|
| DECLARED ACCOUNTS: STAMP DUTIES: GENERAL ACCOUNT. |
| PIPE OFFICE: ROLL 2921. |
| Robert Pawling, Comptroller and Accomptant General of the Duties on Stamped Vellum, Parchment and Paper. |
|
1 August 1706 to 1 August 1707. |
| Charge. |
£ |
s. |
d. |
£ |
s. |
d. |
| Arrears: remaining in the hands of several persons named at the foot of the last Accompt |
|
73,613 |
16 |
5 |
| Receipts: |
|
| for the stamps put upon parchment, vellum and paper and paid for and delivered out of the Head Office in London: |
|
| on account of the Continued Duty [as by 8–9 Wm. III c. 20] |
28,922 |
7 |
5 |
|
| and on account of the Additional Duty [as by 1 Anne c. 7] |
25,983 |
13 |
0 |
|
|
54,906 |
0 |
5 |
| for the stamps put upon parchment and paper delivered to the warehouse keeper to supply the country: |
|
| on the Continued Duty |
19,481 |
4 |
6 |
|
| and on the Additional Duty |
16,282 |
6 |
6 |
|
|
35,763 |
11 |
0 |
| for the Duties payable by the Registers of the Universities and by Law Officers: |
|
| George Cooper, Register of the University of Oxford |
362 |
0 |
6 |
|
| Robert Grove, Register of the University of Cambridge |
120 |
0 |
0 |
|
| the several Prothonotaries, Secondaries, Registers in Chancery and other Law Officers of the Courts for Entries made by them |
1,127 |
14 |
0 |
|
|
1,609 |
14 |
6 |
| sundry Town Clerks for stamps upon Admissions and Inventories of Wills |
|
55 |
10 |
6 |
| penalties for deeds engrossed before they were stamped |
|
15 |
0 |
0 |
| value of paper and parchment provided by the Commissioners |
|
3,221 |
2 |
4 |
| (total due and payable for the year 95,570l. 18s. 9d.) |
|
| overpayments: |
|
| John Ryley, late Distributor for Staffordshire |
0 |
7 |
3 |
|
| Thomas Clark, late Distributor for Yarmouth |
9 |
11 |
1½ |
|
| Elizabeth Hall, 'Distributresse' for part of Yorkshire |
59 |
15 |
0 |
|
|
69 |
13 |
4½ |
| money due upon bond from Mr. Thomas Bendish |
|
200 |
0 |
0 |
| total charge and receipts |
|
£169,454 |
8 |
6½ |
| Discharge |
£ |
s. |
d. |
| Money accompted for in the Cash Accompt of these Duties |
90,248 |
3 |
5¼ |
| overpayments in the preceding Accompt |
9 |
18 |
4½ |
| money due on the Old Continued Duty charged as Overpaid on the New Continued Duty (by Elizabeth Hall ut supra) |
59 |
15 |
0 |
| allowances to Distributors for vending stampt paper in the country and for incidents |
3,051 |
2 |
4¼ |
| total payments and allowances |
£93,368 |
19 |
2 |
| and so remains |
76,085 |
9 |
4½ |
| whereof depending on Warehouse Keepers, Distributors, &c |
76,085 |
9 |
4½ |
| and so this General Accompt of the Duties is Even and Quit. |
|
| Memorandum that under the Act 20 Car. 2 [c. 7] the several late Distributors of Stampt paper hereafter named are chargeable with damages after the rate of 12l. per cent. |
|
£ |
s. |
d. |
| Samuel Brewer, for part of Sussex |
114 |
3 |
11 |
| Thomas Baker, for Sussex |
3 |
8 |
0 |
| Simon Babb, for Dorsetshire |
98 |
19 |
8 |
| William Collins, for Worcestershire |
506 |
6 |
5 |
| Peter Clinton, for Dorsetshire |
1,030 |
2 |
3 |
| Benjamin Collett, for Worcestershire |
261 |
5 |
9 |
| Marmadukes Deane, for Staffordshire |
3 |
12 |
6 |
| Francis Gregor, for Truro |
99 |
9 |
2 |
| Charles Hearle, for Cornwall |
361 |
12 |
1¼ |
| Robert Jackson, for Carlisle |
0 |
