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| Date. |
Nature and Substance of the Entry. |
Reference. |
| Feb. 21. |
Same to the Mayor of Bedford. The Treasury
Lords recommend you to cause the victuallers
in your town, lately suppressed, to be again
restored according to the intimation given by the
King in Council : otherwise my Lords will be forced
to make a fresh complaint as the Excise Commissioners
have represented this matter to my Lords
as one very much tending to lessen the revenue,
"which at this time especially will be very much
to the prejudice of their Majesties' service." |
Out Letters (General) XII,
p. 465. |
|
Treasury reference to the Agents for Taxes of the
petition of John Bowler for an allowance for his
extraordinary charges as collector of the 3s. Aid
[the 2s. Aid and additional 1s. Aid, 1 Wm. and
Mary, Sess. 2, c. 1 and c. 5] for co. Southampton. |
Reference Book VI, p. 299. |
| Feb. 23. |
Royal warrant under the Queen's sign manual [to
the Clerk of the Signet] for a privy seal for the
Auditor and Comptroller General of the Customs
to give plenary allowance and discharge to Thomas
Swanton, late collector of Falmouth port, and
Roger Chappell, collector of Barnstaple port, in
their accounts as such, viz. of sums as follow :
the said Swanton having at the King's coming
into England paid 300l. (150l. of Customs money
and 150l. of Excise money in his hands) viz. 240l.
thereof to Anthony Row on the 17th Dec, 1688 ;
and 60l. thereof to Sir Joseph Tredenham on the
19th of the same month : and similarly said Chappell
on the 25th of the same month paid 150l. to Anthony
Row "for our like service" out of Customs money
in his hands : and the acquittances for the said
sums remain in the hands of the Comptroller General
of the Accounts of the Customs. |
King's Warrant Book XV,
pp. 286-7. |
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Money warrant for 1,500l. to Leonard Robinson
[Chamberlain of London] for his pains, attendance
and hazard and expenses in receiving and paying into
the Exchequer and in receiving back and paying
out several sums amounting to 496,816l. 12s. 11½d.,
which were lent by divers citizens of London
and others upon the credit of several Acts as
follow, viz. : |
Money Book X, p. 575.
Order Book III, p. 147. |
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l. |
s. |
d. |
|
loans on the 2s. Aid [1 Wm. and
Mary, Sess. 2, c. 1] from
1689-90, Feb. 27 to Mar. 22 |
279,341 |
12 |
11½ |
|
ditto on the Additional 12d Aid
[1 Wm. and Mary, Sess. 2, c. 5]
within same dates |
86,230 |
0 |
0 |
|
ditto on the appropriated Excise
from 1690, May 30 to June 3 |
33,250 |
0 |
0 |
|
ditto on the unappropriated
Customs from 1690, June 3 to
July 4 |
28,040 |
0 |
0 |
|
ditto on the unappropriated
revenue from 1690, July 22 to
Aug. 27 |
69,955 |
0 |
0 |
|
£496,816 |
12 |
11½ |
|
(Money order dated Feb. 25 hereon.) |
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William Jephson to the Attorney General to report
on the enclosed petition and proposal [both missing]
of Lady Fretchville, relict of John, Lord Fretchville,
deceased, praying a lease of a piece of ground in
the parish of St. Ann, Westminster, being encroached
out of the highway. |
Out Letters (General) XIII,
p. 1. |
|
Same to the Earl of Ranelagh. I have read to my
Lords your report of Jan. 24 last on the petition of
the innkeepers and inhabitants of Abingdon. In
accordance therewith you are to pay them
89l. 10s. 6½d. due to them from the disbanded
Regiment of Scotch Horse, out of what remains
due to that Regiment. |
Ibid. |
|
Same to Mr. Fox to stop 11l. 9s. 6½d. from the pay
of the Earl of Oxford's Regiment and to pay same
to the abovesaid innkeepers etc. of Abingdon, same
being due to them according to the abovesaid report. |
Ibid. |
|
Same to the [Principal] Officers of the Ordnance.
