Treasury Warrants: July 1717, 11-15

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July 1717, 11–15

July 11. Money warrant for 2,350l. 2s. 0d. to Samuel Smithin, Esq., his Majesty's goldsmith, for gold works, gilt and white plate &c. delivered into the Jewel Office between 1716 Xmas and 1717 Lady day.
Appending: certificate by Ja. Brudenell, [Master of the Jewel Office], of said deliveries:
32 ounces 3 pennyweight 12 grams of gold work finely wrought and enamelled (200l. 6s. 4d.).
281 ounces of new gilt plate finely wrought and enchased (193l. 16s. 1d.).
11,267 ounces 4 pennyweight of new white plate, great part curiously wrought and enchased at several prices (1,859l. 13s. 1d.).
gilding 94 ounces of store plate (14l. 2s. 0d.).
boiling, repairing and burnishing 2,036 ounces of white store plate 25l. 18s. 0d.).
(Money order dated July 12 hereon.) (Letter of direction dated July 19 hereon.) Money Book XXV, p. 328. Order Book IX, p. 431. Disposition Book XXIII, p. 311.
Same for 1,228l. to Sir John Norris, viz. 500l. for equipage and 728l. for a quarter's ordinary in advance on his ordinaries of 5l. a day as Envoy Extraordinary and 3l. a day as Plenipotentiary to the Czar of Muscovy. (Money order dated July 13 hereon.) (Letter of direction dated July 19 hereon.) Money Book XXV, p. 344. Order Book IX, p. 431. Disposition Book XXIII, p. 311.
Treasury warrant to the Auditor of the Receipt to distribute and apply to the Bank of England and others as follows the income of the General or Aggregate Fond for the quarter commencing Lady day 1717 and ending June 24 last.
Appending: statement of said Fond for said quarter:
£ s. d.
The Fond is Debtor
to interest at 2 per cent. per diem on 4,561,025l. in Exchequer Bills uncancelled issued in this quarter		 40,000 0 0
to the Bank of England on the allowance of 3 per cent. per an. for Circulating the said Bills for said quarter 34,207 13 9
to ditto on the allowance of 45,000l. and 8,000l. per an. in consideration of their making [into] specie or exchanging [or cancelling] all the said Exchequer Bills for ready money upon demand for the quarter ended the 30th April 1717 13,250 0 0
to the Civil List for the quarter due at Midsummer 1717 30,000 0 0
to the annuities at 5 per cent. for the same quarter 13,650 0 0
to Mr. Edwyn [Usher of the Exchequer], for necessaries [stationery &c.] delivered 273 11 8½
to the officers of the Exchequer Bill Office on their salaries to Lady day last 162 10 0
—
£131,543 15 5½
balance to be reserved in the Exchequer to attend the directions of the Treasury Lords in the behalf 38,345 7 11
—
£169,889 3 4½
Per Contra:
By the income or produce of the said Fond between 1717 Lady day and Midsummer following:
on the Two Thirds Tonnage and Poundage [for the description of this and the following Duties see supra, p. 81]		 32,504 2 11½
on the Duty on Coffee, Tea, Chocolate &c. 6,735 9 0½
on the Increased Duties on ditto 12,642 17 8½
on the Half Subsidy of Tonnage and Poundage 32,500 2 6
on the Duty on Hops 14,356 4 0
on the 15 per cent. on wrought silks &c. 11,754 15 10½
on the 25l. per ton on French wines imported 16,184 11 1½
on the Duties on foreign sail cloth 424 4 6
on the Surplus of the Five Sevenths Excise upon the 1 June 1717 9,936 9 11½
on the Surplus of the 99 years' Excise at Midsummer 1717 20,545 15 3½
on the Surplus of the Half Subsidy at Midsummer 1717 12,304 9 7
—
£169,889 3 4½
Money Book XXV, p. 345–6.
July 11. Money warrant for 34,207l. 13s. 9d. to the Bank of England for 1717 June 24 quarter on their allowance of 3 per cent. per an. for circulating the sum of 4,561,025l. in Exchequer Bills undischarged.
