Declared Accounts: Annuities

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Annuities

DECLARED ACCOUNTS: ANNUITIES.

AUDIT OFFICE, BUNDLE 13, ROLL 3 [A.O.1/13/3].

Thomas Madockes, Chief Cashier to the Bank of England as Paymaster of the Annuities payable upon Lottery Orders and Army Debentures.

Michaelmas 1716 to Michaelmas 1720.

Charge. £ s. d.
Arrears: remaining in the Accomptant's hands at the end of his last preceding Accompt of the Annuities of 910,000l. and 169,000l. granted anno 1715, none, he being in Surplusage nil
Receipts: money had out of the Exchequer:
Michaelmas term 3 George I, in part of 54,600l. (whereof 53,950l. to pay annuities for the year from 29 Sept. 1716 and 650l. for salaries)		 27,300 0 0
Easter term 3 & 4 George I, in further part of the same 13,650 0 0
Michaelmas term, 4 George I, in full of the same 13,650 0 0
the same term, in part of 54,600 (for the year from 29 Sept. 1717, divided as above) 13,650 0 0
Easter term, 4 & 5 George I, in further part of the same 27,300 0 0
Michaelmas term, 5 George I, in full of the same 13,650 0 0
Easter Term, 4 & 5 George I, in part of 476,659l. 16s. 0d. for annuities at 5l. per cent per an. for a year from Michaelmas 1717 (upon 9,533,195l. 10s. 5¾d. subscribed) 357,494 17 0
Easter term, 4 & 5 George I, in part of 42,011l. 7s. 3d. for paying annuities at 4l. per cent on 946,929l. 0s. 8¾d. (whereof 4,134l. 4s. 3d. to pay the said annuities to 25 Dec. 1717 and 37,877l. 3s. 0d. for a, whole year to 25 Dec. 1718) 23,072 15 9
the same term on accompt, to pay interest upon the four Lotteries to Midsummer 1717 2,000 0 0
the same term, upon accompt, to pay interest at 4l. per cent per an. for the Principal sum in Debentures for paying the Army 7,287 12 3¼
Michaelmas term, 5 George I, in part of 54,600l. (whereof 53,950l. to pay annuities for the year from 29 Sept. 1718 at 5l. per cent per an. and 650l. for salaries) 13,650 0 0
the same term, in full of 42,011l. 7s. 3d. to pay Annuities at 4l. per cent per an. upon 946,929l. 0s. 8¾d. (as above) 18,938 11 6
the same term, upon accompt, in part of 2,000l. to pay interest on the four Lotteries to Midsummer 1717 768 5 2¼
the same term, upon accompt, to pay interest on annuities at 4l. per cent per an. for the Principal sum in Debentures for paying the Army 16,065 4 8¾
the same term, upon accompt, in full of 476,659l. 16s. 0d. to pay annuities at 5l. per cent per an. for one year from Michaelmas 1717 on 9,533,195l. 10s. 5¾d. as above 119,164 19 0
the same term, upon account, in part of 476,659l. 16s. 0d. to pay the said Annuities for a year from Michaelmas 1718 119,164 19 0
Easter term, 5 & 6 George I, in further part of the same 119,164 19 0
Michaelmas term, 6 George I, in full of the same 238,329 18 0
the same term, upon accompt, in full of 2,000l. for paying interest on the four Lotteries to Midsummer 1717 538 0 10
Easter term, 6 & 7 George I, upon accompt, to pay half a year's Annuities due Ladyday 1720 upon 9,533,195l. 10s. 5¾d. as above 238,329 18 0
Michaelmas term, 7 George I, to pay half a year's Dividend on the same to Michaelmas 1720 238,329 18 0
Easter term, 5 & 6 George I, upon accompt, to pay interest or annuities at 4l. per cent per an. upon the Principal sum in Debentures for paying the Army 31,439 1 6
Michaelmas term, 6 George I, for the same 94,714 8 5
Easter term, 6 & 7 George I, for the same 26,932 5 4
