Charles I - volume 539: November 1647

Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Charles I, 1625-49 Addenda. Originally published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1897.

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'Charles I - volume 539: November 1647', in Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Charles I, 1625-49 Addenda, (London, 1897) pp. 709-712. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-state-papers/domestic/chas1/addenda/1625-49/pp709-712 [accessed 24 March 2024]

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November 1647

Nov. 16.
Derby House.
453—487. Warrants of the Committee for the Affairs of Ireland, sitting at Derby House, from 20th May to 16th November 1647. The names which occur as signing them are the following:— The Earls of Warwick, Manchester, Suffolk, Lincoln, and Northumberland; Lords Dacre, Lisle, Maynard, and Willoughby of Parham; Sir William Armyne, Sir John Clotworthy, Sir Gilbert Gerard, Sir Philip Stapleton, Sir John Temple, Sir Henry Vane, jun., and Sir William Waller; and Arthur Annesley, Denzil Holles, William Lewis, Colonel Edward Massie, Robert Reynolds, Richard Salway, Zouch Tate, Col. John Venn, Robert Goodwin, William Pierrepoint, and Robert Scawen. Some of these, however, are members of the Army Committee, which was joined with the Committee for affairs of Ireland for transaction of certain business.
May 20. 453. To Nicholas Loftus, Deputy Treasurer-at-war for Ireland, to discharge bills for Mr. Annesley, Sir Robert King, and Sir Robert Meredith, not exceeding 5,000l. [½ p.] Annexed,
453. i. Receipt by Charles Walley for this sum, 2nd July.
June 6. 454. To Sir John Wollaston and the rest of the Treasurers-atwar, to pay Lieut.-Col. Jackson 100l. for his officers and soldiers. [½ p.] Overleaf.—Receipt by Thomas Jackson. Annexed,
454. i. Account of the disbursement of the money. June 1647. [1 p.]
June 6. 455. To the same, to pay 200l. to Sir Robert Pye. [½ p.]
Overleaf.—Authorization by Pye to pay the money to Edmond Hampden, and receipt by Hampden, 10th June. [½ p.]
June 6. 456. To Alderman Bunce, Richard Glyde, and Laurence Bromfield, Treasurers at Weavers' Hall, to pay 100l. to the Treasurers-at-war for Lieut.-Col. Jackson and other officers and soldiers. [½ p.]
June 6. 457. To the same, to pay 200l. to the Treasurers-at-war for Col. Greves. [½ p.] Annexed,
457 i and ii. Two copies of Order in Parliament of 5th June, authorizing the above, and desiring the Irish Committee to confer with the knights of the shire and gentlemen of Middlesex and Surrey, and with Colonel Greves, concerning the quartering of his soldiers. [2 pp.]
June 12. 458. To the same, to pay Nicholas Loftus 10,000l., to be issued as directed by the Committee of the forces for Ireland. [½ p.] Annexed,
458. i. and ii. Orders in Parliament of 11th and 12th June, authorizing the above to be paid to such persons as the Irish Committee and the Committee for the Army, jointly, shall appoint. [2 pp.]
June 12. 459. To the same, to pay 200l. to Capt. John Farmer for his company of dragoons. [½ p.] Annexed,
459 i. Order in Parliament, 11th June, referring it to the Irish Committee to take care for quartering Captain Farmer's dragoons, and authorizing above payment. [¾ p.]
June 14. 460. To the same, to pay the Treasurers at War 10,000l., according to the ordinance of 11th June. [½ p.]
June 14. 461. To the Treasurers at War, to give certain officers three months' pay. [½ p.]
June 14. 462. To Nicholas Loftus, to give one month's pay to the regiments of Cols. William Herbert, Owen O'Connelly, Nich. Kempson, and James Gray. [½ p. See No. 443 above.]
Overleaf.—Names of officers, particulars of the moneys, and receipts for the same by the four Colonels. [2 pp.]
June 19. 463. To the Treasurers at War, to give Cornet George Butler his pay. [½ p.]
Overleaf.—Receipt by Butler for 28l. 10s.
June 19. 464. To the same, to give the officers and gentlemen of the Life Guard three months' pay. [½ p.]
June 20. 465. To the same, to pay 3,063l. 18s. to certain troops mustered by Mr. Cludd, and "come off the army." [¾ p.]
June 20. 466. To the same, to pay 777l. to Captain Henry Hall of Sir Thomas Fairfax's Life Guard, in payment of arrears "to 36 gentlemen and one sadler." [½ p.]
Overleaf.—Receipt by Captain Hall, and agreement by the same to pay the moneys to the said persons. [¾ p.]
July 1. 467. To the same, to give the officers on the annexed list three months' pay, if due. [2/3 p.]
Overleaf.—List of officers, viz., Captain Henry Ingoldsby, Lieutenants Ralph Hooker, John Coplyn, John Close, and Thomas Johns, Cornets Christopher Purslow and Richard Coomes, Ensigns John Rashley and Roger Burgis, and Quartermaster Richard Smart. Signed by Gualter Frost, Clerk to the Committee. [½ p.]
