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| Date. |
Nature and Substance of the Entry. |
Reference. |
| Feb. 11. |
Royal warrant to the Attorney General to [remit or]
acknowledge satisfaction on the record of the fine
of 500 marks set at the Sessions House at the Old
Bailey on John Lowthorp, clerk, on Sept. 4 last
for a misdemeanour in writing, printing and publishing
a book entitled "A letter to the Bishop of Sarum,
being an answer to his Lordship's Pastoral Letter,"
until which fine was paid he was to continue a
prisoner : he having petitioned shewing that his
health and estate cannot support him under so
strait imprisonment and it being the King's pleasure
to discharge him of said fine and imprisonment. |
King's Warrant Book XV,
p. 284. |
|
Money warrant for 867l. 8s. 6d. to William Blathwayte,
one of the Clerks of the [Privy] Council ; for three
quarters' accounts to Christmas last of salaries
and incidents for the Committee for Trade and
Plantations. (Money order dated Feb. 12 hereon.) |
Money Book X. p. 567.
Order Book III, p. 142. |
|
Money warrant for 910l. to James Johnston for six
months, July 25 last to Jan. 23 last, on his ordinary
of 5l. a day as Envoy Extraordinary to the Elector
of Brandenburgh. (Money order dated Feb. 12
hereon.) |
Money Book X, p. 568.
Order Book III, p. 142. |
Same for 489l. 4s. 6d. to same for two bills of extras
in the said service as follows. (Money order dated
Feb. 12 hereon.)
Appending : said bills (1) for 1689-90, Jan. 24, to
1690, July 24, dated July 28 at Gennap and allowed
by Secretary the Earl of Nottingham, Nov. 7 last
(except the two last items of interest and fees,
which are left to the cognizance of the Treasury
Lords). |
Money Book X, pp. 568-9.
Order Book III, p. 142. |
|
l. |
s. |
d. |
|
fees at the Treasury and Exchequer
on passing my privy seal [and on
my] certificate of taking leave of
his Majesty |
49 |
0 |
0 |
|
[for] a letter from the Treasury to
the Custom House ; and fees to the
searchers and other officers there |
6 |
0 |
0 |
|
for sending my coach and goods to
Gravesend and shipping them and
my horses there |
9 |
0 |
0 |
|
for a barge and boats to carry myself
and servants on board |
2 |
7 |
0 |
|
extraordinary charges at Gravesend,
having been detained there a fortnight
by contrary winds, and for
loss of provisions which were put
on board upon that account |
20 |
0 |
0 |
|
for postage of letters, intelligences,
gazettes, pamphlets and other
prints for half a year |
35 |
0 |
0 |
|
for paper ware and stationery ware |
7 |
0 |
0 |
|
for gratuities to the Postmasters I
have to do with, [there being] five or
six of them, and to the agent for forwarding
[my letters through] them |
15 |
0 |
0 |
|
for interest of money |
10 |
0 |
0 |
|
[Exchequer fees] for paying 500l. out
of the Exchequer |
19 |
17 |
6 |
|
£173 |
4 |
6 |
|
(2) as Principal Commissioner for investing the
Elector of Brandenburg with the Garter ; for his
extraordinary charge concerning the said solemnity :
said bill being dated July 28 last at Gennap and
allowed Nov. 7 last by the Earl of Nottingham. |
|
l. |
s. |
d. |
|
given by me at Berlin upon the
account of the ceremony of the
Garter to the [Brandenburgh]
Master of the Ceremonies, the
coachmen (we had six at our
audience), 30 footmen, 24 trumpeters,
two drummers, the officers
of the Pantry, Kitchen etc. (for we
were treated some days at the
Elector's charge), to the officers of
the Elector's fireworks, armoury,
stables etc. : in all |
50 |
0 |
0 |
|
extraordinary charges for clothes,
being to have two public audiences ;
for liveries and lodgings more than
ordinary and other expenses wholly
relating to the Garter |
120 |
0 |
0 |
|
charges of transporting my goods,
travelling charges overland to Zelle
and Berlin and other expenses
relating thereto ; a great part of
which was laid out by his Majesty's
particular command |
146 |
0 |
0 |
|
Money warrant for 96l. 13s. 4d. to John Hastings, Clerk
of Foreign Estreats, for one year to Christmas last
on the several fees and allowances of 20l. per an. for
safe keeping all records containing forfeitures of
Recusants estreated into the Exchequer Court and
carrying said records from time to time to the
Office of the Pipe for the debts therein to be drawn
into the Great Roll : and 10l. per an., 33l. 6s. 8d.
