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| SCHEME OF RETRENCHMENT, 1668. |
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| Date. | Nature and Substance of the Entry. | Reference. |
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1668.
July. | The King's present revenue. | Egerton MS. 2543, fo. 209. |
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| | l. | |
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| Customs | 400,000 | |
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| Excise | 340,000 | |
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| Chimney money | 170,000 | |
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| The smaller branches of the revenue | 120,000 | |
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| | £1,030,000 | |
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| Proposals for retrenchment of the expenses within the revenue. | | |
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| | l. | s. | d. | | |
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| The Navy ordinary | 200,000 | 0 | 0 | | |
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| The Army and Garrisons | 182,000 | 0 | 0 | | |
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| The City of Tangier | 55,500 | 0 | 0 | | |
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| His Majesty's Household | 90,000 | 0 | 0 | | |
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| Buildings and repairs | 8,000 | 0 | 0 | | |
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| His Majesty's Privy Purse | 12,000 | 0 | 0 | | |
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| Intelligence | 4,000 | 0 | 0 | | |
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| The Treasury of the Chamber | 20,000 | 0 | 0 | | |
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| The Great Wardrobe | 16,000 | 0 | 0 | | |
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| The [Band of Gentlemen] Pensioners | 3,000 | 0 | 0 | | |
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| The Robes | 5,000 | 0 | 0 | | |
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| The Jewel House | 2,000 | 0 | 0 | | |
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| The Office of the Ordnance ordinary and extraordinary | 30,000 | 0 | 0 | | |
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| The Queen Consort | 23,000 | 0 | 0 | | |
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| The Queen Mother | 40,000 | 0 | 0 | | |
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| Ambassadors, agents etc. | 20,000 | 0 | 0 | | |
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| Foreign ambassadors | 10,000 | 0 | 0 | | |
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| The 12 Judges | 12,000 | 0 | 0 | | |
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| The Courts of Ludlow and Masters of Chancery and Requests | 2,500 | 0 | 0 | | |
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| Angel gold for Healing | 1,200 | 0 | 0 | | |
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| The Master of the Horse for [purchase of] horses | 2,000 | 0 | 0 | | |
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| The Master of the Stud horses | 500 | 0 | 0 | | |
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| Creation money to the nobility | 1,500 | 0 | 0 | | |
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| Lord Privy Seal's diet | 1,400 | 0 | 0 | | |
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| Liberates of the Exchequer | 1,500 | 0 | 0 | | |
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| Dormant privy seals | 500 | 0 | 0 | | |
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| | l. | s. | d. | l. | s. | d. | |
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| Chief officers of the Falconry (besides an
allowance of keeping two cast of hawks) | 1,000 | 0 | 0 | | |
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| Harriers | 700 | 0 | 0 | | |
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| Tents | 500 | 0 | 0 | | |
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| The Tower expenses | 768 | 0 | 0 | | |
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| Gamekeepers and keepers of forests | 107 | 15 | 10 | | |
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| | 746,475 | 15 | 10 | |
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| Interest paid yearly | 150,000 | 0 | 0 | |
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| Deductions upon farms [of various branches of the revenue] and for other accidents and contingencies | 100,000 | 0 | 0 | |
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| Total | ?996,475 | 15 | 10 | |
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| Remains, 33,524l. 4s. 2d. | |
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| The said remains of 33,524l. 4s. 2d. to be employed after [payment of] all the ordinary charge before mentioned with [the abovesaid] interest and deductions in manner and order following, as his Majesty shall direct, for paying of pensions. | |
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| (1) to those who had a hand in the King's escape from Worcester etc. | |
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| (2) to the Coldstreamers. | |
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| (3) to those who have pensions or salaries for present service. | |
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| (4) to those who have grants for valuable consideration. | |
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| (5) for past service. | |
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| (6) grants on mere grace. | |
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| Rules for regulating the Revenue and easing of charge. | |
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| All pensions and payments hereafter shall be removed from other founds [funds] or branches of the revenue and made payable only in the Exchequer [so] that the King may have the view of his whole expense in one place. | |
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| A new establishment to be made of the expense of the Household in one book. | |
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| The impost [wines] of ambassadors from Mich., 1668, to be as in the time of his late Majesty Charles I. | |
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| The papers to be looked out and new orders to be settled for the establishing and clothing the Yeomen of the Guard. | |
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| All that by office or otherwise have houses or lodgings of the King's out of the Court or his houses of residence [are] to be obliged to keep them at their own charge in repair; and the Surveyor [of the Works] is to look to it. | |
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| The chief officers of the falconry only are to be continued, amounting to 1,000l. The rest are to have their wages due paid off. | |
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