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 TREASIJRY PAPERS, 
 
 1556-7—1696. 
 
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 TEEASUEY PAPEES, 
 
 1556-7—1696, 
 
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CONTENTS OP THIS VOLUME. 
 
 Page 
 Preface ..------ vn 
 
 Calendar, 15t6-7 to 1696 1 
 
 General Index ------- 575 
 
 Errata ^^9 
 
P R E F A C E. 
 
 Genebai Description of the Papers. 
 
 The CollectiorL of Treasury Papers, of whicli tlie follow- 
 ing is the first portion of a calendar, consists of : — 
 
 I. Snch written applications as were from time 
 to time presented to the Lords Commissioners of 
 the Treasury for recompense of services rendered 
 to the State, for grants of moneys and pensions, 
 appointments to offices, remissions of fines and 
 duties, and for the relief which in various ways 
 could he afforded by a Board having such extensive 
 powers : 
 
 II. The reports made to their Lordships by other 
 boards of commissioners, or by individual officers, 
 to whom, from their special knowledge, their 
 Lordships referred the matters contained in those 
 petitions or memorials ; with these are joined 
 affidavits, certificates, letters, and other documents 
 in support of the applications : 
 
 III. Schemes, estimates, accounts of expenses, and 
 proposals of various kinds brought under their 
 Lordships' consideration. 
 
 ' The papers described in this volume extend from the 
 year 1556-7 to the year 1696. 
 
vm PEEFACE. 
 
 They all fall under the great divisions Domestic, Irish, 
 and Colonial, and comprise all the papers thought worthy 
 of preservation by this administrative department, at least 
 those which have come down to us. Although they relate to 
 one department only, it was of all others the one which was 
 continually brought into communication with almost every 
 other; for as most transactions of Government required 
 money for their accomplishment, those who were engaged 
 in them could not proceed far without coming to the 
 spring from which the money flowed, viz., the Treasury. 
 
 These papers have this advantage over private communica- 
 tions, that for the most part they are more intelligible. A 
 petition to be laid before a board of commissioners for its 
 deliberation would naturally be more carefully prepared 
 than a hastily written communication from one friend to 
 another; consequently it is rare to find their meaning 
 obscure. 
 
 As to then- value, the late Dejmty Keeper of the Public 
 Records, in his seventh report, p. 4, founding his observa- 
 tions on the report of Mr. Black (who had been deputed 
 by the late Master of the Rolls, on 19th January 1842, to 
 examine and report on the whole mass of Treasmy Records), 
 thus states : — 
 
 " They are of the highest historical interest and curiosity, tlirow- 
 ing hght on a variety of civil and political events ; the progress of 
 the Revenue, the Crown lands, the Colonies, the public transactions 
 of the office, and many of the private affairs of persons of every 
 class ; and afford evidence of the rights, both of the Crown and of 
 the subject, of a peculiar and very valuable description." 
 
 The sixth report (dated 3rd June 1862) of the Committee 
 appointed to examine, &c. the papers of the administrative 
 departments of the Government, made to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, states that these papers " teem with every variety 
 of subject," and that,— 
 
PREFACE. IS 
 
 " Every subject, ■wliether of an administrative or fiscal nature, 
 whether relating to public transactions or to private interests, [was] 
 brought before the Board of Treasury, and consequently its docu- 
 ments must offer the richest mine of information on all subjects, 
 pre-eminently above any other public office, whose business must 
 necessarily be restricted to one special channel." 
 
 Exclusively of the information tlie papei's themselves 
 afford, they will often give a hint to the intelligent inquirer 
 to search in various series of books of the Treasury now 
 happily open to the public, such as letter, warrant, order, 
 and money books, where further particulars may not 
 unfrequently be found. 
 
 The petitions which Avere addressed to their Lordships, 
 in addition to tlie dry details of the wants of the peti- 
 tioners, frequently contain minute particulars nowhere 
 else recorded ; and although it may not unfanly be sup- 
 posed that the petitioners made the best of their case, yet 
 generally they stated the truth (at all events viewed from 
 their side of it), knomng that before they obtained any- 
 thing from their Lordships a searching investigation would 
 be made. 
 
 The papers dated before the Revolution are not very 
 niunerous, and many of them are copies. One of the 
 earliest original papers, as well as the most curious and 
 interesting, is a petition of David de Grange, His Majesty's 
 limner in Scotland, for 76Z. for work done by him and 
 delivered to persons of quality by the King. It will be 
 found at length at p. xxiv. of this preface. 
 
 Of the copies, the one which stands first deserves special 
 mention. It is a copy of a petition of John Dee, gent., 
 bewailing the subversion of the religious houses and their 
 libraries, and proposing to borrow srich works as were 
 valuable to have them copied. His scheme extended to 
 
X PREFACE. 
 
 the Vatican and other libraries on the continent, and he 
 further proposed the erection of a library for the preser- 
 vation of such works. {See Vol. I., No. 1.) 
 The foUowing also deserve mention : — 
 (1.) Papers relating to discoveries by Oates and others 
 in 1678, as to the estates of the Jesuits (Vol. I., 45). 
 Oates' petition runs thus : — 
 " To the Eight Hon'^le the Lords Comra of His Mamies Treasury. 
 " The humble petieon of Titus Otes, D"-' in Divinity. 
 " Most humbly sheweth, 
 
 " That yoi^ pefi' did on the 28th of Septembf 1678, discover to 
 His Maties most Hon'^le Privy Councell, that y" priests & Jesuits 
 of the Church of Kome had ingrossed to themselves an estate of 
 10,000 K p annd ; and that ye Jesuits had 100,000ii in ready cash 
 and that they had severall leases of houses and ground rents in 
 and about London, particularly in Queen Street, London : 
 
 " That Richard Langhornc, of the Temple, lately executed for 
 high treason, v/as trustee for most of their estates, and did act for 
 them in their concerues, of wdi yoi' pet^ did informe y® Councell in 
 the moneths of Septi" and Octob^, and the Houses of Parliam* 
 which met the 21*1' of Octob"^ 1G78 ; and upon yo'' pet'^^ evidence 
 in refference, Langhorne's writings and papers were secured, after 
 the Councell had searched for papers which might have relation 
 to ye plott : 
 
 " That Mr. Savage and Button never did appeare discoverers till 
 the yeare 1G80, and then had informacon from yo'^ pet'' as to 
 Langhorne's concernes: 
 
 " Therefore yo^ pet'-' prays yo^' LoPP^ that hee may have 
 leave to be heard before yo^' Lopp^, and that yo^ LoPP^s 
 would not dispose of any such money fco Button or Savage 
 or any other till heard by yo^' LoPl's 
 " And yo"" pet'' shall ever pray, &c. 
 
 " (Signed) TiTcrs Otes." 
 
 (2.) Papers relating to the making of farthings and 
 halfpence of tin and not of copper. {See Vol. I., 
 49.) 
 
 (3.) Papers and letters of the Earl of Bath, 1686 to 1688, 
 respecting the Stannaries in Cornwall and Devon, 
 
PEEFACE. xi 
 
 about whicli a Convocation or Parliament was held 
 in the autumn of the year 1686, at Lostwithicl, the 
 Earl of Bath having issued his precepts to the 
 " four Cornish mayors," to choose their respective 
 " Stannators." {See Vol. II., 16 and 17.) A 
 similar convocation was to be held in Devonshire, 
 and a farther ParHament was held in 1688. There 
 are several of these papers, and they contain im- 
 portant historical information touching the Stan- 
 naries, as well as the history of this country at a 
 very critical period. In one, dated 23rd Oct. 1688 
 (Vol. II., 58), the Earl states that on the 11th of 
 that month, 
 " the Convocation mett at Saltash according to their adjournment, 
 when I thought we should have nothing to doe, but to signe the 
 lawes, and ratify the agTeement for the farme, which was before 
 concluded of, and was in this meantime ordered to be engrossed ; 
 but instead thereof, I found the influence oj the tymes* had soe 
 wrought upon their tempers that some were growne peevish and 
 suspitious, and started new jealousyes and difficultyes, which en- 
 gaged them in disputes till Saturday afternoon." 
 
 The Earl fm'ther says His Majesty had commanded 
 him to take care of the city of Exeter, and to raise some 
 part of the militia, to secure the peace thereof, under such 
 officers as he could put no confidence in. The present 
 mayor, who was major of the militia of Exeter, was a 
 person in whom he could place no confidence, as he had 
 often faithfully acquainted His Majesty. The rest of the 
 oflB.cers had tendered to the Earl their commissions, and 
 desired to be excused from serviag under him. 
 
 To a large extent the papers are capable of classification. 
 The following would be some of the more prominent sub- 
 
 * William the Third landed at Torbay, 5th Nov. 1688, a few days 
 after the date of this letter. 
 
xu PREFACE. 
 
 divisions in wliicli they might be placed, viz., papers 
 relating to — 
 
 Admiralty. Navy. 
 
 Army or Paymaster. Sick and wounded. 
 
 Customs. Taxes. 
 
 Excise. Transport. 
 
 Ireland. Victualling. 
 
 Mint. 
 Many of the papers relate to the settlement of claims of 
 military men, and this could hardly ho otherwise in the 
 time of William the Third, so large a portion of whose 
 reign was given to war ; but by far the largest class consists 
 of reports of the Commissioners of Customs, rendered to 
 the Lords of the Treasury, on petitions transmitted to them 
 by command of their Lordships, in relation to questions 
 arising ovit of the customs revenue. As they are so 
 numerous they deserve special notice. 
 
 These reports of the Commissioners of Customs will be 
 found to throw great light on the working of the navi- 
 gation and other laws affecting imports and exports, on 
 manufactures, on the exercise of patronage (ever a fruitful 
 source of dissatisfaction, see Vol. IV., 63 ; V., 11 and 
 Vol. XX., 42), and on the authority exercised by the 
 Commissioners of Customs and Excise over their subor- 
 dinates. ( See Vol. III., 59 ; IV., 52 ; and V., 27.) 
 
 The Commissioners were often the means of softenina- 
 the effect of the various enactments touching imports and 
 exports, in fact they were the regulators which made it safe 
 to work the engine under the high pressure put upon it. 
 
 The duty of both the Commissioners of Customs and 
 the Lords of the Treasm'y evidently was to see that the 
 revenue was made as productive as possible, but the rigid 
 exaction of the law would have been, in many instances, 
 
PKEFACE. xiii 
 
 manifest injustice. Eor example, an Act was passed raising 
 the duty on certain goods, tlie additional duty to take 
 effect after a given day; a merchant had goods of the 
 species referred to in the Act consigned to him in ample 
 time, in ordinary circumstances, to arrive before that day, 
 but from adverse winds or other causes the ship did not 
 complete her voyage until after the date, whereby the 
 larger duty was incurred {see Vol. X., 24) ; or take another 
 example, an Act Avas passed rendering it imperative 
 that ships of this country should be navigated by at least 
 three-fourths English sailors ; the master of a vessel there- 
 upon departed hence with his full number of English 
 mariners, but whilst abroad his men ran away or died ; as 
 he must have a sufficient number of hands to navigate 
 the vessel, he engaged foreigners, but when he returned to 
 England the ship and cargo were, from such a casualty, 
 forfeited. The Commissioners of Customs, under those 
 circumstances, advised the Lords of the Treasury to grant 
 relief, but in doing so respected the rights of the officer 
 who seized the goods, to whom the petitioner had to make 
 compensation for his share of the forfeiture. 
 
 It would appear from a report of 21st April 1692 
 (Vol. XVIII., 22), that the officers of the Eoyal Navy, 
 who should have been the guardians of law, were a source 
 of trouble to the Commissioners, for they report on some 
 India goods imported from Holland contrary to the 
 Navigation Act : — 
 
 " That it seems to us that the whole carriage of this buisnes 
 (as well the importation from Holland as the conveyance up the 
 ryver) was by some one of the ships of warr and the boates that 
 attended her, for that the greatest part of the goods were found on 
 board a liired ketch belonging to the ship Northumberland, and 
 were brought on board the said ketch by the said ship's pinnance, 
 which gives us occasion again to reflect (as frequently we have been 
 constrained to doe) upon the unwarrantable proceedings of the 
 
XIV PEEFACE. 
 
 men-of-warr, and their ungovernable carriage in relation to the 
 customes." 
 
 Again, in a presentment of 30tli May 1696 (Yol. 
 XXXVIII., 28), the Commissioners state that the carry- 
 ing out of the kingdom the coined money and gold and 
 silver bullion (which they had done what they could to 
 prevent) was cliiefly done by the men-of-war and yachts 
 passing between England and Ireland and England and 
 Holland. 
 
 Duties of the Tueastjrt Boaud. 
 
 As these are materially illustrated in this body of papers 
 they claim some attention. 
 
 The Commissioners appointed to inquire into the fees, 
 gratuities, &c. received in the several public offices, re- 
 ported, on 20th June 1786, that the business of the Board 
 of Treasmy was : 
 
 " To consider and determine upon all matters relative to Your 
 Majesty's Civil List or other revenues ; to give directions for the 
 conduct of all boards and persons intrusted with the receipt, 
 management, or expenditure of the said revenues, to sign all war- 
 rants for the necessary payments thereout, and generally to super- 
 intend every branch of revenue belonging to Your Majesty or the 
 public." 
 A centmy earlier they appear to have been much the 
 
 same. 
 
 It has been ascertained that the following were the 
 modes of proceeding adopted by their Lordships in the 
 discharge of the duties committed to them. 
 
 On the presentation of a petition to their Lordships the 
 usual course was to refer it to the particular department 
 with which it was connected, or to some person whose 
 special knowledge coiild guide them in coming to a proper 
 decision : thus, if it were a matter affecting the payment 
 of customs, they would refer it to the Commissioners of 
 
PREFACE. XV 
 
 Customs, or, if a legal opinion were wanted, to the 
 Attorney General. Similar endorsements to the following 
 are common on the petitions : — 
 
 " The Lords Comi's of their Mata Treasury are pleased to refer 
 this petition to the Comm''a of their Mati<=s Customs, who are 
 desired to consider the same, and certify their Lp^ a true state of 
 the petitioner's case, togetlier with their opinion what is fit to be 
 done therein." 
 
 Upon such a reference as the ahove the Commissioners 
 of Customs would take the petition and corroborative 
 documents into consideration, and if they were satisfied as 
 to the proper course to recommend, they would return a 
 report to their Lordships, but if not, they sometimes took 
 another step. They, in their turn, placed it in the hands of 
 some one in whom they could confide, to make a report on 
 the case. The papers were then returned to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, and if there were no further di£B.culties attending 
 the case their Lordships made an order as to what should 
 be done. 
 
 This order or minute is often endorsed on the papers by 
 the Secretary of the Treasury, and very frequently these 
 minutes are the only record of what was done. This is 
 more especially the case from March 1690 to April 1695, 
 for the four volumes numbered 2 to 5 of the Minute Boohs 
 (where some of these minutes might be recorded) are not 
 known, to be in existence. 
 
 Their Lordships held their sittings at the Treasury 
 Chambers, 'Whitehall, until 4th January 1697, when 
 those Chambers were burnt down ; they then tem- 
 porarily assembled at the house of Mr. Lovrndes, " near 
 " the west end of the abbey in Westminster," i;ntil the 
 17th of Tebruary (see Minute Book, Vol. VIII., p. 85, et 
 seq.), when they removed to the Treasury Chambers at the 
 Cockpit, for on that day there is the following note in 
 
 the Treasury Minute Book, Vol. VIII., p. 112 :— 
 
 b 
 
XVI PEEFACE. 
 
 « Memd, on tlie 17^'^ day of February 1697, the Lords Comrs of 
 His Mat3 Trea[su]ry had their first sitting at the new office in the 
 Cock pitt." 
 
 In the earliest Minute Book, 30th May 1667, it is 
 stated : — 
 
 " That the ordinary times of the Lords Comics meeting be upon 
 Tuesdayes & Thursdayes at 3 of the clocke in the afternoon &; 
 upon Wednesday and Fryday at 8 in the morning." 
 
 In the year 1689, there are frequent instances in the 
 Minute Book of then* attending at eight o'clock in the 
 morning. 
 
 An attempt was made by them to assign a day to par- 
 ticular duties, for in the Minute Book, Vol. VI., p. 303, 
 16th May 1696, is the following :— 
 
 " On Wednesday in every week, in ye afternoon, my Lords will 
 read peticions, and ye dores to be shutt, none to come in unless 
 Comics of Excise or Customs be sent for." 
 
 Closely connected with the duties of their Lordships 
 were the duties of their secretary, and the following order, 
 entered in the earliest Mmute Book (27 May 1667), 
 illustrates them as well as the natm'e of the Treasury 
 Minute Books : — 
 
 " Ordered that the Secretary S"^ George Downing, Kn* & Baronet 
 attending this Commission, should keepe a booke singly for regis- 
 tring the breife notes he should take for framing any orders upon, 
 or pursuing other their LoPP^ directions, w''^ notes at their next 
 meeting, and before they entered upon any new buisnes, he should 
 acquaint them with, & what was done thereupon, and so from time 
 to time what progresse was made, upon any directions then unper- 
 fected, that he should enter the names of the Com^a present at 
 every meeting & constantly observe this method." 
 
 The minutes on the backs of these papers were prin- 
 cipally made by Wm. Lowndes, even for some time before 
 he was made Secretary to the Treasury. He also kept the 
 Minute Book in 1695 and for many years afterwards. His 
 
PREFACE. xvii 
 
 appointment on 24t]i April is thus recorded {Minute 
 Booh, Vol. VI.) :— 
 
 " Meni<i, this evening the King was graciously pleased to bestow 
 on mee the place of Secretary to the Treasury, for wh<=l» I kisst 
 his hand, and His Maty at the same time approved the table of 
 fees for the ofBce. W. Lowndes." 
 
 HiSTOET OP THE PAPERS. 
 
 As regards the history of these papers, it may be 
 gathered from what hereafter follows that they have been 
 in a chronic state of confusion and disorder, and the 
 wonder is that for the most part they are in a good 
 state of preservation. There are, however, many of them 
 which have suffered from damp. 
 
 They seem to have been difficult to produce in former 
 as in more recent times from the followiiig extract 
 from a letter, dated 15th December 1696 (Vol. XLI., 53), 
 of one David "Williams to Mr. GlanvUle, respecting his 
 two petitions which were lost or mislaid. He says : — 
 
 " I pray, good 8"^^, endeavour to find these two petitions, for we 
 shall be undone if they are lost ; else lett Esq' Lowndes make me 
 keeper of his petitions, & I will be bound in ten thousand pounds 
 not one shall be lost while I live ; now I have waited above 3 
 quarters of a year, & now my petition is mislaid." 
 
 These missing petitions of "Williams w:l11 be found 
 described in Vol. XLII., No. 42. 
 
 He also mentions that Mr. Charles Nevell's petition 
 was not forthcoming. 
 
 When the Treasury Chambers (where the papers seem 
 to have been kept), with other buildings, were burnt down 
 the papers were rescued, see Miniite Book, Vol. VIII., 
 p. 85. The following is the entry : — 
 
 "Memd, on the 4th day of January 1697 a fire happened in a 
 private lodging near the stone gallery at Whitehall, at 3 or 4 of 
 
 b 2 
 
XVUl PREFACE. 
 
 ye clock in tlie affceruoon, ^v^^ continued till C or 7 of ye clock in 
 the morning, during ^\'''^^ time the rooms of state, the King s 
 chappell, the counsell chamber, the offices of the princip" SeCJ of 
 State, the Treasury Chambers (w^h latter were blowne up about 
 9 of ye clock, after all ye books & material papers were preserved), 
 and .severall other buildings were consumed." 
 
 Henry jSTelson was the first person specially appointed as 
 keeper of tlie papers and books at tlie Treasury Chambers 
 by Eoyal Sign Manual of 2nd June 1726. The papers 
 and books were then described as being in bags and 
 presses in a disordered condition for want of projjer places 
 to deposit them and fit and able persons to collect, sort, 
 digest, and put tliem in order. See Notes of Materials 
 Jo?' tlie History of JPuhlic Departments, 18-16, p. C. 
 
 Many of the papers have no doubt been lost, and on 
 this subject Mr. Black in his report (printed in the 
 Seventh Heport of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Re- 
 cords, App. II., p. 22), gives the various reasons which 
 discouraged him in entertaining the hope that documents 
 would turn up from the time of the Eestoratiou ; he thus 
 expresses himself : — 
 
 " Eirst, that many of the papers in the loft were 
 " examined, and the bundles broken up some years ago 
 " for the purpose of making a collection of ' Select 
 " Papers ;' second, that a serious purpose was lono- 
 " entertained to destroy a large proportion of the old 
 " papers, and selections to a great extent -were made 
 " with that view ; and third, that the loft was, until 
 " recently used as the laundry of the building, and the 
 " disordered state of the papers piled up against the 
 " stack of chimneys was such as led me to suspect 
 " that some of them had been taken to light the fires 
 " of the stove and copper boiler which formerlv were 
 " fixed there until they were deemed unsafe for the 
 " building." 
 
TEEFACE. xix 
 
 The abstraction or destruction of tlie earlier papers 
 must have been great, for in the reign of James II. 
 there are only about 50 or 60 remaining. 
 
 Mr. Black further says in relation to these papers 
 (App. II., p. 23 to the above report), — 
 
 " Before the civil wars the papers appear to have 
 ' been either acted on and left in custody at the Ex- 
 ' chequer, or retained (as in the case of the Burghley 
 ' Papers at Hatfield, and elsewhere) in the possession 
 ' of the Lord Treasurer. After the Restoration, when 
 ' the Lord Treasxu-er, or the Commissioners representing 
 ' him, had a permanent official place of business apart 
 ' from the Exchequer, aU letters, memorials, petitions, 
 ' contracts, and other documents relative to Treasury 
 ' business were lodged at the chambers and descended 
 ' to succeeding administrations." 
 
 The principal part of the papers included in this 
 calendar were removed from a back kitchen in the 
 Treasiu'y Chambers in June 1856. 
 
 On 25th August 1835 the Lords of the Treasiuy by 
 their minute in relation to the Treasiuy Board Papers, 
 ordered a selection of the useless papers to be made with 
 a view to their destruction, and another minute of 1st 
 Pebruary 1839 states that the operation of the Miniite 
 of 1835 was suspended after certain progress had been 
 made. Their Lordships then ordered the Superintendent 
 of the Registry and Record Department, to take im- 
 mediate steps for carrying into effect the provisions of 
 the former minute, viz., to make a selection of such as 
 they deemed valueless, with a view to their destruction, 
 in order to make room for modern accruing papers. This 
 selection was carried on for a long period, and many were 
 removed to the Record Office in 1846; there they re- 
 mained until the years 1862 and 1863, when the Com- 
 mittee appointed to examine, &c. the records of the 
 
XX PEEFACE. 
 
 Administrative Departments of the Government again 
 condemned tlie greater portion of them, upon wMch they 
 were eventually destroyed. 
 
 The same committee advised the preservation of aU 
 the papers prior to the year 1700. 
 
 The Dates of the Documents. 
 
 Many petitions, unaccompanied by a report, as well as 
 other documents, are without date, but they not unfre- 
 quently have one or more minutes on the back which are 
 dated. The date which appears nearest that of the docu- 
 ment is the one under which it is placed in the Calendar 
 as an approximate date. Thus an undated petition may 
 have been received on 1st January, read on the 3rd of 
 the month, and nothing may have been done on it until 
 the next month or the next year, and even sometimes 
 until several years had passed. The date of the recep- 
 tion of the document would in that case be taken, 
 failing that, the date of the reading, and failing both, 
 the date of the minute. 
 
 The papers coming from abroad with a double date, 
 being the old and new styles, are placed under the 
 earliest, as if they had been written in England; thus 
 -i-|th October 1694 would be put imder 16th October. 
 They consist chiefly of letters from Mr. Blathwayt, 
 Secretary-at-War. The names of the places where they 
 are dated are also given, as (to some extent) fumishino- 
 materials for an itinerary of William the Third in his 
 campaigns abroad. 
 
 If the following order in the Mimde Book, of 20th 
 AprU 1689, had always been acted on there would have 
 been no difficulty as to the dates of the documents : — 
 
 " Order'd that when petitions are brought in, the day on w* 
 they are exhibited be entered on the back thereof." 
 
. PREFACE. xxi 
 
 There are many enclosures not now with, then' papers 
 relatmg to disbursements, the period of the accounts only- 
 being given; when they were rendered does not appear. 
 In such cases they find their place iu the Calendar under 
 the last date. 
 
 The Constrtjction op the Oalendae. 
 
 The Calendar has been prepared in accordance Avith 
 the Instructions to Editors of Calendars, issued by the 
 Master of the Rolls, as far as they are applicable to 
 these papers, viz. : — 
 
 "The Master of the Rolls considers that, without superseding 
 the necessity of consulting the originals, every Editor ought to 
 frame his Calendar in such a manner that it shall present, in as 
 condensed a form as possible, a correct index of the contents 
 of the papers described in it. He considers that the entries 
 should be so minute as to enable the reader to discover not 
 only the general contents of the originals, but also what they 
 do not contain. If the information be not sufficiently precise, 
 if facts and names be omitted or concealed under a vague and 
 general description, the reader will be often misled, he will 
 assume that where the abstracts are silent as to information to 
 be found in the documents, such information does not exist ; or, 
 he will have to examine every oi'iginal in detail, and thus one 
 great purpose will have been lost for which these Calendars have 
 been compiled. 
 
 " As the documents are various, the Master of the Rolls considers 
 that they will demand a corresponding mode of treatment. He 
 therefore recommends the following rules : — 
 
 " 1st. That all formal and official documents, such as lettei-s of 
 credence, warrants, grants, and the like, should be described as 
 briefly as possible. 
 
 " 2nd. That letters and documents referring to one subject only 
 should be catalogued as briefly as is consistent with correctness. 
 But when they contain miscellaneous news, such a description 
 should be given as will enable a reader to form an adequate 
 
 notion of the variety of their contents. 
 
 -■ • ^ * * * * 
 
XXU PREFACE. 
 
 " otb. Striking peculiarities of expression, proverbs, manners, &c. 
 are to be noticed. 
 
 " 6th. Original dates are to be given at tlie close of each entry, 
 that the reader may know the exact evidence by which the 
 marginal dates are determined. 
 
 » * • # » # 
 
 " 8 th. Tlie number of written pages of each document is to be 
 specified, as a security for its integrity, and that readers may know 
 what proportion the abstract bears to the original. 
 
 " 9th. The language of every document is to be specified. If, 
 however, the greater part of the collection be in English, it wiU 
 be sufficient to denote those only which are in a different tongue. 
 
 " 10th. Where documents have been printed, a reference should 
 be given to the publication. 
 
 " 11th. Each series is to be chronological." 
 
 roUowing these instructions the general plan pursued, 
 with papers which apj)earecl to possess little interest, has 
 heen to shorten the description of them as much as was 
 consistent with those instructions ; but in cases where the 
 papers are of considerable interest much fuller abstracts 
 have been given. 
 
 It haviag been thought advisable by the Lords of the 
 Treasury that the minutes to be found in the Minute 
 Books should be added, with the concurrence of the 
 Master of the EoUs, a search was made through those 
 books to the end of 1699, and the minutes touching 
 upon any of these papers have been appended, and are 
 a valuable addition to the Calendar. 
 
 In some instances where the paper calendared rendered 
 it peculiarly desu-able that what could be discovered in 
 relation to it should be given, the Letter Boohs and Money 
 Boolcs have been searched and the information obtained 
 from them has been also added to the Calendar, together 
 with the reference where it might be found. 
 
 In an early stage of the progress of the Calendar a 
 
PREFACE. xxiii 
 
 portion of it for one year was forwarded, with the sanction 
 of the Master of the Rolls, to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 who hy theu' Secretary were pleased to approve of the 
 plan adopted for its compUation. 
 
 Many of the papers which were originally inclosiu'es 
 had been separated from the reports to which they belong. 
 It has been difficult in every instance to reiinite them. 
 The index, howevei", wiU prevent any inconvenience 
 arising from their separation. 
 
 The papers will be found to fm-nish information, amongst 
 other things, on — ' 
 
 Arts (Fine Arts). Manufactures. 
 
 Biography, Patronage. 
 
 Coinage. Rights of Property. 
 
 Colonies (our adminis- Statistics. 
 
 tration in). Topography. 
 
 Pinance. Trade and Commerce. 
 
 History of England. Travelling and the State 
 
 Ireland (affairs of). of the Roads. 
 
 Laws. 
 And extracts and copies of documents, as well as some 
 remarks under these heads, are here given as showing more 
 fully the natiu-e of the papers. 
 
 Arts (Pine Abts). 
 
 The following interesting documents are given entne, 
 as showing the treatment experienced by His Majesty 
 King Charles the Second's limner, previously referred 
 to in the general description of the documents, before 
 the Revolution. (Vol. I., 25.) 
 
 His Majesty admits that the services of the petitioner 
 were acceptable. He seems, however, to have allowed 
 the old man to want, and had not paid him for his 
 
XXIV PREFACE. 
 
 labour for 20 years, and even then did not promptly 
 relieve his pressing necessities, but referred him to the 
 Lords of the Treasury; whether he obtained anything 
 from them has not been discovered. 
 
 " To the King's most Excellent Majty. 
 
 " The humble petition of David de Grange. 
 •" Sheweth, 
 
 " That he served Yoi^ Majty faithfully & diligently before yo"^ 
 restauration as yo'" limner in Scotland, on accompt of y?"^ service 
 there became due to yo"^ pet"" y" summ of threescore & sixteen 
 pounds for several pieces of work by him done & delivered to 
 sundry persons of quality by Yoi^ Majt'es own hands or jo'^ express 
 order, a particular whereof is hereto annexed : — 
 
 " That of y" said threescore & sixteen pounds yC pet"" rec"^ only 
 40^, sent from Yoi^ Majty when he lay ill at S* John's-town, & 4^' 
 afterward of S"^ Daniel Carmichel Yo^ Majti«s depiity-treasurer, 
 being in all six pounds. 
 
 " That being now old & infirm, & his sight & labour failing 
 him, he is disabled thereby from getting any subsistence or lively- 
 hood for himself & impotent children, & forced to rely upon ye 
 charity of well-disposed persons : 
 
 " And therefore humbly prays Yo^ Majty t,o be graciously 
 pleased to ease & relieve y'' pressing necessities of himself 
 & miserable children, by your royal order to ye Lords 
 Commissioners of Yc Majt'^s Treasury to make payment of 
 what is due unto yo'' pet"" in such manner as their Lord- 
 ships shall think best & most speedy to preserve him & his 
 from perishing. 
 
 " And your pet"^ as in duty bound shall ever pray, &c^" 
 
 " At the Court at Whitehall, 11th November 1671. 
 
 " His Ma*y, well remembring upon this petition ye antient & 
 acceptable services of ye pet"", & considering with a gracious com- 
 passion the poor and necessitous condition whereunto he and his 
 family are reduced in his old age, which without His Maj^es just 
 relief must inevitably leave them to the comon charity of well- 
 disposed people, is graciously pleased to refer him to the Eight 
 Hon^ie the Lords Comissioners of His Majt^a Treasury, to take 
 such speedy & effectual course for payment of what remains due 
 to ye pet'' upon the annexed scliedule of work for His Maj*y by him 
 
PREFACE. XXV 
 
 done, that he perish not for want of satisfaction for what His 
 Majty hath been graciously pleased to honoi" others withall. 
 
 " HOLLES." 
 
 [Docquetted] : — 
 " Peticion of David de Grange, Yo^ Majties limner in Scotland, 
 to whom 761^, due for several pieces of work by him there done, & 
 delivered to sundry persons of quality by Yo'^ Mati«3 own hands or 
 express order ; 
 
 " Nothing since rec^ by y® pet^ but 40^ sent him by Yo'^ Majty 
 when he lay ill at S* Johnston's, & 4li afterward of S"^ Daniel 
 Carmichel, yo'^ deputy treasurer. 
 " Prays 
 
 " Some gracious order for payment of the residue to relieve 
 ye pressing necessities of himself & miserable children, his 
 sight and labour failing him in his old age, wi^by he is 
 enforced to rely on y<= charity of well disposed persons." 
 
 " A Schedule 
 
 " of work done by David de Grange, entertained limner to Yo>^ 
 Maj*7, during yo^ royal abode at S* Johnston's, in Scotland. 
 " One picture of Yo"^ Maj'y in small, delivered to the French 
 
 marquess who came to Yoi" Maj^y at St. Johnston's in 1G51 
 
 pretending raising a troop of horse for Yo'^ Maj'y, whom Yo"^ 
 
 Maj*y rewarded also with an 1 00^^, & recomended by a letter 
 
 drawn by D^ Massinet. 
 " One to Mr. Oudart, secretary to ye Princess Eoyal. 
 " One to Mr. Seymour of Yo"^ Majt^^s bedchamber, which 
 
 Mr. Chiffinch received of me for that use y^ 2'^ of December 
 
 1651. 
 " One to the Lady Balcarris, on ye 13th ditto. 
 " One for ye Lady Annandale to Mr. Chiffinch on ye 20th. 
 " One to MajC^ Boswel, who went to ye Highlands, which Yo'' 
 
 Majty gave with yo"^ own hands. 
 " One to Mr. Harding, attendant upon Yo^ Majty, given the same 
 
 night. 
 " Three to S"" James Erskin, comonly called Lord of Scots- 
 
 craig. 
 " One to my L^ of Newburgh, at Dumferling. 
 " One to my Lady Tullibardin &') 
 " One to M^^ Rainsford, employed Von ye 6th of July 1651. 
 
 in a message to Yo^ Majty J 
 
XXVI PREFACE. 
 
 " The value of y" original at IC having been paid me by 
 Mr. ChifRnch, he by Yc^ Maj^ies order contracted with me 
 for the above-said at 6'' p piece, which being thirteen 
 amount to 78^' sterling, whereof received 40^ from Yo"" 
 Majty when I lay sick at S* Johnston's, & 4^^ afterwards 
 of S"^ Daniel Carmichel, Yo'' Majesties deputy treasurer, so 
 thereupon. 
 
 " remains but 72'' if Yo' Majti^^ bounty in my sickness 
 be included as part of yo debt." 
 
 Under this laead attention may be dra"mi to a collection 
 of paintings of tlie Earl of Melfort, secretary to King 
 James II., who was outlawed for high treason ; they were 
 valued at 813/., and there is an inventory of them. See 
 February 10th, 1690-1, Vol. XIII., No. 7. 
 
 King WilHam the Third declined to sign the warrant for 
 the arrears of salary to Sir Godfrey Kneller, but signed 
 one drawn by Mr. Blathwayt for his salary. See letter of 
 the latter, dated at the " Camp at Becelaer, j^ June '95," 
 Vol. XXXIII., No. 38. 
 
 Information on the history of the art of engraving and 
 coining is afforded by a report of tlu-ee officers of the 
 the Mint, dated 2nd July 1689 (Vol. IV., 25), as well as 
 incidents in the life of the family of one of the principal 
 engravers at the Mint. The following particulars are 
 obtained : — The family of Roettiers, consisting of three 
 brothers, had a patent as engravers for the Mint from the 
 year 1669.* Of these three brothers, one removed to the 
 Mint at Paris, and another to the Mint at Brussels ; but 
 the eldest, who was the best artist, remained in England. 
 He contemplated retiring to Brussels in 1689, bavin"- lost 
 the use of his right hand; he had however brought up 
 two sons, who were proficients in their father's art and 
 
 *In another report of 18th Augii.st J 698, John, Joseph, and PhQlip 
 Eoettiers, are described as "gravers " to the Mint from 1661. 
 
PREFACE. xxvii 
 
 had, witliout his assistance, engraved the great seal, and 
 made the puncheons and dies for the coronation medals 
 and for the coins of gold and silver which had hitherto 
 been prepared. One of the sons (James, as appears by 
 papers of a subsequent date to those in this Calendar,) 
 continued in the employment of the Mint as engraver imtU 
 1697, when by order of a Committee of the House of 
 Commons he had all his puncheons, dies, and tools seized, 
 and was tm-ned out of his house in the Tower, and the 
 ojB&cers of the Mint sought their Lordships' directions as 
 to whether the father shovdd still be allowed a habitation 
 there. On a reference to the Mimite Booh ("Vol. VII., 
 p. 93, 26th Eebruary 1696-7), it appears that Mr. Harris 
 was to carry on the service, and Mr. Hoettiers was to be 
 turned out. James Roettiers shortly after petitioned their 
 Lordships to grant an order to Mr. Harris and himself, 
 that they might show the difference of then art. 
 
 BlOGRAPHT. 
 
 Valuable materials are afforded in these papers for the 
 compilation of memorials of the lives of some of om' 
 public men. They tell many a tale of sorrow and of hope 
 deferred, and many an incident, long forgotten, which 
 looked at from this distance may not be much heeded, but 
 which at the tune to the persons concerned was of con- 
 siderable moment. 
 
 There are various notices of Isaac (afterwards Sir Isaac) 
 Newton. Amongst them is one complaining to the Lords 
 of the Treasury that his salary was only 400^. per ami. 
 with a house of 40^. per ami., and his perquisites only 
 31. 12s. per ami. for fee coals ; and that it was insufficient 
 to support his oiSce. That of the master and worker was 
 500/., with a house and great perquisites ; also that the 
 
XXVm PEEFACE. 
 
 duties were increased, &c. The following was their Lord- 
 ships' minute thereon. {SeeYol. XXXVIII., 48.) 
 
 "Read, IC June '9C. My Lords at the end of the coynage will 
 give him a consideration extT, suitable to his trouble & propor- 
 cionable to the increase allowed to the other ofEcers for this extra 
 coynage. But this to be done out of ye coynage mo[ney]." 
 
 The oath taken by him not to reveal the new inven- 
 " tion of rounding the money and making the edges of 
 " them with letters or grainings," is among these papers, 
 dated 2nd May 1696. (Vol. XXXVII., 53.) 
 
 Amongst the men of his day perhaps few were more 
 fully occupied or displayed more ability in their profession 
 and good sense out of it than Sir Christopher Wren. He 
 was requned to give his opinion on the building pro- 
 gressing at Hampton Coiu't in the year 1689, which the 
 King thought was in a bad condition. Sn Christopher 
 suggested that they should have the opinion of practical 
 unbiassed men, " bricklayers, carpenters, and masons who 
 " had left off their aprons." There was evidently a 
 professional quarrel on this subject between him and 
 a Mr. Tallman, another ofiicer of the works. Their 
 Lordsliips thought they would never agree, one would say 
 one thing and the other another (Vol. VI., 37). An angry 
 petitioner complains of Sir Christopher not retm'ning 
 certaiu drafts, and being himself impotent to do him much 
 harm, he magnifies the " contempt "of Sir Christopher to 
 His Majesty and his disobedience and "insolence " to the 
 Board (Vol. VII., 78). 
 
 Sir Christopher complains in a petition reported on about 
 the 13th of July 1691, (Vol. XIV., No. 55) that he had 
 spent the greater part of his life in the service of the 
 Crown faithfully and laboriously and had not served him- 
 self. The report on his petition shows that there was 
 2,213^. 12s. M. due to him, viz., for five years' allowance 
 at 325^. lis. 2d. per ann., for his riding charges when 
 
PREFACE. xxix 
 
 he travelled, at 7s. 10<^. a day, for his salary out of the 
 Exchequer, at^45Z. 12s. Qcl. per ann. for four years, 182/. 10s., 
 and 251. lis. 8d. out of the Great Wardrohe. It is stated 
 that he had no other fees, that the riding charges, settled 
 in the reign of Queen EUzabeth, were not a third part of 
 the charge of that age, and the livery from the wardrohe 
 was the same as was allowed in the reign of Henry VIII. 
 Also that the oflB.ce was a place of skill, trust, and 
 perpetual attendance. 
 
 There can he no doubt that the oflfice of Secretary to the 
 Treasury was one of a very onerous character. It was 
 ably filled by Mr. Lowndes, who was admitted to it on 
 24th April 1695, as previously stated. He appears to have 
 been employed in the Treasury as early as 1679, and per- 
 haps earlier {seeYol. I., 33). The fees of the persons 
 employed in the Treasury were settled monthly, and Mr. 
 Lowndes' share of them in 1696 approached to 2,400/. 
 (Vol. XLII., 13), and he perhaps occasionally received 
 presents for special services, when he lent a helping 
 hand to those whose affairs reqmred it with their Lord- 
 ships ; at least Mi". Charles Thomas on 24th July 1696 
 (Vol. XXXIX., 17), writing from Barbados, thanks him 
 for the favour done him in getting his jDatent to be receiver 
 general of the casual revenue in that island, and he adds, 
 that he had sent a few sweetmeats in the " Bristol," and 
 had designed to send him all sorts of sauces of that country, 
 but the fleet sailed so soon. He woidd, however, send 
 them by the next. Mr. Lowndes occupied the office untU 
 his death, which occurred on 20th January 1723-4, as 
 appears by the Treasuri/ Fee Book. 
 
 Coinage. 
 There are many papers bearing on the state of the coia 
 which, previous to the measures which were taken in 1695, 
 
XSX PREFACE. 
 
 was in very bad condition. The Commissioners of Excise, 
 on 13th October 1696, state (Vol. XL., 42) that they— 
 
 " liad directed their collectors and receivers in the countrey 
 not to be scrupulous in receiving such punclit money as the 
 late Act for remedying the ill state of the coyne describes and 
 allowes of, since which severall of the said collectors have advised 
 us that, pursuant to y'= said directions, and to prevent the clamours 
 of the people, and for the clearing their arreares, have received for 
 the dutyes of excise, severall siimes in sixpences, not dipt within 
 the innermost ring, and shillings and halfe-crownes, that have the 
 greatest part of the letters, which they cannot get to passe from 
 them in payment for bills of exchange or otherwise, whereupon 
 they directed them to make affidavitts, tliat the money soe received 
 by them are (sic) the very same money they soe received for ye 
 duties of excise, & that they made noe advantage or proffit thereby 
 to themselves, and to send up the same in specie, sealed up, 
 numbered, and weighed, to y^ Excise OiBce, which they have 
 accordingly done, and the said moneys having bin refused to be 
 received by the cashire generall as lawfull money, now lye 
 deposited in the Excise Office." 
 
 And they prayed then' Lordships' directions. 
 
 The following report of the Commissioners for the 
 Revenue (Ireland), dated 19th June 1696, inclosed in one 
 by the officers of the Mint of 4th July 1694- (Vol. XXVIII., 
 65), also shows the state of the coinage in that country : 
 
 " May it please j'our Lordpps. 
 
 "Since ours of the 5* of May, wherein we laid before your 
 Lordps, the last Lady day quarter's account, there has arose agreat 
 inconvenience by the refusall of the white halfpence and farthings, 
 occasioned by tlieir not passing in England. 
 
 " Tliis has given a great disturbance to the revenue, arisino- by 
 the hearth money and inland excise, in which the poorer sort 
 are most concern'd, who generally make their payments in white 
 or copper halfpence. The people begin to scruple copper halfpence • 
 if they should also be refused, or a failure in changino- them the 
 revenue will suffer greatly. 
 
 " The plate mony has for some time been sent away privateK' 
 into England to save exchange, by which means scarce any silver 
 
PREFACE. XXxi 
 
 is left, except duccatoons at G^ a piece, and all payments under 
 them are generally made in halfpence, and not so many of these 
 duccatoons left, as amount to a sufficient cash to maintain a trade, 
 
 "The guineas are the chief coyne in which payments are now 
 generally made for customs and quit-rents. They pass here at 
 23s a piece. We are inform'd they are currant in England at 22s 
 or thereabouts. Exchange is lowe here at present, but if (for want 
 of an export trade) it should rise, the guineas will also soon be 
 gone. 
 
 "The poor people in the country that have no otherwaies to 
 support themselves and familys than by brewing and selling ale 
 by retayle add very considerably to the exise, yet are seldom able 
 to change a duccatoon or cobb upon the spending of a l^ or 18^, by 
 "which it's evident that a small coyn to be made currant here, by 
 public authority, would be of great use. 
 
 " We therefore submit it to your Lordps consideration, whither 
 the value of fifty thousand pounds of silver mony, consisting of 
 threepences, groats, and sixpences, may be coin'd for the use of 
 this kingdom, at the rate of i^lO per cent, under the standard, 
 which we hope would in a great measure obviate the mischief we 
 apprehend may fall on the revenue for want of convenient change, 
 
 " Custom House, Dublin, 19 June 1G94." 
 
 There is also a paper relating to standard pieces of gold 
 and sUver which were wanted for the mint in Scotland, 
 dated 7th April 1687 (Vol. II., 29). 
 
 Colonies. 
 
 Among the papers relating to the colonies is a letter of 
 Col. Stede, who was receiver of the casual revenue of 
 Barbadoes, in which he says there had been such a plenti- 
 ful crop of all things which the island produced, that it 
 was of Little value for want of conveyance to send it to 
 market. It must be shipped oif whenever ships could be 
 had, for it was not possible to consume any considerable 
 portion of it there. The letter aifords other interesting 
 matter, {See 19th Sept. 1690, Vol. X., No. 11.) 
 
 The merchants inhabiting New York set forth that 
 that colony had been imder the government of England, 
 
XXXli PREFACE. 
 
 since 1664, ever looking on themselves as free-born sub- 
 jects of England, and they had defended themselves 
 against aU attempts of the Prench. The report of the 
 Commissioners of Customs on their petition, dated 9th 
 April 1691 (Vol. XIII., 62), expressed the opinion that 
 they should have the like privileges with natural-born 
 subjects, and not be called to pay alien duties ; which 
 recommendation was agreed to. 
 
 An interesting paper under date 25th November 1691 
 (Vol. XVI., 20.) will be found entitled " A discom'se how 
 " to render the plantations [of America] more beneficial 
 " and advantageous to this kingdom." 
 
 TlNANCE. 
 
 The finances in the reign of "William the Third were in 
 such a deplorable condition that the wonder is that the 
 affairs of Government could have been carried on. Any 
 one studying the Treasury Papers of this reign must come 
 to the conclusion that a more diflicult task could not be 
 assigned to any set of men than was imposed upon such 
 "bodies as the Commissioners for sick and wounded seamen, 
 the Navy, Ordnance, and other boards, having large pay- 
 ments falling due, and little or no money with which to 
 meet them. The urgent memorials from those boards are 
 too frequent and too cncumstantial to be considered ex- 
 aggerated. Poor sick seamen and prisoners were con- 
 tinually in inaminent danger of starving in the streets, for 
 lack of money to pay the " quarterers," and this continued 
 through months and years. A glance at the index under 
 " Sick and wounded " will fully bear out these remarks. 
 
 The memorialists had so often pleaded the abject state 
 of poverty of the creditors to the Crown without any 
 result, that on one occasion they tried the effect of a little 
 mixture of grim pleasantry. They state that one of those 
 
PREFACE. xxxiii 
 
 applying for relief was reduced to that low ebb, that (if 
 not kindly prevented) he would in mere despair of re- 
 ceiving his share have "liquidated all his accounts in the 
 river of Thames." {See 30th August 1692, Vol. XIX., 40.) 
 In another they state as follows, viz. : — 
 
 " That unless we be enabled to pay the 470Z. 14s. id. to clear 
 the arrears of the Savoy (with which your Lordships have been 
 so often troubled) and we dayly perjilext, severall of the poor 
 people to whom it is due, do protest they will lay their children at 
 our doors." {See 28th September 1692, Vol. XIX., 62.) 
 
 The miserable state of arrears of these Government de- 
 partments was participated in by a large body of indi- 
 viduals who had the misfortune to be employed by the 
 State. A very curious document entitled, " An Account 
 " of Pees and Salarys payable by his late Majesty, with 
 " the sums due thereupon at Xmas 1701," fully bears 
 out these remarks, and will be found in an appendix to 
 Mr. Hardy's preface to the Syllabus of 'Rymer's Foedera. 
 
 It would appear from some of the petitions that the 
 Lords of the Treasury did not always keep faith with the 
 contractors for various supplies, for they complain that 
 they were solemnly promised ready money for their ar- 
 ticles, and could only obtain tallies, which had to be 
 discounted at a fearful loss ; but this by no means proves 
 that the promises were not made in good faith. 
 
 The following is a specimen of how their Lordships' 
 orders to pay were sometimes honoured (Vol. XXVI. > 
 60) :— 
 
 " My Lords, " Dublin, March ye 6*, '93. 
 
 " I brought a letter from yo'' Lpp^ to the Lords Justices, 
 directing them to pay mee two yeares pay on the acco* of my 
 arreares as brigadier, w'^^ I soe firmly relyed upon that I made 
 use of most part of y^ 4 months pay w^ii I receaved at London for 
 my officers, and proposed to satiafye them out of my pay as 
 brigadier, w<=ii by yo"^ LdPP^ letter I expected I was imediately to 
 
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XXXIV PUEFACK. 
 
 receave heare, there Lordpps positively tell mee they have not money 
 to answer any part of yo^' LordPP^ directions in that matter ; I must 
 therefore most humbly beg yo^' LordPP^ farther and speedy directions 
 in that perticuler, otherwise I shall be utterly disabled, boath my- 
 selfe and officers, to performe the service His Ma^^ie may expect from 
 us. W* favo'' yo^ Lordppa will bee pleased to she in removeing 
 this present disapointm* shall ever bee most thankfuly acknow- 
 ledged by me, who am, 
 
 « My Lords, 
 
 " Your Lordshipes' most hum'^^^ and 
 obedient servant, 
 
 " W Steuart." 
 
 In 1694 tlie officers of tlie royal regiment of horse 
 under the command of the Earl of Oxford were paid part 
 of then' arrears in tallies, which they had to part with at 
 25 and 30 per cent. loss. (Vol. XXX., 19.) 
 
 In a memorial of the officers of ordnance, dated 27th 
 June 1694 (Vol. XXVIII., 59), is the foUowing:— 
 
 " The condition of our gunmakers is such as it well de- 
 serves some short memoriall by itselfe. By the encouragement 
 yo"^ LordsPP^ gave them of 500?. weekly paymt^, they were so 
 well supported, whilst y^^ same continued, as that (depending 
 thereon), they lookt upon themselves as perticularly provided 
 for, but yt course of paym^^ haveing bin so interrupted y* they 
 have in the whole not yet rec'^ more then 16,000?. in part of 
 30,000?. promised by yo^' LordsPP^, and they having since entered 
 into new contracts w^ii our office, and thereupon delivered great 
 quantitys of amies, whereby their debt is now prodigiously 
 encreased, they are reduced to the utmost extreamity imaginable, 
 many of them being throwne into prison, and divers more forced 
 to leave their habitations and abscond y™selves for debt ; we must 
 therefore earnestly intreat yo^' LordsPP's to take their condition into 
 serious consideration, and renew the said weekly payment for the 
 uture, and likewise advance them at least 100,000?. in part of their 
 arrears, w<^'' possibly may keep their company together in this so 
 necessary service, w*''out v/''^ their Majt^ must have amies from 
 abroad ; the great ill consequence w°h must attend the not sup- 
 porting these poore people is a sufficient arguni* by itselfe to 
 indiici-' yoi' Lord.sPP'= consideration of tlrir circiimtances." 
 
PREFACE. XXXV 
 
 In another, dated 25tli September 1694 (Vol. XXIX., 
 
 39), they finish by saying : — 
 
 " Your Lordships have bin alwaies so kind as to pardon our 
 troublesome addresses, when their Ma^^ affaires have not permitted 
 you to assist us, but we are now brought to such a pinch, in point 
 of credit, for carrying on our business, that a small chiding and a 
 round sum would please us better." 
 
 Mr. Blathwayt unites by the King's command from 
 Breda, on 4th June 1696, N.S. (Vol. XXXVIII., 22.), 
 that our credit in those countries was so very low, and the 
 wants of the army so great, that unless then- Lordships 
 sent a speedy supply for the forces they must infallibly 
 come to ruin. 
 
 It miist have been utterly discreditable to a Government 
 to allow persons in its employ to remain for long periods, 
 without payment for their services. That they did so 
 remain, will be seen in what follows. 
 
 Mr. Aaron Smith, the Treasury solicitor, and a very 
 busy man, as is apparent by the frequent notices of him, 
 complains on 21st June 1694 (Vol. XXVIII., 46.) that his 
 credit had become bankrupt, he had no money and was in 
 most miserable condition without it, and his salary Avas 
 above three years in arrear. 
 
 John Phelips, Esq., one of the seven auditors of the 
 revenue, had received no salary for 154 years. {See 
 Vol. XXXI., 43.) 
 
 The birds and beasts in St. James's Park were fed for 
 seven years by William Story, who received nothing all 
 that time for their food or his salary. He claimed 511^., 
 and perhaps was glad to get the 200^. ordered him in full 
 of all demands. (See Vol. XXXI., 47.) 
 
 The persons employed for the " extraordinary service " 
 about the King's gardens had waited for payment for their 
 work and for goods supplied above six years. {See 
 Vol. XLII., No. 570.) 
 
 It was no vmcommon thing for persons so circumstanced 
 
XXXVl PREFACE. 
 
 to look about for somo one in trouble whose lands or 
 goods were forfeited, or wbo were fined as Popish recusants, 
 and having made themselves masters of the particulars, to 
 apply to the Treasury to allow thek claim to be taken out 
 of the lands or goods. E-ymer's case (see Vol. XXVIII., 
 No. 10) is one of several, and has been especially alluded 
 to in Mr. Hardy's preface to the Syllabus of Bymer's 
 Foedera before mentioned. 
 
 It is not withia the proviacc of this preface to discuss 
 the question of the desirability of a national debt as a 
 means of consolidating a government by attaching to it a 
 large number of persons who have a money stake in the 
 due administration of the laws, and who would natiu'ally 
 prefer rulers who would keep faith with them to those 
 who, having nothing to lose, would be glad of anarchy and 
 confusion in order to gain something in the scramble ; 
 but a funded debt appears to have become a question of 
 necessity rather than of desirahility . Under the circum- 
 stances, an honourable nation having been supphed with 
 the various commodities needful to carry on expensive 
 wars, which had been undertaken by its rulers with its 
 own consent, was driven to entail a debt upon posterity 
 which no taxation short of confiscation, could pay off at 
 once. 
 
 It will be seen above that the different departments 
 were put to considerable inconvenience, in fact, they were 
 at their wits' end to provide for the public service. The 
 clever Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Montague 
 solved the diflB.culty by the expedient of exchequer bills 
 and public credit was systematized and came to play 
 a far more important part in our finance than it had 
 hitherto done. 
 
 HisTomcAL Notices. 
 The following affidavit relates to the preparations that 
 were making by the French fleet, which was afterwards 
 
PEEFACE. xxxvii 
 
 engaged at Bantry Bay. It was made 1st May 1689 by 
 
 the master of a ship at Southampton, who swears that he 
 
 came out of Oamerit in Prance, on 28th April, where — 
 
 " Hee, with all tbe English that were there and at Brest, were 
 deteyned 7 dales untill such time as the French fleet, consisting of 
 20 saile of capital ships, 7 fire ships, and 7 victualers and tenders, 
 should be ready to saile, as all these reported and pretended, for 
 Ireland ; hee farther maketli oath that hee was at Brest, and saw 
 the said fleet, and believes they carried ofi" about one thousand 
 Irish souldiers, and that Friday the 27° of Aprill he saw the said 
 fleet put to sea, the wind being then at east, and supposes they 
 sailed for Ireland." {See 7th May 1689, Vol. III. No. 34.) 
 
 In a letter dated Guernsey, 15th May 1689, from 
 
 Andrew Cotton, commander of the " Charlotte " yacht, 
 
 to the Commissioners of Admiralty, after the fight, at 
 
 Bantry Bay, he states : — 
 
 " The news that I hear is that y" French fleet that was at 
 Ireland got into Brest on the &^ or 9*'^ inst, but very much batter'd, 
 and they say all ye ships in France is fitting out, & they will have 
 40 saile out of y® Mediterranean ; it is likewise said that y'' French 
 has taken 5 Dutch West Indiamen that came from Cuiresoe, also a 
 very rich Spaniard that came from PortabeUo ; likewise there is 
 between 40 or 50 sail fitting out of S* Maloes, from 10 guns to 
 40 guns, all to cruice (cruize) y^ Channell, but if there was 10 saile 
 of good friggetts, 3 fire ships, and 2 boom vesseUs, I would not 
 question but to destroy there ships and burn there town." {See 
 25th May 1689, Vol. Ill, No. 55.) 
 
 The petition of Gideon Godet, a Prench Protestant 
 refugee, is not without interest. He states that he had 
 served three different envoys extraordinary of the crown 
 in the court of Prance as Prench secretary. He enume- 
 rates several spies and pensioners he had detected, viz., 
 Christian, a spy who received 100 crowns a month from 
 Mons. Louvois [Secretary of State to the King of Prance], 
 who was seized on the petitioner's information, and his 
 papers deciphered; the Chevalier de Beaujen; Mazot; 
 
xxxvm PEEFACE. 
 
 " an English gentleman (whose name must be concealed), 
 " Avho received a pension from France;" and the Jesuit 
 Abercrombe, going from Prance into Scotland. (See 
 Cii'ca, 7th June 1623, Vol. XXII., No. 46). 
 
 Among the letters which incidentally contain news is 
 one of 21st November 1694 (Vol. XXX., 67), of Mr. John 
 Taylor [of London, merchant], to Henry Guy, Esq., at 
 the Treasury Chamber. It states : — 
 
 " This week arriv'd here [? London] a fleet of Sweeds ships from 
 Gottenbro, where they left S"^ Cloudesly Shovell the 9^^ inst*, with 
 about 70 sayl of ships under his convoy, he having 3 or 4 days 
 before receiv'd orders from the King to join the Dutch fleet, yr°^ 
 consisted of between 3 & 400 sayl, & were at Elsinure w*'' 8 or 9 
 frigatts ; these ships say that S"^ Cloudsly did imediatly send a 
 leuten* to hasten the Dutch to him; & they suppose that they 
 joynd in 24 hours after their departure ; the winds having been 
 favourable & continuing so, we hourly expect their arrivall, these 
 ships tell me they did not see one privateer in their voyage." 
 
 This must have been some time after the unsuccessful 
 
 expedition against Dunkirk, referred to by Schomberg in, 
 
 his Naval Chro7iology, Vol. I., p. 92, who says : — 
 
 " Early in September Sir Cloudesley Shovel received instructions 
 to undertake an expedition against Dunkirk," &c. 
 
 Ireland. 
 Various petitions for recompense of services rendered in 
 Ireland at the time of the reduction of that country to the 
 rule of Wniiam the Third will be found among this col- 
 lection, as well as others on behalf of Pi'otestants who 
 sought to possess themselves of the estates of the Papists. 
 The readiest means of satisfying the claims of the peti- 
 tioners seems to have been to encoiu'age them to present 
 to the Lords of the Treasury lists of estates belonging 
 to Papists, which had previously not been discovered, 
 whereupon their Lordships appear to have dealt out the 
 lands to them. 
 
PREFACE. XXXIX 
 
 Among tlie documents more particularly wortliy of 
 notice is one sliowing the condition of Londonderry, 
 dated 28tli June 1691 (Vol. XIV., No. 47), and another 
 showing the sufferings endured whilst the struggle was 
 going on in that country. Sarah Butler, widow, com- 
 plained that she had lost her hushand and three sons at 
 the fights of " Agrum and Arklone ;" that the French and 
 Irish kept garrison in her house nine months, and hurnt 
 it when they could keep it no longer; they took her 
 daughter, ahout 14 years of age, cut her hair off, and 
 afterwards kiUed her, and when she came to the child's 
 rescue, they cut her in three places and took her prisoner 
 to Limerick, where they kept lier 15 months ; she sought 
 for payment of arrears due to her hushand and sons. 
 Her papers to prove her claims were lost, but Mr. Fox 
 was ordered to pay her 5/. {See 2nd November 1693, 
 Vol. XXIV., 59.) 
 
 An allowance of 40s. was made to Mr. Savage, the clerk 
 of the Crown, for each person outlawed. Viscount Sydney, 
 the Lord Lieutenant, thought this incentive to the in- 
 dustry of that official had las-ted long enough, for on 
 24th October 1692, he informed the Lords of the Trea- 
 sury that he had put a stop to it, as there were already 
 4,000 persons outlawed, and the number was daily in- 
 creasing; and a great part, ^if not the greatest, of that 
 number consisted of people so poor that there wotild not 
 come 40s. a man from their forfeitures to the Crown ; and 
 yet there must be so much paid the officer for that service 
 for each of them. {See Vol. XX., 14.) The Lords of the 
 Treasury however granted him a custodiam of lands 
 untU he should receive 4,000/. {See 21st October 1696, 
 Vol. XLI., 3.) The Lords Justices also represented his 
 case on the 20th March 1698-9, and recommended him for 
 
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 a pension, and stated that the number outlawed amounted 
 to 5,373 ; but there is a minute of 1st November 1699 
 that the King was not pleased to grant him a pension. 
 
 A petition under date 19th October 1694 (Vol. XXX., 1), 
 states that the "sept" of the "Brenans" was very 
 numerous, and a great terror to the English inhabitants 
 in Ireland, and frequently committed many great rob- 
 beries and " murthers," and they were in arms for the 
 late King James. They seem more particularly to have 
 been connected with the county of Kilkenny. 
 
 There are various papers in the years 1694 and 1695 
 relating to the affairs of Mr. Erancis Babe, who had been 
 appointed to the office of surveyor-general of Ireland, 
 then deposed, and afterwards reinstated. He made various 
 complaints against the Commissioners of Revenue in Ire- 
 land, and more particularly against Mr. Carlton, one of 
 that body (whom he charged with carrying on a trade 
 with Erance), and there are many interesting particulars 
 of the proceedings of the Commissioners in relation to 
 him. They characterize him as a man void of all sin- 
 cerity, and only bent upon mischief. He was reprimanded 
 on his knees in the Irish House of Commons for a breach 
 of privilege. 
 
 In a report, dated 5th July ].695, of the Lord Lieutenant 
 as to the state of the forfeitures, he says that upon inquiry 
 into the books kept by the Commissioners of the forfeited 
 estates, it was found all things were in disorder; that 
 the Commissioners of Inspection had not taken due care 
 in preparing rent roUs or regular charges to the collectors ; 
 that they had called few if any of the collectors or sub- 
 commissioners to account in a right manner ; that they 
 had generally allowed all encumbrances upon the for- 
 feited estates, without inquiry whether any part of them 
 
PREFACE. xli 
 
 was paid ; that they had set few leases under the Ex- 
 chequer Seal, as their Commission directed; and that, in 
 effect, their chief hvisiness had heen to get in their own 
 salaries. It appeared they had received of the King's 
 money 1,800?., of which they paid themselves 1,700Z. He 
 recommended the Commission to he superseded. {See 
 Vol. XXXIV., No. 8.) 
 
 Historical particulars of the campaign in Ireland in 
 1688 and 1689 are found in papers touching a proposed 
 grant of the forfeited estate of Dudley Bagnall, Esq., to Sir 
 James CaldweU. {See 7th December 1695, Vol. XXXV., 
 25.) 
 
 The Lord Lieutenant reports, on 24th March 1695-6 
 (Vol. XXXVII., 4), that the forts and fortifications were 
 generally out of repair, the guns unmounted, the palisadoes 
 wanting, and some of the breaches not sufficiently made 
 up; and other works, especially for Galway, had been 
 begun but not finished. 
 
 There are numerous lists scattered through the Irish 
 papers of forfeited properties in Ireland, showing the names 
 of the proprietors, the denomination of the property, the 
 quit-rents, &c., after the reduction of that country. 
 
 Law. 
 
 These papers eminently illustrate the working of various 
 legal enactments, more particularly such as related to 
 revenue. The prayer for a nolle prosequi is frequent in 
 the petitions. 
 
 A paper of 20th Eebruary 1694-5 (Vol. XXXII., 33), 
 shows the manner of renewal of a 40 years' lease from the 
 Hospital of St. Bartholomew, near Eochester, Kent. 
 
 In a paper dated 12th April 1693 (Vol. XXI., 73), 
 (more fully noticed under the head TravelHng at p. lii,), it 
 is stated that the hundred in which a robbery had been 
 
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 committed was discharged [from its liability to make good 
 the amount stolen] by the captm-e of one of the robbers, 
 who was shot. 
 
 In a similar robbery the hundred of Broadwater was 
 sued for 1761. (the money lost). The matter being referred 
 to Chief Justice Treby, he awarded 520^. to the [plaintiff]. 
 (Vol. XXXIX., 35.) 
 
 There is an opinion illustrative of the King's right 
 to derelict land, and how the lord of the manor might 
 have the same by prescription, in the report of Sir Edw. 
 Ward, the Attorney General, dated 4tli August 1684. 
 (Vol. XXIX., 5.) On this subject see an amusing account 
 of the taking an inquest (the jury for which were drunk) 
 to ascertain whether certain land in Sussex was derelict or 
 not {Minute Book, Vol. VII., pp. 230-234). Amongst the 
 assertions made is : — " Mr. Northey (afterwards Attorney 
 " General) sales it is not derelict land unless y" sea flows 
 " and re-flows every tide." {See also the paper for 15th 
 August 1696, Vol. XXXIX., 39.) 
 
 BeUs covdd not be exported from this country by Stat. 
 33 Hen. VIII.. c. 7, and 2 & 3 Edw. VI. c. 37, and so the 
 Lords of the Treasury were memorialized to allow one to 
 be sent to Barbadoes. In particular cases permission had 
 been granted, and in this case their Lordships assented 
 to the prayer of the memorialist. {See October 1694 
 Vol. XXX., 24.) 
 
 Manufactures. 
 A presentment of 28th June 1689 (Vol. IV., 19,) con- 
 tains information on the manufacture of tobacco from that 
 of German growth, with some leaves of Virginian to cover 
 and T^Tap over it. There were principally two sorts of 
 rolled tobacco, one bright and fair and made up with little 
 moistm-e, the other very dark and mixed with "reat 
 quantity of syrups. 
 
PREFACE. Sliii 
 
 In a proposal for the prevention of frauds in the ship- 
 ment of tobacco, supposed to be about the year 1694 
 (Vol. XXXI., 23), is the following :— 
 
 " In December 1C93 there was a great quautitie of haye and 
 horse dung spun together at a place called Minehead, near Bridg- 
 water, in imitation of tobacco, and there sliipt off by debenter as 
 tobacco, but was afterwards accidentally detected by an officer of 
 the Customs." 
 
 An undated petition, placed at the end of 1694, shows 
 that the potters, or manufacturers of painted earthenware, 
 considered their craft in danger by the importation of 
 "delph" red wares or coimterfeit china wares and gaily 
 tiles. {See Vol. XXXT., 58.) 
 
 Pateonage, &c. 
 
 The following particiilars have been principally gleaned 
 from presentments and reports of the Commissioners of 
 Customs, and are illustrative of the exercise of patronage, 
 and of the authority of the Commissioners over their 
 subordinates. 
 
 On the 8th of August 1689 they present that they 
 were surprised to receive two warrants to establish two 
 persons in place of two siuweyors of the landwaiters, 
 without any charge made against them since their ap- 
 proval by the Board, which left the Commissioners in 
 suspense as to naming others. The dismissal of these 
 persons from their employment, after their approval by 
 the Board, which was always looked upon as the imme- 
 diate judge of the oflS.cer's behaviom-, occasioned much 
 discoiu'agement and might prejudice their Majesties' ser- 
 \dce, by setting them loose from their dependence on 
 the Board, whose business it had always been to instruct 
 tnd direct, as well as to punish and correct them, by 
 suspension, dismission, or otherwise. The choice of the 
 
Xliv PREFACE. 
 
 officers was one of the most essential parts of the duty 
 of the Commission. All former Commissions had the 
 power of constituting as well as dismissing the officers 
 until the year 1671 (and the Commissioners of Excise 
 still retained the same authority), and though this Com- 
 mission obtained warrants from the Lords of the Treasury 
 for the constitution of deputed officers, yet the general 
 coru'se had been not to grant such warrants except 
 upon the presentment or approbation of this Board. 
 {See Vol. IV., 52). 
 
 The method of examination as well as the number 
 of candidates for a vacancy is here illustrated (22nd 
 August 1689, Vol. IV., 63) :— 
 
 " May it please yo"^ LordPPis, 
 
 " In obedience to your Lordpps comands, signified to us by 
 Mr. Jephson by bis letter of tbe 21*^ instant, for the reason of our 
 displaceing Mr. Francis White, wee humbly acquaint yo'' Lordpp^, that 
 having before us the examination of about SO landwaiters that 
 wore in possession, and of about 200 petitioners, that were referred 
 unto us by your LordPP^, for vacancys in the said place ; although 
 wee did call before us every one of the said persons, as well those in 
 possession as those that were petitioners, and did examine the 
 fitness or defects of the one, as well as the quallificacon of the 
 other ; yet the numbers being soe great, we could not set downe 
 the distinct character of each, but having taken our owne private 
 notes upon each person, as the examination past, the Board agreed 
 in their dissatisfaction as to Mr. Francis White ; and that was the 
 ground of their presentment for his being dismist." 
 
 ****** 
 
 [One Mr. Pollard was recommended for the first vacancy.] 
 
 In the Minute Book of 4th Sept. 1689 is shown the 
 manner in which the Board of Customs exercised its 
 patronage : — 
 
 " His Matie was pleased to tell their LoPs he had received infor- 
 mation that many places in the custom house were sold, and that 
 the Comi's of the Customs did take their turns in disposeiug of places 
 vacant ; and order'd their LoP^ to enquire into this matter, and to 
 
PREFACE. xlv 
 
 take the best care to prevent such practices, and that the persons 
 to be presented by the Com's for places should be agreed upon at 
 that Board by the majority : these & no particular commissioner 
 to have a nomination by turne, as His Matie had been inform'd they 
 have of late practiz'd." 
 
 The answer to this charge is amongst these papers 
 (Vol. v., 11), and is here subjoined : — 
 
 " May it please your Lordpps, 
 
 " Wee being greatly sencible of the reflections which have 
 been cast upon our management before His Ma^ie, wherewith your 
 LordPPs were pleased to acquaint us at our last attendance on your 
 Lordpps, which seeme to draw in question as wel the integrity as 
 the discretion of our conduct ; and having since, by your LordPPs 
 order, received from Mr. Jephson a paper conteyning part of what 
 your LordPPs were pleased to signify to us, wee take ourselves 
 obliged to offer something in vindication of ourselves, and the 
 method of our proceedings, and crave leave humbly to animadvert 
 upon the whole matter, as followeth : — 
 
 " That by the law it is so penal to buy or sell any offices in the 
 Customs, that it not only incurrs a forfeiture of the oiSce, but also 
 an incapacity, in tlie person offending, for any other office in the 
 revenue ; but the imputacon of this kind now charg'd upon the 
 whole Commission, is too geifi to affect any one of the Commas, who 
 doubtless (if guilty) would bee unworthy of that trust. 
 
 " The inference that is made from the method of offering persons 
 (to fill up vacancyes) by the Commas in turns (as if that should give 
 opportunity for the selling of offices if any of the Com'^s should 
 incline so to doe) will not bee found unanswerable, when it shall 
 bee considered that this method has been in use many yeares in 
 King Charles's time, and since, without any such inconvenience 
 ptended hitherto. And it was designed for the King's service in 
 genii, by saving the time of the Board (taken up daily with things 
 that relate to the more urgent and weighty parts of their manage- 
 ment), and in particular, by alotting a share equally to each Commf 
 of the care and difficulty of finding out persons fitly qualifyed to 
 supply the vacancyes that happen ; in judging whereof, each one of 
 them takes himself ingaged to bee very cautious, least on the future 
 miscarriage or unfitnesse of such officer (discovered on tryall) the 
 Commit that propos'd him to the Board (which is registred) bee 
 rendered in some sort lyahle to the censure of the rest. And it is 
 
xlvi PIIEFACE. 
 
 to bee observed, tliat a single Commi' liath only the care of finding 
 out and proposing the person to the Board ; and he is never pre- 
 sented to the Lords of the Treasury but by the agreement and 
 approbacon of the Board, after a competent inquiry into the quali- 
 fication of the person. 
 
 " Now each Commit may reasonably bee supposed to concerne him- 
 self for the service of the revenue, and for the hono"^ of the whole 
 Comission, as wel as for his owne, and it is not probable that the 
 management can go on well (without which the King's service must 
 suffer), or that they can bee able to give a good account of the 
 trust, unlesse able and fitting officers bee imployed under them ; so 
 that it is the interest of each of them, and of all together, to pro- 
 cure such. But after all, though it hath been heretofore judged 
 for His Mats service, and long practiced, yett if His Mati" shall not 
 thinke fitt to approve thereof, but shall direct any other method, 
 the Comi's are very ready to submit to His Ma'e pleasure therein. 
 
 " All which is humbly submitted to your Lordpps consideraeon. 
 
 " G. BOOTHE. 
 
 " Jo. Werden. 
 " RoBT. Clayton. 
 " J. Ward. 
 " Custom House, London, 
 17*1^ Septemb'- 1689." 
 
 (Indorsed.) 
 
 « 17th September 1689. 
 
 " Presentment from the Comi's of the Customs in vindication of 
 their method of proceeding in putting in officers each in his turn, 
 
 &c." 
 
 " For the King. 
 
 " The King comands that the Com^s Customs shall not present to 
 yilaces vacant in their turns, but by the majority of the Board, 
 according to His Mat'^s comands at Hampton Court the 4th Sept 
 1689. 
 
 " See the minute of that daj'." 
 
 On 16th October 1689 the Commissioners state that it 
 was one of the standing rules of the Board "to advance 
 " those who have well deser^-ed in an inferior station." 
 {See Yol. V., 27.) 
 
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 The Commissioners of Oi-diiancc give their opinion that 
 a jjetitiouer, one John Harris, having applied himself in 
 the manner he had done after a refusal to appoint him, 
 was the highest contempt imaginable put on them, {See 
 12th Dec. 1692, Vol. XX., 42.) 
 
 On the 19th of October 1692 (Vol. XX., 9) the Commis- 
 sioners of Customs state that — 
 
 " The constant opinion and practice of this Board has been by all 
 meanes to discountenance and discourage any private agreement for 
 the surrendering or obteyning any of the places upon the establish- 
 ment, that ye filling up y« same may be without any other con- 
 sideration besides the fitnesse of the person presented." 
 
 On the 23rd of July 1694 (Vol. XXVIII., 78) the Com- 
 missioners of Customs repeat the same, adding, — 
 
 " But for patent offices, the Comma's have alwayes look't upon 
 them as bountyes, in the hands of the Crowne or yo'^ LordrP^, being 
 generally bestowed upon persons, with power to execute \>y deputy ; 
 and therefore the Commas have alwayes been ])assive and easy in the 
 transactions of those grants, when their LordPP^ have been pleased 
 to referr them to this Board ; not thinking it became them to enter 
 into the consideration of the meritts or services for which they 
 were bestowed, nor to concerne themselves soe much about the 
 qualification of the person as to make provision for good deputyes, 
 who are to execute those offices ; and especially for such of the 
 patent offices as have been held for life, this Board has been alwayes 
 forward to make way for those surrenders, believing it greatly for 
 the advantage of the Crowne and the ease of the management to 
 take in those grants, and give out others for pleasure." 
 
 The following, although a little later than these papers, 
 
 occurs in the Minute Book, Vol. VIII., p. 177, on 25th 
 
 May 1698, and as they are closely allied to this subject 
 
 are here given :— 
 
 " His Mats rule upon the death 1 The King is pleased to make 
 
 or removall of an officer. J this rule. That upon the death 
 
 or removall of an officer payable quarterly, he be paid by ye day 
 
 to the day of his death or removall. That if there be an interval 
 
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xlviii PREFACE. 
 
 before another officer is adaiitted, the salary during that intervall 
 be saved to the King. And that the salary of the officer who 
 succeeds be comjiuted by the day, from the date of his comission, 
 grant, or constitution, till the next quarter day, and from thence- 
 forth quarterly, and be paid accordingly, saving' the usuall allow- 
 ances of those W^l^ administer any governrnt^ in remote parts fro 
 the death of any governo'^ till a new appointment be made by the 
 King." 
 
 In regard to the allowance to those who supplied the 
 place of governors in the West Indies until new appoint- 
 ments were made, the following is entered in the same 
 3Iimite Book, p. 188 : — 
 
 " Whereas His Majesty has thought fit that for the better 
 support of the Government in ye severall plantations a sufficient 
 allowance be set apart for such as shall be lievtenant governor, or 
 comander-in-chiefe residing there for the time being, upon the 
 death or during the absence of a governor-in-chief In order where- 
 unto His Ma*y is pleased to direct that one full moiety of the 
 salary, and of all perquisites & emolumta w*soever w* would 
 otherwise become due or are allotted unto the said governoMn- 
 chief, be paid and satisfyd unto such liev* governoi^, or commander- 
 in-chief who shall be so resident upon the place, for his better 
 maintenance and support of y^ dignity of y° Governm*. His Ma*? 
 is further pleased to declare & appoint that the said half salary 
 shall not upon any acco' whatsoever be diverted for the future 
 from such lievtenant governo'', or commander-in-chiefe, and that 
 the governour-in-chief appointed or to be appointed for any of His 
 Majesty's plantations do not pretend to receive or take to himself 
 upon any acco* whatsoever any part of the said half salary, 
 perquisites, or emolumts due or accruing to the said leivtenant 
 governo'^, or comander-in-chief, during the absence of such o-overnoi- 
 in-chief or until his arrival! upon the place. His Majesty likewise 
 reserving imto himself the disposall of the other moiety of the said 
 salary from the date of the cSmission of such governour-in-chief 
 untill his actuall arrivall witliin the Government. And hereof an 
 (; atry is to be made in the books of the Treasury and in other offices 
 "where it may appertain." 
 
 [The ahove regulation was prepared hy Mr. Blathwayt, 
 and read and approved by then* Lordships. See lb.'] 
 
PREFACE. slix 
 
 Rights or Property. 
 
 There are numerous papers wliich touch on this subject, 
 amongst which the Surveyor-General's reports are not the 
 least important. 
 
 The right to clippings of coin was claimed hy the 
 sheriffs of London and Westminster under ancient grant. 
 (*S'^e Vol. XXXIX., 38; XLI., 16.) 
 
 There are many papers relating to the King's right to 
 tin in Cornwall from 1686 to 1688. (See 15th May 1686, 
 Vol. II., 10, &c.) 
 
 Statistics. 
 
 In a proposal for a duty on cattle (undated, but probably 
 about 1690, Vol. XI., 47,) London, Westminster, the 
 suburbs, &c. are estimated at one-fifth of the population 
 of England, and to consume as much meat as the other 
 four-fifths. 
 
 A paper under date 5th April 1692 (Vol. XVIIL, 4), 
 states that : — 
 
 " Since Henry the 8*1^^ time the vallue of money as to things 
 bought therewith, is not now above the 4*1^ part of what it was 
 then, as for example, a person could buy as much hay, corne, 
 cheese, &c. in K. Henry 8*'i's time for 1^ as he can now for 4^, 
 as is apparent from the statutes of those times/' 
 
 Land in the Isle of Thanet had fallen in 1693 from 
 20*. to 16s. an acre. {iSee Vol. XXII., 17.) 
 
 Land in the neighbourhood of Scotland Yard, West- 
 minster, was, in 1694, valued by the Surveyor-General 
 at 7*. 6d. a foot [? frontage], j^jct' annum, &c. (^S**?^ 
 Vol. XXVIL, 6.) 
 
 A memorial dated 21st November 1694 (Vol. XXX., 50) 
 of the Commissioners of Customs of Ireland states that 
 20s. a day was allowed as travelling charges to two of 
 their number, as had been continually done since there 
 
1 PREFACE. 
 
 was any commission for managing tlie revenue in Ireland, 
 and as was then practised in the Commissions of the 
 Customs and Excise in England, at the rate of 40*. per 
 diem or more. 
 
 Topography. 
 
 Scattered among the jiai^ers will he found some that 
 throw light on topograph}'-, more particularly as to West- 
 minster. Tlius there is a petition and other documents in 
 1694, of Mr. Joseph Oraigg, about property in the north- 
 western corner of Scotland Yard. lie is described as 
 having buildings adjoining, with an open court before 
 them, on the north side of the premises. {See 12tli March, 
 Vol. XXVII., 6, and 5th July 1094, Vol. XXVIII., 66.) 
 It seems more likely that Craig's Court took its name 
 from him than from the father of Secretary Craggs, as 
 supposed in Qunninghams hand hook for Loudon, Vol. I., 
 p. 243. 
 
 Cunningham also says that " Storey's Gate, Birdcage 
 " Walk, St. James's Park, was so called after Edward 
 " Storey, who lived in a house on the site of the present 
 " gate, and was employed by Charles II. in the improve- 
 " ments which he made in St. James's Park," and there 
 are two papers in this collection which seem to confirm 
 his account of its origin, for William Storey who was 
 evidently resident thereabouts, says in his petition that 
 his deceased brother and himself had been keeepers and 
 feeders of their Majesties' birds and beasts in St. James's 
 Park, ever since the Ptcstoration. {See 18th May 1093, 
 Vol. XXII., 25, and 1694, Vol. XXXI., 47.) The house 
 of Lord Chancellor Jeffreys was next to that of Storey. 
 {See 25tli June 1091, Vol. XIA^, 45.) 
 
 In an extract from a patent accompanying one of Sir 
 Chr. Wren's reports (7th March 1694-5, Vol. XXXII, 44), 
 
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 it appears King James I. granted to the inhabitants of the 
 parish of St. Martin' s-iii-the-Pielcls an acre of ground to 
 make a new duu^chyard. It recites that in Henry the 
 Eighth's time, they had no parish church, but resorted to 
 St. Margaret's, and thereby were forced to carry tlieir dead 
 by the cou.rt gate of Wliitehall, which the said King 
 Henry mislildng, caused the church to be built. 
 
 There is an interesting paper in relation to the town and 
 harbour of Rye, and the lands adjacent to the River 
 Rothcr. It contains some historical particulars of that 
 place. {See 18th Aug. 1692, Vol. XIX., 36.) 
 
 TiiADK AND Commerce. 
 
 The reports of the Commissioners of Customs afford a 
 good deal of information as to oiu" trade. 
 
 The one dated 2nd April 1692 (Vol. XVIII., 3) is an 
 instance. It states that the trade of the Idngdom was 
 generally carried on by men of substance and reputation ; 
 that the very nature of the trade had altered from the 
 time of Charles I., for in those days there was no trade to 
 the East and West Indies, or any plantation, and at that 
 time it was chiefly driven by merchant strangers, but at 
 the time of the report it was entirely in the hands of 
 English merchants. Their report concludes with the 
 following remark, viz. : " that the freer and more easy 
 " trade is in any place, the more it flourishes.'" 
 
 Travelling and the State or the Roads. 
 
 In 1689, the receiver- general of the aid for the county 
 of Hereford petitioned for 110^. for bringing up to the 
 Exchequer at London 6,500^. in two journeys, having 
 employed 1=1 horses and 10 men. {See 13th Nov. 1689, 
 Vol. v., 42.) 
 
Hi PREFACE. 
 
 John Pliillipps, one of the collectors of excise, in his 
 petition states, — 
 
 " That on the 9* day of Aug* 1691 your pet' collected the duty of 
 excise then ariseing within the district or division of the markett 
 towne of Endfeild, in the county of Mid'f, and in bringing to 
 London the money he there received, att five of the clock of the 
 evening of the same day, he and the supervisor & supernumerary 
 were sett upon neare Edmington, and was by six highwaymen or 
 robbers on horseback robbed of 1981* 2^ 7^^. That yo"- pet^' and 
 the said officers defended themselves against the said robbers for a 
 considerable time, and in the skirmish shott one of the robbers, 
 who was afterwards tal^en, and soone after dyed of tlie shott he 
 received. 
 
 " That yo^ pet^' caused hue & cry to be duely made, but none of 
 the said robbers have been aprehended, save only him that was 
 soe shott, by the takeing of whome the hundred by law are dis- 
 charged as yo"^ pet^ is advised. 
 
 " That in makeing up yo^' pet^s account for tlie halfe yeare ended 
 at Mich. 1C91, your petf is returned in arrear the said 1981' 2^ 7^," 
 &c. 
 
 The Commissioners of Excise reported on the case, and 
 advised that he should he allowed the amount of wHcli he 
 was robhed. {See 12th April 1693, Vol. XXI., 73.) 
 
 The customary charges of the royal messengers arc 
 given in a paper dated 6th July 1694 (Vol. XXVIII., 70) ; 
 30^. was charged for journeys to Edinhorough, Dublin, or 
 the Hague, 6d. a mile on post journeys, and 2*. for every 
 stage of 10 miles, and 10s. a day for every day they were out. 
 
 In a paper dated 9th October 1695 (Vol. XXXIV., 66) it 
 is reported by the agents of taxes that in December 1691, 
 the receiver for the county of Worcester, having sent up 
 6,500^., the waggon, at a place near Gerard's Cross, Bucks, 
 was robbed of 2,343^., u.pon which he sued the hundi'cd, 
 but the verdict was against hun. Their Lordships, how- 
 ever, allowed him 2,500^. for his loss and charges. 
 
 Again, Mr. Erancis Johnson, the collector of excise in 
 
PREFACE, liii 
 
 Hertfordsliire and Bedfordsliirej in conveying tbe money 
 from Biggleswade to Hoddesdon, was robbed of 1161. 
 {See 12t]i Aug. 1696, Vol. XXXIX., 35.) 
 
 Miscellaneous Observations and Extracts. 
 
 One of the most frequent arguments brougbt forward 
 by tbe petitioners was that they were Protestants, and 
 that they had suffered from the Popish rule. If by any 
 means they could make it apparent they had been instru- 
 mental in forwarding the revoltition, the little circum- 
 stance, whatever it might be, had a prominent place 
 assigned to it in their memorial to the Treastiry. 
 
 One man says he had always opposed the Popish and 
 arbitrary designs of the kingdom's enemies, and especially 
 by voting for such men to serve in Parliament as were 
 friends to the Protestant religion and the rights and 
 liberties of the people, and that he had appeared in arms 
 on the King's arrival. {See 23rd AprH 1689, Vol. III., 20.) 
 
 The following shows that the vocalists had a grievance 
 which did not extend to their instrumental brethren. 
 (Vol. XXII., 27)— 
 
 " To the R*= Hon^ie the Lords Comra of their Majta Treasury. 
 
 " In obedience to your Lordships' order of reference of the 19* 
 instant, with relation to the annexed petition of their Maj. . . . 
 vocal musick, I humbly report to your Lordships that the vocal and 
 instrumental musick were join'd together in the late reigns of King 
 Charles and King James, at the allowance of forty pounds per 
 annum a piece, and at their present Majts accession to the Crown 
 my Lord Chamberlain swore them indifferently into their places 
 pursuant to the methods of former establishments, and yr Lp^ were 
 pleas'd to direct the payment of them all to Lady Day [1690,] since 
 which time the instrumental musick only have been [paid,] without 
 any provision for the vocal. 
 
 " Which is most humbly submitted to your Lordships. 
 
 " 24 May 1693. . J- Eichaeds." 
 
liv PREFACE. 
 
 King Charles tlie Second's physician in ordinary (who 
 was also professor of hotany) appears not to have been 
 much better dealt with than his portrait painter, for his 
 widow, Margaret Morrison, complains in 1693 that his 
 salary was 4,400/. in arrear. Their Lordships had ex- 
 amined the claim, and ordered 200/. a year to the widow, 
 but she had received nothing (except a tally for 100/.) for 
 five years. She obtained the imsatisfactory re]3ly to her 
 application for continuance of the pension, " It cannot 
 be done at this time." {See About, 17 August 1693, 
 Vol. XXIII., 46.) 
 
 The subjoined petition of Walter Butler, supposed to be 
 about 1693 or 1694 (Vol. XXV., 38.), shows how good 
 ofl&ces were bargained for by persons having, or who were 
 supposed to have, the opportunity of soliciting their 
 Majesties' favour. It runs tlms : — 
 
 " The humble petition of Walter Butler, 
 ' " Humbly sheweth that yo'' pet'", being importuned by Major 
 M"=Gullycudy and severall others of the Irish officers, whoe came off 
 at the capitulation att Liraberick, to solissitt thire MatJes^ jq tJiire 
 behalf, for a compedency to keep them from starviug, and in con- 
 sideration thearof the said officers promised yo'' pet"^ two shillino-s 
 & sixpence out of eatch pound that should be allowed them by thire 
 Ma*'«^ which they gave y pet'^' under thire hands, with an assip-n- 
 ment upon any paymaster whatsoever to stop and pay to y^ pet"^ 
 the afforesaid two shillings & sixpence, which is redy to produce, 
 the said officers alleaging to y pet^^ that theare was not above 20 of 
 the said officers to truble thire Mat'i^s, giving yo pet'^ a list of thii-e 
 names, whoe weare all found upon 'record as paid last yeare, and 
 retiirned see by M>^ Danchford. Now soe it is that one M"" Courtny, 
 being refused to be put upon the said list, it being filed up before, 
 givs information against severall of the said officers, to make roome 
 for himselfe and his cohearants, after w* he confesed if he had 
 beene put upon the said list, he would make noe such discovery 
 thogh now he givs out it is to prevent the King's being cheated, 
 which he winct at the last two years that he was upon the list and 
 
PREFACE. Iv 
 
 receaved the King's mony, when the King paid six times the 
 
 number that petitions His Ma*'« now, — 
 
 " Yo'' pet"^ thearfore humbly prays y"^ Lordships will be pleased 
 to order the number of twenty ofBcers, wheather them 
 that contracted with y^ pet^' or those that informs against 
 them, and gets the benefitt of yi' pet''^ labor, to pay y® 
 pet'^ the said halfe croune in the pound out of thire 
 Mati«s bounty, if any theare be, and that the same may 
 be stopt for y^ pef^^^ use in the hands of any paymaster 
 that shall be ordered to pay them, in consideration of his 
 pains and labor in obtaineing thire pretentions to be 
 broght to this issue, the rather because they imployed 
 Ml' Killegrew to sollissitt for them last yeare, and never 
 paid him." 
 
 It is stated that iu the reign of King James the Second 
 a year's pay was the settled equivalent for the loss of a 
 limh, but there was no su.ch provision made in the sub- 
 sequent reign. {See 1st August 1694j, Vol. XXIX., No. 2). 
 
 The records of the county of Chester were spoiling 
 by the rain, owing to the state in which the buUding 
 was in which the com*ts Avere held. {See 22nd April 
 1690, Vol. VIII., 10.) 
 
 A paper of the date of 18th January 1691-2 (Vol. 
 XVII., 14), speaks of tea " of the goodness of what is 
 " used in coffee houses for the makeing of siiifjlc tea," 
 and it sold at 12s. a pound, the duty being 5s. 
 
 The following occurs in a petition of the Countess 
 Dowager of Clancarty, who states that, — 
 
 " There was a custome (tho' an inhuman pastime) in that part 
 of Ireland to toss men in blanketts, that y« country people would 
 come freely to offer themselves to be tossed for halfe crowne a 
 piece y^^ the said butcher [whose widow made a claim on the 
 Countess] was unfortunately tossed, and for want of care [died] 
 soon after." {See 1st December 1693, Vol. XXV., 1.) 
 
 The following illustrates the frauds practised against 
 the customs' laws. It is found in the proposal referred 
 to before at p. xliii. for the prevention of frauds, sup- 
 posed to be about the year 1694 (Vol. XXXI., 23) :— 
 
Ivi PRKFACE. 
 
 "In November 1692 the shipp "Anne and Margaret," of 
 Bristol, burtlien about 40 tonns, the said William Beard master, 
 [bound] for Ireland, being about a third part laden with tobacco 
 in trusses, he that was supercargo of the ship, went down pri- 
 vatly into the hould and pulled a plugg out of the ship's bottom, 
 which was contrived for that purpose, and when the said ship 
 had ab* four foot water in the hould, one William Smith, ma^ of 
 the same vessel, called a trough, which had layn ten daies waiting 
 for the said ship, took in all her tobacco, and runn it ashore at 
 Callicote, and left the said ship to sink in the river. This fraud 
 was, by accident, detected in the action." 
 
 Mr. Vernon, on IGtli May 1696, commmiicated to 
 the Lords of the Treasury the wishes of the Lords 
 Justices that Signior Coronelli, geographer to the E,e- 
 puhlic of Venice, should have a gratification of 100 
 guineas, he having presented to them, in the name of 
 His Majesty, and for his use, some of his geographical 
 works. {See Vol. XXXVIII., 5.) 
 
 In our own time not unfrequently complaints have 
 been made of the roundabout way in which oflS.cial 
 business is conducted ; but the Commissioners for regis- 
 tering Seamen are a good specimen of the same thing 
 in 1696, for they had to propose that the Lords of the 
 Admiralty would please to move the Lords Justices to 
 direct the Lords of the Treasmy to order ■ the Custom 
 house officers not to permit vessels to be cleared without 
 giving bond for payment of M. per month out of their 
 wages. {See Vol. XXXIX., No. 37.) 
 
 The previous pages, it is hoped, will sufficiently in- 
 dicate the nature of this valuable body of papers, the 
 contents of which hitherto must have been but little 
 known. 
 
 Joseph Redington. 
 
 Public Record Office, 
 
 7 December 1868. 
 
TKEASURY PAPERS. 
 
 Vol. I.— 1556-7-1684. 
 
 PHILIP AND MARY. 
 
 1556-7. 
 
 Jan. 11. 1. Copy of a "supplication" of Jolm Dee, gentleman, addressed to 
 Queen Mary, setting forth that " lamentable displeasures " had hap- 
 pened by the subversion of religious houses, and by the destruction of 
 so many notable libraries ; wherein lay the treasures of all antiquity 
 and the everlasting seeds of continual excellency ; but notwithstanding 
 many precious jewels and ancient monuments had perished (as at 
 Cantei'bury the work " Cicero de Republica ") yet the remainder, 
 which were scattered, might be saved : praying that such order 
 might be taken as the suppliant had devised, for the recovery and 
 preservation of the said monuments. 
 
 Accompanied by : — " Articles concerning the recovery and preser- 
 vation of the antient monuments and old excellent writers ; and 
 also concerning the erecting of a library, without any charges to y® 
 Queens Ma^" ; or doing injury to any of the Queens Highness sub- 
 jects : according to the tenor and intent of a supplication to the 
 Queens Grace in this behalf, exhibited by John Dee, gentleman, 
 anno 1556, the xj. day of January." His scheme was to borrow 
 such works as were valuable and have them copied. It extended to 
 the Vatican and other places on the continent. 
 
 The documents of which these are copies are preserved among 
 the Cottonian MSS. in the British Museum, Vitellius, C. VII., p. 31 : 
 they are both somewhat injured and there is a trifling variation in 
 the date. They were printed in 1726 by Hearne in his Johannis 
 Glastoniensis Chronica, App. Num. III., p. 490, and by Kiirpis in 
 1793 in his Biographia Britannica, Vol. V,, p. 33 note. 
 
 4 pages. 
 
 ELIZABETH. 
 
 1596. 
 
 Nov. 7. 2. Letter of Robert Browne, one of the messengers of the Queen's 
 
 Chamber, addressed to the Mayor of Bristol, the Vice- Admiral, the 
 customers, controllers, and searchers of the port of Bristol ; announcing 
 to them that he had repaired to the western parts, with a warrant 
 of the Lords of the Privy Council, for the present stay of ships and 
 mariners in the ports of Southampton, Dorset, Somerset, Devon, and 
 Cornwall, a copy of which he sent with this letter, ratified by the 
 Mayor, &c. of Weymouth. He states that the reason of his taking 
 this course is, that the business is of importance, to be performed 
 
 19155. A 
 
CALENDAR OF 
 
 1596. ^°"- ^; 
 
 ■with speed; and if he should first ride to the Mount and then return 
 by Bridgwater and Bristol, his business might well be compared to 
 old fish, which oftentimes is unsavoury. He further states that 
 there is one clause in the warrant, binding him to bring with liim 
 at his s]3eedy return a note under the hands of the officers of " the 
 ports of this charge," and the Queen's commandment by him de- 
 livered, and of the time when, and the number of vessels and 
 mariners so stayed ; the form of which certificate he encloses by the 
 bearer, who is to attend liis Worship and the rest ; that the writer 
 may receive it from him on his return from the west. Dated 
 7 Nov. 1596. 
 
 Also the warrant referred to, dated the last of October 1596. 
 
 Dec. 2. 3. Letter signed bj^ the Lords of the Council, addressed to the 
 
 Mayor of Bristol, stating that whereas directions had been given that 
 750 soldiers, levied in the county of Gloucester and in South 
 Wales, should be sent to Bristol by the 8th of November, to be em- 
 barked for Ireland (which soldiers had arrived as they understood, 
 and were detaiiied by the wind) ; Her Majesty then thought it good 
 that so many as had not been shipped should not embark at all, 
 but that the Mayor should discharge the shipping, and receive the 
 armour, weapons, and coats of the soldiers, and cause them to be 
 taken care of, until it be thought meet again to address them 
 thither. Enjoining on the Mayor to charge the lieutenants of the 
 several companies which he should dismiss, to repair to the several 
 counties where they were levied ; that every soldier might re- 
 pair to his home, and commit no disorder in the way homeward ; 
 and to give notice of their arrival to the lieutenants or deputy- 
 lieutenants, that they might be in readiness for future service. In- 
 structing him to pay to the lieutenants of every band 3s. a day, 
 for as many days as the soldiers would require to return ; and 8d. 
 a day to the soldiers for the like time. 
 
 With a postscript requiring him to cause the armour of every 
 county to be laid up apart, and a note taken thereof. Dated 
 2 Dec. 1596. 
 1 jxoge. 
 1597. 
 
 May 31. 4. Letter, signed C. Howard, with the address torn away, but 
 enough remains to show that it was to the Mayor of Bristol ; requir- 
 ing liiui, in the Queen's name, to aid the bearer Eobert Bridgman, 
 described as the writer's servant, in pressing mariners and seamen 
 dwelling there, he being appointed to impress in that city and 
 places adjoining 120 able mariners, whom he was to charo-e to 
 appear at Chatham, on the 13tli of June then next followino-. 
 
 Dated 31 May 1597. 
 
 a- 
 
 1 2Mge. 
 
 June 15. 5. Letter of the Lord Treasurer Howard, also signed by other Lords 
 of the Treasury, addressed to William Yate, Mayor of Bristol, highly 
 commending and thanking him for his account, sent to the Lord 
 Treasurer, of the victualling of 800 soldiers shipped into Ireland • 
 
] 597. 
 
 TREASURY PAPERS. 
 
 Vol. I. 
 
 and assuring him that the "way both to get credit to himself and 
 procure the good of the city is rather by performance of such honest 
 and faithful service than either by careless wasting of Her Majesty's 
 treasure or making private advantage of it, as they find many times 
 used elsewhere upon such occasions ; commissioning him to under- 
 take a further service of the same kind, praying him to use the 
 same care and diligence as he had already showed ; instructing him 
 to obtain the assistance of John Andrews, the customer of the port, 
 and to demand 2001. of him, towards making the said provision, 
 which 2001. had then lately been forwarded to the said customer 
 for that purpose. Further authorizing him to require the assistance 
 of the Justices of the Peace of the country thereabouts, in carrying 
 out this service. Dated 15 June 1597. 
 1 page. 
 
 July 1 5. 6. Letter signed " Jul. Csesar," addressed to the Mayor of Bristol, 
 stating that Her Majesty's pleasure is, that he take notice of a 
 former letter, sent by the Lords of the Council, in favour of the 
 bearer James Welsh ; for whom nothing had been done, and that 
 he proceed therein for the poor man, as is required in that letter, or 
 certify how the case stands. Dated 15 July 1597. 
 i page. 
 
 JAMES I. 
 
 1615-6. 
 
 Jan. 17. 7. Copy of the King's grant of 5 per cent, (which had been 
 reserved on the customs payable at London,) to the merchants of 
 London ; to the end that they should pay to Lionel Cranfield, the 
 Surveyor General of Customs, such fees as were thereunder men- 
 tioned. Dated 17 Jan. 1615. 
 
 Headed: — " A Table of Fees in the 12th year of King James the 
 First, for the port of London." 
 
 There is, however, no table of fees ; but one was ordered to be 
 set up in the Custom House. 
 
 4 pages. 
 
 CHARLES I. 
 
 1627. 
 
 May 19. 8. Copy of Royal Commission to Edward Lord George, and 
 Theobald George, Knight, and others, giving them power to survey 
 and divide the forest of Brad en, in the co. of Wilts. Dated 19 Mar. 
 2 Charles. 
 
 Articles of instructions for the same survey. 
 15 pages. 
 1636. 9. Warrant signed by the Lords of the Council, without address ; 
 
 setting forth, that complaint had been made to them, by His 
 Majesty's patentee for the sole retailing of tobacco, that divers 
 
 A 2 
 
CALENDAR OF 
 
 163G, 
 
 Vol. I. 
 
 vagraut pedlars, and some interloping persons, carry tobacco up and 
 down in their packs, and sell it, to the detriment of the patentee : 
 authorizing the said patentee and his deputies to make stay of and 
 search the packs and iardels of all such wandering persons, and to 
 seize the tobacco for the King's use, and carry the said persons 
 before a magistrate, to be punished as rogues and vagabonds. Dated 
 at Whiteliall, day and month blank, 1G36. 
 
 1 2X(,ge. 
 1641. 
 Aug. 26. 10. Copy of a proclamation of the Lords Justices and Council, 
 
 respecting a licence for the transportation of wool from Ireland to 
 England, and the customs to be paid thereon. Dated at Dublin 
 Castle, 20 Aug. 1641. 
 
 3 pages. 
 
 COMMONWEALTH. 
 
 [? About 11. "An accompt of rents rec[eive]d of Mr. Lawrence Blomley 
 1659]. for the fee-farme rents purchased of the trustees of Worcesterhouse 
 to the use of the poor almes-people of the Long Woolstaple and 
 Lady-ally in Westminster." 
 
 The items of the account extend from 16-51 to 1659. 
 Indorsed : — " Churchwardens of St. Margarett's, Westm''., Mem"." 
 Without date, but the last entry 1659. 
 1 page. 
 
 CHARLES IL 
 
 1660. 
 Dec. 21. 12. Draft or copy of letters patent, reciting that Arthur Hill, 
 .of Hillsborough, in the county of Down, in Ireland, Esq., for the 
 encouragement of an English plantation and security of the country, 
 had built a place of considerable strength, commonly called Hills- 
 borough ; declaring the King's pleasure that it shall be called Hills- 
 borough fort, and that there shall be an office of constable and 
 twenty warders there : granting the office of constable to the said 
 Arthur, and settling the amount of pay, &c. Dated at Westminster, 
 21 Dec. 12 Charles IL 
 2 pages. 
 1661. 
 July 25. 13. Copy of " An Act of State in the time of S^ Maurice Eustace, 
 Lord Chancellor, Earl of Orrery, and Earl of Montrath, Lords 
 Justices, about wool lycenccs," viz., for the exportation of wool 
 from various ports in Ireland. 
 
 " Given at the Council Chamber in Dublin, the 25th day of July 
 1661." 
 \\ pages. 
 
TREASURY TAPERS. 
 
 1661-2. Vol. I. 
 
 Jan. 22. 1 4. Copy of an Order by the House of Lords, that John Keating, 
 Esq., Deputy Clerk of the Houee, should receive BOOL beyond what 
 was allowed to Sir George Lane, their clerk, in consideration of 
 his care and diligence, and also, " for his great diligence and expedi- 
 tion in bringing over the commission for the government of this 
 kingdom and continuance of the Parliament." Dated 22 Jan. 1661. 
 i page. 
 1662. 
 
 Aug. 6. 15. Cojiy of a proclamation of the Duke of Ormond Lord Lieu- 
 tenant and Council, touching the transportation of wools, flocks, 
 and other commodities, from ports in Ireland. Dated 6 August 1662. 
 Also, another paper containing : — " The case of the wool licences 
 in Ireland," drawn up with the view of submitting the same for 
 counsel's opinion. 
 
 5 ^ pages. 
 1662-3. 
 
 Feb. 4. 16. " Orders which our pleasure is shall be observed by the officers 
 of our works, for our better service in tliat office ; the same to 
 begin from the 1st day of January last past, 1662." 
 
 Viz., as to their duties, their pay, the presentation to offices, &c. 
 divided into 26 difterent items. Accompanied by another paper, 
 containing : — 
 
 " Allowances of fees, which our pleasure is, shall be allowed to 
 Sir John Denham, Kn* of the Bath, now Surveyor-General " [and to 
 other officers]. 
 
 Also further allowances. 
 
 Dated Whitehall, Feb. 4, 1662. 
 
 [The writing is in a very faded state, and the paper decaying.] 
 
 6 2'x^gss (brief size). 
 
 Also a fair copy of the same. Docquetted : — " Copy of Estab- 
 lishm* of the Office of Works by King Charles the 2d, anno 1662." 
 21 pages (brief size.) 
 
 1665. 
 March 31. 17- Copy of letters patent, reciting that the King had granted 
 the office of clerk of the Great Wardrobe to William Rumbold, gent., 
 for term of life, and the reversion to Thomas Townshend ; and 
 that the said Rumbold and Townshend had by deed surrendered 
 the office ; reappointing the said Rumbold, with the reversion 
 to Thomas Townshend, junior. Dated 31 March. 17 Charles II. 
 4 J pages. 
 
 1665-6. 
 
 Feb 21. 18. Copy of Order in Council held 21st February 1665, reciting 
 that the bills for provisions supplied to the navy were not paid,' 
 whereby the credit of the Navy Office was diminished ; making 
 arrstngements for the payment of the same, or in the event of their 
 remainino- unpaid, allowing 6 per cent, interest on them. 
 li pages. 
 
 1667. 
 
 19. Copy of King Chai'les II.'s instructions for the office of the 
 Great Wardrobe, showing the various officers and their duties. 
 Dated 6 December 1667. 
 6i pages. 
 
CALENDAR OF 
 
 1667-8. 
 March 16. 
 
 1669. 
 April 4. 
 
 Vol. I. 
 
 20. A copy of the reductions ordered to be made in the office of 
 Treasurer of the Chamber, by command of the King. Addressed to 
 Sir Edward Griffin, Knight, Treasurer of the Chamber. Dated at 
 Whitehall, 16 March, 20 year, 1668 [1667-8]. 
 
 8^ pages. 
 
 21. Scheme for allowances to Ambassadors and Ministers em- 
 ployed abroad, framed by the Lords of the Committee for Foreign 
 Affiiirs, and allowed by the King, who commanded his Principal 
 Secretaries of State to declare his pleasure thereon, and transmit it 
 to the Lords of the Treasury, to remain as the rule for the future, of 
 all allowances of this kind. Dated at Whitehall, 4 April 1669. 
 
 In the Minute Book from 4th January 1668-9 to 17th August 
 1670, p. 66, under 2nd April 1669, is : — " Foreign ministers. The 
 Secretaryes of State to be spoken to about a settlement of presents 
 to Foreign Ministers at their departure." 
 
 2 pages. 
 
 [? After May 22. A paper commencing " In the Books of y^ Signet Office," con- 
 1669.] taining memoranda of the allowance made, or to be made in August 
 1 601, to Sir Richard Fanshaw, as Envoy Extraordinary, viz. : 1,000? . 
 for equipage and 4?. a day, or if Ambassador Extraordinary 6?. per 
 day; also in January 1665 to the Earl of Sandwich, Ambassador 
 Extraordinary to the King of Spain, viz., 6,00OZ. for transporting 
 himself and train to Madrid. The embassy ended May 1669. 
 i page- 
 
 [Between 
 
 1667 and 
 
 1670 q 
 
 1671. 
 Sept. 25. 
 
 [About 
 Nov. 11.] 
 
 23. " Duke of Richmond's momoriall," for a thousand pounds, to 
 be given to him, " according to his Majts gracious intencions " to 
 him " intimated, by my Lord Albemarle." Very brief. 
 
 Undated, but " my Lord Albemarle " would most likely be the 
 First Lord of the Treasury, who died 1670. 
 i page. 
 
 24. "A copy of his Royal Highness the Duke of York, Lord High 
 Adrairall, his letter to the Navy Board ; transmitting the instruc- 
 tions for the Treasurer of y" Navy, established by Order of CounciU 
 of the 6 Sept 1671 : as also a copy of the 9*11 article of the s<i 
 instructions, touching the prohibition of allowance of poundacre 
 to the Treasurer of the Navy." 
 
 The letter dated St. James's, 25 Sept. 1671. 
 2 pages. 
 
 25. A petition docquetted thus : — " Petition of David de Grange 
 yo"^ Majt'03 limner in Scotland ; to whom 761^, due for several pieces 
 of work by him there done, and delivered to sundry persons of 
 quality, by yo"^ Majties own hands or express order ; nothing since 
 rec^ by ye pet^ but 40s. sent him by yo"^ Majty, when he lay iU at 
 St. Johnstons, and 41i afterward, of S'' Daniel Carmichel, yo'' Deputy 
 Treasurer: prays some gracious order for payment of the residue to 
 
1671. 
 
 TREASURY PAPERS. 
 
 Vol. I. 
 
 relieve y^ pressing necessities of himself and miserable children; 
 his sight and labour failing him in his old age ; whereby he is 
 enforced to rely on y^ charity of well disposed persons." 
 
 Also a schedule of the pictures delivered in 1651 during the royal 
 abode at St. Johnstons, in Scotland. 
 
 Referred to the Lords of the Treasury 11 Nov. 1G71. 
 
 2^ pages. 
 1673. 
 Nov. 17. 26. " An estimate of the charge of makeing a wharfe 600 foot 
 long and 150 foot broad, into the sea ; for the service of the Office 
 of Ordnance, at their Ma^^ guarrison of Portsmouth : together with 
 cranes, storehouses, and dwelling houses, necessary for the store- 
 keeper and labourers, to live upon the place." 
 
 Dated on the dorse, 17 Nov. 1673. 
 
 5 pages. 
 
 1674. 27. " An act of gratitude to his Excellency Charles Calvert, Esq^^^., 
 
 Captain Genneral of Maryland :" ratifying a former Act passed in 
 the General Assembly, held at the city of St. Marys, the 27th of 
 March 1671, granting to him 2s. a hogshead on all tobacco, &c., 
 during his life. 
 
 At the head : — " Anno 1674." 
 3 pages. 
 
 1675. 
 Nov. 13. 28. Copy of the letters patent constitu.ting Henry Fanshaw, 
 Esq., and others, successively Remembrancers of the Exchequer, after 
 the death of Henry Ayloffe who then enjoyed the same. {Latin.) 
 Together with a report of the nature of the said grant. The latter 
 dated 13 Nov. 1675, signed Era. Winnington. 
 24 pages. 
 
 1676-7. 
 Feb. 29. Copy of Royal Warrant, reciting that the King had granted 
 
 the office of Treasurer of the Navy to Thos. Earl of Danby, with 
 2,000i. per annum, in lieu of Zcl. in the pound, heretofore taken by 
 the Treasurers of the Navy, &c., authorizing the reception by him of 
 various sums, from the revenues of that ofiice ; and the allowance of 
 them on his account. 
 
 Dated at the head, February 1676-7. 
 10^ fages. 
 
 1677. 
 July 24. 30. Order of Council to Thomas Earl of Danby, Lord High 
 Treasurer of England, to prepare and pass a privy seal, for 657,104Z. 
 to the Treasurer of the Navy ; for the building of 30 ships of war. 
 Given at the Court at Whitehall, 6 July 1677. 
 
 Further order of 24 July 1677, superseding the above, (as in that 
 no provision was made for guns and gunners' stores,) to the said 
 Earl of Danby, instructing him to give directions for the preparing 
 and passing two privy seals, for S05,029il. 9s. to the Treasurer of the 
 Navy and Ordnance, on account of the first 1 5 ships, &c. 
 
 2i pages. 
 
CALENDAR OF 
 
 [1678. After '^''''" -^^ 
 
 Marcli 25.] 31. " Incident charges to be allowed the Acctant for journeys 
 bills, and other occasionnl expense.s, layd out from y^ S^^ of March 
 1671-2, to the 25«» of March 1678, for the service of the sick and 
 wounded and prisoners at warr, &c." 
 4 pcujes. 
 
 [? 1678.] 32. Copy of the Royal Warrant, addres.sed to Thos. Earl of Danby 
 Lord Treasurer, Sir John Erule, Knt., Chancellor and Under 
 Treasurer of the Exchequer, &c., authorizing the payment of SOL 
 per annum to the Bishop of Exeter, to be by him paid to the 
 incumbent of the borough of Lostwithiel, in the county of Cornwall, 
 the said allowance to be made out of the revenues of the duchy. 
 
 There are memoranda that it is enrolled in three offices in 1678 
 and 1679. 
 
 1 page. 
 1678-9. 
 
 Feb. 17. 83. Letter signed Chas. Harison, addressed to William Lounds, 
 Esq., inclosing certain orders for payments of " upwards of five 
 pounds " towards enlisting men ; which orders had been received by 
 the brother of the wn'ter ; seeking for payment thereof. 
 
 Dated 17 Feb. 1678. 
 
 i paje. 
 
 1679. 
 April 19. 341. Petition of the Royal African Company of England, showing 
 that they had enjoyed the privilege of shijDping provisions, &c., for 
 the relief of the garrisons on the coast of Guinea, and for their 
 negro slaves, as appears by warrant of the late Lord Treasurer, 
 dated 1678 ; and that now the officers of customs desire their Lord- 
 ships' commands with respect to the .shipments about to be made ; 
 praying a confirmation of the privilege. Accompanied by two copies 
 of the warrant referred to, and an order made in confirmation of 
 their privilege. Dated 19 April 1679. 
 6 iMges. 
 
 [1679. 35. Petition of George Earl of Kinnoul, by Katherine Countess 
 
 About Dowager of Kinnoul, his mother and guardian, and sister to the 
 
 Oct. 30. Earl of Salisbury ; praying payment of 500L for one half-year's 
 
 pension due at Michaelmas 1678 ; and that the other arrears, being 
 
 1,000Z. due at Micliaelmas 1679, might be put into some way of 
 
 leing paid. 
 
 Minuted:—" 30 Octob'' 1679. The E. of Danbys wan-ts to be 
 laid before their LoPP« on Saturday for the 500 li. prayed. 
 " 13° No'' 1679. 
 
 " Their LoPP^ intend to assigne this pension upon the Barbadoes 
 farme, but their LoPP^ are not yet M^a of the state of that acco*." 
 1 2'>(i'gc- 
 
 [? About 36. Petition of Greenville Collins, captain of His Majesty's 
 
 1679.] yacht the Mary, to the King; praying the grant of a lease, for 31 
 
 yeard, of the manors of Shepton Mallet, Curry Mallet, and Meer, 
 
TREASURY PAPERS. 
 
 1679. 
 
 1680. 
 
 Vol- I. 
 
 with the reversion of the manor of Inglecomb, in the county of 
 Somerset. 
 
 Undated ; but Grenville Collins is described under the year 1679 
 in Schomberg's Naval Chronology, vol. v., p. 282, in a list of cap- 
 tains, " as an able navigator, and published many useful charts." 
 
 1 page. 
 
 37. " Observations concerning the revenue and expence." Under 
 the following heads : — 
 
 (1.) Customs : How granted ? What the produce ? How applied ? 
 How charged ? 
 
 (2.) The like of excise. 
 
 (3.) Observations concerning the King's expense. 
 
 The observations would appear to be brought down to the last of 
 September 1680, and the paper contains a good deal of information. 
 
 3 large pages. 
 
 [? About 38. " An abstract of the late farme of the excise to George 
 1680.] Dashwood and others." 
 
 The excise was let to them for three years, in consideration of 
 270,000?. to be advanced by them. From the entries it appears to 
 be likely to belong to 1680. See also Reference Book, 1679-82, 
 pp. 3 and 58. 
 
 [Perhaps about the same time.] 
 
 " An acco* of what ofl^'s ought to be kejjt att the Kings charges 
 att the Excise Office, in case the revenue of excise be farmed." 
 
 3 pages: 
 
 [About 39. An acknowledgment of the receipt of 71. 14s. Sd, being the 
 
 1680.] single duty on 925 gallons of " aqua vitje," paid by John Freeman, 
 
 distiller of London, whose goods had lately been seized for the 
 
 double duty, under the authority of the Comrs of Excise, he having 
 
 distilled the same " aqua vitse " between 23 Feb. and 24 Mar. 1680. 
 
 1 page. 
 
 [? Perhaps 40. A list of certificates given by the Comrs for disbanding the 
 about forces rnised since the 29th of September ] 677 ; consisting of 
 1680.] names of persons, and sums paid them in 1679, and [one] in 1680. 
 [It is perhaps a copy made later.] 
 19 pages. 
 
 1680-1. 
 Jan. 13 and 41. Fotu- affidavits as to the felling of tunber m the New Forest. 
 Feb 3. Sworn 13 Jan. and 3 Feb., 1680-1. 
 1 page and 8 half pages. 
 
 1681. 42. "The state of Mr. Francis Babe's accompt, as collector of yo 
 
 Nov. 1. inland excise, in y« cittie of Dublin : beginning yf 25th yf March 
 ] 681, and ends y" 27"' of June, following." (A copy.) Sworn 1 Nov. 
 168l! 
 
 2 large jKiges. 
 
10 CALENDAR OF 
 
 1681-2. ^0^- ^• 
 
 Feb. 28. 43. Certificate, showing that there was due to the widow and 
 executrix of Mr. Thoma.s Lisle, one of His late Majesty's barbers, 
 for disbursements and necessaries, 830?. Dated 28 Feb. 1681. 
 i page. 
 1682. 
 
 July 3. 44. " Copy of warrant to Will™ Blathwayt, Esq. [Auditor-General 
 of His Majesty's revenue in America], for making up y^ accounts 
 of the farmers of the 4^ per cent, in Barbados, for seven years ended 
 1677." 
 
 Showing that the King had granted to Robert Spencer and others, 
 the dutyof 4-|- per cent, on produce of the island of Barbadoes for seven 
 years, at a rent of 7,000?. ; and authorizing certain allowances to be 
 made them on their account. Dated 3 July 1682. 
 At the end is this memorandum : — 
 
 " After the signing of this warrant, the Lords of the Treasury 
 ordered ] GO '' more to be allowed auditor Aldworth, for the first 
 four years acco*." 
 
 [This is no doubt an enclosure. It is numbered 2.] 
 
 1682-3. 
 
 Jan. 8. 45. A report to the Lords of the Treasury, made by Richard 
 
 Graham, on the petitions of John Savage and Samuel Button, gent, 
 Samuel Otes, gent, and Titus Otes, Dr. of Divinity ; as to the disco- 
 veries made by them, of property belonging to the Jesuits ; more par- 
 ticularly in Queen Street, London. Dated 8 Jan. 1 682-3. 
 Titus Otes' petition sets out : — 
 
 " That your pet'' did, on the 28*11 of September 1678, discover to 
 His Mat'es most hon^e Privy Councell, that ye priests and Jesuits of 
 the Church of Rome had ingrossed to themselves an estate of 
 70,000?. per annum ; and that the Jesuits had 100,000li in ready 
 cash ; and that they had severall leases of houses and ground-rents 
 in and about London, particularly in Queen Street, London : that 
 Richard Langhorne of the Temple, lately executed for high treason, 
 was trustee for most of their estates, and did act for them in their 
 concernes : of W^^ yo'' pet"" did informe y" Councell, in the moneths 
 of Sept^ and Octob'', and the Houses of Parliam* which met the 21* 
 of October 1678 ; and upon yo"" pete's evidence in refierence, Lang- 
 horne's writings and papers were secured, after the Councell had 
 searched for papers which might have relation to the plott : that 
 M"" Savage and Button never did appeare discoverers till the yeare 
 ] 680, and then had information from yo"^ pef" as to Langhorne's 
 concernes," &c. It has his signature. 
 C-g- pages. 
 
 [16]83. 
 
 May 4. 46. Letter of Titus Otes (signed), addressed to the Hon. Henry 
 
 Guy, Esq., stating that he had attended, by the order of the Lords 
 Comrs, before Mr. Graham, concerning a report to be made by him 
 as to the first discoverer of Sir Thomas Preston's estate; and that 
 Mr. Graham declined to act without an order from their Lordships : 
 praying that he will procure an order, so that he " may not alwayes 
 be oppressed by unrighteous dealings of falce pretenders," Dated 
 May 4, 83. 
 ^page. 
 
TREASURY PAPERS. 11 
 
 1683. ^<^'^- ^- 
 
 Nov. 14. 47. Memorial of Sir John Osborn, Baronet, to the Lords of the 
 Treasury for payment of 386/1. Is. lO^d., due to him in surplusage, 
 upon his account, for side and wounded seamen, soldiers, and prison - 
 ers-at-war, in the last war against the Dutch. Dated, on the dorse 
 14 Nov. 1683. 
 
 Minuted: — "21° April, 84, to have a little longer patience." 
 
 1 page. 
 [1683.] 
 
 48. Petition of John Salkeld, Clerk, that he may be discharo-ed 
 from the fine of 100^. assessed upon him in Quarter Sessions at Bury 
 St. Edmunds, 8 Oct., 3-5 Car. II. ; for preaching contrary to the 
 usages of the Church of England. 
 
 Also the estreat (on parchment) of the said fine. 
 
 2 pages. 
 1683-4. 
 
 Feb. 16. 49. Proposals of the Cornea of the Mint, in relation to the coin- 
 age of farthings and halfpence, "upon His Majestys ownaccompt." 
 
 Accompanied by another paper, entitled : — 
 
 " Considerations humbly offered by the Com'^a of the Mint, in 
 order to the makeing farthings and halfpence of tin, and not of 
 copper." In favour of making the said farthings and hal^ence. 
 Signed by three ofiScers of the Mint. Dated 16 Feb. 1683-4. 
 
 Also a duplicate copy, with some passages struck out. 
 
 h\ pages. 
 1684. 
 Sept. 2. 50. " Extract of the Lords of the Treasury's instructions to the 
 
 Commissrs of the Customs, relating to the 4^ per cent, ariseing in the 
 Leeward Islands, dated 2'1 of Sept. 1684." 
 
 The instructions were, that the Cornea and other receivers were 
 to transmit their accounts half-yearly or once a year, and duplicates 
 thereof to Wm. Blathwayt, Esq., Surveyor and Auditor-General of 
 Revenue in America, &c. 
 
 [This is probably an enclosure. It is marked No. 3.] 
 
 1 page. 
 
 Sept. 23. 51. " Excise Comrs presentment relateing to tallyes for 5,000Z. 
 levyedon the excise, 23 Sept. 1684." 
 The following note, also indorsed: — 
 
 " M'' Atturney and M" Sollicif to give their opinion on this 
 matter." 
 1 page. 
 
 Sept. 23. 52. Report of some of the principal officers of the Navy office, as to 
 the account exhibited by Sir Denis Gauden, Knt., Surveyor-General 
 of His Majesty's marine victuals and three contractors, for victualling 
 the garrison of Tangier, between 1 Oct. 1677 and 30 Sept. 1678; in 
 favour of it being allowed. Dated 23 Sept. 1684. 
 6 pages, brief size. 
 
 Dec. 23. 53. Copy of a Royal Order, giving authority to the Com™ of 
 the Treasury and Under Treasurer of the Exchequer, to issue out of 
 
12 CALENDAR OF 
 
 1G84. ^'^^'•^- 
 
 the receipt of the Exchequer to John Knight, any sum not exceeding 
 1C,0U0?. by way of imprest, to be by him applied for goods, wares, 
 and provisions [apparently in connection with the Great Wardrobe] : 
 further directing 120/. per annum to be allowed him and his clerk, 
 and other allowances. Dated at Westniinster, 23 Dec, 36 Charles II. 
 I ^ pages. 
 
 Dec. o-i. A lengthy paper indorsed: — " December 1684. 
 
 " Report touching the Earl of Carlisle's creditors and the Earl of 
 Kenoule, &c. 
 
 " By the Committee of Trade and Plantations." 
 
 The report was made on the petition of I'homas Henshaw, Esq., 
 on behalf of himself and the rest of the creditors of Jarnes, late 
 Earl of Carlisle, and upon the petition of the Countess of Kinnoul. 
 It states that in 1627 Lord Hay, Earl of Carlisle, obtained a patent 
 granting him the Caribbee Islands ; that his son James was, on 
 account of the debts of his father, obliged to m.ake over his pro- 
 j)erty to trustees, and the said islands were decreed in Chancery oa 
 7th June 1645 to the creditors in payment of 37,074?. 4s. Qd. ; that 
 the Earl thereupon, on 26th Feb. 1647, appointed Francis, late 
 Lord Willoughby of Parham, his lieut.-general over those islands 
 for 21 years, and by another deed demised those islands to him for 
 21 years, burthened witli the debts to the creditors, &c. ; that the 
 King on 30 Oct. 1662 granted to the said Lord Willoughby one 
 moiety of the revenue of those islands for seven years, reserving 
 the other moiety to himself, and afterwards, on 13 June 1663, the 
 King in Council heard the pretensions of the Earl of Kinnoul, heir 
 to the late Earl of Carlisle, the Lord WiUoughby, and all others 
 claiming an interest in those islands, and declared he would cause 
 satis&ction to be made to the creditors, and that the annual profits 
 arising to the Crown should be divided, one moiety to Lord Francis 
 Willoughby fur the remainder of his lease, and after that the said 
 moiety of the customs to go to the support of the government of 
 those islands, &c. ; and of the other moiety, 500?.. per annum to the 
 Earl of Marlborough for life, and after to William Ley, Esq., his 
 uncle, during life ; 500?. ixr unn. to the Earl of Kinnoul, until the 
 creditors of the Earl of Carlisle were paid, and after their debts were 
 paid, 1,000?. per annum to the Earl of Kinnoul and his heirs forever. 
 
 Further, that the creditors of the Earl of Carlisle had voluntarily 
 abated one third of the principal debt, \vhich amounted to 
 37,074?. 9s. 6c?., Avhereupon it was ordered that the other two parts, 
 amounting to 24,716?. 6s. M. should be paid to them in goods 
 upon the said islands ; the said secDnd moiety of tlie customs of the 
 Caribbee Islands, after satisfaction to the creditors, to revert to the 
 Crown, excepting the 1 ,000?. per annum to the Earl of Kinnoul ; that 
 Francis Lord Willoughby arriving soon after in Barbadoes, passed 
 an Act whereby the duty of 4i per cent, upon all dead commodities 
 of the produce of those islands, and exported from thence, became 
 payable to the King, and the management thereof was left to the 
 Lord Willoughby as chief Governor, after whose death, William, 
 Lord Willoughby, his brother, succeeded, pursuant to a commission 
 
TREASURY PAPERS. 13 
 
 1684. 
 
 Vol. I. 
 
 dated 3 Jan. 1666, on which the said creditors complained that the 
 revenues ordered for their satisfaction liad been wholly withheld, 
 but by a letter in Council certain agents were nominated on belialf 
 of the creditors to receive such part of the profits as, by the order 
 of 1663, should be due, and to act as controllers of the revenue. 
 On the 26th of February following the King signified to William 
 Lord Willoughby that he had appointed a regiment of foot to be 
 sent to Barbadoes under Sir Tobias Bridges, and that he should pay 
 them and other forces for the defence of those islands out of the 
 King's moiety of the duty of i^ per cent. 
 
 On the lOtli of Jan. 1667 the said creditors complained that they 
 had received no part of their debt, nor was their agent admitted to 
 act on their behalf, the answer given by Lord Willoughbj'' being, 
 that the necessary charges of the government upon emergent occa- 
 sions were intended to be first deducted, that his Lordship had been 
 at great expense in his voyage, carrying on the King's service, repair- 
 ing forts, expedition of St. Lucia, the public debts by the war, 
 victualling fleets, &c., and they ought not then to expect payment. 
 
 On 31 July 1668 a letter was directed from the Council Board to 
 the Lord William Willoughby, signifying that the said regiment 
 should be continued and paid out of the duty of 4^ per cent., 
 designed for the support of the Government, and the residue disposed 
 of for the necessary charges of the Government, and for the debts 
 for the public service. 
 
 By an Order in Council of 22 Dec 1669, the King directed the 
 Lords of the Treasury that the farm of the duty of 4^ per cent, in 
 the Caribbee Islands, should be applied to the support of the 
 militia, and for losses in ships and goods sustained in the late war. 
 
 On 9 Sept. 1670 the duty of 4i per cent, in Barbadoes was by 
 letters patent farmed to tlie Right Hon. Robert Spencer, Esq., 
 Sir Charles Wheler, Col. John Strode, and others for seven years at 
 a rent of 7,000^. per annum, and on 25 April 1670 that revenue in 
 the Leeward Islands was farmed to Col. Strode for the same term, 
 under the yearly rent of 700?. 
 
 On the 22nd of Dec. following an order passed in the Treasury 
 Chamber for the recall of the above regiment, and for the payment, 
 with interest, out of the said 4^ per cent. 
 
 On the surrender, by William Earl of Kinnoul, of all his interest 
 in the Caribbee Islands, the King by patent of 24 May 1672, granted 
 to him an annuity of 600?. for five years, and at the expiration of 
 that term an annuity of 1,000?. out of the said 4^ per cent, not- 
 withstanding any other charges thereon, and in default out of other 
 the King's treasure. 
 
 On 11 June 1673, a privy seal passed for the payment of 4,750?. 
 to the said Earl, in satisfaction of the arrears of the annuity of 500?., 
 payable from Midsummer 1663 to Michaelmas 1671, part of which 
 had only been paid, viz., to Michaelmas 1678. 
 
 On the petition of the Countess Dowager of Kinnoul the King, 
 on'13 Oct. 1680, referred the same to the Lords of the Treasury. 
 The Countess claimed 9,250?., witli interest. 
 
 During the late war with the French a debt for the freight of 
 
14 CALENDAR OF 
 
 1684. _ ^^^-^^ 
 
 ships, ammunition, wages of seamen, &c., amounting to 1 l,355L 8s. ^d. 
 was incurred by the Governor of the Caribbee Islands, of which 
 6,C66?. 6s. \d. remained unpaid. 
 
 There were other similar pretensions amounting to 12,740L 
 ' The King granted one moiety of the profits arising in the Caribbee 
 Islands to Francis Lord Willoughby : at his death Richard, then 
 Lord Viscount Ranelagli, and William Lord Brereton, petitioned the 
 King for 8,397^. 2s. ^\d., expended for the King's use by Lord 
 Willoughby, which sum was due to them in right of their wives, as 
 his daughters and co-heirs. It was ordered to be paid by privy 
 seal of 7 July 1673, and 2,7581. Us. 2|cZ. remained unsatisfied. 
 
 By letters patent dated 18 Dec. 1665, 5001. per annum was 
 granted to Sir Geo. Carteret, Knt. and Bart., deceased, for the 
 lives of the late Earl of Mai-lborough and James Carteret, Esq., and 
 the arrears amounted to 8,000Z. 
 
 1,492?. 5s. Id. were due to the soldiers and officers of Sir Tobias 
 Bridfres' regiment. 
 
 Tlie rent payable from Barbadoes by the farmers for seven years 
 amounted to 49,000Z., and from the Leeward Islands 4,900iJ., but 
 by the war, jjague, &c., the farmers had only answered for 
 20,975^ 19s. Sd. from Barbadoes, and 350L from the other islands, 
 and they stood yet charged for their farm in Barbadoes with 
 7,6.52^. 8s. M., and to the Leeward Islands 2,829Z. 6s. 0\d., whereof 
 the farmers craved 4,800?. for themselves. 
 
 By letters patent of 25 April 1678, the King had demised the 
 duties payable in the Caribbee Islands to Robert Spencer, Col. John 
 Strode, Charles Tucker, and others, for seven years, at a rent of 
 5,300Z. per annum, on which they alleged they had paid in tallies 
 22,148?. 3s. lOd, there being other tallies unpaid to the sum of 
 3,820?. 4s. 7f?. 
 
 So that there appeared due to the various claimants out of this 
 revenue 70,193?. 13s. 9^cZ., besides the expense of the governments 
 in the Caribbee Islands, for the pay of the Governors and two foot 
 companies at St. Christopher's, 4,678?. 10s. 8d. ; for the discharge 
 whereof there was the yearly duty of 4^ per cent., viz., 5,300?., which 
 for the year 1684 was anticipated. 
 
 1 9 pages. 
 
 Copy of a large portion of the above report. 
 7 pa^es. 
 
 [About 
 
 1684-5.] 55. Petition of George, Earl of Kinnoul, to the Lords of the 
 Jan. 22. Treasury, stating that he was an infant, and that his father sur- 
 rendered to the King in 1672, his whole interest in the Barbadoes 
 and Caribbee Islands, in consideration of 600?. per annum for five 
 years, from Michaelmas 1671, and 1,000?. per annum for ever after, 
 to be paid out of the revenue there or elsewhere, praying that his 
 friends and guardians might be heard in his behalf 
 Accompanied hy : — 
 (1.) The case, as represented by his guardians. 
 
TREASURY PAPERS. 15 
 
 1684, 
 
 Vol. I. 
 
 Keasons why the said arrears, together -with the growing 
 annuities, ought to be paid. 
 
 Proposals for clearing the arrears of the said pension and settling 
 the payments for the future ; and 
 
 Further proposals on behalf of the said Earl. 
 
 Dated on the dorse 22 Jan. 1684. 
 
 (2.) A letter of Wm. Griffith (without date) to L.aurence, Earl of 
 Rochester, Lord Treasurer, begging him to cast a favourable eye on 
 the (above) petition, and also to afford him a spare minute (when 
 the King was at Windsor that vacation) to acquaint him (the 
 Treasurer) with the unmannerly reflections made on him and his co- 
 trustees, in the case of the advowson of North Perrot, by the 
 defendants, &c., and at the same time to intimate the discovery of 
 several concealed lands, and farther, to be mindful of the poor 
 secondary and clerks in his own Remembrancer's Office. And 
 
 (.3.) The petition of Mervin, Earl of i Castleliaven, Richard 
 Allibond, Esq., and the rest of the guardians of George, Earl of 
 Kinnoul, during his nonage, addressed to the said Lord Treasurer, 
 stating that their pupil's estate was chiefly dependent on the 
 Crown, and the settlement of it was referred to liis Lordship, and 
 that he was in great distress at Paris, and in debt for the sustenance 
 of himself, his brother, and two sisters ; praying the expediting the 
 report to the King, and for his intercession with the King for the 
 supply of his necessities, and to enable him to return to pay his 
 homage to His Majesty. 
 
 5 pages. 
 
 VOL II. 1685-1688. 
 
 JAMES II. 
 
 1684-5. 
 
 Feb. 5. 1. "Memoriall praying that the Patent officers may be obliged to 
 
 March 11. allow their deputys a sufficient maintenance." Dated 5 Feb. 1684. 
 And two other papers connected therewith, one of which is dated 
 11 March 1684. (Copies.) 
 4A pages. 
 1685. 
 April 20. 2. " A true copy or extract of tlie establishment of the stables, 
 signed by King James the 2<3, the 20th day of Aprill 1G85." Showing 
 the annualallowances to the various officers. 
 3;^ pages. 
 
 June 25. 3. Copy of Surveyor General's report, respecting an allowance of 
 \%l. per annum to the Corporation of Kingston-upon-Hull, in con- 
 sideration of the castle and certain land there, surrendered to His 
 late Majesty King Charles II. Dated 25 June 1685. 
 2 pages. 
 
16 CALENDAR OF 
 
 1685. ^0^- "• 
 
 Nov. 4. 4. Rule for adjusting the rates of East India goods, subject to the 
 new impositions. Dated 4 Nov 1 685. 
 i page. 
 
 [About 5. " Petition of y" several artiiicers employed in the building y^ 
 1685?] Earl of Mulgrave's lodgings, in the stone gallery, at Whitehall,''' for 
 
 payment of their claim, accompanied by a schedule of the sumw. 
 
 The date is supposed from John Earl of Mulgrave, who was made a 
 
 privy councillor in the year 1685, and he is in this petition described 
 
 as " the Right HonWe." 
 
 Minuted: — " To be referred to Mr. Surveyor to state y« accompt 
 
 & examine y" bills & report it to y<= Lords Comrs." 
 
 1 page. 
 
 [1685?] 6. Estimate of the revenue and of the yearly expense, probably 
 
 of the year 1685. The expenses are made on a medium of five 
 years ended at Lady Day 1684, and the late King mentioned. 
 
 2 pages. 
 
 [? About 7. Petition (signed) of Charles Bowles, master of His Majeslty's 
 1685.] pavilions, hales, tents, and toils, addressed to the Lords of 
 " his Maties TreaiT ;" showing that the petitioner's brother William 
 Bowles, with Robert Child, Esq., since deceased, were appointed to 
 that office by patent of 14 Charles the Second; that after the death 
 of Mr. Child the offices v/ere executed by his brother and father, 
 Sir William Bowles, and the accounts from 1672 to 1675 had been 
 delivered to the auditors ; that the petitioner in King Charles IL's 
 reign had been Deputy Commissary of the Musters, and had 
 dech\red at the beginning of King James' reign that he would not 
 pass any officer who should refuse the oaths and test, on account of 
 which (as he believed) the accounts were refused to be passed, &c., 
 praying that they might be presented before their Lordships [" your 
 Lordshipp" in orig.~\ and declared. 
 
 Minided : — " A Lr" to the aud''^ that when they attend my 
 Lords w*'i any acc*^ that they bring these to be declared." 
 
 Undated ; but the accounts above referred to were declared in 
 1685. See " Audit Office Declared Accounts." 
 
 1 page. 
 1685-6. 
 
 Jan. 1. 8. Copy of Royal Order for the deduction of I2d. out of every 
 
 pound from the pay of the foices : one-third to be applied for 
 Exchequer fees and to the Paymaster of the Forces, and two-thirds 
 to remain in the paymaster's hands ; to be disposed of, either for the 
 service of Chelsea Hospital or to the payment of the establishment 
 of the forces. Dated at Whitehall, 1 Jan. 1685. 
 
 ] h pages. 
 1686. 
 April 1. 9. Bond given by George Viscount Grandison and the Hon. Henry 
 Howard, of the parish of St. James, Westminster, Middlesex, Esq., 
 to King James II. for the payment of 1,580?. The condition was to 
 pay 790?. to Sir Henry Ashbournham, Bart., and others. Corn's of 
 hearth money and excise. Dated 1 April 1686. 
 
 ] ptage. 
 
TREASURY PAPERS. 17 
 
 J68G. ^«^- "• 
 
 May 15. 10. Letter of the Earl of Bath to the Lord Treasurer, enclosing 
 the sever.al papers he had received from his Lordship, concerning 
 Mr. Treweek and the other supervisors of the tin blowing-houses ; 
 together with his opinion on the wliole matter, stating that 
 if Mr. Treweek had thought fit to prosecute the embezzlements 
 of tin, mentioned in his information in the Court of Stannaries, 
 his Lordship would have received an account of their discovery 
 and punishment, for upon legal conviction, the person buj'ing or 
 selling uncoined tin, ought to pay a fine to the King, of tlie full 
 value of the tin, and forfeit the tin ; that the owners of blowing 
 houses and all tinners, before they marked any tin, were obliged to 
 enter their several hot marks, or signs of tin, in the book of marks, 
 kept anciently in the Exchequer at Lostwithie], and of late in 
 the Stannary Court ; that the owners of blowing-houses were 
 obliged to present the names of the blowers, who ought to be 
 sworn to deal justly between man and man ; that the charter of 
 Henry VII. seemed to imply that the owners of blowing-houses 
 were themselves obliged to certify the quantities of tin blown in 
 their respective liouses, &c. ; tliat the last convocation misbehaving 
 themselves, the King dissolved them, and since that there had been 
 no convocation called, so that the rights and customs of the Stan- 
 naries (being disused during all the time of the rebellion) some 
 would persuade were grown obsolete, and were not so well appre- 
 hended as was necessary for tlie King's service, since the records 
 of the duchy were burnt, together with the Exchequer at Lost- 
 witliiel, where tliey were kept, and further that the Stannary towns 
 which elected convocators would (if His Majesty pleased to summon 
 a convocation) he had no doubt, elect such loyal sober persons, as 
 would breathe new life into those languishing laws. Dated 15 May 
 1686. 
 
 Accompanied by the papers referred to, consisting of: — 
 
 A letter of George Treweek, one of the supervisors of the blowing- 
 houses in the counties of Cornwall and Devon, addressed to the 
 Lord Treasurer, informing him that he had discovered that several 
 parcels of tin, blown the last j'ear, had not been brought to coinage 
 in the time appointed, according to the custom of the Stannaries, 
 viz., at Michaelmas, at which time all tin blown in that year ought 
 to be coined ; also as to other irregularities in the preparation of 
 the tin. 
 
 " An account of severall parcells of tinn imbezled in the year 
 1684 & 1685." 
 
 A petition of the supervisors of the tin blowing-houses of Corn- 
 wall and Devon, praying for an order to be made for laying out 
 money in the prosecution of delinquents ; also matters proposed to 
 be put in execution in the Stannaries, in order to the better pre- 
 venting of frauds of the King's dues, &c. In ten separate items. 
 
 " The Earle of Bathe's answer to the proposalls of y^ supervisors." 
 
 In this paper the ten proposals set down for the improvement 
 of Stannaries are recapitulated, together with the Earl's replies. 
 
 8 pages ; 3 of brief size. 
 
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 1686. ^'«^- "• 
 
 July 19. 11. Letter signed "Jo. Arundel)," without address, stating that he 
 would not neglect a minute to acknowledge the receipt of his cor- 
 respondent's letter; and the enclosed from the Lord Treasurer, 
 which was directed to others as well as himself, he would take care 
 to deliver, &c. Dated 19 July [16]86. 
 1 page. 
 
 July 22. 1 2. Letter of the Earl of Bath to the Lord Treasurer, acknow- 
 ledging the receipt of his Lordship's letter for the speedy calling a 
 convocation or parliament of tinners ; expressing his readiness to do 
 so, and appointing September as the fittest time ; asking his Lord- 
 ship to hasten his warrant with His Majesty's signature for the calling 
 the same. Dated 22 July 1686. 
 {Holograph.) 3 pages. 
 
 July 29. 13. Letter of Sir R[obert] Sawyer, Attorney General, addressed 
 to Henry Guy, Esq., at the Treasury, stating that he conceived it 
 fit that His Majesty by privy seal directed to the Lord Warden, 
 should command him to summon and hold a convocation in the 
 Stannaries, according to the laws and customs of the Stannaries. 
 Dated 29 July 1680. 
 ■i page. 
 
 Aug. 10. 14. Letter of the Earl of Bath to the Lord Treasurer, stating 
 that he had received his Lordship's wan-ant for calling a convoca- 
 tion of tinners ; but desiring a mistake in it, might be rectified in 
 the privy seal, viz. : — In the preamble of the warrant the Stannaries 
 of Cornwall and Devon were mentioned ; but in the body, which 
 gave authority for calling the same, mention was only made of the 
 town of Lostwithiel, which only concerned Cornwall ; and those of 
 Devon would expect their convocation at their old accustomed 
 place, for they would not come, any more than those of Cornwall, to 
 any such convocation but in their proper country, according to 
 usage ; and if it were appointed otherwise it would prove only 
 an assembly of disputers about their privileges: proposing this 
 amendment, instead of naming " Lostwithiel " to say " at the old 
 and accustomed places, used in Cornwall and Devon." Dated 
 10 Aug. 1086. 
 3 pages. 
 
 Sept. 20. 15. Report to the Lord Treasurer of certain officers of the Navy 
 Office, on the petition of Sir Edward Dering, in favour of his having 
 a privy seal passed, as he desired, to discharge him of a debt of 
 2,e66L 13s. 4d Dated 20 Sept. 1686. 
 Minuted: — "November 4, 1686. 
 
 " Mr. Hewer is of opinion that it may be a prejudice for the King 
 to grant the privy seal desired, and that Sir Edward Dering is fuUy 
 discharged already, and can never be troubled in it." 
 
 Accompanied by: — 
 
 The petition of Sir Edward Dering, Knight, addressed to Laurence 
 Earl of Rochester, Lord High Treasurer, showing that he had a 
 
TREASURY PAPERS. 19 
 
 1686. ^^^- ^• 
 
 patent from the late King to furnish the Navy with stores, and 
 had furnished quantities of goods, in particular in tlie great sick- 
 ness year, and in the times of both tlie wars with Holland, and 
 had suffered for want of payment, according to contract ; and a 
 considerable sum still remained due to him ; and amongst other 
 dealings which he had, an imprest bill for 2,666^. 13s. 4c?. had been 
 vacated by consent between the Com^^ of the Navy and himself; 
 but was afterwards put "in super" and charged upon the petitioner 
 in the Treasurer of the Navy's account, by Mr. Fenn, then Cashier 
 of the Navy ; praying that the privy seal for the petitioner's dis- 
 charge might pass, which Sir Charles Porter, who had satisfied the 
 demand, had seen, and that he (the petitioner) who had suffered 
 great injury and expense, might stand fair in the noble favour and 
 good opinion of his Lordship. 
 
 [From the docquet it appears the above sum was given by privy 
 seal to the Duke of Monmouth and the Lord Latimer by the late King.] 
 
 S^ pages. 
 
 Sept. 23. 1 6. Letter of the Earl of Bath without address, stating that he 
 is very well satisfied with his correspondent's reasons for staying ; 
 that he had received the Lord Treasurer's letter, with a privy seal 
 bearing date the 8th inst. for calling the convocation ; upon which, 
 without delay, he issued the usual precepts to the four Cornish 
 Mayors, for meeting at Lostwithiel on the 26th of the next month, 
 to choose their respective stannators ; but he was much surprised 
 at what his correspondent had told him, of further errors and mis- 
 takes in the said privy seal ; which if he had duly considered, he 
 would not have sent forth his summons for the meeting, but that 
 could not then be remedied ; desiring his correspondeut to forthwith 
 attend the Lord Treasurer, Mr. Guy, and the Treasury, for the 
 despatching another privy seal to him, with all necessary amend- 
 ments, bearing the same date with the former, by virtue of which 
 he had issued the several precepts ; otherwise, he must dissolve the 
 intended assembly, which might be of ill consequence ; further, 
 though he had seen several of their considerable countrymen, and 
 should see more, he had not informed them of the mistakes in the 
 privy seal, &c. Dated 23 Sept. 1686. 
 (Holograph.) 4 fages. 
 
 Nov. 2. 17. Letter of the Earl of Bath [to the Lord Treasurer] stating 
 
 that he hoped his two last, of 26th and 30th Oct., which brought 
 the minutes of all the proceedings of the convocation, with his 
 former [letter] of the 23rd, came to his Lordship's hands ; that he 
 was ready immediately to come to London, but dared not without 
 the King's permission, and besought his Lordship to move His 
 Majesty, that he might by his personal attendance represent those 
 things with which he was intrusted. In the meantime assuring his 
 Lordship that no meeting could ever end better that had so ill a 
 prospect of agreement before it met. The Bishop of Bristol had 
 endeavoured to prejudice the tinners against him, insinuating that 
 
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20 CALENDAR OF 
 
 1686. 
 
 Vol.. II. 
 
 he (the Bishop) had by his interest at Court procured the convoca- 
 tion " to get them a farm " and a good price for their tin ; on all 
 occasions making use of tlie Lord Treasurer's name and the King's 
 authority ; acting therein contrary to his (the Eari's) commission : 
 which made it very difficult to reconcile all things to the satisfaction 
 of the tinners and convocators, and impossible to mention a less 
 price, as the Bishop had so raised their expectations. 
 
 The other parliament of tinners iu Devonshire which had usually 
 been called after that in Cornwall, might as well be held, as in 
 former times, before his (the Earl's) Vice-Warden, Sir Nicholas Stan- 
 ning, who had been in the King's service all the summer in the 
 camp, and at Portsmouth with his (the Earl's) regiment, and would 
 not return to the west till the 6th or 7th of the month ; further 
 begging his Lordship to suspend his judgment on those affairs, not 
 doubting to give him a true state of the country and entire satis- 
 faction. Dated 2 Nov. 1686. 
 
 2 pages. 
 
 Dec. 30. 18. An Order of the King in Council, reciting the report of the 
 
 Earl of Rochester, in favour of Ester de Civille, from whom Philip 
 Warwick, Esq., deceased, had borrowed 1,000L previous to his going 
 as envoy to Sweden ; approving the said report and commanding the 
 payment of the same 1,000^. with interest, out of the money due to 
 the said Philip Warwick. Dated 30 Dec. 1686. 
 1 \ pages. 
 
 Dec. 31. 19. An abstract of the accounts of the paymaster of the works, 
 
 including : — 
 
 The account of Hugh May and Philip Packer, Esquires, late pay- 
 masters of the Avorks, of the moneys by them received and paid for 
 that service ; between the first of June 166-5 and the last of October 
 1672. 
 
 Accounts of the said Philip as above, from 1 April 1683 to March 
 1684, and from the last of March 1684 to 1st of April 1685 (the 
 latter rendered by his son Philip). 
 
 Account rendered by the same for building a palace at Winchester, 
 between 1 Jan. 1682 and the last of May 1686. And 
 
 Account by him for building the privy gallery, between 1 April 
 1685 and the last of Dec. 1686. 
 
 3 2Xiges. 
 
 1686. 20. " Copy of an instruction given to Sir Nathan Johnson, Go- 
 
 vernor of the Leeward Islands in 1686," as to the remission of fines 
 or forfeitures above lOl. 
 
 [Most likely an enclosure, copied considerably later.] 
 
 I ixtge. 
 
 1686. 21. "Extract from a Mint Indenture in 1686," showing what 
 
 Thomas Neale covenante<l to do, in relation to the coining of four 
 sorts of money of crown gold, viz., as to their weights and values. 
 
 [Most likely an enclosure.] 
 
 1 2Ja</c. 
 
TREASURY PAPERS. 21 
 
 1686. 
 
 Vol. II. 
 
 [? 1686.] 22. A small book, imperfect at the beginning, consisting of an 
 army list, arranged nnder the different regiments in a tabular form, 
 showing the names of captains, lieutenants, ensigns, gunners, &c. : 
 also the list of the various garrisons. 
 
 Undated ; but most likely 1686, from mention of John Lord 
 Churchill, who was only created Baron Churchill in 1685, and many 
 of the names being found in tlie Earl of Ranelagh's account ending 
 30 June 1686. 
 
 24 small pages. 
 
 1686-7. 
 
 Feb. 10. 2.3. A debtor and creditor account of tin farthings and half-pence 
 
 [coined]. The account appears to have been made up to 10 Feb. 
 
 1686. 
 2 imges. 
 
 Feb. 15. 24. Report of the Loi'ds of the Treasury, under their signature, 
 
 to the King ; stating that the master and assistants of the hospital, 
 in the New Work, near the borough of Leicester, by their petition 
 had set forth, in behalf of the poor there, that certain fee-farm rents, 
 of the yearly value of 2.30L Is. 7d., were yearly paid by the receiver 
 of the duchy of Lancaster to the petitioners for the support of the 
 hospital ; and 20 mnrks yearly for salary to the master ; but about 
 six years past, the trustees for the sale of those rents granted part 
 of the rents away, so that the said allowance fell short 24Z. yearly, 
 besides the master's fee ; they therefore prayed the King to continue 
 the said allowance of 230?. Is. 7d. and 20 marks per ann., by 
 settling fee-farm rents upon the said hospital to that value ; in- 
 forming His Majesty that the said revenue for three or four years 
 had fallen short 24L 9s. 2^d., and that the 20 marks to the master 
 had been paid no further than to Michaelmas 1682, and advising the 
 King to issue his warrant to the Chancellor of the duchy of Lan- 
 caster to pay the said arrears, until the trustees for the sale of fee- 
 farm rents cordd find some rents in the duchy yet unsold to supply 
 the defect, &c. 
 
 Dated 15 Feb. 1686. 
 
 Minuted : — " To rest till there be a Chancellor of the Duchy 
 appointed." 
 
 2 pages. 
 
 Feb. 2C. 25. Copy of the report of the Lords of the Treasury to the King, 
 stating that they had considered the petition of John Low, Esq., 
 setting forth that in the reign of Henry the Eighth the manor of 
 Alderwasley in the county of Derby was granted to his ancestors, 
 and a parcel of common called Millmoore, or Millheymoor, which 
 "was enjoyed till 1639, when 800 acres thereof were decreed by the 
 Duchy Court to King Charles the First ; whereupon, in 1640, the 
 King granted it to Richard Nevill and his heirs, at the fee-farm 
 rent of 35Z. 19s. ; that the said common had been enjoyed as common 
 till lately, when an arrear of 500 and odd pounds was charged " in 
 
22 CALENDAR OF 
 
 1686-7. ^°^- "• 
 
 super,'' and a lease granted thereof till the arrears were satisfied at 
 bl. -per ami; and the arrears of the said 51. per aim. to Michaelmas 
 1683 ; and the other arrears, being more than the value of the said 
 fee-farm, were granted to Tho. Windham, Esq., by King Charles the 
 Second ; that the petitioner's grandfather, father, and five uncles 
 were commission officers, in arms for King Charles the First 
 throughout " the rebellion ;" and that the petitioner, who had the 
 interest of Nevill, was desirous to obtain the fee-farm rent, and 
 a discharge of the arrears ; which petition had been referred to 
 the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and the Attorney- 
 General, who reported in favour of the discharge of the said arrears, 
 and of the grant of the said Millmoore and premises ; advising the 
 King that the grant to Mr. Nevill, and the assignment to Mr. Eyre, 
 must be first surrendered, &c. Dated 26 Feb. ]686. 
 
 Accompanied by the copies of the two reports referred to. 
 3 pages and 3 half-pages. 
 
 March 4 and 26. Report of Sir John Buekworth, Cha. Duncombe, and Ja. 
 14. Hoare, Esq., made on a letter of one Mr. Elia Palmer, in which they 
 express their opinion that the said Mr. Palmer would deserve the 
 2,000^. reward, as in the letter is desired, if he carried out what 
 he proposed with respect to the tin in Cornwall. He was to find 
 persons to take the management of His Majesty's pre-emption and 
 coinage of tin, paying the tinner 3^. 10s. per cent., and 20,000^. per 
 anil, to the King ; and they were also of opinion the said managers 
 should have the liberty to make farthings, halfpence, and pence for 
 England, Scotland, Ireland, and America, &c. Dated 4 March 1686. 
 
 Also, a letter of Henrj^ Guy to the said Sir John Buekworth and 
 the others, inclosing the paper of Mr. Elia Palmer in answer to 
 the foregoing report, for their consideration and report. Dated 
 14 March 1686-7. 
 
 21 pages. 
 
 Mar. 8. 27. Petition of Richard Earl of Ranelagh to the King, showing 
 
 that the Lords of the Treasury here, for receiving and paying the 
 revenue of Ireland, had empowered Thomas Taylor, Esq., to make 
 payment by way of imprest, which was in effect a suspension of the 
 petitioner from his offices of Vice-Treasurer, Receiver-General, and 
 Treasurer-at-War ; seeking that the effects of the farmers of the 
 revenue of Ireland may be made available to pay the petitioner 
 2,608Z., the remainder of 4,445L 16s. 6cl. due to him for fees and 
 poundages on payments made by the said Taylor. 
 
 With the order for the Lords of the Treasury to consider the case. 
 Dated 8 March 1686-7. 
 1 page. 
 
 March 10. 28. " Principal Oflficers of the Ordnance, their report upon Sir 
 Geo. Whartons interest accounts," &c. (A copy.) Dated ] March 
 1686-7. [Sir George Wharton, Bart., was Treasurer and Paymaster 
 of the Ordnance.] 
 3 piages. 
 
TREASURY PAPERS. 23 
 
 1687. 
 
 Vol. II. 
 
 April 7. 29. Eeport of 0. Wynne, Tho. Neale, and Ja. Hoare, officers of 
 the Mint, addressed to the Lords [of the Treasury], on their Lord- 
 ships' order, inclosing a paper of the Lord Maitland's about standard 
 pieces of gold and silver, to be delivered to him for the Mint in 
 Scotland ; acquainting their Lordships that tliere had not been any 
 indented trial pieces made since those which were made by direction 
 of the King and Council, the 19th of Oct. 1660, which said pieces 
 were disposed of to the Treasury, to the Warden of the Mint in the 
 , Tower, to the Master and worker of the Mint, to the Wardens and 
 Company of Goldsmiths in Goldsmiths' Hall, to the Treasury of 
 Scotland, and to the general and other officers of the Mint of Scot- 
 land ; their report finds tliat standard pieces were wanted, and it 
 might be requisite for their Lordships to be attended by the Wardens 
 and some other of the Goldsmiths, and themselves to receive direc- 
 tions to prepare standard pieces of gold and silver for the several 
 services. Dated 7 April 1687. 
 
 Accompanied by the paper referred to, in which it is stated that 
 the Lord Maitland had to open the Mint in Scotland on 1 May then 
 next coming. 
 2-|- pages. 
 
 April 23. 30. Report of [Sir] R[obert] Sawyer [Attorney-General], ad- 
 dressed to the Lords of the Treasury, stating that he had considered 
 Mr. Blunt's petition, and found that the late King demised several 
 derelict and encroached lands in Norfolk, Kent, Middlesex, and 
 Southampton, to George Howard, Esq. and others for 31 years, at 
 101. per ann. rent, with a covenant to account for the profits, 
 beyond 8,000^. per ann. ; advising that the King might grant the 
 premises in reversion to the petitioner. Dated 23 April 1687. 
 1 page. 
 
 July 14. 31. Copy of a report signed B. Bridges, T. Done, and Wm. Aid- 
 worth, addressed to their " LoPP^ " [of the Treasury], stating that 
 they had considered Mr. Jones' petition, and acquainted the late 
 managers of the revenue of hearth money with the contents thereof, 
 (a copy of whose letter they annexed, together with a certificate 
 from Sir Robert Howard, Auditor of the Exchequer, certifying that 
 the said managers had paid into the Exchequer 150,000Z.,) and that 
 the first 50,000?. of the advance money was paid into the Exchequer 
 before the passing of the patent for that management, but they had 
 received no tallies for that amount, nor for 9,85 IL 2s. 8d. of the 
 remaining 100,000Z. of the said advance money, nor for 19,369L 2s. 
 of their rent, payable half-yearly ; complaining that the perfecting 
 the accounts was hindered by the said tallies not being supplied, and 
 submitting three inquiries as to how they should proceed in rela- 
 tion to the said tallies ; sending in addition a copy of Capt. Shales' 
 answer delivered to Mr. Guy. Datedl-i Julyl687. 
 
 The copy of the letter and certificate are not now with the above; 
 but the followiog is a description of the paper last referred to, 
 viz. : — 
 
24 CALENDAR OF 
 
 1687. ^«^- "• 
 
 A paper touching a bond sealed by [Captain] John Shales [com- 
 missary of His Majesty's forces], and John Hinde, in a penalty of 
 9,000^., with condition to pay John Jones 4,680?., viz., 4,.500i for 
 money lent, and ISO/, for eight months' interest. The said Jones 
 received as additional security three Exchequer tallies for 5,050/., 
 which had been granted to Shales on the security of the hearth 
 money, and jjressed the payment of his claim against Capt. Shales, 
 the said John Hind having become a bankrupt. Dated 1 Jan. " 1 684." 
 
 On the dorse is a copy of a letter of the said Jones to the Lord 
 Chancellor, with a copy of his Lordship's order to Mr. Aldworth, 
 to take care that no allowance was made to the late managers of 
 the hearth duty upon the tallies for 4,500/. till the money advanced 
 thereon and interest were satisfied. 
 
 3| IKiges. 
 
 Aug. 4. 32. Keport by the Comrs of Excise on the petition of Charles 
 
 Banson, one of the general surveyors of the Excise, who had been 
 bound for his brother, a defaulter to the extent of 1,653/. 15s. 5|cZ. ; 
 recommending him to the King's clemency and goodness. Dated 
 4 Aug. 1GS7. 
 
 Also the petition of the said Charles to the King. 
 
 A further petition of the said Charles Banson, gent., to the Lords 
 of the Treasury, praying them to move His Majesty to remit the 
 debt. Without date, but most likely not much later. 
 
 And a third petition, recapitulating the previous one, praying a 
 consideration of his case. On the dorse is, "21 June 1688. To 
 speake to the Commiss. Excise." 
 
 5 J pages. 
 
 Aug. 8. 33. Certificate, by Tho. Duppa, gentleman usher, of the swearing 
 
 in and admission of Charles Powell as musician in ordinary to King 
 James the Second of the private music, in place of Geoffry Aldworth, 
 deceased. • Dated 8 Aug. 1687. 
 
 2 
 
 2KLge. 
 
 Oct. 20. 34. Copy of a warrant of the Lords of the Treasury to Sir Robert 
 Howard, Knight, auditor of the receipt of the Exchequer and 
 others, in favour of Sir Thomas Duppa, Kniglit, who had been a 
 collector of tenths from the clergy in the diocese of Exeter. Dated, 
 20 Oct., 1687. 
 
 A bond given to the said Thomas Duppa, Knight, by Francis 
 Blight, of Bodmin, for the performance of the office of agent, for 
 collection of tenths from the clergy, as above. 
 
 Also, '' an account of the tenths of the diocese of Exon for Sir 
 Thomas Duppa, Knight, due to the Kings Majesty, at Christmas, 
 1686, made by me, Francis Blight." 
 
 4 2 l^ges. 
 
 [1687.] So. A debtor and creditor account, entitled : — " His Mat>«s re- 
 venue for the year ended at Michaelmas 1687, and expence for the 
 same year." 
 
TREASURY PAPERS. 25 
 
 1687-8. ^°^- "■ 
 
 The revenue amounted to 2,S30,845L 9s. 9^d., and the expen- 
 diture was 46,991Z. 12s. 5|d less than the income. 
 2 pages. 
 
 [?1687.] 36. A paper, entitled :—" The state of the rent for post-fines, 
 per aim. 22761'," in the several j-ears, 1682 to 1687, sliowing the 
 Slims paid for annuities, &c., out of the same. 
 
 Minuted : — " A copy of this to bee sent to my Lord Grandison." 
 
 1 ■!■ pages. 
 
 [? Early in 37. A proposal as to the pre-emption and coinage of tin, if the 
 1688.] King should manage tlie tin in co-partnership. In four clauses; 
 also a supplement to the former proposal, for His Majesty keeping 
 the whole pre-emption to himself 
 
 "Without date, but supposed to be early in 1688, from the 
 subject of the management of the tin being then much under 
 consideration. 
 
 2 pages. 
 1687-8. 
 
 Jan. 19. 38. A memorandum or schedule, signed " Fran. Blight," as to sums 
 
 due by him to Sir Thomas Duppa, Knight, on the receipt of the 
 
 tenths of the diocese of Exeter, in which he jiromises to pay 
 
 137?. 4s. 8(1 due to the said Sir Thomas by bill of exchange, &c. 
 
 Dated, 19 Jan. 1687. 
 
 1 iKige. 
 
 Jan. 31. 39. Proposal by some persons calling themselves J. K. and Com- 
 pany, addressed to the Lords of the Treasury, under the signature 
 of the Earl of Bath, who had authority to contract with the said 
 persons ; viz., to join His Majesty in partnership for the pre-emption 
 and coinage of tin. The said company promised to use tlieir utmost 
 endeavours to advance this branch of His Majesty's revenue by 
 improving the price of tin, and in coining pence, half-pence, and 
 farthings of intrinsic value for England, Scotland, Ireland, and the 
 American plantations. Dated, 31 Jan. 1687. 
 
 2 pages. 
 
 [? About 40. " An explanation of the Earle of Bathe's last proposall, with 
 
 Jan.] an additionall proposall, concerning the tynne farme." 
 
 Stating that J. K. & Co., London merchants, proposed to pay the 
 tinner 8i. 10s. per cent., stannary weight, and to His Majesty, for 
 his pre-emption and coinage duty of tin, 16,000^. per ann., and 
 would leave the coinage of farthings and half-pence to the King's 
 disposal, or they would pay for the whole 18,000?., as farmers, for 
 11 or 2 J years. Signed by the Earl. 
 
 Undated, but probably about January 1687-8, by comparison 
 with the above paper of 31 Jan. 1687-8. 
 
 2 pages. 
 
 [? Jan.] 41. "A calculation of what money must be advanced to pay for 
 
 one years tynn, at 3 II 10s. per c, and what profit may bo made 
 when sold." 
 
26 CALENDAR OF 
 
 1687-8. ^°^-"- 
 
 Undated, but probably about Jan. 1687-8 by comparison with 
 others. 
 1 _^ag'e. 
 
 [? About 42. Proposals made to the King, if he should keep the tin in his 
 Jan.] own liands, and manage it by three Com'^s, viz., if the King 
 provided 60,000Z. for the coinage, the proposer would give secui'ity 
 for one year's tin over and above the 60,000^., to be paid by the 
 King at the interest of il. 10s. per cent. He and two other 
 Comm''". would expect for the management 2s. 6d. out of every 
 pound, i.e., one-eighth of the profits, after all charges, interest, &c., 
 in Cornwall and London were deducted, and to be at liberty to coin 
 as many pence, half-pence, and farthings as would be exhausted in 
 the King's dominions. 
 
 Undated, but see other papers in Jan. 1687—8. 
 
 1 page. 
 
 [About Jan.] 4.3. A paper headed: — "Several proposals made by London 
 merchants concerning His Majesty's pre-emption and coinage of tin 
 unto the Earl of Bath, Lord Warden of the Stannaries, and jjre- 
 sented by his Lordship to the Right Honourable the Lords Comrs 
 of His Majesty's Treasury, according to the commission given unto 
 the said Earl, to treat concerning the same." 
 
 Undated, but about Jan. 1687-8, by comparison with another 
 paper of 3 I Jan. 1687-8. 
 
 2 pages. 
 
 [?March 44. A paper headed: — "The Case of the Tynn rightly stated," 
 
 or April.] showing what the King's rights were in relation to the tin in Devon 
 and Cornwall, asserting, Istly, that in all grants the King reserved 
 4s. a cwt. for tin made in Cornwall, and that the tinners were 
 obliged to bring all their tin to the four towns of Liskerd, Lost- 
 withiel, Truro, and Helston to be stamped ; 2ndly, that the King 
 could take the whole tin made, at the market price, which was 
 settled by a convocation of tinners, " who are a parliament "; 
 Srdly, that this taking the tin is called pre-emption, because the 
 King had the privilege to buy it before all others, the contract 
 being made by the Lord Warden, and by the convocation of 24 
 tinners, and every law made by them, as much obliged every tinner 
 as an act of the three estates of Parliament did every individual 
 member of the kingdom. It then traces the history of this pre- 
 emption from the i-eign of Queen Elizabeth, and shows the reasons 
 the late farmers did not gain by their contract, and the reasons 
 why the pre-emption of tin at Hi. 10s. per cwt. might be manao-ed 
 to better advantage. It further lays down directions, by the 
 observance of which the controller might prevent embezzlement 
 of tin ; and then gives reasons why, in the contract now to be made 
 the tinners could not, as formerly, receive their money at Truro 
 on certain days, after all the tin of the county was coined, except 
 it were agi-eed upon at the convocation. 
 
 Undated, but probably in March or April 1688, as there was a 
 
TREASUEY PAPERS. 27 
 
 1687-8. ^o^- ^^■ 
 
 proposal to take all the tin to be raised in Cornwall and Devon at 
 SI. 10s. per cwt., dated 30 April 1688. 
 
 2 pages and 2 lines. 
 1688. 
 
 April 24. 45. Letter of Jolin Shales, Esq., addressed to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, stating that he had informed the gentlemen who had 
 proposed to give two-thirds of the clear profits for the management 
 of the King's pre-emption of tin, that their Lordships were inclined 
 to take 10,000^. per annuin for the said two-thirds, which proposal 
 some of them readily embraced, but when Sir Henry Hobart re- 
 turned to town and advised with them they were discouraged, and 
 were inclined to adhere to their first proposition, giving summarily 
 their reasons. Dated 24 April 1688. 
 
 Accompanied by : — (1.) " The proposall of Mr. Shales & al. for ye 
 prseemption of tyn," under eight divisions. Signed by Sir H. Hobart 
 and six others. 
 
 (2.) A copy of the same, to which are subjoined four considerations 
 by the said John Shales. Dated, 28 February 1687-8. 
 
 (3.) " A computation of the Kings two-thirds of the prseemption 
 of tynii." 
 
 (4.) " Methods to consume ye tinn of England beyond its form"^ 
 consumption, to y" advantage of his Ma^"^., in His customes and 
 excise," under four divisions. 
 
 (5.) Some trifling mernoranda about Sir Henry " Hubbard " and 
 others. 
 
 6 pages and 2 halves. 
 
 April 30. 46. A paper addressed to the Lords of the Treasury, signed by the 
 Earl of Bath, stating, byway of introduction, that he had conceived, 
 that by their Lordships' order of 10 Feb. last, the King had laid aside 
 his resolutions to a partnership with the merchants of London in the 
 pre-emption and coinage duty of tin ; that before he took his journey 
 into the west, he released the merchants by him procured for part- 
 nership, that they miglit attend their Lordships, with their proposals 
 for the said farm, if willing to engage in it alone ; but the said Earl 
 had received fresh advice from those merchants, which occasioned the 
 letter written by him from Plymouth ; that the expectation of the 
 country seemed much raised by the King's letters, communicated to 
 the convocation or parliament of tinners ; but what merchants were 
 likely to undertake that farm theii' Lordships best knew ; nevertheless 
 as their Lordships had encouraged the said Earl to renew his endea- 
 vours, and as they were free to receive any new proposals for farm- 
 ing the said pre-emption and coinage duty of tin, he had discoursed 
 with persons of experience, and the accompanying proposal, dated 
 30 April 1688, was the result. 
 
 Then follows the said proposal, in five clauses. Accompanied by a 
 query in relation to the second clause, with the answer thereto. 
 
 3 pages. 
 
 [Perhaps 47. A paper docquetted : — " Tyn afi'airs." 
 
 April or Memoranda, under four heads, for inquiries to be made as to the 
 May.] quantity, value, and disposal of the tin ; perhaps with a view to 
 
28 CALENDAR OF 
 
 1688. 
 
 Vol. II. 
 
 farming it. Undated, but query April or May 1688, by comparison 
 with other papers. , 
 
 1 |3rt//e. 
 
 May 31. 48. " The further answer of the present undertakers for the Tynn 
 Farme," addressed to the Lords of the Treasury, and signed by the 
 Earl of Bath. Dated 31 May 1688. 
 ■ 1 page. 
 
 May. 49. Draft of Articles of Agreement between the Right Hon. John 
 
 Lord Belasyse and other Comrs of the Treasury, on behalf of the 
 King of the one part, and the Right Hon. John Earl of Bath, for 
 himself and partners on the other ; covenanting to take all the tin 
 raised in the Stannaries of Devon and Cornwall for 11 years, com- 
 mencing 24 June then coming, at 3?. 10s. per cent., and to pay for a 
 fai-m of the sole pre-emption of tin and the duty commonly called 
 the coinage duty, during the same period, 4s,, " for every hundred of 
 tin." Dated [ ] May 1688. 
 One side of a large sheet. 
 
 June 2. 50. A paper .signed by the Earl of Bath, addressed to the Lords 
 
 of the Treasury, expressing the willingness of the undertakers for 
 the tin farm to agree to the terms of a paper dated 81 May, con- 
 cerning the limitation of the tin coins, and further stating that they 
 had empowered the said Earl to sign the contract in relation to the 
 said tin farm. Dated 2 June 1688. 
 
 Accompanied by the paper referred to. 
 1\ pages. 
 
