Warrants for Minor Appointments: 1738

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'Warrants for Minor Appointments: 1738', in Calendar of Treasury Books and Papers, Volume 3, 1735-1738, (London, 1900) pp. 623-634. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-treasury-books-papers/vol3/pp623-634 [accessed 23 April 2024]

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1738.
TABLE III.
Letters Patents, Royal Sign Manuals and Warrants, Treasury Warrants, Commissions, and Orders relating to Appointments.
1737–8.
Date. Nature of Order or Entry and Substance of Appointment. Reference.
Jan. 5 Treasury commission. James Burney, surveyor of houses, co. Chester, loco John Edwards, dismissed. Affairs of Taxes IV. p. 11.
Treasury warrants. George Cheap, collector of Customs and collector of the Salt duty at Prestonpans, loco Colin Campbell; Thomas Fraser, collector of salt duty at Campbelltown, loco Hugh Montgomery, dismissed, at 5l. per an.; Gideon Schaw, collector of customs at Perth, loco John Bethune, deceased, at 30l. per an.; James Murray, surveyor in Caithness, loco Charles Campbell, resigned, at 30l. per an.; James Graham, surveyor at Alloa, loco Robert Haliday, deceased, at 40l. per an.; William Dunbar, a tidesman at Anstruther, loco William Brodie, who never appeared, at 20l. per an.; James Innes, same at Ayr, loco Hugh Miller, deceased, at 15l. per an.; Joseph Farquharson, same, Aberdeen, loco William Arbuthnot, deceased, at 18l. per an.; Andrew Miller, a boatman, ibid., loco Robert Bannerman, deceased; James McKie, same, Stranraer, loco Daniel Turner, deceased, at 15l. per an.; John McQueen, a watchman of the salt duty at Kirkcaldy, loco Robert Lowe, who never appeared, at 15l. per an.; Alexander Ross, same at Borrowstounness, loco Thomas Forbes, dismissed, at 15l. per an.; Henry Cunningham, tidesman at Leith, at 20l. per an., and John Dew, tidesman at Irvine, at 15l. per an., to exchange places. North Britain Book XII. pp. 145–6.
Jan. 6 Same. John Wilson, a boatman, Scarborough port, loco Christopher Hall, superannuated. Customs Book XIV. p. 255.
Jan. 10 Same. Thomas Ketcherell, supervisor of the riding officers for the Middle Division of Dover port, loco Hartfleet Spratt, deceased; George Dunn, a land carriageman, London port, loco Oliver Pearson, deceased; Richard Clarke, a boatman at Bantham, in Bigbury Bay, Dartmouth port, loco Robert A voke, resigned; William Lloyd, waiter and searcher and deputy comptroller at Aberdovey, loco Evan Lloyd, deceased; Thomas Kennet, a tidesman and boatman, Dover port, loco Hosea Hobbs; John Veale, a watchman, Bristol port, loco Henry Oxnard, deceased; John Restbridge, a tidesman and boatman in Dover port, loco George Collard, dismissed; John Jones, same at Dale, in Milford port, loco John Howell, superannuated; Griffith Summers, boatman at Pembroke, to be removed to Hubberston, and his salary of 25l. to be reduced to 20l. Ibid., pp. 255–6.
Jan. 18 Treasury commission. James Bull, of Kington, co. Hereford, gent, Receiver General of the duties on houses for the counties of Brecon, Radnor, and Montgomery; and Receiver General of same for 1737 land tax in arrear. Affairs of Taxes IV. p. 214.
Warrant under the royal sign manual to the Attorney or Solicitor General for a bill to pass the Great Seal of Great Britain for a fresh Commission of Excise, England, to contain John Orlabar, in the place of Humphry Thayer, deceased: the new Commissioners to be Charles Polhill, John Fowle, Thomas Wylde, James Vernon, Robert Eyre, Horatio Townshend, Sir Thomas Robinson, William Burton, and John Orlabar. King's Warrant Book XXXII. pp. 486–7.
Same to same. For preparation of a signature to pass the Great Seal for a new Commission of Excise, Scotland, with George Drummond loco Richard Somers, the new Commissioners to be Gilbert Burnet, Richard Dowdeswell, Thomas Cochran, Christopher Wyvill, and George Drummond. North Britain Book XII. pp. 168–9.
Jan. 19 Treasury warrant. John Hasill, waiter at Bridgetown, Barbados, loco Stephen Curling, deceased. Customs Book XIV. p. 256.
Jan. 27 Royal letters patent by writ of Privy Seal. James Lane, one of the King's Heralds at Arms, with the name commonly called Richmond Herald, with an annuity or yearly rent of 40 marks of good and lawful money of Great Britain, during good behaviour, together with liveries and clothing anciently accustomed, and all other fees, perquisites, &c., to said office incident; all loco Charles Whinyates, who, being then of Peterborough, co. Northampton, was appointed Richmond Herald by letters patent of November 3, anno 9 George I., said Whinyates having, by deed of date, 14 October, 11 George II., surrendered up his title and interest therein. King's Warrant Book XXXII. pp. 492–3.
