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| Date. |
Nature and Substance of the Entry. |
Reference. |
| Feb. 2. |
Treasury dormant warrant to the Receipt for tallies
of pro on the Excise for 250l. for last Christmas
quarter and so from time to time quarterly for the
future for Isabella, Duchess of Grafton, for her
life on the 1,000l. per an. appointed by Henry, late
Duke of Grafton, by his will dated 1687, July 8,
as part of or out of his yearly pension of 3,000l.
granted to him and his heirs male by patent of
Charles II, dated 1674, Oct. 22, he being empowered
by said grant to settle any part thereof not exceeding
a third unto his wife for her jointure. (In the
margin : a confirmation, dated 1692, April 18, by
the then Treasury Lords, of this warrant.) |
Money Book X, p. 557. |
|
Same to same for tallies similarly for 500l. for last
Christmas quarter and so from time to time in
future quarterly to Henry, Earl of Lichfield, and
Sidney, Lord Godolphin, who, by the abovesaid
will of the late Duke of Grafton, are appointed
guardians of Charles, present Duke of Grafton,
only child of the said late Duke : the said sum
being the residue of the above 3,000l. per an., which
residue is now vested in the said present Duke.
(In the margin : two later confirmations hereof by
the Treasury Lords, dated respectively 1692, April 19,
and 1694, June 29.) |
Ibid, p. 558. |
|
William Jephson to the Customs Commissioners,
enclosing a letter [missing] sent to my Lords by
Secretary Visct. Sidney, together with an extract
[missing] of a letter from the Mayor and Jurats
of Rye concerning some persons lately seized there
for transporting wool. You are to take care in
this matter and give my Lords an account thereof. |
Out Letters (General) XII,
p. 449. |
|
Treasury approval of the following persons as deputies
to the respective King's waiters in London as
follows : viz. : Tho. Tyndale (as deputy to Mr.
Hampden), John Boggest (to Mr. Fra. Boggest),
John Dove (to Mr. Hanbury), Benj. Spenso (to
Mr. Kynwin), Hen. Morgan (to Mr. Prothro),
Randolph Coleman (to Mr. Lawrence), William
Scrafton (to Mr. Peterman), Cha. Forty (to Mr.
Tyrrell). |
Out Letters (Customs) XII,
p. 278. |
|
Treasury reference to the Excise Commissioners of
the petition of Antho. Philips, brewer, praying
discharge of duty on some beer which he served
to the Fleet last year "till the warrants [for payment
of the money] due for the same be paid" and
further praying that warrants of the Victualling
Commissioners may be accepted in payment of
the growing duty of Excise for the beer he furnishes
at present. |
Reference Book VI, p. 272. |
Treasury warrant to William Harbord, Surveyor
General of Crown Lands, for a particular and ratal
of the farm called Halhams Court, alias Longbredy,
parcel of the manor of Ryme and Duchy of Cornwall ;
with a view to extension of lease thereof to
John Baron for 20½ years from 1701, Michaelmas,
being the end of the present term therein, at the
old rent of 6l. per an. and fine of 400l.
Prefixing : said Harbord's report on said Baron's
petition for same, supra, p. 905. The said farm
was granted to Sir Nicho. Armourer 1661-2, Feb. 15,
for 30 years from 1661, Michaelmas, at 80l. per an.
rent, being 6l. per an. old rent and 74l. per an.
de incremento, but without fine in respect of said
Armourer's services. In July, 1670, Hartgill Baron,
father of petitioner, petitioned for extension of
said term, which Sir Charles Harbord, my father,
then Surveyor General of Crown Lands, rated at
a fine of 1,000l., but said extension was granted
1670, Oct. 25, to Baron without fine by virtue of the
King's warrant of 1670, Aug. 12, at the request of
Prince Rupert and in recompense of Mr. Baron's
parting with a command which he had in Windsor
Castle. I estimate a fine of 400l. for the present
renewal ; these lands having been formerly [in the
Commonwealth survey] surveyed at 130l. per an.
