Entry Book: September 1691, 1-10

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'Entry Book: September 1691, 1-10', in Calendar of Treasury Books, Volume 9, 1689-1692, (London, 1931) pp. 1287-1300. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-treasury-books/vol9/pp1287-1300 [accessed 22 April 2024]

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September 1691, 1-10

Date. Nature and Substance of the Entry. Reference.
Sept. 2. Money warrant for 250l. to Sir Algernoone May for half a year to June 24 last on his annuity or pension in compensation for his place as Keeper of the Records in the Tower. Money Book XI, p. 135.
Treasury warrant to the Customs Cashier to pay 50l. to the Mayor and burgesses of Lyme Regis for same half a year on the annuity granted 1684, Dec. 22, for 21 years towards the conservation and repair of the Cobb pier there. Ibid, p. 136.
Henry Guy to the Auditor of the Receipt to issue to Edward Russell, Treasurer of the Navy (out of loans to be made by himself on the Twelve Months' Aid) so much as will complete his order for 918,840l. residue of the 1,000,000l. appropriated to the Navy and Ordnance by the Act for said Aid, ut supra, p. 890. Disposition Book IX, p. 184.
Same to the Tin Farthings Commissioners to forthwith pay 1,500l. into the Exchequer out of the produce of the farthings and halfpence coined by you. Ibid.
Same to the Auditor of the Receipt to issue (out of the moneys of the Second Poll) 200l. 13s. 7d. to the Agents for Taxes ; and (out of the moneys of the 2s. Aid and the Additional 12d. Aid) 1,264l. 7s. 1d. to same ; both said sums to be immediately paid back into the Exchequer on Mr. St. John's account as Receiver General of the 12d. Aid, Review of the Poll and 2s. Aid and Additional 12d. Aid for co. Hertford, as by the Treasury order of Aug. 11 last. Ibid, p. 185.
Henry Guy to the Lottery Farmers to forthwith pay into the Receipt the arrears of your Lotteries farm rent. Out Letters (General) XIII, p. 117.
Same to the Postmasters General to report on the enclosed information [missing] against Mr. Searle, Accomptant to the General Letter Office. Ibid.
Same to Mr. Blathwayt [as Auditor of the Plantations] for an account from what time the Duke of Bolton's Regiment in the West Indies is ordered to be paid, in what manner the order is made for their payment and how long it is since it was made. Ibid.
Same to Mr. Vickars. My Lords are desired by the Committee for the Affairs of Ireland to furnish you with money for providing 60 ton of cheese for a further supply for the Army in Ireland. My Lords desire you to provide so much cheese and they will take care you shall be paid. Ibid, p. 118.
Treasury warrant to the Excise Commissioners to stop all further process against George (John) Arnold and Richard Lowe, sureties for Richard Spencer, late a collector of Hearthmoney ; on their giving security to pay his debt of 119l. 16s. 11d. before Michaelmas term next ; it being alleged by them that on the arrival of their present Majesties one Trant, then a collector of Hearthmoney, ran away with the [said Spencer's] accounts and Spencer is now a soldier in Ireland ; and the Excise Commissioners stating in their report of Aug. 10 last that they are of opinion that Spencer at his return into England will be able of his own estate to pay the debt, and further that petitioners, Arnold and Low, have been very loyal and in several respects very serviceable to the present Government. (The undated petition relating hereto, probably duplicate with that of Mar. 1, supra, p. 1133, gives the name as George Arnold.) Out Letters (Customs) XII, p. 340. Reference Book VI, p. 354.
Treasury reference to the Attorney or Solicitor General of the petition of Edward Lloyd, shewing that he has discovered a small rent of 20l. per an., which belongs to the Crown, in one of their Majesties' forests, on which 14 years' arrears are unpaid ; therefore praying a grant of said arrears and of a moiety of said rent as reward for his discovery. Reference Book VI, p. 338.
Treasury warrant to the Excise Commissioners to accept 50l. from William Ayliffe and Daniell Andrews in satisfaction of the debt of 218l. 19s. 10d. owing by John Hobart, a collector of Hearthmoney, for whom they were security ; it appearing from said Commissioners' report of Aug. 10 last that Hobart died very poor and left a wife and several children with nothing and petitioners are fallen to decay and unable to pay the debt. Warrants not Relating to Money XIII, p. 445.
