Calendar of Treasury Books, Volume 20, 1705-1706. Originally published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1952.
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'Minute Book: November 1705', in Calendar of Treasury Books, Volume 20, 1705-1706, ed. William A Shaw( London, 1952), British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-treasury-books/vol20/pp36-40 [accessed 14 December 2024].
'Minute Book: November 1705', in Calendar of Treasury Books, Volume 20, 1705-1706. Edited by William A Shaw( London, 1952), British History Online, accessed December 14, 2024, https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-treasury-books/vol20/pp36-40.
"Minute Book: November 1705". Calendar of Treasury Books, Volume 20, 1705-1706. Ed. William A Shaw(London, 1952), , British History Online. Web. 14 December 2024. https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-treasury-books/vol20/pp36-40.
November 1705
Nov. 2, forenoon. |
Present : ut supra. [Send word] to Mr. Blathwayte to be here on Monday morning at nine. [Send word] to [Samuel Travers] the Surveyor [General of Crown Lands], Mr. Bateman and Mr. Morley to attend on Wednesday morning. Ibid., p. 140. |
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Eodem die afternoon. |
Present : Lord Treasurer. [No entry of any minute]. Ibid. |
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Nov. 12. forenoon, |
Present : Lord Treasurer, Chancellor of the Exchequer. The Agents [for Taxes] are to let Mr. John Dutton Colt know what securities are given by James Caswald [Caswell or Caswall, Receiver General for Monmouth, Anglesea, Merioneth, and Carnarvon], Caleb Powel [Powle ditto for Brecon, Radnor and Montgomery] and Samuel Clerk [ditto for co. Hereford], Receivers of Land Tax. Ibid., p. 141. |
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Nov. 16. forenoon, |
Present : ut supra. My Lord ordered 5684l. 19s. 8d. to [Visct. FitzHardinge], the Treasurer of the Chamber, for the quarter due in his office at Michaelmas last. Ibid., p. 142. |
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Nov. 17, forenoon. |
Present : Lord Treasurer. Mr. Howe is called in and his memorial [or weekly paper of demand for money for the Guards and Garrisons] is read. [Thereupon my Lord Treasurer directed] 10,892l. 8s. 10d. out of [loans to be made or raised by the said How on credit of] the 50,000l. tallies in his hands on the Two Thirds Subsidy [and is for the following services] : viz. |
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£ | s. | d. | ||
for 61 days' clearings for the Troops and Regiments in England from Aug. 25 last to Oct. 24 last | 8811 | 16 | 8 | |
for 61 days' full pay for the Garrisons for the same time | 2080 | 12 | 2 | |
£10892 | 8 | 10 | ||
[My Lord directed the issue of] 8164l. 19s. 4½d. to Mr. Fox [late
Paymaster General of the Forces Abroad] out of the remainder of the
money which is to come in on the Land Tax anno 1704 [the seventh
4s. Aid 2-3 Anne c. 1] (after paying off or reserving sufficient to pay off
and satisfy all the principal money lent thereupon with the interest
thereof) : and is for 4 months' offreckonings to the Forces who served
in Portugal to wit from the 15th August 1704 to the 23rd December
1704, the muster rolls for that time being certified by the said Mr.
Fox to be returned to him. The Postmaster General and Mr. Dummer are to attend on Monday morning. The Comptrollers of Army Accounts are to attend then. Ibid., p. 143. |
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Nov. 19, forenoon. |
Present : Lord Treasurer, Chancellor of the Exchequer. The Postmasters General are called in. My Lord Treasurer says the Queen will dispense with the overplus in Mr. Dummer's contract which might arise by letters, pacquets and passengers above 8000l. a year, in regard to [in consideration of] the convenience of carrying soldiers to and from the Plantations in the pacquet "so far as the carrying the said soldiers may interfere therewith." [Send] to the Commissioners of Prizes to be here to-morrow morning. My Lord will hear the matter between Bromfeild and Springet concerning the poundage for the Land Tax &c. anno 1703 on Friday morning. The said persons and the Agents for Taxes are to attend then. Ibid., p. 144. |
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Nov. 20, forenoon. |
Present : ut supra. [My Lord orders] 322l. to be paid to Mr. John Bury out of Civil List money. Make an account of how much is unlent on the Two Thirds Subsidy and on the Duties on Low Wines &c. [on the total authorised loans of 636,957l. 4s. 0½d. on the Subsidy as by 3-4 Anne c. 3, and of 700,000l. on Low Wines as by 3-4 Anne c. 18]. The Commissioners of Transports are called in. My Lord ordered that the interest on their bills in course shall commence from the times the principal moneys respectively become due by contract : and the interest shall always be computed and paid at the same time with the principal. Ibid., p. 145. |
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Nov. 21, forenoon. |