There is due a considerable sum from Mr. Shallet
to the Excise. To enable him to meet same he
desires payment of a debenture for 1,060l. 17s. 6d.
due to him in your Office. Can same be paid to
him without prejudice to the course of [payments
in] your Office? |
Ibid, p. 2. |
|
William Jephson to Mr. Blathwayt [as Secretary to the
Forces] to procure royal warrants to authorise
payment of the 2,500l. ordered to be issued to
Charles Fox and Thomas Coningsby for Col. Charles
Godfrey on account of the last clothing of the Army in
Ireland, which sum they paid by 1,500l. on July 31
last, 600l. Aug. 21 last and 400l. Dec. 4 last : and
further to authorise their paying said Godfrey
1,398l. 19s. 5d. in discharge of the balance due to
him on said clothing account. |
Out Letters (General) XIII,
p. 2. |
Treasury order to the Customs Commissioners to
observe (a) infra.
Prefixing : (a) Order of the Queen in Council, dated
Whitehall, Feb. 19 inst., granting protection to
the small vessel Providence, Magnus Mason master,
with two men and with five passengers, Col.
Talmach's servants ; with permission to said
vessel to proceed in her voyage to Holland, notwithstanding
the late embargo : by reason that the
said five servants are commanded with all expedition
to return to their master in Holland. |
Out Letters (Customs) XII,
p. 286. |
Same to same to observe (a) infra.
Prefixing : (a) the like Order of the like date, prescribing
that the bonds (directed by the Order of the
12th inst., supra, p. 1016) to be taken here [in
England] of ships returning to Ireland be only for
their going to such parts of that kingdom as are
under their Majesties' obedience : and further that
such ships after their arrival in Ireland be permitted
(in case it be desired) to trade as coasters in any
part of that kingdom under their Majesties' obedience
or to this kingdom of England on the master's
giving bond to the Customs officers there to come
directly hither and not to go to any other places
whatsoever : all by reason that the Customs Commissioners
have represented that the bonds directed
to be taken by the Order in Council of the 12th inst.,
supra, ibid. (for all masters of ships going to
Ireland to return directly to England and not to
any other place whatsoever) will prove inconvenient
and therefore they did desire that the said Order
may be, as hereby, so explained that the condition
of those bonds may be only for their return to that
kingdom. (William Jephson to the Revenue
Commissioners, Ireland, enclosing the present Order
for explaining the general embargo Order of the
12th inst. You are to observe same.) |
Ibid, pp. 286-7. Out Letters
(Ireland) VI, p. 51. |
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Treasury reference to the Agents for Taxes of the
petition of Nathaniell Rich, esq., for payment of
397l. 4s. 3½d., being his charges and disbursements
in bringing up [to London] the moneys arising by
the first Poll, 12d. Aid, Review of the Poll and
Additional Poll, the 3s. Aid [2s. and Additional 12d.
Aid] and the last Poll for co. Essex, of which county
he was Receiver for said taxes. |
Reference Book VI, p. 299. |
|
Same to same of the petition of John Phillips, Receiver
of Cardigan [for assessments etc. ut supra], showing
that he overpaid 45l. 0s. 11d. on one of the Acts
by mistake, and praying that same may be transferred
to his account of the 12d. Aid [1 Wm. and
Mary, c. 20] and further praying an allowance for
his extraordinary charges in his receipt. |
Ibid. |
| Feb. 24. |
William Jephson to the Earl of Ranelagh to direct a
warrant to be prepared for paying the Coldstream
Regiment of Foot Guards as complete from 1688,
Nov. 1, to 1689, May 1 ; as proposed by you in
your report on the petition from the officers of
said Regiment. |
Out Letters (General) XIII,
p. 2. |
|
Same to the Auditor of the Receipt to give notice
to the officers of the Exchequer to attend in their
respective offices to-morrow morning until two
o'clock in the afternoon for the hastening of their
Majesties' affairs. |
Ibid, p. 3. |
|
Money orders for 20l. each to John Lowe and Peter
Le Neve, Deputy Chamberlains of the Receipt, for
1690, Michaelmas and Hilary terms, for sorting
and ordering the records foreign and domestic in
the Treasury at Westminster. |
Order Book III, p. 148. |
| Feb. 25. |
William Jephson to the Auditor of the Receipt to
reserve for the Treasury Lords' disposal the moneys
arising [coming into the Exchequer] from Hearthmoney
arrears, from to-day until the same amounts
to 6,000l. |
Disposition Book IX,
p. 74. |
|
Same to Visct. Sidney, enclosing the answer from
the deputy collector of Customs at Dover to the
Customs Commissioners concerning the ship Hope
of Amsterdam, lately seized at Dover : concerning
which seizure your Lordship sent to my Lords
the Dutch Ambassador's memorial, which my
Lords referred to said Commissioners, who thereupon
wrote said deputy collector for an account of the
matter. |
Out Letters (General) XIII,
p. 3. |
|
Same to Mr. Harbord [as late Paymaster of the Forces
in Ireland], enclosing copy of a letter of the 10th inst.
