Entry Book: August 1692, 1-10

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'Entry Book: August 1692, 1-10', in Calendar of Treasury Books, Volume 9, 1689-1692, (London, 1931) pp. 1750-1768. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-treasury-books/vol9/pp1750-1768 [accessed 25 April 2024]

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August 1692, 1-10

Date. Nature and Substance of the Entry. Reference.
Aug. 1. Money warrant for 60l. to the Dean and Chapter of Westminster for one year to June 24 last on the annuity to the ministers of the French Church in the Savoy. Money Book XI, p. 371.
Henry Guy to the Victualling Commissioners. My Lords agree to your calculation of the cost and charges of provisions to be sent to the West Indies, amounting to 13,085l. 2s. 8d. They will take care to satisfy same by 1,000l. a week, commencing from Wednesday next. Disposition Book X, p. 162.
Same to the Auditor of the Receipt to issue 5,908l. 8s. 7d. to Edward Russell on any unsatisfied order in his name as Treasurer of the Navy : to be to discharge the several quarters of the two Marine Regiments : and to be issued out of loans to be made by said Russell on credit of the Exchequer in general. Ibid.
Same to same to issue 2,554l. 9s. 6d. to the Earl of Ranelagh on any unsatisfied order in his name as Paymaster of the Forces : to be issued out of a loan to the like amount to be made by said Earl on credit of the Exchequer in general : and to be paid over to John Goudet and Company for furnishing the Earl of Monmouth's Regiment of Foot with clothing and other accoutrements. Ibid, p. 163.
Same to same to issue 374l. 9s. 0d. to Charles Fox and Lord Coningsby on any unsatisfied order in their names for the service of the Forces [in Ireland] : to be issued out of a loan to the like amount to be made by said Fox on credit of the Exchequer in General : and to be paid over to said John Goudet and Company for furnishing the Marquis de Ruvigny's Regiment of Horse with clothing and other accoutrements. Ibid.
Same to the Customs Commissioners. Speak with my Lords on the enclosed presentment [missing] from the Excise Commissioners. Out Letters (General) XIII, p. 133.
Same to the Victualling Commissioners. My Lords agree to your report concerning the hire of ships to carry provisions and soldiers to the West Indies. You are to contract for the transports accordingly. They will take care to furnish the moneys necessary.
Appending : said report, dated July 29. In 1690 we sent several prisoners to the West Indies, freight free [in his Majesty's ships] : but in the case of one ship which laded wholly with provisions we agreed to 30s. a ton for the one half and the other half to go freight free : which was 15s. a ton for the whole. In May, 1691, we had likewise provisions on some ships carried freight free. To one which carried only bread and oil we gave 17s. a ton in cask, which was about 34s. per ton [of] the usual tonnage for bread. In September, 1691, we laded about 440 tons of provisions. On 110 tons thereof, laden in three ships, we paid but 20s. a ton ; on 205 tons, laden in two ships, 30s. a ton ; and on 125 tons, laden in one ship, we paid 40s. a ton. All the freight was to be paid here in London on certificates of delivery in the West Indies.
We think the proposed freight of 20s. a ton is moderate for ships carrying any considerable quantity ; but those that carry less in proportion may accept of a less freight. If there be a considerable quantity of provisions to send, as we apprehend there may be, it will be impossible to procure freight at the proposed price unless all ships be obliged to take a proportion of the freight.
As to the freight for carrying soldiers, we have never had to do with that matter, but have heard that 4l. per head has been given when the owners of the ship found provisions for the soldiers. We think this is much dearer than what is now proposed. For we account the voyage may be performed in two months, and so the provisions for the men cannot at the most come to more than 40s. per man. Therefore we think the proposal of 20s. per man is indifferent ; nothing being reckoned for the freight of the provisions laden for them. Unless all the ships permitted to go be obliged to carry their proportion, no number of men can be transported on the terms proposed.
Six Freinds, 280 tons, 20 guns, 28 men : proposed by Capt. Hum. South and Richard Diamond : offers to carry provisions or stores from Portsmouth to the West Indies to the quantity of 200 tons at 20s. per ton : also a number of soldiers not exceeding 150 at 20s. per head, the King finding them provisions and hammocks to lie in ; the tonnage of their provisions to be accounted as part of the above 200 tons, but no freight to be reckoned for it : [further] proposeth to carry any provisions or stores [from London] to Portsmouth on their way on condition of protection for her men : the stores and soldiers for the West Indies to be shipped before Sept. 30 and the freight to be paid here [in London].
Dolphin pink, Jo[h]n Sanders master, 120 tons, 10 men : proposes to carry 100 tons of provisions and up to 50 soldiors on terms as above.
Mary and Hannagh, Thomas Morris master, 140 tons, 10 guns, 14 men : proposes to carry — tons of provisions and up to — soldiers on terms as above.
Ibid, pp. 333-4.
Henry Guy to Mr. Clarke to procure a royal warrant, to be signed by the Queen, to authorise the Paymasters of the Forces late in Ireland to pay 10l. to Col. Edward Wilson as royal bounty ; he being one of the officers that came in upon the capitulation of Limerick : and also 3l. 4s. 9d., lately directed out of a sum payable to him as per warrant of July 15 last. Out Letters (General) XIII, p. 334.
Henry Guy to the Customs Commissioners to permit the Prince of Brandenburg Anspach or any persons employed by him to export to Holland, Customs free, a coach which is preparing here for him. Out Letters (General) XIII, p. 334.
Same to the Earl of Montagu [Master of the Great Wardrobe] to report on the enclosed memorial [missing] of Thomas Freckleton, agent to Sir John Laniere's Regiment of Horse, concerning the 612l. 9s. 3d. alleged to be due to said Regiment for liveries, standards etc. Ibid.
Same to Mr. [Charles] Fox to report on the enclosed proposal [missing] of the abovesaid Freckleton concerning the money due for the clothing of the abovesaid Regiment. Ibid.
Treasury reference to the Surveyor General of Crown Lands of the petition of the Bishop of Lincoln for the grant of the fee of a piece of ground which he purchased between King Street and Swallow Street, on which he built a chapel and house for a schoolmaster. Reference Book VI, p. 415.
Same to the Warden etc. of the Mint of the petition of Sim. Harcourt, of the Crown Office, for payment of 10l. 5s. 0d. expended in prosecuting informations in the late reign against William Greenwood and William Cooper for uttering and exchanging clipped money. Ibid.
