Declared Accounts: Annuities

Calendar of Treasury Books, Volume 31, 1717. Originally published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1960.

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Annuities

DECLARED ACCOUNTS: ANNUITIES.

AUDIT OFFICE, BUNDLE 13, ROLL 3 [A.O.1/13/3].

Thomas Madockes, Chief Cashier to the Bank of England as Paymaster of the Annuities payable upon Lottery Orders and Army Debentures.

Michaelmas 1716 to Michaelmas 1720.

Charge. £ s. d.
Arrears: remaining in the Accomptant's hands at the end of his last preceding Accompt of the Annuities of 910,000l. and 169,000l. granted anno 1715, none, he being in Surplusage nil
Receipts: money had out of the Exchequer:
Michaelmas term 3 George I, in part of 54,600l. (whereof 53,950l. to pay annuities for the year from 29 Sept. 1716 and 650l. for salaries)
27,300 0 0
Easter term 3 & 4 George I, in further part of the same 13,650 0 0
Michaelmas term, 4 George I, in full of the same 13,650 0 0
the same term, in part of 54,600 (for the year from 29 Sept. 1717, divided as above) 13,650 0 0
Easter term, 4 & 5 George I, in further part of the same 27,300 0 0
Michaelmas term, 5 George I, in full of the same 13,650 0 0
Easter Term, 4 & 5 George I, in part of 476,659l. 16s. 0d. for annuities at 5l. per cent per an. for a year from Michaelmas 1717 (upon 9,533,195l. 10s.d. subscribed) 357,494 17 0
Easter term, 4 & 5 George I, in part of 42,011l. 7s. 3d. for paying annuities at 4l. per cent on 946,929l. 0s.d. (whereof 4,134l. 4s. 3d. to pay the said annuities to 25 Dec. 1717 and 37,877l. 3s. 0d. for a, whole year to 25 Dec. 1718) 23,072 15 9
the same term on accompt, to pay interest upon the four Lotteries to Midsummer 1717 2,000 0 0
the same term, upon accompt, to pay interest at 4l. per cent per an. for the Principal sum in Debentures for paying the Army 7,287 12
Michaelmas term, 5 George I, in part of 54,600l. (whereof 53,950l. to pay annuities for the year from 29 Sept. 1718 at 5l. per cent per an. and 650l. for salaries) 13,650 0 0
the same term, in full of 42,011l. 7s. 3d. to pay Annuities at 4l. per cent per an. upon 946,929l. 0s.d. (as above) 18,938 11 6
the same term, upon accompt, in part of 2,000l. to pay interest on the four Lotteries to Midsummer 1717 768 5
the same term, upon accompt, to pay interest on annuities at 4l. per cent per an. for the Principal sum in Debentures for paying the Army 16,065 4
the same term, upon accompt, in full of 476,659l. 16s. 0d. to pay annuities at 5l. per cent per an. for one year from Michaelmas 1717 on 9,533,195l. 10s.d. as above 119,164 19 0
the same term, upon account, in part of 476,659l. 16s. 0d. to pay the said Annuities for a year from Michaelmas 1718 119,164 19 0
Easter term, 5 & 6 George I, in further part of the same 119,164 19 0
Michaelmas term, 6 George I, in full of the same 238,329 18 0
the same term, upon accompt, in full of 2,000l. for paying interest on the four Lotteries to Midsummer 1717 538 0 10
Easter term, 6 & 7 George I, upon accompt, to pay half a year's Annuities due Ladyday 1720 upon 9,533,195l. 10s.d. as above 238,329 18 0
Michaelmas term, 7 George I, to pay half a year's Dividend on the same to Michaelmas 1720 238,329 18 0
Easter term, 5 & 6 George I, upon accompt, to pay interest or annuities at 4l. per cent per an. upon the Principal sum in Debentures for paying the Army 31,439 1 6
