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| Sept. 3. |
Money warrant for 20l. each to Giles Rainsford and Hugh Jones to defray the charges of the passage of said Rainsford to Maryland and said Jones to Virginia, whither they are going as ministers. (Money orders dated Sept. 4 hereon.) (Letters of direction dated Sept. 6 hereon.) Money Book XXIV, p. 481. Order Book IX, p. 59. Disposition Book XXIII, p. 206.
Same for 1,500l. to William Smith, Receiver and Paymaster of the Band of Gentlemen Pensioners; for 1716 Lady day quarter for wages to the said Band. (Money order dated Sept. 5 hereon.) Money Book XXIV, p. 538. Order Book IX, p. 271.
William Lowndes to Lord Townshend enclosing the presentment from the Customs Commissioners touching an assault made on Robert Smithson, a riding officer of the Customs, on the coast at Hull when on duty, to wit by 30 men armed with clubs and sticks. The Treasury Lords desire you to advertise in the Gazette a reward for the discovery of the persons concerned in the assault.
Appending: said presentment. Out Letters (General) XXII, p. 106.
Same to the Customs Commissioners enclosing two papers [missing] of intelligence relating to two ships, one lying at St. Martins and the other at Rochelle in France, and laden with arms for North Britain. My Lords direct you to direct the officers at the several ports to seize the said ships on arrival. (The like letter to the Customs Commissioners in Scotland.) Ibid., p. 107. Out Letters (North Britain) III, p. 528. |
Sept. 3, 11,
17, 18, 19,
23, 25, 26,
27. |
Treasury warrant to same to employ Thom. Weasenham as a tidesman in Wells port loco Andrew Gilbert, dismissed.
Will. Awbrey as a boatman ibid., loco William Cannon, dismissed. John Pike as a landwaiter at Plymouth loco William Harrell, deceased (Sept. 11).
Robert Randal to succeed said Pike as warehousekeeper there.
Henry Turner as a noontender in London port loco John Johnson, deceased.
Samuel Fortescu as landwaiter at Bideford loco Richard Hayward, dismissed.
Hussey Chapman as waiter and searcher and coast surveyor at Saltfleet in Boston port from Ingermills to Boston in the room of James Witham [? Wilham or Wisham] deceased, at the established allowance of salary and 5l. per an. for a horse.
John Donlevy as a wine taster in London port loco Alexander Crudge, dismissed.
Nicholas Rowe as one of the landsurveyors in London port loco Charles Tyrrel, whose deputation for that employment is hereby to be superseded (Sept. 17).
Thomas Fletcher as one of the searchers in London port loco Edward Le Neve, whose deputation for that employment is hereby to be superseded.
John Boult as Comptroller of the Warehouses in London port for reception of the coffee and tea imported by the United East India Company; loco John Booth, whose deputation for that employment is hereby to be superseded.
John Harris as Surveyor of the Act of Navigation loco Stephen Scot, whose deputation for that employment is to be in like manner superseded.
John Strong as a tidesman in Bristol port loco Randolph Harpur, dismissed.
Robert Crosse as one of the Examiners of the Books of the Outports loco Horatio Mitchell, whose deputation is to be superseded.
— Schwartz as Collector of Berwick port loco George Moore, whose deputation is to be superseded.
John Frampton as one of the Comptrollers of the Warehouse for reception of prohibited East India goods in London port loco Timothy Thorpe, whose deputation is directed to be superseded.
Thomas Hester as one of the Comptrollers of the abovesaid Warehouse loco Charles Smith, whose deputation is directed to be superseded.
William Greenwood as a landwaiter, London port, loco William Culliford, whose deputation for that employment we do hereby direct you to supersede.
Philip Pyle as a same, ibid., loco John Lloyd, whose deputation is in like manner to be superseded.
Thomas Jacomb (waiter and searcher at Wivenhoe) as a landwaiter, London port, loco John Minat, whose deputation is in like manner to be superseded.
Nicholas Jennings as a same, ibid., loco Samuel Bryan, whose deputation is in like manner directed to be superseded.
Henry Hawkins as a same, ibid., loco John Dodson, whose deputation is in like manner to be superseded.
Antho. Scawen as a same, ibid., loco John Skinner, whose deputation is in like manner to be superseded.
Thomas Hodges as a landcarriageman in London port loco Thomas Thorp, whose deputation is in like manner to be superseded.
John Yates as waiter and searcher at Wivenhoe in Colchester port loco the above Thomas Jacomb, who is removed.
John Berney as a coastwaiter in London port loco Thomas Price, whose deputation is in like manner to be superseded.
Charles Rock as a same, ibid., loco John Reynolds, whose deputation is in like manner to be superseded.
William Cockaine as a same, ibid., loco Roger Scattergood, whose deputation is in like manner to be superseded.
William Russel as a same, ibid., loco Samuel Brooks, whose deputation is in like manner to be superseded.
William Pipewell to be restored to his office of one of the tidesmen of Bristol port.
Walter Clarke, junr., as mate of the Greenhill yacht [the Customs yacht in] Cowes port loco Robert Young, who was killed in that service.
John Martin, landwaiter at Hull, and Thomas Appleyard, landwaiter at Newcastle, to exchange places.
Francis Rymer as boatman at Hull loco Thomas Gream, superannuated.
Charles Weekes as a landcarriageman, London port, loco David Edwards, whose deputation is directed to be superseded.
Anthony (altered to) John Robinson as one of the searchers in London port loco John Man, whose deputation is directed to be superseded.
Charles Bernard: warrant to the Collector Outwards, London port, to swear him in as deputy to Mr. Hebblethwait, undersearcher in London port.
Caleb Horner as a landcarriageman, London port, loco Martin Watson, whose deputation is to be superseded (Sept. 23).
John Asterley as a surveyor at Exeter port loco Thomas Barrington, whose deputation is to be superseded (Sept. 19).
Daniel Cumberlin as a tidesman in Bristol port loco John Barker, dismissed.
Thomas Hopkins as a tidesman in the Inferior List, London port, loco William Williams, dismissed.
Charles Blackburne (one of the tidesmen in London port) to be coastwaiter there loco John Reeve, deceased.
Samuel Bugbard to succeed said Blackburne as tidesman.
Ralph Hopton as collector and searcher at St. Oistins in Barbados loco Richard Fitz William (Sept. 17).