Same to the Earl of Ranelagh, in accordance with the royal warrant of the 28th ult., supra, p. 1281, to pay 14,516l. 3s. 0¾d. to artificers and others for work and materials for building the Royal Hospital near Chelsea.
Prefixing : an abstract of the bills contained in a book entitled "Chelsea Royal Hospital."
Charges in finishing the four low wings of building with the offices belonging to them and the Lodge and Guard House, with some works in the high building, and finishing the Lanthorne over the Octagon with the clock in it :
Also building the out walls and the great Terras walls and Wharf next the Thames, with the great dam there, and making the great drain and wells etc. :
Also in setting up the palisado pales with posts and rails and fences about the ground and making the new walks, ways and grass platts and cleansing both the canals, with divers other works for eight months ending 1689, Dec. 31 :
Ibid, pp. 445-6.
l. s. d.
Thomas Hill's [account] 1,906 17 10¾
Matthew Bancks 1,723 3 6
Maurice Emmett 3,423 17 11
Stephen and Geo. Emmett 452 7 1
Charles Hopson 350 18 9
Richard Ryley 602 8 10½
John Grove 44 1 11
Hen. Margetts 117 17 6
William Bushell 1,398 4 4
Thomas Franklin 450 7 6
William Wightman 56 8 2
Saml. Coalbourne 9 10 0
Robert Bird 60 3 2
Walter Wright 3 17 0
John Barrett 15 19 10
Edward Bird 29 0 0
William Emmett 4 5 0
William Worster 40 0 0
Geo. London and Hen. Wise 1,355 2 11½
Thomas Humfryes 39 10 11
Robert Streeter 631 14 0
Tho. Dobbins 559 11 10½
William Bache 105 13
William Newton 8 9 0
William Partridge 609 2 6
Tho. Thompson 90 0 0
John Smith 18 16 3
John Vile 128 3 11¼
Paul Winckle 168 10 10¾
John Frankland 66 18 10½
Samuel Forrest 13 9 10½
Leon[ar]d Gammon, junr. 10 0 0
Leonard Gammon 21 10 0
£14,516 3
Treasury warrant to the Earl of Ranelagh to similarly pay 10,388l. 0s. 3¼d. for the schedule of similar charges representing the second book mentioned in the abovesaid royal sign manual.
Prefixing : abstract of a book entitled "Chelsea Royal Hospital."
Charges in erecting a new building for the Laundry and Bakehouse etc. ; building two new houses for the Guards and one new house for the gardener and another for the barber on each side the Hospital ; making a new pair of stone stairs and a causeway into the Thames ; new building the rest of the Terrace Walk and several other brick walls and making the ways and walks in and about the Hospital and doing divers other works : for one year ended 1690, Dec. 31 :
Warrants not Relating to Money XIII, p. 447.
l. s. d.
Tho. Hill's [account] 880 15
Matthew Bancks 1,733 8
Morris Emmett 2,396 12 0
Cha. Hopson 934 6 10
John Grove 7 13
Thomas Dobbins 238 7 11¾
Robert Streeter 131 3
William Bushell 874 11 9
Geo. London and Hen. Wise 826 0 4
Henry Cook 295 0 0
Tho. Franklin 930 19 6
William Newton 185 15 7
John Barrett 5 8 0
Bartholomew Scott 97 2 10½
John Smith 216 8 5
William Partridge 219 16
John Vile 218 6
Samuel Forrest 19 2 10
Paul Winckles 139 11
John Scarborow 6 0 0
Leonard Gammon, junr. 10 0 0
Leonard Gammon 21 10 0
£10,388 0
Henry Guy to the Revenue Commissioners, Ireland, to report on the enclosed petition [missing] of Thomas Hughes, praying the continuance of a pension of 35l. per an., which was granted him in the late reign in consideration of the loss of his eyes in Charles II's time, being then a tidesman at Londonderry. Out Letters (Ireland) VI, p. 89.
Sept. 3. Same to the Auditor of the Receipt to issue as follows out of the Exchequer : Disposition Book IX, p. 185.
l. s. d.
