Treasury Warrants: June 1716, 11-15

Calendar of Treasury Books, Volume 30, 1716. Originally published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1958.

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'Treasury Warrants: June 1716, 11-15', in Calendar of Treasury Books, Volume 30, 1716, (London, 1958) pp. 252-283. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-treasury-books/vol30/pp252-283 [accessed 26 April 2024]

June 1716, 11–15

June 11. Royal warrant dated St. James's to the Clerk of the Signet for a privy seal for 50,000l. to the Earl of Radnor, Treasurer of the Chamber: as imprest and upon account for the expense and service of his Office. (Money warrant dated July 12 hereon. This warrant quotes the privy seal as dated June 20.) (Money order dated July 13 hereon.) King's Warrant Book XXVII, p. 382. Money Book XXIV, p. 491. Order Book IX, p. 253.
Same to same for a same for an annuity or yearly sum of 200l. to Edward Willes. Master of Arts of Oriel College, Oxford, who is appointed the King's Decypherer in place of Dr. John Keill: to commence as from Lady day 1716. (Privy seal dated June 30 hereon.) King's Warrant Book XXVII, p. 383.
Same to same for a same for 50l. per an. to the Mayor of the town of Macclesfield for the use of such learned minister as hath been or shall from time to time be nominated and appointed by the Bishop of Chester and the Mayor of said town for the time being, to preach and instruct the King's subjects in the said town and the villages thereto belonging in the true knowledge and worship of God according to the doctrine and discipline of the Church of England: to be payable as from 1714 June 24. Ibid.
Same to the Earl of Radnor, Treasurer of the Chamber, to pay 236l. 10s. 0d. to Benjamin Bedford, upholsterer, whereof 200l. is for half a year's rent to Jan. 30 last for the house hired of him for the Czar of Muscovy's Minister; 1l. 10s. 0d. for the Poor Duty on the said house: and 18l. 10s. 0d. for mending and repairing several necessaries about the said house; and the remaining 16l. 10s. 0d. for [Exchequer] fees on the receipt of said money: and is according to a warrant from the Lord Chamberlain of the Household.
Further to pay 112l. 9s. 9d. to Eliz. Bridges, whereof 104l. 13s. 0d. is for the rent of the house which was hired of her ready furnished for the Commissaries appointed to settle the Treaty of Commerce between Great Britain and France, to wit for 191 days from 1714 Aug. 1 to 1714–15 Feb. 8, and the remaining 7l. 16s. 9d. is for [Exchequer] fees on the rent of said house, at the rate of 200l. per an., which said 112l. 9s. 9d. is in part of a warrant signed by the Lord Chamberlain of the Household for one year's rent to 1714–15 Feb. 8. (Letter of direction dated July 3 for 348l. 19s. 9d. to the Earl of Radnor to be paid to the said Bedford and Bridges for the respective houses as hired from them. Ibid., p. 384. Disposition Book XXIII, p. 179.)
June 11. Royal sign manual for 200l. to Col. Charles Douglas as royal bounty: without account: in consideration of his having been employed at the Court of France in several things relating to our service. (Money warrant dated June 12 hereon.) (Money order dated June 13 hereon.) (Letter of direction dated June 15 hereon.) King's Warrant Book XXVII, p. 384. Order Book IX, p. 230. Disposition Book XXIII, p. 170.
Same for 60l. to Jonathan Gumbleton and 40l. to Toby Muloy (Muley) as royal bounty: without account, in reward for their discovering a design of corrupting the Guards at Newgate in order to let several of the prisoners escape, and for apprehending one of the persons concerned therein. (Money warrant dated June 12 hereon.) (Money order dated June 13 hereon.) (Letter of direction dated June 15 hereon.) King's Warrant Book XXVII, p. 385. Order Book IX, p. 231. Disposition Book XXIII, p. 170.
Same for 1,300l. to Conyers D'Arcy and Francis Negus, Commissioners for the Office of Master of the Horse; to be applied by them for and towards defraying the extraordinary expense of the Stables in the quarter ended 24 June inst. (Money warrant dated June 12 hereon.) (Money order dated June 13 hereon.) (Letter of direction dated June 19 hereon.) King's Warrant Book XXVIII, p. 385. Order Book IX, p. 230. Disposition Book XXIII, p. 171.
Royal warrant to Sir Edward Northey, Attorney General, to acknowledge satisfaction on record of the judgment fine of 50l. on John Williams for an assault upon Robert Barry in the King's highway with intention to rob him, for which he was sentenced to a year's imprisonment and to said fine at the Justice Hall in the Old Bailey 24 Feb. 1713–14 and is now a prisoner in Newgate Gaol but reduced to great poverty and unable to pay said fine. King's Warrant Book XXVII, p. 386.
Same to the Treasury Lords to authorise the Navy Commissioners to sign bills on the Navy Treasurer for the immediate payment to Mathew Aylmer for 3,427l. 10s. 0d. for his half pay as Admiral of the Fleet at the rate of 2l. 10s. 0d. a day for 1,371 days from 1710–11 Jan. 26 to 1714 Oct. 27: all in accordance with the royal sign manual of the late Queen Anne dated 1709 July 6 ordering that during the time of his being unemployed at sea he should have an allowance equal to half pay of the Admiral and Commander in Chief of the Fleet when in actual service at sea: on which warrant no payment was made to him for said period as above. The King being moved by his consideration of the long and faithful services of the said Admiral “and the knowledge we have of his firm adherence to our succession” hereby allows the said half pay not only to the death of Queen Anne but also to the 27th Oct. 1714. Followed by: separate Treasury subscription hereof. “Let the Navy Commissioners take care that his Majesty's pleasure as above be duly observed and complied with.” King's Warrant Book XXVII, p. 387.
June 11. Royal sign manual for 193l. 13s. 0d. to Moses Beranger, Esq., “in satisfaction of the like sum advanced by him for our especial service.” (Money warrant dated June 12 hereon.) (Money order dated June 13 hereon.) (Letter of direction dated June 15 hereon.) Ibid., p. 388. Order Book IX, p. 230. Disposition Book XXIII, p. 170.
Royal warrant to Edward Harley and Thomas Foley, Auditors of Imprests, to make allowance of items as follows in the account of James [Brydges, Esq., now] Earl of Carnarvon, as late Paymaster General of the Forces [Abroad], to wit in his account for [the Troops in] Spain and Portugal for the years respectively ended 23 Dec. 1708, 23 Dec. 1709, 22 Dec. 1710, 22 Dec. 1711, and for [the Troops in] Flanders for the year ended 22 Dec. 1711: it appearing by the report of the said Auditors thereon that the payments to be allowed do not exceed the full pay of the said Regiments according to the Establishments or the Augmentations made by warrants of the Generals, and the King being well satisfied that the present warrant may be reasonably granted. The said Earl of Carnarvon is to produce to the said Auditors the several and respective acquittances of the Colonels of the Regiments concerned or their Agents or others authorised to receive the said sums. Care is to be taken that in passing any future account of the said Earl of Carnarvon in which the said Troops as follows be inserted for full pay according to Establishments and muster rolls he be surcharged with the [following] sums received by such Troops upon account and hereby allowed: “so as the allowances hereby meant to be given upon the said Earl's accounts now under examination may regularly pass in discharge of the full pay of the said Troops as they shall come to be cleared,” the cravings hereby allowed being payments to Regiments &c. as follows: to wit.
£ s. d.
For pay, subsistence and clothing in the said Earl of Carnarvon's account for Spain and Portugal ending 23 Dec. 1708.
Lord Mark Kerr's Regiment of Foot from 24 Dec. 1707 to 22 Dec. 1708		 6,382 17 1¾
Col. Brudenell's Regiment of Foot from 24 June 1708 to 22 Dec. 1708 7,186 18 11¾
Brig. Blood's Regiment from 24 Dec. 1707 to 24 June 1708 7,201 8 8½
more to same from 24 June 1708 to 22 Dec. following 300 0 0
Col. Moor's Regiment of Foot from 24 Dec. 1706 to 23 Dec. 1707 6,514 9 8½
Viset. Mountjoy's Regiment of Foot from 24 Dec. 1707 to 23 Dec. 1708 for the whole year 12,098 19 0¼
Major General Gorge's Regiment of Foot within same time 13,231 4 8
Lord Mordaunt's Regiment of Foot within same time 14,473 9 5¾
Col. Macartney's Regiment of Foot from 24 Dec. 1707 to 23 June 1708 6,858 4 5¾
Col. Dormer's Regiment of Foot from 24 Dec. 1707 to 23 Dec. 1708 13,933 3 10½
Col. Toby Caulfield's Regiment from 24 Dec. 1707 to 23 Dec. 1708 13,289 11 4¼
Col. Bowles's Regiment of Foot from 24 Dec. 1707 to 24 June 1708 6,176 9 6¼
Major Gen. Harvey's Regiment of Horse from 24 Dec. 1707 to 23 Dec. 1708 20,534 10 7¼
the Earl of Strafford's Regiment of Dragoons within same time 18,369 15 11
Major General Pepper's Regiment of Dragoons within same time 16,829 15 11
Major Gen. Pearce's Regiment of Dragoons within the same time 7,861 16 5¾
Count Nassau's Regiment of Dragoons within the same time 18,388 1 9½
the French Regiment of Dragoons within the same time 14,446 2 10¼
the Earl of Portmore's Regiment of Foot within same time 10,016 18 11½
Lieut. Gen. Stewart's Regiment of Foot from 24 Dec. 1707 to 23 Dec. 1708 10,785 10 10¼
Major General Hill's Regiment of Foot within same time 6,090 4 4
Major General Wade's Regiment of Foot from 24 Dec. 1707 to 23 Dec. 1708 14,674 15 6
Col. Harrison's Regiment of Foot within same time 13,770 3 0½
Major General Elliot's Regiment of Foot within same time 12,942 6 11¼
the Marquis de Montandre's Regiment of Foot within same time 5,083 7 9¼
Col. Desny's Regiment of Foot within same time 4,099 18 4¼
Col. Bretton's Regiment of Foot within same time 3,209 1 1
Col. Sybourg's Regiment of Foot within same time 11,676 17 1½
Col. Blossett's Regiment of Foot within same time 7,674 18 0
Col. Magny's Regiment of Foot within same time 2,395 3 5½
Col. Vesey's Regiment of Foot from 1 Aug. 1708 to 23 Dec. 1708 4,949 17 9½
the Earl of Galway's Regiment of Foot within same time 7,571 4 2
Lord Tyrawley's Regiment of Foot from 24 Dec. 1707 to 23 Dec. 1708 9,507 8 10
Major General Brudnall's Regiment of Foot from 24 Dec. 1706 to 23 Dec. 1707 11,229 4 3¾
Brigadier Hamilton's Regiment of Foot from 24 Dec. 1706 to 23 Dec. 1707 10,136 16 1¼
the late Lord Mohun's Regiment of Foot within same time 10,587 17 2¼
Col. Allen's Regiment within same time 10,273 11 5
Brigadier Farrington's Regiment within same time 11,309 14 3½
—
£382,062 0 11½
Payments craved to be allowed in said Earl's account for Spain and Portugal ending 1709 Dec. 23.