from the Revenue Commissioners, Ireland, touching
money received by your deputies from the collectors
in the north of Ireland. You are to send to my
Lords such an account as is therein desired. |
Ibid. |
Treasury warrant to the Customs Commissioners to
employ Ralph Read as waiter and searcher at
Wooler in Berwick port loco Jo[h]n Watson, lately
deceased.
Edward Randolph as searcher of the Four and a
Half per cent. Duty at Bridgetown in Barbados
loco John Strech, dismissed.
Arthur Brinsdon as a landwaiter, Bristol port,
loco Thomas Gerrard, dismissed. |
Out Letters (Customs) XII,
p. 287. |
|
Same to same to permit Alderman Gore to ship out,
Customs free, other goods to the like Customs value
of the goods by him lost at sea, which said goods
were themselves so permitted as lieu of other goods
so lost, and have themselves in turn been lost at
sea : which being a case of great equity, though
not strictly warranted by the letter of the law,
the Customs Commissioners have submitted in their
memorial of the 23rd inst. to the Treasury Lords'
decision. |
Ibid, p. 289. |
|
Treasury reference to the Wine Licence Commissioners
of the petition of the Lord Mayor etc. of York,
shewing that ever since the statute of 7 Edw. VI
they have licensed taverns to retail wine in their
city till of late the Wine Licence Commissioners
have brought action against Francis Duckworth
et al. : "and though the petitioners are willing to
relinquish their right for the future, yet the Commissioners
would have them to take licences for
three years past" : therefore praying an order to
stop [legal] proceedings [hereon] : the said petition
being referred to the Treasury from the Privy
Council the 19th inst. |
Reference Book VI, p. 299. |
| Feb. 26. |
William Jephson to the Auditor of the Receipt to
issue as follows out of the Exchequer : viz. : |
Disposition Book IX,
pp. 75-6. |
|
l. |
s. |
d. |
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Out of the 2s. Aid [1 Wm. and Mary,
Sess. 2, c. 1]. |
|
|
|
|
to the Cofferer of the Household |
2,199 |
12 |
7 |
|
to the Master of the [Great] Wardrobe |
2,000 |
0 |
0 |
|
to the Paymaster of the Works |
1,000 |
0 |
0 |
|
(The remainder of the moneys
of said Aid to be reserved for my
Lords' disposal.) |
|
|
|
|
Out of the loans on the Twelve
Months' Assessment [2 Wm. and
Mary, Sess. 2. c. 1]. |
|
|
|
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to the Treasurer of the Navy |
4,000 |
0 |
0 |
|
to Mr. Fox and Mr. Coningsby in
further part of 15,000l. for the
Danish [Forces'] clothing |
1,000 |
0 |
0 |
|
to ditto in full of 6,000l. for the
like clothing |
1,000 |
0 |
0 |
|
to ditto for the Commissioners of
the Transports for re-victualling
the English and Dutch Foot
Guards bound for Ostend and
the Brill etc |
470 |
0 |
0 |
|
to ditto for said Commissioners for
shipping and necessaries for
bringing from Carrickfergus to
Hoylake two Troops of his
Majesty's Guards : as per memorial
of Jan. 28 last from said
Fox and Coningsby |
515 |
0 |
0 |
|
to ditto for said Commissioners for
1,800 tons of shipping for the
Office of Ordnance for a month
at 13s. per ton per month |
1,170 |
0 |
0 |
|
to ditto more for ditto in further
out of their memorial for
16,133l. 7s. 0d. |
2,000 |
0 |
0 |
|
to ditto for Col. Godfrey in further
part of 1,398l. 19s. 8d., the
balance of his account of clothing |
200 |
0 |
0 |
|
to ditto for two months' pay
ordered for the officers come [to
England] to make recruits |
3,000 |
0 |
0 |
|
to ditto for four months' pay to
Col. Mitchelborne's and Col.