Henry Richards, junr., as waterman to the Surveyor of the Searchers in London port loco Isaac Howard, dismissed (Sept. 25).
Swyndale Wittingham as a tidesman in the Inferior List, London port, loco George Burton, dismissed (Sept. 26).
John Cock as Collector of Padstow port loco William Taylour, whose deputation is to be superseded.
Arthur Upton as collector, waiter and searcher of his Majesty's Duty of Four and a Half per cent. at Hole in the island of Barbados loco Hugh Howell, deceased (Sept. 17).
Anth. Woodward as a landwaiter in Bristol port loco William Blake, deceased (Sept. 27).
Charles Weekes to be Comptroller of the Warehouse for the reception of coffee and tea imported by the United East India Company loco John Boult (Sept. 26), see supra, p. 437.
Henry Oakes as a landcarriageman in London port loco Edward Turpine, whose deputation is to be superseded (Sept. 17).
— Howson as boatman at Rochester and to act as Preventive Officer at Dartford loco Robert Dawson, whose deputation is to be superseded. Out Letters (Customs) XVI, pp. 370, 373, 374, 375, 376, 377, 382, 383, 387, 390. |
| Sept. 3. |
Treasury reference to the Customs Commissioners of the petition of William Winde, Inspector of Prosecutions [relating to the Customs] proposing Henry Vander Esch as his deputy for the said office. Reference Book IX, p. 292.
Treasury warrant to Edward Young, Surveyor General of Woods, to perform works and repairs authorised by the Treasury warrant of May 11 last, supra, p. 225 to be done by your predecessor, Thomas Hewet, in all things where not so done by him. Warrants not Relating to Money XXIII, p. 457. |
| Sept. 4. |
Same to Samuel Burton, Esq., Receiver of the Rents and Revenues of the late dissolved Hospital of the Savoy, to pay out of the said rents and revenues 184l. 10s. 6½d. as follows in full of demands for work or materials in repairing several houses in the Savoy by order of John Manley, Esq., when Surveyor General [of Crown Lands].
Prefixing: report by Sir Christopher Wrenn et al. of the Office of Works on the bills for said repairs, being claims respectively from William Rimes, timber merchant; James Dockary, carpenter; Nicholas Hill, blacksmith; George Masters, plumber; John Thompson, painter; John Maynard, mason; Gilbert Harvey, labourer; John Thompson, bricklayer; George East, bricklayer, and Ezekiel Johnson, watchman and labourer. Money Book XXIV, p. 529. |
| Sept. 4. |
Money warrant for 146l. 19s. 0d. to Thomas Lowther, gent., to reimburse so much paid by him for fees in passing 16 years' accounts of Philip Packer, Esq., late Paymaster of the Works, including 10l. for his pains and trouble therein. (Money order dated Sept. 5 hereon.) (Letter of direction dated Sept. 6 hereon.) Ibid., p. 536. Order Book IX, p. 270. Disposition Book XXIII, p. 206.
Treasury warrant to George, Earl of Halifax, Auditor of the Receipt, to reserve and set apart the sum of 53,902l. 1s. 8d. out of the General or Aggregate Fund (established by the Act of 1 Geo. I., St. 2, c. 12, for the Bank and others) as in part of the sum of 90,000l. which became due to his Majesty on the yearly sum of 120,000l. [for the increase of the Civil List], to wit for the three quarters ended at Midsummer 1716: and to be issued and applied to the uses of the Civil List jointly with the other revenues granted to his Majesty for the support and maintenance thereof.
Prefixing: a state of the General or Aggregate Fund established by the said Act 1 Geo. I., St. 2, c. 12, for the Bank et al.: to wit for the abovesaid three quarters from 1715 March to 1716 Midsummer: |
| The Fond is Debtor |
£ |
s. |
d. |
|
to the Deficiencies at Michaelmas 1715 of the Fond for the Lottery anno 1714 |
34,022 |
11 |
8 |
to the several articles hereunder mentioned, the same being directed by the Act to be paid out of the said Fond with preference to one another in the order as they are severally numbered, viz.:
(1) to clear interest at the rate of 2 pence per 100l. per diem on all Exchequer Bills uncancelled from Mich. 1715 to Midsummer 1716 |
100,000 |
0 |
0 |
|
(2) to the Bank of England on the allowance of 3 per cent. per an. for circulating the said uncancelled Bills: for the same time |
102,623 |
1 |
3 |
|
(3) to ditto on the allowance of 45,000l. and 8,000l. per an. in consideration of their [the Bank of England's] exchanging all the said Exchequer Bills for ready money upon demand: for the same time |
39,750 |
0 |
0 |
|
to officers' salaries for the same time |
487 |
10 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
£276,883 |
2 |
11 |
|
Balance: being what the said Fond produced at Midsummer 1716 more than sufficient to satisfy the sums then due on the articles first to be preferred in point of payment out of the same: as aforesaid |
53,902 |
1 |
8 |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
£330,785 |
4 |
7 |
Per Contra.
[The said Fond is] creditor
|
|
|
|
|
by remains of the said Aggregate Fond at Michaelmas 1715 over and above sufficient to satisfy the several allowances to the Bank |
1,968 |
6 |
9¼ |
|
£ |
s. |
d. |
|
|
|
|
by the income or produce of the said Fond between Mich. 1715 and Xmas following |
70,931 |
10 |
3½ |
|
|
|
|
from Xmas 1715 to Lady day following |
98,000 |
13 |
10 |
|
|
|
|
from Lady day 1716 to Midsummer following |
159,884 |
13 |
8¼ |
|
|
|
|
— |
328,816 |
17 |
9¾ |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
£330,785 |
4 |
7 |
[Position of said Fund, Debtor and Creditor as at Midsummer 1716.]
