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| Date. |
Nature and Substance of the Entry. |
Reference. |
| Dec. 22. |
Money warrant for 5,876l. 7s. 6d. to Henry De Nassau,
Seigneur D'Auverquere, Master of the Horse to the
King : without account, for the use of the Stables,
to be paid by advance for the year 1689-90, Jan. 1,
to 1690-1, Jan. 1. (Money order dated Dec. 23
hereon.) |
Money Book X, p. 535.
Order Book III, p. 229. |
|
Treasury warrant to Philip Reyley to pay 41l. 12s. 2d.
to Thomas Newton, woodward of Whittlewood and
Salcey Forests, viz. 14l. 8s. 8d. for the fee of 4d.
per tree for marking 866 trees in Whittlewood
Forest and 27l. 3s. 6d. for poundage at the rate of
7d. per £ on 1,127l. 8s. 0d., being the value of the
said trees felled pursuant to the Treasury warrant
of April 30 last ; it appearing that said woodward's
poundage received from the buyers of said timber did
not exceed 20s. |
Money Book X, p. 536. |
|
Same dormant to Mr. Fox [Customs Cashier] to pay
the salary of 8l. per an. to Thomas Dicken, gent., as
searcher of Ipswich port. |
Ibid, p. 537. |
|
Treasury warrant to Jno. Wildman [Postmaster General]
and Stephen Lilly [accomptant in the Post Office] to
pay William Dockwra the annuity or yearly pension
of 500l. as by his great seal of Dec. 1 inst., ut supra,
p. 844, and thereon to forthwith pay him 125l.
for last Michaelmas quarter thereon : to be paid
out of the profits of the Penny Post Office. |
Ibid, p. 538. |
|
Treasury warrant to Brook Bridges to allow items as
follow in the accounts of William Roberts, Paymaster
of the Works at Windsor : viz. : |
Money Book X, pp. 541-2. |
|
l. |
s. |
d. |
|
fees paid at the Exchequer between
1680, Sept. 29, and 1684, Sept. 30,
on 21,416l. 12s. 0d., at the rate
of 20s. for every 100l. |
214 |
4 |
0 |
|
four imprest rolls at 30s. per an.
each for four years |
6 |
0 |
0 |
|
charges of the privy seal for
authorising the issuing the money |
16 |
0 |
0 |
|
[fees on] entering the said privy
seal and for warrants and orders
thereon |
6 |
0 |
0 |
|
charges of entering, in the several
offices of the Exchequer [Court],
four years' accounts of the
Windsor Works and the account
of the avenue : at 10l. each |
50 |
0 |
0 |
|
[paid] to the proprietors and undertenants
of several lands purchased
to be laid into the avenue
at Windsor ; being according to
the contracts entered [into] by
Mr. Fisher |
1,222 |
12 |
9 |
|
paid to William Cole [? Colston], an
undertenant there, for damage
done him |
8 |
0 |
0 |
|
charges of making conveyances,
claimed by those that were
employed thereon |
20 |
0 |
0 |
|
£1,542 |
16 |
9 |
|
William Jephson to the Auditor of the Receipt,
enclosing a list [missing] of the Gentlemen and
Grooms of the Bedchamber that are appointed to
attend the King in his voyage into Holland, "and
for whom money is appointed." |
Out Letters (General) XII,
p. 426. |
|
Same to the officers of Windsor Forest. My Lords
are informed by Mr. Ryley, Surveyor General of
Woods, Trent South, that some persons have
enclosed or are about to enclose a parcel of ground,
being part of Braywood in Windsor Forest. You
are to put a stop thereto. |
Ibid. |
|
Same to the Earl of Ranelagh, enclosing the petition
[missing] of ten Gentlemen, late of the Second
Troop of Guards, praying to be established at
half pay. My Lords desire you to bring the list
formerly offered, [for them] to present it to the
King. |
Ibid, p. 427. |
|
Treasury reference to the Attorney or Solicitor General
of the petition of Thomas Baker, esq., shewing that
Charles I granted to Sir Allen Apsley several parcels
of ground, to pay [said King's] debts and to be
accountable for the overplus, "which he [Apsley]
did not perform" ; therefore offering "to vacate
the grants and pay the creditors and put his Majesty
into possession of the overplus, provided he may
have a lease of the moiety thereof for 99 years
at a peppercorn [rent]" : said petition being
referred to the Treasury Lords [from the Privy
Council]. |
Reference Book VI, p. 259. |
Treasury order to the Customs Commissioners to
observe (a) infra.
Prefixing : (a) Order of the King in Council, dated
Whitehall, Dec. 18 inst., to permit the ship Peter,
John Gough master, 50 tons, with five men, to
proceed on her voyage to Bilboa on the usual bond ;
said ship being hired some time since by William
Druce of London, merchant, to sail to Londonderry
to take in a cargo of fish for Bilboa. |
Out Letters (Customs) XII,
p. 271. |
| Dec. 23. |
Treasury warrant dormant to Sir Henry Goodrick,
kt. and bart., Lieutenant General of the Ordnance,
and to the other principal officers of the Ordnance to
allow to the officers concerned in passing the accounts
of the Treasurer and Paymaster of the Ordnance
the several yearly allowances as follow, in manner
as hitherto : viz. : 20l. for entering in the King's
Remembrancer's Office the said accounts and the
items of supers, so that the [said in super]
accomptants may be charged therewith and process
issue thereon ; 3l. 4s. 6d. for entering each year's
account in the Office of the Treasurer's Remembrancer ;
18l. 10s. 0d. for fees in the Pipe Office. |
Money Book X, p. 537. |
|
William Jephson to the Auditor of the Receipt to
issue (out of any disposable moneys, except the
loans on the last Twelve Months' Aid) 356l. 14s. 8d.
to Mr. Fox and Mr. Coningsby, to be by them paid
over in full of the surplus due to Mr. Wharton on
his account for horses bought for their Majesties'
service. |
Disposition Book IX,
p. 50. |
|
Same to the Earl of Ranelagh. I have communicated
to my Lords your report on the petition of Gilbert
Herring et al., praying payment of 743l. 11s. 0d.
for necessaries furnished for the Regiment of [Lord
John] Cutts. My Lords desire you to examine
into that matter and whether Mr. Vander Esch
has received any offreckonings towards the discharge
of that debt. |
Out Letters (General) XII,
p. 427. |
Same to same to report on (a) infra.