Out of the Double Excise.
to the Earl of Ranelagh for the growing week's subsistence [of the Forces, England] and half pay to the officers 8,960 10 5
to ditto for the officers of the Troop of Scots Guards in full of 625l. 12s. 6d. for their half pay 265 12 6
to ditto for the wives of several of the Earl of Portland's Regiment 60 0 0
to ditto for the gunners in the several garrisons in further part of their subsistence arrears 107 0 0
to ditto for Sir Joseph Herns 1,500 0 0
to ditto for Monsieur Schulemberg 3,600 0 0
to ditto for Col. Gibson for fire and candle for Portsmouth 193 0 0
to Mr. Fox and Mr. Coningsby for a week's subsistence for the Duke of Leinster's Regiment of Horse 276 12 4
to ditto for Major Rose of Lieut. Gen. Douglas's Regiment on account of his pay and subsistence 100 0 0
Out of the Letter [Office] money and the 2s. Aid and Additional 12d. Aid.
to the Cofferer of the Household for the Spanish Ambassador's servants 47 5 0
to Mr. Poley 455 0 0
to the Treasurer of the Ordnance for Sir Polycarpus Wharton 500 0 0
£16,065 0 3
Treasury warrant to the Excise Commissioners to stop process against Tho. Smallpeice and Samuell Barton, sureties of Daniel Searle as collector of Hearthmoney, in respect of their great poverty, they living in Guildford, co. Surrey, in a mean condition : but process is to be continued against said Searle on the debt of 85l. 9s. 6d. owing from him to the Crown on his accounts, he being absconded. Warrants not Relating to Money XIII, p. 448.
Sept. 4. Royal warrant, under the Queen's sign manual, to the Treasury Lords to pay 1,150l. 14s. 6d. to Arnaut Van Citters, Ambassador from the States General, for 6 per cent. interest on the sum of 140,000l. (part of 600,000l. appointed to be paid to the Dutch), the States General having consented that said 140,000l. should be employed for their Majesties' use as it should be brought into the Exchequer. "upon our undertaking to satisfy the said sum with interest within some certain time" : and it appearing from the certificate of the Auditor of the Receipt that the said money was brought into the Exchequer [from the branches of the revenue appropriated by the Act of 2 Wm. and Mary, Sess. 2, c. 10] as follows, viz. 40,000l. on the 11th March last, 20,000l. on April 8, 20,000l. on April 22, 20,000l. on May 6, 20,000l. on May 19 and 20,000l. on June 4, the interest on which from said respective times to June 10 last "being the day on which the said whole sum of 140,000l. was transferred to the Register upon the Act intituled an Act for the continuance of several duties upon wines, vinegar and tobacco" amounts to the said 1150l. 14s. 6d. (Money warrant dated Sept. 7 hereon.) (Money order dated Sept. 8 hereon.) King's Warrant Book XVI, pp. 12-13. Money Book XI, pp. 139-140. Order Book III, p. 208.
Treasury dormant warrant to the Receipt for the striking of tallies from time to time on the First Fruits and Tenths for the Earl of Bath's 2,500l. per an. moiety of his annuities or pensions, amounting to 5,000l. per an., as by the patent of Aug. 15 last, supra, pp. 1217-18. Money Book XI, pp. 136-7.
Money warrant for 20,000l. to Richard, Earl of Bellomont, Treasurer to the Queen, as in part of 50,000l. for the Queen's service as by the privy seal of Aug. 31 last. (Money order dated Sept. 8 hereon.) Ibid, p. 137. Order Book III, p. 204.
Same for 485,744l. to Edward Russell, Treasurer of the Navy, as in part of 570,000l. appropriated by the Additional Excise Act [2 Wm. and Mary, Sess. III, c. 10] for the building of 27 ships of war : same to be satisfied out of the third part of the Additional Excise [under 1 Wm. and Mary, c. 24, and 2 Wm. and Mary, Sess. 2, c. 10] after the 600,000l. to the Dutch be paid : all as by the privy seal of Aug. 31 last, supra, pp. 1269-70. (Money order dated Sept. 7 hereon. This order is followed by a memorandum of its renewal under date 1697, Sept. 8, in consequence of the loss of the original.) Money Book XI, p. 138. Order Book III, p. 206.
Money warrant for 84,256l. to Charles Bertie, Treasurer of the Ordnance, as in part of the abovesaid 570,000l., for guns and other furniture for the abovesaid 27 ships : to be paid ut supra. (Money order dated Sept. 7 hereon.) Money Book XI, p. 139. Order Book III, p. 206.