Henry Guy to the Revenue Commissioners, Ireland. You have not yet reported on Col. Schack's petition referred to you April 18 last. Send my Lords your opinion thereon forthwith. Out Letters (Ireland) VI, p. 188.
Aug. 3. Treasury warrant to the Auditor of the Receipt to register loans as follow on the second and fourth quarters respectively of the Quarterly Poll in the course as here set and in accordance with the like warrant of July 27 last, supra, pp. 1742-4, viz. : Money Book XI, pp. 373-4.
On the second quarter.
Nathaniell Gifford : 3,000l. : tally of loan dated July 28 : to be paid in course after 126,000l.
John Knight : 1,000l. : tally dated July 30 : to be paid in course after 10,500l.
Nathaniel Gifford : 5,000l. : tally of loan dated July 30 : to be paid in course after 5,500l.
On the fourth quarter.
William Wallis : 2,000l. : tally dated July 30 : payable after 46,662l.
Leonard Robinson : 3,700l. by tally dated Aug. 2 and 1,300l. by tally dated Aug. 3 : payable after 55,000l.
William Wallis : 3,000l. . tally dated July 30 : payable after 105,464l.
Money warrant for 5,000l. to Leonard Robinson, esq., in repayment of the like sum lent by him, as above, on credit of the Exchequer in General. Ibid, p. 372.
Same for 5,000l. to William Wallis in repayment of a like loan : tally of loan dated July 30. Ibid, p. 359.
Henry Guy to the Auditor of the Receipt to issue to me [Guy] for secret service the 400l. which will be paid into the Exchequer to-morrow by Visct. Newport, 350l. thereof on the first Poll and 50l. on the Review of the said Poll [representing assessments to the said taxes on the Royal Household]. Disposition Book X, p. 163.
Same to the Commissioners for Tin Farthings. I have read to my Lords your memorial of July 22 last, touching payment of a pension of 400l. per an. to Mris. Bridgett Darcy, charged upon you by the patent of June 3 last. My Lords agree to your payment of same from time to time according to the directions of said patent. Ibid, p. 166.
Same to Mr. Ayloffe, King's Remembrancer in the Exchequer, to pay into the Receipt by Tuesday next the 586l. 19s. 11½d. arisen out of the estate of the late Marquess of Powys, which money was put into your hands by order of the Exchequer Court. When you have paid it in my Lords will consider your petition for arrears of salary. Out Letters (General) XIII, p. 335.
Same to the Principal Officers of the Ordnance. In the payment of the transport ships you are to observe the directions given in the letters patent to Mr. Bowles concerning the admeasurement of the ships. Ibid.
Same to the Customs Commissioners to send an officer to Mr. Evelyn's house in Dover Street to visit his goods there in order to their transport to Ireland ; and to permit him to ship therewith three horses for his own use. Ibid.
Same to same. You have not yet employed Abraham Aldersey as requested May 2 last, supra, p. 1623. You are immediately to employ him as a quayman. Ibid, p. 336.
Treasury order to same to observe (a) infra.
Prefixing : (a) Order of the Queen in Council, dated Whitehall, July 1 last, granting permission to the Three Brothers, 130 tons, 12 men, and the William, 120 tons, 12 men, to go out to load salmon for the Straits, this being the only proper season of the year for sending out ships upon that trade : all on the petition of Joseph Jackson and others concerned in the salmon trade.
Out Letters (Customs) XII, p. 423.
Treasury reference to the Commissioners for Transportation of the petition of Arthur Shallett et al., shewing that in a former petition they desired 781l. 19s. 0d. for half a month's pay [of their ships' freight] towards defraying the great charge the owners of 12 ships had been at, which carried down men and horses to the buoy of the Nore in order to go for Holland, but [which] were remanded : further that said Shallett has lately furnished the Transports Commissioners with the ship Leopard for the said purpose, for which 286l. 16s. 0d. is due : therefore praying payment of said total of 1,068l. 15s. 0d., Shallett having much money to pay for Customs of wines etc. Reference Book VI, p. 415.
Same to the Customs Commissioners of the petition of John Johnson of London, goldsmith, for restoration of a parcel of silk which was sent to him from Holland and was landed without his privity at his house in Greenwich and there seized by Capt. Nash, a Customs officer at Gravesend. Ibid, p. 416.
Aug. 4. Treasury warrant to the Principal Officers of the Ordnance to apply the 9,698l. 15s. 2½d. directed this day, ut infra, p. 1755, to complete the 61,869l. 16s. 0d., being the share and proportion allotted to the Ordnance Office out of the 1,000,000l. appropriated by the Act [3 Wm. and Mary, c. 5] for the second Twelve Months' Aid. Money Book XI, p. 328.
Same to the Navy Commissioners to similarly apply the 5,000l. directed this day, ut supra, to wages of the Navy. Ibid, p. 344.
[?] Money warrants for the following sums in repayment of loans on credit of the Exchequer in general : viz. :
John Knight : 4,000l. : tally of loan dated July 26.
Nathaniell Gifford : 3,000l. : tally dated July 28.
ditto : 5,000l. : tally dated July 30.
John Knight : 1,000l. . tally dated July 30.
Ibid, pp. 340, 359.
Aug. 4. Treasury warrant dormant to John Knight, Customs Cashier, to pay the salary of 52l. per an. to Henry Esday, gent., as a King's waiter, London port, loco Charles Hanbury, surrendered. Ibid, p. 375.
Henry Guy to the Auditor of the Receipt to issue as follows out of the Exchequer : viz. : Disposition Book X, pp. 164-5.
l. s. d.
Out of 15,650l. of loans on the second Twelve Months' Aid ; 3,600l. of [money of or loans on] the first quarter of the Poll ; 2,700l. of ditto on the second quarter of same ; 2,591l. 3s. 0d. of general loans : making 24,541l. 3s. 0d. in all.
to the Earl of Ranelagh for a week's subsistence as well to the Forces in Flanders (including the Train of Artillery and contingencies) as to the Forces here 20,752 18 0
to ditto for the gunners in the several garrisons in further part of their arrear 107 18 4
to ditto to complete the extraordinary expense of the Hospital in Flanders 1,500 0 0
to ditto for Sir Joseph Herne towards reimbursing him the money returned [forwarded] by bills for the Hanover Forces 1,208 6 8
to ditto towards clearing the English [army] pensions to 1691, Aug. 31 300 0 0
to ditto for Monsieur Vander Esch to make the pay to the Regiments of [the Earl of] Athlone and Schack [equal to] English ; for six weeks 472 0 0
to ditto for Col. Ashton and Col. Bynns, upon their allowance of 1s. 3d. per diem 200 0 0
Out of loans on the second Twelve Months' Aid.
to the Treasurer of the Navy in further part of the million [appropriated by the Act of 3 Wm. and Mary, c. 5] : "and is for wages" 5,000 0 0
Out of general loans.
to ditto 1,000 0 0
to ditto for two frigates 1,000 0 0
to ditto for the Victuallers, for victualling the soldiers going to the Plantations 1,000 0 0
to ditto for the Sick and Wounded out of the Victuallers' proportion for June and July : and to be paid to the Receiver of the Sick and Wounded 1,600 0 0
to ditto, more for the said Receiver, upon account of prisoners of war 500 0 0
Out of loans on the second Twelve Months' Aid.
to the Treasurer of the Ordnance. 4,698 15
to ditto more, out of loans to be made by himself upon the said Aid 5,000 0 0
(This sum [9,698l. 15s. 2½d.] completes the Ordnance Office share of the 1,000,000l. appropriated as above.)
