House of Commons Journal Volume 10: 25 November 1692

Journal of the House of Commons: Volume 10, 1688-1693. Originally published by His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1802.

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'House of Commons Journal Volume 10: 25 November 1692', in Journal of the House of Commons: Volume 10, 1688-1693( London, 1802), British History Online https://prod.british-history.ac.uk/commons-jrnl/vol10/pp711-714 [accessed 25 November 2024].

Veneris, 25 die Novembris; 4° Willielmi et Mariæ.

Prayers.

Wye and Lugg Navigation.

MR. Foley, according to Order, presented to the House a Bill for making the Rivers of Wye and Lugg navigable. And the same was received.

The Bill was read the First time.

Resolved, That the Bill be read a Second time.

Ordered, That the said Bill be not read before Twelve a Clock.

Navy Estimate.

The Lord Falkland, acquainted the House, That he was commanded by his Majesty to present to the House, pursuant to their Address, an Estimate of the Charge of their Majesties Navy for the Year 1693: The which he delivered in at the Clerk's Table: Where the same was read; and is as followeth;

Admiralty Office, 24th Nov. 1692.

An Estimate of the Charge of their Majesties Navy for the Year 1693.



	£.	s.	d.
The Charge of the Ordnance Estimate	100,000	-	-
The Charge of Wages, Victuals, Wear and Tear, and Ordnance Stores, for Thirty-three thousand and Ten Men serving in their Majesties Ships at Sea for Thirteen Months, at Four Pounds Five Shillings each Man per Month	1,823,802	10	-
For the Freight, Victuals, and Wages, of Thirty hired Ketches, to attend the main Fleet, at Forty Pounds each per Month, for Nine Months	8,400	-	-
For the Freight, Victuals, and Wages of Five hired Hospital Ships; Four whereof to attend the main Fleet for Seven Months, and the other the West India Squadron for Thirteen Months; at Three hundred Pounds each per Month	12,300	-	-
The Charge of making, completing, and finishing their Majesties Naval Yard at Hamose, near Plymouth, with Dwelling-houses for the Officers, Storehouses, Workhouses, and inclosing the said Yard with a Wall, &c.	23,406	-	-
For the Charge of building Four Bomb Vessels, at Two thousand Seven hundred and Twenty-seven Pounds each	10,908	-	-
For the Charge of the Two Marine Regiments for the Year 1693	30,000	-	-
The Charge of building Eight new Ships of the Fourth Rate, of Forty-eight Guns each, and furnishing them with Rigging, and Eight Months Boatswains and Carpenters Sea Stores, at Eight thousand Five hundred and Fifty Pounds each	68,400	-	-
Total £.	2,077,216	10	-

Army Estimate.

The Lord Ranelagh acquainted the House, That he was commanded by his Majesty to present to the House, pursuant to their Address, a List of the Land-forces, which his Majesty thinks necessary to be maintained in England and Scotland, and beyond the Seas: The which he delivered in at the Clerk's Table: Where the same was read; and is as followeth:

Army Estimate.

A List of the Land Forces which his Majesty thinks necessary to be maintained in England, Scotland, and beyond Seas, for the Service of the Year 1693; viz. Eight Thousand One hundred and Thirty Horse, Two thousand Four hundred and Eighty Dragoons, and Forty-three thousand Nine hundred and Fiftytwo Foot; in all, Fifty-four thousand Five hundred and Sixty-two Men; neither Commissioned nor Non-commissioned Officers being included in that Number, except in the Dutch Regiments; but, in the Charge set down, the Pay of all the said Officers is included:



Horse.	Troops and Companies.	Number of Men.	Pay per Annum.
Horse.			£.	s.	d.
First Troop of Guards	1	260	21,985	3	4
Second Troop of Guards	1	260	21,985	3	4
Third Troop of Guards	1	260	21,985	3	4
Troop of Scott Guards	1	118	9,687	14	2
Royal Regiment	9	531	33,829	8	4
Queen's Regiment	9	531	34,094	-	10
Colonel Villiers's	6	354	23,098	8	4
Lord Berkleye's late Colchester's	6	354	23,098	8	4
Colonel Godfrye's	6	354	23,098	8	4
Colonel Coye's	6	354	23,098	8	4
Colonel Windham's late Byerlie's	6	354	23,098	8	4
Duke of Leinster's	6	354	23,098	8	4
Lord Gallway's	9	531	44,952	15	10
Danes Prince of Wirtemberg	6	306	12,916	8	9
Marquis la Forrest's	6	306	12,916	8	9
Colonel Schested's	6	306	12,916	8	9
Dutch Troop of Guards	1	200	18,389	18	4
Regiment of Guards	6	480	25,206	5	10
Reiddessell's	3	213	6,901	10	10
Reighteven's	3	213	6,901	10	10
Monpovillan's	3	213	6,901	10	10
Athlone's	3	213	6,901	10	10
Sgravemore's	3	213	6,901	10	10
Zuylesteyn's	3	213	6,901	10	10
Shack's	3	213	6,901	10	10
Nievenhuise's	3	213	6,901	10	10
Boncour's	3	213	6,901	10	10
Total of Horse	119	8,130	471,569	7	1
Dragoons.
Royal Regiment	8	480	29,926	13	4
Colonel Leveson's	6	360	15,999	3	4
Lord Fitzharding's	6	360	15,999	3	4
Sir Tho. Levingston's	6	360	15,999	3	4
Colonel Eppinger's	10	920	31,329	3	4
Total of Dragoons	36	2,480	100,253	6	8
Foot.
First Regiment of Guards	28	2,240	54,016	19	2
Second Reg^t of Guards	14	1,120	27,511	17	6
Reg^t of Scotts Guards	14	1,120	20,966	4	2
Royal Regiment	26	1,560	31,712	8	4
Regiment of Fusileers	13	780	16,455	8	4
Col. Selwyn, late Kirk's	13	780	16,145	3	4
Colonel Churchill's	13	780	16,145	3	4
Colonel Trelawyne's	13	780	16,145	3	4
Colonel Beaumont's	13	780	16,145	3	4
Earl of Bath's	13	780	16,145	3	4
Colonel Brewer's	13	780	16,145	3	4
Colonel Hasting's	13	780	16,145	3	4
Colonel Beveridge's	13	780	16,145	3	4
Sir David Coljear's	13	780	16,145	3	4
Sir James Lesly's	13	780	16,145	3	4
Colonel Goodwyn's late Hales's	13	780	16,145	3	4
Colonel Foulkes's	13	780	16,145	3	4
Sir Geo. St. George's	13	780	16,145	3	4
Col. Collingwood's late Fitzpatrick's	13	780	16,145	3	4
Col. Stanly's late Hodges's	13	780	16,145	3	4
Colonel D. O. Farrell's	13	780	16,145	3	4
Col. Earle's late Luttrell's	13	780	16,145	3	4
Colonel Earle's former Regiment	13	780	16,145	3	4
Earl of Monmouth's	13	780	16,145	3	4
Duke of Bolton's	13	780	16,145	3	4
Colonel Godfry Lloyd's	13	780	16,145	3	4
Lord Castleton's	13	780	16,145	3	4
Colonel Venners's late Deering's	13	780	16,145	3	4
Sir John Morgan's late Herbert's	13	780	16,145	3	4
Earl of Leven's	13	780	16,145	3	4
Col. Monroe late Angus's	13	780	16,145	3	4
Earl of Arguyle's	13	780	16,145	3	4
Colonel Tiffin's	13	780	16,145	3	4
Colonel Eneas Mackay's	13	780	16,145	3	4
Sir Cha. Grayham's	13	780	16,145	3	4
Colonel Lander's	13	780	16,145	3	4
Prince of Hesse's	13	780	16,145	3	4
Lord Cutz's	13	780	16,145	3	4
Colonel Edward Lloyd's	13	780	16,145	3	4
Company at Windsor	1	150	1,722	9	8
Company of Miners	1	50	1,733	15	-
Upnor Company	1	50	863	16	8
New York Company	2	120	2,354	5	-
Company in the Leeward Islands	1	60	1;177	2	6
Danes Battalion of Guards	7	721	14,639	10	10
Queen's Battalion	7	707	10,979	13	1
Prince Frederick's Battal.	6	600	9,445	6	10
Prince Christian's Battal.	6	600	9,533	6	10
Prince George's Battalion	6	600	9,083	3	6
The Zealand Battalion	6	600	9,533	6	10
The Jutland Battalion	6	600	9,424	12	1
The Tunish Battalion	6	600	9,083	3	6
Dutch Reg^t of Guards	27	2,634	54,068	13	4
Prince of Brandenburg's	12	840	11,221	1	9
Count De Nassawe's	12	840	11,221	1	9
Colonel Groben's	12	840	11,221	1	9
Total of Foot	656	43,952	876,909	12	10
Total of Horse, Dragoons, and Foot	811	54,562	1,448,732	6	7

Memorandum. The List given in the last Sessions, and agreed to by the House, amounted to Fifty-one thousand Nine hundred and Sixty-four private Men; viz. Seven thousand Seven hundred and Seventy Horse, Two thousand Four hundred and Eighty Dragoons, and Forty-one thousand Seven hundred and Fourteen Foot: The Charge of which, for a Year, amounted to One Million Four hundred Eighty-nine thousand Eight hundred and Twentynine Pounds Fourteen Shillings.

The foregoing List exceeds the said former List by Two thousand Five hundred and Ninety-eight Men; viz. Three hundred and Sixty Horse, and Two thousand Two hundred and Thirty-eight Foot: And yet the Charge is less by Forty-one thousand and Ninetyseven Pounds Seven Shillings and Five pence; by reason that the Danes and Dutch, in the former List, were all computed at English Pay; but, in this List, the Three Regiments of Danish Horse, Nine Regiments of Dutch Horse, Seven Battalions of Danish Foot, and Three Regiments of Dutch Foot, are computed at Dutch Pay, English Pay being only allowed to the Troop of Dutch Guards, the Regiment of Dutch Horse Guards, the Regiment of Dutch Dragoon Guards, the Regiment of Dutch Foot Guards, and the Battalion of Danish Foot Guards.

