Minute Book: July 1713 | British History Online

Calendar of Treasury Books, Volume 27, 1713. Originally published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1955.

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'Minute Book: July 1713', in Calendar of Treasury Books, Volume 27, 1713, ed. William A Shaw, F H Slingsby( London, 1955), British History Online https://prod.british-history.ac.uk/cal-treasury-books/vol27/pp39-43 [accessed 24 November 2024].

July 1713



July. 1.	Present: ut supra.
	[My Lord] ordered [issues as follows] out of her Majesty's Civil List money: viz. to
		£	s.	d.
	Mr. Scobel for [purchase of] tin	6,000	0	0
	the Cofferer of the Household	1,200	0	0
	Mr. Holbech for the Treasurer of the Chamber's Office	661	19	6
	the Master of the Great Wardrobe for two weeks [on his 1,200l. per week]	2,400	0	0
	the Lord Treasurer	2,000	0	0
	the Chancellor of the Exchequer	400	0	0
	Mr. Compton, to complete several quarterly payments particularly directed by her Majesty	317	10	0
	the Keeper of the Privy Purse: for two weeks	1,000	0	0
		£13,979	9	6
	Mr. Sloper [is] called in. He acquaints my Lord that Mr. Brydges proposes to borrow 40,000l. upon tallies struck in his name on Malt Duties anno 1713 to complete 60,000l. directed the 17th June last for clearing up the services of her Majesty's Forces in the Low Countries to 24 June last. My Lord agrees that if the Bank will lend the said 40,000l. upon a deposit of tallies and orders struck in the name of the said Brydges on Malt anno 1713 the same shall be repaid to them within two months from the time of advancing it, together with 5 per cent. interest.
	If Mr. Brydges shall have received more than 12,000l. in part of the 60,000l. directed for the uses abovementioned he is to give my Lord an account thereof [so] that so much of the 40,000l. which he is now to borrow may be applied to such other uses as my Lord shall appoint.
	A memorial from Mr. Micklethwayte is read praying that the tallies for 53,101l. 19s. 7½d., which (pursuant to my Lord's directions of March 23 last, supra, p. 21) he assigned to Mr. Brydges upon a transfer to him of 60,000l. in South Sea Stock, may now be redeemed and delivered back to him on his [Micklethwayte's] re-assigning the said 60,000l. My Lord [on reading this memorial] directs that Mr. Brydges do deposit with the Bank so many of the tallies and orders for 55,000l. lately struck in his name on the Malt Duties anno 1713 as shall be sufficient to redeem the said tallies for 53,101l. 19s. 7½d. and [that thereupon he do] re-assign them to Mr. Micklethwayte on his [Micklethwayte's] transferring back to him, Brydges, the said 60,000l. South Sea Stock.
	[My Lord directs the issue out of Civil List funds of] 1,000l. to Mr. Lowndes for secret service. Ibid., pp. 101–2.
July. 2.	Present: [attendance not stated].
	My Lord Treasurer being acquainted by a memorial from Mr. Sloper (shewed to him by Mr. Secretary Harley) that the Bank have consented to lend the sum of 40,000l. which was yesterday proposed to be borrowed upon a deposit of tallies and orders struck in the name of Mr. Brydges on Malt Duties granted for the service of this year provided they may be allowed 6 per cent. interest and be repaid out of the first 500,000l. that shall be issued in Exchequer Bills: my Lord agrees thereunto. Ibid., p. 103.
July. 3.	Present: [attendance not stated].
	Mr. Cæsar, Treasurer of the Navy, having acquainted my Lord Treasurer that according to his direction he has attended the Bank of England in order to the borrowing of them a sum of 100,000l. upon a deposit of tallies and that they are willing to lend the same upon a deposit of 110,000l. in tallies and orders on this year's Malt Duties at an interest of 6 per cent. and to be repaid out of the first 500,000l. to be issued in Exchequer Bills, my Lord agrees thereunto and directs the Treasurer of the Navy to make the said deposit accordingly, in regard to the pressing occasions of the Navy and Victualling, to which the same is to be applied. Treasury Minute Book XX, p. 104.
