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| Date. |
Nature and Substance of the Entry. |
Reference. |
| Jan. 16. |
Treasury warrant dormant to the Farmers of Post
Fines to pay the executors of Dame Barbara Villiers
the annuity or yearly rent of 500l. granted to her
by Charles II for 31 years from 1662, Michaelmas :
viz. the arrears thereon and the growing payments
thereon for the future : it appearing from a certificate
of Sir Robert Clayton of Nov. 15 last that said
annuity has been paid only to 1686, Lady day. |
Money Book X, p. 551. |
|
Same to Mr. Fox [Customs Cashier] to pay the salary
of 20l. per an. to Richard Patrickson as searcher of
Carlisle port. |
Ibid, p. 552. |
|
Treasury reference to Phillip Ryley [as Surveyor
General of Woods] of the petition of Lord Lovelace,
praying a grant of the purprestures and encroachments
in New Forest as granted by Charles I to
— Chamberlain, esq., at 4l. per an. rent :
several such purprestures etc. having been since
made in said forest. |
Reference Book VI, p. 266. |
|
Same to Sir Christopher Wren of the petition of said
Lord Lovelace for a grant of the piece of ground
measuring 40 foot from the wall of the royal garden
by St. James's Park, which piece was reserved
for the King's use out of the grant to Henry, late
Earl of St. Albans, of all the waste ground from
the wall of the said royal garden by the said park. |
Ibid. |
|
Same to the Earl of Ranelagh of the petition of Sir
Ste. Evans, William Scawen and company, shewing
that they contracted with the Honble. Col. Cha.
Churchill for clothes and accoutrements for his
Regiment to the amount of 3,124l. 18s. 7d. ; to be
paid out of the Regiment's offreckonings from
time to time ; but as yet there have been no clearing
or offreckonings allowed to the said Regiment :
therefore praying a tally (with interest) to be
charged on the Act for continuing several new
impositions [2 Wm. and Mary, Sess. 2, c. 5] in
course after the States General shall be satisfied
[their 600,000l. charged on 1 Wm. and Mary, c 28,
appropriated on the same duties continued by
2 Wm. and Mary, Sess. 2, c. 5]. |
Ibid, p. 267. |
| Jan. 17. |
William Jephson to the Excise Commissioners to
pay to the Queen Dowager 3,052l. 8s. 9½d. for last
Christmas quarter on her annuity, paying
552l. 8s. 9½d. thereof forthwith and the remainder
by 500l. a week successively. |
Disposition Book IX,
p. 58. |
|
Same to the Earl of Ranelagh. The King has directed
that the Irish prisoners that are going from Ireland
to Ostend should have at their landing 12d. a day
[each] for their officers and 4d. a day [each] for the
common soldiers "till his Majesty disposes of them."
You are to write to Mr. Schulenberg to furnish
1,000l. forthwith to be disposed among said prisoners
accordingly by your deputy there [Ostend] ; likewise
1,000l. more for Col. Fitzpatrick's Regiment on
account of pay ; and the like for the Regiment of
Fusiliers. Please instruct Mr. Schulenberg to draw
bills on you for said 3,000l. |
Ibid. |
William Jephson to the Customs Commissioners, enclosing
a letter [missing ; sent] to Lord Howard of
Effingham with a bill of lading and a schedule (a) infra
[relating to pirates' goods].
Appending : (a) said schedule, being "an account
of the money, plate and goods which were seized
from Edward Davis, Lionel Delawafer and Jo[h]n
Hinton and shipped on board the Effingham, John
Purvis master, and consigned to Francis, Lord
Howard, and taken June the 26th, 1690" : with
reference therein to a previous account of part
thereof drawn up by William Cole, esq., and Capt.
Symon Rowe. |
Out Letters (General) XII,
pp. 440-1. |
|
Treasury reference to same of the petition of Benj.
Thoroll, praying the first vacancy of a landwaiter's
place [London port]. |
Reference Book VI, p. 267. |
| Jan. 19. |
William Jephson to Mr. Sotherne [Secretary to the
Admiralty], enclosing a memorial from Mr. Byrne
for protections to seamen as follows who are to be
produced as evidence for the King in an action
against the East India Company. Please lay same
before the Admiralty Lords in order to the said
protections.
Appending : list of said seamen.
from the ship Charles the Second : Robt. Tayloe,
Christopher Hill, Jos. Emersom, Erasmus
Jones.
from the ship Caesar : Jo[h]n Sawbridge, Edwd.
Peirce, William Heskett, Tho. Clever.
from the ship Rochester : James Merret, William
Gough, William Falgate, Edwd. White. |
Out Letters (General) XII,
p. 441. |
|
Treasury reference to the Customs Commissioners of
the petition of Mark Wildbore for restoration to
his place as collector of Whitehaven port in consideration
of his good services to the King. |
Reference Book VI, p. 267. |
|
Same to same of the petition of Richard Cary and
John Martin for a licence for a small vessel to go
with provisions to St. Christopher, "no one [ship]
having gone thither since it [the island] was taken." |
Ibid. |
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Same to same of the petition of Christopher Tathwell
(Tatwell), master of the Greyhound brigantine of
Jamaica, praying a licence to return home with
his vessel and crew which do belong to said island. |
Ibid. |
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Same to the Excise Commissioners of the petition of
Jo[h]n Freeman and others, distillers of London,
shewing that they were under contract with several
brewers for their wash before Christmas last, from
which they could not possibly distil aqua vite and
spirits before that time : that the Act lately passed
[2 Wm. and Mary, Sess. 2, c. 9] lays an Excise of
12d. per gallon on wines of the first extraction
drawn from the said wash, which duty commences
from Christmas last ; whereby petitioners cannot
distil their wash so received and pay the said imposition
for that three gallons of the low wines will but
make one gallon of good and merchandizable spirits
and that not worth above 1s. 6d. a gallon. Therefore
pray that, rather than destroy the wash which they
have paid the brewers for, they may have liberty
to distil it, paying 6d. a gallon as they did before
Christmas last. |
Ibid. |
| Jan. 20. |
William Jephson to the Navy Commissioners. On
Dec. 26 last Sir Joseph Herne presented to the
Treasury Lords a bill of exchange for 5,000 dollars
at 542/3d. [per dollar], amounting to 1,138l. 17s. 9d.,
drawn from Leghorn by Mr. Lambert Blackwell
as in part of the charge for four months of victualling
the six ships gone to Turkey. The said bill is now
due. You are to take care that it be forthwith
discharged. |
Out Letters (General) XII,
p. 442. |
|
Same to same. On your report of Sept. 10 last on
the petition of John Taylor, merchant, praying
to be allowed interest on 1,593l. for masts delivered
into the stores, you are to allow him such interest
from the date of delivery as was allowed to the
hemp merchants in the like case. |
Ibid. |
Treasury warrant to the Customs Commissioners to
employ William Jones (a tidesman in fee, London
port) as tidesurveyor at Bristol loco Henry Baker,
disabled by sickness.
