Warrant Books: May 1714, 21-20

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May 1714, 21-20

May 21. Money warrant for 16l. 7s. 2d. to Lawford Cole for the surplusage on his account as Sheriff of Co. Gloucester for the year ended 1713 Sept. 29: the same arising by his payments to Thomas Phillips and others for apprehending David Evans for robbing on the highway and Thomas Bishop and Charles Butcher for housebreaking.
Prefixing: certificate by Francis Neal, Deputy Clerk of the Pipe, of said surplusage. (Money order dated June 14 hereon: together with a later subscription dated 1715 Oct. 17 for the execution thereof by virtue of the general dormant patent of 1714 Aug. 14 [which had the effect of making this sum payable out of the Civil List moneys of George I].) (Letter of direction dated 1714, July 19 hereon.) Money Book XXIII, p. 122c. Order Book VIII, p. 442; IX, p. 32. Disposition Book XXII, p. 275.
Letter of direction for the following issues out of Civil List moneys: viz.
£ s. d.
to the Cofferer of the Household for her Majesty's wines 1,066 8 6
to the Paymaster of the Works upon account for the service of that Office 300 0 0
to Mr. Smethin, [her Majesty's] Goldsmith, in further part of 3,920l. [supra, p. 242] 500 0 0
to Mr. Nicholas to be paid over by him to such uses as her Majesty hath directed 2,852 5 0
£5,628 13 6
Disposition Book XXII, p. 239.
William Lowndes to Mr. Nicholas to pay away the abovesaid 2,852l. 5s. 0d. as follows, “upon the proper warrants or establishments signed in this behalf”: viz.
£ s. d.
to Mr. Gilligan in part of 1,800l. for his service in Spain and elsewhere relating to trade and commerce 900 0 0
to Mr. [Hatton] Compton in further part of 3,000l. 500 0 0
to Mr. Stone as royal bounty 500 0 0
to Mr. Albin as same 400 0 0
to Mr. Paterson as same 50 0 0
to Lady Duffus as same 20 0 0
to Mr. Elphinston et al. 96 0 0
to Mrs. McCracken for half a year due on her pension of 30l. per an. at Xmas last 1713. 15 0 0
to Mrs. Church on 40l. per an. for the same half year 20 0 0
to the poor of St. James's for three quarters to Lady day last 37 10 0
to the poor of Kensington the like 18 15 0
to the poor of Hampton Court the like 37 10 0
to the poor of Windsor the like 90 0 0
to the poor of St. Martins the like 75 0 0
to the poor of Westminster the like 75 0 0
to the school at Newmarket the like 37 10 0
£2,872 5 0
Ibid.
May 21. Letter of direction for 1,800l. to Sir John Humble, bart., Paymaster of the 1,500,000l. Lottery anno 1710 [9 Anne, c. 6], on the unsatisfied order in his name: out of the moneys in the Exchequer of the 25l. per tun on French wines [8–9 Wm. III., c. 12]: and is intended to be applied in aid of the deficiency of the fond for the said Lottery.
In the margin: cancelled and a warrant signed 7 June 1714. Disposition Book XXII, p. 240.
William Lowndes to the Stamps Commissioners for an estimate of the gross and neat yearly produce of the Duties under your care and the charges of management: all by an estimate of the last five years. Send my Lord a list of all the supers standing out on the last declared account of the Stamp Duties, how many have been paid or discharged since [the close of said last account] and what method you think will be most effectual for getting in all arrears set [in super] on any persons in the said declared accounts.
The like letter severally to the Excise Commissioners, Customs Commissioners and the Postmaster General. Out Letters (General) XXI, p. 212.
Same to the Comptrollers of Army Accounts to report on the enclosed state [missing] of the offreckonings due to Brigadier Lepell's Regiment of Dragoons. Please enquire whether the said Regiment received the clothing therein mentioned or to what Regiment the same hath been delivered. Ibid., p. 213.
Same to the Secretary at War. My Lord Treasurer observes some articles of a very extraordinary nature in the enclosed bill [missing] of disbursements in raising recruits for the four Independent Companies of Foot in New York. My Lord directs me to enclose same together with the memorials [missing] of Alexander Strahan and two warrants [missing] signed by her Majesty relating to the said Companies. Send my Lord your opinion whether any more than 40s. a man levy money ought to be allowed for the said recruits. Ibid.
Same to same enclosing for his information an inventory [missing], received by my Lord from Mr. Brydges, of stores remaining in Barcelona and the island of Minorca on the 8th Dec. 1713. Ibid.
