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| Aug. 21. |
William Lowndes to the Navy Treasurer. The Treasury Lords direct you to raise 42,526l. 17s. 8¾d. by an absolute sale to that sum in tallies and orders on the Land Tax anno 1716 at par “and to negotiate the said loan at 4 per cent. interest.” The moneys so raised are to be applied to the services following: |
|
£ |
s. |
d. |
to the head of Wages.
for paying several defalcations due on ships' books in [the time of] your Treasurership |
6,000 |
0 |
0 |
|
for answering to the Treasurer of Greenwich Hospital the money that remains due to the said Hospital on ships' books paid in the time Sir Thomas Littleton was Treasurer of the Navy |
1,502 |
17 |
8¾ |
to the head of Wear and Tear.
for completing the half year's pay due to the Yards, to wit Midsummer and Michaelmas quarters 1715 |
29,024 |
0 |
0 |
to the head of Victualling.
for paying the workmen and labourers of “their”Yards to the same time |
6,000 |
0 |
0 |
|
— |
|
£42,526 |
17 |
8¾ |
|
Disposition Book XXIII, p. 202. |
| Aug. 21. |
Same to the Customs Commissioners to give William Beaver, a landcarriageman in London port, leave of absence till Sept. 10 next at the desire of the Earl of Halifax [Auditor of the Receipt]. Out Letters (General) XXII, p. 102.
Treasury warrant to the Stamps Commissioners to employ Henry Clay as a stamper in the Stamp Office loco Isaac Masters, who resigns. Warrants not Relating to Money XXIII, p. 451.
William Lowndes to the Revenue Commissioners of Ireland. I have read to my Lords yours of the 11th inst. touching the office of Collector of Cork. My Lords observe thereby that the port of Cork is a place of great trade and requires a person of great experience and ability. They therefore desire you to employ there the most experienced and able officer you have in a port collection. Out Letters (Ireland) X, p. 57. |
| Aug. 23. |
Warrant dated Hampton Court, under the sign manual of the Prince of Wales as Guardian of the Kingdom, to the Treasury Lords to pay 200l. to Henry Steen, gent., as royal bounty. (Money warrant dated Aug. 24 hereon.) (Money order dated Aug. 27 hereon.) (Letter of direction dated Aug. 29 hereon.) King's Warrant Book XXVIII, p. 71. Order Book IX, p. 265. Disposition Book XXIII, p. 201.
Same to George, Earl of Orkney, Governor of his Majesty's Colony of Virginia, to cause payment to be made of 200l. per an. to Nathaniel Blakiston, Agent for the said Colony: out of the revenues arising by quit rents in Virginia: the King being pleased to allow him said sum as an addition to his salary of 100l. per an. as Agent aforesaid, in consideration of the extraordinary service by him performed to his Majesty: to be payable quarterly during pleasure as from Midsummer last. King's Warrant Book XXVIII, p. 71.
Letter of direction for 13,869l. 7s. 7¼d. to John, Duke of Montague, on the unsatisfied order in his name as Master of the Great Wardrobe: as imprest and upon account to clear the debt due in the Office of the Great Wardrobe for the half year ended at Xmas 1715.
In the margin:
|
|
£ |
s. |
d. |
|
Michaelmas quarter 1710 |
8,358 |
7 |
10¼ |
|
Xmas quarter 1715 |
5,510 |
19 |
9 |
|
— |
|
£13,869 |
7 |
7¼ |
Disposition Book XXIII, p. 201.
Royal warrant dated Hampton Court, under the sign manual of the Prince of Wales as Guardian of the Kingdom, for a grant to be passed under the privy seal of Scotland for a grant to Simon, Lord Lovat, of the forfeited estate of Alexander McKenzie of Frazerdale, in consideration of said Lovat's many brave and loyal services to his Majesty, particularly for the zeal and activity he shewed in suppressing the late unnatural Rebellion in the North of Scotland and for his known affection to his Majesty's person and Government. Out Letters (North Britain) III, pp. 525–7. |
| Aug. 24. |
Treasury warrant to Sir Isaac Newton, Master and Worker of the Mint, to defray the charges of a dinner for the Jury at the approaching Trial of the Pyx out of any money remaining in your hands for the use and service of the Mint; taking care that the charge thereof in all particulars do not exceed the sum of 30l. Money Book XXIV, p. 532.
Money warrant for 20l. to George Irwyn for the charges of his passage to Maryland, whither he is going a minister. (Money order dated Aug. 27 hereon.) (Letter of direction dated Aug. 30 hereon.) Ibid., p. 473. Order Book IX, p. 59. Disposition Book XXIII, p. 203.
William Lowndes to the Navy Commissioners. The Treasury Lords direct you to make forth Navy bills on John Aislabie, Treasurer of the Navy, for paying 1,502l. 17s. 8¾d. to the Treasurer of Greenwich Hospital upon account of the abatements on ships' books, in the time Sir Thomas Littleton was Treasurer of the Navy, for the support of said Hospital: and to assign said bills for payment out of the money remaining in his [Aislabie's] hands for the service “thereof.” Disposition Book XXIII, p. 201.
Letter of direction for 4,000l. to the Duke of Somerset: out of Civil List moneys: to be applied towards defraying the debt incurred upon the extraordinary expenses of the Stables in the time his Grace executed the office of Master of the Horse to the King. Ibid., p. 202.
William Lowndes to the Navy Commissioners to report on the enclosed petition [missing] of Benjamin Joules of Plymouth praying payment for the clay which hath been taken or shall be taken from his land for the service of the Yards, he having obtained a verdict whereby his right to the soil is determined. Out Letters (General) XXII, p. 103.
Same to Mr. Burchet [Secretary of the Admiralty] enclosing the memorial [missing] of the merchants and traders to New England in naval stores, representing what discouragements that trade lies under for want of the returns of the manufacturers of this kingdom exported thither and for want of a Surveyor of the Woods [there] to instruct the inhabitants there in raising naval stores which would make [furnish] such returns. My Lords desire you to lay same before the Admiralty Lords to consider and report whether the reasons alleged therein are sufficient to remove the objections against the continuance of the office of Surveyor of the Woods in America.
I am also to enclose the representation [missing] from the Board of Trade dated 1715–16 Feb. 3 relating to Mr. Brydger, the present Surveyor [of the Woods there]. My Lords think it would be improper to bring his salary (if it is to be continued) as an additional charge to his Majesty's Civil List when the service he does or ought to perform doth regard the Navy. Ibid.
Same to the Auditors of Imprests. My Lords have read the states, returned herewith [missing], of the accounts of the Commissioners for Transportation from 26 Dec. 1692 to 31 May 1702. My Lords direct you to prepare a privy seal for passing same. Ibid., p. 105. |
| Aug. 24. |
Treasury reference to the Board of Works of the petition of Somersett English, underkeeper of his Majesty's Palace at Hampton Court, shewing that about four years since he applied to the Office of Works for repairing part of the house in which he resides by virtue of his office, and it being in danger of falling, he obtained an order for pulling it down, which was done and a new building erected soon after: but the finishing thereof was deferred for want of timber, which at that time was alleged to be very dear: therefore praying that the said building may be finished. Reference Book IX, p. 292.
