B

Babbington. See Babington.

Babell, Charles, pensioner on the Civil List, 542.

Baber, Josua, Laverton farm purchased from, 194.

Babington (Babbington),—, Queen's waiter, London port, 259.

-,-, the store keeper [at Red House, Deptford], 103, 104.

-, Philip, captain in Harrison's regiment, half pay for, 478.

Bacalan, St. Leger de, Lieutenant Colonel, prisoners of war in Spain under orders of, 177.

Bache, Henry, captain of H.M.S. Orkney, petition for allowance, 372.

Backwell, Leigh, colonel, petition of, 380; his regiment of horse, on the Irish Establishment, 266, 380, reduced, 380.

-, Edward, or his executors. Bankers' annuities assigned by, 460.

Bacon, Philip, Receiver General of Land Tax for Suffolk, 233.

Baddeley, Thomas, gardener at Somerset House, 518.

Badger, Henry, moletaker in New Park, Richmond, 141; pensioner on the Civil List, 542.

Baggs, Isham, lieutenant in Lord Ashburnham's horse, half pay for, 478.

Bagot, Richard, colonel, pensioner on the civil List, 545.

Bagshot Rails in Windsor Forest, q.v.

Bailey (Baily, Bally, Baillie, Bayley, Bayly), Mr., Receiver General of Taxes, extraordinary charges of, issue for, 13.

-, Alexander, quartermaster in Hyndford's regiment, half pay for, 476.

-, Edward, appointed tidesman at Weymouth, 239.

-, George, Commissioner for Trade, 97.

-, John, pensioner on the Civil List, 509.

-, Robert, lieutenant in Hyndford's regiment, half pay for, 476.

-, William, sheriff of Bristol, surplusage on his account, 81.

Bakehouse. See Royal Household— Below Stairs.

Baker, Henry, Surveyor General of riding officers for Kent and Sussex, deputation terminated, 77; report by, 197.

-, Jacob, master of the Katherine, 278.

-, John, son of Richard, a marine in Borr's regiment, 256.

-, Richard, petitioner, 256.

-, Thomas, an agent for bringing in arrears of Prizes, 276.

certificate by, 276.

instructions to be prepared by, 6.

letters to and matters referred to, 83, 237, 276, 466.

reports and representation by, 83, 110, 466.

-, Thomas, fees paid by, on issue to Sir I. Newton for gold medals, 392; presents for the Alcaids of Alcazar and Tetuan, Dey of Algiers and Emperor of Morocco bought by, 13, 121, 310, letters re, 121, 133, payment for, 25, 47, 166, 167, 326 note, 392.

Balding, James, petition to be reinstated in the Stamp Office, 421.

Baldwin (Baldwyn), Thomas, going to Flanders, 224; inspection of Muster Rolls by, 32, 224.

Bale goods, importation of, 76, 109, 118, 200, 230, 277, 278, 312, 433, 455.

Ball, Edward, Groom of the Bakehouse, Royal Household, 495.

-, Elizabeth, pensioner on the Civil List, 508.

-, John, pensioner on the Civil List, 541.

-, John, Surveyor of Works at Windsor Castle, 366, 456, 526(2).

-, Robert, master of the Elizabeth, prize, 445.

Ballam, John, payment to, for rope, 103.

Ballantine, —, captain, lieutenant in the 3rd regiment of Guards, pay of, 370.

Ballard, Martin, security, 415.

-, Thomas, ensign in Maud's company, Montandre's regiment, half pay, 476; pay, 281.

Balliage duty. See London Duty.

Ballisis, Theodore, pensioner on the Civil List, 544.

Ballow, Henry, Deputy Chamberlain of the Exchequer Court, 130, 344.

Bally. See Bailey.

Balnacroy. See Robertson of Balnacroy.

Balnagowan (Balnagoun), co. Ross, lands and barony, charter of, 482, 483.

Baltic, the, H.M. ships for, 46, 345; ships from, quarantine by, proclamations for, 329(3).

Bampton, co. Devon, hundred of, Receiver General of Land Tax for. See Thorne, George.

Banastre. See Banister.

Banbury, Sir Henry, Commissioner of Excise and one of the Chief Commissioners and Governors of Revenue in Ireland, 91.

Banister (Banastre), George, lieutenant (2nd lieutenant of Grenadiers) in Heblethwayte's company in Montandre's regiment, half pay, 476, pay, 280.

-, Jacob, farmer in the Isle of Sheppey, noli prosequi to information against, for selling wool, 197.

-, John, musician of the Royal Household, 536.

-, Sir William:

Baron of the Exchequer, 284, 428.

Chief Justice of Pembroke, Carmarthen and Cardigan, 123, 284.

letter from,re non-payment of a fee from the Auditor of Wales and his salary as a Welsh Judge, 428.

Bank money [Amsterdam], bills drawn in, 21.

Bank of Charity. See Salt and Rock Salt—Officers' superannuation fund.

Bank of England:

annuity of 100,000l. to, paid out of five-sevenths of the 9d. per barrel Excise (as by 5–6 Wm. and Mary, c. 20), 238, 277, 292(2).

capital stock of, Act 7 Anne, c. 30, for enlarging, annuity due under, 151; Exchequer Bills made forth in pursuance of, 143.

cashiers of, appointed Receivers of the Contributions on the Public Lotteries or for the Classis Lottery [10 Anne, c. 19], accounts of, 273.

counsel for (Mr. Dod), 9.

Deficiencies due to, payment of, 44.

Directors of, attend the Treasury, 6, 7, 11, 20, 44; loan agreed to by, 42; and see Bateman, Sir James.

Exchequer Bills circulated by:

allowance of 8,000l. per annum for (as by Act 7 Anne, c. 30), 455, 463.

allowance of 45,000l. per annum for (as by Act 12 Anne, c. 11), 455.

interest on, payment for, 75, 185, 302, 303, 385.

Exchequer Bills exchanged for ready money by (as by Acts 6 Anne, c. 21; 9 Anne, c. 7), 90, 175, 301, 398.

gentlemen of, attending the Treasury, 8.

Governor of, attending the Treasury, 7, 20, 44; letters to, 79, 85, 273; and see Rudge [John].

loans by, 3, 6, 16, 20(2), 21(2), 22, 23, 24, 36, 38, 39(2), 40, 41(2), 42, 44, 46, 48(2), 61, 70, 152, 220, 277, 281, 296, 306, 312, 325, 346, 353, 413, 458, 462, 470, 473; interest on, 11, 70, 116, 137(2), 296, 297, 341, 386, 407, 408(2).

Million Bank and, 7, 8, 79, 85.

Navy Treasurer attending, 40.

remittances to Flanders by, claim re, 483.

Secretary to, 85, 86; and see Ince, [John].

tallies and orders deposited with, 2.

Bank of Edinburgh. See Edinburgh.

Bankers' annuities, orders for payment of, 459, 460; lost, warrants to innovate, 126(2).

Banks, Sir Jacob, landwaiter recommended by, 269, 296.

-, John, Receiver General of Taxes (Land Tax) for cos.

Northampton and Rutland, 233, 470.

-, Langley, Receiver General of Land Tax for part of Lincolnshire, 234.

-, Rachel, administratrix of John, petition of, 470(2).

-, Robert, master of the Love and Loyalty, 445.

Banks and Banking, discussed at the Treasury, 8, 9.

Banqueting House. See London and Westminster—Streets and places.

Banton, George, tailor of the Great Wardrobe, 533.

Barbados:

[artillery train for], proposed establishment, 121.

bills of exchange from, 91, 94.