 June 26. 51. Memorial of the farmers of His Majesty's pre-emption and 
 coinage dutj' of tin ; praying that all the engines, presses, tools, and 
 utensils belonging to the King in Skinners' Hall, which were made 
 use of for the late tin farthings, might be delivered by inventory to 
 Mr. Richard Holt of London, merchant, one of the farmers, or to 
 Mr. Eliah Palmer, for the use of the said farmers ; and that 
 they might have the use of Skinners' Hall till 8 August then next 
 coming, when the rent paid by His Majesty would expire ; in order 
 that they might prepare their patterns of pence, half-pence, and 
 farthings for the King's approbation ; and that they might consider 
 whether it would be fitting to continue the Stannary mint there or 
 remove it. Signed " Bathe." Dated 26 June ] 688. 
 1 page. 
 
 [About 52. Petition of William Allwood and divers others, on behalf of 
 
 June.] themselves and many others having estates near the Thames, in the 
 parishes of Bermondsey and Eedriffe, in the county of Surrey, to 
 the number of 100 persons and more ; addressed to the Lords of the 
 Treasury ; praying them to stop any new grant to the Earl of 
 Terrington, or any others, and all proceedings in respect to a patent 
 CTanted to Isaac Marryot, to their detriment. 
 
 Also copies of Marryot's petition, which was referred by the Lords 
 of the Treasury to the Attorney-General, and his report thereon, 
 
TREASURY PAPERS. 29 
 
 1688. Vol. II. 
 
 dated 21 June 1688, together with the copy of a " cessat processus" 
 against Isaac Marryott's proceedings. 
 4 sheets. 
 
 July 12. 53. "An inventory of the presses, engines, tooles, goods, & other 
 utensills, belonging to His Majt'e att Skinners Hall, taken this 
 1 2th of July 1 688, and delivered to Mi". Richart Holt, nich', pur- 
 suant to the R* Hon^ie the Lords of the Treasury's order," dated the 
 3rd July 1688. 
 
 With an acknowledgment of the receipt of the same by the said 
 Ricliard Holt. 
 
 It is docqueited : — " October 15* 1689," so that it seems to be a 
 copy. 
 
 2 long pages. 
 
 July 17. 5 4. Royal Warrant to John Lord Belasyse and the rest of the 
 Comr^ of the Treasury, ordering them to issue their warrant for the 
 cutting of certain woods in the forest of Dean, in the co. of Gloucester, 
 to the value of 800^. per annum, without prejudice to the forest, &c. 
 Dated 17 July 1688. 
 
 Also " an account of such wood and underwoods within His Ma^^'^ 
 forrest of Deane as may, without any prejudice to the said forrest, 
 be eutt downe in the places hereunder menconed, and which will never 
 be tymber or of greater value than now it is." 
 ^2 pages. 
 
 Aug. SO. 55. Report of three officers of the Mint to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, on the nature of the office of controller of the tin farm : 
 giving an exact account of what the controller's duties would be ; for 
 the discharge of which he would require at least two deputies or 
 clerks, with the constant cai-e and diligence of the controller himself ; 
 and stating their opinion, that he would deserve a salary of 500Z. or 
 600/. a year. Dated Mint, 30 August 1688. 
 
 1 page. 
 
 Sept. 15. 56. Petition of Anthony Eyre, Esq., addressed to the King, show- 
 ing that the manor of Minsliall- Vernon, in Cheshire, had been conveyed 
 in 1663 by the King [when Duke of York] and certain trustees, to 
 Col. Anthony Eyre, the petitioner's father ; but that the conveyance 
 being in the hands of Serjeant Bigland, in his chambers at Grays Inn, 
 was burnt, praying a grant or confirmation of the same grant, as he 
 was about granting long leases of the said estate. 
 
 On Sept. 8, 1688, the King referred the petition to the Lords of 
 the Treasury. This reference is signed by " Sunderland." On 
 13 Sept. they referred it to Mr. Attorney-General, who subjoined 
 his report thereon. Dated 15 Sept. 1688, advising the confirmation 
 of the same. 
 
 2 pages. 
 
 Oct. 5. 57. Reply, signed by four persons on behalf of themselves and 
 
 company of contractors for the pre-emption of tin, addressed to the 
 Lords of the Treasury, in answer to a letter from the said Lords, 
 desiring the payment of the remainder of the 8,000L ; stating that they 
 
30 CALENDAR OF 
 
 1688. 
 
 Vol. II. 
 
 were reaJy to pay the same as soon as they could have their patent 
 passed, according to the contract ; but immediately after the contract 
 was made the Prince of Wales was born, upon which event their 
 Lordships concurred with the Earl of Bath, that they had need of 
 good counsel, and ever since had been the long vacation, and the 
 said Earl was gone to the " convocation " in the west, and they dare 
 not proceed to any conclusion till his Lordship's return ; they had in 
 the meantime performed their parts to the tinners, and paid them 
 SI. 10s. per cent, for all their tin, and lent them money gratis, and 
 though the difficulties of the times were such that they could not sell 
 any of their farmed tin, yet they had made full provision to pay for 
 all the tin. Dated 5 Oct. 1688. 
 1 2^(^9&- 
 
 Oct, 23. 58. Letter of the Earl of Bath addressed to Lord Godolphin, 
 stating that in his last he had given an account of the proceedings 
 of the convocation or parliament of tinners at Lostwithiel, which 
 had adjourned to Saltash. He had made his Lordship's compliment 
 to his countrymen, the gentlemen of the said Cornish parliament, 
 who returned thanks for his Lordship's favour. On Thursday the 
 11th inst. the convocation met at Saltash, when he thought there 
 would be nothing to do but sign the laws and ratify the agreement 
 for the farm ; but instead, he found the influence of the times had 
 so wrought on their tempers that some were grown peevish and 
 suspicious, and started new jealousies and difficulties, which engaged 
 them in disputes till Saturday afternoon, when he was forced to 
 acquaint them that the King's service called him to Plymouth, and 
 the next day being the King's birthday, he invited several of them 
 over with him, and the convocation was adjourned to Monday, at 
 which time he hoped they would have been better qualified, but found 
 still the same heats ; but at last the agreement (of which the enclosed 
 was a copy) was sealed. He then went to Tavistock to the Devon- 
 shire parliament of tinners ; their interest in tin was small in 
 comparison with Cornwall, but their concern for their privileges as 
 great as the others, but the matter was finally brought to a conclu- 
 sion, as his Lordship would find by the enclosed copy. The reason 
 the contractors had not paid the 8,000^. he conceived was, the 
 general disturbance of affkirs, and because their patent was not 
 passed. He hoped there would be no further delay, unless the 
 present storm that hung over them were a disturbance to their 
 measures. He need not remind his Lordship of his pains, trouble 
 and expense, but hoped his petition would be attended to. He 
 had lent his name to encourage responsible men and "under- 
 takers," but hoped he might be excused from involving his fortune, 
 and that his name might be left out of the patent. His Majesty's 
 proclamation and Order in Council reached Cornwall last night, and 
 would give great satisfaction and assurance of His Majesty's 
 gracious resolutions throughout England ; but the corporations in 
 Cornwall (making up a great part of the exceptions in the procla- 
 niation) would not equally enjoy the royal favours. His Majesty 
 had commanded him by that post to take care of the city of Exeter, 
 
TREASURY PAPERS. 31 
 
 1688. 
 
 Vol. II. 
 
 and to raise some part of the militia to secure the peace of it 
 under such officers as he could put no confidence in. Exeter was a 
 place of vast importance, therefore he craved His Majesty's more 
 particular directions. The Mayor, who was major of the militia of 
 Exeter, was a person in whom he had no confidence, as he had often 
 faithfully acquainted the King ; the rest of the officers had tendered 
 him their commissions, and desired to be excused from serving under 
 him (the Mayor), so that his Lordship might easily judge what was 
 to be expected from such a commander in case of necessity. He 
 had not thought fit to remove him, but would be glad of His 
 Majesty's pleasure therein by the next post. Without putting the 
 militia of that city into better hands it was impossible (unless the 
 King sent some of his standing forces) to preserve that important 
 place long in peace, or defend it against an enemy. Dated Plymouth, 
 23 Oct. 1688. 
 
 Accompanied by the two agreements referred to. 
 
 10^ pages. 
 Dec. 8, .59. Declaration of John Smith, gent., Receiver General of the 
 
 Revenues of the King in the counties of Norfolk and Huntingdon, 
 finished at Michaelmas 1681. Declared 8 Dec. 1688. 
 
 1 page (brief size). 
 
 VOL. III. December 1688— May 1689. 
 
 1688. 
 
 Dec. 27. 1. Memorandum showing that there was 16,000Z. due from the 
 
 farmers of the pre-emption and coinage duty of tin, and though 
 they might deserve some allowances on account of the difficulty of 
 the times, yet they should pay the duty for three coinages. Dated 
 27 Dec. 1688. 
 
 Minuted : — " Mr. Godolphin to certifj'' what the farmers have 
 received on the 3 coynages, & how much of it they have paid." 
 
 1 'page {quarto). 
 
 Dec. 27. 2. "An accompt of money remaining due to discharge the expence 
 of His Mats household and stables, payable out of the Cofferers 
 office, for the quarter ended at Michaelmas 1 688," &c. Dated 
 27 Dec. 1688. 
 1 page. 
 
 Dec. 31. 3. Money owing at the Victiialling Office for victualling His 
 Majesty's Navy before the 31st December 1 688. 
 
 5 pages. 
 
 1686 and 4. Two fragmentary papers relating to orders made for the 
 1688. management of the receipt of the Exchequer. They are dated 
 11 Oct. 1686 and 28 Oct. 1688 ; but they are copies made much 
 later. 
 
 6 pages. 
 
32 CALENDAR OF 
 
 1688. ^01" I"- 
 
 [? About 5. Petition of the Lord Mountjoy and Col. George Villlers, ad- 
 
 1688.] dressed to the King, praying that certain payments called ofF-reckon- 
 
 ings might be made to them, they being liable to the just demands 
 
 of the officers and soldiers lately under their command ; and also 
 
 for the contracts made with the clotliicrs of their regiments. 
 
 Undated. — A Lord Mountjoy went from Ireland to Paris Jan. 
 1688-9, where he was committed to the Bastile. See Thomas' 
 Historical Notes, p. 827. 
 1 page. 
 
 [? 1G88.] 6. Various charges and expenses in passing the accounts of the 
 Comf^ of the revenue of Excise, allowed in the account ended 
 Midsummer 1688. 
 3 pages. 
 
 [1688.] 7. Other similar charges. 
 
 9 pages. 
 1688-9. 
 Jan. 10. 8. " The case of George, Earl of Northampton." 
 
 He seeks to obtain an arrear of 3,300Z. due to his father at his 
 death (at Christmas 1681), for his fee and salary as Constable of the 
 Tower. Dated on the dorse 10 Jan. 1688. 
 
 It is not addressed, but on the dorse is tliis memorandum : — 
 
 " Referred to Sir Robert Howard to certify what is due." 
 
 1 page {quarto). 
 
 Jan. 23. 9. Report of the Com^'s of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury 
 on the petition of Peter Davall, concerning the seizure of certain 
 hats alleged to belong to a French Protestant (the petitioner's 
 brother), who was anxious to escape from France, stating that there 
 was nothing but the allegation of the petitioner to show that they 
 did belong to a French Protestant, and that by the manner of their 
 conveyance they did not tliink there was any ignorance of their 
 importation. Dated 23 Jan. 1688. 
 
 Minuted : — " Refused." 
 
 Accompanied by the petition, a memorial from the officers who 
 seized the same, and a paper giving some account of the manner in 
 which the said hats arrived here. 
 
 3 J pages. 
 
 WILLIAM AND MARY. 
 
 Feb. 21. 10. Copy of indenture made between the Duchess of Cleveland 
 
 and William Young, of St. Andrew's, Holborn, Esq., of the first part, 
 Charles Dartiquenave and John Trussell of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields 
 gentlemen, of the second part, and George, Earl and Duke of 
 Northumberland, natural son of the late King Charles the Second of 
 the third part, witnessing the sale by the said William Young unto 
 the said Charles Dartiquenave and John Trussell, of the office of 
 keeper of the middle or north park, the office of palliator or paler 
 of the same, and of mower of the brakes of the park of Hampton 
 
TREASURY PAPERS. 
 
 33 
 
 1688-9. 
 
 Marcli 3. 
 
 Vol. III. 
 
 Court, with the fees, &c. ; the office of keeper of Bushy Park, or the 
 South Park of Hampton Court, and the fees, &c. ; also the mansion 
 of the lionour of Hampton Court, together witli other edifices ; tlie 
 office of Feodary of the honour of Plampton Court ; the office of 
 Ranger, Chief Master, and Governor of tlie said parks ; the office of 
 bailiff and collector of rents, &c., of the manors of Teddington, 
 East Moulsey, and Imber; the office of keeper of the new^ park of 
 Hampton Court and paler of the same, together with the wages and 
 fees for the same ; the office of steward of houses and manors in 
 the chace of Hampton Court, viz., Byfleet, Richmond, Ashtead, and 
 RedriiTe ; the office of lieutenant and keeper of the chace of 
 Hampton Court ; the office of bailiff and collector of rents of the 
 manors of Oatland and Walton Leigh, and of farms, &zc., in Way- 
 bridge, Walton, Esher, Chertsey, and Chobham ; the office of bailiff 
 of houses and manors of Byfleet and Ashtead ; the "office of baili- 
 wick" of Surrey called Bagshot bailiwick in the forest of Windsor ; 
 the office of steward of the manor of Worplesdon, and the office of 
 steward of the manors cf Chertsej', Plardwiek, Egham and Thorpe, 
 during the life of the said Duchess. Dated 21 Feb. 1G88. 
 9 pages {brief size). 
 
 11. An account of what remained due to the Lord Lansdowne, 
 as Envoy in Spain, for services ending 3 March 1G88-9 ; in all 
 5,723Z. 19s. 8d. 
 
 1 jja(/e. 
 
 March 11. 12. Presentment by the Com''^ of Customs to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, laj'ing before them a letter of John Bolitho, their officer, 
 upon the islands of Scilly, being a complaint against Lieut. Kaworth, 
 the Commander-in-Chief of the said islands, for obstructing him in 
 his duty, and for forbidding the payment of customs in the said 
 island and seizing the money arising by the customs. Dated 
 11 March 1688-9. 
 
 Minuted: — " The Lieut, gone and nothing to be donn." 
 
 Accompanied by the said letter. 
 
 1 pa/ye and 2 half pages. 
 
 March 12. 13. Proposal addressed to the Lords of the Treasury by C. Godol- 
 phin, that as the farmers of the pre-emption and coinage duty of 
 tin had departed from their contract, the terms of which were to 
 take all the tin at 2>l. 1 Os. per cwt., they should be called on to pay 
 the 8,000?. for a half-year's rent, as it would be a public dis-service 
 that the fabric of tin coins should be longer discontinued, or the 
 presses and tools remain in their custody. Dated 12 March 1C88. 
 1 page (quarto). 
 
 [About 
 March 19.] 14. Petition of John Barber, embroiderer, addressed to the Lords 
 of the Treasury, stating that 47C?. 17s. lOd. were due to him for 
 work done by him for the Royal Chapel at Whitehall and else- 
 
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34 
 
 CALENDAR OF 
 
 1688-9. 
 
 March 21, 
 
 1689. 
 March 30. 
 
 April 6. 
 
 Vol. III. 
 
 where, bespoken by King James II., and never used but by him 
 and his consort, praying that it might be paid. 
 
 Accompanied by a certiiicate from officers of the Great Wardrobe. 
 Dated March 19, "1088-9. 
 
 [See another copy under 11 April 1692, which has a minute on it 
 that " notliing can be done."] 
 
 2 ]pages. 
 
 15. Presentment of the Com^s of Customs to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, laying before their Lordships, — 
 
 (1.) The petition of Mr, Charles Orchard, customer and collector 
 at the port of Exeter, with copies of affidavits and receipts annexed 
 for moneys paid to persons therein named for His Majesty's use, 
 amounting to 2,091Z. 6s. 
 
 (2.) A memorial from Capt. Warren, customer and collector of 
 the port of Plymouth, with copy of a receipt for 500?. by him paid 
 to Anthony Row, Esq., for His Majesty's use. 
 
 (3.) Copy of a paper from Mr. John Kent, collector of the port 
 of Pemyn, touching 201?. Os. 3c?., taken from him by Sir Peter 
 Killigrevv, who came with an armed force to his house after 
 10 o'clock at night, Sir Peter saying that the King was his tenant, 
 and Pendennis Castle wanted repairing, and with the money he 
 would repair it ; and further touching the collector's arrest and con- 
 finement at the castle. 
 
 (4).) Receipt for 15?. paid by Mr. Charle.s Sherman, collector of 
 the port of Faversham, for the u,se of His late Majesty. 
 
 And praying their Lordships' directions. Dated 21 March 1688. 
 
 Minuted : — " Acq* his Ma^ie of these summes & know his pleasure, 
 if the persons shall be required to account." [Again] " Must all 
 account forthwith." 
 
 8 2}uges and 4 half -pages. 
 
 16. Presentment of the Comi^^ of Customs to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, stating that they were daily receiving advice of ships, by 
 art and violence, getting out of port and going to France, without 
 giving security, according to the King's late order not to go to 
 France, and that there was a great number of English shipping then 
 at Bourdeaux, and laying before then- Lordships their latest advices. 
 Dated 30 March J 689. 
 
 Minuted : — " Sent to Mr. Attorney for his opinion." 
 
 In the Minute Book, Vol. I. p. 22," under 15 May 1089, is, "The 
 
 Com^s of Customs to send to Mr. Atturney a copy of one of the 
 
 bonds taken for shipps not to goe for France." 
 Accompanied by copies of three letters of advice. 
 
 3 half-pages. 
 
 17. Report of the Coma's of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 on the petition of John Earle, praying for a renewal of the o-j-ant of 
 the office of registrar of seizures, to which office he had succeeded in 
 place of William Culliford, Esq., certifying that he had executed the 
 
TREASURY PAPERS. 36 
 
 1689. ^«^- ™- 
 
 office well, and that they had nothing to object against the renewing 
 of his grant. Dated 6 April 1689. 
 
 Accompanied by two petitions of the said John Earle. 
 
 3 pages. 
 
 April 15, 18. Letter of Mr. John Sansom on behalf of the Coma's of Customs, 
 addressed to Mr. Jephson, on the petition of Capt. Hercules Davies, 
 touching 30 hogsheads of claret wine, imported at Chester from 
 Ireland, where the duties had been paid ; praying on account of 
 the loss of their estate in Ireland, by the Popish army, that they 
 might be discharged from the duty payable in England, submitting 
 the matter to the Lords of the Treasury. Dated 15 April 1689. 
 
 Accompanied by two petitions of the said Davies, and a letter of 
 Mr. Dickinson in his favour. 
 Minuted : — " Orderd." 
 
 4 pages. 
 
 April 20. 19. Letter signed "Benj. Dewy," addressed to the Comics of Cus- 
 toms, stating that there had been a strange discovery, for Mr. Cham- 
 berlain, the deputy comptroller, had brought with him three of the 
 chief of the Irishmen who were in the Isle of Wight, whom he 
 engaged to convey to France. He had 14! guineas in hand to pay 
 to the man who was to cany them over ; the man and his servant 
 were in gaol and Mr. Chamberlaine in custody, and Mr. Crudge, the 
 deputy King's searcher, who (with others of high rank). was privy 
 to it. Dated at Pool, 20 April 1689. 
 I page. 
 
 [About 20. Petition of James Marshall, of Wisbech in the isle of Ely, 
 
 April 23.] and co. of Cambridge, gent., setting forth that he had always 
 opposed the Popish and arbitrary designs of the kingdom's enemies, 
 and especially by voting for such men to serve in Parliament as 
 were friends to the Protestant religion and the rights and liberties 
 of the people ; for which he had been many years harassed from 
 place to place, &c., and that he appeared in arms on the King's 
 arrival. Praying to be appointed as customer or controller for 
 Lynn Regis. Without date, but referred, 23 April 1689, to the 
 Comics of Customs, with certificate at the foot in his favour. 
 
 Minuted : — " Mr. Thorowgood to have it." 
 
 1 page. 
 
 April 24. 21. Letter of Mr. John Sansom to William Jephson, Esq., Secretary 
 to the Lords of the Treasury, sending (1) the answer the Comra of 
 Customs had received concerning a vessel called the " Speedwell" of 
 Brighton, from Flanders and London, bound to Dublin, and then in 
 the port of Weymouth ; which answer contains an account of the 
 lading of the vessel, and states that the writer, Joseph Watson, had 
 " strictly rummaged " the cargo. 
 
 (2.) Copy of a letter received from some of the principal officers 
 of the Ordnance, concerning some arms to be transported from 
 Harwich to London, which were stopped by an embargo. 
 
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 1689. ^'«^- ™- 
 
 (3.) Extract of a letter from one of the officers at Pool, concerning 
 some endeavours used by an officer of that port to contrive an escape 
 of some of the chief of the Irishmen that were in the Isle of Wight. 
 [The two last are not now with the letter.] 
 Dated 24 April 1689. 
 2 1 pages. 
 
 [About 22. Petition of William Fanshawe, addressed to the King, show- 
 
 April 27.] ing that the petitioner having married the late Duke of Monmouth's 
 sister, had right to 1,000^. pel' ann. in Ireland, and a pension 
 of 800/. a year in England ; that the petitioner having prevailed 
 with his wife to quit the Romish religion, lost the said pension, and 
 was turned out of the office of Master of Requests and Coni'^ of the 
 Alienation Office, which he purchased ; that some time after King 
 Charles the Second, commiserating his condition, granted him 400/. 
 p>e7' ann., which was paid till the said King's deatli, since which he 
 had not received any ; and had lately recovered 300/. a year in 
 Ireland and judgment for 700/., which is at present lost by the 
 revolutions there ; the petitioner's wife was then in child-bed, 
 and they and their five children threatened to be turned out of 
 doors for not paying their rent. Praying the King to continue pay- 
 ment of the said 400/. a year, and to order him some money for his 
 present relief Referred 27 April 1689. 
 
 Minuted : — " 100 li for Mr. Needham. 
 50 li for Mr. Fanshaw." 
 
 The following is in the Minute Boole, Yol. I. p. 96, undei 
 27 August 1689 :— " Mr. Fanshaw to have 50/. out of secrett 
 service." 
 1 page. 
 
 April 29. 23. A report by the Coma's of the Customs, in favour of John Upton 
 of London, merchant, being allowed to import certain " bays " from 
 Ireland to London, until there was an opportunity to send them to 
 Cadiz, he being a Protestant, and in jeopardy of losing them if left 
 in Ireland. Dated 29 April 1689. 
 
 Minuted :—" Order'd." 
 
 1 page. 
 
 April 29. 24. An estreat from the records in charge of the Remembrancer 
 of First Fruits and Tenths, of the annual value of all ecclesiastical 
 benefices, viz., of the annual value in spiritualities and temporalities 
 in the diocese of Exeter. " Ex"" xxix" Apr. 1689." 
 A piece of parchment. 
 
 April 29. 25. Report of the Com™ of Customs to the Lords of the Trea- 
 sury, on the petition of Giles Lytcott, Esq., Comptroller-General of 
 the accounts of customs, &c., praying the King by letters patent to 
 continue him in his employment, signifying to tl^eir Lordships that 
 the petitioner was admitted to the said office in the year 1671 
 when King Charles the Second took the customs into his own hands 
 under the management of Com^, since which he had performed that 
 
TREASURY PAPERS. 37 
 
 ]G89. 
 
 Vol. III. 
 
 service with great skill, iudustiy, and circumspection, and recom- 
 mending him to be continued therein. Dated 29 April 1689. 
 
 Minuted : — "Graunted during pleasure." 
 
 Accompanied by two copies of his petition and two certificates. 
 
 6 pages. 
 
 April 29. 2C. Report of the Comrs of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury 
 ou the petition of Sir John JVlagill, Baronet, and James Hamil- 
 ton, Esq., on behalf of themselves and others, touching their plate, 
 household goods, and other necessaries which they lately brought 
 with them from Ireland, from whence thej' were forced to fly for 
 their lives into England, their said goods being detained at White- 
 haven ; recommending that these and similar goods should be passed 
 custom free. Dated 29April 1689. 
 
 Minuted : — " Order'd in this particular case, but will not give a 
 generall direction in all such cases." 
 
 Accompanied by the petition. 
 
 2 pages. 
 
 April 80. 27. Letter signed " Dallonne," addressed to Mr. Jephson, Secretary 
 of the Treasury, praying him to provide Mons. Overquerque with a 
 warrant for his goods, which were hourly expected with his lady 
 and family from Holland. Dated 30 April 1689. 
 1 page {quarto). 
 
 April 30. 28. Report of the Coma's of Customs to the Lords of the Trea- 
 sury, on the petition of John Earle, who by letters patent of 1 Oct. 
 1685, was constituted " Register of Seizures " upon the surrender of 
 William Culliford, Esq., late one of the Comics of Customs, signifying 
 that they could not find cause to discontinue him, and therefore had 
 nothing to object to the renewing of his grant. Dated 30 April 
 1689. 
 
 [See another report on the same matter, on 6 April 1689.] 
 
 Minuted :— " Speak with Coma's Customs on Wednesday. Answer, 
 they exarnin'd the matter, and found no reason to discontinue him 
 in his employment, being an able and honest man, and has taken 
 the Sacrament and test." 
 
 Lower dotvn : — " Granted." 
 
 1 page. 
 
 May 3. 29. Report of the Com^s of Customs to the Lords of the Trea- 
 
 sury on the petition of Humphry Fitzherbert, Esq., setting forth 
 that the petitioner being a captain of a foot company, in the 
 garrison of Hull, was very instrumental in securing that garrison, 
 &c., praying to be admitted customer outward for the port of 
 Bristol, for which office he had a patent after the death, forfeiture, 
 surrender, or determination of his father, who occupied the same 
 nearly 30 years, reporting that the office in law, was solely invested 
 in him, as Fownes Fitzherbert, the other patentee, was dead, and 
 that they had nothing to object to his being admitted. Dated 3 May 
 1689. 
 
38 
 
 CALENDAR OF 
 
 1080. 
 
 May 3. 
 
 [About 
 May 3.] 
 
 [About 
 6 May.] 
 
 [About 
 7 May.] 
 
 Vol. hi. 
 
 Accompanied by a report of the Comics of Customs in the same 
 terms, dated 4 April 1689, the said petition, the opinion of the 
 law officers on the subject, and a certificate that Fownes Fitzherbert, 
 the son of John Fitzherbert, Esq., of Luckington, in the county of 
 Wilts, being agent for the African Company in Guinea, was 
 barbarously murdered by the blacks in the year of our Lord 1682. 
 
 Minuted : — ■" Graunted." 
 
 3 pages and 3 half-pages. 
 
 30. " List of goods'belonging to the Seigniours de L'Estang and 
 Meloniore, brought from Holland." 
 
 The former is described as " Cap. Lieutenant des Guardes du 
 Corps de S. M. Brittannique," and the latter as "Colonnel d'ln- 
 fanteri Francoise." Dated 3 May 1689. 
 
 7-^ pages. 
 
 31. Petition of Thomas Smeaton, addressed to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, showing that he had been messenger at the Treasury 
 Chambers from the Restoration till Lady Day 1687, but from age 
 and dimness of sight had retired, whereupon he was allowed 
 20^. per ann., which had been stopped at Michaelmas last, pray- 
 ing for the payment of the two quarters in arrear and for the con- 
 tinuance of the allowance. 
 
 Minuted:— " Ma.y 3, 1689. 151. due at Midsumer 1689, for 
 3 quarters. To be payd out of secrett service. S" Julij 1689°, p^." 
 1 page (quarto). 
 
 32. Petition of Thomas Marshall to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 stating that he was a Protestant, and opposed the Popish interest, 
 and was imprisoned and almost ruined, notwithstanding which he 
 was employed in Holland by persons of great quality for the King's 
 service, and came over in the fleet with him, and marched up to 
 London in his army, under the command of the " now Marquis of 
 Winchester ;" praying for a King's waitership in the custom-house of 
 London, " His Ma*y having been graciously pleas'd to grant the 
 same at the request of the said Marquis." 
 
 With a brief certificate of the truth of the petition signed 
 " Winchester." 
 
 Without date, but referred, 6 May 1689, to the Com^ of Customs. 
 1 page. 
 
 33. Petition of William Culliford, Esq., late one of the Com^s 
 of Customs, showing that he and all his family were always 
 Protestants, that he had been employed 25 years in the Customs 
 and took the oaths and test ; that in 1684 King Charles the 
 Second appointed him a Com' for managing the revenue in Ireland 
 whither, being about to go, he was shot by one George Cruffe a 
 curned-out officer of Customs, whom the petitioner had refused to 
 take into Ireland, and the buUets remained in his body ; that after 
 he had recovered from his wounds he went to Ireland and dis- 
 charged his duties with unwearied diligence ; and notwithstanding 
 the Lord Tyrconnel's private directions to some of the Corn's 
 
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 in favour of Papists he openly opposed the removal of the Pro- 
 testant officers ; that about 1 5 months before, whether by the 
 means of the Lord Tyrconnel, or to make way for a Papist, he 
 was removed from Ireland into the commission in England, but 
 was then left out of that commission ; praying to be made Sur- 
 veyor-General of the Customs, and if that office be not revived, 
 then to be established one of the surveyors of the port of London, 
 with an additional salary of 600^. ^jcr ann., imtil a vacancy should 
 happen in the commission of the Customs, when he hoped to be 
 reinstated. 
 
 Eeferred to the Com^s of Customs, 7 May 1689. 
 
 Minuted : — " If the office of Surveyer Genril be reviv'd to have 
 it, if not to be putt into the first thing in the Cus, that the Board 
 shall think him fitt for." 
 
 1 page. 
 
 7 May. 34. Letter signed John Sansom, addressed to William Jephson, 
 
 Esq., Secretary to the Lords of the Treasury, desiring he would lay 
 the enclosed oath received fi'om the collector of the port of Penzance, 
 touching the saihng of the French iieet from Brest, before their 
 Lordships ; and further desiring to know, if the Com^^^ of Customs 
 should transmit the proclamation, prohibiting the importation of 
 all sorts of manufactures and commodities of the growth, &c., of 
 France, to the officers of the several ports ; and asking him to 
 signify " by a line," at what time His Majesty would be at the 
 Treasury chambers. Dated 7 May 1689. 
 
 The affidavit was made by Mark Wheeler, master of the ship 
 " Happy Return," of Southampton, and was to the effect that he 
 came out of Camerit, in France, the 28th of April last, where he, 
 with aU the English that were there and at Brest, were detained 
 seven days, until the French fleet, consisting of 20 sail of capital 
 ships, seven fire ships, and seven victuallers and tenders should be 
 ready to sail, as all these reported and pretended for Ireland ; and, 
 further, that he was at Brest and saw the said fleet, and beUeves 
 they carried off about 1,000 Irish soldiers, and that on Friday 
 the 27th of April he saw the said fleet put to sea, the wind being 
 then at east, and supposed they sailed for Ireland. 
 
 11 pages. 
 
 8 May. 35. Report of the Com^s of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury 
 
 on the petition of John Key, praying to be relieved against the 
 forfeiture of a parcel of iron wire, stating that they were inclined 
 to beheve, that as steel wire paid the most advantageous duty to 
 the King, the land waiters passed other wire under that denomi- 
 nation, which gave encouragement to the merchants to import iron 
 wire and pass it under the denomination of steel wire, leaving it to 
 their Lordships to give relief but advising that the practice should 
 be reformed. Dated 8 May 1689. 
 
 Accompanied by the petition. 
 
 Minuted : — " Order'd." 
 
 2 'pages. 
 
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 May 8. 36. Petition of Jonathan, Lord Bishop of Exeter, to the King, 
 
 stating that he had been lately translated from Bristol to that see, 
 and found that bishopric taxed at 450?. which, with 50?. for tenths, 
 made within iOl. the Avhole revenue of that see, and that there were 
 also other charges ; praying for a privy seal to discharge him, <as in 
 like cases had often been done. Dated on the dorse, 8 May 1689. 
 Minuted : — " Graunted." 
 
 May 9. 37. Report of Sir Christopher Wren, Surveyor-General of their 
 
 Majesties works, on the petition (addressed to their Majesties) of 
 Henry Buckley, Esq., Master of the Household to their late Ma- 
 jesties King Charles and King James, for compensation for the 
 money spent in repairing the lodgings belonging to that office, 
 he having expended (as he states) 600?. and received but 166?., 
 and being no longer continued in that employment ; in favour of 
 320?. 12s. being allowed. Dated 9 May 1689. 
 
 Minuted : — " Graunted." 
 
 3 iiages. 
 
 May 10. 38. Report of the Com^s of Customs to the Lords of the Trea- 
 sury, on the petition of John Gourny, late of Dublin, merchant, 
 praying that certain wines and tobacco might be discharged from 
 the duty, he having been forced to make his flight from Ireland, 
 where he left the greatest part of his substance, advising that the 
 case deserved the same ftivourable consideration as that of Capt. 
 Hercules Davies, in which their Lordships gave relief, by an order 
 of 19 April last. Dated 10 May 1089. 
 
 Accompanied by the petition, a certificate, and a draft of a 
 warrant for the discharge of the duties. 
 
 Minuted : — " Order'd." 
 
 3i pages. 
 
 [About 39. Report of Sir Geo. Treby, Attorney-General, being his opi- 
 
 11 May.] nion as to whether the grant of an annuity' to the Countess of 
 Bristol was a good grant then, or had determined ; finding that 
 the grant was for the term of her life, and that it continued if 
 it had not been surrendered. Referred for consideration on 1 1 May 
 1689. 
 1 page. 
 
 [About 40, Petition of Robert Austen, Esq., to the Lords of the Treasury 
 
 11 May.] showing that he had opposed the designs of Popery and arbitrary 
 power, and had done what he could to promote the design of His 
 present Majesty, &c. ; praying to be made Surveyor General of the 
 out ports. Referred to Com^s of Customs 11 May 1689. 
 Also, reasons for revival of that office. 
 3 pages. 
 
 May 13. 
 
 41. Report of the Comfs of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury 
 on the petition of the East India Company, touching the ship 
 " Herbert," on wiiich there was an embargo, from which they praved 
 
TREASURY PAPERS. 41 
 
 1689. 
 
 Vol. III. 
 
 relief, as well as protection for the men, stating that they did not 
 object to relief being granted, the ship and 130 men having laid at 
 Gravesend for sis weeks at great expense. Dated 13 May 1G89. 
 
 [About 42. Petition of the Hon. Sir Vere Fane, K.B., Thos. Mun, and 
 May 15.] John Farthing, Esq™s,, addressed to the King, showing that by 
 the accounts given in to the House of Commons, by the Auditors of 
 Excise, the sum for collecting the excise for the year ending 24 June 
 1688, amounted to 89,930^. 3s. 5^cl., (as by an extract appeared), 
 which sum was more than was necessary by 33,930Z. 3s. 5^d., had 
 the Com^s rightly understood the management, &c. ; offering to defray 
 the charge of the management for 56,000?., and praying that before 
 passing the new commission for Coma's of Excise their proposal 
 might be heard, and when heard and approved that they might be 
 appointed Com^a and managers. 
 
 Accompanied by the extract mentioned. 
 
 Referred to the Com^s of Excise May 15, 1689. 
 
 Also a duplicate of the above. 
 
 2 pages. 
 
 May 17. 43. Presentment of the Comrs of Customs to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, laying before them the case of William Mountslemery, 
 master of the " Olive Branch," who, in his escape from Ireland, 
 brought 15 casks of butter to London; also the case of Richd. 
 Crockshank, master of the ship " Recovery," who had on board 
 60 barrels of butter from Ireland consigned to France, but having 
 been detained at Plymouth could not proceed thither, nor return to 
 Ireland ; moving their Lordships to admit the entry of the said 
 butter and deliver it up on payment of the duties. Dated, 17 May 
 1689. 
 Minuted :—" Graunted." 
 
 1 page. 
 
 May 17. 44. Report of the Com'''* of Customs to the Lords of the Trea- 
 sury on the petition of Tho. Langley, late searcher of the port of 
 Ipswich, praying an order for the payment of his salary from 1 683 
 to 1686; stating that they had nothing to object. Dated 17 May 
 1689. 
 
 Minuted : — " The Rec^ of the Customs to paj' it." 
 
 Accompanied by the petition. 
 
 2 pages. 
 
 [? About 45. Petition of John Chichester, brother to the Earl of Donegal, 
 May 21.] addressed to the King, showing that he had been a captain of foot 
 in Ireland many years, and had other considerable employments 
 and an estate there, of all of which he was deprived, being an 
 Englishman and a Protestant. He had continued with the regiment 
 which he had raised and maintained at his own charge until the 
 coming down of tlie Irish army, when he retired to Coleraine and 
 Londonderry ; with much difficulty he sent away his wife, who 
 was a " person of quality, and six children," resolving himself to 
 
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 continue to the last, which he did until the Governor of Londo n 
 derry refused to give him quarters, when he left, and being without 
 money for his passage was obliged to give the officer of the frigate 
 his watch and pistols ; praying that in the army His Majesty 
 designed for the reduction of Ireland he might be placed in such a 
 post as the King thought fitting his station and qualities, and in 
 the meantime for subsistence for himself and numerous family. 
 Without date, but referred to the Lords of the Treasury, May 21, 
 1689. 
 1 page. 
 
 May 21. 46. Certificate of the sums payable to the Chief Justice of 
 Chester and Flint, made at the request of John Trenchard, Esq., 
 one of their Majesty's Serjeants at the law, and then Chief Justice 
 of the several courts there. Dated 21 May 1689. 
 1|- parjes. 
 
 May 22. 47. Petition of Bridget Darcy, addressed to the King, praying 
 him to take care of her younger children, and to extend his bounty 
 to them, as he had promised in consideration of her late husband's 
 services. Dated on the dorse 22 May [16] 89. 
 
 Minuted : — " Jephson to speak with \A Lexington & know what 
 children there are." 
 
 " May 28*1'. 200'^ graunted for their present subsistence." 
 
 ] page. 
 
 May 22. 48. Letter from Lady Portland to the King, stating that her 
 indisposition hindered her from personally waiting on His Majesty, 
 to acquaint him with her miserable low state and condition ; 
 imploring him to give directions to the Lords of the Treasury, to 
 pay at least the three quarters rent due at Lady Day last. Dated 
 22 May 1689. 
 1 piage. 
 
 [About 49. Petition of John Dwyre addressed to the King, stating that 
 
 May 22.] King Charles the Second had considered his predecessors' loyalty, 
 with the loss of both their lives and fortune, and had ordered the 
 Lords of the Treasury to allow him 8s. a day, and 200Z. to pay his 
 debts ; their Lordships, however, perceiving the King wanted money, 
 bid him take 2s. a day, which had been paid him till 3 Dec. 1688 ; 
 and further that he was then ready to perish ; begging the King to 
 order his petition to the Treasury to be read, and to grant him relief. 
 
 On the dorse, " Brought by y^ King 22''h May 1689." 
 
 ■^ page [quarto). 
 
 May 22. 50. Report signed " Rob*. Atkyns, Ed. Nevill & [B.] Lechmere," 
 stating the belief that Nathaniel Booth, the after-named petitioner 
 was fit enough for the office of Surveyor of the Green Wax, as it 
 required not much learning, ability, or experience. Dated 22 May 
 [16]89. 
 
 Indorsed on the petition of the said Nathaniel Boothe, Esq., to 
 the Lords of the Treasury, showing tha;t he had been at great 
 
TREASURY PAPERS. 43 
 
 1689. . _ ^*^^-"^- 
 
 expense in raising men, horses, and arms for the King's service, 
 under the command of the Right Hon. the Lord Delamer, to 
 redeem the nation from Popery and arbitrary government, for 
 ' which he had some hopes of being made a Com"^ of Excise, but 
 that commission was full : praying to be received into the office of 
 Surveyor of Green Wax, void by the flight of Adam Colclough, Esq., 
 a Papist, then in arms with the King in Ireland. 
 
 Accompanied by three certificates as to his fitness for the office. 
 
 One of the certificates is minuted: — "Mr. Booth is to have the 
 office of Survey"^ of the Green Wax." 
 
 1 page and 3 half -pages. 
 
 May 23. 51. Report, signed ' R. Atkins, Ed. Nevill, B. Lechmere, and 
 Jo. Turton,' that the petitioner after-named was qualified for the 
 office mentioned in his petition. Dated 23 May [16]89. 
 
 It is written on the petition of Charles Chetwynd, to the Lords 
 of the Treasury, for the office of Surveyor of the Green Wax. 
 
 There is also a memorandum that it was referred to the Lord 
 Chief Baron and the rest of the Barons of the Exchequer, 4 May 
 1689. 
 
 The following entry is in the Minute Booh, Vol. I. p, 14, under 
 3 May 1689 : — "The petitioners, after the Surveyor of the Green 
 Wax, to be referred to lA C. Baron & Barons of th' Excheq''." 
 
 1 page. 
 
 [About 52. Petition to the King, of Renier Berkelbach, military agent 
 
 May 24] at the Hague, showing that he lent Capt. Saxby, formerly in tlie 
 service of tbe States General, 4,094 guilders and 12d Dutch money, 
 for the use of his company, as appears by a copy of the bond 
 annexed, and for which the Marquis of AlbyviUe became bound, 
 praying he might be paid out of the money due to the said Marquis 
 here. 
 
 Referred to the Lords of the Treasury, 24 May 1689. 
 
 Also the copy of the bond referred to. 
 
 3 pages. 
 
 May 24. 53. Presentment by the Com's of the Customs, to the Lords ot 
 the Treasury, setting forth that the Lords of the Treasury, by order 
 of 26 April last, in pursuance of an Order in Council of the 25th of 
 the same month, had directed the Com^s of Customs to secure vessels, 
 mariners, or goods of the French King's subjects, and by another 
 Order of the 29th of the same month, in pursuance of an order of 
 the Privy Council, of the 26th of the same month, had directed the 
 said Com^^B to appoint officers in the several ports, to take charge 
 of prizes and prize goods, acquainting their Lordships that some 
 prizes had come to their hands, but others had been refused to be 
 delivered into their charge, the seamen and officers being generally 
 very unwilling to part with them, and plundered out of them all 
 they could ; and a number of Frenchmen were detained under the 
 care of the officers, at a charge of Qd. a day each man, besides sick 
 and wounded ; pressing their Lordships to move His Majesty to 
 
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 Vol. III. 
 
 appoint officers to tliat special service, that so the accounts of the 
 customs might not be encumbered therewith. Dated 24 May 
 1689. 
 
 Minuted : — " His Ma^^'e yf\\\ appoint Com^s sodainly." 
 
 li pages. 
 
 May 25. 5-t. Eeport of the Comics of Customs to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, on the petition of Robert Williamson, praying that he 
 and his son might have the patent office, of one of the five under- 
 searchers in the port of London, assigned to them, then held by 
 Richard Pearse and William Cloiigh, who were willing to surrender 
 their estates in the said office ; stating that they had nothing to 
 object tliereto, as it was "but the altering of one name for another." 
 Dated 25 May 1689. Accompanied bj' the petition. 
 
 On the dorse : — " For his Mat'e." 
 
 2 pages. 
 
 May 25. 55. Letter of Phineas Bowles, by command of the Admiralty, 
 addressed to Mr. Jephson, Secretary to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 enclosing a letter of Capt. Andrew Cotton, commander of the 
 " Charlotte " yacht, attending on the island of Guernsey, to be laid 
 before the said Lords of the Treasury. Dated 25 May 1689. 
 
 The letter enclosed principally relates to custom-house matters ; 
 but it also states : — " The news that I liear is that the French fleet 
 that was at Irland, got into Brest on ye 8*^ or 9*'^ inst*, but very 
 much batter'd ; and they say all y" shipps in France is fitting out, 
 & they will have 40 saile out of y" Mediterranean ; it is likewi.se 
 said that the French has taken 5 Dutch West Indiamen, that came 
 from Cuiresoe, also a very rich Spaniard, that came from Portabello. 
 Likewise there is between 40 or 50 sail fitting out of St. Maloes, 
 from 10 guns to 40 guns, all to cruice y^ channell; but if there was 
 10 sailo of good friggetts, 3 fire ships, and 2 boom vessells, I would 
 not question but to destroy there ships k, burn there town." Dated 
 Guern,sey, 15 May 1689. 
 2 iKujes. 
 
 May 27. 56. Report of the Coral's of Customs to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, on the petition of Walter Middleton, Esq., customer 
 of the port of Milford, setting forth that he had charge of the 
 collection of the said port for eight years past, without any allow- 
 ance, except for a clerk ; praying the reimbursement of Qd. in 
 the pound, and an order for the continuance thereof, and for the 
 arrears of his patent salary for 7^ years, amounting to 114^. 7s. 6d ; 
 stating that they thought it reasonable he should be paid the same. 
 Dated 27 May 1689. 
 
 ilfinitfecZ.-— "Order'd." 
 
 Accompanied bj' the petition and three other subordinate papers. 
 
 2 pages and 3 half pages. 
 
 May 27. 57. Petition of Samuel Clarke, Esq., to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 for payment of 75?., being tlie arrears due to him on a privy seal 
 for 2>Wl.pGr ann., obtained by him from the late King, for services in 
 
TREASURY PAPERS. 45 
 
 1C89. '^'OL. III. 
 
 tbe revenue of customs ; and further praying for restoration to the 
 King's bounty. 
 
 Minuted: — "A privy seal to be graunted." 
 
 Accompanied by a copy of his last receipt, which is certified on 
 27 May J G89. 
 
 1 i pages. 
 
 May 28. 58. Report of the Conies of Excise, to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 on tlie petition of Mr. Thomas Aram, certifying that he had been 
 solicitor for the prosecution and defence of causes before the 
 judicature for the excise, and advising that he should be continued 
 therein. Dated 28 May 1689. 
 Acompanied by the petition. 
 Minuted :— " Graunted." 
 
 2 pages. 
 
 May 28. 59. Report of the Com^s of Excise to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 
 on the petition of Philip Elston and William Blackaller, praying to 
 be appointed solicitors for excise; stating that the office of solicitor 
 of excise being vacant by the desertion of Henry Guy, Mr. George 
 Parrj'' was constituted solicitor, and that thej', conceiving that he 
 was well qualified, had recommended him for continuance ; and as 
 to the other part of the petition, which desired to have the granting 
 deputations to the inferior officers of excise, the said Com'^s were 
 authorized by their commission and the laws of excise to grant 
 commissions to the inferior officers, and such commissions had 
 always been prepared by their secretary. Dated 28 May 1689. 
 Minuted : — " The place is graunted to Mr. Parry." 
 Accompanied by the petition and a certificate of divers members 
 of Parliament in favour of the petitioners. 
 2 2Mges and 2 half 'pages. 
 
 VOL. IV. 1689. June— August. 
 
 1689. 
 June 1. 1. Letter of the Duke of Norfolk to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 
 accompanied by a memorial to his Grace, signed by various gentle- 
 men, both in favour of tlie appointment of Major Brjggs as Receiver- 
 General of the poll money, towards reducing Ireland. Dated 1 June 
 1689. 
 2 pages. 
 
 About 2. Petition of Thomas, Lord Morley and Mount Eagle, " to the 
 
 June 1. Treasury ;" showing that the King had been informed by the Earl of 
 Shrewsbury of the great sufferings of the petitioner and his father, 
 for their loyalty and service to the Crown, whereby his estate was so 
 impaired that there was not sufficient to support the dignity and 
 honour of his coming up to the coronation, on which His Majesty 
 
46 
 
 CALENDAR OF 
 
 1689. 
 
 June 3. 
 
 June 3. 
 
 June G. 
 
 J une 7. 
 
 Vol. IV. 
 
 promised a pension ; praying their Lordships to remind His Majesty 
 of his promise. 
 
 Minuted : — " For His Ma^ie^ i Junii, 89, ^^ lOQli. Jephson to 
 speak with L^ Shrewsbury about it." 
 
 1 page. 
 
 3. Letter, signed by three officers of the Ordnance Office, to the 
 Com™ of Customs, desiring that 150 chaldrons of coals might be 
 shipped for Ireland without the usual duties, except cocket money. 
 Dated 3 June 16 89. 
 
 The following is in the Minute Booh, Vol. I. p. 37, for the above 
 day : — " To speak with the Board of the Ordnance when they come, 
 upon a letter dated 3'^ Ins*, relateing to the shipping of coales for 
 the service of Ireland." 
 
 1 page. 
 
 4. Letter of William Streete, Mayor of Chester, addressed to the 
 Earl of Shrewsbury, principal Secretary of State, enclosing the 
 several particulars relating to the prisoners in Chester Castle, and 
 an account of the charge of transporting the Dutch soldiers for 
 Scotland, together with a letter of attorney to Mr. George Main- 
 waring, M.P., to receive and give discharge for monies disbursed, 
 amounting to 207?. 15s. 5cl. Dated 3 June 1689. 
 
 Accompanied by the said documents, two of which are thus 
 headed : — " May 25, 1689. The names of the prisn^s in the castle of 
 Chester, and what is to bee allowed them, from the time they ware 
 comitted till the 27*^ of May 1 689, at 64 every man a day. These 
 ware comitted the 9* of May 1689." 
 
 " Paid by ord"^ of M"^ Major for y« subsistance of y^ dragosns, over 
 and above what there horses were sold for is as followeth, there 
 allowance being %^ a day." 
 
 7 'pages. 
 
 5. A copy of a memorandum of what took place at Whitehall 
 Treasury Chamber, on August 5, 1687, when Lord Godolphin and 
 others were present to enquire into the conduct of Mr. Dickins, the 
 woodward of the New Forest ; of whom it had been reported to the 
 King that he was against an address proposed to the King, for which, 
 if true, he would be removed from his place. Certified as a true 
 copy, 6 June 1689. 
 
 Also an affidavit as to the cause of the said Major Francis Dickens 
 being turned out of that office. Sworn 7 May, 1 Will. & Mary. 
 2 pages. 
 
 6. Presentment of the Com^s of Customs to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, laying before them, (1) The case of George Fletcher and 
 Thomas Hodgson, merchants of the port of Whitehaven, who had 
 imported 460 hogsheads of tobacco, the duties on which were very 
 considerable ; praying their directions as to granting them liberty to 
 pay the moiety then, and to give bond to pay the rest in six months 
 or to be allowed to warehouse the goods and pay the duty as they 
 were sold. 
 
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 1689. ■ V-- 1^- 
 
 Minuted : — " Order'd, ' the Comra takeing care to have the duty- 
 secured, and they paying the charge of the warehouse." 
 
 (2). The case of John Hartley, grocer and haberdasher of Dublin, 
 ■whose estate was seized by the Papists, except some sugar and spices, 
 which he brought with him when he fled to England, which he 
 prayed might be delivered to him custom free, they being in the 
 King's warehouse at the port of Whitehaven. 
 
 Minuted : — " Order'd upon his afiidavit of the truth of the allega- 
 cioD." 
 
 (3.) The case of Willm. Warren, fled in the like distress from 
 Dublin, who prayed to have certain molasses delivered to him on 
 payment of the customs, which the ofiicers of the port of Liverpool 
 had seized as being French, when they were alleged to be the product 
 of English plantations in America. 
 Minuted :—" Order'd." 
 
 (4.) The case of Samuel Travels, who in the like distress, having 
 imported from Dublin to Liverpool certain nutmegs, &c., prayed to 
 have them delivered custom free. 
 Minuted : — " Order'd." 
 
 (5.) The case of Isaac Holroid, who in like manner imported nine 
 hogsheads of Jamaica sugar to Liverpool, and prayed to be admitted 
 to enter them, paying only the money which he received for the half- 
 subsidy, and whole additional duty on their exportation to Ireland. 
 Minuted ;— " Order'd." 
 
 (6.) The case of Joseph Kenn, who fled in like distress from Dublin ; 
 who imported certain yarn and raw thrown silk, and prayed that the 
 said goods might be delivered to him on payment only of the money 
 which he received upon his debenture on their exportation. 
 Minuted: — " Order'd." 
 
 (7.) The case of Mr. Triall Travels, who fled from Dublin in the 
 like distress, and imported to Liverpool certain white Barbadoes sugar, 
 currants, &c., and who prayed that the goods might be delivered to 
 him on payment of the monej'' he received back by debenture for the 
 same. 
 
 Minuted:—" Order'd." 
 
 (8.) The case of James King and Thomas Somerville, who fled in 
 a similar manner, to whom their friends sent such haberdashery 
 goods as could be got off, of about 1001. value ; who prayed they 
 might be delivered custom free. 
 Minuted ;— " Order'd." 
 Dated 7 June 1689. 
 
 Relating to the last, there is an inventory by the officers of the port 
 of Chester, of the goods of the said King and Somervill. 
 5 pages. 
 
 June 7. 7. Report of the Cornea of Excise to the Lords of the Treasury, on 
 
 the petition and proposals of Sir Vere Fane Knt., Thomas Mun, and 
 John Farthing, Esq., which made many charges of failures, defects, 
 irregularities, and illegalities, against the management of the said 
 Com^s : replying that the great increase of the charge had been by 
 the addition of officers for gauging and supervising beer and ale ; for 
 
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 as to the imported liquors, 2s. in the pound had always been allowed 
 for collecting the duty thereon, fro. ; and there was no other increase 
 of charge than 140L a year for a boat at Deal, and 240?. a year for 
 two general surveyois to inspect the ports. The late farmers were 
 allowed for the charge of management, 56,000/. a year, but Wales and 
 the northern counties were not under their management, but on a 
 sub-farm, so this allowance was exclu.sive, and amounted to 9,000/. 
 a year, and was exclusive also of the charge of the Com^s patent 
 and house officers, which came to about 11,000/. a year, which made 
 76,000/. a year charge, beside the allowance of 5,000/. a year for bad 
 debts, and 10,00C/. a year salary allowed to Mr. Dashwood and part- 
 ners for their management ; the yearly expense of the three last 
 years of the fiirm for general riders, collectors, supervisors, and 
 gaugei'S (Wales and the four northern counties included), came to no 
 more than ()l;o61/. ; but the Comrs [in 1683], to raise the revenue, 
 made an addition of officers, which came to 6,483/., and the revenue 
 increased in the year ending Midsummer 1684, 38,078/., and in five 
 years increased to 134,949/. ; further expressing the opinion that it 
 was for Ilis Majesty's service to increase the charge, they having 
 found that every new riding had more than trebled the officers' 
 salary; in addition they could find no advantage in saving 1,250/. 
 a year as aimed at by the petitioners, for they proposed to make no 
 more than 580,000/. a year, whereas, during the last five years, there 
 had been paid into the Exchequer 596,661/., and the last year 
 638,358/., and if peace and plenty continued, it was hoped the 
 revenue would be 600,000/. a j-ear, and finally they could not think 
 it advisable to unhinge so considerable a revenue, that had been so 
 successfully managed, upon the suggestions of persons wholly unac- 
 quainted with the methods and reasons of the then management. 
 Dated 7 June 1689. 
 Accompanied by the proposal referred to and a subordinate paper. 
 6 pages. 
 
 June 8. 8. Presentment of the Comr^ of Customs to the Lords of the 
 
 Treasury, laying before their Lordships, (1,) That the collector of 
 customs at Dover had informed them, that the commander of the 
 sloop " Enquiry," employed in the service of the customs to prevent 
 the exportation of wool, had for some time past entertained eight men 
 more than his complement, and dare not adventure without that 
 number ; and further, that the " Observator," sloop, employed on the 
 same service on the coast of Kent, could not have less than 20 
 additional men, by reason of the great number of French privateers 
 upon the coast, whose chief trade was the bringing over uncustomed 
 goods, and to carry back wool, especially from the coast of Kent and 
 Sussex ; praying that the said men might be employed, and that 
 arms, &c,, might be provided to the value of about 110/. 
 
 Minuted:—" Order'd." 
 
 (2.) A memorial, exhibited by Henry Nas.sh, commander of the 
 "Adventure," smack, employed in the service of the customs between 
 Gravesend and ilargate, applying for an addition of four men and 
 an allowance of 11/. 8s. for stores. 
 
 Minuted :—" Order'd." 
 
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 (3.) That John Mockford and Thomas Fowler, officers at Bourn 
 and Pevensey in Sussex, with others, eight of whom belonged to 
 Yarmouth, were taken prisoners by a French privateer, and the 
 Com'^s were informed from the collector at Newhaven, that the 
 governor at Dieppe was willing to exchange them for 1 1 Frenchmen 
 who were prisoners at Seaford, and four others at Rye. 
 
 Minuted : — " Lay'd before the Councill for directions to the 
 Admiralty to take care of this exchange." 
 
 (4.) That Mr. R. L. Plastrier, a merchant, required relief from the 
 effect of the late proclamation prohibiting the importation of French 
 commodities, as he had given notice that he had long before ordered 
 30 pieces of alamode lute strings. 
 
 Minuted : — " An extract of this for the Councill." 
 
 Dated 8 June 1689. 
 
 Accompanied by another paper relating to the second item. 
 
 4 'pages. 
 
 June 8. 9. Report of the Coma's of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 
 on the petition of Sir Thomas Atkins, praying their Lordships to 
 grant him any of the places mentioned in a paper annexed ; signi- 
 fying that the salary of customer of the great and petty customs, 
 void by the death of the Hon. Edw. Bertie, had been sunk ; but 
 because there was then surviving another officer of the same kind, 
 viz., Timothy Thornbury, who had a right to a moiety of the casual 
 fees of the said office, amounting to about 40Z. 'per ccnii., the Com''^ 
 were of opinion that he, performing the whole duty, might enjoy 
 all the fees during his term therein ; but the said Thornbury 
 had been intimidated to enter into articles with one Skinner to 
 share a moiety of the .said fees with him ; advising that he should 
 be. relieved from the said agreement. Dated 8 June 1689. 
 li pages. 
 
 June 8. 1 0. Memorial of the Com^s of Excise and Hearth Money in favour 
 
 of the supervisors and gaugeis being exempted from the poll tax of 
 'Ss. in the pound. Dated 8 June 1G89. 
 
 Mitiuted : — " The Com^^^ to allow tliese inferior officers what they 
 have bo'ndjide pay'd to the taxes for their salaries." 
 
 2 pages. 
 
 June 9. 11. Petition to the King by His Majesty's " most loyal and 
 
 dutiful subject," (whose name does not appear), stating that for 
 some years past he had made it his earnest study to improve the 
 royal metal of English tin, to fit it for small coins, inclosing some 
 reasons and proposals thereon, and praying for letters patent for the 
 sole making and uttering tlie small coins mentioned in the said 
 proposals for 21 years, and to pass the same for farthings, three- 
 farthings, and halfpence. Dated on the dorse 9 June 1689 
 1 'page. 
 
 June 10. 12. " An abstract of the accompt of money due to several persons 
 for sallaries, stipends, pencions, provisions, and other expenccs for 
 
 D 
 
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 the service of His late Majestye King James the Second, in his 
 household and stables, to the last day of December inclusive 1688." 
 With a report in favour of it being forthwith considered. Dated 
 10 June 1689. 
 2 large pages. 
 
 June 11. 13. Letter from the Vicar and Churchwardens of the parish of 
 St. Martin-in-the-Fields to the Right Hon. Sir Henry Capell, one of 
 the Lords of the Treasury, stating that the Crown had allowed the 
 poor of that parish lOOZ. fer ann., payable by privy seal out of the 
 Exchequer ; but the last letters of privy seal which authorized the 
 payment were void by their Majesties' accession ; desiring his favour 
 for renewing the privy seal, and that the year in arrear might be 
 inserted therein. Dated 11 June 1689. 
 1 page. 
 
 June 14. 14. Report of the Coma's of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury 
 on the jjetition of James Smith, customer of the port of Chichester, 
 praying leave to renew hi.s patent ; stating that they had nothing 
 to object thereto. Dated 14 June 1689. 
 Accompanied by the petition. 
 Minuted : — " Graunted." 
 
 1 jjat/e. 
 
 June 18. 15. Report of the Coma's of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 on the petition of John Fentzell, Francis Miller, and other merchants 
 of London, praying to be relieved from the forfeiture of certain 
 iron wire ; advising that they should have the same favourable relief 
 as was granted to John Key on 15 May last. Dated 18 June 1689. 
 
 Minuted: — " Do as was donn in Keys case." 
 
 Accompanied by the petition. 
 
 2 half-pages. 
 
 [About 16. Copy of the report of the Com^a of Customs to the Lords of 
 21 June.] the Treasury, on the petition of Henry Davis, whose vessel, the 
 " Henry," from Bourdeaux with a lading of French wines, was cap- 
 tured by a French privateer within five leagues of Dover and carried 
 to Calais, but was discharged ; advising that the said goods should 
 be allowed to be imported. 
 
 Minuted : — " Sir Henry Capell for the Councill. 21 June 
 1689." 
 
 June 22. 17. Report of William Harbord, Surveyor General, addressed to 
 the Lords [of the Treasury], on the j^etition of the Lady Ash, relict 
 and executrix of Sir Joseph Ash, Bart., finding that a lease of 
 Richmond Ferry was directed to be passed to the petitioner for 
 26 years, to commence from Lady Day 1692, (being the deter- 
 mination of a grant made to Sir Joseph Ash, her late husband,) but 
 there was already a grant made to Charles Osborn and John 
 Knight, Esq., trustees for the then Earl of Danby, now Marquis of 
 Carmartlien, for 99 years, if tlie Queen Dowager should so long 
 live, &c. ; further stating the opinion of Mr. Sergeant Thursby, the 
 
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 counsel of the petitioner, that such a lease would not be valid, &c. 
 Dated 22 June 1689. 
 
 Accompanied by the petition and a previous petition, with a 
 report oa it by Sir Tho. Powis, the Attorney- General. 
 
 Minuted : — " Mr. Harbord to rate the particular anew." 
 
 5 pages. 
 
 June 25. 18. Letter from R. 0. Howard to the Pvight Hon. the Lord Godol- 
 phin, stating that his son, being unwell, desired him to beg his 
 Lordship to continue his charity to endeavour to get Mr. Henry 
 Kingsmill a hundred pounds, or if he could not do that, 501., to 
 relieve his present necessities. Dated 25 June 1689. 
 
 1 page (quarto). 
 
 June 28. 19. Presentment of the Comics of Customs to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, stating that they were greatly pressed by the merchants 
 of the city of Bristol, as well as London, concerning a deduction of 
 5 per cent., which had been made out of debentures upon the expor- 
 tation of tobacco in roll, in consideration of the liquor and other 
 mixtures made use of in the working the same into roll ; complaining 
 of the great hardship to them therein, as also that the said manu- 
 facture of spinning or rolling tobacco (which employs many hundreds 
 of poor people, men, women, and children,) was not only in great 
 danger to be lost and driven into other countries, but that such 
 foreign manufacture stops the consumption of our Virginia tobacco, 
 they buying only some leaves thereof to cover and wrap over the 
 tobacco of German growth ; the Com"^s report that there are princi- 
 pally two sorts of rolled tobacco, one that is bright and fair, and 
 made up with very little moisture, and the other very dark coloured, 
 and mixed with great quantity of syrups and other liquors ; the 
 former the Com'^^ were informed rather abated than increased the 
 weight by the making it into roll, the stalks which are thrown 
 out and paid custom at importation as tobacco being more con- 
 siderable than the addition of weight that is made by the moisture 
 or other materials ; the other sort, which is much darker, and 
 moister than the former, receives so great an addition of weight by 
 the moisture that is added in working it up, that, notwithstanding 
 the stalks that are thrown out, it is considerably increased in weight, 
 so that the Com^^^ advise that there be no deduction at exportation 
 on the brighter sort of roll, and upon the darker sort the 5 per cent. 
 be continued as formerly. Dated 28 June 1689. 
 
 Minuted: — "28 June 1689. The L<is approve of the within 
 proposall." 
 
 2 pages. 
 
 June 28. 20. Presentment of the Comrs of Customs to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, laying before their Lordships : — 
 
 (1.) The case of Philip Coxe, who made his escape from Sligo in 
 Ireland, having, until the day the Lord Kingston left the town, 
 furnished the party for defence of the town with beef on their note 
 only, and supplied them with all the gunpowder they had, except 
 four casks, and lead weights for ball, and mounted three soldiers at 
 
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 1689. 
 
 Vol. IV. 
 
 his own charge. He left on Ijis flight 3,000L in goods and debts 
 behind, and brought for the support of liis wife and family to the 
 port of Liverpool 300^. worth of merchandise, for which he paid 
 customs at their importation from France and Holland into that 
 kingdom ; praying to have the said goods delivered free of customs. 
 
 (2.) The case of Holland Goddard, late a shopkeeper in Cork, 
 fled in the like distress with similar goods in the port of Minehead. 
 
 (3.) The case of David Gold, witJi similar goods at the same port. 
 
 (4.) The ease of Andrew lliiler, similarly fled from Dublin, with 
 goods in the port of Chester. 
 
 (-5.) The case of Willm. Warren, from the same place, with goods 
 in the port of Liverpool. 
 
 (6.) The case of Gilbert d'Lap, fled for his life from Ballyshannon 
 to the port of Chester with similar goods. 
 
 All of the above seek to have the goods delivered free of customs, 
 and each is mivuted " Agreed to." Dated 28 June 1689. 
 
 3^ pages. 
 
 June 28. 21. Presentment of the Comics of Customs to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, advising the alteration of the method of allowance upon 
 damaged tobacco, viz., instead of the present method of certificate 
 and repayments by the hands of the Receiver General, the damage 
 to be deducted out of the post-entry, under such regulations and 
 instructions as should be given by the Com'^^ 
 
 Minuted: — "June 28, 1689. The lA^ agree to the within 
 proposal." Dated 28 June 1689. 
 
 1 page. 
 
 June 28. 22. Report of the Com^^s of Customs to the Lords of the Trea- 
 sury, on the petition of Christopher Barret, searcher of customs in 
 the port of Yarmouth, for a renewal of his grant of that oftice, 
 stating that they had nothing to object thereto. Dated 28 June 
 1GS9. 
 
 Minuted :—" Order'd." 
 
 Accompanied by the petition. 
 
 2 pages. 
 
 June 28. 23. Report of the Com™ of Customs to the Lords of the Trea- 
 sury, on the petition of Arthur Moncrief, master of an English-built 
 ship called the " Seven Stars " of London, to be relieved from payment 
 of the alien duty, stating that it is the same case with that of 
 Roger Mowett, to which, by the opinion of counsel, relief was 
 extended by warrant of 1.5 Aug. 16S7. Dated 28 June 1689. 
 
 Minuted : — " Orderd." 
 
 Accompanied by the petition and the opinion referred to, which 
 was upon the question, — Whether a Scotchman born, but being an 
 inhabitant, and having a family here in England, shall not be deemed 
 His Majesty's subject of England ? 
 
 4 pages. 
 
 July 2. 24. Copy of the report of the Com" of Customs to the Lords of 
 
 the Treasury, on the petition of John Field, Esq., alderman of Hull, 
 
TREASURY PAPERS. 53 
 
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 and Arthur Robinson, merchant of York, who prayed to be permitted 
 to enter certain wines, &c., shipped by them in a foreign ship from 
 Bourdeaux, on payment of alien duties, signifying tliat in the 
 Dutch war in 1G72 the Act of Navigation was dispensed with in 
 this point, and the like toleration was given as was desired by the 
 petitioner, and that they had nothing to object to a similar favour to 
 him. Dated 2 Jidy ] 689. 
 1^ pages. 
 
 July 2. 25. Report of three officers of the Mint to the Lords of the 
 
 Treasurj^ stating that they had perused the patent of " the 
 Roettiers, engravers of the Mint," and that they found that the 
 same was granted in 1669 to John, Joseph and Phillip Roettiers, 
 three brothers, for engraving and making all sorts of effigies and 
 designs, for gold and silver coins and medals, &c., with a salary 
 of 450^. per ann. ; that the salary of 325?. per anil, had been 
 confirmed by their present Majesties in 1689 ; that Joseph left 
 England about 10 years since, and was employed in the Mint in 
 Paris ; that Phillip left England about Feb. 1684-5, and was then in 
 the Mint at Brussels ; and that John, the eldest brother (and reputed 
 the best artist of the three) had continued ever since in this Mint, and 
 had two sons, James and Norbertus, whom he had bred up in this 
 " science," so that the same payment of 325Z. had continued ; further 
 acquainting their Lordships that the said John was about to retire 
 to Brussels, having lost the use of his right hand by the shrinking 
 of the " tendents " (tendons), and certifying that the sons were 
 proficients in their father's art, with whom they had jointly 
 wrought upon the puncheons and dies for the Mint for several 
 years ; and had, without his assistance, engraved their present 
 Majesties' great seal, and made the puncheons and dies for the 
 coronation medals and for the coins of gold and silver that had 
 hitherto been prepared. Dated 2 July 1689. 
 
 Minuted : — " The officers of the Mint to enquire after other 
 engravers to serve & to come to the lA^ when they are ready." 
 
 In the Minute Book, Vol. I., are the following minutes : 
 
 (P. 54.) 28 June 1689.—" The officers of the Mint to give an 
 account of the patent to Rotiers, the engravers at the Tower, what 
 terme, whether for lyfe or pleasure, & what salary & how they 
 have & do behave themselves in the office." 
 
 (P. 62.) 9 July 1689. — " A war* to Mr. Bowers to make a pun- 
 cheon for the halfe guinneys, & to work it in the Mint, reciting the 
 presentment from the officers of the Mint about the Rotiers, and the 
 warts to be shew'd to Mr. Atturney for his opinion upon it." 
 
 2 pages. 
 
 July 4. 26. Report of the Com^^s of Customs to the Lords of the Trea- 
 
 sury, on the petition of John Martin, of Plymouth, Esq., praying a 
 new grant of the office of searcher of that port, against a Mr. Kemp, 
 who also claimed the said office, submitting the matter to their 
 Lordships' favourable consideration, the petitioner desiring to pass a 
 patent for pleasure, to enable him to try the validity of Kemp's 
 patent. Dated 4 July 1689. 
 
54 CALENDAR OF 
 
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 Accompanied by the petition and four other papers. 
 
 Minuted : — " Kemp must continue in this place." 
 
 M r. Attorney to bring a scire facias. 
 
 In the Minute Book, Vol. I. p. 73, on 26 July 1689, is the 
 following : — 
 
 " In the case betweene Kemp & Martin concerning the office of 
 searcher of Pli mouth, councell on both sides were heard, & 
 Mr. Stephens' petition was read. The L^s order'd that Kemp should 
 be continued in the possession, and that Mr. Atturney be desir'd to 
 bring a scire facias &g^^ Kempe'a pattent, upon the matter of corrupt 
 purchasing the pattent, alleadged by M'^ Martin's councell." 
 
 7 pages. 
 
 July 4. 27. Report of the Comi's of Excise to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 
 in favour of allowing Mr. Gilbert Delap, merchant in Ballyshannon, 
 in Ireland, to land 30 quarter-casks of brandy at the port of 
 Chester, free of duty, he having fled from Ireland, where he had 
 paid the import duty. Dated on the back 4 July 1689. 
 Minuted : — " Agreed to." 
 1 |jagre. 
 
 July 5. 28. Letters and other papers relating to prisoners confined in 
 
 Chester Castle. In one of these letters apprehensions were expressed 
 that "those poore wretches would starve" if there were a delay in 
 the payments ; and another contains a list of their names. Dated 
 between 1 and 5 July 1689. 
 
 On the dorse : — " Ordered to be paid out of secret service." 
 
 5 2xcrts of pages (4 are quarto). 
 
 July 9. 29. Copy of a letter of [the Earl of] Nottingham addressed to 
 
 Mr. Ludolfe, desiring him to procure the Prince of Denmark's signa- 
 ture to certain papers, and then to give them to the King to forward 
 by that night's post, with instructions not to deliver the last, which 
 contains " His Highness actual release and discharge of the bail- 
 lages, unless there be an absolute necessity for it," &c. Dated 
 
 9 July [16]89. 
 
 1 page {quarto). 
 
 July 10. 30. Report of the Com'^ of Customs to the Lords of the Trea- 
 sury, on the petition of Roger Glutterbuck, searcher of the customs 
 in the port of Southampton, praying the renewal of the grant of 
 the said office, stating that he had executed his duties well, and 
 that they had nothing to object to the renewal of the grant. Dated 
 
 10 July 1689. 
 
 Minuted : — " Graunted." 
 
 2 pages. 
 
 July 10. 31. Report of the Comi's of Customs to the Lords of the Trea- 
 sury, advising that Robert Hall and Robert Tayer, late customers of 
 the port of Chichester, should be prosecuted till their grant was 
 avoided by law, and that no salary be paid to them ; and further 
 
TREASURY PAPERS. 55 
 
 J 689. Vol. IV. 
 
 that a commission should be issued to enquire what frauds, &c., had 
 been committed by them in that office. Dated 10 July 1689. 
 
 Minuted : — " Agreed to the report." 
 li pages. 
 
 July 12. 32. Report of the Comrs of Customs to the Lords of the Trea- 
 sury, on the petition of Matthias MiUer, gentleman, who had been 
 controller of customs of Carlisle for about 17 years, and prayed to 
 be admitted to the office of searcher there, stating that they had 
 already reported favourably on the petition of Nehemiah Williamson 
 for that office, but advising the renewal of the petitioner's grant of 
 the office he then held. Dated 12 July 1689. 
 
 Minuted : — " Agreed to." 
 
 Accompanied by the petition. 
 
 2 pages. 
 
 13 July. 33. Letter of Lady Cleveland addressed to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, praying them " to direct the hastening her report from His 
 Majesty's CounceU, concerning her rent, out of the profitts of the 
 Post Office." Dated 13 July 1689. 
 
 The Minute Book, Vol. I., contains the following entries on Lady 
 Cleveland's affairs : — 
 
 1st. 13 Sept. 1689 (p. 105). — " Major Wildman desires to know 
 of the Lords, whether the paying the Dutch^ of Cleveland's mony 
 in one entire sum presently, at the post office, will not prejudice 
 the Kings affaires ; because he is ordered to hyre vessells, and 
 must pay saUarys at Quarter Day, and usually paies money weekly 
 into the Exchequere. The Lords comand him not to pay any mony 
 on her Graces warr*, till further order, & resolve to speak to 
 the King about the paym* of that pension, when Mr. Attorney is 
 here." 
 
 2nd. 29 Jan. 1689-90 (p. 205).— "A direction to Maj^ Wildman 
 to pay one quarter to Lady Cleveland in 3 weeks tyme." 
 
 3rd. 5 Feb. 1689-90 (p. 211).— "Send to Mr. Atturney and Mr. 
 Sollicit'' for the report in my Lady Cleveland's case, to send it if they 
 can possibly, tyme enough to carry to Kensington this afternoone." 
 
 1 page (quarto). 
 
 July 15. 34. Presentment of the Com^s of Customs to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, laying before them. 
 ' (1.) 'The copy of a receipt for 13Z. 13s. 6d., paid by the collector of 
 
 the port of Scarborough to Col. John Darcy and Capt. Chr. Tanckard, 
 for the use of the K^ng, concerning which the collector desired the 
 Com^^s order for applying the same to his account. 
 Minuted : — " Agreed." 
 
 (2.) The case of Robert, Lord Baron of Blingston, lately fled out 
 of Ireland, having left all he had there but some plate, which 
 he brought to Liverpool and desired might be delivered custom 
 free. 
 Minuted : — " Agreed to. 
 
 (3.) Information as to certain powder on a ship then clearing at 
 Plymouth, with other goods from Holland, for Boston in New 
 
56 CALENDAR OF 
 
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 England, and praying directions as to whether it might be convenient 
 to suffer the said powder to be carried to those parts, not knowing 
 in what condition the Government of New England stood. Dated 
 15 July 1689. 
 
 Minuted : — " for the Coirittee Plantacons." 
 
 Accompanied by the receipt above referred to. 
 
 1-J- pages and a feiu lines. 
 
 July 15. 35. Keport of the Conies of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 on the petition of William Hall, praying to be relieved against the 
 forfeiture of a parcel of iron wire, imported at Newcastle as steel 
 wire, advising the same relief as was granted on 15 May to Mr. Key. 
 Dated 15 July 1689. 
 
 Minuted : — •" Graunted.'' 
 
 Accompanied by the petition. 
 
 2 jpages. 
 
 July 16. 36. Report of Anthony Rowe, Esq., to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 on the petition of Sir Thomas Beaumont, Bart, stating that he re- 
 membered the said Sir Thomas was made lieut. colonel to Col. Beve- 
 ridges regiment of Dragoons, and that there were two troops nearly 
 complete, when they were disbanded, and he believed all the expenses 
 were incurred by Sir Thomas, who received nothing, but Col. 
 Beveridge received lOQl. for levy money ; expressing the opinion that 
 Sir Thomas ought to have had the money. This is written on the 
 back of the jjetition. Dated 16 July 1689. 
 
 Minuted : — " Respited." 
 
 2 pages. 
 
 July 17. 37. Report of Mr. William Harbord, Surveyor-General, addressed 
 to the Lords of the Treasury, as to the value of the ferry at Rich- 
 mond, setting out much thatjis stated in the previous report of 22 
 June, and estimating the fine for the reversion of the leases of the 
 said ferry at 20^. ; but the charge of passing the lease would exceed 
 that sum. Dated 17 July [16]89. 
 [See the other report 22 June.] 
 Minuted : — " Agreed according to the Report." 
 \\ pages. 
 
 July 17. 38. Petition of Dame Margaret Hay, administratrix of the estate 
 of the late Earl of Kinnoul and guai'dian to the then Earl and his 
 two sisters ; showing that the King had granted to William the late 
 Earl the farm of all customs, subsidies of poundage and other 
 duties, "for all smalts, borillias, or .saffers and pot-ashes " imported 
 and exported, for 31 yeai's, from Lady Day 1664, of which grants five 
 years and a quarter had to run ; praying no grant might pass until 
 jietitioner was heard by her counsel. 
 
 Minuted.: — "A caveat m.ay be enter'd." 
 
 Accompanied by an abstract of tlie grants to the said late Earl. 
 
 Docguettcd : — "July 17,1689, E. of Kinnoul's case about a petty 
 farme of the custom.s." 
 
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 1689. 
 
 Vol. IV. 
 
 Minuted : — " When tbe revenue is settled His Ma*^'' will consider 
 of it." 
 2 pages. 
 
 July 19. 39. Presentment of the Com^s of Cnstoin.s to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, stating that Mi-. Duxbury, Mr. Lceson, and Mr. Kaine, 
 lately fled from Dublin, had imported into the ports of Liverpool and 
 Chester several pieces of old and new drapery all of Irish mimufac- 
 ture, and desired they might be delivered custom fiee. Dated 19 
 July 1689. 
 Minuted : — " Agreed to." 
 
 1 page. 
 
 July 22. 40. Keport of the Com^^sof Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 
 submitting to their Lordships' consideration the petition of Matthew 
 Alured for the place of searcher of the port of Plymouth, and 
 stating that he was well qualified for the place. Dated 22 July 
 1689. 
 
 Accompanied by the petition. 
 
 2 half pages. 
 
 July 23. 41. Report of the Com^s of Customs to the Lords of the Trea- 
 sury, on the petition of Derick Storck, body-coachman to His 
 Majesty, setting forth that there was a certain small duty payable to 
 the King upon the impoitation of coach horses, coach mares, and 
 coach geldings, and tliat the said duty us\ially had been granted by 
 the King's predecessors to the body-coaclimen to their royal persons, 
 praying His Majesty to grant him the said duty, amounting to about 
 401. per ann. : as it Iiad so been granted in the two last reigns, if 
 the King pleased they had nothing to object thereto. Dated 
 23 July 1689. 
 
 Minuted : — " Know if His Ma^'^ please to give it to tliis one 
 coachman." " Graunted." 
 2 pages. 
 
 [About 42. Petition of Charles Chetwind, gent, (signed), addressed to the 
 
 July 23.] King, shewing that he had been deprived of his office of registrar to 
 the Court, in the marches of Wales, worth 200^. pei' ann., pr.aying 
 that he might have a warrant to pass a patent for the office of 
 surveyor of the green wax, for which office he had been certified as 
 fitted. Without date, but referred, 23 July 1689, by the King to 
 the Lords of the Treasury, " he being graciously inclined to gratify 
 the pet^ in his request." 
 1 page. 
 
 July 27. 43. Report of the Com's of Customs to the Lords of the Trea- 
 sury, on the petition of John Needier, controller of the great and 
 petty customs in the port of London, praying for a renewal of his 
 patent for that office ; .stating that they had nothing to object 
 thereto. Dated 27 July 1689. 
 
 Minuted : — " Agreed to." 
 
 Accompanied by the petition. 
 
 1^ pages. 
 
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 1689. V^^-I^- 
 
 July 30. 44. Eeport of the Coma's of Customs to the Lords of the Trea- 
 sury, on the petition of Richard Evans, searcher of the port of 
 Milford, stating that they had nothing to object to the renewal to 
 him of the grant of that office which he had held for many years. 
 Dated 30 July ] 689. 
 
 Minuted : — " Agreed to." 
 
 Accompanied by the petition and another report of 6 April in 
 the same terms. 
 
 3 pages. 
 
 July 30. 45. Report of the Comics of Excise to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 in favour of the supervisors and gangers in London and within the 
 weekly bills of mortality, and the inferior officers in the Excise 
 Office, receiving the same indulgence as was granted by warrant of 
 11 June last, to supervisors and gangers, viz., exemption from pay- 
 ing the poll tax of 3s. in the 1^. Dated 30 July 1689. 
 Mimded : — " Agreed to." 
 1 page. 
 
 July 30. 46. A letter from the Duke of Bolton to the Lords of the Trea- 
 sury, respecting the office of woodward in the New Forest, in the 
 countj' of Southampton, granted to Thomas Dore, gent. Dated 
 30 July 1689. 
 
 1 jjagre. 
 
 Aug. 2. 47. Report of Sir George Treby, Attorney-General, on the 
 
 petition of Lord William Powlet, for a grant of the revenue of 
 green wax for 41 years, at the rent of 500L per annum, recommend- 
 ing exceptions to be made if the grant pass. Dated 2 Aug. 1 689. 
 Minuted : — " The King will ask the judges & Councell." 
 
 2 pages. 
 
 Aug. 3. 48. Report of R. Marriott, deputy auditor, addressed to the 
 
 Lords of the Treasury, on the petition (annexed) of John Digby, 
 gent., setting forth that he had always been a very good Protestant, 
 and for several years served the Crown very faithfully as clerk to 
 the trustees for the sale of fee-farm rents, praying their Lordships' 
 warrant to execute the place of receiver of that small part of the 
 revenue left unsold of Hereford, Worcester, Stafford, and Salop, 
 which office was void since the death of King Charles the Second, but 
 executed without authority by one Edward Collins, who had never 
 accounted, but was in great arrear, certifying that the petitioner 
 was a very fit person for the office ; further acquainting their 
 Lordships that there was a petition of one John CoUias, son of the 
 said Edward Collins, referred to him, praying for the same place, 
 which, together with the said auditor's report, are annexed. The 
 report asserts the unfitness of father and son for the office. Dated 
 3 Aug. 1689. 
 
 Accompanied also by a certificate of the Mayor of Hereford and 
 others in favour of the said Collins. 
 
 Minuted : — " Agreed to that Digby be made rec^ & Collins 
 brought forthwith to account." 
 
 85 pages. 
 
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 Aug. 5. 49. Report of the Comics of Customs to the Lords of the Trea- 
 
 sury, on the petition of John Vernon of Dublin, merchant, on behalf 
 of himself and several other distressed Protestants, lately come from 
 thence, praying the relaxation of the custom duties in their favour ; 
 advising that if their Lordships saw fit to favour the petitioners, the 
 beef imported might remain in the King's warehouse until the 
 petitioners could (export it for the fleet and army in Ireland, or 
 export it to a foreign market ; that the petitioners might enter the 
 new drapery on payment of custom ad valorein ; that the vinegar 
 might be delivered custom free, and that the tobacco might be 
 exported for the service of the fleet and navy in Ireland, notwith- 
 standing the embargo. Dated 5 Aug. 1689. 
 
 Minuted : — " Agreed to, in all but the last part, relating to the 
 embargo, w<=i' must be transmitted to the Councell." 
 
 Accompanied by the petition. 
 
 3 pages. 
 
 Aug. 3 and 50. Four papers relating to the payment of 66L 14s. &d., which 
 5. Alderman Mainwaring was authorized by William Street, Mayor of 
 
 Chester, to receive from the Earl of Shrewsbury, the Principal 
 Secretary of State, that sum having been disbursed on account of 
 prisoners in Chester Castle. Two dated 5 Aug. and one 3 Aug. 
 1689. 
 
 One of the papers is a list of " the names of the disbanded 
 Papists in prison, in the castle of Chester." 
 
 Aug. 7. 51. Report of Lord Ranelagh to the King, on the petition of 
 
 Michael Dobinson, quartermaster and ensign of H.R.H. Prince 
 George, hereditary Prince of Denmark's regiment of foot, lately 
 broken by the King's order, praying on account of his 24 years 
 service, the loss of an arm and other wounds, to be admitted to half 
 pay ; recommending him as a proper object of charity and bounty. 
 Dated 7 Aug. 1689. 
 
 Referred to Lord Ranelagh. 
 
 On the dorse : — " 13 April 1692, to be laid before the Queen." 
 
 Also the petition and two certificates. 
 
 4 pages. 
 
 Aug. 8. 52. Presentment of the Com'^^ of Customs to the Lords of the 
 
 Treasury, acquainting them that in accordance with their Lordships' 
 pleasure, they had put a stop to Mr. Pigott and Mr. Carter going to 
 visit the outports, but were greatly surprised to receive two warrants 
 to establish two other persons in their jolace as surveyors of the 
 landwaiters, and this without any charge or hearing since their 
 approval by this board, which also left the Comra in some suspense 
 as to naming others to the service of visiting the outports ; that the 
 dismission of the said persons from their employment so soon after 
 they had approved themselves to the Board, which was always 
 looked upon to be the immediate judge of the officers' behaviour, 
 occasions much discouragement, and might tend greatly to the 
 prejudice of their Majesties' service, by setting them loose from their 
 
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 duty, and their dependence on the Board, whose business it had 
 ahAaj's been to instruct and direct, as well as to punish and correct 
 them, by suspension, dismission, or otherwise; further, that a due 
 knowledge and choice of the officers is one of the most essential 
 parts of the duty of this Commission in the management of the 
 customs ; that all former Commissions had the power of constituting 
 as well as dismissing the ofKcers until the year 1671, and the Com" 
 of Excise still retain the same authority; and though this Commis- 
 sion obtained warrants from the Lords of the Treasury for the 
 constitution of deputed officers, yet the general course had been 
 not to grant such warrants but upon the presentment or approba- 
 tion of this Board ; further, reminding their Lordships of their 
 former presentment, showing the inconvenience of giving characters 
 and of reporting the qualifications of persons for employments 
 before such employments were actually void. Dated 8 Aug. 1689. 
 
 Accompanied by a copy of the presentment referred to. 
 
 The following minutes relating to this case are in the Minute 
 Book, Vol. I. p. 78, on 2 Aug. 1689 :— 
 
 " Order'd by the L'^a that M"' Ward be made a land surveyour in 
 the port of London, in the roome of Pigott, & Coll. Parsons in the 
 roome of Carter. 
 
 " Write to the Comrs of the Customs to stopp the sending of 
 Pigott & Carter, from going to visitt the out-ports." 
 
 3 pages. 
 
 Aug. 13. 53. Report of the Com^s of Customs to the Lords of the Trea- 
 sury, on the petition of John Lovett, late of Dublin, who, owing to 
 the troubles in Ireland, had been driven to import certain hides 
 from thence to London, and desired to be allowed to ship them to 
 Holland ; advising that he be permitted to export the same, as he 
 originally intended. Dated 13 Aug. 1689. 
 
 Accompanied by the petition and an affidavit. 
 
 Minuted: — " Graunted." 
 
 2 fages and 2 half -pages. 
 
 Aug. 13. 54. Eeport of the Com^s of Customs to the Lords of the Trea- 
 sury, on the petition of Robert Bampton, linendraper, about certain 
 fine point and Flanders lace, taken out of his house by the officers of 
 customs, as prohibited goods ; praying that they might be restored ; 
 stating that the petitioner's wife was sworn the Queen's lace-woman, 
 and that the greatest part of the goods were in her possession since 
 the coronation, and the rest above three months ; that she pro- 
 vided them for Her Majesty's service, and that tbey were not the 
 importers ; advLsing that they deserve their Lordships' favourable 
 consideration. Dated 13 Aug. 1689. 
 
 Minuted : — " Agreed to," 
 
 Accompanied by tlie petition, r.n affidavit, and a letter. 
 
 4 pages. 
 
 Aug. ] 5. 55. Presentment of the Com'"'' of Customs to the Lords of the 
 
 Tj-easury, laying before their Lordships the copy of a receipt under 
 the hand of John Trenchard, Esq., for 8,029?. 5.s. 4cZ. paid to him by 
 
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 Sir William Poole, late collector of Bristol, for His Majesty's use 
 when Prince of Orange, and two other receipts for GO^. paid by 
 Mr. Tho. Swanton, late collector of Falmouth, to Sir Joseph Tre- 
 denham, and 240?. more paid to the order of Anthony Rowe, Esq., 
 for His Majesty's use ; praying that the collector's accovxnts might 
 be discharged thereof by privy seal. Dated 15 Aug. 1G89. 
 
 On the dorse : — " For his Ma^''^." 
 
 Accompanied by the said receipts and another paper relating 
 thereto. 
 
 2 pages and 3 parts of piages. 
 
 Aug. 15. 56. Copy of the Gth article of the treaty between the Crown of 
 England and Denmark, concluded at Copenhagen 15 Aug. 1689, viz., 
 as to the amount the forces from Denmark weie to receive. 
 
 I page. 
 
 Also a memorandum of the names of some merchants recom- 
 mended to return the money to Denmark. 
 
 i 2Mge. 
 
 Aug. 16. 57. Report of the Com^'^ of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 on certain proposals for improving the revenue of customs, viz. : — 
 
 (1.) To put any officer who should convict his superior officer of 
 fraud into his place ; replying that it was not practicable, for 
 instance, an illiterate tidesman might detect an officer of fraud 
 whose employment he was no ways qualified for. 
 
 (2.) Respecting compounding of seiziires by letters of licence, &c .; 
 replying that tlie proposer knows very little of the law or practice 
 of the Court of Exchequer, touching compositions by licence upon 
 informations of seizure ; for by law no composition could be made 
 by the seizor under one- third of the appraised value, &c. 
 
 (3.) Touching masters reporting their vessels upon oath at the 
 custom-house, and their being prosecuted for false reports ; stating 
 that every purser or master was liable to forfeit 100?. for a false 
 report of the lading the vessel, and if a merchant unshipped his 
 goods before payment of the duties, he forfeited the same. 
 
 (4.) For the establishing a comptroller of all the ports of Eng- 
 land ; replying that they lately acquainted their Lordships that 
 they thought the business better performed by sending experienced 
 officers to visit the out-ports, than by establishing a Surveyor- 
 General ; and as to the money in the hands of the collectors, they 
 had a sufficient account thereof by the monthly abstracts. 
 
 (5.) That the customs at Amsterdam were managed with fewer 
 officers than here, and proposing a retrenchment of superfluous 
 officers, to save many thousands per ann., replying that the 
 revenue there was under very loose managen;ent till lately, and 
 subject to great fraud, but there had been a considerable increase of 
 the number of officers, and besides, the situation of the place bore 
 no comparison with the port of London for conveniency, for saving 
 officers, and preventing frauds ; but they always endeavoured to 
 reduce tlie officers as far as they could safely. 
 
 (6.) Touching officers who act by deputies, particularly instancing 
 
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 tine head searcher of Gravesend, proposing to take off the super- 
 fluous salaries of those officers ; replying that there was no head 
 searcher at Gravesend, but two patent searchers, at a salary of 121. 
 per anil, each, and that they and all the patent officers who had 
 salaries out of the Exchequer had power to act by deputy. Dated 
 16 Aug. 1689. 
 
 Accompanied by the said proposals. 
 
 5 p)(iffes and 2 Imlf pages. 
 
 Aug. 16. 58. Petition of Isaac Beaulieu to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 showing that he had left his estate, his parents, and country for the 
 sake of his religion, and came to England, and was recommended by 
 Lord Godolphin to be a " landwaiter," &c. : praying that the promise 
 made to him of the next vacancy might be performed. Dated (on 
 the dorse), Aug. 16, 1689. 
 
 Indorsed: — "Kcm"^ to Com^ Customs for the next vacancy if 
 qualify' d." 
 
 A quarto p)age. 
 
 Aug. 17. 59. Report of Mr. Harbord to the Lords of the Treasury, on the 
 petition of George Fairclough, physician, expressing his opinion 
 that the surgeon of each regiment should have a chest of medica- 
 ments always ready for service. Dated 17 Aug. 1689. 
 
 The petition is addressed to the Lords of the "Privy Council 
 appointed a Committee for the affairs of Ireland," and shows that 
 the petitioner had been physician and surgeon to the regiment of 
 Col. Charles Herbert, and that there was due to him for chest 
 money 44/.. 4s., and further, that he was then sent up from Chester 
 by the Duke of Schomberg with an express to His Majesty, with 
 command to return with convenient speed ; praying to be allowed 
 6s. 8d. a day, and speedy payment of the chest money. 
 
 Referred to Lord Ranelagh by the said Lords of the Committee, 
 on 13 Aug. 1689, and by Lord Ranelagh to Mr. Harbord 16 Aug. 
 1689, and by him reported on as above. 
 
 2 pages. 
 
 [This petition is a beautiful specimen of caligraphy.] 
 
 [? About 60. Sir Robert Howard's certificate of what moneys were paid to 
 Aug. 19.] Mr. Jephson, for secret service, from 11 April 1689, to 19 Aug. 1689, 
 viz., 38,879L 10s. 
 i page. 
 
 Aug. 21. 61. Certificate signed by R. Marriott, d[eputy] auditor, signifying 
 the state of the revenue of the counties of Hereford, Stafford, Salop, 
 and Worcester, and further that 500?. would be sufficient security 
 for the petitioner, [John Digby, jun., of the parish of St. Dunstan's 
 in the West, London, gent.,] with his sureties, to be bound in. 
 Dated 21 Aug. 1689. 
 
 Accompanied by a memorandum containing the proposal in 
 relation to the sureties. 
 
 2 pages. 
 
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 Aug. 21. 62. The case of Col. Matthew Alui-ed, in the nature of a petition 
 for restoration to one of the two customers' places at Hull, accom- 
 panied by a certificate of Wm. Lowndes, in relation to the same. 
 Dated 21 Aug. [16]89. 
 
 Minuted : — " A Comsioii to be issued to try by inquisition the 
 validity of Tempest[s] grant," &c. 
 2^ pages. 
 
 Aug. 22. 63. Keport of the Com^^s of Customs to the Lords of the Trea- 
 sury, on the reason for displacing Mr. Francis White, acquainting 
 their Lordships that they called before them about 30 landwaiters 
 who were in possession, and 200 petitioners referred by their Lord- 
 ships to them for vacancies in the said place, but the numbers 
 being so great, they could not set down the distinct character of 
 each ; but having taken their own private notes upon each person 
 as the examination passed, the board agreed in their dissatisfaction 
 as to Mr. Francis White, and that was the ground of his dismissal. 
 Further, the board had no objection to Mr. William Pollard, nor 
 against a great number of other petitioners, who should have been 
 recommended, if there had been vacancies, and they would present 
 him on the first vacancy. Dated 22 Aug. 1689. 
 
 1 page. 
 
 Aug. 22, 64. Eeport of the Comi^^ of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 on the petition of John Howe, praying to be appointed a King's 
 waiter in the port of Bristol, in the room of Mr. Browne lately 
 deceased, stating they had nothing to object to his fitness. Dated 
 22 Aug. 1689. 
 
 Minuted : — " Graunted to Mr. Eowe." 
 
 Accompanied by the petition. 
 
 2 pages. 
 
 Aug. 22. 65. Keport of the Com^^^ of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 on the petition of Mr. CuUiford, offering his service to visit the 
 western ports, instead of Mr. Carter and Mr. Pigot dismissed ; 
 stating that they saw no cause to depart from their late report, in 
 which they stated that the service could be better performed, and 
 that they intended to despatch two persons already in employment 
 in the Customs upon that service. Dated 22 Aug. 1689. 
 
 Minuted : — " To gopro hoc vice (but the office not to be establish'd), 
 with a compt daily allowance of 30s. for the tyme he is employed." 
 
 Accompanied by the petition. 
 
 2 pages. 
 
 Aug. 23. 66. Keport of the Com^s of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 concerning the complaint made against Mr. Chr. Warren, customer 
 of Plymouth, for his neglect in letting the two French commanders es- 
 cape which were brought in by the " Nonsuch" frigate and committed 
 to his care ; transmitting his written defence, with various affidavits, 
 together with another affidavit that has reference to the Deputy 
 Governor, Sir Nicholas Stanning ; and stating upon the whole 
 matter that they could not charge him with any concurrence or 
 wilful crime in relation to the said escape ; yet, considering the great 
 
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 importance of the charge committed to him, they thought him guilty 
 of many instances of great neglect, for which they recommended his 
 present suspension. Dated 2.3 Aug. 1689. 
 
 [The escape was effected by filing through an iron bar of an inch 
 square, and by a small boat or yawl. The two prisoners were the 
 Chevalier de Forbin and Monsieur Burt.] 
 
 The above is accompanied by tlie answer of the said Chr. Warren 
 to the charge against him, 22 depositions and certificates, and, in 
 addition : — 
 
 (1.) A letter of l-i May 1G89, from the said Warren to the Comfs 
 of Customs, giving an account of the capture by the " Nonsuch" (after 
 a smart engagement of two hours, during which the captain and 
 master were both killed,) of the two French men-of-war which then 
 remained in "Hammose," the prisoners, being about 100 (except the 
 wounded), remaining on board the " Nonsuch" ; further giving an 
 account of his endeavour to get a convenient habitation for them, 
 and stating that the two men-of-war had under their convoy about 
 16 merchant ships from Havre-de-Grace, the greatest part of which 
 would have been taken, only night came on, it being nearly half- 
 past 5 o'clock on Sunday when the engagement began, &c. 
 
 (2.) A j^etition from the said Warren to the Comrs, praying, if 
 they had any doubt of his zeal or honesty, after reading his answer 
 and proofs, that he might have a hearing. 
 
 (3.) A certificate of the Earl of Bath, speaking in high terms of 
 the petitioner. 
 
 (4.) Copy of an order to Captain Warren to come up and make 
 answer to the charge. On the same paper as a letter relating to the 
 charge of prizes and prize goods. 
 
 (.5.) Copy of a letter by the petitioner to a Mr. Smalley, a.skinc 
 him to use the utmost diligence in the pursuit of the prisoners. 
 Dated 30 July 1689. 
 
 (6.) Interrogatories, in order to the discovery of the manner of the 
 escape of the two French captains. 
 
 Minuted : — " Send to the ConV's of the Customs to know if they 
 have any objections to the continuing Mr-. Warren in his place." 
 
 36 pages, or parts of iKiges. 
 
 Aug. 23. 67. Letter of Mr. Dickins, addressed to Wm. Jephson, Esq., stating 
 that he had received a copy of Mr. Dore's charge against him, which 
 consisted of so many particulars, and for crimes committed several 
 years past, that he could not possibly be provided for a hearing by 
 the next morning. His witnesses and papers were in Hampshire, 
 and he would require at least a fortnight before he could be prepared ; 
 requesting longer time. Dated " Friday morning, August 23th, 1689." 
 
 Minuted : — " Putt off to Friday next," 
 
 On the 30th of Aug. 1689 is the following entry in the Minute 
 Book, Vol. I. p. 98 ;— 
 
 " Major Dickins and Mr. Dore called in, &, upon hearino- the 
 case, the L^^ do not fynd any cause to remove Maj^ Dickins from his 
 place of woodward of the New Forest." 
 
 1 2^a'9s (quarto). 
 
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 Aug. 24. G8. Certificate, signed by Bartholomew Fillingham and Edmund 
 WoodrufF, setting forth the amounts of the charge on Mr. Augustin 
 Briggs, Receiver General of the present aid for the county of Norfolk. 
 Dated 24- Aug. 1689. 
 
 Docquetted : — Cert, of the agents that Mr. Briggs, Reci^. of the 
 aide for Norfolk had jwd 10,000^. of 10,34:1^. 3s. 6d. 
 
 1 page. 
 
 Aug. 24, 69. Report of Thomas Neale, and another officer of the Mint, 
 stating that they had considered the jDetition of James Ellis, a second 
 clerk to the Warden of the Mint, and that he was appointed by 
 reason that the first clerk's time was taken up in discovering and 
 prosecuting counterfeiters, &c. ; further testifying to his capability 
 and attention to his duties. Dated 24 Aug. 1689. 
 
 Mimited : — " Agreed to." 
 
 Accompanied by his petition, which prayed that he might have 
 his warrant renewed by his present Majesty. 
 
 2 pages. 
 
 Aug. 28. 70. Letter to Sidney Lord Godolphin, from William Culliford, 
 saying that he cannot pay the charge of going his survey under 40.s. 
 a day ; and it further refers to his pay for his " charge of buying 
 horses." Dated on the dorse 28 Aug. 1689. 
 1 piage (quarto). 
 
 Aug. 29. 71. Report of the Comics of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury 
 
 on the petition of John Starkey, junr., praying the grant of the oSice 
 of petty customer in the port of London, stating that Mr. Randolph 
 Wilmer, who last held the ofiice, did not qualify himself by taking 
 the test, and that they would not advise the renewing his grant, but 
 did not object to the petitioner. Dated 29 Aug. 1689. 
 
 Minuted : — " Tlie ii^^ will stay till a report comes from the Com''^ 
 Customs on Willmers petition." 
 
 Accompanied by the petition, which states that he was the son of 
 John Starkey, who was forced to fly into Holland and lived in exile 
 for six years. 
 
 1 ^ 2:)ages. 
 
 Aug. 31. 72. Copy of certificate, showing that John Digby, junr., gent., Re- 
 
 ceiver General of their Majesties' land revenues in Cornwall, Here- 
 ford, Salop, and Stafford, had put in security for the execution of 
 the office. Entered in the office of Sir Joseph Seymour, Knt., 31 Aug. 
 1689. 
 
 VOL. V. 1689. September — 14. November. 
 
 1 689. 
 
 Sept. 3. 1. "Agents" report on the petition of Mr. Baptist May, whicli 
 prayed that the Receiver General of the aid in the county of Berks 
 might be discharged from what was assessed on the great park of 
 
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 Windsor, so that the petitioner miglit be relieved from payment ; 
 stating that nothing could be done on the first quarterly payment 
 of the present tax, as it was answered for at the receipt of the 
 Exchequer ; but recommending their Lordships to write letters to 
 the Comi's for the second quarterly payment on the county of Berks 
 to cause the sum assessed on the said great park to be discharged, 
 and laid on other lands in that county. Dated 3 Sept. 1689. 
 
 Minuted : — " The Receiver (if he have the money in hand) to 
 I'epay what is assessed on the great park." 
 
 Also, the petition. 
 
 3 pages. 
 
 Sept. 3. 2. Letter signed Richard Robinson, by direction of the Duke of 
 
 Bolton, -without address, but commencing " My Lord," stating that 
 the Duke begged the favour of his Lordship to get the enclosed 
 petition of Lord Willm. Pawlet referred to the Judges for their 
 opinion ; and he supposed by his Lordship's assistance it might meet 
 with a favourable answer. Dated 3 Sept. 1689. 
 
 1 page. 
 
 Sept. 6. 3. Report of the Comi's of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 
 on the petition of John Wilmer, late of London, merchant, setting 
 forth that the office of customer of strangers' duties in the port of 
 London had been managed for about fourscore years by the peti- 
 tioner's family, and praying that he might be appointed ; acquaint- 
 ing their Lordships that they had already reported in favour of 
 Mr. Starkey, and that they saw no cause to depart from the same. 
 Dated 6 Sept. 1689. 
 
 Minuted :—" Graunted to Mr. Wilmer." 
 
 Accompanied by the petition. 
 
 2 pages. 
 
 Sept. 7. 4. Report of the Comr^ of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 
 on the petition of Ralph Williamson, controller of customs at 
 Newcastle, stating that they had nothing to object to the renewing 
 of his grant which he sought. Dated 7 Sept. 1689. 
 Minuted: — " Agreed to." 
 
 Accompanied by the petition, and a previous report of the said 
 Comts on the same subject, and the previous petition. 
 
 4 pages. 
 
 Sept. 9. 5. Report of the Comrs of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 
 on the petition of Engle Verson, setting forth that his " dogger," 
 called the "Liberty," of Mazling Sluice, was taken at sea by a French 
 privateer, and the master and two men taken from aboard, leaving 
 but three men and a boy, putting five Frenchmen to conduct her 
 to Dunkirk ; but tlie petitioner's men overcame the five Frenchmen, 
 and came to England for shelter, and having received damage, then 
 lay at the Hope ; praying to be allowed to import the fish in the 
 said " dogger ;" recommending that he be allowed to enter the same 
 on payment of the duty. Dated 9 Sept. 1689. 
 
 Mimoted : — " Agreed to." 
 
 8j pages. 
 
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 Sept. 9. 6. Report of the Conies of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 on the petition of Edward Haistwell, of London, mei chant, praying 
 liberty to export to Holland and Flanders certain hides brought from 
 Ireland ; advising that the case deserved the same equitable relief 
 as that of John Lovet, of the 1 3th ultimo, in which their Lordship's 
 granted an order for transportation. Dated 9 Sept. 1689. 
 Accompanied by the petition. 
 2 pages. 
 
 Sept. 10. 7. Presentment of the Com^s of Customs to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, (1,) stating that they had received their Lordships' 
 pleasure that Mr. Fitch should not be pressed for a sum of 1,200Z. 
 by him owing to the Customs, iu consideration that His Majesty 
 was indebted to him in a considerable sum for the works of Hull ; 
 stating further that he was not indebted to the Kiug but by bills of 
 exchange, drawn upon him for value received of the collector of 
 Hull, to the value of about 800?., and that the nature of bills of 
 exchange was such, that the Receiver General could not neglect to 
 press for payment. 
 
 (2,) Moving their Lordships to receive the King's pleasure, 
 touching the taking bonds by the officers of customs of ships 
 clearing out of port, viz., not to go to Ireland or France. Dated 
 10 Sept. 1689. 
 
 Minuted : — " To be transmitted to the CounceU." 
 
 In the Minute Booh, Vol. I. p. 130, on 25 October 1689 is the 
 following : — " Mr. Watts, Alderm" Duncombe's serv* call'd in & 
 orderd to stopp the protesting M=^ Fitch's biUs, amounting to 8501'. 
 in the whole, till further order, & Mr. Fitch being caU'd in, was 
 order'd not to draw any more biUs upon expectation that the L^ 
 will do the same hereafter." 
 
 2 pages. 
 
 Sept, 10, 8. A paper docquetted : — 
 "Sepf^. lOtli, 1689. 
 
 " Mr Heme ) Proposall for returning the 80,000/. to Ham- 
 Mr Evance j burgh. 
 
 " For His Matie." 
 The proposal was to furnish 129,000 rix dollars (bank money) in 
 Hamburgh, at 5s. Sd. per rix doUar, &c. 
 Minuted : — " Agreed to." 
 1 page. 
 
 Sept. 12. 9. Report of the Coma's of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury 
 on the petition of William Broughton and Humphrey Simpson, of 
 London, merchants, stating that they saw no cause to encourage 
 such an importation of beaver skins from Antwerp or Bruges, as 
 was desired by the petitioners, it being to the prejudice of the 
 Hudson's Bay Company, who imported the same commodity in an 
 undoubtedly regular course of navigation directly from the place of 
 the growth. Dated 12 Sept. 1689. 
 
 Minuted : — " The L^^ agree with the report not to graunt leave 
 to import the bever skinns." 
 
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 Accompanied by the petition and reasons oifered for the impor- 
 tation of the same. 
 3 |5«/7es. 
 
 Sept. 12. 10. Report of the Com'^s of Excise to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 on the petition of Thomas Whitehorn, master of the ship " Leonora," 
 of London, wlio, whilst engaged on a trading voyage with wine 
 and brandy from France to the Bahama Island called Gordo, was 
 robbed by an English pirate, and put to great straits, and arrived 
 in the channel with four tuns of brandy ; advising that he was a 
 fit object of charity, but that they could not abate tlie duties on 
 the same, except by their Lordships' warrant. Dated 12 Sept. 
 1689. 
 
 Accompanied by the petition, which is also reported on. by 
 Wm. Lowndes, and an affidavit. 
 
 8 J pages. 
 
 Sept. 17. IL Presentment from the Com'^^ of Customs to the Lords of the 
 Treasury in vindication of their method of proceeding, in putting in 
 officers each in his turn ; stating that this method had been in use 
 many years in King Charles' time and since, without the incon- 
 venience pretended, and that it was designed to save the time of the 
 Board by allotting a share equally to each Com^ to find out persons 
 fitly qualified to supply the vacancies that happened ; but if His 
 Majesty did not approve they would submit to his pleasure. Dated 
 17 Sept. 1C89. 
 
 Minuted : — " The King commands that the ComJ's [of] Customs 
 shall not present to places vacant in tlieir turns, but by the majority 
 of the Board, according to His Mati<'s commands at Hampton Court, 
 the 4«i Sepf^ 1689. See the Minute of that day." 
 
 In the Minute Book, Vol. I., p. 100, is : — " His Matie was pleased to 
 tell their LoP^ he had received information that many places in the 
 Custom House were sold, and that the Com^s of the Customs did 
 take tlieir turns in disposing of places vacant, & order'd their LoP^ to 
 enquire into this matter, and to take the best care to prevent such 
 practice.?, and that the persons to be presented by the Com™ for 
 places should be agreed upon at that Board by the majority there; 
 and no particular Commissioner to have a nomination by turne, as 
 His Matie had been inform'd they have of late practised." 
 
 2 pages. 
 
 Sept. 18. 12. Presentment made by the Corn's of Customs to the Lords of 
 the Treasury of the draft of a letter proposed (if approved bj' His 
 Majesty) to be sent to the people of New England for preservino- 
 the Act of Navigation, which they had taken the liberty to violate 
 Dated 18 Sept. 1689. 
 
 This letter shows the various restrictions on colonial trade 
 proposed. 
 
 4< iKiges. 
 
 Sept. 19 13. Report of the Com's of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury 
 on the report made upon the petition of Samuel Wildgos, acquainting 
 
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 1689. _ ^^''•^- 
 
 their Lordships that Mr. Randolph, the late officer in New England, 
 held the said office by grant, imder the Great Seal, at the salary of 
 100?. per ann., and that there was great occasion that the said 
 office should be immediately supplied. Dated 19 Sept. 1689. 
 Accompanied by the report and the petition. 
 
 Minuted : — '' To be further considered." 
 
 In the Minute Book, Vol. I., p. 126, on 21 Oct. 1689, is:— "The 
 Com" of the Customs call'd & being ask'd their opinion touch- 
 ing an officer to be sent to New England to take care to prevent 
 tlie breach of the Act of Navigation tliere, and they deliver'd their 
 opinion, that it was necessary for His Mati^^^ service that such an 
 officer should be sent thither, and their LoP^ directed them to re- 
 examin Mr. Wildgos for his iittness to that employm*, & if they do 
 not fynd him capable that they do present some other person that is 
 qualify'd for the same employment." 
 
 The petition states that the office of collector, surveyor, and searcher 
 of customs in New England was void, by reason Mr. Randolph was in 
 prison for his disaffection and confederacy against the Government, 
 and the petitioner sought for the place. 
 
 3 pages. 
 
 Sept. 19. 14. Memorial of Sir Ch^' Wren to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 for allowance of 1 ,000^ for the buildings at Hampton Court, and 
 500?. for the building at Kensington ; praying them to take into 
 consideration the' ordinary allowance for the repairs of the King's 
 houses, and for the reasons therein stated, to grant one quarter's 
 allowance, viz., 3,000?., or weekly payments. Dated 19 Sept. 
 1689. 
 1 page. 
 
 Sept. 20. 15. Letter of Willm. Blathwayt to William Jephson, Esq., 
 directing that 3,000?. should be immediately remitted upon account 
 to Mr. Fielding, at Edinburgh, for the maintenance of the troops 
 on their arrival in Scotland. Dated 20 Sept. 1689. 
 
 4 
 
 'page. 
 
 Sept. 23. 16. Copy of petition of the Hon. Sir Vere Fane, K.B., Thomas 
 Mun and John Farthing, Esq^'es, to the King, showing that they had 
 heretofore delivered a petition and proposals for an additional im- 
 provement of the revenue of excise, viz., 80,000?. per annum, which 
 petition and proposals were by their Lordships delivered to the 
 Com^^^ of Excise to make their report, to which report the peti- 
 tioners had given in an answer which justified their charge upon 
 them, proved a surcharge of 160,000?., and upwards, according to 
 their own report, and offered to show that a sum of 1,000?. a week 
 more was converted to other ends [than] their Majesties service. 
 They had learnt that new Com's were to be forthwith chosen, who 
 offered to advance 100,000?. at 6 per cent, to the King, but the 
 petitioners had offered to declare where the King had 500,000?. and 
 more in good responsible hands, unknown to the King and their 
 Lordships ; that there was ] 00,000?. per ann. employed some way out 
 
70 CALENDAR OF 
 
 1689. 
 
 Vol. V. , 
 
 of the revenue of excise, and it was well if not to assist the 
 enemies of His Majesty's peace and the Protestant interest. They 
 had offered their service to prevent such gross abuses, and had 
 proposed such a management of the excise that the interest of the 
 King and his subjects might be inseparable ; entreating the King to 
 give speedy order that their proposals be either accepted or enquired 
 into, and that they might be appointed of the Kjngs Comrs, or 
 come in as managers, " which is noe new thing." Dated 23 Sept. 
 1689. 
 
 Further proposals offered by them (seeing their late answer to 
 the report of the late Com'^s of Excise had not had the issue they 
 expected) by which they would increase the 80,000^. to 100,000^. 
 without loan or interest, and offering to find -500,000?. or more 
 if desired, due to the King, in good responsible hands, &c. [as in 
 the petition] ; adding that if their Lordships had a desire to be 
 privately informed they were re.ady to do it, or they would act 
 publicly, or they must beg their Lordships' leave to lay these things 
 openly to the world before the King and Parliament, that by their 
 services to the Crown (which were greater than had ever yet been 
 offered by any other persons in that nature) it might appear 
 whether they deserved less encouragement than those who neither 
 did nor could propose anything so considerable. 
 
 Also, " Objections offered that the new intended Comfs of 
 Excise may not be alsoe managers, and humbly desired to be 
 answer 'd before their comt"^ passes the seale." 
 
 The objections are as to their fitness for the oflSce, and the loss 
 that would arise to the revenue. 
 
 3 pages. 
 
 Sept. 24. 17. Report of the Comra of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 upon a memorial of the Principal Comr^ for Prizes, touching a parcel 
 of Martinico tobacco, condemned as prize, now in the port of 
 Plymouth ; stating they conceived the difference of the duty upon 
 tobacco of English and foreign plantations was, to encourage the 
 product of our own plantations ; and in this case the goods might be 
 exported, paying only half the subsidy on tobacco of English plan- 
 tations. Dated 24 Sept. 1689. 
 
 Minuted : — " Agreed to." 
 
 Accompanied by the memorial referred to. 
 
 2 pages. 
 
 Sept. 25. 18. Report of the Com^s of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 on the petition of James Lordes and other Portugal merchants, 
 reciting a former petition wherein they prayed the discharge of the 
 seizure of the ship " Madre d' Deos," with her lading of oils, and then 
 praying a re-examination of the matter ; advising that the attorney 
 might be directed to " non pros." the information. Dated 25 Sept 
 1689. 
 
 Minuted : — " Agreed to." 
 2 pages. 
 
TKEASURY PArEKS. 71 
 
 1689. 
 
 Vol. V. 
 
 Sept. 25. 19. Report of the Comics of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 
 on the petition of Job Dowle, searcher of customs in the port of 
 Gloucester ; stating that they had nothing to object to the renewal 
 of his patent, which he craved. Dated 23 Sept. 1689. 
 
 Accompanied by the petition and a certificate. 
 
 3 pages. 
 
 Sept. 28. 20. Report of the Com'^s of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury 
 on the petition of John Gardner of London, merchant, and owner of 
 the ship " Owner s-good-will," arrived from Barbadoes, praying the 
 discharge of the said ship from seizure under the Navigation Act, 
 for not having three-fourths English mariners ; advising that it 
 seemed a case of necessity and entitled to relief. Dated 28 Sept. 1689. 
 
 Minuted : — " Agreed to." 
 
 Accompanied by the petition and two affidavits. 
 
 3^ pages. 
 
 Oct. 3. 21. Letter of Thomas Penington to [William] Jephson, Esq., Secre- 
 
 tary to the Lords of the Treasury, stating that it was 9 o'clock in the 
 evening before the messenger could be despatched, and acquainting him, 
 " by his LoPPs order," that the King had chosen the " reverse enclos'd " 
 [for the farthings ordered by him]. Dated Newmarket, 3 Oct. 1689. 
 Accompanied by the said " reverse," together with an imprint of the 
 obverse for the said coin, each on parchment. 
 
 1 page (quarto). 
 
 Oct. 3. 22. Order made by the Committee for the afiairs of Ireland for the 
 
 officers of the customs at Chester, Liverpool, and Highlake, to pay 
 to Capt. Henry Greenhill, one of the officers employed in hiring ships 
 for transporting the army into Ireland, a sum not exceeding l,000il., 
 viz., for the transport of the Danish troops. Dated 3 Oct. 1689. 
 i page. 
 
 Oct 7. 23. Report of the Com^a of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 
 on the petition of Joseph Little, stating that they had nothing to 
 object to the employment of the petitioner as deputy of Mr. A. Price, 
 one of the patent waiters of the port of London. Dated 7 Oct. 1689. 
 
 Minuted : — " Mr. Little to be admitted deputy." 
 
 Accompanied by the petition. 
 
 2 pages. 
 
 Oct. 9. 24. " Computation of the pay, subsistence, &c., for the Danish 
 
 forces for a week." 9 Oct, [16]89. 
 1 page. 
 
 Oct. 10. 25. " The further peticion of the HonWe Sir Vere Eane, Kn* of the 
 Bath, Thomas Mun, and John Farthing, Esqi^^s^ to the King," stating 
 that one of the petitioners was informed that the patent for the new 
 Com^s was to pass the seal before the hearing the proposals and 
 objections enclosed ; desiring (as he had come on purpose) to be 
 heard, or that the patent might be stopped, &c. Dated on the dorse, 
 Oct. 10th, 89. 
 I page. 
 
72 CALENDAR OF 
 
 ..^^ Vol. V. 
 
 1 fi89. 
 Oct. 1-t. 2G. rresentment of the Com" of Customs to the Lords of the 
 
 Trensiiiy concerning certain wines shipped at Barcelona in Spain, 
 bv John Jnllifie, of London, mei-chant, which wines would in strict- 
 ness be forfeited, having been landed in Holland to be re-hooped ; 
 laying the case before their Lordships as a matter fit to be relieved. 
 Dated 1-t Oct. 1681). 
 
 Minuted : — " Agreed to." 
 1 page. 
 
 Oct. 16. 27. Report of the ComJ^^ of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 stating that they had examined Thomas Mason as to his qualifica- 
 tions as a tide surveyor of London, in place of Willm. Cook, dismissed, 
 and that it was very probable he had fitted himself, for the employ- 
 ment ; but they had already pi-esented Richard Hurleston for the 
 service, it being one of the standing rules of the Board to advance 
 those who had well deserved in an inferior station, and in confidence 
 of their Lordships' accepting him they had sent one of those distressed 
 Protestants of Ireland whom His Majesty vouchsafed to be mindful 
 of, to supply the said Hurleston's place at Whitby. Dated 16 Oct. 
 1689. 
 
 Minuted: — "Agreed to for M^" Hurlestone also." 
 In the Minute Bool; Vol. I,, p. I2i, on 17 Oct. 1689, is the 
 following entry : — ■ 
 
 " The Board takeing notice of a presentment from the Com" of the 
 Customs of the 16th inst., touching Richard Hurleston to be a tyde 
 sui-vej'or in the port of London, tlieir LoP*^ doe agree to it ; and doe 
 order that the first vacancy that happens, in the s* port, either of 
 land waiter or tyde .surveyor, shall be fiU'd up with Mr. Thomas 
 Mason, a pretender to the place of tyde surveyor, that M' ' Hursleton' 
 is now admitted to." 
 
 1 page. 
 
 Oct. 17. 28. Report of the Conies of Customs to the Lords of the Treasurj^, 
 on the petition of Nicholas Booker, late searcher of the port of 
 Kingston-upon-Hull, stating that it had been the practice to order 
 the payment of salaries to all persons for the time they served ; and 
 they thought it reasonable that the petitioner should enjoy both 
 salary and fees for the time he executed the office. Dated 17 Oct 
 1689. 
 
 Accompanied by the petition. 
 
 2 pages. 
 
 Oct. 19. 29. Report of Mr. Aaron Smith, relating to a charge made by one 
 Mr. Guest against Mi-. MacCartney of favouring the late King James' 
 party in Ireland, and of defrauding their present lVla,jesties of certain 
 moneys received for the customs at Belfast ; entirely in favour of the 
 said Mr. MacCartney. Dated 19 Oct. 1689. 
 
 Amongst other things he says, " Upon the approach of the Lord 
 Tyrconnel's army to Dromore in the north of Ireland, in March last, 
 Mr. McCartney with many others was forced to leave the kinn-doni 
 in a gieat huriv," &c. 
 
TREASURY PAPERS. 73 
 
 1689. 
 
 Vol. V. 
 
 The petition : the true state of tlie case, and a certificate in liis 
 favour. 
 
 Minuted : — " The lA^ agree to this report." 
 4 pages and tivo ^ 'pages. 
 
 Oct. 22, 30. A paper headed :— " Memorand. for the workes, 22 Oct. 89," 
 
 being a memorial [from the Board of Works], stating that the 
 annual reduced allowance for the ordinary repairs of their Majesties 
 houses was 6,000?., for which notliing had been received since Mid- 
 summer was 12 montlis, although more repairs had been done than 
 usual, both at Whitehall and St. James's ; the whole charge of which 
 from Dec. [16J88 to Oct. [16]89 amounted to 4,759?. aad by means 
 of the great arrear upon the "ordinary," the credit of the office was 
 very much exhausted ; praying for an allowance of 3,000?. at 1,000?. 
 a week, a 1,000?. for the new building at Hampton Court, and 500?. 
 for the works at Kensington. 
 
 1 page. 
 
 Oct. 23. 31. Report of the Com^s of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury 
 on the petition of Ann Hutchins for the delivery of certain sword- 
 blades ; submitting the consideration of the case to their Lordships 
 as one of compassion, the petitioner's husband being a Dutchman, 
 and by trade a sword-cutler at Rotterdam, having shipped 24 dozen 
 of sword blades to set up in business in England, which blades were 
 thereby forfeited. Dated 23 Oct. 1G89. 
 
 Minuted: — " Graunted." 
 
 Accompanied by the petition and a certificate. 
 
 4 2iages. 
 
 Oct. 25. 32. Report of the Comics of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury 
 on the petition of Francis Spendlove, controller of customs in the 
 port of Yarmouth ; stating that they had nothing to object to the 
 renewing of the grant of that ofiBce. Dated 25 Oct. 1689. 
 
 Mintded : — " Agreed to." 
 
 Accompanied by the petition. 
 
 2 pages. 
 
 Oct. 26. 33. Report of the Com^s of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury 
 on the petition of Peter Houblon, of London, merchant, owner and 
 freighter of the " Olivebranch " of London ; praying liberty to dis- 
 charge 20 tons of raisins in this port, and to proceed with the rest of 
 the cargo to Amsterdam. Stating they conceived the case was fit 
 for their Lordships' favourable consideration. Dated 26 Oct. 1689. 
 
 Minuted : — " Order 'd." 
 
 Accompanied by the petition. 
 
 2 pages. 
 
 Nov. 3. 34. Report of Nicholas Hutchings to the Eight Hon. Charles, Earl 
 
 of Shrewsbury, Principal Secretary of State ; touching the seizure of 
 the ship " Two Brothers " on her arrival at Bilboa laden "with fish 
 and hides, instead of tobacco. Dated " Bilboa, ' 3 Nov. 1689. 
 Minuted : — " The Cornea of Customs will take care of this." 
 i page. 
 
74 CALENDAR OF 
 
 1689. '^°^' ^* 
 
 Oct. 11 & 3.5. Reports of Sir J. Somers, Solicitor General, and Mr. Aaron 
 Nov. 5. Smith on the petition of Mr. Beaufoy, touching concealed lands in 
 the Tower liberties, and the rights of the Crown to certain houses of 
 considerable value (viz., 1,000^. a year and upwards) ; and also in 
 favour of the continued employment of the said Mr. Beaufoy as 
 attorney for the prosecution of the Crown's rights, and for payment 
 of his claim for costs. Dated 11 Oct. and 5 Nov. 1689. 
 
 Also divers papers relating thereto, amongst which one is 
 headed, — 
 
 "The tenants and rents upon Little Tower Hill to w<=h their 
 j/lajties lay claim e," and 
 
 " The tennts & rents att the end of the Minories w^'^ in the Tower 
 libertie, to w'^^ their Majt'f's lay claims." 
 
 In the Minute Book, Vol. I. p. 213, on the 6th of Teb. 1689-90 is 
 the following entry : — 
 
 " Order'd that M^ Beaufoy have J OO^i towards the charge of the 
 suit at law for the houses at Tower Hill." 
 
 8 pages and 4 parts of pages. 
 
 Nov. 7. 36. Report of the Comi's of Excise to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 on the petition of Sarah Dodd and Sarah Fletcher, widows, the 
 former of whose goods were seized by the sheriff for a claim of 170Z. 
 by the excise on the said Sarah Dodd, she having had that amount 
 from Mr. Frith, collector of excise in Cliester, and drawn bills on the 
 said Sarah Fletcher which were not met owing to the rebellion 
 in Ireland ; praying that the goods might not be sold : the Com'^^ 
 state that they could not relinquish the claim, nor accept the security 
 offered. Dated 7 Nov. 1689. 
 
 Minuted: — "The h^^ do agree to take off the seizures and accept 
 the security propos'd." 
 
 Accompanied by the petition, two certificates, and a power of 
 attorney. 
 
 4 pages and 2 parts of pages. 
 
 Nov. 7. 37. Order made by the Committee for the affairs of Ireland to 
 
 the Lords of the Treasury to furnish Mr. GreenhiU, officer of the 
 Navy at Highlake, or Mr. Fielding, in Scotland, with credit to buy 
 up and put on board ship seven days' provisions for the troops in 
 their passage from Scotland to Ireland, also to furnish the officers of 
 the navy then at " Loghrian" [Loch Ryan] with further credit. 
 7 Nov. 1689. 
 i pc6gre. 
 
 Nov. 8. 38. Report of the Com^a of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 
 upon the petition of Robert CuUiford, controller of the customs in 
 the port of Southampton, stating that they had nothing to object 
 to the renewal of the grant of his office. Dated 8 Nov. 1689. 
 
 Minuted : — " Agreed to." 
 
 Accompanied by the petition and a report of 4 April 1689, on a 
 previous petition (also enclosed) on the same subject, 
 
 4 pages. 
 
TREASUEY PAPERS. 75 
 
 1689. ^''^- ^■ 
 
 Nov. 8. 39. Presentment of the Comrs of Excise, addressed to the Lords 
 
 of the Treasury, stating that they had received complaints from the 
 collectors of excise in several counties, on behalf of the supervisors 
 and gaugers, that they were assessed 1 2d. in the pound for the full 
 of their salaries, which were paid each month or six weeks ; 
 which assessment, if they were forced to pay, in the winter a great 
 number must sell their horses ; praying their Lordships' favour. 
 [In the margin is this Minute : — " Lett them pay the tax, and upon 
 a representation to the King the L^a will intercede with His Ma*'" 
 to allow it them upon the next quarterly bill."] Laying also before 
 their Lordships a list of bills of exchange, drawn on the Comf^ for 
 victualling the Navj^ and the Coma's of the Navy, amounting to 
 2,333^. 12s. 7d. for money by them received from collectors and other 
 officers of the revenues of excise and hearth money, which bills they 
 had accepted and refused to pay ; further laying before their Lord- 
 ships a list of several sums of money, received by divei's Lords and 
 gentlemen in the late revolutions, from various collectors of excise, 
 amounting to 11,376Z. 7s. ll^d., and from the collectors of the 
 hearth money 2,217Z. 3s. Sd. ; praying directions. Dated 8 Nov. 
 1689. 
 
 Minuted :—" For the King." 
 
 Accompanied by the said lists of bills, &c. 
 
 6 pages and 2 half pages. 
 
 Nov. 9. 40. Presentment of the Com™ of Customs to the Lords of the 
 
 Treasury, seeking that an experiment should be tried in relation to 
 the bounty for seizing wools transported contrary to law ; viz., 
 instead of the bounty of one moiety of their Majesties' part of the 
 forfeitures to the seizer, His Majesty should bear the charge of pro- 
 secution of all seizures and all offences against the said laws ; or 
 else that the proclamation, for giving a moiety of His Majesty's part, 
 might be renewed. Dated 9 Nov. 1689. 
 
 Minuted : — " The lA^ do agree to the first way and will order 
 money to be issued out by incidents, for defraying the charge." 
 
 1 page. 
 
 Nov. 12. 41. Letter signed ' Jn. Wood,' addressed to the Com^s of Customs, 
 enclosing an information of an accident upon the coast at Claj' in 
 Norfolk, by which Capt. Von Schilder was driven on shore, he 
 having sailed with the Danish fleet, which consisted of about eight 
 men-of-war and 90 sail of other ships for soldiers, amounting to 
 6,000 foot and 1,000 horse. Dated 12 Nov. 1689. 
 Accompanied by the said information, 
 li pages. 
 
 Nov. 13. 42. Report to the Lords of the Treasury, on the petition of 
 Thomas Mathewes, gent., " Eeceiver Geni of the present aid, for the 
 county of Hereford;" in favour of his being allowed 801. for his 
 extraordinary charges and disbursements. Dated 13 Nov. 1689. 
 Minuted : — " Agreed to." 
 
76 CALENDAR OF 
 
 1689. 
 
 Vol. V. 
 
 The petition referred to and the account of his disbursements. 
 [He claimed 110?. for bringing up 6,500?. in two journeys to the 
 Exchequer ; 14 horses and 10 men were employed.] 
 
 3 pages. 
 
 Nov. ] 3. 43. Eeport of the Com^s of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury 
 on the petition and papers of Richard Rickards, of London, mer- 
 chant, stating that they had examined liis case and there appeared 
 divers instances of his fair dealing, which gave great probability of 
 the sincerity of his future intentions ; and that they conceived the 
 petitioner might deserve their Lordships' compassion for the time 
 desired for the recovery of his debts, as His Majesty would benefit 
 thereby. Dated 13 Nov. 16S9. 
 
 Minuted : — " Agreed to." 
 
 Docquettecl : — " Report on the petition and papers of Richard 
 Rickards, merchant of London, indebted to the King 93411 IS^s *7^^ ; 
 recommended by the Com'^s of the Customes to have a y™ time 
 allow'd him to get in his debts, in order to satisfy His Ma'y ; with 
 Mr. Wards opinion, that 'Mr. Richards' cannot receive or release the 
 debts that are seized to secure what he owes the Crowne." 
 
 Accompanied by the petition and four other papers. 
 
 8 pages. 
 
 Nov. 13. 44. Copy of letter of the Lords of the Treasury, appointing Wil- 
 liam Upcott of Truro, in the county of Cornwall, Esq. to be one of 
 the four supervisors of the tin blowing houses in the counties of 
 Cornwall and Devon. Dated 13 Nov. 1689. 
 2 pages. 
 
 [About 4.5. Petition of Thomas Povey to the King, stating that he bad 
 
 Nov. 14.] enjoyed the oiBce of Master of Requests, with the fee of 100?. a year, 
 
 which office had been discontinued by King James ; praying that if 
 
 he might not be restored to the office, yet that he might have the 
 
 lOOZ. per ann. 
 
 Considered at the Court at Whitehall, on 14 Nov. 1689, and re- 
 ferred by the Earl of Shrewsbury to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 li pages. 
 
 VOL. VI. 1689. 15 November — December. 
 
 Nov. 1.5. 1. Letter from William Blathwayt to William Jephson, Esq., 
 stating that a great part of the Danish troops had come to HuU and 
 other parts of England ; that the King had ordered such of his 
 horse as were on shore or not in a condition to be sent to Scot- 
 land, to march by land to Chester and the foot to be carried by sea 
 to Scotland, and for these purposes it was necessary that money 
 should be furnished or credit given by the Lords of the Treasury to 
 
TREASURY PAPERS. ']! 
 
 1689. ^«^- ^I- 
 
 the mayors and other officers in the several ports, that the troops 
 might pay their quarters, &c. Dated 15 Nov. 1G89. 
 
 1 'page. 
 
 Nov. 16. 2. Eeport of the Com™ of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 on the petition of John Lovet, late of Dublin, merchant ; stating 
 that he had been forced by tlie troubles out of Ireland, and had 
 brought 38 pieces of tapestry hangings " of their Mats manufacture 
 of Ireland," which were then in the custom house in London, and 
 not designed for a foreign market ; praying to have them delivered 
 customs free : leaving it to their Lordships' consideration. Dated 
 16 Nov. 1689. 
 
 Minuted : — " Agreed to." 
 
 Accompanied by the petition and a memorandum. 
 
 2 pages. 
 
 Nov. 18. 3. Eeport of the Coin^s of Customs to the Lords of the Treasuiy, 
 
 on the petition of William Carter, setting forth that the woollen 
 manufacture of this kingdom exported, paid more than three-fourths 
 of the customs, and consequently the same in proportion are tlie 
 ships and seamen employed, and that it gave life to all trades, and a 
 value to all lands in England, by which means all other branches of 
 the revenue were increased ; which being observed by the French 
 King, he had used all arts and means, above this 20 years, to gain 
 the said manufacture, by procuring great quantities of wool from 
 hence, though contrary to law ; that the petitioner had been suc- 
 cessful in preventing the same, though to his private loss and hazard 
 of his life ; praying a present supply to carry " on that affair :" 
 confirming their former report as to the zeal of the petitioner and 
 as to the expense he had been put to. Dated IS Nov. 1689. 
 
 Accompanied by a copy of the said report, the petition, " The case 
 of William Carter," in which he goes more into particulars, copies 
 of two warrants, two affidavits, the deposition of Eandal Gosley of 
 the ancient town of Ej'e, in the county of Sussex, touching the 
 risks run by the said Carter. Also the report above referred to, 
 inclosing an abstract of Will™ Carter's case, setting out his par- 
 ticular services, and an account of his disbursements in preventing 
 the transportation of wool from June 1687 to Nov. 1689. 
 
 Minuted : — •" R. to Com^^ Customs, to examin his pretensions 
 & report their opinion what gratification is fitt to be given him 
 & in what manner." 
 
 1 5 pages. 
 
 Nov. 18. 4. Presentment of the Com^a of Customs to the Lords of the 
 Treasury : — 
 
 (1.) As to delays in the port of Liverpool in the despatch of 
 ships engaged in the King's service, for carrying provisions ; 
 sending the answers of the officers of that port. 
 
 (2.) Eeminding their Lordships of their presentment of 2 Oct. last, 
 concerning the alien duty on native commodities exported, and 
 praying speedy directions. 
 
78 CALENDAR OF 
 
 1689. ^^^•^^- 
 
 (3.) Acquainting their Lordships that the charge of boarding and 
 watching prize ships was very great, praying directions whether 
 they should for the future keep tidesmen on board prize ships 
 until their condemnation as the Com>^s for Prizes kept officers on 
 board. 
 
 Minuted : — " The Com'^^ of Prizes think the custom officers need 
 not continue this duty & it is order'd accordingly." 
 
 (4.) As to the difficulty of executing a writ of appraisement by 
 John Bolitho, the officer of customs at Scilly, unless the King were 
 moved for a letter to the Governor quietly to permit the execution 
 thereof ; the said officer having made seizure of a French ship and 
 goods there, the latter being imported contrary to the Act of Navi- 
 gation. Dated 18 Nov. 1689. 
 
 2 pages. 
 
 Nov. 20. 5. Letter, signed O. Wynne (Doctor Wynne on the dorse), with- 
 out address, begging the favour of the person for whom it was 
 intended to lay the annexed copy of a warrant directed to him, 
 by the late Lords Com^s of the Treasurj', before their Lordships, in 
 order that he might receive such clippings, clipping tools, &c., as 
 had been seized at the trials of clippers ; stating that such a 
 warrant was the more necessary, as there were ten to be tried at 
 the next sessions in London, and above 40 informed against for 
 clipping and coining in and about York ; also enclosing the accounts 
 of receipts for such clippings and the charge of prosecuting offenders ; 
 seeking that their Lordships might be moved to pay him such a 
 sum as was thought requisite, to reimburse him and prosecute 
 offenders ; some offenders moved their trials by certiorari from 
 Middlesex to the courts at Westminster, and he sought that 
 Mr. Aaron Smith might be directed " once for all," to prosecute at 
 tlie trials (particularly of one Munday) for uttering false guineas ; 
 also sending copy of another warrant to recover papers relating to 
 the public service, to be laid before their Lordships, that it might 
 be renewed. Dated 20 Nov. 1689. 
 
 Accompanied by the said documents. 
 
 The account is mimded : — " Doctor Wynne must pay himselfe 
 the ballance out of the forfeitures, if they will bear it, if not, the 
 Xjds T^n take care to have it pay'd." 
 
 8 pages and 2 half pages. 
 
 [? About 6. " A state of the case of Anthony Kow, Esq', and others, the 
 Nov. 21.] late contractors of the revenue of hearth money for five years, 
 ending at Lady Daj^ 1684 ; toiiching a judgment obtained against 
 Si- Patrick Trant." 
 
 Addressed to the Lords of " their Majti^s Treasury." 
 
 Minuted: — "21tliNovi^. To be heard this day sennight after- 
 noone." 
 
 In the Minute Book Vol. L, p. 170, 10 Dec. 1689, is the following 
 minute : — " Order'd that Mr. Rowe & partners do forthwith make 
 up their account of the chimney farme." 
 
 1 page. 
 
TREASURY PAPERS. 79 
 
 1689. ^°^- ^^- 
 
 Nov. 22. 7. Presentment of the Com™ of Customs to tbe Lords of the 
 Treasury, concerning a ship called " Francis Padsey," bound for 
 Bilboa, which upon some suspicion, had been under examination 
 by the name of the " Francis of Padstow ;" finding that she was the 
 same ship that had been before under inquiry, and that the merchant 
 had appeared before them and affirmed that the goods in the ship 
 were really bound for Bilboa and were insured at 6 per cent., &c. 
 Dated 22 Nov. 1689. 
 2 pages. 
 
 Nov. 22. 8. Keport of the Com^s of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 on the petition of Carell de Lisle, setting forth that the petitioner, 
 not knowing the laws of England, had been persuaded by a mer- 
 chant to get leave of Mous. Zuylhstien, to send two chests into 
 England in the ship that brought over the goods of the said Mons. 
 Zuyllistien, which chests were seized as contraband ; praying for 
 the King's part of the two chests ; stating that l;hei'e appeared no 
 reason why so much money (419L 12s.) should be forgiven to the 
 petitioner. Dated 22 Nov. 1689. 
 
 Minuted : — " 27 Nov^ 1689. His Matie upon hearing this report 
 read, was pleased to order that his parte of the forfeiture should be 
 graunted to the petitioner. Mr. Hosier to have his 1 2d. per li." 
 
 Accompanied by the petition and a certificate. 
 
 1 page and 2 half pages. 
 
 Nov. 22. 9. Presentment from the Com^s for making farthings and half- 
 pence of tin, addressed to the Lords of the Treasury, stating that, 
 being limited to such directions as they should receive from His 
 Majesty, they proposed that the said farthings and half-pence 
 should be coined at twenty pence the pound, with a remedy of two 
 or three farthings on each pound weight ; that they should be 
 studded with a core of copper wire in the centre of them ; that 
 they should be marked round the edges, with these words: 
 Nummorum Famulus ; that they be coined with their Majesties' 
 portraitures, and these words, Guliehnus et Maria, on one side 
 of them, and the figure of a woman sitting on a globe with the 
 word, Britannia, and the year of our Lord on the other side ; with 
 this only difference in the reverse of those for Ireland (if their 
 Lordships thought fit) that the Britannia should support a harp 
 with her hand. 
 
 [Note. — The above description is nearly a copy of the document.] 
 22 Nov. 1689. 
 
 Minuted : — " Agreed to except as to makeing any difference in 
 the reverse of those farthings that are to go for Ireland." 
 
 ? page. 
 
 Nov. 23. 10. Letter, signed T. Fairfax, without address, but commencing 
 " My Lord," acknowledging his letter, and stating that he had 
 been much troubled to get money for " these Danish troopes," but 
 had made the best shift he could iDy the assistance of the Mayor of 
 Hull and some of his brethren, and by Mr. Williamson, the King's 
 receiver for the aid of 12d per pound. Dated 23 Nov. 1689. 
 
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 Minuted : — " Send to Comrs of Customs to know what answer 
 tliey liave to the letters of credit they were orderd to send down for 
 that service." 
 1 pa.'ye (quarto). 
 
 Nov. 25. 11. Certificate or pre.'^entment from the " Comics for farthings," to 
 tlie effect that tin might be bought in London at 63Z. 10s. per ton, 
 so that if their Lordships saw fit, they could proceed in the coinage 
 before the tin arrived from Cornwall (wliich would probably he a 
 month) if a thousand pounds were imprested to them. Dated 
 25 Nov [1G]89. 
 
 Minuted :—" 1,0001' to be order'd." 
 
 1 j3ai/e (quarto). 
 
 Nov. 26. 12. Letter, signed Jno. Sansom, addressed to Willm. Jephson, 
 Esq., Secretary to the Lords of the Treasury, desiring on the part 
 of the Comi's of Customs that he would lay the enclosed before their 
 Lordships. Dated 20 Nov. 1689. 
 
 Accompanied by a report of the Coma's of Customs as to instruc- 
 tions having been sent to the collector of Newcastle to pay a sum 
 not exceeding .tOO^ , to the Commander-in-Chief of the Danish force, 
 and to the collectors of Hull and the adjacent ports to pay a sum 
 not exceeding 2,000Z. to Thomas Fotherby, Esq. Also the copy of the 
 Secretary's letter thereon. 
 
 2^ pages. 
 
 Nov. 26. ] 3. Letter, signed Vere Fane and John Farthing, addressed to 
 William Jephson, Esq., stating that, pursuant to their Lordships' 
 order, they expected to have received an order from the Coma's 
 to their subordinate officers, but it was with such restrictions, 
 that it would neither answer their desires nor the design of their 
 Lordships, which was an easy access to everything relating to the 
 accounts and management of the excise ; and further desiring their 
 Lordships would order an inquiry into the accounts from 1071, in 
 some such terms as they submitted. Dated 26 Nov. 1089. 
 
 Accompanied by copies of orders for the return of the names of 
 brewers and distillers, the names of gangers and other officers, their 
 salaries, &c. 
 
 The following in the Minute Book, Vol. I., relate to this enquiry, 
 viz. (1, p. 132), 28 Oct. 1689 :— 
 
 " S'' Vere ' Vane ' & partners desii''d to be heere on Friday next, 
 afternoone, in regard there is not now a full Board ; and it is 
 order'd that Mr. Brewer do suffer S>" Vere Vane & partners to 
 inspect & examin the accounts of the excise from the yeare 1680." 
 And (2, p. 164), 3 Dec. 1689 :— 
 
 "The Comrs of Excise called in, with Sir Vere Fane & Mr. 
 Farthing. The Lords told the Com"^*! that they sent for ym upon a 
 letter from S' Vere Fane & partners, desiring a more gen" order, 
 for an inquiry from 1677 into yo books & papers of y« excise. The 
 Com''" answered, that they thought the orders they gave pursuant 
 to their Lordships first direction were very full ; and they are as 
 
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 rearly to give any other that the L^^ shall command, as Sir Vere & 
 partners are to desire them, and though the acc^s from 77 to 83 
 have been sufficiently examined, audited, & passed, and discharges 
 thereupon given under the broad seale, yet if they would inspect 
 from 77 or 57 they are content ; and that it shall be in what 
 method Sir Vere & his partners shall desire ; and if there be any 
 difficulty, upon their making it known to y« Com^s they will remove 
 it. Whereupon it was ordered and agreed that they should looke 
 back for what time they please." 
 2 jMges. 
 
 Nov. 26. 14. Letter, signed Edw. Noell, addressed to Willm. Jephson, Esq., 
 stating that by his command he had sent to Mr. Fox, collector of 
 excise in Hull, and directed him to pay to Mr. Thomas Fothersly (sic 
 ? Fotherby) such money as he had in hand or could advance not 
 exceeding 2,000?., and to take Mr. Fotherly's bills drawn on 
 Mr. James Herryott. Dated 20 Nov. 1G89. 
 1 2Mge. 
 
 Nov. 27. 15. Report of the Commas of Custom to the Lords of the Trea- 
 sury, in answer to their Lordships' commands, requiring them to 
 certify what sum they thought necessary to be paid to Mr. William 
 Carter, in part of his demand to carry on the suits now depending, 
 giving their opinion that 300?. might be a sufficient supply. Dated 
 27 Nov. 1689. 
 
 Minuted : — " Agreed to." 
 
 The following is in the 'Minute Btwh, Vol I. p. 238, 7 March 
 1089-90: " Order'd that M' Carter liave 30ii. for the prosecution of 
 the wool businesse." 
 
 1 page. 
 
 Nov. 28. 1 6. Copy of a report made to the Lords [of the Treasury], on the 
 petition of John Pye to be solicitor, to take care of coast-bonds, in 
 place of one George Robinson, who had been charged with perjury, 
 vindicating the latter from the same, and recommending him to 
 their Lordships as a very useful and experienced officer, and fit to 
 be continued. Dated 28 Nov. [16]89. 
 
 [The initials only of the persons reporting are given.] 
 
 2 J pages. 
 
 Nov. 28. 17. Letter of Mr. Sansom to William Jephson, Esq., transmitting 
 copies of the replies received from the collectors of Hull and New- 
 castle, to be laid before the Lords of the Treasury, viz., as to the 
 payment of 500?. to two Danish officers at Newcastle, and as to there 
 being but 200Z. in cash, in the hands of the collector at Hull, but 
 the Mayor and Aldermen had advanced 800?., and the Receiver- 
 General of the IM. per pound, had promised to pay the 2,000?. 
 Dated 28 Nov. [ie]89. 
 
 1 page, and two half pages. 
 
 Dec. 2. 18. Report of the Com'''' of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury 
 
 on the petition of the governor and fellowship of English merchants 
 
 F 
 
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 called tlie Muscovy Company, seeking for the renewal of an order 
 for importing seal-oil from E.ussia, in English built shipping, paying 
 only 6.S. 8d. a ton, stating that they had nothing to object thereto. 
 Dated 2 Dec. 1689. 
 
 Accompanied by the petition and the copy of the order above 
 referred to. 
 
 Minuted : — "Order'd." 
 
 5^ pages. 
 
 Dec. 2. 19. A modern copy of the case of Mr. Usher, Receiver- General of 
 New England, drawn out for the Attorney and Solicitor General's 
 opinion, with their separate opinions thereon, .signed George Treby, 
 2 Dec. 1689 ; and J. Somers. The point in question was, as to the 
 issuing of warrants for the assessing the inhabitants. Dated 2 Dec. 
 1689. 
 
 Also another paper on the assessment of taxes and duties there 
 and in Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York and New Jersey. 
 •5 pages. 
 
 Dec. 3. 20. Letter of Anthony Isaacson to "William Jephson, Esq., stating 
 that though he had not the money paid him on account of the aid 
 of 1 id. per pound for the town of Newcastle, he would find a way 
 to accommodate the 500/.. if the Danish officers required it, but the 
 Brigadier Elnberger thinks it beneath him to receive his money 
 from Baron Juell, &c. Dated 3 Dec. 1689. 
 I page. 
 
 Dec. 4. 21. Letter from Mr. Blathwaytto William Jejjhson, Esq., Secretary 
 to the Lords of the Treasury, stating that if their Lordships had sat 
 that morning, he should have acquainted them that it was the 
 King's pleasure that they should provide 1,.500Z. forthwith to be 
 sent to Mr. Fotherby, at York, to be disposed of according to the 
 Duke of Wirteinburg's order, for the buying of 100 horses to 
 recruit the regiments under his command, and 300?. more for the 
 recruiting of horses lost by officers of foot belonging to those forces, 
 desiring him to acquaint their Lordships therewith, upon attending 
 His Majesty in the afternoon. Dated Council Ch[amber] 4> Dec. 1689. 
 Minuted : — " Order is sent to the officers of excise at York to 
 pay it.'' 
 
 Dec. 4. 22. Letter of Ralph Williamson to William Jephson, Esq., in 
 answer to one ordering him to pay out of such money as he had 
 or should receive upon the Aid Act of 12rf. per pound for the 
 county of York, to Mr. Thos. Fotherby upon account of the Danish 
 troops, any sum not exceeding 4,000i., acquainting him that upon 
 the arrival of the Danish forces at Hull, Colonel Thomas Fairfax 
 sent an express for him to come there, and he found the men in an 
 ill condition aboard their ships, and those that were landed could 
 not march for want of money to pay their quarters. He had re- 
 ceived no money upon the aid at that time, and there was little or 
 none to be had upon the customs or excise ; he had borrowed 
 800Z. on his own credit and given it to Mr. Fotherby, and had since 
 
TREASURY PAPERS. S3' 
 
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 paid him 800^. more. He desired to know if the 1,6001. paid 
 Mr. Fotherby should be inclusive or exclusive of the 4,OO0Z. He 
 further adds that the Prince of Winterburge (Wirtembiirg), the 
 Danish general, was expected there that day. Dated York, 4 Dec. 
 1689. 
 
 Minuted : — " It must be inclusive, hut the L'^ desire to know 
 how much money and in what tyme he can furnish for this service, 
 in regard that more will be wanting at York." 
 
 1 page. 
 
 Dec. 5. 23. Letter of S. Bowles, addressed to Wm. Jephson, Esq., Secre- 
 tary of the Treasury, stating that he had communicated his letter to 
 the Lords of the Admiralty, desiring a convoy to bring two ships 
 
 laden with tin from Falmouth to London, and informing him in 
 
 ... ^ . 
 
 answer that there was no ship at liberty, but the two ships might 
 
 come under the protection of the " Charles," galley, which was com- 
 ing from the coast of Ireland, and ordered to call in the western 
 ports. Dated 5 Dec. [16]89. 
 
 Accompanied by a letter of Mr. Godolphin to Mr. Jephson, on the 
 same subject, and another memorandum. 
 
 2 pages and a, little piece. 
 
 Dec. 6. 24. Presentment of the Comics of Customs to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, respecting the importation of nutmegs, cinnamon, cloves, 
 and mace, stating that the English East India Company could not 
 furnish the nation therewith, and that there was so great a demand 
 for them, that they would be clandestinely imported, unless some 
 provision should be made for the free and oj^en importation thereof, 
 either by Parliament, or the renewal of a previous proclamation. 
 Dated 6 Dec. 1689. 
 
 Minuted:—" Speak with the Com^a Customs." 
 
 2 pages. 
 
 Dec. 6. 25. Report of the Comi^^ of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 
 on the petition of Frances Thornton, widow, whose annuity of 40?. 
 per ann. was refused to be paid by Mr. Mytton, the controller of 
 Hull, stating that they saw no way of relief, unless their Lordships 
 should order the Receiver-General here, and the controller's deputy 
 at Hull, to pay such moneys of the said My ttons as had been received 
 or grown due since the determination of the former grant. Dated 
 6 Dec. 16S9. 
 
 Accompanied by two petitions and a letter of Frances Thornton, 
 addressed to Mr. Langford at the Treasury, pleading the deplorable 
 condition of the family, and begging for an order for the money. 
 Also an account of what the fees in the controller's office came to. 
 
 Minuted : — " Agreed to." 
 
 6 pages. 
 
 Dec. 7. 26. Extract of a letter from Mr. Fotherby, dated at York the 7th 
 
 of December 1689, to Mr. Blathwayt, in which the former objected 
 to the deduction of 1,600Z. from the last 4,000?. which Mr. William- 
 son was to receive from the excise and customs of Hull. 
 
 V 2 
 
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 Dec. 9. 27. Keport of William Tailer, in the absence of Mr. Surveyor- 
 General, addressed to the [Lords of the Treasury], on the petition 
 of John Lord Ossulston, who had purchased an estate of the late 
 Earl of Arlington, within Marylebone Park, of which the said Earl 
 had a lease from the Cro-v^ai for 60 years ; the petitioner prayed an 
 addition of 20 years to his lease. The report finds that the lease 
 was so granted by Charles the Second, for 60 years, at '3GI. 14s. 6c?., 
 which grant was assigned by the said Earli to his brother (the 
 petitioner), on 22 Nov. 1 67-5, for the remainder of the term, viz., 
 38 years ; and advises that if the King and their Lordships grant 
 the petitioner's request, it was reasonably worth a fine of 1,000Z., 
 &c. Dated 9 Dec. 1689. 
 
 Minuted : — " Respited till His Mamies returne." 
 
 3 pages. 
 
 Pec. 9. 28. Presentment from the Comics of Excise, about 20,000/. due to 
 
 Mr. Duncomb, stating that there remained unpaid of the loans 
 made by several citizens of London, near the sum of 23,000/., besides 
 5,000/. demanded by Mr. Nathaniel Horneby, making in all 
 48,000/. besides interest. Dated 9 Dec. 1689. 
 
 Minuted : — " Mr. Duncomb call'd in & ask'd touching the 20,000/. 
 advanced by him on the excise, & by him now demanded ; & it being 
 told him that it was intended as a security for his place as cashier 
 of th' excise, he answered that he does not take it to be so, but 
 was lent to the P. of Orange and that by the late patent to the 
 Com'^s of Excise, he is made cashier upon advancing his share of 
 that money. The Lords will see the patent & consider it." 
 1 2Mge. 
 
 Dee. 10. 29. Presentment of the principal Com>^s foi- Prizes to the Lords 
 
 of the Treasury, as to certain fish lying in a small vessel in Milford 
 Haven, condemned as prize, and as to a cargo of salt, lying in a 
 small vessel of about 40 tons burthen, at Minehead, viz., as to per- 
 mission to enter the same on payment of duties. Dated 10 Dec. 
 1689. 
 
 Minuted : — " The goods being within the Act for prohibiting 
 French commodities, the Lords will give no directions in it." 
 1 page. 
 
 Dec. 11. 30. Letter of Ralph Williamson to William Jephson, Esq., stating 
 that he had paid Mr. Fotherby 4,000/. on account of the Danish 
 forces, and that he might acquaint the Lords of the Treasury, that 
 he could pay next week 2,000/. at York, 1,000/. at Durham, and 
 2,000/. at Newcastle and Berwick, of which facts he had acquainted 
 the Duke of Winterburge (Wirtemburg), the general then at York ; 
 and the money at Durham and Newcastle he would apply for the 
 payment of the horse which were to march to Scotland, asking 
 advice as to tlie payment of the money to the general.' Dated 
 York, 11 Dec. 1689. 
 
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 Dec. 13. 31. Letter of Ralph Williarason to William Jephson, Esq., stating 
 that the Lords of tlie Treasury had ordered him to pay Mr. Fotherby 
 1,000^. " exclusive " of the 4,000^. which in his last was " inclusive ;" 
 it put him in a strait to comply witli the order, but he had paid 
 500i. of it, and he had gone to that county [? Durham] to get up the 
 remainder, &c. Dated Darlington, 13 Dec. 1689. 
 
 1 2'ai/e. 
 
 Dec. 16. 32. Presentment of the Comr^ of Customs to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, stating that the Surveyor-General in the port of Chester 
 reported that there were several small parcels of woollen manufac- 
 ture in their Majesties' warehouse at Liverpool, belonging to poor 
 Protestants fled from Ireland, who begged that the said goods might 
 be delivered free of duty. 
 
 Minuted : — " Agreed to." 
 
 Also laying the case of Elizabeth Eichardson before their Lord- 
 ships, who prayed that six pieces of serge, sent from Dublin to the 
 port of Chester, might be delivered duty free. Dated 16 Dee. 1689. 
 
 Minuted: — "Agreed to." 
 
 2 pages. 
 
 Dec. 16. 33. Copy of a letter signed " William Blathwayt," addressed to 
 William Jephson, Esq., desiring him to acquaint the Lords of the 
 Treasury that the King had ordered Mr. Herriot, the commissary 
 of the Danish forces, 500?., for the use of the Duke of Wirtemburg, 
 for his equipage, &c. Dated 16 Dec. 1689. 
 i page. 
 
 Dec. 1 8. 34. Letter of Ralph Williamson to William Jephson, Esq., asking 
 him to acquaint their Lordships that he would comply with their 
 commands and pay the 5,000/. then directed, but could not pay at 
 Berwick above 300/., that being the full receipt there, but would 
 pay at York or at Newcastle what fell due at Berwick in the march 
 of the Danish horse ; this 5,000/., and the 4,000/. formerly paid to 
 Mr. Fotherby, and what he had remitted by other hand.s, would be 
 near the moneys in his hand. He would order one of his head col- 
 lectors to pay the 3,000/. at Durham, Newcastle, and Berwick to the 
 Danish forces in their march for Scotland, and when that was done 
 would hasten to London to render an account to their Lordships of 
 his management of his first receipt imder the Act of 12d. per pound. 
 Dated York, 18 Dec. 1689. 
 1 i pages. 
 
 Dec. 19. 35. Letter of William Blathwayt, Esq., to William Jephson, Esq., 
 stating that a warrant had lain for some days past in the hands of 
 Mr. Herriot for 500/. to the Duke of Wirtemburg, to be paid to his 
 order at London ; bxit Mr. Herriot answered nothing of that kind 
 till the particular sum was appointed him by the Treasury, which 
 occasioned this letter, in order that the Duke might not think him- 
 self neglected. Dated 19 Dec. 1689. 
 
 Accompanied by the copy of a letter of Mr. Fairfax to the Earl of 
 Nottingham, stating that he was commanded by the King to attend 
 
86 CALENDAR OF 
 
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 tlie Duke, and advise him in marching the Danish troops from this 
 place (York) to Chester ; but before they could quit their quarters 
 there must be money to put the officers and soldiers out of debt ; the 
 officers had been spending their money for two months and had 
 received none, at which they were much surprised, and for this there 
 must be at least 10,000?. The officers stuck not to say, that the love 
 they had for the Duke kept them from desiring leave to go home, 
 since the terms of the " cajjitulations " were not complied with. 
 Dated 16 Dec. 1689. 
 
 Also a computation of the pay of the said Danish troops. 
 3 pages. 
 
 Dec. 19. 36. "MemoriallfromtheComrsof Farthings,touchingl,742i'lls.3<i., 
 due to Mr. Boscawen for tin bought in Cornwall for His Mat'^." 
 Dated 19 Dec. 1689. 
 
 There is this note on the dorse : — " Mr. Boscowen wUl lend the 
 money (when payd him) on the 12d biU." 
 ] page. 
 
 Dec. 20. 37. A paper headed :— " Memorand, for the workes, 20 Dec. 89," 
 
 addressed to Lord Godolphin, stating that their Lordships, at three 
 several times, had directed l,500i. for the ordinary service of their 
 Majesties' works ; seeking to know whether it should be paid out, in 
 " course," as formerly, and as was then and had been practised in 
 most of their Majesties' offices ; or upon the account that had 
 accrued since their Majesties' accession to the throne ; praying that 
 the former plan might be adopted, and setting forth the inconve- 
 nience of the latter. Praying further that tliey would direct the 
 payment of 1,000Z. for the new buildings at Hampton Court; 500i. 
 for Kensington buildings ; 200Z. for the road in the park done by 
 Francklain ; and that they would give directions for the advance of 
 10,000?, for the ordinary service of the works (1,000?. being already 
 jiaid by the Exchequer). 
 
 In relation to the works at Hampton Court, there are the follow- 
 ing entries in the Minute Book, Vol. I. ; — 
 
 (P. 174..) " 18 Dec. 1689. Sir Chr. Wren to attend then [i.e. 
 to-morrow morning] about the wall which is falln at Hampton 
 Court. The King orders that businesse to be examined." 
 
 (P. 177.) " 1 9 Dec. 1689. Sir Christopher Wrenn call'd in about the 
 wall that is fallen at H. Court, & told that the King commands that 
 matter should be examined into by the office of the works, and 
 that he do report it to their Lops in -waiteing." 
 
 (P. 182.) " 30 Dec. 1689. Sir Christopher Wrenn and M^ Tallman 
 for an account of the condicon of the building of Hampton Court. 
 Sir Christopher sales they are preparing to give an acco* in writing ; 
 he is told the doing this is a thing so nice that it must be required of 
 them without delay, that warning was given them a week agoe, 
 tho' it may be necessary to use caution in the making this state • 
 yet it requires some hast, for the King is of opinion ye building 
 is in a bad condition, & therefore they should make hast & dis- 
 patch their report, under the hands of all y'^ office. S"^ Christo- 
 
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 Vol. VI. 
 
 pher thinks that may not be so well, & that he will goe & exa- 
 mine upon oath, and that their Lordpa shall have the affidavits of 
 able men, not interested, bricklayers, carpenters, & masons that 
 have' left off their aprons, & are without suspition of being influ- 
 enced by him. He is told ye King is in hast to see the condicon of 
 it as it stands now, and answers that he believes it will stand very 
 well, and promises to bring in his report on this day sennight, w'^'' 
 wil be Munday 6th January." 
 
 (P. 188.) " 10 Jan. 1689-90. The reports of Sir Christopher Wren 
 and My Talman concerning the workes at Hampton Court, as also 
 Mr. Emmett's peticon were read. 
 
 " Sir Christopher Wren was called in, and His Maj*'® was pleased 
 upon hearing him to order that the Lords should send for M"" Talman, 
 and that unlesse, upon hearing him, they find materiall cause to the 
 contrary, the workes at Hampton Court are to proceed." 
 
 (P. 189.) " 13 Jan. 1689-90. The Surveyor-GenU & controller 
 of the works call'd in, & their reports were read. 
 
 " The surveyour objects ag* M"^ Latham (in the compt^^" certificate) 
 for a madman, and sayes the work has stood a new tryal in a 
 hurrycane. 
 
 " Mr. Tallman sayes my Lord Chamberlain e's lodgings kept the '^' 
 
 wind absolutely from this building, & that Latham is not madd. 
 
 " Mr. Banks sales there are 24 peers next the garden, and but four 
 stones crackt ; and ye cracks no bigger than an baires breadth, 
 that the building, every day it stands, is stronger, and grows 
 lighter. 
 
 " Mr. Tallman sales every pier is crackt, that one may putt his 
 finger in. 
 
 " Ml' Oliver sales none of y" masons M^^ Tallman brought under- 
 stood, so good work as this is. 
 
 " Mr. Talman sayes that Pierce, Thompson, & another (in his 
 certificates) are three masons that S^^ Christopher imploys, that the 
 peers are all hollow, and crampt yf^^ iron to keep them together. 
 
 " S"^ C. Wrenn : ' What was done for greater caution ought not to 
 be malitiously interpreted.' 
 
 " Tallman : ' Pray let 6 be chosen by mee, and 6 by you to 
 judg in this matter.' 
 
 " ' The Lords think they'l never agree, one part will say one thing 
 th'other another.' 
 
 " Wren: ' I'le putt it on this, a man cannot putt his finger in ys 
 cracks.' 
 
 " Mr. Tallman says they are stopt. 
 
 " The Lords say this is a matter of fact, that they'l appoint indif- 
 ferent persons to view y" same ; and (after the officers of y® works 
 withdrew) agreed upon Serj* Ryly, S"^ Samuel Morland, and Mr. Fitch, 
 who are to have an extract of the reports, to examine yo cracks, &c., 
 in y® building, & to give their opinion by Wednesday morn., 
 whether they think it will stand or no." 
 
 1 page. 
 
 Dec. 24. 38. Report of the Com^s of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 on the petition of James Howard, Esq., praying a grant to him of 
 
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 Vol. VI. 
 1689. 
 
 tlie office of customer of the port of Berwick, iustead of to James 
 Waring ; stating tliat tliey bad notliing to object. Dated 24 Dec. 
 1689. ' 
 
 Minuted : — " Agreed to." 
 
 Accompanied by the petition, copy of a letter of tbe Duke of 
 Norfolk, reoommeuding liis cousin the petitioner, an affidavit, and 
 a certificate. 
 
 5 2^u[)es, or paris of ixiges. 
 
 [About 39. Petition of Thomas Chetwynd, gent., addressed to tbe King, 
 
 Dec. 24.] showing that he had been for upwards of IG year.s in the 1st troop 
 of Guards, and was a lieutenant in the regiment of Sir Henry 
 Ingoldsby in Ireland, but had lost the use of his limbs ; praying for 
 a subsistence of half-pay, or what other provision the King thought 
 fitting. 
 
 Without date, but accompanied by three certificates dated 21 and 
 24 Dec, L16]89. 
 3 pages {quarto). 
 
 Dec. 2-5. 40. Letter, signed Ralph Williamson, addressed to William 
 
 Jephson, Esq. [Secretary of the Treasury], acknowledging the letter 
 directing him to piay 1,600Z., exclusive of the 4,000?. and 5,000?., 
 but as he had remitted all the money to London, he could not retrieve 
 those bills; yet he had found credit for 1,000?., which lie had paid 
 to Mr. Fotherby for the use of the Danish forces. He could not 
 procure more money in any reasonable time, so had sent an express 
 to Durham and Newcastle, and would himself go the next morning 
 to Hull, and if he could procure any considerable sum, would send 
 it to Mr. Fotherby ; he had ordered his agent to advise Mr. Fotherby 
 from Durham and Newcastle what money could be had there, and 
 had written to Mr. Lsaacson to be assistant ; but trade being then 
 very little in those northern counties, made money very scarce, &c. 
 Dated York, 25 Dec. 1689. 
 1 pa^e. 
 
 [ ? 1689.] 41. Petition of " Geremia " Crey, Esq., Sheriff" of Wiltshire for the 
 year ended at Michaelmas 1688, addressed to the Lords " of their Ma- 
 jesties Treasury," praying that the surplusage of 88?. I7s. 10c?. due 
 to hirn might be paid. Without date. 
 1 p>age. 
 
 1682-1689. 42. Excise Commission. 
 
 Mr. Noells bill of [law] charges allowed in y^ acco* ended Midsomr 
 1686." 
 Also in 1682, 1683, 1687, and 1689. 
 19 pages, some half -folio. 
 
 [1689.] 43. A paper commencing : — " Mr. Papillon reports from the com^e 
 to whom it was referred to consider what sum rnaj' be necessary to 
 allow by the yeare for the charge of a summer & winter guard at 
 Kea, and guards and guarrisons at land, and the office of ordnance in 
 time of peace, out of 1,200,0001' per aim. to be settled upon their 
 
TREASURY PAPERS. 89 
 
 1689. 
 
 Vol. VI. 
 
 Mati'^s, for tlie constant necessary charge of supporting the crowne 
 in time of peace ; tliat the corns'" having taken tlie same into their 
 consideration, had agreed upoa sev'l resolves w^t he read in his 
 place, & afterwards delivered the said resolves in at the clerkes 
 table," &c. 
 
 With the resolutions is also the following account : — • 
 
 '' An account of the number of shipps of v/arr & other vessells 
 necessary for a summer and winter guard at sea in a time of peace, 
 wt'i their sev^ stations, quality of ships, & number of men." 
 
 Without date, but the 1,200,000?. granted in 1G89. 
 
 5 pages. 
 
 1689. 44. Necessaries " de termino Sancti Michaelis, anno regni Gulielmi 
 
 & Marise R" et Regine, primo, anno Domini 1689." 
 They chiefly relate to stationery stores. 
 Loncf page. 
 
 [About 45. Petition of William Vanbrugh, for a tally for 328?. lis. 3d. 
 1689.] upon the Act for 2s. in the 11. The said money was due on account 
 of the regiment late under the command of the Lord Lovelace. 
 Minuted: — " He must have it out of the officers pay." 
 Without date. [The Act for 2s. in the pound is most likely the 
 Act passed in 1689.] 
 I p«f/e {quarto). 
 
 [? About 46. Petition to the Lords of their Majesties' Treasury of John 
 
 1689.] Rogers, and Anne, his wife, the latter of wliom had been instrumental 
 
 in the preservation of the life of King Charles the Second after the 
 
 battle of Worcester, and had received 100?. a year pension ; praying 
 
 for the payment of the arrears. 
 
 Without date. [Their Majesties mentioned.] 
 Minuted : — " To be put upon M'' Squibs list." 
 1 page. 
 
 [About 1689 47. Memorial to the King, of Senior Gachon, to whose guardian- 
 
 or 1690.] ship King Charles entrusted the Duke of St. Albans, and who was 
 
 displaced for a Papist governor by King James, as he wished to 
 
 induce the Duke to change his religion ; praying for a continuation 
 
 of his pension of 100?. a year. 
 
 Minuted : — " To have 100?. a yeare." [French.] 
 Without date, but the pension was paid up to the coronation of 
 [Will. IlL] 
 1 2>ttg3. 
 
 [? About 48. " Sir Henry Gough's answer to M"^ Wyrley's letter." A paper 
 ] 689 or so indorsed, being his strictures on the conduct and fitness of certain 
 1690.] persons, proposed to be appointed as justices of the peace in the 
 hundred of Offlow, in the co. of Stafford. 
 
 Without date. [The Baron Turton mentioned : he is most likely 
 Sir John Turton, who was made a Baron of the Exchequer in tiie 
 year 1689, and " their Majesties " also mentioned.] 
 3 pages (quarto). 
 
90 CALENDAR OF 
 
 r A 1 . Vol. VI. 
 
 [About 
 
 1689 or 49. Petition of Ralph Williamson to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 
 1690.] respecting the carrying out of the Poll Act in the counties of 
 
 Durham and Northumberland and town of Berwick-upon-Tweed ; 
 
 also respecting the patent for the controller's office of Newcastle, 
 
 for which there was a warrant directed to pass, and on which there 
 
 was a dispute as to the charge of a pension of 501. a year. 
 
 Without date ; but the Act for raising money by a poll was 
 passed in 1G89. 
 
 Another petition on the passing of the said patent. 
 
 2^ pages. 
 
 1689. 50. Wages and gratuities due to keepers and rangers at Lady 
 
 Day 1G89, the whole amount being 283?. 16s., which was paid 
 11 May [16]89. 
 
 Apparently a copy of a later date. 
 1^ pages. 
 
 VOL. VII. 1690. aANTjAUT— March. 
 
 1689-90. 
 Jan. 1. ]. Letter of the Earl of Nottingham addressed to the Lords of 
 
 the Treasury, informing them that Mr. Butts wi'ote word from York 
 that no part of the 10,000?. ordered by their Lordships for the 
 Danish forces would be paid there by Mr. Williamson : the King 
 had, at the request of Mr. Butts, granted him 20?. more, besides 
 the SO?, he had received, and would have their Lordships order 
 Mr. Fotherby to pay him the same. Dated Jan. 1, 1689-90. 
 
