Warrant Books: August 1708, 26-31

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'Warrant Books: August 1708, 26-31', in Calendar of Treasury Books, Volume 22, 1708, (London, 1952) pp. 374-382. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-treasury-books/vol22/pp374-382 [accessed 27 April 2024]

August 1708, 26–31

Aug. 26. Letter of direction for 2000l. to Francis, Visct Rialton, the Cofferer of the Household: out of Civil List moneys: & is to be applied to answer bills of exchange drawn or to be drawn on him for the expense of the entertainment of the Queen of Portugal in her passage to Lisbon. Disposition Book XIX, p. 201.
Treasury reference to the Stamps Commissioners of the petition of William Franckland, Receiver General of the Stamp Duties, shewing that his predecessors have given 15000l. security for their office viz. 10000l. to the Crown & 5000l. to said Commissioners: that the weekly receipt of said Duties is about 2000l. & every week is paid into the Exchequer: therefore less security would be sufficient. Reference Book VIII, p. 326.
Aug. 27. Warrant by Treasurer Godolphin to the Receipt to distribute & apply to Deficient Funds as follows the sum of 63223l. 13. 4 representing the income between July 30 last & Aug 27 inst from branches of the revenue as follows viz 230l. from Whale fins; 12881l. 15. 7½ from New Customs; 1986l. 6. 8½ from Additional Impositions; 4639l. 9. 6 from Vellum; 20114l. 18. 8½ from Continued Impositions; 6214l. 17. 1½ from Salt; 16893l. 9. 0 from Windows; 242l. 16. 8 from Marriages, this last item being a surplus from the last preceding Deficiencies Redemption or Mortgage [Amortization] scheme: the present distribution to be as follows viz.
Deficiencies as computed by Act of Parliament How they stood upon the Register the 27 Aug 1708 The distribution & application hereby ordered
£ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
Exchequer Bills 515165 4 7¼ 286012 9 8 13927 4 8½
First 3s. Aid 415099 375098 18 3½ 11221 19 11
Paper for Plate 15400 14200 416 6 7½
Malt Tickets 579060 330995 15654 12 0
Leather 504438 370893 2 0 13637 4 7½
Third Quarterly Poll 212770 17 0 188414 2 6 5752 3 0¾
Third 3s. Aid 25823 2 9 23271 6 3½ 698 2 3¾
New East India Company 65518 0 7¾ 22499 11 2½ 1771 4 11¾
General Society [East Indies] 5354 10 5¾ 1838 15 11½ 144 15 1¼
£2338628 15 5¾ £1613223 5 10½ £63223 13 4
Money Book XIX, p. 363.
J. Taylour (in the absence of William Lowndes) to the Customs Commissioners to hasten the payment into the Exchequer of the arrears of the Duties on coal, culm & cinders which ended May 14 last as you were directed by Mr. Lowndes' letter of May 19 last, supra, p. 246, but to which letter you have made no return. The small payments into the Exchequer since the said Duties ended makes the Lord Treasurer apprehensive lest the principal of the loans thereon may not be discharged thereby. Out Letters (General) XVIII, p. 459.
Aug. 27. Same to the Honble. James Stanhope [Ambassador to the king of Spain] enclosing an account [missing] which Mr. Morrice has sent of the money remitted to him for the service of Spain in this present year & how much thereof has been [by him] sent thither & what remains in his hands: likewise enclosing a copy of the letter of this day to said Morrice by which you will see the Lord Treasurer's positive direction to him to send up [from Portugal to you in Spain] the balance in gold as soon as possibly he can. Ibid., p. 460.
Same to Mr. Morrice, being the letter above referred to. The Lord Treasurer has read yours of July 27 & Aug 20 with your state of the remittances for Spain. He is well satisfied with the care you have taken to send up the money thither; but desires you to continue your endeavours to procure the remainder in gold & to send it to Spain as soon as possibly you can so that the service may not suffer for want thereof and because no part of what has been remitted for that use can be applied to any other [use].