Treasury reference to Alexander Pendarves, Surveyor General of Crown Lands, of the petition of Martha Serjeant, widow of Winwood Serjeant, for a reversionary lease of the tithes of corn and hay issuing out of the demesne lands of the manor of Dinton, Co. Bucks., and other lands in Dinton containing about 286 acres; which tithes were formerly the estate of her husband's ancestors and sold to Simon Mayne whose son now enjoys them, the said Simon Mayne being one who acted in the High Commission for the execrable “parricide” of Charles I. Reference Book IX, p. 174.
Same to same of the petition of Mary Packer, wife of Robert Packer and granddaughter of Lady Frances Winchcombe, for extension of lease of a piece of ground on the east side of St. James's Street whereon three tenements sometime stood, two of which are burned to the ground and the third very old. Ibid.
Same to the Comptrollers of Army Accounts of the petition of Major General Primrose, Major General Sabine, Brigadier Preston and Brigadier Corbet praying the Queen's warrant for 659l. 15s. 8d. each, being the difference between English and Irish pay for 62 days from 24 June 1713 to 24 Aug. following, being the time between their being placed on the Irish Establishment and their going to Ireland. Ibid.
May 21. Same to the Customs Commissioners of the petition of Timothy Fish shewing that in Feb. 1712–13 he was removed from being Surveyor of Bridlington to be Collector of Scarborough (where the then Collector was looked on as an unskilful officer) which is near 50l. per an. worse than that of Bridlington: therefore praying an addition of 20l. per an. to the profits of his place. Ibid.
Same to the Surveyor General of Crown Lands of the petition of John Carpenter for a reversionary lease of a tenement called Wood in the manor of Clymsland Pryor, parcel of the Duchy of Cornwall and held by Christopher Brown under an Exchequer lease and on which stands a little Coppice Wood, part of the said tenement, which the said Brown some time since assigned to one Cutty. Ibid., p. 175.
Same to same of the petition of Henry Vincent and Thomas Tonkin for a reversionary lease of the toll of all tin arising within the county of Cornwall out of lands belonging to the Duchy, at the yearly rent of 36l. 13s. 4d., alleging that they already hold the premises for two lives now in being at the like yearly rent. Ibid., p. 176.
May 23. Letter of direction for 23,000l. to Thomas Moor, Paymaster General of the Forces Abroad: out of loans in the Exchequer on Land Tax anno 1714: and is intended to be applied to the services following: viz.
£
for such uses of the Forces as shall be appointed (in the margin: Low Countries) 10,000
in part of 54,645l. 1s. 3d. for the Forces and Garrison in Minorca anno 1714
for account of subsistence to the Forces in Minorca from 22 Dec. 1713 8,000
in part of 34,856l. 14s. 9½d. for the Forces and Garrison in Gibraltar anno 1713
for account of subsistence to the Forces at Gibraltar from 22 Dec. 1713 5,000
Disposition Book XXII, p. 240.
May 24. Money warrant for 765l. 2s. 6d. to the executors of Robert Cole, late Consul at Algier, for two bills of extraordinaries from 1710 Aug. 10 to 1712 Aug. 10 in his said service. Hereof 449l. 1s. 4d. is to be satisfied out of the 500,000l. appropriated to Civil List arrears and the remaining 316l. 1s. 2d. out of loans to be made by said executors on credit of her Majesty's tin.
Appending: said bills:
Dollars Aspers
(1) from 10 Aug. 1710 to 10 Aug. 1711, dated and attested by Robert Cole from Algire 29 Aug. 1711
Duties paid to several at their two yearly solemn festivals of Bairam and Corban accustomary from immemorable times 420
clothing, subsistence and passage for Christendom of delivered up men [Christian slaves in Barbary redeemed or British prisoners held by the French and delivered up] by the French Consul 141
presented Alle Dey a whole habit at his being elected Governor 432
presented new officers he brought with him into the Royal House in caftans of cloth 132
presented the Dey's nephews that came to visit him from Smyrna a caftan and jacket 68
presented the Secretary of the Christian Affairs for several services in marble stones, &c. 209
£1,402
£ s. d.
For 1,402 [Dollars] in Aspers reduced into sterling at 3s. 6d. per Dollar 245 7 0
Mr. Geo. Holme, chaplain to our Nation, on his allowance by her Majesty's command 100 0 0
postage of letters 12 6 0
£357 13 0
Followed by: allowance by Secretary Dartmouth dated Whitehall 1711–12 Jan. 15. “I do also by her Majesty's special command allow the further sum of 70l. expended by Consul Cole in paying for a captive that had been clandestinely conveyed away from Algiers by a British merchantman.”
