Entry book: May 1695, 16-25

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May 1695, 16–25

Date.	Nature and Substance of the Entry.				Reference.
May 16.	William Lowndes to the Paymaster of the Works to pay to Mr. White for repairs of his Majesty's house at Richmond, as by his enclosed bill [missing], the 65l. 4s. 11½d. lately directed to be issued to you.				Disposition Book XII, p. 257.
May 18.	Treasury warrant to the Receipt for tallies on the Post Office revenue for 6,000l. to Thomas Lloyd, Paymaster of the Works, to complete the 23,000l. of such tallies intended by my Lords for the service of the Works.				Money Book XII, p. 486.
	Money warrant for 910l. to Robert Wolesly, esq., Envoy Extraordinary to the Elector of Bavaria, for six months, 1694, Aug. 31, to 1694–5, March 1, on his ordinary. (Money order dated May 21 hereon.)				Ibid, p. 516. Order Book IV, p. 193.
	Same for 91l. 9s. 0d. to Thomas Bendyshe for so much expended by him in passing four privy seals and other expenses in his Majesty's service. (Money order dated May 20 hereon.)				Money Book XII, p. 516. Order Book IV, p. 192.
	Same for 300l. to John Shales, one of the [Exchequer Court] Auditors of the [Crown Land] Revenue, for 1½ years to Lady day last on his salary of 200l. per an.: to be satisfied by tallies on Mr. Evelyn, Receiver of Crown Revenues for cos. Kent, Surrey and Sussex.				Money Book XII, p. 516.
May 18.	Money warrant dormant for the pension of 10s. a week to John Whittell, clerk, as by the royal sign manual of May 9 inst., supra, p. 1064. (Money order dated May 18 for 50s. for five weeks hereon from April 10 last to the 15th inst.)				Money Book XII, p. 518. Order Book IV, p. 191.
	Treasury warrant to Edward Nicholas [Treasurer to the late Queen] to pay the several sump as follows, amounting to 47,001l. 12s. 7d., owing to the said late Queen's servants, tradesmen and others.				Money Book XII, pp. 519–25.
	Prefixing: (a) an account of salaries due to the late Queen's servants at Lady day, 1695:	l.	s.	d.
	Marquess of Winchester, four quarters	1,200	0	0
	George Sayers, esq.	500	0	0
	Abell Tassin Dallonne, esq., two quarters	150	0	0
	Phillip Bertie, esq.	100	0	0
	Oliver de la Muce, esq., four quarters	200	0	0
	Sir John Osberne, bart.	200	0	0
	John Stanley, esq., five quarters	41	13	4
	Charles Nicholas Eyre, esq.	33	6	8
	Thomas Lister, esq., five quarters	41	13	4
	Henry Mordan, esq., four quarters	33	6	8
	Edward Heron, esq., five quarters	41	13	4
	Henry Bulstrode, esq., four quarters	150	0	0
	John Rem Montigny, esq.	150	0	0
	Edward Lloyd, esq.	150	0	0
	William Oldes, esq.	75	0	0
	Thomas Paltock, esq., Simon Archer, esq., Robert Bowes, esq., 75l. each	225	0	0
	Mr. Thomas Herbert	110	0	0
	Mr. John Marsh, Mr. Thomas Perry, Mr. Thomas Marshall, Mr. Bernard Gates. 60l. each	240	0	0
	Mr. Abraham Kempe, five quarters	50	0	0
	Mr. John Keydall, four quarters	70	0	0
	Mr. John Jones, Mr. Peter van Lewen, Mr. Daniell Poulce, Mr. Hamnett Kirkes, Mr. Richard Bradley, Mr. James Worthington, 80l. each	480	0	0
	Mr. Randolph Sparrow, Mr. John Vickers, Mr. William Snow, Mr. Rowland Peirce, Mr. John Wilson and Mr. Mathew Clarke, 40l. each	240	0	0
	Mr. Simon Douglas, three quarters	30	0	0
	Mr. Anthony Dagley, four quarters	40	0	0
	Christian Harel, esq.	200	0	0
	Countess of Derby	1,200	0	0
	Marchioness of Halifax, five quarters	625	0	0
	Marchioness of Winchester, two quarters	250	0	0