As to your disposing of her Majesty's tin at Lisbon the Lord Treasurer says he did not intend any of it should be sold there unless it were at the rate that is paid for what has been sent by her Majesty's ships to Genoa & Leghorn which is 4l. 10. 0. a hundred[weight], for it stands the Queen in at least 4l. 2. 0 reckoning the prime cost, running into bars, custom & other incidents and the other 8s. is reckoned but a very small allowance for freight & risk. If there be not an opportunity to send it up the Straits by the ships that bring it to Lisbon you are to secure it there till an occasion presents [itself] of sending it to Leghorn to Messrs. Arundell & Bates as advised by Sir Theodore Janssen in the enclosed note. Please send an account how much thereof is left with you at Lisbon & on what ship you put it on board as soon as you send it up to Leghorn.
Appending: Sir Theodore Janssen's note. The tin shipped for the Queen's account on board any of her Majesty's ships for the Straits is all to be delivered at Leghorn in[to] the hands of Messrs. Arundell & Bates merchants there; and if it be possible [for it not to be transhipped at Lisbon &c but] to be kept in the same ships on board of which it was first laden it will much contribute to the preserving it in a good condition, the seamen taking opportunity to break the barrels & chests & embezzle the tin when it is shipped out of one ship into another. The ships on which the tin was laded are as follows
Humbar man of war Capt. Smith 100 chests 300 hundred[weight]
Triumph Capt. Chandler 100 — 300 —
Ipswich Capt. Fetherby 100 — 300 —
Royal Oak Capt. Passinger 100 — 300 —
Pembroke Capt. Rumsey 40 — 120 —
Exeter Capt. Raymond 40 — 120 —
August Capt. Scott 40 — 120 —
Worcester Capt. Canning 20 — 60 —
Antelope Capt. Cavendish 20 — 60 —
Mary man of war Capt. Hobson 39 chests 117 hundred[weight]
Boyne Capt. Cutler 100 — 300 —
Orford Capt. Cornwall 100 — 300 —
Bedford Capt. Stepney 100 — 300 —
Suffolk Capt. Cleveland 100 — 300 —
999 2997
Out Letters (General) XVIII, pp. 460–1.
Aug. 27. Treasury reference to the Commissioners for Prizes of the petition of Mary Davenport, widow of Capt. Davenport late Commander of her Majesty's ship Enterprise, shewing that the said ship took 2 French Pole-Axes ]polacres] & a Sattee but the Prizes Commissioners refuse to pay the captors' shares without a certificate from the Navy Commissioners as the Proclamation directs: therefore praying on behalf of herself & the said ship's company that the remainder of the prize money may be paid upon a list signed by the Captain & officers as to the number of men on board the Enterprise at the capture, upon which certificate her Majesty's consul at Leghorn has already paid part of the said prize money. Reference Book VIII, p. 327.
Aug. 28. Same to the Commissioners of Transports of the petition of Thomas Everard of Dublin for a duplicate to be made out of a lost debenture for 50l. 17. 11 for hire of the ship Griffin, Hugh Green master. Ibid.
J. Taylour (in the absence of William Lowndes) to the Customs Commissioners in North Britain. The Lord Treasurer has considered your letter concerning the demands made by the Lords of Session & Lords Justiciary of several annual sums amounting to 26000l. Scots or 2166l. 13. 4 sterling out of the Customs and though (as his Lordship formerly signified to you) the Attorney General here was of opinion that since the Union the Customs are not liable to the said demand yet he did then think it reasonable that the said allowances should be duly & punctually paid & by Mr. Lowndes's letter of Dec 2 last, supra, Treasury Calendar, Vol. XXI, pp. 505–6, you were directed to pay what was due thereon. You are hereby to pay what is now due or shall hereafter become due thereon till further order or till some other provision is made for the same. Out Letters (North Britain) I, p. 426.
Aug. 30. Royal warrant dated Windsor Castle to the Solicitor General for a great seal to grant to Thomas Gibson of London gent, Jonathan Green of London merchant & John Allen of Clifford's Inn London gent the office of Surveyor of the Petty Customs and Subsidies in London port & of the Subsidies of 3s. per ton & 12d. per pound; to hold for the lives of Richard Lumley & William Lumley, two of the younger sons of Richard, Earl of Scarborough, with the yearly pension or fee of 300l. per an: all on the surrender of Nicholas Lechmere & John Allen: the said office having been granted 1704 Aug 30 to Nicholas Lechmere, Thomas Freckleton & John Allen in consideration of the surrender of a patent granted by Wm. III 1695 May 11 for the lives of said Richard & William Lumley, which said grant of 1704 Aug 30 is surrendered in order hereto. Queen's Warrant Book XXIII, pp. 420–2.