Treasury warrant to the Clerk of the Pipe for a patent under the seal of the Exchequer Court to constitute John, Earl of Leicester, to the office or offices of Head Steward, Bailiff, Woodward and Keeper of his Majesty's Honor and Manor of Otford, Co. Kent: during pleasure: with the ancient fee of 18l. 15s. 0d. and with the like powers &c. as in the grant thereof to him by the like patent of 1706 Oct. 23, which grant became void by the death of Queen Anne.
Prefixing: report by Auditor Thomas Jett on the petition of said Earl for renewal of said grant. The said Honor and Manor lie contiguous to his estate. Warrants not Relating to Money XXIII, p. 451.
Same to John Duncombe and Nehemiah Arnold, respectively late Comptroller and Paymaster of the Malt Lottery Tickets. We are given to understand that there remain in your custody several counterfeit tickets in imitation of the tickets called Malt Lottery Tickets with plates and other utensils for making the same, which were seized and secured by you upon discovery of the persons with their confederates that were concerned in counterfeiting thereof. You are hereby to produce before the Commissioners for making forth orders [in lieu] for Lottery Tickets all the counterfeit tickets, plates and other utensils so seized and secured or remaining in your custody as aforesaid; and in the presence of the said Commissioners and their officers to see the said counterfeit tickets, plates and other utensils destroyed. Ibid., p. 452.
Same to Edward Young, Surveyor General of Woods, to execute the warrant of April 26 last, supra, pp. 207–8, directed to his predecessor Thomas Hewett, by doing the several works and repairs therein in all things not executed by the said Hewett. Ibid., p. 455.
Same to the Excise Commissioners in Scotland to employ Joseph Watson as stationer to serve said Office loco Richard Watkins, discontinued by you from serving any longer. Out Letters (North Britain) III, p. 524.
William Lowndes to the Customs Commissioners in Scotland. My Lords grant Mr. Pargiter further leave of absence till Xmas next. Ibid., p. 505.
Treasury warrant to the Barons of the Exchequer, Scotland, to give warrant to the Commissioners of Customs and Commissioners of Excise in Scotland to pay to the Commissioners of the Equivalent 7,911l. 4s. 4d. in part of 15,827l. 8s. 7¾d. directed as follows: and to be as imprest and upon account and to be applied and paid over by the said Commissioners of Equivalent to the several creditors of the public in Scotland for six months' interest on the debt as follows, to wit from 23 June 1714 to 25 Dec. following, and for payment of the salaries of the said Commissioners of Equivalent and their officers and incidents for the said six months: all by reason that the Act 1 Geo. I., c. 27, for taking and stating the debts due to Scotland by way of Equivalent on the terms of the Union and for relief of the Creditors of the Public in Scotland it is provided that 15,822l. 8s. 7¾d. shall be issued to the Commissioners of Equivalent out of the revenues of Customs and Excise in Scotland for one year's interest from 23 June 1714 to 24 June 1715 of the capital sum of 230,308l. 9s. 105/6d. stated as due to the said creditors on the 24th June 1714 by and in pursuance of an Act of 12 Anne [13 Anne, c. 12], and also for payment of the salaries of the said Commissioners of Equivalent and their officers and necessary charges for the said year. Out Letters (North Britain) III, p. 529. |
| Aug. 24./Sept. 4. |
Royal warrant under the King's sign manual dated “at our Court at Hanover” to the Attorney or Solicitor General for a great seal for a grant to William, Duke of Devonshire, and Henry, Earl of Grantham, of all the lands of the late Duke of Ormonde in Ireland as from 10 Sept. 1715 for 99 years upon trusts as follows, viz.: (1) to pay thereout to Lady Mary Butler, wife of James, late Duke of Ormonde, for her sole and separate use an annual sum of 2,000l. from 10 Sept. 1715 for the life of her and James, late Duke of Ormonde, jointly, to be payable at the Inner Temple Hall free of all Parliamentary taxes and other deductions whatsoever; (2) to pay 10,000l. to Elizabeth Butler, only surviving daughter of the said late Duke of Ormonde, in satisfaction of the portion provided for her out of the estate of the said late Duke, clear of all deductions and with all lawful interest thereon computed from 10 Sept. 1715. The overplus of the revenue of said estates after satisfaction of said 2,000l. per an. and said 10,000l. is to be subject to the provisions of the Act 1 Geo. I., St. 2, c. 50, for appointing Commissioners, to enquire of the estates of certain Traitors and of Popish Recusants and of Estates given to Superstitious Uses. The present grant is of the King's compassion and favour and pursuant to the power reserved to the King in the said Act, King's Warrant Book XXVIII, pp. 103–4. |
| Aug. 25. |
Warrant dated Hampton Court, under the sign manual of the Prince of Wales as Guardian of the Kingdom, to the Officers of the Board of Works to pay to Robert Beddoe, underhousekeeper of his Majesty's Palace of Whitehall, 100l. per an. as from Lady day 1715 for sweeping and cleaning the street and public pavings before the Palace of Whitehall from Denham Buildings in Great Scotland Yard to King Street, Westminster, he having been allowed the said yearly sum by warrant from the late Queen Anne for performing the said sweeping and cleaning except the rubbish of building and paving which was to be removed by the parties that made it: the said Queen's warrant having become void by her decease, so that he hath been paid no further than Lady day 1715. In case of any neglect or failure in the due performance of the said work the payment is to be stopped. Ibid., pp. 93–4. |
| Aug. 26. |
Same dated same to Henry, Earl of Lincoln, Paymaster General of the Forces, to make out “and send us” debentures for the pay of the Forces lately taken into his Majesty's service from the States General of the United Provinces according to their Establishment, notwithstanding any want or defect in their muster rolls, from the respective days of their embarcation for Great Britain to the day of their entering again into the pay of the States General: all by reason that the Officers of the said Regiments have represented the hardships they suffer for want of their clearings during the time of their being in the service of Great Britain, which the Paymaster General of his Majesty's Forces represents that he is not duly authorised to pay by reason there are no muster rolls of the said Forces from their embarcation as above to Dec. 24 following and some Regiments have no muster rolls during part of the time they were in North Britain and the muster rolls which are taken of the said Troops are not in some particulars strictly agreeable to the usual forms required: whereupon the Secretary at War and the Comptrollers of Army Accounts have reported that they think it reasonable the Paymaster General should be authorized to pay the said Forces complete according to their establishment during their continuance in his Majesty's service notwithstanding such defects in their muster rolls. By reason of ignorance of our language and customs the muster rolls are defective in some particulars as to the strict form. Also by reason of their immediate march upon landing there was no opportunity of mustering them sooner and the want of muster rolls when in North Britain was occasioned by their long and continued marches after the rebels towards the Highlands. The respits are very inconsiderable and as they could not recruit here their numbers were consequently not less during any part of the time they were in his Majesty's service. For these reasons and in regard to the great fatigue the said Troops suffered by their very long marches at such a season of the year no difficulty should be made to their paying and clearing. Had they been more deficient in their numbers it would have been thought reasonable to remove any respits so as to enable them to recruit after such a service.