[Debtor] |
|
|
|
|
to the Civil List on the yearly sum of 120,000l. granted to his Majesty during life: which is the next article by the said Act to be preferred in point of payment for three quarters from Mich. 1715 to Midsummer 1716 |
90,000 |
0 |
0 |
| [Creditor] |
|
|
|
by the produce of the Fond, being [the above balance] more than sufficient to satisfy the three articles first to be preferred in point of payment out of the same as by the above account |
53,902 |
1 |
8 |
|
balance, being the Deficiency of the Fond at Midsummer 1716 to answer what was then due on the annual sum for the Civil List |
36,097 |
18 |
4 |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
£90,000 |
0 |
0 |
|
Money Book XXIV, pp. 537–8. |
| Sept. 4. |
Treasury warrant dormant to the Customs Cashiers to pay the salary of 62l. 13s. 4d. per an. to James Cardonell as Customer Outwards of Southampton port. Ibid. XXV, p. 2. |
| Sept. 4. |
Money order for 50l. to Daniel Smith, Esq., Lieutenant Governor of the island of Nevis, for one quarter due Sept. 2 inst. on his allowance of 200l. per an. for his support and maintenance in that employment and in lieu of all presents from the Assemblies of the said island. Order Book IX, p. 270.
Same for 50l. to Edward Byam, Lieutenant Governor of Antigua, for one quarter to July 28 last on the like allowance.
In the margin: a later confirmation dated 1717 May 25 hereof. (Both the order and the marginal confirmation are struck through.) Ibid., p. 252.
Treasury warrant to the Receipt to pay the interest on a lost order of loan on the Subsidies &c. continued anno 1709: being order No. 3197 for 50l. in the name of Sir Thomas Littleton [former Treasurer of the Navy] and now assigned to Mary Chilley. Ibid., p. 270.
William Lowndes to the Navy Treasurer. The Treasury Lords direct you to raise 23,970l. by an absolute sale of tallies and orders for that sum on the Land Tax anno 1716 at par and to negotiate the said loan at 4 per cent. per an. interest. The said sum is to be applied as follows: viz. |
|
|
|
|
|
£ |
to the head of Wages.
for paying off and laying up his Majesty's ship Monk
|
16,970 |
|
for paying pilots and bounties to widows, to the end of March last |
1,500 |
to the head of Victualling.
for answering bills of exchange to Mr. John Gore in part of a credit of 12,000l. for victualling his Majesty's ships in the Baltic |
2,500 |
|
for Short Allowance money |
3,000 |
|
— |
|
£23,970 |
Disposition Book XXIII, p. 206.
Same to the Auditor of the Receipt to report on the enclosed memorial [missing] from the Customs Commissioners touching the distinction [distinguishing or keeping separate] in some of the Custom House accounts relating to some of the fonds mentioned therein. Out Letters (General) XXII, p. 108.
Same to the Customs Commissioners. Secretary Townshend directed George Werden, a tidesman in the Inferior List, London port, to attend at the Assizes at Nottingham, Derby and York as a witness for his Majesty in some causes which were to be tried in those places. In his absence Werden was suspended by you from his said employment. My Lords direct you not only to take off his said suspension but that you present him to be preferred to the Superior List of tidesmen, London port. Ibid.
Same to Edward Parsons. “I am commanded to desire you to transmit hither an account of the arrears of the present and late taxes [Land Tax] due from the Lords Commissioners of his Majesty's Treasury for the time being.” Ibid.
|
| Sept. 4. |
William Lowndes to the Earl of Carnarvon [late Paymaster of the Forces Abroad]. Mr. Jett, Auditor of Crown Land Revenues, has represented that 86l. 5s. 6d. advanced out of the Land Tax moneys anno 1709, 1710 and 1711, for recruits raised for Regiments on the Establishment of Ireland, hath not yet been refunded to the respective Receivers who paid it, and that the same is an impediment in passing their accounts. The late Queen signed a warrant 1712–13 Jan. 5 [this warrant is not entered in the Treasury Books] directing the then Lord Lieutenant of Ireland to give orders to the Paymaster General of the Forces in Ireland to remit the said sum hither to reimburse the said Receivers. Please inform my Lords how far the said warrant has been complied with.
Auditor Godolphin [Auditor of Crown Revenues of Wales] has also represented [to my Lords] that there have not as yet been delivered in his Office any tallies for the moneys paid by Mr. Whittingham, late Receiver General of Kesteven and Holland, Co. Lincoln, for recruits delivered to Officers of Regiments then under your pay. I am to enclose the said representation [missing] and to desire you to inform my Lords how this affair stands. (Same to Sir Roger Mostyn to the like effect as above concerning the tallies for said Whittingham's payments for recruits.) (A like letter dated Sept. 5 from William Lowndes to Mr. Mostyn. As this affair requires as much despatch as possible with regard to the Receivers' accounts which are to be passed before Michaelmas next I enclose you a copy [missing] of the above representation of Auditor Godolphin, so that you, having acted under your brother as his deputy, may give what assistance you are able thereto.) Out Letters (General) XXII, pp. 108–9, 112.
Same to the Earl of Lauderdale. Two persons well skilled in assaying and working of minerals are despatched hence in order to survey the mine with the mountain about it called Sir John Erskine's mine in the parish of Alloa in Scotland five miles north east from Stirling, and to assay the ore, whereby it may appear whether the same be a silver mine and of what value. The names of the two persons are Justus Brandshagen and James Hamilton. They have instructions signed by the Prince of Wales for their guidance in that affair, wherein you are named to be assisting. I am directed to enclose a copy of the said instructions and to desire you to assist and protect them on arrival. (Like letters to Mr. Haldane and Mr. Drummond.)
Followed by: said Instructions: dated Hampton Court 3 Sept. inst.: to be carried out by the said two with the assistance of John Haldane of Glenagles, Esq., who is willing to encourage and forward this business. Out Letters (North Britain) III, pp. 528, 530–1. |
| Sept. 5. |
Money warrant for 30l. to Sir Isaac Newton to reimburse the like sum by him advanced to Thomas Hamilton, who is gone or is going down to Scotland with his brother, James Hamilton (to whom a like sum hath been issued) about the affair of the [abovesaid] silver mine said to be discovered there: and is intended to defray the said Thomas's charges not only in going down [to Scotland], but also during his stay there. (Money order dated Sept. 7 hereon.) (Letter of direction dated Sept. 13 hereon.) Money Book XXIV, p. 539. Order Book IX, p. 271. Disposition Book XXIII, p. 210.
Treasury warrant to Anthony Cracherode [Treasury Solicitor] to pay 3l. a week to Kenneth, late Lord Duffus (now a prisoner in the Tower), for his subsistence there; commencing from the day he was committed. Money Book XXIV, p. 539. |
| Sept. 5. |
Same to same to pay 50l. to John Fogg of Bolton, Co. Lanes, for his service, pains and expenses for the good of the common cause at the time when the Rebels (lately reduced) were approaching the town of Preston, “the same being known to us by many ample certificates produced in his behalf.” Ibid.