(2) from 10 Aug. 1711 to 10 Aug. 1712 similarly attested by said Cole under date 1712 Aug. 27 and allowed by Secretary Dartmouth under date Whitehall 26 Nov. 1713.
Dollars Aspers
Duties paid to several at their two yearly solemn feasts of Bairam and Corban accustomary from immemorable times 420
clothing of several delivered up men [Christian slaves in Barbary] sent me from Oram, their subsistence, provisions and passage for Christendom 261
presented the Pasha when [he] received his commission from the Grand Seignior for executing that office: in cloth 209
presented to the Captain of the port for his assistance on our Christmas Day in procuring several vessels from being lost in a violent storm: in cloth 67
presented to several friends in the Royal House for their daily advices how the Dutch negociations of peace went forward: 50 sul [Sultanin or Sequins] 325
1,282
£ s. d.
1,282 Dollars in Asper money reduced into sterling at 3s. 6d. per Dollar is 224 7 0
to Mr. Geo. Holme, Chaplain to our nation, his allowance by her Majesty's command for this year 100 0 0
postage of letters 13 2 6
£337 9 6
Money Book XXIII, pp. 124–5.
May 24. Money warrant for 252l. to Benjamin Lodington, Agent and Consul at Tripoly; for one bill of extraordinaries in the year 1711 in that service: and is to be satisfied by 147l. 18s. 1d. out of the 500,000l. appropriated for Civil List Arrears and the remaining 104l. 1s. 11d. out of loans to be made by said Lodington on credit of her Majesty's tin.
Appending: said bill dated Tripoly 30 Nov. 1712 and with Secretary Dartmouth's allowance dated Whitehall 20 April 1713 “I allow hereof”.
Dollars
for accustomary gifts to the chief officers at their annual feasts 200
for several presents in sundry changes of Government 215
for a cut of scarlet cloth to the Admiral 150
for gifts to the Secretary and other new officers 156
for gifts to Grand Seignior's Admiral in July last 128
for gifts to the soldiers to appease them on several revolutions 84
for expenses made to preserve Captain Thomas Becket and his men, being cast away on this coast 75
1,008
“being 1,008 Spanish Dollars at 5s. sterling per dollar makes 252l. sterling money; which has been duely paid and hope will be justly allowed.”Ibid., pp. 125–6.
William Lowndes to the Excise Commissioners to report on the enclosed drafts [missing] of some clauses proposed by the Company of Linendrapers of the City of London to be brought into the House of Commons this session of Parliament and which relate to the Duties on certain silks, calicoes, linens and stuffs printed, painted or stained. Out Letters (General) XXI, p. 214.
Warrant by Treasurer Oxford to the Customs Commissioners to depute Geo. Metcalf as Solicitor for the Coast Bonds loco William Denne, deceased.
Prefixing: said Commissioners’ presentment of said Metcalf. He is our Solicitor's assistant and well qualified. Out Letters (Customs) XVI, p. 134.
Treasury reference to Alexander Pendarves, Surveyor General of Crown Lands, of the petition of William Carnaby for Extension of lease of two fulling mills situated near the late monastery of Newminster, Co. Northumberland, the premises being very ruinous and the dam and weir broken down and swept away by violent storms; the same having been granted in lease in 4 Wm, and Mary to Thomas Urwen, who rather than be at the charge of repairing same did assign to petitioner; and petitioner has been at great cost in said repairs. Reference Book IX, p. 176.
May 25. Warrant by Treasurer Oxford to Edward Nicholas to pay 100l. to Sir Andrew Kennedy as royal bounty to carry him and his family to Scotland. Money Book XXIII, p. 122c.
Same by same to same to pay 107l. 10s. 0d. to James Garden as royal bounty. Ibid., p. 123.
Money warrant for 375l. to the Duke of Buckingham for 1714 Lady day quarter on his allowance as President of the Privy Council. (Money order dated May 26 hereon.) Ibid., p. 123. Order Book VIII, p. 437.
Money order for 106,501l. 13s. 5d. to the Bank of England for one year from 29 Sept. 1713 on 1,775,027l. 17s. 10½d. as by the Act of 7 Anne, c. 30, for enlarging the Capital Stock of said Bank: to be satisfied out of House Duties as by the said Act and the Act of 5 Anne [6 Anne, c. 21] for said Duties. Order Book VIII, p. 438.