Out of general loans.
to ditto more upon account of the arrear to the [Artillery] Train in Flanders 2,000 0 0
to ditto for Visct. Castleton's tents 157 0 0
to ditto for the Duke of Leinster's tents 155 16 2
to ditto for tents for the Danes bought in lieu of those cast away at Ostend 123 19 9
to ditto upon the estimate for Sheerness 200 0 0
to Mr. Fox for the Danes in further part of 6,800l. 1,000 0 0
to ditto, upon account of small accoutrements 960 0 0
to ditto for Col. Wilson 13 4 9
to ditto for Monsieur Abely, a chirurgeon 45 0 0
to ditto for Ann Martin, widow 8 15 6
to ditto for Monsieur Vander Esch towards completing the English and Dutch Regiments 1,200 0 0
to ditto for the Commissioners of Transports upon account of the arrear due to the Scotch [ships] masters and of the month's advance of freight 300 0 0
to ditto for same upon account of provisions furnished by the Victualling Commissioners to several soldiers and Col. Trelawney's Regiment 502 12 10
Out of the Hereditary and Temporary Excise.
to the Cofferer of the Household 1,000 0 0
to the Master of the Horse for the Stables [accompanying the King] abroad 800 0 0
to me [Guy] for secret service 200 0 0
to the Earl of Monmouth 200 0 0
to Visct. Sidney as late Secretary of State : for secret service 500 0 0
to Mr. Richards for services payable in the Treasurer of the Chamber's Office 200 0 0
to Mr. Norris 24 9 7
£53,930 16
Henry Guy to the Auditor of the Receipt to issue 11,000l. to Visct. Newport, Treasurer of the Household, on any unsatisfied order in his name for the service of the Household : to be issued out of loans to be made by said Visct. or by Lancelot Burton on credit of the three fourths of the Customs. Disposition Book X, p. 165.
Same to Mr. [Aaron] Smith [Treasury Solicitor], enclosing a memorial or presentment [missing] from the Warden of the Mint concerning the clippings etc. [found in the possession] of convicts [and] seized by the sheriffs of London and others. You are to consult with the Attorney General some proper way or method for preserving their Majesties' right to such clippings. Out Letters (General) XIII, p. 336.
Same to Mr. Clark to procure a royal warrant, to be signed by the Queen, to authorise the Earl of Ranelagh, Paymaster of the Forces, to pay 14,198l. 13s. 4d. to Richard Alcock, Thomas Hawgood, William Hudson, Robert Lord and others for clothing and accoutrements by them furnished to the Regiments of Colonels Erle and Beveridge. Ibid.
Same to same for a same to authorise the Paymasters of the Forces lately in Ireland to pay 2,000l. clear of poundage to Henry, Visct. Sidney, and Thomas, now Lord Coningsby, for their providing proper equipages for themselves, as they were going Lords Justices to Ireland : to be in place of a like warrant which was signed by the King some time since, but, not being dated or countersigned, has not been acted upon. Ibid, p. 338.
The Treasury Lords to the Earl of Bedford, Lord Lieutenant of Middlesex, to discharge the officers, ministers and clerks of the Exchequer from attendance at the Militia or other military duties, in accordance with the ancient custom and privileges of the Receipt of the Exchequer, "whereof there can be no question made" : contrary whereto they are now summoned to attend the Militia. This letter is to be entered on the books and records of the Militia. Ibid, p. 337.
Same to Mr. Packer. You are to attend [to] the passing of your father's accounts relating to the new buildings at Greenwich, which now lie before Auditor Done. Ibid.
The Treasury Lords to Mr. William Robinson. Auditor Done has received an account of the provisions delivered out of the Stores in Ireland under your and Mr. Vanhomrigh's management. He cannot make a state of the said account by reason you have not charged yourselves with the money and provisions received, or from whom, nor produced any vouchers to justify your issues [of provisions]. Take speedy care herein. Out Letters (General) XIII, p. 337.
Same to Mr. Corbyn, enclosing a letter [missing] from Mr. Whitley relating to some books and certificates that are in your hands concerning the disbanding of the Army [new raised in 1678 for the war with the French King]. You are to attend the Auditors of Imprests forthwith with said books and certificates. Ibid, p. 338.
Treasury letters patent appointing Henry Esday a King's waiter, London port, loco Charles Hanbury, surrendered, who was thereto appointed 1688, June 15, loco Henry Titchburne. Out Letters (Customs) XII, pp. 430-1.
Treasury reference to the Customs Commissioners of the petition of Pyndar Ollerenshaw for a tidewaiter's place, London port. Reference Book VI, p. 415.
Same to the Auditors of Imprests of the petition of John Ady and Hen. Ballow, Deputy Chamberlains for joining tallies, praying payment of 40l. 1s. 0d. due to them for the fee of 2s. per 1,000l. for joining, entering and transcribing to the Pipe all tallies on the account of the Customs for the year ended 1690, Michaelmas : which tallies came to 400,576l. 9s. 0d. Ibid.
Same to the Surveyor General of Crown Lands of the petition of John Weekes to the Queen for the discharge of a rent of 10l. per an. on a small tenement in the manor of Bradninch, co. Devon : same being referred to the Treasury July 19 last. Ibid, p. 416.
Same to same of the petition of Sir John Manwaring for a new lease of the bailiwick of the Hundred of Northwich, to be passed together with the profits of Macclesfield Courts, formerly petitioned for. Ibid.
Same to Sir Christopher Wren of Mr. Negus's bill of 513l. 11s. 11d. of expenses for repairs in the Mews. Ibid, p. 417.
