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Nature and Substance of the Entry. |
Reference. |
| May 6. |
Confirmation by the Treasury Lords of the dormant
warrant of June 21 last, ut supra, p. 160, for Andrew
Haynes's salary as a King's waiter, London port. |
Money Book X, p. 37. |
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Treasury warrant to the Receipt for tallies on the
Excise for 700l. on any unsatisfied order in the
name of William Harbord for the service of Ireland ;
same to be by him delivered to the Excise Commissioners
in discharge of so much paid by their
officers in the country to Mr. Henley, by Harbord's
order, for buying oats etc. for the use of the Army
in Ireland. |
Ibid, p. 237. |
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Same dormant to the Receiver of Crown Revenues
in co. Lancs to pay to the Bishop of Chester 200l.
per an. for the King's four Lancashire preachers,
by equal portions half yearly and also 750l. for
3½ years' arrears thereon from Michaelmas, 1686,
to Lady day last : all as granted by Charles II
and James II and as renewed by the Privy Seal
of Feb. 22 last, supra, p. 487 : said payment to
be made out of the rent reserved out of the lands
in Furness etc. granted to Thomas Preston ut ibid. |
Ibid, pp. 237-8. |
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Money warrant for 15l. to John Leigh, Receiver
General for the first Six Months' Aid [1 Wm. and
Mary, c. 3] in co. Herts ; for his extraordinary
charges therein. (Money order dated May 10
hereon.) |
Money Book X, p. 239.
Order Book III, p. 71. |
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William Jephson to the Auditor of the Receipt to
issue to William Harbord (to be by him paid to
Mr. William Watts for tents for the Marching
Hospital in Ireland and for the 42 Chirurgeon's
mates that are going (appointed to go) for Ireland)
the 550l. which the said Watts will lend or procure
to be lent into the Exchequer on credit of the
Temporary Excise as by the Act [of 2 Wm. and
Mary, c. 3] authorising 250,000l. loans thereon.
(Same dated same to said Harbord to so apply
same.) |
Disposition Book VI,
pp. 123, 124. |
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Same to Mr. Duncombe. You have not made any
progress in passing your commission as Receiver
of the Review of the Poll in London and Middlesex,
ut supra, p. 609. Do you intend to take upon you
that receipt or not? |
Out Letters (General) XII,
p. 261. |
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Same to the Attorney General to give warrant to the
Clerk of the Petty Bag for a commission to Sir John
Key, Sir Watkinson Payler (struck through by
order of Mr. Jephson), Sir William Strickland, bart.,
Robert Hollis, Robert Waller, Thomas Langley,
Phillip Wilkinson, Matthew Ashmole, Edward
Wilbert and John Fotherby to enquire of derelict
lands in or near the villages of South Cave, Ellerker,
Bromfleet and the Provost in co. Yorks. |
Ibid, p. 262. |
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Same to Major Wildman [Postmaster General] to
allow 53l. 18s. 9d. in the account of Peter Dawson,
postmaster at York, being by him disbursed by
order of several lords and gentlemen who were in
arms in that city in assistance of the then Prince of
Orange, now King Wm. III ; said disbursement
being certified by Sir Henry Goodrick. |
Ibid. |
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Treasury reference to the Customs Commissioners of
the petition of Capt. Edward Furlong for restoration
to his place as King's waiter at Bristol. |
Reference Book VI, p. 162. |
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Same to the Revenue Commissioners, Ireland, of
the petition of Claud Hayes and other merchants
in London, shewing that they laded several sorts
of goods on the Orange Flower for Ireland on the
encouragement of the Order in Council for free
imports to Ireland for three months from Nov. 1
last, but the ship is not yet arrived there for want
of convoy and being hindered by contrary winds ;
therefore praying an order to the collector of Belfast
to pass the goods, duty free [on arrival]. |
Ibid, p. 165. |