 Minuted: — "Mr. Blathwaite will write to Mr. Fotherby to pay 
 Mr. Butts 20ii." 
 
 1 pagre {quarto). 
 
 [About 2. Extract of a letter from Mr. Fotherby, to Mr. Blathwayt, dated 
 
 Jan 1.] at York 1 Jan. 1689, saying that he had then received the remainder 
 
 of the 1,600 pounds from Mr. Williamson, by a bill from Hull; but 
 
 for the 10,000?. there was no thought of it. 
 i page. 
 
 Jan. 2. 3. Presentment from the Comrs for Farthings to the Lords of the 
 
 Treasury, acquainting them that they had then 400?. ready coined 
 in farthings, and by the 15th they should have the complement of 
 1,000?. ; praying directions how it should be disposed of, and to 
 whom it should be delivered for the service of Ireland, and further 
 suggesting how it should be taxed. Dated 2 Jan. 1689. 
 
 Minuted : — " M' Harbord is to receive the farthings as they are 
 made and pay for them." 
 
 2 l^age. 
 
 Jan, 2. 4. Letter of Edward Noell addressed to Samuel Langford, Esq., 
 
 for their Lordships' information, stating that letters had been writ- 
 
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 ten to the collectors of the excise, for moneys to be paid to Mr. 
 Fotherby for the use of the Danish troops : in answer to which, 
 1,800L had been paid by Mr. Fox, the collector at Hull. Dated 
 2 Jan. 1689. 
 1 'page. 
 
 Jan. 2 or 3. 5. " Presentm* from Com'^^ of Excise [addressed to the Lords of 
 the Treasury] touching 25,0001^ for the Dutch." Dated 2 Jan. 1689, 
 and on the outside 3 Jan. 1689-90. 
 
 Minuted : — " The Dutch must have it." 
 
 1 page. 
 
 Jan. 2 & 8. 6. Letter signed " Jo. Knight," to Samuel Langford, Esq., at the 
 Treasury Chambers, stating that, on Mr. Sansom's letter, he had 
 searched the Custom House books as to a bill drawn by Col. Fair- 
 fax and others, for 200?. Dated 3 Jan. 1689. 
 
 Accompanied by two letters from the said Mr. Sansom, addressed 
 to William Jephson, Esq., and to Anthony Isaacson, Esq., collector 
 of customs at Newcastle, as to the pay of the Danish forces. (To one 
 of these are added copies of three other letters.) The first dated 
 
 2 Jan. 1689, and the others in Nov. 1689. 
 3 pages and two halves. 
 
 Jan 3. 7. Letter of John Sansom to Mr. Saml. Longford, at the Trea- 
 
 sury Chamber, in answer to a letter desiring to know what answers 
 were received from the collectors of Chester and Liverpool for the 
 furnisliing of money to Mr. Henry Greenhill ; enclosing the copy of 
 the letter sent to those collectors, and their reply. Dated 3 Jan. 
 1689. 
 
 1 page and tivo halves. 
 
 Jan, 3. 8. Letter of Edward NoeU, addressed to Saml. Longford, Esq., 
 
 stating that he had examined the receipts of the four collectors of 
 excise for Yorkshire. Each of their divisions came near York, and 
 he believed they might furnish the Lords' order with about 4,000Z. 
 each round, &c. Mr. Fox, collector for York and Hull, could advance 
 money on his own credit, in the vacancy of a round, &c. Dated 
 
 3 Jan. 1689. 
 
 1 page. 
 
 Jan. 3. 9. Letter of attorney of Thomas Harries, Esq., Mayor of the town 
 
 and county of Haverfordwest, appointing Richard Harries, of the 
 city of London, gent., to receive 34<f. 1.5s. 4d laid out by the said 
 Mayor for the maintenance of certain prisoners in the gaol. Dated 
 3 Jan. 1689. 
 
 Schedule, showing the names and dates of committal of the said 
 prisoners, who were soldiers late in the service of King James the 
 Second. 
 
 On tfie dorse is:—" 13° Junii 1690. Paid." 
 
 ^4 P<^ges. 
 
92 CALENDAR OF 
 
 Vor VII 
 
 1689-90. _ ° 
 
 Jan. 7. 10. Representation by the Com'^ of Excise and Hearth Money to 
 the Lords of the Treasury, referring, (1,) to a former complaint re- 
 ceived from the collectors of excise, on behalf of the supervisors and 
 gangers, that they were assessed at 12cl. in the pound for their 
 salaries. 
 
 [Minuted in the margin : — " The Lords will allow it, the Com^a 
 I takeing due care to be satisfied that the officers do pay it."] 
 
 (2). Sending a list of moneys received from several officers of 
 excise, by various lords and gentlemen in several counties, amounting 
 to 11, .376^. 7s. 11:^(^., and another list of moneys received from officers 
 of the liearth money, amounting to 2,217^. 3s. 3c(!. Dated 7 Jan. 
 1689. 
 
 Accompanied by two lists of the said moneys. 
 
 5 pages. 
 
 Jan. 9. 11. Copy of an Order in Council, made 9 Jan. 1689, upon the reading 
 of a report from the principal Secretaries of State and the Lords of 
 the T)-easury, concerning the extraordinaries to be allowed for the 
 time to come to His Majesty's ministers employed abroad : giving a 
 schedule of the said quarterly allowances. 
 
 Accompanying is a separate schedule, being a copy of the last. 
 
 3 pages. 
 
 Jan. 9 & 16. 12. A report made to the Lords of the Treasury by certain referees 
 on the petition of John Brice, Receiver-General of the first aid by a 
 six months assessment for the county of Somerset, viz., for his extra- 
 ordinary charges, for which they thought 120?. a reasonable allow- 
 ance. Dated 9 Jan. 1689-90,with an addition thereto dated 16 Jan 
 1689-90. 
 
 Minuted : — " Agreed to." 
 
 The petition referred to, and an account of the charges expended bv 
 the said Receiver-General, including the expense of guarding the 
 money. 
 
 4 pages, one very large. 
 
 Jan. 13. 13. Report of the Comfs of Customs to the Lords of the Trea- 
 sury, advising the appointment of John Dynes for surveyor of 
 Colchester, in preference to Mr. Stephen Furley, who was not, in 
 their opinion, by reason of his age, of sufficient vigour and strenf^th 
 to undergo the labour of that employment. Dated 13 Jan. 1689. 
 
 Minuted : — " M"^ Furley is to have it." 
 
 1 page. 
 
 Jan. 14. 14. Report of the Com''i' of Customs to the Lords of the Trea- 
 sury, upon the extract of two presentments from the principal 
 Com^s for Prizes ; one in relation to a parcel of Newfoundland fish 
 and the other concerning certain Surinam muscovado suo-ar con- 
 demned as prize. 
 
 The former minuted : — "The L'l" think this within the Act of 
 prohibition, and do not think fitt to give any direction in it." 
 
TREASURY PAPERS. 93 
 
 1689-90. 
 
 Vol. VII. 
 
 The latter : -" If it be not -within the Act of prohibition, the 
 Lds agree it should pay as they propose." 
 Dated 14 Jan. 1689. 
 Accompanied by the presentment referred to, 
 
 2 pages. 
 
 Jan. 15. 15. Report of the Com's of Customs to the Lords of the Trea- 
 sury, on the petition of Mr. Thomas Wolstenhohne, customer of the 
 port of Bridgewater, approving of the confirmation of his appoint- 
 ment. Dated 15 Jan. 1689. 
 
 Minuted: — " Agreed." 
 
 Accompanied by the petition and his " reasons for yo"^ Honor's to 
 favour him in the collection of Bridgewater." 
 
 3 pages. 
 
 Jan. 16. 16. Petition of Charles Killigrew, Esq., master of their Majesties' 
 revels, to the Lords of the Treasury, praying payment of his fee 
 two years in arrear at Christmas 1689, viz., 201. 
 Bocquetted: — 10 Jan. 1689. 
 Minuted: — " Shall be pay'd only for the year 1689." 
 
 Jan. IC. 17. Report of the Com^s of Customs to the Lords of the Trea- 
 sury, on the petition of Joshua Solard, as to tlie importation of 
 molasses from France, advising that the molasses in question should 
 be admitted to entry and delivered on payment of the duties. 
 Dated 16 Jan. 1689. 
 
 Accompanied by the petition and an affidavit. 
 
 Minuted: — "Agreed to." 
 
 H pages. 
 
 Jan. 17. 18. Letter of William Blathwayt to William Jephson, Esq., 
 
 reminding him that there would be at least 10,000^. necessary for 
 the Danish foot, to meet them in their quarters near Chester, where 
 they were to be in less than 10 days. With a postscript as to 
 money or credit to be sent to Mr. Robinson at Chester, and for 
 money to pay for Mr. Bevan's corn in Wales, and a C[uery how the 
 [troops] should be paid in Londonderry. Dated 17 Jan. 1689-90. 
 
 In the Minute Booh, Vol. I. p. 196, on 20 Jan. 1689-90, is 
 the following entry : — 
 
 " Mr. Blathwaite informs [sic] that it will be requisite that there 
 be provided for the Danes 10,000'', to be pay'd them at Chester & 
 thereabouts, within 10 days, & 7000'' more to be pay'd them at & 
 about Londonderry." 
 
 1 page (quarto). 
 
 Jan. 17. 19. Letter of Ralph Williamson to William Jephson, Esq., 
 desiring him to move their Lordships that Mr. James Herriott 
 might be enabled to pay the remainder of the 10,600?., which he 
 paid to the Danish forces, there being 3,1001. yet unpaid, and pray- 
 ing for an order from their Lordships to pay the quarters of the 
 Danish forces in Yorkshire. Dated 17 Jan. 1689. 
 
94 CALENDAR OF 
 
 1689-90. - ^^°^-^I- 
 
 There is the following entry as to the payment of these forces in 
 the Minute Book, Vol. I. p. 207, on 31 Jan. 1689-90 :— 
 
 " M^" Blathwaite & M^' Williamson call'd in about getting money 
 for the Danes at York. M'^ Williamson will pay all he can there, 
 & to enable them to march. M"^ Blathwaite says there must be 
 besides what Mr. Williamson can pay, 10 or 12,000'^ sent in specie 
 to York. Upon further discourse, M'' Blathwait says that if ther 
 be at York on the IT^^" of February 15,0001' it will be sufficient. 
 Ml- Williamson undertakes to pay by that day 5000li to Mr Fotherby, 
 & the Ij^^ will take care to send 100,0001^ in specieP 
 
 1 |5a^e {quarto). 
 
 Jan. 18. 20. Report of Richard Hutchinson, Esq., on an allegation put in 
 
 by Chr. Fawthrope. His report is, that he was not prosecuted about 
 penal laws and test, nor by Sir Nicholas Butler particularly, but by 
 ordei- of the whole Board, for re-landing certain parcels of tobacco, 
 on which he forfeited 600Z., &c. Dated 18 Jan. 1689. 
 
 Accompanied by his petition, praying to be acquitted of the 
 judgment against him. 
 
 Minuted : — " To be forgiven a forfeiture of 600L" Further down : 
 — " The K. will not forgive it." 
 
 2 pages. 
 
 Jan. 19. 21. Letter of the Secretary of State (Shrewsbury) to Mr. Jepli- 
 
 son. Secretary to the Treasmy, stating that having examined Captain 
 Read, who was lately stopped in the Hope, as he was carrying men 
 to serve the late King, the writer found that the passengers on 
 board the vessels bound for Flanders were taken in at or before 
 they came to Gravesend, without the notice of the searcher, and 
 that vessels trading to and from Flanders carry their cargos to 
 Dunkirk, &c. Dated 19 Jan. 1689-90. 
 1 page {quarto). 
 
 Jan. 20. 22. Letter of the Earl of Nottingham [Secretary of State], 
 
 addressed to the Lords of the Treasury, sending a paper received 
 for them from Mons. Rosenheim, the first commissary of the Danish 
 troops in England, in order that the King's directions might be 
 taken. Dated 20 Jan. 1689-90. 
 
 On the dorse : — " For the King." 
 
 Accompanied by a copy of the said letter, and by the application 
 of the said Mons. Rosenheim to their Lordships for the payment of 
 120,000 crowns, due for the transport of the troops, viz., 16,000i. in 
 money at London, and the rest in good bills of exchange, payable 
 at Hamburgh. 
 
 3 half p)ages. 
 
 Jan. 22. 23. Report of the Com^s of Customs to the Lords of the Trea- 
 sury, on the petition of John Brett and John Waring, patent 
 searchers of the port of Chester, praying to be admitted to take out 
 a new patent ; approving of their so doing. Dated 22 Jan. 1689. 
 
 Accompanied by the petition and a certificate. 
 
 Minuted : — " Agreed to. Grant renewed." 
 
 3 pages. 
 
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 Jan. 23. 24. Letter written by order of the Comr^ of Customs to William 
 Jephson, Esq., secretary to the Lords of the Treasury, transmitting 
 an account out of the searcher's office of what ships had cleared 
 out of the port of London for Flanders, for five months past, and 
 the nature of their cargos. Dated 23 Jan. 1689. 
 5 2iages and ttvo half pages. 
 
 Jan. 24. 25. Presentment from the " Coma's for Farthings," addressed to 
 the Lords of the Treasury, stating that they had paid Mr. Boscawen 
 1,742Z. lis. 3cL, which remained due to him for tin bought in Corn- 
 wall, and further acquainting them that they should by the end of the 
 next week have completed the coining of 10 tons of tin which their 
 Lordships had directed them to buy, and this would in tale amount 
 to more than l,800i. Mr. Harboord was not ready to receive that 
 money, and until they knew what quantity might be issued for 
 Ireland, they could not propound to their Lordships to buy any 
 more tin there ; the 50 tons expected from Cornwall being probably 
 more than would be disposed of that year in England. Dated 24 Jan. 
 1689. 
 
 On the dorse is : — " For the King when Mr. Harbord is by." 
 1 page. 
 
 Jan. 24. 26. Representation of the Com'^^ of Excise and Hearth Money 
 to the Lords of the Treasury, that the several bills therein referred 
 to, were drawn upon the late victuallers of the Navy, from whom 
 they could by no means procure the money. Dated 24 Jan. 1689. 
 
 Minuted : — " The Comrs of Excise not to press for this money till 
 further order." 
 1 page. 
 
 [About 27. Petition of the Lady Margaret Hay, administratrix of William 
 
 Jan. 28.] late Earl of Kinnoul, deceased, and guardian to William now Earl 
 of Kinnoul and his two sisters, addressed to the King and Queen, 
 showing that King James I. granted the region called the Barbadoes, 
 or Caribbee Islands, to the Earl of Carlisle in fee, after whom it was 
 vested in William the late Earl of Kinnoul, to whom King Charles II. 
 agreed in 1663 to give 5QQI. p>er ann. for seven years, and l.OOOL 
 per anoi. for ever, upon his surrender of his interest therein, and in 
 1672, granted 600^. j;er ann. for five years, and 1,000^. 'per ann. for 
 ever, out of the revenue of 4-| per cent., tfec. ; the said Earl being- 
 then dead, there was a considerable sum due to his son William, 
 the then Earl, although the Crown received above 6,000Z. p)er ann. 
 from those islands. Praying payment of the arrears. 
 Referred to the Lords of the Treasury, 28 Jan. 1689-90. 
 1 page. 
 
 Jan. 29. 28. Report of Sir Geo. Treby, Attorney-General, on the petition 
 of the inhabitants of the county of Cornwall, as to the obligation of 
 the Crown, or Sir Hugh Pyper, constable of the castle of Launces- 
 ton, to repair the gaol, the partitions of which were broken down, 
 "so that the men and women comitted to the said gaole are con- 
 strayned to bee and lye together." Dated 29 Jan. ] C89-90. 
 
96 CALENDAR OF 
 
 1689-90. 
 
 Vol. VII. 
 
 The Report is written on the back of the petition. 
 
 Minuted: — "A scire facias to be brought by Mr. Aaron Smith." 
 
 2 pages. 
 
 Jan. 30. 29. Letter from the Earl of Nottingham [Secretary of State] to 
 the Lords of the Treasur}', stating that by the treaty with the King 
 of Denmark, the last payment for his troops was to be 120,000 
 crowns, of which His Majesty appointed 1G,000Z. to be paid here to 
 Mons. Rosenheim, who would take tiiem at 4s. lOd. for the crown, 
 i.e., 3,8S2l. 6s. 8d. ; Mons. Rosenheim then only desired 12,000 
 crowns, so that if their Lordships gave an order to Mr. Heme to 
 pay him 2,900^. his Lordship would get an acquittance for 12,000 
 crowns. Of the remainder that was to be remitted to Hamburgh, 
 Mr. Molesworth had already procured 60,000 crowns, to be im- 
 prested to the King of Denmark, and was engaged to see that sum 
 repaid ; and the King's pleasure was that their Lordships should 
 give directions to Mr. Heme to send orders to his correspondent 
 at Hamburgh, to pay Mr. Molesworth the said 6,000 crowns and 
 the rest to be deferred. Dated 30 Jan. 1689-90. 
 1 page (quarto). 
 
 About 30. Petition of Sir Richard Reeves, Knt., late Recorder, Sir Francis 
 
 Feb. 2. Brewster, Knt., Luke Lowther, John Rogerson, Wm. Watts, late 
 aldermen, James Cottingham and James Howiston late sheriffs, in 
 behalf of tlie late Lord Mayor, sheriffs, commons, and citizens of 
 Dublin, showing that the most part of the revenue of that city was 
 spent in preserving the English interest, the Protestant religion, 
 and the said city against tlie Irish rebels in 1641, in consideration 
 of which King Charles the Second granted 500^. j^er ann. for " its 
 support"; that since 1660 the city had increased in people, trade, 
 and buildings, the latter of which had been so costly that the city 
 had run into debt ; that imder the auspices of the Earl of Tyrcon- 
 nel, a new charter was granted to Papists, for whose sakes the old 
 charters were destroyed, so that the Protestant members of the 
 corporation were displaced ; that the said Papists had wasted all 
 the plate, goods, and chattels of the corporation in carrying on the 
 rebellion, and their pretended Parliament had confiscated all the 
 estates and goods and attainted the Protestant members of that 
 corporation. Praying for the grant of all the forfeitui-es of such as 
 were in rebellion, and held from that city, by lease or otherwise, 
 lands or houses, and the forfeitures of the Papists who so illegally 
 succeeded the petitioners in their several places in the corporation, 
 and were then in rebellion against their Majesties. Referred to the 
 Lords of the Treasury, 2 Feb. 1689-90. 
 
 Minuted : — "To be consider 'd in due tyme." 
 1 page. 
 
 Feb. 3. 31. Report of the Com^s of E.xcise to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 
 on their Lordships' reference to them of the petition of Sir Scroop 
 Howe to His Majesty, praying that he might have a commission to 
 view and examine the receipts and payments of all officers employed 
 or concerned in the duty of hearth money, from Lady Day 1685 to 
 
TREASURY PAPERS. 97 
 
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 Lady Day 1689, at -wliicli time that duty determined ; and tliat 
 "where it should appear any ofEcer was in arrear to their Majesties 
 for the duty, tliat he might receive the arrear to his own use, 
 informing their Lordships that King Charles the Second took the 
 revenue of heartli-money into his own hands and managed it 
 from 26 March IGS-l by the same Comis as he appointed to manage 
 the Excise, and so it had continued, and the Comrs caused the 
 officers to give security ; they found that hitherto few accounts had 
 been made up by the collectors, and the collectors were most of 
 them returned as in arrear ; that one Edmund Stack, clerk of the 
 securities, being a Roman Catholic, took away all the bonds and 
 securities, and many of the collectors, especially those who were 
 Roman Catholics, ran away witli great sums, together with 
 ' the books of collection, so that no exact account could be made 
 until a surcharge could be made after Lady Day 1 689 ; further 
 setting forth their difficulties in obtaining accounts, and giving 
 their opinion that the grant the petitioner desired would be very 
 considerable, though then very uncertain, and that the granting 
 such commission as was desired would be a revocation of their 
 commission, &c. Dated 3 Feb. 1GS9-90. 
 
 The petition referred to, a copy of this report, and Sir Scroop 
 Howe's answer to the report of the Conies of Excise by way of 
 exception. 
 
 The last is thus minuted: — " The Com^s of Excise to see this, & 
 afterwards S^' Scroop How to be heard, if he pleases, & the Cornea 
 to be here." 
 
 The following is entered in the Minute Bool; p. 240, in relation to 
 this : — 
 
 " Sir Scroop How, with M"" Ward his counsell, and the Com^a of 
 Excise, upon a peticon of S^' Scroop How, for a grant of such 
 moneys as shal be found in arreare in the hands of collectors of y® 
 hearth-mony, from Lady Day 1685 to Lady Day 1689 ; it being 
 objected by the Comrs of Excise that it wilbe a large grant, unless 
 the peticon meanes onely surcharges, the Lords desire S^ Scroop 
 w*^ advice of his counsell, to draw up what it is he intends should 
 be granted to him, as plainly & strictly as may be." 
 
 9 pages. 
 
 Feb. 3. 32. Report of certain persons at the Excise Office, to whom the 
 
 petition of John Keble, one of the sureties of John Bigsby, late 
 one of the Receivers General of the hearth money, was referred ; 
 made to the Lords of the Treasury ; recommending that proceedings 
 should not be stayed against him, until he had satisfied the debt of 
 one Booth. Dated 3 Feb. ] 689. 
 Minuted: — "Agreed to." 
 3 pages. 
 
 Feb. 4. 33. Report of Mr. Aaron Smith, to the Lords of the Trea- 
 
 sury, on the petition of Mr. Robert Clayton, farmer of their 
 Majesty's revenue of post fines, which had heen granted liy King 
 Charles 11. for 48 years, at an annual rent of 2,276/. 'J'he report is 
 
 G 
 
QS CALENDAR OF 
 
 1089-90. 
 
 Vol. VII. 
 
 in favour of allowing the petitioner the sums claimed, &c. Dated 
 4 Feb. 1G89. 
 
 Minuted : — " Tis a very old arrear, but if it appear just, upon 
 further examination, the L^^ will move His Ma^e to allow it." 
 
 Also the Petition referred to. 
 
 3 2 pages. 
 
 Feb. 4. 34. Report of the Com^s of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 stating that upon a letter of the Earl of Shrewsbury, Principal Secre- 
 tary of State, they caused the ship "Hopewell," of London, laden 
 with lead and copperas to be secured ; she being supposed to be 
 designed for France ; enclosing the report of the tide surveyor 
 thereon. Dated 4 Feb. 1689. 
 
 Two letters from Lord Shrewsbury, the report referred to, and 
 another paper about the same. 
 
 Minutecl : — " If the Com^s of the Customs have no objection to 
 it, the h^^ will lett the ship go on in her voyage." 
 
 5 leaves. 
 
 Feb. 5. 35. Report of the Comfs of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 
 on the petition of Heritage Lenthall a.nd other merchants, freighters 
 of the ship '' Bonadventure " (30 guns) ; stating that the ship sailed 
 in 1686 from England, with about 40 men, all English, on a trading 
 voyage to Russia and thence to the Straits ; and being at Zant, 
 wlien the commander heard of the war, 10 of his men being dead, and 
 having little hopes of a convoy, he procured 26 foreign seamen to 
 strengthen his vessel, for fear of the French, and not only ventured 
 himself, but encouraged 10 sail more of English ships to come with 
 him from Zant, to which he became admiral, and conducted them 
 safe to Cadiz, where they met with a Dutch convoy and came safe 
 home ; advising that no advantage should be taken to render the 
 goods liable to a greater duty. Dated 5 Feb. 1689. 
 
 Minuted : — " Agreed to." 
 
 Accompanied by the petition. 
 
 2\ pages. 
 
 Feb. 5. 36. Letter of Mr. William Blathwayt to Mr. Jephson, stating that 
 
 he could not find more than 34,000Z. or thereabouts had been paid to 
 the Danish forces for their pay or subsistence ; so that if the money 
 ordered for them in Yorkshire sufficed to carry them to their Chester 
 quarters, yet there would be wanting at their embarkation (which 
 would not, as he foresaw, be till the end of the month) 25,000Z. for 
 their entire f)ay, of which 3,000Z. must be remitted to Mr. Fielding 
 in Scotland, where a battalion of foot had lately arrived. The Duke 
 of Wirtemburg much pressed for it, and foi' an advance of one 
 month, amounting to about 13,000^. more, for their support, on 
 their arrival in the distant quarters appointed them in Ireland. If 
 there were no likelihood of procuring tliese sums near Chester 
 he desired their Lordships should be reminded to send it down in 
 specie, siijce otherwise the want of money might occasion the stop 
 of the shipping. The Duke of Wirtemburg in a memorial repre- 
 sented that 43 horses were wanting to be recruited, and for the 
 
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 168-9-90. ^«^- ^^• 
 
 foot 15 ; which, with the loss in Scotland, might amount to 50 
 horses for the horse, at 15Z, a horse, 750L ; and for the foot 20 in 
 all, which at 61. a horse came to 120?. 
 
 The Duke of Wirtemburg had received letters from the officers 
 that were then kept in a dimgeon at Abbeville in France, giving 
 an account of the sad condition they were in, and praying some 
 relief by money, to be remitted to the Ambassador of Denmark, at 
 Paris, to the value of about 200?. Further the writer had received 
 a paper from Mr. van Homrigh, of which he enclosed a copy, for 
 procuring the repayment of 307?. Is. to Mons. van der Esch on 
 which their Lordships' directions should be taken. Dated 5 Feb. 
 1689. 
 
 Minuted: — " Speak with Mr. Blathwaite." 
 
 On another page is " an abstract of the [above] letter," and accom- 
 panying is the copy referred to. 
 
 The following are entered in the Minute Book, Vol. I., in relation 
 to the pay of the Danes : — 
 
 (P. 215.) 6 Feb. 1689-90. 
 
 " Mr. Blathwaite proposes, that besides the 3,0001' lately return'd 
 to York, by Mr. Thompson, for the Danes, there be furnish 'd to 
 them 2,000li immediatly, & that if Coll. Fairfax does press for more, 
 M'' Williamson doe furnish him with any further sume not exceeding 
 2,000li, & that this be donn at once without delay, tho' it cost 2 per 
 cent., and for the 870^' demanded foi' recruits of horses, if it cannot 
 be spar'd out of the abovesaid 4,0001', upon Coll. Fairfaxe's draweing 
 a bill on M^ Harbord for 870^, it shall be comply 'd with. Besides 
 this 40001'. there must be any sume not exceeding 5,0001' pay'd or 
 credit given to Mr. Israel Fielding at Carlisle, Berwick, or Edinburgh 
 & 1,00011 at Chester in 10 or 12 days." 
 
 (P. 219.) 12 Feb. 1689-90. 
 
 " The King orders that if money come in within 2 or 3 days that 
 13,00011 more, besides the 13,0001' order 'd to-day shall be sent to 
 Chester. 
 
 (P. 220.) "M'' Harbord to take care to send away the 13,00011 
 order 'd yesterday to Chester to-morrow morning without delay. The 
 Com''^ of the Excise to give order to their officer at Oxford, so soon 
 as he hears of any of the Danish forces comeing into Oxford, that he 
 do fjmd out the officer commanding in chief & immediatly pay him 
 lOOli." 
 
 2 pages and 2 halves. 
 
 Feb. 5. 37. Presentment of the Com''s of Customs to the Lords of the 
 
 Treasury, laying before them the copy of an order of the late Lord 
 Treasurer the Earl of Rochester, for certain rebates to the East 
 India Company, for the payment of ready money for duties payable 
 by them: praying for a renewal of the order. Dated 5 Feb. 1689. 
 Minuted: — "Agreed to." 
 Accompanied by the copy referred to. 
 1 page a/nd 2 half pages. 
 
 a 2 
 
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 1689-90. ^-- ^"- 
 
 Feb. 7. 38. A representation by the Auditor of Excise to tlie Lords of the 
 
 Treasury, of the grievance sustained by the inferior officers of that 
 office, from the payment of the tax of ] 2d. per pound ; praying relief 
 therefrom. Dated 7 Feb. 1689. 
 
 Minuted :—" Feb. 1 2th, '89-90, The L^s do agree to allow it." 
 1 page. 
 
 Feb. 8. 39. Abstract of the account for clothing the late Sir Thomas 
 
 Gower's regiment of foot. 
 
 Signed " by Rod. Mackenzie, agent, 8° die Feb. 1689-90. 
 
 Jan. 29 and 40. Two reports of the Surveyor-General and Attorney-General 
 Feb. 8. to the Lords of the Treasury, on the petition of Sir Richard Newdi- 
 gate. Baronet ; praj'ing for the appointment of a day to hear his title 
 made out to the manor of Astley, in the county of Warwick, for 
 which he had desired a new patent : in favour of the petitioner. 
 Dated 29 Jan. and 8 Feb. 1689. 
 
 Minuted: — " If S"^ 'RicM desires a new graunt, he may have it in 
 the words of the old one : if he would have a graunt of anything that 
 his title is doubtfuU to, he may be heard to it." 
 
 4i pages. 
 
 Feb. 10. 41. Letter of Ralph Williamson, to William Jephson, Esq., stating 
 that he should pay Col. Thomas Fairfax 2,000?. and 2,000?. more, 
 as soon as he had occasion for it, for the Danish forces, in their 
 march for Chester. He had borrowed the money until the other 
 moiety of the 12cl per pound was received. Dated York, 10 Feb. 
 1689. 
 i page. 
 
 Feb. 12. 42. Letter of Ralph Williamson, to William Jephson, Esq., stating 
 that he had paid to Col. Fairfax and Mr. Fotherby, or their 
 order, at Doncaster 778?., and at Skipton 300?., and had already 
 paid all they demanded at York, viz., nearly 2,000?. They would 
 want no more until the Major-Genl, and the guards there, marched, 
 except 1,000?. at Leeds, which he was then providing. He should 
 pay the remainder of the 4,000?. ujjon demand ; he had been at 
 charge to pay the money, which was best for the march of the army, 
 that they should not have the least excuse for want of money, but 
 found they liked Yorkshiie so well that they made no great haste 
 out of it, though the Commissary was very diligent to hasten 
 their march. He hoped by the 10th of next month to receive 
 all the money of the last moiety of the 12c/. per pound for the 
 counties of York, Durham, and Northumberland, &c. He had 
 moved the Comics of Customs for leave to withdraw his deputy, 
 Robert Jackson, from Sunderland, to assist him in the receipt of the 
 1 2t?. per pound, and to appoint William Hymarsh in his place, &c. 
 Dated York, 12 Feb. 1689. 
 
 Also a memorandum that 1,500?. or not less than 1,000?. was 
 to be paid at Newcastle to Col. Donep, or the officer in chief of 
 
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 this regiment, if it could be procured at once, that they might not 
 stop their march ; and they were to be told that was all that could 
 be got on this side Scotland. 
 
 Four minutes on the dorse, the last of which is: — 
 
 "He may accommodate the Dutch there; drawing bills on lA 
 
 Ranelagh." 1 1 pages. 
 Feb. 12. 43. Presentment of the Conies of the Customs to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, concerning the officers engaged in connexion with the 
 customs in the island of Jersey ; proposing that William Hely should 
 have IQl. added to his salary, that Joshua Guille should be established 
 at his present allowance, and that Clement Machon might be estab- 
 lished as assistant to the other rider, at 30?. per ann. Dated 
 12 Feb. 1689. 
 
 Minuted : — '' Agreed to." 
 
 2 pages. 
 
 [About 13 44. Petition of Solomon Foubert, Esq., to the King and the Lords 
 Feb.] of the Privy Council, stating that he had been turned out of his 
 Academy at Paris on account of his religion, and came hither, being 
 pressed by the nobility and gentry, and upon positive assurance from 
 King Charles the Second that an academy should be erected at the 
 public charge, and an establishment made for keeping it up ; that in 
 May 1679 he gave to the Board his proposals for an academy, which 
 were approved, and until a fund was provided he was sworn one of 
 His Majesty's equerries; but through the distraction of the times the 
 establishment never took effect, nor did he receive his salary as 
 equerry, but for ten years he had kept an academy without assist- 
 ance from tlie public, and had consumed his small estate ; praying 
 His Majesty to order something to be done for him. Without 
 date, but received 13 Feb. 1689. 
 
 Keferred to the Lords of the Treasury. 
 
 1 page. 
 
 Feb. 15. 4.5. Petition of Champion Ashby to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 praying them to give orders to the Comrs of Excise to forbear 
 demanding the money due on certain bills of exchange until he 
 should receive the debt (^2,200Z.) due from their Majesties, for the 
 supply of butter and cheese for the fleet. Sworn on 15 Feb. 
 1689-90. 
 
 Minuted : — " The Com™ of Excise not to be too hasty to press 
 these bills till my L^^ speak with them." 
 1 page. 
 
 Feb. l7. 46. Report of the Com^s of Customs to the Lords of the Trea- 
 sury, on the petition of the Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons of 
 Helston, in Cornwall, for the re-estabUshment of a collection within 
 the harbour of Helford ; stating that from time immemorial a custom- 
 bouse had been established there for the town of Helston which 
 was " one of the antientest corporations in that county, & the 
 original! coynage towne for the stannary of Penwith and Kerrier ;" 
 that the town of Falmouth where they were then constrained to 
 enter their goods, was 10 miles distant fj-oni the town of Helston, 
 
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 " and so obliquely scituated that noe one wind will serve for sailing 
 from one port to the other," recommending " that there should 
 be a limited collection established at Gweek, in the harbour of 
 Helford, for the entry and exportation of their native comodityes of 
 tynn & fish ; and that they have power to give coast despatches for 
 all goods both inwards and outwards ; to this end, that the present 
 riding surveyor have the character of collector," &c. Dated 
 17 Feb. 1689. 
 
 Minuted : — " Agreed to/' 
 5 leaves. 
 
 Feb. 17. 47. Summary state of the account of the Com™ of Farthings, 
 showing what had been paid to Mr. Boscawen, &c., and the amount 
 of tin done up in bags and chests, and ready to be delivered to 
 Mr. Harboard's order for exportation, &c. Dated 17 Feb. 1689. 
 
 1 pa(/e. 
 
 Feb. 17. 48. Report of the Com'^^ of Customs to the Lords of the Trea- 
 sury, on the petition of the masters of three ships which were laden 
 with tobacco in Virginia, for the port of London, where they signed 
 bills of exchange for payment of the duty ; but as one of the 
 vessels was lost on Margate Sands, and the other two were taken by 
 French privateers, they prayed they might be discharged from pay- 
 ment of their bills ; informing them that theduty referred to, of 2s. 
 a hogshead on tobacco in Virginia, was not under their management, 
 but was employed for the support of that government. Dated 
 17 Feb. 1689-90. 
 Minuted :—" Refus'd." 
 
 2 pages. 
 
 Feb. 17, 19, 49. Three letters signed by the Lords of the Committee for Irish 
 and 20. affairs, addressed to the Lords of the Treasury, — 
 
 (1.) Stating that there was an absolute necessity that the Danes 
 then in Yorkshire should march presently towards Chester, which 
 they could not do unless provided with 3,000Z. by Saturday next, 
 desiring their Lordships to furnish Mr. Harbord, paymaster-general 
 of the forces designed for Ireland, with that sum to be sent to them 
 with all possible haste, that so the troops might be forthwith 
 shipped for Ireland, where they were wanted ; also with 200L to 
 despatch such officers for Ireland as were directed to make recruits 
 there ; with a P. S. that if it were not complied with, it would cost 
 the King 1,.500?. more. Dated 17 Feb. 1689. 
 
 Minuted : — " M"^ Blathwaite informed the Board that M"^ Har- 
 bord paying the bill of 2,000L drawn by Mr Fotherby from York 
 would be sufficient to enable them to march with what is already 
 order'd them there." 
 
 (2.) Desiring their Lordships to furnish Mr. Harbord with 2,000Z. 
 to pay bills drawn by Mr. Fotherby, paymaster of the Danes in 
 Yorkshire, that they might march immediately towards Chester 
 Dated 19 Feb. 1689. 
 
 (.3.) Reminding their Lordships to supply the Danish foot, to be 
 forthwith despatched into Ireland with the second payment, 
 
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 intended to be sent to Chester, the Duke of Wirtemburg being 
 already gone post thither, in expectation of the sum promised him, 
 the want of which might prove of dangerous consequence, " since 
 they rely upon it." Dated 20 Feb. 1689. 
 
 Minuted : — " M^-' Blathwaite says this second pay™* is meant to 
 be 13,000^., of which 3,000i' is already sent by bills, so remains 
 10,000"" 
 3 pages. 
 
 Feb. 22. 50. Letter of Ralph WilHamson to William Jephson, Esq., return- 
 ing thanks for his having moved their Lordships for leave to with- 
 draw Ro. Jackson, his deputy at Sunderland for this year, and that 
 he might have their Lordships' consent, and that of the Comics of 
 Customs, to depute WiUiam Hy marsh in that place. The next post 
 he expected their Lordships' directions how to dispose of the money 
 which he was then receiving, of the last moiety of 1 2d. per pound. 
 He believed he might have at York, (besides what he had to pay for 
 money taken up there,) 5,000^. and ],.500L at Durham, 2,000Z. at 
 Newcastle, and at Berwick 150Z., which he could pay by the 
 10th of March, and the greater part sooner if commanded. He 
 had already paid the 4,000?. and 667?. to Col. Fairfax and 
 Mr. Fotherby for the use of the Danish forces, and had drawn bills 
 upon the Right Hon. WiU. Harbord, for 4,667?. The 667?. was 
 to buy horses for the Danes, with which he found it necessary 
 to furnish Col. Fairfax and Mr. Fotherby, though without order 
 they could not take it up. He intended to take care of the receipt 
 for Durham and Newcastle on Wednesday next, &c. Dated York, 
 22 Feb. 1689. 
 1 page. 
 
 Feb. 22. 51. Presentment by the Principal Com^s for prizes to the Lords 
 of the Treasury, touching the remission of duty on certain Surinam- 
 Muscovado sugars, condemned at Poole for prize. Dated 22 Feb. 
 1689-90. 
 Minuted: — " Refused. The extraordinary duty must be pay'd." 
 1 page. 
 
 Feb. 25. 52. Letter of Anthony Isaacson to William Jephson, Esq., 
 stating that the regiment of Danish horse, quartered at Newcastle, 
 had received their " root," [rout] to march forthwith for Scotland, 
 but no order upon anj' one to supply them with money, either to 
 discharge their quarters, or for their march, which made both ofBcers 
 and soldiers vent their discontents in rude and (some of them) violent 
 ways. In order that the expedition of these forces might not be 
 obstructed, he hazarded paying to this regiment 600?., and requested 
 he might have their Lordships' directions how to be reimbursed. 
 Had he not done this he feared there would have been several 
 outrages. Dated 25 Feb. 1689-90. 
 
 Minuted : — " Approve of what he has donn & order him to draw 
 on Mr. Harbord for the money pay'd." 
 ] page. 
 
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 Feb. 25. 53. Report of the Conies of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 on the petition of Alexander Alton, executor of the will of Willm. 
 Lyne, late searcher in the port of Southampton ; not objecting to the 
 payment of the arrears of his salar}' for four years and three quarters. 
 Dated 2-5 Feb. 1689. 
 
 Accompanied bj^ the petition, and two otlier enclosures. 
 MinuUd :—" Order'd," 
 4 pages, or parts of pages. 
 
 Feb. 26. oi. Report of Lord Ranelagh, on the petition of Thomas Potter, as 
 to his clothing Col. Cornwall's regiment, &c. Dated 26 Feb. 1 689. 
 [The petition not now annexed.] 
 ^ pages. 
 
 Feb. 28. 5.5. Letter of Mr. Anthony Isaacson to Mr. Jephson, stating 
 that he had supplied the commander-in-chief of the Danes with 
 COO?., with which they intended to march without paying any 
 quarters at Newcastle or elsewhere ; but an express coming the same 
 day to Mr. Williamson's deputy, he immediately paid them 900?. to 
 complete the 1,500?. ordered by their Lordships, and so thej' had 
 cleared their quarters, &c. Dated 28 Feb. 1689-90. 
 1 page. 
 
 March 1. 56. Report of the Com^^ of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury', 
 on the petition of Sir Thomas Atkins, Knt. ; stating that they had 
 re-considered the petitioner's case and their report, wherein they had 
 fully expressed their opinion in relation to the abolition of the office 
 of customer of the great and petty customs. Dated 1 Mar. 1689. 
 
 Accompanied by the petition and the copy of the report. 
 
 Minuted:—'' March Gth, 1689-90. To be heard on Tuesday next, 
 afternoone." 
 
 3 p>ages. 
 
 March 1. 57. Letter of Ralph Williamson to William Jephson, Esq., stating, 
 that in pursuance of their Lordships' commands, he should send 
 to Berwick near 3,000Z. in two or three days, being all the money 
 he had, or could get credit for, at Newcastle, by two of his clerks 
 under a convoy of the Danes, who were about to march for 
 Berwick, and so for Scotland. Pie had paid 900?. to Col. Shewstad 
 for the use of his regiment in their march for Scotland; and Mr. 
 Isaacson paid 600?., completing the sum of 1,500?. which the 
 writer had orders to pay to Col. Doneb ; but as he and his regiment 
 had marched before for Scotland, he paid it, by advice of Col. 
 Fairfax, to Col. Shewstad, of which he had advised Mr. Fieldincr; 
 and that he should pay him on Thursday next 3,000?. He had 
 acquainted Mr. Fielding that he could pay 2,000?. more at York, and 
 the remainder where their Lordships would direct, when his collec- 
 tion of the 12cZ. per pound was over, after the Dutch were paid what 
 they had occasion for. He intended to be at York on Tuesday. 
 Major Christian desired to know their Lordshijis' pleasure, if he was 
 
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 1689-90. 
 
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 March 4. 
 
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 to be coutinued solicitor for the Acts of 2s. and I2d. per pound, and 
 review of the Poll Act, and if so, he desired his commission. Dated 
 ] March 1089. 
 
 On the dorse : — " Speak with Mr. Blathwaite." 
 
 1 ^jar/e. 
 
 58. Letter of Mr. John Sansom to Wm. Jephson, Esq., Secretary 
 to the Lords of the Treasury, sending copy of the last letter the 
 Comrs of Customs had received from the collector at Shoreham, 
 touching the privateer then equipping in that port, to have it laid 
 before their Lordships ; and acquainting them that they liad sent an 
 officer on purpose to look into the preparations of that vessel, and to 
 make observation of the disposition and inclination of the persons 
 that go upon her, and the design of the voyage. Dated 4 March 
 1689. 
 
 Accompanied by the copy of the letter, giving an account of about 
 80 men in the town or on board, and their pursuits ; and stating 
 that the writer had been often in their company, and could not 
 perceive that tliey were any way disaffected to the Government. 
 They often drinlt their Majesties' health. The ship was in great 
 forwardness to sail. 
 
 2 pages. 
 
 59. Keport of the Com'^s ^f Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 on the petition of Freeman Howse, controller of the port of 
 Chichester, praying to be confirmed in his ofiice, which was granted 
 him by King Charles the Second ; not objecting thereto. Dated 
 4 March 1689. 
 
 Also the petition. 
 
 Minuted :—" J uly 29, 1 691 . Granted." 
 
 1 1 pages. 
 
 60. Keport of the Com^s of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 on the Order of Council made on the petition of John Rawlinson, of 
 London, merchant, touching a more strict examination as to the 
 sorts of goods on board the " Swan " (pink), when captured and 
 carried into France ; and as to whether the lading then on board 
 were the same as on her capture ; stating that the assurance was the 
 best in their opinion tliat could be given, under the ciicumstances. 
 Dated 4 Slarch 1689. 
 
 Minuted : — " Graunted. The Com" takeing security that nothinn- 
 be imported but the cargo from the West Indies." 
 
 Accompanied by tlie Order in Council, the former report, the peti- 
 tion, and three other documents relating thereto. 
 
 8 pages. 
 
 March 5. 61. Letter from Ralpli Williamson to William Jephson, Esq., in- 
 forming him that he had advised him from Newcastle, that the 
 1,500Z. which the Lords directed to be paid to Col. Doneb, was paid 
 to Col. "Seustadt" ; viz., 900" by himself and 000^. by Mr. Isaac- 
 son, otherwise the Colonel could not have marched his regiment 
 
 March 4. 
 
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 1689-90. 
 
 Vol. VII. 
 
 (theu-in Scotland) from Newcastle; he found the Lords of the 
 Treasury had directed him to pay to Israel Fielding, Esq., 5,0001' at 
 Berwick and Carlisle, and that they would allow one per cent. ; he 
 had advanced 3,000^. and sent it to Berwick by two of his head 
 collectors of Durham and Northumberland, under a convoy of the 
 last of the Danish forces, on their march for Scotland ; the 3,000Z. 
 would be at Berwick that night, ready to be paid to Mr. Fielding, 
 who was advised of it, and that he would send him 2,000Z. to 
 Carlisle, to make up tlie 5,0001. ; conceiving it better for him to 
 have the 2,000?. at Carlisle than at Berwick, being nearer the west 
 of Scotland, where the troops must embark for Ireland ; he hoped 
 the Lords would allow him one per cent, for the advance of the 
 money, and likewise for the carriage and convoy to Berwick and 
 Carlisle, being near 100 miles, &c. The agents had written some 
 time since, to know whether he desired to be Receiver-General for 
 the additional poll and " review " within his present receipt ; he 
 answered them, that the receipt would be but small, and the country 
 large, that he could not get head collectors to receive the money and 
 bring it to him to the country towns, for the allowance by the Act, 
 &c. It would not be possible to collect and return the money for 
 2d. in the pound. Dated 5 March 1689-90. 
 
 1 2'>0'gc. 
 
 March 9. 62. Letter of Israel Fielding to William Jephson, Esq., stating 
 that Mr. Williamson, the'receiver of Yorkshire and Northumberland, 
 had given him notice he would send 3,000?. to Berwick, by which 
 his credit revived at Edinburgh. It contains also various other 
 statements of moneys provided or to be provided for the King's ser- 
 vice ; that he could not well judge what his charge would be before 
 the Danish troops were embarked, but thought beyond the 5,000?. 
 If he had more than was needful it would be employed at Derry 
 to the same end ; on the morrow he should go back for Scotland 
 and would use aU means " that their march be not retarded." 
 Dated Berwick, March 9, 1689-90. 
 
 Accompanied by a memorandum of moneys paid by Mr. Williamson 
 on account of the Danes. Also another memorandum. 
 2 'pages aiul 3 small pieces of pages. 
 
 March 11. 63. Report of Thomas Neale, Master of the Mint, to the Lords of 
 the Treasury, representing to them that Mr. Bowers, engraver to 
 the Mint, was dead, and that it was needful the place should be 
 supplied. If the King and their Lordships thought fit the Roettiers 
 (who knew best how to do it) should be employed : they might be 
 employed by the master worker himself without making any new 
 officer in the place. Dated March 11, 1689. 
 
 [The Roettieis were, engravers employed for many years in the 
 Mint. See another paper dated 2 July 1689.] 
 
 Copy of certain clauses from the indenture of the Mint, which 
 seemed to countenance the appointment. 
 
 2i pages. 
 
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 1689-90. 
 March 11. 
 
 March 13. 
 
 March 14. 
 
 March 14. 
 
 March 14 
 and 15. 
 
 Vol. Vn. 
 
 64. Petition of Nicholas Treweeke to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 stating that he had exhibited articles with his petition against the 
 officers of their Majesties' customs at Newcastle, begging their Lord- 
 ships to accept his affidavit and dismiss him from furtlier attendance, 
 or supply him with the necessary charges, as he was 200 miles from 
 home. Dated 11 March 1689. 
 
 Minihted: — " The Corn's will send to the port and examine the 
 complaint." 
 ■^ page. 
 
 65. An Order of Council, enclosing a precedent of 4 May 1678, 
 exempting from assessment the officers of dockyards, referring the 
 matter to the Lords of the Treasury'' for their determination as to 
 whether or not the present officers should have the same favour 
 granted to them. Dated 13 March 1689. 
 
 Accompanied by the paper referred to. 
 2 pages. 
 
 66. Presentment of the Coma's of Customs to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, laying before them the case of Mr. Henry Davis, who by 
 the troubles in Ireland was forced to leave that kingdom, and im- 
 ported in the port of Chester six barrels of meal from Belfast, on 
 which he was charged but 3s. a barrel ; but subsequently the col- 
 lector was surcharged with *ll. IGs., which sum, the petitioner prayed, 
 might be discharged from the surcharge : desiring their Lordships' 
 directions. Dated 14 March 1689-90. 
 
 Minuted : — " Agreed to." 
 1 page. 
 
 67. Presentment of the Comi's of Customs to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, laying before them the petition of Holland Goddart, a 
 distressed Irish Protestant, who had brought certain shop goods to 
 Bristol ; recommending the case for relief, by passing the goods 
 custom free. Dated 14 March 1689. 
 
 Minuted : — " Agreed to." 
 1 page. 
 
 68. Letter signed Ralph Williamson to William Jephson, Esq., 
 stating that he had received his [letter] of the Sth inst., and 
 had paid Mr. Israel Fielding at Berwick 3,400Z. By a letter from 
 him he found the officers of excise had appointed him to pay 
 2,000?. at Carlisle ; he had advised Mr. Fielding not to expec t any 
 money from him at Carlisle ; but if there were any occasion at 
 Newcastle about the 29th inst. he could pay him 3,000?., most of 
 the money on the 1 2d. per pound would then have come in, but the 
 greater part of the money he sent to Berwick he was necessitated 
 to advance, as he did the 4,667?. to the Danish forces before they 
 marched from this country, and most of it cost one per cent., which 
 he hoped their Lordships would allow ; he had sent bills upon Lord 
 
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 Vol. Vir. 
 
 Eanelagli, the Hon. William Harbord, and others, to tlie value of 
 12,4<4!2Z., most of the money being paid to the Danes or Dutch, &c. 
 Dated York, 14 March 1689. 
 
 With this postscript : 
 
 "Hull, the 1-5 March 1689. I am now at tins place where John 
 Ramsden, Esq., and Charles Osborne, Esq., the Marquess of Carmar- 
 then's brother, are chosen burgesses." 
 
 1 page. 
 
 March 19 69. Petition of Henry Harris to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 and 22. showing that the office of chief graver of the stamps and irons and 
 of the King's Mint formerly belonged to the chief graver of the 
 King's seals, and was performed by himself or able men who assisted 
 him ; tliat he had been educated in the art, and was then chief 
 graver of their Majesties' seals ; praying to be apjjointed in place of 
 George Bowers, then lately deceased. 
 
 Minuted : — " Mr. Harris to have the place and employ the Rotiers 
 under him." 
 
 Letter from the same to William Jephson, Esq., stating that 
 according to their Lordships' directions he had discoursed with the 
 two Mr. Rotiers at the Tower about their assistance in ffraving 
 irons and dies, who were inclinable to it ; they desired the whole 
 salary between the two (32oZ. j)cr ann.) ; their father had besides, 
 by patent, for life 4.50?.. a year as graver of medals and " agats," and 
 it was then feared he would not be able to work anymore by reason 
 of a lameness in his right hand. Dated March 19, [16J89-90. 
 
 Also an agreement made the 22nd March 1689, between Henry 
 Harris, gent., and James and Norbertus Roteires. 
 
 Minuted : — " Agreed to by the Board and Mr. Harris' Warrant 
 order'd." 
 
 3 'pages. 
 
 March 20. 70. Presentment of the Com^s of Customs to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, stating that it had been thought fit, in consideration of 
 the mixture of syrups and other materials used in making tobacco 
 into roll, to deduct 10 per cent, upon exportation, over and above 
 the usual allowance of tare for the package, which was further 
 reduced to 5 per cent. The merchants of London and Bristol com- 
 plained that the manufacture of spinning and rolling tobacco (which 
 employed many hundreds of poor people, men, women, and children,) 
 was in great danger of being lost, and driven into other countries, 
 and also that foreign manufacture stopped the consumption of Vir- 
 ginia tobacco. The Conies upon the considerations in their former me- 
 morial, had distinguished roll tobacco into two sorts, viz., a brighter 
 and a darker sort, and suggested that 5 per cent, should only bo 
 deducted from the darker sort, and that the brighter sort should be 
 free, which was agreed to by their Lordships, but that not proving 
 sufficient to keep up the manufiicture of that commodity, they 
 now advised that rolled tobacco should be exported without any 
 
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 1689-90. 
 
 Dated 20 March 
 
 March 22. 
 
 March 24. 
 
 Vol. VII. 
 
 other deduction than the tare for the package. 
 1689-90. 
 
 Miiiutecl : — " Agreed to." 
 la po-Ues. 
 
 [About 71 . Petition of Thoma.s Potter, who had clothed the regiment of 
 
 Marcli 20.] foot under command of Col. Henry Cornwall from 1685 to 1688, 
 stating that there remained 875?. 15s. (Jd. duo to hin:i ; praying that 
 the paymaster might have orders to pay him. 
 
 Minuted ;— " Reed yo 20«i March 1689-90 from Mr. Bissell ; spaak 
 wtl' my Ld Ranelagh & Capt. Henry Villers : Pet»i, & L<i Ran. : Rej)*. 
 tliereon to be cousider'd at the same time." 
 1 2>a(/e (much torn). 
 
 72. Presentment of the Com^s of Excise and Hearth Money to the 
 Lords of tlie Treasury as to the impressment of workmen and ser- 
 vants of brewers and distillers into their Majesties' service for 
 seamen ; praying their directions for redressing the same. Datecf 
 22 March 1689. 
 
 1 page. 
 
 73. Report of the " Commissioners of the Farthings " to the Lords 
 of the Treasury, stating that they had represented that they had 
 coined out of the tin, which they were directed to buy, as many 
 farthings and half-pence as amounted to 1,968?. 2s. 7fcZ. ; and 
 having since received part of the tin bought by Mr. Boscawen in 
 Cornwall, they had made up the sum to 2,500?., which was put up 
 in bags and chests ready to be delivered for the service of Ireland. 
 There remained due upon the order of imprest 2,057?. Ss. 9d. 
 A quantity of farthings, called the Prince of Wales' farthings, ap- 
 parently lately coined, were dispersed about the town. Dated 
 24 March 1689. 
 
 Minuted : — "The 2,500?. in farthings Mr. Harbord is to buy of 
 them. For the latter part an extract to be made for the Councill." 
 
 1 page. 
 
 74. Presentment of the (^om^'^ of Customs to the Lords of the 
 Treasury in favour of exempting the oiEcers of customs whose 
 salaries were imder 6U?. per annum from the payment of the taxes, 
 and of reimbursing them the money already paid by virtue of the 
 Poll Act, and other taxes on their salaries. Dated 24 March 
 1689-90. 
 
 Minuted : — " Graunted, but care must be taken that more be not 
 allowed than has been really payd by the officers." 
 
 2 pages. 
 
 75. Copy of a letter from Mr. John Sansom to Mr. Jephson con- 
 cerning inquiries made at the port of Chester about a yacht, of 
 which Capt. Bridges was formerly owner, to which inquiries the 
 replies had been received, and were sent to be laid before their Lord- 
 ships. Dated 27 March ] 690. 
 
 March 28. 76. Representation of the Com^a of Excise to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, praying for a warrant to exempt their inferior officers 
 
 March 24. 
 
 1690. 
 March 27. 
 
no CALENDAR OF 
 
 1690. _ Vol. VII. 
 
 from payment of the Ss. in the pound tax, as they were formerly 
 allowed on the I2d. tax. Dated 28 March 1690. 
 
 Minuted:—" Graunted, 28*1^ March_1690." 
 
 1 2^«i76- 
 
 March 29. 77. Letter from the chief persons at the Ordnance OfSce ad- 
 dressed to Wm. Jephson, Esq., Secretary to the Lords of the Trea- 
 sury, stating that there was convenient stowage on board the 
 "Bourdeaux Merchant" for 1.5 tons of fartliings, to be shipped to 
 L-eland. Dated 29 March 1090. 
 1 pa//e. 
 
 [? About 78. Report of Sir Christopher Wren, Surveyor General of His 
 March 31.] Majesty's works, on the petitions and propositions of Mr. William 
 Killigrew for building in Scotland Yard, stating that though the 
 houses there were then unusually empty, yet that they had often 
 been too little for service, particularly when the late building was 
 erected next tlie Privy Garden, not only Scotland Yard but the 
 Pebble Court was filled with timber. The yard was for stores, 
 not only of Whitehall but St. James', Westminster and the Tower, 
 and for all sudden occasions, and for the stone that mends 30,000 
 yards of public pavings : advising that the proposition would be to 
 the damage of their Majesties 1,000L per ann. 
 
 Also, five petitions and two plans, one " of Scotland Yard as it now 
 lies," and the other " of Scotland Yard as it would be if built." 
 Without date. 
 
 The last petition states, — " That S"^ Cristopher Wrenn, in contempt 
 off His Maty and y^ severall orders of this HonM** Bord, does not 
 returne neather yo report nor papers and drafts of Scotland Yard, 
 to y" damage and ruine of your pet"^, 'w'^^ disobedience is no smale 
 contempt of this Hon^e Bord, who are now bound in honner as well 
 as your pet"^ by interest not to suffer such insolence, your petitioner 
 therefore humbly prays that your Lordps will order S"^ Cristopher 
 Wrenn to attend this Hon^'ie Bord on Wednesday next, and there 
 to give your LordP^ bis reasons before His Majty why hee thus 
 dispises vour Lordps' orders." 
 
 Referred 31 March 1690. 
 
 Minuted : — " My L^s agree with Sir Christopher Wren's report." 
 
 6 pages, and the plans on tivo larger ones. 
 
 [About 79. Petition of James and " Nolbertus " Rotiers, engravers ad- 
 
 March.] dressed to the Lords of their Majesties' Treasury, stating that they 
 had been engravers to the Mint for the two last reigns, and made for 
 their Majesties the coronation medals, and puncheons for the guineas 
 and half-crowns, and supplied dies to the Mint to coin with until 
 the place was given to Mr. George Bowers, who was then dead ; pray- 
 ing their Lordships to intercede with the King that they might be 
 appointed to the ofBce, or that some persons might hold it in trust 
 for them. Undated. 
 1 page. 
 
TREASURY PAPERS. Ill 
 
 VOL. VIII. 1690. AraiL— June. 
 
 1690. 
 April 2. 1. Report signed by B. Fillingham and three others to the Lords 
 of the Treasury upon the petition of Augustine Briggs, Esq., Receiver 
 General of the first six months' aid for Norfolk and the city of 
 Norwich ; recommending that he be allowed SOI. for his good services. 
 Dated 2 April 1690. 
 Also the petition. 
 Minuted : — " Agreed to." 
 
 3 pages. 
 
 April 3. 2. Letter of the chief officei-s of the Ordnance to William Jeph- 
 son, Esq., stating that notwithstanding Mr. Herriott's information 
 to their Lordships to tlie contrary, there was stowage for 1 5 tons of 
 farthings on board the " Bordeaux Merchant." Dated 3 April 1690. 
 
 1 page. 
 
 April 10. 3. An Order in Council on the petition of Roger Moore, Esq., 
 who was possessed of the grant made to Col. Legg, then Lord Dart- 
 mouth, and Sir Tho. Armstrong, viz., to make and utter copper 
 half-pence in Ireland for 21 years from the 32nd of Car. II. The 
 grant was renewed by His late Majesty. The petition prayed His 
 Majesty to direct what effigies should be stamped on the half-pence, 
 or to grant new letters for the unexpired term. The order refers the 
 matter to the Lords of the Treasury. Dated 10 April 1090. 
 
 Also two petitions of the said Roger Moore and a copy of a petition 
 with memoi-anda relating thereto. 
 
 Minuted at the hack of tJw petition:—" 18 Feb. 1689-90. M^^ 
 Atturney & M'' SoUicit'' are of opinion His Mat^f' may send over the 
 tynn farthings & halfe pence into Ireland notwithstanding the pre- 
 tense of this graunt." 
 
 The Order in Council has three Minutes indorsed, the last of which 
 is: — "The Lords think it proper the execution of the patent be 
 suspended till Ireland is reduced ; because in the meantime new 
 farthings may create an inconvenience to the sold'^, & be of little 
 advantage to ye patentee." 
 
 4 p)ages. 
 
 April 10. 4. Report of the ComJ^^ of Customs, to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 on the petition of Renatus Palmer, who prayed to be appointed sur- 
 veyor in the port of Dartmouth, void by the death of William 
 Knoyle ; leaving it to the option of their Lordships which they 
 would appoint ; viz., the petitioner or Mr. How, late landwaiter at 
 Dartmouth, both being duly qualified. Dated 10 April 1690. 
 Mimoted : — " Graunted to Palmer." 
 Accompanied by the petition and a certificate. 
 
 2 pages and 2 halves. 
 
 April 11. 5. Order made by the Committee for Trade and Plantations, 17 
 April 1690, for the transmission of a copy of a petition of Dr. 
 Payne ; setting forth that his brother, John Payne, His Majesty's 
 collector in Maryland, had been murdered in the execution of his 
 office. Sent for information of the Lords of the Treasurj' that the 
 might appoint another collector. 
 
112 CALENDAR OF 
 
 1G90. Vol. VIII. 
 
 Minuted : — " The Comi's Customs to present a iitt person for the 
 employment." 
 
 Copy of the petition, the prayer of which is that justice might be 
 done on the traitors and murderers. 
 
 2 pages. 
 
 April 14. 6. Report of the Com^s of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 on the petition of John Ellesdon, praying their Lordships' warrant 
 for the riding surveyor's place in the county of Dorset, instead of 
 Mr. George Pley, lately deceased ; recommending that office to be 
 sunk, as there was very little employment for the officers of customs 
 at Poole, Lyme, Weymouth, and other ports on that coast, since the 
 Act prohibiting trade with France ; and stating that the best service 
 then to be done there, was to prevent the running of prohibited 
 goods, for which they were about to issue instructions. Dated 14 
 April 1G90. 
 
 Minuted: — "TheCom" are to take care of M^" EUesden & to 
 provide for him as soon as anything happ)ens, that he is qualified 
 for." 
 
 ] \ 'pages. 
 
 April ] 7. 7. Letter of Mr. Israel Fielding to Mr. Jephson informing 
 him, that after sending the last of the Danish horse out of 
 ScotlaAd, he made the best of his way to Carlisle, knowing Mr. 
 Williamson the receiver of Yorkshire and Mr. Huddleston of the 
 Excise, waited there with 2,000/., each, for the contrary winds had 
 kept the Danes 12 days ; since the receipt of the money he was that 
 day going back to Edinburgh to discharge his debts, and should 
 return in six days. He had sent a particular of the pay given to the 
 Danes in Scotland ; the account of the contingent charge should be 
 sent as soon as he returned ; what would be further chargeable on 
 them would not exceed if it came to 800 or 1,000/. He had 
 hinted that he thought they could not well be accompted with 
 till he went to them in Ireland, which would gain a little time 
 if money were hard to come at. He supposed he should have the 
 last 2,000/., to be em])loyed as the King's service should require, 
 thou"h the Lords of the Committee had designed to send him 
 down 3,000 horse, to embark from Kircudbright. The contingent 
 charge would appear to have been influenced by Scotch consciences ; 
 but if none were joined to him hereafter, the money would be ma- 
 naged with more frugalitJ^ Dated Carlisle, J 7 April 1690. 
 
 Accompanied by a particular of the pay given to the Danes in 
 Scotland. 
 
 1 pages and C half 'pages. 
 
 April 19. 8. Report of Sir Geo. Trcby [Attorney General], stating that it 
 was reasonable the petition should be granted according to the 
 following report. Dated 19 April 1G90. Also, 
 
 Report of the Com^s of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, on 
 the petition of Arthur Shallott and Gilbert Heathcott, respecting 
 certain SpanisJa brandy, wliich for want of convoy could not be im- 
 ported by the time allowed in the Act ; advising that the petitioner 
 should be permitted as desired to discharge in the Downs, or some- 
 
TREASURY PAPERS. 113 
 
 1090. • Vol. VIII. 
 
 wliere in tlie mouth of the river, not above the Hope, the wine and 
 fruit and other the unprolubited goods, of the ship's lading ; and 
 that the brandy might remain on board until the petitioner should 
 obtain longer time in Parliament, or in defect thereof be at liberty 
 to proceed to some foreign market. Dated 12 April 1C90. 
 • Minuted :—" 21 April '90. Agreed to." 
 Accom2:>anied by tlie petition. 4 'j}c<-0<^s. 
 
 April 21. 9. Presentment of the Comics of Customs to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, complaining tliat their officers at the outports had been 
 beaten, abused, and pressed in the discharge of tlieir duty. Dated 
 21 April 1690. 
 
 Minuted : — "Write to M^ Southerne to desire to lay this before 
 tlie lA^ of the Admiraltj-, that they may take oare that the officers 
 of the customs may be secured from the press." ^ l^'^V'^- 
 
 April 22. 10. Certificate of Morg.an Whitley, deputed to survey the 
 vt^orks necessary within tlie castle of Chester, addressed to the 
 Lords of the Treasury, stating that he had surveyed the same, and 
 that a great part of the " Prothonator's " office was fallen down, and 
 the rest upon props, insomuch that persons dare not come , in to 
 follow their business, and the Exchequer office was much out of 
 order. Dated 22 April. 2 Will, and Mar. 
 
 Accompanied by an estimate taken April 9, 1 690 ; also a certifi- 
 cate by James Lightbourn, Vice-Chamberlain, that at the time of 
 his sitting in the Exchequer Court at Chester part of the roof fell 
 down, but providentially killed no one. Dated 12 Dec. 1689. 
 
 Another certificate of the Vice-Chamberlain and otliers, stating 
 that the buildings presented at the last assizes by the grand jury of 
 Chester were very ruinous, and like to fall, &c., and the records 
 of the county were spoiling, by reason of the water falling upon 
 them in rainy weather. Dated .30 Nov. 1689. The presentment 
 referred to is also with it. 4^ par/es. 
 
 April 21. II. "Order of Council, 24th April 1690, about foreign vessels 
 taking in considerable quantitys of lead at Newcastle;" suspected 
 of being intended for a French market, -i |)af/(3. 
 
 April 2-5. 12. Order to the Receiver-General for Prizes, to pay various 
 salaries and incidents (a copy). Dated 25 April 1690. 1 page. 
 
 April 25 and 13. Order of the Committee for the Affairs of Ireland, for for- 
 28. warding the annexed extract of a letter from Mr. Cuff', deputy to 
 the Commissary General of Provisions, for their Lordships' directions. 
 Dated 25 April 1690. 
 
 The said extract, in which he hoped Mr. Harbord would comply' 
 with the bill of 2501. without much more delay. If there were 
 not a supply in hand at Chester, or in Mr. Moor's hands in London, 
 it would be impossible to carry on their Majesties' service, &c. 
 
 H 
 
114 CALENDAR OF 
 
 1690. ^-- ^"^- 
 
 Also a letter from Mr. Eicli. Colinge to Will. Jephson, Esq. 
 stating that the Lords of the Committee for the Affairs of Ireland 
 thought it absolutely necessary that Mr. Cuff and Mr. Vickers 
 should be forthwith supplied with 500?. Dated 28 April 1690. 
 3 luilf pages. 
 
 April 29. 14. Eeport of the Earl of Ranelagh to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 on the petition of Robert Algood and John Franks, the two Deputy 
 Commissaries of the Musters reduced from the establishment, recom- 
 mending that they should receive their former allowance ; having 
 been employed to attend the Danish forces, &c. Dated 29 April 
 1690. 
 
 Also the said petition. 2 pages. 
 
 April 29. 15. Report of the Com^s of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 on the claim of priority of seizure of the ship, " St. Antonio," set up 
 by Charles Robertson against Lancelot Whitehall, stating that 
 from what they had then heard, Charles Robertson was the first 
 seizer. Dated 29 April ^ 690. 
 
 Minuted : — ■" It must be left to the law to determine." 1 paj/e. 
 
 April 29. 16. Letter of the Corn's of Excise to the Lords [of the Treasury], 
 presenting a paper containing an account of the amount of the 
 revenue of excise, on beer and ale for six months, from 24 June 
 to 24 Dec. last, compared with six months in the previous year ; 
 and further stating that the representations that had been made to 
 their Lordships of their defects, or mismanagement, were not only 
 groundless but they had improved the excise beyond their pre- 
 decessors. Dated 29 April 1690. 
 Also the paper referred to. 3 j^ccges. 
 
 May 2. 17. Report of the Com^s of Customs to the Lords of the 
 
 Treasury, on the petition of the master, wardens, and assistants of 
 the Society of Merchants Adventurers, within the city of Bristol, 
 for tlie enlargement of their public key [quay] ; concurring with the 
 petitioners, and moving their Lordships to give order to the King's 
 Remembrancer to issue a commission out of the Exchequer, for the 
 setting out the public keys of the said port. Dated 2 May 1690. 
 
 The petition with 1 2 signatures ; together with five reasons for 
 the alterations proposed. 
 
 Minuted : — " The Com's of the Customs are to send the draughts 
 of such a commission as usuall." 3 pages. 
 
 May 3. 18. Presentment of the ComJ^^ of Customs to the Lords of the 
 
 Treasury, respecting a Genoese ship lately seized in the port of 
 London, upon the Act of Navigation ; concerning which a writ of 
 appraisement A^as issued from the Court of Exchequer, and the 
 execution pressed by Whitehall, the pretended seizer, in order to 
 condemnation ; laying the same before their Lordships for their 
 information. ])ated 3 May 1090. 1 page. 
 
TREASURY PAPERS, 115 
 
 1690. 
 
 Vol. VIII. 
 
 May 9. 19. Copy of a letter of the Mayor and others of Dover to the 
 
 Earl of Shrewsbury, sending several depositions relating to Col. 
 Butler and others, who had been for some time lurking about that 
 county in order to their transportation to France and were seized 
 and brought before the Mayor and committed to gaol until they 
 knew his Lordship's pleasure about them ; they found Capt. William 
 Berkenhead, survej^or of customs, and two others were assisting 
 the said fugitives, and committed them to prison ; and they hoped 
 his Lordship would gratify the deputy and inhabitants of Riug- 
 would for seizing them, &c. Dated Dover, 9 May 1690. 
 
 Minuted : — " To be sent to Com"^^ of the Customs, to be examined 
 into ; & Birkenhead in the mean tyme, to be suspended." 1 page. 
 
 May 10. 20. Letter, signed Henry de Marais, to Wm. Jephson, Esq., 
 begging his favour for 40Z., concerning which the King had given 
 Lord Nottingham directions. Dated 10 May 1690. ^ page {much 
 decayed at the top). 
 
 May 10. 21. Report made by William Blathwayt, Esq., Secretary at War, 
 as to the allowance to be made to the auditors of the imprest for 
 auditing the accounts, stating that 30s. was allowed for each troop 
 and company in King Charles the Second's time, and 20s. in the reign 
 of King James, and that the allowance craved by Mr. Auditor Done, 
 for passing the accounts of the Eight Hon. Mr. Harbord, for the 
 army of Ireland, was not more than had been already allowed, &c. 
 Dated 10 May 1690. 
 
 Minuted: — "Graunted May 13, 1690." ^ pages. 
 
 May 12. 22. Report of the Com^s of Excise to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 on a memorial of Sir Scroope Howe, concerning which, they state, 
 that they conceived he sought for the surcharges and arrears then 
 due by collectors of the hearth money, whose books had been 
 delivered into the office nine months before, and had not paid or 
 cleared their accounts for their surcharges. Transmitting four 
 accounts of Charles Dering, Esq., controller of the hearth money. 
 Further stating that they could not certify to their Lordships the 
 true value of what Sir Scroope desired, as Mr. Dering utterly refused 
 to allow them to examine his accounts without their Lordships' 
 particular orders. Dated 12 May 1690. 
 
 Minuted : — " S^ Scroop How may have a copy of this report." 
 7 pages. 
 
 May 13. 2.S. Presentment from the Coma's for Farthings to the Lords of 
 the Treasury, apprising them that they intended to issue the 500?. 
 coined in farthings and halfpence, without troubling their Lord- 
 ships to advance any at present, upon the order of imprest. Dated 
 13 May 1690. 
 
 Minuted : — " My L^^ agree to this presentment." | pac/e. 
 
 May 13. 24. Letter of Ranguillo, the Spanish ambassador, to M. le Chevalier 
 Jean Lawther, stating that the Countess of Staremberg was about 
 to depart for Holland ; and wishing an officer of the custom house 
 
 H 2 
 
116 CALENDAR OF 
 
 ]cro. 
 
 Vol. VIII. 
 
 to come and register her baggage. Dated 1.3 May 1690. [French.'\ 
 1 25a(/e (qiucrto). 
 
 May 13. 25. Report of Mr. Aaron Smith to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 on the matter contained in a letter of Mr. William Carter, finding 
 that for many years he had applied himself witli great zeal and 
 iudustrj' to prevent the exportation of wool, and to bring to con- 
 dign punishment the offenders, and in 14 months in the years 
 1085 and 1CS6, had caused about 20 French sliallops to be seized 
 and condemned, 10 English vessels with 300 packs of wool, &c. 
 He then had very many offenders under prosecution ; advising that 
 it was necessary that 200^. at least should be ordered him for 
 prosecuting the matters referred to in the report. Dated 13 May 
 1G90. 
 
 The letter referred to. 
 
 Minuted: — " Mr Carter to have 200i> at the custom house, out of 
 incidents." 3 pages. 
 
 May 14. 26. Presentment of the Com^'s of Customs to the Lords of the 
 
 Treasury, moving their Lordships that the Receiver-General might 
 be directed to advance the money payable by the officers of customs, 
 for the tax of 2s. and l.s., and that he " defalke " the same by four 
 quarterly payments out of the salaries of the officers, &c. Dated 
 14. May 1690. 
 
 Minuted: — "Agreed to;" again, "Respited." ^^ pages. 
 
 May 19. 27. A note, signed H. Powle, to Mr. Robert Squibbe, at 
 the Treasury office, desiring him to pay to his servant, George 
 Crips, 315Z. due for arrears, " when the said Powle was speaker." 
 Dated " Rolles," 19 May 1G90. 3 small parts of pages. 
 
 May 20. 28. Presentment of the Comi's of Customs to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, laying before them the copy of a warrant from the Lord 
 Treasurer, the Earl of Rochester, to them, to grant extraordinary 
 commissions from time to time for the seizure of uncustomed and 
 prohibited goods ; praying for renewal of the authority. Dated 
 20 May 1690. 
 
 Minuted : — " Order'd." 
 
 Also the copy. 2 piages. 
 
 May 20. 29. Presentment of the Com^s of Customs to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, stating that, with a view to make tlie Patent officers more 
 useful in the management of the revenue, it had been thought fit 
 in divers poi'ts to put the collection of customs into the hand of the 
 customers to collect for their patent salary only ; with some allow- 
 ance for clerks, and in others an allowance to be made to their 
 deputies, and among the rest, the collection of the port of Hull was 
 committed to John Holland, with an allowance of 301. per ann. 
 from each of the customers, and HOI. per ann. from the King, 
 which allowance the customers had refused to make, although 
 the Corn's had reduced the amount to 2QI. pier ann, Mr. Holland 
 
TREASURY PAPERS. II7 
 
 1690. _ ' Voi.Vin. 
 
 informed the Com'-'s tbat Mr. Appleyard, one of tlie customers, 
 refused to pay the arrears, and that Mr. John Tempest, the other 
 customer, was a prisoner in the Gatehovise, Westminster, for debt ; 
 praying their Lordships' order to the said ofEcers for payment of the 
 arrears, and in case of refusal to lay their hands on their salaries. 
 Dated 20 May 1 GOO. 
 
 Minuted: — "My L^^ do agree to this: M"^ Appleyard is a 
 member of Parliam*. Qy whether the Lords will not be pleased 
 to hear M"^ Aj^pleyard before they sign the warrant. There is a 
 dispute between Coll. Allured and Mr. Tempest for the other place, 
 and the Lords have not signed the wai'rant for y° sallary. Speak 
 with the Comrs of the Customs. Agreed to." 3 pages. 
 
 May 20. SO. Keport of the Coma's of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury 
 on the petition of Henry Seagar, Controller of Customs in the port 
 of Hull, not objecting to the compliance with the prayer of the 
 petitioner, viz., that Hugli Mason should be appointed his deputy. 
 Dated 20 May 1690. 
 
 Minuted : — " Agreed to." 
 
 Also the petition. 2 half images. 
 
 May 21. 31. Letter of William Blathwayt, to Mr. Jephson, stating 
 that he had just received a letter from the Deputy Commis- 
 saries at Chester, of which he enclosed an extract relating to the 
 repacking the beef at Liverpool, &c., for the army in Ireland ; 
 further, that the King had seen the enclosed letter from Mons. 
 Rosenheim, Commissary General of the Danish forces, and had 
 ordered it to be laid before him at the Treasury. Dated 21 May 
 1690. 
 
 The extract above named ; but the letter mentioned is not now 
 with it. 
 
 Minuted : — "Enquire what summe is requisite for Cuff & Vickers 
 [Deputy Commissaries]. Mr. Blathwayte says about 1,000?." 
 2 half pages. 
 
 May 22. 32. " Order of Council for the Lords of the Treasury to consider 
 of a way of exporting tin to Holland, for the payment of His Majtys 
 forces there." Dated 22 May 1690. 
 
 Minuted : — " My L'^'' will speak with the persons concern'd, & 
 receive their proposall." ^ page. 
 
 May 22. 33. Letter from the [Earl of] Nottingham to Mr. Jephson, stating 
 that the King had granted 30L to the persons concerned in taking 
 Col. Butler, Mr. Ashton, Mr. Lane, Mr. Matthews, and one Butler, a 
 servant to Col. Butler (who were seized when making their escape 
 into France and brought to Dover) ; desiring the Lords of the 
 Treasury would give orders for the payment of that sum to Thos. 
 Papillon, M.P. for Dover, who would remit the same to the Mayor 
 and aldermen of Dover for distribution. Dated 22 May 1690. 
 On the dorse ;— " 28 May 1690, p[ai]d.' 1 page {qimrto). 
 
118 CALENDAR OF 
 
 1690. V°- ^™- 
 
 May 23. 34. Certificate of the Earl of Marlborough, that he ordered Sir 
 John Edg worth to recruit the regiment then under his command, &c. 
 Dated 23 May 1690. 
 
 With his autograph. ^ jsag^e. 
 
 May 26. 35. Letter of the Earl of Nottingham to William Jephson, Esq., 
 instructing him to announce to the Lords of the Treasury, that the 
 King had given 40Z. to the persons who took Captains Scudimore, 
 Yarburgh, and some other gentlemen near Maiden ; in order that the 
 same might be paid to Mr. Mountague, one of the clerks of the Privy 
 Council, who would distribute it. Dated 26 May 1690. 
 On the dorse : — " 28° ejusdem [i.e. Mali] p[ai]d." 1 page. 
 
 May 27. 36. Letter of Mr. John Sansom, to Willm. Jephson, Esq., Secretary 
 of the Lords of the Treasury, asking liim to move their Lordships to 
 discharge the quarter's salary of the officers [of customs], another 
 quarter being near at liand. Dated 27 May 1690. 
 
 Minuted : — " Order'd that 2,000^. be paid in parte this week, & 
 the rest by weekly payment." \ page. 
 
 May 27. 37. Letter of the Earl of Nottingham to Mr. Jephson, stating that 
 the King had granted to Sir Kobert Southwell, whom he had 
 appointed to be his secretary, 600^., to be advanced immediately, 
 without account ; giving instructions to Mr. Jephson to acquaint 
 their Lordships therewith. Dated 27 May 1690. 
 
 On the dorse: — " 30 May 1690, paid." ^ page {quarto). 
 
 May 29. 38. Letter of H. Bp. of London to the Lords of the Treasury 
 soliciting the King's benevolence of 20Z. for Mr. Gellibrand, going 
 over as a chaplain to New York. Dated 29 May 1690. 
 
 Also the order for payment, signed H. Sloughter. Dated 7 June 
 1690. 
 
 On the dorse: — " 9° Junii 1690, paid." 2 half pages {quarto). 
 
 May 30. 39. A very decayed paper respecting the cargo of a French vessel 
 captured on the coast of France, coming from St. Christopher's, 
 bound to Nantes in France. Dated 30 May 1690. The remains of 
 1 page. 
 
 May 30. 40. Keport of Mr. Aaron Smith to the Lords of the Treasui-y, on 
 
 the petition to the King of Mrs. Ellenor Bonnett, who had married 
 a Frenchman and an alien, who shortly after went to Ireland with 
 Sir WiUiam Petty. Having heard he was dead after about eight 
 years, she purchased certain houses in Westminster, &c., and then 
 mortgaged them, and afterwards mari-ied one Richard Carborne. 
 They were both convicted of treason for " clipping," but she ob- 
 tained a pardon, and having heard that her husband. Bonnet, was 
 alive, she obtained a commission of inquiry, upon which it was 
 found that her husband was an alien, and that the property in 
 question belonged to the Crown ; she, however, obtained a grant of 
 it, but was arrested for debt, and remained in prison. The prayer 
 of the petition was, that her debts might be paid, and that she 
 
TREASURY PAPERS. 
 
 119 
 
 1690. Vol. VIH. 
 
 might have the residue. The report reconimends thjot the prayer be 
 complied with. Dated 30 May 1690. 
 Accompanied by the petition. 
 
 Minuted : — " Respited till the matter be heard in the Court of 
 Exchequer. 13 Dee. 1690." S^ pages. 
 
 May 19 41. Two letters, dated 29 May and 3 June 1690, signed 
 
 and June 3. Tho. Langley, to the Secretary of the Treasury, together with " An 
 ace* of moneyes disburst by Tho. Langley of Harwich, for the 
 releife of poor Dutch passengers in tlie months of April and May '90. 
 S7l. 10s. 13° Junij 1690, ordered to bee p[ai]d. 19° ejusd, p[ai]d." 
 1 page and 2 half pages. 
 
 [About 42. Petition of the creditors for victuals supplied to their Majes- 
 
 June 3.] ties' navy, under the direction of Sir Richard Haddock and others, 
 
 the late Com'^^ ; praying the Lords of the Treasury to allow them to 
 
 make a loan upon the last Act of Parliament for ] s, in the pound, 
 
 for payment of their debts. 
 
 Also a list of the debts. 
 
 Minuted: — "To be considered too morrow morning. 3 June 
 1690. Nil." 1^ pages. 
 
 June 4. 43. Order made by the Lords of the Committee for the Affairs of 
 
 Ireland, to William Jephson, Esq., Secretary to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, for the payment of 10^. to Jane Adams, relict of Capt. 
 Robert Adams, deceased ; in consideration of her husband's losses and 
 services at Londonderry. Dated 4 June 1690. 
 " 60 Junij 1690, paid." i _paf7e. 
 
 June 4. 44. An order by the Lords of the Committee for the Affairs of 
 
 Ireland, to William Jephson, Esq., Secretary to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, to pay 201. to EUzabeth Foulke, wife of Garrat Foulke, 
 Esq., then in gaol at Galway in Ireland ; viz., out of the 1,000^. in 
 his hands for service in Ireland, for her support, in consideration of 
 her own and her husband's services and sufferings. 
 " 7° Junij 1690, paid." 1 sheet. 
 
 [About 45. Memorial of the Lord Morley Mounteagle and the Ld. Wil- 
 
 June 6.] loughby of Parham, to the Lords of the Treasury ; praying for arrears 
 of their pension of 4:001. a year, granted for their better support as 
 peers of this kingdom. 
 
 On the dorse : — " Ordered when there is money." 
 On 6 June 1690 there was a payment of 100?. to each of them. 
 1 page. 
 
 June 6. 46. Presentment of the Comrs of Customs to the Lords of the Trea- 
 sury, sending an information which they had received of a very foul 
 assaiilt committed upon an officer of the customs in the execution ol 
 his duty, by Capt. Rooke, commander of a ship of war. Dated 
 6 June 1690. 
 
 The said information. 
 
120 CALENDAR OF 
 
 1690. ^'-■™- 
 
 Minuted : — " A copy to be sent to the L^ls of the Admiralty, 
 desireing they will please to examin this matter." 1 page and 2 
 halves. 
 
 June G, 47. Report of the Comi's of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 
 on the petition of John King, formerly a landwaiter in tlie port of 
 Hull, and since of Blythnook in Northumberland ; praying to be 
 restored to his emploj'ment, and to have two years' arrear of his 
 salary paid liim : expressing the opinion that he was deservedly dis- 
 missed, for great obstinacy and contempt ; and that they saw no 
 pretence, either to any arrear of salary, or for restoration to his 
 empiloyment. Dated June 1090. 
 
 Mi nuted : — " Agreed to." 
 
 [He states in his petition that he was the son of Henry King 
 deceased, heretofore minister of Mulbarton in the co. of Norfolk, 
 and a great suflferer in the reign of King Charles the First.] 
 
 Also the petition and a certificate. 3 'pages. 
 
 June 6 and 7. 48. Two letters of John Sansom, by command of the Conies of 
 Customs, to William Jephson, Esq. ; the first stating that the Com" 
 had taken notice that the Imperial Avocatoria had been pub- 
 lished at Hamborongh, and that thereupon the French resident had 
 withdrawn. The Coma's desired to know the pleasure of their Lord- 
 ships, whether that was a suiRcient notification to them to take off 
 the interdiction of the Hamborough trade, there being then a stop 
 on it ; the second, stating that the Comfs commanded him to impor- 
 tune the said Mr. Jephson for the directions of the Lords of the 
 Treasury on the same subJ3ct. Dated G & 7 June 1690. 2 half j^ages. 
 
 June 7. 49. Presentment of the Coma's of Customs to the Lords of the 
 
 Treasury, concerning a parcel of cordage and pieces of cable, which 
 were seized in the port of Plymouth, and which they had ordered 
 the officers of customs to discharge on payment of the customs, 
 and giving the officer a reasonable gratuity, stating that the pay- 
 ment of the gratuity was resisted, and suggesting that the officer 
 should be allowed to insist upon it, or prosecute his claim in the 
 Exchequer. Dated 7 June 1690. 
 
 Minuted : — " Agreed to." 1^ pages. 
 
 June 11. SO. Order in Council, by the Lords of the Committee for the 
 Affairs of Ireland, for the payment to Capt. Rich. Legg of 151. in 
 consideration of his sufferings, and to enable him to return into 
 their Majesties' service in Ireland. Dated 11 June 1690. ^ piage. 
 
 June 13. 51. Report of the Comi'^ of Transports, on the petition of Mary 
 Fleming, widow, owner of a vessel employed in the transport 
 service, respecting the allowance for freight. Dated 13 June 1690. 
 Also the petition. 
 
 Minuted : — " To be putt on the paper on Wensday next 
 ].3]ii 4s Qd" 2 pages. 
 
TREASURY PAPERS. 121 
 
 1690. Vol. VIII. 
 
 June 13. 52. Report of tlie Comi'^ of Customs to the Lords of the Trea- 
 sury, on the petition of Walter Braems, Esq., informing them that 
 the petitioner's salary at 15^. 6s. 8d., per ann. appeared to be in 
 arrear from 1684, viz., 92^., and that they had nothing to object 
 against the payment thereof, and of his growing salary. Dated 
 
 13 June 1690. 
 Minuted: — " Order'd." 
 Also the petition. 2 jxiges. 
 
 June 14. 53. A letter, signed J. Radcliffe, to [William] Jephson, Esq., Sec- 
 retary to the Lords of the Treasury, as to a proviso in a grant to 
 Mr. Marryott, of some estate (not specified) from the Crown. Dated 
 
 14 June 1690. 
 
 Minuted : — " M^^ Radclyffe to be a Com'-' with Jlr. Marriott about 
 conceal'd lands." 1 page. 
 
 June 16. 54. Presentment of the Com^s of Customs to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, stating that by the prohibition of the Frencli trade 
 several of the ports that lie opposite to France were wholly destitute 
 of any receipt, and by the interruption of trade in general, there 
 was not sufficient money in several of the out-ports to pay the 
 officers their salaries : on account of which the Com"'*' had been 
 constrained, for the officers' subsistence, to order the payment of 
 money from one port to another, and from the port of London, not 
 doubting to have their Lordships' approval. Dated 16 June 1G90. 
 Minuted: — "Agreed to." 1 page. 
 
 June 17. 55. Report of the Com'^s of Customs to the Lords of the Trea- 
 sury, on the petition to His Majesty of 10 poor English seamen, late 
 prisoners at St. Mallo, setting forth that they had wrought on 
 board several prizes at St. Mallo, and received in lieu of moneys 
 small parcels of linen cloth and silk, which on their arrival at 
 Plymouth were seized : submitting that there was no remedy, but 
 that they must abide by a legal determination. Dated 17 June 
 1690. 
 Minuted : — " Agreed to." 
 Copy of the petition. 2 pages. 
 
 June 20. 56. Report of Mr. R. Maddock to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 
 respecting the state of the chest at Chatham, stating that there had 
 been no money paid to the pen.sioners since Christmas, and there 
 were three years due at Lady Day last, containing other particulars, 
 also about the chest. Dated Navy Office, 20 June 1C90. 
 
 Minuted : — " To be consider 'd on Wensday morning next." 2^ 
 pages. 
 
 June 20. 57. Report of the Comr^ of Customs to the Lords of the Trea- 
 
 sury, on the petition of Christopher Francklyn, controller of the 
 port of Berwick, praying a grant of their /«!! for passing a grant of 
 that office : not objecting to the renewal of his grant. Dated 20 
 June 1690. 
 
 Minuted. : — " Agreed to." 
 
 Also the petition. 2 pages. 
 
122 CALENDAR OF 
 
 1690. 
 
 Vol. Vni. 
 
 June 21. 58. Report of George Treby, Attorney-General, to the [Lords 
 of the Treasury], on the petition of Mrs. Ball, and on Sir 
 Christopher Wren's report respecting a timber yard, esteemed 
 part of the palace of Windsor, from which no parish duties had of 
 late years been demanded until a distress for poors' rate was 
 levied, which distress seemed to the Attorney-General to be an 
 incroachment upon the liberties and privileges of the palace. He 
 had transmitted a copy of Mrs. Ball's petition to the several persons 
 mentioned therein, and required them to send their answer ; and in 
 case they neglected he advised their Lordships that they might order 
 a messenger to take them into custody, and bring them before their 
 Lordships to answer the premises. Dated 21 June 1690. 
 
 Minuted: — " My L^s agree to M^'Atturney's opinion." 
 
 The petition and report referred to. 3 pages. 
 
 June 21. 59. Letter by direction of the Coral's of Customs to William • 
 
 Jephson, Esq., Secretary to the Treasury, sending a copy of a letter 
 they had received from Mr. Devereux, an officer at Sandgate Castle, 
 on the coast of Kent, complaining of the want of officers, the 
 export of wool, and the import of French goods. Dated 21 June 
 1690. 
 Also the said copy. 1-J- pages. 
 
 June 23. 60. Report of the Commissioners of victualling to the Lords of 
 the Treasury, on the petition of Samuel Batt ; respecting debts 
 due to him for beer and freight. Dated 23 June 1690. 
 
 Minuted : — " To bee donn as the victuallers intend." 1 page. 
 
 June 26. 61. Report of Mr. Charles Fox to the Lords of the Treasury, on 
 the memorial of Mr. Chudleigh, agent to tlie Royal regiment of 
 Dragoons, which he states was cleared to the 1st of Sept. 1689, and 
 the tradesmen had received nothing on account of clothing since, and 
 were very pressing and in great necessity. They claimed 7,0001. 
 Dated 26 June 1690. 
 
 Minuted : — " If he will take his debt on the remainder of the 2^ 
 Act, he may have it." 
 
 " Mr. Chudleigh desires an assignment upon the 2" Act, for the 
 whole cloathing ; w'^'^ comes to 2,363Z. 13s. 6d 
 
 " He may have the 1,000?. only, at present." 
 
 Accompanied by the petition, .in order in Council, and a paper 
 relating to the debts to the tradesmen. 2 pages. 
 
TREASURY PAPERS. 123 
 
 VOL. IX. 1690. July and August. 
 
 1690. 
 
 July 2. ]. Papers concerning the sending of 300,000 weight of tin to 
 
 Holland. The first paper is as to the urgency of buying the tin 
 without loss of time, as there were but four markets in the year, 
 viz., at the four quarterly coinages. If sent to Holland, it would be 
 expedient to have a convoy ; but if put on board a man-of-war, the 
 freight of about 2501. would be saved. Dated 2 July 1690. 
 
 (2.) Extract from Lord Dursley's letter, stating that English 
 tin was never so low as then, &c. Dated Hague, June |^ 1690. 
 
 Minuted :■ — " M"^ Godolphin desir'd to consider of this matter, 
 & to calculate what proffitt it may be to the King to send 300 
 thousand weight." 
 
 And again, — 
 
 " M"^ Gregor to give an account of what he has donn relating to 
 the Tynn he was to buy for their Ma^'^^s " 
 
 (3.) Estimate of the proiit which may arise to the King, in sending 
 300,000 weight of tin into Holland as the price is now represented 
 there ; viz., 39 guilders per cwt. 4 pages. 
 
 July 3. 2. Memorial of |,the Com"^ of Excise, to the Lords of the Trea- 
 
 sury, in vindication of their reputations ; showing that by their 
 Commission they were to advance money for the public service, 
 and they had so advanced 100,000^. and other considerable sums for 
 the use of the public ; and were to receive the same out of rates and 
 duties for satisfying 600,000^. to the States General of the United 
 Provinces. They were conscious that they had improved the re- 
 venues, but they had been " scandalized, reproached, and traduced " 
 as to their management by several persons who were Coma's of that 
 revenue in the time of King James, and reports had been made that, 
 by reason of their mismanagement and ignorance in matters of ex- 
 cise, the revenue was greatly fallen, and likely to come to little ; 
 and these reports had reached their Lordships, and their Majesties' 
 ears ; though they could with boldness affirm, that when they in- 
 spected their management in King James' time they found them in 
 great disorder ; they were further acquainted that Francis Parry, 
 Esq., (who was one of the late Com^s that had so reflected upon 
 them,) was to be appointed an Adjunct Com'' with them, without 
 being obliged to advance any moneys, &c. ; praying that the charges 
 against them might be brought to a public hearing ; further, that 
 this memorial was not out of disrespect to Mr. Pai'ry, but for vindi- 
 cation of their reputations, which were already impaired and become 
 public talk and obloquy, by reason of the intended Adjunct Com^. 
 Dated 3 .July 1690. 
 
 Minuted : — " The L^^ are satisfy'd the complaints are groundless, 
 & they shall be heard if any thing of that kynd be offer'd against 
 them." ] la7^ge page and a quarter. 
 
 Julj'- 3. 3. Report of the Comi^a of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 on the petition of John Fentzall of London, merchant, that they do 
 
124 CALENDAR OF 
 
 1690. 
 
 Vol. IX. 
 
 not object to the entry of a " nolle prosequi " upon an information for 
 importing certain steel wire from Holland. Dated 3 July 1690. 
 Minuted : — " Agreed to." 
 Accompanied by the petition. 2 jKiges. 
 
 .Inly 5. 4. Presentment of the Comi'^ of Customs to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, moving that a privy seal might pass to discharge the 
 accounts of Sir William Poole, late collector of the port of Bristol, of 
 4,247?. 7s. 2d. being the surcharges made upon him for abatement 
 of the new impositions on tobacco and sugar ; by order of His 
 Majesty's agents, when Prince of Orange. Dated 5 July 1690. 
 Minuted: — " Order'd." 1 page. 
 
 July 5. 5, Report of the Comi''^ of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 
 on the petition of John Clarke of Chichester, concerning his removal 
 to Cowes, in the isle of Wight, and Robert Eden from Cowes to 
 Chichester ; expressing their opinion that the removal would be for 
 their Majesties' service. Dated 5 July 1690. 
 Minuted:— "5 July 1690, Agreed to." 
 Accompanied by the petition. 
 "12 Aug. ] 690, respited." 2 pages. 
 
 July 9. 6. Report of the agents for liringing in of taxes, to the Lords of 
 
 the Treasury, on the petition of Henry Brabant, Esquire, refening 
 them to a former report, and stating that since then, an inquisition 
 had been taken of the estate of Sir Henry Brabant, &c. ; and that 
 they could not propose it as reasonable at present that the petitioner 
 should have any advantage of the debts due from liis late father to 
 His Majesty otherwise than was contained in the report. Dated 
 9 July 1690. 
 
 Minuted : — " My L^^ do coiicurr with this report." 
 
 The copy of the report, the petition, and a certificate. 4^ piages. 
 
 July 9. 7. Copy of a privy seal for payment of moneys out of the receipt of 
 the Exchequer, for navy forces, ordnance, or other public or particular 
 uses or services. Dated 1 9 April 1 Will, and Mary. Certified as a 
 true copy 9 July 1690. 2 pages. 
 
 July 9. S. Report of the Com''^ of the victualling upon the petition 
 
 of Champion Ashby, respecting butter and cheese credited to their 
 Majesties' navy. Dated 9 July 1690. 
 
 Minuted: — "14 July 1690. Lett the bills on the excise be dis- 
 charg'd by tally, & for the remainder the Com^^ of the victualling 
 will take care to pay it in course." 4 half pages. 
 
 July 9. 9. Presentment of the Com»s of Customs to the Lords of the 
 Trea.sury, praying an order to ease the officers of customs, whose 
 salaries did not exceed 60?. per ann. from payment of the assess- 
 ment, under the last Poll Act ; similar to previous exemptions. 
 Dated 9 July 1690. 
 
 Minuted : — " M^' Langford to cast upp what it comes to. It comes 
 to about l,454ii 15s. OcZ. My L^s do not think fitt to allow this, the 
 
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 16.90. 
 
 Vol. IX. 
 
 tax being but small of 12c;, per li., & every body ouglit to bear .some 
 share of the comon burthen." 1 page. 
 
 July 11. 10. Repre.sentatiou of the Conies of Excise to the Lords of the 
 
 Treasury, showing that the arrears of excise were greatly increased, 
 and a great part likely to be wholly lost, by reason in some pl.-.ces 
 therewere no justices of the peace apj^ointed by their Majesties ; 
 and in others, where they were appointed, they refused to act: 
 giving the particulars of a number of persons who had been 
 refused licences on various grounds. Dated 11 -July 1690. 
 
 Minuted: — "The Comi's of Excise to prepare letters to be signed 
 by the L^s of the Treary, directed to the severall persons complain'd 
 of in this memoriall." 2^ j)ages. 
 
 July 12. 11. Report of the Comi's of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury. 
 on the petition of Sir Chr. Letheidier and others, interested in the 
 lading of the ship " St. Antonio ; " praying a " nolle ]yrosequi " for 
 the King's part of the forfeiture ; and an order to discharge the ship 
 and lading, on giving the ofBcers a suitable recompence, submitting 
 that they had no objection to the granting of the nolle prosequi 
 Dated 12 July 1690. 
 
 [See another report on this matter, 29 April 1690.] 
 
 Minuted : — •" My L^^ cannot grant it." 
 
 Also the petition. 2 pages. 
 
 July 14. 12. Report of the agents for taxes to the Lords of the Treasury 
 
 on the petition of Thomas Brabin, Esq., recommendinir that he 
 should be allowed 100^. for his charges, disbursement, and pains in 
 the discharge of his duties as solicitor within the county and city of 
 Lincoln and county of Rutland, for the levying the aid of 12cZ. in 
 the pound; and further recommending him to favour. Dated \i 
 July 1690. 
 
 Minuted : — " Speak with the agents." 
 
 Two petitions and a certificate. 4 pages. 
 
 July 18. 13. Report of Robert Humfreys, gent., Deputy Auditor of Wales 
 
 on the petition of John Hoblyn, Esqre, as to rent and arrears due to 
 the Crown ; arising from the lordship of Dyffrin Cloyd, in the town 
 of Ruthin, of which lordship the petitioner was owner. Dated ] S 
 July 1690. 
 
 At the foot is another letter to their lordships stating that 
 the petitioner had proposed himself and his next brother Mr. 
 Edward Hoblyn as security for 900?., being the said arrears. Dated 
 7 Jan. 1690-1. 
 
 There are two or three minutes on the dorse, the last of which is 
 dated 29 June '91 as follows : — 
 
 " The L<Js can allow y" pef but 2 j'ears ; ye first paym* to com- 
 mence at Michas next, & so to continue half yearly (in proportion) 
 till ye whole is p<i." 3 pages. 
 
 July 18. 14. Report of the Com^'s of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 on the petition of William Carter, to be admitted into such station 
 
126 CALENDAR OF 
 
 1690. ^^^-^^^ 
 
 in the customs in the port of London as their Lordships should 
 think fit ; certifying their high approval of him, as a person of no 
 mean experience, and that they in the previous July designed 
 him to visit the western ports ; and were giving him instructions 
 and despatches for that purpose, when they received a warrant from 
 their Lordships to dismiss him and to constitute Col. Willm. Parsons 
 in his stead, expressing the opinion that he was well qualified as a 
 land surveyor of that port. Dated 18 July IC90. 
 Also the petition. 2 pages. 
 
 Ju-ly 23. 15. Presentment of the Com^s of Customs to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, setting forth the difficulties they had met with from the 
 Patent officers, who refused to comply with the arrangement that 
 had been made to render them more useful ; and laying before 
 their Lordships more particularly the case of Oliver Lyme, comp- 
 troller of the port of Chester and members, who had in 1681, been 
 detected of divers frauds and misdemeanors, committed in the 
 port of Liverpool, a member of the port of Chester ; but who 
 found means to obtain a pardon. It was however found conve- 
 nient to order him to remove to Chester, being the head port, and 
 to allow 20Z. per ann., out of tlie profits for a deputy to be 
 provided by the Board, but in regard to his health he was 
 allowed to remain at Liverpool, provided lie did not interfere with 
 the management of the office there ; but lately he had withheld from 
 Mr. Thos. Warburton, the appointed deputy, the 201. a year and 
 the clerk's profits ; and had hindered him in the execution of his 
 duty under the pretence of executing the office in person, or 
 appointing his own deputy ; moving their Lordships to consider the 
 case, as the management of the office would be materially affected, 
 by this case acting as an example with the other Patent officers, and 
 would render the Com»'s unable to manage upon the present estab- 
 lishment ; further, that their Lordships would lay their hands on his 
 salary by suspension, or otherwise, to compel him to comply with the 
 establishment. Dated 23 July 1690. 
 
 Report of Sir Geo. Treby giving his opinion that they could sus- 
 pend tlie controller. 
 
 Minuted : — " The Comrs to give order to the cashier, that his 
 salary be stop'd till further order." 2| ijaf/e.s. 
 
 July 24. 16. Report of the agents for taxes to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 on the petition of John Newsham, Esq., praying to be allowed to 
 transfer 211. 17s. 5d., overpaid by him on his account of the ] 2d. aid, 
 to his account of the 3s. aid ; advising that it should be allowed. 
 Dated 2i July. 
 
 Minuted: — "Agreed to." 
 
 Also the petition. 2 pages. 
 
 July 26. 17. Mr. Auditor Shales' report on the petition of William Henley 
 and Elizabeth his wife, concei-ning the rents of the manor of Reigate, 
 which the petitioners sought to have assigned to them, to pay the 
 
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 1690. ^^'^^ ^^- 
 
 surplusage of 30BI. 2s, i^d. on the foot of their account. Dated 
 26 July 1690. 
 
 Minuted : — " The petitioner may have a copy of Mr. Shaleses 
 Report." 2 pages. 
 
 July 28. 18. Presentment of the Com'** of Customs to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, praying that the several allowances now charged upon 
 the salaries of the landwaiters, viz., 40L per ann. to Mr. Willey, 
 40Z. per ann. to Mr. Bathurst, and 301. pier ann. to Mr. Turner be 
 (according to former practice and the justice of the case) respec- 
 tively borne bj^ the junior landwaiters, as they should succeed to 
 that employment, and that Joshua Savage be discharged thereof, 
 instead of Mr. Beaulieu. Dated 28 July 1690. 
 
 Minuted : — " The 110?. to be payd by the 6 juniors : viz., the 
 senior 10'^ and the others 20^ a peice, & to be discharg'd in turns 
 as the superannuated officers dye off." 2 pages. 
 
 [? July 28.] 19. Another paper, probably an enclosure to the preceding, con- 
 taining memoranda., showing that by warrants of the year 1686 
 certain payments were to be made by the junior landwaiters to 
 officers removed, and that by one of that year, the above Joshua 
 Savage was made a landwaiter, instead of Anthony Weldon, who 
 succeeded Samuel Bathurst and had ever since paid 40?. per ann. 
 to the latter. Though he could not be relieved by the words of 
 the order, he seemed to be within the reason of it. Ending with 
 suggestions for the relief of Mr. Savage. 2 'pages. 
 
 July 31. 20. Report of the Coma's of Customs to the Lords of the Trea- 
 sury, on the petition of Sir Peter Killigrew, Knight and Baronet, 
 praying to be discharged of the bond in which he was bound for 
 one Samuel Carpenter, for duty on tobacco, in the port of Falmouth, 
 which the latter had failed to pay, stating that they had referred 
 the matter to Mr. Hutchinson tlieir solicitor, who reported that the 
 facts were as represented in the petition : submitting his request for 
 their Lordships' consideration. Dated 31 July 1690. 
 
 Minuted : — " To be layd before the King." Also a note, — " See 
 the minute 27 Mar. 93." 
 
 Accompanied by the petition and Mr. Hutchinson's report. 2 sheets 
 and 2 halves. 
 
 July 31. 21. Report of John Wildman, Esq., Postmaster-General, to the 
 Lords of the Treasury, on the petition of Francis Bastinck, stating 
 that he had examined the allegations in the petition, and that 
 the petitioner had been a contractor with the several Postmasters- 
 General and Governors of the Post Office, for providing packet- 
 boats for the mails from Dover to Calais and Newport ; and that he 
 believed the petitioner's allegations were true, that the agree- 
 ments were intended for a time of peace, and that no provision was 
 made for a war between France and England ; that it was necessary 
 (as was alleged) to have extra seamen ; that the packet boat caUed 
 
128 CALENDAR OF 
 
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 the " Philip," coniiug from Newport with the mails, was taken by a 
 French privateer, and carried to Dunkirk as a prize ; that the sea- 
 men who were then taken prisoners received from the petitioner 
 Uol. 14s. 6d and 23/. 18.s. 6d ; that the 27/. Is. 3d demanded by 
 the petitioner for colours for the packet boats was unnecessary, and 
 that proof was offered of the sums due by affidavits annexed. 
 Dated 31 July 1690. 
 
 Minuted : — " My U^ do concurr with Maj^ Wildman's Report." 
 The petition, together with an account and six affidavits. 1 1 images 
 or 2Xirts of pages. 
 
 Aug. 4. 22. Report of the [Commissioners of Customs ?] in favour of 
 
 reinstating Mr. Upton, late tide surveyor of Falmouth, on account 
 of his loyalty, affection, and services. Dated 4 Aug. 1690. 
 Also certificates, &c. in his favour. 
 
 Minuted : — " If the Com^'^ think fitt to present him to any em- 
 ploym* suitable for him, my L'l» will then consider of it. Speak 
 witli the Com''3." 44 pages. 
 
 June 4 and 23. Report, signed J. Somers [Solicitor-General] made to [Her] 
 Aug. 4. Majesty, upon the petition of John Davison and others, inventors 
 of certain instruments or engines for the draining and making land 
 profitable, advising that if the Queen should grant the sole benefit 
 of the invention for 14 j'ears, it Avould be effectual in law, but as 
 to the grant of the soil so recovered, setting forth various difficulties. 
 Dated 4 June 1690. 
 
 At the foot is a notice, that it was referred by Her Majesty's 
 direction to the Lords of the Treasury on 10 June 1690. 
 
 Another report, signed "William Taller in the absence of Mr. 
 Surveyor- General," stating that as to the grant of the soil, he thinks 
 it unadvisable, &c. Dated 4 Aug. 1 690. 
 
 Minutedj : — " My L''^ vi^iH graunt a lease of 00 years, imder the 
 restrictions, covenants, and proposals of the Report." 
 
 Also answers by the petitioner to objections made by the Lords 
 of the Treasury, indorsed thus, — " Memoriall of John Davison, &c., 
 in answer to theyr Lopps minute, upon his petition for a grant of 
 ousy land, &c., between high and low-water marke." 4 pages. 
 
 Aug. 4 24. Letter from the Lords of the Admiralty, to the Lords of the 
 
 and 6. Treasury, pressing upon their Lordships' consideration tlie great 
 importance it was to their Majesties' service that the seamen should 
 have all fitting encouragement, and that money should be speedily 
 supplied to the govei'nors of the chest ; and further, that the time 
 when they would be paid should be notified in the Gazette. Dated 
 4 Aug. 1690. 
 
 [Some of the pensions were nearly 3^ years in arreai-.] 
 Memorial to the same effect, from the governors of the chest at 
 Chatham. Dated 6 Aug. 1690. 
 
 Two other papers relating thereto. 3 p'uyes and 2 halves. 
 
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 1G90. 
 
 Vol. IX. 
 
 Aug. 5. 25. Report of the Earl of Ranelagb, on the petition of Mr. James 
 
 Smithesby, agent to a regiment of foot, in favour of an allowance 
 to him of 201?. 17s. 9(/. Dated o Aug. 1G90. 
 
 Also the petition, together with the copy of a letter from William 
 Jephson, E.sq., to the Earl asking him to report on the petition. 
 3 pages. 
 
 Aug. 6. 26. Letter of Francis Archbishop of Dublin to the Lords [of the 
 
 Treasury], praying that his goods (which were merely such as were 
 for his own proper use, he having been robbed in Ireland,) might 
 pass freely in tiie custom houses without the vexation of a search, 
 as he designed to return to Ireland. Dated 6 Aug. 1690. 
 Minuted : — " Ordered." 1 page {quarto). 
 
 Aug. 9. 27. Report of the Comfs of Customs to the Lords of the Trea- 
 
 sury, recommending as waiter and searcher at Plymouth William 
 Williams, who had served for some time as extraordinary in that 
 port (William Tiley and John Horsman having been also recom- 
 mended to them), not objecting to Horsman succeeding in some 
 future vacancy. Dated 9 Aug. 1690. 
 
 Minuted : — " If M>-' Atturney insist on it Horseman shall have 
 this & Williams the next, or else Horseman shall have the next. 
 
 " Mr. Atturney insists no further in behalf of his friend than as 
 the Comrs of the Customes shall find him fit for the employm* upon 
 examination. 
 
 " Williams .shall have this & Horseman the next." 
 
 Copy of their former report on the same subject, dated 20 June 
 1690. 1 and half pages. 
 
 Feb. 2-1- 28. Memorial of Aaron Smith to the Lords of the Treasury, to 
 Aug. 13. be paid 500/. or 600/. by way of imprest, to conduct prosecutions. 
 Dated 24 Feb 1689. 
 
 Also a list of the persons, and the cliarges for which they were 
 to be tried. , They all arose out of the Revolution. 
 
 7 May 1690. A note of what prosecutions are now going on 
 against the several persons hereafter named, for crimes and misde- 
 meanors committed against the King and Queen and their Govern- 
 ment. 
 
 Another application for 500/. by Aaron Smith. Dated 12 May 
 1690. 
 
 Three other papers, in which he was concerned, relating to at- 
 tainted persons. The last is dated 13 Aug. 1690. 
 
 Docquetted ;— " Mem^ of Aaron Smith to the R* Hono^l" the 
 Lords of the Treasury, for 1,000/. to execute commissions for 
 inquiry into the estates of Marquis Powis & others in order to 
 seizure." In all 12 piages or half pages. 
 
 Aug. 13. 29. Report of VVill™ Tailer, in the absence of Mr. Surveyor- 
 General, to the Lords [of the Treasury], on the petition of 
 the freeholders and inhabitants of East Stockwith, in the county 
 
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 of Lincoln, wlio liad two years before petitioned for a lease of the 
 passage over the Trent, in the town of Stockwith, and for six 
 acres of meadow there, to be granted them for such a number of 
 years in reversion as might fill up the term of a lease to William 
 Midwinter, gent., to thirty-one years ; stating that the passage 
 and land, being part of tlae duchy of Cornwall, were granted by 
 King Charles the First (when Prince) in trust to the use of the 
 inhabitants for 21 years, and subsequently they were again granted. 
 If their Lordships should grant a new lease to trustees for the 
 inhabitants in respect of their ancient tenancy, and the wrong 
 which seemed to have been done to them by Mr. Midwinter, he 
 thought a fine of 'i'll. reasonable for a term of 28 years in re- 
 version, &c. Dated 13 Aug. 1G90. 
 
 Minuted : — " Graunted to the petit""^ according to the report & 
 the petit'''' to give Midwinter notice that such a graunt is passing. 
 25 Aug. 1G90." 
 
 Copy of the petition and an afiidavit referred to in the report. 
 
 Also a further petition on the same subject, and " The case 
 between W'» Midwinter, gen., and the inhabitants of East Stock- 
 with." Q\ iKiges. 
 
 Aug. 13. 30. Report of Mr. Charles Fox, endorsed on an accoxmt of what 
 remained to be paid of the tradesmen's bills of the Royal Regiment 
 of Dragoons ; stating that the bills amounted to 3,651Z. 9s., and 
 Mr. Chudleigh the agent had paid them but \,2\5l. 19s. Dated 
 13 Aug. 1090. Parts of 3 pages. 
 
 Aug. 14. 31. Report, signed Aaron Smith, addressed to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, grounded on the report of Mr. Samuel Brewster, deputy 
 usher of the Court of Exchequer, as to the rights of the inhabitants 
 of the houses adjoining to that part of their Majesties' Treasury 
 [over the gate going out of New Palace Yard into St. Margaret's 
 Lane], stating that one Mr. Doughty pretended tit^e thereto, and 
 had promised to show his title but had not done so, and the reporter 
 conceived he had not any legal title thereto, but that the ancient 
 right of the Crown was unimpeaohed. Dated 14 Aug. 1690. 
 The report referred to. 2 pages. 
 
 Aug. 14. 32. Copy of a report of the Comi's of Customs to the Lords of 
 the Treasury, upon a letter from Mr. Abraham Stock, of Dover, 
 respecting the practices of the wool carriers upon the coast about 
 Rumney Marsh. The report states that the two vessels specially 
 employed on the coast, by reason of the war, were not able to keep 
 the sea, but a land force of eight riding officers had been appointed 
 to prevent the transportation of wool, &c., and recommending some 
 small ships of force to be directed to cruise for that purpose, 
 and to prevent conveyance of intelligence to the King's enemies. 
 Dated 14 Aug. 1C90. 1 page. 
 
 Aug. 15. 33. Presentment of the Com^^s of Customs to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, referring to their previous presentment of 20 May, as to 
 the hardship sustained by Mr. John Holland, the collector of Hull 
 
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 by the withholding of his salary by the two Patent customers ; 
 stating that one of them, Mr. John Tempest, was then dead, and 
 recommending Mr. Holland for the place and that he be obliged 
 to collect for his patent salary and fees ; but if their Lordships 
 appointed some other person, moving them, that the grant might 
 be only for pleasure. Dated 1 5 Aug. 1690. 
 
 Minuted : — " The place is graunted to Allured, but my L^a do 
 agree that all Patent officers shall subscribe the instrum* as they 
 propose. 
 
 Also form of agreement to be subscribed by the Patent Offices, 
 as settled by the Com^s of Customs, as to the payment of their 
 deputies, &c. 4 jjages. 
 
 Aug. 16. S^. Letter signed W. Harbord, to Mr. Jephson, stating that he 
 had brought several things for Her Majesty, the Lord Portland, 
 and others, and also the treaty of peace between His Majesty 
 and the Elector of Brandenburg, sealed up and directed to the 
 Earl of Nottingham, which the surveyor at Greenwich desired to 
 have opened ; desiring him to write to the Commissioners of Cus- 
 toms to allow them to be brought to his house and opened there. 
 Dated 16 Aug. 1690. 
 
 At the foot is an order to bring the things to Mr. Harbord's house 
 in Newport Street, to be opened there, &c. 1 'page. 
 
 Aug. 16. 35. Letter from the Lords of the Admiralty to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, stating that the season being so far advanced, they 
 though it necessary speedily to bring the great ships then at sea 
 into harbour, to be paid off and laid up, giving them timely notice 
 to provide the money. Dated 16 Aug. 1690. 1 fage. 
 
 Aug. 19. 36. Presentment of the Com'^s of Customs to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, stating that they had given directions to the officers of 
 the outports to use their utmost endeavours to procure and im- 
 prest seamen, for which the officers had disbursed several sums of 
 money, and for which they could not have credit on their accounts ; 
 seeking that directions might be given to the Com^s of the Navy 
 to pay the same to the Keceiver-General of the Customs. Dated 
 19 Aug, 1690. 
 
 Minuted: — "A letter to the Navy Board to pay these biUs 
 according to their own proposition." 2 pages. 
 
 Aug. 19. 37. Keport of the Com^s of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 on the petition of Christopher Johnson, master of the ship " Amos," 
 of Stockholm, forfeited for having brought 4,000 deals from Nor- 
 way, being a vessel from Sweden, pleading ignorance of the law, 
 and praying for the delivery of the ship, upon giving the officers 
 reasonable satisfaction ; referring the question to His Majesty's 
 CouncU. Dated 19 Aug. 1690. 
 Minuted : — " The Com^s are to doe according to law." 
 Accompanied by the petition. 2 ^Mg&s. 
 
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 [About 38. Petition of the Lady Margaret Hay, administi'atrix to William 
 
 Aug. 20.] late Earl of Kiiinoul, &:c., and sister to the Earl, stating tliat King 
 
 Charles the Second had granted to the Earl the custom of all 
 
 smalts, borillia, or safters and potashes, &c. ; further that some 
 
 persons had suggested that the grant was void, and petitioned for 
 
 it ; praying for the extension of a fortnight, to be heard by counsel. 
 
 Miimted: — "To be putt off till Fridav come fortnight, 20 Aug. 
 
 1690." 1 page. 
 
 Aug. 2.3. 39. Report of the Com^'^ of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 on the petition of John Taylor, merchant, setting forth that the 
 petitioner contracted with the Navy Board to deliver a considerable 
 quantity of masts into thair Majesties' stores, being promised imme- 
 diate convoy for his ships, vi^hich convoy was not forthcoming ; 
 whereupon the petitioner's factor at Riga freighted a ship called 
 the " City of Riga" with the masts, and the ship was seized at 
 Deptford, being Dutch built ; referring the matter to His Majesty in 
 Council. Dated 23 Aug. 1690. 
 
 Minuted: — "19 Sept. 1690. The Attorney GenU to enter a 
 nol. pros, for the King's parte." 
 
 The petition and three other documents connected with it. One 
 is a warrant to the Attorney-General to enter a " noli prosequi " on 
 the information, upon producing from the officer of customs a 
 receipt for one moiety of the value of the ship and goods, &c. Dated 
 22 Sept. 1690. ij pages. 
 
 Aug. 25. 40. Report of the Coma's of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 on the petition of Nathaniel Gould, merchant (similar to the report 
 dated 19 Aug. 1690, on the petition of Chr. Johnson,) relating to a 
 forfeiture for the infringement of the Navigation Laws, by bringing 
 masts and deals from Sweden in a Dutch ship. Dated 25 Auo- 
 1690. 
 
 Minuted: — " If the goods be sold to the King, his Marios parte 
 to be released, & Lowndes to speak wt^ M^ Bertie." 
 
 The petition and seven other documents relating thereto. 6 p>ages 
 and 3 halves. 
 
 Aug. 27. 41. Discharge by the Lords of the Treasury, of a warrant dated 
 8 Aug. 1 690, to Aaron Smith, gent., and another, to take attorn- 
 ments of certain tenants in the county of Surrey, and elsewhere. 
 Dated 27 Aug. 1690. 1 imga. 
 
 Aug. 28. 42. Report of the Com>'° of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 on the petition of the Governor and Company of Merchants of Lon- 
 don, trading to the East Indies ; respecting certain tea and coffee im- 
 ported in a damaged state, which they sought might be viewed and 
 a proportionable abatement made ; stating that the usage with that 
 Comp)any had been to land their goods by bill at sight taken out for 
 the entire cargo, mentioning only the species of goods, the number of 
 chests, &c., without expressing the contents ; upon the credit of the 
 
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 Vol. IX. 
 
 Company's seal, to pay custom for what was found due upon exami- 
 nation, the damage being adjusted before the entries were perfected ; 
 but in the present instance tliey were under no engagement to pay 
 the dutj-, and might, wlicn the goods were landed by permission, 
 leave them upon the King's hands for his custom ; the Com's had 
 accoidingly proposed to the company's agent, that if lie would take 
 out a bill at sight for the tea and coffee, upon the credit of the 
 Company's seal, as in other cases, the officers might view and make 
 allowance; otherwise they could not advise the landing of the goods. 
 Dated 28 Aug. 1690. 
 
 Minuted : — "If the Company will make their entry as formerly 
 they used to doe, the Coma's Customs shall consider them for the 
 decay & damage of the tea & coffee." 
 
 Also two petitions. 1 page. 
 
 [About 43. Some reasons humbly submitted to the consideration of the 
 
 Aug. 31.] Eight Honourable the Lords Coma's of their Majesties' Treasury, by 
 Mr. Evelj'n, the present Receiver-General of the counties of Kent, 
 Surrey, and Sussex, why Sir John Banks ought to have no re- 
 prisals granted him out of that receipt. 
 
 Accompanied by a letter from Mr. John Packer to John Evelyn, 
 Esq., stating that he had received his letter, and as to Sir John 
 Banke's pretensions to the rents of the manor of Shoreham and 
 other rents within their Majesties' honour of Otford, he desired to 
 be heard in their Majesties' behalf (being their steward), before 
 a grant passed. Dated ult. Aug. 1690. 2^ pages. 
 
 [About 44. Petition of Elias Aubin, captain in the regiment Du Cambon, 
 
 Aug. 1690.] " praying their Lordshipps' order to Mr Fox, to pay him lOOli. 
 upon ace*, he having been at great charges in raising recruits 
 for the said regiment, which have been all sent into Ireland 
 except, 50, 37 of which are musterd, y® other 13 he expects 
 daily from Holland, and will be all ready to be transported 
 into' Ireland, as soon as y^ pet^ is enabled by yoi^ Lordships." 
 [French.] 
 
 A list of the names of the 37 men and five others. 
 
 Minuted : — "22th Aug. 1690. To be consider 'd next Wensday. 
 Let the muster-master certify if they be compleat." 2^ pages. 
 
 Vol. X. September and October 1690. 
 
 Sept. 1. 1. Letter by command of the Lords of the Admiralty to 
 
 Mr. Jephson, enclosing a copy of an estimate, prepared by the 
 Navy Board, of the wages which would be due to their Majesties' 
 first and second rate ships on the last of that month, to be laid 
 before the Lords of the Treasury, Dated 1 Sept. 1690. 
 Also the estimate. 1 ^ pages. 
 
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 Sept. 8. 
 
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 2. " A state of the case between Doctor John Jones and Abraham 
 Rottermondt," with relation to the posts of apothecary to the 
 household and apothecary to the person. Dated 5 Sept. 1690. 
 
 The petition of Dr. Jones, praying that neither Rottermondt, nor 
 any one else, might be admitted into his employment. 
 Minuted : — " To be lay'd before the King." 2 pages. 
 
 3. Letter by command of the Lords of the Admiralty, sending, 
 to the Lords of the Treasury, a bond given by Mr. Woolfe, and 
 two other merchants of London, to procure 30 mariners for their 
 Majesties' service at Portsmouth, in consideration of a liberty 
 given for two ships to proceed to Russia ; no certificate having 
 been produced of the delivery of the mariners. Dated 8 Sept. 
 1690. 
 
 Docquettecl : — " From the Admiralty, with a forfeited bond of 
 100^. from Woolfe, Lenten, & Caulier." 
 
 Minuted : — " M'' Smith is to putt this bond in suit." | page. 
 
 Sept. 11. 4. Presentment of the Comrs of Customs to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, laying before them the case of Mr. Mark Wildbore, late 
 collector of the port of Whitehaven, praying their Lordships' 
 directions about repaying him for a disbursement made for the 
 hire of the ship " Deliverance," of Whitehaven, by command of the 
 Lords of the Treasury, to carry arms from that port to Ireland. 
 Dated 11 Sept. 1690. 
 
 Minuted : — " The cashier of the customs if it appear due, to pay 
 it & place it to the account of incidents." 
 
 An order of the ComJ^s of Customs to the collector to hire the 
 said ship. 2^ pages. 
 
 [About 5. Petition of the Hon. the Lady Margaret Hay, administratrix to 
 Sept. 16.] William, late Earl of Kinnoul, and sister to the Earl, addressed 
 to the Lords of the Treasury ; praying to be heard by counsel upon 
 her two petitions touching a grant of an annuity out of the duty of 
 4i per cent., and the grant of the duty of all potashes, smalts, and 
 borillia. 
 
 Minuted : — "16 Sept^ 1690. To be heard on Monday next 
 afternoone." 1 page. 
 
 Sept. 16. 6. Letter, signed " Rich'^ Savage, in the absence of M'' Sansom " 
 
 addressed to William Jephson, Esq., Secretary of the Lords of the 
 
 Treasury ; sending a copy of the Comrs presentment of 9 July, for 
 
 remission of the tax on the oiEcers' salaries.- Dated 16 Sept. 1690 
 
 Accompanied by the copy. 4 leaves. 
 
 [About 7. Petition of Dorothy Hubblethorne, widow and relict of 
 
 Sept. 17.] Col. Jolm Hubblethorne, deceased, showing that King Charles the 
 Second settled a pension of 2001. 'per annuvi for the maintenance of 
 her children, in consideration of the services of her husband who 
 was slain in the last Dutch war, but she had received no benefit 
 from her pension for the last three years ; praying for present relief 
 
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 Minuted : — " To be consider'd when the King settles the 
 establishment of Ireland." " Brought in by yo King, 1 7 Septembi^ 
 1690." 
 
 Accompanied by another paper entitled " Mrs. Hubblethorne's 
 case." 2 pages. 
 
 Sept. 19. 8. Letter of Francis, Archbishop of Dublin, to Sir Stephen Fox, 
 one of the Comra of their Majesties' revenue at the Treasury 
 Chamber, applying for an officer to view the parcels he designed to 
 send by Chester into Ireland, and for a permit for them, and a coach 
 and six horses, in order that they might be allowed to pass without 
 the vexation and trouble of a search from the custom-house officers. 
 He says that in Ireland, where he had lost so much, he was obliged 
 to procu.re a little conveniency of living, and feared the rigour of 
 these officers would make every pair of shoes that were not cobbled 
 new, unless relieved by an order. Dated 19 Sept. 1690. 1^ pages. 
 
 Sept. 19. 9. Petition of Thomas Harrison, pavior, showing that he was 
 thrown into prison, and his wife and children turned out of doors, 
 and praying the order of the Lords of the Treasury for the payment 
 of 72J. 16s. 9d., due for paving in St. James' Park and the Tilt 
 Yard. With Sir Christopher Wren's report endorsed on it in his 
 favour. Dated 19 Sept. 1690. 
 
 Minuted: — "To be p^ by M"^ Lloyd, Payma^^ of Works, when 
 money is ordered." | sheet. 
 
 Sept. 19. 10. Report of the Corn's of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury 
 on the petition of William Gore, merchant, who prayed to be allowed 
 to import certain indigo of inferior quality, having paid the duty 
 on its importation two years before : declining to advise their Lord- 
 ships to make the abatement. Dated 19 Sept. 1690. 
 Minuted : — ■' Agreed to." 
 Accompanied by the petition. 2 pages. 
 
 Sept. 19. 11. Report of the Com>^8 of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury 
 upon a letter from Col. Stede, receiver of their Majesties' casual 
 revenue in Barbadoes, also addressed to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 praying liberty to come over for his health, stating that they could 
 not, on so pressing an occasion, deny him liberty to come, and so 
 gave him permission to appoint a deputy in his absence. Dated, 
 19 Sept. 1690. 
 
 Minuted : — " Agreed to." 
 
 The Comi's letter to him in answer to his letter, which is also 
 united. It states that he had received their Lordships' com- 
 mands to his Excellency Col. James Kendall, Captain-General and 
 Commander-in-Chief of that island, who had arrived on 12 May, 
 and if this were not an uncertain conveyance (there being but two 
 or three small ships of little force without convoy,) he would 
 have sent their Lordships the account of receipts of the casual 
 revenue to Christmas last, but hoped to do so with more safety 
 
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 by the next fleet, which would sail with a convoy. He then gives 
 an account of what had happened up to the 24th of July, viz., that 
 little had been received by him, and he could not make so speedy 
 a retui-n as their Lordships expected, for bills of exchange were from 
 15?. to 201. per cent, in exchange, and not to be purchased at that 
 rate fi'om good men that would comply duly with their payment ; 
 there were enough of others that M'oukl not so comply at something 
 more moderate^ who would take money and give their bills, which 
 would never be paid but with long time and great difficulty, and 
 those he avoided, for few men of credit and ability had effects in 
 England for want of ships to carry their produce thither. This and 
 the last year had brought such plentiful crofjs of all things that this 
 island produced, that it was there of little value for want of con- 
 veyance to send it to market, which also was the reason their Ma- 
 jesties' revenue of 4^ per cent., and other cu.stoms there, appeared 
 not so considerable as they were in themselves, and would prove 
 to be, for those revenues could only be levied as the produce was 
 shipped off, and whenever that were the case it would produce 
 considerably, and what was short in one year would be supplied in 
 the next, for it must be shipped off" whenever ships could be had, 
 it not being possible to consume any considerable part of it there; 
 the people there very zealously laid hold of their Majesties' grace 
 in giving leave to commute that duty of 4-^- per cent, for some 
 other revenue of a better value ; it was then five weeks since 
 Admiral Wright, with his squadron of ships, went to the Leeward 
 Carribee Islands, with intent to make some considerable attempt on 
 the French, of which, or their success, they had no account, but 
 were in daily hopes of having good news from them, knowing the 
 French had no ship of force in America, and that they were not 
 very strong or well manned in any or all the islands, so that they 
 had all the reason imaginable to believe when the fleet returned 
 it would be with honour and victory. He then begs, on account of 
 his health, to be allowed to come to England, and when recovered 
 to return to end his days in that island. Dated 27 June 1690. 
 3^ pages. 
 
 Sept. 22. 12. Presentment of the Com^s of Customs to the Lords of the 
 Treasury complaining of continued interruptions in carrying on 
 the King's service at Liverpool by Mr. Oliver Lyme, the controller 
 of the port of Liverpool, and sending a copy of a letter from 
 Mr. Warburton, the person appointed by their Lordships to be his 
 deputy, complaining of the withholding of his maintenance, and 
 obstruction in his duty ; and that Mr. Lyme had carried home the 
 seal of office, and there, contrary to all rule and practice, sealed the 
 public despatches, which ought to be done in open custom-house ; 
 reminding their Lordships of their previous presentment of 23 July, 
 and praying for the suspension of Mr. Lyme, or otherwise as their 
 Lordships should be advised. Dated 22 Sept. 1G90. 
 
 Minuted: — -"Respited till Mr. Lyme. come up." 1^ pages. 
 
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 Sept. 27. 13. Memorandum of what was due to Mr. William Talbntt for 
 round shot delivered into their Majesties' stores. Dated 27 Sept. 
 1690. 
 
 Also of what was due for an engine fixed at Hull to make salt 
 water fresh. 1 page. 
 
 Sept. 27. 14. Memorandum Ly Mons. D'Allonne that two boxes of " thee," 
 [tea] directed to the Queen for lier use, had been stopped at Harwich, 
 and sent to Ipswich, for which the order or warrant of the Lords of 
 the Treasurj' was desired. Dated, Whitehall, 27 Sept. J690. 
 
 Minuted: — "If they are seized the Lords cannot discharge the 
 seizer's share." " To be sent for up." -t l^ge {quarto). 
 
 Sept. 29. 15. Letter of the [Com«] of the Board of Green Cloth to 
 Wm. Jephson, Esq., Secretary to the Treasury, inclosing an extract 
 of the wages and board wages, and the whole charge contained in 
 the establishment of the Royal household and stables. Dated 
 29 Sept. 1690. 2^ pages. 
 
 Sept. 30. 16. Presentment of the Comrs of Customs to the Lords of the 
 Treasury laying before them a commission to pass the seal of the 
 Court of Exchequer, the purport wliereof was to confirm and renew 
 a former commission of King Charles II., which was executed in the 
 year 1667, for the settling, bounding, and limiting the port of London, 
 and the wharfs, keys, and places for the shipping and landing of 
 goods ; praying their Lordships' warrant to the Remembrancer of the 
 Exchequer for the passing the same. Dated 30 Sept. ] 690. 
 Endorsed : — " Presentment for settling keys in y^ port of London." 
 
 1 page. 
 
 April to 17. An abstract of the ordinary and extraordinary expense of 
 Sept. His Majesty's household and stables. From Api'il to Sept. 1690. 
 
 2 pages. 
 
 Oct. 1. 18. Memorial of the inhabitants of Chester, Liverpool, Shrews- 
 
 bury, &c., praying for payment of 4,227?. 12s. due to them for 
 provisions and stores delivered to Charles Frytli for the army in 
 Ireland. 
 
 " Brought in by y" King, Octb>- l^t '90." i page. 
 
 Oct. 1. 3 9. Report of the Com'^s of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 
 on tlie petition of Michael Pope and Richard Gotley, merchants 
 trading to Virginia and the West Indies, who had let for hire sis 
 ships to the Com^s of the Transports, wliich had been employed in 
 going to Virginia and the Leeward Islands ; which ships were so 
 lately discharged from that service that they could not repair them 
 in time to supply the necessity of the plantations, but they were 
 necessitated to buy a ship to go to Virginia ; and then prayed to 
 be allowed their complement of men " out of the proportion of 
 seamen allowed for Bristol," to prevent the utter ruin and destruc- 
 tion of many poor souls that were in Virginia upon their planta- 
 tions in want of necessaries ; advising that the ship should be com- 
 
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 prehended amongst the ships of Bristol bound to the plantations, 
 and permitted to proceed with a proportion of mariners agreeable 
 to the burtlien. 
 
 Minuted : — " The Lords agree to this, if there be no further 
 objection, & the Coma's may give order accordingly." 3 leaves. 
 
 AJso the petition, Dated 1 Oct. 1690. 
 
 Oct. 8. 20. Letter from the Lords of the Admiralty to the Lords of the 
 
 Treasury, sending in the margin a list of the ships which had arrived 
 at the Blackstakes, in the River Medway, in order to their being 
 brought up to Chatham, to be there laid up and paid off. 
 
 Another letter from the Navy Office, on the same subject. Both 
 dated 3 Oct 1690. 2A pages. 
 
 Oct. 3. 21. Report of Charles Fox, Esq. to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 
 on the petition of Paul Darby, informing their Lordships that his 
 whole debt for clothing the regiments amounted to 11,638Z. 4s. 9d., 
 and ought to have been paid by monthly payments, on which there 
 was then due 4,447 ^. 7s. Dated 3 Oct. 1690. 
 
 The report is endorsed on the petition. 
 
 Minuted: — " To be on the 2sii Act, after these directed." 
 
 Certificate of the amount due to Paul Darby and partners for 
 clothing divers regiments. Signed Jacob van der Esch. Dated 
 1 Sept. 1690. 
 
 Another copy, without the signature. 4 pages. 
 
 Oct. 6. 22. Report of the Com^s of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 
 on the petition of Christopher Dodsworth, merchant, setting forth 
 that of late years the exportation of silver had been so great that 
 the working goldsmiths, the last session of Parliament, petitioned 
 for redress thereof, and asserted that the milled money was usually 
 melted down and exported to their disadvantage and that of the 
 nation ; that the petitioner had found by entries at the Custom 
 House, London, from 3 Mar. to 11 Sept., about 6,000 oimces of 
 silver had been publicly shipped for Holland and other foreign 
 markets ; that the law gave leave for exportation of foreign bullion 
 only, and the petitioner was advised that, if melted down here, it 
 was an English manufacture, and ought to pay custom outwards ; 
 and being advised that above 60,000 ounces were being shipped, he 
 informed the officers of customs, and went with them on board 
 one of the ships and found about 35,000 ounces, and about 16,000 
 ounces of mixed metal, not worth above 4s. per ounce, when 
 the standard was 5 s. 2c^., and the officer, concluding it an English 
 manufacture, seized it ; on which the Attorney-General's opinion 
 was taken, who was in favour of the payment of the custom, but 
 one of the Board declared against breaking an old custom, and so 
 the officer was fearful to act ; that the custom of the parcel lately 
 shipped amounted to 800?. and for six months past to 6,000?. : 
 praying their Lordships to hear counsel on the subject. The report 
 they make is, that by the laws, as they then stood, the exportation 
 as well as the importation of bullion was encoiu'aged, and made free 
 of all duties and fees ; and by bullion had been always understood 
 
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 all manner of gold and silver in the mass, not coined or wrought 
 into utensils of plate, whether melted down in this kingdom or not ; 
 and that the practice had been to give it all manner of ease and 
 freedom, but if it should be thought inconvenient, it must be 
 remedied by law. Dated 6 Oct. 1690. 
 
 Accompanied by the petition, the petition of the goldsmiths re- 
 ferred to, " the case stated by the goldsmiths," the object being, as 
 they state, " The preserving and increasing its currant coin and 
 treasure, with the general trade, and consequently the prosperity 
 and security thereof ; " and two other papers relating to the same 
 matter. 6 pages and 2 halves. 
 
 Oct. 7. 23. Representations by the Coma's of the Excise and Hearth Money 
 to the Lords of the Treasury, respecting certain bills of exchange 
 not paid. Dated 7 Oct. 1G90. 
 
 Also, a schedule of bills of exchange upon the Earle of Ranelagh, 
 unpaid 23 Sept. 1690. 2 pages. 
 
 Oct. 7. 24. Report of the Coma's of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 
 on the petition of Peter Longuevile and John Goudet, of London, 
 merchants, respecting certain bales of Italian thrown silk ; ad- 
 vising that they should be allowed to be exported by free warrant, 
 vnthout payment of duty, either inward or outward, having ar- 
 rived after the 1st of September, the day limited by the Act 
 passed 20 May in that year ; one of the reasons preventing their 
 arrival being that the French fleet was then on the English coast. 
 Dated 7 Oct. 1690. 
 
 Minuted : — " Agreed to." 
 
 Also the petition. 3 pages and 2 quarters. 
 
 Oct. 8. 25. Report of the Comrs of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 
 on the memorial of Christian Cruese, master of the ship " Madam 
 Swan," belonging to subjects of the King of Denmark, which ship 
 was seized as forfeited upon the Act of Navigation, being Flemish 
 built and bringing Danish timber ; advising her discharge, as her 
 lading was intended for Portugal. Dated 8 Oct. 1690. 
 
 Minuted: — " Agreed to." 
 
 Also the petition (in French), and an affidavit. 2 pages, 2 halves, 
 and a quarter. 
 
 Oct. 10&;21. 26. Memorial of Mr. Bertie and Mr. Savage, about seizure of a 
 vessel exporting wool, dated 10 Oct. 1690; and another paper 
 relating thereto, dated 21 Oct. 1690. 
 
 Minuted: — "Upon paying 5.31' 6^ Sii to be discharged. 13fch 
 Dec. '90." 2 pages. 
 Oct. 11. 27. Presentment of the Com^s of Customs to the Lords of the 
 
 Treasury, respecting the payment of the officers' salaries of the port 
 of London. Dated 11 Oct. 1690. 
 
 Minuted : — " My L^s are still of the same opinion, that the 
 quarter book shall be payd out of the 4tli part, from this l^t No- 
 vember, & the inferiour oiEcers are to be first payd." 
 
 '■■ 31 Oct. '90. Tlie Conii's Customs say they will observe the 
 above directions." \^ piages. 
 
140 CALENDAR OF 
 
 1690. ^°"-^- 
 
 Oct. 13. 28. Letter from Lord NottingLam to tLe Lords of the Treasury, 
 acquainting tLem, hy the King's command, that he would have 
 them give orders to the ofKcers of customs in the several ports of 
 England to return a list of all tlie mariners and seafaring men as 
 sjieedily as jiossible. Dated 13 Oct. 1690. 1 ixige {quarto). 
 
 July 24. 29. Three papers marked 1, 2, 3, relating to the revenue o^ i<^ per 
 Aug. SO. cciLt. in Barbadoes, the first being a certificate of Christopher Cod- 
 Oct. 15. rington, addres.sed to liis Excellency the " General," stating that the 
 Comra of the revenue of 4-i per cetif. had paid to Lieut.-Col. Holt, 
 commander, towards tlie payment of Iiis regiment, 116,007 lbs. of 
 Muscovado sugar, which produced 650^. Dated 24 July 1690. The 
 second being a receipt given by Col. Ken dale, dated 30 Aug. 1690, 
 and the third a receipt hy Thomas Sadler, for monej's paid from 
 that revenue, dated 15 Oct. 1690. o imges. 
 
 Oct 17. 80. Letter, signed " Tho. Pinfold," to William Jephson, Esq. 
 respecting the arrest of the ship " John and Thomas," and the cap- 
 tain of the same ; which ship broke away from the officers of customis, 
 at Shoreham. Dated 17 Oct. 1690. 
 
 With this is another memorandum relating to custom-house 
 business. 1 pnge and a liitlc piece. 
 
 Oct. 17. 31. Report of the Comrs of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 on the petition of Jan Peel, master of the vessel called the " Towne 
 of Ostend," praying the discharge of the ship, seized for contra- 
 vening the Navigation Laws, stating that Mr. Bertie does not 
 object to the discharge of the ship, lie being satisfied for his trouble 
 and charge. Dated 17 Oct. 1690. 
 
 Minuted : — " Agreed to." 
 
 Accompanied by the petition and an affidavit. 3 pages. 
 
 Oct. 20. 32. Eeport of the Comrs of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 concerning a parcel of sugar entered as sugars of English plantations, 
 but discovered to be Surinam sugars belonging to Mr. Gardner, 
 upon which a trial was had the last term ; advising the acceptance 
 of the duty and charges offered to be paid by him. Dated 20 Oct. 
 1690. 
 
 Minuted: — "MyL^s do agree to what the Comi"^ propose." li 
 pages. 
 
 Oct. 22. S3. Two letters and two reports concerning spermaceti oil, the 
 
 produce of a whale cast ashore at the Bermudas, the right to which 
 was claimed by Sir Robert Robinson, the Governor. [He was 
 allowed it in part payment of his salary,] The last dated 22 Oct. 
 1690. 
 
 Minuted: — "Agreed to according to Mr Blathwaytes letter 11 
 Nov. '90." 4 pages. 
 
 Oct. 22. 34. Report of Brook Bridges, Esq., one of tlie Auditors of Imprest 
 to the Lords of the Treasury, on the petition of William Robert.':, 
 paymaster of the works at Windsor, viz., as to the allowance of 
 fees usually paid to the officers of tlie Exchequer, and for payments 
 
TREASURY PAPERS. 141 
 
 1690. Vol. X. 
 
 to the proprietors, &c., of lands taken into tlieir Majesties avenue at 
 Windsor. Dated 22 Oct. 1690. 
 
 The petition referred to, and a certificate of Mr. Harbord. 
 Dated ] 6 Sept. 1690. The latter showing the several interests affected. 
 9 'pafjes. 
 
 Oct. 23. 35. Report of the Oomi's of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 on a memorial annexed, concerning certain Canary wines wrecked 
 on the manor of Seaford, in the county of Suffolk, and claimed by 
 the Earl of Dorset ; acquainting their Lordships that they had 
 directed their officers to clemand the duties of the wine in question, 
 and in case of refusal to take them into their custody, as agreeable 
 to law and to an Order in Council of 22 Jan. 1685, giving it as 
 their opinion that all "salved goods coming a shoare, as wreck, 
 should remaine in the custody of the officers of the customs until 
 the duties thereof be paid or secured." Dated 23 Oct. 1690. 
 
 Minuted: — "My L'^^ do agree with the Coma's in their report 
 24t'i Oct. 1690. 
 
 The memorial and a printed copy of the Order in Council. 3 
 2Mges. 
 
 Oct. 25. 30. Report of the Comrs of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 on the petition of James Baily, master of the ship "Imployment" 
 of London, praying for discharge of the vessel and her lading of 
 olive-oil, she being seized for contravening the Navigation Laws, 
 by having seven of her crew foreigners ; not objecting thereto 
 upon giving the officer moderate satisfaction. Dated 25 Oct. 
 1690. 
 
 Minuted : — " My L^^ do concurr with what the Comfs propose." 
 28 Oct. 1690. 
 
 The petition and six affidavits. 9 'pages or parts of pages. 
 
 Oct. 29. 37. "A meraoriall of M"^ Hoby, one of the verderers of the New 
 Forest, given in to the Right Honourable the JA^ of the Treasurj^ 
 concerning the trees marked for sale by the Surveyor Generall & 
 others, Ocfr 29, 1690." 
 
 [As to the trees being sold under the value.] Ih pages. 
 
 Oct. 31. 38. Report of the Com™ of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury 
 on the petition of their Majesties' five Patent searchers in the port of 
 London, who complained that one John Fitch, having contracted 
 with the officers of the Ordnance, for building divers works at 
 Jersey, had shipped various materials, but refused to pay their fees ; 
 advising that the claim was reasonable, and that it was advisable 
 to have a good understanding between the officers of the Ordnance, 
 Navy, and Victualling, and the officers of the customs, by giving 
 seasonable notices of their intentions of shipping any of the aforesaid 
 stores. Dated 31 Oct. 1690. 
 
 Minuted : — " Fitch must pay the usuall fees, and the office of the 
 Ordnance, Navy, and Victuall'^s to give notice to the Coma's [of the] 
 Customs upon these occasions. 31 Oct. 1690. 
 
142 CALENDAR OF 
 
 1690. 
 
 Vol. X. 
 
 Also the petition, a certificate, and a paper entitled, " the case of 
 the 5 Patent searchers," &c., which describes the attempts made to 
 ship goods under the pretence that they were for their Majesties 
 service. 5 iKiges and 2 half ^xiges. 
 
 Oct. 31. 39. Presentment of the Com^^ of Customs to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, praying their Lordships' directions as to whether the five 
 junior landwaiters of the port of London, who had to contribute 
 towards the maintenance of three superannuated landwaiters, 
 (whereby their salaries were reduced to GO^. per ann.) might 
 not be comprehended in the exemption from the taxes. Dated 31 
 Oct. 1690. 
 
 Minuted : — " To be allowed for the taxes." 1 page. 
 
 Oct. 31. 40. "Port [of] Liverpool"! A list of all y" seamen & mariners 
 31st October 1690 J within & belonging to ye said port of 
 Leverpool & places adjacent." 3 pages. 
 
 Oct. and 41. Petition of Isaac Bonourier and Isaac Gelius, merchants, 
 Nov. French Protestants in Dublin, and divers other papers respecting 
 brandy shipped from Falmouth to Dublin Dated Oct. and Nov. 
 J 690. 7 pages. 
 
 VOL. XI. 1690. November and December. 
 
 1690. 
 Nov. 3. 1. " An account of such debts as are due & oweing to mee Fi'an. 
 Blight of Bodmyn, in the county of Cornwall, to bee assigned unto 
 S»' Thomas Duppa Kn* to the King & Queens Ma^ea use." Dated 
 3 November 1690. ^ pages. 
 
 Nov. 3. 2. Report of the Comrs of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 
 on the proposal of John filing, to sink the office of one of the tide 
 suiveyors of the port of London, laying before their Lordships the 
 distribution of the eight tide surveyors in the service of the port 
 to their several stations, which were altered weekly, one relieving 
 another ; and stating that to the business of the surveyor for 
 the keys, (which was the office proposed to be sunk) appertained 
 the rummagiiig and clearing the ships, and the constant command of 
 the night watch upon the keys, &c. ; and it could not be performed 
 by one man. The sinking anyone of this order of officers would 
 destroy the whole frame. Dated 3 Nov. 1690. 
 
 Minuted : — " Agreed to." 
 
 The proposal and the paper contain the disti'lbution of the tide 
 surveyors. 2|^ pages. 
 
 Nov. 5. 3. Letter signed T. Done to William Jephson, Esq., enclosing a 
 state of the account of Richard Kent, Esq., of the duty of 4| per 
 cent, from Barbadoes and the Leeward Islands, in which he craves an 
 
TREASURY PAPERS. 143 
 
 1690. 
 
 Vol. XI. 
 
 allowance to himself and clei'ks for his charges in passing his 
 accounts ; praying for their Lordships directions. Dated 5 Nov. 
 1690. 
 
 Minuted : — " 1 May, 92, M"^ Done to sett forth w* has been allow'd 
 in ye like cases." 2 fciges. 
 
 [About 4. Petition to the Lords of the Treasury, by Francis Masters, 
 
 6 Nov.] master of the ship " Fortune " of London, for 1C2Z. 4s. 8d, the 
 moiety of what was due to him for freight of provisions carried 
 by him for the use of the army in Ireland. He states he was 
 reduced to great distress and threatened with arrest by his men 
 for their wages. Also certificate from the Transport Office. Dated 
 6 Nov. 1690. 2 pages (quarto.) 
 
 Nov. 6. 5. A report of the Comrs of the Alienation Ofiice, on the proposals 
 
 of Mr. Brunskill for the better management of that office, by setting 
 certain rates upon writs of covenant for levying fines, &c., con- 
 demning the scheme as impracticable and of no advantage to the 
 Crown. Dated 6 Nov. 1690. 
 
 The" scheme referred to, headed : — " The Alienation Office case," 
 signed P. Brunskell. 4i pages, tivo being very large. 
 
 Nov. 7. 6. Report of the Com'^a of Customs to the Lords of the Trea.sury 
 
 on the petition of John Payne, commander of the ship " Benjamin " 
 laden with currants from Zant, praying the discharge of the ship 
 and her lading from seizure, for not being manned exactly as the 
 law directed ; not objecting thereto, on giving the officer moderate 
 satisfaction. Dated 7 Nov. 1690. 
 
 Minuted : — " Graunted.'' 3^ 'pages. 
 
 Accompanied by the petition and an affidavit. 
 
 Nov. 11. 7. Letter from the Lords of the Admiralty to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, signifying (by direction of the Council) that their Lordships 
 should order the officers of customs to clear certain ships, in order 
 that they might proceed to the West Indies ; the owners or mer- 
 chants having bought 300 tons of defective provisions of the Comics 
 for victualling the Navy, with the view of sending them there, as an 
 inducement had promised to carry 70 tons of provisions, freight 
 free, for the supply of the Duke of Bolton's regiment and 50 soldiers, 
 part of those going to recruit that regiment. Dated 11 Nov. 1690. 
 Minuted : — " Graunted.'' 1-^ pages. 
 
 Oct. 30. 8. Letter signed Eichard Whithed, to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 
 Nov. 1 respecting a sale of timber in the New Forest by Mr. [Philip] 
 and 11. Ryley, Surveyor-General of Forests on this side Trent, and Mr. 
 Dickens, high-woodward. Dated 30 Oct. 1690. 
 
 A petition of the woodward for 20Z. 19s. 7d. to be allowed him, 
 &c. 
 
 Minuted : — "Graunted." 
 
 Also reasons and objections in the case between Francis Dickens, 
 Esq., petitioner to His Majesty for the office of woodward of the 
 New Forest, and Thomas Dore, gent., then occupier of that office. 
 
144 CALENDAR OF 
 
 1690. ^^°'-^^- 
 
 For Mr. Dore it is urged, amongbfc other things, " That he being 
 early acquainted with his present Ma^'i^s great and happy designs of 
 rescueing these kliigdomes, & by an express from Holland having 
 rec<i many of His Mat'^^s declarations, did carefully disperse the same, 
 and afterwards waited on His Ma^'^ in the west, with severall men 
 and horses equipped at his own charge." 
 
 Also — 
 
 Two letters of the said Philip Ryley, addressed to William Jeph- 
 son, Esq., Secretary to the Treasury, respecting the wood felled in 
 the New Forest, and respecting complaints made against him and 
 others about a sale of trees in that forest. Dated Nov. 1 and 11. 
 5 pages and 2 halves. 
 
 Nov. 1 4. 9. Report of the Comi's of Customs to the Lords of the Treasiiry, 
 on the ])etltion of Captain Francis Godfrey, late customer of the 
 port of Lynn Regis, setting forth that his father held the office of 
 custoTiier there, by grant from King Charles I., which office was con- 
 firmed to the petitioner by King Charles II., and renewed by King 
 James II. ; but since the Revolution one Robert Thorowgood had 
 possessed himself of the employment ; praying to be restored or to 
 be otherwise provided for ; informing their Lordships that they saw 
 no cause to remove Mr. Thorowgood, yet they recommended the 
 petitioner for equivalent employment. Dated 14 Nov. 1C90. 
 
 J/MM(fcfL-— Thorowgood to be continued, but Godfrey to be pro- 
 vided for, when there is a vacancy, 28 Nov. 1690." 
 
 The petition, two certificates, and an affidavit that the petitioner 
 had taken the Sacrament, &c. 5 ]pages. 
 
 [About ] 0. " Reasons most humbly offered to the R* Honourble the \A^ 
 
 Nov. 18.] Commissrs of their Ma^es Treasury, for continuing the office of a 
 survey'^ of the tin blowing houses in the county of Cornwall." 
 
 Minuted :~~" Mr. Boscawen & Mr. Godolphin desir'd to peruse 
 this paper, & make their observations upon it." 18 Nov. 1690. 
 2 iKiges. 
 
 Nov. 20. 11. Representation of the Corn's of Excise to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, respecting an order to them to pay 1,000 J. per week for 
 the Right Hon. Lord Bellomont for Her Majesty's use, which they 
 conceived was inconsistent with a warrant of the previous 28th of 
 July, would prejudice the credit of the excise, &c. Dated 20 Nov. 
 1G90. 
 
 Minuted : — " If the persons concerned to receive their moneys are 
 contented to forbear, the lA Belmont may have his ; but the Com" 
 are to take care that their Mat'^a creditt be not prejudiced thereby." 
 1 page. 
 
 [About 12. Petition of William Tempest to the Lords of the Trea.sury 
 
 Nov. 22.] praying for the grant of the office of customer in the port of King- 
 ston-upon-IIull, which office Col. Matthew Allured had resigned in 
 Lis favour. 
 
TREASURY PAPERS. 145 
 
 ]C90. 
 
 Vol. XI. 
 
 Minuted: — "Grauuted (so soon as Coll. Allured signifies his 
 consen[t])." 
 
 The agreement to resign the office. Dated 22 Nov. 1690. Also 
 a copy of the same. 1 2pagc {quarto) and 2 halves. 
 
 [About 13. Keasons offered by Sir Charles Bickerstaffe for their Majesties 
 
 Nov. 24.] buying all sorts of English timber at the first hand. 
 
 [There are some curious remarks as to the most desirable time of 
 the year for felling timber and the influence of the ■soil on the 
 soundness of the timber, &c. amongst which are] : — 
 
 " The most knowing persons cannot so well judge of timber (and 
 especially of) plank when it is converted and delivered into their 
 Ma^^'«5 stores, as if they viewed the trees ere the defective parts were 
 cutt off, as also the soyle whereon they stand, for the seemingly firme 
 timber of a decayed tree (when converted) may appear good, but is 
 not lasting or fit for the use of the Navy. 
 
 " That unlesse their Matin's are the first buyers, winter fel'd timber 
 will not only be much dearer, but also not easily had, it being 
 against the custome to fell oake timber in winter, altho' tliat timber 
 is infinitely better for the frames of shipps and tree-nayles, as also 
 for all other timber and planks that cannot be shifted but at very 
 great charge, for the spring season (altho' most usuall for cutting 
 oake timber) is very pernicious to its dirration." 
 
 And again : — 
 
 " That the sodaine decay of the thirty shipps (whereof many have 
 been twice repaired at veiy great charge) was for want of these 
 methods in providing timber, for very many of those shipps were 
 built with old decayed and spring felled timber, greene fi'om the 
 stubb, and also with very much east country plank, which is generally 
 so perishable that the late Coma's! of the IS avy durst not buy it, 
 without Order of Councell to justify them." 
 
 Miinded : — "To be consider'd when the Admiralty send about it, 
 24th Nov. 1690." " My \A^ to esamin these reasons & discourse 
 with the offices of the Navy thereupon, 2()th Nov. 1G90." "Speak 
 with the Com'^s qq Monday the ] st of Dec"^ afternoone." 
 
 " The Com^s of the Navy to make their observations upon this 
 proposall & report their opinion, 1 Dec"^ '90." 1 jia^ff. 
 
 Nov. 25. 1 4. Mr. Shales answers to the two enquiries of the Committee of 
 Parliament for Accompts, &c., respecting the provisioning the ai'my 
 in Ireland, when he was Commissary-General, &c. Dated 25 Nov. 
 1690. 2 xiacjes. 
 
 Nov. 25. 15. Presentment of the Coma's of Customs to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, in answer to their Lordships' order upon the petition of 
 Mr. Oliver Lyme, controller of the port of Chestei-, for the appoint- 
 ment of another deputy in the room of Mr. Warburton, &c. ; in- 
 forming their Lordships that Warburton and other oflicers of the 
 port of Liverpool were under accusation for misdemeanor, and 
 they conceived it necessary that things should remain as they were 
 until the examination were over ; further that the residence of 
 Mr. Lyme at Liverpool, and his intermeddling with the business 
 
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146 CALENDAR OF 
 
 1690. 
 
 Vol. XI. 
 
 was very inconvenient and dangerous to the service, and moving 
 that he be peremptorily forbidden to do so. Dated 25 Nov. 1690. 
 
 Minuted : — " Agreed to, till the matter of the accusation be de- 
 termined." 1-3 Dec. '90. 2 j^ages. 
 
 Nov. 2.5. 16. Report of the Coma's of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 on the petition of Richard Patrickson, Esq., who prayed that the 
 , office of searcher of customs in the port of Carhsle, Whitehaven, and 
 
 members, then held by Nehemiah Williamson (who had not taken 
 the oaths according to law, and had committed several misdemeanors), 
 might be conferred upon him ; testifying to the scandalous 
 reputation, &c. of the said Williamson and that he was unfit to be 
 continued in the King's service. Dated 25 Nov, 1690. 
 
 Minuted : — " Upon the petition of Mr. Williamson the Com^a of 
 Customs are to hear him & report. 5 Dec. 1690." 
 
 Accompanied by the petition referred to and a certificate of his 
 unfitness. 1 page and 3 halves. 
 
 Nov. 28. 17. List of mariners and seafaring men inhabiting in the city of 
 Chester ; together with their ages. 
 
 Similar list in Mostyn and Flint and towns adjacent. 
 
 Similar account from the officer of Denwall. 
 
 " An accompt of the ships and seafaring men belonging to Chester 
 water, now at home at Neston Key, the Park gate near adjoining, 
 or else abroad, together with their names, abodes, [and] ages." 
 
 Also " the names of other seafaring men not employed in the ships 
 aforenamed, but either lying at home or employed in other ships ; " 
 viz., in the several towns in the hundred of Wereall. 
 
 Accompanied by the warrant from the Mayor to the constables of 
 the several wards of the city of Chester, to give their assistance in 
 making lists of seafaring men in that city. Dated between 17 and 
 28 Nov. 1G90. II 2:)ages. 
 
 Nov. 28. 18. Report of the Comi^ of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 on the petition of John Lofting, of London, merchant, stating that 
 iron wire was absolutely necessary for making the petitioner's en- 
 gines for extinguishing fire, and 'n ignorance he had imported a 
 small parcel o." wire, &c., which was seized and appraised at 671. 18s., 
 not objecting to the remission of His Majesty's share as prayed, or 
 any part of it. Dated 28 Nov. 1690. 
 
 Minuted :^" For the King. Graunted 3 Dec. 1690." 
 The petition and an affidavit by the petitioner. 3 pages. 
 
 Nov. 29. 19. Report of Lord Ranelagh on the petition of Sir Thomas 
 
 Ogle, Governor of the Royal Hospit.Tl near Chelsea, in favour of 
 allowing the petitioner for his table at the Hospital. Dated 29 Nov 
 1G90. 
 
 Minuted: — "To be consider'd when the Hospitall is settled 
 13 Dec. '90." 
 
 Also the petition. 2 pages. 
 
TREASURY PAPERS. 147 
 
 1690. ^'°^- ^I- 
 
 Dec. 1. 20. A paper containing — "Payments made for land & sea ser- 
 
 vices in part of the expense from 5 Nov. 1688 to 1 Dec. 1690 incl. 
 As well out of new ayds as out of their M^^ revenues," &c. (No. 4). 
 [No doubt an enclosure.] 1 large page. 
 
 Dec. 2. 21. Eeport of Charles Fox, Esq. ['Paymaster General] on an 
 
 extract of the Earl of Warrington's petition, and on an account an- 
 nexed, respecting the clothing of a regiment of horse, under his 
 command, and the pay of the officers. Dated 2 Dec. 1690. 
 
 Minuted : — " Mr. Fox to lay this before His Ma^'e in his memoriall. 
 1 3th Detf^ '90." 3 pages. 
 
 Dec 4. 22. Eeport of the Conies of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 
 on the petition of Samuel Randall and George Griffith, of Cork in 
 Ireland, merchants, stating that they had suffered much as Pro- 
 testants in Ireland from the Papists, and that they had freighted 
 two ships to Barbadoes and the Leeward Islands with provisions ; 
 that they had considerable effects in the West Indies and ordered 
 them to be remitted to England, and their correspondents [at 
 Antigua] gave bond (as usual) for the barques to deliver their 
 cargos of 80,431 pounds of leaf tobacco in England ; but the masters 
 called in Ireland, in April, for orders as to what part of England 
 they should proceed, and were stopped by the late King James' 
 order ; otherwise they would have proceeded to England, paid the 
 customs, and discharged their bonds ; but being prevented, the 
 petitioners thought of the expedient of paying double the sum, viz. 
 335?. 2s. *7cl. into the hands of the Bishop of Cork and his official, to 
 be distributed for the support of the poor distressed Protestant 
 subjects about Cork, amounting to a penny a pound for the 
 tobacco ; praying the discharge of the bonds. The Com'^s confirm 
 the petitioners' statement, and further say that they have nothing 
 to object to the bonds being vacated. Dated 4 Dec. 1690. 
 
 Minuted: — "In consideration of the extraordinariness of the 
 case, my lA^ do graunt the request that the bonds be deliver'd up. 
 16th Deer 1690." 
 
 Accompanied by the petition and a certificate of the Bishop of 
 Ross and his Vicar General as to the reception and distribution of 
 the said sum. 6 pages. 
 
 Dec. 9. 23. Letter signed "W. Carter," addressed to the Lords of the 
 
 Treasury, respecting the prosecution of smugglers, &c., and the 
 arrears on his account. He states that he had no manner of recom- 
 pence for upwards of 20 years' labour, pains, and hazard of his life. 
 Dated 9 Dec. 1 690. 
 
 On the fly leaf is a letter from him commencing " My Lords," 
 stating that he had received an account from Kent that there were 
 three French sloops on our coast, which landed 50 men, who assisted 
 the owlers, so that they loaded 70 packs of wool that night. One 
 was taken and another run on shore on the French coast, &c. 
 pages. 
 
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148 CALENDAR OF 
 
 1690. ^^-•^^- 
 
 Dec. 9. 24. Presentment of tlie Coma's of Customs to tbe Lords of the 
 
 Ti'easury, stating that three fourths of the customs and other duties 
 were set apart for a fund of credit for loans ; and movmg their 
 Lordships that tlie one fourth part remaining nnappropriated, 
 should be applied to the payment (1st) of the " London Established 
 Quarter Book," and for such incidents and imprests as were 
 necessary, (2nd) of the Patent officer's salary, and (3rd), of such 
 sums as should be directed by particular warrants from their 
 Lordships. Dated 9 Dec. 1690. 
 Minuted: — "Agreed to." 1 page. 
 
 Dec. 10. 25. Letter of William Carter to William Jephson, Esq , praying 
 his favourable assistance, that it might be laid before their Lord- 
 ships and the King, that lie should be empowered to go down 
 speedily and privately to Kent, as he presumed in a few weeks, to 
 put a stop to the mischief still continued between France and 
 Enmney Marsh, and further that he might have an order for money 
 already disbursed. Dated 10 Dec. 1690. 1 imge. 
 
 Dec. 12. 26. Letter of William Carter to William Jephson, Esq., praying 
 
 to receive directions, and a supply to go down immediatedly to 
 pursue the late discovery at Lidd, and prevent the like attempt in 
 the dark nights of the next week. He was that morning informed 
 by one from Dover, that the vessel lately brought in there, with 
 wool, belonged to that town, but was manned with Frenchmen, 
 and that one of the owlers wounded at Lidd was dead of his 
 wounds ; but they were no way discouraged. Dated 12 Dec. 1690. 
 J 'ji'^ige. 
 
 Dec. 15. 27. Report to the Lords of the Treasury, signed, "Phil. Rylej', 
 Supervis, Gen^is Trent South," made on the petition of Sir Wm. 
 Morley, Knight of the Bath, master keeper of the East Walk, in 
 Bier [or Bere] Forest, in the county of Southampton ; touching the 
 proposed rebuilding of a kitchen, stable, and outhouse, belonging 
 to the lodge, burnt down anno 1687. Dated 15 Dec. 1690. 
 
 Minuted : — " There is not sufficient on the forest to doe it. 
 16 Dec. '90." 
 
 The petition and a certificate relating thereto. 3 'p'^'-9^s- 
 
 Dec. 15. 28. Recommendation by the Commissioners of Customs to the 
 Lords of the Treasury, of Mr. William Merriott, as deputy customer 
 of the port of Bristol. Dated 15 Dec. 1690. 
 Minuted : — " Agreed to." ^ page. 
 
 Dec. 18. 29. Copy of orders for relief from payment of duties of excise, 
 in favour of Ralph Bucknall, Esq,, Sir John Freind, and Mr. Edward 
 Godfrey, brewers. Dated 18 Dec. 1690. 
 [An enclosure marked No. 13.] ] page. 
 
 Dec. 18. 30. Report of the Com^'^ of Customs to the Lords of the Treasmy, 
 on an Order of Council made on a petition of Mr. Carter, relating 
 to tbe exportation of wool and the imports of prohibited goods ; 
 
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 his demands being for — 1st, the assistance of four men with horses, 
 for four months, at 161. 13s. M. each; 2nd, for the use of a fifth- 
 rate frigate, for the like time, to cruise upon the coast, between 
 Dover and Beachy Head ; 3rd, the assistance of the officers of the 
 customs ; 4th, protections from frivolous arrests ; and, 5th, the 
 paj'ment of about 400^., being, as he said, the balance of his ac- 
 count ; in favour of the first four requests, and stating they knew 
 no more on the last subject than was in their report of 18 Nov. 
 1 6S9 ; further that when the two sloops established to cruise on 
 that coast were withdrawn, by reason of privateers, a land guard 
 of eight men with horses was established at 601. per ami. : leaving 
 it to their Lordships whether they would make the experiment of 
 the further charge proposed. Dated 18 Dec. 1690. 
 
 Minuted : — " My L^ls have appointed persons at certain salaries 
 for this service, as M"-' Carter desired ; and do not think fitt to allow 
 anything further to M' Carter. 20tli Jan^T 1690-1." 
 
 The copy of the Order in Council, the petition, and a paper more 
 at length on the same subject, another copy of the above report, 
 and a letter dated 13 Jan. 1690, from him to the Lords of the Trea- 
 sury, complaining that discouragement was thrown in his way, when 
 he had spent his time freely, and hazarded his life often, and had 
 never received any recompence, but was still spending his money 
 daily. 3 pages and 3 halves. 
 
 Dec. 18. 31. Presentment of the Com" of Customs to the Lords of the 
 
 Treasuiy, reminding them of their previous presentment of the 3rd 
 of Jan. 1689-90, (a copy of which and a memorial of Mr. Lytcott, 
 controller general, they enclosed,) praying that a privy seal might 
 pass to discharge the collectors mentioned in the memorial of several 
 sums. The sums were paid by the collectors of customs of Falmouth 
 and Barnstaple for the service of the Prince of Orange (then King). 
 Dated J 8 Dec. 1690. 
 
 Minuted : — " R. to M=^ Lownds, to report what he thinks fitt to 
 be done herein. 22*1" December '90. 6 leaves. 
 
 Dec. 19. 32. Letter of the Comrs of the Navy to Mr. Jephson, offering 
 their observations upon the reasons presented by Sir Charles 
 Bickerstaff, for their Majesties buying all sorts of English timber 
 at the first hand, and giving their opinion thereon. Dated 19 Dec. 
 1690. 3^ pages. 
 
 Dec. 21. 33. Letter of John Bowles addressed to William Jephson, Esq., 
 Secretary to the Loi'ds of the Treasury, stating that he had their 
 Majesties' commission on 7 Oct. last, to re-measure all ships and 
 vessels taken into their service, by the principal officers of the Ord- 
 nance, the Navy, the Victualling and the Transport Commissioners 
 for Ireland, and had engaged two assistants ; whereupon all the 
 above officers, except the Lieutenant-General and principal officers 
 of the Ordnan'ce, had readily complied as the commission directed, 
 but notwithstanding he had set forth the great errors and mistakes 
 of their measures, and the imposition put by them on so honourable 
 a Board, yet the masters were encouraged' in that they should be 
 
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 paid by such measurement as had been made, which hindered the 
 measurement of other vessels, &c. Enclosing an abstract of how 
 far he had proceeded ; praying their Lordships to give such direc- 
 tions to the officers of the Ordnance, as that the just execution of the 
 commission might not be impeded. Dated 21 Dec. 1690. 
 
 Minuted : — " No more money to be payd to any of si^ shipps, tUl, 
 remeasur'd." 
 
 Also, two accounts of what ships had been remeasured, and the 
 copy of the commission referred to. 9 pages. 
 
 Dec. 22. 34. Eeport of the Com™ of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 respecting the Patent writers and their deputies, stating that the 
 grants by which they hold their office were not with the commis- 
 sioners, and they had not obtained a sight of them all; but they 
 presented a list of the principals and the persons appointed to act 
 for them ; giving their Lordships an account of how they had pro- 
 ceeded in regard to those deputies, and leaving it to them to grant 
 their approbation. Dated 22 Dec. 1690. 
 
 Minuted : — " Agreed to." 
 
 Also, the list. J | -pages. 
 
 Dec. 24. 35. Report of Lord Ranelagh to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 upon the petition of several colonels, in behalf of themselves and 
 officers, who had been during the last year in their Majesties' 
 service in Flanders ; respecting the levy money for the recruits, 
 stating that it appeared that 1,.5I1 men were mustered in Holland 
 by the Dutch commissary as recruits to the several regiments, and 
 the musters were taken as the men landed, between Jan. 1689 and 
 1 May 1690, and that the King had not allowed any levy money to 
 the colonels of those regiments for the rai.sing recruits. Dated 
 24 Dec. 1690. 
 
 Minuted : — "Respited till his Maties returne." 29 April '91. 
 
 The petition and an abstract of the number of recruits and two 
 other papers, showing who were wanting of the recruits. 5 pages. 
 