William Lowndes to the Navy Commissioners to make forth Navy bills for repaying tax assessments for the years 1693 and 1694 on the salaries of Mr. [Dennis] Lyddell and Mr. [Benjamin] Tymewell: they having an order in January 1698–9 for repayment of their taxes for the year 1695 but they being in the [Navy] Commission and having paid taxes for the said two preceding years without having had remittance for the same. Disposition Book XXII, p. 242.
Same to the Customs Commissioners to report on the enclosed letter [missing] from Monsieur Schack [Bertram, freiherr von Schack], Envoy from the Czar of Muscovy, relating to two hogsheads of wine which he hath brought over with him for his own use and which are detained at the Customs House. Out Letters (General) XXI, p. 214.
Same to Mr. Williamson to report on the enclosed letter and proposal [missing] of Thomas Willis for preventing the smuggling trade between England and Dieppe. Ibid.
Same to the Attorney General to report on the enclosed draft [missing] of a Declaration to be passed under the great seal in relation to the Queen's part of the Asiento Contract. Ibid.
Warrant by Treasurer Oxford to the Customs Commissioners to direct Thomas Moor, collector of the port of Yarmouth, to pay to Mary Anguish, widow of Edmond Anguish, all the fees and perquisites arisen from the office of Customer of Great Yarmouth port from the time that Sir Richard Allen alias Anguish surrendered the said office to the time her Majesty granted same to Thomas Norgate, which proceeds are in the hands of said Moor as executing the said office during the vacancy of the Customership; she making the usual allowances to said Moor for executing the same.
Prefixing: (1) report by Sir Edward Northey, Attorney Generals on the petition of said Mary Anguish. Sir Richard Allen admit, that he received and executed the office of Custom master or Collector of Customs in Great Yarmouth port in trust only for the petitioner and that “he” being about to be chosen a Member of Parliament for Dunwich, did about Xmas 1708 surrender the said office to her Majesty without acquainting the petitioner therewith and her Majesty did on the 20 May 1710 grant the said office to Thomas Norgate who now enjoys the same. During the time said Sir Richard Allen held the said office Moor acted as his deputy and received 30l. per an. for deputising and from Xmas 1708 to 20 May 1710 Moor executed said office and received the fees (amounting to about 70l. per an.) without any authority for so doing. I wrote to said Moor who replied that he conceives that during the vacancy of a Customer that place did of course devolve upon him as Collector of the Customs and thus he did accordingly act. I concur in the Customs Commissioners' view of the case.
(2) report by said Commissioners on the case. Edmond Anguish was one of the grandchildren of Sir Thomas Allen, Kt. and bart., Admiral to Charles II. Sir Thomas Allen obtained a grant from Charles II of the office of Customer of Yarmouth to Richard Anguish (now Sir Richard Allen alias Anguish) and to the petitioner's late husband or the survivor; and the said Sir Richard according to articles executed the office in trust for her, and his resignation thereof in 1708 without acquainting her was in violation of his trust, so that she and her children are deprived of the greatest part of their maintenance. Out Letters (Customs) XVI, pp. 135–6.
May 25. Treasury reference to the Attorney General of the petition of Sir Robert Davers, Bart., and Thomas Folke, Esq., executors of Lady Mary Jermyn, deceased, widow of Thomas, Lord Jermyn, late Governor of Jersey, shewing that about ten years since the Attorney General exhibited an information in the Exchequer for an account of the fines and forfeitures and particularly those for transporting wool from thence [Jersey, to wit fines &c.] which had been received during part of the times that the said Lord Jermyn was Governor; and that there has been great trouble about the same: therefore praying that said information may be dismissed. In the margin: entry of a fresh reference dated 1715 May 10 of same to the Attorney General. Reference Book IX, p. 175.
Same to the Secretary at War of the petition of John Hallungius, Minister to his Highness the Duke of Saxe Gotha, shewing that being sent by his Highness to adjust and solicit the payment of the arrears due to his Troops lately employed in her Majesty's service in Italy, upon examining the Votes of Parliament of 3 June last only 9,300l. 12s. 6d. is voted for the ordinary pay of the said Troops from the preceding 22 Dec. to the time of their dismission, including one month's pay for their return; and finding that in that computation no consideration is had of what is stipulated by the 10th article of the Treaty [between her Majesty and his Highness] for the two months’ advertisement to be given them before their march: therefore prays payment of the said two months’ ordinary pay amounting to 56,185 guilders according to the Establishment. Ibid.
