|
| July 21. |
1. Report of the Comrs of Customs to the Lord High Treasurer on petitions, one in the name of John Tasker and other under coal-meters of the port of London; the other in the name of Thomas Buttry and Thomas Bunce for themselves and other working coal-meters, containing several complaints for not being paid by the city principal coal-meters what was due to them for their service in meting coals imported into the port. Were of opinion that the agreements made with the 15 principal city coal-meters, for performing the service, and the allowance to them ½d. per chaldron, should be continued, and that the petitioners who were the under-meters should be left to prosecute their suit in the Court of Exchequer if they thought fit. Dated 21 July 1714.
The two petitions referred to, and four others to the Comrs of Customs on the same subject. 11 pages.
|
| Feb. 2–July 21. |
2. Papers connected with the affairs of Mr J. Howe, Paymaster of the guards and garrisons, being mostly memorials for issues of money. Dated between 2 Feb. and 21 July 1714. 22 papers.
|
| July 22. |
3. Thomas Medlycott to [? the Lord High Treasurer]. “The private estate of ye late King James (when Duke of York) was worth to be lett 22,000l. a year, as afterwards valued by ye English Trustees of forfeitures. This (as I was informd) was settled on ye Duke of York's marriage: so consequently, belonged to her Majesty as issue of that marriage. This estate King William granted away (as ye forfeiture of ye late King) and heads of a bill were brought in to ye parliamt of Ireland, to make good that grant. 'Twas thought hard, yt ye princess should be disinherited of her own private estate. My Lord Rochester wrote to me then a member of Parliamt in Ireland about it, desired me to do all I could privately to prevent it, wthout bringing the princesses name much in question, not to widen the distance that was then between the Courts of Kensington & St James's. I labourd heartily in it (being then Attorney General of the Palatinate), and by ye interest of ye Duke of Ormond's friends, ye bill was thrown out. The next sessions another bill was brought in, by general words to do ye same thing. That was also rejected. I am very confident that my Lord Rochester wrote to no other person in this affair but myself. I made 3 journeys over to England abt it, was introduc'd to ye princess, who did me ye honor to speak herself very graciously to me on that head, in ye presence of my Lord Marlborough. Bid me go on & from time to time write to my Lord Marlborough about that matter, & he should constantly give me answers. She was pleased to tell me she took that service kindly at that time, because (she sayd) I could then have no motive to it, but my zeal & affection to her interests. His Royall Highness the Prince of Denmark more then once condescended to acknowledge this piece of service to me. So this matter remained till the English Act took all these estates away, My Lord Marlborough, when her Majty came to ye crown, told me of himself, the Queen has it now in her power to pay you what she owes you, & will, I know, do it very generously. I came aft[erwa]rds into the parliamt of England, but — never after spoke to my Lord Marlborough. My Lord Rochester spoke to me often about this expence & service, and so did his Grace ye Duke of Ormond, but they not being then employ'd I never had any thing for it. 'Tis 14 years ago now, so have been out of all my expences ever since. Her Majty will remember, yt ye first motion that came to her was from my Lord Rochester, when her Majty (then princess) was at Tunbridge. Because he makes that excuse in his first letter for not answering mine sooner, yt her Royall Highness was then out of towne.” Dated 22 July 1714. 3 pages, quarto.
|
| July 23. |
4. Memorial of William Palmes to the Lord High Treasurer. Had delivered a memorial to his Lp for the grant of a lease of the manors of Cookham and Bray in the co. of Berks, which was referred to John Manley, Esq., the then Surveyor General, who died before he had made a report thereof. Prays that the memorial might be referred to the successor. Dated on the back 23 July 1714.
The memorial referred to. 2 pages.
|
| July 23. |
5. Memorandum of the Controllers of the Army Accounts, containing also queries as to matters relating to the clothing of the army.