 Dec. 24. 36. Letter from Sir Charles Hedges, without address, but most 
 
 likely to the Secretary of the Treasury, asking him to move Lord 
 Godolphin for a letter to the Principal Commissioner for Prizes, to 
 know whether they had any money in their hands to satisfy him 
 for what the King had ordered for his reports and attendances. 
 Dated 24 Dec. 1690. 1 2'a(/e (quarto). 
 
 Dec. 25. 37. Memorandum respecting a legacy of 500?. left by Margaret 
 Leigh, of Westwood, co. Southampton, spinster, to Edward Lord 
 Griffin, and forfeited by him for treason ; but granted by the King 
 to Edward Leigh, Esq., brother of the testatrix and residuary 
 legatee. Dated Christmas Day 1690. \ page. 
 
 Dec. 31. 38. Report, signed " W. Harberd, supervisor," addressed to the 
 Lords of the Treasury, as to the state of the manor of Rygate in 
 Surrey, the moiety of which was proposed, in June 1685, to be 
 purchased from Dean Gocdwyn, Esq. (the other half being already 
 
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 in the Crown), which was thought in the year 1686 to be 
 worth 4,400L, and was conveyed to the King on 11 May 1687. 
 Dated 31 Dec. 1690. 
 
 With an order at the end, signed Godolphin, to Mr. Surveyor- 
 General, to send to the Auditor for a particular of the manor ; and 
 to rate it according to the report, in order to a grant being made of 
 it to the Earl of Monmouth. 
 
 Minuted : — " A particular to be rated." 2 pages. 
 
 Dec. 31. 39. Report of the same to the same, stating that he had con- 
 sidered the copy of a bill sent him, prepared to be passed in 
 Parliament, for making void a grant of the honour and manor 
 of Tudbury and forest of Needwood, in the counties of Derby, 
 Stafford, Leicester, Nottingham, and Warwick, granted to Rupert 
 Brown and Saml. Boherne, gent, (in trust for and by the pro- 
 curement of Edward Vernon, Esq.), under the seal of the duchy 
 of Lancaster, dated 21 Nov. 1683, in consideration of 7,000Z. in 
 money, and a release and grant of the land upon which the fort of 
 Sheerness was built ; that thereupon the timber and soil were valued, 
 and they together would amount to 63,611L : he had given his 
 opinion that, for vario\is reasons, the property ought not to be 
 alienated ; a bill in Chancery having been brought in and heard, it 
 was decreed that the grant should be surrendered and cancelled. 
 Mr. Brown confessed that he had received back the 7,000/. considera- 
 tion money, but the grant was not surrendered, Mr. Brown alleging 
 that he lent Col. Vernon a further sum of 3,300i., which he ex- 
 pected should be repaid with interest from 4< Feb. 1683, before the 
 grant was made void. It was further resolved that the principal and 
 interest should be satisfied, amounting to 4,669Z. The report after- 
 wards expresses the opinion, that it was unadvisable that timber to 
 that value should be cut down in the forest referred to, and that 
 some better way might be found for satisfying Mr. Brown's demands. 
 Dated 31 Dec. 1690. 
 
 Sir Geo. Treby also joins him in expressing the same opinion. 
 
 Also the copy of " An Act for makeing void certaine letters 
 patents." 7 pages. 
 
 40. An account of the costs of the army, marked " N^ 3," entitled 
 " The effective pay allowed to each regiment, troop, and company in 
 His Majesties' service, from 5th November 1688, to 31st December 
 1690 ; computed by the respective establishments, for such time as 
 \ each regiment, troop, and company was actually in pay & no 
 
 longer." 4 pages. 
 
 [About 41. Schedule of various sums due for clothing, which William 
 
 1690.] Vanbrugh, agent, prayed their Lordships to order to be settled on the 
 Act for 2s. in the pound, as had been done in like cases. Without 
 date, but payments referred to in 1689. 
 
 Bocquetted : — " Mr. Vanbrough's memorial for my Lord Lovelace's 
 regiment. 
 
 Minuted :—" For all but the 328 li. 11.3 (wh is to be respited) he 
 may have it on the remainder of the 2^." 1 pa^e. 
 
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 [Eiul of 42. Petition of Sir John Mordaiint, Knt., to the Lords of the Trea- 
 1G90.1 sury, stating that he had obtained an Order of Council for 50?. out 
 of the arrears of paj'' due to Capt. Talbot, late of Tangier, deceased, 
 and had further obtained a report from Mr. William Hewer, pay- 
 master for the affairs of Tangier, on the same subject ; praying their 
 Lordsliips to order the petitioner the 50/., with his charges, out of 
 the arrears then in the treasury. 
 
 Also the report. Dated 24 Nov. 1G90. 
 
 Minided: — " Respited till there be money to appoint to Talbot." 
 2i pages. 
 
 1690. 43. A paper, headed, " Necessaries de termino Sancti Michaelis 
 
 anno regni Guliehni & Mariae Regis & Reginje, 2^0 an" dom. 1C90." 
 The articles are chiefly stationery. One long page. 
 
 [About 44. Petition of Ann Thomas, widow of Capt. Gilbert Thomas, 
 
 1G90.] deceased, late Pj'ovost Marshal General of their Majesties' forces, 
 showing that her husband had raised a troop of 24 men and horses, 
 and clothed and equipped them, at the cost of 1,000/., and then went 
 for Ireland with the Duke of Schomberg, where he remained not 
 above four months, and was killed at the camp at Dvmdalk, leaving 
 the petitioner to pay various of his debts : praying the j)ayment of 
 the 1,000/., or for a 3'early pension, as she and her family were utterly 
 ruined. 
 
 Also a copy of the order to raise the men. 1^ sheets. 
 
 [About 45. Petition of Christopher Jenney, clerk, showing, " That at the 
 
 1090.] siege of Londonderry he was both captain and chaplain in Coll. 
 Monroe's regiment, afterwards by His Ma^y established in both 
 these posts, as cap* and chaplain reforni'd :" and " that in the list 
 lately made up for the London officers, he is inserted only as capt." 
 Praying " he may be paid as chaplain also, to enable him to return 
 into Ireland." Undated : warrants for the establishment mentioned 
 were dated in September and February 1689-90. 
 
 Minuted : — " It cannot be don." 1 page and a little piece. 
 
 [About 46. Memorial to the Lords of tlie Treasury of Ventris Favell, 
 
 1C90.] stating it as his opinion, that it is the duty of every loyal subject, 
 " especially when the nation is so beset with Irish, French, and 
 domestic enemies," to contrive something serviceable ; and es])ecially 
 to advance money, " which is the oyle that makes all the wlieels off 
 warr to move vigourously :" proposing a tax of 5s. a head ou all 
 beefs, and 6f/. a head on smaller cattle. Without date, but about 
 1690, by mention of a tax on beer [which was passed in 1689]. 
 1 sheet: 
 
 [About 47. " Observations on the proposall for a duty on cattle." 
 
 1690.] It is stated that London and its suburbs, Westminster, &c., contain 
 
 at least one-fifth of the whole people of Eugland, and that they con- 
 sume as much flesh meat as the other four-fifths. Undated, but about 
 1G90, by comparison with the last paper. 1 page. 
 
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 [About 48. Petition of Charles Parry, gent., to the Comfs for executing the 
 
 1C9().] office of Master of the Horse, praying to be swoi'n in to tlie office of 
 guide and survej'or of ways ; which office had been assigned to him 
 by Andrew Lawrence, Esq. 
 
 Also a certificate of the clerk of the Petty Bag Office, that the com- 
 mission to enquire respecting Andrew Lawrence's patent, and the 
 inquisition thereon, are filed in that office. Dated 26 April 1690. 
 2 pages. 
 
 [? 1690.] 49. Keport of Charles Fox [Esq.], to the Lords of the Treasury, as 
 to the accounts for the clothing of Lord Lovelace's regiment. Undated, 
 but from entries about the year ] 690. 2 iKiges. 
 
 1 690. 50. " Accompt [of] what is due to the severall keepers & rangers 
 
 for theare yeares wagges, & gratuteys given tliem for some yeares 
 past, to Lady Day last past, 1 690 : as alsoe what I have disbursed for 
 last yeare." The forest not named, but Eliab Harvey was the 
 person accounting, and Sir Humphrey Gower was keeper. 1 large 
 'pago. 
 
 [? About 51. Petition of Thomas Southwell, Bart., to the King, showing 
 1690, or a that soon after the landing of the King in England, he raised and 
 little later.] maintained in Limerick, where his estate and interest lay, 100 horse; 
 that he attempted to break through the enemy and reach Inniskillin, 
 or Londonderry, which held ont ; that he and his party were over- 
 powered, tried, condemned, and imprisoned 15 months in gaol at 
 Gahvay ; that for the support of 190 prisoners he borrowed 500L 
 from some Protestants, iSzc. ; that they were ordered by the Earl of 
 Clanricard to prepare for death, and kept in expectation of it for 
 four daj'S ; but the Earl of Seafort took compassion on him, and 
 carried him to Scotland on 1 May 1690 ; and that he drew the Earl 
 to the King's party, and so disappointed the enemy of 3,000 of his 
 clan. Praying for the payment of the debt of 500?. II pages. 
 
 1688-90. 52. Memoranda of the pay due to Major Macarty in 1688, and 
 letter of attorney appointing Isaac Bobin, of London, merchant, to 
 receive certain moneys. Dated 1688 and 1690. 5 pages, or parts of 
 pages. 
 
 [About 53. Petition of Thomas Balderston, late agent to the Second 
 
 1690, or Marine Kegiment, addressed to the Lords of the Treasury, for their 
 
 later.] Lordships' order to Mr. Harnage, to pay him 355?. 13s. \Qd., for 
 
 quarters, which sum he had paid for the First Marine Regiment in 
 
 1689 and 1690. 1 page. 
 
 [About 54. Petition of John Peirson, of Malton, in the co. of York, 
 
 161)0, or gent,, praying tliat his case might be so represented to their 
 
 1691.] Majesties, that he might not lose his debt by the seizure of Lord 
 
154 
 
 CALENDAR OF 
 
 1690. 
 
 [?1689 or 
 1690.] 
 
 [About 
 1690.] 
 
 Vol. XI. 
 
 Preston's estate. Without date. [Lord Preston engaged in a plot 
 at the end of the year 1690,] 
 
 Minuted : — " Referred to Mr. Aaron Smith." 1 page, partly 
 gnaived away by vermin. 
 
 55. Petition of Henry Clerk, Lieutenant-Colonel, to the Lords of 
 " their Majesties'" Treasury, showing that his father and grandfather 
 had suffered by the wars in the reign of King Charles the First and 
 Second, and that he was dismissed from his office of Clerk of the 
 Entries in the Alienation OfSce, and from being Deputy Lieutenant, 
 Lieutenant-Colonel, and Justice of the Peace for Wilts, for adhering 
 to the test laws in the reign of King James II., and that he and 
 his servants liad served the present King in arms, on his landing in 
 the west, and then signed the " Association." Praying to be restored 
 to his office. 
 
 Minuted : — " Graunted." 
 
 Undated; but perhaps 1689 or 1690. The " Association" referred 
 to was signed [? Nov.] 1688. See Introduction to Rapin, vol. III. 
 p. xxii. 1 page. 
 
 56. Petition of John Gore and others, praying their Lordships to 
 order Mr. Wallis, the agent to a regiment formerly under the com- 
 mand of Sir Edw. Hales, and then commanded by Col. Beveridge, to 
 deliver to them certain tallies for their debt of 5111. 2s. 8d., for 
 goods supplied to the regiment. 
 
 " Referred to my Lord Ranelagh." Undated, but about 1690, 
 Mr. Wallis was then agent to that regiment. See Letter Book, 
 25 Aug. 1690, vol. VI. p. 349. 1 ^^ac/e (quarto). 
 
 VOL. XII. 1691. Jantjaby. 
 
 1690-1. 
 Jan. 2. 
 
 [About 
 Jan. 6.] 
 
 [About 
 Jan. 9.] 
 
 1. A brief letter of Sir C. Bickerstaflfe to William Jephson, Esq., 
 respecting provision of timber for the Navy. Dated 2 Jan. 1690. 
 1 page (quarto). 
 
 2. Petition of Thomas Anderson, Provost of the Corporation of 
 Moniers of the Mint, showing that he was put in possession of the 
 tools and engines for rounding and marking moneys with letters and 
 grainings, and had taken the oath to keep the secret thereof ; pray- 
 ing for an allowance out of the Act for the encouragement of 
 coinage. 
 
 Minuted : — " To have 2001' per an., & out of that to keep aU the 
 tools & engins in good & sufficient repair. 6 JanT 1690-1." 
 1 page. 
 
 3. Petition of William Thomas to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 showing that he was employed by the Hon. Mr. Isaac to take care of 
 
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 the provisions sent on board the " Welcome" " dogger," and all other 
 provisions to be carried by sea, for the service of the King's house- 
 hold, in his expedition into Ireland ; praying for their Lord- 
 ships' order for the delivery of the goods at Whitehall, the vessel 
 having returned with the remains of the provisions to the port of 
 London. 
 
 A list of the provisions. 
 
 Minuted : — " They must pay custom for them according to His 
 Matiea comands. 9 Jan. 1690-1." 2 pages. 
 
 Jan. 10. 4. Letter of the Lords of the Admiralty to the Lords of the 
 
 Treasury, desiring them to furnish moneys for the payment of the 
 quarters for the soldiers of the marine regiments, who were about 
 to go onboard ship. Dated 10 Jan. 1690. 
 On the dorse :—" For the King." 1 page. 
 
 Jan. 10. 5. Petition of Major Anthony Pollard and Captain Humphry 
 Okeover, showing that the former was a captain of hoise under 
 King Charles I., until the " rendition " of Oxford, and was likewise 
 in all the risings for the restoration of King Charles II., that he was 
 imprisoned, &c., and lost 5,000Z. and more ; that he was Major of 
 Windsor Castle for 20 years ; and having served the Crown for 
 45 years King Charles the Second gave him a pension of 4s. a day. 
 Also showing the services of the said Okeover, who had lost 
 4,000?. in the Royal service, and had had 2s. a day settled on 
 him ; praying to be put on the establishment as they were in the 
 reign of King Charles II. 
 
 On the back is the order of the King in Council, referring the 
 matter to the Treasury. Dated 10 Jan. 1690. 
 
 United are copies of three certificates and a copy of Mr. Pollard's 
 petition to King Charles IL, &c. 
 
 Minuted : — " There can be no increase of pension till His Mat'^^ 
 return. 29*^' JanT." ,S pages. 
 
 Jan. 10. 6. Eeport of the Coma's of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury 
 upon a memorial concerning certain money and plate, to the value 
 of 5,000Z. or 6,OO0L on board the ship " Effingham " from Virginia, 
 shipped from thence upon the account of Lord Effingham, late 
 Governor of that co'ony, the ownership of which was contested by 
 Captain Davies and others, who had seized the plate, &c. as the 
 goods of pirates. Dated 10 Jan. 1690. 
 
 Also the memorial. 
 
 Minuted : — '" The goods to be taken into the King's warehouse 
 till the right be determined." 2 pages. 
 
 Jan. 12 7. Letter signed Jno, Sansom to William Jephson, Esq., secretary 
 
 to the Lords of the Treasmy, enclosing a letter from Mr. Trotter, 
 the collector of Swansey, to the Com's of Customs, complaining that 
 the Mayor of Monmouth not only refused to a.ssist the officers of the 
 Customs in collecting the names of the seamen in that town, but 
 
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 also denied them permission so to do, so that there was no account 
 of seamen returned from that place. Dated 12 Jan. 1690. 
 
 Also the letter, endorsed : — " For the Councill." 2 half-pages. 
 
 Jan. 1-k 8. " The Earle of Bathes Memoriall for the Right Hon^e the 
 Lords Commissioners of the Treasuiy, concerning S* Jamess' Park," 
 approving the inclosed report of Mr. Harbord respecting the offices 
 held by the said Earl, who was Chief Ranger and Keeper of 
 St. James Park, together with housekeeper of the palace of 
 St. James. Dated 14 Jan. 1690. ^ pages. 
 
 Jan. 1-i. 9. Report of the Comi'^ of Excise to the Loi'ds of the Treasury, 
 upon the petition of the importers of mum, giving as their 
 opinion that the encouragement of the petitioners in what they 
 requested during the continuance of the double duty, would not 
 prejudice the consumption of beer and ale, and possibly would be 
 an advantage to the revenue. 
 
 [They prayed to be allowed to pay on 36 gallons to the barrel, and 
 the barrel contained 39i- gallons.] Dated 14 Jan. 1690. 
 
 J/MM(.tecZ.-—" Agreed' to 20*^ Jan. 1690-1." 
 
 Accompanied by the petition and two other papers. 3 pages and 
 a few lines. 
 
 Jan. 1.5. 10. Copy of an order of reference by the King in Council on 
 15 Jan. 1C90, respecting the petition of John Freeman. The 
 petition was for 50/. disbursed in keeping horses taken from Roman 
 Catholics. 1 page. 
 
 Jan. 1-5. 11. Report of the Lords Justices of Ii-eland, on the petition of 
 Matthew Aylmer, Esq., enclosing a report made to them by the 
 Com'-'^ of Revenue for Ireland, which contains a further enclosure 
 of the report of the Clerk of the Quit Rents, showing the 
 lands forfeited by Sir Gerald Aylmer in Ireland, of which the 
 petitioner Matthew Aylmer, who was brother to Sir Gerald, was 
 anxious to obtain the grant. Dated 1.5 Jan. 1690. 
 
 Also the petition referred to. 
 P The report minuted thus : — " The King will make no grant of 
 any of these forfeitures at present. 27 Apr. '91.'' '^ pages. 
 
 Jan. 16. 12. Presentment of the Comrs of Customs to the Lords of the 
 
 Treasury, laying before them a letter dated 11 Oct. 1690, received 
 from the Com^s of Revenue in Ireland, with a certificate enclosed 
 from Mr. Christopher Carleton, collector of the port of Belfast, and 
 an order of Duke Schomberg, touching the ship " William and John" 
 of Belfast, which arrived there at the end of Aug. 1689, laden 
 with tobacco from Virginia, by which order it was said the mer- 
 chants wore encouraged to discharge their tobacco at the port of 
 Belfast, advising the acceptance of the \d. per lb. deposited with 
 the collector of the port, amounting to 300/., in lieu of tlie duties 
 which would have been paid if the tobacco had been imported to 
 England, and afterwards exported by debenture ; also asking that 
 
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 tlie Comi's of Revenue for IrelaBd might be reminded of the Acts of 
 Parliament touching ])lantation commoditieis. Dated 10 Jan. 1690. 
 
 Minuted : — " Agreed to." 
 
 Also the three enclosures mentioned. 3 par/cs and 2 halves. 
 
 Jan. 17. 13. Report of Lord Ranelagli to the Lords of the Treasury, on 
 
 the memorial of Capt. Walter Vincent, on behalf of himself and 
 other ofticers in the regiment, late Col. Franci« Luttrell's, as to a debt 
 due to the tradesmen who supplied that regiment. Dated 17 Jan. 
 1690. 
 
 Minuted : — " To be consider'd when the tallyes are appointed to 
 be struck for the army." 
 
 Also the memorial. 2 pages. 
 
 Jan. 21. 14. Report of the Coma's of Customs to the Lords of the Trea- 
 sury, on the petition of Christopher Tathwell, m.'ister of a brigantine 
 from Jamaica, lately arrived at Bristol, praying for licence to return 
 thither, where he and his crew might be wanted to defend that 
 island against the French, advising that they should be " indulged." 
 Dated 21 Jan. 1690. 
 
 [The report further states " that upon taking of St. Christophers, 
 most or all the French were sent down to the French settlement in 
 Hispaniola, which is such an addition to their strength that the 
 inhabitants of Jamaica are in feare of receiving great mischiefs 
 from them, and therefore are the more desirous that the said 
 briffantine and men should returne home to assist in the defence of 
 the said island."] 
 
 Accompanied by the petition. 
 
 Endorsed: — "For the Councill." 2^ pages. 
 
 [About 15. Lists of the seafaring men returned by the justices of the 
 
 tfan. 21.] peace for the county of Middlesex and city and liberties of West- 
 minster, subdivided under the following districts : — 
 
 St. Paul's, Shadwell. 
 
 St. Mary's, Whitechapel. 
 
 The city and liberty of Westminster. 
 
 Poplar and Blackwall, and 
 
 The hamlet of Wapping, Whitechapel. 
 
 Also for Hornsey, St. Botolph's Aldorsgate, Stoke Newington, 
 Friern Barnet and Finchley, St. Sepulchre, and in Drury Lane 
 division of St. Giles's-in-the- Fields. 
 
 The lists show the ages of the men who were at home, who were 
 at sea, and who in their Majesties' service ; and that for Shadwell 
 was drawn out 21 Jan. 1690-1. 
 
 Similar lists for the city of London ; the lathe of Sutton-at- 
 Hone, in the county of Kent; Maidstone and the south division of 
 the lathe of Aylesford, and for the county of Surrey. 191 pages 
 and 5 pieces in two parchment covers. 
 
 Jan. 22. 16. Presentment of the Corals of Customs to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, on the petition of Mr. Oliver Lyme, comptroller of the 
 port of Chester, respecting a charge of misdemeanor made against 
 
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 Mr. Warburton and other officers of the port of Liverpool. Dated 
 22 Jan. 1C90. 
 
 With two enclosures. 
 
 Minidecl :—" My L<:ls do agree to the Presentm* of the 25*^ JSToV'', 
 & that Warburton be continued." 6 _25a^es. 
 
 Jan. 23. 17. Report of the Conies of Customs to the Lords of the Trea- 
 
 sury, on the petition of the merchants of the port of Wells, advising 
 the remission of the duty on certain salt, contained in ships fitted 
 out to fish on the coast of Iceland (the salt being taken on board in 
 Scotland), four of which ships were taken by a French privateer, 
 and the masters of them carried to Dunkirk, and the ships retaken 
 by a Dutch man-of-war, and carried into Holland, and afterwards 
 brought to England. Dated 23 Jan. 1690. 
 Mivuted : — " Agreed to." 
 Also the petition. 2 pages. 
 
 Jan. 23. 18. Letter signed P. BrunskeU, addressed to the Lords of the 
 
 Treasury, stating that some of their Lordships' clerks had told his 
 landlord and other of his creditors that their Lordships did not intend 
 to do anything for him ; the lawyers " possessed " his creditors that 
 his petition and proposals in Parliament would not protect him, he 
 had told their Lordships that he had lost all, and contracted debts 
 in the discovery of ministers' and oflicers' corruptions. The reports 
 of the Barons of the Exchequer and the votes of Parliament showed 
 him to be a fit object for bounty. He was informed it was the 
 King's pleasure to restore him to the office of Surveyor of the 
 Greenwax Fines and to the Commissioner's place in the Alienation 
 Office. If their Lordships would not do anything for him it would 
 be a kindness to let him know it, that he might hide himself till 
 Parliament met. The charity of friends was all he had to supply 
 him, and that was quite grown cold. He reminded their Lordships 
 that " Qui cito dat bis dat," and that " necessity admitted not of 
 manners or delay.'' Dated 23 Jan. 1690-91. 1 ^jaf/e. 
 
 Jan. 24. 19. Report of Lord Ranelagh, on the petition of divers innkeepers 
 
 and inhabitants of Abingdon, for payment due to them for quarters 
 for the late regiment of Scots Horse, Sir John Fenwick's late 
 regiment, and the Earl of Oxford's regiment. Dated 24 Jan. 1690. 
 
 With an enclosure. 
 
 Tlie last three items in the report are 'minuted thus : — " Agreed 
 to," " Move His Mati«," and " Mr. Fox to pay." 1^ i)ages. 
 
 Jan. 27. 20. Letter of Mr. Jephson addressed to Lord Ranelagh, sending, 
 
 by order of their Lordships, the petition of Theojihilus Allen, 
 surgeon-major to Col. Lutterel's regiment, for his consideration and 
 report thereon. Dated 27 Jan. 1690. 
 
 Minuted : — " Respited till His Majts return." i page. 
 
 Jan. 29. 2L Order in Council, dated 29 January 1690, referring the 
 
 following report to the Lords of the Treasury : — 
 
 Report of Sir George Treby, Attorney-General, to the King (or 
 rather " Your Majesty "), finding that one Thomas Griffith in the 
 
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 petition mentioned, latelj^ commenced an action against [John Ward, 
 Esq., one of the justices of the peace for Middlesex and the city and 
 liberty of Westminster] for the horses and arms mentioned in the 
 petition, and recovered 54?. damages and costs ; but the action was 
 grounded upon a warrant for the seizure of the horses and arms 
 of Papists, Thomas Griffiths being a reputed Papist ; advising the 
 King to extend his favour to the petitioner. Dated 21 Jan. 
 1690-1. 
 
 Accompanied by a copy of the petition of the said John Ward, Esq., 
 one of the justices for Middlesex and the city and liberty of West- 
 minster, praying relief from the effects of the action referred to, as 
 he had been obliged to pay 45?., the value of the horses. 
 
 Minuted : — " My L<is agree to M^' Attorney's report." 2 pages. 
 
 VOL. XIII. 1691. Febrtjary— April. 
 
 1690-1. 
 
 Feb. 3. 1. Presentment of the Corn's of Customs to the Lords of the 
 
 Treasury concerning the right by the officers of customs to search 
 ships of war, which right was resisted by commanders of such 
 vessels, and more particularly at the port of Bristol, Capt Audley, 
 commander of the " Smyrna " frigate, refused to allow the officers to 
 visit the ship, moving their Lordships to issue directions on the 
 subject. Dated 3 Feb. 1690. 
 
 Minuted: — "A letter to Mr. Southerne (reciting this present- 
 ment) to desire tlie LA^ of the Admiralty to give orders that all 
 shipps of warr may be visited by the custom-house office's. 
 31*11 March 1691." i 2Kcge. 
 
 Feb. 4. 2. Report of Mr. Aaron Smith to the Lords of the Treasury on 
 the petition of William Smith, who was dismissed for fraud and 
 collusion, in the seizure of tobacco stalks, imported from Holland, 
 and then lay in prison, still owing 127Z. 19s. 2^d., recommending 
 that he give a new judgment to their Majesties for that sum, with 
 a release of errors, and covenant not to bring any writ of error, 
 and that then he might be enlarged from prison. Dated 4 Feb. 
 1690. 
 
 Minuted : — •" Ordered to be don according as Mr. Smith proposes. 
 9thFeb>^. 1690-1." 
 
 " The Comrs of the Customs to discharg the petitioner & take a 
 new bond. 13 Feb--. 1690-1." 
 
 The Coma's of Customs' report on the case, the petition, and two 
 other papers. 3 pciges 2 halves. 
 
 Feb. 4. S. Eeport of the Conji'*^ of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury 
 
 on the petition of Mr. William Bateman and other merchants of 
 London, concerned in the ship " Arabella," recommending that they 
 
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 be discharged from the AHens duties, " in regard the surplusage of 
 men were only taken in for her defence at this time of warr." 
 Dated 4 Feb. 1690. 
 
 Accompanied by the petition. 
 
 Minuted: — "Agreed to." "i pages. 
 
 Feb. 4. 4. Report of the Com^s of Customs to the Lord.s of the Treasury 
 
 on the petition of Samuel Groome, merchant, and owner of the ship 
 " Ruth " of London, praying to be allowed to change the same ship for 
 another belonging to him for his trade to Virginia, stating that 
 they have nothing to object. Dated 4 Feb. 1690. 
 Endorsed: — "For the Councill." 
 The said petition and another enclosure. 4 pages. 
 
 Fe b. 6. 5. Report of Lord Ranelagh on the petition of Theophilus Allen, 
 
 formerly surgeon-major in Colonel Lutterel's regiment, addressed 
 to the Queen, which stated that he had supplied two chests of 
 medicines for the King's service in the year 1689 to tlio value of 
 88/. 8s. ; that he was a poor refugee put out of his commission by 
 Col. Lutterel, without knowing the reason, and that he was in 
 danger of arrest ; praying that he might be paid, confirming his 
 demands. Dated 6 Feb. 1690-1. 
 
 Another petition to the same effect, referred to the Lords of the 
 Treasury by Order in Council 13 June 1691. 
 
 Also petition in French to the same effect, with an additional 
 clause praying for half the amount, if the whole cannot be paid him 
 at once. 
 
 A further petition of the said Theophilus i:)raying for " ime 
 pantion ou gratification." {In French?) 
 
 Copy of the report of Lord Ranelagh in his favour, and a paper 
 setting forth his services to the King's cause. {In French.') 
 7 pages. 
 
 Feb. G. 6. Petition of Henry Keales, addressed to the Queen, showing 
 
 that he was very instrumental in detecting the late conspiracy to 
 dethrone His Majesty; praying to be appointed a king.s- waiter or 
 land-waiter in the port of London. 
 
 Minuted: — "Speak with the Coma's of the Customs 6* Feb''. 
 1C90-1. Recommended to the Com^'s of the Customs to be pre- 
 sented to the iirst vacancy of a place that they find him qualified 
 for. 9 Feb. 1690-]." \ page. 
 
 Feb. 10. 7. Copy of writ to the Sheriff of London commanding him to take 
 
 John, Earl of Melfoit, late of London, outlawed for high treason on 
 10 Feb.,' in the first year of the reign, and to make iuqursition on 
 his goods and chattels. 
 
 The inquisition taken thereon, and an inventoiy of the goods and 
 chattels, amongst wliich is a collection of paintings, amounting to 
 813/. value. Dated 10 Feb. 1690. 
 
 [John, Earl of Melfort, was secretary to King James IL] 
 21 iKiges. 
 
TREASURY PAPERS. 16 1 
 
 1690-1. Vol. Xni. 
 
 Feb. 11. 8. Letter of the Lords of the Admiralty to the Lords of the 
 Treasury enclosing a copy of a representation received from the 
 Coni^'s of Victualling the Navy as to the necessity of a supply of 
 money for that service. Dated 11 Feb. 1690. 
 The copy referred to. 3 iMcjes. 
 
 Feb. 16. 9. Letter signed " B. Tonstall " and " Kath. Tonstall," addressed to 
 Mr. Jephson, concerning some matter in controversy between them 
 and Mr. Williamson, which they were anxious to have heard before 
 the Lords of the Treasury. With a postscript urging the impro- 
 priety of the case being heard before tlie Comi's of Customs. 
 
 Mimited:—"'Vo be consider'd when M^ Willsons report comes 
 from the Custom House. 16 Febr. 1690-1." 1 pa(/e {quarto). 
 
 Feb. 16. 10. Memorial of Jean Gasper Stein, secretary [of the Danish 
 forces] stating that he had done his best to induce the tradesmen 
 to be contented with their Lordships' word, and that of Mr. 
 Blatliwayt, but they would not deliver their goods witliout the 
 tallies ; the supply of clothiDg necessary for the troops in Ireland 
 gave him uneasiness, as by the least delay the services of the King 
 would be hindered, contrary to the inclination of tlie Duke of 
 Wirtemburg. (French.) Dated 16 Feb. 1691.' 
 
 Accompanied by another letter on the same subject. Dated 
 10 Feb. 1690-91. 2 pages. 
 
 [About 11. Petition of John Kynvln, addressed to the Lords of the 
 
 Feb. 18.] Treasury, showing that he had lost to the value of 1,000?. by the 
 resolution of King Charles II. in quitting Tangier, and that he was 
 appointed a landing-waiter in the port of London, as a compensa- 
 tion, by patent, dated 19 Aug. 1686 ; praying to be allowed to 
 resign tlie office to Thomas Wells, gent., who was well qualified for 
 the station. 
 
 Minuted : — " He shall resign, provided it be to a person that the 
 Comrs of the Customs shall approve, capable of acting himselfe, or 
 that he will allow 201' ^gj. ann. to such deputy as shall be approved 
 of by this Board." 18 Feb. 1690-1. 1 ijage. 
 
 Feb, 18. 12. Report of the Com^^ of Excise to the Lords of the Treasury 
 
 on the petition of Abram Hubert, of the island of Jersey, relating 
 to a parcel of brandy imported from Jersey, which he was desirous 
 of being allowed to sell to prevent loss, having shipped the same 
 in ignorance that there wa.s a duty of 8s. a gallon lately laid on it. 
 Dated 18 Feb. 1690. 
 
 The petition, and four other enclosures, one of which is the Coma's 
 of Customs' report thereon. 
 
 Minuted: — "They may carry the brandy back again if the 
 Comics of the Excise have no objection to it." 10 Feb. 1690-1. 
 7 pages. 
 
 Feb. 19. 13. Order of the Queen in Council on a report, founded on the 
 petition of Sir Polycarpus Wharton, Bart., to have money imprested 
 to him to carry on the powder works at Chil worth. Dated 19 Feb. 
 1690. 
 
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 The petition referred to and report of certain officers of the 
 Ordnance. 
 
 Also another petition from him respecting arrears of near 3,0001., 
 due from the Ordnance, with an enclosure, showing that materials 
 for making powder can only be provided in the months of February, 
 March, and April. 6 pages. 
 
 Feb. 20. 14. Presentment of the Com^s of Excise to the "Lords Com- 
 mission's of their Majti^s Revenue* of Excise," stating that they 
 had received a complaint from the officers of excise for the town 
 of Bedford, that the Mayor and justices had suppressed 16 vic- 
 tuallers in that town and parts adjacent, which matter was 
 afterwards heard before the King in Council, and orders given 
 that such as had kept orderly houses should have their licences 
 restored ; notwithstanding which the Mayor and justices rejected 
 them all but one of the most inconsiderable, to the detriment of the 
 excise. Dated 20 Feb. 1690-91. 
 Also two enclosures. 3 pages. 
 
 Feb. 20. 15. Presentment of the Com''^ of Excise to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, stating that they had re-considered the salary bill, which 
 they had formerly presented their Lordships for the officers of the 
 hearth money, and found no cause to alter it, and drawing atten- 
 tion to the bill therewith pi-esented respecting salaries of officers. 
 Dated 20 Feb. 1690-1. 
 
 Minuted : — " To be allowed as proposed in this report to Lady Day 
 1691, inclusive, and not to be paid on tUl farther order. 4 March 
 1690-1." 1 page. 
 
 Feb. 20. 16. Petition of Thomas Townsend, clerk of the Great Wardrobe, 
 showing that King Charles the Second granted him that ofiice for 
 life, with a fee of Qd. a pound on all moneys paid in that office, 
 amounting to about 800?. per ann., in lieu of which the King 
 granted him 300?. pier ann., and that the petitioner had contracted 
 great debts ; praying that he might receive his poundage as formerly. 
 Dated 20 Feb. 1690-1. 
 
 Endorsed : — " For the King." 
 
 The letters of Privy Seal referred to in the petition. 3;^ pages. 
 
 Feb. 23. 17. Report of the Comrs of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 on the petition of Ralph Williamson, comptroller of the port of 
 Newcastle, concerning an annuity or pension payable by him out 
 of the profits of his office to Katherine, the wife of Barnaby 
 Tunstall, Esq., heretofore the widow of Martin Foster, Esq., the 
 former possessor of that office. Dated 23 Feb. 1690-1. 
 
 Minuted : — " To pay the arrears and give bond for the future 
 payment." 
 
 The petition and the case of the said Ralph Williamson. 3 pages. 
 
 ' Sic. Query Treasury. 
 
TREASURY PAPERS. l63 
 
 1690-1. V«^- ^I"- 
 
 Feb. 28. 18. Letter, signed Charles Pigeon, to William Jephson, Esq., 
 stating that the Countess of Dorchester desired the favour of him 
 to certify that there was no pension paid upon her patent since 
 Michaelmas 1688, or that the Lords of the Treasury had not thought 
 fit to do anything therein, so that she might have a foundation to 
 proceed on in Ireland. Dated 28 Feb. 1690. 
 
 Minuted : — "For the patent the certificate must come from the 
 Exchequer, and may have a note that my L^^ have not pay'd 
 any thing on her pencion." 2 March 1690-1. 1 pagre {quarto). 
 
 Feb. 19. Lists of mariners returned by the constables in various 
 
 parishes in Clerkenwell, and where they lodged. Dated in Feb. 
 1690. 
 
 See other papers belonging to this return. About 21 Jan. 1690-1. 
 (15.) 5 parts of pages. 
 
 Feb. 20. Report of Mr. Aaron Smith to the Lords of the Treasury, on 
 
 the petition of James Allan and others, clothiers of a regiment of 
 foot in Flanders ; apparently advising that the petitioners should 
 have their Majesties' aid in recovering the money due on a bill of 
 exchange. Dated . . Feb. 1690. 
 
 Also the petition and an aiSdavit. The remains of 6 leaves (in 
 a very decayed state). 
 
 March 3. 21. Report of Mr. W. Harbord, Surveyor, to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, stating that he had considered the petition of Mr. Thomas 
 Howell, as to the office of constable of the castle of Launceston, in 
 Cornwall, which had been granted by King Charles II. to Sir Hugh 
 Piper, Knt., and to his son and grandson, and that the castle was cer- 
 tified by the parliamentary survey of 1650 to be much in decay, and 
 only two rooms standing, which were used for criminal prisoners ; in 
 favour of the prayer of the petition, which sought for the grant of 
 the reversion of the office for two lives, with the fee of 131. 6s. 8d., 
 the petitioner offering to put the gaol in good repair at the expense 
 of 120Z., and to keep it so. Dated 3 Mar. 1690-1. 
 
 Also the petition. 
 
 Minuted : — " Mr. Chancellour will give an account of this. 5th 
 Jatfy '91-2. A clause for the patentees to keep the castle in repair." 
 2^ pages. 
 
 [About 22. Petition of Thomas Amy, late one of the Receivers-General of 
 March 4.] the hearth-money, to the Lords of the Treasury, for suspension of 
 proceedings against him for a debt of 400^. 
 
 Minuted : — " The officers of the .... to state the debt." 4 March 
 1690-1. 1 large 'page. 
 
 March 4. 23. Presentment of the Com"'!' of Customs to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, concerning the reception of cracked money of the current 
 coin of the realm by the collector of the port of Colchester. Dated 
 4 March 1690-1. 
 
 Minuted :—" Ordered 9th March '90-1." 1 page. 
 
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 [About 
 
 March 4.] 
 
 Marcli G. 
 
 March 7. 
 
 March 10. 
 
 March 11. 
 
 March 12. 
 
 Vol. XIII. 
 
 24). Petition of Patrick Gilmore to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 praying to be restored to his employment as a collector of excise, 
 from which office he was discharged withoufc cause, after fulfilling 
 the duties 13 years. 
 
 Miimted :—" B.. to the Conies of Excise. 4th March 1G90-1." 
 ■5 page. 
 
 25. Report of the Comfs of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 on the petition of Elizabeth Orchard, widow of Henry Orchard, 
 late carpenter's mate of their Majesties' ship, the " Jersey" ; which 
 Elizabeth had imported certain lace from Flanders, then seized for 
 the duty ; not objecting to the remission of Her Majesty's share of 
 the duty. Dated 6 Mar. 1 690. 
 
 Minuted:—" Graunted, 9 March '90-1." 
 Also the petition. 2^ images. 
 
 26. Copy of report of Lord Ranelagh to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, on the petition of Capt. Alexander Peirce, stating that 
 the allowance of 2s. a day paid out of the contingencies, from King 
 Charles' reign to the 1st of May 1689, was stopped ; certifying that 
 the petitioner served at sea, as volunteer, under the late Earl of 
 Ossery, and afterwards in France as captain of foot under the late 
 Duke of Monmouth, until recalled by Charles the Second, and then 
 served as a volunteer for 2.5 months in the first troop of Guards ; 
 recommending him for the King's bounty. Dated 7 Mar. 1690. 
 
 The petition and four certificates in his favour. 
 
 The j)etition has this minute on it : — " My L<i Ranelagh desired 
 when there is another list made to insert the petic'^. 6 Apr. '91." 
 7 'pages (ciuartd). 
 
 27. Petition of W. Gore to the Lords of the Treasury, as to the 
 payment for certain pipe staves supplied to the Corn's of Victuallino-. 
 Dated 10 March 1690-1. "^ 
 
 Minuted : — " He must be pay'd in course, he haveing deliver'd his 
 goods (as the Comi'" alleadg) upon those terms." 1 page. 
 
 28. Presentment of the Comi'^ of Customs to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, touching the hardship Mr. Holland, the collector of Hull, 
 lay under, by reason of the noncompliance of the two customers of 
 that port in paying that part of his allowance which was established 
 upon him out of the profits of their office ; advising that the arrears, 
 viz., 105Z., should be paid out of a forfeiture of 600Z. recovered by 
 the ofiicers of the port, and that the allowance of 60Z. from the Kino' 
 be made up to SQl., which, with the two 2QI. from the customs, 
 would make up his established salary. Dated 11 Mar. 1690. 
 
 With two minutes on the back, from which it appears he was 
 allowed the 80Z. 
 
 Accompanied by his petition. 2\ pages. 
 
 29. Report of the Com'"^ of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 on the petition of the master and governor of the company trading 
 to the East Indies, stating that they had nothing to object to a 
 similar allowance being made to the company out of the last new 
 
TKEASURY PAPERS. 
 
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 March 13. 
 
 March 1 3. 
 
 Vol. XIII. 
 
 impositions, as was made previously, viz., 4^ 'per emit, on the last 
 new impost of 10 per cent, upon the vahie of their calicoes, wrought 
 silks, &c., granted in the time of the late King James. Dated 
 
 12 Mar. 1690. 
 il/mwiecZ .•—" Agreed to, 13th March 1690-1." 
 Also the petition. 2 pages. 
 
 30. Presentment of the Comrs of Customs to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, as to a dispute between Mr. Oliver Lyme, controller of 
 the customs in the port of Chester, and Mr. Warburton, who acted 
 a^ his deputy at Liverpool ; moving their Lordships that Mr. 
 Lyme might be immediately suspended from his office, and that 
 the Solicitor sue out a process for vacating his patent. Also, as to 
 the case of the Lady Poole, relict of Sir Willm. Poole, late collector 
 of Bristol, relating to an estate at Norwich, seized by the King's 
 extent " as the estate of Thomas Price, in aid of Mr. Arnold 
 Browne, one of the sureties of the said Sir Wm. Poole." Dated 
 
 13 March 1690. 
 Minuted : — " Agreed to." 2 pages. 
 
 31. Presentment of the Corn's of Customs to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, as to a surcharge of dQl. by the examiners of the outport 
 books, made on Mr. Anthony Isaacson, collector of the port of 
 Newcastle, for omitting to collect the aliens' duties upon lead, &c. 
 exported from that port by aliens ; recommending him to their 
 Lordships' favourable consideration. Dated 13 Mar. 1690. 
 
 Minulecl : — " Agreed to." 
 
 With two inclosures. 2 pages and 2 halves. 
 
 32. Letter of Mr. John Sansom to William Jephson, Esq., Secre- 
 tary to the Lords of the Treasury, stating, in answer to their 
 Lordship's letter of the 16th inst., that the olficers of prizes refused 
 the officers at Plymouth a view of certain prize goods until they 
 received orders from their superiors, so that they could not examine 
 and report on them, as sought in Captain Billop's petition. Dated 
 17 Mar. 1690. 
 
 Minuted: — " Write to the Coma's of the Prizes to suffer the 
 custom-house officers to take a view." ^ page. 
 
 33. Report of [Commissioners ?] of Revenue in Ireland, on the 
 petition of Mr. Francis Cornewall, as to the office of searcher, gauger, 
 and packer of the ports of Londonderry and Coleraine, expressing 
 the opinion that he had a right to tlie place of searcher ; the office 
 being claimed by Mr. John Mogridge. Dated Custom House, Dublin, 
 19 March 1690-1. 
 
 Minuted : — " My lA^ do agree with the Com'^^ in their opinion. 
 8 April '91." 
 
 The petition and certificate of the swearing in of the petitioner 
 to that office. 3^ pages. 
 
 March 20. 34. Presentment of the Corn's of Customs to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, suggesting to them to write a letter to the Com'^ of the 
 
 March 17. 
 
 March 19. 
 
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 1690-1, 
 
 March 20. 
 
 March 24. 
 
 March 24. 
 
 1691. 
 
 March 11 
 
 and 25. 
 
 Vol. XIII. 
 
 Eevenue in Ireland, similar to one written to their predecessors, in 
 respect to the difficulty Mr. Charles Horne, their agent in Ireland, 
 for inspecting the jolantation trade, experienced, in getting an account 
 of vessels going to and coming from the plantations ; sending a copy 
 of the former letter. Dated 20 March 1690-1. 
 Minuted : — " Order'd." 2 pages. 
 
 3.5. Keport of the Comra of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 on the petition of Thomas Barber, one of the coast-waiters in the 
 port of London, in favour of appointing his son in his place, he 
 having contracted a distemper in attending his duties at Whitsta' le 
 which made him incapable of performing them. Dated 20 March 
 1690-1. 
 
 Also his petition. 
 
 Minuted : — " Agreed to." 2^ pages. 
 
 36. Report of Sir J. Somers, Solicitor- General, to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, on the petition of Thomas Baker, Esq., which showed that 
 several parcels of ancient demesne lands of the Crown had been 
 granted to persons in trust for Sir AUen Apsley, which lands were 
 granted to the intent they should be sold to pay divers persons to whom 
 the Crown was indebted and the surplus answered for to the Crown, 
 which had not been performed; offering to "vacuate" the grant 
 and to pay the creditors (more than 100 families, grievously op- 
 pressed for want thereof,) and the surplus to His Majesty, in case 
 the petitioner had a lease of the moiety of the land, at a peppercorn 
 rent, for 99 years. The report traces the history of the transactions 
 in connexion with the arrears, from 1627, and shows that they 
 were due to Sir Allen Apsley one of the Surveyors General of 
 marine causes, in the reign of Charles the First, and to his credi- 
 tors ; and that the manor of Newington and other manors and lands 
 had been assigned in payment, and advises that the proposals of the 
 petitioner were not unreasonable. Dated 24 March 1690-1. 3 pages. 
 
 87. Presentment of the Com" of Customs to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, as to certain tobacco landed in Scotland, in consequence 
 of the bai'k " John's Adventure " being chased by French privateers ; 
 advising the acceptance of the ^d. a pound, tendered by one of the 
 parties concerned. Dated 24 March 1690. 
 
 Minuted : — " Order'd." 1 page. 
 
 38. Report of Mr. Aaron Smith and Sir George Treby to the 
 Lords of the Treasury on the petition of John Kent and Nicholas 
 Fen, Esq., executors of the will of Richard Kent, Esq., respecting 
 money lent by the testator to Sir Patrick Trant, who was afterwards 
 convicted of high treason, which said Trant had entered into a 
 statute staple of 10,000^. by virtue of which certain houses of his 
 (in St. Giles in the Fields and St. Ann's) were extended, but had 
 been previously mortgaged to one Mr. John JefFryes. Dated 11 March 
 1690 and 25 March 1691. 
 
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 1691. 
 
 March 27. 
 
 Vol. XIII. 
 
 Minuted:— "For the King. To be considered when the King 
 disposes of any forfeitures. 27 April '91." 
 
 The petition and a particular of the houses and the rents of them. 
 7 pages. 
 
 39. Eeport of the Comrs of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 on the petition of Daniel Kroger, of East Smithfield, ship-broker, in 
 favour of granting him His Majesty's part of a forfeiture, in conse- 
 quence of a wrong report of the lading of a ship called " the Hope 
 of Stralsound." Dated 27 March 1691. 
 
 Minuted : — " AgTced to." 
 
 Also the petition and " case." 3 pages. 
 
 March 27. 40. Eeport of the Comrs of Excise to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 on the petition of Christopher Billopp, as to the duty of excise pay- 
 able on brandies and wines therein mentioned, brought into Plymouth. 
 Dated 27 March 1691. 
 
 Minuted :—" For the Queene. L"^ Godolphin signifies the Queen's 
 pleasure to grannt the petitf^^ request, to have the duties remitted." 
 
 Also the petition referred to, a report of the Com^^s of Customs, and 
 two other papers. 4^ pages. 
 
 March 27. 41. A certificate signed by the Earl of Marlborough to the effect 
 that Sir John Edgworth's regiment was ordered not to muster from 
 1 Jan. 1688 to about 1 April following. Dated 27 March 1691. 
 
 (Holograph.) 
 
 Also a certificate to the same effect on the back, signed " D, Crau- 
 ford." A few lines only. 
 
 [About 42. Petition of the Mayor, bailiffs, and burgesses of the Corpora- 
 March 27.] tion of Berwick-upon-Tweed, showing that King Charles the Second 
 had granted to them lOO^. a year from the customs, for the repair of 
 the bridge, which had been paid up to Lady Day 1689 ; and that 
 the bridge was much in decay ; praying payment of the 200Z. in arrear. 
 Minuted : — ' To be payd one year, 27th March 1691." 1 2^age. 
 
 Dec. 8, 43. An Order in Council on 8 Dec. 1690, for the payment of lOOl. 
 
 1690, per ann. to Dame Sarah Neweomen, widow of Sir Thomas Newcomen, 
 March 30, lately deceased, fo" the reUef of herself and family, in consideration 
 
 1691. of her husband's loyalty, services, and sufferings, and of the loss 
 she had sustained by the death of her husband ; and for the pay- 
 ment of another lOOZ. for her family's present maintenance. 
 
 Also a short letter of the caid Sarah Newcomen, dated 25 March 
 [16J91, to Lord Godolphin, praying him to consider her distressed 
 family. 
 
 Minuted: — " To have 100^ out of secrett service." 
 A further letter, signed ' Bellomont," to William Jephson, Esq., 
 stating that "My Lord Cc dolphin was pleas'd to call me to him 
 yesterday, 'n the Qoeen's withdrawing room, and te'l me the money 
 was order 'd for my aunt Newcomen," &c. Dated 30 March 1691. 
 3 pages or parts of pages. 
 
168 
 
 CALENDAR OF 
 
 1691. 
 
 [? About 
 March.] 
 
 [? About 
 March.] 
 
 April 3. 
 
 April 3, 
 
 April 3. 
 
 April G. 
 
 Vol. XIII. 
 
 44'. Petition of Margaret Mansfield, widow, to the King, showing 
 tliat she was the widow of Mr. Isaac Mansfield, formerly one of the 
 prebendaries of St. Finburries, Corlc, and rector of Ballimony, in 
 that diocese, that her husband was killed in the beginning of the 
 war of Ireland, that the petitioner and three small children fled to 
 Bandon Bridge, which so exasperated the enemy that they destroyed 
 all her property, of the value of 500Z. and more ; praying for present 
 relief, she havin.o- grown " antient." 
 
 Also copies of two certificates corroborating her case. Dated 
 
 6 and 13 March 1690-1. 2 pages. 
 
 45. Petition of Col. Francis Lutterel for himself and the other 
 officers in his regiment, addressed to the King, showing that on the 
 King's arrival in this kincdoni, he had [riven him a commission to 
 raise a regiment, which he did in three days, and kept them 14 days 
 at his own expense ; he clothed the regiment at Exeter at a cost of 
 1,500/. ; but he was so extremely abused (the clothes being worn 
 out) that they must be clothed anew ; praying that the regiment 
 might be cleared from the beginning of January to 1 July last, to 
 enable him to pay for the old clothes. Uiidated ; but see an order 
 for payment for the clothing of his regiment in the Money Book, 
 Vol. 11. p. 21. 
 
 With a minute that it was referred to Lord Ranelagh. 1 page. 
 
 46. Proposal of Thomas Baker and Peter Stepkin, Esq., to the 
 Lords of the Treasury, for the recovery of moneys received from 
 Dissenters by virtue of penal statutes and not paid into the 
 Treasury. Dated 3 April 1691. 
 
 Minuted : — " They are to proceed according to law at their owns 
 charge & to have one third part of what they do recover & they 
 are to pay the same (as fast as it is recover'd) into the Exchequer. 
 
 7 Apr. '91." I page. 
 
 47. Report of the Coma's of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 on the petition of Joel Freemolt and others, stating that they were 
 employed in preventing the exportation of wool, and by their 
 diligence made several seizures at the hazard of their lives ; confirm- 
 ing the truth of the petition. Dated 3 April 1691. 
 
 Minuted : — " To have a moiety of the King's part. 6 Apr. '91." 
 Also, the petition and four other enclosures. Dated 3 April 
 1691. 1 page and 5 half 'pages. 
 
 48. An order made by the Committee for the Affairs of Ireland on 
 3 April 1691. 
 
 Docguetted:—"L^'> Com^o of Irish affairs for 5091' 7^ 6^ for 
 Comfis of Transports : for charges of .-ending horses into Ireland for 
 the train, & bread waggons. 4 April 1691. 2 pages. 
 
 49. Report of the Com^s of Excise to the Lords of the Treasury 
 on the memorial of Robert Crawford, Esq., Governor of Sheerness 
 on belialf of his brother, Mr. William Crawford, deceased, late 
 collector of hearth money, certifying as to the state of his accounts 
 
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 viz., that lie owed 143?. I7s. 5d., and that they were informed that 
 he deserted his employment, and went into Holland, to serve the 
 Prince of Orange, and came into England with him, rind after- 
 wards went into Scotland, an officer under Major General Mackay, 
 and was there slain in the battle in which the Lord Dundee was 
 killed, expressing the opinion that he might deserve their Majesties' 
 favour, but they could not discharge the debt nor deliver up the 
 bond. Dated 6 April 1691. 
 
 Minuted :—" Gr&vinted by Her Ma^e 27 May 1691." 
 Also, the petition and a balance sheet." 3 pages. 
 
 April 7. 50. Letter of the Coma's of Prizes to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 (1), stating that two prize ships then lying at Plymouth, viz., "La 
 Ranomee " and the " St. Symon " of Bourdeaux, were desired for store 
 ships by the Com^'s of the Navy, fcc, advising against the same, 
 until satisfaction be made by the Comics for^^Yictualling. 
 
 (2.) Observing that several ships taken as prize had never come 
 into their custody, but had been refitted by order of the Lords of 
 the Admiralty for the service of the Navy, that others had been 
 delivered to their officers, particularly' the " Providence " and " Mag- 
 dalen" for pacquet or advice boats. 
 
 (3.) That they had caused a prize ship, lying in Topsham river, 
 near Exeter, laden with marble, to be refitted and brought into the 
 Thames, where the lading was appraised by Sir Christopher Wren, 
 at 1,014Z. beyond the charge of removing it to Scotland Yard ; 
 praying their Lordships to move His Majesty to order payment to 
 be made, out of which they would be very willing to repay the 
 8001. which Mr. Dyve, their secretary, received of their Lordships, 
 &C. Dated 7 April] 691. 
 
 Minuted in the margin : — " To be sent to the Admiralty. 7 Apr. 
 91." 2 pages. 
 
 April 8. 51. Report of Lord Ranelagh to the Lords of the Treasury, on 
 the petition of the Lady Margaret Culpepper, relict and adminis- 
 tratrix of Thomas, Lord Culpepper, deceased, certifying that 750?. 
 was due on a yearly allowance of COO?., granted for 21 years on 
 Lord Culpepper's surrender of a lease of the profits and quit rents 
 of Virginia, to be paid on the establishment of the forces. Dated 
 8 April 1691. 
 
 The petition and another paper relating thereto. 4 pages. 
 
 April 9. 52. Report of the Com^s of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury 
 
 on the petition of Gerrard van Heythuysen, and others, on behalf 
 of several merchants, inhabitants of New York ; setting forth that 
 the colony, with . the inhabitants thereof, had been under the 
 government of England since the year 1G64, ever looking on them- 
 selves as free subjects of England ; that they were left without a 
 Governor the latter part of the late King James's reign, whereby 
 they were exposed to the incursions and attempts of the French ; 
 nevertheless, according to their duty and allegiance, the inhabitants 
 
170 CALENDAR OF 
 
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 Vol. XIII. 
 
 remained steadfast to the government of this kingdom, fixing 
 (under God) tlieir sole dependence thereupon ; and, as soon as they 
 had notice of their Majesties King William and Queen Mary's acces- 
 sion to the Crown, readily declared for them, and had for the two 
 last years maintained and defended themselves against all the attempts 
 of the French. The report expresses the opinion that they should 
 have the like privileges as natural born subjects, and not be called 
 to pay aliens' duties. Dated 9 April 1691. 
 
 Minuted : — " Agreed to." 
 
 Also the petition. .3 pages. 
 
 April 11 . 53. Letter of William Lay cock to William Jephson, Esq., Secretary 
 to the Lords of the Treasury, stating that Mr. Bowyer, their Majes- 
 ties' surveyor, and he, had visited the chase of Needwood, in Stafford- 
 shire, and they found great wastes made of their Majesties' woods ; 
 the officers took no great cognizance of the Lords of the Treasury, 
 nor of the Surveyor-General of their Majesties' woods for Trent 
 North, the Chancellor of the duchy [of Lancaster] being their Lord 
 Treasurer, from whom their warrants for falls of wood (when any) 
 were du-ected. The officers embezzled the woods ; Lord Dartmouth 
 had a grant of some lands called the Castle Hayes, and his tenants 
 had stubbed up several thousand oaks, and converted the land into 
 arable. One Smith, formerly a player, had a grant of Hanbury 
 Park, in which place there were several hundred excellent hard wood 
 trees, very rare to be met with ; and he felled certain of them, and 
 designed to fell four or five hundred more, &c. Dated Egmonton 
 Hall, 11 April 1691. 1 page. 
 
 April 16. 54. Presentment by the Com^^s of Transportation to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, praying for the supply of 4,000^., or a good part of it, 
 forthwith, or their credit would be broke, &c. Dated 16 April 1691. 
 1 2Mge. 
 
 April 16. 55. Copy of an Act for the settling ports, &c., in their Majesties' 
 dominions of Virginia. Dated 16 April 1691. 20 pages. 
 
 [About 56. Petition of Col. Edmund Maine, Brigadier of Horse, to the 
 
 17 April Comrs of the Treasury, showing that he held that office from 
 1691.] 11 November 1688, and had received nothing on that account, not- 
 withstanding all other general officers that continued in the service 
 of His present Majesty were cleared till 1 May 1689, and afterwards 
 all of that quality who were upon the Irish establishment received 
 three months' pay there the last campaign ; but he, not being on 
 that establishment, had not the benefit thereof, although he served 
 in that station all the last campaign : praying to be cleared, &c., as 
 the rest of the general officers were. 
 
 Without date, but referred 17 April 1691. 
 
 Minuted: — " Speak with lA Kanelagh. Receive the King's 
 pleasure touching the 256^^ 10^ due to the 1^* May 1689." 1 page. 
 
 April 20. 57. Memorial of the Comrs for Transportation of their Majesties' 
 forces to Ireland, stating that 4<,000l. was due to them out of 16,000Z. 
 
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 formerly granted, and that tLey had been constrained to use the 
 moneys paid them for transporting the forces from Scotland to Ostend, 
 for their immediate payments, &c. Praying an order for the 4,000Z. 
 Dated April 20, 1691. 
 
 Also a brief letter to William Jepbson, Esq., further pressing on 
 him their distress for money. 1^ fages. 
 
 April 20. 58. Letter of the Lords of the Admiralty to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, stating the great occasion there was for ro.oney to continue 
 the payment of the seamen, and that there were other pressing 
 services ; desiring to be furnished, before the usual day, with as 
 much as they could of the money designed for them that week. 
 Dated 20 April 1691. 
 
 ilfwitfed:— " 21 Apr. '91. 16,000ii orderd." \ page. 
 
 April 21. 59. Report of Mr. Charles Fox to the Lords of the Treasury, on 
 the petition of Col. John Michelburne, showing that he was made 
 major of the regiment fof foot under the command of Col. SkefSng- 
 ton, on 5 Feb. 1688-9, but on the colonel and lieutenant-colonel 
 quitting them, the command of the regiment devolved on the peti- 
 tioner : showing that 9,. 570i. 16s. 8d. were due. Dated 21 April 1691. 
 Written on the dorse of the petition. 
 
 Minuted : — " They cannot be pay'd but from the time they were 
 upon the establishment." 29 April 1 691. 2 pages. 
 
 April 21. 60. Presentment of the Coma's of Customs to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, in favour of remission of the taxes on deputed officers of 
 the customs whose salaries did not exceed QOl. pi'r ann. Dated 
 
 21 April 1691. 
 
 Minuted : — " Agreed to." 1 page. 
 
 April 61. Presentment of the Com^s of Transportation to the Com's of 
 
 21 and 22. the Treasury, sending an estimate of the charge of the transportation 
 into Holland of the second troop of English guards, and the remainder 
 of the troop of Dutch guards ; praying an order for the money, and 
 further pressing for the 4,000Z. mentioned in their previous present- 
 ments. Dated 21 April 1691. 
 
 Minuted ;— " For the King, 23 April '91 ; p-i in pt, l,000ii 0^ Qd." 
 A supplementary presentment on the same subject. Dated 
 
 22 April 1691. 2 pages. 
 
 April 24. 62. Report of the Comi^^ of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury 
 on the memorial of Thomas Pitt, stating that there was lately sent 
 him out of the East Indies six gold heads for canes and six gold snuff 
 boxes, weighing about 40 ounces ; praying to have them delivered 
 without duty ; certifying that the duty was too great to dispense 
 with it, except the petitioner would deface the articles so as to 
 destroy the manufacture, when they would pass free as bullion. 
 Dated 24 AprU 1691. 
 
 Minuted : — " The Com's must proceed according to law. 5 May 
 1691." 
 
 Also the petition. 2 pages. 
 
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 1691. "^-•™- 
 
 April 28. 63. Presentment of the Comfs of Transportation to the Lords of 
 the Treasury, referring to their former estimates for transporting 
 horses and troops into Holland, stating that they had calculated 
 the freight of the horses at 50s., but the masters had taken ad- 
 vantage and raised it to oo.s. ; they were since required to provide 
 for 34 horses more, which would make the amount required 
 2,182L 13s. 9d; the 1,000^. their Lordships had ordered was 
 almost all run out, and they prayed for the immediate supply of 
 the remaining money, togetlier with the remainder of the 16,000Z, 
 Also, sending an estimate for the transport of 700 recruit horses and 
 riders, from Highlake into Ireland, and 300 horses and riders from 
 Biddeford into Ireland, amounting to 2,958?. 15s. Dated April 28, 
 1691. 
 
 Minuted :—" 30 April '9 1 , paid in parte 1,0001'." ii pages. 
 
 April 30. 6i. The case of William Abernathie, one of their Majesties' pen- 
 sioners, showing that he served King Charles II. from 16 years 
 of age till the battle of Worcester ; he was then under the Earl of 
 Middleton in Scotland, then in the King of Sweden's service, then 
 he was recalled to serve His Majeoty in exile in Flanders ; that he 
 did considerable service to the Restoration, and having followed 
 His Majesty's service in the worst of times, all the reward he had 
 was to ride in his guards for a year at great expense for nothing ; 
 and having served in all above 30 j-ears so that he was thought 
 deserving of 17s. a day in pay, he had but 3s. pension, &c. 
 
 With a memorandum in the Earl of Marlborough's handwriting, 
 and signed by him in his favour. Dated 30 April '91. 1 page. 
 
 [About 65. Petition of Isabella, Duchess of Grafton, to the King, 
 
 April 30.] showing that King Charles the Second promised the petitioner's 
 late husband, Henry, Duke of Grafton, to grant him a lease of the 
 Ballast ofEce on the same terms as George Boreman, Esq., then held 
 it, as soon as his lease expired ; praying him to direct the Masters 
 of the Trinity House to grant a lease thereof to the said Duchess. 
 Referred to the officers of the Trinity House, 30 April 1691. 
 Minuted: — " It cannot be granted. 11 Apr. '92." 1 page, much 
 decayed. 
 
 VOL XIV. 1691. May- July. 
 
 1691. 
 
 May 4. 1. Statement of the case of Mr. Chetwin, Deputy Auditor 
 
 [in South Wales], showing various particulars of the accounts 
 which he had been called on to consider, and begging to have 
 a day appointed that he might be heard, and might answer 
 the petition of Mr. Humphreys, exhibited against hiru. Dated 
 4 May 1691. 8 pages. 
 
TREASURY PAPERS. 173 
 
 1091. 
 
 Vol. XIV. 
 
 May 4. 2. Report of the Coma's of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 
 concerning the seizure of certain wine and sweetmeats, sent as a 
 present to the Queen Dowager, brought from France and seized at 
 Rye. Dated 4 May 109 1. 
 
 Minuted: — "It must be determin'd by law." 5 May 1C91.' 
 Accompanied by a letter from the [collector] at Rye. 3 2^<^(/^s.] 
 
 May 5. 3. Letter, signed Cha. Montague, to William Jephson, Esq., 
 
 Secretary of the Treasury, enclosing a memorial from tlie Corn's for 
 Transportation, to be laid before the Lords of the Treasury. Dated 
 5 May 1691. 
 
 Minuted : — " May 5, '9 1 . Payd hOOV 
 
 The memorial states, that on the 5th of January they had calcu- 
 lated the chai-ge of transporting recruits from Engl.ind to Ireland, 
 and from Ireland and Scotland to Flanders, &c., at 16,133?. 7s. 2d., 
 of which they had received 13,000Z. ; they had bought 8,000 bushels 
 of oats at Whitehaven, to be sent to Ball^^shannon, tlie cost of 
 ■ which was 726Z. 16s. 8cZ. ; they had provided for the transportation 
 of 500 artillery and 500 waggon horses, and 300 men, at a cost of 
 509L 7s. (Sd. ; they had hired ships and made provision to carry to 
 Holland the 2nd troop of English and the Dutch Guards, being 
 C52 horses and riders, the charge for which was 2,182?. 13s. 9c?., 
 whereof there was due 182?. 13s. ^d. ; they had orders to take up 
 ships at Highlake, to transport 700 recruit horses and riders, and at 
 Biddeford ships for 300 horses and riders, the charge of which was 
 computed at 2,958?. 15s., but they feared it was insufficient, as they 
 could not find ships in Liverpool and Chester water for above 120 
 horses ; they must take the rest up, if possible, at Whitehaven, 
 and send them to Highlake. They were ordered to direct Mr. Henley 
 to fit up all the ships he could, the cost of which would be about 
 600?. Mr. Middleton's account of provisions for soldiers and pri- 
 soners, bound from Cork to Ostend, was 889?. 16s. 7c?. ; they had 
 bills running on them for provisions, and all the sums amounted to 
 8,880?. 16s. 8c?., without which the service must stand still. In 
 addition to which there were great quantities of provisions spent at 
 Bristol by the recruits on shipboard, of which they had no account ; 
 but Mr. Henley called earnestly for near 1,000?., and the people 
 were growing diffident of dealing with him, except for ready 
 money ; the bills coming due daily would be protested for non- 
 acceptance, for they must refuse to accept new bills where so many 
 old ones lay unpaid. 2^ pages. 
 May 6. 4. Report of the Coma's of Customs to the Lords of the Treasurj', 
 
 on the petition of Daniel Lawrence, one of the King's waiters in the 
 port of London, praying to be allowed to resign his office in favour 
 of Mr. William Turner. Dated 6 May 1691. 
 
 Minuted : — " Graunted upon the terms proposed by the Corn's, 
 13 May 1691." 
 
 The petition and certificate. 2^ jja/yes. 
 
 May 7. 5. Report of the Com's of Excise to the Lords of the Treasruy, on 
 
 the petition of Mr. John Baber, informing them that he was appointed 
 assistant to Mr. Edward Noell their secretary in the room of Mr. 
 
174 CALENDAR OF 
 
 1691. Vol. XIV. 
 
 John Sheldrake, deceased, and had faithfully executed that employ- 
 ment ; stating that they had nothing to object against his supplying 
 the place of prosecuting and defending informations and causes 
 brought judicially before them, as Mr. Aram formerly did. Dated 
 7 May 1691. 
 
 Minuted : — " Graunted." 
 
 Also the petition. 2 pages. 
 
 May 8. 6. Report of the Conies of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 
 on the petition of Basil Feilding, gentleman, who had been dismissed 
 from being an oiScer of the customs at the port of Carlisle, and 
 prayed in the event of there being a vacancy, as the result of an 
 enquiry into the conduct of the officers which was then going 
 on, that he might be reinstated. Dated 8 May 1691. 
 
 Minuted : — " Agreed to." 
 
 Also the petition. 1 pa^e and 2 halves. 
 
 May 9. 7. Report of Lord Ranelagh to the Lords of the Treasury, on the 
 
 petition of Col. Edward Maine, brigadier of horse, as to 1,171/. 10s. 
 due to him for pay at 30s. a day. Dated 9 May 1691. 1 
 page. 
 
 May 10. 8. Letter signed John Bowles, addressed to William Jephson, Esq., 
 stating that there was enclosed an account of the ship " Mary " ot 
 the description called a " cat " and a certificate of her measurement 
 wheu taken into their Majesties' service, by the officers of the 
 Ordnance, showing that she was false measured 172i^ tons, by 
 which a fraud of 1,6-53J. 6s. Id. was committed ; praying him to 
 move their Lordships to order that none of the transport ships 
 should receive any money without his certificate of remeasurement, 
 there being about 1 00 sail of vessels in the river, and some vessels 
 had proceeded on their voyages without remeasurement, &c. Dated 
 10 May 1691. \ page. 
 
 May 11. 9. Report of certain persons dated at the Trinity House, made 
 to the Lords of the Treasury, on a letter of the Com''^' of the Navy, 
 touching the sal.i-ry due to Capt. Humphrey Ayles, employed in the 
 transport of the army in 1689, and of his clerk; in favour of his 
 receiving half a year's salary at 400?. per ann. and for his clerk at 301. 
 per ann. ; leaving it to their Lordships to determine whether they, or 
 the Comrs^ of the Navy, should pay it, but, if the former, asking for 
 the money to be stipplied, as they had not so much as would serve 
 their own occasions by a great deal. Dated 11 May 1691. 
 
 Minuted: — "To be pay'd by the Coma's of the Transpo[rts], 18 
 May 1691." 
 
 Also the letter. 4 piages. 
 
 May 11. 10. Letter signed "Arnold" addressed to William Glanvill, Esq., 
 at the Treasury Chamber, praying assistance to his solicitor to get 
 an order from the Lords of the Treasury for 100?. ; and for the 
 assignment of G75l., to certain trustees for the county of Monmouth. 
 Dated 11 May 1691. 1 page {quarto). 
 
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 1691. Yor..XW. 
 
 May 13. 11. Report of Mr. Chas. Fox to the Lords of the Treasury, on 
 
 the petition of the executors of Sir Edw. Bearing, who had bound 
 himself to the tradesmen who clothed his regiment, to pay them in 
 
 12 months, which was elapced, and the creditors came on the 
 estate, which obliged the executors to raise ready money, which 
 could not be done on the tallies granted for off-reckonings. Dated 
 
 13 May 1691. 
 
 Written on the back of the petition. 2 2^ages. 
 
 May 13. 12. Presentment of the Comrs of Transportation to the Lords of 
 the Treasury, recapitulating their former reports from the .5th of 
 January, much to the same purport (with slight filterations) as the 
 memorial returned under date 5 May 1691. Dated 13 May 1G91. 
 ^i IMges. 
 
 May 13. 13. Presentment of the Com''s of Excise to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, concerning the employment of four additional officers by 
 Charles Duncomb, Esq., cashier of the revenue, by reason of the 
 doubling the duty of excise ; approving thereof and praying for a 
 warrant for allowance of the same. Dated 13 May 1691. 
 Minuted, : — " AgTeed to." 1 page. 
 
 May 14. 14. Letter of the Lords of the Admiralty to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, enclosing a copy of a letter from the principal officers of 
 the Navy, as to an order directing 160,500?. to be applied to the use 
 of victualling the Navy for that year, &c. Dated 14 May 1691. 
 
 Minuted : — " Speak with the Corn's of the Navy." 
 
 Accompanied by the said copy. 3 pages. 
 
 May 14. 15. Petition of Lady Rookby, wife to Thomas Paston, Esq., 
 stating that she is entitled to certain ground on which tlie Secretary 
 of Scotland's house was built, praying that the King's Surveyor may 
 have a small tenement built for her out of the old timber and bricks, 
 saved from the ruins in the privy-garden, &c. Dated 14 May 169J. 
 Minuted :—" B.. to M' Survey' of the works. 15 May 1691." 
 1 page. 
 
 May 14. 16. Report of certain persons connected with the Ordnance 
 Office to the Lords of the Treasury, on the petition of Christopher 
 Howard, master of the ship " Susannah and Elizabeth," employed 
 to carry stores for the Ordnance Office to Ireland, in favour of his 
 claim. Dated 14 May 1691. 
 
 The petition and a copy slightly varied, each having a debenture 
 attached. Dated 14 May 1691. 5 2Mges. 
 
 May 14. 17. Order of the Privy Council, made on reading the petition of 
 William Carter, concerning the exportation of wool for the preven- 
 tion of which he prayed the continuance of his assistants and for 
 a supply to prosecute offenders, referring the matter to the Lords of 
 the Treasury, which was again referred by them to the Corn's of 
 Customs. Dated 14 May 1691. 
 
 Accompanied by — 
 
 (1.) The petition. 
 
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 (2.) Some considerations humbly offered to the King by William 
 Carter, concerning the export and import of prohibited goods, 
 finishing with the expression of a hope for necessary supplies. 
 
 (3.) Copy of a report from the Coma's of the Customs to the 
 Comi-s of the Treasury of the 18th Nov. 1690 in favour of the 
 petitioner. 
 
 (4.) Copy of another report of the said Coral's on the same 
 subject. Dated 18 Dec. 1690. h j)ages. 
 
 May 15. IS. Letter of the Lords of the Admiralty to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, stating that since their last letter, in relation to the pay- 
 ing the victuallers of the Navy 160,500?. by the orders which 
 stood first in course of payment, &c., they had received another 
 letter, with copies of some merchants' letters touching that matter, 
 which they enclosed. Dated 15 May 1691. 7 j>rt^es. 
 
 May 15. 19. Report of the Com''^ of Customs to the Lords of the Trea- 
 sury, upon a memorial concerning a suit of tapestry hangings 
 belonging to the Earl of Devonshire, viz., as to the duties to which 
 they were liable. Dated 15 May 1691. 
 
 Minuted : — " To pay only the single duty, 1 5 May 1691." 
 Enclosing another report of 6 May, and a paper relating thereto. 
 3 pages. 
 
 May 15. 20. Report of the Com^s of Customs to the Lords of the Trea- 
 surj^, on the petition of William Richardson of London, merchant, 
 who had entered certain copper from Barbary in his servant's 
 name, who was a stranger, for which he was threatened with pro- 
 secution : not objecting to a '' non. pros." being entered. Dated 
 15 May 1691. 
 Minuted : — " Agreed to." 
 Also the petition. 2 pages. 
 
 May 16. 21. Report of Matthew Ingram to the Lords [of the Treasury], 
 informing them, that he had stated the accounts of Thomas Potter, 
 who clothed the regiment of foot, late Col. Cornwall's ; the off- 
 reckonings amounted to 6,01 4J. 4s. 4fL, and the clothing to 
 6,288?. 14s. Ic?.., &c. Lord Ranelagli was of opinion that neither 
 Col. Cunningham, nor Col. Stewart, had any just pretence to the 
 off-reckonings due before 1 Jan. 1688, &c. Dated 16 May 1691. 
 1 j^a^e. 
 
 May 16. 22. Report of the Com^s of Customs to the Lords of the Trea- 
 sury, on the petition of Richard Teale, of Cheltenham, in the 
 county of Gloucester, miller ; setting- forth that the petitioner (not 
 knowing the law) planted a small parcel of tobacco, which was all 
 destroyed by their Majesties' ofhcers when it was green ; stating 
 that they would not object to the remission of the fine set upon 
 him, of 360?., &c. Dated 16 May 1691. 
 
 Minuted: — " 29 June '9[1] agreed to, y« pet"^ giving security for 
 the future." 
 
 Also the petition and three other inclosures. 2 fiiges and Shalves, 
 
TREASURY PAPERS. " 177 
 
 1691. Vol. XIV. 
 
 May 19. 23. Presentment of the Comi-s of Transportation to tlie Lords of tlie 
 Treasury, stating that on the 13th inst. they had presented to tlieir 
 Lordships their great want of money ; to "vvhich presentment they 
 referred, their Lordships, except in the article concerniDg liiring 
 shipping, which they were directed to alter and to hire shipping 
 at Whitehaven by the month, or they would not serve to carry 600 
 horses and riders from Highlake, the charge whereof for provisions 
 for man and horse for eight days, and of 1,800 tons of shipping at 
 10s. a ton, per month amounted to 1,179?. 16.s. 6cl. ; further estimating 
 the cost of carrying 300 horses to Cork at 30.9. per horse from White- 
 haven and Biddeford at 450?., and in addition, stating that there 
 were several bills running upon them, for provisions already made 
 at Bristol, Highlake, Milford, Whitehaven, and Biddeford ; and 
 unless they had a speedy supply, they could not carry on the business 
 in hand. Dated 19 May 1691. 
 
 Minuted :—" l.OOOli order'd in part 20 May 1691." 1^ ^^'^^[/''s- 
 
 May 20. 24. Report of Messrs. Wm. Lowndes and Aaron Smith, on the 
 petition of Robert Cole, citizen and goldsmith of London, which 
 set forth, that he had discovered to the Duke of Bolton that a sum 
 of 2,400?., due to their Majesties, was then in the hands of the 
 Master and Brethren of the Trinity House of Deptford Strond, 
 and concealed from the Crown ; and prayed to have the benefit of 
 the discovery : advising their Lordships, that if they thought the 
 affidavit enclosed was a sufficient ground for believing that the 
 Master, &c. of the Trinity House had the moneys, then their 
 Lordships should call them to account, or take proceedings against 
 them by English bill in the Exchequer. Dated 20 May 1691. 
 
 Minuted : — " If the Trinity House have & do apply it to the use 
 of the poore pensioners, the Lords do not think fit to make any 
 further in it." 
 
 The petition and afKdavit. 3^ 'pages. 
 
 [1691 ?] 
 
 May 23. 25. Letter, signed G. Talbot, to '-My most honoured L^," stating 
 that since his Lordship had so freely offered his favour in promising 
 to use his utmost interest to Lord Godolphin in his behalf, it would 
 be a kind of rudeness in him not to lay hold on it with thanks. 
 Sir Eras. Lawley had written him word tliat his (the writer's) peti- 
 tion for the revival of his privy seal, of 400?. j)<^>' ann., granted by 
 Kino' Charles II., or else 4,000 ounces of old broken plate, lay before 
 the Lords of the Treasury : begging him to employ his utmost in- 
 terest with Lord Godolphin and the rest of the Commissioners in his 
 behalf, if his Lordship pleased to lay before them the unparalleled 
 hardship of his case, having been commanded to serve the Crown first 
 as Resident, and then as Envoy Extraordinary at Venice, when by 
 reason of the wars His then Majesty could give him no support, and 
 in consequence he spent all his private fortune and contracted a great 
 debt ; beseeching his Lordship to press [their Lordships] to rescue 
 him from his necessitous condition. Dated Lacock, May 23. 
 
 Minuted : — " To enquire if there is any such case before ye L^^ 
 as is mencond. 22 Sept. 1091. 1 pagre. 
 
 M 
 
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 1691. ^-- ™ 
 
 May 2-t. 26. Report of Mr. Wm. Lowndes to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 on the petition of John Ward, of London, merchant, claiming 
 an annuity of 250?. per ann., bought by him of Richard 
 Graham, who held the same during the life of Sir Samuel MorJand, 
 who had a grant of 500Z. per anil, out of the revenues of 
 the Post Office, in the 13th of Charles IL, for 31 years; which 
 grant by divers assignments came to the said Richard Graham, for 
 security of 250?. 2^6'' ^nn. The annuity was extinguished by 
 the Act granting the revenues of the Post Office to King James II., 
 but this sum of 2501. was regranted to the said Richard Graham, 
 during the life of Sir Samuel Morland : in favour of the claim of the 
 petitioner. Dated 2i May 1G91. 2 pages. 
 
 [About 27. Petition of Robert Dodsworth, geut., addressed to the Lords 
 May 25.] of the Treasury, showing that he had appeared at the bar of 
 the House of Commons, and discovered several persons who had 
 commissions fiom the late King James, for raising four regiments 
 of horse and two of dragoons, and also told them of the French 
 invading our western coasts ; and by an after order of the House, 
 the Lord Brandon, CoL Kirby, and several other members of the 
 House, were ordered to go to the Lord Chief Justice that he 
 might take the petitioner's depositions,, for which service he was 
 ordered a generous support, and received 100?., and went into 
 Lancashire and took up several of the rebels ; on which service he 
 bad expended above 250?., and had lost the friendship of most of 
 his relations, so that he could not remain in his own country 
 with any safety ; praying to be reimbursed the 250?., and what 
 else their Lordships should think fit. Without date. 
 
 Minuted : — " If there be any employment he is qualified for, my 
 Lds ^\\\ provide for him. 2.5 May 1691. 
 
 " He is a Roman Catholique & so cannot take employment." 
 1 page. 
 
 May 2G. 28. Memorial of the Commissioners for sick and wounded and 
 prisoners of war to the Lords of the Treasury, earnestly entreating 
 their Lordships to order a competent supply, as they were then 
 under the greatest necessity by reason of tlie " present expedition," 
 and they were in debt 25,000?., and those who had quartered the 
 sick and wounded seamen were a whole year in arrears. Dated 
 26 May 1691. 
 
 Minuted : — " To be considered when the taUys are distributed for 
 the 700,000?., 27 May 1691." 1 page. 
 
 May 27. 29. Letter of the Lords of the Admiralty to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, stating that after the conference they had with them, they 
 sent for the Navy Board, and recommended them to have the tallies 
 disposed of to the Comics for Victualling, and to persuade the mer- 
 chants to consent thereto ; since which they had received a letter 
 from the Board with a copy of a letter from the merchants 
 which they now enclosed, together with an extract of a representa- 
 tion from the Com^s for Victualling, of the necessity of having the 
 
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 full remaining proportion out of the million assigned them. Dated 
 27 May 169]. 
 Accompanied by the said papers. 8 pages. 
 
 June 2. 30. Copy of the report of Lord Ranelagh and Mr. Wm. Blathwayt, 
 
 to the Lords of the Treasury, on the petition of Sir John Edgworth, 
 concerning the amount due to him for his regiment. Dated 2 June 
 1691. 
 
 Minuted :—" 13 March 1692. To bee laid before the King when 
 my Lord Ranelagh & Mr. Blathwayt are present, on Wednesday. Not 
 to be done at present." 1 page. 
 
 June 5. 31. Letter of the Lords of the Admiralty to the Lords of the 
 
 Treasury, enclosing an estimate which they had directed the Navy 
 Board to make, of what wages would be due on the 1st of Nov. to 
 their Majesties' ships of the first and second rate, and twenty of 
 the biggest third rates, then abroad ; that their Lordships might 
 provide for the payment of the same ; and acquainting them that 
 the rest of the ships, &c., would swallow up the remainder of the 
 million appropriated to the Navy, Dated 5 June 1691. 
 Accompanied by the estimate. 2 pages. 
 
 June 6. 32. Presentment of the Comics of Customs to the Lords of the 
 
 Treasury, laying before them the case of Timothy Davison and 
 Nicholas Ridley of Newcastle, who had shipped corn in a foreign 
 vessel and prayed to be discharged from the duty leviable by the 
 Act of tonnage and poundage. Dated 6 June 1691. 
 
 Mwiuted : — " Agreed to for this case." 
 
 Also the petition. 2 ptages. 
 
 June 6. 33. Presentment of the Comr^ of Customs to the Lords of the 
 
 Treasury, reminding them of their memorial of 17 March 1689, for 
 settling a collection at Harwich, a member of the port of Ipswich ; 
 moving their Lordships that the establishment therein proposed 
 might be put in practice, as it would conduce greatly to their 
 Majesties' service, especially at this time of frequent intercourse be- 
 tween England and Holland by the packet-boats. Dated 6 June 
 1691. 
 
 Copy of the memorial and the establishment. 
 
 A letter of Mr. Jno. Sansom on the same subject. Dated 30 June 
 1691. 3 pages and 2 halves. 
 
 June 9. 34. Memorial of the Com^^^ of the Revenue of Excise to the Lords 
 
 of the Treasury, expressing their opinion that it would be for their 
 Majesties' service that the last poll tax and 12 months tax should 
 be allowed to all supervisors and gangers and all inferior officers in 
 London and the weekly bills of mortality, whose salaries were under 
 100^. per ann. Dated 9 June 1691. 
 Minuted:—" 12th June 1691. Respited." 1 page. 
 
 June 10. 35. Presentment of the Com^^i^ of Transportation to the Lords of 
 the Treasury, as to the bills running on them for provisions and 
 
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 June 12. 
 
 June 13. 
 
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 ships hired for transporting the forces; stating that some of tlie 
 persons concerned had, (upon the assurance of the Comrs of punctual 
 payment), so engaged their credit that they must fly to avoid impri- 
 sonment ; there were then at Milford 59 horses and riders of Col. 
 Coy's regiment, who were shipped at Biddeford, bound for Cork, but 
 put into Milford by contrary winds, to be revictualled if Mr. Middle- 
 ton could get credit, he being nearly 1,000?. out of pocket; 13 
 .sliips at Bristol laden with recruits, had been detained several days 
 by contrary winds at great expense, which made Mr. Henley call 
 loudly for a present supply, &c. Capt. Atkinson called upon them 
 for 1,0001. for provisions for horses going from Highlake ; wherefore 
 they prayed their Lordships to consider their last pre.sentment and 
 to grant them a supply towards defraj'ing the 9,900?. therein sought 
 for. Dated 10 June 1691. 1 I'xige. 
 
 36. " Commissioners of y** Navy & Victualling, report on y^ 
 petition of Mr. Pawlin Fowues & at, who have supplyd victuals to 
 their Mat's Navy." Dated 11 June 1691. 
 
 Minuted: — "29th June '91. Nothing can be don at present." 
 2 pages. 
 
 37. Copy of a report by Chas. Fox, Esq. to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, as to what was due to Lewis Chabrolle and Abraham 
 Courteille, reformed captains of Col. de la Melionere's regiment. 
 Dated 12 June 1691. 1 jiafirfi {quarto). 
 
 38. Report of the Com^a of Customs to the Lords of the Trea- 
 sirry, on the petition of several merchants of Hull concerned in the 
 lading of the .ship " Golden Flight," of Stockholm, as to whether they 
 had incurred the liability to the new duty or not, by arriving two 
 days over the time allowed. Dated 13 June 1691. 
 
 Minuted : — " Not granted." 
 
 The petition and copies of two other documents. 
 
 3 2 l^affes. 
 
 39. Report of Lord Ranelagh to the Lords of the Treasury, on 
 the petition of CoL John Cvmningham, as to the amount (143?.) 
 paid on account of subsistence due to his regiment ; expressincr the 
 opinion that Col. Cornwall, to whom he was successor, ought to 
 satisfy the petitioner out of the balance due to him. Dated 15 June 
 1691. 
 
 The petition and three other enclosures. 1 2'^cige and 3 half 
 pages. 
 
 40. Petition of Mrs. Margaret Barnham, widow, addressed to the 
 Lords of the Treasury, showing that her two sons " Francis and 
 Robert " were bred up in the way of soldiery, and served in Ireland 
 in Col. Langston's regiment of horse and died there : prayincf for 
 payment of the arrears due to them, viz., 72?. 12s. 
 
 Minuted : — " To be taken into consideration when the arrears of 
 the army shall be paid." 15 June '91. 1 page. 
 
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 June 18. 41. Eeporfc signed M. Tucker, to the Lords of the Treasury, on the 
 memorial of Jolm Eglesham, as to the charge on beer imported in 
 Ireland. Dated 18 June 1691. 
 
 Minuted: — " My Lds agree to ye report." 1 jmge (quarto). 
 
 June 23. 4-2. Report of Mr. Chas Fox to the Lords of the Treasury, on the 
 petition of Monsr. la Brune, finding that, by certificate from Col. 
 du Cambon, he had served in that regiment as volunteer for the 
 two last campaigns, and had a pass from Genl. Ginkle to have gone 
 into Savoy ; but was then desirous to return into Ireland ; he, how- 
 ever, could not, except their Lordships allowed him something. 
 Dated 23 June, 1691. 
 
 Minuted :—" 29 June '91. The L^s can do nothing in it at 
 present," 
 
 Also his pietition (in French). 1^ pages. 
 
 June 24. 43. Presentment by the Com'''^ for Transportation to the Lords of 
 the Treasury, referring to similar representations made by them on 
 the 13th and 19th, of the great want of money they were in ; briefly 
 recapitulating the services performed, and the surtis required, 
 amounting to 8,796Z. 18s. M. Dated 24 June 1691, 1^ imges. 
 
 [June 24.] 41. Charges of passing the accounts of the Comf^ of Excise for 
 1684-5 and 1689 ; apparently entered in the account for two years 
 ending Midsummer 1691. PaHs of 2 pages. 
 
 June 25. 45. Eeport of WiUiam Harbord, Esq., their Majesties' Surveyor- 
 General, to the Lords of the Treasury, on the petition of Sir Henry 
 Fane, as to the value of certain ground " lying on the outside of 
 St. James' Park wall, between Storey's and Webbs : " upon part 
 of which ground the house of Lord Chancellor Jeffryes was built. 
 Dated 25 June 1691. 
 
 Also the petition, minuted: — " 29 May '91. The Lords agree 
 that S"^ Henry Fane may compound, not exceeding 10s. a foot for the 
 improved ground, & 5s. for that which is not improved." 
 
 A further report on the petition of Sir Wm. Turner, Knt., Wm. 
 Carbonell, merchant, and Robt. Scott, bookseller ; in behalf of 
 themselves and the rest of the creditors of Adriell Mill, stationer, 
 who had mortgaged the premises inhabited by Lord Chancellor 
 Jeffryes to the petitioners, and become bankrupt ; praying that pro- 
 ceedings might be stayed, Sir Henry Fane having brought eject- 
 ments for the ground on which the buildings were erected. Dated 
 25 June 1691. 4 pages and 3 halves. 
 
 June 27. 46. A request made [most likely to one of the law officers of the 
 Crown] to draw up a sufficient discharge to the Sheriff of Northamp- 
 ton, for the payment of a fine of 200?. received by him from Sir 
 Charles Neale, for speaking reproachful words against the King ; for 
 which fine Robert Cheyne, who had been a great sufferer in serving 
 His Majesty in his expedition to England, had petitioned the Queen, 
 whose claim had been allowed by Lord Godolphin. Dated 27 June 
 1691. Ipage. 
 
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 1691. ^«^- ^^- 
 
 June 28. 47. Report of the Com''3 for the Revenue of Ireland to the Lords 
 of the Treasury, on the petition of the Mayor, commotialty, and 
 citizens of the city of Londonderry, which complained of the dis- 
 bursements they had been at, and the losses sustained by them in 
 the preservation of that place ; that they were brought to a very 
 low and ruinous condition, their suburbs and plantations, &c. about 
 the city, destroyed, their public buildings and many of their houses 
 within the city lying yet all in rubbish, &c. ; that they had 
 taken of the Comrs of Revenue in Ireland some lands in the barony 
 of Glenarme, and liberties of Coleraine, being part of the forfeited 
 estate of the Earl of Antrim, (whose regiment was first repulsed 
 before their walls on shutting the gates in December 1688,) and 
 prayed the remission of a year's rent, &c. The report informs their 
 Lordships, that as to that part of the Earl of Antrim's lands taken by 
 the petitioners' agent in their behalf, they were posted among other 
 forfeited lands in that county, and he being the fairest bidder, they 
 were set by them ; viz. : the lands for 1,356?., and the arrears for 
 1,079?. ; and as to the sufferings, merits, and ruin of that city, they 
 were very remarkable and great ; but as they did not think it fit to 
 prescribe or limit their Majesties' bounty, they chose to be silent on 
 that point ; if the petitioners expected a grant of the Earl of Antrim's 
 estate, it was computed at the value of 15,000?. ^5er ann. Dated 
 28 June 1691. 
 
 Also the petition, with a note at the foot that it is referred to the 
 Com'^s of the Treasury to consider and report, and another paper, 
 entitled, " Some principall heads, or grounds of the disbursements 
 made, losses sustained, and debts contracted by the pet^s, in and 
 towards defence of the city of Londonderry and its interest." 3 pages. 
 
 July 3. 48. Report of the Cora"^" of Customs to the Lords of the Treasiu-y, 
 on the petition of Deborah Dioness, widow, who had imported certain 
 chocolate, on which, after shipment, an Act was passed laying an addi- 
 tional duty of 56'. in the pound, advising that she should be allowed 
 to reship it. Dated 3 July ] 691. 
 
 Minuted : — " Agreed to y** exportation, if it be not ag* law." 
 
 The petition, and an affidavit. 2^ pages. 
 
 July 4. 49. A representation, by the officers of the Mint, of the decayed 
 
 and ruinous condition of the engraver's house at the Mint, stating 
 that the engravers could not dwell therein, and the puncheons and 
 dies kept there, were not secure from being stolen ; desiring that it 
 might be speedily rebuilt. Dated 4 July 1691. 
 
 A similar representation by them with regard to the Moniers' Hall, 
 and houseing thereto belonging, estimating the rebuilding the same 
 at 762?. 10s. Dated the same day. 2 half pages. 
 
 July 6. 50. Order by the Committee for the Affairs of Ireland for the 
 
 transmission of an extract from a memorial from the Com^s of 
 Transportation to the Lords of the Treasury, in order that they 
 might issue directions necessary for the support of that service 
 their credit at the out-ports being exhausted. Dated 6 July 1691. 
 2 half pagcK. 
 
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 July 8. 51. Letter from the Lords of the Council in Dublin to the Lords 
 
 of the Treasury, sending a petition of Philip Savage, Esq., in behalf 
 of the children of John Crowe, Esq,, deceased ; in order that when 
 the military establishment of Ireland was taken into consideration 
 their Lordships might have the case in their thoughts, they being 
 orphans. Dated 8 July 1691. 
 
 Minuted : — " A letter to add this to the miUtary estabhshment." 
 The petition referred to, which prayed a favouralDle representation 
 of their case to the Lords of the Treasury. 2 pages, j 
 
 July 9. 52. Keport of tlie Lords of the Treasury, on the petition of 
 
 Anthony Thorold, late collector of customs at Lyme, as to certain 
 allowances demanded by him on his account. Dated 9 July 1691. 
 
 Minuted : — " Agreed to the report." 
 
 Also 4 enclosures. 5 -J- pages. 
 
 July 10. 53. Memorial of the Com^^s for Transportation to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, in reply to their Lordships' letter, stating that the list 
 of ships in their Majesties' pay consisted of 68, five being great 
 " catts," since ordered to be discharged, and another broken and 
 unserviceable, and two hired at Whitehaven to carry oats to Bally- 
 shannon, and when unladen to be discharged, &c. ; they had divided 
 the remaining 60 ships into three classes, viz., those which had 
 served 15, 20, and 24 months, and the sum needful to be supplied 
 amounted to 15,528?. 10s., praying their Lordships' favour, for the 
 complaints of the seamen were very grievous for want of supplies, 
 as none of them had received more than two months' pay. Dated 
 10 July 1691. 
 
 In a postscript they state that at Bristol, Higlihxke, and White- 
 haven, the seamen deserted the transport ships for want of pay, and 
 it was feared there would not be hands to sail them. 2 pages. 
 
 July 11. 54. Letter of W. Leveson Gower, addressed to the Lords of the 
 
 [Treasury], stating that he should apply himself only to what was 
 properly before their Lordships, and not be as impertinent in an- 
 swering as Capt. Wood had been in bringing his law cases, or rather 
 chicaneries, before their Lordships. By his niece's petition, and the 
 account of Sir Thos. Gower's agents, there was 1,530?. to be received 
 for the clothing of the late Sir Th. Gower's regiment, which money 
 had been received by the agent ; he hoped if their Lordships did not 
 order Mr. Beverley's 500ii to be paid out of the same, that they would 
 make the agent give an account what money he had disbursed, &c. 
 In answer to his false and scandalous paper, the writer had long 
 since waived his privilege to Capt. Wood, and left himself open to 
 the law. Dated 11 July 1691. 
 
 Minuted :— " That y mony be repaid to my L* Ran[elagh] 
 according to ye former order." 2 pages (quarto). 
 
 [About 55. Report of William Tal[l]man, Controller, and Thomas Lloyd, 
 
 Jiily 13.] Paymaster of the Works, on the petition of Sir Christopher Wren, 
 
 Surveyor-General of the Works, which showed that he had spent 
 
 oxeat part of his life in the service of the Crown faithfully and 
 
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 laboriously, and liad not served himself, but caused all salaries to him- 
 self and officers to be paid ia strict course, &c., and so supported the 
 credit of the office to the danger of the ruin of his family ; praying 
 to be allowed 2,010?. in paj'ment of arrears due to him. Undated, 
 but the petition was referred to the Controller and Paymaster on 
 13 July 1691. 
 
 Minuted :—" Respited till there is a full Board. 28 Aug* '91." 
 
 The petition and two certificates. S^ imges. 
 
 July 15. 56. Letter signed Ad. Cardounel to Henry Guy, Esq., Secre- 
 
 tary to the Lords of tlie Treasury, enclosing a letter from an officer 
 of Col. Hales' regiment, who lay at Bristol, for a passage to Ireland 
 with the regiment's clothes ; praying the necessary directions to the 
 customers at Bristol. Dated 15 July 1691. 
 The letter referred to. 2 pages {quarto). 
 
 July 17. 57. Report (or copy of report) of Robert Howard to the Lords ot 
 tlie Treasury, on the report of the Auditors of the Imprest, relating 
 to two interest accounts of Sir Polycarpus Wharton, the executor of 
 his father, Sir George Wharton, late Treasurer and Paymaster of the 
 Ordnance. Dated 17 July 1791. 
 
 The report is in form of objections, and the remarks on them are 
 seriatim. 
 
 Also another paper, headed " Abstract of the draught of a privy 
 seal for passing Sir Polycarpus Wharton's ace* as executor to Sir 
 George Wharton, late Trear of the Ordnance." 
 
 [These are apparently enclosures.] 4 i>ages. 
 
 July 17. 58. Letter of the Comf^ for Transportation to Henry Guy, Esq., 
 Secretary to the Lords of the Treasury, acknowledging his letter 
 acquainting them that their Lordships had ordered them 1,000^. ; 
 500?. of which was to be paid to Mr. Walter lliddleton, and, in 
 answer to their enquiry how they would dispose of the other 500?.. ? 
 stating that they intended to pay (1), Major Somervale 110?. 14s. ; 
 (2), three ships, which carried horses from Biddeford to Waterford, 
 124?. 10s. ; (3), to Mr. Gregs, who was engaged in this service at 
 Whitehaven, 170?. 4.s. 2d. (for without him they had no credit 
 there) ; and the remaining 94?. for a ship to transport Lieutenant- 
 General Douglas' horses and equipage to Holland, the charge of which 
 would be 192?. They had but 98?. in " bank," and the masters of 
 ships nor others would deal with them, except for ready money. 
 Dated 1 7 July 1 69 1 . 1 i pages. 
 
 July 17. 59. Letter from the Lords Committee for Ireland, to the Lords ot 
 the Treasury, stating that Her Majesty had ordered a quantity of 
 powder and shot to be despatched to Ireland, and the Com^s of 
 Transportation had no money to pay the freight ; desiring their 
 Lordshii)S to furnish them with 300?. upon account of that service. 
 Dated 1 7 July 1691. 
 
 il/inM?a?.-—" 17 July 1691, don." ^ fage. 
 
TREASURY PAPERS. 
 
 185 
 
 1691. 
 July 21. 
 
 Vol. XIV. 
 
 CO. Letter of the Comi's of Transportation to William Blathwayt, 
 Esq., Secretary-at-\Var, respecting Danish' recruits lying windbound 
 at Hylake, and concerning 200 others who were come nigh to 
 Chester, and would speedily take off all the provisions ; praying him 
 to stop any more forces from marching that way until he was fur- 
 nished with more money. There were provisions and stables in 
 ships at Bristol for 1 20 Danish horses, which were marched another 
 way. If other recruits were sent in their stead it w^oukl save the 
 charge. Dated 21 July 1691. 1 |ja(|re. 
 
 July 21. 61. Report of the Conies of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 concerning permission to export 5,000 lb. of crewell to the north part 
 of Guinea, by the Royal African Company. Dated 21 July 1691. 
 Minuted : — " Referred to Mr. Attorney. Granted." 
 Also an Order in Council of an anterior date, on a similar occasion. 
 2 2 pages. 
 
 July 25. 62. Letter of [the Com's of Revenue] of Dublin to the Lords of 
 the Treasury, stating that Mr. Peter Rondeau, a French Protestant 
 merchant in that city, having applied to them by the inclosed petition, 
 which fully stated his case, they laid it before their Lordships, 
 together with the letters and bill of lading, and a letter they received 
 from the collector of Waterford, by which they would see the great 
 injury Capt. Price, commander of the " Smjrrna," frigate, had ground- 
 lesslydone to the merchants concerned in the cargo of the "Paul," of 
 Penzance, and to their Majesties' revenue, by forcing the ship out of 
 the harbour of Waterford, after she was boarded by an officer of the 
 customs, whom the Captain sent away with the ship to Bristol. 
 Further, that they could not see any pretence for making her prize, 
 and hoped their Lordships would give order for her restoration to 
 the master. Dated 25 July 169]. 
 
 Minuted : — ''' To be moved at the Privy Counsell." 
 Also the petition and the other papers. 7 pages. 
 
 [About 
 July 27.] 
 
 [About 
 July 27.] 
 
 [About 
 July 27.] 
 
 63. Petition of Robert Banks, clerk, vicar of Hull, showing that 
 Nicholas Anderson, clerk, late vicar of Hull, the petitioner's prede- 
 cessor, was tenant to the Crown of the rectory of Kingston-upon- 
 Hull, for a term of which a portion was unexpired, and the petitioner 
 was then tenant ; praying for renewal of the lease to make up his 
 term to 21 years. 
 
 Minuted: — " Referred to the Surveyor-General." Lower down : — 
 "27 July 1691." i ^M^e. 
 
 64. Letter to the Lords of the Treasury, signed C. Trelawny, as 
 to his pay, and that of his servants, he being in command of a 
 regiment of foot. 
 
 Minuted:—" Referred to Mr. Fox, 27th July 1691." ^ page. 
 
 65. Petition of James Pearse, surgeon, addressed to the Lords of 
 the Treasury, showing that he served King Charles the Second from 
 the Restoration to the time of his death, and that a great part of 
 liis salary remained due ; he afterwards served King James as 
 his serjeant-surgeon, being obliged constantly to attend him in 
 all progresses and removals, and that he had a great family and 
 
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 a sick wife : praying payment of a quarter of a year's salary due to 
 him at Christmas 1688, viz., 99Z. 8s. 4d 
 
 Minuted : — " Referred to the Comptroller of the Treasurer of the 
 Chamber's OfRce, to know if that office hath not had money to pay 
 the quarter within desired. 27 July 1691." I page (quarto). 
 
 July 28. 66. Letter of Samuel Atkinson, appointed to victual the forces in 
 their transportation from Highlake to Ireland, stating that he had 
 done his best in that service, but the provisions being taken up of 
 divers tradesmen, and several of his bills drawn on the Corn's of 
 Transport at London lying long unpaid, he was daily expecting to be 
 sued ; praying speedy payment for the gaining his lost reputation. 
 His engagements (with salary) amounted to nigh 2,000?. The pro- 
 visions were all expended and the recruits would be forced to stay, 
 unless there was a supply of money, his credit being stretched to the 
 utmost. 28 July 1691. 1 j-af/e. 
 
 [About 67. Petition of Arthur Shallott, John Trevors, Francis Eyles, 
 
 July 28.] and Anthony Wilkes, on behalf of themselves and others whom 
 they represented, concerned in the transport service, addressed to 
 the Lords of the Treasury, showing that they had been engaged in 
 the transport of army stores to Ireland, and that their Lordships 
 by letter of 6 Oct. 1690, had directed the Com^^s of Transportation 
 to give them certificates for a moiety of the moneys due, in order 
 (as was hoped) to pay the same ; that they had received no part 
 thereof, though eight months had elapsed, nor were they secured 
 on any fund ; that the King had assured them he would take care 
 of them, and they had the opinion of learned counsel that they 
 were part of the army, and entitled to a share of the money given 
 by Parliament for the reduction of Ireland ; that those employed 
 were- very many, in every seaport, from Whitehaven round to 
 Berwick-upon-Tweed, so that the cries occasioned by the neces- 
 sities of the poorer sort were very great ; several masters of 
 ships being under arrests and imprisonment, for debts contracted in 
 this service, others of them (yet out of gaols) were so disabled, that 
 they could not refit their ships to go to sea, &c. ; praying their 
 Lordships to order their certified sums, in ready money or tallies ; 
 and that all ships discharged and re-measured by Mr. Bowles might 
 have their accounts stated to the time of their discharges, &c. 
 
 Minuted: — "July 28*11, 1691. To the Commissioners of the 
 Transports, that they make up the accounts of all ships measured 
 by Mr Bowles to the time of their discharge." 1 page. 
 
 July 29. 68. Report of the Comi^fs of Transportation to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, certifying the state of Mr. Henry Rowes' case, whose 
 ship, the " Deborah," was hired at 13s. per ton, per mensem, and 
 there was due to him 720Z. 3s. 3d., and stating that they believed 
 the case was very deplorable, as well as the other masters generally 
 were. Dated 29 July '91. 
 
 Minuted : — " Hee shall have his share now, as the other trans- 
 port ships in the service shall have." 2 pages. 
 
TREASURY PAPERS, l87 
 
 Vol. XV. 1691. August — October. 
 
 Aug. 1. ]. Report of the Corals of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 
 on the petition of Sir John Lithieulier, Knt., and otlier merchants of 
 London, owners and freighters of the ship, " Expedition," concern- 
 ing the infringement of the Navigation Laws by employment of 
 foreigners; whereby he incurred a duty of 1 per cent, advising 
 that the duty be remitted. Dated 1 Aug. 1691. 
 Minuted : — " Agreed." 
 Accompanied by the petition. 3 pages. 
 
 Aug. 3. 2. Memorial of the Lord William Pawlett, receiver of the revenue 
 
 of Green Wax, at a rent of 5001. per ann., to the Lords of the 
 Treasury ; showing that "there was 500^' due to their Majesties, for 
 a year's rent at Lady Day last ; but his patent past not till June, 
 & hath reel bnt 220^^ of that revenue. Prays a qua'' may be 
 remitted," &c. 
 
 With this minute : — " 3 Aug. '91. Laid by." One sheet. 
 
 Aug. 3. 3. Report of Mr. W™. Lowndes to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 
 on the petition of the inhabitants of Mortlake, Putney, Kingston, 
 Petersham, Ham, and Richmond, concerning the taxation of the 
 New Park which was taken out of those parishes ; advising that 
 he cannot offer his opinion that the moneys assessed upon the 
 park should be abated as the petitioners desired out of the remain- 
 ing payments to be made by them ; but that the Com'"^ should 
 cause the money charged upon the park to be re-assessed upon the 
 division of the county in which it lay. Dated 3 Aug. 1691. 
 
 Minuted (/.).• — " 4 Aug^t 1691. The Lords upon reading this report 
 do consent that the 4 quarterly payments sett upon New Park may 
 be allowed or discharged by certificates, as formerly ; and M"" 
 Duncombe, the rec*^, to have notice thereof and to governe himselfe 
 accordingly." 
 
 "(2"*.) 25 Sept. 91. Upon hearing , Mi^ Attor. and M^ Duncomb 
 in this matter, the Lords think this a matter of law, & more 
 properly determinable in the Court of Exchequer, then at this 
 Board." 6 pages (brief size). 
 
 The petition referred to. 
 
 Aug. 3. 4. Report of William Robinson to the Lords of the Treasury, as 
 
 to the pay due to the } cgiment of foot, commanded bj' Brigadier 
 Stewart, for four months from 1 May to 1 Sept., to which time most 
 of the Irish army were cleared. Certified 3 Aug. 1691. 
 
 Accompanied by a letter, signed J. Bernard, addressed to Lord 
 Godolphin, on the aflFairs of the said Brigadier Stewart. 3^ pat/cs. 
 
 [About 5. Memorial of Lieut.-Col. Peirce, lieutenant - colonel to the 
 Aug. 3.] regiment of foot commanded by Sir H. Bellasyse, stating that the 
 regiment was ordered to embark for Flanders, and was unprovided 
 with tents, clothes, baggage, horses, &c., and further that there was 
 a great arrear due to them for the time they served in Ireland ; 
 praying for four months' pay. Without date. 
 
188 CALENDAR OF 
 
 1691. 
 
 Minuted : — "S Aug. '91. M'' Fox to state what is due to them 
 on their Irish arrears, & my L. Ranelagh to state what is due to 
 them for their cleajings since they came to England." 1 page. 
 
 Aug. 4. 6. Memorial (signed) of divers owners or masters of vessels, 
 
 engaged in the transport service, to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 stating that they had continued above 24 months in that service, 
 without their just pay, contrary to the tenor of their charter party ; 
 praying for at least 1 months' pay. Their Majesties' Com'' had 
 given them notice to be ready at an hour's time, and to provide 
 sufBciently. The proposed tallies would not answer their neces- 
 sities, being attended with a charge of at least 15 j^cr cent, &c. 
 Dated 4 Aug. 1G91 1 page. 
 
 Aug. 4. 7. Letter of the Lords Justices of Ireland to the Lords of the 
 
 Treasury, desiring Her Majesty's special warrant might be obtained, 
 for allowing 800?. on the account of Mr. Carlton, who was collector 
 of customs in the port of Cork, and who had paid the Earl of Marl- 
 borough that sum, which the latter required upon the unfortunate 
 accident of blowing up the " Breda " frigate, wherein was the cash 
 for subsisting the forces under his command. Dated Dublin Castle, 
 4 Aug. 1691. 
 
 Minuted : — " A warr* to be prepared and a copy of y* afSdavit 
 & acquittances to be sent to Mr. Fox. 28 Aug. '91." 
 An affidavit and copy of two receipts. 4 pages. 
 
 [About S. Petition of Ensign Joseph Fearon, showing that he served as 
 
 Aug. 4.] ensign in Col. Monroe's regiment in Londonderry the whole time of 
 the siege, and after the siege was added to Col. Michelburne's 
 regiment, and at the storming of the city of Limerick lost his leg, 
 on 27 Aug. 1690 ; praying on account of his helpless condition to be 
 provided for. 
 
 Eeferred by Her Majesty's order, 4 Aug. 1691, to the Lords of 
 the Treasury to make him an allowance. 
 
 Minuted : — " To be recommended to my L<i Ranelagh to be put 
 into Chelsea Hospital, 31 Aug* '91." 
 
 Copy of a certificate bearing out the petition. 2 pages. 
 
 Aug. 5. 9. Presentment of the Com^^ of Transportation to the Lords of the 
 
 Treasury, stating that they had represented on the 27th and 29th 
 past that to put the transport ships into any condition to serve longer 
 they must speedily be supplied with money, amounting to 15,528?. 
 The owners of the ships there [? London] and at Bristol were very 
 dissatisfied with the payment by tallies, by reason that the sum 
 allowed if paid in ready money would scarce suiBce to repair their 
 ships and victual the men for three months, and pay a small part of 
 the wages, and it would cost 151. in the 100?. to put off their tallies ; 
 .and therefore they prayed that tallies inight be struck for so 
 much more in the hundred, or double the allowance for repairs. 
 The seamen at the out-ports were much in want of clothes and 
 money to support their families ; they would all desert, as many had 
 
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 done. They could not be furnished with shipping without ready 
 money to transport from Cork to Ostend 10,000 foot and 600 horse, 
 at a charge of 12,372/., as they would be obliged to hire 4,124 tons 
 of shipping to complete the tonnage necessary for that service. 
 
 Mr. Blathwayt had acquainted them that about 500 recruits for 
 foreign regiments in Ireland were shortly to be transported from 
 Highlake, and Capt. Atkinson informed them that the provisions at 
 Highlake were spent, and no more to be had without " present 
 money," his engagements being already near 2,000?. The charge of 
 these provisions would be 1 oOl. Their Lordships had ordered 
 1,200?. to be divided between Highlake and Bristol, out of which 
 they intended to pay a bill of Capt. Atkinson's of 700/., and the rest to 
 Mr. Henley, and it would be a great discouragement to them if they 
 were not paid. Tliey had computed the charge of transporting from 
 hence to Holland 110 men of the Guards, at Gil. They prayed their 
 Lordships to remember their former presentment of 7,488/. 1 8s. 2c/., 
 due for provisions, whereof 3,G33/. 7*'. 2d. remained of the estimate 
 of 10,133/. 7s. 2c/., made in the previous January, which was 
 approved by their Lordships, and payment thereof promised and 
 ordered ; in confidence whereof they proceeded to make provisions to 
 carry men to Flanders and Ireland, which were not then paid for. 
 Dated 5 Aug. 1691. 
 
 Also the presentment of 29 July referred to. ii imges. 
 
 Aug. 6. 10. Presentment of the Com" of Customs to the Lords of the Trea- 
 
 sury, as to the bringing in of tobacco stalks from Holland and other 
 places, which, by a new invention of rolling and pressing, supply the 
 use of tobacco, to the great prejudice of the revenue ; recommending 
 the destruction of the stalks. Dated 6 Aug. 1691. 
 Minuted : — " Agreed." 1 page. 
 
 Aug. 11, 11. Report of the Coma's of Excise to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 craving their Lordships' warrant in favour of the collectors of taxes 
 being allowed the sums assessed on the gaugers for the poll tax, 
 which the collectors had paid, and tlie gaugers were unable to 
 repay. Dated 11 Aug. 1691. 
 
 i/Mi-wfec/.-— " Agi-eed to, 28 Aug. '91." 
 
 Enclosing a previous memorial on the same subject dated 2 Oct 
 1690. 3 -pages. 
 
 Aug. 11. 12. Letter docc[uetted : — " L<J Nottingham to L^s of the Treary 
 in behalf of M'' Russell, minister of ye French church in Dublin ; 
 pension 50 li p an." Dated 11 Aug. 1691. 
 
 Minuted : — " To be respited till ye establishm' of Ireland is settled. 
 28Augt. '91." I page. 
 
 Aug. 11. 13. Report of the Com^^s of Customs to the Lords of the Trea- 
 sury upon a memorial on behalf of the Earl of Derby ; praying 
 for the renewal of an order for permitting him to export and 
 import, to and from the isle of Man, all sucli household provisions 
 and other necessaries, free from customs and excise, as had been 
 usually allowed; advising tliat the same privileges should be con- 
 
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 tinued as he and his ancestors had enjoyed ; the report further 
 draws attention to the hardships sustained by one of the officers of 
 customs from the Earl and the Governor appointed by him. Dated 
 11 Aug. 1691. 
 
 Minuted : — " Granted." 
 
 Docquetted : — "Earl of Derby's memU concerning household pro- 
 visions to be exported & imported to & from the isle of Mann." 
 
 With two enclosures. 4 pages and 2 halves. 
 
 [About 14. Petitiou of Kobert Kerington, linendraper, addressed to the 
 
 Aug. 12.] Lords of the Treasury, to be appointed as one of the landwaiters at 
 the Custom House, London. 
 
 Referred to the Comrs of Customs. 12 Aug. 1 691. 2 pages. 
 
 Aug. 13, 15. Report of the Com^'^ of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 on the petition of Nehemiah Williamson, late searcher of the cus- 
 toms in the ports of Carlisle and Whitehaven, who was, as he states, 
 removed from that office because he was prevented by violent 
 sickness from taking the oaths and test ; praying to have his great 
 charge and loss of employment taken into consideration ; the report 
 leaves the matter to their Lordships' consideration. Dated 13 Aug. 
 1691. 
 
 Minuted : — " The C. C. to certifye the Lords what expence he 
 hath been at for the King's service. 23 Nov. 1691." 
 
 Accompanied by the petition and six other documents. 9 pages. 
 
 [About 16. Memorial of Charles Lord Balteraore to the Lords of the 
 
 Auw. 17.] Treasury, seeking that his agents might collect the impost and 
 duties from such masters of ships as did not give bills in Maryland 
 in August 1690, being 27 in number. 
 
 Referred to the Comis of Customs. 17 Aug. '91. 1 page. 
 
 [About 17. Petition of Roger Gressingham and partners, owners of the 
 
 Auw. 17.] ship "Thomas and Elizabeth," to the Lords of the Treasury, for 
 money to be issued to the Treasurer of the Ordnance for payment of 
 the hire of their ship. 
 
 Referred to the Ordnance 17 Aug. '91. 1 page. 
 
 [About 18. Petition of Elinor Bonnett to the Lords of the Treasury, re- 
 
 Auw. 17.] feiTing to a former petition and report (Vol. VIIL, N". 40), praying 
 that her estate might be sold to pay her debts, and that she might 
 have the remainder. 
 
 Minuted : — " Referred to Mr. Aaron Smith 17 Aug. '91." 1 large 
 page. 
 
 [About 19. Petition of Nathaniel Pecock to the Lords of the Treasury 
 
 Aucr. 17.] praying for a nolle prosequi, he having shipped on board the 
 " Griffith," for Amsterdam, eight iron guns without paying custom, 
 which guns were seized. 
 
 Minuted: — "August 17*'^ 1691. Referred to the Commissioners 
 of the Customes." 1 page. 
 
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 1691. 
 
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 Aug. 28.] 
 
 Aug. 29. 
 
 Vol. XV. 
 
 20. Petition of Mr. Thomas Westrow to the Lords of the Trea- 
 sury, stating that the office of Treasurer of the Customs was vacant 
 by the death of Mr. Fox ; offering to give security to discharge the 
 debt due from laim, and to advance for His Majesty's service 
 10,000^., in order to be intrusted in that capacity. 
 
 Minuted: — "August 28*^, 1691. To be considered when the 
 Board is fall." 1 fage {quarto). 
 
 21. Eeport of Sir Jolm Sommers, Knt., Solicitor-General, upon 
 the report of the Comf^ of Customs, made iipon the petition of the 
 governor and company of merchants of England trading to the 
 Levant seas, touching the duties payable upon box- wood and a 
 certain sort of ashes by them imported from the Levant, called 
 weed-ashes, viz., as to whether or not box-wood and weed as im- 
 ported from Turkey were chargeable with the new imposition upon 
 East India goods, &c. Dated 29 Aug. 1691. 
 
 if i?iwferf ;—" September 2d, 1691, agreed to." 
 
 Also the petition and the Com^s report. They state that pot- 
 ashes properly so called are made of wood twice burnt, and are 
 used chiefly for the making of soap, that barillia or saifora are ashes 
 made of a weed near Alicant and are also twice burnt, and are 
 used for the making of glass ; and that weed ashes of Turkey, or 
 Egypt, are used for the same purposes as the barillia of Spain, and 
 also for whitening linen, but are made of many sorts of weeds 
 together, and pass but one operation of tire. 3-|- page. 
 
 22. Petition of the Earl of Longford and the rest of the Com^s for 
 the management of the forfeitures of the rebels of Ireland ; com- 
 plaining of the lameness and imperfection of their commission, so 
 that their proceedings would not answer the end designed, all which 
 they had represented to the King, but they had received no answer, 
 stating that they had substituted persons of good quality and interest, 
 and of the clearest reputation, in the sevej'al counties, as coma's 
 for seizing and securing the forfeitures, whose returns they had 
 delivered into the Court of Exchequer ; that the seizures were of 
 considerable value ; that tlie petitioners did also secure to many 
 Protestants their property and that they had answered above 1,000 
 petitions ; praying to receive satisfaction for the six months time 
 they were employed. 
 
 AccomjDanied by " An abstract of the forfeitures of goods & chattels 
 to their Majti^s^ which by vertue of a commission from their said 
 JVlajties -s^ere seized & soe returnd in the several! counties of y^ 
 kingdom of Ireland." 
 
 Minuted :—" 31 Aug* '91. To be laid before yo King. 
 Also a list of the persons commissioned. 3 large pages. 
 
 [About 23. Petition of Mauiice Reighnolds, harper in ordinaiy to their 
 
 Aug. 31.] Majesties, showing that though he was sworn in his office on 12 Jan. 
 
 1689, he had not been placed on the establishment of the Treasurer 
 
 [?About 
 Aug. 31.] 
 
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 of the Chamber, aud had not received his stipend ; praying to be 
 placed on the same. 
 Minuted: — " Eespited 31 Aug^^ '91. ^ pa/ye. 
 
 [About 24, Petition of Ed. Tyrringham, gent., to the Lords of the Trea- 
 Aug. 31.] suvy, showing that he was keeper by patent for life of the Middle 
 Walk in the Great Park of Windsor ; but that Baptist May 
 obtained a grant of the same and King Charles II. settled a pension 
 on the petitioner, of 100?. a year, in lieu thereof; praying for his 
 said pension. 
 
 From memoranda on the dorse, this petition wa.s under con- 
 sideration at intervals between 31 Aug. 1G91, and 29 May 169-5, 
 on whicli date there is this nninute : — "To be considered when the 
 K. returnes." 
 
 There is also a certificate written on it, in his favour, by the said 
 Baptist May. \ sheet. 
 
 [About 2.3. Report of the Lords Justices of Ireland, on the petition of Dr. 
 Sept. 2.] Gorges, showing that the estate of Patrick Barnwell was forfeited 
 by rebellion in IGil, and one moiety was assigned to Dr. Gorges, 
 and the other to divers soldier.s, and afterwards the petitioner became 
 entitled to the whole, but was ejected in 1689 by Patrick the 
 grandson of the said Patrick, and other proceedings ensued thereon ; 
 recommending the acceptance of tlie former letters patent and the 
 grant of others, according to tlio prayer of the petitioner. Referred 
 2 Sept. 169 J. 
 
 Minuted : — " September 14, 1691. My Lords do not oppose the 
 validity of his first letters patents, if they remaine good in law, but 
 cannot .advise the granting of new." Again: — " January 23, 1691. 
 To be laid before the King." 2 images. 
 
 Sept. 4. 26. Report of the Comi'^ for the Revenue of Ireland, on the peti- 
 tion of the Lady Marchioness of Antrym, setting forth, " the incum- 
 brances due to her Ladyship, on the estate of the late Earl of 
 Antrym, particularly on the barony of Carylong, since set apart 
 by the Marquis of Antrym for the payment of debts:'' recom- 
 mending the appointment of a commission of enquiry speedily, 
 until which tliey cannot make a satisfactory report. Dated 4 Sept. 
 1691. 
 
 Minuted: — ^" The Comma's to take care to satisfy ye Marchioness 
 in w* is due to her, upon her jointure, unless they have any objec- 
 tions to ye contrary. 22 Sept. '91." 2 pages. 
 
 Sept. 4. 27. Letter of the Earl of Nottingham to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 
 acquainting them that the Queen would have them order the ac- 
 count to be stated of what was due upon the pensions to all the re- 
 formed French oflicers, and in the meantime allow them what they 
 thou<Tht fit for their necessary subsistence. Dated 4 Sept. 1691. 
 Minuted: — " To bee laid before the Queene." 
 
 Also a report of Mr. Chas. Fox, dated 1 Sept. 1691, on the peti- 
 tion of several sick, wounded, and otherwise disabled Freacli reformed 
 
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 Vol. XV. 
 
 officers, -written on the back of tlie petition {in French). 3 2Kt.ges 
 (quarto). 
 
 Sept. 8. 28. Presentment of the Comfs of Transportation to the Lords of 
 
 the Treasury, stating that the Lords of the Admiralty had directed 
 them by their order to provide passage and pi'ovisions for 420 men 
 of the Duke of Bolton's regiment, to be carried to the Leeward 
 Islands in the ships then bound thither, the usual rate for passage 
 and provisions being 51. a head ; but they did not see how provision 
 could be made for them by the loth inst., when the sliips were to 
 sail from the Nore. The estimate amounted to 2,488Z. 10s. Dated 
 8 Sept. 1691. 
 
 The copy of the order referred to. 2 pcujes. 
 
 Sept. 9. 29. Presentment by the Com^s for Transportation to the Lords of 
 the Treasury, concerning the order of the Gomi's of the Admiralty 
 requiring them to provide passage and provisions for 420 men by 
 the 15tli of the month, at the Nore ; setting forth the backwardness 
 of the owners and masters of the ships to take in the soldiers, pre- 
 tending the time was short, the soldiers would be uni-uly, and that 
 tliey were bound to Barbadoes ; that it would take up a month at 
 least to get back from the Leeward Islands to Barbadoes, and if 
 they undertook to carry soldiers to Barbadoes only, they would not 
 carry them under 3Z. a head, the Com^s finding provisions, &c. ; 
 further they had discoursed with other commanders, who would be 
 ready at the time prefixed, and had better accommodation, as they 
 would go in ballast and would carry the troops to Barbadoes and 
 provide for them at 5?. a head. In regard to the report that went 
 about that there were no goods at the Leeward Islands, ships 
 could not be had to carry them direct at less than Gl. a head. They 
 sought advice as to which course should be adopted. Dated 9 Sept. 
 1691. 
 
 The following was added afterwards : — 
 
 " Since the drawing this presentment, and after Exchange time, 
 wee have further discours'd with other masters who will take in the 
 soldiers and cany them to the Leeward Islands at 3^. per head, or 
 at 50 shillings, their Ma^'f^^ findeing the provisions," &c. 2 pages. 
 
 Sept. 9. SO. Report of the Com'^^ of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 on an Order in Council, made upon the petition and proposals of 
 William Carter, concerning his endeavours to cut off" all trade and 
 commerce with France. Dated 9 Sept. 1691. 
 Minuted : — " Respited." 
 
 Accompanied by a copy of the proposals and copies of the Order 
 in Council, a warrant, and a previous report on the same subject. 
 5 'pages and 3 halves. 
 
 Sept. 10. 31. Order in Council on the petition of the agents of Maryland, 
 praying that the several persons indebted by bills of exchange or 
 otherwise for the duty of \2d. per hogshead on tobacco, might be 
 proceeded against, as their Majestys' debtors, that so the agents 
 
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 might defray their charges and expenses, &c. ; referring the matter 
 to the Lords of the Treasury. Dated 10 Sept. 1691. 
 Also the petition. 3 imges. 
 
 Sept. 11. 32. Report of the Corni's of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 on the petiijion of Grace, Mary, and Elizabeth Carr, daughters of 
 the late consul in Holland, who had imported certain East India 
 silks which were forfeited ; and then pi-ayed for their Majesties' 
 part of the forfeiture. Dated 11 Sept. 1691. 
 
 Minuted : — " The King's part granted to the petitioners." 
 
 Accompanied by the petition. 2 pages. 
 
 Sept. 21. S3. Report of the Comrs of Ordnance to the Lords of the Trea- 
 sury, on the petition of Freeman Collins, praying payment of a bill 
 of exchange drawn upon the office of Ordnance by the late Duke 
 of Scbomberg for 126^. 17s., payable to the master of a vessel, who 
 carried stores to Ireland and borrowed the above sum of the peti- 
 tioner. Dated 21 Sept. 1691. 
 
 Minuted:— "'Soihing can be don at present. 22 Sept. '91." 
 The petition, a letter from Mr. Henry Guy, and a certificate of 
 the Duke of Schomberg relating thereto. 4 pages. 
 
 Sept. 21. 34. Report of Mr. Charles Chetwynd to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 on the petition of Charles Nicholas Eyre, Esq., carver to Her Majesty, 
 who prayed for the grant of the ofiice of constable of Hardleigh 
 Castle, in North Wales, certifying that the ofiice had been usually 
 granted by their Majesties' predecessors by patent, and that Sir 
 Evan Lloyd had a grant of it during pleasure, with the usual salary of 
 5QI. per ann., and that it was then void and would be a convenient 
 thing for the petitioner. Dated 21 Sept. 1691. 
 Written on the back of the petition. 2 pages. 
 
 Sept. 23. 35. Report of the Comfs of Customs to the Lords of the Trea- 
 sury, vpon a proposal for re-establishing the ofiice of Surveyor 
 General of the Cvistoms ; referring their Lordships to a report of the 
 Board of 21 June 1689, on that subject, and further giving their 
 Lordships an account of the manner in which that service was then 
 performed, and concluding thus : — ■' That if such an office were set 
 up it is rot likely that it would fall into y« hands of men of better 
 krow^edge and experience in the customs." Dated 23 Sept. 1691. 
 The copy of the report and the proposal referred to. 3 pages. 
 
 Sept. 24. 36. Report of the Com^^s of Excise to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 on the petition o" Hinton E.ogers, late clerk to Charles Dering, Esq. 
 late controller of the hearth money, as to the payment of the 
 salaries of the clerks. Dated 24 Sept. 1691. 
 
 Minuted: — " It is not properly before y<= lA^. 13 Oct. 1691." 
 The petition, an aflidavit, and a letter. 3^ pages. 
 
 Sept. 26. 37. Report of the Com^'s of Customs to the Lords of the Trea- 
 sury, on the petition of Sir Thomas Dereham, that they do not 
 object to the payment of the petitioner's arrears and salary as 
 
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 controller of tlie port of Lynn Regis, the office having been well 
 executed by deputies. Dated 26 Sept. 1691. 
 
 Minuted ;— " Granted j. x^r '91." 
 
 Also the petition. 2 pages. 
 
 Sept. 30. 38. Report of the Comfs of Excise to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 on the petition of Samuel Hardwick, late receiver general of 
 hearth noney for the counties of Dorset, Somerset, Devon, and 
 Cornwall, speaking highly of him as a meritorious officer, and 
 certifying that he returned to London the greatest part of the 
 money he received by Thomas Morris, the Exeter carrier, who, soon 
 after the King's landing in the west, failed, and had in his hands 
 200Z. and more, paid him by the petitioner, and the petitioner was 
 forced to accept 110^. for his debt ; recommending the allowance to 
 him of the 90Z. Dated 30 Sept. 1691. 
 
 Minuted : — " Agreed." 
 
 Accompanied by his petition and an affidavit. 4 pages. 
 
 Oct. 2. 39. Report of the Com'^^ of Customs to the Lords of the Trea- 
 
 sury, on the petition of Matthias Miller, controller of the customs 
 in the port of Carlisle ; advising that he should be allowed his 
 ari'ears of 40s. per ann., as formerly paid, for returning his port 
 books and the accruing allowance for the future, as well as some 
 other recompence for considerable services done for the revenue, 
 which were not incumbent on his office. Dated 2 Oct. 1691. 
 Minuted .-—"The arrears to be pi^ 2 Oct. '91." 
 Accompanied by the petition and a memorandum. 2i- pages. 
 
 [About 40. " Debt. State of the workes and buildings to Michmas '91." 
 
 Oct. 2.] A paper so docquetted, containing an account of the whole debt 
 owing in the office of their Majesties' works, pursuant to their lord- 
 ships' directions of 2 Oct. 1691. 1 large page {imperfect). 
 
 Oct. 5. 41. Memorial of Mr. John Lithered to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 
 stating that he attended the Coma's of Customs with Mr. Hough, 
 who came to town on Saturday, and he believed he was more 
 indisposed in mind than body, the true reason being that he had 
 been tampering with persons to set their names to certain certifi- 
 cates, which (the petitioner would undertake to make appear, by 
 affidavits from substantial well-affected persons about Margate,) were 
 for the most part criminals in that affiiir, as well as himself, especially 
 Francis Diggs and others, who were as true French and self- 
 interested persons as Mr. Wells, the officer at Sandwich, was, or as 
 Mr. Hough himself was when an officer in Sussex, or Sir Nicholas 
 Butler when a Com'^ of Customs, and he wished that there was not 
 reason to expect that there were some " of the same kidney " at 
 the Hon. Board at that time. The petitioner avers that it was 
 commonly reported that he was gone to France almost as soon as 
 he got out of sight, and his wife was abused by the mob, who rent 
 her clothes from her and her flesh in several parts, telling her 
 her husband was a rogue and gone to France to sell us, notwith- 
 standing which the Com>^3 credited his certificate more than the 
 petitioner's certificate. Dated 5 Oct. 1691. 
 
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 A brief note from the petitioner to Sir John Lowther, Bart., 
 praying that the foregoing might be read at the same time as the 
 report from the Comrs of Customs. 
 
 [See the report referred to, dated 7 Oct. 1691.] 1^ pages. 
 
 Oct. 6. 42. Report of officers of the Ordnance Office, on the petition of 
 
 the gunmakers of London, which showed tliat 20,000^. was due to 
 them, that they were prevented making arms for the Irish militia, 
 for which 10,000?. in ready money would have been paid to thera, 
 &c. ; giving as their opinion that it will utterly ruin the petitioners 
 if their Lordships compel tliem to take tallies for the moneys due, 
 and recommending the payment 'of 6,0001. to them then, and the 
 rest weekly. Dated 6 Oct. 1691. 
 
 Minuted : — " To be provided for out of y<^ funds already assigned 
 for ye Ordnance 9 Octob"- 1691." 
 
 The petition referred to and another petition on the same 
 subject. 
 
 Also a further paper containing the case of the gunmakers of 
 London. 4 pages. 
 
 Oct. 6. 43. " The Representation of y" Comrs for stateing y^ accompts of 
 
 the army in Ireland to the Hon'^'e y^ Com^^ appointed by Parliament 
 for ye examination of all publicque accompts in England." 
 There is a memorandum that it was received Oct. 6, 1691. 6 p>ages. 
 
 Oct. 7. 44. Letter signed by Edward Peirs and three other [East India 
 
 seamen], dated ship " Caesar," to the Hon. Mr. Hamden, stating that 
 they had been " protected " to serve the King against the East India 
 Company, to give evidence for the prizes taken from the Great Mogul ; 
 praying for their salary. 
 
 Letter on the same subject, signed Ri. Hutchinson, addressed to the 
 Secretary of the Treasury, saying " Wee have done w^^ them (i.e. the 
 seamen) and their LoPs may doe what they please to be rid of 
 them, & that he had no fund." Dated 7 Oct. 1691. 2 pages 
 (quarto). 
 
 Oct. 7. 45. Report of the Com^s of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 on the petition of Randall Wilmer, Esq., late collector of the petty 
 customs in the port of London ; in favour of his being paid three 
 quarters of a year's salary, due to him as cvistomer and collector of 
 petty customs inwards, at 621. 6s. 8d. per arm. Dated 7 Oct. 
 1691. 
 
 ilinuted :—" Granted, 9 Octobi^ 1691. 
 
 Also the petition and a memorandum. 1 page and 3 halves. 
 
 Oct. 7. 46. Report of the Comrs of Customs to the Lords of the Trea- 
 
 sury, on the annexed papers of complaint from John Watkins and 
 John Lithered, against Abraham Hough the officer at Margate, for 
 discovering and making known the design and business which the 
 said Lithered was employed in, by Her Majesty's particular order, 
 to the great hazard of his life on his arrival at Calais, and also for 
 taking away and securing in their Majesty's warehouse certain 
 goods, which were brought over by Lithered, and colourably seized 
 
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 [About 
 Oct. 9.] 
 
 [?About 
 Oct. 12.] 
 
 Oct. 15. 
 
 Vol. XV. 
 
 by Watkins, the better to prevent any suspicion of them both in Eng- 
 land and France ; exculpating Hough from the charge made against 
 him, and advising that half the moiety of the value of the goods 
 might be disposed of between Watkins and Lithered, and as a 
 farther reward that they might be recompensed with their Majesties' 
 moiety of the goods after condemnation. Dated 7 Oct. 1691. 
 
 In the affidaAdt by John Lithered he says, " So soon as this dep* 
 arriv'i in France, he & his company were taken into custody, being 
 discovered by means of the s"! Huti" as this dep* verily believeth, 
 to Sir James Garrendine, agent at Dunkirk for the late K. James." 
 
 The report is accompanied by 12 papers relating thereto. 14 
 pages and 4 halves. 
 
 47. Report of the Coma's of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 on the petition of Col. Nicholas Paige, owner, and Nicholas Lawrence, 
 master of the ketch, " Salisbury ;" concerning certain goods shipped 
 by them from Liverpool and seized at Boston, new England, as goods 
 and merchandise of the growth, production, and manvxfacture of 
 Europe. Dated 7 Oct. 1691. 
 
 Minuted : — " The Lords will not agree to y^ discharging of M"^ 
 Page. 13 Oct. 1691." 
 
 Accompanied by the petition and two other papers relating to the 
 same. 5 pages and 2 halves. 
 
 48. Petition of Edwd. Peirce and other mariners, belonging to the 
 ship " Cassar," who were detained at home in order to appear as 
 witnesses for their Majesties against the East India Company ; 
 praying the same allowance that had been paid to the mariners of 
 the ship " Charles," they having attended ever since the 26 Jan. 1690 
 and not being yet discharged. 
 
 Minuted: — "The prosecutors must pay 'era, 9 Oct. 1691." 1 
 page. 
 
 49. Sir Christopher Wren^s answer to the petition of Sidney 
 Wortley, Esq., and Christopher Mountagu, Esq., which states that a 
 piece of land in Cannon Row, in the parish of St. Margaret, West- 
 minster, was devised to the petitioners by Edward Mountagu, whose 
 executors they were, which land the said Edward had leased to 
 Stephen Hopwood, who had assigned it to Sir Christopher Wren, 
 from whom there was a great arrear of rent due to the petitioners, 
 which he refused to pay. 
 
 On the dorse :—" October 12*^ 1691. To S^ Christopher Wren 
 & Mr Attorney to bee heere on Friday in the afternoone." 
 
 Also the petition which was referred to Sir Cbr. Wren on 30 June 
 1691. 2 pages. 
 
 50. Report of Lord Ranelagh on the memorial of the Earl of Mon- 
 mouth, as to men detached from the regiment commanded by 
 him, and sent to Flanders and Ireland ; as to payment of levy money 
 to the said Earl to fill up his regiment ; as to officers and soldiers 
 respited by him, and as to pay to be allowed. Dated 15 Oct. 1691. 
 
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 The memorial, a list of the respites of the officers, and an 
 inventory and valuation of corporals', drummers', and soldiers' 
 apparel. 
 
 Also a duplicate copy of the memorial and the other papers except 
 the report. 11 pages. 
 
 Oct. 18. 51. Letter of Francis Huddleston addressed to Henry Guy, Esq., 
 at the Treasury Chamber, stating that it was his design to put in 
 for general receiver of the next " sess." which should be gi-anted 
 to their Majesties in Yorkshire. Sir John Lowther was always 
 very kind to him, and he was well known to Mr. Pellam, at Oxford. 
 Dated 18 Oct. 1691. \ page. 
 
 Oct. 19. 52. Presentment by the Comrs for Transportation to the Lords of 
 
 the Treasury, stating that Mr. Frenly complained very much of want 
 of money. He had disbursed 1,969?. lis. 2d., and had orders to buy 
 20,000 bushels of oats, and there was due to Capt. Atkinson, for 
 provisions at Highlake, 830Z. 13s. 8|-d, and no more stores could be 
 had but for ready money ; praying for a present supply. Dated 
 19 Oct. 1691. 1 page. 
 
 Oct. 19. 53. Copy of report of the Lords of the Admiralty, on the petition 
 
 of Martin Perse, gent., concerning the amount due to him 
 (IdH. 9s. \ld.) as executor to John Chudleigh, who was purser of 
 tbeir Majesties' ships, the " Bonaventure " and " Reserve," upon five 
 navy bills ; giving their opinion that the bills ought to be paid in 
 their course. Dated 19 Oct. '91. 
 
 Accompanied by the petition, which is minuted : — " To be paid 
 in course, 24th Nov. 1691." 2 half pages. 
 
 [About 54. Petition of Israel Hayes to the Lords of the Treasury, as to a 
 
 Oct. 20,] renewal of a lease of East Coom farm, late in his father's possession, 
 which he sought to obtain in opposition to one Mr. Saunderson. 
 
 Accompanied by a certificate, signed G. Hayes, certifying that she, 
 in concurrence with her son John and daughter Elizabeth, had sold 
 to Mr. Saunderson her interest in the lease of the lands, but did 
 not intend to prejudice her late husband's eldest son, Israel Hayes, 
 in his hopes of the reversion of the lands. 
 
 Minuted :—" For the King, 20th Oct. 1691." 11 pages. 
 
 [About 55. Petition of Capt. Ralph Sanderson to the Lords of the Trea- 
 
 Oct. 20.] sury, praying for a renewal of his lease of East Comb farm, near 
 Greenwich, which was opposed by Mr. Hayes. 
 
 In support of his claim he states, " that he hath served the Crown 
 att sea neer 30 years, in places of very great trust & experience ; but 
 more particularly he had the hono' to comand the yatch which 
 transported their present Matiea into Holland after the happy 
 celebration of their marriage here," &c. 
 
 Minuted :~" For ye King, 20th Oct. 1691." 1 piage. 
 
TREASURY PAPERS. 199 
 
 1691. 
 
 Vol. XV. 
 
 Oct. 26. 56. Presentment of the Com"^ for Transportation to the Lords of 
 the Treasury, stating that His Majesty's pleasure had been signified 
 to them that they should p"Ovide for and ship three regiments of 
 horse and one of dragoons, to Moredijcke or Williamstadt, in Holland, 
 being 1,630 horses, and as many riders ; sending an estimate 
 amounting to .5,471Z. los. 8d, but stating, that without ready money 
 they could not obey the King's commands. Dated 26 Oct. 1691. 
 2 pages. 
 
 Oct. 26. 57. Eeport of the Coma's of Excise to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 recommending the taking of Sir Eliab Harvey's house in Broad Street 
 for 21 years, at 350?. a year, in consideration that the excise office 
 had been kept there for many years, and that it stood well for busi- 
 ness, in the heart of the city ; praying, if their Lordships approved 
 thereof, that they would make allowance for the same. Dated 
 26 Oct. 1691. 
 
 Minuted : — "Agreed to the report." 1 page. 
 
 Oct. 27. 58. Report of Mr. Aaron Smith, on the petition of James Herbert, 
 Esq., who prayed that the interest in the rectory and tithes of 
 Milton, alias Middleton, in the county of Kent, held by Sii- Edward 
 Scott from the Dean and Chapter of Canterbury, and by him for- 
 feited for rebellion, might be assigned to him, the said tithes being 
 more commodious to the petitioner than any other, and arising out 
 of his own lands. Dated 27 Oct. 1691. 
 
 Minuted :—" 19 Apr. '92. To be laid before ye King at his 
 ■ returne. Granted." 3 images. 
 
 [About 59. Petition of James Bleau, surgeon to the regiment under the 
 
 Oct. 28.] command of the Hon. St. George [sic], showing that the regiment, in 
 their return from Ireland, by the tediousness of passage, badness and 
 scarcity of provisions, had 650 of the ofiicers and soldiers seized with 
 malignant and pestilential fevers, which was an extraordinary charge 
 to him for medicine ; praying for payment of 601. and two months 
 respites, and allowance for medicines for the future. 
 
 Minuted: — "October £8* 1691. Given to the King;" and 
 " 2#ii Nov. 1691, not proper for the Lords to move the King." 
 1 page. 
 
 Oct. 29. 60. Presentment by the Com^s of Prizes to the Lords of the Trea- 
 sury, recommending that 501. be given to Capt. Billop, as a further 
 encouragement, above the tonnage of 10s. a ton allowed to the 
 captors of prize vessels, under the King's declaration, the captain 
 having succeeded in capturing a hoy of 36 tons burthen, laden with 
 tin plates, wire, blacking, &c., and having obtained her condemnation 
 as prize. Dated 29 Oct. 1691. 
 Minuted: — "Agreed." l^ pages. 
 
 Oct. 30. 61. Report of the Comi^ of Customs to the Lords of the Trea- 
 
 sury, on the petition of Edward Folkingham and Andrew Lopez, of 
 London, merchants, concerning certain elephants' teeth imported by 
 them, offering their opinion that the prosecution by way of devene- 
 
200 CALENDAR OF 
 
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 Vol. XV. 
 
 runt was vexations, and they saw no reason wliy nolle prosequi 
 
 might not be entered. Dated 30 Oct. 1691. 
 
 Minuted : — " A letter to M^ Attorney to enter a nolle prosequi." 
 Accompanied by the petition and three other documents. 
 
 5 5 j)a(7cs. 
 
 VOL. XVI. 1691. November and December. 
 
 1691. 
 
 Nov. 2. 1. Eeport of the Corals of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 
 on the petition of the governor and company of merchants of 
 London, trading to the East Indies, as to the refusal to accept their 
 bills under their common seal, for the customs of their goods and 
 the demand for personal security for the same. Dated 2 Nov. 1691. 
 Also the petition. 2 pages. 
 
 Nov. 4. 2. Mr. Bowe's report about Count Beveridge's levy money. 
 
 Dated 4 Nov. 1691. 
 
 Also the muster roll of the troops disbanded, Jan. 8, 1688. 
 
 li pages. 
 
 Nov. 6. 3. Report of R. Cotton and Thcs. Frankland, Postmasters 
 
 General, to the Lords of the Treasury, on the jjctition of John 
 Leasson and Ashburnham Frowde, stating that they found that the 
 petitioners stood charged in the books of the Post Office as alphabet 
 keepers in the Foreign Office, with the sum of 529^. 14s. 2cZ., due 
 from Don Pedro D'Ronqullo, late Spanish ambassador, for his letters 
 and packets from foreign parts, asking their Lordships to write to 
 the Governor of Jamaica (where the ambassador had property) 
 to seize what woidd satisfy the debt. Dated 6 Nov. 1691. 
 
 There is a minute on the dorse to write to the Governor, &c. 
 
 Accompanied by the petition and two certificates. 3 2')ages and 
 two halves. 
 
 Nov. 7. 4. Report of the Com^s of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 
 on the memorial of Deborah Dionis, advising the issue of a fresh 
 warrant for the importation of certain chocolate. Dated 7 Nov. 
 1691. 
 
 Minuted: — "To be done according to the report, 24*^ Nov. 
 1691." 
 
 Also three other papers. 4^ pages. 
 
 Nov. 10. 5. Report of the Comrs of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 on the petition of Lewis Sowlade, a French Protestant, praying for 
 a nolle prosequi for having entered certain coarse Jersey stockings 
 as Jersey woollen hose, whereby they were forfeited. Dated 
 10 Nov. 1691. 
 
 Minuted : — " To remit him the King's part." 
 
 The petition and an affidavit. 2 pages and 2 halves. 
 
TREASURY PAPERS. 201 
 
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 Nov. 11. G. " An estimate for repairing the dammage don by the fire at 
 Kensington Nov 11*'^ 1691." 2 pages. 
 
 Nov. 12. 7. Report of the Comfs of Customs to the Lords of the Treasiirj^, 
 on the petition of John Button Colt, Esq., collector of customs in 
 the port of Bristol, who, suspecting a combination amongst the 
 officers in that port, planted one he thought might be confided in 
 ■with the suspected officers, and on board the " Bristol Merchant " 
 the factor detected the officers and merchants in combination, and 
 the petitioner recovered for the King 2,772/., besides 500/. -which 
 the officei-s were fined ; the officers were also condemned to stand 
 publicly in Bristol at the assize time, with a paper signifying their 
 crimes. Advising that he deserved a gracious recompence from the 
 King. Dated 12 Nov. 1691. 
 
 The petition and another enclosure. 4 j><^ges. 
 
 Nov. 13. 8. Computation of the fees and charges of the installation of the 
 Elector of Brandenburgh and Duke of Zell [as a Knight of the 
 Garter]. Dated 13 Nov. 1691. 
 
 Headed — " Fees payable by the Soveraign of y^^ Order for the 
 installation of a Forraign Prince." 
 
 The fees amounted to 368/. 6s. 8c/., and were shared by the 
 Registrar of the Order [of the Garter], the Dean and Canons of 
 Wind.sor, and divers others. 
 
 This note is added at the foot : — " The dinner will amount to about 
 1001 more, but that is to be order 'd by the Board of Green-cloth." 
 
 The following appears to be the minute on it, " Nil 11 Apr. '92." 
 1 ]page {quarto). 
 
 Nov. 14. 9. Certificate signed Charles Fielding;, showing that Lieut. Martin 
 Laycock in the late Lieut.-General Douglas' regiment was wounded 
 at Limerick, and liehaved himself honourably, as became a soldier. 
 Dated 14 Nov. 1691. iiMr/e {quarto). 
 
 Nov.14 10. Report of the Conies of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury 
 
 on the memorial of Mons. Hop, concerning the visiting and searching 
 the captain of a Dutch man-of-war as he was passing in his boat 
 from his ship towards London, and taking two packets from 
 him : justifying the proceedings of the officers of customs. Dated 
 14 Nov. 1691. 
 
 Accompanied by the petition {in French) and three other en- 
 closures. 9 J pages. 
 
 Nov. 16. 11. Report of the Comrs of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 stating that the informations in which Mr. Colt was concerned 
 against several merchants at Bristol were exhibited by devenerunt 
 for the forfeiture of the value of the goods, and the fines payable 
 upon the compositions for the forfeitures were payable into the 
 receipt of the Exchequer, and not accounted as cu.stoms or addi- 
 tional duty. Dated 16 Nov. 1691. 1 j^ge. 
 
 Nov. 17. 12. Report of the agents for taxes to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 
 on the petition of Wm. Cawthorpe and Christopher Randes, receivers 
 of the county of Lincoln, of the 1 2d. aid and other aids, as to the 
 
202 CALENDAR OF 
 
 1691. 
 
 allowance to be made to them for bringing the same to the Exche- 
 quer. Dated 17 Nov. 1G91. 
 
 Minuted : — " 24 July '94, agreed to." 
 
 The petition and a schedule of the expenses. 
 
 "They recommended 124?. to be allowed." 3 fages. 
 
 Nov. 20. 13. Report of the Com™ of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 on a letter from Mr. Bridgman touching a complaint made to the 
 Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, that Mr. Waring, the collector of 
 Deal, had forcibly ta'cen several wrecked goods out of the posses- 
 sion of the Serjeant of the Admiralty of those ports ; stating that 
 they had directed their ofEcer to insist upon the custody of the goods 
 until the duties were paid. Dated 20 Nov. 1691. 
 
 Minuted: — ' 23 Nov. 1691. A coppy of this to be sent to my 
 lA Sidney with the proclamacon." 1 page. 
 
 Nov. 23. 14. Certificate of Robert Howard as to the grant made to WiUiam 
 Bridges, Esq., who was appointed to the office of deliveries of all 
 manner of ordnance, showing what was due to him, and as to another 
 grant to him of the office of storekeeper of the Ordnance, showing 
 what was due to him for this office. Dated 23 Nov. 1691. 
 J/MW(fec? ;—" Respited, Jan 23, '91-2." 
 Also his petition, praying to be paid. 2 pages. 
 
 [About 15. Petition of the Lady Russell to the King, praying for the grant 
 
 Nov. 23.1 of a lease for 31 years of the farm called Horrards farm, if the Lady 
 
 Frances and the Lady Althamia Vaughan, or either of them, should 
 
 so long live. The King held a lease of the farm from the Dean and 
 
 Chapter of Winchester. 
 
 Minuted : — " The King releases his interest to the Dean and 
 Chapter, 23 Nov. 1691." 1 page {quarto). 
 
 Nov. 24. 16. Petition of William Banks to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 showing that Col. Thomas King, deceased, had 300Z. per ann. paid 
 him in the consideration of 5,000?. due to him from King Charles II., 
 and on the credit of the same the petitioner had lent him 126?., to 
 be paid by instalments ; but before he received the first payment 
 the colonel died : praying payment of the same with interest. 
 Dated 24 Nov. 1691. 
 
 Minuted, ;— " Mr. Squib to stop some of the money when it comes 
 to be paid." 12 April ] 692. 1 page. 
 
 Nov. 24. 17. Report of R. Cotton and Thos. Frankland to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, on the petition of Mrs. Alice Price, in the behalf of her 
 husband Thomas Price, the present deputy postmaster of Stourbridge, 
 in Worcestershire; finding that the said Price in 1686 undertook to 
 perform the stage between that place and Cosell, in Warwickshire, 
 without salary or advantage more than a halfpenny a letter, above 
 the postage from such of the inhabitants as would voluntarily pay 
 it; and they believed he was a loser and unable to pay what was 
 
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 1691. 
 
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 due to their Majesties, viz., 91Z. Os. 5cZ. : recommending him to their 
 Lordships' favour. Dated 24 Nov. 1G91. 
 
 Minuted :—" Agreed to. 1 x^"^ '9 1 ." 
 
 Accompanied by tlie petition. 2 pages. 
 
 [About 18. Petition of Dr. John Jones to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 
 Nov. 24.] showing that he was continued as apothecary to the household upon 
 their Majesties' accession to the Crown ; that their Lordships had 
 signified their pleasure that Mr. Chase should be apothecary to the 
 person, and Mr. Rottermont apothecary to the household ; praying 
 payment of the allowance due to him. 
 
 Minuted : — " 24th Nov. 1691. A certificate where used to be 
 paid." 
 
 There is also this further inimite : — " This is to be considered 
 when there is any disposition to y^^ Treasurer [of the] Chamber's 
 office." 
 
 Certificate of his admission to the office. 
 
 Also another petition praying for what was due to him. 2|- pages. 
 
 Nov. 25. 19. Presentment of the Com>^s for Transportation to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, referring to their presentment of 26 Oct., and stating that 
 their Lordships promised 500?. a week should be paid them ; but 
 ],.500?. only had been ordered, whereas that was the " fifth disposition 
 day," and three of the regiments were to be embarked on Friday next. 
 The masters would expect to receive half their freight, and the rest to 
 be secured before they sailed. They had presented on the 9th inst. 
 that 7,695Z. was necessary to begin to hire ships and buy provisions 
 for the forces to be brought from Ireland, and their Lordships had pro- 
 mised it should be paid on the previous Saturday ; for want whereof 
 Mr. Henley, at Bristol, and others in other ports, were at a stand, 
 for nothing but ready money would satisfy. Further estimating 
 the cost of sending two regiments of foot from Leith to Mooredijck 
 in Holland, viz., at 11. per man and 4?. per horse, at 2,040Z. praying 
 their Lordships to order that sum. Dated 25 Nov. 1691. 2 pages. 
 
 Nov. 25. 20. Report of the Com^s of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 on the memorial of Mr. Edward Randolph, appointed Surveyor 
 General of Customs in North America, certifying that there was 
 nothing in their deputation or instructions to interfere with the 
 business of surveyirg the woods upon the coasts of Virginia, Mary- 
 land, New York, and [the more northerly parts of New England 
 and Nova Scotia, in case it should be thought fit to employ the 
 said Randolph therein for the preservation of the woods, in like 
 manner as was granted to Mr. Brenton for the pro\'inces of Maine 
 and New Hampshire, in New England. Dated 25 Nov. 1691. 
 
 Report from Mr. Blathwayt to the Lords of the Treasury, on the 
 memorial of Mr. Randolph ; letter from him to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, and " A discours how to render the plantations more 
 beneficiall & advantageous to this kingdome." 8 leaves. 
 
 Nov. 25. 21. Report of Mr. Chas. Fox to the Lords of the Treasury, on the 
 petition of Capt. Henry Villiers, of Brigadier Steuart's regiment 
 
204 CALENDAR OF 
 
 1691, 
 
 Vol. XVI. 
 
 then in their Majesties' service in Ireland ; stating that it was the 
 King's pleasure that he should be allowed on the musters in Ireland, 
 notwithstanding his absence from thence, by reason of his attendance 
 on their Majesties' service as Governor of Tinmouth, &c. Dated 
 25 Nov. 1691. 
 Minuted : — " Agreed to M'hen y*' rcgim* comes to be cleared. 
 
 1 xiT'gi." 
 
 The petition, and a copy of the King's warrant. 2 pages. 
 
 [About 22. Petition of Edward Randolph to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 
 Nov. 27.] showing that 101 i. 1.5s. were due to him, for which the Comrs of the 
 
 Navy had given him a bill, registered, to take its course ; praying 
 
 that their Lordships would assign what was due to him, that he 
 
 might provide for his sea voyage. 
 
 Minuted : — " November 27^'^, 1691. Hee must leave some one to 
 looke after it, when it comes in course to bee j)aid." 1 page {quarto). 
 
 [Nov.]. 23. A bill of law charges for their Majesties' Com^s and Governors 
 
 of the revenue of hearth money ; beginning Trinity Term 1691, to 
 the end of Michaelmas Term 1691. 15 pages. 
 
 [? Nov. or 24. " Necessaries de termino Sancti Michaelis anno regni Gulielmi 
 Dec] et Marise R'^^ et Regine tertio, anno domini 1691." [They are chiefly 
 stationery articles. Michaelmas term ended 28 November.] 1 long 
 page. 
 
 April to 25. Part of a collection of papers, marked 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 10, 
 Nov. probable enclosures relatiag to the affairs of Barbadoes. Three are 
 receipts by Mr. Thos. Sadleir for goods delivered him out of the 
 Custom House, to supply the Duke of Bolton's regiment in the 
 Caribbee Islands, and four are receipts by Col, Kendall for his 
 salary. *J pages, or 'parts of 'pages. 
 
 Dec. 2. 26. Presentment of the Com''*' for Transportation to the Lords of 
 
 the Treasury, stating that their Lordships had promised on 26 Oct., 
 5,471?. 15.S. 8(7. should be paid by 500?. a week, for conveyance of 
 dragoons to Holland, one week of which had been missed, which they 
 prayed might be made up. On the 12tli ult. they presented that 
 7,698?. was necessarj", to hire ships and buy provisions for the great 
 number of forces to be brought from Ireland, and their Lordships 
 had promised it .should be paid the following week, upon which 
 Mr. Henley at Bristol, and other correspondents, were promised half 
 a month's pay in hand to the ships which should come into the ser- 
 vice, and ready money for provisions, but as it was not paid, every- 
 thing was at a stand. The readiest way to transport the regiments 
 of foot from Leith to Holland would be to carry them by the head, 
 the men at 20s. each, and the horses at 4?. each, which would amount 
 to 2,040?., and they prayed that sum might be ordered. Dated 
 
 2 Dec. 1691. 1% pages. 
 
 Dec. 2. 27. Report of the Com'''' of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 
 on the petition of Ozee Belin, a French Protestant, praying to be 
 discharged of His Majesty's part of a parcel of cloths, stuffs, &c., by 
 
TREASURY PAPERS. 205 
 
 1091. 
 
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 him compounded for, by licence of the Court of Exchequer, which 
 had been seized as forfeited for non-payment of customs. Not 
 objecting to their Lordships' clemency, if they saw fit to exercise it. 
 Dated 2 Dec. 1691. 
 
 Minuted: — " Granted." 
 
 The petition in French, and a translation thereof 3 pages. 
 
 Dec. 3. 28. Report of the Comr^ of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 
 on an order of the Committee for Trade and Plantations, and the 
 copy^of a petition thereunto annexed touching the ketcli " Salisbury," 
 and certain goods about which there was an appeal from a judgment 
 given in the Court of As.sistants in Boston in New England ; advising 
 that there was no cause for the seizure or forfeiture of ^the ship and 
 goods, and submitting the matter to favourable consideration. 
 Dated 3 Dec. 1691. 
 
 Minuted : — " Granted." 
 
 There are other proceedings touching the same matter, which is 
 reported on under the date 7 Oct. 1691. See Vol. XV. No. 47. 
 
 Also four enclosures. 7 pages. 
 
 Dec. 7. 29. Letter of the Earl of Nottingham to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 
 enclosing copies of two memorials from the General Assembly of 
 Virginia, for leave to erect a grammar school and college in that 
 colony ; praying them to give their opinion on the memorials, that 
 he might lay them before the King, who was disposed to grant the 
 prayer of them. Dated 7 Dec. 1691. 
 
 The copies of the memorials not now with the letter. 1 2')age 
 {quarto). 
 
 Dec. 7. 30. Report of Mr. John Knight, Receiver General and Cashier of 
 
 Customs, on the petition of Tho. Fairfax, Esq., son and heir of 
 Col. Chas. Fairfax, deceased, certifying that the perpetuity of lOOZ. 
 a year out of the customs at Hull, granted to the said Charles 
 Fairfax by King Charles II., for eminent services, had been paid to 
 Christmas 1688, and no longer. The petition prayed for a dormant 
 warrant, for pa3'menf of the same as formerly. Dated 7 Dec. 1691. 
 Minuted : — -" A dormant warrant for the payment." 
 The report written on the back of the petition. 2 jjages. 
 
 Dec. 11. 31. Presentment by theComi's for Transportation to the Lords of 
 
 the Treasury, estimating the cost of bringing over from Ireland the 
 regiment of horse commanded by Col. Villiers and the Marquis de 
 Ruvigny (consisting of 1,000 horse and riders) at 1,109^. Is. 9cL 
 Dated 11 Dec. 1691. 1 page. 
 
 Dec. 11. 32. Report of Sir George Treby, on a case reported on by the Comrs 
 of Customs on 24 July 1691, touching the export of tanned hides, 
 shipped near three months before the year allowed for exportation 
 elapsed, but, from various canses, re-landed and re-shiyjped ; giving 
 his opinion that the petitioners should enjoy the benefit of the 
 debenture for the said hides. Dated 11 Dee. 1691. 
 
 Minuted ;— •" Granted." 
 
 Written on the back of tlie Coma's report. 
 
 Also two enclosures. 3|- pages. 
 
206 CALENDAR OF 
 
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 Dec. 12. 33. Report of the Com™ of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 on the petition of John Ford, gent., who sought to be appointed 
 searclier of the port of Chichester, in place of Miles Edgar, who had 
 grown old and was willing to resign in his favour. Dated 12 Dec. 
 1691. 
 
 Minuted : — " Granted." 
 
 The petition, and a certificate in his favour. 1 2Mge and 2 halves. 
 
 Dec. 12. 34. Report of Mr. Chas. Fox to the Lords of the Treasury, on 
 the petition of Tracy Panncefort and partners, who had clothed the 
 Dutch regiment in Ireland, expressing his opinion that it might be 
 reasonable they should receive what was due, viz., 6,9S1Z. 17s. 3d. 
 Dated 12 Dec. J 691. 
 
 The last minute is:—" To speak wtt M-^ Fox 23tii Feb? 1691-2." 
 
 2 pages. 
 
 Dec. 12. 35. Report of William Tailer, deputy surveyor, to the Lords of 
 the Treasury, on the petition of Richard Strode, Esq., praying for 
 satisfaction to be given him for a piece of ground called the Lambhay 
 near the Royal citadel at Plymouth, alleging that the same, with 
 several houses, keys, &c., erected thereon of a considerable value, 
 were in or about the year 1660 converted to the use of the Crown, 
 and thereby he had received considerable damage ; tracing the 
 holdings of the ground from 1656, giving various particulars 
 about them, and advising that it might be proper for their Lord- 
 sliips to send to the Earl of Bath, then Governor of the fort, and 
 to his deputy governor, &c., to view the lands called the Lambhay, 
 and the buildings thereon, and to return their value, what further 
 improvements might be made, what leases of the same were in 
 being, fee, and upon the return thereof their Lordships might 
 advise their Majesties to give the petitioner reasonable satisfaction, 
 as was done for Sir Edward Hungerford and others, in the like case, 
 about 1673, for their lands taken into the same fort, or else the 
 petitioner might be restored to his land, have liberty to build and be 
 compensated for his damage already sustained. Dated 12 Dec. 1691. 
 
 3 jiages. 
 
 Dec. 10. 30. Presentment of the Com^'^ for Transportation, addressed to 
 the Lords of the Treasury, referring to their last presentment, and 
 estimating the charge for transporting from hence to Holland by 
 the 5th of the month one troop of guards and three regiments of 
 horse, in all 1,100 horses and riders, and two battalions of foot 
 guards, being 1,600 men and 100 officers' horses at 4,829Z. 15s. Sd. 
 The Duke of Leinster's regiment being stopped in the river by 
 contrary winds till their eight days' provisions were spent had to 
 be revictualled for eight days more, viz., for 339 horses and riders 
 \bol. 13.S. \d. Only 3,000?. had been ordered in payment of the 
 5,471Z. 15s. 8(?. for carrying three regiments of horse and one of 
 dragoons, praying for the remainder. They had received orders to 
 transport from Leith to Moredijck a third regiment of foot, besides 
 the two regiments, consisting of 900 men and 30 officers' horses ; 
 the cost, at 21s. per head and 4?. per liorse, would be 1,065?.. They 
 
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 were obliged to give Is. a head more on 1,800 men, viz., 90?. They 
 prayed for ready money to cany out these services. Dated 16 Dec. 
 1691. S pages. 
 
 Dec. 18. 37. Report of Mr. Aaron Smith to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 upon the petition of Wm. Briggs, Esq., Marshal of the King's Bench, 
 praying for the payment of h-'s expenses for executing Godfrey 
 Crosse, attainted of high treason, and for carry'ig down one John 
 Davyes to Buckingham, to stand in the pillory, and seven others to 
 Burj' St. Edmunds to stand in the pillory there, recommending that 
 he be allowed 601. 10s. Dated 18 Dec. 1691. 
 
 Minuted: — "Let the SherifFe of Surrey allow the 60. 10. men- 
 tioned in this repor;., & hee shall bee allowed it in his accounts." 
 Also the petition. 2 sheets. 
 
 Dec. 19. 38. Report of the Comics of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 on the petition of Hugh Redman, of London, merchant, stating that 
 they did not object to a nolle iwosequi being entered, the petitioner 
 having imported certain pearl-ashes of the gTOwth and manufacture 
 of Germany, which he had entered as pot-ashes. Dated 19 Dec. 
 1691. 
 Minuted:— " 2^ Dec. 1691. Granted." 
 The petition and an affidavit. 2 pages and 2 halves. 
 
 [About 39. Petition of Dame Margaret Napier, relict of John Brisbane, 
 
 Dec. 19.] Esq., late Secretary of the Admiralty, addressed to the King, 
 showing that her husband was brought up in the Navy, and after 
 20 years' service was appointed Secretary to the Admiralty, in 
 which he served some years, till ordered to go Envoy Extraordinary 
 into Portugal, in a few days after which he died ; in consideration 
 of whose services King Charles the Second had promised a pension 
 of 300?. per ann., but as he died soon after the petitioner received 
 nothing ; praying that the same might be made good to her. 
 
 Minuted:— "To have lOOL a yere, 19 Dec. '91." 1 page 
 (quarto). 
 
 April 20 to 40. Four papers respecting timber trees, sold for dotards at a 
 Dec. 19. reduced rate, and other matters connected with the New Forest, 
 viz. : 
 
 1. Letter of Philip Ryley to William Jephson, Esq., at the 
 Treasury Chambers in Whitehall; sending a copy of the order of 
 the Duke of Bolton to the keepers of the New Forest, not to suffer 
 dotard or timber trees to be felled without his order, under pain of 
 dismissal ; 
 
 2. Letter of the Duke of Bolton ; 
 
 3. The Duke of Bolton's answer to Ryley's memorial ; and 
 
 4. A letter signed " Walter Laycock." 7 ^w^es and 3 half 
 pages. 
 
208 CALENDAR OF 
 
 1091. ^°- ^^I- 
 
 Dec. 23. 41. Presentraent of the Comi'^ for Transportation to the Lords of 
 the Treasury, recapitulating much of the one dated IG Dec, and in 
 addition stating that they had received orders to send from Ports- 
 mouth to Holland the Lord Castleton's regiment, 925 foot, in some 
 Dutch men-of-war, lying at Spithead, except 300 men who were to 
 be shipped in hired ships, the cost of which would be SS81. 8s. 8(/.. 
 They had received only 4,000?. of the 5,47H. 15s. 8d. for carry- 
 ing the three regiments to Moordijck ; praying for ready money. 
 Dated 23 Dec. 1691. 1 2^a.ge. 
 
 Dec. 23. 42. Certificate of the grant of an annuity of 2Q01. a year, having 
 been made for 21 years in the year 1669, to Mrs. Catharine Gunter, 
 the payment of which was ia arrear. Dated 23 Dec. 1691. 1 
 
 jKige. 
 
 Dec. 25. 43. A paper relating to allowances due at Christmas 1G91 to 
 
 Peter Guenon de Beaubuisson, admitted to the oflSoe of master of 
 His Majesty's setting dogs at Lady Day 1689. 1 2^<^9'^- 
 
 [About 44. Petition of Lieut. Laycock to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 
 Dec. 29.] praying for the disbursement of his pay, without which he would 
 be debarred of his preferment, and for ever ruined. 
 Minuted .—" Eef. to Mr. Fox, 29 DeC^." 1 page. 
 
 [About 45. Petition of the copyholders of their Majesties' manor of 
 
 Dec. 29.] Kirton-in-Lindsey, in the county of Lincoln, to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, showing that the manor was parcel of the duchy of Corn- 
 wall, and that all the copyhold lands within the same were under 
 the yearly value of 300Z. ; that the tenants from the reign of 
 Henry VIII. to 18 Charles II., paid but id. fi^ne on renewals, but that 
 then the copyhold fines had been leased as uncertain, &c. ; praying 
 for leave to prepare a bill in order to obtain an Act of Parliament 
 for establishing the certainty of their fines at id. upon every 
 admittance. 
 
 Mhvuted :—" 29^^ Dec. 1691. The Lords doe not think fitt to 
 give leave." 1 page. 
 
 Dec. 80. 46. Presentment of the Com''s for Transportation to the Lords of 
 
 the Treasury, recapitulating much of the one dated 16 Dec, and in 
 addition, stating that there remained 1,014?. 15s. 8d. due of the 
 5,471?. 15s. 8d. for carrying three regiments to Moordijck. They 
 were ordered to find .shipping and necessaries for 5,580 foot and 
 240 horses from Hull to Holland next month ; the freight of the 
 men would be, at 15s. a liead, 4,185?., and that of the horses, at 
 3?. 10s. each, 340?. ; the other expenses, 1,873?. 15s. 6f?. "Without 
 ready money the services could not be undertaken. Dated 30 Dee. 
 1691. 2 pages. 
 
 Dee. 31. 47. A statement of the balance due, 31 Dec. 1691, to the 
 
 regiment commanded by the Lord Gallway, together with the 
 objections made by the agent, and his cravings for allowance. 
 
TREASURY PAPERS. 209 
 
 1691. Vol. XVI. 
 
 Minuted : — " The King will beare the charge of the reformed 
 officers." 
 
 Accompanied by a note from the agent to Henry Guy, Esq. 2 
 pages and a small piece. 
 
 Dec. 48. Docquets of Privy Seals from the Privy Seal Office, month 
 
 by month, from May to December 1691. 
 
 Of the nature of a calendar of grants and warrants. 24 pages 
 and 5 half pages. 
 
 [Perhaps 49. Petition of " the 3 distressed widdows of Londonderry in 
 about 1690 Irland" to the Lord Treasurer, showing that Lord Sunderland had 
 
 or 1691.] ordered them to wait on him; they were starving in a strange 
 place, and prayed for the bestowal of what his Lordship thought 
 fit, to carry them home ; otherwise they were likely to undergo 
 another siege where they " were forced to eat cats and dogs," their 
 children starved to death, and their husbands (who were lieutenants) 
 killed. They add that they had not eaten anything for four days, 
 but a little nettles boiled in water. 
 
 Undated; the siege referred to was that of Londonderry in 1689. 
 1 page {quarto). 
 
 [1691.] 50. A piece of paper endorsed, "Petition of My Dove to be 
 
 deputy searcher." 
 
 Minuted : — " The place is order<i to be sunk by letter. Febr. 7'^ 
 1690-1." 21 lines. 
 
 [1691.] 51. Copies of three papers relating to Lieutenants Papin and 
 
 Pontelli, and to the pay due to them, as reformed lieutenants in 
 Col. la Melonier's regiment, the last dated 9 June 1691. [Most 
 likely subordinate to a report.] 3 pages. 
 