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Treasury letters patent authorising George Morley,
gent., a Master of the High Court of Chancery
(or his deputy, being a Master of Chancery) to
attend in the Office of Alienations for taking Oaths
and Signing Writs of Covenant and Writs of Entre :
being the office already held by him : all as amply
as he, Nathaniell Crew, Richard Courthop, John
Pottenger or any others have held the same office. |
Warrants not Relating to
Money XIII, pp. 190-1. |
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William Jephson to Sir Christopher Wren to report
on the enclosed petition of Ann Ball concerning
a distress made on her goods in the King's Timber
Yard at Windsor by the officers of the parish [of
Windsor] under pretence of a distress for the poor. |
Out Letters (General) XII,
p. 265. |
| May 6
[? 16]. |
Same to Mr. Williamson. My Lords are informed
that you refuse to let the merchants in Yorkshire
return [by their bills of exchange] the moneys
by you received for the taxes there unless they
will allow you 20d. per cent. [100l.] for the
return of it, although they promise to pay it into
the Exchequer within 14 days after they have
received it, but that rather than return it by them
you will bring it up in specie. My Lords look upon
this as of ill consequence to the country [the Yorkshire
merchants] and an unnecessary charge to the
King. I am therefore to acquaint you that my
Lords will not make any allowance for the bringing
up of such money as may safely be returned [by
such bills]. |
Ibid, p. 271. |
| May 6. |
Treasury warrant to the Auditor for Wales to allow
in Godfrey Harcourt's account as late Receiver of
[Crown Revenues in] North Wales 38l. for sums
as follows "because he has paid the same to Bevis
Lloyd," in whose aid same were levied for debts
owing to said Lloyd from John Jarvis and William
Walker : viz. 15l. levied on the lands of said Jarvis
in co. Montgomery, 1687, Michaelmas ; 8l. levied
on the lands of said Walker in co. Denbigh, 1687,
Michaelmas, and 15l. on said Jarvis's lands, 1688,
Michaelmas : which sums came to the hands of
said Harcourt. |
Money Book X, p. 382. |
| May 7. |
Royal warrant to the Attorney or Solicitor General
for a great seal for a grant to Charles Herbert, esq.,
of the office of Auditor of Crown Revenues within
the Principality of Wales ; the said office being
now void and in the King's dispose by an inquisition
taken at the vestry of St. Martins in the Fields
April 15 last : all to hold as amply etc. as Sir William
Godolphin or any other predecessor therein. |
King's Warrant Book
XIV, p. 450. |
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Same to the Clerk of the Signet for a privy seal to
authorise the Exchequer to take in loans on the
Tunnage and Poundage Act [2 Wm. and Mary, c. 4]
up to a total of 500,000l. at rates of interest and
according to the method of register etc. as by the
terms of said Act. |
Ibid, pp. 451-2. |
Same to Thomas Done and Brooke Bridges, Auditors
of Imprests, to allow in account to the Earl of
Ranelagh [as Paymaster of the Forces] the various
sums, amounting in all to 282,000l., paid by him
to Jacob Vander Esch between 1689, May 1, to
1689, Dec. 31, by the King's direction ; the King
reserving to himself "the examination of the
particular disbursements of the same."
Appending : list of the separate dates and sums of
said payments making said total. |
Ibid, pp. 453-4. |
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Royal warrant to the Clerk of the Signet for a privy seal
for providing an assurance as follows for debts as follows
owing in the Office of Ordnance for stores furnished
and work done by them for said Office : viz. ;
799l. 8s. 3¼d. to John Silvester, smith at Portsmouth ;
467l. 6s. 8d. to Peter English, cutler, for repairing
swords and hangers and for bayonets and other stores ;
533l. 6s. 8d. to John Hill, cutler, for new bayonets ;
1,813l. 16s. 7d. to Thomas Hawgood, cutler, for
bayonets and hangers ; 1,050l. to William Coolinge,
beltmaker, for belts and girdles with frogs, and
strapping of musquets ; 1,317l. 14s. 0d. to Nathaniel
Hunt for tents and other stores ; 207l. 4s. 0d. to
Ann Marke (Markes) for freight at Portsmouth.