3 |
6¾ |
| Francis Isaacson, for Lincoln |
236 |
15 |
5 |
| Charles Jones, for Radnorshire |
100 |
4 |
4 |
| Charles Lee, for Northamptonshire |
105 |
12 |
10¾ |
| Thomas Dodd, for Lancaster |
5 |
1 |
5 |
| Robert Roper, for Durham |
93 |
0 |
8 |
| Benjamin Johnson, for Westmorland |
17 |
2 |
9½ |
| George Harvey, for — |
8 |
8 |
6 |
| George Maidwell for Northamptonshire |
142 |
14 |
4 |
| Edward Cowley, for Lincolnshire |
61 |
15 |
1 |
| Henry Marriott, for Norfolk |
102 |
3 |
3 |
| Samuel Wilson, for Berwick |
19 |
3 |
3 |
| Robert Warren, for Suffolk |
90 |
19 |
2 |
| Declared 21 April 1708. |
| DECLARED ACCOUNTS: STAMP DUTIES: CASH ACCOUNT. |
| PIPE OFFICE: ROLL 2907. |
| John Evelyn, Receiver General of the Duties upon Stampt Vellum, Parchment and Paper. |
|
1 August 1706 to 1 August 1707. |
| Charge. |
£ |
s. |
d. |
| Arrears: remaining upon the determination of the last Accompt nil. |
|
| Receipts: money received for the Duties on Stampt Paper, Parchment and Vellum: |
|
| for arrears of the said duties after the term of four years to 1 Aug. 1706 |
6,491 |
5 |
7½ |
| for the duties continued after 1 Aug. 1706 |
42,901 |
19 |
10¾ |
| for certain duties granted to the late King William [III] and his successors |
40,854 |
17 |
11 |
| total charge and receipts |
£90,248 |
3 |
5¼ |
| Discharge. |
£ |
s. |
d. |
£ |
s. |
d. |
| for salaries to the Commissioners and other Officers and Clerks belonging to the Stamp Office: |
|
| Edward Loyd, Henry Cornish, Robert Pooley, Richard Dyott, Commissioners at 300l. per an. each |
1,200 |
0 |
0 |
|
| Richard Uthwatt and John Molesworth, succeeding him, Commissioners |
300 |
0 |
0 |
|
| William Bridges, Secretary |
200 |
0 |
0 |
|
| John Evelyn, Receiver General |
300 |
0 |
0 |
|
| Robert Pawling, Comptroller General |
300 |
0 |
0 |
|
| clerks, solicitor, teller, 'register', housekeeper, warehouse keepers, etc., detailed |
2,860 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
5,160 |
0 |
0 |
| rent to Mr. Thomas Atwell and Company for the Stamp Office in Lincoln's Inn |
|
160 |
0 |
0 |
| paper and parchment brought into the Office |
|
2,274 |
1 |
10 |
| incidents |
|
1,254 |
14 |
7 |
| discount allowed on prompt payment at 6 per cent. for three months for moneys paid by ten pound parcels or upwards as by Act of Parliament |
|
1,344 |
13 |
4 |
| charges on paying moneys into the Exchequer, viz.: for allowing of tallies, porterage of money, etc. |
|
39 |
2 |
10 |
| Registers [registrars] of the Court of Chancery and others for poundage of money by them paid |
|
36 |
0 |
9½ |
| Auditor's fee |
|
50 |
0 |
0 |
| money paid into the Exchequer, detailed by dates: |
|
| on accompt of the Duties continued to 1 Aug. 1706 |
6,459 |
3 |
7¼ |
|
| on accompt of the Duties continued from 1 Aug. 1706 |
33,035 |
3 |
4½ |
|
| on the Additional Duties |
40,188 |
3 |
1½ |
|
|
79,682 |
10 |
0¾ |
| total payments and allowances |
|
£90,001 |
3 |
5¼ |
| and so remains |
|
247 |
0 |
0 |
| whereof depending on: |
|
| Robert Pawling, Comtproller of the Stamp Duties |
22 |
0 |
0 |
|
| John Montagu, Solicitor, imprested to him for charges of prosecutions |
250 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
272 |
0 |
0 |
| and so this Accomptant is in Surplusage |
|
25 |
0 |
0 |
| Declared 21 April 1708. |