and something higher by Sir Richard Prideaux
[Surveyor General of Crown Lands at the Restoration],
"but the prices of lands especially in those
parts are of late very considerably fallen." |
Warrants not Relating to
Money XIII, pp. 377-8. |
| Feb. 3. |
William Jephson to the Excise Commissioners. Send
my Lords an estimate of what you conceive may
be produced in a year by the duties on low wines,
strong waters, aqua vitae and spirits of the first and
second extraction lately granted [by the Acts of
2 Wm. and Mary, Sess. 2, c. 9 and c. 10]. |
Out Letters (General) XII,
p. 449. |
| Feb. 4. |
Money warrant for 150,000l. to the States General
of the United Provinces as in full of 600,000l. for
their charges in his Majesty's expedition into this
kingdom : to be satisfied out of the money arising
on French linens etc. appropriated to the said
purpose by the Act of Parliament [1 Wm. and
Mary, c. 28]. (Money order dated Feb. 5 hereon.) |
Money Book X, p. 559.
Order Book III, p. 140. |
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Same for 300l. to Sir Thomas St. George, kt., Garter
Principal King at Arms, as by the privy seal of
Jan. 29 last, as advance on his ordinary for carrying
the Garter to the Duke of Zell. (Money order
dated Feb. 5 hereon.) |
Money Book X, p. 559.
Order Book III, p. 139. |
|
William Jephson to the Auditor of the Receipt to
levy tallies forthwith for last Christmas quarter
on the 1,000l. per an. to Isabella, Duchess Dowager
of Grafton, and the 2,000l. per an. to the guardians
of Charles, now Duke of Grafton, ut supra, p. 999,
and for the future to execute the warrants ut ibid.
"according to their Lordships' directions, which
shall from time to time be signified to you by me
in that behalf." |
Disposition Book IX,
p. 65. |
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William Jephson to Mr. Fox and Mr. Coningsby. Send
to my Lords weekly certificates of your receipts and
payments relating to the Army in Ireland. |
Out Letters (General) XII,
p. 449. |
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Same to William Blathwayt to procure a royal warrant,
to be signed by the Queen, authorising Mr. Fox
and Mr. Coningsby to pay 250l. to Henry Allen
on account for engines for packing hay, the said
Allen being to pay same to Mr. William Martyn,
a deputy receiver, in repayment, ut supra, pp. 995-6. |
Ibid. |
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Treasury reference to the Customs Commissioners of
the petition of William Bateman et al., merchants
of London, praying to be excused aliens' duties on
the lading of the Arabella, come from the Straits
with more than a quarter of her seamen foreigners. |
Reference Book VI, p. 272. |
| Feb. 5. |
Royal warrant to the Clerk of the Signet for a privy
seal for 500,000l. to Charles Fox and Thomas
Coningsby, Paymasters General of the Forces
employed in or designed for Ireland ; as imprest
for the said Forces and contingencies thereof.
(Money warrant dated Feb. 12 hereon. This
warrant quotes the privy seal as dated Feb. 12
inst.) (Money order dated Feb. 14 hereon.) |
King's Warrant Book XV,
p. 282. Money Book X,
p. 570. Order Book III,
p. 143. |
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Same to Sir Rowland Gwyn, Treasurer of the Chamber,
to pay 191l. 14s. 0d. to Robert Scott, stationer,
viz. 154l. 18s. 0d. for wares delivered to James
Vernon, esq., as Secretary to William III when
Prince of Orange, from 1688, Dec. 27, to 1688-9,
Feb. 13 ; and 36l. 16s. 0d. for the like delivered
to the House of Peers during the Convention [Parliament's
sitting], as by a bill signed by Sir Thos.
Duppa, Usher of the Black Rod. |
King's Warrant Book XV,
p. 283. |
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Treasury warrant dormant to the Customs Cashier
to pay the fee or salary of 3l. 6s. 8d. per an. to
Jo[h]n Brett and John Waring for their office of
searcher in the ports of Chester, Beaumaris and
Liverpool, granted them by a great seal dated
1690, Aug. 7. |
Money Book X, p. 560. |
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Money warrant for 910l. to Thomas Cox for six months,
July 19 last to Jan. 17 last, on his ordinary of
5l. a day as Envoy Extraordinary to the Swiss
Cantons, as by the privy seal of 1689, Aug. 15,
supra, p. 221. (Money order dated Feb. 6 hereon.) |
Ibid, p. 560. Order Book
III, p. 140. |
Same for 608l. 10s. 0d. to said Coxe for a bill of extraordinaries
to April 28 last in his said service. (Money
order dated Feb. 6 hereon.)
