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| July 21. |
Royal sign manual dated St. James's ratifying and confirming a warrant by the late Queen Anne dated 1714 July 19, ut supra, Calendar of Treasury Books, Vol. XXVIII, p. 365, for 1,100l. to Henry Bendyshe for his pains, losses and expenses about the [poor] Palatines: the said warrant not having been satisfied in her late Majesty's time. King's
Warrant Book XXVII, p. 57. |
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J. Taylour to the Customs Commissioners enclosing Secretary
Stanhope's letter to my Lords signifying the King's pleasure concerning the examining of passengers coming into or going out of this kingdom. You are to give strict orders to all your officers in the several ports of England and Wales to be very exact and punctual in the execution thereof. (A like letter to the Customs Commissioners in Scotland.) |
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Appending: said letter of Secretary James Stanhope [to the
Treasury Lords] dated Whitehall 21 July inst. It is the King's pleasure that upon the arrival of any ship the officers examine every particular passenger on board and if they cannot give a satisfactory account of themselves they are to carry them before the next Justice of the Peace that by their warrant they may be secured till such time as an account may be transmitted to one of the Secretaries of
State and they may receive further directions therein. And the like for ships outward bound. Out Letters (General) XXI, p. 395. Out
Letters (North Britain) III, p. 397. |
| July 21. |
Treasury reference to the Surveyor General of Crown Lands of the petition of Evan Williams, locksmith, shewing that John Lauze and Eleanor his wife did assign to petitioner (as security for 100l. lent to them) a dwelling house in Richmond in Surrey subject to a rent of 10l. per an. to the Crown for the remainder of a term to Edward
Villiers et al.: that the said debt and interest came to 346l. 3s. 1d.:
that Lauze came to an agreement to release to petitioner the equity of redemption and not to obstruct him in obtaining a new lease from the Crown on petitioner paying him 150l. more: therefore praying a new lease. Reference Book IX, p. 243. |
| July 22. |
Royal letters patent appointing Benjamin Hall to be a “Serjeant at Arms in ordinary to attend our royal person": with the fee of
3s. a day and board wages of 2s. 6d. a day: as from 1714 Aug. 1:
during pleasure. King's Warrant Book XXVII, p. 62. |
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Same appointing Capt. Samuel Atkinson, Nicholas Roope and
Thomas Colby to carry on the business of the Transport Office to the finishing of the accounts thereof: they having been appointed by the late Queen to take care of the Transport Service during her pleasure. The Treasury Lords are hereby authorised to reward them with an allowance not exceeding 100l. each. Ibid., pp. 63–4. |
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An additional sign manual order for the Board of Works. In the late orders established for the service of the Board of Works [supra, pp. 493–6] it is provided by Article 17 that no work shall be ordered by the Board of said Office to be done in the lodgings of any officers or other persons within the King's palaces or houses at the King's expense
(except such as are necessary for keeping out the weather and to preserve the building) unless by the King's special command. It is hereby further declared that from henceforth if any such officer or person as aforesaid having such lodgings “shall desire to make any alteration or addition or any ways to adorn or embellish their said lodgings it shall in no wise be at our expense. And in case they shall at any time desire to make any such alteration at their own proper cost and charges they shall not proceed therein until our royal pleasure be first known and signified by the Chamberlain of our Household to the Surveyor General of our Works who shall report his opinion thereon, and [until] our said Chamberlain having laid the said report before us shall signify our final resolution upon the same to our Surveyor. And if it be our pleasure that the work proposed should be permitted to be done at the proper expense of the person concerned as aforesaid in such case we order and direct our Surveyor General with the assistance of the other officers and Clerks of our Works to take especial care that in the performance of such alterations or embellishments the workmen do nothing to the detriment of our buildings. If any officer make any alteration without consent and permission as above the Surveyor of the Works is to give immediate notice thereof to the Lord Chamberlain to the end he may acquaint us with such disobedience. Ibid., p. 72. |
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Treasury confirmation of a money order of 1714 July 20, ut supra, Calendar of Treasury Books, Vol. XXVIII, p. 365, for 1,100l. to Henry
Bendyshe: out of the late Queen's Civil List arrears. Order Book
VIII, pp. 457, 459. |
| July 22. |
J. Taylour to the Customs Commissioners. Hasten your report on the memorial of the United East India Company concerning their unrated goods, ut supra, pp. 335, 566. Out Letters (General) XXI, p. 396. |
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Treasury reference to the Surveyor General of Crown Lands of the petition of Penry Williams for a fresh term in the seven customary mills within the Lordships of Brecon, Co. Brecon, granted to Lord
Stafford by Queen Elizabeth for 60 years after the death of William
Auberry, Mary Herbert and Edward Herbert. Reference Book IX, p. 244. |
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Same to the Excise Commissioners of the petition of Sir Basill
Dixwell, Auditor of Excise, shewing that the warrant for allowing
Robert Davers, Esq., Auditor of Excise, 60l. per an. for doing the clerkship of the Malt Duty did determine Dec. 23 last by the removal of the said Davers: therefore praying a like warrant for said sum to himself from said date, to enable petitioner to pay for doing the clerkship of the Duty: and that the warrant for allowing Mr. George
Bruere, late Deputy Auditor, 20l. per an. for making up the Malt accounts did determine 27 June 1713 by the death of said Bruere:
therefore praying that said warrant may be renewed in favour of
Mr. Lerpiniere [petitioner's deputy]. Ibid. |
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Same to Henry Harcourt, Comptroller of the Classis Lottery anno
1711 [9 Anne, c. 16], of the petition of Mary Andrews, widow, praying for the innovation of a lost order No. 1269 for 115l. in the said Lottery. Ibid. |
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Same to the Taxes Commissioners of petitions from persons as follows, in each case detailing their proposed securities on their nomination as Receiver General of the Duties on Houses for the respective county: followed in each case (1) by the Treasury warrant to the King's Remembrancer to take said securities: and (2) by the respective Treasury commission: viz.