 [ ?About 52. Petition of Nicholas Barrett to the King, praying " this 
 
 1691.] honoi'i'' House to grant him relief, he having contracted to build 
 
 two third-rate ships of 70 guns each, for which there Avas then due 
 
 to him 9,200Z." Undated, but the contracts made, Dec. and Jan. 
 
 1690-1. Ipage. 
 
 [?1691 or'2J 53. Petition of Sir James Hayes, Baronet, to the King, praying 
 for necessary relief, being anxious to serve the King in his next 
 campaign in Flanders. 
 
 It appears the petitioner was recommended to the King out of 
 Holland, being made a prisoner in France ; he was engaged with the 
 Duke of Ormond in Flanders, and dangerously wounded on board 
 ship. Undated, but the Duke of Ormond was serving in Holland 
 in 1690-1. 1 page. 
 
 [?169r.] 54. Petition of the poor distressed widows, master, owners, and 
 others concerned in the transport ships employed in the reduction 
 of Ireland, showing that their whole substance was exhausted in 
 that service, and that His Majesty on the 22nd of Earch last, at 
 Kensington, had told them that he had given orders that night t) 
 their Lordships about the Irish transport, so that they conceived 
 
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 CALENDAR OF 
 
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 [? 1691.] 
 
 [? About 
 1691.] 
 
 [?1C91.] 
 
 [?1691 
 or 1692.] 
 
 [About 
 
 1691 or 
 
 1692.] 
 
 [? About 
 
 1691 or 
 
 1692.] 
 
 Vol. XVI. 
 
 the business to be entirely in their Lordships' hands ; praying them 
 to order a present supply to relieve the heavy pressure under which 
 they groaned. Without date, but other similar claims were made 
 in 1691. 1 page (qicarto). 
 
 55. A circular note appointing a meeting at Mr. Auditor Bridge's 
 office, to consider the Auditor's exceptions to Sir George Wharton's 
 account, and the accountant's answer thereto. Dated 1 Feb. 1682. 
 
 Also copy of the report made thereon. Dated 9 May 1683. 
 With memoranda in the margin as to the allowance or not of 
 various items, in the year 1691. 2 2^ages and 2 half pages. 
 
 56. Petition of John Farthing, of Long Ditton, in the county 
 of Surrey, Esquire, to the Lords of the Treasury, showing that 
 he had twice petitioned their Lordships in relation to the gross 
 abuses practised in the accounting for the revenue of excise, and 
 had eventually been employed 18 months in an examination of the 
 accounts; and on 1 May 1691 had delivered in a book entitled 
 "The Remonstrance, Accompts, and Discoveries of great sums of 
 money which the Crowne'hath been defrauded of in the accompting 
 for the revenue of excise," &c., "amounting to a million of pounds in 
 six years only ;" praying for a suitable reward. Without date. 
 1 page. 
 
 57. Draft of a warrant to the Clerks of the Signet, to prepare a 
 Bill for the Eoyal signature to pass the Privy Seal, respecting the 
 collecting of and accounting for the revenues of the archbishopric of 
 Canterbuiy, the bishoprics of Ely, Gloucester, Peterborough, Bath 
 and Wells, and Norwich, lately void, and in the hands of the King. 
 Undated, but 1691, from the deprived Bishops. 9 leaves. 
 
 58. Petition of Margaret Harris to the Lords of the Treasury, for 
 an allowance to her as matron of the hospital upon Hounslow 
 Heath, from Sept 25, 1691. 
 
 Also a certificate in her favour. 2 po.ges. 
 
 59. Petition of John Turner, gent,, to the Lords of the Trea- 
 sury, showing that King Charles II., by letters patent of 20 May, 
 in his 13th year, granted to William Chislett a coal mine in 
 Alfreton, in the county of Derby, for 31 years, at 4^. per ann., the 
 remainder of which term the petitioner enjoyed ; praying for a 
 renewal of the lease for 31 years. Undated, but the term of 
 31 years, from 1661, nearly expired. 
 
 Minuted : — " R. to Mi' Harbord." \ page. 
 
 60. Letter of Don Philip de la Guerre, agent from His Catholic 
 Majesty, praying that their Lordships would give directions to the 
 Comis of Customs to permit the goods of his Excellency, Don 
 Manuel Coloma, and his family, who was coming from Holland in 
 the quality of ambassador from Spain, to be brought to Warwick 
 House, in Holborn, there to be opened by the officers of customs 
 as had been the case with other ambassadors from the Court of 
 
TREASURY PAPERS. 211 
 
 1691. 
 
 Vol. XVI. 
 
 Spain. Without date, but Don Manuel Coloma (or Colonna) is men- 
 tioned in Rapin, Vol. III., p. 1C4, as attending the Congi-ess in 
 1690-1, and it was probably subsequent to that. 1 page. 
 
 VOL. XVII. 1692. Jantjaut-Mauch. 
 
 [? Early in 1. Report of William Glanvill to the Lords of the Treasury, to 
 1691-2.] the effect that he had searched into Mr. Jephson's minute books 
 and found the minute at the hearing between Kemp and Martin, 
 on 26 July 1689, concerning the office of searcher of Plymouth. 
 Their Lordships ordered that Kemp should be continued in the 
 possession, and that Mr. Attorney be desired to bring a scire facias 
 against Kemp's patent, upon the matter of corruptly purchasing the 
 patent, alleged bv Mr. Martin's counsel. 
 Minuted:— "1691-2." 
 
 Also the petition of William Brockett, gent., to the King, 
 praying for the office and for the grant of an order for a scire facias 
 against Kemp's grant. 2 pages. 
 
 [About 2. Report of Mr. Chas. Fox to the Lords of the Treasury, on the 
 
 4 Jan. petition of Joseph Durden, milliner, praying payment of several 
 
 1691-2.] debts due to him from Capt. Stanyan, of Col. Byerly's regiment of 
 
 horse, the captain having absconded after having set tlie petitioner at 
 
 defiance. Undated, but referred 4 Jan. 1691. 
 
 Minuted: — "9 Feb. 1691-2. To be paid when the arreares are 
 paid." 
 
 Also the petition. 2 pages (1 quaHo). 
 1691-2. 
 
 4 Jan. 3. Report of the Com^a of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 
 on the expense to which Mr. Williamson, late searcher of customs at 
 Carlisle, was put in keeping deputies in the member-ports, &c., 
 acquainting their Lordships that the business was greatly increased 
 at that time between that part of England and the kingdom of 
 Ireland. Dated 4 Jan. 1691-2. Three enclosures. 
 
 Minuted:— "Ho be allowed 30 1* & a letter t^ be sent to M^ 
 Knight to pay it. 12 Jan. '91-2." 4 pages. 
 
 Jan. 6. 4. Report of the Lord Eanelagh and Mr. Chas. Fox to the King, 
 
 on the petition of Col. William Steuart, for allowance of moneys due 
 to him on several accounts over and above his arrears of pay as 
 colonel and brigadier, viz., for money expended by him in subsisting 
 his regiment and clearing their quarters iu Ireland ; for keeping 
 together the Royal regiment of Scotch horse 14 days after 1 April 
 1689, on which day they were ordered to be disbanded; for the 
 pui-chase of 33 of the best horses belonging to that regiment after 
 they were disbanded, which horses were seized by order of the late 
 
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 1691-2. 
 
 Duke of Scliomberg, by the Provost Marshal for the artillery in 
 Ireland ; and for subsisting five additional companies raised by 
 Col. Steuart for the King's service in the island of Inch, near 
 Londonderry, before they were broken at Dundalk. Dated 6 Jan. 
 1691-2. 
 
 At the foot is a memorandum that the King thought it reasonable 
 that the petitioner should be reimbursed, and transmitted the 
 report and papers to the Lords of the Treasury to give the requisite 
 orders. 
 
 Minuted : — " Articles allowed and respited as within." 
 Accompanied by five enclosures, one of which is the petition. 
 7 pages. 
 
 Jan. 6. 5. Presentment of the Com'^^ of Transportation to the Lords 
 
 of the Treasury, seeking for ready money for transporting 1,100 
 horse and 1,600 foot, and 100 officers' horses, and 200 more foot of 
 the English and Dutch guards, to Holland. Also the 3rd regiment 
 of foot from Leith to Holland ; further, as to what remained unpaid, 
 for carrying hence to Moordijck three regiments of horse and one 
 of Dragoons, and for bringing Col. Villers's and Mons. Ruvigny's 
 regiments of horse from Ireland. The charge of carrj'ing foot from 
 Hull to Holland is here omitted, that design being since altered. 
 In addition, stating that they now discharge all the foot ships as 
 they arrive from Ireland to lessen the charges, but they must add 
 to the number of horse ships, more horse being ordered to be brought 
 over than they were at iirst directed to provide for. Dated 6 Jan. 
 1691-2. 2^ pages. 
 
 Jan. 7. 6. Report of Mr. Aaron Smith to the Lords of the Treasurj', on 
 
 the memorial of Sir Joseph Williamson, respecting what was due 
 to him of the fee-farm rent of llS'* 9/11 p>er ami. out of the manor 
 of Nunnington, in the county of York, which was seized into their 
 Majesties' hands by the attainder of the late Viscount Preston for 
 high treason. Dated 7 Jan. 1691. 
 
 Minuted : — " To be \A out of such mony as shall come into ye 
 hands of y'' aviditor of y<= county. 9 Apr. '92." 
 
 Also the petition, l-i pages. 
 
 Jan. 11. 7. Report of Mr. Chas. Fox to the Lords of the Trea.sury, on the 
 
 petition of Capt. Jolm Lee, of Col. Purcell's regiment of foot, lately 
 come from Ireland, praying payment of .50Z. on account of his 
 arrears ; advising their Lordships that his pay would very well 
 hear it. Dated 11 Jan. 1691. 
 
 On the dorse is : — " M' Chancellour sayes that Mr Fox will do 
 this. 16 Jan. '91-2." 
 
 Written on the back of the petition. 2 pages. 
 
 Jan. 12. 8. Report of the Com'^s of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 as to the farm of smalts, potashes, and barillia in the port of London, 
 to which Martha J ackson, widow, relict and executrix of William 
 Jackson, gent., laid claim. Dated 12 Jan. 1691-2. 
 
TREASURY PAPERS. 213 
 
 1691-2. Vol. XVJI. 
 
 Minuted : — " A letter to be sent to y« Comrs of ye Customs, that 
 ^^Gy give directions that y^ mony they mencon in their rep* received 
 by Mrs. Jackson's agts be forthwith paid in. 19 Jan. '91-2." 
 With 1 J enclosures. IS pages. 
 
 Jan. 12. 9. Keport of the Comrs of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 laying the report they had obtained from the Attorney-General 
 before their Lordships, touching the duty of sea coal to be exported 
 to the plantations. Dated 12 Jan. 1691-2. 
 
 Minuted : — " Agreed." 
 
 Enclosing copy of their presentment on the same subject, dated 
 23 Dec. 1691, and the report, signed Geo. Treby, which was in favoui' 
 of los^ering the duty. 3 pages and 2 half jpages. 
 
 Jan. 1 3. 10. Presentment by the Com^s of Transportation to the Lords ot 
 the Treasury, as to the cost of transport of 1,100 horse and 1,800 
 foot, &c. to Holland, for shipping and necessaries for Col. Erie's regi- 
 ment of 900 foot and 40 horses from Plymouth to Ostend ; and drawing 
 attention to other sums remaining unpaid : praying for ready money 
 to perform these services. Dated 13 Jan. 1691-2. 2\ images. 
 
 Jan. 13. 11. Report of the Com'^^ of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 on the case of the sugar refiners, stating that on behalf of the 
 jDroposal they had heard Sir John Knight and others, and Sir John 
 Fleet and several merchants concerned in the trade of importing and 
 exporting sugars, whose arguments and papers they transmitted to 
 their Lordships ; refusing to advise the making of any alteration, 
 except an alteration for the encouragement of the refiners. Dated 
 13 Jan. 1691. 
 
 Also the papers referred to. 4 pages and 2 halves. 
 
 Jan. 14. 12. Schedule of clothing delivered to Lord Colchester's regiment 
 
 of horse, now Lord Berkeley's, by Francis Molyneaux, January 14, 
 1691-2. 
 
 Memorandum that Lord Colchester had contracted with Francis 
 Molineux of London, draper, for certain clothing, and another 
 memorandum relating thereto. 3 pages. 
 
 Jan. 18. 13. Presentment of the Com''^ of Customs to the Lords of the 
 
 Treasury, as to reimbursing the collectors of the outports their 
 imprest and conduct money for impresting seamen. Dated 18 Jan, 
 1691. 2 pages. 
 
 Jan. 18. 14. Eeport of the Com^s of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 
 on the memorial of certain merchants, who complained of an 
 allowance made upon a parcel of tea imported from India in the 
 ship " James the Second." Dated 18 Jan. 1691. 
 Minuted: — " My Lords agree to this presentment." 
 Accompanied by the memorial and two other papers. 
 The memorial mentions " That the said tea was all of it sound 
 and sweet tea, tho' of diverse sorts and prizes, but the worst thereof 
 
214 CALENDAR OF 
 
 1691-2. 
 
 Vol. XVII. 
 
 of tlie goodnesse of what is used in coffee houses for the makeing of 
 single tea : and the whole parcell, being sold by the candle, came 
 out at an average of ab* twelve shillings per pound." 5 pages. 
 
 Jan. 19, 15. Report of the principal ofiacers of the Mint, on the proposals 
 and reasons offered to their Majesties by Sir William Phipps, &c., for 
 obtaining a grant to the general court, in the province of Massachu- 
 setts Bay in New England, of the liberty of coining. They conceived 
 it very probable that most of the moneys which had been coined in 
 New England from 1652 (when they had the privilege of coining) 
 might still remain there ; the lightness of the coins discouraging their 
 exportation (being about 22^ per cent less in value than our English 
 silver coins), and encouraging the bringing in of foreign coins from 
 Jamaica, Barbadoes, and other places. It was scarcely credible that 
 buyers should want small moneys for change, since the coined moneys 
 of New England were the shilling, sixpence, threepence, and two- 
 pence, besides small Spanish coins current there, as in other English 
 colonies. They might (if their Majesties approved) be supplied with 
 pence, half-pence, and farthings of tin from England, to their Majes- 
 ties' advantage. The privilege of coinage had not been granted to 
 other English colonies as represented. The instance of the East India 
 Company was very different, the privilege of coinage being restricted 
 to their forts in India, and to the coinage of moneys current in the 
 dominions of those Indian princes only. But if their Majesties grant 
 the privilege of coining moneys to the general cdurt in the province 
 of Massachusetts Bay in New Englaad, they proposed that the 
 moneys might be in weight and fineness according to the standard of 
 the Mint in England. The altering the standard in any one of their 
 Majesties' dominions would be an eminent prejudice to the rest. 
 Dated 19 Jan. 1691. 
 
 Minuted : — " To be shown to ye pet^. 19 Jan. '91." 2 pages. 
 
 [About 16. Petition of Miles Edgar to the Lords of the Treasury, showing 
 
 19 Jan.] that 80^. were due to him as searcher in the port of Chichester, upon 
 his fee of 101. j)erann. ; praying for payment, Mr. John Ford having 
 been appointed. 
 
 Minuted :—" To be p<i., 19 Jan. '91." 
 
 Also certificate ^corroborating the petition. Dated 29 Dec. 1691. 
 Parts of 2 pages. 
 
 Jan. 20. 17. Presentment of the Comics for Transportation to the Lords of 
 the Treasury, on the same subjects as the previous presentments of 
 6 and 1 3 Jan., and further estimating the charge of providing forth- 
 with, shipping and necessaries for transporting from this river to 
 Holland 4 regiments of horse and five regiments of foot, with the 
 officers' horses, being in all 1,080 horses and 5,000 men ; also con- 
 cerning an application from the master of a ship, who brought over 
 64 horses and other things, of the late Lieut.-Gen. Kirke. Dated 
 20 Jan. 1691-2. 2\ pages. 
 
 P About 18. Petition of Charles, Lord Baltemore, to the Lords of the Trea- 
 21 Jan.] sury, praying their order for the Receiver-General to pay to the 
 
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 petitioner 465/!. 19s. out of the shilling impost. Without date, but 
 about Jan 21. 1691-2. See Money Booh, Vol. II., pp. 241 and 247. 
 Minuted : — " A warrant ordered for this," 1 fage. 
 
 Jan, 22. 19. Report of certain ofiScers of the Na-vy Office to the Lords of 
 the Treasury, on the petition of William, the son of Sir Richard 
 Lyddall, -which showed that he had been a Russian merchant above 
 20 years, that he had been Governor of Hudson's Bay, and had fur- 
 ther served in the Royal Navy for 25 years in several employments; 
 that he was 67 years of age, and wanted only two years to qualify 
 him as a superannuated commission officer, and so could not partake 
 of their Majesties' allowance. Dated 22 Jan. 1691. 
 
 Minuted : — " There can be no particular order but by ye King." 
 Also a duplicate, and the petition referred to. 3 pages. 
 
 Jan. 23. 20, Letter from the Com^^s for Transportation to William Blath- 
 wayt, Esq., praying directions as to what they should do in respect 
 to the storehouse, and asking if the casks, waggons, &c., should be 
 sold ; the transport business at Highlake drawing to an end. Dated 
 23 Jan. '91-2. 
 
 Minuted : — " Ordered to be done." 1 page. 
 
 Feb. 1. 21. Memorial of David Beccelor, on behalf of Mr. Emanuel Junge, 
 
 late " treasurer and commissary to the Danish forces," praying their 
 Lordships to order payment of the money due to those forces. 
 Dated 1 Feb. 1691. 
 
 Minuted: — " 13 Apr. '92. Referred to ye Com^s of the Revenue; 
 in Ireland." 
 
 Also the memorial of the said Emanuel Junge to Her Majesty, 
 pressing his claims, and a letter to the Lords of the Treasury urging 
 a settlement, as he was ordered to return to Denmark. {Both in 
 French.) Si pages. 
 
 Feb. 3. 22. Petition of William Legge, Esq., to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 
 showing that when the first payment of the 6,000/. was made to 
 King Charles the Second's servants he was under confinement at 
 Carlisle, and so he only received the second payment; praying that 
 he might be placed on the books for two payments ''this time." 
 
 Minuted: — "3 Feb? 1691-2. To bee according to the rule 
 already ordered." 1 page. 
 
 Feb. 3. 23. Presentment of the Comi"^ of Transportation to the Lords of 
 the Treasury, stating that 7,698^. had been spent for half a month's 
 pay for 10,000 tons of shipping, in beginning to bring over the forces 
 from Ireland, and that the same sum was required for the remaining 
 half month's freight, and for provisions. Dated 3 Feb. 1691-2. 
 1 page. 
 
 [About 24. Petition of Margaret Marshall, the relict of William Marsha]], 
 
 Feb. 3.] carpenter, deceased ; showing that there was due to her for work done 
 
 by her husband in King Charles the Second's time, at Sheerness Fort 
 
 113/. 17s. ; that she had been imprisoned by her husband's creditors 
 
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 and was again threatened with imprisonment; praying that she 
 might be paid. Received 3 Feb. 1691. 
 
 Minuted : — " 9th June '92. The L^^ can do nothing in it. 
 2] Feb. '92. To speak w^^ ye officers of y^s Ordnance." 
 
 Also a copy of the account, dated 20 June 1675, and an order for 
 payment. 2 pages. 
 
 Feb. 5. 2.5. Report of the Com''^ of Transportation, on the petition of 
 
 Francis Marshall, master of the ship " Jeremiah and Elizabeth," of 
 London, whose ship was pressed at Waterford to bring over Col. 
 Erie ; stating, that if tliey had hired his ship to transport men from 
 Ireland, she would have carried 110 men, which, at 6s. a head (the 
 usual freight from the west of Ireland to Bristol), amounted to 33?. 
 Dated 5 Feb, 1691-2. 
 
 Minuted: — " To the Comra of the Transports to pay this." 
 
 Also the petition,. 2 ]pages. 
 
 Feb. 5. 26. Report of the agents for bringing in of the taxes, in favour of 
 
 the securities offered by John Mason, of St. Ives, in the county of 
 Huntingdon, gent., nominated receiver-general in the county, Univer- 
 sity, and town of Cambridge, of the aid of 1,651,702?. 18s., for carry- 
 ing on a vigorous war against France. Dated 5 Feb. 1691. 
 A schedule of the names of the jDroposed sureties. 2\ pages. 
 
 Feb. 10 27. Report of Lord Ranelagh on the petition of John Gore, 
 
 clothier, and others, viz., [Thomas Hawgood, sword cutler ; William 
 Hudson, haberdasher ; Robert Lord, shoemaker ; John Hill, .sword 
 cutler, and Richard Dorrell, hosier] ; in favour of their being paid 
 511/.. 2.S. 8cZ. out of the first off-reckonings. Dated 10 Feb. 169L 
 
 Minuted : — •' Agreed to, 11 April, 1692." 
 
 The bills of the petitioners. 8 j^'^'-ff^s, or piarts of pages {quarto). 
 
 Feb. ] 2. 28. A petition of George Dashwood and others to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, that they might receive the usual allowance, viz., Is. 3d 
 of what they could prove due to the Crown, in the account rendered 
 by the Earl of Westmoreland and otliers, whom they charged with 
 having defrauded the Crown of a large sum in the time of their 
 management of the excise. Dated 12 Feb. 1691. 
 Minuted : — " Granted." 1^ pages (small quarto). 
 
 [?About 29. Petition of Sir John Houblon, Kni, surviving sheriff, Sir^Chris- 
 
 12 P''eb.] topher Lethieullier, Knt., deceased, and Sir Edward Clark, Knt., 
 
 and Sir Francis Child, Knt., late sheriffs of the city of London and 
 
 county of Middlesex, for the year ending at Michaelmas 1690 ; 
 
 to be allowed 93?. 9s. 4d, surplusage on their account. 
 
 On the hack is'j—" My Chanc"^ has enquired into this matter, and 
 finds noe objection against the pet^s request, which differs noe other- 
 wise from the common case than that the pet^^ pray an allowance of 
 their surplusage out of arrears of the late poll in their hands which is 
 usualljr allowed out of some other sheriffes Debet, the charge whereof 
 the petrs would avoy'd Feb. 12, 1691. Robert Humfreys." 
 
TEEASURY PAPERS. 
 
 217 
 
 1691-2. 
 
 Feb. 15. 
 
 [? About 
 15 Feb.] 
 
 Feb. 16. 
 
 Feb. 17. 
 
 Feb. 17. 
 
 Feb. 17. 
 
 [?About 
 Feb. 17] 
 
 Vol. XVII. 
 
 Minuted : — " 7 March 1691-2. My Lords are of opinion that this 
 should be paid out of some other sherifiF's debet." 
 
 Accompanied by the copy of the constat. 2 pages {one parch- 
 ment). 
 
 30. Keport of Mr. Charles Fox to the Lords of the Treasury, on 
 the petition of Christian Ermst Balzarn, one of the aid-de-camps 
 to the Duke of Wirtemburg, Lieut.-Gen. of the Danish forces ; 
 certifying that there was due to him 181?. Is. 6d. Dated 15 Feb. 
 J691. 
 
 Written on the back of his petition. 2 pages. 
 
 31 . Petition of Stephen Appleby to the Lords of the Treasury, that 
 he may peruse Mr. Boutell's petition and accounts of a ship seized 
 at Algiers, referred to their Lordships ; in which ship the petitioner 
 was partner. Undated, hnt, Minuted : — "15 Feb. 1691-2. Mr. 
 Bowtell] has taken away his pet" when he brings it again y^ pef^ 
 may see it." 1 p>cige. 
 
 32. Memorial of the Com''s of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 stating the reception of a letter from Mr. Cole, collector of Cowes. 
 pressing the payment of his arrears of imprest and conduct money 
 to seamen, &c. ; reminding their Lordships of their presentment of 
 the 18th of Jan. on the same subject. Dated 16 Feb. 1691. 
 
 Minuted: — "A letter to the Commissioners of the Navy to take 
 care of this & of the inconveniences that will arise for want of the 
 payment of this, & to others in the like condition. 
 
 Accompanied by a copy of the presentment. 2| pages. 
 
 33. Copy of the order of the King in Council to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, to cause a commission for general enquiry into abuses in 
 the New Forest. Dated 17 Feb. 1691. 1 page {quarto). 
 
 Si. Report of Mr. Charles Fox to the Lords of the Treasury, on 
 the petition of Sir Francis Hamilton, certifying that there was due 
 to him, on his half-pay, as late captain of horse, 1701. 9s. Dated 17 
 Feb. 1691. 
 
 Minuted: — " Respited till laid before y« King. 12 Apr. '92." 
 
 "Written on the back of his petition. 2 pages. 
 
 35. Report of the Coma's of Prizes to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 on the petition of Capt. " Willm." Bridges, concerning the seizure of 
 the ship " Sturgeon," as prize, and her value ; certifying that she had 
 neither guns nor gun-decks, by reason of wiiich the petitioner and 
 his company had no share in the lading, which would otherwise 
 have belonged to them in right of seizure ; so that all that was due 
 to them was 10s. per ton, viz., 901. Dated 17 Feb. 1691-2. 
 
 Minuted : — " Agreed to ye report 9 Apr. '92." 
 
 The petition referred to and another petition further pressing his 
 claims. The latter minuted : — " Respited till ye King come, 19 
 April '92." 3i pages. 
 
 36. Petition of Isaac Teale, apothecary general, addressed to the 
 Lords of the Treasury, showing that his commission was given him 
 
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 at the recommendation of the late Dr. Lower, and that he had per- 
 formed his duties for the two last campaigns in Ireland, &c. ; praying 
 that he might according to the duties of his place be employed in 
 preparing such medicine, as should be thought necessary for the 
 array. 
 
 Minuted: — " When the apothecarys of the army come to be 
 settled, this to bee considered. 17 Feby. 1691-2." 1 page. 
 
 Feb. 18. 37. Letter, signed Jno. Sansom, to Henry Guy, Esq., secretary of 
 the Lords of tlie Treasury, asking him to return the report of the 
 Comrs of Customs, of 22 Jan. last ; as they found cause to doubt, if 
 not to alter their opinion respecting the transport of sheep and 
 cattle into Ireland custom free." Dated 18 Feb. 1691-2. 
 
 Minuted : — " The report desired delivered to Mr. Hutchinson 19th 
 Feb. '91-2." 1 p'^ge. 
 
 Feb. 18, 38. Letter, signed " Fran. Blight," to Sir Thomas Duppa, Knt., 
 at his lodgings in Whitehall, stating that Sir Thomas' letter had 
 not reached until the day before, by the deepness of the snow. 
 He had sent Mr. Hoblyn, ten days since, two ample certificates, 
 according to the contents of the letter, signed by Parliament men, 
 justices of peace, and the vice-warden of the countj'. The writings 
 he had in reference to these debts were in his custody and should be 
 delivered to Mr. Hoblyn, when he came to the assizes. Dated at 
 Bodmin, 18 Feb. 1691. | page. 
 
 Feb. 22. 39. Keport of Wm. Lowndes to the Lords of the Treasury, on 
 the memorial of the Lord Wm. Paulett, certifying that the fines, 
 penalties, and sums of money arising upon judgments, quod 
 capiatior and capias pro fine, and the revenues and profits 
 arising upon the Greenwax, at the Exchequer, and all arrears 
 (with divers exceptions) were (by Pat., 27 May, 2 Will. & Mary) 
 granted to the said Lord William for 31 years, at a rent of 500L 
 per ann., and under certain other conditions. His Lordship 
 desired that the salary of the Surveyor of Greenwax might be 
 allowed him out of the rent. Mr. Lowndes certifies that the 
 oflice of Surveyor was (by letters patent of 5 Sept., 1 Will & Mar.) 
 granted to Nathaniel Booth, Esq., with a salary of 250Z. ; but he did 
 not find any clause that his Lordship should pay the salary out of 
 his pocket. Their Lordships had ordered the salary to be paid out 
 of the debets of any accounting sheriff. His opinion was, that 
 the 246?. 9.S. 8d., certified by the deputy clerk of the Pipe, was 
 all the money which Lord Paulett had received, and that the 
 salary paid to the Surveyor should be allowed his Lordship, in 
 part of the arrear of rent of 5001. per ann. He conceived that it 
 might not be proper for their Lordships to make an order that Lord 
 Paulett's deputies might search the records of the King's Bench, 
 Common Pleas, and Exchequer, gratis, as was sought ; but that the 
 judges of those Courts should be applied to. The quarter's rent which 
 was sought for would be 1251. There were several branches of the 
 Greenwax excepted ; viz., the fines, penalties, and forfeitures upon 
 
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 penal statutes or convictions of Popish recusants, conventicles, and 
 other recusants, &c., but what his Lordship proposed [viz., that the 
 Surveyor's salary should be paid out of these exceptions] must 
 wholly depend on His Majesty, in case a salary could be legally 
 granted out of such forfeitures, &c. Dated 22 Feb. 1691. 
 
 Minuted : — " Agreed to all but ye S^ article, w<=^ relates to 125Z., 
 and that article to be layd before ye King." 
 
 Accompanied by the memorial, an affidavit, and a certificate of 
 the moneys for Greenwax, paid to Lord "William Pawlett. 8 pages. 
 
 [About 40. Memorial of William Colmore. Esq., to the Lords of the 
 Feb. 22.] Treasury, praying that the 28?. which Col. John Foulkes owed him 
 might be stopped out of the arrears of his pay. 
 
 Minuted :—" 22*^ Feby 1691-2. Referred to M>-- Fox." ^ page. 
 
 [About 41. Petition of Oapt. Henry Thomas to the Lords of the 
 
 Feb. 22.] Treasury, showing that for his loyalty he was kept close prisoner 
 in the Gatehouse by Cromwell a whole year ; his brother being at 
 the time a prisoner in the Tower, was afterwards banished to the 
 Barbadoes by the same "usurper," as Sir Charles Littleton, who was 
 also a prisoner with him, and others of note, could testify ; that he 
 since served in Ireland more than 20 years, where his company 
 (which cost him 900?.) was taken from him, and he was turned out 
 of employ by Lord Tyrconnel, for being a Protestant ; that he was 
 afterwards restored. He relates other grievances, and states that 
 the " reducement " of Ireland, which benefitted others, gave him no 
 relief Praying for his arrears and for confirmation of his' half 
 pay. 
 
 Minuted :—" 22 Feb. 1691-2. M^ Fox to put this on his 
 memorial!." 1 page. 
 
 [Feb. 23.] 42. Petition of the Lady Margaret Hay, guardian to the Earl of 
 Kinnowl, to the King, referring to a former petition which she had 
 presented, setting forth the moneys due to the Earl, and seeking 
 that they might be paid out of the potash farm and the Caribb 
 Islands ; the prayer of which petition their Lordships would not 
 grant, as the Earl was then iu France. In the present petition 
 she states that the Earl was then in Italy, in order to return to 
 England, and prays that their Lordships would grant him a com- 
 petent allowance to discharge his debts and enable him to return. 
 
 Docquetted :— 23 Feb. 1691 [&c.] 
 
 Endorsed : — " For the King." 1 page. 
 
 [About 43. Petition of Thomas Addison, one of the Com^s for sick and 
 
 Feb. 23.] wounded seamen and exchanging prisoners at war, to the Lords of 
 the Treasury, showing that the Jesuits at great expense had put 
 the late college and chapel of the Savoy in good repair, and that as 
 soon as they had absconded, the lead &c. was stolen, so that it cost 
 their Majesties 300Z. before the Irish prisoners could be secured 
 
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 Feb. 23.] 
 
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 Feb. 23.] 
 
 [About 
 Feb. 23.] 
 
 [About 
 Feb. 25.] 
 
 Feb. 25. 
 
 Feb. 26. 
 
 therein ; that it is fitted -with beds, &c. for a prison or hospital ; 
 praying for the post of housekeeper. Signed. 
 
 Minuted: — " 23 Feby 1691-2. The pet^- to propose w* he will 
 have to keep it yearly in repair." Other minutes follow, in which it 
 was referred to Sir Christopher Wren. 1 sheet. 
 
 44. Petition of Thomas Eobson, Esq., in behalf of Col. Edwin 
 Steed, showing that the colonel, who was receiver of the revenue 
 in the island of Barbadoes, had returned 1,000?., and that it had cost 
 him 150/. to obtain the returns ; praying a warrant for that sum. 
 
 Minuted :—" 23*^ Feb. 7, 1691-2. Referr'd to M' Blathwait." 
 1 2'f'i/<^- 
 
 45. Petition of Richard, Earl of Burlington and Cork, to the 
 Lords of the Treasury, showing that the officers of the Danish troops 
 in Ireland had received moneys from the inhabitants of the towns of 
 Youghall, Tallow, Lismore, Bandon, and Cappoquin ; praying that 
 out of the money due to those officers and soldiers deduction.s might 
 be made, and the payments made of what was due. 
 
 Minuted :—" 23 FehJ 1691-2. Referr'd to Mr. Fox." 1 pa^/e. 
 
 46. Petition of Frances, Duchess Dowager of Richmond and 
 Lennox, showing that King Charles the Second, in consideration of 
 the lordship and dominion of Aubigney in France, granted to her 
 for life 1,000/. per ann., out of the hereditary excise arising in the 
 counties of Middlesex, Essex, Kent, and Surrey ; praying that the 
 arrears (3,000/.) might be paid. 
 
 Minuted:—" 23tt' Feb? 1691-2. For the King." 1 fage. 
 
 47. Representation on the part of Mons. BeaubuissoD, master of the 
 King's setter dogs, as to what had been allowed to his predecessors 
 in that office. 
 
 On the dorse is a minute for Mr. Squib to set forth what he 
 already has for his several offices, dated 23 Feb. 1691-2, which is 
 there accordingly set forth ; after which there is a further minute, 
 " To be considered at ye King's return. 11 Apr. [16]92." 
 
 Accompanying is a certificate that he is allowed 50/. a year as 
 keeper of the King's private armoury in ordinary. 1 page and 
 fart of 1 small quarto page. 
 
 48. Report of Charles Fox, Esq., one of the paymasters-general of 
 the forces in Ireland, to tlie Lords of the Treasury, in favour of the 
 payment of 53/., the sum claimed for his pay by Dean Scardevile, 
 who was chaplain to his Grace the late Duke of Schomberg, from his 
 going into Ireland to the day of his death. Dated 25 Feb. 1691-2. 
 
 Minuted:— " To be consider 'd when y« arrears of ye army in 
 Ireland are p'^. 6 Apr. '92." 
 
 Also the petition for the same. 2 images. 
 
 49. Report of the Lords Justices of Ireland to the Lords of 
 the Treasury, stating that they had examined the allegations 
 in the petition of Mary Stopford, widow of James Stopford, 
 
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 touching the lands of Cabragh, Tarah, Brich, and Trivetfc, and they 
 found that part of the lands were the inheritance of Mattliew Pen- 
 teney and another, part were the possession of Richard Cusack ; 
 stating various other particiilars about the lands, and giving their 
 opinion tliat Mr. Stopford was unjustly deprived of the estate, and 
 advising that the petitioner should have a grant of the premises. 
 Dated 26 Feb. 1G91-2. 
 
 Minuted :— " Respited 'till y" King comes. 9th Apr. '92." 2^ 
 pages. 
 
 Feb. 26. 50. Memorial of the Com" of Customs to the Lords of the 
 
 Treasury, reminding their Lordships of their presentment of the 
 16th instant, as to imprest and conduct money. Dated 26 Feb. 
 1691. 1 page. 
 
 Feb. 27. 51. Report of Sir J. Somers, Solicitor-General, to the Lords of 
 
 the Treasury, on the petition of Mr. Nash and on the matters of fact 
 therein alleged, concerning the office of Receiver-General of South 
 Wales, held by the petitioner but previously granted to Bevis 
 Lloyd, Esq., and William Jones, gent. Dated 27 Feb. 1691. 
 
 Minuted: — " 26 Apr. '92. Mr. Lloyd is not to be remov'd." 
 
 Accompanied by the petition. 2 pages. 
 
 Feb. 27. 52. Report of Philip Rilej-, Esq., Surveyor-General of Forests 
 
 south of Trent, on the petition and particular of bridges, passages, and 
 causeways necessary to be repaired in the New Forest ; presented 
 by James Airy, repairer of bridges there. Dated 27 Feb. 1691-92. • 
 
 Minuted: — " Agreed to. 9 Apr. '92." 
 
 The petition and particular. 
 
 Also two other papers, containing " Articles of instructions for a 
 commission to be executed in New Forest, com. Southampton ;' 
 and another set of " Articles of instruction to be enquired of and 
 executed " there, by virtue of a commission not now annexed. 
 
 Endorsed, " Instructions and Com" names for New Forest, pre- 
 sented by Mr. Ryley, Feb. 27, 1691." 9 pages. 
 
 Feb. 27. 53. Report of William Aldworth, addressed to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, on the petition of Mr. Baptist May, keeper of the great 
 park at Windsor, respecting the taxes on that park. Dated 27 Feb. 
 1691. 
 
 On the dorse is : — " To be paid by me." 1 page. 
 
 Feb. 29. 54. Copy of a certificate by William Robinson, as to the pay 
 
 received by Mr. Robert Barker, as waggon-master-general. Dated 
 29 Feb. 1691-2. 
 Minuted : — " Referred to Mr. Fox, 13 April '92." 1 page {decayed). 
 
 Feb. 29. 55. The report of Mr. Chas. Fox to the Lords of the Treasury, on 
 the petition of James de Cardonnel, stating that the secretary to 
 the general (in which capacity he was employed) had au allowance 
 of lbs. a day for himself and clerks, which was paid by the late pay- 
 master of Ireland to 17 Sept. 1689, since which time he had been 
 employed by the late Duke_ Schomberg. Mr. Fox expresses his 
 opinion that the right was with the petitioner, notwithstanding the 
 
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 Feb.] 
 
 March 1. 
 
 March 2. 
 
 Vol. XVII. 
 
 pretensions of Dr. Geo-ge ; 214<l. was due to the petitioner from 
 17 Sept. to 1 July, the day the late Duke Schomberg was killed, 
 and the petitioner was obliged to return forthwith to the present 
 Duke Schomberg, M^hom he had attended as secretary since the death 
 of his father, to Piedmont. Dated 29 Feb. 1691-2. 
 
 The report written on the back of the petition. 
 
 Minuted : — " To be considered with the arrears of the army in 
 Ireland. G Apr. '92." 2 'pages. 
 
 56. Report signed " Cha. Chetwynd pro auditor of Wales," ad- 
 dressed to the Lords of the Treasury, on the petition of Charles 
 May, Esq., certifying that King Charles II., in his 13th year, for 
 services done, granted to Hartgill Baron, Esq., 200?. per ann., for 
 31 years, out of the revenues of South Wales, which would expire at 
 Mich. 1692 ; so that His Majesty might grant the same if he pleased. 
 Dated 29 Feb. 1691. 
 
 Minuted : — " It cannot be done, 2 March 1691." 2 pages (quarto). 
 
 •5'7. Petition of Thomas Shirley, one of the serjeants-at-arms in 
 ordinary, showing that he, by order of the House of Lords, rode 
 post to Westmoreland, at his own expense and hazard of his life, to 
 attach the body of Geo. Wilson, the younger, for a breach of privi- 
 lege ; praying that his case might be considered. 
 
 A schedule of fees due to him, and an order of the House of Lords. 
 This is dated 22 Feb. 1691. One whole 'page and parts of 3 others. 
 
 58. Report of Lord Ranelagh to the Lords of the Treasury, certi- 
 fying that 73?. 12s. ; mentioned in the within petition of Sir Edward 
 Carteret Knt., was due. Dated 1 March 1G91. 
 
 Written on the back of the petition, which prays for a warrant 
 for payment of his pension, and states, that in the year 1649 the 
 " petitioner was in Jersey, sworn servant to King Charles the Second, 
 to wait upon his brother the Duke of York, with whom he so con- 
 tinued in France, Holland, Flanders, Germany, and at home, in all 
 manner of conditions, and had several commissions, both in England 
 and tlie island of Jersey (the Rt. Hon. the Earl of Bath and the 
 petitioner being the ancientest servants living that belonged to the 
 Royal Family) " for which services he had a pension of 8s. a day, 
 which was then in arrear, as above. 
 
 Minuted :—" 23 March 1691-2. Nothing can be don at present." 
 1 page. 
 
 59. Report of Mr. Charles Fox to the Lords of the Treasury, on 
 the petition of John Lecaan, late physician to the " hospital " in 
 Ireland, as to the payment of 100?. due to him, which, if their Lord- 
 ships thought fit, should be paid to him for his pay. Dated 2 March 
 1691. 
 
 Minuted :—" To be paid in Ireland, 9 Apr. 1692." 
 Written on the back of the petition. There is also another peti- 
 tion from him on the same subject, a little later, in which he states 
 their Majesties' affairs required his speedy attendance in Flanders. 
 1 page and 2 halves. 
 
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 1691-2. 
 [ ?About 
 March 2.] 
 
 March 3. 
 
 Vol. XVII. 
 
 60. Petition of Samuel Travers and Charles Nicholas Eyre, 
 Esquires, to the King, showing that the post office of Ireland 
 had yielded little or nothing for the last three years ; praying His 
 Majesty to accept the annexed proposal and grant the petitioners a 
 lease of the office. 
 
 In the proposal they offered to give 1,000Z. per ann. for the lease. 
 Minuted:— "Not to he& done at this time. 2^ March 1691-2." 
 2 pages (quarto). 
 
 61. Report of William Blaythwayt, Esq., on the papers submitted 
 to him, in relation to Mr. Lucas Santen, collector and receiver of the 
 revenue of New York, who was suspended by the Governor and 
 Council there, for negligence and disobedience, finding that Col. 
 Slaughter, the Governor of New York, had reported that the revenue 
 in 1687, during the petitioner's management, had improved, and 
 that 120 J. was due to him for salary ; it would be an encouragement 
 to him to allow it. Dated 3 March 1691-2. 
 
 Minuted : — " Agreed to, 11 Apr. '92." 4 pages. 
 
 March 1 & 4. 62. Petition of Mr. Aaron Smith to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 for an order for SOOZ., towards the prosecutions at the Lent Assizes. 
 Dated 1 March 1691. 
 
 A schedule entitled, " An account of prosecutions on their Maj^'s" 
 behalfe, in the Lent Assizes, 1691-2." 
 
 A letter from him to Henry Guy, Esq., on the same subject. 
 
 A further petition pressing the same subject. Dated 4 March 
 1691-2. 
 
 Minuted : — " To be provided next Wednesday." 3 pages. 
 
 March 7. 63. Presentment of the Corn's of Transportation to the Lords of 
 the Treasury, stating that on the 2nd inst., they had presented that 
 the masters of ships at Bristol or Biddeford absolutely refused to 
 treat with them on any terms concerning the going to Kinsale in 
 Ireland, and transporting from thence 2,000 foot to Hamburgh, 
 unless they were paid for the late transportations from Ireland ; 
 and since that, they were ordered to take up shipping for 3,500 foot 
 and 380 horse in those ports, which it would not be possible to do, 
 unless the arrears were paid ; they had supplied 4,500 Danes, who 
 were put in at Plymouth in great want of provisions, at the charge 
 of 2,000Z. Col. Trelawny's regiment about to be transported from 
 Portsmouth to Ostend, in the room of Col. Tiffins, would require 
 584?. 10s. ; an advance was required of 100?. for the agent for the 
 transports at Rotterdam, for his own expenses, and a credit of 200?, 
 each to him and the agent at Ostend. They had orders to ship from 
 the Thames, for Holland or Flanders, the regiment of 600 men and 
 horse under the Earl of Portland, the regiment of Dragoons under 
 Col. Eppinger consisting of 1,000 men and horses, the regiment of 
 foot under Col. Selwin with the officers and horses, in ail 1,640 
 horses and 2,420 men. Dated 7 March 1691-2. 
 Also another memorandum. 3^ pages. 
 
224 
 
 CALENDAR OF 
 
 1691-2. 
 
 March 8. 
 
 Marcli 8. 
 
 Vol. XVII. 
 
 64. Eeport of tlie officers of excise upon the salary bill for the 
 hearth officers, informing tlieir Lordships tliat by a presentment of the 
 Com'^^ in Feb. 1690 the officers mentioned in that bill were thought 
 necessary to be continued under the salaries therein mentioned, till 
 the arrears could so far be got in that the persons remaining in debt 
 might be returned " Insioper in the Exchequer." The difficulties 
 had caused those officers to be longer employed ; further making 
 remarks as to their allowances and the putting a final end to the 
 charges of getting in the arrears of the said i-evenue. Dated 
 8 March 1691. 2 'pages. 
 
 65. Report of the Comrs of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 on the petition of Nathaniel Dowrish, of Plymouth, merchant, 
 owner and lader of the ship " Agnes," who had contravened the 
 Navigation laws in manning the ship with French Protestants, 
 who inhabited about Plymouth, at a place called Stonehouse, think- 
 ing that they should be accounted freemen and duly qualified to sail 
 a ship to the West India plantations ; but on the ship's arrival at 
 Barbadoes she was seized, &c. ; advising that the petitioner should 
 be relieved and a nolle j^rosequi entered. Dated 8 March 1691-2. 
 
 Minuted : — " Granted." 
 
 Accompanied by the petition. 3 ixiges. 
 
 March 9. 66. Memorial of the Lords of the Admiralty to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, desiring them to furnish the money to the officers of the 
 two marine regiments ordered to march from their quarters to be 
 embarked on board the fleet. Dated 9 March 1691-2. 1 page. 
 
 March 14. 67. Report, signed " C. Godolphin," to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 on Mr. Snagg's proposals for a grant to coin and vend tin farthings 
 and halfpence for four years ; in consideration whereof he was to 
 advance to their Majesties 10,000?., being the equivalent of S,OOOZ. 
 a j'ear at Si. pier cent. Stating that there had been coined by the 
 Royal authority since Lady Day 1684 (when the first commission 
 for tin farthings and halfpence was granted) near 59,000/!., whereof 
 only 8,500/. had been sent to Ireland. 
 
 About 21,OO0Z. had been the net profit which had accrued to the 
 Crown from the said coinage ; 3,000Z. a year was a greater profit 
 than had been answered to the Crown from the coinage of farthings. 
 It might deserve fui'ther consideration how far it might be fit to 
 farm out the coinage of any species of money. He was of opinion 
 that the revenue would be greatly improved by a more extensive 
 distribution of these coins through all parts of England (instead of 
 such discounts as are made for taking them off here), whereby 
 counterfeits would be in a good measure prevented, the poor more 
 duly supplied, and exchange in trade better accommodated. He 
 presumed there might, with care, be 10,000/. a year profit realized ; 
 64L per ton was pretty near the market price of tin, but that which 
 was coined (instead of 80/., which v/as proposed) was wortli 180/. per 
 ton above the ordinary charge of issuing. Dated 14 March 1691. 
 1 page. 
 
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 1691-2. 
 March 15. 
 
 Vol. XVII. 
 
 C8. Report of the Comra of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury in 
 respect to certain laws passed in the Assembly of Virginia, viz., an Act 
 for Ports, &c., and an Act for the advancement of the manufactures 
 of the growth of that country ; advising that the latter law ought not 
 to be revived, as it seemed unreasonable to compel the merchants 
 to receive debts in commodities, which might be of no use to them, 
 &c. ; as to the other Act, which provided (1), that all commodities 
 should be imported and exported at the ports set out in the Act; 
 and (2), that a duty should be laid on furs and hides, &c., advising 
 that the building of towns, setting out ports and places for the 
 shipping and landing goods, to bring the people of the country 
 to " a more regular settlement and cohabitation" was very de- 
 sirable to be encouraged ; but it was unreasonable to compel 
 the inhabitants to bring their goods before there were places 
 convenient for their reception ; the buying and selling should be 
 restrained to the places to be set out. They referred their Lord- 
 ships to a former report, which seemed to be made with great 
 deliberation, and their opinion was, that part of the law ought not 
 to pass, but that the Governor should, with proper assistance, take 
 [care] that wharfs and quays should be built. The proposed duty 
 on furs and hides was about 25 per cent on the value, and would 
 be a total prohibition of the trade, and hinder the exportation of 
 coarse woollen manufactures. Amongst other purposes the duty was 
 proposed towards the maintenance of a pious and learned ministry, 
 and they conceived if 'l^per cent, were laid on those commodities 
 (being the same as was laid on them in the colony of New York), 
 the trade would bear it, the experiment should be tried, and the 
 proceeds be wholly applied to that purpose, &c., Dated 15 March 
 1691-2. 
 
 Accompanied by two schedules, 1st, of commoditiei proposed for 
 the payment of debts in Virginia, with the rates and prices thereof; 
 and, 2nd, the rates and duties imposed upon the exportation of furs 
 and hides, by an Act made in the Assembly of Virginia in April 
 1691. 6 pages. 
 
 March 15. 69. Petition of the Mayor and aldermen of the city of Canter- 
 bury, showing that the innkeepers and victuallers there, by want of 
 trade, and the soldiers being quartered on them, had become very 
 poor; praying payment of the quarters and subsistence, there 
 being 1,400^. and upwards due to them on 10 March 1691. 
 
 Signed by the Mayor and eight aldermen. 
 
 On the dorse: — "March 15*^ 1691-2." Ipage. 
 
 March 1 6. 70. Presentment of the Com^s of Transportation to the Lords of 
 the Treasury, stating that they had acquainted their Lordships that 
 they were ordered to take up shipping at Bristol and Biddeford, to 
 carry 2,000 Irish to Hamburg ; as also shipping to bring 3,500 foot 
 and 400 horse from Ireland, but the masters refused to deal except 
 they had their arrears, and for provisions of the same the money 
 must be advanced, as also for the Danes at Plymouth : the masters 
 
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 March 21. 
 
 March 21. 
 
 Vol. XVII. 
 
 required their freight before they sailed frora Portsmouth to Ostend 
 with Col. Trelawney's regiment ; the charge of transporting 1,080 
 horses and 5,000 men from the Thames to Holland remained unpaid. 
 Dated 16 March 1691-2. 2 -pages. 
 
 71. Copy of a presentment by the Comics for Customs to the Lords 
 of the Treasury, laying before their Lordships a memorial signed by 
 most of the considerable merchants, masters of ships, and traders to 
 Virginia and Maryland, in and about London, to prohibit bulk 
 tobacco from being exported from Virginia and Maryland to Eng- 
 land, or other parts ; advising that their Majesties should be moved 
 to recommend the prohibition to the Governors and Assemblies 
 there. Dated 21 March 1691. 1 page. 
 
 72. "An account of what money David Robinson, keeper of 
 Audley End Parke, hath laid out for hay for their Ma*^ deere, since 
 July the 14t\ 1691." 
 
 With the following note:—" March 21st, 1691-2, I do allow of 
 this account. J. Lovelace. A true copy." 1 page {quarto). 
 
 [About 73. Petition of Eichard Goodwin, labourer, addressed to their 
 
 March 21.] Majesties, showing that he had been employed to look after the 
 timber yard at Hampton Court by the Office of Works for 31 years 
 and upwards, had had a habitation in some of the out offices, and 
 was then lodged in a shed, which was ordered to be pulled down, 
 he had a wife and six children and no place to live in ; praying 
 leave to build a small tenement on part of the Royal waste next 
 the Thames, at Hampton Town's End. 
 
 " 21 March 1691-2. Referred to Mr. Harbord, -whose deputy is 
 desired to report with speed." 
 
 Minuted : — " It is Her Mats pleasure that the pet"^ be gratifyd in 
 his request." 1 page. 
 
 March 22. 74. Presentment by the Com" of Customs to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, laying before their Lordships the case of John Buckworth^ 
 Esq., and Mr. Robert Bristow, of London, merchants, touching k 
 parcel of pepper entered inwards and reshipped for Leghorn, but 
 the ship being disabled, the pepper was re-landed at Plymouth, and 
 by that means the time for drawing back the half subsidy was 
 elapsed ; submitting the case to the favourable consideration of their 
 Lordships, and advising the repajj^ment. Dated 22 March 1691, 
 
 Minuted : — " Granted." 
 
 Accompanied by the case. 2^ fages. 
 
 March 23. 75. Report of Lord Ranelagh to the Lords of the Treasury, on the' 
 memorial of Archibald Row, major to Col. Robert Hodge's reoiment 
 stating that he tad nothing to object against the payment of the 
 200L claimed. Dated 23 March 1691. 
 
 The report is written on the dorse of the memorial. 2 half pages 
 {quarto). 
 
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 1691-2. VoL.XVII. 
 
 March 23. 76. Presentment of the Comra of Transpoitation to the Lords of 
 the Treasury, stating that they had received orders to transport 
 forthwith to Holland or Flanders their Majesties' regiments of horse, 
 under the command of Col. Langston and Col. Windham, with 
 several horses of the Duke of Savoy, the Earl of Argyle, Col. Erie, 
 and several foot regiments, amounting to 984 men and 937 horses, 
 the cost of which would be 3,259?. 4s. 6d ; the officers of the 
 Ordnance demanded freight for 3,700 tons of shipping to carry 
 stores at 1 4s. per ton per month ; the fleet of transports that sailed 
 under the convoy that attended His Majesty puttiag into Harwich 
 were furnished with oats, &c. ; the Earl of Athlone demanded, for 
 carrying his horses, &c., lOQl. ; their Lordships had promised 2,0001. 
 a week till 7,698?., due to the masters at Biddeford, Bristol, &c., 
 were paid, and expected the remainder before entering upon fresh 
 agreements ; their Lordships also promised 5001. per week to pay 
 4,719?. 19s. to the masters of ships that lately transported men from 
 the River Thames to Holland, only 500?. of which was ordered. 
 Dated 23 March 1691-2. 2^ pages. 
 
 March 23. 77. Letter of Henry Guy [Secretary of the Treasury], to the 
 Right Hon. the Earl of Nottingham, stating that he was commanded 
 to return certain papers for his Lordship's opinion, as to whether 
 they relate to bringing in French goods only or contain some 
 matters of state. Dated 23 March 1691-2. 1 page. 
 1692. 
 
 [March 25.] 78. Receipts in the port of London from Christmas 1691 to Lady 
 Day following. 1 page. 
 
 March 26. 79. Report of WOliam Tailer, Deputy Surveyor, to the Lords of 
 the Treasury, stating that he had considered the annexed petition of 
 Mr. John Whiteing, and perused a copy of a patent of 13 Car. 1., 
 whereby the King granted to Thomas Talbot, Esq., and Richard 
 AUen, gent., the waste and muddy ground, commonly caUed 
 Jarrow-sUke, in the parish of Jarrow, in the county Palatine 
 of Diu-ham, within the high-water mark of the River Tyne, con- 
 taining about 300 acres, in consideration of a fine of 40?., and under 
 the yearly reserved rent of 5?., and a further reservation of 4c?. per 
 acre, of so much as should exceed 300 acres, but without any clause 
 of re-entry and avoiding the grant for non-payment, so that it 
 seemed still in force. The 5?. per ann. had been paid from 1642, 
 but was in arrear from the Restoration. By the grantees having 
 made no benefit of their patent it seemed the recovery of the land 
 was difficult and chargeable, and they would most likely be con- 
 tented to relinquish their interest if their Lordships discharged 
 the arrear (157?. 10s.), or granted the same arrear to the petitioners, 
 who might procure a surrender, &c., advising that the petitioner 
 might reasonably deserve a new grant, &c. Dated 26 March 1692. 
 Also the petition. 3 pages. 
 
 [? About 80. Petition of Lieut. Martin Laycoek, in the late Lieut.- 
 Marcb 30.] General Douglas' regiment, showing that his wounds had cost 
 
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 above eight score pounds to cure, and that he was then com- 
 manded to his post in Ireland ; praying the bestowal on him of 
 100 marks fine, which was laid on John Davis, vicar of Fenn, 
 in the county of Buckingham, without which he could not pay his 
 debts or go to his command. Undated, but referred to the Lords of 
 the Treasury, SO March 1692. 
 Minuted : — " Granted." 1 ^jaf/e. 
 
 March 30. 81. Memorial of Mr. Aaron Smith to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 concerning the estate of Mr. Thos. Price, in Newport, seeking 
 for some one to be appointed to receive certain arrears of ground 
 rent. 
 
 Further stating that an experiment was to be made at Woolwich 
 on some " oar " taken out of Sir Carberry Price's mine, in Wales, 
 the operators being seven in number, and the Lord Newport and 
 Sir Henry Capell insisted that the petitioner should pay them for 
 their pains, the amount being about 40?. ; seeking their Lordships' 
 directions. Dated 30 March 1692. 
 
 Mimited : — " A letter to Mr. Smith to demand the ground rents 
 & to be prosecuted if not paid." l^- pages. 
 
 [? March.] 82. Petition of Abraham Yarner, Esq., Muster-Master General of 
 the forces in Ireland to the Lords of the Treasury, showing that his 
 salarj' and profits for the last three years had not been half so much 
 as formerly, though his trouble and charge had been a great deal 
 more. He was sent for in September last by the Com^s of Parlia- 
 ment in England to give them copies of the musters, and was 
 detained three months. After his return he was sent for again, by 
 warrant of 30 January, to state the arrear due to the army in Ire- 
 land, and had to bring over all the muster rolls (which were a horse 
 load), and a commissary and clerk, who, besides his servants, had 
 been maintained and employed by him ever since their coming ; 
 praying for some allowance. 
 
 Minuted: — "To set forth his extraordinary charges, how & w* 
 they have been. 6 Apr. '92." 1 ^jat/e.' 
 
 VOL. XVIII. 1692. April -June. 
 
 1692. 
 April 2. 1. Keport of Lord Ranelagh to the Lords of the Treasury, on the 
 
 petition of Capt. Hercules Browne, concerning the period that the 
 said Capt. Browne acted as provost marshal and his claim for the 
 same. Dated 2 Apr. 1692. 
 
 Mimited: — "Nothing to be don at present. 13 Apr. '92." 
 3 pages. 
 
 April 2. 2. Memorial of the Lords of the Admiralty to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, desiring that they would take care that the 15,000Z. 
 wanted for imprests to the yards, outports, and other services, 
 
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 should be presently furnished : also asking for money to continue 
 paying the fleet, all received having been paid away. Dated 2 Apr. 
 1692. l^ pages. 
 
 April 2. 3. Report of the Comfa of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury 
 upon a proposal of the Lord Lanesboro and Onesephorus Albin, 
 for the better collection of the alien duty, and the improve- 
 ment of trade and customs, stating that a great part thereof is 
 grounded upon a mistaken supposition, that the alien duties are 
 still payable upon the native commodities of this kingdom exported, 
 &c. ; further as to what measures had been adopted in relation 
 to aliens' import duties. They feared that frauds were practised 
 by persons of desperate fortunes ; yet it was not supposed that 
 men of substance and reputation, by whom the trade of the 
 kingdom was generally carried on, would subject themselves to 
 such severe penalties as prcetnunires and other great forfeitures 
 provided, for colouring strangers' goods ; and it was very impro- 
 bable that the frauds could bear any proportion to the value 
 mentioned in the proposal, &c. Eespecting the prevention of the 
 running of goods and the encouragement of seamen, the greatest care 
 was used ; it was under consideration, during the last session of Par- 
 liament, how some impositions might be laid at the Custom House 
 without unhinging the present book of rates, which ought not to be 
 altered without great consideration. The report notices the articles 
 in the proposal seriatim, and concludes by stating that they observe 
 nothing in the paper but what had been already foreseen ; and 
 particularly the obsolete practice of taking bonds of merchant 
 strangers, to employ half the value of their merchandise in the 
 commodities of this kingdom, which practice had not been in use 
 from the time of Charles I., the trade being at that time chiefly 
 driven by merchant strangers, but at the time of the report the 
 trade was wholly altered, and was almost entirely in the hands 
 of English merchants and the very nature of the trade was altered ; 
 for in those days there was no trade to the East or West Indies, or 
 any plantation ; and to lay such a clog on, as was proposed, would 
 prove a great obstruction to trade, and by consequence, instead of 
 an increase, a prejudice to the customs ; it being most certain that 
 the freer and more easy trade is in any place the more it flourishes. 
 Dated 2 April 1692. 
 
 The proposal referred to, and another paper entitled : " The 
 points we would discours upon before y® Lords of y® Councell, 
 Treasury, & Commissi of y^ Customs." 9| pages. 
 
 April 5. 4. Report of the officers of the Mint to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 on the petition of the Duchess of Grafton, praying for the grant ot 
 letters patent empowering the coining and uttering penny and two- 
 penny pieces, to be composed out of coarse silver, after the manner 
 of stivers current in the United Provinces of the Netherlands ; 
 advising, — 
 CI.) That great inconveniences would follow as those coins would 
 
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 come to the Excise and Post Office, and the Exchequer would be 
 the centre for the greatest part of them ; and stating other iu- 
 conveniences under six other heads. 
 
 The sixth and seventh heads are as follows: — 
 
 (6.) "If base moneys be in use in other countries, it had its 
 beginning from great necessities, and the Government always had 
 the advantage of it." 
 
 (7.) That Spain long since being sensible of the great incon- 
 veniencies of base moneys (as we are credibly informed), decried 
 all theirs, as France lately did, for the same reason. " That base 
 moneys coined in the reign[s] of Henry the 8^^ and Edward the 6^^, 
 were by Queene Eliz. called in, and reduced to its true value, as it 
 hath ever since continued." Dated 5 Apr. 1692. 
 
 [Also a duplicate copy.] 
 
 This is accompanied by — 
 
 1. The petition referred to. 
 
 2. Further motives, to show the usefulness of such penny and 
 twopenny pieces as are mentioned in the petition : and, " Further 
 motives to induce their Majesties to grant their Letters Patents, 
 and other requisites thereunto necessary, unto their petitioner." 
 
 [This is in duplicate.] 
 
 3. " Reply to the report from the officers of the Mint, concerning 
 the coynage of pence & 2^ pieces." 
 
 [In duplicate.] 
 
 Under the last head of these replies, it states that, " since Henry 
 the 8*^' time the vaUue of money as to things bought therewith, 
 is not now above the 4th part of what it was then, as for example 
 a person could buy as much hay, corne, cheese, &c. in K. Henry 8^^^ 
 time for 1^, as he can now for 4^ ; as is apparent from the Statutes 
 of those times ; soe then a farthing would goe as far in the market 
 then as a penny will now," &c. 
 
 4. Petition of the said Duchess (signed) urging that, as the officers 
 of the Mint had objected nothing material to her proposal, but only 
 alleged that where such pieces had been in use the Government had 
 always had the benefit, and that 40 |jer cent, might be gained 
 thereby ; so she humbly submitted the profits to His Majesty, and 
 prayed he would grant her such allowance as to his wisdom and 
 clemency should seem meet. Undated. 14-J- pages. 
 
 [About 5. Eepresentation to the Lords of the Treasury, by Abraham 
 
 April 6.] Yarner, Esq., Muster Master General of the forces in Ireland ; as 
 
 to the number of deputy commissaries of the musters, of whom 
 
 there used to be six, but were then only four, &c. 
 
 Minuted : — " Those 2 y* are here to be sent back & for the 
 
 encrease of 'em ye L'^s must know His Mats pleasure. 6*^ Apr. "92." 
 
 1 jpage. 
 
 April 6. 6. Order by the Lords of the Committee of Trade and Planta- 
 tions, that the Lords of the Treasury be desired to 'give all the 
 despatch that might be to the matters relating to Col. Fletcher, 
 who was appointed to the government of the province of New 
 York, in respect of the money ordered to be paid him upon account 
 
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 of the two companies of foot at New York, and for buying presents 
 for the Indians there, and the transportation of himself and family. 
 Dated 6 April 1692. 1 :page. 
 
 April 7. 7. An Order in Council transmitting to the Lords of the Treasury 
 a proposal by Sir Edmund Andros, Governor of Virginia, to the 
 effect that he should have instructions upon any exigency of the 
 Government (caused by an attempt of the French or otherwise) to 
 dispose of quit rents of that colony to the value of 1,000?. for the 
 defence of the country. Dated 7 April 1692. 
 
 Accompanied by the proposal which was received by the Council 
 from the Committee for Trade and Plantations. 2 pages. 
 
 April 9. 8. Keport of Mr. Chas. Fox to the Lords of the Treasuiy, on the 
 petition of Capt. Morgan Ryan, as to what was due to him as a 
 reformed captain in the King's royal regiment of horse. Dated 
 
 9 April 1692. 
 
 Written on the back of the petition : there is also an enclosure. 
 Minuted: — "To bee p"^ when ye regim* is cleer'd. 11 Apr, 
 '92." 3 pages. 
 
 [About 9. Representation to the Lords of the Treasury by Abraham 
 
 April 9.] Yarner, Esq., Muster Master General of their Majesties' forces in 
 Ireland, respecting his expenses in perfecting the rolls of musters 
 taken in Ireland, in order to adjust the arrear due to the army. He 
 claimed 360L, and desired that the deputy commissary might remain 
 in England until the work was finished. 
 
 Minuted: — "^^^ Apr. '92. To bring vouchers, or make oath of 
 ye particulars. The affidavit is annexed, 13 Apr. '92. My Ifi^ will 
 consider of it before he goes away." 1 page. 
 
 April 10. 10. Certificate of Willm. TaUer, deputy auditor of the duchy of 
 Cornwall, to the eflfect that Captain Upcot, one of the supervisors of 
 the tin blowing houses in Cornwall, had his salary of 80Z, per ann. 
 paid him up to Midsummer 1690, and dying before Michaelmas, 
 there was no authority to pay him for that quarter ; but as the 
 duties had been discharged by his deputy (as by the annexed certifi- 
 cate appeared), advising that his widow should be paid. Dated 
 
 10 April 1692. 
 
 Minuted : — " A letter to the auditor & receiver of Cornwall to 
 pay this." 
 
 Accompanied by the certificate referred to, and the petition of the 
 widow. 8 'pages. 
 
 [? About 11. Petition of John Travers to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 
 April 11.1 praying them to consider the deplorable condition of the several 
 
 masters and owners of vessels employed in the first expedition to 
 
 Londonderry in May 1689, and to order payment of the warrant 
 
 annexed. 
 
 Minuted : " The L^^ can doe nothing in it, 11 Apr, '92." 2 pages 
 and 2 parts. 
 
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 [About 12. Petition of Jobn Barber, embroiderer, to tbe Lords of the 
 
 April 11.] Treasury, showing that 476^. 17s. lOd. was due to him for work done 
 for the Royal Chapel at- Whitehall, and elsewhere ; bespoke by the 
 late King, James II., and used by King William and Queen Mary, 
 as appeared by the certificate annexed ; praying for payment. 
 Minuted : — " Nothing can be don, 11 Apr. '92." 
 Also the certificate referred to. 2 pages. 
 
 [? About 13. Petition of Edward Philpot, citizen and press maker, of 
 
 April 12.] London, for payment of 2ol. 6s., due to him for making engines for 
 
 pressing hay, to be transported to Ireland ; praying that the amount 
 
 miglit be stopped out of any money due to Mr. Allen, one of their 
 
 Majesties' messengers, who employed him. 
 
 Minuted : — " 12 Apr. '92. To be consider'd when Mr. Allen is 
 paid." 
 
 Also the account. 1^ 2^^9^s- 
 
 April 13. 14. Presentment by the Com^a of Customs to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, as to an assault made upon the riding officers employed on 
 the coast of Kent, by persons therein named, who were employed by 
 Julius Deeds, Esq., the Mayor of Hythe, and who beat and wounded 
 the oflicers to the hazard of their lives, and rescued 16 bags of 
 Avool, which they had seized in Scotney barn, belonging to the said 
 Mayor ; praying for exemplary punishment of the offenders. Dated 
 13 April 1692. 
 
 Minuted : — "A report to be prepared for the Council." 
 
 Accompanied by: — 
 
 Depositions of various persons as to assaults committed on them 
 and others by one John Ellesdon, of Lydd, gent., who, with other 
 persons, was engaged in having the wools removed in waggons. 
 Dated 25 and 26 March 1692. 6 pa</es. 
 
 April 18. 15. Letter, written by direction of Sir Robert Southwell, from 
 Philip Madoxe, of the Council Ofiice, to Henry Guy, Esq., to request 
 that Mr. Gibbins might be recommended to the Comrs in Ireland by 
 a letter from the Lords of the Treasury, to such employment as upon 
 examination he should be thought capable of, &c. Dated 18 April 
 1692. 
 
 Minuted : — " Recommended for such place as he is qualified for." 
 1 page, 
 
 April 19. 16. Letter of the Com™ for sick and wounded seamen and exchange 
 of prisoners to Henry Guy, Esq., stating that they had so constantly 
 attended their Lordships with memorial after memorial for a supply 
 for this service, and for arrears of subsistence of Irish prisoners in 
 the Savoy, then transported to France, to which they had had no 
 answer, that they hoped he would pardon their importunity; assuring 
 him of the importance of a speedy supply. Dated 19 April 1692. 
 1 piage. 
 
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 April 19. 17. Report of the Comra of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 on the petition of David D'Barry, merchant, advising that he should 
 have liberty to re-ship (custom free) certain pigs of lead previously 
 shipped for Leghorn. Dated 19 April 1692. 
 
 Minuted : — " Granted." 
 
 Also the petition and an affidavit. 4J pages. 
 
 [About 18. Schedule of sums due from the officers of the marine soldiers 
 
 April 19.] quartered at Canterbury, by several bills signed by the Lord 
 Danby, &c. 
 
 Minuted : — " 19 Apr. '92. To be put wth ye rest of y^ like nature." 
 li pages. 
 
 [About 19. Petition of Robert Gargrave to the Queen, showing that he 
 
 April 20.] had petitioned the King respecting a house he had built in the 
 Mews, to which petition he had obtained no reply, though the King 
 promised he should not want, and should be relieved, he being a 
 great sufferer in the loss of his places, " and his sons in this service ;" 
 one died in the King's service, and " two were blown up in the 
 ' Breda ' last year ; " praying to be allowed the moneys laid out on 
 the house. 
 
 "Apr. 20, 1692. — Referred to Sir Christopher Wren, surveyor 
 general of works, to examine what had been laid out. 
 
 Minuted: — "31 May, 1692. There can be nothing don in it 
 wtl^out ye King's order." 
 
 Also the petition referred to, and copy of a certificate signed 
 " Fr. Negus, surv"^." 3 pages. 
 
 April 20. 20. Letter of the Earl of Nottingham, Secretary of State, addressed 
 to the Lords of the Treasury, respecting the " Sieur Josias Caillon," a 
 French Protestant and merchant of the town of Savinien, upon the 
 river Charente, who came into Dartmouth with his ship and goods 
 from France, transmitting the Queen's instructions for the Lords of 
 the Treasury to give order to the officers of the customs at Dart- 
 mouth to permit him to sail to a neutral port pursuant to 
 Mr. Attorney's report. Dated 20 April 1692. 
 Also the report. 3 pages (quarto). 
 
 April 20. 21. Report of Mr. Chas. Fox to the Lords of the Treasury, on 
 the petition of Margaret Thomas, widow, praying payment of 
 268Z. 15s. due to her' husband, late captain in the regiment lately 
 under the command of Lieut.-Gen. Kirk, and then commanded by 
 Col. Wm. Selwyn, stating that he could not give an exact account 
 of the arrears due, but it would be a great act of charity if some 
 part were paid her, as she was very necessitous. Dated 20 April 
 1692. 
 
 It is written on the back of the petition. 2 pages. 
 
 April 21. 22. Report of the Com" of Customs to the Lords of the Trea- 
 sury, on the petition of Sir Henry Furnace, concerning 360 
 pieces of muslin, being the goods of India, imported from Holland 
 contrary to the Navigation Act, seized and in the Custom House ; 
 
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 praying the grant of Her Majesty's moiety of the goods. The 
 report states : " That it seems to us that the whole carriage 
 of this buisnes (as well the importation from Holland, as the 
 conveyance up the river), was by some one of the ships of warr, 
 and the boats that attended her, for that the greatest part of the 
 goods were found on board a hired ketch belonging to the ship 
 " Northumberland," and were brought on board the said ketch by 
 the said ship's pinnace, which gives us occasion againe to reflect 
 (as frequently we have been constrained to doe), upon the un- 
 warrantable proceedings of the men-of-war, and their ungovernable 
 carriage in relation to the customs." Dated 21 April 1692. 
 
 Minuted ;— " Referred to the Com's of the Customs to know what 
 those goods are valued at." 
 
 Accompanied by the petition. 2^ pages. 
 
 April 22. 23. Report of the Comics of Excise to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 on the petition of Joseph Helby, of Chelsea, brewer, as to a debt of 
 129^. 4s. lOd. for the excise of beer and ale brewed ; advising that 
 " he ought not to be forborne his excise upon account of his brew- 
 ing for their Majesties, especially for that such forbearance would 
 encourage others to petition for the like favour." Dated 22 April 
 1692. 
 
 Minuted :—" 26 Apr. '92. Agreed to ye report." 
 
 Accompanied by the petition. 2 2xiges. 
 
 April 25. 24. Letter signed " Benj. Overton " to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 stating that he was informed that Robert Lacy refused to "dis- 
 cover" as he depended upon a reprieve, having paid 100 guineas 
 down, and would pay as much more at least when a general 
 reprieve was brought. A clipper of note, as Lacy was, could com- 
 mand money from his confederates, and they would readily pay 
 rather than be discovered, and goldsmiths and cash keepers un- 
 doubtedly furnished clippers with broad money. In May 1688, 
 five persons, viz., Emet, Lambourne, Collet, Palmer, and Cogswell, 
 were condemned on the evidence of Thomas Baily for clipping, &c., 
 praying that as the petitions of such criminals had usually been 
 referred to the Mint, and as Lacy was reprieved without confessing, 
 their Lordships would order that part (at least) of the money he had 
 paid aud promised for his reprieve might be applied to the use of 
 the Mint. Dated 25 April 1692. 1 ^^agre. 
 
 April 26. 25. Memorial of the Com^a for sick and wounded seamen, &c. 
 to the Lords of the Treasury, stating that they had so repeatedly 
 urged the necessity for a supply that they were almost resolved to 
 be silent, but the poor people's cries for their arrears and His 
 Majesty's concern in the approaching expedition, constrained them 
 to fresh importunity, and to beg for speedy relief. Dated 26 April 
 1692, 1 page. 
 
 April 26. 26. Letter of Mr. Aaron Smith to Henry Guy, Esq., stating that 
 he was attending at the Exchequer Office in the 'Temple, about 
 striking the jury for the trial between their Majesties and the Duke 
 
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 of Beaufort and. others, for the late Marquis of Powis's Northamp- 
 tonshire estate; earnestly entreating him to lay the enclosed 
 memorial for money before their Lordships ; solemnly protesting 
 his great want of it. Dated 26 April 1692. 
 
 The memorial referred to, in wliich he souglit for an advance of 
 5001. or 600?. 2 pages. 
 
 April 26. 27. Report of the Com^a of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 on the petition of Robert Crompton, gent, to be added to the land 
 surveyors in the port of London ; stating that they did not doubt 
 that he might, upon reasonable experience, make a good oiRcer of 
 the customs ; " but to the oiRce of surveys, who is not only to be 
 a judge for the King in matters of the nicest nature, but also to be 
 guide and instructor of inferior officers, it is soe absolutely necessary 
 to be beforehand expert and knowing in the rules of the customes 
 and the distinction of comoditys (which is by noe meanes to be 
 obteyned but by time) that we cannot presume to present him to 
 your LordPPs for that imployment." Dated 26 April 1692. 
 Minuted : — " 9 June 92. Agreed to the Com'^s rep*." 
 Also the petition. 2 %Mges. 
 
 April 26. 28. Report of the Comra of Customs to the Lords of the Trea- 
 sury, on the petition of several wharfingers of the established keys 
 in the port of London, setting forth that they were much incon- 
 venienced by the impresting their men out of their lighters, to the 
 hazard of the merchants' goods ; recommending that the number 
 of men for each wharf, as contained in an enclosed paper, should 
 have protection. Dated 26 April 1692. 
 
 Accompanied by the petition and the " List of the lighter- 
 men's names for the 18 wharfs about the Custome House." Si 
 pages. 
 
 [About 29. Petition of Mary Bingham, widow, to the Lords of the 
 
 April 26.] Treasury, for the clearing of the arrears due to her husband, Capt. 
 
 Charles Bingham, late of the regiment of Col. Thomas Erie, which 
 
 captain was killed in the battle of Aghrim, leaving three children 
 
 in great distress. 
 
 Minuted :—" 26 Apr. '92. M^ Fox to put it on his memi." 
 With a schedule showing what was due to him. 3 pages. 
 
 April 27. 30. Report of Mr. Chas. Fox to the Lords of the Treasury, on 
 the petition of Captains Newcomen and Blashford, on behalf of 
 themselves and the rest of the officers of the disbanded troops of 
 Col. "Woolesley's regiment of horse ; certifying that there was due 
 to them 5,539L Os. ll^d. Dated 27 April 1692. 
 Minuted :—" 10 May '92. Respited." 
 The petition and an Order in Council. 4 pages. 
 
 April 28. 31. Order in Council on the report of the Attorney-General 
 respecting the petition of Tallbott Edwards, Esq., which prayed for 
 letters patent or a lease of royal and other mines, which he conceived 
 might be found in the islands of Nevis, Montserat, and St. Christo- 
 
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 pher's ; referring the same to the Lords of the Treasury, to examine 
 and report. Dated 28 April 1692. 
 
 Minuted : — " 20 Jiine '92. Granted, if not comprehended in any 
 other grant." 
 
 The petition and the report referred to. 2^ pages. 
 
 April 29. 32. Eeport of Jo. Knight to the Lords of the Treasury, on the 
 petition of Hugh Pyne, .stating that upon searching the arrears of 
 tenths he found the tenths of the rectory of Rayleigh, in the 
 county of Essex, amounting to 11. 1.5s. 9d. per ann., returned in 
 arrear, from the year ending Christmas 1688, and presumed they 
 were unpaid for the subsequent years ; but the Bishop having made 
 no return for 1691, he could not be positive. The petitioner com- 
 pounded for his first fruits on 8 Sept. 1690, so that there were three 
 years arrear due from John Dutf, the late incumbent (5^. 7s. .3fZ.), 
 the loss of which must be sustained by the present incumbent, 
 unless recovered from Duff's executors, or from their Majesties' 
 bounty, out of secret service, by the recommendation of the Bishop 
 of London. The easiest and cheapest way would be for the peti- 
 tioner to pay the arrear into the Exchequer, and strike a tally for the 
 same. Dated 29 April 1692. 
 
 Minuted : — " 3 June '92. To do according to ye report." 
 Also the petition, having on it a brief testimonial by the Bishop 
 of London. 2 2Mges (quarto). 
 
 April 30. 33. Letter of the Duke of Bolton to the [Lords of the Treasury], 
 praying for payment of 1,900^., according to a note enclosed, as he 
 had^notice to command his officers to buy tents, &c., which they 
 could not do without paying their old debts, &c. Dated at Hack- 
 Avood, 30 April 1092. 
 
 Minuted : — " 1 May 1 692. It cannot be don yet," 1 page and 
 3 lines (quarto). 
 
 [? About 34. Petition of James de Cardonnel, secretary to the Duke of 
 May 2.] Schomberg, " and at present secretary to the Duke of Leinster," 
 stating that by particular direction from the Duke of Schomberg he 
 had disbursed .several sums for intelligence in Ireland, and for other 
 services relating to the army, amounting to 265?. 19s. 9d. according 
 to the account annexed ; praying for payment, together with his 
 salary of 214?. lO.s. 
 
 Minuted : — " 2<i May 1692. It being upon no establishment it 
 cannot yet bee paid." 
 
 Also a copy, excepting that the prayer is a little altered, and the 
 clause about his salar}^ left out, and with it is a schedule of the 
 disbursements. 5 pages. 
 
 May 3. 35. Letter signed Jo. Banks, addressed to the Comf^ of Customs, 
 
 stating that pursuant to order of 19 Mar. he had paid 150?. to the 
 Vice-Admiral of Essex. The money ordered for the Vice-Admiral of 
 Suffolk had lain ready from the 26th of March. Sir Thos. Allen had 
 complained to their Lordships that the writer had refused to pay 
 
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 250?. to him, at which he was surprised, as no one had demanded the 
 same. It might be conceived that it was to cover his own neglect, 
 &c. Dated 3 May 1692. 
 
 Two other letters on ths same subject. 3 pages. 
 
 May 3. 36. Memorial of the Com'^^ for sick and wounded seamen, &c., to 
 
 the Lords of the Treasury, stating that they are almost ashamed 
 in less than eight days to disturb their Lordships again, but 
 begging to be allowed to pray for a present supply ; not knowing 
 what occasions they might have in this exigency to despatch 
 " Chyrurgeons," to provide materials, and especially to encourage 
 the people to entertain the seamen sent on shore. Dated 3 May 1692, 
 1 jicige. 
 
 May 6. 37. Report of Mr. Chas. Fox to the Lords of tlie Treasury, on the 
 
 petition of Robert Jones, late farrier to the trains of provisions and 
 artillery in Ireland, praying for the sum of 92?. 18s. due to him ; 
 in favour of the petitioner's claim. Dated 6 May 1C92. 
 
 Minuted : — " Rec<i lO^ii May 1692. It cannot be don yet. 9*'^ June 
 '92. To be read when M"^ Fox is here." 
 
 Written on the back of the petition. 
 
 Accompanied by three enclosures. 3 pages and % halves. 
 
 May 7. 38. Report of the Comra of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 
 acquainting them that 1,370Z. 9s. Qd. had been paid to the officers 
 of the customs in London, whose salaries did not exceed COZ. per ann., 
 that sum having been assessed on their salaries for 12 months. 
 Dated 7 May 1692. 
 
 Minuted : — " 10 May 92. My L^ia do agree to the rept." 
 Also a presentment relating thereto. Dated 27 April 1692. 
 Minuted : — " My Lords would know what sum was paid by 
 the King on the other land tax for these officers ; a letter of 
 this." 2 pages. 
 
 May 9. 39. Report of the Comrs of Transportation to the Lords of the 
 
 Treasury, on the petition of Anthony Fewster and other owners of 
 a ship, that brought from Holland the forces and equipage of the 
 late Lieut.-Gen. Kirk, advising that 30s. a horse or lOOZ. be allowed 
 for that service, as the ship was coming home from a voyage in the 
 transport service. Dated 9 May 1692. 
 
 The petition and a letter relating thereto. 3^ pages. 
 
 May 9. 40. Letter signed by Jeff. Haford and Wm. Bradshaw to the 
 
 Comrs of Customs, acknowledging the receipt of orders for a general 
 embargo upon all ships and vessels, pursuant to which they had 
 sent a copy to Folkstone, Hithe, Romney, Dimchurch, and Lidd. 
 Dated 9 May 1092. \ page. 
 
 May 10. 41. Letter signed Watt. Devereux and Robert Underwood, without 
 address, as to a boat on shore at Dimchurch, from which the 
 
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 writers' supposed goods had been landed ; and as to the seizure 
 of two persons on suspicion. Dated at Folkstone 10 May 1692. 
 1 page. 
 
 May 10. 42. Memorial from the Com''s of sick and wounded seamen, fee, 
 to the Lords of the Treasury, stating that they were daily called 
 upon for above 30,000^. due to necessitous clamorous people, and 
 were required to be on the coast whilst the fleet was at sea to 
 take care of sick and wounded seamen sent on shore ; and unless 
 a fund were settled for the payment of their debt and a present 
 supply, they could not discharge their trust, and the seamen would 
 not be quartered, nor could they carry on the hospital at Plymouth. 
 Dated 10 May 1692. 1 'page. 
 
 May 12. 43. Letter of Jno. Sansom to the Lords of the Treasury, as to 
 the non-observance of an order of embargo by the collector of 
 Dover, several vessels having sailed from Folkston for France ; 
 enclosing copy of a letter from Mr. Devereux and Mr. Under- 
 wood, riding officers of the customs upon that coast ; announcing 
 that they had secured two suspicious persons, who were endea- 
 vouring a passage from that part of the country. Dated 12 May 
 1692. 1 page. 
 
 May 12, 44. Order in Council referring to the Lords of the Treasury the 
 petition of John Smith Heppendorp, Consul General over the 
 coast of Barbary for the States General of the United Provinces ; 
 setting forth that he was directed by His Majesty to use his endea- 
 vour with the Emperor of Fez and Morocco for the redemption of 
 about 350 English captives there ; and that accordingly he repaired 
 to Maquenez, but could not prevail to get them redeemed by reason 
 of the exorbitant demands of the Emperor ; praying to be allowed liis 
 disbursements and a recompense for his pains. Dated 12 May 
 1692. 
 
 Minuted ;— " 31 May 1692. To bee laid before the King at his 
 returne." 
 
 A copy of his petition and a detailed account of his expenses. 
 
 Also a copy of the letter of instructions from King William to the 
 petitioner. 7 leaves. 
 
 May 13. 45. Report of the Com''^ of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 
 on a petition of Nicholas Barret, who had broken the Navigation 
 Laws by engaging foreigners to navigate a ship from Shoreham, 
 to London, not objecting to a nolle prosequi. Dated 13 May 1692, 
 
 Minuted:—" Agreed." 
 
 Also the petition and a certificate. 2 J pages. 
 
 May 20. 46. Letter from the Com'^ for sick and wounded seamen to the 
 Lords of the Treasury, sending an abbreviation of an account for- 
 merly delivered, showing the arrears and the growing charge. 
 Dated 20 May 1692. 
 Accompanied by the abbreviate. 2 pages. 
 
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 1692. 
 
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 May 20, 47. Letter of the Lords of the Admiralty to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, signifying the appointment of Sir Richd. Rich, as Vice- 
 Admiral of the county of Suffolk, in the room of j Sir Tho. Allen, in 
 order that the money appointed bj- the Lords of the Council might 
 be paid him, for the " impresting " seamen in that county. Dated 
 20 May 1692. 1 iMge. 
 
 May 20. 48. Report of the Com^s of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 on the petition of William Christian, Esq., customer of Carlisle and 
 late collector of Whitehaven, as to allowance for his losses, &e. 
 Dated 20 May 1692. 
 
 Minuted : — " To allow the petitioner 2001'." 
 
 Also five enclosures, including the petition. 6 pages. 
 
 May 28. 49. Estimate of the arrears due for the service of the sick and 
 wounded seamen, and exchange of prisoners at war ; viz., arrears, 
 25,422^ 2s. lOd, and the year's charge, 40,000L, if not much more. 
 Dated 23 May 1692. 1 page. 
 
 May 23. 50. Order in Council, that the depositions and papers concerning 
 the complaint made against Julius Deedes, Esq., (of having ordered 
 several persons to rescue from the officers of customs in Kent 16 
 bags of wool, which were seized in Scotney barn near Hythe,) 
 should be sent to the Lords of the Treasury, that they might hear 
 and examine the parties concerned, and report thereon. Dated 
 23 May 1692. 
 
 Minuted : — " To bee heard this day fortnight, Friday, & all 
 parties to have notice." ^ page. 
 
 May 24. 61. Report of Lord Ranelagh to the Lords of the Treasury, on 
 the petition of Capt. Theodore Drury, their Majesties' first engineer 
 in Scotland ; praying for his pay as captain reformed in Lieut.- 
 General Mackay's regiment. Dated 24 May 1692. 
 
 Minuted : — " d^^ June '92. To be read when my L. Ranelagh is 
 here." 
 
 The petition and two other enclosures. 2 pages and two halves. 
 
 May 25. 62. Letter of the Duke of Leinster to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 enclosing an account of what necessaries had been delivered to his 
 secretary for the use of his office, for the payment of which he 
 desired Lord Ranelagh might have directions ; also putting their 
 Lordships in mind of his disbursements in Ireland when secretary 
 to his father. Dated 25 May 1692. 
 
 The account referred to, entitled : — 
 
 " Stationers ware, delivered to James Cardonnell, Esq., secretary 
 to his Grace the Duke of Leinster, General of their Majesties' forces 
 for the use of his office, 1692." 2^ pages. 
 
 May 27. 53. Memorial of the Comr^ for sick and wounded seamen, &c., 
 to the Lords of the Treasury, sending the estimate of the 23rd inst., 
 previously forwarded, and stating that they had received advice 
 from one of tlie Board at Portsmouth, that the people were so 
 
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 Vol. XVIII. 
 
 vehemently pressing for arrears that he could not prevail for 
 quarters until he gave tl.e people assurance that their Lordships 
 had already ordered money for that end. Dated 27 May 1692. 1 
 
 page. 
 
 May 31. S-i. Report of the Comfs of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 on the petition of John Green, Jacob Cozon, and Thomas Smith, 
 concerning the shipment of certain unwrought copper, prohibited 
 from exportation by an old Statute of 2 & 3 Edw. VL ; not objecting 
 to the grant of a nolle prosequi. Dated 31 May 1692. 
 Minuted : — "A nolli prosequi is granted." 
 Also the petition and a certificate. 1 fage and 3 halves. 
 
 May 31. 55. Memorial of Mr. Aaron Smith to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 begging they would be pleased to order him COOi. or 700Z. to meet 
 the expense of various trials. Dated 31 May 1692. 1 page. 
 
 May 31. 56. Certificate of Sir Robert Howard, that there was due to 
 Bridget Darcey, administratrix of John Darcey, Es(|., one of the 
 executors of the Lady Mary Howard, upon an annuity of 200Z. per 
 ann. granted to the said Lady Mary for 19 years and three quarters, 
 1501. Dated 31 May 1692. 1 j^age. 
 
 June 3. 57. Memorial from the Com's for sick and wounded seamen, &c. 
 
 to the Lords of the Treasury, stating that their Lordships had 
 ordered 2,0()0i. a month for 10 months for that department, and 
 begging to know v/hether it began from 1 Jan. or 1 March last. 
 Dated 3 June 1692. 
 
 Minuted : — " 3 June '92. To beginn from ye 1^* of April, & my 
 L'is have directed letters to ye Comm^^s of ye Navy & Victualling to 
 pay it." 1 2^cige- 
 
 June 3. 58. An account of inquisitions taken -and returned into the 
 
 Exchequer. Dated 3 June 1692. 
 Signed : " Aaron Smith." 
 
 The persons' names on whom the inquisitions were taken are — 
 The Marquis of Powis. Lord Preston. 
 
 Sir Patrick Trant. Lord Thomas Howard. 
 
 Earl of Dover. Sir Henry Bond. 
 
 Sir Roger Strickland. . Sir Edw. Herbert. 
 Mr. Robert Fielding. Earl of Melfort. 3 pages. 
 
 n June 3.] 59. Report of J. Richards, Controller of the oflflce of the Treasurer 
 of the Chamber, on the petition of Sir William Forester, who had 
 supplied Sir Rowland Gwynne with money, amounting to 500^., for 
 his necessities in Holland. The report prays that the Lords of the 
 Treasury would move the Queen to grant a warrant for the appoint- 
 ment of a person to pay their Majesties' servants, &c. Dated 3 May 
 1692, but most likely a mistake for June as it was referred to him 
 to report on " on 27 May last." 
 The petition referred to. 2 pages. 
 
TREASURY PAPERS. 241 
 
 1692. Vol. XVIII. 
 
 June 6. 60. Report of Charles Fox [Paymaster of the Forces] on the 
 
 petition of Philip Coleby, Richard Alcock, Tho. Hawgood, and 
 Robert Lord, tradesmen, who had furnished the regiments of 
 Oxford, Selwin, Trelawny, and Tiffin with clothing "and other 
 accoutrements ; informing their Lordships of the arrangements that 
 had been made for the payment of clothiers, that the said trades- 
 men proposed taking tallies, &c. Dated 6 June 1692. 
 
 Minuted :—" 9 June '92. To be read when M^ Fox is here." 1 
 page. 
 
 June 6. 61. Report of the same paymaster to the Lords of the Treasury, on 
 
 the petition of Lieut. John Levingston, praying payment of 52L 3s. 4(/. 
 due to him for his services in the Danish forces ; shewing that by " the 
 account stated," that amount was due, and he had been paid only 
 101. I7s. ad. by the Commissary, who had no more money in hand ; 
 and the petitioner was kept from serving the King by the want of 
 money to carry him to Flanders. Dated G June 1C92. 
 Written on the back of the petition. 2 pages. 
 
 June 7. 62. Memorial of the Coma's for sick and wounded seamen, &c. to 
 
 the Lords of the Treasury, stating that on 9 March they had 
 presented an account of the charge of the Irish prisoners in the 
 Savoy, who had been sent to France, and there was due to several 
 people 620L 14s. 4d. for the subsistence of the prisoners, &c. ; 
 heartily and humbly beseeching their Lord.ships to give order for 
 rehef Dated 7 June 1692. 
 
 Enclosing a debtor and creditor account concerning the prisoners. 
 3 pages. 
 
 June 8. 63. Letter signed " Nottingham," sending, by the Queen's com- 
 
 mand, to the Lords of the Treasury, a memorial from Col. Robert 
 Echlin, concerning money for the recruits and accoutrements of his 
 regiment, that they might give orders thereon. Dated 8 June 1692. 
 Part of a page {quarto). 
 
 June 9. 64. Order in Council, on the petition of William Scawen, of 
 
 London, merchant, and other owners of the " King William," yacht, 
 which came from Jamaica express, when the Earl of " Insiquin " 
 died, with a packet for their Majesties' service ; praying liberty for 
 the vessel, with nine seamen and three landsmen, to return and 
 bring home their effects ; referring the matter to the Com" of 
 Customs. Dated 9 June 1692. 
 The petition. 2 pages. 
 
 [About 65. Petition of Capt. Joseph .Bennett, of the Hon. Sir John 
 
 June 9.] Morgan's regiment of foot, to the Lords of the Treasury, .showing that 
 considerable arrears of pay were due to him for services in Ireland 
 in the late Col. Charles Herbert's regiment of foot, on which petition , 
 Mr. Fox had favourably reported ; praying that oOZ. might be paid 
 on account. 
 
 Minuted : — " 9*^ June '92. To be read when Mr. Fox is here." 
 1 page. 
 
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 June 10. 66. Report of Mr. Chas. Fox to the Lords of the Treasury, ou the 
 IDetition of Peter Daval, agent to the regiment of fooi under the 
 command of Brigadier la Malo:iier, advising the reimbursing the 
 agent for the sums paid by him. Dated 10 June 1692. 
 
 Minuted : — " 5^^ July, 92. Mr. Fox to put it on his memorial." 
 2 pages. 
 
 June 11. 67. Extract of a letter from the officer at Whitby, g'ving an 
 account of the chasing an English pink into Robin Hood Bay, by 
 five French privateers. The ship, when taken, was ransomed by the 
 master going on board one of the privateers until 200?. came to him 
 from Scarborough. They reported that they had 25 masters of shipson 
 board on the same account, and that they were on the coast to receive 
 their ransoms. It was suspected that they had great encouragement 
 from the Jacobites, who would gladly go on board them to France. 
 Dated June the 11th, 1692. ^ page. 
 
 June 13. 68. Certificate, signed Gr. Bo wen, testifying that their Majesties* 
 ketch, called the " Hart," of 10 guns, was taken by a privateer of 
 28 guns, 10 leagues from Padstow, being laden with imprest men, 
 bound to the fleet. She likewise took the " Blessing," of Broadham- 
 son, in which the privateer sent 106 men ashore. The privateers 
 had done great mischief on that coast, and took the best vessel of 
 the port of Padstow, called the " Hopewell." The [said] privateer 
 took, about 1 days before, five barques in sight of that port. 
 The masters prayed for some small frigates to clear the coast, there 
 being 14 privateers between that port and Ireland. Dated 13 June 
 1692. 1 page. 
 
 June 14. 69. Report of William Tailer, deputy surveyor, to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, on the petition of Mr. Edisbury, finding that there were 
 two leases granted to him and his brother Dr. John Edisbury ; the 
 one in 1683 of lead and coal mines in the hundred of Prestallyn, co. 
 Flint ; and the other, very lately, of copper or other metal, found 
 there. 40s. rent was reserved on the former, and 6s. 8cZ. on the 
 latter. A tenth of the clear profit was payable to the Crown, and the 
 prayer of the petition was, that their Lordships would admit of a 
 compos't'on for their Majesties' tenth part (or tenth dish as the 
 petition calls it). It seemed so uncertain and chargeable an under- 
 taking, that it was impossible to inform their Lordships what the 
 yearly value would amount to, and therefore he could not say what 
 was a reasonable composition for the tenth. The petitioner offered 
 50Z. as a fine ; but the surveyor left it to their Lordships' judgment 
 as to accepting it. Dated 14 June 1692. 
 Accompanied by the petition. 2 pages. 
 
 June 15. 70. " Necessaires de termino Pasche anno regni Gulielmi & Marite, 
 R^ & Regine quarto anno Domini 1692." 
 Also for Trinity Term following. 
 
 Tlie art'cles supplied are chiefly of the nature of stationery. 
 Trinity Term ended 15 June. 1 very long pmge. 
 
TREASURY PAPERS. 243 
 
 1692. 
 
 Vol. XVni. 
 
 [June 15.] 71. A bill of law charges for their Majesties' Comrs and Governors 
 of the revenue of heaTth-money, beginning Hilary Term, 1 691, to the 
 end of Trinity Term, 1692. 7 pages {half folio). 
 
 June 17. 72. Memorial of Mr. Aaron Smith to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 concerning the repair of the barns belonging to Benefield Farm, in 
 Noi-thamptonshire. Dated 17 June 1692. 
 
 Mimded : — " 20^^ June '92. The barns to be repair'd." 1 page. 
 
 June 17. 73. Memorial of Mr. Aaron Smith to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 praying their Lordships' directions touching the defending their 
 Majesties' tenants at Oatlands, late Sir Edw. Herbert's, against a 
 demand of tithes in kind, there being a composition or rate tithe 
 only due. Dated 17 June 1692. 
 
 Minuted :—" 20tii June '92. If pursu'd it must be defended." 
 1 page. 
 
 June 18. 74. Presentment of the Com'^^ of Customs to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, acquainting them that they had forwarded such adver- 
 tisements to the Com'^3 of the Admiralty, as they had received from 
 any of the ports of the appearance of any French privateers on the 
 coast, and that they had given direction to the officers of customs 
 in the out-ports to give advice directly to the Com^s of the 
 appearance of all sorts of ships and vessels before their ports, but 
 having received fresh complaints of continual depredations by the 
 French privateers near the shores and harbours of this kingdom, 
 and also of Ireland, they laid the same before their Lordships, 
 praying some remedy. Dated 18 June 1692. 1^ pages. 
 
 June 18. 75. Report of the Comi"3 of Customs in Ireland on the petition of 
 Elizabeth and James M'Cartney as to the balance due on the last 
 account of M'Cartney, and other mattevs of account ; and, further, 
 as to a seizure made of his property by Mr. Peter Knowles, his 
 successor in the collectorsbip of Belfast, after he was forced out of 
 the kingdom by the outrages of the Irish, under pretence that he 
 had run away in the late King's debt ; in favour of assisting them 
 in the recovery of what was due. Dated 18 June 1692. 
 
 Minuted : — " My Lords agree with the Coma's report, 14 Oct. 
 1692." 
 
 There are two other minutes, the last of which was " 30 Oct. '94. 
 The debt likewise to be discharged." 
 
 Also the petition. 1 page and 2 half pages. 
 
 June 18. 76. Eeport of the Comi's of Customs in Ireland on a petition of 
 Mr. Jemmett, collector of Londonderry, for extra allowance for 
 managing both the ports of Londonderry and Coleraine, for which 
 he had only received his usual salary as collector of Londonderry. 
 Dated 18 June 1692. 2 pages. 
 
 June 20. 77. Report of the Com^s of Customs to the Lords of the Trea- 
 sury, on the petition of Henry Brabant, one of the King's waiters 
 
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 in the port of London ; praying leave to surrender his office in 
 favour of Mr. Samuel Enos, testifying to his fitness for the office, 
 &e. Dated 20 June 1692. 
 
 Minuted : — " Granted." 
 
 Also three enclosures. 3|- pages. 
 
 June 21. 78. Report of the Com's of Customs to the Lords of the Trea- 
 sury, on the petition of the gentlemen, freeholders, and inhabitants 
 of the counties of Carmarthen, Pembroke, and Cardigan, praying for 
 the encouragement and support to be afforded them, as intended by 
 the Act for encouraging the exportation of corn, &c. The customs of 
 the port of Milford not being sufficient they prayed that the defi- 
 ciency might be made up from other ports ; advising that there was 
 " no rule, either in law or practice, to transport money from one 
 port to another to supply this occasion." Dated 21 June 1692, 
 
 Minuted :—" 27 June '92. My h'^ agree vf^^ this report." 
 
 Accompanied by the petition. 2 pages. 
 
 June 23. 79. Eeport of Abraham Yarner to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 laying before them a statement of what was done in relation to the 
 account of the Danish forces, and all other accounts relating to the 
 army. Dated 23 June 1692. 
 
 Minuted: — "27 June '92. Copys of these to be sent forthwith 
 to Mr Blathwait." 
 
 Another report on the same subject and of the same date. 
 4 2')ages. 
 
 June 27. 80. Two reports, both dated on the same day, of Lord Ranelagh 
 to the Lords of the Treasury, on the petition of Richard Alcock and 
 others, (1st) concerning the clothing of Col. Erie's regiment of foot, 
 and (2nd), concerning the clothing of Col. Beveridge's regiment of 
 foot, viz., as to the amount of off'-reckonings due. Both dated 
 27 June 1692. 
 
 Accompanied by three petitions. 5 pages. 
 
 June 27. 81. Report of the Lords of the Treasury to the Queen, on the 
 petition of Gilbert Heathcoat and Arthur Shallett, of London, 
 merchants, and upon the petition of John Lloyd, merchant, of 
 London, the former praying leave to redeem two ships laden with 
 Spatiish wine and soap, and the latter, to redeem the ship 
 " Adventure," and her lading of Portugal wine and oil ; all taken 
 by the French. Advising that permission be granted. Dated 
 27 June 1692. 
 
 Also seven enclosures. 
 
 Minuted: — " To be don." 8 pages. 
 
 June 27. 82. Report of E. Pauncfort on the petition of Robert Johnson 
 and othei's, which states that in their former petition 533?. 5s. 
 remained due to them, for equipage furnished by them, for the regi- 
 ment of horse under command of Col. Villiers : he thought it 
 reasonable that ihej should be satisfied. Dated 27 June 1692. 
 Also copy of the report alluded to. 
 Minuted :—" To be put on M"^ Fox's memorial." 2 pages. 
 
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 June 30. 83. Eeport of the Com'^sof Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 on the copy of an extract of a letter from Col. Nicholson, Lieutenant- 
 Governor of Virginia, to the Earl of Nottingham, touching the levy 
 of Id. a pound on tobacco carried from one plantation to another ; 
 and the oaths to be taken by the officers. Dated 30 June 1692.5 
 Also the said extract. 2 half pages. 
 
 June 31. 84 " Capt° PhDlips his case." 
 
 A paper so headed addressed to the Earl of Nottingham, Prin- 
 cipal Secretary of State ; showing that he was second engineer of 
 the company of miners and dismissed by Duke Schomberg's order ; 
 and the loss of 590!^. per ann. and near 650?. arrears had reduced 
 him extremely ; showing further that whilst he was stispended, he 
 went down to Portsmouth to put that place in a posture of defence, 
 the French being on the coast, and was sent thence to Cork and 
 Kinsale, &c., desiring he might have his arrears or his salary. 
 
 Minuted : — " 31 June 1692. Referred to the officers of the 
 Ordnance." 1^ pages. 
 
 Vol. XIX. 1692. July — Septembek. 
 
 1692. 
 
 July 1. 1. Letter of the Earl of Nottingham to the Lords of the 
 
 Treasury, stating that the Queen was informed that there was a 
 great mortality at Barbadoes and the Leeward Islands, suspected to 
 be the plague ; and telling them Her Majesty would have them give 
 directions for vessels from thence to make a quarantine. Dated 
 1 July 1692. 1 small quarto page. 
 
 [About 2. Petition of John Underwood, John Charters, Abraham 
 
 July 1.] Hackenbrook, Thomas Abrahams, and Edward Price, showing that 
 they had given credit to several of the Dutch "provoes," and 
 some of the officers, for meat, &c., since they came from Ireland, 
 and to their wives and families, whilst they were there, or they 
 must have perished ; and 70l. was due for the same, which Capfc. 
 Velt Hoven, Provost Marshal General to the Dutch forces, promised 
 to pay ; praying it might be stopped and paid to them, out of what 
 was to be paid to the Provost Marshal. Received 1 July 1692. 
 Minuted : — " Referred to my L<i Ranelagh." 1 page. 
 
 July 6. 3. Report of the Comrs of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury 
 
 upon a great variety of charges made against John Dutton Colt 
 Esq., collector of Bristol, of misconduct in his office. 
 
 They state that the evidence was very conflicting, and so they 
 laid the testimonies themselves before their Lordships. Dated 
 6 July 1692. 
 
 [The other papers which should accompany these, are not now 
 with them.] 10 pages. 
 
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 July 6. 4. Memorial of the Com^a of Excise to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 
 concerning cracked money received by the officers of excise, in 
 pursuance of an Order in Council, but refused to be received from 
 them by the officers of the Exchequer, amounting to 1,708^. 12s. Sd. ; 
 which when melted was of the value of ] ,329^ 7s. V^d., praying for 
 a warrant to allow the loss. Dated 6 July '92. 
 Minuted : — " Agreed." 1 page. 
 
 July 7. 5. Keport of the Com^s of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury 
 
 on the petition of David de Eery, merchant, advising that liberty 
 should be given to reship certain lead ; the ship having been 
 wrecked and the cargo landed. Dated 7 July 1692. 
 Minuted :—" 1 2 July '92. Agreed to." 
 [See 19 Apr. 1692 for another report on the same matter.] 
 Also the petition. 3 pages. 
 
 July 7. 6. Eeport of the Com^s of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury 
 
 on the petition of Cornelius Noortwick and Derrick Meyn, respecting 
 a certain commodity called " bars," 400 casks of which had been 
 imported, being of a similar nature to resin, which was prohibited to 
 be imported from Holland ; advising that it should be admitted. 
 Dated 7 July 1692. Also the petition. 
 
 Minuted : — " 12 July '92. Agreed to, provided there be nothing 
 in it of y growth or manufacture of France." 2^ pages. 
 
 July 10. 7. An attested copy of a letter of Lord Lucan, dated at Paris, 
 addressed to Mr. Geo. Clarke, begging him " to represent the matter 
 right " about certain ships and goods in which he was concerned, 
 which appear to have been seized as prizes, ia violation of some 
 agreement entered into by General Ginckell and the then Govern- 
 ment of Ireland. Dated 10 July 1692. 
 
 Minuted : — " My L<is agree to it, paying ye charges of ye officers 
 of ye prizes." 2 pages. 
 
 July 12. 8. Keport of the Com^s of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 on the petition of Richard Bere, officer of customs at Carlisle ; pray- 
 ing to be reimbursed 74^. 4s., laid out in pursuance of the directions 
 of the Earl of Shrewsbury, late Secretary of State, for subsisting Irish 
 prisoners in the garrison of Carlisle ; offering no objection to his 
 being reimbursed. Dated 12 July 1692. 
 
 Minuted: — " Agi-eed to, & ye mony to be p'J by M^ Fox to 
 M'Knight." 
 
 Three enclosures. 6 pages. 
 
 . July 15. 9. Report of Sir John Somers, Attorney-General, on the petition 
 of Elizabeth, Countess Dowager of Castle-Haven, praying for the 
 continuance of certain quit rents to the value of 500Z. per ann., and 
 that the Com^s for the Revenue in Ireland might grant process for 
 
 ■ levying those rents; recommending compliance with the prayer of 
 
 the petition. Dated 13 July 1692. 
 
 Minuted : — " To be sent to the Justices of Ireland, to know if 
 they have any objection to M^ Attorney's rep*." 
 
TREASURY PAPERS. 247 
 
 1692. ^«^- XIX. 
 
 Also the petition and copy of tliree certificates respecting the kind- 
 ness manifested by the Countess to the Protestants in Ireland. 
 5 pages. 
 
 July 15. 10. Eeport of Sir Christopher Wren to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 on the petition of Stephen Chase, chafe-wax to the Great Seal of 
 England, in favour of his claim of 75?. for rent, &c., his room being 
 useless during 12 years, from the ruin of the buildings of the Court 
 of Wards, at the end of Westminster Hall ; in favour of his claim. 
 Dated July 15, 1692. 
 
 Mintbted : — " To be paid by the paym^" of ye work, 1S^." 3 pages. 
 
 July 15. 11. Memorial of Peregrine Bertie, Esq., to the Lords of the Trea- 
 sury, showing that he had made a survey of the port of Bristol, and 
 delivered a report thereof in which he set forth certain frauds and 
 irregular practices in that port ; which report Mr. Colt, the collector 
 there, affirmed was malicious and false ; praying to be heard by 
 counsel. Signed P. Bertie. Dated 15 July 1692. 
 
 [See a report of the Com^^a of Customs, dated 6 July 1692, which 
 throws great light on the charges brought against Mr, Colt, 
 No. 3.] 1 page. 
 
 July 19. 12. Memorial of the Coma's for sick and wounded seamen and 
 exchange of prisoners at war to the Lords of the Treasury, earnestly 
 praying for payment of 3,612L 10s., for arrears, and for a supply for 
 the maintenance of near 400 French prisoners at several ports, which 
 would amount to about 70?. per week ; otherwise they would perish, 
 and the English in France would run the same fate. Dated 1 9 July 
 1692. 1 page. 
 
 July 19. 13. Report of the Com'^a of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 on the petition of John Yates, of Kingston-upon-HuU, who was 
 prosecuted in the Exchequer upon two bonds, given not to send a 
 ship and her lading to France, which ship was afterwards taken 
 there ; certifying that he was so weakened in his ci-edit by his im- 
 prisonment, &c., that there was little prospect of recovering anything 
 out of his estate. Dated 19 July 1692. 
 
 Minuted : — " The Lds do not think fitt to stop process." 
 
 Accompanied by five enclosures. 7 pages. 
 
 [About 14. Proposal of Francis Molyneux, Wm. Woollet, Wm. Willcox, 
 
 July 19.] and others, concerned in clothing the regiment of horse commanded 
 by Col. Francis Langston, to advance 4,000?., provided their Lord- 
 ships would strike tallies on three fourths of the customs for 
 their debt of 3,235?. 4s., and the 4,000?. on the quarterly poll. 
 
 Minuted :—" July 19, 1692. Agreed by the Lords," &c. 1 page 
 {quarto). 
 
 July 20. 15. Report of the Comr^ of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 on the petition of John Harrison, master of the ship " Elizabeth 
 aud Mary," o-oing to Oporto ; stating that notwithstanding a protec- 
 tion from the Admiralty four of his men were pressed from him 
 in the Downs into their Majesties' service by the " St. xVlban's," 
 
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 prize, in consequence of wliich he was unable to get English hands, 
 the convoy being just ready to sail ; not objecting to relief being 
 given. Dated 20 July 1C92. 
 
 Minuted : — " Agreed to." 
 
 Also the i^etition, and an affidavit. 2 pages and 2 halves. 
 
 July 20. 16. Report of Charles Fox, Esq., one of the Paymasters-General of 
 the forces in Ireland to the Lords of the Treasury, on the petition 
 of Elizabeth Danvers, Avidow, executrix of Capt. Michael Miller (of 
 Sir Henry Ingoldsby's regiment of foot) ; who was killed at the 
 Newry, in Ireland, viz., as to the claim made by her for his pay. 
 Dated 20 July 1692. 
 
 Minuted:—" She must stay till y^ acc*s of the reg™* be 
 adjusted." 
 
 The Report is on the back of the pietition ; there are also four 
 certificates relating thereto. 6 j^ages (quarto). 
 
 July 21. 17. Presentment by the Comics of Customs to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, respecting the arrangements for the observance of quaran- 
 tine in the River Thames ; expressing their apprehension that 
 sufficient caution was not exercised, in distinguishing ships from 
 the West Indies from others in the impressment of seamen, and 
 praying to know whether the order for performing quarantine might 
 not extend to ships from Jamaica, as well as the other islands, 
 commonly called the Leeward Islands, as they were informed that 
 the sickness and mortality was at Jamaica as well as the Leeward 
 Islands. Dated 21 July 1692.. 
 
 Minuted : — " A ketch order'd as is desir'd, y<' Com^s of the Cus* 
 to give an ace* of the information they have of y^ mortality in 
 Jamaica." 
 
 There is also a proposal for an effectual execution of the quaran- 
 tine by the appointment of certain ships, &c., between the Essex 
 and Kentish coasts. 1-^ pages. 
 
 July 22. 18. Report of the Comics of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury 
 on the petition of Thomas Tyndale, praying for the place of one of 
 the patent waiters in the port of Bristol ; certifying that he was 
 qualified for the same. Dated 22 July 1692. 
 Also the petition. Tvjo half pxiges. 
 
 July 22. 19. Paper, docquetted : — " Coppy of my Lord Melforts lettre to 
 Mons'" de Pont Chartrain." 
 
 The writer [who was secretary to King James the Second] had 
 previously written in favour of Geraldine (or Gerardin) but that 
 letter was not to be considered in opposition to the claim of Butts, 
 the English commissary. The Lord Lucan had shown the writer 
 the article in the capitulation of Limerick, referring to the transport 
 of the Irish troops into France ; and the King did not wish to give 
 any advantage to his enemies by infringing the terms of the capitu- 
 lation. The claim of Butts is therefore to be strictly discharged, 
 and he is to be treated well by the officers of justice, when engaged 
 upon his affairs at Nantes. 
 
 Dated at St. Germain- en- Laye, 22 July 1692. {French) IQ\ 
 pagc.^. 
 
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 July 22. 20. Letter of the Conies of Farthings addressed to the Lords of 
 the Treasurj', acquainting them with a grant made to Mrs. Bridget 
 Darcy of 400^. per ann. to be paid by tliem requesting their Lord- 
 sliips' directions before they made any payment. Dated 22 July 1692. 
 Minuted : — " The lA^ do agree to y'^ paym* & a letter to be sent 
 to y® Comrs accordingly." 1 ^ag'e. 
 
 July 25. 21. Report of the officers of the Mint to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 concerning the proposals of the governor and comjiany of copper 
 miners for the coining of pence, half-pence, and farthings for 
 England, Ireland, and the plantations, of English copper, after the 
 rate of 2s. for each pound weight " Haverdnpoiz," for the term of 
 five years, they paying annually 2,500?. and advancing the tir,gt year's 
 rent ; and their coinage to be limited during that term to 500 tons, 
 stating that copper had the preference of other base metal for making 
 such small coins ; that the produce of 500 tons would amount to 
 112,000L; that the proposers might coin with advantage, at the 
 rate of 22d the pound weight, and include the whole charge of 
 coinage and the proposed rent of 2,500?. per ann. if they could vend 
 such a quantity ; that the governor and company should be obliged to 
 make their coins from the ore of one or more mines in England or 
 Wales ; that the standard be equal in fineness to the copper, whereof 
 the Swedish money was made ; that copper be assayed ; that books 
 of accounts be kept by their tellers of what quantities of copper 
 coins were made, and that their proposed coins might not be imposed 
 in payments but only permitted to pass in voluntary exchanges. 
 Dated 25 July 1692. 
 Also the proposals. 3 pages (one quarto). 
 
 July 25. 22. " An abstract of Brigadier Steuarts pretensions," before the 
 Lords of ths Treasury, showing that there was 434<1?. 10s. lie?, due 
 to him for military services in Ireland, Dated (on the back) "July 
 ye 25tli '92." 
 
 Accompanied by a copy of a memorial from him, offering to 
 procure an advance of 4,000?. upon the land or poll tax ; provided he 
 might have tallies thereon, or upon any other good funds. The 
 memorial was dated 22 June 1692. 2 pages. 
 
 July 26. 23. A paper containing memoranda of loans under different heads. 
 Part of a page. 
 
 July 27. 24. Memorial of the Com's for sick and wounded seamen, &c., 
 to the Lords of the Treasury, reminding them of previous memorials j 
 earnestly iutreating immediate consideration. 
 
 With the following postscript : — 
 
 "Since the above written, we have advice of about I50 French 
 prisoners added to our charge, and every day more expected." Dated 
 27 July 1692. 1 page. 
 
 July 27. 25. Copy of warrant to Sir Robert Howard, Knt., Auditor of the 
 Receipt of the Exchequer, requiring him to cause the principal 
 
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 sums comprehended iathe annexed list, amounting to 374,901^. 6s. od. 
 to be repaid to the several persons who had lent the same out of the 
 three last quarterly payments of the poll money, together with 
 interest at 6 per cent, out of the one-fourth of the customs unappro- 
 priated. Dated 27 July 1692. 
 
 A list of the persons who had advanced the loans. 4 pages. 
 
 July 28. 26. Report of the Com^^^ of Customs to the Lords of the Treasurj-, 
 on the petition of Charles Hanbury, one of the King's waiters in the 
 port of London ; praying to be allowed to surrender his office in 
 favour of Mr. Henry Esday. Dated 28 July 1692. 
 Minuted : — " Granted." 
 Two enclosures. 1 page and 2 halves. 
 
 July 29. 27. Report of the Com™ of Customs to the Lords of the Trea- 
 sury, on the petition of Robert Heysham and Thomas Merret, of 
 London, merchants, to Her Majesty and the Lords of the Privy 
 Council ; praying the shortening of quarantine to two ships which 
 had arrived from Barbadoes ; stating that the crews looked well. 
 Dated 29 July 1692. 
 
 Minuted : — " My L'^s can doe nothing in it till a fall Board." 
 
 Also the petition. 2 pages. 
 
 Aug. 1. 28. Letter from the Duchess of Cleveland to the Lords of the 
 
 Treasury, stating that she had waited with a great deal of patience 
 for her payments from the Post Office, and was forced by the 
 clamours of her creditors to remind their Lordships of her claims. 
 Dated 1 Aug. 1692. 
 
 Minuted : — " This matter was ordered on deliberation of the 
 whole Board, therefore the Lords do not think fit to consider of 
 any alteration of it tiU the Board is full." 1 page {quarto). 
 
 Aug. 5. 29. Report of the Com"^" of the Revenue of Ireland on the peti- 
 
 tion of Mr. Francis Babe, Surveyor-General of the Inland Excise 
 and other papers transmitted therewith, expressing their belief 
 that after the victory of the Boyne he contributed to secure the 
 Custom House in Dublin and divers other offices, and the books 
 and papers, which contributed much to their Majesties' service, and 
 that on their arrival there they found him very ready and forward 
 to assist them, wherefore they confirmed him in his employment as 
 surveyor-general, and further speaking highly of the discharge of 
 his duties. Dated 5 Aug. 1692. 
 
 Accompanied by four petitions, and some other papers relating 
 thereto. 16 pages. 
 
 Aug. 8. 30. Report of the [Com^s] of Ordnance to the Lords of the Trea- 
 
 sury on the proposal made in behalf Sir Polycarpus Wharton. They 
 state that the office of Ordnance was alleged to be indebted 7,000L 
 to him, but they found there was not due to him (imprests 
 deducted) more than 2,000?. ; there was, however, one imprest of 
 3, 000 J., which had lain long in his hands. He had been at great 
 expense in repairs and providing materials, more particularly under 
 
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 1692. Vol. XIX. 
 
 a contract of 1687, for 11 years, obliging him to serve the stores 
 with 1,200 barrels of powder annually; which he performed till they 
 had no saltpetre to deliver to him. The Comics represent the neces- 
 sity there was to keep the mills at work during the war, as they 
 made no less than half the powder of England, and they believed 
 that without some encouragement, Sir Polycarpus miist dismiss his 
 men and let the mills. It would be no small encouragement if the 
 7,000?. desired were paid into the hands of the Treasurer of the 
 Ordnance, on his account. Dated 8 Aug. 1692. 
 
 Minuted:— "9^^ Sept. '92. To be laid before my L^s on Wenes- 
 day next." 
 
 A letter of Sir Polycarpus Wharton, in explanation of or reply 
 to the report, and two other papers relating thereto. 4 pages. 
 
 Aug. 10. 31. Keport of the Lords of the Treasury to the Queen, stating 
 that they had considered the petition of John St. Leger, Esq., and 
 the report of the Lord Lieutenant thereupon, in which it appeared 
 that the petitioner's estate in Ireland had suffered by the rebels 
 there, to the value of above 6,000Z., and himself and family were 
 reduced to great necessities ; he further prayed for a grant of the con- 
 cealments he could discover, to repair his losses, reserving one-fom-th 
 to the Crown ; expressing their opinion that what moneys should be 
 discovered and recovered, by aid of the Exchequer, should be paid 
 into the Exchequer in Ireland, and one- third be reserved to the 
 Crown, and the residue be issued, as royal bounty to the petitioner, 
 for his services and sufferings. Dated 10 Aug. 1692. 
 
 Accompanied by the report of the Lord Lieut, of Ireland, and the 
 petition referred to. 
 
 Minuted: — "8 Sept. '92. The King hath appointed a generall 
 commission to enquire into aU forfeitures, & therefore this must bee 
 respited, till it bee scene whether these forfeitures bee in the returne 
 of that commission." 4 pages. 
 
 Aug. 11. 32. Report of the Comics of Excise to the Lords of the Treasury 
 on the petition of Richard Price, executor of Ambrose Thelwell, 
 certifying their Lordships that Tlielwell having been a collector of 
 excise in Hertford and Bedford, had returned his money by Willm. 
 Barber, a maltster at Luton, who usually returned the excise money 
 for preceding collectors ; and that in the year 1688, Barber having 
 received 6031. from Thelwell, and not paid the same at the Excise 
 Office, Thelwell seized his estate, which realised 249?. Is. lO^d.; 
 the remainder being due, besides 163?. 17s. 5^c?. ; advising that 
 353?. 18s. l^c? be allowed on the account. Dated 11 Aug. 1692. 
 Minuted : — " My Lords do not agree to this report." 2 pages. 
 
 Aug. 12. 33. Report of "William Tailer, deputy surveyor, made to the 
 Lords of the Treasury, on the memorial of Mr. Bickerstaffe ; finding 
 that the like request was made to King Charles II. in 1668, by 
 the Lord Herbert of Cherbury, who desired a lease of such mines, 
 minerals, coal-mines, and quarries, as he should discover in the 
 
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 county of Merioneth, on which the Attorney General and Surveyor 
 General reported favourably on 16 May 16C8. He was uncertain if 
 any grant -was obtained, but the contrary was alleged, and suggested 
 that a lease in such general terms as was then advised might be 
 granted to the proposer, but the offer of a thirteenth part was less 
 than usual. He had known a sixth joart reserved, and never less 
 than a tenth, as was then made payable on lead and ore, in the 
 county of Flint, by Dr. Edisbury. 
 
 He had also reported that day on the petition of the Earl of 
 Macclesfield, wherein the same mines were desired. Dated 12 Aug. 
 '92. 
 
 Mimded : — " To stay till my L"^ Macclesfield's rep* is brought in. 
 9th Sept. 
 
 " To be laid before y^ Queen when D^^ Ed. Seymour is here. 25 
 Oct. '92. 
 
 Accompanied by the memorial. 2 jjat/es.. 
 
 Aug. 15. S'i. State of the case of the "Henry" of London, which was 
 seized in Ireland by the agent to the Commissioners for 
 prizes, and by him delivered to Lieut.-Gen. Sarsfield's agent 
 at Dublin, upon security of 1,700Z. for payment of the value 
 of the ship and goods. Dated 1.5 -A^ug. 1692. 1 2Jage. 
 
 Aug. IQ. 35. Letter signed G. Boothe [to the Lords of the Treasury], 
 inclosing the petition of John Fisher and James Ammoud, reporting 
 that the petitioners did belong to the smack, which was 
 carrying the Lord Preston, &c. into France ; and in many parti- 
 culars showed their zeal for their Majesties' service. Dated IG Aug. 
 1692. 
 
 Minuted : — "To be considered out of the first money that shall 
 come into y« Exchequer, out of y^ 1,^ Preston's estate. 
 
 The petition is not now with it. 23 Aug. 1692. 1 j^^a^e. 
 
 Aug. 18. 36. Report of the Commissioners of Sewers for Sussex on the 
 petition of Robert Colepeper, gent., setting forth that the 
 lands mentioned in the petition contained several thousand acres 
 of which the jietitioner had about 50 ; 5,000 acres or more were an- 
 ciently very low brook lands, or moors adjacent to the river of 
 Rother, and long before the reign of Henry VIII. "sewed" into the 
 sea at Rumney, through Rumney Marsh, distant from Rye towards 
 the north-east several miles. The harbour of Rye then and now 
 ought to lie on the west side of Eye town, towards Winchelsea, but 
 the sea breaking suddenly into a small sewer between Guildford 
 Marsh and some low brook lands near the town of Rye, on the south- 
 east side, flowed several miles up into the counties of Kent and Sussex, 
 and drowned several thousand acres of land, and by the violent flux 
 and reflux of the sea far up into the country formed a channel on 
 the east side of the town of Rye ; and thereupon the inhabitants of 
 Rye and their western neighbours began to divide and share the 
 harbour by " inning " or embanking several parts thereof from the 
 sea. This increased the flow of the channel and made it more easy 
 
TREASURY PAPERS. 253 
 
 1692. 
 
 Vol. XIX. 
 
 to gain more land out of the harbour, wliicli the inhabitants did not 
 omit to do ; and thereby left little more than a channel, now called 
 Rye ferry. Aftei-wards the owners of the drowned lands gained 
 them from the sea, and in 1C27 tliere was not 18 inches of water at 
 ebb tide, where Eye town would then have a harbour, instead of 
 their own harbour, which lay on the other side of the town. When 
 the drowned lands were regained from the sea and the harbour of 
 Rye sliut off from the sea, the sea lodged so much "sleech or slubb " 
 in the Rother, as soon stopped the sewer thereof; and thereupon the 
 Rother rose to tliat height that it surrounded 3,000 acres with fresh 
 water. This alarmed the country, as well to recover the drowned 
 lands as to preserve the 2,000 other acres of land, then decaying, 
 and in danger of being lost, and thereupon several " indraughts " or 
 receptacles were made to receive the salt as well as the fresh water 
 at convenient times to be issued forth, both together, violently on a 
 bare channel so as to maintain a depth and breadth sufficient to 
 " sew " the said lands ; and whilst the indraughts had any good 
 effect the channel was of some tolerable depth, but the sea in 
 time lodged so much slubb or sleech in the " indraughts," that it 
 became feazable to make dry land of the same, and to preserve the 
 sewer of the river of Rother also. And thereupon the country was 
 at vast charge in designing the recovery of the one and the preserva- 
 tion of the other. The town of Rye foreseeing that they might lose 
 the channel, exhibited a petition to King Charles the Second, 
 and His Majesty was satisfied that the town of Eye had no pretence 
 for a harbour on the east side of the town, which was formerly 
 firm land, and part was meadow or " brook " land, and given by the 
 Abbot of Roberts-Bridge to the corporation of Rye. The deed of 
 grant among the records at Rye, was not many years before jDerused, 
 and they conceived that His Majesty was satisfied by the Governor of 
 Dover Castle that no chai-ge or art could make a convenient harbour 
 at Rye, to receive either men-of-war or merchant ships. And the 
 Com"^^ of Sewers shut the sea out of a level called Wittersham Level, 
 for which the owners of the upper levels had for many years paid 
 over 3,000Z. per aim., and they had embanked nearly all that 
 level. One end of Wittersham Level lay near the channel, on 
 the east of the town, and the sea, by agreement between the owners 
 of Wittersham Level and of the upper level (decreed in Chancery) 
 being let into part of Wittersham Level, as an indraught, soon blew 
 up all walls and drowned the whole level, and by the flux and 
 reflux of the sea over that level, for about 50 years, the town of Rye 
 during that time had the conveniency of that channel, &c. The 
 town of Rye ought to consider that their harbour was and ought to 
 be on the west of their town, and to consider the means to retreive 
 their harbour, and not to imagine the drowning a country which had 
 been at several hundred thousand pounds charge, to secure itself 
 from being drowned. The country had also been at great charge to 
 procure the famous Mons. le Phiu, (the surveyor of the Fen Level in 
 Lincolnshire,) to take a journey to view these levels and works. 
 The Com"^ further thought it not requisite for the security of the 
 
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 country to consult new surveyors about projects of navigation, and 
 forts which no law obliged them to undertake ; and they conceived 
 the petition and the two certificates were altogether " projectory " 
 and would never tend to the service of the public. Dated 18 Aug. 
 1692. 
 
 Minuted ;— " 5^'^ Octo. 1692. Nothing to be done." 
 Accompanied by the petition and the certificates of the Mayor and 
 jurats of Rye, and the Mayor and jurats of Hastings, in relation to 
 the said harbour. The former is in favour of Robert Colepeper's 
 scheme, and states they " make no doubt but the navigable cliannel, 
 proposed by Robert Colepeper, gent., will soon render that harbour 
 very serviceable to men-of-war to defend the coast and other navi- 
 gation and be presented safe and fit to be done by a jury ; " without 
 which the town would soon be undone, and the navigation both of 
 these countries and the kingdom much damnified, &c. 3 pages, 2 of 
 them large brief size. 
 
 Aug. 19. 87. Report of the Comrs of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury 
 stating that they had nothing to object to the grant of the oflfice of 
 collector of the woollen cloth and petty customs prayed for by 
 Nicholas Hardy. Dated 19 Aug. 1692. 
 
 Minuted :— " Granted." 
 
 Also two enclosures. 4| pages. 
 
 Aug. 23. 38. Report of Sir John Somers, Attorney-General, addressed to 
 the Lords of the Treasury, on the petition of William Williams, 
 gent., respecting the lordship and town of Haverfordwest, in the 
 county of Pembroke, which the petitioner claimed by assignment 
 from the trustees for the city of London, and respecting the rent 
 reserved to the Crown, &c. Dated 23 Aug. 1692. 
 
 Accompanied by tlie petition and a schedule containing " A true 
 coppy of the severall rents as they stand charged in the view books 
 & records " in the office of the auditor of Wales, " as alsoe an 
 ace* of what rents are reserved to the Crowne out of the grants 
 made to the trustees for the citty of London." 
 
 This was sent to Sir John Somers, Kjit., Solicitor-General, and is 
 gathered from a letter dated 29 Feb. 1691-2, written at the end of 
 the schedule. 
 
 Minuted : — " The L'^s cannot alter ye charge." 9 pages and 2 
 halves. 
 
 Aug. 23. 39. Order in Council on the petition of Thomas Taylder and Avice 
 his wife, who were tried at the assizes in Cornwall for fraudulently 
 and deceitfully persuading one Gertrude Crowgie, widow, who was 
 then " languishing," to seal a certain deed in their favour ; the peti- 
 tioners allege that although the evidence was not sufficient, yet it 
 beinfj urged by the counsel against them that they were fanatics 
 and frequenters of conventicles, the judge directed the jury to find 
 them guilt}', which they did, and the said Thomas had remained in 
 prison for four years. 
 
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 The order refers the matter to the judges, who go the Western 
 Circuit, to report to this " Board." Dated 2 June 1692. 
 
 There are divers minutes on the back in relation to it, one of 
 which, on 14 Oct. 1692, states that my Lords have no objection to 
 the judges' report. 
 
 Also the petition. 
 
 Further Order of Council, on 23 Aug. 1692, transmitting a report 
 in favour of the petitioners, by Mr. Baron Turton, who tried the 
 case, to the Lords of the Treasury for their opinion. 
 
 The copy of the report and a petition of Arthur Newman, gent, 
 who married the only daughter of Gertrude Crowgie ; praying for 
 time to bring up his witnesses. 4| j^ja^fes. 
 
 Aug. SO. 40. Memorial of the Comics for sick and wounded seaman, &c., 
 to the Lords of the Treasury, stating that the French prisoners 
 multiplied daily, and the countries where they were subsisted re- 
 fused " further to run in score ;" they were continually oppressed 
 with clamours ; 500 seamen had arrived from France, whose freight 
 with contingencies must presently be paid ; the arrears on 24 June 
 were 3,612?. 10s., of which they had received but 1,500Z. ; the charge 
 since had risen to above 100?.. a week ; there was no money to pay 
 the weekly subsistence of the prisoners, nor any credit ; 470?. 14s. id. 
 was due for the Savoy prisoners, in which several poor families were 
 concerned, one of which was reduced to that low ebb that (if not 
 kindly prevented) he would in mere despair of his share, have 
 " liquidated all his acct^ in the river of Thames, &c." Dated 30 Aug. 
 1692. 1 page. 
 
 Aug. 30. 41. Letter of Henry Guy, to the Com'^s fop managing the revenues 
 in Ireland, enclosing the Order of Council, which referred to the 
 Lords of the Treasury, the petition of James Clarke of Dublin, 
 merchant, as to certain barrels of salt taken from the petitioner at 
 Waterford, for the use of the army, for which he sought payment : 
 for the report of the Com^a. Dated 30 Aug. 1692. 
 
 Minuted: — "Report: 4th Oct. 93. My lA^ can doe nothing 
 in it." 3 pages. 
 
 Auo-. 31. 42. Presentment by the Coma's of Customs to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, seeking that the Comrs of Revenue for Ireland should be 
 directed to transmit an account of what tobacco was landed from 
 any port of England. Dated 31 Axxg. 1692. 
 
 Minuted : — " A letter to bee written accordingly into Ireland." 
 1 page. 
 
 Aug, 31. 43- Memorial of the Comrs of Customs to the Lords of the Trea- 
 sury, layino- before them the state of the account between the 
 officers of the Customs and the East India Company, seeking that 
 speedy remedy- might be taken on their bonds. Dated 31 Aug. 
 1692. 
 
 Also the state of account. 3^ pages. 
 
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 Feb.- Aug. 4-t. Three acquittances given by His Excellency Col. Kendall, 
 and two by Patrick Mein, to Edwin Stede, Esq., their Majesties' 
 Commissioner, of the duty of 4i fier cent, arising and to be collected 
 in the island of Barbadoes, upon the receipt of moneys for salary of 
 the Colonel, and ; of sugars, &c. to be disposed of to pay the 
 Duke of Bolton's regiment, in the Carribee Islands, under the com- 
 mand of Col. Henry Holt. Dated between Feb. and Aug. 1692. 
 pages. 
 
 Aug. 4.5. Report of Mr. Chas. Fox to the Lords of the Treasury, on the 
 
 petition of Edmund Maud (in the petition the name is " Maund "), 
 administrator to his brother George Maud, late a quarter master in 
 the royal regiment of horse, praying payment of what was due to 
 his brother when he was killed [in Ireland]. Dated August 1692. 
 
 Written on tlie back of the petition. 
 
 Minuted : — " To be considered when ye acc*^ of ye Regim' are 
 adjusted." 2 pages. 
 
 Sept. 1. 46. Order of Her Majesty in Council, on the petition of Edmund 
 Prideaux, Henry Ustick, and Matthew Remington, Esqrs., praying 
 for a privy seal upon a warrant granting them one-third of all such 
 moneys as should be recovered of divers persons, who formerly levied 
 several sums of money upon dissenters, in cases of recusancy, &c., 
 and did not pay the same into the Exchequer ; approving the 
 report of the Lords of the Treasury, which was adverse to the 
 grant to the above petitioners, and recommended the employment 
 of Thomas Baker and Peter Stepkins, who were early in the dis- 
 covery of these concealments, and that others should be employed 
 in the same manner. Her Majesty further recommended to the 
 Lords of the Treasury the above petitioners in addition, for the 
 employment. Dated 1 Sept. 1092. 
 
 Minuted: — "5th Octo. 1692. Mr. Prideaux et al., to attend 
 Friday afternoon next." 1 page. 
 
 Sept. 6. 47. Report of Sir J. Somers, Attorney-General, to the Lords of 
 the Treasury, on the petition of Mi-. Richard Reed, heir-at-law to 
 Richard Reed, late of Gubberhill, in the county of Gloucester, de- 
 ceased, who was a papist seised of a house and lands of about 
 SOL a year value, and made a lease to his niece Mrs. Ann Brent, 
 for 21 years, on the expiration of which the petitioner entered ; after 
 which it was found by inquisition that the premises were con- 
 veyed by the said Richard Reed, to the use of the nuns of the 
 English monastery at Cambray, and were seized into the King's 
 hands as forfeited, being settled to unlawful and superstitious uses : 
 the report states that the petitioner insists that neither of the two 
 deeds mentioned are real, but set up to defeat him, being a Protes- 
 tant heir of the estate ; and that he prayed he might have a grant 
 of what title the King might have by the inquisition. Dated 6 Sept. 
 1692. 
 Accompanied by the petition. 
 
 Minuted : — " 14 Octo. 1692. Agree with Mr. Atturney's Report." 
 4 pages. 
 
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 1692. 
 
 Vol. XIX. 
 
 Sept. 6. 48. Petition of John, Eai-1 of Bath, to the Queen, showing that he 
 had fsurrendered liis patent, for the ofRce of groom of the stole and 
 first gentleman of the bed-chaniher, with a pension of 5,000?. ^^cr 
 ann., &c., and had released the erown from a debt of 20,000?., in 
 consideration whereof he had had a new patent granted him for 
 continuing the pension, under which he liad received the same 
 until Lady Day then last, when it was stopped by the new Commis- 
 sioners. Praying that he might have what was justly due to him. 
 Signed : — " Bathe." 
 
 Mimited: — "6 Sept. '92. The stop shall not do him any re all 
 prejudice, but at this time the monej' cannot be spared." 1 page. 
 
 [About 49. Petition of the Governor of the charity for relief of the 
 
 Sept. 7.] poor widows and children of clergymen, addressed to the King and 
 Queen, showing that King Charles II., in 1678, had erected a cor- 
 poration for the relief of widows and children of clergymen, and 
 that 240 decayed widows were then, though not proportionably, 
 relieved ; and that there were many more whom they were not able 
 to relieve ; also showing that Dame Mary Huddlestone, late of the 
 Strand, in the liberty of the duchy of Lancaster, widow, deceased, 
 by her will had left the residue of her property to Gabriel Cox, of 
 St. Paul's, Covent Garden, in trust for such poor " ancient people " 
 as he thought most wanted it ; that Cox is a Papist convict, and 
 believed to be in France, and that a considerable part of the estate 
 lay in a chest in a tradesman's house, in the liberty of the duchy. 
 Pra3'ing it might be applied to the above charity. 
 
 Mimded: — " 7 Sept. '92. Referred to Mr. Aaron Smith, to in 
 quire and certify how this matter of fact stands, and if he have a 
 case to attend Mr. Attorney or Mr. Solicitor for their opinions." 
 1 page, torn. 
 
 [About 50. Particulars of 193?. 14.s. 3c?., furnished by the Comi-s of the 
 
 Sept. 8.] victualling to Col. Trelawneys regiment in the Downs. 
 
 And for 16?. 5s. 8(?. for hay and oats, at Deal, in their passage 
 from Portsmouth to Ostend. 
 
 And for 148?. 2.s. Qd. for 840 men and 40 horses, of the same 
 regiment, in the same passage. 
 
 Also particulars of the following sums charged, viz., 177?. 16s. Q\d. 
 for provision for 800 men of the Lord Castleton's regiment, in their 
 passage to Holland. 
 
 114?. 14s. Qd. for brandy casks, with charges thereon, and in 
 shipping 420 soldiers for the Leeward Islands. 
 
 4,917?. 16s. 2(:?. for provisions furnished the several regiments 
 shipped from the Kiver Thames. 
 
 347?. 2s. 5f?. for provisions furnished Col. Erie's regiment, in their 
 passage from Plymouth to Ostend. 
 
 255?. 3s. 6c?. for stabling and water casks, for 30 ships, sent to 
 Cork and Waterford, to bring horse to Bristol. 
 
 142?. 10s. for pilotage to 31 vessels, from the Downs to Ostend, 
 having the Danes on board which they brought from Ireland, and 
 861?. 8s. 8c?. for provisions for the said Danes. 
 
 " Received and sworue to Septem' the S^i^ 1692." 1 2 p)ages. 
 
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CALENDAR OF 
 
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 1 ()!)2. 
 
 f?Abont 51. " The perticulars of sallaryes paid to February 1691-2. 
 
 Sept. 8.] [Transport Office.]" 
 
 On tlte dorse is : — " Received and Rworne to, September ye 8, 
 
 1G92." 1 2Mge. 
 
 Sept. lo. 52. Letter signed Jo. Cope, addressed to Henry Guy, Esq., at the 
 Treasury Chambers at Whitehall, as to the stoppage of payments 
 ordered by them upon dormant warrants ; requesting he may be 
 paid liis ground-rent of tlie custom-house forthwitli. Dated " Little 
 Chelsey," 13 Sept. 1692. 1 par/e. 
 
 Sept. 14. 53. Presentment by the Com'-'*' of Tran,sportation to the Lords of 
 the Treasury, setting forth their requirements ; viz., 2,888?. for 
 agents' bills at Bristol, for provisions for 2,000 Irish carried to Ham- 
 burgh ; 375?.. to the Scotch masters that victualled and brought 
 three regiments of foot from Leith ; 760?. for a month's fi-eight to 
 the same, who went on the expedition from Portsmouth; 1,145?. 
 to the masters of ships who brought three regiments from Holland ; 
 895?. to 13 ships hired in Holland by the month, some to carry pro- 
 visions to Portsmouth and others to carry horse to Holland, at 10s. 
 per month per ton ; 1,005?. to masters that carried 402 horses to 
 Holland ; 467?. 19.s. for freight of four ships attending the em- 
 barkation of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, &c ; 12,000?. for 
 transports, the agents in Flanders acquainting them that 40 sail 
 with stores of war were ordered to Newport, arid 40 more of the 
 largest to Rammekins in Zealand, and stating that the agents by 
 the Earl of Portland's order passed their word for payment of 
 the pilotage of tliose ships, and for the freight of " Billanders " that 
 landed stores, &c. ; and 1,068?. 15s. for half a month's freight of 12 
 ships hired to carrv horses to Holland that went as far as the buoy 
 of the Nore, &c. Dated 14 Sept. '92. 2^ jyages. 
 
 Sept. 19. 54. Report of Mr. Charles Fox to the Lords of the Treasury, on 
 the petition of Capt. Tho. Brown, late a lieutenant in the company 
 of fusileers, and the company of miners, and then going a captain 
 in Col. John Foulkse's regiment to the West Jndies, praying for 
 arrears of his pay Dated 19 Sept. 1692. 
 
 . Minuted : — " Hee shall bee paid as far as the regiment where hee 
 now is, & his arreares as the others are jiaid." And in another 
 place, " My L. Ranelagh to pay w* is due to him ujDon ye English 
 establishm*, if he have no objection thereunto." 
 
 A.ccompanied by two petitions and a duplicate of the second. 4.J 
 2Mges. 
 
 [About 55. Petition of Abrahani Yarner, Esq., Muster-master General of 
 
 Sept. 19.] the forces in Ireland, showing that he had received 100?. for the 
 journeys he had taken to England, and his attendance there, and 
 that of his clerks, but the work proved more laborious than was 
 expected ; occupying him and five able assistants, and could not 
 be completed under two months. Desiring a further sum. 
 
 Minuted: — " 19 Sept. '92. To give an account wha this extra- 
 ordinary expences are." 1 jja^/e. 
 
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 1692. Vo^- XIX- 
 
 Sept. 20. 56. Keport of the Coma's of Customs to tlie Lords of the Trea- 
 sury, on tlie petition of Capt. Berenzone, commander of the " St. John 
 tlie Baptist," from Geneva, seized under the Navigation Act, ex- 
 pressing the opinion that the' case might admit of a favourable 
 consideration, and that the ship might depart with lier lading, &c. 
 Dated 20 Sept. 1692. 
 Minuted :—" Granted." 
 Also the petition and an affidavit. 2 pages and 2 halves. 
 
 Sept. 21. 57. Memorial by the Comi''^ for sick and wounded seamen and 
 exchange of prisoners to tlie Lords of the Treasury, relating to the 
 charge of sick and wounded seamen put on shore at Barbadoes and 
 the Leeward Islands. Dated 21 Sept. 1G92. 1 ^^o^ge. 
 
 Sept. 21. 58. Presentment by the Comi'^ for Transportation to the Lords of 
 the Treasury, for the following suma, viz., 2,888^. for agents' bills, 
 at Bristol, for provisions for 2,000 Irish, carried to Hamburgh ; 
 760Z. for a month's freight advanced to the Scotch masters, who 
 brought three regiments of foot, and were then gone on the ex- 
 pedition from Portsmouth, [ilinuted : — " To bee p"! when they 
 return."] 
 
 1,145L to the masters of ships who brought three regiments from 
 Holland ; 1,005?. for masters who carried to Holland 402 horses. 
 [Minided .— " By 300 a week ; "] 
 
 467 for freight of ships attending the embarkation of the Lord 
 Lieutenant of Ireland ; 12,497/. lis. Gd. for transport ships ordered 
 to Newport and Rammekins in Zealand. [Minuted: — "Tobep'i 
 by assignmnts"]. 
 
 They had at present endeavoured to satisfy many indigent masters 
 with good words, but if they continued it would be impossible to 
 prevent a mutiny among them. 
 
 Further for 1,068?. 15s. for half a month's freight of 12 ships hired 
 to carry horses to Hollaad. Dated 21 Sept. 1692. 2 pages. 
 [? About 59. Petition of John Pye to the Lords of the Treasury to be 
 Sept. 23.] restored to his employment of solicitor for the coast bonds, he having 
 been dismissed for non-attendance, and a Mr. Nash appointed. 
 
 Mintded : — " A warrant for Mr. Pye & that hee executes it him- 
 selfe." 
 
 Also two enclosures. Dated 23 Sept. 1692. 1 page and 2 halves. 
 
 Sept. 24. 60. Report of the Conies of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 on the petition of John Johnson, concerning ceitain silks brought 
 from Holland, wliich were landed by the master of the vessel which 
 brought them, and taken to his house at Greenwich, where he era- 
 bezzfed part and then gave information to the officer of customs at 
 Gravesend, who seized them. Dated 24 Sept. 1692. 
 
 The petition and a letter of Capt. Nasli, the officer of customs. 
 
 Minuted: — "With the Commiss. of Cust. Fisherman to bee re- 
 warded." 
 
 Again :—" Cannot bee granted." 3 pages. 
 
 Sept. 27. 61 . Report of the Com^s of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 on the petition of Lewis Prothoro, praying to be allowed to resign 
 
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260 ■ 'CALENDAR OF 
 
 1C92. 
 
 Vol. XIX. 
 
 his office as one of tlieir Majesties' waiters in the port of London, 
 in favour of Mr. Edward Heron ; stating that they had nothing to 
 object thereto. Dated 27 Sept. 1692. 
 
 Minuted :—" U Octo.'l 692. Agreed." 
 
 Also the petition. 2 pages. 
 
 Sept. 28. 62. Memorial of the Com^s for sick and wounded seamen, &c., 
 to the Lords of the Treasury, stating that the French prisoners 
 daily increase, for whose subsistence, bringing back English pri- 
 soners, &c., 3,000Z. Avere due, which must be paid immediately or 
 the prisoners must st.v.we ; that they were daily called upon for 
 1,20UL by tlie commanders of ships at Barbadoes, for disbursements 
 for sick and wounded seamen, &c., and unless they could pay 
 470/. 14s. 4(?.., to clear the arrears of the Savoy, several of the poor 
 people ])rotested they would lay their children at the Comi^^ doors. 
 Dated 28 Sept. 1692. I page. 
 
 Sept. 28. 63. Pi-esentment of the Comr^ for Transportation to the Lords of 
 the Treasury, asking to be allowed 2,888?., 760?., and 1,145?. (as in 
 tlie presentment of 21 Sept.) [the last viinuted 400], 705?. to masters 
 that carried 402 horses to Holland [minuted 300], 467?. 19s. (as in 
 the previous presentment), 12,4 i7?. Us. 6f?. for freight to the masters 
 of ships who carried over ammunition, &c. to Ostend, and 1,068?. 15s., 
 as in the previous presentment. Dated 28 Sept. 1692. 1| pages. 
 
 VOL. XX. 1692. October-Decembee. 
 
 1692. 
 
 Oct. 1. 1. Eeport of the Comrs of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 
 on the petition of William Turner, one of the King's waiters in the 
 port of London, praying leave to surrender the office in favour of 
 Nicholas Eaynton ; not objecting thereto. Dated 1 Oct 1692. 
 Also the petition and a letter of the petitioner. 2^ pages. 
 
 Oct. 5. 2. Presentment by the Coma's for Transportation to the Loi'ds of 
 
 the Treasury, asking to be allowed the sums referred to in their 
 previous presentment of 28 Sept. Dated 5 Oct. 1692. li^^ar/es. 
 
 [? About 3. A letter of Thomas Pottinger, of Belfiist, merchant, to Sir 
 Oct. 5.] Stephen Fox, one of the Lords of the Treasur3', stating that he had 
 impaired his stock by his zeal for their Majesties, and desired to be 
 paid 103?. 8.S. which he had lent to and disbursed to several officers 
 of the army. His other services might be considered when their 
 Majesties' affairs admitted. He had discovered 4,261?. due to 
 their Majesties upon prize goods in Ireland, and begged to be 
 allowed to speak with their Lord.ships. 
 
 Minuted : — "5th Oeto. 1692. Agreed to be assigned.'' 
 
 Accompanied by his petition. 
 
 The petition ininuted : — "To bee deducted when the souldiers 
 are paid." 2 pages {quarto). 
 
TREASURY PAPERS. 26l 
 
 1692. ^'OL. XX. 
 
 [About 4. Petition of Thomas Johnson, Esq. to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 
 Oct. 5,] showing that his father was "a Colclstreamer " and very instru- 
 mental in the restoration of King Charles the Second, and in the 
 present revolution ; in consideration of which the petitioner enjoyed 
 a grant of the rents of the manor of Liskeard, parcel of the duchy 
 of Cornwall : praying that their Lordships' order to stop the pay- 
 ment of the same might be revoked. 
 
 Minuted : — "The stop to continue, 5^^ Oct. '92." \ imge. 
 
 Oct. 7. 5. Report of Lord Kanelagh to the Lords of the Treasury, on the 
 
 petition of Edward Evans and other inhabitants of " Lusom," 
 Greenwich, and Deptford, complaining of disorders committed by the 
 Earl of Argyle's regiment, and praying payment of -34?.. lis. od. ; 
 stating that he had sent the petition and several papers annexed 
 to it, to Mr. David Camball, agent to the regiment, whose reply 
 accompanies the report, together with the other papers. Dated 
 7 Oct. 1692. 11 2^(i<jes or parts of pages. 
 
 Oct. 12. 6. Memorial of the Com''^ for sick and wounded seamen, &c. to 
 
 the Lords of the Ti-easury, in the same terms as that of 28th Sept., 
 except that nothing is said about the Savoy debt. Dated 12 Oct. 
 1692. 1 page. 
 
 Oct. 12. 7. Presentment of the Comics for Transportation to the Lords of 
 
 the Treasury, asking to be allowed the suras referred to in the 
 previous presentment of 5 Oct. (one or two being a little altered), and 
 in addition oal. 10s. to the master of the ship "William and Alice," 
 for piloting their Majesties' ships up the River Shannon, Avhereby the 
 siege of Limerick was much advanced ; 286Z. to Obadiah Butler 
 whose ship was lost in carrying provisions from London to Ireland ; 
 and 6,598?. 1.3s. 'dd. to the masters of 14 sliips which carried horses, 
 &c. to Holland. Dated 12 Oct. 1692. \\ pages. 
 
 Oct. 17. 8. Report of Mr. Chas. Fox to the Lords of the Treasury, on the 
 
 petition of Theophihis Hill ; praying payment of Qol. 8s. 6rf., due 
 for belts delivered to Col. Herbert's regiment of foot. Dated 
 17 Oct. 1692. 
 
 Written on the back of the report. 
 
 Minuted: — " 16 June 1693. Agreed according to the report." 
 
 Oct. 19. 9. Repoi't of the Com''-' of Customs to the Lords of the Trea.sury, 
 
 on the petition of John Taylor, landwaiter in the i)ort of London ; 
 praying to be allowed to resign his employment in favour of Richard 
 Browne, keyman. Not objecting thereto, " But the constant opinion 
 and practice of this Board has been, by all meanes, to discountenance 
 and discourage any private agreement for the sui-rendering or 
 obteyning any of the places upon the establishment ; that y^, filling 
 up yf' same may be without any other consideration be>ides the 
 fitnesse of the person presented." Dated 19 Oct. 1692. 
 Minuted : — " Refus'd." 
 Accompanied by the petition. 2 pages. 
 
262 CALENDAR OF 
 
 1692. ^«^- ^^• 
 
 Oct. 21- 10. Keport of the Com'^s of Castoms to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 Jan. 17. on the petition of Michael Clipsham, setting forth that he had served 
 upwards of five years as deputy King's waiter, but had received 
 none of the allowance of 201. x>e.r aim., appointed to be paid by tlie 
 principals (Mr. Talman and Mr. Apprice) to their deputies ; laying 
 before their Lordships the difficulty they were placed in by the re- 
 fusal of the two patent officers to pay the allowance, and .suggesting 
 that their salaries should be withheld until they made payment. 
 Dated 21 Oct. 1692. 
 
 Eight enclosures, one of which is a presentment that the above 
 officers were about to surrender their offices, and had not then paid 
 the petitioner. Dated 17 Jan. 1692. 
 
 With oninutes that the officers were to attend their Lordships 
 and give their answers. 6 paf/es and 4 halves. 
 
 Oct. 21, 11, Report of Viscount Sydney [Lord Lieutenant of Ireland] to 
 
 the Lords of the Treasur^^ on the petition of George Phillips, Esq., 
 and on several reports and papers annexed, viz., as to the debt 
 owed by Joseph Dean and John Stepney to their Majesties, which 
 far exceeded what was due to them out of the petitioner's estate [in 
 the county of Londonderry, which was mortgaged to them for 
 8,669Z. 17s. 2d.] ; in favour of the petitioner [who prayed for a release 
 for the money due on the mortgage]. Dated 21 Oct. 1692. 
 
 Accompanied by the petition, which is minuted on the dorse: — 
 " R. to Mi\ Lowndes to report what Dean & Stepney's proportion 
 of the debt due to the King upon that undertaking does amount 
 tmto, 16th Febr. 1690-1. 
 
 And again: — " To be referred to the Commissioners of Ireland 
 to report the whole matter & their opinion therein." 
 
 There are also the report of the Comics of Revenue for Ireland, 
 Mr. Lowndes' report, and six other papers on the same subject. 
 
 [It is stated in one of the other reports that he rendered very 
 important service to their Majesties, particularly in preserving the 
 city of Londonderry from falling into the hands of the Irish]. 
 18 pages. 
 
 Oct. 22. 12. Letter by command of the Lords of the Admiralty to Henry 
 
 Guy, Esq., secretary to the Lords of the Treasury, sending copy of 
 a letter received from the Com™ for sick and wounded seamen, &c. 
 Dated 22 Oct. '92. 
 
 Also the copy of letter, stating that the Com^s had ineffectually 
 solicited theLords of the Treasury for payment of about l,200i., 
 charged by commanders of ships at Karbadoes, for the sick and 
 wounded seamen, sent on shore there, &;c. I5 pages. 
 
 [? About 1-3. Copy of a certiflcate by the "Earl of Longford and Grauard," 
 Oct. 24.] showing that Nicholas Gaynor, of Black Castle, in the county of 
 Westmcath, " behaved himself with all civility, respect, and friend- 
 ship towards the Protestants in this neighbourhood, whom he 
 assisted in all good offices within his power, during the government 
 of the late King James and the Earl of Tyrconnell ;" also that he 
 
TREASURY PAPERS. 263 
 
 1692. 
 
 Vol. XX. 
 
 was illtreated by' the Irisli for inclining to the English iaterest. 
 Dated 19 Feb. 1690-1. 
 
 Also copy of two other certificates to the same effect; dated 
 
 3 Dec. 1690 and 24 Oct. 1692. 3 pages. 
 
 Oct. 24. 14. Letter of Viscount Sydney, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, to 
 
 the Lords of the Treasury, about the allowance of 40s. to the clerk 
 of the crown, for each person oiitlawcd ; stating that ho had put a 
 stop to the allowance, as there were already 4,000 2:)ersons outlawed, 
 and the number was daily increa,sing. Dated 24 Oct. 1692. 2 pages. 
 
 Oct. 26. 15. Presentment of the Oomi^s for Transportation to the Lords 
 
 of the Treasury, asking to be allowed most of the sums referred to 
 in the presentment of 12 Oct., and in addition, for 7,311 Z. ISs. lid 
 for masters of 17 ships that carried horses to Holland ; they further 
 report that they were discharging the transport ships from Flanders 
 as fast as they could, but were delayed by their requiring convoy 
 home, &c. Dated 26 Oct. 1692. 2^ pages. 
 
 Oct. SI. 16. Memorial of the Lords of the Admiralty to the Lords of the 
 
 Treasury, desiring their Lordships to order money to satisfy bUls of 
 exchange for about 1,200^. unpaid, for sick and wounded seamen in 
 the West Indies. Dated 31 Oct. '92. 
 
 Minuted : — " Munday afteraoone." 1 page. 
 
 Oct. 31. 17. Report of Sir John Somers, Attorney-General, addressed to 
 
 the Lords of the Treasury, on the petition of Adolphus Curtius, Esq., 
 son of Sir William Curtius, Bart ; (1), respecting the services of the 
 petitioner's father, rendered to Kings Charles I. and Charles II., as 
 resident with the Princes of Germany, and the amount due to him 
 (14,255^.), which remained imsatisfied at his death, &c. ; (2), as to a 
 grant of the abbey of Newenham, in the parish of Godlington, near 
 the town of Bedford. Advising that the petitioner might be gratified 
 in this respect, " because then it will be the interest of the petitioner 
 to defend his own title, and thereby support the right of the Crown," 
 • &c. Dated 31 Oct. 1692. 
 
 Minuted .-—''24 Apr. '93. The Lords do not thinke fit to advise 
 the King to dispose of any forfeited lands to particular persons." 
 
 Also the petition and a letter of the Secretary of the Treasury 
 
 4 piages. 
 
 Nov. 2. 18. Letter of the Lords of the Admiralty to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, desiring them to take care for the speedy supply of such 
 money and credits as were wanting for paying the short allowance 
 money to the companies of the squadron going to tLe West Indies, 
 the squadron being ready to sail. Dated 2 Nov. 1692. 
 
 Minuted : — " My Lords have already discoursed & settled this 
 with the Commissioners of the Navy." 1 jxf^e. 
 
 Nov. 2. 19. Presentment of the Com'^^ for Transportation to the Lords of 
 
 the Treasury, to be allowed the same sums as they asked for, in 
 
264 CALENDAR OF 
 
 1692. ^'«^- ^^- 
 
 tlieiv presentment of 26 Oct., and for 12,422^ 7s. 5d. for discbarging 
 3.5 transport ships which came from Flanders. Dated 2 Nov. 1692. 
 I5 fages. 
 
 Nov. 5. 20. Memorial of Mr. Aaron Smith, praying the Lords of the 
 
 Treasury to order the Auditor for Northamptonshire to give Pipwell 
 Abbey, and other lands, fcc, in Oakley, Rushton, and Wilbarton, in 
 Northamptonshire (late the Lord Powis'), in charge to the Receiver 
 General. Dated 5 Nov. 1692. 
 
 Minuted : — " Ordered to bee done." ^ i^a^'f. 
 
 Nov. 8. 21. " An acco* of the money that has been designed for y" Navy, 
 
 by the several Parliaments since 1688, with what hath been received 
 thereof, and what remains in arrear to the 8 of NovemV 1692." 
 
 With " a state of this year's account distinctly to the &'^ of Nov. 
 1692." 3 facjes. 
 
 Nov. 8 22. Memorial of the Coma's for sick and wounded seamen, &c., to 
 
 the Lords of the Treasury, stating their debt for the French 
 prisoners, and bringing them over amounted to about 4,662L 10s., 
 and that the agents and marshals say ihej' must starve the prisoners, 
 or beg leave to let them go at large. Praying a supply to suppress 
 these clamours. Dated 8 Nov. 1692. 
 
 Also a duplicate signed by one more Com"^. 2 pages. 
 
 Nov. 9. 2.3. Presentment of the Com^a for Transi^ortatiou to the Lords of 
 
 the Treasvrry, asking for the payment of the sums of 2,888Z., 760Z., 
 456/. 15s., and 1,068/. 15s., previously sought for, and for 
 19, 422/. 7s. 5c/. for the discharge of the freight of ships for 300/. to 
 masters of Scotch ships that brought three regiments of foot from 
 Leith to the Thames, viz., for the time they lay wind-bound in 
 Leith Roads, for 126/. 17s. 9c/. for provisions for forces carried to 
 Holland, being at sea longer than eight days, for 425/. to paj' ships 
 laying unemployed a month and six days being ready to convey 
 horses. Further praying their Lordships to represent them so to 
 His Majesty that they might stand right in his opinion, it having 
 been represented that certain oats laid in for the descent, and then 
 brought back from Ostend, were " naught," and not fit to be kept 
 for further use, whereas they were then so good that they could 
 have the price they paid for them. Dated 9 Nov. 1692. 2i pages. 
 
 Nov. 10. 24. Report of the Comr^ of Customs to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, on the petition of Thomas Cooke, respecting a mistake in 
 the entry of certain " perpetuanos " and " Colchester bays " entered 
 outwards in the port of London, advising relief to be granted. 
 Dated 10 Nov. 1692. 
 
 Minuted: — "Agreed to y" rep* y" officer being gratifyd for his 
 paines «fe trouble." 
 
 Also the petition and an affidavit. 2^ 2'"^9^^- 
 
 Nov. 10. 25. Proposal made by the Lord Lanesboro' and Onesiphorus 
 Albii) as to farming the aliens duties upon goods imported. They 
 proposed to pay 30,000/. per aim. for the farm, that they should 
 be made Com^s of Customs, that they should have the benefit of the 
 
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 J 692. Vol. XX. 
 
 King's part during llie farm, upon all goods " taken upon the run," 
 and Albin was to deposit 30,000?. in the Exchequer, and to he 
 allowed 81. per cent, thereon, &c. Dated 10 Nov. 1692. 
 
 Minuted : — " 2 Dec. '92. Referred to the Comniiss. of the 
 Customes." 
 
 Also [a little later in date] : — 
 
 The reply of James, Viscount Lanesboro', and Onesiphorus Albin 
 to the answer of the Com^s of the Customs, made to their last 
 proposal, of getting farmers to advance the customs bj'' strictly 
 collecting all manner 'df duties which aliens and all that came under 
 that head ought to pay. i^ pages. 
 
 Nov. 12. 26. Report of the Comrs of Customs to the Lords of the Trea- 
 sury, on the petition of John Lavie, a French refugee, who was 
 bound for Giles Biggs, of London, merchant, a bankrupt, on whose 
 bankruptcy the petitioner was arrested and imprisoned ; praying to 
 be discharged from his bonds and imprisonment. Dated 12 Nov. 
 1692. 
 
 Minuted: — (1.) " M=^ Lowndes to state his case to bee laid before 
 the King. 
 
 (2.) " If his Maty pleases to signe a warrant to M'^ Attorney to 
 supersede the processe the pet"^ will be enlarged. 
 
 (3.) " Processe to be stopt." 
 
 Accompanied by four enclosures. 3^ ^xiges. 
 
 Nov. 1 2. 27. Report of the Coma's of Customs to the Lords of the Trea- 
 
 sury, on the petition of Mary Jones, widow, setting fortli that the 
 petitioner's father-in-law, Robert Jones, was customer and collector 
 of the customs in the port of Lyme, and when the late Duke of 
 Monmouth landed there he took from her father, by violence, 
 200?. of the King's money, and afterwards, her husband dying in 
 that employment, was charged with between 300?. and 400?., which 
 was then required of the petitioner, of which tlie above 200?. formed 
 part. Recommending allowance to be made her for the 200?. 
 Dated 12 Nov. 1692. 
 
 Minuted : — " Granted." 
 
 Accompanied by four enclosures. 3 pages and 3 halves. 
 
 Nov. 16. 28. " Journall of the orders to, and proceedings of, the Com^s for 
 Transportacion, iu matters relating to thedesent" [upon France, 
 then projected], commencing thus: 
 
 " 1691-2, March 5. Order from the Earle of Nottinghnm to the 
 Commas of Transportation, to provide shipping for 3, -500 men and 
 380 horses, to be ready at Kinsale by the end of that month, and 
 shipping for 4,000 men and 1,500 horses, to be ready in the river of 
 Thames by the end of April." 
 
 The journal is continued to 22 July, but is dated Nov. 16, 1692. 
 1 2 pages. 
 
 Nov. ] 6. 29. Report of the Comrs of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 
 on the petition of Robert Master and other merchants of London, 
 owners and laders of the ship " William," which was captured by the 
 
266 CALENDAR OF 
 
 1692. '^°^- ■^-^• 
 
 French, praying for licence to redeem tlie ship, and import the 
 goods without seizure. Dated 16 Nov. 1G92. 
 Minuted : — " Cannot bee granted." 
 Also tlie petition and an affidavit. 2i- pages. 
 
 Nov. 18. 30. Certificate of D. Pigeon, Deputy Auditor, on perusing the 
 accounts of Kicliard Kent, Esq., late Receiver General and cashier 
 of the Customs, for a year ended at Michaelmas 1G88, as to what 
 appeared to be due to John Harrison, comptroller of customs of 
 Ipswich. Dated 18 Nov. 1692. ' i ixuje. 
 
 Nov. 22 .31. Report of the Qom^^ of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 and 26. laying before their Lord.ships such things as had occurred to their 
 observation as fit to be altered or amended in the laws relating to 
 customs, the laws fit to be I'enewed, and such other things tending 
 to the enlargement or improvement of the revenue. Dated 22 Nov. 
 1692. 
 
 Also a letter of Mr. Sansom, dated 26 Nov. 1692, relating thereto. 
 
 Acoom])anied by three enclosures, headed, — 
 
 (1.) " Furtlier rules and instructions, by way of explanation 
 and supply, of such laws as have been found either obscure or 
 insufficient for preventing abuses and frauds in the exercise of 
 trade, and payment of their Mat'<=s customs. 
 
 (2.) " A memorial of the laws relating to the customs and other 
 duties, under the management of tlie Com^^^, which are now ex- 
 piring. 
 
 (.3.) "A proposal for the rectifying a mistake in the late Act for 
 laying an imposition upon East India goods, the laying a further 
 duty on French goods, the encouragement of seizers and takers 
 of prize goods, and for raising more money upon merchandise for 
 their Mamies supply." 12 ixiges and 2 halves. 
 
 Nov. 2'1. 32. Memorial of the Coma's for sick and wounded seamen, &c. to 
 
 the Lords of the Treasrny, computing their arrears for prisoners at 
 5,000?., and asking for tallies upon the East India goods, or other 
 proper fund, to supply this exigency if they could not obtain money. 
 Dated 24 Nov. 1092. 1 page. 
 
 Nov. 28. S3. Letter of John Povey to Mr. Guy stating that the Lords of 
 
 the Committee of Trade and Plantations would expect at their 
 meeting to receive the opinion of the Lords of the Treasury upon 
 the petition of the Assembly of Maryland, touching the I2d. per 
 hogshead for 25 ships that left that province in 1690, which they 
 prayed might be received by Col. Copley; as also upon Col. Copley's 
 proposal touching bonds to be taken from ships trading to Maryland. 
 Dated 28 Nov. 1692. 
 
 Accompanied by another letter by him of 26 Nov., and a letter 
 signed Jo. Knight, on the same subject ; and the report of John 
 Povey to the Loi'ds of the Treasury, on the petition of the Assembly 
 of Maryland, concerning the impost money of 25 ships that came 
 
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 from that province without paying the duties there, in the year 
 1690, stating that, by an Act of the Assembly of Maryland, 2s. a 
 hogshead on tobacco exported thence was granted to the lord 
 proprietor of Maryland, of which one moiety was appropriated to 
 the Government, and on taking that province under the protection 
 of the crown Her Majesty in Council, on 26 Feb. ] 090, ordered one 
 moiety of the 2s. per hogshead to be applied for government of 
 Maryland, and the other to be received by the Lord Baltemore, as 
 proprietor of that province ; and Col. Copley was directed to take 
 care that one quarter part of the moiety should be applied to main- 
 tain a magazine for the defence of the country, and to receive the 
 remaining three-quarter parts to his own use, as Governor of 
 that provmce. The Convention of Maryland had disposed of 
 9i0l. of the moiety of the impost for 1692, before the arrival of 
 Col. Copley ; the Assembly prayed that Col. Copley might have the 
 whole moiety of the impost for the 25 ships, but the Keceiver- 
 General of Customs was directed to demand from the masters 
 of 26 ships (which came from Maryland in 1690, without paying 
 the duties,) 1,730^. 19s. (whereof the moiety of the impost of 2s. per 
 hogshead, amounted to about 735?. 16s.), and the Receiver-General 
 was directed to pay to the Lord Baltemore 4:651. 19s. from the 
 moiety of the impost of 2s. a hogshead from the said 26 ships ; in 
 consideration of the like sum due to Lord Baltemore, out of the 
 duties received fi:om several ships in 1690, and no account being ren- 
 dered by the Receiver-General he could not inform their Lordships 
 whether any part of the 1,730?. 19s., due from the 26 ships, had 
 been received, &c. Dated 23 Sept. 1692. 6 pages. 
 
 Nov. 29. 34. Letter signed John Knight to Henry Guy, Esq., enclosing a 
 copy of what he sent on 1 Oct. Dated 29 Nov. 1692. 
 [The copy is not now with it.] i page. 
 
 Nov. 29. 35. Letter from John Sansom to Mr. Guy, sending the Comra [of 
 
 Customs'] report upon the extract of a proposal made by Col. Copley, 
 Governor of Maryland, and their report upon a draught of in- 
 structions, prepared for the Principal Coma's of Prizes. Dated 
 29 Nov. 1692. 
 
 These papers are not now united, but there is a letter signed 
 Jo. Kniwht, transmitting an account containing the several sums 
 received for the duties and revenue belonging to the colony of 
 Maryland, and what had been paid and issued by their Lordships' 
 warrants. Dated 28 Nov. 1092. 2 x>ages. 
 
 Dec. 1. 36. Report of the Com'-''* of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 
 on the Act of Prohibition of French Commodities, viz., how to 
 qualify it, so as to give encouragement to the taking prizes, yet 
 so as to prevent collusion, and all fraudulent importations, under 
 pretence of capture. Dated 1 Dec. 1692. l\ pages. 
 
 About 37. Petition of Capt. Walter Wareing to the Lords of the Trea- 
 
 Dec. 1. sury, showing that he raised a company in the regiment of foot 
 
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 commanded by Henry, late Lord Herbert of Clierberj', and fre- 
 quently subsisted tbeni, but by sickness, contracted in Ireland, he 
 was forced to retire to England, and 93?. 2s. were due to bim ; 
 praying an order to the Paymaster-General to pay the same. 
 
 Minuted:— "'Referred to' Mr. Fox." 
 
 Accompanied by his account, certified on 1 Dee. 1692. 2 pages. 
 
 Nov. 30 and 38. Presentment by the Coma's for Transportation to the Lords of 
 Dec. 5. the Treasury, as to the sum requisite for sending four regiments of 
 foot and 100 horses for the officers from England to Ireland, 
 including the estimate for provisions ; also mentioning that 809 
 quarters of oats from Ostend were landed, ] 2 of which were 
 damnified, the rest being good and worth 14.s. a quarter; asking 
 whether they were to be kept or sold. Dated 30 Nov. 1692. 
 
