N.

Nails, fifty barrels to be sent to the Leeward Islands to enable the inhabitants to rebuild houses destroyed by hurricane, 49.

Nairn, county of, rents payable by the sheriff of, 65.

Nairn, co. Nairn, borough of, 68;

Postmaster of, 182.

Nairn, Sir David, Secretary Depute, Scotland, 1, 2, 6, 29, 113, 175, 285, 369, 432, 445, 463;

Secretary to the Order of the Thistle, 113, 468;

Secretary and Accomptant for the Union of England and Scotland, 120.

Nanfan, —, colonel, accounts relating to the Forces at New York, 161, 162.

Napier, Margaret, Baroness Napier of Merchistoun, pension of representatives of, 115.

Nasmith, James, under falconer, Scotland, 113, 468.

Nassau, Francis de. See Auverquerque.

Naughtie, Alexander, master of the Anne of Wick, 56.

Navar, co. Forfar, feuar of, 61;

feu duties of, 57.

Navigation Act, 222;

seizures under, 419.

NAVY, Acts of, clerk of. See Pepys, S.

ballast, proposal concerning, 412.

bills, 17, 21, 44, 143, 159, 247, 422.

Board, 44, 46, 271, 273.

Chatham Chest, payment to pensioners belonging to, 34, 328.

Commissioners, 7, 17, 53, 94, 105, 140, 143, 146, 212, 412, 444, 445.

account of saving by dead men's pay for want of legal claimants, 37, 342.

contract with, for supplying masts for ships from woods in America, 251.

payments by, 55, 220, 256, 265, 268, 279, 315, 366, 394, 422, 430.

petitions referred to, 223, 336, 399, 455.

reports by, 159, 161, 257, 331, 341.

salaries of, taxes on, 392.

to attend or attending the Treasury, 1, 2, 7, 9, 14, 15, 21, 23, 29, 46, 74.

warrants to, 222, 292.

contingencies, 256.

Course, 46, 244, 423.

Debts, Commissioners for stating, 311.

debts due to, 206.

establishment, 28.

Flag Officers, pay of, 105.

Fleets and Squadrons, employed in the Channel and Soundings, 256.

going to the Mediterranean, 2.

in Brazil, 359.

under Sir John Leake, 370.

Red, Vice-Admiral of. See Carmarthen, Marquess of.

White, Admiral of. See Whetstone, Sir W.

hemp for, 7, 14, 15;

contractors for the supply of, 1, 7, 14, 15, 16, 74, 292.

officers, exemption from tax on pay of, 399.

flag, pay of, 4, 5.

payment for transporting pressed men, 140.

superannuated, exempt from tax, 336.

Ordinary, issues for, 15, 31, 45, 191, 244, 411, 449.

Pay Office, Broad Street, 53.

pressed men, to be received and subsisted by Customs collectors in the outports, 6, 140.

recalls, issues for, 53, 471;

lists of, printing and publishing, 53.

seamen, lost with Sir C. Shovell, petition of widows of, 455;

wages of, issues for, 2, 4, 6, 12, 20, 31, 32, 46, 93, 209, 227, 265, 325.

ships, 144.

at London, pay of, 470.

at the Nore, pay of, 435, 470.

at Portsmouth, pay of, 470.

difficulties made of transporting money for the troops in Spain by commanders of, 51, 457, 458.

going to Holland, 23;

to the Mediterranean, 2, 234, 458;

to Portugal, 458.

guarding the river Clyde, 236.

hospital, paying off of, 44, 400, 406.

laws relating to the Newfoundland Fishery to be put into effectual execution against commanders of, 269.

lost with Sir C. Shovell, wages of companies of, 11, 14, 21, 137, 178, 247.

masts for, from woods in America, 251.

men discharged from, pay of, 105;

recalls and tickets of, 380.

prize ships taken by, 273, 307, 376, 444, 455, 458.

protecting merchant ships and securing trade, between the north of Ireland and the north of Scotland, 236, 271, 293;

in Jersey and Guernsey, 334.

rebuilding of, bankruptcy of builder, 159;

in merchants' yards, 159.

victualling for, 244.

wages, issues for, 21, 29, 143, 289, 435.

slops for, 161.

stores, seized by the enemy, recapture of, 422.

timber for, felling in the New Forest of, 94.