	Countess of Plymouth, five quarters	625	0	0
	Countess of Searborough [ditto]	625	0	0
	Countess of Nottingham [ditto]	625	0	0
	Mris. Stewart Walbart Howard, two quarters	100	0	0
	Mris. Ann Granville, Mris. Eliz. Mohun, Mris. Henrietta Villers, Mris. Mary Berkeley, the other Mris. Berkeley, 100l. each [for ditto]	500	0	0
	Mris. Anna van Golstein, three quarters	300	0	0
	Mris. Carew Jesson, two quarters	100	0	0
	Mris. Dorothy Cason, one quarter.	50	0	0
	Mris. Rachell Wyndham, four quarters	200	0	0
	Mris. Martha Lockhart, two quarters	100	0	0
	Mris. Mary Compton	100	0	0
	Mris. Eliz. Worthington, three quarters	255	0	0
	Mris. Dorothy Ireland	160	10	0
	Alice Wiele, four quarters	60	0	0
	Margaret Wood	50	0	0
	Ann Dewharst	30	0	0
	David Harris	40	0	0
	Christopher Hill	50	0	0
	ditto for 24 watermen	75	0	0
	Lord Villiers	1,021	0	0
	Charles Golstein, esq.	220	0	0
	Henry Kiligrew, esq., two quarters	110	0	0
	Charles May, esq.	110	0	0
	John Brockhuisen, four quarters	100	0	0
	James Elphinston, esq., two quarters	50	0	0
	William Frankland, esq., four quarters	100	0	0
	Anthony Rowe, esq., three quarters	30	0	0
	Mr. Edward Pancefoot, one quarter	10	0	0
	Mr. John Lauze, four quarters	100	0	0
	Mr. Thomas Smith	18	0	0
	Wesell Boshoff, Christopher Ronche, Herman Vansull, Lenaard Snellart, John Catchlove, 75l. each	375	0	0
	Samuell Clarke, John Tranter, Benjamin Booth, Robert Howe, Isaack Grafart, Jacob Vincke, Jacob Van Wostein, Benjamin Ramsey, Heyman Browner, Rich. Littlehales, 53l. each	530	0	0
	— Clarke, three quarters	30	0	0
John Vansull, two quarters	20	0	0
Thomas Millett, four quarters	40	0	0
Thomas Chamberlain, Benjamin Cotton, Osweld Fawne, Robert Giddens, 36l. each	144	0	0
Henry Gardie	50	0	0
Andrew Snape, John Rignell, 20l. each	40	0	0
Mris. Frances Langford, two quarters	50	0	0
Mr. John Duvall	100	0	0
Mris. Susan Barry	20	0	0
Mris. Mary Ley	25	0	0
Dr. William Stanley, four quarters	206	13	4
Mris. Catherine Siegler, Mris. Ursula Siegler, two quarters; 30l. each	60	0	0
Mr. Daniell Marrot, four quarters	75	0	0
Lady Scarburgh, two quarters	75	0	0
Mris. Margaret Burgess	25	0	0
Mris. Eliz. Warsopp	10	0	0
Mris. Frances Barrowe, Mris. Frances Plunkett, Mris. Mary Ashton,15l. each	45	0	0
Mris. Eleanor Ross, one quarter, Mris. Jane Doall, 5l. each	10	0	0
Edward Nicholas, esq.	100	0	0
Edward Clarke, esq., two quarters	60	0	0
Mr. Daniell Moreau	5	0	0
Mr. Edward Godfrey, one quarter	35	0	0
Mr. John Haley and Mr. Charles Bint, 2l. 15s. 5d. each	5	10	10
	£14,910	14	2
(2) Bills signed by the Marquess of Winchester.	l.	s.	d.
Henry Bulstrode, esq.	21	12	4
Mris. Charlotte Killigrew	140	0	0
Mr. Harewell	25	0	0
Mr. Christopher Hill	381	10	6
Peter Beaubuisson, esq.	37	10	0
Mr. Tho. Treavor and others	42	11	6
Edward Lloyd, esq.	1	4	0
Mr. Math. Clarke and others	40	0	0
Mr. Tho. Herbert	7	16	0
	697	14	4
(3) Bills signed by Lord Villers	l.	s.	d.
Eliz. Gladwin	15	16	0
Peter Aunan	739	16	0
Richard Leeds	250	10	10
Anthony Cracherode	330	3	6
William Bruce	183	13	0
Thomas Horton	144	0	0
James Browne	216	5	0
Henry Gardice	3	9	0
Anthony Rowe, esq.	445	6	8
Mr. Edward Pauncefort	413	6	8
Peter Hall	20	0	0
Garret Johnson	40	0	0
Nicholas Spalden	205	8	0
Samuell Aubery	213	0	0
John Bignell	266	4	8
Samuell Pilchard	98	0	0
Thomas Buckle	54	13	4
Andrew Snape	149	0	0
Lord Villiers and others	563	3	6
Wesell Boshoff and others	58	0	0
John Catchlove	18	5	0
Thomas Millet	9	2	6
	£4,437	3	8
(4) Bills signed by the Countess of Derby.	l.	s.	d.
