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Nature and Substance of the Entry. |
Reference. |
| Nov. 16. |
Treasury warrant to the Principal Commissioners for
Prizes to direct their Receiver General to pay to
Capt. Christopher Billop 50l. as follows. By their
memorial of Oct. 29 last the said Commissioners
represent that said Billop, commander of the King's
ship Suffolk, did in April last seize a small hoy of
36 tons, called the Love, pretending to be a Dane,
laden with tin plates, wire, blacking etc., which
was condemned as prize chiefly by the great care
and industry of the said captain, "who when the
said vessel had been stopt by Sir Ralph Delawall
and afterwards by several commanders in the
fleet, the master upon examination pretending to
be bound for London and nothing appearing to
the contrary, was permitted to proceed on his
intended voyage ; but Capt. Billop observing how
she wrought and thereby presuming the master
intended to go for France, followed him about
twelve leagues in his boat against wind and tide
and about 11 of the clock at night anchoring in
the mouth of Gravelin Harbour, boarded the said
hoy and brought her off, and in order to find
sufficient proof against the said master kept his
men several days on board his own ship separated
from each other, by which means he returned such
evidence as was satisfactory to the judge to condemn
her" : and further, as the said ship was so small
that she had neither decks nor guns, the reward
to the captor according to their Majesties' late
Declaration will amount to no more than 18l. for the
tonnage after the rate of 10s. per ton ; whereas
upon sale the ship produced above 800l. to the
Prize Office, wherefore the said Commissioners
recommend 50l. to said Billop as an encouragement
over and above the said tonnage reward allowance,
"being of opinion that when the captains of their
Majesties' fleet shall understand how ready you
[the Treasury Lords] are to gratify such as shall
do their duty, it may possibly have this good effect
to induce the captains for the future to bring in
their prizes without embezzlement." |
Money Book XI, pp.
201-2. |
Same to Robert Squibb, junr., Receiver of First
Fruits, to pay 293l. 6s. 8d. to Robert Butler, Deputy
Remembrancer of First Fruits and Tenths, being
for four years' allowance on the following items
which have time out of mind been yearly paid by
the Remembrancer of First Fruits upon their
accounts, viz. 40l. for parchment, paper and other
necessaries ; 10l. to the Lord Chief Baron for his
fee ; 10l. for a dinner for the several officers concerned
in taking the [account of the] remains of
[Tenths] bonds yearly and 13l. 6s. 8d. for fees to
the two Auditors of Imprests, being 73l. 6s. 8d.
per an. in all, which sum was always detained by
the Remembrancer [in his hands for his own reimbursement],
but [now] none of his Majesty's money
comes through his hands : wherefore said Butler
has prayed for reimbursement to be made him by
direct payment as herein : the truth of all which
is certified by John Knight, Comptroller of First
Fruits, in his report on said Butler's petition and
that the same is caused by Treasury instructions
ordering the said Comptroller to lock up all bonds
[for compositions of Tenths etc.] as they are from
time to time taken, and not deliver out any without
a receipt stating that the money thereon is paid
into the Receiver's hands ; so that thereby the
Deputy Remembrancer can no longer recoup
himself by detaining moneys as heretofore : and
therefore the Comptroller advises that same be
paid in future by the Receiver of First Fruits : and
further hath certified that there are four years'
accompts of the said revenue in his [the Comptroller's]
hands.
My Lords, agreeing to the proposed direct payment
of the said yearly sum or allowance as herein,
order same for the said four years and also for the
future yearly.
Followed by : a late Treasury warrant, dated 1713-4,
Jan. 16, for the execution of this warrant. |
Ibid, p. 203. |
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Money warrant for 1,910l. to William Harbord, 1,000l.
thereof for equipment and 910l. for a quarter in
advance on his ordinary as Ambassador to the
Grand Seignior. (Money order dated Nov. 20
hereon.) |
Money Book XI, p. 204.
Order Book III, p. 228. |
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Treasury warrant dormant to Mr. Knight, Customs
Cashier, to pay Robert Townson the annuity or
yearly fee of 466l. 13s. 4d. as Collector Inwards of
the Subsidies of Tonnage and Poundage, London
port. |
Money Book XI, p. 204. |
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Same to same to pay Simon Smith, to whom Charles II
1660, Sept. 14, granted the office of Otterhunter
for life, the fee of 3½d. a day for the keeping of six
hounds and 1½d. a day for a boy under him and
9d. a day for the keeping 12 dogs more ; being
payable out of the Customs of Southampton port. |
Ibid, p. 205. |
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Henry Guy to the Auditors of Imprests "concerning
the Victuallers' memorial." On Oct. 30 last I
sent you a breviat of the Victualling in 1690 and
1691, ut supra, p. 1362. You are to report thereon
forthwith. |
Out Letters (General) XIII,
p. 165. |
Treasury warrant to Mr. Knight, the Customs Cashier,
to forthwith demand and receive from the commanders
of the ships and vessels as follows the
impost and port duties as follow, amounting [in all]
to 1,730l. 19s. 0d., with which they stand charged ;
and to pay over to Charles, now Lord Baltimore,
one moiety of the impost and the whole of the port
duties and to detain the remainder in your hands
till further order from the Treasury Lords : and
further to give certificates to the commanders who
shall so clear their accounts that their bonds given
in Maryland may be there discharged : all by reason
that by an Act of Assembly passed in Virginia in
1671 there was granted to Ceecil, Lord Baltimore,
for his natural life an imposition of 2s. per hogshead
of tobacco exported from that Province (one half
thereof to be employed for maintaining a constant
magazine with arms and ammunition for the defence
of the Province and for defraying other public
necessary charges of the government) and by
another Act passed in 1674 the said 2s. impost was
continued to Charles Calvert, esq. (now Lord
Baltimore) for his natural life and on same terms ;
and by an Order in Council dated Feb. 26 last the
moiety for the maintaining a constant magazine is
to be paid into the Treasury and to be disposed of
as his Majesty shall direct ; and further it appears
by John Cood's account of shipping from 1689,
Aug. 1, to 1690, Aug. 12, that the moiety of said
impost for said year comes to 1,110l. 10s. 0d., of
which the sum of 718l. 5s. 11d. has been paid in
bills of exchange to said Coode and Kenelm Chizeldine,
Agents from the Convention in Maryland,
and two other bills payable to the Receiver General
for 49l. 6s. 0d., so that there remains to make up that
moiety for the government the sum of 342l. 18s. 1d. ;
and further by the said Order in Council the other
moiety of that impost and the [whole of the] port
duties of those ships and vessels specified as follows
were to be answered to the said Lord Baltimore.