Minuted:—“23 July 1714. Read.” 1 page.
|
[? About
July 23.] |
6. Report of the Attorney General (Northey) to the Lord High Treasurer on the representation of Mr Lovibond, Surveyor General of the late Queen Dowager (to which office he had been appointed about a year before her death), that there were then but few surveys in his office, and those so defaced that they were useless, and that he had been put to great expense in procuring and copying such surveys, and that by the sudden death of the Queen Dowager he had not been repaid. Certifying that the surveyor had paid to Mr Raynor, his predecessor, 200 guineas for surveys, &c., and advising that he should be repaid that amount.
Minuted:—“23 July 1714. The schedule to be produced to my Lord, and Mr Borrett to move the Court of Exchequer that these puc m~imts [public muniments ?] may be đd [delivered] over to the respective audrs.”
Again:—“6 Augt 1716. A wart to be drawn for paying him 200 guyneys.”
The representation referred to. 4 pages.
|
| July 23. |
7. Notice from the South Sea Company to the Lord High Treasurer of the sums due to them at Lady day and on 24 June last; praying relief. Signed by order of the directors by “Ja. Bateman, Sub-Govr.” Dated 23 July 1714. 1 page.
|
| July 24. |
8. Report of the Comrs for licensing hawkers, pedlars, and petty chapmen to the Lord High Treasurer on the petition of Robert Golightly. Petitioner had applied for a deputation without salary. They did not find the revenue had been increased by him. They were informed that petitioner was a dealer in hair, and had given a person liberty to trade without a licence for six or eight months contrary to law. Enclosed a representation by the officer appointed to inspect and survey the northern division, relating to the petitioner's management. Dated 24 July 1714.
The representation, the petition, and four other papers. 10 pages.
|
| July 24. |
9. Report of the Attorney and Solicitor General (Northey and Raymond) to the Lord High Treasurer, on a paper in behalf of the persons who had debts in Scotland, charged upon and made payable out of the growing equivalent which should become due to Scotland after the Union. The sum of 398,085l. 0s. 10d. was granted as an equivalent to Scotland for the customs and excise only, which were then in being, &c. Dated 24 July 1714. 2½ pages.
|
| July 24. |
10. Wm Sloper to the Lord High Treasurer. Lays before his lordship a state of the moneys taken up by the Earl of Galway in Portugal, to be made good to the land forces out of his lordship's arrear of ordinary and extraordinary entertainment, as her Majesty's ambassador there. Dated Whitehall, 24 July 1714.
The “state” referred to and four other papers connected with the same affairs. 6 pages or parts of pages.
|
July 26
and 27. |
11. Royal warrant to the Lord High Treasurer for payment of 200,000l. out of the Receipt of the Exchequer to Thomas Moor, Esq., Receiver and Paymaster of the land forces in Minorca, Dunkirk, and Gibraltar, and other forces in the Low Countries. Dated 26 July 1714.
Warrant from the Lord High Treasurer to the Auditor of the Receipt of the Exchequer for an order to pay the same. Dated 27 July 1714. 2 pages.
|
[About
July 26.] |
12. Memorial of Sir John Areskin, Sir Patrick Johnston, John Pringle, and Alexr Abercromby, Esq., for themselves and other Comrs of the Equivalent, to the Lord High Treasurer, praying that out of 70,000l. of equivalent and increase of excise, 30,000l. might be paid to them (the Comrs), and for a general precept to all public offices, for authentic abbreviates of the produce of the respective revenues and duties under their management to be supplied, so as to be fit to be laid before parliament.
Minuted:—“26 July 1714. Mr Lowndes with some of the Commrs to state the case upon the Act of Parliament for Mr Attorney's opinion.”
Also “An accot of the equivalent & encrease due out of the excise of Scotland for these seven years past.” 2 pages.
|
| July 27. |
13. Warrant from the Lord High Treasurer to the Auditor of the Receipt of the Exchequer for payment of the fee or salary of 1,000l. a year to the heirs and assigns of the late Duke of Newcastle, pursuant to the letters patent of 15 Aug. 1709, granting the duke the liberty to make a park in the Forest of Sherwood, &c. Dated 27 July 1714.