Report to the Queen from the Treasury Lords on the petition of Geo. Thoms (Thomas), master of the Three Johns of Jamaica, 40 tons, and of Jo[h]n Finch, master of the Greyhound, brigantine of Jamaica, praying leave to return with six men each to their habitations, their vessels being proper for that trade but not for the European trade. The owners, masters and mariners belong to Jamaica, and some have not been in England before for five years. They will give security not to take with them any seamen but what really belong to the Plantations.
Appending : report from the Customs Commissioners to the Treasury Lords on said petition : to the above effect.
Warrants not Relating to Money XIV, p. 54.
Henry Guy to the Revenue Commissioners, Ireland, enclosing the memorial [missing] of the Countess of Devonshire concerning the managing of Sir Lawrence Esmond's estate, who is now in France, and to whom she is guardian. My Lords direct you to take all possible care that the estate be managed to the best advantage. Out Letters (Ireland) VI, p. 188.
Report to the Treasury Lords from William Blathwaite [as Auditor of the Plantations] on the petition of John Addis, ut supra, p. 1727. By letters of Mar. 4 last from Col. Kendall, Governor in Chief of Barbados, to the Committee of Trade and Plantations, it appears that upon the coming of the French squadron of ships of war into the West Indies and the danger he apprehended to the Leeward Islands and the merchants' fleet there, Col. Kendall hired a small vessel on purpose to give the speediest account that might be of the condition and circumstances of their Majesties' affairs as well in relation to the ships of war as other matters of importance there. This vessel he certified to the Navy Commissioners to be the brigantine Expedition, Samuel Harris master, and that the master is to be allowed 90l. for that service. Col. Kendal has drawn a bill for 90l. on the said Commissioners. If the Treasury do not enable them to satisfy same it will discourage masters of ships in the West Indies from hiring their vessels for their Majesties' service upon the like emergency. Out Letters (Plantations Auditor) I, pp. 381-2.
[? Aug. 5.] Money warrant for 875l. to the Marquess of Carmarthen in repayment of so much lent by him the 5th inst. on credit of the Exchequer in general.
2,400l. to Leonard Robinson in like repayment of a like loan made the 5th inst.
Money Book XI, p. 372.
Aug. 5. Same for 24l. 9s. 7d. to Jo. Norris, joiner [to the Privy Chamber], for 1¼ years to June 24 last on his allowance of 1s. a day and 1l. 6s. 8d. per an. for a livery. Ibid, p. 375.
Henry Guy to the Auditor of the Receipt to issue 5,500l. to John Richards on any unsatisfied order in his name for services payable in the Treasurer of the Chamber's Office : to be issued out of loans to be made by said Richards on credit of the three fourths of the Customs. Disposition Book X, p. 166.
Same to same to issue 3,500l. to Ralph, Earl of Montague, Master of the Great Wardrobe, similarly for the service of the Great Wardrobe [out of loans etc. ut supra]. Ibid.
Same to the Attorney General to report on the enclosed state [missing] of Lady Bellew's case ; particularly advise whether her estate be forfeited. Out Letters (General) XIII, p. 338.
Same to the Excise Commissioners. Send my Lords a list of all your officers in the city and country : their names, particulars of offices and salaries. (The like letter to the Principal Officers of the Ordnance.) Ibid, p. 339.
Treasury order to the Customs Commissioners to observe (a) infra.
Prefixing : (a) Order of the Queen in Council, dated Whitehall, Aug. 1 inst., permitting the ship Loyal Mount Eagle, William Deacon master, 140 tons, 22 men, to sail to Sophia in Barbary on security to return to England before the end of February next : all on the petition of William Richardson.
Out Letters (Customs) XII, pp. 423-4.
The like Treasury order on the like Council Order for leave to the Industry, George Stevens master, to sail to Santa Cruz in Barbary : all on the petition of Thomas Pindar. Out Letters (Customs) XII, p. 424.
Treasury reference to Sir Christopher Wren of Michael Studholme's estimate for reparations necessary on the Gravel Walk between Whitehall and Kensington ; amounting to 188l. 17s. 4d. Reference Book VI, p. 416.
Same to the Surveyor General of Crown Lands and to Phillip Ryley, Surveyor General of Woods, Trent South, of the petition of Mary Calfe to the Queen, shewing that the forest of St. Leonards in Sussex, with the appurtenances (except the iron mills in it and the liberty of taking iron ore and 250 load of coal and 30 cord of wood yearly for the use of the said mills), is vested in petitioner ; and the excepted premises are likewise in her for 31 years from 1662, June 27, at 36l. 13s. 4d. per an. : therefore praying that the said exception may be discharged by a grant under a perpetual rent of 36l. 13s. 4d. per an. Ibid.
Aug. 6. Royal warrant, under the Queen's sign manual, to the Attorney or Solicitor General for a great seal for a grant to Sir Joseph Herne et al. of quit rents as follows in the form of an indenture [subsequently] dated Aug. 9, between their Majesties of the one part and Sir Joseph Herne, Sir Stephen Evance of London, kts., and William Scawen of London, esq. The said three persons have advanced or lent, or agreed forthwith to advance 30,000l. sterling and further before Michaelmas, 1694, will lend hereafter "some further sum" for their Majesties' occasions in Ireland, according to agreements to be made between them and the Chief Governors of Ireland. In consideration thereof and to secure the repayment thereof with 10 per cent. interest (being the lawful interest in the kingdom of Ireland), their Majesties hereby demise, grant, bargain and sell to them all the quit rents of 3d. per English acre per an. in the Province of Leinster ; and of 2¼d. per acre per an. in the Province of Munster ; and of 1½d. per acre per an. in the Province of Connaught ; and of 2d. per acre per an. in the Province of Ulster ; and of 1s. 6d. yearly out of every 20s. rent for which any house or tenements were granted in any Corporations in Ireland which were allotted to any person to satisfy arrears due to any commissioned officer who served Charles I or Charles II in the wars in Ireland before 5 June, 1649 ; and of all and every the annual quit rents payable by adventurers, soldiers, reprized persons or officers under the Act of Settlement and Act of Explanation or by any other Act of Parliament whatsoever or payable likewise on lands set out for the augmentation of bishoprics, for endowments of parochial churches with glebes, for the support of Trinity College, the maintenance of Duncannon Fort, the benefit of the Corporation of Bandon Bridge, or on lands enjoyed by transplanted persons in the Province of Connaught in County Clare and on all other lands seized and sequestered by reason of the Rebellion : and also all chief rents, Crown rents, rents service, rents of inheritance, rents of assize, rents charge, rents seck or dry rents, fee farm rents, rents or leases, custodiam rents, composition rents or composition money, Exchequer rents, rents nomine decimae or vicesimae, assart rents, rents due for purprestures arrented, copyhold rents and other rents payable to their Majesties in Ireland now in charge or existent : all to hold to them and the said Herne, Evance and Scawen, their assigns etc. for 21 years : they paying therefor a peppercorn rent yearly on May 1 at Strongbow's tomb in Dublin.