Appending : note only of said ships. |
Out Letters (Customs) XII,
pp. 362-3. |
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l. |
s. |
d. |
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27 ships [unnamed], 4,230 tons, at
14d. per ton [for port duties] |
246 |
15 |
0 |
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14,848 hogsheads, at 2s. per hogshead |
1,484 |
4 |
0 |
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£1,730 |
19 |
0 |
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Treasury reference to William Blathwaite of the
memorial of Edward Randolph, shewing that
there are great quantities of large fir timber growing
in the several Colonies and Provinces in New
England "besides that of the Province of Maine"
which deserve to be secured from waste ; that for
some years last past he was Surveyor of the Woods
in the Province of Maine and is now appointed
Surveyor General of Customs in North America
and has [thereby] an opportunity to make particular
surveys of all the woods growing upon that Continent ;
which [function] he is willing to undertake
upon reasonable encouragement. |
Reference Book VI, p. 350.
Out Letters (Plantations
Auditor) I, pp. 338-9. |
Treasury warrant to the Surveyor General of Crown
Revenues for a particular of the agistment, herbage,
pasturage and pannage of hogs, turbary, fern,
crops and bark [of trees] etc. within the Forest of
Mara and Mondren, alias Delamere, co. Chester,
and of certain enclosed lands called the Old Pale
Lodge or the New Pale Walk and the New Pale
within the said forest, except such grounds belonging
to the Old Pale and other lodges as have been
formerly ploughed and improved by the keepers
there : all with a view to a grant thereof to Thomas,
Earl Rivers, for 31½ years from Jan. 11 next concurrent
with the term now in being granted to
Charles Osborne and John Knight in trust for the
Marquess of Carmarthen during the life of the
Queen Dowager : all at the present rent of 39l. 13s. 0d.
per an. : the consideration of the present lease to
be a fine of 200l.
Prefixing : report by William Harbord, said Surveyor
General, on said Earl's petition for this lease.
The premises were granted to this petitioner 1661,
Oct. 9, for 17 years from 1674-5, Jan. 11, in reversion
of a former grant at the old rent of 13l. 0s. 5d.
and increased rent of 26l. 12s. 7d., the whole rent
of 39l. 13s. 0d. being computed a full moiety of
the improved value of the premises, the same having
been surveyed in 1648 at 79l. 7s. 0d. per an. "and
alleged to be not worth so much now." Of the
above granted term one year remains to Jan. 11
next, but the premises were granted 1678-9, Mar. 24,
inter alia to Osborne and Knight as above for
99 years terminable on the life of the then Queen,
now Queen Dowager (and together with the said
rent of 39l. 13s. 0d.), at a rent of 78s. 4¼d., "which
grant was made, as I am informed, to supply the
defect of several fee farm rents granted to the
Earl of Danby, now Marquess of Carmarthen ;
which [premises] were included in the said Queen's
jointure and in regard her Majesty might happen
to outlive the terms for which these rents were
reserved, the manors, lands and things themselves
were passed to the said Mr. Osborn and Mr. Knight
the better to secure the rents" [the actual substantive
grant to the said Earl of Danby being
only the said rental of 39l. 13s. 0d.]. If the petitioner
be advised that a concurrent lease as above will
not be valid (being for a less number of years than
the grant to Osborn and Knight) then the lease
may be made to commence from the death of the
Queen Dowager and the determination of the lease
in being to petitioner "as was lately done in the
case of the Lady Ash for renewing her lease of
Richmond Ferry." |
Warrants not Relating to
Money XIII, pp. 461-2. |
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Treasury warrant to the Excise Commissioners to
take a new lease of the Excise Office from Sir Eliab
Harvey at 350l. per an. rent for 21 years from
Lady day next and to dispose of the rooms in the
said house as they find most proper for their service :
they having reported that in view of the expiry
of the present lease they have seen several other
houses, but as the Excise Office has been kept for
many years past at the said Harvey's house in
Broad Street and standeth well for business in the
heart of the city, and Harvey is willing to reduce
the rent to 350l. and the expense of removal would
be great, they advise a renewal of the lease of it
as the most proper and convenient house for the
service. |
Warrants not Relating to
Money XIII, p. 462. |
| Nov. 17. |
Henry Guy to Mr. Harnage. My Lords have received
from Mr. Crachrode a state of his case relating to
the clothing of the Regiment late under Sir Edward
Deering, bart., deceased, "whereof you was agent."
It appears therefrom that 1,016l. 12s. 6d. remains
due to Cracherode to complete his contract [consideration]
for the said clothing, although you have
received the clearings, offreckonings and arrears
of the said Regiment to January last. You are
to forthwith clear Mr. Crachrode's accompts of the
said clothing by assigning so much as remains due
to him, [to be paid] on the orders that were put
into your hands by Mr. Fox, Paymaster of the
Forces in Ireland, as for the service of that Regiment. |
Out Letters (General) XIII,
p. 166. |
| Nov. 18. |
Royal sign manual for 200l. to Mris. Mary Kirk (Kirke),
widow, as royal bounty. (Money warrant dated
Nov. 23 hereon.) (Money order dated Nov. 25
hereon.) |
King's Warrant Book
XVI, p. 87. Money
Book XI, p. 207. Order
Book III, p. 225. |
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Henry Guy to the Auditor of the Receipt to issue as
follows out of the Exchequer : viz. : |
Disposition Book X, pp.
