Entry Book: February 1677, 16-28 | British History Online

Calendar of Treasury Books, Volume 5, 1676-1679. Originally published by His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1911.

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'Entry Book: February 1677, 16-28', in Calendar of Treasury Books, Volume 5, 1676-1679, ed. William A Shaw( London, 1911), British History Online https://prod.british-history.ac.uk/cal-treasury-books/vol5/pp551-562 [accessed 8 November 2024].

February 1677, 16-28


Date.	Nature and Substance of the Entry.	Reference.

Feb. 16.	Warrant from Treasurer Danby to Anthony Parsons, Auditor of Crown Revenues, co. Southampton, etc., to make allowance of 1,949l. 4s. 7d. to Sir Robert Holmes, Captain and Governor of the forts and castles in the Isle of Wight and Steward, Bailiff and Receiver General of his Majesty's revenue there, in his accompt for the year ending Sept. 29 last for so much disbursed by him in several sums between 1670, May 1, and 1676, April 25, in the repairs of said castles and forts ; and also 115l. 9s. 11d. similarly disbursed between 1676, April 25, and Sept. 29 following : as by the privy seal of the 24th ult. See supra, p. 506.	Warrants not Relating to Money VII. p. 34.
	Charles Bertie to the Customs Cashier next and immediately after the weekly payments to bring into the Exchequer 1,361l. 4s. 0d. to discharge Sir William Temple's ordinary. "Send me word whether you can bring it in to-morrow or when."	Out Letters (General) p. 36.
	Same to same to bring in with [due] respect to the weekly payments (and same to the Auditor of the Receipt to pay) 51l. 11s. 0d. for Col. Buller.	Ibid, p. 37.
	Privy seal for 36,106l. 9s. 0d. to Sir Robert Vyner in settlement of an [interest] account stated by Auditor Richard Aldworth and allowed by Treasurer Danby, from which account it appears that upon Jan. 1, 1671-2 (being the day to which said account was made up) there was due (and there still remains due at date hereof) to Vyner the abovesaid sum for [balance of] interest at 6 per cent. per an. (making the interest principal at the end of every six months) and reward at 4 per cent. for several great sums of money which he advanced and lent to Sir Geo. Carteret, Kt., late Treasurer of the Navy, for the service thereof upon several days [dates] between Dec. 6, 1662, inclusive, and Jan. 1, 1671-2, exclusive, amounting [in all] to the sum of 817,517l. 3s. 0d., as also for 550 tons 10lb. of tin sold to the King, amounting to 69,273l. 11s. 0d. (but for 37,762l. 13s. 3d. part thereof the reward of 4 per cent. is not allowed). The abovesaid account is to be hereby entered in the offices of the Auditor of the Receipt and the Clerk of the Pells that it may hereafter appear for what moneys and time the same is made up and stated. (Royal warrant dated Feb. 7 for said privy seal. Treasurer Danby's subscription dated Feb. 12 of docquet hereof. Money warrant dated Mar. 16 for 36,106l. 9s. 0d. hereon.)	King's Warrant Book V. p. 298, 310. Docquet Book, p. 111. Money Book (General) p. 42.
	Privy seal for 10,000l. to Charles Bertie for secret service. (Royal warrant, dated Feb. 9, for said privy seal. Treasurer Danby's subscription, dated Feb. 15, of docquet hereof. Money warrant hereon, dated Feb. 22.)	King's Warrant Book V. pp. 323, 319. Docquet Book, p. 111. Money Book (General) p. 34.
Feb. 17.	Warrant from Treasurer Danby to the Customs Commissioners to deliver, Customs free, to Monsieur de Sesac (Monsieur the Marquis of Sesac) a little case of the Queen of Hungary's water and 230 lb. weight of plate lately brought from France and belonging to him.	Out Letters (Customs) III. p. 269.
	Charles Bertie to the Auditor of the Receipt to pay (and same to the Customs Cashier to bring in with [due] respect to the weekly payments) 100l. to Sutton Oglethorpe for half a year to Christmas last on his fee of 200l. per an. as Master of the Studs.	Out Letters (General) p. 39.
	Warrant from Treasurer Danby to the King's Remembrancer to stay process against Mary Hagedot, widow and relict of Major Peter Hagedot, late Collector of Customs Exeter port, and against the sureties of said Peter and of Peter Hagedot, his son, who succeeded him in the said receipt, and are both deceased : she promising to make speedy satisfaction of the debts due to the King on their respective receipts.	Warrants not Relating to Money VII. p. 34.
Feb. 20.	Money warrant for 200l. to John Dryden for one year on his fee as Poet Laureate and Historiographer to the King. (The usual letters to the Receipt and Customs dated Feb. 20 : to be brought in notwithstanding any former restriction.)	Money Book (General) p. 31. Out Letters (General) p. 38.