Money warrant for 1,000l. to Anne, Duchess of Buccleuch, for 1715 Xmas on her annuity. (Letter of direction dated Sept. 13 hereon.) Ibid. XXV, p. 26. Disposition Book XXIII, p. 208.
Treasury allowance of the 1716 Lady day quarter's incidents bill, detailed, of the Post Office: total 1,561l. 17s. 6d., including 153l. 14s. 0d. paid to Mr. Joseph Thompson, painter, for his bill to Michaelmas 1715; 58l. 7s. 6d. to Mr. Henry Henshaw and Mr. Isaac Minott [Minett] for transporting his Majesty's messengers from Dover to Calais from 1 Oct. 1713 to 4 April 1715; 26l. 6s. 10d. paid 20 Jan. for 6,322 ship letters; 29l. 17s. 3d. paid 6 Feb. for 7,167 ship's letters; 25l. to Thomas Horne for 1715 Xmas quarter's allowance for stating the accounts of the Pacquet Boats and the Scotch and Irish [Post Office] accounts; 5l. 7s. 6d. to Mr. David Fowlis for bringing over two Flanders mails from Ostend to Dover; 30l. to Arnold Beeby for half a year's allowance to the clerks for beer; 5l. 3s. 0d. to Thomas Sone, engraver, for seals; 3l. 8s. 0d. to John Kempton, beadle, his bill for the watch from Xmas 1714 to Xmas 1715; 40l. to Arnold Beeby for one year's allowance for two feasts to the clerks of the Office; 4l. 3s. 3d. to Charles Kirby, collector for Trophy money; 11l. 2s. 2d. to Mr. Jones, apothecary, Mr. Bridges, surgeon, and Mrs. Jackson, nurse, for the care and cure of a post boy wounded by the fall of a brick from the Post Office; 37l. 17s. 7d. paid 26 March for 9,091 ship letters; 10l. 15s. 0d. to the Gazetteer as a new year's gift; 10l. 13s. 5d. to John Nutt for Gazettes and newspapers delivered for the Office use in 1715 Xmas quarter; 4l. 12s. 0d. to James Chapman his bill for pumping the well of the Office; 2l. 10s. 0d. to Elizabeth Preston for so much due to her late husband, Mr. Clarke Preston, for looking after the clocks in the Office; 64l. 9s. 10d. to Mr. Joseph Cranmer for entering and passing the Post Office accounts at the Pipe Office for two years ended at Lady day 1713; 6l. to Mr. John Taleur [Tayleur] in the Treasurer's Remembrancer's Office for the Post Office accounts for one year to Lady day 1713. Money Book XXV, pp. 14–15.
William Lowndes to the Earl of Lincoln [Paymaster of the Forces]. The Treasury Lords desire that the sum of 540l. (due upon a bill of exchange drawn from Placentia 31 Aug. 1715 by John Moody on the Commissioners of Victualling here [in London] and payable to Mr. Jonathan Sheppard for value received of Mr. George Fownes, junr., in provisions for his Majesty's Garrison of Placentia under the command of the said Mr. Moody) may be paid out of money reserved in your hands for the pay of the said Garrison and that it be placed to account thereof accordingly. Disposition Book XXIII, p. 206.
Same to same. My Lords direct you to raise 11,333l. 5s. 4d. by an absolute sale of tallies and orders on Malt Duties anno 1716 at par “and to negotiate the said loan at an interest of 4 per cent. per an.” and to apply the moneys so raised to the services following: viz. |
|
|
|
|
£ |
s. |
d. |
in further part of 57,917l. 9s. 6d. granted for the Forces and Garrison of Minorca anno 1716.
for two months' subsistence Aug. 25 last to Oct. 24 following for the Forces and Garrison there |
6,304 |
12 |
1 |
in further part of 37,294l. 12s. 9d. granted for the Forces and Garrison at Gibraltar anno 1716.
for the abovesaid two months' subsistence for the Forces and Garrison at Gibraltar |
4,060 |
6 |
3 |
in further part of 993,015l. 4s. 5d. granted for Guards and Garrisons &c. anno 1716.
to answer a warrant to Major General Wightman in full satisfaction of the extraordinary expenses he has been at during the time he commanded his Majesty's Forces in North Britain |
888 |
11 |
6 |
|
to answer a warrant [payable] to Brigadier Honywood in satisfaction of so much disbursed by him on the marches and quarters for his Regiment between 25 July 1715 and 25 March 1716 |
79 |
15 |
6 |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
£11,333 |
5 |
4 |
|
Disposition Book XXIII, p. 207. |
| Sept. 5. |
William Lowndes to Mr. Ferne [late Cashier of Customs]. The Treasury Lords are informed that several sums of money, assignments of shares of ships and other securities are deposited in your hands to be applied as the Customs Commissioners shall order. My Lords direct you to place same in the hands of Horatio Walpole, senr., and Francis Hawes, Esqrs., present Cashiers of Customs, in order to their being applied as aforesaid. Out Letters (General) XXIII, p. 110.
Same to the Earl of Lincoln. Send my Lords an account of the money you contributed [subscribed] as Paymaster of the Forces for the purchase of 5 per cent. annuities; how much thereof has been transferred by you, and to whom, and from what time the said annuities were to commence and the amount remaining in your name untransferred for the use of the public and the growing annuity thereon. (The like letter respectively to Mr. Aislabie [as Treasurer of the Navy] and Mr. Mordaunt [as Treasurer and Paymaster of the Ordnance]. Ibid.
Same to same. The Treasury Lords have by letter of this day's date ordered 888l. 11s. 6d. to be paid to Major General Wightman to reimburse sundry extraordinary expenses he was at whilst commanding his Majesty's Forces in North Britain. It appears to my Lords by copies of receipts enclosed [missing] that 700l., part thereof, was advanced to him by Archibald Douglas, Receiver General of Scotland, out of public moneys in said Douglas's hands. I am to desire that in discharging the said sum of 888l. 11s. 6d. you take care that the said 700l. be repaid to Douglas or his order and that the original receipts given by Wightman to Douglas be taken up and delivered to the said Wightman and cancelled upon your clearing the said warrant for 888l. 11s. 6d. Ibid., p. 114. |
| Sept. 5. |
Treasury warrant to the Customs Commissioners to make such agreement for the discovery of concealed senna as follows and to allow such sum to the discoverer (up to one fourth) as you think fit.