Prefixing: certificate by Lord Halifax, Auditor of the Receipt, dated June 27 last that the said sum of 4,561,025l. remained outstanding and uncancelled in the said Bills at June 24 [and that the said interest amounted to 34,207l. 13s. 9d. in accordance with the Act of 1 Geo. I, St. 2, c. 12, for enlarging the Fond of the Bank of England: which Act provided that the allowance of 2 per cent. per diem on all the said Exchequer Bills should be paid out of the General or Aggregate Fund established by the said Act with preference to all other payments thereout].
Memorandum: there remained in the Receipt of the Exchequer on the 24th June 1717 upon the General or Aggregate Fond the sum of 132,206l. 6s. 10¼d., viz.
£ s. d.
on the Two Thirds Tonnage [imposed] since 8 March 1711–12 12,056 13 2¾
on the Duty on Coffee [imposed] since 23 June 1714 6,796 11 4
on the additional Duty on Coffee [imposed] since same date 12,369 4 11½
on the 15 per cent. Duty on wrought silk &c. continued since same date 13,208 4 5½
on the Half Subsidies [imposed] since 31 July 1714 18,401 5 2
on the Duty on Hops [imposed] since 1 August 1715 13,853 7 0½
on the 25l. per ton on French wines imported 12,477 15 6
on the Duty on foreign sail cloth 256 10 4
on the Surplus at Midsummer 1717 of the Half Subsidy for 80,000l. per an. annuities 12,304 9 7
on the Surplus at the 1st June 1717 of the Five Sevenths Excise 9,936 9 11½
on the Surplus at Midsummer 1717 of the 99 years' Excise 20,545 15 3½
—
£132,206 6 10¾
(Money order dated July 20 hereon.) Money Book XXV, p. 350. Order Book IX, p. 391.
July 11. Treasury confirmation of the money order of 1717 April 3 for 52l. 10s. 0d. to James, Earl of Berkeley, for the officers of Dean Forest, ut supra, p. 173. Order Book IX, p. 404.
Money order for 40l. to Daniel Langhorne and Dudley Downes, gent., Deputy Chamberlains of the Exchequer, for Easter and Trinity terms 1717 on their allowance of 40l. per an each for ordering and sorting records. Ibid., p. 340.
Same for 100l. each to the Justices of Wales as follows for Trinity term anno 1717 on their allowance of 400l. per an. each payable termly: viz.
William Jessop, Chief Justice of Carnarvon, Merioneth and Anglesea.
Roger Cumberbach, Second Justice there.
William Wright, Chief Justice of Glamorgan, Brecon and Radnor.
Edward Whitaker, Second Justice there.
Richard Vaughan, Chief Justice of Carmarthen, Pembroke and Cardigan.
Henry Beeston, Second Justice there. Ibid., p. 429.
Same for 25l. to Sir William Sympson, Fifth Baron of the Exchequer, for same term on his allowance of 100l. per an. in augmentation of the profits of his office. Ibid., p. 409.
Money order for 100l. to Count Gyllenborg, Swedish Envoy, for one month due July 1 inst. on the 100l. per month allowed him by the royal sign manual of 21 March 1716–17 during his continuance under arrest in Plymouth Castle. (Letter of direction dated July 19 hereon.) Ibid., p. 432. Disposition Book XXIII, p. 311.
William Lowndes to the Auditor of the Receipt. The Earl of Orford, late Treasurer of the Navy, is indebted upon his final account the sum of 4,807l. 1s. 5½d. which he will pay into the Exchequer. You are forthwith, upon receipt thereof, to issue the said sum to John Aislabie, present Treasurer of the Navy, upon his order for the service of the Navy and Victualling. Out Letters (General) XXII, p. 203.
July 11. Same to the said Aislabie apprising him of the above. My Lords desire you to reserve the said sum in your hands for such uses [of the Navy] as they shall direct. Ibid.
Treasury reference to the Taxes Commissioners of the petition of Jervais Bradgate, late Receiver General for Co. Leicester for the Land Tax and House Duties for the years 1705–15 inclusive, praying payment of 798l. for his extraordinary expenses in returning up [to the Exchequer] the moneys of his receipt; as by a bill of said expenses annexed to his petition. Reference Book IX, p. 336.
Same to same of the like petition of Robert Brown, late Receiver General of Taxes for part of Co. Norfolk, praying the usual allowances for [expenses in his] returns of public moneys in the years 1706–10 inclusive. Ibid.