Debentures for said payments are hereby to be
made out and as the said payees shall from time
to time make loans into the Exchequer the moneys
of said loans are hereby to be issued to the Treasurer
of the Ordnance to be by him paid and applied to
the discharge of said debentures respectively with
interest at 6 per cent. and further hereby the register
of loans on the 2s. Aid [1 Wm. and Mary, Sess. 1, c. 2]
is hereby to be charged with the repayment of said
loans as a security for same next and immediately
after the sums already charged upon said register,
to wit next and immediately after (1) the transferred
unsatisfied orders on the 12d. Aid [of 1 Wm. and
Mary, 20] ; (2) 400,000l. appropriated by the Act
for said 2s. Aid ; (3) 30,000l. charged thereon for
Thomas Westerne with interest, ut supra, pp. 527-8 ;
(4) 8,855l. 4s. 8¾d. charged thereon for John Fitch
with interest, ut supra, pp. 534-5 ; (5) 6,031l. 10s. 0d.
charged thereon for John Hayward, carpenter, with
interest, ut supra, pp. 534-5 ; (6) 3,000l. charged
thereon for Thomas Casse with interest, ut supra,
p. 562 ; (7) 1,000l. charged thereon to Sir John
Pelham with interest, ut supra, pp. 608-9 ; (8)
13,771l. 8s. 3½d. charged thereon for William Benge,
founder, with interest, ut supra, ibid. ; (9) 4,000l.
charged thereon for Samuel Lash, carpenter, with
interest, ut supra, ibid. ; (10) 10,127l. 4s. 9d.
charged thereon for Edward Silvester, master smith,
with interest, ut supra, ibid. ; (11) 4,425l. 4s. 9d.
charged thereon for John Uthwaite with interest,
ut supra, ibid. |
King's Warrant Book
XIV, pp. 454-9. |
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Same to same for a same dormant for a salary of 100l.
per an. to Peter Guenon Beaubuisson, "Gentleman
of our bows and guns and keeper of our Private
Armoury at Whitehall," for his care and pains in
keeping in good condition all our pistols, guns and
other arms in the said Private Armoury and for
the charge of servants to look after the same : to
be payable quarterly as from 1689, Lady day. |
Ibid, p. 460. |
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Same to the Treasury Lords for a fee or salary of
40l. per an. to be payable quarterly from June 1
to John Tayler as keeper of the mill and engine
to convey the water up to the castle at Windsor :
said Taylor having of late been appointed to work
at and keep in order the said engine and mill, to
look after the repairs of the wheels and timber
work, brass work and iron work, to assist in cleaning
the conduit house, wells, drains, mills and river
from gravel and weeds and to preserve the rivers
and banks of the river ; and is at this time employed
in the same and is certified as fit therefor by Sir
Christopher Wren and William Talman, respectively
Surveyor and Comptroller of the Works. By the
present privy seal therefore said Taylor is appointed
to do the said work during pleasure, with the said
allowance, to be paid by William Roberts, paymaster
of the works in the Castle of Windsor :
and the first payment thereon is hereby to be for
the past 1½ years to March 1 last. Further, he is
hereby to be paid all such incident charges in and
about the said work as shall be allowed by the
proper officers of the works there. (Dormant Treasury
warrant dated May 9 to said Roberts accordingly.) |
Ibid, pp. 467-8. Money
Book X, p. 381 |
Royal warrant to the Clerk of the Signet for a privy seal
for an assurance of payment as follows to creditors
of the Forces and Ordnance as follows : viz. : 550l.
to Phillip Coleby for 1,000 surtout coats by him
delivered at 11s. each to Capt. Mathew Ingram,
who is appointed by the Commissioners for the
Affairs of Ireland to take care of the clothing of
divers of the Forces in Ireland ; 2,200l. to Robert
Cragg for 4,000 ditto delivered to said Ingram at
the like rate ; 2,342l. 8s. 1d. to James Moyer and
Tracey Pancefort, gent., for clothing and accoutrements
by them delivered to the Earl of Meath's
Regiment (over and above 825l. 4s. 11d. which
was paid to them by offreckonings of May, June,
July and August, 1689) ; 1,840l. 18s. 4d. to Paul
Derby, gent., for clothing and accoutrements by
him delivered to Visct. Lisburne's Regiment (over
and above 920l. 9s. 2d. which was paid him by
offreckonings of the months aforesaid) ; 1,621l. 17s. 0d.
to the said Paul Darby and John Prigg and Clement
Wakelin, gent., for clothing and accoutrements
by them delivered to the Regiments of the Princess
Ann of Denmark, commanded by Col. Beaumont
(over and above 600l. paid them by offreckonings
of the months aforesaid) ; 500l. to the said James
Moyer and Tracey Pancefort [? being due to them for
the like] from the Regiment of Col. Edmund Villers.