Treasury warrants. Robert Coult, a riding officer on the west side of Lynn channel, to reside in Marshland, at 50l. per an.; Richard Marriot to be established a riding officer on the east side of Dersingham, to ride to Lynn on one side and Heacham on the other; John Laws to be established a riding officer stationed at Thornham, to ride to Heacham on one side and Brancaster on the other. Customs Book XIV. p. 257.
Jan. 31 Warrant under the Royal sign manual to the Attorney or Solicitor General, for a Bill to pass the Great Seal of Great Britain. Horatio Walpole, Usher of the Receipt of the Exchequer and Keeper of the Council Chamber of the Star Chamber within the Palace of Westminster, with all mansions, wages, fees, profits, commodities, preheminencies, rights, advantages, and emoluments whatsoever to the said office belonging or appertaining during the term of his natural life; all in place of William Townshend, lately deceased, who was appointed by letters patent under the Great Seal of May 12, anno 11 George I. King's Warrant Book XXXII. p. 490.
Feb. 4 Royal letters patents by writ of Privy Seal. Horatio Walpole, the younger, Usher of the Receipt of the Exchequer and Keeper of the Council Chamber of the Star Chamber within the Palace of Westminster. Ibid., pp. 495–6.
Feb. 6 Same by the King. William Noel, of the Inner Temple, one of the King's Counsel learned in the law, with the wages and fees of 40l. of good and lawful money of Great Britain, payable at the Receipt. Ibid. XXXIII., pp. 46–7.
Feb. 7 Treasury warrants. Charles Norton, surveyor, waiter, and searcher at Frodsham, Liverpool port, loco Samuel Hall, deceased; Nicholas Coats, riding officer at Romney, Dover port, loco Joshua Coats, to be superannuated; Francis Peters, tidesman and boatman, Padstow port, loco Thomas Williams, deceased; Henry Hatton, tidesman and boatman, Cowes, loco James Hoskyns, deceased; Roger Fenwick, mate of the “Wivenhoe” smack, Colchester port, loco Thomas Quilter, resigned; William Davies, waiter and searcher at Newlyn, Penzance Port, loco Digory Gibbons, deceased; John Peat, same at Meols, Liverpool port, loco Edmund Walley, resigned; Thomas Williams, same at Newport, Cardiff port, loco Daniel Seys, to be superannuated. Customs Book XIV. p. 258.
Feb. 9 Same. Hugh Ball, a tidesman at Kingswear, Dartmouth port, to be a boatman at Sidmouth, Exeter port, loco Nicholas Jope, to be superannuated; John Crocker to succeed Ball at Kingswear; Robert Fell, a boatman at Sunderland, loco Richard Bellarby; Francis Harrison, same, ibid., loco Matthew Jones, dismissed. Ibid., p. 260.
Feb. 14 Treasury letters patents. Thomas De Veil, Inspector General of Exports and Imports, to make and keep a distinct and true account of the importations and exportation of all commodities into and out of this kingdom, and to and from what places the same are exported and imported, and also upon what shipping such exports and imports are made and to examine into the decay, if any, of the trades of this kingdom into foreign parts, and into the increase of freight of foreign shipping using this His Majesty's Kingdom of Great Britain, and out of the said account once in every year and as often as he shall be thereunto required by the Treasury or the Commissioners of Trade and Plantations, or Commissioners of Customs, to make and present a fair and exact scheme of the Balance of Trade as it then stands between Great Britain and other parts of the world; with a yearly salary of 500l. for himself and 280l. for clerks and substitutes; all on the resignation of Horatio Walpole, Esq., as above, p. 533. Ibid., pp. 262–3.
Feb. 15 Same. Owen Brereton, Paymaster of the Lotteries (“the particular officer in the Exchequer for paying the annuities and other payments from time to time becoming due and payable by reason of the several and respective Lotteries”), loco Thomas Spence, lately deceased, with the yearly fee or salary of 400l. Warrants not relating to Money XXVI. p. 48.
Feb. 21 Treasury warrant. Stephen Street, distributor of stamped parchment, paper, &c., for the county of Wilts, loco his son, Benjamin, who is desirous of resigning. Ibid., p. 50.
Same. Thomas Parker, a landwaiter, Southampton port, loco Enoch Watts, resigned; John Rees, a tidesman in the inferior list, London port, loco William Nicholls, deceased; Edward Humphreys, waiter and searcher at Neston, Chester port, loco Hamnet Kirkes, deceased; Henry Hewer, a landwaiter, Plymouth port, loco Robert Randle, to be forthwith dismissed. Customs Book XIV. p. 266.
Mar. 7 Same. Thomas Lunnis, register of pamphlets, loco John Pain, deceased. Warrants not relating to Money XXVI. p. 50.
Same. John Lewis, Comptroller of the Customs at Boston, New England, loco William Lambert; Gilbert Higginson, Surveyor and Comptroller in Carolina and the Bahama Islands, loco William Saxby, deceased. Customs Book XIV. p. 266.
Mar. 9 Treasury warrants. Jonas Evett, Assistant to the Register of Pamphlets, loco Thomas Lunnis, preferred; William Rimmer, a stamper, loco Thomas Lunnis, preferred. Warrants not relating to Money XXVI. p. 54.