Treasurer of, 212.

accounts of, 157, 224.

bills of exchange, 6, 11.

imprests, 161.

issues to, 6, 10, 11, 17, 20, 29, 32, 34, 40, 44, 45, 46, 47, 49, 53, 55, 163, 166, 178, 191, 222, 256, 268, 279, 406, 412, 422, 423, 424, 430, 435.

loans by, 21, 105, 166.

payments by, 2, 4, 18, 30, 31, 32, 34, 40, 46, 47, 55, 139, 143, 222, 315, 412, 423, 424, 435;

interest on, 143. See also Falkland, Viscount;

Littleton, Sir T.;

Orford, Earl of.

Victualling, Agent Victualler at Newcastle-upon-Tyne. See Colvill, E.

Beer Money, 30, 289.

bills of exchange, 23, 47, 163, 271, 423.

Cashier of. See Papillon, P.;

Sturt, A.

Commissioners, 140, 253, 330, 331;

bills of exchange drawn on, 221, 244;

dispute with owners of ships hired for Jamaica and Lisbon concerning an allowance for demurrage, 3, 94;

petition referred to, 221;

to attend or attending the Treasury, 18, 23, 29.

contingencies, 30, 163, 290.

Extra Necessary Money, 30, 163, 289.

extraordinary service of, 271.

for the Forces in New York, 162;

for the Garrison of Gibraltar, 244;

for ships at Leghorn and Genoa, 244;

for the Company at Newfoundland, 279, 330, 331.

issues for, 244, 271, 279, 456, 466.

Necessary Money, 30, 163, 289.

ships, 144.

Short Allowance Money, 30, 163, 289.

soldiers at Newcastle on Tyne from Ostend, 31, 253, 274, 275, 335, 367.

wages, 2, 3, 7, 11, 14, 46, 49, 50, 53, 137, 139, 147, 163, 178, 247, 256, 268, 289, 328, 380, 400, 406, 411, 424, 435, 449, 470.

Wear and Tear, bills of exchange, 17, 20, 32, 50, 53, 137, 147, 227, 265, 365, 368, 400, 406, 449, 470;

issues for, 7, 10, 11, 17, 23, 53, 166, 244, 271, 290, 422, 423, 471.

Yards, issues for, 46, 50, 53, 244, 449, 471.

merchants', rebuilding Navy ships in, 159.

officers of, refund of taxes to, 257.

Chatham, defence work at, 18, 222.

Harwich, repayment of tax assessments on salaries of officers of, 366.

Plymouth, repayment of tax assessments on salaries of clerks and officers of, 223, 257, 366.

Portsmouth, defence work at, 18, 222;

refund of tax assessments on salaries of clerks and officers of, 223, 257, 366.

Neave, Philip, sergeant [at law], Chief Justice of Cardigan, Carmarthen and Pembroke, 247, 272, 395.

Neckcloths, for the Portuguese troops, 111.

Needler, Culverwell, clerk assistant attending the House of Commons, 243.

Neil, Daniel, landwaiter at Borrow-stownness, appointed housekeeper to the Customs Commissioners, Scotland, 430.

Neild, John, tidesman, London port, 201.

Neither New Listown. See Newliston.

Nepper, John, boatman at Leith, 327.

Neston, co. Chester, 297, 425.

Netherlands, Army in. See Army—in the Low Countries.

Neufchatel, Switzerland, 340.

Neuville. See Nevuille.

Neve, Peter le, senior Deputy Chamberlain of the Exchequer, allowance for locking up Her Majesty's treasure, 193, 295, 402, 473;

allowance for sorting and ordering records in the Treasury of the Receipt, 136, 295.

-, -, Norroy King at Arms, 313.

