Warrant Book: October 1712,1-10

Calendar of Treasury Books, Volume 26, 1712. Originally published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1954.

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'Warrant Book: October 1712,1-10', in Calendar of Treasury Books, Volume 26, 1712, (London, 1954) pp. 468-475. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-treasury-books/vol26/pp468-475 [accessed 26 April 2024]

October 1712

Oct. 1. Money warrant for 2,000l. to Treasurer Oxford for 1712 Sept. 29 quarter on his allowance as Lord Treasurer. (Money order dated Oct. 1 hereon.) (Letter of direction dated Oct. 1 hereon.) Money Book XXII, p. 70. Order Book VIII, p. 227. Disposition Book XXII, p. 35.
Warrant by Treasurer Oxford to Spencer Compton to pay 100l. to John, Lord Bellendine, as royal bounty. Money Book XXII, p. 70.
Money warrant for 37l. 10s. 0d. to Christopher Tilson for 1712 Sept. 29 quarter for making a particular account of the Customs and other services by the Lord Treasurer's directions. Ibid.
Same for 75l. to William Weket for same quarter for his attendance [in the Treasury] and for keeping the Treasury Chambers.
5l. to John Farra for his extraordinary pains in carrying letters. (Money order dated Oct. 2 hereon.) Ibid., p. 71. Order Book VIII, p. 234.
Allowance by Treasurer Oxford of John Thorowkettle's bill for 16l. 3s. 4d. for same quarter's allowance as Messenger of the Chamber attending the Lord Treasurer.
Together with: warrant by same to the Customs Cashier to pay 16l. 3s. 4d. to said Thorowkettle for same quarter as Messenger of the Chamber attending the Customs. Money Book XXII, p. 71.
Warrant by same to the Receipt to innovate a lost order of loan, No. 1049, for 100l. on Low Wines anno 1705 in the name of John Narbonne. Order Book VIII, p. 228.
Money order for 5l. to Edward Milward for Sept. 29 quarter as porter attending at the Exchequer Gate. Ibid.
Same for 400l. to Robert Benson, Chancellor of the Exchequer, for same quarter on his allowance in lieu of perquisites. Ibid., p. 229.
Same for 10l. to Peter Le Neve, senior Deputy Chamberlain in the Receipt of the Exchequer, for same quarter on his allowance for looking up her Majesty's treasure. Ibid.
Oct. 1. Same for 12l. 10s. 0d. to Thomas Fox for same quarter on his allowance for making and keeping the Registers of all the public loans in the Office of the [Auditor of the] Receipt. Ibid., p. 230.
Same for 150l. to the Commissioners for Taxes (Philip Ryley, Geo. Townesend, R. Shoreditch, William Walbanck, Roger Millart and Justinian Isham) for same quarter on their salary. Ibid., p. 231.
Same for 25l. to John Tyas for same quarter on his additional salary as Clerk of the Pipe in Scotland. Ibid., p. 232.
Same for 25l. to John Tarver for same quarter on his same as Queen's Remembrancer in Scotland. Ibid.
Same for 250l. to John Scrope for same quarter on his same as a Baron of the Exchequer in Scotland. (Letter of direction dated Oct. 23 hereon.) Ibid., p. 233. Disposition Book XXII, pp. 47, 48.
Same for 500l. to Robert Lowther, Captain General and Governor in Chief of Barbados and several other islands and places in America: and is for one quarter due 1712 Sept. 22 on his allowance of 2,000l. per an.
50l. to Michael Lambert, Lieutenant Governor of St. Christopher, for one quarter to 1712 Sept. 29 on his allowance of 200l. per an.
50l. to Col. John Pearne for same time on his same as Lieutenant Governor of Montserrat.
50l. to Walter Hamilton for same time on his same as Lieut. Governor of Nevis. Order Book VIII, pp. 254–5.