Antho. Roper as waterman at the Pill, Bristol
port, loco Thomas Floyd, who declines same.
Compton Gwither as waiter and searcher at
Tenby in Milford port.
Peter Davies as landwaiter at Bristol. |
Out Letters (Customs) XII,
pp. 275, 276. |
|
Same to same to discharge the bond given in Virginia
by the ship William and John of Belfast, Moses
Jones master, which arrived at Belfast at the latter
end of August, 1689, with tobacco from Virginia :
it appearing from the certificate of Mr. Christopher
Carleton, collector of Belfast port, and the order of
the Duke of Schonberg annexed thereto, that the
merchants were encouraged to discharge their [said]
tobacco at Belfast, being 136,656lbs., and the rather
because the mariners were pressed from on board
to serve in the King's men of war : and the Customs
Commissioners being of opinion that whether the
said importation was voluntary and designed or not
it is advisable to accept the ½d. per lb. which was
deposited with the collector of Belfast port (being
near 300l.) as in lieu of the duties which should
have remained here to their Majesties in case the
tobacco had been imported to England and afterwards
exported by debenture. |
Ibid, p. 275. |
|
Treasury reference to the Earl of Ranelagh of the
petition of William Scawen, Jo. Gore, Gilbert
Herring, Tho. Hawgood et al., praying that the
300l. due to them for clothes furnished to the
Holland Regiment in 1688 may be paid out of
the offreckonings of said Regiment. |
Reference Book VI, p. 268. |
|
Same to William Harbord, Surveyor General [of
Crown Lands], of the petition of Eliz. Loup, widow,
praying renewal of a lease of Whitwell in the manor
of Fordington, co. Dorset, with abatement of rent
and without fine. |
Ibid. |
| Jan. 21. |
William Jephson to the Auditor of the Receipt to
issue to me [Jephson] for secret service the 2,200l.
which will be lent into the Exchequer on credit of
the Act [2 Wm. and Mary, Sess. 2, c. 5] continuing
the duties on wines etc., viz. 800l. to be lent by
Mr. Thomas Firmin and 1,400l. to be lent by Stephen
Lassale Monginot. The present issue is to be in
part of 10,000l. for the Irish and French Protestants
[i.e. the Huguenot Refugees in England and Ireland]. |
Disposition Book IX,
p. 59. |
|
Same to same to issue to the Earl of Portland for
the Privy Purse 7,000l. out of the money which will
be lent by William Harbord, esq., on credit of the
abovesaid Act. |
Ibid. |
|
Same to the Paymasters of the Army in Ireland. It
is the King's pleasure that out of the pay of every
private soldier and non-commissioned officer you
deduct 3¾ for every two days to pay for the bread
which Mr. Isaac Pereira shall furnish to them, or
towards the payment of the landlords where they
shall be quartered from time to time. (In the Irish
Book, by a clerical error, the deduction is to be 15s.
for every two days.) |
Out Letters (General) XII,
p. 442. Out Letters (Ireland)
VI, p. 46. |
|
Same to the Customs Commissioners to report on the
enclosed letter [missing] from the Revenue Commissioners,
Ireland, concerning Mr. William Squire's
tobacco. |
Out Letters (General) XII,
p. 442. |
|
Same to same to permit the two Swedish ships lately
arrived in the Hope and laden with naval stores,
to proceed on their voyage on giving bond to go
with their lading to Amsterdam. |
Ibid. |
|
Same to the Excise Commissioners to direct the
collectors of Excise in the outports to give credit
to the officers of the Victualling for such sums as
they shall desire and to accept their bills on Mr.
Papillon et al., Commissioners of the Victualling,
in return : all notwithstanding any previous orders
to the contrary : the said Commissioners having
assured my Lords that they will take care to discharge
with all possible expedition the bills drawn
upon them. |
Ibid, p. 443. |
|
Same to Mr. Sotherne [Secretary to the Admiralty]
to acquaint the Admiralty Lords that it is the
King's pleasure that the Marine Regiments should
be provided for out of the money [1,000,000l.]
appropriated by Act of Parliament [2 Wm. and
Mary, Sess. 2, c. 1, for the Twelve Months' Aid]
for the service of the Navy : and [therefore] "the
Lords Commissioners of the Treasury are not at
liberty to make provision for them." |
Ibid. |
|
Treasury reference to the Agents for Taxes of the
petition of Tho. Trueman, gent., Receiver for
co. Notts of the 12d. Aid [1 Wm. and Mary, c. 20],
3s. Aid [2s. Aid, 1 Wm. and Mary, Sess. 2, c. 1,
and Additional 12d. Aid, 1 Wm. and Mary, Sess. 2,
c. 5], Additional Poll [1 Wm. and Mary, Sess. 2, c. 7]
and last [Second] Poll [2 Wm. and Mary, cap. 2],
shewing that his receipts amounted to 34,000l. and
upwards, which he brought to London at six several
times by guards : further that he was solicitor for the
[said] 12d. Aid for said county and advanced that
tax above the first Aid [1 Wm. and Mary, c. 3] for
a Six Months' Aid [by] 1,803l. : in all which service
he was at 201l. 14s. 0d. charge [therefore praying
allowance for same]. |
Reference Book VI, p. 268. |
|
Treasury reference to the Agents for Taxes of the
petition of Samuel Bradshaw for like allowance for
his charges of 137l. 11s. 0d. as Receiver for co.