Michaelmas term, 7 George I, for the same 32,079 15 0
Easter term, 5 & 6 George I, upon accompt, in further part of 54,600l. (whereof 53,950l. to pay annuities for a year from Michaelmas 1718 and 650l. for salaries) 27,300 0 0
Michaelmas term, 6 George I in full of the same 13,650 0 0
the same term, in part of 54,600l. (whereof 53,950l. for the payment of annuities for a year from Michaelmas 1719 at 5l. per cent per an. and 650l. for salaries) 27,300 0 0
Easter term, 6 & 7 George I, upon accompt in further part of the same 13,650 0 0
Michaelmas term, 7 George I, in full of the same 13,650 0 0
Easter term, 5 & 6 George I, upon accompt, to pay annuities called ‘Tallies of Sol’ at 4l. per cent per an. upon 946,929l. 0s. 8¾d. (whereof 5,091l. 5s. 5¼d. for paying the said Annuities to 25 Dec. 1717 and 9,469l. 5s. 9¾d. for Ladyday quarter 1719) 14,560 11 2¼
Michaelmas term, 6 George I, upon accompt for half a year's dividend due Michaelmas 1719 upon 947,514l. 7s. 9¾d. as above 18,950 5 7½
Easter term, 6 & 7 George I, upon accompt, for half a year's dividend due Ladyday 1720 upon the same 18,950 5 7½
Michaelmas term, 7 George I upon accompt, for half a year's dividend due Michaelmas 1720 upon the same 18,950 5 7½
Michaelmas term, 6 George I, upon accompt, to pay the ‘Navy Annuities’ at 5l. per cent per an. for three quarters to Michaelmas 1719 upon 110,312l. 17s. 4¾d. 4,136 14 0
Easter term, 6 & 7 George I, upon accompt, for the dividend due Ladyday 1720 on the same 2,757 16 0
Michaelmas term, 7 George I, upon accompt, for half a year's dividend due Michaelmas 1720 on the same 2,757 16 0
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total charge and receipts. £1,983,279 2 7
Discharge.
Surplusage on the preceding Accompt 8 5 11
money paid to clear the dividends unpaid at the determination of the preceding Accompt of the Annuities granted in 1715:
to several proprietors of Annuities under the Act for raising 910,000l., Xmas quarter 1715, on 2,600l. 		32 10 0
ditto, Ladyday quarter 1716, on 2,600l. 32 10 0
ditto, Midsummer quarter 1716 on 1,000l. 12 10 0
ditto, Michaelmas quarter 1716 on 800l. 10 0 0
and to ditto under the Act for raising 269,000l., Michaelmas quarter 1716, on 16l. 19s. 0 4 2
(total of the above 87l. 14s. 2d.)
money paid within the time of this Accompt to the proprietors of the Annuities etc. above mentioned:
to the Proprietors of the Lottery Annuities at 5l. per cent per an. on 9,519,348l. 8s. 1d.:
part of 9,531,191l. 19s. 10d. for Xmas quarter 1717 (abating 26l. 7s. 1d. for fractions)		 118,965 0 0
on 9,523,460l. 14s. 1d., part of the same, for half a year to Midsummer 1718 (abating 22l. 14s. 1d. for fractions) 238,063 16 3
on 9,523,388l. 15s. 7d., part of the same, for half a year to Xmas 1718 (abating 16l. 9s. 3½d. for fractions) 238,068 5 1
on 9,484,134l. 2s. 3d., part of the same, for Ladyday quarter 1719 (abating 16l. 17s. 10½d. for fractions) 118,534 15 8
on 9,523,394l. 3s. 7d., part of the same, for half a year to Michaelmas 1719 (abating 13l. 13s. 7¾d. for fractions) 238,071 7 2
on 9,519,608l. 4s. 7d., part of the same, for half a year to Ladyday 1720 (abating 11l. 12s. 10¾d. for fractions) 237,978 14 11
on 957,807l. 16s. part of the same, for half a year to Michaelmas 1720 (abating 9l. 19s. 0¾d. for fractions) 237,685 10 4
(total, to the Proprietors of the Lottery Annuities, 1,427,367l. 9s. 5d.)
