Treasury Warrants: January 1702, 1-15

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'Treasury Warrants: January 1702, 1-15', in Calendar of Treasury Books, Volume 17, 1702, (London, 1939) pp. 105-114. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-treasury-books/vol17/pp105-114 [accessed 27 April 2024]

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January 1702, 1-15

Letters Patent, Privy Seals, Royal Sign Manuals and Warrants, Treasury Warrants, Commissions, Orders, Letters, Memorials, Reports and Other Entries: All Not of the Nature of Treasury Minutes.
1701–2. Jan. 2. Treasury allowance of the 1701 salary bill of the Stamp Office for 1701 Xmas quarter: total 1437l. 10s. 0d. Money Book XV, p. 546.
Same of the incidents bill, detailed, of said Office for one quarter ended 1701 Nov. 1: total 957l. 3s. 2½d. Ibid.
Money warrant for 2000l. to the Treasury Lords (Sidney, Lord Godolphin; Sir Stephen Fox, Henry Boyle, Chancellor and Under Treasurer of the Exchequer; Richard Hill and Thomas Pelham) for 1701 Xmas quarter's salary. (Money order dated Jan. 5 hereon.) Ibid., p. 547. Order Book V, p. 334.
Treasury warrant to the Customs Commissioners to pay 37l. 10s. 0d. to Christopher Tilson for same quarter for making a particular account of the Customs &c. Money Book XV, p. 547. Disposition Book XVI, p. 13.
Money warrant for 100l. to Rudolph Kien for half a year to 1701 Xmas on his salary as Closet Keeper to the King. Money Book XV, p. 547.
Treasury allowance of the 1701 Xmas quarter's salary bill of the Excise Office: total 6004l. 0s. 0d. Ibid.
Money warrant for 75l. to William Wekett for 1701 Xmas quarter's allowance for the Treasury Office etc.: and 5l. to John Farra for same quarter for carrying letters on several occasions for his Majesty's service. (Money order dated Jan. 7 hereon.) Ibid., p. 548. Order Book V, p. 335.
Same for 150l. to Paul Joddrell, Clerk of the House of Commons, for his pains in transcribing the Journals of said House and making indexes to the same with references to the folios of the original books. (Money order dated Jan. 12 hereon.) Money Book XV, p. 548. Order Book V, p. 339.
Same for 74l. 10s. 8d. to George Blagrave for a surplusage on his account as Sheriff of Co. Berks for the year ended 1700 Sept. 29. (Money order dated Jan. 15 hereon.) Money Book XV, p. 550. Order Book V, p. 341. Disposition Book XVI, p. 23.
Jan. 2. Treasury allowance of the 1701 Xmas quarter's salary bill and incidents bill of the Hackney Coach Office: totals respectively 207l. 10s. 0d. and 67l. 9s. 7d. Money Book XV, p. 491.
Money order for 15l. to Roger Millart for 1701 Xmas quarter's salary as clerk to the Agents for Taxes and 5l. for same quarter for their messenger. Order Book V, p. 335.
Letter of direction for 1700l. to William Lowndes for Secret Service. Disposition Book XVI, p. 9.
William Lowndes to Mr. Burchet, Secretary to the Admiralty, to lay before the Admiralty Lords the enclosed copy [missing] of a letter from the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland concerning 2000l. which was put on board Capt. Whetstone in order to be sent to the West Indies (the Leeward Isles and Jamaica) for the service of the 2 Regiments there. Is Capt. Whetstone to proceed on his voyage? Out Letters (General) XVI, p. 493.
Same to Mr. Wallinger to make answer to the enclosed letter from Mr. Lionell Herne relating to the fees demanded by you for passing the account and examining the tallies of the Receivers for the Two Millions. Ibid.
Same to the Surveyor General of Crown Lands to report on the enclosed memorial [missing] from the Corporation of New Windsor touching the rent of a water mill demised by the Corporation to Charles II. Ibid., p. 494.
Jan. 3. Same to the executor of Mr. Aldworth to bring to the Treasury all accounts and vouchers in your hands relating to the late Management of the Wine Licence revenue. Ibid., p. 493.
Same to the Auditors of Imprests for a certificate of the produce of the abovesaid Wine Licence revenue and also of Fines and Forfeitures [? thereof] for the 8½ years [? last past]. Ibid., p. 494.