Derby of the said 3s. Aid, Additional Poll and Poll,
he having brought to London at four several
times by guards 21,381l. of his receipts thereof. |
Reference Book VI, p. 268. |
|
Treasury warrant to Thomas Newton, woodward of
Whittlewood and Salcey Forests, to fell sufficient
trees for the staking, paling etc. of the coppices as
follows with a view to the cutting said coppices
and the sale of the timber for the service of the
Queen Dowager : it being certified by the Lieutenant
and Regarders of said forests that said coppices
are of 21 years' growth and fit to be felled : viz. :
Organie's Hill Coppice in M[ajo]r John Stirke's
Walk ; Hasell Coppice in Mr. Robert Howling's
Walk in Salcey Forest ; and Young Linshere
Coppice in Shulbrook Walk, Houghton's Coppice
in the Gullet Walk and Old Cattshill Coppice in
the Shrobb Walk in Whittlewood Forest : all the
similar staking timber made last year which
can be spared from any of those coppices where
any timber trees are left unsold is to be used for
the above purpose and similarly the present staking
timber is to be set for the present season and then
used afresh for such coppices as shall then be felled :
and so from time to time : all with a view to saving
the timber in said forest. |
Warrants not Relating to
Money XIII, p. 376. |
| Jan. 22. |
Same to Benj. Overton, Warden of the Mint,
Thomas Neal, Master and Worker, and James
Hoar, Comptroller of same, to buy, out of
Coinage money, silver to make 600l. in silver coins
and to coin same and pay it to Henry Harris, their
Majesties' engraver, as in part of 1,266l. 1s. 7d. for
making and engraving seals for several offices in
England, Ireland and the Plantations. (This
warrant voids and replaces the exactly similar
warrant of Dec. 13 last, supra, p. 916.) |
Money Book X, p. 552. |
|
Money warrant for 455l. to William Duncombe for
three months to Nov. 23 last on his ordinary as
Envoy Extraordinary to the King of Sweden.
(Money order dated Jan. 24 hereon.) |
Ibid, p. 552. Order Book
III, p. 138. |
Same for 548l. 4s. 2d. to same for three bills of extraordinaries
as follows, 1690, July 10 to Oct. 10, in
his said embassy. (Money order dated Jan. 24
hereon.)
Appending : said bills (a) for 1690, July 10 to Oct. 10,
as allowed Nov. 17 by Secretary the Earl of Nottingham
(except the first item, which is referred to the
Treasury Lords, "to whose cognisance it does
properly belong") : |
Money Book X, p. 553.
Order Book III, p. 138. |
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l. |
s. |
d. |
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fees at the Treasury and Exchequer
on 557l. 11s. 6d. |
31 |
1 |
8 |
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postage at Stockholm (366 copper
dollars at 24 per £) |
15 |
5 |
0 |
|
postage at Hamburg (369 copper
dollars) |
15 |
7 |
6 |
|
extraordinary entertainments (930
copper dollars) |
38 |
15 |
0 |
|
stationery ware (291 copper dollars) |
12 |
2 |
6 |
|
procuring and transcribing of papers
(255 copper dollars) |
10 |
12 |
6 |
|
£123 |
4 |
2 |
(b) account, not detailed, of 300l. expended by
said Duncomb in pursuance of his Majesty's
directions beyond the above bill : similarly
allowed by Secretary Nottingham, Dec. 23
last ;
(c) account, not detailed, of 125l. which said
Duncomb was obliged to pay for fitting a ship
by his Majesty's command to carry him with
the more expedition into Sweden : similarly
allowed by Secretary Nottingham, Dec. 30
last. |
|
William Jephson to the Auditor of the Receipt to
issue to the Treasurer of the Navy (as in part of
1,000,000l. appropriated to the Navy under the
Act [2 Wm. and Mary, Sess. 2, c. 1] for the Twelve
Months' Aid) the 50,000l. which the said Treasurer
will lend into the Exchequer on credit of the said
Act. |
Disposition Book IX,
p. 59. |
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Same to same to issue as follows : viz. : |
Ibid, pp. 59-60. |
|
l. |
s. |
d. |
|
Out of the loan on the [Wine Duties]
Continuing Act [2 Wm. and
Mary, Sess. 2, c. 5]. |
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|
|
|
to me [Jephson] for secret service |
1,000 |
0 |
0 |
|
Out of the loans on the Twelve
Months' Assessment. |
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to the Earl of Ranelagh in part
of 8,740l. 1s. 2d. for the weekly
subsistence and the half pay of
the officers of the Forces [England]
under his care of pay |
6,770 |
11 |
8¾ |
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Out of the remainder of the loan on
the Continuing Act and any
other disposable money in the
Exchequer excepting the loan on
the Twelve Months' Assessment. |
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to ditto in full of said 8,740l. 1s. 2d. |
1,969 |
9 |
5¼ |
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to ditto for Mr. Vander Esch, to
be paid to Engineer General
Cambon and other officers in
part of their arrears |
1,000 |
0 |
0 |
|
to the Treasurer of the Ordnance
for small arms |
1,000 |
0 |
0 |
|
to Mr. Fox and Mr. Coningsby to
answer several bills of exchange
drawn from Dublin and Chester |
5,000 |
0 |
0 |
|
to ditto for Count Schonberg for
his pay as General of the Horse
for the months of November
and December |
366 |
0 |
0 |
|
to ditto for Col. la Meloniere for
his pay as Brigadier from
1 Sept., 1689, to 1 Sept., 1690 |
547 |
10 |
0 |
|
to ditto for Col. du Cambon for
his pay as Quarter Master
General and for his assistant
for 183 days at 1l. 5s. a day |
228 |
15 |
0 |
|
to ditto for two months' pay to
the officers of several Regiments,
both of Horse and Foot, that
are come to raise recruits |
1,000 |
0 |
0 |
|
to ditto for the further subsistence
of the horse of Col. Villiers'
Regiment |
100 |
0 |
0 |
|
to ditto for Col. Monro, Major
Holmes and Capt. Taylor, supernumerary
officers of Londonderry :
on account of their pay |
220 |
10 |
0 |
|
to ditto for Capt. Jones and Capt.