Casual Revenue of, Receiver General of (C. Thomas), 252.

chaplain for (J. Holt), 20, 149.

Commander in Chief (G. Lillington), 217.

Four and a half per cent. duty in, accounts of, 127.

Governor of (Captain General and Governor in Chief), see Lowther, Robert; office of, executed by G. Lillington, 31.

gunners at, charge of, 424.

President of the Council (G. Lillington), 217.

Sick and wounded at, bills of exchange for, 113, 258.

Treasurer of (C. Thomas), 252.

Barbary, smuggling between, and Gibraltar, 223.

Barber, Mary, pensioner on the Civil List, 542.

Barcelona:

corn for, 359.

Dragoons, unregimented, from, 10.

German soldiers taken to, 447, 448.

letter dated at, 447.

passage between, and Port Mahon, 205, 206.

silver moneys coined at, value of, 10.

stores at, 447; care of, 268; in custody of T. Blyke, 268.

Barclay, Peter, clerk, book published by (A Letter to the People of Scotland, etc.), payment for copies of, 368.

Bardin, Joseph, wine porter, Royal Household, 500.

Bardsey, co Carnarvon, monastery of, manors and possessions of, steward of (Viscount Cashell, Earl of Radnor), 326, 327.

Barentz, Gerb., master of the Sea Right, 381.

Barges and Barge Houses. See Queen's.

Barington. See Barrington.

Barjand, John, captain in Grant's regiment, half pay for, 477.

Barker, Edward, Treasurer to Queen Anne's Bounty (Treasurer to the Governors of our Bounty for the augmentation of the maintenance of the Poor Clergy), issue to, 253.

-, George, captain in Pearce's dragoons, half pay for, 475.

-, John, abuses and frauds in the Customs discovered by, 146; application for employment, 259; information of running of India goods from, 259.

-, Robert, Commissioner to examine Colonel John Rice's Army Debentures, 87.

Barling, Walter, appointed tidesman at Wells, 192.

Barnard, Samuel, merchant, permit to reduce imported brandy and rum to proof, 397.

Barnardiston, Mary, loan by, payment of interest on, 297.

Barnes (Barns), George, cornet in Morris's dragoons, half pay for, 475.

-, Thomas, appointed a tidesman in the inferior list, London port, 113.

-, Thomas, appointed a tidesman in the superior list, London port, 113.

Barnet, Philip, a clerk in the Admiralty, repayment of tax on his salary, 316.

Barns, See Barnes.

Baronetcy fees, discharged, 275, 325 note, 326 and note, 339, 417.

Barons, Robert, appointed tidesman and boatman at Dartmouth, 387.

Barracks. See Army.

Barrett (Barret), John, Messenger of the Exchequer Receipt, 328, 382, 535.

-, John, pumpmaker, 120.

-, Sampson, appointed tidesman at Bristol, 113.

-, Thomas, merchant, permit to reduce imported brandy and rum to proof, 397.

Barrington (Barington), Thomas, Customs officer of Exeter port, reward for seizure of English money, 62, 406.

Barrow, co. Lincoln, hundred of, Receiver General of Duties on Houses for (J. Harneis), 343.

Barrow, Daniel, pensioner on the Civil List, 541.

-, Elizabeth, pension for, 274.

-, Mrs. Mary, pensioner on the Civil List, 542.

-, Mathew, pensioner on the Civil List, 540.

-, Richard, Deputy Clerk for the prosecution of counterfeiters, petition for charges, 474.

Barry, James, lieutenant in Wittewrong's regiment, half pay for, 211.

Bartlet, Edmund, lieutenant in Wittewrong's regiment, half pay for, 211.

Barton, Benjamin, lieutenant in Grant's regiment, half pay for, 477.

-, John, ensign in Dormer's regiment, half pay for, 477.

Bartram, Thomas, pensioner on the Civil List, 546.

Basket, Mr. and partners:

attending the Treasury, 19.

contract with, for supplying paper and parchment to the Stamp Office, 19, 22, 166.

petition of, complaining of loss to the revenue by Stamp Commissioners' dealing with O. Lloyd, 19.

Bass Viol, player of (F. Goodsens), 505.

Bastard, intestate, estate of, 429, 432.

Bastin, Martha, pensioner on the Civil List, 543.

Bateman, Charles, lieutenant colonel and captain in Montandre's regiment, company of, 280; half pay for, 476; pay, 280.

-, Sir James:

Alderman of London, 73.

attendance at the Treasury, 11.

Director of the Bank of England, 11.

letters to, 351, 376.

loans by, 7, 73, 91; interest on, payment of, 296, 297.

South Sea Stock deposited with, 73, 213.

Sub-Governor of the South Sea Company, 351, 361, 376, 425.

-, Thomas, Clerk of the Works at Winchester, 538.

Batersby, Mrs. Elizabeth, payment to “for a year's rent of her passage”, 287.

Bath, co. Somerset, house in, 284; visitors to, 292.

Bathurst, Edward, appointed waiter and searcher at Burnham, 192.

Batson, Walter, riding officer at New Romney, superannuated, 239.

Batteley (Battely), Charles, second Secondary in the Treasurer's Remembrancer's office, 540, 552.

Battell (Battle), Dr. Ralph, deceased, Sub-Almoner, 274, 506; SubDean of the Chapel, 505.

-, William, gentleman of the Chapel, 505.

Battle Axe Guards. See Ireland.

Battles, sieges, etc. See Almanza; Brihuega; Caya; Mons; Worcester.

Bawden, John, employment in the Salt duty at East and West Looe for, 244, 258.

Bawtry, co York, constable of. See Waterworth, Edward.

Baxter, Alexander, Receiver General of Land Tax for part of Wiltshire (Devizes, Chippenham, Warminster and Trowbridge), appointment and securities, 232.

-, John, master of the Mary, 311.

-, John, captain of Grenadiers in Montandre's regiment, company of, 281; half pay for, 476; pay, 281.

Bayley (Bayly). See Bailey.

Bayne, James, royal bounty on the Civil List, Scotland, for, 74, 198; removed, 181.

Baynes, Andrew, highwayman, arrested and convicted, 310.

-, John, Collector at Scarborough, appointed Surveyor at Bridlington, 293.

Baynton, Thomas, importer of French wines, petition signed by, 190.

Bayonne, France, letter dated, 136.

Beacher, Maston, information against, for running East India goods, 335.

-, See also Beecher.

Beachly (Beachley), co. Gloucester, boatmen at, 192.

Beachy Head, co. Sussex, 489.

Beak, Thomas, underclerk of the Privy Council, 195.

Beakers, 16.

Beamont. See Beaumont.

Bean, Thomas, appointed tidesman and boatman at Dover, 449.

Beans, for deer, 480, 527; produced in Minorca, 144.

Beard, Thomas, Groom of the Wood Yard, Royal Household, 501.

Beaseley, William, helper in the Royal Stables, 512.

Beatham, James, Groom of the Royal Stables, 512.

Beaubisson, Peter, payment to, 552.

Beauclerk, Charles, Duke of St. Albans:

Master of the Hawks, 45, 518. payment to, 15, 45, 47; for gamekeepers, 518.

pension in lieu of his Logwood pension, 446, 518.

Beaufort, Duke of. See Somerset, Henry.

Beaumont (Beamont), Mr., payment to, 115.

-, Francis, contractor for forage for the Army in Flanders, accounts of, 134; petitions of, 261, 410, 411.