Appending : (a) note of the petition of Mris. Elizabeth
Sandys, shewing that she had 80l. per an. allowed
her as a separate maintenance out of her husband's
pay as an officer of the Horse Guards, but he has
withdrawn his order ; therefore praying that she
may receive the said allowance and the arrears
thereon. |
Ibid, p. 428. |
|
Same to the Navy Commissioners, enclosing a copy
[missing] of a report from Mr. Ryley, Surveyor
General of Woods, Trent South, upon two letters,
one from the Admiralty Lords, the other from said
Navy Commissioners, concerning the marking of
Navy timber in the King's woods. If you think
fit, you may send an officer with Mr. Ryley for
that purpose when he takes his winter survey.
The Treasury Lords agree to the same method for
the woods Trent North. |
Ibid, p. 430. |
Treasury warrant to the Customs Commissioners to
employ Thomas Holmes (for some time a watchman
in extraordinary in London port) as a watchman in
fee ibid. loco John Clarke, lately deceased.
Henry Baker as tidesurveyor in Bristol port loco
Noell Pashly, who is superannuated and so infirm
that he is not able to attend the duty : Baker being
to allow 10l. per an. out of his salary for the maintenance
of said Pashly. |
Out Letters (Customs) XII,
pp. 268, 269. |
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Treasury reference to the Customs Commissioners of
the petition of Thomas Ord for the place of waiter
and searcher at Blyth Nook, co. Northumberland,
loco John King, dismissed. |
Reference Book VI, p. 259. |
|
Same to same of the petition of Thomas Haisted,
praying liberty for the ship Bristol to go to Virginia. |
Ibid. |
|
Same to same of the petition of Ambrose Wade for
some fitting place in the Customs, he having for
some years been collector of Hearthmoney till that
revenue ceased. |
Ibid, p. 260. |
| Dec. 24. |
Royal warrant to the Clerk of the Signet for a privy
seal for 500,000l. to the Earl of Ranelagh, Paymaster
of the Forces ; as imprest for the pay of the Guards,
Garrisons and Land Forces, "whereof the pay is or
shall be committed to his care" [i.e. in England
exclusive of the Forces in Ireland]. (For the
money warrant hereon see under date 1690-1,
Jan. 26 ; the said warrant quotes the privy seal
as dated 1690-1, Jan. 8.) |
King's Warrant Book XV,
p. 230. |
Same to the Attorney or Solicitor General for a great
seal for a grant to John Penneck, gent., of the
manor of Ryalton and Retraighe, alias Reterth,
and of the bailiwick of the Hundred of Petrockshire,
alias Pidershire, alias the Hundred of Pider, and all
other premises demised to Maurice Berkeley by the
indenture as below, with all appurtenances thereto,
as in the particular below, and also of the yearly
rent of 120l. reserved on the lease originally made
to said Maurice Berkeley and also of the [Crown]
reversion of the premises and every part thereof
expectant upon the particular estates therein ;
excepting all great trees, woods, underwoods, mines
and quarries in and upon the premises : all for
99 years from date of the present grant at the
rent of 120l. per an. and all other ancient rents
and services due from the premises : to be payable
from the decease of Katherine, Queen Dowager,
in case the grant of the premises made by James II
to Lawrence, Earl of Rochester, Henry, Earl of
Peterborough, Sidney, Lord Godolphin, Robert
Werden (now dead) and Sir Edward Herbert now
attainted [in trust for Queen Mary] be forfeited,
surrendered or avoided before the said Queen
Dowager's decease ; but if the said grant be not
so avoided then said rent is to be only payable
after the death of the late Queen Mary or the said
Queen Dowager Katherine [or the longer survivor
of them] or from any vacating of the said grant
in question hereafter. The present grant to pass
without fine (as of the King's special grace and
in consideration of the long terms in being) : and
the trustees of said Queen Dowager are (after her
decease and after the vacating of the said grant
to the Earl of Rochester et al. for Queen Mary) to
stand possessed of the premises as in trust for said
Penneck and shall assign same to him or his nominee
for the remainder of his term therein : and so
similarly the said Earl of Rochester et al., trustees
herein for the late Queen Mary, shall so stand
possessed in trust for Penneck and shall so assign
to him from any the death of said Queen Mary
or other termination of said Queen's interest in
the premises. And whereas further the said premises
were (inter al.) granted by Charles II 1668-9, Mar. 18,
to Peregrine Bertie, Charles Bertie and Charles
Osborne for ever in trust for Charles, late Earl of
Plymouth, who died without issue, whereby they
became trustees therein for the Crown and have
surrendered to the Crown, they are hereby (in case
they have not already re-conveyed to the Crown
their said estate) to stand entrusted therein to
said Penneck and shall make assurance thereof to
him. And if at any time hereafter the premises
be vested in the Crown by Act of Parliament, then
the King hereby covenants for himself and his
successors that on the petition of said Penneck he
will make any further lease or grant of the premises
to said Penneck or his nominees etc. Further,
finally the lease as herein is to contain to said
Penneck a grant of the tin mines within said manor
and hundred with power of working same for 19½
years immediately after the termination of the
31 years' term therein granted to Sidney, Lord
Godolphin et al., reserving to the Crown a tenth
of the clear yearly profits.