Warner of Col. Hastings' Regiment
to enable them to go for
Ireland ; by the King's warrant |
90 |
0 |
0 |
|
to ditto for an ensign of the
Danish Forces lately escaped
from France ; by [royal] warrant |
50 |
0 |
0 |
|
to ditto in further part of 15,000l.
for the Danish [Forces'] clothing |
1,500 |
0 |
0 |
|
to ditto in further part of 6,000l.
for that clothing |
1,000 |
0 |
0 |
|
to ditto in part of 1,188l. for
buying horses for the Royal
Regiment of Dragoons |
500 |
0 |
0 |
|
to ditto in part of 1,170l. for
buying horses for Col. Leveson's
Regiment of Dragoons |
500 |
0 |
0 |
|
to ditto to be paid to the Commissioners
of Sick and Wounded
for the prisoners in the Marshalsea |
203 |
0 |
0 |
|
to ditto to be paid to David
Carnesly |
100 |
0 |
0 |
|
to ditto in further part of
16,133l. 7s. 0d. to the Commissioners
of the Transports |
1,000 |
0 |
0 |
|
£24,145 |
16 |
2 |
|
(Items No. 10, 11, 12 and 16-20 are marked in
the margin [royal] "warrant" [ordered] for
these.) |
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William Jephson to the Customs Commissioners to
pass, Customs free, for Ireland, the goods (including
two horses and some books) of Sir Richard Reynolds,
Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench in Ireland. |
Out Letters (General) XII,
p. 443. |
|
Same to the Auditor of the Receipt. The King has
ordered 10,000l. to be paid to me for secret service,
whereof he intends that 6,000l. should be paid to
the French Protestants [in England] and 4,000l. to
the Irish [French] Protestants as royal bounty and
clear of all charges in such proportions as may suit
with his Majesty's service. As the Exchequer fees
thereon would be considerable, my Lords recommend
the forgiving of such fees, in view of the payment
being charitable and for the relief of the said
Protestants. |
Ibid. |
|
Same to Mr. Sotherne [Secretary to the Admiralty].
A demand is made by the Office of the Ordnance
for saltpetre which is much beyond the proportion
of what will be requisite for the naval service this
year. The Treasury Lords have deferred coming to
any agreement with the East India Company till
they know from the Admiralty Lords whether they
will pay for so much [saltpetre] as the naval service
for this year shall require out of the money
[1,000,000l.] appropriated to the Navy by the
Twelve Months' Aid. Please move the Admiralty
Lords herein. |
Ibid, p. 444. |
|
William Jephson to Lord Lovelace to inform the
Attorney General of the King's title to the late Lady
Herriott Wentworth's estate. |
Out Letters (General) XII,
p. 444. |
|
Treasury reference to Mr. Harbord of the petition of
William Sherrington for renewal of his lease of the
Priory of Eye, co. Suffolk. |
Reference Book VI, p. 268. |
|
The Treasury Lords to the Revenue Commissioners,
Ireland. The Customs Commissioners have laid
before us your letter of Oct. 11 last touching the
ship William and John of Belfast, ut supra, p. 985.
We desire you to direct the remittance to the Customs
Cashier, England, of the ½d. per lb. deposited on her
cargo of tobacco, being nearly 300l., "and that
for the future you have a particular regard to the
Acts of Parliament now in force for bringing the
enumerated Plantation commodities to England,
Wales or Berwick only and that you strictly forbid
the Customs officers in the several ports of Ireland
to accept of entries for any of the said commodities
but what shall be imported from some port of
England, Wales or Berwick. |
Out Letters (Ireland) VI,
p. 46. |
|
Treasury warrant to the Excise Commissioners to
permit all mum imported in such barrels as have
been usually used hitherto to be charged as formerly
as barrels only, during the continuance of the double
duty of Excise : all by reason that several merchants
of London, importers of mum, have petitioned the
Treasury setting forth that for several years after
the importation [sic for imposition] laid upon mum
they paid only 6s. a barrel of 39½ gallons ; that
about five years since the Excise Commissioners
did pretend that the same being foreign beer
it ought to pay after the rate of 36 gallons to the
barrel and petitioners to be answerable for the
over measure, which was never questioned before ;
to which petitioners did then agree to avoid suits
at law for so inconsiderable a matter : but in the
first year of Wm. and Mary an additional duty of
3s. a barrel was laid upon it, and the Excise being
now doubled the duty is 18s. a barrel and the overmeasure
21d. besides 4s. for Custom and Coinage
[duty], which is so great that it will very much
hinder the importation of that commodity : therefore
praying that they may not pay more than for
the barrel usually imported and not be charged
with the 3½ gallons [extra] : on which petition the
Excise Commissioners have reported favourably. |
Warrants not Relating to
Money XIII, p. 375. |
|
Report [to the Treasury from William Blathwayt]
on the petition, ut supra, p. 950, of Isaac Richier,
Governor of Bermudas. The late King appointed
Sir Robert Robinson as Lieutenant Governor of
the Bermudas and allowed him for his support in
the government [there] "12 shares of land in those
islands at the value of 60l. per an. and the profit
arising by licences for fishing of whales at the value
of 100l. per an." and also 240l. per an. to be received
out of such part of the revenue as his Majesty
should appoint : which [revenue] not having been
sufficient in the Bermudas to defray that charge a
privy seal was passed 1686-7, Mar. 4, authorising
the Treasury to pay said 240l. per an. out of the
Exchequer during Robinson's continuance in that
Government. By the present King's instructions
to petitioner Richier, dated April 3 last, the same
allowances are made of 12 shares of land, to the value
of 60l. per an., of licences for whale fishing to the
value of 100l. per an. and 240l. to be paid out of
such revenue as the King shall appoint in like
manner as was directed for Sir Robert Robinson.