per an., 26l. 13s. 4d. per an. and 6l. 13s. 4d. per an.
for his and his clerks' pains in writing and extracting
all fines and amerciaments. (The money order
dated Feb. 14 hereon is only for 53l. 6s. 8d., being
only required for the fees of 20l., 26l. 13s. 4d. and
6l. 13s. 4d.) |
Money Book X, pp. 569-70.
Order Book III, p. 143. |
|
William Jephson to Mr. Harbord and Sir Christopher
Wren to report on the enclosed papers [missing],
viz. report to the Treasury by Sir Samuel Moreland
and four other papers concerning the mill and engine
at Windsor : there being some proposals offered to
my Lords by said Moreland for regulating matters
for the future to the best advantage in respect to
said mill. |
Out Letters (General) XII,
p. 456. |
|
Treasury reference to the Surveyor General of Crown
Lands of the petition of Jo[h]n Rooke, shewing
that he has had a plat of ground called Bradninch
in Exeter, parcel of the Duchy of Cornwall, but
since converted into seven tenements ; that three
years since the Treasury Lords granted him a
warrant for renewal of his lease at 22l. per an. rent
(which was formerly but 15l. per an.) and 150l. fine,
but by reason of the times he could not proceed
therein ; that one Roger Andrews, one of petitioner's
under tenants in one of the said houses, having no
other right than a limited term of years, has
clandestinely suggested manifest fatuities to the
Treasury Lords without petitioner's consent : therefore
petitioner prays a renewal of said warrant for
a new lease. |
Reference Book VI, pp.
294, 295. |
|
Same to the Excise Commissioners of the petition
of Foot Onslow, shewing that he is putting up a
workhouse at Guildford for distilling brandy from
corn ; and proposing to pay the duty for a year
or two by so much upon every quarter of malt. |
Ibid, p. 295. |
|
Same to the Agents for Taxes of the petition of Reginald
Marriott for an allowance for his extraordinary
charges in making up and declaring Alderman
Duncombe's account as Receiver General of the
first Poll [for London, Westminster and Middlesex
and for Surrey and Southwark]. |
Ibid. |
| Feb. 12. |
William Jephson to the Auditor of the Receipt to
issue as follows out of the Exchequer : |
Disposition Book IX,
pp. 68-9. |
|
l. |
s. |
d. |
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Out of loans on the Twelve Months'
Aid. |
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|
|
|
to the Treasurer of the Navy |
15,000 |
0 |
0 |
|
to the Earl of Ranelagh for the
weekly subsistence and half pay
of the Forces [England] under
his care [of pay], together with
2,000l. to [be by him paid] to
Mr. Vander Esch for the Dutch
Forces |
8,740 |
1 |
2 |
|
to ditto for Mr. Charnock Heron
for so much laid out by him in
buying horses for Col. Beveridge's
late Regiment of Dragoons |
144 |
0 |
0 |
|
to ditto in further part of 2,057l.
16s. 0d. for fire and candle for
the Garrisons |
250 |
0 |
0 |
|
to ditto for a fortnight's subsistence
to the 1st and 3rd Troops of
Guards daily expected from Ireland |
980 |
0 |
0 |
|
to ditto for the officers of Col.