And likewise 16,501l. 0s. 8d. which by an account
of the said Capt. Mathew Ingram stated [to] Mar. 31
last by Auditor William Auldworth appear as due
for the clothing of the Regiments of Horse, Foot
and Dragoons of Enniskillen and Londonderry
[the clothing whereof was] taken care of by the
said Capt. Ingram.
And likewise for the following sums certified by
the officers of the Ordnance, viz. : 712l. 12s. 0d. to
John Gore for trench [sic for French] tents and
other stores delivered to the Office of Ordnance ;
390l. 9s. 8¾d. to Tho. Silver, gent., for building a
storehouse in St. James's Park and other disbursements
and services for said Office of Ordnance.
And further several considerable sums [not
stated] which the King is indebted in the Office
of Works [for which the King is minded to provide
10,000l. to the Paymaster of the Works].
For all the sums aforesaid loans shall or may
hereby forthwith be made upon credit of the Exchequer
in general, to wit 550l. by said Coleby,
2,200l. by said Cragg, 2,342l. 8s. 1d. and 500l. by
said Moyer and Pancefort, 1,840l. 18s. 4d. by said
Darby, 1,621l. 17s. 0d. by Darby, Prigg and Wakelin,
16,501l. 0s. 8d. by said Capt. Ingram, 712l. 12s. 0d.
by said Gore, 390l. 9s. 8¾d. by said Silver, 10,000l.
by Thomas Lloyd, said Paymaster of the Works :
and in the manner of the like privy seals formerly,
supra, pp. 527-8, 534-5, 608-9 and 616, the said loan
moneys are to be issued to the several Paymasters
concerned (viz. to William Harbord as Paymaster
for the Forces in Ireland for items 1 to 7 ; and to
the Treasurer of the Ordnance for items 8 and 9
and to the Paymaster of the Works for item 10)
for them thereby to pay and liquidate the debentures
issued for the respective creditors for the said
several items : and for a further assurance to the
said creditors for their loans as herein, the said
respective sums making in all 36,659l. 5s. 9¾d.,
with 6 per cent interest, are hereby to be charged
on the register of the 2s. Aid in manner exactly
ut supra ibid. and next and immediately after the
full sequence of items last charged thereupon by
the like privy seal, ut supra, p. 616, viz. 300,000l.
of transferred orders ; 400,000l. of appropriated
orders and divers sums ut ibid. amounting to
106,048l. 5s. 6¾d. [sic]. The only exception out of this
arrangement is as to the sum of 16,501l. 0s. 8d.
due to said Ingram. Of this sum 11,501l. 0s. 8d.
is to be charged as above on the register of the
2s. Aid and the remaining 5,000l. is to be charged
on the loans made or to be made on the [Additional]
12d. Aid [1 Wm. and Mary, Sess. 2, c. 5]. |
King's Warrant Book
XV, pp. 39-46. |
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William Jephson to the Auditor of the Receipt to
issue (out of moneys in the Exchequer reserved
for the Treasurer of the Chamber) 125l. to Sir
Rowland Gwynn, for Mr. Randue, housekeeper of
Windsor. (Same to said Gwynn to pay same to
Randue for half a year's salary.) |
Disposition Book VIII,
p. 124. |
|
Same to the Earl of Ranelagh to report on the enclosed
memorial [missing] of William Wallis, agent to
Col. Trelawney's Regiment ; and on the petition
[missing] of Charles Middleton, merchant, concerning
a bill of exchange drawn on said Wallis for money
for the use of that Regiment. |
Out Letters (General) XII,
p. 263. |
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The Treasury Lords to the Bishop of Exeter, Vice-Admiral
of South Cornwall. We have yours of
April 26 concerning the silver etc. claimed by
Mr. Ford and partners (to wit Cornelius de Gelder,
James Blackman and Fra. Ligo) under their patent
under which they are responsible to the Crown for
a fifth part. They have given bond, April 2 last,
to abide by our determination as to the re-delivery
[to you] of said silver etc. if you established your
legal claim thereto within three months. There
can therefore be no reasonable objection to your
delivering the silver etc. to them, and we desire
you to do it forthwith on sight hereof. They
complain that both they and the Crown have been
much damnified by your detention of the silver
and the consequent obstruction to their proceeding
in the gaining more treasure. |
Ibid. |
|
Treasury reference to William Blathwayt of the
petition of Richard Harnage and Richard Acton,
praying for a tally on the [Additional] 12d. Aid
[1 Wm. and Mary, Sess. 2, c. 5] for 5,500l. and
interest due to them for 10,000 surcoats delivered
by order of the Committee for the Affairs of Ireland. |
Reference Book VI, p. 165. |
| May 8. |
Treasury warrant dormant to Edward Nicholas,
Receiver General in the Alienation Office, to pay
the following fees per term to the several officers
appointed in said Office by the Treasury Lords,
viz. 40l. each to Peregrine Bertie, James Saunderson,
and William Glanvill as deputies and Commissioners ;
40l. to said Nicholas as Receiver ; 20l. to George
Morley, Master of Chancery ; 5l. each to Bernard
Halfpenny and Thomas Webb as clerks ; and such
incidents as said Commissioners shall certify. |
Money Book X, p. 239. |
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William Jephson to the Auditor of the Receipt to
issue 10,500l. to Mr. Lloyd, Paymaster of the
Works, out of the 20,500l. loan which Mr. Fort,
joiner, and Mr. Hayward, carpenter, have agreed
to lend on credit of the Temporary Excise as by the
Act [2 Wm. and Mary, c. 3] for loans on same.