Same to the Attorney General of the petition of Thomas Fallowes for remission of a fine of 500l. put on him by a false information of Alderman and his suborned evidences as appears by an affidavit of Elizabeth Oliver. Ibid.
May 25. Treasury reference to Philip Herbert, Esq., and Dr. Richard Adams, Commissioners for Sick and Hurt Seamen, of the petition of John Short, messenger in the General Post Office, shewing that he stands charged in the Post Office books with 52l. 4s. 5d. due in 1701 for postage of letters directed to the late Commissioners for Sick and Wounded; that he hath often solicited the Commissioners for this debt but without success; therefore praying payment so that he may be discharged in the Post Office books. Reference Book IX, p. 178.
May 26. Letter of direction for 18,111l. to Charles Cæsar, Treasurer of the Navy: out of loans on the Land Tax anno 1714: and is intended to be applied to the services following: viz.
to the head of Wear and Tear £
for half a year to Lady day 1713 to the Yards at Deptford 10,611
to the head of Wages
for a year's bills to the pilots and bounties to widows and orphans 7,500
£18,111
Disposition Book XXII, p. 240.
Same for 33,626l. 3s. 10½d. to John How, Paymaster of Guards and Garrisons: out of loans, ut supra: and is intended to be applied to the services following: viz.
in further part of 386,427l. 17s. 10d. for Guards, Garrisons, &c., anno 1714. £ s. d.
to complete 101,614l. 15s. 6¾d. to carry subsistence [of the Guards and Garrisons] to the 22nd May next 11,896 13 2½
for 33 days’ subsistence for the Troops and Regiments in Great Britain 11,896 13 2½
for 33 days’ subsistence for the Troops and Regiments in Great Britain from the 22 May inst. to 24 June next 20,362 15 8
for subsistence to the Garrisons in North Britain for the same time 266 15 0
on account of the pay of the 12 Companies of Invalids to subsist them to the 24 June next 600 0 0
on account of clearings for Brigadier Breton's Regiment 500 0 0
£33,626 3 10½
Ibid., p. 241.
T. Harley to the Customs Commissioners. In a letter of the 24th inst. Secretary Bromley has transmitted to my Lord Treasurer the enclosed letter [missing] from Mr. Hallungius, the Duke of Saxe Gotha's Resident at the Hague, who has been lately sent hither by that Prince to solicit payment of the arrears due to his Troops. In the said letter Hallungius desires the Customs free delivery of a hogshead of wine which he brought over with him for his own use and which he thinks he has a right to as a Minister of a foreign Prince. Send my Lord your opinion hereon. Out Letters (General) XXI, p. 215.
May 26. Treasury reference to Sir Roger Mostyn of the petition of Col. Thomas Markham et al., Marine Captains [Captains of Marines], shewing that Mr. Whitfeild, late Paymaster of the Marines, had in his hands 6,798l. 0s. 1½d. for quarter respits due to six Marine Regiments to 24 June 1706: therefore praying that same may be applied “to that service”. Reference Book IX, p. 175.
Same to the Customs Commissioners of the petition of William Scrafton praying my Lord Treasurer's approbation of him to be deputy to Thomas Charnock, a Queen's waiter London port. Ibid., p. 176.
Same to same of the petition of Caleb Kirke praying the command of one of the Customs smacks, he having served many years in the Navy and for some time as midshipman and being now out of employment. Ibid.
Same to same of the petition of Jo[h]n Hawkins for a noontender's place in the Custom House vacant by the death of Jo[h]n Wright. Ibid.
Same to the Auditors of Imprests of the petition of Mr. How, for the allowance in his account anno 1711 as [Paymaster of Guards and Garrisons], of the sum of 60l. 16s. 8d. paid for the fees of passing his preceding year's account and similarly 25l. 1s. 6d. in the account of the Royal Hospital of Chelsea being similarly paid for fees. Ibid., p. 177.
Warrant by Treasurer Oxford [to the Surveyor General of Crown Lands] for a particular of the scite of the monastery of Furness in order to a lease thereof to Elizabeth, widow of Thomas Preston.