With an order for the warrant to be executed. 1¼ pages.
|
| July 28. |
14. Charles Carkesse for the Comrs of Customs, to William Lowndes and Thomas Harley, Esqres, Secretaries to the Lord High Treasurer. Dr Radcliff, who had purchased of the Comrs the house and estate of Edward Carleton, late of “Cashalton,” in the co. of Surrey, merchant, had now paid the whole purchase money, viz. 7,163l. The Attorney General had prepared the enclosed warrant for a grant under the broad seal to Sir Geo. Beaumont, in whose name the Doctor wished the same to be made. The Comrs desired the secretaries to get the same signed that it might pass. Dated Custom House, London, 28 July 1714.
The warrant referred to. Also an account of the penalties incurred by Edward Carleton and others [for which the estate was sold]. 12 pages.
|
July
or later. |
15. Additional list of the half-pay officers who have died, or been provided for, since the 25th of Dec. 1713. Showing their names, rates of payment, &c. 2 pages.
|
[? About
July.] |
16. Memoranda of payments in the office of Edward Nicholas, Esq. 2 pages.
|
|
Dates doubtful, but supposed to be before 1 Aug. 1714. |
|
17. “A state of all the troops as well British as foreigners that were in Her Majesty's pay in the several parts of the service in the year 1711, compar'd with the present state thereof, and showing the times of reduction and disbanding the subject forces and dismissing the foreigners from her Majesty's service.” 4 large pages.
|
18. Lord Falkland [to the Lord High Treasurer]. Was threatened with dismal law suits by his tradesmen. 180l. were due of his pension. Two thirds would contribute much to make him easy. Undated. [A pension of 200l. a year was granted to him on 24 Aug. 1702. See Minute Book, Vol. XI., p. 247.]
Minuted:—“½ a year to X~mas to be paid.” 1 page, quarto.
|
|
19. Proposals offered to the House of Commons to advance the revenue 135,000l. per annum and upwards. Duties were proposed to be laid on charcoal, orchall, starch, sealing-wax, wafers, &c. 3 pages.
|
|
20. Petition of Francis Hoffman to the Queen. Had found out an expedient whereby four in five might be preserved in a general battle, and two out of three in a siege, so that the forces might charge with more courage and vigour (if possible) than they had ever been known to do. Prayed to be heard. 1 page.
|
21. Account of the confiscated estates and grants made out of them, viz., in the island of Minorca. [After the castle of St Philip had surrendered, some natives of the island who had sheltered themselves in the castle went out of it, following the contrary party, for which reason their estates were sequestered.] The particulars of the estates are given.
At the end is an account “of the grants and favours which his imperial majesty made to some persons out of the effects & produce of the confiscated estates, and which were afterwards suspended for a year by virtue of a general decree of the 2d February 1711.” 9½ pages.
|
|
22. Schedule to an establishment for one company of invalids. 1 page.
|
|
23. Proposal to raise a considerable sum of money yearly for the use of the government, viz., for all common brewers, distillers, and retailers of brandy, spirits, &c., to be compelled to take yearly licences. 1 page (printed). |
|
24. A balance sheet of Mr Holbech's. [Treasurer of the Chamber's Office.] 2 pages.
|
|
25. Petition of Richard Clarke to the Queen. Sir Paul Pinder and Sir William Curteen lent King Charles I. 150,000l., which they left to their relations, and after the Restoration many of the relations had not bread to eat. An Act of Parliament was obtained with letters of reprisal to receive 200,000l. of the Dutch, which they were to pay upon a league made between the English and them, with power of distress on their effects for non-payment, which was done by seizure of a ship laden with wine and brandy near Cowes. The seamen were condemned to death for this seizure as pirates, but pardoned by the King, who acknowledged that he had remitted the 200,000l. to his highness the then Prince of Orange, for a dowry with his princess, and desired the ship to be delivered to prevent a war. He also paid 500l. to Carew, and promised to pay gradually 500l. or 1,000l. at a time till the whole was discharged, &c. No more money was paid. Carew died very poor. Asked for a place or charitable allowance. 1 page.