John Owen for Co. Lancs: securities warrant July 27 in 4,000l.:
commission July 27.
John Wroth for Co. Essex: securities warrant Aug. 18 in
6,000l.: commission Aug. 18.
Thomas Ashby for Co. Herts: securities warrant Aug. 3. in
2,500l.: commission Aug. 3.
John Bowdidge for Co. Somerset and the city and county of the city of Bristol: securities warrant Aug. 3 in 5,500l.:
commission Aug. 3.
Walter Marshall for Co. Gloucester: securities warrant Aug. 3
in 4,000l.: commission Aug. 3.
Samuel Barton for Co. Brecon: securities warrant Aug. 3
in 1,200l.: commission Aug. 3.
Edward Baugham for Co. Hereford: securities warrant Aug. 9
in 2,000l.: commission Aug. 9.
John Nuthall for part of Co. Surrey, viz. the borough of Southwark, the Hundreds of Kingston, Emly Bridge, East Brixton, West Brixton and Godly: securities warrant Aug. 9 in
4,000l.: commission Aug. 3.
William Hartley, junr., for Co. Bucks: securities warrant
Aug. 9 in 2,500l.: commission Aug. 9.
Thomas Clifford for Co. Monmouth: securities warrant Aug. 9
in 1,000l.: commission Aug. 9. |
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Out Letters (Affairs of Taxes) II, pp. 142, 143, 144, 145. |
| July 23. |
Money warrant for 2,660l. 19s. 2d. to Daniel, Earl of Nottingham, for 1714 Sept. 22 to 1715 June 24 on his pension of 3,500l. per an. Money Book XXIV, p. 86. |
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William Lowndes to the [Board or Principal] Officers of the
Ordnance. My Lords have considered your memorial praying refund of Land Taxes annis 1713 and 1714 on yourselves and the inferior officers of the Ordnance and do direct you to make out bills or debentures according to the method of your Office for repaying same accordingly. Disposition Book XXIII, p. 84. |
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J. Taylour to the Board of Works enclosing a letter [missing] from the Lord Chamberlain “that a room under the young Princesses'
Wardrobe at St. James's be fitted up for their women and that a
Necessary house be made in the Phesant Court there.” Please endorse an estimate on the back of said letter and send same to my
Lords so that they may sign a warrant thereupon. Out Letters (General)
XXI, p. 396. |
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William Lowndes to the Earl of Carnarvon [late Paymaster of the Forces Abroad]. Send to the Treasury Lords speedily a state of all the money received by you for half pay and the poundage deducted
[from payments] for that use and of all the payments made by you or your agents out of the same: and how much (if any) doth still remain in your hands or the hands of your agent. (The like letter to John How, late Paymaster of Guards and Garrisons. The like letter to Thomas Moor [Deputy Paymaster in Flanders]. The like letter to Mr. Morgan and Mr. Philpot [Nicholas Philpott and William
Morgan, Paymasters to the Reformed Officers].) Ibid. |
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Treasury warrant to the Board of Works by way of endorsement of a Lord Chamberlain's warrant dated June 25 last for repair of the stairs on the left hand of the Terrace at Whitehall; and the passage by the Earl of Albemarle's [house or lodgings] to be opened and cleaned: to an estimate of 170l. Warrants not Relating to Money
XXIII, p. 36. |
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The like of a same dated same for repairs as follows, viz. a room with a chimney to be built at St. James's behind the Princess's Dressing
Room; and part of the Bedchamber, with a closet for a water engine;
and a passage to the Princesses’ Backstairs; a door to be opened to the head of the backstairs; and a door to be opened through the wall in the corner of the Bedchamber into the aforesaid room, with a communication from the head of the Landry Stairs to the back rooms with vacancies: and that the water engine and pipes be removed from the little Closet by the passage to the new little Closet abovementioned: to an estimate of 400l. Ibid. |
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Treasury commission to Thomas Pattison to be Surveyor of the
Duties on Houses loco Thomas Brenand, dismissed. (Treasury warrant to the Receiver General of said Duties for Co. Cumberland to pay him 50l. per an. salary from date hereof.) Out Letters (Affairs of Taxes) II, pp. 161, 165. |
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Treasury warrant to the Revenue Commissioners, Ireland, to permit the landing, Duty free, in Ireland of clothing, detailed (327 coats,
breeches, shirts &c.), for his Majesty's Royal Regiment of North
British Fuziliers commanded by Charles, Earl of Orrery, which Regiment is, or is to be, placed on the Establishment of Ireland from
March 25 [last]. Out Letters (Ireland) IX, p. 634. |
| July 25. |
Royal warrant to the Treasury Lords to pay 1,057l. 10s. 0d. to
Sir Clement Cotterel, Master of the Ceremonies: whereof 1,000l. is to be by him paid over as a present from his Majesty to Count