[Sir John] Hales' Regiment for
two months of their pay in part
of their arrears |
237 |
14 |
0 |
|
to ditto for the officers of Col.
Churchill's Regiment who are
now in England for the raising
of recruits |
230 |
0 |
0 |
|
to ditto for fire and candle for the
Dutch Regiment of Guards, as
per the Queen's warrant |
92 |
15 |
0 |
|
Of the above total of 10,671l. 13s. 2d.
to the Earl of Ranelagh 9,173l.
19s. 3¾d. is to be issued out of
loans as above, and the remaining
1,497l. 13s. 10¼d. is to be issued
out of the Double Excise. |
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|
|
|
Out of the remainder of the Double
Excise, the loans on the [Wine
Duties] Continuing Act, the loans
on the new [East India Goods]
Customs and 539l. 14s. 6d. of
Poll money. |
|
|
|
|
to Mr. Fox and Mr. Coningsby in
further part of 15,000l. for the
Danish [Forces'] clothing |
1,000 |
0 |
0 |
|
to ditto in further part of 6,000l.
for the same clothing |
1,000 |
0 |
0 |
|
to ditto for two months' pay to
the officers from Ireland [come
here] to make recruits |
1,000 |
0 |
0 |
|
to ditto for the additional allowance
of 20s. per man to the
several Regiments of Foot for
recruits |
1,500 |
0 |
0 |
|
to ditto for Col. Bellcastle in part
of 1,810l. for necessaries and arms |
412 |
10 |
0 |
|
to ditto in part of 400l. for several
French Reformed officers that
are come from Ireland wounded |
200 |
0 |
0 |
|
to ditto for subsistence for several
of the wives and families of the
four French Regiments ; by
[royal] warrant |
351 |
8 |
0 |
|
to ditto for ditto for several of the
1st and 3rd Troops of Guards ;
so much being [to be] stopped
out of the subsistence in Ireland |
416 |
8 |
0 |
|
to ditto to answer the Exchequer
fees on 40,000l. now gone for
Ireland |
250 |
0 |
0 |
|
to ditto for 14 days' subsistence
for 46 Gentlemen of the Guard |
92 |
0 |
0 |
|
to ditto for the Royal Regiment of
Dragoons in full of 1,188l. to buy
horses |
688 |
0 |
0 |
|
to ditto for Leveson's Regiment of
Dragoons in full of 1,170l. to buy
horses |
670 |
0 |
0 |
|
to ditto for the Earl of Roscommon
as Lieut. Col. and Capt. [for
pay] to 1689-90, Jan. 17 |
101 |
15 |
0 |
|
to ditto for Mr. Vander Esch in
part of 2,010l. for the Dutch
Regiments [of] Cavalry as per
his memorial, for recruits and
buying 134 horses |
1,010 |
0 |
0 |
|
to ditto in further part of 9,350l.
for the Regiments of Count
Nassau et al., in part of their
arrears and for recruits and other
necessaries as per Mr. Vander
Esch's memorial |
1,000 |
0 |
0 |
|
to the Treasurer of the Ordnance
for small arms |
1,000 |
0 |
0 |
|
to ditto in part of 38,153l. 9s. 10d.
for the supply [of ordnance] for
Ireland |
2,000 |
0 |
0 |
|
to Mr. Johnson, Envoy Extraordinary
to the Elector of Brandenburg |
1,399 |
4 |
6 |
|
to Mr. Cox, Envoy to Switzerland |
1,000 |
0 |
0 |
|
£40,762 |
18 |
8 |
William Jephson to the Auditor of the Receipt to
issue (out of what is or shall come in on the Second
Poll and Review of the Poll) 25l. to William
Whitebread for his extraordinary charges as Receiver
of said taxes in co. Beds.