-, Sir George, commissioner for executing the office of keeper of the Privy Seal, 78, 264, 335, 412.

-, John, attorney, pensioner on the Civil List, Scotland, 181.

-, Thomas, ensign in Montandre's regiment, half pay for, 476.

Beck, Justus, merchant of London, petitioner, 354.

-, Thomas, master of the Goodspeed, 278.

Beckford, Mr., chaplain, issue to, 37.

Beckley, Humphry, payment to, 333.

Bedburrough, Arthur, Conductor of the Bakehouse, Royal Household, 502.

Bedchamber. See Royal Household—Above Stairs.

Beddar, Thomas, appointed tidesman and boatman at Harwich, 160.

Bedding, for expeditions, 103; satin, for the Queen, 407: warrant for supplying, 111.

Bedford, Ben., payment to, for rent and furniture of a house for the Muscovite minister, 348.

-, Elizabeth, pensioner on the Civil List, 544.

Bedford Level, fenland in, grant of, 371; tithes of extra parochial lands of, 371, 372.

Bedfordshire, Receiver General of Land Tax for. See Reddall, Ambrose; Sheriff of (W. Nicoll), 69.

Bedman's Gowns. See Scotland.

Bedoe, Robert, child of the Scullery, Royal Household, 502.

-, Robert, sweeper at Whitehall, 538; petition for allowance for ooking after the Privy Garden doors, 388.

Beeby, Arnold, payment to, for beer for Post Office clerks, 452; for travelling charges, 452.

Beecher, Ellenor, [servant] of the Ewry, Royal Household, 501.

-, Martha, [servant] of the Ewry, Royal Household, 501.

Beeke, Arnold van, Tail Cart-taker, Royal Household, 500.

Beer:

buying of, from ships' pursers, prosecutions for, 324.

excise duty:

9d. per barrel, 99 years ninepenny Excise (as by 5–6 Wm. and Mary, c. 20), two-sevenths of, 284; five-sevenths of, 238.

on strong beer for the North Sea and Herring fishery, 101.

See also Ireland.

for Post Office clerks, 143, 452.

Beetham, Alice, pensioner on the Civil List, 542.

Behrendoff, Mons., Agent for the Protestants in Hungary, royal bounty for, 88.

Beja, Portugal, the Juiz de Fora of, payment to, 421; sick soldiers at, removal of, 421.

Belasyse (Bellasys), Rowland, surety for B. Coddrington, petition, 156.

-, Thomas, lieutenant colonel in Deloraine's regiment, half pay for, 475.

Belingham, Jer., ensign in Deloraine's regiment, half pay for, 476.

Bell, Gabriel, grocer of Yarm, petition re stamp duties on cards, 116, 462.

-, Jane, pensioner on the Civil List, 545.

-, William, quartermaster in Lord Windsor's horse, half pay for, 477.

Bell-ringer, at Hampton Court, 503; at Kensington, 500; of the Chapel Royal, 506.

Bellasys. See Belasyse.

Bellew, Richard, Lord Bellew of Duleek:

annuity or pension for, 382.

“hath forsaken the Romish religion and embraced the Protestant,” 382.

nieces of, portions paid to, 382.

outlawry of, his great charge in reversing, 382.

Belloc, Isaac, captain, pension on the Irish Establishment, 442.

Bellomont, Earl of. See Coote, Richard.

Bellow, John, cornet in Pearce's dragoons, half pay for, 475.

Beltisloe, co. Lincoln, Wapentake (hundred), Receiver General of Duties on Houses for (J. Harneis), 343.

Belts for the Army. See Army.

Bend leather, 222.

Bendiani, Nicholas, lieutenant in Creighton's regiment, half pay for, 210.

Benn, James, Surveyor of Cowes, superannuated, 293.

-, Thomas, pensioner on the Civil List, 541.

Bennet (Bennett), Benjamin, colonel, Governor (Lieutenant Governor and Commander in Chief) of Bermuda, allowances, 549; letter from, mentioned, 107.

-, Charles, Lord Ossulston afterwards Earl of Tankerville, petition for fee farm rents in Derbyshire, 263, 414.

-, James, tidesman at Falmouth, superannuated, 265.

-, John, Lord Ossulston, fee farm rents sold to, 414.

-, Mary, pensioner on the Civil List, 510.

-, Robert, nominated tidesman at Bristol, 265.

-, Thomas, master of the Katherine, 416.

Benson, John, Collector of Customs and subsidies of wool, hides, pelts, lead and tin in London port, appointment, 121; salary, 126.

-, Robert, Lord Bingley:

Ambassador to Spain, cloth of state and chapel necessaries, 466; plate, 466, 467.

Chancellor and under Treasurer of the Exchequer, 2, 44, 71, 159, 162, 166, 260, 342, 422, 483; robes and vestures, 166, 534.

-, Susanna, pensioner on the Civil List, 544.

Bentham, Samuel, gentleman of the Chapel, 505.

Bentley, Dr. Richard, Queen's Library keeper, 531; payment to, 553.

Beranger (Beringer), Mr., attending the Treasury, 5, 16; disposal of tin in Holland and, 2.

-, Philip, lieutenant of Morgan's company in Montandre's regiment, half pay for, 476; pay 281; Quartermaster of Montandre's regiment, pay, 280.

Berba. See Borba.

Beresford, Francis, Clerk to the Warden of the Mint, appointment and salary, 326 note, 327.

-, Sir Mark, captain in Wittewrong's regiment, half pay for, 211.

Berger, Ester, lieutenant in Dormer's regiment, half pay for, 477.

Beringer. See Beranger.

Berkeley (Berkley), Sir Charles, tithes of extra parochial lands of Bedford Level demised to (1661), 371.

-, Henry, stipend out of the Royal Stables, 513.

-, Jane, pensioner on the Civil List, 545.

-, John, Viscount Fitzhardinge: death of, 340.

executors of, payments to, 348, 516, 538; petitions, 114, 217; surety bonds delivered to, 114, 122.

keeper of the Mall, 538.

one of the Four Tellers of the Exchequer, 114, 122, 325.

tenements at St. James's leased to, survey of, 11, 120, 121.

Treasurer of the Chamber, 217, 340, 348, 516.

-, John, 3rd Lord Berkeley of Stratton, marine regiment of, 177, 220.

-, William, 4th Lord Berkeley of Stratton, petition of, 177, 220.

Berkshire, gamekeepers, issue for, 518; Receiver General of Land Tax.

See Ambrose, Lawrence.

Bermuda (Summer) Islands:

army in. See Army.

Assemblies, allowance to Lieutenant Governor in lieu of gifts from, 549; revenue raised by, 89.

Chapel at, furniture for, 322.

Governor (Lieutenant Governor and Commander in Chief), salary of, revenue applied towards, 88, 89; and see Bennett, Benjamin; Pulleyn, Henry.

licences for fishing of whales, profits of, applied towards Governor's salary, 89.

revenue of, account of, 88, 89, 114.

Secretary of, salary of, revenue applied towards, 88.

sheriff of, salary of, revenue applied towards, 88.

subsidy on liquors in, 89.

Treasurer of (John Fincher), accounts received from, 89, 107.

Bernard, John, footman of the Royal Stables, 512.

-, Thomas, Footman of the Royal Stables, 512.

Berne, Switzerland, 450; Envoy Extraordinary at. See Stanyan, Abraham.

Berry, Peter, Chamber Keeper to Queen Mary's Waiters, 503; Yeoman of the Ewry, Royal Household, 496.

-, Randal, ensign in Deloraine's regiment, half pay for, 476.

