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Jan. 11.
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William Lowndes to the Earl of Ranelagh for an exact account
of all the returned [army] debentures [on Irish lands] that have come
to your hand. Out Letters (General) XVIII, p. 25.
Treasury reference to Mr. Wilcox of the petition of Robert Nunn
for himself and the rest of the keepers of Windsor Great Park
praying repairs to their lodge, damaged by the late violent storm.
Reference Book VIII, p. 132.
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Jan. 12.
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William Lowndes to the Customs Commissioners to instruct
William Stafford in the affairs of the Customs. Out Letters (General)
XVIII, p. 22.
Same to same enclosing Mr. Southwell's letter [missing] to Secretary
Hedges relating to some ships coming into Ireland which are supposed
to have traded with France. You are forthwith to send Mr. Huet
for Ireland to make good the informations he has given against these
ships. Ibid., p. 25.
Treasury reference to Mr. Vanbrugh, Deputy Comptroller in the
Treasurer of the Chamber's Office, of the petition of Mrs. Atkinson,
laundress to the Queen's person, praying 10s. a day riding charges
as has been allowed to her predecessors. Reference Book VIII, p.
132.
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Jan. 13.
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Money warrant for 1000l. to Bernard Smith, organ builder, in
further part of 3180l. due to him for 3 organs for her Majesty : making
2000l. paid thereon. (Money order dated Jan. 14 hereon). Money
Book XVII, p. 303. Order Book VI, p. 203. Disposition Book
XVII, p. 197.
Treasury reference to the Customs Commissioners of the petition
of John Tomblin, Robert Rosorow and Thomas Vincent, tinners
of St. Agnes in Cornwall, shewing that living near the sea side they
were seduced by one John Leverton to smuggle goods brought from
France, who has since informed against them and by his evidence
they were cast in 450l. in the Exchequer Court ; therefore praying
discharge of same. Reference Book VIII, p. 132.
Same to the Stamps Commissioner of the petition of John Evelyn,
Receiver General of the Duties on Stamped Paper, praying an
additional salary of 10l. per an. for a person to be employed in getting
bills of exchange accepted. Ibid.
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William Lowndes to William Blathwayt enclosing an Order of
Council dated St. James's 1704 Nov. 30 touching the Ordnance and
other stores to be sent to Massachusetts Bay in New England. The
Lord Treasurer desires you to consider same and the estimate as
below and to propose to him in what manner her Majesty's pleasure
may best be complied with.
Appending : (1) said order in Council. The Commissioners for
Trade and Plantations by their report of 7 Nov. did lay before her
Majesty the humble desires of the Governor, Council and Assembly of
the Province of Massachusetts Bay that her Majesty would assist
that Government with 20 great guns and 100 barrels of powder and
ball proportionably for the fort which they have now enlarged and
finished on Castle Island in the harbour of Boston according to the
directions of Col. Romer sent thither by his late Majesty, "and that
the effects wherewith 500 small arms were to have been purchased
having been lost at sea, they might likewise be assisted by her
Majesty with a necessary supply." Hereupon her Majesty having
referred this matter to the Lieutenant General of the Ordnance and
other Principal Officers of the Ordnance, upon their report thereon,
and in consideration of her promise of furnishing that Government
with some great guns as soon as the fortifications there should be
built, her Majesty is pleased to order the Principal officers of the
Ordnance to deliver to Capt. Nathaniel Cory for the service of the
said Province the cannon, great guns and appurtenances as in the
estimate below, as of her Majesty's bounty and without any charge
to the said Government for the same : and also to furnish the other
stores and small arms as in said estimate to said Cory upon his paying
or giving good security to the Office of Ordnance for the value thereof.
And the Lord Treasurer is to issue to the Ordnance the money for
the said cannon, great guns and appurtenances according to the
said estimate.
(B) said estimate, signed by John Povey.
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£
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s.
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d.
