the Chamber of the petition
of Rachell Graves and other artificers, praying
payment of 792l. 12s. 10d. due to them for building
barges, shallops and boats for the late and present
King. |
Ibid. |
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Same to the Customs Commissioners of the petition
of Samuell Eyre and Jo[h]n Bowells, merchants;
petitioners shewing that for 12 months past galley
tiles, Delft red and counterfeit china wares have
been prohibited, to the great loss of the Customs
and almost to the ruin of the retailers in those
wares: therefore pray a licence for seven years
for the sole importation of said wares "by reason
whereof the manufactury in time may be draw'd
out of Holland hither." |
Ibid. |
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Same to same of the petition of Moses Mocata, merchant, shewing that he ordered in Holland 1,400 cwt.
of Cauca nuts in several parcels and lacking there
a fit market would have brought them to London
but for the Navigation Act being against him, as
they are of the growth of America and not of Europe:
therefore prays liberty to import same from Holland. |
Ibid, p. 295. |
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Same to same of the petition of William Stewart for
a landwaiter's place, he having performed acceptable
service in the time of the late rebellion. |
Ibid. |
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Same to same [sic erratum for to William Blathwayt]
of the petition of the Proprietors of New East Jersey
to the King; petitioners setting forth that since
it is the King's resolutions to join the government
of East New Jersey to that of New England they
do in order to fulfilling his will surrender the grant
they have of that province: but the said grant
being both of the soil and the government whereof
only the last is to be surrendered, yet their right
to both will be avoided as joined in the same deed;
they therefore conceive it necessary for the security
of their title to the soil that they have a new patent
for the same. |
Ibid, p. 296. |
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Same to the Customs Commissioners of the petition of
Hannah Larkham, widow [of] Tho. Larkham; shewing
that in 1677 Tho. Miller "being Commander in Chief
[sic: erratum] and collector of Customs in Carolina"
was robbed not only of the King's money but of
1,000l. of his own and after two years' imprisonment
in irons made his escape and being afterwards
made collector of Poole ran in arrear to the King
for which he was arrested and died in prison; and
petitioner's husband being his security was arrested
and is since dead and petitioner's goods are seized
and she turned out of doors; that the said Miller's
papers are so embezzled that his accounts cannot
be made up; that her said husband had been
ever loyal and left her in a miserable condition:
therefore prays to be discharged from her husband's
bond and that her goods may be restored. |
Ibid, p. 297. |
| July 12. |
Treasury warrant to the Trustees for Sale of Fee
Farm Rents to convey to Lord Ossulston certain
fee farm rents [not detailed] in cos. Bucks and
Norfolk as in lieu of several fee farm rents in the
city of Norwich and elsewhere amounting to
29l. 19s. 2½d. per an. and the arrears thereon [the
same proving to have been doubly conveyed, or
undiscoverable or otherwise unrealisable]: all on
the said Lord's payment of 16s. 4d. into the Exchequer. |
Warrants not Relating to Money XII, p. 339. |
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Same to Philip Ryley, Serjeant at Arms attending
the Treasury Lords, to arrest Thomas Wilson,
formerly a carrier, and John Mountaine, as having
been conveyors and smugglers of uncustomed and
prohibited goods. |
Ibid. |
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Same to same to arrest Zachary Bevan, merchant,
who has been a smuggler or an employer of certain
persons to smuggle and convey to his warehouse
at several times divers great quantities of uncustomed
tobacco. |
Ibid, pp. 339–40. |
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Same to the Mint Warden, Mint Master and Worker
and Mint Comptroller to melt down the copper
farthings and halfpence remaining in the Mint as
follows and to deliver same to William Tayleur:
all by reason that said Tayleur has petitioned for
delivery of a parcel of such farthings and halfpence
detained from him in the Mint; on which petition
the Mint officers reported Feb. 18 last that the
Order in Council of 1678–9, Mar. 8, directed Henry
Slingsby, then Master and Worker, to receive from
Henry Wade and James Burkin, merchants,
16,500lbs. of copper blanks fitted for farthings and
halfpence and to coin same and thereout to pay
to said Wade and Burkin 14½d. per lb. weight;
whereupon said Slingsby received and coined same
and by warrant of Treasurer Danby, dated [1678–9]
Mar. 13, he was directed to deliver to William
Tayleur all the farthings and halfpence when so
coined, the said Tayleur paying to Wade and
Burkin the said 14½d. per lb. weight and satisfying
all charges in coining and stamping: in pursuance
whereof there has been delivered about 13,900lb.
weight: that Mr. Slingsby denied to deliver the
remainder, being about 2,641lb. weight, and locked
them up in a chest in the Treasury of the Mint,
where they are at this time: the said Burkin and
Wade having moreover by a writing dated Feb. 18
last agreed that they should be delivered to said
Tayleur. |
Ibid, p. 340. |
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After the said copper is so melted the charges of
melting, not exceeding 6l., are hereby to be put to
the King's account and to be paid by the Mint master,
and this is to be allowed in his account. |
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| July 12. |
The Treasury Lords to the Lord Deputy of Ireland.
