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Date.
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Nature and Substance of the Entry.
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Reference.
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Aug. 2
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Warrant from Treasurer Danby to the Trustees for sale of Fee
Farms (next and immediately after settling your accounts
touching the fee farms and the satisfying of contracts already
passed) to contract with Lancelot Thornton for any fee farm
rents then remaining, not exceeding 70l. per an.
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Warrants Not Relating to
Money VI. p. 153.
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Aug. 4
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Treasurer Danby to [] to send for the keeper of
the common goal in co. Cornwall on the complaint against him
of brewing beer and ale in said gaol and denying the gaugers
entrance and to take such order with him as that he may give
satisfaction to the Excise both for what is past and for the
future.
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Ibid, p. 155.
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Warrant from same to Serjeant Ramsey to arrest those sheriffs
who have neglected to pass and finish their accounts as by the
certificate of Sir Rob. Crook, Clerk of the Pipe, annexed
[wanting], excepting only such sheriffs as have further time
given them.
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Ibid, p. 156.
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Same from same to the Customs Commissioners to discharge the
seizure of the ship "Olive Branch," of London, George
Johnson master, the only cause of seizure being that she
wanted two of her complement of English mariners and had
two Scots instead, who were shipped as English, being at that
time inhabitants of Wapping.
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Ibid, p. 157.
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Same from same to the King's Remembrancer, the Clerk of the
Pipe and the Auditors of Imprests to allow to Sir George
Carteret, as by the privy seal of June 29 last, 2,229l. 3s. 4d.
and 401l. 5s. 0d., ut supra p. 749.
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Ibid, pp. 159-60.
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Treasurer Danby's subscription of a docquet, dated 1675, Aug.,
of a grant to Charles Lennox and the heirs male of his body
of the titles of baron of Settrington, Earl of March and
Duke of Richmond : with all rights, &c., and the Castle of
Richmond and all other things formerly granted to James,
late Duke of Richmond : with 20l. per an. in respect of the
dignity of Earl and 40l. per an. in respect of that of Duke.
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British Museum Additional
MS. 28,075, p. 212.
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Aug. 5
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Warrant from Treasurer Danby to the Receipt to pay 82l. to
Sir Thomas Grymes, bart., in part of an order for 15,000l.
assigned (1670, Aug. 16), by Sir Edward Griffin to Jonathan
Clarke, who (1670-1, Feb. 9) assigned 9,716l. 13s. 8d., being
the remainder thereof to Francis Webb, who (1671, June 28)
assigned 82l. thereof to said Grymes.
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Money Book (General),
p. 192.
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The like for the payment of an order, dated 1668, July 15, for
161l. 1s. 8d. to William Ashburnham, Cofferer, for Charles
le Gard, a groom of the Queen's privy chamber, being for
board wages for 2½ years and 54 days to 1668, June 24.
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Ibid.
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The like for same (with interest) of an order of 1670, Nov. 11,
for 100l. 7s. 6d. to Henry Gregory gent., in repayment of
loans on the Customs commencing at Mich., 1671.
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Ibid.
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The like for same of an order of 1670-1, Feb. 14, for 1,400l. to
Henry Baker, gent., in repayment of loan on the Customs,
ut supra.
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Ibid.
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Warrant from Treasurer Danby to the Receipt for payment of
an order of 1671. Oct. 4, for 1,000l. to Sir Thomas Bond in
repayment of loan on the Customs beginning 1672, Dec. 25.
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Money Book (General),
p. 193.
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The like for same of an order of 1670-1 Feb. 8. for 1,200l. to
Henry Baker, gent., in repayment of loan on the Customs
commencing 1671. Michaelmas.
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Ibid.
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The like for same of an order of 1671, Oct. 4, for 1,400l. to Sir
Thomas Bond in repayment of loan on the Customs beginning
at Xmas, 1672.
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Ibid.
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The like to the Customs Cashier to pay 40l. to Earl Rivers for
two years' creation money.
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Ibid, p. 194.
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Charles Bertie to [the Auditor of the Receipt] to pay the
following out of the 12,000l. paid into the Exchequer by Mr.
Mounteney, viz. : Wardrobe, 2,000l. ; Robes, 500l. ; Mr.
Grenvile, 550l. ; Sir Thomas Chichely. for Sheerness, 2,000l. ;
Privy Purse, 1,200l. ; Lord Privy Seal, 724l. ; Mr. Elliot,
325l. ; Mr. Savile, 125l. ; Mr. Lane, 125l. : Mr. Killegrew,
125l. ; Mr. Godolphin, 125l. ; Mr. Progers, 125l. ; Mr.