Michaelmas term, 6 George I, for the same 94,714 8 5
Easter term, 6 & 7 George I, for the same 26,932 5 4
Michaelmas term, 7 George I, for the same 32,079 15 0
Easter term, 5 & 6 George I, upon accompt, in further part of 54,600l. (whereof 53,950l. to pay annuities for a year from Michaelmas 1718 and 650l. for salaries) 27,300 0 0
Michaelmas term, 6 George I in full of the same 13,650 0 0
the same term, in part of 54,600l. (whereof 53,950l. for the payment of annuities for a year from Michaelmas 1719 at 5l. per cent per an. and 650l. for salaries) 27,300 0 0
Easter term, 6 & 7 George I, upon accompt in further part of the same 13,650 0 0
Michaelmas term, 7 George I, in full of the same 13,650 0 0
Easter term, 5 & 6 George I, upon accompt, to pay annuities called ‘Tallies of Sol’ at 4l. per cent per an. upon 946,929l. 0s.d. (whereof 5,091l. 5s.d. for paying the said Annuities to 25 Dec. 1717 and 9,469l. 5s.d. for Ladyday quarter 1719) 14,560 11
Michaelmas term, 6 George I, upon accompt for half a year's dividend due Michaelmas 1719 upon 947,514l. 7s.d. as above 18,950 5
Easter term, 6 & 7 George I, upon accompt, for half a year's dividend due Ladyday 1720 upon the same 18,950 5
Michaelmas term, 7 George I upon accompt, for half a year's dividend due Michaelmas 1720 upon the same 18,950 5
Michaelmas term, 6 George I, upon accompt, to pay the ‘Navy Annuities’ at 5l. per cent per an. for three quarters to Michaelmas 1719 upon 110,312l. 17s.d. 4,136 14 0
Easter term, 6 & 7 George I, upon accompt, for the dividend due Ladyday 1720 on the same 2,757 16 0
Michaelmas term, 7 George I, upon accompt, for half a year's dividend due Michaelmas 1720 on the same 2,757 16 0
total charge and receipts. £1,983,279 2 7
Discharge.
Surplusage on the preceding Accompt 8 5 11
money paid to clear the dividends unpaid at the determination of the preceding Accompt of the Annuities granted in 1715:
to several proprietors of Annuities under the Act for raising 910,000l., Xmas quarter 1715, on 2,600l.
32 10 0
ditto, Ladyday quarter 1716, on 2,600l. 32 10 0
ditto, Midsummer quarter 1716 on 1,000l. 12 10 0
ditto, Michaelmas quarter 1716 on 800l. 10 0 0
and to ditto under the Act for raising 269,000l., Michaelmas quarter 1716, on 16l. 19s. 0 4 2
(total of the above 87l. 14s. 2d.)
money paid within the time of this Accompt to the proprietors of the Annuities etc. above mentioned:
to the Proprietors of the Lottery Annuities at 5l. per cent per an. on 9,519,348l. 8s. 1d.:
part of 9,531,191l. 19s. 10d. for Xmas quarter 1717 (abating 26l. 7s. 1d. for fractions)
118,965 0 0
on 9,523,460l. 14s. 1d., part of the same, for half a year to Midsummer 1718 (abating 22l. 14s. 1d. for fractions) 238,063 16 3
on 9,523,388l. 15s. 7d., part of the same, for half a year to Xmas 1718 (abating 16l. 9s.d. for fractions) 238,068 5 1
on 9,484,134l. 2s. 3d., part of the same, for Ladyday quarter 1719 (abating 16l. 17s. 10½d. for fractions) 118,534 15 8
on 9,523,394l. 3s. 7d., part of the same, for half a year to Michaelmas 1719 (abating 13l. 13s.d. for fractions) 238,071 7 2
on 9,519,608l. 4s. 7d., part of the same, for half a year to Ladyday 1720 (abating 11l. 12s. 10¾d. for fractions) 237,978 14 11
on 957,807l. 16s. part of the same, for half a year to Michaelmas 1720 (abating 9l. 19s.d. for fractions) 237,685 10 4