Nevill, Dennis, Surveyor of the Duties on Houses, co. Derby, 327.

Nevis, Leeward Islands, 84.

Commissioners for enquiring into the losses sustained by the proprietors of plantations and inhabitants in the invasion by the French, accounts of, 324;

courts held by, 324;

Exchequer fees, 324;

Secretary or Chief Clerk to. See Rhodes, C.

imports and exports at, 104.

Provost Marshal, 324.

sufferers at, 53.

Nevuille [Neuville], Claude Margarett de, pension of, 234.

New England, chaplain going to. See Harris, H.;

Governor of. See Dudley, [J.];

ships, 269;

traders to, irregular practices of, 172, 269;

woods in, masts for Navy ships from, 251.

New Forest, enclosures in, 22.

keepers of, 243.

lands in, lease of, 464.

Lord Warden of, 243. See also Bolton, Duke of.

Lynwood Bailiwick, master keeper of. See Crofts, J.;

lodge (called Broomy Lodge), of, 362.

officers of, 243.

timber in, felling of, for the Navy, 94.

wood sales in, 243.

woodward of. See Pyle, E.

New Galloway. See Galloway.

New Hampshire, collector of Customs at, 332.

New Jersey, government of, 222;

Governor of. See Lovelace, Lord.

New River, use of water for St. James's House from, 248.

New Yardfeild, Newarfeild, Temple Lands of, [co. Ayr], 438, 439.

NEW YORK, 27.

agent of, 326.

Attorney General for. See Rayner, J.

chaplain going to. See Honyman, J.

engineer in. See Romer, —.

Four Independent Companies of Foot at. See Army—in New York.

German Protestants (Lutherans) going to, royal bounty for, 336, 422, 433, 434;

stores, tools, etc., for, 29, 38, 247, 282, 382;

subsistence of, 29, 230, 247, 258, 261, 385;

transport of, 30, 282, 297.

government of, 222.

Governor of. See Bellomont, Earl of;

Cornbury, Viscount;

Lovelace, Lord.

Indians in, flints for, 266;

fuzees for, 266;

gunpowder for, 266;

hatchets, round-eyed, for, 266;

hats, laced, for, 266;

hose for, 266;

kettles, brass, for, 266;

knives for, 266;

lead for, 266;

looking glasses for, 266;

shirts for, 266;

woollen cloth for, 266, 368.

Ordnance stores for, 297, 326.

Palatinate Protestants going to, 230, 258, 261, 297, 385.

revenues of, accounts of, 255;

Receiver General of. See Byerley, T.;

Weaver, T.

Newarfeild. See New Yardfeild.

Newbattle, Newbottle, co. Edinburgh, lordship of, 61.

Newbottle, Lord. See Kerr, W.

Newby [Newbyth], co. Haddington, feuar of, 59.

Newcastle-upon-Tyne, co. Northumberland, 45, 235.

Agent Victualler at. See Colvill, E.

boatmen at, mates to, 297, 361.

collector of. See Pye, J.

Comptrollers of. See Fairfax, H.;

Molesworth, R.;

Williamson, R.

fish for, 56.

soldiers at, payment for victualling, 31, 253, 275, 367.

tar of, 56.

tidesmen at, 105, 254.

tidewaiter at, 389.

Newcastle, Duke of. See Holles, J.

Newell, George, late of Lombard Street, goldsmith, 5, 47, 172, 458;

security for a Receiver General of Taxes, 173.

-, Joseph, late of Lombard Street, goldsmith, 5, 47, 172, 458;

security for a Receiver General of Taxes, 173.

NEWFOUNDLAND, 436.

Agent for the Admiralty at. See Cummings, A.

boatmen at, 298.

brandy, illegal trading of, 269.

Commander-in-Chief at. See Underdown, —.

Company of Foot at, 169, 279, 330, 331.

convoys, commodore of, 269.

Customs officer sent to, to prevent illegal trading of goods, 269, 298.

fish, taken as prize, 428, 430, 455, 458.