The said money is to be applied as follows : viz. :
3,500l. to Mr. Ford, joiner ; 4,000l. to Mr. Hayward,
carpenter ; 2,000l. to Mr. Hughs, bricklayer ; 1,000l.
to Mr. Hill, mason : for work by them respectively
performed at Kensington. (Same to said Lloyd
to so apply said sums.) |
Disposition Book VIII,
pp. 124, 125. |
|
Same to the Excise Commissioners. There are 22
tallies struck on the Excise payable to the Treasurer
of the Navy. Same are intended to be paid to the
following persons for building 11 fireships [the
dates being the dates at which the tallies fall due],
viz. 2,000l. each to John Taylor (1690, July 2) ;
Thomas Gressingham (July 9) ; Thomas Ellis
(July 16) ; Nicholas Barret (July 23) ; John Frame
(July 30) ; Edward Snellgrove (Aug. 6) ; William
Ralph and William Castle (Aug. 13) ; Robert Castle
(Aug. 20) ; John Greaves (Aug. 27) ; John Castle
(Sept. 3) ; Jonas Shish (Sept. 10). You are to
see said tallies satisfied at said dates. (Same to
the Navy Commissioners, enclosing a copy of the
above, which my Lords have written in answer to
your desire of April 25 last.) |
Ibid, p. 126. Out Letters
(General) XII, p. 264. |
|
Same to the Customs Commissioners, enclosing the
petition [missing] of Edward Randolph, late Collector
of Customs in New England, praying payment of
his salary to the date of Mr. Brenton's commission.
You are to allow him such salary if his allegations
are true. |
Out Letters (General) XII,
p. 264. |
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Same to Sir Henry Ashurst and partners [Excise
Commissioners]. Immediately on your receiving
back the 25,000l. which you lately lent on the
[Additional] 12d. Aid [1 Wm. and Mary, Sess. 2, c. 5]
my Lords desire you to re-lend it on the [credit of
the] Temporary Excise according to your promise
to them. |
Ibid. |
Treasury order to the Customs Commissioners to
observe (a) infra.
Prefixing : (a) Order of the King in Council, dated
Kensington House, May 6 inst., suspending and
taking off the embargo from all vessels trading
along the coasts of this kingdom and from all ships
with provisions bound for such parts of Ireland
as are under obedience to their Majesties, on the
respective owners and masters thereof giving
sufficient security not to trade under pretence of
this liberty into any foreign parts or into any
parts of Ireland not now under subjection to their
Majesties. |
Out Letters (Customs) XII,
p. 150. |
Same to the Revenue Commissioners, Ireland, to
observe (a) infra.