[Thomas] St. John's Regiments. |
2,895 |
10 |
0 |
|
to ditto for Col. la Melonier in part
of 2,000l. for clothing and other
accoutrements they are in want
of |
1,000 |
0 |
0 |
|
to ditto for Col. Du Cambon in part
of 2,226l. 15s. 0d. for the like |
1,000 |
0 |
0 |
|
to ditto for Col. Belcastle in part
of 1,700l. for the like |
1,000 |
0 |
0 |
|
to ditto for the Earl of Marlborough
for several contingent uses at the
seige of Cork and Kinsale |
264 |
0 |
0 |
|
to ditto for Robert Young of Bel
fast for several things furnished
to Col. [Thomas] Erle and his
Regiment last year as per account
and certificate signed by the Col.
and Lieut. Col. |
299 |
6 |
11 |
|
to ditto for 14 days' subsistence for
46 Gentlemen of the Guard |
92 |
0 |
0 |
|
to ditto for Monsieur Montault and
Monsieur Rapin, French Reformed
officers |
150 |
0 |
0 |
|
to ditto for Mr. Vander Esch in
part of his memorial for buying
of horses etc. |
1,000 |
0 |
0 |
|
to ditto for Mr. Anderton, being
the balance of his account |
152 |
7 |
8 |
|
(The above items to Fox and
Coningsby total 17,208l. 4s. 7d.,
whereof 17,087l. 1s. 10¼d. is to
be issued out of loans on the
Twelve Months' Aid and 121l.
2s. 8¾d. out of any disposable
money in the Exchequer.) |
|
|
|
|
Out of any other disposable money in
the Exchequer. |
|
|
|
|
to the Treasurer of the Ordnance
in further part of the supply for
Ireland |
3,000 |
0 |
0 |
|
to the Earl of Ranelagh for the
growing week's subsistence [of
the Forces, England] and the
half pay of the officers, together
with 2,200l. for Mr. Vander Esch |
8,740 |
1 |
2 |
|
to ditto for Col. [William] Beveridge's
Regiment in part of
2,011l. 11s. 4d. remaining due to
them to clear them to 1689-90,
Jan. 1 |
1,000 |
0 |
0 |
|
to ditto for the Earl of Bath's
Regiment in part of their clearings
due since 1689-90, Jan. 1 |
1,250 |
0 |
0 |
|
to ditto for fire and candle in
further part of 2,057l. 16s. 0d.,
there being 750l. already paid |
500 |
0 |
0 |
|
to ditto for the officers of the First
and Third Troop of Guards at
50l. a Troop, now coming from
Ireland |
100 |
0 |
0 |
|
to ditto for the French pensioners,
for three months due Jan. 1 last |
387 |
11 |
0 |
|
to ditto for Mr. Blathwayt on
account of his salary |
500 |
0 |
0 |
|
to ditto for Mr. Vander Esch for
the Regiment of Foot Guards,
in part of their arrears and for
contingencies |
576 |
8 |
7 |
|
to ditto in part of 2,179l. 16s. 4d.