Bertie, Albemarle, Auditor of the Duchy of Cornwall, 422.

-, Anne, Countess of Abingdon, Lady of the Bedchamber, 72, 179, 302, 486, 528.

-, Henry, Commissioner for Public Accounts, 162, 260, 302; Commissioner for stating Army debts, 162, 260, 302; Commissioner for appropriating public supplies, 162.

-, Montagu, Earl of Abingdon, Warden, Chief Justice and Justice in Eyre of the Queen's Forests, Chaces and Parks, Trent South, 12, 31, 221, 447, 462, 527, 531, 532.

-, [Peregrine], one of the five Patent Searchers in London Port, leave of absence for, 311.

-, Robert, pension during life of Mary Cock granted to, 547.

-, Vere, Queen's Remembrancer, 483.

Berwick (Berwick on Tweed), co.

Northumberland:

garrison, chaplain for, 391.

Inspector and Examiner of Customs' officers' books, 221.

Corporation (Mayor, Bailiff and Burgesses), payment to, 25; for repairing bridge over the Tweed, 518, 519, 553.

Mayor of, letter to, 63, 456, 457, 462.

Surveyor of Customs and Subsidies, 154.

waiters and searchers, 283, 387.

Berwick Bridge (Bridge over the Tweed):

built by Charles I, 519.

condition of, enquiry re, 63, 445.

repair of, annual allowance for, 63, 445, 457, 462; payment of, 518, 519, 553.

Bestland, Henry, affidavit by, of loss of an annuity order, 277.

Bettesworth, Peter, captain in Lucas's regiment, half pay for, 211.

Bevan, Arthur, petition for lease of mill in Carmarthenshire, 400.

-, John, collector, waiter and searcher at Aberdovey, deceased, 114.

-, Beveridge, William, master of the Success, 231.

Beverley, Thomas, pensioner on the Civil List, 540.

Bew, Frances, pensioner on the Civil List, 546.

Bewdley (Bewdly, Bewdeley), co. Worcester, Chapel of, 73; statute of 34 Hy. VIII, c. 16, section 116 [Act 34–35 Hy VIII, c. 26, clause LVI] re, 73 and note; charter of, repeal of, 356, 380, 394.

Beza, Richard, tidesman at Bristol, superannuated, 265.

Bibles, for the Chapel Royal, 101, 193.

Bickerstaffe, Phillip, Clerk of the Poultry, Royal Household, 502.

-, Thomas, footman of the Royal Stables, 512.

Bickerton, Christopher, Customs officer at Plymouth, ship seized by, 258.

Bickford, Nathaniel, clerk, going chaplain to Antigua, royal bounty for his passage, 234.

Bideford, co. Devon, tidesmen, 293; waiter and searcher, 449.

Bielbeau, George, Arras worker in the Great Wardrobe, 533.

Bielby, George, master of the Providence, 230.

Bielwelt, Derrick, master of the Peace, 364.

Biggs (Bigg), John, corporal of the Yeomen of the Guard, 517.

Bilboa (Bilbao), Spain, kid skins from, 425.

Billings, Richard, tenant in Fore Street, Taunton, 305.

Billingsley, Capell, clerk to Sir Edward Northey, 549.

Bilton, John, master of the Iphigenia, 311.

Bing, Anne, pensioner on the Civil List, 546.

Bingent, Robert, tenant of a burgage in Silver Street, Taunton, 305.

Bingley, Lord. See Benson, Robert.

Binswood in Alice Holt Forest, q.v.

Bint, Charles, payment to, for carrying the votes of the House of Commons, 81.

Birch, John, master of the Elizabeth and Anne, 364.

Bird, Edward, tailor in the Great Wardrobe, 533.

Birehills. See Byrehills.

Birkbeck, Thomas, appointed tidesman and porter at Whitehaven, 293.

Bishop, Elizabeth, pensioner on the Civil List. 510.

-, Thomas, tidesman at Cowes, superannuated, 265.

Bishoprics, Scotland. See Scotland.

Bissell, Charles, payment to, for carrying on prosecutions re rights and privileges of the borough of Portsmouth, 406.

Bissett, [Andrew], brigadier, detachment of Guards commanded by, petition of Officers of, 458.

-, William, payment to, out of Army clearings, 98.

Bit-makers, bills of, Queen's Stud, 468.

Black, Margaret, royal bounty for, 271, 472, 486; debts and funeral charges of, 486.

Black Rod, Gentleman Usher (Sir D. Mitchell, Sir W. Oldys), allowance in lieu of perquisites, 455, 484; wages and board wages, 503.

Blackaby, Robert, master of the Edward and Sarah, 171, 186.

Blackenhurst, co. Worcester, hundred of, Commissioners for arrears of Land Tax in, 298.

Blackie, Elizabeth, royal bounty for, 382.

Blackman, Solomon, payment to, 34, as royal bounty, 88.

Blackmore, George, master of the Lark-bear, 406.

Blaen Aeron (Blaen Arrian), co. Cardigan, Court of, Steward and keeper, grant of office of, 455.

Blair, John, clerk, petitioner, 400; royal bounty for, 400, 463.

-, John, prisoner in the Fleet for running East India goods, 278, 335.

Blake, George, royal bounty for, 355.

Blancards. See Flurets.

Bland (Blande), John, colonel, regiment of (late Harvey's), clothing for, 273; on the Irish Establishment, 273, 359, 422; pay of, 359, 422.

Blandford, Margaret, pensioner on the Civil List, 509.

Blankets, for expeditions, 103.

Blashford, Chedley, cornet in Lord Ashburnham's horse, half pay for, 478.

Blathwaite, William:

Auditor (Auditor General) of the Plantations, 147, 339.

Clerk of the Privy Council, 234, 534.

Deputy to, in New England, 143.

letters from, 88, 114, 135, 142, 412, 472.

letters to, 107, 194, 299, 376.

matter referred to, 337.

reports by, 339, 464.

Blench duties. See Dues—feudal.

Blencowe, William, decipherer, death of, 527; executors of, payment to, 527.

Blenheim House, building of, creditors for, petition for their proportion out of the Civil List Lottery, 430.

Blizard, Alice, Queen's herbstrewer, 89, 517.

Blofield, co. Norfolk, hundred of, Receiver General of Land Tax for. See Pacey, William.

Blount. See Blunt.

Bluemantle Pursuivant (John Gibbon), 226, 531.

Blunt (Blount), Mr., attending the Treasury, 489.

-, Charles:

commissioner for taking subscriptions to the South Sea Company, 158, 159.

issue to, 242, 282.

loan by, payment of interest on, 297.

Paymaster of the First Classis Lottery anno 1711 (9 Anne, c. 16), The Two Million Adventure, 242, 333, 334, 431, 447.

petition of, 160.

salary, 243.

-, John:

commissioner for taking subscriptions to the South Sea Company, 145, 158, 159.

loan by, payment of interest on, 297.

payment to, 282.

petition of, 145, 160.

Receiver of 993,000l. of the First Classis Lottery anno 1711 (9 Anne, c. 16) The Two Million Adventure, 350, 362, 363; surety bond, cancelled, 64.

[Receiver] of subscriptions to the 1,500,000l. Lottery anno 1711 (9 Anne, c. 6), 350.

[Receiver] of two Lotteries [anno 1712], 350.

-, Robert, stipend out of the Royal Stables, 513.

Bly, John, merchant, permit to reduce imported brandy and rum to proof, 397.

-, Thomas, royal charity for, 507.