Appending : Coxe's said bill, dated Zurich, 1690,
April 28, as allowed Oct. 20 last by Secretary the
Earl of Nottingham. |
Money Book X, p. 561.
Order Book III, p. 141. |
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l. |
s. |
d. |
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extraordinaries at the first Dyett,
upon which I was obliged to treat
above 100 persons at a time at four
several set entertainments ; and
daily, good numbers for eight or
ten days |
120 |
0 |
0 |
|
extraordinaries at the second Dyet,
on which occasion besides the
former entertainments I had daily
smaller entertainments for a whole
month |
240 |
0 |
0 |
|
journey of 15 days' absence to
Lindau with 14 persons and as
many horses : cost me 100 ducats
and 200 crowns |
100 |
0 |
0 |
|
journey to meet Count Lodron at
Frauenfeld, of three days' absence |
16 |
0 |
0 |
|
journey to meet Count Casati |
6 |
0 |
0 |
|
journey of four days to meet Count
Souches, Imperial General |
25 |
0 |
0 |
|
given to Costell for discoveries for the
King's service : five ducats |
2 |
10 |
0 |
|
given to the Tribes and Societies on
New Year's day according to
custom, 48 ducats |
24 |
0 |
0 |
|
on the Coronation day, 11 April, for
bonfires, wine to the people etc. |
20 |
0 |
0 |
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given to the Protestant galley slaves
in France and to the poor French
here by collection of the minister |
25 |
0 |
0 |
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expresses to several parts |
30 |
0 |
0 |
|
£608 |
10 |
0 |
Letters and correspondences I can hitherto give
no account of because I have not yet had the
opportunity to receive it.
I do not mention in my accounts my journey
hither, which cost me above 600l., nor the
expenses of my preparation and fitting up of
my house here, my chapel etc., which the odd
customs of this country rendered very expensive
to me. |
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William Jephson to the Auditor of the Receipt to
issue as follows out of the Exchequer : viz. : |
Disposition Book IX,
p. 66. |
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l. |
s. |
d. |
|
Out of Loans on the Twelve Months'
Aid. |
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|
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to the Treasurer of the Navy |
4,000 |
0 |
0 |
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to the Earl of Ranelagh for a
week's subsistence [of the Forces]
and half pay of the officers of
the Forces [England] under his
care [of pay] : together with
2,000l. to be paid to Mr. Vander
Esch for the Dutch Forces :
[in all] in part of 8,740l. 1s. 2d. |
6,327 |
2 |
9¼ |
|
Out of receipts that are in or shall
come into the Exchequer from
the Additional Poll, loans on the
New Customs, Double Excise,
Poll, loans on the Continuing
Act [2 Wm. and Mary, Sess. 2,
c. 5]. |
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to the Earl of Ranelagh in full of
abovesaid 8,740l. 1s. 2d. |
2,412 |
18 |
4¾ |
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to ditto for fire and candle for
the garrisons |
250 |
0 |
0 |
|
to the Treasurer of the Ordnance
for small arms |
1,000 |
0 |
0 |
|
to ditto for Mr. Moreau |
450 |
0 |
0 |
|
to Mr. Cox, Envoy to the Swiss
Cantons |
1,518 |
10 |
0 |
|
to Mr. Fox and Mr. Coningsby in
further part of 15,000l. for the
Danish clothing |
1,000 |
0 |
0 |
|
to ditto in further part of 6,000l.
