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Treasury Solicitor
DECLARED ACCOUNTS: TREASURY SOLICITOR.
AUDIT OFFICE: BUNDLE 2319, ROLL 43 [A.O.1/2319/43].
Anthony Crachrode, Solicitor for the Affairs of the Treasury.
2 June 1716 to 1 June 1717.
Charge. | £ | s. | d. | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Arrears: remaining in the Accomptants' hands at the end of his last preceding Accompt, none, he being in Surplusage | nil | |||||
but depending upon several persons particularly named at the foot of the said last Accompt | 100 | 10 | 6 | |||
Receipts: had out of the Exchequer: Easter term, 2 & 3 George I, by way of imprest, by General Letters Patent Dormant of 14 Aug. 1 George I |
7,000 | 0 | 0 | |||
Michaelmas term, 3 George I, ditto, by the same | 9,000 | 0 | 0 | |||
Easter term, 3 & 4 George I, ditto, by the same | 2,500 | 0 | 0 | |||
Michaelmas term, 3 George I, for the charges of Letters Patent creating Prince Ernest Augustus, Duke of York, Albany and Ulster and for ditto appointing the Prince of Wales Guardian of the Kingdom, by General Letters of Privy Seal 29 Sept. 1714 and Royal Sign Manual of 11 Feb. 1716–17 | 1,252 | 11 | 0 | |||
— | 19,752 | 11 | 0 | |||
money received of John Aislabie, late Treasurer of the Navy, to satisfy the bill of charges of the fifth subscription: to the South Sea Corporation and unsatisfied charges of the earlier subscriptions |
1,841 | 0 | 8 | |||
surcharge for money placed to his accompt as paid to Daniel Underhill as Solicitor at Hicks's Hall, being more than was actually paid | 1 | 6 | 8 | |||
— | 1,842 | 7 | 4 | |||
— | ||||||
total charge and receipts | £21,695 | 8 | 10 | |||
Discharge. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. |
Surplusage on the preceding Accompt | 1,546 | 13 | 0½ | |||
charges and expenses of several prosecutions etc.: v. Anderton and others, for high treason in the late Rebellion |
89 | 2 | 0 | |||
v. Ashburn, for printing ‘the Shift Shifted’ | 6 | 14 | 0 | |||
v. Sarah Alexander, for publishing the same | 3 | 7 | 0 | |||
v. Attlesey and others, for a misdemeanor at Norwich | 8 | 9 | 11 | |||
v. Ashton, for seditious words | 3 | 7 | 0 | |||
v. Buttler et al., for high treason in the late rebellion | 76 | 15 | 0 | |||
v. Balfour et al., for ditto | 54 | 15 | 0 | |||
v. Bishop, for printing a libel at Exeter | 9 | 2 | 0 | |||
v. Barnett, for a misdemeanour at Shaftsbury | 13 | 14 | 0 | |||
v. Bull and Bowers, for ditto in Oxfordshire | 2 | 6 | 2 | |||
v. Bedford, for a misdemeanour | 0 | 17 | 0 | |||
v. John Batt et al., for ditto in Kent | 44 | 17 | 2 | |||
v. Humphrey Batt et al., for ditto | 6 | 13 | 0 | |||
v. Baker, for a trespass in Windsor Forest | 2 | 5 | 6 | |||
v. Brown, for cursing the King (indicted at the Sessions at Hicks's Hall) | 9 | 2 | 2 | |||
v. Burnett, for a misdeameanour at Norwich | 6 | 14 | 0 | |||
v. Bays, for seditious words (prosecuted at Hicks's Hall) | 2 | 10 | 0 | |||
v. Benson, for the like (indicted at Hicks's Hall) | 3 | 7 | 0 | |||
v. Baker, for the like in Berks. | 7 | 18 | 0 | |||