The said Herne, Evance and Scawen undertake within 60 days of the making of this indenture to pay the said 30,000l. into the Exchequer, Ireland. Full aid of the Exchequer to be given them in getting in the said rents and they to have access to all records relating thereto.
Nevertheless the Crown to have the right during said term of 21 years to moderate the quit rents upon the most coarse and barren and insolvent lands in Ireland so as to encourage plantation answerable to the clause in the Act of Explanation. Provided also that on due repayment by the Crown of said 30,000l. (viz. by successive quarters thereof at Lady day, 1693, Michaelmas, 1693, Lady day, 1694, and Michaelmas, 1694), and on due repayment (at dates to be agreed hereafter) of any such "further sum" as above and interest thereon ; then the present demise shall be void and of none effect : but in default of such repayment they shall hereby quietly enjoy the full of said term. But until some such default be made in the repayment of the said moneys it shall be lawful for their Majesties to receive and enjoy the said rents to their own use and behoof without impediment or interruption from the said Herne, Evance and Scawen.
King's Warrant Book XVI, pp. 285-96.
Royal warrant, under the Queen's sign manual, to the Attorney or Solicitor General for a great seal for a grant to Thomas Neale of all mines of gold and silver and royal mines whatsoever and of all mines of lead, tin, copper and other mines whatsoever, and all mines, minerals or veins of saltpetre and all earth, soils and ground for the making of saltpetre and all minerals, earths, stones and salts whatsoever, open or not and discovered or not, within all and every their Majesties' Plantations or Colonies in America, excepting only the Colonies of New England, Virginia and all parts northward of Carolina : with free liberty to him to search, dig and open etc., etc. ; to hold for 51 years from date hereof : rendering to the Crown a sixth part of the gold and silver, to be paid into the Exchequer, England ; and a sixth part of the saltpetre, to be served into the Ordnance Office Stores ; and a tenth part of all lead, tin, copper, minerals and other the said premises. He to keep and render fair accounts, to be open to Treasury inspection. Neale is further hereby empowered to enter and work upon any mines or minerals formerly granted to Christopher, Duke of Albemarle, deceased, or any others, in all cases where the grants thereof are void by reason of not working or for any other reason. This grant to be void if Neale do not open or work some mine or mines within each of the herein Colonies or Plantations before Michaelmas, 1693. King's Warrant Book XVI, pp. 303-5.
Royal warrant for 2,500l. to William D'Nassau, Master of the Robes ; upon account for the use and service of the Robes. (Money warrant dated Aug. 9 hereon.) (Money order dated Aug. 12 hereon.) (Henry Guy to the Auditor of the Receipt to pay same out of loans to be made into the Exchequer by said William D'Nassau on credit of the three fourths of the Customs.) King's Warrant Book XVI, p. 306. Money Book XI, p. 376. Order Book III, p. 291. Disposition Book X, p. 170.
Same for 4,000l. to Charles, Duke of Schonberg, for one year to Dec. 31 next by way of advance on his pension. (Money warrant dated Aug. 23 hereon.) (Money order dated Aug. 26 hereon.) King's Warrant Book XVI, p. 310. Money Book XI, p. 386. Order Book III, p. 297.
Royal sign manual for 500l. to Henry, Visct. Sidney, late one of the Principal Secretaries of State : for secret service : without account. (Money warrant dated Aug. 9 hereon.) (Money order dated Aug. 10 hereon.) King's Warrant Book XVI, p. 311. Order Book III, p. 291.
Same for 20l. to James Roach for half a year to Aug. 1 inst. on his allowance as royal bounty for swimming the Derry at the time of the siege of Londonderry : and 50l. to Ann Fitzharrey for 25 weeks, Feb. 25 last to the 18th inst., on her allowance of 40s. per week. (Money warrant dated Aug. 10 hereon.) (Money order dated Aug. 12 hereon.) King's Warrant Book XVI, p. 311. Order Book III, p. 294.
Royal warrant discharging George Sayer, his executors, assigns etc. from the payment and delivery of 19 loads of hay and 16½ quarters of oats and from all arrears thereof to which he is liable under the lease of the manors of Chertsey and Hardwich, co. Surrey, granted 1672, July 21, to Denzill, Lord Holles, et al., in trust for the Queen Consort, and since, viz. 1687, July 1, granted by said Queen Consort to said Sayer for 31 years. King's Warrant Book XVI, pp. 312-3.
Royal sign manual for 4,000l. to John Braguiere : without account : to be distributed among the distressed French Protestants as the Queen's charity and benevolence for their relief and subsistence. (Money warrant dated Aug. 9 hereon.) (Money order dated Aug. 11 hereon.) Ibid, p. 313. Order Book III, p. 295.
Treasury warrant to the Receipt to issue 200l. to William Aldworth on the unsatisfied order of 1690-1, Mar. 9, supra, p. 1049, in his name : to be satisfied by tallies on the Receiver of Crown Revenues in Yorks, Durham or Northumberland. This sum will complete 500l. directed for by said order. Money Book XI, p. 375.
Henry Guy to Mr. Knight [Customs Cashier] to forthwith pay into the Exchequer 500l. of the fourth of the Customs. Disposition Book X, p. 166.
Same to the Auditor of the Receipt to issue the abovesaid 500l. to me [Guy] for secret service : also to issue 22l. 10s. 0d. to the clerks of the Treasurer's Remembrancer's Office ; out of the small branches of the revenue. Ibid.
Same to same to issue 11,000l. to Francis, Visct. Newport, Cofferer of the Household, for the service of the Household : to be issued out of loans to be made by said Visct. or by Mr. Lancelot Burton, on credit of the three fourths of the Customs. Ibid, p. 167.
Henry Guy to the Auditor of the Receipt to issue to Hen. D'Nassau, Master of the Horse, 3,000l. : out of loans to be made by said D'Nassau on credit of the three fourths of the Customs. Disposition Book X, p. 170.
Same to the Customs Commissioners, enclosing a presentment [missing] from the Principal Commissioners for Prizes, desiring liberty to bring into the Thames the St. John Baptist, now lying in Yarmouth port, and lately condemned for a prize. You are to permit her to be brought under convoy. Out Letters (General) XIII, p. 338.