Mathew Reynolds	68	10	0
Solomon de Medina	54	0	0
Ellen Becker	110	0	0
Peter Lombard, 33l. 18s. 0d. and 43l.	76	18	0
Cha. Hooper	98	0	0
Tho. Cherret	1,321	0	0
Mary Inns	172	0	0
Joseph Coales	9	0	0
Mathew Talbot	58	0	0
Mary Devet	105	14	0
Maud Doyley	42	0	0
Mary Bampton	1,918	0	0
Richard Cooper	267	0	0
Geo. Albet	243	0	0
Geo. Caldecot	164	0	0
John Van Calama	90	0	0
Thomas Alchorne	298	0	0
Edward Vickers	28	0	0
Godfrey Poole	34	0	0
David Pugh	143	0	0
Henry Robins	80	0	0
Christopher Spicer	12	12	0
Sarah Brown	19	13	0
Hamnet Kirkes	106	12	0
Garret Johnson, 256l. and 200l.	456	0	0
Richard Leeds	52	0	0
Tho. Morton	1,526	0	0
Garret Small	90	0	0
Daniel Browne	65	0	0
Francis Kynnesman	93	0	0
Richard Beauvoier	1,520	0	0
— La Hay	10	0	0
— Vanderhoven	7	14	0
Ste. Huguney	20	14	0
Eliz. Lee	55	0	0
— Graidon	23	8	0
Mr. Tho. Herbert	130	0	0
Eliz. Malice	62	0	0
Geo. Noble	22	17	0
Peter Harache	59	0	0
William Garwey	18	0	0
Thomas Reymell	10	7	0
Mr. Patricke Lamb	118	0	0
Thomas Tompson	90	13	0
Mris. Mary Pomroy	8	10	0
Ann Duharst	23	9	0
James Scheult	26	0	0
John Prince	510	0	0
John Bishop	26	0	0
	£10,532	11	0
(5) Bills signed by Abel Tassin D'Allonne, esq.	l.	s.	d.
Mr. D'Allonne	650	0	8
Mr. Daniel Moreau	10	0	0
James Partridge	27	0	0
	£687	0	8
(6) Bills signed by Mris. Anna Van Golstein.	l.	s.	d.
Dr. Harel	250	16	3
Mris. Golsteine	482	19	5
Isaac Marrot	6	0	0
John Keydell	273	18	6
Mary Bampton	65	4	5
Richard Bealing	24	10	10
John Wallis, 119l. 3s. 11d., 75l. 19s. 7d. and 73l. 1s. 8d.	268	5	2
David Harris	20	17	2
Mary Gates	22	6	9
Garret Small	10	17	0
Tho. Smith	32	15	0
Tho. Morton	19	4	11
Samuel Carr	17	6	6
Ann Tolat	24	12	0
Richard Cooper	55	0	0
Robert Roades	7	15	6
John Prince	12	14	5
Phill[ip] Harris, 22l. 14s. 0d. and 46l. 11s. 0d.	69	5	0
Richard Wood	29	12	0
Mr. Geo. London	2	2	0
	£1,687	16	10
(7) Due to several other persons.	l.	s.	d.
Henry Guy, esq.	50	0	0
William Aldworth, for himself and others	40	0	0
Sir Robert Howard, for himself and clerks	101	0	0
William Wardour, esq., for himself and celrks	50	0	0
Lord Villiers, for linen money	280	0	0
Antho. Priestman, for the late Queen's Bedchamber women, table for 13 weeks	325	0	0
Mr. Robert Astry	133	9	0
Mr. John Halley	15	0	0
Mr. Cha. Bint	15	0	0
Mr. John Keydell, 17l. 7s. 0d. and 25l.	42	7	0
Mrs. Eliz. Worthington	78	0	0
Walter Raleigh, esq.	50	0	0
Mr. Peter La Touche	100	0	0
Mris Marriot	55	0	0
the Bishop of London	50	0	0
Geo. Sayers, esq., for himself and others	1,300	0	0
Mr. Edward Godfrey	300	0	0
Mris. Anna Van Gostlein, for herself and others	485	1	0
Edward Lloyd	60	0	0
Mr. Raboteau	60	0	0
Mr. Daniel Moreau	58	0	0
	£3,647	17	0
(8) Due to several others by bills.	l.	s.	d.