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iron ordnance
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4 Cannon of 7 [pounder] and 16 Demi Cannon
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1018
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16
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0
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ladles and sponges
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30
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12
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0
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wad hooks
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3
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10
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0
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cases of wood
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6
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8
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0
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parchment cartridges 160 for Cannon and
640 for Demi Cannon
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29
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1
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0
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heads and rammers : Great 40 pairs
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1
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13
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4
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5 hundredweight match
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8
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0
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0
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5 hundredweight sheet lead
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3
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10
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0
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round shot : 800 for Cannon of 7 [pounder] and
3200 for Demy Cannon
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971
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8
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7
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40 hand crow levers
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3
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10
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0
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20 crow[bars] of iron
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10
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0
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0
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wrought iron standing carriages 4 for Cannon
of 7 [pounder] adn 16 for Demy Cannons
[weighing in all] 4 tons 10 cwts.
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147
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0
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0
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500 snaphance musquets
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550
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0
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0
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100 barrels of cornpowder
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500
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0
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0
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£3283
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8
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11
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Out Letters (Plantations Auditor) II, pp. 189-191.
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Jan. 15.
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Money warrant for 370l. 10s. 0d. to the Treasurer of Christ's
Hospital for one year to Xmas last on the annuity for the better
support of the children of that foundation. Money Book XVII, p.
299. Disposition Book XVII, p. 191.
Letter of direction for 1400l. to the Treasurer of the Navy : out
of loans on the Land Tax anno 1705 : and is to be paid over in money
to Richard Povey, Treasurer for Sick and Wounded, for the subsistence
of prisoners : three fifths thereof to be charged to Wages
and two fifths to Victualling. Disposition Book XVII, p. 188.
William Lowndes to Mr. How [Paymaster General of Guards and
Garrisons] to apply 5711l. 9s. 3d. and 714l. 16s. 1d. (making together
6426l. 5s. 4d.) as follows, out of moneys in his hands viz.
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£
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s.
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d.
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out of the 9862l. 7s. 8¾d. remaining of 22,517l. 16s.
3¾d. issued to him at the Exchequer on Oct. 2 last
out of Contributions for annuities and as in part
of 87,125l. 10s. 0d. for 5000 men for sea service
anno 1794
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for 60 days' clearings to the Regiments of Col.
Rivers, Col. Rooke, and Lord Paston from
Oct. 25 last to Dec. 23 last
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2090
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4
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9
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for clearings to the Regiments of Handasyde,
Livesay and Whetham for 1703 Dec. 25
to 1704 Aug. 24 and for clearings to their
additional Companies from their several
days of raising to the 23rd Dec. last
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3621
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4
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6
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£5711
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9
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3
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£
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s.
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d.
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out of the like money issued to said How for the
service of the Invalids
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for 60 days' pay for the 4 Companies of
Invalids from Oct. 25 last to Dec. 23 last
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513
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0
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0
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for the Reduced Invalids for the same time
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201
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16
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1
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£714
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16
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1
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Ibid., p. 189.
Same to same to apply the sum of 12,041l. 7s. 5½d. remaining of
the moneys advanced on the tallies which were put into your hands
on the 4s. Aid anno 1704, towards satisfying the following particulars
or any of them : viz.
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£
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s.
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d.
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in part of 264,874l. 10s. 0d. for Guards and
Garrisons anno 1704
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for 60 days' clearings for the Troops and
Regiments in England from 25 Oct. to 23
Dec.
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9346
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14
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6
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for the pay of the Garrisons for the same time
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2351
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3
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3¼
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for the pay of the Battalions of the First and
Second Regiment of Guards in Portugal,
for the same time
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2708
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0
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0
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to complete the pay of the 13 Companies of the
First Regiment of Guards in Holland from
April 25 last to Dec. 23 last
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7699
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0
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6¼
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for the pay of the Capt. General and General
Staff Officers from August 25 last to the
same time
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3331
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6
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10
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for half a year's allowance for fire and candle
for the Guards and Garrisons for same time
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950
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0
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0
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to complete the allowance for one quarter's
Contingencies to same time
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252
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15
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0
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£26639
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0
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1½
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Disposition Book XVII, p. 189.
