F

Fabrer, Rafael, secretary coadjutor of the royal patrimony, Minorca, 153.

Faikney, Joseph, 529.

Fairbrother, George, 249, 259.

Faircross hundred, co. Berks, 348, 399.

Fairfax, Brain, a Commissioner of Customs, 446, 462.

-, Colonel, 287, 554, 567, 585, 593.

Fairweather, Thomas, 598.

Falkirk, 316.

Falmouth, 88, 306, 308.

-, Viscount. See Boscawen, Hugh.

Fanal (? Perthshire), 20.

Fane, Francis, 520.

-, Henry, appointed to overlook the books, etc. in the Treasury Office, 292, 433, 553, 573, 591, 605.

-, Thos. sixth Earl of Westmoreland, 407, 544, 557.

-, Mr., 488.

Fanshaw, John, 225.

Fareham (Portsmouth), 297.

Faringdon Without, 242, 249.

Farley, Edward, printer, 150, 228.

Farnaby, Sir Charles, Bart., Auditor of Lotteries, 24, 212, 349.

Farnham, (Surrey), 195.

Farr, Rob., 304.

Farra, Jean, 19, 187, 248.

Farren (Farraine), Thomas, 309, 310.

Farriery for royal stud, 188.

Farside, William, 305.

Farthings and halfpence, coinage of. See Coinage.

-, French, 34.

Faryer, William, 302.

Faversham, 296, 297, 301, 609.

Fawkener, William, 494.

Fawsyde, William, 610.

Fazakerly, Nicholas, 529.

Fear, Cape (North Carolina), 480.

Featherstonehaugh, George, 383.

Fecham (Fetcham), Stephen, 159, 325, 524.

Fees, Secretary of State. See Secretary of of State.

-, Sergeant-at-law. See Sergeant-at-law.

-, Treasury. See Treasury.

-, Pell, Ireland. See Pell.

Feilding, Diana, widow Wm. younger son of third Earl of Denbigh, 35.

-, George, Commissioner for the Horse to Queen Anne, 180, 235, 245, 246.

-, Wm., fifth Earl of Denbigh, 241, 266, 288, 550, 557, 583, 589, 593.

Fellingham, Joseph, 30.

Fellow moneyers of the Mint, 105, 213.

-, -, provost of, 213.

Fellows, Benjamin, 311.

-, Coulson, Sheriff of Devon, 264.

Felons, transporting of. See Forward, Jonathan; Rewards; Transporting.

Fenton, Thomas, 79.

-, William, 99, 138.

Fenwick, John, Sheriff of Northumberland, 285.

-, William, 613.

Ferguson, John, 307, 521.

Ferne, Elizabeth, 197.

-, Henry, Receiver General and Cashier of Customs, 197.

Fernhill, Thomas, 144.

Ferrers, Joseph, Commissioner of Wine Licenses, 467, 497.

Ferrier, Mr., 464.

Feu and Blench duty. See Dues

Fez, siege of, 400.

Fidler, Daniel, Inspector General of outports, Scotland, 311.

Fife, 31, 328, 329.

-, Chamberlain of, 89. See Leslie, John, Earl of Rothes.

-, Sheriff of, 31, 89.

Finch (? Anne), Countess of Winchelsea, 471.

-, Banhard, highwayman, 526.

-, Edward, Envoy Extraordinary to King of Sweden, 169, 269, 281, 293, 543, 549, 562, 572, 583, 590, 592, 595.

-, Henry, Receiver General of the Revenues in Minorca, 72, 128, 131, 132, 153, 227, 302, 380, 388, 393, 398, 406. See Minorca (Revenues).

-, John, 247.

-, Mr., Master of the Jewel Office, 9.

-, William, Envoy Extraordinary to States General, 130, 186, 234, 254, 272, 286, 439, 464, 536, 547, 564, 574, 589, 598.

Findlater and Seafield, Earl of. See Ogilvy, James.

Fines, 481.

-, and forfeitures, 363, 383, 385, 392.

-, of justiciary, 453.

-, pre and post. See Post, Pre.