Konigseck [Josef Lothar, Count Kõnigsegg], minister from the Emperor of Germany, “who is upon his departure from hence"; and the remaining 57l. 10s. 0d. for the [Exchequer] fees on the receipt of the said money. (Money warrant dated Aug. 18. hereon.) (Money order dated Aug. 20 hereon.) King's Warrant Book XXVII, p. 69. Order
Book IX, p. 112. |
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Same to same to pay 966l. to same: whereof 900l. is to be by him paid over to Count Efferen [Franz, Count von Efferen], Count
Schonborn [Anselm Franz, Count von Schönborn] and Baron D'Imhoff
[Rudolf Christian, freiherr von Imhoff], Envoys Extraordinary [respectively] from the Elector Palatine, Elector of Mainz and Duke of
Wolfenbuttel: to wit 300l. each as a present from his Majesty to them, “they being upon their departure from hence"; and the remaining 66l. for [Exchequer] fees on the receipt of the said money. (Money warrant dated Aug. 18 hereon.) (Money order dated Aug. 20
hereon.) King's Warrant Book XXVII, p. 69. Order Book IX, p. 112. |
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Same to same to pay 698l. 15s. 0d. to same: whereof 300l. is to be by him applied and paid as a present from his Majesty to Madam
Grote (Grotte), widow of the late Envoy from Hanover [Thomas, freiherr von Grote] to the late Queen Anne; and 350l. as a like present to Madam Kennedy, daughter of [Marinus van Vrijbergen] the late Envoy from the States General to the said late Queen; and the remaining 48l. 15s. 0d. for [Exchequer] fees on the receipt of the said money. (Money warrant dated Aug. 18 hereon.) (Money order dated Aug. 20 hereon.) King's Warrant Book XXVII. p. 70. Order Book IX, p. 112. |
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Treasury warrant to Anthony Cracherode to pay 27l. 9s. 0d. for the fees, detailed, on passing the privy seal empowering the Treasury
Lords to appoint Receivers General of the Land Tax anno 1715. Money Book XXIV, p. 89. |
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Treasury reference to the Surveyor General of Crown Lands of the petition of Jer[emiah] Hancock, his Majesty's brasier, for a new lease of three houses on the south side of Pall Mall Street in Pall Mall in the parish of St. James's, Westminster, with two gardens belonging to him extending to Lord Carlton's garden wall, two of which houses front the street and abut east on a house now in possession of Lord
Perceval ("Peercyfull") and west on a house possessed by Richard
Dalton; the other house stands backward in one of the gardens and is now in the possession of Mary Dupuis, widow. Reference Book IX, p. 244. |
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Same to the Salt Commissioners of the petition of John Rutherford shewing that he has been near five years a prisoner in Durham gaol
for a debt of 382l. owing from Philip Bickerstaff for salt Duty, for whom petitioner was security; that all petitioner's goods and chattels in the hands of one Watson have been seized and sold to the value of 144l. 11s. 0d.: that he has no further effects and that his wife and children are in a perishing condition. Reference Book IX, p. 245. |
| July 25. |
Royal warrant dated St. James's for a privy seal for payment of
1,000l. per an. as salary to Sir David Dalrymple as Advocate General of Scotland as from 9 Oct. 1714, the date of his commission; no more than 600l. per an. being inserted in Establishment of Scotland recently signed by his Majesty: and further for empowering the said Dalrymple as Advocate General there and the Advocate General for the time being there, to nominate the Advocate's Deput in such manner as formerly hath been accustomed: he having represented that in the privy seal for payment of the Civil List of Scotland it is directed that 50l. yearly should be allowed to three Deputy Advocates to be appointed by the King, which said Deputy Advocates were usually heretofore nominated by the Advocate General and he hath prayed to have the same privilege in that respect as he formerly enjoyed. Out Letters (North Britain) III, pp. 394–5. |
| July 26. |
Royal letters patent [re-]appointing Sir Clement Cottrell as Master of the Ceremonies: with the yearly fee or stipend of 200l. King's
Warrant Book XXVII, pp. 109–10. |
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Treasury warrant dormant to the Customs Cashier to pay the fees of 106l. 13s. 4d. and 93l. 6s. 8d. per an. to Thomas Woodford, Esq., for his office as Register of Seizures. Money Book XXIV, p. 84. |
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Same to the Customs Commissioners to pay to Captain — Nash and Richard Milliard 7l. 10s. 0d., being a moiety of 30 gallons of brandy seized by them and expended among the persons who assisted to preserve the Customs House in the late fire: and to pay to—Gill and — Palmer 22l. 19s. 0d. for the appraised value of 31½ gallons of brandy and 18 gallons of wine seized by the said Gill and Palmer and recovered by tally dated Jan. 19 last, “which said brandy and wine was likewise expended in the said service.” |