William Lowndes to the Auditors of Imprests to make up the
accounts of the Prizes Commissioners for the year 1703 June 24 to
1704 June 24 as by the enclosed books of said accounts [missing].
Out Letters (General) XVIII, p. 25.
Same to Mr. Blathwaite to report how best to comply with the
enclosed order in Council [missing, see supra p. 462] touching the
Ordnance and other stores to be sent to the Province of Massachusetts
Bay, together with the estimate of the charge thereof. Ibid., p. 26.
Report by Treasurer Godolphin to the Queen in the petition of
the Old East India Company shewing that in April 1701 they set
forth the ships Natha[niel] and Bliss upon a trading voyage to the
East Indies from whence they returned in April last and were seized
by Alexander Gawne on pretence of trading in breach of an Act of
Parliament, and one ship was seized and non-suited on trial in the
Exchequer ; whereupon petitioners are prosecuted upon 2 other
informations for the 5 per cent. Duty according to the late Act of
Parliament [the Two Million Act 9-10 Wm. III c. 44].
I have referred this matter to the Customs Commissioners and the
Attorney and Solicitor General and submit their reports [missing],
with whose opinions I concur. Warrants not Relating to Money
XVIII, pp. 390-1.
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Jan. 16.
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Warrant by Treasurer Godolphin to the Receipt to take in Contributions
for annuities not exceeding in the whole 877,930l. 19s. 3½d.
all in accordance with the terms of the Act 3-4 Anne c. 2 now
passed for raising moneys by Sale of several Annuities : and to draw
orders for the payment of the said annuities accordingly out of the
3700l. per week of the Excise as by the said Act. Money Book XVII,
pp. 296-8.
Same by same to same to take in loans, not exceeding 650,000l.
in all, on credit of Malt Duties in accordance with the terms of the
Act 2-3 Anne c. 18 now passed for said Duties. Ibid., pp. 299-300.
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Jan. 17.
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Letter of direction for 10,045l. 18s. 9d. to John How [Paymaster
General of Guards and Garrisons] : out of Contributions on the Act
for Annuities lately passed in Parliament : as in part of his order
for 357,000l.for the Guards and Garrisons anno 1705 : and is to be
applied as follows :
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£
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s.
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d.
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in part of 87,125l. 10s. 0d. for the 5000 men to serve
on board the Fleet
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for 6 months' subsistence in advance from
Dec. 24 last to the Regiments in the West
Indies, to wit 3358l. 16s. 3d. for Handasyde's
Regiment, 3194l. 2s. 3d. for Livesay's and
3493l. 0s. 3d. for Whetham's
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10045
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18
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9
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Disposition Book XVII, p. 190.
Same for 734l. 13s. 6d. to the Earl of Ranelagh [as late Paymaster
of the Forces] : out of the Malt surplus anno 1702 : and is to be paid
over to Brigadier Frederick Hamilton for the pay of Capt. Porter's
Company to 24 Dec. 1702 according to the royal warrant of 1703
Dec. 20 : it being certified by said Earl that there never was any
money issued to him for the pay of the said Company for the time
specified in the said warrant, it having not been mustered till after
1703 Dec. 24. Ibid.
Same for 2276l. 12s. 3¾d. to John Howe on his order for 352,000l.
for Guards and Garrisons anno 1703 : to be issued out of funds as
follows viz. 4l. 10s. 0d. of arrears of the 2s. Aid and Additional 1s. Aid
[1 Wm. and Mary Sess. 2 c. 1 and c 5] ; 3l. 17s. 0d. of arrears of the
second 4s. Aid [5 Wm. and Mary c. 1] ; 5l. 5s. 0d. of money paid by
Edward Noel ; 176l. 14s. 7½d. of Customs ending anno 1699 [the
Subsidy of Tonnage and Poundage as by 6-7 Wm. and Mary c. 1
expiring 26 Dec. 1699] ; 767l. 3s. 0d. of Prize money ; 1042l. 10s. 4½d.
of the 25 per cent. of French goods [25 per cent. on French goods
by 7-8 Wm. III c. 20] : and is to be applied as follows
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£
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s.