Henry Guy to Mr. Blathwayte [as Secretary to the Forces] to prepare a royal warrant, to be signed by the Queen, to authorise Charles Fox to assign orders for 15,000l. and the interest therein to the Earl of Bellomont for the use of the Queen : being the same which Edward Russell, Treasurer of the Navy, did by the Queen's command assign to said Fox, one of the Paymasters of the Forces in Ireland, to wit 15,000l. principal money owing to him [Russell] on 30 several orders of loan registered on the two thirds of the Additional Excise, together with 7 per cent. interest thereon, ut supra, pp. 1264-5 ; the said orders bearing date July 8 last and numbered from 1172 to 1201 ; and in respect whereof the said Fox is surcharged with same in his account of the Forces. In view of the present assignment said Fox is to be allowed by the Auditor said sum in the account of the Forces, Ireland. Disposition Book IX, p. 186.
Same to the Earl of Ranelagh to pay 5,000l. to Sir Joseph Herne for the Duke of Savoy for the present month of September. Ibid, p. 187.
Same to the Auditor of the Receipt to issue 10,000l. to Francis, Visct. Newport, on any unsatisfied orders in his name as Treasurer of the Household : [to be for the service of the Household and] to be satisfied out of loans to be made by Mr. Lancelot Burton on credit of the Twelve Months' Aid next after the sum of 1,000,000l. [appropriated thereon] is completed for the Navy. Ibid.
Same to same to issue 158l. 17s. 1d. to Lord Lucas out of the 2s. Aid and Additional 12d. Aid. Ibid.
Same to same for one of the Tellers to pay Mr. Poley's 455l., ut supra, p. 1291, by way of advance, "the same being not yet due to him [the money order being not yet issued] and their Majesties' service requiring the immediate payment thereof." Care will be taken as soon as possible for the regular [warrant and order for the] issuing of the same. Ibid.
Same to Mr. Vander Esch. Send my Lords an account of the arrears of pay due to the Sieur Goullon, Colonel of Artillery. Out Letters (General) XIII, p. 118.
Same to the Customs Commissioners to permit 28 couple of the King's dogs, with two servants to attend them, to be transported into Holland for his Majesty's service, Customs free, with sufficient provisions for men and dogs. Ibid, p. 120.
Same to Sir Christopher Wren. It is the Queen's pleasure that three or four rooms be forthwith fitted up in Beacham [Tower] and the Bloody Tower in the Tower of London for the safekeeping of prisoners. Send my Lords forthwith an estimate thereof. Ibid.
Henry Guy to Sir Christopher Wren. Send my Lords your answer to the enclosed petition of Sidney Wortley and Christopher Montagu, esqrs., for liberty to bring an action against you for non-payment of rent for a piece of ground in Channell Row, Westminster. Out Letters (General) XIII, p. 120.
Same to Mr. Sotherne [Secretary to the Admiralty]. The Customs Commissioners have made a presentment to my Lords concerning the pressing of seamen by the boats belonging to the men of war, whereby mariners are frighted from coming in to man the ships bound to the Plantations. Please lay same before the Admiralty Lords and move them to give directions for prevention thereof for the future. Ibid.
Same to Mr. Blathwayt [as Secretary to the Forces] to procure a royal warrant, to be signed by the Queen, to authorise Charles Fox and Thomas Coningsby, Paymasters of the Forces in Ireland, to pay 60l. to Mr. Vander Esch, Paymaster of the Dutch Forces, to be by him paid to Mris. Christian Cecil in part of her husband's pay as a Captain in Col. Edward Lloyd's Regiment. (Cancelled and replaced on Sept. 8 by a similar warrant authorising Vander Esch direct to make said payment.) Ibid, pp. 120, 124.
Same to same for a same to authorise Fox and Coningsby to pay 547l. 7s. 6d. to Edward Pauncefort in satisfaction of the enclosed accompt [missing] for his charges in sending money from London to Chester and from Chester to Hoylake and in shipping it and for boxes and bags etc.
Also a like warrant to them to pay 100l. to Major Jo[h]n Rose of Lieut. Gen. Douglas's Regiment on account of his pay.
Ibid, p. 121.
Same to same to procure a same to authorise the Earl of Ranelagh to make out debentures for the pay to 1688-9, Jan. 1, of the Regiment of the Earl of Monmouth, and the Regiment late under Col. Luttrell, as by the enclosed memorial [missing]. Ibid.
Same to Mr. [Charles Fox] to report on the enclosed petition [missing] of Capt. David Heard, late Provost Marshal General in Ireland, praying payment of 171l. 10s. 0d. due to him for his said service. Ibid, p. 122.