Jan. 5. Money warrant for 47l. 4s. 2d. to Lord Robert Russell for one year to 1701 Sept. 29 on his fee as Clerk of the Pipe and 60l. for Same time on the allowance formerly payable to him at the Receipt for drawing down and charging the convictions &c. of Recusants. (Money order dated Jan. 9 for 60l. hereon.) Money Book XV, p. 549. Order Book V, p. 335.
Treasury warrant to the Customs Cashier to pay 14l. 10s. 0d. to John Thorowkettle, Messenger of the Chamber, for last Xmas quarter for attending the Customs.
Together with: the Treasury Lords' allowance of his bill for the like sum for same quarter's attendance on the Treasury Lords. Money Book XV, p. 549.
Letter of direction for 14,616l. 14s. 6¾d. to the Earl of Ranelagh: out of loans to be made by him on credit of the Low Wines Act: to be applied to complete the clearings of the Guards and Garrisons to Dec. 24 last. Disposition Book XVI, p. 12.
Jan. 5. William Lowndes to the Customs Commissioners for an account what quantity of salt petre was entered inwards last year and by whom and how much exported. Out Letters (General) XVI, p. 494.
Same to the [Principal] Officers of the Works to attend my Lords to-morrow with a state how the money for the Works last year has been applied and a state of the debt of the Works as it now stands. Ibid.
Treasury warrant to the Customs Commissioners to employ William Alexander junr. as their messenger and doorkeeper loco his father William Alexander resigned through indisposition.
Daniell Wilmer as a watchman London port loco [the said] William Alexander resigned through indisposition. (This latter warrant was apparently superseded by one of 1701–2 Jan. 20 granting this watchman's place to William Alexander junr.) Out Letters (Customs) XIV, p. 158.
Same to Auditor Thomas Done to prepare for declaration the account from 1671–2 March 19 to 1675 April 15 of John Evelyn Esq., one of the late Commissioners for Sick and Wounded Seamen in the late Dutch war; charging him therein with 26,031l. 7s. 8d. for moneys received by him from Sir Henry [Osborn] and Sir John Osborn as Treasurers for Sick and Wounded and from Edward Smith, Deputy and Clerk for same: and allowing him therein his cravings amounting to 25,321l. 11s. 0d. except one moiety of 558l. 0s. 6d. craved by him for travelling charges between 1671–2 March 8 and 1677–8 March 24 which is hereby to be disallowed.
Prefixing: state of said account and report thereon by said Auditor Done. Warrants not Relating to Money XVII, pp. 161–2.
Jan. 6. Treasury reference to the Customs Commissioners of the petition of Francis Brome praying to be discharged of his bonds for 360l. for Customs. Reference Book VII, p. 447.
Jan. 7. Royal warrant dated Kensington to the Clerk of the Signet for a privy seal for 3000l. to the Earl of Manchester, one of the Principal Secretaries of State, for Secret Service. King's Warrant Book XXI, p. 142.
Same to same for a same for 1850l. per an. to the said Earl for salary as same: to commence from 1701 Dec. 25. Ibid., p. 146.
[?] Establishment under the royal sign manual for fire and candle to the Guards and Garrisons as follows: to date from 1700 Dec. 25. (total 1600l.)
per an.
l.
the Garrison of Berwick 54
" " " Carlisle 36
" " " Chester 30
" " " Calshot 10
" " " Dover 18
" " " Guernsey 40
" " " Gravesend and Tilbury and the Barracks 73
" " " Hull and the Blockhouse 63
the Garrison of Hurst Castle 18
" " " Jersey 63
" " " Plymouth 91
" " " Portsmouth 146
" " " Sheerness and the Barracks 91
" " " Scilly 18
" " " Tinmouth [Teignmouth] 18
" " " Tower of London 127
" " " Upnor, &c. 20
" " " Windsor 18
" " " Isle of Wight 54
" " " St. Nicholas Island and Mount Batten 36
" " " Pendennis 18
" " " St. Mawes 10
" " " Landguard Fort 18
" " " Yarmouth 10
" " " Scarborough 10
" " " Horse Guards and at Hampton Court and Kensington 250
" " " Foot Guards for all 250
" " " Portland Castle 10
£1600
King's Warrant Book XXI, p. 143.
Jan. 7. Royal warrant to Christopher Tilson (appointed by the privy seal of 1698–9 Feb. 18 to be Receiver of all ipsums and supers on all accounts of Receivers General of Land Revenues) to pay 2329l. 11s. 6¾d. to Samuel Grice without account: the said sum having been received lately for the ipsum on the account of Sir Peter Killegrew as Receiver of the Duchy of Cornwall. Ibid., p. 145.