30-1. |
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l. |
s. |
d. |
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Out of 14,476l. 9s. 2¼d. of the Double
Excise ; 8d. of loans on the
Twelve Months'Aid ; 117l. 0s. 8d.
of the Fourth of the Customs ;
1,200l. of the Letter [Office] money,
making in all 15,793l. 10s. 6¼d. |
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to the Earl of Ranelagh for the
growing week's subsistence [of
the Forces, England] and half
pay [to the officers] |
8,755 |
9 |
10 |
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to ditto for Monsieur Schulenburg
in further part of his bill of
4,700l. for the recruits of the
Wolfenbuttel Troops |
1,000 |
0 |
0 |
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to ditto for the wives of several of
the Earl of Portland's Regiment |
60 |
0 |
0 |
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to ditto for the gunners in the
several garrisons in further part
of their arrear |
107 |
18 |
4 |
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to ditto for the Commissioners of
the Transports |
500 |
0 |
0 |
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to ditto for Sir Joseph Herne |
1,000 |
0 |
0 |
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to ditto for the Duke of Bolton's
Regiment ; to be paid to the
Victualling Commissioners |
501 |
16 |
6 |
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to the Earl of Portland for the
Privy Purse |
1,000 |
0 |
0 |
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to Mr. Fox and Mr. Coningsby for
the Duke of Leinster's pay to
Sept. 30 as General of the Horse |
552 |
0 |
0 |
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to ditto for a week's subsistence to
the said Duke's Regiment |
276 |
12 |
4 |
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to ditto for the discount of tallies |
322 |
11 |
0 |
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to ditto for Monsieur Vanderesch
in part of 768l. for clothing of
Count Nassau's Regiment |
384 |
0 |
0 |
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to ditto upon account of swords,
belts, bandoliers etc. furnished
to Col. [Lord] Cutts's Regiment |
127 |
14 |
0 |
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to ditto upon account of the arrears
due to the minister of the Dutch
Foot Guards |
163 |
19 |
6 |
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to Mris. Mary Kirke |
200 |
0 |
0 |
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to Mr. Wolseley |
200 |
0 |
0 |
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to me [Guy] for secret service |
265 |
0 |
0 |
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Out of the Bishops' temporalities.
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to the Bishop of Hereford |
294 |
11 |
3¾ |
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£15,711 |
12 |
4¾ |
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Henry Guy to Monsieur Hopp, enclosing copy [missing]
of a report from the Customs Commissioners and
copy [missing] of a same from Mr. Robertson, a tidesurveyor,
in answer to your memorial to the Treasury
Lords, supra, p. 1370. |
Out Letters (General) XIII,
p. 166. |
| Nov. 19. |
Same to the Customs Commissioners to report
on the enclosed letter [missing] of Mr. Bridgeman
concerning a complaint made to the Lord Warden
of the Cinque Ports against Mr. Waring, collector
of Deal port, of his forcibly taking several wreck
goods out of the possession of the Serjeant of the
Admiralty of the Cinque Ports or his deputy. |
Ibid. |
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Report to the Treasury Lords [from William Blathwaite,
as Auditor of the Plantations] on the petition
of Thomas Lawrence, Secretary of Maryland,
ut supra, p. 1375. I do not know of any precedent
for an allowance from their Majesties for stationery
wares to any of the Secretaries of the Plantations,
their offices being profitable to them by their fees
and perquisities, and of no charge to the Crown.
But inasmuch as the Government of Maryland is
now for the first time taken into their Majesties'
hands and the office of the Secretary of that Province
[is] wanting of all the necessaries mentioned in
the petition, and that the petitioner will be at
considerable expense in transporting himself and
family thither, 100l. or any lesser sum may be
allowed him as royal bounty if your Lordships
think fit, to enable him to settle his office in Maryland,
which is fallen into disorder by reason of the
late commotions there. |
Out Letters (Plantations
Auditor) I, p. 338. |
| Nov. 20. |
Treasury warrant dormant to William Roberts,
Receiver General of the Honor and Castle of Windsor,
to pay Sir Thomas Duppa 50l. per an. by half yearly
payments, till further order, and the arrears thereon,
if any, on their undertaking as follows : the said
Duppa, as Keeper of the House Park at Windsor,
and John Topham, his then deputy, having proposed
in 1684 to do all necessary repairs in and
about the said park, furnish new posts, rails, pales
and nails, keep in repair the 22 gates with locks
and keys, cleanse the pond and ditches and maintain
the three bridges, cut the molehills, thistles and
nettles, weed the park, repair the colt house and
racks for the deer and do all other necessaries
wanting there in consideration of said 50l. per an. :
on which proposal Sir Christopher Wren reported
1684, July 24, and a warrant was accordingly given
thereon Aug. 26, ut supra, Calendar of Treasury
Books, Vol. VII, p. 1313 : and the Treasury Lords
think it reasonable to continue the like payment.
In the margin : a later Treasury warrant, dated
1695-6, Mar. 20, for payment of the moneys due
hereon to the time of the late decease of said Duppa. |
Money Book XI, pp.
204-5. |
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Henry Guy to the Postmasters General to pay to
the Duchess of Cleveland 100l. per week from
Saturday last on her annuity of 4,700l. per an. |
Disposition Book X, p.31. |
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Same to the Auditor of the Receipt. By the Treasury
warrant of 1690, July 25, supra, p. 753, you were
to levy tallies on the Excise or on the Letter Office
for loans to be made on credit of the Hereditary
Excise and the unappropriated fourth of the Temporary
Excise or else on credit of the Post Office revenue
until further directions from my Lords therein.
My Lords now desire that no further obedience be
yielded to that the said warrant and you are to
signify same to the Tellers and other officers to the
end no more loans may be received on credit of
those funds without my Lords' particular directions
therein. |
Ibid. |
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Same to same to issue 500l. to Aaron Smith for
Crown Law costs ; out of any disposable unappropriated
moneys in the Exchequer. |
Ibid. |
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Same to Mr. Tailer. Please speak with me at my
house in St. James's Street to-morrow, by order of
my Lords. |
Out Letters (General) XIII,
p. 167. |
Treasury order to the Customs Commissioners to
observe (a) infra.
Prefixing : (a) Order of the King in Council, dated
Nov. 19 inst., granting leave to the ship Susanna,
Richard Laycock master, to be inserted in the list
of ships licensed to go to Virginia and Maryland.
as in place of the ship Robert and Mary. |
Out Letters (Customs) XII,
p. 363. |
Same to same to observe (a) infra.
Prefixing : the like Order in Council for directions
to the Customs Commissioners to hinder as much
as in them lies any English seamen from going on
board foreign ships and for the Admiralty Lords
to use the best means for preventing same ; the
King having received information that several
English seamen are and have been hired to sail in
foreign ships, designing thereby to avoid their
Majesties' service on board the ships of war. |
Ibid. |
Same to same to observe (a) infra.
Prefixing : (a) Order of the King in Council, dated
Whitehall, Nov. 12 inst., made upon reading a
report from the Customs Commissioners of the
6th inst., settling the number of ships and men for
this year's trade to Italy. It is hereby ordered
that the following ships, viz.
