Entry Book: Miscellaneous, 1671-4

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'Entry Book: Miscellaneous, 1671-4', in Calendar of Treasury Books, Volume 4, 1672-1675, (London, 1909) pp. 642-647. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-treasury-books/vol4/pp642-647 [accessed 18 March 2024]

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Miscellaneous, 1674

Date. Nature and Substance of the Entry. Reference.
1671. May 25 Privy seal for 40l. per an. to Christian Harrell for the fee of his place as apothecary in ordinary to the Household, as by his patent of appointment, dated 1670, Aug. 4. King's Warrant Book IV. p. 1.
1671-2. Mar. 6 Same for 5,000l. to "our dear son" James, Duke of Monmouth, for his present equipage and entertainment. Ibid, p. 179.
1673-4. Mar. 2 Caveat that no lease be granted to Sir Joseph Ash or any other of Newsham Grange and other lands in co. Yorks (heretofore granted by Queen Elizabeth to Lancelot Alford, William Alford and Margaret Alford, and afterwards granted by the late Queen Mother and her trustees, 15 Car. II., to Dame Jane Bacon for 21 years after the death of said three Alfords) until notice be given to Sir John Duncombe on behalf of the executors of Lady Bacon. Caveat Book, p. 7.
[?] Same that the office of overseer of the woods in the Forest of Dean be not granted till the Surveyor General of Woods on this side Trent be heard therein. Ibid, pp. 7-8
[?] Same that nothing be done touching the [grant of the] transportation of white cloth till Lady Portland or Visct. Brouncker be heard therein. Ibid.
[?] Col. Rise Powell to be heard concerning a grant of cyster lays. Ibid.
[?] If any person desire to take a lease of lands parcel of the manor of Hampton-in-Arden, co. Warwick, notice is to be given to Mr. Edward Noell, Secretary to the Excise Commissioners, before anything be done therein. Ibid.
[?] The King's waiters at the Custom House, London, to have notice if any person shall come [petitioning] to be added to their number. Ibid, p. 8.
[?] Notice to be given [to] Mr. Watts, Receiver of the fee farm of 29l. 19s. 4d., payable by the Dean and Chapter of Westminster for Hampton Court if anything be offered to be done about it. Ibid.
[? Mar. 2] The account of the Bishop of Lincoln concerning the First Fruits and Tenths is not to be passed nor any discharge given till notice [be given] to Mr. Portman, goldsmith in Lumber Street, London, who hath a tally for 700l. from said bishop. Caveat Book, p. 8.
[?] The Victuallers desire they may be heard before any lease be let or renewed concerning some lands at Dover which they apprehend upon good reasons to belong to the King and their Office. Ibid.
Mar. 13 Warrant from Treasurer Latimer to the Receipt to issue 10,000l to Edward Seymour on any orders unsatisfied in his name as Treasurer of the Navy. Money Book (Navy), p. 1.
Same from same to same to pay to Edward Seymour 20,000l. on any unsatisfied orders in his name as Navy Treasurer : to be paid out of 20,000l. which Sir John Bancks has lent into the Receipt to be repaid by tallies on Edward Backwell out of his first payment of the 800,000 patacons payable to the King by the States General of the United Netherlands. Ibid, p. 3.
Mar. 21 Entry of the declaration of accounts of William, Lord Widdrington, Governor of Berwick, for imprests for the garrison thereof from 1666, Oct. 3, to 1667, Aug. 4, and from 1660-1, Mar. 23, to 1663, Oct. 2. (Totals respectively : (1) charge, 17,646l. 15s. 4d. ; discharge, 17,620l. 17s. 4d. ; and (2) charge, 27,239l. 17s. 6d. ; discharge, 27,213l. 14s. 6d.) Warrants Not Relating to Money V p. 114.
Mar. 24 Warrant from Treasurer Latimer to the Receipt for 10,000l. to Edward Seymour, out of the 10,000l. which is or will be lent into the Exchequer by Anthony Stephens, gent : to be repaid by orders on the fifth quarter of the Eighteen Months' Assessment. Money Book (Navy), p. 4.
1674. Mar. 28 Entry of the declaration of account of Sir John Shaw. Sir Robert Vyner, Sir Edmund Turner and the rest of the late Farmers of the Customs : viz. for one year ended 1671, Sept. 29. (Total charges, 400,053l. 6s. 8d. ; discharge. allowances and payments, 440,675l. 14s. 2d. ; surplusage, 40 622l. 7s. 6d.) Warrants Not Relating to Money V. p. 137.
