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| Aug. 16. |
Money order for 13l. 6s. 8d. to Charles Battely, Esq., for half a year to Xmas 1716 on his fee for his pains and charge in the execution of all the Originals transcribed out of the Court of Chancery into the Exchequer. Order Book IX, p. 463.
Same for 31l. 2s. 2¾d. to Alexander, Lord Hay, for Feb. 25 last to March 25 last on his allowance or yearly sum of 400l.
68l. 17s. 9¼d. to Charles Cockburne for 1716 Xmas to 1716–17 Feb. 25 on his allowance of 400l. per an. Ibid., p. 465.
H. Kelsall (in the absence of the Treasury Secretaries) to the Comptroller of the Classis Lottery anno 1711. The Treasury Lords have received complaints from several persons whose orders are lodged in your Office for interest to be paid thereon to Midsummer last [viz. that the same] lie still undirected. My Lords require you to give immediate despatch to all such orders now before you; as also to all those which may hereafter be brought to you, that no further complaints may be made to their Lordships nor the proprietors of the said orders suffer any longer by your neglect of duty. (A like letter to the Comptroller of the Classis Lottery anno 1712.) (Like letters to the respective Paymasters of the said two Lotteries with respect to payments.) Out Letters (General) XXII, p. 222.
Treasury reference to the Commissioners for Taxes of the petition of William Theed, Esq., proposing his securities, detailed, for the place of Receiver General of the Duties on Houses for part of Co. Surrey, viz., the Hundreds or Divisions of Wootton, Ryegate, Tandrige, Wellington, Copthorn, Woking, Blackheath, Godalmin, Guildford Town and Farnham. (Treasury warrant dated Oct. 23 to the King's Remembrancer to take the said securities.) (Treasury Commission dated Oct. 23 hereon.) Out Letters (Affairs of Taxes) II, pp. 206, 207, 208. |
| Aug. 17. |
Christopher Tilson (in the absence of the Treasury Secretaries) to the Navy Commissioners. The Treasury Lords direct you to make forth a bill on the Navy Treasurer, in the method of your Office, for impresting 3,000l. to John Hill, Paymaster for the Transport Service, towards paying off several transport ships sent to Ireland with Forces and lately returned from thence. You are to assign same for payment out of the money to be raised by the Navy Treasurer by sale of tallies and orders at par which were remaining in his hands on the Land Tax anno 1716 and out of the interest incurred at 4 per cent. on the said tallies from the date of striking them to the date of sale thereof. You are to take care to surcharge the said interest on the said Treasurer. My Lords' pleasure on this matter was intimated to the Navy Treasury on the 10th inst., ut supra, p. 507. Disposition Book XXIV, p. 14. |
| Aug. 17. |
Same to the Commissioners for Forfeitures. In accordance with the directions of the Treasury Lords, Sir David Dalrymple has laid before them such Instructions, enclosed [missing], as he thinks most conducive to the execution of the laws for bringing in the effects of the Forfeited Estates in Scotland. My Lords desire you to report your opinion thereon. Out Letters (North Britain) IV, p. 183. |
| Aug. 19. |
Letter of direction signed by Christopher Tilson (in the absence of the Treasury Secretaries) to the Auditor of the Receipt. Towards the further reducement of the interest on the orders of the four Lottery Acts which are now [in the process of] subscribing for [or into] annuities, the Treasury Lords desire you to issue as follows 16,867l. out of the sum of 16,867l. 19s. 0½d. which appears to be the income of the [funds of the] said [four] several Lotteries in the week ended the 16th inst.: viz. |
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£ |
s. |
d. |
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to Sir Andrew Chadwick on the unsatisfied order in his name as Paymaster of the 10l. Lottery anno 1711 |
1,436 |
10 |
0 |
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to John Dutton Colt, Esq., on the unsatisfied order in his name as Paymaster of the Classis Lottery anno 1711 |
5,597 |
15 |
0 |
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to Thomas Jett, Esq., on the unsatisfied order in his name as Paymaster of the 10l. Lottery anno 1712 |
4,519 |
10 |
0 |
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to Ambrose Philips, Esq., upon the unsatisfied order in his name as Paymaster of the Classis Lottery anno 1712 |
5,313 |
5 |
0 |
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— |
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£16,867 |
0 |
0 |
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Disposition Book XXIV, p. 15. |
| Aug. 21. |
Treasury reference to the Customs Commissioners of the petition of Henry Ferne, late Cashier of Customs, praying a warrant to the King's Remembrancer to deliver up his fidelity bonds, being 21,000l. in his own name and 39,000l. in the names of his six sureties, detailed. Reference Book IX, p. 344. |
| Aug. 22. |
Royal warrant, dated Hampton Court, to the Attorney and Solicitor General for a noli prosequi to the informations against the two Auditors of Imprests for having taken fees for entering of letters of attorney and other matters relating to the Lottery orders payable at the Exchequer [to wit such fees, &c., as are] contrary to Acts of Parliament: the Attorney and Solicitor General having reported their opinion that as the state of the evidence is made it will not be advisable to go on with the said prosecutions. King's Warrant Book XXVIII, p. 432.