James the Second, 400 tons, 80 men, Jacob Saunders,
commander ;
Jacob, 300 tons, 60 men, John Smith commander ;
Ruby, 250 tons, 40 men, Alex. Kenten commander ;
Venetian, 250 tons, 40 men, John Flower commander ;
Princess, 300 tons, 75 men, William Hill commander ;
Veler Merchant, 200 tons, 37 men, Christopher
Kebell commander ;
Neptune, 200 tons, 25 men, Thomas Daniell,
commander ;
James, 400 tons, 75 men, John Mathew commander ;
Hopewell Merchant, 250 tons, 36 men, Mathew
Hatton commander ;
William, 200 tons, 40 men, Thomas Philips
commander ;
Britannia, 240 tons, 40 men, John Warren commander ;
Zant frigate, 180 tons, 30 men, John Albertson
commander ;
Italian Merchant, 300 tons, 40 men, George
Phiney commander ;
Don Carlos, 160 tons, 28 men, Thomas Thompson
commander ;
Hopewell, 200 tons, 30 men, — Humpherys
commander ;
be permitted to proceed on their respective voyages
to Italy, notwithstanding the embargo, with protections
for the number of men as above, provided
they sail with or before the Turkey fleet and on
first giving bond to go to some port of Italy and
[not] otherwise "as is directed by order of this
Board of the 27th of August last," supra, p. 1286. |
Ibid, pp. 363-4. |
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Treasury reference to same of the petition of Nicho.
Lawrence et al., concerned in the ketch Salisbury,
in which they appeal from a judgment given in
the Court of Assistants in Boston in New England ;
said petition being referred [to the Treasury]
from the Committee for Trade and Plantations. |
Reference Book VI, p. 350. |
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Treasury reference to the Customs Commissioners of the
petition of Ozee Belin for restitution of some goods
seized for irregular entry. |
Reference Book VI, p. 351. |
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Same to the Attorney General and Mr. Tailer of the
petition from the inhabitants of Yorkshire to the
King ; petitioners shewing that one Francis Calvert
of Boroughbridge, under pretence of a lease from
the Crown, exacts tolls at Boroughbridge, Ferrybridge,
Castleford Bridge and other fords and
passes in the said county, "which seems to have
been at first for the repair of those bridges, which
is now done at the charge of the county" ; therefore
praying that they may bring a Bill in Parliament
to ease the county from the said tolls. |
Ibid. |
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Same to the Excise Commissioners of the petition of
Cha. Williams et al., praying abatement of 80l. ;
they being sureties of Robert Malthus, a collector
of Excise, who went away indebted 180l. to the
King ; petitioners being willing to pay 100l. |
Ibid. |
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Same to the Agents for Taxes of the petition of Ralp[h]
Williamson, Receiver General [of divers assessments]
for cos. York, Durham, Northumberland and
Berwick on Tweed ; petitioner praying an allowance
of 20s. per cent. for conveyance and returns of
moneys on the two Polls and the 12d. Assessment ;
being the same rate which he had allowed him for
the 3s. Aid [2s. Aid and Additional 12d. Aid]. |
Ibid. |
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Same to the Excise Commissioners of the petition
of Richard Cox, Arthur Bradshaw, Thomas Amey,
Samuell Turner, Charles Bumstead, Samuell Hardwick,
Cha. Danvers, Geo. Blackburn and Richard
Gibbs, shewing that they were for many years
employed by the Hearthmoney Commissioners as
General Receivers, at a salary of 200l. per an.
[each] ; that they could not make up their accounts
till after 1690, Midsummer, but the Commissioners
for [Excise and for] the Arrears of Hearthmoney
refuse to allow them salary after 1690, Lady day :
therefore praying their salary to 1690, Midsummer. |
Ibid, p. 352. |
Report to the Treasury Lords from William Blathwayt
on the petition of Mr. Randolph, supra, p. 1378.
concerning the survey of timber in New England.
There are great quantities of timber and masts for
shipping near the sea, not only in the Province of
Maine and New Hampshire (for the survey whereof
a commission has been granted to Mr. Brenton),
but also in Virginia, Maryland and New York and
the more northerly part of New England and Nova
Scotia, which, if brought under the particular care
and inspection of a fit person, may be very useful
to the Navy. The said Edward Randolph is well
acquainted with the Plantations and by the office
lately granted him of Surveyor General of the
Customs on the Continent of America (which will
oblige him to visit the ports and creeks in all those
parts) he may have an opportunity of surveying
the woods upon that coast and, by an authority
and some allowance from his Majesty, he may
preserve in a great measure those woods from
being destroyed, and improve them, to the great
benefit of the Crown ; according to such directions
as he shall from time to time receive from the
Treasury Lords or the Admiralty Lords.
Prefixing : (1) copy of said petition, undated : (2) order
of reference, dated Nov. 16, thereof to said Blathwayt,
ut supra. |
Out Letters (Plantations
General I, p. 338. |
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Henry Guy to the Excise Commissioners to write
to the Excise officers at Chester, Bideford, Bristol,
Whitehaven and parts adjacent to pay such money
as shall be in their hands on account of their respective
Excise receipts to the Agents of Charles Fox,
esq., towards subsisting the Forces that are to
land from Ireland. The Agents are to draw bills
on said Fox for such moneys and my Lords will
enable him to meet same. |
Out Letters (General) XIII,
p. 167. |
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Same to Serjt. Ryley. The persons nominated by
the Duke of Bolton to be Commissioners to enquire
of purprestures and encroachments in New Forest
are as follows : viz. Sir Charles Wyndham, Tho.
Hoby, James Dewey, James Burrard, Henry
Dawley, Richard Cobbe, Mathew Bennett and
Charles Cole, esqrs. You are to report your opinion
on them. |
Ibid. |
| Nov. 23. |
Treasury warrant dormant to John Knight, Customs
Cashier, to pay John Wilmer the salary of 62l. 6s. 8d.
per an. as Customer of Strangers' Customs, London
port. |
Money Book XI, p. 205. |
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Money warrant for 752l. to the Commissioners for
the Privy Seal, for 188 days to Sept. 29 last on
their diet allowance of 4l. a day ; being 532l. to
William Cheyne and Sir John Knatchbull and 220l.
to the executors of Sir William Pultney, kt. ; the
said Pultney's proportion being for 165 days from
March 25 last to Sept. 6 last, the day of his death.