Appending: said report signed by [Sir] William Pulteney and James Bruce. Ibid, pp. 129–31. |
| Aug. 27. |
Same dated same to the Clerk of the Signet for a privy seal for paying the yearly sums or allowances respectively of 1,200l. to John, Earl of Sutherland, 800l. to Thomas, Earl of Haddington, and 400l. to Charles Cockburne, as from the death of Charles, Marquess of Tweeddale, and as in place of the like sums payable by virtue of the privy seal of 31 Dec. 1714 respectively to Charles, Marquess of Tweeddale (since deceased), John, Earl of Sutherland, and Thomas Kennedy: the last named Thomas Kennedy is hereby to receive the said 400l. per an. to 5 July 1716 and no longer; from which time it is to be paid to said Cockburne:
also a further sum of 600l. per an. is to be paid to some person to be nominated by John, Earl of Sutherland; David, Earl of Buchan; Patrick, Earl of Marchmont; James, Earl of Bute; James, Earl of Hyndford; Thomas, Earl of Haddington; Charles Erskine (brother of the Earl of Buchan), John Haldane of Glenagies and Charles Cockburne, Esq., “to be distributed and disposed by them for our service in such manner” as they shall appoint by their warrant. The said further sum or allowance is hereby to commence from 1714 Xmas and thereon the 900l. due at June 24 last is hereby to be paid forthwith.
Further 100l. per an. annuity or yearly pension is to be paid to William, Lord Forbes, son of John, Lord Forbes, lately deceased, and to be paid to the said son from the death of the said father.
Further 200l. per an. is to be paid to Allan, Lord Cathcart, in lieu of an annuity of 100l. payable to him under the privy seal of 22 Jan. 1714–15 and is to commence from the same day of the decease of the said John, Lord Forbes.
All the above are to be paid during pleasure and to be terminable at any time by royal warrant countersigned by the Treasury Lords. King's Warrant Book XXVIII, pp. 72–4. |
| Aug. 27. |
Warrant dated Hampton Court, under the sign manual of the Prince of Wales as Guardian of the Kingdom, to the Admiralty Commissioners to place on the Navy Establishment a pension of 250l. per an. to Dame Anna St. George during pleasure: as from the time she was last paid on the like pension granted to her under the name of Dame Anna Lawson by great seal of Charles II. dated 1665 Aug. 28 in consideration of the service of her father, Vice Admiral Sir John Lawson, who died of the wounds he received in fight in the service of the King [Charles II.]: the same having been placed on the Navy Establishment by Wm. III. and the late Queen Anne and paid thereupon to 1 Jan. 1714–15. Ibid., p. 75.
Money order for 4,000l. in further part of 20,000l. to Charles, Duke of Somerset, for the Stables as by the privy seal of 1714 Nov. 11, ut supra, Calendar of Treasury Books, Vol. XXIX, pp. 140–1, under date 1714 Oct. 29. Order Book IX, p. 10.
William Lowndes to the [Principal Officers of the] Office of Works. By their memorial of the 30th July last the Customs Commissioners have represented the inconveniences complained of by the wharfingers of the Custom House by stopping up one of the passages or gateways from Thames Street to the Quay. I enclose a copy [missing] of their representation and I am to direct you that the streets, gateways and quays may be cleared and watercourses made as they have proposed until my Lords give further directions in relation to building the Custom House. Out Letters (General) XXII, p. 104.
Same to the Mayor and Aldermen of Berwick. Your memorial has been read to my Lords desiring to know in what rank Capt. Fausset, Capt. Phillips with three half pay Officers should be distinguished with regard to the distribution of the money which the King has granted to those who re-took Holy Island. My Lords direct you that they ought to be looked upon as Officers, not as volunteers. Ibid.
Treasury warrant to the Customs Commissioners to comply with the decree in the Exchequer of Trinity term last that no Custom was due for stranded wines sold in pursuance of the Act of 12 Anne, c. 18, for preservation of stranded goods and that the produce of such sale should be paid to the claimers, they giving security to indemnify the Receiver General [of Customs] from any future claim.
But you are to prepare a clause to be offered in Parliament at the next Session for preventing the inconveniences which you apprehend may be made in cases of this nature.
Prefixing: memorial from said Commissioners dated July 18 last. The decree of the Barons of the Exchequer as above was given in a suit between Le Petit et al. and the Attorney General and the late Receiver General of Customs. We apprehend same to be of very great consequence to the revenue inasmuch as wines and all other perishable goods whatsoever may be imported without payment of Duty under colour that the ship or vessel was stranded or run on shore. The master by collusion and at the desire of the merchant may pretend his ship's being in danger and run her on shore whereby the merchant may save more by non payment of Duties than the charge of the pretended salvage amounts to. The preamble of the Act in question shows that it was intended to provide against the loss to the revenue by the embezzling cargoes of ships stranded or run on shore, to prevent which the assistance of the officers of the Customs is particularly required. We desire the Act may be explained by a clause in some law of next Session so as to make stranded goods liable to Duty as if regularly imported and to prevent further fraud: meanwhile we offer that the Attorney General bring an appeal. Out Letters (Customs) XVI, pp. 367–8. |
| Aug. 27. |
Same to Lord Cornwallis and Mr. Craggs, the Postmasters General, to pay John Macky, Contractor for the Packet Boats employed between England and Ireland, the sum of 791l. 11s. 8d. in satisfaction of the losses by him sustained as follows between 12 Aug. 1715 and 26 March 1716.
Prefixing: report by said Postmaster General dated 4 Aug. inst. on said Macky's petition of the 18th ult., ut supra, p. 348. We find that Mr. Viccars, who was contractor for the Irish boats, was suspected by the Government of Ireland of assisting to carry on a correspondence between the disaffected in England and the disaffected in Ireland. We [therefore] appointed Mr. Macky (who had been formerly Director of the packet boats at Dover, “and brought us the annexed recommendation” [missing] from Secretary Townshend) to carry on the correspondence between England and Ireland in the place of said Viccars at the same allowance which he had, which was 600l. a year. Macky entered on the said service 12 Aug. 1715. We have consulted with Mr. Manley, our Deputy Postmaster of Ireland (who is now here), on this subject and find by him that Mr. Macky treated with the said Viccars for the hire or sale of the boats employed by him in that service upon terms advantageous to the said Vicars, who instead of accepting thereof employed the said boats in carrying goods and passengers between England and Ireland to the manifest prejudice of the petitioner and, as Mr. Manley believes, even to Mr. Viccars' own private loss; which shows that Mr. Viccars chose to distress Mr. Macky rather than make an advantageous agreement for himself.