Prefixing : (a) like Order in Council of like date for
permitting John Lloyd to land 100 pipes of wine
in Ireland, duty free ; said order being made on
said Lloyd's petition, shewing that he and partners
are owners of the Madeira wine in the ship Concord,
taken by the French and afterwards re-taken by
their Majesties' ship and brought into Plymouth
as prize, cleared by the Admiralty Court upon
paying salvage, but was pillaged of three parts [in
four] of her lading ; therefore praying such duty
free importation as above for the use of their Majesties'
Forces in Ireland. |
Ibid, p. 151. |
|
Treasury reference to Mr. Harbord, Surveyor General
of Crown Lands, of the petition of William Jephson,
esq., for a 61 years' lease of a small parcel of 4½ acres
of land heretofore purchased for the use of the Royal
Hospital near Chelsea and lying on the west side
thereof and no ways interfering with the accommodation
of said hospital : all at a rent of 40s.
per acre, payable to the hospital : petitioner being
desirous to build himself a little house and plant a
garden there. |
Reference Book VI, p. 165. |
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Treasury warrant to the King's Remembrancer for
a commission under seal of the Exchequer Court
to Arthur Hart, Mayor of Bristol ; Sir Richard
Hart and Sir John Knight ; John Dutton Colt, esq.,
collector of Bristol port ; Humphry Fitzherbert,
customer outwards thereof ; — comptroller
thereof ; William King and William Cole, surveyors
thereof ; John Romsey, Thomas Edwards, attorney
at law ; Robert Henley, George Merrick, Richard
Lane, John Yeomans, senr., Edward Tocknall,
John Seward and John Yeomans, junr., merchants ;
for the setting out, survey and regulation of the
port of Bristol and for the appointing of the members,
places, quays and wharves thereof as by the Act
of Frauds [14 Car. II, c. 11] : all by reason that
the said port either through the omission of such a
commission or else by reason of the alteration of
rivers, streams, channels and lands through tract
of time is become unsettled, unbounded and unlimited
so that the extents thereof are not fully
ascertained and some [places, quays etc.] thereof
formerly used are now become unfit and others
therein are become much more convenient for trade
and for lading and shipping goods. |
Warrants not Relating to
Money XIII, pp. 191-4. |
| May 8
and 9. |
William Jephson to the Auditor of the Receipt to
issue to the Earl of Ranelagh the 1,000l. which
Col. Sloughter has proposed to lend or to procure
to be lent on the credit of the Temporary Excise :
same to be paid over to said Col. to clear the two
Companies designed for the Colony of New York.
(Entry struck through under date May 8 and
repeated under date May 9, with the alteration
only of the fund on credit of which the loan is to
be made : viz. : from the Temporary Excise [2 Wm.
and Mary, c. 3] to the Subsidy of Tunnage and
Poundage [2 Wm. and Mary, c. 4].) |
Disposition Book VIII,
pp. 125, 127 |
| May 9. |
Confirmation by the new Treasury Lords of the salary
warrant for Richard and Edmund Anguish as
collectors of Yarmouth port, ut supra, p. 183. |
Money Book X, p. 58. |
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Treasury warrant to the Customs Cashier to pay
John Langwith 15l. for last Lady day quarter
as messenger attending the officers of the Customs. |
Ibid, p. 240. |
|
Treasury allowance of said Langwith's bill of 15l. for
same quarter's allowance as messenger attending
the Treasury Lords. |
Money Book X, p. 240. |
Treasury warrant to the Receipt to issue to Edward
Russell on any unsatisfied orders in his name as
Treasurer of the Navy 20,973l. 19s. 11¾d. by tallies
on the Excise : same to be applied to satisfy the
like sum payable by the present Victuallers of the
Navy to the Excise Commissioners on certain bills
of exchange [representing Excise moneys collected
in the country and paid by the country collectors
by order to the said Victuallers on account of the
Victualling ; the present payment being a mere
matter of book-keeping to enable said Victuallers
to reimburse same and balance said collectors'
accounts].
Appending : detailed list of said bills of exchange,
ranging in date from 1689, Dec. 17, to 1690, April 22 :
total, 20,012l. 17s. 7d. : which with 961l. 2s. 4¾d.
due [as Excise] on said Victuallers' brewhouse
account, ended April 30 last, makes said total of
20,973l. 19s. 11¾d. |
Ibid, pp. 240-1. |
|
Same dormant to the Customs Cashier for payment
of the salary of 62l. 6s. 8d. per an. to John Wilmer
as customer of Strangers' Customs, London port. |
Ibid, p. 342. |
|
William Jephson to the Auditor of the Receipt.