(Money order dated Nov. 30 hereon.) |
Ibid, p. 206. Order Book
III, p. 230. |
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Treasury warrant to John Knight, Customs Cashier,
to pay to the said Cheyne, Knatchbull and executors
of Pultney 97l., viz. 72l. 6s. 8d. thereof to Cheyne
and Knatchbull for last Sept. 29 quarter on the
20s. a day allowance and 24l. 13s. 4d. for June 24
to Sept. 6 to Pultney : with a dormant clause for
said allowance to said Cheyne and Knatchbull for
the future. (Henry Guy to Mr. Knight to so
pay said 24l. 13s. 4d. to the executors of said Pultney.) |
Money Book XI, p. 207.
Out Letters (General)
XIII, p. 167. |
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Same for 500l. to Aaron Smith, esq. [Treasury Solicitor]:
upon account : for Crown Law charges. (Money
order dated Nov. 25 hereon.) |
Money Book XI, p. 206
Order Book III, p. 226. |
|
Money warrant for 112l. 10s. 0d. to Henry Harris, gent.,
for 2¼ years to Michaelmas last on his fee or salary
of 50l. per an. as Chief Graver of their Majesties'
Seals. |
Money Book XI, p. 208. |
|
Same for 59l. 6s. 3d. to same for 6½ years to June 24
last on his fee or salary of 6d. a day as Yeoman of
the Revels. |
Ibid. |
|
Same for 200l. to John Shales, esq., for one year to
Michaelmas last on his salary as one of the
[Exchequer Court] Auditors of the [Crown] Revenue :
to be satisfied by tallies on John Evelyn, esq.,
Receiver of Crown Revenues for cos. Kent, Surrey
and Sussex. |
Ibid. |
|
Treasury warrant to the Customs Commissioners to
remit [by a noli prosequi] the King's share of a seizure
of a parcel of 122 dozen of coarse Jersea [Jersey]
stockings ignorantly entered as woollen hose, being
imported by Lewis Sowlade, a French Protestant,
fled from the prosecutions of the French King for
refuge into this kingdom, where he hath employed
the small remains of his fortune in trade for the
support of himself and his family, he having never
dealt before in that sort of goods, and same having
been seized because the Custom thereon was 40s.
more than petitioner paid : the total parcel being
appraised at 156l. 3s. 0d., and the officer having
compounded at a third thereof by licence of the
Exchequer Court. |
Out Letters (Customs) XII,
pp. 364-5. |
Treasury order to same to observe (a) infra.
Prefixing : (a) Order in Council, dated Nov. 19 inst.,
granting leave to the ship Samson, John Bromwell
commander, to go to the East Indies in place of the
ship Chandois, John Bonnell commander. |
Ibid, p. 365. |
|
Treasury reference to the Attorney General of a
memorial [missing] relating to the Royal Mines. |
Reference Book VI, p. 352. |
|
Same to the Customs Commissioners of Edward
Randolph's memorial together with Mr. Blathwayt's
report thereon, ut supra, pp. 1378, 1383-4. The
Commissioners are to report if it doth not
interfere with what is granted to Mr. Brenton. |
Ibid, p. 350. |
| Nov. 24. |
Treasury warrant dormant to Mr. Knight, Customs
Cashier, to pay Col. William Parsons the salary of
52l. per an. as a King's waiter, London port. |
Money Book XI, p. 209. |
|
Henry Guy to Mr. [Charles] Fox to pay to Joshua
Pilot, supernumerary Captain in Col. Mitchelburne's
Regiment, 40l. 5s. 1d. upon account of his arrears.
My Lords will take care to order money to repay
you upon your inserting the same in your weekly
memorial [of your cash requirements as] presented
[weekly] to his Majesty. |
Disposition Book X, p. 32. |
|
Same to the Attorney General, enclosing the Customs
Commissioners' report [missing] on the petition
of Edward Folkingham and Andrew Lopez concerning
some elephants' teeth seized as not of the
growth of Portugal. You are to enter a noli prosequi
to the information therein. |
Out Letters (General) XIII,
p. 168. |
|
Same to Sir Christopher Wren, enclosing the petition
[missing] of the Provost and Corporation of Moneyers
concerning their house called the Moneyers' Hall
in the Mint. You are to view the same and to do
in this matter "as is desired, if you find it convenient." |
Ibid. |
|
Same to Mr. Blathwayt [as a Clerk of the Privy
Council] to lay before the King in Council the
Customs Commissioners' report, enclosed [missing],
upon the Order of Council, which directed an enquiry
to be made touching several masters of coal ships
from Newcastle who have entered into a combination
for enhancing the price of coals. |
Ibid. |
|
Henry Guy to the Customs Commissioners to report on
the enclosed extract from two letters of Col. Nicholson
Lieut. Governor of Virginia, transmitted to
the Treasury Lords from the Committee for Trade
and Plantations ; the said extracts relating to a
bond given by Geo. Jeffrys of 1,000l. to unlade in
England, he having landed his loading at
Piscataqua. |
Out Letters (General) XIII,
p. 168. |
|
Same to Visct. Sidney [as Lord Warden of the Cinque
Ports], enclosing the Customs Commissioners' report
[missing] on Mr. Bridgman's letter relating to the
complaint made to your Lordship against Mr. Waring,
the collector of Deal port, for forcibly taking several
wreck goods out of the possession of the Admiralty
of the Cinque Ports. |
Ibid. |
|
Same to the Attorney General to report on the enclosed
memorial of Benj. Overton, Warden of the Mint,
touching some clippings etc. in the hands of Rob.
Battison and John Bridgman, constables ; which
are claimed by Mr. Cary, bailiff of Westminster. |
Ibid, p. 169. |
|
Same to the Sheriffs of London and Middlesex to
forthwith pay into the Exchequer the moneys
levied of the arrears of the First Poll, "and that
you strike the tally for the same under that
denomination and not super compotum." |
Ibid. |
|
Same to the Prizes Commissioners. Bring in your
accounts of all moneys received and paid on account
of goods and ships taken as prize. |
Ibid. |
|
Same to Mr. [Charles] Fox to report on the enclosed
petition of George Carpenter, major to Brigadier
Villiers' Regiment of Horse, praying payment of
100l. on account of his arrears. |
Ibid. |
|
Treasury letters patent constituting Col. William
Parsons (one of the surveyors of the landwaiters,
London port) to be a King's waiter ibid. loco Thomas
Edlyn, gent. |
Out Letters (Customs) XII,
p. 366. |
Treasury warrant to the Customs Commissioners to
depute said Thomas Edlyn as one of the surveyors
of the landwaiters ibid. loco said Col. Parsons : the
Customs Commissioners having agreed to this
exchange of places.