Same to Mr. Boothe, enclosing a petition [missing] of John Fisher and James Ammond, pretending to belong to the smack which was carrying Visct. Preston etc. into France, and praying some reward. Certify my Lords whether they did belong to the said smack and how far they were instrumental in seizing the said lord. Ibid, p. 339.
Same to Mr. Tayler [Deputy Surveyor General of Crown Lands] to report a ratal of the piece of ground near Piccadilly petitioned for by the Bishop of Lincoln. Ibid.
Same to Mr. Clarke to procure a royal warrant, to be signed by the Queen, to authorise the Paymasters of the Forces lately in Ireland to pay 374l. 9s. 0d. to John Goudet upon account for clothing Visct. Galway's Regiment of Horse. Ibid.
Same to same for a same to authorise same to pay as follows : viz. :
50l. to Brigadier La Meloniere on account for subsistence for the wives and families of his Regiment.
50l. to Col. Du Cambon for ditto.
50l. to Col. Bellcastle for ditto.
45l. to Monsieur Abely in full of his arrears as chirurgeon to the Hospital in Ireland.
8l. 15s. 6d. to Ann Martin, widow, in full of her husband's pay as late Lieutenant in the late Lieut. Gen. Douglas's Regiment now under Col. Row.
300l. to the Commissioners of the Transports on account for the Scotch [ship] masters for the monthly advance [on their freight contract].
Ibid, p. 340.
Treasury order to the Customs Commissioners to observe (a) infra.
Prefixing : (a) Order of the Queen in Council, dated Whitehall, Aug. 1 inst., for ships to do quarantine at the Hope as follows ; allowing to ships which have remained in any port of Ireland, Scotland, the Scilly Isles or Isle of Man a deduction of the time they have stayed there. At the end of the quarantine the Customs officers concerned are to certify that they have frequently mustered the men on board during the quarantine and the ship's master is to take an oath before a mayor or magistrate as to the ship's health before the ship be discharged. The present order is made on a report from the Customs Commissioners dated July 27 last. The information of the sickness at Jamaica and the Leeward Islands came from Mr. Napper, surveyor of Customs at Penzance, the 10th inst., giving an account of two vessels arrived from Jamaica, one of which had lost five men and the other agreed that the sickness increased rather than diminished at Jamaica. Major Lane, surveyor of the Navigation [Act], and Mr. Whitehall were instructed to repair down the river to execute the quarantine at Hole Haven, but reported that the Hope is more a convenient and safe place for ships from the West Indies. Capt. Nash, an officer of good experience, who remembers the keeping a former quarantine on ships from Holland, agrees therewith, as generally the ships from the West Indies are of larger burthen.
Out Letters (Customs) XII, pp. 425-6.
Treasury order to the Customs Commissioners to observe (a) infra.
Prefixing : Order of the Privy Council, dated July 28 last, for permitting the following ships to proceed on their voyages to Africa : viz. : Tyger, William Gething commander, 380 tons ; Coast Frigate, John Ely commander, 320 tons ; Anne, James Leach commander, 220 tons ; America, John Brome commander, 300 tons ; with [a total of] 200 men : on the petition of the Royal Africa Company, shewing that at their great charge the trade of Africa is preserved to this nation by several castles and forts with men answerable thereto, and that for their relief they are now fitting out the said four ships with English manufacture, provisions and stores, which those parts much want : the Admiralty Lords having at first objected to the Tyger and Coast Frigate going, as being vessels fit to be employed as men of war, but having since hired two ships more useful instead thereof.
Out Letters (Customs) XII, p. 427.
Treasury reference to Mr. Harbord [Surveyor General of Crown Lands] of the petition of Philip Bickerstaff for a lease of all the mines of lead and ore and other poor ore in co. Merioneth, reserving to the Crown a thirteenth part of all such ore clean, well washed and merchantable. Reference Book VI, p. 417.
Treasury warrant to the Excise Commissioners to allow in account to the several collectors of Excise as follows the loss on cracked money : the said Commissioners having, in accordance with the Order in Council of 1689, Nov. 21, directed the said receivers to accept all cracked money tendered to them in payment of Excise as if same were current coin.
Appending : list of such cracked moneys :
South Devon ; Stephen Coven, collector : 300l. cracked money : loss on refining, 66l. 11s. 8¾d.
South Devon ; Charles Ambrose, collector : cracked money, 480l. : loss on refining, 106l. 10s. 9d.
Dorsetshire ; John Bushell, collector : cracked money, 157l. : loss on refining, 34l. 16s. 11¼d.
Essex ; John Rampley, collector : cracked money, 236l. : loss on refining, 52l. 7s. 7¼d.
Cornwall ; John Carwithen, collector : cracked money, 32l. 4s. 6d. loss on refining, 7l. 3s. 0½d.
Cambridge ; Andrew Clayton, collector : cracked money, 173l. 12s. 0d. loss on refining, 38l. 0s. 7½d.
Berkshire ; Henry Martin, collector ; cracked money, 63l. : loss on refining, 13l. 19s. 8d.
Derbyshire ; John Hawkins, collector : cracked money, 40l. : loss on refining, 8l. 17s. 6¾d.
Somerset ; Roger Mallock, collector : cracked money, 181l. : loss on refining, 40l. 3s. 5½d.
Westmorland ; William Benson, collector : cracked money, 16l. : loss on refining, 3l. 11s. 0¼d.
Lancashire ; Thomas Ashurst, collector : cracked money, 3l. 1s. 3d. : loss on refining, 13s. 7¼d.
North Devon ; Edmond Aram, collector : cracked money, 26l. 14s. 6d. : loss on refining, 5l. 18s. 7½d.
(Totals : cracked moneys, 1,708l. 12s. 3d. : loss on refining, 379l. 4s. 7½d.)
Warrants not Relating to Money XIV, p. 55.
[? Aug. 6.] Henry Guy to the Revenue Commissioners, Ireland, to pass, Customs free, the goods imported for Col. Abraham Creighton's Regiment.
Appending : schedule of said goods (crimson shag for officers' breeches ; water gilt breast metal buttons ; silver and gold loop lace and hatbands ; silver twist ; blocked tin buttons for livery coats for officers).
Out Letters (Ireland) VI, p. 188.