to the proprietors of Army Debentures at 4l. per cent per an.:
on 1,597,695l. 0s. 10d., part of 1,598,234l. 9s. 7d., for half a year to Xmas 1717 (abating 2l. 5s. 7d. for fractions)		 31,951 12 5
ditto, for half a year to Midsummer 1718 (abating 2l. 5s. 6d. for fractions) 31,951 12 6
on 1,597,012l. 17s. 9d., part of the same, for half a year to Xmas 1718 (abating 1l. 17s. 8¾d. for fractions) 31,938 6 7
on 1,597,560l. 12s. 2d., part of the same for Ladyday quarter 1719 (abating 1l. 16s. for fractions) 15,973 16 1
on 1,597,750l. 9s. 6d., part of the same, for half a year to Michaelmas 1719 (abating 1l. 10s. 7d. for fractions) 31,953 9 7
on 1,590,498l. 13s. 9d., part of the same, for half a year to Ladyday 1720 (abating 1l. 2s. 6½d. for fractions) 31,808 16 10
on 1,590,346l. 2s. 6d., part of the same, for half a year to Michaelmas 1720 (abating 14s. 2½d. for fractions) 31,786 4 2
(total on the Army Debentures 207,363l. 18s. 2d.)
to the several proprietors of the Navy Annuities at 5l. per cent per an.:
on 110,312l. 17s. 4d., Ladyday quarter 1719		 1,378 18 2
on ditto for half a year to Michaelmas 1719 (abating 4d. for fractions) 2,757 16 1
on ditto for half a year to Ladyday 1720 (abating 3d. for fractions) 2,757 16 2
on ditto for half a year to Michaelmas 1720 (abating 3d. for fractions) 2,757 16 2
(total on the Navy Annuities 9,652l. 6s. 7d.)
to the several proprietors of the ‘Tallies of Sol’ at 4l. per cent per an.:
upon 509,127l. 5s. 6¾d. from 19 July 1717 to Michaelmas 1717		 4,017 3 6
upon 24,195l. 18s. 2d. from the date of the tallies in Oct. and Nov. 1717 to Xmas 1717 117 0 9
on 506,738l. 11s. 6d. part of 509,127l. 5s. 6d., for Xmas quarter 1717 (abating 2s. 6d. for fractions) 5,067 5 3
on 944,860l. 2s. 7d. part of 946,929l. 0s. 7d., for half a year to Midsummer 1718 (abating 6s. 5d. for fractions) 18,896 17 9
on 946,460l. 15s. 7d., part of the same, for half a year to Xmas 1718 (abating 6s. 2d. for fractions) 18,928 18 3
on 943,660l. 15s. 7d., part of the same, for Ladyday quarter 1719 (abating 5s. 4d. for fractions) 9,436 6 10
on 945,522l. 19s. 8d., part of 947,514l. 7s. 8d., for half a year to Michaelmas 1719 (abating 4s. 1d. for fractions) 18,910 5 3
on 946,674l. 7s. 8d., part of the same, for half a year to Ladyday 1720 (abating 3s. 6d. for fractions) 18,933 6 4
on 931,121l. 11s. 8d., part of the same, for half a year to Michaelmas, 1720 (abating 3s. for fractions) 18,622 5 9
(total on the ‘Tallies of Sol’ 112,929l. 9s. 8d.)
to the proprietors of the money contributed under [Stat. 1 Geo. I, St. 2, c. 12] for raising 910,000l. in the year 1715 at 5l. per cent:
for Xmas quarter 1716		 11,375 0 0
for Ladyday quarter 1717 11,375 0 0
for Midsummer quarter 1717 11,375 0 0
for Michaelmas quarter 1717 11,375 0 0
for Xmas quarter 1717 11,375 0 0
for Ladyday quarter 1718 11,375 0 0
for Midsummer quarter 1718 11,375 0 0
for Michaelmas quarter 1718 11,375 0 0
for Xmas quarter 1718 11,375 0 0
on 909,650l. part of the said 910,000l. for Ladyday quarter 1719 11,370 12 6
on the said 910,000l. for Midsummer quarter 1719 11,375 0 0
on 909,800l., part of the same, for Michaelmas quarter 1719 11,372 10 0
on 909,150l., part of the same, for Xmas quarter 1719 11,364 7 6
on 909,050l., part of the same, for Ladyday quarter 1720 11,363 2 6
on 907,800l., part of the same, for Midsummer quarter 1720 11,347 10 0
on 905,600l., part of the same, for Michaelmas quarter 1720 11,320 0 0
(total on the 910,000l. 181,888l. 2s. 6d.)