Aug. 30. Royal sign manual for 300l. to Sir Charles Cotterell, Master of the Ceremonies, as a present from the Queen to the Baron Le Begue, Envoy from the Duke of Lorraine; & 22l. for Exchequer fees on the receipt of same. (Money order dated Sept 14 hereon.) Ibid., p. 423. Order Book VII, p. 188. Disposition Book XIX, p. 207.
Same for 1809l. 4. 2 to the executors of George Stepney, late Envoy Extraordinary & Plenipotentiary to the Emperor of Germany, for so much expended by him in that service pursuant to her Majesty's commands more than has yet been paid or allowed him on any bills of extraordinaries: the Queen being well satisfied upon perusal of the particulars that the same was laid out & disbursed by her directions & having also a due regard to the merit & faithful services of the said Stepney in his several negotiations during the said employ. (Money order dated Sept 14 hereon.) Queen's Warrant Book XXIII, p. 423. Order Book VII, p. 184.
J. Taylour (in the absence of William Lowndes) dated from Windsor Castle to John Howe, Paymaster General of Guards & Garrisons, to assign to Sir Henry Furnes 31629l. 9. 10½ of the tallies & orders in your hands on Land Tax & Malt anno 1708: the said Furnese having this day agreed to advance said sum thereon. The said sum is to be applied as follows viz
£ s. d.
in part of 419608l. 18. 6 for Guards & Garrisons anno 1708
for 28 days' subsistence Aug 25 inst to Sept 21 next for the Troops & Regiments in Great Britain 18526 10 8
for 61 days' subsistence to Aug 23 inst for the detachment of the Coldstream Regiment of Guards in Holland 1488 15 7½
for 6 months' subsistence to Dec 23 next for the Company at Bermudas 330 14 2
for 91 days' pay from March 26 last to June 24 last for the Capt. General & several General & Staff Officers 3055 6 0
for 60 days' clearings from Feb 24 last to April 23 last for the Battalion of Guards in Holland 1009 12 6
in part of 87125l. 10. 0 for the 5000 men in sea service anno 1708
for the subsistence of Lord Paston's Regiment from Feb 24 last to June 23 last 3579 0 0
for 28 days' subsistence from Aug 25 inst to Sept 21 next for the Regiments of Mordaunt, Mark Kerr, Macartney & Bowles 2920 13 2
on account of subsistence for the Officers of Brigadier Handasyde's Regiment in England to the same time 718 17 9
£31629 9 10½
Disposition Book XIX, p. 209.
Same dated from same to the Principal Officers of the Ordnance. The Bank of England has agreed to advance 33500l. to the Treasurer of the Ordnance on his depositing with them that amount of Land Tax tallies anno 1708 “because it is intended that the said sum shall be repaid the Bank again out of the fifth payment which is to be made by the East India Company on or before the 12 January next.” The Lord Treasurer desires same to be applied to the services to which the said tallies & orders were meant to be applied viz
£ s. d.
for sea services of the Ordnance 6750
for land services of ditto 16750
towards the wharf & warehouse at Portsmouth 10000
£33500
Disposition Book XIX, p. 202.
Aug. 30. J. Taylour dated from Windsor Castle (in the absence of William Lowndes) to Mr. Vanbrugh. It is the Queen's pleasure that Mrs. Eliz Abrahall, starcher to her Majesty's person, be paid the like allowance for travelling charges which her predecessors had upon removes of the Court. What allowance was made to the Mistress Starcher in former reigns for travelling charges? Out Letters (General) XVIII, p. 459.
Royal warrant dated Windsor Castle to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland for a great seal for a grant to George Dodington Esq of the office of Clerk of the Pells in Ireland in reversion of Theophilus Butler, his grandfather Sir Frances Dodington having been a great sufferer for Charles I & he himself having served as Secretary to the Commissioners for the Treaty of Union with Scotland “which has been happily effected” and is now Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland: the said Butler being now about 35 years of age: the present grant is to be to said Doddington for the natural life of his nephew George Bubb who is aged about 15 & wholly unprovided for. Out Letters (Ireland) IX, p. 33.
Same dated same to same to pay 2218l. for the charges of the last session of the Parliament in Ireland in 1707 as follows.