Fishery, abuses of, practised by the inhabitants, 269;

Fishing Admirals, negligence of, 269;

fishing ships and by-boats, complements of green men or fresh men, 269;

journals of, transmission to the Privy Council of, 269;

laws relating to, effectual execution of, 269.

forts and fortifications, laws relating to the Fishery to be put into effectual execution against commanders of, 269.

garrison at, Commander of. See Lloyd, [T.]

linens, French, illegal trading of, 269.

oil, illegal trading of, 269;

taken as prize, 428.

prize ship sold at, 434.

St. Johns. See St. Johns.

salt, from Portugal, 269;

illegal trading of, 269.

ships bringing salt from Portugal, illegal trading of goods with masters of New England ships, 269.

sugar, illegal trading of, 269.

tobacco, illegal trading of, 269.

trade to, Act (10 Wm. III, c. 14) for encouraging, 269.

traders to, irregular practices of, 172.

whale fins taken as prize, 428.

wine, illegal trading of, 269.

Newhaven, co. Sussex, collector of, 139.

Newlin, —, a Messenger of the Chamber, escutcheon for, 142.

Newliston, Neither New Listown, co. Linlithgow, feuar of, 59.

Newman, John, royal bounty for, 28, 280.

-, Sir Richard, sheriff of co. Northampton, 177.

Newmarket, cos. Cambridge and Suffolk, coach houses built for the Queen at, 404, 428.

Housekeeper at. See Walker, T.

Queen Anne at, 41, 217;

servants attending, 249, 345, 398.

racehorses at, for the Queen's use, 154;

keeper of. See Frampton, T.

roads, repair of, 217.

works at, 462.

Newmilns, co. Ayr, cloth manufactory at, 121.

woollen manufactory at, 129;

Act concerning, 124;

exemption from Customs duties, 122.

Newport, Francis, Earl of Bradford, Cofferer of the Household to Wm. III, 195, 268, 286.

-, Thomas, a Commissioner of Customs, 220, 464.

Newton, —, Comptroller of Customs in Boston, New England, 332.

-, Henry, Doctor of Laws, Envoy Extraordinary to the Great Duke of Tuscany, 71, 303, 346.

-, Sir Isaac, Master and Worker of the Mint, 137, 148, 177, 185, 215, 283, 416, 471;

clerk to. See Morgan, R.

-, [William], Regiment of Foot of, 36, 74, 195, 203, 232, 389.

Nezereau, Judith, a French refugee, estate of, 443.

Niccol, Benjamin, of London, merchant, Customs debt of, 107.

Nicholas, [Edward, Paymaster of the Queen's private pensions and bounties], 25.

Nicholson, William, an out-pensioner of Chelsea Hospital, 167.

Nimes, serge de, woollen manufacture of, declared to be a manufactory, 123.

Nisbet, —, contractor for supply of hemp to the Navy, 7, 28, 292.

Noble, George, tidewaiter at Aberdeen, 138.

-, Jo., coastwaiter, London port, 56.

Nodes, George, agent to Lord Mordaunt's regiment, 421.

Noell, Edward, petition for payment out of the Hereditary Excise to, 145.

Nore, The, 53, 435, 470.

Norfolk, county of, lands in, 432;

Receiver General of Taxes. See Blofield, [L.];

Briggs, A.;

Brown, R.;

Pacey, W.;

sheriff of. See Bell, B.

Norman, [Lionel], Commissioner of Customs, Scotland, 339.

Norris, John, executrix of, payment for picture frames, 248.

Norroy King at Arms. See Neve, P. le.

North Berwick. See Berwick.

North Ferry, [co. Linlithgow], tide-waiters at, 139.

North Uist. See Uist.

Northampton, county of, lands in, 250, 374;

Receiver General of Taxes. See Cooper, J.;

Matthew, B.;

sheriff of. See Newman, Sir R.

Northampton, co. Northampton, fee farm rent payable by, 294.

Northcote, Hugh, landwaiter at Liverpool, appointed landwaiter at Exeter, 298.