Aug. 6. Royal warrant to Visct. Sidney etc. for a patent to pass the great seal of Ireland to empower Thomas, Lord Coningsby, and Charles Fox, or any Receivers General of Revenue or Paymasters of the Forces, Ireland, to constitute Elnathan Lumm as Deputy Receiver of said Revenue for the immediate receipt and payment of said revenue : with the salary of 600l. per an. over and above the salaries of his clerks etc. : to commence from Michaelmas, 1692 : he to have said office and salary until such time as the sum of 30,000l. lent or agreed to be lent, ut supra, pp. 1759-60, by Sir Joseph Herne, Sir Stephen Evance and William Scawen and any other sums, ut ibid., with interest thereon, be repaid and satisfied : and to continue in said office thereafter during royal pleasure. He first to give fit security and the said Receivers General or their successors not to be answerable for any acts, failures or defaults of the said Lumm. Ibid, pp. 189-91.
Aug. 7. Same to Thomas, Lord Coningsby, and Charles Fox, Paymasters of the Forces lately in Ireland, to pay 74l. 4s. 0d. to John Knight, Customs Cashier, to be by him placed to the account of Richard Bere, late a collector of Customs in Carlisle port. representing disbursements for the subsistence of 12 Irish soldiers at 4d. a day each, who were secured (being Papists) in Carlisle garrison from 1689, Nov. 25, to 1690, Dec. 1 ; which disbursements he made out of the moneys of his receipt by order of Charles, Earl of Shrewsbury, then [a] Principal Secretary of State. (Henry Guy, dated Aug. 9, to the Customs Commissioners enclosing copy of this warrant to be entered with the Comptroller of the Customs.) King's Warrant Book XVI, pp. 309-10. Out Letters (General) XIII, p. 341.
Henry Guy to the Auditor of the Receipt to issue 3,000l. to Ralph, Earl of Montague, Master of the Great Wardrobe, on any unsatisfied order in his name for the service of said Wardrobe : to be issued out of loans to be made by said Earl on credit of the three fourths of the Customs. Disposition Book X, p. 172.
Same to same to issue 5,500l. to John Richards for the Treasurer of the Chamber's Office : out of loans to be made by said Richards on credit as above. Ibid.
Aug. 9. Money warrant for 10,000l. to John Richards, gent., as imprest for wages, bills etc. payable in the Office of the Treasurer of the Chamber : to be paid according to such orders as he shall receive from the Treasury Lords. (Money order dated Aug. 11 hereon.) Money Book XI, p. 371. Order Book III, p. 292.
Money warrant for 1,000l. to Aubrey, Earl of Oxford, for one year to Christmas last on his annuity as a Gentleman of the Bedchamber. (Money order dated Aug. 11 hereon.) Money Book XI, p. 371. Order Book III, p. 294.
Same for 1,000l. to Leonard Robinson in repayment of the like sum by him lent the 8th inst. on credit of the Exchequer in general. Money Book XI, p. 372.
Same for 4,500l. to William Smith, Receiver and Paymaster of the Band of Gentlemen Pensioners ; as imprest for said Band for three quarters to 1692, Lady day. (Money order dated Aug. 11 hereon.) Ibid, p. 376. Order Book III, p. 291.
Same for 22l. 10s. 0d. to the clerks of the Treasurer's Remembrancer's Office for two years ended 1692, Easter term, on their ancient fee payable every two years. Money Book XI, p. 376.
Same for 166l. 13s. 4d. to John, Lord Lovelace, Chief Justice in Eyre, Trent South, for one year to Easter last on his fees of 100l. and 66l. 13s. 4d. per an. Ibid, p. 377.
Same for 5,876l. 7s. 6d. to Henry, Seigneure D'Auverquere, Master of the Horse : without account : for the use of the Stables : to be paid by way of advance for the year commencing 1691-2, Jan. 1. (Money order dated Aug. 12 hereon.) Ibid, p. 378. Order Book III, p. 292.
Same for 90l. to Samuell Bradshaw, Receiver General of the first Twelve Months' Aid for co. Derby, for his extraordinary expenses in that receipt.
88l. 16s. 0d. to Robert Chaplin for same as same in co Suffolk.
136l. 10s. 0d. to Edward Mitchell for same as same in co. Gloucester.
323l. 6s. 9d. to George Howells for same as same in Glamorgan, Pembroke and Haverford West and for the Review and Additional Poll, 12d. Aid, 2s. Aid and Additional 12d. Aid and second Poll in co. Glamorgan.
8l. to Maurice Davies as same for the first Six Months' Aid in co. Merioneth.
(Money orders dated Aug. 15 hereon.)
Money Book XI, p. 379. Order Book III, p. 293.
Henry Guy to the Auditor of the Receipt to issue 2,000l. to the abovesaid Fox and Coningsby : to be employed to satisfy the persons who clothed the Regiment of Brigadier Churchill in this present year 1692 : same to be issued out of the like sum to be lent into the Exchequer by said Fox on credit of the three fourths of the Customs. It is agreed that interest at 6 per cent. shall be paid on 1,000l. of said 2,000l. from the date of the tallies of loan and on the remaining 1,000l. thereof only from Dec. 25 next. Disposition Book X, p. 167.
Same to same to issue 2,000l. to same : to be paid over to Mr. Phillip Colby for the remainder due to him for clothing Col. Ferdinando Hastings' Regiment : to be issued out of loans to be made by said Fox on the same fund : interest thereon to be reckoned as above. Ibid, p. 170.
Henry Guy to the Auditor of the Receipt to issue 3,000l. to William Smith for half a year's wages and board wages to the Band of Gentlemen Pensioners : to be issued out of loans to be made by said Smith into the Exchequer on credit of the three fourths of the Customs. Disposition Book X, p. 167.
Same to the Customs Commissioners to deliver to a person to be appointed by the Queen 510 tons of turf arrived from Holland in the Orange Tree for her use. Out Letters (General) XIII, p. 339.
Same to Mr. Knight. I have read to my Lords your state of the revenue of several bishoprics lately vacant. You are to deliver to the King's Remembrancer the bonds taken by you from Thomas Newcomb, late Receiver of that revenue for the bishopric of Ely, Edward Aire, late same for the bishopric of Norwich, and William Hughes, late same for the bishopric of Bath and Wells ; to the end process may issue against them for not duly accounting for their receipts. Ibid, p. 340.
Treasury warrant to the Customs Commissioners to employ Jas. Purnell as boatman at Gadcomb in Bristol port loco Howell Beavan, dismissed. Out Letters (Customs) XII, p. 421.
Treasury order to same to observe (a) infra.
