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Calendar of Treasury Papers, Volume 4, 1708-1714. Originally published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1974.

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'Volume 163: July 16-August 29, 1713', in Calendar of Treasury Papers, Volume 4, 1708-1714, ed. Joseph Redington( London, 1974), British History Online https://prod.british-history.ac.uk/cal-treasury-papers/vol4/pp496-505 [accessed 28 November 2024].

July 16–August 29, 1713



July 16.	1. Com^rs of Customs (Scotland) to Baron Scrope. Enclose the reasons for the removal of M^r Hall from the port of Preston Pans. Dated Custom house, Edinburgh, 16 July 1713. The reasons referred to being articles of mismanagement. 6 pages, 3 lines.
[About July 16.]	2. List of certain of H.M. ships, men's names and qualities, time of entry and discharge, and their pay. The docquet on the dorse does not properly describe the paper. 2 pages.
July 17.	3. Copy of a letter from the Duke of Ormonde to M^r Brydges asking him to direct M^r Cartwright to borrow as much as was requisite for clearing the troops ordered from Flanders to Britain and Ireland, to prevent any delay in their embarkation. Dated Whitehall, 17 July 1713. 1 page.
July 18.	4. Excise, North Britain. Account of bills indorsed by Messrs. Drummond and Nimmo, amounting to 1,640l., sent to the Hon^ble Commiss^rs of Excise in London, 18 July 1713. 1 page.
July 18.	5. Duke of Ormonde to the Lord [High Treasurer]. By M^r Bridges' letter, a copy of which he enclosed, his L^p would see how much the foreign forces were in arrear, and though he mentioned a declaration of discharge, no order had been issued for disbanding the Walloon dragoons and sending home the Holsteiners. He adds:—“I am oblig'd to remind your Lo[rdshi]p of these troops, which distinguished themselves so much last year by adhering to her Majesty's service, and have lately shown an extraordinary zeal by the share they had in appeasing the late mutinies at Ghendt & Bruges, and if their pay should cease from the term mentioned by M^r Brydges, they would be so far from receiving any encouragement for their fidelity and good service, that their condition would be worse than that of the troops which were so notoriously wanting in their duty.” Dated Cockpit, 18 July 1713. 3 pages, quarto.
July 18.	6. The same to M^r Harley. Letters had arrived from Major-General Sabine, Mons. Barner, and Mons. Borlé, of which he sent extracts, that M^r Harley might move the Lord High Treasurer thereon. Dated Cockpit, 18 July 1713. 1 page, quarto.
[About July 18.]	7. “Memorial for the Earl of Leven” to the Queen. There being no fund for procuring intelligence, had, as commander-in-chief of H.M. forces in Scotland, advanced the necessary money. Had, upon the assurance of Lord Godolphin that he should be reimbursed, continued to advance such sums, amounting to upwards of 2,000l. Before and after the Union he had a salary of 300l., as master of the Ordnance, but the office was judged unnecessary. Prayed payment of the 2,000l., and 1,500l. due to him for five years' allowance generously promised by her Majesty, &c. “R. July 18, 1713” 1 page.
July 22.	8. J. Howe to the Lord High Treasurer for a warrant for 230l. 2s. 7d. paid by him to the Bank of England for interest of money borrowed on deposits in the year 1711. Dated 22 July [1713 ?] The account thereof, Minuted:—“14 Aug^t 1713. W^t as usuall.” 3 pages.
July 22.	9. Report of the Postmasters General to the Lord [? High Treasurer] on the memorial of Sir George Warburton and M^r Cholmondley, Members of Parliament for Chester, and of the postmasters' several deputies of that county, in relation to the Post Office of Chester. Give some account of the management of the posts in that district. M^r Reynell, their deputy of Chester, having died, and his son John Reynell being fully instructed in the duties, is more capable of managing the same than a stranger; but they have no objection to the appointment of M^r Puleston, an Alderman of Chester, as their deputy, as recommended by the gentlemen. Dated General Post Office, July 22^d 1713. The memorial and the reference of the case to the Postmasters. 4½ pages.
July 23.	10. Statement of the debt of the Jewel Office to 24 June 1713, by Robert Sedgwick. Dated Jewel Office, 23 July 1713. ½ page.