 Repetition of tlie presentjnent in. the same terms, dated 5 Dec. 
 1692. 
 
 In the margin is this minute : — " 1,000?. to bee ^^ presently for 
 }'e provisions." 2 pages. 
 
 Dec. 6. 39. Eeport of the Corn's of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 
 on the petition of William Pennell, master of the ketch called the 
 " Crane," of Dartmouth, which vessel, on its aii-ival at Virginia, ran 
 aground, and part of the goods were put on board another vessel, 
 thereby incurring forfeituie ; recommending the case to the favour- 
 able consideration of their Lordships. Dated 6 Deo. 1692. 
 Minuted : — " My Lords agree to this rep*." 
 Accompanied by the petition and an affidavit. 3| pages. 
 
 Dec. 8. 40. Report of the Com''' for Transports to the Lords of the Trea- 
 
 sury, on the petition of John Edwards, master of the ship "John," 
 of Bristol, advising that he should be paid the amount of his claim 
 (68?.), he having been forced into the worst kind of service, viz., 
 the carrying sick men to the hazard of his health and that of his 
 seamen. Dated 8 Dec. J 692, 
 
 Minuted :—" Respited, J 6 June 1 693.'' 
 
 Also the petition. 2 iwges. 
 
 Dec. 10. 41. Proposal by the Lords of the Admiraltj', as to tlie payment of 
 
 the two marine regiments, &c. out of moneys to be particularly ap- 
 pointed for that service. Dated 10 Dec. 1092. 
 
 Minuted : — " To see what t!ie whole service comes to, to be paid 
 on the navy ' against Sunday.' " ] page. 
 
 Dec. 1 2. 42. Report of the [Commissioners] of Ordnance to the Lords of tlie 
 
 Treasur}', on the petition of John Harris to His Majesty for tlie store- 
 keeper's ]jlace at Windsor Castle ; recommending that the place be dis- 
 continued, as no way useful, and a saving of .50?. a year; but if the 
 King thinks it should be continued, that they may enjoy their 
 ancient power of disposing of such tniploymcnts without control, 
 and, having previously refused to .ajipoint the petitioner, that they 
 may appoint one of the clerks of their office, as it was their humble 
 
TREASURY PAPERS. 269 
 
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 opinion that the petitioner having applied himself in the manner he 
 had done, after a refusal, was the highest contempt imaginable put 
 on them, fee. Dated 12 Dec. 1692. 
 Minuted : — "28 Dec. '92. The place to bee snnke." 
 The ' petition and letter of the Secretary to the Treasury. 3 
 ( sheets. 
 
 [About 4.3. Report of Philip Ryley [Esq., Surveyor-General of Forests 
 
 Dec. 13.] south of Trent], on the offices of survej^or of the Kings lands, and 
 surveyor of the woods ; stating that those office.s were united until 
 27 Hen. 8, when the Court of Augmentations was erected, and that 
 in the 33d year the Court of General Surveyors was erected, the Lord 
 St. John being Survej'or-Generalof Woods ; stating various probable 
 reasons for the establishment of the latter office, amongst which 
 the enrolment of leases of the crown lands, the omis.sion of which 
 had caused great wastes, particularly in St. Leonard's and Rocking- 
 ham forests. Suggesting the re-uuion of those offices, and asking for 
 lOOL j^er aim. for clerks ; 200?. fiei' ami. being usually the salary of 
 the surveyor of the lands, and 200?. more for extras. 
 
 Minuted : — " 13 Dec. 1692. This to bee read when the Lords con- 
 sider this proposall for his place." 2 'pages. 
 
 Dec. 14. 44. Report of the Com^s of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 on the petition of James Hayes to be admitted as a tidesman in 
 fee in place of William Wade ; that they had nothing to object as 
 to his qualifications, but "that the petitioner is not of that rank 
 of extraordinary tydesmen, out of w"^ this Board hath alwayes 
 presented tydesmen in fee ; and also that the constant opinion of 
 this Board has been against private bargaining for surrendering or 
 transferring offices." Dated 14 Dec. 1692. 
 
 Minuted : — " Agreed with the Report." 
 
 Accompanied by the petition. 2 pages. 
 
 Dec. 16. 45. Presentment by the Com^s of Transportation to the Lord.s 
 of the Treasury, seeking for 2,888?., for a claim for provisions for 
 2,000 Irish, carried to Hamburg, referred to in previous present- 
 ments of 14 Sept., &c., for 1,575?. 19s. Oc?. remaining upon their 
 presentment of 29th past, for provisions, freight, &c. for four regi- 
 ments of foot, with the officers' horses from Bristol and Biddeford ; 
 also for 17,535/. Os. 8d for freight of 36 ships discharged from the 
 transport service. Dated 10 Dec. 1692. 1 page. 
 
 Dec. 17. 46. Report of the Com^s of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 on the petition of Chidley Brook, receiver of the revenue of New 
 York, praying for power to be granted him to make one or more 
 deputies under him ; not objecting to his being allowed to do so. 
 Dated 17 Dec. 1692. 
 Minuted : — " Granted." 
 Also the petition. 2 pages. 
 
 Dec. 17. 47- Letter of Viscount Sydney, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, to the 
 Lords of the Treasury, stating that he had considered the petition of 
 Sir Joseph Horn, K^t, &c., and that he found by the annexed certificate 
 
270 CALENDAR OF 
 
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 Vol. XX. 
 
 from sevei-al of the officers who held out at Ballyshannon and other 
 adjacent garrisons in the co. of Donnegall, for the King, against King 
 James, that there was used by the garrisons of Ballyshannon, Donne- 
 gall, and Castledooran, several goods which belonged to Henry 
 Caldwell, Esq., one of the petitioners, and that he was never com- 
 pensated for them. He could not tell the value of the goods, but 
 was of opinion that the petitioner should receive satisfaction for 
 whatever he made out their value to be. Dated Dublin Castle 
 17 Dec. 1692. 
 
 Minuted: — "11 Apr. '93. IThe pet"^ to come & make out w* y" 
 value of y<= goods were according to ray L'''' rep*." 
 
 Accompanied by the petition and certificate referred to, and the 
 letter from their Lordship.?, referring the matter to the Lord Lieu- 
 tenant. 4 imges. 
 
 Dec. 19. 48. Letter of the Lords of the Admiralty to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, reminding them that there was no care taken for furnish- 
 ing Sir Francis Wheler with money or credit for defraying the 
 charge of sick and wounded seamen who should be put on shore in 
 the West Indies. Dated 19 Dec. 1692. 
 With a biief enclosure. 1 ixtga. 
 
 Dec. 22. 49. Letter of the Lords of the Admiralty to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, sending extracts of two letters from the Comrs of the 
 Navy and Victualling, applying for money, and desiring their Lord- 
 ships to take care for a timely supply for the Navy. Dated 22 Dec. 
 1692. 
 
 Accompanied by the two extracts. .3 pages. 
 
 Dec. 80. 50. Letter from the Lords of the Admiralty, desiring that ac- 
 
 counts of all moneys paid by Order of Council unto'the Vice- Admirals 
 of the counties, upon account of impresting seamen for the service 
 of the fleet, should be sent to the principal officers and Com''^ of 
 the Navy as soon as might be. Dated 30 Dec. 1692. 1 ^jar/e. 
 
 Dec. 30. 51. Presentment by the Com^^ for Transportation to the Lords of 
 the Treasury, the first two entries of which are the same as in 
 the previous presentment, of IG Dec. ; asking also for 21,116Z. I7s. 2d., 
 being the freight of 41 ships discharged from the transport service, 
 &c. Dated 30 Dec, 1 692. 1^ pages. 
 
 Dec. 30. 52. Letter of the Lords of the Admiralty to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, desiring them to take care that money should be presently 
 furnished, for paying the arrears of the " Mary," " Assistance," and 
 other ships, nearly ready for sea, equal with the rest of the fleet. 
 Dated SO Dec, 1692. 1 page. 
 
 [Perhaps 53. Report signed " Coningsby " [to the Lords of the Treasury], 
 1692.] on the petition of Capt. Abraham Blacksford, in favour of the pay- 
 ment of 60Z. to such person as he might depute, he having been 
 indisposed when other officers were paid their ai-rears in Ireland. 
 Undated. Coningsby, a Lord Justice in 1692. 
 Minuted: — " Ordered." 1 page. 
 
TEEASURY PAPERS. 271 
 
 1692. Vol. XX. 
 
 54. Petition of Robert Johnson and others, to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, praying their Lordships to grant them tallies for 533/. 5s., 
 in payment of equipage, by them furnished for the regiment com- 
 manded by the Hon. Edward Fitz Gerald Villiers, in May ] 690. 
 Undated, but the present year 1692 mentioned. 1 page {quarto). 
 
 1692. 55. A paper docquetted, "Allowances to Garter Kiug-of-Armes, 
 
 and other officers of arms, upon carrying the Garter to foreio-n 
 Princes, extracted from y^ Signet Office." Consisting of abstracts 
 of warrants in connexion therewith, from 1668 to 1692. 
 
 Accompanied by another paper, " Extracted out of the books of 
 the Heralds' Office, and from the printed book of the Order of the 
 Garter, respecting other allowances to that officer in the reigns of 
 Edw. VI. and Elizabeth." 3^ j2;a(/es. 
 
 [? 1692.] 56. Petition of the clothiers of the first regiment of Foot Guards, 
 concerned with Mr. Harnage in clothing the regiment, statino- 
 that Mr. Harnage agreed with them to procure tallies upon the 
 clause of the Poll Act, for all the moneys due to them for cloth- 
 ing the regiment for 1691 and 1692; and to raise moneys to 
 be lent into the Exchequer. He required 6 per cent, from the 
 petitioners for the moneys or for the tallies he should obtain from 
 their Lordships, to clear the contracts, promising to pay his 
 own proportion of charge. He procured the loan of the moneys, 
 and their Lordships granted tallies upon East India goods, and 
 appropriated 12,199/. 16&-. 8c/. towards clearing the clotliiers' con- 
 tracts ; since which Mr. Harnage by his interest at the Earl of 
 Eanelagh's office, had received the full sum (1,300/.) due on his own 
 contract, and 706/. imder pretence of 6 per cent, for fees and 
 gratuities, though not upon the clause of the Poll Act, and makino- 
 other complaints against him, and praying that their Lordships 
 would immediately cause him to deposit the 706/. and the 400/. 
 (received more than his due proportion) in the agent's hands, to the 
 end that each man might receive Iiis share, paying his part of the 
 charge. 
 
 The answer of Richard Harnage to the petition of the clothiers of 
 their Majesties' first regiment of Foot Guards. 
 
 The return to Mr. Harnage's allegations (in eight paragraphs) in 
 answer to a petition of the clothiers of the first regiment of Foot 
 Guards ; transmitting a copy of the contract between them and the 
 said Harnage and praying for a hearing by counsel, before tlieir 
 Lordships, or for redress. 
 
 Accompanied by the copy. Dated 21 Oct. 1692. 
 
 The petition is 'ininuted thus :— 
 
 " Referred to my L. Ranelagh, who is desired to call all parties 
 before him, & to examine the truth of the matter, & to report the 
 state of the case, & his opinion what is fit to be done in it." 4 
 pages. 
 
 [n692.] 57. Petition of John Percivall, Esq., to the King, showing that 
 there appeared to be due to him, as Governor of the fixed and 
 rnoving hospitals in Ireland and the officers employed under him 
 
272 CALENDAR OF 
 
 [1G92.] ^•^'^- X^- 
 
 ] ,050?. T'i. Sd. ; that the Earl of Athlone, the then Commander-in- 
 Cliief in Ireland, gave a warrant on 1 Dec. 1691, for pajanent of 
 the same, which the paymaster, from want of money, could not 
 honour ; praying for payment, or a grant of certain lands in the 
 county of Meath, belonging to a forfeited estate. Without date. 
 1 page. 
 
 1692. 58. Memoranda as to an information in Easter Term, 3 Will. & 
 
 Mar., against John Da vies of Penn, in the county of Buckingham, 
 clerk, for a grand misdemeanor, and as to the fine of 100 marks 
 laid on him, for which he was to be imprisoned until it should be 
 paid. 1 page. 
 
 [? 1692.] 59. Petition of Francis Watts to the Lords of the Ti-easury, 
 
 praying for employment as a landwaiter in the island of Jersey, or 
 anj^ of the Western ports. 
 
 Minuted : — "Referred to the Commiss. of Customs." 
 Also a certificate in his favour by the inhabitants of Jersey, 
 signed and sealed by them. Dated 27 Sept. 1692. 2 pages. 
 
 [?1692.] GO. Petition of John Hai-rison, controller of customs in the port 
 
 of Ipswich, to the Lords of the Treasury, for a wariant for pay- 
 ment of his salary, from Christmas 1688 to Michaelmas 1692. 
 1 page. 
 
 1692. 61. Mr. Aaron Smith's list of persons to be prosecuted in the 
 
 summer assizes of 1692, with the charges against them. 2 ^ar/es. 
 
 1692. 62. Privy Seal Office : — Abstracts of warrants, grants, &c. con- 
 
 nected with the Privy Seal Office, entitled on the dorse, — 
 " Docquetts at the privy scale." 
 
 In the months of February, May, and December 1692. 13 pages. 
 
 [About 63. Petition of Samuel Trott, the collector of Bermuda, to the 
 
 1692.] Lords of the Treasury, complaining of obstruction on the part of 
 the Governor, by which the Coma's of Customs were defrauded, and 
 the merchants brought into trouble in Bermuda, as appears by the 
 annexed letter of Col. Edwin Stede, Com^'of Customs at Barbadoes; 
 which inconveniences arose from the naval office being distinct from 
 the collector. Praying them to procure him a patent for the naval 
 officer's place. Without date, but the letter referred to, dated 11 
 July 1692. 
 
 Minuted: — " Referred to the Commiss. of the Customes." 3 page.«:. 
 
 [? About 64. A paper entitled thus: — '•' Accompt of y« extraordinary 
 1692.] charges I have been att since come [sic] to France ; occasioned by 
 arresting our ships, <fcc. contrarie to y« capitulation of Limmerick." 
 One of the entries is : — 
 
 "To my extraordinary expences in travelling after y" Court of 
 France, to gect of y" arrest since y^^ 20 of Apr. 1692." 1 page. 
 
 [? About 65. Petition of Col. Edvv. Leigh to the King, for release from 
 
 1692.] payment of a legacy to the Lord Griffin of 600^., left to him by 
 
 petitioner's sister, which Lord Griffin was outlawed for treason, and 
 
TREASURY PAPERS. 273 
 
 1692. "^OL. XX. 
 
 for whom the petitioner was bound for 700?. Without date. There 
 was a proclamation to apprehend the Lord Giiflin in the year 
 1692. 
 Minuted : — " Granted." 1 2Mge. 
 
 [? 1692.] 66. A scliedule of names of persons with sums against them, 
 entitled : — 
 
 " Pentions of grace, paid by dormant warrants, before the general 
 stop made the 19«i of May, 1692." 
 
 Tlie_y are brack.etted in three sets, having the following memo- 
 randa against them : — 
 
 " (1st.) The stop hath since been taken off from these by par- 
 ticular letters, or other directions. 
 
 " (2nd.) The stop not being directed to the Exchequer, nor to the 
 severall Bishops or colh'^ of tenths, the tallies of assignment (by 
 which these are payable) have been constantly levyed at the 
 Exchequer and paid hy the said receivers. 
 
 " (3.) The stop continues on these." 1 i^age. 
 
 [? About 67. Petition of Letitia Russell, late wife and executrix of Thomas 
 1692 or Clieeke, Esq., who was divers years Lieutenant of the Tower of 
 1693.] London, addressed to the King, praying for the grant of a reserved 
 rent of ],.500?.per aim., for 99 years, at a yearly rent, out of property 
 in Ireland formerly granted to the Countess of Dorchester for life, in 
 consideration of a debt of about 10,000?. due to her hu.sband. Without 
 date, but the Countess of Dorchester died 1692. 
 
 Mimited :—" Al^'^ Russell to have 600Z. a j^ear for 31 years, when 
 it can take place." 1 page. 
 
 1692-1694. 68. Petition of Mr. Daniel Butts, who was appointed by the 
 Right Hon. the Earl of '■' Arthlone '' General of the King's forces in 
 Ireland, when the Irish troops were transported into France, to be 
 commissary of the transport ; showing that he went into France 
 and settled the account of provisions with the French Coma's, and 
 received the balance ; that to fiicilitate the surrender of Limerick 
 it was allowed to Lord Lucan, idias Sarsfield, by the Earl of 
 " Arthlone," to send from France, on board the transport ships, 
 (freight free) certain brandy and other goods ; and the petitioner 
 considering the ships to be free, having French passes, took the 
 Lord Lucan and his friends' bills, on persons to whom the goods 
 were consigned ; but that several of the ships were seized and rifled 
 by His Majesty's ships of war, and the goods embezzled, to the value 
 of 30,000 livres, part of which were destroyed by one Capt. Peddar, 
 commander of the " Swift," who took the "Mary of Dublin," out of 
 the port of Waterford, and embezzled goods to the value of about 
 15,000 livres, so that the persons to whom the goods were consigned 
 think themselves not obliged to pay the bills. It relates also 
 to other parcels of goods taken, and the petitioner prays to 
 be considered for the same, and for his salary as commissary 
 to the Danish troops, and that the 30,000 livres be ciiarged to 
 the account of such commanders as wrongfully took away the 
 
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 goods, so that the same may be allowed him on his account, 
 &c. 
 
 Also four other papers relating thereto. 
 
 These are dated in 1C92 and 1694. 9 jMges and 3 half loages. 
 
 [? About 69. A schedule entitled " an abstract," being a brief description of 
 
 1692 or books and papei's relating to accounts of the paymaster. Undated 
 
 later.] [bat reference to particular payments before 1692]. 2 pages {quarto}. 
 
 [Perhaps 70. Memorial of Peter Gery, on behalf of the offioers of theLr 
 aloout 1G92 Majesty's regiment of foot in the West Indies, lately commanded by 
 
 or later.] Col. Godfrey Lloyd ; showing that as the muster rolls had been 
 taken by the French the accounts could not be made up ; praying 
 that the Earl of Ranelagh might have directions for the accounts 
 to be made up, according to the establishment, and that the 
 cost of the recruits, which was very great (having sent over 400 
 men every year), might be charged on the regiment's account, or 
 HOine other expedient be found. 
 
 Without date, but the Earl of Ranelagh is styled the Right 
 Honourable. He was made a Privy Councillor in 1692. 1 page. 
 
 VOL. XXI. 1693. Januaut— April. 
 
 1692-3. 
 
 Jan. 2. 1. Report of the Coma's of Customs to the Lords of the Trea- 
 
 sury, upon a proposal in the names of Viscount Lansboro' and 
 Onesiphorus Albin, for the farming of the aliens duties upon all 
 goods imported, stating that ever since King Charles the Second 
 resumed his customs into his own hands, under the management of 
 Comrs, the constant received opinion had been not to let any part 
 of that revenue into petty firms, but to comprehend them in tlie 
 general management, as they fell into the King's hands ; laying 
 before their Lordships a copy of a report made by that Board in the 
 year J 679; stating further that these farmers might (according to 
 this proposition) exact tlie alien dut}' under pretence of some old 
 laws, on foreign ships made free, and foi'eigners " indenizened ;" 
 also there was in the proposal a pretence to a grant of the fines and 
 forfeitures of all uncustomed and prohibited goods whatsoever, by 
 them discovered, which was directly contrary to law, &e. ; advising 
 for the better collecting the alien duty, that a law should be 
 procured to enable the officers of customs to interrogate, upon oath, 
 the persons who make entries at the custom house, whether the 
 goods were the goods of an alien or not. Dated 2 Jan. 1G92. 
 
 Minuted : — " L. Lansborough to have a copy of this report." 
 Also the 2-eport referred to. S-j pages. 
 
TREASUEY PAPERS. 275 
 
 169 2-3. Vol. XXI. 
 
 Jan. 3. 2. Letter of the Lords of the Admiralty to the Lords of the 
 
 Treasury, transmitting a copy of a representation received by them 
 from the Com's of the Victualling, concerning the supply of the 
 squadron of their Majesties' ships, with two months' victuals. 
 Dated 3 Jan. 1692-3. 
 
 Also the representation referred to. 3 pages. 
 
 Jan. 4. 3. Report of the ComJ^s of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 
 on the petition of John Rowe, Gent., one of the patent waiters of 
 the port of Bristol, stating that some time after the discovery of the 
 great fraud upon the ship " Bristol Merchant," another fraud had 
 been discovered, viz., that the petitioner had passed a parcel of 
 cocoa under the denomination of indigo, for which he received a 
 bribe of 10^. acquainting their 'Lordships that thej'' had different 
 opinions amongst themselves ; some of their number looking upon 
 the merit of a former discovery as an oblivion of his fault ; others 
 were of opinion that as he was to be made use of as a principal 
 witness in the causes then depending against the merchants, upon 
 the former discovery, it was not proper to blemish him with other 
 crimes, and however it was, he was continued iu his office, &c. 
 Dated 4 Jan, 1692. 
 
 Minuted : — " To be restored to his place, and to be changed in 
 some time." 
 
 The petition and another paper. 3 2'^o,ges. 
 
 Jan. 5. 4. Report of Mr. Charles Fox to the Lords of the Treasury, on 
 
 the petition of Hercules Russell, praying payment of 70^. 2s. lid., 
 being the arrears of pay due to him as adjutant and cornet in one 
 of the troops of Col. Wolesley's regiment of horse, which were broke 
 in A.D. 1691. Dated 5 Jan. 1692. 
 
 Also the petition and another petition from him, together with 
 a paper entitled the " Case," and a certificate. 4 pages. 
 
 Jan. 5. 5. Order in Council referring to the consideration of the Lords 
 
 of the Treasury the petition of Thomas Roots, " chirurgeon" to 
 Major-General Trelawny's regiment, in which petition lie sought 
 payment of 23Z. for medicines, together with the pay due to him. 
 Dated 5 Jan. 1692-3. 
 
 " 17 Augt '93. R. to Mr Fox." H pages {much decayed). 
 
 Jan. 6. 6. Presentment of Robert Henley, one of the Com''^ for Trans- 
 
 portation, to the Lords of the Treasury, asking whether their Lord- 
 ships will have him buy 1,500 bushels of wheat, wliich are offered 
 him at Cork, at 6s. 9fL a bushel, or whether he shall complete the 
 order for 1,000 barrels from England, 800 bushels of which he had 
 shipped for Cork before he left Bristol. Dated 6 Jan. 1692. 
 1 page. 
 
 Jan. 7. 7. Letter signed by " Halifax, Feversham," and others, stating that 
 
 the Queen Dowager had long since exhibited a bill in tlie Exchequer 
 asjainst several of the tenants of the manor of Richmond alias 
 West Shene, to make out the right of the Queen Dowager to that 
 
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 Vol. XXI. 
 
 manor, to which the Attoniey-Geueral had \)i\i in no answer, and 
 they eonldnot discharge their trust to Her Majesty without desiring 
 their Lordships that Mr. Attorney might he hastened therein. 
 Dated 7 Jan. 1692-3. 1 'patje. 
 
 Jan. 1 0. 8. Keport of tlie Committee appointed to examine the petition of 
 their JIajesties' Roman Catholic subjects not indicted or outhiwed, 
 addressed to the Lord Lieutenant and the Lords of the Council 
 for Ireland, viz., on the petition of Nicholas Gaynor, Esq., signifying 
 that the petitioner had during the rebellion never acted in any 
 military or civil capacity, and demeaned himself with great modera- 
 tion and kindness to his Protestant neighbours, but bis estate was 
 seized. Recommending him to His Majesty's favour, and for tlie 
 remission of his quit-rent from Mich. 1688 to Easter 1G92. Dated 
 10 Jan. 1692. 
 
 Minuted: — " To stay till v*^ Generall State comes over 11 Apr. 
 '93." 
 
 Also the petition. 
 
 Minuted : — " Agreed to and orderd to be recommended into 
 England." 2 i)a{jes and 2 licdf pages. 
 
 [Jan. 10.] 9. Petition to the King of "La Dame de Heucourt," Avidow 
 of the Seignieur D'Oberkan, brigadier of the King's armies 
 in Piedmont, for payment of 4S8Z. standing due for her husband's 
 services and for a pension. Her husband died 12 July 1 692 [French]. 
 Letter of the said widow to Lord Godolphin [French] and two 
 letters of the Earl of Nottingham thereon, one of which transmits 
 the letter of the widow to the Lords of the Treasury. Dated 
 10 Jan. 1692-3. 
 
 Minuted-,: — " Referr to E. Ranelagh." 3 parts of pages. 
 
 Jan. 13. 10. Letter of Viscount Sydney, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, 
 
 to the Lords of the Treasury, returning the petition of James 
 Clarke, merchant, with the report made thereon, by the Solicitor- 
 General, showing that he v/as one of the new .aldermen of 
 Dublin, under the late Government, in the year 1G87; that he 
 served as captain in the militia troop of horse in that city, until 
 the rout of the Boyne, for which treason he was indicted, and was 
 continued on bail, having behaved himself civilly to his neighbours ; 
 leaving it for consideration whether he should be pardoned and his 
 estate restored, as it was a ma.tter of some consequence, as a prece- 
 dent for a multitude of similar cases. Dated 13 Jan. 1692-3. 
 
 Also several certificates, &c., in relation to the same matter. 12 
 jxiges and parts of pages {decayed). 
 
 Jan. 17. II. An estimate of the exjiense of erecting a coui-t in West- 
 
 minster Hall, 17 Jan. 1692, for the trial of a Peer during the 
 sessions of Parliament, after the manner of the Lord Stafford's trial 
 Signed by Sir Christopher Wren and two others. 1 page. 
 
 Jan. 21. 12. Report of the Corni's of Customs to the Lords of the Trea- 
 
 suiy, on the petition of Ambrose Upton, merchant, as to the pay- 
 
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 raenfc of aliens duij, the sliip " Little William" having unavoidably 
 been Avorkecl by a portion of the crew who were foi'eigners ; advising 
 the discharge of the shiyj. Dated 21 Jan. 1692. 
 
 Minnted :—U Apr. '93. "Agreed to." 
 
 The petition and two other papers relating thereto. 3 pages and 
 2 halves. 
 
 Jan. 27. 13. Letter from the Council Board of Dublin to the Lords of the 
 
 Treasury, inclosing the petition of Nicholas Gaynor, Esq., praying 
 to be exempt from payment of liis quit-rents on account of his 
 sufferings and losses. Earnestly recommending him to their Lord- 
 ships. Dated 27 Jan. 1692. 1 page {the petition not noiu ivitk it). 
 
 Jan. 28. 14. Report of the Comi'^ of Customs to the Lords of the Trea- 
 
 sury, on an estimate required of what had " been produced for a 
 year or two" by the duties on cei'tain commodities, then proposed 
 to be added to by Parliament. Dated 28 Jan. 1692. 1 pctge. 
 
 Feb. 3. 15. Memorial of the Coma's for sick and wounded seamen and 
 
 exchange of prisoners, to the Lords of the Treasury, praying pay- 
 ment of 40,660?. Is. l|d,in arrear on 1 Jan. 1692-3. Dated 3 Feb. 
 1692-3. 1 page. 
 
 Feb. 3. IG. Memorial on behalf of the sick and wounded seamen and 
 
 prisoners of war, signed " Richard Povey, receiver," addres.sed to 
 the Lords of the Treasury ; praying for the payment of 2,400?. fur 
 the present, &c. Dated 3 Feb. 1692. 1 page. 
 
 Feb. 3. 17. Report of Wm. Lowndes to the Lords of the Treasury, on 
 
 the petition of Nicholas Bedgood, as to debts owing by Thomas 
 Price, late of London, goldsmith ; he having received 10,602?.. 6s. 9cZ., 
 of the moneys of King James tlie Second, and tlien absconded, being- 
 indebted in all about 12,000?., his estates being liable ; advising 
 that it WHS in His Majesty's powei' to grant the debts to the 
 petitioner, if he thought fit. Dated 3 Feb. 1692. 
 Minuted : — " Granted." 
 Written on the back of the petition. 2 pages. 
 
 Feb. 4. 18. Report of the Comf'^ of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 
 on a paper touching the duties on muscovado or brown sugars, and 
 other sugars. Dated 4 Feb. 1692. 
 
 A copy of the paper referred to. 2 J pages. 
 
 Feb. 5. 19. An abstract of the English brigade of horse in Flanders, 
 
 the -Sth of February 1692-3 ; showing the names of the regiments, 
 and what had become of them. 
 
 On the dorse :- " For y" King." 1 page. 
 
 Feb. 6. 20. Report of tlie Com^s of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 
 as to the importation of pitch, tar, rozin, deals, oars, &c. from New 
 England, custom free, advising that at least the old subsidy be 
 retained. Dated 6 Feb. 1692-3. 
 
 Minuted ;— " To send for & speake with M'' Taylour Thursday 
 morning." 1 page. 
 
278 CALENDAR OF 
 
 1692-3. ^-- ™ 
 
 Feb. 10. 21. Report of the Comrs of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 upon a letter from Matthew Webb, a landwaiter at Bristol, con- 
 cerning some unwarrantable practices in that port, for wliich they 
 report that they had suspended him. Dated 10 Feb. 1692-3. 
 1 page. 
 
 Feb. 10. 22. Eeport of the Com" of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 as to the value of a parcel of silks and muslins, lately seized by 
 Mr. Isaacson, made on the petition of James Lord " Mordington," 
 who prayed for the King's part in kind, to preserve himself, his 
 lad}' and children, from starving. Dated 10 Feb. 1692. 
 
 Minuted : — " My Lord Mordington to have the King's part, when 
 it is brought into the Exchequer." 
 Also the petition. 2 pages. 
 
 Feb. 10. 23. Letter of Viscount Sydney to [Lord Nottingham], in which 
 
 he said he found, by the iSolicitor-General's report, on the petition 
 of Mr. Gay, which he transmitted, that the office of warehouse 
 keeper or storekeeper was directed by Act of Parliament for 
 Ireland, of 14 & 15 Car. II., &c. ; recommending the grant of the 
 office of storekeeper in the outports of Ireland to the jietitioner 
 for three lives. Dated 10 Feb. 1 092-3. 
 
 Minuted: — "17 Aug. '93. To be referr'd to ye Conirs of yc 
 Revenue." 
 
 The report of the Solicitor-General and an officer of customs 
 in Ireland, the petition of the said Mr. Gay, and the copy of the 
 proposed grant. 6 pages and 2 halves (much decayed). 
 
 Feb. 10. 24. Letter of ComJ^^ for sick and wounded seamen and exchange 
 of prisonei's, to the Lords of the Treasur}', urging on them the 
 necessity of a present supply, and a fund to carry on the service. 
 Dated 10 Feb. 1692-3. 
 
 Also, a letter which is a duplicate except the date, which is 
 1 4 Feb. 2 p>ages. 
 
 Feb. 11. 2.5. Letter from the Lords of the Admiralty to the Lords of the 
 
 Treasury, stating that there was then a great want of seamen for 
 the fleet ; desiring their Lordships will give orders to the Com's 
 of Customs to employ as few seamen and watermen as possible, and 
 that they send a list of such men as they have given protection to, 
 and in future send a similar list monthly. Dated 11 Feb. 1692-3. 
 1 page. 
 
 Feb. 11. 20. Petition of Thomas Johnson, referring to the following report, 
 
 complaining that almost a month after he had obtained their Lord- 
 ships' reference, one Thomas West presented a petition, on which a re- 
 port was made by the surveyor, setting the fine at IQl. less than to the 
 petitioner ; expressing his willingness to give 51. above llOl. named 
 in the report. Undated, but subsequent to the following report. 
 
 Report of William Tailer, addressed to the Lords of the Trea- 
 sury, on the petition of the said Thomas Johnson, who sought for a 
 
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 grant of a small parcel of meadow ground, called Ward Mead, at 
 Eaton, belonging to the honor of Windsor, stating his opinion 
 that a new lease for 31 years was wortli a fine of 110?., being some- 
 thing more than ten years' purchase ; reserving the old rent of 
 66s. per ann. Dated 11 Feb. 1692. 
 
 Also the petition referred to 2| pages. 
 
 Feb. 13. 27. Letter of Viscount Sydney to tlie Lords of the Treasury, 
 recommending Thomas Carter, Esq., the second serjeant-at-arms, for 
 increase of salary ; he having but 50/^. per ann., and having ap- 
 plied to have it raised to 100?. Dated 1-3 Feb. 1692. 
 
 Minuted: — " 17 Aug. '93. My L^s can make no addition to the 
 establishment, till represented by y" lA^ Justices." 1 page. 
 
 Feb. 14. 28. A letter or notice, signed Edw. Noell, to Mr. Fairfield, in- 
 structing liim not to charge " John Shorter Schoolman,'" in his 
 division. [Perhaps for payment of a tax or subsidy.] Dated 
 14 Feb. 1692. k page. 
 
 Feb. 20. 29. Letter of Viscount Sj^dney to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 returning the petition of John Blackwell, Esq., and the report of 
 the Solicitor- General, made upon his reference to him, stating that 
 the petitioner was entitled as an adventurer to a share of the lands 
 set out by Acts of Parliament, and vested in the Crown for that 
 purpose ; and that he was still deficient of his proportion about 
 241?. a year, the Lord Dungan and other former proprietors having 
 been restored by the then Commissioners to several lands claimed 
 by the Lord Kingston, in the right of the petitioner, &c. ; recom- 
 mending that the deficiency should be supplied out of such lands 
 as he should discover to be vested in His Majesty by those Acts. 
 Dated 20 Feb. 1692-3. 
 
 The report, witli the note referring the matter to the Attorney- 
 General. 5\ pages {much decayed). 
 
 Feb. 30. A certificate signed Ri. Hutchinson, in relation to 7,940?. Is. 9cZ. 
 
 20 and 21. which the Court of Exchequer had decreed should be paid at the 
 receipt of Exchequer. The money arose from the tenths of all 
 prize goods taken from the Great Mogul or his subjects, brought 
 home in the " Charles the Second " and " New London." Dated 
 20 Feb. 1692. 
 
 Also a computation of the interest of the said 7,940?. Is. 9c?., due 
 from the East India Company, signed Jo. Knight. Dated 2 1 Feb. 
 1692-3. -2 pages. 
 
 Feb. 21. 31. Representation of the Comr^ for sick and wounded and 
 exchange of prisoners at war, to the Lords of the Treasury, about 
 6,800?. resting unpaid, by the Comra of the Navy and Victualling. 
 Dated 21 Feb. 1692-3. 1 page. 
 
 Feb. 22. 32. Report of the Com^s of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 as to the naturalization of the ship "New Dilligence." Dated 
 22 Feb. 1692-3. 
 Four other papers relating thereto. 5 pages and a little piece. 
 
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 Feb. 25. .33. Report of Mr. Aaron Sinitli to the Lords of the Treasury, on 
 
 the petition of Lady Rachel Russell, praying that the dissolved 
 abbey of Strata Marcella, in the county of Montgomery, with all 
 the "lands, &c. belonging to the same, lately held by the Marquis 
 of Powis, attainted of high treason, might be granted to lier ; 
 reporting that the same lands were mortgaged to John Noel, Esq., 
 but that their Majesties were entitled to the equity of redemption, 
 and might grant the same. Dated 25 Feb. 1092. 
 Also the petition. 2 leaves. 
 
 Feb. 2C. 3-1. Report of [Lord Ranelagh] to the Lords of the Treasury, on 
 the iietition of Col. Richard Cunningham, and the rest of the officers 
 of his late regiment, now commanded by Col. Buchan, in which they 
 offered to discount the 17,000?. due to them for 13 months' pay, at 
 5,000?., stating that the regiment is in the same circumstances as 
 the Earl of Argyle's was, tlie arrears of Avhicli were compounded 
 for -i.OOO?. Dated 20 Feb. 1C92. 
 
 Written on the back of the petition. There is also a copy of this 
 report and petition, and a copy of the order for referring the petition 
 to Lord Raglan. 
 
 J^finuted: — "This report being layd before ye Lords, since ye 
 King's going away, they think they cannot come to a determinacon, 
 wt^out ye K's direction," &c. 2 page.s and 3_ lialves. 
 
 Feb. 27. 35. Report of Mr. Charles Fox to the Lords of the Treasury, on 
 
 the petition of Capt. Walter Devereux, of the regiment late Col. 
 Tol)y Purcell's ; in favour of pajing him 108?. 7s. 9d, due for his 
 service in Ireland. Dated 27 Feb.l692-3. 
 
 3Iintited: — " To be considered when ye regim* is cleerd." 
 1 page. 
 
 [? About 36. Statement of the sums granted by the Crown for the sub- 
 
 Feb.] sistence of the French Protestant refugees, since the month of 
 Nov. 1089, and received by the French committee, which ad- 
 ministered the Royal charities up to tlie last of February 1692-3. 
 (FreacJi.) 
 
 Also another paper relating thereto. 4 'pa-ges. 
 
 [About 37. Petition of Anthony la i\iontagne to tlie King, showing that 
 
 Feb,] he was a Venetian by birth, and of the Romish religion ; that he 
 was summoned before St. JLartin's vestry, to give bail to appear at 
 Westminster, to take the catlis, ; but, going out of town, he forgot 
 tlie day, and process was issued against him for 40?. ; praying to be 
 discharged, having taken the oath of allegiance. 
 
 With a note that His Majesty was disposed to gratify the 
 petitioner: and referred it to tlie Lords of the Treasur3^ 16 Feb. 
 1692-3. 
 
 Minuted .•— " 17 Aug*. '93. R. M"^ Aa. Smith." 1 page. 
 
 March \. 3S. Report of Win. Loundes to the Lords of tiie Treasury, on the 
 petition of Sir Thomas Gro.svenor, respecting a piece of ground con- 
 
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 taining 4^ acres, ^y\nch belonged to linry, the daughter and heir of 
 Alexander Davies, Esq., deceased, who was then the petitionor'.s 
 wife, which land was taken into St. James's Park, about A.D. lOfiS, 
 viz., as to the value of the land, which lay at the north-west 
 corner of the park. Also, respecting 2i acres of meadow at 
 Chelsea, taken to the use of the Crown from the petitioner. Dated 
 1 March 1G92. 
 
 Accompanied by the petition, and a schedule of the sums the 
 petitioner sought to obtain. 
 
 Mimited: — "S March 1C93-4. For all his intei-est & demand in 
 the 2 parcells to have 800/. (besides 200 ^^ paid alreadj') upon exe- 
 cuting such convej^ance as "U^' Attor[neyj shall advise at ye charge 
 of ye pet>'." 5 pages. 
 
 March 3. 39. Keport of the Couii's of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 
 on the petition of Ann King, who had, in ignorance, imported 
 certain canary wine and muslin from Holland, which were pro- 
 hibited ; in favour of remission of their Majesties' portion of the 
 bounty. Dated 3 March 1692-3. 
 
 Minuted : — " Agreed." 
 
 The petition referred to. 2 ixiges. 
 
 March 4. 40. Warrant under the Royal Sign Manual to Sir Robert Cotton, 
 Knt., and Tliomas Frankland, Esq,, Postmasters-General, stating 
 that the revenue in the Post Office by the free carriage of a great 
 number of letters and packets had suffered, and commanding them 
 not to permit any person to send or receive free any letters or 
 packets which ouglit by tlie Acts to be jiaid for, except the two 
 Principal Secretaries of State in England, the Secretary of Scotland, 
 Mons. Zulichen, Secretary in Holland, and the Earl of Portland, 
 for such letters and packets only as they sent or received upon 
 account of the King's service ; and the above-named persons should 
 not, at any time, permit any private letters to be sent under cover 
 to them, but what they should immediately send to the General 
 Post Office to be taxed and delivered, and that the^' sliould not 
 cover any man's letters but their own. Dated 4 March 1 092-3. 
 1 page. 
 
 March G. 41. Warrant under the Royal Sign Manual to the Postmaster- 
 
 General referring to the warrant of 4 Maich, and stating that 
 members of both Houses of Parliament, during the sessions, and 
 for 40 days before and after, had their single inland letters passed 
 free, by order of King Charles II. and King James II., notwith- 
 standing the former warrant. Allowing the continuance of the 
 jirivilege, and instructing tlie Postmasters, tliat, to prevent 
 abuses formerly practised by divers persons, (who, though thej'- 
 were not members, endorsed the names of members of Parliament 
 on tlieir letters,) the King expected each member of both Houses 
 sliould write his name, and give the impression of his seal, such 
 as he would put upon his letters, in a book to be provided for that 
 purpose. Dated G March 1692. 1 page. 
 
282 
 
 CALENDAR OF 
 
 1692-3. 
 March 8. 
 
 March 10. 
 
 Vol. XXI. 
 
 42. Report of the Comra of Customs to the Lords of the Trea- 
 sury, on the petition of Thomas Starke, merchant, respecting a ship 
 laden witli tobacco corning from Virginia to England, driven on a 
 sljoal on the coast of Ireland ; in favour of his landing the cargo 
 there, in custody of the revenue officers, under certain conditions. 
 Dated 8 March 1C92-3. 
 
 Minuted : — "Agreed." 
 
 The petition referred to. 1 page and 2 halves. 
 
 43. A similar report on the petition of Josiah Bacon and others, 
 relative to another ship laden with tobacco also driven ashore there. 
 Dated 10 March 1692-3. 
 
 Minuted: — " Granted." 
 
 Also the petition. 2 pages. 
 
 March 11. 44. Report of the victuallers of the Navy to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, on a petition of several merchants of London, who sup- 
 plied ships for ti'ansportation of soldiers to the West Indies, and 
 upon an Order of Council, viz., as to the allowance to be 
 made to them for the detention of their ships beyond the terms of 
 their agreement. It was intended they should sail at the end of 
 September, and they did not start till 7 January ; and some of 
 them sustained great loss, by reason of bad weather, while they 
 rode in Stokes Bay. Declining to lay down a general rule, for 
 various reasons, but recommending demurrage to be allowed. Dated 
 11 March LC92-3. 
 
 Minuted : — " 16 June 1693. To be read another tyme. 
 "18 Aug. '93. To speak w^^ y" Commas of ye Victualling." 
 
 The petition and Order in Council. 3 iiages. 
 
 March 11. 
 
 4.5. Extract of a letter from Lisbon, in relation to the supply of 
 lead to the French, brought there by English ships, viz., as to the 
 means of preventing the same. The writer had proposed to the 
 King of Portugal to prohibit the transportation of any lead, <and 
 would press it further if their Lordships thought proper ; suggest- 
 ing that security should be taken from the masters of ships to land 
 their lead in the Custom-house, for the use of the kingdom only. 
 
 Dated March 21 1692-3. 
 1 1' 
 
 ] page {quarto). 
 
 March 13. 40. Petition of the Earl of "Warrington to the Lords of the Trea- 
 sury, praying for a withdraAval of the suspension of payment of 
 his pension, and that Mr. Tayler, the auditor for the duchy of 
 Cornwall, might speedily pay the same. Dated 13 March 1692-3. 
 
 I page. 
 
 March 1.^. 47. Report of the Com^s of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 on the reasons for the dismission of John Peter, late collector at 
 Looo. Dated 13 March 1692-3. 
 
 Also two other documents relating thereto. 3 pages. 
 
 March 13. 48. Report of the Com™ of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 on the petition of Robert Bristow and Timothy Boston, of London, 
 
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 merchants, who had shipped and sold certain pepper, reserving 
 half the customs, which are drawn back upon exportation by de- 
 benture, which debenture was forfeited by the return of the 
 goods, the ship having sprung a leak ; praying a nolle prosequi. 
 Dated 13 March 1692-3. 
 
 Minuted :~" 11 Apr. '93. Granted." 
 
 Also the petition referred to. 2 pages. 
 
 March 14. 49. Kepresentation of the Com™ for sick and wounded seamen 
 and exchange of prisoners at war to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 referring to their memorial of 3 Feb. last, and showing that the 
 arrears amounted to 42, 660L Is. l|cL ; giving a description of the 
 deplorable state the people were in, who had supplied the sick and 
 wounded, and stating that the fleet was ready for sea, but that the 
 inhabitants of Portsmouth and places adjacent, to whom there was 
 due about 12,000^., had sworn to each other that until their de- 
 mands were satisfied no seaman should have the least relief. 
 Praying the prevention of what was threatened, and the retrieval 
 of their credit. Dated 14 March 1692-3. 1 page. 
 
 March 14. 50. "A true copy of the entries in the books in tlie Secretary's 
 office, under the Chief Com's and Governors of their Majesties' 
 revenue of Ireland, and examined 14 March 1692-3." 
 
 The various documents copied relate to the affairs of John Ver- 
 non, of Dublin, merchant, and Hugh Courtny, his surety, who 
 prayed to be discharged of a debt of 447?. 
 
 Minuted: — " April 19* 1693. S"" Robert Rich represented to my 
 Lords that none was to bee found but old Mr. Vernon, who was 
 73 yeares old, & not worth anything, but must rot in a jayle, & did 
 pray a suspention of taking out execution on the judgement, not a 
 dischai-ge ; for hee will pay the mony, if ever hee prove able. 
 
 Prosecution to be stopt till further order." 4 pages. 
 
 March 15. 51. Presentment of the Comfs of Customs, laying before the Lords 
 of the Treasury the case of Mr. Walter Middleton, collector of cus- 
 toms at Milford, concerning the loss of 250J., part of a bill of 450?. 
 occasioned by the failure of a drover, by whom he sent up the 
 miiney; advising that the Controller-General of Customs might be 
 authorized to discharge the petitioner. Dated 15 March 1692-3. 
 
 Minuted : — " Granted." 
 
 Also the case. 2 pages. 
 
 March 16. 52. Report of William Tailer, addressed to the Lords of the Trea- 
 sury, on the petition of Benjamin Gyles and others, praying a lease 
 for 31 years of aU such copper and other mines, except tin, as they 
 should discover to belong to their Majesties, within the lands 
 belonging to the duchy of Cornwall. He was unaware that any 
 such mines had been found, but was of opinion if they should be 
 found they belonged to their Majesties, and might "be granted 
 by lease for 31 years, with certain reservations, and a 10 th part 
 
284 CALENDAR OF 
 
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 Vol. XXI. 
 
 (not a 20tli as Dvoposed), to be paid to their Majesties Dated 
 16 March '92. 
 
 Minuted : — "11 Apr. '93. E,es2)ited till yo rep* comes back on yo 
 pefi Govn'' & Compa copper miners." 
 
 Accompanied by the petition. 2 ixiges. 
 
 March 20. 53. Copy of report of Philip Ryley [Surveyor-General of Woods], 
 to the Lords of the Treasurj', on the petition of Mr. May, master 
 keeper of Hasteboroiigh Walk, in the forest of Whittlewood, as to 
 the repairs necessary for the lodge, &e. Dated 20 March, '92. 
 Minuted : — " Granted.'' 1 ]-)age. 
 
 March 22. 54. Representation by the Coma's of the arrears of the late revenue 
 of hearth money to the Lords of the Treasury, to the effect that 
 there was paid out of the hearth money, in the counties of North- 
 umberland, Durham, Westmorland, and Cumberland, by Samuel 
 Turner, then Receiver-General of that revenue, to Israel Fielding, 
 300Z. ; praying tliat he might be directed to account for the same. 
 Dated 22 March 1C92. 
 
 Minuted : — " To speak with Mr. Fielding in this." ] jKige. 
 
 IMaich 23. 55. A paper docqueited, " Coppie of the Act of the Lords of 
 Thcsaurie, discharging the black box, 1G93." 
 
 The warrant or " Coppie of the King's letter to the Lords of 
 Thesaurie, 1693, in Edenbrough,'' stating that he had resolved there 
 should be no black box made use of for transporting letters and 
 packets from our secretaries to Scotland, and from thence hither ; 
 but that each .secretary should have his own packet, for which the 
 " due " should be marked down at the Post Office here and in 
 Scotland ; and that the profits of the postage between Berwick and 
 Edinburgh should be applied for the payment of tlie same, and of 
 the flj'ing packets. Commanding that the profits of the postage should 
 be so emijloyed. Unaddressed, but most likely to the Postmaster- 
 General. Dated 23 March 1692-3. 
 
 Minuted : — " A warrant to bee prepared." \\ parjes. 
 
 March 24. 56. Report of the Comr^ of Customs to the Lords of the Trca.surj', 
 on the petition of Giles Merick, merchant, of Bristol, in favour of 
 a " nolle irrosequi '' being entered, on a prosecution against him for 
 importing certain tobacco in a Dutch-built ship. Dated 24 March 
 1692-3. 
 
 j\[inuted : — " Speak w*'' Comas' of the Customes, & see ye minute 
 in y<: book on 27 Mar. '93." 
 
 Also the petition and three other documents. 3i puges, and a 
 'piece of parchm ent. 
 
 1693. 
 
 March 28. 57. "An extract of the Ordnance memorial to the R* Hono^e t,he 
 Lords Comif' of their Mat'f's Treasury, the S'^ March 1692-3," being 
 of the nature of an estimate laid befiu-e the Lords of the Treasuiy 
 for their consideration. Dated 28 March 1693. 
 
 Minuted: — " To be lay'd before y<= K. to-morrow." 2 pages. 
 
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 Mavcli 29. 58. Report of Lord Ranelagh to tlie Lords of tlie Treasurj', ou 
 the petition of Francis Mollincux, William Woollett, and William 
 Turner, in favour of paying their claim for 788?. IS.s. due to them 
 from the regiment of hor.se commanded by the Lord Berkeley, and 
 for the ofT-reclvOnings. Dated 29 Marcli 1C93. 
 
 Also the petition and two memorandn. 4 ^Mrts of pages. 
 
 Mai'ch 31. 59. Report of the Coma's of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 on the petition of C'apt. Griffith Bowen, late collector of customs in 
 the jiort of Padstow, dismissed from his employment for acting con- 
 ti-ai-y to his duty, having distributed some French wine amoug.st 
 some Parliament men and gentry, for which they report that tliey 
 could do no other than dismiss him. Dated 31 March 1G93. 
 Minuted : — ■" Agreed to the report." 
 Also two petitions of Capt. Bowen. 3 pages. 
 
 April 1 . 00. Presentment by the Com'''' of Customs to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, that they had written to the otiicer of their Majesties' 
 revenue of 4i per cent, in Barbadoes and the Leeward Islands, to 
 pay to the Commander-in-Chief of these islands, for the Duke of 
 Bolton's regiment of foot, laying before their Lordships the acquit- 
 tances for the payments and for payments to Col, Kendall, Governor 
 of Barbadoes, and praying their Lord.shi[)s' directions for applying 
 the same to the credit of the officers' account in Barbadoes. Dated 
 1 April 1693. 
 
 Minuted: — '■' 18 Aug. '93. To speak wt'^ ye Comi-s of ye Cus- 
 tomes about revenue of 4 & i p. cent, in Barbadoes being paid to 
 Coll. Kendall, &ca." 
 
 Minuted : — "Agreed." 
 
 Also a duplicate, the signatures, and indorsement differing. 1 fage. 
 
 April 3. Gl. Report of Mr. Benjamin Overton to tlie Lords of the Treasury, 
 
 stating that the Bailiff of Westminster had lately pcssessed himself 
 of several goods belonging to a clipper, and challenged 40/. worth of 
 clippings, besides money, fcc, (the Bailift' alleging that he would 
 try his title thereto,) as would appear by the account annexed ; 
 farther annexing tlie copy of a circular letter, written by the Lord 
 Treasurer to the justices of the peace in the severnl counties : sub- 
 mitting tliat the letter might be signed by their Lordships. Dated 
 3 April 1693. 
 
 Enclosing (1st), Letter of Mr. Geo. Macy, giving an account of the 
 apprehension of one Hugh Middleton at Palace Yard, Westminster, 
 and the claim set up by Mr. Knipe, Bailiff of Westminster, by virtue 
 of his grant from the Dean and Chapter, to his goods. Adding 
 further, " I directed him and Ids officers in the further search, and 
 told them the use of several things whicli lay in the room, as clipping 
 thumbs, fingers, and gloves, fob.s of leather, bulses, bags, &c., on 
 which filings were to be seen, as also other things which thej^ knew 
 iiot what to make of" And 
 
 (2.) The copy of the circular letter. 3 picLges. 
 
286 CALENDAR OF 
 
 1(593. Vol. XXI. 
 
 April 3. 62. Report of Lord Ranelagli on the proposal of Francis Mollineux 
 
 and Benjamin Tomlinson, woollen drapers, concerning the clothing 
 of the regiment of horse commanded by Col. Lumly, viz., as to the 
 ofF-reckonings. Dated 3 April 1693. 1 page. 
 
 April 4. 63. Report of Viscount Sydney to the Lords of the Treasury, as 
 to the allowance to Mr. Philip Savage of 40s. for each person out- 
 lawed or attainted for high treason, which allowance he (Viscount 
 Sydney) had thought proper to stop, there being above 4,000 per- 
 sons outlawed ; recommending that he have a recompence out of 
 some part of the forfeited estates. Dated 4 April 1693. 
 
 Minuted : — " The Queen's pleasure to be knowne how much shee 
 will allow p head for the number outlawed ; and the lands not to 
 be disposed till Her Ma**! pleasure is declared." 
 
 The petition of Mr. Savage, and two other papers. 5 pages and 
 2 halves. 
 
 April 6. 64. Report of Mr. Charles Fox to the Lords of the Treasury, on 
 
 the petition of Christophilus Jenny, clerk, one of the persons 
 returned in the list of the Londonderry officers who had lately 
 received his proportion of the Royal bounty, but who claimed to be 
 paid in a double capacity, as captain and chaplain ; adverse to his 
 being so paid, except their Lordships think his merits and sufferings 
 entitle him. Dated 6 April 1693. 
 Also the petition. 2 pages (quarto). 
 
 April 10. 65. Letter of the Comi^*! for sick and wounded seamen, &c., to 
 
 the Lords of the Treasury, stating that they had attended daily 
 with the enclosed representation, but had not been called in. En- 
 closing an extract from a letter they had received from Go&port, 
 setting forth the difficulties experienced by their agent in subsisting 
 the .seamen, as the tradesmen could no longer give trust, &c. Dated 
 10 April 1G93. 
 
 Also the extract. 2 pages. 
 
 April 10. 66. " Office of Ordnance. The method by which we have 
 
 computed our demand of ready money for the Descent Trayne 
 now fitting out." [An estimate.] Dated 10 April 1693. 
 [Tlie descent was upon France.] li pages. 
 
 April 10. 67. Report of the officers of the Mint to the Lords of the 
 
 Treasury, on tlie question how far farthings, consisting of a mixtui'e 
 of copper and tin, might be made with profit to the Crown, without 
 being liable to be counterfeited ; stating that farthings and half- 
 pence might be made, after the pattern sent, at 20 per cent, profit 
 to the Crown, at least ; but unless all profit were waived by the 
 Crown, the same would be counterfeited still, there being no way 
 to prevent the counterfeiting but by making farthings of so near the 
 intrinsic value that no artists might be tempted to do it ; if made 
 at all, they should be either purely of copper, or purely of tin refined. 
 Dated 10 April 1693. 1^ j^o-i/es. 
 
TREASURY PAPERS, 
 
 287 
 
 1693. 
 
 [About 
 April 10.] 
 
 [? About 
 April 10.] 
 
 [? About 
 April 1].] 
 
 Vol. XXI. 
 
 68. Petition of Captain Holcroft Blood to tlie Lords of tlie. 
 Treasury, for arrears of his pay as an engineer in Ireland during 
 the war, " being obliged to go in tliis expedition to the West Indies." 
 With an account annexed, dated Aug. 12, 1692, on which is a certi- 
 ficate by tlie Com^s of Ordnance of its truth [pursuant to the 
 minute on the dorse, dated 10 April 1693], 
 
 Minuted: — " IQtii Apr. '93. To be referrd to ye officers of y" 
 Ordnance, who are to state w* is due to y° pet^." ^ 'pages. 
 
 G9. Petition of Captain Francis Hamon, Lieut.-Governor of Lan- 
 guard Fort, ])raying for payment of salary for above five j"ears, and 
 for a settlement for the futui-e, as he was assured by Col. Eyton, 
 who was the Governor, that he should be allowed 10s. a day, it 
 having been proposed that a Lieut.-Governor should reside there, to 
 prevent abuses. 
 
 Minuted: — "10 Apr. '93. To be respited till the King's returne." 
 1 i^age. 
 
 70. Memorial of the Duke of Norfolk to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 stating that 6,7-50^. was due to him for his pension of 3,000?. per 
 ann., aud that it was proposed to lend their Majesties 13,000L on 
 credit of the 4s. in the pound, provided their Lordships would pay 
 the debt by tally upon some branch of the revenue. 
 
 Minuted:—" 11 Apr. '93. To have 3,000li at 100^ p week, & 
 to lend 6,000ii upon ye excise." 
 
 Another memorial to the King, much the same in effect, but the 
 memorialist only ofiers a loan of 10,000?. 
 
 The last is mimtted : — " To speak w'''' y^ D. of Norfolk's agent." 
 1 and I |jagre (quarto). 
 
 April 12. 7L Report of Sir Edw. Ward, Attorney-General, addressed to the 
 Lords of the Treasury, on the petition of Charles Trevanion, Esq., 
 and on the report made by Mr. Willm. Taylor thereupon, in 
 the former the petitioner desired three thiugs to be leased to 
 him : — 1st. A tenement in Resuggo, in the manor of Treverbin, 
 formerly leased with a fulling mill to William Cock : — 2nd. Another 
 tenement in the same place formerly granted by copy of Court Roll 
 to the petitioner and his brother Hugh Trevanion, for their lives, 
 after the death of JoanEland lately deceased ; and 3rd. Certain build- 
 ings being encroachments on the wastes of their M.ajesties manors of 
 Treverbin, Courtney, Austell Prior and Tuington, in the duchy and 
 county of Cornwall. Advising their Lordships on the 1st, that the 
 validity of Cock's lease should be determined ; on the 2nd that they 
 had no objection ; and on the 3rd, that a commission should issue, to 
 inquire into the truth, in regard to the premises, without which 
 it would not be proper to grant those encroachments. &c. Dated 12 
 April ] 093. 
 
 Minuted: — " Agreed to ye Rep*, but the commission to be exe- 
 cuted at ye petrs charge, & ye incroachments mencond in ye s<i 
 pefi to be noted in ye inquisition." 
 
 The petition and report referred to and a schedule of tlie encroach- 
 ments. 7i pages. 
 
288 CALENDAR OF 
 
 1693. ^°'- ^^^- 
 
 April 12. 72. A short note of Lord NottingLam to tlie Lords of tlie Trea- 
 sury, enclosing an extract from a letter from Mr, Metliweii, tlieir 
 Majesties envoy extraordinary in Portugal, that they might report 
 to the Queen what tluy tliought fit to be done. i)ated 12 April 
 1693. 
 
 Minuted: — " My L<^'^ will repoi't that yc method proposed by 
 M^ Methwen is not practicable." 
 
 The letter is not now with it. i P'-^il'^ (quarto). 
 
 April 12. 73. Report of the Comrs of Excise to the Lords, of the Treasury, 
 on the petition of John Phillipps late collector of excise for the 
 county of Middlesex, showing that he was robbed on the highvva}', 
 between Enlield and London, of 198?. 2s.7id. of excise money; 
 that the same was vigorously defended, and one of the robbers shot, 
 wlio was afterwards taken and died of his wound, by which means 
 the luindi-ed was discharged [of its liability], &c. Reconnnending that 
 the ]jetitioner be discharged on his account of that sum. Dated 12 
 April 1G93. 
 
 Minuted: — "Granted. But ye particular reasons to be sett 
 forth." 
 
 Also the petition and an affidavit relating thereto. ^ pages. 
 
 April 12. 74. Presentment of the Coma's of Customs to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, as to the abolition of the office of receiver of customs 
 outv/ard, in the port of London, on the death of Mr. Simon Morse, 
 the late receiver advising the application of tlie salary of the office 
 to more useful purposes. Dated 12 April 1093. 
 Minuted, : — " Agreed." 1 \ parjes. 
 
 April 15. 75. Reptirt of the Coni''-'! of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 on the petition of Thomas Carpenter, for leave to surrender his 
 grant of one of the patent waiters in tlie port of London to Tutchen 
 Martin ; in fixvour of his so doing, " the rather liecause it is a consider- 
 able advantage to the Crown to take in a grant for life, and only 
 give out a grant for pleasure." Dated 15 April 1G93. 
 Minuted: — "To execute it in person.'' 
 Also the petition referred to. 2 pages. 
 
 April 20. 7G. Report of the Navy Board on the case contained in the 
 petition of John Perry, Esq., and other merchants, owners of the ship 
 " Richard and Sarah,'' finding that the ship was taken up as a 
 guard ship, and 24 seamen employed on board her, by order of 
 the Council of the island of Jamaica, for the safety of that island ; 
 after the destruction of the fortifications of Port Royal, and in 
 the absence of the " Guernsey " frigate, when sent after tlie French 
 at tlieir landing on the north side of the island, viz., as to the 
 amount for tlie hire of the ship. Dated 20 April '93. 
 
 Minuted ;— " IG Aug. '93, to be p'^ in y° island of Jamaica, 18 Sept. 
 '93." U pages. 
 
TREASURY PAPERS. 289 
 
 1 0.93. 
 
 Vol. XX I. 
 
 [? About 77. Memorial of the Right Hon. the Lord Cutts to tlie Lords 
 20 April of the Treasiuy, as to the advance of certain moneys to his regi- 
 1693.] ment. 
 
 Minuted :—" 20 Apr. '93." 
 
 " When the other regiments under these circumstances are con- 
 sidered." 1 page (quarto). 
 
 April 21. 78. Eeport of the Com^s of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 recommending various regulations as to ships to be engaged in the 
 transport service. Dated 21 April 1G93. 
 
 Minuted : — " 4 May '93 for the Counsell." 2 pages. 
 
 April 26. 79. Report of the Comi's for Transports to the Lords of the Trea- 
 sury, on the petition of James Hull of Plymouth, merchant, as to the 
 balance of his claim for hire of his ship, from 1(3 April 1690 to 11 
 March 1691-2, at 13s. per ton per month, viz., 1,658?. l7s. 6d., and 
 recommending the allowance of 400/. for the loss of the ship, 
 ■which -was cast away on the said 1 Itli of March. Dated 26 April 
 1693. 
 
 Minuted : — '' 23 May '93. If there be a remainder of ye tallys 
 . lately putt into yo hands of y'' Commas for last year's transport 
 service, the Lords order the 400/. to be jjaid out of those tallys. 
 Done." 
 
 The petition referred to, and Mr. Hull's objections to the Comra 
 report ; being 300?. to his prejudice. 4^ pages. 
 
 April 26. 80. Report of the Corals for Transports to the Lords of the Trea- 
 sury, on the petition of John Stapleton, master of the ship " Con- 
 quest," showing that his ship carried part of the Irish army for 
 France, landed them at Morlaix, on 26 Nov. 1691, and returned 
 to Kinsale, and was then impressed to carry the Danish forces to 
 Ostend, where they were landed, 15 March 1691-2 ; confirming his 
 claim for freight at 12.5. a ton per month, from 16 Oct. 1691 to 
 15 March, amounting to 389/. 12.s. Dated 26 April 1693. 
 
 The petition referred to, and a memorandum of the owner relating 
 thereto. 2 paqes and 3 halves. 
 
 April 28. 81. Memorial of ofiicers of the Ordnance Department, setting 
 forth the importunate demands of the artificers, who had supplied 
 stores on the credit of the 210,000/. given for the land service ; the 
 lamentable state the gunsmitlis were in, the debt to them being 
 30,000/. and asking for 15,000/. for their present supply ; the wants 
 of the artificers, fee, employed on the descent train ; the want of 
 5,000/. for the Flanders' train, on the opening of the campaign ; and 
 that 1,500/. was due for arrears of contracts, for artillery horses and 
 wagsrons, and the remainder of four months' advance on the year's 
 contract, to enable the train to take the field. Forbearing to mention 
 other particulars contained in Mr. Bertie's weekly list, all absolutely 
 necessary, but further stating that the office is so far in debt that it 
 is impossible to proceed without assistance, and that the tallies they 
 had received, amounting to 59,282/. 4,9. 6c/. for sea service, were so 
 remote as to be of no service, their quarterly payments being two 
 
 T 
 
290 CALENDAR OF 
 
 1C!):3. 
 
 Vol. XXI. 
 
 years iu arrear, and tlieir prices being more to their Majesties' 
 advantage, by at least two or three shillings in the pound, than they 
 were in tlie late King James' time, when the Crowa pay was much 
 better than it was then ; they were informed by their artificers that 
 no one would take the tallies, and the disgust of those they dealt 
 with at such unreasonable payments was so great tliat they feared 
 the total destruction of the credit of the office. Dated 28 April 1693. 
 1 "i pagen. 
 
 VOL. XXII. 1693. Mat and June. 
 
 1693. 
 
 May 3. 1. Report of the Coma's of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 
 on a memorial annexed, of Doctor Alix, praying liberty to import 
 (custom free) paper, for printing a new edition of " Ecclesiastical 
 Councils," referring it to their Lordships' consideration. The 
 amount for which remission was prayed was 592^. I7s. Qcl. upon 
 6,000 reams of demy paper. Dated 3 May 1693. 
 
 Minuted : — " The petitioner to have 2001'." 
 
 Also the memorial referred to, in which he says the same favour 
 was granted for " the Polyglott Bible, the volumes of the Critik com- 
 mentators, Mr. Pool's Synopsis, and other such burdensome public 
 works." 3 pages and 2 lines. 
 
 May 4. 2. Petition of William Howell, messenger in ordinary to King 
 
 Charles the Second, addressed to the King, for the grant of one 
 moiety of the estate of 8M. x>er ann. belonging to Robert and Richard 
 Petre, both Romish priests at Stanyod [Stanford] Rivers, Essex, 
 he having been at great expense in outlawing them, and obtainino- 
 a decree. 
 
 Minuted ;— (1st) " Rec-l 4 May 1693. Read ye same day in Coun- 
 cill & referred to the Lords of the Treasury," and (2nd) " 27 June 
 '99. The estates were not vested in K. Charles y^ 2^, by vertue 
 of any information from -y<^ pef', but by ye attainder of ye Petres." 
 Also two enclosures, one of which is the copy of the decree. 
 4tr 'pages. 
 
 [? About 3. An address to [Her] Majesty of [Her] dutiful and loyal 
 May 4.] subjects, " Ai-. Shallett, John Travers, and Antho. Wilkes," upon 
 the accompanying report, signifying that the report afforded no 
 satisfaction to her almost undone subjects, except intei'est for part 
 of tlieir money ; but they would do what they could to content the 
 numerous families concerned throughout the nation, in hopes (if 
 nothing towards the principal could be presently paid,) an order 
 might be made for a present payment of national interest, from the 
 [time of the] discharge of the respective ships, &c. Without date 
 but about the time of the report. 
 
 Report of the Lords of the Treasury, to the [Queen], on an 
 Order in Council, requiring them to consider the petition of the 
 
TEEASUEY PAPEES. 
 
 291 
 
 169S. 
 
 [About 
 May 4.] 
 
 [About 
 May 4.] 
 
 May 6. 
 
 May 6. 
 
 Mav8. 
 
 May 8. 
 
 Vol. XXn. 
 
 distressed widows, masters, owners, and others concerned in the 
 transport ships employed in the reduction of Ireland; certifying 
 that the debt owing to the petitioners amounted to about 32O,000Z., 
 which had not been provided for by Parliament. They had pre- 
 sented a scheme to the King, before his going to Holland, out of 
 which the expense of the war was to be supported. The estimates 
 were short of what the service would require, and the funds provided 
 by Parliament would also fall short of the estimates. Expressing 
 the opinion that interest for some part of the debt would be a 
 relief, but [Her] Majesty must charge her own revenue therewith, 
 which was already very far anticipated. Dated 4 May 1C93. 
 Minuted : — ■" 6 months' interest to bee paid to these." 
 The Order in Council and the petition referred to. 2 jx'^ges and 
 2 halves. 
 
 4. Petition of Martha Peirce, whose husband, John Peirce, being 
 eldest Serjeant to Capt. John Hawkins' company, lost his life in their 
 Majesties' service in Ireland, addressed to Sir Stephen Fox, praying 
 him to order her husband's arrears to be paid to her, as she and her 
 three children were reduced to a deplorable condition. 
 
 Minuted : — " 4 May '93. Referred to Mr. Fox." 1 jjat/e. 
 
 5. Petition of the officers of the marine regiments, praying pay- 
 ment of their arrears, now of above three years' standing ; stating 
 that they had subsisted their men at the expense of all their 
 fortunes during the necessity of the Treasury. 
 
 Minuted : — ■" 4 May '93. The agents to send the state of their 
 arrears." 1 page. 
 
 0. Report of Lord Ranelagh to the Lords of the Treasury, on the 
 petition of John Noades, late surgeon of the first regiment of 
 Guards, praying for 59L due for medicaments for that regiment, for 
 half a year, ended the last of June 1(190, at the rate of 12cZ. per 
 man ; not objecting to the allowance. Dated 6 May 1693. 
 
 Mimded .■— " 8 May '93. A letter to my Lord Ranelagh, to put 
 it on his memoriall." 1 ^:>asf(3. 
 
 7. Letter of Secretary Trenchard, about Mr. Mackay's having the 
 usual allowance belonging to a riding surveyor. Dated 6 May 
 1693. 1 jjage {quarto). 
 
 8. Memorial of Tracy Paunceforte to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 in answer to their Lordships' commands about the providing for 
 physicians, surgeons, apothecaries, and all things relating to the 
 serving their Majesties' hospitals, for this campaign in Flanders, 
 offering his reasons for declining to comply with their Lordships' 
 commands, in relation to the " Phisick part," but offering to provide 
 nourishment for the sick. 
 
 On the hack, 8 May 1693. 1 page. 
 
 9. Report of Lord Ranelagh to the Lords of the Treasury, on 
 the petition of Captain Francis Hammon, praying for an allowance, 
 as Deputy Governor of Languard Fort, for the time past, and a 
 
 T 2 
 
292 CALENDAR OF 
 
 1693. ^'-■•^^"- 
 
 settlement for the time to come ; recommending an allowance. 
 Dated 8 May 1693. 
 
 Also the petition. 
 
 Ilinuted ;— " 31 May '93. To make it up 8 shillings a day, from 
 the 1st of January 1692." 2 j^ages (quarto.) 
 
 May 11. 10. Order in Council, referring to the Lords of the Treasury, for 
 their report, the petition of Lancelot Simpson, Gent., which set 
 forth that in IC87 he had a lease for 31 years granted to him by 
 the Queen Dowager, and her trustees, of several ])arcels of land, 
 concealed from the Crown, in the honour of Penreth and forest of 
 Inglevvood, in the county of Cumberland, at ol. per ann. when ho 
 should recover and be in posse.ssion of them, and prayed that he 
 might hnvft a concurrent lease thereof for 99 years. Dated 1 I May 
 1693. 
 
 Hfiiiuted:—" The petitioner to show his title already had [sic] 
 & what probability hee hath of recovering what he desii-es." 
 
 Accompanied by the petition, l-i pages. 
 
 May 11. 11. Order in Council, referring tlie annexed petition of several 
 
 officers and attendants of their Majesties' sea train (who had re- 
 ceived no pay for their last service, and expected to be shipped for 
 the next sea expedition,) to the Lords of the Treasury, to examine 
 the same and report to the Queen what they judge fit to be done. 
 Dated 11 May 1693. 
 
 Minuted : — " To speake with the officers of the Ordnance." 2 
 jyarls of pages. 
 
 May 12. 12. Report signed S. Travers, Surveyor-General, addressed to 
 
 the Lords of the Treasury, .on " the petition of Thomas Neale, Esq., 
 to be admitted to purchase the tei-m in being, made up 99 years, or , 
 the fee of the late Duke of Monmouth's house in Sohoe, at the rate 
 it is really worth." Minutely describing the descent of the pro- 
 perty from 1672 ; and advising what reservations should be made, 
 if the prayer of the petitioner be granted. Dated 12 May 1693. 
 Also the petition. 3 pages. 
 
 May 13. 13. Report of the agents for bringing in taxes, addressed to 
 
 the Lords of the Treasury, on the petition of Thomas Mathews, 
 Gent., Receiver- General of the second twelve months' aid and quar- 
 terly poll, for the county and city of Hereford ; in favour of allow- 
 ing him 213L 18s. 4cZ. for his extraordinary charges. Dated 13 May 
 16'93. 
 
 Minuted : — " Agreed to." 
 
 Also the petition. 3 pages. 
 
 May 15. 1-i. Report of Wm. Lowndes to the Lords of the Treasury, on the 
 
 memorial of Mr. Henry Herbert ; praying that Mr. Bevis Lloyd, 
 receiver of South Wales, might be su.spended from the execution of 
 liis office until he paid or secured the sums of 2,181Z. 4.s. Q\d. and 
 824^ 4s. ; certifying as to the state of the accounts and advisintr 
 
TREASURY PAPERS. 293 
 
 1693. VOL. XXII. 
 
 tliat if, upon the precedents referi-ed to, their Lordships should sus- 
 pend Mr. Lloyd, a fit person should be appointed to receive the 
 revenue ; and adding that Mr. Herbert desired that the person 
 appointed might be accountable to him. Dated 15 May 1693. 
 
 Minuted: — "A copy of this report to Mr. Lloyd, and look out 
 Mr. Chetwinde's report, concerning "what is due to the Duke of 
 Beaufort." 
 
 Also the meftiorial. 3 pages. 
 
 May 15. 15. Presentment of the Com^'^ of Customs to the Lords of the 
 Treasurj', on the case of Geo. Dunt, merchant, concerning a parcel 
 of latin wire, landed by mistake ; advantage being taken thereof 
 to seize the same, stating that they had awarded that the officers 
 should make restitution of their part and moving their Lordships to 
 remit the King's part. Dated 15 May 1693. 
 
 Minuted : — " Granted." 
 
 Also two affidavits. 5 pages. 
 
 May 15. 16. Letter of William Blathwayt, Esq., to Mr. Guy, stating that 
 Lord Galvvay had presented to the King the enclosed memorial (of 
 Col. Henry Conyngham, praying for permission to ship, custom free, 
 250 horses from England, for the new raised regiment of dragoons 
 under his command in Ireland), and His Majesty ordered that the 
 necessary directions should be given. Dated " Camp at Dighem, 
 ^ May 1693." 
 
 Accompanied by the memorial. 2 pages {quarto). 
 
 May 16. 17. Keport of John Knight, Esq., to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 upon the petition of Samuel Petfc, Esq., who held by a lease from 
 the late Archbishop of Canterbury, dated 1087, several parcels of 
 marsh land in the island of Thanet, at a quit rent of 75^. per ann., 
 discharging all taxes, &c. ; advising that abatements should be 
 made for scots and taxes, as the lands in those parts had fallen 
 from 20s. an acre to 16s. Dated 16 May 1693. 
 
 Minuted: — "The Lords will not discharge this arrear." 
 
 Accompanied by the petition. \\ pages. 
 
 May 16. IS. Report of the agents for bringing in taxes made to the Lords 
 of the Treasury, on the petition of John Child, Gent., Receiver- 
 General of the second 12 months' aid and quarterly poll in the 
 county of Wilts ; praying that 376?. 13s. I^d., overpaid on that 
 aid, might be transferred to his account of the quarterly poll ; ex- 
 pressing their opinion that it might be so done. Dated 16 May 
 1693. 
 
 Also the petition and the Auditor's certificate. 2^- pages. {In 
 perishing condition) 
 
 May 16. 19. The Attorney-Generars opinion concerning the grant of the 
 
 office of Chamberlain in the Exchequer to Mr. Cole. Dated 16 May 
 1693. \ page. {A large portion decayed aiuay.) 
 
294 CALENDAR OF 
 
 IC93. Vor,.XXII. 
 
 May IG. 20. Representation of the Comrs for sick and wounded seamen, 
 
 &c., to the Lords of the Treasury, sliowing that the debt for that 
 service was then 45,460^. Is. Ifrf. ; urgently seeking for a speedy 
 supply, without which numbers must undoubtedly perish, if set on. 
 shore in the approaching action, especially on the western coast, 
 viz., Portsmouth, Dartmouth, Plymouth, &c., from which they had 
 weekly deplorable accounts; 15,000^. being at least due to those 
 ports. Dated 16 May 1G93. 1 page. 
 
 May 17- 21. Report of the agents for bringing in taxes, to the Lords of 
 
 the Treasury, on the petition of Edward Mitchell, Gent., Receiver- 
 General of the second 12 months' aid, for the county and city of 
 Gloucester, in favour of allowing him 210L for his extraordinary 
 charges ; he having paid into the Exchequer 43,780^., which he 
 brought up in four journeys, with 20 men well mounted and armed 
 for his guard, by reason the highways were so infested with robbers. 
 Dated 17 May 1693. 
 
 Mioiuted : — " Agreed to." 
 
 Also the petition and his account of disbursements. 3 pages. 
 
 May 17. 22. Petition endorsed "The Gunmakers' Petition, 17 May '93 ;" 
 
 viz., of the gunmakers of the city of London, who had been em- 
 ployed in working for the Office of Ordnance ; complaining that 
 they were to have received ready money for their work, but were 
 then offered tallies, on which they could not raise money, and that 
 they were ready to perish ; praying for speedy relief. Numerously 
 signed. 1 large page. 
 
 May 17. 23. Report of the Comrs of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury 
 
 on the petition of Martin Elkin and James Cropp, merchants, touch- 
 ing a seizure of pearl ashes ; advising a " noli prosaqwi," as was 
 desired. Dated 17 May 1693. 
 
 Minuted:—'' 10 July '93. Agreed to." 
 
 Also the petition and an affidavit. 3 pages. 
 
 [About 24. Memorial of Brigadier Levison to the Lords of the Treasury 
 
 May 17.] showing that the regiment was ordered to march from its quarters 
 in Dorsetshire and Somersetshire to the borders of Scotland ; pray- 
 ing for three months' pay, for the officers to provide equipage, there 
 being great arrears due to them. 
 
 Minuted : — " 17 May '93. Their accounts to bee perfected." 
 I page. 
 
 May 18. 25. Report of S. Travers, Surveyor-General, to the Lords [of the 
 
 Treasury], finding the allegations in the annexed petition of Aderana 
 Webb to be true, viz., that King Charles II. purchased an equitable 
 interest which one Jolley (an old servant to King Charles I.) had in a 
 long strip of ground on the east side of St. James's Park wall 
 which included the house in which the petitioner's husband then 
 inhabited, and extended southward to that wherein William Storev 
 lived, and paid 260?. for the same interest. The piece of "round 
 was granted to the trustees of Sir Henry Fane, for 50 years in 
 
TREASURY PAPERS. 205 
 
 1693. ^'^^- XX"- 
 
 A.D. 1690, by the Duke of Albemarle, at 6s. 8d. rent, excepting the 
 house ; advising that buildings should not be allowed to be erected 
 to the injury of the petitioner and her neighbours. Dated 18 May 
 1693. 3 pages. 
 
 Marcli 21 26. Two certificates'of Francisco Antonio (?) Havarro of the sums 
 and May IS. due to the Foreign Letter OiRce, for letters from Spain, Holland, 
 and Flanders, from the late Spanish Ambassador, Don Pedro Ron- 
 quiUo, before his death. The first relates to what was due up to 
 25 May 1691, and the second from 25 March 1691 to the last of 
 May 1692. Dated 21 March ] 692-3, and 18 May 1693. 
 
 Minuted : — " Referred to the Governours of the Post Office." 
 2 half pages. 
 
 May 24. 27. Report of J. Richards to the Lords of the Treasury, on the 
 petition " of their Majesties' vocal musick," stating that the vocal 
 and instrumental music were joined in the late reigns of King 
 Charles and King James, with an allowance of 40^. per ann. each, 
 and they were sworn in indifferently and directed to be paid to 
 Lady Day 1690, since which the instrumental only had been paid. 
 Dated 24 May 1 693. 
 
 Minuted : — " To bee respited till the establishment is altered." 
 
 Accompanied by the petition. 2 pages. 
 
 May 24. 28. Copy of the foregoing report, wTongly dated 23 May 1693. 
 1 page. 
 
 May 24. 29. Repi-esentation of the Com^s of Excise and arrears of hearth 
 
 money to the Lords of the Treasury, as to credit having been given 
 to Mr. William Probert, Receiver-General of hearth money in North 
 Wales and part of South Wales, for 188L ISs. more than was paid 
 in by him ; that sum having been advanced by Mr. Nathaniel 
 Horneby. Dated 24 May 1693. 
 
 Minuted : — " A warrant to be prepared according to the report." 
 Accompanied by the balance sheet of the Receiver-General and 
 three receipts. 3 'pages 3 halves. 
 
 May 24. 30. Letter from the Lords of the Admiralty to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, stating that the principal officers of the Navy Lad in- 
 formed them that they had not heard that any tallies had been 
 turned into money, for the payment of half a year's wages to the 
 workmen of tlie yards ; earnestly desiring that tlieir Lordships 
 would take care that the money might be forthwith provided, or 
 the works would be at a stand. Dated 24 May 1693. 1 page. 
 
 May 24. 31. Letter of the Lords of the Admiralty to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, desiring they would order a supplj^ of money to the Com^s 
 of the sick and wounded on account of the great arrears due for 
 quarters, as the nurses at Portsmouth, Gosport, &c. refused to re- 
 ceive any more sick and wounded men until their arrears were 
 paid, &c. Dated 24 May 1693. 1 'page. 
 
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 Vol. XXII. 
 IGO.'J, 
 May 24. S-. Report of the Com^s of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 
 on the petition of Mr. Peviy, Mr. Richards, and others, Virginia 
 tobacco mercliants, for allowance of discount on their bonds. Dated 
 2-1. May 1C93. 
 
 Minuted :—" 30 May '93. It cannot be done." 
 Also the petition. 2i pages. 
 
 May 24. 33. Letter from the Com''» of sick and wounded seamen to the 
 Lords of the Treasur}^ stating that their agents tell them plainly 
 that from all, and especially the western ports, viz., Portsmouth, 
 Gosport, Dartmouth, &c., they can no longer procure quarters, and 
 the seamen are daily sent on shore in great numbers ; sending copy 
 of the memorial of IGth inst., since which about 600 more had been 
 sent on shore. Dated 24 May 1693. 
 
 The copy of the memorial referred to. 2 pages. 
 
 May 25. 34. Report of Lord Ranelagh to the Lords of the Treasury, on 
 the petition of John Barker and others, employed by Captain Shales 
 when Commissary-General, in the years 1687 and 1688, finding that 
 there was due to them 1,390?. IS.s. 2d, which ought long since to 
 have been paid. Dated 2.3 M.ay 1693. 
 Also the petition. 2 pages. 
 
 May 25. 35. Report of Lord Ranelagh on the following report and on other 
 
 papers relating thereto. Dated 25 May 1693. 
 
 Report of Mr. Charles Fox to the Lords of the Treasury, on the 
 petition of Col. John Hales, late colonel of the regiment of foot 
 now commanded by Col. Robert Goodwin, and gone for the West 
 Indies, praying payment of 1,650?. due for clothing and other 
 accoutrements, for some of which he was arrested, and was in danger 
 of being sued for the whole ; giving the result of the reporter's exa- 
 mination into the clothing accounts, and recommending that he be 
 discharged. Dated 20 April 1693. 
 
 Blinuted :—" 31 May '93. To speake with Coll. Hales & the 
 agent of the regiment together." 
 
 Also a letter of Col. Hales. 4 piages. 
 
 [About 36. Petition of William Ashwin to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 
 May 26.] showing that divers persons had been condemned and executed in 
 the time of King Charles If. for treason committed in the late Popish 
 plot, and the profits of their possessions Avere not accounted for to 
 the Exchequer ; praying for an order that he might receive the 
 moiety of what he recovered. 
 
 Minuted : — " 26 May '93. My'Lords will give him a third, hee 
 being at all charges of prosecution." 1 page {decayed). 
 
 May 28. 37. Report of Sir Robert Cotton, Knt., and Thomas Frank- 
 land, Esq., Postmasters General, on the petition of Mr. James 
 Vickars, wliich stated that the " Grace," dogger, a packet boat 
 belonging to the ])etltioncr, was seized by two privateers in the bay 
 of Dublin, who took everything out of her, but allowed the peti- 
 
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 tioner to redeem her for 50 guineas ; recommeiidiiig tlie allowance 
 to him of 150^. for his loss. Dated 28 May Idd-i. 
 
 Minuted : — " Granted." 
 
 Accompanied by the petition. 2 2:)ages. 
 
 May 30. 38. Report of the agents for bringing in taxes, to the Lords 
 of the Treasurj', on the petition of Thomas Richards, Gent., Receiver 
 General of the second 1 2 months aid, for the county of Hertford, in 
 favour of allowing him COZ. for his extraordinary charges, he having 
 paid into the Exchequer 32,299?-. lOs., which he brought up at four 
 journeys, with 20 men well mounted and armed for his guard, by 
 reason the highways were so infested with robbers. Dated 30 May 
 1693. 
 
 Minuted : — " Agreed to." 
 
 Also the petition. 2 imges. 
 
 May 31. 39. Representation by the Coma's of the sick and wounded seamen 
 to the Lords of the Treasury, stating their design to remit the 
 2,000?. ordered by their Lordships to Portsmouth and Gosport, 
 towards payment of one half year's arrears, due 2-5 March 1692; 
 but the poor people could not entertain the sick and wounded for 
 the future, as those who did so after the engagement in Midsummer 
 quarter, 1692, were not in course to receive any part of this money, 
 &c. Dated 31 May ] 693. 1 page. 
 
 May 31. 40. Presentment of the Coma's of Customs to the Lords of the 
 Treasurjr, as to the examination of cockets and other despatches 
 from the several ports of England, produced in Holland, for tobacco 
 and other plantation commodities, enumerated in the Acts of Trade 
 and Navigation, to which duty Mr. Abraham K!ick, a merchant in 
 Rotterdam, had been appointed. Dated 31 May 1693. 1 page. 
 
 [May.] 41. Petition of Robert Rod way, Thomas Hawgood, Robert Lord, 
 
 and other tradesmen, concerned in clothing their Majesties' first 
 regiment of Foot Guai'ds, for the years 1691 and 1692 ; prayiugthat 
 " the new clothiers ma}' not postpone the old by commencing their 
 pay before the first of this instant May 1693." 
 
 Minuted: — " 7 June '93. Referred to my L. Ranelagh." 1 
 page. 
 
 June 2. 42. Letter of Viscount Sydney to the Earl of Nottingham as to 
 
 the payment of the judges who held their courts in Michaelmas 
 Term, 1690, in Ireland. Dated 2 June 1693. 
 
 Minuted : — " 4 Oct. '93. A letter to y" Lds. Justices y* it be 
 don accordingly, unless the}' have any objectioa to y contrary." 
 
 With a note that Her Majesty referred it to the Treasury. 1 'page. 
 
 June 2. 43. Report of the Com^'s of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 
 on the petition of Francis Boggest, one of the patent waiters in the 
 ]iort of London ; praying to resign liis office, having to attend 
 tlie Riglit Hon. the Lord Capell in Ireland, who was appointed one 
 of the Lords Justices, and that the office might be granted to 
 Niiiiolas Raynton. In favour of the transfer. Dated 2 June 1693. 
 Minuted : — " Agreed." 2 pages. 
 
298 
 
 CALENDAR OF 
 
 1693. 
 [About 
 June 3.] 
 
 Vol. XXII. 
 
 44. Petition of Anthony Dun and Anthony St. Leger to the 
 Lords of the Treasury, showing that for several years they had 
 made it their whole business to bring to justice the clippers and 
 counterfeiters of the coin, and at their own costs had brought to 
 trial above four-score persons, and above 40 were convicted and 
 punished, and they had seized clippings, false money, tools, and other 
 goods, to the value of about 1,000Z. ; praying an order for their 
 expenses, and a reward for their pains. 
 
 A recommendation of their case by the Mayor and Recorder [of 
 London] and one other, stating that the petitioners had been 
 eminently serviceable to the Government. Dated 31 May 1693. 
 
 Also at the foot an affidavit of the truth contained in the recom- 
 
 mendation. Dated 3 June 1693. 2 
 
 pa/jes. 
 
 June 
 
 45. Letter from tlie Lords of the Admiralty to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, enclosing extracts from two letters, one from the Comfs of 
 the Navy and the otlier from Sir Edward Gregory, Com"" at 
 Chatham, by which it appears that if money were not immediately 
 supplied for jjaying the yards, the works would be at a stand. 
 Dated 5 June 1693. 3 pages. 
 
 [About 40. Petition of Gideon Godet, a French Protestant refugee, 
 
 June 7.] addressed to the Queen, stating that after having served three 
 different envoys extraordinary of the Crown in the Court of 
 France, in the quality of French secretary, he was obliged to flee to 
 England to endeavour to obtain some recompence for his services. 
 The death of King Charles II. prevented his obtaining it ; the 
 disposition in the last reign was not favourable to him, and in the 
 present various circumstances had interrupted tlie settlement. The 
 Duke of Schomberg had recommended him to the King for his ser- 
 vices rendered to ministers of the Crown, in the Court of France, 
 at the risk of his life, to discover the practices and intrigues of 
 emissaries of the Court of France ; pi'aying for a pension and a 
 present aid. [French.'] 
 
 On the dorse, in addition to an epitome of the above, it states as 
 follows : — " He enumerates several spys & pensioners he hath 
 detected, as Christien, a spy who receiv'd 100 ci-owns per month 
 from Mons^ Louvois [French Secretary of State], & was seis'd here 
 u]3on y<= peti's informa9on fc his papers decipher'd by yo pet"^. Th(i 
 Chevalier de Beaujen Mazot, an English gentleman (whose name 
 must be conceald), who receiv'd a jjen^on from France by ye hand of 
 Du Livier, a French banquier in London ; his letters were inter- 
 cepted by y<^ peU'. This service M"" Veinon can testifie. 
 
 " Likewise ye Jesuit Abercrombe, going from France into Scotland, 
 upon ye pet^s notice to my L<:^Nott[ingham], and his Lops advice to 
 Secretarj' Johnson, ye Jesuites letters were intercepted, and his whole 
 design discovered and frustrated. For w^'i services he hath yet 
 receiv'd nothing from ye Governm* tho' very expensive to ye peU'." 
 
 Her Majesty referred the petition to the Lords of the Treasury to 
 report on it, 7 June 1693. 
 
 Minuted: — " To bee considered when the King comes, & in the 
 meane [time] the Queene to bee naoved to give him 20?." 3 'pages. 
 
TEEASURY PAPERS. 
 
 299 
 
 1693. 
 June 7. 
 
 June 8. 
 
 June 9. 
 
 June 9. 
 
 Vol. XXII. 
 
 47. Report of Mr. Chas. Fox to the Lords of the Treasury, on the 
 petition of Richard Johnson, one of the apothecary's mates be- 
 longing to the Royal Hospital of Dublin, in favour of his claim for 
 (ill. OS., due to him since 19 Nov. 1691. Dated 7 June 1693. 
 
 Minuted: — " 10 June '93. To be considered when y" arrears of 
 IreF are paid." 
 
 On the back of the petition. 
 
 Also a statement of the account. 3 pages. 
 
 48. Report of Philip Ryley, Surveyor-General of Woods, to the 
 Lords of the Treasury, on the petition of Mr. Rider, lieutenant of 
 the forest of Whittlewood, and master keeper of Wakefield Walk 
 there, as to the extent of certain ground desired to be enclosed 
 with pales, and the expense of the same. Dated 8 June 1693. 
 
 Minuted: — " 27 July '94. Agreed to the report." 
 Also the petition. 2 pages. 
 
 49. Letter from Mr. Benjn. Overton to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 laying before them the proceedings of the Sheriffs of London, in 
 relation to " clippers," and the damage which happened by their 
 seizing, violently, all things brought into Court for evidence, as 
 well as the goods, moneys, &c. of such offenders. If their Lordships 
 had the clippings and forfeited goods to dispose of, according to the 
 Privy Seal, 50 would be convicted in place of one. The insolence 
 of the Sheriffs ought to receive some discountenance. Recom- 
 mending that the clippings, &c. should be de2)osited in indifferent 
 hands, and that the Bailiff of Westminster should be summoned to 
 account for what clippings, &c. he had received belonging to 
 Middleton, lately executed for treason, &c. Dated 9 June 1693. 
 
 Also another letter from him to their Lordships, desiring that 
 Mr. Aaron Smith should be summoned to give an account of his 
 proceedings with the Sheriffs on this subject. Undated. 2 pages. 
 
 50. Letter of the Lords of the Council in Ireland to the Earl of 
 Nottingham on an application made to them by Capt. Hobson, their 
 Majesties' Chief Surveyor in the port of Dublin, setting forth his 
 services and sufferings in the late troubles, for part of which he had 
 received a recompence, with an assurance of further consideration ; 
 recommending bim strongly to his Lordship's favour- that he would 
 move Her Majesty in his behalf Dated 9 June 1693. 
 
 With a note referring it to the Lords of the Treasury. 
 
 Also copies of two petitions, and divers other papers relating to 
 the case. 
 
 [Capt. Hobson, in the late revolution, by means of a small vessel 
 of his own, supplied Londonderry with powder and other stores, 
 and was afterwards employed by the Lords of the Committee for 
 the Affairs of Ireland, in a message to Major-General Kirke, in the 
 river of Londonderry. He was taken by the French, and com- 
 mitted close prisoner to Dublin for above 11 weeks.] 
 
 It appears by a letter, dated 24 Jan. 1695-6, accompanying the 
 above, that this business was not then settled. 11 pages {very 
 decayed). 
 
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 1693. Vol. XXII. 
 
 June 9. 51. Letter of the Lords of the Admiralty to the Lords of the 
 
 Treasury, stating thai the Conies of the Navy cannot dispose of the 
 tallies furnislied by their Lordships for the payment of the yards ; 
 desiring their Lordships to think of some method for the speedy 
 payment of the men. I)ated 9 June 1693. 1 iKige. 
 
 June 12. 52. Letter from the Lords of the Admiralty to the Lords of the 
 Treasurj', touching the want of money for imprests and answering 
 bills of excliange ; also the want of half a year's pay for the men of 
 the yards. Dated 12 June 1693. 
 
 Also the copy of the letter from the Navy Board thereon ; an 
 extract from a letter of Sir Edwd. Gregory, and a copy of a letter 
 from the master sliipwright at Woolwich. 2i^ images. 
 
 June 13. 53. "An estimate of the ordnance, carriages, armes, powder, 
 
 shott, and other stores and habiliaments of warr to be sent to 
 the island of Jersey for their Mat'<=s service there, by order of 
 Councill, dated the 25* of May 1093." Dated 13 June 1693. 
 2 fa^es. 
 
 June 13. 5i. Report of the Coma's of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 
 recommending as in former reports, the establishment of some small 
 frigates on the coast of Kent and Sussex, to prevent a dangerous 
 correspondence being carried on between the French and the dis- 
 atfected in this kingdom, and for the seizure of French goods 
 imported and English wool exported, &c. Dated 13 June 1693. 
 [The enclosures liave been separated.] 1 1 j^jctr/es. 
 
 [About 55. Particulars of victualling for men and horse transported to 
 
 June IC.] Holland and Flanders. 
 
 Endorsed: — " Accompt of provisions. No. 1. Rec<5 the 16* June 
 1 693, from the Commissioners of the transport shipp.s, being 5 papers, 
 numbered froju 1 to 5." 
 
 [The other four not now with this paper.] 1 page. 
 
 June 20. 56. Report of Mr. Aaron Smith to the Lords of the Treasury, on 
 the petition of Mr. Henry Killigrew, and on a memorial of Mr. 
 Peter Stepkins and Mr. Buckle}' Wilsford, concerning the estate of 
 one Edmund Robinson, of Bankend, in the county of York, clerk, 
 attainted and executed for treason ; viz., as to the rights of the 
 parties in tiie estate. Dated 20 June 1693. 
 
 Minuted: — " M' Killigrew to have what was promised to him." 
 Also the petitions and other papers relating thereto. 9 pages and 
 pfirts of ixtges. 
 
 June 21. 57. Letter from tlie Lords of the Council in Ireland to Lord 
 NottinghailT, transmitting the petition of Dionisia Hull, widow, 
 which sets fortli that several of her houses in Cork were made use 
 of for their Majesties' service, and prays payment for the same ; 
 desiring their Lordships to lay tlie accompanying report of the 
 
TREASURY PAPERS. 
 
 301 
 
 1693. 
 
 June 21, 
 
 [About 
 June 21.] 
 
 Vol. XXII, 
 
 Com'^3 of tlie Revenue, to whom the m.itter had been referrecl, 
 before Hev Majesty. Dated 2] June 1693. 
 
 Referred by the Queen to tb.e Lords of the Treasury, 12 Aug. 
 1693. 
 
 Minuted:- — "Agreed to ye Comrs report." 
 
 The petition, the Commissioners' report, and some other papers. 
 8 pages or jMrts of 'pagm; {much injared). 
 
 58. Letter of the Conies for sick and wounded seamen, &c., to 
 the Lords of the Treasury, stating that tliey li.ad paid tlie half 
 year's cliarge up to 2.5 March 1692, at Portsmouth and Gosport ; 
 but not being able to pay to the ensuing Midsummer, in which 
 the late sea engagement took place, the poor people were almost 
 distracted. Southampton, Fareham, and the Isle of Wight, 
 (whose debts were contracted in the Midsummer season,) had 
 not received a farthing, and Dartmouth, Totness, and other 
 western ports resolved not to quarter a man for the future, &c. 
 Expressing their inability to provide for the seamen, who would 
 be set on shore after the " present expedition." Dated 21 June 
 1693. 
 
 " To be considered on next Wednesdaj'." 1 page. 
 
 59. Memorial of the Earl of Oxford to the Queen, showing that 
 the royal regiment of horse under his command was ready to be 
 clothed but had no trumpets, coats, and banners ordered ; praying 
 that the King's troop might be furnished out of the Wardrobe as 
 was customarj^, and that 1,000?. might be paid towards the furniture 
 of the other troops. 
 
 Minuted: — "21 June '93. The Lords will speak with the officers 
 of ye Wardrobe, for so much as concerns that office, and with the 
 agent as to ye rest." 1 page. 
 
 60. Petition of the Right Hon. John Lord Roche, Viscount 
 Fermoy, of the kingdom of Ireland, addressed to the Queen ; 
 showing that he had received a pension of 250?. per omn., by a 
 grant irom King Charles II., until the late war in Ireland began ; 
 that his father and brother, both Lords des Roche, and the peti- 
 tioner, had been sufferers for King Charles I., even to the unlieard 
 of cruelty of the petitioner's mother being hanged at her own door 
 by the regicides ; that the petitioner's brother followed King 
 Charles II. in all- his exile, and after tiie Restoration rendered 
 service to the Crown, by assembling SO officers to suppi-ess the 
 fifth-monarchy men ; and kept guard until they were totally sub- 
 dued. Praying the Queen to direct the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland 
 tore-establish his pension, or that he might receive the royal bounty 
 
 Minuted: — " 21 June '9.?. There is no confirmagon as yet of 
 ye old list of pencions.'' 1 page. 
 
 [? About 61. Petition of Ann, widow of Capt. James Archer deceased, 
 
 June 21.] addressed to the Lords of the Treasury, showing that two officers 
 
 of the customs at Bristol were fined at the King's Bench bar, in 
 
 [? About 
 June 21 
 L16]93.] 
 
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 1693. 
 
 Vol. XXII. 
 
 200/. each and one in 100?., and had been imprisoned ever since ; 
 that the petitioner's husband served the Crown as engineer for 
 26 years, and she lost her three sons in the service of the Crown ; 
 in consideration of wliich the King granted her the fines set on 
 the above persons. Praying for a remission of the remainder of 
 the fines, " that at length she may have some benefit therefrom, 
 which can be but small, in regard of their great poverty." 
 
 Minuted:—" 21 June '93. The Lords resolve never to advise the 
 remitting of this fine." 1 ixige. 
 
 June 23. 62. Letter signed J. Sotherne, on behalf of the Lords of the 
 Admiralty, to Henry Guy, Esq., Secretnry to the Treasury, inclosing 
 the names of the Commissioners appointed to discharge the duties 
 of Lord High Admiral, in order that they might be laid before the 
 Lords of the Treasury, and a privy seal passed for pajdng their 
 salaries. Dated 23 June 1693. 
 
 Also copy of the warrant. 1 page and 2 ludf 'pages. 
 
 June 27. 63. Petition of Margaret, widow of John Clark, Esq., deceased, 
 addressed to the Queen, for payment of the arrears due to her 
 hu,sband, who was lieutenant to Major Ramsey's company in 1688-9, 
 and further, for .50/. disbursed by him. 
 
 Minuted : — " 17 Aug. '93. To be considered when the regiment 
 is cleared." 
 
 With a memorandum that it was referred to the Lords of the 
 Treasury. Undated, but referred 27 June 1693. 1 j^jn^/e. 
 
 June 27. 64'. Eeport of the Com^'s of Customs to the Lords of the Trea- 
 
 sury, on a petition of John Tyndale, searcher in the port of Bristol, 
 recommending that he be assisted, at the King's charge, to carry on 
 such actions at law, or suits in equity, as are now depending, or 
 which hereafter the Commissioners should approve, for the recovery 
 of his legal fees, he being in controversy with the merchants of that 
 port about them. Dated 27 June 1693. 
 
 The petition referred to. Also, 
 
 Copy of " an order of the Commons in Parliament assembled, 
 establishing & confirming fees & allowances to the ofiicers of His 
 Ma^'e-s customes and subsidies." 
 
 " Order of the Howse of Commons, touching fees of the Custome 
 Howse officers. 17 May 1692. 
 
 " The methods of passing & paying debenters, according to law 
 and practice in the port of London, and how that method is 
 ' preverted ' in the port of Bristol of late." 
 
 Minuted : — " 14 July '93. To be heard this day sennight, in the 
 afternoon by councell, and the Com^'^ of Customs to attend, and in 
 the mean time the execution of the late order is to be suspended." 
 6 'pages. 
 
 June 27. 65. Pieport of Sir Richard Levinge, Solicitor-General for Ireland, 
 to Plenry Viscount Sydney, Lord Lieutenant there, on the petition 
 of Edw. Earl of Meath, as to the value of the lordship of Lea, being 
 
TEEASURY PAPERS. 303 
 
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 part of Sir Patrick Trant's estate, forfeited. Recommending a grant 
 of the lordship (which appeared to be wortli 180Z. per arm.), as a 
 mark of the Royal favour to the Earl for his services and sufferings. 
 Dated 27 June 1693. 
 
 Also the petition referred to. 
 
 [There should be other papers with this.] 4J pages. 
 
 June 2S. G6. Representation of the Com'^s for sick and wounded seamen, 
 &c. to the Lords of the Treasury, stating that the want of money to 
 pay the quarters for the sick and wounded and the dearness of pro- 
 visions had destroyed the poor people's credit, and they were then 
 unanimously resolved not to trust any longer, so that the wounded 
 seamen set on shore for the future " would be exposed to perish 
 without, or to be starved within doors ;" praying for a speedy and 
 proportionable supply. Dated 28 June 1693. 1 page. 
 
 June 28. 67- Report of Lord Ranelagh to the Lords of the Treasury, on the 
 memorial of Benjamin Tomlinson, woollen draper, praying payment 
 of 720L due to him, for clothing of the first troop of Grenadier 
 Guards. Dated 28 June 1693. 
 
 Minuted : — " Agreed to by my Lords if they will advance, as 
 others have done in the like cases." 1 page. 
 
 June 30. 68. Letter of the Lords of the Admiralty to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, touching provision of money for imprests, and answering 
 bills of exchange. Dated 30 June 1C93. 1 pacje. 
 
 June 30. 69. Report of the Com''^ of Excise to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 relating to 160?. per anil, paid to the Bailiffs of Yarmouth, 
 which they find " is not applied to the fishery or distributed to 
 any persons concerned therein, but put into tlie chamber and made 
 use of to maintain the grandeur of the town," for which reasons 
 they recommend the payment to be discontinued. Dated 30 June 
 1693. 
 
 Minuted : — "Agreed to this report." 
 
 Also an answer to the same. 2 pages. 
 
 Feb. to 70. Memoranda of sums issued to the Commissioners of sick and 
 
 June. wounded, by the hands of the Treasurer of tlie Navy, i page. 
 
 VOL. XXIII. 1693. July— 18 August. 
 
 1693. 
 
 Julv ]. 1. Letter of Viscount Sydney [to tlie Earl of Nottingliam], oi 
 
 the petition of George Ti-eswell Fashaw, Elizabeth Plowden, and 
 Ursula Grimston, spinster, referred to him by Lord Nottingham ; 
 which he had further referred to Sir Richard Levinge, Knight, 
 Solicitor-General for Ireland, whose report he transmitted in favour 
 of the petitioners. Dated Dublin Castle, 1 July 1693. 
 
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 The report of the Solicitor-Genera], which sets out that Katherine 
 Treswell, relict of Sir Daniel Tieswell, Knight, bequeathed 500?. to 
 [George Treswell Fashaw] -when he became of age, and lol. a year, 
 till he could be put to a tiadc or profession, and a legacy of 61. per 
 uriv. to Pjlizabeth Plowden, and 101. per aim. to Ursula Grimston, 
 with other legacies ; fuither that the estate of the said Katherine 
 consisted of houses in the town of Galvvayand one house in Dublin, 
 of the value of 200?. ^jer ann., and was managed by Francis 
 Plowden, Esq., brother and heir of Richard Plowden, Esq., to 
 whom she devised the inheritance of the estate, after payment of 
 the legacies, whicli Francis Plowden was outlawed for treason, 
 and so the executors could not enter upon the estate. Recommend- 
 ing that the petitioners or the executors be allowed to enter upon 
 the estate and carry out the will. 
 
 M'hrutt'd : — " J7 Aug. '93. A report to be drawn y* my Lds 
 have nothing to object to j" Soll"^ Genii jjlg report." 
 
 The petition referred to and three other papers. 7i pages. 
 
 July 1. 2. Report of S. Travers, Surveyor-General, addressed to the 
 
 Lords of the Treasury, on the petition of Sir Henry Fane, K.B., 
 respecting a piece of ground without the east w.nll of St. James's 
 Park, from the house in the posses.sion of John Webb, to that 
 wherein William Story inhabits, granted in trust to Richard Kent 
 and Thomas Musgrave, &e. Dated 1 July 1693. 
 
 [See an earlier report on this, IS May 1G93.] 
 
 Also the petition. 2^ pages. 
 
 July ]. 3. Report of the [Corn's] of Ordnance on the petition of the gun- 
 
 ners, "matrosses," &c. returned from Flanders since the last cam- 
 paign, stating that the persons who .served in the descent train under 
 Sir Martin Beckman were paid and discharged on 1 Nov. last ; 
 that on the intimation of the King that it was his intention to 
 establish the train again, they got together those who were 
 employed on the former one, who had then been exercising for 
 some months on Blackheath, at the pay of \2d. a daj-. Expressing 
 their willingness to distribute any sum that might be assigned to 
 the petitionei-s, who .had hoped to receive subsistence or lialf pay 
 during the winter. Dated 1 July 1G93. 
 
 Also the petition and letter referring the same to the Com^'^. 
 
 2 pKtges and 2 halves. 
 
 July 3. 4. Report of Sir Richard Levinge, Solicitor-General for Ireland, 
 
 to Henrj', Lord Viscount Sydney, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, on 
 the petition of Hellen, Viscountess Kilmaie, for reasonable main- 
 tenance for herself and children out of her own and husband's 
 estates, he having forfeited the same by his delinquency ; recom- 
 mending the allowance during their M.-ijesties' pleasure. Dated 
 
 3 July \ 693. 
 
 Also the petition and a letter of Viscount Sydney ; with a note 
 referring the matter on ] 4 July to the Lords of the Treasury to 
 consider of a fit allowance. 3 ^mf/e.?. 
 
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 1693. Vol. XXIJI. 
 
 July 3. 5. Report of Mr. Charles Fox to the Lords of the Treasury on 
 
 the petition of Mary Bingham, widow of Charles Bingliam, who 
 was killed at the battle of Aghrim, in Ireland. He was major 
 to Col. Erie's regiment, and some time a captain in the Earl of 
 Roscommon's regiment of foot. In favour of her claim for 531. 15s. 
 Dated 3 July 1G93. 
 
 Also the petition and an account. 
 
 Minuted: — ■" 17 Aug* '.93. To be consider'd when y° regim* is 
 eleerd." 3 pa?'fe of 'pages. 
 
 July 4. G. Letter of Mr. Benj. Overton [? Warden of the Mint] to the Lords 
 
 of the Treasury, stating that he had enclosed the affidavits relating 
 to Dunn and St. Ledger, and submitted to their Lordships how 
 fit they were to be employed in the prosecution of clippers. 
 
 A demand of 40?. had been made on the Exchequer, by the Sheriff 
 of Yorkshire, for the capture of clippers and coiners. The Chancellor 
 of the Exchequer had referred the matter to the writer, but he 
 thought the custom was for the Exchequer to allow the sheriffs their 
 disbursements. He would pay it if their Lordships desired out of 
 the forfeitures of clippers and coiners ; but hitherto the money had 
 come in so slowly, that it was far from defraying the necessary ex- 
 pense of prosecutions. Dated 4 July '93. I3 pages (quarto). 
 
 July 5. 7. Report of the Comi-'s for Transportation to the Lords of the 
 
 Treasury, as to the debt due to the owners and masters of the ships 
 employed in transporting the forces, from June J 689 to 1 Jan. 
 1691—2, that they might receive half a year's interest for the 
 same. The debt amounted to 326,641?. 5s. 3c?. Dated 5 July '93. 
 1 jja</e. 
 
 July 5. 8. Letter of Mr. Benjn. Overton to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 
 stating that some time since he laid before them a copy of letter 
 sent to the clerks of the peace, to return to the Warden of the Mint, 
 copies of all informations and examinations taken, relating to clip- 
 pers and coiners ; asking their Lordships to send a similar letter to 
 the Lord Mayor, Recorder and aldermen of London, and to the 
 justices at Hicks' Hall. He had received in April 70?. for the charge 
 of a journey into Worcestershire, Staffordshire, Lancashire, "V'orkshire, 
 and Cheshire, in apprehending clippers and coiners. Mr. Macy whom 
 he sent down managed the business very effectually ; IS were taken 
 and only one escaped ; the account amounted to OS?. 5.9. lOf?., 
 besides 4?. 15.9. Exchequer fees. Mr. Macy was to go the Oxfird 
 Circuit, to prosecute them and others in custody, if their Lordships 
 would order him 60?. Further suggesting that their Lordships 
 should summon Mr. Knipe, the baily of Westminster, to give an 
 account of the clippings, &c. seized on "Humphrey"* Middleton, 
 lately executed for clipping. Dated 5 July 1693. 
 
 Minuted : — " 10 July '93. A letter to M"- Knipe, to deliver up y" 
 
 * Called Iiii(/h Middleton in another paper. See Vol X5I., No. 61. 
 
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 clippings to ye Wa.rden of ye Mint, and ye circulatory letter agreed 
 to." 1 page. 
 
 July 5. 9. Report of the Coma's of Customs to the Lords of the Treasur}', 
 
 on the petition of Richard Long, master of the ship " Concord," 
 praying protection for the ship and 1 6 seamen to navigate her 
 to Newfoundland ; approving of the voyage. Dated 5 July 1 69.S. 
 Minuted : — " Granted according to the report.'' 1 page. 
 
 July 6. 10. Report of Mr. Charles Fox to the Lords of the Treasury, on 
 
 the memorial of Col. Robert Byerley, late colonel of the regiment of 
 horse, now commanded by Col. Hugh Windham, complaining of a 
 stop put to the receiving his pay ; stating that Col. Windham, before 
 going into Flanders, desired no money might be paid to Col. 
 Byerley, as he was greatly indebted to the regiment, and giving his 
 opinion that Col. Windham should forthwith make up his account 
 with Col. Byerley. Dated 6 July 1693. 
 Also the memorial. {Signed.) 2 pages. 
 
 July 7. 11. Letter of the Lords of the Admiralty to the Lords of the Trea- 
 
 sury, enclosing copy of a letter from the principal officei-s and Com'^^ 
 of the Navy, representing the want of money for the several services 
 of the Navy ; desiring their Lordships to provide for a speedy supply. 
 Dated 7 July 1693. 3^ p>ages. 
 
 July 7. 12. Report of the Comics of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 
 as to the appointment of a collector of customs at Ipswich and 
 Harwich ; viz., as to whether there should be a collector at each 
 place, stating that it was unnecessary. Dated 7 July 1693. 1 
 page. 
 
 July 10. 13. Report of the Navy Board upon the Treasurer's proposal, to 
 
 tm'n the receipts of the cashier of the victualling into imprests. 
 Dated 10 July 1693. 9 pages. 
 
 July 11. ]4. Representation of the Com^s of Excise to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, as to the means employed and to be employed for recovery 
 of arrears of the hearth duty ; Mr. Richard Cox having made a 
 proposal relative thereto. They found there were good debts to the 
 value of 3,2.53Z. lis. Id. ; sperate debts, 3,024'L 4s. 4d. ; and de- 
 sperate debts, 9,1 75^. 1.5s. 3d., as by a Ust annexed, besides other 
 sums. Dated 11 July 1693. 
 
 Minuted : — " Agreed to this report." 
 Accompanied by the list. 3 pages. 
 
 July 13. 15. Report of the Com™ of Excise to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 on the petition of Matthias Bisbie, finding that he was indebted 
 SQL 5s. Id. ; that he had a wife and 11 children, and that his salary 
 of 50L as surveyor of cider, would " but just maintain him ; " re- 
 commending him to their Lordships' favour, for the remission of the 
 debt. Dated 13 July 1693. 
 
 Minuted : — " Agreed to this report." 
 Accompanied by the petition. 2 p)ages. 
 
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 July 13. 1 6. Letter signed John Shales, addressed to Mr. Lownds, as to 
 the proportions of payments to be made in that year, out of the 
 estimates for the Navy and victualling, to the Cora'^ for sick and 
 wounded seamen. Dated 13 July 1693. 1 page. 
 
 July 14. 17. Report of the Coma's of Excise to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 on the petition of Mary Turpin, widow, who was involved in a debt 
 of 31Z. 9s. lOd. ; recommending her, as an object of compassion, for 
 remission of the debt. Dated 14 July 1693. 
 Minuted : — " Agreed to this report." 
 The petition, a certificate, and memorandum. 4 pages. 
 
 July 14. 18. Eeport of the Comics of Excise to the Lords of the Treasury, on 
 the petition of Susan Pritchard, relict of Rice Pritchard, late collector 
 of the hearth money in Wales, who was indebted 251. 14s. 6d. to 
 their Majesties ; recommending her as a fit object of charity. Dated 
 14 July 1693. 
 
 Minuted : — " Agreed to this report." 
 
 The petition, a certificate, and two memoranda. 3 pages and 2 
 hcdves. 
 
 July 19. 19. Letter of the Comi^a for forfeited lands to the [Secretary of 
 
 the Treasury], enclosing a particular of the lands " set by the Com- 
 missioners," in various places in Ireland, with their values, &c. ; iu 
 reference to the letter received by them in favour of Mr. Savage. 
 Dated 19 July 1693. 51 pages. 
 
 July 2J. 20. Report of Mr. Charles Fox to the Lords of the Treasury, on 
 
 the petition of Col. Deering's widow, relating to the pay of the 
 regiment lately commanded by the said Colonel, and now by Col. 
 Venner, and also the state of the account ; recommending the whole 
 account to be referred to some agent, that justice might be done 
 to the widow and Col. Venner. Dated 21 July 1693. 
 
 Also the petition and a balance sheet, showing what was due to 
 each. 3^ pages. 
 
 July 24. 21. Report of the Com"^^ of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury 
 upon an Order of Council, on the petition of Sir James Houblon and 
 other merchants of London, as to an embargo on certain ships 
 bound to Spain ; not objecting to the removal of the embargo. 
 Dated 24 .July 1693. 
 
 Minuted: — "Agreed." 1 sheet. 
 
 July 26. 22. Report of Sir Robert Cotton, Knt., and Thomas Frankland, 
 Esq., their Majesties' Postmasters General, upon the petition of 
 Mr. James Vickers, manager of the packet-boats employed between 
 England and Ireland, stating that Sir John Wildman, then Post- 
 master-General, in 1689 contracted with Mr. Vickers to maintain 
 three packet boats for those mails at 4>50l. per ann. salary ; but 
 there was no mention of the augmentation of his salary when 
 Dublin was reduced ; a promise was however made that it should 
 be increased 50Z. per ann. On the 2nd part of the petition they 
 
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 were satisfied that tlie charges of the hire of two laoats between 
 Port Patriclc in Scotland and Donnaghadie in Irehand, amounted 
 to 47Z. 17s. 5d. Sir John Wildman having been removed before 
 Mr. Vickers could settle his accounts he had had no allowance, but it 
 was reasonable lie should be reinibunsed. They left the matter of 
 the 50?. to their Lordships, but thought the petitioner could not 
 maintain the boats for less than 500Z. a year. Dated 20 July 1G93. 
 Minuted: — "18 Aug. '93. A warr* to be prepar'd accordingly." 
 
 July 27. 23. Report of Edward Ward, Attorney-General, addressed to the 
 
 Lords of the Treasury, on the petition of merchants, and others 
 trading in the importation of doruix and tapestries from Flanders, 
 viz., as to whether the 101. 2^er cent, additional to be levied by 
 4 & 5 Will. III. on tapestry and dornix was to be computed on the 
 value of the goods by the oath of the merchants, or according to 
 the values contained in the book of rates ; giving his opinion in 
 favour of the latter, as a point of law, though the merchants affirmed 
 it would amount to 45 per cent, and be a total prohibition. Dated 
 27 July 1693. 
 
 Minuted : — " With the Comiss. of Customs, to consider of some 
 way to ease the importers." 2 pages. 
 
 July 27. 24. Pteport of the Conies of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 
 on the Order of Council, made on the petition of Amos Woodland, 
 n:iaster of a small ship of Boston, which had lately brought a packet 
 from New England for Her Majesty, and was stopped by an em- 
 bargo from returning ; in fovour of permitting him to return. 
 Dated 27 July IG03. 
 
 Minuted : — " Agreed." 
 
 Also a certificate of the Mayor of Bristol, relating thereto. 
 2 pages. 
 
 July 28. 25. Report of Mr. Chas. Fox to the Lords of the Treasury, on 
 
 the jjetition of Col. Robt. Davies, praying payment for money 
 disbursed by him, for the regiment of " horse, formerly the Lord 
 Cavendish's, and then under the command of the Duke of Leinster, 
 and for his pay as cornet in that regiment ; expressing an opinion 
 that he should be paid what was due. Dated 28 July''l693. 
 
 Minuted :— " As to his pay of cornet to be considei-ed when y° 
 regim* is cleerd & so for his disbursement*^ ; but for w* mo. was lent 
 to ye officers my L^s will not intermeddle in it." 
 
 Also a fui-ther memorandum as to C!ol. Davies' claims, on which 
 there is another minute of the 23rd of October 1693. 3 pages. 
 
 Jidy 28. 26. Report of Sir Edw. Ward, Attorney-General, to the Lords 
 of the Treasury, on the petition of Charlotte Sarsfield, an infant, 
 daughter and sole surviving heir of William Sarsfield, late of 
 Lucan, in the co. of Dublin, Esq., by Mary his wife, sister to the 
 late Duke of Monmouth, pi-esented by William Fanshaw, Esq., her 
 father-in-law and gviardian, respecting " the manor of Lucan and 
 
TREASURY PAPERS, 309 
 
 1693. _ Vol. XXIII. 
 
 other forfeited lands " in Ireland, wliicli had belonged to tlie said 
 William Sarsfield, and which the petitioner sought to obtain ; re- 
 commending that she should be gratified. Dated 28 July I 693. 
 
 The petition and other papers relating thei'eto. 13 pages 2 
 halves, and a few lines. 
 
 July 21 27. Two reports of Lord Ranelagh to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 
 and 29. on the petition of Thomas Colby, son and administrator of Philip 
 Colby, clothier, deceased, concerning money due for the clothing of 
 divers regiments. Dated 21 and 29 July 1693. 3 pages. 
 
 July 31. 28. Report of the Com^s of Customs to the Lords of the Trea- 
 
 sury, on the petition of Thos. Pennington, gent., praying leave to 
 surrender a King's waitership of the port of London, and that the 
 same might be granted to Mr. Edw. Buck ; in favour of the transfer. 
 Dated 31 July 1693. 
 
 Also the petition. 2 p)aTts of ixiges. 
 
 Aug. 1. 29. Report of the agents for bringing in taxes, to the Lords of 
 
 the Treasury ; moving their Lordship)s that process of scire facias 
 might be ordered against Mr. Molyueux, Receiver General of Lan- 
 cashire, and his sureties, for the second 1 2 months' aid, and 4s. jper 
 lib., and submitting it to their Lordships, whether he should not be 
 suspended until he had given their Lordships .satisfaction concerning 
 the arrears. Dated 1 Aug. 1693. 1 page. 
 
 Aug. 2. 30. Report of the Com^s of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 
 on an extract from a letter from Col. Fletcher, Governor-in-Chief of 
 New York, complaining of the violation of the Acts of Trade by 
 the neighbouring colonies ; recommending a letter from His Majesty 
 to be sent to the Governors of those colonics ; to cause a strict 
 observance of those Acts, and one or more ships to attend at proper 
 stations, to examine and seize ships trading contrary to the laws. 
 Dated 2 Aug. 1693. 
 
 The extract and a brief letter relating thereto. 1 page and 2 
 Imlves. 
 
 Auf". 3. 31. Report of the Com^'^ of the Customs to the Lords of tlie Trea- 
 
 sury ; on the petition of the Governor, Assistants, and fellowship of 
 Merchants of Eastland, resp)ecting the customs on spruce canvas, 
 the question being whether it was Polonian and Prussian linen or 
 canvas ; acquainting their Lordships that there were three sorts 
 of linen imported from the east country, viz., flaxen, hevden, and 
 hempen, and that the first is liable to the duty, and the third (the 
 one in question) ought to pay as broad Germany linen. Dated 
 3 Aug. 1693. 
 
 Minuted: — " Agreed to." 
 Also the petition. 3 pages. 
 
 Auo-. 4. 32. Certificate of "Wm. Robinson to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 that he had perused the petition of -James Gierke, merchant, the 
 Order of Council and the report of the Com^'s of tho Revenue in 
 
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 Ireland, relating to a parcel of salt seized by him (Eobinson) in 
 Waterford ; certifying that on 25 July 1 690, the day of the surrender 
 of Waterford, he secured the provisions there, and found 879 bushels 
 of salt, but did not know whose property it was. Part of it was 
 delivered to the army and part sold; that delivered to the army was 
 chargeable to their account at a penny per quart, &c. Dated 4 Aug. 
 1693. 
 
 Also the report above-named. Dated 3 March 1692-3. 3| 
 pages. 
 
 Aug. 4. 33. Report of Sir Edw. Ward, Attorney-General, addressed to 
 
 the Lords of the Treasury, on the petition of Sir Cornwall Bradshaw, 
 who was bound in 800J. for Mr. Anthony Thorald, a displaced col- 
 lector of the port of Lyme, who was indebted to the Exchequer, 
 and a prisoner. The petitioner prayed for the allowance of 84Z. 
 lost by Thorold, in returning the money collected, and 130i. for 
 Mr. Thorold's services, for nearly 2J years ; advising that it was 
 equitable to make an allowance. Dated 4 Aug. 1693. 
 
 Minuted :—"\Q 9°'^ ''d'^, not to be prosecuted till this case be 
 further considered." 
 
 Also a duplicate copy of the report, the petition, three other papers, 
 and a piece of parchment connected therewith. 7 pages, 2 halves, 
 and the piece of parchment. 
 
 Aug. 5. 34. Report of the Comics of Excise to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 
 on the petition of Ann Newton, relict of George Newton, late col- 
 lector of excise ; recommending her as an object of compassion, her 
 hu.sband's accounts being in arrear. Dated 5 Aug. 1693. 
 Minuted : — " Granted." 2 pages. 
 
 Jan 6, 35. Presentments of the Com^s for Transportation to the Lords 
 
 1692-3, to of the Treasury, as to the amounts received from their Lordships, 
 
 Aug. 9, and the claims they had to discharge, for freight, provisions, &c. 
 
 1693. Dated between 6 Jan. and 9 Aug. 1693. i;^ -pages or parts of pages. 
 
 Aug. 9. 36. Letter from Sir John Trenchard to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 signifying Her Majesty's pleasure, upon the memorial of the Comra 
 of Transportation, that the money to carry to Holland 400 horse and 
 900 foot, should be paid. 
 
 Also the memorial referred to. Both dated 9 Aug. 1693. 2 parts 
 of pages. 
 
 14 & 17 37. Memorial of the Com^a for sick and wounded seamen, &c. to 
 Aug. the Lords of the Treasury, showing that they were required by Her 
 Majesty's order, through Lord Nottingham, to send letters of credit 
 to the Governor of Barbadoes, or assurance that his bill of exchange 
 will be paid, for sums expended for sick and wounded seamen 
 put on shore there, praying their Lordships' directions as they had 
 no effects for tliat service. Dated 14 Aug. 1693. 1 sheet. 
 
 Another letter from the same, dated 17 Aug. '93, and a letter 
 from Lord Nottingham, on the same subject. 3 pages. 
 
TREASURY PAPERS. 
 
 311 
 
 1693. Vol. XXIIL 
 
 Aug. 17. 38. Petition of Margaret Morgan, spinster, to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, showing that her father was Attorney-General for Ireland, 
 and for his loyalty to King Charles I. was deprived of his life and 
 estate by the popish rebels ; that the petitioner having to seek her 
 fortune in England, discovered to King Charles II. a robbery of 
 3,000/, worth of crown plate, and prosecuted the criminal, and the 
 day the matter was to be heard she was arrested, and detained 22 
 months in the Poultry Counter, and was thereby ruined ; and further 
 that the Bishop of Lichfield detained lier pension from her. Pray- 
 ing relief. 
 
 Minuted:— "17 Aug. '93. To be sent to my L<i Bishop." 1 
 page. 
 
 [? About 39. Petition of David Kobinson, keeper of the park at Audley 
 
 Aug. 17.] End, praying payment of 60/. by him disbursed for hay for deer, 
 
 as appears by his account allowed by Lord Lovelace, and for a 
 
 further supply to enable him to provide for the deer for the winter. 
 
 Minuted: — "17 Aug. '93. The housekeeper to inquire into this 
 
 and certify." 1 page. 
 
 [About 40. Certificates as to the musters of the garrison of Plymouth and 
 
 Aug. 17.] St. Nicholas' Island, in the years 1688 and 1689. Certified in Oct., 
 Nov., and Dec, 1692. The last of these is dated on the dorse, 17 
 Augt '93. 
 
 Accompanied by two other papers, entitled, — 
 
 (1.) "'The ancient establishment of the guarison of the Royall 
 cittadell at Plj^mouth and St. Nicholas' Island, as followeth ; with 
 the addition of gunners, &c." 
 
 This was dated at Sherborne, 30 Nov. 1688, and signed by the 
 Prince of Orange. 
 
 (2.) " A list of the oflficers, gunners, and attendants added to their 
 Majties guarison of Plymouth & St. Nicholas' Island, with their re- 
 spective pays per diem, and the whole arreare stated." 5 pages. 
 
 41. Petition of John Morfee, who attended the Duke of Schom- 
 berg into Ireland, as conductor to the train of artillery in Ireland ; 
 praying Mr. Hubbard might be ordered to state his account. 
 
 Minuted: — "17 Aug. '93. R. to ye officers of ye Ordnance." 
 1 page, quarto (greatly decayed). 
 
 42. The acknowledgment and petition of Dr. Nicholas Staggins, 
 praying the King to settle upon him the allowance of 200/. per ann. 
 payable at the Exchequer ; which he received there in the time of 
 King Charles the Second, as master of the music. 
 
 On the dorse ;— " 17 Aug* '93." 
 
 Also an extract of the entry at the Signet Office, relating to the 
 grant of the said fee of 200/. Tvjo parts of pages. 
 
 [? About 43. Petition of Elizabeth Mack Donell, widow of Lieut. Edwd. 
 
 .Aug. 17.] Mack Donell, showing tbat her husband was slain at Angwin, in 
 
 Flanders, as appeared by the certificate annexed, and had left her 
 
 [? About 
 Aug. 17.] 
 
 Aug. 17. 
 
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 [? About 
 Aug. 17.] 
 
 [? About 
 Aug. 17.] 
 
 [? About 
 Aug. 17.] 
 
 Vol. XXIII. 
 
 destitute "with three children ; praying their Loixlships to order her 
 •something to earry lier into Ireland, being the place of her birth. 
 
 Afinuted: — " 17 Aug* '93. The agent of y« regira* to certifie if 
 there be any pay due to her late husband." 
 
 Also the certificate named. 1 ^ ixKjas {quarto). 
 
 44'. Petition of Katharine Countess of Ardglas on behalf of her- 
 self and the Lady Elizabeth Cromwell, lier daughter, to whom she 
 was guardian, showing that the soldiers of the regiments of Cols. 
 Villicrs and Coy, in Ireland, took free quarter on the estates and 
 tenements of the petitioners in the north of Ireland, and the supply 
 of their necessities amounted to 2,500/. Praying for satisfaction. 
 
 Minuted: — "17 Aug* '93. To be consider'd when y" regimt^ 
 come to be cleer'd." 1 page. 
 
 45. Petition of Hugh Greg to the Lords of tlie Treasury, showing 
 that he had remained at the court of tlie King of Denmark about 
 12 months, without settled allowance; but the King had allowed 
 him 150/. for his entertainment, vrhcreof 50/. was unpaid ; pi-aying 
 payment. 
 
 Minuted :—" 17 Aug* '93. To be paid." 1 par/e. 
 
 4G. Petition of Margaret Morrison to the Lords of the Treasur}-, 
 showing that her husband was botanic professor and physician in 
 ordinary to King Charles II., that his salary was 4,400/. in arrear, 
 that after his death their Lordships examined the matter and 
 ordered the petitioner 200/. per ann., in consideration of the arrear, 
 of which she had received nothing for five years, except a tall}"- of 
 100/. ; praying for payment of the arrears, and a continuance of the 
 pension. 
 
 Minuted: — " 17 Aug* '93. It cannot be don at this time." 
 1 paje. 
 
 47. Petition of Wm. Vanbrugh to the Lords of the Treasury, for the 
 payment of 328/. lis. 3d., duo to him as agent to the regiment, late 
 the Lord Lovelace's, in the service of Ireland ; praying them to take 
 his case into consideration, he having been above threa years out of 
 his money. 
 
 On the dorse is : — " 17 Ang* '93." 1 smcdl quarto page. 
 
 48. Petition of Thomas Lord Morley and Moimteagle to the 
 Lords of the Treasury, praying a stop might be put "to the process 
 w<=ti is issuing out of the Exchecf against him for 80/. on their 
 Mat'cs behalf," and that their Lordps would order him 120/. to .supply 
 his necessities. 
 
 Minuted: — " 17 Aug* '93. My L^^s cannot stop process because 
 ye mo. is appropriated." 1 p>age (much decayed). 
 
 About 49. Petition of Arthur Gould to the Lords of the Treasury, to be 
 
 [Aug. 17.] appointed to the office of koyman in the port of London. 
 
 Minuted: — " 17 Aug* '93. E. Co:nis Customes." \ page. 
 
 [About 
 Aug. 17.] 
 
 [ ? About 
 Aug. 17.] 
 
TREASURY PAPERS. 
 
 313 
 
 1G93. 
 AniT. 18. 
 
 [Aug. IS.] 
 
 Vol. XXIII. 
 
 50. Memorial of Wickman Hansen [commissary to the Danish 
 forces] addressed to the Lords of the Treasury, praying for repay- 
 ment of moneys deducted from the two months' pay of the Danish 
 troops engaged in Ireland. Dated on the back 18 Aug. '93. 
 
 A certificate of Wm. Robinson, showiug that 2261. 6s. 8d. had 
 been deducted from the said forces. 2 imges. 
 
 51. " Petition & certificates of Mary Godfrey, widow of Capt. 
 Warren Godfrey, Londonderry officer, praying payment of 401' jigre 
 & 401' in Ireland, as the rest of the Londonderry officers' widdows 
 were paid." 
 
 On the dorse : — " 18 Aug. '93." 3 j^ciges (greatly decayed). 
 
 Aug. 18. 52. Petition of Anthony Punter, late carpenter of their Majesties' 
 ship ".Joseph," in behalf of himself and the rest of the ship's 
 company ; showing that the ship was taken into their Majesties' 
 service at Jamaica the I2th March 1690, and continued therein to 
 3 June following, for which time they were still in arrear of their 
 pay. Praying payment. Dated on the dorse, 18 Aug. '93. 1 2^c-9<i 
 {much injured). 
 
 [? About 53. Petition of William Phillips, owner of the vessel called the 
 Aug. 18,] " Griffith," of Southampton, for payment of 385?. 13s. Gd., due to 
 him for freight and the loss of his vessel, which was taken by a 
 French privateer as she was coming from Brest (where she had 
 landed Irish prisoners, by General Gincle's directions,) to Waterford. 
 Minuted: — " 18 Aug' '93. R. to Corn's for exchange of 
 prisoners." 
 
 Also two other papers. 3 pages. 
 
 [About 54. Petition of Capt. John Thornhill to the Lords of the Treasury 
 
 Aucr. 18.1 showins: that he was commander of Admiral Killigrew's own com- 
 pany in the marine regiment ; praying them to instruct the agent to 
 pay him the three months' pay then ordered, but which the agent 
 informed him must be paid to the widow, whose husband ho 
 succeeded. 
 
 On the dorse : — " 18 Aug* '93." 1 page. 
 
 [? About 55. Petition of Elizabeth CuUyford in behalf of Elizabeth and Mary 
 
 Aug. 18.] Webster, the children of Captain Will'i' Webster, deceased, showing 
 that the captain lost his life serving in Ireland in the regiment 
 of the late Lieut.-General Kirke, leaving the said children orphans 
 ia cliarge of their grandmother, the petitioner, who, by the evil 
 management and unkind dealing of her luisband was reduced to a 
 starving condition ; praying an order for 30?. or 40?., or what their 
 Lordships should think fit, to keep them from starving, until the 
 accounts of their father's arrears could be stated. 
 
 Minuted : — " 1 8 Augt '93. To be consider'd when ye regim* is 
 cleerd." 1 par/e. 
 
 [? About 56. Petition of William Sympson, brother-in-law and adminis- 
 
 Aug. 18.] trator to Captain William Strangways, deceased, who served in a 
 
 rcsriment of foot under Col. Thomas Erie, and was killed at the 
 
314 
 
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 [? About 
 Aug. 18.] 
 
 [? About 
 Aug. 18.] 
 
 Vol. XXIII. 
 
 taking of Athlone, in Ireland, on 30 June 1691, praying for the 
 payment of ] oSl. 5s. 9d., due to bis brother-in-law. 
 
 Minuted : — " 18 Aug. '93. There can be nothing don till y" 
 regim* is cleerd." 1 page. 
 
 •i7. Petition of William Chantry to the Lords of tlie Treasury, to 
 be appointed as a weighing porter in the port of London. 
 
 Minuted: — "18 Aug. '93. R. Comics Customes." Part of a 
 jyage (quarto). 
 
 58. Letter of Wm. Savage to the Lords of the Treasury, stating 
 that he ha-d served the Dutch Guards at St. James's for some time 
 with coals, &c, ; beseeching their Lordships to order him tlie payment 
 of his bills, then before the Earl of Ranelagh, as he could not stir 
 abroad for fear of a prison. 
 
 Minuted : — " 18 Aug* '93. R. to my L^ Ranelagh." \page. 
 
 [About 59. Memorial of John Smith, receiver of their Majesties land 
 
 Aug. 18.] revenue for the county of Middlesex, stating that he had paid 7001. 
 into the receipt of the Exchequer, being rents and fines received out 
 of the manor of Hendon (Middlesex), seized upon the attainder of 
 Willm., Lord Marquis of Powys ; praying their Lordships' wao-rant 
 to the Auditor to put the said revenue in charge, according to 
 the inquisition found thereof or the rental annexed, so that he 
 might make allowance of necessary expenses. 
 
 Minuted: — "18 Aug* '93. To be allow'd his charges & ye 
 Audi^ to be directed to put it in charge." 
 
 Also the rental. 2 pages. 
 
 GO. Petition of Margaret, Lady Cunningham, Margaret Lloyd, 
 Sarah Mayo, .lane Newcomen, and Rebecca Hamilton, widows, 
 showing that their husbands lost their lives in their Majesties' service 
 in Ireland, and that ]3ublic affairs had prevented attention being 
 paid to their (the widows') petitions ; praying their Lordships to 
 call for the petitions, in the hands of Mr. Glanvile, and lay them 
 before His Majesty for his directions. 
 
 Minuted : — " 18 Aug^ '93. To be laid before the Queen." 1 
 page. 
 
 [? About 61. Petition of Margaret Falconer, widow and relict of Ensign 
 Aug. 18.] Thomas Falconer, deceased ; showing that her husband served as 
 ensign in Col. Henry Baker's regiment in the siege of Londonderry 
 and lost h^s life, leaving three children ; and that the petitioner's 
 name was forgotten to be inserted in the list of officers' widows ; 
 praying for an order for 15Z. here, and Ihl. in Ireland. 
 Minuted :—" 18 Aug. '93." 
 The truth of the petition is certified at the foot. 1 page. 
 
 [? About C2. Petition of Francis Thornton to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 
 Aug. 18.] stating that his father, Captain Willm. Thornton, who was in 1642 
 
 controller of customs at Hull, was turned out of Hull and plundered 
 
 for his loyalty to Charles I., and afterwards continued in the King's 
 
 [ ? About 
 Aug. 18.] 
 
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 315 
 
 1693. Vol. XXIII. 
 
 service and furnished His Majesty at York with 2,500?. He was 
 dismissed from his place and his estate sequestered, and he lost by 
 sequestration, decimation, and imprisonment, 20,000?. On the 
 Restoration he returned to his place, which he had for his and his 
 son's life. His son Capt. Thomas Thornton held it till in '84 he 
 was barbarously murdered by Charles Macarty, and the place given 
 to Mr. Mitton, who was ordered to pay petitioner's mother 401 per 
 ann. out of the profits, which he did, till Christmas '88 ; siuce 
 which time he refused to pay, there being 50?. in arrear. Praying 
 that the money due to Mr. Mitton at the Custom House might be 
 paid to the petitioner. 
 
 Minuted:—" IS Aug* '93. R. to M^- Knight. 2C Feby. '93-4. 
 If My Knight hath any mony that belongs to M^ Mitton, to pay it 
 to the petitioner." 
 
 Accompanied by two certificates as to the last payment made to 
 Mr. Thomas Mitton upon his salary. Dated in May and June 1G93. 
 \\ pages. 
 
 [? About 63. Petition of Simon de Brienue, housekeeper and wardrobe 
 
 18 Aug. keeper of the palace of Kensington ; showing that he had been paid 
 1693.] his salary, having petitioned for it, but not his disbursements, 
 amounting to 210?. 15s. ; praying for payment. 
 
 Minuted : — " 18 Aug. '93. To be considered when mo. is paid to 
 ye Ks servts." 
 
 Also a certificate of the sums due. 2 pages. 
 
 [? About 64. Petition of Sir G. Talbot to the Lords of the Treasury, praying 
 Aug. 18.] them to consider his former petition, and that he might be reim- 
 bursed his principal debt of 12,000?., contracted for the service of 
 the Crown in the time of King Charles the First and King Charles 
 the Second. Signed G. Talbot. He was employed as resident, and 
 then as envoy at Venice. 
 
 Minuted, : — " 18 Aug. '93. My L^ Godolphin to be put in mind 
 of this at y« King's return." 1 page. 
 
 [About 65. The case of Sir Thomas Duppa represented to the Lords of the 
 
 Aug. 18.] Treasury, showing that he was sub-collector of the tenths of the 
 clergy in the diocese of Exeter in 1686 and 1687, and employed 
 under him one Francis Blight, of Bodmin, to collect the same, who 
 joined King James's army, not having rendered up the moneys 
 collected, &c. 
 
 Minuted: — " 18 Aug. 1693. Kemitted for so much only as he 
 shall assigne over." H ixiges {much decayed). 
 
 [About 
 Aug. 18.] 
 
 66. A memorial of Thomas Styver, touching the appeal of William 
 Mancell, of the island of Guernsey, referred to the Lords of the 
 Treasury by Order of Council, respecting a duty on beer ; praying 
 their Lordships to make their report thereon. 
 
 Minuted:—" 18 Aug. '93. A report 
 no cognisance of this matter." 1 page. 
 
 to be made y* y" L'^s have 
 
31G - CALENDAR OF 
 
 ](^gg Vol. XXIIT. 
 
 [About 67. Petition of Cliarles Collings to Sir Stephen Fox, one of the 
 
 Aug, 18.] CoiTi''^ of the Treasury, for the next vacancj' of tidesman in fee. 
 
 Minuted: — " 18 Aug. '9-3. Recommended to y<= Coma's of y^ 
 Customes." 1 jmg'e. 
 
 VOL. XXIV. 1693. 19 AiiersT— Novembee. 
 
 1693. 
 Aug. 19. 1. A letter of Lord Nottingliam to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 transmitting the bill of extraordinary charges of Mr. Lambert 
 Blackwell, their Majesties' consul at Leghorn, previously laid before 
 Her Miijesty, in order that tliey might pay him 500?. on that account, 
 if they had no objection. Dated 19 Aug. 1693. 
 Minuted : — " To have 500L in lieu of his charges. 19 Aug. 1693." 
 Also two statements, addressed to Lord Nottingham, of his 
 expenses. Dated 27 Apr. and 3 Aug. 1G93. 5i 2^'^"J'^^- 
 
 Aug. 19. 2, Eeport of Echv. Ward, Attorney-General, to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, on the new duty upon coffee, tea, cocoa, and chocolate, 
 stating that it seemed to him most agreeable to the intent of the Par- 
 liament to construe these reduced duties to be part of the former larger 
 duties given by the preceding Act, and so in judgment of law not to 
 arise by this last Act, and, in consequence not to be within tlie fund 
 of credit or appropriation thereby made. Dated 19 Aug. 1G93. 
 Also the paper on which he makes the report. 2 pages. 
 
 [? About 3. Eeport of the Lords of the Treasury to the King, about a lease 
 Aug. 19.] to be passed to the Marquis of Carmarthen, to take effect after the 
 death of the Queen Dowager, or after the determination of the 
 grant which was made to Osborne and Knight. [The grant con- 
 sisted chiefly of rents reserved upon leases.] 
 
 The report of Sir Edw. Ward, Attorney-General, dated 19 Aug. 
 1 693 ; and the report of Ed. Northey, counsel for the Marquis, 
 dated 27 June 1693. 
 
 Minuted : — " To be done as is stated in the report." 6^ pages. 
 
 Aug. 1 9. 4. Letter of Israel Fielding to Mr. Secretary Guy, acknowledging 
 the receipt of his letter of the 17tlj inst., requiring to know what 
 accounts he had then depending, and with whom, in connexion 
 with the Victualling Office ; sending the whole account at once, as 
 the readiest Avay of answering the inquiry, &c. Dated 19 Aug. 
 1693. 1 page. 
 
 Aug. 2.5. -5. Report of the Com^ of Customs to the Lords of tl)e Treasury, 
 on the petition of John Sandford, gent., as to a debenture for the 
 
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 Vol. XXIV. 
 
 drawback on certain tobacco \7liich had been mislaid, and which 
 they did not then object to pass. Dated 23 Aug. 1(593. 
 
 Minuted :—''• Granted." 
 
 Also the petition and an affidavit. 2-1- ijagcs. 
 
 Aug. 2-3. C. Copy of Memorial from the Lords of the Admiralt}^ to the 
 " Lords of tJte Cahinsit," setting forth what they thought fit to be 
 done, in relation to such of the great shijjs as shovild be laid up 
 for the winter, as to paying off the men, &c., referring also to a 
 letter of the 21st instant, which they had sent informing them that 
 the fleet had come into Torbay; and that several of the sliips would 
 be speedily ordered into harbour, by reason of their defects, &c. 
 and would require to be paid off. Dated 23 Aug. 1G93. 
 Also the letter referred to. oh pages. 
 
 Aug. 20. 7. Report of the agents for bringing in taxes, to tlie Lords of 
 the Treasury, on the petition of Chas. Brawne, Esq., Receiver- 
 General of the Quarterly Poll for tlie county of Somerset and 
 city of Bristol, in favour of the transfer of 1,099/. ].3.s. ad. (paid 
 in surplusage) to his account of the 4s. aid ; as prayed by the peti- 
 tioner. Dated 29 Aug. 1693. 
 
 Also the petition and the Auditor's certificate. 3 j^ja^/es. 
 
 Aug. 30. 8. Report of the Coma's of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 on the case of William Smith, who had been a considerable mer- 
 chant, but was reduced to a miserable condition by the capture of 
 his ships by French privateers ; and was then in prison, and 
 indebted for customs nearly 500L Dated 30 Aug. 1C93. 
 
 There are four ininutes on the dorse, the last of tvhich is : — 
 "4 June 1693. To be discharged by supersedeas, giving a new 
 bond" &c. 
 
 Also a certificate and memorandum relating thereto. 3 pages. 
 
 Aug. 30. 9. Memorial signed James Leece, on behalf of the Board of 
 Ordnance, laying before the Lords of the Trea.sury an estimate of 
 the requirements of that Board. Dated 30 Aug. 1G93. 1 page. 
 
 Aug. 31. 10. Report, signed Geo. Clark, to the [Lords of the Treasury], 
 on the petition of Major David Bourk, Major Donnell O'Donnell, 
 Capt. Jacob Wilson, Capt. John Bourk, Capt. Patrick Hughs, 
 Capt. Miles Bourk, Lieut. Fergus Kelly, Lieut. Clement Fanning, 
 and Ensign Darby Inly, who were appointed to serve in the 
 regiment sent from Ireland into the Emperor's service, but stayed 
 behind by permission of the Lord Iveagh, colonel of that regiment 
 for recovery of their health ; viz., as to certain claims of the peti- 
 tioners, they having recovered and being willing to go into 
 Germany. The report also mentions that Serjeant Timothy Dyer 
 and Martin Cahan, drummer, had also stayed behind, sick ; but 
 were then ready to go with Major Bourk and tlie other officers. 
 Dated 31 Aug. lf;93. 
 
 Minuted:— '"2.7 Oct. '93. Nothing can be done in [this]." 
 li pages. 
 
318 CALENDAR OF 
 
 1693. ^-- ^^I^- 
 
 Sept. 4. 11. Letter signed Jo. Knight, addressed to the Right Hon. Sir 
 Stejjlien Fox, excusing himself from attendance on their Lordships, 
 on account of illness ; and stating that if his attendance were 
 required, in relation to the 1,100^. latelj^ paid into his hands, for 
 duty on coffee, tea, &c., he craved leave to inform their Lordships 
 that he had spoken with tlie Patent Officers again, who persisted in 
 their opinion, that that duty could belong to no other branch than 
 Customs ; further that all new duties, not particularly directed to 
 be kept apart, by Act of Parliament, were constantly placed under 
 the Act of Subsidy, &c. Dated 4 Sept. 1693. 1^ pages {de- 
 cayed). 
 
 [About 12. Petition of Richard Payne to the Lord.* of the Treasury, to 
 
 Sept. 6, be appointed landwaiter in fee. 
 
 1693.] JfinitfefZ.- — "6tii Sept. '93. Referred to Comiss. of Customes." 
 
 1 'page. 
 
 Sept. 7. 13. Petition of Isaac Pereyra, to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 
 showing that the petitioner's accounts for the management of the 
 bread waggons and for delivery of bread to the forces in Ireland, 
 was delivered in 16 months before, and referred to the Auditors of 
 imprest, for examination and report ; praying an order to oblige 
 Mr. Auditor Done to forthwith present his report. 
 
 Also a note, written most likely to the Secretary of the Treasury, 
 transmitting the petition. Dated 7 Sept. 1693. 1-|- pages. 
 
 Sept. 8. 14. Representation of the Comi's for sick and wouaded seamen, 
 
 &c., to the Lords of the Treasury, as to the sums they were indebted ; 
 stating that at the return of the fleet great numbers of .sick seamen 
 would be put on shore at Dover, Deal, Chatham, and Rochester, and 
 that they depended upon the receipt of 7,200?., which they promised 
 to pay to the " Quarterers " till Midsummer 1G92, which promise 
 they were unable to perform, as none would advance monej' on the 
 tallies at any rate. Praying an order for 8,800L, without which the 
 seamen as they were landed must starve in the streets. Dated 
 8 Sept. 1693. 1 p«(/e. 
 
 [About 1.5. Petition of Jane Roper, wife of Richard Roper, to the Com^s 
 
 Sept. 8.] of the Treasury Chamber, stating that she was descended of a very 
 
 honourable family, and was grandchild of Sir Adam Loftus, K.G., 
 
 but was ruined by the wars in Ireland, &c. ; praying that her husband 
 
 miofht be made a coast- waiter. 
 
 Minuted: — " 8 Sept. '93. Referred to the Commissioners of the 
 Customes." 
 
 Also a certificate relating thereto. 1 page and 3 lines. 
 
 Sept. 14. 16. Letter signed Ri. Bovett, addressed to the Lords of the 
 Treasury', as to certain diamonds which were landed before entry, 
 and seized. They were entered at .500/., though believed to be 
 worth 10,000?. or more. Dated 14 Sept. 1693. ] page {quarto). 
 
TREASURY PAPERS. 
 
 319 
 
 1693. 
 Sept. 15. 
 
 Sept. 20. 
 
 [? About 
 Sept. 21.] 
 
 Vol. XXIV. 
 
 17. Eeport of Sir Christopher Wren to the Lord.s of the 
 Treasury, in favour of admitting Thomas Taylor as purveyor of the 
 vi^orks, in the room of Mr. Radcliff, who was old, and willing to 
 resign his grant of that office. Dated 15 Sept. 1693. 
 
 Minuted:—" 4 Oct. '93. Speak with Sir Ch. Wren." 
 Also the memorial or representation on which the report was 
 based. 1 \ pages. 
 
 18. Memorial from the Comi'^ for Transportation to the Lords of 
 the Treasury, stating that their Lordships had signified that they 
 were to receive no more money from the office of Charles Fox, Esq., 
 and asking for a j^rivy seal for the transport money, and that it 
 might be received by a cashier, and proposing Mr. Edward Pansford 
 for that office. Dated 20 Sept. 1693. 
 
 Minuted: — ''A privy seale to bee prepared for this, and M^^ 
 Pauncefort to bee their cashier." 1 jjaj/e. 
 
 19. Petition of Jerom Russell, Esq., late collector of the port of 
 Sligo, in Ireland, showing that he was made a collector of the port 
 of Sligo, immediately after the surrender of that fort, that most of 
 the houses were beaten down, and not habitable when he went 
 there; that he repaired a house for the custom house and excise 
 office ; that food was excessively dear ; tliat the people were rude 
 and barbarous, the Rapparees being numerous ; that he carried on 
 his duties at great hazard, &c., notwithstanding which he was 
 suspended, and one Mr. Griffiths put in his place. Praying to be 
 restored, and that he might receive the charges he had laid out. 
 
 Minuted : — " 21 Sept. '93. Referred to the Commis. of the 
 Revenue of Ireland.'' 
 
 Also an account, referred to in the jietition, of money disbursed 
 by him in a journey to Kinsale, and from thence to Galway by sea, 
 and on to Dublin. 
 
 And another schediile of sums disbursed. 4 pages. 
 
 20. Petition of Ellen Carlyle, widow, to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 showing that she had a pension of 801. per ann. settled on her for 
 a debt of 1,200?. and upwards, lOOl. of which pension was in 
 arrear ; further, that she lost her two sons in the wars in Ireland. 
 Praying for at least some part of what was due. 
 
 Minuted : — " 26 Sept. '93. To bee considered in the next list." 
 1 page. 
 
 Sept. 27. 21. Memorial of the Com^'s for sick and wounded seamen, &c., to 
 the Lords of the Treasury, stating that they had by repeated repre- 
 sentations acquainted their Lordships that none would advance 
 money on the tallies allotted to them ; that though their Lordships 
 had ordered 1,000Z , yet the debt was so great at Rochester and 
 Chatham that the quarterers had refused to receive the sick men, 
 then lately sent from their Majesties' ships, into their houses ; 
 alleging that they and their families are like to starve, and they 
 had better let the sick men die without, than hunger them within. 
 Dated 27 Sept. 1693. 1 j^a^e. 
 
 [? About 
 Sept. 26.] 
 
320 CALENDAR OF 
 
 1693. VO..XXIV. 
 
 Sept. 27. 22. Report of the Coma's of Customs to tlie Lords of the Treasury, 
 on the petition of Edwd. Browne and Charles Peers, of London, 
 merchants, as to the shipment at Cadiz of certain cochineal (in 
 consequence of an expected bombardment of the city by the French 
 fleet) in foreign built ships, manned with foreigners, in favour of their 
 being allowed to enter the same and pay the customs. Dated 27 
 Sept. 1693. 
 
 Minuted :—■" 4 Oct. '93. Agreed to." 
 
 Also the petition and an affidavit. 2 imges and 2 halves. 
 
 Sept. 28. 23. Report of Mr. John Richards to tlie Lords of the Treasury, 
 on the petition of Richard Champion, one of the keepers of their 
 Majesties' privy galleries at Whitehall ; stating that several of the 
 servants were paid by Lord Griffin, in the year 1688, and others 
 left behind. The quarter to Midsummer 1688 was still due to Mr. 
 Champion, although Mr. Pawlett, the other gallery Iceejjer, had been 
 paid. Dated 28 Sept. 1G93. 
 
 Minuted : — " 4 Oct. '93. When money is appointed for y« Trea- 
 surer of y<^ cliambers, he shall be made equal w^'i his fellow. 3 Ajj'^ 
 '95. A letter to Mr. Richards to pay this out of ye mo[ney] he has 
 in his hands." 
 
 Accompanied by the petition. 2 images {quarto). 
 
 [Sept. 29.] 24. A schedule of the names of persons and sums. Endorsed : 
 ^" Particulars of 2per cent. p<i at the Custome House, to Michas. 1693." 
 1 large page. 
 
 Sept. 30. 25. Letter from Sir Wm.Beeston [Lieutenant-Governor of Jamaica], 
 to the Lords of the Treasury, stating that he had acquainted their 
 Lordships that Capt. Groves had lost his ship on the south side of 
 Port Royal, having 100 hhds. of sugar and some ginger aboard, for 
 their Majesties' account. One hlid. was saved and 62 bags of ginger. 
 He had ordered the naval officer to take care of the sick men of the 
 " Faulcon," and to lay out 60Z. coming from a prize, but it cost above 
 lOOL more, which he knew not how to discharge, as the Treasury 
 was much in debt. He meant to send the accounts to the Auditor- 
 General, if he could get them timely enough from the Receiver, who 
 was very dilatory. It would be a manifest kindness and safety to 
 the island if their Lordships would grant the 1,000?. he begged for, 
 towards the fortification.'^. Dated 30 Sept. 1693. 1 page. 
 
 Sept. 80. 26. Letter of the Lords of the Admiraltj^ to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, stating that Her Majesty's ketch, the "Talbot," formerly 
 taken by the enemy, had been re-captured by the " St. Albans," 
 and the Judge of tlie Admiralty was of opinion that the only legal 
 course for returning her into their Majesties' service was to buy her 
 of the Com^s for Prizes ; desiring their Lordships to order her to be 
 bought. Dated 30 Sept. 1693. 1 page. 
 
 Oct. 3. 27. Report of the Coma's of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 
 on the petition of Laurence Culliford, comptroller of the customs 
 in the ports of Bridgewater and Minhcad, as to the renewal of 
 
TREASURY PAPERS. 321 
 
 1693. _ _ Vol. XXIV. 
 
 his '•' Constitution," for the office of comptroller, and the payment 
 of arrears of his salary ; not objecting to the jiayment of the arreai', 
 nor the renewal of his constitution. Dated 3 Oct. 1093. 
 
 Minuted : — ■" His arrear to he paid, his ballance of account to be 
 deducted out of it, a new constitution & a dormant warrant for 
 salary." 
 
 Also the petition and two certificates. ] pfli/fl cmd 3 parts of 
 pages. 
 
 Oct 4. 28. Letter of the Lords Justices of Ireland to the Lords of the 
 
 Treasury, on a report of tlie Solicitor-General, made upon a petition 
 of John Sliuckburgh, Esq., stating that they found the allegations 
 in the report and petition were true, and that the right in law to 
 the lease of the manor of Portlester, for 1.5 years then to come, was 
 vested in the petitioner ; but that he was not thereby entitled to 
 the King's favour, for anew lease in reversion, since Maurice Eustace 
 the first lessee who mortgaged his lease, had reserved one-half year 
 in it, to keep the right of tenancy ; and further the King, by letters 
 patent of 1 June last, had granted an estate of inheritance in that 
 manor, among the rest of the private estate of the late King James 
 in that kingdom, to Henry Guy, Pv,obert Rocheford, and Matthew 
 Hutton, Esq. ; advising that the trustees be directed to make 
 a further lease to the petitioner of the same, as he was more likely 
 to improve the lands. Dated 4 Oct. 1G93. 
 
 Accompanied by the petition and report referred to, which states 
 that the manor of Portlester, in the county of Meath, was demised 
 by the late King James, when Duke of York, to Maurice Eustace, 
 of Portlester, Esq., who demised to Michael Tempest the castle and 
 certain parcels of the said manor, which lease was conveyed to 
 Richard Shukburgh, Escp, who was executor to the above petitioner. 
 
 The report contains various other particulars about the manor, 
 &c., and concludes by stating that the petitioner was a Protestant, and 
 on His Majesty's arrival in England in 1688, attended him on his 
 march from the west of England to the city of London, and was 
 then in the commission of the peace for the county of Warwick. 
 Dated 23 June 1693. 5 images. 
 
 Oct 4. 29. Memorial of the Com^'** for sick and wounded seamen, &c., to 
 
 the Lords of the Treasury, stating that they had hoped, with the 
 2,000?.. seasonably ordered, and with tallies for 1,500L, they should 
 have satisfied the quarterers at Rochester ; but they would not accept 
 the tallies at any rate ; that the " Diamond " frigate and fireship, 
 with several Barbadoes men were carried to France, where we had 
 o-reat numbers of prisoners, and tlie masters of the transports refused 
 to carry the French prisoners and fetch our seamen home, until part 
 of their freight was paid. Praying for a further order for 2,000?. 
 Dated 4 Oct. 1693. 1 page. 
 
 Oct. 4. SO. Report of Sir Edw. Ward, Attorney-General, to the Lords 
 
 of the Treasury, upon the petition of Charles Hedges, Robert Wood- 
 ward, Doctor of Laws, Thomas Pitt, Esq., and Wingfield Brockwel, 
 
 X 
 
322 
 
 CALENDAR OF 
 
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 Oct. 4.] 
 
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 Oct. 4.] 
 
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 Oct. 4.] 
 
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 Oct. 4.] 
 
 [Oct. 5.] 
 
 Vol. XXIV. 
 
 gent., praying the grant of one moiety of a dwelling liouse, and 
 other edifices at Christ Church, a wharf and key, and tlie beach 
 adjoining, enclosed therewith, to Charles Hedges and his heirs, and 
 the other moietj^ to the other petitioners ; the said buildings having 
 been erected upon soil belonging to the Crown, by Henry Hedges 
 and Thomas Dennett, two of the undertakers for making the River 
 Avon navigable from Christchurch to New Sarum, and a new 
 harbour near Christchurch (if required) ; and further petitioning to 
 carry the pier some furlongs into the sea, &c. Approving the grant, 
 but recommending that the otlier works should be "communicated 
 to tlie whole undertaking," and be confined to some certaintj- and 
 limits. Dated 4 Oct. 1693. 
 
 Also the petition and two affidavits relating thereto, i^ pages. 
 
 31. An authorization for Mr. John Jones to go into Wales, on 
 their Majesties' service, to collect evidence in connexion with a suit 
 in the Court of Exchequer ; touching their Majesties' title to the 
 estate of the late Marquess of Powis, in the county of Montgomery, 
 seized on his attainder. 
 
 Minuted :—" 4th Oct. '93. Transcrib'd for yo Li's to sign." 1 
 2yaf/e (quarto). 
 
 32. Report of the Com's of Prizes to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 on the petition of Capt. Bartholomew Clements, certifying that he 
 delivered to Thos. Clarke, their Lordships' agent at Yarmouth, two 
 ships and their lading, without embezzlement, which were con- 
 demned as prizes in the Admiralty Court, and were disposed of for 
 1,011Z. 9s. Id., besides the charges ; and further recommending that 
 the obligation of the captain should be discharged. 
 
 if mufetJ .-— " 4th Oct. '93. Order 'd to be pd 50^ & it shall be 
 allow'd on their ace*." 
 
 Also the petition and an affidavit. 3 pages. 
 
 33. Petition of Capt. Stephen Godfrey, showing that he raised a 
 company at his own charge, which he commanded in Londonderry 
 during the siege, and that his estate was ruined by the enemy ; 
 praying for the allowance of 40Z. here and 40^^ in Ireland, being the 
 same as was allowed to the other captains, or the whole in Ireland. 
 
 Minuted. : — "4th Oct. '93. The L^s can make no more allowances 
 of this nature." 
 
 Copies of two certificates as to his services. 3 pages. 
 
 34. Petition of Henry Price to the Queen, for the remission of the 
 fine of 20 marks imposed on William Purchase, " his son," a journey- 
 man bricklayer, for an assault on William Challoner, gent., and for 
 his release from imprisonment. 
 
 Minuted :—" 4^ Oct. '93. Referred to Mr. Aaron Smith. " 1 'page. 
 
 35. Report of Mr. Chas. Fox to the Lords of the Treasurj-, on the 
 petition of Q[uarte]r-master Abel Thomas, who served under the 
 Duke of Schomberg in Ireland, which was addressed to the Queen, 
 
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 1693. Vol. XXIV. 
 
 for payment of arrears, amounting to 1621. 18s. He was in great 
 want, through sickness and extraordinary losses since by raparees, 
 who burnt his house and destroyed his substance ; leaving it to 
 their Lordships to say how long the allowance should be continued. 
 Dated 5 Oct. 1693. 
 
 Minuted : — " 11 Oct. '93. The King hath ordered that no more 
 halfe pay bee paid in England to ofBcers of this nature." 1^ pages. 
 
 Oct. 5. 36. Presentment by their Majesties' Principal Com^s of Prizes, 
 
 addressed to the Lords of the Treasury, recommending Charles 
 Bishop, surveyor of customs at Harwich, for the appointment of 
 agent for prizes at Harwich, in tlie place of Joseph Sanders, late 
 surveyor and agent there. Dated 5 Oct. 1693. 
 il/wmfecL-— " lOtJi Oct. '93. Granted." ^ 'page. 
 
 Oct. 9. 37. Report of the Comi^ of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 
 on the petition of Richard Warner for a waitership in the port of 
 London, which Mr. Andrew Haynes held by patent for life ; 
 approving the transfer. Dated 9 Oct. 1693. 
 Also the petition. 11 pages. 
 
 Oct. 10. 38. Virginia,"! Abstract of proceedings of the Assembly in relation 
 
 1693. J to the Act for Ports, the Act for advancement of 
 the manufactures of the country, and an Act against the exporting 
 tobacco in bulk. 
 
 The Assembly was held on ] Oct. 1693. 2 pages. 
 
 Oct. 10. 39. Letter of Isr[ael] Fielding to Mr. Guy, at the Treasury 
 
 Chambers, as to attendance at the Treasury Chambers with his 
 
 (Mr. Fielding's) vouchers to his account. Dated 10 Oct. 1693. 
 1 page ( quarto). 
 
 [About 40. Petition of John Diserote and Walter Hurst, who had dis- 
 
 Oct. 10.] covered an invention for taking up wrecks, addressed to the Queen, 
 praying for Hberty to get up such wrecks as they should discover, 
 which were not already granted to other persons, and for such 
 wrecks as were granted to other persons, after the expiration of 
 their grants, upon payment of one-tenth of all bulhon, gold, silver, 
 and other goods recovered, and half the value of guns taken out of 
 the royal ships. 
 
 Also a schedule entitled: — "Grants already pass'd to sundry 
 persons for wrecks upon the coasts of England and Ireland." 
 
 Referred to the Lords of the Treasury to report thereon. Dated 
 10 Oct. 1693. 2 pages. 
 
 Oct. 12. 41. Letter of the Lords of the Admiralty to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, transmitting a copy of a letter from the Navy Board, 
 which the latter had received from several East Country merchants, 
 who served their Majesties with naval stores, complaining of the 
 remote tallies assigned them ; declaring their inability to deal any 
 longer if better funds were not provided, and their future bills paid 
 in money. Dated 12 Oct. 1693. 1 page. 
 
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324 CALENDAR OP 
 
 1C93. VO..XXIV. 
 
 Oct. 13. 42. Report of Mr. Charles Fox to the Lords of the Treasury, on 
 the petition of divers non-commissioned officers and private horse- 
 men of Col. Theodoras Russell's late regiment ; praying payment 
 of the arrears due to them at the time the regiment was broken, 
 viz., as to the payment of the same. Dated 13 Oct. 1693. 
 Minuted :—" 20 Oct. '93. To stay till ye King's return." 
 Also the petition and an account. 6 pacjes. 
 
 Oct. 17. 43. Memorial of the Commissioners for sick and wounded seamen, 
 &c. to the Lords of the Treasury, praying an order for 4,000?. to 
 carry on tiieir service ; viz., to clear the "quarterers " at Rochester, 
 " till Midsummer gone twelvemonths," and to pay Mr. George 
 Dickinson, late agent at Plymouth, then removed to PIull. Dated 
 17 Oct. 1G93. 1 ixirjc. 
 
 Oct. 17. 44. Letter of the Lords Justices of Ireland to the Lords of 
 tlie Treasury, transmitting a report made by the Com"'" of 
 Revenue upon a letter from their Lordshi]-i.s, and the petition of the 
 Lord Lanesborough to His Majesty, fur a grant of c[uit rents out of 
 his Lordship's estate in Ireland, in consideration of his losses ; 
 objecting to the granting away any of the settled revenue of the 
 Crown, " especially at tliis time, when it falls so much short of the 
 necessary expense for the support of the Government." Dated 
 17 Oct. 1G93. 
 
 Minuted : — " The King agrees to the L'l'* Justices' opinion." 
 Accompanied by the rej^ort and petition. 3 pages. 
 
 Oct. 17. 45. Report of Mr. Charles Fox to the Lords of the Treasury, on 
 the annexed memorials of Col. Richard Coote and Col. Robt. 
 Ecclynn, praying that the accounts of their regiments might be 
 stated, and debentures made out for the arrears of pay due to them, 
 before 1 Jan. 1691 ; when they, with several other regiments, were 
 placed on the new establishment of Ireland ; in favour of the 
 memorialists. Dated 17 Oct. 1693. Z pages. 
 
 Oct, 17. 46. Order of the Earl of Nottingham, upon the petition of the 
 
 Spanish Ambassador, for the shipment, (without molestation from 
 the custom authorities,) of two bells bought in London, and intended 
 to be made use of at Cadiz in Spain. Dated 17 Oct. 1093. 1 page. 
 
 Oct. 18. 47. Memorial of the Board of Ordnance to tlie Lords of the Trea- 
 
 sury, stating that there is an arrear of 1.57,000/., that they had been 
 so long without the " ordinary " of the otHce, from wliich source all 
 the fortifications of the kingdom were formerly supported, that 
 they had fallen into decay. Upon a survey taken, the forts on the 
 River Med way were found extremely ruinous; they had ordered the 
 estimates of repairs annexed, and hoped their Lordships would order 
 the necessary moneys, the Parliament having rejected their de- 
 mands for such services. Dated 18 Oct. 1C93. 
 United are the estimates. 4 pages. 
 
TREASURY PAPERS, 325 
 
 1G93. ^'o^- ^^^^• 
 
 Oct. 20. 48. Petition of Thos. Neale, Esq., to the Lords of tbe Treasury, 
 
 praying tliat he might have au allowance for himself and three or 
 four others concerned with him; for his third part of the seizures 
 made by the East India Companj', and not accounted for to tlie 
 Crown. The moiety of the seizures being due to the Crown. Dated 
 on the back 20 Oct. 1693. 
 
 Minuted : — "Nothing can be done." 1 page. 
 
 Oct. 20. 49. Memorial signed Fr. Negus, addressed to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, praying for the order of 1 QQl. towards the charge of 
 repairing the mews, in connexion with the water supply. Dated 
 
 20 Oct. '93. 1 page (quarto). 
 
 Oct. 20. 50. Eeport of the Coma's of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 on the petition of John HoUond, collector of customs at Hull, 
 recommending his transfer to London, as a surveyor of the land- 
 waiters, &c. ; also Mr. Pye to be sent to Newcastle, and Mr. Nash 
 to be clerk or registrar of the coast bonds. Dated 20 Oct. 1G93. 
 Minuted : — " Agreed." 3 j^ages. 
 
 Oct. 21. 51. Copy of a letter of Lord Nottingham to the Com^'^ for the sick 
 and wounded, for care to be taken of certain " landmen " who came 
 from the West Indies, on board Sir Francis Wheeler's squadron, 
 by providing lodging, nurses, &c. for them at Portsmouth. Dated 
 
 21 Oct. 1693. 1 2Mge. 
 
 Oct. 23. 52. " Memorial for the workes " to their Lordships, praying a 
 
 tally for 800^. to pay Capt. Studbolme, Mr. Negus, Mr. Clarke, "fee. 
 Dated 23 Oct. '93. 1 page. 
 
 Oct. 23. 53. Report of the Comi' of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 on the law and practice with regard to the exportation of foreign 
 coin, or buUion of gold or silver, certain chests of bullion having 
 lately been seized by captains Baron and Nash, on board sevei'al 
 men-of-war and 5'aclits. Dated 23 Oct. 1693. 
 
 Mimded : — " Agreed to the report, & that the bullion bee car-ried 
 to the Mint to bee coyned." 
 
 Also a letter of the Earl of Nottingham, and other papers relating 
 thereto. 9 pages or parts of pages. 
 
 Oct. 23. 54. Eeport of the Com^s of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 
 concerning regulations made with respect to the tidesmen in the 
 port of London. Dated 23 Oct. 1693. 
 
 Minuted : — " To be done according to this report." 1 page. 
 
 Oct. 23. 55. Eeport of the Comfs of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 
 on a letter of the Earl of Nottingham to their Lordships relating 
 to Genoese ships, which were supposed to bring goods from Toulon 
 and Marseilles to England, and carry to those ports such goods as 
 were laden hence for Genoa. Dated 23 Oct. 1693. 
 
 Also some schedules, showing the cargoes certain ships were 
 laden with. 5 podges. 
 
