Warrants, Letters, etc.: 1738, July-September

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1738, July–September

[Before
July 3]		 Report to the Treasury from the Barons of the Exchequer, Scotland. On the memorial of Arthur Balfour et al., and transmitting for approval five signatures of conveyance to Arthur Balfour, Henry Balfour, Patrick Seaton, and James Carstairs, for themselves, and to Robert Rollo, as trustee for the children of Robert Rollo. late of Powhouse, the five estates forfeited to His Majesty by the attainder of John Balfour, Henry Balfour, Patrick Seaton, John Carstairs, and Robert Rollo
Endorsed:—4 July, 1738, signatures signed. 1 page. 		Treasury Board Papers CCXCVIII. No. 23.
July 3 Treasury warrant to the Customs Commissioners. To pass Samuel Hyde's debentures for drawbacks on tobacco exported in November, 1736, being beyond the three years' limit, if taken from the Master's report and not from the date of the bonds. Customs Book XIV. pp. 313–4.
Royal sign manual for a signature of grant. Of the single and life-rent escheat of Robert Lord Rollo to Andrew, Master of Rollo, his son, said Lord Rollo having forfeited same in 1715 by failing to appear in Edinburgh in pursuance of an Act of Parliament of that year. North Britain Book XII. pp. 232–3.
Same for same Of the Miln of Partick, the miller's house, and four acres of milne lands, being part of the Barony of Glasgow, to the magistrates of the city of Glasgow, under reservation of feu duties specified, viz., 50 bolls of ground malt, 8 bolls of meal, 10 marks Scots money, and 4 capons. Ibid., pp. 233–5.
Same for same Of the lands of Fernie, forfeited by the late Colonel John Balfour, attainted at Carlisle in 1716, to Arthur Balfour, eldest son of said John, in further pursuance and rectification of the grant thereof to him made by the late King, at Herrenhausen, 1720, July 19, the present grant being made absolute and unrevocable. Ibid., pp. 235–8.
Same for same Of the lands and Barony of Kilconquhar, forfeited by John Carstairs, attainted at Carlisle in 1716, to James Carstairs, son of the abovesaid John, all in further pursuance and rectification, &c., as above. Ibid., pp. 238–41.
Same for same Of the lands of Lathrisk, forfeited by Patrick Seton, attainted as above, to Patrick Seton, third and surviving son of said Patrick, all in further pursuance and rectification, &c., as above. Ibid., pp. 242–5.
Same for same Of the lands of Pocknaw, &c., forfeited by Robert Rollo, late of Powhouse, forfeited as above, to Robert Rollo, Sheriff Clerk of Clackmannan, in trust for the children of said Robert Rollo, deceased; all in further pursuance and rectification as above. Ibid., pp. 246–50.
July 3 Royal sign manual for a signature of grant Of the lands and Barony of Denbugh, forfeited by Major Henry Balfour, of Denbugh, attainted as above, to Henry Balfour, surviving son of said Henry, all in further pursuance and rectification, &c., as above. North Britain Book XII. pp. 250–4.
Same to same For same of the lands and Barony of Invercauld, detailed, to John Farquharson, of Invercauld, in fee, with reversions, specified. Ibid., pp. 257–70.
[? erratum
for 1737]
July 4		 Petition to same from John Hastings. For extension of lease of five messuages in St. James's Market. Crown Lease Book IV. p. 208.
[? Before
July 5]		 Statement by Evan Meredith, Surveyor of house duties for co. Cardigan. Of the House Duties, old and new, for said county for the years 1715 to 1737. 1 page. Treasury Board Papers CCXCVIII. No. 25.
July 5 Treasury warrant to Charles Shelley, Auditor of the land tax and house duties for co. Derby. To allow to Thomas Gisborne, Receiver General of said duties for said county, 971l. for extraordinary charges, 1715–21, including 9l. lost by the reduction of gold in 1717.
Prefixing:—Report to the Treasury from the Taxes Commissioners on said Gisborne's petition for same.
Appending:—Said Gisborne's affidavit and account of expenses.		 Affairs of Taxes IV. pp. 217–8.
Petition to the Treasury from Edward Clarke. To be appointed Receiver General of duties on houses for part of Suffolk, and proposing securities. Ibid., p. 231.
Same to same from Benjamin Nuthall and John Gisborne severally. To be appointed same of same for part of Norfolk and for the county of Derby respectively. Ibid.