Prefixing: memorial from said Commissioners to the Treasury dated Custom House 22 Aug. 1716. By an Act of last Session, 1 Geo. I., St. 2, c. 43, for continuing the Duties for Coinage of moneys and to discharge the Duties on senna as a medicinal drug the Duties are increased on all senna in the hands of any person for sale in Great Britain on the 9th May last. A proposal has been made to us for discovering several quantities of such senna at present in the hands of merchants which have not paid the said increased Duties. We desire to be empowered to allow a fourth part to the discoverer thereof. Out Letters (Customs) XVI, p. 371.
Same to Henry Ferne, late Cashier of Customs, to deliver to his successors, Horatio Walpole, senr., and Francis Haws, Esq., the [Customs] bonds particularly mentioned in an account [missing]: to a total of 208,635l. 12s. 10¼d.
and likewise the receipt [or acknowledgment] given by the Solicitor of the Customs for bonds handed over to him for prosecution: to a total of 24,700l. 13s. 4¾d. Ibid., p. 372.
Same to William Pulteney, Secretary at War, to prepare a royal warrant for paying 520l. to William, Lord Cadogan, for colours provided by the said Lord Cadogan, or Col. Adolphus Oughton for the second Regiment of Guards called the Coldstream Regiment and clothing for the hautbois and Drum Majors, “the particulars so provided not having at any time been accounted a Regimental charge”: viz. as follows |
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£ |
s. |
d. |
|
for the Colonel's Ensign |
12 |
13 |
6 |
|
for 15 pair of colours at 10l. 10s. 6d. each pair of blue, white and crimson Mantua silk (including gilding with fine gold and painting both sides with badges, Imperial Crown, Scroll and Motto) |
157 |
17 |
6 |
|
for gilding with fine gold and painting four Major Blazes and eight numbers |
5 |
0 |
0 |
|
for the clothing of three Drum Majors in rich liveries with surtout coats at 54l. 3s. 0d. each livery |
162 |
9 |
0 |
|
for clothing six hautbois at 30l. 6s. 8d. each suit |
182 |
0 |
0 |
|
— |
|
£520 |
0 |
0 |
|
Followed by: detailed particulars of said colours and clothing. Warrants not Relating to Money XXIV, pp. 25–7. |
| Sept. 6. |
Christopher Tilson (in the absence of the Treasury Secretaries) to Mr. Madocks [Cashier of the Bank of England]. It appears at the Treasury that 21,500l. is wanting at the Exchequer to complete 1,079,000l. which was contributed for the purchase of 5 per cent. annuities payable in the Bank. But as there were certain discounts to be allowed out of the said contributions of which the Exchequer hath no notice my Lords direct you to send them an exact account of the said discounts and of the money that is yet remaining in your hands of the said contributions. “You'll please [take care] that this be sent so as to be laid before their Lordships at their next sitting which will be on Monday next.” Out Letters (General) XXII, p. 110.
Same to Mr. Poultney [Secretary at War] to report on the enclosed memorial [missing] from the Lieut. Governor of Sterling Castle in which he prays to be paid for 300 bolts [bolls] of oatmeal which he obtained at a time of difficulty for the service of the said Garrison by order of the Duke of Argyll, but at a less price than it might at that time have been sold for. It appears that the same lies yet in the said Garrison undisposed. Please report as to the disposing thereof. Ibid., p. 111. |
| Sept. 8. |
William Lowndes to the Taxes Commissioners to send to the Treasury with all convenient speed an abstract of the several reports which have been made by your Board relating to extraordinary allowances upon the petitions of such Receivers who by a clause in the Act 1 Geo. I., St. 2, c. 36, of last Session are to pass their respective accounts by the 29th inst. under the penalty of being charged with 10 per cent. interest for default thereof. Ibid.
|
| Sept. 10. |
Warrant dated Hampton Court, under the sign manual of the Prince of Wales as Guardian of the Kingdom, to Henry, Earl of Lincoln, Paymaster of the Forces, to pay 3,106l. 5s. 0d. to James, Earl of Carnarvon, late Paymaster General of the Forces Abroad, “for so much as is or will be paid or payable to your Lordship at the Bank of England for the annuity at the rate of 5 per cent. per an. accrued between Michaelmas 1715 and Xmas following upon the sum of 248,500l.” which was transferred by you to the said Earl of Carnarvon under the authority of a royal warrant of Jan. 20 last, supra, p. 82, out of the contributions made by your Lordship for the purchase of the said annuities for the use of the public: the annuity accruing thereon from 1715 Xmas being to be paid to the said Earl of Carnarvon or to whom he has been authorised to assign the same. King's Warrant Book XXVIII, p. 77.
Same dormant to the Treasury Lords to pay to Henry Wise the additional sum of 160l. per an. in like manner as the 2,800l. per an. as payable to him under the royal warrant of 5 Jan. 1714–15 [ut supra, Calendar of Treasury Books, Vol. XXIX, pp. 324–5] for keeping and maintaining the royal gardens and plantations to 3 Aug. 1706: all by reason of the taking of 4 acres 2 roods and 26 perches out of Hampton Court House Park and adding the same to the gardens there and likewise the putting the Royal Gardens at the Garden House at Windsor (consisting of 3 acres 1 rood and 26 perches and for which 180l. per an. was for many years paid) under the care of the said Henry Wise: so that the total of the Royal Garden and Plantations is thereby increased from 148 [sic for 140] acres 1 rood 10 perches by 8 acres and 20 perches for which 20l. an acre is payable by the rule of the former allowance. The total allowance henceforth will be 2,960l. per an. for 248 [sic for 148] acres and 10 perches of his Majesty's gardens and plantations.
