F

Fabian, James, 283.

Fairfax, Col., perpetuity to heirs of, 108, 121, 131, 140, 251, 263, 269, 401, 413, 426, 442, 582, 594, 608, 618.

-, Bryan, a Customs Commissioner, England, 347, 458.

-, William, 8th Viscount Fairfax, 487.

Falconer (Falconar, see Fawkener, Faulconer), John, 74, 93, 213, 232.

Falmouth, 28, 283, 314, 341, 384, 459, 460, 476, 486.

Fan Grove Coppice, Surrey, 353, 395.

Fane, Charles, First Viscount Fane, 318, 385.

-, -, minister at Florence, resident with the Grand Duke of Tuscany, 102, 119, 132, 135, 246, 260, 267, 417, 424, 441, 590, 608, 613; extras to, 123, 125, 140, 272, 279, 399, 416, 431, 579, 602, 609.

-, -, Francis, a King's Counsel, 300; pension to, 208, 531.

-, Henry, a Treasury Clerk, 104, 112, 114; Clerk of Foreign Estreats in the Exchequer Court, 108, 112, 121, 123, 140, 143, 243, 253, 257, 269, 398, 418, 427, 584, 600, 633; digester of records in the Treasury Office, 115, 133, 247, 258, 269, 280, 407, 420, 434, 446, 577, 591, 604, 621; Comptroller of the Pipe, 427, 433, 634; lease to, 233, 234, 236; a trustee for the Princess of Orange's dowry, 296.

-, John, 13th Earl of Westmorland, 529; regiment of, 371, 380.

-, Thomas, 12th Earl of Westmorland, First Commissioner of Trade and Plantations [died 1736, June], 137, 529.

Farley, Abraham, (Deputy) Chamberlain of the Exchequer, 264, 447; issues to for His Majesty's special services, 293, 398; payments to for sorting records, 404, 429, 573, 599.

-, Mr., a Record clerk, 11, 32, 53, 59, 164, 174, 188, 202, 305, 342, 353, 475, 524.

Farms. See Dues (feudal).

Farquharson, John, of Invercauld, 554.

-, Joseph, 623.

Farr, Mr., 104.

Farrell, Garrett, 429.

Farrington, Thomas, an Auditor of land revenues of the Crown, 37, 72, 89, 107, 118, 127, 142, 162, 217, 227, 251, 262, 273, 400, 414, 425, 444, 564, 580, 595, 605, 615.

Farthings, coinage of, 299, 303, 557.

Fassit, William, 456.

Fauconberg, Viscount. See Belasyse, Thomas.

Faulconer, James, 429. See Fawkener.

Faversham, 153, 302, 627, 631.

Fawkener (See Falconer, Faulconer), Everard, Ambassador to the Grand Signior, 87, 90, 128, 478, 576, 584, 616.

Fawsley Hundred (Northants.), 535, 565.

Fawson, Abraham, Sheriff of Coventry, 276.

Featherstonehaugh, Heneage, 150.

Fee farm rents, 358.

-, -, -, trustees for sale of, 236, 364.

Fees. See Courts, Baronet fee, Exchequer Court (Inspector of Prosecutions), Serjeants-at-Arms, Westminster (Palace Housekeeper), King's Counsel.

Feilden, George, 16.

Feilding, Robert, 207.

Fell, Ralph, 146.

-, Robert, 625.

Felons, transporting of, and names of. See Forward, J.

Feltham, James, 23.

Felton, Dorothy, 429.

Fenwick, Roger, 625.

Feodary, Office of. See Richmond (Honour).

Fergason, James, 449.

-, John, tidesman, 148.

Ferguson, Patrick, 153.

Fernie (Fifeshire), 553.

Ferrol (Spain), 167.

Feston, Thomas, 146.

Feu dues. See Dues.

-, rights pertaining to Church lands in Scotland, policy of the Crown as to, 297.

Fewson Grange [? Foston upon the Wolds], 64, 71, 75.

Field, alias Fielder, John, 71, 132.

-, William, 599.

Fielder. See Field.

Fielding, Col., 78, 80.

Fieldson, Christopher, 457.

Fiennes-Clinton. See Clinton.

Fife, County, 39.

-, and Strathearn, Chamberlain of, 154.

-, -, -, -, -, emoluments of, 154.

Fillingham, Thomas, 283.

Finch, Anne, 2nd wife of Daniel, 7th Earl of Winchilsea [d. 1743], 31, 209.

-, Belle, Lady Belle Finch, 6, 159, 513.

-, Hon. Edward, Envoy Extraordinary to Sweden, 102, 119, 132, 187, 230, 260, 416; Plenipotentiary to same, 277, 416, 590; extras to, 106, 125, 140, 246, 268, 399, 424, 441, 578, 607, 613.