the Earl of Galway's Regiment of Dragoons from 23 Dec. 1708 to 23 Dec. 1709		 21,797 5 9½
Col. Foisac's Regiment of Dragoons from 23 Feb. 1708–9 to 23 Dec. 1709 6,049 2 1¾
Major General Pearce's Regiment of Foot from 23 Dec. 1708 to 23 Dec. 1709 11,185 4 11
Major General Newton's Regiment of Foot within the same time 11,601 17 1½
Major General Sankey's Regiment of Foot within the same time 11,680 17 7
Brigadier Stanwix's Regiment of Foot within same time 12,011 1 1½
Major General Gorge's Regiment of Foot from 23 Dec. 1708 to 25 July 1709 6,529 5 5¼
Lord Mountjoy's Regiment of Foot within same time 6,868 14 7¾
Brigadier Munden's Regiment of Foot from 6 Feb. 1708–9 to 23 Dec. 1709 10,825 9 7½
Brigadier Lepell's Regiment of Foot within same time 10,378 14 10½
Col. Tavora's Regiment of Dragoons within same time 4,890 13 4
Col. Trapaud's Regiment of Dragoons within same time 4,690 8 2
Col. Magny's Regiment of Dragoons within same time 4,822 15 5
Brigadier Withers' Regiment of Dragoons within same time 5,443 1 0
Col. Sarland's Regiment of Dragoons within same time 1,819 10 4
Col. Bowles's Regiment of Foot from 25 June 1709 to 23 Dec. 1709 6,814 2 6¾
Lieut. General Harvey's Regiment of Horse from the 23 Dec. 1708 to 23 Dec. 1709 21,404 3 7½
the Earl of Strafford's Regiment of Dragoons within the same time 18,217 16 5¾
Major General Pearce's Regiment of Dragoons from 7 Oct. 1708 to 12 July 1709 6,072 12 6¼
Major General Pepper's Regiment of Dragoons from 23 Dec. 1708 to 23 Dec. 1709 18,177 18 9¾
Count Nassau's Regiment of Dragoons within same time 17,151 3 4½
Col. Harrison's Regiment of Foot within same time 13,687 2 4½
Major General Elliott's Regiment of Foot within same time 12,382 10 7¼
Brigadier Dormer's Regiment of Foot within same time 13,694 6 6
Major Gen. Carle's [Earle's] Regiment of Foot within same time 15,497 4 9
Col. Toby Caulfield's Regiment of Foot from 23 Dec. 1708 to 26 Aug. 1709 8,996 17 11
the Earl of Inchiquin's Regiment of Foot from 27 Aug. 1709 to 23 Dec. following 3,697 2 6
Col. Moor's Regiment of Foot from 23 Dec. 1708 to 23 Dec. 1709 12,602 13 1
Major General Whetham's Regiment of Foot from 27 Aug. 1709 to 23 Dec. following 4,212 16 0
Col. Desny's Regiment of Foot from 23 Dec. 1708 to 23 Dec. 1709 6,871 0 2
Col. Bretton's Regiment of Foot within same time 9,791 15 11½
Brigadier Brudnall's Regiment of Foot from 23 Dec. 1708 to 23 Sept. 1709 7,392 0 1½
Lord Mordaunt's Regiment of Foot from 23 Dec. 1708 to 23 Dec. 1709 14,528 15 5¾
Major General Wade's Regiment of Foot within same time 13,885 0 2¾
Major General Sybourg's Regiment of Foot within same time 11,725 2 4½
the Earl of Galway's Regiment of Foot from 23 Dec. 1708 to 23 June 1709 4,873 1 0
Brigadier Gore's Regiment of Foot from 27 Aug. 1709 to 23 Dec. following 4,109 9 8
Lord Rochford's Regiment of Dragoons from 1 Sept. 1709 to 23 Dec. following 4,263 10 3
the Marquis de Montandre's Regiment of Foot upon account for the year 1707 500 0 0
General Macartney's Regiment of Foot upon account for the year 1707 364 15 1½
Sir Cha. Hotham's Regiment of Foot from 23 Dec. 1708 to 23 Dec. 1709 13,077 10 4
Lord Tyrawley's Regiment of Foot from 24 June 1709 to 23 Dec. following 6,914 0 3¼
Lieut. General Stewart's Regiment of Foot upon account for the year 1707 287 5 0
Lord Mordaunt's Regiment of Foot between 24 Dec. 1707 and 22 Dec. 1708 4,245 0 0
—
£406,030 19 1¾
Payments craved to be allowed in the said Earl's account for Spain and Portugal ending the 22 Dec. 1710.
Col. Bouchetier's Regiment of Horse from 23 Dec. 1709 to 22 Dec. 1710		 18,551 5 4
Col. de Favora's Regiment of Dragoons within same time 9,390 14 1
to ditto on account of the year 1709 1,285 16 10
Col. Gually's Regiment of Dragoons from 23 Dec. 1709 to 22 Dec. 1710 9,459 3 0¾
to ditto on account of the year 1709 1,486 2 0
Col. Sarland's Regiment of Dragoons from 23 Dec. 1709 to 22 Dec. 1710 9,645 9 9
to ditto on account of the year 1709 1,064 6 8
Col. Magny's Regiment of Dragoons from 23 Dec. 1709 to 22 Dec. 1710 9,461 7 1
to ditto on account of the year 1709 1,434 7 2
Col. Foisac's Regiment of Dragoons from 23 Dec. 1709 to 22 Dec. 1710 9,794 19 10
to ditto on account of the year 1709 459 6 11
Brigadier Withers's Regiment of Dragoons from 23 Dec. 1709 to 22 Dec. 1710 9,893 10 6½
to ditto on account of the year 1709 1,489 19 0
Major General Pearce's Regiment of Foot from 23 Dec. 1709 to 22 Dec. 1710 11,873 9 6½
Major General Newton's Regiment of Foot within same time 11,191 8 7½
Lieut. Gen. Sankey's Regiment of Foot within same time 12,057 19 2
Brigadier Stanwix's Regiment of Foot within same time 9,263 8 8½
the Earl of Barrymore's Regiment of Foot within same time 11,357 18 11¼
Brigadier Vezey's Regiment of Foot within same time 12,636 9 5¾
the Marquis of Montandre's Regiment of Foot within same time 12,180 6 3
Brigadier Bretton's Regiment of Foot within same time 8,243 3 5½
the Earl of Galway's Regiment of Foot within same time 4,020 11 0
Lieut. General Harvey's Regiment of Horse within same time 20,213 1 9½
the Earl of Strafford's Regiment of Dragoons within same time 18,094 19 8½
Major General Pepper's Regiment of Dragoons within same time 18,104 16 4¼
Lieut. Gen. Stanhope's Regiment of Dragoons within same time 17,861 7 3¼
Brigadier Lepell's Regiment of Dragoons within same time 16,195 6 2
Col. Harrison's Regiment of Foot within same time 13,110 13 7¾
Major General Wade's Regiment of Foot within same time 13,250 5 1½
Col. Dubourgay's Regiment of Foot within same time 12,838 14 5
Major General Whetham's Regiment of Foot within same time 12,881 17 10½
Brigadier Dormer's Regiment of Foot within same time 12,296 6 4¼
Brigadier Bowles's Regiment of Foot within same time 13,664 5 8½
Brigadier Munden's Regiment of Foot within same time 11,229 3 2
Col. William Stanhope's Regiment of Foot within same time 12,732 10 8½
Col. Edward Stanhope's Regiment of Foot within same time 13,137 15 4½
Brigadier Gore's Regiment of Foot within same time 12,850 19 4½
Lord Tyrawley's Regiment of Fuziliers within same time 13,887 7 7¼
Brigadier Windsor's Regiment of Foot within same time 11,990 4 0
Sir Cha. Hotham's Regiment of Foot within same time 11,966 0 6
Major General Elliott's Regiment of Foot within same time 12,756 17 8¼
Sir Robert Rich's Regiment of Foot within same time 13,225 6 11¾
Col. Molesworth's Regiment of Foot within same time 5,394 8 2½
Brigadier Dalzell's Regiment of Foot within same time 11,966 12 10¾
—
£475,990 6 11
Payments craved to be allowed in the said Earl's account for Spain and Portugal ending the 22 Dec. 1711.