Warrant under the Royal sign manual to the Attorney or Solicitor General. For a bill to pass the Great Seal of Great Britain for a pension of 1,500l. per an. to James Reynolds, late Chief Baron of the Exchequer Court, he having surrendered said office by reason of his bodily infirmities. King's Warrant Book XXXIII. p. 83.
Memorial [to the Treasury] from Captain Munro. For payment of his pension to Midsummer last, to enable him to fit out his son, proceeding to Bombay in the East India Company's service. 1 page. Treasury Board Papers CCXCVIII. No. 26.
Treasury warrant to the King's Remembrancer in the Exchequer, or his Deputy. To change a security of the Earl of Macclesfield [as a Teller of the Exchequer].
Prefixing:—Report to the Treasury from C. Taylor on the sufficiency of the proposed new surety.		 Warrants not relating to Money XXVI. p. 94.
Same to the Commissioners of Stamps. To repay land tax, 1738, to Stamp officers of under 100l. per an. salary.
Prefixing:—Memorial thereon from said Commissioners to the Treasury.		 Ibid., pp. 95–6.
Same to same - To stay process for six months against the sureties of William Tonge, late distributor of stamped paper, parchment, &c., for the County Palatine of Lancaster.
Prefixing:—Report to the Treasury from said Commissioners on the petition of Thomas Brereton et al., said sureties.		 Ibid., pp. 96–7.
July 5 Treasury warrant to Dudley Ryder. To discharge Samuel Jordan, late of Whitchurch, co. Salop of a fine of 50l. and his imprisonment thereon for forging a Fieri facias. Warrants not relating to Money XXVI pp. 101–2.
Same to the Customs Commissioners. Henry Tolcher to be reimbursed part of his charges in prosecuting the “Swan.” Customs Book XIV. p. 314.
July 6 J. Scrope to same. Concerning chocolate stopped at the Custom House and belonging to Prince Cantimir, Minister from the Czarina. Letter Book XIX. p. 475.
Same to same Leave of absence to Mr. Stammers, collector of Customs for Weymouth. Ibid., p. 476.
Treasury warrant to same. To pay moiety of moneys seized out of two ships to the officers concerned. Customs Book XIV. p. 28.
July 7 J. Scrope to the Customs Commissioners, Scotland. Leave of absence to Mr. Westby, one of their number North Britain Book XII. p. 255
Treasury warrant to the Excise Commissioners, ibid. To discharge Robert Ewing and John Ewing, his deceased father, of 75l. for a year's rent of excise within the Zetland Isles.
Prefixing: — Report to the Treasury from said Commissioners, on the petition of Robert Ewing, of Craigton.		 Ibid., pp. 255–7.
J. Scrope to the Excise Commissioners. Concerning Prince Cantimir's chocolate stopped at the Custom House. Letter Book XIX. p. 476.
Same to Prince Cantimir. Concerning same. Ibid.
Treasury warrant to the Surveyor General of Crown Lands. For a constat or particular of a cellar under the dwelling-house of Horatio Walpole, Esq., near the Cockpit in Whitehall, and certain coaches houses, a stable, and alehouse adjoining same, of which he prays a lease.
Prefixing:—Said Surveyor's report on Walpole's petition for same.		 Crown Lease Book IV. pp. 481–3.
Royal sign manual to the Clerk of the Signet attending. To appoint Francis Sorell Receiver of the effects and debts in Flanders and Holland of Samuel Burridge, late Receiver General for Devonshire. Affairs of Taxes IV. pp. 231–5.
July 7
and later.		 Treasury warrant to the King's Remembrancer in the Exchequer. To take the securities, detailed, of James Hayes, of Holyport, co. Berks, as Receiver General of Land Tax for said county, and of the other Receivers General, detailed, for the various counties, detailed, respectively.
Prefixing—Report to the Treasury from the Taxes Commissioners on the sufficiency of said securities.		 Ibid., pp. 223–5.
[Before
July 8]		 Petition to the King from James Earl of Morton. Concerning the duties to which he is liable on being infeoffed in the Earldom and Lordship of Orkney and Zetland, as heir to James Earl of Morton, his uncle, and of retour duties from the lands and Earldom of Morton and Lordship of Aberdour, as heir to Robert Earl of Morton, his uncle 2 pages. North Britain Book XII. p. 270. Treasury Board Papers CCXCVIII. No. 28.
