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Nature and Substance of the Entry. |
Reference. |
| Feb. 3. |
Same to same of John Taylor's petition for a place as riding coast surveyor upon the coast of Yorkshire from Hull to Newcastle, he being a single person and very well knowing that coast. |
Ibid, p. 3. |
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Same to the Auditor and Comptroller of Excise of the petition of George Dashwood and partners, Farmers of Excise, petitioners shewing that on March 25 last they paid 5,207l. in part of their [farm] rent, but did not then take an acquittance for same, the Excise Commission being about that time renewing, so that the late Commissioners did for some time forbear to act, so that petitioners could not get them to sign an acquittance: that soon after the new Commission was passed petitioners
applied for an acquittance for said sum, which they accordingly [gave]: but the Auditor and Comptroller of Excise refuse to allow said item, alleging that, the new Commission bearing date after March 25, that money cannot now be brought into the account of the said Commissioners without Treasury warrant: therefore pray a warrant to direct them to place the said item into the account of the present Commissioners. |
Ibid. |
| Feb. 7. |
Treasury reference to the Customs Commissioners of Nathaniel Ward's petition for a landwaiter's place, London port. |
Reference Book I, p. 5. |
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Same to Sir Richard Mason and [the other] Agents [for Taxes] of the draft of a sign manual for granting to William Jobson, gent. (in consideration of his own and his father's services) a debt of 1,732l. due to the King from Jno. Vaughan, late Receiver of the 1673 Eighteen Months' Assessment for South Wales and Monmouth. |
Ibid. |
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Same to the Customs Commissioners of Roger Whalley's petition for a place as landcarriageman, he being an inhabitant of Thames Street, London, free of the Company of Grocers, but bred a drysalter, and hath kept shop for himself about nine years. |
Ibid, p. 6. |
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Same to Auditor Richard Aldworth of the accompt of Charles Wrenn, James Hoare, Richard Brett and Tobias Holder, Commissioners (by commission dated 1673, Aug. 11 from the Admiralty Lords) for collecting the rights and dues belonging to the office of Lord High Admiral: being the account of their receipts and payments [for the period _ to _ l as follows:— |
Ibid, pp. 8–9. |
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s. |
d. |
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Charge. |
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Money due for tenths of ships and their ladings taken from the enemy and brought into the ports of Harwich, London and Dover, in all |
1477 |
7 |
9 |
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Salvage of several ships and goods, viz. the Expedition of Lynn [Regis], the Mary of Lisledew [L'Isle-Dieu], the Endeavour catch of Barbados, the Ann of Greenvile [Granville], the Advice of London, the Adventure of Bristol, the Mary and Margaret of Topsham, the Nevis Merchant, the St. Peter of Bayonne, the Elizabeth and Mary, the Thomas of Kirkade, the Fortune alias Adventure, the Whale dogger of London, the Providence of Falmouth, the Susanna of Weymouth, the St. John of Bergen, the St. Joseph of St. Martin's, the Batchiller of Bridgwater, the Eliz. of Topsham, the Hope of Rostock. in all |
668 |
18 |
7 |
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Receipts from several ships and goods seized in ports and condemned as bona inimicorum, viz. the Flying Eagle and the Bull alias Sanaritons Well, the Crown Mary, the Nightingale
of Middleburg, the James of Bordeaux, the Batchellor of Hull, the Hope of Rochelle, the Fortune of the Sea a Dutch privatero wrecked near Yarmouth, in all |
2,232 |
15 |
2 |
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Total charge |
3,049 |
1 |
6 |
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Discharge. |
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Allowances as by particulars of bills |
[2,430 |
17 |
5½] |
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Remains due to his Majesty |
618 |
4 |
0½ |
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Memorandum. There was a ship called the Almond of Shallavet [Chaillevette] and her lading retaken by the Dover frigate, which ought to pay salvage and is still in prosecution in the Admiralty Court, and a galliot hoy taken by Capt. Sturt in a privateer which ought to pay tenths and is still under prosecution. |
