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| March 21. |
Money warrant for 2,048l. 4s. 6d. to Sir Robert Breedon and Sir Randolph Knipe for the surplusage on their account as Sheriffs of London and Middlesex for the year ended 1715 Sept. 29. (Money order dated Mar. 22 hereon.) (Letter of direction dated Mar. 28 hereon.) Money Book XXIV, p. 155. Order Book IX, p. 195. Disposition Book XXIII, p. 147.
Treasury warrant dormant to the Customs Cashier to pay 52l. per an. salary to Benja[min] Hudson as a King's waiter, London port. Money Book XXIV, p. 388.
Same to same to pay said salary of 52l. per an. to John Dennis from the time he was last paid as a King's waiter, London port, to the time he was superseded by the abovesaid Benj. Hudson. Ibid., p. 389.
Money warrant for 20,000l. to Samuel Edwards, George Jerman and John Stockwell, Paymasters of interest on Exchequer Bills: for the payment of interest thereon, ut supra, p. 81. (Money order dated Mar. 22 hereon.) Ibid., p. 390. Order Book IX, p. 194.
Same for 25l. to George Holmes for 1715 Xmas quarter's salary as Chief Clerk for digesting the records in Cæsar's Chapel in the Tower. (Money order dated Mar. 22 hereon.) (Letter of direction dated Mar. 23 hereon.) Money Book XXIV, p. 390. Order Book IX, p. 193. Disposition Book XXIII, p. 144.
Same for 600l. to Charles, Earl of Sunderland, for 120 days 1715 Aug. 27 to Dec. 25 on his 4l. a day in lieu of diet and fee of 20s. a day as Lord Privy Seal. (Money order dated March 22 for 480l. on said 4l. a day.) (Letter of direction dated March 28 hereon.) Money Book XXIV, p. 392. Order Book IX, p. 195. Disposition Book XXIII, p. 147.
Letter of direction for 400l. to the Earl of Radnor, Treasurer of the Chamber: out of Civil List moneys: upon account for the service of his Office. (William Lowndes to said Earl to pay same to the King's sub-almoner for this year's Maundy.) Disposition Book XXIII, p. 142.
William Lowndes to the Navy Commissioners to make forth a bill for 10,000l. to be paid by the Navy Treasurer to the Treasurer of Greenwich Hospital upon account of the abatements in the ships' books in the time Sir Thomas Littleton was Treasurer of the Navy: and is for the support of said Hospital. Ibid.
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| March 21. |
William Lowndes to the Customs Commissioners to report on the memorial from Mr. [William] Wynde, Inspector of Prosecutions in the Exchequer Court, presenting to my Lords William Hill for his deputy. Out Letters (General) XXII, p. 58.
Treasury reference to Hugh Cholmly, Surveyor General of Crown Lands, of the petition of Samuel Clark for a further term in two houses in Jermin Street and two in Market Street and four small houses behind the two last, all in the parish of St. James's, and vested in him by mesne assignments. Reference Book IX, p. 269.
Same to the Customs Commissioners of the petition of James Mallortie and Lewis Fountaine, executors in trust to John James David, late of London, merchant, praying remission (for said David's children) of interest on several bonds of which they have paid the principal. Ibid., p. 270.
Same to the Auditors of Imprests of the petition of Charles Bertie, son and executor of the Honble. Charles Bertie, late Treasurer of the Ordnance, shewing that he is ready to pay the balance due on his father's final account, but prays an allowance of 362l. 13s. 0d. for sundry necessary disbursements. Ibid.
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| March 22. |
Treasury warrant dormant to the Customs Cashier to pay 62l. 13s. 4d. per an. fee or salary to John Arnold, gent., as one of the Customers of Southampton port. Money Book XXIV, p. 393.
Money order for 20l. to Evan Evans, Dr. in Divinity, towards defraying the charge of his passage to Philadelphia in Pennsylvania, where he has been several years a minister and is now upon his return thither. (Letter of direction dated March 23 hereon.) Order Book IX, p. 195. Disposition Book XXIII, p. 144.
William Lowndes to the Navy Treasurer to apply to the services following the sum of 3,321l. 12s. 3d. out of the stock remaining in your hands whereupon the Annuities of 5 per cent. [as by 1 Geo. I, st. 2, c. 19] are attending: viz. |
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£ |
s. |
d. |
|
for paying bills made out on the old Course of the Navy and Victualling for the month of July 1715, viz. to the Navy |
2,152 |
0 |
0 |
|
ditto to the Victualling |
1,169 |
12 |
3 |
|
— |
|
£3,321 |
12 |
3 |
But in your accounts you are to surcharge yourself with all dividends due at Xmas last not only on the stock for these Annuities but also upon the stock for the sum of 30,556l. 17s. 7d. directed by my letter of the 1st inst., supra, p. 127. Disposition Book XXIII, p. 142.
Letter of direction for 63,888l. 7s. 4d. to same: out of loans remaining in the Exchequer on credit of the Land Tax anno 1716: and is intended to be applied to the services following: viz. |
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£ |
s. |
d. |
to the head of Wages.
for paying off ships ordered to be laid up |
40,000 |
0 |
0 |
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for Recalls |
10,000 |
0 |
0 |
to the head of Victualling.
for bills of exchange drawn since the 31 Dec. last from Copenhagen and other places |
8,888 |
7 |
4 |
|
for Short Allowance money on original lists |
5,000 |
0 |
0 |
|
— |
|
£63,888 |
7 |
4 |
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Ibid., p. 143. |
| March 22. |
William Lowndes to the Navy Commissioners to make forth a Navy bill for 21,135l. 16s. 6½d. to be paid by John Aislabie, Treasurer of the Navy, to Sir Roger Mostyn, Paymaster of the arrears of the late Marine Regiments, towards discharging the offreckonings due for clothing the said Regiments: to be paid out of the Stock in the name of said Aislabie for 5 per cent. Annuities. In regard to the present discount on the said Annuities my Lords think it reasonable that all dividend money from Xmas 1715 on the said Stock so to be assigned be allowed to the clothiers upon assigning same. (Same to said Mostyn to assign said Stock and the Annuities attending same to said clothiers as above.) Ibid.
