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| Sept. 1. |
Money warrants for 1715 June 24 quarter on [pensions or] annuities as follows: out of Civil List moneys: viz.
300l. to Charles, Marquess of Tweeddale, on 1,200l. per an.
200l. to Patrick, Earl of Marchmont, on 800l. per an.
200l. to Henry, Earl of Deloraine, on 800l. per an.
200l. to John, Earl of Sutherland, on 800l. per an.
200l. to David, Earl of Buchan, on 800l. per an.
200l. to James, Earl of Bute, on 800l. per an.
100l. to John Haldane on 400l. per an.
100l. to Charles Erskine on 400l. per an.
100l. to Thomas Kennedy on 400l. per an. |
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(Money orders dated Sept. 5 hereon.) Ibid., p. 111. Order Book IX, p. 121. |
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Same for 73l. 1s. 4d. to Michael Studholme, Keeper of his Majesty's
Roads and Guide of his royal person in all his Progresses; 27l. 8s. 0d. thereof for three quarters to 1715 Lady day on his patent fee of 2s. a day and the remaining 45l. 13s. 4d. from same time on his 3s. 4d. a day for travelling charges, upon a certificate of the Lord Chamberlain. (Money order dated Sept. 1 for said 45l. 13s. 4d. hereon [his patent fee being paid by debenture].) Money Book XXIV, p. 10. Order
Book IX, p. 117. |
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Same for 1715 June 24 quarter on [pensions or] annuities as follows:
out of Civil List moneys: viz.
50l. to William, Earl of Kilmarnock, on 200l. per an.
75l. to George, Earl of Dunbarton, on 300l. per an.
50l. to John, Earl of Cromartie, on 200l. per an.
50l. to John, Lord Forbes, on 200l. per an.
25l. to John, Lord Elphinston, on 100l. per an.
50l. to Patrick, Lord Oliphant, on 200l. per an.
25l. to Allan, Lord Cathcart, on 100l. per an.
50l. to John, Lord Bellenden, on 200l. per an.
25l. to George, Lord Fraser, on 100l. per an.
50l. to Alexander, Lord Elibank, on 200l. per an.
25l. to David, Lord Lindores, on 100l. per an.
50l. to George, Lord Forester, on 200l. per an.
50l. to George, Lord Rea, on 200l. per an.
50l. to James, Lord Torpichen, on 200l. per an.
50l. to John, Lord Napier, on 200l. per an.
25l. to William Maxwell on 100l. per an.
25l. to Capt. John Campbell on 100l. per an.
25l. to Major— Aikman on 100l. per an. |
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(Money orders dated Sept. 12 hereon.) Money Book XXIV, p. 112. Order Book IX, pp. 125–6. |
| Sept. 1. |
Same for 127l. 9s. 2d. to Robert Weaver: without account: for the overpayment in his account as Sheriff of Co. Hereford for the year ending 1713 Sept. 29: said overpayment arising by his payment of rewards to Richard Powell and others for apprehending Edward
Holder for breaking open the house of said Powell. |
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Prefixing: certificate by Francis Neale, Deputy Clerk of the Pipe, of said surplusage. (Money order dated Sept. 5 hereon.) (Letter of direction dated Sept. 9 hereon.) Money Book XXIV, p. 113. Order Book IX, p. 121. Disposition Book XXIII, p. 93. |
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Same for 115l. 3s. 0d. to Philip Jackson for same as Sheriff of Co. Hereford for the year ended 1714 Sept. 29: the same arising by payments of rewards to William Pyfinch for apprehending William
Banister and others for burglary. |
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Prefixing: certificate, ut supra. (Money order dated Sept. 5
hereon.) Money Book XXIV, pp. 113–14. Order Book IX, p. 121. |
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Same dormant for 20l. per an. to Thomas Huxley for his fee or salary as Clerk of the Nichills. Money Book XXIV, p. 114. |
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Same for 730l. 10s. 8½d. to Thomas, Earl of Strafford, Farmer of the Post Fines: for so much of the said fines answered to the Crown direct by the sheriffs for the year ended at Michaelmas
1714 over and above the rent of 2,276l. due for the said year [from the said farmer, which rent had been similarly answered direct to the Crown]: by reason that the said excess cannot be repaid to the said farmer by the said Sheriffs as usual because of the great payments by them made for apprehending highwaymen &c. |
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Prefixing: certificate by Francis Neale, Deputy Clerk of the Crown, of the several excess moneys so answered direct to the Crown by the Sheriffs, detailed, for which no former or other allowance has been made to the said farmer. (Money order dated Sept. 10 hereon.)