Royal sign manual for 1000l. to Robert Harley towards his equipage as Speaker of the House of Commons. (Money warrant dated Jan. 13 hereon.) (Money order dated Jan. 14 hereon.) (Letter of direction dated Jan. 20 hereon.) Ibid., p. 157. Money Book XV, p. 550. Order Book V, p. 339. Disposition Book XVI, p. 17.
Same for 2876l. 16s. 6d. to Peter Hume, 2800l. thereof for a bill of exchange drawn from Stockholm Nov. 26 last by Dr. John Robinson, Resident at the Court of Sweden, and the remainder for fees and charges on the receipt thereof. (Money warrant dated Jan. 12 hereon.) (Money order dated Jan. 14 hereon.) (Letter of direction dated Jan. 20 hereon.) King's Warrant Book XXI, p. 158. Order Book V, p. 338. Disposition Book XVI, p. 17.
Same for 91l. to Richard Warr, Secretary to the Embassy in Holland, being a quarter's ordinary from June 27 last, the day of his departure out of the presence, to Sept. 26 following. (Money warrant dated Jan. 12 hereon.) (Money order dated Jan. 15 hereon.) (Letter of direction dated Jan. 12 hereon.) King's Warrant Book XXI, p. 158. Order Book V, p. 339. Disposition Book XVI, p. 15.
Jan. 7. Letter of direction for 8000l. to the Navy Treasurer for the service of the Navy and Victualling: to be applied for recalls: and to be issued out of branches of the revenue as follows viz. 200l. out of Low Wines, 67l. 6s. 6d. out of the 5s. on French shipping, 4l. 13s. 3d. out of the 22d. per pound weight on India Silks, 7728l. 0s. 3d. out of the 25 per cent. on French goods.
Also for 9029l. 19s. 4¾d. to same for wages to ships: to be issued out of branches of the revenue as follows viz. 775l. 19s. 1¼d. out of the 25 per cent. on French goods and 8254l. 0s. 3½d. out of arrears of Customs ended at Xmas 1699. Disposition Book XVI, p. 13.
Treasury reference to the Agents for Taxes of the petition of Ralph Sneyd, a surety of Thomas Spendelow, late Receiver of the 2s. Aid for Co. Stafford, showing that he has paid 1500l. and reduced Spendelow's debt to 2600l.; that Spendelow is dead: therefore praying that Spendelow's other sureties may be sued for the balance. Reference Book VII, p. 448.
Treasury warrant to the Clerk of the Pipe for a lease to John Egerton of the Hundred of Bucklow Co. Chester for the lives of him and Thomas and William his brothers.
Prefixing: Auditor's particular and memorandum of the premises and Surveyor General's ratal thereof.
Followed by: entry of the Treasury Lords' signature on Feb. 20 of the docquet of this lease. Warrants not Relating to Money XVII, pp. 157–9, 177.
Royal warrant, dated Kensington, to the Earl of Rochester, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, to pay 1256l. to Peter Paggen and the rest of the owners of the ship Katherine. John Garfoot master, being 4l. a head for transporting 314 persons from Kinsale to Port Royal in Jamaica, being officers and soldiers of Lieut. Gen. Bellasyse's Regiment of Foot. Out Letters (Ireland) VIII, p. 187–8.
Same to same to make a contract with the King's Armourer in Ireland to make serviceable the repairable arms in Dublin, being near 3000 Suppliance [snaphance] and matchlock muskets, carbines and pistols; at the total charge of 1193l. 8s. 10d.: the Treasury Lords having laid before the King the Lord Lieutenant's letter of Nov. 17 last representing the ill condition of the King's magazines in Ireland. Ibid., p. 188.
Jan. 8. William Lowndes to the Auditor of the Receipt. The House of Commons yesterday passed resolutions for 600,000l. for the Fleet and 50,000l. for the subsistence of Guards and Garrisons: to be repaid out of the first Aids to be granted. Please signify to the Tellers to take in such loans. Out Letters (General) XVI, p. 494.
Jan. 9, 15, 27. Dormant Treasury warrant for 60l. per an. salary to Charles Jones as Inspector and Surveyor of the Duties on Houses and on Marriages &c. for Co. Cardigan, from 1701 Xmas.