Same to the Earl of Ranelagh to report on the enclosed petition [missing] of Francis Egleston for the first vacancy of a pensioner's place in Chelsea College and for some subsistence in the interim. Ibid.
Same to Mr. [Charles] Fox to report on the enclosed petition [missing] of Capt. Clothworthy Upton for 200l. in consideration of his losses and services in Ireland. Ibid.
Treasury warrant to the Customs Commissioners to admit to entry on the usual Customs some weed ashes and box wood imported by the Levant Company, on which the Customs officers demand an extraordinary duty under the Act of 2 Wm. and Mary [c. 4], though these commodities are not expressed and consequently not within the limits of that Act : the said Commissioners having reported the 15th ult. that box wood imported from Asia is not chargeable with any additional duty and that the ashes do not seem to be properly pot-ashes, nor barillia nor saffora, being not of the same species, and are not therefore chargeable with the new impositions as such ; and further the Solicitor General having given his opinion that these weed ashes coming from another country and not known by the name of barillia or saphora are indeed commodities of a different species, and he did not see how they could be charged under that name. Out Letters (Customs) XII, p. 338.
Treasury order to the Customs Commissioners to observe (a) infra.
Prefixing : (a) Order of the Privy Council, dated Whitehall, Sept. 3 inst., granting leave to the Fauconbergh, Capt. Francis Buttram, the America, Capt. John Broome, and the Seville Merchant, Capt. Benedict Stafford, being ships of good force, to clear at the Custom House and Gravesend and to sail on their voyages to the Coast of Africa, the Royal Africa Company having them ready to sail with quantities of English manufactories and necessaries for the preservation of their castles and estates in those parts.
Out Letters (Customs) XII, p. 338.
Treasury reference to Hugh Chudleigh, Comptroller of the Accounts of the Treasurer of the Chamber, of the petition of the Yeomen of the Old Guard, praying payment of 690l. 19s. 6d. for their riding charges in the summer of 1688. Reference Book VI, p. 339.
Report [to the Treasury Lords from William Blathwaite as Auditor of the Plantations] in reply to Mr. Guy's letter of the 2nd inst., supra, p. 1288, as to the payment of the Duke of Bolton's Regiment in the West Indies. It was ordered in Council 1689, Nov. 7, that the Treasury Lords should apply the Four and a Half per cent. Duty (which in time of peace may amount to 10,000l. upon the place) towards payment of the said Regiment and of an Independent Company in those parts after first providing thereout for the charge of Government ; and that the remainder of their pay should be satisfied by the Paymaster General of the Forces, England. As to the payments that have been made to that Regiment in England before and since their going to the Leeward Islands and from and to what time such payments have been made, your Lordships will be best satisfied by the Earl of Ranelagh, who upon my enquiry has undertaken to inform you of it. Out Letters (Plantations Auditor) I, p. 384.
Sept. 5. Henry Guy to the Earl of Ranelagh. Give my Lords an account next Wednesday how far the Duke of Bolton's Regiment have been paid since they went to the West Indies. Out Letters (General) XIII, p. 121.
Same to same to report on the enclosed memorial [missing] of the widow of Col. Babington concerning the payof the [place of] Governor of Berwick from the time of her husband's death till a new Governor was made. Ibid, p. 122.
The Treasury Lords to the Lords Justices of Ireland to report on the enclosed petition [missing] of Lieut. Col. Caulfield and the rest of the officers of the Derry Regiment, late Col. White's, concerning their accounts. Out Letters (Ireland) VI, p. 90.
Sept. 7. Henry Guy to Mr. Hall to pay out of arrears of Hearthmoney that shall come to your hands 295l. for last Lady day quarter's salary bill of the Hearthmoney Office, according to a bill signed by my Lords Aug. 26 last. Disposition Book IX, p. 188.
Same to the Navy Commissioners for an account what was the debt due to the Navy at Michaelmas last and an estimate of what the debt will be at Michaelmas next. Out Letters (General) XIII, p. 122.
Same to the Commissioners for Sick and Wounded. Send my Lords an account of the debt and growing weekly charge in your Office, together with the receipts and payments to July 1 last, as also an account of the number of the sick in each port under your care and the weekly charge thereof in each port. Ibid, p. 123.