We have received yours of the 22nd and 29th ult.
and the 2nd inst. As to the proclamation concerning
the value of foreign coin we did by the King's
command send the draft thereof to the officers
of the Mint, England, and have received a report
[missing] from them which we remit to you by
the King's direction. When you have considered
the estimate therein return same with your approbation or objections to be laid before the King. |
Out Letters (Ireland) V, pp. 129b–30. |
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As to the security to be given by Sir Henry Bond
and William Doe for their due accompting for
their receipts, the sureties [besides themselves]
whom they propose, viz. William Gage and William
Bond, are in England. Please take care that the
principals, Sir Henry Bond and Mr. Doe, execute
the bond in Ireland, then send it to us and we will
see it executed here by the sureties here. |
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Herewith you will receive the King's letter for
allowing 233l. 4s. 4d. for transporting the 650 men
to Chester. |
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We represented to the King your statement of
the case of John Kirwan; but notwithstanding his
confession and submission the King thinks the
transporting of wool to foreign parts is such a
public mischief that he is not at all inclinable at
this time to pardon him or any other for that
offence. |
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As to Mr. John Price, you say he would discharge
himself of 13,750l., alleged by him to be sent over,
by bills of exchange on Thomas Price, for which
he says that the effects of the said Thomas are
seized into the King's hands. We have directed
Mr. Graham and Mr. Burton to state this matter
and enclose to you their report [missing] thereon.
It appears thereby that sufficient is seized to cover
6,500l. and on reading our report to the King he
was pleased to declare that he would take that
6,500l. and you are to respite only so much on
said [John Price's] account and you are to secure
the rest which he ought to answer to the King. |
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Further, Mr. Price demands a credit of
4,984l. 8s. 13/8d. as paid (on account of the revenue
which was the King's private estate there) by
bills drawn on Mr. Heron. We do not find that
any money has been paid into the Exchequer here
on that account since Nov., 1686, and having sent
for Mr. Heron he disowns that he has any money or
bills for that sum or any part of it. Take care to
secure the money which Mr. Price owes on account
of that [the King's private] revenue. We also
observe in Price's stated account of that private
revenue as per enclosed copy [missing] that he gives
himself credit for 5,397l. 1s. 6¼d., which he alleges
was remitted to England in Feb. last. But on
enquiry we do not find that to be true or anything
more than a mere pretence. You are therefore to
take care that this sum be surcharged on him and
answered to the King. Upon the whole matter
we find Mr. Price so deeply engaged in his accounts
to the King that we expect you to see that the
money he was to receive from Sir Henry Bond
and Mr. Doe shall be applied in discharge of his debt. |
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We have represented to the King your proposal
about paying another month to the Army [Ireland].
It is still the King's intention to have that paid,
but he does not think July so proper as winter for
beginning it. He will then give direction for it. |
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| July 12. |
The Treasury Lords to the Lord Deputy of Ireland to
report on (a) infra. |
Out Letters (Ireland) V, p. 130. |
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Appending: (a) petition to the King from Edward
Fitz Gerrald Villers, esq., and Katherine his wife;
shewing that Sir Maurice Fitz Gerrald, kt., to
whom said Katherine is heir, settled all his manors
etc. in cos. Cork, Waterford and Tipperary on
trustees for him and his heirs male and, in default
thereof, for the Crown; that the said heirs male
are long since extinct and the lands concealed from
the Crown: therefore pray a Commission for
discovery thereof and a grant thereof to petitioners
as next of kin. |
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| July 13. |
Treasury reference to the Customs Commissioners of
the petition of Gyles Biggs and Company, praying
the discharge "of the molossos [molasses] except
one puncheon to be condemned for an example." |
Reference Book V, p. 295. |
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Same to same of the petition of Alderman Page et al.,
owners of the ship Jo[h]n and Katherine; petitioners
shewing that said ship was bought in Sweden,
where she was built, was brought into London port
and sold there, was taken in pieces, only a part
of the bottom was left, valued at 65l., and that
covered with English work, she was new built
in London, which cost 963l. and will cost 300l.
more before she can go to sea; that they are informed by counsel that she is a free ship because
she was rebuilt in the King's dominions: therefore
pray an order for making her a free ship. |
Ibid. |
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Same to same of the petition of John Pearse, inspector
of prosecutions in Customs causes; petitioner
shewing that upon account from Christmas last
to June 25 last he caused 2,494l. 11s. 7d. to be
paid into the Exchequer [on the head of compositions]
but has received no poundage thereon: therefore
prays payment of 124l. 14s. 6d., being 12d. per £. |
Ibid. |
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Same to Mr. Fillingham et al. of the petition of Edwd.
Mansell, shewing that his father was security for
Walter Vaughan, Receiver of the Royal Aid in
co. Pembroke, who died indebted in 1,340l. 5s. 6d.
to the King on that receipt; that the King has
granted a moiety of said debt to Mr. Kekewich,
who has extended petitioner's estate and will
thereon receive the said moiety: therefore petitioner
prays a grant of the remaining moiety "which
will not become leviable on petitioner's estate
these 20 years"; petitioner and his family having
been great sufferers for their loyalty. |
Ibid, p. 296. |
| July 14. |
Money order for 100l. to William Wardour, Clerk of
the Pells, for his pains in attending the Treasury
Lords for one year to June 24 last. |
Order Book II, p. 163. |
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Same for 45l. 8s. 4d. for same for his attendance in
vacations in the Office of Clerk of the Pells for
same year and in lieu of the sums of 16l. 13s. 4d.
and 8l. 15s. 0d. per an. anciently allowed him by
tally of assignment out of the Customs. |
Ibid. |
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Same for 20l. each to Peter Le Neve and John Lowe,
gent., Deputy Chamberlains of the Receipt, for
1688, Easter and Trinity terms, on their additional
increase of fee for sorting and ordering the records,
foreign and domestic, in the Treasury [of the Receipt]
at Westminster. |
Ibid, p. 164. |