Seymour, 125l. ; Mr. Walker, 125l. ; Mr. Grenvile. 125l. :
Earl of Rochester, 150l. ; Viscount Grandison, 420l. ; Mr.
Chiffinch, 20l. ; Henry Fanshaw, 80l. (paid already) ; Mr.
Whittle, 190l. ; Mr. Pierce, 140l. ; Mr. Wroth, 30l. ; Sir
Francis Leak, 93l. 17s. 6d. ; Mr. Gargrave, 640l. ; Mr. Pudsay,
100l. : Mr. Ross, 100l. ; Sir Cha. Windham, 30l. ; Lady
Windham. 100l. ; Vicar of St. Peters. 23l. 6s. 8d. ; Christ's
Hospital. 250l. ; Sir Edward Carteret. 100l. ; Serjeant Harsnet,
25l. 1s. 10½d. ; Earl of Suffolk, 250l. ; Sir John Heath, 40l. ;
Sir John Otway, 40l. ; Dr. Gibbon, 25l. ; and to 18 of the
[King's] Music mentioned in the enclosed list [wanting] (each
one quarter in part of their half year) 345l. 12s. 4½d. (Total,
11,621l. 18s. 4½d.)
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Ibid, p. 195.
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Same to [same] to pay 2,500l. upon any late orders drawn in the
name of Philip Packer for the Works out of the like sum to
be brought in [to the Exchequer] by the Farmers of the Law
duty : to be disposed of as follow :—
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Ibid, p. 196.
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£
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For the extraordinary last year
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200
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For the ordinary last year
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520
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For St. James's Park wall in supply of Ruthin rents
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300
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On the extraordinary this year to supply 100l.
disposed to Mr. Lightfoot on the extraordinary
last year
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100
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On the ordinary this year
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930
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On the extraordinary this year
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460
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Aug. 7
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[Same] to the Customs Cashier to pay 750l. into the Exchequer
for the Earl of Bath.
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Ibid.
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[Same] to same to pay 500l. for the said Earl's quarter's pension
due at Midsummer.
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Ibid.
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Same to the Auditor of the Receipt to pay abovesaid the 750l. to
the Earl of Bath for his quarter ended at Midsummer.
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Ibid, p. 197.
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Same to Sir Stephen Fox to pay to Sir Thomas Kniveton 25l. for
his Midsummer quarter's allowance.
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Ibid.
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Charles Bertie to Mr. Kent [Receiver of Excise] to pay 1,300l.
to Hen. Killegrew, which is 500l. for the Duke of Richmond's
equipage and 500l. for said Duke's ordinary : "and this my
Lord Treasurer will take care to be repaid" [to you].
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Money Book (General),
p. 197.
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Same to the Farmers of the Law duty to immediately advance
300l. to Mr. John Chace, the King's apothecary, upon his tally
for that sum. "This is understood to be paid next after the
2,500l. for the Works."
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Ibid.
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Same to the Auditor of the Receipt to pay the 300l. which
Mr. Kent has or will bring into the Exchequer, to Sir
Stephen Fox upon any of his orders for secret service.
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Ibid.
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Aug. 14
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Treasurer Danby to the Customs Commissioners to employ
Alexander Campbell (now waiter in Newcastle port) as landwaiter,
ibid. loco Roger Ive, deceased.
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Out Letters (Customs) III.
p. 9.
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Warrant from Treasurer Danby (dated from Bath) to the
Customs Commissioners to discharge the seizure of the hoy
called the "Justice," of London, Anger Rivetts master,
importing timber, he having left England manned with
English mariners (he himself being also a denizen) but one
deserted at Hamburg, whereby he was compelled to take in a
stranger.
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Warrants Not Relating to
Money VI. p. 160.
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Treasurer Danby ("your very affectionate brother") to Mr.
[Charles] Bertie. I have received your letter of the 10th. I
approve of what was agreed that day at the Chancellor's
[Duncombe, Chancellor of the Exchequer] of Mr. Kent's being
added to the Excise Commission, with a salary of 600l. per an.
The patent for his appointment is to contain a clause
empowering me to appoint whom I think fit as Receiver and
Cashier of Excise, and then by virtue of that power I may give
Mr. Kent a commission to perform that duty. As for Mr.
