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April 12,
afternoon,
at my Lord
Treasurer's
house.
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Present : Lord Treasurer.
Sir Theodore Janssen attending by appointment is called in. My
Lord Treasurer tells him the Queen has ordered a further advance of
four months' subsidy to the Duke of Savoy and that half of it should
be sent away to-night and the other moiety in a very short time.
Sir Theodore says he will give his bills for it at the same rate he
made his last agreement on the 30th March last, to wit 59½ [pence
sterling] per Crown of 82 sols money of Piedmont : to which my Lord
agrees and promises that he shall be paid on Tuesday next for the
bills he gives to-night. Ibid., p. 209.
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April 16,
forenoon,
at my Lord
Treasurer's
house.
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Present : Lord Treasurer, Chancellor of the Exchequer.
[My Lord directs] 6000l. to the Treasurer of the Navy : out of
[annuity] Contribution money in the Exchequer : and is for Wear
and Tear ; being to satisfy bills of exchange [drawn] from Lisbon and
other places.
[Likewise] 20,000l. to same for the Victualling and is towards
answering bills of exchange : in part of a demand of 40,000l. on that
head [of Victualling] : whereof 9735l. 14s. 5½d. is to be out of the
like money of the Contributions for annuities and 10,264l. 5s. 6½d.
is to be [raised] by applying tallies on the Two Thirds Subsidy now
remaining in his [Sir Thomas Littleton, the Navy Treasurer's] hands
for the Victualling : the interest whereof is to commence from the
time the money shall be advanced to the Navy Treasurer for the
same.
Mr. Howe's memorial is read and [my Lord] thereupon ordered
issues to him as follows : viz. [to a total of 18,235l. 13s. 5¾d.]
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£
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s.
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d.
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in part of his order for 264,874l. 10s. 0d. for Guards
and Garrisons anno 1706
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for 63 days' clearings for the Troops and
Regiments in England from 24 Dec. 1705
to 24 Feb. last
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8358
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12
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0
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for the pay of the Garrisons for same time
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2506
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5
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8¾
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for 63 days' clearings for the Battalion of
Guards in Holland
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926
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13
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10
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for the pay of the General and the General
Staff Officers from 24 Dec. 1704 to 24 March
last
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2520
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10
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10
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to satisfy several warrants charged on the
Contingencies for the year 1706
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974
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13
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0
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£15286
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15
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4¾
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in part of his order for 5000l. for Invalids anno 1706
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for the same 63 days' pay for the 4 Companies
of Invalids
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538
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13
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0
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the like for the Reduced Invalids
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168
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15
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0
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£707
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8
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0
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in part of his order for 87,125l. 10s. 0d. for the 5000
men for sea service anno 1706
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for the same 63 days' clearings for the
Regiments of Erle, Paston and Mordaunt
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2040
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8
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3
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the like for Livesay's and Whetham's
Additional Companies
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201
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1
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10
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£2241
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10
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1
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On reading another memorial of Mr. Howe [my Lord Treasurer]
ordered that of the tallies on Low Wines for the service of the year
1705 he may dispose of 8000l. to any persons willing to advance
same at 6 per cent. interest, to commence from the date of advancing
thereof : and that the said sum be applied as follows : viz.
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£
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s.
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d.
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in further part of 264,874l. 10s. 0d. for Guards and
Garrisons anno 1705
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for 60 days' clearings for the Battalion of
Guards in Holland from 1705 Oct. 25 to
Dec. 23 following
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1219
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7
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7
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for the pay of the [Garrisons of the] Cinque
Ports from 1705 April 25 to Dec. 13
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740
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17
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11¼
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1960
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5
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6¼
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as in further part of 87,125l. 10s. 0d. for 5000 men
for sea service anno 1705
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to clear Col. Handaside's Regiment from 25
Feb. 1704-5 to 24 Oct. 1705
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1267
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5
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4
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to clear Lieut. Gen. Erle's Regiment on
account of respits and is in lieu of levy
money at the rate of 3l. per man for 210
men to fill up the 10 Companies of his
Regiment to 59 men in each
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630
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0
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0
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for Col. Handaside's Regiment on account of
pay, being to satisfy to Col. Livesay the
levy money for 243 recruits delivered by
him to Col. Handaside
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729
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0
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0
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£4008
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12
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11
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as in further part of 98969l. 10s. 0d. for raising and
maintaining 5000 additional Forces for the
King of Spain anno 1705
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for Henry Cornish, to complete the pay of the
Earl of Peterborough as Capt. General and
Commander-in-Chief of the Forces in Spain
to wit to 1705 Dec. 23
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1840
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0
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0
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The above sums total 7808l. 18s. 5¼d. and
thus leave 191l. 1s. 6¾d. out of the said
8000l. for uses to be appointed by the Lord
Treasurer.
