S.

Salt, damaged, allowance on, 340, 481.

duties, on, Acts for (7–8 Wm. III, e. 31), 224, 238, 309;

(9 Wm. III, c. 44), 457.

Additional, arrears, receipts from for distribution to Deficient Funds, 74, 104, 198.

collected by Customs collectors, surveyors and waiters, allowance of 6d. in the £ for, 113.

collection of, stay of process against, 86.

collectors of, allowance by, 340, 481;

petition of, 323;

to exchange Exchequer Bills, 36.

Commissioners of, 11, 36, 86, 87, 109, 113, 148, 156, 164, 189, 196, 252, 323, 332, 340, 352, 361, 362, 443, 452, 453, 468, 481, 519.

accounts, 396.

cash and accounts delivered to the auditors, 219.

caveat against the payment of a Victualling Office warrant, 113, 148.

Comptroller of (T. Broderick), clerks to, salaries, 109, 156, 189;

salary of, 189.

debentures, 87.

fund for the East India Companies out of, 443, 452.

in Scotland, management of, 311.

Office, incidents bills, 98, 177, 239, 357;

proceeds of a prize ship and effects paid into, 347;

salary bills, 57, 144, 224, 335, 457.

officers, assessments, payment of, 468;

to accept and exchange Exchequer Bills, 332.

person to be employed in (A. Anderson), 252.

receipts from, for distribution to Deficient Funds, 74, 104, 134, 150, 174, 198, 224, 238, 274, 309, 348, 398, 424, 447. 469, 497, 522.

surveyor of (R. Bell), surety bond, 361.

for the Newfoundland fishery, 519–20.

foul, imported, allowance of duty on, 323.

French, imported, fine set on, 196.

from Oporto, 519.

imported to Ireland from England, 459.

laded at Rotterdam, 319.

rock, prosecution for curing flesh with, 164.

Saltpetre. See Ordnance.

Salvage money. See Admiralty—Droits.

Sarcenet, white, for lining, 400.

Satin bedding, for the Queen, 104.

Schoolmasters, for Barbados, etc., passage money to, 164, 212, 232, 267, 469;

perpetuity to, 166.

Sconces, 104, 125, 167, 501.

Seals, signets, stamps and arms, Chief Graver of (J. Roos), quarterly payment to, 63, 166, 377, 421, 507. See also Treaties—silver.

Seamen, taken by the French, 334. See also Merchants;

Navy.

Secret Service, issues for, 2, 4, 8, 10, 23, 27, 28, 43, 47, 52, 68, 79, 87, 108, 111, 118, 132, 135, 146, 167, 169, 185, 194, 198, 215, 240, 245, 345, 356, 392, 397. 426, 435, 443, 489, 495, 500, 501, 515.

money, payment out of. 43.

Secretaries of State (R. Harley, Sir C. Hedges, Earl of Sunderland), 8, 38, 55, 59, S7, 98, 104, 108, 117, 126, 132, 136, 152, 157, 169, 185, 193, 194, 222, 227, 316, 318, 324, 334, 341, 365, 417, 429, 435, 443, 444, 464, 511. 515.

annuity or patent fee to, 117, 136.

appointment of. 117, 365.

board wages, 194.

drafts for gold and silver coins sent to, 253.

letters, 55.

office of, clerk in (G. Tilson), 261.

plate allowed to, 126.

salaries, 98, 133, 152, 157. 222, 227, 341, 464.

secret service issues, 8, 87, 108, 132, 169, 185, 194, 324, 435, 443, 515.

silver boxes for [seals of] treaties delivered to, 104, 308.

stationery wares delivered to, 133, 336, 427, 486.

to the late King (Earl of Manchester), board wages, 167.

Secretary at War. See Army—Secretary.

Serjeants-at-Arms (T. Charnock, T. De Critz, D. Gardner, S. Goatley, B. Gregg, M. Hutton, J. Lawson, S. Powell, P. Ryley, J. Templer, T. Turst, E. Williamson), appointed, 315.

attending the House of Commons (S. Powell), 98, 111. 293.

attending the Speaker of the House of Lords (S. Goatley), 373.

fees and board wages, 63, 166, 510.

issues for, 98, 112, 310, 375, 403, 419.

new collars of SS for, 307.

-, second, Ireland (T. Carter), allowance to, 439;

petition for salary, 415.

Serjeants-at-Law (Sir J. Bennett, [J.] Cheshire), 32. See also Queen's—First Serjeant-at-Law.

Shalloon, Shaloone, crimson, for a chair of state, 242 ;

makers, petition of, 87;

serge, yellow, 247.