Same to Mr. Blathwaite to procure a royal warrant, to be signed by the Queen, to authorise Charles Fox and Thomas Coningsby, Paymasters of the Forces in Ireland, to pay to the Provost Marshal 12d. a day for each of the prisoners lately brought out of Ireland and remaining in the custody of said Provost Marshal, without any distinction between them in respect of their different qualities, and commencing from the day of their coming to town and to continue during such time as they shall remain in his custody respectively. Ibid, p. 124.
Treasury order to the Customs Commissioners to observe (a) infra.
Prefixing : (a) Order of the Privy Council, dated Whitehall, Sept. 3 inst., granting leave to the ship Sarah, Thomas Burrell commander, 300 tons, 30 guns, 55 men, to sail to the Straits, provided she give bond to take in, in the West of England, a considerable part of her lading of pilchards and to return home with her men in time for their Majesties' service the next summer, danger of the seas and enemy excepted : all on the petition of Sir Thomas Pilkington and Sir Thomas Vernon, kts., and other merchants of London, owners and freighters of said ship, showing that by the present embargo no English ships are permitted to go to the Straits till November next, which is a proper time for greatest part of the Straits trade, but for some other part it's convenient to send goods now, and petitioners are unwilling to send their goods in foreign ships, as many Jews and foreigners do, and thereby let the English lie by the walls and [so do] run away with the trade from the true English fair trading merchants ; and that the said ship is of good force and an excellent sailer and will be back in time for their Majesties' service next summer.
Out Letters (Customs) XII, p. 339.
Sept. 8. Royal sign manual for 162l. 10s. 0¾d. to Thomas Burgis, gent., sede vacante receiver and collector of the revenues of the bishopric of Gloucester : to be satisfied by tallies on said revenue ; the said sum, being in satisfaction of the like sum, which pursuant to royal warrant he paid to Dr. Robert Frampton, late Bishop of said diocese, as royal bounty to said Frampton, representing about a third of one year's rent of said revenue. (Money warrant dated Sept. 11 hereon.) (Money order dated Sept. 19 hereon.) King's Warrant Book XVI, p. 14. Money Book XI, p. 142. Order Book III, p. 212.
Treasury warrant dormant to Thomas Neale, Master and Worker of the Mint, to pay 6d. per lb. weight Troy of gold moneys and 1½d. per lb. weight Troy of silver moneys to Thomas Anderson, Provost of the Moneyers, for himself and the rest of the Moneyers for making gold and silver pieces round before they are sized and for the marking the edges of them with letters or grainings and for keeping in repair all the rollers and instruments to cut, flatten, make round and size the pieces and to mark the edges as above : and further, in consideration of the great charges he and they are at in keeping horses and workmen at their daily expense, there having been for some time past very little [few] moneys coined in the Mint, he and they are hereby to be paid 100l. per an. by quarterly payments from Mar. 25 last till further order. Money Book XI, p. 141.
Henry Guy to the Auditor of the Receipt to issue to the Earl of Bellomont for the Queen's use the 5,000l. remaining in the Exchequer of the loans on the Hereditary Excise and the unappropriated fourth of the Temporary Excise. Disposition Book IX, p. 188.
Same to the Customs Commissioners. In your presentment of the 12th ult. concerning the outports collectors' disbursements on procuring and impresting seamen you propose the striking of tallies for the Navy Treasurer on the Customs for such disbursements. My Lords so instructed the Navy Commissioners if they had no objection thereto. The said Commissioners do very well approve thereof, but to the end same may be done according to the method of the Navy Office they desire that the original accounts of the collectors be sent to them with Treasury direction for their making out a bill to the Receiver General of the Customs for such disbursements and to assign the said bill (together with Mr. Lynstead's) for payment out of the tallies that shall be appointed for that use. You are to transmit the original accounts accordingly so that my Lords may thereon issue their warrant and direction [to the Navy Commissioners] as desired. Out Letters (General) XIII, p. 123.
Same to the Earl of Ranelagh, The Commissioners for Sick and Wounded have represented to my Lords that you demand 12d. in the £ on the 300l. which you were lately desired to pay to them on account of Irish prisoners sent to Ostend. My Lords desire you to pay same without deduction of poundage and the deduction shall be allowed on your Chelsea Hospital account. Ibid, p. 124.