Ibid., p. 118. Order Book IX, p. 127. |
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Same for 208l. 10s. 8d. to Robert Love, Esq., for an overpayment on his account as Sheriff of Co. Southampton for the year ended
29 Sept. [1714]: the said overpayment arising by his payments of rewards for apprehending a highwayman, a coiner and a housebreaker and other disbursements. (Money order dated Sept. 7 hereon.)
Money Book XXIV, p. 41. Order Book IX, p. 120. |
| Sept. 1. |
Treasury reference to the Taxes Commissioners of the petition of Samuel Clarke, Esq., late Receiver General for Taxes for Co. Hereford, praying payment of 347l. 13s. 4d. for his extraordinary charges in returning to the Exchequer his receipts, to the amount of 33,385l. 15s. 6½d. Reference Book IX, p. 250. |
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Same to Hugh Cholmley, Surveyor General of Crown Lands, of the petition of John, Lord Somers, for a lease for three lives of the manors of Cookham and Bray in the name of Edward Heyman, “the petitioner having already purchased from the surviving Trustees for
Sale of Fee Farms of the Crown two fee farms issuing out of the said manors, to wit out of Cookham a fee farm rent of 67l. 18s. 0¼d. and one of 67l. 5s. 6¼d. out of the manor of Bray; petitioner alleging that the greatest benefit which he shall receive from the grant of the said manors will be to enable him the better to receive the said fee farm rents. Ibid., p. 251. |
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Treasury subscription for the execution of a warrant dated July 29
last by the Duke of Bolton, Lord Chamberlain of the Household, to the Duke of Montagu, Master of the Great Wardrobe, for the delivery to the Serjeant of the Chapel for the use of his Majesty's
Chapel at St. James's of Bibles and Common Prayer Books, detailed, viz. one each for the Dean; one each for the Sub Dean; 18 for the
Lords [of the Council]; six for the Officers of the Greencloth; 34
for the Gentlemen of the Chapel; 10 for the Children of the Chapel;
12 for the Ladies [of the Bedchamber and Household]; one for the
Confessor; fine Holland for two surplices for the Dean; two surplices for the Sub Dean; 60 surplices for the Gentlemen of the Chapel;
12 surplices for the ministers; 36 surplices for the Children of the
Chapel: 20 ells of fine diaper for the Communion Table: two large trunks to carry the surplices and books upon the removal of the
Court: to an estimate of 557l. Warrants not Relating to Money
XXIII, p. 203. |
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Treasury warrant to the Clerk of the Pipe for a lease to Edmund
Barstow of the grange, tenement or hereditament called Woodhouse
Grange in Woodhouse, Co. Yorks, sometime parcel of the late Priory of Kirkham, which by indenture dated 1699–1700 March 4 was demised to Thomas Beckwith of Lamb Hill, Co. Yorks, by the Master and
Perpetual Chaplains of the Hospital of the Savoy. |
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Prefixing: particular and memorandum of the premises by Auditor
Thomas Jett and ratal thereof by Hugh Cholmley, Surveyor General of Crown Lands. |
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Followed by: undated entry of the Treasury Lords’ signature of the docquet of this lease. Ibid., pp. 206–9. |
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Same to the King's Remembrancer to supersede process against
George Ridpath, Grey Nevill and Walter Stewart on the penalties of their recognizances estreated into the Exchequer Court by the said Ridpath's not rendering himself on certain informations exhibited against him in the reign of the late Queen [Anne] as being the author and publisher of certain papers called the ‘Flying Post’ and
’Medley.’ Ibid., p. 212. |
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Same to the Clerk of the Pipe for a lease to William Strickland of a cottage in the Market Sted in New Malton, Co. Yorks, late in the
tenure of John Fletcher; and a tenement there late in the tenure of Cuthbert Welbanck (being premises given for the service of a