Sheriffs, accounts, debits on, 344, 373;

overpayments in, 112;

surplusages on, 243–4, 305, 339, 344, 373, 374, 446.

apprehending and arresting highwaymen, 305, 374.

proclamations to, franked by the Post Office, 435.

rewards paid by, 243–4.

verdict against for permitting an escape, 369.

SHIPS AND SHIPPING—

advice boat, 355, 498.

bomb vessel, 338.

breaking bulk, bond or security for not, 34, 35, 48, 85, 459, 473;

on a voyage from India, discovery of and reward for, 228, 459;

penalty for, 166.

briganteen, 412.

cast away, 168;

on the coast of Kent, 209;

on the coast of Sussex, 200;

on the island of Inagua, 432.

charter party, 80.

colliers, fleet of, 319.

commander, prosecuted for selling goods, 85.

convoys, 51, 80, 148, 157, 200, 274, 319, 338, 340, 444. 491, 497, 519.

cruising, with two companies of a regiment on board, 130.

Danish, 476;

refitting, 59.

dogger, 358.

duty or toll on, for lighthouses, 242, 451.

entries and clearings in New England, 111.

fitting out for the South Seas, 241.

fleets, colliers, 319;

Newfoundland, 338;

the Newcastle, 319. See also Navy—fleets.

for the East India trade, 85, 350.

for the West Indies, 274, 453.

for Virginia, 429.

forfeited under the Acts of Navigation, 202, 254.

freight charges, 163, 231, 238.

French, 169;

duty of 5s. Per ton on, 155, 512;

ship of war and privateers, cruising in the Channel, 241;

taken prize, 274.

frigate, 193.

from, Barbados, 168;

East Indies, 48, 459;

France, 430, 458, 459–60;

Guinea, 122, 156;

India, 121, 122, 228, 459;

West Indies, 424, 428.

galleys, 52, 160, 340, 363, 396, 415, 430, 450, 474, 499.

going, to India, 34, 52;

to the East Indies, 35, 300, 499.

hire of, 55, 193, 204, 205, 214, 249, 275, 296, 338, 340, 443, 497.

ketch, 519.

ladings, demurrage for, 45.

lost in the great storm, 85, 115.

man of war, 162, 274, 338, 383, 412.

masters of, issues to for repairs and provisions, 197;

oath given to at the Custom House, 473.

Norwegian, 429.

owners and freighters of, payment to as damages for a seizure, 309.

pacquet boats, at Falmouth, abuses of, 508;

for the Flanders correspondence, 409–10;

lost, 152, 432;

quays for, 306;

to Ireland, 229, 334–5;

to Lisbon, 479;

used as a transport, 16;

West India or West Indies, 163, 186, 194, 227, 231, 397, 430–4, 441, 497, 509.

privateer, 169, 191, 285, 346, 383, 409, 412, 432;

commissions, 346.

prize, 68, 86, 94, 160, 244, 254, 290, 312, 323, 346, 317, 502.

and cargoes, disposal of in Jamaica., 240.

captors of, moiety value paid to, 274.

carried into or to, Annapolis, 412;

Falmouth, 306;

Ireland, 274;

Isle of Wight, 285, Jamaica, 88.

sale of, 242, 337–8, 347.

register of, 452, 488.

Scotch, to enjoy the same privileges as the English, 256.

seized, as a Perquisite of Admiralty, 338;

compensation for, 405–7, 505;

for importing goods from France, 459–60;

for not being named according to the Act of Navigation, 80, 502, 504–5;

in Scotland, 294.

sink ships, 108.

sloop, 202, 405.

Spanish, condemned at Doctors Commons, 254;

settee, 338;

sloop, money taken on, 277.

stranded, on the coast of Ireland, 274.

taken, by the French, 75, 204, 205, 383, 412, 432;

by the Spaniards, 254;

for transporting, charge of, 197.

tin, 444, 491.

transport, 16, 41, 275, 399, 450, 453.

under sailing orders, pressing occasions for money for, 18.

with timber from Norway, Customs regulations for, 109.

wrecked, 277, 335, 338.

yacht, 321, 402, 417.

See also Navy;

Prizes;

Transports.

Ships, names of—

Adventure, ketch, 519.

Adventure, of Leith, 363, 415.

Alexander, 415.

Allyance, 194.

Amity, 358.

Angel Gabriel, Danish ship, 59.

Ann, pacquet, 335.

Ann, transport, 450.

Anna, 85, 121, 122, 166, 228, 459.

Ann and Mary, 440.

Anne, of Aberdeen, 362.

Anne, of Wick, 363.

Baltimore, 249.

Barbados, 432.

Bedford, 4.

Betty, galley, 415.

Betty, of Maryland, brigantine, 412.

Bon Accord, of Leith, 415.

Bon Secour, French prize, 274.

Boon Allyance, 160, 396.

Bourbon, prize, 285.

Bristol, 240.