The preamble to the present royal warrant
recites that by indenture dated 1660, Dec. 8, between
the Queen Dowager, Henrietta Maria, Henry,
Earl of St. Albans, her Master of the Horse, Sir
Kenelm Digby, kt., her Chancellor and Keeper
of her Great Seal, Sir John Winter, kt., her Principal
Secretary, Sir Charles Harbord, kt., Surveyor
General of Crown Lands, Robert Long, esq., Surveyor
General to said Queen Dowager, Sir Peter
Ball, kt., her Attorney General, and Sir Henry
Wood, kt. and bart., Clerk of the Greencloth of the
Household to Charles II, of the one part, and
Maurice Berkeley, esq., of Yarlington, co. Somerset,
of the other part, they, as trustees for said Queen
Dowager, leased to him the said manor of Ryalton
and Retraighe, alias Reterth, and the Tenths and
portions of tithes sometimes appertaining to the
priory of Bodmin and the bailiwick of said Hundred
of Petrockshire (except as above) for 50 years,
terminable on the lives of Sidney (now Lord)
Godolphin, Henry Godolphin and Charles Godolphin,
sons of Francis Godolphin of Cornwall, esq., at the
rent of 60l. per an. during the continuance of a
term in the said premises granted by Queen Elizabeth
to Jo[h]n Munday, and of 120l. per an. thereafter :
further, that by indenture tripartite dated 1672,
July 31, between Charles II of the one part, the
survivors of the said Queen Dowager's Trustees of
the second part and Denzill, Lord Holles, William
Visct. Brouncker, Henry, Earl of Clarendon (then
Visct. Cornbury), Sir Richard Belling, John Harvey,
William Montague and Jo[h]n Hall of the third
part [as trustees to the Queen, now Queen Dowager
Catherine], the said surviving trustees of Henrietta
Maria transferred to the said trustees of Catherine
their interest in, inter al., the said premises : and
further that afterwards by mesne assignments etc.
the premises became settled and vested in Lawrence,
Earl of Rochester, Lewis, Earl of Faversham,
Thos., Visct. Fauconberg, Richard, Visct. Preston,
Sir Richard Belling, kt., Henry Frederick Thynn,
esq., Sir James Boteler, kt., Henry Thornhill (now
deceased) and John Hall upon the like trust [for
said Queen Dowager Catherine] : and further that
James II by a great seal dated 1685, Aug. 28,
granted to Lawrence, Earl of Rochester, Henry,
Earl of Peterborough, Sidney, Lord Godolphin,
Robert Werden, esq., and Sir Edward Herbert the
[reversion of the] said herein-named premises in
trust for his wife Queen Mary for life, with reversion
to the Crown.
Appending : (a) particular, dated 1690, Dec. 13, of
said premises (manor, tythes and Hundred) made
out by Auditor William Aldworth ; (b) like particular
of said tin mines in the premises so assigned 1671,
Dec. 26, to Sidney Godolphin, Groom of the Chamber,
for 31 years ; (c) said auditor's memorandum on said
particulars ; (d) ratal, dated 1690, Dec. 16, by William
Harbord, Surveyor General, of the said particulars. |
Ibid, pp. 231-42. |
Royal warrant to the Clerk of the Signet for a privy
seal for the passing, in form as follows, the account
of Sir Henry Goodrick, kt. and bart., of the several
sums which (by appointment of the King, then
Prince of Orange, upon or soon after his arrival
in this kingdom) he received from divers officers
of the Excise, Post Office, Hearthduty and others
in Yorkshire and other northern parts of England,
and of the disbursement thereof by said Goodrick
or his agents between 1688, Nov. 5, and 1689, Nov. 5.
In his account thereof Goodrick voluntarily charges
himself with 1,020l. received from one Mr. Fox ;
796l. from one Mr. Kiffin ; 540l. from one Mr. Pilley ;
1,254l. from one Mr. Flecher ; 53l. 18s. 9d. from
the then postmaster of York ; 32l. 7s. 0d. from
the postmaster of Doncaster and Ferrybridge ;
94l. 2s. 1d. from Capt. Tancred, then an officer of
the Hearthmoney ; 253l. 8s. 7d. from Mr. Nicolas
Sugar, who was Receiver of the Temporalities of
the Archbishopric of York. The total of this charge
amounts to 4,295l. 12s. 11d. Per contra Goodrick
craves allowance of the following sums, paid or
disposed by him or his agents as follows : viz. :
680l. to the garrison of Hull ; 200l. to Alderman
Thompson ; 500l. to Sir Jno. Hewly ; 47l. for buff
coats ; 100l. to Sir Henry Bellasis ; 68l. to Lieut.
Pullen ; 40l. to Lord Fairfax ; 600l. to the Marquess
of Carmarthen (then Earl of Danby) ; 101l. for
horses for Grenadiers ; 283l. for subsistence for
seven Troops ; 125l. to the Garrison Company of
York ; 230l. and 100l. to the Earl of Danby (then
Visct. Dunblane) ; 40l. to one Mr. Hawson ; 56l.
left with the Lord Mayor of York ; 33l. to clear
Capt. Williams' Company ; 29l. for conveyance of
stragglers ; 178l. to the garrison of Scarborough ;
20l. to Sir Stephen Thompson ; 184l. 3s. 4d. to
Mr. Thompson of Scarborough ; 84l. to Sir Henry
Bellasys ; 63l. to several shoemakers and a printer ;
46l. to Roger Wynne, Mr. Mosley and Capt. Gill :
which items amount to 4,307l. 3s. 4d. [thus leaving
the said accomptant in surplusage 1l. 10s. 5d.].
The King being well satisfied of the truth of
said account hereby orders the allowance of all the
said items of discharge, although by reason of the
nature and urgency of the service at the time such
formal warrants, receipts or other vouchers, as
are requisite by the strict rules of the Exchequer,
were not had or cannot be produced.