There is no order [in Mr. Lloyd's name] that will
bear the issue of the 10,500l. directed yesterday,
supra, p. 621. It is necessary that the money
should be issued. You are therefore to issue 2,000l.
thereof on any unsatisfied order [made out in said
Lloyd's name] and the remaining 8,500l. by way
of advance. Warrants shall be passed with all
expedition for the regular issue of same [i.e. of
the remaining 8,500l.]. |
Disposition Book VIII,
p. 126. |
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Same to same to issue to Mr. Harbord the 500l. which
Mr. John Goldesborough will lend into the Exchequer
on credit of the Temporary Excise. Same
is to be paid over by Harbord to Mr. Giles (Capt.
John Giles) towards satisfaction of (in further part
of) his contract made with Mr. Crowley for horse
shoes for Ireland. (Same to said Harbord to so
pay same to said Giles.) (Same to Mr. Blathwayt
to procure a royal warrant for allowing this item
on Mr. Harbord's accounts [of moneys for the
service of the Forces in Ireland].) |
Ibid, p. 127. Out Letters
(General) XII, p. 265. |
|
Same to same to issue to the Earl of Ranelagh the
9,310l. 17s. 10d. which Paul Doominique [Docminique]
has agreed to lend into the Exchequer
on credit of the Temporary Excise : same is to
be for clearing the Third Troop of Guards to May 1
inst. |
Disposition Book VIII,
p. 128. |
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Same to Mr. Roberts for a particular account of
your receipt of the revenues of the Honor and
Castle of Windsor, what annuities or other payments
are charged thereon and how the account of said
revenue stood at Lady day last. |
Out Letters (General) XII,
p. 264. |
William Jephson to the Attorney General to insert two
amendments in the draft of Monsieur Pereira's
contract [for bread for the Forces in Ireland].
Prefixing : note of said amendments (1) immediately
on passing the contract, Pereira shall have an order
for 12,000l. and on the 10th June following another
order for 6,000l. and 600l. [sic for 6,000l.] upon the
10th of every succeeding month, unless the King
signify the contrary by warrant. |
Out Letters (General) XII,
p. 264. |
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Same to the Customs Commissioners to deliver,
Customs free, to Monsieur de Bruse a piece of
linen cloth seized by the Customs officers at Harwich. |
Ibid, p. 266. |
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Same to the Attorney General to give warrant to
the Clerk of the Petty Bag for a commission to
Sir Nathaniell Powell, Ralph Buskin, Henry Marsh,
Alexander Cullpeper, William Horton and James
Cottingham to enquire of lands etc. conveyed to
superstitious uses in cos. Kent, Essex, Oxford and
Surrey, and cities of Oxford and Canterbury ;
whereof the King is informed. In the margin :
Lord Fairfax [implying that said Lord was the
informant and had petitioned for a grant of same]. |
Ibid. |
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Treasury letters patent constituting Henry Segar as
Comptroller of Kingston upon Hull port loco Thomas
Mitton, late Comptroller there : during pleasure :
with the fee of 16l. 13s. 4d. per an. |
Out Letters (Customs) XII,
pp. 151-2. |
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Same constituting Rose Peterman as a King's waiter,
London port, loco William Richards, lately deceased. |
Ibid, pp. 152-3. |
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Treasury reference to William Blathwayt, Secretary
at War, of a draft warrant for allowing to the
Auditors of Imprests (on their making up Mr.
Harbord's account [of moneys for the service of
the Forces in Ireland]) 20s. for every Troop of
Horse and Dragoons and for every Company of Foot
employed in Ireland : all as craved by said auditors
[being the allowance which they get on making
up the accounts of the Paymaster of Forces in
England]. |
Reference Book VI, p. 164. |
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Same to the Earl of Ranelagh of the petition of Robert
Radaway, Mr. Simpkins, Mr. Parsons, Mr. Dawson
and Mr. Potter, showing that they clothed the
Duke of Bolton's Regiments to the amount of
4,572l. 14s. 0d., which was to have been paid out
of offreckonings, but they have received only 905l.
advance money, so there remains due 2,762l. 14s. 0d.