July. 8.	Present: Lord Treasurer, Chancellor of the Exchequer.
	[My Lord] ordered [issues as follows] out of her Majesty's Civil List moneys: viz. to
		£
	Mr. Scobell for buying of tin	3,000
	the Cofferer of the Household	1,500
	Mr. Holbech for the Treasurer of the Chamber's Office.	1,175
	the Clerks of the Council	700
	Baron Scrope	250
	Mr. Borret	250
	the ministers of the Savoy	60
	Mr. Compton for Mr. Arthur	800
	ditto for Mr. Vezian	50
	ditto for Mr. Hill	125
	ditto for Mr. Crow	45
	ditto for Lady Jersey for her son	50
	the Earl of Rochester for the underkeepers of New [Richmond] Park	69
	the Clerk of the Estreats	145
	the Privy Purse	500
	Mr. Marshall	40
	Lord Lexinton [on his Ambassadorial] ordinary	300
	the Duke of Shrewsbury on ditto	300
	the Bishop of Bristol [Dr. John Robinson, Lord Privy Seal] on ditto	400
	the Earl of Strafford on ditto	400
	Lord Bolingbroke for secret services	1,000
	Mr. Lowndes for secret services	1,000
		£12,159
	Ibid., p. 105.
July 11.	Present: ut supra.
	My Lord having considered the several proposals of Sir John Lambert, Mr. Milner and Mr. Decker for remittances for the Troops in Flanders and finding that of Mr. Decker's, dated London July 8, to be most for her Majesty's advantage is pleased to agree thereto as follows, viz. “I am informed your Lordship is resolved to make a positive agreement for any sum or sums of money which your Lordship will resolve to remit within six months for Amsterdam. I humbly offer your Lordship my bill or bills for and upon Messrs. Andrew Pels & Sons from time to time within the said six months from the date hereof and for such sum or sums as your Lordship shall have occasion for at eight days' sight after the rate of 10 guilders 18 stivers per pound sterling: the value to be paid [to me in return in ready cash] at the delivery [by me] of the bills.”
	A memorial is read from Mr. Brydges for 42,000l. upon account of subsistence of the Troops in Flanders to 21 Aug. next and to answer their demands for forage money to 22 Dec. 1712 pursuant to the Duke of Ormonde's warrants. My Lord Treasurer orders that Mr. Brydges do attend the Bank for a loan of the said 42,000l. upon [security of] a deposit of Malt tallies now in his hands for the service of the Forces and that he do forthwith pay over the same for bills to be taken from Mr. Decker upon the foot of his agreement abovementioned and send the said bills by an Officer that sets out to-morrow morning for Flanders. Ibid., p. 106.
July. 15.	Present: ut supra.
	[My Lord] ordered [issues as follows] out of her Majesty's Civil List moneys: viz. to
		£
	Mr. Scobell for buying tin	3,000
	the Cofferer of the Household	1,200
	Mr. Holbech for the Treasurer of the Chamber's Office	500
	the Keeper of the Privy Purse	500
	the Judges et al. for last Trinity term	4,200
	Mr. Compton for Mr. Marshall	500
	ditto for Col. Phil. Howard	100
	ditto for Matthew Decker	50
	ditto for divers bounties	250
	ditto for Roger Webb	200
	ditto for Thomas Parke	150
	ditto for the Sub-Almoner	450
	Col. Oughton	200
	Mr. Lowndes for secret services	1,000
		£12,300
	My Lord Treasurer being acquainted by Mr. Brydges that the Bank of England have agreed to lend 42,000l. (according to the minute of the 11th inst.) upon a deposit of 46,200l. in tallies on Malt anno 1713 at 6 per cent. interest and to be repaid out of the first 600,000l. that shall be issued in Exchequer Bills, my Lord consents thereto and directs Mr. Brydges to make the said deposit accordingly.
	Mr. Holt, Comptroller General of the Accounts of the Customs, is granted leave to go into the country for some time for the recovery of his health. Ibid., p. 107.