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| Feb. 9. |
Treasury reference to the Navy Commissioners of the petition of Luke Noone: petitioner setting forth that he with Hen. Browne and John Gore were late slop sellers of the Navy and the Navy Board, considering that they were out of purse very considerably for slops, passed each of them a bill of imprest for about 1,000l. to pay their creditors. Petitioner trusted his whole estate and credit, and for want of payment was forced to leave his shop and trade to starve, [not] daring to shew his head. The Treasury Lords lately, on the petition of said Browne and Gore, ordered payment of their imprest bills. Therefore prays the like favour by the present payment of his own imprest bill, which is now 1½ years old, so as to solve his credit and prevent his utter ruin. |
Reference Book I, p. 6. |
| Feb. 10. |
Same to the Customs Commissioners of Isaac Cooke's petition for the searcher's place at Ipswich port loco John Robinson, deceased, said Cooke having been for the last eight years surveyor of said port. |
Ibid, p. 7. |
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Same to same of Henry Adman's petition for a noon-tender's place in the Customs, he having been an innholder of good repute and now decayed. |
Ibid. |
| Feb. 12. |
Same to the Trustees for Fee Farms of the petition of Jane, Ann and Elizabeth Allington, shewing that by indenture of 1674, May 15 the said Trustees sold to Sir Thomas Player and Sir George Jefferys amongst other things the annual or fee farm rent or rents amounting to 46l. 13s. 6¼ 11/8d. issuing out of divers lands and tenements lying on the south and west part of Bury St. Edmunds; which said rent was afterwards purchased by William Allington, since deceased, but by reason of a former conveyance made by the said Trustees to Sir Jno. Smyth of 13l. 10s. 0d. per an., part of the said rent, the said town have refused payment because petitioners have no such rent conveyed to them as remains payable from the town, and Sir Edward Dering, Receiver [of Crown Revenues] for that county, sends to distrain for this rent notwithstanding it is sold. They therefore pray that he may be ordered not to distrain or trouble the town for same, the Crown having no pretence to it, and that the Auditor [for co. Kent] forbear to charge the said Receiver with it in his accompt. |
Ibid. |
| Feb. 14. |
Treasury reference to the Customs Commissioners of Tho. Berriman's petition for a watchman's place [London port]. The Treasury Lords recommend this petitioner. |
Reference Book I, p. 10. |
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Same to same of the petition of Mathew Meade, attorney for Charles Nicholett, shewing that about November last Richard Creswell, searcher at Gravesend, seized a parcel of gold amounting to about 500l., which seizure was discharged and the said searcher satisfied; that in the bag containing said gold said searcher also seized the goods of said Nicholett, viz. a dozen silver spoons, 13 ducats of gold and five broad pieces of gold, value in all about 17l., being for defraying his expenses. Prays the delivery of same. |
Ibid. |
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Same to same of Peter Barr's petition on behalf of Page, his correspondent; shewing that about Dec. last Page freighted the ship Francis of Havre, of 40 tons burden, Peter Maretts master, with goods at Havre for Lisbon, but same was by storms forced into Dartmouth and proved so leaky that she is unfit for sea, so Page freighted another ship from Havre to shift said goods: prays liberty to so shift them without payment of the French duty of 5s. per ton. |
Ibid, p. 11. |
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Same to same of Thomas Frasier's petition for a tidesman's place. London port. |
Ibid. |
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Same to Gyles Litcote. Comptroller of Customs, of the petition of Henry Ayloff [King's Remembrancer]: shewing that it has ever been the ancient custom of the said Remembrancer once a year after Michaelmas term to send out parchment books to the officers of the ports of England and Wales for entering goods exported and imported and goods shipped coastwise; and at the same time the said Remembrancer had three warrants signed by the Treasury Lords for the Receiver General of Customs to pay the bill [for said books]. Prays that the Treasury Lords may sign such warrants as heretofore was ever done, and that payment may be made thereof as formerly. |
Ibid, p. 12. |