Mar. 16 Warrant under the royal sign manual. James Bogle, solicitor to the Court of Exchequer, Scotland (solicitor in all matters and cases relating to debtors and accomptants to the Crown in Scotland, except those under the conduct of the Solicitors of Customs and Excise there, and to take care that they be duly prosecuted until they have finished and fully discharged the same), loco William Bowles, appointed same 1727, October 26. North Britain Book XII. pp. 184–5.
Mar. 17 Treasury warrant. Thomas Lench, a tidesman in the inferior list, London port, loco Jeffery Tildesley, deceased. Customs Book XIV. p. 266.
Mar. 21 Same. John Young, solicitor for His Majesty's stamp duties in North Britain, loco William Bowles, who is appointed agent in London for the Exchequer Court and Customs and Excise revenues in Scotland. Warrants not relating to Money XXVI. p. 56.
Same. Charles Grey, an established tidesman at Shields, Newcastle port, with 10l. per an. salary and 20l. per an. incidents, and John Dodgein, waiter and searcher at Bamburgh, Berwick port, at 25l. per an., to exchange places. Appending:—Representation to the Treasury from the Customs Commissioners to the Treasury that no pecuniary or other consideration had been given by either of the parties concerned. Customs Book XIV. p. 268.
Mar. 22 Treasury commission. Simon Moore, surveyor of houses, Westmoreland, loco Robert Harrison, deceased. Affairs of Taxes IV. p. 11.
Royal letters patents. Evelyn, Duke of Kingston, Master of the Staghounds on the north side of Trent, with a salary of 1,600l. per an., said yearly sum to be added to the establishment of the expense in the office of the Treasurer of the Chamber. King's Warrant Book XXXIII. pp. 27–8.
Treasury warrant. John Wickliffe, established as an additional supervisor of the riding officers for the Western Division of Sussex, to reside at Chichester, and to inspect and survey the riding officers from Emsworth, west, to Climping, east; at a salary of 100l. per an.
Prefixing:—Report to the Treasury from the Customs Commissioners on Wickliffe's petition for said office to be established.		 Customs Book XIV. pp. 267–8.
Mar. 23 Same. Francis Ward, tidesman in the inferior list, London port, loco Robert Shreeve, superannuated. Ibid., p. 266.
1738.
Mar. 30		 Same. Robert Dinwiddie, Surveyor General of the Southern part of the Continent of America, viz., South and North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Bahama Islands, and Jamaica, loco Ernault Hawkins, deceased; John Lewis to succeed said Dinwiddie as collector at Bermudas. Ibid., p. 269.
April 13 Same. Henry McCulloch, a tide surveyor at Whithorn, in the precinct of the port of Wigtown, loco James Douglas, deceased, at 30l. per an.; Charles Junkins, a tidesman at Kirkcaldy, loco Henry Johnston, deceased, at 20l. per an.; George Hunter, same, ibid., loco Patrick Beatson, deceased, at 20l. per an.; John Grant, comptroller at Inverness, loco David Brodie, deceased, at 30l. per an.; John Reynolds, a tidesman at Dundee, loco Andrew Paul, who has not appeared, at 18l. per an.; John McLeod, same in the Lewis, loco John Campbell, dismissed, at 12l. per an.; Francis Paton, land surveyor at Dumfries, loco William Johnston, deceased, at 40l. per an.; William Kidd, a boatman at Borrowstounness, loco Robert Wishart, dismissed, at 15l. per an; Robert Creichton, a watchman of the salt duty at Alloa, loco James Innes, preferred, at 15l. per an.; John Herriot, supervisor of the salt duty at Prestonpans, loco Gideon Schaw, preferred, at 50l. per an. North Britain Book XII. p. 209.
Treasury warrant. Ralph Peters, distributor of stamps for the County Palatine of Lancaster, loco William Tonge, superseded. Warrants not relating to Money XXVI. p. 61.
April 14 Same. Henry Luce, tidesman and boatman, Plymouth port, loco Thomas Larke, deceased; Henry Holmes, tidesman in the inferior list, London, transferred to the superior list, loco Eusebius Boswell, superannuated; William Wastell, senior, to succeed said Holmes in the inferior list. Customs Book XIV. p. 270.
April 18 Same. Jacob Russell, a boatman at Newcastle, loco Matthew Simpson, deceased; Owen Lewis, waiter and searcher at Neston, Chester port, loco Hamnet Kirkes, deceased. Ibid.
April 20 Same. Griffey Lort, distributor of stamps for Carmarthen, Cardigan, and Pembroke, loco Nathaniel Morgan, deceased. Warrants not relating to Money XXVI. p. 66b.
April 21 Same. Arthur Onslow, noontender, London port, loco Jeremiah Beard, deceased. Customs Book XIV. p. 270.
April 25 Same. Thomas Simonds, a tidesman in the inferior list, London port, loco Thomas Waite, dismissed; John Kingston, boatman at Lymington, Southampton port, loco Thomas Dodd, deceased. Ibid., p. 274.
April 28 Same. Nicholas Stephens, waiter and searcher at St. Augustin's Back, Bristol port, loco John Young; Benjamin Graves, a waterman, London port, loco John Kennick, superannuated. Ibid., pp. 274–5.
