Warrant Books: September 1715, 26-30

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'Warrant Books: September 1715, 26-30', in Calendar of Treasury Books, Volume 29, 1714-1715, (London, 1957) pp. 761-772. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-treasury-books/vol29/pp761-772 [accessed 26 April 2024]

September 1715, 26-30

Sept. 26. Money warrant for 98l. 14s. 0d. to John Johnson, Esq., Remembrancer of the City of London, for the City Impost on wines for the members and officers of the Corporation of the City of London, detailed, for the year ended 1714 Dec. 25, being at the rate of one ton or 2l. 2s. 0d. Duty for each member and officer and six tons or 12l. 12s. 0d. Duty for the Lord Mayor, being money formerly paid out of the Customs revenue.(Money order dated Oct. 12 hereon, to be payable out of the late Queen's Civil List arrears.) Money Book XXIV, p. 135. Order Book IX, p. 136.
The like warrant for 100l. 16s. 0d. to same for the like Impost for the succeeding year for the like members and officers, detailed, of the said City: [to be paid out of the present King's Civil List moneys]. (Money order dated Oct. 12 hereon.) Money Book XXIV, p. 136. Order Book IX, p. 137.
Jo. Taylour to the Trustees of the Genoese loan. The Treasury Lords direct you to attend them to-morrow morning at 11 o'clock and to bring with you an account of the South Sea Stock which remained in your names as security for the said loan, to wit how much thereof (and of the dividend thereupon) has been applied to the satisfaction of the said loan and its interest; how much of the surplus of the said stock you have received from the purchasers and whether you have paid the same into the Exchequer according to my Lords’ former order in that behalf. Out Letters (General) XXII, p. 2.
Same to the Lord Almoner enclosing the petition of Elizabeth Verboon. It is the King's pleasure that the 20l. per an. paid to her from the Lord Almoner in the reign of Wm. III. should now be paid to her in like manner by your Lordship out of the money to be put into your hands from time to time for the King's alms and charities: and that it be reckoned to begin from Midsummer 1714.
Appending: said petition in French shewing that she was born in the Jewish faith and embraced Protestantism 10 Oct. 1680 and placed her abjuration in the hands of William Loyd, then Bishop of St. Asaph and now Bishop of Worcester, by whom she was baptised and had for godfather “a baron Lionel Jenkins,” first Secretary of State to Charles II., and for godmother the late Countess of Clarendon and the present Countess of Thanet: and that she is deprived by her relatives of her estate: that she married Michael Verboon, who was killed in Ireland in service of Wm.III., who granted her a pension of 20l. per an., which was paid to his death, but was only continued to her by Queen Anne about thirteen years after her accession. Petitioner is reduced to the last degree of poverty and misery. Out Letters (General) XXII, pp. 2–3.
Sept. 26. Treasury warrant [to the Clerk of the Pipe] for a lease to John Pulteney, Esq., of a messuage standing right against the royal palace of St. James's in the parish of St. James's and Liberty of Westminster, late in the parish of St. Martins in the Fields, and now in the tenure of Sir John Mordaunt, abutting south on a street leading from St. James's Street to Cleveland House, east on a messuage in the tenure of Helena Farmer, widow, west on a house in the tenure of John Turnor; and being 14 foot 8 inches in front by 81 foot deep: being part of the premises demised 11 Aug. 1668. by Charles II.to Sir William Pultney of St. James's in the Fields.
Prefixing: particular and memorandum of the premises made out by Auditor Thomas Jett; and ratal thereof by the Surveyor General of Crown Lands.
For a fresh warrant for this lease with a fresh particular and ratal see infra, Calendar of Treasury Books, Vol. XXX, under date 1715–16 Feb.10. Warrants not Relating to Money XXIII, pp. 247–8.
Sept. 27. Royal sign manual for 422,967l. 5s. 11d. to Robert Walpole, Paymaster of the Forces, as imprest for the Guards, Garrisons and Forces anno 1715. (Money warrant dated Sept. 28 hereon.) (Money order dated Sept. 29 hereon. Together with: a later Treasury order of confirmation dated 1715 Oct. 20 hereof. “Let the issues on this order be made to our very good Lord Henry, Earl of Lincoln, now Paymaster General of his Majesty's Guards, Garrisons and Forces, upon account for the service thereof.") King's Warrant Book XXVII, p. 159. Order Book IX, p. 130.