July 23.	11. J. Brydges to the Lord [High Treasurer] in relation to the pay of the troops of Holstein and “Walef.” Dated Pay Office, Whitehall, 23 July 1713. 1 page.
July 23.	12. Petition of Richard Lawrence to the Lord [High Treasurer] for payment of a warrant for 1,314l. 10s. 1d. for sundries, furnished for the service of the army and hospital in Portugal, for which he had been twice arrested. Dated London, 23 July 1713. 1 page.
July 24.	13. Memorial of J. Howe to the Lord High Treasurer. The Bank of England agreed to lend 56,000l. a week, upon a deposit of malt tallies, to pay off the outpensioners, if his L^p would give his minute to pay the same with interest at 6 per cent. per ann. out of the first 700,000 Exchequer Bills. Dated 24 July 1713. Minuted:—“Agreed eod. die.” 1 page.
July 24.	14. Memorial of Conyers Darcy and George Feilding, Esq^res., Com^rs appointed to execute the office of Master of the Horse, to the Lord High Treasurer. Pray payment of 500l. for defraying the charge of 10 mares brought from Holland for her Majesty, &c. Dated 24 July 1713. Minuted:—“Orderd.” 1 page.
July 24.	15. Report of the Attorney General to the Lord High Treasurer, on two memorials from the Under and Deputy Governors of the South Sea Company, and one from the Directors, in relation to some defects in the present commission for taking subscriptions. Was of opinion that it would be necessary to have an additional commission. Had prepared a warrant for that purpose for her Majesty's signature. Dated 24 July 1713. The memorials named. 4 pages.
July 13 and 25.	16. Report of the Controllers of the accounts of the Army to the Lord [High Treasurer], on the memorial of M^r Brydges as to the case of the wives of the serjeants that were sent to New England, with lieutenants' commissions and upon ensigns' pay. It relates to money paid to them here, which had not been deducted and allowed by their husbands there. Dated Controllers Office, Privy Gardens, 13 July 1713. A further report on the same subject by Ja. Bruce. Was of opinion that 10l. each might be advanced to such of the petitioners as had their husbands' authority to receive the same and to proceed on their voyage to New England. Dated 25 July 1713. Two letters from the wives, one to Thomas Harley, Esq., the other to the Lord Treasurer. Minuted:—“29 July. A l~re to M^r Brydges to advance 10^li to each that goes.” 4 pages.
July 26.	17. Report of the Com^rs of Trade to the Lord [High Treasurer] on the representation of the Postmasters General, relating to a difficulty their officers in New England were under, by the “Act of Assembly pass'd there for the currency of paper bills as specie.” Ask that her Majesty will direct Col. Dudley, the Governor of Massachusetts Bay, to transmit the Act for her Majesty's pleasure thereon, &c. Dated Whitehall, 26 July 1713. 2 pages.
[? July 15 or 26.]	18. Extract from a letter from Major General Sabine to H. Watkins, dated at Ghent, 26 July 1713, as to the marching of [the regiment of] Col. Dalwick, and their miserable condition for want of money. 1 page.
July 29.	19. Report of the Barons of the Exchequer of Scotland to the Lord High Treasurer on the petition of William Stewart of Inchbreck. Recommending, in consideration of the strait circumstances of the family, the remission to the petitioner and his wife's three sisters, of “the taxtward, marriage duties, and relief,” amounting to 180l., which might in strictness be required from them. The duties, &c., arose out of the lands and barony of Mondynis or Mondyrss [?], comprehending the lands and miln of Kair Shephardhaugh and others, for which M^r David Guthrie of Castletown, the father of petitioner's wife, had in the year 1686 obtained a charter de novo damus. Dated Edinburgh, 29 July 1713. The petition and order of reference. 3 pages. Minuted:—“W^t signed.”
July 29.	20. Report of the same to the same, as to conveying the lands and barony of Garvock in the parish of Duning and county of Perth, in favour of James Graham the elder in life rent, and James Graham, his son, in fee. Dated Edinburgh, 29 July 1713. 1½ pages.