(a) Prefixing : Order of the Privy Council, dated Whitehall, Aug. 8 inst., for the Customs officers appointed to execute the quarantine at Plymouth to dip in vinegar and to smoke and then to deliver all the letters on board the Pembroke sloop now at Plymouth.
Ibid, p. 428.
Same to same to observe (a) infra.
Prefixing : the like Order calling for an account from the Customs officers of what ships have actually gone out since May 1 last upon the several trades following, viz. East India, African, Italian, Portugal, Canary and Turkey ; and what number of men each ship was allowed.
Ibid.
Treasury reference to William Harbord [as Surveyor General of Crown Lands] of the petition to the Queen from the Earl of Macclesfield, shewing that there are some marks or symptoms of lead and other ore, not royal, within the parishes of Llanelltyd, Dolgelly, Llanfachreth, Llanaber and Llanenddwyn in co. Merioneth and several meeres or pounds [ponds] upon the mountainous parts of the parish : therefore praying a grant of the said meeres or ponds and all mines and quarries other than royal mines in all the wastes or commons of the said parishes. Reference Book VI, p. 417.
Same to the Agents for Taxes of the petition of Ralph Williamson for payment of 986l. [being his extraordinary charges] for returns of his collections of 98,608l. 14s. 7½d. of the moneys of the first Twelve Months' Aid for cos. York, Durham and Northumberland. Ibid.
Same to the Customs Commissioners of the petition of Nicho. Harding, shewing that there is a patent in the name of John Dryden in trust for James Holsall, lately dead, for the place of Collector of Petty Customs [London], in which office petitioner has been deputy for 20 years : therefore praying a grant of said office. Ibid.
Entry of a Treasury caveat in behalf of Fran. Courtney, William [Cholwych] and John Cholwych in the names of several of the gentry and freeholders of co. Devon that no grant pass of the sandy and oozey grounds within the said county till they be first heard. Caveat Book, p. 28.
Aug. 10. Money warrant for 2,000l. to Sir Stephen Evance in repayment of a loan to that amount made by him on credit of the Exchequer in general. Money Book XI, p. 372.
Treasury warrant to the Receipt for tallies to discharge the baronetcy fee of 1,095l. due from Sir Edmond Doyley. Ibid, p. 377.
Henry Guy to the Auditor of the Receipt to issue as follows out of the small branches of the revenue : viz. : Disposition Book X, p. 170.
l. s. d.
to Baron Bradbury 81 13 4
to me [Guy] for secret service 10 0 0
Same to the Customs Commissioners to permit the return to Holland, Customs free, of three boxes of chocolate lately arrived from Holland in the ship whereof Capt. Van Laer is master. Out Letters (General) XIII, p. 340.
Same to Mr. Smith [Treasury Solicitor] to pay Joshua Loggin 46l. for his charges in taking and keeping possession of Lambeth House for the Crown. Ibid.
Same to the Customs Commissioners to permit the export to Scotland, Customs free, of things in the enclosed note [missing] for the use of Sir Thomas Levingston's Regiment of Dragoons. Ibid, p. 341.
Treasury warrant to same to employ Geo. Savill as surveyor of Bristol port loco Fra. Leicester, deceased.
Mathias Sandwell as waiter and searcher at Exeter loco said Savill.
Out Letters (Customs) XII, p. 421.
Treasury order to same to observe (a) infra.
Prefixing : (a) Order of the Privy Council, dated Whitehall, Aug. 8, that all masters and owners of ships that gave bond last year for proceeding to their port of destination "or some other place in the dominions of their Majesties' allies" do return before Michaelmas next the certificates of the discharge of their ladings in the said ports according to the tenour of their said bonds : otherwise the bonds to be prosecuted.
Ibid, p. 428.
Same to same to observe (a) infra.
Prefixing : a like order, granting leave to the Berkcley Castle, Thomas Barrett commander, 550 tons, 48 guns, 140 men, to proceed to Italy on security to return with her crew in March next : she being a ship of good force and almost fully laden on a general trade by several merchants trading to Italy.
The like for the ships Three Johns and Greyhound brigantine to return to Jamaica with six men each.
The like for the John and William to return to Barbados with 10 men.
Ibid, p. 429.
Treasury order to the Customs Commissioners to observe (a) infra.
Prefixing : (a) a like order to admit to entry the ship East India Merchant, Thomas Sherley commander, lately arrived from Jamaica without performing quarantine, if on enquiry the facts stated in the petition of Ruth Mudd et al., owners and freighters of the said ship, prove true.
Out Letters (Customs) XII, p. 429.
Treasury reference to the Earl of Ranelagh and Mr. Crawford of the petition of the officers of Col. D'Offarrell's Regiment, praying an allowance of levy money for recruits and for their [the recruits'] pay, subsistence etc., from the time they were raised [in England or Ireland] to the time they were mustered in Holland. Reference Book VI, p. 417.
Report to the Queen from the Treasury Lords on the petition of John St. Leger, esq. By the report of the Lord Lieutenant herewith [missing] thereon it appears that St. Leger has suffered in his estate by the rebels there to the value of above 6,000l., and thereby he and his family are reduced to great necessity. Petitioner offers to discover some concealments of mortgages, bonds etc. utterly unknown to the Revenue Commissioners, Ireland, and prays a grant of what he shall recover thereof to the Crown on his answering one fourth thereof to the Crown. We think petitioner may have the aid of the Exchequer for recovery of the said moneys and that a third thereof may go to the Crown and two thirds to him as royal bounty. Warrants not Relating to Money XIV, p. 56.
[?] Entry of the [Treasury Lords' signature of the] docquet of a lease to Thomas Potter of a piece of land and shop thereon near St. James's Palace, ut supra, p. 1732. Ibid.
Aug. 10. Treasury warrant to the Surveyor General of Crown Lands for a particular of all those lands called Whitwell, parcel of the manor of Fordington, co. Dorset, and of the fishery of said manor, all parcel of the Duchy of Cornwall ; in order to a new lease thereof to Eliz. Loup for 31 years at 43s. 4d. per an. and 20s. per an. for the fishery, and fine of 50l.
Prefixing : report by William Tailer, Deputy Surveyor General of Crown Lands, on said Loup's petition. The premises were granted 1661, Aug. 8, to Thomas Loup. On 8 May, 1662, he assigned to John Loup, petitioner's late husband. Sir Charles Harbord valued them at 12l. per an. : they have been formerly let for 13l. per an., but petitioner alleges that lands are much fallen in those parts, and she cannot get above 10l. per an. for them. They are only a barren down, incapable of improvement and without a house.
Ibid, p. 57.