Same for 483l. 2s. 6d. to George Paddon, Esq., Plenipotentiary to treat with the Emperor of Fez, Morocco, Tafillette, Sus &c.: whereof 465l. 16s. 6d. is to be laid out by him in buying goods as below for a present from his Majesty to the said Emperor and 17l. 6s. 0d. is to defray the [Exchequer] fees on the receipt of said sum.
Appending: list of said goods: viz.
£ s. d.
140 yards of superfine mixt cloth at 17s. [a yard] 119 12 9
22½ yards of scarlet [cloth] 24 3 9
packing &c. 7 0 0
100 barrels of gunpowder at 3l. 2s. 6d. per barrel 315 0 0
£465 16 6
(Money warrant dated Sept. 28 hereon.) (Money order dated Sept. 29 hereon.) King's Warrant Book XXVII, p. 160. Order Book IX, p. 130.
Sept. 27. Same for 1,038l. to John, Earl of Stair, Envoy Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to France: 1,000l. thereof to reimburse the like sum which he hath expended for his Majesty's special service and the remaining 38l. for [Exchequer] fees on the receipt thereof. (Money warrant dated Sept. 28 hereon.) (Money order dated Sept. 29 hereon.) King's Warrant Book XXVII, p. 161. Order Book IX, p. 130.
Jo. Taylour to the Customs Commissioners enclosing letters and bill of lading relating to two cases of his Majesty's Family pictures arrived from Hanover in the Greenwich sloop. Out Letters (General) XXI, p. 416.
William Lowndes to Mr. Maddocks. Send my Lords an account of the amount of the Contributions on the two Acts of Parliament for 5 per cent. Annuities [1 Geo. I., St. 2, c. 19, 1 Geo. I., St. 2. c. 21], reckoning sums already paid and those to be paid to complete contributions to which payments are made in part. “You are desired to send the like accounts to-morrow morning and on Thursday morning.” Ibid. XXII, p. 6.
Jo. Taylour to the Board of Works to endorse an estimate on the enclosed letter [missing] from the Lord Chamberlain, which intimates the King's pleasure that a press be provided for the Princess of Wales and a press and desk to rise and fall for the young Princesses. Ibid., p. 4.
Same to same to endorse estimates similarly on the like letters as follows.
Appending: (1) letter from the Duke of Bolton [Lord Chamberlain] to the Treasury Lords dated Cockpit Sept. 23. The King has commanded me to signify his pleasure to you that the partition next the Privy Garden at Hampton Court made use of by the Earl of Albemarle in King William's reign be taken down and the next room to it, being the Earl of Albemarle's dressing room, be taken into his Majesty's private apartment.
(2) A like letter similarly dated. It is the King's pleasure that one room be painted and another wainscotted in the lodgings near Mr. Chetwin's at St. James's which formerly belonged to the Dutch apothecaries and now in the possession of Monsieur le Marichal de Hardenberge.
(3) A like letter similarly dated. It is the King's pleasure that a door be opened from Madam Schulenberg's bedchamber at St. James's into Mrs. Forrester's Closet; and that necessary repairs be made in Mr. Brockett's office belonging to the Secretary of State. Ibid.
Treasury warrant to the King's Remembrancer to take the securities, detailed, in 7,000l. of John Dutton Colt as Paymaster of the 2,000,000l. Lottery anno 1711 [9 Anne, c. 16].
Prefixing: report by Matthew Hutton, one of the sworn clerks [of the King's Remembrancer's Office], as to the sufficiency of said securities. Warrants not Relating to Money XXIII, p. 249.
Sept. 27. The Treasury Lords to the Revenue Commissioners of Ireland. We have received yours of the 17th inst. acquainting us with your proceedings in relation to the forfeited estate of the late Duke of Ormonde, that you have given notice to the tenants not to pay the rents to any person till further order, “though you have not seen the Act for his attainder.” We approve of what you have so done and herewith send you a printed Copy of the Act [1 Geo. 1, St. 2, c. 17] and do direct you to consult with the Attorney and Solicitor General [of Ireland] for your guidance as to your further proceedings therein. Out Letters (Ireland) X, p. 8.
Sept. 28. Letter of direction for 16,143l.15s. 7¾d. (remaining in the Exchequer out of Contributions to the Civil List Lottery of the late Queen Anne anno 1713, being the residue of 500,000l. appropriated towards payment of the debts and arrears of the said late Queen's Civil List) to be paid to Samuel Travers, Esq., upon the unsatisfied order in his name for 30,000l. towards discharging debts on account of the buildings and works at Blenheim. Disposition Book XXIII, p. 98.