Appending: schedule of the [present] admeasurement of the Royal Gardens: |
|
Acres |
Roods |
Perches |
Acres |
Roods |
Perches |
at Hampton Court.
the Melon Ground |
2 |
3 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
Kitchen Garden |
8 |
1 |
24 |
|
|
|
|
Wilderness Grove |
9 |
0 |
10 |
|
|
|
|
Great Fountain Garden |
24 |
0 |
19 |
|
|
|
|
Privy Garden |
4 |
2 |
8 |
|
|
|
|
Glass Case Garden and Pheasant Yard Court |
2 |
2 |
6 |
|
|
|
|
Quadrangle, Princess Court and Tennis Court |
0 |
3 |
18 |
|
|
|
|
Great Terrace and Bowling Green |
5 |
0 |
33 |
|
|
|
|
Lower Wilderness |
16 |
1 |
13 |
|
|
|
|
— |
73 |
3 |
11 |
at Kensington.
the Old Gardens from Greenhouse down to the road |
17 |
1 |
22 |
|
|
|
|
the New Plantation, Kitchen Garden, Coach Court and piece before the Stores |
38 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
— |
55 |
1 |
22 |
at Newmarket.
the Gardens |
0 |
2 |
0 |
|
|
|
at Windsor.
the Royal Gardens at Windsor Great Park |
10 |
1 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
Fruit Plantation next the new Wall in Mastrick |
2 |
3 |
30 |
|
|
|
|
Little House Garden |
3 |
0 |
33 |
|
|
|
|
Kitchen Garden |
0 |
0 |
33 |
|
|
|
|
— |
17 |
0 |
16 |
St. James's.
the Garden |
|
|
|
1 |
3 |
11 |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
148 |
0 |
20 |
|
Ibid., pp. 77–8. |
| Sept. 10. |
Same to the Clerk of the Signet for a privy seal for 10,000l. to John, Duke of Montague, Master of the Great Wardrobe: as imprest for the service of the Great Wardrobe. (Privy seal dated Sept. 18 hereon.) (Money warrant dated Sept. 25 hereon.) (Money order dated Sept. 25 hereon.) Ibid., p. 79. Order Book IX, p. 278.
Same to William Clayton, Treasurer [and Paymaster] of his Majesty's Pensions and Bounties, to pay the several annual bounties as follows as from 1715 June 24: during pleasure: viz. |
|
|
|
|
per an. |
|
|
|
|
£ |
s. |
d. |
|
to the Treasurer of the Charity School erected at Kensington, as royal bounty towards the support and maintenance of the children educated there |
50 |
0 |
0 |
|
to the Treasurer of the Charity School erected within his Majesty's manor of Richmond in Surrey as royal bounty for the like purpose |
30 |
0 |
0 |
|
Further the 30l. per an. which by the Establishment is payable to the schoolmaster at Kensington is for the future to be paid to the Treasurer of said school so as the Trustees of said school may have the applying thereof (but to the use of the said schoolmaster) with other the revenues or collections for support of the said Charity. King's Warrant Book XXVIII, p. 80. |
| Sept. 10. |
Warrant dated Hampton Court under the sign manual of the Prince of Wales as Guardian of the Kingdom, to the Treasury Lords to pay 1,990l. to William, Lord Cadogan, Master of the Robes: as imprest: out of Civil List money: which sum together with 1,110l. already issued to him under the privy seal of 31 Oct. 1715 is to be in full of his salary as Master of the Robes and of the salaries of the officers of the Robes between 29 Sept. 1714 and 25 Dec. 1715, according to the Establishment dated July 6 last. (Money warrant dated Sept. 11 hereon.) (Money order dated Sept. 15 hereon.) (Letter of direction dated Sept. 13 hereon.) Ibid., pp. 80–1. Order Book IX, p. 272. Disposition Book XXIII, p. 210.
Same to James, Earl of Carnarvon, late Paymaster General of the Forces Abroad, to pay 100l. to Thomas Maccarty and 100l. to Mathew Coudall as in full of all pretences and demands whatsoever for their services to the Crown of Great Britain in any military quality or employment either at home or abroad and of all charges and expenses they have been at or do claim. King's Warrant Book XXVIII, p. 81.
Same to Charles Bodvile, Earl of Radnor, Treasurer of the Chamber, to pay 8,753l. 3s. 9¼d. for what is due as follows in the Office of the said Treasurer of the Chamber for 1716 Lady day quarter as well upon bills and warrants signed by the Lord Chamberlain and the Principal Secretaries of State as for wages and other yearly allowances as by an Establishment signed by the Prince of Wales, which Establishment the King allows and approves of until a new one shall be formed and signed by himself.
Appending: schedule of said wages and allowances due for said quarter: |
|
|
|
|
£ |
s. |
d. |
on the head of Wages.
John Shore, Serjeant Trumpeter |
25 |
0 |
0 |
|
John Eccles, Master of the Music |
50 |
0 |
0 |
|
24 Musicians and an Instrument Keeper |
250 |
0 |
0 |
|
Mr. Jos. Antram, clock and watchmaker |
50 |
0 |
0 |
|
the Master of the Jewel Office |
12 |
10 |
0 |
|
Robert Sedgwick, Esq., clerk of ditto |
3 |
6 |
8 |
|
Edward Pauncefort, Esq., Yeoman of ditto |
26 |
13 |
9 |
|
Edward Yardley, Esq., Groom of ditto |
26 |
7 |
8 |
|
John Turner, moletaker |
2 |
0 |
5 |
|
Mr. Saml. Stubs, ratkiller |
12 |
0 |
10 |
|
the two Cofferbearers |
13 |
13 |
9 |
|
the 10 Grooms of the Chamber |
100 |
0 |
0 |
|
the 40 Messengers of the Chamber |
450 |
0 |
0 |
|
the two Clerks of the Checque |
49 |
17 |
6 |
|
eight officers of the Yeomen of the Guard |
637 |
10 |
0 |
|
100 Yeomen of the Guard |
989 |
1 |
3 |
|
16 Yeomen Ushers |
40 |
0 |
0 |
|
Thomas Smith, Yeoman Pensioner |
3 |
15 |
0 |
|
Thomas Archer, Groom Porter |
137 |
10 |
0 |
|
Marc Anthony Saurin, Esq., as Gentleman Usher Daily Waiter Assistant |