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Prefixing: report dated March 3 last from said Commissioners made upon the Treasury direction given to them at their attendance on Jan. 19 [18] last [on my Lords, see supra, p. 249] for an accompt of the losses the revenue has sustained by the late fire near the Customs
House. The total damage is as follows other than the charges of removing the books and papers and the taking convenient offices for ourselves and several officers and fitting up the same and also the reward of 100l. promised to persons who should assist to save the Customs House. There were 232 hogsheads of sugar burnt unsold in the warehouses which might have produced 2,780l. clear. There were 68½ gallons of brandy and 18 gallons of wine expended among the persons assisting to preserve the Customs House. Capt. Nash and Richard Milliard are entitled to a moiety of 30 gallons out of the abovesaid 61½ gallons of brandy as a seizure. The appraisal thereof amounts to 15l., whereof a moiety is 7l. 10s. 0d., which should be paid to said Nash and Milliard. The remainder of said brandy and the wine were seized by Mr. Gill and Mr. Palmer and were recovered
by tally dated 19 Jan. last and appraised at 22l. 19s. 0d. This sum should be paid to them. |
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“We take this opportunity humbly to acquaint your Lordships that besides the unreasonable demand of 500l. per an. made by the
Clothworkers’ Company for the use of their Hall, [we] finding the officers could not be accommodated there (as it was thought they might be) we have lately taken a large house in Fenchurch Street belonging to Mr. Gore, a merchant, for which we are to pay him 150l. per an.; and the same is now preparing to be made barely convenient for [us the Customs] Commissioners, their Secretary, the [Customs]
Solicitor, the Comptroller General, the Inspector of the Outport
Collectors’ Accounts, the Register General of Shipping, the Examiners of the Outport Quarter Books and other officers who will want to be accommodated there till such time as the Customs House shall be put into a condition of receiving them.” Out Letters (Customs)
XVI, pp. 256–7. |
| July 26. |
Treasury reference to the Auditors of Imprests of the petition of Bernard Hutchins, late Paymaster of the 1,500,000l. Lottery anno
1711 [9 Anne, c. 6], praying the delivery of his bonds, he having passed his final account and offered his quietus est to the King's
Remembrancer in order to have his bonds delivered up, but the said Remembrancer refuses the same without a warrant from the
Treasury. Reference Book IX, p. 245. |
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Same to the Surveyor General of Crown Lands of the petition of
Sir Jo[h]n Vanbrugh for extension of lease of a tenement (of which he is possessed by proper assignments) called the Phænix Inn, with several outhouses and buildings thereto belonging, as also of several other messuages and tenements containing in front to the Haymarket
132 foot and in depth to Market Lane 145 foot; all which premises stand upon the ground called Pall Mall Fields and are part of the grant to the late Earl of St. Albans which expires at Michaelmas 1740. Ibid., p. 246. |
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Treasury warrant to the Excise Commissioners to permit Sir John
Lambert, Samuel Shepherd, Robert Aston, Joseph Jackson, Jacob
Watcher, John Kelly, William Rogers, Thomas Gwatkin, Richard
Scot, William Parrot, John Half Knight, Capt. Cleveland and John
Kelly, merchants, to reduce imported brandy and rum to proof and to make post entries. |
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Prefixing: report by said Commissioners on the petition of said merchants. Warrants not Relating to Money XXIII, pp. 68–9. |
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Same to the Surveyor General of Crown Lands for a particular of the warren of Ewelme in the parishes of Ewelme and Nuffield, alias Tuffield, Co. Oxford, and the scite of the manor of Ewelme, before demolished, with the gardens and a close of ground thereto belonging: all in order to a lease thereof to Thomas Stephens. |
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Prefixing: said Surveyor's report on said Stephens’ petition for same. The premises are now let at a rack rent of 20l. per an. I
advise a fine of 10l. for a new lease at the old rents of 10l. 1s. 0d. per an. Ibid., pp. 163–4, 180–1. |
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Same to same for a same of several dwelling houses on the south side of Pall Mall, in order to a lease thereof to Richard Dalton. |
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Prefixing: report, ut supra. The premises are all in good repair and are now worth 400l. per an. I advise a fine of 200l. and rent of 50l. per an. Warrants not Relating to Money XXIII, pp. 164–5. |
| July 26. |
Treasury warrant to the Excise Commissioners to pay 500l. each to
Edward Larpiniere and Bartholomew Bruere in full for their service and pains in and about the accounts for the Duties on Candles to and before
25 Dec. 1711: and 60l. per an. each to John Ogden and Clifford