No further directions have yet been given. |
Out Letters (Plantations
Auditor) I, p. 334. |
| Jan. 23. |
William Jephson to the Auditor of the Receipt to
draw orders for repayment, with 6 per cent. interest,
to the Treasurer of the Navy of the 50,000l. lately
lent by him on the credit of the Twelve Months'
Aid, the Treasury Lords being "of opinion that
6 per cent is sufficient [interest for loans] upon
that fund." |
Disposition Book IX,
p. 60. |
|
Same to same to reserve for my Lords' disposal the
10,000l. which Sir Stephen Evance will lend into
the Exchequer on credit of the impositions on
East India goods [2 Wm. and Mary, Sess. 2, c. 4] :
and further to issue to the Earl of Ranelagh upon
any unsatisfied orders in his name for the service
of the Forces the 45,000l. which will be similarly
lent by said Evance. (Entry cancelled and replaced
on same date by two separate entries, the first
repeating the first item verbatim, the second ordering
payment of said 45,000l. to said Earl of Ranelagh
out of the like sum which will be lent by said Earl
himself on credit of said duties.) |
Ibid, p. 61. |
|
Same to said Earl of Ranelagh. My Lords desire
you to make a loan into the Exchequer of 45,000l.
on credit of duties on East India goods and to take
tallies and orders [in repayment] for same not
exceeding 5,000l. apiece. Please assign over to
Sir Stephen Evance tallies for 10,000l., part thereof,
forthwith on his giving bills of exchange for payment
of the like sum to the Duke of Savoy or his agents
"and likewise the orders for the same so soon as
they can be passed, the same being for the months
of January and February : and for the remaining
35,000l. their lordships desire you to assign tallies
and orders by 5,000l. a month to the said Sir Stephen
Evance upon [his] giving of the like bills of exchange
for the respective sums so to be assigned." |
Ibid, p. 62. |
|
Same to same, returning said Earl's report on the
account of Col. Vaughan. Please examine each
particular tradesman's debt and [say] "if any
offreckonings to be applied towards the discharge
of the debts." |
Out Letters (General) XII,
p. 444. |
|
Same to Auditor Bridges to examine and state the
enclosed account [missing] of Col. Godfrey of the
clothing for the Army in Ireland. |
Ibid. |
|
William Jephson to the Commissioners of Transports
enclosing [for their examination] the accounts [missing]
of several masters of ships who have been
employed in their Majesties' service. Send to Mr.
Shales to assist you therein. |
Out Letters (General) XII,
p. 444. |
|
Same to Auditors Done and Bridges, enclosing an
extract [missing] of Mr. Shale's book of accounts
of money to be deducted for provisions delivered
to the Army in Ireland. |
Ibid. |
|
Same to Mr. Gervaise and Mr. Noquier. The Treasury
Lords have agreed for [exchange arrangements for]
the returning the money to Savoy [supra, p. 991].
I give you this notice to prevent further trouble in
that affair. |
Ibid, p. 445. |
|
Same to Monsieur D'Allone. Please send Mr. Williams
or some other person in his behalf to explain to my
Lords his proposal concerning the Lottery farm. |
Ibid. |
|
Same to Mr. [Charles] Fox. In Mr. Henry Allen's
account of moneys expended in buying engines
for pressing and packing of hay he demands a
balance of 1,777l. 13s. 0d. My Lords are informed
that Mr. William Martyn, a deputy collector for
co. Worcester for the first 12d. Aid [1 Wm. and
Mary, c. 20], did (for the more immediate carrying
on of the said service) advance 7,000l. to said Allen
and that there still remains 550l. due to him [Martin].
Please put the said 550l. into your next [weekly]
memorial [of requirements for the Forces, Ireland]
in order to Mr Martin's being satisfied same. |
Ibid. |
| Jan. 24. |
Same to William Blathwayte to procure royal
warrants to be signed by the Queen to authorise
issues as follows, viz. items 11, 12, 16, 17, 18, 19,
20, 21 in the letter of disposition of Jan. 22 last,
supra, p. 989, for respectively 100l. (Villiers) ;
220l. 10s. 0d. (Holmes and Taylor) ; 500l. (Royal
Regiment of Dragoons) ; 500l. (Leveson's Dragoons) ;
203l. (Sick and Wounded), and 100l. added to this
last item by the letter of disposition of Jan. 15,
supra, p. 982, making 303l. in all for the prisoners
in the Marshalsea which are come from Cork ; 100l.
(David Cairnes or Carnesley) ; 1,000l. (Transports
Commissioners). |
Ibid. |
| Jan. 26. |
Money warrant for 500,000l. to Richard, Earl of
Ranelagh, as imprest for the pay of the Guards,
Garrisons and Land Forces, as by the privy seal
of the 8th inst., supra, p. 942. (Money order
dated Jan. 27 hereon.) |
Money Book X, p. 554.
Order Book III, p. 138. |
|
William Jephson to the Auditor of the Receipt to
issue (out of the loans on the Twelve Months' Aid)
1,500l. to Mr. Fox and Mr. Coningsby to pay for
100 troopers' horses at 15l. each for the recruits of
the Marquis de Ruvigni's Regiment. |
Disposition Book IX,
p. 62. |
|
Same to the Customs Commissioners concerning the
difference between Mr. Oliver Lyme, comptroller
of Chester port, and Mr. Warburton, who acts as
his deputy at Liverpool. My Lords agree to your
former presentment of Nov. 25 last and that
Warburton be continued. |
Out Letters (General) XII,
p. 446. |
|
William Jephson to the [Principal] Officers of Ordnance
to report on the enclosed memorial [missing] of
William Benge, praying payment of 7,005l. 16s. 3½d.
due to him and Mr. Baker for guns delivered into
your Office. |
Out Letters (General) XII,
p. 446. |
|
Treasury warrant to the Customs Commissioners to
employ Samuel Whislade (formerly an officer of
the Customs in Ireland and since an officer at
Aberdovey in Milford port, where he has well
behaved himself) as a landwaiter in Bristol port
loco Edward Romsey, deceased. |
Out Letters (Customs) XII,
p. 276. |
|
Treasury reference to the Agents for Taxes of the
petition of Samuel Finney for an allowance for
his extraordinary charges as Receiver General of
the first Six Months' Aid [1 Wm. and Mary, c. 3]
for co. Chester. |
Reference Book VI, p. 269. |
| Jan. 27. |
Money warrant for 40,000l. to Tho. Lloyd, Paymaster
of the Works : as imprest for the service of the
Works as by the privy seal of Dec. 11 last, supra,
p. 890. (Money order dated Feb. 3 hereon.) |
Money Book X, p. 554.