Northern Neck, land between the rivers Rappahannock and Potomac, 431.

Northesk, Earl of. See Carnegie, D.

Northey, Sir Edward, Attorney General, 223, 386.

Northumberland, county of, lands in, 385;

Receiver General of Taxes. See Wyvell, F.;

sheriff of. See Ogle, H.;

Surveyor General of Customs. See Howard, C.

Northumberland, Duke of. See Fitzroy, G.

Northwall, Richard, deputy searcher at St. Ives, 106.

Norway, 123;

hemp imported into Scotland from, 129;

shippers of, petition of, 371.

Nottingham, county of, Receiver General of Taxes. See Bury, J.;

sheriff of. See Saville, Sir G.

Nottingham, Earl of, See Finch, D.

Noy, Edd, waiter and searcher at Gannell, 155.

Nugent, [Henry, Count of Val de Soto], Governor of Gibraltar, 25.

-, -, —, widow of, petition for relief, 25.

Nutin, John, Receiver and Paymaster of Transports, 178, 205, 286, 299, 433;

clerk to. See England, J.

Nuttall, John, Receiver General of Taxes, co. Surrey, 101.

O.

Oads, —, brandy stolen by, 222.

Oatmeal, for the Army, 177.

Oats, for the Royal Mews and Stables, 344;

rents payable by, 62, 63, 64, 65.

O'Brien (O'Bryan, O'Bryen), Morgan, captain, debentures made out to Colonel John Rice, 224;

memorial concerning Colonel Rice, 435;

payment to, 37, 464.

-, William, 3rd Earl of Inchiquin, grant of land at Rostellan to, 168;

Regiment of Foot of, 132.

Ochiltrie, —, feuar of Trabeauch, 60.

Ogborne, co. Wilts, 450.

Ogilbie, David, major, Customs searcher and taster, North Tay, 125.

Ogilfaw [? Ogilface, co. Linlithgow], feuar of, 61.

Ogilvy (Ogilvie), —, younger, of Boyne, 116.

-, Alexander, a Commissioner for the Union of England and Scotland, 120.

-, Cha., landsurveyor at Kirkcaldy, 90.

-, Gabriel, tidewaiter at Inverness, 335;

refuses to serve at Inverness, 373.

-, George, pension of, 116.

-, -, Her Majesty's Limner, Scotland, 468.

-, James, 3rd Earl of Findlater, pension of, 115.

-, -, 1st Earl of Seafield, a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury, Scotland, 14, 45, 175, 262, 281, 369;

a Commissioner for the Union of England and Scotland, 119;

Lord High Chancellor of Scotland, 112, 174, 369;

Chief Baron of the Exchequer Court, Scotland, 237, 241, 322, 410, 436, 459;

Keeper of the Seal of the Exchequer Court, Scotland, 237, 241;

affidavit of, 56;

pension for, 463.

-, Walter, tidewaiter at Inverness, 271.

Ogle, Henry, sheriff of Northumberland, 300.

-, William, tidesman, superannuation of, 238.

O'Haro, Charles, debentures made out to Colonel John Rice, 224.

Oil, fish, taken as prize, duty on, 456.

illegal trading at Newfoundland of, 269.

taken as prize, 96, 428.

train, imported into Scotland from Holland, duty free, 127;

taken as prize, duties on, 456.

Old Cambus. See Cambus.

Oley, Daniel, of Bread Street, haberdasher, surety for Hugh Horton, 197.

Oliver, Joseph, housebreaker, 304.

-, Matthew, Comptroller of Boston, 158, 177.

Ongar, co. Essex, 396, 400.

Onilcorse, feuar of, 61.

Onslow, Denzill, Swainmote Court for Windsor Forest, 28.

-, Sir Richard, Speaker of the House of Commons, allowance for equipage, 449;

jewel plate for, 455.

Orby, Sir Charles, lands in Crowland, 280.

Orcades. See Orkney Islands.

ORDNANCE—

arms for the King of Portugal, 266.

artillery, train of, in Spain, 3, 24, 46, 289, 358, 422, 427.