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Treasury Minute Book XV, pp. 210-11.
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April 19,
afternoon.
Whitehall,
Treasury
Chambers.
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Present : Lord Treasurer ; Chancellor of the Exchequer.
Mr. St. John and Capt. Cartwright are called in. Mr. Cartwright's
memorial is read and [my Lord Treasurer] ordered thereon that
6931l. be issued on the order in Mr. Brydges' name for 100,000l. for
extraordinaries of the Forces not particularly provided for in the
last Session of Parliament : and is for uses as follow : viz.
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for levy money for Lord Mark Kerr's Regiment
of Foot, which is to consist of 537 men at
3l. a man
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1611
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0
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0
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for subsistence to same to be advanced according
to the Queen's pleasure signified by the
Secretary at War
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1000
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0
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0
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for levy money for 6 French Regiments
consisting of 12 Companies [each] and at 20
men each Company ; according to the
Queen's pleasure signified by Mr. St. John,
Secretary at War
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4320
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0
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0
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£6931
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0
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0
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On another memorial of Mr. Brydges my Lord ordered 81,719l.
10s. 2¾d. to him out of Annuity Contribution money in the Exchequer :
and is for services as follow : viz.
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£
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s.
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d.
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in part of 886,223l. 18s. 6d. for the 40,000 men in
Holland anno 1706
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for 30 days' subsistence from June 24 next to
July 23 next for the Subject Troops, part of
said 40,000 men [and full pay to the Foreign
Forces making up the said body]
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28930
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0
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6¾
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in part of 177,511l. 3s. 6d. for the 10,000 additional
men anno 1706
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for the same 30 days' subsistence for the
Subject Troops and full pay to the Foreign
Forces composing said body
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11775
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3
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6
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in part of 222,379l. 5s. 10d. for the 10,210 men in
Portugal anno 1706
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for 30 days' subsistence for the said Forces
from May 24 next to June 23 next
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14312
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3
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9
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for 4 months' Contingencies to ditto from Feb.
24 last to June 23 next
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1333
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6
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8
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in part of 414,166l. 13s. 6d. for Subsidies to the
Allies anno 1706
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for the King of Portugal in further part of
150,000l. for the Queen's proportion of the
charge of 13,000 men to be maintained by
that Crown : and is for the months of July
and August 1706, being the value of 83,333⅓
milreis at 6s. per milrei
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25000
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0
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0
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in part of 250,000l. for prosecuting the successes in
Catalonia
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to answer bills of exchange drawn from Genoa
and Leghorn for the service of the additional
Forces for the King of Spain
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368
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15
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9
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£81719
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10
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2¾
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[Likewise my Lord] ordered 30,000l. to the Treasurer of the
Ordnance : out of the like Contribution money : of which 20,000l.
is to be for land services of the Ordnance and is to satisfy the cost
of 10,000 fusees bought in Holland for her Majesty's service : and
the remaining 10,000l. is to be for sea service of the Ordnance.
Treasury Minute Book XV, pp. 212-3.
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April 22,
forenoon.
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Present : Lord Treasurer ; Chancellor of the Exchequer.
[Various] reports of the Comptrollers of Army Accounts are read
and minutes [of my Lord Treasurer's directions and resolutions] are
[endorsed] on them.
[My Lord orders] Sir William St. Quintin to be a Commissioner of
the Revenue in Ireland loco Sir John Bland.
The Comptrollers of the Army Accounts are to be here again
next Wednesday morning. The Duke of Ormonde will be here then.
The Customs Commissioners are to attend next Wednesday
afternoon. Ibid., p. 214.
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April 24,
forenoon.
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Present : ut supra.
[Send a] letter to the Customs Commissioners that my Lord
Treasurer is to meet the Commissioners for the Union this afternoon
and that to-morrow being holiday his Lordship directs them to attend
him here then in the morning instead of this afternoon.
[Send a] letter to Mr. Low that my Lord gives him leave to go into
the country as he desires.
[My Lord directs] 500l. to be issued to Mr. Wilcox, on account
for building a bridge at Datchet.
[Likewise] 5000l. to Mr. Brydges in further part for the clothing
furnished by Mr. Churchill and Mr. Harnage for the 5000 men for the
service of the King of Spain : and is in part of the 250,000l. for
[prosecuting the successes for] the King of Spain : but is to be made
good out of the deductions from the [pay of the] said 5000 men.
The Duke of Ormonde [Lord Lieutenant of Ireland] comes in.
[My Lord Treasurer directs a] letter for paying Lieut. Gen.
Ingoldsby according to the Establishment [of Ireland and] notwithstanding
the regulation [for postponing payment of certain proportions
of the said Establishment].
Several reports and memorials relating to Ireland arc read and
[my Lord Treasurer's decisions or] answers are [endorsed or margined]
upon them. Ibid., p. 215.