Order Book III, p. 140. |
|
William Jephson to Mr. [Charles] Fox [as a Paymaster
of the Forces, Ireland]. My Lords desire you to
accept and pay a bill for 300l. from the Marquis
de la Barr for the use of the Danish Forces. |
Disposition Book IX,
p. 62. |
|
Same to the Commissioners of Transports. Send my
Lords an account what provisions you have furnished
to any of the Army either in their passage to Ireland
or elsewhere and to what Regiments, Troops or
Companies the deductions are applicable. |
Out Letters (General) XII,
p. 446. |
|
Same to Visct. Sidney to report on the enclosed
petition [missing] of Edward Leigh, esq., and
Agnes his wife, praying leave to grub up and enclose
200 acres of waste land for tillage in their manor in
Waltham Forest. |
Ibid. |
|
Same to Mr. [Charles] Fox, enclosing a memorial
[missing] from the Auditors of Imprests on an
account of provisions and money delivered to the
Danes [Forces] : amounting to 12,414l. |
Ibid. |
Same to same to report on (a) infra.
Appending : (a) note of the petition of Theophilus
Allen, late Surgeon Major to Col. Lutterell's Regiment,
praying payment of 88l. for two chests of surgery
for said Regiment and for Sir John Guise's Regiment. |
Ibid, p. 447. |
|
Same to same enclosing the King's regulation, ut supra,
pp. 952-3, of the weekly subsist[ence] for the Forces
in Ireland as from Jan. 1 inst. until their whole
pay be completed. |
Ibid, p. 436. |
|
Same to the Earl of Ranelagh to report on the enclosed
memorial [missing] of Sir John Morgan, Governor
of Chester, praying payment of the pay due to
him and servants and for disbursements for the
King's service. |
Ibid, pp. 448, 457. |
|
Same to same to report on the enclosed petition
[missing] of the officers of the Coldstream Regiment
of Foot Guards, praying to be paid as complete
from 1688, Nov. 1, to 1689, April 30. |
Ibid, p. 448. |
|
Treasury warrant to the Customs Commissioners to
remit the duty on the salt which the merchants of
the port of Wells did last summer take on board
in Scotland, as usual, on five ships which they set
out to fish on the coast of Iceland, of which ships
four were taken by a French privateer and the
mariners of them carried into Dunkirk and the
ships re-taken by a Dutch man-of-war and carried
into Holland, "whereby the petitioners were forced
by the sale of all they were worth to redeem themselves
out of prison and have borrowed what money
they and their friends could raise to buy the said
ships and salt at half value from the Dutch," wherefore
they pray a remission of the duty on said salt,
being about 30 wey : on which petition the said
Commissioners have reported the 23rd inst. that
the duty upon Scotch salt is very high, being in
the nature of a prohibition ; the duty on salt from
any other place being very small ; but the salt in
question was not intended to be imported into this
kingdom, but was brought in through great casualty
and distress. |
Out Letters (Customs) XII,
p. 277. |
|
Treasury reference to same of the petition of the
fishermen of Mounts Bay, praying liberty to carry
their fish in one ship with 12 men for the Straits
[of Gibraltar, notwithstanding the embargo]. |
Reference Book VI, p. 270. |
|
Same to same of the petition of Hugh Ackland, praying
to be restored to his place as landwaiter at Truro. |
Ibid, p. 271. |
|
The Treasury Lords to the Lords Justices of Ireland
for an account of the remains of tents, waggons of
all sorts, horses, provisions (hay, oats), horse shoes,
shoes for the Foot and of all the clothing in general
and of all other sorts of provisions, ammunition
and other things relating to the Army, Ordnance, &c.
[in Ireland]. |
Out Letters (Ireland) VI,
p. 47. |
| Jan. 28. |
Treasury warrant dormant to Thomas Fox, Customs
Cashier, to pay Thomas Andrews and John Morrice,
gent., their salary of 10l. per an. for their office of
Comptroller of Cardiff port. |
Money Book X, p. 554. |
|
William Jephson to the Auditor of the Receipt to
pay (out of the loans on the Act for continuing
the duties on wines etc.) 21,757l. 10s. 0d. to Charles
Fox and Thomas Coningsby on any unsatisfied
orders in their names [as Paymasters of the Army
in Ireland] ; to be by them paid to George Doddington
and partners for the clothing of 15 Regiments
of Foot in Ireland pursuant to contract for the
year 1691. |
Disposition Book IX,
p. 64. |
|
Same to the Customs Commissioners to permit the
transport to Ireland, Customs free, of goods as per
enclosed list [missing] from Bristol to Ross in Ireland
for clothing the King's Blue Regiment of Dragoons. |
Out Letters (General) XII,
p. 447. |
|
Same to same. Send my Lords a state of the account
of the Four and a Half per cent duty and what
money is in cash or like to come in and in what
time. |
Ibid. |
|
Same to the Earl of Ranelagh for a state of the account
of what is due to Col. Beveridge's Regiment to
Jan. 1 inst. |
Ibid. |
|
William Jephson to Mr. Blathwayte [as Secretary to the
Forces] to procure a royal warrant to authorise Charles
Fox and Thomas Coningsby, Paymasters of the Forces
in Ireland, to pay 580l. 10s. 0d. to the Marquis de
Ruvigni "to be by him distributed to the several
French reformed officers according to the enclosed
list" [missing]. |
Out Letters (General) XII,
p. 452. |
|
Treasury reference to the Customs Commissioners of
the petition of Samuell Groom, praying that the
ship Ruth of London, James Salmon master, may
have liberty to sail to Virginia instead of the Ruth
of London, Samuel Burrell master, she proving
crazy and unable to proceed in her voyage. |
Reference Book VI, p. 271. |
| Jan. 29. |
Privy seal dormant for the allowance of 40s. a day
as ordinary to Sir Thomas St. George, kt., Garter
Principal King at Arms, on his employment to
carry the Order of the Garter to the Duke of Zell :
thereon 300l. is to be hereby advanced : together
with the usual clause for allowance of his extraordinaries. |
King's Warrant Book XV,
p. 280. |
|
Money warrant for 100l. to Jo[h]n How for one year
to Michaelmas last on his fee as Keeper of their
Majesties' Pall Mall in St. James's Park. |
Money Book X, p. 554. |
|
Treasury warrant to Thomas Fox, Customs Cashier,
to pay (out of the petty Customs of London port)
309l. to William Cheyne, esq., Sir Jo[h]n Knatchbull,
bart., and Sir William Pulteney, kt., as Commissioners
for the Privy Seal ; for 309 days, Feb. 19
last to Dec. 25 last, on their allowance of 365l.