	Warrant dormant from Treasurer Danby to the Customs Cashier to pay John Feild, a King's waiter, London port, his salary of 52l. per an. what is due thereon, and as same shall hereafter grow due. (Charles Bertie to same, dated March 5, to pay same accordingly.)	Money Book (General) p. 31. Out Letters (General) p. 45.
	Royal warrant to the Attorney or Solicitor General for a great seal for a grant of the office of Searcher of Southampton port to John Knight on the surrender of Thomas Freeman, who has the reversion thereof after the death of Walter Rought, the said Rought being lately dead, and said Freeman desirous to surrender. (Treasurer Danby's subscription dated March 1 of docquet hereof.)	King's Warrant Book V. p. 319. Docquet Book, p. 119.
	Royal warrant to Treasurer Danby to give warrant (in accordance with the privy seal of Dec. 30 for applying the King's share of Conventicle fines) to the present and late sheriffs, undersheriffs, justices of peace and other officers concerned, to pay to William Battie, clerk (in reward of his activity in informations and procuring convictions on the Conventicle Act) the King's share of such fines, forfeitures and penalties as have been levied in Suffolk, Norfolk and Norwich since 1670-1, March 15, to the present time upon the said statute. (Treasurer Danby's warrant, dated Feb. 21, hereon accordingly)	King's Warrant Book V. p. 322. Out Letters (General) p. 32.
	Charles Bertie to the Auditor of the Receipt to pay (and same to the Customs Cashier to bring in, notwithstanding any former restriction), 62l. 10s. 0d. for half a quarter of the Earl of Rochester's pension of 500l. per an.	Out Letters (General) 31. p. 39.
	Same to the Receivers of Excise (on any tallies struck on the Excise for the Household) to immediately advance 3,096l. 19s. 6d. to the Cofferer for the present extraordinary service of the Household over and above the 2,000l. per month usually advanced by you unto him.	Ibid, p. 42.
Feb. 21.	Money warrant for 4,775l. 8s. 11d. to William Ashburnham as imprest for the following services, viz., 3,675l. 8s. 11d. as by the royal sign manual of Jan. 17 last for defraying the extraordinary expenses of the Stables occasioned by the excessive rates of all sorts of provisions for the year ended Jan. 1 last and the extraordinary increases and allowances that were not in the last suspension ; 650l. as by the royal sign manual of Oct. 2 last for Prince Rupert in lieu of his diet for the year ended Feb. 7 last, which [diet] was before suspended ; 450l. to Dame Frances Beling as by the royal sign manual of Jan. 27 last for 1 years from 1675-6, Jan. 1 to Lady day last on her pension of 300l. a year and board wages of 60l. a year as the Queen's First Dresser and Woman of the Bed Chamber.	Money Book (General) p. 31.
	Privy seal for allowing and clearing items as follow in the accounts of Lord Treasurer Danby as formerly Treasurer of the Navy, to which office he was appointed (by the name of Sir T. Osborne) by great seal of 1671, Oct. 3, with the salary of 2,000l. per an. (in lieu of the 3d. per heretofore taken by the Navy Terasurer) and with a further allowance of 1,000l. per an. and also with a further sum of 800l. per an. granted by royal sign manual of 1671, Oct. 25, for his cashier, paymaster and other inferior officers. It appears by an account stated by Auditor Aldworth, Dec. 21 last, that said Danby paid 193l. 18s. 7d. for interest of moneys borrowed for the service of the Navy, and 76l. 6s. 0d. was allowed by him for discount of customs bonds delivered [to] Hugh Upton for stores served to the Navy. By Lord Clifford's warrant of 1673, May 15, said items were allowed, but "as we are given to understand," this [allowance] is not yet done [made]. They are hereby to be allowed together with 1,750l. for 1 years to 1673, June 24, on said 1,000l. per an., and 1,400l. for same on said 800l. per an. Further by certificate of the Auditor of the Receipt dated Jan. 31 last it appears that there are orders dated 1671-2, Feb. 26, registered on the late Wine Act in the name of said Sir T. Osborne numbered from 282 to 352 inclusive, for in all 189,100l. 9s. 7d., being for moneys due upon bills of stores and other services during the late [the first Dutch] war, before the last of Dec., 1668 (as appears by an account dated 1670, Aug. 24, made up by the Navy Commissioners) and likewise other orders dated 1671 2, Mar. 7, registered on said [Wine] Act in his name from No. 353 to 437 inclusive, for in all 265,368l. 19s. 2d. for wages and other particulars as in said account. All the said orders (except 1,539l. 7s. 0d. assigned by said Osborne to Capt. John Miller on the order No. 285), do remain unassigned and unpaid. These unassigned and unpaid orders amounting in the whole to 452,931l. 1s. 9d. are hereby to be assigned and delivered over to Edward Seymour the present Treasurer