And out of the receipts of the first 12d. Aid
21l. 17s. 5d. to John Newsham for the surplus of
his account as Receiver of said tax for co. Warwick. |
Disposition Book IX,
p. 70. |
|
Same to the Excise Commissioners to report on the
enclosed petition [missing] of Abraham Hubert
concerning some Jersey brandy ; with the Customs
Commissioners' report [missing] thereon proposing
the carrying back the said brandy. |
Out Letters (General) XII,
p. 457. |
|
Same to the Customs Commissioners to report on
the enclosed memorial [missing] of the Dutch
Ambassador concerning the ship Hope of Rotterdam. |
Ibid. |
|
Treasury reference to William Blathwayt [as Auditor
General of the Plantations] of the petition of Daniell
Cox, Governor of the Province of New Jersey in
America, shewing that he gave bills to Col. Joseph
Dudley, President of New York, to near 500l.
value, and furnished and agreed to furnish Col.
Slaughter [Sloughter], Governor of that place, with
sums of money amounting to 2,300l. per an. for the
garrison there [New York] : therefore praying [payment
of] 1,000l. and tallies for 1,000l. more. |
Reference Book VI, p. 295. |
|
Treasury warrant to the Excise Commissioners to
employ Edward Scarborough (collector of Customs
in Liverpool port) as agent for prizes in said port
loco George Sharpless. |
Warrants not Relating to
Money XIII, p. 378. |
| Feb. 13. |
Money warrant for 180l. to Isaac Richier, Lieut.
Governor and Commander in Chief of the Bermudas,
for three quarters to Jan. 3 [last] on his allowance
of 240l. per an. for his better support in that Government.
(Money order dated Feb. 14 hereon.) |
Money Book X, p. 570.
Order Book III, p. 143. |
Same for 100l. to Phil. Ryley for half a year to Christmas
altered to Midsummer last on his reward as an Agent
for bringing in of Taxes.
100l. each to Bartholomew Fillingham, Thomas
Hall and Edmund Woodroff for half a year to
Christmas last on their allowance as same. (Four
money orders dated Feb. 17 hereon.) |
Money Book X, p. 571.
Order Book III, pp. 144,
145. |
|
Same for 89l. 19s. 11d. to Bartholomew Burton, gent.,
clerk to the abovesaid Agents for Taxes, to wit
30l. for half a year's salary to Christmas last, 10l.
for the messenger in that office for same time,
49l. 19s. 11d. for one year's incidents for the said
office. (Money order dated Feb. 17 hereon.) |
Money Book X, p. 572.
Order Book III, p. 144. |
|
William Jephson to the Earl of Ranelagh. On
Jan. 23 last, supra, p. 991, I desired you to assign
tallies to Sir Stephen Evance for 10,000l. (part of
45,000l. lent by you on East India goods duties
and intended for the Duke of Savoy) in return for
bills of exchange for 10,000l. payable to said Duke.
My Lords are to-day informed by Sir Joseph Herne
that he has received a letter from the President
de la Tour, Envoy from the said Duke, in which
he desires the dispatch of the said bills, the same
being for the months of January and February.