July 10 H. Cholmley and Geo. Prissick to Thomas Walker, Esq., Surveyor General of Crown Lands. Enclosing the account of the King's alum weighed out by Ambrose Newton from the date of the death of the late Duke of Buckingham. 2 pages.
Appending:—(a) Said account, dated Whitby, 1738, July 10, and certified by said Cholmley and Prissick. 2 pages.
(b) Petition to the Treasury from said Newton for his salary for weighing out the above. 1½ pages. 		Treasury Board Papers CCXCVIII. No. 29.
July 13 Privy Seal - Appointing Francis Sorell receiver of the effects of Samuel Burridge. Affairs of Taxes IV. p. 235.
July 20 Report to the Treasury from the Barons of the Exchequer, Scotland. On the petition of Alexander Lord Garlies, praying a gift of recognition of the lands and Barony of Cumloden, as trustee for himself and others, the creditors of Thomas Murdock, of Cumloden. 2½ pages.
Appending:—(a) Said petition, with Treasury order of reference, of date 1738, June 28. 3 pages. 		Treasury Board Papers CCXCVIII. No. 30.
Charles Carkesse to John Scrope, from the Custom House, London. Concerning the offer of reward for discovery of the plunderers of the Dutch ship, “Anna and Helena.” 1 page.
Appending:—(a) The Customs Commissioners, London, to Lord Harrington, as to above. 1½ pages.
(b) Copy of the advertisement of reward. 2 pages. 		Ibid., No. 31.
July 26 J. Scrope to the Customs Commissioners. Concerning the baggage of Mr. Dickens, His Majesty's Secretary at Berlin, lately returned from his employment. Customs Book XIV. p. 310.
Petition to the Treasury from William Stephens. For extension of lease of the Manor or Lordship of Wyberton, co. Lincoln. Crown Lease Book IV. p. 486.
Same to same from Jeffery Johnson. For same of the mansion house and site of the Manor of Halliford, co. Middlesex, and also of the said manor of Halliford, its rights, members, and appurtenances. Ibid.
J. Scrope to the Comptrollers of Army Accounts. Transmitting Thomas Revell's lists, detailed, of men victualled at Gibraltar, 1738, March 27 to May 21. Letter Book XIX. p. 467.
July 31 Evan Meredith, late Surveyor of houses for the county of Cardigan, to the Taxes Commissioners. Concerning his dismissal from said office, now given to his son. 2 pages. Treasury Board Papers CCXCVIII. No. 35.
Aug. 1 Treasury warrant to James Thomas, Deputy Auditor [of Imprests]. To allow in the accounts of the Duke of Chandos, as Clerk or Keeper of His Majesty's Hanaper in Chancery, 40l., the usual allowance for passing said account. Warrants not relating to Money XXVI. p. 106.
Same to the Auditors of Imprests. For same to Lord Hobart, Treasurer of the Chamber, of 502. for his chief clerk as usual. King's Warrant Book XXXIII. p. 88.
Petition to the Treasury from Darcy Hebden. For a reversionary lease of lands and houses called the White Hart and Pale Pingle, at the upper end of Drury Lane, in Broad St. Giles's. Crown Lease Book IV. p. 486.
Same to same from George Pembroke. To be appointed Receiver General of the duties on houses, co. Herts, and proposing sureties. Affairs of Taxes IV. p. 236.
Treasury warrant to the King's Remembrancer in the Exchequer. For taking the securities, detailed, of William Bury, as Receiver General.of house duties, co. Notts, and John Gisborne, as same co. Derby. Ibid., p. 226.
Royal sign manual to the Attorney General. To discharge Sir Samuel Armytage, of Kirklees, in the West Riding of York, of his baronet fee. King's Warrant Book XXXIII. p. 88.
Aug. 2 J. Scrope to John Selwyn. Concerning the agreements for keeping the several royal gardens at Richmond. Letter Book XIX. p. 477.
Same to the Surveyor General of Crown Lands. Transmitting the application of the Commissioners for building a bridge at Westminster, for an account of the Crown leases of the lands about the openings for the said intended bridge. Ibid.
Aug. 2 Petition to the Treasury from Wight Wooley. For extension of lease of two messuages in Pall Mall. Crown Lease Book IV. p. 486.