July. 24. At my Lord Treasurer's House	Present: [attendance not stated].
	[The following issues were] ordered by my Lord Treasurer out of the Civil List money in the Exchequer: viz. to
		£	s.	d.
	Mr. Scobell for tin	3,000	0	0
	the Cofferer of the Household	1,500	0	0
	Mr. Holbech for the Treasurer of the Chamber's Office	500	0	0
	the Privy Purse	1,000	0	0
	the Duke of Shrewsbury [on his Ambassadorial ordinary]	400	0	0
	Lord Lexinton [on ditto]	400	0	0
	the Earl of Strafford [on ditto]	400	0	0
	the Bishop of Bristol [Dr. John Robinson, Lord Privy Seal: on ditto]	400	0	0
	the Earl of Peterborough	400	0	0
	the Commissioners for the Stables	500	0	0
	Mr. Tucker	80	0	0
	Mr. Incledon	36	10	0
	Sir Clement Cotterell for the Marquis de Monteleon	1,057	10	0
	Mr. Rymer and Mr. Churchill	300	0	0
	the Keepers of the Council Chamber	115	13	1½
	Mr. Compton for Mr. St. John for two expresses	500	0	0
	ditto for Mrs. Lucy Howard	60	0	0
	ditto for the Pendrills	50	0	0
	ditto for Mrs. Dangeau	100	0	0
	ditto for the two Misses Rosses	90	0	0
	ditto for Mrs. Church	40	0	0
	ditto for Mrs. Nevill	40	0	0
	the Paymaster of the Works for Mr. Wise in part of last June 24 quarter	400	0	0
	Mr. Lowndes for secret services	1,700	0	0
	the Sheriff of Chester for the surplusage on his account	122	17	8
	ditto of Stafford, for the like	99	18	6
		£13,292	9	3½
	Mr. Howe by his memorial of this day's date having acquainted my Lord Treasurer that pursuant to his directions he had applied to the Bank of England for a loan of 56,000l. by 10,000l. a week upon [security of] a deposit of Malt tallies, for the pay of the outpensioners [of Chelsea Hospital] to the 24th June last and that the Court of Directors had agreed thereunto provided they shall be repaid with interest at 6 per cent. out of the first 700,000l. to be issued in Exchequer Bills, my Lord consents thereunto and directs Mr. Howe to make the said deposit accordingly. Treasury Minute Book XX, p. 108.
July. 31. Treasury Chambers, Whitehall.	Present: Lord Treasurer, Chancellor of the Exchequer.
	A proposal from Sir John Lambert for remitting 12,000l. for the Garrison of Port Mahon is considered and agreed to as follows, viz. to give his bills for [upon] Port Mahon for 6,000l. at six days' sight and 6,000l. at 12 days’ sight at the exchange rate of 54 pence sterling per piece of Eight: “to be paid in gold or silver at the current rate in the said place and [for my reimbursement, the equivalent] to be paid me in Exchequer Bills.”
	[My Lord] ordered issues as follows out of her Majesty's Civil List money: viz. to
		£	s.	d.
	Mr. Scobell for tin	3,000	0	0
	the Cofferer of the Household	2,000	0	0
	Mr. Holbech for the Treasurer of the Chamber's Office	1,000	0	0
	the Privy Purse	500	0	0
	the Duke of Shrewsbury [on his Ambassadorial ordinary]	400	0	0
	Lord Lexinton [on ditto]	400	0	0
	the Earl of Strafford [on ditto]	400	0	0
	the Bishop of Bristol [Dr. John Robinson, Lord Privy Seal: on ditto]	400	0	0
	the Earl of Peterborough	400	0	0
	the Paymaster of the Works for Mr. Wise, to clear last quarter	403	3	6
	the Great Wardrobe	1,200	0	0
	Mr. Compton for a bill drawn by Mr. Gilligan.	800	0	0
	ditto for Mr. Wentworth et al.	167	0	0
	the Commissioners of the Privy Seal	910	0	0
	Col. Sutton	300	0	0
		£12,280	3	6
	Ibid., p. 109.