£ s. d.
to the Speaker of the House of Lords his usual allowance. 500
the same to the Speaker of the House of Commons 500
the Clerk of the Council for putting in form 28 public Bills at the usual fee of 5l. each bill 140
the Clerk of the Hanaper 100
charges of 2 expresses to carry & bring the Bills & for their attendance in London 170
[the above sums to be paid in Ireland but the following sums are] to be paid in Great Britain free of Irish fees on exchange
the late Attorney General England 200
the Solicitor General [ditto] 200
the Clerks of the Council [ditto] 100
the Clerk of the Crown [ditto] 100
the Secretaries of States' Office [London] 50
the Attorney General's clerks [ditto] 20
the Solicitor General's clerks [ditto] 10 15 0
the Council Office clerks [ditto] 25 7 6
the Clerk of the Crown's clerks [ditto] 15 7 6
ditto, more for their extraordinary attendance & charges in despatching the several Bills 10 15 0
Wogan for his trouble & charges in passing the first transmiss of 5 Bills sent over by the Privy Council for opening this Session of Parliament 30
Coupland for his charges & disbursements in attending the passing of the several Bills through the several offices 35
to the Treasury [Office] & Signet Office 10 15 0
£2218
Ibid., pp. 34–5.
Aug. 30. Same dated same to the Solicitor General for a great seal for renewing the Commission of Excise in Scotland: the new Commissioners to be Alexander Wedderburn, John Montgomerie, John Whetham, David Ross & Alexander Forbes: in place of the present Commission (which is hereby revoked) to the said Wedderburn, Montgomerie, Whetham, Ross & Sir William Douglas Kt. Out Letters (North Britain) I, pp. 426–7.
Aug. 31. Same dated same to same for a great seal for a lease to James Craggs, Samuel Edwards & Charles Hodges of the house, yards, garden & curtilages in St James's Park heretofore built & used for keeping of pheasants, guinea hens, partridges & other fowl, and all that parcel of ground taken out of St. James's Old Highway 162 foot long by 42 broad: which premises with the houses, edifices & buildings erected thereon or [on] any other the soil or ground of the Crown there by the late Katherine, Queen Dowager, are bounded by the Royal Garden now in the possession of Henry Boyle, a Secretary of State, towards the East upon St James's Park in part & upon certain lodgings & buildings belonging to the palace of St James's on other part and upon the ancient chapel now used for a French & Dutch church towards the South, upon the chapel & palace aforesaid and the way leading from thence to St James's Park towards the West, and upon the buildings, yards or grounds belonging to divers tenements fronting the street called Pall Mall towards the North: and were by patent dated 1671 Sept 20 granted by Charles II at the request of his dearest Queen Consort Katherine to Francis Roper, Sir John Arundell & David Mead for 99 years at 5s. rent in trust for the said Queen Catherine for life & thereafter in trust as she should direct by writing under her hand until payment of the sum of 2000l. by the king or his heirs & thereupon to revert to the Crown & the [said] grantees to stand possessed thereof [thenceforth] accordingly for the use of the Crown together with the coach yard & the stables & coach houses on the west side thereof & the way from the street called Pall Mall to the same.
The present grant is to be for 50 years at 5s. per an rent & is to be made upon a surrender by Sir Richard Bellings & Dame Frances his wife [he & she being entitled ut supra, p. 370] of the former lease & is to be in trust for such uses as Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough shall by writing appoint.
Appending: constat of the premises made out & rated by Samuel Travers, Surveyor General of Crown Lands. The considerations of this lease are to be the lessee's discharging the abovesaid demand of 2000l. according to the appointment of the late Queen Dowager & thereupon procuring the surrender of the former lease. Queen's Warrant Book XXIII, pp. 425–426b.
Aug. 31. Money warrant for 16661l. 3. 8½ to Nehemiah Arnold as imprest for the principal & interest due on the 91st payment of the Malt tickets, which is the next payment in course. Money Book XIX, p. 344. Order Book VII, p. 183.
Same for 55l. to Peter De L'Angle, formerly Agent to the French Regiment of Foot under Major Gen. La Meloniere: for so much due to him out of the deduction of 2 pence per £ from the pay of the said Regiment for agency “the said Regiment upon clearing having received only the neat money due to them after deductions made for subsistence, clothing, provisions, poundage, one day's pay & the said allowance for agency”: this payment to be satisfied out of the surplus of 111l. 8. 9½ remaining in the Exchequer out of the 3700l. per week of the Excise [the receipts thereof] being [by so much] more than sufficient to satisfy the loans which were made thereupon for the service of the year 1701 & the interest thereof. (Money order dated Sept 16 hereon.) Money Book XIX, p. 345. Order Book VII, p. 191.