We must do the petitioner the justice to say that the correspondence has been punctually carried on by him and that the boats he has built are represented to us to be very fit for the service and that one of the boats formerly hired by him was cast away as he states. We have annexed to this report the estimate [missing] of the ordinary and extraordinary charge mentioned in the petition and have by us the vouchers which he sent along with it. We think he is a considerable loser even to the amount he mentions and it may be fit to make same good to him in consideration of his former services and the losses he has sustained by this contract. We do believe he will be able to carry on this correspondence for the future at the present allowance of 600l. a year [? if said losses be paid him] or otherwise as we are informed he must be forced to quit the service with the load of this debt upon him, which will be his utter ruin. Out Letters (Customs) XVI, pp. 368–9. |
| Aug. 27. |
Robert Walpole to the Chamberlains of the Exchequer to attend the Trial of the Pix at the Exchequer on Wednesday Aug. 29 inst. at nine of the clock in the morning. You are to bring or cause to be brought with you to the said place on the same day and at the same house the standards of gold and silver for the year 1688 which are in your custody and are commonly used at the Trial of the moneys in the Pix. Warrants not Relating to Money XXIII, p. 452.
Treasury warrant to Sir Edward Northey, Attorney General, to draft a commission [for persons as follows] to enquire of the losses and damages sustained by any his Majesty's subjects by reason of the tumultuous and rebellious proceedings mentioned in the Address of the House of Commons which was presented to his Majesty on the 20 July 1715 [Commons Journals XVIII, p. 232] and that the sufferers might have full compensation made for their damages: “with proper Instructions to be thereto annexed [to wit for tumults] at any time before the remedy by the Act [1 Geo. I, St. 2, c. 5] for preventing tumults took place”; and thereupon to give warrant to the King's Remembrancer for making forth Commissions and Instructions under the Exchequer seal for the cities, counties and places as follows: to be returnable without delay.
Prefixing: schedule of the said commissions and Commissioners:
For Co. Oxford: Sir Thomas Wheat, Bart., Sir Henry Ashurst, Bart., Sir Francis Page, Kt., Richard Carter, Esq., William Wright, Esq., Recorder of Oxford.
For Co. Lancs.: John Leavor, Esq., George Chetham, Esq., James Chetham, Esq., Samuell Hallowes, Esq., Thomas Horton, Esq., Charles Worsley of Platt, gent., John Andrews of Bolton, gent., Hugh Parr, gent., James Bayly, merchant.
For Co. Salop: Sir Edward Leyton of Loton, bart., Sir Humphry Briggs, bart., Thomas Hunt of Boreatton, Esq., George Weld of Willy, Esq., John Thomas of Wormington, Esq., William Kynnaston of Salop, Esq., Thomas Seveme [? Severne] of Salop, Esq., William Whitmore of Appley, Esq., — Weaver of Marvell, Esq., George Ambler of Salop, gent.
For Co. Denbigh: William Carter of Kinmill, Esq., High Sheriff of the County; Roger Cumberbatch, Esq., Recorder of Chester; John Williams of Chester, Esq.: Thomas Hunt of Boreatton, Co. Salop, Esq., James Mainwaring of Chester, Esq., Thomas Hunt of Chester, Esq., John Norbury of Chester, gent., John Twiss of Salop, gent., Mathew Traverse of Salop, gent.
For Co. Warwick: Sir John Bridgeman, bart., George Lucey of Charlecotte, Esq., Henry Neale of Alsley, William Somerville of Edston, Esq., Basil St. Nicholas of Knolle, Esq., John Shugborough of Boreatton, Esq., Charles Chadwick of Sutton Coldfield, Esq., George Birch of Harbourn, Esq., Henry Greswold of Soley Hill, Esq., Thomas Jukes of Birmingham, Esq., Samuel Eden of Birmingham, Esq., Thomas Bayley of Coventry, Esq.
For Co. Stafford: Sir John Chetwood, bart., Thomas Birch, Esq., John Jarvis, Esq., Archibald Grosvenor, Esq., Nicholas Minors, Esq., John Eggington, Esq., George Birch, Esq., Thomas Inkes [? Jukes], Esq., junr., Henry Hatrell, gent., Roger Walden of Clent, gent.
For Co. Worcester: Sir Thomas Littleton, bart., Sir Thomas Cooks Winford, bart., Sir Richard Lane, John Soley, Esq., William Amphlett, Esq., Joseph Amphlett, Esq., George Birch, Esq., Humphrey Lowe, Esq., Thomas Inkes of Whittington, Esq., junr.
For Co. Montgomery: Thomas Hunt of Boreatton, Esq., William Kynnaston of Salop, Esq., John Blany of Tregannon, Esq., Thomas Owen of Nant-a-mised, Esq., Peter Griffiths of Bachiae, gent.
For Co. Lincoln. Sir William Ellis, Sir John Brownlow, Sir John Tyrwhit, John Banks, Esq., Noah Neale, Esq., Edward Curtis, gent., Roger Seabrook, gent.
Ibid., pp. 456–7. |
| Aug. 27. |
Same to the Clerk of the Pipe for a lease to John, Earl of Exeter, of the corn mills, water courses, mill dams and mill holmes containing three acres in all in Kingscliffe, alias Cliffe Regis, in Co. Northampton, now or late in the tenure of the inhabitants of Kingscliffe; and all that other parcel of ground commonly called the Constable Holmes bounded north by the river and south by the common field in the tenure of Charles South; and all that tenement erected on the waste in the tenure of Henry Hostead, and the tenement in the tenure of Robert Richardson, and the tenement bounded east by the lands of Thomas Curtis and west by the lands of William Woodcock and south by the Town Street; and all that tenement bounded south by the lands of Thomas Neesam and north by the Town Street; and all that tenement bounded west by the lands of Thomas Shelton and east by the lands of Mathew Godham, alias Gorcham; and all that tenement in the tenure of John Wright bounded east by the lands of Richard Strickland and west by the lands of Richard Sturton; and all that cottage in the tenure of Hosett Holmes with a small backside bounded west with the lands of Francis Taylour and east with the lands of Richard Burton; and all that close called the Bayliff's Close bounded south with the Common Field and north with the forest of Rockingham and abutting east on the lands of Robert Orme and west on the lands of John Wildbore; and all those several parcels of meadow ground commonly called the Bayliff's Nooks in the tenure of Mary Taylor, widow; and all that tenement in the tenure of Christopher Neesham erected on the waste; and all that tenement in the tenure of Henry Merman erected upon the waste; and all other tenements and cottages whatsoever erected on the said waste; and all those seven Doles of Meadow in the West Meades and all those five Doles of Meadow in the East Meades and all those eight Doles of Meadow in the Fish Pooles and all those several parcels of arable land in leaze lying in the Common Field there and all heaths, commons, moors, marshes, profits, commodities, emoluments and hereditaments whatsoever to the “said” demesne lands of the manor of Kings Cliffe, alias Cliffe Regis, except trees and quarries: being parcel of the possessions of the Crown of England late in jointure to the Dowager Queen Catherine and demised by her trustees 12 March 1678–9 to Thomas Browne of Kingscliff, Doctor in Physick, at 22l. per an. rent.
Also the manor of Kingscliffe, alias Kingsclive, alias Cliffe Regis, alias Cleeve, with all the rights &c., rents &c., Courts &c., tolls &c., franchises &c., except the demesne lands thereof as granted 1662 June 28 by the Queen mother Henrietta Maria to Thomas Boughton, Giles Law and William Christopher in trust for the said Thomas Boughton of Kingscliffe and except the abovesaid mills &c., and except also the royal mines, which were demised 17 Feb. 1685–6 to Edmond Leneave and John Leneave.