due for the month of May last
to the Regiments of Gravemore
[Scravemore] and Suglestein |
1,000 |
0 |
0 |
|
to the Treasurer of the Navy for
the Commissioners of Sick and
Wounded for the prisoners at
war |
500 |
0 |
0 |
|
to Mr. Needham |
120 |
0 |
0 |
|
£44,081 |
17 |
11 |
|
Of the above items Nos. 7, 8, 9, 10, 13, 14, 15,
16, 17 and 22 are marked in the margin [royal]
"warrant" [ordered for these]. |
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William Jephson to the Customs Commissioners to
deliver and open at Whitehall, on payment of
Customs, four parcels of goods lately come from
Holland in one of their Majesties' yachts ; being
for the Queen's use (two thereof addressed to
Mris. Golstyn and one addressed to Frelo van
Nassau, Mademoiselle de Auverquere). |
Out Letters (General) XIII,
p. 3. |
| Feb. 27. |
Royal warrant under the Queen's sign manual to the
Attorney or Solicitor General for a great seal for a
grant to Sir Robert Cotton of Hatley St. George
in co. Cambridge, kt., and Thomas Frankland, esq.,
of the office of Postmaster General : to them or
their deputies : during pleasure : reserving to the
Crown all the duties and moneys payable for the
postage or carriage of letters or packets over and
above the necessary expenses for managing the
said Office : with power to regulate or settle posts
to any of the King's foreign Plantations : and to
collect all duties arising under the Act of 12 Car. II,
c. 35, or any other Acts [relating thereto] or by
reason of any special agreements or contracts made
for postage of letters and pacquets to or from any
parts beyond seas or within the realm or for providing
horses or guides for thorow posts or for
persons riding in post, comprising therein the
business and profits of the Office commonly called
the Penny Post Office : with power to appoint
deputy postmasters, officers etc. : with the salary
of 1,500l. per an. [for both], payable quarterly as
from 1690-1, Mar. 1 : the present patent to revoke
the patent lately granted to John Wildman of the
like office. |
King's Warrant Book XV,
pp. 287-90. |
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Same to the Earl of Ranelagh to present, for royal
signature, debentures for pay of the Coldstream
Regiment of Foot Guards from 1688, Nov. 1, to
1689, April 30, inclusive, according to the complete
numbers allowed on their establishment, notwithstanding
any defect in or want of muster rolls,
deducting thereout the pay of so many non-commissioned
officers and soldiers for the months of
March and April, 1689, as were wanting upon the
musters of said Regiment for the month of May
following. In making out the said debentures
you are to take care not to include the pay of any
Roman Catholic officers belonging to said Regiments
for the months of 1688, November and December,
except the ordinary subsistence to Lieutenants and
Ensigns and except also such whose pay was advanced
by order of the late King before the time of
his abdication ; all according to the rules laid down
for you in the warrant of 1689-90, Jan. 25, supra,
p. 465, for the making out debentures for such of
the Forces as were then employed in the King's
service in Flanders. |
Ibid, p. 291. |
|
Money warrant for 110l. 4s. 0d. to Samuel Foden,
gent., Receiver General of the first Six Months' Aid,
first Poll, 12d. Aid and last Poll for co. Stafford ;
being for his extraordinary charges therein and in
the carriage of his moneys to London and Chester.
(Money order dated Mar. 2 hereon.) |
Money Book X, p. 576.
Order Book III, p. 151. |
|
Money warrant for 120l. to Nicholas Needham, esq., for
one year to Christmas last on his annuity or pension
as late one of the Pages of Honour to the King.
(Money order dated Feb. 28 hereon.) |
Money Book X, p. 576.
Order Book III, p. 146. |
|
Treasury warrant to the Receipt to take in loans on
the two thirds of the Additional Excise granted
[by 2 Wm. and Mary, Sess. 2, c. 10] for four years :
to an amount not exceeding 1,000,000l. : levying
tallies and drawing and registering orders of repayment,
all as by said Act and as by the privy seal
of the 26th inst., supra, pp. 1022-3. |
Money Book X, p. 577.
|
|
Same dormant to Thomas Fox, Customs Cashier, to
pay Francis Spendlove his salary of 10l. per an. as
Comptroller of Yarmouth port. |
Ibid, p. 578. |
|
William Jephson to the Auditor of the Receipt to
issue to the Treasurer of the Navy 50,000l. out of
loans on the Twelve Months' Aid. |
Disposition Book IX,
p. 74. |
|
Same to same. After the loans on the Additional
12d. Aid [1 Wm. and Mary, Sess. 2, c. 5] are paid
off you are to reserve for my Lords' disposal all
the money that shall be paid into the Exchequer
on that Aid. |
Ibid, p. 76. |
|
Same to same to direct the Tellers of the Receipt to
take in all guineas that shall be lent at the Receipt
to the present loan which is making by the citizens
[of London] on the Twelve Months' Assessment
[2 Wm. and Mary, Sess. 2, c. 1] at the rate of 21s. 10d.