April 1 Warrant from Treasurer Latimer to the Receipt to issue 10,000l. to Edward Seymour, on any unsatisfied orders in his name as Navy Treasurer : to be paid out of contingencies of the fourth quarter of the Eighteen Months' Assessment. Money Book (Navy), p. 4.
April 6 Same from same, to same, to issue 5,000l. to Edward Seymour on any unsatisfied orders in his name as Navy Treasurer : to be by tallies on the Customs Cashier. Ibid.
The like for 5,000l. to same : to be paid out of the Exchequer. Ibid.
April 13 Entry of the declaration of account of Sir John Shaw, Kt. and Bart., collector inwards of the Customs, London port, viz., from 1666, Oct. 20, to 1673, Oct. 20. (Total charge and receipts, 63,364l. 2s. 9d. ; discharge, payments and allowances, 63,364l. 2s. 9d.) Warrants Not Relating to Money V. p. 141.
Warrant from Treasurer Latimer to the Receipt to issue 10,000l. to Edward Seymour, on any unsatisfied orders in his name as Treasurer of the Navy : to be paid out of the Exchequer. (With : A marginal note of a letter of direction hereon, dated 1674, April 18.) Money Book (Navy and Victualling), p. 5.
April 18 Warrant from Treasurer Latimer to the Receipt to issue 6,000l. to Edward Seymour on any unsatisfied orders in his name as Treasurer of the Navy : to be paid out of the Exchequer.
Together with :Letter of direction hereon, of same date, for same to be satisfied out of the 22,604l. reserved on the fourth quarter of the Eighteen Months' Assessment.
Money Book (Navy), p. 5.
April 21 Money warrant for 200,000l. to Edward Seymour, as imprest for the Navy and Victualling. Ibid.
[After April 21] Tho. Roane. Comptroller of Chichester port, contracted with Thomas Best, of London, gent., 1674, April 21, for the [surrender to Best] of said office [of Comptroller]. It is therefore prayed on behalf of Best, that if any person else shall appear for a grant of the said office, Best may be heard before it pass. Caveat Book, p. 8.
[?] Mr. William Heart desires to be heard before any docquet for a privy seal pass in favour of Mr. Ambrose Norton, Surveyor of the Mews. who is indebted to said Heart, as pavior general, to the amount of 400l. and upwards. Mr. Heart lives in Warwick Street, near Visct. Fauconberg. [Postea] give notice now in Channel Row, next door to the Earl of Pembroke. Ibid.
April 23 Entry of the declaration of account of Sir Edward Griffin, Treasurer of the Chamber, viz. for two years ended 1669, Sept. 29, and 1670. Sept. 29. ((1) Total charge, 42,220l. 3s. 7d. ; total discharge, 43,828l. 2s. 7d. ; surplusage, 1,607l. 19s. 0d. ; (2) total charge, 12,637l. 4s. 5d. ; total discharge, 20,328l. 9s. 9d. ; surplusage, 7,691l. 0s. 8d.) Warrants Not Relating to Money V. pp. 165-6.
April 27 Warrant from Treasurer Latimer to the Receipt to issue 5,000l. to the Treasurer of the Navy on any unsatisfied orders for the Navy : to be paid out of the Exchequer. Money Book (Navy), p. 6.
The like for 2,000l. to same upon account for discharge of the interest and gratuity on the 20,000l. advanced by the Excise Farmers (in regard of the pressing occasions of the Navy) to meet the money warrant of Mar. 24 last for the Navy : for which loan an agreement has been made to allow said Farmers 6 per cent. interest for one whole year, at the end of which time the principal is intended to be paid in, and a gratuity of two thirds more for their good service in a seasonable supply of the said money" : to be paid by tallies out of the Excise. Ibid.
May 1 Same from same to same to issue 10,000l. to Edward Seymour on any unsatisfied orders in his name as Treasurer of the Navy : to be paid by tallies on Abraham Anselme, John Perry and Edward Buckly, contractors for collecting the Hearthmoney. Ibid, p. 7.
May 13 Same from same to same to issue 70,000l. to Edward Seymour on any unsatisfied orders in his name as Treasurer of the Navy : to be by tallies on the Hearthmoney contractors. Ibid.
May 21 David Lloyd having a contract with James Cooke (chirurgeon's mate to the regiment of Sir Tobias Bridge) for 12d. per diem out of his [Cooke's] pay [as] due to his [Lloyd's] brother, Leohn Lloyd, chirurgeon of the regiment, prays that if Cooke come before the Lord Treasurer for any allowance of his pay in arrear he [said David Lloyd] may be heard [therein.] Caveat Book (p. 8.)