Letter of direction for 803l. 3s. 7¾d. to Charles Dartiquenave, Paymaster of the Works, to be paid over to Henry Wise for 1712 Michaelmas quarter on his contract for keeping the Royal Gardens (700l.) and on his fee for the custody of St. James's Park (103l. 3s. 7¾d.). (William Lowndes to said Dartiquenave to pay said sum to same accordingly.) Disposition Book XXII, p. 36.
Same for 16,323l. 6s. 11¼d. to James Brydges, Paymaster of the Forces Abroad: out of Contributions on the Lottery anno 1712: and is intended to be applied to pay bills of exchange drawn on said Brydges by Anthony Hammond, Esq., for value by him taken up in Spain for the use of her Majesty's Forces there: and is in part of 475,385l. 7s. 8¼d. for the war in Spain anno 1712. Ibid.
William Lowndes to the Navy Commissioners to make forth a Navy bill for allowing to Charles Cæsar in his account as Treasurer of the Navy 3,153l. 13s. 9d. for interest by him paid to the Bank of England at 6 per cent. to Sept. 30 on 180,000l. lent by said Bank as follows for the service of the Navy, viz. 100,000l. on June 5 last, 50,000l. on June 23 last, 15,000l. on July 5 last and 15,000l. on July 10 last. Ibid., p. 37.
Letter of direction for 48,000l. to said Charles Cæsar: out of Contributions on the 1712 Lottery: and is intended to be applied to services of the Navy as follows: viz.
£
on the head of Wear and Tear.
towards answering the new Course of the Navy 20,000
on the head of Ordinary.
towards paying the Yards June 24 and Sept. 29 quarters anno 1711 as in further part of 96,412l. for that service 18,000
on the head of Wages.
towards paying off at Deptford 18 small ships and vessels [ordered] to be laid up: as in further part of 50,000l. 10,000
£48,000
Disposition Book XXII, p. 38.
Oct. 1. William Lowndes to Mr. How [Paymaster of Guards and Garrisons] to report on petitions &c. as follow: viz. (1) Lieut. Gen. Seymour's memorial about clothing provided by him for the drummers of his Regiment to the amount of 800l.; (2) report by Mr. Brydges on the petition of Charles Grismond, an Ensign in Sir Charles Hobby's Regiment in New England, for payment of a bill of 38l. drawn by Col. Vetch on Mr. Duglas and payable to said Grismond; (3) petition of Henry Bierly and Catherine Farrer praying payment of arrears due to David Pigeon; (4) petition of Jane Hall relating to a debt of 40l. owing to her in the Office of the Paymaster of Guards and Garrisons. If reasonable you are to report how these demands may be satisfied. Out Letters (General) XX, p. 283.
Same to Mr. Brydges. On your memorial of April 24 last laying before my Lord Treasurer a list of the bills drawn on you by Mr. Hammond from Spain, my Lord has directed 16,323l. 6s. 11¼d. to answer same, notwithstanding the order formerly given by which the practice of drawing bills by your Deputies was to be restrained. But my Lord does not mean by this direction to supersede the said orders, but directs you to repeat the same to your Deputies in the strictest manner as may be and not to apply to my Lord for the satisfying any more bills that shall be drawn by any of them save in cases where my Lord's special directions shall have been given for same. Ibid.
Oct. 2. Letter of direction for 18,929l. 3s. 10d. to John How, Paymaster General of Guards and Garrisons: out of Contributions in the Exchequer on the 1712 Lottery: and is to be paid over as follows:
£ s. d.
in part of 243,020l. 17s. 6d. granted for the extraordinary charges of the war.