for same |
1,000 |
0 |
0 |
|
to ditto for two months' pay to
the officers that are come from
Ireland for recruits |
1,000 |
0 |
0 |
|
to ditto for several French Reformed
officers on account of
their pay |
800 |
0 |
0 |
|
to ditto for Lieut. Laycock on
account of his pay |
40 |
0 |
0 |
|
to ditto for Mr. Vander Esch on
account for buying horses |
1,000 |
0 |
0 |
|
to ditto for Mr. Vander Esch on
account towards recruits |
1,000 |
0 |
0 |
|
£21,798 |
11 |
2 |
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William Lowndes (in the absence of William Jephson)
to the Auditor of the Receipt to issue to Mr. Fox
and Mr. Coningsby on their unsatisfied orders for
the service of Ireland the 10,000l. which Mr. Edward
Noel will lend into the Exchequer on credit of
the unappropriated Excise. |
Disposition Book IX,
p. 66. |
| Feb. 6. |
William Jephson to same to issue to same on same
order the 5,000l. which was yesterday lent by
Mr. Francis Parry on credit of same. |
Ibid, p. 67. |
|
Money warrant for 150l. to Ann Baker, widow of
Col. Henry Baker, for half a year to Christmas last
on the pension for her and her children. |
Money Book X, p. 562. |
|
William Jephson to the Auditor of the Receipt to
issue out of First Fruits money the above 150l. to
Mris. Baker and 22l. 10s. 0d. to Sir Rowland Gwyn,
to be by him paid to Cornelius Teynagle, one of
the King's Falconers. |
Disposition Book IX,
p. 67. |
|
Same to Mr. Blathwayt to procure a royal warrant
to be signed by the Queen, authorising Mr. Fox
and Mr. Coningsby to pay the 2,000l. appointed
Jan. 29 last, supra, p. 996, to the Commissioners
of Transports in further part of their memorial
for 16,133l. 7s. 0d. |
Out Letters (Customs) XII,
p. 450. |
|
Same to the Customs Commissioners to report on
the enclosed informations [missing] brought to my
Lords from Mr. Herne of misdemeanours committed
by the Customs officers at Falmouth. |
Ibid. |
Same to same to open and deliver at Whitehall, on
payment of Customs, goods as follows brought from
Holland for the Queen in the ship Anna.
On the King's going to Holland he declared his
pleasure that the Customs officers should be prohibited
from visiting goods at private houses and
also [prohibiting] men-of-war to bring any goods
after his departure. You are to take notice thereof.
Appending : schedule of the above goods certified
by D'Allonne (including a cabinet, desks, bottles
of syrop of elder, a tin box of preserved apricocks
belonging to Madame Overkirke). |
Ibid. |
|
Treasury warrant to the Customs Commissioners to
remit the navigation [or aliens] duty on the ship
Arabella, 260 tons, Capt. Parsons commander,
owned by William Bateman and others of London,
merchants : it appearing that said ship went out
with her usual complement "and in regard the
surplusage of men [being foreigners] were only
taken in for her defence at the time of war" and
therefore she may be equitably understood to be
regularly manned according to the intention of
the Navigation Act. |
Out Letters (Customs) XII,
pp. 279, 280. |
Same to same to employ Phillip Payne (one of the
weighers of Bristol port, a very active and intelligent
person) as a supervisor of other weighers there with
15l. per an. addition, to make his present salary
40l. per an.
Richard James as waterman at the Pill in Bristol
port loco Anthony Roper, who has declined the
service.
James Browne as tidesman in fee, Bristol port,
loco Rice Phillips, who declines the employment.
Tho. Leane as tidesman and boatman at Penzance
loco John Mark, deceased.
John Ball as waiter and searcher at St. Mawes
in Falmouth port loco Benj. Whitfeild, dismissed.
George Kingstone as waiter and searcher at
Salcombe in Falmouth port loco George Kingstone,
deceased.
William Herring (one of the tidesmen at Poole)
and George Yorke (a tidesman at Southampton) to
change places ; which remove the Customs Commissioners
consider necessary for the King's service. |
Ibid. |
|
Treasury reference to same of the petition of Thomas
Hope, a tidesman extraordinary, London port,
praying to be made a tidesman in fee ibid. |
Reference Book VI, p. 272. |
|
Same to same of the petition of Abraham Hubert,
shewing that in December last he put on board the
Thomas de la Place's barque some Jersey wine and
same was seized by the Lieut. Governor ; therefore
praying leave to sell the said "brandy" here in
England. |
Ibid. |
|
Same to Sir Christopher Wren of the petition of
Robert Bedowe, deputy to Major-General Kirke in the
place [office] of Housekeeper of Whitehall ; praying
an allowance for cleansing the streets from the
further gate of Scotland Yard to King Street,
Westminster ; which by the late Act of Parliament
[2 Wm. and Mary, Sess. 2, c. 8] is required to be
swept twice a week. Wren is to consider what
allowance may be fit to be made for this service
and through what office it may properly pass. |
Ibid, p. 273. |
|
Same to the Earl of Ranelagh and Mr. Blathwayt
of the memorial of William Conyers, shewing that
Mr. Henry Howard, Commissary General of the
Musters, pretends to hold his office by patent for