July 2 Entry of the declaration of account of Richard Mounteney, Esq., Receiver General and Cashier of the Customs, tonnage and poundage and of the further rates on wines and vinegar for 1673. Mar. 25. to Sept. 29 following. (Total charge, 454,032l. 3s. 3d. ; discharge, allowances and payments, 453,745l. 0s. 10d.) Warrants Not Relating to Money V. pp. 114-5.
July 23 Same of same of Sir Robert Atkins, Kt of the Bath, a Justice of Common Pleas, viz. as Receiver General of the Law Duties, viz. from 1671, May 1, to 1672, May 1. (Total charge, 23,909l. 15s. 2d. : total discharge, 23,597l. 0s. 2d. : remains, 312l. 14s. 11d.) Ibid, p. 166.
Aug. 6 Same of same of Andrew Lawrence, Surveyor of the King's private ways between London and his houses of access and other places, viz. for 1671. June 2, to 1673-4, Jan. 6. (Total charge, 939l. 16s. 6d. : total discharge, 1,458l. 7s. 7d. : surplus, 518l. 10s. 8d.) Ibid, p. 162.
Aug. 20 Royal warrant to the Clerk of the Signet to prepare a great seal for a grant to Ralph Montagu (appointed by patent of 1671, Aug. 12, to the office of Keeper, and the custody of the Great Wardrobe) of the yearly sum of 2,200l. (viz 2,000l. to himself, and 200l. to his deputy) as commutation for an ancient allowance or fee of measurage upon several wares bought for the King's service in said Office, as also a fee of poundage for all moneys paid to tradesmen and artificers for wares by them delivered, and work done for said Office, "which said allowance and fee of measurage and poundage we have thought convenient for our use and better service should be forborne to be received and taken by the said Ralph Montagu, his deputy or deputies, or any other for him ; of which our royal pleasure the said Ralph Montagu having had signification, hath in submission to the same, wholly desisted and forborne to demand or take ... ever since his interest and commencement in the said Office" : to date from Michaelmas, 1671 : but if failure be made in the payment of said yearly sum, then the said Montagu is to enjoy said allowance or fee of measurage and poundage as fully as any of his predecessors in said Office. King's Warrant Book IV. pp. 234-8.
Oct. 30 Money warrant, dormant, for the fee or allowance of 8d. a day to Arthur Fleetwood, as Clerk Comptroller of His Majesty's Tents. British Museum Additional MS. 28,076, p. 425 ; Money Book (General), p. 2.
Oct. 31 Warrant from Treasurer Danby to the Receipt for tallies of assignment on the Farmers of the 4 per cent. duty in Barbados, &c. for 4,198l. 11s. 2d. to Richard, Visct. Ranelagh and the like sum to William, Lord Brereton, for their respective moieties of the debt of 8,397l. 2s. 4d., in full of [the rights of] their ladies [being] daughters and co-heirs of Francis, late Lord Willoughby of Parham : as by the privy seal of 1673. July 12 : it being agreed by said Visct. Ranelagh and Lord Brereton that the said tallies shall be paid in the order and manner following, viz. : one moiety thereof after the whole arrears due to the officers and soldiers of the regiment late under Sir Tobias Bridge be paid, and also the 1,876l 17s. 6d. to the master and owners of the ship "Allen," of Poole, and the other moiety after the further sum of 1,876l. 17s. 6d. be satisfied to the said master and owners of said ship, in full of their demands. Ibid, pp. 439-40 ; Money Book (General), p. 8.
Nov. 16 Report to the King from Treasurer Danby on the petition of Sir John Robinson for a grant of the Wardenship of Farming Woods and other things, the remains of the Forest of Rockingham, co. Northampton. On reference from me the Attorney General has reported that the office of Master Forester or Wardenship of the Forest of Rockingham was divided in the fourth year of Charles I. into several parts. One part thereof was granted to the Earl of Westmorland's trustees for three lives, one other part to Lord Montagu of Boughton for three lives ; the other part, being small, was reserved to be granted to Lord Mordaunt, after[wards] Earl of Peterborough, who enjoyed it but never passed any letters patent for it. Upon the Restoration the present Earl of Peterborough, having sold the lands he had in that part of the forest to Sir John Robinson, did consent that he should have the Wardenship of Farming Woods and bailiwick of Orlingbury Hundred, which was but part of the thing desired [by Robinson], which, being observed by Sir C. Harbord in his report the grant was stayed because the Earl of Peterborough had not consented to the rest of the things desired. Since that time said Earl has consented to a grant of the rest to petitioner. A grant may therefore be fitly made to Robinson of the wardenship of Farming Woods, the bailiwick of the Hundred of Orlingbury and manor of Brigstock (except Goddington Wood) and the receivership of the Castleward rents, either for 31 years or for term of years determinable upon three lives. Warrants Not Relating to Money V. pp. 174-5.