16 |
13 |
4 |
|
Earl of Radnor, Treasurer of the Chamber |
117 |
7 |
0 |
|
William Vanbrugh, Esq., Comptroller in the Office of Treasurer of the Chamber |
37 |
10 |
0 |
|
Peircy Kirk, Housekeeper of Whitehall |
162 |
10 |
0 |
|
Daniel Child, Keeper of the Standing Wardrobe at Whitehall |
50 |
0 |
0 |
|
Thomas Hall, Wardrobe Keeper at Windsor |
40 |
0 |
0 |
|
Thomas Hutton, Wardrobe Keeper at St. James's |
27 |
10 |
0 |
|
ditto as Housekeeper at Somerset House |
25 |
0 |
0 |
|
Somerset English, Underhousekeeper at Hampton Court |
80 |
0 |
0 |
|
Richard Marriot, Esq., Keeper of the Privy Lodgings there |
50 |
0 |
0 |
|
Theodore Randue, Esq., Housekeeper of Windsor Castle |
80 |
0 |
0 |
|
the officers of the Removing Wardrobe |
197 |
10 |
0 |
|
Sir John Shadwell, Principal Physician |
100 |
0 |
0 |
|
Dr. Lewis Tessier, sworn another Physician to his Majesty, for 21 days from 5 March last on 200l. per an. |
11 |
10 |
9 |
|
James Chase, Apothecary to the person |
40 |
0 |
0 |
|
Daniel Malthus, Esq., ditto |
80 |
1 |
3 |
|
Mr. William Jones, Apothecary to the Household |
26 |
13 |
4 |
|
Ambrose Dickins, Esq., Serjeant Surgeon |
99 |
3 |
4 |
|
Claudius Amyand, Esq., a ditto |
99 |
3 |
4 |
|
ditto, more as Barber in Ordinary to his Majesty, to commence from 1 Aug. 1714 on 170l. per an. |
283 |
0 |
5¼ |
|
William Gardiner, Esq., Surgeon to the Household |
70 |
0 |
0 |
|
Thomas Churchill, locksmith |
4 |
11 |
3 |
|
Sir John Stanley, bart., Secretary to the Lord Chamberlain |
15 |
0 |
0 |
|
Mrs. Elizabeth Battersby for rent of the passage into Channell Row |
0 |
17 |
6 |
|
the Gentlemen of the Chapel Royal for their usual allowance in lieu of three deers yearly: for this present season 1716 |
20 |
0 |
0 |
|
Mrs. Alice Bill, Strewer of Herbs |
6 |
0 |
0 |
|
Thomas Madox, Esq., Historiographer Royal |
50 |
0 |
0 |
|
Nicholas Row, Esq., Poet Laureat |
25 |
0 |
0 |
|
Mr. John Howard, Joiner of the Privy Chamber |
4 |
17 |
11 |
|
Mr. John Clothier, Court Drummer |
6 |
0 |
0 |
|
Peter Walton, Esq., Repairer of Pictures |
50 |
0 |
0 |
|
William Vanhuls, Clerk of all the Robes and Wardrobes |
40 |
0 |
0 |
|
Henry Lowman, Esq., Housekeeper at Kensington |
25 |
0 |
0 |
|
Duke of St. Albans for the wages of seven gamekeepers of Bucks, Berks, Richmond and Hampton Court, Cookham and Bray |
52 |
10 |
0 |
|
ditto, more for liveries for the said Gamekeepers anno 1716 at 10l. each |
70 |
0 |
0 |
|
the Gardener at Somerset House |
12 |
10 |
0 |
|
John Holbech for half a year [sic for quarter] to 1716 Lady day |
12 |
10 |
0 |
|
Edward Brown, underhousekeeper of St. James's |
15 |
0 |
0 |
|
Thomas Brand, Embellisher of Letters |
15 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
total of annual allowances |
5,010 |
5 |
8¼ |
on Bills and Warrants.
two Keepers of the Council Chamber, disbursements for one year to 1715 Xmas by warrant dated May 12 |
20 |
0 |
0 |
|
the executors of Robert Grigson, late servant to the Council Chamber, and Edward Dickinson, present servant, for their disbursements for same time |
36 |
13 |
4 |
|
Sir William Oldes, Gentleman Usher Black Rod, for his attendance on the House of Peers the last Session of Parliament beginning 9 June 1715, on his usual allowance of 6s. 8d. a day |
52 |
13 |
4 |
|
John Incledon, Housekeeper at Westminster, on his usual allowance of 6s. 8d. a day for 91 days from 25 Dec. 1715 to 25 March 1716 |
30 |
6 |
8 |
|
Samuel Stubs, Ratkiller, in full of his bills for half a year to 1716 Lady day |
28 |
19 |
0 |
|
Sir Godfrey Kneller, bart., Principal Painter, for drawing several pictures of his Majesty at whole length: including office fees per warrant |
290 |
5 |
0 |
|
Mr. Vandenand for a pair of Kettledrums for the Troop of Guards |
14 |
0 |
0 |
|
Mr. Edward Castle, Stationer in Ordinary to his Majesty, in full of his bills for stationery wares delivered to the Principal Secretary of State's Office for a quarter from Xmas 1715 to Lady day 1716 |
270 |
0 |
9 |
|
the 40 Messengers of the Chamber for their bills of service to Lady day 1716 |
3,000 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
£8,753 |
3 |
9¼ |
|
King's Warrant Book XXVIII, pp. 82–4. |
| Sept. 10. |
Warrant, under the sign manual of the Prince of Wales as Guardian of the Kingdom, dated Hampton Court, to the Attorney and Solicitor General for a great seal to contain a new Commission of Appeals in Excise: the new Commissioners to be Thomas Goodman, John Shorter, James Montague, Peter Hussey and Duncombe Drake, Esqrs.: with a salary of 200l. per an. each. Ibid., p. 85. |
| Sept. 10. |
Treasury warrant to Anthony Cracherode [Treasury Solicitor] to pay 50l. to John Holst, a serjeant, and two more soldiers of his Majesty's Forces abroad, who guarded the late Lord Duffus, prisoner, hither. Money Book XXIV, p. 483.
Same dormant to Horatio Walpole, senr., and Francis Hawes, Receivers General and Cashiers of Customs, to pay the salary of 52l. per an. to James Hustler, Esq., as a King's waiter, London port, loco Thomas Pratt.
52l. per an. salary to Samuel Dawson, gent., as a same, ibid., loco Richard Younger.
52l. per an. salary to Francis Edwards as Comptroller of Ipswich port.
3l. 6s. 8d. per an. salary to John Waring, junr., as searcher of Customs at Chester and Liverpool. Ibid., p. 490; XXV, p. 1.