Finlarig (Perthshire), 20, 340.

Finlayson, John, 609.

Fire in the Office of Surveyor General of Lands in Ireland, 50.

Firlet (measure), 14.

First fruits and tenths, 181, 480, 485.

-, -, receivers of revenue of, 467. See Turner, George.

Firth, John, 309.

-, of Clyde, 89, 380.

-, of Forth, 474.

Fish and flesh debentures. See Debentures.

-, Hy., 195.

Fisher, Bartholomew, 607.

-, Jonathan, 300.

Fishery at New York, proposed, 155.

Fisheries and improvements in Scotland, Commissioners and Trustees for, 86, 172–3, 379, 380, 383.

Fishing on wrecks. See Rowe, Capt. Jacob, and Crown rights.

Fishmeeres (Surrey), 370.

FitzGerald, John, eighteenth Earl of Kildare, 11, 30.

Fitzgerald, George, 460.

-, Henry, 11.

FitzRoy, Charles (second Duke of Grafton, Chamberlain, Master of the Game about Newmarket, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland), 18, 26, 36, 39, 51, 61, 64, 69, 70, 74, 82, 83, 90, 91, 92, 97, 101, 102, 124, 126, 129, 136, 140, 142, 143, 147, 148, 158, 175, 176, 227, 228, 231, 241, 263, 279, 284, 316, 317, 320, 333, 337, 338, 345, 346, 349, 352, 358, 360, 369, 378, 390, 401, 406, 409, 412, 454, 455, 459, 468, 469, 478, 479, 483, 492, 515, 524, 533, 545, 556, 577, 596.

-, Charles, keeper of His Majesty's tennis courts, 552, 588.

-, George, Duke of Northumberland, 602.

-, Wm., Duke of Cleveland, 602.

FitzWilliam, Miss, 102.

FitzWilliams, Richard, Surveyor General of the southern continent of America, 80, 140, 470, 471.

Flamborough Head, 165, 166.

Flanders, 76, 379.

-, war in, 162.

Flatting. See Mint.

Flax, machine for breaking and dressing by James Spalden, 87, 173, 380.

Fleet Prison, the, 56, 71, 130, 164, 193, 203, 211, 493, 538, 512.

-, condition of the prisoners in the, 77.

-, warden of. See Huggins, John, Bambridge, Mr.

-, office of warden of, 408, 409, 451, 452, 591.

-, the, in Mediterranean, 67.

Flegg, East and West, (Norfolk), hundred 501.

Fleming, Christopher, 430, 528.

-, Gilbert, a commissioner for sale of French lands in St. Christopher, 61, 108, 420, 433.

-, Jonathan, 170.

-, Joseph, Captain, 420.

-, Thomas, 574.

-, Wm., styled Baron Slane, 430–1, 528.

-, -, three daughters of, 431, 528.

Flesh debentures. See Debentures.

Fletcher, Andrew, of Milton, 13.

-, David, 308, 612.

-, John, Receiver General of Taxes, Cumberland and Westmorland, 531.

-, Robert, 300.

Fletching, Caspar, 233.

Flint, County, 532.

-, Justices of, 189, 190, 258, 298.

-, Castle, Constable of, 520.

Flints, French musket, 139, 407.

Florence, Duke of (see Ambassadors), 243, 262, 270, 293, 544, 549, 571, 582, 595.

Florins, 57.

Flotson, 159, 160. See Admiralty.

Flower, Henry, Receiver of Taxes, Wilts, 331, 405, 506, 547.

-, John Williams, 528, 616.

Foley, Thomas, Auditor of Imprests, 60, 69, 76, 81, 87, 152, 156, 186, 195, 201, 212, 222, 230, 235, 274, 326, 328, 331, 396, 410, 413, 436, 529, 551, 588.

Folkestone (Kent), 616.

Follifoot Ings (Yorkshire), 314.

Folliot, John, 424.

Folly, Richard, 305.

Fontainebleu, 241.

Foot, Samuel, 359.

-, Guards, new colours for Coldstream regiment of. See Regiments.