326 CALENDAR OF 
 
 1693. Vol.. XXIV. 
 
 Oct. 25. 56. Report of the Com''s of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 
 on a petition of tlie merchants of London trading to Greenland, 
 concerning a parcel of whale oil or blubber, and whale fins, "of 
 French fishing, taken prize by the petitioners' ships in the seas of 
 Greenland or Iceland, and imported into this kingdom ;" praying 
 to be admitted to enter the goods at no higher duty than if they 
 had been taken by and imported in the petitioners' ships ; recom- 
 mending the payment of the custom according to the value. Dated 
 25 Oct. 1693. 
 
 Minuted : — " To pay ad valorem." 
 
 Also the petition referred to. 3 j^d'ffss. 
 
 Oct. 57. "An account of what moneys were received by Col. Lil- 
 
 lingston's regiment, from the first of February 1692-3 to the first 
 of October foil., the time they were aboard on the Martinico 
 expedition." -^ pagfe. 
 
 Nov. 1. 58. Memorial of the Com"^** for sick and wounded seamen, &c. to 
 the Lords of the Treasury, setting forth their debts and stating that, 
 unless a suitable supply were forthwith granted to defray the charge 
 of the sick seamen at Plymouth, Rochester, and elsewhere, they 
 must want bread ; and if the French prisoners of war were neglected 
 here, the English prisoners in France could expect no better usage, 
 &c. ; and further, that they could not dispose of the tallies without 
 an allowance of 20^. pe?' cent. ; praying a supply. Dated 1 Nov. 1693. 
 1 j^of-ge. 
 
 Nov. 2. 59. Report of Mr. Charles Fox to the Lords of the Treasury, on 
 
 the petition of Sarah Butler, widow, which showed that she had 
 been a great sufierer, having lost her husband and three sons at the 
 fight of " Agrum and Arklone ;" that the French and Irish kept 
 garrison in her house nine months, and burnt it when they could 
 keep it no longer ; and that they took her daughter, about 14 years 
 of age, cut off her hau-, and afterwards killed her ; and, the petitioner 
 coming to the child's rescue, they cut her in three places, and took her 
 prisoner to Limerick, where they kept her 15 months. There were 
 considerable arrears of pay due to her husband and sons. The 
 report says that it is impossible to ascertain what arrears were due, 
 as the petitioner had lost all the papers and certificates, but recom- 
 mends her as an object for some small bounty till the accounts can 
 be further looked into. Dated 2 Nov. 1693. 
 
 Minuted :—" 14 Nov. '93. Mr. Fox to pay her 51." 
 Also, the petition, and copies of three certificates. 5 pages, or 
 parts of pages. 
 
 Nov. 3, 60. Report of Brook Bridges [Esq.] to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 1693, and presenting the state of Mr. Fielding's accounts to their Lordships. 
 Apr. The account and report relate to army supplies. Dated 3 Nov. 
 1694. 1693. 
 
 " Abstract of Mr. Fielding's second account, as commissary-genil 
 to the Duke of Leinster in Flanders." With observations on the 
 same, signed B. Bridges, 3 Nov. 1693. 
 
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 1693. 
 
 Vol. XXIV. 
 
 Also a petition of Mr. Fielding, dated Apr, 1694 ; a petition of 
 John Murrey, deputy commissary of provisions, and a copy of a 
 bill of exchange signed by Mr. Fielding. 7 pages, and 3 half pages. 
 
 Nov. 3. 61. Report of the Comr^ of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 
 on the petition of Sir John Morden, as to the importation of cochi- 
 neal from Amsterdam, which, as a product of America, was prohibited 
 from being imported from the former place ; in favour of the 
 importation as a useful commodity. Dated 3 Nov. 1693. 
 
 Minuted : — " My Lords cannot do it^ because it is prohibited, 
 and the seiser, if seized, wiU have his part." 
 
 Also the petition. 2 'pages. 
 
 Nov. 6. 62. Report of the Comi^a of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 respecting the issue of a commission and writ of assistance to one 
 Mr. Dowding, for hindering all commerce and correspondence with 
 France. 
 
 [The Commissioners observe that such commissions and writs 
 give a very great authority to the persons that are possessed thereof 
 to break open and search houses, and ought to be used with great 
 prudence and discretion.] Dated 6 Nov. 1693. 1 page. 
 
 Nov. 7. 68. Copy or reiteration of the memorial of the Com^s for sick and 
 
 wounded, dated 1 Nov. 1693, signed by one additional Commis- 
 sioner. Dated 7 Nov. 1693. 1 page. 
 
 Nov. 8. 64. Extract of a report from the Navy Board to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, dated the 8th Nov. '93, upon the desire of the Treasurer 
 of the Navy that the receipts given by the cashier of the victualling 
 might be turned into imprests. 8 pages. 
 
 Nov. 10. 65. Report of Mr. Abbott to the Lords of the Treasury, on the 
 petition of Robert Gordon against Mr. William Hamilton, agent to 
 Sir David Collier's regiment of foot. The complaint was, that 
 Hamilton, after the decease of Capt. John Gordon, late captain of 
 the reo-iment, had possessed himself of his personal eifects, and 
 refused to account. Dated 10 Nov. 1693. 
 
 Also the petition, and an account of the pay of Captain Gordon. 
 4 pages and 3 halves. 
 
 r? About 66. " A state of the yearly supplys of money intended for the 
 
 Nov. 10.1 Navy, for the years hereafter mentioned, compared with what 
 
 was issued for that service, and what was deficient, as also of the 
 
 debt oweing to the Navy on the 5th day of November 1688," viz., 
 
 the years 1689 to 1692. 
 
 The paper appears, from memoranda at the end, to have been 
 
 made up to the 10th of November 1693. 2 large -pages. 
 
 Nov 11. 67. A letter from the Navy Board, addressed to Henry Guy, Esq., 
 Secretary to the Lords of the Treasury, with four other papers, 
 showing how the following regiments were disposed of on board the 
 fleet, in the summer of 1693, viz., Col. Venner's, Col. Edw. Loyd's, 
 
328 CALENDAR OF 
 
 1693. 
 
 Vol. XXIV. 
 
 Col. Hamilton's, and Col. IngolclLy's. Dated 11 November '93. 
 5 iKiges. 
 
 Nov. 1.5. G8. Eeiteration of tho mpmorial of the Coma's for sick and 
 
 "wonnded, wliich was dated 1 November 1G93. Dated 15 November 
 1G93. 1 pff^e. 
 
 Nov. 17. G9. Eeporfc of S. Tiavers, Surveyor-General, to tbe Lords [of the 
 Treasury], on the petition of John Toby, .showing that King Charles 
 the Second granted the demesnts of the manor of Portland (Co. 
 Dorset), to Henry Seymour, Esq., one of the grooms of the bed- 
 chamber, for 25 years, vhich was convej'ed to Willni. Loveing, Esq., 
 and transferred to John Strong, who consented that petitioner 
 should renew the lease ; expressing his opinion that a new lease for 
 31 years might be set at a fine of SOOZ., reserving the rents of 201. 
 and 10/.., but if reduced to the old rent of lOZ. only, it might deserve 
 a fine of 500/. Dated 27 Nov. 1693. 
 
 Also the petition, an affidavit, and a certificate of inhabitants of 
 the island of Portland, that the lands were not worth more than 
 50/. per aim. 4 i)ages. 
 
 Nov. 17. 70. An estimate of the particulars for fitting out a bomb vessel, 
 with two mortars and 16 guns. 
 
 Signed by members of the Board of Ordnance. 
 
 A similar estimate of the charge of providing ordnance, &c. for a 
 new fourth-rate ship of 48 guns, intended to be built by Act of 
 Parliament. Dated 17 Nov. 1693. 4 jpar^es. 
 
 Nov. 17. 71. Representation of the Comi'!5 for sick and wounded .seamen, 
 iS:c. to the Lords of the Treasury, showing that, by Act 4 & 5 
 Will. & Mary, a third of the prizes taken by ships of war was to 
 be p)aid to the Treasurer of the Navy for the relief of sick and 
 wounded seamen, and to widows, itc. of persons slain at sea ; and 
 1,7G1/. 2.S. 6("?. had been so paid to the Treasurer. Praying their 
 Lord.ship.s' order thereon. Dated 17 Nov. 1693. 
 
 Minuted : — " A letter to Mr. Norrington to pay this money to the 
 sick and wounded." 
 
 Also a duplicate, the only difference being that it is signed by 
 another Comnussioner. 2 i)ages. 
 
 Nov. 22. 72. Letter of Richard Hutchinson to Henry Guy, Esq., as to his 
 not being able to get his pay out of the East India money ; seeking 
 to have it out of the fines and forfeitures ai'ising from the custom 
 laws. Dated 22 Nov. 1693. 
 
 Also a note from the same to the same, concerning his attend- 
 ance, to clear a mistake Avith resjiect to the East India money. 
 2 'pages. 
 
 Nov. 22. 73. A reiteration of the memorial of 1 Nov. 1693 (No. 58), 
 from the Com^'^ for sick and wounded seamen, ifcc. 1 poge. 
 
TREASURY PAPERS. 
 
 329 
 
 1093. Vol. XXIV. 
 
 [About 74. Proposal of Sir Franci.s Cliild to lend .5,000^. on the vote of 
 
 Nov. 25.] the House of Commons, if the Lords of the Treasury wouki order 
 the payment of " this 2,.500?.. by a tally on the Excise." 
 
 Ilimited :—" 25 Nov. '93. J\'Iy Lords cannot just at this time 
 strike more upon the Excise." ^ page. 
 
 Nov. 26. 75. Letter from Mr. Benjamin Overton to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, stating that he had chosen Jeremiah Slingsby to succeed 
 James Ellis, his second clei-k in the Mint, and asking for a warrant 
 for him. Edmund Hornsby, clerk of the Crown for Lancashire, took 
 dipt moneys to the value of about 101., and the writer desired he 
 might be ordered to pay the same to him. Mr. Knipe, the Bailiff of 
 Westminster, refused to deliver up the clippings, &c. seized on 
 Humph.rey Middleton, executed for clipping, and desired a hearing 
 before their Lord.ships, asking to have a notice to attend at the same 
 time. Dated 26 Nov '93. 
 
 Minvied : — " The Lords will consider of this ; a warrant to put in 
 the clerke." 
 
 Enclosed in this is an " Estreat of forfeitures at y" Old Baly, 
 6''^ Aprill, 4° Rs. & Riie." The forfeitures consisted of clippings 
 and money, but there is nothing to .show that it v/as originally 
 enclosed in the letter. 1^ pages. 
 
 Vol. XXV. 1693. December. 
 
 1603. 
 [About 
 Dec. L] 
 
 1. Petitions and other papers (dated between 1687 and 1693) 
 relating to the claim made by one Mrs. Harris, the wife of William 
 Harris, a butcher at Mallow in L-eland, against Elizabeth Countess 
 Dowager of Clancarty. The ground of the claim (as the widow 
 alleged), was, that her husband was barbarously murdered by the 
 Earl of Clancarty, the son of the said Count&ss, on 27 March 1687, 
 but the Countess, in one of her petitions, gives the following 
 account of the way he lost his life: — "There was a custome (tbo' an 
 inhuman pastime) in y* part of Ireland, to toss men in blanketts 
 that y'' country people would come freely to offer themselves to be 
 tossed for halfe crown a piece, y* the s<l butcher was unfortunately 
 tossed, and for want of care [died] soone after ; that the said Earle 
 was noe otherwise accessarie than as a spectator as he was to others 
 tossed the same daye." 
 
 One of the papers is a receipt by Mrs. Harris for 1001., in which 
 she acquits tlie Earl from all further demands. Dated 30 April 
 1C87. 
 
 Also another petition of the Countess to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 showing that the Queen had ordered a grant to pass of the estate in 
 Ireland, belonging to the son of the Countess with certain exceptions, 
 
330 CALENDAR OF 
 
 1693. 
 
 Vol. XXV. 
 
 for the satisfaction of the debts duo to her, but the Lords Justices 
 refused to pass the same ; praying for a further order thereon. 
 
 Minuted thus : — " Dec. 1^* '93. The King will not hinder my 
 Lady Clancartie of her legall right, but is not willing that the grant 
 should passe as it is now desired." 5 ^jjac/cs and 3 halves. 
 
 Dec. 2. 2. Report of the Lords Justices of Ireland to the Lords of the 
 
 Treasury, acknowledging the receipt of their letter, with the petition 
 of Col. John Fitzpatrick, concerning a lease granted to him by 
 King Charles II., of certain quit-rents arising out of the estates of 
 the late Lord Slane and others, which petition they referred to 
 Sir Ric. Levinge, the Solicitor-General, transmitting his report. 
 Dated Dublin Castle, 2 Dec. 1693. 
 
 Minuted : — " 10*'' Jany '93. The King will consider the petitioner 
 in something else of equall value." 
 
 The report and petition referred to and two other papers. 7 
 fages. 
 
 [About 3. Petition of Major-General Dorrington to the King, showing 
 
 Dec. 4.] that he was made prisoner at the battle of Aghrim, and had 
 remained 2^- years in the Tower, at excessive charges, and deprived 
 of the allowance paid to his fellow prisoners ; praying to be dealt 
 favourably with, although by chance he might not seem compre- 
 hended in the " cartell." 
 
 Referred to the Lords of the Treasury, 4 Dec. 1693. 1 page. 
 
 Dec. 6. 4. " The Commas of the Revenue in Ireland, their report that 
 
 there has not bin any such officer as surveyor, by patent, for many 
 years, and conceive such imploym* to be noe use, but a burthen to 
 the revenue; but upon the whole matter they are humbly of opinion 
 M^ Babe's past services may well deserve a reward." Dated 6 Dec. 
 1693. 1 page. 
 
 Dec. 6. 5. Memorial of the Com's for sick and wounded seamen, &c. to 
 
 the Lords of the Treasury, stating the complaints made by the 
 gaolers and agents who relieved the French prisoners and the poor 
 nurses, &c. of the sick seamen, who draw on the Commissioners, 
 they having no effects ; .5,000Z. must be immediately paid, or their 
 credit is gone, and the sick seamen and prisoners of war' must 
 starve; praying for the above supply. Dated 6 Dec. 1693. 1 
 page. 
 
 [About 6. Report of the victuallers of their Majesties' Navy, on the case 
 
 Dec. 7.] of Mr. David Phillipps, of Bristol, who was employed by them to 
 buy biscuit, &c. for the Navy, and for the supply of the soldiers, who 
 were to be transported, stating that they believe it to be true that 
 he bought [and paid for] certain wheat, &c. to be brought from 
 Tewkesbury to Bristol, from one William Martin, to furnish the 
 bakers, which wheat was stopped by the rabble, and Martin had 
 then failed ; recommending that he should be assisted to recover the 
 debt, &c. Referred 7 Dec. 1693. 
 
 Minuted ;— " My Lords will allow 200Z. of this. When M"- Hendly 
 
TREASURY PAPERS. 331 
 
 1693. Voi^- XXV. 
 
 comes here my Lords will allow ye whole, & speak with the C. of ye 
 victi's of the manner of doing it. 
 Also " M^ Phillipp's case." 2 pages. 
 
 Dec. 8. 7. " Royall Citadel 1 An estimate of the charges for building a 
 
 of Plymouth. J gun wharf, powder tower, storehouses, and 
 
 labourers' houses, near their Majesties' new dock in Hamoze." 
 
 Signed by members of the Board of Ordnance. Dated 8 Dec. 1693. 
 
 2 pages. 
 
 Dec. 8. 8. Report of the Comfs of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 
 concerning the goods imported in the ship " Johanna," alias 
 " Fidelity," informing them that the goods were condemned and 
 sold. Dated 8 Dec. 1693. 
 
 Three other papers relating thereto, one of which is a petition 
 of William Cotton, master of the ship, stating that he was employed 
 by their Majesties' authority to procure intelligence of the motion 
 and preparation of their Majesties' enemies beyond the seas, and for 
 that purpose having brought thence (the better to cover his design) 
 some prohibited goods, they were seized and prosecuted to condem- 
 nation ; praying to be paid their Majesties' two thirds, in part 
 satisfaction of his loss, in obedience to their Majesties' commands. 
 4 pages. 
 
 [Dec. 12.] 9. Report of the Com'a of the Navy on the petition of some of 
 the clerks of the Navy, whose salaries did not exceed IQQl. per ann., 
 and who complained of the tax of 4s. in the pound on their salaries, 
 and prayed for relief ; transmitting a former report they had made 
 on the same subject, dated 4 July 1693, in favour of the allowance. 
 Dated 12 Dec. 1693. 
 
 Minuted: — " 16 June '94. My L^^ cannot doe it, y^ mony being 
 appropriated by Act of Pari*." 3 pages, 
 
 Dec. 12. 10. Report of the Navy Board to the Lords of the Treasury, in 
 
 pursuance of their order of 6 December, referring the Order of 
 Council of 30 Nov., made upon the petition of Capt. Christopher 
 Billop, to their consideration ; sending the copies of the letter of 
 attorney and bond found in that office against Capt. Billopp as they 
 would best inform their Lordships of the state of the matter. 
 Dated 12 Dec. '93. 
 
 Also the papers which relate to the sale of some prize ships, taken 
 in the last Dutch war. 
 
 The following memorandum is on the dorse : — " To speak to 
 the Commrs. of Navy. The Commissioners of the Navy say that 
 though Captain Billop contracted for the ships they were never 
 delivered to him, and therefore he desires his bond up." 6 'pages 
 (quarto). 
 
 Dec. 13. 11- Report of Lord Coningsby and Mr. Chas. Fox to the Lords 
 of the Treasury, on the petition of Martha Dillon, who sought to 
 recover 150Z., the value of goods of which she was plundered at 
 
332 CALENDAR OF 
 
 1693. 
 
 Vol.. XXV. 
 
 DubJin, by a serjeant and seven or eight men of Capt. St. Pier's 
 troop of dragoons in October 1690. Dated 1.3 Dec. 1693. 
 
 Minuted:—" 10 Jan. 93-4. Mf Fox to pay ye pef^ .50" & y" 
 rest to be stop'd Avhen y^ arrears of regiin* come to be paid." 
 
 The petition and divers other papers relating thereto. 10 loages. 
 
 Dec. 13. 12. Memorial of the Com's for sick and wounded seamen, &c., in 
 nearly the same terms as that of 6 Dec. 1693, stating in addition, 
 that the qnarterers had refused, to receive anymore sick seamen into 
 their houses, and though they had been placed upon them by the 
 magistrates, yet the people peremptorily refused to give them meat 
 or di'ink. Dated 13 Dec. 1693. 1 page. 
 
 [? About 13. Letter signed Michael Studholme, addressed to the Lord 
 13^Dec.] Godolphin, a.sking him to order 500?.. upon account, for making the 
 road between Kensington and Chelsea, which would cost 870?., as 
 by the estimate given. 
 
 Minuted :—" Referred to S"" Christopher Wren," and, " 13 Dec. '93, 
 to be respited." 
 
 Accompanied by the " Estimate." 2 p>u{/es. 
 
 Dec. 14. 14. Order in Council for the vessel called the "Margaret," prize 
 of 160 tons burthen, to be given to Thomas Dongan, Esq., who 
 had disbursed the greatest part of his estate for the defence of New 
 York against the French ; and had been defeated of his brother's es- 
 tate in Ireland (the Earl of Limerick), which had been granted to the 
 Earl of Athlone. He prayed for the said vessel as he was determined 
 to go and live upon a small estate he had in America. Dated 1 4 
 .Dec. 1693. 1 2Kige. 
 
 Dec. 18. 1.5. Eeport of Lord Rauelagh and Mr. Charles Fox, on the petition 
 of Captain Henry Killegrew, late captain of the Prince of Hess's 
 regiment of foot, offering no objection to the issuing to tbe peti- 
 tioners 82?. IGs. 8id., and 2.5?. 5s. for arms delivered by him, 
 if their Lordships thought fit to order the same. Dated 18 Dec. 
 1093. 
 
 Minuted : — " 26 Jany 93-4. Tlie petitioner to have this sum 
 when the regiment is cleared.'' 1 page. 
 
 Dec. J 9. J 6. Letter of attorney by Wm. Aglionby, Esq., envoy extraordinary 
 to the Duke of Savoy, appointing Richard Powis, gent., to act 
 for him at the receipt of the Exchequer. Dated 19 Dec. 1693. 1 
 page. 
 
 Dec. 21. 17. Report of Sir Christopher Wren, Surveyor-General of Works, to 
 the Lords of the Treasury, on the petition of .John Cock, one of the 
 plumbers to the New River Company, praying for the amount of 
 his bill for plumber's work at St. James's Palace, in mending the 
 pipes laid by the Companj' ; in favour of his being paid 22?, 6s. lOr?. 
 Dated 21 Dec. 1693. 2 pages. 
 
 Dec. 22. 18. Report of Mr. Aaron Smith on the petition of Edward Aneley 
 and John Blackbourne, who had been instrumental in convictincr one 
 
TREASURY PAPERS. 333 
 
 1693. Vol. XXV. 
 
 Thomas Darby an attorney in Yorkshire, for uttering many very 
 seditious and scandalous words against their Majesties and their 
 Government, and wlio then prayed that tlie fine of 801. might be 
 given to them ; advising that it would be an act _of great justice 
 and compassion to comply with their praver. 'Dated 22 Deo. 
 1693. 
 
 Mhiuted:—" 2 Jan. '93. The mony to bee brought into the Ex- 
 chequer & the King's charges to bee repaid & the petitioners to have 
 the remainder." 2 pages. 
 
 Dec. 19. Papers entitled particulars of hay and oats for the descent in 
 
 the years 1692 and 1693, also cask and stabling, charges of ma- 
 nagement, incidents, &c. Several endorsed, " 28*'' of December 
 1693. Reel & sworn to." The hay and oats were supplied at 
 London, Harwich, and Portsmouth, the prices, &c. being given. 
 
 [The descent was upon France. See Letter Book, Vol. VIIL 
 p. 123.] 6 ixiges and 4 halves. 
 
 [? About 20. Various respites prayed to be taken off by Brigadier Leveson, 
 1692 or CoL Steinbock, and others. Undated, but the services were in 1C90 
 1693.] and 1G91. 1\ pages. 
 
 [?1693.] 21. Memorial of John, Earl of Bath, Governor of Plymouth, 
 addressed to the King, praying for payment of the arrears to 
 certain additional officers, &c. of that gai'rison, and that in future 
 they might be placed on the establisliment. 
 
 The order and an account relating thereto are not now annexed, 
 as stated in the memorial. 
 
 The account referred to was stated to the last of Dec. '92. 1 
 page. 
 
 1693. 22. Petition of Daniel Richardson, of London, merchant, to the 
 
 Lords of the Treasury, praying the payment of a bill of exchange, 
 drawn by CoL Kendall, late Governor of Barbadoes, on the Treasurer 
 of the Navy, and by some accident left out of their Lordships' order, 
 " for the payment' of those bills drawn upon the expedition against 
 the French in the West Indies." 
 
 Also the said bill dated 13 Jul. 1693. 2 half pages. 
 
 r?1693.] 23. List of ships (331 in all) taken up by the Comr^ of Trans- 
 portation, by the month, to serve in the intended descent in the 
 vear 1693, with the freight yet dueto each ship. [The descent on 
 France.] 7 pages. 
 
 1693 24. Massachusetts Bay in") An Act for coasting vessels within 
 
 New England, 1693. J the province, respecting customs, &c 
 
 Enacted by the Governor, Council and representatives, convened in 
 
 General Assembly, allowing articles to be carried from port to port 
 
 in the plantations without entry. 2^ pages. 
 
334 
 
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 1693. 
 
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 [About 
 1693.] 
 
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 1693.] 
 
 [?1693.] 
 
 Vol. XXV. 
 
 25. Abstracts of grants, warrants, &c. There should be a separate 
 paper for each month of the year 1693 ; but the months of March, 
 September, November, and December are wanting. 
 
 Endorsed : — " Docquets at thePrivy Scale." 37 pages and 3 parts 
 of pages. 
 
 26. " Lancaster, "| An abstract of His Majesty's land re- 
 Westmoreland J- venue in the counties of Lancaster, West- 
 Cumberland, J moreland, and Cumberland, not given in 
 
 charge to Mr. Wm. Heyhurst, the late receiver ; arm. 1693." 1 large 
 page {much decayed). 
 
 27. Petition of Captain Owen Ferris and Captain Jeremy 
 Huolahan to the Queen, showing that they were the first who 
 quitted the Irish army, and were established at half pay, that 
 they were in the late action at Terlemont, and lost their clothes 
 and accoutrements. Praying for their half-pay, being 18 months 
 in arrear. 
 
 Also three certificates relating thereto, dated Aug. 1693. 4 
 pages. 
 
 28. Petition of John Thompson to the Lords of the Treasury, to 
 be made a commissioner for managing the duty on paper and 
 parchment. Undated ; but there was an Act granting duties on 
 vellum, parchment, and paper in the year 1693. 
 
 [?1693 
 or 1694,] 
 
 ■^ page {qucorto). 
 
 29. County of "| A brief state of the account of Mr. Richard 
 Cumberland, f Rivington, late receiver, and his executors, 
 
 of all the receipts and payments issuing out of the Lord Preston's 
 estate in the said county. The estate was found forfeited by an 
 inquisition taken 29 Dec. 1690. Undated, but mention is made 
 of arrears due at Lady Day 1693. 1 page. 
 
 30. Memorial of Sir Thomas Cooke to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 as to certain pepper imported into the port of London, by the East 
 India Company, and bought by him from that Company, and 
 thereupon shipped for exportation ; praying for an alteration to be 
 allowed in the debentures relating thereto. 
 
 Without date, but after Oct. 1693. 1 ^jat/e. 
 
 31. Petition of Charles King, of the city of Dublin, formerly a 
 captain in the Enniskillen regiment, some time commanded by 
 Col. Lloyd, and after by the Earl of Orkney, addressed to the 
 Queen ; setting forth his various services in the Protestant cause 
 in Ireland ; he states that he left Dublin in disguise in May 1689, 
 and with great danger and difliculty joined the Protestants at Ennis- 
 killen, entered as a volunteer, was afterwards ensign, and then 
 lieutenant, and was personally engaged in most of the skirmishes 
 and battles in that kingdom ; that in the year 1689, when the Lord 
 Mountcashell was wounded and taken prisoner^ Col. Woolseley, 
 then commander of the Enniskillen forces, commanded him to go 
 to Dublin for physicians and surgeons for the said Lord, and to 
 
TEEASURT PAPERS. 335 
 
 1693. _ Vol. XXV. 
 
 procure what intelligence he could of the designs of the Papists at 
 Dublin, and on his return he gave such an account of the posture of 
 the enemy's affairs, and forces, and conditions at Dublin, as was very 
 satisfactory to Col. Woolseley, and useful to Duke Schomberg, to 
 whom he communicated the same ; also that the regiment in which 
 he bought a company, was " broke." Praying that he might have 
 an allowance of half pay. 
 
 Without date, but after 1692. 1 ^X(r/e. 
 
 [About 32. Petition of John Kynvin, gent., addressed to the Lords of 
 
 1693 or the Treasury, praying that he might be nominated for managing 
 
 1694.] the duty on parchment, paper, &e. on account of his knowledge of 
 
 the method of collecting the same in Spain, and his having assisted 
 
 Mr. James Isaackson, who drew up tbeproposals'for the same which 
 
 were laid before Parliament. 
 
 Another paper relating thereto. 
 
 Undated. A duty on paper was granted in the year 1693. 
 On the dorse is : — " Mr. Kynvin to be Secretary or Register 
 [Registrar] in ye paper duty." 2 pages. 
 
 [About S3. Petition of the soldiers belonging to Col. Russell's regiment 
 
 1693 or of horse in Ireland, praying their Lordships to order their pay, as 
 1694.] they had been forced out of the regiments whither they had been 
 
 dispersed, for want of their horses, which had been lost in their 
 
 Majesties' service in Ireland and Flanders. 
 
 Undated, but see another paper, dated 13 Oct. 1693 (Vol. XXIV. 
 
 No. 42). 
 
 Minuted : — " To give my Lords the names of the generall officers 
 
 who turned them out of their regiments into which they were put 
 
 after they were broke." 1 ^ja^re. 
 
 [?1693.] 34. Petition of John Earl of Clare, Henry Viscount Longeirle, 
 Anthony Viscount Falkland, Doctor John Radcliffe, Richard Gee, 
 George Dodington, Esqrs., and other partners of the ship "Lyon." 
 addressed to the King, setting forth that they, at the instance of 
 Mr. Thomas Hewetson, in 1688, raised 32,000?., and a further sum of 
 4,800?., and bought four ships; viz., the "Albemarle," "Palermatan," 
 " LyoD," and "Hunter," fitted out the same for three years and 
 freighted them at a cost of 9,44.5?. for a trading voyage to the 
 south seas, in search of a wreck in those parts ; all which ships, 
 with 5,100?. to defray expenses, were put under the management of 
 Hewetson, who proceeded on the voyage in Sept. 1GS8 ; but by his 
 ill conduct, ifcc. the design was overthrown. The "Hunter" was 
 blown up in the road of Barbadoes. The ship "Albemarle" left 
 Hewetson on the coast of Brazil, and went to Montserrat, and from 
 thence to England, with sugar, &c. and was there sold to pay the 
 officers and men, "The " Palermatan," re-fitted at Barbadoes, was 
 employed in their Majesties' service, and the mouey allowed for her 
 was paid to HcAvetson's agents ; and when she came to England 
 the money made by her sale was paid to the officers and men 
 employed in three of the ships. The petitioners sent out another 
 ship to the south seas, with stores, at the request of Hewetson, at 
 the cost of 6,070?. ; but not meeting him, she took in sugars at 
 
336 CALENDAR OF 
 
 1693. _ Vol. XXV. 
 
 Barbadoes, and in licr passage to England took a prize, which 
 yielded about 2,500?., wliich was all paid to the officers and men, 
 whereby they lost 5,220?. Hewetson instead of going to the places 
 appointed remained in the West Indies and employed the ship in 
 several profitable voyages, between Jamaica and the Spanish Indies, 
 and never gave any account of the profits- The ship " Lion" freighted 
 with sugar from Jamaica, was needlessly taken to New York and 
 Lisbon, and in May 1692 she arrived at Falmouth, where the 
 petitioners seized her, &c. but many of the goods had been em- 
 bezzled by Hewetson. The petitioners finding Hewetson endeavoured 
 to get the mone}' due for the freiglit into his hand, j^referred a bill 
 in Chancery against liim and all the merchants concerned ; and the 
 freight was directed to be paid into Court. The petitioners had paid 
 nearly 700?. to seamen turned over from the royal ships in the West 
 Indies into the "Lion ;" yet actions on account of wages had been 
 brought in the Court of Admiralty against tlie ship, for above J 0,000?., 
 whereby she was condemned, &c. The petitioners and partners 
 had raised 42,020?., of which Hewetson had in cargo and money 
 14,543?., and had given no account of his otlier transactions, and 
 they had lost by him 42,020?. besides the 700?. paid to tlie seamen, 
 and yet more was demanded of tliem. The petitioners were 
 informed that Hewetson was endeavouring to obtain the money to 
 be allowed by the King, for seven months' service of the said ship 
 " Lion." They prayed that the money might be divided amongst 
 them. 
 
 Without date ; but by comparison with other papers,, under date 
 23 Sept. 1696, concluded to be 1693. 3 pages. 
 
 [?I693 33. Memorial of John Thompson, solicitor for the taxes witliin 
 
 or 1 694.] the city of London, county of Middlesex, and city and liberties of 
 Westminster, addressed to the Lords of the Treasury, stating that 
 he had not troubled their Lordships for liis salary during the 
 Session of Parliament, nor since, whilst they were busy settling 
 the new revenues, &c., and had not made application for any 
 salary since Midsummer 1693 ; begging they would order what 
 they thought convenient. 1 page (quarto). 
 
 [? 1993 36. A paper endorsed " Reasons for y" cofferer to have fees 
 
 or 1694.] allowed for the expenses abroad." Signed "Bradford." The fees 
 claimed were wliilst tlie King's liousehold was in Flanders, " during 
 the last campaign." J page. 
 
 [?1692 37. Petition of Robert Wolselej^ Esq., tlie King's late envoy 
 
 or 1093.] extraordinary at the Court of Brussels, praying tlie King to give 
 directions to tlie Government of Ireland to examine into the 
 accompanying list of forfeited estates there ; and set out so much 
 as would amount to 600?. per ami., and grant them to him (the 
 petitioner). 
 
 Accompanied by the list. 
 
 Undated, but the petitioner occurs in the Letter Booh, Vol. II., 
 p. 272, as envoy extraordinary to the Elector of Bavaria, Governor 
 of Flanders in 109 1. -^^ pages. 
 
TREASURY PAPERS. 
 
 337 
 
 1693. 
 [? About 
 
 1693 
 or 1094.] 
 
 [?1693 or 
 1694.] 
 
 [? 1693 or 
 1694.] 
 
 [? About 
 1693 or 
 1694.] 
 
 [?1693 or 
 
 perhaps 
 
 later.] 
 
 Vol. XXV. 
 
 38. Petition of Walter Butler, showing that he was importuned 
 by divers Irish officers, who came off at the capitulation of 
 Limerick (3 Oct. 1691), to solicit their Majesties in their behalf, 
 for a competency to keep them from starving ; and, in consideration 
 thereof, promised him under their hand 2s. 6d. in the pound of 
 Avhat should be allowed by their Majesties, further showing that 
 one Mr. Courtney had given information against several of the 
 officers, to make room for liimself and his adherents ; praying their 
 Lordships to order the number of 20 officers, (whether they be 
 those who contracted with the petitioner, or those who informed 
 against them,) to pay him 2.s. Gd. in the pound out of their Majesties' 
 bounty, in consideration of his pains in obtaining the same. 
 
 Without date, but after the capitulation of Limerick, and their 
 Majesties mentioned. 1 page. 
 
 89. Petition of John Crewj's, Esq., receiver of the county of 
 Devon, to the Lords of their Majesties' Treasury, stating that he 
 was receiver of the Poll Act, and praying to be receiver of " this 
 next pounds tax." 
 
 Minuted : — " Eecommended by Mr. Foot, a member of Pari*." 
 6 lines. 
 
 40. "A list of the persons [57 in number], that stand outlawed 
 for high treason, with the countyes & places where severall of them 
 have effects in England." 
 
 Minuted : — " Mr. Smith must proceed in the process, ag«' all those 
 whom * is informed to have any estates." 
 
 Undated ; but probably 1693 or 1694, for Mr. Aaron Smith had 
 to render account of the persons outlawed and convicted. See Letter 
 Booh, Vol. VIIL p. 275, 20 July 1694. 1^ _2xt(/es. 
 
 41. A representation by the Coma's of Excise to the Lords of Aeir 
 Majesties' Treasury, praying a warrant to allow the tax of 12rf. in 
 the pound, to the inferior officers having less than IDOL 'per ann. 
 Undated, but most of the Comfs names agree with those in the list 
 in " Chambcrlayne's Present State of Enr/land," for 1694. 1 'page. 
 
 42. Copy of a power of attorney given by Bernard Granville, of 
 St. Mai-tins-in-the-Fields, in the countj;- of Middlesex, Esq., to Sn- 
 John Chardin, of Leicester Fields, in the same county, Knt., to re- 
 ceive the annual rent of 300Z. due for Mote Park, adjoining the 
 great park at Windsor, and to detain for his own use lOOl. per 
 ann. out of the same. Entered in the office of the Clerk of the 
 Pells, 23 Feb. 1692. 1 large fuge. 
 
 Sic. 
 
338 CALENDAR OF 
 
 VOL. XXVI. 1694. Januart-6 March. 
 
 1693-4. 
 
 Jan. 3. 1. Petition of Robert Thompson, one of the grooms of the Privy 
 
 Chamber, to the King ; praying for an assignment of so mucb of the 
 fee farm rents as would pay him 800^., being the remainder of a 
 registered order, which he had on the fee farm rents, for 1,046?. 14s. 
 due to him. 
 
 Docquetted : — " Brought in by the King, 3rd Jan? '93-4." 1 page. 
 
 Jan. 5. 2. Report of the Coma's of Customs to the Lords of the Trea- 
 
 sury, concerning the several sums paid to the King's Remembrancer 
 in the Exchequer, amounting to 424?. Is. 8d ; viz., 45Z. 12s. for fees 
 to himself for passing the customers' accounts ; 340?. 14s, id. for the 
 blank books for the patent officers in the out ports ; and 37?. 15s. 4c?. 
 for the blank books for the Surveyor-General, in the port of London ; 
 finding that these sums had been annually paid, and referring their 
 Lordships for the usefvilness of the books to a report of 14 July 
 1686. Dated 5 Jan. 1693-4. 
 
 Accompanied by a copy of the report referred to. S^ pages. 
 
 Jan. 5. 3. Report of the Corn's of Prizes to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 
 stating that they were under some difficulty, by the late Act for 
 encouraging privateers, in complying with their Lordships' desire, 
 in relation to the payment of the money for ships sold at public 
 sale, and as to the disposal of the " St. Margaret " privateer, of St. 
 Malo ; laying before their Lordsliips the states of the following 
 ships, viz., the " St. Margaret," " La Fidele " (formerly called the 
 "Talbot," ketch), and the "Jolly," privateer, all lying at Plymouth. 
 Dated 5 Jan. ] 693-4. 2 piages. 
 
 Jan. 5. 4. Report of the Comi^^ of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 
 stating that they had laid before their Lordships, a schedule of the 
 bonds for impost on tobacco, due Mich. 1693, framed by Mr. Wicks, 
 receiver of the plantation duties ; by which it appeared that 32,000?. 
 ■were due on those bonds, &c. and in consequence of the confusion 
 in the accounts of Mr. Wicks, they had directed the Controller 
 General to give him a full charge from the beginning of his account 
 in 1685, and to require him to discharge himself as he could. On 
 the balance he remained debtor for bonds on the 14th of N^ov. 1693, 
 to the value of 30,075?. 16s. lOcZ. ; they describe their perplexities 
 about his accounts, and that to prevent further enlargement they had 
 dispensed with his attendance at the Custom House, on his receipt 
 of the plantation duties, and state other measures they had taken 
 thereon. Dated 5 Jan. 1693. 
 
 Accompanied by a balance sheet of the said Mr. Wicks. 2 piages 
 and 3 halves. 
 
 Jan. 5. 5. Report of the Comics of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 
 on a paper annexed, entitled " Proposals humbly offered to the R* 
 Hon^ile the Lords Coma's of their Maj*'' Treasury, for encreasing their 
 Majtys revenue, arising out of the duties and new imposts upon 
 tobacco, with advantage to that trade, and an encouragem* to the 
 
TREASURY PAPERS. 339 
 
 1693-4. Vol. XXVI. 
 
 plantacions, with the consent of the merchants for y^ continuation 
 of ye new impost, w"^ they have petitioned the Parliam* to take off, 
 that expires 1696, and to the abatem* of debenturs." 
 
 Accompanied by the paper, — 
 
 Docquetted : — " The paper of proposalls for ye destruction of stalks 
 and damaged tobacco." The report disapproves of the proposals, and 
 states it would not be desirable to discourage the exportation of 
 tobacco to foreign parts, for many weighty reasons ; and further 
 states that they had no particular instances of the frauds charged 
 on the officers of the customs. Dated 5 Jan. 1693. 
 
 Also another copy of the proposals, with answers to the same. 
 8 pages. 
 
 Jan. 9. 6. Memorial of the Commissioners for sick and wounded seamen, 
 
 &c. to the Lords of the Treasury, setting forth as they had done in 
 a previous memorial, the miserable condition of the poor people, to 
 whom the service was indebted at Rochester, Plymouth, Portsmouth, 
 Dartmouth, Deal, &c. ; praying them to order a supply. Dated 9 
 Jan. 1693-4. 1 page. 
 
 [About 7. Petition of Ann Goulding, widow of Captain John Goulding, 
 
 Jan. 11.] who was killed at sea, in the service of King Charles the Second; 
 stating that at the time her husband was killed, he had taken two 
 men-of-war prize, after a sharp engagement ; praying for payment 
 of an arrear of 2001. due on her pension of 1201. per ann., or for 
 tallies on the customs or excise. 
 
 Minuted: — " 11*^ Jany '93. Shee is upon the list." 1 page. 
 
 Jan. 12. 8. Report of Mr. Charles Fox to the Lords of the Treasury, on the 
 petition of Thomas Sandiforth, Thos. Cash, and others, inhabitants 
 of Manchester and Stockport, for payment of 1861. 10s. 3d. due from 
 several oflBcers, &c. of the regiment, lately commanded by Col. 
 Byerly and then by Col. Wyndham ; in favour of the petitioners. 
 Dated 12 Jan. 1693-4. 
 
 Minuted : — " A letter to Mr. Fox to pay this 1861. 10s. Sd., or so 
 much thereof as the Collonell shall not make proofe to bee already 
 paid." 2 pages. 
 
 Jan. 14. 9. Report of S. Travers, Surveyor-General, to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, on the petition of Sir John Wynne and others, and on 
 their Lordships' warrant, for a lease of the nine shops desired by the 
 petitioners to have been passed to John Matthias and Mary his 
 wife, for 31 years ; stating that the petitioners in behalf of the 
 county of Denbigh desired a lease of the premises for 61 years, as 
 there was a necessity to rebuild their justice hall at Wrexham, 
 under which these shops were situate ; advising that it should be 
 granted, and that they should be obliged, at the new building the 
 hall, to reedify the shops and that the same rent of 4Z. should be 
 reserved. Dated 14 Jan. 1693. 
 
 Minuted .-r— " 29 Oct. 1694. Agreed to ye report." 
 
 Also the petitioa 1 1 pages. 
 
 Y 2 
 
340 CALENDAR OF 
 
 1693-4. Vol. XXVI. 
 
 Jan. 15. 10. Report of the Coma's of Customs to the Lords of the Trea- 
 sury, on tlie petition of William Smith, merchant, praying to be 
 discharged from imprisonment; suggesting that he should be re- 
 leased from prison, but not from the King's debt, by a supersedeas, 
 in accordance with the report of Mr. Hutchinson, their solicitor. 
 Dated 15 Jan. 169-3-4. 
 
 Minuted ;— " 27 Feb. '93-4. Eeferr'd to Mr. Attorney-GenU." 
 Also the petition and report referred to, and another paper on the 
 same subject. 4< pages or parts of fages. 
 
 Jan. 20. 1 1 . Report of agents for taxes to the Lords of the Treasury, on 
 
 the petition of John Gore, gent., receiver-general of the quarterly 
 poll for the co. of Northampton, in favour of allowing him 40?. for 
 his extraordinary charges. Dated 20 Jan. 1693. 
 Also the petition. 2 pages. 
 
 Jan. 20. 12. Similar report of the aame agents, to the Lords of the 
 
 Trea.suiy, on the petition of John Child, gent., receiver-general of 
 
 the 2nd poll, the 1st and 2nd 13 months' aid, and quarterly poll for 
 
 the county of Wilts ; recommending the allowance to him of 140Z. 
 
 Dated 20 Jan, 1693. 
 
 Minuted : — " 24 July '94. Agreed." 
 
 Also the petition, and the account of his expenses. 4 pages. 
 
 Jan, 22. 13. Order in Council, referring the petition of Major David 
 Boui-ke to the Lords of the Treasury. Dated 22 Jan. 1693. 
 
 The petition prays that a i-eport on behalf of the petitioner and 
 eight officers, a serjeant, and a drummer, then before their Lord- 
 ships, might be expedited, and that he might receive the assignment 
 mentioned in the report, being lOOZ., which he had disbursed in the 
 King's service. 
 
 Minuted: — " 22*'^ June '94. Nothing can be done in it." H 
 piages. 
 
 Jan. 23. 14. Letter of the Lords Justices of Ireland to the Lords of the 
 
 Treasury, transmitting a report of the Comfs of Revenue as to the 
 condition and value of a prize ship brought into Kinsale by the 
 " Dovor " frigate ; further putting them in mind of the condition of 
 the revenue, which would not defray the charge of the Govei'nment, 
 and so they could not jDurchase the ship as commanded, &e. Dated 
 23 Jan. 1693-4. 
 
 Also the report, and " An inventory of the ship ' Beaulieu ' of 
 St. Males, a French privateer, taken by the ' Dover' frigot," &c. 
 6 pages. 
 
 Jan. 23. 15. Report of the Com™ of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 on the petition of James Hollidge, of Bristol, merchant ; advising 
 the remi.s.sion of a surcharge of 20s. a ton on certain calamint 
 {lapis calaminaris) which he (as they thought) in all probability 
 bought, exported, and sold according to the old custom, and not the 
 new impositions. Dated 23 Jan. 1693-4. 
 
 Minuted : — " It is appropriated to the loanes of mon}'." 
 
TREASURY PAPERS. 
 
 341 
 
 1693-4. 
 
 [? About 
 Jan. 23.] 
 
 [? About 
 Jan. 23.] 
 
 Jan. 25. 
 
 Jan. 26. 
 
 Jan. 26. 
 
 Vol. XXVI. 
 
 The petition, a certificate of the collector of Bristol, an opinion of 
 the Attorney-General, and a duplicate of part of the same. 4 pages 
 and 2 halves. 
 
 16. Petition of Greenvile Collins, captain of the King's yacht, ' 
 the " Mary," addressed to the King, praying for the grant of a 
 lease of the manor of Reigate, in Surrey, for 99 years. 
 
 Minuted :—" 23 JanJ '93-4. My Lords do not think it for His 
 Maties service to grant a lease of this manor." [See another similar 
 petition from him (undated). Vol. I., No. 36, which should probably 
 have been placed under this year.] i page {quarto). 
 
 1 7. Petition of Capt. James St. Pierre, of the Royal regiment of 
 Dragoons, commanded by the Hon. Col. Edw. Mathews, praying that 
 
 Mrs. Martha Billing, 
 until he had been 
 
 a stop might be put on the payment of 501. to 
 out of arrears due to the petitioner's troop, 
 heard by their Lordships. 
 
 Minuted:—" 23 Jan. '93. To be heard, & a letter to Mr. Fox 
 not to pay the oQl. till further order." 
 
 Also a further petition of the same captain. Parts of 2 pages. 
 
 18. Report of W. Lowndes to the Lords of the Treasury, on the 
 petition of Sir Thomas Duppa, and on the report made by Mr. Knight 
 certifj'ing that the executors of Dr. Lamplugh, late Bishop of Exeter, 
 and Sir Thomas Duppa (who was his sub-collector of the tenths of 
 that diocese) were indebted to His Majesty 65 oL lis. Sd. for the 
 tenths ; that Sir Thomas employed one Mr. Francis Blight as his 
 agent, who, with John Blight of Bodmin, were bound to Sir Thomas 
 in 2,000^. to render time account of what was received, and Francis 
 Blight was also bound in bOOl. for the same purpose ; further that he 
 failed having 439/. 9s. Id. of the tenths in his hands. Stating the 
 remedies proposed to supply the deficiency. Dated 25 Jan. 1693. 
 
 Mimded : — " Agree Avith this report." 
 
 The petition, report, and three other papers relating thereto. 
 5 pages and 2 parts of pages. 
 
 19. Report of the Com"^** of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 on the seizure of French goods lately made by Mr. Kirby at Rotten- 
 dean, in Sus.sex ; e.nd on their value, about which there was an 
 information exhibited in the Court of Exchequer for recovery of the 
 goods, which were appraised at 3,322/. 16s. %\d.; further, laying 
 before their Lordships the account of certain seizures made by 
 custom-house officers, not j'et paid into the Pell Office at the Ex- 
 chequer. Dated 26 Jan. 1693-4. 
 
 The petition of Col. John Deane and Henry Pelham, Esq., in 
 connexion with the above, and the appraisement and account to 
 Avhich reference is made, and a paper entitled " A state of the prose- 
 cutions at law of the seizures following, and how they now stand." 
 Dated 26 Jan. 1693-4. (S pages. 
 
 20. Report of the Corn's of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 on the question whether it might be fit to review and make some 
 alterations in the Book of Rates, iu connexion Avith the renewal of 
 
342 CALENDAR OF 
 
 1693-4. 
 
 Vol. XXVI. 
 
 the Act of Tonnage and Poundage, and as to what time such review 
 and alterations would require ; expressing the opinion that it was 
 inconvenient at present to alter the rates, &c. but they had collected 
 several clauses to be inserted in the Act then passing in Parliament, 
 which would conduce much to the ease of the merchants. Dated 
 26 Jan. 1693-4. 
 
 Enclosing a paper, headed : — " Farther rules and instructions, by- 
 way of explanation and supply of such lawes as have been found 
 either obscure or insufficient for preventing abuses and frauds in 
 the exercise of trade and payment of their Majt^ customes," &c. 
 6:^ pages. 
 
 Jan. 26. 21. Report of Sir Richard Levinge to the Lords Justices and 
 General Governors of Ireland, on the petition of William Palmer, 
 of the city of Dublin, gent., as to an estate, consisting of houses in 
 Athlone and lands in the counties of Roscoromon and Westmeath, 
 demolished or wasted by the late war ; and as to the title of George 
 Devinish to the same, who was outlawed for treason, and indebted 
 to the petitioner. Dated 26 Jan. 1693. H pages. 
 
 Jan. 30. 22. Repoi't of the Com^s of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 
 on the petition of the Mayor and Aldermen of Bristol, praying per- 
 mission to bring in 5,000 bushels of wheat from Ireland, for the relief 
 of the poor, without duty ; stating that if the price was between 
 58s. id. and 4Z. a quarter, it was subject to a duty of 8s. a quarter 
 by the act of tillage, and the amount involved would be 2501. ; 
 leaving it to their Lordships to decide if it could be done. Dated 31 
 Jan. 169.3-4. 
 
 Minuted : — " It cannot be granted, because the customs are 
 appropriated to the money lent on them." 1 page. . 
 
 Jan. 31. 23. Report of the Comra of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury-, 
 on the petition of Henry Stancomb of Bristol, grocer, who was 
 engaged with another in sending tobacco to Ireland, which was 
 seized and sold, by the loss of which he could not pay his bonds for 
 customs ; advising that they .should take what he was able to pay. 
 Dated 31 Jan. 1693-4. 
 
 Minuted : — " Agreed." 
 
 The petition, a report of the collector of customs, and a schedule 
 of the bonds. 3-^ p)ages. 
 
 Feb. 1. 24. Report of the Com^s of Excise to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 
 on the petition of George Tokefeild, stating that they had considered 
 the same, and were of opinion that the loss of the 20Z. mentioned in 
 the petition, as paid to Charles Deering, Esq., was a great hardship ; 
 and that an arrear of 14Z. 19s. 2d. might be allowed to the petitioner. 
 Dated 1 Feb. 1693-4. 
 
 Minuted : — " Agreed to." 
 
 The petition and an affidavit. 3 pages. 
 
 Feb. 1. 25. Report of the Comrsof Excise to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 
 recommending the continuance of Mr. Wm. Hall as deputy house- 
 keeper of the excise office, at 50Z. a year. Dated 1 Feb. 1693-4. 
 Minuted .•— " Ult. Feb. '93-4. Granted." 1 page. 
 
TREASURY PAPERS. 
 
 343 
 
 1693-4. 
 Feb. 3. 
 
 Feb. 3. 
 
 Feb. 5. 
 
 Feb. 5. 
 
 [? About 
 Feb. 5.] 
 
 Feb. 6. 
 
 Vol. XXVI. 
 
 26. Report of the Comrs of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 on the petition of Joseph Jordan, one of the King's patent waiters 
 in the port of London ; praying that Mr. Edw. Buck might be 
 appointed in his place, stating that they had nothing to object 
 thereto. Dated 3 Feb. 1693-4 
 
 Minuted : — " Granted." 
 
 Also the petition. Parts of 2 pages. 
 
 27. Report of the Com"^ of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 upon a paper of queries relating to the new impositions on tobacco. 
 
 There were eight queries, to each of which a separate return is 
 made. Dated 3 Feb. 1693. 
 
 Minuted:—" To be read again at a full board." 
 
 Copy of the Virginia merchants' reasons against giving ^ months 
 bonds for the duty on tobacco, addressed to the Comics of Customs. 
 10 pages and 2 halves. 
 
 28. Report of Mr. Brook Bridges to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 on the paper annexed, relating to the accounts of the late Com'^ 
 for disbanding the army, raised in the year 1677 ; recommending 
 their Lordships by a warrant to the Treasurer's Remembrancer and 
 Clerk of the Pipe, to direct a stop of further proceedings on any 
 process which might have issued against any persons mentioned at 
 the foot of Sir Thos. Players' account. Dated 5 Feb. 1693. 
 
 Minuted : — " The warrant to bee prepared & a copy of all these 
 imprests to bee sent to the Lords." 2 jjages. 
 
 29. Report of the Com^s of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 on the petition of Charles Tyrrell, of Hanslop, Esq., who desired to 
 transfer his appointment as King's waiter, in the port of London, to 
 his. near relation Mr. James Tyrrell; stating they had nothing 
 to object. Dated 5 Feb. 1693-4. 
 
 Minuted : — " Granted.'' 
 
 Accompanied by the petition, and a medical certificate as to the 
 health of the petitioner. 2^ pages. 
 
 30. Report of the agents for bringing in taxes, to the Lords of 
 the Treasury, on the petition of William Whitebvead, Esq., receiver 
 general of the 1st aid of 4s. in the pound, for the county of Bedford ; 
 recommending the allowance to him of 721. for his extraordinary 
 charges. Referred 5 Feb. 1693. 
 
 The petition and a bill of his disbursements. 3 pages. 
 
 31. Copy of a report of the Principal Com^s for Prizes, on the 
 petition of Mr. Thomas Pottinger, certifying that they had appointed 
 him on 8 Aug. 1691, as agent for prizes at Belfast without salary, 
 but to be rewarded as he should deserve, as was customary with other 
 agents. By his diligence he had returned 6,929?. lis. 2d., which he 
 discovered " liad been formerly embezzled by captains and others 
 out of prizes. As nothing could at present be recovered from the 
 captains they (the Comrs) could not reward him and had only paid 
 
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 him SO?. 5s. lOr?. for Ins charges ; but as soon as they obtained 
 anything by the prosecution they were carrj'ing on, they would 
 ]ecommcnd him to their Lordships for a gratiflcation. Dated 
 6 Feb. 1G93-4. 
 
 An account of the particulars and sums making up the 
 5,92.9?. lis. 2(7. above named, the copy of the jjetition and four 
 otlier documents relating thereto. C pages. 
 
 [About 32. Petition of William Jones, apothecary, addressed to the Lords 
 
 G Feb.] of the Treasury, setting forth that notwithstanding the grant of 
 
 the office of apotlieeary to him, yet one Mr. Soames was admitted 
 
 contrary to all rules of equity ; praying their Lordships to inspect 
 
 the letters patent and stop the payment of the fees to Mr. Soames. 
 
 Minuted :—" Qi\\ Feb. '93-4. Referred to Mr. Lowndes to 
 examine the patent." 1 page. 
 
 Feb. 7. 33. A letter without address of Viscount Gallway, written at the 
 
 earnest entreaty of the Burgomasters and Senate of Zurich, to 
 recommend the interests of Madame d'Oberkan ; stating that they 
 had besought the King to order payment of what was due to her 
 husband, and begged the writer to forward the letter ; he had re- 
 ceived much honour from them, and had found the princijiles of 
 that canton well intentioned for the King's service. The name of 
 her husband was still venerated there, and his daughter was allied 
 to a family quite in the King's service. {FrenchP\ Dated at Zurich, 
 7-17 Feb., '93-94. 
 
 [See her claim for payment of 438?. under 10 Jan. 1G92-3.] 
 
 Holograph. 3 pages. 
 
 Feb. 7. '34. Letter of the Consul and Senate of the city of Zurich to 
 King William the Third, in favour of Elizabeth " de Saint Delys 
 ab Harcourt," widow of Col. Oberkan, wiio left France early in 1090 
 and hastened to the King in Belgium, and having reached Piedmont 
 liy great journeys, supported the royal arms as a leader and adviser 
 until he died ; recommending the widow for the royal bounty, on 
 account of her losses. Dated 7 Feb. 1G9 4. [Latin^ 2^ pages. 
 
 Feb. 8. 35. Report of the Com^s of Customs to the Lords of the Trea- 
 
 .sury, on a paper of queries, relating to the duty upon .salt, finishing 
 thus : — " If a great duty shall be layd on salt (such as two shillings 
 per bushell), it is fitt there should be a draw back, for all that shall 
 be exported or irnployed in the curing or saving of the flesh or fish 
 that shall be exported." Dated 8 Feb. 1693-4. 
 
 Also a separate paper with the queries. 1 page and 2 halves. 
 
 Feb. 12. 36. Memorial of Sir Christopher Wren, as to certain fee-farm 
 rents, praying their Lordships to direct Sir John Talbot to seal 
 certain deeds forthwith; enclosing copy of "the tenth instruction 
 from the Privy Seal to the trustees for sale of the fee-farme rents." 
 The memorial is dated 12 Feb. 1C93-4. 2 half phages. 
 
TREASURY PAPERS. 345 
 
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 Feb. 14. 37. Letter from tlie Lords of tlie Treasury to the Lords Justices 
 of Ireland, sending a petition of James Roclie, representing liis 
 miserable circumstances, and praying a grant of the estate of James 
 Everard, in the county of Waterford, set at 37^. a year. Dated 
 14 Feb. 1693. 
 
 The petition is not now with it, but there is a schedule entitled 
 " An account of the ferries humbly desired by James Roch." There 
 are 20 separate ferries set down. 2 'jiafjes. 
 
 Feb. 15. 38. Letter of the Duke of Bolton to Mr. Guy, thanking their 
 Lordships that they intend to issue a warrant for 600 trees and 200 
 loads of knees and standards, and wishing they could find them in 
 the New Forest ; the last that were felled were such small sticks 
 that the King lost 50 per cent, by cutting them before they were 
 fuller grown. If the King for his profit pleased to command to 
 destroy the forest, he had nothing to object ; but submitted to their 
 Lordships the said destruction, to the King's loss and the spoil of 
 the ships by sap timber ; he doubted not but their Lordships' officer 
 would contradict all this, as he had done all the Duke represented, 
 and had the luck to be believed, and desired Sir Robert Smith and 
 others might be joined in the corami.ssion, that such trees might be 
 cut as were fit for the Navy. Dated 15 Feb. 1693. 2 pages {quarto). 
 
 Feb. 17. 39. A letter signed "Edetli Lutwyche," addressed to Sir Stephen 
 Fox, one of the Lords of the Treasury, pressing their Lordships 
 forthwith to take into their personal custody certain writings con- 
 cerning the priests' and Jesuits' estates, which had been delivered to 
 their honours a little before Christmas. Dated 17 Feb. 1693-4. 
 1 page (decayed). 
 
 Feb. 19. 40. "An account of what money is to bee paid this week on 
 account of victualling." Dated 19 Feb. 1693-4. \^ pages. 
 
 [? About 41. " The case of Sir Clowdesly Shovell, as also severall of the 
 Feb. 1 9.] captains," showing that in J 690 he commanded a squadron in the 
 Irish Seas, and that Capt. Byng, commander of the "Dovor," and 
 Capt. Fitzpatrick, commander of the " St. Albans," each took a 
 French prize, bound to Dublin, on board of which were wines and 
 brandies, which, according to the Act of Parliament, should be 
 destroyed " if brought to England ;" but being desired by General 
 Schomberg and several other field officers in Ireland for the soldiers 
 in winter quarters in and about Belfast, they were suffered to be 
 carried into Belfast and paid the duties, a great part was given, 
 and the remainder sold for the nutriment of the soldiers. Also 
 Sir Gloudesly, with some of his officers and marines, at great 
 hazard successfully brought out a ship from the port of Dublin, and 
 gave the officers and mariners 300?. out of his own pocket, which 
 had not been repaid to him. They pray for a pardon, as they were 
 called to account by the Coinr^ for Prizes. 
 
 Minuted: — " 19^^ Feby '93. To the Commissioners of the Prizes 
 to certify how the matter of fact is." 1 pa^e. 
 
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 1693-4. ^*>^- ^^VI- 
 
 Feb. 20. 42. Memorial of the officers of the Ordnance to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, reminding them of the necessitous condition of the office, 
 more especially as to the land service, thej' having received 
 1 07,076^. 4,s. short of what the Parliament allowed them ; praying 
 to be informed from what fund they were to receive it, as the 
 artificers would not proceed in their work, and they could not fit 
 out the artillery train for the next campaign ; representing the 
 remoteness of the tallies assigned to the office, and the condition of 
 the poor gun-makers ; and further hoping their Lordships would 
 not think of giving less than 8s. in every 4<l. .'J.s. as their quota, 
 under the sea service. Dated 20 Feb. 1693-4. 2^ pages. 
 
 Feb. 20. 43. Report of the Gomfs of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 respecting a complaint against Mr. Francklyn, surveyor of the port 
 of Deal, for being angry with Mr. Waring, the late collector of Deal, 
 for giving him an account of a Sweeds ship that was bound to 
 France, laden with tar and other stores ; stating that they had 
 written to the chief boatman, who heard the coaversation, to 
 transmit his opinion concerning Francklyn, of his affection or dis- 
 affection to the present Government, &c., to which they had re- 
 ceived, in answer, an affidavit entirely in his favour ; thereupon 
 they made their presentment for removing him from Deal to 
 Milford, believing him innocent of that matter, yet not thinking 
 fit to continue him at Deal for other things charged against 
 him, but not so fully made out as to amount to his dismission ; 
 and farther, it was agreeable to the methods of this Board, to 
 remove officers from one port to another, upon strong suspicions 
 of their too great familiarity with the merchants, or of undue 
 practices, when there was not direct proof against them, thereby 
 to break their measures and correspondences, without which any 
 ill-practices could hardly be executed. Dated 20 Feb. 1693-4. 
 lijxt^res. 
 
 Feb. 20. 44. Report of the [officers] of the Transport Office to the Lords of 
 the Treasury, upon the papers of the Baron de Luttichaw, who had 
 petitioned for two ships of about 200 tons each, victualled and 
 equipped, to carry 200 Protestant families from Germany to Ireland ; 
 he computed they would amount to 1,000 persons, besides their 
 goods, and the ships must make two voyages for them to Hamburg 
 and from thence to Ireland. It would require eight months ; the 
 ships would each need 40 men and 20 guns, and could not be hired 
 under 200^. 'per month each, besides which their Majesties would be 
 obliged to insm-e them against the enemy ; for which considerations 
 they advised that it was better to ship the families on board the 
 fleets that come from Hamburg, for England, by 10, 20, or 30 
 persons on a ship, whom the masters would be glad to bring over at 
 about 20.S. a head, they finding their own provisions. Dated 20 Feb. 
 1693-4. 
 
 Accompanied by two petitions of the Baron, and another report 
 on the same subject. Dated 20 Jan. 1693-4. 
 
TREASURY PAPERS. 347 
 
 1693-4. Vol. XXVI. 
 
 In one of the petitions he says, he purposed bringing the 
 families from Silesia in Germany, upon three proposals : 1st, that 
 he might be furnished from the prize office with two transport 
 ships ; 2nd, that such goods and commodities as these 200 families 
 should bring with them should be customs free ; and 3rd, that he 
 should have a grant to him and his heirs of forfeited lands in 
 Ireland to the value of 700 ^^ per ann. 
 
 In the other he prays to have the two ships which those families 
 would have occasion for, after they were transported, to send to and 
 from Norway for boards, timber, and other necessaries for building 
 their houses and settling themselves. 4 pages. 
 
 Feb. 20. 45. Report of Mr. Chas. Fox to the Lords of the Treasury, on the 
 
 memorial of Brigadier Thomas Erie, and on a warrant for taking 
 several cheques, and granting him other allowances for tents, arms, 
 &c., burnt or redelivered into the stores in Ireland ; stating that he 
 did not find any regiment of the army under the like circumstances, 
 unless it were Brigadier Hastings, who, as to certain cheques laid on 
 them, upon their sudden removal from Scotland to Ireland, after 
 the battle with Dundee's forces, had the same pretensions, and if the 
 King should direct the payment of what was due to complete 
 Brigadier Erie's sum, he would want 2,804^. 12s. lid, &c. Dated 
 20 Feb. 1693-4. 
 
 Minuted : — " My Lords will give an assignment upon some funds 
 when they are given." 1 page. 
 
 Feb. 26. 46. Letter of the Lords Justices of Ireland, addi-essed to His or 
 Her Majesty, relative to the petition of Ann Eustace praying a dis- 
 charge of four years' quit rent, payable out of lands referred to in 
 the petition which had been referred to the late Lord Lieutenant, 
 and from him to the Solicitor-General, transmitting his report. 
 Dated 26 Feb. 1693-4, 
 
 Also the petition and other papers. 6 pages and 3 halves. 
 
 Feb. 27. 47. Report of Mr. Aaron Smith to the Lords of the Treasury, on 
 the petitions of Francis Jones and others, touching the shares in a 
 reward of 500?. to them for furnishing information which led to the 
 conviction of Shadrack Cork, clerk, for forgery. Dated 27 Feb. 
 1693-4. 2i fages. 
 
 Feb. 27. 48. Report of Lord Ranelagh to the Lords of the Treasury, on the 
 petition of Nathaniel Carpenter, agent to Col. Tho. HiU, captain of 
 an independent company in the Leeward Islands ; praying that the 
 pay of that company might be computed according to tlie establish- 
 ment, notwithstanding the want of muster rolls ; stating that if 
 their Lordships thought fit to direct the payment he must pray His 
 Majesty's warrant. Dated 27 Feb. 1693. 
 
 The petition and three certificates, in which it appears the troops 
 were employed in the islands of St. Martin's, Antigua, and St. 
 Christopher's. 4^ pages. 
 
348 CALENDAR OF 
 
 1G98-4 VOL. XXVI. 
 
 [About 49. Petition of Richard Wayte and others to the Lords of the 
 
 27 Feb.] Treasury, showing that they had furnished accoutrements for 
 
 Brigadier Villier's regiment of horse ; praying to be paid in specie 
 
 or tallies upon the fag-end of the land-tax. 
 
 Minuted :—" 27 Feb. '93-4. Referred to my L. Ranelagh." 
 
 1 2'>«'!JS. 
 
 Feb. 28. 50. Memorial of the Com^'s for sick and wounded seamen and 
 prisoners of war to the Lords of the Treasury, showing that the 
 arrears amounted, on 31 Dec. 1693, to 35,552/. 9s. 7|c/., for that 
 department ; praying them to order an establishment whereby 
 they might give the poor people some encouragement to proceed in 
 the service, which the approaching expedition urgently required. 
 Dated 28 Feb. 1G93-4. 
 
 A duplicate copy. [The date 1691 in the latter is an error of the 
 scribe.] 2 'pages. 
 
 [? Feb. 51. Report of Brook Bridges, Esq., Auditor of their Majesties' 
 
 1693-4.] imprests, addressed to the Lords of the Treasury, on the draught of 
 a warrant for a Privy Seal for passing the accounts of the Master 
 of the Horse, stating that he saw no cause to object to it. 
 
 The report is endorsed on the draught, and is undated ; but it 
 was referred to him on 1 Feb. 1693-4. G.| pages (brief size). 
 
 Feb. 52. Memorial of two of the officers of Ordnance to the Lords of 
 
 the Trea.sury, in favour of Master Maccarell, owner of two ships 
 taken up to transport the train and stores from Belfast to Dublin 
 in 1690. Dated Feb. 1693-4. \ page. 
 
 [About 53. " Copy of Tho. Meech, his remonstrance against diverse 
 
 Feb.] Scotch merchants and others trading to Virginia." 
 
 A paper so endorsed, consisting of copies of four papers relating 
 to the trade carried on directly between Scotland and Ireland, and 
 Virginia and Pensylvania, contrary to the Act of Parliament. 
 The last is dated 3 Feb. 1693-4. 5^ pages. 
 
 March 1. 54. Letter of the Comics of Customs for Ireland, addressed to 
 the Right Hon. Francis Robartes and Thomas Keightley, Esq., 
 respecting the settlement of the accounts of Mr. Boardman, viz., for 
 the discharge of his arrears in connexion with the army bills ; 
 stating their belief, that if the Lords of the Trea.sury would write 
 to the Lords Justices to give the necessary orders required by 
 Her Majesty's letter, the matter would be settled to Mr. Boardman's 
 satisfiiction, &c. Dated 1 March 1693-4. 1 p)age. 
 
 March 1. 55. "Petition of y" Judges of y^ northern & southern circuits in 
 Wales, praying an aiigmentacon of their salaries." 
 
 " Referr'd to yo^' Lo23ps by Order of Councill." Dated 1 March 
 1693. 
 
 Minuted : — " 29*1^ Oct. '94. To be laid before y« King." 1 jw^'c 
 and 2 jfarts of pages. 
 
TEEASURY PAPERS. 
 
 349 
 
 1693-4. 
 March 2. 
 
 March 2. 
 
 March 3. 
 
 March 5. 
 
 March 6. 
 
 Vol. XXVI. 
 
 56. Report of Mr. Charles Fox to the Lords of the Treasury ou 
 tlie petition of Ann Savage, widow of Capt. Roht. Savage, late 
 Provost Marshal in Ireland, praying payment of lOGl. 6s., due to her 
 husband ; objecting to the manner of the account. Dated 2 March 
 1693. 
 
 Minuted :—" ^ Mar. '93-4. To speak w* M^ Fox. 2G June '9i. 
 To be considered when y^ Irish arrears are cleer'd." 
 
 Also the petition and a certificate. 
 
 In the Minute Booh, Vol. VI., p. 145, is this entry, which may or 
 may not be in relation to this claim : — " Mary Stedraan 20^', Anne 
 Savage IQi', but they are to have no more." 2j pages. 
 
 57. Presentment by the Com'" of Customs to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, respecting advances made by the collectors of customs 
 to the Vice-Admirals, for raising seafaring men for the fleet ; 
 praying directions might be given to the Comi's of the Navy to 
 make out bills for the sums mentioned in the schedule annexed, to 
 be paid to the Receiver-General of the Customs on the account of 
 the respective collectors who had advanced those sums. Dated 
 
 2 March 1693-4. 
 
 Accompanied by the schedule. 4 'pages. 
 
 58. Report of the agents for bringing in taxes, to the Lords 
 of the Treasury, on the petition and account of Wm. Greene, 
 one of the receivers general of the last year's 4s. aid for the 
 county of Stafford (Samuel Foden being the other), about some 
 difference between the two receivers in their account. Dated 
 
 3 March 1693-4. 
 
 Minuted: — " The agents to be here on Tuesday next about ye 
 receivership of Staffordshire." 
 
 Also the petition and account and another petition of William 
 Greene. 5^ pages. 
 
 59. Report of the victuallers of their Majesties' Navy to the 
 Lords of the Treasury, on the petition of Christopher Godsalve 
 and William Harman, pursers of their Majesties' ships "London" and 
 "Hampton Court" ; stating that they had intended to pay the bills 
 of the petitioners in two weeks, if the office had been supplied 
 with 2(),O0OL a week, as they desired ; but they could spare no 
 part of the 10,000?. a week, which was much too short of what was 
 necessary for the present outset of the fleet. Dated 5 March 
 1693. 
 
 The petition and copies of three orders to the Treasurer to pay 
 bills of exchange. 8 parts of pages. 
 
 60. Letter signed Wm. Steuart, commencing " My Lords," stating 
 that he brought a letter from their Lordships to the Lords Justices, 
 directing them to give him two years pay on account of his arrears 
 as brigadier ; which he so relied on, that he made use of most of 
 the four months' pay which he received at London for his officers ; 
 
 but the said [Lords Justices] positively told him they had not 
 money to answer any part of their Lordships' directions ; pressing 
 
350 
 
 CALENDAR OF 
 
 ] 693-4. 
 
 March 6. 
 
 March 6. 
 
 March 6. 
 
 Vol. XXVI. 
 
 for their speedy removal of his disappointment. Dated Dublin, 
 6 March 1693. 
 
 Minuted: — "Done." 2 half pages (quarto). 
 
 61. Report of Mr. Aaron Smith to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 on the petition of Mrs. Elizabeth Gellott, the daughter of Col. 
 Washington, lately deceased, who, he was informed, hazarded his 
 life and exhausted his fortune in the service of King Charles I., 
 as to the fine of 200 marks set upon Francis West, of which the 
 petitioner prayed the grant ; he had made a report when West 
 had petitioned for a remission of the fine owing to his extreme 
 poverty, which had reduced him to the common side of the prison, 
 and the petitioner, Mrs. Gellott, then very much insisted on his 
 extreme poverty, which he could not reconcile with her present 
 petition. Dated 6 March 1693. 1 |:»a^e and 2 parts. 
 
 62. Report of the officers of the Ordnance to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, on the petition of William Romer, who was constituted 
 an engineer in Ireland, at 20s. a day, to whom 271/^. 9s. Id. were 
 due, for the fortifications at Cork, Longford, and Thurles, and 
 331/. 14s. 6d for his salary. Dated 6 March 1693-4. 
 
 Also his petition, certain accounts, and certificates connected 
 therewith. 21 'pagss and piarts of pages. 
 
 63. Letter of the Lords Justices of Ireland to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, docquetted " Lds. Justices concerning the custodium of 
 lands to Mr. Tisdale, trustee for Mr. Savage." The custodium 
 was sought to be obtained for seven years, out of several forfeited 
 lands, mentioned in a schedule, and the letter was written to inform 
 their Lordships of the proceedings of Mr. Savage, prothonotary 
 and clerk of the Crown, who had derived large sums from fees 
 on outlawries, and had been endeavouring to get a further recom- 
 pence out of the forfeited estates. Dated Dublin Castle, 6 March 
 1693-4. 
 
 A report of the Commissioners of Inspection on the same 
 subject. 
 
 Also copy of a report of the Lords Justices, dated 25 July 1694, 
 respecting a custodium to Mr. James Tisdale of the lands in a 
 schedule annexed. 11 pages. 
 
 yOL. XXVII. 1694. 8 March-15 Mat. 
 
 1693-4. 
 March 8. 
 
 1. An order from the Lords of the Council to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, for the payment of 200L to Edward Lloyd or his assigns, 
 to be distributed among the clerks of the Council for their pains in 
 writing minutes of letters and orders to the Lords Lieutenants, &c. 
 Dated 8 March 1693-4. 
 
 Minuted : — " 26 June '94. Agreed to be paid when my lA^ have 
 mony for this service." | pa^e. _ 
 
TREASURY PAPERS. 
 
 351 
 
 1693-4. 
 March 8. 
 
 [About 
 March 8.] 
 
 March 9. 
 
 Vol. XXVII. 
 
 2. Report of the Com>^s of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 on the petition of John Hodgson, Robert Lawson of Lancaster, 
 merchants, and Henry Inman of Cockermouth, merchant, debtors to 
 the Crown for customs, and creditors also to the Crown for the 
 transport service ; praying that the remaining debt might be allowed 
 in part of what was due for transport service, or a stop put to pro- 
 ceedings against them ; advising that there seemed great equity in 
 forbearing to prosecute the bonds. Dated 8 March 1693-4. 
 
 Minuted : — " My Lords cannot stop processe because the duties 
 of impost are appropriated." 
 Also the petition. 2i pages. 
 
 3. Memorial of WUliam Graham to the Lords of the Treasury 
 complaining that he had advanced money in specie near two years 
 ago, for the service of the regiments of Scots foot guards (Sir 
 Charles Graham's and Col. Mahay's) ; praying payment at least of 
 some part in money or tallies, as he had advanced for these and 
 and other regiments above 15,000i. 
 
 Minuted:— " 8 Ma.r.'93-k Referred to my L. Ranelagh." 1 
 page. 
 
 4. Report of the Coral's of Excise to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 on the petition of William Thodj', late collector of hearth-money, as 
 to the settlement of his accounts, he having been collector of the 
 hearth-money in the counties of Northampton, Hertford, Chester, 
 and the city of Bristol. They state, amongst other things, that he 
 was unjustly imprisoned by Sir Ralph Ratcliffe and others, &c. 
 Dated 9 March 1693-4. 
 
 Minuted : — " Agreed to." 
 
 The petition and a schedule. 4 pages. 
 
 5. A letter signed " Hum. Wyrley," without address, docquetted 
 thus : — " Mr Wyrley's letter concerning the difference about the 
 place of meeting for the Commissioners of Staffordshire ;" also 
 referring to a complaint made against the writer and Captain Lane, 
 of obstructing the levy of the tax in the south part of the hundred 
 of Offlow, in the county of Stafford. Dated 9 March 1693-4. 
 2 pages. 
 
 March 12. 6. Report of S. Travers, Surveyor-General, addressed to the Lords 
 of the Treasury, on the petition of Mr. Joseph Craigg, (wherein is 
 set forth that the petitioner held a tenement for 18 years to come, 
 by a lease of King Charles I. to Thomas Carey for 41 years, in 
 reversion of a grant for 60 years, made by King James I. to Simon 
 Bassile, Esq., surveyor of His then Majesty's works), respecting a 
 tenement on the north-western corner of Scotland Yard and a parcel 
 of ground on the east of that tenement, parcel of the palace of 
 Whitehall, and belonging to the manor of Westminster, tracing the 
 assignments of the property, and stating that in the assignment 
 from Jackson to Leeson was expressed that the premises trans- 
 ferred consisted of two tenements, the ground employed for a 
 garden lying behind them, a tenement formerly in the possession 
 of Sir Joseph Williamson, and another enjoyed by Thomas 
 
 March 9. 
 
352 
 
 CALENDAR OF 
 
 1693-4, Vol. XXVII. 
 
 Williams, which last was a small alehouse, called the " Hole-in- 
 the-Wall ; " expressing the opinion that the clerk of the works had 
 encroached on the property, &c. and that all which was granted to 
 Bassile and Carey had passed in the grant to John Hall, Esq., of 
 the manor of Westminster, so that the petitioner could not have the 
 reversion granted to him as desired ; but the piece of ground on 
 which the last two houses were built, and the garden, might be 
 passed to him ; the ground might be valued to him at 35Z. j3e?' anil., 
 which is about 7s. 6d. per foot, the ground being 9i feet in length, 
 and a building lease could not be valued above 500Z. fine ; but if 
 for 99 years it might be worth GOOl., reserving a rent of 20s. per 
 ann., &c. Dated 12 March 1693-4. 
 
 The petition. Also another paper commencing, " The case of the 
 petitioner Joseph Craig is briefly this." 5 pages. 
 
 March 13. 7. Report signed " Phil. Ryley," addressed to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, on a representation from the Marquis of Winchester, 
 master keeper of Burleigh Lodge and Walk, in the New Forest, as 
 to the amount of repairs needed by the lodge. Dated 13 March 
 1693-4. 
 
 The " representation " and a detailed estimate of the expense of 
 the repairs. 
 
 Minuted : — " Respited till ye comission is executed." 3 pages. 
 
 March 14. 8. Memorial of the Cum''s for sick and wounded seamen, fcc, to 
 the Lords of the Treasury, praying them to order an establishment, 
 as formerly, of 2,000?. per month for the year 1094, or they should 
 not be able to quarter a man at any of the ports when set on shore. 
 Dated 14 March 1693-4. 1 page. 
 
 March 16. 9. A warrant of the Earl of Dorset to the Earl of Montague, 
 Master of the Great Wardrobe, to deliver to Benjamin Fletcher, Esq., 
 Governor of New York, a Bible, two large common Prayer Books, 
 and 12 smaller common Prayer Books, two cushions for the reading 
 desk, a cushion and cloth for the pulpit, a carpet for the altar, all of 
 crimson damask with silver fringe, two linen cloths for the altar, 
 and two surplices of fine holland, for the use of their Majesties' 
 chapel there. Dated 10 March 1093-4. 
 
 It is countersigned by the Lords of the Treasury. 1 page. 
 
 March 16. 10. Report of Sir Edward Ward, Attorney- General, made to the 
 Lords of the Treasury, on tlie petition of Sir Thomas Dom vile, and on 
 the report of Sir Richai'd Levinge, Solicitor-General in Ireland, and 
 on divers other papers, as to a grant from their Majesties of the 
 manor, castle, town, and lands of Templeoge, alias Tameloge, and 
 divers houses and ground in the county and city of Dublin, forfeited 
 by James Talbot for treason, which lands had been mortgaged by 
 the same Talbot to Sir William Domvile, Sir Paul Rycaut, and the 
 petitioner. Dated 16 March 1693-4. 
 
 United are the papers referred to, including the petition and 
 report, and " A list of the severall houses in the city and suburbs of 
 tlie city of Dublin, conveyed to Sir Thos. Domvile in the year 
 1680," &c. 21 pages and 4 halves. 
 
TREASURY PAPERS. 
 
 353 
 
 1693-4. ^'«^- ^^^^VII. 
 
 March 16. H. Report of tlie principal officers of the Navy to the Lords of 
 the Treasurj', on the petition of the owners of the ship " William 
 and Mary," George Cook, commander, taken up to carry provisions 
 to Barbadoes, and then compelled to go to North America with 
 soldiers and provisions. Praying for the wages of the seamen, &c. ; 
 transferring the onus of reporting on the same to the Com'^^ for 
 Transportation. Dated 16 March '93. 
 
 Minuted : — " To bee considered after the jDoint of the bills from 
 Barbados is setled with the Comissioners of the Navy. " 
 
 Also the petition and two certificates. 4 pacjefi. 
 
 March 17. 12. Letter of the Lords Justices of Ireland to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, acknowledging the receipt of their Lordships' letter and 
 the Earl of Inchiquin's petition for the grant of 200 tons of timber 
 to rebuild his liouse, adjoining the city of Coi'k ; the timber to be 
 taken out of the Earl of Clancarthy's woods forfeited near the cit}' 
 of Cork ; in favour of gratifying the petitioner. Dated 1 7 March 
 1093-4. 
 
 Minuted : — " Granted according to the 1-A^ Justices letter." 
 Accompanied by the letter, the petition, the report of the Com- 
 missioners for Forfeitures and a letter of Capt. John Naish, one of 
 the purveyors of timber for the Navy. 5 'pages and 2 halves. 
 
 March 17. 13. Memorial of Lord Fairfax as to the pay of his regiment 
 (very brief). Dated 17 March 1693-4. 
 
 Minuted: — " 19 March '93-4. To be provided for as the other 
 regiments are." -J- page (quarto). 
 
 March 17. 14. Report of the Com'^s of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 on. the petition of Mary Scrope, widow, concerning a parcel of 
 goods seized by one John Ford, an officer of the customs, who, upon 
 inquiry made of him, stated that from certain marks on them 
 he believed they were goods of the late Queen Mary [Queen of 
 James II.], and he kept possession of them by command of the 
 Secretary of State. Dated 17 March 1693-4. 
 
 Minuted : — " The petitioner must carry this to the Secretaiy of 
 State," and '• To bee kept till Mr. Smith & the officer of the customes 
 bring the inventory of these goods." 
 
 Accompanied by the petition. 2 pages. 
 
 [About 15. Petition of Capt. Philip Griffin to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 
 March 19.] showing that he found himself checked 44^. 10s. for his personal 
 pay as quartermaster at Dundalk camp, notwithstanding he was 
 upon the spot till the army decamped, and afterwards was ordei'ed 
 to England for recruits bj' the Duke of Schomberg, as by the certi- 
 ficate annexed ; praying a contingent warrant for payment of his 
 money. 
 
 Minuted:—" 19 March '93-4. Referred to Mr. Fox. Ordered 
 that Mr. Fox do put it on his memoriall." 
 
 Accompanied by the certificate. 2 pages (quarto). 
 
354 
 
 CALENDAR OF 
 
 1693-4. 
 
 March 20. 
 
 March 21. 
 
 Vol. XXVII. 
 
 16. Keport to the Lords of the Treasury on the petitions of 
 Mr. Francis Babe, " touclring the office of Surveyor of the importerl 
 and inland excise of Ireland." 
 
 Docquetted thus: — " My Lord Chancellor Porter and Lord Cheife 
 Justice Reynells report in favour of Mr. Babe's peticon, and that 
 the office of surveyor is not only necessary but required by law 
 to be established." Dated 20 March 1693-4. 2 pages. 
 
 17. Memorial of the Coma's for sick and wounded seamen, &c. to 
 the Lords of the Treasury, setting forth as previously the state of 
 the debt, &c. ; and as regards the Irish prisoners at Plymouth the 
 agent says positively he can no longer keep them alive, nor could 
 the Commissioners help it, not having received any moneys in 
 several months for subsistence of prisoners at war. Dated 21 March 
 1693-4. 1 page. 
 
 [About 18. Representation of Hugh Windham [to the King] that he had 
 
 March 21.] delivered a memorial for an allowance for 89 horses lost the last 
 winter at " Ghant" by the plague, which was referred to Mons. Auver- 
 quier to report upon ; but Mr. Blathwayt, who had referred the 
 same, was commanded by the Duke of Ormond to repair forthwith 
 for Flanders, and would have no proper person in England, on the 
 return of the report, to buy the horses ; proposing that the King 
 should advance the money, that they might be shipped by the next 
 convoy, and if the number were not certified as lost (besides -58 
 wounded, a third of which were dead or unfit for service,) then the 
 sum advanced to be deducted out of the clearings of the officers. 
 
 Minuted :—" 21 March '93-4. The King thinks this fit to bee 
 done." 1 l^ft^e {quarto). 
 
 March 22. 19. Presentment of the Com's of Customs to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, referring to a previous presentment, in which they had 
 acquainted their Loi'dships of the complaint of the merchants trading 
 to Virginia and Maryland, that their trade was destroyed by ships 
 trading directly from Scotland and Ireland to Virginia, Maryland, 
 and Pennsjdvania, and back again,^ without paying the duties, to the 
 damage of the fair ti-aders who observed the Act of Navigation ; 
 proposing the appointment of a small vessel to cruize in the bay, 
 within the • capes of Virginia or elsewhere, witli which the Comics 
 ' concurred, and now proposed that if their Lordships would not 
 move therein, that Col. Nicholson, who was going as Governor to 
 Maryland, might treat for the hire of a vessel of about 40 tons 
 burthen, for preventing these frauds. Dated 22 March 1693-4. 
 
 March 22. 20. Memorial of the Officers of Ordnance to the Lords of the 
 
 (^Treasury, transmitting : — " An accompt of such sums of money as 
 
 were absolutely necessary to be immediately advanced, and without 
 
 which the train of artillery in Flanders could not take the field. 
 
 Dated 22 March 1693-4." 2 23ages. 
 
TREASURY PAPERS. 
 
 355 
 
 16934. 
 March 23. 
 
 March 23. 
 
 1694. 
 March 25. 
 
 March 26. 
 
 Vol. XXYII. 
 
 21. Eeport of Lord Ranelagh to the Lords of the Treasury on 
 the memorial of several officers of Col. Beveridge's regiment who 
 stood respited on the musters, certifying that tlieir pay amounted 
 to 367?. 19s. 2d,, and if their Lordships removed the respite, it 
 must be by a contingent warrant. Dated 23 March 1693. 
 
 Minuted :_-" 29 Oct. '94. Speak wth my L'^ Kanelagh." 
 The petition and other papers. 4 lialf pages. 
 
 22. Report of the Comi's of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 stating that" they had perused the bonds of several mei-chants of 
 Lancaster, and the latest appeared to be dated 13 Jan. 1689, which 
 was before any appropriations of the present revenue. Dated 
 23 March 1693-4. 
 
 Minuted : — " Processe to bee stopt." \ page. 
 
 23. " [Ireland] The state of the Commission for 
 .acco*'^ of the armj', from the first commencement 
 25 March 1694. 5 pages. 
 
 24. 
 
 stateing 
 thereof " 
 
 the 
 till 
 
 Report of the Coma's of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 concerning the running of a considerable c[uantity of dyeing wood 
 at Christchurch, and as to how much Webster and other oiEcers 
 were involved in the same ; stating that they had suspended 
 Webster, and had ordered that Stephens, the other officer, should 
 be publicly admonished for his great negligence. Dated 26 March 
 1694. 
 
 There is also, on another sheet, a docquet of various matters in 
 connexion with the seizure. 1| pages. 
 
 March 28. 25. Letter of the Lords Justices of Ireland to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, in answer to their letter, desiring to be informed of the 
 state and value of the forfeited lands mentioned in a paper annexed 
 to the petition of Thomas Keightley, Esq., stating that they had 
 consulted the Com^'*^ of Inspection and the Solicitor-General, and 
 that the vahre of the lands was 1,-561?. 14.s. 6d. • reminding their 
 Lordships that the produce of the forfeited lands should be applied 
 to the garrisons and fortifications. Dated Dublin Castle, 28 March 
 1694. 
 
 Minuted: — " Respited." 
 
 The report of Sir Rich. Levinge, the petition and j^aper above 
 referred to, and a memorandum. 
 
 The following is in the Minute Book; vol. VI. p. 114, on 27 Nov. 
 169-5, which perhaps relates to this; — " Peticon of M^' Keightley. 
 The King's intencon is to grant it, but not just at this time." 7 
 2oages and 2 halves. 
 
 March 28. 26. Letter of the Lords Justices of Ireland to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, in answer to one from their Lordships requiring them to 
 certify the nature of the estate of James Everard, in the county of 
 Vv''aterford, and whether it were in their Majesties' power to grant 
 it to James Roche, who petitioned for it ; transmitting a re]3ort 
 from the Com^s of Inspection as to the value of the same ; stating 
 
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356 
 
 CALENDAR OF 
 
 3 334 Vol. XXVII. 
 
 furthei' that it does not appear what the value of the 14 or 15 
 ferries, which tlie petitioner hoped to keep, was ; urging the neces- 
 sity of the money arising from forfeitures being applied to the 
 repairs of fortifications and building barracks. Dated Dublin Castle, 
 28 March 1 694. 
 
 The petition is minuted : — " My Lords do discharge the caveat of 
 Major Delanier and the petitioner may go on with his grant of 
 Everard's lands." 
 
 Accompanied by the repoit, a particular of the lands forfeited by 
 James Everard, and the petition of James Roch. 3 pages and 2 
 halves. 
 
 March 28. 27. Memorial of the Com'''' for sick and wounded seamen, &c. to 
 the Lords of the Treasury, setting forth, as before, the state of the 
 debt and stating that the "quarterers" peremptorily refused to 
 receive the sick seamen, &c. Dated 28 March 1694. 1 j^age. 
 
 [About 28. Petition of Thomas Roberts to the Lords of the Treasury, to 
 
 March 28.] be allowed to serve their Majesties in some better station ; he having 
 been a weigher and watchman at the Custom House, London. 
 
 Minuted :- — " 28 March '94. Recommended to the Commiss. of 
 Customs." A fragment. 
 
 March 30. 29. Report of the Com^" of Customs to the Lords of the Trea- 
 sury, on the petition of Jacob Gabay, merchant of London, praying, 
 their Lordships' order to Mr. Bertie to deliver nine bales of calico 
 about one of which the petitioner's servants had made a mistake in 
 the entry, in order that he might not lose the convoy ; expressing 
 the opinion that it was a mistake, and might deserve relief from 
 forfeiture. Dated SO March 1694. 
 
 Minuted : — " Ordered that the forfeiture bee remitted." 
 The petition, an affidavit, and the statement of tlie case by the 
 custom-house oflicers. 4i pages. 
 
 [? About 30. Petition of the prmcipal officers of the Ordnance to the King, 
 March 30.] setting forth their claims for exemption from the taxes levied on 
 their salaries ; prajdng the King to sign the warrant annexed, em- 
 powering the Master- General of the Ordnance to reimburse the 
 moneys the petitioners had paid. 
 
 The copy of the warrant. Dated 30 March 1694. 2^ ^^fw/es. 
 
 March 30. 31. Report of the Com^s of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 referring to their j^revious report of 5 Jan. on Mr. Wicks' ease, re- 
 lating to the account of his receipts of the new impositions upon 
 tobacco and sugar ; stating that they appointed Mr. Wolstenholme, 
 who had been his assistant, to take care of that receipt, under the 
 check of the examiner and controller of that duty, but they had 
 not prevailed with the patent officers to join in the control ; moving 
 their Lordships to exert their authority in this matter, and to allow 
 of a clerkship of about 40^. 'per ami. to assist the controller, and 
 recommending Mr. Wm. Waterson for the same. They had on the 
 arrival of tlie Virginia fleet directed the receiver and controller of 
 
TREASURY PAPERS. 357 
 
 1694, Vol. XXVII. 
 
 this duty and the Controller-General to keep a separate account 
 thereof from Lady Day. 
 
 Mr. Wicks had entered into a further security of 10,000/. besides 
 his two former bonds of 800/., but had exhibited a bill in the Ex- 
 chequer against the Controller-General and others, to gain time, and 
 by forms of law to delay passing his account. An extent had been 
 oiatained to find his estate and he had agreed to -pay 1,000/. in a 
 week and 1,300/. the first day of term, and he had already paid in 
 about 700/. of the 1,000/. Dated 80 March 1694. 21 pages. 
 
 [About 32. Representation of Col. Luke Lillingston to the King, that 
 
 April 4.] several companies of his regiment were almost fully recruited ; that 
 the great arrear of subsistence had put the officers to great straits, 
 as they had received but 2,573/. for the whole time of their being 
 on the West India expedition, and that at a loss of 2.5/. or 30/. per 
 cent, by the lightness of the money ; that 30/. a week was piaid to 
 Col. Colt's agent for the support of the wives and families of the 
 ofiicers in their absence ; praying that his regiment might be put on 
 the same footing as that of Col. Colt. 
 
 Docquetted :—" ith. April '9 4r. Brought by the King." 1 page. 
 
 April 4. 33. Report of the Comi'^ for Transportation to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, on the memorial annexed, concerning the ship "Queen 
 of Poland," taken by the French on 10 Aug. last, viz., as to the 
 value of the ship, &c. Dated 4 April '94. 
 
 Minuted: — " Ordered to bee j)aid." 
 
 Also a petition, and another paper relating thereto. 2 'pages 
 and 2 halves. 
 
 April 5. 34. Memorial of the Com''^ for stating tlie accounts of the army, 
 
 showing the progress made, and that the work having abated, they 
 had discharged their chief clerk, &c. ; offering to give their attendance 
 to 29 Sept., or three months longer if neces.sary, if their salary were 
 paid from 25 Dec. 1092 to 25 March last. Dated 5 Apr. 1G94. 
 1^ pages. 
 
 April 7. 35. Report of the Comi's of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury', 
 
 on the petition of Thomas Hatfield, one of the King's waiters in the 
 port of London, to resign his office to his near relation, Charles 
 West, gent., who had acted as his deputy ; stating that they had 
 nothing to object. Dated 7 April 1694. 
 Minuted :—'" Granted." 
 Also the petition. 2 pages. 
 
 April 7. 36. Report of the Comi'^ of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 
 as to the sums paid by Mr. Taylor for the duties upon masts and 
 other provisions for shipping, which had lately been imported from 
 New England. Dated 7 Apr. 1694. 
 
 Minuted : — " 27 May '95. A warr* to pay this sum out of such 
 mo as is or shall come to his hands, not appropriated by Act of 
 Pari*." 
 
 Also an account and a certificate. 5 pages. 
 
358 CALENDAR OF 
 
 1694. 
 
 Vol. XXVII. 
 
 April 9. S7. Letter of Col. Beeston [Governor of Jamaica] to the Lords of 
 the Treasury, stating that the island of Jamaica furnished facilities 
 for importation and exportation, and the planters sent off their 
 goods to " Corisoe," and returned European goods to the prejudice of 
 the customs, &c. He had ever since his arrival endeavoured to pre- 
 vent it, but could never catch them until now, when two sloops had 
 been seized. Their Majesties' p)art, it was thought, might amount 
 to 200?.., and that sum was due to the people for the "Faulcon's" 
 sick men, and he prayed to discharge that claim ; and if any more 
 came in, to be allowed to apply it for the putting their Majesties' 
 house in a better condition, which was in no capacity to entertain 
 an indifferent family, and the treasury, by reason of the war, could 
 not sustain the charges of the Government. Dated 9 Apr. 1694. 
 
 Minuted : — " 16 June '94. My L*"* do grant y" forfeitures already 
 made, but cannot dispose of those w"'^ shall happen for the future." 
 1 pajye. 
 
 April 9. 38. Brief letter, signed J. Trenchard, addressed to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, enclo.sing the following report concerning the subsistence of 
 Col. Wolseley's regiment, for their Lordships' consideration. Dated 
 9 Apr. 1694. 
 
 The Report of the Lord Justices of Ireland to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, stating that they were informed that Col. Wolseley, by an 
 order of the Lord Lieutenant, stopped 3rf. per day out of the sub- 
 sistence of the soldiei'S of his regiment,'for a debt owing since their 
 last clothing ; and for the future the soldiers were to receive but 
 1 2d. a day for subsistence. On inquiry they found that ll^d. a day 
 was paid to each trooper, and this reduction from ] 5d. was made bv 
 a verbal order ; they had informed the colonel that he must procure 
 Her Majesty's order, or they could not justify the continuance of 
 that reduction ; giving their opinion that as perhaps three pence a 
 day was too little for the clothing and accoutrements of a trooper, 
 so elevenpence halfpenny was too little to maintain a trooper and 
 his horse, if lie paid his quarters, as it was necessary he should. 
 Further stating that all the off-reckonings of the army, besides this 
 regiment, were stopped in the Treasury and issued from thence for 
 their clothing, &c. Dated Dublin Castle, 29 March 1694. 
 
 Minuted:—" lOtii July '94. To bee 12 pence a day for subsis- 
 tence from l^t of January 1693." 3^ pages. 
 
 April 10. 39. Report of Lord Ranelagh to the Lords of the Treasury, on 
 the petition of Lieut.-Col. Thomas Brudenall, concerning some money 
 due to him from the company of foot formerly commanded by 
 Capt. Sanders, and then by Capt. Withers, in the Marquis d' Rada's 
 regiment ; offering no objection to pay 74?. 14s. Dated 10 Apr 
 1694. ^ ■ 
 
 The petition and a certificate relating thereto. 
 
 In the Minute Booh, Vol. VI., p. 22, is the followino- : " 74;. i4g_ 
 
 for CoUo Brudenel, due to him from Marq. d' Rada's reft." 3 paqes 
 
 [About 40. Two petitions of Robert Davies to the Lords of the Treasury 
 
 April 11.] and one to the King, showing that he was the only person who at 
 
TREASURY PAPERS. 
 
 359 
 
 1694. 
 
 [About 
 April 11.] 
 
 April 11. 
 
 [About 
 April 12.] 
 
 April 12. 
 
 Vol, XXVII. 
 
 His Majesty's arrival was entrusted froDi the Eavl of Devonshire 
 and the rest of the gentlemen in the King's interest in the north to 
 the King, and had petitioned to be employed in the commission of 
 the hackney coaches or paper duty ; praying for employment. 
 
 The petition to the King was referred to their Lordships for their 
 report on 3 April IGS-t. 
 
 Also a certificate as to his being twice entrusted to His Majesty 
 by the said Earl. Recommending him for the place of Controller of 
 the Hospitals in Flanders. Dated 11 Apr. 1694. 4 pages. 
 
 41. Representation of Col. Luke Lillingston to the King, showing 
 that the charge on the off-reckonings of his regiment of foot was so 
 great for the clothing for the West India expedition, amounting to 
 3,7001. and iipwards, that he had been put to great difficulties to 
 provide new clothing ; the surtouts wevs provided for this year's 
 service, but the men having been put on board the ships of war 
 in May last to supply the want of seamen at New England, New- 
 foundland, and in manning the ships home, he was under the 
 necessity of delivering them their surtouts to keep them warm and 
 in health ; praying that tliey might be allowed the ship's provision 
 for the time they so worked, to enable him to defray the charge of 
 the next clothing. 
 
 On the back is: — " Brought by y^ King, ll^li Apr. '94." I pat/e. 
 
 42. Memorial of the officers of Ordnance to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, " positively telling '' them that unless some speedy p)ay- 
 ment were made to the contractors, it would be impossible for the 
 artillery to take the field ; earnestly pressing them to consider 
 the annexed demand. Dated 11 April 1694, 
 
 The account or demand referred to. 2 pages. 
 
 43. Petition of Edeth Lutwych, addressed to the King, stating 
 that there were piiests, Jesuits, and other Popish estates in England 
 and Wales, of the value of 100,000L j96r ann. forfeited ; praying for 
 the 180th part or share of all the forfeited and forfeitable estates 
 for her husband and his heirs, &c. 
 
 Endorsed :—" B,ec<i 1 2 A^jril 1694. Referred 12 June 1694 to 
 Sir Scroop Howe and Sir John Gise, Baronets, to report on." 
 1 2Mge. 
 
 44. Copy of report of Lord Conningsby and Charles Fox, Esq., 
 to the Lords of the Treasury, on a petition to His Majesty by 
 Brigadier Leveson on behalf of the regiment of horse under his 
 command, setting forth the hardship to the regiment by reason of 
 debts for clothing, &c,, they having been obliged to clothe for three 
 years together, which was chiefly occasioned by the great loss first 
 in going to Ireland in 1689, when they lost 124 horses and several 
 accoutrements at sea, and afterwards, at the surprising the cannon 
 near Limerick, they lost 135 horses ; praying an allowance of 151. 
 per horse ; recommending the allowance of 10?. per horse, &c. 
 Dated 12 Apr. 1694. 
 
 Also copy of two certificates and the petition. 2^ pages. 
 
360 
 
 CALENDAR OF 
 
 Vol. XXVII. 
 
 1694. 
 
 April ] 6. 45, An account of moneys received from seizures and payments 
 out of the same. Dated 16 April 1694. 
 
 Accompanied by the draft of a letter unsigned, and undirected, 
 respecting seizures of forfeited goods at the custom-house. 1-J- 
 pages. 
 
 April 17. 46. Letter of Wm. De la Rose to the Lord Godolphin, one of the 
 Lords of the Treasury, showing that he had sent into the Excise 
 Office, 106,798f. 9s. :3d collected by him, but that he was little or 
 nothing enriched ; beseeching that he might have the same allow- 
 ance as others in his station, viz., 2(1. in the pound. Dated 17 Apr. 
 1694. 
 Minuted : — " 1 9 Apr. '94. Referred to Commiss. Excise." 
 Also a statement of his receipts and expenses. 2 pages. 
 
 April 1 S. 47. Report of Mr. Cliarles Fox to the Lords of the Treasury, on 
 the petition of John Latham, late corporal in the regiment of liorse 
 commanded by Col. Theodore Russell, praying payment of what 
 was due to him ; in favour of his claim for bSl. 1 G.s. Dated 18 Apr. 
 1694. 
 
 Written on the back of the petition. Theie is also a certificate. 
 2^ pages. 
 
 April 18. 48. Report of the Oom''« of Customs to the Lords of the Trea- 
 sury, on the petition of Daniel Blake, gent., praying to be appointed 
 as a searcher in the port of London, the place being vacant by the 
 death of Capt. Cowley ; stating there was no vacancy, for the ap- 
 jiointment was given to Anthony Meeke and Robert Cowley jointly, 
 and to the survivor of them. Dated 18 Apr. 1694. 
 
 Minuted : — " Granted to Mr. Stockdale." 
 
 Also a copy of the report and another paper, which states that 
 the office of under searcher was granted to Anthony Meeke and 
 Clere Wyndham, and the survivor of them, &c. ; upon the death of 
 Robert Cowley, one Mr. Stockdale " was put upon him." 4 jjor/es 
 andj paHs of pages. 
 
 April 18. 49. Report of the Com''^ of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 on the petition of Samuel Wyld, of Sjiital Fields, London, weaver, 
 setting forth that he- had by him a parcel of old fashioned silks 
 mixed with gold and silver, which would not sell in England, but 
 would in parts beyond the seas, and he accordingly shipped them 
 for Jamaica, as wrought silks, on which the officer charged him 
 with making a false entry, and exhibited an information against 
 the goods in the Court of Exchequer ; giving their opinion that the 
 goods were so entered by mistake, and that the petitioner might 
 deserve relief Dated 18 April 1694. 
 
 Minuted : — " Granted." 
 
 Accompanied by the petition and an affidavit. 1 page and 3 
 
 halves. 
 
 April 19. 50. Report of S. Ti'avers, Surveyor-General, addressed to the 
 
 Lords of the Treasury, on the petition of Abel T. D'^^Uonne, who 
 
 sought to obtain a grant for 99 years of a reserved rent of 300?.. 
 
TREASURY PAPERS. 36 1 
 
 1694. Vc. XXVII. 
 
 pf,r ann. out of the manor of Uancy or Dauntsey (Wilts), which 
 manor had been granted to the Earl of Monmouth ; advising that 
 the grant was wortli G,000?., at 20 years' purchase ; and that if 
 granted a small rent should be reserved. Dated 19 April 1694. 
 Minuted : — " Granted & some rent to be reserved to the Crown." 
 The petition. Also a report of Anthony Parsons, auditor for 
 the county of Wilts, on the same subject. 4^ pages. 
 
 April 19. 51. Order in Council for cesscrf process as ov nolle prosequi io be 
 entered, in relation to a suit commenced against Sir Oloudesly 
 Shovel, Knt., and various other captains there specified, who had 
 rendered themselves liable to prosecution in the Court of Exchequer 
 or some other of the Courts at Westminster, for embezzliDg ships and 
 goods taken as prize. Dated 19 Apr, 169-t. 1^ pages. 
 
 April 20. 52. Report of the Com's of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 on the petition of Roth Peterman, one of the King's waiters in the 
 port of London, to siu-render the ofBce to Samuel Tomlins, gent., 
 stating they did not object thereto. Dated 20 Apr. 1694. 
 
 The petition, a certificate, and a letter signed " H. Grafton," in 
 favour of the petitioner. 4 parts of pages. 
 
 April 20. 53. Report of the Com^s of Excise to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 on the petition of Marmaduke Jenkinson, recommending that he 
 should be allowed to pay 30^. more, in discharge of the debt incurred 
 by him ; he having been bound for William Vawser, a late collector 
 of hearth money, who was a defaulter. Dated 20 Api-. 1694. 
 Minuted : -" Agreed." 
 Also the petition. .3 pages. 
 
 April 21. 54. Report of Lord Ranelagh to the Lords of the Treasury, on the 
 petition of several tradesmen of the city of Exeter^ for 247?. 4s. 5d. 
 for clothes, &c. furnished to the regiment formerly commanded by 
 Sir John Peyton ; giving his opinion that it should be referred to 
 Charles Fox, Esq. Dated 21 April 1694. 
 
 The petition and n. schedule of the names of persons with the 
 sums due to them. 2| pages. 
 
 April 23. 55. Letter of Viscount Sydney to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 accompanying a copy of the establishment of officers and attendants 
 of the Flanders train of artillery, begging that supplies of money 
 might be paid into the Treasury of the Ordnance, for the officers 
 of the train. Dated 23 April 1694. 
 
 Also the establishment or list of offico's and the amount of their 
 pay. 6 jjages. 
 
 April 25. 56. Report of William Blathwayt, Esq., to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, on the petition of Charles Lord Baltimore, for payment 
 out of port duties of certain sums ; praying that Mr. Knight might 
 have their Lordships' warrant to demand for him what money there 
 was in the hands of Mr. Peter Paggen or others, who received the 
 
362 
 
 CALENDAR OF 
 
 1694, 
 
 April 25. 
 
 April 27. 
 
 [About 
 April] 
 
 [? About 
 
 April 
 or later.] 
 
 May 1. 
 
 Vol. XXVII. 
 
 port duties ; expressing the opinion that they might have orders to 
 pay the same. Dated 25 April 1694. 
 
 Minuted: — "Mr. Kniglit to pay the petitioner what mony is 
 in his hands, according to the agreement made in the Counsell." 
 i\ pages. 
 
 57. Repoit of the Corai's for TransjDortation to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, on the petition of Robert Mackarell, merchant, recom- 
 meuding that the petitioners' five shi]3s, remaining with their cargo, 
 to the value of 1,387?. 8s. Id., be delivered to him to lessen his debt, 
 and be a present relief to him. Dated 25 April 1694. 
 
 Minuted ;— " To bee sent to the Coma's of the Revenues in Ireland, 
 to know the state of this case, what is Ijecome of these ships, or 
 what use they are put to, & that my lAs are enclined to gratify the 
 peticioner, if they have no objection." 
 
 Also the petition. 2 pages. 
 
 58. Report of Sir Edw. Ward, Attorney-General, to the Lords of 
 the Treasury, on the petition of Sir James Robinson, respecting 
 certain land lying on the north side of Tower HiD, near Crutched 
 Friars, kc. on which the petitioner said the city authorities had 
 intruded, and held possession, and prayed that the matter might be 
 brought to trial. The petition sets out the boundaries of the lands. 
 The report leaves it open to the Lords of the Treasury to have the 
 rights of the Crown asserted or not at their pleasure. Dated 
 27 April 1694. 
 
 Minuted : — " Agreed to y'^ rep*." 3 'pages. 
 
 59. Petition of Charles Vere and partners, brewers, to the Lords 
 of the Treasury. The petitioners appear to have had a claim on the 
 Government, and were anxious to get it allowed out of the excise 
 due on beer brewed by them. 
 
 Minuted : — " 14 Apr. '94. Referred to Comi^ Excise." 1 pa^/e 
 {greatly decayed.) 
 
 60. " Abstract of Mrs. Edyeth Lutwych's husband's great suffer- 
 ings and barbarous usages, both from managers & witness's after 
 his eminent services don & well perfurm'd, botli for the Crown and 
 them ; as is perticulerly mencon'd in those papers inclosed to his 
 Majty in Councill ; which case stands Aprill the 19, '94, referr'd to 
 the Lords Com^s of the Treasiiry." 
 
 Mrs. Lutwych complained of the treatment her husband had re- 
 ceived from the managers of the forfeited estates of priests and 
 Jesuits in England and Wales, that her husband's life was threatened, 
 &c. ; she sought for a timely donation of the royal bounty. 1 jja^e. 
 
 61. A brief account of such part of His Majesty's army and other 
 troops, &c. as were transported by His Majesty's commands out of 
 the kingdom of Ireland, under the care and direction of Bartholo- 
 mew van Homrigh, Esq., from the 20th day of July 1690 to the 1st 
 day of May 1694. 10 i^ges. 
 
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 1694. Vol. XXVII. 
 
 May 2. G2. Letter of Sir Cyril Wich and W. Duncombe, Esq. [deputies 
 
 to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland], to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 informing them that the Com'^^ for stating the accounts of the army 
 were allov/ed at the rate of 2.50?. a year each, up to 25 Dec. 1692 ; 
 since which they had attended the service without " any certain ap- 
 pointment for themselves or clerks." The remainder to be done 
 was confined to a small number of regiments, and the Coma's offered, 
 if their salary and that of their clerks were paid up to 25 March 
 last, to conclude the business without further charge. Dated 2 May 
 I 694. 1 page. 
 
 May 3. 63. Report of Sir Edw. AVard, Attorney-General, and Sir Tho. 
 
 Trevor, Solicitor- General, to the Lords of the Privy Council, on 
 their Lordships' order commanding them to state the case upon 
 the Act of Parliament lately passed, for a duty upon tonnage of 
 ships, as far as relates to the making subscriptions and erecting 
 a corporation, and as to the power the King had of limiting 
 or regulating the subscriptions or corporation ; finding that the 
 duties of tonnage and excise thereby given were made a fund 
 of credit for raising 1,500,000?., to be paid into the Exchequer ; 
 for which there was to be raised for the payment of the yearljr 
 interest 140,000?., viz. eight fer cent., and amongst other powers 
 possessed by their Majesties was that of incorporating the con- 
 tributors by the name of the Governor and Company of the Bank 
 of England, who were to have perpetual succession, a common seal, 
 power to purchase and sell lands, &c. ; giving their opinion that 
 the King might upon this Act appoint what number of Comr^ he 
 pleased; to take the subscriptions before the 1st of August 1694, 
 &c. and if 1,200,000?., or the moiety thereof, were subscribed before 
 1 Aug. 1694, then to incorporate the subscribers ; and might direct 
 the assignment of 100,000?. per ann. or any part of it to the sub- 
 scribers, and that His Majesty might order the appointment of a 
 Governor and other oflicers of the cor23oration, or for ascertaining 
 what sum should entitle a member to vote, and what number of 
 votes a member should have, &c. Dated 3 May 1694. 1\ pages. 
 
 Mayo. 64. "The present establishment of all oflicers belonging to the 
 
 Prize Office, as well in London as in the out-ports, with their 
 respective salaries, commencing from the 24th day of June next," 
 for which the [Com^s of Prizes] prayed their Lordships' allowance. 
 
 There is also a list of agents under no settled allowance, but to 
 be rewarded according to the trouble they received and the profit 
 they made. Dated 5 May 1694. 3 pages. 
 
 May 7. 65. Report of Mr. Chas. Fox to the Lords of the Treasury, on 
 
 the petition of Wickman Hansen, commissary to the Danish forces ; 
 desiring the payment of 540?, 9«. 6c?., delivered them short in cer- 
 tain bills of exchange returned to Hamburgh by Sir Joseph Heme ; 
 and of 120?. overcharged to those forces in their accounts of 
 Ireland; in favour of both claims. Dated 7 May 1694. 2\ piages. 
 
 May 7. 66. Report of the same to the same, on the memorial of Lord 
 
 Strathnaver and Col. Geo. Hamilton, praying that the muster rolls 
 
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 of the regiments of foot under tlieir command might be computed 
 according to the English pay, from 1 Feb. to 1 Aug. 1693 ; advising 
 that, if so done, there must be a particular warrant. Dated 7 May 
 1694. 
 
 Minuted:— '"2,6 June '94. Respited." 
 
 Also the memorial. 2 ^;(((/es {quarto). 
 
 May 7. 67. Report of the Com^s of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 
 stating that they had, in accordance with their Lordships' commands, 
 written to Mr. Wildbore, the collector of customs of the port of Car- 
 lisle, to send up an account of the hay bought by him ; transmitting 
 the particular account they had received from him, and a copy of his 
 letter ; and further stating they were not ignorant of some hardships 
 sustained by him. Dated 7 May 1694. 
 
 Accompanied by the papers. 8 ixujes and 2 partn. 
 
 May 8. 08. Memorial of Mr. Aaron Smith to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 
 for an order for .500/. or 600?.. for the prosecution and defence of 
 various suits. Dated 8 May 1694. 
 Also a list of the same. 3^ 'pages. 
 
 [About 09. Petition of Samuel Weale to the Lords of the Treasury, show- 
 
 May 10.] ing that he was the first to projDOse raising money by way of ton- 
 nage, whicli was then made a fund for raising 1,500,000/., praying 
 to be appointed to some office in the execution of this or some other 
 Act. 
 
 At the foot is a brief certificate of Sir J. Somers confirmatory of 
 the petition. Dated 10 May 1694. 1 jjar/e. 
 
 May 11. 70. Report of the Comr^ for Transportation to the Lords of the 
 
 Treasury, on the petition of Arthur Shallett, meichant, praying for 
 the freight of four ships employed in the transport service ; recom- 
 mending him particularly to their favour, as he was on all occasions 
 so ready to forward their Majesties' service. Dated 11 May 1694. 
 Also the petition. 2^ 'p'^'-d^^- 
 
 May 14. 71. Memorial by direction of Mr. Travers to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, showing that Sir Charles Harbord was allowed in the 
 Surveyor-General's oflice, for riding charges, at the rate of 180/. pei' 
 ann. and upwards, and the perquisites amounted to ten times as much 
 as they had done since. Mr. Travers had taken actual surveys of 
 Greenwich and St. James's Park, he went into Cornwall, surveyed 
 and made a map of Pendennis Castle and ground about it, made a 
 journey into Northamptonshire, and valuation of the late Lord 
 Powys's estate at Pipewell, and other services ; hoping that he 
 might be allowed 200/. for his charges and pains, to be paid by the 
 receiver of the duchy of Cornwall. Docquetted : — 14 May 1694. 
 Minuted : — " To bee pd out of fines of leases." 
 " To speake with him." " A tally for 200ii on the receiver of the 
 duchy of Cornwall, for riding and other extraordinary charges 
 relating to his office." 1 page. 
 
 May 15. 72. Report of Sir Robert Howard, Knt., auditor of the receipt 
 
 of the Exchequer to the Lords of the Treasury, on the petition of 
 
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 Alexander Lorrimer, who had had an order assigned him (No. 1,163) 
 on joint stocks for 1 ,000?., together with a tally, which order he had 
 lost ; certifying that it had been usual in like cases for their Lord- 
 ships to sign a copy, with directions to cancel the original when 
 found. Dated 15 May 1694. H pages. 
 
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 1694. 
 
 May 16. 1. Report of the officers of the Mint to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 
 as to what qiiantities of old farthings and half-pence might come in 
 to be exchanged; what would be the loss? and at what rate the 
 new designed farthings and half-pence of English copper could be 
 made, if done to the intrinsic value ? and also if the loss of re- 
 changing the old ones should be ordered out of the new one.s, and 
 how they could best be made ? Replying that there had been 
 upwards of GoflOOl. by sale of tin farthings and half-pence, 
 made and disposed of, and there could not be above 40,000Z. 
 by tale to be re-changed. The loss by exchange of the 40,000Z. 
 would be about .30,000/. The Copper Company would deliver 
 100 tons of copper a year for seven years, at lie?, the pound weight. 
 The workmanship would be 5d. the pound weight, and the in- 
 trinsic value would be 16f/. the pound weight. If the loss on the 
 exchange of the old coins should fall on the new, it was hoped 
 that it might be done in seven years ; but 10,000?. must be 
 ordered to be used, as a stock for providing copper and paying- 
 workmanship ; and the farthings and half-pence must be cut at 20 
 pence the pound weight, with a remedy of three or four farthing 
 pieces in the pound weight, as it was in the late reign of King 
 Charles II. Dated IG May 1694. 2 pages. 
 
 [About 2. Petition of Arnold Verhorst, " Secretary of Warr " to the 
 
 May 16.] Dutch forces, praying that their Lordships would provide the Com'' 
 
 Van Esche, witli the 687?. 4s. due to him ; or so much as would enable 
 
 the petitioner to pay his creditors, and his necessary equipage ; as 
 
 he was ordered forthwith to Flanders. 
 
 Minuted :—" 16 May 1694. Referred to L^ Ranelagh.'' 1 2)age. 
 
 May 16 and 3. Memorial of the Com^s for sick and wounded seamen, &c., to 
 21. the Lords of the Treasury ; setting forth the state of the debt and 
 
 praying that 10,000?. might be ordered to carry on their business. 
 Dated 16 May 1694. 
 
 Another memorial in the same terms, five days later. Dated 
 21 May 1 694. 2 ^m^res. 
 
 [About 4. Papers relating to certain guns which had been sunk in their 
 
 May 17.] Majesties' ship the " London," near the buoy a^t the Nore, wliich 
 
 guns Sir "William Pritchard had entered into agi-eement with the 
 
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 Office of Ordnauce to recover, receiving half the value, and, having 
 recovered them, refused to deliver the half of them on account of a 
 debt due to him for stores. Including the Solicitor-General's 
 opinion thereon ; signed " Tho. Trevor." 
 
 A report on the subject is dated 17 Mayl694. 
 
 There is the following entry in the Minnte Book, Vol. VI., p. 112, 
 26 Nov. 169.5 : "Officers of Ordnance and S"-' W™ Pritchard ah* ye 
 guns taken out of ye " London " wreck 17 or 18 years ago. He took 
 them up on articles to have half ; he would have ye k*^ half tow'^ an 
 old debt in ye Office of Ordnce. My Lords cannot pay this debt." 
 41 pages. 
 
 May 18. 5. Letter of Mr. Sotherne, Secretary of the Admiralty, to Mr. 
 Guy, with a copy of a letter from Mr. Langhton, deputy to the 
 Vice-Admiral of Lincoln, complaining that no money could be got 
 from the collector of the customs at Hull, towards defraying the 
 charges in impresting seamen ; requesting the same to be laid before 
 their Lordships. Dated 18 May 1694. 1^ pages. 
 
 May 21. 6. Report of the officers of the Mint to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 stating that they had considered the proposals of Abel Slaney and 
 Daniel Barton, for making half-pence and farthings of English fine 
 copper, for seven years, and it was the saine in substance as Mr. 
 Neal's proposal, with certain additions as to changing, melting, and 
 working up the tin. Dated 21 May 1694. 1 page (torn). 
 
 May 21. 7. Two separate Reports of Mr. Aaron Smith and John Smith, 
 Esq., Receiver of their Majesty's Revenues in the county of Middle- 
 sex, on the petition of William, Lord Montgomery, as to the 
 admission of him as tenant of the manor of Hendon, showing the 
 yearly value, the fines, and divers other particulars about the same. 
 Dated 21 May 1694. 7^ pages. 
 
 May 24. 8. Report of the Coma's of Customs to the Lords of the Treasvuy, 
 on the petition of Nicholas Parke, setting forth that the petitioner, 
 being one of the King's waiters in the port of London, was desirous 
 of surrendering it to Mr. Edward Lawford ; stating that they saw 
 nothing to object. Dated 24 May 1694. 
 Also the petition. 2 pages. 
 
 May 25. 9. Report of the Comi'^ of Excise to the Lords of the Treasury, on 
 the petition of Bohum Fox, son of Thomas Fox, late collector of excise 
 in the East Riding of York, in favour of the discharge of the 
 collector from 85J. 18s. Id., he having fallen into a melancholy 
 madness, through a robbery of his account books by the Danish 
 soldiers. Dated 2.5 May 1694. 
 
 Minuted : — " Agreed to the report." 
 
 Also the petition. 2 pages. 
 
 May 2-5. 10. Report of Mr. Aaron Smith to the Lords of the Treasury 
 
 on the petition of Mr. Thomas Rymer, who was employed to tran- 
 scribe and publish the ancient leagues and treaties between the 
 Crown of England and other nations, and prayed for the after - 
 mentioned 200?. ; certifying that Gervase Cartwright, late of Belgrave, 
 
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 in the county of Leicester, gent., was convicted at Leicester as 
 a Romisli priest, and part of his estate was seized, of the value of 
 200?. and remained in the hands of Mr. Will™ Bentley, late Mayor 
 of Leicester. Dated 25 May 1694. 
 
 Minuted : — " A letter to the late Mayor to pay this money into 
 the Exchequer." 
 
 Accompanied by the petition. 
 
 pages. 
 
 May 26. 11. Report of the Corai's of Excise, upon the annexed petition of 
 George Mathewes, for remission of duty paid upon some Spanish 
 brandy, found to be worthless. Recommending an abatement to 
 him of 45Z,. 6s. Ifd Dated 20 May 1694. 
 Minuted : — " Agreed." 
 Accompanied by the petition. 2 2Mges. 
 
 May SO. 
 
 [About 
 May.] 
 
 [? About 
 May.] 
 
 June 1. 
 
 June 2. 
 
 12. A state of the subsistence, half-pay, and other sums (given in 
 detail), for the forces in Flanders, during the years 1693-1694. 2 
 2pages. 
 
 13. Copy of a report of Mr. Charles Fox to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, on the petition of Capt. John Hawkins, of the regiment 
 of foot late under the command of the Earl of Roscommon, pray- 
 ing for payment of arrears ; certifying that there appeared to be 
 due to him 141?. 17s. lid. 
 
 Also a certificate dated 3 May 1694, and copy of the account of 
 sums due to the petitioner. 4 ixtges. 
 
 14. Memoranda made by some person, whose name or office does 
 not appear, stating that one of the papers delivered him related to 
 825Z. laid out by Col. Kendal, on account of sick and wounded sea- 
 men, in the West Indies, for which bills of exchange had been 
 drawn by him ; and the other paper related to several bills of ex- 
 change drawn by Col. Kendall on the Treasurer of the Navy, 
 amounting to about 2,500?., &c. 
 
 JDocquetted .—"Delivered May ye 30tii 1694." 
 Accompanied by the papers. 5 pages. 
 
 15. The Earl of Ranelagh's memorial to the Lords of the Trea- 
 sury, concerning bills drawn on him for the subsistence of the forces 
 in Flanders. Dated 1 June 1694. 1 i^age. 
 
 16. Report of the Com"''' for Transportation to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, on the account of Mr. Daniel Butts, commissary to the 
 Irish forces, transported from Ireland to Brest, by virtue of the 
 capitulation at Limerick, in the years 1691 and 1692 ; finding that 
 there was due to him 4,564?. 9s. lie?., taking it for granted that the 
 late Col. Sarsfield was allowed to carry certain French goods, and 
 that Mr. Butts had authority to detain the transports for that pur- 
 pose, &c. Dated 2 June 1694. 
 
 Minuted : — " My Lords allow that the ships shall bee paid to the 
 time of their discharge, but to bee done with a memorandum that 
 this matter bee further enquired into, & now my Lords do not 
 thinke it convenient to stop the whole account for it." 2 pages. 
 
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 June 5. 17. Letter or memorial of oflicers of the Ordnance to the Lords of 
 
 the Treasury, referring them to their last memorial of 22 May, as 
 to the want of money for the land service, and transmitting a 
 petition of their " poor artificers relating to the 2 per cent, extra- 
 ordinary, long since promised by their Lordships, upon the 50,0001' 
 tallies struck upon | of the customs." Dated 5 June 1694. 
 Also the petition. 2 pages. 
 
 June 5. 18. Memorial of the Com^a for sick and wounded, &c., to the 
 
 Lords of the Treasury, showing that they had received the royal 
 commands to hasten to the outports to see all things provided for 
 the sick and wounded, &c. ; reiterating the state of the debt, and 
 praying their order for ]0,000Z. to pay part of the quarters at 
 Portsmouth and elsewhere, where the seamen must be entertained 
 on the return of the fleet. Dated 5 June 1694. 1 page. 
 
 June .5. 19. "A list of ye English & Dutch ships designed for y^^ Mediter- 
 
 ranean, compared with y« French ships there." 
 
 The Enolish commanders are also given. Dated 5 June '94. 
 
 Enclosing a list of ships y* are gone for y'' Streights." 1 'page 
 and 3 parts of pages. 
 
 June G. 20. Letter from John Shale to Mr. Chancellor of the Elxchequer, 
 
 advising as to the way to defeat the merchants in tlieir combination 
 to raise the price of hemp to the Government. As their Lordships 
 were under no want of money, there was no donbt of their keeping 
 down the price, and having the goods too ; provided a line or two 
 were sent to the Navy Board to advise them not to contract at 
 more than '261. per ton for the best hemp, without their Lordships' 
 approbation. Dated G June 1694. 1^ pages. 
 
 [About 21. Petition of John Dutton Colt, Esq., collector of customs in 
 
 June 6.] the port of Bristol, respecting certain " calemint " shipped, on which 
 
 an impost of 20s. a ton was laid retrospectively, in consequence of 
 
 which the petitioner's account was surcharged ; praying that the 
 
 surcharge might be taken ofl'. 
 
 Minuted : — " The surcharge to stand, in order to recover ye m" 
 from the merch*. But so much to be respited upon the coll''^ ace*.'' 
 
 Also Sir Edw. 'V\''ard's opinion thereon. Dated G June 1694. 
 2 pages. 
 
 June 6. 22. Eeport of the agents for taxes to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 
 on the petition of Samuel Bradshaw, gent., Receiver- General for the 
 first 4s. aid and review of the quarterly poll for the county of 
 Derby, and the particular of his extraordinary charges ; recommend- 
 ing the allowance of 100/. to him for the latter. Dated 6 June 
 1694. 
 Also the petition and the account. 3 pages. 
 
 June 6. 23. Report of the same to the same, on the petition of John 
 
 Newsham, gent., Receiver-General for the same first 4s. aid and 
 
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 June 7.] 
 
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 June 7.] 
 
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 review of the quarterly poll in the county of Warwick and tlie city 
 of Coventry ; recommending the allowance of Mil. to him for his 
 extraordinary charges. Dated 6 June 1694. 
 Also the petition and his account. 3 pages. 
 
 24. Report of the same to the same, on the petition of Thomas 
 Trueman, gent., Receiver-General of the same first 4s. aid and 
 quarterly poll review for the counties of Nottingham and Liecester; 
 recommending the allowance to hira of 145?. for his extraordinary 
 charges. Dated G June 1G94. 
 
 Also the petition and account of his disbur.senients. 3^ pcoges. 
 
 2.3. Letter from Wra. Blathwayt to Mr. Guy, sending the petition 
 of the Earl of Scarborough and Mr. Allen, received by the King for 
 the examination of the Lords of the Treasury, and their opinion. 
 Dated, Gamp at Valduc, -^ June 1694. 
 
 The petition is not now with it. 1 page. 
 
 26. " A certificate of such salaries, pensions, and other sums of 
 money, which are payable by dormant warrant out of the land re- 
 venue of South and JSTorth Wales." Signed " Cha. Chetwynd, dep* 
 audr." Dated 7 June 1694. 
 
 The salaries, &c. were chiefly to ofiicers in Wales. 1;^ pages. 
 
 27. Report of the Earl of Ranelagh to tlie Lords of the Treasury, 
 on the memorial of Sir William Scawen and Henry Gornish, Esq., 
 as to the debt of 30,920?. 12s. 8(/., demanded by them for clothiug 
 of several regiments. Dated 7 June 1694. 
 
 Minuted: — ''16 June '94. To be consider'd with y® re.st of y« 
 petals rel. to y^ clothing of y^ army." 
 
 Also the petition. 1 jJ«(/e and 2 half 'pages. 
 
 28. Report of Sir Robert Cotton, Knt., and Thomas Frankland, 
 Esq., Postmasters General, to the Lords of the Treasury, on the 
 petition of Geo. Warburton, Esq., deputy postmaster of Ireland, on 
 the state of his accounts ; recommending that the auditor-general 
 of the revenue of the Post Office should depute some person to 
 go over and .state the accounts there, and make an exact report 
 thereon, &c. Since they came into office they found him ver^- 
 careful and industrious to improve the revenue and exact and 
 punctual in his payments. Without date. 
 
 Annexing a state of the account as he stood charged in the books 
 of the office. 
 
 Accompanied by the petition referred to them on 7 June 1694. 
 Si pages. 
 
 29. Report of the Com^s for managing the new duty on paper, 
 &c., to the Lords of the Treasurj^ on the petition of the stationers 
 and others dealing in paper, parchment, fee, stating that the clau.se 
 in the Act (fol. 412) did not direct them to make any allowance on 
 payment of the duties, but advising that allwho brought a quantity 
 of paper to be stamped, the duty of which should amount to 1 00?. 
 
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 should have some allowance. Without date, but the petition above 
 alluded to was referred on 7 June 1694. 
 
 Minuted: — " 13 June '94. It is conceived that the Act doth not 
 empower my Lords to do as desired." 
 
 Also the petition, which states that there were in and about the 
 cities of London and Westminster 100 stationers, who would be 
 totally ruined if some allowance were not made to them, 2 pages. 
 
 June 8. 30. Order in Council on a letter from the Lords Justices of Ire- 
 
 land to the Kt. Hon. Mr. Secretary Trenchard, touching the petition 
 of Sir Wm. Ashurst, Lord Mayor of London ; praying a grant of the 
 forfeited estate of Richard and Andrew Dalton, late of Dublin, 
 merchants, toward the payment of the debts due to the petitioner 
 and other creditors of the Daltous ; referring the same, together 
 with the report of Sir Rich. Le^dnge and other papers, to the Lords 
 of the Treasury, to report their opinion. Dated 8 June 1694. 
 
 Minidecl:—(lst) "To lay it before the Queene concerning my 
 L<i Maior's single debt." (2.) " Granted as to what relates to my L. 
 Mayor's particular debt." 
 
 Accompanied by all the papers. 1 8 pages and 3 halves. 
 
 June 8. 31. Report of the Comi'^ of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 on the petition of Thomas Wolstenholme, son of Sir Thomas 
 Wolstenholme, Bart., setting forth that for a debt of 9,555Z. 10s. 4:d. 
 due to his father, the Kingf had granted an annual rent out of the 
 hereditary revenue of excise, but there was now an arrear on it oi 
 6,000?. ; confirming the statements of the petitioner, and leaving it to 
 their Majesties to stay pi-ocess against him, for a debt of 200?. for 
 money borrowed of Michael Wicks, receiver of customs in London. 
 Dated 8 June 1694. 
 
 Minuted : — " A stop of processe till farther order." 
 The petition and a report on the same case, signed Ri. 
 Hutchinson. 3-^ pages. 
 
 June ] 1 . 32. Report of Lord Ranelagh to the Lords of the Treasury, on 
 the account of Capt. Embree, late captain of the regiment of foot, 
 formerly commanded by the late Colonel Foulks, and now by Col. 
 Lillingston, stating that if their Lordships ordered him the 55?. 17s. 
 claimed, it must be charged to the account of the regiment. Dated 
 11 June 1694. 
 
 Minuted : — " To be put on my JA Ranelagh's memorial." 
 The account and a certificate. 1 page and 2 halves. 
 
 June 12, 33. Memorial of the Officers of Ordnance to the Lords of the 
 Treasurj', comjjlaining that they were seven quarters in arrear for the 
 land service and w ere then entirely at a stand ; assigning as one 
 cause of the failure of that service that their Lordships were so 
 behind in allotting what the parliament had given them. They had 
 received but 59,500?. out of 210,000i. allowed them for that year ; 
 which was all swallowed up in providing for the Flanders train of 
 artillery, and for the " present expedition," &c. ; saying further they 
 could not acquit themselves for using all the arts and contrivances 
 
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 June 16.] 
 
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 June IC] 
 
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 June 18.] 
 
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 they could to prevail on the poor people to trust them, &c. ; repre- 
 senting also the state of the sea service. Dated 12 June 1694. 
 1 i pages. 
 
 34. Memorial of the Comics foi- sick and wounded seamen, &c. to 
 the Lords of the Treasury, stating that the fleet had returned, and 
 numbers of men were expected on shore, where they would find 
 cold entertainment, unless the cpiarters were paid at Portsmouth, 
 Gosport, and Dartmouth, to the 24th of June 3 693, &c. ; praying 
 an order for 8,000^. kc. Dated 13 June 1694. 1 page. 
 
 35. Report of Lord Ranelagh to the Lords of the Treasury, on 
 the petition of Mary Bradly, widow, offering no objection to the 
 stoppage of the 100?. prayed for, which was due to the petitioner 
 from Capt. John Redish, in Col. Stanley's regiment. Dated 14 June 
 1694. 
 
 Minuted: — " Ordered to bee stopt." 
 
 Also the petition, in which she charges the captain with fraudu- 
 lently transferring his estate. 2 pages. 
 
 36. Petition of the vicar and churchwardens of the parish of St. 
 Martin's-in-the-Fields, to the Queen, showing that Anne Burlace, 
 late of that parish, in her last sickness, being siesed of certain 
 messuages in Bedfordbury and Kennaston's Alley, of about 30Z. per 
 ami., when above four score years of age, was prevailed on to make 
 a will and appoint one Mary Portington (who kept a nunnery in 
 St. Martin's Lane) her executrix ; but in truth the devise was to 
 superstitious uses, and for masses to pray the testatrix's soul out of 
 purgatory. After proceedings at law the judges recommended the 
 estate should be employed for religious uses. The petition prays 
 that this forfeited estate might be given to the iise of the poor of 
 St. Martin's parish. Signed by the vicar and churchwardens. 
 
 Minuted : — " 16 June '94. Ref to Mr. Attorney." 1 page. 
 
 37. Memorial of Richard, Earl of " Scai'sborough," and Charles 
 Allen, of London, merchant, to the King, showing that there had been 
 three commissions to seize forfeited lands and goods in Ireland ; but 
 His Majesty had been defrauded of a considerable sum ; praying for 
 one-third to each of the memorialists of the frauds to be discovered. 
 
 Minuted: — " 16 June '94. Referred to y^ L^s Justices of Ireld." 
 1 page (quarto). 
 
 38. Report of Lord Ranelagh to the Lords of the Treasury, on the 
 memorial of Col. Henry Mordant, as to the off'-reckonings due to his 
 regiment, which amounted to 7,010Z. I7s. 5d. Dated IS June 1694. 
 
 Minuted :—" To be laid up." 
 
 Also the memorial and the same memorial with slight variations. 
 3 half imges. 
 
 39. Petition of Charles Chetwynd, gent., Deputy Auditor of 
 Wales, to the Loixls of the Treasury, showing that he had pre- 
 pared for the audit, then at hand, and that it would be very hard 
 of any one to come into his office and reap the benefit of his pains ; 
 
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 praying that he might be suffered to execute his oflBce until the 
 return of Mr. Grey, whose deputy he was, (to whom he was 
 under security,) when tliey could both be heard. 
 
 Minuted : — " A copy of this pet" was sent to Andrew Newport, 
 Esq., 18 June '94.'' 1 page. 
 
 [? About 40. Petition of Dame Penelope Tynte to the Lords of the Trea- 
 June 18.] sury, showing that she was executrix of her husband, Sir Hugh 
 Tynte, Knt., who was in possession of a patent, granting him all the 
 coal pits, mines, &c., of coal within the manor of Farringdon, 
 Gurney, and Midsummer- Norton ; reserving one-sixth of the profits 
 to the Crown ; that King Charles II. and King James, for certain 
 an-ears due to Sir Hugh, promised to remit the reserved rent for 
 the remainder of the term, being between six and seven years ; that 
 one John Mogg and others, tenants of Sir Hugh, assisted by William 
 Harbord, Esq., their Majesty's late Surveyor- General, obtained a 
 grant of the premises, reserving the rent of one-tenth, which was 
 contrary to the Act of 1 Jac. II., relating to leases or grants within 
 the duchy of Cornwall, to which the premises belonged ; praying 
 process to be issued against them, and that she might renew her 
 lease for 31 year.s, after the expiration of the present term, reserving 
 one-sixth of the rent, &c. 
 
 Referi'ed to Edward Ward, Esq., Attorney-General. 18 June 
 1694. 
 
 It was also referred to Samuel Travers, Esq., for his opinion. 
 1 pa(/e and a small scrap. 
 
 June 19. 41. Letter signed by two of the officers of the Ordnance to 
 
 Cliarles Bertie, Esq., Treasurer of the Ordnance ; sending an esti- 
 mate of arms delivered to the province of Maryland, amounting to 
 170Z. ; desiring him to move the Lords of the Treasury for money 
 thereon. Dated 19 June 1694. 
 
 Also an estimate of the charge of the muskets sent to Maryland. 
 Dated 13 Feb. 1692-3. 2 half pages. 
 
 June 19. 42. Eeport of Lord Ranelagh to the Lords of the Treasury on the 
 petition of Major Henry Hoake and Major Peter Ceeley, showing 
 that they were successively majors of the garrison of Plymouth, 
 Peter Ceeley succeeding Henry Hoake, who was advanced to be 
 lieutenant-governor, and that no major was allowed on the esta- 
 blishments of the forces ; advising that if the allowance were made 
 it would amount to 438J. 4s. Dated 19 June 1694. 
 
 Minuted: — " 26*11 June '94. Respited till y^ King's return." 
 And again, " To know the King's pleasure in this." 
 
 The petition and two certificates. 2 ptages and 2 quarters. 
 
 [? About 43. Petition of Francis Strut, gent., to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 June 20.] stating that his petition, setting forth a discovery of estates of 
 Popish priests and Jesuits (that they might be applied to the pro- 
 motion of true piety, and praying for a commission of inquiry for 
 Yorkshire, witli the usual allowance), had been referred to their 
 
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 Lordships ; praying in the present petition for a commission for 
 Lincolnshire. 
 
 Minuted : — " 20*1^ June '94. To enquire if there bee any inqui- 
 sition granted out for Lincolnshire." 1 page. 
 
 June 20. 44. Report of Robert Hewitt, deputy auditor, addressed to the 
 Lords of the Treasury, on the petition of Benjamin NorcHffe, jun., Esq., 
 ottering no objection to his appointment as steward of the courts of 
 the late monastery of St. Mary's, in the county of York, provided he 
 enrolled his grant and delivered in every year, duplicates of the 
 Court Rolls to the auditor of the county. Dated 20 June 1G94. 
 J\[inuted : — " 26*'^ June '94. Granted." Parts of 2 pages. 
 
 June 20. 4-5. Petition of Thomas Papillon on behalf of himself. Sir Thomas 
 Littleton, Knt., heir of Sir Thomas Littleton, Bart., deceased. Sir 
 Josiah Child, Bart., and Benjn. Gauden, for himself and Sir Dennis 
 Gauden, deceased, addressed to the Lords of the Treasury, showing 
 that some of the petitioners were contractors for victualling the 
 navy in 1672 and 1673, and that their accounts were not yet 
 passed ; praying a time to be appointed for the auditors to attend 
 their Lordships for their directions thereon. Dated 20 June 1694. 
 
 Minuted: — "A day to bee appointed on Friday, June 22*''. 
 Tuesd. come sevennight in afternoon, put it on the booke." 1 
 page. 
 
 June 18 46. Memorial of Mr. Aaron Smith, to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 and 21. for an order for 600?. or 700Z. for carrying on the prosecutions and 
 defences on their Majesties' account ; with a list or particular of the 
 same. Dated 18 June 1694. 
 
 Mimded :—" 2001. this week, & 2001. next week, & 200?. week 
 after." 
 
 Also a letter from him, dated 21 June, detailing his grievous want 
 of money, not having received his salary for three years. 3 pages 
 and 2 halves. 
 
 June 21. 47. Report of the Comics of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 on the petition of Moses Medina, respecting certain striped satins, 
 printed calico, and papers of Indian flowers ; cei'tifying that they 
 were of the product of India, and ought to have been imported 
 directly from thence, but came from Holland, leaving it for their 
 Lordships' consideration. Dated 21 June 1694. 
 
 Minuted: — "The Queene grants her part." 
 
 Accompanied by the petition. 2 pages. 
 
 [About 48. Report of [Samuel Travers, Esq., Surveyor-General], addressed 
 
 June 22.] to the Lords [of the Treasury], on the petition of Capt. James 
 Greenham, certifying that for several years during the two late 
 reigns, he acted as deputy to Mr. William Legge, in the office of 
 superintendent of the gardens, &c. of the Crown, but had had no 
 employment from the present King. The petitioner prayed that 
 he might be constituted agent or overseer of such mines as should 
 be opened and worked in the county of Somerset, and alleged that 
 
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 he had discovered a mine there, wherein there was a considerable 
 quantity of silver ore. The report refers to the Act of Parliament 
 for preventing disputes abovit Koyal mines, and advises that when 
 their Lordships were satisfied of the probable benefits to the Crown, 
 they might allow him a proportionable part thereof. 
 
 Accompanied by the jDctition referred to the survej'or, 22 June 
 1694, and another petition from him, on the same subject later than 
 the report. 3 pages. 
 
 49. An assignment of half the advantages that might arise by 
 four Lottery Tickets, by Mary Humble, spinster, daughter of George 
 Humble, Esq., deceased, to Christopher Tilson, of the parish of 
 St. Margaret, Westminster, gent. Dated 22 June 1694. 2^ pa(/es. 
 
 June 23. 50. Copy of report of the Comi-^ of Customs to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, on the j)etition of Mary Peele, widow, setting forth that 
 the petitioner's late huisband William Peele, died, indebted upon 
 bonds for customs on tobacco, 1,065?. 15s., part of which she had 
 paid, and prayed to be discharged from the remainder ; informing 
 their Lordships, that the petitioner had mistaken her case, &c., 
 and recommending her as an object of chaiity, she having eight 
 children. Dated 23 June 1694. 
 
 Minuted : — " The debt cannot bee discharged, because the money 
 is appropriated." 1 page. 
 
 June 24. 51. Account of sick and wounded seamen and prisoners of war, 
 being the balance sheet made up to 24 June 1694. [On the debtor 
 side it is 15 June.] Parts of 2 pages. 
 
 [About 
 June 25.] 
 
 June 26. 
 
 52. Petition of James Abis, John Fellow,s, William Snow, and 
 Richard Bovett, gent., on behalf of themselves and others, addressed 
 to the Queen ; stating that with much searclning, they had found 
 that great part of the dissolved priory of St. Mary Magdalen, Ber- 
 mondsey, in tlie counties of Kent, Surrey, &c., was wrongfvdly de- 
 tained from the Crown, and that they were willing to make out 
 the Queen's title to it for the moiety of what should be recovered; 
 praying a lease of the premises for 99 years, &c. Dated at the foot 
 June 25, 1694. 
 
 With a note referring it to the Lords of the Treasury, on 28 
 June 1694. 1 page {quarto). 
 
 Letter of Mr. Aaron Smith to Thos. Rymer, Esq., telling him 
 Mr. Sergeant' Wright, Recorder of Leicester, had asked him 
 
 53. 
 that Mr. 
 
 what was intended to be clone about the money forfeited, on the at- 
 tainder of Jervas Cartwright at Leicester ; and he told him that 
 His Majesty had disposed of it to Mr. Rymer ; advising him to look 
 after it speedily. Dated 26 June 1694. 1 p)age. 
 
 June 26. 54. Letter signed Jo. Knight, to the Lords of the Treasury, trans- 
 mitting a state of the account of money received by him for the 
 
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 province of Maryland, and how it had been paid. Dated 26 June 
 1694. 
 Accompanied by the balance sheet. 2 j^arfe of pages. 
 
 [About 55. Petition of the Lady Mary Colt, widow of Sir Wm. Dutton 
 
 Juno 26.] Colt, deceased, showing that her husband had for above five years 
 last past, served as Envoy Extraordinary to the house of Brunswick 
 Lunenburg, &c., in which service he not only expended his 
 Majesty's allowance, but his own estate ; he had also sacrificed his 
 life and left the petitioner and five children, most of them infants, 
 in a most deplorable condition ; praying the King to direct tlieir 
 Lordships to find out some relief for her. 
 
 Minuted : —" 20* June '94. Respited till the King retumes." 
 1 jjaf/e. 
 
 [? About 56. Petition of the Clerks of the Privy Council, to the Lords of 
 June 26.] the Treasury, praying for tallies for 581/.. 8s. 8d., due to them for 
 
 their salaries. 
 
 Minuted: — "26 June '94. To be paid when my lA^ have con- 
 
 sider'd ye list for salaries." 1 paf/e. 
 
 June 26. 57. Petition of Margaret Maurice, relict of Dr. Maurice, late 
 Dean of Londonderry, deceased, showing that she was remarkable 
 for the greatest losses and sharpest sufferings in the calamities of 
 Ireland, 1st, by the loss of her fortime ; 2nd, by two of her sons and 
 seven more of her family being starved in the siege of Londonderry ; 
 3rd, by being left a widow with five children, without prospect of 
 relief, except what was due out of the deanery, and 4th, by the 
 profits [of the deanery] being surreptitiously obtained from the 
 King, tlien in Ireland ; that the King being made sensible of the 
 services of her husband, and the injury done to her, by sequestering 
 the profits of the deanery, referred her to the Ai-chbishop of 
 Canterbury ; who awarded her 500/. to be paid in Ireland, when the 
 Archbishop of Tuam and Lord Gallway should think fit ; but they, 
 willing to save the King's money, advised his Grace to place it on 
 the patent for coining copper ; praying an order to have it charged 
 on the copper mint, or on the First Fruits Office in Ireland. Dated 
 26 June '94. 
 
 Also a certificate respecting the reward of Mr. Clenaglian, a 
 clergyman of Londonderry, out of the sequestration of the deanery. 
 Signed Robert Southwell. Dated 12 Jan. 1692-3. ^ pages. 
 
 June 27. 58. Letter of Edward Ketelbey to Lord Godolphin, praying that 
 Mr. Aaron Smith might answer his petition for payment of his 
 reasonable demands, for business he had been employed in, by 
 Mr. Smith ; in prosecuting disaffected persons, and managing a 
 commission of inquiry into the Marquis of Powys's estate ; which 
 answer had been ordered two years before. Dated 27 June 1694. 
 -^ page. 
 
 June 27. 59. Memorial of the Ofiicers of Ordnance to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, on the condition of the gunmakers ; for renewal of their 
 weekly payments, &c. They had received but 16,000/, out of 
 
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 30,000?. promised by tlieir Lordships, they wei'e made prisoners, 
 had to abscond, &c. Dated 27 June 1694. 1 page {quarto). 
 
 June 27. IjO. Memorial of the Officers of Ordnance to the Lords of the 
 Treasmy, in favour of contracting with Sir Joseph Heme, for 
 200 tons of saltpetre at 70/. a ton. Dated 27 Juiie 1694. 1 'page 
 {qvurto). 
 
 May and 01. Five certificates as to the value of the services of Col. Gus- 
 June. tavus Hamilton, in the Protestant interest, and that of the Prince of 
 Orange in tlie war in Ireland, more particularly at Coleraine, where 
 ho was chosen governor and maintained the place for five weeks, 
 against two attacks of the enemy and then made an orderly retreat 
 towards Derry ; liaving stayed witli one troop, till they had burnt 
 three arches of the l.uidge. One relates more particularly to his 
 losses of property. Dated in May and June 1694. 6 parU of fiagef. 
 
 July 2. 62. " The Chamberlaines demands for 274,990/.. lent on the 
 
 2<i iiij** ayd stated by Mr. Lowndes." The amount demanded was 
 1,070/. 2s. lOd Dated 2 July 1094. 
 
 Minuted ;— " 3<^ July 1094, paid." 
 
 Also his petition for the same, the items of his account for paying 
 that sum into the Exchequer, and his affidavit of their tru.tb. 4pfM'fe 
 of 'pages. 
 
 July 8. G3. Memorial of John Murrey, Commissary of Provisions, addressed 
 
 to the Lords of the Treasury ; siiowing that his attendance on their 
 Majesties' service ; had been without salary ; praying for payment 
 and to be recommended to an establishment. Dated 3 July 1094. 
 
 Minuted :—" S^ July '94. To bee allowed after the rate of 10 
 shillings a day." 1 page (quarto). 
 
 July 3. 64. Report of Sir Edw. Ward, Attorney-General, to the Lords of 
 
 the Treasury, on a representation of the Comi's of Customs, as to 
 the shipment of certain goods, in lieu of others, which were lost ; 
 the second cargo also being lost : the point being whether the third 
 cargo should be allowed to be shipped duty free. Dated 3 July 1694. 
 
 Minuted : — "Agreed." 
 
 Also the said representation. 2 pages. 
 
 July 4. 65. Report of Officers of the Mint to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 presenting the copy of their report of 4 Nov. last, in answer to a 
 proposition of the Lord Lieutenant about coining silver money for 
 Ireland, 11 per cent, lighter than at the mint in the Tower ; though it 
 was at the rate of 1 ^x-r cent, less, and limited to 50,000^, yet to erect 
 a mint there to coin so differently, might prove very prejudicial. 
 Dated 4 July 1694. 
 
 The report alluded to is enclosed, recommending the preservation 
 of one certain standard in weight and fineness, in all their Majesties' 
 kingdoms and dominions. It quotes a report of the Committee for 
 Trade and Plantations, dated 21 Feb. 107f , as strengthening their 
 recommendation. 
 There is also the report of the Coma's of Revenue in Ireland, com- 
 
T694. 
 
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 plaiDing of the great inconvenience arising by the refusal to pass the 
 white half-pence and farthings in England : the poorer sort generally 
 make their payments in white or copper half-pence — the people begin 
 to scruple copper half-pence, the plate money had for some time been 
 sent away privately into England, to save exchange ; by which 
 means scarce any silver was left, except duccatoons at Gs. apiece, and 
 not enough of them for trade. The guineas were the chief coin for 
 payments of customs and quit rents : they passed there at 236-. a 
 piece, they heard they were current in England at 22s. Those who 
 brewed and sold ale by retail added considerably to the excise, yet 
 seldom were able to change a ducatoon or "cobb" upon spending a 
 Is. or ISrf., by which it was evident a small current coin would be 
 of great use. They submitted whether .50,000/. silver money, in 
 threepences, groats and sixpences, might be coined for Ireland, at 
 the rate of lOl. per cent, under the standard, oi pages. 
 
 July 5. 66. Report of Samuel Travers, Esq., Survej'or-General, and [Sir 
 
 Christopher Wren, Surveyor- General of Works], to the Lords of the 
 Treasurj', on the memorial of Mr. Ci'aig, and on the view of a piece 
 of ground therein mentioned, lying behind the clockliouse, whereon 
 an old house or shed stood, called the Hole in the Wall, which was 
 dii-ected by their Lordships' warrant to be passed by lease to the 
 memorialist, which land Sii' Humphry Edwin had taken possession 
 of as part of the lands in a grant of the manor of Westminster, 
 made to John Hall, Esq., and assigned to Sir Humphry : in favour 
 of Mr. Craig's claim. Dated 5 J\i\y 1094. 
 
 Minuted : — " A letter to Sir Humphrey Edwin to deliver the 
 possession back again." 
 
 See also 12 March 1694. Vol. XXVII. No. 6. 
 
 Also the memorial and a rough plan. 
 
 [Sir Chr. Wren's signature has been cut away.] 3 pages. 
 
 July 5. 67. Report of the Comi'^ of Excise, to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 
 on the petition of Dorothy Penne, wido^v'', addressed to His Majesty, 
 recommending a warrant to discharge certain brewing utensils, 
 seized by the Corn's for a debt to the Excise. Dated .5 July 1694. 
 
 Minuted : — " Agreed." 
 
 Also the petition. 3 page.v. 
 
 [? About 68. Petition of Stephen Casaubon to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 July 5.] showing that he was in command as lieutenant-colonel of a regi- 
 ment of horse lately commanded by the Duke of Schomberg, and 
 then by Lord Gall way, but was wounded, and had the grant of a 
 pension ; praying for nine months' arrears, viz., 112?. 10s. 
 Minuted .•— " 5^'^ July '94. Ref to M' Fox." 1 page. 
 
 July 6. 69. Letter of the Lords Justices of Ireland to the Lords of the 
 
 Treasury, acknowledging the receipt of their letter and a petition 
 of Lord Viscount Massereene, and transmitting the Solicitor- Gene- 
 ral's report, stating that the petitioner was removed from lands in 
 the coimty of Antrim, to the yearly value of 2,700? , hy the Acts of 
 settlement and explanation, for which he was to receive equal 
 
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 value, but that lie was deficient .522?. per ann. and upwards ; 
 declining to advise the issue of a commission of inquiry about the 
 forfeited lands, with the view of making good the deficiency. Dated 
 6 July 1694. 
 
 The report and a second report by him, and divers other papers 
 relating thereto. 16 2)ages and 2)arts of pages. 
 
 July 6. 70. Report of J. Eichards to the Lords of the Treasury, on an 
 
 accompanying paper, charging their Majesties' messengers with 
 making extravagant bills, ofleriug to produce the whole of the bills 
 before their Lordships, presuming that their Lordships would think 
 a great hardship had been done them by bare suggestion or positive 
 affirmation against all, before it was proved against any one of 
 them. 
 
 There were 40 messengers in ordinary, and the standing rules by 
 which they made their bills were : — 
 
 Sixpence a mile, which they disbursed when sent on post 
 journeys. 
 
 Two shillings for every stage (which is 10 miles), that is 20s. 
 for 100 miles. 
 
 For every day they were out on any service, 10s. 
 For going to Edinburgh and back again, SO^i. 
 To Dublin or the Hague, the like. 
 For keeping a prisoner, 6.s. Sd. per diem. 
 When they kept him, and provided him with all necessaries, 
 10s. 'p'^r diem. Dated G July 1694. 
 The following entries in relation to this subject are in the Minute 
 Book, Vol. VI., viz., at p. 60, 24 June 1695 :— 
 
 " The messengers petition read : My Lords resolve that the 10^ a 
 day for riding chai'ges to the said messengers of the chamber be 
 reduced to 6* 8<i a day. And for keeping of prisoners my Lords 
 will allow 5sli a day for dyet and safe keeping, and 2^ 6^ a day for 
 safe keeping onely, without diett, and no more ; and the bills to be 
 made accordingly. These prices are to be observed for the future, 
 and the charge of forreigne journeys is to be moderated." 
 P. .55, 3 July 1695. 
 " My Lords, upon hearing severall of ye messingers concerning 
 their bills, adhere to the reducem* of the 24^1 June last, with these 
 alterations, viz*, the i crowne a day for safe keeping to be 3^ 4^ per 
 diemi, and the -j crowne a day for diet to be alsoe S^ 4^ pier diem, 
 and that their paymt^ })e made in ready money." 2 pages. 
 
 July 6. 71. Report of the Coma's of Customs to the Lords of the Trea- 
 sury, on the petition of Col. Philip Howard to the King, praying 
 for a fourth of the arrears for the farm of the customs ujjon potash, 
 barillia, &c., received by Mrs. Jackson ; not objecting thereto, if 
 their Lordships had determined the equity of the widow Jackson's 
 pretentions. Dated 6 July 1694. 
 
 Accompanied by the petition. 1-^ pages. 
 
 July 7. 72. Memorial of the Officers of the Ordnance to the Lords of the 
 
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 Treasury, stating that they had acquainted the gun-makers with 
 the renewal of tlie weekly payments of 500^., and that that they 
 were forced to let them know that their Lordships had not ordered 
 the 10,000/., forming part of their arrears, which caused so much 
 dissatisfaction that they declared unanimously, they could not 
 proceed in the King's service, &c. Dated 7 July 1694. 1 'p'^^il^- 
 
 July 7. 73. Letter of the Duke of Bolton to the Lords of the Treasury, on 
 
 the appointment of Comi's to inquire into abuses in the New Forest. 
 He says, if their Lordships put in the 1 persons named, " or 10 
 saints," it signified nothing, unless he had the naming of an in- 
 different person to carry the commission, and to have money to 
 defray the charge of it, for if both be put into " Mr. Ryleys, the 
 criminal's hands, he wall find some way to evade it, as he has done 
 this two years." Dated 7 July 1694. 
 
 Warrant for viewing the forest and three lists of names of 
 Comi's proposed. The last has the following minute on the back : — 
 " A commission to bee prepared with the names of the Commis- 
 sioners in this paper, or any .5 of them a quorum." 5-|- pages. 
 
 July 9. 74. Letter of the Lords Justices of Ireland to the Lords of the 
 
 Treasury, stating that they had examined Sir William Coiiitnay's 
 petition, and the matters therein were properly determinable by the 
 common law ; transmitting the Solicitor-General's report, which 
 sets out the whole case ; the lands to which it relates were Garry- 
 feine and Cloienefert, in the county of Limerick. Dated 9 July 
 1694. 
 
 There are divers other papers relating thereto. 11 pages and 5 
 halves. 
 
 July 9. 75. Presentment by the Comi's of Customs to the Lords of the 
 
 Treasury, stating that by the Act for tonnage of shipping the 
 duties were to be paid down, or bonds given within a month after 
 the clearing the ship, and for the former 10 per cent, per ann. was 
 allowed by way of rebate ; the Comrs proposed that those who paid 
 within 15 days after the clearing the ship should enjoy the whole 
 month's discount ; and after that they should have no benefit for 
 the residue of the month. Dated 9 July 1694. 
 Minuted : — " Agreed." 1 page. 
 
 July 10. 76. Letter of the Earl of " Romney," addressed to the Lords of 
 the Treasury, which enclosed a memorial from the principal oflicers 
 of the Board of Ordnance, relating to the purchase of a house at 
 Portsmouth for the use of the Ordnance office, begging them to con- 
 sider and give orders about the same. Dated 10 July 1694. 
 
 Minuted: — "To send them a letter that they do contract for it 
 at the best rate for the King." 
 
 Also the memorial referred to. 2 pages (1 quarto). 
 
 July 11. 77- Memorial of the Com^s for sick and wounded seamen, &c. to 
 the Lords of the Treasury, praying their directions and a supply of 
 
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 money for making a prison at the old mills near Plymouth, for 
 securing prisoners at war. Dated 11 July 1694. 
 Minuted: — "5 7br. '94. To be consd next time.'' 
 Also art order in council, a previous memoi'ial of the above com- 
 missioners, and a report and estimate of their agent ; all relating 
 to the prison. 6 pages. 
 
 July 23. 78. Report of the Com^-' of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 on the petition of William Parsons, Esq., showing that he was dis- 
 missed from tlie command of a company in the regiment of guards, 
 having grown infirm by the gout, and was appointed a land sur- 
 veyor in the port of Londou, which he exclianged for a King's 
 waitership, though not above half the yearly value, being forced to 
 execute it by a deputy ; and praying to be allowed to transfer it to 
 Samuel Gould, gent. ; informing their Lordships that the constant 
 and continued practice of the board had been, by all means, to dis- 
 countenance and discourage any private agreements, for the sur- 
 i-endering oi- obtaining any of the places upon the establishment ; 
 that the tilling up the same miglit l)e, without any other considera- 
 tion than the fitness of the person pi'esented : but for patent oftices, 
 the Com^s had always looked upon them as bounties in the hands 
 of the Crown, or their Lordships, being generally bestowed upon 
 persons with power to execute by deputy, and therefore the Comics 
 had alwajrs been ])assive and easy in the transaction of these grants 
 when their Lordships had referred them to the board, not thinking 
 it became them to enter into the consideration of the merits or 
 services for which they were bestowed, nor to concern themselves 
 so much about the qualification of the person as to make provision 
 for good deputies, and especially for such of the patent offices as 
 have been held for life, the board had been always forward to make 
 way for those surrenders, believing it greatly for the advantage of 
 the Crown and the ease of the management to take in those grants 
 and give out others for pleasure ; and in the present case they had 
 nothing to object against the transfer. Dated 23 July ltl94. 
 Accompanied by the petition. 2^ pages. 
 
 July 23. 79. The demands of Robert Lord Lucas, chief governor of the 
 
 Tower of London, for safe keeping the prisoners there, according to 
 the retrenchment made by King Charles the Second, &c. They are 
 quarterly accounts from 25 June 1693 to 24 June 1694. 
 
 The following are the names of the prisoners : — 
 
 The Earl of Clancarty, Col. Mac Elliott, Col. Dorrington, and 
 Viscount Falkland. 
 
 The ancient allowance for the Earl and Viscount was 10^. a week, 
 but then reduced to 2?.. 4s. 5d each, and for the others 3Z. a week, 
 reduced to 13-9. 4rf. 
 
 With a note that the demands agree with former bills. Dated 
 23 July 1694. 4 imges. 
 
 July 24. 80. Letter from the Lords Ju.stices of Ireland to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, on the petition of Col. Gustavus Hamilton, for a grant of 
 forfeited lands, in a schedule annexed ; being the lands forfeited by 
 
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 the outlawry aud attainder of Roger O'Shaghnassy, for high trea- 
 son ; recommending him as a fit person for their Majesties' favour ; 
 but leaving it to them whether they would grant any of the estates 
 until the forts and garrisons were put in repaii'. Dated 24 July 
 1(594. 
 
 Mlmtted : — " To tarry till the King come,? to determine ye pre- 
 tencons of him & Sir H. Belasyse." 2 pages. 
 
 July 24. 8]. Copy of a letter from the Conies of Cu.stoms to the collector 
 of Dover, stating that a great part of the coast of Kent is unguarded, 
 particularly from the North Foreland to Whitstable, and that quan- 
 tities of wool had been shipped and silk, &o. landed ; desiring him 
 to appoint a riding surveyor there, giving him a proper station, with 
 particular instructions frequently to visit Heme Bay and other the 
 most suspicious places. Dated 24 July 1694. h page. 
 
 July 24. 82. Memorial of Valemon de Medina to the Lords of the Trea- 
 
 sury, stating that his friends Machado and Pereyra had " remon- 
 strated to His Majesty," that it was impossible to provide the army 
 any further, if their arrears were not paid, and the King had assured 
 them that he had given their Lordships positive orders to pay all 
 their arrears to 1 May last ; which would amount to about 24,OO0Z., 
 besides what was furnished since; praying that the money might 
 be paid to liim. Dated 24 July 1694. 
 
 Endorsed : — " Valemon de Medina[s] liumble remonstrance." 
 [The arrears were due for transporting corn, &c. for the army in 
 Flanders.] See Letter Book, vol. 8, p. S8.5. | 'page. 
 
 July 24. 83. Report of tlie agents for bringing in taxes, to the Lords of 
 the Treasury, on the petition of William Cawthorpe and (.Christopher 
 Rands, gent., receivers-general in the coimty and city of Lincoln of 
 the first and second 12 months' aid, the first quarterly poll and the 
 review thereof, and the first 4s. aid : recommending the allowance to 
 them of 320Z. for their extraordinary charges. Dated 24 July 1694. 
 The petition and six other documents relating thereto. 1 3 leaves. 
 
 [About 84. Petition of " the three French regiments," addressed to the 
 
 July 24.] Lords of the Treasury, showing their hardships in receiving nothing 
 upon the off-reckonings of the year 1693, which would be their total 
 ruin by the interest they had to pay the clothiers ; praying pay- 
 ment. 
 
 Minuted: — " 24 July '94. Referr'd to Mr. Lowndes." 1 parye. 
 
 [? About 8.3. Petition of Christopher Dodsworth, merchant, for himself and 
 July 24.] others, showing that there were great sums due to the Crown from 
 the East India and Royal African Companies, for seizing ships and 
 goods from interlopers, trading within the limits of their respective 
 charters without licence, which had been discovered by the petition- 
 ers ; and the companies, upon prosecution, were ordered to pay 75i. 
 each ; but the East India Company had lately had a discharge 
 granted them, both as to the tenths due for what was taken from 
 the Mogul, as also for their Majesties' moiety of what they took 
 
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 from tlie interlopers ; praying for an order for one third, of the 130^- 
 paid into the Exchequer. 
 
 Minuted : — " 24 July '94. This mony is paid to the prosecutors 
 of the East India forfeitures." 1 par/e. 
 
 July 27. 8G. Presentment by the Com"'-'' of Customs to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, referring to their presentment of 2 March last, respecting 
 advances to Vice- Admirals for raising seafaring men for the fleet, 
 and ui'ging that the Com'^s of the Navy might have directions to 
 make out the bills for the sums mentioned in the schedule. Dated 
 27 July 1694. 
 
 Minuted : — " To the Commiss. of Navy, that they pay these sums 
 to the severall collectors upon their oaths that they have made pay- 
 ments as is within mentioned, and to charge the several persons to 
 account for it." 
 
 The presentment and schedule referred to. 4 pages. 
 
 VOL. XXIX. 1694. August— 16 October. 
 
 Aug. 1. 1. Letter signed " Phil. Ryley," to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 
 as to various charges made against him for spoils committed in the 
 New Forest, and as to a commission of inquiry about abuses com- 
 mitted by him. He complains more particularly against the Duke 
 of Bolton. Dated 1 Aug. '94. 1^ pages. 
 
 Aug. 1. 2. Keport of Lord Ranelagh to the Lords of the Treasury, on the 
 petition of Captain Betsworth, a captain of the regiment of fuzileers, 
 (commanded by Col. Edw. Fitzpatrick,) who prayed His Majesty's 
 bounty, having lost his leg through a wound at the battle of Lan- 
 den. The report states that in the late King's time a year's pay 
 was allowed for the loss of a limb, but that there was no regulation 
 of that kind since His Majesty's accession, Dated 1 Aug. 1694. 
 
 Minuted : — " To be layd afore ye Queen." Again : — " To speak 
 to my L<i Ranelagh, that ye pet'' be releived by a contingent w* 
 [warrant] without making a precedent." 
 
 The petition. 2 fages. 
 
 Aug. 2. 3. Report of the Com'^''' of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 on the petition of Martha Jackson, relict and executrix of William 
 Jackson, lately deceased, in respect to the grant of customs of smalts, 
 barillia, and potashes, which was granted in 16G4, to William, late 
 Earl of Kinnou], for 31 years, and leased by him to Thomas Brod- 
 erick and Benj. Martin, at a rent of 940Z. per ann., which lease, by 
 assignment was vested in the petitioner and her husband. She had 
 petitioned for a confirmation of the same, and hoped for relief, but 
 
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 instead had received a summons to pay what she had received since 
 5 Nov. 1688, to comply with which would be her undoing: in favour 
 of the equity of her pretentions for a continuance of the grant. 
 Dated 2 Aug. 1694. 
 
 Minuted: — " 15 December 1694, w*'' y^ King. The King orders 
 that y" pet'-' answering the reserved rent of 940?. p ann. shall have 
 or be discharged of the overplus of y^- dutys." 
 
 The petition, a certificate, copy of a report of 1690, on the same 
 subject, and " the case " of the said Martha Jackson. 6 pages. 
 
 Aug. 2. 4. Report of the Comi'" of Customs, to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 on the petition of Thomas Pennington, gent., desiring to surrender 
 his appointment of King's waiter of London, to Mr. Thomas Harrison : 
 not objecting to the transfer. Dated 2 Aug. 1694. 
 Accompanied by the petition. 2 pages. 
 
 Aug. 4. 5. Report of Sir Edw. Ward to the Lords of the Treasury, on the 
 petition of the Rt. Hon. Eliz. Countess Dowager of Anglesey, ad- 
 mitting that it might be true as to the debt to her late husband, 
 claimed in the petition, but that he had no proof thereof. On the 
 prayer for the grant of a lease of certain land within the Bar of 
 Barnstable, over which the sea flowed, as part compensation for the 
 debt, he gives the following opinion : " If a commicion shall be 
 awarded, and it shall be found by inquisition that any land is 
 derelict by the sea, such derelict lands doth of common right belong 
 to the Crowne, though a lord of a manor' wliere the same are derelict 
 may have the same by prescription ; but that being a derivative or 
 secondary right, must be made out, but the common right and in- 
 tendment is for the Crowne, and after such inquisition finding and 
 seizing the said land, the Crowne will be intituled thereto ; and 
 then, & not till then, may grant y same or any part thereof, as 
 their Mat'^s shall think fit, subject nevertheless, to such tytle as 
 any others have thereto." Dated 4 Aug. 1694. 
 
 Accompanied by i;he petition and an affidavit as to the land. 
 1 page and 2 pojrts of pages. 
 
 Aug. 6. 6. Letter of Sir John Hoby and divers other commissioners ap- 
 pointed to examine abuses in the sales of timber in the New Forest, 
 stating that they had proceeded from their several habitations to 
 attend that service. Finishing thus : " We found his Grace [the 
 Duke of Bolton] much dissatisfied to give us soe much trouble to noe 
 purpose." [It would appear that Mr. Travers, the Surveyor-General, 
 who should have taken the lead in the Commission, had failed in his 
 engagement.] Dated 6 Aug. 1694. 2 pages (quarto). 
 
 Aug. 10. 7. Copy of a letter of the Com^s of Customs, to Mr. Beverton, at 
 Canterbury, referring to the letter of 24 July, and stating that the 
 collector of Dover had appointed Joshua Simpson to reside at Heme 
 [as riding surveyor], and stating that they expected Mr. Beverton 
 would keep up a correspondence with Simpson, and frequently visit 
 the furthermost part of that district. Dated Lyndhurst, 10 Aug. 
 1694. 1 2Mge. 
 
CALENDAR OF 
 
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 Aug. 10. 8. Menioi'ial of Sir Cliiistoplier Wren, Surveyor-General of Avorks, 
 to the Lords of the Treasury, setting forth various encroachments 
 on Somerset House ; referring it to their Lordships to deal with 
 them. Dated 10 Aug. 1694. 
 
 Alinuted : — " Mr. Simon Smith to see this, and S"^ Xpof^ Wrenn 
 on Tuesd. morn." \ page. 
 
 Aug. 13. 9. Letter of the Lords Justices of Ireland, to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, stating that they had received Her Majesty's instructions 
 to pay Col. Henry Luttrell six months of his penision, but that 
 under tlie sign manual, they had been commanded the contrary ; 
 stating that the condition of the revenue would not bear it, ifcc. ; 
 praying them to lay the same before the Queen for her consideration. 
 Dated 13 Aug. 169i. 2 pages. 
 