Lieutenant General Daniel Harvey's Regiment of Horse from 23 Dec. 1710 to 22 Dec. 1711		 4,495 6 3¼
the Earl of Strafford's Regiment of Dragoons within same time 2,370 15 9½
Major General Pepper's Regiment of Dragoons within same time 2,350 13 5½
Lieut. Gen. Stanhope's Regiment of Dragoons within same time 2,051 17 9½
Brigadier Nicholas Lepell's Regiment of Dragoons within same time 12,945 7 4½
Col. Thomas Harrison's Regiment of Foot within same time 2,053 3 4
Major General Geo. Wade's Regiment of Foot within same time 1,922 14 0
Col. Dubourgay's Regiment of Foot within same time 11,169 18 1½
the Royal Regiment of Fuziliers within same time 12,791 1 10½
Major General Whetham's Regiment of Foot within same time 13,498 8 5½
Brigadier Dormer's Regiment of Foot within same time 2,332 4 5½
Brigadier Phineas Bowles's Regiment of Foot within same time 1,842 13 0
Brigadier Munden's Regiment of Foot within same time 2,035 4 7
Col. Richards's, late Lepell's, now Col. William Stanhope's Regiment of Foot from 23 Dec. 1710 to 22 Dec. 1711 10,900 11 10½
Col. Edward Stanhope's Regiment of Foot within same time 12,282 9 3
Brigadier Humphrey Gore's Regiment of Foot within same time 2,764 11 0
Brigadier Bretton's Regiment of Foot within same time 12,231 19 0¼
Col. Molesworth's Regiment of Foot for the same time 13,671 12 2½
Major General Rook's Regiment of Foot within same time 11,168 17 5¾
Brigadier Price's Regiment of Foot within same time 10,989 7 4¾
Col. Jones's Regiment of Foot within same time 10,078 17 11¾
Lord Slane's Regiment of Foot within same time 11,512 19 7¾
Brigadier Dalzell's Regiment of Foot within same time 3,348 17 10¼
Lieutenant General Farrington's Regiment of Foot within same time 12,302 15 6½
Major General Livesay's Regiment of Foot within same time 12,937 19 10½
Lord Mark Kerr's Regiment of Foot within same time 13,576 12 4½
Col. le Bouchetier's Regiment of Horse within same time 19,365 4 2½
Col. Tavora's Regiment of Dragoons within same time 9,491 12 4
Don Lovis de Gamia's Regiment of Dragoons within same time 9,529 1 0
Col. Mello's Regiment of Dragoons within same time 9,341 17 10
the Conde de Prada's Regiment of Dragoons within same time 9,967 16 8¼
Don Diego de Norhanna's Regiment of Dragoons within same time 9,528 10 0
Brigadier Withers's Regiment of Dragoons within same time 9,899 8 3½
Major General Pearce's Regiment of Foot within same time 10,831 16 2½
Major General Newton's Regiment of Foot within same time 10,773 17 1½
Earl of Barrymore'a Regiment of Foot within same time 10,558 14 4¼
Col. Frank's Regiment of Foot within same time 11,554 8 6
Lieut. General Sankey's Regiment of Foot within same time 10,692 17 6½
Brigadier Stanwix's Regiment of Foot within same time 6,725 7 8¾
Brigadier Theodore Vezey's Regiment of Foot within same time 12,522 17 0¼
Major General Elliott's Regiment of Foot within same time 12,825 14 2¼
Sir Robert Rich's Regiment of Foot within same time 14,128 1 8¼
Brigadier Hans Hamilton's Regiment of Foot within same time 14,666 19 2½
Brigadier Sutton's, then Col. Leigh's Regiment of Foot within same time 14,604 10 3¼
Col. Pocock's Regiment of Foot within same time 13,752 18 2¾
Col. Grant's Regiment of Foot within same time 12,980 17 3½
Major General Wynn's Regiment of Foot within same time 14,687 7 10½
Col. Tyrrel's Regiment of Foot within same time 7,419 10 3
Col. Fielding's Regiment of Foot within same time 5,154 16 9
Col. Desney's Regiment of Foot within same time 9,814 12 4¾
the Marquis de Montandre's Regiment of Foot on account of the year 1710 116 10 0
Lord Galway's Regiment of Foot on account of the year 1710 44 8 0
Brigadier Windsor's Regiment of Foot on account of the year 1710 121 10 0
—
£480,728 5 0
Payments craved in the said Earl's account for Flanders ending the 22 Dec. 1711.
Lieutenant General Lumley's Regiment of Horse from 22 Dec. 1710 to 22 Dec. 1711		 29,927 13 4¼
Lieut. General Wood's Regiment of Horse within same time 21,166 15 5½
Lieutenant General Cadogan's Regiment of Horse within same time 20,305 15 9¾
Lieutenant General Palmes's Regiment of Horse within same time 20,089 8 9¼
the Marquis of Harwich's Regiment of Horse within same time 19,880 9 5½
the Earl of Stair's Regiment of Dragoons within same time 21,918 19 8
General Ross's Regiment of Dragoons within same time 21,530 8 8¾
the Earl of Orkney's Regiment of Foot within same time 30,097 5 4
Col. Selwyn's Regiment of Foot within same time 15,004 7 11
Lieutenant General Webb's Regiment of Foot within same time 14,775 7 7
Lord North and Grey's Regiment within same time 15,139 14 6
the Marquis of Hartford's Regiment of Foot within same time 15,448 8 8½
Brigadier Darell's Regiment of Foot within same time 15,292 7 4½
Col. Stern's Regiment of Foot from 22 Dec. 1710 to 22 Dec. 1711 15,152 9 1¼
the Earl of Orrery's Regiment of Foot within same time 15,060 12 5
Major General Sabine's Regiment of Foot within same time 15,392 10 3
Major General Primrose's Regiment of Foot within same time 15,012 16 9½
Brigadier Preston's Regiment of Foot within same time 15,194 17 10¼
Col. Newton's Regiment of Foot within same time 14,826 7 6¼
Brigadier Sutton's Regiment of Foot within same time 15,403 4 10½
Major General Evans's Regiment of Foot within same time 14,866 0 11½
Col. Wyndress's Regiment of Foot within same time 10,677 3 9
Col. Sybourg's Regiment of Foot within same time 14,318 10 11¾
Major General Hill's Regiment of Foot within same time 9,566 1 2¾
Col. Clayton's Regiment of Foot within same time 9,722 10 10¾
Col. Kane's Regiment of Foot within same time 9,617 17 8¾
—
£435,388 7 0¼
£ s. d.
Total.
Spain and Portugal, to 23 Dec. 1708		 382,062 0 11½
Spain and Portugal to 23 Dec. 1709 406,030 19 1½
Spain and Portugal to 22 Dec. 1710 475,990 6 11
Spain and Portugal to 22 Dec. 1711 480,728 5 0
Flanders to 22 Dec. 1711 435,388 7 0¼
—
£2,180,199 19 0½
King's Warrant Book XXVII, pp. 388–94.
June 11. Royal warrant to the Treasury Lords to pay to Charles, Earl of Manchester, 4,000l. in full of his pretensions to the arrear of 8,125l. due at Midsummer 1714 on a pension of 1,500l. per an. granted to him by Queen Anne in 1707 payable as from Michaelmas 1707 “until she should otherwise provide for him”: in regard to the good services of said Earl and of his negotiations abroad: he having received thereon only the sum of 2,000l. which was paid to him out of the money issued to William Lowndes for the said Queen's secret service; and no other provision having been made for him by the said Queen during her life. The said payment is hereby to be made out of the [late Queen's] Civil List revenue moneys which became due before 1 August 1714. (Money warrant dated 12 June hereon.) (Money order dated June 14 hereon.) (Letter of direction dated July 17 hereon. This sum is to be payable immediately after the sum of 7,890l. shall be satisfied to the Earl of Galway out of the arrears of the late Queen's Civil List “and I am to acquaint your Lordship [the Auditor of the Receipt] that the moneys arisen or to arise by the sales of tin at any time before the 1st June 1717 may be applied to this service so as sufficient be reserved in the Exchequer to answer interest on the loans which then become payable and all principal and interest on any loans before made thereupon” [i.e. upon tin].) Ibid., p. 395. Order Book IX, p. 232. Disposition Book XXIII, p. 184.
June 11. Same to the Clerk of the Signet for a privy seal for the making allowances as follow in the Earl of Carnarvon's account for the Flanders service anno 1710 as late Paymaster General of the Forces Abroad (Paymaster General of the Forces acting in conjunction with those of the High Allies in the Low Countries for the year commencing 23 Dec. 1709 and ending 22 Dec. 1710, both days included). In his report on the said account Auditor Harley has represented the state of the several payments for which royal warrants are wanting whereby it appears that the payments made for the proportion payable by Great Britain of the pay to the Foreign Forces borne on the Establishments as well of the 40,000 men as of the Augmentation 20,000 men (amounting to 468,666l. 10s. 1d. as appears by the acquittances) have been made without muster rolls for the full numbers borne on the said Establishments under the late Queen's sign manual, which Establishments, though not countersigned by the Treasury Lords as is usual, do consist of the same numbers as the Establishments of former years which were duly countersigned: but the muster rolls not having been taken of the said Forces the said payments cannot regularly be allowed by the said Auditor without the King's particular warrant.
Further the sum of 141,364l. 11s. 66/7d. [has been paid] for the pay of 3,000 Palatines and of 4,639 Saxons and of “our” [Hanover] Regiment of Dragoons commanded by Baron Bothmar, as also of the four additional Battalions of Saxons, a Battalion of [701 Troops of the Bishop of] Treves and of two Saxon Battalions of 1,508 men commanded by Major General Seckendorf, [all which are] borne on several Establishments of the said Forces [and that the said sum is] the proportion of pay agreed by the Treaties for the said Forces to be paid by Great Britain and appears by acquittances to be the full pay according to the Establishments of those Forces for the year 1710, but being also without muster rolls cannot be allowed without the like authority from the King.
Further that the sum of 50,394l. 5s. 61/7d. was paid for Forage, Waggon Money, Recruits and other extraordinaries for the Foreign Forces above mentioned as well those of the 40,000 men and 20,000 Augmentation as of the additional Forces afterwards taken into the joint service of Queen Anne and the States General, and same appears by acquittances to have been paid as well for satisfying arrears of the said allowances for the years 1707, 1708 and 1709 as for carrying on the service of the said year 1710 pursuant to several accounts signed by Monsieur Slingelandt, Secretary to the Council of the States General, setting forth the particulars of the said extraordinaries and that the States had ordered payment of their moiety according to the said accounts (except the sum of 7,198l. 19s. 0d. for the allowance to the Hanover Troops for the year 1710 which was paid pursuant to the 5th Article of the Treaty for the said Troops dated 14 April 1708), but that as [royal] warrants have not been granted for allowing thereof [to wit the said sum of 50,394l. 5s. 6½d.] the said Auditor is of opinion the same may [should] be provided for by privy seal.