Same to Sir Edward Northey, Attorney General, of the petition of Richard Score late Collector of Customs at Penzance, shewing that he is the person who detected the great abuse committed at the Customs House in London relating to the Duties payable to his Majesty for unrated East India goods; that he voluntarily resigned the Collection at Penzance (which was worth upwards of 250l. per an.) to be at liberty to prosecute the cause, which was brought to a decree whereby there will accrue to his Majesty many thousand pounds for time past and an immense sum for the time to come: therefore praying a recompense. Ibid.
Same to the Customs Commissioners of the petition of Sir John Williams shewing that he entered eight serons containing 1,200l. [? 1,200 lb.] of indicoe of the West Indies out of the ship Tench from Cadiz for aliens' account and paid aliens' Duty for the same but the entry is stopped on some doubts as to the Act of 12 Car. II, c. [18], for importation of Spanish and Portugal West India goods: therefore praying delivery of said goods. Ibid., p. 337.
Treasury warrant to the Surveyor General of Crown Lands for a particular of a piece of ground called the Stable Yard, lying near the north part of the [St. James's] Park containing 1 rood and 25 perches, separated from a piece of ground called the Wilderness by a brick wall towards the south and abutting east upon a street called the Old Spring Garden and the passage leading from the said street to the Park, and west to a piece of ground in the possession of the inhabitants of Warwick House, and north to the Park wall and divers tenements adjoining to the street from Charing Cross to Pall Mall: all in order to extension of lease thereof to Gerrard Smith at a fine of 10l. and at the old rent of 10l. per an.
Prefixing: report to the Treasury from Hugh Cholmley, the said Surveyor, dated Feb. 28 last on the petition of the said Smith. The premises were granted by the late Queen [Anne] to the Earl of Rochester 1704 Aug. 10. The house and buildings which stood upon the said ground were burned down by the late fire which happened in the Spring Garden. I take the ground to be worth 20l. per an. above the reserved rent. Warrants not Relating to Money XXIV, p. 234.
Royal letters patent appointing Sir John Anstruther to be Master of Works in Scotland: during pleasure. Out Letters (North Britain) IV, p. 243.
July 11. Ch. Stanhope to the Duke of Roxburgh. The Treasury Lords have laid before the King the enclosed presentment [missing] from the Customs Commissioners in Scotland touching a prosecution with which John Crawford, the Collector [of Customs] at Borrowstounness, is threatened on account of a person's being killed in rescuing a seizure made by him of prohibited goods. It is the King's pleasure that a pardon should pass to indemnify the said Mr. Crawford. The Treasury Lords desire you to obtain the necessary royal warrant in order to the passing the said pardon. Out Letters (North Britain) IV, p. 93.
Same to the Customs Commissioners in Scotland. My Lords have granted the application made to them for leave to William Cleland, one of your number, to come to England for two months upon his own private affairs. Ibid.
July 12. Money warrant for 1,300l. to John, Earl of Stair, for 13 weeks from March 19 last to June 18 last on his ordinary as Ambassador Extraordinary to the Most Christian King. (Money order dated July 13 hereon.) (Letter of direction dated July 19 hereon.) Money Book XXV, p. 344. Order Book IX, p. 431. Disposition Book XXIII, p. 311.
Same for 2,000l. to Thomas, Earl of Kinnoul, in further part of the arrears due on a perpetuity of 1,000l., to wit for two years from Lady day 1693 to Lady day 1695. Money Book XXV, p. 347.
Money order for 121l. 12s. 8¾d. to Nicholas Lechmere, late his Majesty's Solicitor General, and 12l. 3s. 3¼d. to Thomas Stevens, his clerk, on the allowance of 100 guineas for service and attendance in relation to affairs falling under the consideration of the Commissioners for Trade and Plantations from 14 Oct. 1714 to 1 Dec. 1715. (Letter of direction dated July 19 hereon.) Order Book IX, p. 430. Disposition Book XXIII, p. 311.
Treasury warrant to the Stamps Commissioners to make an additional salary or allowance of 100l. per an. to William Ashhurst, the Comptroller and Accountant General of the Stamp revenues: to be payable as from Midsummer 1717. As this additional salary is judged reasonable in regard of the increase of business in his office occasioned by the new Duties [on Stamps] the increase is to be apportioned for payment out of the said new Duties with an equal regard to their income.