Burlington, 121, 122.

Carcass, bomb vessel, 338.

Church, of Gouda, 403.

cotton. 432.

Crown'd Lyon, 358.

Dartmouth, 121, 122.

David, of Kirkcaldy, 415.

Deer Garden, 358.

Despatch, privateer galley, 450.

Dorothy, transport, 450.

Drummond, 415.

Eagle, advice boat, 355.

Eagle, galley, 430, 460.

Elephant, 415.

Elizabeth, of Borrowstounness, 415.

Elizabeth, of Leith, 363, 415.

Elizabeth, of Prestonpans, 319.

Elizabeth, sloop, 202.

Elizabeth, transport, 450.

Elizabeth and Catharine, 415.

Elizabeth and Neptune, 87.

Europe, 306, 307.

Everard, 450.

Expedition, pacquet, 335.

Experiment, man of war, 338.

Felicity, French prize, 312.

Fisher, of Leith. 415.

Flower Pott, 415.

Fortune, 415

Friendship, 450.

Gibralter, frigate, 193.

Golden Lyon, 191.

Gordon, galley, of Leith, 363, 415.

Grafton, man of war, 383.

Greyhound, 244.

Greyhound, galley, 160, 396.

Hallifax, galley, 340.

Hannah, of Plymouth, 103.

Hannah's Talent, 196.

Hannibal, privateer, 346.

Hazardous, 200.

Henrietta, yacht, 402, 417.

Herbert (Herbart), galley, 52, 474, 499.

Hope, 358.

Hope, of Cork, 277, 396.

Hope, of Rouen, 86.

Hope and Patience, 191.

Industry, of Leith, 498.

Isabella, 415.

James, 415.

James, pacquet, 335.

Jannet, 415 bis.

John, of Leith, 415.

John's Adventure, 214.

Jolly, French prize, 274.

Juffraw, of Bergen, 364.

Katherine, yacht, 321.

Kingfisher, 121, 122.

Kinsale (Kingsale), man of war, 162.

Maria, 358.

Maria Anne, of St. Valery, 169.

Mary, 338.

Mary, 415.

Mary, of Lochnagan, 429.

Mary and Ann, French prize, 312.

Mary and Elizabeth, 415.

May Flower, 204, 460.

May Flower, of Glasgow, 430.

Medway, 244.

Messenger, advice boat, 355.

Mure Mason, 358.

Neptune, 430, 460.

Neptune, privateer, 169, 191, 285, 347.

Norfolk, 340.

Nostra Seigniora del Rosario, Spanish settee, 338.

Nostra Senora de la Reyes, Nuestra Senora de las Reyes, 502, 504

Orford, 312.

Ortolon, 412.

Oxford, man of war, 412.

Patience, 415.

Patrick Abraham, 358.

Peace, dogger, 358.

Pearl, Pearle, 94, 229, 290.

Prince Charles, prize, 346.

Prince. George, pacquet, 194.

Princes Hedwick, 191

Princess Hedwick Sophia, 482.

Queen, Anne, pacquet, 152, 432.

Recovery, of Dowart, 430.

Robert and James, 214.

Robert Salee, prize, 68.

Rochester, 200.

St. Anne, of Rotterdam, 121.

St. Esprit, of St. Jean de Luz, 68.

St. George, Customs sloop, 405.

St. John Baptist, 191.

St. Joseph, of Bayonne, 286.

St. Lawrence, 136.

St. Michaell, 358.

St. Paul, French prize, 242, 274.

Samuel, transport, 399.

Sarah, 281, 346.

Seymour, 168, 209.

Shoreham, her Majesty's ship, 274.

Speedwell, her Majesty's ship, 274.

Susan and Mary, French prize, 312.

Susanna, 337.

Swallow, 75.

Tryall, of York, 382.

Tryumphant, French prize, 274.

Unicorn, 415

Union, 415.

Unity, from Leith, 415.

Unity, of Ramsgate, 415.

Vigilant, 254, 294.

Vine, from Leith, 415.

Vine, of Chester, 322.

Warspight, 340.

Weisellmund, Weissel-Mund, 80, 95.

White Bear, Whiterbear, 168, 191.

White Pearl, 291.

White Swan, Danish ship, 476.

William, 214.

William, of Alloa, 415.

Willow Tree, of Friesland, 80.

Worcester, 294, 309, 311, 405, 425, 505.

Shipwrigbt, 222.

Shirts, for the companies of Invalids, 290.

Shumack. See Sumach.

Sick and Wounded, carriages and hospitals for, 39.