|
|
26. Petition of Arthur Bush, Secretary to the Revenue, to the Queen, praying that his salary for himself and clerks should be raised from 300l. to 500l. per annum. 1 page.
|
|
27. Petition of John Hill, Gent., late one of the clerks of the Victualling Office, to the House of Commons, praying to be examined at the bar of the house, to lay before the house the papers he had lodged with the Comrs of Victualling, to prove his allegations as to abuses in that office. 1 page.
|
|
28. Affidavit of John Elphinstone that he had constantly attended at the Cottonian Library since the year 1706, when he received a deputation to take care of the same. Had attended most of the lords and bishops and other lords and gentlemen of North as well as South Britain. Dr Bentley who lived there had never intermeddled with the library, nor had any key of the presses. Conceived he deserved 50l. a year for his trouble. 1 page.
|
|
29. A representation from the Barons of the Exchequer in Scotland relating to the customers. Signed J. Smith and J. Scrope. With notes in the margin opposite the heads which required the consideration of the English Treasury. 3 pages.
|
|
30. Memorial on behalf of the Bishop of Killaloe, praying that he might receive the revenues of the Bishopric of Raphoe “from the time of its avoidance.” 1 page.
|
31. Memorial of Lady Letitia Russell to the Lord High Treasurer. 7,000l. were due to her upon an annuity of 600l. per ann. out of 1,500l. per ann. reserved in a grant of quit rents made to Katherine, Countess of Dorchester. Praying payment of 300l., and that the tenants might be ordered to pay to her the sums remaining unpaid by them.
Minuted:—“A wt to be prepared for paying ye 3.” 1½ pages.
|
|
32. Memorial for a quarter's allowance to the Lord Almoner on the establishment of the Treasurer of the Chamber's Office, due at Christmas 1713, and for the Chapel Closet Keeper's arrears. 1 page.
|
|
33. J. Pym (for the Directors of the South Sea Company) to the Lord High Treasurer, concerning army and transport debentures for the service of the late war, subscribable to the South Sea Company. 1 page.
|
|
34. Petition of Richard Hayward, messenger, to the Lord High Treasurer (Oxford). Since Lady day 1711 had ridden many long foreign journeys, frequently to the hazard of his life, in Poland, Germany, Spain, France, Holland, &c. There was due to him from Midsummer 1713, for foreign journeys, &c., 175l. Prayed that it might be paid in specie. 1 page.
|
|
35. “An estimate of new planting several lines and ‘platons’ of elms and ‘abeals’ in her Majesty's Bushey Park, at Hampton Court, and also making a figure hedge work of very large evergreen plants in the Wilderness, belonging to the palace, to face the iron gates that are to be placed to take the middle line of the great avenue that runs through the said park, viz., one pair at the said Wilderness Gate, and the other opposite, at the entrance into the said park.” Signed:—“Hen. Wise.” 1 page.
|
|
36. A paper docquetted:—“Serjt Richardson's opinion about the cake soap,” sent to Mr Lowndes. At the foot is a letter on some proposition in parliament to tax soap. 1½ pages, much decayed.
|
|
37. “Extract of her Majesty's instructions to the governor of Maryland,” [John Hart, Esq.] 2 pages.
|
|
38. “Memll of the Under Governor & Depty Govr of S. S. Compa” to the Lord High Treasurer (Oxford), praying for power to be inserted in their commission to return duplicates of the interest of the first and second subscriptions, &c. and to finish whatever ought to have been done by the Comrs in the former commissions, &c. 2 pages.
|
|
39. A scheme of her Majesty's several gardens and plantations as now kept up, and as each division requires to be upheld, viz., at Hampton Court, Kensington, Windsor, and New Market. Also an account of the tools and materials required. 3 pages.
|
|
40. “What appears at ye Treasury relating to the Assiento contract,” being an abstract of certain warrants and other papers touching that contract. 1½ pages, quarto.
|
41. “Several papers relating to the island of Minorca.” The following table of the contents is given at the beginning:—“State of the island of Minorca, by Henry Neale, surveyor of the island.