-, Henry, Receiver of Minorca revenues, 212, 344, 380, 384, 495, 496, 501, 505, 508, 543.

-, John, 453.

Findlater, Earl of. See Ogilvy, James.

Fines. See Post fines.

Fines and forfeitures for uncustomed goods, Receiver for (Scotland). See Graeme, Mr.

-, for not taking office (see Kensington, High Constable), 93.

-, King's and Queen's, in Chancery. See Chancery.

-, for writs of covenant and entre. See Alienation Office.

Finisterre. See Cape.

Finlason, Duncan, 290.

Finlay, John, 288.

Finney (? Binney), James, 596.

Fire. See Ashburnham House.

Firmin, Nathaniel, 565.

First Fruits and Tenths, issues out of for Queen Anne's Bounty, 519.

Fish, abuses and frauds in exportation of, 161, 304.

-, British, Colonial, and foreign, 161.

-, debentures, Scotland, frauds in, 304.

Fisher, John, 374, 631.

-, Timothy, 632.

-, William, a Commissioner of Stamps, 285, 362, 452; pension to, 406.

Fisheries, Scotland, Commissioners and trustees for. See Improvements.

Fiske, William, 277.

Fitzgerald, Gerard, 429.

Fitz-Hardinge, Viscount. See Berkeley, John.

Fitz Roy, Anne, Dowager Duchess of Cleveland, 164, 348, 354, 355.

-, Lady Anne, daughter of 1st Duke of Cleveland, 164, 354.

-, Lady Barbara, eldest daughter of 1st Duke of Cleveland, deed of settlement concerning, 164, 218, 348, 354, 392.

-, Charles, 1st Duke of Cleveland, 164; pension of in the Excise, deed of settlement concerning, 164, 213, 218, 348, 392.

-, -, 2nd Duke of Grafton, Lord Chamberlain of the Household, 6, 159, 160, 168, 173, 214, 219, 226, 303, 377, 381, 444, 603; pension to, 107, 119, 126, 137, 191, 242, 257, 273, 279, 346, 354, 405, 421, 436, 440, 500, 584, 599, 603, 612; Warden of Whittlewood Forest, 218: Master of the game about Newmarket, 386.

-, -, Keeper of His Majesty's Tennis Courts, 98, 123, 131, 143, 251, 263, 273, 404, 413, 427, 442, 576, 606, 617.

-, George, Duke of Northumberland, pension to, 345, 561, 603.

-, Grace, daughter of 1st Duke of Cleveland, 164, 354.

-, Mary, Duchess of Northumberland, widow of Fitz Roy, George, pension to, 561, 603.

-, William, 3rd Duke of Cleveland, Duke of Southampton, 561; pension to, 354, 355, 603.

Fitzwalter, Earl. See Mildmay, Benjamin.

Fitzwilliam, Richard, Captain General and Governor-in-Chief of the Bahamas, 116, 144, 259, 279, 300, 419, 570.

Five per cent. duty on imported bullion, 522.

Fizard, Morgan, 152.

Flag pay. See Navy.

Flan, Richard, John, and William, 341, 388.

Flanders, 164, 195, 220, 228, 231, 236, 237, 328, 332, 334, 389, 466, 479, 543, 555, 611.

-, Consul at, Dean, J.

Flanner, James, 452.

Flax, tithe of. See Tithe.

-, manufacture, Scotland, 22, 170, 325, 466.

Fleet Prison, 26, 64, 79, 85, 211, 475, 546, 549.

-, Street. See Streets.

Fleming, Daniel, 460.

Fleming, Gilbert, Lieutenant-General of the Leeward Islands, 12, 361; Governor of St. Christopher, 110, 137, 254, 278, 298, 362, 416, 440, 585; receiver of moneys arising by sale of French lands at St. Christopher, 168, 221, 388, 465, 469, 519. (See St. Christopher.)

-, John, 8th Earl of Wigtoun, Chamberlain of Fife and Strath Earn, 154.

-, William, Surveyor of Customs, Glasgow and Greenock, 145.

-, -, 451.

-, William Henry, Sheriff of Norfolk, 252, 431.

Fletcher, John, Receiver-General of Cumberland and Westmoreland, 430.

-, Mary, 64, 86.

-, Thomas, 284.

Fleury, Cardinal, 348.

Flimby (Cumberland), 632, 633.

Flint County, 539, 634.

-, Justices of, Jessop, William; Pottinger, R.; Verney, J.; Skinner, M.

-, Receivers-General of, 545.

-, Sheriffs of, 277.

-, town, 151, 631.