Prefixing: representation from the Stamps Commissioners dated Stamp Office, Lincolns Inn, 4 May last proposing said addition, shewing that they had made a presentment on the 15 Sept. 1711 for increases of some salaries owing to increase of office business occasioned by the new Duties then lately laid, since which several other separate Duties have been added. Money Book XXV, pp. 347–8.
Same to John Aislabie, Treasurer of the Navy, to pay to the South Sea Company (out of any moneys in your hands or in your power for the service of the Navy and Victualling) the sum of 23,900l. to meet the Deficiency of said Company's Fond in and for the quarter ended 24 June 1717, which sum was wanting at that date to complete the sum of 152,000l. then payable to said Company for a fourth part of their increased yearly fund of 600,000l. and 8,000l. as by the Act of 1 Geo. I, c. 21, for enlarging the Capital Stock of the said Company.
Prefixing: certificate by Lord Halifax, Auditor of the Receipt, dated 28 June last that the abovesaid sum of 23,900l. is wanting to complete the 152,000l. due for said quarterly payment: by reason that the payments into the Exchequer for the quarter ended June 24 last out of the Duties [forming and feeding said fond] amount only to 128,100l. as follows [for the description of the Duties composing the fund as follows see supra, p. 240]: viz.
£ s. d.
out of Salt [imposed] since 31 July 1706 1,014 16 0
out of Candles [imposed] since 1 May 1715 18,455 4 0
out of Wines 51,620 0 0
out of Additional Impositions 14,710 0 0
out of tobacco 12,655 0 0
out of East India goods 26,165 0 0
out of Whale fins 2,350 0 0
out of Apprentice Duty 1,130 0 0
—
128,100 0 0
shortage 23,900 0 0
—
£152,000 0 0
Ibid., p. 349.
July 12. Treasury reference to the Customs Commissioners of the petition of Basset Edes, late Surveyor of Customs and Commander of the Betty sloop in North Britain, setting forth his faithful services in his employment and in the late Rebellion and praying to be deputed Commander of a sloop lately built in the Frith called the Royal George, no commander being yet appointed by the Treasury Lords. If the referees find the petitioner qualified as alleged they are to present him to my Lords for the said employment. Reference Book IX, p. 337.
Same to the Surveyor General of Crown Lands of the petition of James Heymans, storekeeper of his Majesty's wines, shewing that his lodgings in the Privy Garden are frequently overflowed by the spring tides and land floods notwithstanding the charge of 150l. which he has been at to prevent that and other inconveniences; so that the lodgings are no longer fit to live in without a further considerable expense to make them habitable, which he is willing to perform at his own charge: therefore praying such a lease as will encourage him to make the said alterations and repairs. Ibid.
Treasury warrant to same for a constat of a house in the Privy Garden, now in the possession of the Earl of Loudoun, in order to a lease thereof to said Earl for 31 years at 60l. per an. rent: with power of resumption to the Crown in case of the rebuilding of Whitehall.
Prefixing report to the Treasurer from Hugh Cholmley, the said Surveyor General, dated July 11 inst. on the petition of the said Earl. I have caused the said house to be surveyed. It contains 50 foot in front north to the Privy Garden and 65 foot in depth with a yard thereto and by the improvements made by the said Earl (who has spent 2,317l. 13s. 0d. thereon) the same is now worth 180l. per an. I advise a reserve rent of 60l. per an. which is a third of the clear yearly value, “the same not having been in rent before nor any rent answered to the Crown for the greater part of 20 years last past; otherwise such lease or grant will be void by the limitations of the Civil List Act”. Warrants not Relating to Money XXIV, p. 235.
July 12. Treasury warrant to the King's Remembrancer in the Exchequer to forbear issuing process against Mrs. [Mistress] Susanna [Aidworth] and Elizabeth Aldworth in relation to their late father's accounts till next issuable term, they having undertaken to bring in their late father's accounts and prosecute same to Declaration with their utmost diligence.
Prefixing: report by Auditor Thomas Jett, on the petition of the said Susanna and Elizabeth. Ibid., p. 236.