Blyke, Theophilus, stores in Spain (at Barcelona) in the custody of, 132, 199, 268, 447; returning to England, 268.

Boatmen. See Customs—Outports.

Bocket, Thomas, Provost Marshal of the Royal Household, 500.

Bocock, Mary, pensioner on the Civil List, 544.

Boddington, Mr., groom to, payment to, 468; his Arabian horse lent to the Queen's Stud, 468.

Boddley, Thomas, letter signed by, mentioned, 158.

Bodens (Boden), William Abraham, Collector of Drogheda:

accounts of, 80.

clerk to (N. Marriott), frauds by, 80.

petition, 177, 210, 372, 447, 463.

released from prison, 80, 210, 463.

stay of prosecutions against, 80, 210, 447, 463.

Bodman, Robert, tenant of a burgage in Pole Street, Taunton, 305.

Bodvile, Charles, Earl of Radnor, offices held by, 327.

Body Laundress. See Royal Household—Above Stairs.

Boile. See Borlé.

Boit, Charles, reward for his services in relation to duties on silks, calicoes, linen and printed stuffs, 84.

-, Charles, painter in enamel to the Queen, memorial, 396; payment for pictures, 88, 236, 417.

Boitous (Boitons), John, ensign in Montandre's regiment, half pay for, 476.

Bolingbroke, Viscount. See St. John, Henry.

Bolton (Boulton), Henry, lieutenant in Campbell's company in Montandre's regiment, half pay, 476; pay, 281.

-, John, captain in Deloraine's regiment, half pay for, 475.

Bonds, concealed, proposal to discover, 131; Customs officers for custody of, 127; and see Wines.

Bonet, Mons., Envoy (Resident) from the King of Prussia, memorial, 78, 157.

Boniface, Thomas, payment to, for carrying votes of the House of Commons, 81.

Bonine (Boning), John, Groom of the Privy Chamber, 504, 535.

Bonner, Vaughan, Receiver General of Taxes for part of Lincolnshire, petition for stay of proceedings, 235, 250.

-, William, security for Vaughan, petition for stay of proceedings, 235.

Bonsey, —, husband of Sarah Wren, claim of, 416.

Book-binding, payment for, 268.

Books, duties on. See Customs—duties.

Booth, Charity, pensioner on the Civil List, 542.

Boothby-Graffoe, co. Lincoln, hundred of, Receiver General of duties on Houses for (J. Harneis), 343.

Boots for the Army. See Army.

Bophin, Lord. See Bourke, John.

Bor. See Borr.

Borba (Berba), Portugal:

convent near, friars of, oxen and sheep stolen from, 421.

Juiz de Fora of, payment to, 421.

quarters for the Army at, 421.

sick soldiers at, provider of the misericordia for, 421.

Boreman, William, stipend out of the Royal Stables, 513.

Borlé (Boile), Baron, Walloon regiment of dragoons (late Baron Waleff's) commanded by, 55, 56, 335, 401, 460.

Boroughbridge (Burrowbridge), co. York, Deputy Postmaster of (Mr. Goland), letter in behalf of, 270.

Borr (Bor), [Jacob], brigadier, marine regiment of, Captain Colborn's company, 256; clothiers to, 256, 321; petition of, for arrears, 412.

Borrett (Borret), —, captain, pension for, in consideration of his services and disablement, 133, 152.

-, William, Treasury Solicitor: account for charges of Crown Law Suits, 63.

assistant to (E. Bulstrode), 380.

attending the Attorney General, 413.

attending the Treasury, 54, 63.

certificate by, 380.

Earl of Ranelagh's estate and, 82.

employee of, 356.

letter from, 432.

letters to and matters referred to, 55, 86, 156, 158, 171, 223, 261, 314, 384(2), 387, 398, 399, 409, 419, 426, 429, 432, 436(2), 443, 481(2).

payments by, 54, 191, 200, 223, 276, 380, 381, 406, 446.

reports by, 384, 394, 416.

payments to, 40; for charges of Crown Law Prosecutions, 28, 43, 57, 58, 78, 91, 190, 264, 309, 394, 412, 422, 486; for charges in passing a Commission for taking subscriptions to the South Sea Company, 133, 282, 381; for salary, 66.

Borroughs, Hicks. See Burroughs.

Borssele van der Hooge, Philips Jacob van (Mons. Borselen), envoy from Holland, 378.

Borthwick, [John], Assaymaster of the Mint in Edinburgh, 236.

Boscobel (Boscobell), co. Salop, 150.

Boss, Elinor, royal charity for, 507.

Boston, co. Lincoln, port of, Customs officers, appointments, 239, 283; Wapentake, Receiver General of duties on Houses (J. Harneis), 343.

Boston, New England, anonymous letter from, 244; bills of Exchange from, 91.

Boswell, John, lieutenant in Dormer's regiment, half pay for, 477.

Boteler, Thomas, Cup Bearer, Royal Household, 503.

Botler, John, landwaiter, London port, dismissed, 449.

Bott, Thomas, child of the Scullery, Royal Household, 499.

Bottle Groom. See Royal Mews and Stables—Grooms.

Botturnell, North and South, co. Cornwall, lease of, 137(2).

Bouch, John, payment to, for discovering and prosecuting rioters, 92.

Bouchatier. See La Bouchetiere.

Boucheire, Edward, lieutenant in Harrison's regiment, half pay for, 478.

Boucher, Thomas, Dr. and Professor of Civil Law in Oxford University, 530.

Bouchetiére. See La Bouchetiére.

Bouchier, Charles, petition for payment for clothing supplied to Morris's regiment, 235.

Boughton, David, appointed riding officer at New Romney, 239.

Boulogne, fishing boat of, seizure and release of, 195, 198, 207.

Boulton. See Bolton.

Bound, John, Rouge Croix Pursuivant, 226, 531.

Bounty. See Army; Pensions.

Bourgay. See Du Bourgay.

Bourke, John, Lord Bophin, estate of, money from, intended for payment of interest on debentures, 47 note.

Bourne. See Eastbourne.

Bover, —, letter signed, mentioned, 213.

Bowden, Geo. (Grego, sic), master of the Providence, 126, 416.

-, William, petition for release of ships from quarantine, 110, 150.

Bowen, John, Riding Surveyor of the Royal Stables, 511.

-, John, tidesman in London port, frauds detected by, petition for reward, 111.

-, Mathew, adjutant in Creighton's regiment, half pay for, 211.

Bowles (Bowls), Charles, ensign in Bowles's regiment, half pay for, 477.

-, Phineas, brigadier:

half pay on the Irish Establishment, 476.

regiment of:

disbanded, 476, 482.

officers, half pay, 476, 482.

on the Irish Establishment, 476, 482.

pay and subsistence, 214, 354.

surgeon to, 482.

Bowman, Henry, petition for release of ships from quarantine, 433.

Bowyer, William, printer, payment to, towards loss incurred by burning of his Printing House in White Friars, 275.

Boyce, Anthony, in execution for a debt for Stamp Duties, anonymous information re, mentioned, 336.

-, William, captain, pensioner on the Civil List, 546.

Boyde (Boyd), —, ensign, 382; relict of. See Forrester, Jannet.

-, Samuel, captain in Bowles's regiment, half pay on the Irish Establishment, 476.

-, Thomas, stipend out of the Royal Stables, 513.

Boyer, James, scourer to the Kitchen, Royal Household, 502.

Boykett, Nicholas, petition for reward for discovering the murderers of a Customs Officer's servant, 270.