Same to [the Auditor of the Receipt]. The Treasury Lords direct that the 20,000l. per an. payable at the Receipt to the Prince of Wales be paid from time to time quarterly out of Civil List moneys pursuant to the royal letters patent [supra, Calendar of Treasury Books, Vol. XXIX, p. 772] grounded on an Act of Parliament [1 Geo. I., st. 2, c. 22] and to a dormant warrant signed by my Lords for payment thereof accordingly, ut supra, ibid., pp. 809, 849–50. Ibid., p. 144.
Same to the Attorney General. It has been usual in criminal cases where the King prosecutes for some of the junior barristers at law to open the indictments. My Lords have a good character of Joseph Ashe, Esq., barrister at law, and recommend him to you to be employed in that service when the trial of the rebels comes on “if you have no objection to the contrary.” Out Letters (General) XXII, p. 58.
Same to Mr. Townly, accountant [for] Wine Licences. The Auditors of Imprests have laid before my Lords some queries relating to the Wine Licence Accounts for the years 1710, 1711, 1712 and 1713, part of which ought to be answered by you. My Lords direct you to attend the said Auditors for that purpose so that the passing of said accounts may not be retarded.
(The like letter to Mr. Hilton, late Accountant for the Wine Licence revenue; to Mr. Hancock, the Comptroller [thereof]; to Sir Bibye Lake; and to the administrator of Mr. Fenn.)
In the margin: this letter was repeated 22 Sept. 1716. Ibid., p. 59.
Same to the [Principal] Officers of the Mint enclosing a memorial [missing] of Thomas Woodward proposing to discover several counterfeiters of the current coin of this kingdom. My Lords direct you to send to him to attend you in that matter. Ibid.
Royal warrant to the Attorney or Solicitor General to prepare a great seal for a grant to Francis Manaton of the extended estate of Joseph Quash, late Receiver General of Taxes for Co. Devon: for the consideration money of 800l.
Prefixing: (1) Report by the Taxes Commissioners dated Office for Hides 7 Dec. 1715 on the petition of the abovesaid Francis Manaton, Receiver General of Co. Cornwall, praying leave to purchase said Quash's estate. (2) Three particulars of said estate in Co. Devon and memoranda thereon as certified by John Hardinge, Deputy King's Remembrancer. (3) Certificate by said Hardinge that Francis Manaton on behalf of Henry Manaton of Harwood, Co. Cornwall, is the best bidder for same at 800l. Out Letters (Affairs of Taxes) II, pp. 199–205. |
| March 23. |
Royal warrant dated St. James's to the Treasury Lords to cause Aunsham Churchill, bookseller, to deliver to John Flamsteed, “our Astronomer,” 300 copies of the Astronomical Observations made by him and comprised in a book entitled ‘Historia Celestis’ which was printed at the expense and charge [of] Prince George of Denmark, lately deceased: the King being informed that 339 copies in quire are remaining undisposed in the hands of the said Churchill. King's Warrant Book XXVII, p. 313.
Same to Henry, Earl of Lincoln, Paymaster of the Forces, to pay and apply the sum of 157,029l. 12s. 5¾d. in manner following out of the moneys remaining in your hands: viz. |
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£ |
s. |
d. |
|
to John How, Esq., late Paymaster General of Guards and Garrisons, as imprest and upon account to be paid to the clothiers for the offreckonings of the respective Regiments, Troops and Companies which were under his care of pay to the 24th Oct. 1714 |
74,783 |
6 |
8¾ |
|
to Thomas Moor, Esq., Receiver and Paymaster of the Forces in Minorca, Gibraltar and the Low Countries: as imprest and upon account: to be applied and paid over by him to the clothiers towards the offreckonings in the respective Regiments, Troops and Companies within, and for, the time that they were under his care of pay |
21,989 |
10 |
5½ |
|
to Robert Walpole, late Paymaster General of Guards, Garrisons and Land Forces: as imprest and upon account, to be paid over by him to the clothiers for the offreckonings on the respective Regiments, Troops and Companies which were under his care of pay from 24 Oct. 1714 to 24 Oct. 1715 |
60,256 |
15 |
3½ |
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— |
|
£157,029 |
12 |
5¾ |
which sums are hereby to be surcharged on the said respective Paymasters' accounts. Ibid., p. 314.
Same to same to pay and apply the sum of 131,090l. 9s. 4d. out of the moneys remaining in your hands for the uses and services as follows: viz. |
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to John How, late Paymaster as above of the Guards and Garrisons, as imprest and upon account to be paid over by him towards clearing the said Guards and Garrisons according to Establishments and muster rolls within and for the time they were continued under his care of pay |
49,365 |
6 |
3 |
|
to Thomas Moor, Paymaster as above of the Land Forces in Minorca, Gibraltar and the Low Countries, as imprest to be paid over by him towards the charge of Officers' servants of the Regiments in Minorca and Gibraltar within and for the time that the Regiments there were under his care of pay |
6,184 |
8 |
0 |
|
to James, Earl of Carnarvon, Paymaster of the Forces acting in conjunction with the Allies in the time of Queen Anne, as imprest and upon account to be paid over by him towards the charge of Officers' servants of the Regiments in Minorca and Gibraltar within and for the time that the Regiments there were under his care of pay |
910 |
18 |
8 |
to Robert Walpole, late Paymaster of Guards, Garrisons and Land Forces, as imprest and upon account to be by him applied and paid over to the uses following: viz.
