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| March 16. |
Royal warrant under the King's sign manual dated Kensington
for the issue of 50799l. 12s. 9½d. to the Trustees for Exchequer Bills
which sum (together with 735l. overpaid for their 10 per cent reward
or interest on the subscriptions to the Second Contract for circulating
the said Bills; and 237l. 7s. 2½d. for a like overpayment on the sum
of 2707l. 16s. 6d. lately issued to them under the royal sign manual of
Jan. 12 last supra p. 219–220) will complete 51772l. being 10 per cent
interest or reward on 517720l. subscribed on the Third Contract
for the exchanging and circulating the 1,500,000l. of said Bills as
by the Act for the 3s. Aid and the 1,200,000l. of said Bills as by the
Act for the Further Subsidy [8–9 Wm. III. c. 24]: to be issued out
of such of the said Bills as shall be lent upon credit of the Exchequer
in General: to be as imprest and to be paid by the said Trustees to
the respective subscribers. (Money warrant dated Mar. 18 hereon).
(Money order dated Mar. 19 hereon.) King's Warrant Book XIX,
p. 475. Order Book IV, p. 438. |
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Same to the Clerk of the Signet for a privy seal for 1200l. per an.
to Ralph Grey Esq. as Capt. General and Governor in chief of
Barbados for his support in that employment: to be paid out of
the profits of the Four and a Half per cent. Duty arising within the
said island by the hands of the Receivers thereof within the said
island out of the goods of the said Duty [payments in the form of
goods for the said Duty] at the price current on the place or if need
be out of the profits of the said Duty in the Exchequer, England: to
be paid as from July 24 last and the first two quarters thereon to be
paid forthwith. King's Warrant Book XIX, p. 476. |
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Same to the Lords Justices, Ireland to pay 500l. to John Methuen
Esq., chancellor of Ireland, as royal bounty in consideration of his
great services and charges as Speaker of the House of Peers there. |
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The like warrant for 500l. to Robert Rochfort Esq. as Speaker of
the House of Commons, Ireland. Ibid, p. 477. |
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Same to Lord Edward Russell, Treasurer of the Chamber, to pay
50l. to William Meritt Esq. Deputy Knight Harbinger, to be by him
applied for insurance and other charges relating to the house hired
of Lord Ossulston for the entertainment of Ambassadors and Ministers
from foreign Princes. Ibid. |
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Same to the Attorney or Solicitor General for a privy seal to
determine the privy seal of 1689 July 25 which granted to Nicholas
Courtney Esq. the office of Attorney General of the Duchy of
Cornwall with the fee of 50l. per an. during pleasure; and to grant
the said office to Francis Pengelley Esq. during pleasure with the
like fee or salary as from 1697 Sept. 29. Ibid, p. 478. |
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Same to the Clerk of the Signet for a privy seal for 240l. per an.
to Samuell Day Esq. as from Jan. 14 last the date of the letters
patent constituting him Lieut. Governor and Commander in Chief
of the Bermudas or Summer Islands in America: it being signified
to him by the King's instructions that he should take to himself
12 shares of land there at the value of 60l. per an. and the profits
arising by licences granted for the fishing for whales at the value of
100l. per an. and that he should have [the abovesaid] 240l. per an.
more out of such revenue as the King should appoint: same is
hereby to be paid out of unappropriated moneys in the Exchequer.
Ibid, pp. 478–9. |
| March 16. |
Royal sign manual for 200l. to the abovesaid Samuel Day Esq.:
without account: for the transportation of himself, family and
household goods to Bermudas; being the usual allowance to his
predecessors to carry them to that Government: to be issued out
of any unappropriated moneys in the Exchequer. (Money warrant
dated Mar. 24 hereon). (Money order dated Mar. 28 hereon). Ibid,
p. 479. Money Book XIV, p. 36. Order Book IV, p. 440. |
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Same for 1000l. to Sir Thomas Cuddon Kt, Chamberlain of the
City of London: without account: to be distributed towards the
relief and support of the poor in the parishes in and about the said
city: as royal charity and benevolence: to be issued out of &c. ut
supra. (Money warrant dated Mar. 24 hereon.] (Money order
dated Mar. 29 hereon.) King's Warrant Book XIX, p. 479. Money
Book XIV, p. 36. Order Book IV, p. 440. |
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Royal warrant to the Earl of Ranelagh to place on the present
and all future Establishments of the Forces England the several
allowances of 160l. per an. to the Constable of Dover Castle and 50l.
per an. to Sir Basill Dixwell as Lieutenant of the said Castle: to be
payable quarterly as from Lady day last [1697] during pleasure: and
thereupon to pay said Dixwell 37l. 10s. 0d. for three quarters hereon
to Xmas last: all by reason that the said 160l. per an. hitherto
payable out of the Crown revenues in Co. Kent and the said 50l.
per an. granted by the privy seal of 1697 April 9 to be payable out
of the profits of the manor of Reigate have been paid no further
than Lady day last and cannot [any more] be paid out of the said
revenues because the said revenues are overcharged [for fixed county
charges, &c. the sale of fee farm rents of the Crown having reduced
said revenue] as is certified by Auditor Henry Shales. King's
Warrant Book XIX, p. 480. |
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Same to same to pay the following Establishment of Half Pay for
the officers of 8 Regiments of Foot and 2 Independent Companies:
as from April 1 next: by monthly or quarterly payments, upon
certificates from the Commissary General or Deputy Commissary
General of the Musters. |
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Appending: said Establishment of day pay of Half Pay. |
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(1) Duke of Bolton's Regiment. |
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Lieut. Col. Henry Hickman 7s. 6d. a day as Lieut Col.
and Capt. and 4d. a day each for 3 servants; Major General
John Aspin 6s. 6d. as Major and Captain and 4d each for
3 servants; 5s. a day each (being 4s. a day each and 4d.
each for 3 servants each) to Captains Robert Parsons,
Ralph Gore, Fitzmaurice Gifford, Charles Morgan, Thomas
Porter, Phillip Gery, James Manley, Thomas Kitson,
Edward Shadwell and John Powell; 2s. 4d. a day each
(being 2s. a day each and 4d. for one servant) to Capt.