Board of, 197, 198, 266, 326, 334.

cannon balls for the King of Spain, 18, 220, 222.

Commissioners of, attending the Treasury, 52.

engineer, at Barbados, 92;

in Spain, 17, 25.

gunners, at Barbados, 92.

issue for, 53.

land service, 220;

issues for, 2, 10, 24, 37, 52, 102, 169, 288, 368, 378, 407.

Master General of, 261. See also Marlborough, Duke of.

Office, charges towards support of Barbados and the Leeward Islands, 92;

debt to, 93.

officers of, fees of, 302;

repayment of tax assessments, 261.

Officers, Principal, 377;

payments by, 220, 385;

reports of, 15, 17, 297, 326;

to attend the Treasury, 3.

saltpetre for, 220.

sea service, 220;

issues for, 2, 10, 24, 37, 52, 102, 169, 288, 368, 378, 407.

ships, 144.

stores, for New York, 297, 326;

for Spain, 30, 220;

in the Plantations, accounts of, 326.

tallies for, 166.

Treasurer and Paymaster of, issues to, 18, 38, 46, 222, 377, 378, 421. See also Mordaunt, H.

wharf and warehouse at Portsmouth, 10, 378, 407.

Orfeur, Philip, landwaiter at Aberdeen, appointed riding officer, 271.

Orford, Earl of. See Russell, E.

Orice. See Lace.

Oriental Languages, Professor of, at Glasgow University, 390.

Orkney, Countess of. See Hamilton, Elizabeth.

Orkney (Orcades) and Shetland (Zetland) Islands, bishop's rents of, tack of, 69;

Crown Lands rents of, tack of, 69;

feu duties of, 59;

sheriff of, 65;

ship to guard the coasts of, 82;

tack duties of, farm of, 63.

Orkney and Shetland, Earldom and Lordship of, feu duty payable for, 58;

infeoffment of, 59.

Ormiston. See Armistoun.

Ormistoun, Lord. See Cockburn, A.

Ormonde, Duchess of. See Butler, Mary.

-, Duke of. See Butler, J.

Orphans Charity. See London—City Orphans Charity.

Osborne (Osburne), Ambrose, tidesman at Kirkcaldy, appointed tidesman at Leith, 270.

-, Peregrine, Marquess of Carmarthen, Vice-Admiral of the Red, 5, 47.

-, Thomas, Duke of Leeds, executor of James Herbert, 362, 451;

grant of rent issuing out of Wychwood Forest, 28.

Osnabrüuck, Osnaburg, Regiment of Imperial Foot of, in Spain, 404, 405.

Ostend, Belgium, 45, 80;

bills of exchange drawn from, 447, 463;

corn for, 44;

pacquet boats between Dover and, 310;

soldiers from, victualling of, 31, 253, 274, 275, 367;

troops transported to the North of England from, 463.

Oswald, James, of Fingaltown, clerkship of the cocquet at Atchinsons Haven and Preston Pans, 126.

Oudenarde, battle of, 299.

Ousley, John, clerk, surety for Anthony Boys, 218.

Outlaws, forfeited estates of, 168, 240.

Owen, Richard, affidavit concerning embezzlement of materials of Beaumaris Castle, 9.

Owlers, 200;

discovering and prosecuting, charges of, 363, 364;

execution money levied on, 364.

Oxford, county of, maltsters of, hardships of, 445;

Receiver General of Taxes. See Harrison, Sir R.;

Mason, J.;

Parker, M.;

Parran, J.;

sheriff of. See Glynne, Sir W.

Oxford, co. Oxford, 273;

General Quarter Sessions at, 130, 445;

Receiver General of Taxes. See Parker, M.

Oxford, University of, Greek youths at, maintenance of, 423;

maintenance of the two sons of the Dean of Coire at, 369;

Receiver General of Taxes. See Parker, M.;

St. John's College, 368;

Vice Chancellor of, 130.

Oxford, Earl of. See De Vere, A.;

Harley, R.