Calendar of Treasury Books and Papers, Volume 4, 1739-1741. Originally published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1901.
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, 'Embargo Warrants: 1740, February-December', in Calendar of Treasury Books and Papers, Volume 4, 1739-1741, (London, 1901) pp. 349-357. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-treasury-books-papers/vol4/pp349-357 [accessed 18 May 2024].
. "Embargo Warrants: 1740, February-December", in Calendar of Treasury Books and Papers, Volume 4, 1739-1741, (London, 1901) 349-357. British History Online, accessed May 18, 2024, https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-treasury-books-papers/vol4/pp349-357.
. "Embargo Warrants: 1740, February-December", Calendar of Treasury Books and Papers, Volume 4, 1739-1741, (London, 1901). 349-357. British History Online. Web. 18 May 2024, https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-treasury-books-papers/vol4/pp349-357.
1740, February–December
Embargo warrants i.e. warrants from the Lords of the Treasury to the Customs Commissioners, issued in pursuance of the Orders in Council directed to the Lords of the Treasury and the Lords of the Admiralty, for the purpose of releasing from the embargo [of 1739–40 January 31 for manning the fleet] the several ships as detailed below: the Treasury warrants requiring the observance by the Customs Commissioners of the said orders: the stipulated condition being generally that the ships so released from embargo should furnish a complement of men for the service of His Majesty's Navy (said complement being a third of the total crew “protected,” or for whom Admiralty orders of protection were issued: the calculation being made approximately e.g. a ship of 7 men to furnish 2 men, a ship of 2 men to be set free usually and so on).