Lieutenant Nicho Robinson and Lieutenants Henry
Sewell, Jasper Debie, Christo Robinson, Maurice Betsworth,
Thomas Colom, John Jardin, John Wilson, Leonard
Thomson, Richard Coleman, Thomas Toogood, Edward
Pyle, Rowland Cochran, and Christopher Harrison; and
1s. 10d. a day each (being 1s. 6d. a day each and 4d. a day
for one servant) to Ensigns Thomas Westwood, John Skys,
Gilbourn Scroop, John Ramsey, John Pippin, Phillip Orfeur,
Thomas Hewit, Leonard Keeling, William Cook, Richard
Legg, John Aplin, John Busteed; 3s. 4d. a day to Samuell
Picket as chaplain and 2s. 4d. a day to Jo[h]n Gery, quartermaster. (Total establishment 6l. 6s. 4d. a day.) |
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Col. Richard Coote's Regiment. |
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12s. a day to the Colonel (being 10s. to him as Col. and
Captain and 4d. a day each for 6 servants); 8s. 6d. a day
to Lieut. Col. Thomas Allen; 7s. 6d. to Major Fra. Holroyd;
5s. each to Captains Ralph Bren, Stephen Caple, Robert
Houston, William Adaire, Loftus Duckingfeild, William
Harrison, Loftus Dudley, Francis Toplady, William Butter,
Perkins Vaughan; 2s. 4d. a day each to Capt. Lieut
Thomas Chandler and Lieutenants Maurice Warren, George
Pordam, John Goodwyn, William Wadds, George Wingfeild,
Andrew Hickman, John Ewer, Hugh Smith, Thurston
Haddock, Thomas Gould, Isaac Jacob, William Gargrave,
William Pyewell; 1s. 10d. each to Ensigns Bland
Summer, John Dawson, Henry Hodgkinson, Peter Ducla,
Daniel Parrot, George Hewit, Thomas Mansell, John
Tucker, Thomas Bourden, Richard Coote, George Napper,
Daniel Winter; 3s. 4d. to Thomas Landy as chaplain and
2s. 4d. to Dennis Foy as Quarter Master. (Total establishment 6l. 18s. 4d. per diem.) |
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Capt. Thomas Brudenall's Regiment. |
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12s. to the Colonel; 8s. 6d. to Lieut. Col. John Hubbart;
7s. to the Major; 5s. each to Captains William Gay, William
Wansborough, John Lloyd, Edmund Keating, John
Hutchinson, Peter Lisle, Charles Edwards, Solomon Rapin,
Thomas Ashton; 2s. 4d. each to Capt. Lieut. Leonard
Saunders and to Lieutenants George Foulks, John Anto
Barner, Thomas Piers, Alexander Gay, Rixton Darby,
George Bate, John Message, Phillip Carpenter, Charles
Burgh, John Burgh, Gilbert Pickering, William Barton,
Edward Dove; 1s. 10d. to Ensigns Robert Wansbrough,
John McKenzy, Thomas Lloyd, John Farmer, William
Leveson, Hugh Drysdale, William Rose, Samuell Hutchinson, Henry Warren, Samuell Francis, Humphry Cory,
Samuell Hacket; 3s. 4d. to William Stoughton as chaplain;
2s. 4d. to John Fulford as Quarter Master. (Total 6l.
18s. 4d. a day.) |
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Col. Thomas Sanderson's Regiment. |
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12s. to the Colonel; 8s. 6d. to Lieut. Col. Cha. Wills;
7s. 6d. to Major Richard Sutton; 5s. each to Captains
George Burston, Henry Frankland, Isaac Knight, Thomas
Bedford, Richard Bolton, James Brathwaite, John
Saunders, Walter Pallister, Urian Brereton; 2s. 4d. each
to Capt. Lieut James Harris and to Lieutenants William
Singleton, Robert Jackson, William Whitoff, George
Hassard, Francis Filbridge, Mark Anto. Bernard, Nathaniell
Potter, Peter de Singist, Alexander Davison, John Bernard,
Blois Jervaizo, Hugh Pallister, and Barnard Pinnock;
1s. 10d. each to Ensigns Stanhop Yarborough, Andrew
Day, William Weddell, John Partridge, George Saunderson,
John Sharp, Isaac Duplex, Nicho Tyrwhite, Robert Hume,
John Daulton, Theop. Vauclem, and William Saunderson;
3s. 4d. to John Waley as chaplain and 2s. 4d. to Henry
Clark as Quarter Master. (Total Establishment 6l. 13s. 4d.
per diem. |
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Major General Thomas Erle's Regiment. |
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8s. 6d. to Lieut. Col. Robert Freke; 7s. 6d. to Major
Thomas Burrington; 5s. each to Captains Andrew Abington, Ambrose Edgworth, Thomas Tuck, Edward Jones,
Charles Floyer, James Dalacourt, John Symons, Thomas
Wagget, Richard Henning and Peter Minshull; 2s. 4d.
