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| Date. |
Nature and Substance of the Entry. |
Reference. |
| April 22. |
Same to [Commissary] John Baines of Lieut. Maurice Roach's petition for 39l. odd owing to him as a soldier in Sir Tobias Bridge's Regiment in the West Indies. |
Ibid, p. 51. |
| April 24. |
Same to the Customs Commissioners of the petition of Sir Peter Killigrew, kt. and bart.: petitioner shewing that he has built a convenient quay at Falmouth, co. Cornwall, which he did by the encouragement of a particular Act of Parliament; that said quay was lately made a lawful quay with its districts and bounds by a commission out of the Exchequer: that by the same commission there was an open place appointed at Penryn, about a mile
distant from Falmouth, to be the only lawful place for the landing of goods of that town [Penryn], "who in the name of that corporation made an agreement with Mr. Charles Osbourne, Surveyor General of the Customs, to build a public quay within the space of two years in that open appointed place." it is now above five years since said agreement was made, and three weeks since, when petitioner came out of Cornwall, not one stone had been brought on the place to build it. Yet the [Customs] officers at Penryn presume to give leave to their own [Penryn] merchants to land goods at their own unlawful private quays contrary to law, and likewise gave leave to Bryan Rogers, an inhabitant of Falmouth, to land goods at his own unlawful private quay, which is within the districts of Falmouth. This is so prejudicial to the Customs that in the opinion of the whole country the King does not receive there a third of his Customs. The officers at Penryn have hitherto disputed the commands of the Customs Commissioners against such illegal permissions, and the merchants of that place [Penryn], in order to avoid the public quays at Falmouth and Truro (where their false weights and measures would be brought to public examination), have combined with said Rogers to enter all goods at Penryn and have made no entries at all the last quarter at Falmouth, whereas before last quarter Falmouth had the greatest trade and receipts of Customs in all that harbour. On a previous reference from the Treasury Lords to the Customs Commissioners to know whether Falmouth or Penryn were more convenient for the collection and receipt of the Customs, the said Commissioners reported that it was better to have only one Custom house and that Falmouth was the more convenient. Petitioner therefore prays that the illegal practices at Penryn may be stopped and that they be obliged, until their quay is built, to land either at their open appointed place or at the lawful quays at Truro or Falmouth. Petitioner offers at his own charge and without salary to prevent the said great abuses if he be authorised to supervise and control the Customs of that harbour, not doubting of reward if he make a considerable increase in the Customs. |
Ibid, pp. 52–5. |
| April 24. |
Treasury reference to William, Lord Alington, Constable of the Tower, Tho. Cheeke, Lieutenant of the Tower, Sir Anthony St. Leger, Warden of the Mint, Henry Slingsby, Master and Worker of the Mint, and James Hoare, Comptroller of the Mint, of the petition of Richard Dallowe, Porter of the Mint; said petition having been referred to the Treasury Lords March 5 last by the King, who is inclined to favour petitioner in regard of his present necessities and out of a sense of the reasonableness of his allegations. Petitioner sets forth that at a charge of 300l. to himself and with the assistance of Gilbert Thomas, former Porter of the Mint, he has obtained a grant of the said office, in which grant the house commonly called Martins Tower, within the Tower of London, is expressly named, and same has for above 400 years belonged to and been constantly enjoyed by the Porter of the Mint: that the said house is worth, to let, 30l. per an., the profit of which, with 20l. per an. salary, belongs to petitioner's office, and is all petitioner has had
to maintain himself, wife and six small children: that by a late order of the King in Council said tower was appointed for the quartering of some soldiers, and petitioner accordingly quitted the house, although then sick: that on his petition thereon the King in Council declared he should have compensation: therefore prays that he may receive same. |
Reference Book I, pp. 56–7. |
| April 24. |
Treasury reference to the Attorney General and the King's Counsel of the petition of Thomas, Earl of Danby, to the King, petitioner setting forth that the King granted to him in the name of the Duke of Albemarle certain rents in possession to the sum of 1,146l. per an.; that tallies were struck for the same for the value at 16 years' purchase and a conveyance perfected for 461l. 11s. 6d. [per an.], part of the said 1,146l. [per an]: that the [perfecting of the conveyance of the] remaining part has been stopped by two of the Trustees [for Fee Farms] upon a pretence that there did not remain enough [unsold fee farms] to make good [the various items of] reprizes [in grants to other and older purchasers]; that the two other Trustees have long since conveyed the whole 1,146l. per an. to the Duke of Albemarle according to the King's warrant; that petitioner has been advised to offer a bill in the Exchequer against the aforesaid two Trustees to make them perfect the conveyance; that they endeavour to defeat petitioner of his right under pretence that the conveyance is but a trust and that no money was paid for the said rents, and they design to make use of the King's name against the grant by preferring a cross bill in the Exchequer unless prevented by instructions from the King to the Attorney General: therefore petitioner prays an order to the Treasury Lords, the Attorney General, Sir Jno. Talbot and Mr. Harbord for no further hindrance to be given him in perfecting the said conveyance. |
Reference Book I, p. 58. |
| April 29. |
Same to Auditor John Shales of the petition of George Dashwood and partners, Farmers of Excise, ut supra, p. 791, and of the report dated the 13th inst. from the Auditor and Comptroller of Excise thereupon, with a certificate from Sir John James and Major Huntington concerning repayment of 5,207l. to the Excise Commissioners on the 25th March last. |
Ibid. |
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Same to Sir C. Levenz, Attorney General, of the Law Duty Farmers' petition for power to compound with offenders against the [Wine Licence] Act for arrears, penalties, forfeitures and concealments. |
Ibid, p. 59. |
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Same to the Customs Commissioners of William Beeke's petition shewing that the said Commissioners have ordered that all the landwaiters in London port should in turn be sent to some outport to attend the King's business there: prays to be excepted out of this order and to be continued in London port in regard of his 60 years' age and infirmities. |
Ibid. |
| April 29. |
Same to the Attorney General of the petition of the Farmers of the Law duty shewing that by the Act for said duty there should be paid 6d. for every writ passing the great seal; that the cursitors and others who usually bring those writs to the seal do keep in
their hands not only the writs of hilary term last but of divers other precedent terms on purpose to defraud the King of his duty, presuming that petitioners have no power to demand or receive for anything which shall pass the seal after the 1st day of May [next when the grant of said duty terminates], though the said cursitors, etc., themselves have received it of their clients and do [so] receive it for all the writs [up] to the first day of this term: therefore pray a privy seal to authorise them to demand after the 1st of May the said duty which has arisen or become due before that date. |
Ibid, pp. 59–60. |
| [? April 29.] |
Treasury reference to Jno. Lawrence of the petition of John Foster, gent., sheriff of Surrey, shewing that in the year last past he disbursed between 30l. and 40l. for the Justices of Peace for their diet for the four Quarter Sessions and the adjournments thereof, and that the estreated fines and amerciaments of his shrievalty amount to only 14l. 15s. 6d., and further that Mr. Snowe, the Clerk of the Peace for the said county, is lately dead and the estreats of the peace for said county were burned in the late fire in the Temple, so that the estreats cannot be estreated into the Exchequer and petitioner cannot have any allowance for same: therefore prays to be allowed the residue of his expenses as above out of the remainder of his [sheriff's] accounts. |
Reference Book I, p. 60. |