-, regiments of, 424. See Regiments.

Footmen attending the Members of the House of Commons, convenience for, 108, 332, 502.

-, King's. See Royal Footmen.

Forbes, Alexander, 607.

-, David, 27, 189, 196.

-, George, Viscount (afterwards Earl) of Granard, Captain General and Governor-in-Chief of the Leeward Carribbee Islands, 542.

-, Roderick, 611.

-, Thomas, of Echt, 126, 164, 165.

-, William, 13th Lord Forbes of Forbes, 289, 551, 601.

Forces. See Army.

Ford, Edward, 228.

Fordyce, Rev. John, 565.

-, Mr., agent to York Buildings Company, 488.

Foreign estreats, clerk of. See Estreats.

-, messengers. See Le Connu and Messengers.

-, Ministers, 117, 388. See Ambassadors.

-, apposer in Exchequer, 568. See Masham, F. C.

Forehoe, hundred (Norfolk), 501.

Foreland, North and South, lighthouses of, 4, 5, 52, 67.

Forest, John, 295.

Forester, Alexander, royal bounty to, 163.

Forests. See Alice Holt, Woolmer, Sherwood, Wychwood, Shotover, Stowood.

-, New England, destruction of. See America, New England.

Forfeited estates in England. See York Buildings Company, 134, 288, 587.

-, -, Commissioners and Trustees for, 134. See Bond Mr., Cunningham —, Haldane Peter, Ingram Arthur, Munro Mr.

-, -, Keeper of Records concerning. See Turbill, George.

-, -, Scotland, 415, 431; Commissioners for, 73, 98, 106, 109, 171, 329, 337, 340, 360, 361, 374, 486–8.

Forfeitures and fines accounts, 383, 385.

-, Ireland, registrar of, 503.

-, King's share of, 17.

-, under Act of Navigation, 80. See Navigation.

Forgan, Stephen, 510.

Forged certificate, 511.

Forres, sheriffdom of (Elginshire), 400.

Forrester, Alexander, royal bounty to, 163, 234, 286.

-, Edmund, 611, 612.

Forsyth, William, 299.

Fort Augustus (Inverness), 177.

-, George (Inverness), 177.

-, St. Ann, in Minorca, 227.

-, William, 297.

Fortescue, Hugh Lord Clinton, 240, 260, 272, 282.

Forward, Edward, 600.

-, Jonathan, 258, 284, 352, 353, 472, 478, 556, 602. See Felons.

Foster, William, 619.

Fotherby, John, 249.

Fouch, James, 144.

Founders, trade and mystery, 417.

Fountaine, Sir Andrew, Warden of the Mint, 195, 299, 512; report of, 130.

Four-and-a-half per cent. duty. See Barbados.

Four per cent. duty. See Barbados.

Fowey (Cornwall), 305.

Fowkes, George, 298.

Fowle, John, a Commissioner of Excise, England, 303, 474, 492, 530.

Fowler, Abraham, 389, 391.

-, William, 299.

Fox hounds and harriers, His Majesty's. See Royal.

Fox, Edward, 309.

-, Sir Stephen, 422, 425.

-, Thomas, 304.

-, William Erdman, collector of Customs, Philadelphia, 72, 210, 480.

Foyer (Ardtalnaig, Perthshire), 20, 322.

France (see French), 200, 231, 286, 294, 328, 362, 368, 420, 440, 442, 447, 448, 449, 451, 492, 521, 537, 542, 563, 582.

-, (Most Christian King), Ambassador from, 203, 440. See Ambassadors.

-, -, to, 96, 243, 255, 281, 286, 294, 542, 544, 564, 569, 576, 581, 590, 591, 602, 606. See Ambassadors.

-, representation to, by English ministers concerning smuggling, 114.

-, musket flints bought in, 139, 200.

Franckline, Geo., 573.

Frankland, Sir Thos., a Commissioner of Trade, 544, 558.

Franklin, Edward, 512.

Franklyn, Geo., 616.

Franks, Isaac, 611.

-, Mansel, 478.