July 29.	21. Report of the same to the same on the memorial of the Earl of Breadalbane. The said Earl or the Earl of Glenorchie were chargeable for all “few and blench” duties, due for their lands, &c., for eleven years, at 20l. 7s. 911/12d. per annum, amounting to 224l. 7s. 68/12d. If her Majesty discharged the Accountant, the most regular way was by a privy seal. Dated Edinburgh, 29 July 1713. The memorial referred to and copy of a warrant and another paper relating thereto. Minuted:—“Warr^t signd Xb^r 1713.” 4½ pages.
July 29.	22. Report of the same to the same, on a warrant for granting and conveying the lands and barony of Partoun, lying in the parish of Partoun and stewartry of Kirkcudbright, in favour of William Alves, Writer to the Signet. Dated Edinburgh, 29 July 1713. 1½ pages.
[About July 29.]	23. Memoranda docquetted:—“Remains in M^r Holbech hands.” [Treasurer of the Chamber's department.] The latest date is 29 July 1713. 1 page.
July 30.	24. Lord Dartmouth to the Lord High Treasurer. Transmits a memorial from the Lords of the Admiralty relating to the marine regiments, and signifies her Majesty's pleasure that his L^p should appoint Com^rs and issue money to clear the non-commissioned officers and effective men of those corps, pursuant to an address of the House of Commons. Dated Whitehall, 30 July 1713. The memorial referred to. 2 pages.
July 30.	25. The Duke of Ormonde to the Lord High Treasurer. Would not trouble his Lordship with the applications on behalf of the disbanded officers on half-pay, were it not that the greatest part of them are brought to him out of prisons, where these officers lay for want of money. Asks that directions should be given so that the forms of the Exchequer might be complied with and the officers relieved, and the paymasters reimbursed what they had advanced. Dated Whitehall, 30 July 1713. Minuted:—“7 August 1713. ½ pay wilbe ordered to the hands of the paymasters of the forces or one of them as soon as Exch^r bills come out.” 4 pages.
July 30.	26. Account of tallies, South Sea stock and money in the hands of the Treasurer for Transports. Also an estimate of the charge of sundry transport services now performing. July 30 1713. 2 pages.
July 30.	27. M^r Richard Steele to the Lord High Treasurer. Asked that a new commission of the stamp office might be issued, and his name left out of the patent, or that his surrender might be made in any other way. Dated 30 July 1713. Bloomsbury Square. Minuted:—“M^r Steel may make a surrend^r.” 1 page.
July 31.	28. Report of the Com^rs of Customs to the Lord [High Treasurer] on the report of Col. Quary, Surveyor General of the southern continent of America, on the condemnation of a ship seized as a prize in Pennsylvania in an illegal manner, the produce of which was embezzled. Dated 31 July 1713. 2 pages.
Jan.— July.	29. Memorials, letters, &c. of Sir W. Wyndham, Secretary-at-war, addressed to the Queen, the Lord High Treasurer and the Secretaries of the Treasury, as to matters arising in his office. [Not thought worthy of individual description.] Dated from January to July 1713. One of them, however, relates to the pay of a company of fourscore men formerly in Newfoundland, who were taken prisoners and carried into France. 16 papers and inclosures.
August 1.	30. Lord Bolingbroke to the Lord High Treasurer. Asks his Lordship to settle a fitting allowance on M^r William Taverner, appointed to go to Newfoundland as surveyor of the coasts of that island and of the isles adjacent, yielded up by the late treaty with France. Dated Whitehall, 1 Aug. 1713. 1 page, quarto.
July 22 and August 2.	31. Extracts from two letters of M^r Theop[hilus] Blyke to M^r Brydges, respecting stores taken out of her Majesty's magazines, under the care of the former, for the service of the Principality of Catalonia. Dated 2 and 13 Aug. 1713, N.S., i.e., 22 July and 2 Aug. Also a list of the same stores. The first states that “This capitale hath refused to accept their part, in the terms stipulated, for the evacuation of the principality; adhering with an inimitable constancy to the prince they recogniz'd for sovereign, when reduced by the arms of the allies & at their instance to receive him as such, they have taken a vigorous resolution to maintain the title of that prince, as judging their rights & libertys cannot, will not subsist under the dominion of any prince of the line of Bourbon.” 3½ pages.