Further, hereby the several receivers, collectors
or other officers who paid their moneys as above
to said Goodrick are to be discharged of these sums
respectively in their accounts. |
King's Warrant Book
XV, pp. 243-6. |
| Dec. 26. |
[William Jephson] to the Auditor of the Receipt to
issue as follows out of loans on the last Twelve
Months' Aid : viz. : |
Disposition Book IX,
p. 51. |
|
l. |
s. |
d. |
|
to Mr. Fox and Mr. Coningsby, to
be paid over to Mr. Bridges in
part of Mr. Pereira's new contract |
4,000 |
0 |
0 |
|
to ditto, to be paid over to Monsieur
Auverquer to buy recruit horses |
3,300 |
0 |
0 |
|
to the Earl of Ranelagh for subsistence
[of the Forces, England]
for the growing week, not including
the Regiments of Churchill
et al. |
6,617 |
16 |
6 |
|
to the Treasurer of the Ordnance
for small arms |
1,000 |
0 |
0 |
|
to ditto in part of 1,000l. for
Sir Polycarpus [Wharton's] powder
works |
800 |
0 |
0 |
|
Out of the [unappropriated] fourth
part of the Customs, the Double
Excise, the first 12d. Aid [1 Wm.
and Mary, c. 20] and Poll
money. |
|
|
|
|
to the Treasurer of the Ordnance
in full of 1,000l. for Sir Polycarpus
[Wharton's] powder works |
200 |
0 |
0 |
|
to ditto for the ordinary [of the
Ordnance Office] |
1,000 |
0 |
0 |
|
to the Privy Purse |
1,000 |
0 |
0 |
|
Out of the temporalities of the vacant
bishoprics. |
|
|
|
|
to me [Jephson] for secret service |
1,000 |
0 |
0 |
|
£18,917 |
16 |
6 |
|
Same to Mr. [Charles] Fox, enclosing the petition
[missing] of the inhabitants of the city of Carlisle,
praying that the moneys due [to them]
from the four Companies of Sir George St. George's
Regiment, lately marched from thence, may be
stopped out of the said Companies' next clearings.
You are to stop same accordingly. |
Out Letters (General) XII,
p. 428. |
|
Same to same to report on the enclosed petition
[missing] of the Earl of Roscommon, praying
payment of 252l. 2s. 0d. due to his father and
himself for their pay in the Regiment late under
his father's command. |
Ibid. |
|
Same to the Attorney General. On reading to the
King the enclosed petition [missing] of Sir John
Gise (Guise), together with the reports thereon
made by yourself and Mr. Ryley, his Majesty
ordered a grant to pass to petitioner. You are to
prepare such a grant. |
Ibid. |
|
Same to Mr. Blathwayte [as Secretary to the Forces]
to procure a royal warrant directing Charles Fox
and Thomas Coningsby, Paymasters of the Forces
in Ireland, to pay to Henry de Nassau, Seigneur de
Averquerque, Master of the Horse to the King,
3,300l. for recruit horses for the Army in Ireland. |
Ibid. |
|
Same to same for a same to direct same to pay 4,000l.
to Mr. Isaac Pereira, as part of the money to be
advanced him on his contract, now passing, for
furnishing provisions for the Army in Ireland. |
Ibid, p. 429. |
|
Treasury warrant to Peregrine Bertie and Richard
Savage to pay into the Receipt 53l. 6s. 8d., being
the [King's] moiety of the appraised value of a
vessel, which in the time of the late King James
they seized for exporting wool ; and to detain the
other [moiety] part in their hands for their expenses
in prosecution etc., as by the Proclamation then
in force, which ordered such moiety to the officers
for their encouragement : it appearing that said
vessel was restored to the proprietors by writ of
delivery and that the troubles then in the kingdom
prevented the payment of the money into the
Exchequer, by which reason it remained in the
proprietor's hands, but has been lately got from
him by said officers with some difficulty, although
the offence was pardoned by the Act of Indemnity. |
Out Letters (Customs) XII,
p. 269. |
|
Treasury reference to the Customs Commissioners of
the petition of Barnaby Shuttleworth for permission
for the ship Lockley Friggot, bound from Dartmouth
to Barbados, to sail thither instead of the Amity
of Dartmouth [which is] inserted in the list. |
Reference Book VI, p. 260. |
Same to William Harbord, Surveyor General of Crown
Lands, of a paper of proposals concerning the gaol
at York.