Tho. Hope as a tidesman in fee ibid. loco Ralph
Janyan, deceased.
Edward Otby as a tidesman, Hull port, loco
Hugh Hunter, lately deceased. |
Ibid, p. 367. |
Report to the King from the Treasury Lords on
the petition of James Hamilton, concerning the
lighthouses in the kingdom of Ireland. We have
considered a report made thereon by Richard
Levinge, esq., Solicitor General in Ireland, to
whom said petition was referred, and also a letter
from the Lords Justices thereon, to whom the
petition was referred April 30 last. We have nothing
to object to the said Lords Justices' report thereon.
Appending : said report from Sir Charles Porter and
Tho. Coningsby, two of said Lords Justices, dated
Dublin Castle, Aug. 4 last. Petitioner prays to be
restored to the said lighthouses and to be paid
500l. per an., formerly granted for keeping the
same. We referred the matter to the Solicitor
General, Ireland, and enclose his report and opinion
[both missing] thereon. We agree therewith as
to petitioner's right to the lighthouses and that it
is reasonable he be restored to the same with the
yearly allowance granted for keeping thereof. We
think the 500l. should not be paid for the time
past, in regard the lighthouses have been for the
last year, and are at present maintained at their
Majesties' charge by orders issued "here" [in
Dublin] to prevent the inconvenience that might
happen by the want thereof. |
Warrants not Relating to
Money XIII, p. 465. |
| Nov. 25. |
Warrant dormant under the royal sign manual to
the Treasury Lords to issue their warrant from
time to time to the Receiver General of the Honor
and Castle of Windsor to pay 100l. per an. to Grimling
Gibbons, "whom we have employed to look after,
cleanse and repair several pieces of carved work
within our Castle of Windsor" : to be payable
half yearly from Michaelmas last during pleasure.
(Treasury dormant warrant, dated Dec. 1, hereon
accordingly to William Roberts, Receiver of the
said revenues.
Together with : a marginal note of a later confirmation,
dated 1695, April 12, thereon.) |
King's Warrant Book
XVI, p. 88. Money
Book XI, pp. 213-4. |
|
Royal sign manual for 200l. to Robert Wolseley, esq.,
as royal bounty : without account. (Money warrant
dated Dec. 7 hereon.) (Money order dated Dec. 8
hereon.) |
King's Warrant Book
XVI, p. 88. Money
Book XI, p. 217. Order
Book III, p. 231. |
|
Same for 294l. 11s. 3¾d. to Gilbert, Bishop of Bristol,
now Bishop of Hereford, as royal bounty : without
account. (Money warrant dated Nov. 30 hereon.)
(Money order dated Dec. 3 hereon.) |
King's Warrant Book
XVI, p. 89. Money
Book XI, p. 213. Order
Book III, p. 230. |
|
Same for 400l. to Edward, Bishop of Gloucester, as
royal bounty : without account : to be payable
out of sede vacante receipts of the temporalities of
said bishopric or any other bishopric lately void
by deprivation. (Money warrant dated Dec. 1
hereon.) (Money order dated Dec. 2 hereon.) |
King's Warrant Book
XVI, p. 89. Money
Book XI, p. 212. Order
Book III, p. 231. |
|
Treasury reference to the Solicitor General of the
petition of Richard Reed, shewing that he is heir
at law to Richard Reed, a Papist, deceased, who
in 1662 made a lease of his house and lands to the
yearly value of 30l. to Ann Brent, a Papist, for 21
years, upon expiration whereof petitioner was kept
out of possession on pretence of a deed in trust to
several persons for the monastery of Cambrai, and
the more to obstruct petitioner in his title the same
[premises] was seized for the Crown in the first year
of King James II, under an inquisition taken out
by Mr. Brent : therefore petitioner prays a grant
from the Crown for corroborating his title, so that
he may try the validity of the pretended deed. |
Reference Book VI, p. 352. |
|
Henry Guy to the Revenue Commissioners, Ireland,
to report on the enclosed petition [missing] of
Thomas Keightley, esq., concerning some rents
granted to him in Ireland. |
Out Letters (Ireland) VI,
p. 101. |
| Nov. 26. |
Henry Guy to the Auditor of the Receipt to issue as
follows out of the Exchequer, viz. : |
Disposition Book X, p. 32. |
|
l. |
s. |
d. |
|
Out of 11,043l. 5s. 2½d. of the Double
Excise ; 1,052l. 1s. 4d. of the
Letter [Office] money ; 1,600l. of
the produce of the farthings ;
55l. 10s. 0d. of Hearthmoney
[arrears] ; 1,099l. 12s. 8d. of
Low Wines : making in all
14,850l. 9s. 2½d. |
|
|
|
|
to the Earl of Ranelagh for the
growing week's subsistence [of
the Forces, England] and half
pay [to the officers] |
8,755 |
9 |
10 |
|
to ditto in further part of a bill
of Monsieur Schulenburg's for
4,700l. for the recruits of the
Wolfenbuttel Troops |
1,000 |
0 |
0 |
|
to ditto for the wives of several of
the Earl of Portland's Regiment |
60 |
0 |
0 |
|
to ditto for the gunners in the
several garrisons in further part
of their arrear |
107 |
18 |
4 |
|
to ditto for the Commissioners of
the Transports upon account of
transporting the Regiments of
Horse and Dragoons |
500 |
0 |
0 |
|
to ditto for Sir Joseph Herne |
1,000 |
0 |
0 |
|
to Mr. Fox and Mr. Coningsby for
a week's subsistence to the
Duke of Leinster's Regiment of
Horse |
276 |
12 |
4 |
|
to ditto for Monsieur Vanderesch
in part for the clothing of Count
Nassau's Regiment |
384 |
0 |
0 |
|
to ditto for the wives, sick and
impotent soldiers of the Regiments
of [Lord] Cutts, Lloyd,
Nassau, Brandenburg and Groben
for their subsistence |
123 |
1 |
10 |
|
to ditto for the Commissioners of
the Sick and Wounded upon
account of the Irish prisoners in
the Savoy |
100 |
0 |
0 |
|
to the Earl of Portland for the
Privy Purse |
1,000 |
0 |
0 |
|
to — [Mr. Fox and Mr. Coningsby]
for Col. Tetoe, see infra, p. 1397 |
1,508 |
0 |
0 |
|
£14,815 |
2 |
4 |
|
Same to [Cursitor] Baron [Geo.] Bradbury. My
Lords are informed that there are several papers
in your custody which do in no manner concern
Mr. Jephson as executor to William Jephson, esq.
