Entry Book: November 1687

Calendar of Treasury Books, Volume 8, 1685-1689. Originally published by His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1923.

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'Entry Book: November 1687', in Calendar of Treasury Books, Volume 8, 1685-1689, (London, 1923) pp. 1694-1695. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-treasury-books/vol8/pp1694-1695 [accessed 4 May 2024]

November 1687

Nov. 3. Royal letter to Hender Molesworth, esq., Lieutenant Governor of Jamaica, and the territories thereof in America. Upon the death of Sir Thomas Lynch, late Governor of Jamaica, Charles II appointed Sir Philip Howard, kt. (since deceased), Governor thereof with 2,000l. per an. salary, one moiety of which salary and of all perquisites was, by the said King's instructions, allotted to the Lieutenant Governor on the death or absence of the Governor. By the accompts of the Receiver General of the Revenue in Jamaica it appears that you have received the whole salary of 2,000l. per an. from the death of said Lynch. You are hereby to pay to the executors of said Sir Philip Howard 1,638l. 7s. 0d., being one full moiety of the said salary accruing from the day of said Lynch's death to 1686, April 14, being the day of said Howard's death, together with a moiety of all the perquisites and emoluments of the government [of Jamaica], which have arisen during that time. If any dispute arise between you and said executors concerning same we, the King, will hear and determine same in Council and until then you are hereby not to be in any way molested in your estate or effects upon that accompt. Out Letters (Plantations Auditor) I, pp. 284–5.
Followed by: (a) Letter, dated 1687, Nov. 21, from Henry Guy to [William Blathwayte], ut supra, p. 1611, forwarding the papers concerning the abovesaid perquisites.
(b) Letter, dated Jamaica, 1687, Aug. 4, from Col. Hender Molesworth to the Treasury Lords touching said perquisites for the abovesaid interim period and from the death of said Howard to the date of [this] my [present] letter, "which will very much rectify the mistaken reports that have been concerning it:" the said letter being as calendared in the Colonial Calendar, 1685–8, pp. 407–8, where add the following clause relating to the Asiento, "but that [Asiento] coming into the hands of the Dutch they made use of us [for a Spanish trade for negroes] only until they could furnish themselves from Curaçoa. [And in the concluding paragraph add] The Privy Council have declared that all the perquisites should remain to me without account for any part thereof. This decision was referred by the King to you, the Treasury Lords, before whom it still lies undetermined. I beg that I may be quieted in that matter from all further demands and that I may have an order to that purpose on my paying the half salary as by the King's directions.
Nov. 29. Treasury reference to Auditor Aldworth of the account of Stephen Lilly of the salary and incidents bill of the Post Office for 1687, Sept. 29 quarter. Reference Book V, p. 195.
Prefixing: said bill as by the weekly certificates delivered to the Treasury Lords on Tuesdays.
l. s. d. l. s. d.
Incidents.
July 4 42 15 11
July 11 42 19 1
July 18 45 4 10
July 25 39 0 10
174 8 8
Aug. 1 4 8 0
Aug. 8 11 11 10
Aug. 15 117 13 1
Aug. 22 16 12 3
Aug. 29 14 17 3
160 14 5
Sept. 5 94 15 4
Sept. 12 19 0 2
Sept. 19 4 10 5
Sept. 26 5 7 2
Sept. 29 11 16 2
135 9 3
Salaries.
weekly wages paid to letter carriers, 25l. per week 327 0 0
for returned letters, July 29 21 16 10
ditto, Aug. 31 23 6 6
ditto, Sept. 29 20 13 1
65 16 5
money paid to Postmasters, July 11 62 7 5
ditto, Aug. 29 48 11 10
ditto, Sept. 26 185 7 9
296 7 0
£1,189 15 9
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