May 2 Treasury commission. Thomas Page, Surveyor of Houses, London, loco James Hatley, dismissed. Affairs of Taxes IV. p. 11.
May 3 Treasury warrant. John Randall, a waterman, London port, loco William Hollyman, superannuated. Custome Book XIV. p. 275.
May 4 Same. Thomas Paynter, waiter and searcher, Chester port, loco Peter Paynter, resigned. Ibid.
May 5 Treasury commission. James Ford, surveyor of houses, co. Lancaster, loco Hosiah Cock, deceased. Affairs of Taxes IV. p. 11.
May 7 Commission under the Royal sign manual. Lieut. Col. Robert Carpenter, Lieutenant Governor of the Island of Montserrat, loco William Forbes, deceased. King's Warrant Book XXXIII. p. 260.
May 8 J. Scrope to the Customs Commissioners, with the Treasury's order to appoint John Husk an extraordinary land carriage man, London port, loco George Campbell, deceased. Customs Book XIV. p. 277.
May 9 Treasury warrants. Roger Berisford, a tidesman. Ilfracombe port, loco John Luscomb, deceased; Samuel Sheppard, a boatman at Lymington, Southampton port, loco Thomas Dodd, deceased; John Stratton, a tidesman in the inferior list, London port, loco Mossom Wye, deceased; Lawrence Hall, a boatman at Faversham, loco John Humphres, superannuated; Francis Stuart, a tide surveyor at Liverpool, loco John Tomkins, deceased. Ibid.
May 15 Royal sign manual to the Attorney or Solicitor General for a royal signature to pass the Great Seal of Great Britain. Thomas Harvey, superintendent of all the royal gardens belonging to all and every the royal palaces and houses of access in England, with like powers as William, late Earl of Portland, or any person or persons having said office, with a yearly fee of 500l., payable by the Paymaster of the Works. King's Warrant Book XXXIII. p. 54.
May 16 Same to same for same to pass same. John Harris, Paymaster of all His Majesty's Works concerning the repairs, new building, and well-keeping of any of the royal houses of access and others in the time of Progress, loco Hugh Howard, deceased: with a yearly fee or salary of 400l. Ibid., p. 53.
May 17 Treasury warrant. Thomas Davies, tidesman, Liverpool, loco Francis Stewart, preferred. Customs Book XIV. p. 277.
May 18 Same. John Smith, supervisor of the riding officers from East Guildford to Hastings, at Winchelsea, in Rye port, loco John Parnell, deceased; David Davis, a tidesman in the inferior list, Bristol port, loco Francis Lovell, deceased; John Parry, a boatman Beaumaris port, loco John Williams, deceased. Ibid., pp. 277, 307.
Same to the Excise Commissioners, England, to supersede the constitution of 1734, April 15, of John Pennington, as Comptroller upon the cash of the Cashier of Excise, and to constitute and appoint thereto Christopher Wyvil in his place, with the like salary of 600l. Warrants not relating to Money XXVI. p. 71.
May 18 Royal letters patents by writ of Privy Seal. John Harris, Paymaster of the Works, loco Hugh Howard, deceased. King's Warrant Book XXXIII. pp. 58–9.
June 1 Treasury warrants. Samuel Woodward, collector and searcher at Brunswick, North Carolina, to keep a boat and two able negro men, loco Hugh Campbell, deceased; John Webb, a tidesman in the inferior list, Bristol port, preferred to the superior list, loco John Parrot, deceased; Joseph Berry to succeed Webb in the inferior list, ibid. Customs Book XIV. p. 307.
June 2 Same. James Gordon, surveyor or landwaiter and searcher at Wigtown, loco John Mitchell, deceased; John Neilson, surveyor at Stranraer, loco said James Gordon; Robert Baikie, land waiter and searcher in Orkney, loco Thomas Baikie, deceased, at 25l. per an.; Alexander Macqillichoan, a tidesman at Inverness, loco Alexander Baillie, dismissed, at 18l. per an.; William Ingles, a watchman of the salt duty at Prestonpans, loco Charles Junkins, preferred, at 15l. per an. North Britain Book XII. p. 217.
June 16 Treasury commission. William Carr, surveyor of houses, co. Lancaster, loco Thomas Stanhope, deceased. Affairs of Taxes IV. p. 11.
Treasury warrants. John Skinner, a boatman, Plymouth port, loco Thomas Painter, superannuated; Richard Penrose, collector of Customs at Scilly, in Penzance port, loco his father, Bernard Penrose, resigned; Joseph Tolcher, sitter in the boat at Arm River, Plymouth port, loco John Coyle, dismissed for neglect of duty; William Toller and Thomas Phillips, boatmen, ibid., locis Francis Ley and Richard Grubb, dismissed likewise. Customs Book XIV. p. 308.
June 20 Same. Benjamin Woodward, distributor of stamps for the county of Huntingdon, loco Mary Dowse, deceased. Warrants not relating to Money XXVI. p. 84.