Same to James Craggs, Secretary at War, to prepare a royal warrant to authorise the Paymaster General of the Forces to pay 344l. 9s. 0d. to William, Lord Cadogan (or Col. Adolphus Oughton by his order), for clothing for the Hautbois and Drum Majors of the Second Regiment of Guards under his Lordship's command, viz., 162l. 9s. 0d. for three Drum Majors' suits and surtouts at 54l. 3s. 0d. each and 182l. for six Hautbois at 30l. 6s. 8d. each: to be paid out of Army Contingencies.
Appending: details of said clothing:
£ s. d.
for the Drummers:
scarlet cloth for the coat and breeches		 3 7 6
blue cloth for the wastcoat 0 18 0
blue Genoa velvet to face the sleeves 1 4 0
gold buttons to the coat 1 7 0
gold buttons to the wastcoat and breeches 1 5 0
gold lace for the coat and wastcoat and gold fringe to the sash 25 10 0
blue serge to line the coat and scirts to the wastcoat 0 14 0
Garlick Holland to line the body and sleeves of the wastcoat and the breeches through 0 6 0
embroidering the Badges on the breast and back of the coat 4 0 0
leather for pockets 0 2 0
making the sute 2 10 0
two shirts and two neckcloths 1 0 0
a pair of hose 0 4 6
a pair of shoes 0 4 6
a pair of gloves 0 1 0
Mantua silk for the sash 0 15 0
a hat with gold lace 0 18 0
a cockade 0 2 6
garters 0 0 6
a sword and belt 0 13 6
scarlet cloth for the surtout 2 18 6
blue serge to line the surtout 0 10 6
gold buttons to the coat 1 7 0
gold lace to the coat 3 0 0
making the surtout, with small materials 0 18 0
blue cloth for facing the cape 0 6 0
—
total for one Drummer 54 3 0
two other Drummers the like 108 6 0
—
total for the Drummers £162 9 0
for the Hautboys:
scarlet cloth for the coat and breeches		 3 7 6
blue cloth for the wastcoat and facing the coat sleeves 1 4 0
blue serge to line the coat and skirts of the wastcoat 0 14 0
gold lace for the coat and wastcoat 16 13 8
gold buttons to the coat 1 7 0
gold buttons to the wastcoat and breeches 1 5 0
Garlick Holland to line the body and sleeves of the wastcoat and the breeches 0 6 0
leather for the pockets 0 2 0
making the sute 2 3 0
two shirts and two neckcloths 1 0 0
a pair of hose 0 4 6
a pair of shoes 0 4 6
a pair of gloves 0 1 0
a hat with gold lace 0 18 0
a cockade 0 2 6
garters 0 0 6
a sword and belt 0 13 6
—
total for one Hautboy 30 6 8
more for five Hautbois more 151 13 4
—
total for the Hautbois £182 0 0
Ibid., pp. 237–8.
July 12. Same to the Excise Commissioners to repay to their officers whose salaries do not exceed 100l. per an. their assessments to the 3s. Aid passed this present Session of Parliament.
Prefixing: presentment from said Commissioners in favour of their said officers. Money Book XXV, p. 429.
July 13. Treasury fiat for royal letters patent to constitute Ralph Bell, Esq., as one of the Customers of the port of Kingston upon Hull loco Robert Jackson. Out Letters (Customs) XVI, p. 448.
Letters patent by the Treasury Lords appointing William Jessop to be Receiver of the Alienation Office, the said Lords being authorized by a privy seal of 28 Oct. 1714 to manage, collect and levy the Alienation Fines (all fines payable upon Writs of Covenant and Writs of Entré and all issues and profits and other things compounded for in his Majesty's Office of Alienations): all loco Charles, Earl of Orrery, whose instrument or constitution for the said Office of Receiver is hereby superseded and determined: with the yearly fee of 160l. Warrants not Relating to Money XXIV, p. 239.
[July 13 ?] Treasury warrant to Edward Harley, one of the Auditors of Imprests, to make allowances as follows to the late Commissioners of Transports (viz. Samuel Atkinson and Nicholas Roope) in their accounts for the period 26 Feb. 1702–3 and 25 March 1704 at which time a Treasurer was appointed to the said Office.