J.Taylour to the Customs Commissioners to report on the enclosed papers [missing] relating to the circumstances of Alice Stephens, whose husband is Comptroller of his Majesty's Customs in Barbados, and who prays such a deduction from his salary as may be a maintenance for herself and five children and will satisfy the debts she has contracted for want of an allowance from him in 11 years’ absence, the said petition being referred to the Treasury by order of the Privy Council. Out Letters (General)XXII, p. 6.
William Lowndes to Mr. Maddocks. You are forthwith to give security for your [fidelity in] answering to the public use the moneys to be contributed for 5 per cent. Annuities on the Act [1 Geo. I, c. 21] for raising 169,000l. Ibid.
Treasury subscription for the execution of a warrant dated Sept. 9 inst. from the Duke of Bolton, Lord Chamberlain, to the Duke of Montagu, Master of the Great Wardrobe, for the delivery to Jonathan Smith, Serjeant of his Majesty's Chapel, of the following particulars for furnishing his Majesty's private Chapel at St. James's, viz.: a carpet and cushion for the Chapel Closet; small carpets for the side closets; a cushion for the pulpit, all of crimson velvet and the carpets to have a gold fringe; curtains for four windows of crimson paragon and crimson taffeta silk; 12 stools; quilts for five benches; a Bible in two parts; two chairs for the Vestry; two damask table cloths and two napkins for the Communion Table: to an estimate of 183l. Warrants not Relating to Money XXIII, p. 322.
Sept. 8
[sic erratum for? 28].		 Same for same of a like warrant dated Sept. 9 inst. for taking into the accounts of the Great Wardrobe the following particulars left by [and purchased from] Lord Masham in his lodging at St. James's and Kensington amounting to 129l.: viz. four chimney glasses, 114l.: three chimney backs, 3l. 12s. 0d.; and four umbrellas, 11l. 4s. 11½d. Ibid., p. 323.
Sept. 28. Treasury warrant to the King's Remembrancer to take the securities of James Marten in 2,000l. as Receiver General of the Duties on Houses for part of Co. Surrey. (Treasury commission dated Sept. 28 to said Marten.)
of Richard Lanham in 1,600l. as same for part of Co. Wilts. (Commission, ut supra).
of Henry Flower in 1,600l. as same for other part of Co.Wilts. (Commission, ut supra.)
of John Harneis in 1,635l. as same for part of Co. Lincoln. (Commission, ut supra.) Out Letters (Affairs of Taxes) II, pp. 143, 145.
Sept. 28. Royal warrant dated St. James's to the Treasury Lords and to the Barons of the Exchequer in Scotland to pay (out of the Civil revenue of Scotland) 1,000l. to Adam Cokburne of Ormistoun, the King's Justice Clerk in Scotland: as for the King's especial service in Scotland.Out Letters (North Britain) III, p. 420.
Sept. 29.
Privy seal for 300l. as equipage and 40s. a day as ordinary to Thomas Crauford, Esq., as Secretary to the Extraordinary Embassy which the King is sending to the Most Christian King. King's Warrant Book XXVII, p. 12c.
Same for 1,500l. as equipage and 100l. a week as ordinary to John, Earl of Stair, as Ambassador Extraordinary to the Most Christian King. Ibid., p. 176.
Money warrant for 50l. to Mahaleel Wyndham: to be distributed amongst the eight doorkeepers of the House of Peers (himself being one) in reward for their attendance and service in the present Session of Parliament from 17 March 1714–15. (Money order dated Sept. 30 hereon.) Money Book XXIV, p. 137. Order Book IX, p. 138.
Same for 440l. to the Clerks et al. of the House of Commons as follows:
£
Edward Stables, Clerk Assistant to said House, for extraordinary pains and service during the abovesaid present Session 100
John Hookes, Geo. Coles, James Courthope and Hicks Burroughs, four Under Clerks thereof, for services in writing, copying and engrossing several Bills and other papers for his Majesty's service during said Session 200
Thomas Smith, Housekeeper of the House of Commons, for looking to and keeping clean the said House during said Session 30
Thomas Waybergh, Esq., Serjeant at Arms to the said House, to be by him distributed and applied amongst the several messengers and their assistants, the doorkeepers and the persons who deliver out the Votes in reward for their constant attendance during said Session 110
£440
(Money order dated Sept. 30 hereon.) Money Book XXIV, p. 137.