v. Brooks, for a misdemeanour in Shoreditch | 7 | 0 | 8 | |||
v. Barwick, for suffering a conventicle in his house at Norwich | 14 | 4 | 7 | |||
v. Breet, for a misdeameanour in Norfolk | 11 | 4 | 6 | |||
v. Cheap, for publishing a libel | 14 | 9 | 6 | |||
v. Cole, for a misdemeanour in Kent | 6 | 9 | 0 | |||
v. Cowper, for publishing a libel | 10 | 3 | 6 | |||
v. Cookson, for publishing a libel in Yorkshire | 14 | 7 | 0 | |||
v. Cavenah alias Robroy, for publishing seditious words | 7 | 18 | 0 | |||
v. Crisp, for frauds in Chelsea Hospital | 7 | 18 | 0 | |||
v. Douglas, for a misdemeanour in Antegoa | 13 | 16 | 6 | |||
v. Isaac Dalton, for printing and publishing a libel, for cursing the King, for persuading the soldiers at Newgate to drink the Pretender's health | 79 | 5 | 4 | |||
v. Lord Dupplin, for treasonable practices | 2 | 5 | 6 | |||
v. Dover, for printing and publishing libels | 11 | 2 | 6 | |||
v. Dale, for endeavouring to suborn witnesses | 19 | 0 | 6 | |||
v. Mary Dalton, for publishing a libel | 21 | 3 | 6 | |||
v. Dowel et al., for high treason | 2 | 4 | 6 | |||
v. John Dormer, for seditious words | 6 | 14 | 0 | |||
v. Davies and Edwards, for a misdemeanour in Denbighshire | 2 | 8 | 0 | |||
v. Michael Dalton in the Exchequer, by information of intrusion on Pimlico House on the King's private road to Fulham | 0 | 15 | 0 | |||
v. Darbyshire, for seditious words | 10 | 1 | 0 | |||
v. Douglas, for the like | 6 | 14 | 0 | |||
v. Alice Dixon, for the like | 6 | 14 | 0 | |||
v. Dowden et al., for high treason in Dorsetshire | 20 | 1 | 10 | |||
v. Dugard, for seditious words | 7 | 18 | 0 | |||
v. Francia, for high treason (indicted at the Old Bailey) | 413 | 5 | 0 | |||
v. George Flint, for publishing a libel | 27 | 17 | 6 | |||
v. Fox, for seditious words in Devonshire | 9 | 2 | 0 | |||
v. Mary Flint, for publishing ‘the Shift Shifted’ | 15 | 11 | 0 | |||
v. Fluck, for seditious words (tried at Hicks's Hall) | 6 | 12 | 8 | |||
v. Freeman, for the like (ditto) | 6 | 11 | 2 | |||
v. Fish, for a misdemeanour in Yorkshire | 1 | 16 | 8 | |||
v. Gibson, upon affidavits from Lancashire | 2 | 5 | 6 | |||
v. Gurley, for seditious words | 6 | 11 | 2 | |||
v. Harley and Foley, Auditors of the Imprests, on information for misdemeanours in their office (fn. 1) | 191 | 9 | 4 | |||
v. Harvey, for high treason | 17 | 19 | 0 | |||
v. Hornbey, gentleman, for publishing a libel | 35 | 10 | 6 | |||
v. Howard, for high treason in the late Rebellion | 78 | 4 | 2 | |||
v. Home, for the like | 54 | 15 | 0 | |||
v. Hornby, the hawker, for the like | 14 | 9 | 6 | |||
v. Harris, for a misdemeanour in Derbysire | 24 | 10 | 0 | |||
v. Hussey, Recorder of Shaftsbury | 2 | 5 | 6 | |||
v. Howell, for publishing a libel (tried at the Old Bailey) | 26 | 11 | 0 | |||
v. Hornyold, for a misdemeanour (indicted at the Old Bailey) | 6 | 14 | 0 | |||
v. Hill, for printing ‘the Shift Shifted’ (tried at the Old Bailey) | 15 | 11 | 0 | |||
v. Halsted, for seditious words at Oxford | 5 | 15 | 0 | |||
v. Humphreys, for seditious words (indicted at the Old Bailey) | 3 | 7 | 0 | |||