Further that the sum of 40,291l. 3s. 03/7d. was paid as the proportion of Great Britain of the allowance made to Foreign Forces for [recruits for] men and horses lost in engagements with the enemy or by distempers in the said years 1708, 1709 and 1710, for which [sum] acquittances are produced, being pursuant to like accounts thereof adjusted and certified by the said Monsieur Slingelandt setting forth that the States General had ordered payment of their share accordingly [wherefore the said Auditor is of the opinion that said payment] may likewise be allowed by privy seal [based] upon the said accounts and certificates, the same having been taken as the rule for payments for this service in preceding years:
Likewise that the sum of 212,317l. 10s. 02/7d. paid for the late Queen Anne's proportion of subsidies to the King of Prussia, Landgrave of Hesse Cassel, the Elector Palatine and the Elector of Treves, as also the allowance made to a Corps of 12,000 Prussians serving with the Forces of the Allies [to wit] for their bread and forage and for agio of the pay allowed them by their own Sovereign (being the difference between the money current in Germany and the rates the same money was current at in the territories where the said Troops were employed) “and the whole charge our said late Sister was at on account of the said body of [Prussian] Troops”; the same appearing by certificate from the Secretary at War and by the entry of the several Treaties (produced to the said Auditor) to be agreeable to the Treaties with those Princes and [the payments themselves appearing] vouched by proper acquittances together with the certificates of Monsieur Slingeland of her Majesty's proportion of the agio, bread and forage for the said Corps of 12,000 Prussians: whereupon the said Auditor is of opinion same may be allowed by privy seal:
Further that the sum of 9,225l. 10s. 0d. appears by the acquittance of the [Duke of Marlborough], Captain General of the Land Forces of the said Queen Anne, to have been paid to himself for secret service and contingencies during the campaign in the year 1710: of which no account of particulars is produced and the same therefore cannot be allowed by the said Auditor without the authority of a royal warrant or privy seal “by which authority the payments for this use for preceding years have been allowed”:
Further that the sum of 125l. 5s. 6d. has been paid for contingent charges for relief of sick and disabled soldiers pursuant to warrants of the late Queen Anne and an acquittance produced for the same; but being over and above the sum allowed on the Establishment for contingent charges the said payment cannot be allowed by the said Auditor without the authority of a privy seal:
Further that the sum of 13,929l. 3s. 4d. was paid by the said late Paymaster General for [Exchequer] fees upon receiving the sum of 3,302,852l. 11s. 9½d. at the Receipt of the Exchequer for the service of the year 1710, at one penny in the pound, being the rate settled by Act of Parliament.
Further that the sum of 167l. 5s. 8d. was paid by him for fees at the Treasury and the Exchequer for privy seals and warrants and orders for receiving money, and for the entering thereof and for the imprest rolls (appearing to be the fees usually paid for such services and the like rates having been formerly allowed to the said Accomptant and his predecessor), wherefore the said Auditor is of opinion the same may be allowed by privy seal.
Further that the sum of 5,715l. is craved by the said Accomptant Paymaster General for the salaries and contingent charges of his two Deputies, namely his Deputy residing at Amsterdam for his salary from 22 Dec. 1709 to 23 Dec. 1710 after the rate of 3l. a day; as also for the salaries of his clerks and the other contingent charges of his Office at the rate of 20s. a day for the same time; and likewise for his other Deputy residing at Antwerp for his salary and clerical salaries and Office contingents at the like rates and for the same time: which allowances for the said time have not been provided for by any Establishment or [royal warrant] and therefore cannot be allowed without his Majesty's special authority.
The King being well satisfied with the truth and justness of the said payments as by the several Treaties and Establishments and acquittances as by the said report and otherwise thinks it just and reasonable that the said Accomptant should have full and plenary allowance of the abovesaid sums, does hereby command such allowance to be made to him in his said account.
In this allowance clause the first item as above of 468,666l. 10s. 1d. for pay of Foreign Forces is analysed as follows: viz.
on the Establishment of the 40,000 men.
116,266l. 16s. 75/7d. for pay of the Danes from 23 Dec. 1709 to 22 Dec. 1710 in pursuance of the Treaty between Wm. III. and the King of Denmark and the States General dated 1701 June 15.
43,018l. 18s. 26/7d. for pay of the Prussians for same time pursuant to the Treaty dated 1704 Nov. 28 between Queen Anne and the King of Prussia.
53,676l. 14s. 62/7d. for pay of the Hessians for same time in pursuance of a Convention Act between Wm. III. and the States General and the Landgrave of Hesse Cassel dated 13 Feb. 1701 [new style].
171,330l. 8s. 44/7d. for pay of the Troops of Hanover and Zelle for same time pursuant to a Convention Act between Queen Anne and the Elector of Hanover [now King George I.] dated 30 Dec. 1704.
making in all 384,292l. 17s. 93/7d. for pay of the said Forces on the Establishment of the 40,000 men.
on the Establishment of the 20,000 men.
27,331l. 12s. 92/7d. for pay of the Troops of Holstein Gottorp for same time pursuant to a Convention Act between England, Holland and the Duke of Holstein Gottorp dated 15 March 1703 [new style].
23,251l. 3s. 05/7d. for pay of the Troops of Saxe Gotha for same time pursuant to a like Convention Act with the Duke of Saxe Gotha dated 27 March 1703 [new style].
10,855l. 0s. 102/7d. for pay of the Foot of Hesse Cassel for same time pursuant to a like Convention Act with the Landgrave of Hesse Cassel dated 31 March 1703 [new style].
14,614l. 4s. 44/7d. to the Regiment of Dragoons of Liège commanded by the Baron de Walef for pay for the same time pursuant to a Convention Act with Monsieur Walef dated 24 Feb. 1703 [new style].
8,321l. 11s. 25/7d. for the pay of 520 men borne on this Establishment, being part of the 12,000 Danes stipulated for by the abovementioned Danish Treaty: for same same.
The total pay for the Establishment of the said 20,000 men as above is 84,373l. 12s. 34/7d.
The above two totals make up the abovesaid total of 468,666l. 10s. 1d. for the 40,000 men and the 20,000 men.
Similarly the item of 212,317l. 10s. 02/7d. for Subsidies to the Allies is analysed as follows: viz.
68,571l. 8s. 66/7d. to the King of Prussia for the subsidy allowed to him for a body of 6,205 men for 12 months ended 15 Dec. 1710 pursuant to the Treaty dated 12 April 1709.
49,404l. 15s. 26/7d. more to the said King of Prussia for the subsidy due to him for a body of 8,000 men serving in Italy for 12 months ended 15 January 1710.
61,801l. 12s. 93/7d. [to the said King of Prussia] for so much paid by the said Paymaster upon account for bread and forage delivered to the Prussian Troops to 22 Dec. 1710 as also for the agio of the money due to the Prussians, being the difference between the current money of Germany and the money current in the Territories where the said Troops were employed.
21,825l. 7s. 84/7d. to the Landgrave of Hesse Cassel for one year's subsidy due to him the 23 Dec. 1710 towards maintaining a body of 9,000 men and for his additional subsidy for maintaining two Regiments of Horse in Italy from 1 Dec. 1709 to 30 Nov. 1710 pursuant to the Treaty with that Prince.
4,761l. 18s. 11/7d. to the Elector Palatine for his subsidy for one year ended 23 Dec. 1710 pursuant to the Treaty with him dated 17 May 1703.
5,952l. 7s. 73/7d. to the Elector of Treves for one year's subsidy due to him 23 Dec. 1710 pursuant to the Treaty with him dated 7 May 1702:
the said subsidies amounting in all to 212,317l. 10s. 02/7d.
The sum total of all the allowances directed by privy seal as above amounts to 942,196l. 4s. 83/7d.
King's Warrant Book XXVII, pp. 398–402.
June 11. Royal warrant dated St. James's to the Attorney or Solicitor General for a great seal to grant an annuity, yearly payment or sum of 4,000l. to Maynhard, Duke of Schonberg and Leinster, his heirs male, or heirs general, or right heirs: all in accordance with an Act lately passed in Parliament (fn. 1) entitled an Act to enable his Majesty to grant letters patent to supply a defect in a grant made by Wm. III. of the said yearly sum out of the revenues of the Post Office under the Act of 9 Anne, c. 11, till the sum of 100,000l. shall be paid. (The patent hereon bears date 1716 June 29.) Ibid., p. 403.
June 11. Same to the Clerk of the Signet for a privy seal for an annuity or yearly sum of 200l. to Sir William Oldes, Kt., Gentleman Usher Black Rod, to be payable as from 1714 June 24: being the like allowance which for many years past hath been directed to be paid at the Receipt to the Gentleman Usher Black Rod in lieu of certain perquisites and allowances formerly belonging to the said office but released to the Crown. Ibid., p. 404.
Same to Sir Roger Mostyn, Bart., late Paymaster of the Marines, to clear an assignment of offreckonings upon Sir Harry Goring's Regiment of Marines as follows, viz.: the said Sir Harry Goring, bart., did on or about 20 Jan. 1711–12 contract and agree with Sir George Matthews, Kt., for clothes and accoutrements for the Regiment of Marines then under his command, amounting to 4,333l. 11s. 2¾d., and by a writing under his hand and seal of the same date did assign [to the said Matthews] the offreckonings of the said Regiment for satisfying the said sum:
The General Officers who were then appointed to inspect and regulate the clothing of the Army did by a writing under their hands dated 1711–12 Feb. 28 certify that the said clothing had been viewed by them and was agreeable to the Queen's Instructions and they did thereby desire that the said assignment might be complied with: which (as appears by the said assignment) would take up the offreckonings of the said Regiment to 25 June 1713. It further appears that by the Queen's orders the said Regiment was removed from off the Marine Establishment [on and from] the 25th March 1713 and at the same time (after being reduced to about half the number it consisted of when Marines) was placed on the Irish Establishment: by which means the said Matthews (or those claiming under him) will be deprived of so much of their clothing debt as the offreckonings would have amounted to in case it had continued on the Marine Establishment without being reduced from 25 March 1713 to June 25 following.
The King being well satisfied that the clothes and accoutrements were actually delivered to the men and that no collusive bargain was driven between the Colonel and the Contractor for the assignment of the offreckonings beyond the time that the Regiment continued on the Marine Establishment (and it further appearing that the offreckonings incurred between 25 March 1713 and 25 June following in Ireland have been applied to answer a deficiency on an assignment made there for clothing occasioned by a second reduction of the said Regiment in the year 1713) hereby orders that the said Mostyn (out of moneys remaining in his hands for the service of the late Marine Regiments) do pay to the said Matthews or those claiming under him so much as the said offreckonings should or would have amounted to between 25 March 1713 and 25 June following in case it had continued on the Marine Establishment for the said period: all provided that the total sum paid and to be paid on the said assignment do not exceed the amount of 4,333l. 11s. 2¾d. King's Warrant Book XXVII, pp. 406–7.
June 11. Royal warrant dated St. James's to the Clerk of the Signet for a privy seal for making allowances of payments as follows in Lord Carnarvon's account for the year 1711 (24 Dec. 1710 to 23 Dec. 1711) for the service in Flanders, as duly reported upon by Thomas Foley, one of the Auditors of Imprests.