Order Book IX, p. 131.
Treasury warrant to Joseph Hinxman, Woodward of New Forest, to fell dotard trees and stubbs in said forest (not being ship timber) sufficient to raise 600l. to be paid and distributed amongst the officers and keepers of said forest for two years due at Lady day 1715 according to proportions and directions from the Lord Warden thereof: “and you are to account for your doings herein to the Auditor of the said county within twelve months.” Money Book XXIV, p. 138.
Sept. 29. Letter of direction for 124,440l. to John Aislabie, Treasurer of the Navy: out of Contributions for annuities anno 1715: “and is intended to be applied to such uses of the Navy or Victualling as shall be hereafter directed, that is to say":
£
upon the Act for raising the sum of 910,000l. by the said Annuities [1 Geo. I., St. 2, c. 19] for public uses for the service of the year 1715 90,640
upon the Act for raising a further sum of 169,000l. by like Annuities [1 Geo. I., St. 2, c. 21] for the said year's service 33,800
£124,440
Disposition Book XXIII, p. 98.
Jo. Taylour to the Customs Commissioners. It has been represented to the Treasury Lords that Sir Matthew Dudley's attendance at the Custom House should be dispensed with for three weeks or a month. My Lords have accordingly given him leave. You are to take care there be sufficient of your Board in town to carry on the public business at the Custom House in his absence. Out Letters (General) XXII, p. 3.
Treasury reference to the Attorney and Solicitor General of the petition of Lewis, Earl of Rockingham, shewing that the woods called Hunts Wood, Hunts Short, Huntswood Spinney and Prince Wood, containing together 73 acres 3 roods 43 perches, do all lie in Rockingham Forest in the parishes of Rockingham and Weldon, Co.Northants, near adjoining petitioner's house: therefore prays a warrant for making the said woods to be purlieus ("perleus"). Reference Book IX, p. 254.
Same to Thomas Hewit, Surveyor General of Woods, of the petition of the Honble. John West, Master Keeper of the Inner Bailiwick Walk in New Forest, shewing that through the neglect of the former Master Keeper the house in the said walk is gone so much to decay that it is now become uninhabitable: therefore praying that 300l. may be raised by wood sales for repair of the house and stable. Ibid.
Treasury letters patent appointing Joseph Winkles to be messenger to attend the Commissioners of Appeals in Excise loco William Bayley, whose constitution dated 12 Jan. 1714–15 is hereby revoked. Warrants not Relating to Money XXIII, p. 250.
Same constituting Joseph Winkles to be Surveyor of Crown Lands in Co. Chester and the County of the city of Chester with the usual wages and fee of 13l. 6s. 8d. per an.; and also of Cryer and Messenger of the Court of Exchequer in the said County of Chester with the fee of 4l. per an. for the office of messenger and 3l. 15s. 0d. for the office of Cryer: all as amply as William Baily or any other predecessor. Ibid., p. 251.
Sept. 29. Treasury subscription for the execution of a warrant dated Sept. 23 inst. from the Duke of Bolton, Lord Chamberlain of the Household, to the Duke of Montagu, Master of the Great Wardrobe, for the delivery to Mr. Christopher Hill, Master of his Majesty's Barges, of a Standard for his Majesty's State Barge, with crimson silk line and a serge bag to put it in.
Also to deliver to the Keepers of the Council Chamber two small green cloth carpets for the tables of the Clerks of the Council: all to an estimate of 65l. Ibid., p. 323.
Sept. 30. Royal warrant to the Attorney or Solicitor General for a great seal to revoke the great seal which constituted the present Commissioners of Hackney Coaches and Chairs (viz. Daniel Blake, George Clerke, John Wey, Thomas Sutton and Moore Molyneux), and in place thereof to constitute John Wey, Thomas Sutton, Moore Molyneux, Charles Bernard and John Idle as Commissioners for the same: during pleasure: with salaries of 100l. per an. each.King's Warrant Book XXVII, p. 62.
Same to same for a same to appoint Horatio Walpole, junr., Esq., as Surveyor and Auditor General of all his Majesty's Revenues in America in reversion to William Blathwaite, who had a grant of said office from Charles II. dated 1680 May 19: with the salary of 500l. per an.: to be executed by himself or deputy. Ibid., p. 78.