H. Kelsall (in the absence of the Treasury Secretaries) to William Popple, Esq. Application has been made to his Majesty for a grant of a part or portion of the Country commonly known by the name of Nova Scotia or Acadia, in order to the making a settlement there under such terms and conditions as are particularly set forth in the enclosed paper [missing]. The Treasury Lords desire you to lay the said paper before the Lords for Trade and Plantations for their opinion what is fit for his Majesty to do therein. Out Letters (General) XXII, p. 223. |
| Aug. 23. |
Treasury reference to the Auditors of Imprests of the petition of Richard Burton and John Coupland who undertook and performed the service of passing the accounts of the late Lord Falkland as Treasurer of the Navy; they praying an allowance of 600l. for their pains therein. Reference Book IX, p. 345.
Same to the Surveyor General of Crown Lands of the petition of William, Lord Cadogan, Governor of the Isle of Wight, praying that the house and barns upon his Majesty's Park Farm there and the Castle of Carisbrooke, which is the residence of the Governor in the said isle, may be repaired. Ibid.
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| Aug. 28. |
Royal warrant to the Clerk of the Signet for a privy seal for passing the account of William Chetwynd, as follows, as the late Queen Anne's Envoy Extraordinary to the Republic of Genoa: to wit of the money received by him between 19 Oct. 1708 and 24 Feb. 1711–12 for making remittances to Spain for the services of the Forces employed there by the late Queen Anne and for buying corn for the use of the said Forces and for defraying the charges of embarking several Imperial and Italian Troops sent to Spain in the year 1710 and 1711. In the said account as stated by Auditor Edward Harley, William Chetwynd is charged with 79,423l. 15s. 10d. sterling received by him from John Chetwynd, Envoy Extraordinary to the Court of Turin, out of money issued to the said John Chetwynd by James [Brydges, now] Earl of Carnarvon, late Paymaster of the Forces abroad, being the sum allowed in the said John Chetwynd's account lately passed, for the value of remittances he made to this accomptant [William Chetwynd] at Genoa for remittance to the Deputy Paymaster of the Forces in Spain.
This accomptant, William Chetwynd, is further charged with 954,187l. 19s. 1d. received by him from the said James Brydges, now Earl of Carnarvon, and the said sum has been allowed to said Earl of Carnarvon in his accounts for the year 1711 as late Paymaster General.
This accomptant further [voluntarily] charges himself with 24,999l. 19s. 3d. for the value of 105,263 pieces of Eight received by him from Anthony Hammond, late Paymaster of the said Forces in Spain, which valuation of the said pieces of Eight appears to have been made at the same rates at which the accomptant stands charged with the same in the original account of the said Deputy Paymaster.
The said William Chetwynd is also charged with 7,735l. 2s. 4d. received by him for the freight of 10 British transport ships in the pay of the late Queen [Anne] which, lying unemployed, were hired by several merchants at Genoa for a voyage to the Levant, at the same rate that was paid for the said ships by the late Queen according to an accompt thereof stated at the Transport Office, except that there appears to have been allowed by this accomptant the sum of 3,200 livres Genoa or 158l. 12s. 6d. sterling for primage paid to the Masters of the said ships at Constantinople; as to which sum the Transport Commissioners certify that the said accomptant is chargeable therewith in regard the freighters of the said ships and not the public ought to bear that charge. The said sum has accordingly been surcharged on this accomptant.