of the Navy and said Treasurer Danby is to be discharged thereof upon his Navy Treasurer account. Said Seymour to be hereby charged with same, and to be similarly discharged at the passing of his own account by the production and delivery of such of them as shall be then still unassigned. Further there are divers orders registered on the Customs and fee farm rents made payable to said Sir T. Osborne and to Sir T. Littleton for the service of the Navy, amounting to 44,190l., part whereof amounting to 31,504l. 15s. 2d. remains in said Osborne's name or in the name of Anthony Stephens his cashier, unassigned and unpaid (as appears by Sir Robert Howard's certificate), viz., as follows : 3,123l. 17s. 0d. on an order No. 38 on the Customs of 1671, Christmas quarter, for 8,000l. ; 100l. on an order No. 42 on same ; 200l. on an order No. 6 on the Customs of 1672, Lady day quarter ; 5,200l. on an order No. 99 on same for 8,000l. ; 1,000l. on an order No. 41 on the Customs of 1672, June 24 quarter ; 100l. on an order No. 54 on the same ; 3,579l. 1s. 0d. on an order No. 66 on the same ; 500l. on an order No. 67 on the same ; 300l. on an order No. 71 on the same ; 1,000l. on an order No. 76 on the same ; 411l. 17s. 2d. on an order No. 10 on the Customs for 1672, Christmas quarter for 4,000l. ; 1,000 each upon orders Nos. 33, 35, 37, 39 and 44 on the same ; 1,090l. upon an order No. 43 on the same ; 4,000l. on an order No. 1 on the Customs for 1673, Lady day quarter ; 3,300l. upon an order No. 3 upon the same ; 1,100l. upon an order No. 6 upon the same and 1,500l. upon three orders Nos. 28, 33 and 37 upon the same : the above making in all 31,504l. 15s. 2d. Further there are other orders amounting to 20,700l. registered on the Customs in the names of said Osborne and Littleton, which were wholly assigned by said Osborne to the several persons of whom he had borrowed money for the King's service, though but part of the value of those orders was advanced or lent unto us [the king], the remainder being to secure the interest thereof, and although the sums so assigned for security of interest as aforesaid cannot yet be re-assigned and delivered up to the King's use (to be vacated) until the payments of the principal money borrowed on such orders and the interest thereof be settled, [which matter is] now under our consideration yet we think it reasonable that said Osborne be likewise discharged of so much of the said orders as remain over and above the principal moneys borrowed and received thereon, viz., as follows : 1,700l. remaining on three orders Nos. 68, 70 and 72 for 9,000l. registered on the Customs of 1672, June 24 quarter (over and above 7,300l. principal money borrowed thereupon from Edward Backwell, as appears by writing under the hand of William Bartlett and Charles Duncombe his [Backwell's] servants) ; 200l. remaining on two orders for 2,000l., one thereof No. 74 on the Customs of 1672, June 24 quarter, the other No. 14 on same of 1672, Christmas quarter (over and above 1,900l. principal money lent thereupon by said Backwell as appears by writing under the hand of said Charles Duncombe) ; 900l. remaining on six orders Nos. 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, 31 on the Customs of 1672, Christmas quarter and one order, No. 7, on same of 1673, Lady day quarter, amounting to 6,900l. (over and above 6,000l. principal money lent thereupon by said Backwell as appears by the like writing of C. Duncombe) ; 200l. remaining on an order, No. 20, for 2,200l. on the Customs of 1672, Michaelmas quarter (over and above 2,000l. lent thereupon by Sir Robert Vyner and partners as appears by writing under their hands) ; 400l. upon an order, No. 69, registered on the Customs of 1672, June 24 quarter, being to secure the interest of 8,000l. lent by Robert Ryves on another order, as appears by writing under his [said Ryves's] hand ; 100l. upon an order, No. 75, registered on the Customs of same quarter to secure the interest of 1,000l. lent by Bernard Turnor on another order as appears by writing under his [said Turnor's] hand : [all which aforesaid unassigned portions or remains of such orders] amount in the whole to 3,500l. It is hereby directed that the Lord Chancellor and the Lord Treasurer cause endorsements to be made on all the said orders and entries thereof, whereon any moneys remain unassigned in the name of said Osborne or his Cashier [to this effect, viz.] that none of the moneys before mentioned, amounting to 31,504l. 15s. 2d., are to be paid thereupon [i.e., that no issue out of the Exchequer or Customs be made on these orders] but that the said orders unassigned or so much thereof as remains unassigned, do for ever hereafter stand vacated ; and that an abstract of those orders together with so many thereof as remain wholly unassigned be delivered into the custody of the Auditor of