Royal sign manual for 632l. to the Kings, Heralds and Pursuivants at Arms for fees on creations &c. as follows according to what hath been usually allowed them on the like occasions: viz.
£
for their fees upon our Coronation 100
for several scarlet robes at our Coronation 167
for their fees on our assuming our seat as Sovereign of the Order of the Garter 40
for largesses (their fees) upon the Coronation [creation] of our most dearly beloved son to be Prince of Wales 10
for their largesses upon the creation of 63 [64] noblemen at the rate of 5l. for each nobleman 325
£632
Followed by: detailed list of the said 63 noblemen created by the late Queen Anne and by his present Majesty for whom the Officers of Arms claim a fee of 5l. each and whose Largess Fee are yet unpaid:
1. Duke of Marlborough.
2. Duke of Buckingham and Normanby.
3. Duke of Rutland.
4. Baron Granville.
5. Baron Guernsey.
6. Baron Gower.
7. Baron Conway.
8. Baron Harvey.
9. Baron Pierpont of Ardglass.
10. Viscount Fermanagh.
11. Duke of Montague.
[12. number omitted.]
13. Duke of Cambridge.
14. Marquess of Kent.
15. Marquess of Lindsey.
16. Marquess of Dorchester.
17. Earl of Wharton.
18. Earl Poulett.
19. Earl of Godolphin.
20. Earl of Cholmley.
21. Earl of Bindon.
22. Baron Cowper.
23. Baron Pelham.
24. Baron Tyrawley.
25. Viscount Castlecomer.
26. Duke of Dover.
27. Duke of Kent.
28. Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer.
29. Earl Ferrers.
30. Earl of Strafford.
31. Earl of Dar[t]mouth.
32. Baron Harcourt.
33. Baron Boyle of Marston.
34. Duke of Brandon.
35. Baron Hay.
36. Baron Mountjoy.
37. Baron Burton.
38. Baron Mansell.
39. Baron Middleton.
40. Baron Trevor.
41. Baron Lansdowne.
42. Baron Masham.
43. Baron Foley.
44. Baron Bathurst.
45. Viscount Bolingbroke.
46. Baron Bingley.
*47. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales.
48. Earl of Uxbridge.
49. Earl of Carnarvon.
50. Earl of Rockingham.
51. Earl of Tankerville.
52. Late Earl of Halifax.
53. Earl of Ailesford.
54. Earl of Bristol.
55. Earl of Clare.
56. Viscount Tadcaster.
57. Baron Sanderson.
58. Baron Harborough.
59. Baron Pierpont [Pierrepont] of Hanslap.
60. Baron Careleton [Carlton].
61. Baron Cobham.
62. Marquess of Wharton.
63. Countess Granville [Viscountess Carteret and Countess Granville].
64. Present Earl of Halifax.
(Money order dated Oct. 7 hereon.) King's Warrant Book XXVII, p. 166. Order Book IX, p. 135.
Sept. 30. Royal warrant to the Treasury Lords to pay to the executors of Henry Pulleine, late Governor of Bermudas, the sum of 619l. 5s. 8½d. without account: in satisfaction of what incurred from 1713 June 24 (the date to which his predecessor Benjamin Bennet was paid) to 1715 April 20 (the day of the death of said Pulleine) on the 240l. and 100l. per an. payable to the Governor of said Islands. Hereof 340l. is to be paid out of Civil List moneys due before 1714 Aug. 1 and the remaining 279l. 5s. 8½d. out of the Civil List moneys [of his present Majesty] grown due since that date. (For the money warrant for 279l. 5s. 8½d. hereon see under date 1716 May 10.) (The warrant for the 340l. does not appear to exist.) King's Warrant Book XXVI, p. 172.
Sept. 30. Money warrant for 25l. to Richard Powys, Esq., for 1715 Sept. 29 quarter on his allowance for extraordinary service performed in the Treasury. (Money order dated Oct. 1 hereon.) Money Book XXIV, p. 80. Order Book IX, p. 133.
Same for 155l. to the clerks et al. of the Treasury as follows in reward for services performed by them in the Treasury for 1715 Sept. quarter on their several yearly salaries or allowances: viz.
£ s. d.