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Same to Sir Richard Mason, Bartholomew Fillingham and Serjeant Ramsey, [Agents for Taxes,] of the petition of Sir Thomas Gould, kt., shewing that there is due to him from the King 5,475l. 3s. 0d., for which a tally was struck on the Royal Aid due from the City of London, but said tally could not be paid by reason of the Great Fire, whereupon a privy seal was granted for payment of said debt out of the arrears of the Royal Aid, and petitioner had an order for payment on said privy seal, whereon (notwithstanding the stoppage of the Exchequer or any other countermand whatsoever) he has received at several times as the said arrears were brought in (the last being in Nov., 1678) 588l. 17s. 11¾d.: petitioner prays a confirmation of the said [money] order [by the present Treasury Lords], whereby he may receive the said 588l. 17s. 11¾d. [sic, erratum for balance of said 5,475l. 3s. 0d.] out of the fragments of the Royal Aid as they shall come into the Exchequer or out of any other money the said Lords shall think fit. |
Ibid, p. 13. |
| Feb. 16. |
Treasury reference to the Wine Licence Commissioners of the petition of the vintners of Northampton [town] for stay of process against them for arrears of wine licences, which they are unable to pay by reason of their great loss by the fire there in 1675 "and have been in hope to have their arrears forgiven." |
Reference Book I, p. 14. |
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Same to the Customs Commissioners of the petition of Thomas Barber, he having for his good service a warrant from Treasurer Danby for a landwaiter's place, but being disappointed thereof. My Lords have compassion for this poor man and recommend him in charity to the Commissioners for any place in the Customs. |
Ibid. |
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Same to same of the petition of Edward Burrus for a noontender's place, he being near 80 years of age. |
Ibid. |
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Same to William Harbord, Surveyor General of Crown Lands, of the petition of Sir William Browne (Browen), kt. and bart. (as by an order of reference dated 1679–80, Feb. 7 thereon to the Treasury Lords from the King, "graciously remembering his promises to petitioner and his great loyalty and many faithful services"). Petitioner sets forth that there is due to him 11,845l. upon his employment in France during Charles I's time and since, for the space in all of near 20 years: from 1641 to 1649 he never received towards his support in that expensive employment more than 200l., but maintained himself and his family in Paris in a port suitable to the public character he then had by selling and engaging all his lands and by contracting great debts far beyond the value of his patrimonial estate, for which he is even at this time to his detriment and ruin sued in chancery. Of which sad condition his present Majesty (then in Paris) being very sensible, did for his encouragement to continue in the said service, by a letter dated at St. Germain, promise [to petitioner] (and that not without the advice of his Privy Council) the inheritance of all [that] messuage and pasture grounds with the appurtenances called Sayes Court in the parish of Deptford, co. Kent, and by another letter dated at Paris in Nov., 1652 amply renewed and confirmed the same. These intentions have not been otherways performed than by the grant of some leases upon valuable consideration deducted out of petitioner's arrears: further, Ralph Montague, esq., about 1676, and others did at the same time endeavour to obtain a perpetuity of the said lands in reversion after the term of years severally granted to petitioner, for prevention whereof, and that his Majesty might not be surprised, petitioner entered a caveat: notwithstanding which petitioner is informed that certain persons, perhaps scarce known to his Majesty, have surreptitiously obtained a grant of the reserved rents of said lands, with intent doubtless of thereby obtaining a further grant of a perpetuity contrary to his Majesty's former promises and engagements. Petitioner therefore prays that all the several leases of those lands (the yearly rents amounting to 3l. 5s. 0d.) be passed to petitioner in fee farm, deducting the value of the inheritance from petitioner's grand arrear. |
Ibid, pp. 15–16. |
| Feb. 17. |
Treasury reference to the Attorney General of a docquet of a pardon to Adrian Scroop for the killing of Abraham Best. |
Reference Book I, p. 16. |
| Feb. 19. |
Same to the Customs Commissioners of the petition of Francis Spendlove of Yarmouth for the place of comptroller of Yarmouth port on the surrender of Dr. Henry Hoogan. |