[late Secretary to the Treasury], but do more
immediately relate to the public, or to such private
persons who have had or still have business depending
before the Treasury Lords. They desire you
to transmit all such papers to me as, upon perusal.
you shall find do particularly relate to this [the
Treasury] Office. Please deliver them to Mr.
Glanvill, one of my clerks. |
Out Letters (General) XIII,
p. 169. |
|
Treasury reference to the Agents for Taxes of the
petition of Thomas Doyly, praying an allowance
of 636l. 6s. 6½d. for his charges in bringing up by
several journeys the moneys of several Aids [of
which he was Receiver] in co. Southants, Isle of
Wight, cos. Oxford, Cambridge and Isle of Ely. |
Reference Book VI, p. 352. |
|
Treasury reference to the Customs Commissioners of
the petition of George Baker for a place as landcarriageman
or searcher in any port. |
Reference Book VI, p. 352. |
| Nov. 27. |
Treasury warrant dormant to Mr. Knight, Customs
Cashier, to pay the salary of Charles Tyrrell [as a
King's waiter, London port]. |
Money Book XI, p. 209. |
|
Money warrant for 5,876l. 7s. 6d. to Henry D'Nassau,
Seigneur D'Auverquere, Master of the Horse to the
King ; without account : for the use of the Stables :
to be paid by way of advance for the year ending
1691-2, Jan. 1. (Money order dated Nov. 30
hereon : with a subscription, ut infra, p. 1393,
under date 1691, Dec. 1.) |
Ibid, p. 209. Order Book
III, p. 229. |
|
Same for 40l. to Walter Wallinger and Thomas Cole,
Secondaries in the Office of Clerk of the Pipe,
for two years to Michaelmas last on their ancient
fees of 10l. per an. each. |
Money Book XI, p. 210. |
|
Same for 82l. to the two Secondaries and the other
sworn clerks in the Office of King's Remembrancer ;
36l. thereof for 4½ years to Lady day last on their
respective fees of 4l. each and the remaining 46l.
for six years to same date upon a fee of 15l. 6s. 8d.,
payable every second year to the clerks in the said
Office for transcribing amerciaments forfeited in
that Office. |
Ibid. |
|
Same for 25l. to Walter Laycock, Surveyor General
of Woods, Trent North, for half a year to Michaelmas
last on his fee of 50l. per an. |
Ibid. |
|
Treasury warrant to John Knight, Customs Cashier,
to pay 80l. 12s. 4d. to the officers of the Pipe Office
for one year to June 24 last on their several fees
payable out of the Customs as follows, viz. 63l. 2s. 0d.
to Robert Russell, Clerk of the Pipe, and to the
Secondary and sworn clerks ; 5l. 15s. 0d. to the
Comptroller of the Pipe ; 11l. 15s. 4d. to John Ady
and John Ballow, Deputy Chamberlains of the
Exchequer Court. |
Ibid, p. 211. |
Same dormant to same to pay Sir Cornwall Bradshaw,
kt., the salary of 31l. 13s. 4d. per an. as Comptroller
of Customs in Bristol port.
48l. per an. to same as collector of Poole port. |
Ibid. |
|
Money warrant for 40l. to John Pottinger for one
year to Michaelmas last on his fee as Comptroller
of the Pipe. |
Ibid, p. 212. |
|
Henry Guy to the Earl of Ranelagh to pay 20l. to
the four Commissaries of the Musters who are to
go to the seaports to expect the landing of the
Forces there from Ireland. Insert this item in
your next [weekly] memorial [of cash demands
from the Treasury], and my Lords will take care
to repay you the same. Upon payment thereof you
are to direct the said Commissaries to forthwith
repair to the said seaports. |
Disposition Book X, p. 33. |
|
Henry Guy to the Customs Commissioners to nominate
two persons to be commissioned to enquire into
the misdemeanours committed at Jersey. |
Out Letters (General) XIII,
p. 169. |
|
Same to Mr. Tailer. On Aug. 7 last you reported
on the petition of Mr. Neale for a further lease of
a piece of ground called Marsh Lands in St. Giles
in the Fields. On Sept. 27, 1690, Mr. Harbord
reported on John Smith's petition for a lease of
Dogghouse field etc. You are to certify my Lords
whether anything in Mr. Neale's petition interferes
with the said report on Smith's petition. |
Ibid. |
|
Same to the Victualling Commissioners. Send my
Lords your answer to the enclosed report [missing]
from the Auditors of Imprests upon your breviate
of the Victualling for the years 1690 and 1691. |
Ibid, p. 170. |
|
Same to Mr. Hall [First Secondary in the King's
Remembrancer's Office]. Lord Griffin has complained
that his accounts are delayed for want of
the Imprest Rolls. Mr. Wardour has acquainted
my Lords that Griffin could have had them long
since if he had sent his servant to pay the fees.
"My Lords therefore direct you to take out the
same, that his Lordship's accounts may be
expedited". |
Ibid. |
|
Same to Mr. John Knight [Customs Cashier] to pay
to Sir Thomas Lawrence, Secretary of Maryland,
80l. for furnishing of stationery wares etc. for his
Office. "My Lords will take care that same shall
be repaid you out of the revenue of Maryland." |
Ibid. |
|
Same to the Earl of Ranelagh to report on the enclosed
petition [missing] of Capt. Geo. Mangie. Inform
my Lords whether Capt. Adam Bolton, deceased,
mentioned therein, was a pensioner paid by you. |
Ibid, p. 171. |
|
Treasury warrant to the Attorney General to enter
a noli prosequi to the information in the Exchequer
in the case of the yacht Mary, belonging to the
Principal Commissioners for Prizes, which was
lately seized by Mr. Peregrine Bertie, an officer
of the Customs, for importing French wine contrary
to Act of Parliament. Bertie is first to be satisfied
his moiety of the said seizure. |
Out Letters (Customs) XII,
p. 367. |
|
Same to the Customs Commissioners to depute John
Steede, brother to Col. Steede. ut supra, pp. 1359,
1370, as Receiver of the Four and a Half per cent.