the Receipt for that purpose : and likewise that all the said notes or writings under the hands of the several goldsmiths aforenamed or their servants acknowledging the sum of 3,500l. to be [the excess or remainder value of orders assigned to them such orders being specifically] assigned to them by said Osborne for security of interest are hereby to be entered with the said Auditor of the Receipt in the [Treasury Order Book or] Register, where the same are registered, whereby it may appear that said Osborne received 3,500l. short of the full value of the said orders : and so that upon said Osborne producing a certificate from the Auditor of the Receipt that the said sums of 31,504l. 15s. 2d. remain [still] unassigned as aforesaid, and that the several sums amounting to 3,500l were assigned by him for security of interest, the said Osborne (now Treasurer Danby) and his heirs shall be for ever discharged thereof. And further because by the course of the Exchequer the accomptant in whose names the orders are drawn (and not the persons to whom they are assigned) are chargeable with moneys imprested thereby (whereby if any of the said orders should hereafter happen to be paid, the said Danby and his heirs may be therewith charged and troubled), it is hereby ordered that in the margin of the respective entries or registry of all the said orders a memorandum be made of such release and discharge as are contained in this present privy seal. Further there will remain in the hands of said Danby 2,747l. 5s. 11d. as a remain or debit balance of this his Navy Treasurership account. The King hereby bestows same upon said Danby [as royal bounty] in consideration of his faithful services in said office [thus leaving his said account even and quit]. (Royal warrant dated Feb. 9 for said privy seal. Treasurer Danby's subscription dated Feb. 15 of docquet hereof.)	King's Warrant Book V. pp. 303-9. Docquet Book, p. 113.
	Privy seal for the passing of Treasurer Danby's accounts for the time he was sole Treasurer of the Navy, notwithstanding his predecessor's accounts not having been declared : and further to make allowance to him of several sums amounting to 9,110l. 9s. 2d. paid by [him by] order of the Navy Commissioners to several commanders, soldiers and others as royal bounty in reward of their extraordinary services, losses and wounds : with directions further that the ledger book kept by the said Navy Treasurer (now Lord Treasurer Danby) and signed by the Navy Commissioners shall be taken and allowed as a sufficient warrant and voucher for the payment of all sums of money passed and allowed as above, notwithstanding there is no warrant under the great seal or privy seal for payment thereof : all by reason that said Treasurer Danby's accounts as above, have long been and yet are ready for auditing and declaration, yet he is obstructed in passing same by the strict forms and method of the Exchequer for passing imprest accompts, principally for that the next precedent accompts of Sir Thomas Littleton, bart., former Navy Treasurer, being not yet declared, it cannot appear what arrear [or remain or supers or surplusage] is standing thereon to be drawn down and charged on said Danby as said Littleton's successor, according to the usual practice of the Exchequer. In order hereto such sums as have been imprested in the time of any former accounts of said Littleton (fn. 1) and have been cleared and discharged in the time of said Danby are to be charged [as imprest or debit items] in said Danby's account as a voluntary charge, such charge being first signed and attested by three of the Navy Commissioners. When Littleton's account, as above, shall come to be declared memorandum is to be thereon made of such discharges of imprests as above, and the remainder of said imprests is to be charged as a super in said Littleton's account and shall be (together with all precedent [undischarged] supers in any preceding accounts of said Littleton or other Navy Treasurer) drawn down and charged in the [succeeding] account of the Navy Treasurer, which shall be declared next after the said Treasurer Danby's account "any usage or course of our Exchequer to the contrary notwithstanding." The abovesaid sum of 9,110l. 9s. 2d. as hereby allowed, is made up of the following payments, viz., Sir John Kempthorne Kt. 77l. 9s. 2d. for pension for half a year and six days to 1671-2, Jan. 1 ; Sir Joseph Jordan 108l. 4s. 4d. for same for half a year and 15 days to 1671-2, Jan. 10. and 125l. for same for a quarter ended 1673, April 15 ; Capt. John Baddeson commander of the Swallow, merchant[man], 100l. for the price he paid for four slaves and 21l. as royal bounty ; William Woolley, a wounded soldier, 12l. for the loss of his legs ; Thomas Bates, a ditto, 13l. 6s. 8d. ; William Proctor, a ditto, 22l. 4s. 5d. ; John Fowler, late Judge Advocate [of the Fleet] 232l. 10s. 0d. for 1 years and odd days to Christmas, 1672, on his pension of 10s. a day ; Henry Rigg, wounded in the West Indies, 10l. for two years' pension to 1672, Michaelmas ; Sir George Askw, Kt., 62l. 10s. 0d. for a quarter's pension to Christmas, 1671 ; Henry Slingsby, Master Worker of the Mint, 60l. for 20 medals given by the King to Mr. Battison and Mr. Browne for defending his Majesty's ship against the Turks ; Sir William Turnor, Kt., 12l. 17s. 0d. for the charge of keeping four Turks 160 days in Bridewell, taken from the Argerines [Algerians] ; Lieut. Edward Pinn 50l. for his wounds and service in burning the ship at Burgio [Bugia in Algeria] ; Capt. Richard Haddock, late commander of the Royal James. 