Millart for such time after 1711 Dec. 25 as they were employed in the business of the said accounts and in the accounts of the Duties on hops. and to pay the like salary of 60l. per an. to a clerk to be nominated by the Auditor of Excise to be employed for the time being wholly on the accounts of the Candles and Hops Duties: and likewise 10l. per an. each to Alexander Tulidah and John Ogden from
1714 March 25 for the time they have been employed in the accounts of the Duties on soap, paper, calicoes, wire and starch; and 60l. per an. to such clerk as shall be nominated by said Auditor for carrying on the accounts of the said Duties [for the future]. |
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Prefixing: said Commissioners’ report on the (1) memorial of Sir
Basill Dixwell [supra, p. 649] praying allowances as of 60l. per an. each for a clerk from the commencement of the Duties on Candles and for a clerk from the commencement of the Duties on soap, which commenced 10 June 1712; on paper, pasteboards and stained paper which commenced 24 June 1712; on gilt and silver wire which commenced 1 July 1712; on silks, calicoes, linens and stuffs printed and stained which commenced 20 July 1712; on starch which commenced 1 Aug. 1712. |
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(2) Report by the Excise Commissioners on said petition. The annual accounts are first prepared and adjusted by the Accomptant
General of Excise and afterwards comptrolled by the Comptroller of Excise, so that it must be at least one year from the commencement of any Duty before the accounts thereof can be ready for the [Excise]
Auditor. The [said Excise] Auditor did not employ any clerks on the
Candles Duties (which commenced 1 May 1710) until 24 June 1711, when he employed Edward Lerpiniere and Bartholomew Bruere, two clerks in his Office, out of office hours therein. He then also appointed John Ogden for said business and for the Hop Duties
(which commenced 1 June 1711). John Ogden succeeded an old clerk, deceased, in said Auditor's Office. Mr. Davers (then Auditor)
appointed Clifford Millart in his place, who hath proceeded in the
Duties on Candles and Hops from March 25 last to this time. There were no clerks employed in the [said] Auditor's Office in the accounts of the Duties on soap, paper, calicoes &c. (which had several commencements in June, July and Aug. 1712) until 25 March 1714, when said Tulidah and Ogden proceeded thereupon out of office hours. We advise allowances as above. Ibid., pp. 165–8. |
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Same to same to continue salaries of 80l., 140l. and 60l. per an. in the Excise Comptroller's Office as follows and to establish four additional clerks at 60l. per an. each, whereof three to be employed in the controlment of the Duties on soap, paper, calicoes, wire and starch, and one to assist in the Candle Duty and to comptroll the
Duties on hops. |
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Prefixing: undated report by the Excise Commissioners on the state of the Excise Comptroller's Office in reply to Mr. Lowndes's letter [missing] of “the 29th past". Mr. Sidney, the Comptroller,
has 1,320l. per an. (as his predecessors had), viz. 700l. for himself and
620l. for his clerks, to wit 150l. for Mr. Samuel Hughes, 100l. to Mr. Morris Hughes; 70l. each for Ferdinand Cory, Richard Andrews, William Argall; 80l. for Thomas Mitchell and Edward Hassel. Mr. John Bruere, an additional clerk in the Comptroller's Office, has 80l. per an. by a particular warrant. A salary of 140l. per an. is paid to
Mr. Sidney's deputy and [80l.] to two clerks employed on the Malt
Duty accounts and 60l. per an. to a clerk employed in the Candles accounts. In regard the Excise Duties and appropriations are much increased, we advise further officers as above. Our three Accomptants
General have reported the necessity thereof. For the despatch of business in his Office, and that the same might not suffer, the Comptroller has hired two clerks who have not been paid since Michaelmas
1713, “and whom we shall cause to be paid according to the allowance aforesaid if it shall please your Lordships so to direct.” Ibid., pp. 169–70. |
| July 26. |
Same to Henry Harcourt, Comptroller of the Classis Lottery anno
1711 [9 Anne, c. 16], to make forth duplicates of destroyed, lost or burned tickets in said Lottery (being burnt &c. before 27 May 1715):
all as by the Act of the present Session, 1 Geo. I, St. 2, c. 36. Ibid., p. 10. |
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Treasury allowance of the Charity Roll of Scotland for the quarter ended 1715 Lady day. |
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Prefixing: said roll or list as certified by the Barons of the Exchequer, Scotland April 22 last. The only changes in this list as compared with that for the preceding quarter under date March 18
last, supra, pp. 427–31, are as follows: |
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Names no longer appearing. |
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d. |
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Lieut. Allen Robertown |