v. Hesketh, for high treason in Lancashire | 10 | 15 | 0 | |||
v. Hodges, for seditious words (prosecuted at Norwich) | 11 | 9 | 2 | |||
v. Keymer, for publishing a libel | 6 | 14 | 0 | |||
v. Kitchen, for seditious words (indicted at the Old Bailey and tried at Westminster | 16 | 10 | 0 | |||
v. Layburn, for high treason in the late Rebellion (tried in Southwark) | 76 | 15 | 0 | |||
v. Langham, for publishing a libel (tried at the Old Bailey) | 15 | 11 | 0 | |||
v. Mackentosh et al., for high treason (at Westminster Hall) | 79 | 8 | 0 | |||
v. Mynors, for printing and publishing a libel sermon | 11 | 5 | 0 | |||
v. Duncan Mackentosh, one of the Preston rebels, for high treason | 8 | 12 | 0 | |||
v. Montgomery, for holding a conventicle | 2 | 5 | 6 | |||
v. Morphew, for publishing ‘Mercurius Politicus’ (fn. 2) | 14 | 7 | 0 | |||
v. Milton, for a misdeameanour | 7 | 7 | 4 | |||
v. Newberry, for a riot in Warwickshire | 25 | 8 | 9 | |||
v. Nodes, for frauds in Chelsea Hospital (fn. 3) | 7 | 18 | 0 | |||
v. Nichols, for seditious words in Kent | 13 | 8 | 0 | |||
v. Nichols, clerk, for a seditious sermon | 6 | 14 | 0 | |||
v. Nash, for seditious words (indicted at Hicks's Hall and tried at the Old Bailey) | 24 | 5 | 6 | |||
v. Nunnery, for the like (indicted at Hicks's Hall) | 7 | 4 | 0 | |||
in defence of Craven, sued by the Marquis of Navarres et al., for recovering jewels etc. seized by defendant Craven when Governor of Carolina | 31 | 11 | 6 | |||
v. Osborne, for printing the ‘Shift Shifted’ | 15 | 11 | 0 | |||
v. Pearks, for a misdemeanour in Worcester | 3 | 7 | 0 | |||
v. Paul, for high treason in the late Rebellion | 82 | 10 | 0 | |||
v. Pitts, for high treason in permitting Thomas Foster to escape [See Vol. XXX of this Calendar, p. vi] | 56 | 9 | 2 | |||
v. Paynter, for high treason in Cornwall | 65 | 14 | 7 | |||
v. Puleston et al., for misdemeanours in Denbighshire | 59 | 0 | 6 | |||
v. Plowman, for high treason in Dorsetshire | 6 | 14 | 0 | |||
v. Row, for a lease forfeited by the felony of Row | 3 | 7 | 0 | |||
v. Read, for publishing a libel | 6 | 14 | 0 | |||
v. Robins, for a misdemeanour in Norfolk | 7 | 18 | 0 | |||
v. Redmayn, for affirming by printing that the Pretender hath a right to the Crown | 33 | 2 | 6 | |||
v. Rokeby, for seditious words | 15 | 8 | 6 | |||
v. Strahan, for publishing a libel | 27 | 17 | 6 | |||
v. the Earl of Scarsdale, for treasonable practices | 2 | 5 | 6 | |||
v. Smith, for publishing a libel | 14 | 9 | 6 | |||
v. Stanton, for a riot at Birmingham | 4 | 11 | 0 | |||
v. Shaftoe et al. for high treason in the late Rebellion | 54 | 15 | 0 | |||
v. Satchfield, for seditious words | 3 | 7 | 0 | |||
v. Scriven, for the like | 13 | 3 | 0 | |||
v. Sunderland, for publishing a libel | 19 | 17 | 0 | |||
v. Standish et al., for treason in the late Rebellion | 76 | 15 | 0 | |||
v. Spinks, for distributing money to nonjuring clergy | 2 | 5 | 6 | |||
v. Sheffield et al., for frauds in mingling tobacco with hops and other leaves | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
v. Simanit, for publishing a libel | 19 | 19 | 6 | |||