Prefixing: report dated Jan. 23 last by said Auditor Harley on the memorial as below from the said late Commissioners. The salaries claimed were allowed on their preceding account by a royal warrant of 1703 May 31 except that one extraordinary clerk is now claimed at 15s. a week. The 201l. 14s. 10d. for transport of Forces to Holland and the 582l. 10s. 8d. for transport of men and provisions to Spain and Portugal and the West Indies do not exceed what has been paid on the like occasions as well in the preceding year as since.
Appending: statement of the said Commissioners' cravings for allowance in their account for the abovesaid period:
£ s. d.
Salaries:
Samuel Atkinson and Nicholas Roope as Commissioners at 400l. per an.		 1,400 0 0
Peter Crank, chief clerk at 150l. per an. 262 10 0
Thomas Bedell, accomptant at 80l. per an. 140 0 0
John Mountfort, a clerk at 60l. per an. 105 0 0
Joseph Zigenhorne, a clerk at 40l. per an. 70 0 0
Abra[ham] Babington, storekeeper at 30l. per an. 52 10 0
Samuel Atkinson at 50l. per an. for one year ended 1703–4 Feb. 6 50 0 0
Gilbert Wardlaw, a clerk, for three quarters and 46 days 1703 Sept. 5 to 1704 Nov. 6 at 2s. 6d. a day 43 5 0
Richard Harrington, messenger, and his wife as housekeeper at 50l. per an. 87 10 0
Edward Bentley, waterman, and his partner at 50l. per an. 87 10 0
William Aylworth, an extra clerk, for 1703 June 22 to 1704 Nov. 27 at 15s. per week 56 5 0
—
£2,354 10 0
£ s. d.
Incident Disbursements on the Holland service:
Mr. Atkinson, disbursements at Harwich, attending an embarcation of horses, 14 days from 6 Feb. to 11 March 1702–3		 24 3 8
ditto: coach hire and waterige in attending the Council, Treasury and War Office for directions as to and for attending the embarcation of Forces at Deptford and Greenwich between 12 Feb. [1702–13] and 30 June 1703 3 11 6
Mr. Roope, disbursements at Harwich, attending the embarcation of General Churchill's Regiment from 30 March to 10 April 1703 and deals used in making conveniences on shipboard for them, and boat hire in carrying the men off to the ships 29 10 5
Edward Bentley, disbursements to six wherries employed to carry off Lord Portmore's Regiment from Greenwich on board the transports in the river in April 1703 1 0 4
John Hogbin and John Hays, watermen employed in carrying orders to the transports &c. at 2s. 6d. a day [each] 2 15 0
Simon Griffin and five other watermen employed in carrying off from Greenwich the Regiments of Stringer, Lalo, Evans and others on board the transports in the river 1 9 4
Geo. Seager for five chaldrons of coal for the Office 7 16 3
Atho[ny] Philips for rent of several warehouses at the Red House to lodge and preserve the stores and for wharfage of Troops shipped off there from 6 Feb. 1702–3 to 29 Sept. 1703 78 11 3
William Thornburgh for a year's rent of the Office 31 0 0
Richard Harrington, messenger, for [carrying] letters, expresses, candles, coach hire, rent of river water, parish rates 21 17 1
—
£201 4 10
£ s. d.