Memorandum also, That, over and above the Total of the foregoing List, there will be wanting,



	£.	s.	d.
For General Officers	31,788	8	6
For the Train	210,773	4	5
For Transports	200,000	-	-
For his Majesty's Proportion of the Subsidies agreed to be paid to the Dukes of Savoy and Hanover	150,000	-	-
For the Pay of a Regiment of Horse, a Regiment of Dragoons, and a Regiment of Foot, which his Majesty is to have from the Duke of Saxony, in Lieu of the Three Regiments of Sax Gotha, which were under his Majesty's Pay this last Campaign, and which are now sent home, being in a very ill Condition	46,558	-	2½
For the Hospitals, and Contingencies	40,000	-	-
£.	679,119	13	1½
Total of the foregoing List, and the aforesaid Particulars	£.2,127,851	19	8½

Resolved, That the Consideration of the said Estimate and List be referred to a Committee of the whole House.

Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday Morning next, at Ten a Clock, resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, to consider of the Supply to be granted to their Majesties, for the carrying on a vigorous War against France.

Ordered, That the Consideration of the said Estimate and List be referred to the said Committee.

Loan on Poll Tax.

Ordered, That the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury do, upon Monday Morning next, lay before this House what has been raised and borrowed upon the Poll Bill.

Ordnance Estimate.

Sir Thomas Littleton presented to the House an Estimate of the Charge of the War, in the Office of Ordnance, for the Year 1693: The which he delivered in at the Clerk's Table: Where the same was read; and is as followeth;

An ESTIMATE of the Charge of the War, in the Office of Ordnance, for the Year 1693; viz.

For Sea Service:



	£.	s.	d.
The Charge of re-supplying their Majesties Fleet, which was at Sea last Summer; reckoning in the new Ships lately built, and the hired Ships employed as Men of War, with a full Proportion of Gunners Stores	271,940	15	5½
The Charge of supplying Seven Third and Fourth Rate Ships, which will be ready for the next Year's Service, with the same Proportion of Gunners Stores	20,439	17	9¼
For Store Ships to attend the Fleet	25,000	-	-
For Freight, and other incident Charges in delivering and receiving back the Stores at the Going out and Coming in of the Fleet	9,000	-	-
Ordnance and Carriages to supply what may be probably lost or broken	15,000	-	-
The Charge of providing Salt-petre for Twenty thousand Barrels of Powder for re-supplying their Majesties Stores; the Sum of	78,431	5	11
Total £.	419,811	19	1½
For Land Service:	£.	s.	d.
Arms, &c. for recruiting the Army, supposing it consists of Sixty-five thousand Men; as likewise a Proportion of spare Arms, to march with the same	44,773	4	5
Ammunition for the like Number of Men	15,080	-	-
Tents necessary for supplying the Army	11,142	18	6
The Charge of cleaning and repairing Arms, Armour, and other Stores	8,000	-	-
The Charge of re-supplying and recruiting Two Trains of Artillery with an Addition of Six Eighteen Inch Mortars, together with Bombs, Carcases, Shot, Waggons, Harness, Working Materials, and all other Necessaries for the same	150,000	-	-
The Charge of the proper Officers, Ministers and Attendants, necessary for the said Trains for one Year; as likewise for Providing and Keeping of Draught Horses; and other Contingencies thereto belonging	75,467	8	-
The Charge of keeping, in the present Condition they are, their Majesties Forts, Castles, and Garrisons, with Platforms and Carriages thereto belonging; and supplying the Barracks with Bedding; and Expences of Gunners Stores	15,612	-	-
Total £.	320,075	10	11

Office of Ordnance,

25 Nov. 1692.



H. Goodrick,	Tho. Littleton,
Jo. Charlton,	C. Musgrave.

Ordered, That the Consideration of the said Estimate, be also referred to the said Committee of the whole House.

Revenue, &c.

Ordered, That the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury do, upon Monday Morning next, lay before this House the State of the Revenue; and what Loans, Debts, and Pensions, and by whom made, and to whom owing, are now charged thereupon.

London Orphans.

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday Morning next, at Ten a Clock, resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, to consider of the Petition of the Lord Mayor and Aldermen and Commonalty of the City of London, touching the Orphans of the said City.

City Revenues, &c.

Ordered, That the Lord Mayor and Aldermen of the City of London do, on Thursday Morning next, lay before this House a true State of their Revenues, and of all Offices in the Disposal of the Lord Mayor and Sheriffs, and of the Charges of their Government.

East India Company.

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday Morning next, at Ten a Clock, resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, to consider further of Heads for a Bill for the preserving, regulating, and establishing, the East India Trade.

Convex Lights.

Ordered, That Mr. Shackerly, Mr. Nicholas, be added to the Committee to whom the Bill for the granting a further Term of Years to the Patentees of the Convex Lights, is committed.

And then the House adjourned till To-morrow Morning, Nine a Clock.