per an. |
Ibid, p. 555. |
|
Money order for 1,177l. 16s. 10¼d. to Jo[h]n Packer,
esq., Usher of the Receipt, for necessaries delivered
to the officers of the Receipt within the terms of
Easter and Trinity, 1690. |
Order Book III, p. 139. |
|
William Jephson to the Auditor of the Receipt to
issue (out of the loan that is or will be made by
Mr. Salathiel Lester on the credit of the Act for
continuing the duties on wines etc.) 1,003l. 4s. 2d.
to Mr. Duncombe, Envoy Extraordinary to Sweden :
pursuant to two warrants, ut supra, pp. 987-8. |
Disposition Book IX,
p. 61. |
|
Same to same to issue as follows : viz. : |
Ibid, pp. 63-4. |
|
l. |
s. |
d. |
|
Out of loans on the Twelve Months'
Aid. |
|
|
|
|
to the Treasurer of the Navy |
4,000 |
0 |
0 |
|
to Mr. Fox and Mr. Coningsby
to answer bills that are actually
drawn upon them from Dublin
and Chester, more than the
9,000l. which has been directed
for that use |
3,000 |
0 |
0 |
|
to ditto to answer a bill of exchange
from the Marquis La
Barr |
300 |
0 |
0 |
|
to ditto for Mr. Allen to be paid
over to Mr. Henry Martin,
Receiver of the first 12d. Aid
[1 Wm. and Mary, c. 20] for
co. Worcester, being part of
the money by him advanced
to Mr. Allen for buying and
hiring engines for pressing and
packing hay etc. |
550 |
0 |
0 |
|
to ditto for 14 days' subsistence
for 46 Gentlemen of the Guard |
92 |
0 |
0 |
|
to ditto for three weeks' subsistence
for the sick men of Col.
Hastings' Regiment, they being
to march from Sussex to
Leicestershire |
36 |
0 |
0 |
|
to ditto for Capt. Henry Thomas
upon account of his half pay
from June 1 |
42 |
16 |
0 |
|
to ditto for Capt. Ambrose Ainger
for the like from 1689-90,
Jan. 1 |
76 |
0 |
0 |
|
to ditto for Lieut. Hublethorne
of the Earl of Meath's Regiment,
wounded at Limerick,
on account of his pay to the
1st Jan. inst |
79 |
3 |
4 |
|
to ditto for the Commissioners of
Transports in further part of
16,133l. 7s. 0d. |
2,000 |
0 |
0 |
|
to ditto to be paid over to
Monsieur Vander Esch in part
of 9,350l. demanded by his
memorial for recruits of the
Dutch Troops in Ireland |
3,000 |
0 |
0 |
|
to ditto for Visct. Castleton's
Regiment to enable them to
march : upon account |
1,000 |
0 |
0 |
|
to ditto in part of 15,000l.
for the Danish [Forces'] clothing |
1,254 |
12 |
6½ |
|
Out of the Double Excise, the present
[second] Poll, the Additional
Poll, forfeitures for treasons,
loans on East India silks [duties],
loans on the continued imposition
[on wines]. |
|
|
|
|
to ditto in further part of 15,000l.
for the Danish clothing |
245 |
7 |
5½ |
|
to ditto in further part of 6,000l.
for ditto |
1,000 |
0 |
0 |
|
to the Earl of Ranelagh for subsistence
and half pay, including
2,000l. for Mr. Vander Esch for
the Dutch Forces |
8,740 |
0 |
0 |
|
to ditto upon account for fire and
candle for the garrisons |
250 |
0 |
0 |
|
to ditto for Sir Jo[h]n Morgan, viz.
50l. for subsistence of prisoners
at Chester and 42l. 12s. 0d. for
pay of extraordinary gunners
there, according to the King's
warrant |
92 |
12 |
0 |
|
to ditto to be paid over to Monsieur
Vander Esch upon his
memorial for the wives, and sick
and impotent soldiers for the
month of December last |
600 |
0 |
0 |
|
to ditto to be paid over to ditto
in part of 1,976l. 8s. 7d.,
demanded by the same memorial
for the arrear of the Blue Regiment
of Guards |
1,400 |
0 |
0 |
|
to the Treasurer of the Ordnance
for small arms |
1,000 |
0 |
0 |
|
to ditto for the ordinary [of the
Office of Ordnance], out of
which Mr. Abbot's debt is to
be paid |
2,000 |
0 |
0 |
|
to me [Jephson] for secret service |
1,100 |
0 |
0 |
|
to the Earl of Bellomont for the
Queen |
2,000 |
0 |
0 |
|
to Lady Portland |
250 |
0 |
0 |
|
to Mr. Howe for a year's salary |
100 |
0 |
0 |
|
to the Treasurer of the Navy to
be paid to the Commissioners
of Sick and Wounded upon
account for the prisoners at
war |
500 |
0 |
0 |
|
£34,708 |
11 |
4 |
|
William Jephson to the Auditor of the Receipt to
issue as follows out of the 1,000l. that will be lent
by Mr. Robert Scott, or by his procurement, on
credit of the Act continuing the duties on wines
etc. : viz. : |
Disposition Book IX,
p. 65. |
|
l. |
s. |
d. |
|
to Sir Rowland Gwynn, Treasurer of
the Chamber, for stationery wares
furnished by the said Mr. Scott
for the King's service |
215 |
1 |
6 |
|
to the Earl of Montague, Master of
the Wardrobe, for Bibles and
Common Prayer Books furnished
by the said Mr. Scott to the Chapel
in Whitehall |
258 |
6 |
0 |
|
Same to Mr. Knight to report on the enclosed state
[missing] of the account of the Remembrancer and
Receiver of First Fruits ; with a state [missing] of
the Remembrancer's demands as they are represented
to the Treasury Lords by the Auditors of
Imprests. |
Out Letters (General) XII,
p. 447. |
|
Same to Mr. Allen of Chester. You are to pursue
such directions as you shall receive from Mr. Blathwayt
touching the listing of recruits going for
Ireland. (The like letters to Mr. Henley of Bristol
and Mr. Huddleston of Whitehaven.) |
Ibid. |
|
Same to Mr. Blathwayt. On the 26th inst. my
Lords appointed 1,500l. to Mr. Fox and Mr.