5 |
0 |
0 |
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Malcolm Henderson |
2 |
10 |
0 |
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New names appearing. |
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Mr. David Edmonston |
2 |
10 |
0 |
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relict of Sir Robert Miln |
1 |
12 |
6 |
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Out Letters (North Britain) III, pp. 397–403. |
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Same of the salary bill, detailed, of the Excise in Scotland for 1715
June 24 quarter (total for the Excise Duties 1,145l.; for Candles
Duties 26l. 5s. 0d.; for Hides and Skins Duties 157l. 10s. 0d.; for
Soap, Paper and Calico Duties 7l. 10s. 0d.; for Gilt and Silver Wire, Starch and Additional Hides and Skins Duties 7l. 10s. 0d.: full total
1,343l. 15s. 0d. Ibid., pp. 403–4. |
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Same of the incidents bill, detailed, of the Excise, Scotland, for same quarter: total 292l. 7s. 0¾d. Ibid., p. 405. |
| July 27. |
Royal letters patent appointing Thomas de Critz and Talbot
Jewkes, Esq., to be “Serjeants at Arms in ordinary to attend our royal person": with the fee of 3s. a day each and board wages of
2s. 6d. a day each: as from 1714 Xmas during pleasure. King's
Warrant Book XXVII, p. 62. |
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Money warrant for 37l. to John Elphinstone, being 30l. for three quarters to Lady day last on his salary or allowance for looking after
the Cotton Library and 7l. for transcribing several copies of records. (Money warrant dated July 28 hereon.) Money Book XXIV, p. 88. Order Book IX, p. 107. |
| July 27. |
J. Taylour to the Customs Commissioners enclosing a letter [missing]
from [Jose da Cunha Brochado] the Envoy of Portugal. Send an officer to his lodgings to seal his goods in order to their transport beyond sea. Out Letters (General) XXI, p. 396. |
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Treasury reference to the Surveyor General of Crown Lands of the petition of Faith Heather shewing that the Master and Chaplains of the late dissolved Hospital of the Savoy did by lease dated 1661
April 27 grant to petitioner's husband's grandfather (for the lives of petitioner's late husband, Mathew Heather his brother and John
Mason) a messuage and tenement and 40 acres in Sharelston, Co. York, and another messuage and 35 acres of land in the same place:
therefore praying a new lease as the said three persons are dead. In the margin. a note of a later reference dated 1716 Dec. 21. Reference
Book IX, p. 245. |
| July 28. |
Royal letters patent appointing Mark Delves to be a “Serjeant at Arms in ordinary to attend on our royal person": with the fee of 3s. a day and board wages of 2s. 6d. a day: as from 1 August 1714
during pleasure. King's Warrant Book XXVII, p. 62. |
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Treasury warrant to Sir Isaac Newton to pay (out of Coinage Duty money) 30l. to the Chief Warden of the Jury of Goldsmiths summoned by order of Council for Trial of the Pix of the Mint in the Tower of
London on August 2 next: the same being to defray the charges of entertaining the said jury and such other persons whose attendances are required for the performance of the said service. Money Book
XXIV, p. 89. |
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William Lowndes to the Victualling Commissioners. The Treasury
Lords desire that such of you and the officers under you as have shares in the South Sea Company will be at the General Court of the said Company to-morrow; it being the day appointed to meet in relation to an addition to be made to the capital stock of the said
Company for the service of the public. (A like letter to the Board of Ordnance.) (A like letter to the officers of the Navy [sic for the officers of the Navy Office].) Out Letters (General) XXI, p. 397. |
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J. Taylour to the Board of Works to enquire strictly into the two enclosed affidavits [missing] sent to my Lords by Sir Christopher Wren further accusing Thomas Rowland (lately appointed Clerk of the
Works at Windsor) of frauds and abuses. Ibid. |
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William Lowndes to same to report on the enclosed petition
[missing] of Robert Bedoes for continuing to him the allowance of
100l. per an. which was payable to him in the Office of Works in the last two reigns to defray the charge of cleaning the streets and public pavings before Whitehall and carrying away the soyle thereof. Ibid., p. 400. |
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Treasury warrant to the Clerk of the Pipe for a patent under the
Exchequer seal to constitute Thomas Reeve, of the Middle Temple, London, to be Steward and Keeper of the Courts Leet, Liberties
and Views of Frankpledge and other Courts of his Majesty's manors of Cookham and Bray, Co. Berks, parcel of the Honor and Castle of
Windsor. Warrants not Relating to Money XXIII, p. 171. |
| July 28. |