July 6. 468. To the Treasurers at Weavers' Hall, to pay Nicholas Loftus 7,230l. 14s. 4d. for transportation of Colonel Ponsonby's regiment of horse to Ireland. [½ p.] Annexed,
468 i. Order in Parliament authorizing the above. 5th July. [1 p.]
July 9. 469–470. To Nicholas Loftus, to transmit 1,000l. of the 8,000l. he has received from Michael Herring with all speed to Munster to be issued by warrant from Lord Inchiquin, and the other 7,000l. to Bristol to be ready for transport to Munster with the Commissioners of Parliament, there to be issued according to their warrant. [Each ½ p.]
July 12. 471. To the Treasurers at War, to pay Major Charles Ducket three months' pay, if due. [½ p.]
Overleaf.—Receipt by Ducket for 56l. 14s. [¾ p.]
July 16. 472. To the same, to give Sergeants Thomas Fulford and John Dye, in Colonel Ingoldsby's regiment, 14 days' pay. Receipted. [=1 p.]
July 16. 473. To the same, to give the ten troopers whose names are endorsed 14 days' pay. [½ p.]
Overleaf.—List of and receipts by the ten troopers. [1¾ pp.]
July 16. 474. To the same, to pay Captains Muscot and Highfield 14 days' pay for their men as mustered by Edmund Cludd. [½ p.] Overleaf.—Receipt by the two officers for 34l. 11s. [½ p]. Annexed,
474. i. Certificate by Cludd of the men in these two companies mustered by him, formerly serving in the General's own regiment. [2 pp.]
July 17. 475. To the same, for a fortnight's pay to George Long and Charles Leighton, in Major Sedascue's troop, Robert Strafford, in Colonel Butler's troop and William Ludford, in Captain Cecil's troop. [½ p.]
Overleaf.—Receipts by the four troopers, but the two first cancelled. [¾ p.]
July 20. 476. To the Weavers' Hall treasurers, to pay Nicholas Loftus 27,362l., according to the Ordinance of Parliament of 19th July, for the service of Ireland. [½ p.] Annexed,—
476 i. Copy of the above-mentioned Ordinance. [1 p.]
July 20. 477–479. To Nicholas Loftus, to transport to the waterside 7,000l. to be sent to Ulster and there issued by warrant of the Commissioners; also 8,000l. to be sent to Sir Charles Coote, and issued according to his warrants; and to send to Chester 9,850l., thence to be transported to Dublin for the service of Leinster, as directed by the warrants of the Commissioners there. [Eachp.]
July 20. 480. To the same, to pay Colonel Ponsonby 425l. for pistols, &c., to furnish his troop. [¼ p.] Annexed,
480. i. Receipt for 400l. by Colonel John Ponsonby, and for 25l. by William Hamilton, on Colonel Ponsonby's behalf. [½ p.]
July 20. 481. To the same, to transmit to Dublin one month's pay to Colonel Ponsonby for his regiment. [½ p.] Annexed,
481. i. Receipt by Col. Michael Jones, Governor of Dublin and Chief Commander of the forces in Leinster, for 1,500l., brought over for Col. Ponsonby. 30th Sept. 1647. [⅓ p.]
July 22. 482. To Lieutenant-Colonel Jackson, to certify to the Treasurers-at-War such sums as he has paid to any officers como from the army, out of the 100l. received by him for the same. [Copy. ½ p.]
July 22. 483. To the Treasurers at War, to pay Captains Muscot and Highfield 176l. 2s. 7d., as expressed in the list signed by Mr. Frost, Secretary to this Committee, deducting any moneys paid by Lieut.-Col. Jackson or the Treasurers themselves. [½ p.] Overleaf.—Receipts by the two captains. [1 p.] Annexed,
483 i and ii. Estimates of the arrears of the non-commissioned officers and private soldiers in Captain Muscot's and Captain Highfield's companies. Schedules with names and amounts, signed by Gualter Frost. [2 pp.]
July 22. 484. To the same, to pay 413l. 1s. to the non-commissioned officers and privates in the annexed list. [½ p.]
484 i. Receipts by the same. [5¾ pp.]
484 ii. The list alluded to; schedule with names and amounts due. [1½ pp.]
(In both this and the preceding only a moiety of what is due is paid, but it is stated to be the final payment on discharge.)
Aug. 27. 485. To Nicholas Loftus, to pay 700l. of the 8,000l. ordered for Sir Charles Coote in Ireland to Sir Robert King, to be used in London by Sir Charles' direction. [½ p.] Annexed,
485. i. Receipt by Sir Charles Coote. [⅓ p.]
Aug. 27. 486. To the same, to pay 500l. to Charles Walley, being the remainder of the 2,000l. drawn upon Loftus by him for the Parliament Commissioners at Dublin. [½ p.] Annexed,
486. i. Receipt by Walley for 388l. 6s. by the hands of Henry Aldrich. 9th September 1647. [¼ p.]
Nov. 16. 487. To Sir Adam Loftus, Treasurer-at-war for Ireland, to send 4,500l. to Dublin, to Colonel Michael Jones, to be by him employed for the forces under his command. [½ p.]