(total, to the Proprietors of the Lottery Annuities, 1,427,367l. 9s. 5d.)
to the proprietors of Army Debentures at 4l. per cent per an.:
on 1,597,695l. 0s. 10d., part of 1,598,234l. 9s. 7d., for half a year to Xmas 1717 (abating 2l. 5s. 7d. for fractions)
31,951 12 5
ditto, for half a year to Midsummer 1718 (abating 2l. 5s. 6d. for fractions) 31,951 12 6
on 1,597,012l. 17s. 9d., part of the same, for half a year to Xmas 1718 (abating 1l. 17s.d. for fractions) 31,938 6 7
on 1,597,560l. 12s. 2d., part of the same for Ladyday quarter 1719 (abating 1l. 16s. for fractions) 15,973 16 1
on 1,597,750l. 9s. 6d., part of the same, for half a year to Michaelmas 1719 (abating 1l. 10s. 7d. for fractions) 31,953 9 7
on 1,590,498l. 13s. 9d., part of the same, for half a year to Ladyday 1720 (abating 1l. 2s.d. for fractions) 31,808 16 10
on 1,590,346l. 2s. 6d., part of the same, for half a year to Michaelmas 1720 (abating 14s.d. for fractions) 31,786 4 2
(total on the Army Debentures 207,363l. 18s. 2d.)
to the several proprietors of the Navy Annuities at 5l. per cent per an.:
on 110,312l. 17s. 4d., Ladyday quarter 1719
1,378 18 2
on ditto for half a year to Michaelmas 1719 (abating 4d. for fractions) 2,757 16 1
on ditto for half a year to Ladyday 1720 (abating 3d. for fractions) 2,757 16 2
on ditto for half a year to Michaelmas 1720 (abating 3d. for fractions) 2,757 16 2
(total on the Navy Annuities 9,652l. 6s. 7d.)
to the several proprietors of the ‘Tallies of Sol’ at 4l. per cent per an.:
upon 509,127l. 5s.d. from 19 July 1717 to Michaelmas 1717
4,017 3 6
upon 24,195l. 18s. 2d. from the date of the tallies in Oct. and Nov. 1717 to Xmas 1717 117 0 9
on 506,738l. 11s. 6d. part of 509,127l. 5s. 6d., for Xmas quarter 1717 (abating 2s. 6d. for fractions) 5,067 5 3
on 944,860l. 2s. 7d. part of 946,929l. 0s. 7d., for half a year to Midsummer 1718 (abating 6s. 5d. for fractions) 18,896 17 9
on 946,460l. 15s. 7d., part of the same, for half a year to Xmas 1718 (abating 6s. 2d. for fractions) 18,928 18 3
on 943,660l. 15s. 7d., part of the same, for Ladyday quarter 1719 (abating 5s. 4d. for fractions) 9,436 6 10
on 945,522l. 19s. 8d., part of 947,514l. 7s. 8d., for half a year to Michaelmas 1719 (abating 4s. 1d. for fractions) 18,910 5 3
on 946,674l. 7s. 8d., part of the same, for half a year to Ladyday 1720 (abating 3s. 6d. for fractions) 18,933 6 4
on 931,121l. 11s. 8d., part of the same, for half a year to Michaelmas, 1720 (abating 3s. for fractions) 18,622 5 9
(total on the ‘Tallies of Sol’ 112,929l. 9s. 8d.)
to the proprietors of the money contributed under [Stat. 1 Geo. I, St. 2, c. 12] for raising 910,000l. in the year 1715 at 5l. per cent:
for Xmas quarter 1716
11,375 0 0
for Ladyday quarter 1717 11,375 0 0
for Midsummer quarter 1717 11,375 0 0
for Michaelmas quarter 1717 11,375 0 0
for Xmas quarter 1717 11,375 0 0
for Ladyday quarter 1718 11,375 0 0
for Midsummer quarter 1718 11,375 0 0
for Michaelmas quarter 1718 11,375 0 0
for Xmas quarter 1718 11,375 0 0
on 909,650l. part of the said 910,000l. for Ladyday quarter 1719 11,370 12 6
on the said 910,000l. for Midsummer quarter 1719 11,375 0 0
on 909,800l., part of the same, for Michaelmas quarter 1719 11,372 10 0
on 909,150l., part of the same, for Xmas quarter 1719 11,364 7 6
on 909,050l., part of the same, for Ladyday quarter 1720 11,363 2 6