400l. as royal bounty for his wounds and good service ; Ambrose Lovell, late boatswain of the Royal Prince, 30l. for a year's pension to 1672, Midsummer ; Katherine, relict of Dr. Thomas Dockwray, late captain to the Royal James, 500l. for the loss of her husband and the maintenance of herself and children ; Jane, relict of Robert Terrer, late Muster Master of the Blue Squadron, 200l. for the loss of her said husband ; Jane, relict of Thomas Ayliffe, late Master Gunner, 220l. towards the maintenance of herself and children ; Dame Jane, relict of Sir Frescheville Holles, 200l. for the loss of her husband ; Edward Gregory, Clerk of the Cheque at Chatham, 100l. for his extraordinary pains and service by order of the Duke of York ; Lady Rachell Cox, 650l. for the maintenance of herself and children ; Joseph Harris, 30l. as royal bounty for his good service against the Dutch ; Capt. John Hart, 54l. for 1673, Lady day quarter's pension ; Capt. William Fazeby, commander of the Cleaveland, 90l. for value and contents lost relating to the victualling accompt whereof he never received any allowance ; Tho. Bond, late boatswain of the Royal Katherine, 31l. 10s. 0d. for three quarter's pension to 1672-3, Feb. 26 ; William Clerke, a wounded seaman, 13l. 6s. 8d. for pension for loss of his leg ; Sir John Harman, 115l. 12s. 2d. for 211 days to 1671-2, Jan. 6, on his pension ; Thomas King, late boatswain of the St. Michaell, 36l. for half a year's pension to 1672, Nov. 24 ; Abraham Sommers, a soldier wounded in the West Indies, 10l. for two years' pension to 1672, Christmas ; Robert Hill 300l. for the use of two orphans of Capt. John Harby, commander of a fireship, as royal bounty to said orphans ; Richard Collier 40l. as his Majesty's reward for good service ; Sir Edward Spragg 767l. for an extraordinary allowance of 20s. a day by the King's direction for 624 days, the time he served as viceadmiral of the fleet in the Straits, and for 142 days when he served as admiral of the Blue Squadron ; and 100l. more for 146 days (1672, Oct. 17, the day the Prince was paid off to March 12 following, being the date of his new Commission) on his pension of 250l. per an. ; Sir John Bankes, Kt., 3,500l. for so much paid by him at several times (by command of the then Lord Treasurer) to Hartgill Baron for the use of Prince Rupert and 400l. similarly paid as royal bounty to said Baron ; Richard Gibson, 233l. 18s. 11d. as his Majesty's agent at [Port] Mahon from 1670, Aug. 26 to 1672, June 11, at 10l. a month ; the Master and Wardens of Trinity House by direction of the Duke of York 211l. for so much by them disbursed out of the poors' money for his Majesty's service ; all which payments are warranted under the King's sign manual or by warrant of the Lord High Admiral and were made by order or direction of three or more Commissioners of the Navy. (Royal warrant dated Feb. 9 for said privy seal. Treasurer Danby's subscription dated Feb. 15 of docquet hereof.)	King's Warrant Book V pp. 299-303. Docquet Book, p. 112.
	Charles Bertie to the Auditor of the Receipt to pay 50l. to Mr. Legouche for half a year of his allowance of 100l. a year as his Majesty's Jeweller ; when the Customs Cashier brings it in.	Out Letters (General) p. 39.
[?]	Same to same to pay (and same to the Customs Cashier to bring in with [due] respect to the weekly payments) 12l. 10s. 0d. to Mr. Corbin for a quarter on his fee of 50l. per an. as surveyor of Woods beyond Trent.	Ibid.
Feb. 21.	Same to the Receivers of the Law duty to satisfy 125l. to Mr. Segar for Charles Bertie to complete the tally for 2,000l. "out of which you have former directions to pay 1,875l. to" the Speaker of the House of Commons.	Ibid, p. 40.
Feb. 22.	Warrant from Treasurer Danby to the King's Remembrancer to issue process against the heirs, etc., of Thomas Thory, Esq., late Collector of Boston port, who died indebted to the King in 923l. 13s. 0d. for part of his receipts in arrear ever since 1667. The process is to be delivered to Gratian Perenant or to John Bernard, gent., who are appointed by Treasurer Danby to prosecute same.	Warrants not Relating to Money VII. p. 38.