Prefixing : said paper. The said gaol being very
ruinous ; used to be repaired by the sheriffs of the
county and same was allowed on their accounts ;
but the judges have fined the county 500l. for not
repairing same. It is therefore proposed on behalf
of the county that in case the King think not fit
to repair it (the charge thereof being estimated
at 2,000l. and upwards to be done effectually)
he do grant the said castle, rampers [ramparts],
yard and appurtenances to certain gentlemen of
the three Ridings of Yorkshire and their heirs in
trust for the whole county : which grant may
covenant (1) that the grantees shall at the charge
of the county substantially repair and build such
and so many good rooms therein as shall be necessary
for the reception of prisoners ; (2) that the grantees
shall suffer the sheriff of the county of York to
have the actual possession of the castle and lands
during his shrievalty for the keeping his gaol there
and for no other purpose whatsoever and he to pay
a yearly rent to the grantees for same. In the
said grant there may be reserved to the King
the tower called Clifford's Tower, situate near the
castle ; and also the use and liberty of exercising
troops or armed men, horse or foot, in the Castle
Yard at all times ; and in case of imminent danger
to make it a garrison at their Majesties' charge. |
Ibid. |
|
William Jephson to the Revenue Commissioners,
Ireland, enclosing an Order of Council [missing]
concerning [giving leave to] the ship Peter to sail
to Londonderry and thence to Bilboa. You are to
see said order complied with. |
Out Letters (Ireland) VI,
p. 43. |
| Dec. 27. |
Same to the Auditor of the Receipt to issue (out
of any disposable money in the Exchequer, except
loans on the Twelve Months' Aid) 100l. to
Charles Fox and Thomas Coningsby, Paymasters
General of the Forces in Ireland : to be by them
paid to the Commissioners of the Sick and Wounded
for the Irish prisoners in the Marshalsea. |
Disposition Book IX,
p. 51. |
|
William Jephson to the Prizes Commissioners. Let my
Lords know if you have any money in your hands
to pay Sir Charles Hedges for his reports and attendance
in their Majesties' service. |
Out Letters (General) XII,
p. 429. |
| [? Dec. 27
or 29.] |
Same to Mr. Blathwayt [as Secretary to the Forces]
to procure a royal warrant for allowing to abovesaid
Fox and Coningsby in their account 4,200l. issued
to them between 1690, July 17, and Aug. 26, to be
by them paid over to the Rt. Honble. Thomas
Wharton, esq., for providing carriages for the
Army in Ireland. |
Ibid. |
| Dec. 27. |
Treasury reference to the Customs Commissioners of
the petition of [divers] merchants, unnamed, of
Wells, co. Norfolk, shewing that last summer they
fitted out five ships to fish on the coast of Iceland
and took in the loading of salt in Scotland, but
four of them were taken by the French and re-taken
by a Dutch man-of-war, and petitioners redeemed
them in Holland ; therefore praying for the duty
on the salt to be remitted. |
Reference Book VI, p. 261. |
| Dec. 29. |
Treasury warrant to the Excise Commissioners to pay
250l. to Francis Parry as reward and in full of service
and charges [from June 2 last] to Michaelmas last,
he having by the King's pleasure, as declared June 2
last, acted as one of the Commissioners of Excise
and of Arrears of Hearthmoney, but by his commission
his salary of 100l. [1,000l.] per an. is payable
only from Michaelmas last, so that he hath had
no recompense for the said preceding quarter. |
Money Book X, p. 539. |
|
Same to the Receipt to issue 600l. to William Jephson
upon any unsatisfied orders in his name for secret
service : same to be satisfied by tallies on the
Receiver General of the Arrears of Hearthmoney. |
Ibid. |
|
Same to William Young, a Commissioner of the Wine
Licence Revenue, to pay (out of the revenue of
Wine Licences) 200l. each to himself and to Gerard
Russell, John Machell, Daniell St. Germaine and
Albion Chaire for one year's salary to 1690, Christmas,
as Wine Licence Commissioners. |
Ibid, p. 540. |
|
Same dormant to the Excise Commissioners, authorising
payment of an increase of several officers and
salaries for the Double Excise, as by a proposal
[missing] from the said Commissioners, "the charge
whereof in the whole amounteth to 9,088l. per an."
This is to continue only for such time as the Excise
shall continue to be doubled. |
Ibid. |
|
Money order for 200l. to Sir Robert Howard, Auditor
of the Receipt, for one year to 1690, Christmas, on
the accustomed allowance for extraordinary service
performed in his office. |
Order Book III, p. 136. |
|
William Jephson to the Customs Commissioners to
send an officer to Monsieur Monpeillian's [le Marquis
de Monpouillan] lodgings to seal his goods for
transport to Holland. |
Out Letters (General) XII,
p. 429. |
|
Same to William Blathwayt [as Secretary to the
Forces] to procure a royal warrant for allowing
to Charles Fox and Thomas Coningsby, in their
account as Paymasters of the Army in Ireland,
300l. which they have been directed to pay to the
Commissioners for Sick and Wounded, for the Irish
prisoners in the Marshalsea. |
Ibid. |
|
William Jephson to Mr. Laycock. The Admiralty Lords
and the Navy Commissioners have desired that an
officer of theirs might be permitted to mark up
in the King's woods all trees fit for the Navy.
When such an officer shall come for that purpose,
you are, with him, to make a survey of all woods,
Trent North, and to certify the number of trees
so marked with the charge of converting same
and [the charge of] the carriage to the King's
Yards. |
Out Letters (General) XII,
p. 430. |
|
Same to Auditor Bridges, enclosing a book [missing]
containing an account of the receipts and payments
of Monsieur Auverquer, Master of the Horse to
the King, for the train of [the King's] Stable horses,
waggons, forages and his Majesty's baggages in
the journey to Ireland and back again. Please
prepare a state of said account and present it to
my Lords. |
Ibid. |
|
Same to the Earl of Ranelagh. I have read to my
Lords your report on Capt. Geo. Raleigh's petition
for a pension for his support. You are to insert
[such pension] in your [next week's weekly]
memorial and [my Lords will] represent the same
to the King. |
Ibid. |
|
Same to the Customs Commissioners. In your report
of the 18th inst. on William Carter's petition, you
are satisfied of the reasonableness of his desire for
the assistance of the Customs officers in preventing
wool export, and for protection from frivolous
arrests. You are therefore to order him such
assistance and that the Customs solicitor shall
defend all actions brought against Carter on that
account. |
Ibid, p. 431. |
|
Treasury warrant to same to depute said Carter with
four men on horseback for four months at 16l. 13s. 4d.