to Capt. Lieut. Jos. Dolling and to Lieutenants John Pratt,
Henry Trenchard, Robert Wind, Robert Strangeways,
Robert Northcote, John Jackson, Nicho Eveleigh, Edward
Hastings, Edward Emmet, Francis Izal, Hopton Twiniho,
Benj. Tredenham, and Charles Gooking; 1s. 10d. to Ensign
Samuell Norman, Ignatius White, Gilbert Burrington,
Zach. Clark, Thomas Coward, Joseph Henning, Abraham
Foye, Robert Clark, William Rolle, William Strode, Henry
Hawley and John Williams; 3s. 4d. to Edmund Scarborough as chaplain and 2s. 4d. to Robert Northcote as
Quarter Master. (Total Establishment 6l. 6s. 4d. a day.) |
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Col. John Gibsone's Regiment. |
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12s. to the Colonel; 8s. 6d. to Lieut. Col. Thomas Dore;
7s. 6d. to Major Thomas Handiside; 5s. each to Captains
Medburn Smith, Clifford Brexton, Griffin May, Robert
Dalyell, John Foulk, Edward Rigby, Joseph Hargrave,
Hugh Boyd, Geo. Watkins, John Fra. Petit; 2s. 4d. to
Capt. Lieutenant Luke Spicer and to Lieutenants Gilbert
Abbot, Alexander Hardine, George Heron, Nathaniell
Lawson, James Desromaines, Peter Morin, Jermyn Archbold, Thomas Symons, David Gibson, Robert Grigg,
William Lilburn, Lewis Liermont and Jacob Boyce;
1s. 10d. each to Ensigns James Gibson, Roger Handiside,
Isaac Gabriell, — Houghton, Peter Heart, Francis Gibsoner,
William Wanless, John Meeniss, — Overton, Humphry
Haven, William Livingston, and Bryan Stapleton; 3s. 4d.
to David Heart as chaplain and 2s. 4d. to William Sloan
as Quarter Master. (Total Establishment 6l. 18s. 4d.
per diem.) |
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Colonel William Northcott's Regiment. |
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12s. to the Colonel; 8s. 6d. to Lieut. Colonel Alexander
Luttrell; 7s. to Major Thomas Carew; 5s. to Captains
William Courtenay, Christopher Leigh, Jonathan Stuckley,
Phillip Docton, Thomas Adams, Walter Pigot, Christopher
Dalton, Geo. Blakeney, Benj. Buller, Francis Blynman;
2s. 4d. to Capt. Lieut. William Tregear and to Lieutenants
Walter Ellyot, Abraham Coakley, James Clark, John
Farnham, Robert Stawell, John Tayler, — Balmier, John
Banks, John Owen, Ephraim Aylward, John Conyers,
Mark Hildesley and John Salter; 1s. 10d. each to Ensigns
John Barnes, John Beckwith, Thomas Hussey, — Devenish,
Richard Tippet, William Northcote, Adam Weightman,
John Harris, John Davis, John Northcote, Charles Stuckley,
Thomas Northcote; 3s. 4d. to Geo. Snell as chaplain;
2s. 4d. to John Andrews as Quarter Master. (Total
Establishment 6l. 18s. 4d. per diem.) |
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Col. Thomas Farrington's Regiment. |
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12s. to the Colonel; 8s. 6d. to Lieut. Col. William Frowd;
7s. 6d. to Major Christopher Wray; 5s. to Captains Cha.
Cratchrode, Thomas Philips, Jo[h]n Dally, Jo[h]n Bickly,
James Howard, Robert Cheyny, Richard Nanfan, Robert
Minzies, Samuell Pitman, and James Otway: 2s. 4d. to
Capt. Lieutenant John Wright and to Lieutenants Francis
Lewis, John Danvers, John Brookes, Veare Harcourt,
Charles Drake, Stanley Russell, Charles Middleton, James
Dennis, John Greenwood, Robert Carr, David Chastellain,
Robert Pike, Robert Uthwayt; 1s. 10d. to Ensigns Dawkins
Wilmot, Antony Gardy, Peter Bonafons, Richard Bestell,
William Carr, Court Southwell, John Miller, Thomas
Farrington, Abell Cook, John Davenport, Cha. de Chastlenaut, and Camil de Vendarguis; 3s. 4d. to John Hancox
as chaplain and 2s. 4d. to James Howard as Quarter Master
(Total Establishment 6l. 18s. 4d. per diem.) |
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Independent Companies. |
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The Company of Miners. |
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4s. 9d. to Capt. John Pitt (being 2s. 6d. for himself and
9d. each for 3 servants); 2s. 9d. to Lieut. Thomas Marwood
(being 2s. for himself and 9d. for one servant). (Total
Establishment 7s. 6d. a day.) |
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The Company at Upnor. |
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2s. 4d. to Col. — Rouse as Lieut. (being 2s. for himself
and 4d. for one servant); 1s. 10d. to Ensign Thomas
(being 1s. 6d. for himself and 4d. for one servant). (Total
Establishment 4s. 2d. a day.) |
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Combined total of the above Establishment, 54l. 9s. 4d.
a day. King's Warrant Book XIX, pp. 484–6. |
| March 16. |
Treasury warrant to the [Principal] Commissioners of Prizes to
give allowance to Capt. James Moody of 203l. 10s. 0d. being part
of the sum by him paid to Sir George Rook ut supra p. 212; the said
Commissioners having reported Mar. 14 inst that Moody's account of
the sale of the two prizes in question came to 470l. 4s. 0d. for which
he has given security to be answerable when demanded, of which he
remitted 328l. 10s. 0d. to Rook who has accounted for 203l. 10s. 0d.