life, which was only during pleasure and is become
void : and that he and his deputies are guilty of
very ill practices to the great damages of the King
and the public. |
Ibid. |
|
Royal warrant, under the Queen's sign manual, to
Henry, Visct. Sidney, and to Sir Charles Porter, kt.,
and Thomas Coningsby, esq., Justices of Ireland,
to pass a patent under the great seal of Ireland for
a grant to Thomas Knox, junr., gent., of the office
of searcher, packer and gauger in the port of Wexford :
it appearing that on Dec. 17 last a like patent
was directed for the office of customer of Wexford
and Wicklow to said Knox loco Benj. Roberts,
deceased, but that the office held by said Roberts
was not that of customer but of searcher etc. in
Wexford port only. |
Out Letters (Ireland) VI,
pp. 48-9. |
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William Jephson to the Revenue Commissioners,
Ireland, to report on the enclosed petition [missing]
of the Corporation or Society of Glovers, Fellmongers
and Leathersellers in the city of Chester ; with an
Order of Council and report from the Customs
Commissioners thereon ; being concerning the
renewal of an Order of Council for leave to bring
goods from Ireland. |
Ibid. |
| Feb. 7. |
Money warrant for 74l. 13s. 4d. to William Sherlock,
D.D., Master and Keeper of the New House and
Church in the New Temple, for two years on his
annuity : viz. from 1688, Lady day, to 1689, Michaelmas,
and from Lady day, 1690, to Michaelmas last |
Money Book X, p. 562. |
|
William Jephson to the Auditor of the Receipt to
issue to me [Jephson] for secret service 100l. out
of any disposable money in the Exchequer except
the loans on the Twelve Months' Aid. |
Disposition Book IX,
p. 67. |
|
Same to the officers of the Ordnance. Let my Lords
know when you send away any ship or ships with
stores for Ireland and if you can take on board a
parcel of tin farthings of the value of 2,500l. |
Out Letters (General) XII,
p. 451. |
|
Same to the Customs Commissioners. My Lords
agree to your memorial of the 6th inst. for sinking
the place of one of the deputed searchers, London
port, void by the death of Lawr. Prior, "especially
during this time of war and deadness of trade" :
whereby the salary of 60l. per an. will be saved. |
Ibid. |
| Feb. 9. |
Money warrant for 910l. to Charles, Visct. Dursley,
for six months, June 6 last to Dec. 5 last, on his
ordinary of 5l. a day as Envoy Extraordinary to
the States General. (Money order dated Feb. 10
hereon.) |
Money Book X, p. 563.
Order Book III, p. 141. |
|
Same for 546l. to same for same six months on his
ordinary of 3l. a day as Plenipotentiary at the
Congress at the Hague. (Money order dated
Feb. 10 hereon.) |
Money Book X, p. 563.
Order Book III, p. 141. |
Same for 430l. 7s. 6d. to same for a bill of extraordinaries,
1689-90, Mar. 6, to 1690, Sept. 6, as
Envoy Extraordinary to the States General and
Plenipotentiary at the Hague. (Money order dated
Feb. 10 hereon.)
Appending : said bill as allowed Dec. 5 last by Secretary
the Earl of Nottingham, "except the article concerning
fees at the Exchequer, which I leave to the
consideration of" the Treasury Lords, to whose
cognisance the same does properly belong. |
Money Book X, pp. 563-4.
Order Book III, p. 141. |
|
Dutch
guilders. |
|
for postage of letters and stationery
wares and gazettes and prints from
16 Mar. to 16 Sept. new style |
800 |
|
for intelligence of all sorts for one half
year |
250 |
|
1,050 |
|
l. |
s. |
d. |
|
which reduced into English money
makes |
100 |
0 |
0 |
|
for fees at the Treasury and Exchequer
on 985l. 16s. 0d. |
35 |
7 |
6 |
|
for passing a privy seal as Plenipotentiary |
25 |
0 |
0 |
|
for transporting all my goods and the
rest of my family |
50 |
0 |
0 |
|
for journeys by my secretary and
agent about the King's business |
20 |
0 |
0 |
|
for celebrating the Queen's birthday
by special order in an extraordinary
manner at the house in the Wood |
200 |
0 |
0 |
|
£430 |
7 |
6 |
|
Treasury warrant to the Victualling Commissioners
to pay 360l. to Thomas Woodstock ; he having
prayed 334l. for his extraordinary disbursements
in rebuilding the cooperage beyond his contract
price of 2,173l. 2s. 6d. and some reward for his
pains therein : Sir Christopher Wren having estimated
at 213l. the work done above the contract
besides the extraordinary charge by the rising of
the price of tiles, which might amount to 75l. more,
and that the bargain was hard upon him and that
he deserves some allowance for his pains, having
done the work well and substantially. |
Money Book X, p. 564. |
|
Money warrants for 187l. 10s. 0d. each to Sir John
Nicholas, William Blathwayt, Charles Montague
and Richard Colinge for three quarters' salary each
to Christmas last as Clerks of the Privy Council. |
Ibid, p. 565. |
William Jephson to the Customs Commissioners to
send to Whitehall a box late come from Holland
in the vessel Anna, Herman Tansen Vander Valike
master, for the Queen and to deliver same on payment
of Customs, provided nothing therein be
imported contrary to the Act prohibiting trade
with France.