Lastly this accomptant is charged with 7,751l. 12s. 7¾d. for reducing his receipts and payments which were negotiated at different rates to one and the same valuation, to wit 20 Genoa livres to a £ sterling, the same being the properest medium [average] that could be used for stating this accompt; which sum is [therefore] chargeable upon this accomptant as a profit.
The total of the said charge is therefore 1,074,098l. 9s. 1¾d. In discharge thereof this accomptant has paid as follows in foreign money at different rates: viz., 735,991l. 11s. 11¼d. for remittances to John Mead, late Deputy Paymaster of the Forces in Spain, either in foreign specie and bullion and bills of exchange or by payments made in Genoa on behalf of said Deputy Paymaster for the service of said Forces; for which this accomptant has produced his contracts with the merchants (for providing and remitting thereof, which [contracts] he alleges were approved by the then Lord Treasurer Godolphin), and the receipts of the Commanders of the ships of war that carried the specie, bullion and counterparts of the bills of exchange, and the receipts of the parties. He also produced an accompt under the hand of the said John Mead acknowledging the payment of the whole, which as valued at the rate of 4s. 9d. the dollar (that being the rate at which the said Deputy Paymaster made all payments for the service of the Forces in Spain pursuant to the late Queen's warrant [Calendar of Treasury Books, Vol. XXI, p. 111] dated 8 Dec. 1706) amounts to the said sum [of 735,991l. 11s. 11¼d.] which sum has been charged upon and accompted for by the said James Brydges in his accompt of the Forces in Spain and Portugal for the year 1711.
This accomptant [William Chetwynd] has further paid 154,079l. 0s. 8½d. for corn bought up by him at Genoa for the service of the Forces in Spain in 1710 according to contracts made between James Stanhope, then Commander in Chief of the said Forces, and the Sieurs Bover and Boissieres, being for 100,000 quarters of wheat at 60 ryals Arditt for each quarter, 59,999⅓ quarters of barley at 36 ryals Arditt per quarter; 9,2922/3 quarters of wheat at 48 ryals Arditt for each quarter: for which the said accomptant has produced the contracts as also receipts for the further allowance of 8,000 livres Genoa made to the said merchants for delay of payment, by the approbation of the said [Stanhope], Commander in Chief of the said Forces; as also the receipts of the late Henry Vincent and Theophilus Blyke, Deputy to James Craggs, successively Commissaries of Musters in Spain for the said corn “who are to render to us their accounts of the disposal thereof”
This accomptant has further paid 113,071l. 11s. 9½d. for corn bought up by him at Genoa anno 1711 for the said Forces by contract with the said Bover and Boissieres dated 10 April 1711 for 69,999 quarters of wheat at 53 ryals Arditt per quarter; 87,40011/12 quarters of barley at 30 ryals Arditt per quarter; for which he has produced contracts as above and the receipts of Giles Erle, then Commissary General of the provisions in Spain, by whose account of the disposal thereof now lying before the Treasury Lords it appears that the same has been delivered over (pursuant to warrants from the Commander in Chief of the said late Queen's Forces in Spain) to the Commissaries of the Emperor of Germany as [then] King of Spain, a small quantity excepted which was delivered to and accompted for by Col. John Fermor, Lieutenant Governor of Port Mahon. For the reimbursing to the English Crown the value of the said corn in 1711 and likewise of the corn anno 1710 likewise delivered to the Commissaries of the Emperor of Germany the Auditor of Imprests has besought directions whether the same shall be charged to the account of the 150,000l. per an. allotted for the use and support of his [now] Imperial Majesty, [then] the King of Spain, in regard the said allotment is grounded on no treaty and that there hath been no regular warrant or direction to him [the Auditor] for making such charge; as also whether in case the value of the said corn, provisions and stores so delivered to his Imperial Majesty, together with the payments made for his use, be found to exceed the said yearly sum [of 150,000l.] such excess shall not be deducted from the arrears of pay due to the Regiments &c. that received said corn &c.