Same to the Agents [for Taxes] to attend my Lords on Friday afternoon next. And you are to take care for the recovery of the following two sums due from the executors of Thomas Bennet [sic for from Thomas Bennet as executor of John Bennet, esq., late] Receiver General of [Crown] Revenues in cos. Somerset and Dorset, viz. 647l. 12s. 1¾d. remaining in debit on the account for the year ended 1675, Michaelmas, and 133l. 9s. 0d. similarly in debit on the succeeding year's account.
Appending : extracts of said debits from the Great Roll of the Pipe.
Ibid, p. 125.
Treasury reference to the Customs Commissioners of the petition of Grace, Mary and Eliz. Carr, shewing that, having some money in Holland, they ordered it to be laid out in some East India goods, being ignorant of the laws, and same were seized, to the value of 17l. ; therefore praying a discharge of the King's part [moiety] of the seizure. Reference Book VI, p. 339.
Sept. 9. Henry Guy to the Auditor of the Receipt to issue to Sir Rowland Gwyn, Treasurer of the Chamber, on unsatisfied orders in his name, 6,000l. for the service of his Office, out of loans to be by him made [or to be procured to be made] on credit of the Twelve Months' Aid. Disposition Book X, p. 1.
Same to same to issue to Ralph, Earl of Montagu, on unsatisfied orders in his name as Master of the Great Wardrobe, 3,000l. for the service of his Office, out of loans to be made by him etc., ut supra, and next after 6,000l. to the Chamber. Ibid.
Same to same to issue to Thomas Lloyd on unsatisfied orders in his name as Paymaster of the Works, for the service of the Works, 4,000l. out of loans to be by him made etc., ut supra, and next after 3,000l. to the Great Wardrobe. Ibid.
Same to same to issue to Caspar Frederick Henning, on unsatisfied orders in his name, for the service of their Majesties' gardens, 2,000l. out of loans to be by him made etc., ut supra, and next after 4,000l. to the Works. Ibid.
Same to the Earl of Ranelagh to pay (out of money in your hands for the subsistence of the Duke of Bolton's Regiment) 2,488l. 10s. 0d. to the Commissioners for Transports ; to be by them employed towards transporting recruits for the said Regiment to the Leeward Islands. Ibid, p. 2.
Same to Mr. Montague. My Lords have received several papers relating to a trade carried on between the inhabitants of Jersey and the French. They think it more properly to be laid before the Privy Council for their orders therein. I transmit them [missing] for you to so lay same before them. Out Letters (General) XIII, p. 126.
Same to Mr. Williams. By your contract for the Lottery Farm you were to pay 5,000l. into the Exchequer before Aug. 31 last or to forfeit your lease. You have not paid. If you do not pay within 21 days of Aug. 31, being the utmost day of grace, the Treasury Lords will not only take the forfeiture of your lease, but also prosecute you for the damages their Majesties sustain by your breach of covenant. Ibid.
Same to the Commissioners for Sick and Wounded to report on the enclosed case [missing] of the Irish officers, prisoners in Soho Square. Ibid, p. 127.
Same to Mr. Blathwayte. Send my Lords an account how much the Four and a Half per cent. Duty in Barbados and the Leeward Isles has amounted to from 1691 [sic], Jan. 1, to this time, and what care is taken for the return of the muster rolls of their Majesties' Forces in those islands. Ibid.
Henry Guy to the Commissioners of Sick and Wounded to report on the enclosed copy [missing] of the Provost Marshal's account for bringing up prisoners of war from Chester. Out Letters (General) XIII, p. 127.
Same to the Excise Commissioners. The Victualling Commissioners have represented to my Lords that they have formerly moved my Lords to accept bills drawn by Richard Ridge and Henry Plaer, brewers at Portsmouth, drawn on said Victuallers for beer supplied to the Navy, as in discharge of Excise on such beer, and therefore they pray that [said] brewers may be accommodated in that matter. You are to direct your officers at Portsmouth to accept such bills as for the Excise of such beer, in order to prevent such officers making seizure of the [said] brewers' coppers and utensils "by which their Majesties' service may be much retarded." Ibid, pp. 127-8.
Same to Mr. [Charles] Fox to report on the enclosed petition [missing] of Eliz. Bourk, widow of Theobald Bourk, late a Captain in Col. Hasting's Regiment. Ibid, p. 128.