Aug. 8 Same to same from Fryer Walker. For 178l. 3s. 10d. for lighting, &c., the lamps for the Houses of Parliament last sessions, 1737–8, January 20, to 1738, May 20. Lord Chamberlain's Warrant Book II. p. 105.
Aug. 9 Same to same from William Lord Harrington. For a new lease on surrender of a building in St. James's Park, demised by Charles II. to the Earl and Countess of Roscommon, and a mansion house adjoining said building, enjoyed by John Viscount Fitz-Hardinge. Crown Lease Book IV. p. 498.
Report to same from T. Walker, Surveyor General of Crown Lands. On the memorial of Sir John Eyles, steward, et al., officers and tenants of the Manor of Havering-atte-Bower, concerning the repair of the Court House and Prison of said Manor. 1½ pages.
Appending:—(a) J. Scrope to said Surveyor General forwarding said memorial. 1 page. 		Treasury Board Papers CCXCVIII. No. 37.
Aug. 10 Treasury warrant to the King's Remembrancer in the Exchequer. To take the securities, detailed, of Benjamin Nuthall, of the city of Norwich, as Receiver General of the duties on houses, co. Norfolk; and of George Pembroke, of St. Albans, as same for co. Herts. Affairs of Taxes IV. p. 226.
Aug. 14 Same to the Commissioners of Salt. To repay land tax, 1738, to Salt officers of under 100l. per an. salary.
Prefixing:—Memorial to the Treasury from said Commissioners concerning same.		 Warrants not relating to Money XXVI. pp. 108–9.
Treasury order for the execution of a warrant made by His Majesty's command by George Drummond, Secretary of the Order of the Thistle, to Charles Viscount Townshend, Master of the Jewel Office. For the provision of three great collars of the said Order and St. Andrew appendants, for John [sic] Lord Hopetoun, James Earl of Morton, and John Earl of Bute, nominated Knights Brethren of the said Order: at an estimate of 200l. each. Lord Chamberlain's Warrant Book II. p. 105.
Aug. 15 Treasury warrant to the Excise Commissioners. To permit James Mahew et al., merchants, to reduce imported brandy to proof, or to make post entries.
Prefixing:—Report to the Treasury from said Commissioners on the petition of said Mahew, et al. 		Warrants not relating to Money XXVI. pp. 106–7.
Petition to the Treasury from Francis Swann, prisoner in Newgate. Praying his discharge. Reference Book X. p. 113.
Treasury warrant to Richard Arundell, Master and Worker of the Mint. To execute the contract made by Treasury warrant of 1736–7, March 23, between John Conduitt, the Master and Worker of the same, and the Company of Copper Miners in England, for the supply of 200 tons of copper to the Mint, for the coinage of half-pence and farthings. Warrants not relating to Money XXV. p. 447.
Aug. 17 Treasury approval in the form of letters patents. Of an instrument of deputation by Francis Sorell, appointing Thomas Wilkinson, of the city of Amsterdam, merchant, his deputy for receiving the debts, &c., of Samuel Burridge.
Prefixing:—Said instrument.		 Affairs of Taxes IV. pp. 237–9.
Aug. 17 Letters patents under the Royal sign manual. Determining the pension of 1.600l. per an. payable to George Hamilton, Esq., from the date of death of George Baillie, of Jerviswood. King's Warrant Book XXXIII. p. 103.
Aug. 21 Report to the Treasury from T. Walker, Surveyor General of Crown Lands. On the petition of Alice Style, wife of the Rev. Harry Style, and heiress of Charles Spencer, praying, on behalf of herself and her children, detailed, lease of the Manor of Garstang, in Lancashire, and of a tenement in Newbiggin, in Westmorland. 3 pages. Appending:—(a) Said petition, with Treasury order of reference of date 1736, December 28. 2½ pages. Treasury Board Papers CCXCVIII. No. 39.
[After
Aug. 21]		 Petition to same from Alice Style. In pursuance of her previous petition relating to the renewal of the lease of the manor of Garstang. 1 page.
Appending:—(a) A letter from the Duke of Marlborough to Mr. Winnington, one of the Lords of the Treasury, on behalf of Mr. Style. “His having marry'd a distant relation of mine is the reason of his applying to me.” 1 page. 		Ibid., No. 40.