The said Earl of Carnarvon (formerly the Honble. James Brydges, Esq.) as late Paymaster of the Forces acting in conjunction with those of the Allies of the late Queen Anne, made payments as follows for which the royal warrants are wanting: to wit, the sum of 468,666l. 10s. 9d. for the said Queen's proportion of the pay to the Foreign Forces for the said year 1711, being for the full numbers according to her Majesty's Establishments under her royal sign manual, though not countersigned by the Lord Treasurer or Treasury Lords, and their pay being without muster rolls cannot regularly be allowed without the King's particular warrant or privy seal:
Further the sum of 152,660l. 15s. 11½d. as the said Queen's proportion of the pay of Baron Bothmar's Dragoons, the Saxon Troops, the 3,000 Palatines, the Battalion of Treves, the Battalion of Offingen and the Regiment of Deserters; the same being pursuant to Treaties and vouched by acquittances, and being according to the like Establishment for those Forces, but being without muster rolls and therefore must be similarly allowed by the King's particular warrant or privy seal.
Further 1,488l. 1s. 10¾d. to the Landgrave of Hesse for his old subsidy for a quarter ended 1710–11 March 24, and
17,307l. 19s. 5¾d. to same for his Additional Subsidy for a year to 22 Dec. 1711, and
1,488l. 1s. 10¾d. to the Elector of Treves for a quarter's subsidy due to him 1710–11 March 24, and
4,761l. 18s. 6d. to the Elector Palatine for his subsidy for the year 1711, and
7,142l. 17s. 1½d. to same for his Troops in the Netherlands in the said year to enable Prince Eugene to take the field:
the said Subsidies amounting in all to 32,188l. 18s. 10¾d., being pursuant to Treaties with those Princes and vouched by acquittances: and being to be similarly warranted as above:
further the sum of 50,000l. paid to the King of Prussia as the said late Queen Anne's proportion of the subsidy of the Prussians in Italy for 12 months to 15 Jan. 1711–12:
further the sum of 68,571l. 8s. 6¾d. for the 6,205 Prussians for 12 months to 15 Dec. 1711:
further the sum of 42,630l. 12s. 11¾d. for a moiety of the agio of their pay and for bread and forage for them in the years 1709, 1710 and 1711 according to certificates of Monsieur Slingelandt:
further the sum of 595l. 4s. 9¾d. to complete the subsidy of the said Prussians in Italy for the year 1710:
the abovesaid five sums amounting to 161,797l. 6s. 4½d., being paid according to several Treaties in that behalf and vouched by acquittances and to be similarly warranted as above:
further the sum of 7,199l. 2s. 10¼d. to the Troops of Hanover for their extraordinaries of Forage and Waggon Money anno 1711:
further the sum of 1,214l. 5s. 8¾d. for the like for the Saxons for the said year:
the said two sums amounting to 8,413l. 8s. 7d. and being pursuant to Treaties and similarly vouched and therefore similarly warranted as above:
further the sum of 9,161l. 10s. 0d. which appears by the General's acquittances to be paid to himself for Contingencies for the campaign anno 1711 and is within the 10,000l. provided by the Establishment, but having no account attending it and therefore to be similarly warranted as above:
further the sum of 249l. 10s. 0d. for [office] fees for warrants and orders and entering the same and for two imprest rolls for this year's charge; being such charges as are usually paid for such services and as have been formerly allowed: and therefore now to be similarly warranted as above.
The King being well satisfied with the truth and justness of the said payments as well by the several Treaties and Establishments and acquittances as by the report of the said Auditor thinks it just and reasonable that the Accomptant should have full and plenary allowance of the abovesaid sums so paid by him and hereby orders allowance thereof accordingly.
In this enacting part of the warrant the item of pay to the Foreign Forces is detailed as follows:
116,266l. 16s. 7¾d. to the Danes for their pay for a year ended 22 Dec. 1711 according to the Establishment and in pursuance of a Treaty between Wm. III. and the King of Denmark and the States General dated 15 June 1701.
43,018l. 18s. 2¾d. to the Prussians for the like pursuant to a Treaty between Queen Anne and the King of Prussia dated 28 Nov. 1704.
53,676l. 14s. 6¾d. to the Hessians for the like pursuant to a Convention between Wm. III. and the States General and the Landgrave of Hesse Cassel dated 13 Feb. 1701 [new style].
171,330l. 8s. 4½d. to the Troops of Hanover and Celle for the like pursuant to a Convention between the late Queen Anne and the Duke of Brunswick and Luneburg (now King George I. of England) dated 14 June 1708 [new style].
27,331l. 12s. 9d. to the Troops of Holstein Gottorp for the like pursuant to a Convention between England and Holland and the Duke of Holstein Gottorp dated 15 March 1703 [new style].
23,251l. 3s. 0¾d. to the Troops of Saxe Gotha for the like pursuant to a like Convention with the Duke of Saxe Gotha dated 27 March 1703.
14,614l. 4s. 4d. to the Baron de Waleff's Regiment of Dragoons for the like pursuant to a Convention with him dated 24 Feb. 1703 [new style].
10,855l. 0s. 10¼d. to the Regiment of Hesse Cassel for the like pursuant to a like Convention with the Landgrave of Hesse Cassel dated 31 March 1703.
8,321l. 11s. 11¼d. to the Danes for the like for 520 men excess of the 12,000 men stipulated for by the abovesaid Treaty: the above 9 items of pay amounting in all to 468,666l. 10s. 9d. for the Foreign Forces on the Establishments of the 40,000 men and the 20,000 men.
And likewise as follows for the Additional Troops: viz.
9,269l. 16s. 9d. paid to Baron Bothmar's Dragoons for the said year ended 22 Dec. 1711.
43,082l. 3s. 4d. for pay of the 4,369 Saxons for the same time.
33,025l. 10s. 11¼d. for the pay of a second Corps of additional Saxons for the same time.
18,679l. 10s. 1¼d. to complete the pay of the two Saxon Battalions from 25 May 1710 to 22 Dec. 1711.
34,210l. 13s. 7¼d. for the pay of 3,000 Palatines for the year ended 22 Dec. 1711.
9,441l. 15s. 4d. paid to a Battalion of Treves for the same time.
3,043l. 14s. 1d. to a Battalion of Ottingen for the same time.
1,907l. 11s. 9½d. to a Battalion of Deserters on account of their pay from 2 June 1711.
making 152,660l. 15s. 11½d. for the pay of sundry additional Troops, being pursuant to the respective Treaties and Establishments and acquittances produced for the same.
Further the item of Subsidies is detailed as follows: viz.
1,488l. 1s. 10¾d. to the Landgrave of Hesse Cassel for his old Subsidy due to him for a quarter of a year ended 24 March 1710–11 pursuant to a Treaty with that Prince dated 13 Feb. 1701 [old style].
17,307l. 19s. 5¾d. to ditto for his additional Subsidy for one year ended 22 Dec. 1711 pursuant to a Treaty with that Prince dated 17 April 1708.
1,488l. 1s. 10¾d. to the Elector of Treves for his Subsidy for one quarter of a year ending 24 March 1711 pursuant to a Treaty with that Prince dated 7 May 1702.
4,761l. 18s. 6d. to the Elector Palatine for his Subsidy for a year to 22 Dec. 1711 by Treaty dated 7 May 1703.
7,142l. 17s. 1½d. more to same for his Troops serving in the Netherlands to enable Prince Eugene to take the field.
50,000l. to the King of Prussia as a Subsidy for maintaining the Prussians in Italy [and is] for a year ending 15 Jan. 1711–12 pursuant to a Treaty dated 31 March 1709.
68,571l. 8s. 6¾d. more to same for the pay of 6,205 additional Prussians [and is] for a year to 15 Dec. 1711 pursuant to a Treaty dated 12 April 1709.
42,630l. 12s. 11¾d. more to same for the late Queen Anne's moiety for making good the agio or difference of the money due to the 12,000 Prussians after their marching out of Garrisons between the Maes and the Rhine, where the money of the Empire is not current, and for several payments for bread and forage where the country did not furnish them therewith for part of the campaigns of 1709, 1710 and 1711; the said Lord Carnarvon, Paymaster General of the Forces, producing the accounts and certificates of Monsieur Van Slingelandt that the States had paid their moiety of this charge pursuant to a Treaty in that behalf dated 9 Jan. 1701 [new style].
595l. 4s. 9¾d. more to same to complete the pay to the Prussians in Italy for a year to the 15th Jan. 1710–11.
the total of the abovesaid Subsidies being 193,986l. 5s. 3d.
The final total of all the allowances authorised by this privy seal is 833,138l. 0s. 6½d. King's Warrant Book XXVII, pp. 412–15.
June 11. Treasury warrant to the Board of Ordnance. We are given to understand that the service of your Office requires an immediate supply more especially with respect to the artificers, who are much in arrear with their bills. You are hereby to cause your Treasurer and Paymaster to assign and apply 25,000l. towards the payment of the said artificers' bills out of the Contributions made in his name at the Receipt of the Exchequer for 5 per cent. annuities payable at the Bank of England, “taking care that the said Treasurer be surcharged on his account with the dividends due and unpaid at Lady day last on the annuities to which the said sum of 25,000l. to be assigned as aforesaid shall relate.” Disposition Book XXIII, p. 167.
William Lowndes [to the Navy Treasurer]. The Treasury Lords direct that out of the money remaining in your hands for the service of the Navy you apply 941l. 1s. 11d. to the payment of bills of exchange assigned on you by the Navy Commissioners. Ibid., p. 169.
Same to Mr. Holbech to send to my Lords with all speed a particular account of the debts due and owing from her late Majesty in the Office of Treasurer of the Chamber at the time of her decease, computing the quarterly salaries to Midsummer 1714 and the payments on bills to the 1st Aug. 1714. Out Letters (General) XXIII, p. 77.
Treasury reference to Hugh Cholmley, Surveyor General of Crown Lands, of the petition of James Goodere praying to become tenant to the Crown for a parcel of land at Gosport near Portsmouth, of which he was proprietor before the same was vested in the Crown by the Act of 8 Anne, c. 23. Reference Book IX, p. 279.
Royal warrant dated St. James's to the [Lords Justices for the] Lord Lieutenant of Ireland to order payment to the Regiment of Dragoons commanded by Major General William Evans of the difference between English and Irish pay for the time between their being placed on the military Establishment of Ireland in the time of Queen Anne and their arrival in that kingdom. Out Letters (Ireland) X, p. 45.
Same to same to direct payment of allowances as follows to the officers of the House of Peers in Ireland as rewards for their service and attendance in the present Session of Parliament there: in accordance with the Lords Justices' letter of Feb. 18 last and the Address from tne House of Peers there: viz.