August 4.	32. Certificate signed J. Dawson, about the date of the patent for the Duke of Ormond's pension of 5,000l. per ann. Dated 4 Aug. 1713. 6 lines.
[? About August 5.]	33. Petition of William Taverner to the Lord High Treasurer. Was brought up to trade and fishery in Newfoundland, and was a great sufferer by the French incursions on the English settlements there; since which was employed by merchants of London to make an experiment on fisheries on the coast of Scotland. Was appointed on 21 July last, at a salary of 20s. a day, her Majesty's surveyor of Newfoundland, more particularly on the coast and islands adjacent, where the French usually fished. Had been called before the Lords of Trade to give information as to the fisheries of Scotland and Newfoundland. Asked how he was to proceed to Newfoundland, for his salary to be put on some certain establishment, and for payment of what was due. Copies of his appointment and instructions. Minuted:—“5^th Aug^t 1713. My Lord Bolinbroke is acquainted by my Lord Trea[sure]rer's order that y^e Civil list is already charged w^th the paym^t of 4^l p[er] diem to Gen^l Nicholson, who was then on his voyage to those parts, w^th very large & extensive comissions from her Ma^ty. And his Lord^p was of opinion that he would be capable of executing whatever instructions it might be necessary to give a survey^r without bringing any new expence on her Ma^ty for performing that office.” Again:—“18 Mar. 1713/14. There is nothing alledged to induce M. L. to alter his opinion.” 2 large pages.
Aug. 5.	34. T. Harley to Lord Bolingbrook, giving him the information contained in the above minute. Dated 5 Aug. 1713. (Copy.) 1 page, quarto.
Aug. 6.	35. Harry Goring to the Lord High Treasurer. Asked that directions might be given for payment of five months' subsistence to his regiment (3,649l. 13s. 9d.), and 2,428l. 3s. 6½d., to pay off supernumeraries and invalids. He would endeavour immediately to embark for Ireland. [Her Majesty had discharged Col. Churchill's and his (Goring's) regiment from being marine regiments, and had constituted them regiments of foot]. Dated 6 Aug. 1713. Copy of the sign manual for the above alteration. 3 pages.
[? About Aug. 6.]	36. Report of Auditor Harley to the Lord High Treasurer on the report of M^r Bythell, deputy to the late Auditor Maynwaring, relating to the account of the Hon. James Brydges, Esq., Paymaster of the Forces abroad. The account and all other accounts depending in the office, not signed by the late Auditor, ought to be examined and signed by the present auditor. Minuted:—“Agreed.” The report which was referred to the above auditor to report on, 6 Aug. 1713. 2 pages.
About Aug. 7.	37. Memorial to the Lord High Treasurer for payment of travelling charges, &c. due to servants of the chamber attending her Majesty in her progress to Windsor. Signed J. Holbech. Minuted:—“7^th Aug. 1713. The travell^g charges & a qu^r for y^e poor of the gate orderd.” Also lists of travelling charges and of the servants with their wages and a memorandum. 6 pages and 3 parts.
Aug. 7.	38. Copy of letter from Lord Bolingbroke to the Lord High Treasurer. His L^p knew very well that the first orders to M^r Nicholson had been revoked by the Queen, and that he was to make the best of his way to the continent, instead of touching at Newfoundland; so that he could not perform what M^r Taverner was set to execute. Besides which, his L^p might remember that when he (Lord Bolingbroke) prepared the commission and instructions for “this M^r Taverner,” it was by his L^p'^s directions that he (Lord Bolinbroke) went out of his province, and that his letter of 1 Aug. was only the form of doing what had been previously settled with his L^p'^s approbation. M^r Harley must either have mistaken his L^p'^s commands, or have sent him (Lord Bolinbroke) his own. Would not be accessory in bringing any new expense on her Majesty. Dated Whitehall, 7 Aug. 1713. 1 page.
Aug. 7 & 10.	39. Instructions for Sir Stafford Fairborne, Kn^t, Sir William Gifford, Kn^t, and Samuel Hunter, Esq^re, appointed commissioners for making up the accounts, and for disbanding the marine regiments. Given at Hampton Court, 7 Aug. 1713. Copy of the letters patent appointing them. Dated 10 Aug. 1713. 5 pages 2 halves.