Same for same to Jonathan Durden as same for Co. Lancashire from 1701 Xmas.
Same for 70l. per an. salary to Henry Smith as same for Co. Surrey from 1701 Xmas.
Same for same to Richard Parry as same for Co. Pembroke from 1701 Michaelmas. Money Book XV, pp. 521, 522.
Jan. 9. Money warrant for 62l. 10s. 0d. to the Mayor &c. of New Windsor for 1¼ years to Xmas last as compensation for rates on lands enclosed by the King [adjacent to Windsor Little Park ut supra Tr. Cal. XV, p. 318]. (Money order dated Jan. 13 hereon.)
likewise for 62l. 10s. 0d. to same for same time on their annuity for maintenance of the Church and poor. Money Book XV, p. 550. Order Book V, p. 336. Disposition Book XVI, p. 19.
Same for 100l. to the Churchwardens of St. Martins in the Fields for one year to 1701 Xmas for relief of their poor. (Money order dated Jan. 12 hereon.) Money Book XV, p. 551. Order Book V, p. 345. Disposition Book XVI, p. 19.
Same for 50l. for one year to 1701 May 9 for the poor of the parish of St. James's Westminster. (Money order dated Jan. 12 hereon.)
50l. to the Treasurer of King Charles the First's Hospital in Westminster for one year to Xmas last for keeping and bringing up poor fatherless children there.
50l. to the Churchwardens of St. Margarets, Westminster for same time on the annuity for relief of their poor. Money Book XV, p. 551. Order Book V, p. 337. Disposition Book XVI, p. 19.
Same for 500l. to Sir Lambert Blackwell for half a year to 1700–1 Jan. 23 on his allowance as Envoy Extraordinary to the Duke of Tuscany:
and 459l. for 2 bills of extraordinaries [as same] 1699 April 4 to 1700 April 4. (Money orders dated Jan. 13 hereon.) Money Book XV, p. 552. Order Book V, p. 336.
Same for 50l. to Thomas Rymer for last Xmas quarter's salary as Historiographer Royal.
25l. to Nahum Tate for same on same as Poet Laureate. Money Book XV, p. 552. Disposition Book XVI, p. 23.
Letter of direction for 3873l. 6s. 4d. to the Earl of Ranelagh upon account of subsistence for the Forces in Holland: to be issued out of loans on the last part of the 3700l. per week of the Excise. Disposition Book XVI, p. 14.
William Lowndes to the New East India Company for an account what salt petre is in your custody. Do not dispose of any to private uses till the King's pleasure be signified for furnishing the [Ordnance] Stores. (The like letter to the Old East India Company.) Out Letters (General) XVI, p. 495.
Treasury reference [? to the Treasury Solicitor] of the petition of William Sutherland for a moiety of a fine of 200l. set on John Curry for embezzling naval stores: petitioner being the informer and prosecutor. Reference Book VII, p. 447.
Jan. 9 and 27. Treasury commission to Charles Jones as Surveyor of the Duties on Houses and on Marriages loco William Bodley hereby superseded.
Henry Smith as the like loco Micha[el] Arnold hereby superseded. Warrants not Relating to Money XVII, p. 48.
Jan. 10. Treasury reference to the Agents for Taxes of the petition of Thomas Brougham, Receiver General for Cumberland and Westmorland for various Aids &c. praying allowance of 310l. 3s. 0d. for his extraordinary disbursements therein. Reference Book VII, p. 448.
Jan. 12. Letter of direction for 7076l. 14s. 5¾d. to Richard Povey, late Treasurer for Sick and Wounded, in further part of the second 20,000l. appropriated for Sick and Wounded [by the Low Wines Act 12–13 Wm. III, c. 11, clause 22]: to be issued out of the first moneys coming in on the 25 per cent. on French goods, the 5s. per ton on French shipping, the 22d. per pound on India wrought silk or the rent of Hackney coaches. Disposition Book XVI, p. 14.
Treasury reference to the Agents for Taxes of the petition of Thomas Austin, Receiver General of the 2s. Aid for Co. Chester anno 1700 and the 3s. Aid for Co. Southampton anno 1701, for a transfer of an overpayment from the first to the second account. Reference Book VII, p. 447.
Jan. 13. Money order for 812l. 6s. 8¼d. to Samuel Edwyn, Usher of the Receipt, for necessaries by him delivered to the officers of the Receipt in 1701 Easter and Trinity terms.
