Declared Accounts: Debentures | British History Online

Calendar of Treasury Books, Volume 29, 1714-1715. Originally published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1957.

'Declared Accounts: Debentures', in Calendar of Treasury Books, Volume 29, 1714-1715, (London, 1957) pp. cdxxvii-cdxxviii. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-treasury-books/vol29/cdxxvii-cdxxviii [accessed 26 April 2024]

Debentures



DECLARED ACCOUNTS: SALE OF NAVY AND ORDNANCE DEBENTURES SUBSCRIBED INTO SOUTH SEA COMPANY'S STOCK.
PIPE OFFICE: ROLL 1272 [E.351/1272].
Sir James Bateman, Sir Theodore Jansen, Samuel Shepheard, Sir Harcourt Master, John Blunt, Richard Houlditch and Jacob Sawbridge, Trustees for the Sale of South Sea Stock.
15 September 1714 to 26 April 1716.
Charge.				£	s.	d.
Arrears: none, this being the first and only Accompt					nil
value of Capital Stock of the South Sea Company transferred to the Accomptants by the several Treasurers and Paymasters:
by Thomas Moore, late Paymaster of the Land Forces abroad				8,940	8	9
by Charles Eversfield, late Treasurer of the Ordnance				68,335	9	0
by John Howe, late Paymaster General of the Guards and Garrisons				103,427	16	11
by Charles Cæsar, late Treasurer of the Navy				680,000	0	0
by Sir Roger Mostyn, late Paymaster of the six Marine Regiments				25,000	0	0
total charge and receipts				£885,703	14	8
Discharge.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.
Allowances for prompt payment and for interest:
allowance of 20s. per 100l. for prompt payment of the first tenth of the purchase money, before 20 Sept. 1714	8,857	0	8
allowance of 5s. per cent. per an. for prompt payment	7,352	14	2
interest allowed the Bank of England for money advanced on the credit of the said subscriptions	12,683	16	10
				28,893	11	8
money paid into the Exchequer, detailed by dates				852,713	6	9
allowance to the Accomptants for their charges etc.				4,227	12	2½
total payments and allowances				£885,834	10	7½
and so the Accomptants are in Surplusage				130	15	11½
Declared 10 April 1717.