Further this accomptant [William Chetwynd] has paid 40,024l. 6s. 1¾d. for the charges of embarking and furnishing provisions for the transportation of several Regiments of Imperial and Italian Forces taken into the pay of the said late Queen and sent into Spain in 1710 and 1711 and has produced the contracts for the said provisions and receipts. But no accompt has been produced of the remains of the stores and utensils after the said Forces were disembarked, the accomptant affirming that the same ships were afterwards employed in transporting the Imperial Forces from Spain by order of the said late Queen and the said remains of stores and utensils [were] used in that service. Further it does not appear that any deduction or stoppage has been made out of the subsistence of the said Forces for reimbursing the cost of the said provisions, as is certified by the Deputy Paymaster of the Forces; wherefore the Auditor conceives he cannot allow the said payment save by royal warrant.
The said accomptant has also paid 3,100l. to the Commanding Officers of three Imperial Regiments for providing sundry necessaries for said Regiments before their embarcation. The Officers' receipts for same have been produced and the said sum has been charged upon the [said James Brydges] Earl of Carnarvon, in his accompts, the said Regiments being under his care of pay.
The said accomptant has also paid 1,070l. to George Murray, Secretary to the Commissioners appointed to inspect the affairs of the war in Italy, Spain and Portugal: being on account of allowances to the said Commissioners. The receipts of the said George Murray have been produced for the said sum.
The said accomptant has also repaid to [James Brydges] the said Earl of Carnarvon, 24,999l. 19s. 3d. for so much received by said accomptant from the said Earl's Deputy Paymaster in Spain. For repayment thereof this accomptant has produced the Treasury order of 17 Aug. 1711 [Calendar of Treasury Books. Vol. XXV, pp. 89, 413] and sundry bills of exchange drawn on him by the said Earl. And there likewise appears to have been paid on the said bills to the merchants that took the same the further sum of 328l. 14s. 11d. as a recompense for the interest of their money till the time the said bills became due.
Lastly the said accomptant claims allowance of several sums as follows for expenses, for money lost in passage on the sea and for incidents, to wit 28l. for translating for the use of the Commissioners for Inspecting the affairs of the war there the contracts made for transporting the German and Italian Troops to Spain; 1l. 15s. 6d. for lodging provided for 14 private Dragoons of the Earl of Rochfort's Regiment that were left sick at Genoa, being part of a detachment sent to remount the said Regiment in Italy: 166l. 17s. 3d. as the cost of 174½ pistoles, part of the money sent by him in specie in the late Queen's ships of war to the Deputy Paymaster of the Forces in Spain, that appear to have been embezzled or lost on shipboard; the accomptant averring that he delivered the sum on board; 440l. for salaries of two clerks employed by him for four years and 160l. for his expenses in postage of letters and other incidents.
The total of said payments and cravings come to 1,073,461l. 17s. 6d.
Now therefore the King being well satisfied of the truth and justness of the said accompts hereby directs the allowance of the items severally as above.
Appending: Auditor Edward Harley's note to the Treasury Lords that the above draft privy seal is prepared by him in obedience to their order of 28 August last [1716 supra, Calendar of Treasury Books, Vol. XXX, pp. 37 and 430–1]. King's Warrant Book XXVIII, pp. 433–40. |
| Aug. 28. |
Royal warrant dated Hampton Court to Auditor Edward Harley to make up and pass the account of Lewis, late Earl of Faversham, of the sum of 500l. issued to him at the Exchequer by way of imprest and upon accompt in 1680 to buy horses for the service of Katherine, then Queen of England: it appearing by the said Auditor's report dated 2 April 1715 that the accompt therefor has been exhibited on oath and that the surplusage thereon amounts to 37l. 1s. 6d. but for want of receipts to vouch the payments thereon the said account hath not been passed nor could in strictness pass without special authority.