June 21 Treasury warrant. John Pell, register of certificates in the Island of Jersey, loco Philip Payne, deceased; John Husk, land carriage man, London port, loco George Dunn, preferred; John Hancock, waiter and searcher at Christchurch, Southampton port, loco Robert Knapton, superannuated; George Dunn, riding officer at Dymchurch, Dover port, loco Edward Bridges, superannuated; Henry Atkinson, waiter and searcher at Shields, Newcastle port, loco James Banks, resigned; Henry Vaughan, deputy comptroller at Llanelly, loco John Rees, deceased; Lawrence Wilson, a tidesman in the inferior list, London port, loco George Watts, dismissed; John Swainson, same, ibid., loco Charles Langrish, superannuated. Customs Book XIV. p. 309.
June 27 Same for royal letters patent, for constituting Erasmus Owen comptroller of Customs, Milford port, loco William Hall. Ibid. p. 310.
Royal sign manual to the Attorney or Solicitor General for a signature to pass the Great Seal of Great Britain, for a new Commission for Taxes, to contain Joseph Richardson, loco Richard Aldworth, lately deceased; the new Commissioners to be Edward Younge, William Cleland, Thomas Medlycott, John Bromfield, Henry Kelsall, and Joseph Richardson, Commissioners for holding intelligence and to correspond with the Receivers General of the Taxes, and to take care and see that they duly and speedily pay into the Exchequer all sums received by them … and to inspect, manage, and look after the … Surveyors of house duties in England, Wales, and Berwick-on-Tweed, and to take care of, inspect, and see after the bringing in all such arrears as are standing out and unpaid on any former Acts of Parliament for taxes, aids, subsidies, hearth money, benevolences, or poll bills, and to inspect and take care that all accomptants to the Crown neglecting to accompt be duly prosecuted for the same, and that all rents and other beneficial matters reserved to the Crown upon any grants not put in charge before the proper officers be as they shall happen to be discovered duly brought and put in charge before them. King's Warrant Book XXXIII. p. 73.
Treasury commission. William Broadhurst, surveyor of houses, Salop, loco William Baldwin, dismissed. Affairs of Taxes IV. p. 11.
June 29 Royal letters patent. Robert Lord Walpole, Master of the Harriers and Master of the Foxhounds, with an allowance of 2,000l. per an. for himself and for wages and allowances to huntsmen, either horse or foot, for buying and maintaining horses for such of the huntsmen as he shall think fit, for breeding and maintaining the hounds, and replacing and supplying horses and hounds, and in general for paying and defraying all charges whatsoever depending on said office; said allowance to date from 1738, May 1, and be payable by the Treasurer of the Chamber. King's Warrant Book XXXIII. pp. 81–2.
Royal sign manual for a Bill to pass the Great Seal of Great Britain. John Gough, comptroller of the revenues and duties of Excise and new imposts and all other duties whatsoever under the care and management of the Commissioners of Excise, Scotland, loco Christopher Rhodes, promoted to be a Commissioner for Excise, Scotland; with the salary of 500l. for himself and clerks. North Britain Book XII. p. 20.
Same for same for a new Commission of Excise in Scotland, with Christopher Rhodes loco Christopher Wyvill; the new Commissions to be Gilbert Burnet, Robert Dowdeswell, Thomas Cochran, George Drummond, and Christopher Rhodes, with a salary of 400l. per an each. Ibid., pp. 221–2.
June 30 Royal letters patents by a warrant of the Lords of the Treasury. Erasmus Owen, comptroller of Customs, Milford port, loco William Hall. Customs Book XIV. p. 315.
July 5 Treasury warrant. William Munro, tidesman at Leith, loco William Maxwell, who declines the service, at 20l. per an.; Alexander Paul, same, Kirkcaldy, loco John Fowle, dismissed, at 20l. per an.; Alexander Moody, same, Perth, loco William Thomson, who is to succeed him as tidesman at Alloa, on the established allowance; Robert Dick, landwaiter and searcher in Zetland, at 25l. per an., loco James Douglas. North Britaine Book XII. p. 231.
Treasury note of approval of Barwell Smith as first clerk to Lord Onslow, one of the four Tellers of the Receipt. Prefixing:—Said Lord's presentation of Smith to the Treasury for approval and for admission to the oath. Warrants not relating to Money XXVI. pp. 94–5.
Treasury Commission. Evan Meredith, junr., surveyor of houses, Cardigan, loco Evan Meredith, dismissed. Affairs of Taxes IV. p. 11.
July 7 Royal letters patent by the King. Thomas Parker, one of His Majesty's Serjeants at Law, to have the office of one of the Barons of the Exchequer. King's Warrant Book XXXIII. pp. 202–3.
Same. William Fortescue, one of the Barons of the Exchequer, to be one of the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas. Ibid., p. 203.
Same. Sir John Comyns, one of the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas, to be Chief Baron of the Exchequer. Ibid., p. 205.
Treasury warrant. Richard Vincent, a tidesman in the inferior list, London port, loco William Bingham, dismissed. Customs Book XIV. p. 315.
Treasury letters patents. Thomas Jones, Comptroller of the Accounts of the Treasurer of His Majesty's Chamber, loco William Seymour, deceased, with the yearly fee or salary of 150l. Warrants not relating to Money XXVI. p. 101.