each for preventing the exportation of wool and to
seize all wool so exporting and all persons and
vessels concerned therein. |
Out Letters (Customs) XII,
p. 270. |
| [?] |
Unfinished entry of the appointment of Henry Baker
as tidesurveyor in Bristol port. |
Ibid. |
| Dec. 29. |
Treasury reference to the Customs Commissioners of
the petition of Simon Mosse, Receiver of Customs
Outwards, London port, praying a better post or
an augmentation of salary, his salary being but
80l. per an. and he keeps two clerks to despatch
the merchants, "which stands him in 50l. per an." |
Reference Book VI, p. 261. |
| [?] |
Entry of the Treasury Lords' signature of the docquet
of an in custodiam lease to Richard Howell of a
messuage called the Three Bulls in St. Edmund's
Bury, being parcel of the lands of Robert Steadman,
outlaw : at a rent of 14d. per an. and fine of 2s. 4d. |
Warrants not Relating to
Money XIII, p. 367. |
| Dec. 29. |
Treasury constitution and appointment of Joseph
Barke to the office of [a tally cutter or] doorkeeper
or porter of the Treasury of the Exchequer loco
Samuel Langford, deceased ; to serve the Chamberlains
of the Receipt, to admit or exclude persons
to or from the said Receipt ; and have the custody
of all the things in said Receipt relating to tallies
viz. cases, rolls, tallies, wood for tallies etc., all
during pleasure. |
Ibid. |
|
William Jephson to the Revenue Commissioners,
Ireland, enclosing the petition [missing] of Sarah
Bird, praying for her husband, John Bird, the
place of collector or surveyor of Cork or Kinsale.
My Lords recommend him for one of those employments
if you find him fit. |
Out Letters (Ireland) VI,
p. 43. |
|
Royal warrant establishing a Waggon Major General
to the Army as from June 1 last ; the King having
thought it necessary to appoint same : (establishment,
10s. per day or 182l. 10s. per an). |
King's Warrant Book XV,
p. 279. |
| Dec. 30. |
Royal sign manual to the Earl of Ranelagh [Paymaster
of the Forces, England] to pay from Jan. 1
next (together with the weekly subsistence usually
paid to the Forces under said Paymaster's care)
to every officer not included in the said subsistence
a moiety of the pay allowed them by the establishment :
by reason the King thinks it highly necessary
for his service that the officers of the Army should
duly pay and discharge their quarters, and the said
moiety payment as herein is for the better enabling
them to do so. This order is not to extend to any
of the general officers nor to the additional pay
which the King was pleased to grant to the officers
of the First Regiment of Foot Guards. |
Ibid, p. 248. |
|
Money warrant for 500l. to Aaron Smith : upon
account : for Crown Law charges. (Money order
dated Dec. 31 hereon.) |
Money Book X, p. 541.
Order Book III, p. 137. |
|
Treasury warrant dormant to Mr. Fox [Customs
Cashier] for payment of the salary of 150l. per an.
to Hugh Chudleigh, gent., Comptroller of the
Accounts of the Treasurer of the Chamber. |
Money Book X, p. 541. |
|
William Jephson to the Auditor of the Receipt to
issue to Charles Fox and Thomas Coningsby the
427l. 5s. 9d. which will be lent into the Exchequer
by Col. John Beaumont on credit of the 2s. Aid
[1 Wm. and Mary, Session 2, c. 1] [being repayable
thereout] "next after the sum of 2,126l. to Col.
Thomas Erle and Mr. Robert Rodway." The
present sum is intended to satisfy the like amount
due for clothing and accoutrements furnished to
the said Beaumont's "Regiments." |
Disposition Book IX,
p. 51. |
|
Same to the Customs Commissioners to send an officer
to view the goods of the Lord Steward, Lord Chamberlain,
Comptroller of the Household and Mr.
Felton, Master of the Household, at their respective
lodgings in Whitehall or elsewhere, in order to
the Customs free transport thereof to Holland. |
Out Letters (General) XII,
p. 430. |
|
Same to Mr. Southerne [Secretary to the Admiralty].
The Commissioners for Prizes were directed by the
Treasury Lords to certify whether they had any
money in their hands to pay Sir Charles Hedges
for his reports and attendance in the King's service.
They certify on the 29th inst. that the condition of
their office is such that they have no money and
little prospect of any to pay the debts there incurred.
Please inform the Admiralty Lords of this. |
Ibid, p. 431. |
|
Treasury warrant to the Customs Commissioners to
employ James Pennington (for some time past a
watchman in extraordinary, London port) as a
watchman in fee ibid. loco Edmund Bostock, lately
deceased. |
Out Letters (Customs) XII,
p. 271. |
|
Treasury letters patent constituting Hugh Chudleigh
as Comptroller of the Accounts of the Treasurer of
the Chamber loco Samuel Langford, gent., lately
deceased : with powers etc. and salary as by the
great seal of July 18 last, supra, p. 746, instituting
said office. |
Warrants not Relating to
Money XIII, p. 368. |
|
William Jephson to William Blathwayte, enclosing
for report thereon, on reference from the Treasury
Lords, the petition and memorial of Isaac Richier,
Lieutenant Governor of Bermudas, touching his
allowances for the support of that Government,
and praying a privy seal for 240l. per an. You
are to certify how these allowances have been
formerly paid to other Governors [of Bermudas]. |
Out Letters (General) XII,
p. 437. Out Letters
(Plantations Auditor) I,
p. 333. |
| Dec. 31. |
Royal warrant to the Clerk of the Signet for a privy
seal dormant for 1,850l. per an. each to Daniell,
Earl of Nottingham, and Henry, Visct. Sidney, as
Principal Secretaries of State : to be payable out
of the Customs : to be payable quarterly from
Christmas last. |
King's Warrant Book XV,
p. 247. |
|
Same to same for a same for 2,000l. to the said Visct.
Sidney : for secret service : without accompt.
(Money warrant dated 1690-1, Jan. 12 hereon.)