Aug. 10.	40. Abstract of the charge of half-pay to the disbanded officers, according to the certificates hitherto issued by the Secretary-at-War. Dated 10 Aug. 1713. Also letter of M^r Sam^l Lynn to Thomas Harley, Esq., on the subject of a list of half pay officers. Same date. 5 pages.
[? About Aug. 10.]	41. Petition to the Lord High Treasurer of the Field and other officers of the Artillery, that had served in Flanders, Spain, Portugal, and other expeditions during the war. Enclosed copy of a petition they had laid before her Majesty. The Lieut. General of Ordnance was indisposed, and the petitioners all busy at Woolwich, in preparing the late fireworks against “the general thanksgiving for her Ma^ty'^s peace,” so that they could not attend the House of Commons when provision was made for other officers; praying for consideration for their half pay. Minuted:—“10 Aug^t 1713. To ordnance.” 1 page, quarto.
[? About Aug. 10.]	42. Petition of John Richmond Webb, Esq^re, Governor of the Isle of Wight, to the Lord High Treasurer, praying repayment of 256l. 16s. 2½d. surplus on his account. Minuted:—“10 Aug^t 1713. A w^t as usuall.” 1 page.
Aug. 11 and 12.	43. Observations made pursuant to the order of the Com^rs of Customs of 22 July 1713, on the demands made by John Burgh, Esq., executor of Michael Wicks, late receiver in London; together with a general view of the accounts of the latter. Signed, “Rob^t Paul p[ro] Comp^r Gen^l.” Dated Custom House, London, 11 Aug. 1713. Also the representation and proposal of John Burgh, Esq., to the Com^rs of Customs, and a further proposal. Dated 12 Aug. 1713. 4 pages and 2 parts.
Aug. 11.	44. Lord Dartmouth to the Lord High Treasurer. Transmits an extract of a letter from M^r Stanwix, as to the difficulties and dangers of the garrison of Gibraltar for want of a better supply of provisions. Dated Whitehall, 11 Aug. 1713. The extract referred to. 4½ pages.
Aug. 15.	45. Two reports of the Com^rs of Ordnance to the Lord High Treasurer, as to money in the hands of the Treasurer of the Ordnance for purchasing lands for the fortifications for the security of the docks at Portsmouth, Chatham, and Harwich, and other particulars as to the survey, damages to owners, &c. Dated Office of Ordnance, 15 Aug. 1713. Also an account of the tallies struck intended for payment of the lands. 3 pages.
Aug. 15.	46. A list of licences for compositions from the 20^th February 1711 to the 2^d of July 1713 inclusive. Showing the names, fines rated, and sums paid into the Exchequer. Finishing, “If therefore his Lords^p will please to give me his direction as well for the recovery of what is standing out, as what may hereafter become due on compositions & fines in her Maj^ties Court of Exchequer, I have reason to believe it will be very much for the service of the revenue. 15 August 1713. Cha. Harison.” 4 large pages.
Aug. 15.	47. Report of the Com^rs of Revenue in Ireland on the petition of Kean O'Hara, Esq^re, wherein he claims a right to the ground on which the Custom House of Dublin stands. They have heard the petitioner by counsel and examined the evidences, and now send a true state of the case. Dated Custom House, Dublin, 15 Aug. 1713. The petition. Copy of the case, which shows that the mayor, sheriffs, commons, and citizens of Dublin, were seized of the thatched house and appurtenances, and the waste ground near the east and north walls of the city, as set forth in the petition, long before the reign of King James I., by grants and confirmations of King Henry II., John, Henry III., and several other kings. In 1605 a lease of a messuage and ground, parcel of the above, was granted to Jacob Newman for 118 years. In 1608 King James I. granted the messuage and lands mentioned in O'Hara's petition to James Hamilton, Esq., notwithstanding the same was already granted to the said mayor and sheriffs, and by them demised to Jacob Newman. In 1620 King James I. having occasion to build a Custom House, Jacob Newman demised to the King certain land therein specified for 90 years. The mayor and sheriffs in 1639 granted the new custom house, called the New Crane, and a plot of land, being part of the premises granted to Newman in 1605, and part of what O'Hara claimed. The case describes other subsequent transactions as regards these lands, which were on the banks of the Liffey, and finishes:—“And the s^d Jacob Newman, or any deriving under him, never as we can find, insisted on any title to the said ground, or any part thereof, under the said patent of King James the First, till now that the same is pretended to by M^r O'Hara, but always made their title thereto under the said lease in 1605 from the city.” Signed, “Ri. Levinge and Fra. Bernard.” Also their separate opinions on the case. 11½ pages.