thereof to the Navy Office, which is the sum Moody craves allowance of; which sum may be placed to account of the thirds payable
to the Treasurer of the Navy out of the proceed of prizes. Money
Book XIV, p. 34. |
| March 16. |
Money warrant for 60l. to Peter Hume Esq. without account for
the purchase of a quantity of Doctor Goddard's Drops which by the
King's commands are to be sent as a present from his Majesty to
the Queen of Sweden. (Money order dated Mar. 19 hereon.) Ibid,
p. 35. Order Book IV, p. 439. |
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Same for 22l. 6s. 11d. to Ralph Grey, Esq., appointed Governor of
Barbados, for the Custom of his goods about to be exported to that
Government. (Money order dated Mar. 21 hereon.) Money Book
XIV, p. 35. Order Book IV, p. 443. |
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William Lowndes to the Navy Commissioners to pay 4032l. to
the officers of the Marine Regiments ut supra p. 263 out of Malt
[Lottery] tickets remaining in the Navy Treasurer's hands for the
service of the Navy. (Cancelled and replaced by a similar letter
on the 17th inst. for applying said sum to said pay "as that service
shall require"). Disposition Book XIV, pp. 200, 201. |
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Same to the Auditor of the Receipt to issue 9226l. 6s. 11d. to the
Earl of Ranelagh on the unsatisfied order in his name as Paymaster
of the Forces: 9000l. thereof out of loans on the Exchequer in
General in Exchequer Bills and 226l. 6s. 11d. out of the like loans
in money: to be applied as follows: viz. |
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£ |
s. |
d. |
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for a week's subsistence to the 26th inst to
the Troops in England exclusive of those
marching for Ireland and the disbanded
Regiments |
8785 |
15 |
11 |
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for 2 weeks' subsistence to the 3 Companies
of Col. How's Regiment to the 26th inst. |
74 |
9 |
0 |
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for the like to one Company of Major General
Stuart's Regiment |
22 |
19 |
0 |
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for one week's subsistence to Col. Ross's
Dragoons |
244 |
18 |
10 |
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for the arrear of subsistence to several discharged men of Major Lumley's Regiment
who lately came from Flanders |
36 |
18 |
4 |
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for 8d. a week to each private man of 3
Companies of Major Earl's Regiment lately
disbanded |
61 |
5 |
10 |
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£9226 |
6 |
11 |
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Ibid, p. 200. |
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Same to the Earl of Ranelagh to report on the enclosed petition
[missing] of Thomas Clayton and John Cardy praying payment of
210l. which (by agreement made with Sir Thomas Taylor late
Governor of Upnor Castle Co. Kent) they allege should have been
paid them for clothing 4 master gunners and 24 private gunners in
May 1695. Out Letters (General) XV, p. 422. |
| March 16. |
William Lowndes to the Commissioners of Wine Licences. You
are to prepare and present to my Lords your account of the revenue
of Wine Licences up to Xmas last. Ibid. |
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Treasury warrant to the Customs Commissioners to establish
Thomas Collins (a tidesman at St. Ives under the port of Penzance)
as landwaiter in Dartmouth port at 40l. per an. |
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to employ John Thomas as waiter at Poulton loco Nicholas Davies
who is preferred ut infra. |
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Nicholas Davies as waiter and searcher at Neston in Chester port
loco William Dickenson who resigns. |
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Thomas Anthony as a tidesman at St. Ives loco Thomas Collins
preferred ut supra. Out Letters (Customs) XIII, pp, 413–414. |
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Same to same to take from the Principal Commissioners of Prizes,
or from purchasers under them, only such Duties for prizes as have
been hitherto taken: the said Principal Commissioners having
represented by their memorial of the 7th inst that you have laid a
stop on the cargo of several prize ships which are ordered by them
to be sold (but said orders since repealed) on pretence that if the said
cargoes should be restored either by the Lords of Appeal or by the
Admiralty Court they ought to be subjected to pay the Duty of
Aliens (the ships not being condemned) as well as the Additional
Duty on French goods; and that if these Duties are insisted upon,
contrary to all former practice, the captors will be brought in debt,
[and] the merchants [will be] injured in their former bargains, for
which the Prizes Commissioners are liable to be sued and the
remainder (being 1000 tons) left unsold which must consequently
perish though otherways would pay the King about 30000l.: upon
which matter we the Treasury Lords after advising with you the
Customs Commissioners see no reason why the Prizes Commissioners
or those that buy of them should pay the Aliens' Duty or the 25l.
per ton on French goods. Ibid, p. 414. |
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Same to same to discharge Elizabeth Low, widow of Tho. Low,
late of Bristol tobacconist from the debt of 762l. 6s. 2d. due from her
said husband on tobacco bonds on her paying 200l. composition,
her husband having left her insolvent and in a most calamitous
condition by reason of losses at sea in the war. Ibid, pp. 415–6. |
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Same to same to employ Walter Batson, Joseph Martin and George
Stydson to command three sloops for Dover, Rye and Shoreham
respectively and to establish the charge thereof ut infra, the same
having been bought by the Customs Commissioners under the
authority of an order of the King in Council which approved of the
said Commissioners' memorial of the 14th inst. representing the
continual insults of the French owlers and their abettors and
assistants upon the Customs officers in carrying off wool from Romney
Marsh and other parts of the County of Kent. |
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Appending: Establishment of the annual charge of the said
3 sloops of 30, 35 and 45 tons respectively (total 1508l. per an.)