v. Thornton et al., for high treason in the late Rebellion | 153 | 10 | 0 | |||
v. Taylor et al., for a riot at Shoreditch | 6 | 14 | 0 | |||
v. Talbot, for high treason | 30 | 7 | 0 | |||
v. Trueman, for seditious words | 17 | 7 | 6 | |||
v. Tarran, for seditious words in Yorkshire | 17 | 6 | 8 | |||
v. Vavasour, for seditious words | 7 | 18 | 0 | |||
v. Watson, for publishing a libel | 6 | 14 | 0 | |||
v. Sir William Windham, bt., for misprision of treason ((See Vol. XXIX of this Calendar, p. x) | 60 | 0 | 0 | |||
v. Wild, Hopwood, Allen and Jenings, for a misdemeanour in Staffordshire | 56 | 0 | 0 | |||
v. Watson, for a misdemeanour in Kent | 2 | 5 | 6 | |||
v. Woodhouse, for cursing the King | 6 | 14 | 0 | |||
v. Walker, for seditious words at Doncaster in Yorkshire | 66 | 16 | 4 | |||
v. Weston, for seditious words | 30 | 14 | 6 | |||
v. Whitmore and Ravenagh, for the like | 6 | 14 | 0 | |||
v. Williams et al., for riot near Norwich | 26 | 12 | 4 | |||
v. Warmworth, for seditious words | 7 | 18 | 0 | |||
v. Yemes, for a misdemeanour in Norwich | 6 | 14 | 0 | |||
v. Yates, for printing and publishing a libel (tried at the Old Bailey) | 12 | 4 | 0 | |||
— | 3,118 | 8 | 10 | |||
payments to sundry persons for business done and for disbursements: Mr. Harcourt of the Crown Office |
1,106 | 10 | 9 | |||
John Richardson, Attorney at Law, Preston, for disbursements | 1,400 | 10 | 3½ | |||
the Attorney General | 76 | 6 | 0 | |||
Richard Combs, William Dixon and — Downe, for discovering libels, etc. | 8 | 3 | 2 | |||
James Shaler, Matthew Tanner and Daniel Underhill, for taking trials in shorthand, filing indictments, etc. at Hicks's Hall and the Old Bailey | 55 | 8 | 2 | |||
Gerard Fitzgerald, for copies of two Acts of Parliament and Robert Sanderson for copy of a grant from Queen Elizabeth relating to the prosecution of George Rowe | 8 | 3 | 3½ | |||
this Accomptant, for coach-hire | 33 | 4 | 7 | |||
Michael Letton and others, for errands | 31 | 8 | 11 | |||
Joseph Mellish and George Werden, for Counsels' fees v. Whitaker and others at Nottingham and York Assizes | 9 | 15 | 8 | |||
99 persons for expenses of witnesses etc. | 896 | 9 | 9 | |||
— | 3,626 | 0 | 7 | |||
money paid on Orders of the Principal Secretaries of State: Ralph Bethel and Mossom Wye, for services to the Government |
70 | 0 | 0 | |||
Jeremiah Grebell, Richard Verralls and others, for discovering suspected persons | 74 | 13 | 8 | |||
William Downes, John Wright and others, for detecting printers and publishers of libels etc. | 66 | 13 | 0 | |||
Mrs. Howard, for subsistence of herself and family while her husband was on Government service | 26 | 12 | 0 | |||
Robert Read, victualler in Salisbury Court, for his damage | 50 | 0 | 0 | |||
William Jones and John Tench, for fees for discharging George Ridpath's recognizance and for the pardon of Thomas Shaw and others etc. | 135 | 19 | 8 | |||
Samuel Bayley and other attorneys | 512 | 15 | 1 | |||
Mr. Richardson, attorney-at-law at Preston | 107 | 10 | 0 | |||
several witnesses for necessaries | 428 | 11 | 10 | |||