Thomas Tompson, for a fine clock.	600	0	0
Samuell Watson, for looking after a fine clock for four years	110	0	0
Mr. Vaspreet, for trees and flowers	221	13	9
Doctor Nobbs for opening the body of her late Majesty	100	0	0
Dr. Harel, for embalming the body	250	0	0
the Earl of Portland, for jewels bought in Holland	7,849	3	9
Peter Hall	84	10	0
Ann Van Golsteine, for things bought in Holland	800	0	0
Antho. Cracjerode	258	8	6
John Bignell	39	6	0
William Bruce	83	12	0
Nicho. Spalden	4	0	0
	£10,400	14	11
(full total, 47,001l. 12s. 7d.)
May 18.	William Lowndes to the Earl of Ranelagh to pay 1,140l. to Peter Reneu, merchant, without deductions, out of that sum remaining in your hands for him and directed to you about April 30 last out of loans on the 300,000l. per an. of the Customs; being for particular services relating to the war and to be placed to the account of contingencies.				Disposition Book XII p. 257.
	Same to the Auditor of the Receipt to issue as follows out of loans to be made by the payees themselves on credit of the Hereditary and Temporary Excise:	l.	s.	d.	Ibid, p. 268.
	to Sir Charles Cotterell, Master of the Ceremonies	300	0	0
	to Mr. Dormer, his assistant	121	13	4
	to Mr. Le Bass, Marischal of the Ceremonies	100	0	0
	Same to the Victualling Commissioners to report on the enclosed petition and papers [missing] of Capt. Jo[h]n Price, commander of the Loyalty, together with your report thereon. What is fit for my Lords to do as the matter now stands?				Out Letters (General) XIV, p. 389.
	Same to the Auditor of the Receipt. The King has directed that the 1,100l. payable to Lord Lexinton as Envoy to Denmark and Luneburgh under the privy seal of 1693–4, Jan. 17, shall be paid him out of Army contingencies, it being for a service which had a particular relation to the war. Take care to make memoranda in the books of the Exchequer to prevent payment of said sum in the Exchequer.				Ibid, p. 390.
[?]	The Treasury Lords to Mr. Ralph Ratliffe at Hitchin and Mr. Holder of Offley. We have received information of irregular proceedings in the assessing the third 4s. Aid in co. Herts, but more especially in the Division of Hitchin and the two Divisions of Broad Water, “amounting to 300l. short each quarter of what the late [second 4s. Aid] tax produced and paid the last year.” We desire you to take such care herein that the Attorney General may have no occasion to exhibit any information concerning it.				Ibid.
May 18.	Same to Lord Chief Justice Holt, enclosing the petition [missing] of Benj. Coling concerning the fines in the King's Bench upon debt and upon actions of the case and trespass, for which he is farmer to the King. Please consider same with the other judges and make such orders for the payment and recovery of the said fines and put the same in such a way and method of payment as you think fit, so that same may be duly answered to the Crown or the farmer. Please report to us what you shall do in the matter.				Ibid.
May 18.	Treasury warrant to the Customs Commissioners to employ John Scale (for long an extraordinary waterman in London port) as an established waterman rowing the coastwaters loco Henry Parker, dismissed.				Out Letters (Customs) XIII, p. 177.
	Same dormant to Phillip Ryley, Surveyor General of Woods, Trent South, to deliver to the Purveyor of the Navy, for his Majesty's service, all such trees of oak and beech cut down in New Forest with intention to be stolen and sold, but seized by the King's officers; making a charge upon the said Purveyor in the next indenture of Navy trees so that same may not be imbezzled or sold to other uses; there having been of late several such trees of considerable value so cut down.				Warrants not Relating to Money XIV, p. 464.
May 20.	Money warrant for 2,000l. to George Toilet, secretary to the Commissioners for Public Accounts, as by the late Act [6 and 7 Wm. III., c. 9]; as imprest for payment of clerks, messengers and expenses in relation to said Commission. (Money order dated May 22 hereon.)				Money Book XII, p. 525. Order Book IV, p. 194.
	William Lowndes to the Auditor of the Receipt to satisfy John Whittell's 10s. a week out of any disposeable unappropriated money in the Exchequer.				Disposition Book XII, p. 257.