Prefixing: (1) particulars of the premises made out by Francis Neale, Deputy Clerk of the Pipe; (2) memorandum by same; (3) ratal of said particular by the Surveyor General of Crown Lands.
Followed by: undated entry of the Treasury Lords' signature of the docquet of this demise. Warrants not Relating to Money XXIV, pp. 2–6, 84. |
| Aug. 27. |
Treasury warrant to the Clerk of the Pipe for a lease to Grace Shaw, widow, of a messuage or tenement on the west side of St. James's Street with a court yard or garden, part of Pall Mall Field, formerly in the parish of St. Martins in the Fields, Co. Midd., and now in the new parish of St. James's, within the Liberty of Westminster, and abutting south on the house of Mrs. Ellyott and north on that formerly in the tenure of Thomas, Earl of Berkshire, and containing in front 32 feet and in depth 105 feet.
Prefixing: particular and memorandum by Auditor Thomas Jett and ratal by Hugh Cholmley, the Surveyor General of Crown Lands.
Followed by. undated entry of the Treasury Lords' signature of the docquet of this lease. Ibid., pp. 7–9, 43.
Same to same for a lease to Lady Elizabeth Clarges of all that land, meadow, feeding and pasture called the Ort in Reading, Co. Berks, and two small meadows there and a meadow called Shipton, alias Shipton Mead, lying between the Great Meadow there and the Grange and containing six acres; and all that meadow called Brockenborough, alias Brookborough, in Reading; and all that piscary and fishing in the river of Thames in Reading late appertaining to the office of Cellerer of the late Monastery of Reading; and all that piscary of fishing called the Pool under the Lock in Reading to the former office of the said Monastery belonging; and all that piscary and fishing of the water of Rennet above the town of Reading called the fishing of Rennet; and all that piscary and fishing in the water called Gunter or Gunters Brook in Reading; and all that piscary and fishing of or at Cavisham [Caversham] Bridge, Co. Berks, heretofore in the tenure of William Penison and William, Marquess of Northampton, and now in the tenure of Sir Fra[ncis] Englefield, Kt.; and all that meadow in Reading called Tan House Mead in the tenure of William Barton; and all that meadow called East Mead, otherwise called the Great Mead, and all hereditaments to the premises appertaining; further of the orchard called the Westhayes or Pondhayes, with the pool in the same, containing two acres and lying south west of the scite of the capital messuage of [the manor of] Reading and the stable in the tenure of Richard Oakeham: which premises were demised by the late Queen Dowager Catherine to Sir Thomas Clarges 1688 June 15.
Prefixing: particular and memorandum by Auditor Thomas Jett and ratal by H. Cholmley, Surveyor General of Crown Lands.
Followed by: undated entry of the Treasury Lords' signature of the docquet of this lease. Ibid., pp. 10–13, 34. |
| Aug. 27. |
Same to same for a lease to Elizabeth Clarke and Grace Shaw, widows, of the scite of the manor of West Walton, Co. Norfolk, with all the appurtenances and demesne lands thereto save all manner of Courts, escheats &c., advowsons, woods, mines and quarries; which premises were demised 1688 May 5 by the late Queen Dowager Catherine to James Clark of the parish of St. James's, Westminster, and Elizabeth his wife, and again so demised 1697 July 9, and on the 21 Aug. 1704 similarly demised to him and Grace Shaw, widow.
Prefixing: particular and ratal by Auditor Thomas Jett and ratal by Hugh Cholmley as above.
Followed by: undated entry of the Treasury Lords' signature of the docquet of this lease. Ibid., pp. 13–16, 43.
Same to same for a lease to Daniel Malthus of two messuages standing on the north side of Pall Mall Street, now in the new parish of St. James's in the Liberty of Westminster, one known by the sign of the Morter and in the tenure of said Malthus, the other known by the sign of the Thistle and Crown and in the tenure of Barbarah Gilbert and containing 36 feet in front next the Pall Mall and 60 feet in depth and formerly forming part of Pall Mall Field.
Prefixing. particular and memorandum and ratal as above.
Followed by: undated entry of the Treasury Lords' signature of the docquet of this lease. Ibid., pp. 16–19, 60.
Same to same for a lease to Thomas Graham of the messuage or mansion house on the south side of Pall Mall Street, now divided into two houses, with gardens thereto and containing 35 feet in front next the Pall Mall and 104 feet in depth from the Pall Mall to Lord Carleton's coach house yard and in the tenures severally of John Barns and Thomas Graham.
Prefixing: particular, memorandum and ratal, ut supra.
Followed by: undated entry of the Treasury Lords' signature of the docquet of this lease. Ibid., pp. 19–22, 60.
Royal warrant dated Hampton Court, under the sign manual of the Prince of Wales as Guardian of the Kingdom, to Charles, Duke of Grafton, and Henry, Earl of Galway, Lords Justices of Ireland, to pay to the Regiment of Dragoons lately commanded by Col. William Kerr the difference between the English and the Irish Establishment rates for the time between the placing of said Regiment on the Establishment of Ireland and the time of their arrival in that kingdom. Out Letters (Ireland) X, p. 58.
Treasury warrant to Mungo Grahame, Esq., Receiver and Cashier of Customs in Scotland, to pay 800l. to John Kent (who by patent dated 18 July 1709 was appointed a Commissioner of Customs in Scotland at a salary of 400l. per an. and continued as such till 5 Oct. 1713, when the said commission was superseded) for two years' salary due to him from Michaelmas 1711 to Michaelmas 1713, as is certified by John Crookshanks, Comptroller General of Customs there. Out Letters (North Britain) III, p. 527. |
| Aug. 28. |
Same to Sir Roger Mostyn, late Paymaster of the Marines, to pay to Cornelius Murphy, late office keeper and messenger to the Office of the Commissioners for Disbanding the Marine Regiments, from January 1713–14 to 24 March 1715–16 what is due to him on his allowance of 20l. per an. for the said time.
Prefixing: (1) Petition of said Murphy shewing that after long service in the Army and being disabled therein he was made office keeper and messenger as above and then discharged without being paid his salary; that he is a very poor man with a wife and four children and no way able to subsist, having lately come out of a great fit of sickness.
(2) Certificate by Fra. Lynn, Secretary [to the said Commissioners for Disbanding Marines], that Murphy served carefully, honestly and diligently as above till the said office determined on the 24 March 1715–16. Money Book XXIV, p. 534. |
| Aug. 28. |
Letter of direction for issues as follows: out of Civil List moneys: viz. |
|
£ |
s. |
d. |
|
to Francis, Earl of Godolphin, Cofferer of the Household: on the unsatisfied order in his name: and is for the expense of the Household and Stables and for emptions, wages and board wages and all other accounts whatsoever in the quarter ended 1716 Lady day |
20,099 |
0 |
0 |
|
to Charles Bodvile, Earl of Radnor, on the unsatisfied order in his name as Treasurer of the Chamber: as imprest and upon account to be by him paid and applied to satisfy all sums payable in that Office for 1716 Lady day quarter |
8,753 |
3 |
9¼ |
|
to William Clayton, Esq., on the unsatisfied order in his name [as Paymaster of the King's private pensions and bounties] as imprest and upon account to be by him paid over and applied to satisfy 1716 Lady day quarter on such pensions, annuities, bounties or other sums as are contained in an Establishment signed by the King |
10,248 |
13 |
4½ |
|
to William Smith for same quarter for the Band of Gentlemen Pensioners |
1,500 |
0 |
0 |
|
— |
|
£40,600 |
17 |
1¾ |
Disposition Book XXIII, p. 203.
