Declared Accounts, 1704-5: Hanaper

Calendar of Treasury Books, Volume 20, 1705-1706. Originally published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1952.

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'Declared Accounts, 1704-5: Hanaper', in Calendar of Treasury Books, Volume 20, 1705-1706. Edited by William A Shaw( London, 1952), British History Online, accessed December 13, 2024, https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-treasury-books/vol20/cccxxxiv-cccxxxv.

"Declared Accounts, 1704-5: Hanaper". Calendar of Treasury Books, Volume 20, 1705-1706. Ed. William A Shaw(London, 1952), , British History Online. Web. 13 December 2024. https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-treasury-books/vol20/cccxxxiv-cccxxxv.

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Hanaper

Declared Accounts : Hanaper.
Audit Office, Bundle 1395, Roll 243.
Edward Seymour, Clerk of the Hanaper.
Account for the year from Michaelmas 1704 to Michaelmas 1705.
Charge.
l. s. d. l. s. d.
Arrears
on divers persons at the foot of the last accompt 368 1 3
on this accomptant 566 13 0
issues and profits of the Hanaper
390 small patents at 2s. each 39 0 0
47 Vice Comitis patents at 3s. each 7 1 0
3 Sewers Commissions patents at 2s. 6d. each 0 7 6
24 exemplifications at 16s. 4d. each 19 12 0
4 decanat' 0 16 4
8 Archdeacons and Prebends at 16s. 4d. each 6 10 8
53 presentations at 16s. 4d. each 43 5 8
40 deputations at 16s. 4d. each 32 13 4
6 Cong d'elire etc. at 16s. 4d. each 4 18 0
28 grants of Office (for life, during pleasure or in reversion) at different rates, detailed 35 2 4
4 denizations 0 16 4
19 appeals at 16s. 4d. each 15 10 4
13 special Commissions at different rates detailed 11 8 4
4 special pardons 3 5 4
1 confirmation 3 15 10
pro fine inde 6 10 0
7 grants magn' feod' at 7l. 11s. 8d. each 53 1 8
pro finibus inde 5 0 0
4 releases 1 12 4
290 7 0
Carried forward 1,225 1 3
l. s. d.
Brought forward 1,225 1 3
receipts for fines of briefs, Statute Staple, etc. 39 11 8
profits of Original Writs 15 10 0
farm of the profits of the seal of the King's Bench and Common Pleas 1,653 14 0
farm of fines of alienation and letters of concord 1,546 12 0
farm of the Sixpenny Writs 1,000 0 0
Total charge 5,480 8 11
Discharge.
l. s. d. l. s. d.
payment by letters patent, Sir Nathan Wright, Keeper of the Great Seal : for diet, annuity and attendance 1,096 19 0
Sir John Trevor, Master of the Rolls, for robes 82 8 0
George Wright, clerk of the Crown in Chancery 45 0 0
allowances to this accomptant 98 1 6
Jonathan Corstelow Snow, Prothonotary of Chancery 100 0 0
Mathew Johnson, Clerk of Parliaments 60 0 0
this accomptant for himself and his son for writing of leases granted by royal patent 40 0 0
Auditors 10 0 0
Bazil Herne, one of the six Clerks in Chancery 10 0 0
John Harris, Chafe wax 360 0 0
ditto for Wages 3 16 0
allowance for parchment for the polls, etc. 282 12 0
Mathew Bluck, cryer of Chancery 8 10 2
2,197 6 9
Payments by warrant, detailed 2,425 1 4
rewards 37 4 7
Total allowances and payments 4,659 12 9
Remains 820l. 16s. 2d.
l. s. d.
Against which
Moneys respited
from Michaelmas 1650 to 6 August 1660 200 4 11
from 10 July 1660 to Michaelmas 1660 15 15 0
from Michaelmas 1660 to the end of the reign of James II 122 9 0
from Michaelmas 1688 to the end of Wm. III's reign 29 12 4
the fees of one presentation during the time of this accompt 0 16 4
368 17 7
Remains 451l. 18s. 7d.
Declared 13 May 1707.