Nov. 24 Treasurer Danby's subscription of a docquet, dated 1674, Nov., of a grant to Sir Bernard Gascoigne of the duty of 5s. per tun on French shipping from Oct. 31 last (being the day when the farm of said duty as granted to Sir William Bucknell, by indenture of 1671, April 4, for 10 years and 2 months, was surrendered by Sir William Bucknell) for 7 years, 1 month and 20 days under the yearly rent of 1,200l., out of which the pension of 600l. per an., granted to said Gascoigne by the King, is still to be paid : (said Gascoigne having lately assigned said pension to John, Lord Pawlett and Thomas Fowlet in trust for him.) British Museum Additional MS. 28,075, p. 113.
Dec. 2 Money warrant for 10,000l. to Sir Philip Lloyd for His Majesty's secret service (as by the privy seal of June 5 last directing the payment to said Lloyd of all such sums of money not exceeding 10,000l. as shall be recovered and paid into the Exchequer upon the account of Sir Richard Pigott, Humphrey Beane and Percival Trott upon their farm of the Hearthmoney and upon the half-year of the Hearthmoney due at Lady Day, 1666) "or for such sums in part thereof as he shall from time to time desire." Money Book (General), p. 16.
Dec. 4 Warrant, dormant, from Treasurer Danby to the Receipt for tallies of pro on the Excise for 500l. per an. to Col. Thomas Howard, of Suffolk, as by the patent of Oct. 20 last. Money Book (Excise), pp. 78-9.
[?] Letter of direction on an order of the 3rd inst. for 14,155l. 14s. 6d. to the Excise Farmers, ut supra, p 616. Ibid, p. 79.
Dec. 9 Royal warrant to the Attorney or Solicitor General for a great seal for (the erection of an office of General Receiver and Cashier of Excise and) a grant to Richard Kent of the (said) office of Receiver General and Cashier of Excise, with 600l. per an. salary, and with such rules and directions in order to the execution of the said office as were directed to be inserted by warrant under the King's sign manual : the Lord Treasurer to be empowered to make allowances of salary to clerks, &c., to said Kent and for incidents see infra p. 685. King's Warrant Book IV. p. 254
Dec. 18 Warrant from Treasurer Danby to the Customs Cashier to pay the annuity or pension of 3,000l. per an. to the Duke of Lauderdale, as by the patent of Dec. 10 inst. (ut supra, p. 617, under date Nov. 25.) Money Book (Customs), pp. 182-3.
Dec. 23 Money warrant for 1,075l. to Sir Gabriell Silvius in full of his ordinary, Feb. 10 last to Sept. 13 last, as Minister in Holland, being after the rate of an Envoy Extraordinary, viz. : from 1673-4, Feb. 10, the day he took leave of His Majesty in order to his voyage into Holland, to Sept. 13 last, the day he returned into His Majesty's presence. Money Book (General), p. 21 ; Money Book (Pensions), p. 27.
[? Dec. 24] Warrant from Treasurer Danby to [? the Excise Commissioners] to deliver to Richard Kent, appointed Receiver General and Treasurer of Excise by letters patent now passing, all tallies and other vouchers or warrants in your hands for such Excise money as you have received on account of the farm of the Excise ending June 24 and all remains of moneys in your hands on said accompt. Money Book (General), pp. 51-2.
Dec. 25 Money warrant for 750l. to the executors of Lady Cornwallis in full of the arrears on her pension of 600l. per an. Ibid, p. 18 ; Money Book (Pensions), p. 18.
Dec. 31 Warrant from Treasurer Danby to [the Receiver of the Honor and Castle of Windsor] to enter in the books of the Works of said Castle the following allowances payable as from 1671, July : Ibid, p. 13 ; Ibid, p. 7.
Hugh May, Comptroller of said Works 2s. per diem.
John Ball, surveyor of same 2s. "
Thomas Roberts, Receiver and Paymaster of same 2s. "
Theop. Randue, keeper of the Castle Gate, attending the workmen to let them in and out 8d. "
William Rowlandson, keeper of the timber yard, daily attending the workmen 8d. "
Samuell Hull, the purveyor providing all manner of emptions, provisions and carriages for said works 12d. "
Thomas Taylor, the Comptroller's Clerk daily attending the workmen 12d. "
Samuell Hull, the Surveyor's Clerk daily attending the workmen 12d. "
Leonard Simmerson, the Receiver and Paymaster's Clerk keeping the accounts and making the books for the same 12d. "
Richard Ryder, the master Carpenter directing the said Works 6d. "