Boyle, Charles, captain in Mountjoy's regiment, half pay for, 478.

-, Charles, Earl of Orrery, Envoy Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary at the Hague and at Brussels, 342, 519, 520, 551; Lieutenant - General, 291.

-, Henry, Chancellor of the Exchequer, 166.

-, Juliana, Countess Dowager of Burlington, Lady of the Bedchamber, 72, 179, 302, 486.

-, Richard, Viscount Shannon, marine regiment of, clothiers to, 256, 321; offreckonings, 256.

-, William, Commissioner of Customs, Scotland, 356.

Boys, —, captain, servants of, 378.

-, —, colonel, pay of, 487.

-, Monsieur, issue for, 31.

Brabant, army in. See Army.

Brace, James, surety, petition of, 173; father of, surety for R. Redman, imprisoned, 173.

Brackley, [co. Northampton], 288.

Braddyl, Roger, payments to, in South Sea Stock and tallies, 247.

Bradford, Earl of. See Newport, Francis.

Bradgate, Jervaise, Receiver General of Land Tax for Leicestershire, appointment and securities, 233.

Bradley, Gilbert, appointed watchman, London port, 283.

-, Richard, musician, Royal Household, 536; pensioner on the Civil List, 544.

-, Richard, senior, musician, Royal Household, 536.

Bradninch in Castle Close, Exeter. See Exeter.

Bradshaw, Samuel, Receiver General of Land Tax for Derbyshire, appointment and securities, 233.

Brain (Braine), James, merchant, manor of Latchleys mortgaged by, 187; petition for leave to compound debt for tobacco bonds, 354; surety for R. Wise, 188.

Brakell, Adrian van, Yeoman of the Cellar, Royal Household, 501.

Brakenbury, Edmund, Wine Porter, Royal Household, 500.

Brames, Thomas, master of the Elizabeth and Mary, 105.

Brancaster, co. Norfolk, waiter and searcher at, 114.

Brand, Thomas, writer and embellisher of her Majesty's Letters, 287, 518.

-, Thomasin, pensioner on the Civil List, 510.

Brand of Castle Brand, Alexander, grant of office of under falconer in Scotland, 449.

Brander, Charles, petitions for release of ships from quarantine, 230, 278, 306, 311, 312, 340(2), 343, 351, 354, 359, 364, 371, 393.

Brandon, Lord. See Gerrard, Charles.

Brandy:

Excise duty on, 364; demand for double duty, 381, 382; petition to compound, 443.

reduction of, to proof, 394, 397.

seized, prosecuted and condemned, 187, 207, 309, 364, 404, 428, 443, 445; Queen's share, 404, 445.

smuggling of, at Eastbourne, 337, 338.

washed ashore near Pembroke, 110, 153; as to payment of duty on, 150.

Brass, Sarah, pensioner on the Civil List, 543.

Brass money. See Mint—money.

Brass work, lacquering of, 114.

Brass works. See Great Marlow.

Brathwaite, John, Arras Worker in the Great Wardrobe, 533.

Brattell (Brattle), Charles, appointed one of the five undersearchers of London port, 82.

-, Charles, brother of Daniel, petition for place of Assaymaster in the Mint, 101.

-, Daniel, deceased, Assaymaster in the Mint, 101, 108.

Bray, co. Berks. See Cookham.

Bray, Anne, pensioner on the Civil List, 509.

Braziers [for the Mint], copper plates for, manufacture of, 119.

Bread Bearers. See Royal Household —Below Stairs.

Bread and Bread Waggons for the Army. See Army.

Breadalbane, Earl of. See Campbell, Sir John.

Bream. See Bremen.

Brecon:

Chief Justice. See Cox, Charles.

Land Tax, Receiver General of. See Powell, Caleb.

Seal, judicial, large double, 227.

Second Justice. See Brydges, William.

Breez, Simon, tidesman at Shields, dismissed, 283.

Bremen (Bream), Germany, ships from, 128, 142, 230(2), 277, 278(3), 311, 364, 371, 409, 433, 435.

Brenand, Thomas, Surveyor of duties on Houses, co. Cumberland, appointment and salary, 181.

Brent, Humphrey:

business of the intended Lottery [1713], to be forwarded by, 48.

commissioner for the 1,500,000l. Lottery (anno 1711), 165.

Commissioner for the two Lotteries authorized by Acts 10 Anne, c. 18, and c. 19, (anno 1712), 68, 116, 117, 341.

Brereton, Edward, Commissioner of Salt duty, 173.

-, Robert, lieutenant in Crosbie's company in Montandre's regiment, pay, 281.

-, Thomas, clerk in Mr. Fytche's office, complaint against, 54, 388; letter from, 389.

Bressey, Charles, Gentleman Usher Quarter Waiter, 503.

Breton, William, Equerry of the Royal Stables, 511.

-, William, Envoy Extraordinary to Prussia, 451, 520, 551.

Breval, John Durant, Secretary to Major General Pearce, 420.

Brewer, Cornelius, master of the Samuell and Henry, 104.

Brewers, 419, 427.

contracting with the Victualling Commissioners. See Navy—Victualling.

forfeitures of, issue out of, 180, 256.

prosecution of, 82.

Brice, Charles, lieutenant in Dormer's regiment, half pay for, 477.

Bricklayer, master. See Works.

Bridgeman, Thomas, Customer of Ipswich, 266; administrator to. See Toye, Edward; deputy to. See Higgins, —.

Bridger, William, tailor in the Great Wardrobe, 533.

Bridges, repairing of, 238; and see Berwick; Datchet; Hull; Maidenhead; Staines.

Bridges, Anne, pensioner on the Civil List, 510; and see Brydges.

Bridgewater (Bridgwater), Nathaniel, Cofferbearer, Royal Household, 516.

-, Nathaniel, messenger to the Stables, 512.

Bridgewater port, co. Somerset, Collectors of. See George, Robert; Hilburne, George.

Bridlington, co. York, French ships at, ill-treatment of, 299, 351; landwaiters, 266; surveyors (J. Baynes, T. Fish), 293.

Brighton (Brighthelmstone), co. Sussex, French ship seized at, 359, 397.

Brighuega, Spain, battle and capitulation of, arms lost at, 342; battalion of the 3rd Foot Guards taken prisoners at, 130; James Stanhope taken prisoner at, 450, 523.

Brigstock, co. Northampton, Great and Little Parks of, sale of, [Private Act 12 Anne, No. 10], 194; fee farm rents out of, sale of, 187, 194.

Brinknall, Mary, pensioner on the Civil List, 543.

Brisac, Daniel, Governor to the Pages of Honour of the Stables, 512.

Brisbane, Mary, pensioner on the Charity Roll of Scotland, 198.

Bristles, importation of, 371, 440.

Bristol, co. Gloucester:

Bishop of. See Robinson, John.

merchant of, 197.

port of:

boatmen, 192.

Customs business at, instruction in, 155.

Customs officers at, instruction by, 306; letter from, mentioned, 70.

debt on tobacco bonds in, 118.

gauger's place, petition for, 397, 399.

landcarriage officers, 265.

landwaiters, 283, 293, 343.

ships at, for, from, 70, 158, 295.

tidesmen, 113, 265, 343.

waiters and searchers, 283.

Receiver General of Taxes (Land Tax). See Dixon, George; Hutchins, Bernard.

Sheriffs of. See Bayly, William; Stokes, Poole.

Bristol Road, Post Office Stages on, inspection of, 453.

Britts., broad and narrow, French linen called, 425.