Ibid. |
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Same to William Harbord, Surveyor General of Crown Lands, of the petition of Thomas Paulden (as by a reference thereof dated 1679, Dec. 20 from the King to the Treasury Lords) for a fresh lease for 99 years of certain waste and sandy grounds lying between high and low water mark near Holy Island in the bishopric of Durham, of which he had a grant 26 Car. II, having found the King's title thereto and its butts and bounders, being 1,500 acres, whereof this last year he has embanked 500 acres at great charge to himself. |
Ibid, p. 17. |
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Same to Sir Creswell Lewens, the Attorney General, William Harbord, Surveyor General of Crown Lands, and Tho. Agar, Surveyor General of Woods, Trent South, of a paper dated the 13th inst. concerning the forest of Dean, said paper being signed by [the Marquess of] Worcester, [William] Harbert, [Sir] B. Throcmorton, Tho. Agar and W. Powlett. |
Ibid, p. 18. |
| Feb. 19. |
Same to the Customs Commissioners of Edward More's petition for a place in the Custom House, he having been late clerk of the check. |
Ibid. |
| Feb. 26. |
Same to same of John Burt's petition for a tidesman's or watchman's place, London, port, he having served the King as serjeant in France and being now disbanded; the Treasury Lords "being inclined to gratify petitioner." |
Ibid.. |
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Same to the Attorney General of the report dated Feb. 20 inst. from William Harbord, Surveyor General of Crown Lands, made upon the petition of Leticia Biggs. Upon the said Attorney General's certificate that the assignment of the lands in question is duly made, the Treasury Lords will give direction for payment of the purchase money. |
Ibid., pp. 35–7, |
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Prefixing: (a) entry of said Leticia Biggs' petition praying for payment for a house and field in Plymouth, which was taken into the royal citadel there in 1666, &c., ut supra, Cal. Treasury Books, Vol. V, pp. 824–5, 1081, VI, p. 405, the price being 140l. and the interest thereon 100l. 16s. 0d., the payment being authorised by the privy seal dormant of 1677, Dec. 31 and royal sign manual of 1678, Aug. 3 and Treasurer Danby's order of 1678, Oct. 1, being to be made to Sir Charles Harbord for petitioner by tallies on Anthony Rowe, but said Harbord died before the money on said tally became payable. Therefore prays that the conveyance may be completed by William Harbord, present Surveyor General of Crown Lands. |
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(b) Order of reference dated 1679–80, Jan, 17 hereon from the Treasury Lords to said William Harbord. |
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(c) report dated Feb. 20 hereon from said Harbord to the Treasury. Recites the proceedings in the case at length. The money has now been
[by me] received upon the said tally; it only attends your Lordships' order for disposal thereof to petitioner upon her due assigning her interest. |
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| Feb. 27. |
Treasury reference to the Taxes Agents of the petition of Charles Goodwyn, gent., for an allowance [over and above his poundage] as Receiver General for co. Sussex of the Seventeen Months' tax, Poll and last Eighteen Months' tax; he having paid in all the moneys thereof except 238l. 17s. 8d. remaining yet unpaid on the Eighteen Months' tax, and he having spent great sums in the quarterly bringing up of his moneys to the Exchequer at his own charge. |
Reference Book I, p. 22. |
| Feb. 28. |
Same to Sir Creswell Levens, Attorney General, and William Harbord, Surveyor General of Crown Lands, of the petition of Orlando Gee and Edward Billingsley concerning the estates of Jocelin, late Earl of Northumberland; said petition having been referred to the Treasury Lords the 16th inst, by the King, who formerly referred same to Treasurer Danby. Said late Earl was seized of divers manors and lands in Northumberland, Cumberland and elsewhere by virtue of the will of Algernon, late Earl of Westmorland, his father, and on the death of said Jocelin same came to Lady Elizabeth Percy; but by reason same were suggested to the King to be formerly granted to some of the ancestors of said Lady Elizabeth with reversion to the Crown, they were after Jocelyn's death granted to the Duke of Monmouth by grant of 1673, May 3 under the yearly rent of 6l. 13s. 4d. After long suits and for a considerable sum of money said Duke conveyed his interest therein to Lady Percy and agreed to intercede on her behalf with the King to have said rent discharged, it being very doubtful whether the reversion of the premises was in the Crown, and there being a predict for the petitioners. Therefore pray that said rent may be extinguished. |
