Declared Accounts: Treasury Solicitor

Calendar of Treasury Books, Volume 26, 1712. Originally published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1954.

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'Declared Accounts: Treasury Solicitor', in Calendar of Treasury Books, Volume 26, 1712, (London, 1954) pp. cdviii-cdxi. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-treasury-books/vol26/cdviii-cdxi [accessed 23 April 2024]

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Treasury Solicitor

DECLARED ACCOUNTS: TREASURY SOLICITOR.
PIPE OFFICE: ROLL 3020 [E351/3020].
AUDIT OFFICE: BUNDLE 2318, ROLL 38 [A.O.1/2318/38].
WILLIAM BORRETT, Solicitor for the Affairs of the Treasury.
15 October 1711 to 15 October 1712.
Charge. £ s. d.
Arrears: remaining in the Accomptant's hands on the foot of his last Accompt 218 4 3
Receipts: Michaelmas term, 10 and 11 Anne; on imprest 1,300 0 0
Easter term, 11 Anne; ditto 700 0 0
money received from the Navy Treasurer, towards satisfying several charges relating to the South Sea Company 4,010 18
total charge and receipts £6,229 2
Discharge. £ s. d.
Charges and expenses of several prosecutions etc.:
v. John Clendon for a libel 38 8 8
v. Edward Shaw and Henry Wareing for seditious words spoke at Coventry 59 0 10
v. John Darby for a libel entitled 'The Observator' 35 11 3
v. Sarah Popping for the same 14 2 9
v. Sarah Popping for a libel entitled 'The Protestant Post-boy' 14 2 9
v. Sarah Popping for a libel entitled 'An Excellent New Song called an End to our Sorrows' 11 16 9
v. Sarah Boulter for a libel entitled 'Matt's Peace' 11 16 9
v. Rebeccah Bond for a libel entitled 'She Laud' 11 3 6
v. Rebeccah Bond for a libel entitled 'A Welcome to the Medal' 13 9 6
v. Henry Hills for the said libel 14 2 9
v. Thomas Harrison for the said libel 14 2 9
v. William Hart for the said libel 14 2 9
v. Anne Boulter for the said libel 14 2 9
v. Abell Roper for a libel entitled 'The Postboy' 12 12 9
to Mr. Solicitor to attend the Queen's Bench upon charging the above-named Defendants and for the clerk's fee 3 7 0
v. Charles Collins for seditious words 29 5 6
v. Richard Cresswell for seditious words spoke at Batch 16 0 6
v. Randle Mackdonald for seditious words spoke at Bath 14 2 6
v. Benjamin Harris for a libel entitled 'The Protestant Postboy' 15 9 2
v. John Franklyn for seditious words spoke at Portsmouth 8 18 4
v. John Goulding and John Ben for a riot and assault 9 3 6
v. Lord Hinchingbrooke and others for a riot and assault 24 12 2
v. Thomas Seaman and Edward Churchill for an assault 24 5 2
v. Jabez Rickson for a high misdemeanour committed at Pembroke 47 10 2
v. Thomas Ridge, Joan Player, James Dixon, John Rolfe, Jeremy Kelly, Thomas Best and John Tyhurst, brewers, prosecuted by the Queen's Order upon the Address of the House of Commons 104 18 6
v. the Trustees and Executors of the late Queen Dowager 16 16 0
v. Francis Addison for an intrusion into the Lutheran Church in the Savoy 13 19 2
v. the Corporation of Bewdley prosecuted by the Queen's Order on the Address of the House of Commons 1,065 15 10
v. Nathaniell Shepherd for seditious words 7 19 2
v. Thomas Kirby for high treason committed at Antegoa 34 15 11
v. Charles Mason, late Receiver and Paymaster of the Transport Service 32 0 6
v. the Duke of Marlborough; proceedings by English Information in the Exchequer 72 16 8
James Jame, Edward Plummer and John Symonds, Constables of Reading, at the suit of William Clarke, being arrested for impressing the said Clarke and defended at the Queen's charge 2 11 0
v. the Mayor and Burgesses of Nottingham 27 0 6
v. Thomas Clement for setting up a project or lottery entituled the Multiplication 10 6 2
v. John Hammond and others in trover for cutting and carrying away several trees in the Forest of Holt and Woolmer 14 1 10
v. Carew Reynell and others by English Information in the Exchequer to prevent waste 9 5 8
v. the Earl of Westmorland the like for preventing waste in Rockingham Forest 9 19 9
v. the Corporation of Portsmouth 50 0 0
v. Thomas Waples for counterfeiting the Lottery tickets anno 1711 9 7 6
fees to Counsel re Dr. Bentley, Master of Trinity College, Cambridge, and the said College 52 6 0
ditto re the South Sea Company 66 0 0
paid the Attorney General for his Opinion on the case of Mr. Compton touching the plate of the late Prince of Denmark in his custody 3 13 0
ditto on the paper relating to Mr. Raffur for holding correspondence with the Queen's enemies 5 17 6
ditto on the papers of Mr. Forster of Northumberland 6 0 0
ditto on the papers relating to the Exeter riot 6 7 6
ditto for attendance in the Court of Queen's Bench for discharging or continuing recognizances 27 10 0
Mr. Harcourt, the attorney in the Crown Office, for the appearance of defendants 6 2 8
to the several Officers of the Courts of Queen Bench, Common Pleas and Exchequer for fees 7 6 0
to William Borrett, junior, for attending consultations about regulating the Press 5 8 0
ditto, for taking an Inquisition of Extent in co. Northampton on the estate of William Harbord, late Treasurer and Paymaster in Ireland 38 19 2
ditto for copies of informations etc. in London and Middlesex about riots and assaults committed by the 'Mohacks' etc. 24 18 0
2,203 12 7
necessary and incident charges etc.:
payments made upon the Lord High Treasurer's warrant:
fees in passing the Commission for the Privy Seal 122 11 4
ditto in passing the revocation of the Duke of Marlborough's Commission 51 3 3
to the Attorney General's clerks, named, for their trouble in drawing and copying Proclamations 31 May 1708 to 15 Sept. 1710 54 5 0
to John King for recovering for the Queen's use a great book containing copies of the rates of the late Queen Katherine's jointure etc. 20 0 0
to John Brand for writing and embellishing a copy of the Act for settling the precedence of the Electress Sophia etc. 30 0 0
to William Pitt, keeper of Newgate prison, and others for care of the late Marquis d'Guiscard 152 18 0
charges relating to the South Sea Corporation 4,010 17 8
4,441 15 3
disbursements of divers natures, including 4l. 6s. 8d. to Mr. Eyre, the attorney in the Exchequer, for transscribing all the process of the Exchequer Office against Accomptants from the time of Charles II, 26l. 13s. 0d., for fees of passing the last Accompt and 70l. to Thomas Foley for Auditor's fee 356 18 8
total for necessary and incident charges etc. 4,798l. 13s. 11d.
total payments and allowances £7,002 6 6
and so the Accomptant is in Surplusage 773 3 11½
Declared 21 January 1713–14.