for clearings of the Guards, Garrisons and Land Forces according to Establishments and Muster Rolls from 25 Oct. 1714 to 24 Oct. 1715 |
58,801 |
0 |
6 |
|
for pay of the Garrisons from 25 April 1715 to 24 Oct. 1715 |
11,899 |
0 |
0¾ |
|
for fire and candle for the Garrisons from 25 Dec. 1714 to 24 Oct. 1715 |
2,298 |
6 |
8 |
|
for pay of the General and Staff Officers upon the Establishment to 29 Sept. 1715 |
1,631 |
9 |
2¼ |
|
— |
|
£131,090 |
9 |
4 |
|
which sums are hereby to be surcharged on the said respective Paymasters' accounts. Ibid., p. 315. |
| March 23. |
Same to same to pay 2,195l. 2s. 1d. to John Hill, Paymaster for the Transport Service, as imprest and in lieu of the money applicable to the said service which was issued to you, the said Earl of Lincoln, on or about Nov. 12 last for subsistence of the Forces out of moneys remaining in the Exchequer that should or ought to have been applied to the service of the Transports but that the subsistence of the Forces under your care of pay did then more immediately require the same (but the necessary supplies are now granted by Parliament for the said subsistence): that is to say: |
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£ |
s. |
d. |
|
out of money levied on Charles Mason, late Paymaster for Transports |
1,319 |
15 |
3 |
|
out of imprest money repaid into the Exchequer by Thomas Micklethwaite, late Paymaster for Transports |
875 |
6 |
10 |
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— |
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£2,195 |
2 |
1 |
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Ibid., p. 316. |
| March 23 |
Royal letters patent appointing Joseph Lawson, Esq., to be a Serjeant at Arms with the wages and fee of 3s. a day and board wages of 2s. 6d. a day: as from Xmas 1714. King's Warrant Book XXVII, p. 62.
Royal sign manual for 50l. to William Brockett, Esq., as royal bounty. (Money warrant dated March 26 hereon.) (Money order dated March 27 hereon.) Ibid., p. 316. Order Book IX, p. 196.
Same for 200l. to Horatio Walpole, Esq., or to William Jones, gent., for his use: towards defraying the expenses which the said Horatio Walpole has been at in attending our service at the Hague. (Money warrant dated March 26 hereon.) (Money order dated March 28 hereon.) (Letter of direction dated March 28 hereon.) King's Warrant Book XXVII, p. 317. Order Book IX, p. 202. Disposition Book XXIII, p. 146.
Royal warrant to the Clerk of the Signet for a privy seal for an annuity or yearly pension of 400l. to William Brockett, Esq., out of the Post Office revenue as from Midsummer 1714. King's Warrant Book XXVII, p. 317.
Money warrant for 37l. 10s. 0d. to Richard Topham, Supervisor of the digesting the Records in Cæsar's Chapel in the Tower, for 1715 Xmas quarter's allowance for three clerks employed therein. (Money order dated March 23 hereon.) (Letter of direction dated March 23 hereon.) Money Book XXIV, p. 392. Order Book IX, p. 194. Disposition Book XXIII, p. 144.
Same for 32l. 0s. 5¾d. to Clement Kent for the surplusage on his account as Sheriff of Berks for the year ended Michaelmas 1715: the same having arisen by reason of his payments to Adam Norman et al. for apprehending Thomas Surrepsell, John Steward, alias Harris, and Robert Clements, robbers on the highway.
Prefixing: certificate by the Deputy Clerk of the Pipe of said surplusage. (Money order dated March 24 hereon.) (Letter of direction dated March 28 hereon.) Money Book XXIV, p. 393. Order Book IX, p. 196. Disposition Book XXIII, p. 146.
Same for 1,017l. 2s. 5½d. to Daniel, Earl of Nottingham, late President of the Privy Council: to wit for 1715 June 24 to 1715–16 Feb. 28 (the day he was removed from that employment) on his allowance of 1,000l. per an. in lieu of diet and 500l. per an. as royal bounty. (Money order dated March 26 hereon.) (Letter of direction dated March 28 hereon.) Money Book XXIV, p. 394. Order Book IX, p. 196. Disposition Book XXIII, p. 146.
Same for 750l. to James Moody (who is thereto appointed by the Commissioners for Stating the Army Debts): and is for the second payment on the 3,000l. for the expenses of said Commissioners in clerks, messengers, officers and incidents. (Money order dated March 26 hereon.) Money Book XXIV, p. 399. Order Book IX, p. 199.
Same for 125l. each to the six Commissioners for taking and stating the Army Debts, viz. Thomas Pelham, Grey Neville, John Plumptre, Leonard Smelt, Sir William Gordon and Sir Thomas Palmer (who with Thomas Smith, lately deceased, were constituted by Act of Parliament as Commissioners for taking said Army Debts): and is for one quarter due to March 10 inst. upon their respective allowances of 500l. per an. each. (Money order dated March 26 hereon.) Money Book XXIV, p. 400. Order Book IX, p. 199. |
| March 23. |
Treasury confirmation of a money order dated 1714 Dec. 15 for 148l. 6s. 1d. to Bernard Hutchins, ut supra, Calendar of Treasury Books, Vol. XXIX, p. 191. Order Book IX, p. 24.
William Lowndes to Mr. Pulteney, Secretary at War, to report on the enclosed account [missing] laid before my Lords of money disbursed by Capt. Thomas Philips for services he was ordered to perform by his Majesty's special directions. Out Letters (General) XXII, p. 58.
Treasury warrant to John Bridges to surrender the lease of the Vine Tavern adjoining the Custom House as follows.