Treasury reference to the Taxes Commissioners of the petition of William Cobb shewing that he was recommended to be Receiver General of Chester, Denbigh and Flint, and proposed his securities accordingly, which were accepted, but he is appointed for Chester only: therefore praying a reduction in his security by omitting Joseph Harwar, clerk and Thomas Ellison. Reference Book IX, p. 292.
Treasury warrant to William Pulteney, Esq., Secretary at War, to prepare a [royal] warrant for paying the Auxiliary Forces as follows “and to present the same to his Royal Highness the Prince for his signature.”
Prefixing report by the said Pulteney [as Secretary at War] and Ja. Bruce [as one of the Comptrollers of Army Accounts] on Mr. Sloper's objections (on behalf of the Earl of Lincoln, Paymaster of the Forces) to the clearings of the Troops of the States General lately here by reason of several defects in their muster rolls and the want of muster rolls for some part of the time they were in his Majesty's service.
Hereon the referees report that they have examined the muster rolls and by reason of their [Commissaries] being ignorant in our language as well as strangers to the custom here they are defective in some particulars as to the strict form required, which might probably occasion objections to be made by the Auditors of Imprests to the Paymaster General's accounts in case he should pay by the said rolls without some other authority for so doing; and there are no muster rolls from the time of the embarcation of the said Troops to the 24th of December following nor for some of the Regiments during part of the time they were in North Britain. As to the want of rolls from the time of their embarcation to the 25th December following it is represented that by reason of their immediate march upon landing there was no opportunity for mustering them sooner and the muster rolls which are wanting for some Regiments during the time they were in North Britain was occasioned by their long and continued marches after the rebels towards the Highlands.
But it appears by the annexed abstract [missing] of the muster rolls that the respits are very inconsiderable upon any of the said Regiments and as they could not recruit here their numbers were consequently not less during any part of the time they were in his Majesty's service. In view of the great fatigue they suffered by their very long marches at such a severe season of the year we think no difficulty should be made to the paying and clearing of the said Forces who, considering the circumstances, were completer than it could have been expected, and had they been more deficient in their numbers it would we believe have been thought reasonable to have removed any respits upon them to enable them to recruit after such a service. We therefore advise a warrant to authorise the Paymaster General to pay the said Forces complete according to the Establishment notwithstanding the said defects in their muster rolls. Warrants not Relating to Money XXIII, pp. 455–6. |
| Aug. 28. |
Same to the King's Remembrancer to forbear process till Hilary term next against the acting Commissioners of the Land Tax within the Palaces of Whitehall and St. James's for the year 1713 on the arrears as follows.
Prefixing: memorial from said Commissioners signed by W. Forester, Wm. Lowndes and [Sir] Christopher Wren shewing that they caused the sum of 15,377l. 3s. 1½d. charged upon the said Palaces to be duly and fully assessed, and in pursuance thereof 11,930l. 7s. 0½d. has been levied and paid into the Exchequer: that since the adjustment of the account of Mr. Taylor, the late Receiver General, the Collectors have further received 102l. 10s. 7½d., which will forthwith be paid in, so that there is still in arrear from those persons [in office in the said Palaces] whose salaries &c. are yet unpaid the sum of 3,344l. 5s. 5½d.: that Exchequer process has now come against the said Commissioners for said deficiency: but the same has not been occasioned by any neglect in them, but by a failure of payment of the [Civil List] salaries and wages in the time of the late Queen: therefore praying that said deficiency may be paid out of the money applicable to the late Queen's debts, which may be stopped again from the respective persons when their salaries or pensions are paid. Warrants not Relating to Money XXIV, p. 1. |
| Aug. 28. |
Treasury warrant to the Auditors of Imprests to allow in the accounts of the Commissioners for the Leather Duty (Duties on hides &c.) for the year 1712 Midsummer to 1713 Midsummer their demands for Contingencies.
Prefixing: (1) bill of said Contingencies, including 677l. 11s. 2½d. for incidents disbursed by the country collectors for the Duties on hides &c. from 24 June 1711 to 24 June 1712 and 385l. 10s. 3½d. for same to 24 June 1713, and 193l. 2s. 0d. disbursed by same for incidents from 1 Aug. 1712 to 24 June 1713 on the Additional Duties on hides commencing 1 Aug. 1712, including the expenses of the Excise officers in taking an account of stock in hand in the country, gratuities to persons for carrying the portmanteau for collectors on the rounds when the supernumeraries have been obliged to officiate in the room of sick officers, and for charges of prosecutions when the Justices have not given any fines; and also for several premiums, detailed, paid by several collectors for returning sums of money to London; and 69l. 11s. 11d. for the expenses of six General Surveyors and 78 officers in the London Brewery and Candle Duty in taking an account of the stock in hand in London the 24 June 1711, &c.
(2) report on said bill by Auditor E. Harley and F. Bythell, deputy to Auditor T. Foley. Ibid., pp. 23–5. |
| Aug. 29 |
Letter of direction for 50l. to William Clayton: out of Civil List moneys: upon account of [the King's private] pensions and bounties payable by him. (Henry Kelsall in the absence of the Treasury Secretaries to the said Clayton. The Treasury Lords direct you to pay the said sum to the Countess Dowager of Dalhousie for 1716 June 24 quarter on her pension of 200l. per an.) Disposition Book XXIII, pp. 204, 205.
William Lowndes to the Earl of Carnarvon [late Paymaster of the Forces Abroad]. My Lords find by an account of William Chetwynd that a great quantity of corn and other things were delivered to the Commissaries for the use of the Forces which served in Spain. My Lords desire you to take care that the value thereof be charged to the clearings of the respective Regiments, Troops and Companies that received the same. Out Letters (General) XXII, p. 104.
Same to Mr. Mead [late Deputy Paymaster in Spain]. My Lords direct you to send them an account of all the public money and bullion or specie remitted or sent to you to be coined in the Mint at Barcelona and of the gain thereupon. Ibid., p. 105.
Same to Theophilus Blyke. You having executed the office of one of her late Majesty's Commissaries of the Stores in Spain during the late war there, my Lords direct you to exhibit an account to them of the several species of provisions and stores which came to your hands or power and of the expenditure and delivery thereof. (The like letter to Gyles Erle.) (The like letter to the executors of Mr. Henry Vincent.) Ibid.