	Same from same to the Customs Cashier to pay 250l. to Charles, Earl of Carlisle for a quarter on his pension. (Charles Bertie, dated March 13, to same to pay same accordingly with [due] respect [to the weekly payments].)	Money Book (General) p. 32. Out Letters (General) p. 48.
	Same dormant from same to same to pay the fee of 78l. 6s. 8d. per an. to James Vernon as Customer of Chester, what is now due and what shall from time to time grow due thereon. (Charles Bertie dated March 21 to same to same effect.)	Money Book General p. 33. Out Letters (General) p. 51.
	Money warrant for 125l. 9s. 7d. to Isaac Collier and Thomas Pardoe for two years' interest (as by the patent of 1675 [1674], July 23, for two' years interest to the goldsmiths) : it appearing by Auditor Aldworth's statement of the account hereof as allowed by Treasurer Danby, Nov. 8 last, that the principal debt owing to said Collier and Pardoe, two of the said goldsmiths, amounted to 1,000l., the interest on which (making the interest principal at the end of every six months) amounts to 125l. 9s. 7d.	Money Book (General) p. 33.
	Charles Bertie to the Receivers of Excise to pursue Treasurer Danby's former order for the speedy payment of Sir Stephen Fox's and Mr. Kent's tally levying 31,600l. to be borrowed of said Fox by Treasurer Danby's agreement with him. Treasurer Danby desires you to attend him on Saturday morning, when Fox and Kent are to attend also.	Out Letters (General) p. 40.
	Warrant from Treasurer Danby to the Customs Commissioners to deliver to William Bennet, of London, merchant (on payment of custom), a chest containing 420 foot of galley tiles brought to London in the Endeavour. John Marshall master, from Rotterdam, being for his own use and not for sale as appears by his affidavit of Dec. 18 last before Baron S. Timo Littleton.	Out Letters (Customs) III. p. 269.
	Reference from same to same of Thomas Chiffinch's letter to the Customs Commissioners about a bag of money seized at Gravesend on the John and Elizabeth, informing them that he will willingly resign his share [of the siezure] and upon their order will deliver the whole [to the owner thereof].	Ibid, p. 270.
	The like of a certificate signed by Jonathan Kathleighen, William Courtenay, Jno. Rashleigh, and Ph. Rashleigh dated Dec. 18 last certifying that Richard Harris, one of the boatmen of the Customs boat of Fowey, has for a long time made it his practice to carry in the said Customs boat Richard Fisher, surveyor, and Edward Parke, landwaiter and searcher of said port, and some other persons to a meeting house up the wick of Fowey, and continued that course till of late Mr. Weale for that and other misdemeanours was put out from being collector of said port : and therefore recommending John Nowell for said [Harris's] place.	Ibid.
Feb. 23.	Royal sign manual for 40l. to John Doughty, vicar of Ardleigh, co. Essex, as royal bounty for his charges in prosecuting several persons of said town who have been convicted of a riot for insolencies committed in the parish church there in the time of divine service. (Money warrant dated Feb. 24 hereon. The usual letters to the Receipt, etc., dated March 2 hereon.)	King's Warrant Book V. p. 322. Money Book (General) p. 36. Out Letters (General) p 43.
	Royal warrant to the Attorney and Solicitor General for a great seal for a grant to Sir John Howell, late Recorder of London, of an annuity or yearly pension of 400l., payable quarterly, during pleasure, commencing the first payment from Christmas last. (Treasurer Danby's subscription dated April 4, of docquet hereof.)	King's Warrant Book V. p. 322. Docquet Book, p. 124.
	Money warrant for 584l. 12s. 6d. to Robert Ryves, goldsmith, for [interest due upon] orders of loan as by the patent of 1675, July 23. for payment of two years' interest to the goldsmiths : it appearing (by certificate of the Auditor of the Receipt) that the principal debt due to said Ryves 1674, July 1, amounted to 2,628l. 15s. 8d. upon orders of loan, and to 19,820l. 8s. 6d. upon tallies and other orders (as appears by Auditor Aldworth's account thereof) ; two years' interest on which sums (making the interest principal at every six months' end) amounts to 2,817l. 9s. 4d. whereof said Ryves has already received 2,232l. 16s. 10d., leaving the abovesaid 584l. 12s. 6d. as due.	Money Book (General) p. 33.
	Charles Bertie [to the Auditor of the Receipt] for tallies on the Excise (and same to the Receivers of Excise, to pay said tallies) for 187l. 10s. 0d. for Visct. Ranelagh and 125l. for Lord Hatton for half a quarter on their respective pensions.	Out Letters (General) p. 40.