Prefixing: presentment or memorial from the Customs Commissioners to the Treasury Lords. In 1699 Wm. III. purchased of Mr. Peter Eaton the remainder of his term in the Vine Tavern adjoining to the Custom House in Thames Street, Mr. Abbot (Receiver General of Customs) and Mr. Bridges (then Solicitor of the Customs) being trustees for the King in the assignment of the lease dated 1699 June 3. The said lease expires on the 24 June 1718. By your Lordships' authority we have agreed with Sir John Cope, the landlord, for a new lease, but before the same can be completed it is necessary that the present assignment should be surrendered: but Mr. Bridges, the surviving trustee, thinks he cannot safely do this without your warrant. Out Letters (Customs) XVI, p. 335.
Same to the Clerk of the Pipe for an extension of lease to Alice Manning of the Lordship and manor of Bridgestocke, alias Brixtocke, in Co. Northampton.
Prefixing: particular and memorandum of the premises made out by Francis Neale, Deputy Clerk of the Pipe, and ratal thereof by the Surveyor General of Crown Lands.
Followed by: undated entry of the Treasury Lords' signature of the docquet of this lease.
The particular details the premises as follows: 310 acres containing a close of pasture called Manterly Close of 13 acres, bounded on the north by Farming Wood and on the south by the Common Field of Bridgestocke and on the east by lands of Thomas Watkinson: the close of 11 acres occupied by the said Watkinson: the close of 22 acres called Linn Close bounded west by land of Thomas Barton and on the land of the Lord Salisbury commonly called Bridgestocke Quarter, and north on the Common Field of Bridgestocke: the close of eight acres called Catshead Close bounded south with the Wallow Land and with the wood of Lord Peterborough; the close of 12 acres called Hitchmere Close bounded on the west with the Tythe Meadow and on the south with the land of the Earl of Peterborough: several parcels of arable and meadow now in the tenure of the demeasne tenants of said manor and dispersed in the Common Fields of Bridgestocke, viz. in Harlow Field one parcel called Hawkeshead Furlong bounded on the south with Widow Bull's close; one parcel called Manterly Furlong bounded north with the land of Thomas Bates and south with the highway leading to Stone Bridge; one parcel in the Mill Furlong bounded east with the Vicar's Piece and west with the land of Roger Gillian and south on the Park Field; one parcel in the Short Furlong at Wallum Lane End bounded east with the land of Lord Montague and west with that of Robert Harriott; one parcel called the Brook Furlong bounded east with the land of Lord Montagu and north on the Brooke; one parcel in Clonditch abutting south on Clonditch Lees and east on the Sallow Hedge; one parcel abutting south on Whitehill Gapp and east on land of Mr. Norrige and west on land of Lord Montagu; in the West Field one parcel on Coles Town End bounded west with the land of Lord Montagu and east with the land of Widow Adams and south on the highway; one parcel called Dowsehill bounded east with the land of Tho. Boats and west with the lands of Mr. Dallingham and south on Cockerwood Close; one parcel at Gaddington Wood abutting south on Bricksborough Ditch and bounded on Rush Furlong; one parcel in Rush Furlong bounded west with the land of Lord Montagu and north on the Brooke; in the West Field one parcel at Brookeshill Croft bounded west with the Vicar Piece and east with the land of Lord Montagu; one parcel in Woulderne Church Hallow bounded north with the land of Lord Montagu and south with the highway leading to Stannion; one parcel in Capthorne bounded east with the land of Lord Montagu and north with a Hade; a parcel in Golding Slade bounded north with the land of Lord Montagu and south with Stanion Highway; one parcel near Old Drove Land east and Golding Slade west and abutting south into Stannion highway; one parcel at North Bridge bounded east with a Vicar's land and west with a copyhold; “the total of all the acres arable Land Lees lying in Three Fields aforesaid” being 195 acres:
and all the meadow land belonging to the premises, viz. one parcel in Cowholme [bounded] south with the lands of Tho. Barton and north with the Brook; one parcel in Hill mead and Mickhill Holme bounded north with Thrapston Way and south with the Brook; one “parcel of Lasbrooke” bounded north and south with the land of Lord Montagu and east on the Brook; one parcel at Catts Townes End called Fish Dam bounded west with the land of Lord Montagu and abutting on the Brooke; one parcel at Robert Harriott's Townes End bounded east with the Vicar's Land and north with Stanion highway: the total of all the parcels of meadow being 30 acres.
and all those parcels of arable and meadow in Stanion, parcel of the manor of Bridgestocke lying in the Common Fields of Stanion, viz. one parcel of arable of seven acres called the King Piece [bounded with] south the Forest and Maukins Hedge and north with Harpers Brook and west with the land of Lord Brudenel; one parcel of arable of three acres called the Church Piece bounded south with the Brooke and north with the town; one parcel of arable of four acres called the Limekill Piece [bounded with the] King's highway north and the Mill way south and with John Stanion's land east; one piece of arable of two roods called the Daine Woodpiece [bounded with] the Highway north and John Stanion's land east: the total of arable land being 15 acres; one parcel of meadow ground of four acres called King's Meadow bounded north with the Town Close:
except all other demesne lands of said manor beyond the said 310 acres not being Customary hold land and except all lands and tenements part of said manor that were heretofore Copyhold or Customary land and tenements and not now Copyhold, and [except also] the waste of the said lordship and manor and all great trees &c., chattels of felons &c.