£
to the Clerk of Parliament 200
to the Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod 150
to the Clerk Assistant 100
to the Committee Clerk 100
to the Reading Clerk 80
to the Serjeant at Arms 50
to the Journal Clerk 36
to the Yeoman Usher 20
to the four Doorkeepers 40
to the four Messengers 20
to the fire maker 4
—
£800
Ibid., p. 49.
June 11. William Lowndes to the Barons of the Exchequer in Scotland to report on the enclosed memorial [missing] of Sir George Warrender to his Majesty praying to be relieved of a burden on his estate occasioned by a large few Duty which he pays yearly to his Majesty. Out Letters (North Britain) III, p. 501.
Royal warrant dated St. James's for a letter to pass the privy seal of Scotland for a yearly pension or allowance of 500l. per an. to William, Lord Strathnaver, eldest son of the Earl of Sutherland: from Martinmas last past in consideration of the eminent services performed by him to his Majesty and the Royal Family and as a mark of royal favour: to be discharged or allowed to him by the Barons of the Exchequer at Edinburgh out of the yearly or other accounts to be made and rendered by the said Lord Strathnaver for the rents and Duties of the Earldom of Ross, Lordship of Ardmanoch and Barony of Delny and Meddat whereof he is appointed Chamberlain.
Subscribed by the Treasury in the form of a docquet entry. “These contain your Majesty's warrant for a letter to be passed under your privy seal of Scotland granting” &c. as above. Ibid., pp. 503–4.
June 12. Money warrant for 20l. to Samuel Warner to defray the charges of his passage to Maryland, where he is appointed a schoolmaster. (Money order dated June 15 hereon.) (Letter of direction dated June 12 hereon.) Money Book XXIV, p. 409. Order Book IX, p. 59. Disposition Book XXII, p. 170.
Same for 100l. 7s. 6d. to Joseph Lawson for one year to 1715 June 24 on his fee and board wages as Serjeant at Arms. (This warrant is in replacement of that of April 26 last, supra, p. 206.) (Letter of direction dated June 15 hereon.) Money Book XXIV, p. 454. Disposition Book XXIII, p. 170.
Same for 37l. 10s. 0d. to Richard Topham, the Supervisor of the work of digesting the records in Cæsar's Chapel in the Tower: and is for 1716 Lady day quarter upon the allowance to him for three clerks to be employed in the said business besides the chief clerk and to be distributed in such proportions amongst them as he shall think fit. (Money order dated June 13 hereon.) (Letter of direction dated June 15 hereon.) Money Book XXIV, p. 455. Order Book IX, p. 229. Disposition Book XXIII, p. 170.
Same for 25l. to George Holmes for same quarter as Chief Clerk for the abovesaid work of digesting said records. (Money order and letter of direction, ut supra.) Money Book XXIV, p. 455. Order Book IX, p. 228.
William Lowndes to the Board of Works to estimate for several alterations and necessary repairs to be made in the young Princes' [Princesses'] apartment at Hampton Court.
Prefixing: the Duke of Bolton [Lord Chamberlain] to the Treasury Lords dated Cockpit June 9 signifying the King's pleasure that said repairs and alterations be made. Out Letters (General) XXII, p. 85.
Treasury reference to the Customs Commissioners of the petition of John Elwes, gent., uncle and next friend of Richard Page, a minor, shewing that Richard Page the father was drawn into several securities by Thomas Perrin, tobacco merchant, for Customs of tobacco; that Perrin became insolvent and an extent issued against him [Perrin] and he was in execution thereupon for the sum of 70,000l. then due to the Queen; that an extent was also issued against Page on those securities and all his manors, lands &c. were seized and the rents thereof paid to the Crown; that Perrin made his escape out of prison and thereby the whole debt lies on the executors of Mr. Page; that a proposal has been made to the Warden of the Fleet for compounding the said debt to the Crown, which if agreed to would be the entire ruin of the family: therefore praying that Richard Page the son may be admitted to a composition by Act of Parliament to be obtained. Reference Book IX, p. 280.
June 12. Same to Auditor Jett of the petition of Benjamin Purchase shewing that the Treasury granted a warrant for renewing a lease of two garths in South Church in the parish of St. Andrew Auckland, in the bishopric of Durham; that the Auditor charges [in account] an arrear of 89l. which hinders the passing the lease; that petitioner has always paid the rent and has receipts for the same, but is informed that this rent was conveyed to the Lord Danby 3 Dec. 1688: therefore praying a warrant for said lease to pass notwithstanding said arrear. Ibid.
For the reference of Sarles Goatley's petition see supra, p. 249. Ibid., p. 278.
Treasury subscription for the execution of a warrant dated 5 June 1716 from the Duke of Bolton, Lord Chamberlain, to the Duke of Montagu, Master of the Great Wardrobe, for the provision of Chapel furniture for Samuel Shute, Governor of New Hampshire and the Massachusetts Bay, for his Majesty's Chapel there, viz. Bibles and Prayer Books, detailed, two cushions for the Reading Desk, cushion and cloth for the Pulpit, a carpet for the altar, all of crimson damask with silk fringe; two linen cloths for the altar; two surplices of fine Holland: to an estimate of 133l. Lord Chamberlain's Warrant Book I, p. 11.
Same for a warrant from same dated 5 June 1716 to the Honble. James Brudnall, Esq., Master of the Jewel Office, for the provision of Chapel plate for the said Shute for the said Chapel, viz. two little flagons, a chalice, a paten and a receiver to receive the offerings: to an estimate of 80l. Ibid., p. 12.
Same for a like warrant dated 11 April 1716 for the delivery to the Earl of Bristol of 130 ounces of gilt plate as a gift from the King at the christening of his child: to an estimate of 65l. Ibid.
Same for a warrant from same to the Duke of Montague, Master of the Great Wardrobe, for the delivery to Capt. Walpole of furniture, detailed, for the Caroline yacht: to an estimate of 600l.: to wit for the Bedchamber; the Cabin; the State Room; the Captain's Cabin; the Gun Room; for the Pages of the Backstairs between the Bedchamber and the State Room; the Middle Room; the Officers' Cabins. Ibid., p. 13.
Same for a like warrant dated 19 March 1715–16 for the delivery to Christopher Hill, Master of his Majesty's Barges, of liveries for himself and 48 [King's] watermen for the year 1716: to an estimate of 353l. Ibid., p. 14.
June 12. Treasury subscription for a Lord Chamberlain's warrant dated April 30 last to the Great Wardrobe for the delivery to Grey Maynard, Yeoman of the Removing Wardrobe, of the following particulars for his Majesty's service, viz. six dozen of cane chairs, six umbrellas for the Vice-Chamberlain's lodgings, two [umbrellas] for Mris. Ballindine's [lodgings as a] Maid of Honour; a false case of crimson taffata for an arm chair for one of the young Princesses; 24 yards of yellow silk line for parrot cages: to an estimate of 95l. Lord Chamberlain's Warrant Book I, p. 15.
Same for a like warrant dated May 9 last for the provision of particulars as follows for Mris. Lowman, Mistress Laundress to his Majesty: viz. one great Standard, one elm chest, two cabinets with cases, two trunks lined with silk and quilted with perfumes for his Majesty's linen, one bare hide, 24 ells of Holland for smoothing cloths: to an estimate of 68l. Ibid., p. 16.
Same for a like warrant dated May 15 for the delivery to Grey Maynard of the following particulars for the young Princesses' apartment at St. James's: viz. a door curtain of crimson mohair for the new Bedchamber; three door curtains of crimson damask for the Dressing Room; two stools of crimson damask with cheney covers for the old Bedchamber; two door curtains of coarse cloth for the passage leading to the Nursery: to an estimate of 80l. Ibid., p. 17.
Royal warrant dated St. James's to Charles, Duke of Grafton, and Henry, Earl of Galway, Lords Justices of Ireland, for a patent to pass the great seal of Ireland to accept the surrender by Edward, Earl of Clarendon, of the annuity of 2,000l. granted him by patent dated 1714 April 20 for 30 years from 1713 Dec. 25 [ut supra, Calendar of Treasury Books, Vol. XXVIII, p. 135], and in place thereof to grant him the like pension for the residue of said 30 years from the time same was last paid. The present intended grant is to omit the proviso contained in the grant of 1714 which forbad the said Earl to alien, transfer, dispose or assign same on pain of forfeiture. (This warrant was cancelled and replaced by the warrant of June 28, infra, p. 310.) Out Letters (Ireland) X, pp. 46–7.
Treasury allowance of the incidents bill, detailed, being items paid by the Collectors of the Duty on Scots salt from 1 May 1714 to 29 Sept. 1715, viz. in the ports respectively of Ayr, Alloa, Borrowstounness, Campbeltown, Dumfries, Kirkcaldy, Prestonpans and Stranraer: total 180l. 12s. 6¼d. Out Letters (North Britain) III, p. 505.
June 13. Money warrant for 318l. 12s. 6¼d. to Sir Henry Fetherston for the surplusage on his account as Sheriff of Co. Essex for the year ended 1714 Sept. 29. (Money order dated June 19 hereon.)
25l. 6s. 4d. to John Collin, Esq., for same as same for Co. Notts for the year ended 1715 Sept. 29. (Money order dated June 19 hereon.) (Letter of direction dated June 15 hereon.)
297l. 9s. 8d. to David Polhill, Esq., for same as same for Co. Kent for the year ended 1715 Sept. 29. (Money order and letter of direction, ut supra.)
617l. 17s. 4d. to James Plume, Esq., for same as same for Co. Surrey for the year ended 1715 Sept. 29. (Money order and letter of direction, ut supra.)
176l. 13s. 8d. to Thomas Bromsall for same as same for Co. Beds for the year ended 1715 Sept. 29. (Money order and letter of direction, ut supra.) Money Book XXIV, p. 156. Order Book IX, pp. 235, 236. Disposition Book XXIII, p. 170.
June 13. Same for 250l. to Anthony Cracherode (who is employed in soliciting and taking care of divers law suits and other prosecutions for his Majesty's service): and is for half a year from 1 Dec. 1715 to 1 June 1716 on his allowance of 500l. per an. in lieu as well of all termly and other fees and service as for clerks, coach hire and other incidents. (Money order dated June 15 hereon.) (Letter of direction dated June 14 hereon.) Money Book XXIV, p. 454. Order Book IX, p. 232. Disposition Book XXIII, p. 169.