Broadway, Richard, pensioner on the Civil List, 541.

Brocade, 327.

Brochado, Don Joseph Da Cunha, Portuguese Minister, payment to, in part of the Subsidy due to the King of Portugal, 141.

Brock, Mary, pensioner on the Civil List, 510.

-, Rowland, pensioner on the Civil List, 543.

Brocket, William, pensioner on the Civil List, 547.

Brockhurst, Edward, coachman to the Royal Stables, 512.

-, William, helper in the Royal Stables, 512.

Brodie, George, ensign in Grant's regiment, half pay for, 477.

Bromby, co. Lincoln, Princes Wood and a warren in, lease of, 339, 340.

Bromley, co. Kent, 130.

Bromley, Jane, widow, petition for gauger's place in Bristol port, 397, 399.

-, Peter, payments to, for apprehending a burglar, 243.

-, William:

Secretary of State, 345, 453.

ambassadors' bills allowed by, 469.

appointment and salary, 325.

letters from, 416, 437, 456, 470.

papers from, mentioned, 408.

plate for, 369.

Secret Service money for, 341.

Secretary to (Mr. Lewis), certificate by, 523.

Speaker of the House of Commons, 212, 285, 360; payment to, 326 note, 327; discharge for plate, 325.

Brook (Brooke), Abraham, clothier of Cranbrook, wool bought and exported by, 197.

-, James, master of the Mary, 105.

-, James, master of the MayFlower, 106.

-, John, appointed surveyor, waiter and searcher in Cley, 449.

-, John, presented as deputy to T. Pratt, Queen's waiter, London port, 259.

-, Thomas, Bell–ringer, Chapel Royal, 506.

Brooks (Brookes), Docura, captain in Creighton's regiment, half pay for, 210.

-, George, master of the George, 89, 445.

-, George, captain in Bowles's regiment, half pay for, 476.

-, John, tidesman in the inferior list, London port, deceased, 192.

Brothercross, co. Norfolk, hundred of, Receiver General of Land Tax. See Pacey, William.

Brothwick. See Kerr.

Brougham, Daniel, appointed Surveyor of Newcastle port, 113.

-, Thomas, Receiver General of Land Tax, cos. Cumberland and Westmorland, 233.

Brouwer, Martin, contractor for forage in the Low Countries, petition in behalf of, 95.

Brown (Browne), Andrew, master of the William and Mary, 393.

-, Charles, clerk in the Office of Works, 538.

-, Edward, under housekeeper at St. James's, 348, 518, 538.

-, Edward, Page of the Backstairs, 536.

-, Edward, Page of the Bedchamber, 504.

-, Edward, pensioner on the Civil List, 546.

-, Elizabeth, royal bounty, Scotland, 322.

-, Faith, pensioner on the Civil List, 541.

-, George, boatman at Deal, superannuated, 283.

-, George, captain in Orkney's regiment, petition for continuation of pension for loss of his limbs, 132.

-, H., surety of Robert Brown, petitioner, 261.

-, John, master of the Triumph galley, 445.

-, Margaret, [a servant] of the Scullery, Royal Household, 502.

-, Peregrine, merchant of London, tobacco duty debts, petition for compounding, 114; stay of process, 188.

-, Richard, petition for release of ships from quarantine, 381.

-, Robert, Receiver General of Taxes for part of Norfolk, debt of, 261.

-, Robert, tenant of a burgage in Pole Street, Taunton, 305.

-, Sarah, pensioner on the Civil List, 546.

-, Thomas, appointment as tidesman at Penzance, declined, 449.

-, Thomas, Groom of the Pastry, Royal Household, 498.

-, Thomas, major of Wharton's regiment, half pay for, 279.

-, Truth, pensioner on the Civil List, 509.

-, William, Stamper in the Stamp Office, leave of absence for, 277.

Brownee, —, nominated waiter and searcher at Penzance, 265.

Browning, Jane, relict of Micha., pensioner, 527.

-, Micha., commander of the Mountjoy of Londonderry, 527.

Bruce, Alexander, ensign in Grant's regiment, half pay for, 477.

-, Robert, petition for release of ships from quarantine, 269, 278.

Brudenell, George, Earl of Cardigan, Master of the Buckhounds, 212, 518; christening gift for his child, 91; petition for renewal of lease of the hundred of Loveden, 241.

-, James, brother of George, 241.

Brudges. See Bruges.

Bruere, George, appointed deputy to R. Davers, Auditor of Excise, 126.

Bruges, Belgium, Earl of Stair's regiment of dragoons in, 359; prisoner in (J. Easton), petition in behalf of, 438.

Bruges (Brudges) alias Pride, Rebecca, royal bounty for, 151, 257, 366, 465.

Brunscombe, John, master of the George, 105.

Bruse, Anthony, Tail Cart-taker of the Royal Household, 500.

Brussels, Belgium, Envoy Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary at. See Orrery, Earl of; Queen's Secretary at. See Laws, John.

Brussels lace, tuckers of, for the Queen, 222.

Bruyn, Daniel de, merchant at Amsterdam, petition in behalf of, 84.

Bryan, Elizabeth, pensioner on the Civil List, 510.

Bryand, Phil., ensign in Baxter's company in Montandre's regiment, pay, 281.

-, William, ensign in Montandre's regiment, half pay for, 476.

Bryant, Henry, boatman at Topsham, superannuated, 293.

-, John, master of the Daily Hope, 433.

Bryden, Charles, quartermaster of Hyndford's regiment, half pay for, 476.

Brydges (Bridges), Edmund, one of the Justices (Chief Justice) of Carmarthen, Pembroke and Cardigan and Haverford West, 263, 453, 484.

-, James, Paymaster (Paymaster General) of the Army Abroad, 1–489 passim; date to which he shall pay troops abroad, 45, father of, health of, 73; leave of absence, 73.

-, William, Surveyor General of Ordnance, 37, 243, 548.

-, William, second justice of Glamorgan, Brecon and Radnor, 123, 245, 444.

-, William, junior, Secretary to the Commissioners for Stamp duties, 236.

Buccleuch, Duchess of. See Scott, Anne.

Buck, Katherine, pensioner on the Civil List, 544.

Buckeridge, Arthur, captain in Dormer's regiment, half pay for, 477.

Buckets for the Army. See Army.

Buckholt, Carslen or Carsten, pensioner on the Civil List, 540, 542.

Buckhounds, Master of (Earl of Cardigan, Sir W. Wyndham), 212, 518.

Buckingham, Duchess of. See Sheffield, Katherine; Duke of. See Sheffield, John.

Buckinghamshire:

gamekeepers of, 518.

House duties, new and old, arrears of, 252.

Land Tax, Acting Assessment Commissioners of, letters to, 142, 252, 461; arrears of, amount and collection of, 142, 252, 461; Receiver General of. See Turney, Bernard.

Buckle, Francis, Clerk of the Works at Newmarket, 538.

Buckley, Richard, weigher at Plymouth, superannuated, 265.

-, Thomas, lieutenant in Bowles's regiment, half pay for, 477.

Bucknall, Thomas, tidesman in the inferior list, London port, dismissed, 239.

Budd, Edmund, deceased, ensign in Wittewrong's regiment, half pay for, 211.

Bulkeley, Richard, Viscount Bulkeley of Cashell, constable and keeper of Carnarvon Castle, Chief Ranger (warden) of Snowdon Forest and Steward of manors, etc., co. Carnarvon, petition and grant, 295, 325 note, 326 and note, 327.

Bull, John, Clerk of the Works at Hampton Court, 538.