Aug. 22 J. Scrope to the Officers of the Ordnance. Transmitting the Secretary at War's letter concerning the stopping at Gibraltar of the bedding, &c., intended for the troops in Minorca. Letter Book XIX. p. 479.
Royal sign manual to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. Exempting from the tax of 4s. per £ ibid., Rudolph de Sporcke, on his pension of 1,000l. per an. Irish Book IX. p. 144.
Petition to the Treasury from Horatio Walpole, Esq. For a lease of two or three old houses on a narrow slip in Downing Street, between his house in the Cockpit and the street, without which he cannot make the additional conveniences to his house. Crown Lease Book IV. p. 381.
Aug. 23 Same to same from Henry Wentworth and Honor, his wife, and Ann Hutchinson. Concerning a share in the estate of Keylock Rusden fallen to his Majesty. Reference Book X. p. 112.
Aug. 24 Treasury order for the execution of a Lord Chamberlain's warrant to Viscount Townshend. For the provision of plate, detailed, for the Hon. Col. Lewis Morris, Governor of New Jersey, for the use of His Majesty's chapel there: at an estimate of 80l. Lord Chamberlain's Warrant Book II. p. 106.
Treasury warrant to the Surveyor General and the officers of the Board of Works. To repair the fence guarding the fruit in the Maestricht and replant trees there, at Windsor Castle: at an estimate of 465l. and 120l.
Prefixing:—Estimates by said Board of Works, dated 1738, August 15.		 Ibid.
Petition to the Treasury from James Arnot. For a grant of the small estate and effects of Mungo Lindsay, of the shire of Ayr, and regalities of Kielsmoore and Barmure, a bastard, deceased, to whose estate the Crown is entitled. North Britain Book XII. p. 274.
Treasury warrant to the Surveyor General of Crown Lands. For a constat or particular of two houses in Pall Mall and St. Alban's Street, of which Wight Wooley prays a lease.
Prefixing:—Said Surveyor's report on Wooley's petition for same, and plan of the ground.		 Crown Least Book V. pp. 10–11.
Aug. 24 Treasury warrant to the Clerk of the Pipe or his deputy. For a lease of two pieces of ground in Privy Garden, Whitehall, to Charles Duke of Richmond and Lennox.
Prefixing:—Auditor Lowndes's particular and memorandum, Surveyor General's constat and ratals and entry of demise.		 Crown Lease Book V. pp. 12–18.
Same to same - For same of the passage of the water of Humber and the toll of the Mercate there, with the appurtenances, to Holles Duke of Newcastle.
Prefixing:— Surveyor General's constats and ratal, and entry of demise.		 Ibid., pp. 19–22.
Same to same - For same of three parcels of ground in the Privy Garden, Whitehall, to John Duke of Montagu.
Prefixing:—Auditor Lowndes's particular and memorandum, Surveyor General's ratal and entry of demise.		 Ibid., pp. 22–7.
Same to same For same of ground with the appurtenances in or near the Privy Garden, Whitehall, to same.
Prefixing:—As above.		 Ibid., pp. 27–30.
Same to the King's Remembrancer in the Exchequer. To take the securities, detailed, of Edward Clarke, of Ipswich, as Receiver General of duties on houses for part of Suffolk. Affairs of Taxes IV. p. 226.
Same to same To take the securities, detailed, of said Edward Clarke as same of land tax, 1738, for part of Suffolk. Ibid., p. 240.
Aug. 28 Royal sign manual for a charter or signature of gift of recognition. Of the lands and Barony of Cumloden-Murdoch in favour of Alexander Lord Garlies. North Britain Book XII. pp. 277–81.
Aug. 29 Treasury order for the execution of a Lord Chamberlain's warrant to the Duke of Montagu. For the provision of chapel furniture for the Hon. Col. Lewis Morris, Governor of New Jersey, for the use of His Majesty's chapel there: at an estimate of 106l. Lord Chamberlain's Warrant Book II. p. 107.
Petition to the Treasury from the Managers of the Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh. Concerning the deficiency of the fund for the support thereof, and praying a grant of the Invalids' Fund in Scotland. North Britain Book XII. p. 275.
Treasury warrant to the Clerk of the Pipe or his Deputy. For a lease of gronnd on the north side of Pall Mall Street, and west side of St. Alban's Street to Wight Wooley.