(Money order dated Jan. 13 hereon.) |
Ibid, p. 247. Money Book
X, p. 547. Order Book
III, p. 137. |
|
Same dormant to the Treasury Lords for yearly sums
and allowances as follow to Charles Fox and Thomas
Coningsby as jointly Receiver General and Paymaster
of the Forces employed or to be employed
in the reducing of Ireland and the contingent
charges thereof : viz. 2,000l. per an. each ; and
for the several deputies and clerks or officers employed
under them as follows, to wit 600l. per an.
for a deputy to attend the despatch of business in
quarters or in the camp ; 150l. per an. for an
accomptant to state and post accompts, who also
marches as occasion requires to any part of the
kingdom to pay the Army ; 150l. per an. for a
Receiver's teller and payer, as also assistant in the
accompts, who marches to any part of the kingdom
to pay the Army as occasion requires ; 100l. per an.
for another receiver and teller who receives and
pays money and also moves to any part of the
kingdom upon occasion ; 40l. per an. for an engrossing
clerk for writing fair all accompts and states
and all other business relating to the office ; 20l.
per an. for a doorkeeper to attend the office in
Dublin who looks after the doors and rooms and
goes on messages ; 10l. per an. for a tender who
washes the rooms, makes fires etc. ; 180l. per an.
for other assisting clerks and tenders on extraordinary
occasions and incidents and contingencies,
coals, candles, books, ink etc. ; and for other
officers employed in England by the said Paymasters
as follows, to wit 200l. per an. to an auditor
to keep all correspondent ; 150l. per an. for one
to receive at the Exchequer and solicit at the
Treasury ; 80l. per an. for a writing clerk ; 40l.
per an. for an under clerk ; 40l. per an. for an
office keeper ; 100l. per an. for postage of letters,
stationery wares etc. ; 110l. per an. for fire and
candle and for an office ; 150l. for a correspondent
at Chester : all which allowances to inferior officers
come to 2,250l. per an. : the salary of the said
Receivers General to date from June 5 last and
[with that of their subordinates as above] to be
payable quarterly and to be paid out of the deduction
of 12d. per £ from the pay of the said Forces. |
King's Warrant Book XV,
pp. 248-51. |
|
Royal warrant granting to Simon D'Brienn and
Mary his wife (housekeeper of Kensington Palace)
the custody or keeping of the several fields or
pasture ground within the walls of the said palace
and now in their custody or possession ; and the
herbage of the same : during pleasure : the Surveyor
General of Crown Lands having reported
that what is desired by the petitioners Brien and
his wife is the custody and pasturage of all the
lands lying within the wall of the said palace which
are not built upon or employed to any particular
use, the chiefest part whereof lies on the north side
of the palace and is separated by the way leading
into Acton Road and made thereby two distinct
enclosures and adjoining to the wall ; that on
every of the three sides thereof there is a garden
of 25 foot deep, taken out and fenced with a quick
hedge and a ditch (which the petitioners offer to
repair at their own costs) ; and he estimates at
about 30 acres what remains to be depastured,
together with some other small parcels lying towards
the west side of the said palace, out of which several
parcels are set aside for kitchen gardens, guard
houses, stables and other accommodations to the
palace ; and the said 30 acres are hardly worth
30l. per an. if let at a rackt value. The present
grant is to be without account either for the time
petitioners have already had the custody thereof
or for the future : but with proviso that they
maintain all the fences and ditches thereto at
their own cost. |
King's Warrant Book XV,
pp. 251-2. |
|
Same to Richard, Earl of Ranelagh, Paymaster
General of the Forces, "to send to the King debentures
for the pay of Sir James Lesly's Regiment
of Foot from 1689, May 1, to 1689-90, Mar. 1,
according to the musters taken in March and
April, 1688-9 ; and likewise debentures for their
pay from 1689-90, Mar. 1, to 1690, June 30, according
to the musters taken in Scotland for July and
August last by Sir Alexander Bruce, Commissary
General of the Musters for Scotland. |
Ibid, p. 252. |
|
Same to the Treasury Lords to pay 20,000l. to William,
Earl of Portland : without account : for the Privy
Purse : as by the privy seal of 1689, April 19.
(Money order dated 1690-1, Jan. 9 hereon.) (Money
order dated Jan. 12 hereon.) |
Ibid, p. 253. Money Book
X, p. 547. Order Book
III, p. 137. |
|
Same to the Clerk of the Signet for a privy
seal to authorise the Treasury to take in loans on
the new impositions on East India goods and
manufactures, wrought silks and several other
goods and merchandises imported after 25 Dec., 1690,
in the manner authorised by the Act [2 Wm. and
Mary, Sess. 2, c. 4] granting said duties : with
8 per cent interest thereon payable quarterly :
tallies of loan to be levied and delivered and orders
of repayment to be drawn and registered and paid
in course in the usual manner : all as in said Act. |
King's Warrant Book XV,
pp. 274-5. |
|
Royal warrant to the Clerk of the Signet for a privy
seal to authorise the Treasury to similarly take
in loans on the Wine Act [2 Wm. and Mary, Sess. 2,
c. 5. for continuing the duties on wine, vinegar
and tobacco] : with like interest and in like method :
all as in said Act. |
King's Warrant Book XV,
p. 375. |
|
William Jephson to Mr. Sotherne [Secretary to the
Admiralty] to move the Admiralty Lords for a
protection for the ship Ann of Southampton and
her crew, John Harts master ; being freighted
with tin bought for the King's service by Henry
Gregor, merchant of Truro ; her mariners being
Thomas Bennett, Stephen Brier, John Wilmett,
Denis Bryer, boy ; John Corsett. |
Out Letters (General) XII,
p. 431. |
|
Same to same in reply to said Sotherne's letter of
this day relating to the said ship's protection.
The Treasury Lords desire that the protection
may extend to give the ship a reasonable time for
her return home. |
Ibid, p. 434. |
|
Same to the Customs Commissioners to send an
officer to the Countess of Thanet's house in St.