Same for 300l. to John Gauntlet: without account: to be by him distributed to and amongst the under clerks of the Privy Council in reward for their services as follows, viz. 200l. for their ordinary expenses and attendance on Councils and Committees and for labour and pains which they have been at in writing letters and orders to the Treasury, Admiralty, Ordnance, Navy, Victualling &c. for one year ended 25 Dec. 1715; being the like sum annually allowed for such services; and the remaining 100l. to be divided amongst the said clerks as a reward for their extraordinary pains and expenses in writing circular letters and orders at several times throughout all the counties in England and Wales upon occasion of the late riots and rebellion. (Money order dated June 13 hereon.) (Letter of direction dated June 15 hereon.) Money Book XXIV, p. 455. Order Book IX, p. 231. Disposition Book XXIII, p. 170.
Same for 2,285l. 7s. 4d. to John, Earl of Stair, Ambassador Extraordinary to France: without account: in satisfaction of a bill of extraordinaries from 1715 Sept. 19 to 1715–16 March 19 in his said service with the exception of four articles therein, “the articles No. 6, 7, 8 and 10 amounting to 639l. 2s. 11d. being deducted as [being] such as have not usually been allowed in bills of that nature. (Money order dated June 15 hereon.) (Letter of direction dated June 14 hereon.)
Prefixing: said bill dated Paris 1716 April 22:
£ s. d. £ s. d.
(1) for postage of letters as well from England as [from] “other” foreign parts for the quarter ended [1715] Dec. 19 206 17 0
(2) for paper, pens, ink and other stationery wares for said quarter 94 3 0
(3) for newspapers and Intelligence in said quarter 49 0 0
(4) given in gratuities to the King's Messengers and others his Majesty's subjects passing this way during the said time 50 0 0
—
400 0 0
(5) for the above articles in the quarter ended [1716] March 19 400 0 0
—
800 0 0
to be deducted from the above account for 26 days' allowance as Envoy Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary received by my bill of extraordinaries carried on to the 15th Oct. 1715 42 17 0
— 757 3 0
(6) by fees at the several Offices for passing my privy seal as Ambassador Extraordinary and for the warrant at the Wardrobe and other despatches 192 9 2
(7) by fees at the several Offices for passing my privy seal [for my ordinary] as Envoy Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaries; omitted in my former accounts 93 0 0
(8) deductions made at the several Offices in the Exchequer upon my bill of extraordinary expenses which I laid out in ready money 253 13 9
(9) for transporting my goods and horses 103 4 4
(10) given in New Year's gifts to the most Christian King's servants here 100 0 0
(11) mourning for the most Christian King 200 0 0
(12) for correspondence and Intelligence from the several towns and ports of France concerning the Pretender, the rebels and their adherents in these parts 100 0 0
for secret services, 900 Louis d'or 1,125 0 0
—
£2,924 10 3
Together with: Secretary James Stanhope's allowance dated 30 April 1716 of said bill. “I allow this bill by his Majesty's special command.”
Money Book XXIV, p. 456. Order Book IX, p. 232. Disposition Book XXIII, p. 169.
June 13. Treasury warrant [to the Clerk of the Pipe] to satisfy by records of surplusages the surplus of 39l. 18s. 6d. standing on the account of Charles Hurt, Esq., as Sheriff of Co. Derby for the year ended 29 Sept. 1713 and 5l. 13s. 2d. surplusage similarly standing on the account of John Green and John Bonner, gent., Sheriffs of the city of Gloucester, for said year (the said two surplusages making together the sum of 45l. 11s. 8d.): the same to be satisfied out of the debt of 45l. 11s. 8d. remaining on the account of Sir Francis St. John, bart., as Sheriff of Co. Northampton for the year ended 1715 Sept. 29.
Prefixing extract from the Great Roll of the Pipe stating said surplusages and debit respectively and certified by Francis Neal, Deputy Clerk of the Pipe. Money Book XXIV, p. 457.
Money warrant for 44l. 7s. 4d. to Robert Webb for services and attendances in cleansing the stool and pump in the House of Lords, being so much of his bill for same as has incurred since his Majesty's accession to the Crown, to wit from 1 Aug. 1714 to 30 Sept. 1715: the Board of Works having reported Feb. 22 last that there is due to him as follows: viz.
£ s. d.
for constant attendance of himself and servants at the House of Lords cleansing the stool there and continually pumping water therein to prevent the stink annoying the said House, and cleansing and keeping in repair the pump and engine fixed for conveying water to the said stool: to wit for performing the said service from the 9th Oct. 1711 to the last of July 1714 62 3 6
and from the 1st Aug. 1714 to the last of Sept. 1715 44 7 4
—
£106 10 10
(Money order dated June 16 hereon.) (Letter of direction dated June 15 hereon.) Ibid., p. 457. Order Book IX, p. 233. Disposition Book XXIII, p. 170.
June 13. William Lowndes [to the Navy Commissioners] to make forth bills according to the method of your [Navy] Office for repaying to Josiah Burchett, Secretary to the Admiralty Lords, the assessments to the Land Tax anno 1714 on the Admiralty Secretary, Under Secretary, clerks and chamberkeeper. Disposition Book XXIII, p. 168.
Same to the Attorney General. “It having been usual in criminal cases where the King prosecutes, for some of the Junior Barristers at Law to open the indictments, my Lords of the Treasury having a good character of Cornelius Cayley, Esq., Barrister at Law, are pleased to recommend him to you to be employed in that service when the trial of the Rebels in Scotland does come on, in case you have no objection to the contrary.” Out Letters (General) XXIII, p. 77.
Same to the Auditor of the Receipt. The Treasury Lords desire that the sum of 1,200l. be taken into the Receipt from Mungo Graeme, Esq., and a tally struck for the same importing that it is part of the moneys arising from the sale of a parcel of foreign salt purchased in Scotland to the use of the late Queen Anne in accordance with the terms of the Act of 7 Anne, c. 11, and the warrant of Sidney, Earl of Godolphin, dated 14 June 1710 [ut supra, Calendar of Treasury Books, Vol. XXIV, p. 334] and paid by direction of the Customs Commissioners of Scotland.
Prefixing: form of said tally. Ibid.
Treasury warrant to the Clerk of the Pipe for a lease to George, Earl of Cardigan, of the custody or farm of the Hundred or Wapentake of Loveden, Co. Lincoln: at the rent of 4l. 13s. 8d. per an for 99 years terminable on the lives of said Earl, and George, Lord Brudenal, his son.
Prefixing: particular and memorandum of the premises made out by Francis Neale, Deputy Clerk of the Pipe, and ratal thereof by the Surveyor General of Crown Lands.
Appending: undated entry of the Treasury Lords' subscription of the docquet of this lease. Warrants not Relating to Money XXIII, pp. 398–400, 447.
June 13. Treasury warrant to the Surveyor General of Woods, North and South Trent, to repair John Winn's lodge in Salcey Forest and also to make two new pens to fodder the deer in Bushey Park; the want of which caused the death of a great many deer last winter, and to repair the gates there which are so rotten and ruinous that they are almost useless. Ibid., p. 400.
June 14. Royal warrant dated St. James's to the Treasury Lords to pay to Edward Barker, Treasurer for the Poor Clergy (Treasurer to the Governor of the King's Bounty for the Augmentation of the Maintenance of the Poor Clergy), 4,500l. for the uses as in the charter of Incorporation [of Queen Anne's Bounty] dated 3 Nov. 1704. (Money warrant dated Aug. 15 hereon.) (Money order dated Aug. 27 hereon.) King's Warrant Book XXVIII, p. 72. Order Book IX, p. 159.
Royal sign manual for 639l. 2s. 11d. to John, Earl of Stair, Ambassador Extraordinary to France: as royal bounty: without account. (Money order dated June 18 hereon.) (Letter of direction dated June 22 hereon.) King's Warrant Book XXVII, p. 394. Order Book IX, p. 233. Disposition Book XXIII, p. 174.
Royal warrant dated St. James's to the Attorney or Solicitor General for a great seal for an annuity, yearly rent or pension of 1,200l. to Thomas, Lord Parker, to commence as from Lady day 1716. (The patent term is dated 20 June 1716.) King's Warrant Book XXVII, p. 396.
Same to William Clayton to pay 500l. to Mrs. Ruperta How, widow of Emanuel Scroop How, as royal bounty, “but at the same time to be esteemed and taken as a recompense to her in consideration that the pension which we are pleased to allow her on the Establishment payable by said Clayton commenced and took effect but from Midsummer last past 1715.” (Letter of direction dated June 15 for 500l. to said Clayton out of Civil List moneys to be paid to said Mrs. Ruperta How.) Ibid., p. 397. Disposition Book XXIII, p. 170.
Same to Henry, Earl of Lincoln, Paymaster General of the Forces, to pay 2,950l. 17s. 7¾d. to Thomas Missing, Contractor for Victualling the Garrison of Gibraltar: as upon account and for the services following: viz.
£ s. d.
for a moiety of 2,226l. 1s. 5¼d. for the value of the provisions imported by the said contractor into the storehouses there on the 22 Feb. 1715–16 as certified on that date by the Lieutenant General [there] 1,113 0 8¾
to answer to the said contractor the moiety of victualling the several numbers of persons in which the said Garrison consisted according to monthly lists thereof signed by the said Lieutenant General and Judge Advocate: at the rate of 3s. 1¼d. per man per week for the several periods of time as follows: viz.
for a moiety of 1,225l. 15s. 10¼d. for victualling 1,975 persons for 28 days from 2 Jan. 1715–16 to 29 Jan. 1715–16		 612 17 11¼
for a moiety of 1,222l. 18s. 2d. for victualling 1,971 persons for 28 days from 30 Jan. 1715–16 to 26 Feb. following 611 9 1
for a moiety of 1,226l. 19s. 9¼d. for victualling 1,979 persons for 28 days from 27 Feb. 1715–16 to 25 March 1716 613 9 10¾
—
£2,950 17 3¾
King's Warrant Book XXVII, p. 405.
June 14. Same to the Attorney or Solicitor General for a great seal to revoke the letters patent whereby John Selwyn, Henry Cartwright, Stephen Bysse, John Baird, Patrick Haldane and Patrick Campbell of Menzies, Esqrs., were appointed Commissioners for the Equivalent (Commissioners for putting into execution the Act of 1 Geo. I., st. 2, c. 27, for taking and stating the debts due and growing due to Scotland by way of Equivalent in the terms of the Union and for relief of the creditors of the public in Scotland and the Commissioners of the Equivalent), and in place thereof to constitute and appoint the said Selwyn, Cartwright, Bysse, Baird and Campbell, together with John Forbes, Esq., to be the said Commissioners. [The effect of this warrant is only to substitute said Forbes for Patrick Haldane.] Ibid., pp. 409–10.