Chaplain in the Chapel of St. Michael of New Malton); and of a tenement in Malton, Co. Yorks, late in the tenure of Christopher Baland;
and a tenement there late in the tenure of Richard Wardell: all which premises were demised 11 June 1661 to Michael Moyser. In the margin: a later Treasury confirmation dated 1715 Nov. 9 hereof. |
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Prefixing: particular and memorandum of the premises by Auditor
Thomas Jett and ratal thereof by the Surveyor General of Crown
Lands. |
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Followed by: undated entry of the signature by Sir Robert Walpole
et al., Treasury Lords, of the docquet of this lease, which is to be to the said William Strickland for the lives of him, Charles Cartwright and Henry Prince. Ibid., pp. 213–15, 233. |
| Sept. 1. |
Same to same for a lease to John Welby and William Welby of seven oxgangs of land in the tenure of William Welby in Denton, Co. Lincoln; and a cottage in the tenure of John Wilson in Denton;
and a cottage and croft in Gonerby, Co. Lincoln, late in the tenure of Richard Ayscough and now of John Goodbourne; a ditto there late in the tenure of William Roberts and now of Richard Roberts;
and the free rent of 2s. 6d. per an. payable by Richard Thompson and the service thereof; and the free rent of 13s. 4d. and the service thereof heretofore payable by John Trevis, now or late in the possession of William Quintie, tenant to John Thorole, Esq.; and [? the free rent of] 1s. issuing out of a close late in the possession of Richard
Charles in Gonerby; and a croft of land, being the sixth part of a rood of ground in the tenure of William Linn, lying in Muston, Co. Leicester; and the free rent of 1s. 5½d. per an. called Castleward Rent and the service thereof, going out of certain lands in Allington, Co. Lincoln: being all parcel of the possessions of the late Monastery of Newbo, Co. Lincoln; and all that Seigniory or Lordship of Angey
Fee in the parish of Spalding, Co. Lincoln, heretofore in the tenure of John Oldfield, and late in that of Sir Anthony Oldfield, bart., and now in that of William Welby, and parcel of the late Monastery of Sion, Co. Midd.; and all the lands, tenements, rents, reversions, services, wards, marriages, reliefs, escheats and other hereditaments appertaining to the said Lordship or Seigniory and Fee; and all those two messuages and two tenements in Southerie in the parish of Bardney, Co. Lincoln, heretofore in the several tenures of Robert
Browne, Francis Kitchin, Thomas Forman, Robert Hockin and
Edward Hutchinson, and now in the tenures of Matthew Kitchen, William Knowles, Joseph Knowles, guardian to William Knowles, an infant; and all lands in Southerie aforesaid now or late in the tenure of William Knowles and Edward Hutchinson, being 59 acres arable and 75 acres meadow, and late parcel of the possessions of the late monastery of Bullington: all which premises were demised to William Welby of Denton, Co. Lincoln, by indenture of the Master and Perpetual Chaplains of the Hospital of the Savoy, dated 1697
Dec. 30 for the lives of Edward Price of Churchstoke, Co. Lincoln, then aged 38, Thomas Parker of Kibworth, Co. Leicester, then aged
23, and John Lyne, son of John Lyne of Denton, yeoman, then aged 7. |
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Prefixing: particular and memorandum of the premises by Auditor
Thomas Jett and ratal thereof by the Surveyor General of Crown
Lands. Ibid., pp. 216–20. |
| Sept. 1. |
The Treasury Lords to the Lords Justices of Ireland to report on the enclosed petition [missing] of Charles Jervas praying to be discharged from a demand of quitrent on certain lands belonging to him which he alleges are not in any manner liable to pay the same. Out Letters (Ireland) X, p. 20. |
| Sept. 1, 2, 7, 19, 23. |
Treasury reference to the Commissioners for Taxes of the petitions of the following persons to be appointed Receivers General of the
Duties on Houses for the respective counties, detailed; and in each case proposing their securities, detailed: viz.
John Cowper for Cos. Northampton and Rutland (Sept. 2).
William Jeay and William Dowse for Co. Huntingdon.
William Newsham for Co. Warwick.
