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August 7
forenoon.
Windsor
Castle.
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Present : Lord Treasurer ; Chancellor of the Exchequer.
Mr. Tourton is called in. He will forthwith furnish to Mr. Fox
good bills for 106,6662/3 crowns at the former rate see supra p. 21-2 :
payable at 60 days' sight for which my Lord will pay him in sterling
money on or before the 1st September next [the exchange equivalent]
amounting to 25,055l. 11s. 1¼d.
My Lord Treasurer to be put in mind at his first coming to London
to send to the Prizes Commissioners to attend him about the
difficulties [raised as to the distribution of Prize money].
[The draft of a] letter to Mr. St. John is read and approved for him
to prepare a [royal] warrant for taking off respits on several officers
and servants of the Earl of Essex's Regiment from 24 Feb. 1703
to 24 April following.
The like for a same to same to prepare a [royal] warrant for continuing
two Deputy Commissaries at half pay from 24 Dec. 1701.
Memorandum : My Lord will speak to the Navy Commissioners
and Victualling Commissioners about their bills drawn from Lisbon.
A new Commission for Prizes [is to be prepared] leaving out
Mr. Anstis ; and his salary is to cease from midsummer last.
Memorandum : At my Lord's return to London send to the
Auditor of the Receipt and the Clerk of the Pells about signing their
certificates and the Pell Rolls [viz. those which are] in arrear and not
made up.
The Navy Commissioners and the rest that were to have attended
on Wednesday are to be put off. Treasury Minute Book XIV,
p. 279.
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Aug. 14
forenoon.
Windsor
Castle.
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Present : ut supra.
Mr. Fox is called in and presents a memorial of this day's date for
several particular services for the 40,000 men, amounting [in all]
to 13,385l. 8s. 4½d. Ordered that he take up 13,000l. on Land Tax
tallies in his hands for the said 40,000 men at 5 per cent. interest
and that he apply same (together with 385l. 8s. 4½d. of money
remaining in his hands) for the said 40,000 men to the uses
mentioned in his memorial.
[My Lord ordered] 10,307l. 15s. 5¼d. to be issued to the Cofferer
to complete last midsummer quarter [to the Household] for salaries,
pensions and emptions.
[Likewise] 6200l. 6s. 7d. to be issued to Visct. FitzHarding for
the same quarter to the servants payable in the Treasurer of the
Chamber's Office.
[Likewise] 6073l. 11s. 4¼d. to be issued to the Paymaster of the
Works, to wit, 4112l. 7s. 9½d. for a quarter ended at Lady day last
[for the Works] and the remaining 1961l. 3s. 6¾d. to complete
[6961l. 3s. 6¾d.] for the new building at St. James's.
[Likewise] 887l. 14s. 5¾d. to be issued to Mr. Roberts for the
Works at Windsor to Lady day last according to accounts signed
by the principal officers of the Works there.
[Likewise] 400l. to be issued to the Paymaster of the Works for
a quarter to the 1st inst. to Mr. Wise on his contract for the Gardens.
[Likewise] 2500l. to Mr. Lowndes for Secret Service.
[Likewise] 500l. to Mr. Cornwall for bringing an express from the
Duke of Marlborough.
[Likewise] 1000l. to Col. [Daniel] Park for [bringing] another express
from the said Duke.
[Likewise] 1000l. to the Lord Tonbridge [Visct. Tunbridge] for
[bringing] another express from ditto.
[Likewise] 460l. to the Speaker [of the House of Commons] on his
allowance of 5l. a day [for 92 days] to July 31 last. Ibid., p. 280.
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Aug. 16
forenoon.
Cockpit,
Treasury
Chambers.
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Present : ut supra.
Mr. Wise [is called in and submits] an estimate of works to be done
in St. James's Park and another for alterations in Kensington Gardens.
Both are referred to the Officers of the Works.
Mr. William Methuen, brother to Mr. Methuen, Ambassador in
Portugal, is to be paid 200l. out of secret service moneys to satisfy
a bill drawn by the said Ambassador for that sum [on] July 1 last
from Lisbon for her Majesty's particular service.
Mr. Sneyd's petition [is read and is ordered] to be referred to the
Agents for Taxes. Direct them to report as soon as may be. Ibid.,
p. 281.
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Eodem die
afternoon.
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Present : ut supra.