The premises were granted by the Queen Catherine, Queen Dowager, 1701–2 Mar. 13 to Tho[mas] Manning, Esq., for nine years from 1723 Oct. 1. Warrants not Relating to Money XXIII, pp. 362–6. |
| March 23. |
Treasury warrant to the Auditor of the Duchy of Cornwall to take up from the tenants thereof concerned the acquittances which were given by Thomas Gooch, Messenger of the said Duchy, for the rents which they unadvisedly paid to him and thereupon to deliver to them a quietus under your (the said Auditor's) hand for such rents: and further to charge the said Gooch in the accounts of the revenues of the Duchy with such said rents received by him and not answered to the Crown “and take care when he is so charged in super that process be issued against him to answer the same, or such other legal methods be in the mean time pursued and taken as may best secure the moneys for the use of the Crown that have been so unjustly taken and received by him.”
Prefixing: report to the Treasury from H[ugh] Cholmley, Surveyor General of Crown Lands [and of said Duchy], and William Munday, Deputy Auditor [of said Duchy]. The said Gooch was constituted Messenger of said Duchy by warrant in 1702 from the Rt. Honble. Henry Boyle, Esq., Chancellor of the Exchequer. He received the rents standing in super on the tenants in Cos. Dorset, Somerset, Devon and Cornwall by schedules delivered to him by the Auditor and directions to receive the said rents, but the said Gooch had no debit schedule or other authority whatever to receive any rents due from tenants of the Duchy for lands, parcel thereof, lying in other counties of England. He gave no security for answering the said rents and by the Receiver's accounts it appears that he hath received 300l. of the Crown money of which he hath not rendered any account nor paid any part thereof to the Receiver General. We think he ought to be taken into custody and obliged to account there [in custody] and the Auditor should be warranted to discharge the sums so received. Ibid., pp. 366–7.
Treasury commission to William Wilkes to be Surveyor of the Duties on Houses loco Thomas Newington, who resigned. (Treasury warrant dormant to the Receiver General of said Duties for “Middlesex &c.” to pay him 40l. per an. salary.) Out Letters (Affairs of Taxes) II, pp. 189, 190.
The Treasury Lords to the Lords Justices of Ireland to report on the enclosed petition [missing] of Isaac Escot, late Chaplain to the disbanded French Regiment commanded by Col. Labarthe, praying to be placed on the Establishment of Half Pay in Ireland. Out Letters (Ireland) X, p. 40.
Royal warrant to the Clerk of the Signet for a privy seal for allowances as follows to be made in the account of James, Earl of Carnarvon, for the year 24 Dec. 1708 to 22 Dec. 1709 as Paymaster General of the Forces Abroad, by reason that several payments want the King's royal warrant and that the payments made for the late Queen Anne's proportion of the pay to the Foreign Forces for the said year, amounting to 467,382l. 14s. 4¾d., have been made for the full numbers according to her said Majesty's Establishments countersigned by the Lord Treasurer, but that their pay being without muster rolls cannot regularly be allowed [by the Auditors of Imprests] without the King's particular warrant:
further that the sum of 86,324l. 0s. 10¾d. for the pay of 3,000 additional Palatines, Baron Bothmar's Dragoons and the 4,639 Saxon Forces for the said year 1709 is [made] pursuant to the Treaties and appears by the acquittances to be for their full pay according to the like Establishments for those Forces, but being also without muster rolls cannot be allowed but by privy seal:
further that the sum of 31,607l. 14s. 0½d. for the pay of several additional Saxons for the 5 March 1708–9 to the 22 Dec. 1709 and of a Battalion of Treves for 204 days from 1 June 1709 to 22 Dec. 1709 is pursuant to the like Treaties with those Princes made that year and appears by acquittances to be for the full pay of the said Forces according to a like Establishment for them but being without muster rolls cannot be allowed but by a privy seal:
further that the sum of 17,960l. 18s. 3½d. paid as the said Queen's moiety for the said year for Forage Waggon money, Recruits and other extraordinaries for the aforesaid Forces (as well those on the Establishment of the 40,000 men as those on the Establishment of the 20,000 men as also of the several Additional Forces since taken into the joint service of the said Queen and the States General), have been paid pursuant to several accounts signed by Monsieur Slingerlandt, Secretary to the Council of the States General of the United Provinces, setting forth the particulars of the said extraordinaries and that the States General had ordered payment of their moiety according to the said accounts, excepting for (“including”) the sum of 7,179l. 8s. 4½d. for such allowances to the Hanover Troops which was paid pursuant to the Treaty dated 14 Jan. 1708–9 and the General's warrant directing the same; all which payments being within the allowance for these extraordinaries made on the Establishment for the said year 1709 may likewise be allowed by privy seal:
further that the sum of 32,460l. 10s. 11½d. paid to them [the] said Forces as part of (her late Majesty's proportion for a further part of) their like extraordinaries for the years 1702, 1706, 1707 and 1708 was paid by the said accomptant in the year 1709 pursuant to like certificates of Monsieur Van Slingelandt, though upon examining the same the Auditors of Imprests find that the payments for those years do exceed by 3,059l. 2s. 9½d. the Establishment (over and above the sum of 29,401l. 8s. 2d. excess for the years 1706 and 1707 provided for by the privy seals which allow the payments of the said extraordinaries for those years), but the Treaties stipulating that the charges thereof should be borne by her late Majesty and the States General, and the same being paid pursuant to Monsieur Slingelandt's accounts and certificates [upon which] the States [General] have paid their moiety, wherefore the Auditor thinks this may likewise be allowed by privy seal grounded on the said accounts and certificates of Monsieur Van Slingelandt: which abovesaid two sums of extraordinaries, viz. 17,960l. 18s. 3½d. and 32,460l. 10s. 11½d. make together the sum of 50,421l. 9s. 3d. and are over and above what has been already allowed for such exceedings in former accounts:
further that the sum of 171,468l. 5s. 0¾d. paid for the said Queen's proportion of Subsidies to the Landgraf of Hesse Cassel, the Elector Palatine and the Elector of Treves, King of Prussia and King of Denmark is pursuant to Treaties with those Princes and is vouched by them and proper acquittances, may be warranted by privy seal:
further that the sum of 25,097l. 4s. 1¼d., being the said Queen's moiety of the agio of the pay of the Prussians and for bread and forage allowed them for part of the year 1708 and for the year ended 22 Dec. 1709, being paid pursuant to the Treaty in that behalf dated 9 Jan. 1701–2 (whereby it was stipulated that in case the King of Prussia's Troops should be carried out of the countries where the money of the Empire is current the agio or difference of the money is to be made good and the said Troops are to have bread and forage out of the magazines of her said Majesty and of the States General when the countries [the surrounding country] shall not furnish it), the said sums appearing by proper acquittances and accounts certified by the said Mr. Van Slingerlandt to be her said Majesty's proportion for agio, bread and forage to the said [Prussian] Troops and that the States General had ordered the payment of their proportion accordingly [that therefore the said sum may be warranted by privy seal]:
further that the sum of 7,142l. 17s. 1d. to the Palatine Troops serving in the Netherlands in the 1709 campaign to enable Prince Eugene to take the field, paid pursuant to the said Queen's warrant countersigned by the Secretary at War 1713 June 27 and acquittances being produced, the said Auditor is of opinion (the warrant not being countersigned by the Lord Treasurer) the same should be further warranted by a privy seal:
further that the sum of 17,041l. 14s. 8d. to several General Officers to make up their pay from a lower post to that of a higher [post] to which they were advanced in the years 1708 and 1709 and for allowance of forage to them according to that advancement, in 1709:
and likewise the sum of 6,025l. 14s. 0½d. paid to the British Troops for their Forage and Waggon Money for the year 1709 exceeding the allowance provided for them by the Establishment of that year:
and likewise the sum of 4,968l. 2s. 10d. paid to several battalions in lieu of stoppage made for them in the winter of 1708 which they could not bear by reason of the length of that campaign:
and likewise the sum of 10,000l. paid to Sir Solomon de Medina as an advance on his contract for bread for the year 1709, which is to be reimbursed by deductions to be made from the [pay of the] Army by the said Paymaster (with which he is to be surcharged on his account):
which said four last named sums, amounting to 38,035l. 11s. 6½d., have been paid pursuant to the said late Queen's sign manual countersigned by the Secretary at War, but as they are not provided for by the Establishment it is the opinion of the said Auditor that the sign manuals not being countersigned by the Lord Treasurer ought to be provided for by privy seal:
further that the sum of 9,191l. 11s. 6d. appearing by the General [Marlborough's] acquittance to be paid to himself for Contingencies for the campaign anno 1709 which, having no account attending it (although the whole Contingencies do not exceed the allowance provided for by the Establishment), cannot be allowed by the Auditor unless warranted by a privy seal as has been done for payments of this nature in former accounts:
further that the sum of 13,267l. 4s. 2d. paid for [Exchequer &c.] fees upon receiving 3,184,250l. 9s. 6½d. at the Exchequer for the said [1709] year's service in Flanders, Spain and Portugal, being 1 penny per pound (being the rate settled by Act of Parliament): and likewise the sum of 242l. 9s. 0d. for fees paid at the Treasury and Exchequer for orders and warrants and entries thereof and for charges of passing the account for half a year to Xmas 1705 through the several Offices of the Exchequer and for Imprest Rolls for the money received “this” year [? 1705], which appear to be the fees usually paid for these services and such as have been formerly allowed, it is the Auditor's opinion that same may be allowed by a privy seal:
further that the following sums left out of this accomptant's account for the year ending 23 Dec. 1707 for want of the authority of a privy seal at that time: viz. the sum of 9,740l. 6s. 9¾d. for Extraordinaries of Forage, Waggon Money and Recruits to the Hanoverians for the campaign anno 1707, being paid pursuant to the General's warrant, which together with the acquittances are produced; and also the sum of 37,500l. for a year's subsidy to the King of Denmark ending the 15th Dec. 1707 pursuant to a Treaty in that behalf for which acquittances are produced: as also the sum of 6,594l. 18s. 7d. paid to Solomon Abrams for her said late Majesty's proportion of the charge of provisions furnished to the Army in their march to Germany in 1704 according to an account signed by Monsieur Van Slingerlandt certifying that the States [General] had ordered the payment of their proportion, and pursuant to the said late Queen's warrant countersigned by the Secretary at War: all which said [last three mentioned] sums amount to 53,835l. 5s. 4¾d. and may be allowed by a privy seal:
further that for the sum of 3,863l. 6s. 8d. for the pay of Lieut. Gen. Rosse's Regiment of Dragoons from 23 Oct. 1709 to 23 Dec. following, the Muster Rolls are wanting, but the accomptant has produced an affidavit of the Commissary that he did muster the said Regiment for the said time and that he believes the muster rolls were taken complete, and also an affidavit of the Computer of the Muster Rolls that there never was any Muster Rolls of the said Regiment returned to the Pay Office for the said time, but that he believes they were lost in their passage from Flanders to Whitehall; and the said sum being according to the Establishment and appearing by acquittances to have been duly paid may be likewise allowed by a privy seal.
Now therefore the King being well satisfied of the truth and justness of the said payments hereby authorises plenary allowance to be made of them: viz. as follows:
on the Establishment of the 40,000 men.
115,948l. 5s. 10¼d. to the Danes for their pay from 23 Dec. 1708 to 22 Dec. 1709 in pursuance of the Treaty of 15 June 1701 between Wm. III., the King of Denmark and the States General.
42,901l. 1s. 0½d. to the Prussians for their pay for the same time pursuant to the Treaty between Wm. III. and the King of Prussia dated 9 Jan. 1701–2.