Ibid, p. 416–7. |
| March 16. |
Royal warrant under the King's sign manual dated Kensington
to the Lords Justices of Ireland, to direct the payment of 25,000l.
for the building of barracks in Ireland in accordance with the Act
of Parliament, Ireland, granting an Additional Duty on tobacco &c.:
"which being an extraordinary charge for which no provision is
made by the establishment" cannot be regularly issued except by
authority of a royal warrant. Out Letters (Ireland) VII, p. 409. |
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Same to same to insert on the Civil List of the present and all
future Establishments of Ireland a pension of 200l. per an. during
pleasure to George Fitzgerald, son of Capt. Robert Fitzgerald late
Comptroller of the Musters, Ireland lately deceased, the Lords
Justices having proposed by their letter of Feb. 14 last a saving of
465l. per an. by the suppressing of the said office for the future but
it appearing that the patent for the said office still remains in
force for another life viz. to the son of the deceased but the said
son being willing to surrender in return for pension as above payable
during pleasure. Ibid, p. 410. |
| March 17. |
Royal letters patent William Van Huls to be Court Post ut supra
p. 169. King's Warrant Book XIX, pp. 601–2. |
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William Lowndes to the Agents for Taxes to report on the enclosed
memorial [missing] complaining against Mr. Jenkins, Deputy to the
Receiver General for Co. Cornwall, that he came to receive money
very much in drink and refused guineas at 22s. and hammered money
at 5s. 2d. an ounce [being the same rate] as the Collectors had received
it. Out Letters (General) XV, p. 423. |
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Treasury reference to the Customs Commissioners of the petition
of the Mayor and burgesses of Newcastle praying a reversionary
grant of the office of Tronor and Peisor in the said town. Reference
Book VII, p. 259. |
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Same to Henry Baker of the petition of Thomas Holland and Cha.
Score praying to be reimbursed their charges in arresting Capt.
Evans, a person concerned in the late horrid conspiracy, who was at
Constantinople; and [their expenses likewise] in coming to England
by order of Lord Paget to give the Secretaries of State an account
thereof. Ibid. |
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Same to the Surveyor General of Crown Lands of the petition of
Isaac Garner shewing that James II granted to Mary Rosse,
spinster, three several tenements parcel of the manor of Bonialva and
Duchy of Cornwall for 99 years terminable on the lives of her and
Thomas Le Feure and the said Mary has mortgaged to petitioner and
is willing to surrender: therefore praying a new lease. Ibid. |
| March 18. |
Treasury warrant to the Excise Commissioners to pay 298l. to
persons as follows who have been employed by Samuel Story (deputy
to Sir Scroop How, Comptroller General of Excise) on the ledgers of
the London brewing and other ledgers and accounts relating to the
Excise in London: viz. |
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75l. to Alex. Forbes (for 15 months); |
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60l. to Nath. Weekes (for 12 months); |
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50l. to Samuel Gould (for 10 months); |
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50l. to Percivall Sargeant (for 10 months); |
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8l. to Mathew Greenwood (for 7 weeks); |
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5l. to Walter Tooker (for 5 weeks); |
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50l. to John Tooker (employed in directing the said work.) Money
Book XIV, pp. 35–36. |
| March 18. |
Treasury warrant to the Auditor and to the Receiver of the Duchy
of Cornwall respectively to allow, and to make forth debentures for,
the payment of the fee or salary of 6l. 13s. 5d. per an. out of the
revenue of said Duchy, to John Foote Esq. in respect of the office
lately granted him of steward of several Hundreds in the [said]
County. Ibid, p. 43. |
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Same to the Customs Commissioners to employ Robert Whittle
(an extraordinary tidesman in Liverpool port) as a tidesman in fee
ibid loco Jno. Rowlatt deceased. Out Letters (General) XIII, p. 417. |
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Same to the King's Remembrancer to take the securities
detailed, of Thomas Brougham of Scales co. Cumberland for his
office of Receiver General for Cumberland and Westminster of
arrears &c. ut supra p. 267. |
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Prefixing: note of said Brougham's petition proposing his
securities and of the Agents for Taxes' report thereon. |
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Followed by: Treasury commission to said Brougham accordingly.
Warrants not Relating to Money XVI, pp. 17, 18. |
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Treasury subscription for the execution of a warrant dated Feb.
28 last from Per. Bertie [Vice Chamberlain of the Household] to
the Honble. Heneage Montagu, Esq., Master of the Jewel House,
to deliver to Samuell Day Esq., Governor of Bermudas, plate for
his Majesty's Chapel there to the value of 60l. (2 little flagons, a
chalice, a paten and a receiver to take the offerings.) Ibid, p. 22. |
| March 19. |
Treasury warrant to Richard Hutchinson, [Customs Cashier] to
carry to the Mint the sum of 4583l. 19s. 11d. of old hammered moneys
in his hands (to wit 3548l. received by tale and 1035l. 19s. 11d.
received by weight at 5s. 8d. per ounce, part thereof received by
Hutchinson from his predecessor in the office of Customs Cashier
and part from the collectors of the outports) and to have same
re-coined at the Mint. The Auditors of the Imprests are to give
you allowance in your [Customs] accounts of the deficiency arising
from such re-coining on the production of a certificate from the
Principal Officers of the Mint of the out-turn of the said moneys and
of the deficiency by tale between the said hammered money and
the new money proceeding therefrom. Ibid, p. 19. |
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Treasury approval of the schedules (proposed by the Stamp
Commissioners) of the prices of several sorts and sizes of parchment
and paper as by the Act of 6–7 Wm. III. c. 12. Appending: said
schedules (paper by sizes detailed: parchment by classes a-w for
indentures; whole skins, half skins and quarter skins; writs; bail
pieces; coast bonds; probate; apprentices' indentures; administrations). Ibid, pp. 19–22. |
| March 22. |
Money order for 236l. 3s. 7d. to John Walker, Usher of the Exchequer Court, as well for 233 days' diet [to himself] for 1697 July 22
to Mar. 12 inst. as for necessaries by him delivered to the officers
of the said Court in Hilary term 1697. Order Book IV, p. 439. |
| March 24. |
Treasury warrant dormant to the Customs Cashier to pay the
several annual rents or sums of 55l. and 200l. to John Blackwell in
respect of his office of Comptroller of the Great and Petty Customs
in the port of London. Money Book XIV, p. 37. |
|
Same to same to pay the salary of 8l. per an. to James Pavy gent
as searcher of Ipswich port. Ibid, p. 42. |
|
Treasury warrant to the Receipt to renew a lost order No. 2169
on wines, vinegar and tobacco for 200l. payable to Gilbert Heathcote.