Flints, importation of, from France, for the Ordnance, 527.

Flitcroft, Henry, 209, 238.

Florence, Resident at. See Tuscany.

Flower, Henry, 233.

Foe, Benjamin Norton de, royal bounty to, 168.

Foley, Thomas, an Auditor of Imprests and Foreign Accounts, 12, 64, 66, 67, 88, 93, 109, 129, 207, 215, 221, 224, 249, 273, 307, 341, 350, 359, 361, 369, 376, 386, 413, 444, 518, 620.

Folkes (Folks), Martin, 71, 96, 207.

-, (Foulkes), Eleanor, 392. See Fowkes.

-, Henry, messenger of the Order of the Bath, 566.

-, (Foukes), William, 460, 598.

Folkestone, 153, 332.

Folliot, John, 223.

Foot Guards. See Regiments.

Foracion (see Minorca), 344, 345.

Forbes, Sir Arthur, 220, 359, 381.

-, Duncan, Advocate-General or Lord Advocate, Scotland, 177.

-, George, Lord Forbes, 3rd Earl of Granard, Minister Plenipotentiary to the Czarina; extras to, 120.

-, James, 287, 631.

-, Thomas, 336, 457, 623, 634.

-, -, of Echt, 221.

-, William, 13th Lord Forbes of Forbes, pension to children of, 109, 120, 130, 142, 250, 269, 400, 410, 427, 442, 580, 593, 606, 617.

-, William, Lieut.-Governor of Montserrat, 98, 106, 116, 133, 144, 248, 259, 271, 280, 407, 420, 436 570, 577, 627.

Forces. See Army.

Ford, John, 627.

-, William, 154, 451.

Foreign accounts. See Imprests.

-, Apposer in the Exchequer Court, Hammond, R.

-, correspondents, Renard, M.

-, Estreats, clerk of. See Estreats.

-, messengers. See Chamber, Renard M., Intelligence.

-, ministers. See Ambassadors, 48, 52.

-, sail cloth. See Sail cloth.

-, Protestants. See Protestants.

-, workmen employed in Scotland. See Improvements, hecklers, staplers, reed makers.

Foreman, De la Fountain, alias Watson, 447.

Forest rolls and records, 11, 32, 52, 164.

Forests. See Alice Holt, Delamere, Hainault, Mara, Woolmer, Whittlewood, Wychwood.

Forêt, Marquis de la, 92, 360.

Forfar, County, 67.

FORFEITED ESTATES. See Superstitious uses.

-, -, Commissioners for, 4, 21, 29.

-, -, ENGLAND, Keeper of Records of, Turbill, G.

-, -, Receivers of, Elstob, 4.

-, -, -, -, accounts of, 383.

-, -, IRELAND, 507, 509.

-, -, -, (Forfeitures), Register of. Coplestone, Thomas.

-, -, SCOTLAND, 553, 554.

-, -, -, Commissioners and trustees for, 39, 77.

-, -, -, affairs of, 136.

-, -, -, records of, 39, 77.

-, -, -, restorations of, 553, 554.

-, recognisances. See Estreated.

Forfeitures. See Forfeited estates.

Forrest, Robert, Accomptant-General of Excise, Scotland, 353.

Forster, Robert, 332.

Fort Mr., Clerk of Works at Hampton Court, 338.

Fort Augustus, 15.

-, Charles, near Kinsale, 478, 479.

-, William (Inverness), 34, 50, 145, 238, 239, 245, 456, 632.

Fortescue, Samuel, 154.

-, William, 145.

-, -, a Baron of the Exchequer, 248, 255, 283; a Justice of Common Pleas, 630.

Forth, Firth of, oyster bed in, 23, 39, 44; fisheries in, 465.

-, River, 194.

-, Fortifications. See Portsmouth.

Forward, Jonathan, payments to as contractor for transhipment of felons, 98, 122, 243, 261, 296, 340, 464, 589.

Fosse, John, 459.

Foster, William, 152, 459.

Foston. See Fewson.

Fotheringay, Northants., 37, 239.

-, free grammar school at, 37.

Fountain, Sir Andrew, Warden of the Mint, 66, 240.

Four and Half per cent. duty in Barbados and Leeward Islands, collection of, 20, 41, 42, 43, 78.

-, -, -, -, -, -, history of, 42.

Four shillings per £ tax, Ireland.

-, -, -, exemptions from, 76, 81, 206, 208, 213, 214, 217, 218, 222, 223, 231, 232, 395, 531, 536, 538, 540, 544, 548, 558, 561, 564.

Fourteen per cent. Excise, 226.

Fowey port, 145, 150, 283, 284, 285, 456, 504, 631.