Same for 48l. 10. 8 to Michael Studholme, Keeper of her Majesty's Roads, for half a year to June 24 last on his patent fee of 2s. a day & allowance of 3s. 4d. a day for riding charges as certified by the Lord Chamberlain. (Money order for 30l. 6. 8 for said riding charges.) Money Book XIX, p. 346. Order Book VII, p. 186. Disposition Book XIX, p. 207.
Letter of direction for 26000l. to Sir Thomas Littleton, the Navy Treasurer: out of Contributions on the second Act for sale of Annuities anno 1708: & is intended to be applied to the services following: viz:
£ s. d.
towards paying recalls & ticquets of such men as have been discharged from her Majesty's ships 15000
for Sick & Wounded under the head of Wages: & is to be paid over to Thomas Savery, Treasurer [of Sick & Wounded], upon account towards subsisting prisoners of war, clearing quarters, paying foreign bills of exchange & carrying on the current service of the Office for Sick & Wounded 5000
to Walter Whitfeild, Paymaster of Marines, upon account of subsistence to the Regiments under his pay 6000
£26000
Ibid., p. 203.
Aug. 31. Same for 20383l. 16. 6 to James Brydges, Paymaster of the Forces Abroad, out of Contributions as above: for services as follows: viz:
£ s. d.
in part of 500000l. for augmenting Forces & other purposes anno 1708
to answer 2 bills of exchange drawn by Mr. Chetwind, her Majesty's Resident at Genoa, June 25 last for the value of 2000 pistoles taken up & advanced by him to General Wetzell upon account of the pay of the Imperial Troops lately embarked for Barcelona 1884 3 4
to answer a bill of exchange drawn by said Chetwind for value taken up by him & applied towards the charge of the last embarcation of the said Troops 4000
in part of 586671l. 12. 6 for the Established Forces in Spain & Portugal anno 1708
for a month's subsistence from Aug 24 next to Sept 23 next to the Foot Regiments of Livesay, Hamilton, Dormer, Wynn, Moore, Caulfeild & Townsend 6496 5 2
for the like subsistence to Montjoy's & Gorge's Regiments of Foot 1678 13 0
for Lord Tyrawley, the Earl of Portmore & Lieut. Gen. Stewart 400l. each upon account of levy money towards completing their respective Regiments to their Established numbers: and to be made good out of the savings of the pay of their non effectives from 24 Dec 1707 1200
to answer 4 bills of exchange drawn by Mr. Mead for the subsistence & other uses of her Majesty's Forces in Spain 1124 15 0
for subsistence, upon account, to the Commissioned, non Commissioned Officers & recruits of Peirce's Regiment of Dragoons & Tyrawley's, Portmore's & Stewart's Regiments of Foot and for the Officers of the Regiments of Breton, Magnay & Mountandre to the 23rd Aug inst 4000
£20383 16 6
Ibid., pp. 205–6.
Same for 2016l. 10. 1 to Thomas Mickelthwaite, Treasurer & Paymaster for the Transport Service: out of the third payment to be made by the East India Company on or before Sept 11 next: & is to be applied & paid over as follows: viz:
£ s. d.
to Edmund Dummer for the charge of transporting recruits in his pacquet boats to Jamaica & the Leeward Islands pursuant to his contract 1201 15 1
to same for freight of clothing sent by the pacquet boats for the Regiment late under Col. Lillingston; which is to be certified by the Commissioners of Transports to the Paymaster of the Forces so that the said Regiment may be charged therewith 159 11 0
for the charge of tools, utensils, clothing & other necessaries for the use of the German Protestants that are to be transported to New York in order to their settlement there 655 4 0
£2016 10 1
Disposition Book XIX, p. 207.
Aug. 31 and Sept. 2. Three privy seals for 100l. per an each additional salary to William Allanson as Treasurer's Remembrancer in the Exchequer Court Scotland; John Tarver as Queen's Remembrancer in same; John Tyas as Clerk of the Pipe in same ut supra, p. 371. Out Letters (North Britain) I, pp. 433–4.
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