Sir Joseph has proposed to my Lords to send bills
for the return of the said money accordingly. They
therefore desire you to deliver and assign the tallies
and orders for 10,000l. to him "with the interest
growing due or to be due upon such orders, the same
interest by the assignment to Sir Joseph to take effect
and commence from the day of making the assignment
and not sooner ; taking care that the immediate
interest grown due between that day and the dates of
the orders be surcharged in your account for their
Majesties' benefit." At the same time you are to
take Sir Joseph's obligation "purporting the receipt
of the said tallies and orders and to procure from
the said Duke of Savoy or his said Envoy a receipt
of the said money or a procuration to some person
authorising him to give a discharge ; otherwise to
re-deliver and re-assign the aforesaid tallies and
orders again to you." This obligation is to be
returned to Sir Joseph on his delivery of such
receipt as above or on his re-assigning the tallies
as above. (This letter was cancelled and re-written
with the omission of the passage in italics as above.) |
Disposition Book IX,
pp. 69-70. |
|
Same to Mr. Sotherne [Secretary to the Admiralty],
enclosing papers [missing] touching a complaint
against Francis Hilsley, Lieutenant of the Albemarle,
for beating the Custom House officers on board
the Chandois from India. Please desire the
Admiralty Lords to give a speedy redress herein,
otherwise the officers of the Customs will be under
great discouragement. |
Out Letters (General) XII,
p. 457. |
|
William Jephson to Mr. Sansom, informing him of the
above letter. You are to apply to the Admiralty for
an answer to this complaint. Give the Treasury
Lords an account of such answer. |
Out Letters (General) XII,
p. 458. |
|
Same to the Customs Commissioners to permit the
transport, Customs free, of certain goods (black
and gold lace, black and gold buttons and a box
of writings) for the use of Lord Paget, Envoy
Extraordinary to the Emperor of Germany. |
Ibid, p. 457. |
Treasury order to same to observe (a) infra.
Prefixing : Order of the Privy Council, dated Whitehall,
Feb. 12 inst., for the Customs Commissioners
to cause an embargo to be laid on all ships and
vessels which were not cleared before Feb. 10 inst.
in any port in England, Wales or Berwick, such
vessels excepted as are employed in their Majesties'
immediate service and such as trade coastwise and
to Ireland, Jersey or Guernsey and excepted likewise
foreign vessels navigated by foreigners only : this
embargo to be continued till further order. Further,
that the Customs officers in the several ports take
bond of the masters of all ships sailing for Ireland
to return directly into this kingdom and not to
any other place whatsoever and that the Customs
officers in Ireland do not permit any vessel to sail
out of that kingdom before the master has given
bond not to carry his vessel to any other parts
than to England. |
Out Letters (Customs) XII,
p. 281. |
|
Treasury reference to Sir Robert Howard [Auditor
of the Receipt] and Sir Christopher Wren of the
petition of John Packer, praying a lease of the
Star Chamber, to build a tenement there which
he will either live in himself or put in an honest
tenant. |
Reference Book VI, p. 296. |
|
Same to Mr. Ryley of the petition of Sir Stephen
Anderson, shewing that Charles II granted to the
Duke of Norfolk 100 acres of wood ground called
Braywood for 31 years at 2s. 8d. per an. ; that in
Sept., 1684, said Duke assigned to one Garret,
who mortgaged same to William Anderson for
600l., and the mortgage being forfeited, Garret
assigned the equity of redemption to him ; that
said Anderson is dead and petitioner is his executor,
and being well entitled to the premises has set
labourers to work there, but the Treasury Lords
have forbid the workmen to proceed : therefore
prays a revocation of said prohibition or else to
be heard therein. |
Ibid. |
Treasury warrant to the Excise Commissioners to
permit several distillers within the weekly bills of
mortality to distil the quantities of wash as follows,
on their first obliging themselves [by bond] fairly
to draw the low wines from the said wash in a
workmanlike manner in the presence of an officer
of the Excise and paying 2d. for every gallon of the
low wines they shall so draw or extract from that
wash ; and for the future not to receive any more
wash from any brewers : all by reason that said
distillers have petitioned, ut supra, pp. 984-5, shewing
that the principal way of their trade hath for many
years past been to distil aqua vitae and spirits
from the settling of the brewers' worts, commonly
called wash ; that Parliament has by an Act [2 Wm.
and Mary, Sess. 2, c. 9], which passed the royal
consent on Jan. 5 last, laid a duty of 12d. for every
gallon of low wines of the first extraction drawn
from brewers' wash, which is an utter prohibition
of any future distilling from that commodity ; that
petitioners, being under contract with several
brewers for their wash, which they received before
the passing of said Act, did procure the Excise
gaugers to take an account as below of the wash
they so had, and pray relief as to the said imposition
on low wines to be drawn therefrom : which request
the Excise Commissioners think equitable, computing
that the 2d. per gallon of low wines will
amount to 6d. per gallon of spirit made therefrom,
which was the duty lately paid.