(In the margin: order by the Treasury Lords dated 1701–2 March 24 for the execution of this order.) Order Book V, p. 335.
William Lowndes to the Navy Commissioners to pay to Richard Povey, late Treasurer for Sick and Wounded, the 7076l. 14s. 5¾d. directed ut supra: same to be for quarters and cure of Sick and Wounded at Portsmouth and other places as follows:
£ s. d.
at Portsmouth, Gosport, Southampton and Districts 3428 3
at Plymouth and Districts 583 7 2
at Falmouth 43 16 0
at Dartmouth and Totnes 751 13 4
at Weymouth 50 7 0
at Bideford 1 11 4
at Pembroke 15 2 4
at Bristol 41 13 4
at Taunton 10 0 0
at Shoreham 3 14 8
at Ipswich 13 6 8
at Harwich 127 1 8
at Yarmouth 50 0 0
at Liverpool 26 13 4
at Hull 13 6 8
at Newcastle 116 13 4
at Guernsey, Jersey and Scilly 768 8 8
in Ireland 218 13 4
to the Apothecaries 813 1 11¼
£7076 14
My Lords direct that the said sum is to be applied to the particular debts as they stand in priority of time upon the several quarters in the abovementioned places and to no other use and that the said Mr. Povey do observe the orders of the late Commissioners for Sick and Wounded and do attend the pay in every the ports or places abovesaid and one of the [said] Commissioners with him, who is to keep a counterpart of the account to comptrol the payments and to be a voucher to the said Mr. Povey's accounts. Disposition Book XVI, p. 14.
Jan. 13. Letter of direction for 1500l. to Fra. Stratford, making 19,500l. issued on his order for 20,000l.: to be issued out of Civil List moneys. Disposition Book XVI, p. 16.
William Lowndes to the Agents for Taxes to report on the enclosed petition [missing] of Mary Williamson touching the rewards due to her late husband Ralph Williamson, Receiver General of Taxes for Cos. York, Durham and Northumberland. Out Letters (General) XVI, p. 495.
Same to the Bank of England to lend into the Exchequer a further 10,000l. for the public service upon credit of the latter part of the 3700l. per week of the Excise. The Directors of the Bank do not need to wait on my Lords to-morrow morning. Ibid.
Jan. 13, 14, 20. Treasury warrant to the Customs Commissioners to employ James Merrick as waiter, Southampton port loco John Dickenson lately deceased.
Charles Philpott as a tidesman in the inferior list London port loco John Barksdale deceased.
Andrew Wyat as a same loco Timothy Warkman deceased.
Samuel Towson as a same loco William Hollister deceased. Out Letters (Customs) XIV, p. 158.
Jan. 13. Same to the Revenue Commissioners of Ireland to assist Robert Travers and Morgan Bernard in recovering camm wood and elephants' teeth from Guinea belonging solely to the Royal African Company and laden in their ship Amity which was lately cast away in Donworley [Dunworly] Bay near Kinsale, Ireland: they being thereto empowered by the said Company. Out Letters (Ireland) VIII, p. 189.
Jan. 14. Royal warrant dated Kensington to John, Lord Cutts, Major General Lumley, Sir Charles Haro, Col. Cornelieus Wood and Col. Henry Withers to inspect the lists of the outpensioners of Chelsea Hospital and to inquire into their qualifications and pretensions to be pensioners and also of those in the Hospital and in the 4 Companies of Invalids. King's Warrant Book XXI, p. 144.
Same to the Clerk of the Signet for a privy seal for 2000l. to Secretary Vernon for secret service. (Privy seal dated Jan. 24 hereon.) (Money warrant dated Jan. 28 hereon.) (Money order dated Feb. 3 hereon.) Ibid., p. 157. Money Book XVI, p. 5. Order Book V, p. 343.
Jan. 14. Same to the Treasury for 15,000l. to Edward Nicholas as imprest for French Protestants; 3000l. thereof as royal bounty for distressed French ministers now in England and the remaining 12,000l. as same for other poor French Protestants. (Money warrant dated Jan. 20 hereon.) (Money order dated Feb. 5 hereon.) King's Warrant Book XXI, p. 159. Order Book V, p. 345.
Royal sign manual for 296l. 10s. 6d. to Sir Charles Hedges, late a Principal Secretary of State, for secret service. (Money warrant dated Jan. 20 hereon.) (Money order dated Jan. 23 hereon.) King's Warrant Book XXI, p. 160. Order Book V, p. 341.