Same to Auditor Harley. The state you formerly made of Mr. William Chetwynd's account of remittances to Spain and other services is thought now to admit of many alterations by reason several accounts of the Earl of Carnarvon and others, which have relation to Mr. Chetwynd's negotiations, are since passed or are passing. My Lords direct you to state the said account anew as matters now appear by the said other accounts and thereupon to prepare the draft of a privy seal for passing same.
My Lords also direct you to see whether the sum of 2,799l. 11s. 9d. said to be gained by paying 555,991 livres 14 sol 9 dr. Genoa money be included in the sum of 7,751l. 12s. 7¾d. mentioned in the late state [of said Chetwynd's account]: and likewise to take special care that all persons who are to be charged with any sums to which the said Chetwynd's accounts hath reference be duly charged therewith. Ibid., p. 107. |
| Aug. 29. |
Treasury fiat for royal letters patent to constitute James Hustler, Esq., as a King's waiter, London port, loco Thomas Pratt. Out Letters (Customs) XVI, p. 370.
The like for [Samuel] Dawson as a Kings waiter, London port, loco Richard Younger. Ibid.
Treasury warrant to Nehemiah Arnold, Paymaster, and John Duncombe, Comptroller of the Malt Lottery, to pay to Thomas Ollive and Robert Holder the money due on the several Malt Lottery Tickets as follows.
Prefixing: report dated 10 April 1716 by said Arnold and Duncombe on the petition of said Ollive and Holder concerning the 18 Malt Lottery tickets which they hold and whereof the Paymaster of said Lottery had refused to pay eight by reason of a claim made thereto by Sir Mathew Kerwood of London, bart. In Dec. 1714 the said Mathew (now Sir Mathew) petitioned the Treasury shewing that in Feb. 1699–1700 he lost 45 Malt Lottery tickets and gave immediate notice thereof to Mr. Crompton, the Paymaster of that Lottery, and desired entry of a caveat to prevent payment thereof. Crompton died about five years afterwards and then Kerwood discovered that interest had been twice paid by Crompton on some of the said 45 tickets and that no caveat had ever been entered to prevent payment thereof; “whereupon Sir Mathew as he sets forth in his petition searched his papers and memorandums and found 23 of the numbers of the said tickets and no more.” He was thereby enabled to ascertain the numbers and accordingly made an affidavit on the 16 March 1708–9 as to the loss of 15 only of the said 23 of the said tickets, which upon giving security as the Act directs were paid him. About three years after this Sir Mathew by accident finds out eight more and thereupon in Sept. 1711 makes another affidavit of the loss of these eight tickets and for these two [sic for too] he was paid on the usual [indemnity guarantee] security. In Sept. 1714, which is almost 15 years after his first loss, Sir Mathew is so fortunate as to find out the numbers of the remaining 22 tickets, of which the eight [now] claimed are part, and sets them forth in a third affidavit and applies thereon to the Paymaster [of said Lottery] in the usual manner for payment.
But the Paymaster finding that the interest on several of the said 22 tickets and principal on others had at divers times been paid, some by Mr. Crompton, his predecessor, and some by himself, and having some doubts as to Sir Matthew's allegations, refused to pay him without the directions of the Treasury in that behalf.
Upon these allegations and from these premises Sir Matthew does deduce his right to the said 45 tickets. It must be presumed that if he gave Mr. Crompton an entire list of the numbers of the tickets lost and kept a copy for himself, as they were lost all at one and the same time, it seems improbable his finding the numbers in such loose scraps of paper separately and in parcels and at such distant intervals of time, viz. 15 in March 1708–9, eight in Sept. 1711 and the remaining 22 in Sept. 1714. He never advertised in any of the public papers, nor ever applied to Mr. Crompton for five years together to see whether his caveat was actually entered nor even to the succeeding Paymaster to stop further payments, though on Crompton's death he alleges he discovered that the caveat had not been entered. In none of his affidavits does he ascertain the numbers of the tickets found, but leaves himself still in appearance a latitude for a further demand. There is something so irregular in what he does and such a variety of facts in his case to make up one truth that we must report as our opinion that he has no right to the tickets in question or any of them.
As to the petitioners, they intermarried with the daughters of one Capt. Daniel Parsons and in right of their wives lay a claim to the eight tickets in question, which were put into their possession by one Travers, a merchant of good repute, who upon examination declared that in Nov. 1702 he received one year's interest on them and that they have never been out of his custody till he delivered them to the petitioners. We find from the books in our Office that the said Capt. Parsons received seven quarters' interest on the said tickets due at Lady day 1699, which is very near the time that Sir Matthew pretends they were lost. Sir Matthew at this hearing declared himself satisfied with the proof made by the petitioners and offered to give up his claim, which we conceive is a good circumstance to strengthen the petitioners' right “and the easiness of Sir Matthew in relinquishing a pretence of so great a concern is a presumption at least if not a proof that Sir Matthew has no right himself.” We are therefore of opinion that the petitioners have sufficiently made out their property to the said tickets. Warrants not Relating to Money XXIII, pp. 452–4. |
| Aug. 29. |
Money order for 500l. to Robert Lowther, Esq., Captain General and Governor in Chief of Barbados and several other places in America: for one quarter to Aug. 11 inst. on his allowance of 2,000l. per an. for his support therein and in lieu of all presents from the Assemblies of said island. Order Book IX, p. 285. |
| Aug. 30. |
Henry Kelsall (in the absence of the Treasury Secretaries) to Henry, Earl of Lincoln, Paymaster of the Forces. The Treasury Lords have agreed to your raising 85,706l. 18s. 10½d. by an absolute sale to the Bank of England, at par, of the said sum in tallies and orders on the Land Tax and Malt Duties anno 1716 “and that the said loan should be negotiated with them at 4 per cent. interest.” My Lords desire that the said sum may be applied to the services following: viz. |
|
£ |
s. |
d. |
in further part of 993,015l. 4s. 5d. for Guards and Garrisons anno 1716.
for one month's subsistence from Aug. 25 inst. to Sept. 24 next for the Regiments, Troops and Companies provided for in this sum |
59,043 |
4 |
11 |
|
to answer the Prince of Wales's warrant to Robert Man and William Day for clothing and accoutrements furnished by them for the Company of Invalids at Greenwich |
164 |
5 |
0 |
to answer the following warrants for so much expended by his Majesty's Regiments of Foot Guards for straw, faggots and other necessaries by reason of their encampment in Hyde Park: to be charged to the head of Contingencies: viz.