Aug. 17.	48. Report of the Postmasters General to the Lord High Treasurer, on an information against John Reynell of Chester, who on the decease of his father had the management of the bye letters of the several stages throughout the grand Chester Road. They had acquainted him that a person under such a character as he was represented to be, was not fit to be entrusted with any employ under them. He, however, declared the information to be altogether malicious, and that the person who had given the information was guilty of perjury. Dated 17 Aug. 1713. Minuted:—“19 Aug^t 1713. To postma^rs ab^t employing Puleston in the cross post.” Copy of their previous report of 22 July, and the affidavit of Jonathan Pickering, charging “Reynolls” with saying “that if her present Ma^ty did not punctually perform the oath she took at her coronation, he, the said Reynolls, would be the first that would take up arms against her, to dethrone her.” 5 pages.
Aug. 17.	49. Memorial of the Com^rs for making up the accounts and disbanding the Marine regiments, to the Lord High Treasurer; praying that Sir Roger Mostyn, or his deputy, might have orders to issue such money as would be required to defray their expenses in the execution of their commission. Dated 17 Aug. 1713. Minuted:—“3^li each comm^r 1. to y^e sec[reta]ry for all ch^a w^t'soever.” On the back is a warrant to pay the Com^rs 40s. a day. Unsigned and undated. 2 pages.
Aug. 26.	50. Report of the officers of the Mint to the Lord High Treasurer, on the “memorial and certificate in favour of M^r Catesby Oadham against M^r Brattell.” Saw no reason to alter the opinion certified in their former report. Dated Mint Office, 26 Aug. 1713. 1 page.
Aug. 26.	51. Report of the Com^rs of Customs to the Lord High Treasurer, as to the annual charge of the office of Inspector General of the imports and exports, and as to how far he had brought up his books. Dated 26 Aug. 1713. Letter and memorial of Charles Davenant, the Inspector General. 6 pages.
Aug. 27.	52. Robert Skene to the Rt. Hon. Baron Scrope. Asking that her Majesty's bounty might be bestowed on him, to which he thought himself entitled as much as any others, having done his duty as early as they in praying for her Majesty upon her accession to the throne, and in subscribing two dutiful addresses; besides which he served the cure at one of her Majesty's churches, to which he was presented by King Charles II., in the year 1678. The small thing he had when he was turned out of his living, with eight motherless children, in the year 1689, was soon spent in the years of dearth, and his share in the contributions of well-disposed people came vastly short of supporting him and his children. Dated Ed^r, August 27, 1713. 1 page, quarto.
Aug. 29.	53. “Trustees' acco^t relating to the 180,000^li lent by the Marq Sauli for y^e concern'd in y^e 2 Genoese ships seized by ye Lord Forbes.” The account is brought down to Aug. 29. Minuted:—“28 Oct. 1713. An acco^t of these demands to be sent to Viceti. [Viceti was one of the Trustees.] A l~re wri.” 2 pages.
Aug. 29.	54. Report of M^r W^m Blathwayt to the Lord High Treasurer on the petition of John Salkeld, clerk. Found that the lands in the island of S^t Christopher mentioned were part of the island acquired by her Majesty's arms from the French during the late war, and remaining to her by the late treaty; so that her Majesty might dispose of them as she saw fit. A survey should be made, and if her Majesty disposed of the lands to the present possessors, the petitioner might, in preference to any other, deserve the grant desired. Dated 29 Aug. 1713. The petition referred to. Petitioner had a grant of a plantation of about 100 acres, which was confirmed in 1707 for three years, if the war with France continued so long. Also copy of the Royal grant of 1707. 4 pages.