Royal warrant to the Clerk of the Signet for a privy seal for 50,000l. to Lord Edward Russell, Treasurer of the Chamber, as imprest for the Office of Treasurer of the Chamber. (Privy seal dated Jan. 29 hereon.) King's Warrant Book XXI, p. 160.
Royal sign manual for 400l. to Dame Mary Rich, widow of Sir Robert Rich bart., as royal bounty. (Money warrant dated Jan. 20 hereon.) (Money order dated Feb. 3 hereon.) Ibid., p. 161. Order Book V, p. 343. Disposition Book XVI, p. 23.
Same for 60l. to Henry Paget as royal bounty. (Money warrant dated Jan. 21 hereon.) (Money order dated Jan. 23 hereon.) King's Warrant Book XXI, p. 161. Money Book XVI, p. 1. Order Book V, p. 343. Disposition Book XVI, p. 23.
Royal warrant to Lord Edward Russell, Treasurer of the Chamber, to pay to William Paulett, Gallery Keeper at Whitehall, 54l. 15s. 0d. per an. salary as on former Establishments of the Treasurer of the Chamber's Office. King's Warrant Book XXI, p. 162.
Royal sign manual for 300l. to Sir Bevill Granvill Kt., heir male of Bernard Granvill deceased, for one year's rent of Mote Park to 1701 Dec. 25. (Money warrant dated Jan. 21 hereon.) (Money order dated Jan. 21 hereon.) Ibid., p. 164. Money Book XVI, p. 4. Order Book V, p. 341. Disposition Book XVI, p. 23.
Treasury allowance of the 1701 Xmas quarter's salary bills of the Customs officers viz. for London port (total 5802l. 15s. 11d.) and for the out ports (9843l. 8s. 3d.) Money Book XV, p. 552.
Treasury warrant to the Receipt to draw orders for repayment of loans made on credit of the Votes of the House of Commons of the 7th inst. with 6 per cent. interest from the dates of the tallies of loan: to be payable out of the first Aids to be granted by Parliament for that purpose. Ibid., p. 553.
Letter of direction for 171,169l. to the Treasurer of the Navy: out of loans on the late Vote of Credit for 600,000l. for the Fleet: to be applied to services as follows:
£
for half a year to the Yards to 1701 June 24 87508
for wages to seamen 83661
£171169
Disposition Book XVI, p. 15.
Jan. 14. Letter of direction for 6000l. to the Earl of Ranelagh for subsistence of the Forces sent to the assistance of the States General: to be issued out of loans on the Bank of England on the last part of the 3700l. per week out of the Excise. Disposition Book XVI, p. 15.
William Lowndes to the Customs Commissioners enclosing the Treasury warrant [see supra p. 112] to the Revenue Commissioners of Ireland for permitting the import to England of goods recovered from the ship Amity belonging to the Royal Africa Company and cast away at Dunworly Bay in Ireland. You are to take security from the said Company to bring said goods hither. Out Letters (General) XVI, p. 495.
Same to Mr. Bland to report on the enclosed petition [missing] of David Harris, one of the Pages of the Bedchamber in Ordinary, praying payment of 117l. 0s. 10d. due to him for liveries payable out of the Great Wardrobe. Ibid., p. 496.
Treasury reference to the Postmasters General of the petition of Thomas Collett et al, clerks and letter carriers of the Post Office in Dublin, praying an augmentation of their salaries on which they cannot subsist, provision and lodging being very dear. Reference Book VII, p. 448.
Treasury warrant to the King's Remembrancer to forbear process against Henry Greenhill for money imprested to him in 1689 and 1690 for transporting and victualling the Forces shipped off for the reducing of Ireland. Warrants not Relating to Money XVII, p. 151.
Jan. 15. Letter of direction for 1000l. to William Lowndes for secret service. Disposition Book XVI, p. 16.
Treasury warrant to the Clerk of the Pipe for a lease to John Matthews Esq. of the profits of Original Seal and Pre Fines and Post Fines within the Counties of Denbigh and Montgomery.
Prefixing: particular and memorandum of the premises by Cha. Chetwynd, Deputy Auditor; and the Surveyor General's ratal of same.
Followed by: undated entry of the Treasury Lords' signature of the docquet of this lease. Warrants not Relating to Money XVII, pp. 163–5, 175.