Same to same to pay to the executors of John Custis what is due to him on his salary of 52l. per an. as late a King's waiter, London port. Money Book XXIV, p. 541.
Money warrant for 40l. to Samuel Hill, Esq., Latin Secretary, for half a year to Xmas 1715 on his salary. (Letter of direction dated Sept. 13 hereon.) Ibid. XXV, p. 23. Disposition Book XXIII, p. 210.
Same for 100l. to Dr. Richard Bentley, Library Keeper to his Majesty, for same time on his fee or salary. (Letter of direction dated Sept. 13 hereon.) Money Book XXV, p. 23. Disposition Book XXIII, p. 209.
Same for 97l. 18s. 4d. to Richard Wright, Esq., Knight Harbinger to his Majesty, for same time on his fees of 20 marks per an. and 10s. a day. (Letter of direction dated Sept. 13 hereon.) Money Book XXV, pp. 23, 54. Disposition Book XXIII, p. 210.
Same for 11l. 1s. 8d. to the Officers of the Revels as follows: |
|
|
|
|
£ |
s. |
d. |
|
to Charles Killigrew, Master of the Revels, for half a year to 1715 Xmas on his fee or salary of 10l. per an. |
5 |
0 |
0 |
|
to L'Estrange Symes, Esq., for same time on his salary of 12l. 3s. 4d. per an. as Comptroller [of the Revels] |
6 |
1 |
8 |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
£11 |
1 |
8 |
(Letter of direction dated Sept. 13 hereon.) Money Book XXV, p. 55. Disposition Book XXIII, p. 210.
Letter of direction for 1,000l. to the Earl of Radnor on the unsatisfied order in his name as Treasurer of the Chamber: out of Civil List money: as imprest: to be paid over to the Messengers [of the Chamber] by way of advance as the Secretaries of State shall order the same, to enable the said Messengers the better to proceed on the services they are sent upon; and to be accounted as in part of their bills. Disposition Book XXIII, p. 207. |
| Sept. 10. |
Letter of direction for 200l. to James, Earl of Carnarvon, on the unsatisfied order in his name for debts and arrears of the Land Forces during the time he continued Paymaster thereof: to be issued out of the moneys now remaining in the Exchequer arisen by the sale of salt in Scotland which belonged to the public: and is intended to be paid over by said Earl as follows, viz. 100l. to Thomas Maccarty and 100l. to Mathew Coudall [see supra, p. 448]. Ibid., p. 208.
William Lowndes to the Taxes Commissioners. My Lords direct you to attend them here on Wednesday morning next with abstracts of all your reports on the several petitions of the Receivers of Land Tax and old and new House Duties who are within the clause [of the Act of 1 Geo. I., St. 2, c. 36, requiring them] to account by Michaelmas next or to be charged with 10 per cent. interest. Out Letters (General) XXII, p. 111.
Treasury warrant to the Collector Inwards, London port, to swear John Robinson into office as deputy to Samuel Dawson, gent., a King's waiter, London port, the said Robinson having been deputy to Richard Younger, whom the said Dawson succeeded. Out Letters (Customs) XVI, p. 372.
Treasury reference to the Customs Commissioners of the petition of David Pool, one of the sureties on a bond of 2,000l. for Edward Scarborough, who was deputed Collector of Liverpool port under Wm. and Mary and so continued under the said bond to the 8 Sept. 1702 and no longer: but afterwards acted under a new deputation: that the Customs Commissioners have sued him on his said bond and seized his person and estate in Lancashire and his household goods and estate in Yorkshire and thereon 408l. 11s. 7d. was paid to the Customs Cashier: that it appears that the payments made to the Customs Cashier for said Scarborough's credit from 8 Sept. 1702 to 2 Jan. following exceed the debt due on the said 8 Sept. under the said bond by the amount of 813l. 10s. 0½d.: therefore petitioner prays repayment of said 408l. 11s. 7d. Reference Book IX, p. 294.
Treasury warrant to the Salt Commissioners to stay for six months the prosecution against Sir Thomas Johnson for salt Duties, he having petitioned for relief for salt shipped for export for Ireland but [which] perished in the said voyage, under the provision of the Act of 4 Anne [4–5 Anne, c. 23], which provided for discharge of the Duty on certificate of the loss attested before the Justices of the Peace at the Quarter Sessions for the county or place concerned.
Prefixing: the said Commissioners' report on said Johnson's petition. The certificate produced is very uncertain evidence, as it is not attested on oath nor laid before the Quarter Sessions within the time limited. Warrants not Relating to Money XXIV, pp. 27–8.
William Lowndes to the Revenue Commissioners in Ireland. I have read to my Lords yours of the 16th Aug. last relating to the management of the Duty of Alnage in Ireland. My Lords are of opinion you should take this Duty under your own care and direction for some time. Out Letters (Ireland) X, p. 59. |
| Sept. 10. |
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 3,636l. 17s. 1d. to complete the several contracts for clothing delivered to the several Regiments as follows in accordance with the Address of the House of Commons, Ireland [see Commons Journals, Ireland, Vol. III, p. 82, under date 8 Feb. 1715–16]: to wit to complete the several contracts for clothing delivered to the said Regiments over and above the full offreckonings to the day of their being disbanded; but under the caution that if it shall appear that any the said clothing was contracted for after intimation that the Regiment was to be disbanded the same is to be stopped: viz. |
|
|
|
|
£ |
s. |
d. |
|
to Joseph Kane for Brigadier Corbet's Regiment |
381 |
11 |
3½ |
|
to ditto for Major General Wade's Regiment |
527 |
9 |
9½ |
|
to Robert Petre for Col. Kerr's Regiment of Dragoons |
383 |
4 |
6½ |
|
to James Powell for Col. Churchill's Regiment |
13 |
2 |
1½ |
|
to Joseph Kane for Major General Pepper's Regiment of Dragoons |
1,868 |
19 |
6 |
|
to ditto for Sir John Wittewrong's Regiment |
462 |
9 |
8 |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
£3,636 |
17 |
1 |
Ibid.
Treasury warrant to the Customs Commissioners in Scotland to employ Frederick Fraser as landsurveyor at Inverness loco John Haldane, warranted for Collector of Prestonpans: at 50l. per an. Out Letters (North Britain) III, p. 529. |