Appending : request for such delivery, signed
D'Allowne, Whitehall, Feb. 9. |
Out Letters (General) XII,
p. 451. |
|
Same to the Earl of Ranelagh, enclosing a petition
[missing] of Fra. Sympkyns, haberdasher, and
Tho. Potter, clothier, complaining that Mr. Geary,
the agent to the Duke of Bolton's Regiment, will
not pay or assign petitioner's tallies for the money
due to them for necessaries furnished to said Regiment
without great deductions. You are to direct
the agent to discharge petitioners' debt, otherwise
my Lords will be constrained to give orders for the
stopping the pay of the Regiment. |
Ibid, p. 452. |
|
William Jephson to Capt. Langley at Harwich. I have
received your account of 33l. 11s. 6d. disbursed for the
relief of poor Dutch seamen and soldiers at Harwich
in December and January last "and must observe
to you that the said disbursements do amount to
a considerable sum." I am directed by the Treasury
Lords to signify to you that you must give no relief
to any Dutch seamen or soldiers unless they produce
to you authentic certificates from their officers of
their condition and circumstances that may recommend
them to his Majesty's charity. |
Out Letters (General) XII,
p. 452. |
Same to Mr. [Charles] Fox to report on (a) infra.
Appending : (a) note of the petition of Hen. Hewby,
shewing that he was a trooper in Ireland and sent
over into England sick with the distemper of the
country and that there was 35l. [pay] due to him. |
Ibid, p. 453. |
|
Same to the Earl of Ranelagh [Paymaster of the
Forces]. Mr. William Scawen and others who
clothed the Holland Regiment in 1688 have represented
to my Lords that they were to be paid out
of the offreckonings of said Regiment and that
Col. Churchill caused 300l., part of said offreckonings
for November and December of that year, to be
applied to pay the arrears of non-commissioned
officers instead of being paid for said clothing :
they therefore pray payment thereof. Thereon you
have reported that said 300l. stopped out of the
said offreckonings should have been deducted out
of the personal pay due to the several captains
because all the offreckonings of their respective
companies (except the 15l. a muster applied to the
clothing) were paid to them by Sir Theophilus
Oglethorp, the preceding Colonel of said Regiment,
for discharging said arrears pursuant to agreement.
When the said Regiment comes to be cleared you
are therefore to stop said 300l. for the said clothiers
in lieu of so much diverted out of the offreckonings
as above. |
Ibid, p. 456. |
|
Treasury reference to Hugh Chudleigh (Comptroller
of the Accounts of the Treasurer of the Chamber)
of the petition of William Pawlett et al., Gallery
Keepers to the King at Whitehall, praying payment
of one year on their 54l. 15s. 0d. for salary and
boardwages, which is in arrear for two years ;
and similarly of one year on their 126l. per an.