for the pay of Officers in garrison at Annapolis and now [actually serving or] residing there, according to bills drawn from thence by Col. Vetch: and is in part of 23,637l. 13s. 2½d included in the abovesaid sum for extra-ordinaries for pay of Officers and soldiers formed in New England for taking Port Royal 3,452 12 7
towards answering other bills of exchange drawn by Col Vetch for account of the said Garrison and Forces in New England: and is in part of the said 23,637l. 13s. 2½d. 13,959 10 9
for pay of Col. Nicholson as Commander in Chief, and one Aide de Camp, from 30 Sept, 1710 to 31 May 1712, being 610 days at 1l. 10s. 0d. a day 915 0 0
for the pay of Col. Vetch as Adjutant General for the same time at 10s. a day 305 0 0
for the pay of Capt. Robert Handies from 30 Nov. 1710 to 31 May 1711, being 183 days at 10s. a day 91 10 0
for the like pay of Capt. James Roberton 91 10 0
for the pay of Lieut. George Lee for the same time at 4s. 8d. a day 42 14 0
for Major Brown for his pay as Major of the Trenches and for his expenses in his voyage to France with the French Garrison [of Annapolis] by order of the Council of War 63 10 0
for Capt. Handie for his expenses in coming express from Plymouth 7 16 6
£18,929 3 10
Disposition Book XXII, p. 40.
Oct. 2. Warrant by Treasurer Oxford to the Customs Commissioners to observe an order in Council dated Sept. 28 last for releasing from quarantine the ship Britannia, John Hughes master, from Stockholm with pitch, tar and iron: on the petition of Charles Joye and George Bearance. Out Letters (Customs) XV, p. 447.
William Lowndes to the Salt Commissioners to reconsider their report on the petition of Cornelius Denn and to advise with the Attorney General therein. Out Letters (General) XX, p. 284.
Same to the Taxes Commissioners enclosing for their information the returns made to the Lord Treasurer by the Commissioners for executing the Land Taxes in East Brixton Division of Co. Surrey and Newport Pagnell in Co. Bucks, in reply to my Lord's letters to them about their taxes. Ibid., p. 285.
Oct. 3. Confirmation of a money order of date 1709 Sept. 5 for 206l. 15s. 8d. to William Pacey, ut supra, Calendar of Treasury Books, Vol. XXIII, p. 304. Order Book VII, p. 312.
William Lowndes to James Brydges, Paymaster of the Forces Abroad, to pay a further 80l. 8s. 0d. as follows to the wives of certain of the 30 Lieutenants who were sent to America on Ensigns' pay: out of money stopped out of their pay: viz. 6l. 14s. 0d. each to the wives respectively of Lieutenants Waters, Mathews, Buckhurst, Bankes, Price, Kitchiner, Low, Garland, Ellis, Bennet, Gee, Ogilvie. "But you are to be careful when this payment is made not to make any further payments to the said wives or any of them till you have an answer from Col. Hunter to the letter you some time wrote to him, as my Lord is informed, about making regular stoppages from the pay of the said Officers to answer the allowances of their wives." Disposition Book XXII, p. 39.
Oct. 3. William Lowndes to Mr. Brydges [Paymaster General of the Forces Abroad] to report on the following papers: viz.
(1) the Duke of Ormonde's letter dated from Gand the 2 Oct. 1712 [new style] enclosing a memorial from the Officers of the Earl of Stair's and Mr. Ross's Dragoons about their account for forage for the year 1712 and the payment of unsatisfied royal warrants for forage and horses lost.
(2) a representation from the Bailiffs of the Chatellany of Lille for her Majesty's part of a liquidated [arbitrated] sum payable by the Allies for the corn furnished by the inhabitants of that Chatellany to the Troops of the Allies during the siege of the town of Lisle [Lille] in 1708.
(3) a petition in the name of the Officers of Stanwix's Regiment, lately disbanded, praying an arrear of subsistence. [None of the said papers are here entered.]
Out Letters (General) XX, p. 284.
Treasury reference to same of the petition of Major Gen. Thomas Whetham praying payment of 230l. for 92 days' pay of himself and his Aide de Camp from 1711–12 March 24 to June 23 following. Reference Book IX, p. 94.