Ball I know that his commission was only from the Treasury
Lords without their having any particular authority from the
King for doing it but I find they did not think themselves
secure without such authority and therefore by a succeeding
privy seal got the King to declare his approbation of what they
had done in constituting Mr. Ball, and with authority to them
to appoint whom they thought fit ; upon which they commissioned
the three gentlemen that were last in. Therefore I
would have a clause to that purpose as I said above. As for
a great seal to pay the tallies that are struck in course it can
serve for nothing but to stengthen the credit for borrowing
money and if they think it requisite I have nothing to say
against it. Another thing in your letter is concerning the
Commission for Alienations. The King has granted that my
brother [in law] Peregrine Bertie shall be one of the
Commissioners, and has directed that Mr. Alexander Halsall
be left out of it, and so it may be passing as fast as it can.
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Ibid, p. 161.
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Aug. 15
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Royal warrant to the Attorney General for a great seal for a
grant to Richard, Earl of Dorset, and (after him to) Charles,
Earl of Middlesex, in fee farm for ever under the rent of 40s.
per an. of the King's chase or park called the Broyle, co.
Sussex, with all walks, lodges and enclosed grounds therein,
with power to dispark same : all as demised and to farm
let 1661, Oct. 5, to George, Earl of Bristol, at the yearly rent
of 100l., which rent the said Earl has not paid nor any part
thereof nor improved the premises. (Treasurer Danby's
subscription, dated Oct. 13, of docquet hereof.)
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King's Warrant Book IV.
p. 466 ; British Museum
Additional MS. 28,075,
p. 234.
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Aug. 16
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Warrant from Treasurer Danby to the Customs officers of Bristol
port to discharge the seizure of the goods of James Logan
brought from Ireland and designed for Virginia, being shoes,
gloves and knives, they being not intended for sale in England
and he being ignorant of the law.
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Out Letters (Customs) III.
p. 15.
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Aug. 17
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Treasurer Danby to the Commissioners of the Eighteen Months'
Assessment for Middlesex and Westminster. You have
assessed the officers of the Commissioners of Appeals in Excise.
By the words of the Act no judicial office is to be assessed.
It is in your power to assess on the county what is wrongly so
assessed as above. I recommend you to do so unless you can
give me very good reason to the contrary.
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Warrants Not Relating to
Money VI. p. 163.
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Warrant from same to the King's Remembrancer to supersede
process against Thomas Bland on his accounts as Receiver of
Crown Revenues for co. Yorks. By reason of the sale of fee
farms in 1672 little or nothing will be coming to His Majesty
on his account.
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Ibid.
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Money warrant for 50l. 3s. 9d. to Robert Gyde for half a year
on his salary as a Serjeant at Arms.
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Money Book (General),
p. 198.
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Same for 110l. to Sir Herbert Price for a quarter on his several
pensions of 400l. per an. and 40l. per an.
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Ibid.
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Same (struck through : see infra under date 1675, Dec. 10) for
30l. 2s. 6d. to Benjamin Cooling for 241 days to Mar. 25 last
on his 2s. 6d. a day as keeper of the Council Chamber.
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Ibid.
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Warrant from Treasurer Danby to the Customs Cashier to pay
20l. to the Earl of Exeter for one year's creation money.
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Ibid.
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Same from same to [the Receipt] to satisfy (with interest) the
order dated 1672. Aug. 17 (based on the privy seal of 1671-2,
Mar. 11) for 2,264l. to Sir Edward Hungerford for the purchase
of several parcels of ground, &c. for the enlargement of
the fort and citadel of Plymouth.
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Ibid, pp. 198, 226a.
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Same from same to the Customs Cashier to pay 65l. to the
executors of John Uthwat for 1¼ year's fee to 1674, June 24.
as a tidewaiter in London port : it appearing by certificate of
Richard Holden, vicar of Deptford, that said Uthwat died in
said parish 28 Aug., 1674. and was buried there 31 Aug.
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Ibid, p. 200.
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Same from same to the Customs Commissioners to admit to entry
some trunks, cases, &c., lately imported from France in one of
the King's yachts and belonging to the Countess of Shrewsbury.
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Out Letters (Customs) III
p. 9.
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Same from same to same to dispense with an importation of 30
hogsheads of tobacco lately imported into Jersey by John
Nicholls and James Pipon, merchants of that island ; which
tobacco should [according to the Plantation bond] have been
unladen at Southampton, but being wholly for the expense of
that island and they having offered to pay the entire subsidy
for it, which is a halfpenny per lb. more than if the same
were imported [to Southampton] and again exported [to
Jersey] by debentures. The said merchants' bonds to be
delivered up.
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Ibid, p. 10.