	Same to the Excise Commissioners to pay the Queen Dowager 3,052l. 8s. 9½d. for last Lady day quarter by 552l. 8s. 9½d. next week and 500l. a week thereafter.				Ibid, p. 258.
	Same to the Auditor of the Receipt to issue as follows out of loans to be made by the payees in question, or by others at their appointment, on credit of the Hereditary and Temporary Excise, viz.:			l.	Ibid.
	Duke of Leeds as President of the Council			1,500
	Earl of Pembroke as Lord Privy Seal.			1,460
	Earls of Romney, Drumlanrig and Monmouth as Gentlemen of the Bedchamber, 1,000l. each			3,000
	Earl of Oxford			500
				£6,460
	Same to same to similarly issue to the following out of the like loans respectively:	l.	s.	d.	Ibid.
	Alexander Stanhope, Envoy in Spain	1,820	0	0
	John Robinson, Agent in Sweden	182	0	0
	Philibert D' Hervart, Envoy to the Swiss Cantons	1,820	0	0
	Sir Paul Rycaut, Resident with the Hanse Towns	1,093	0	0
	Hugh Greg, gent., Residing in Denmark	208	10	0
	Lord Galway, Envoy in Savoy	910	0	0
	James Cressett, Envoy to the Princes of Brunswick and Luneburg	910	0	0
	Lord Lexinton, Envoy to the Emperor of Germany	455	0	0
	Mr. Aglionby, late Envoy in Savoy	2,377	15	0
	Matthew Prior, esq., Residing at the Hague	508	16	0
	Hugh Broughton, esq., Consul at Venice	200	0	0
	Thomas Kirke, esq., Consul at Genoa	200	0	0
	Lambert Blackwell, esq., Consul at Leghorn	200	0	0
	Brigadier Hen. Lumley	300	0	0
	Robert Wolseley, esq., Envoy to the Elector of Bavaria	910	0	0
		£12,095	1	0
May 20.	William Lowndes to the Auditor of the Receipt to issue 29,963l. 9s. 0d. to the Earl of Montagu for the service of the Great Wardrobe; to be issued out of loans to be made by said Earl, or by his procurement, on the Hereditary and Temporary Excise. This sum is to complete the charges in the Office of the Wardrobe of the late Queen's funeral amounting to 41,963l. 9s. 0d.				Disposition Book XII, p. 259.
	Same to same to issue 3,000l. to Lord Auverquer, Master of the Horse, on the order in his name for the extraordinaries of the Stables; to be issued out of loans ut supra: and to be applied towards satisfying the expense in the Office of the Master of the Horse on account of the mourning for the late Queen.				Ibid.
	Same to same to issue 40l. 7s. 4d. to Charles Fox and Lord Coningsby on the unsatisfied order in their name for the Forces [in Ireland]: to be issued out of loans on the Marriage Duties: to be paid to the Commissioners of Transports to complete the satisfaction of two bills, one of 40l. to Capt. John Price, commander of the merchant ship Loyalty, the other of 30l. to Capt. John Grist, commander of the Barbados Merchant, for transporting soldiers of the Duke of Bolton's Regiment from England to the West Indies in 1690: “the residue, being 29l. 12s. 8d., is abated because they are so much debtor in their Victualling accounts.” (Same to the Transports Commissioners to so pay same.)				Ibid, p. 261.
	Same to the Excise Commissioners to allow or pay no interest on the tallies for 18,857l. 14s. 3d., struck on the Hereditary and Temporary Excise in the name of Edward Nicholas for the like sum lent thereon in his name the 16th inst.				Out Letters (General) XIV, p. 391.
March [? clerical erratum for May] 20.	Affidavit before the Treasury Lords by Francis Gyles of London, merchant, of his shipping in Nov., 1692, of tin, cloth and lead for Turkey in the George, Richard Boucher master, which ship perished in the sea in her voyage; likewise of cloth and tin in the Loyalty, Robert Betton master, to be carried from [sic for to] Smyrna, which ship similarly perished; likewise of tin and cloth for Turkey and Scanderoon in the Aleppo Factor, John Frost master, which goods perished in the sea: [this affidavit being made with a view to an equivalent allowance of Customs free shipment of other goods].				Out Letters (Customs) XIII, p. 177.
May 20.	The like by Thomas Carbonnel of his shipping at Truro of 20 barrels of bar tin containing 100 hundred-weight, in the name of Peter Hill, in the Princess of Tuscany for the Straits, which tin was taken by the French.				Out Letters (Customs) XIII, p. 178.