-, Robert, master of the Prince Casimir, 278.

Buller, Richard, petition in behalf of, 194.

-, William, petition in behalf of, 194.

Bullet guns, 327.

Bullion, wrecked, grant of, 326.

Bullock, William, appointed boatman at Plymouth, 449.

-, William, lost Lottery orders in the name of, warrant to innovate, 431.

Bulstrode, Edward, Clerk of the Petty Bag, assistant to William Borrett, 380.

Bunbury, Sir Henry, leave to come to England, 132.

-, Walter, petition of, 436(2).

Bunch, Williamina, pensioner on the Civil List, 543.

Burch, Love, pensioner on the Civil List, 542.

Burchett, Josiah, Secretary to the Admiralty, 2, 32, 51, 118, 128, 134, 135, 153, 177, 184, 186, 225, 227, 316, 359, 373, 379, 398, 410(2), 411, 412, 440, 441.

Burden, George, stipend out of the Royal Stables, 513.

-, John, salsaryman [of the Pastry], Royal Household, 498.

Bureton, Robert, lieutenant in Montandre's regiment, half pay for, 476.

Burford, Lambert, master of the Amity, 474.

Burgeios, Joseph, tailor in the Great Wardrobe, 533.

Burgess, Ann, widow, bankers' annuities assigned to, 459.

-, Elizabeth, executrix of Ann, bankers' annuities to be paid to, 459.

Burgh, John, executor of Mr. Wicks, petitioner, 331, 397.

-, William, Comptroller and Accomptant General of the Revenue in Ireland, petitioner, 168.

Burglars, arrested and convicted, 69, 234, 243, 308, 310.

Burgoyne, Roger, Clerk of the Estreats in the Court of Common Pleas, 547.

Burleigh, Master, proclamation for apprehending, 329.

Burlington, Countess Dowager of. See Boyle, Juliana.

Burn, Michael, master of the Mary and Anne, 312.

-, Richard, ensign in Grant's regiment, half pay for, 477.

Burnaby, Richard, payment to, for inspecting carriers, higlers, etc., to prevent letter carrying, 453.

Burne. See Burnet.

Burnee, James, master of the Charity, 106.

Burnell, Matthew, porter, arrears of Liveries to, 535. Cp. Burnet, Matthew.

Burnet (Burne), Alexander, Professor of Philosophy in King's College, Aberdeen, allowance on the Civil List, Scotland, 274.

-, Gilbert, bishop of Salisbury, Chancellor of the Order of the Garter, 182, 393.

-, John, instruction in business of the Customs for, 164.

-, Matthew, porter, arrears of wages to, 533. Cp. Burnell, Matthew.

Burnham in Maldon port, co. Essex, waiter and searcher, 114.

Burnham in Wells port, co. Norfolk, waiter and searcher, 192.

Burnham, —, captain, permit to reduce imported brandy and rum to proof, 397.

Burnt Island, co. Fife, 258.

Burrell, Robert, Groom of the Great Chamber, 535.

-, T., master of the Two Brothers, 416.

Burroughs (Borroughs, Burrough), Hicks, under clerk of the House of Commons, 358, 454, 527.

Burrow (Burrows), Abraham, adjutant to Bowles's regiment, half pay for, 477.

-, Richard, Deputy Clerk for prosecutions of counterfeiters, petition for allowances and charges, 474.

Burrowbridge. See Boroughbridge.

Burslem, Thomas, Receiver General of Land Tax for Staffordshire, 233.

Burston, George, letter from, re condition of Marines quartered at Canterbury, 345.

Burt, Edward, Admiralty Clerk, repayment of tax on his salary, 316.

Burton, Lord. See Paget, Henry.

Burton, Mr., attending the Chancellor of the Exchequer with his rental of the Savoy, 10, 108; matter referred to, 483.

-, George, appointed tidesman in the inferior list, London port, 387.

-, Lancelot, Receiver of contributions to the Civil List 500,000l. Lottery, 400, 493; Receiver of part of the Two Million Adventure (anno 1711), 485; loans by, 297, 303, 346.

-, Richard, loan by, 297.

-, Thomas, tailor in the Great Wardrobe, 533.

Bury, John, Receiver General of Land Tax for Nottinghamshire, commission and securities, 232.

-, Thomas, certificate by, 427.

-, Sir Thomas, Baron of the Exchequer, decree signed by, 48 note, trial before, 268.

Bushel. See Winchester bushel.

Buss, Margaret, pensioner on the Civil List, 545.

Butler, Charles, Earl of Arran, payment to, 552.

-, Fra. Deputy Queen's Remembrancer, report by, 339.

-, George, quartermaster in Morris's regiment, half pay for, 475.

-, James, captain in Creighton's regiment, half pay for, 210.

-, James, Duke of Ormonde:

Aides de Camp of, four, pay of, 8.

attending the Treasury, 30, 38.

Captain General (General) of the army in Flanders, 281: pay, 8, 94, 99, 413.

estimate of the charge for forage by, 359.

French cheeses for, 216.

his march to Ghent, National troops that followed and Auxiliary troops that left him, 134.

letters and papers from, mentioned, 196, 220, 227, 261, 294, 374.

letters to and matters referred to, 22, 121, 206, 213, 269, 299, 360, 376, 384, 423.

Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, 128, 166, 179, 214, 278, 281, 316, 384, 422, 457.

memorials, 30, 200, 263, 270.

officer appointed by, 476.

orders of, in Flanders, troops that obeyed and troops that disobeyed, 22, 23(2), 160.

pay of Walloon and Holstein troops and, 294.

reports by, 359, 411, 422, 423, 457.

services of, at Vigo and in Flanders, grant of 5,000l.

per annum for 15 years in consideration of, 281; not to be paid so long as he is Lord Lieutenant, 316.

Sir C. Wren to attend, 28, 201.

staff officers of, pay, 8.

warrants by, 41.

warrants to, 128, 166, 214, 278.

-, John, lieutenant in Creighton's regiment, half pay for, 210.

-, Mary, Duchess of Ormonde, Lady of the Bedchamber, 72, 179, 302, 486.

-, Michael, 1st lieutenant of Grenadiers in Dormer's regiment, half pay for, 477.

-, Richard, 1st Lieutenant in Creighton's regiment, half pay for, 210.

-, Richard, ensign and miner in Lucas's regiment, half pay for, 482.

-, Richard, captain in Stewart's regiment, half pay for, 478.

-, Theobald, captain in Montandre's regiment, half pay for, 476.

-, Thomas, landwaiter at Hull, superannuated, 283.

-, Walker, pensioner on the Civil List, 544.

Butter for the Army. See Army.

Buttery. See Royal Household—Below Stairs.

Button, John, pensioner on the Civil List, 545.

Butts, John, royal bounty for, 271, 472.

Byde, Mr., attending the Commissioners for the Invalids, 108.

Byerley, Robert, Commissioner for executing the office of keeper of the Privy Seal, 78, 264, 335, 412.

-, Thomas, Collector and Receiver of Customs in New York, seizure and prosecution of a ship by, 140, 141.

Byland, Nicholas, lieutenant in Montandre's regiment, half pay for, 476.

Byrehills (Birehills), co. Fife, town and lands, grant of, 323; portioner of (J. Young), 323.

Bythell (Bythel), Francis, Deputy Auditor of Imprests:

account signed by, 112.

an executor of Mr. Whitfield, 22.

attending the Treasury, 20, 22.

certificates by, 344, 393.

letters to, 108, 239.

reports by, 313, 362.