Langley Banks for part of Co. Lincoln (Sept. 7).
John Shermer for Co. Berks (Sept. 1).
James Marten for part of Co. Surrey (Sept. 19).
John Harneis for part of Co. Lincoln (Sept. 23).
Henry Flower and Richard Lanham for [separate] parts of
Co. Wilts.
Richard Hampton for Co. Anglesea &c. (Sept. 28). |
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Out Letters (Affairs of Taxes) II, p. 151. |
| Sept. 1. |
Treasury warrant to the King's Remembrancer to take the securities, of Sir William Fazakerley in 22,000l. as Receiver General of the Duties on Houses for London [and Westminster]. Ibid., p. 143. |
| Sept. 2. |
Letter of direction for 10,000l. to John Aislabie, Treasurer of the
Navy: out of loans remaining in the Exchequer on the Duties on
Malt anno 1715: and is intended to be applied to the payment of wages to ships ordered to be laid up. Disposition Book XXIII, p. 91. |
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J. Taylour to the Treasurer of the Navy. The Treasury Lords direct that the 20,879l. 13s. 5¾d. remaining in your hands as the residue of 37,960l. 13s. 5¾d. which you received from Charles Cæsar, late
Treasurer of the Navy, be applied to the payment of wages to ships ordered to be laid up. Ibid., p. 92. |
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Letter of direction for 4,350l. 18s. 0d. to Robert Walpole, Paymaster General of the Forces: out of loans on Malt anno 1715: and is in further part of 265,754l. 7s. 6d. voted for the pay and levy money of additional Forces anno 1715: and is to be applied to the pay of the said Forces on account. Ibid. |
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Jo. Taylour to the Excise Commissioners enclosing an affidavit
[missing] made by Margaret Shenton against Lewis Lewis, an Excise officer at Wem, Co. Salop, concerning his behaviour there on Aug. 1. last. Out Letters (General) XXI, p. 407. |
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Treasury subscription for the execution of a warrant dated 1715
April 30 by the Duke of Shrewsbury, Lord Chamberlain of the Household, to Lord Guernsey, Master of the Jewel Office, for the delivery to Thomas Coke, Esq., Vice Chamberlain of the Household, of 100
ounces of gilt plate as a gift from the King at the christening of his child: to an estimate of 50l. Warrants not Relating to Money XXIII, p. 221. |
| Sept. 2. |
Same for a same dated 1715 Aug. 9. from the Duke of Bolton, Lord
Chamberlain of the Household, to Lord Guernsey to deliver 160
ounces of gilt plate to the Marquess of Lindsey as a gift from the
King at the christening of his child: to an estimate of 80l. Ibid. |
| Sept. 3. |
Royal warrant dated St. James's to Charles, Lord Cornwallis, and
James Craggs, Postmaster General, to give allowance to George Bugby, Postmaster at Lincoln, and Frances his wife of 121l. 12s. 1d. in their account, on condition of their paying 50l., being the remainder of their debt of 171l. 12s. 1d. to the Crown: the said Postmasters General having reported on the petition of the said George and Frances and having therein proposed to allow 13l. a year for work added to that
[Post] stage and 18 pence a week for two years for keeping a foot-post between Lincoln and Wragby: which allowances (after crediting them with all the money received upon the extent taken out against them) leaves the said arrear of 171l. 12s. 1d., of which the Postmasters
General advise the remission of 121l. 12s. 1d. in view of the meanness of the petitioners’ circumstances and the little hope of recovering any part of the arrear. King's Warrant Book XXVII, p. 126. |
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Money warrant for 150l. to Frances Wyndham, daughter of Dame
Anne Wyndham, for three quarters to 1715 Lady day on her pension. Money Book XXIV, p. 115. |
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Same for 1,372l. to Charles, Duke of St. Albans, for one year to
1715 June 24 on his several fees and allowances of 182l. 10s. 0d. per an., 30l. per lunary month and 800l. per an. as Master of the Hawks. Ibid. |
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Same for 728l. to John, Earl of Stair, for three months April 15
last to July 15 last on his ordinary of 5l. a day as Envoy Extraordinary and 3l. a day as Plenipotentiary to the Court of France. (Money order dated Sept. 8 hereon.) Ibid., p. 117. Order Book IX, p. 122. |
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Same for 592l. 1s. 0d. to same for one bill of extraordinaries April 15
last to July 15 last on his said service. |
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Appending: said bill dated Paris 24 Aug., new style, 1715: |
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£ |
s. |
d. |
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for pens, ink, paper and other stationery ware |