J. Taylour to the Excise Commissioners, Scotland. The Treasury
Lords conceive it necessary at this time that the General commanding his Majesty's Troops in Scotland should be supplied with money as he may have occasion. You are to furnish him with money out of the Excise up to 3,000l., to be applied according to directions from the Lord President of the Session, the Lord Justice Clerk, the Chief
Baron of the Exchequer and the said General or Commander in Chief. Upon your sending up [to London] the acquittances of the said
General so much shall be issued to the Paymaster of Guards and
Garrisons and shall be [by him] paid back into the Exchequer upon your accounts. Out Letters (North Britain) III, p. 406. |
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Same to the abovesaid Lord President, Lord Justice Clerk, Chief
Baron and Commander in Chief. The Treasury Lords have this day directed an advance of 3,000l. as above towards the extra charge of providing forage or other necessary contingents for securing the public peace and quiet: to be employed as any two of you judge most proper upon any emergency which may require such haste as not to admit of sending for orders from hence without prejudice to the service. My Lords desire you to keep a distinct account of said moneys. Ibid. |
| July 29. |
Royal warrant dormant to the Treasury Lords to pay a salary of
60l. per an. to the Clerk and Solicitor [of the Mint for prosecuting clippers and counterfeiters and] for stating the accounts of such prosecutions: all as proposed in a memorial from the Warden of the Mint, on which memorial the Master and Worker of the Mint has reported as follows. |
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Appending: report dated Mint Office 5 July 1715 from Sir Isaac
Newton and M. Bladen on the said memorial as referred to them
June 16 last, supra, p. 553, the said memorial proposing that a clerk be allowed to the Warden to attend him as clerk and solicitor to assist in such prosecutions and concerning moneys to bear the charges of such prosecutions and further concerning the method of accounting for the said moneys. The present report proposes to allow 60l. per an. to said clerk and 15l. a day travelling charges for himself and his horse when sent into the country to apprehend and prosecute offenders and 10s. a day to two such assistants to said clerk as shall be sent upon the like services: and that in lieu of pocket expenses &c. which cannot be ascertained by good vouchers there be allowed 10s. for every house searched in London and 25s. for each arrest in the country;
and 50s. for every person indited in London and 4l. in the country;
the whole not to exceed the 400l. per an. allowed by Act of Parliament
[7 Anne, c. 24, clause 4] for this service. Further the said [clerk and]
solicitor should present half yearly to the Master of the Mint and
Comptroller of the Mint an account of the services performed by him or his assistants and a bill of payments for counsel's fees &c. (For the Treasury warrants hereon see infra p. 731 under date 1715
Sept. 12.) King's Warrant Book XXVII, pp. 135–7. |
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William Lowndes to Mr. Burchett [Secretary of the Admiralty]
to lay before the Admiralty Lords the enclosed extract [missing]
of a letter from Mr. Missing, contractor for victualling the Garrison of Gibraltar: to wit for the Admiralty Lords’ directions in relation to the protection desired, “the expediting this affair being for the public service.” In the margin: about a protection for Mr. Missing's men going with provisions to Gibraltar. Out Letters (General) XXI, p. 397. |
| July 29. |
J. Taylour to the Customs Commissioners to report on the enclosed letter [missing] from Paul Dominique [Docminique] to the Duke of Marlborough, which said Duke has sent to the Treasury Lords;
wherein Dominique proposes for the encouragement of the English weavers to make Lustrings, Alamodes and Rastageens, [that] some persons whom the Weavers Company shall nominate may be empowered to seize all such French silks as shall be run without paying
Duties. Ibid., p. 398. |
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Treasury warrant to the Collector Inwards, London port, to swear
Richard Wheeler into office as deputy to John Dennis, a King's waiter, London port. Out Letters (Customs) XVI, p. 258. |
| July 30. |
William Lowndes to Robert Walpole, Paymaster of the Land
Forces. The Treasury Lords direct that out of the 51,000l. which the Bank of England have agreed to advance to you upon [security of] a deposit of tallies and orders on Malt anno 1715 and repayable in two months with 5 per cent. interest, you pay and apply the sum of 49,500l. to the uses following: viz. |
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in further part of 425,900l. 14s. 6d. voted for Guards and Garrisons anno 1715. |
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upon account of subsistence for the private centinels of the three Regiments of Foot Guards from 1715 July 25 |
1,223 |
0 |
0 |
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more upon account of subsistence |