Mr. William Lowndes, junr., on 100l. per an. 25 0 0
Mr.Edward Webster on 100l. per an. 25 0 0
Mr. Mark Frecker on 100l. per an. 25 0 0
Mr. Thomas Bowen on 50l. per an. 12 10 0
Mr. Thomas Lowndes on 50l. per an. 12 10 0
Mr. Robert Burnbury on 50l. per an. 12 10 0
Mr. Samuel King on 50l. per an. 12 10 0
Mr. Charles Chevallier on 50l. per an. 12 10 0
Mr. William Wyatt on 50l. per an. 12 10 0
Mr. William Empson on 20l. per an. 5 0 0
£155 0 0
(Money order dated Oct. 1 hereon.) Money Book XXIV, p. 134. Order Book IX, p. 132.
Same for 100l. to William Wekett for same quarter on his allowance for attendance and disbursements for the Treasury Office.
5l. to John Farra for same quarter for carrying letters for his Majesty's service. (Money warrant dated Oct. 3 hereon.) Money Book XXIV, p. 138. Order Book IX, p. 132.
Treasury allowance of John Thorowkettle's bill of 16l. 3s. 4d. for same quarter as Messenger [of the Chamber] attending the Treasury. Money Book XXIV, p. 139.
Treasury warrant to the Customs Cashier to pay said Thorowkettle 16l. 3s. 4d. for same quarter as Messenger [of the Chamber] attending the Customs. Ibid.
Same to same to pay 65l. to Mr. Mark Frecker for the service and pains of him and of several clerks employed in making up the account of income and issues of the Customs with other the public revenues and taxes: between 24 June and 29 Sept. inst. Ibid.
Money warrant for 2,000l. to the Treasury Lords (Charles, Earl of Carlisle; Sir Richard Onslow, bart., Chancellor of the Exchequer; Sir William St.Quintin, bart.; Edward Wortley and Paul Methuen) for 1715 Sept. 29 quarter's salaries. (Money order dated Oct. 1 hereon.) Money Book XXIV, p. 140. Order Book IX, p. 133.
Sept. 30. Money warrant for 25l. to William Clayton for 1715 Sept. 29 quarter on his allowance for extraordinary service in the Office of the Auditor of the Receipt. (Money order dated Oct. 1. hereon.) Money Book XXIV, p. 140. Order Book IX, p. 133.
Treasury allowance of the salary bill, not detailed, of the Stamp Office for same quarter: total 2,005l. Money Book XXIV, p. 140.
Same of the salary bill, not detailed, of the Apprentice Duty Office for same quarter: total 60l. Ibid.
Money order for 5l. to Edward Milward for 1715 Sept. 29 quarter on his allowance as porter attending at the Exchequer Gate. Order Book IX, p. 133.
Same for 12l. 10s. 0d. to Joseph Fox for same quarter on his allowance for keeping all the Registers of Public Loans in the Office of the Auditor of the Receipt. Ibid., p. 139.
Same for 150l. to the Commissioners for Taxes (William Walbank, Nicholas Vincent, Paul Burrard, John Williams, Anthony Dawley and Bryan Fairfax) for same quarter on their salary or allowance of 100l. per an. each. Ibid., p. 141.
Same for 25l. to Francis, Earl of Godolphin, for same quarter on his allowance of 100l. per an. for hay for the deer in the House Park at Windsor. Ibid., p. 151.
Letter of direction for 700l. to Charles Dartiquenave: out of Civil List moneys; and is intended to be paid over to Henry Wise for 1715 Sept. 29 quarter on the allowance of 2,800l. per an. for keeping his Majesty's gardens and plantations, consisting of 140 acres, at the rate of 20l. an acre, as by the royal sign manual of Jan. 5 last, supra, pp. 324–5. (William Lowndes to said Dartiquenave to pay same to said Wise.) Disposition Book XXIII, p. 98.
Jo. Taylour to the Commissioners for Alienations. Send to my Lords with all possible expedition a state of the revenue arisen by Fines for Alienations from the time of his Majesty's accession to 1715 Sept. 29; how much thereof has been paid into the Exchequer, what other payments have been made thereout by the Receiver General thereof and by what letters patent or other authorities and what remained in his hands at Michaelmas last. And from henceforth you are to cause monthly certificates of the receipts and payments out of the said revenue to be made and sent to my Lords. Out Letters (General) XXII, p. 5.
