Declared Accounts: Unsatisfied Debentures

Calendar of Treasury Books, Volume 27, 1713. Originally published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1955.

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'Declared Accounts: Unsatisfied Debentures', in Calendar of Treasury Books, Volume 27, 1713, (London, 1955) pp. cdxxi. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-treasury-books/vol27/cdxxi [accessed 25 April 2024]

Unsatisfied Debentures

DECLARED ACCOUNTS: UNSATISFIED DEBENTURES (ARMY AND TRANSPORT).
PIPE OFFICE: ROLL 1271 [E.351/1271].
AUDIT OFFICE: BUNDLE 845, ROLL 3 [A.O.1/845/3].
Thomas Jett, Register and Paymaster of unsatisfied Debentures for debts due to the Army and Navy and for Transport Service during the late War in the reign of King William III.
24 June 1712 to 22 November 1714.
[The previous Accounts 25 April 1704 to 5 April 1708 and 5 April 1708 to 24 June 1712 have been omitted from this Series of Volumes.]
Charge. £ s. d. £ s. d.
Arrears: remaining in tallies and orders in the Accomptant's hands 48,457 8 11¼
Discharge.
Allowance for one year's interest upon unsatisfied Army and Transport Debentures subscribed into South Sea Company's Stock paid to the Proprietors of sundry Debentures for one year's Interest of 936,416l. 18s. 8d., part of 936,935l. 4s. 11d., payable at 5 per cent. per an., by the Lord Treasurer's warrant of 25 July 1712 46,817 19 11
ditto for one year's interest of 16,347l. 12s. 8d., part of 30,213l. 12s. 8d., payable at 5 per cent. per an., by the Lord Treasurer's warrant of 10 Feb. 1713–14 817 5 4
47,635 5 3
fees, salaries and other allowances:
the Accomptant's salary for 2 years 1 quarter and 54 days at 400l. per an. 959 3 7
allowance for messenger and office keeper at 20l. per an. 47 19 2
Exchequer fees 66 9 2
the Auditor's fee; to Edward Harley 125 0 0
1,198 11 11
total payments and allowances £48,833 17 2
and so the said Accomptant is in Surplusage 376 8 2¾
Declared 10 April 1717.
See Stat. 9 Anne, c. 15, s. 32, whereby these Debentures with any Interest thereon unsatisfied up to 25 March 1711 were to be funded and the proprietors thereof or other persons interested therein admitted into the Joint Stock of the South Sea Company.
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