Coningsby for horses, ut supra, p. 992. Please
procure a warrant to be signed by the Queen to
authorise them to pay same to Mr. Auverquer. |
Ibid. |
Treasury warrant to the Customs Commissioners to
employ Steph. Bridges as waiter and searcher in
Boston port [co. Lincoln] loco Richard Hodges,
dismissed.
William Hodgson as a tidesman in fee, London
port. |
Out Letters (Customs) XII,
p. 276. |
|
Treasury reference to the Agents for Taxes of the
petition of Tho. Mathews, Receiver for co. Hereford
of the 12d. Aid, Poll, Receiver of the Poll etc. ;
praying allowance of 469l. 16s. 7d. for his extraordinary
charges and disbursements therein, in
bringing up his moneys to the Exchequer, Westminster,
by several strong guards etc. |
Reference Book VI, p. 271. |
| [? Jan. 29.] |
Entry of the Treasury Lords' signature of an in
custodiam lease under the Exchequer seal to Mary
Hanway, widow, of several lands and tenements
in the parish of Altmawr, co. Brecon, being lands
of Richard Hanway, outlaw : at a rent of 3s. 4d.
[sic for 3s. 6d.] and fine of 7s. |
Warrants not Relating to
Money XIII, p. 377. |
| Jan. 29. |
The like of a like lease to Francis Holles of a tenement
and divers lands in Anstey in the parish of Hilton
and a mill in Cerne Abbas, co. Dorset ; being lands
of Ezekias Lambe, outlaw : at 5s. 10d. per an. rent
and fine of 11s. 8d. |
Ibid. |
|
Treasury warrant to Auditor Phillips for a particular
of the manor of Staughton Magna (as formerly
granted to Visct. Mandeville and since to Sir
Theophilus Oglethorpe, kt.) ; in order to a lease
thereof (and of the reserved rent of 200l. per an.
thereon) to William Harbord, esq., for 99 years at
5l. per an. rent and without fine ; being the rent
proposed in said Harbord's petition for same. |
Ibid. |
The Treasury Lords to the Lords Justices, Ireland.
We have yours of the 16th inst., wherein you desire
an account of the provisions sent into Ireland by
Mr. Shales for the Army there during the time of
his management. In answer thereto we have sent
you the following papers [all missing], viz. : (1) the
copy of an abstract of Mr. Shales's book of accounts
of money to be deducted [from soldiers' pay] for
provisions delivered to the Army in Ireland ; (2) a
copy of Mr. Shales's account of provisions delivered
to the Danes [Forces] ; (3) a copy of an order from
the Committee for the Affairs of Ireland for allowing
the provisions to the Army in their passage [to
Ireland] except the Danes etc.
We also enclose you a copy of Shales's answer
[missing] to an enquiry of the Committee of Parliament
for Accounts etc., with our remarks [queries]
thereupon written in the margin. Please direct those
queries to be examined into. |
Out Letters (Ireland) VI,
p. 48. |
| Jan. 31. |
Royal warrant to the Earl of Rochester, giving him
permission (according to his desire) to fell 70 elm
trees in New Park [near Richmond] to make pipes
to convey water, "which you have lately found
in the said park, unto your house and gardens
there" : the trees to be cut in such parts of said
park as said Earl shall judge least prejudicial to
the beauty of the same. |
King's Warrant Book XV,
p. 280. |
|
Same to the Earl of Ranelagh to pay 144l. to Charnock
Heron for money expended by him when Major
to Col. Beveridge's late Regiment of Dragoons
(disbanded in Jan., 1688-9) in buying horses for
36 of the said Dragoons and in subsisting them in
their march towards Exeter ; for which he has not
received any compensation. |
Ibid, p. 281. |
|
Treasury allowance of John Langwith's bill of
14l. 10s. 0d. for last Christmas quarter's attendance
as messenger attending the Treasury Lords. |
Money Book X, p. 555. |
|
Treasury warrant to Thomas Fox, Customs Cashier,
to pay said Langwith 14l. 10s. 0d. for same quarter's
attendance as messenger attending the Customs
officers. |
Ibid. |
|
Treasury warrant to Ralph, Earl of Montagu, Master of
the Great Wardrobe, to pay 258l. 6s. 0d. to Robert
Scott for Bibles etc. delivered for the Chapel and
Guard Chamber in Whitehall in Oct., 1688, ut supra,
p. 997 ; which books are now in the service of their
Majesties, as is certified by Henry, Bishop of London. |
Money Book X, p. 556. |
|
Same to Tho. Fox, Customs Cashier, to pay Jo. Taylour
75l. for making an account of the receipt and
particular application of the Customs and divers
other services performed between Midsummer and
Christmas last. |
Ibid, p. 559. |
|
William Jephson to the Auditor of the Receipt to
issue to Mr. Fox and Mr. Coningsby for the service
of Ireland the 20,000l. which Mr. Duncombe has
agreed to lend on the Hereditary Excise and on
the appropriated fourth part of the Temporary
Excise "to be [re]paid next in course after what
is already charged thereupon." |
Disposition Book IX,
p. 65. |
|
Same to Mr. [Auditor] Aldworth to deliver to Auditor
Bridges all the vouchers relating to Col. Godfrey's
account of clothing. |
Out Letters (General) XII,
p. 448. |