50 |
0 |
0 |
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for news papers, Intelligence &c. |
25 |
0 |
0 |
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postage of letters as well from England as foreign parts |
75 |
0 |
0 |
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given in gratuities to the [English] King's messengers and other servants and to distressed subjects of Great Britain passing this way |
10 |
0 |
0 |
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[expenses] in my journey and lodging at Versailles for six weeks at 8l. per week |
48 |
0 |
0 |
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for presents and money given for secret services |
200 |
0 |
0 |
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postage of letters from Vienna, Majorca and other places in Spain &c. during the negotiation of Majorca, [to wit] for five mon[ths], the letters from Monsieur de Seria and other gentlemen, sent from Vienna, having all come under my
[postal] cover |
100 |
0 |
0 |
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June 7: paid a courier to Frankfort and back again with an account of the rupture of that affair: 40 Louis d'ors |
41 |
0 |
0 |
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June 25: paid an express to Calais and back again 15 Louis d'ors |
15 |
7 |
6 |
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Aug. 6: paid Mr. Gorden when he was sent express to London 15 Louis d'ors |
15 |
7 |
6 |
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Aug. 20: paid Mr. Payn when he was sent express to London 12 Louis d'ors |
12 |
6 |
0 |
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£592 |
1 |
0 |
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Together with: Secretary James Stanhope's allowance hereof dated Whitehall 20 Aug. 1715: “I allow this bill by his Majesty's special command.” |
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(Money order dated Sept. 8 hereon.) Money Book XXIV, p. 120. Order Book IX, p. 122. |
| Sept. 3. |
Letter of direction for 500l. to James, Earl of Carnarvon, late
Paymaster General of the Forces Abroad: out of loans remaining in the Exchequer on Malt anno 1715 and is intended to be paid over to Don Joseph de Cunha Brochado, the Portuguese Minister, in part of the Subsidy due to the King of Portugal: and is to be taken as part of the 250,000l. granted by Parliament towards satisfying the debt due for Subsidies [to Allies] and arrears upon account of the
Land Forces. Disposition Book XXIII, p. 92. |
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Jo. Taylour to the Customs Commissioners to send an officer to seal the goods of George Bubb, Envoy Extraordinary to the King of Spain, in order to their being sent over to him. They are in Mr. Dodington's lodgings at the Admiralty Office near Whitehall. Out
Letters (General) XXI, p. 407. |
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Treasury reference to the Taxes Commissioners of the petition of William Pulline, Surveyor of the Duties on Houses for the town of Newcastle, the county of Northumberland and “isle and shire and the town of Berwick” shewing that before he was employed in that district there were two officers employed therein at 50l. per an. each and that his salary is but 60l. per an.; that he has detected many abominable abuses and is at vast charge in riding so large a district, being obliged to keep two horses, so that most part of his salary is sunk in travelling charges, and that he is not able to do this business without the help of his son. Reference Book IX, p. 250. |
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Treasury warrant to the Surveyor General of Crown Lands for a particular of the passage over the river of Thames called Richmond
Ferry and the profits and advantages thereto belonging, in order to a further lease thereof to Katherine Windham. |
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Prefixing: said Surveyor General's report on said Katherine
Windham's petition for same. The premises were granted 1689
Oct. 12 to Lady Mary Ashe for 28 years from the death of Katherine, late Queen Dowager, under the yearly rent of 3l. 13s. 4d.; which term expires in Jan. 1733–4. I have made inquiry into the value of the said ferry and find the same not to be worth 10l. per an. Warrants not Relating to Money XXIII, p. 226. |
| Sept. 3, 14, 23. |
Treasury commission to Thomas Charlewood to be Surveyor of the Duties on Houses loco Christopher Courteville, dismissed. (Dormant Treasury warrant dated Sept. 3 to the Receiver General of said Duties for Co. Surrey to pay him 50l. per an. salary from date hereof.) |
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to Christopher Crapp to be same loco Richard Hutchins. (The like dormant warrant to the like Receiver General for Co. Somerset for the like salary.) |