6,843 |
15 |
0 |
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in part of 265,754l. 7s. 6d. voted for the pay and levy money of 3,000 Dragoons and 4,000 Foot for one year. |
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for levy money of 13 Regiments of Dragoons consisting of 2,184 private men besides commission and non-commission Officers and widows’ men at the rate of 15l. each to buy horses and accoutrements for mounting the said 2,184 men |
32,760 |
0 |
0 |
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for levy money of eight Regiments of Foot consisting of 3,040 private men besides commission Officers and widows’ men at
40s. each man. |
6,080 |
0 |
0 |
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in part of 5,458l. 10s. 0d. voted for pay and levy money of four Companies to be added to the Coldstream Regiment of
Guards for one year.
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for levy money of four Companies of Foot
Guards consisting of 156 private men besides commission and non-commission
Officers and widows’ men at 40s. each man. |
312 |
0 |
0 |
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in part of 20,000l. voted for Chelsea Hospital and outpensioners anno 1715. |
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in part of 9,125l. for 600 outpensioners forthwith ordered upon service: at 15l. 4s. 2d. per man |
2,281 |
5 |
0 |
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£49,500 |
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0 |
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Disposition Book XXIII, p. 85. |
| July 30. |
Same to Mr. Missing. My Lords have desired the Admiralty
Lords to grant you a protection for the ship and men mentioned in your letter of the 27th inst. But as to money my Lords cannot issue any to you until you lay before them proper certificates of the arrival, delivery and condition of the provisions which you say are arrived at Gibraltar, according to the terms of your contract for victualling that Garrison. Out Letters (General) XXI, p. 398. |
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J. Taylour to the Customs Commissioners to send an officer to the lodgings of Count Schonborn [Anselm Franz, grav von Schönborn], Envoy from the Elector of Mentz [Mainz] to seal his goods in order to their transport beyond sea. Ibid. |
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Same to same to instruct Thomas Maesy at the waterside in the
Customs business. Ibid. |
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Royal warrant dated St. James's to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland to cause three State canopies to be provided, with chairs and stools belonging to them, for the service of the Chief Governor of Ireland, two thereof for Dublin Castle and the third for the House of Peers, it being 18 years since there were any new ones; the last having been taken down on account of the late mourning [for the late Queen Anne]
and being much too old to be set up again, besides that there must be an alteration in the [Royal] arms: all to an estimate of 704l. 2s. 6d. Out Letters (Ireland) IX, p. 635. |
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Treasury warrant to the Customs Commissioners, Scotland, to appoint George Kendall as a sworn appraiser: at a salary of 40l. per an. |
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Prefixing: said Commissioners’ presentment of said Kendall. Out
Letters (North Britain) III, p. 407. |
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Money warrant for 315l. to the King's Heralds and Pursuivants at Arms for three quarters to 1715 Lady day on their respective fees and salaries: |
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Sir Henry St. John, Principal King at Arms |
75 |
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Sir John Vanbrugh, Clarencieux King at Arms |
30 |
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Peter Le Neve, Esq., Norroy King at Arms |
30 |
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John Hesket, Esq., Lancaster Herald |
20 |
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Ch. Mawson, Esq., Chester Herald |
20 |
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Peers Mauduit, Esq., Windsor Herald |
20 |
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Samuel Stebbing, Esq., Somerset Herald |
20 |
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the executors of Lawrence Crump, Esq., York Herald |
20 |
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John Hare, Esq., Richmond Herald |
20 |
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John Gibbon, Bluemantle Pursuivant |
15 |
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Dudley Downs, Rouge Dragon Pursuivant |
15 |
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John Bound, Rouge Croix Pursuivant |
15 |
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Tho. Whitwick, Portcullis Pursuivant |
15 |
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Money Book XXIV, p. 114b. |