Appending: said account. |
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£ |
s. |
d. |
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500l. imprested out of the Receipt of the Exchequer. |
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| Discharge: |
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paid for 11 coach horses delivered to her Majesty's coachmen, one at 60l., three at 35l. each, two at 32l. 10s. 0d. each, one at 33l., two at 30l. each and two at 29l. each |
381 |
0 |
0 |
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four sumpter horses delivered to the Sumpter man and three others delivered to the Yeomen of the Field and to her Majesty's Grooms at several prices between 10l. and 20l. each |
103 |
12 |
6 |
John Lewis, Gentleman of the Horse to the said Earl, has made oath to the above payments.
money paid by this accomptant to Grooms and servants |
17 |
19 |
0 |
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charges of passing the privy seal for issuing the said money and Exchequer fees on the issue thereof |
34 |
10 |
0 |
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— |
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£537 |
1 |
6 |
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surplusage 37l. 1s. 6d.
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Ibid., pp. 441–2.
Royal sign manual for 1,526l. 10s. 0d. to William, Lord Cadogan, Master of the Robes: as imprest and upon account for the use and service of the Robes. (Money warrant dated Sept. 12 hereon.) (Money order dated Sept. 12 hereon.) (Letter of direction dated Sept. 25 hereon.)
2,500l. to William, Lord Cadogan, Master of the Robes: without account: the King being pleased to contribute that sum (in addition to his other allowances) towards defraying the expense of his entry as Ambassador Extraordinary to the States General. (Money warrant, money order and letter of direction ut supra.) King's Warrant Book XXVIII, pp. 450, 451. Order Book IX, p. 463. Disposition Book XXIV, p. 21. |
| Aug. 28. |
Royal warrant dated Hampton Court to William Clayton to pay the several and respective annual sums as follows to the persons named: viz. |
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Joseph, Count of Vivans |
100l. per an. |
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Catherine de Varengeville |
25l. per an. |
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Ann Philotée d'Aubuss |
40l. per an. |
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Pierre de Clary Floirant |
25l. per an. |
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Marie de St. Mesme |
25l. per an. |
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Jaques Saurin |
100l. per an. |
These payments are to be made as any decrease shall happen from date hereof in the King's annual bounties payable by said Clayton or by Jacob de la Motte Blagney by reason of the death of any persons receiving such annual bounties or by the King's superseding or determining the payment of any of them: so that the annual bounties payable by said Clayton be not increased; and the abovesaid items are to come on in substitution in the above order. King's Warrant Book XXVIII, pp. 455–6.
Money warrant for 20,000l. to Ambrose Philips, Paymaster of the Classis Lottery anno 1712: as imprest and upon account to clear interest and all arrears thereof on the orders of the said Lottery. (Money order dated Aug. 29 hereon.) Money Book XXV, p. 428. Order Book IX, p. 461.
Same for 25,000l. to John Dutton Colt, Paymaster of the Classis Lottery anno 1711: and is as imprest and upon account to pay interest &c. as above. (Money order dated Aug. 29 hereon.) Money Book XXV, p. 428. Order Book IX, p. 461.
Letter of direction for the distribution to the Paymasters of the four Lotteries, as follows, of the sum of 15,553l. out of the sum of 15,553l. 9s. 9d. which appears to be the income of the fonds of the said four Lotteries in the week ended the 23rd inst.: all in order to the further reducement of the arrears of interest on the orders on the said Lotteries which [orders] are now [in the process of] subscribing for [or into] annuities: viz. |
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£ |
s. |
d. |
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to Sir Andrew Chadwick on the unsatisfied order in his name as Paymaster of the 10l. Lottery anno 1711 |
1,324 |
12 |
0 |
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to John Dutton Colt, Esq., on the unsatisfied order in his name as Paymaster of the Classis Lottery anno 1711 |
5,162 |
5 |
0 |
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to Thomas Jett, Esq., on the unsatisfied order in his name as Paymaster of the 10l. Lottery anno 1712 |
4,166 |
18 |
0 |
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to Ambrose Philips, Esq., on the unsatisfied order in his name as Paymaster of the Classis Lottery anno 1712 |
4,899 |
5 |
0 |
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— |
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£15,553 |
0 |
0 |
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Disposition Book XXIV, p. 16. |
| Aug. 28. |
William Lowndes to the Customs Commissioners to send an Officer to the house of Monsieur D'Ibberville [Charles François de la Bonde, sieur d'Iberville] (who has resided here for some time as Envoy Extraordinary from France) in order to seal his goods in order to their being exported for France, he being on his return thither. Out Letters (General) XXII, p. 223.