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to William Vesey to be same loco William Osborne (Sept. 14). (The like warrant dated Sept. 15 to the like Receiver General for Co. Southampton to pay him the salary of 80l. per an.) |
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to John Machell to be same loco Thomas Lamb (Sept. 23). (The like warrant dated Sept. 23 to the like Receiver General for Co. Westmorland to pay him 45l. per an. salary.) Out Letters (Affairs of Taxes)
II, pp. 162, 165, 170. |
| Sept. 5. |
Royal sign manual for 990l. 8s. 7d. to Thomas Thomson, Esq., whereof 487l. 8s. 3d. is to be by him laid out in paying for several things which the King has ordered him to buy and are intended as a present from his Majesty to the Dey of Algier; and 472l. 1s. 4d. for a present likewise to the Bey of Tripoly: and the remaining
30l. 19s. 0d. for [Exchequer] fees on the receipt of said money. (Money warrant dated Sept. 9 hereon.) (Money order dated Sept. 9
hereon.) |
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Appending: bill of account of the sundry things provided by order of the Treasury Lords for said presents: |
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£ |
s. |
d. |
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For the Dey of Algier.
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one diamond ring |
110 |
0 |
0 |
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one bale of superfine cloth of 11 half pieces of several colours containing 258¾ yards with dressing, dyeing, pressing and tillotting cost |
184 |
3 |
3 |
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one table Repeating Clock |
28 |
0 |
0 |
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two gold striking watches at 36l. each |
72 |
0 |
0 |
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four silver watches at 8l. each |
32 |
0 |
0 |
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six telescopes and six small Perspectives |
28 |
15 |
0 |
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three pair of fine pistols at 5l. 10s. 0d. per pair |
16 |
10 |
0 |
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three gilded gun barrels at 3l. each |
9 |
0 |
0 |
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my own expenses in providing this present (signed Thomas Thomson Aug. 25) |
7 |
0 |
0 |
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£487 |
8 |
3 |
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Ditto for the Bey of Tripoli. |
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one bale of superfine cloth of 10 halfpieces of several colours containing 168¼ yards with dressing &c. as above |
135 |
1 |
4 |
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brocade for three vests, being 27 yards at
5l. 10s. 0d. per yard |
148 |
10 |
0 |
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one gold striking watch |
36 |
0 |
0 |
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two silver watches at 8l. each |
16 |
0 |
0 |
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40 barrels of powder at 3l. 2s. 6d. per barrel |
125 |
0 |
0 |
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Customs on the powder at 2s. per barrel |
4 |
0 |
0 |
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cartage, shipping charges and a close lighter to carry the powder |
2 |
10 |
0 |
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my own expenses in providing this present: signed Thomas Thomson 3 Sept. |
5 |
0 |
0 |
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£472 |
1 |
4 |
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King's Warrant Book XXVII, p. 127. Order Book IX, p. 122. |
| Sept. 5. |
Royal sign manual for 130l. to Doctor Don Sanches, Assessor of
Minorca and one of the Deputies from that Island: out of Civil List moneys: whereof 100l. is to defray the charge of his passage to
Minorca, whither he is about to return; and the remaining 30l. is to provide himself with such a medal as he shall judge most proper. (Money warrant dated Sept. 12 hereon.) (Money order dated Sept. 13
hereon.) King's Warrant Book XXVII, p. 12b. Order Book IX, p. 36. |
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Same for 500l. to Thomas Lowther, gent.: without account: out of Civil List moneys: “the same being by him to be applied and paid to such uses as we have directed.” (Money warrant dated Sept. 8
hereon.) (Money order dated Sept. 13 hereon.) King's Warrant
Book XXVII, p. 12b. Order Book IX, p. 128. |
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Same for 65l. to George Dumaresque, Lieutenant Governor of the
Isle of Jersey: out of Civil List moneys: for so much “expended by him for our service and pursuant to our direction.” (Money warrant dated Sept. 9 hereon.) (Money order dated Sept. 10 hereon.) King's