Royal letters patent by writ of Privy Seal. For a new Commission of Taxes, with Joseph Richardson loco Richard Aldworth, deceased. King's Warrant Book XXXIII. pp. 111–2.
July 7 and later. Treasury commissions to James Hayes et al., detailed, to be Receivers General of Land Tax, 1738, for the county of Berks and the other counties respectively detailed. Affairs of Taxes IV. pp. 227–30.
July 8 Treasury warrant. Henry Bing and Thomas Stone, tidesmen and boatmen at Dover, loco Peter Rawlins and Thomas Gravenor, superannuated. Customs Book XIV. p. 316.
Same. Robert Pett, commander of the Princess Anne sloop, loco Edward Allen, resigned, at 50l. per an. North Britain Book XII. p. 270.
July 26 Same. Thomas Thomas, waiter and searcher at [Port] Isaac, Padstow port, loco John Parsons, deceased. Prefixing:— Memorial to the Treasury from the Customs Commissioners concerning Thomas's services as an informer. John Cumby a tidesman at Yarmouth, loco Robert Buck, deceased. Customs Book XIV. pp. 316–7.
Aug. 1 Treasury commissions. William Bury, Receiver General of duties on houses, co. Notts; John Gisborne, same for co. Derby. Affairs of Taxes IV. p. 236.
Treasury warrant to Hill Mussenden, one of the Commissioners in the Office of Alienations, to admit Richard Newton as deputy to said Mussenden in said Office. Warrants not relating to Money XXVI. p. 102.
Treasury commission. William Deverel, surveyor of houses, Somerset, loco Christopher Hill, deceased. Affairs of Taxes IV. p. 11.
Aug. 8 Treasury warrants. Joseph Hemings, a tidesman in the inferior list, London port, loco Samuel Horlock, deceased; John Chadwick, a tidesman, Liverpool port, loco Edward Chadwick, dismissed; Thomas Liddell, same in the inferior list, London port, preferred to the superior list, loco John Kell, deceased; William Daddy to succeed said Liddell in the inferior list; John Fisher, boatman at Faversham, loco Robert Plott, superannuated. Customs Book XIV. p. 317.
Aug. 10 Treasury commissions. George Pembroke, of the borough of St. Albans, Receiver General of house duties for co. Herts; Benjamin Nuthall, of the city of Norwich, same for part of Norfolk. Affairs of Taxes IV. p. 236.
Aug. 24 Same. Edwarde Clarke, Receiver General of land tax, 1738, for part of co. Suffolk. Ibid., p. 230.
Same. Edward Clarke, of Ipswich, Receiver General of duties on houses for part of Suffolk. Ibid., p. 236.
Treasury warrants. John Reid, a tidesman at Leith, loco James Livingston, dismissed, at 20l. per an.; James Harwood, a watchman of the salt duty at Alloa, loco William Munro, at 15l. per an.; George Maxwell, a tidesman at Leith, loco William Alves, dismissed, at 20l. per an.; Archd. Young, surveyor at Irvine, loco Robert Rose, dismissed, at 35l. per an.; William Ogilvie, land surveyor at Port Glasgow, loco Walter Grahame, deceased, at 100l. per an.; John McKenzie, surveyor, land-waiter, and searcher at Lewis, loco George McKenzie, who declines, at 20l. per an.; George Lobban, land waiter and searcher at Aberdeen, loco Henry Elphingston, dismissed, at 25l. per an.; Robert Skinner, same at Ayr, loco James Forbes, deceased, at 25l. per an.; Alexander Hay, a tidesman, Aberdeen, loco John Ouchterlony, dismissed, at 18l. per an. North Britain Book XII. p. 275.
Aug. 28 Royal sign manual for a letter to be passed under the Seal appointed by the Treaty of Union to be kept in Scotland in place of the Great Seal there, appointing William Grant, James Calhoun, and William Alexander to be three out of the 21 Commissioners and Trustees for managing the Fisheries and other Manufactures and Improvements in Scotland, in place of Sir Hugh Dalrymple of North Berwick, James Patterson, of Kirkton, advocate, and William Jameson, of Leith, merchant, three of the said Trustees, deceased. Ibid., pp. 275–6.
Aug. 29 Treasury warrants. John Luntley, tidesman and boatman, to attend the collieries at Pembroke Ferry, Milford port, and Peter Nicholas, waiter and searcher at Mostyn and Flint, Chester port, to exchange places; Thomas Osborne, waiter and searcher and assistant to the boatman at Stert Point, Bridgwater port, loco John Lewis, deceased. Customs Book XIV. p. 325.
Aug. 31 Same. Richard Cock, waiter and searcher, Penryn port, loco Charles Ley, deceased; Francis Arthur, riding officer in Fowey port, loco John Cock, superseded; Joseph Burrow, collector of Customs, Whitehaven port, loco Ferdinand Latus, deceased; John Cocke, tidesman and boatman, Penzance, loco Richard Greby, deceased. Ibid., p. 325.
Sept. 6 J. Scrope to the Customs Commissioners. Thomas Peirce to be instructed at the waterside, London port, in the business of the Customs as a landwaiter. Ibid., p. 326.