[Order for] 8000l. to the Navy for the Ordinary of the Navy : out
of money [to be raised on tallies and orders] remaining in the
Treasurer of the Navy's hands :
and 20,000l. for wages : to be supplied out of [loans to be raised
on the] Land Tax tallies in the said Treasurer's hands, at an interest
not exceeding 5 per cent.
The Auditors of Imprests, the Navy Commissioners and Mr.
Dodington are called in. Mr. Dodington acquaints my Lord
Treasurer that all my Lord Orford's accounts are near adjusted with
the Navy Commissioners, exclusive of the Victualling part, and that
the Navy Commissioners have signed a certificate (relating to interest)
which is to the satisfaction of the Auditors and [he] wants no further
direction [from my Lord] to the Navy Commissioners, for that there
are but very few and very small particulars unadjusted.
[Send] a letter to the Navy Commissioners to make out a bill for
allowing 67l. 10s. 0d. on the Earl of Orford's ultimate account for
brokerage paid to Benjamin Levi as appears by an account signed
by him for 110,084l. 3s. 5d. in tallies and orders on [the Duty on]
coals discounted in 1698 and 1699. [This letter is] to be prepared
[after enquiry is made] if there have been precedents of the like kind
before.
Mr. [George] Dodington presents to my Lord a large volume containing
[an account of] imprests made and discharged during the
Earl of Orford's being Treasurer of the Navy : also a memorial for
some allowance for his [Dodington's] own service in the Navy [Office
in the matter of the said Earl's accounts] since 4 May 1699 [when
the said Earl ceased to be Navy Treasurer]. My Lord thinks this
very reasonable and promises it shall be done.
Mr. Charles Hore and Mr. James Hore and the rest of the parties
concerned with them [in the matter of rewards for discovering frauds
in the Victualling Office] are to attend here this day week in the afternoon.
The Victualling Commissioners also are to attend then.
My Lord orders a copy of the abstract of Mr. Dodington's book
of imprests to be made out for "his Lordship."
The Victualling Commissioners are called in and their letters
desiring money for bills of exchange &c. are read. My Lord tells
them he will consider their demands and order some money for the
Victualling as soon as may be. My Lord asks them how they
transact their affairs in Portugal. They answer that they have an
agent there who draws the bills on them at the current price who
has an allowance of 2 per cent. commission. My Lord asks whether
this be by any contract in writing. They say yes. Ordered that
they forthwith send hither a copy of that contract. Treasury Minute
Book XIV, pp. 281-2.
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Aug. 18
forenoon.
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Present : Lord Treasurer ; Chancellor of the Exchequer.
Upon reading Mr. Howe's memorial of this day's date [my Lord
Treasurer] ordered that Mr. Howe do take up 12,000l. (in further
part of 50,000l. which he was authorised by minute of 25 July last
to take up on the Land Tax tallies in his hands for this year's service
as occasion should require), and out of the said 12,000l. to apply
11,253l. 8s. 8d. for 28 days' subsistence to the Troops and Regiments
in England from the 25th August inst to the 21st Sept. next according
to a memorial of this day signed by J. Merrill.
Ordered that 2737l. 18s. 4d. be issued to Mr. Howe in further part
of 87,125l. 10s. 0d. towards the charge of 10,000 soldiers for sea
service : to be issued out of the Queen's share of prizes : and to be
applied as follows viz. :
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£
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d.
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for 28 days' subsistence to Col. Rivers'
Regiment to Sept. 24 next
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737
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to Lord Paston's Regiment on account of
subsistence
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700
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to Col. Rooke's [Regiment] on the same
account
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700
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to the six Companies added to the Regiments
commanded by Col. Handasyde, Col.
Levesey and Col. Whetham, 100l. each on
account of subsistence
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600
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£2737
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The Duke of Ormonde and Mr. Southwell come in. The Duke
presents an account of demands [on or due] from England to
reimburse the Treasury of Ireland several sums expended on
Regiments sent to the West Indies &c. : also several other memorials :
vide the minutes taken thereupon [which are endorsed on the said
memorials].
The reports of the Comptrollers of the Army [Accounts] about
the West India Regiments [are ordered] to be carried to Windsor
next Monday and the said Comptrollers are to attend my Lord
[Treasurer] there at 9 of the clock that morning.
The Commissioners of the Transports are to attend at Windsor
next Monday at 9 in the morning about demands for the Portugal
transports.