Same to Mr. Howe of the petition of William Green, brewer, and William Bancks, butcher, shewing that they sustained several losses in serving Chelsea Hospitals with provisions, whereupon the Commissioners [for said Hospital] granted Banks a warrant for 400l. and Green a warrant for 50l., but Mr. Howe, the Paymaster General of Guards and Garrisons, objects to the payment thereof without my Lord Treasurer's direction. Ibid., p. 97.
Oct. 4. Same to the Customs Commissioners of the petition of Thomas Hammond, a prisoner in the Fleet at the Queen's suit, shewing that he has been a considerable trader in the wine trade for 16 years, but has lately met with great losses: and upon his first misfortunes gave a just account of his estate to the said Commissioners: therefore praying his liberty on security to surrender. Ibid., p. 94.
Same to same of the petition of Thomas Coutts, merchant, shewing that he did on July 15 last enter out at the Custom House 80,332 pounds of tobacco in order for exportation and that he did on the 30 and 31 July last ship off 69,330 pounds of the said tobacco and is entitled to the drawback for the same being then in time, but not being shipped on board the ships first intended the endorsed cocquets for the said tobacco were not made out till the 25th Sept., being [then] out of time, for which reason the said Commissioners refuse to make debentures for the drawback notwithstanding the goods were actually on board the last intended ship before the expiry of the time allowed by law for shipment: therefore praying relief. Ibid.
Oct. 5. Same to the Comptrollers of the Accounts of the Army of the petition of Brigadier Munden for an arrear of subsistence due to the Officers of his Regiment for their service in Spain in 1710, being 529l. 6s. 0¼d. Ibid.
Oct. 6. Money order for 875l. to Henry Bertie, George Lockart, Salway Winnington, Francis Annesley, Thomas Lister, William Shippen and Henry Campion, the seven Commissioners of Accounts, for 1712 Sept. 29 on their salaries. [This money order would appear to have been drawn by the Auditor of the Receipt without the authority of a warrant from the Lord Treasurer. It is repeated under date Oct. 20 on the authority of a money warrant dated Oct. 17. See infra, p. 479.] Order Book VIII, p. 235.
[?] Entry of a pro forma annuity order drawn on the 32 years' annuities commencing from 1710 Sept. 29 in accordance with the Act of 10 Anne, c. 19, for Additional Duties on hides establishing a fond on 1,800,000l. Contributions. The order is purely nominal, viz. of date 28 June 1712, No. 2997, for 18l. per an. to Mary Ravenol in consideration of 200l. paid by four instalments. Ibid., p. 236.
Oct 6. Letter of direction for 30,197l. 6s. 5d. to John How, Paymaster General of Guards and Garrisons: out of Contributions in the Exchequer on the 1712 Lottery: and is intended to be applied to the services following: viz.
£ s. d.
in part of 468,830l. 15s. 10d. for Guards and Garrisons anno 1712.
for 33 days' subsistence from Sept. 22 last to Oct. 24 inst. for the Troops and Regiments in Great Britain 28,857 16 8
for six months' subsistence from June 25 last to Dec. 21 next for the Company at Bermudas 330 14 2
in part of 23,400l. for Garrisons anno 1712.
for the above 33 days' subsistence for the Garrison in North Britain 419 0 1
in part of 7,500l. for Contingencies anno 1712.
to satisfy the royal warrant to Major General Braddock for his services and extraordinary charges in going to Portsmouth and Plymouth to disband the Regiments of the Marquis Montandre and Brigadier Windsor 174 0 0
to satisfy the royal warrant for the contingent disbursements of the Secretary at War's Office for half a year to June 24 last 415 15 6
£30,197 6 5
Disposition Book XXII, p. 41.
William Lowndes to the Surveyor General of Crown Lands to enquire further of the value of the proposed lease to Sir Robert Eden of the four prebends founded within the Collegiate Church of Auckland. Out Letters (General) XX, p. 285.