Duty in the island of Barbados : at the established
allowance of salary : loco Samuel Smart, deceased. |
Ibid. |
|
Treasury reference to the Excise Commissioners of
the petition of John Farmer et al., officers and
gaugers of Excise, showing that all officers, surveyors
and gaugers of Excise in London [sic] of 100l. per an.
salary and under were allowed their assessments to
the 3s. Aid [2s. Aid and Additional 12d. Aid], "and
by your Lordships' warrant dated 15 Sept., 1691.
your petitioners and the rest of the inferior officers
of the Excise are excluded from being allowed the
tax assessed on them". therefore praying a supplementary
warrant "whereby they shall be relieved
and allowed the said tax as the country officers
are." |
reference Book VI, p. 350. |
|
Treasury reference to William Tailer, Deputy Surveyor
General [of Crown Lands], of the petition of Richard
Strode to the King, petitioner shewing that his father,
being possessed of some lands near the citadel at
Plymouth, erected some buildings and designed
to erect others, but Charles II, finding it necessary
for naval stores, ordered him to desist, "and that
he would give him a recompense for the same :
which is known to the Earl of Bath" : therefore
praying satisfaction for the said lands and buildings. |
Reference Book VI, p. 353. |
|
Same to Mr. Aaron Smith [Treasury Solicitor] of the
petition of Tho. Marytr, Samuell Hunt, Geo. Backus
and William Oram, shewing that at the request
of Mr. Thomas Price they built seven houses on
Newport ground for said Price's account and 700l.
is due to them thereon, Price promising that the
houses should remain as a security for the debt ;
but the same are extended into the King's hands :
therefore pray their 700l., they finding a purchaser
for the houses. |
Ibid. |
|
Same to the Customs Commissioners of the petition
of John Yates of Kingston upon Hull, shewing that
he is prosecuted on two bonds for 1,400l. as surety
for Christopher Sanderson, late master of the
Hopewell of Hull, said bond being with condition
that her lading of 400l, worth of lead should not
go to France : but the said ship was afterwards
taken by a French privateer and carried into Dieppe,
where she was condemned by the Court of Admiralty :
therefore praying to be discharged from the said
bonds. |
Ibid. |
Same to Sir George Treby, Attorney General, of
(a) infra.
Prefixing : (a) letter to the Treasury Lords from the
Marquess of Halifax, Earl of Feversham, [Sir] Jo.
Arundell, [Sir] Ja. Butler, William Finch and John
Hall. The Queen Dowager has entrusted us with the
management of her revenue and jointure settled
on her by Charles II. We think ourselves obliged
to acquaint you that the manor of Richmond,
alias Sheene, co. Surrey, with all its rights, manors
etc. is settled in trust for the said Queen. Sir George
Treby has been attended with a state of the case,
which was debated before him, and we expected
his report therein ; but hearing nothing therein,
your Lordships were attended last summer by some
of the said Queen's Council to know if any report
had been made by Treby, but finding there was
none Treby was then immediately desired to make
his report, [we] "not doubting but that upon his
report her Majesty would either have been put
into the quiet possession of the said manor or have
been left to proceed at law to make out her Majesty's
right thereunto." We have formerly in the time
of James II had counsel's opinion in the case and
have lately had a review of the case, stated at large
upon all the grants of the said manor since 14 James I,
both opinions agreeing that the manor of Richmond
is now in the Queen Dowager. This right we are
ready to make out at law against any defendant
your Lordships shall name or against the tenants.
We desire you will concur with us to bring it to a
speedy trial. |
Ibid, pp. 353-4. |
|
Treasury reference to the Excise Commissioners of the
petition of Geo. Arnold and Richard Low, sureties
for Robert Spencer, late [a] collector of Hearthmoney :
petitioners shewing that they are unable
to satisfy the arrear of 119l. 16s. 11d. due from
the said Spencer. |
Reference Book VI, p. 354. |
| Nov. 28. |
Treasury warrant dormant to Mr. Knight, Customs
Cashier, to pay Francis Boggest his salary of 52l.
per an. as a King's waiter, London port. |
Money Book XI, p. 211. |
| Nov. 30. |
Same to same to pay Jahleel Brenton his salary of
100l. per an. as collector, surveyor and searcher of
Customs within the Colonies of New England. |
Ibid, p. 212. |
|
Henry Guy to the Navy Commissioners. My Lords
have signed a warrant for felling 300 trees in New
Forest for the Navy. The warrant lies ready at
the Treasury "for anybody that you appoint to
look after it." |
Out Letters (General) XIII,
p. 171. |
|
Same to the Customs Commissioners, enclosing a
letter [missing] from the Principal Officers of the
Ordnance con erning some brimstone bought by
their Office in the Straits and shipped on the Oxford,
Newcastle, and Tyger. You are to pass same,
Customs free. |
Ibid. |
|
Same to the Attorney General, enclosing a memorial
[missing] of the Commissioners for recovering the
estates given to Jesuits, Popish societies etc. You
are to advise my Lords the most ready and effectual
way to prosecute the recovery of the said estates. |
Ibid. |
|
Same to Mr. [Charles] Fox to report on the enclosed
petition [missing] of Col. Baldwin Leighton, praying
for what is due to him for half pay. |
Ibid. |
|
Same to same to report on the enclosed petition
[missing] of Tracy Pauncefort and partners, praying
payment of 9,082l. 4s. 2d. for clothing the Dutch
Regiments in Ireland. |
Ibid. |
|
Same to Mr. Blathwayte [as Secretary to the Forces]
to procure a royal warrant to authorise Charles Fox
and Thomas Coningsby, Paymasters of the Forces
in Ireland, to pay 100l. to the Commissioners of
Sick and Wounded upon account for subsisting the
Irish prisoners in the Savoy. |
Ibid, p. 172. |
|
Treasury reference to the Excise Commissioners of
the petition of Thomas Joh[n]son, Gilbert Scott
and Henry Benson, shewing that about 13 Oct., 1682,
the Justices of Peace for co. Durham issued a
warrant for seizing the goods of one John Hall
for non-payment of Excise ; and that for want of
sufficient distress petitioners (Scott and Johnson
being constables and Benson then an officer of
Excise) carried Hall to prison, but three months
after he brought an action of false imprisonment
against them, which was heard before Sir Thomas
Street, then Judge of that Circuit, and the jury.
contrary to the direction of the Court, "who thrice
sent them out," gave verdict against petitioners ;
further, that Hall died about 1689 and his widow
revived the judgment against petitioners, and
without giving them any notice has taken Johson
and Scott in execution and confined them in prison
for three years past : therefore pray a Treasury
direction to the Excise Commissioners to compound
or satisfy petitioners' judgment [and] to allow
petitioners some reasonable satisfaction for their
charges and long imprisonment. |
Reference Book VI, p. 355. |