	The like by same of his shipping in London port of 270 Perpetuanoes containing 4,320 lbs. on the Sta. Clara, Dominga de Ferrari master, for the Straits; which goods were taken by the French.				Ibid.
	The like by Peter Delme of his shipping in London port of 504 Perpetuanoes containing 7,546 pounds and eight double bayes in the abovesaid ship, whereof 5,872 pounds and eight double bayes were taken by the French.				Ibid.
	Treasury reference to the Customs Commissioners of the petition of Edward Fleatham, merchant of York, praying to be remitted the 840l. 7s. 9d. due for Customs on tobacco for which an extent is issued against him, he having had great losses at sea and having paid above 20,000l. in Customs to the King.				Reference Book VII, p. 99.
	Same to the Principal Commissioners of Prizes of the petition of William Paul and Christopher Clitheroe, executors of James Paul, late farmer of the Prizage and Butlerage of London and other ports; petitioners shewing that they now hold the said farm under a reserve rent, but the Prizes Commissioners refuse to suffer Prizage to be taken on prize wines, whereby petitioners are great losers; therefore praying to be permitted to take said duty on such wines “as of ancient right and constant usage it hath been formerly done.”				Ibid, p. 100.
	The Treasury Lords to the Lord Deputy, Ireland, to report on the enclosed petition and papers [missing] of Robert Aileway, praying payment of 672l. 12s. 5d. due to him for provisions furnished to the Army at Dundalk in 1689 or that the respit of the rents of 45l. and 10l. per an. payable for some forfeited lands of which he is tenant may be continued till his said debt be satisfied.				Out Letters (Ireland) VII, p. 24.
May 21.	William Lowndes to Mr. Knight to pay into the Exchequer 500l. of the moneys of the Four and a Half per cent. Duty. (Same to the Auditor of the Receipt to issue same to the Earl of Kinnoul on his pension.)				Disposition Book XII, p. 260.
	Same to the Excise Commissioners to pay the tallies of 4,000l. for the Duchess of Buccleuch by 100l. a week; those of 800l. for the Duke of Southampton by 50l. a week; and those of 3,000l. for the Duke of Northampton by 100l. a week from date hereof or from the time their previous weekly payments shall be completed.				Ibid.
	Same to the Postmasters General to satisfy the tallies of 2,000l. for the service of the Gardens by 300l. a week from the time the tallies for 6,000l. lately levied for the Band of Gentlemen Pensioners shall be fully satisfied.				Ibid, p. 263.
May 21.	William Lowndes to Mr. Madox. My Lords are informed that the Navy Board have adjusted with you the charge relating to Sir Edward Seymour's account as Treasurer of the Navy. Please attend said Board with the vouchers for the discharge. You are to prosecute the finishing of that account with all diligence and expedition.				Out Letters (General) XIV, p. 391.
	Same to Mris. Stephens. It is my Lords' pleasure that you proceed in the application of the money orders and tallies remaining in your hands to such uses of the Navy and Victualling as the same were directed for and as they ought to have been paid and applied by your husband if he had lived. In the doing hereof you are to take the assistance of Mr. Dorrington and the advice and direction of the Navy Commissioners.				Ibid.
	Same to the Earl of Ranelagh to report on the enclosed petition [missing] of Eliz. Taylor, praying the arrears of pay of her husband, a Lieut. Col. in the second Regiment of Foot Guards under Lieut. Gen. Talmash.				Ibid, p. 392.
	Same to Mr. Blathwaite to procure the King's signature to the following royal warrants:				Ibid.
	(1) a warrant for 5,500l. for the Privy Purse.
	(2) ditto for taking in loans on the duties on glass wares, coals etc.
	(3) ditto for a grant to Lord Coningsby of the manors of Marden and Kingsland.
	(4) ditto for 350l. for the Countess Dowager of Anglesea et al.
	The Treasury Lords to the [Assessment] Commissioners for the third 4s. Aid in co. Cornwall. We are informed that the account of the duplicates of this tax in your county will fall considerably short of the sum of the like Aid last year, particularly 1,400l. in East Hundred, 1,000l. in West Hundred, 500l. in Trigg Hundred, 500l. in Lesnewth, 200l. in Stratton, 500l. in Pyder and 100l. in Powder East. We cannot but attribute these abatements to some defect or negligence in the assessors. We recommend you to diligently revise the duplicates and to make such alterations and amendments therein as shall be agreeable to the Act of Parliament.				Ibid.
	The like letter to the like Commissioners in co. Derby.
