Declared Accounts: First Fruits and Tenths

Calendar of Treasury Books, Volume 30, 1716. Originally published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1958.

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'Declared Accounts: First Fruits and Tenths', in Calendar of Treasury Books, Volume 30, 1716, ed. William A Shaw, F H Slingsby( London, 1958), British History Online https://prod.british-history.ac.uk/cal-treasury-books/vol30/cdxxxii-cdxxxiii [accessed 25 November 2024].

First Fruits and Tenths

DECLARED ACCOUNTS: FIRST FRUITS.

AUDIT OFFICE: BUNDLE 1228, ROLL 193 [A.O.1/1228/193].

George Townsend, Remembrancer of First Fruits and William Glanville, Receiver of the same.

1 January 1715–16 to 31 December 1716.


Charge.				£	s.	d.

Arrears: depending on William Glanville, Receiver of First Fruits at the foot of the last Account				4	19	11³/8
and on several persons particularly mentioned at the foot of the said Account				60,476	8	7¾
Receipts: money arising from the issues of First Fruits of Bishoprics, Deaneries, Dignities, Rectories, Vicarages and other Benefices and Ecclesiastical Promotions in England and Wales (by monthly totals)				7,202	15	5½
				—
total charge and receipts				£67,684	4	0⁵/8
Discharge.				£	s.	d.
Payments made by the Receiver of First Fruits: for Exchequer fees (10l.); for the fees of the two Auditors (18l. 6s. 8d.); to the Remembrancer (40l.); to the same for further Exchequer fees etc. (10l.); to William Glanville, Receiver (120l.); and to John Baber, Comptroller (150l.)				348	6	8
money paid into the Exchequer, by dates:				5,578	11	6½
				—
total payments and allowances				£5,926	18	2½
and so remains				61,757	5	10¹/8
	£	s.	d.
whereof depending on divers Incumbents for arrears: from the three years to 31 Dec. 1660 to the year to 31 Dec. 1709 [as in previous Accompts]	8,589	10	9¾
for the year to 31 Dec. 1710 (besides 45s. paid this year)	47	6	10½
for ditto to 31 Dec. 1711	372	11	0
for ditto to 31 Dec. 1712	44	14	2¼
for ditto to 31 Dec. 1713 (besides 23l. 12s. paid this year)	703	14	8¼
for ditto to 31 Dec. 1714 (besides 1,864l. 9s. paid this year)	1,969	16	0
for ditto to 31 Dec. 1715 (besides 3,016l. 18s. 2¼d. paid this year)	3,503	0	3
for ditto to 31 Dec. 1716 (besides 1,014l. 13s. paid this year)	6,188	1	5½
	—			21,418	15	3¼
and on Laurence Steele, deceased, late Receiver				9,424	7	1
and on Sir John Prettyman, bt., late Receiver, before his suspension				19,864	9	9
and on William Prettyman, deceased, late Remembrancer				10,549	0	3⁵/8
and on Robert Squibb, deceased, late Receiver				447	10	9½
and on Charles Porter, deceased, late Receiver				52	6	7⁷/8
and on John Fenn, deceased, late Remembrancer				0	6	0¾
				—
				£61,757	5	11
and so George Townsend, Remembrancer, is even and Quit.				nil.
and William Glanville is in surplusage Declared 30 April 1718.				0	0	0⁷/8
This Roll, like that of the Cofferer, is written in Latin and declared in the Exchequer, not at the Treasury.