Prefixing: (1) report by the Attorney General to Treasurer Oxford dated 20 Aug. 1713 on said Elizabeth Preston's petition. On a pretence that the said estate was parcel of the Duchy of Lancaster, Richard Woolaston obtained a lease thereof about three years since under the Duchy seal. On a hearing in the Exchequer in June 1713 it appeared that the lands in question were held of the Crown in right of the Crown of England and not as parcel of the Duchy and the petitioner's title was confirmed. (2) Report by Alexander Pendarves, Surveyor General of Crown Lands, dated 1714 April 28 on same. Warrants not Relating to Money XXII, pp. 196–9.
May 27. Money order for 9l. 2s. 9d. to Francis Thompson, Deputy Comptroller and riding officer in the port of Arundel, for a moiety of a seizure of English coin shipped on board a small shallop belonging to Calais, Peter Dronshire master. Order Book VIII, p. 437.
Same for 9l. 15s. 3d. to Robert Lowndes and Thomas Cribb for a moiety of a like seizure of 19l. 10s. 6d. shipped on board the Dolphin packet boat for Holland, Ibid,
May 27. William Lowndes to Mr. Compton to pay as follows out of the 500,000l. Civil List arrears: viz.
£
to Bernard de Vigneau for 2½ years to 1713 June 24 on his pension of 80l. per an. 200
to Susanna Cantirau for same time on her same of 40l. per an. 100
to Mary Dumont for 1½ years on same time on her pension of 30l. per an. 45
£345
T 56/34 (Civil List Arrears), p. 151.
May 28. Privy seal for 1,000l. as equipage and 10l. a day as ordinary to Charles Whitworth as Minister Plenipotentiary at the Congress to be holden at Baden in Switzerland for concluding a peace between the Emperor and Empire and the most Christian King. Queen's Warrant Book XXVI, p. 116.
Warrant by Treasurer Oxford to the Receipt to take in loans on the Malt Act anno 1714 [13 Anne, c. 2] to a total of 700,000l. including the unsatisfied remains of loans on the Malt Act anno 1713: at five per cent. interest. Money Book XXIII, p. 97.
Money warrant for 462l. 10s. 0d. each to Viscount Bolingbroke, Henry Bromley and John, Earl of Mar, for 1714 Lady day quarter on their allowance or salary of 1,850l. per an. as Principal Secretaries of State. (Money orders dated June 1 hereon.) Ibid., p. 126. Order Book VIII, p. 440.
Warrant by Treasurer Oxford to Edward Nicholas to pay 23l. 15s. 0d. to Charlotte, Lady Lovelace, as royal bounty. Money Book XXIII, p. 126.
Money warrant for 455l. to William, Earl of Dartmouth, Keeper of the Privy Seal, for 1714 Lady day quarter on his allowance of 4l. a day in lieu of diet and on his fee of 20s. a day. (Money order dated June 26 for 394l. hereof for the said 4l. a day.) Ibid., p. 127. Order Book VIII, p. 448.
William Lowndes to Mr. Moor [Paymaster of the Land Forces Abroad]. My Lord Treasurer has appointed Tuesday in every week to consider of all matters relating to her Majesty's Land Forces at home and abroad. My Lord directs you to attend him weekly on that day with all such memorials and papers as you shall have to present to him anyways relating to the Troops under your care of pay. Out Letters (General) XXI, p. 215.
Same to the Clerk of the Council enclosing the report [missing] from the Customs Commissioners against appointing officers of the Customs in places where they live. Please put the same into my Lord Treasurer's hands when he comes next to the Council Board. Ibid.
Same to the Customs Commissioners. My Lord Treasurer has appointed Wednesday in every other week to consider of all matters relating to the revenue of the Customs. You are to attend him here on Wednesday, June 9 next and so from time to time about the same time on every other Wednesday with all such reports, presentments and other papers relating to the Customs as are proper for his consideration, until you have notice to the contrary. Ibid.
May 28. Same to same to report on the desire of Mr. Hoffman [Johann Philipp Hoffman], Resident here from the Emperor of Germany, for the free delivery of a trunk and a bundle of books on board the Diligence sloop, Tobias Joves master, from Rotterdam. Ibid., p. 216.
Same to the Attorney General. The Customs Commissioners have not yet adjusted the matter with the East India Company relating to the unrated East India goods. At the request of said Company my Lord Treasurer directs you to stay all proceedings against them in the Exchequer about the said goods until next Michaelmas term. Ibid.
Treasury reference to the Customs Commissioners of the petition of Edward Pollington, Collector of Customs in Newhaven port, praying to be removed from said port to the port of Dartmouth now vacant by the dismission of Mr. Jenkinson. Reference Book IX, p. 177.