Incident disbursements on the Spanish, West India and Portugal service:
Daniel Marget, Geo. Lee and other labourers, wages for pressing hay		 13 1 0
Isabella Bee and three other women for mending and filling old beds, pillows and rugs 6 4 10
James Fawsit, travelling charges from Ireland to London upon matters relating solely to Transports hired in Ireland for Portugal paid by order of the Earl of Nottingham 15 0 0
William Charlton and Andrew Hill for hire of their yachts to attend Mr. Atkinson and Mr. Roope 28 days divers times to the Nore and the Red Sand to despatch and hasten away the Transports to Holland, Portugal &c. 23 10 0
Abra[ham] Babington, warehousekeeper, for disbursements for wages of labourers employed in pressing hay for Forces in their passage to Portugal 19 16 5
John Hogbin and two other watermen, employed five days in carrying orders to the Transports 1 5 0
Mr. Atkinson, expenses several days in going down the river to despatch the Transports going on the expedition to Portugal 8 16 6
John Allen for protesting and drawing up protests against 15 Transports hired for the service to Portugal, in order the better to hasten them away 7 10 0
Anthony Phillips for rent of several warehouses at the Red House, Deptford, to lodge and preserve the stores: from 29 Sept. 1703 to 24 June 1704 72 14 6
Richard Harrington, messenger, disbursements for [carrying] letters, expresses and for coals, candles, coach hire, rent of [New] river water, parish dues &c. from July 1703 to Oct. 1704 120 13 11
John Phillips for measuring and appraising 10 Transport ships at Portsmouth 4 0 0
Mr. Roope, charges to the Nore, six days, to forward the Transports bound to Holland to bring over Forces designed for Portugal 6 0 0
John Fawkner, stationer, for books, paper, pens, ink &c. expended in the accounts of the ships and stores 206 18 6
Mr. Atkinson, disbursements on the balance of his account on his going over to Holland to prepare and get ready the Transport ships there designed for Portugal which were blown on shore and damaged by the great storm in November 1703 28 8 6
Peter Cranke, disbursement for fees for the first Establishment of the salaries and for New Year's gifts &c. 48 11 6
—
£582 10 8
Treasury [Office] fee for an order with an account to the Auditor, relating to Transport service in Holland 0 17 6
ditto on a bill of incidents 1 10 0
ditto on Declaring the preceding account of the Transport service to Holland for the year 1702 1 17 6
the Chancellor [of the Exchequer] and the [Treasury] Secretary's fee for the same account 4 5 0
the Queen's Remembrancer's fee for the same account 2 5 0
the Treasurer's Remembrancer's fee for the same account 1 11 0
the Pipe Office fee for the same account 6 18 4
Treasury [Office] fee on declaring the preceding account of the Transport service to Spain, West Indies and Portugal 3 15 0
the Chancellor [of the Exchequer's] and the [Treasury] Secretary's fee for the same account 4 10 0
the Queen's Remembrancer's fee for the same account 2 1 0
the Treasurer's Remembrancer's fee for the same account 1 18 6
the Pipe Office fee for the same account 10 7 0
—
£39 10 10
to a clerk employed to make up, attend and solicit the passing of the two accounts as well as this present account, being for two years one month and five days and for his disbursements 85 19 0
—
Total £3,264 5 4
Warrants not Relating to Money XXIV, pp. 240–4.
July 13. Treasury reference to the Taxes Commissioners of the petition of Nicholas Jefferies praying to be Receiver of the Land Tax for Co. Somerset and offering his fidelity securities, detailed. Out Letters (Affairs of Taxes) II, p. 244.
July 15. Royal warrant dated St. James's to Henry, Earl of Lincoln, Paymaster General of Guards, Garrisons and Land Forces in Great Britain and Forces Abroad to include (in the debentures to be made out by you for the pay of the Forces in Great Britain from 25 Aug. last 1716 to June 24 last 1717) the full pay of five men per Troop and Company in the manner following: the said five men per Troop and Company having been discontinued upon the musters in accordance with the directions of the Prince of Wales signified by the Secretary at War 1716 August 11 to the Commissary General of Musters to give order that upon the musters commencing the 25th of the said August and in all succeeding musters of the Forces there should be passed and allowed only 35 private men in each Troop of Light Horse and Dragoons (except the Royal Regiment of Horse Guards which was to consist of 37 men in each Troop) and only 65 private men in each Company of the Regiments of Foot and that only effective men actually in the service should be passed and allowed, “declaring it to be our intentions that the five discontinued men upon the muster rolls of each Troop and Company should be disposed of in such manner and proportions as we should afterwards direct.” The King hereby directs that the pay of the said five discontinued men per Troop and Company should be disposed of as follows, viz.
the full pay of one man per Troop and Company [to go] to the widows' Fund as usual.
the subsistence of one man per Troop and Company [to go] to the Colonels of the respective Regiments in lieu of all customary allowances and pretensions.
the subsistence of two men per Troop and Company [to go] to the respective Captains for the charges of recruiting and other regimental contingent expenses and customary allowances.
the subsistence of one man per Troop and Company [to go] to the Agents of the respective Regiments in lieu of their customary allowances.
and the remainder of the full pay of the four men last mentioned (after the usual deductions made) is to be issued as offreckonings upon such assignments as have been made thereof by the respective Colonels [and is to be for or] towards enabling them to supply the loss of clothing by desertion &c.