Oct. 6. William Lowndes to the Secretary at War. By yours of the 25th ult. you acquaint my Lord that you have no objection against the Establishment proposed by the Duke of Ormonde for an Hospital at Dunkirk, being 6l. 6s. 8d. per diem, taking it for granted that the charge thereof is to be defrayed out of the Poundage of the Forces and that the number of the Officers employed in the Hospital belonging to the Army in Flanders is to be lessened in proportion. My Lord agrees, on those terms, to the forming of the said Establishment accordingly and desires that your draft may be prepared for the Queen to sign, to commence as from Oct. 11 inst.
I enclose a letter [missing] sent to Mr. Brydges from Mr. Morrice [dated] at Lisbon about a Regulation for half pay to the reduced Officers there; which you will please to consider. Out Letters (General) XX, pp. 285–6.
Oct. 8. Same to the Customs Commissioners to report on the enclosed petition [missing] of Charles Brander, merchant, for release of the Elizabeth and four other ships [not named] from quarantine. Ibid., p. 286.
Oct. 9. Fiat by Treasurer Oxford for royal letters patent to constitute Babington Stavely as a Queen's waiter, London port, on the surrender of Richard Warner. Out Letters (Customs) XV, p. 450.
Oct. 10. Money warrant for 305l. 14s. 0d. to the officers and clerks of the Tally Court for 3,057 tallies of loan on the several Aids and Lotteries between Easter and Michaelmas 1712, for which they have taken no fees for the preparing, entering, levying and examining thereof. (Money order dated Oct. 10 hereon.) Money Book XXII, p. 75. Order Book VIII, p. 235.
Same for 38l. 4s. 3d. to Henry Ballow and John Smith, Deputy Chamberlains for Joining Tallies in the Exchequer Court, for their fees for fetching from the Tally Court and sorting and disposing into order the foils or counterparts of the abovesaid 3,057 tallies within said time without fees and in joining same and delivering the foils of said tallies (when in course of payment) back to the Tally Court to be cancelled. (Money order dated Oct. 13 hereon.) Money Book XXII, p. 75. Order Book VIII, p. 239.
Money order for 160,000l. to the East India Company for one year to 1713 Sept. 29 on their fund and out of the several Duties granted therefor as by three Acts of Parliament of 9 Wm. III, c. 44, the Two Million Act, and 9 Wm. III, c. 25, for further Duties on Stamped Vellum &c., and 6 Anne, c. 71, for assuring a longer time to the East India Company's Fund. In the margin: a later entry by Treasurer Oxford dated 24 July 1714. "By virtue of a clause [No. 69] in an Act [13 Anne, c. 18] past in the last Session of Parliament for laying additional Duties on soap and other things therein mentioned, let the sum of 42,576l. 6s. 4d. remaining due [and unpaid] on the within written order be satisfied out of Contributions on the said Act [13 Anne, c. 18] for the Lottery anno 1714." Order Book VIII, p. 237.
Letter of direction for 57,500l. to Charles Cæsar, Treasurer of the Navy: out of Contributions now in the Exchequer on the 1712 Lottery: and is to be applied to the services following: viz.
£
on the head of Wages.
for paying off and laying up at Chatham her Majesty's ship Norwich 17,500
for paying off and laying up at Deptford eighteen small ships, in full of 50,000l. 10,000
on the head of Wear and Tear.
for paying the Yards, to wit for June 24 and Sept. 29 quarters 1711 in further part of 96,412l. desired for that service, whereof 42,000l. has been already issued 30,000
£57,500
Disposition Book XXII, p. 42.
Oct. 10. Warrant by Treasurer Oxford to the Customs Commissioners, Scotland, to pay the 1712 Sept. 29 quarter's salary bill of the Customs, Scotland, not detailed. Out Letters (North Britain) II, p. 381.
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