Sept. 21 Treasury warrants. James Wellman, a tidesman in the inferior list, London port, to be preferred to the superior list, loco Sir William Moore, deceased; Thomas Palmer to succeed said Wellman in the inferior list. Customs Book XIV. p. 326.
Sept. 26 Treasury approval of Nathaniel Cowdery as first clerk in the office of George Earl of Halifax, Auditor of the Receipt of the Exchequer.
Prefixing: Extract of the Act of 8 and 9 William III. for the better observation of the Course of the Receipt, together with the said Earl's nomination of said Cowdery as above.		 Warrants not relating to Money XXVI. p. 110.
Sept. 28 Treasury warrant for royal letters patent. John Margerum, gent., comptroller of customs, Ipswich port, loco Thomas Starling, deceased. Customs Book XIV. p. 327.
Same. Charles Vyvyan, collector of Customs, Penzance port, loco Nicholas Teague, deceased: John Tapper, a boatman at Topsham, Exeter port, to be warehouse keeper there, loco Bernard Sampson, deceased; John Jope, a tidesman and boatman at Bideford, to succeed said Tapper at Topsham; Edward Yard, junior, to succeed said Jope at Bideford; Thomas Tiffin, riding officer at Workington, and Flimby, Whitehaven port, loco Timothy Fisher, dismissed. Ibid., p. 326.
Oct. 3 Treasury commission. Charles Bromfield, surveyor of houses, London, loco William Lloyd, deceased. Robert Obbinson, same, co. Lincoln, loco William White, deceased. Affairs of Taxes IV. p. 11.
Treasury warrant. John Greenwood, a watchman, London port, loco John Evans, deceased. Customs Book XIV. p. 327b.
Oct. 4 Same. Samuel Thornton, commander of the Customs smack, Lynn port, loco Joseph Harvey, superannuated. Ibid.
Oct. 5 Same. John Sheall, a tidesman, Yarmouth port, to be a riding surveyor at Winterton, in said port, loco Samuel Thornton, preferred; Gabriel Clifton to succeed said Sheall as tidesman; Thomas Sisson, a landwaiter, Hull port, loco Samuel Sotheran, deceased; John Danger, waiter and searcher, Port Isaac, in Padstow port, loco John Parsons, deceased. Ibid.
Oct. 10 Same. John Banister, comptroller of Customs at Antigua, loco Anthony Moor, deceased; Thomas Wilkinson, tidesman and boatman, Stockton, loco Thomas Jackson, superannuated; David Stow, riding officer from Berwick to Carham, Berwick port, loco Richard Stow, his father, deceased. Ibid.
Same. Thomas Southouse, landwaiter and searcher at Kirkcaldy, loco Patrick Nisbett, resigned, at 25l. per an. North Britain Book XII. p. 281.
Oct. 17 Same. William Roupell, Supervisor General of the salt duty, loco John Barnett, deceased, at 130l. per an.; Samuel Pleydell, surveyor at Anstruther, loco William Ogilvie, preferred, 40l. per an.; Robert Gordon, landwaiter and searcher at Glasgow, loco Archibald Young, preferred, at 60l. per an.; Archibald Young, supervisor of salt duty at Irvine, loco Robert Rose, dismissed, at 5l. [sic] per an.; Andrew Robson, tidesman at Leith, loco George Lobban, preferred, at 20l. per an.; John Meldrum, tidesman at Borrowstounness, loco Robert Lyell, resigned, at 20l. per an.; John McPhail, surveyor, landwaiter, and searcher at Fort William, loco Alexander Muir, dismissed, at 20l. per an.; John Crawford, tidesman, ibid., loco John Gray, dismissed, at 12l. per an.; William Mitchell, a watchman of the salt duty at Kirkcaldy, at 15l. per an., loco John McGill, dismissed. Ibid.
Oct. 17 Treasury warrant upon the presentment of the Stamp Commissioners. Charles Marshall, assistant to the ware-housekeeper of unstamped parchment and paper, loco Robert Henry Gale, deceased. Warrants not relating to Money XXVI. p. 109.
Oct. 18 Treasury warrant. George Bittlestone, a tidesman, Shields, Newcastle port, loco Job Bulman, deceased. Customs Book XIV. p. 327b.
Oct. 24 Same. To insert Thomas Daniel on the establishment of the Customs as deputy at Sunderland to Thomas Archer, comptroller of the Customs at Newcastle. Ibid., p. 328.
Nov. 1 Treasury commission. Lawrence Porter, surveyor of houses, Surrey, loco Thomas Hutches, dismissed. Affairs of Taxes IV. p. 11.
Treasury letters patents. Horatio Walpole, clerk or keeper of the foreign extracts in His Majesty's Court of Exchequer, with all fees, wages, diets, rewards, profits, and allowances, &c., loco Henry Fane, appointed same by an instrument of date January 3rd, 7 Geo. II., said Fane having surrendered said office.
Prefixing: Copy of said Fane's surrender of said place dated 1738, October 31st.		 Warrants not relating to Money XXVI. pp. 114–5.