But in case any respits appear on the muster rolls the same is not only to be deducted as usual “but you shall also deduct from each captain who shall have any such respits on his Troop or Company the subsistence of two men for such time or times as any such respit shall appear, it being our intentions that the benefit of the said allowances of subsistence money shall be only upon condition and during the time that the respective Troops and Companies shall be kept complete.” King's Warrant Book XXVIII, pp. 397–8.
July 15. Treasury warrant to the Auditor of the Receipt and the Clerk of the Pells &c. to issue and pay to the respective Treasurers and Paymasters as follows the respective sums as follows, making in all 577,014l. 16s. 1¼d., being the Deficiency resting to make good the Supplies granted to his Majesty in the Session of Parliament begun 17 March 1714–15 and continued to 9 January 1715–16; which Deficiencies were intended to be provided for by the appropriating clauses contained in an Act of Parliament of that Session [to wit the Act 1 Geo. I., Stat. 2, c. 21]: that is to say
£ s. d.
to John Aislabie, Treasurer of the Navy, to complete 984,472l. 19s. 6d. for Naval services: to be as imprest and upon account towards discharging the debt of the Navy as it stood at the 31 Dec. 1716 334,239 9 1¾
to Harry Mordaunt, Treasurer and Paymaster of the Office of Ordnance, as imprest and upon account to complete 122,496l. 18s. 2½d. for the charge of the Office of Ordnance for land services 38,496 18 2½
to Henry, Earl of Lincoln, Paymaster General of the Forces, as imprest and upon account to complete l,520,082l. 19s. 8½d. for maintaining the Land Forces and other purposes as in the said Act mentioned, for the times therein expressed 78,722 8 10
to John Dutton Colt, Paymaster of the Classis Lottery of the year 1711 [as by the Act 9 Anne, c. 16], upon account towards discharging arrears of interest at 6 per cent. incurred in his Office and is to complete the sum of 50,886l. 11s. 10½d. granted to his Majesty to make good the Deficiencies of the grants for the year 1715 which [sum] was provided for in the said Act 25,221 17 0½
to Thomas Jett, Paymaster of the 10l. Lottery anno 1712 [as by the Act 10 Anne, c. 18] and is to be for supplying the Deficiency of the Fond of the 168,003l. per an. to make good the payments to the said Lottery 42,665 13 6
to John Aislabie, Treasurer of the Navy, to complete the sum of 242,168l. 9s. 4½d. which was advanced by him to the South Sea Company to make up their Fond of 608,000l. per an. for the year ended at Xmas 1716, pursuant to several Acts in that behalf 57,668 9 4½
—
£577,014 16 1¼
Money Book XXV, pp. 357–8.
July 15. Letter of direction for the salaries of the Judges at Westminster &c. for 1717 Trinity term: viz.
Chief Justice of the King's Bench 500 0 0
three other Judges of same 1,125 0 0
Chief Justice of Common Pleas 500 0 0
three other Judges of same 1,125 0 0
Chief Baron of the Exchequer Court 500 0 0
three other Barons thereof 1,125 0 0
John Smith, another Baron of the Exchequer. 250 0 0
Sir William Simpson, Cursitor Baron 25 0 0
Sir Joseph Jekyll as Chief Justice of Chester, Flint, Denbigh and Montgomery 182 10 0
Edward Jeffryes, Esq., Second Justice there 100 0 0
six other Judges of Wales on [their allowances each of] 400l. 600 0 0
the Masters in Chancery 275 0 0
—
£6,307 10 0
Disposition Book XXIII, p. 310.
Treasury reference to the Excise Commissioners of the petition of William Rouse, Thomas Clark, Alexander Meers, Thomas Wharton, Simon Francia, John Richardson, Elizabeth Davison, Arch[ibald] Paterson, John Mead, senr., John Blake, Thomas Michell, Waterhouse Farnaby, James Mendez and William Coleman, praying leave to make post entries of several quantities of brandies and rum imported by them above proof. Reference Book IX, p. 336.
Indenture between the Treasury Lords and Sir William Ashburnham, John Ramsden and William Jessop for the management of the Alienation Office as Deputies to the said Lords. Warrants not Relating to Money XXV, pp. 17–18.
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