on 907,800l., part of the same, for Midsummer quarter 1720 11,347 10 0
on 905,600l., part of the same, for Michaelmas quarter 1720 11,320 0 0
(total on the 910,000l. 181,888l. 2s. 6d.)
to the proprietors of the Annuities granted by [Stat. 1 Geo. I, St. 2, c. 21] for raising 169,000l. in the year 1715 at 5l. per cent per an. on the said 169,000l. for Xmas quarter 1716 (abating 2s. 2d. for fractions) 2,112 7 10
on ditto for Ladyday quarter 1717 (abating 1s. 9d. for fractions) 2,112 8 3
on ditto for Midsummer quarter 1717 (abating 1s. 1d. for fractions) 2,112 8 11
on ditto for Michaelmas quarter 1717 (abating 9d. for fractions) 2,112 9 3
on ditto for Xmas quarter 1717 (abating 8d. for fractions) 2,112 9 4
on ditto for Ladyday quarter 1718 (ditto) 2,112 9 4
on ditto for Midsummer quarter 1718 (ditto) 2,112 9 4
on ditto for Michaelmas quarter 1718 (abating 7d. for fractions) 2,112 9 5
on ditto for Xmas quarter 1718 (abating 6d. for fractions) 2,112 9 6
on ditto for Ladyday quarter 1719 (ditto) 2,112 9 6
on ditto for Midsummer quarter 1719 (ditto) 2,112 9 6
on ditto for Michaelmas quarter 1719 (abating 5d. for fractions) 2,112 9 7
on 168,750l. part of the same, for Xmas quarter 1719 (ditto) 2,109 7 1
on ditto for Ladyday quarter 1720 (ditto) 2,109 7 1
on the said 169,000l. for Midsummer quarter 1720 (abating 4d. for fractions) 2,112 9 8
on 168,900l., part of the same, for Michaelmas quarter 1720 (abating 4d. for fractions) 2,111 4 8
(total on the 169,000l., 33,791l. 18s. 3d.)
(total of the above payments 1,972,993l. 4s. 7d.)
salaries and wages:
in the Lottery Annuity Office:
Thomas Maddocks, Chief Cashier, and John Monteage, Chief Accomptant, for their salaries Michaelmas 1717 to Michaelmas 1719, 400l.; Zerubabel Crouch, same time, 300l.; Stephen Cross and Thomas Gregory, same time, 280l.; Peter Merrick and Thomas Hall, same time, 240l.; John Harvey, John Bowles, John Mercer, Daniel Race and August Munford, same time, 500l.; Charles Delaet and Edmund Crisp, same time, 160l.
in the Office for Annuities on Navy Bills etc.:
William Nicol, same time, 140l.; John Apthorpe, John Jurin and Thomas Hollingshead, same time, 300l., the watchmen and porters, same time, 60l.; Thomas Maddocks and others, for converting the several Orders into Annuities at 5l. per cent. 300l.
in the Office for the Annuities on 910,000l. and 169,000l. granted in 1715:
Thomas Maddocks and others; four years from Michaelmas 1716 to Michaelmas 1720, 2,600l.
5,280 0 0
incident charges, detailed:
stationery wares 303l. 5s.; printing 105l. 7s. 6d.; engraving etc. 40l. 4s.; coals etc. 48l. 17s.; Edward Harley and Thomas Foley, for the Auditors' fees; three years to Michaelmas 1720, 3,600l.; this Accomptant for charges of passing the Accompt 300l. and for building the several Offices etc. 1,122l. 12s. 1d.
5,520 5 7
(total for salaries and incidents 10,800l. 5s. 7d.)
total payments and allowances £1,983,889 10 3
and so the Accomptant is in Surplusage
Declared 17 December 1725.
610 7 8
Auditor's Memorandum.—It appeared that there remained due and unpaid to several Proprietors (Col. Charles Dubourgay and others not named) to clear the several Annuities payable to them, several sums [detailed at length] to be allowed in subsequent Accompts on production of Receipts.
[The previous Accompt for this service will be found in Vol. XXX, page cdxlvii].