for daily cleaning and washing the said Gallery,
on which bill money there is similarly two years'
payment due. |
Reference Book VI, p. 273. |
|
Same to the Customs Commissioners of the petition
of Anthony Taylor, commander of the Happy
Returne of Carolina, 45 tons, praying leave for said
ship to return home with four men. |
Ibid. |
|
Same to Mr. Aaron Smith of the petition of James
Allan et al., clothiers of the Royal Regiment of
Foot under Sir Robert Douglas ; petitioners shewing
that Robert Irwinge, agent to said Regiment,
received orders from his Colonel to return [by bills
of exchange] 1,000l. to them, which he fraudulently
remitted to his brother, James Irwing, to convert
to his own private use : therefore praying the
Treasury Lords to own [liability for] 800l., part of
this money, "which is detached [detected] to be
the King's money," and to allow petitioners to
proceed accordingly. |
Ibid. |
|
Treasury reference to the Customs Commissioners of the
petition of Antho. Thorold, late collector of Customs
at Lyme, shewing that he has been collector about
26 years and thereof two years at Lyme ; that in
Midsummer, 1687, he was dismissed from said
place by Sir Nicholas Butler to make way for
Capt. Browne, a Papist ; and petitioner only
received 40l. salary since he served that place :
his receipt being near 20,000l. : therefore praying
such allowance therefor as my Lords think fit. |
Reference Book VI, p. 273. |
|
William Jephson to the Revenue Commissioners,
Ireland, enclosing the petition [missing] of Sarah
Bird, praying that her husband, John Bird, may
be made receiver of Excise at Bandon or surveyor
at Kinsale. My Lords recommend you to put him
into such place as he is qualified for. |
Out Letters (Ireland) VI,
p. 49. |
| Feb. 10. |
Same to the Auditor of the Receipt to issue as
follows out of the money of the Four and a Half
per cent Duty, viz. 750l. to the four Clerks of
the Privy Council for salary for three quarters to
Christmas last ; 867l. 8s. 6d. to William Blathwayt
for the Plantation Office for same time. |
Disposition Book IX,
p. 67. |
|
Same to same to pay out of the loans on the continued
Wines Act 1,886l. 7s. 6d. to Visct. Dursley, representing
the warrants, ut supra, p. 1005. |
Ibid. |
|
Same to the Navy Commissioners. Send my Lords
an account what proportion of money was allowed
to the Office of the Ordnance upon the building of
the last 30 ships of war [under the Seventeen Months'
tax, 1677, 29 Car. II, c. 1] "and in case you have
any exceptions against the using of the same method
in proportioning of the 570,000l. to be laid out in
building of the [27] ships now appointed [by 2 Wm.
and Mary, Sess. 2, c. 10]" please send same to my
Lords. (The like letter to the officers of the
Ordnance.) |
Out Letters (General) XII,
p. 453. |
|
Same to Mr. Blathwayt to procure a royal warrant,
to be signed by the Queen, for authorising the
payment by Mr. Fox and Mr. Coningsby to the
Master of the Stables for the King's equipage in
Ireland, of the sum of 378l. 7s. 6d. instead of the
1,388l. 7s. 10d. appointed July 31 last, supra, p. 761 ;
it appearing afterwards that the balance due to
said Master of the Horse for said service was only
378l. 7s. 6d., which they accordingly paid. |
Ibid. |
| [?] |
The Treasury Lords to the Commissioners for co.
Northumberland for the 3s. Aid [the 2s. Aid and
Additional 1s. Aid by Acts 1 Wm. and Mary, Sess. 2,
c. 1 and c. 5] and the Poll [2 Wm. and Mary, c. 2].
We are surprised to hear from Mr. Ralph Williamson,
Receiver General of said Aids for your county, that
notwithstanding repeated applications for duplicates
of the several wards in the county he has not been
able to obtain one duplicate to enable him to receive
the money according to the Acts ; but he or his
head collectors have been constrained to make use
of certain abstracts of the sub-collectors' warrants
for receiving all the moneys arising upon the four
several payments of "said tax" : consequently he
cannot enforce payment of any of the arrears,
which he estimates to be near 2,000l., which is a
very considerable sum to be in arrear at this day,
when most counties in England have made good
their last payments. Please forthwith deliver the
said duplicates to him and assist him and his head
collectors by granting your warrants for distress
upon any of the sub-collectors that have been
negligent in collecting and paying their moneys,
"according to p. 138 of the Act." We also understand
there are no duplicates yet returned into the
Exchequer for "the said tax," so that it will be
impossible to charge the said Receiver General in
order to the passing his account. Please hasten
this. There is also an arrear of 100l. upon the
last [the first] Poll of near 100l. You are to take
care that same be speedily paid to Mr. Williamson
so that he may clear his accounts. |
Ibid, p. 454. |
| Feb. 10 |
Treasury order to the Customs Commissioners to
observe (a) infra.