Order Book IV, p. 439. |
|
William Lowndes to Mr. [Isaac] Newton [Warden of the Mint]
enclosing several informations [missing] concerning counterfeit
moneys; with five pieces of such moneys. Out Letters (General) XV,
p. 422. |
|
Same to the Earl of Ranelagh enclosing a letter [missing] from the
Principal Officers of the Ordnance together with a list of the officers
who served under them in the Artillery whom the said Principal
Officers desire may be recommended to Parliament to have the
benefit of half pay equal with the officers of the army. The Treasury
Lords desire you to lay the said list before Parliament at the same
time [as] you shall present the account of the Army officers who are
to be established at half pay. Ibid, p. 423. |
|
Same to Geo. Dodington Esq. of the petition of Henry Hayter
shewing that he was employed under Mr. Antho. Stephens, the Deputy
to the Navy Treasurer, for several years and that there remained
under the care of the said Stephens at his death near 800,000l. in
tallies and money, and petitioner has ever since Stephens' decease
been employed on his accounts and in paying and issuing the said
sum, which trust he has discharged very faithfully and has been at
constant attendance therein but has received no allowance or salary
for the same: therefore praying consideration and reward. Reference Book VII, p. 260. |
|
Same to the Postmasters General of the petition of Thomas Savage
et al. securities for Thomas Merriman, receiver of the Post Office
revenue for the stage from Oxford to Evesham, praying a stay of
proceedings against them for Merriman's debt of about 150l. thereon.
Ibid. |
|
Same to the Surveyor General of Crown Lands of the petition of
Charles Whitaker for extension of lease of a house in the Old Palace
adjoining to the Upper House of Parliament, it being much decayed
and he designing to rebuild it. Ibid, p. 261. |
| 1698. March 25. |
Treasury warrant to the Receipt for renewal of a lost order No.
2050 on the Salt, Glass, &c. Duties for 100l. to Capt. Stephen Dyer.
Order Book IV, p. 439. |
| March 25. |
William Lowndes to the Auditor of the Receipt to issue 6000l.
to the Navy Treasurer on the unsatisfied order in his name: to be
issued out of loans on the Exchequer in General; 3000l. in Exchequer
Bills and 3000l. in money: and is intended for the Navy Victuallers
[Victualling Commissioners] half thereof for imprests and half for
the course of the Victualling. Disposition Book XIV, p. 202. |
|
Same to same to issue out of the like loans 1000l. to Charles Fox
and Lord Coningsby on the unsatisfied order in their names as
Paymasters of the Forces, Ireland: and is to be paid over to the
Commissioners for Transportation. Ibid. |
|
Same to same to issue the 10,000l. to the Trustees for Exchequer
Bills ut supra p. 258 out of loans on the Exchequer in General in
money, not [as there directed] in Exchequer Bills. Ibid. |
|
Same to same to issue 10367l. 17s. 8d. to the Earl of Ranelagh
on the unsatisfied order in his name as Paymaster of the Forces:
to be issued out of loans on the Exchequer in General; 9017l. 17s. 8d.
thereof in Exchequer Bills and 1350l. in money: and to be applied
as follows: viz. |
|
|
£ |
s. |
d. |
|
for a week's subsistence to the Troops in
England to April 2 next |
8785 |
15 |
11 |
|
for same to the 26th inst. to Tidcomb's
Regiment |
157 |
15 |
7 |
|
for 2 weeks' same to April 2 next to Sir John
Jacobs' Regiment |
315 |
11 |
2 |
|
for the widow of Capt. Bolton, late of Collingwood's Regiment for the arrear of subsistence due to her husband in Flanders |
74 |
1 |
5 |
|
to complete the subsistence due to the
sergeants, corporals, drummers and miners
of Capt. Pitt's Company lately disbanded. |
192 |
9 |
6 |
|
for 7 months' arrears of subsistence for the
Duke of Bolton's late Regiment to clear
the sergeants, corporals and drummers who
were short subsisted in quarters |
269 |
9 |
5 |
|
for the arrears due to several disbanded
Dragoons of the Marquis de Miremont's
Regiment |
58 |
19 |
0 |
|
for widow Westcomb on account of her
husband's arrear of pay as Major in Col.
Selwin's Regiment |
20 |
|
|
|
for a Company of Invalids at Chester for their
subsistence 1696–7 Jan. 1 to 1697 July 31. |
493 |
15 |
8 |
|
|
£10367 |
17 |
8 |
|
Ibid. |
|
Same to same to issue 2712l. to the Earl of Orford on the unsatisfied
order in his name as Navy Treasurer: to be issued out of loans on
the Exchequer in General, in Exchequer Bills: and to be applied
for one month's subsistence to the two Marine Regiments. (Same to
the Navy Commissioners to imprest same to the Colonels of said
Regiments in equal proportions). Ibid, p. 203. |
| March 25. |
Same to the Navy Commissioners. My Lords direct you to treat
with the Eastland Merchants and other creditors of the Navy upon
the course [of the Victualling] concerning the terms on which they
will accept tallies on the Additional Impositions: and to report
thereon to my Lords. Out Letters (General) XV, p. 423. |
|
Same to Mr. Yard to insert in the Gazette from next Monday to
the 10th April an advertisement that any persons having or not
having any estate for one life in being in any annuity payable out
of the first 9d. per barrel Excise or out of the 2–7ths. of another 9d.