[My Lord orders a royal] warrant to be prepared for authorising
the Paymaster of Ireland to pay over to the Lord Harry Scott and
Lord Orrery 1000l. each on account of subsistence to their Regiments
which they are now raising.
[My Lord orders] Mr. Pauncefoot to attend at Windsor next
Monday morning and to bring with him an estimate of the charge
of raising so many men for Echlin's Regiment as have lately been
detached from it for Portugal.
The Duke of Ormonde moves that the charge of repairs &c. of
fortifications in Ireland, which comes to a great sum yearly, may not
be accounted part of the charge on the Establishment for Concordatums,
that head being no ways capable of bearing the same. My
Lord Treasurer think this very reasonable and hopes that the Parliament
of Ireland will think it necessary to make some distinct provision
for this charge.
Memorandum : to speak with Mr. Blathwayte about the muster
rolls of Whetham's Regiment being signed by only two Privy
Councillors.
Memorandum : to put my Lord Treasurer in mind next Monday
of writing to the Postmaster[s] General. Ibid., pp. 283-4.
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Aug. 21
forenoon.
Windsor
Castle.
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Present : ut supra.
Some petitions are read : the minutes [thereon] are [endorsed]
upon them.
[My Lord Treasurer orders] 1000l. more to be imprested to Mr.
Dummer on account of the West India pacquet boats.
[My Lord orders] the Postmaster[s] General to be acquainted
that the pacquets do not come so duly from Holland as they did
in the late war, which 'tis supposed is occasioned by Mr. Vanderpool's
sending them from the Brill instead of Helvoetsluis : that my Lord
takes notice there is allowed 120l. a year out of the Post Office to the
said Mr. Vanderpool, which my Lord thinks not reasonable to be
continued unless he takes care to send over the letters as duly and
speedily as they use to be.
[Write to] the Governor or Deputy Governor and some of the
Directors of the Bank to attend my Lord Treasurer at the Treasury
in Whitehall on Friday morning about making further loans on the
Malt &c.
Mr. Fox to attend then.
Sir Henry Furnese to attend at the same time.
[Write to] Mr. Churchill to come to the Treasury on Friday
morning about explaining his contract with Col. Shrimpton for
furnishing shoes, stockings, shirts and neckcloths for the soldiers
in Portugal ; to wit whether 'tis expected they should be paid for
out of the offreckonings of the soldiers or by a further deduction out
of their subsistence. Ibid., p. 285.
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Aug. 25
forenoon.
Cockpit,
Treasury
Chambers.
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Present : ut supra.
The Agents for [managing] the tin affair in the country [in Cornwall
and Devon] are from time to time in all matters to correspond
with Mr. Aynstys who will lay the same before my Lord.
On the petition of my Lady Weston [my Lord orders that the
Clerk of the Signet do] prepare a sign manual for a privy seal to
discharge the arrears of rent reserved on the lease to the Earl of
Carlisle and Sir Geo. Fletcher.
Upon reading the reports of the Comptrollers of the [Accounts of
the Army or] Forces concerning the four Regiments which were in the
West Indies and returned into Ireland my Lord is clearly of opinion
that the muster taken in Ireland some time after their being there
ought not to govern the whole time of the Expedition, because it is
notorious that several of the Officers did not go in the service and the
Regiments came very thin home : and his Lordship is of opinion that
the money which shall be issued to clear these Regiments be applied
by particular persons who shall be empowered to examine the arrear
due to every Officer and soldier.
Refer the several papers concerning Rivers's Regiment to the
[Army Accounts] Comptrollers and to Mr. How and Mr. St. Johns.
The Gentlemen of the Bank are called in.
[My Lord Treasurer orders] 1000l. to be issued to Mr. Fox out of
the Duty of 25 per cent. on French goods : to be paid over to Mr.
Hull for the service of the War.
The [Navy] Victuallers [and] Mr. Hore and his brothers are to be
heard on the 8th Sept. next in the forenoon at 9 o'clock.
Issue 6974l. to the Navy out of loans on Land Tax and Tonnage :
to be for the Victuallers, for bills of exchange, Necessary Money and
Contingencies of the [Navy] Office.
[My Lord orders] 1488l. 12s. 9¾d. to be issued to Mr. Fox, part
for the 40,000 men and part for the 10,000 men : the same being
intended to satisfy Sir Henry Furnese for so much he has advanced
on their pay. Treasury Minute Book XIV, p. 286.
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