Treasury reference to the Customs Commissioners of the petition of William Fell, of Newcastle, merchant, for the making free [naturalizing] a fly boat called the St. Peter, of about 250 tons, taken from the French, and now called the Hopewell Adventure of Newcastle : same being referred from the Privy Council to the Treasury. Reference Book VI, p. 339.
Same to same of the petition of Deborah Dioness, shewing that she had a warrant to export 450lb. weight of chocolate, Customs free, but by a mistake in reciting the name of the ship in which it was imported she cannot get it passed at the Custom House ; therefore praying that the warrant may be altered. Ibid.
Treasury caveat on behalf of Mr. Butler, customer of Boston port, that nothing may pass at the Treasury to his prejudice concerning his said office till he be heard : notice to be given [on his behalf] to Mr. B. Burton at the Receipt of the Exchequer. Caveat Book, p. 25.
Sept. 10. Royal warrant, under the Queen's sign manual, to Brooke Bridges and Tho. Done, Auditors of Imprests, to allow in account to Charles Fox and Thomas Coningsby as Paymasters of the Forces, Ireland, the sum of 15,000l., which Edward Russell, Treasurer of the Navy, did assign to them on 30 orders of loan, dated July 8 last, registered on the Additional Excise, ut supra, pp. 1264-5, 1292, and which were accordingly charged in account to said Fox and Coningsby ; all by reason that they have assigned same to Richard, Earl of Bellomont, for the Queen's use. King's Warrant Book XVI, p. 15.
Henry Guy to the Auditor of the Receipt to issue as follows out of the Exchequer : viz. : Disposition Book X, pp. 2-3.
l. s. d.
Out of 847l. 13s. 0½d. and 157l. 9s. 5½d. of the 2s. Aid and Additional 12d. Aid ; 17l. 9s. 10d. of the Second Poll ; 739l. 18s. 10d. of the Additional Poll ; 663l. 6s. 8d. of the first 12d. Aid ; 766l. 10s. 8½d. of Letter [Office] money ; 12,209l. 12s. 8½d. of the Double Excise : making 15,402l. 1s. 3d. in all.
to Charles Fox and Thomas Coningsby for a week's subsistence to the Duke of Leinster's Regiment of Horse 276 12 4
to ditto for Monsieur Jollyvett for his expense in maintaining 325 recruit horses 203 0 0
to ditto for three months' subsistence to the wives and families of four French [Protestant Refugee] Regiments to July 1 last 535 10 8
to ditto for Monsieur Vander Esch for subsistence to the wives of the Regiments of [Lord] Cutts, Brandenburg, Nassau and [Col.] Groben 123 1 10
to ditto on account of the pay due to Monsieur Goulon as Col. and Capt. of the Artillery 300 0 0
to ditto for the Provost Marshal 100 0 0
to ditto for Mr. Vickers upon account of buying 60 ton of cheese 500 0 0
to the Earl of Ranelagh for the growing week's subsistence [of the Forces, England] and half pay to the officers 8,960 10 5
to ditto for four weeks' subsistence to four Companies of the First Regiment of Guards ordered to march to Dover, Sheerness, Tilbury and Landguard Fort 335 10 0
to ditto for the wives of several of the Earl of Portland's Regiment 60 0 0
to ditto for the gunners in the several garrisons in further part of their arrear from Jan. 1 last 107 18 4
to ditto for Sir Joseph Herne 1,500 0 0
to ditto for the Commissioners of Sick and Wounded upon account of the prisoners of war in Flanders 200 0 0
("Their Lordships desire you to apply the Double Excise towards payment of the foregoing [Ranelagh] particulars.")
to the Cofferer of the Household for the Spanish Ambassador's servants 47 5 0
to me [Guy] for secret service 116 0 0
to the Paymaster of the Works for Capt. Studholm 220 0 0
to Lord Paget 455 0 0
to Visct. Dursley 728 0 0
to Mr. Duncomb 133 12 8
to the Treasurer of the Ordnance for Sir Polycarpus Wharton upon account of his powder works 500 0 0
Out of 1,500l. of the produce of [tin] farthings.
to me [Guy] for secret service 1,000 0 0
(Reserving the remaining 500l. thereof for my Lords' disposal.)
Henry Guy to Mr. [Charles] Fox to pay the abovesaid 203l. to Mr. Jollyvet, on account, for his expense in maintaining 325 recruit horses till they were delivered to several Colonels. This money is to be made good by deducting it from the Regiments to which the horses were delivered. Out Letters (General) XIII, p. 128.