Same to the Customs Commissioners not to suffer the ship Industry (bound to South Carolina with arms for his Majesty's service) to sail till security be given that she will go in company of the convoy of the man of war which carries Mr.Paddon to Gibraltar so far as their way lies together and that afterwards she shall sail directly to South Carolina. Ibid., p. 6.
1715.
Sept. 30.		 Treasury warrant to same to permit a bell weighing 150 pounds to be exported to the Canaries on the Medway galley, William Paul master, “being to be used there for a clock”: all on the petition of Robert Burrell. Warrants not Relating to Money XXIII, p. 254.
Same to the Surveyor General of Crown Lands for a particular of part of Pall Mall Field in order to a further lease thereof to Sir John Vanbrugh.
Prefixing: said Surveyor General's report on said Vanbrugh's petition for same. By an assignment dated 4 Aug. 1703 Adam Wooley (entitled by mesne assignments from the Duke of St. Albans) granted to petitioner for 760l. all that Gateway leading into Phœnix Yard in the Haymarket, 11 foot 6 high by 11 foot 6 broad, and a little room used for an Hostry adjoining thereto on the north, under a house sometime in the possession of Thomas Ground and formerly taken out of the same; and also a parcel of ground there with the messuages, stables, coach-houses, rooms and buildings thereupon, containing 132 feet in front next the Haymarket and 132 feet in depth and 12 foot of ground for a garden on the west side next Market Lane, and 8½ foot of ground railed in towards the Haymarket, excepting out of the said premises four messuages and a stable situate in the Haymarket then late in the tenure of Martin Frogg, William Jackson, Richard Furlington and Thomas Ground: all for 37 years at 50l. per an. rent payable to said Wooley: of which premises the said Vanbrugh obtained a fresh lease from the Crown 1 Aug. 1706.
By another deed dated 20 Sept. 1704 Thomas Holford (likewise entitled by mesne assignment from the Duke of St. Albans) conveyed to said Vanbrugh the abovesaid four excepted messuages (one of them then divided into two) and the stable and the 8½ foot of ground lying before the premises next the Haymarket in consideration for 1,120l.
All the abovesaid premises do contain in front 132 foot and in depth 145 foot beside the 8½ foot next the Haymarket formerly railed in.
The petitioner hath erected a theatre and some other buildings on the premises: but by reason of the casualties and continual repairs that attend the said theatre I cannot value the whole at above 400l. per an., and the said four houses are much out of repair and will soon require to be rebuilt. To encourage the rebuilding the petitioner may be granted an extension of lease to make his term 50 years for a fine of 200l. and with a reserve rent of 2s. 6d. in the pound on the additional term, which amounts to 50l. per an. Ibid., pp. 254–5.
Same to the King's Remembrancer to take the securities, not detailed, of Richard Hampton in 600l. as Receiver General of House Duties for Co. Anglesea &c. (Treasury commission to him as such dated same day.) Out Letters (Affairs of Taxes) II, pp. 143, 145.
The Treasury Lords to the Lords Justices of Ireland to report on the enclosed petition [missing] of Cath. Barret, alias Macarty, widow of Col. John Barrett, praying relief for the maintenance of herself and daughter. Out Letters (Ireland) X, p. 2.
Treasury warrant to the Barons of the Exchequer in Scotland to pay the 1715 June 24 quarter's list of the King's Bounty and Charity in Scotland, wherein are included all the [Scottish] Bishops that are living, the persons entitled to charitable pensions by privy seals or [royal] letters, those that were on the Charity Roll before the Union and are thought fit to be continued; such others as have been recom mended to the said Barons as very great objects of charity.
Prefixing: said roll, being identical with the roll for the preceding quarter, ut supra, pp. 427–431, under date July 26, save for the following changes:
Names omitted in the present list.
Jannet McDougall.
Anna Gladstanes.
Sir Robert Miln's relict.
New names in the present list.
£ s. d.
Mrs. Auchmoutie 2 12 6
Out Letters (North Britain) III, pp. 421–6.
Sept. 30. Treasury warrant to the Customs Commissioners to remove Captain Thompson from being Commander of the Penzance smack and Capt. Polkinhorn from being Commander of the Fowey smack: and in place thereof to issue your deputations to Solomon Gideon as Com mander in place of Thompson and Thomas Trefusis as Commander in place of Polkinhorn.
Prefixing: letter from Secretary Townshend to the Treasury Lords signifying the King's pleasure for the said removals and appointments. Out Letters (Customs) XIV, p. 269.
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