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d.
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for Guards and Garrisons anno 1703
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to complete the respits on Major Gen.
Seymour's Regiment from 25 Dec. 1702 to
April 1703 as by the royal warrant of 1704
Dec. 9
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143
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19
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7¾
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for same on Col. Elliott's Regiment between
1703 June 25 and Dec. 24 as by royal
warrant of 1704 Nov. 4
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132
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12
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8
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for the 5000 marines anno 1703
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for the Regiments of Donegal, Charlemont,
Erle and Hamilton on account of clearings
to 24 Dec. 1703 and is to satisfy a bill of
exchange from Ireland for that service
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2000
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0
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0
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£2276
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12
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3¾
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Ibid., pp. 191-2.
Same for 138,956l. to Sir Thomas Littleton, the Navy Treasurer,
for services as follows : out of Contributions for Annuities as by the
[Annuities] Act now passed.
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l.
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for wages to seamen
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50000
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for the Victualling : for foreign bills of exchange,
Necessary Money and Extra Necessary Money,
Short Allowance Money and other Contingencies
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24000
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for Wear and Tear : to wit for imprests and bills of
exchange
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5000
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for the Yards : to pay Lady day quarter 1704 in
part of 51,356l. : to be under the head of Wear and
Tear
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32356
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for the Ordinary of the Navy in General
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8000
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for the Yards : under the head of Ordinary : to
complete the above 51,356l. for Lady day quarter
1704.
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19600
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£138956
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Disposition Book XVII, p. 192.
Letter of direction for 40,000l. to Charles Bertie, Treasurer of the
Ordnance, out of Contributions ut supra : half thereof to be for Sea
Service of the Ordnance and half for land service thereof. Ibid.
Same for 30l. to William Roberts on his order for the service of
the Works at Windsor ; and is for one year's rent to 1704 Xmas to
the town of New Windsor for the mill and engine which raises water
to Windsor Castle. Ibid., p. 195.
William Lowndes to the [Principal officers of the] Ordnance
concerning the 20,179l. 5s. 6d. which the Prizes Commissioners
allege is due to them from you for prize guns and stores delivered
into your office, the satisfying whereof is the only thing which
hinders the final payment of the captors' shares of the Vigo booty.
Please report if the said sum is so due so that orders may be given
for its payment. Out Letters (General) XVIII, p. 26.
Treasury reference to the Comptrollers of Army Accounts of the
petition of Capt. Stewart et al of Lieut. Gen. Stewart's Regiment
shewing that being taken prisoners in Spain the non-Commission
officers were obliged to sell their clothes by reason of a tedious
march through Spain : therefore praying relief, their offreckonings
being much anticipated and the Regiment being under the same
circumstances as Stanhope's Regiment in respect to their clothing
and accoutrements. Reference Book VIII, p. 132.
Same to same of the petition of Sir Charles Hara for removal of
the respit on 99 men detached in Jan. 1702-3 out of his Royal
Regiment of Fuziliers to complete Brigadier Columbine's Regiment
for the West Indies and 200 more at the end of that year detached
for Portugal. Ibid., p. 133.
Same to Henry Wise of the petition of Zachius Alston, late servant
to Anthony Row deceased, shewing that during and since his master's
last illness he has engaged for necessaries to the value of 19l. 1s. 0d.
for the Island in St. James's Park : therefore praying payment.
Ibid., p. 132.
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Jan. 18.
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Letter of direction for 18496l. 11s. 10d. to Mr. How for Guards
and Garrisons anno 1705 : out of loans on Land Tax of that year :
to be applied as follows viz :
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£
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s.
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d.
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on the 264,874l. 10s. 0d. for Guards and Garrisons
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for 34 days' subsistence for the Troops and
Regiments in England from Jan. 21 inst.
to Feb. 23 inst.