Treasury warrants. William Holland, landwaiter in the inferior list, London port, preferred to the superior list, loco Thomas Barrington, preferred; John Adderley to succeed Holland in the inferior list; Thomas Barrington, land surveyor, London port, loco Thomas Jacomb, deceased; Charles Smith, landwaiter in the inferior list, London port, preferred to the superior, loco John Dixon, deceased; Thomas Stuart, deputy to Thomas York, King's waiter, London port, to succeed said Smith in the inferior list; Jonas Evett to be procured by the Customs Commissioners to be appointed deputy to said York, King's waiter as above; Thomas Hester, landwaiter in the inferior list, London port, transferred to the superior, loco John Laugharne, deceased; William Hawys to succeed Hester in the inferior list; Matthew Mead to be procured by the Customs Commissioners to be appointed deputy to James Harvie, King's waiter, London port, loco said Hawys; James Wilder, collector of Customs, Ipswich port, loco his father, Thomas Wilder, deceased; Ralph Stevenson, tidesman at Newcastle, loco James Wallas, deceased; Thomas Lench, a tidesman in the inferior list, London port, preferred to the superior, loco John Kell, deceased; William Vernon to succeed Lench in the inferior list. Customs Book XIV. pp. 329–330.
Nov. 2 J. Scrope to the Customs Commissioners. Thomas Lench to be present at the water side, London port, at the landing and shipping of goods, in order to his being instructed in the business of a landwaiter. Ibid. p. 330.
Nov. 3 Treasury warrant. John Read, collector of Customs, Cowes port, loco Newland Reynolds, dismissed. Ibid.
Nov. 4 Same. Edward Eades, a waterman, London port, loco Robert Hodges, deceased; Owen McSwiny, examiner of the sufficiency of officers' securities and to solicit the payment of standing out in the Plantation receipt, loco John David Barbutt, to be superseded; John Tiffin, junior, a riding officer at Workington and Flimby, Whitehaven port, loco Thomas Tiffin, to be superseded. Ibid.
Nov. 4 Treasury warrant to the Customs Commissioners to issue their deputation to Edward Eades to be a waterman, London port, loco Robert Hodges, deceased. 1 page. Treasury Board Papers CCXCIX. No. 16.
Nov. 6 Royal letters patent to the King. Matthew Skinner, one of His Majesty's Sergeants-at Arms, to be justice of the counties of Chester and Flint, loco John Verney. King's Warrant Book XXXIII. p. 160.
Same. Same to be same of the counties of Denbigh and Montgomery. Ibid., p. 161.
Dec. 14 Treasury warrants. Thomas Blighe, a tidesman at St. Ives, loco Nicholas Stevens, deceased; Robert Rogers, tidesman in the inferior list, London port, preferred to the superior list, loco Thomas Bingham, deceased; John Simonds to succeed Rogers in the superior list; Richard Metcalfe, collector at Lewis in Pennsylvania, loco Thomas Forbes, deceased. Customs Book XIV. p. 333.
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14]		 Entry of letters patents enrolled on the Memoranda Roll of Michaelmas 12 Geo. II., signifying the royal inspection of an exemplification dated 9 November, 12 Geo. II., by the Barons of the Exchequer, of a surrender by Henry Fane on the 3rd November of the same year, of the office of the comptroller of the Great Roll in the Exchequer, and of the grant thereof thereupon by Sir Robert Walpole, to whom as Chancellor of the Exchequer the grant of the said office belongs, to Horatio Walpole during good behaviour, and of the said Horatio Walpole's admittance to said office by said Barons on his corporal oath before them in court truly and faithfully to behave himself in the said office, “and that he would well and faithfully comptroll the said Great Roll and all Foreign Accounts which shall be enrolled therein except such for which nothing is to be answered.” King's Warrant Book XXXIII. p 183.
Dec. 15 Treasury warrant, approving John Lawton as first clerk in the office of the Honble. Philip Yorke, one of the four Tellers in the Exchequer.
Prefixing:—Extract of the Act of 8 and 9 William III. for the better observation of the course of the receipt, together with said Yorke's nomination of said Lawton.		 Warrants not relating to Money XXVI. p. 116.
Dec. 19 Same. James Phelps, a watchman in fee, London port, loco Daniel Lamborne, deceased; Robert Rogers, waiter and searcher at Studland and Poole port, preferred to be one of the tidesmen in said port, who are to be sent alternately to Swanage, loco John Frampton, deceased; Ormond Matthews to succeed Rogers as waiter and searcher at Studland; John Turner to be a boatman at Hull, loco Robert Johnson, superannuated; Richard Lashley, waiter and searcher at Aldeburgh, and to officiate as boatman at Orford, loco Thomas Cossens, deceased. Customs Book XIV. p. 333.
Same, approving Sarah Codrington as distributor of stamped paper for the west division of the county of Somerset, loco Richard Codrington, her late husband, deceased.
Prefixing:—Stamp Commissioners' presentation of said Sarah Codrington to the Treasury for said office.		 Warrants not relating to Money XXVI. p. 118.
Dec. 21 Same. John Barnston, collector of Sunderland, loco Arthur Robinson, deceased. Customs Book XIV. p. 333.
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