James's Square to visit the goods of Monsieur Hopp,
the Dutch Envoy, in order to their transport to
Holland. |
Ibid, p. 432. |
|
Treasury reference to Aaron Smith of the petition
of John Arnold, esq., shewing that he has obtained
a decree in the King's name against Herbert Jones,
late under sheriff of Monmouth, for 889l., whereof
100l. is deposited in Court : and that he has expended
175l. in prosecuting said suit : therefore praying
for said 100l. for his expenses and that the remainder
of the fine (after payment of petitioner's expenses)
may be given to trustees for the use of the county. |
Reference Book VI, p. 261. |
| [? Dec. 31.] |
Royal sign manual authorising "the Regulation of
the weekly subsistence of the Forces in Ireland
until their whole pay be completed : to commence
from the 1st of January, 1690-1" :
|
King's Warrant Book XV,
pp. 253-5. |
To be paid weekly :
Of the Troop of Horse Guards : 2l. 6s. 8d. to a
Captain ; 1l. 15s. to a Lieutenant ; 1l. 12s. 8d.
to a Cornet ; 1l. 8s. 0d. to a Guidson or Exempt ;
1l. 4s. 6d. to a Brigadier ; 3s. 6d. to a Sub-Brigadier
as such ; 1l. 3s. 4d. to a Chaplain ;
1l. 8s. 0d. to a chirurgeon ; 8s. 9d. to a chirurgeon's
mate ; 14s. to a kettle drummer or
trumpeter ; 14s. to a private gentleman. |
|
Of the Troop of Grenadiers : 1l. 8s. 0d. to a
Lieutenant ; 14s. to a sergeant ; 10s. 6d. to
a corporal ; 8s. 9d. to a drum or hoboy ; 8s. 9d.
to a private soldier. |
|
Of the Light Horse : 1l. 15s. 0d. to a Colonel as
Colonel ; 1l. 1s. 0d. to a Lieutenant Colonel
as Lieutenant Colonel ; 14s. to a Major who
has a troop ; 2l. 6s. 8d. to a Major who has no
troop ; 1l. 12s. 8d. to each Captain ; 1l. 15s. 0d.
to each Lieutenant ; 1l. 11s. 0d. to each Cornet ;
1l. 1s. 0d. to each Quarter Master ; 1l. 3s. 4d.
to a Chaplain ; 17s. 6d. to an Adjutant ;
1l. 1s. 0d. to a chirurgeon ; 8s. 9d. to a chirurgeon's
mate ; 10s. 6d. to each corporal ; 9s. 4d.
to a kettle drummer or trumpeter ; 8s. 9d. to
each private trooper. |
Of the Regiment of Dragoons : 1l. 15s. 0d. to a
Colonel as Colonel ; 1l. 1s. 0d. to a Lieutenant
Colonel as such ; 2l. 6s. 8d. to a Major ; 1l. 1s. 0d.
to each Lieutenant ; 17s. 6d. to each Cornet ;
14s. to each Quarter Master ; 1l. 3s. 4d. to a
Chaplain ; 17s. 6d. to an Adjutant ; 1l. 1s. 0d.
to a chirurgeon ; 8s. 9d. to a chirurgeon's mate ;
17s. 6d. to a gunsmith and his servant ; 8s. 9d.
to a serjeant ; 7s. to each corporal, drummer
or hoboy ; 7s. to each private soldier.
1l. 8s. 0d. to the Provost Marshal General ;
10s. 6d. to each of his men. |
|
Of the Regiments and Companies of Foot : 1l. 15s. 0d.
to each Colonel as Colonel ; 17s. 6d. to each
Lieutenant Colonel as Lieutenant Colonel ;
11s. 8d. to a Major ; 18s. 8d. to each Captain ;
14s. to each Lieutenant ; 10s. 6d. to each
Ensign ; 1l. 3s. 4d. to a Chaplain ; 14s. to
an Adjutant or Quarter Master ; 14s. to a
chirurgeon ; 8s. 9d. to each [chirurgeon's]
mate ; 3s. 6d. to each serjeant ; 2s. 11d. to
each corporal ; 2s. 4d. to each drummer ;
2s. 4d. to each private soldier. |
|
Of the Company of Miners : 17s. 6d. to the Captain ;
14s. to the Lieutenant ; 8s. 9d. to each
serjeant ; 7s. to each corporal ; 2s. 4d. to
each drummer ; 5s. 3d. to each miner ; 1l. 15s. 0d.
to the Waggon Master General. |
For the subsistence of the Danish Forces.
Of the Regiments of Horse : 2l. 9s. 0d. for a Colonel
as Colonel ; 1l. 1s. 0d. to a Lieutenant Colonel
as Lieutenant Colonel ; 14s. to a Major as
such ; 2l. 9s. 0d. to a Captain as Captain ;
2l. 2s. 0d. to a Lieutenant ; 1l. 15s. 0d. to a
Cornet ; 1l. 8s. 0d. to a Quarter Master ;
1l. 3s. 4d. to a Chaplain ; 17s. 6d. to an Adjutant
or Regimental Quarter Master ; 1l. 9s. 9d. to a
chirurgeon and his mate ; 7s. to an auditor ;
10s. to a kettle drummer ; 7s. to a Marshal
and his man ; 10s. 6d. to a corporal ; 9s. 4d.
to each trumpeter ; 10s. 6d. to a waggoner
and for his horses ; 8s. 9d. to a private trooper. |
Of the Battalions of Foot : 2l. 2s. 0d. to a Colonel
as Colonel ; 17s. 6d. to a Lieutenant Colonel as
Lieutenant Colonel ; 11s. 8d. to a Major as
Major ; 1l. 8s. 0d. to a Captain ; 16s. 4d. to a
Lieutenant ; 12s. 10d. to an ensign ; 1l. 3s. 4d.
to a Chaplain ; 14s. to an Adjutant or Quarter
Master ; 1l. 2s. 9d. to a chirurgeon and his
mate ; 7s. to an auditor ; 7s. 6d. to a Marshal
and his man ; 3s. 6d. to a serjeant or fourier ;
2s. 11d. to a corporal ; 2s. 4d. to a drummer ;
10s. 6d. to a waggoner and for his horses ;
2s. 4d. to each private soldier.
Memorandum : the subsistence allowed to the
Danish officers is for themselves and servants. |