Prefixing:—Surveyor General's constat and ratal; and entry of demise.		 Crown Lease Book V. pp. 31–3.
Aug. 30 Petition to the Treasury from Ebenezer Hartley, late of Zetland. For reward for information given to the Committee for Inspecting into the Frauds in the Customs. Reference Book X p. 113.
Sept. 1 J. Scrope to the Comptrollers of Army Accounts. Transmitting Thomas Revell's list, detailed, of men victualled at Gibraltar, 1738, May 22 to June 18. Letter Book XIX. p. 481.
Sept. 5 Petition to the Treasury from George Lowe. For repairs to the tubs of His Majesty's orangery, exotics, &c., at Hampton Court. Reference Book X. p. 114.
Sept. 6 J. Scrope to the Excise Commissioners. To furnish subsistence money to Brigadier General Campbell's regiment in Dorset. Letter Book XIX. p. 473.
Sept. 8 Treasury warrant to Customs Commissioners. To repay land tax, anno 1738, to Customs officers of under 60l. salary. Customs Book XIV. p. 191.
Sept. 19 J. Scrope to the Comptrollers of Army Accounts. Transmitting Thomas Revell's lists, detailed, of men victualled at Gibraltar, 1738, June 19 to August 13. Letter Book XIX. p. 481.
Petition to the Treasury from Matthew Woodford. For 819l. for victualling Placentia and Annapolis Royal, 1738, April 1 to June 30. Reference Book X. p. 114.
Sept. 20 Petitions to the Treasury from William Pye, Receiver General of Cornwall; Charles Vavazor, same of Cambridge; and Robert Clayton, same of Hereford. For liberty to change their securities, and proposing fresh ones.
Referred to the Taxes Commissioners to report on the sufficiency of the new securities.		 Affairs of Taxes IV. p. 240.
Same to same from Jonathan Johnson. For a lease of lands and tenements at St. Giles's, co. Middlesex. Crown Lease Book V. p. 34.
Sept. 21 Treasury warrant to the Surveyor General of Crown Lands. For a constat or particular of two houses on the north side of Jermyn Street, of which John Warren prays a reversionary lease.
Prefixing:—Said Surveyor's report on Warren's petition for same.		 Ibid., pp. 37–8.
Same to same - For same of a house in St. James's Park, of which William Lord Harrington prays extension of lease.
Prefixing:—As above.		 Ibid., pp. 39–40.
Sept. 26 J. Scrope to the Customs Commissioners, London. Leave of absence to Corbyn Morris, one of the five under-searchers in London port. Customs Book XIV. p. 325.
[Before
Sept. 27]		 Petition to the Treasury from Antonio Ruby, Receiver or Farmer of His Majesty's revenue arising from tithes in Minorca. Concerning the violent and illegal proceeding of Col. William Pinfold, to whom the command of the Island fell on the death of Governor Kane, as next in rank. 1 page. Treasury Board Papers CCXCIX. No. 1.
Sept. 27 J. Scrope to the Auditor of the Receipt. For certificates of the sum required to pay interest to the Bank of England on 500.000l. loans on salt; and of the deficiency at Michaelmas, 1738, of the income of the land tax, 1736, to satisfy principal and interest charged thereupon, and clue to be made good out of supplies, anno 1738. Letter Book XIX. p. 481.
Report to the Treasury from T. Walker, Surveyor General of Crown Lands. On the petition of Jonathan Johnson for a reversionary lease of two old houses in High Holborn. 2 pages.
Appending:—(a) Said petition of Johnson, with Treasury order of reference, dated 1738, September 20. 1 page. 		Treasury Board Papers CCXCIX. No. 2.
Sept. 28 Treasury warrant to the Postmaster General. To repay land tax, 1739, to officers of the General and Penny Post of under 60l. salary. Money Book XXXIX. p. 23.
Petition to the Treasury from Ralph Jenison, Master of His Majesty's Buckhounds. For a room to be built in Swinley Walk, Windsor Forest, for the entertainment of the Royal Family. Reference Book X. p. 114.
Treasury warrant to the King's Remembrancer in the Exchequer. To change the securities of George Pembroke as Receiver General of house duties, co. Herts.
Prefixing:—Taxes Commissioners' report on the new securities.		 Affairs of Taxes IV. pp. 241–2.
Same to same - For same of William Bury, same for co. Notts.
Prefixing:—As above.
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