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Same from same to the Customer, Collector and Comptroller, &c.,
of London port, or to the Surveyor General [of Customs], to
swear Charles Beauvoir into the office of undersearcher in
said port loco William Docwra.
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Ibid, p. 13.
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Warrant from Treasurer Danby to the Customs Cashier to make
allowance to the East India Company of 6 per cent. discount
on 7,300l. due from them by bonds entered in the Custom House,
which money, though not yet due, they are willing to pay in
"and to make them the like allowance in future upon the next
bonds entered into at the Custom House until the abovesaid
[supra p. 798] sum be made up [to] 25,000l."
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Out Letters (Customs) III.
p. 13.
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Same from same to the King's Remembrancer to issue a supersedeas
to the Marshal of the King's Bench to discharge Booke
Bookey, of London, gent., of his imprisonment, he being
imprisoned by Exchequer process in the name of Thomas Crosse
and Symon Tomlyns : all by reason that the Customs Commissioners
have a prospect of making use of Bookey for the
discovery of Customs frauds.
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Warrants Not Relating to
Money VI. p. 166.
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Aug. 18
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Same from same to the Surveyor General of Crown Lands for a
particular and ratal of coal mines within the manor of
Stratton super Fosse with a view to a lease thereof to George
Long.
Prefixing :—(a) Report by the Surveyor General of Crown Lands,
dated 1674, Nov. 9, on the petition of said Geo. Long. On a
former reference from Sir John Duncombe, in March, 1672, I
reported that I found no previous lease of said coal mines, but
the auditor certified that a rent of 20s. was charged within
said manor in 20 James I. for a coal mine and was answered
yearly by the bailiff there up to 1641, Michaelmas, and then
put in super, which coal mine the auditor believes was formerly
granted by copy of court roll of that manor. And therefore
I thought fit that a warrant might be issued to the steward of
the manor to grant an estate for three lives, as Mr. Tooker,
the then petitioner, should nominate, of the coal mines in
certain closes called Plummers and Porthill and other parts
of the common of said manor not formerly granted to Capt.
Kingston and John Weekes, deceased, and under the rent of
20s. thereby to bring the said rent again into charge. If that
estate were granted to Mr. Tooker and be warranted by the
custom of the manor Mr. Long ought not to have any lease to
the disturbance thereof. But I think it may be very hard
measure for the reviving of a rent of 20s. per an. to enable
any man to dig and open the soil and spoil the ground of any
tenant of said manor (as it seems is done to this petitioner)
without reasonable recompense for the damage beforehand,
especially he being willing to revive the rent and give a reasonable
satisfaction for the charge incurred by Mr. Tooker or
those that claim under him ; and it is great reason to restrain
them by warrant from doing any damage to petitioner before
he be compounded with unless they insist on a right of custom
warranted by law which cannot be taken from them.
(b) The Attorney General's report to Treasurer Danby.
I believe the copy granted to Mr. Tooker was void in law
because the coal mines have been formerly granted by a lease
for years, and so cannot be granted by copy. "However,
it is at least a question whether it can be granted by copy
or not." Petitioner holds the soil by copy and Tooker's
grant is of profit within petitioner's land, whereby he may be
damnified.
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Ibid. pp. 164-5.
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Letter of direction (struck through) concerning 3,000l. in part of
an order of the 12th inst. for 5,000l. to Sir Stephen Fox for
secret service as by the privy seal of July 27 last.
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Money Book (General),
p. 197.
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Aug. 19
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Warrant from Treasurer Danby to the Customs Commissioners
to observe a royal warrant directing that certain Swedish ships
now in the Thames be permitted to unlade their cargo of salt
on some English vessels bound for Sweden without paying
Custom or other imposition than should have been demanded
in case they had continued their voyage without unlading.
Said salt is to be effectively transported and not disposed of
here. Further the Swedish Ambassador Baron Sparr is to be
permitted to unlade his own goods and baggage out of a
Swedish galliot hoy upon English shipping to be carried to
Stockholm.
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Out Letter (Customs) III.
p. 16.