[sic], and the offreckonings are received by the agent
of the said Regiments and not accompted for to
petitioners : therefore praying that he may be
directed to pay to them the money he has received. |
Ibid. |
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Same to the Customs Commissioners of the petition
of Abraham Peeters for the first vacancy of a
deputy searcher's place in London port. He is to
be presented for same, if fit. |
Ibid, p. 165. |
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Same to the Earl of Ranelagh and Mr. Blathwayt
of the petition of Mary Hopkins, widow, shewing
that she has served as matron to the Hospital at
Hounslow Heath ever since the building thereof ;
and praying to be continued therein and to be
paid her salary from the King's accession "or if
his Majesty have no occasion for the Hospital, to
give her the goods therein, being of small value,
in lieu of what is due to her." |
Ibid. |
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William Jephson to the Revenue Commissioners, Ireland,
enclosing the petition [missing] of Henry Rice
for the place of collector of Kinsale upon the reduction
of that place. You are to establish him
there when so reduced, the Treasury Lords having
granted him same. |
Out Letters (Ireland) VI,
p. 21. |
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Treasury letters patent constituting Capt. Stephen
Godfrey as collector and receiver of the revenue in
the port and district of Coleraine loco Warham
Jemmett, who was appointed thereto by the late
settlement of officers in that kingdom made in or
about September last : all in consideration of said
Godfrey's good services in Londonderry during the
whole time that same was besieged, and of the great
charges by him sustained in raising men and otherwise
for their Majesties' service there. |
Ibid, pp. 21-2. |
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Money order for 5l. to William Parks, porter at the
Receipt of the Exchequer, for last Lady day quarter's
attendance there and on the officers there. |
Order Book III, pp. 71-2. |
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William Jephson to the Auditor of the Receipt to
issue as follows out of any disposable unappropriated
money in the Exchequer : |
Disposition Book VIII,
p. 128. |
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l. |
s. |
d. |
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to William Harbord for a fortnight's
subsistence of the Regiments
of the Duke of Bolton,
Visct. Castleton and Sir George
St. George |
1,073 |
11 |
0 |
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to ditto to pay off Mr. Henley's
bills |
2,000 |
0 |
0 |
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to the Earl of Ranelagh for a
fortnight's subsistence [of the
Forces, England] |
7,711 |
4 |
0 |
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Same to same to issue to William Harbord the 500l.
which will be lent into the Exchequer by Monsieur
Alexander Duroure Desbonnaus and the 200l.
which will be lent by Monsieur Charles Des Vignolles
de Praad, both on credit of the Temporary Excise.
The total, 700l., is to be paid by said Harbord to
Capt. de la Bastide, commanding the additional
Troop to the Duke of Sconberg's (Schonbergh's)
Regiment of Horse or to the agent of that Regiment
for the use of said Troop "according to the particulars
in the enclosed note [missing]." (Same to
said Harbord to so pay same.) |
Ibid, pp. 128, 129. |
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Same to William Harbord to pay to Ralph Williamson
the 2,000l. directed, supra, p. 611, to you to satisfy
his bill for so much paid to Israel Feilding for the
use of the Danish Forces. (Same to Mr. Blathwaite
to procure a royal warrant for allowing this item
on said Harbord's account [of moneys for the Forces
in Ireland].) |
Ibid, p. 129. Out Letters
(General) XII, p. 267. |
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Same to Mr. Blathwaite to procure a like royal warrant
to authorise said Harbord to pay 5,500l. to Richard
Harnage and Richard Acton for 10,000 surtouts
by them delivered at Chester by contract. |
Out Letters (General) XII,
p. 266. |
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Treasury reference to the Navy Commissioners of
the memorial of Mr. Gore et al., hemp merchants,
praying payment of interest from the time of
delivery of their hemp to the time their bills were
paid. |
Reference Book VI, p. 166. |
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Treasury reference to the Customs Commissioners of
the petition of Henry Segar, Comptroller of Hull
port, proposing Hugh Mason for his deputy there. |
Reference Book VI, p. 166. |
Same to the Revenue Commissioners, Ireland, enclosing
(a) infra. Communicate it to the revenue officers,
Ireland, for them to govern themselves accordingly.
Appending : (a) letter of this day's date from the
Treasury Lords to the Duke of Schonbergh. The
King is informed you have issued several orders
for the discharge of duties payable on importation
of goods into Ireland. We are commanded to
inform you that both the King and Queen pay
duty on all things imported for their own use and
it is his pleasure that this rule be observed "on
that side" [Ireland], by all persons for their goods,
as well prize goods as others. |
Out Letters (Ireland) VI,
p. 23.
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