Christopher Tilson (in the absence of the Treasury Secretaries) to the Comptroller of the Classis Lottery anno 1711. The Managers for the Subscriptions find it necessary for the greater security of their work in the said Lottery that a complete Register of all the orders made out in that Lottery should be forthwith transmitted to them. The Treasury Lords direct you to transmit to them a complete Register of the said orders accordingly “which may immediately be done because it is not to be imagined but that such a Register was made and is remaining in your Office from whence all the orders in the said Lottery did issue.” Ibid.
Treasury reference to Mr. Cracherode [the Treasury Solicitor], of the petition of William Carnaby setting forth his great services and sufferings in the late Rebellion and praying recompense as others have had. Reference Book IX, p. 345.
Same to the Taxes Commissioners of the petition of Samuel Lyon shewing that he was Receiver General of the Land Taxes and Duties on Houses for Cos. Northampton and Rutland for the years 1713 and 1714: therefore praying payment of 125l. for his charges in conveying his moneys up to London and also 135l. “heretofore reported to your Lordships” Ibid., p. 348.
Same to same of the petition of Langley Banks proposing his securities, detailed, for the place of Receiver General of the Duties on Houses for Co. Lincoln and the city and County of the City of Lincoln and the Bail and Close of the said City. (Treasury warrant dated Nov. 18 to the King's Remembrancer to take the said securities.) (Treasury commission dated Nov. 18 hereon.) Out Letters (Affairs of Taxes) II, pp. 206, 207, 208. |
| Aug. 29. |
K. [H.] Kelsall [in the absence of the Treasury Secretaries] to the Salt Commissioners. The Treasury Lords have read your report on the petition of John Kent, late Collector of Salt Duties, and are inclined thence to believe that his dismission proceeded from a misrepresentation of him. They desire that he be restored on the first vacant collectorship. Out Letters (General) XXII, p. 223. |
| Aug. 31. |
Royal warrant dated Hampton Court to the Duke of Bolton, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, to place on the Establishment of Ireland an allowance of 10s. a day for Lewis Montolieu alias St. Hippolite, to be paid quarterly from the commencement of the present Establishment: the King having by royal warrant of 1715 Dec. 22 [Calendar of Treasury Books, Vol. XXIX, p. 861] directed payment of the said allowance to him as from Michaelmas then last past but he hath not received any benefit thereof. Out Letters (Ireland) X, p. 152. |
| Aug. 31. |
Royal warrant dated Hampton Court ordaining a charter to be made and passed under the great seal of Scotland, with the special advice and consent of the Barons of the Exchequer in Scotland, to grant to William Drummond, Warden of the Mint in Scotland, for the use of the creditors of Lieut. General George Ramsay and his daughter all the town and lands of Gringfoot, both halves thereof, lying within the parochin of Caridden and sheriffdom of Linlithgow which some time belonged to Allan Lochart, fiar of Cleghorn, John Henderson and Philip Bartholomew, sometime portioner of Gringfoot and by him disponed to William Hay, merchant in Edinburgh, deceased, extending to a five pound land of old extent, which lands and others pertained heretably to the said deceased Lieut. General George Ramsay and his deceased daughter Mrs. Jean Ramsay and are fallen in his Majesty's hands by recognition and at his gift and disposition by the laws of Scotland: but the King being informed of the great debt and burden affecting the said estate of the said deceased Lieut. General Ramsey contracted as well by him as Mrs. Jane Ramsay, his daughter, also deceased, which will far exceed the value thereof and that if the said Casualty of Recognition should be any otherwise applied than for the use and behoof of their creditors it would prove very much to their prejudice. Out Letters (North Britain) IV, pp. 183–7. |