“1. A memorial relating to Minorca [viz., as to its present state, and proposals for its settlement].
“2. Account of all the estates in sd. island, & their value of rent in corn & money.
“3. Do. of what taxes the inhabitants of the island paid for 3 years together in King Charles ye 2nd's time, & what they have paid in the Queen's time.
“4. Do. of the royal revenues for the year 1713.
“5. Do. of the royal revenue for the year 1714.
“6. How the revenues ariseth, & the charges thereon.
“7. Do. of the form of payment.
“8. Account & list of all the general estates who pay no taxes, but were obliged to find horse and man to guard the coast, which now they send none.
“9. Do. No of all the inhabitants of the island, including the clergy.
“10. Do. of all the forfeited estates, and the value of them.
“11. Do. of all the grants given by King Charles the Second & King Charles the Third [of Spain].
“12. A map of the island.” [Not now with the papers.] 82 pages.
|
42. “A proposal for making a fund for the payment of the transportation of forces to Gibraltar and the island of Minorca, in order to the relieving the troops in those places every six years, with some reasons for the duly relieving those forces.”
Also a calculation of the exchange of money at those places for one year. 10 pages, quarto.
|
|
43. Petition of John Shaw, keeper in the forest of Salsey, in the county of Northampton, praying to have his lodge, &c. repaired. 1 page.
|
44. Petition of William Morison, Esq., to the Queen, showing that a treasure ship was wrecked on some of the rocks, &c. between 41 degrees south and 54 degrees north latitude; praying a grant of letters patent for seven years to fish for the same treasure and take it to his own use.
[Between 1707 and Aug. 1714, as Great Britain is mentioned.] 1 page.
|
45. “Proposals humbly offered for stopping the great cry there is, both in town and country, about the scarcity of money, and supplying the defect thereof, and raising supply by coining permission money.”
Also “Proposals for raising a supply by a general ensurance for losses by fire.” [Containing good information for the history of insurance from fire, and altogether a very curious paper.] 3 pages.
|
|
46. Proposals for an Act of Parliament to establish, preserve, and carry on the trade to Africa and the plantations belonging thereto, including a grant of the exclusive trade to the Royal African Company for 21 years, the company to export 100,000l. sterling, and in case it shall be found necessary to purchase more negroes, the company at the direction of the Queen and council, to export goods to the value of 150,000l., and that the colonies may have sufficient supplies of negroes at moderate rates, the company to be subjected to the orders of the Queen and Council. 1 page.
|
|
47. Memorial of Col. Alexander Grant to the Lord High Treasurer (Oxford), praying to have his rank as a brigadier general, and to take place of divers persons promoted. [Between 1711 and 1714.] 1 page.
|
|
48. Another memorial from him (in which he describes himself as “brigadier general”), praying for the subsistence of his regiment. ½ page.
|
|
49. Petition of Lord Sempill to the Queen, showing that he came over from Ireland for recovery of his health, and was returning, being lieut. colonel of the regiment of foot commanded by Genl Sutton, but was called to attend the election of a Scotch peer on the 22nd of the next month; praying the Queen to grant her warrant to exempt him from the penalty of 4s. in the pound levied on field officers absent above six calendar months in the year. [Addressed to the Queen, but if to Queen Anne it would appear to be a copy. It mentions a Lieutenant Sutton. The only one of the name appears to have been living in 1735.] 1 page.
|
|
50. Representation of Timothy Goodwin, Bernard Lintot, William Taylor, and Jacob Tonson, printers to the House of Commons, made to the Speaker. Had printed three reports in the last sessions, containing 72 sheets, the charge for which was 169l., and had not received 10l. by the sale thereof. Were informed that heretofore when the printing of any books for the House of Commons did not produce a profit by the sale, the Speaker allowed a bill for such books as were delivered to the members of the house, and the bill was allowed by the Treasury; praying his Honour to do therein what he should think most proper. 1 page.
|
|
51. Calculations of revenue from different sources. Date very uncertain, but may be about 1714. 5 pages.
|