53,529l. 15s. 2¾d. to the Hessians for their pay for the same time pursuant to a Convention Act between Wm. III., the States General and the Landgraf of Hesse Cassel dated 13 Feb. 1701–2.
170,861l. 0s. 5¼d. to the Troops of Hanover and Celle for their pay for the same time pursuant to a Convention Act between the late Queen Anne and the then Duke of Brunswick and Luneburgh, now King George I. of England, dated 1709 [1708–9] Jan. 14.
amounting in all to 383,240l. 2s. 6¾d. for the pay of the said Forces on the Establishment of the 40,000 men.
on the Establishment of the 20,000 men.
27,256l. 17s. 7½d. to the Troops of Holstein Gottorp for their pay for the same time pursuant to a Convention Act between England, Holland and the Duke of Holstein Gottorp dated 1703 March 15.
23,187l. 9s. 0½d. to the Troops of Saxe Gotha for their pay for the same time pursuant to a like Convention Act with the Duke of Saxe Gotha dated 1703 March 27.
14,574l. 3s. 7½d. to the Baron de Walef's Regiment of Dragoons for their pay for the same time pursuant to a Convention Act with Monsieur Waleff dated 1703 Feb. 24.
10,825l. 6s. 3½d. to the Regiment of Foot of Hesse Cassel for their pay for the same time pursuant to a like Convention Act with the Landgraf of Hesse Cassel dated 1703 March 31.
8,298l. 15s. 3d. to the Danes for the pay of 520 men excess of the 12,000 men stipulated for by the aforesaid Treaty for the same time.
amounting in all to 84,142l. 11s. 10d. for the pay of the said Forces on the Establishment of the 20,000 men.
the 86,324l. 0s. 10¾d. for additional Palatines, Bothmar's Dragoons and Saxons as above.
31,607l. 14s. 0½d. for additional Saxons and a Treves Battalion as above.
17,960l. 18s. 3½d. for Forage &c. as above and
32,460l. 10s. 11½d. for excess Extraordinaries as above.
21,825l. 7s. 10d. to the Landgraf of Hesse Cassel for one year's Subsidy to 23 Dec. 1709 and for his additional Subsidy for a year ending 1709 Dec. 31 pursuant to two Treaties with that Prince dated 13 Feb. 1701 and 17 April 1708.
5,952l. 7s. 8d. to the Elector of Treves for one year's Subsidy to 23 Dec. 1709 pursuant to a Treaty dated 7 May 1702.
4,761l. 18s. 1d. to the Elector Palatine for Subsidy for the same time by Treaty dated 17 May 1703.
50,000l. to the King of Prussia for 12 months' Subsidy to 15 Jan. 1709–10 pursuant to a Treaty dated 31 March 1709.
51,428l. 11s. 5¼d. more to the said King of Prussia for 6,205 additional Prussians for nine months to 15 Dec. 1709 pursuant to a Treaty dated 12 April 1709.
37,500l. to the King of Denmark for a Subsidy for 12 months to 15 Dec. 1709 pursuant to the Treaty dated 1701 June 15.
making in all for th[e Queen's share of] the said Subsidies 171,468l. 5s. 0¼d.
and 25,097l. 4s. 1¾d. as above for agio of the pay of the Prussian Troops, being the difference of the money current in the Empire and the rates the same money is current in the territories where the said Troops were employed: and also for bread and forage [of said Prussian Troops] whilst they were in such parts where the country did not furnish them with the same, to wit for part of the 1708 campaign and the whole of the 1709 campaign.
and 7,142l. 17s. 0d. to the Palatines.
17,041l. 14s. 8d. to General Officers.
6,025l. 14s. 0d. for excess forage for the British Troops.
4,968l. 2s. 10½d. for stoppages to several Battalions.
10,000l. to Sir Solomon de Medina.
9,191l. 11s. 6d. paid to the General [Marlborough] to be expended by him for secret service and Contingencies of the Army in the Low Countries.
13,267l. 4s. 2d. for fees.
242l. 19s. 0d. for fees.
9,740l. 6s. 9¾d. paid to the Hanoverians anno 1707.
37,500l. for Subsidy anno 1707 to the King of Denmark.
and 6,594l. 18s. 7d. paid to Solomon Abrams.
3,863l. 6s. 8d. for Rosse's Dragoons.
all as recited in the preamble hereof.
King's Warrant Book XXVII, pp. 322–27. |
| March 23. |
Treasury warrant to the Customs Commissioners to lay aside the present method of furnishing stationery wares and other necessaries to the several Offices in the Customs House in London port and the putting in of the housekeeper and other subordinate officers there by William Taylour, Esq., the Usher of the Custom House, pursuant to the Treasury warrant of 15 Sept. 1710 [ut supra, Calendar of Treasury Books, Vol. XXIV, pp. 452–3]: and in place thereof to re-establish the method used before that time.
Prefixing. memorial by said Commissioners to the Treasury dated 19 Dec. 1715. By patent dated 24 Oct. 1709 William Taylour was appointed Usher of the Custom House for life. Some time afterwards he claimed a right as belonging to his said office to the furnishing of stationery wares and other necessaries and to the appointing all subordinate officers requisite for looking after the Custom House and the messengers and doorkeepers thereof within the said port and as an inducement to the granting the same he set forth in his petition that the value of his office of Usher would be less than that he quitted (which was the place of Comptroller of Bristol [port]) by [reason of] the going off of the Outward Duties. On reference from Treasurer Godolphin the Customs Commissioners reported thereon 22 Aug. 1710 that they did not find that the Usher of the Custom House ever furnished stationery wares or put in the officers necessary to look after said House indoors and that said Taylour had not offered any proof to make good his claim thereto: and further that the Custom House had time out of mind been furnished with the stationery wares by persons of that trade and that by order of Treasurer Godolphin they [the said Commissioners] were under a contract then subsisting with two stationers to serve the Custom House with those wares as good as those furnished at the time of the contract and at 20 per cent. cheaper; and that the officers who look after the Custom House within doors had always been established by warrants from the Treasury upon presentments from the Customs Commissioners as other officers of the Customs were.