Ibid., pp. 19–20. |
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Same to Richard Kent, Customs Cashier, of the petition of 12 of the King's waiters, London port (viz. Nicholas Parke, John Shaw, Gerrard Andrews, Francis Dackett, Saml. Ward, John Marshall, Andrew Haines, Hugh Bantock, Saml. Phillipps, Francis Roberts, Tho. Raymond and Lawrence Corbett), shewing that they are in arrear 1¼ years on their salary to Christmas last, although they are the persons who do the said services and are constantly attendant and have no other employment; whereas the other King's waiters are fully paid. Pray to be paid. |
Ibid., p. 20. |
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Same to Sir Charles Littleton, John Barow, John Knight, and James Peirce of the petition of Samuel Kerr, shewing that "there being great sickness and mortality amongst his Majesty's Forces in Flanders and the Batallion of the Duke of York's Regiment, consisting of eight additional companies commanded by Capt. Richd. Baggott in the absence of Sir Charles Littleton, then at Mechellton [Mechlin] in Brabant, and being destitute both of chirugeon and mate as also of medicaments, which ought to have been provided upon his Majesty's sufficient allowance, upon complaint made by the officers and soldiers of that batallion to Mr. Jno. Knight, his Majesty's Chirurgeon General, and he, as in duty
bound and by virtue of his place, being then present, commanded your petitioner upon reasonable satisfaction from his Majesty to attend the charge with medicaments and other necessaries," which petitioner did to the great satisfaction of all the officers and soldiers from 1678, Sept. 24 to 1679, June 12. But Mr. Samuel Tetham, being chirugeon to the regiment aforesaid by commission from the King, who should have discharged the duty aforesaid, did never so much as come and give them a visit during the whole time, but endeavours to take away petitioner's payment and profit. Therefore prays payment for his service and for medicaments provided. |
Ibid., p. 21. |
| Feb. 28. |
Treasury reference to the Customs Commissioners of John Smith's petition for a place in the Custom House, he having been undone by the [Great] Fire. |
Reference Book I, p. 21. |
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Treasury warrant to the Surveyor General of Crown Lands for a particular of premises as below, with a view to a new lease thereof to Auditor Richard Aldworth for 41 years on surrender at the respective rents of 2l. 11s. 8d. and 6l. 18s. 3d. and respective fines of 25l. and 100l. |
Ibid., pp. 22–5. |
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Prefixing: said Surveyor General's report on said Aldworth's petition for said fresh lease. The premises consist of (1) two closes of pasture in New Windsor and three acres of land in Spelthurst as granted 1616, June 5 to Richard Gwyn, petitioner's wife's grandfather, for the lives of his three daughters, and upon the surrender of Emme. the survivor thereof, were, 1664, May 30, granted to petitioner at the nomination of William Gwyn. his father-in-law, at the ancient rent of 2l. 6s. 8d. for the closes and 5s. for the three acres. (2) A tenement, curtilage and garden called Frogmore, with several parcels of land belonging to the manor of Old and New Windsor, as held by said Richard and William Gwyn by several grants under the great seal dated 4 James for 40 years and 11 Car. I for 31 years under the old rent of 12l. 4s. 11d., which expired 1677, Dec. 12, and a reversionary lease thereof (inter al.) was taken by Henry Seymour. 1662, Oct. 2. for 16 years from 1677, Dec. 12 under the same old rent and 2l. de incremento. By assignment dated 1663, Aug. 18 Seymour sold to said Aldworth the remaining 15 years of said term. In the Parliament's survey this tenement is valued at 24l. above the rents, which [valuation] is taken to be very high. The eight acres of arable land taken out of the tenement about four years since and enclosed in his Majesty's Little Park or Castle Park at Windsor is certified by Serjeant Topham, Keeper of the said park, as valued at 13s. 4d. an acre per an., or 5l. 6s. 8d. in all, thus reducing the 12l. 4s. 10d. rent to 6l. 18s. 3d. Values the fresh leases at the several rents and fines as above. |
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