Feb. 24.	Money warrant for 18l. 4s. 0d. to John Batchellor for half a year on his fee of 2s. a day as keeper of the setting dogs to the King. (Charles Bertie to the Receipt dated March 2, to pay same when the Customs Cashier brings the money in.)	Money Book (General) p. 25. Out Letters (General) p. 43
	Same for 20l. to the Duke of Ormonde for one year's creation money as Earl of Brecknock. (The usual letters, dated Feb. 24, to the Receipt and Customs hereon : to be brought in with [due] respect to the weekly payments.)	Money Book (General) p. 25. Out Letters (General) p. 41.
	Warrant from Treasurer Danby to the Trustees for sale of Fee Farms (upon the production of tallies purporting the payment of the purchase money) to convey to Sir Hugh Bethel fee farm rents contracted for by him the 21st inst. as in the schedule, supra, p. 136, the purchase money thereof at five years' amounting to 699l. 8s. 11d.	Warrants not Relating to Money VII. p. 38.
	The like for a similar conveyance to Dr. William Sancroft, Dean of St. Pauls and his heirs or such others as he or they shall appoint (as contracted for by him Dec. 15 last in accordance with a privy seal dated 1675-6, Feb. 29) of certain rents belonging to [late] colleges and chantries in co. Stafford and city of Lichfield at 16 years' purchase, the annual total of the rents being 59l. 10s. 11d. and the purchase money thereof 952l. 14s. 8d., less 22l. 13s. 8d. interest rebated for one moiety of the money for six months at 10 per cent. Care is to be taken that 34l. 3s. 3d. per an. thereof be assured to the use of said Dean and his successors in lieu of land of the like value taken from them [the Dean and Chapter of St. Pauls] to the use of Tilbury fort.	Ibid.
	Ro-entry of the report from Treasurer Danby to the King on the petition of Joanna Mayer, ut supra, Cal. Tr. Book, Vol. iv, p. 828. The said report having been "lost was renewed in the same words."	Ibid. p. 39.
[?]	Entry of Treasurer Danby's signature of docquet of demise to James Clerk, Esq., of the manor of East Mulsey, alias East Moulsey, etc., ut supra, p. 324.	Ibid.
Feb. 24.	Letter of direction on an order of the 7th inst. for 2,600l. to Sir William Godolphin as Ambassador in Spain : same to be hereby by tallies on the Hearthmoney Contractors' rent due Sept. 19 next.	Money Book (General) p. 34.
	The like directions on the three following orders of Feb. 12 last, viz : for 549l. to Sir John Paul : 915l. to Sir Edw. Wood ; and for 549l. to Sir William Swan.	Ibid.
	Money warrant for 8,122l. 14s. 4d. to Richard Kent for the interest and gratuity of several sums of money by him advanced for the service of the King : being so much interest and gratuity as is warranted to be paid to him by the letters patent of 1675-6, March 17, and the privy seal of Dec. 30 last : it appoaring by two interest accounts made up to July 1 last that there is due to said Kent 8,162l. 17s. 7d. for such interest and gratuity. (Charles Bertie, dated ? March 13, to the Treasurers of Excise to pay Kent's tally for 8,162l. 17s. 7d.)	Ibid, p. 34. Out Letters (General) p. 48.
	Money warrant for payment of the following sums, (amounting in all to 12,083l. 15s. 3d.) to abovesaid Kent, viz. 3,825l. 11s. 3d., 3,972l. 5s. 3d., 1,686l. 13s. 5d., being due to him on three several interest accounts the first made up to 1675, July 1, and the latter [two] to 1675-6, Jan. 1 ; and 1,275l. 3s. 9d. and 1,324l. 1s. 9d. for a gratuity of 2 per cent. for advancing, for the King's service, the several sums of 158,870l. 7s. 0d. and 178,571l. 13s. 2d. : all as by the privy seal of Dec. 30 last.	Money Book (General) p. 35.
	Same for 100l. to Sir Joseph Seymour for half a year, to Sept. 29 last on his salary as an Auditor of the Revenue. (The usual letters, dated March 12, to the Receipt and Customs for payment : to be brought in notwithstanding any former restriction.)	Ibid, p. 36. Out Letters (General) p. 47.
	Charles Bertie to the Auditor of the Receipt to pay, and to the Customs Cashier to bring in (with [due] respect to the weekly payments) 20l. to pay off an order of Aug. 16 last in the name of John Young and Geo. Ward, two of his Majesty's Groom Littermen, for one year on their allowance of 10l. per an. each.	Out Letters (General) p. 41.
	Same to the Customs Cashier to bring in notwithstanding any former restriction (and same to the Auditor of the Receipt dated April 6 to pay) 500l. for Lord Duras.	Ibid.