John Venables, of the Duchy of Lancaster, for preparing warrants | 2 | 3 | 0 | |||
— | 1,474 | 18 | 3 | |||
payments by Treasury Warrant: Joseph Crisap, for cleaning firearms etc. |
89 | 9 | 0 | |||
Thomas Gibson and Robert Patten, clerk | 200 | 0 | 0 | |||
Thomas Gill at the Roebuck in Cheapside | 200 | 0 | 0 | |||
John Fog, of Bolton, co. Lanc., for services when the rebels were approaching Preston | 50 | 0 | 0 | |||
Richard Werge, minister at Alnwick, of the Royal Bounty, for service and losses when the rebels were in Northumberland | 100 | 0 | 0 | |||
Thomas Ogle, of Linkhouse, co Northd., clerk, as of the Royal Bounty | 40 | 0 | 0 | |||
Thomas Aldcroft, for expenses in defending himself against a malicious prosecution | 36 | 0 | 0 | |||
Thomas Read, of Salisbury Court, for losses in a riot | 400 | 0 | 0 | |||
three Hanoverian soldiers who conducted Lord Duffus to England, to enable them to return home | 50 | 0 | 0 | |||
Capt. Ralph Whitfield, to reimburse damages and expenses in conducting witnesses to London | 125 | 0 | 0 | |||
Lord Duffus, Earl of Carnwarth and the Lord Nairn for their subsistence in the Tower | 249 | 0 | 0 | |||
Jeremiah Sambrook, William Jones and Joseph Wace, for fees of passing patents etc. | 1,272 | 18 | 2 | |||
Robert Knight, late Cashier of the South Sea Company for charges of the fifth subscription etc. | 1,841 | 0 | 8 | |||
Edward Harley, for the Auditor's fee | 70 | 0 | 0 | |||
this Accomptant, for his care and expenses in the prosecutions before and since the Rebellion | 540 | 7 | 6 | |||
— | 5,263 | 15 | 4 | |||
charges and expenses of the Special Commissions at Preston, Carlisle, Liverpoole etc., detailed: to Sergeant Page and three other Counsel; to Henry Masterman, sent to collect evidence; to Francis Bretton, Clerk of the Crown, and others named; Sir John Fortescue Aland and Laurence Carter, Counsel at Preston and Carlisle; to five other Counsel; to Nicholas Paxton, as Solicitor to his Majesty; to Thomas Holland and John Perry, for coach hire; to Francis Bretton, Samuel Harris and other Officers of the Court and Judges' servants; to Thomas Crisp, High Sheriff of Lancashire |
5,139 | 8 | 5 | |||
sundry other charges, detailed; to the Attorney General, for settling the two Commissions in Cumberland; to Nicholas Paxton, for settling evidence against the Scotch rebel prisoners to be tried at Carlisle and for disbursements; to Daniel Chandler, for disbursements for the Judges and Counsel on the road etc.; and to sundry others for disbursements etc. | 2,837 | 18 | 9 | |||
— | 7,977 | 7 | 2 | |||
this Accomptant for fees at the Treasury | 602 | 6 | 3 | |||
(total allowed as above 22,062l. 16s. 5d.) | ||||||
— | ||||||
total payments and allowances | £23,609 | 9 | 5½ | |||
and so remains [in Surplusage] | 1,914 | 0 | 7½ | |||
to which is added money depending on Nathaniel Wilcocks for subsistence of witnesses on the road | 17 | 7 | 0 | |||
and on Gilbert Douglas for the like in Lancashire and for his own expenses | 83 | 3 | 6 | |||
— | 100 | 10 | 6 | |||
and so the Accomptant is in Surplusage Declared 8 December 1724. |
2,014 | 11 | 1½ |