Afterwards by warrant dated 15 Sept. 1710 the then Treasury Lords directed that said Taylour should be permitted to execute his office of Usher of the Custom House in all parts of it and particularly with reference to the several rights claimed by him as above. As to the abovementioned reason then made use of by Mr. Taylour to obtain the said warrant (that the profits of his office of Usher would be very much lessened by the going off of the export Duties which were soon after to cease) we must observe that the intermission of the said Duties was only for about seven months from the 1 Aug. 1710 to the 8th March following, when they were again revived by Parliament. As we conceive the said warrant to be determined we have judged it our duty to lay the whole matter before your Lordships whether it be proper to renew it or to observe for the future the former usage as to furnishing stationery wares and other necessaries and the putting in a housekeeper, messengers and other subordinate officers by warrants from your Lordship (to which at present the Usher claims a right as aforesaid). Out Letters (Customs) XVI, pp. 339–40. |
| March 24. |
Royal sign manual for 1,000l. to Louise, Duchess of Portsmouth: as royal bounty. (Money warrant dated March 26 hereon.) (Money order dated March 28 hereon.) (Letter of direction dated April 5 hereon.) Ibid., p. 317. Order Book IX, p. 202. Disposition Book XXIII, p. 148.
Same for 300l. to Thomas Meysey, gent.: as royal bounty. (Money order dated March 28 hereon.) (Letter of direction dated April 5 hereon.) King's Warrant Book XXVII, p. 318. Order Book IX, p. 201. Disposition Book XXIII, p. 148.
Money warrant for 1,500l. to William Smith, Paymaster of the Band of Gentlemen Pensioners: for 1715 Sept. 29 quarter for the wages and board wages of said Band.
Appending: certificate of said wages and board wages: |
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£ |
s. |
d. |
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the Duke of St. Albans, Captain of the Band |
250 |
0 |
0 |
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William Seymour, Esq., Lieutenant of the Band |
125 |
0 |
0 |
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William Winne, Esq., Standard Bearer of the Band |
77 |
10 |
0 |
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Philip Pendock, Clerk of the Cheque to said Band |
25 |
0 |
0 |
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Gentlemen Pensioners of the Band as follows: 25l. each, viz. Sir Charles Norton. Kt., Nicholas Arnold, Esq., Paul Colton, Esq., Gregory Westcombe, Esq., Robert Coleby, Esq., Sir Thomas Saunders, Kt., William Westcomb, Esq., John Grub, Esq., Thomas Gery, Esq., William Lancaster, Esq., Jeremy Sambrooke, Esq., John Gashone, Esq., Robert London, Esq., James Wallis, Esq., William Smyth, Esq., Edmund Bedingfield, Esq., Thomas Peirce, Esq., Henry Pope, Esq., Jeoffery Saunders, Esq., Richard Farmborough, Esq., John Mum, Esq., Henry Freckleton, Esq., Henry Trent, Esq., William Taylor, Esq., James Kentish, Esq., Sir Andrew Chadwick, Kt., Edward Horner, Esq., Thomas Stansall, Esq., Peter Power, Esq., James Barnard, Esq., Nathaniel Lambert, Esq., John Mohun, Esq., Colveley Legh, Esq., Nicholas Blowing, Esq., George Bellamy, Esq., George Maddison, Esq., Thomas Hutches, Esq., Thomas Cross, Esq., Blower Dodsworth, Esq., Adam Woolley, Esq: and 17l. 10s. 0d. to Richard Reeves, Gentleman Harbinger. |
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— |
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total |
£1,500 |
0 |
0 |
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(Money order dated March 28 hereon.) (Letter of direction dated April 5 hereon.) Money Book XXIV, pp. 394–5. Order Book IX, p. 200. Disposition Book XXIII, p. 148. |
| March 24. |
Treasury warrant to the Auditors of Imprests to give allowance to William Clayton in his account [as Paymaster of the King's private Bounties and Pensions] of 169l. 8s. 3d. for incidents, fees at the Exchequer, New Year's gift to the Treasury including 30l. 8s. 4d. paid to Charles Bint and Thomas Boniface for 1715 Xmas for carrying the votes [of the House of Commons] to his Majesty; and 22l. 0s. 8d. paid for fitting up an office at Whitehall, “which is borrowed to save the charge of rent for an Office.” Money Book XXIV, p. 401.
Letter of direction for 400l. to William Clayton: out of Civil List moneys: and is to be paid over to Richard Marshall for 1715 Xmas quarter on his 1,600l. per an. for keeping his Majesty's Stud at Hampton Court and six Running Horses at Newmarket. Disposition Book XXIII, p. 144.
William Lowndes to Mr. Francis Lyn, Secretary to the late Commissioners for Sick and Wounded, to report on the enclosed petition [missing] of William Churchill, with several certificates &c. thereto, relating to the sum of 184l. 5s. 7d. which he demands for stationery wares served into the Office of Sick and Wounded whilst the Commissioners for that service were engaged in making up the accounts and clearing the debts during the war with France in the reign of the late King William. Out Letters (General) XXII, p. 59.
The Treasury Lords to the Lords Justices of Ireland to report on the enclosed petition [missing] of Capt. Hubblethorne concerning a pension of 200l. per an. granted him by Charles II. for life out of the revenue of Ireland; together with a letter from the late Lords Justices of Ireland relating thereto: all which is referred to the Treasury from the King. Out Letters (Ireland) X, p. 40. |