Fraser, Simon, Lord Lovat, 289, 551, 585.

Frauds committed in East India ships, 482.

-, in Customs, 6, 131, 132, 185, 189, 198, 204, 216, 219, 331, 342, 343, 344, 482. See Smuggling, Tobacco trade.

-, -, Scotland, 189, 474–5.

-, at the Custom House, 216.

-, in the Excise, 436.

-, in the revenues, 160, 161, 162. See A.B.C.

-, in the wardrobe, 234, 237.

-, of clerks, 368, 373.

-, of receivers of land tax, 191, 192. See defaulting.

Fraudulent import and export trade with Ireland, 427, 432–4.

Frazer, Daniel, 611.

-, Frederick, 301.

Frecker, Mark, 13, 314, 324, 364, 447, 449, 451, 506.

Frederick, Prince of Wales. See Prince of Wales.

Freebridge, citra Lynn hundred, co. Norfolk, 501.

-, Marshland hundred, co. Norfolk, 501.

“Free Briton,” the, 356, 416, 466.

Free cocquet, 525.

Freke, Philip, 183.

-, Thomas, 219.

-, -, and Company of Bristol, 351.

-, William, 191, 194, 507, 508.

French. (See France), and English coin, value of, 33.

-, farthings, 34. See Farthings.

-, fort, St. Christopher, 420.

-, gentlewomen at Hague, Society of, royal bounty to, 19, 187, 248, 356, 560.

-, lands in Nevis, sale of. See Nevis.

-, lands in St. Christopher, sale of. See St. Christopher.

-, liards. See Liards.

-, ministers in the Savoy, 552.

-, pensioners. See French Protestants.

-, plantations, 355.

-, Protestants' chapel in Swallow Street, 128.

-, -, refugees, royal bounty to, 4, 111, 171, 242, 317, 324, 406, 500, 542, 576.

-, -, -, Paymaster of. See Blagny Jacob de la Motte.

-, refugees in Jersey, 34.

-, smugglers, 94, 96, 114, 140, 141, 165, 362, 440, 442, 447, 448, 449. See Smugglers.

-, snows, 165.

-, vessels, 94.

-, wines, 383, 526.

Frewin, Francis, 611.

Frombter, John, 514.

Frowling, Mrs., 455.

Fruit, 191.

Fryer, John, 298, 307.

Fuge, Josias, 610.

Fulham, 342.

-, road leading to, 104, 110, 123, 126, 151, 161, 270, 285, 474, 514, 561, 601.

Fuller's earth in Scotland, 336.

Fulton, John, Rev., 350, 557.

-, Wm., 619.

Fund, Aggregate. See Aggregate.

-, General Yearly. See General.

-, of 35,000l. per annum granted for Civil List lottery (1713), 109, 110, 169.

-, East India Company. See East India Company.

Furnese, Henry, 54, 90, 152.

Furness Monastery, 158, 161, 234, 541.

Furniture for “Carolina” yacht, 39.

-, “Catherine” yacht, 91.

-, Council Chamber, 176.

-, Hampton Court, 101, 102, 140.

-, His Majesty's Chapel, Jamaica, 316, 317.

-, -, south Carolina, 337–8.

-, Removing Wardrobe, 317.

-, House of Commons, 142.

-, House of Peers, 148.

-, Kensington, 83, 101, 102, 140, 175, 345, 346.

-, Kew, 455.

-, King's bed, 390.

-, Prince of Wales's Council Chamber at Somerset House, 349, 390.

-, Richmond, 455.

-, Royal Chapel, Bahamas, 61.

-, -, -, New England, 352, 358.

-, -, -, St. James's, 483.

-, -, yacht, 101.

-, St. James, 36, 37, 64, 101, 136, 140, 175, 189, 345, 346, 442, 455, 468, 469, 478, 479, 483.

-, Somerset House, 478–9.

-, Whitehall palace, 479.

-, Windsor castle, 454, 455, 469, 478–9.

Fusiliers, regiment of, 81. See Regiments.

Fustic wood, 226.

Fyfe, Rev. William, 277.