William Lowndes to the Earl of Lincoln, Paymaster of the Forces, to apply to services as follows the sum of 35,922l. 12s. 8¾d. out of the moneys this day directed to be raised by you on tallies remaining in your hands on credit of the Land Tax anno 1716: viz.
£ s. d.
in part of 3,311l. 16s. 10½d. granted [by Parliament] for several extraordinary expenses relating to the demolition of Dunkirk.
to answer his Majesty's warrant for pay of the Commissioners appointed to inspect the said demolition for the respective days of their being upon that service		 1,559 0 0
in further part of 993,015l. 4s. 5d. granted for Guards, Garrisons and Forces in Great Britain, Jersey and Guernsey and 28 Companies of Invalids anno 1716.
to answer fees paid upon moneys received at the Exchequer between the 6 March 1715–16 and 8 May following		 3,329 4 10½
in further part of 66,012l. 5s. 5d. granted for extraordinary expenses of the Land Forces anno 1716.
for Capt. Burroughs upon account, being to satisfy General Cadogan's warrant for defraying the expense of horses in carrying bread &c. for the service of the Army in Scotland		 700 0 0
for Capt. Burroughs more to satisfy a like warrant upon account of intelligence 1,800 0 0
for Brigadier Petit to satisfy a like warrant upon account of the [Artillery] Train there 567 0 0
to answer his Majesty's warrant to Thomas Missing, Esq., Contractor for Victualling the Garrison of Gibraltar, for a moiety of several parcels of provisions imported for the service of the said Garrison between the 2nd Jan. 1715–16 and 25 March following 2,950 17 7¾
in further part of 993,015l. 4s. 5d. as above.
upon account of the pay of the Forces anno 1716		 20,150 0 0
in further part of 34,837l. 17s. 10½d. granted for Forces in America anno 1716.
upon account of their pay for the year 1716		 1,350 0 0
in further part of 57,917l. 19s. 6d. granted for the Forces and Garrison of Minorca anno 1716.
upon account of the pay of the said Forces anno 1716		 2,000 0 0
in further part of 37,294l. 12s. 9d. granted for the Forces and Garrison in Gibraltar anno 1716.
upon account of the pay of the said Forces anno 1716		 1,516 10 2
—
£35,922 12 8¼
Disposition Book XXIII, pp. 168–9.
June 14. William Lowndes to the Earl of Lincoln, Paymaster of the Forces, to apply 10,364l. 18s. 4d. to services as follows out of the moneys this day directed to be raised by you on Land Tax tallies anno 1716 remaining in your hands: viz.
£ s. d.
in further part of 57,917l. 9s. 6d. granted for the Forces and Garrison of Minorca anno 1716.
for two months' subsistence from June 24 inst. to Aug. 24 next of the Forces and Garrison there		 6,304 12 1
in further part of 37,294l. 12s. 9d. granted for the Forces and Garrison of Gibraltar anno 1716.
for the same two months' subsistence of the said Forces and Garrison		 4,060 6 3
—
£10,364 18 4
Ibid., p. 172.
June 14. Same to Mr. Sloper. By order of the Admiralty Lords the Victualling Commissioners are supplying the Garrison of Annapolis Royal and Placentia with provisions to the amount of 3,451l. 1s. 6d. Please certify the Treasury Lords how far the money given by Parliament for those Garrisons is issued and how the money for the said provisions may be repaid out of the same. Out Letters (General) XXII, p. 78.
Treasury reference to the Customs Commissioners of the petition of Thomas Bulley, late Collector of Customs at Fowey, shewing that he was suspended in April 1712 at the instance of Lord Lansdown and dismissed in August following to make room for one Lamb, whom his Lordship recommended to succeed him, though nothing could be alleged against petitioner in the discharge of his duty: therefore praying to be restored. Reference Book IX, p. 280.
Same to Mr. Hewett, Surveyor General of Woods, of the petition of Henry, Earl of Rochester, shewing that the Great Lodge in Richmond Great Park, the wall and ponds in the said Park and several other places are in a very ruinous and decayed condition “as is also the Lodges in Richmond Forest”: therefore praying that same may be repaired. Ibid.
Same to the Surveyor General of Crown Lands of the petition of James Corbin of Gosport, Co. Southampton, for a lease of some lands lately purchased at Gosport [by the Crown for the defence thereof]. Ibid.
Same to same of the petition of John Burchet for a fresh lease of a messuage called Brooklands in the parish of Waybridge, Co. Surrey. Ibid., p. 281.
Royal warrant dated St. James's to Charles, Duke of Grafton, and Henry, Earl of Galway, Lords Justices of Ireland, to order payment to Lieut. William Gunter of his half pay from the time he was struck off the Establishment of half pay until he was replaced on the same: he having been struck off upon a supposition that he would not go to the West Indies, but afterwards restored upon two Addresses of the House of Commons [of Ireland 18 Oct. and 2 Nov. 1711: Irish Commons Journals II, 553, 729], his case having passed the examination of two several Sessions of Parliament. Out Letters (Ireland) X, p. 50.
June 15. Money warrant dormant for payment of the salary of 2,000l. per an. to Sir Thomas Bury, Kt., as Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer. Money Book XXIV, p. 458.
Treasury warrant to Edward Harley and Thomas Foley, Auditors of Imprests, to allow sums as follows to a total of 4,068l. 8s. 6d. in the accounts of Sir Thomas Littleton as late Treasurer of the Navy, to wit in his final account ending 1709 Dec. 31, being the last of ten years.
Prefixing: representation by James Littleton as administrator to the said Sir Thomas. The abovesaid account is now laid before Auditor Foley. Those accounts have been very voluminous by reason of the great sums expended for Navy and Victualling services in the said ten years from 1699 to 1709 and it has been necessary to employ several persons to bring them to a conclusion. “Besides which there has been two Commissions for Public Accounts, the last of which Commissions was since Sir Thomas Littleton's decease, which have not only required duplication of all the moneys received and paid but likewise transcripts of every tally book, Exchequer Roll Book &c., as also an account of the Intrat [sic for interest] which accrued on each tally or Exchequer Bill.” The money actually disbursed on officers and clerks employed in finishing and closing the said accounts amounts to 4,068l. 8s. 6d.
Appending: said bill:
£ s. d.
salaries and allowances to several clerks employed in copying and transcribing ten years' accounts for the Commissioners of Public Accounts and to several others for making up and engrossing the Ledgers for the Navy Commissioners and for the Auditors of Imprests and for settling and adjusting Parliamentary Tickets, Yard Tickets, Lists of Arrears and other business 2,337 4 0
paid to Mr. Maddocks, Mr. Durly and Mr. Hawes for passing the aforegoing accounts with the Navy and Victualling Board and Auditors of Imprests, as also for their attendance on the Commissioners of Public Accounts when required, which was very often, and for trouble and hazard in paying away large sums of money to the several branches of the [Navy] Office and other affairs 1,500 0 0
for fees and charges “through the several Offices in passing the final account” 156 4 6
for coachire and other petty expenses 75 0 0
—
£4,068 8 6
Money Book XXIV, pp. 458–9.
June 15. Money warrant for 96l. 12s. 0d. to John Johnson, Esq., Remembrancer of the City of London, for the bill of impost for the year 1715 Xmas to 1716 Xmas on wines for the Lord Mayor, Sheriffs and other officers &c., detailed, of the said city. (Letter of direction dated June 22 hereon.) Ibid., p. 460. Disposition Book XXIII, p. 174.
Christopher Tilson to Mr. Carcass. The King being now near proceeding on his journey and several foreigners and other Great Officers and persons being to attend him therein, the Chancellor of the Exchequer hath been applied to that the officers of the Customs may be sent to their houses to visit the goods and baggage they carry with them and to see them packt up so as they may not have any trouble or obstruction at the Custom House: for the doing whereof I am ordered to write to you instead of making a letter in form from the [Treasury] Office and am to desire that you'll take directions from Mr. Nant, the bearer hereof (who is Harbinger of the Chamber to the King), to what places or houses the said officers are to be sent and [then for you to] obtain the [Customs] Commissioners' orders for them to go and perform this service accordingly. Out Letters (General) XXII, p. 78.
June 15. Treasury commission to Samuel Pickard to be Surveyor of the Duties on Houses loco John Cater. (Treasury warrant dormant to the Receiver General of said Duties for Co. Warwick to pay him 60l. per an. salary.) Out Letters (Affairs of Taxes) II, pp. 189, 190.
Treasury reference to the Taxes Commissioners of the petition of Archibald Douglass (Receiver General of Land Tax anno 1714 for Scotland) proposing his securities, detailed, as Receiver General of the Duties on Houses for Scotland. (Treasury warrant dated July 5 to the King's Remembrancer to take his securities.) (Commission dated July 5.) Ibid., pp. 206, 207, 208.

Footnotes

  • 1. On the 12th March 1715–16 a petition was presented to the House of Commons by Maynhard, Duke of Schonberg and Leinster, shewing that in the first year of Wm. and Mary the House of Commons considered the services and losses of Marshal Schonberg and thereupon Wm. signed a warrant for a great seal for 100,000l. to him, his heirs &c. and communicated the same to the House by Sir Henry Capel, then one of the Lords of the Treasury; but “the said grant had not the intended effect by reason of” the death of the said Duke at the battle of the Boyne and the death of his son at the battle of Marsaglia. In lieu thereof Wm. by privy seal and letters patent granted to petitioner 4,000l. a year out of the Post Office until payment of the said principal of 100,000l. But the said patent (although preserved in several Acts of Parliament) is defective in the limitation of the interest of the said 100,000l. He therefore prayed a new grant to remedy the defect (Commons Journals XVIII, pp. 398–9).The Chancellor of the Exchequer acquainted the House that the King had been acquainted with the case and consented to the introduction of a Bill accordingly if the House thought fit.The House thereupon ordered a Bill to be brought in to enable his Majesty to supply the defect in the original grant. The Bill was brought in on the following day, March 13, passed the Commons on the 9 April and the Lords on the 13th April and received the royal assent on the 7th May 1716 as “an Act to enable his Majesty to grant letters patent to supply a defect in a grant made by his Majesty Wm. III. unto Maynhard, Duke of Schonberg and Leinster, of the annual sum of 4,000l. out of the revenues of the Post Office until the sum of 100,000l. be paid” (see Commons Journals XIX, pp 399, 405, 415, 417, 420, 439).The Act as so passed was not given a number and is not printed in any of the printed collections of Acts, public or private. The original is preserved in the Victoria Tower.
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