Brigadier Russell for the First Regiment of Guards between the 14 June 1716 and 11 July following without deduction |
264 |
11 |
2 |
|
more to ditto to 5 Sept. 1716 |
412 |
0 |
0 |
|
to — Paterson for the 3rd Regiment of Guards from 11 June 1716 to 11 July following |
169 |
14 |
7 |
|
to Col. Scott for ditto Regiment between 11 July 1716 and 5 Sept, following |
263 |
12 |
0 |
|
to Col. Oughton for the Coldstream Regiment for the same time |
263 |
12 |
0 |
|
to answer two bills of exchange drawn by Col. Rapin upon account of subsistence of the Rebel prisoners from 25 June last |
600 |
0 |
0 |
for the Outpensioners of Chelsea [Hospital] and for salaries of officers, provisions and other charges relating to the said Hospital:
as in further part of 22,207l. 5s. 2¼d. for half a year to Midsummer 1716 |
9,429 |
0 |
0 |
in further part of 34,837l. 17s. 10½d. granted for Forces in America anno 1716.
for one month's subsistence to Sept. 24 next for the said Forces |
2,101 |
5 |
8 |
in further part of 126,033l. 4s. 9d. for the pay of 6,000 men taken into his Majesty's service from the States General for one year.
to complete 28 days' full pay [as a bounty] to the said Forces with the allowances to the General Officers over and above the time of their continuance in his Majesty's service pursuant to the Prince of Wales's warrant of Aug. 10 inst. |
6,217 |
8 |
4¼ |
in further part of 66,012l. 5s. 9d. for extraordinary expenses of the Land Forces anno 1716.
for the outpensioners of Chelsea [Hospital] and for salaries of Officers, provisions and other charges relating to the said Hospital and as in further part of 22,207l. 5s. 2¼d. for the half year to 25 July 1716 |
2,730 |
2 |
9 |
in further part of 87,160l. 11s. 0d. granted to make up the Half Pay of reduced Officers [into] full pay to 25 July 1716.
for the outpensioners of Chelsea Hospital and for salaries of officers thereof &c. as above in further part of 22,207l. 5s. 2¼d.
|
2,000 |
0 |
0 |
in further part of 100,146l. 15s. 0d. granted for half pay of reduced Officers anno 1716.
to the outpensioners of said Hospital and of salaries of officers thereof &c. as above in full of 22,207l. 5s. 2¼d.
|
2,048 |
2 |
5¼ |
|
— |
|
£85,706 |
18 |
10½ |
|
I am also to acquaint you that my Lords do agree to your applying 6,000l. in Bank annuities remaining in your hand, to the payment of the outpensioners of the Royal Hospital at Chelsea and the salaries of officers and other charges relating to the said Hospital upon account: to be taken as part of 425,900l. 14s. 6d. granted for Guards and Garrisons anno 1716. Disposition Book XXIII, pp. 204–5. |
| Aug. 30. |
Christopher Tilson (in the absence of the Treasury Secretaries) to the Auditor of the Receipt, enclosing for consideration the Solicitor General's opinion [missing] on a memorial from the Commissioners for Forfeitures relating to the fees demanded by the officers of the Exchequer on moneys imprested there for carrying on the service of their Commission. Out Letters (General) XXII, p. 105.
Same to the Customs Commissioners, Scotland. My Lords notice that the method of transmitting weekly certificates of the receipts and issues of the revenues under your management hath for a long time past been discontinued. For what reasons my Lords know not. They direct you to take care that the said certificates be weekly transmitted to them as they formerly used to be, and as for the time past you may supply the defect by one general breviate or abstract of all the receipts and issues from year to year to the time of the [late] Queen's demise and from that time to the next succeeding quarter and so on by quarterly breviates till Michaelmas next and then the weekly certificates afore directed [are] to be constantly sent with a breviate likewise at the end of every quarter. Out Letters (North Britain) III, p. 527. |
| [? August.] |
Establishment under the sign manual of the Prince of Wales, as Guardian of the Kingdom, for the pay of the new levies in Ireland consisting of five Regiments of Dragoons commanded by Lieut. Gen. Francis Palmes, Visct. Mountjoy, Brigadier Thomas Ferrers, Col. Richard Morris and Col. Charles La Bouchetiere;
and eight Regiments of Foot commanded by Col. Charles Lord Tyrawley, Brigadier David Creichton, Sir John Wittewronge, the Marquis of Montandre, Col. Edmund Feilding, Col. Richard Kane, Brigadier Theodore Vesey and Col. Maurice Nassau: to commence from 16 Feb. 1715–16.
Appending: said Establishment:
a Regiment of Dragoons: Field and Staff Officers, detailed, 760l. 8s. 4d. per an.; six Troops each comprising Officers and 31 Dragoons, 8,571l. 8s. 4d.
four Regiments more of the like numbers and rates: 34,285l. 13s. 4d.; total for the Dragoons 42,857l. 1s. 8d.
a Regiment of Foot: Field and Staff Officers, 787l. 15s. 10d. per an.; eight Companies and one Company of Grenadiers, of Officers and 45 privates, 9,146l. 5s. 10d.
seven more Regiments of the like numbers and rates, 64,024l. 0s. 10d.
|
|
£ |
s. |
d. |
Total Establishment:
Dragoons |
42,857 |
1 |
8 |
|
Foot |
73,170 |
6 |
8 |
|
— |
|
£116,027 |
8 |
4 |
|
Out Letters (Ireland) X, pp. 64–5. |
| Aug. 30. |
Money order for 1,674l. 2s. 3¼d. to Samuel Edwyn, Esq., Usher of the Receipt of the Exchequer, for necessaries by him delivered to the Old Offices of the Exchequer in Michaelmas and Hilary terms 1713. Order Book IX, p. 276.
Same for 655l. 0s. 4½d. to same for necessaries by him delivered to the New Offices [in the Receipt of the Exchequer] in the half year ended 1714 Lady day as follows: viz. |
|
£ |
s. |
d. |
|
[the Office for the] Annuities of 14 per cent. and survivorships [as by 4 Wm. and Mary, c. 3] |
294 |
7 |
8¾ |
|
[the] Malt Lottery Office [as by 8–9 Wm. III., c. 22] |
3 |
12 |
11½ |
|
[the Office for the] Annuities [on the] 3,700l. per week [as by 12–13 Wm. III., c. 12] |
20 |
13 |
6 |
|
[the Office for the] Annuities anno 1706 [as by 4–5 Anne, c. 18] |
134 |
7 |
10½ |
|
[the Office for the] Annuities anno 1707 [as by 6 Anne, c. 2] |
4 |
18 |
0 |
|
[the Office for the] Annuities anno 1708, 40,000l. per an. [as by 6 Anne, c. 39] |
11 |
1 |
6 |
|
[the Office for the] Annuities anno 1708, 80,000l. per an. [as by 6 Anne, c. 48] |
20 |
4 |
9¾ |
|
[the Office for the] Exchequer Bills |
100 |
9 |
5 |
|
[the Office for the] Annuities 9 per cent. [as by 8 Anne, c. 9] |
29 |
19 |
3½ |
|
[the Office for the] Lottery anno 1710 [as by 8 Anne, c. 10] |
35 |
5 |
3½ |
|
— |
|
£655 |
0 |
4½ |
|
Ibid., p. 277. |
| Aug. 31. |
Treasury reference to the Auditors of Imprests of the petition of Nehemiah Arnold, late Paymaster of the Malt Lottery Tickets, praying to be allowed 302l. 9s. 0d. in his account, being for the disbursements for the service of the Malt Lottery Office to Michaelmas 1711. Reference Book IX, p. 292. |
| Aug. 31. |
Treasury reference to the Customs Commissioners of the petition of Daniel Allegree praying a reward for discoveries which he made of frauds in the Customs by Tourton and Guiguer. Reference Book IX, p. 300. |