Same to same of the petition of the wine merchants shewing that they have petitioned the House of Commons to be relieved in the paying of interest on wine bonds of which the principal was paid, and that a Bill was brought in for their relief; but there being other clauses in the said Bill relating to the tobacco merchants twas rejected by the House of Lords: therefore praying relief therein. Hereon the Lord Treasurer desires the Customs Commissioners to enquire what sums have been yearly paid for interest upon wine bonds since her Majesty's accession and how much is now due for such interest and from whom and how much thereof is sperate and how much desperate. Ibid.
Subscription by Treasurer Oxford for the execution of a Lord Chamberlain's warrant to the Master of the Jewel House for the delivery to Mr. Marshall, Studmaster, of two gold cups one of the value of 100 guineas and the other of the value of 100l., [to be given as prizes from her Majesty] for two horse races in Yorkshire for the year 1714: to an estimate of 207l. 10s. 0d. Warrants not Relating to Money XXII, p. 134.
Same by same of a same to the Master of the Great Wardrobe for the delivery to Charles Lucas of prayer books, Bibles, surplices, tablecloths and napkins, detailed, [? for her Majesty's service at Windsor]: to an estimate of 85l. Ibid.
Warrant by same to the Clerk of the Pipe for a lease to William Land of the mines of coal in Plummers Close and divers demesne lands in the manor of Stratton, ut supra, pp. 256, 268.
Prefixing: particular of the premises and memorandum by William Munday, Deputy Auditor, and ratal by the Surveyor General of Crown Lands.
Followed by: undated entry of the Treasury subscription of the docquet of this lease. Ibid., pp. 202–6, 258.
May 28. Warrant by Treasurer Oxford to the Excise Commissioners, Scotland, to make a further allowance of 10s. per cent. on the 44,000l. remitted to London by George Drummond and James Nimmo, contractors for remitting the Excise office cash to London under the Lord Treasurer's warrant of Feb. 21 last, supra, Calendar of Treasury Books, Vol. XXVII, pp. 128–9.
Prefixing: report by said Commissioners on the petition of said Drummond and Nimmo, supra, p. 77. Petitioners did frequently give [pay to brokers &c.] the whole of the premium allowed to them and sometimes a higher premium than was allowed to them. The premiums paid by them amounted to 185l. 18s. 6d. They were under a necessity of advancing a fond or stock of 2,000l. cash for procuring bills of exchange. The interest thereon for nine months amounts to 90l. The allowance of one per cent. to them amounts to 440l. Their profit is therefore reduced to 164l. 1s. 6d. on the whole transaction. They are further like to become great sufferers by the failure of Robert Forrest, merchant in Edinburgh, and Walter Stuart, merchant in London. The loss on the said Forest's debt may be 600l. on bills of 1,810l. drawn by Forrest. Out Letters (North Britain) III, pp. 107–8.
May 29. William Lowndes to the Stamps Commissioners. My Lord Treasurer directs you to send to me on Monday morning an account of the gross and net produce of the 2s. 3d. on the transfers of stock under the Act 10 Anne [c. 18, clause 112] from 1 Aug. 1712 to 1 May 1714: as also the like account of the 2s. 4d. on every policy [of insurance]. Out Letters (General) XXI, p. 216.
Treasury reference to the Salt Commissioners of the petition of Edmond Soame shewing that he has been a prisoner for near three years for 304l. 6s. 8d. Salt Duties due from the salt work at Hilbre, Co. Chester; that he had a debenture for 276l. 13s. 4d. for drawback of refined salt exported by him to Dublin; which [debenture] he left in the hands of one Nickson to be paid to the Salt Commissioners but on the contrary he [Nickson] delivered it to one Hewit: that by reason of extreme poverty petitioner is unable to recover the said debenture: therefore prays the liberty of his person to capacitate him to pay the remainder of his debt. Reference Book IX, p. 177.
May 31. Royal warrant dated St. James's to Treasurer Oxford to pay 364l. to Joseph Burch for six months from 1713 Nov. 17 to 1714 May 18, he being Secretary in the Embassy of Robert Lord Lexinton, late Ambassador Extraordinary to the Catholic King, and being directed to stay in her Majesty's service there [Madrid] at Lord Lexinton's coming away and until the arrival of another minister or further order. (Money warrant dated June — hereon.) (Money order dated June 10 hereon. ((Letter of direction dated June 19 hereon.) Queen's Warrant Book XXVI, p. 139. Order Book VIII, p. 444. Disposition Book XXII, p. 249.