Prefixing : (a) Order of the Queen in Council, dated
Whitehall, Feb. 9 inst. Upon consideration this
day had at the [Privy Council] Board of the most
effectual means for raising and bringing in of seamen
to man out the fleet this year, it was thought fit
that a Proclamation pursuant to that of July 5 last
be forthwith issued charging all seamen and mariners
remaining in any county of England or Wales and
not listed in their Majesties' service to render
themselves to the Navy Commissioners in London,
Chatham or Portsmouth or to the storekeeper or
Navy Muster Master at Harwich or to Hen. Greenhill,
agent for the Navy at Plymouth, or to Robert
Henley at Bristol, or to Samuell Attkinson at
Hoylake and Liverpool, or to the respective collectors
of the several ports and places as follows, viz.
Ipswich, Wells, Lynn, Boston, Scarborough, Sunderland,
Whitby, Southampton, Cowes, Poole, Weymouth,
Lyme, Topsham, Dartmouth, Falmouth,
Looe, Fowey, Truro, Pembroke, Newcastle, Hull
and Great Yarmouth, being places appointed by
their Majesties for the receiving said seamen. For
the more easy conducting them to their ships it is
hereby ordered that the collectors in each of the
last-mentioned ports receive into their care all such
seamen and defray (out of their Customs receipts)
the charges of their conduct and subsistence and
likewise of those seamen which shall be brought
into the first-mentioned ports until they be put on
board the ships appointed to receive them. |
Out Letters (Customs) XII,
pp. 280-1. |
|
Same to same to order such of the officers in the outports
as disburse money for the conduct of seamen
in pursuance of the Order in Council as above to
transmit to you their accounts of such disbursements ;
and you are to lay same before my Lords
for repayment thereof. |
Out Letters (General) XII,
p. 455. |
|
Same to same. My Lords are informed by Mr. Jo[h]n
Butcher of Falmouth of frauds committed in that
port. Send for him and examine him. |
Ibid. |
|
William Jephson to Lord Lexington. You desired
that no grant of [the manor of] Staughton Magna
might pass without notice being given to you. I
am to inform you that Mr. Harbord is now about
passing a lease thereof [for himself]. If you have
anything to object you may be heard thereon. |
Ibid. |
|
William Jephson to Auditor Bridges. I have read to my
Lords your state of Col. Godfrey's account of clothing.
My Lords disallow the 24l. 13s. 0d. craved by him
for charges in passing the account for clothing the
Enniskillen and Londonderry Regiments. You are
to send to Mr. Harbord for his answer to the particulars
in the two memoranda attached to the
account. |
Out Letters (General) XII,
p. 455. |
|
Same to Capt. Ingram. You are to carry to Auditor
Bridges your account of the clothing of the Enniskillen
and Londonderry Regiments. |
Ibid. |
|
Same to Mr. William Robinson. There was clothing
provided here [in England] and consigned to you
for 20 Regiments of Foot and two Independent
Companies which were sent to Ireland. You are
to send my Lords an account how same was disposed
of, so that it may be charged upon the respective
Regiments and Companies. |
Ibid. |
|
Treasury reference to the Agents for Taxes of the
petition of Ralph Williamson, praying allowance
of 155l. for his charges etc. as Receiver of the 12d.
Aid [1 Wm. and Mary, c. 20] for cos. Durham and
Northumberland and town of Berwick, his remittances
(by bills at 3s [sic] per cent exchange)
being 7,089l. 16s. 2d. |
Reference Book VI, p. 294. |
|
Same to same of the petition of same for allowance
for his charges etc. amounting to 350l. as Receiver
of the last Poll for cos. Yorks, Durham, Northumberland
and town of Berwick ; he having paid and
convoyed 20,000l. of his receipts thereof to Sir
Joshua Allen at Chester. |
Ibid. |
William Jephson to the Revenue Commissioners,
Ireland, to report on (a) infra.
Appending : (a) petition of Isaac Bonouvrier and
Isaac Gelius, merchants, French Protestants in
Dublin, shewing that in October last they sent from
Falmouth to Dublin some brandy which paid the
full duty here ; that they proposed to pay at Dublin
16d. per gallon, "as hath been accustomed for
brandies coming from France" ; but the said
Commissioners demand 20d. per gallon : therefore
praying for it to be admitted at 16d. per gallon. |
Out Letters (Ireland) VI,
p. 49. |