Appending : said account of said brewers' wash and
tilts in the hands of 16 distillers, viz. Jo[h]n Freeman,
Michaell Symonds, Osmond Smith, John Nicholls,
Thomas Smith, William Mackley, Richard Linch,
John Turner, William Ashton, John Tyms, Joseph
How, Jo[h]n Feild, Jo[h]n Glemister, Jo[h]n Mill,
Geo. Veale, Hen. Waller : said account being
signed by Thomas Woodward and seven other
Excise gaugers. |
Warrants not Relating to
Money XIII, pp. 385-6. |
Treasury warrant to the Clerk of the Pipe for a lease
to John Baron, esq., of the messuage and lands
containing 140 acres, called Halhum's Court, alias
Longbredy Farm, parcel of the manor of Ryme
Extrinseca ; and of the messuage and lands called
East Baglake, alias Dowerfeild, and the close called
the North Grounds, parcel of said manor and containing
253 acres, formerly demised to Thomas
Tynbury : all in the parish of Longbredy, co. Dorset,
and lately in the occupation of John Hodder : all
as demised to Nicolas Armorer, esq., by a great seal
of 1661-2, Feb. 15, for 31 years, at the ancient rent
of 6l. per an. and 74l. per an. de incremento and again
demised 1670, Oct. 25, to Hertgill Baron for 21
years at 6l. per an. only. The present lease is to
be for 20½ years from 1701, Michaelmas, at the
old rent of 6l. and fine of 400l.
Prefixing : Auditor's particular and memorandum of
the premises and ratal thereof by the Surveyor
General of Crown Lands. |
Warrants not Relating to
Money XIII, pp. 387-8. |
|
William Jephson to the Revenue Commissioners,
Ireland, enclosing the Customs Commissioners'
report [missing] of the 4th inst. touching Mr. Squire's
tobacco. You are to discharge same if you have
no objections thereto : otherwise you are to report
to my Lords. |
Out Letters (Ireland) VI,
p. 50. |
|
Same to same, enclosing copy of an Order in Council
concerning an embargo on ships [ut supra, p. 1016].
You are to see the same complied with. |
Ibid. |
| Feb. 14.
[? 15]. |
Treasury allowance of the Excise Office salary bill,
detailed, for 1690, Christmas quarter : total,
3,122l. 11s. 7d. "We approve hereof except the
allowances of 500l. per an. and 80l. per an. to [Elias
Ashmole] the Comptroller [of Excise], which we
suspend till further order" [the said allowances
being authorised respectively by privy seal and
by Treasury warrant, being additional to his salary
allowance of 740l. per an]. |
Money Book X, pp. 565-7. |
| Feb. 14. |
William Jephson to the Auditor of the Receipt to
issue (out of any disposable money in the Exchequer
excepting the loans on the Twelve Months' Aid)
74l. 13s. 4d. to Dr. Sherlock ; 190l. 10s. 4d. to the
Paymaster of the Works for Mr. Greenham for
repairs in St. James's Park. |
Disposition Book IX,
p. 71. |
|
Same to same to similarly issue out of same 1,930l.
(1,940l.) to me [Jephson] for secret service, "1,000l.
whereof is for his Majesty's charity to the poor of
London" ; therefore the Treasury Lords desire
that all fees may be remitted for that sum. |
Ibid. |
|
Same to Mr. Blathwayt [as Secretary to the Forces]
to procure a royal warrant to authorise the three
payments, ut supra, pp. 1013, 1014, viz. of 412l. 10s. 0d.
(Belcastle) ; 688l. (Royal Regiment of Dragoons),
and 670l. (Leveson's Regiment of Dragoons). |
Out Letters (General) XII,
p. 458. |