for each guinea until Mar. 6 next. You are to take
an account from day to day from each Teller of the
respective sums so lent in guineas, with the names
of the persons who lend the same. |
Out Letters (General) XIII,
p. 4. |
|
Treasury warrant to the Customs Commissioners and
Excise Commissioners to permit Abraham Hubert
of the island of Jersey to send back to Jersey, duty
free, the brandy made of cider of the growth of
that island which in December last he put on board
Thomas D' la Place's barque before he knew of
or there was any notice of the duty of 8s. per gallon
put on it by the Act of Parliament of Dec. 24 last
for encouraging the distilling of brandy [2 Wm.
and Mary, Sess. 2, c. 9] : it appearing by the affidavit
of Joseph French that the said brandy did not cost
in Jersey above 2s. 6d. per gallon. |
Out Letters (Customs) XII,
pp. 288-9. |
|
Treasury reference to Sir William Hayward [as the
surviving Trustee for Sale of Fee Farms] of the
memorial of Lord Oesulston, showing that he had
given [conveyed] to him [amongst his other purchases
of such rents] 30l. per an. of fee farm rents
[which proved unleviable, being] doubly conveyed
rents etc., for which he [therefore] had reprisals : but
one half of the said reprisals are ineffectual, being
given to one Digby [to collect], who pretends he is the
proper officer from the trustees for that service ;
"which Digbie has received 12l. besides a bill
discharged of above 16l. for delivery of the said
bad rents." |
Reference Book VI, p. 299. |
|
Treasury reference to the Customs Commissioners of
the petition of Lawrence Culliford, Comptroller of
Bridgwater port ; praying a new patent for his said
office. |
Reference Book VI, p. 299. |
|
Same to Mr. Lowndes and Mr. Squibb of the petition
of William Bowtell, merchant, praying that his
accounts as undertaker for the redemption of divers
English captives in Algiers may be considered and
examined and he relieved according to the service
done : same being referred from the Privy Council
the 12th inst. |
Ibid, p. 300. |
|
Same to Ben. Overton, esq., Warden of the Mint,
of the petition of William Powell, prisoner in
New Prison, shewing that the Warden of the
Mint employed him in discovering and apprehending
clippers and coiners, who combining together
prosecuted him on two indictments on which he
was fined 120l. : therefore praying the Treasury
Lords to accept a composition of 50l., being all he
can raise. |
Ibid. |
|
Same to the Agents for Taxes of the petition of
Giles Hinton for an allowance for his time and
charges in soliciting the 12d. per £ tax [1 Wm.
and Mary, c. 20] in co. Berks. |
Ibid, 301. |
| Feb. 28. |
William Jephson to the Auditor of the Receipt to
issue to Charles Fox and Thomas Coningsby (out
of the loans which said Fox will make on the Wine
Duties Act) 6,059l. 14s. 0d., to be paid over to
George Dodington and partners for clothing three
Regiments of Foot in Ireland pursuant to a contract
for the year 1691. |
Disposition Book IX,
p. 77. Out Letters
(General) XIII, p. 4. |
|
Same to same to issue as follows out of any disposable
money in the Receipt (except the Twelve Months'
Aid and the 3s. Aid [2s. and Additional 12d. Aids]) :
viz. : |
Disposition Book IX,
p. 77. |
|
l. |
s. |
d. |
|
to the Treasurer of the Ordnance
to pay a debenture assigned to
Mr. Shallett for freight of the
Hannah flyboat |
1,060 |
17 |
6 |
|
to Sir Thomas St. George |
300 |
0 |
0 |
|
to Mr. King |
187 |
4 |
6 |
|
£1,548 |
2 |
0 |
|
Same to [several] Colonels. The Treasury Lords desire
you to contract for 60,000 pairs of shoes and to
take care that they be large, thick and with broad
toes and to do the same with as much expedition
as may be. |
Out Letters (General) XIII,
p. 4. |
|
Same to the Customs Commissioners to write by this
night's post to the collector of Bristol port to pay
or give credit to Mr. Robert Henley for any sums
he shall want from time to time for the press and
conduct of seamen. On Henley's receipts the said
collector is to draw bills on Navy Commissioners
for repayment of such sums. |
Ibid. |
| Feb. 29. |
The Treasury Lords to the Lords Justices of Ireland
to report on the enclosed petition of Elizabeth
Chichester, praying a grant to her son of the Pipe
Office in Dublin, which was held by her husband,
Capt. John Chichester, deceased. |
Out Letters (Ireland) VI,
p. 51.
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