	William Lowndes to Mr. Hosier, Inspector of Seizures. Use your utmost endeavours for the speedy payment into the Receipt of all moneys due to the King on seizures of uncustomed or prohibited goods.				Ibid, p. 393.
	Affidavit before the Treasury Lords by Aaron Good-yeare of his shipping in London port long cloths; in the Loyalty, Robert Cotton master, for Turkey, and in the George for Turkey and in the Aleppo Factor, John Frost master, for Scanderoon, detailed portions of which goods were utterly lost and perished in the sea.				Out Letters (Customs) XIII, p. 178.
May 21.	The like by Gab. Roberts of his shipping ibid. of long cloths and Spanish half cloths in the said ships; details of which similarly perished.				Out Letters (Customs) XIII, p. 179.
	The like by John Hanger of his shipping ibid. long cloths in the said ships Loyalty and George.				Ibid.
	The like by Thomas Molyneux of his shipping ibid. of long cloths in the said ship George.				Ibid.
May 22.	Money warrant for 1,460l. to Thomas, Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery, for a year to Lady day last on the ancient allowance of 4l. a day in lieu of diet to him as Lord Privy Seal. (Money order dated May 27 hereon.)				Money Book XII, p. 526. Order Book IV, p. 193.
	Treasury warrant to John Knight, Customs Cashier, to pay 365l. to said Earl for same time on his fee of 20s. a day as same: to be paid out of Tonnage and Poundage due before Christmas last.				Money Book XII, p. 526.
	Money warrant for 442l. 10s. 6d. to John, Lord Cutts, Governor of the Isle of Wight and Receiver of his Majesty's revenue there: in satisfaction of the surplusage on the foot of his last declared account of receipts and payments for said isle for one year to 1694, Sept. 29, being moneys disbursed for taxes etc. as therein. (Money order dated May 23 hereon.)				Ibid, p. 527. Order Book IV, p. 195.
	Treasury warrant to John Knight, Customs Cashier, to pay out of the Four and a Half per cent. Duty 200l. to Eliz. Tillotson for half a year to Lady day last on her annuity of 400l.: with dormant clause for payment of same quarterly in future.				Money Book XII, p. 527.
	William Lowndes to the Auditor of the Receipt to issue as follows out of any disposeable money in the Exchequer, viz.:	l.	s.	d.	Disposition Book XII, p. 262.
	to Mr. Aaron Smith in part of 300l.	200	0	0
	to Mr. Bendysh	91	9	0
	to Mr. Burrard	27	7	6
	Same to same to advance 10,000l. to Phill. Papillon, Cashier to the Navy Treasurer, out of loans remaining in the Exchequer on the Duties on Marriages: to be for the Victualling affair, 5,000l. thereof to be applied to answer bills drawn from Cadiz for Victualling the Fleet there and 5,000l. for the Victualling in general. The Teller is to take Mr. Papillon's acquittance till a power can come from the Navy Treasurer (who is now in the Straits) to discharge the Exchequer by regular issues.				Ibid.
	Same to same to issue 19,074l. 18s. 0d. to the Earl of Ranelagh on the unsatisfied order in his name for the service of the Forces, viz. 2,000l. thereof out of loans in the Exchequer on the 300,000l. per an. of the Customs, 6,394l. 11s. 7¾d. out of Duties on Marriages and the remainder out of moneys in the Exchequer for reversions on annuities. The said sum is to be applied as follows, viz.:	l.	s.	d.	Ibid, p. 263.
	towards clearing the arrears of subsistence to the Forces in England to Jan. 14 last	1,000	0	0
	towards clearing the General Officers to Jan. 1 last	1,000	0	0
	in part of 9,274l. 18s. 0d., being the residue of 99,274l. 18s. 0d. to complete the month's subsistence [to the Forces] in Flanders to May 20 inst.	6394	11	7¾
	to complete the said 9,274l. 18s. 0d.	2880	6	4¼
	for a week's subsistence to the Forces in England, May 21 to 28th inst.	7600	0	0
	for Col. Mathews by way of advance and to be deducted and made good to his Majesty out of the first pay which shall become due to him as a Brigadier or upon account of his clearings	200	0	0
		£19,074	18	0
May 22.	[William Lowndes] to the Attorney and Solicitor General to enquire whether the Sheriffs of London and Middlesex have any just claims to the following fines which they say belong to them, being imposed at the Old Bailey at the last Sessions for exchanging broad money for profit, viz.:	l.	s.	d.	Out Letters (General) XIV, p. 393.