per barrel may up to April 10 next purchase the residue of a term of
96 years reckoned from 1695–6 Jan. 25 at the rate of 56l. for every
14l. per an. on every 100l. which was paid for the single life; to take
effect after the single life in being and that the purchases may satisfy
the purchase money ut supra p. 270. Ibid, p. 424. |
|
Treasury warrant to the Customs Commissioners to insert William
Leach on the establishment as formerly as Paymaster of the
Incidents of the Customs, he having been on the establishment till 1694
when his name was left out and only the office mentioned amongst
the Receiver General's clerks. Out Letters (Customs) XIII, p. 418. |
|
Same to the Surveyor General of Crown Lands for a constat
of a piece of ground 16 feet square lying in the King's Mews
and situate over against the parish church of St. Martins in the Fields
in order to a lease thereof to the vicar of the said parish and his
successors, on which ground a house is intended to be built for the
constables of the said parish to keep their nightly watch: the lease
to be for 99 years at 6s. 8d. per an. rent. |
|
Prefixing: (1) petition from Sir Charles Cottrell ut supra p. 247:
(2) report by Sir Christopher Wren and Fran. Negus. The ground
adjoins the Smiths Forge and no building of use upon it but was a
place to lay coals in and the value is not above 20s. per an. It
stands in an obscure corner and may be built without inconvenience
to the [King's] Mews or prejudice to the King's interest in case the
Mews should be rebuilt or otherwise disposed of. Warrants not
Relating to Money XVI, p. 23. |
|
William Lowndes to the Revenue Commissioners, Ireland to give
leave for six weeks longer to Arthur Bushe, collector of Customs at
Cork, on private business, he being here to follow the passing of an
Act of Parliament for sale of an estate in England. Out Letters
(Ireland) VII, p. 410. |
| March 26. |
Same to the Earl of Ranelagh to report on the enclosed
memorial [missing] of Mare Huguetan, merchant, praying an allowance of 6 per cent. per an. for 20,000l. which he furnished to Mr. Hill
in Flanders, which (at 45 days from the time he lent the money till
tallies were struck for [repayment of] the same) amounts to 150l.
Out Letters (General) XV, p. 423. |
|
Same to Auditor Hen. Shales. My Lords approve of the proposal
in your memorial of the 19th inst. that you should go down and settle
the arrears to Sept. 29 last due to the Crown in Co. Yorks, Durham,
Northumberland and Archdeaconry of Richmond where you inform
that several rents belonging to the Crown are not duly accompted
for; and to give my Lords a true state of what rents remain unsold,
what are good and what are illeviable. Out Letters (General), p. 424. |
| March 26. |
William Lowndes to Mr. Blathwaite to procure a royal warrant to
be signed by the King to authorise the Paymasters of the Forces,
Ireland to pay 1000l. to the Commissioners of the Transports, on
account for the Transport service. Ibid. |
| March 28. |
Same to the Earl of Ranelagh to report on the enclosed
petition [missing] of Sir Joseph Trepenham Kt., late Captain and
Governor of the Castle of St. Maws Co. Cornwall, praying payment of
the clearings due to himself, his deputy and gunners there to the day
they were discharged. Ibid, p. 423. |
| March 29. |
Treasury allowance of the Excise Office salary bill for the quarter
ended 1698 March 25 amounting to 5884l. 1s. 4d. Money Book
XIV, p. 37. |
|
William Lowndes to the Auditor of the Receipt to issue to the
Earl of Ranelagh on the unsatisfied order in his name as Paymaster
of the Forces 73217l. 7s. 9½d. "or so much as together with the
[sums already directed out of] loans already made on credit of the
Exchequer in General shall actually complete the sum of 850,000l.
voted: [and is to be issued] out of the like loans to be made by his
lordship": and is to be applied to such services of the Forces as the
Treasury Lords shall appoint. Disposition Book XIV, p. 203. |
|
Same to same to direct the Tellers to receive from Mr. Lancelot
Burton 2000l. which he is willing to lend on credit of the Exchequer
in General [but] to be transferred to the first part of the Aids
which shall be granted in Parliament for the use of the Civil List:
which sum my Lords direct to be forthwith issued to the Cofferer
upon account for the service of the Household. Ibid, p. 205. |
| March 30. |
Royal sign manual dated Kensington for 200l. to Susanna, Countess
Dowager of Lincoln: without account: as royal bounty. (Money
warrant dated April 6 hereon.) (Money order dated April 11 hereon.)
King's Warrant Book XIX, p. 479. Money Book XIV, p. 39. Order
Book IV, p. 443. |
|
Royal warrant to the Clerk of the Signet for a privy seal for
2,000,000l. to the Earl of Ranelagh as imprest for the Guards, Garrisons
and Land Forces. (Money warrant dated April 15 hereon. This
warrant quotes the privy seal as dated April 14.) (Money order
dated July 11 hereon.) King's Warrant Book XIX, p. 483. Money
Book XIV, p. 48. Order Book IV, p. 468. |
|
Royal sign manual for 1000l. to Francis de la Rue Esq. and 50l.
to Abraham Sweet: as royal bounty: without account. (Money
warrants dated April 5 hereon.) (Money order dated April 11 for
de la Rue and April 19 for Sweet.) King's Warrant Book XIX,
p. 483. Money Book XIV, p. 40. Order Book IV, p. 454, V, p. 34. |
| March 30. |
Same for 350l. to Paul Foley for 70 days Jan. 19 last to Mar. 30
inst. on his allowance of 5l. per diem as Speaker of the House of
Commons. (Money warrant dated May 6 hereon.) (Money order
dated May 10 hereon.) King's Warrant Book XIX, p. 493. Money
Book XIV, p. 66. Order Book IV, p. 453. |
|
Treasury warrant to the Receipt to issue 4700l. to William Lowndes
on the unsatisfied order in his name for secret service: to be satisfied
by tallies on the Post Office revenue. Money Book XIV, p. 37. |
|
Treasury allowance of the Customs salary bill for London port for
1698 Lady day quarter; being 5561l. 0s. 10d. for established salaries
and 121l. 5s. 0d. for additional salaries or 5682l. 5s. 10d. in all. Ibid. |
|
Treasury warrant to the Customs Commissioners to direct the
collectors of the outports to pay the like quarter's salary bill of the
outports; being 6553l. 1s. 3d. for established salaries and 570l. 5s. 0d.