Feb. 25.	Same to the Auditor of the Receipt to pay (and same to the Customs Cashier to bring in with [due] respect to the weekly payments) 48l. to Sir Thomas Slingsby for three years to Sept. 29 last on his fee as Constable and Keeper of Scarborough Castle.	Ibid, p. 28.
Feb. 26.	Warrant from Treasurer Danby to the Customs Commissioners to permit 150 parcels of plate and goods belonging to the Duchess of Cleveland to be transported in the John and Sarah, of London, to Rouen, in Normandy, for her Grace's use.	Out Letters (Customs) III. p. 269.
	Same from same to Francis, Lord Hawley, and the rest of the Trustees for sale of Fee Farms, and to John Phelips, the Auditor of the Rates [ratals of such fee farms] to contract with Sir William Howard for rents ut supra, pp. 373-8, viz., 57l. 17s. 3d., part of the rent of 115l. 14s. 4d. reserved for certain assart lands, co. Wilts, at nine years' purchase, and 57l. 14s. 0d., residue of said rent, and all other said rents as above at 16 years' purchase with the usual probate of interest. See supra, p. 522.	Warrants not Relating to Money VII. p. 38.
	Treasurer Danby's subscription of a docquet of a grant to Sir Thomas Doleman of the office of one of the Clerks of the Privy Council, loco Sir Edward Walker, lately deceased : with the fee of 250l. per an. out of the Exchequer.	Docquet Book, p. 116.
	Charles Bertie to the Auditor of the Receipt to pay (and same to the Customs Cashier to bring in, notwithstanding any former restriction) 200l. to Sir Simon Fanshaw, and 100l. each to Col. Moldsworth and Mr. Cranfeild.	Out Letters (General) p 41.
Feb. 27.	Warrant from Treasurer Danby to the King's Remembrancer to deliver up the bond of 200l. entered into by Tho. English, same to be delivered up to Edward Deering, Receiver General of Crown Revenues, cos. Suffolk and Cambridge, who on entering his said office gave security into the Exchequer to the sum of 2,600l., whereof said Tho. English gave bond for 200l., but at said English's importunity said Deering afterwards gave him a judgment for his counter security to deliver up the said bond at a day which is now past, wherefore said English sues said Deering, wherefore Deering petitions for the delivery of said bond to free him from the unjust vexation of said English : said Deering urging, in support of his request, that his security was above three times as much as his receipt ever was, and even that receipt is much lessened by the sale of fee farm rents. The Attorney General has reported that the remaining security of 2,400l. is more than sufficient for that receipt.	Warrants not Relating to Money VII. p. 38.
	Money warrant for 17,666l. 13s. 4d. to Lemuel Kingdon as imprest for the Guards and Garrisons and incidents to Mar. 1 next.	Money Book (General) p. 36.
	Privy seal for 4,750l. to Thomas, Lord Colepeper which remains due to him "for principal and interest for 2,200 pieces of old gold, commonly called Jacobuses, which he lent unto us in the year 1661." (Treasurer Danby's subscription, dated Feb. 24 of docquet hereof. Money warrant, dated March 1 hereon ; and a letter of direction hereon dated March 3 charging same to be paid by instalments of 750l., 2,500l. and 1,500l. on the Hearthmoney Contractors' rent due respectively in 1676-7, March 15, 1677, Sept. 19, and 1677-8, March 15.)	King's Warrant Book V. p. 310. Docquet Book, p. 117. Money Book (General) pp. 36, 37.
	Charles Bertie to the Auditor of the Receipt to pay, and same to the Customs Cashier to bring in (with [due] respect to the weekly payments) 150l. for a quarter on Lady Wentworth's pension.	Out Letters (General) p. 41.
	The like for 50l. to Mris. Broughton, now Lady Craven, for a quarter on her pension.	Ibid, p. 42.
Feb 28.	Privy seal for 400l. to Sir Richard Bulstrode, his Majesty's Resident at Brussels, for his expenses in his service of following the Duke of Villa Hermosa, Governor of Flanders, in the army this ensuing campaign. (Treasurer Danby's subscription dated Feb. 24 of docquet hereof. Money warrant dated Feb. 5 [sic doubtless an erratum for March 5] hereon.)	King's Warrant Book V. p. 311. Docquet Book, p. 117. Money Book (General) p. 38.
	Charles Bertie to the Customs Cashier to forthwith pay 1,500l. to Mr. Maydwell in part of the warrant of Jan. 16 last.	Out Letters (General) p. 41.
	Same to same to bring in (with [due] respect to the weekly payments) and same to the Auditor of the Receipt to pay 60l. for Dr. Hyde for 1l years to Sept. 29 last on his perpetuity as Professor of Law, Oxford.	Ibid.