Money warrant for 1,910l. to Charles Whitworth, Minister Plenipotentiary at the Congress to be held at Baden in Switzerland for concluding a peace between the Emperor and Empire and the most Christian King: 1,000l. thereof for equipage and 910l. for a quarter's advance on his ordinary of 10l. a day. (Money order dated June 1 hereon.) (Letter of direction dated June 19 hereon.) Money Book XXIII, p. 127. Order Book VIII, p. 439. Disposition Book XXII, p. 249.
May 31. Warrant by Treasurer Oxford to Edward Nicholas to pay 100l. to Elizabeth Elstob as royal bounty. Money Book XXIII, p. 128.
Allowance by same of the incidents bill, detailed, of the Post Office for 1713 Michaelmas quarter: total 1,276l. 19s. 11d. (including 61l. 16s. 2d. for 14,834 ship letters at a penny per letter: 33l. to Ja. Walker for attending the House of Commons in delivering their [Members'] letters from 13 Nov. 1711 to 12 July 1712: 5l. to Thomas Humfreys for pumping the well: 7l. 10s. 6d. to Toby Jewers for bringing over a Holland mail 27 April 1713: 16l. 2s. 6d. to Capt. Pat. Gallway for carrying over and bringing back a Dunkirk mail: 15l. 17s. 9d. for 3,813 ship letters at a penny a letter: 554l. 10s. 0d. to Richard Swift, Solicitor, for business done and fees paid). Ibid., pp. 132–3.
The like of the incidents bill (not detailed) of the Post Office for 1713 Xmas quarter: total 877l. 3s. 9d. Ibid., p. 133.
The like of the incidents bill, detailed, of the Post Office for 1714 Lady day quarter: total 1,319l. 12s. 2d. (including 64l. 2s. 3d. for 15,387 ship letters on 8 Feb. 1713–14 at a penny per letter: 6l. 12s. 0d. to John Keeling, engraver, for punches and stocks; 5l. 1s. 0d. to Joseph Thomson, painter, for work done in August last: 40l. for two feasts to the clerks at midsummer: 25l. to Thomas Horne for adjusting the accounts of the pacquet boats and Scotch and Irish accounts: 10l. to Captain Tobias Jewers for bringing over a Holland mail 23 Nov. 1713: 5l. 7s. 6d. to Capt. Abra. Pidgeon for bringing over a Holland mail 9 Oct. 1713: 24l. to Richard Jenks, collector, for the Convex Lights: 1l. 15s. 0d. to John Stone, engraver, for seals: 42l. 3s. 11d. for 10,127 ship letters on 24 March 1713–14 at a penny per letter: 248l. to Mr. Ash[burnham] Frowde for his bill of charges and trouble in the many debates at Paris with Monsieur Pajot, Comptroller of the Posts of France, being out 124 days from 4 July 1713 to 4 November following: 10l. 15s. 0d. to the Gazeteer as a new year's gift: 28l. 12s. 0d. to the 11 Penny Post messengers for collecting the Post Office letters from the several receiving houses and carrying them to the Penny Post Offices in order to be sent to the General Post Office on Post nights, for one year ending 22 March 1713–14: 15l. 12s. 0d. to the three carriers for bringing letters from the several Penny Post Offices to the chief Penny Post Office for the same time: 5l. 4s. 0d. to Joshua Baker for bringing the Post letters from the General Penny Post Office to the General Post Office for the same time: 6l. 9s. 0d. to Mr. John Allin, Chief Builder at her Majesty's Yard at Deptford, for surveying the three Harwich boats which were translated to the Lisbon service: 32l. 5s. 0d. to the said John Allin, John Harlow and Ja. Pelham for surveying and valuing the three Lisbon boats before they were sold by auction.) Ibid., pp. 134–5.
Treasury reference to the Customs Commissioners of the petition of Charlewood Stuckey, son of Valentine Stuckey, linen draper to Charles II, praying employment in the Queen's service on the merit of a debt of 20,074l. 14s. 3d. to his father stated in the Wardrobe and in view of the necessity of selling an estate of 400l. per an. to pay his father's debts. In the margin: entry of a fresh later reference dated 2 July 1714. Reference Book IX, p. 178.
May 31. Treasury reference to the Navy Commissioners of the petition of the officers of her Majesty's yard and dock at Portsmouth praying repayment of the [Land] Tax assessments on their salaries since the year 1707 as formerly repaid to them. Reference Book IX, p. 178.
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