to the proprietors of the Annuities granted by [Stat. 1 Geo. I, St. 2, c. 21] for raising 169,000l. in the year 1715 at 5l. per cent per an. on the said 169,000l. for Xmas quarter 1716 (abating 2s. 2d. for fractions) 2,112 7 10
on ditto for Ladyday quarter 1717 (abating 1s. 9d. for fractions) 2,112 8 3
on ditto for Midsummer quarter 1717 (abating 1s. 1d. for fractions) 2,112 8 11
on ditto for Michaelmas quarter 1717 (abating 9d. for fractions) 2,112 9 3
on ditto for Xmas quarter 1717 (abating 8d. for fractions) 2,112 9 4
on ditto for Ladyday quarter 1718 (ditto) 2,112 9 4
on ditto for Midsummer quarter 1718 (ditto) 2,112 9 4
on ditto for Michaelmas quarter 1718 (abating 7d. for fractions) 2,112 9 5
on ditto for Xmas quarter 1718 (abating 6d. for fractions) 2,112 9 6
on ditto for Ladyday quarter 1719 (ditto) 2,112 9 6
on ditto for Midsummer quarter 1719 (ditto) 2,112 9 6
on ditto for Michaelmas quarter 1719 (abating 5d. for fractions) 2,112 9 7
on 168,750l. part of the same, for Xmas quarter 1719 (ditto) 2,109 7 1
on ditto for Ladyday quarter 1720 (ditto) 2,109 7 1
on the said 169,000l. for Midsummer quarter 1720 (abating 4d. for fractions) 2,112 9 8
on 168,900l., part of the same, for Michaelmas quarter 1720 (abating 4d. for fractions) 2,111 4 8
(total on the 169,000l., 33,791l. 18s. 3d.)
(total of the above payments 1,972,993l. 4s. 7d.)
salaries and wages:
in the Lottery Annuity Office:
Thomas Maddocks, Chief Cashier, and John Monteage, Chief Accomptant, for their salaries Michaelmas 1717 to Michaelmas 1719, 400l.; Zerubabel Crouch, same time, 300l.; Stephen Cross and Thomas Gregory, same time, 280l.; Peter Merrick and Thomas Hall, same time, 240l.; John Harvey, John Bowles, John Mercer, Daniel Race and August Munford, same time, 500l.; Charles Delaet and Edmund Crisp, same time, 160l.
in the Office for Annuities on Navy Bills etc.:
William Nicol, same time, 140l.; John Apthorpe, John Jurin and Thomas Hollingshead, same time, 300l., the watchmen and porters, same time, 60l.; Thomas Maddocks and others, for converting the several Orders into Annuities at 5l. per cent. 300l.
in the Office for the Annuities on 910,000l. and 169,000l. granted in 1715:
Thomas Maddocks and others; four years from Michaelmas 1716 to Michaelmas 1720, 2,600l. 		5,280 0 0
incident charges, detailed:
stationery wares 303l. 5s.; printing 105l. 7s. 6d.; engraving etc. 40l. 4s.; coals etc. 48l. 17s.; Edward Harley and Thomas Foley, for the Auditors' fees; three years to Michaelmas 1720, 3,600l.; this Accomptant for charges of passing the Accompt 300l. and for building the several Offices etc. 1,122l. 12s. 1d. 		5,520 5 7
(total for salaries and incidents 10,800l. 5s. 7d.)
—
total payments and allowances £1,983,889 10 3
and so the Accomptant is in Surplusage
Declared 17 December 1725.		 610 7 8
Auditor's Memorandum.—It appeared that there remained due and unpaid to several Proprietors (Col. Charles Dubourgay and others not named) to clear the several Annuities payable to them, several sums [detailed at length] to be allowed in subsequent Accompts on production of Receipts.
[The previous Accompt for this service will be found in Vol. XXX, page cdxlvii].
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