	Mr. Ladds of Oundle, co. Northants	133	6	8
	Mr. Harteley of Stony Stratford	66	13	4
	Capt. Tothall of St. Andrew's, Holborn	1,000	0	0
	William Bythell of the Globe Tavern, Cornhill	1,000	0	0
	Treasury reference to the Customs Commissioners of the petition of Joseph Strut of London, merchant, for the superseding of the extent against him for 929l. for Customs on tobacco, for which he is a prisoner in the Fleet, he having paid some thousand[s] in Customs and having received great losses.				Reference Book VII, p. 99.
	The Treasury Lords to the Lord Deputy, Ireland, to report on the enclosed petition [missing] of John Davis, referred to the Treasury from the King; petitioner praying a remittal of an arrear of quit rents of about 400l. due from petitioner [on lands in the] town of Bantry, co. Cork, and for an abatement of the said quit rent for such term to come as the King shall think fit in consideration of petitioner's great losses by the late wars there and of his labours in his service as Secretary to the Lords Justices of Ireland during the time of the war.				Out Letters (Ireland) VII, p. 25.
May 23.	Privy seal for an ordinary of 5l. a day and for 500l. as equipage to Edward, Visct. Villiers, as Envoy Extraordinary to the States General; and for an ordinary of 3l. a day as also Plenipotentiary at the Congress at the Hague: his said first ordinary to date from his departure from the presence and his second ordinary to date from the day of his arrival at the Hague: together with the usual clause for allowance of extraordinaries.				King's Warrant Book XVIII, pp. 207–8.
May 23.	Affidavit before the Treasury Lords by William Fawkner of London, merchant, of his shipping [in London port] of 90 long cloths in the Aleppo Factor, John Frost master, and 153 long cloths and nine Spanish cloths in the George, Richard Boucher master, for Smyrna; which said ships were cast away in their voyage and 139 cloths perished in the sea: [this affidavit being made ut supra, pp. 1081–2].				Out Letters (Customs) XIII, p. 175.
	The like by William Richardson of London, gent., of the shipment in London port 1693, May 5, of wrought iron and cloths in the Sea Clara, Somingo [Domingo] Ferera master, for the Straits, which ship and her lading were all made prize by the French.				Ibid, p. 176.
	Treasury order to the Customs Commissioners to observe (a) infra.				Ibid, p. 180.
	Prefixing: (a) Order of the King in Council, dated Kensington, May 2, granting permission to the ship Merchant's Adventure to proceed to the Leeward Isles with stores for his Majesty's ships, notwithstanding the embargo.
	The Treasury Lords to the Lord Deputy, Ireland, to report on the enclosed petition [missing] of Boyle Aldworth, esq., praying a remittal of the Crown rent due since the late wars in Ireland from the petitioner's lands of New Mercats [Newmarket], co. Cork, with a further abatement of 150l. of the said rent for seven years to come in consideration of his and his father's great losses and services.				Out Letters (Ireland) VII, p. 25.
May 24.	Treasury order to the Customs Commissioners to observe (a) infra.				Out Letters (Customs) XIV, p. 180.
	Prefixing: (a) Order of the King in Council, dated Kensington, March 28 last, granting leave for such ships, with 80 seamen, as shall be taken up by the Commissioners or Agents of the Leeward Islands for carrying the remainder of Col. Russell's Regiment to those Islands, to sail, notwithstanding the embargo.
	Appending. list of the ships:
	Lyon, Caled Aldred master, 16 seamen, 60 soldiers.
	Samuell, Abraham Terry master, 12 seamen, 50 soldiers.
	Kent, Joseph Ball master, 16 seamen, 60 soldiers.
	Newport, Edward Rich master, 9 seamen, 30 soldiers.
	Speedwell, James Moulton master, 17 seamen, 60 soldiers.
	The Treasury Lords to the Lord Deputy, Ireland. to report on the enclosed petition [missing] of Col. Roger Moore, praying that the licence granted by Charles II. to Col. Legg et al. for making copper half pence in Ireland for 21 years from 1680, May 18 (the right of the same being [now] in the petitioner), may be renewed to him for the remainder of the term, with power to change the effigies according to a clause in the former letters patents.				Out Letters (Ireland) VII, p. 25.
May 25.	Same to same to report on the enclosed petition [missing] of Robert Fitz Gerald, esq., concerning the arrears of salary due to him as Comptroller of the Musters and Cheque of the Army in Ireland since Michaelmas, 1688.				Ibid.

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