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15370
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14
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4
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on the 87,125l. 10s. 0d. for 5000 men [sea service]
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for same subsistence for the Regiments of
Col. Rivers, Rooke and Paston
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2688
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2
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6
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for same for the Additional Companies of Cols.
Handasyde, Livesay and Whetham
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437
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15
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0
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£18496
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11
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10
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Disposition Book XVII, p. 195.
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Jan. 19.
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Same for 9375l. to Charles Fox, Paymaster General of the Forces
Abroad : out of Contributions for Annuities anno 1705 : as in part
of 370,119l. for subsidies and is to satisfy 37,500 Rix Dollars bank
money of Hamburg at 5s. per dollar, for 1705 Lady day quarter's
subsidy to the King of Denmark. Ibid., p. 193.
Same for 17,457l. 5s. 7d. to John How, Paymaster General of
Guards and Garrisons, on his order for 357,000l. for Guards and
Garrisons anno 1704 : to be issued out of loans to be made by himself
on the Malt Duty anno 1704 and to be applied as follows : viz.
14,579l. 14s. 8d. thereof to complete 26,639l. 0s. 1½d. "for the uses
mentioned on the back of this letter" viz. as follows
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£
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s.
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d.
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for 60 days' clearings for the Troops and
Regiments in England from Oct. 25 to Dec.
23 last
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9346
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14
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6
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|
for the pay of the Garrisons for same time
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2351
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3
|
3¼
|
|
for the pay of the Battalions of the First and
Second Regiments of Guards in Portugal
for same time
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2708
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|
|
|
to complete the pay of the 13 Companies of
the First Regiment of Guards in Holland
from 25 April last to Dec. 23 last
|
7699
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0
|
6¼
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|
for the pay of the Capt. General and General
Staff Officers from 25 August to Dec. 23 last
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3331
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6
|
10
|
|
half a year's allowance for fire and candle for
the Guards and Garrisons to same time
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950
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|
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to complete one quarter's Contingencies to
the same time
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252
|
15
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0
|
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£26639
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0
|
1½
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and the remaining 2859l. 10s. 11d. thereof for clearings as follows
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for clearing the 4 Companies at New York and
the Company at Bermudas to 1704
Dec. 24 according to said Howe's memorial
of this day
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2859
|
10
|
11
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|
Ibid., p. 194.
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Jan. 20.
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Royal letters patent appointing Christopher Musgrave to be a
clerk of the Privy Council with a salary of 250l. per an. Queen's
Wsarrant Book XXII, p. 365.
William Lowndes to Mr. St. John [Secretary at War] to prepare
a royal warrant to authorise John How [Paymaster of Guards and
Garrisons] to pay 6 months' subsistence as follows to the Regiments
which are to serve in the West Indies, viz. 3358l. 16s. 3d. for
Handasyde's Regiment, 3194l. 2s. 3d. for Livesay's, and 3493l.
0s. 3d. for Whetham's : all by reason that the muster rolls cannot
be returned in time for the ordinary remitting of subsistence money.
The colonels are to stand charged with the said sums until they
produce the muster rolls in due course. Out Letters (General) XVIII,
p. 22.
Treasury reference to Mr. Travers, Surveyor General of Crown
Lands, of the petition of Martin Folkes for a further term in a house
in Little Queen Street, a stable, 2 coach houses and 11 other small
houses there and in Holborn, 2 tenements in Newton Street and 3 little
stables and 2 coach houses in a stable yard there, in the parish of St.
Giles in the Fields. Reference Book VIII, p. 133.
Same to Mr. Atkinson and Mr. Roop of the petition of Heneage
Featherston et al, merchants of London, shewing that their ships
were taken up in April 1702 by the Commissioners of Transportation
at rates only from 11s. to 14s. per ton per month for 3 months certain
and for so much longer as the Queen's service should require, expecting
to be sent only to the Mediterranean and not to the West Indies, as
they were, to the great increase of the charge of their navigation as
well as the loss of several of the ships and the lives of divers of the
masters and mariners : therefore praying consideration for same.
Ibid.
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