for additional salaries or 7123l. 6s. 3d. in all. Ibid, p. 38. |
|
Money warrant for 10l. to Thomas Rideout, Jno. Bramley and
Henry Wheeler as Proclamation reward for apprehending Ann Stowen,
a burglar, as certified by Sir Henry Hatsell, a Baron of the Exchequer
and Sir Salathiell Lovell, Recorder of the city of London. (Money
order dated April 5 hereon.) Ibid, p. 38. Order Book IV, p. 444. |
|
William Lowndes to the Postmaster[s] General. On my letter
of Jan. 26 (for paying 2000l. into the Exchequer by 100l. a week)
there has hitherto been paid only 800l. My Lords have this day
directed tallies on the Post Office revenue for 4700l. for secret service.
Please direct the Receiver General of the Post Office to forbear
making any further payments on the said former letter and instead
thereof to pay 150l. a week from henceforth to Peter Floyer Esq.
in discharge of the said tallies till they are fully satisfied. Disposition
Book XIV, p. 204. |
|
Same to the Auditor of the Receipt to issue 38l. 3s. 5d. to William
Lee, late under sheriff of Co. Northants: out of any disposeable
money in the Exchequer. |
|
50l. to the messengers and doorkeepers of the House of Peers:
out of the like. Ibid. |
|
Same to same to issue 12051l. 9s. 5½d. to the Earl of Ranelagh
on the unsatisfied order in his name as Paymaster of the Forces:
to be issued out of "the General loans [loans on the Exchequer in
General] remaining in the Exchequer": and to be applied as follows
viz. |
|
|
£ |
s. |
d. |
|
for a week's subsistence to April 9 next for
the Troops remaining in England |
8785 |
15 |
11 |
|
for same to Sir John Jacob's Regiment |
157 |
15 |
7 |
|
for 3 weeks' same for a battalion of the Second
Regiment of Foot Guards ordered for Newmarket |
502 |
3 |
3 |
|
for the like for a detachment of 50 men with
officers out of each of the three Troops of
Guards |
542 |
18 |
6 |
|
for the like for a detachment of 50 men with
officers out of the Grenadier Guards |
125 |
17 |
4½ |
|
for the like to the Earl of Macclesfield's Regiment ordered to Newmarket |
801 |
16 |
6 |
|
for Col. Matthews to provide straw and other
necessaries for the encampment of the
Battalion of Guards |
60 |
|
|
|
for Brigadier Langston's Regiment for a
week's subsistence from the 20th inst. |
268 |
5 |
6 |
|
for 2 weeks' subsistence to 3 Companies of
Col. How's Regiment |
76 |
4 |
0 |
|
for arrears to a discharged man of Major Gen.
Lumley's Regiment |
12 |
14 |
0 |
|
for a week's subsistence to Col. Ross's
Dragoons |
244 |
18 |
10 |
|
to pay several small bills of exchange drawn
by Mr. Hill and now due to masters of ships
for bringing over Forces from Flanders |
470 |
|
|
|
|
£12051 |
9 |
5½ |
|
Disposition Book XIV, p. 205. |
| March 30. |
William Lowndes to the Auditor of the Receipt to issue 385l. 11s. 6d.
to the Earl of Ranelagh on the like unsatisfied order: to be issued
out of the rent of Hackney Coaches. (Same to said Earl to pay out
of same to Sir William Lowther so much as shall appear due for the
pay of his two sons John and Thomas who both died in the King's
service in Col. Goodwyn's Regiment.) Ibid, p. 206. |
|
The Treasury Lords to the Justices of Peace for Co. Essex. The
books of assessments for the Duties on Houses and on Marriages &c.
are not yet signed and settled by you according to the directions of
the Acts therefor, whereby the collection thereof is altogether omitted
in your county to the great prejudice of the King's service. We
desire you to give all necessary warrants, orders and assistance for
the speedy collection of those Duties. Warrants not Relating to
Money XVI, p. 24. |
|
Treasury warrant to the King's Remembrancer and the Clerk of
the Pipe to supersede process against Sir Joseph Smart, Charles
Chamberlaine, Peter Godfrey and others who were [Assessment]
Commissioners for the third 4s. Aid within the Ward of Lime Street,
London, as also against the collectors thereof within said Ward for
the sum of 8100l. which was assessed on the East India Company
to the said Aid and returned in super upon the said Commissioners
and collectors: all by reason that the matter relating to the said
assessment and return is under examination and to be determined
the next term. Ibid. |
| March 31. |
Privy seal constituting Francis Pengelly Esq. to be Attorney
General of the Duchy of Cornwall: during pleasure: with the fee
of 50l. per an: as fully &c. as John Baldwyn, Richard Rich, John
Penne, Thomas Harrison, Hannibal Viviam, Richard Lane or
Nicholas Courtney or any other predecessors in the said office. The
privy seal of 1689 July 25 granting said office to the said Nicholas
Courtney is hereby revoked. King's Warrant Book XIX, p. 514. |
| March 31. |
Money order for 40l. to John Lowe and Peter Le Neve gent,
Deputy Chamberlains of the Receipt, for 1697 Michaelmas and
Hilary term on their additional allowance of fees for sorting records
foreign and domestic in the Treasury [of the Receipt] at Westminster. Order Book IV, p. 449. |
|
Same for 12l. 10s. 0d. to the executors of William Wardour deceased
for 1697 Xmas quarter on his allowance for locking up the treasure
in the Receipt. Ibid, p. 450. |