Warrant Book XXVII, p. 128. Order Book IX, p. 124. |
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Same for 100l. to Lieut. Col. John Husk: out of Civil List money:
without account: to defray the charges of his journey to and from
Paris for his Majesty's particular service. (Money warrant dated
Sept. 9 hereon.) (Money order dated Sept. 10 hereon.) King's
Warrant Book XXVII, p. 128. Order Book IX, p. 125. |
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Treasury warrant dormant [to the Customs Cashier] to pay the fee or salary of 8l. 3s. 4d. per an. to Gabriel Harris, as Searcher of Gloucester port. Money Book XXIV, p. 42. |
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Money warrant for 1,500l. to William Smyth, Paymaster of the
Band of Gentlemen Pensioners: for 1715 June 24 quarter for the wages and board wages of said Band. (Money order dated Sept. 8
hereon.) Ibid., p. 119. Order Book IX, p. 124. |
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Same for 500l. to Hugh, Earl of Loudoun, for 1715 June 24 quarter on his annuity or yearly pension. Money Book XXIV, p. 116. |
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Letter of direction for 181l. 5s. 2d. to Charles Dartiquenave, Paymaster of the Works: out of Civil List moneys: and is to be paid over to Henry Wise, 161l. 5s. 2d. thereof for keeping the Gardens at the Garden House at Windsor with the greenhouse and plants belonging thereto as heretofore agreed to be kept by Richard Watts, to wit from 1 Aug. 1714 to 24 June 1715 at the rate of 180l. per an.:
and the remaining 20l. for keeping, sweeping and shelling the Mall
in St. James's Park for 146 days &c., ut supra, pp. 708–9. Disposition
Book XXIII, p. 93. |
| Sept. 5. |
Treasury reference to the Customs Commissioners of the petition of Henry Martin, Esq., Inspector General of Exports and Imports, praying allowance of 25l. each for half a year to nine clerks which he has been obliged to employ (beyond the constant clerks in his office)
in pursuance of an order from the Commissioners of Trade and Plantations “and to be allowed the same proportion for as many clerks as the Commissioners of Customs shall think fit for the performance of the said order.” Reference Book IX, p. 251. |
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Same to the Surveyor General [of Crown Lands] of the petition of Thomas Graham for extension of lease of two houses on the south side of Pall Mall in which he has purchased the interest of the late
Lord Dover. Ibid. |
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Same to same of the petition of Daniel Malthus for extension of lease of two houses on the north side of Pall Mall, in which he has similarly purchased the interest of the said Lord Dover. Ibid. |
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Same to same of the petition of Ambrose Dickins for extension of lease of six houses on the south side of Pall Mall in which he has similarly purchased the interest of the said Lord Dover. Ibid. |
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Treasury subscription for the execution of works to an estimate of 201l. 10s. 10d. from the Board of Works, viz. for paving the street by the Mews Gate, and cleansing and repairing the road over against
Devonshire House. Warrants not Relating to Money XXIII, p. 37. |
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Same for same of works as follows as by the Lord Chamberlain's letter dated June 15 last and to an estimate of 660l., viz. “Edmund
Dunch, Esq., Master of the Household of his Majesty, his lodgings at Whitehall to be fitted up.” Ibid. |
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Royal warrant dated St. James's to the Writer to the Privy Seal of Scotland for a privy seal (under the said privy seal of Scotland)
for a pension of 200l. per an. to William Mure, junr., of Caldwell, advocate, his heirs and assigns, at [as from] 1713 Whitsunday; to be payable out of the first and readiest of our Few Duties, Blanch
Duties and other rents, duties, customs and casualties whatsoever as well not named as named whether consisting in beer, meal, oats and other grains, silver, rent and duty or otherways due and payable to us as Superior of the Earldom of Ross and Lordship of Ardm anno ck and others thereto belonging lying within the sheriffdoms of Ross and Cromarty: and George Mackenzie of Inscultor, late collector
[of the premises, and all other] the King's Chamberlains, Collectors &c. of the said Earldom and Lordship are hereby readily to answer and pay the said pension. If the said rents &c. shall happen to be paid into the Exchequer the same are hereby to be paid out to the said
Mure. Out Letters (North Britain) III, p. 413. |