Fowkes, George, 451. See Folkes.

Fowle, John, a Commissioner of Excise, England, 154, 458, 624.

-, -, tidesman, 285, 630.

Fowler, Abraham, 456.

-, Nathaniel, 287.

-, Richard, Sheriff of Stafford, 596

-, William. Sheriff of Rutland, 110.

Fox, Henry, Surveyor-General of the Board of Works, 455, 456, 538.

-, Joseph, Naval Officer at Charleston (S. Carolina), 4, 17, 34.

Foxhounds. See Royal Foxhounds.

Foy (Hereford), 79.

Foyle, Gerrard, 507.

Frampton, John, 151, 634.

France, 10, 20, 81, 164, 302, 332, 343, 468, 471, 527.

-, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to, Earl Waldegrave.

-, Ambassador from, Count Cambis, 347, 390, 391, 486, 531.

-, King of, edict concerning sugar trade, 10.

-, listing troops for King of, 4.

-, Minister from, 384. See M. Chavigni.

-, -, Plenipotentiary from. See Bussy, M. de.

-, Secretary to Extraordinary Embassy to, Pelham, Thomas.

-, territory surrendered to (1670), 525.

France, Thomas, 230, 275.

Francis, Francis, 195.

-, John, 52, 133.

Franking of letters by M.P., question of, 16, 17, 27, 29, 31.

-, -, -, abuses in, 27.

-, -, -, -, -, terms of warrant for preventing abuse, 16, 31.

Frank Mansell, Deputy Secretary of St. Christopher, 213.

Franklyn, Richard, 601.

Frankpledge, view of, 285, 537.

Frankz, Thomas, 14.

Fransham, John, 289.

Fraser (see Frazer), Duncan, collector of the rents of the Bishopric of Ross, 461.

-, (Frasier), Reverend George, 602.

-, John, 282.

-, Simon, 11th Lord Lovat, pension to, 107, 427.

-, Thomas, 459, 623.

-, William, 154.

Frauds in customs (see smuggling, Tea), 65, 92, 161, 165, 211, 459, 547.

-, -, -, Committee for inspecting into, 559.

-, oyster trade. See Oysters.

-, -, Post Office, 17, 65.

-, -, salt. See Salt.

-, -, stamps. See Stamps.

-, -, trade between England and Scotland, 41.

-, -, vinegar duty. See Vinegar.

Frazer (see Fraser), Hugh, 44.

-, James, 449.

Frazier, William, payments to, for special services to his Majesty, 585.

Frecker, Abraham, 541, 550.

-, Mark, certificator of lottery tickets (a Treasury clerk), 15, 27, 44, 80, 85, 86, 115, 168, 222, 360, 386.

Frederick, James, 601.

Frederick's Fort, Nova Scotia, 492, 493.

‘Free Britons,’ 6, 19.

Free importations. See Ireland (free), flints.

Free. John, 450.

Freebairn, James, Excise collector, 55.

Freeman, William, 545, 549, 550, 598.

Freemantle, John, 151.

Freind, Philip, 289.

Freke, William, 64, 125, 232, 366, 376.

French, Mr., Governor of Martinique, 348.

-, Robert, 550, 567.

French chapel. See St. James's.

-, islands in America, 7, 10.

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

-, ministers (see Dundalk) in Savoy, annuity to Dean and Chapter of Westminster for, 109, 129, 249, 270, 414, 443, 595, 618.

-, pistoles. See Pistoles.

-, Plantations, 10.

-, Protestants, 233; pensions to, 3, 37, 183, 242 (see Dundalk), 409.

-, -, royal bounty to, 156.

-, -, -, -, Committee for distribution of, 38.

-, -, -, -, paymaster of, Stewart, William.

-, settlements and projects in Nova Scotia, 525, 526.

-, ships seized, 486.

-, smugglers, pursuit of by the English, 348.

-, traders and smugglers, 356.

-, wines, imports of, 41, 64.

Frickley. See Clayton with Frickley.

Frodsham (Cheshire), 625.

Fromow, John, Sheriff of Norwich, 110, 113.

Fryer, Gilbert, 418.

Fulham, 230.

-, road repairs to, 351.

Fulton, William, 456.

Funds. See Aggregate Fund, General Fund, Bank of England, Sinking Fund, Invalids, East India Company.

Furley, John, 56, 67.

Furman, William, 449.

Furneaux Pelham (Herts), 550.

Furniture, See Carolina yacht, Commons House of, Hampton Court, Kensington, Kew, Lords House of, Richmond, St. James's, ships (“Mary,” “William and Mary”).

Furriers, petitions concerning trade of, 15, 16.

Fury, Peregrine, 7.

Furze Hall, 395.