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Aug. 20
and 10
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Report (in two forms, one with blanks) to the King from
Treasurer Danby on the petition of Sir John Lane. Petitioner
was by patent of 26 Sept., 1665, granted the office of Secretary of
State in Ireland in reversion after Sir Paul Davis. By another
patent of same date petitioner was granted the office of
Secretary of War in Ireland, with the fee of 20s. a day and 5s.
a day for a clerk. The salary for the Secretary of State was
by the several Irish establishments up to 1672. 200l. per an.
for himself and 100l. per an. for intelligence, but these have
been left out of the establishments of 1672 and 1674. The
salary to the Secretary at War was in the establishments made
in 1666 and 1669 inserted among the temporary payments,
which was to cease after the death or other determination of
said Lane. Said Sir Paul Davis died in Dec., 1672, and since
his death Sir Geo. Lane by his deputy has had the custody of
the Signet in Ireland as Secretary of State, but ever since Lord
Robartes's first going into Ireland as Lord Lieutenant there the
said office of Secretary of War has not been executed by said
Lane but by the several Lord Lieutenants' secretaries there,
to whom the execution of the said office most properly belongs.
By your letters of date 1 June and 10 July, 1674, your Majesty
directed said Lane's several salaries as above to be inserted in
the present establishment of Ireland, and that the arrears
should be paid him. His name was accordingly so inserted on
the establishment but no part of the said allowances has been
paid him by Visct. Ranelagh and partners in regard said Visct.
and his partners are by their contract obliged to pay only the
establishment for Ireland, so as the same do not exceed
171,843l. 5s. 6d., to which sum said establishment did amount
before said Lane's allowances were inserted therein. Advise
fresh consideration of his case when a new establishment for
Ireland be made, to commence from Xmas next when Visct.
Ranelagh's undertaking will determine.
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Warrants Not Relating to
Money VI. pp. 167-9,
170-1.
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Aug. 21
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Warrant from Treasurer Danby to the Customs officers of
Bristol port to permit Silvester Cross, of Kinsale, merchant,
to unlade into smaller vessels at Hungroad, near Bristol, the
tobacco and sugar in the "Bonaventure," lately arrived from
the Caribbee Islands as the said ship cannot be brought to the
quay of Bristol till the Spring tides : said cargo being designed
for Ireland but Cross having stayed said ship from proceeding
to Ireland until the King shall have received the duty on the
cargo : and when the duty is so paid then to re-lade back into
said ship in order to her dispatch for Ireland.
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Out Letters (Customs) III.
p. 14.
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Aug. 22
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Same from same to the Navy Commissioners to make defalcations
out of the accounts of the late Victuallers of the Navy of the
credits amounting to about 7,000l. due to Richard Gibson,
George Miners, Christopher Corney, William Markham, David
Willis, Tho. Petty, John Steventon. James French, Oliver
Hardiman, Daniell Batwell, William Rivers, Price Freeman,
Richard Green, Denis Safrey. Danll, Sindry and John Jelly,
pursers of several of His Majesty's ships, being due to them
for supplying the ships to which they belonged with victuals
during the time of their being at sea, for which the late
Victuallers undertook to pay them, and to take credit for same
on their account : instead whereof said Victuallers have put
them to chargeable suits at law for recovery of said money,
which [lawsuits] they are not able to prosecute and have therefore
prayed that their credits may be taken on the King's
accounts and defalcked out of said Victuallers accounts.
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Warrants Not Relating to
Money VI. p. 169.
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Aug. 23
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Warrant from Treasurer Danby to the King's Remembrancer to
take the security of Francis Hollingshead, son of Francis
Hollingshead, late Receiver of the Eighteen Months' tax [for
co. Stafford and Chester] for his clearing his father's account :
and to stay process against him.
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Warrants Not Relating to
Money VI. p. 162.
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Aug. 25
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Constitution by Treasurer Danby of Robert Cragg, of London,
haberdasher, and Jeremiah Catling, of London, weaver, to
search for contraband and prohibited goods from date hereof
till Feb. 25 next : all by reason of the daily importation of
such goods.
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Out Letters (Customs) III.
pp. 11-12.
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Aug. 27
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Warrant from Treasurer Danby to Col. John Rumsey, Collector
of Bristol port, to repay or to allow on an entry of other commodities
the deposit made by Edward Feilding, Richard
Streamer, James Whitewood and Richard Pope, merchants of
Bristol, who, between Jan. and May last, imported into Bristol
4,529 bushels of wheat, for which they were obliged to deposit
12d. a bushel because the price of corn at that time in the
market did not exceed 10s. a bushel : it being affirmed that
the said importation gave great relief to said city and parts
adjacent and was the only cause of the low price of the market,
which would else have exceeded 10s. the bushel. You are to
charge only such duty hereon as ought to be taken for wheat
or meal imported when the price exceeds 10s. the bushel, as I
have received an account from some of the members of
Parliament of those parts of the necessity of importing corn
at that time for the relief of the country.
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Ibid, p. 15
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