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April 25,
forenoon.
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Present : ut supra.
The Customs Commissioners are called in. Their presentments
are read and [my Lord's] answers are [endorsed] upon them.
[My Lord directs] 2000l. for the building at Woodstock.
[My Lord reads a] letter from the Navy Commissioners for 50,000l.
for Wages. My Lord orders that 37,000l. in tallies on the Two
Thirds Subsidy for this head [of Wages] be disposed of [to wit
deposited as security for loans] at 6 per cent. interest, such interest
to commence from the date of the advance of such loans : and that
the same be applied to the payment of Wages accordingly. Ibid.,
p. 216.
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April 26,
forenoon.
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Present : ut supra.
The Agents [for Taxes] are called in with Mr. Carew about arrears
alleged to be in Mr. Weston's hands. The Agents exhibit several
letters from the [Assessment] Commissioners for co. Surrey in justification
of Mr. Weston. A paper signed by Sir John Buckworth
and 5 other Commissioners [is read] acquainting my Lord that upon
notice given them that Mr. Weston had not answered into the
Exchequer the money by him received from the country by above
13,000l. (as by a paper annexed to the said memorial) they had
directed the matter to be examined into. My Lord orders that the
said paper and also the letter of Mr. Carew (wherein he acquainted
my Lord that upon a like information to him as contained above
he had directed the collectors to pay no more money to Mr. Weston)
be referred to the Attorney and Solicitor General.
Sir Theodore Janssen is called in. My Lord acquaints him that
'tis necessary that a further advance of 2 months' subsidy be remitted
by this night's post to the Duke of Savoy ; that money is
scarce at present but that he [Janssen] shall be [re]paid out of tallies
which are very good upon several funds in the hands of the Paymaster
[of the Forces abroad] as well for this as for the last 2 months' [bills].
Sir Theodore says he is willing to give his bills as my Lord Treasurer
desires at the same rate he gave the last ; that he hopes my Lord
will allow interest on the orders which are to be assigned to him,
to wit from the respective days on which he gives his bills : to which
my Lord agrees.
The Comptrollers of the Army Accounts are called in. They
acquaint my Lord that the Duke of Marlborough ordered them to
take care of providing clothes for 6 new French Regiments and that
they have agreed for same as is contained in a memorial which they
presented setting out the detailed clothing respectively for Serjeants
(including a coat laced with gold lace and a laced hat), Drummers
(including a coat laced), Granadiers, Corporals and Centinels : the
whole being as follows :
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£
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144 Serjeants at 8l. each
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1152
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144 Drummers at 5l. 10s. 0d. each
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792
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0
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216 Corporals at 4l. 5s. 0d. each
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918
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0
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0
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318 Granadiers at 5l. each
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1590
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0
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0
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3282 Centinels at 3l. 15s. 0d. each
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12307
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10
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0
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£16759
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10
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0
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package to be added and the money to be paid in one month after
delivery of the goods. "Besides the Colonels being gratified there
is near 1000l. a Regiment saved of what is generally given in the
contracts exhibited to us for the like numbers [of men] and yet the
clothes and accoutrements of these six Regiments are of the best of
all kinds."
My Lord Treasurer approves of these prices and will direct the
money accordingly. But his lordship orders that the clothes shall
not be delivered to the Officers faster than the men are raised.
Treasury Minute Book XV, pp. 217-9.
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April 30,
forenoon.
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Present : Lord Treasurer ; Chancellor of the Exchequer.
My Lord Treasurer being moved by letter from the Duke of
Montagu for money for the Wardrobe says there is no money at
present. As soon as there is his Lordship will direct for that Office.
A servant from the Lady Peterborough attends with 2 bills
drawn by the Earl of Peterborough, one dated Feb. 6 last on my Lord
Treasurer for 4000l. payable to Lady Peterborough in part of money
laid out for the use of the Queen in procuring horses for a new
Regiment of Dragoons and recruiting other her Majesty's Troops
as by lists and receipts : the other bill dated the same day Feb. 6
last for 608l. drawn on my Lord [Treasurer] and payable to Sir Fra.
Child for the like use at 9l. a horse.
My Lord Treasurer directs that Mr. Brydges do accept those bills
and make a [demand for this money from my Lord in his next weekly]
memorial.
Write to Mr. Morrice in answer to his of the 26th inst. that my
Lord is very well pleased with his good services ; that my Lord
Galway always doth him right in his letters to my Lord and that
my Lord will be mindful of the promise he lately made him : that
as to what he mentions that the bills do not come so seasonably to
him as they should, my Lord always has and will take care to give
timely directions for the remittances from hence, but it may sometimes
happen through contrary winds or other accidents that they
may not come to his hands so soon as they are wanted.
My Lord will sit on Thursday morning [to read petitions] and
the doors are to be shut. Ibid., p. 220.
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