Present : ut supra. The arrear to the [late King's] Waterman is to be paid out of [the late King William's Civil List revenue] arrears due before 8 March 1701-2. Ibid., p. 146. |
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Nov. 23, forenoon. |
Present : ut supra. The Agents for Taxes are called in with Mr. Springate and Mr. Bromfeild. My Lord directs the Agents to make a report in writing in the case between the said Springate and Bromfield. On Mr. Howe's memorial of this day [my Lord directs] 17,703l. 15s. 10d. to be paid out of the money he [Howe] receives [or will receive at the Exchequer] on the 50,000l. tallies [in his name] on the Two Thirds Subsidy anno 1705 [and is for Guards and Garrisons and for the 5000 men for sea service anno 1705], Ibid., p. 147. |
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Nov. 27, forenoon. |
Present : Lord Treasurer, Chancellor of the Exchequer. [My Lord Treasurer directs the following issues to Mr. How for the Guards and Garrisons anno 1705] : viz. |
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£ | s. | d. | ||
on the order for 5000 new additional [sea service] men anno 1705 and is for 61 days' clearings to Oct. 24 last for the Regiments of Hotham, Soames and Breton | 2073 | 3 | 10 | |
for 32 days' subsistence to Dec. 23 next to the same Regiments : to be issued out of loans to be made by the said How on the Two Thirds Subsidy : and the orders [of repayment to said How or his assignees] are to be drawn without interest | 2530 | 0 | 0 | |
to answer Mr. Methwyn's bills to Sir Henry Furnese for 20,000 milreis at 6s. each to complete the value of 60,000 milreis put into the hands of the Deputy Paymaster of the Forces with the Earl of Peterborough for the use of the [sea service Regiments part of] said Forces : to be issued out of money in the Exchequer of the funds for the year 1705 | 6000 | 0 | 0 | |
£10603 | 3 | 10 | ||
The Attorney and Solicitor General are to be here to-morrow at
6 in the evening. Mr. Brydges is to bring a calculate how much the 150,000 guilders which Mr. Sweet has received from Mr. Drummond, the Agent in Holland for the tin affair, do amount to, to be answered here [i.e. in sterling]. [My Lord directs] 21,400l. to the Navy [Treasurer] to pay off ships ordered to be victualled and refitted for the Straits : to be issued out of money come in on the Land Tax tallies for the year 1705 [the eighth 4s. Aid as by 3-4 Anne c. 1] which are in the said Navy Treasurer's hands. Several petitions and reports are read and the answers [and decisions of my Lord Treasurer thereupon are endorsed or margined] upon them. Treasury Minute Book XV, p. 148. |
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Nov. 28, afternoon. |
Present : Lord Treasurer. Mr. How and Mr. Brydges are to be here on Friday morning. The Attorney and Solicitor General are called in about Huguetan. (fn. 1) My Lord Treasurer will hear Mr. Huguetan with his Counsel next Monday at 6 in the afternoon. The Attorney and Solicitor General will be here then. Ibid., p. 149. |
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Nov. 30. |
Present : Lord Treasurer. Send to the Postmasters General to be here on Monday morning. The Comptrollers of Army Accounts are to be here then about Mr. How's account [for the year 1704 as Paymaster General of Guards and Garrisons]. Mr. Sweet is to apply the money he lately received from Mr. Drummond to the subsistence [of the Forces in Holland] and Mr. Bridges [Paymaster General of the Forces Abroad] is to make good the value out of such tallies as my Lord Treasurer shall put into his hands for that purpose. Direct Mr. Bridges to certify how much the value comes to. Mr. Bridges is to pay the Troops in Catalonia for next year and is to find a fit person to be his deputy there. [My Lord directs] 15,000l. to be issued to Mr. Jett in tallies on Malt anno 1705 [which tallies are to be drawn] without interest [and are] to remain in his hands to satisfy another year's interest on the unsatisfied [Army and Transport] debentures. [My Lord directs] 367l. to be paid to Col. Parks [Daniel Parke] out of the Four and a Half per cent. Duty and is for the freight of his goods, equipage and other charge for his passage to the Leeward Islands. But the Queen is to be moved for an order in Council to forbid this charge [of carrying the Governors to the Plantations] for the future. [My Lord directs] 3000l. to be issued to Mr. Tailer on his order for works at Woodstock. [Likewise] 100l. to the Earl of Tullibardine : out of secret service. Sir Henry Furnese's proposal dated the 29th inst. [is read] that he will remit for the service of the King of Spain the value of 40,000l. to be paid to his Excellency John Methwyn in weighty pieces of Eight ; and for paying and procuring the same [he, Furnese stipulates] to receive here [in London] after the rate of 55 pence per piece of Eight. My Lord agrees to this proposal with this difference only that instead of paying the money to Mr. Methwyn it is to be paid to the order of James Brydges Esq. [My Lord directs] 200l. to Mr. Brydges to answer her Majesty's bounty to Capt. Bennet : to be issued out of Civil List moneys. Treasury Minute Book XV, p. 150. |