Commissioners for, 7, 139, 155, 312, 347;

accounts, 30, 34, 153, 176, 198, 397;

agent at Plymouth to (G. Dickenson), 66;

officers of, at Lisbon, accounts of, Post Office charges on, 482;

resignation of a, 30.

issues for, 25, 50, 103, 139, 233, 378, 529.

prisoners at war, subsistence for, 296.

quarters for, issues for, 7, 233, 529.

seamen, in the late Dutch war, Treasurers for (Sir H. Osborne, J. Osborne), 283.

Treasurer for (R. Povey, T. Savery), bills of, 25, 233;

issues to, 7, 25, 103. 233, 296, 378, 483, 529;

payment by, 66, 155.

victualling, issues for, 7, 25, 378.

wages, issues for, 7, 25, 378, 483.

Signet, Clerk of, 78, 95, 114. 130, 132, 140, 151, 160, 169, 170, 178, 223, 230, 250, 309, 341, 357, 409, 412, 456, 474, 502, 503, 517, 524.

Signets. See Seals

Silks, dealers in, petition of, 527.

French, landed on the Sussex coast, 245;

prosecutions for importing and receiving, 95, 512;

seizure of, 397.

gold and silver wrought, sent to Turkey, 66.

lacing, scarlet and green. 242.

raw, from Spain, 4.

seizure of, 66.

Silver, bars. See Mint—gold;

bason, 104;

bought up in great quantities, affecting the exchange, 44–5;

boxes, for [Seal of] treaties, 104, 160;

boxes for the Great Seal, 500;

dish, 104;

money of great Britain, See Mint;

nozell and sconce, 104;

standard pieces. See Coins.

Sizing mill, for the Mint in Scotland, 263.

Smith, a, payment to, 253.

Smuggling, 267.

Solicitor General (Sir S. Harcourt, Sir J. Montagu), 11, 29, 31, 32, 53, 54, 73, 82, 118, 127, 143, 154, 170, 181, 185, 193, 228, 253, 259, 261, 262, 272, 282, 285, 287, 290, 298, 299, 300, 316, 322, 355, 364, 369, 383, 400, 402, 409, 415, 424, 428, 443, 451, 474, 488, 495, 496, 503, 512, 513, 524.

appointment of, 247.

clerks to, fees to, 154, 509.

fees to, for advice,154, 509.

opinions, reports by, 11, 53, 69, 257, 269, 383, 415–6, 428.

salary, 97, 310, 510.

-, Ireland. See Index of Persons and Places—Ireland.

Sols. See Coins—crowns.

Spoons. See Knives.

Stallage, lease of, 223.

STAMP DUTIES (stamped paper, parchment and vellum), Account of, General, payment for making, 324.

Act for (9 Wm. III, c. 25), 56, 455, 457.

appropriation out of for the East India Companies, 56, 443, 452.

collectors of, to exchange Exchequer Bills, 36.

Commissioners of, 163, 180, 213, 293, 312, 321, 338, 440, 443, 452;

report by, 339.

deficiency of, and application of revenue to, 75.

distributors of (P. Clinton, —. Maynard, J. Stone), 213;

debts of, 293.

engraving, payment for, 457.

escutcheons for stamps, payments for cutting, 457.

Office, clerk of the securities and inspector of paper and parchment at (J. Watts), 163.

Comptroller and Accountant General of, 324.

incidents bills, 64, 144, 244, 335, 457.

petition for employment in, 180.

salary bills, 57, 144, 457

stamper's place, vacancy of, person recommended for, 312, 524.

officers, assessments on, payment of, 321.

particular charges, allowed to Town Clerks and officers of Inferior Courts, 440.

prosecution of attorneys-at-law for, 440, 474.

receipts from, for distribution to Deficient Funds, 79, 104, 134, 150, 174, 199, 238, 274, 310, 348, 398, 424, 447, 469, 497, 522.

Receiver General of (J. Evelyn), 324.

table of rates for, 338.

Stamps. See Seals.

State Paper Office, Keeper of (J. Tucker), attested copies of warrants given by, 177;

payments to, 63, 166, 373, 420.

provision for records in, 26.

Stationers, 84, 99, 336.

Statute Staple, 249.

Steel. See Mint—German.

Stivers. See Coins.

Stockings, for soldiers, price of, 123.

Stone, Portland, duty paid for, 445, 519.

Stonecutter, 377.

Stools, 151, 242, 247, 450.

Storm, The great, 109, 128, 182, 335.

Sub-Almoner. See Queen's—Private Pensions.

Sugar, West Indies, 426, 450

Sugar manufactories, at Glasgow, papers about, 442, 454, 460, 461, 462–4.

Sumach, Shumach, for weavery, 322

Supremacy, Oath of. See Oath

Surgeons' Hall, Master and Wardens of, 292.

Surplices, fine Holland, 100, 151.

Surveyors. See Customs.

Sweets, duties on, issue out of, 80.

Sword Blades, Hollow, Company for. See Hollow.