 [About 10, Petition of Isaac Marry ott, gent., addressed to the Queen, 
 Aug. 17.] setting forth that his claim for consideration for various discoveries 
 of concealed revenues, made to the benefit of the Crown, had been 
 referred to the Rt. Hon. the Earl of Bridgewater, and divers others, 
 to report thereon ; begging that the matter might be referred to the 
 Lords of the Treasury. With a memorandum at the foot, that it 
 was so referred, on 17 Aug. 1694. Another paper relating thereto. 
 Also another petition to the Lords of the Treasury, praying that 
 the matter might be referred to Sir John Somers, K*, and Mr. 
 Solicitor General. 
 
 Minuted: — " 28 Aug. '94. My Lords thought formerly that this 
 patent was vexacious & illegally obteyned, and therefore they directed 
 a scire facias to be brought for vacating the same." 3 pages. 
 
 Aug. 21 . 11. Report of the Comr^ of Customs at Dublin to the Lords of 
 the Treasury, on the petition of John Fenn, collector of their 
 Majesties' customs at Wexford, as to a recompense to him, for having 
 seized certain stores of the late King James, at Wexford. Dated 
 21 Aug. 1694. 
 
 Also three petitions and a certificate relating thereto. 8 pages or 
 parts of 'pages. 
 
 Aug. 22. 12. Letter of the Coma's of Prizes to Henry Guy, Esq., Secretary 
 to the Lords of the Treasury, as to the purchase of certain salt out 
 of prize ships at Plymouth, Portsmouth, and Dartmouth, for their 
 Majesties' service. Dated 22 Aug. 1694. 1 page. 
 
 After 13. A state of the pay of the regiment of foot, lately commanded 
 
 Aucf. 22. by Col. Godfrey Lloyd, in the West Indies, made up to the 1st of 
 April 1693. Without date. 
 
 A warrant of 22 Aug. 1694 is mentioned. 1 page. 
 
 kw. 27. 14. Letter signed J. Trenchard, to the Lords of the Treasui-y, 
 stating that he had received from Mr. Blathwayt a letter, written 
 by the Prince of Tuscany to Consul Blackwell, enclosing a transla- 
 tion for their opinion, how far it might be proper to gratify that 
 
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 Vol. XXIX. 
 
 Prince, wliicli His Majesty was " very inclinable to do." Dated 
 
 27 Aug. 1694. 
 
 The enclosure is not no^y \yith it. 1 page (quarto). 
 
 Aug. 28. 1 5. Memorial of the Comi's for sick and wounded seamen, &c., 
 to the Lords of the Treasury, stating that they had in some small 
 measure assuaged the cries of the poor ))eople at Portsmouth, 
 Gosport, and Dartmouth ; but they were continually crying to them 
 from Rochester, Chatham, Deal, Dover, Gravesend, Deptford, &c. ; 
 further that they had received no money for the prisoners of war, 
 for a year, and the prisoners, being about 700 in number, famished 
 for want of subsistence ; praying earnestly for a supply. Dated 
 
 28 Aug. 1694. 1 2->r'rje. 
 
 Aug. 31. 16. Report of the Gomfs of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 
 on certain ships which had imported goods contrary to the Navi- 
 gation Act. Dated .31 Aug. 1694. 
 
 Accompanied by a list of the ships, and another paper relating 
 thereto. 4 pages. 
 
 Aug. IG 17. Copy of a letter signed George Plater, addressed to his 
 
 and 31. Excellency [? Col. Nicholson], stating that he had lately received a 
 letter from the Auditor General to render a state of his account of 
 the revenue collected, to his Excellency Col. Francis Nicholson, 
 their Governor, who was directed by their Majesties to return foi- 
 England, a full account of that province since the Revolution, and to 
 state the same there, pursuant to which he had rendered an account, 
 but found a difficiUty in passing "that article of five hundred 
 pounds'" paid to his Excellency. His Excellency the Governor was 
 desirous of further satisfaction thereon ; begging for a full and 
 satisfactory answer, as he was himself liable. Dated Maryland, 
 16 Aug. 1694. 
 
 Also a brief reply thereto. Dated 31 Aug. 1694. 2 images. 
 
 Sept. 1. 18. " Articles of agreement with John Evans for building a house 
 
 for the Admiralty Office," viz., on the site of Wallingford House, 
 near Whitehall, lately belonging to George Duke of Buckingham, 
 deceased. Dated 1 Sept. 1694. 
 Also the specification. 6 pagef^. 
 
 Sept. 5. 19. Letter signed "Ni. Parle," addressed to Sir Fleetewood 
 Sheppard, stating that his son acquainted him that the Chancellor 
 of the Exchequer, who was one of the Lords of the Treasury, was 
 informed that he was dead, contradicting the report, but confessing 
 he was afflicted with the stone for the last 12 or 14 years. Dated 
 Sewardstone, 5 Sept. 1694. 
 
 Accompanied by an affidavit that he was living. 2 half pages. 
 
 Sept. 6. 20. Letter signed John Povey, addressed to Mr. Guy, in relation 
 to the proceedings of the General Assembly of Virginia, in respect of 
 the Act for ports in that Colonysuspended by Her Majesty's order; 
 
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 sending an abstract of the proceedings of the Assembly to the 
 Lords of the Treasury, for their opinion. Dated 6 Sept. 1694. 
 1 page. 
 
 Sept. 6. 21. Letter of Mr. John Povey to Mr. Guy, sending an estimate 
 received from the Principal officers of tlie Ordnance for the con- 
 sideration, &c. of their Lordships. Dated 6 Sept. 1694. 
 
 The estimate is not now enclosed. 
 
 Minuted : — " That they have spoken w*^ off [icers of] 0[rdnance] 
 & have adjusted wtli them the f)aym' of ye mo. necessary for sending 
 away these stores." | 'po^Qe. 
 
 Sept. 6. 22. Order in Council for provisions and stores of war to be sent 
 
 with the ships of war and two regiments of foot intended for 
 Jamaica, against the French in those parts, &c. Dated 6 Sept. 1694. 
 
 Sept. 6. 23. Eeport of the Com'^ of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 
 on the petition to Her Majesty, of William Malthus, who prayed 
 that their Majesties' part of the forfeiture of a large ship, which he 
 expected from Norway, laden with masts, &c., might be remitted ; 
 declining to encourage such a practice. Dated 6 Sept. 1694. 
 
 Accompanied by the petition. 
 
 Minuted: — "The importation cannot be permitted." 2 pages. 
 
 Sept. 10. 24. Presentment to the Lords of the Treasury, by the Comi's of 
 Transportation, being an estimate of the charge of freight, beds, &c., 
 for 1,700 men to Jamaica. Dated 10 Sept. 1694. 
 
 The contents of this are identical with the enclosure in the letter 
 of 12 Sept. (No. 27.) 1 page. 
 
 Sept. n. 2.5. Presentment by the Coma's of Customs to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, stating that they then had under deliberation, a scheme 
 for regulating several methods then in practice at the Custom house, 
 for the better security and con.siderable advance of the revenue ; 
 more particularly drawing attention to the impost account of tobacco 
 and sugar ; and suggesting remedies to prevent the like disorders 
 hereafter. Dated 11 Sept. 1694. 2,^ pages. 
 
 Sept. 11. 26. Memorial of the 'Officers of Ordnance to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, laying before them divers estimates of repairs necessary 
 at Sheerness, Bridlington Fort, Tinmouth Castle, Cliffords-fort 
 near North Shields, and Languard Fort. Dated 11 Sept. 1694. 
 1 pages. 
 
 Sept. 12. 27. Letter of John Povey to William Lowndes, Esq., stating that 
 the Committee of Trade and Plantations had received from the 
 Comics for Transportation, an estimate of the charges of transporta- 
 tion for 1,700 men, and 230 tons of ordnance stores to Jamaica ; of 
 which he enclosed a copy, for their Lordships' consideration : further 
 stating that the Committee had agreed that a Commissary- General 
 of the stores and provisions should be appointed to attend the 
 
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 1694. Vol. XXIX. 
 
 expedition, who might execute the office of Paymaster, Commissary 
 of the musters, and Judge advocate of the forces ; and they intended 
 to name Mr. M array, Lite Commissary at Hounslow Heath, for 
 the same, and suggested that he should have 500/.. per ami., and 
 120Z. per ann., for his clerks; and that 20s. a day should be allowed 
 for a physician, 200?.. pe?' ann. to an apothecary, and 50/. |5er ajin. 
 to his mate. Dated 12 Sept. 1694. 
 
 Accompanied by the estimate of freight, &c., from the Transport 
 Office. Dated 10 Sept. 1694. 2^ page.?. 
 
 Sept. 13. 28. Copy of a letter from the Conv^ for Victualling the Navy, to 
 John Povey, Esq., enclosing copy of the estimate delivered to the 
 Lords of the Treasury, for the charge of 1,700 men for Jamaica. 
 Dated 13 Sept. 1694. 
 
 Also the estimate, dated 7 Sept. 1694. l^^^aiyes. 
 
 Sept. 14. 29. A rough draft, in Mr. Lowndes' hand-writing, entitled "a 
 state of all the dutys upon goods imported and exported ; " showing 
 of what they consisted. 
 
 Docquetted : — " State of the revenues, p. M. Lowndes." Dated 
 14 Sept. ] 694. 6 pag-es and 2 line's. 
 
 Sept. 14. SO. Copy of report of Lord Eanelagh, to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, on the petition of the Earl of Macclesfield, praying for 
 the same proportion to be allowed to the clothiers of his regiment 
 as was allowed to others ; viz., as to the amount of the off-reckon- 
 ings due, one third of which were allowed to other regiments. 
 Dated 14 Sept. 1694. 1 page. 
 
 Sept. 17. 31. Eeport of the Comrs for Transportation, to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, on the petition of Henry Beach and others, masters of 
 ships formerly taken up by the Comi's for Victualling the Navy, in 
 favour of their being allowed certain freights. Dated 17 Sept. 1694. 
 
 Minuted : — " A letter to the Commissioners to make up this 
 account by the month." 
 
 Also the petition. 2 pages. 
 
 Sept. 17. 32. Eeport of Lord Eanelagh, to the Lords of the Treasury, on 
 the memorial of Jacob Vanderesch, Esq., praying them to assign 
 some fund to satisfy the tradesmen who supplied the Dutch regi- 
 ments with clothes and accoutrements ; viz., as to the state of the 
 off-reckonings of the regiments. Dated 17 Sept. 1694. 
 
 .Minuted: — "September 19*^1, '94. My Lords will do this in a 
 short time." 
 
 Accompanied by the memorial. ijJages. 
 
 Sept. 18. 33. Memorial of Officers of the Ordnance to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, stating that the arrear for sea service was 77,326/. 6s,, and 
 for land service, 50,165/. 13s. 4c/., which made them very importu- 
 nate for a considerable allotment of money, that their debt was vastly 
 increased by the sea expeditions and by the great supply of stores 
 
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 Vol. XXIX. 
 
 then being sent to the Mediterranean and the West Indies ; y^raying 
 them to consider the consequences from the disappointment of the 
 artificers who received as ready money 20,000?. tallies ; the gun- 
 makers had represented their miserable condition, by the stoppage .of 
 their 5001. weekly payments, and had an arrear of 5000Z. : eai-nestly 
 recommending the ]3ayment of both ; further drawing attention to 
 the damage on, the Medway, for want of repair as represented by 
 the store keeper at Upnor. Dated 18 Sept. jl694'. ] page. 
 
 Sept. 18. 3J). Memorial of the Victuallers of the Navy to the Loi-ds of the 
 Treasury, representing that there was unassigned 20,8.35?. 8s. Qd. ; 
 that there was .5,000?. weekly to be assigned, to answer this years 
 declaration of 3,500 men for 13 months ; tliat the charge of 21,000 
 men's victuals for three months, for the Straits, amounted to 
 46,472?, 1.9. od.; that the charge of the 1,700 men for Jamaica 
 amounted to 7,088?. 5s. lOr?, ; 2,648?. had only been assigned to 
 the two last services, they saw no probability of effecting these 
 services, unless moneys were assigned. Dated 18 Sept. 1694. Ipage. 
 
 Sept. 19. 35, Letter from Mr. Povey to Mr. Gvty, concerning provisions foi' 
 the 1,700 men going to Jamaica, &c. Dated 19 Sept. 1694. 1 \ 'pages. 
 
 Sejjt. 24. 36. Letter from Mr. James Vernon to the Lords of the Treasurer, 
 sending a petition of Mr. Brunskill, for their consideration. Dated 
 24 Sept. '94. 
 
 The petition is not now with it. \ page (quarto.) 
 
 Sept. 24, 37. Presentment by the Comr^ for Transportation, to the Lords 
 
 of the Treasury, as to what ships were hired by them by the month, 
 and what amount of provisions were furnished. Dated 24 Sept. 1694. 
 lAj)fl//es. 
 
 Sept. 25. 38, Letter of Mr. John Povey to Mr. Guy, stating that the Lords 
 of the Conmiittee of Trade and Plantations, had appointed to meet 
 at the Council Chamber, Whitehall, on the morrow, and expected to 
 receive the report of the Lords of the Treasury, on the estimate for 
 transporting 1,700 men, &c., to Jamaica. Dated 25 Sept. 1694. 
 1 page. 
 
 Sept, 25. 39. Memorial of the Officers of Ordnance, to tlie Lords of the 
 Treasury, representing the great necessity the office was in, for a 
 large suppl}^ for the land and sea service, the train abroad, foreign 
 bills, &c. ; finishing thus " your Lord.sPP^ have bin alwaies so kind 
 as to pardon our troublesome addresses, when their Ma^s afi^aires 
 have not permitted you to assist us ; but we are now brought to 
 sucli a pinch, in point of credit, for carrjdng on our business, that a 
 small chiding and a round sum would please us better." Dated 
 26 Sept. 1694. 
 
 Minuted: — " Wiien Board full." 1 page. 
 
 Sept. 25. 40. Warrant of the Lords of the Treasury, to tho Auditor of the 
 
 Kevenues in the county of Nottingham, to allow 3.5?. Is. Gd. on the 
 account rendered by Walter Laycock, surveyor of woods, north of 
 
TREASURY PAPERS. 389 
 
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 Vol. XXIX. 
 
 Trent, of moneys arising from wood sales ; viz., for his travelling 
 expenses. Dated 25 Sept. 1 094. 
 
 Also the account of his ti-avelling expenses. 2 pages 
 
 es. 
 
 [? About 41. Petition of Robert Guy, tidesman in fee, in the port of 
 Sept. 2.5.] London, praying to be appointed surveyor of Bow and Ham Creek, 
 in place of Mr. Fletcher, dismissed. 
 
 Minuted: — "25 Sept. '94. Ref to Commiss. of Oust." 1 'page. 
 
 Sept. 20. 42. Presentment by the Comi'« for Transportation, to the Lords of 
 the Treasury, setting foi'th the charges they had been at, in trans- 
 porting 1,700 soldiers to Jamaica ; their Lordships having ordered 
 5,000?. for that purpose. Dated 26 Sept. 1694. ] jxige. 
 
 Sept. 27. 43. Order in Council referring the petition of William Bowtell, 
 merchant, to the Lords of the Treasury, to consider the allegations 
 therein, and report on them. The copy of the petition (which is 
 annexed) sets forth, that since the last war with Algiers, the peti- 
 tioner had redeemed about 400 English captives ; and there was 
 due to him above 7,000/.. ; that he had petitioned the King that Ms 
 accounts might be examined, and the Lords of the Treasury reported 
 thereon (a copy of which is annexed) ; 7i6l. was owing to him for 
 20 captives, and Mr. Squibb at his death had 300?. in hand of the 
 captives' money, collected by brief; and the petitioner prayed 
 that sum might be allowed him. Dated 27 Sept. 1694. 
 
 Minuted: — " I7xbr. '94, Mr. Lowndes to call before him the 
 exec^^s & pefr & to adjust what is in their hands, applicable tow^s 
 the peti's debt, & to infomie my Lords." 
 
 " lilt. May 1695. My Lords will direct process agt the ex^s for this 
 & y'^ Teller* for GU Gourdons mony, unless they att. & pay 
 forthwth." 
 
 The copy of the report of the Lords of the Treasury, includes a 
 cojjy of a report made to them by Mr. Lowndes and Mr. Robert 
 Squibb, which contains curious iraformation about the captives 
 referred to, many of whom died of the plague. 4^ pages. 
 
 Sept. 28. 44. Warrant of the Lords of the Treasury, for the appointment 
 of John Hewitt, gent., as Receiver-General of the Land Revenue, 
 in the counties of Lincoln, Warwick, and Leicester. Dated 28 Sept. 
 1694. 1 page. 
 
 Sept. 28. 45. Report of the Lords of the Treasury to the King, on the 
 petition of the Principal officers of the Ordnance, in behalf of them- 
 selves and others on the establishment ; praying a warrant to 
 reimburse the moneys they had paid for taxes on account of 
 their salaries ; certitying that they had applied to that board for 
 relief, on the ground, that they were exempted as military persons, 
 from the taxations ; offering the report of the Attorney-General 
 thereon ; but their Lordships did not feel at liberty to stay any 
 process against them. The petitioner's might have been heard in the 
 
 * There is considerable difficulty in reading the passage in italics. 
 
390 
 
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 Vol. XXIX. 
 
 Court of Exchequer, but they seemed to choose to abide his Majesty's 
 
 determination. Dated 28 Sept. 1694. 
 
 MinvMcl :—" 15:s.her. 1 694, w^i^ y^ King. Granted." 
 
 Also the report mentioned ; " The case of the Officers of the 
 
 Ordnance " ; three lists of persons who paid the aid ; and four 
 
 letters thereon. ] 2 2yages and 6 halves. 
 
 46. Abstract of the Lords of the Treasury's minutes, on reading 
 the report of the auditors of the imprests, on Sir Josiah Child, and 
 partners' accounts for victualling the navj^, 1672 and '73. Dated 
 28 Sept. '94. 
 
 Also copy of report from the auditors of the imprests, upon the 
 demands of the said Sir Josiah Child, &c. Dated Oct. 1685, and a 
 duplicate copy, with a few lines added at the end and sundry notes 
 in the margin. Dated 9 March 1685-6. 17-5 ^Ja^res. 
 
 [? About 47. Petition of "Wyndham Buller, daughter and sole heiress of 
 
 Sept.] Col. Anthony Buller, deceased; showing that 3,436?. 168. lOcl. had 
 
 been voted to her father by Paiiiameut in 1660, and the interest 
 
 only -pajd to 1678 ; since which her mother dying, the interest had 
 
 ceased for want of being solicited, and the petitioner was greatly 
 
 distressed, as appeared by the certificate of Sir Robert Howard : 
 
 iiraying payment of the interest until the principal was paid. 
 
 Accompanied by the certificate. Dated 31 Aug. 1694, 
 
 Minuted: — '' The only favour my Lords can show in this case is, 
 
 to have this demand consider'd equally w* yo banquiers." 1 15 pages. 
 
 [About 48. Memorial of Col. Lillingston to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 Sept.] showing that his regiment was appointed for Jamaica, to be ready 
 by the 14th of October, and that they would require clothing 
 necessary for the climate ; praying an order for the off-reckonings 
 amounting to 2,549?. 8s. 2(?..,and in addition (as a sufficient quantity 
 of shoes, stockings, &c., would be rec[uired, for which 6c?. a week 
 was detained from the soldier), praying that the 6c?. a week might 
 be paid here, whilst the regiment was abroad ; and further that a 
 sum on account of the colonel's arrears, might be ordered, to provide 
 his equipage. Without date, but most likely Sept. 1694, by com- 
 parison with other papers. 1 ^jctt/e. 
 
 [About 49. Petition of William Tudsbury, woodward of their Majesties 
 
 Sept.] Hayes of Birkland and Bilhay, in the Forest of Sherwood ; showing 
 that he had taken great pains in preserving the wood, in the time 
 of the Revolution, &c., and that the Duke of Devonshire, Lord Chief 
 Justice in Eyre, north of Trent, granted him a salary of 10?. a year, 
 viz., for three years, 30?., out of the dotard and dead trees : praying 
 confirmation thereof 
 
 Also the grant by the Duke of Devonshire, with a note that it 
 was referred to Walter Laycock, Esq., Surveyor-General of Woods, 
 north of Trent, on 12 Sept, 1694. 
 
 Miimted: — "Agreed to the report," but the report is not now 
 with it. 2 pages. 
 
TREASURY PAPERS. 391 
 
 1694. Vol. XXIX. 
 
 Oct. 2. 50. Excise Commissioners presentment for setting up a boat at 
 
 Deal, to prevent tlie running of brandy. Dated 2 Oct. 1694. 
 Minuted :—" Agreed & an order to be sent for it." 1 page. 
 
 Oct. 3. 51. Keport of Lord Ranelagh, to the Lords of the Treasury, on 
 
 the petition of Thomas Morine " sutler ;" praying payment of 
 731L Is. 1(7., due to him for fire and candle, and other disbursements, 
 for the guards at Whitehall, Kensington, the Savoy, &c. ; setting 
 out the state of the account. Dated 3 Oct. 1694. 
 
 Also the petition and "Thomas Morin, the suttlers contingent 
 bill." 3 pages. 
 
 Oct. 4. 52. Memorial of the Officers of Ordnance, to the Lords of the Trea- 
 
 sury, stating that they had received no considerable allotment for land 
 and sea service, which they had earnestly desired in divers memorials, 
 and the artificers were reduced to great extremities, the arrears for 
 land service being 73,626?., and for sea service 50,1657. 13s. ^d. ; 
 asking for 50,0007. on each head ; reminding their Lordships of the 
 20,0007. tallies upon the land tax, which were nothing worth, and 
 there was 8,0007. arrear upon foreign bills unprovided for : closing 
 with a request for 5,0007. for the gunmakers. Dated 4 Oct. 1694. 
 1 page. 
 
 Oct. 8. 53. Report of Sir Edw. Ward to the Lords of the Treasury, as to 
 
 an abatement desired in an annexed petition of Sir Benjamin New- 
 land, of London, merchant, on certain spirits imported, stating that 
 he could not see that tliey were empowered to make the abatement. 
 Dated 8 Oct. 1694. 
 
 The report of the Coma's of Excise, the petition, and a certificate, 
 ^i IMges. 
 [About 54. Petition of Capt. Adrian Vanderlin, to the Lords Justices of 
 
 Oct., 9.] Ireland, touching a small privateer called the " Duke of Bavaria," 
 of 35 tons, laden with French salt, some thread, and four trusses of 
 linen cloth, arrived at Waterford ; praying permission to enter the 
 same and pay the duties. Also another copy. 
 
 Referred to the Lords of the Treasury, 9 Oct. 1694. 
 
 Two other papers, one of which is the opinion of Sir Richard 
 Levinge, relating thereto (all copies). 4 pages. 
 
 Oct. 9. 55. Letter from Mr. John Povey to Mr. Guy, stating that the 
 
 Committee of Trade and Plantations desired their Lordships to 
 repoi't to them the instructions they thought necessary to be given 
 to Mr. Murray, Commissary of the Provisions for Jamaica, &c. 
 Dated 9 Oct. 1694. f of a page. 
 
 Oct. 9. 56. Memorial of the Officers of Ordnance, to the Lords of the 
 
 Treasury, stating that they had hitherto put off the importunities 
 of the artificers, hoping the arrears on the land service of 73,7767., 
 and of the sea service of 50,1657. 13s. 4c7., would be paid, &c. ; that 
 they had had nothing but small weekly distributions, from hand to 
 mouth, " which sinks the credit of the office ;" drawing attention to 
 the an-ears due to the gunsmiths, and the bills of exchange from 
 abroad unprovided for. Dated 9 Oct. 1694. 1^ pages. 
 
392 CALENDAR OF 
 
 1694). 
 
 Vol. XXIX. 
 
 Oct. 9. ,77. Letter of the Comi's of Ordnance to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 
 stating that the powder had been removed froni Greenwich House, 
 and the Laboratory, near adjoining, to Graveseud and Tilbuiy, and 
 they were in consequence obliged to build a new powder house in 
 some more convenient place ; which must be ready by the time 
 Admiral Russel was home from the straits ; laying an estimate 
 thereof before tlieir Lordsliips, and desiring 500?. to be paid weekly. 
 Dated 9 Oct. 1G94. 
 
 There are two estimates, the first is thus entitled :— " An estimate 
 for building a new magazine for powder, & a convenient whai-fe 
 for shipping & unshiping into and out of the same, as alsoe for 
 building a proofe-house & a dwelhng house for the storekeeper," 
 and the second, — "An estimate for Jiuilding a labouratory in the 
 warren att Tower place att Woolwich." 3^ 2'Xi(jes. 
 
 Oct. 10. .58. Report of Lord Ranelagh to the Lords of the Treajsury, on 
 
 the petition of Barbara Lower, wife of William Lower, a captain 
 in the regiment of foot, under command of Colonel Edward Lloyd, 
 as to an allowance out of arrears of paj' due to her husband ; she 
 Ijeiug a native of Holland, and having sued lier hu,sband for a 
 separate maintenance, and tlie law there having allowed her 501. 
 'per annum. Dated 10 Oct. 1(394. 
 
 The petition and a translation of tlie sentence at Rotterdam, in 
 her favour. 
 
 Minuted : — " A letter to my L. Ranelagh to do this." 5 pages. 
 
 Oct. 11. 59. Abstract of His Majesty's order to Consid Baker, to repair to 
 
 Tiipoli to renew the peace with that Government. 
 Accompanied by another paper (a copy) headed: — 
 "Additional articles to Sir John Narborough's treaty, made, 
 concluded and agreed upon, between the most serene and mighty 
 monarch William the Third," fcc, " and the most illustrious Lord.s 
 the Bassa D&j, Aglia and Divan of the city and kingdom of Tripoli, 
 bjr Thomas Baker, His Majts late agent & consul at Algier, tlie llt'i 
 day of October 1094." 2| pages. 
 
 Oct. 12. GO. Report of Mr. Charles Fox to the Queen, on the petition of 
 
 Capt. Chabrole who served as a re-formed captain in the I'rencli 
 regiment of foot, commanded by Major-General la Melionere, during 
 the war of Ireland ; recommending tliat if the Queen should think 
 fit to pay him, he should be removed from the establishment of 
 Ireland, and placed on the Earl of Ranclagh's list, as some others bad 
 been. Dated 12 Oct. 169-i. 
 
 Minuted :—" 8 Jan^y 1695-0, lOOi to be pd." 
 
 The petition (in French) and another petition in English. Also 
 " List of several French pensioners to be continued in pay not- 
 withstanding their absence from Ireland." '^ pages. 
 
 Sept. Sand 61. "Richard Earl of Ranelagh, Pay m'' Gen" of their Ma^ 
 
 Oct. 13. Forces, his acco* for 8 months, from the 1^* of May 1689 inch to 
 
 the last of Dec^ following :— Declared 8 Sept. 1691', " Charles Fox 
 
 Esqi' & Tho. Lord Coniiigesby their acco* for the Danish Forces, from 
 
 4tl' Nov. 1689 to the l^^ of April 1692." Declared 13 Oct. 1694. 
 
TREASURY PAPERS. 393 
 
 1694. 
 
 Vol. XXIX. 
 
 " John Knight Esqi', Retf' Gen" & cashier of the customes, his 
 cash acco*^ of the imp" on silks & lynnen, & other things, for one year 
 ended att Michas 1693." Dechired 13 Oct. 1094. 3^ pages. 
 
 Oct. J 6. 62. Letter of Wm. Blathwayt to Mr. Guy, signifying the King's 
 permission for Mr, James Sanderson, son of Lord Castleton, one of 
 the Comi's in the Alienation Office, to travel and remain some time 
 with my Lord Lexington at Vienna, if consistent with the execution 
 of that office, that leave might be passed in the usual form. Dated 
 Hague, },% Oct. 1094. 1 page {quarto). 
 
 Oct. 16. 03. Memorial of the Officers of the Ordnance to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, lespecting the arrears on the land and sea service, under 
 each of which heads, less than 50,000/. will not extricate them from 
 their difficulties ; and respecting the lamentable case of the artificers 
 Avho will be utterly ruined, without they have some better fund 
 assigned tlium than the 20,000?. tallies from the land tax. Dated 
 16 Oct. 1694. 1 page. 
 
 Oct. 16. 64. The Earl of Ranelagh's memorial to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 
 as to the various sums making up .50, 1706'. O.s. lOftl, requisite to 
 carry on his department. Dated 10 Oct. 1094. 2 pages. 
 
 VOL. XXX. 1694. 19 October— 10 December. 
 
 1694. 
 Oct. 19. 1. Letter of the Lords Justices of Ireland, to the Lords of the 
 
 Treasury, stating that they had referred the petition of Sir Chris- 
 topher Wandesford, Barfc., to the Solicitor-General, which petition 
 prayed a grant of their Majesties' right to the benefit of a decree, 
 obtained by " the Brennans " in the Court of Chancery there, for the 
 payment of certain legacies left by the petitioner's grandfather to 
 some of that name; enclosing the report of the Solicitor-General. 
 The documents concern the territory of Idough in the co. of Kil- 
 kenny. Dated 19 Oct. 1094. 
 
 Also the petition, the report, and an abbreviate thereof; leaviu'i- 
 it to His Majesty as to whether he would grant the legacies. 
 
 il/Mmtoi;— "Read 10 Apr. '95. Granted." 
 
 [The petition states '■ that the said sept of the Brenans, beino- still 
 very numerous, are a great terror to the English inhabitants of that 
 country, and frequently oommitt many great robberyes, murthers 
 and were in armes for the late King Jame.s," &c.] 7i pages. 
 
 Oct. 20. • 2. Letter signed John Povey to Mr. Guy, stating that the Lords 
 of the Committee of Trade and Plantations had received the 
 memorial of Col. Lillingstone, of which the enclosed was a copy on 
 behalf of his brother's arrears, who was in Col. Hamilton's reo-iment : 
 begging to have the opinion of tlie Lords of the Treasury thereon' 
 Dated 20 Oct. 1694. 
 The copy referred to. 
 
394 CALENDAR OF 
 
 1694. Vol. XXX. 
 
 Minuted: — "24 Oct. '94. My Lords cannot distinguish this, but 
 must stay till the whole is paid." 
 
 Also a memorial of Col. Lillingston, in the same terms, to the 
 Lords of the Treasury. Dated 5 Oct. 1094. 3 2)ages. 
 
 Oct. 20. 3. Letter by command of the Lords of the Committee of Trade 
 and Plantations, enclosing copy of a memorial of Col. Lillingston to 
 them, and desiring their Lordships to return their opinion on Col. 
 Lillingston's former memorial, and further what money or letters of 
 credit would be necessary to be sent with the forces for Jamaica. 
 Dated 20 Oct. 1694. 
 
 Accompanied by the copy, comj)laining to the Lords of the Com- 
 mittee, that the Lords of the Treasury had not ordered any money 
 for making and providing new clothing for the regiment ; nor any 
 for his own equipage ; so that if the ships had gone out of the river 
 it might be impossible to send them by land, for there were no carts 
 between Exeter and Plj-moutli. 2 pages. 
 
 Oct. 20. 4. Copy of Sir George Treby's opinion as to a lease of the manor 
 of Mere, in the county of AVilts, parcel of the duchy of Cornwall. 
 Given on the report hereafter described. Dated 20 Oct. 1C94. 
 
 Copy of report of Mr. Wm. Harbord, Surveyor-General, addressed 
 to the Lords of the Treasury, on the petition of Sir Matthew 
 Andrewes, for a renewal of the lease : finding that King Charles 
 the Second, in A.D. IGCO, granted to Robert PliiUip, Esq., one 
 of the gentlemen of the bedchamber for 30 years, certain rents 
 amounting to 79'. 17s. lie?., which lease was assigned to the 
 ["petitioner in 1665 ; that the demesnes, warren, and park were 
 again granted in 1670, to Henry North, Esq., for 11 years, in 
 reversion of Mr, Phillip's lease ; in 1684 the surveyor had valued 
 the term of 1.5 years at a fine of 1,000/., and there was charged 
 on the premises for the support of the church above 40/. a year, 
 the rent to the King being 45/. 10.s., and 20/. a year more for 
 other incidental charges; advising that a term of lO-j years from 
 Lady Day J 701, might be granted, which might be valued at 
 1,500/., and further that certain woods might be granted to him, 
 belonging to the manor ; and as to the residue of the manor, which 
 was included in Mr. Phillip's lease, it was valued in 1650 at 105/. 
 per ann., and he thought 500/. a reasonable fine for the estate 
 desired, the manor being parcel of the duchy of Cornwall could not 
 be granted, but if the King pleased to grant a lease for 30 years and 
 a half from Lady Day 1G90, such a lease might be good during the 
 King's life, ancl until there was a Duke of Cornwall. Dated 
 24 Aug. ] 689. Si j9a^es. 
 
 Oct. 20. 5. E,eport of the Comi'^ of Excise upon the annexed petition of 
 Richard Kinch, distiller, who was in arrears 250/. for his excise 
 duty, recommending that he should be allowed to pay his debt by 
 instalments. Dated 20 Oct, 1694. 
 
 Accompanied by the petition. 
 
 Minuted : — " 29*^ Oct. '94. Agreed to ye report." 1|- pages. 
 
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 Oct. 22. 6. The case of Wm. Yardley, under-housekeeper, wardrobe 
 keeper and surveyor, and keeper of their Majesties' gardens and 
 orchards iu Greenwich. He prayed that he might have some 
 employment in the hospital to he founded for sick and wounded 
 seamen, in consideration of his loas by the building of the same. 
 Dated 22 Oct. 1G94. 
 
 Minuted : — " To bee considered when officers of this kind are 
 chosen." 1 pur/e. 
 
 Oct. 23. 7. Presentment Tjy the Com™ of Transportation, to the Lords of 
 
 the Treasury, as to freight, hammocks, bedding, &c. Dated 2.3 Oct. 
 '!H. J^p'-ujea- 
 
 Oct. 23. 8. Memorial of the Officers of the Ordnance to the Lords of the 
 
 Treasury. 
 
 Docquetted :—" GoBcern'mg taking monej' for the gunsmiths, iu 
 the annuities, and a state of the debt of the office." Dated 2.3 Oct. 
 1G94. 
 
 Accompanied by the state of the debt. .3 pages. 
 
 Oct. 23. 9. The Earl of Ranelagh's memorial to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 as to the various sums making up 10,338?. 12.3. .5d, requisite for 
 payment offerees, &c. Dated 23 Oct. 1G94. 2 pages. 
 
 Oct. 24. 10. An affidavit of William Ennis, Supervisor of the Cth Division 
 in London, as to the charging of John Shorter, victualler at 
 Clerkcnweli, for beer and a.I(; brewed by him. Dated 24 Oct. 1694. 
 [? An enclosure.] 1^ pages. 
 
 Oct. 24. 11. Letter of Mr. John Povey to Mr. Guy, stating that the 
 Committee of Trade and Plantations had appointed to meet at the 
 Council (jhamber at Whitehall on that day, wlien they expected to 
 receive the opinion of their Lordships upon the estimate of medi- 
 cines for the Jamaica forces, and upon the estimate of provisions for 
 the sick soldiers. Dated 24 Oct. 1094. 
 
 Docquetied : — " M^ Povey ab* y" provisions for yo Jamaica expe- 
 dition." -2" jiJctr/e. 
 
 Oct. 24. 12. Copy of a letter of the Lords Justices of Ireland, to the 
 Lords of the Treasury, stating that they had referred the petition 
 of Mr. Alexander Higgins (which prayed that a debt of 400?. due 
 from the late Earl of Tyrconnell might he satisfied from the Earl's 
 forfeited estate) to Sir Richard Levinge, the Solicitor-Genei'al, trans- 
 mitting his report thereon, in which he states that it is entirely a 
 matter of favour, if their Majesties see fit to grant the prayer of the 
 petition. Dated 24 Oct 1094. 
 
 Also the report. 3 2}cige8 and 2 halves. 
 
 Oct. 2.5. 13. Report of the Coma's of Customs, to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 " concerning Mr. Culliford's being employed as a general surveyor 
 of Customs," reminding their Lordships of the constant opinion of 
 the Board against the establishing of an officer of that kind and 
 referring to other of their reports on the same subject, in vv^hich 
 
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 they laid before tlieir Lordships the origin of the office, it being at 
 first a constitution of three persons, under the character of Surveyor- 
 General, with a salary of 1,000 marks per ann. each, and 20s. a day 
 travelling charges ; the reasons why they were sunk and suppressed 
 were that they were unnecessary and burthensome to the revenue. 
 Out of tlie charge four land surveyors had been established. The 
 Comi's saw no reason to depart from their previous opinions. They 
 had agreed upon a method for a more thorough inspection of the 
 out-ports. Dated 2.5 Oct. 1694. 
 
 Minuted : — " To speak w* yo Commas of y<' Customs to know 
 whether they will goe y™selves." 
 
 Enclosing copies of three reports on the same subject, dated 
 21 June and 22 Aug. ] 089, and 23 Sept. 1691 ; and presentments 
 dated 13 Oct. 1679, 9 Dec. 1079, and 14 March 16SC-7. 9 'pages 
 or parts of pages. 
 
 Oct. 20. 14. Report of Lord Ranelagh to the Lords of the Treasury, on 
 
 an estimate of the charge of provisions for the forces intended for 
 Jamaica. Dated 26 Oct. 1094. 
 
 Minuted: — "A letter to my L. Ranelagh that bee draw uj) 
 instructions to tlie Commissary for the provisions & musters." 
 
 Enclosed is the estimate headed "Provisions for 1,600 men for 
 Jamaica for 2 months or .50 days att short allowance, with beer for 
 their passage ;" and another paper from the Triinsport office. 4 pages. 
 
 [ ? About 1 5. Petition of Ann Gourney, widow and relict of Charles 
 Oct. 26.] Gourney, late a Lieutenant in Col. Langston's regiment of horse, 
 addressed to the Queen, showing that her husband was about 30 
 years in the service of the Crown, in all the late wars in Ireland 
 and Flanders ; and was slain at the battle of Landen, and had a 
 son killed at the battle of Steenkirk ; the petitioner had a con- 
 siderable fortune which Avas mostly spent in the service of the 
 Crown, and having followed her husband into Flanders, on her 
 return, the sliip was cast away at the Brill ; so that she was destitute 
 of friends and money, and grown very crazy and infirm, by continual 
 indisposition : praying the grant of a pension. 
 Referred to their Lordships, 26 Oct. 1694. 
 
 Minuted: — " Recom.mended by y® Bishop of London, to have a 
 reference to y^ Treasury." 1 page (quarto). 
 
 Oct. 27. 10. Report of the Comrs of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 stating that in pursuance of the order in Council of 19 Aug., they 
 Iiad prepared the annexed draught of instructions, necessary for the 
 Commanders of the two vessels, ordered to be emploj'ed on the 
 coast of Virginia and ]\Iaryland, for the better observance of the Acts 
 of Trade and Navigation. Dated 27 Oct. 1694. 
 The instructions consist of nine clauses. 9^ pages. 
 
 Oct. 2S. 17. Memorial of the Earl of Ranelagh to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 showing what sums seemed necessary to be forthwith supplied to his 
 office. "Dated 28 Oct, 1694. 1 pa^e. 
 
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 1694. 
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 Oct. 29,] 
 
 ['About 
 Oct. 29.] 
 
 Oct. 30. 
 
 [About 
 Oct. 30.] 
 
 Oct. 31. 
 
 Vol. XXX. 
 
 18. Report .signed " Charles Twitty " to the Lords of the Trea.sury, 
 on the petition of Thomas Shirley and Benjamin Gregg, Esqrs., 
 sergeants-at-arms to their Majesties ; on the ai-rears of pay due to 
 them. 
 
 Minuted : — " 29*'^ Oct. '94. To have tallys as j^e rest have had." 
 1 'page. 
 
 19. Petition of the officers of the Royal regiment of horse, under 
 the command of the Earl of O.xford, showing tliat they had received 
 in tallies -3000Z., being part of their arrears, which they were forced 
 to dispose of at iol. and 30/. per cent, loss ; also that they had an 
 •assurance that thej- should have the I'emainder in ready money, 
 which they expected long before this ; praying for payment of the 
 arrears. 
 
 Minuted : — " 29*'' Oct. '94. My Lords are not at liberty to take 
 consideration of the Irish arreares at this time." 1 2^'^'-fJ'^- 
 
 20. Petition of William AVoollaston and George Fry, .sutlers to 
 their Majesties' horse guards; praying that 1,100?. or thereabouts, 
 due to them for provisions supplied to the regiment of horse, undei' 
 the command of the Earl of Oxford, might be stopped in the hands 
 of the Right Hon. the Earl of Ranelagh and paid to them, and not 
 paid to the officers ; in regard that some of them do so long keep 
 tliem out of their money. 
 
 Minuted: — "29* Oct. '94. Referr'd to my L'^ Ranelagh." 1 2^nge. 
 
 21. Memorial of the officers of the Ordnance, to the Lords of the 
 Treasury ; stating that though their Lordships had given them the 
 arrears for sea-service, yet they could not carry on the business of 
 the office, until the arrears for land-service were allowed, and other- 
 wise detailing their difficulties ; and further stating that there was 
 about 1,400?. due on Mr. Bomhover's account, for arms bought in 
 HoUand, which they hoped their Lordships would order : and re- 
 minding them, that they omitted 500?. in the last week's distribution 
 for the new powder house. Dated 30 Oct. 1G94. 2 pages. 
 
 22. Petition of the Coma's of their Majesties' Revenue to the Lords 
 Justices of Ireland, complaining of a scurrilous and false paper, 
 entitled "a view of the usefulness of a Surveyor- General," &c., by 
 Mr. Francis Babe ; praying that he might make proof of his asser- 
 tions, and if he failed that they (the Commissioners) might have 
 right done them. " Delivered by ye Coram™, Oct, 30, 1694." 
 In the Minute Book, vol. 6, p. 1, 12 April, 1695, is : — 
 "Mr. Roberts & other Comr^ of the Irish Revenue are cald in 
 and informe my Lords that Mr. Babe has exhibited a complaint 
 against some of the s<i Irish Com^s before the Comrs of Accofa. These 
 Com^s are to be here again on Mund^ morning." \ p>age. 
 
 23. A schedule of such sums as the Earl of Ranelagh desired their 
 Lordships to supply, amounting to -584?. IG.v. Dated 31 Oct. 1694. 
 1 page {quarto). 
 
398 CALENDAR OF 
 
 1694. ^OL. XXX. 
 
 Oct. 31. 24. Report of the Comi's of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 on the memorial of Col. Richard Filden, desiring liberty to export a 
 bell, not exceeding 4 cwt., to Barbadoes, for a parish church there, he 
 praying the customs thereon. It was contrary to certain statutes, 
 but their Lordships had permitted it in particular cases. Dated 
 31 Oct. 1G94. 
 
 Minuted : — " Agreed." 
 
 Accompained by the petition. 1:^ pages. 
 
 [About 2-5. Memorial of Col. Lillingston to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 
 Oct. 31.] stating that he had viewed the shoes and stockings in the stores, 
 and neither of them were fit for use ; the stockings were too thiu, 
 and the shoes had been made two years, and if delivered out for 
 Jamaica must burst, as most of those did, which were delivered out 
 in Ireland; asking that their Lordships would order him 1,200?. 
 to buy shoes, shirts, &c., that they would order some one to survey 
 the remains of the last West India clothing, furnished by Messrs. 
 Richmond and Cordwent, &c. : since Mr. Fotherby could not settle 
 the account of provisions, during the last expedition, and the soldiers 
 arrears could not be paid, the Colonel prayed for a settlement of the 
 arrears of the officers ; and that as much more might be ordered, as 
 .was paid to the regiment of Col. Colt., viz., 30Z. a week, amounting 
 to near 70 01. ; farther that their Lordships would order the con- 
 tingent money to the regiment. 
 
 Docquetted: — "Brought by Coll. Lillingston, October 31, 1694." 
 2 fcujes. 
 
 [? About 26. The state of the case of Wm. Smith, lessee of Hanbury Park, 
 Oct.] &c., represented to the Lords of the Treasury. 
 
 Docqiietted : — " M^' Smith's answer to M^' Guy's letter of the 
 29*1^ of Sept^^ 1694, touching felling wood at Hanbury Parke." The 
 park was parcel of the honor of Tutbury, in the county of Stafford, 
 which was parcel of the duchy of Lancaster, and was held by the 
 same Smith by assignments from Sir Thomas Morgan, Baronet, and 
 Edward Vernon, Esq., deceased ; and the lessee was charged with 
 committing waste in the forest of Needwood, by cutting trees. 
 Without date, but probably soon after the letter. One large page. 
 
 Nov. 1 . 27. Letter by command of the Committee of Trade aud Planta- 
 tions to the Lords of the Treasury, sending copy of a memorial of 
 Col. Lillingston, concerning the method of paying his regiment in 
 the West Indies, and another from Col. Northcott, relating to the 
 necessary preparations for his regiment to go to Jamaica, for their 
 Lordships' opinion. Dated 1 Nov. 1694. 
 
 The latter is not now with it. A page and a half. 
 
 Nov. 2. 28. Report of Sir Edw. Ward, Attorney General, to the Lords of 
 
 the Treasury, on the petition of Sir Edwin Steed, who was Governor 
 of the island of Barbadoes, Judge of the Court of Admiralty, and 
 Receiver-General of the Casual Revenues of the Crown, in the 
 island several years ; against whom Thomas Offley, Esq., (who had a 
 grant from their Majesties to sue and recover their tenths of silver, 
 plate, goods, &c., taken fi-om Spanish wrecks, out of the sea in 
 
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 America, receiving one moiety himself and answering for the other 
 moiety to their Majesties) had exliibited an information, cliarging 
 tlie petitioner with receiving great sums from the wrecks, &c. : re- 
 commending the stay of proceedings. Dated 2 Nov. 1694. Also 
 respecting two ships forfeited for'trading to Guinea, contrary to the 
 charter of the African Company. Dated 2 Nov. 1694. 
 
 Minuted : — "Agreed to M"^ Attorney's report." 
 
 Four other papers and the petition. 6 pages. 
 
 Nov. 2. 29. The case and opinions thereon, of Sir Edw. Ward, Attorney- 
 
 General ; respecting the duty on export of the fish called conger, 
 from Plymouth ; also copies of two other documents relating thereto. 
 Dated 2 Nov. 1694. 
 
 Minuted : — " A letter to bee written to the Commissioners of 
 Excise, that they defend this suit at the King's charge and place it 
 to the account of incidents." 2 fades. 
 
 Nov. 2. 30. Report of the Comi^^ of Customs, to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 on the petition of Samuel Sheppard and 19 other merchants of 
 London, showing that by the Act of navigation, wines, currants, &c. 
 must be imported in English shipping, manned with Englishmen, or 
 in ships of the countries where the goods were grown, manned by 
 the people of those countries ; and that they had imported goods in 
 English ships manned by the people of those countries, believing 
 that the act was intended to encourage English shipping ; notwith- 
 standing which informations were exhibited against them in the 
 Court of Exchequer ; on which they prayed for warrants to " non 
 pros." the informations against them : advising that the petitioners 
 ought to be reheved. Dated 2 Nov. 1694. 
 
 Minuted:- — "A warrant to Mi' Attorney for a nolle prosequi" 
 Accompanied by the petition and copy of a previous report on the 
 same subject. 4 pages and 2 halves. 
 
 Nov. 3. 31. Letter signed R Aldworth to Thomas Hopkins, Esq., at Mr. 
 
 Trenchard's office, Whitehall, stating that the Lords [Justices of Ire- 
 land] drew a bill for 1,000?. on Mr. Guy, which was answered by him 
 in London, transmitting an account as to the disposal of the same ; 
 praying a discharge for the Lords Justices. Dated 3 Nov, 1694. 
 Also the account. 3 pages. 
 
 Nov. S. 32. Letter of the Lords Justices of Ireland, transmitting the fol- 
 
 lowing memorial, and stating that the funds were so low, that it 
 was impossible to meet the payment, and desiring the Lords of the 
 Treasury to prevail with Mr. Lascelles, to continue the whole at 
 interest. Dated 3 Nov. ] 694. 
 
 Memorial of William Robinson, deputy receiver-general, addressed 
 to the Lords Justices of Ireland, representing that on 29 Sept. last 
 the sum of 8,262?. 10s. out of quit rents of Ireland, was due 
 (being the 4th of 33,050?. lent to their Majesties for the service of 
 Ireland,) to Mr. Richard Lascelles, the assignee of Sir Joseph Heme 
 and others ; praying their Lordships to give directions for the pay- 
 ment thereof 2 pages. 
 
400 CALENDAR OF 
 
 1694. 
 
 Vol. XXX. 
 
 Nov. 5. 33. Letter of T. Fotherby [Commissary of the Stoj-es and Pay- 
 master of the Forces that went to the West Indies], stating that he 
 had lately represented his case to their Lordships, and now prayed 
 they would take into consideration the hardships he had gone 
 through in the late expedition to the West Indies ; before he left he 
 was obliged to take up money to furnish himself and his clerks with 
 necessaries, and to give a mortgage on his little estate, the great ex- 
 penses of his own and their sickness at Barbadoes, together with 
 their burials there, and the little lie received for subsistence, did not 
 amount to above half of what was due for pay, and he was liable to 
 forfeit his property, or be arrested ; praying for what was due to 
 him; further that the bill of exchange which he drew at Barbadoes, 
 for 500?. might be satisfied. Dated 5 Nov. 1G94. 
 
 Minuted: — "Nothing can bee done till hee makes up his account, 
 & therefore hee is to make it up, of what he hath received & what 
 paid, & where hee hath no vouchers, hee is to make oath." 
 
 Enclosing the representation of his case referred to, in which a 
 great deal of information is contained respecting the expedition re- 
 ferred to, and the officers engaged in it, with some of whom the 
 \vriter was in ill-odour. Dated 22 Oct. 1094. 4 large pages. 
 
 Nov. 6. 34. An answer returned to the Lords of the Treasury, by the 
 
 C'omi"' of Prizes, to the demands made by Capt. Walters, for guns 
 delivered to the office of Ordnance, before tlie Act of Parliament for 
 encouraging privateers, &c., stating that in the wai' in 166C, there 
 was no gunnage paid to the captains of the men-of-war, their reward 
 being, where a ship was taken in fight as prize, the goods between 
 decks, and the guns were always delivered to the Conies of Prizes, 
 appraised and delivered to the Com''si of Ordnance, &c. ; and that in 
 the present war by their Majesties' declaration, 10s. a ton, and 
 61. los. 4r?. per gun were given to the officers and seamen for the 
 capture of a prize ship. Dated 6 Nov. 1694. 
 
 Accompanied by the report of the Com^''' of Ordnance, dated I 2 
 May 1693, the petition of the said Joseph Walters, commander of 
 the " Charles " galley ; and two letters on the same subject. Also 
 a printed copy of their Majesties' declaration above referred to. 
 Dated 23 May 1689. 9 ^jar/e.s. 
 
 Nov. 6. 35. Letter from Mr. Wm. Bridgeman, to Henry Guy, Esq., secretary 
 
 to the Treasury, in answer to one from him, acquainting him tliat 
 they had directed the Navy Board to send their opinion, what ad- 
 ditional salary they thought proper should be allowed to the re- 
 spective clerks of the Navy, who attended the pays and recalls of 
 their Majesties' sliip.s, in lieu of their perquisites. Dated 6 Nov. 
 1694. I jMge. 
 
 Nov. 7. 36. Report of the Com^^^ of Customs, to the Lords of the Trea- 
 
 sury, on the petition of Timothy Robson and others, merchants of 
 Newcastle, who had imported certain rye, the duty of which, when 
 they bought it, was set at 3d. the quarter ; but owing to want 
 of convoy tlie duty, when it arrived, was declared at 18,9. 8d.. per 
 
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 quarter, not objecting to the export of the same to a foreign market 
 of our allies, &c. Dated 7 Nov. 1694. 
 
 Also the petition. 
 
 Minuted : — " Granted according to the conditions in the report." 
 
 1 page and 2 halves. 
 
 Nov. 9. 37. Petition of Col. Lillingston to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 
 praying them to give despatch in ordering moneys for himself and 
 regiment, also something for his equipage ; the commissary, Mr. 
 Murray, had already received his money ; further praying for the 
 appointment of a clerk to prepare and enter warrants for money, 
 store, &c., or that he might not be held " accountable in writing." 
 Dated 9 Nov. 1694. 1 ^Ja^re (quarto). 
 
 Nov. 9. .38. Letter of Mr. Charles Bertie, by command of the Board of 
 
 Ordnance, to the Lords of the Treasury, respecting the deplorable 
 state of the office in reference to the land service, also as to a sum 
 of money promised to gratify the keepers of forests, for having 
 brought persons to justice who had offended against the forest laws 
 in the destruction of vert and venison. Dated 9 Nov. 1694. 
 
 2 pages (quarto). 
 
 Nov. 10. 39. Letter from Mr. Wm. Bridgeman to Henry Guy, Esq., 
 sending an extract from the instructions given to commanders of 
 ships on the doubling their pay ; that their Lordships might order the 
 Com's of Customs to certify the Navy Board how the instructions 
 were observed by each commander. Dated 10 Nov. 1694. 
 The extract is not now with it. 1 page. 
 
 Nov. ] 2. 40. Report of Sir Chr. Wren to the Lords of the Treasury, on the 
 
 petition of Samuel Shute, praying allowance upon his estimate 
 annexed for the repairs of the stables at Hampton Court ; approving 
 of the estimate. Dated 12 Nov. 1694. 
 
 The petition and estimate. 6 pages and 2 halves. 
 
 Nov. 12. 41. "Allegations against the Com^s about setting the hearth- 
 
 money in Ulster," together with " Comrs answer to the allegations." 
 [These are connected with Mr. Babe's charges.] 
 
 The paper shows the several sums set on the various counties in 
 the province of Ulster, and was delivered 12 Nov. 1694 to the Lords 
 Justices. 4-|- pages. 
 
 Nov. 1 3. 42. Eeport of Lord Ranelagh to the Lords of the Treasury, on a 
 memorial of Major Robert Parsons concerning several respites on 
 his company, in the Duke of Bolton's regiment. 
 
 Also the memorial stating that if they allowed him the 
 451. 9s. 6d. it must be by contingent warrant. Dated 13 Nov. 
 1694. 2 2Mges. 
 
 Nov. 1 3. 43. Report of Lord Ranelagh to the Lords of the Treasury, on 
 the petition of Lucy Armstrong, praying for 20Z. out of her 
 
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 luisLand's clenrjiigs as captain in Sir James Lersly's regiment, and lO*'. 
 a week for lier support out of his .subsistence. Dated 13 Nov. 1G9+. 
 
 Minuted: — "If the agent can give a regular receipt for this 20^' 
 my Lord Ranelagli will pay it." 
 
 There is also a copy of this report, which was read 15 Sept. 1697, 
 and a letter of the petitioner read on the same day, which is minuted 
 " My Lords cannot doe this." 2 pages and 2 halves. 
 
 Nov. 14. 4k Fr.ancis Babe's answer to the petition of the Com''s of Re- 
 
 venue [in L'eland], addressed to the Lords Justices there, denying 
 that he charged the Oomi's in general with conniving at a secret 
 trade with France, or that he charged them therewith in his papar, 
 entitled, " A View of the Usefulness of a Surveyor-general of tlie 
 Revenue ;" except Mr. Carleton, who might probably have connived 
 at it, and carried on such a correspondence unknown to the other 
 gentlemen of the Commission; explaining other parts of the paper, 
 and seeking a full hearing of the matters. Dated 14 Nov. 1094. 
 1 j'«i/e. 
 
 Nov. 14. 45. Letter of Mr. John Povey to Henry Guy, Esq., stating that 
 be had prepared and enclosed tlie draughts of the two letters to be 
 sent from their Lordsliips to the Governors of Virginia and Maryland, 
 directing them to cause small vessels with skilful commanders to be 
 hired, to cruise upon the coasts of those colonies and Pennsylvania ; 
 to prevent illegal trade. Dated 14 Nov. 1G94. 
 
 [The letters are not now with the above.] 1 paje. 
 
 Nov. 15. 4G. Letter from Lord Lucas to the Lords of the Treasury, desiring 
 they would order some money for the prisoners in the Tower, adding 
 tliat now they were close they were not able to help themselves, and 
 he could not help them any longer. Dated 15 Nov. 1G94. 
 
 Enclosing (1.) A letter signed Clancarty and Ro. McElligott, 
 .stating that they had lain now near four years under a commitment 
 for liigh treason, in the Tower, with little hopes of exchange (though 
 conti'ary to their capitulations), on account of the war in Ireland, 
 and their estates confiscated ; that they were made prisoners of 
 .state, while other.s, in like circumstances, had been made prisoners 
 of war; and that the weekly subsistence ordered by Government 
 remained unpaid since the beginning of May 1G93 ; praying for the 
 ])aymeiit of the arrears, and that they might be paid monthly for 
 the future. Dated Aug. 7, 1694. Minuted: — "My Lords "will 
 consider the bill." 
 
 (2.) The account of moneys due to the Earl of Clancarty and 
 Colonel MacEUigott ; with a certificate at the foot, by the Earl of 
 Ranelagli, that the sums in the account are not provided for in the 
 establishment. 
 
 (3.) " The account of money due for diett and lodging for Colonel 
 Dorrington, since his imprisonment in the Tower of London." 
 5 patjes, or piarts of a pajjcs. 
 
 Nov. 1 0. 47. Copy of depositions of Thos. Tench, in respect to the admi- 
 nistration of the estate of his Excellency Lionel Coplej', Esq. 
 
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 Governor of the province of Maryland. Dated 16 Nov. 1694. 
 3 Images. 
 
 Nov. 17. 48. Presentment of the Coini's of Transportation to tlie Lords of 
 the Treasury, as to a charge by Sir Richard Atlcins, colonel of a 
 regiment of foot then lately transported to Ireland, made against 
 Alderman Tyrer of Liverpool, for having omitted to supply the 
 provisions for the regiment; entirely exculpating him. Dated 
 17 Nov. 1694. 
 
 Copies of divers other letters, &c. delivered to disprove the 
 charge. 5 pages and S parts of pages. 
 
 Nov. 21. 49. Memorial of Richard Gibson, appointed by their Lordships 
 to attend paying the recalls, addressed to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 praying (1), that their Lordships would order the Comi's of the 
 Navy to inspect the delivery of tickets, after examination at the 
 ticket office, and a weekly list thereof to be sent to the memorialist : 
 (2), asking if the enclosed advertisement should be published : 
 (3), for allowance of a clerk to attend the recalls, and a messenger : 
 and (4), praying for an order to the Navy Board to deliver to him 
 blank sheets for pay-books, and other stationery. 
 
 Accompanied by the copy of the advertisement. Dated 21 Nov. 
 1694. 
 
 The following is in the Minute Booh, vol. 6, p. 42, 7 June 1695 : — 
 " A warr* to be ppared for Mr. Gibson to inrpiire of frauds in 
 paym* of Tickets, & send it to y<= Adm^ty, wti^ intimacon that my 
 Lords will signe it if they have no objection." 1\ pages. 
 
 Nov. 21. 50. Memorial of the Com" of Customs of Ireland, answering very 
 fully and lucidly in detail a paper written by Mr. Francis Babe, en- 
 titled, " A View of the Usefulness of a Surveyor-general," k,c., stating 
 generally that they found their whole Commission very scandalously 
 and untruly reflected on. Dated 21 Nov. 1694. 6 fagcs. 
 
 Nov. 22. 51. Letter from Mr. Wm. Bridgeman to Henry Guy, Esq., stating 
 
 that the estimates given by the Lords of the Admiralty last night 
 to the King, were not so perfect as they would liave been if there 
 had been more time, their Lordships desired their return, and 
 sent certain papers in their stead. Dated 22 Nov. '94 \ page. 
 
 Nov. 23. 52. Report of Mr. Charles Fox to the Lords of the Treasury, on 
 the petition of Sir John Edgworth, as to the hardship of having 
 certain men respited on the muster in 1689 ; in favour of his claim 
 which amounted to 71 5^. Dated 23 Nov. 1694. 
 
 Minuted: — "24 June, '95. Respited to be layd before y^ K. It 
 was layd before the King and a third part orderd for his present 
 support, untill more money should com in. That a 100 has been 
 received, and noe more. That 615li remains due." 
 
 Accompanied by the state of the petitioner's case and a report by 
 Lord Ranelagh on the same ; which is minuted, " Read 3 July, '95. 
 My Lords do not find this to be an Irish arrea:-, " &c. 3 pages. 
 
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 Nov. 19 53. Office of Ordnance. Two letters of the officers of Ordnance 
 
 to 24. and two estimates to be laid before Parliament for .«ea-service, show- 
 ing the charge of fitting out vessels of different ra,tes, &c. 
 
 Also " an Estimate of the charge of fitting-out a mortar-piece of 
 13 inches, &c., and 26 at the same rate." Dated 19, 23 and 24 Nov. 
 1694. 8 pages. 
 
 Nov. 26. 54. Letter of William Blathwayt to Mr. Guy, stating that the 
 
 Lords of the Committee of Trade and Plantations had received from 
 the Com^s for Transportation, an estimate of the charges of an 
 Hospital-ship they were providing, by the directions of the Com- 
 mittee for the expedition to Jamaica ; sending a copy thereof, in 
 order that the money might be provided. Dated 26 Nov. 1694. 
 The copy is not now with it. ^ page. 
 
 Nov. 20. 55. Letter from William Blathwayt to Mr. Guy, stating that he 
 
 had already signified to him the desire of the Committee of Trade 
 and Plantations, that orders might be given for the payment of the 
 regiments going to Jamaica, to the end the colonels might provide 
 clothing, &c., acquainting him that the ships for the regiments were 
 .already upon demurrage, and earnestly desiring the respective 
 colonels might be despatched in the Treasury, in order to the sailing 
 of the ships then in tlie river, and embarking the regiments at 
 Plymouth. Dated 26 Nov. 1694. 1 paf/e. 
 
 Nov. 27. 56. Letter of Mr. William Bridgeman to Henry Guy, Esq., inclos- 
 
 ing copies of the letters the Lords of the Admiralty had received 
 from the Navy Board, concerning the money in arrear to the Ad- 
 miralty's estimate of the Navy, and the fund of wear and tear for 
 the year. Dated 27 Nov. 1694. 
 
 Accompanied by the five copies referred to. 41 p>ages. 
 
 Oct. and 57. Five papers consisting of three letters signed John Taylor 
 
 Nov. a petition from him, dated 9 Oct. 1694, and a contract relating to the 
 
 supply of hemp to the navy and the payment for tlie same, which 
 
 was in arrear 93387. ; whereby his reputation was at stake both at 
 
 home and abroad. 
 
 The letter dated 21 Nov. 1694, contains in addition the following 
 clause — 
 
 " This week arriv'd here a fleet of Sweeds-ships from Gottenbro, 
 where they left Sir Cloudesly ShoveU, the 9^^ inst*, with about 70 
 sayl of ships under his convoy, he having 3 or 4 days before receiv'd 
 orders from the King to joyn the Dutch Fleet, w^^^ consisted of 
 between 3 & 400 sayl, & were at Elsinure w^^i 8 or 9 frigatts, these 
 ships say that Sir Cloudsly did imediatly send a leuten* to hasten 
 the Dutch to him, & they supposed that they joynd in 24 hours after 
 tlieir departure, the winds having been favourable, & continuing so, 
 we hourly expect their arrival!, these ships tell me they did not see 
 one privateer in their voyage." 3 piages and 3 halves. 
 
 [? About 58. Petition of Francis Babe to the Lords Justices and General 
 Nov. 29.] Governors of Ireland, for powers to examine witnesses in a charge 
 
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 made by bim against Clnistoplier Caiieton, Esq., one of the Com- 
 missioners of Eevemie and for the hearing of the matter to be 
 deferred. 
 
 Docquetted : — " Received Nov. 29, 'O-t. 1 page. 
 
 Dec. 1. 59. Letter of Francis Babe to William Lowndes, Esq., at the 
 
 Treasury Chamber, statinjT that in his former letter he gave an 
 account of the many shifts and artifices used by the Com's of 
 Eevenue, to prevail on the Lords Justices, not to give obedience to 
 Her Majesty's letters in his case, and an account of their behaviour 
 in setting the hearth money ; acknowledging the favour done him 
 in getting a second letter from the Lords, but he did not find the 
 Queen or the Lords had that prevailing power there which they 
 ought to have, but no fault could be laid to Lord Capel ; stating 
 further, that he was violently bated for endeavouring to do service 
 to the Crown, and asking Mr. Lowndes to entreat Mr. Montague to 
 hasten over tlie letters and papers relating to Mr. Carlton s trade. 
 Dated Dublin, 1 Dec. 1694. li pages. 
 
 Dec. 3. 60. "A memorial of the fees due unto their Mati''^ servants,t9 
 
 King's heralds and pursuivants of arms, for their Majesties' corona- 
 tion, with such, other fees, as are constantly payd therewith, by 
 privy seal." Dated 3 Dec. 1694 on the docquet. 
 
 With this memorandum on the back : — " It appears that a privy 
 seale was passed 12*1' Jan^y 1686, for payment to y^ heralds (amongst 
 othe)- things) of the like fees, with those menconed in this paper ; 
 excepting only lOO^', w^h they now insert for the Queen's coronation, 
 being a soveraigne, & 40^ for proclayraing of the King & Queen 
 joyntly." Part of a page {quarto). 
 
 [? About 61. Petition of Humphry and Sarah Okeover, and others, to the 
 Dec. 3.] Queen, showing that Francis Browne, a Ixmatic, had been in the 
 hands of Dr. Adams at "Maribone," for cure of his lunacy, above 
 eight years without effect, and that Charles Maning who placed him 
 there, enjoyed the said Browne's 100?. a year, and hj sinister 
 contract with Adams rather prom_oted his lunacy than endeavoured 
 his cure, he being very ill-used by Dr. Adams ; further showing that 
 Mary Knight sister of the lunatic desired he might be committed to 
 the petitioners, in order to his cure. 
 
 Minuted : — " 3^^ Dec. '94. My Lords have nothing to do in this, 
 but the pet"" may apply to my Lord Keeper. 1 page. 
 
 Dec. 4. 62. Representation by the Coma's for managing the duties upon 
 
 vellum, parchment, and paper, to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 requesting them to grant a general order, empowering them to issue 
 warrants to the Receiver-General for payment of incident charges 
 which he could not do by his patent, except they were allowed by 
 their Lordships. Dated 4 Dec. 1694. 1 page {quaiio). 
 
 Dec. .5. 63. Report of Sir Richard Levinge, Knight, Solicitor-General for 
 
 Ireland, to the Lords Ju.stices and General Governors of Ireland, on 
 the petition of William Fanshaw, Esq., and Charlotte Sarsfeild, a 
 minor, only daughter and heiress of William Sarsfeild, late of Lucan 
 
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 Esq., deceased, as to certain estates in Ireland, formerly of Patrick 
 Sarsfeild and William Sarsfeild, his son, whose daughter the peti- 
 tioner was. Dated 5 Dec. 1694. 
 
 Accompanied by the petition of Charlotte Sarsfeild, a petition 
 to the King of Kichd., Lord Colchester and Francis Sarsfield, of 
 London, Esq., creditors of Patrick Sarsfield, late of Lucan, in the 
 kingdom of Ireland, deceased, with report thereon (3 July 1694) 
 three affidavits, a brief note, and a copy of a list containing 
 jjarticulars of the estate of William Sarsfeild, Dated 4 Aug. 
 1G71. 
 
 Sec other papers, Vol. XXXIII., No. 20, and Vol. XXXIV., No. 21. 
 1 7 pages and 3 halves. 
 
 Dec. ■5. 04. Petition of Christopher Carleton, Esq., to the Lords Jus- 
 
 tices and Chief Governors of Ireland, for a day to be appointed 
 for the hearing of his defence against certain papers exhibited 
 by Mr. Francis Babe, reflecting on him. Dated 5 Dec. 1694. 
 
 1 ^lar/e. 
 
 Dec. 4 and 7. 05. " Paymaster Fox, his memorial for a warrant to pay 1,800?. to 
 the Com'^s of Transports, to be by them paid to Col. Ferguson for 
 transport and provision of recruits shipped from Scotland to the 
 Low Countries." Dated 4 Dec. 1694. 
 
 Letter signed W. Loundes on the same subject. Dated 7 Dec. 
 1G94. \\ pages. 
 
 Dec. 7. 06. Letter signed "Cha. Bertie" to the Lords of tlie Treasury 
 
 reporting the various demands for the Ordnance office. Dated 
 7 Dec. 1094. 1 jiage (quarto). 
 
 Dec. 7. 07. Brief letter, .signed Charles Bertie to the Lords of the Trea- 
 
 sury, moving their Lord.ships for one year's patent fee due to 
 Lord Abingdon, as Chief Justice in Eyre, on this side Trent, and 
 for 100/. to reward discoverers of deer stealers. Dated 7 Dec. 1694. 
 1 ixt^e (quarto). 
 
 Dec. 7. 08. "Sir John Trenchard[s] letter to Lords of y« Treasury, to pay 
 
 55W for expresses sent by Consul! Parker to Madrid ; pd 28 Dec. 
 '94.' Dated 7 Dec. 1094. 
 
 Also the bill drawn on Sir John, indorsed, " This bill paid to 
 Mr. Samuel Eyre by Mr. Guy out [ofj secret service mo the 
 28 Dec. 1694." 2 half images (qtiarto). 
 
 [? About 69. Memorial of William Aglionby, Esq., late Envoy Extraor- 
 Dec. 7.] dinary to the Duke of Savoy, addressed to the Lords of the Trea- 
 sury, desiring to have a piece of silk, which cost him 3s. ()d. a 
 yard, delivered custom free, he having bought it at Turin to make 
 a field bed. 
 
 Minuted : — " 7 Dec. '94. The Lords cannot doe it, it being a 
 breach of the Act of Navigation." 2\u-t of a page (quarto). 
 
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 Dec. 8. 70. Report of the Comra of Customs to tlio Lords of the Treasury, 
 
 toucbiDg 200 pieces of ordnance, containing about 250 tons, wliich 
 the commissary to tlie Lords of the Admiralty upon the Maes 
 prayed leave to export from hence to Holland, for the service of 
 the States General of the United Provinces, without paying any 
 custom ; certifying that the customs would amount to 500l and 
 leaving it to their Lordships whether they would i-emit it. Dated 
 8 Decile 94. 
 
 The memorial of the Commissary, an Order in Council I'eferring 
 it to the above Coma's, and copy of a rejiort from tlie Ordnance 
 office, signed " Romney," on the same subject. 
 
 Minuted : — "They must pay the duty." 4i pages. 
 
 Dec. 10. 71. Memorial of Col. Lillingston to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 praying for money for his equipage, as commander-in-chief of the 
 detachment then going to Jamaica ; that the accounts of the 
 subsistence might be made up ; also for allowance for provisions for 
 the men, when they served on board the ships of war. 
 Docqiietted 10 Dec. 1694. 
 Minuted :—" For the K." 1 par^c. 
 
 Dec. 10. 72. Report of the Comi's of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 
 on the petition of Sir John Duddleston, of the city of Bristol, 
 merchant, setting forth tliat there was due to him for the hire of 
 ships employed in the reduction of Ireland, upwards of 6,000?., 
 notwithstanding whicli he was threatened to be sued for 3,000?.. due 
 on his bonds to their Majesties for the duty upon tobacco ; advising 
 that it was equitable that process on the bonds should be forborne. 
 Dated 10 Dec. 1694. 
 
 Minuted: — "Processe to bee stopt.'' 
 
 Accompanied by the petition and two certificates. 2 pages and 
 2 hcdves. 
 
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 Dec. 11. 1. Report of Mr. Charles Fox to the Lords of the Treasury, on 
 the memorial of Mr. Thos. Freckleton, agent to Brigadier Lumley's 
 regiment of horse ; complaining of an over payment made hy 
 Mr. Fox, on the account of Major Palmer, then lieutenant-colonel 
 of the regiment, explaining how it had happened. Dated 11 Dec. 
 1094. Also tlie memorial. 3 jjages. 
 
 Dec. 12. 2. Various reasons offered \>y Col. Lillingston for the providing 
 caps instead of hats for the detachment he was to command to 
 Jamaica ; the last of whicli is " that the liatts taken the last expedi- 
 
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 tion were two-thirds of them eat up by the ratts on ship bead ; 
 and the caps they took not touch'd ;" and a further memorandum 
 about the clothing. Dated 12 Dec. IGd-i. 1 jxrgre. 
 
 Dec. ] 3. 3. Report of Sir Edw. Ward, Attorney-General, and S. Travers, 
 to the Lords of the Treasiirj'' on the petition of Esther, Marchioness 
 De Gouvernet ; respecting a fee-farm rent of 5501. 2xr annum, 
 issuing out of the manors of Bradbury and Hilton, in the county of 
 Durham, devised by Lord Eland to the Marchioness, who was his 
 wife. 
 
 The petition and an affidavit relating thereto. 13 Dec. 1G94. 
 H 'pages. 
 
 Dec. 12 and 4. Four papers in a very perishing condition, having the following 
 16. docquets: — 
 
 (1.) " Two of the Lords Justices' letter to the Lords of the Treasury ; 
 giving reasons for not obeying Her Maty^ letter in Mr. Babe's case." 
 Dated DubUn Castle, 12 Dec. 1694. 
 
 (2.) " L^ls Justices' report to the King, relating to M^ Carleton 
 and Mr Babe." Same date. 
 
 (3.) " My Lord Justice Capell's letter to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 on behalf of M^^ Babe, and that Her Mats comands ought to be put 
 in execution, in making him Surveyor Genl'." 
 
 (4.) " Lord Capell's letter about M^^ Babe." Both dated 1 6 Dec. 
 1694. Tlie remains of W pages. 
 
 Dec. 17. 5. Order of the Lords Justices and General Governors of Ireland, 
 to the Comra for management of the revenue there for them to 
 report on the petition of Lewis Jones and Humphrey Booth to Her 
 Majesty, concerning an arrear due from the former, as late farmer of 
 the hearth money, in the county of Sligo. Dated 17 Dec. 1694. 
 
 Also a copy of the letter from the Lords of the Treasury, referrin"- 
 the matter to the Lords Justices, and divers affidavits relating to 
 the same subjects. 7 small p)ages. 
 
 Dec. 17. 6. Order by direction of the Lords of the Treasury to the Com" 
 
 for managing the dxities on stamped vellum ; authorizino- the 
 receivers to pay such incidents as the Comics should appoint ; pro- 
 vided such payments be reasonable for their Lordships to allow. 
 Dated 17 Dec. 1694. I page. 
 
 Dec. 17. 7. Presentment by the Com" of Customs to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, in respect to the right claimed by the East India Company 
 of having aliens' goods imported under their permission, which was 
 disputed by the Com^s ; the latter alleging that the owners of the 
 goods ought not to have the allowance of time or discount ; but should 
 pay their customs down as other merchants did. Dated 17 Dec 
 1694. 
 
 Accompanied by copy of the opinion of Sir John Somers, late 
 Attorney-General, on a similar case, and extracts from the charter to 
 the East India Company, dated 3 April 1661, and from letters 
 patent of 28 Sept. 1694. 5 pages and 2 halves. 
 
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 Dec. 18. 8. Letter of George Plater to the Lords of the Treasury, stating 
 that, by Sir Tho. Lawrence who lately sailed for England, he had 
 sent to Willm. Blaithwaite, Esq., Auditor General of America, " a state 
 of their Majesties' revenue " for the support of the government of the 
 province of Maryland, together with copies of the vouchers for the 
 payments made ; the greatest jjart of the revenue was paid to 
 Governor Copley before the writer's appointment as receiver of the 
 district of Puttuxant came to hand ; the Governor died within a 
 fortnight after the arrival of the last fleet from England. After 
 his death his Excellency Sir Edmund Andross, Knt., by virtue of a 
 commission in cases of vacancies, claimed a right to the Government 
 and was admitted Governor, &c. Dated Puttuxant, Maryland, 
 18 Dee. 1694. 1 jjage and 3 lines. 
 
 Dec. 18. 9. Letter of John Sansom to Henry Guy, Esq., Secretary to the 
 
 Lords of the Treasury, asking that a report of the Board of Customs, 
 dated S-t July, might be sent, which was made on the petition of 
 David De Barry, concerning a parcel of cossayes or calicoes shipped, 
 together with the papers therewith, in order that debentures might 
 be made out for the quantities of pieces mentioned. Dated 18 Dec. 
 1694. 
 
 Accompanied by the papers. 6 2Mges. 
 
 Dec. 18. 10. Memorial of Col. Lillingston to the Lords of the Treasury 
 
 (1), for an order for money to clothe himself and the officers of his 
 regiment: minuted, "Rejected." (2), for 250?. for Capt. Jarvace 
 Lillingston (who went as major to the detachment) as part of his 
 arrears due as captain in Col. Gustavus Hamilton's regiment : 
 " Rejected." (3), for three months' subsistence paid short on the 
 Martinico expedition : " Rejected." (4), for a stock of shoes, stock- 
 ings, shirts, &c. to be delivered as occasion required : minuted, 
 " Agreed to, so as the necessaries to be bought, be putt into the 
 comissaries hands, and not the colonell's agents." 
 On the dorse: — 18 Dec. '94. 1 page. 
 
 Dec. 18 11. Report of the Com^a of Customs, to the Lords of the 
 
 Treasury, on the petition of John Morton, who complained that he 
 had been spoiled of all he had by the French privateers, and 
 afterwards made a second venture, and in Holland bought 20 pieces 
 of Persian silk, which were seized on their arrival : not objecting to 
 the remission of the King's part, the petitioner having transgressed 
 the Navigation Act through ignorance. Dated 18 Dec. 1694. 
 
 Minuted : — " Granted." 
 
 Accompanied by the petition. 2^ pages. 
 
 Dec. 18. 12. Copy of a report of the Comra of Customs, to the Lords of 
 
 the Treasury, on the petition of Jequez Dirkes, respecting certain 
 wine imported from Portugal and shipped for Holland, stating that 
 the constant practice of the Customs had been, that when the refuse 
 part of any commodity had been separated from the good or sound 
 part thereof, it had been always looked upon as such an alteration 
 of the commodity, that such refuse part was not permitted to draw 
 
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 back any part of tlie dut^'- ; as in case of tobacco stalks separated 
 from the leaf, the dust of pepper from the pepper, and so in the 
 present case, the lees of wine from the wine ; and the shipping out 
 such refuse part, after sucli separation or garbling, had been always 
 understood, as shipping out less in quantity or value, so as to lose 
 tlie benefit of the debenture ; stating that they had nothing to 
 object to the issue of a debenture in this case. Dated 18 Dec. 
 1G94. 
 
 Minuted : — " Agreed to the rejjort." If pages. 
 
 Dec. 13 13. County Roscommon and county Gallway, Killyon Barony. 
 
 and 20. Memoranda of the acreage and value of certain estates of Hugh 
 Kelly and Hugh O'Conner, the latter of Ballintobber ; as well as 
 memoranda of the terms and persons to whom they were demised 
 by the Comrs of Forfeitures. Dated 13 and 20 Dec. 1694. 
 1^ 2xiges. 
 
 Dec. 20. 14. Memorial of Mr. Francis Babe to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 setting forth that he had obtained Her Majesty's letters, reinstating 
 him in his office of Surveyor General of Ireland, with the addition 
 of lOOZ. a year on the civil establishment ; but the letters proved 
 ineffectual and were returned to Her Majesty, with a representation 
 of him and his case, with all the aggravation that could be devised ; 
 laying before their Lordships a detailed account of the dispute 
 between him and the Coma's of Customs ia Ireland, and finishing up 
 with the true causes why Her Majesty's and their Lordships' repeated 
 orders had been disobeyed, and he had been so cruelly persecuted, the 
 1st of v/hich was, that he had accused Mr. Carleton with trading with 
 France, with the view of overthrowing the whole commission ; the 
 2nd, that he had detected the miscarriage in setting of the hearth- 
 money of the province of Ulster ; and 3rd his appointment being 
 independent of the Commissioners. Dated Dublin, 20 Dec. 1694. 
 
 On the last leaf is an accoimt of the produce of the excise of 
 Ireland from 1682 to 1693. 7 j^ages. 
 
 Dec. 20. 1 5. Letter from Mr. Wm. Bridgeman to Henry Guy, Esq., enclosing 
 the petition of the shipwrights and other workmen of the yards at 
 Deptford and Woolwich, to the Lords of the Admiralty ; complain- 
 ing that their wages v/ere a twelvemonth in arrear ; requesting 
 the Lords of the Treasury to give orders thereon. Dated 20 Dec' 
 1694. 1 2->age. 
 
 Dec. 21. 16. Letter from Mr. Willm. Blathwayt, to Henry Guy, Esq., 
 secretary to the Treasury, stating that the Committee of Trade and 
 Plantations were informed that the transport ships for Jamaica had 
 sailed out of the Downs, on their way to Plymouth, wherQ. Col. 
 Lillingston's regiment of foot was to embark ; and the committee 
 having finished their despatches relating to that expedition, desired 
 their Lordships to order the money necessary for the regiment. 
 Dated 21 Dec. 1694. 1 2wge. 
 
 Dec. 28. 17. Certificate of W. Van Neck, clerk of the treasury of Holland, 
 with translation thereof as to the tonnage and rate of pay of certain 
 
TREASURY PAPERS. 
 
 411 
 
 1694. 
 
 Vol. XXXI. 
 
 vessels allowed by tlie States to the commissaries of jjrovisions 
 Dated 28 Dec. 1 694. [Tcm^. William the Third.] 1 pa^e. 
 
 Nov. 19 and 18. Letter signed " Charles Bertie," by direction of the officers of 
 20, and Ordnance to the Lords of the Treasury, enclosing a letter from 
 Dec. 31. Col. Gore, at the Hague, which states the debt due to the contractors 
 for horses and waggons in Holland, amounted to about 11,000?.; 
 that bills were also drawn upon the office by Col. Gore for .3,000?. 
 for the service of the train ; that 7,000?. were due to Sir Joseph Hern ; 
 reminding them further of the 1,420?. due to Mons. Boonhouvre for 
 arms bought at Liege and Maestricht ; and of the omission of the 
 500?. to the gunmakers for the last two weeks. Dated 20 Nov. 
 1694. 
 
 Also the letter referred to from Col. Goor. Dated 19 Nov. 1694. 
 Another letter from him on the same subjects. Dated 31 Dec. 
 1094. [Temjj. William the Third.] 5 pages. 
 
 J 694. 
 
 Perha]is 
 
 about 1C93 
 
 or 1694. 
 
 1694. 
 
 [?1694.] 
 
 [? About 
 1694.] 
 
 J 094. 
 
 19. Abstracts of warrants, grants, &c., made up monthly, viz., for 
 the months of February, March, April, May, July, October, and 
 December, 1694. 
 
 Docquetted thus: — " Docquets at the Privy Seal." 21 pages and 
 3 halves. 
 
 20. Petition of Geo. Tuthill, of Exeter, merchant, seeking that 
 the stop put on his pension of 100?. per aim. out of the customs of 
 the port of Exeter for good services at His Majesty's landing in tlie 
 west, might be removed. 
 
 Without date, but addressed to the Com" of their Majesty's 
 Treasur}^ 
 
 Minuted : — " Respited till after Michaelmas." 1 page {quarto). 
 
 21. The Com"^^ for sick and wounded seamen and exehanofe of 
 prisoners of w.ar. Estimate of tlie charge and receipts of money, 
 for 1694, for seamen. 1 2Kcge. 
 
 22. Petition of Lieut.-Col. Montargier to the Lords of the Trea- 
 sury, showing that 1,000?. per aim. was granted to Monsieur Le 
 Motte, the petitioner's brother, for his service as engineer : praying 
 for the arrears of his pay, he having been killed in the expedition 
 against Brest. 
 
 With a certificate signed " Macclesfeld " that he was killed at his 
 landing in Camaret Bay, on 8 June 1694. 
 
 Also copy of the warrant for allowing him 1,000?. a year. 
 2^ pages. 
 
 23. Proposals of Samuel Lubbocke, landwaiter of the customs in 
 the port of Bristol, addressed to the King, for the prevention of 
 frauds in the shipment of tobacco, and a petition of the same for him- 
 self or some other experienced officer to he appointed to prevent the 
 growth of tobacco in England, «fec. Without date, but it relates 
 occurrences up to Dec. 1693. 4 leaves. 
 
 24. Affidavits as to the state of the debts in connexion with the 
 post office in Ireland, sworn in April, June, and July 1694. One 
 
412 CALENDAR OF 
 
 1694. 
 
 Vol. XXXI. 
 
 of the papers gives an account of the particular circumstances of 
 each of tlie post officers indebted. George Warburton makes the 
 affidavit. .5 2^ages (3 are double). 
 
 [? 1693 2.5. Petition of William Morris, master apothecary, to the Lords 
 
 or 1694.] of their Majesties' Treasury, showing tliat he had served in Ireland 
 
 as a master apothecary and in the last year's campaign in Flanders : 
 
 praying for payment for his services to enable him to equip himself 
 
 for the next year's service in Flanders. Without date. 
 
 Minuted: — " Referred to my L. Ranelagh & Mr. Blathwayt." 
 1 jjflf/e. 
 
 [? 1694.] 26. Petition of Thomas Duppa, Esq., and Phillippa Croke, widow, 
 executors of Sir Thomas Duppa, Knight, deceased, showing that 
 Sir Thomas, being sub-collector of the tenths for the diocese of 
 Exeter in the year 1688, had employed one Francis Blight under 
 him, who, upon His Majesty's landing in the west, went off with 
 439Z. 9s. 2d. : praying for the completion of a warrant for the 
 discharge of that debt. 
 
 Accompanied by — • 
 
 (1.) The case of Sir Thomas Duppa, setting out the same matter 
 more fully, in which it states that " the Prince of Orange's landing 
 about Exeter made the said Blight runn out of his countrey into 
 King James' armie about Sarum, and declare himself a papist, and 
 soe ruined himself." 
 
 (2.) Certificate of what was due in the Treasurer of the Chambers 
 office, to the above Sir Thomas, as gentleman usher, daily- waiter 
 and black-rod. Dated 20 Jan. 1693. 2^ pages. 
 
 [1694.] 27. Eepresentation of Col. Luke LiUingston, colonel of a regiment 
 
 of foot, showing that the regiment was lately employed in the 
 West India expedition, and had orders to recruit and clothe, which 
 was nearly accomplished ; but it was found there was a great debt 
 on the ott'-reckonings, which was mostly contracted for the West 
 India service : praying directions for satisfying tlie undertakers, so 
 that new clothing might be fortliwith furnished, and that an inquiry 
 might be made into the late clothing. [Not dated, but 1694 by 
 comparison with other papers.] 
 
 Accompanied by " The present state and condition of Coll. Lil- 
 lington's regiment, late Coll. Foulk's, with respect to their off- 
 reckonings." 2 fages. 
 
 [? 1694.] 28. Petition of Laurence Braddon to the Lords of the Treasury 
 showing that he had been illegally prosecuted and fined 2,000Z., and 
 imprisoned till His Majesty's arrival ; praying them to recommend 
 him to be " register or chief clerk, and solicitor to their Majesties' 
 Comm'"'' for licencing and regulating hackney coaches." Without 
 date, but the Act for hackney coaches took effect in 1694. 
 
 Minuted, : — " To bee register & soUicitor to hackney coaches." 
 1 p>(^g6. 
 
TREASURY PAPERS. 413 
 
 [1694.] 
 
 Vol. XXXI. 
 
 29. " A breife of the principall matters contained in severall 
 papei's delivered by My Robert Makeroll to James Vernon, Esq., 
 relating to Mr. Carlton's trade with France." 
 
 There were 15 papers, of which this is the abstract. 
 
 Accompanied by what appears to have been a docquet relating to 
 the above, and to some other papers, commencing as follows : — 
 
 " Two of these papers contain ye informations of J^° Sinckler, 
 late master of y<= George of Belfast, and of John Babe of Dublin, 
 Gent., and y^ aforesd Jn° Sinckler, sworn before y« Rt Hon^'le 
 Sir Jn° Houblon, ye 12*1' Qf j^-pj- 1094," viz., as to goods consigned 
 by Mr. Daniel Butts to Mr. Chr. Carlton, then a collector of Cork, 
 but afterwards Com"^ of Revenue in Ireland, without payment of 
 customs. Without date, but from other papers it would appear to 
 belong to 1694. S^ pages. 
 
 1694. 30. An accompt of purchase deeds and acquittances from several 
 
 tenants, produced to Robert Gilliver, Gent., messenger of Her 
 Majest3''s land revenue, v/ho was authorized to receive for Her 
 Majesty's use several arrears of fee-farm and other rents, mentioned 
 in sundry schedules annexed. 
 
 The schedules are arranged in column. 
 
 Docquetted : — " Com. Ebor. Mr. Gilliver's acco* of what rents are 
 good & bad in the a^ county, returned to him as due to the Crowne 
 at Michas 1694." 11 2Mges (brief size). 
 
 1694. 31- " Establishm* of y'' Flanders Trayn, 1694, reduced one-fourth 
 
 part." 
 
 Showing the pay of the various persons engaged by the day, by 
 the week, and by the month. 
 
 Also an abstract of the pay of the Flanders train, 1694. 3 
 fages, in a had state of decay. 
 
 1694. 32- " Excise Office, London. The amo* of the vinegar vouchers 
 
 for London, from 24 July 1G89 to 24 June 1694, according to the 
 rates which have been paid by the vinegar makers and others for 
 the several sorts of vinegar under-mentioned." 
 
 A similar paper, " computing the vinegar, beer, and native vinegar, 
 past or resting on foreign rape, at the rate of foreign vinegar ; 
 without any allow^e for the duties paid before the said vinegar was 
 put upon the rape " for the saD:ie period. 
 
 [Rape wine, a sort of small wine, made of rape or stalks of 
 grapes.' — Bailey's Diet.'] 4 large pages. 
 
 r? 1694.1 33- Two petitions, one to the Lords of the Treasury, and the 
 
 other to His Majesty, from John Carpenter, clerk, who was chaplain 
 to two Dutch regiments in Ireland, and had not received his pay. 
 
 At the foot of that to His Majesty (which is a copy) there is an 
 order that the officers should state their account by the clerk of 
 " Vander Ess,'' and obhge him to pay what was due. Dated 20 Mar 
 1693. 
 
 Also an answer to the petition. 3 pages. 
 
414 
 
 CALENDAR OF 
 
 IGOi. 
 
 [? Ahout 
 TG94.] 
 
 [About 
 1694 or 
 1695.] 
 
 [? About 
 1694.] 
 
 [? 1694.] 
 
 [Pevliap.s 
 
 1094 or .5, 
 
 or later.] 
 
 Vol.. XXXI. 
 
 .34. Petition to Ralpli Earl of Montagu, to the King, setting forth 
 that tlie Lord Preston, wlio was attainted of high treason, owed him 
 1,360^., and that he had been promised it should be paid out of the 
 rents of his estates ; praying that payment miglit be made in such 
 manner as was drawn up in a warrant ready for the King's sig- 
 nature. 
 
 The copy of the warrant, and a letter of the Earl to the Lord 
 Godolphiu, pressing hinr to get Her Majesty to sign the warrant. 
 Holograph. Dated [Ju]ne 12, '94. oh pages. 
 
 .So. Petition of Peter Fauconier and partners to tlie Lords of the 
 Treasury, allowing that they had clothed several regiments, and, 
 in addition, had advanced a loan, but only received tallies u])(in the 
 first 4s. aid for the money lent, and none lor the debt ; praying 
 payment of the tallies in money, &c. 
 
 Without date. [The 4.s. in the pound granted 4 & -5 Will. & Mar.] 
 
 1 piage. 
 
 36. Petition of John Cressett, of the Inner Temple, London, 
 councillor at law, addre.ssed to the King, praying to be appointed a 
 Commissioner for the regulation of hackney coachmen, the House 
 of Commons having addressed the King; to remove three of the 
 Com^s from their places. 
 
 Accomjoanied by the petition of the hackney coachmen, licensed 
 by virtue of a late Act of Parliament to drive for hire within the 
 Bills of Mortality, urging the appointment of the said John Cressett. 
 Numerously signed, and the signatures are remarkably fine. 
 
 Undated. [The Act referred to was in 5 & Will. & Mar.] 
 
 2 pages. 
 
 37. Memorial of Col. Hugh Windham to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, moving their Lordships, as he had become responsible for 
 \,'MOl. for clothing, to order him that amount upon account of the 
 off-reckonings of his regiment of horse for the year 1694, many of 
 the private men having fallen at the battle of Landen, and their 
 clothes, &c. being lost. Without date. 1 page. 
 
 38. A proposal for the rectifying a mistake in the late Act for 
 laying an imposition upon East India goods ; the laying a further 
 duty on French goods, the encouragement of seizers and takers of 
 prize goods, and for raising moi'e money upon merchandise for their 
 Majesties' supply. Without date ; but it was after 4 & 5 Will & Mar., 
 when the Act for the French goods was passed, and before the death 
 of Queen Mary. 2 pages. 
 
 39. Petition of Ann Jeph.son to the King, showing that Samuel 
 Hastwell, her late husband, had sustained great loss by the devas- 
 tation of his woods, and burning of his houses near the city of 
 Limerick, and during the late siege there ; and afterwards by the 
 demolition of his mansion or castle, called Castle Connell, by His 
 Maje.sty's express orders ; and that he had preferred a petition for 
 
1694. 
 
 TREASURY PAPERS. 
 
 Vol. XXXI. 
 
 i-ecompence of his loss, amounting to 2,000?. He was afterwards 
 killed at the lattle of Landen, leaving five children. She prays that 
 her then husband, William Jephson, who was tenant of the late 
 forfeited lands in Muskeriy, in the county of Cork, might continue 
 tenant, and detain the rents in trust for the petitioner and her chil- 
 dren. Without date, but after 1G93, from the battle of Landen. 
 1 page. 
 
 [? lG!)-t or 40. Establishment of the Commission of hackney coaches, showing 
 109.5.] the names of the various officers and their salaries. 
 
 Accompanied by another similar papei-. Both are signed by tlie 
 [Commissioners]. Without date, but the Hackney Coach Act passed 
 in 1094. 2 pages. 
 
 [? About 41. Another similar paper, /(cached ; — " The establishment of the 
 1G94.] uiidor officers thought fit to be imployed in the Hackney Coach 
 Office, as 'twas delivered in to the Lords Com^s of His Ma*'''^ Trea- 
 sury, commenced at Christmas last, by the Comi'*^ appointed for 
 lycensing & regulating hackney coaches & stage coaches." 
 Undated. 1 page. 
 
 [Perhaps 42. Report, signed Cha^ Montague and J. Smith, to [His] Majesty, 
 
 J 094 on two petitions relating to a pension of 300/. per aim. granted to 
 
 or 1 095.] Lieut.-Col. Vaughan out of the Royal Oak Lottery, viz., as to whether 
 
 the same was assigned to his creditors ; finding that 300^. ^Jt-r ann. 
 
 had been granted in payment of 3,050?. due to him, &c., but ex- 
 
 pi'essing uncertainty as to its assignment. Without date. [Chas. 
 
 Montague and J. Smith were first conjoined as Lords of the Treasury 
 
 in 1094; it may bo later]. 1 page. 
 
 [?ir)94 or 43. Petition of John Phelijjs, Esq., one of the seven auditoa-s of 
 1C95.] the Revenue, addressed to the Lords of the Treasury, complain- 
 ing that he had received no part of his .salary of 200?. a year for 
 1.5 j'ears and a half, and a fee of 20^. jjer ann. was in arrear for 10 
 years and three quarters at Lady Day 1094, praying for payment. 
 
 Accompanied by copy of letters patent granting the salaries of 
 the auditors of the revenues, another petition, and certificate 
 relating thereto. 1 pages. 
 
 r? 1094 or 44. A memorandum relating to the transport debt, towards aatis- 
 1695.] fying which, certain duties were granted in the sessions held in 
 November 1094, proposing that the duties might be paid to Wm. 
 Bloome, one of the clerks of the transport office. 1 jX(^e. 
 
 [1694.1 4-5- Petition of Margaret Maurice, relict of Dr. Maurice, late 
 
 Dean of Londonderry, to the Queen, showing that on the death of 
 her husband she was wholly ruined by His Majesty giving the whole 
 year's profits of that deanery to another ; her husband had main- 
 tained 50 men at his own charge, in defence of the Protestants, and 
 conveyed all his parishioners, with their provisions, to the stores 
 at Londonderry ; that his two sons and several relations and ser- 
 vants were starved in one room, in the siege ; that oOOl. were 
 
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 [1694.] 
 
 f ? About 
 
 1G94 or 
 
 1G95.] 
 
 [? About 
 1694.] 
 
 [ ? About 
 1694.] 
 
 Vol. XXXI. 
 
 awarded by the Archbishop of Canterbury to the petitioner ; but 
 she had not been able to olatain relief; her estate was encumbered 
 with debt and lier children growing up without education, and she 
 herself confined for debts contracted in the King's service. She 
 had thus struggled for the last four years ; praying an order to the 
 Coma's of the copper mint to pay her the 5001. 
 
 Acconjpanied by another paper entitled : — " M.''^ Maurice's Case/' 
 which is there stated at greater length. In addition to the above 
 facts .she says that her husband was put to great charges in defend- 
 ing the Castle of Dungannon, &c. 
 
 Undated, but see another petition from her of 26 June 1694, 
 Vol. XXVIII. No. 57, also her husband died in 1690, and four years 
 had elapsed. 3 pages. 
 
 46. Petition of John Baskett to the Lords of " their Majt'es " 
 Ti'easury, showing that he was the first to serve the King with 
 parchment cartridges for the fleet ; praying to be appointed as a 
 commissioner, comptroller, or receiver of the duty on paper, &c. 
 
 Undated, but the Act for duties on vellum paper, &c. was 5 & 6 
 Will. & Mar. c. 21. (1 694). 1 ^jaf/e. 
 
 47. Petition of William Story to the Lords of " their Mat'^s " 
 Treasury, showing tliat he and his deceased brother had been 
 keepei's and feeders of the birds and beasts in St. James's Park 
 ever since the Restoration, at 20Z. per ann., having the charge of 
 provisions, and that he had received nothing for the keeping and I'eed- 
 ing of them since their Majesties' accession; 511?. Qs. \ld. being 
 due ; praying an order for payment. 
 
 Undated, but addressed to their Majesties. 
 
 [In the Letter Book, vol. 9, p. 7, mention is made of 200Z. ordered 
 by the Lords of the Treasury to be paid by the paymaster of the 
 works in full satisfaction of all his demands for keeping the same 
 birds and beasts from 31 March 1687 to 30 Sept. 1694. The letter 
 is dated 7 June 1695.] 1 page. 
 
 48. Copy of the " habendum " clause of a deed granting a parcel 
 of ground to Sij.^.ohn Somers, Thomas Duke of Leeds, and divers 
 other persons of distinction, to the intent that the premises should 
 be converted and em])loyed for the use and service of an hospital ; 
 and further showing that as soon as the buildings were finislied the 
 King would establish a corporation for the government of the hos- 
 pital, which from the indorsement, appears to be Greenwich. 
 
 ? About 1694. The hospital then instituted. 1 jKige. 
 
 49. Proposals of Abel Slaney and Daniel Barton for making half- 
 pence and farthings of English fine copper for seven years. 
 
 Undated ; but mention of their Majesties and Abel Slaney occurs 
 in the Letter Book of that year. 1 page. 
 
 50. Petition of Charles Chetwj'nd, Gent., to the Lords of " their 
 Males'' Treasury, showing that by taking away the court held 
 before the President of Wales, he lost in offices held for life 2001. 
 per ann. ; that Col. Herbert made him deputy auditor of Wales, 
 
TREASURY PAPERS. 
 
 417 
 
 1G94. 
 
 Vol. XXXI. 
 
 but tlie profits -were very little except at the Michaelmas audit, he 
 had been at gi-eat expense to fit an oftice for the records and to en- 
 gross the seizure rolls ; when tlie collector went for Ireland he 
 advanced a considerable sum, to be repaid on his account ; but he 
 was unfortunately killed in their Majesties' service in Ireland ; 
 praying to be continued in the ofiice till after the audit. 
 
 Minuted : — " It is probaljle yo King will be pleased to app* an 
 auditor very suddainly." 
 
 Also Mr. Chetwind's answer to Mr. Brereton's paper, addressed to 
 the Lords of the Treasury, as to his (Mr. Chetwind's) threat to stop 
 the quietus of Mr. Robinson, the sheriff, and as to his meddling in 
 the sale of certain horsas by officers of the militia. 
 
 Both undated ; but Chetwynd was deputy auditor in 1694. See 
 Letter Booh, vol. 8, p. 22.5, and was removed from that place on IS 
 May 1694. See ih., p. 237. 2 pages. 
 
 [Between 51. A paper indorsed thus, — " Concerning the diff'erenee between 
 
 1689 and the Com" in Staffordshire." It seems to be the reply of some one 
 
 1695.] of the ComJ^^, perhaps for the collection of a subsidy, to a charge 
 
 made against them of creating a " disturbance " in carrying out 
 
 their commission. 
 
 "Without date, but in the reign of " their Majesties." 2 pacjes. 
 
 [Between 52. Petition of the Chapter of the Collegiate Church of the 
 1689 and Blessed Virgin Mary of Southwell, in the county of NoUingham, 
 1695.] setting forth their desire to establish a lecture or afternoon service, 
 for the benefit of the large parish of Southwell ; praying that some 
 trees, not of use for naval stores, in the neighbouring forest of 
 Sherwood, to the value of 500?. might be given them, with the 
 view of providing a fund for the same lecture. Without date, but 
 addressed to the King and Queen. 
 
 Also a memorandum. 1 page and a half and a few lines. 
 
 [Between 53. Petition of John Granger, a tide-waiter upon the "70 list," at 
 1689 and their Majesties' Custom house in the port of London ; praying to be 
 1695.] put into the place of tidewaiter in fee at the Custom hou.se. Without 
 date, but " their Majesties " mentioned. 
 
 Minuted : — " To bee preferred in course, according to the rule." 
 1 page {quarto). 
 
 [Between 54. Petition by John Claypoole, son-in-law to Mi'. John H-eard, 
 1689 and purveyor of butchers' meat to their Majesties, praying for a landing- 
 1695.J waiter's place. Without date. ^ page {quarto). 
 
 r ? Before 55. Petition of John Clarke, son-in law to Major Richard Irwin, 
 1695.1 who was sewer to the late King Charles the Second, addressed to 
 the Lords of " their Maf^"^ " Treasury, showing that he was em- 
 ployed in the Custom house as a tidewaiter in the port of London, 
 and by the interest of his friends, was to be moved to a deputy 
 waitership, but rather than comply with the Test laws withdrew to 
 Holland ; praying then to be appointed. 
 Undated. 1 j>ar/e. 
 
 DT) 
 
418 CALEISDAR OF 
 
 1004 Vol. XXXI. 
 
 [Before 5G. A paper docquetted : — "Abstract of the laws relating to the 
 
 16!).').] Plantation Trade." It relates to laws passed between the 12th and 
 
 23rd of Charles II. It was probably drawn out towai-ds the year 
 
 1695, as it refers to the 4th and 5th years of their present Majesties' 
 
 reign, 1-^ pages. 
 
 [Before 57. Petition of the artificers and others belonging to the office of 
 
 1G95.] Ordnance to the lords of " i/(eir Tl/a''^* " Treasury, (with numerous 
 signatures) showing that they had readily supplied stores for two or 
 three years at cheaper I'ates than were ever known, in hopes of being 
 well and duly paid, but instead were obliged to accept tallies on 
 two-thirds of the Excise after 900,000^., and upon three-fourths of 
 the Customs, for which as yet there was no fund, and on the land- 
 tax after 1,877,374^., which it was presumed it would not reach ; so 
 that the tallies were of no use to them ; they had petitioned the 
 House of Commons to have their debts secured upon two-thirds of 
 the Excise, but as the application should have come from their 
 lordships, they prayed them to move the House that their debts 
 might be secured on the two-thirds of Excise and three-fourths 
 of the Customs. 
 Undated. 1 page. 
 
 [Before 58. Petition of James Barston, William Knight, and Thomas 
 
 1G95.] Harper, in behalf of themselves and other the manufacturers of 
 jiainted eartlienwares, addressed t(3 the lords of " their Maf'"^'' 
 Treasury, referring to a statute of 3 Edw. IV., relating to those 
 wares, a complaint of the potters in 1670, and a proclamation 
 thereon, and to an order in council of 12 Feb. 1C85, for the seizure 
 of those wares imported ; on which divers seizures were made ; 
 showing that although the manufacturers had made sufEcient to 
 serve the market, and as good as could be imjjorted, yet Samuel 
 Eyre and John Bowles, had procured a letter to import certain 
 delph red wares, or counterfeit china wares, and gaily tiles, and three 
 others had combined with them to monopolize an unlawful trade to 
 the ruin of the pot makers and prejudice of the pot sellers ; praying 
 their lordships to give order to the Commissioners of Customs to 
 carry out the law, &c., as a considerable parcel of such wares was 
 then seized. 
 
 This is a draft in Mr. Lowndes' handwriting. 
 
 [There is apparently nothing about it in the Minute or Letter 
 Books.] 
 
 Undated. 1 ^ja^e. 
 
 [Before 59. Petition of Edward Proger, Esq., Keeper of their Majesties' 
 
 1695,] Middle Park at Hampton Court, for payment of 365?. 16s. O^cl, 
 expended for their Majesties' service there. 
 
 Minuted : — " To be paid out of three-fourths Customs," 
 Without date, but the service rendered for their Majesties. 1 page 
 {quarto). 
 
TREASURY PAPERS. 419 
 
 1694. 
 
 Vol. XXXI. 
 
 [Before 60. Petition of Wm. Herbert of Market St. in tlie county of 
 
 1695.] Bedford, shoemaker, to the lords of their Majesties' Treasury; 
 showing that he had apprehended one Thomas Knowles, a notorious 
 highwayman, in pursuance of a proclamation of the 1 3th Sept. 
 previous, praying payment of 40Z. for that service, as the profits of the 
 county Avere not sufficient to pay the sheriff's ordinary accounts. 
 
 Without date, but addressed to the Lords of ilieir Majesties' 
 Treasury. The act encouraging the apprehension of highwaymen 
 was passed in 1G92, 4 Will, and Mar. c. 8. 
 
 Minuted : — " A warr* to be prepar'd." 1 page. 
 
 [Before 61. Petition of Benjarain Mathew, Receiver of the Land Tax for the 
 
 1695.] county of Northampton, addressed to the Lords of their Majesties' 
 Treasury, showing that he had been receiver of the first six month.?' 
 tax, the 3s. tax, and of the present 12 months' tax ; praying that 
 he might not for the future be discouraged by such an impediment 
 as a partner. 
 
 Minuted : — ■" M^' Mathewe's _ to be alone Receiver of North- 
 amptonshire.''' 1 page. 
 
 [Before 62. Petition of Robert Mackarrell, merchant, to the Lords of " their 
 
 1693.] Mats " Treasury, showing that he had already, by several petitions set 
 forth his deplorable circumstances in having in his escape with his 
 family and effects from France, his ships seized in Ireland as French, 
 which were restored on account of 2,000Z. due to him for transport 
 service ; that he had been a witness upon complaints against Mr. 
 Carleton, one of the Coma's of Revenue ; but the Com''s would not 
 admit the production of p]'oper proofs ; praying that he might have 
 a copjf of their report in order to set himself right with their 
 Lordships. 1 page. 
 
 [? Before 63. Petition of Sir William Rooke, Knfc., to the Lords of " their 
 1695.] Maties Treasury," showing that he was appointed by King James II., 
 High Sheriff of Kent, and Mr. Tho. Dauling, late of Westerham, 
 was lais under-sheriff; who had received the moneys of that office 
 and absconded ; whereby the sheriff had to pay to their present 
 Majesties 278^. 14s. bd., besides fees, &c. ; praying a lease of the 
 said under-sheriff's lands, which had been extended, until he was 
 reimbursed. 
 
 Minuted : — " R. to Mr. Lowndes, to enquire into the truth of the 
 allegacons and state the case." 1 ixoge. 
 
 [Before 64. Petition of Simon Morse, receiver of the outward Customs in 
 
 1695.] the port of London, to the Com's of "their Males'' Treasury, com- 
 plaining that he was not put into the next best employment, that 
 fell vacant, according to promise ; and that he had been forced (to 
 avoid delay) to employ two assistants at 20 or 25^. jjar aim. and 
 many times to stay till 5 or 6 o'clock in the afternoon, to examine 
 the warrants ; that with losses by bad money and the taxes lie had 
 scarce iOl. pier mm., his salary being but 801., and that he had spent 
 
 DD 2 
 
420 CALENDAR OF 
 
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 7 or 800/. more tlian lie had received ; praying to be appointed as 
 Customer of tlie Clotli Customs. Undated. ] ^Kt^e. 
 
 [? Before 6-5. Petition of Edmund Prideaux, Henry Ustick and Matthew 
 
 1G!J5.] Remington, Esqrs,, to tlie Lords of "their ^lajestyes'" Treasurj^ 
 
 praying tliem to give an ordei to tliem to proceed for the recovery of 
 
 money formerly levied upon dis.sentens, fee, according to Her Majesty's 
 
 order in Council. -^ puge. 
 
 [Before GO. Petition of John Jasper Stein, Secretary of the Prince of Wir- 
 
 IGI).?.] temberg, and of Peter Greve and Peter Fauconier, of London, mer- 
 chants.'to tlie Lords of " their Mat'i's " Treasury ; showing that the 
 two latter had made agreements for the clothing of the Danish 
 forces, by which Stein was to advance one moiety of 13,239/!., and 
 the other moiety on delivery of the same ; praying that they might 
 have tallies .struck upon such funds as the New Land Tax or Excise, 
 or such other sure bottom that the tallies might be made use of as 
 ready money. (Signed.) L'ndated. 1 jxiga. 
 
 [Before 67. Petition of Robert Russell, Esq., to the Lords of "f/te/r il/a- 
 
 1695,] jesfiev'" Treasury, praying for the place of King's waiter at the 
 Custom house, London. 1 2:)i([/e. 
 
 [Before G8. Petition of Edeth Lutwych, to the Lords of " their Ma'''"" 
 
 iG9.5.] Treasury, showing that there was an estate in England worth 80 or 
 100,000/. pf.c ann. forfeited or forfeitable to the Crown (" Pojiish 
 Estates"); that the witnesses and managers had tyrannized over 
 and abused her husband, who had done great services, &c., praying 
 that the " managers " might be obliged to do them justice, that her 
 husliand might have his share Avhich was but about the 200th part 
 of the whole, and tliat Capt. Henry Baker, who was a sharer in this 
 and the "Dissenters" business, might be obliged to pay them the 
 30/. owing by bond to which the petitioner could not comjiel 
 him, because he sheltered "himself in the Temple." [See also 
 Vol. XXVIL, No. GO.] 1 2'>a{je. 
 
 [? Before C9. The answer of the Com's of their Ma''' Tre;)sury to the 
 
 1 G9.').] reply of the " Conies for stating the publique accounts." Touching the 
 money that had been given for the fleet during the war. The 
 first-named Coma's adhered to their objections and to the abstract 
 of receipts and payments in the whole and every part thereof. 
 Undated, but before 1G95, from mention of their Majesties' Treasury, 
 1 page. 
 
 [Before 70. Copy of a grant made by King William and Queen Mary of the 
 
 1G95.] Stewardship and Keepership of the Courts Leet, Liberties and View 
 of Frank Pledge, of the domain, manor, and lands of Denbigh, alias 
 Denbigh lands, in North Wales; and of all hundreds, leets, manors, 
 &;c , in the domain of Denbigh ; and of the office of Recorder there 
 to Robert Cotton, of Cumbermore, in the co. of Chester, Knt., and 
 Baronet. 
 
TREASURY PAPERS. 421 
 
 1G94. 
 
 Vol. XXXI. 
 
 Minuted : — " Prepare a warr* a-gt the Queen comes to towne for 
 Sir Richd Midleton," [of Chirk Castle, com. Denbigh, Bart.] 
 
 Undated ; although docquetted in a modern hand 1695, the grant 
 must have been earlier from mention of the Queen. 2 pageii. 
 
 VOL. XXXII. 1695. January— April. 
 
 WILLTAM THE THIRD. 
 
 1G94-5. 
 
 Jan. 2. 1. Memorial of the Comi's for sick and wounded seamen, &c. to 
 
 the Lords of the Tveasury, as to a debt of 114^. 18s. due to several 
 workmen, who had been employed in making a new prison in the 
 Savoy for the Irish and other prisoners. Dated 2 Jan 1694. 
 1 page. 
 
 Jan. 3. 2. Letter signed Robert Ellis, addressed to Mr. Samuel Story, at 
 
 the African House, in Leadeuhall Street, stating that lie was sorry 
 he had paid 11^. 15s. 4(1 to the Exchequer, if it were for the rent 
 of Tisoe, for it would have to be paid again ; appointing to meet 
 him, &c. Dated 3 Jan. 1694. 1 page. 
 
 Jan. 5. 3. Report of Mr. Aaron Smith to the Lords of the Treasury, on 
 
 the case and condition of Richard Story and a number of others, 
 tenants of part of the estate of the late Lord Preston, in Cumber- 
 land, which upon an inquisition had been returned of the value of 
 6591 4s. Sd iKr ann., and was really worth ],50()Z per ann., as to 
 their Majesties' title to the estate, the deplorable condition of the 
 tenants, &c. Dated 5 Jan. 1694-5. 6 jxiges. 
 
 Jan. 5. 4- Representation made by Benj. Overton, Esq., Warden of the 
 
 Mint, to the Lords of the Treasury, that the officers of the Mint, 
 whose salaries were from 40^. to 10/. j)er ann., had paid the taxes 
 ■ of 4s. in the pound for five years past, but they were in arrear for 
 the year 1694 ; urging on their Lordships the same indulgence as 
 had been granted to the clerks of the Custom house. Excise office, 
 and General Post office ; viz., that the sums charged should be 
 allowed and placed among the incident charges. Dated 5 Jan. 
 1694-5. 1 page. 
 
 Jan 8. 5- Report of Sir Edw. Ward to the Lords of the Treasury, on the 
 
 petition of Gilbert Heathcott, and on the report of the Comrs of 
 Customs, as to the power of their Lordships to give direction for the 
 discharo-p of the ship " Hopeful," which was taken by the French 
 retaken by the Spaniards, condemned as prize, and having been. 
 
422 CALENDAR OF 
 
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 re-bonght, was laden with wine, &c. and not having an English 
 crew was seized, &c. Kecommending the taking of English duties, 
 but doubting if their Lordships could discljarge the seizure, if the 
 informer insisted upon it. In such case an order for oiolle prosequi 
 might be given. Dated 8 Jan. 1694. 
 
 Minuted: — "Agreed to the report." The petition and report 
 referred to and an affidavit. 2 2^('9ss '^'>i'(^ 3 parts of pages, much 
 decayed. 
 
 Jan. 9. 6. Memorial of Sir Christopher Wren, containing an estimate of 
 
 the expense of the funeral of Her Majesty, viz., for carpentry, mat- 
 laying, &c., addressed to Sir Stephen Fox, Knt., one of the Conies of 
 the Treasury, praying the issue of .500?.. a week. Dated 9 Jan. 
 1694-5. \^ pages. 
 
 Jan. 9. 7. " The Comrs for sick & wounded seamen & ex^ of prison^^ at 
 
 warr. Estimate of the charge of sick and wounded seamen and 
 rects of money for anno 1694." Dated 9 Jan. 1694-.5. 1 page. 
 
 Jan. 11. 8. Letter by direction of the Lords of the Treasury, addressed 
 
 to Mr. Blathwayt, desiring him to procure a warrant to be signed 
 by the King, authorizing the Earl of Uanelagh, paymaster of the 
 forces, to pay 360?. to Tertullian Lewis and others, for three years 
 and nine months of their allowances of 24/. per ann. each. Dated 
 11 Jan. 1694. 
 
 The report and petition on which the letter was based. 3 pages. 
 
 Jan. 14. 9. Report of the Victuallers of the Navy to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, on the petition of Mrs. Jane Shea, as to a debt of 8,900L 
 due to her for beer supplied. Dated 14 Jan. 1694-5. 
 
 Also the petition and another memorial relating thereto. 
 
 Minuted : — " ] 6 Jan. '94. Whatever money shall bee lent by her 
 shall bee assigned towards the payment of her bills." 3 p)ages. 
 
 Jan. 19. 10. Report of the Coma's of Customs to the Lords of the Trea- 
 
 sury, on the petition of John Herbert, merchant, as to the ship 
 "Warrington," bought by him in Norway, to prevent her being 
 carried into Dunkirk, or burnt, as D' Bart intended. The petitioner 
 hoped the ship might be employed in the King's service again, but 
 the Comrs of the Navy had represented that she was unfit for the 
 service ; praying for his costs, or for licence to convert lier to his 
 own use : offering no objection thereto. Reporting also on another 
 question, viz., whether the ship, after capture and redemption, were 
 subject to the payment of custom upon her importation into this 
 kingdom. Dated 19 Jan. 1694-5. 
 
 Minuted : — " Agreed to the report." And again : — " The ship 
 is free being English built, & no duty will be demanded for ye ship 
 itself upon her importation." 
 
 Also the petition and an affidavit. 3 pages. 
 
TREASURY PAPERS. 423 
 
 1694-5. VoL.XXXir. 
 
 Jan. 21. 11. Memorial of Christopher Tanckred, Esq., to the Loi-ds of the 
 Treasury, showing, that as master of the King's flight hounds, there 
 ■was an arrear of 1,750?-. due to him at Christmas last, seeking that 
 it might be paid by tallies of ^Ji'o upon the Excise, and offering to 
 lend or procure 2,2.50f in ready money at 6 per cent. Dated 21 Jan. 
 1G94. 1 fage. 
 
 Jan. 21. 12. Keport of the Coma's of Customs to the Lords of the Trea- 
 sury, on tlie petition of Leonard Browne, commander of the ship 
 " Benjamin," from East India, as to goods landed without entry or 
 payment of customs and so seized ; advising that if their Lordships 
 ■were inclined to favour him by giving order for a " non pros," they 
 had nothing to object. Dated 21 Jan. 1694-5. 
 
 Minuted : — " Agreed." 
 
 Tlie petition and copies of three affidavits. 5 2'>ctges. 
 
 Jan. 21. 13. Eeport of the Conies of Customs to the Lords of the Trea- 
 
 sury, on the removal of the Collector of Customs from Liverpool 
 to Biddeford. Dated 21 Jan. 1694-5. 
 
 The petition of Ann, the wife of Edward Scarborough, the 
 collector, against the removal. 
 
 The report minuted : — " Mr Scarborough to be continued at 
 Liverpool ; but M"^ Ustick to be removed from Bideford to some 
 other place, w'^^ y° Comma's of ye Customs shall think most proper." 
 2 pages. 
 
 Jan. 21. 14. Presentment of the Com'''' of Customs to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, respecting 40 pounds of mill'd English coin, found con- 
 cealed on board a Swedish ship, and forfeited to the King ; moving 
 their Lordships to grant a moiety to the discoverers. Dated 
 21 Jan. 1694-5. 
 
 Minuted:—" Granted." 1 jX(.(/e. 
 
 Jan. 21. 15. Eeport of the Comi'a of Customs to the Lords of the Trea- 
 
 sury, on the petition of David Smith and others, owners of the ship 
 " William and John," praying that they might enter certain tobacco 
 at Belfast, paying the English duty, &c. giving it as their opinion 
 that it was a matter of necessity and distress to discharge her lading, 
 by reason of the danger the ship was in of being taken by the 
 French privateers at her arrival on the coast of Ireland, &c. Dated 
 21 Jan. 1694-5. 
 
 Minuted .•— " Granted." 
 
 Certificates and other papers. S pages. 
 
 Jan 2.3. 16. Report of Mr. Charles Fox [Paymaster of the Forces] on the 
 petition of several officers of the three French regiments of foot, 
 in the King's service in Flanders ; praying that the arrears of pay 
 due to them might be cleared. Dated 2.3 Jan. 1694-5. 
 
 Also the petition and a second petition from them. 4 pages. 
 
 ""an "4 17- I^eport of S. Travers, Surveyor-General, to the Lords of the 
 
 '' ' ' ' Treasury, on the petition of Wilham White, who prayed that he 
 
424 CALENDAK OF 
 
 1694-5. 
 
 Vol. XXX II. 
 
 might have a new lease of the honors of Oakehampton and Plimp- 
 ton (Devon) witli the fee of St. Mary Weeke (Cornwall) setting 
 out a survey that was made thereof in 1050 and other particulars 
 of the descent of those lands, which were purchased by Prince 
 Henry in the reign of King James I. : concurring with the petitioner 
 that the rents, which amounted to 551. 5s. S^d., were troublesome to 
 collect, as they extended to 27 hundreds in Devon and Cornwall, 
 and he knew not how to put a value on them. Dated 24 Jan. 
 1694.. 
 
 Minuted : — " Read. Respited for some time." 
 
 Accompanied by the petition. 4 pages. 
 
 Jan. 24. 18. Report of the Coma's of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 stating that they had under consideration and would report on the 
 petitions of the several ranks and orders of officers of the port of 
 London for some compensation, in lieu of the fees and perquisites 
 of which they were deprived by an oath, which was enjoined by 
 the last grant of tonnage and poundage, but that Mr. Sansom, their 
 secretai'y's case, was entirely different, and that compensation to 
 him would be very acceptable to the Board, as an encouragement 
 for his long and faithful service. Dated 24 Jan. 1694-5. 
 
 The repoH minuted thus: — "Jan. 29, 1094. My Lords will 
 deferre this untill they shall see whether or no some change may 
 not bee obtained, for ease of the officers ; but if it cannot, they will 
 give the ]>etitioner a faire compensation, which shall begin from 
 Christmas last." Again " 29 May 1095. My Lords will, from the 
 time ye perquisites were taken from him, allow him 300^. a year in 
 lieu of the 300^. a year w'^^ issues to Mr. Bertie ; but this add' 
 allowance to cease when Mr. Bertie's paym* ceases, or as soon as y® 
 present oath shall he abrogated, W^^ shall first happen." 
 
 Al.=o the petition of Mr. Sansom and an extract from his patent. 
 4 pages. 
 
 Jan. 25. 19. Letter of the Officers of Ordnance to the Lords of the Trea- 
 
 sury, setting forth the exigencies of the office, the nselessness cf the 
 tallies, &c., seeking that weekly payments of 5()0Z. might be made 
 for the gunmakers ; stating that 13,600Z. were due to Sir Joseph 
 Heme, without whose credit and assistance the train in Flanders 
 would have starved in the winter; that they were dsspatching their 
 bomb ships to the Straits, for which no small sum wovild be required. 
 Dated 25 Jan. 1694-5. 
 
 Also a complaint of the artificers to the said officers as to the 
 tallies ; ccmcluding with the remark that unless they obtained speedy 
 I'elief they must take their case to the House of Commons. 3 pages. 
 
 [About 20. Petition of Edw. Fleatham, of Yarme, in the county of York, 
 
 ■ Jan. 29.] merchant, who had been a considerable trader in tobacco, but was 
 
 reduced by misfortune and in debt to the crown 840?. 7s. dd. for 
 
 customs, whose effects were seized for the same ; praying that the 
 
 extent might be taken off and the debt remitted. 
 
 Two certificates in his favour ; one dated 29 Jan. 1694. 2i pages. 
 
TREASURY PAPERS. 425 
 
 1694-5. Vol. XXXII. 
 
 Jan. 31. 21. Report of Sir Richard Levinge, Solicitor-General for Ireland, to 
 the [Lords Justices] on the petition of Arthur Podmore and Joshua 
 Dawson, who had served in the office of first secretary to the 
 governors of Ireland from 1690, without salary. Certifj'ing that 
 it appeared by inquisition that Walter Gallway and Arthur Gall- 
 way, both of Cork, were indicted and outlawed for high treason 
 and rebellion, and that they held certain lands in Clandonnell, 
 Currehine, Kilbrack, Nether Ballyclogliy, Ballyfoyne, Knockonfallj', 
 Halfe Whitestowne, Glancouse, and Lahardane, in the barony of 
 Upperthird and county of Waterford in Ireland ; advising that if 
 His Majesty were disposed to gratify the petitioners he might grant 
 them the lands, and a clause in the grant might be inserted in favour 
 of Sir John Topham the discoverer of the concealment. Dated 
 31 Jan. 1694-5. 
 
 ^limited : — " Granted." 
 
 On the bach is : — " An abstract of the petition & report & a 
 recommendation of the claims of the petitioners by the L<Js Jus- 
 tices.'' 
 
 Accompanied by the petition. 3 pages. 
 
 [Jan.] 22. A iiaper docquetted : — "Mr. Ireton, Stables Mourning." Re- 
 
 presentation by Mr. Ireton to the Lords of the Treasury, that the 
 stable expense for the " ordinary service " upon the occasion of the 
 mourning for the Duchess of Modena, was 2,979?. O.s. 4cZ., and other 
 things made it amount to 3,500L There were now eight more sworn 
 livery servants, and the number of coaches and chairs was the same. 
 The expense would be greater on this occasion in regard the pre- 
 sent mourning would be excessively greater and more general, and 
 .all shop goods at least one- fourth higher than on that occasion, but 
 he offered to contract for the same at 3,500?. The debt of the 
 stables in Holland, Flanders, and England was 22,76-1?. 
 
 The following note is added : — '' We have not creditt enough to 
 furnish His Majesty wth a mourning coach or mourning for a foot- 
 man to waite on him." 
 
 He further states that it was not possible to calculate the mourn- 
 ing " upon the extraordinary abroad " till it was known whether 
 the King would go to Flanders this year, &c. Without date ; but 
 probably in Jan. 1695, on the death of Queen Mary. 
 
 Minuted : — " A pri. sea.," i.e. a privy seal. 2\ pages. 
 
 I ? About 23. Copy of report, signed with initials " B. B.," to the Lords 
 Jan.] of the Treasury, stating that he had perused the several papers sent 
 him, which related to the accounts of Wm. Hubbald, Gent., Pay- 
 master to the late Train of Artillery in Ireland, and then returned a 
 true state of the account. 
 
 It was referred to him 14 Jan. 1694-5. 2 large pages. 
 
 Feb. 1. 24. Letter of Mr. William Lowndes, addressed to the Lords of the 
 
 Treasury, on the petition of the deputy chamberlains for joining 
 tallies ; praying a reward for their extraordinary service about the 
 
426 CALENDAR OF 
 
 1694-5. Vol. XXXII. 
 
 tallies of loan ; advising the payment to tbem of 367?. 4s. 3f?. for 
 the time past, &c. Dated 1 Feb. 1694-5. 
 
 Minuted : — " Granted." 
 
 The petition of John Adyc and Henry Ballowe, the deputy 
 chamberlains. 2 pages. 
 
 Feb. 5. 25. Report of Lord Eanelagh to the Lords of the Treasury, on 
 
 the memorial of Col. Henry Mordaunt, in favour of the payment to 
 him of the off-reckonings due to the regiment of foot under his 
 command ; amounting to 3,930?. Gs. 9-^d. Dated 5 Feb. 1694-5. 
 The petition. 1 ^ pt'^'O^^- 
 
 Feb. 5. 26. Presentment of the Com''''' of Customs to the Lords of the 
 
 Treasury, stating that they had by presentment of 22 May last, 
 laid their instructions for carrying out the Act for tonnage before 
 their Lordships, together with the allowances to Sir John Shaw, 
 who collected the foreign duty. Sir Nicholas Crisp, who received the 
 coast duty, and Mr. Backwell, who kept a control on both ; pro- 
 posing an allowance of 3.s. per ship to be made, in certain propor- 
 tions, to persons employed on the measurement of ships, and. 
 recommending variou.s other allowances to persons engaged about 
 the same. Dated 5 Feb. 1694. 2i j9((f/(?s. 
 
 Feb. 6. 27. " A list of His Ma'i^s Royal Navy, with the hired ships now 
 
 employed therein, tenders excepted." Dated 6 Feb. 1694-5. 
 The total was 309. 1 p(tge. 
 
 Feb. 12. 28. Objections offered to their Lordships by Sir Henry Bellasis 
 
 and Cols. Rowe and Coote, against a contract for clothing made by 
 Brigadier Stewart, with Mr. Tracy Pansford and Mr. Paul Darby. 
 Dated 14 Jan. 1693-4. Moving their Lordships to reduce the 
 contract to reasonable prices. Dated 12 Feb. 1694-5. 
 
 A list of persons to be summoned before their Lord.ships in the 
 case. 
 
 Minuted : — " Copy of these papers to bee given to Brigadier 
 Stuart." 2i ^Jffigre.s. 
 
 Feb. 13. 29. Letter of Mr. Charles Bertie to the Earl of Romney, as to 
 the complaints of the artificers respecting the worthlessness of the 
 tallies. Dated 13 Feb. 1694-5. \\ imges. 
 
 Feb. 13. 30. Report of Mr. Charles Fox on the memorial of Mons. La 
 Cherois, major to the French regiment of foot commanded by 
 Coimt Marton, praying to be discharged from 781?. placed to their 
 accounts, for 781 snaphans and matchlock muskets, by the Ordnance 
 Department in Ireland, and alleging that they bought these arms in 
 Holland, viz., as to whether the arms should be given to the regi- 
 ment : leaving it to their Lordships. Dated 13 Feb. 1694. 2 jMges. 
 
 Feb. 14. 31. Presentment by the Coma's of Customs to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, on the allowance of discount to certain Virginia merchants 
 
TREASURY TAPERS. 427 
 
 1694-5. _ Vol.. XXXir. 
 
 who had given bond for the new impost on tobacco. Dated 14 Feb, 
 1G94-5. 
 
 Enclosing an explanation of the Com''s presentment of 18 Sept. 
 1G94! on the subject of the tobacco duties. 
 
 In the Minute Bool; vol. 0, p. 72, 21 Aug. 1695, is:— 
 " My Lords tell the Virg^ mercht^ they cannot comply w^Ii them, 
 in taking guineys at 30«, but are willing the Com'^^ of Customes 
 should grant their other desires, to wit, that they paying downe 
 the subsidy & add^ duty of tobacco, in ready mP, and giving bond 
 as usuall for the new imp", they may be permitted to dischi^ & take 
 up their impost bonds, and recover all allowances, as if ye same 
 had been paid downe in ready money, provided ye same be dis- 
 charged before Michaelmas next." 1 'page. 
 
 Feb. 19. 32. An acco* of mony imprested to the two marine regiments 
 since their clearing to the 18th Feb. 1692-3 to this 19th February 
 1694-5. 1 page. 
 
 Feb. 20. 33. Eeport of the Victuallers of the Navy to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, on the petition of Seymour Tredenham, Esq., and Dame 
 Margaret Tnfton, his wife, as to an agreement made with Mrs. Lewis 
 by the late contractors for a house to convert into a victualling 
 office, which house was held by lease from St. Bartholomew's 
 Hospital, near Rochester. Dated 20 Feb. 1694-5. 
 
 Accompanied by the petition, two letters, " an account of taxes, 
 &c., paid for the King's house at Chatham from Lady-day 1690," 
 copy of lease, and a paper entitled — ■ 
 
 " The manner of renewing a forty yeares lease of and from the 
 patron and brethren of the said hospital," containing much infor- 
 mation about fines on renewals of leases. 
 
 The following is in the Minute Booh, vol. 6, p. 4, 16 April 
 1695 :— 
 
 " If M'^ Tredenham will take 100?. a year for 21 'y yeares for rent 
 of the victuall. oiRce near Chatham, my Lords -will agree to that, 
 otherwise the SurV^ of the Navy must be directed to take a view, 
 & make an estimate of yearly value." 9 pages and 2 halves. 
 
 Feb. 22. 34. Lord Coningsby and Mr. Foxes report on the petition of 
 
 Doctor Patrick Dan, physician to the hospital in Ireland ; certifying 
 that the sum sought for was due. Dated 22 Feb. 1694-5. 
 
 Minuted: — "28 Feb. '95. M^ Fox to informe himself from M^ 
 Robinson whether it be reasonable this arrear be paid out of y" 
 fund for the hospU in Ireland." 
 
 Accompanied by the petition and an account of what was due. 
 3 pages. 
 
 Feb. 22. 35. Report of Philip Ryley, Esq., Surveyor- General of his Majesty's 
 woods, on the petition of the inhabitants of the town and borough 
 of Warwick; certifying that in the forest of Whittlewood, there 
 had been such great falls of timber for the navy, the town of North- 
 ampton, the Ordnance, and other uses, that the forest would not 
 
428 CALENDAR OF 
 
 1G94-.5. Vol. XXXII. 
 
 answer any further extraordinarj- charges for some years. Dated 
 22 Feb. 1694-5. 
 
 [The petition, ■\vhicli lias many signatures, states that in the 
 juevious September a dreadfnl fire liad happened, which had con- 
 sumed the ancient Collegiate Church and the greatest part of 
 the town, to the loss of almost 100,000^, and they praj'ed for 
 1,000 tons of timber out of the forest, and 400/. fer ann. out of 
 the Excise, or some other sure fund.] 
 
 Mhndcd : — " Read 1 1 Xbr. '95 to ye K. His Mats revenue is not 
 in a condition at this time to bear the yearly sum. And by this 
 report the timber is not to be had in ye forest." 
 
 The following is in the Mia iite Bool; vol. 6, p. 11 6, 3 Dec. 1 695 :— 
 
 " Upon reading the peto° of inhabitants of Warwick for 1,000 
 tons [of J timber out of Needwood, & SOO/. a year out of Excise, my 
 Lords will report as to ye 300 a year, the revenue of Excise is at 
 present so engaged & anticipated, they cannot think it reasonable 
 or proper to advise liis Maty to clog that revenue w^h any further 
 charge, and as to the forest of Needwood, to enq^ whether the 
 officers of j'e Dutchy, since ye late alienation to Coll. Vernon, have 
 taken ye same into their care." 2 ^jages. 
 
 Feb. 22. 30. Memorial of Sir Christopher Wren to the Kt. Hon. Sir Stephen 
 Fox, Knt., for the continuance of the issue of 500?. a week. The 
 Lords of the Council having made continual additions to the works 
 at first intended for Her Majesty's funeral, and so exceeded the 
 4,000?. Dated 22 Feb. 1694. ' i par/e. 
 
 Feb. 27. 37. Letter signed Patrick Lambe, to the Lords [of the Treasury], 
 stating that he had laid before their Lordships the reasons for pray- 
 ing a further allowance of half a stiver a man, per day, for victual- 
 ling and taking care of the soldiers in the hospitals in the Low 
 Countries, during the next campaign ; praying their Lordships' 
 intercession with the King for the augmentation at least to a 
 farthing a day, as he understood the King was not inclined to grant 
 the larger allowance. Dated 27 Feb. 1694-5. 
 
 Minuted : — " To have 9 styvers & :|- of a styvei-." 
 
 Accompanied by the paper referred to. 
 
 Docquetted : — " Mr. Lamb's proposalls for victualling the hospitalls 
 for the yeare 1695." It states that provisions in Flanders grew 
 dearer every year, and servants refused to serve him at the low 
 rates he could afford, in the last campaign. The nurses cost him 
 full 1,500 sterling. He prayed for an advance of half penny a 
 man per day and for the balance of Lis account. 2 pages. 
 
 Ftb. 28. 38. Letter of Mr. Wm. Lowndes, to Mr. Fox, enclosing the 
 memorial of Brigadier Stewart, in behalf of his regiment, viz., con- 
 cerning the keeping it up to the English establishment, <tc. Dated 
 28 Feb. 1G94-5. 
 
 Accompanied by the memorial and a short letter sigi^cd W. Stewart 
 to the Lord Godolphin. 2 -parts of pages. 
 
TREASURY PAPERS. 
 
 429 
 
 1694-5. 
 March 1. 
 
 March 1. 
 
 March 1. 
 
 March G. 
 
 [About 
 March C] 
 
 March 7. 
 
 Vor.. XXXII. 
 
 S9. Report of Mr. Charles Fox on the memorial of the Lord 
 Mountjoy and Col. Courthope, as to the issue of 400?. to each, in 
 part of levy-money, and other sums in arrear : also as to payments 
 to clothiers. Dated 1 March 109-1—5. 
 Minuted: — " To be paid 250^' a piece." 
 Accompanied by two petitions. Parts of S pages. 
 
 40. Report of the Com's of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 touching the exportation of tobacco by certificate to the islands of 
 Jersey and Guernsey. Tlie tobacco exported there from the western 
 ports was computed at 47,000 or 48,000?. 2Kr ann., and they sub- 
 mitted to their Lordships Avhether it should be restricted, as was 
 done with wool from the port of Southampton. Dated 1 March 
 1694-5. 2 2}ages. 
 
 41. Report of the Comi'^ of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 on the petition of William Kirkby, stating that they saw no reason 
 why he should not be restored to his former salary of 150?. pei' ann., 
 and his daily travelling charges, at 15s. a day. Dated 1 March 
 1694-5. 
 
 Minuted : — " Agreed." 
 Also the petition. 2 pages. 
 
 42. Report of Sir Edw. Ward, Attorney-General, and Sir Tho. 
 Trevor, Solicitor-General, on the petition of William Lord Mont- 
 gomery, relating to his Majesty's power of making leases of the 
 manor of Hendon ; giving their opinion that the King could not 
 make leases thereof for longer continuance than the life of the 
 Earl of Powis, without the consent of his son the Lord Montgomery. 
 Dated 6 March 1694. 
 
 Also the petition. 2 pages. 
 
 43. Report of the victuallers of the King's navy to the Lords of 
 the Treasury, on the petition of Mr. Jonathan Chase, first groom of 
 His Majesty's removing wardrobe and "provider" of all his feathers ; 
 praying to be appointed a commissioner of the victualling office, in 
 the room of Mr. Fielding, suspended, informing their Lordships 
 that they were unacquainted with the petitioner, but conceived he 
 had little experience of victualliug affairs. 
 
 Also the petition which was referred to the Coma's of Victualling, 
 on 6 March 1694-5. 
 
 There is the following entry in relation to Mr. Fielding iu the 
 Minute Book, vol. 6, p. 33, 27 May 1695 : — " A letter to ye victual- 
 lers not to pay Mf Fielding's sallary during ye suspencion untill 
 his acco* be cleared." 2 pages. 
 
 44. Report of Sir Christopher Wren to the Lords of the Trea- 
 sury, on the petition of the churchwardens of St. Martin's, praying 
 for a share of the board and black cloth used at the funeral of the 
 Queen ; in favour of their being allowed it. He states that they 
 had a share of the blue cloth, on the marriage of King James and 
 that of King William and Queen Mar3'. Dated 7 Mai'ch 1G94-5. 
 
 Also the petition ; and united is an extract from a patent granted 
 by King James L, in his fourth year, to tlie inhabitants of the parish 
 
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 of St. Martins in the Fields, in which he granted one acre of ground 
 near adjoining to the church, to make a new churchyard. It con- 
 tains the following recital of reasons for the grant ; viz. : " that in 
 the time of King Henry the Eight, the said inhabitants had no 
 parish church, but did resort to the parish church of St. Margaret's, 
 in Westmi', and thereby were forced to carry their dead bodies 
 by the court gate of Whitehall ; which the said King Hemy 
 then misliking, caused the church in the parish of St. Martins in 
 the Fields, to be erected, and made a parish there, which now is so 
 greatly inhabited, as the chmx'h is not of sufficient bigness to 
 receive the parishioners, and the churchyard so little, as there is no 
 room to bury their dead. And forasmuch as we have two houses 
 of access, scituate Avitbin the same parish, and for that so small a 
 place of buryall, may be cause of breeding and continuing the 
 infection of the plague, and for that also, that the said jjarish is the 
 chiefest place of residence for us and our councell, in times of 
 terms and parliaments, and therefore carefully to be i^reserved from 
 the least cause of contagion," &c. 3 pages. 
 
 Marcli 8. 45. Report of the Coma's of Excise to the Lords of the Treasurj', 
 on the petition of Henry Willett, who was a defaulter in his 
 accounts 1,202?., and confessed he made use of 771/. for an engage- 
 ment he had entered into, and supposed some inadvertency had 
 occurred with the remainder at the late Revolution, g-ivinar their 
 o]iiiiion that he was a ht object of compassion. Dated S March 
 1694-5. 
 
 Minuted : — " Agreed." 
 
 The petition and an affidavit. 4 paijes. 
 
 March 10. 46. Letter signed Geo. Townsend, to William Lowndes, Esq., 
 begging him to put the Lords in mind of a bill due to him, on 
 account of determining the Old East India Company. Dated 
 10 March 1694-5. 
 
 Accompanied by the account entitled : — " An ace* of money laid 
 out by George Townesend on ace* of the subscriptions of two 
 millions, since the former bill delivered." 
 
 Docquettecl : — "Mr. Townesend's bill on account of the East India 
 subscriptions 114ii 10^ ()<^. out of the sec. ser. mo. paid 25 Marcli 
 1098." 1^ payes. '" 
 
 March 14. 47. Order of Council on the petition of Manus O'Bryen, who 
 " with the utmost hazard of his life brought intelligence of 
 Sarsfeild's design upon the cannon then coming to the siege of 
 Limei'ick," praying a custodiam at a modei'ate rent of the lands of 
 Kilmurry in the coixnty of Cork, in Ireland ; referring the same to 
 the Lords of the Treasury. Dated 14 March 1694. 
 
 His petition to the King and another to the Lords of the Trea- 
 sury, praying for the custodiam of certain land, forfeited by Jasper 
 Grant, junr., called Kilmurry, in the barony of Condons and 
 Clongibbons in the coiinty of Cork, of about 500 acres valued at 
 CO/, per aim. 
 
 In the Minute Booh, vol. 6, p. 15, 27 April 1095: — "Manas 
 Obrien to have a small custodiam." 6 pages or parts of 'pages. 
 
TREASURY PAPERS. 
 
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 1694-5. 
 March 15. 
 
 March 1 0. 
 
 Vol. XXXII. 
 
 48. Eeport of Mr. Aaron Smith to the Lords of the Treasury, on 
 the petition of Mr. Henry Dixon, in favour of his being allowed 
 41?. for his zeal and fidelity, in collecting their Majesties' rents, &c. 
 in Cumberland. Dated 15 March lti94. 
 
 ilinutecl : — " The 41?. to be paid per M"^ Marry ot." 4 pages. 
 
 49. Letter signed Ben. Bathurst, without address, but perhaps to 
 the Duke of Shrewsbury, commencing, " May it please your Grace," 
 announcing that he had laid before him in April last the state of 
 the Prince of Denmark's account of wliat was due from His 
 Majesty to his Eoyal Highness, for the debt owing by the Duke 
 of Holstein and the mortgages for the same, now resigned, upon 
 PTis Majesty's promise to pay the principal and the interest (the 
 claim then amounting to 104,516?.), begging him to move the 
 King to order that this account might be stated in the Treasury, as 
 a debt due from the Crown ; not doubting that when His Majesty's 
 affairs would better permit the payment of it, he would direct it 
 should be satisfied. Dated IG March 1694-5. 
 
 Also copy of the account of what was owing, and a previous 
 letter on the same subject. Dated 19 April 1694. 2 pages. 
 
 March 16. 50. A paper docquetted : — " 16 Mar. '94-5. S"^ J. Heme & S^ 
 Ste. Evans' proposall for returnes to Savoy." [Also for Cadiz.] It 
 is addressed to the Lords of the Treasury. They offer to furnish the 
 moneys for Savoy payable there or in Leghorn and Genoa, at 
 QS^d. ]5er piece of eight, taking tallies on the Customs, the first 
 of the third year. They further offer to furnish 80,000?. at Cadiz 
 at 5Sc?. per piece of eight, taking payment in tallies on the second 
 year of the Customs after one thousand pounds. 1 ^xtr/e. 
 
 March 18. 51. Keport of John Digby, clerk to the trustees for the sale of 
 fee farm rents, an the petition of James Walsingham, Esq., finding 
 that the manor of West Derliam, in the county of Norfolk, was 
 granted in fee farm to Sir Thomas Walsingham, Knt., at 20?. rent, 
 which had not been paid since the Restoration ; advising that it 
 might be no dis-service to the Crown if a grant of the rent were 
 made to the petitioner, &c., Gabriel Armiger, Esq., having peti • 
 tioned for it as a concealment of which he was the discoverei-. 
 Dated 18 March 1694-5. 
 
 In the Minuie Book, vol. 6, p. 5, 17 Ap)ril 1695. "James 
 Walsingham's peticon granted." 2 p)ages. 
 
 March 18. 52. Report of Lord Eanelagh to the Lords of the Treasury, on 
 the petition of Mr. Paul Docminicque, as to 500?. charged on his 
 account in connection with the third troop of Guards, for recruit 
 horses, and 619?. 13s. lOc?. retui-ned by the Comis of Transports, for 
 the charge of transporting a troop to and from Ireland ; advising 
 that if they thought fit to grant the f)etitioner's request, the King's 
 warrant should be issued. Dated 18 March 1694-5. 
 
 Also the petition. 
 
 There are two minutes on the back, the second of which is, 
 " 16 Ap. '97. Rejected." 2 pages. 
 
432 CALENDAR OF 
 
 1094-5. 
 
 Vol. XXXII. 
 
 March 18. 5.3. Letter of tlie officers or Conies of Ordnance to the Lords of 
 the Treasury, as to tlie disposal of tlio 44,000?. laielj' given to the 
 office, upon the head of land service, proposing to list 40,964?. 14s. S^cZ. 
 to tlie artificers, &c. Dated 18 March 1694-5. 
 Mi nuted : — "Agreed. '' \^ pages. 
 
 March 18. 54. Letter by direction of tlie Lords of the Admiralty to Henry 
 Guy, Esq., transmitting extracts of two letters lately received from 
 the Navy Board, " as to the ))rovision for the couise of the navy." 
 Also acquainting them with the orders given for the payment of 
 20s. for every able bodied seaman, bargeman, &c. between 18 and 50, 
 delivered within 20 miles of a port, &c., desiring that notice might 
 be given to tlie officers of the Customs to give their assistance in 
 procuring men for the fleet, &c. Dated IS March 1694. 
 Also the two extracts. 2i pages. 
 
 Jan 7 to 55. Estimates of mourning and provisions for the mourning of 
 March 20, Her late Majesty, in connection with the office of the Great Ward- 
 
 1694. robe [amounting to about .34,000?.]. Dated 7 Jan. 1694-5. 
 
 8 Feb. 1694-5. An estimate of further provisions for the same, 
 amounting to 11,040?. 15s. 
 
 Among the items is : — 
 
 " For the topp of the room where her late Ma^y lyes in state, 
 & to apparell the mausoleum in the abbey, & tlie two 'states 
 more ' ordered by the Earle Marshall will take about 500 yardes 
 of black velvett [more] then was formerly estimated att 25s. per 
 yard, 625?." 
 
 The chariot richly carved and gilded estimated at' 1,000?. 
 
 Another paper showing the amount due for liveries to Her late 
 Majesty's servants. 20 March 1694-5, viz., 2,344?. 10s. 
 
 And a memorandum that the Yeomen of the Guard, Warders of 
 the Tower, trumpeters, and drummers having rich liveries due to 
 them, the mourning liveries would save 5,000?. 5 pages and 
 ,3 parts. 
 
 March 21. 50. Report of Mr. Benj" Overton to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 on the petition of Mr. Geo. Macy, praying to be allowed the money 
 disbursed about clippers, certifj'ing that there remained due to him 
 431?. 14s. C)d., which might be paid him out of the coinage duty 
 money. Dated 21 Marcii 1694- 5. ^ page. 
 
 1695. 57. Letter of the Officers of Ordnance to the Lords of the Trea- 
 March 29. sury, praj'ing for their order to receive 500 tons of saltpetre from the 
 
 East India Company, whicli they had to fui'nish by their charter. 
 Dated 29 March 1695. 
 
 The following, amongst other entries, occurs in the Minute Bool', 
 as to saltpetre to be furnished by the East India Company, vol. 6, 
 p. 97: — 
 
 " East Ind^ members & officeis of ye Ordnance about the 500 
 tons salt peter wch were to be dd this year. The comp^ have had 
 
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 such losses tbey cannot furnish this quantity till their sliipps 
 arrive, w'''' they expect in a little time. My Lords desire the 
 compa not to dispose of any peter they have, \v<=5' tliey promise." 
 1 fcige {quarto). 
 
 [?Abo\xt 58. Petition of Brigadier Selwyn and the rest of the officers in 
 March.] his regiment, stating that they received tallies on three fourths 
 of the customs, in payment of their services in Ireland, which they 
 were forced to sell at 20 and 22 per cent, loss, with the assin-ance 
 that the remainder (1,196?. Is. 5c?.) should be paid in ready money ; 
 praj'ing for payment. 
 
 Minuted : — " Read, 1 Ap. '95. The K. sales these shalbe paid 
 when the rest of ye Irish arrears are p[ai]d." 1 page. 
 
 [About 59. Memorial of Robert Billing, Gent., on behalf of his brother 
 
 March.] Lieut.-Col. Richard Billing, of Brigadier Selwin's regiment of foot, 
 pjraying for payment of the arrears duo for service in Ireland, in 
 order that he might pay his debts, &c. 
 
 A certificate showing that the Colonel acted as major of brigade 
 Dated 9 March 1694. 
 
 Also copy of an account of what had been paid to him. Dated 
 15 March 1694-5. ^ parts of pages {quarto). 
 
 April 3. 60. Presentment of the Comi's of Customs to the Lords of the 
 
 Treasury, respecting the discovery of certain tobacco, entered by 
 Henry Dennis, in his own name, which paid only English custom, 
 the ffoods beinrr those of an alien, on which the discoverers were 
 allowed 20 guineas, as a reward, for receiving which they were 
 prosecuted, under the Act of frauds, for corruptly receiving a bribe ; 
 moving their Lordships to order a nolle prosequi to be entered. 
 Dated 3 April 1695. 
 Minuted: — "Agreed to." \\ pages. 
 
 April 8. 61. Report of the Com'^ of Customs to the Lords of the Trea- 
 
 sury, on the petition of Sir William Gore as to a mistake in the 
 entry of certain beaver skins, &c., recommending the alteration to 
 be made. Dated 8 April 1695. 
 
 Minuted : — " Agreed giving reasonable satisfaction to the officer." 
 
 Also the petition. 1^ pages. 
 
 April 9. 62. Report of the Lords Justices of Ireland to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, on the petition of Sir Michael MiteheU for a grant of 
 certain particulars in a schedule annexed ; stating that the mills 
 and weres of Kilmainham had been ever since the forfeiture re- 
 served for the use of tlie Government, being within the Phoenix 
 Park till it was lessened, and the house used as a laundry to the 
 castle, &c. ; offering various reasons against giving away the for- 
 feitures. Dated 9 April 1695. 
 
 Minuted: — ■" Read 28 May '95. Report to ye K." 2 pages. 
 
 April 10. 63. Report of Mr. Charles Fox to the Lords of the Treasury on 
 the petition of Lieut. Demarais, late of the regiment of Lo.-se, 
 
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434 CALENDAR OF 
 
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 formerly commanded by Brigadier Villiers and then by Brigadier 
 Leveson ; praying payment of what was due to him for Ms service 
 in that regiment, &c. Dated 10 April 1695. 
 Miiiated : — " To be p[ai]d." 1 page. 
 
 April 10. 64. Report of Mr. Charles Fox to the Lords of the Treasury 
 on the memorial of Mr. Acton, agent to Sir Richard Atkin's 
 regiment of foot, then lately raised and sent to Ireland ; praying 
 payment of SOOZ. due to complete their levy money ; also respecting 
 the clothing monej^ Dated 10 April 1695. 
 
 Mi'iaded : — " See the former ord"^ about this." 
 
 Accompanied by the memorial. 2 pages. 
 
 April 11. 65. Report of the Com'^s for Victualling to the Lords of the Trea- 
 sury, on the petition of Capt. Robert Dorrell to the King in Council, 
 and an order of Council thereupon, referring the same to their Lord- 
 ships ; in favour of his claim for 1,01 5L 6.s. ScZ. for two bills drawn 
 from Barbadoes ; various other bills were drawn before the above, 
 and they had endeavoured to observe the King's directions and pay 
 in course. Dated 11 April 1695. 
 Minuted : — ■" To be pd." 
 
 Also a letter, the Order in Council, and the j^etition. 4 parts of 
 pages. 
 
 April 11. 66. Report of Lord Ranelagh to the Lords of the Treasury on the 
 petition of John Dackin, who had served in the horse guards, and 
 pra3red to be put on the list of pensions, at 'is. a day. Dated 
 11 April 1695. 
 
 Minuted : — " Not granted." 
 
 Also the petition and certificate, together with a letter of Mr. 
 Lowndes to Mr. Blathwayt, desiring him to procure a warrant for 
 the allowance. 3 parts of pages. 
 
 April 15. 67. Report of J. Richards to the Lords of the Treasury, on the 
 petition of John Shillingford alias Izard, who had been turned out 
 of his place of yeoman-pricker to the privy harriers, in the reign of 
 the late King James, to make room for a Roman Catholic ; on the 
 day his case was to be heard, the King withdrew himself; suggesting 
 tliat he should have lOOZ. for his present relief a,nd if his majesty 
 should be moved to restore him, he would discharge the Exchequer 
 of all arrears. He begged that the King might be moved in it 
 before he went to Flanders lest he should starve before the Kins 
 returned. Dated 15 April 1695. 2^ pages. 
 
 b 
 
 April 15. 68. Report of Mr. Charles Fox to the Lords of the Treasury on 
 the petition of Arnold Thomas, late an ensign in Col. Sankey's 
 broken regiment, and then in the same post in that commanded by 
 Sir Henry Bellassis, praying allowance of half-paj' from the time of 
 his being posted in the regiment, as a reformed oiBcer, till he was 
 provided for by having a commission given him. 
 This is written on the back of the petition. 
 
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 Also copy of another petition from him to the Lords Justices of 
 Ireland, and report on the same ; together with two certificates. 
 
 The last petition -minuted : — " To M"-" Fox to putt it on his meml 
 S^l. 4s. 6d. due to him, for arrears in Ireland, to be p^i." 5 pages 
 and 2 pieces. 
 
 April 17. 69. Letter of the Lords Justices of Ireland to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, about the petition of Sir Richard Pyne, Knt., Lord Chief 
 Justice of the Court of Common Pleas, praying a grant, release, and 
 confirmation of the lands of Ballyneglasse, Glanagurteen and Ball3'- 
 dei'gan, Balylakan and Killeinlagh ; and that some of the lands 
 might be created into a manor ; stating that the matter had been 
 referred to the Solicitor- General, whose report was, that the gratifi- 
 cation of the petitioner would not be to the detriment of the Crown, 
 in which they concurred. Dated Dublin Castle, 17 April 1C95. 
 
 Accompanied by the petition and report. 
 
 J/mttfed :— " For ye K. 16 Api- 1697. Granted." " W* signed." 
 4 pages and 3 halves. 
 
 April 20. 70. Report of the Com'^ of Customs, on the petition of Joan 
 Harrison, praying for various reasons, that her son John Harrison, 
 late a landwaiter in the port of Exeter, might be restored, or have 
 some equivalent employment : stating that they had had very bad 
 accounts of him, both as to liLs disaffection to the Government, and 
 to the board, &c., for which he was dismissed. Dated 20 April 
 1695. 
 
 Also the petition. 2 pages. 
 
 April 22. 71. Report of the Lords Justices of Ireland to the King, on the 
 petition of Barnaby, Lord Baron of Upper Ossory, for a reversal of 
 his outlawry and a pardon, stating that it appeared he was Lord 
 Lieutenant of the Queen's county, during the rebellion and captain of 
 foot in the Irish army, at the siege of Derry ; the Com'^^ of Inspec- 
 tion of Forfeitures had set his estate of 752 acres for two years to 
 Mr. Robert Warnford at 251. per annum ; and further, they saw no 
 reason that the King should extend his mercy to the petitioner'. 
 Dated 22 April 1695. 
 
 Accompanied by 10 other documents, including the report of the 
 Solicitor General, affidavits, &c. 
 
 Minuted : — " Read [the last time] 26 May '97. It must tarry tiU 
 the King's return." 13 pages. 
 
 April 23. 72. Report of Mr. Aaron Smith to the Lords of the Treasury, as to 
 what prosecutions had been made on the King's behalf, in relation 
 to the estate lately belonging to Mr. Wyke Parker, who had been 
 executed at Exeter for murder. Dated 23 April 1695. 
 
 Also a petition of George Parker, of Boringdon, in the county 
 of Devon, Esquire, to the King, to be protected from vexatious 
 suits, and for a speedy end to be put to all differences relating to 
 the said forfeited estate. 
 
 Minuted :—" 27 Ap. '95. To send to M^- Attor[ney] & M^ Smith 
 to be at ye Treasury on next Tuesd. morn." 
 
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436 CALENDAR OF 
 
 1695 
 
 Vol,. XXXI J. 
 
 The followino- is also in the Minute Book, in relation to tliis case ; 
 Vol. 6 p. 20, 7 May 1695. 
 
 " Mr Attorne}', M^' Smith and M^' Berry, abont the estate of Wyke 
 Parker, executed for nnirtlier. The cases are read. M"^ Berry desires 
 that Ml' George Parker may be defended jier M^' Attorney ag* sevci-all 
 other jjretenders to the personal! estate of the said Wylce Parker." 
 5 Images. 
 
 April 24. 73. A letter by direction of the Board of Ordnance to the Lords 
 of the Treasur}^, as to the necessity of the second two months' 
 advance, for service in Flanders ; and four months' pay for the 
 officers of the train. Dated 24 April 1695. 1 imge (quarto). 
 
 April 24. 74. Eeport of Mr. Aaron Smith to the Lords of the Treasury, on 
 the petition cif Mrs. Anne Gary, relict and administratrix of Edw. 
 Gary, Esq., deceased, touching the right to certain clipjiings and 
 money brought in evidence against some persons tried at the Old 
 Bailey, the right to which was in dispute between the city of 
 London and the Government, which matter had been referred to the 
 Attorney General, who had reported that the City had no right to 
 such forfeitures ; and as to the claim of the bailiff of Westminster 
 to the goods and chattels of traitors, expressing his opinion that 
 there was no such riglit. Dated 24 April 1695. 2 'pageii. 
 
 April 24. 75. Eeport of the Com''s of Customs in favour of a nolle prosequi 
 for William Malthus of London, merchant. Dated 24 April 1G95. 
 Also the petition. .3 2^etltlon. 
 
 April 25. 76. Letter from tlie Lords Justices of Ireland to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, acknowledging the receipt of their letter and the Avarrant 
 for the granting of lands therein-mentioned to the Earl of Pamrnej', in 
 reprisal for lands formerly granted him and restored by due course 
 of law, stating they had referred it to the Solicitor General, whose 
 report they transmitted. Dated Dublin Castle, 25 April 1695. 
 The report is not now with it. 1 2)age. 
 
 [About 77. Petition of Jeremiah Houghton to the King, showing that he 
 
 ^pril 25.] was keeper of the private armoury at Whitehall. to King Charles IF., 
 
 and was admitted to that place in 1689, and had been ernjiloyed in 
 
 cleaning the arms, &c. ; praying the King to order his salary of 201. 
 
 pier ann. out of the Exchequer. 
 
 Referred to the Lords of the Treasury 25 April 1695, and 
 minuted " My Lords cannot do this now." 
 
 Also copy of the grant to him in 1670-71, and the certificate of 
 his admission in 1689. 1 2^^<'9'^> (f-nd pnrtfi of 2 others. 
 
 April 26. 78. Certificate of the examination by Mordecai Abbot, of tlie 
 Earl of Ranelagh's, Lord Goningsby's, and Charles Foxe's books ; 
 certifying that there were no more moneys paid to Brigadier Edw. 
 Villiers than those in the annexed certificate of 2 Feb. 1692-3, by 
 William Robinson. Dated 26 April 1695. 1} p>ages. 
 
 April 26. 79. Report of Mr. Samuel Travers to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 on the values of the lordships of Denbigh and Bromfield and Yale, 
 in the county of Denbigh in North Wales, for thepurpo.se of making 
 a grant of the same. 
 
ti;easui!Y rAPEns. 43/ 
 
 1695. 
 
 Vol. XXXir. 
 
 He concludes his report thus: — " I lately ruled a condat ia order 
 to a grant to Sir Roliert Cotton of mines in these lordships of 
 Denbigh, Bromfeild, & Yale." Dated 20 April 1095. 
 
 The following entry is in the Minute Booh, Vol. 6, p. 24, 10 May 
 1695 :— 
 
 " Diverse gentlemen came to oppose the grant to the Earl of 
 Portland, of the manners of Dcnliigh, Bromfleet [Bromficld], & 
 Yale. 
 
 " Sir Will Williams (who has an estate in the manors) saies these 
 maunors are very large, of great value, about 2,000'' a year, and a 
 great number of gent^° are interested in y™. 
 
 " That since ye creation they have had no Lord, but the Lord of 
 Heaven & the King, & proceeded thus : — 
 
 '■ We never were concerned in a rebellion, but sometimes when 
 we joyned w*'' o^' neighbours ye Euglish. 
 
 " That 'tis ditticult in point of law Avhether these manners are 
 grauntable or not, or be an insepjerable part of ye inheritance of ye 
 Pr. of Wales, & when a Prince of Wales is borne they are his, & ye 
 crowne has notliing to do. 
 
 " Denbigh is annexed to ye principality by Act of ParP, & I 
 tldnk it cannot be separated but by Act : 'twas in Queen Eliz'*' 
 time. 
 
 " The Pr. of Wales alwaies had his revenue, court, & officers, & on. 
 j-e ci'eation of prince, this Lop paies a great mise; 'tis about 437'. 
 
 '■ However, I am sure 'tis most safe to go by Pari' & not by 
 patent. 
 
 " For Bromf. & Yale w°'i consists, I think, of 23 manners, 'twas a 
 custumary estate, & in Cha. I'st time 'tis annexii to ye principality ; 
 'twas a customary estate renewable & in 13 Cha. 1>** 'tis turn'd to 
 an inheritance, & also annexed & this LoP paies a rnise of 400''. 
 
 " If there be a mesne lord he'el carryall j-e royalty?, and questions 
 will arise. 
 
 " The Acts of PI' confirme o^' priviledges. Here is the K*. 
 patentee & here may be a prince. J\'Inst the Lord or the Prince 
 have it ? 
 
 " These places are full of mines. A new Lord will have eagle's 
 eyes, & therewill.be perpetuall suits. This is that \i'^^ touches 
 every man in ye countj^ in his vitalls. 
 
 " 22 Cha. 2 is to sell the fee farmes & dutchy rents of Cornwall, 
 but there is an express saving for ye fee-farm rents of Wales; and 
 when the Pari' would not left tliem be sold, shall they be given 
 now ? The Pari* did interest the Lord Trer. & Coma's of ye Treasury 
 to pursue the instructions of that Act. 
 
 " He saies that they have had but small time to make objections, 
 & have not instructions from ye rest of their countrymen. . 
 
 " Mr. Brierton saies that there may be an inconvenience to the 
 judges sallarys by this grant. 
 
 " M"^ Price saies these loP^ conteyne about 5 parts in 6 of ye 
 county. We owe a double allegiance as tenants & subjects. Wee 
 would not have our allegiance weakened in any part. He saies he 
 
438 
 
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 April.] 
 
 [? About 
 April.] 
 
 Vol. XXXII. 
 
 doy uot understand that one having an estate for life can make a 
 grant in fee. 
 
 " That acts of reassumption have been grounded alvvaies on 
 paying of great taxes. We shall ha.ve a poor Crown and weak- 
 hearted people to serve the Crowne, if these grants goe on. 
 
 " Sir Kobert Cotton sales in Queen Eliza, time, there was a grant 
 to Earl Leicester of lands in Wales, wli occasioned fraies, murthers, 
 & many indictmt^, & made him surrender to ye Crowne in his life 
 time. 
 
 The lordP of Denbigh was then granted to ye s'i earle. My 
 Lords will represent the matter to ye K. 
 
 " Sr Ri. Midleton, S^ John Wynn, S' Walter Bagot, S"' Tho. 
 Grosvenor, Sir Roger Mostyn, & others are in the countrey that 
 (as S"" W™ Williams sales) would appear in this matter." 3 pages. 
 
 80. Petition of Richard, Earl of Scarborough to the King, pray- 
 ing for a grant of the reversion of the office of surveyor of the 
 lesser customs and subsidies of tonnage and poundage in the port of 
 London, after the life of Sir John Stapeley. 
 
 Accompanied by — (1), an " abstract of the patents for the office 
 of surveyor of the petty customs port [of] London." [Minuted :■ — 
 " Granted "] ; (2), a letter signed Geo. Bradbury, stating that the 
 Eai'l would send the names of three persons to whom he desired the 
 grant might be made during the lives of Richard and William 
 Lumley, his sons. Dated 19 April '95 ; and (3), a slip of paper 
 on which three names are written, which are probably the names 
 in question. Parts of 4 pages. 
 
 81. Petition of Thomas Lane, Esq., to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 showing that his father had a pension of 500/. per ann. for 
 " being so instrumental in the preservation of King Charles the 2^ 
 after the battle of Worcester," and at Lady-day last the sum of 
 5,125?. was due to the petitioner for arrears of the same ; praying 
 for an order for payment. 
 
 Accompanied by a certificate as to the arrears. Dated 30 April 
 1695. 2 pages. 
 
 Vol. XXXIII. 1695. May and June. 
 
 1695. 
 May 1. 
 
 1. Report of William Blathwayt on the petition of Christopher 
 Codrington and Archibald Hutcheson, Esqs., and Mr. Richard Gary, 
 merchant, agents of Col. Christopher Codrington, governor of his 
 Majesty's Leeward Islands, in America, stating that the allegations 
 in the petition were true in reference to the privy seal ordering 700Z. 
 per ann. to be paic). to the Col. out of the revenue of 4^ per cent, of 
 
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 the Leeward Islands, but of late there had been another order in 
 Council for bringing the revenue of the 4|- per cent, in specie hither 
 and the collectors had no authority to pay the governor's salary ; that 
 as the collectors in Barbadoes had directions to pay Col. Russell, 
 governor of that island, out of the same duty, it was reasonable 
 Col. Codrington should receive his : also advising allowance to be 
 made for a gunner and two matrosses for the fort of St. Christopher s. 
 Dated 1 May 1695. 
 
 Written on the back of the petition. 
 
 In the Minute Booh, vol. 6, p. 14-5, 10 Feb. 169.5, is the following 
 entry : — " The sallary of Coll" Codrington to be p'i here out of ye 
 sugar arriving from time to time for ye 4 & | per cent." 2 pages. 
 
 May 1. 2. Abstract of Gibson's proposall about altering some practices in 
 
 victualling his Majesty's navy to the advantage of the crown and 
 seamen. Dated 1 May 1095. \^ jKtges. 
 
 May 1. 3. Report of Sir Richard Levinge, Solicitor-General for Ireland, 
 
 to the Lords Justices and General Governors of Ireland, on the 
 petition of Henry Temple, presented to his Majesty and transmitted 
 to them ; concerning the sum of 500Z. by him lent to the Earl of 
 Clancarty, in Dec. 1687. Dated 1 May 1695. 
 
 The petition and divers other papers relating thereto. 1 1 ^xiges. 
 
 May 3. 4. Letter from Onesiphorus Albin to the Lord Godolphin, stating 
 
 that proposals had been made for farming the aliens' duties at 
 30,000Z. a year. He had a difference with Lord Lanesboro, and 
 proposed to have nothing to do with him. He would go through 
 with the farm of aliens' duties, but it would be more for the King's 
 advantage to keep it in his own hands. When the aliens' duties 
 were put into a posture for collecting, the King might take up 
 100,000 pounds to be repaid out of that fund in one year, and he 
 would undertake to raise 20,000J. for their Lordships' share. Dated 
 3 May 1695. 1 page. 
 
 May 3- 5. Report of Mr. Aaron Smith to the Lords of the Treasury, on 
 
 the petition of Mr. Robert Stephens, messenger of the press, who 
 had detected and seized a great number of treasonable, seditious, 
 and scandalous libels, and many persons concerned therein ; in 
 favour of his being compensated for the same. Dated 3 May 1695. 
 Also the petition and two certificates of the petitioner's diligence. 
 3 parts of pages. 
 
 May 3. 6- Report of Lord Ranelagh to the Lords of the Treasury, on the 
 
 petition of Captain William Vachell, captain in the Marquis de 
 Rada's regiment of foot ; praying for arrears of pay for the cure of 
 a wound received at Camaret Bay ; certifying that 183f. lis. 9(Z. 
 was due to him up to 1 April then last. Dated 3 May 1695. 
 
 Minuted, : — " To be laid before the K. to-morrow, 50^. to be paid 
 in part of his arreare." 
 
 Also the petition and an account. 4 parts of pages. 
 
440 CALENDAR OF 
 
 1G05. ^^°^- ^^^^"^- 
 
 May 4. 7. Report of Mr. Charles Fox, on the iTiemorLal of Col. Edward 
 
 Duttoii Colt, in behalf of himself and the officers of the regiment 
 of foot then under his command (formerly commanded by Col. 
 John Hales) ; praying an nllovvance of ],4<10l. 5s. S^d. deducted 
 from them at their clearings ; stating it had been allowed to other 
 regiments. Dated 4 May 1695. 
 Also the memorial. 2 2}acies. 
 
 May 4. 8. Report of the Coma's of Customs to the Lords of tlie Privy 
 
 Council, on the petition of William Amis, of Faversham, mariner ; 
 praying a dischai'ge of a fine of 400?. set on liim by the Court of 
 Exchequer, where he was prosecuted, at the suit of the Attorney- 
 General, upon the information of Mr. Sherman, collector of customs 
 at Faversham, for concealing and uttering French goods. Dated 
 4 May 1C9.5. 
 
 Minuted : — " 1 July '95. The sollf to use his dilligence in the 
 recovery of this mo." 
 
 Also the report of the solicitor on the same. 2, pages. . 
 
 May 6. 9. Letter of the Lords Justices of Ireland to the Lords of the 
 
 Treasury, on the petition from the town of Bandon, for a grant of 
 lauds belonging to Major-General MacCarty, for the re-payment to 
 them of 1,500Z., and interest, stating that it would lessen the re- 
 venue and subject the King to many other solicitations, but leaving 
 it to his wisdom. Dated, Dublin Castle, 6 May 1695. 
 
 Accomjianied by the reports of the Com"^ for Forfeitures, and of the 
 Solicitor-General, two petitions, one from the provost, burgesses, and 
 inhabitants of the town of Bandon, and the other from the inhabi- 
 tants of the corporation of Bandon Bridge, and by four other 
 papers. 
 
 In one of the petitions they state that they never suffered any 
 
 papist to live among them, and were so obnoxious to the Irish 
 
 that they omitted no opportunity to oppress them, and at last carried 
 
 thetn all jnisoners to the mountains of Kerry, where many perished, 
 
 . &c. 11 pages. 
 
 May G. 10. Report of the Comrs of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 
 on the petition of Isaac Portello, merchant of London, respecting 
 tlie importation in a Portuguese ship of certain Brazil wood, of the 
 growth of Brazil, in America, a plantation belonging to Portugal, 
 which Avas thereby forfeited. Dated 6 May 1695. 
 
 211 nut cd: — " 27 May '95. A Avarrant to discharge the seizure, 
 first giving satisfaction to ye officers." 
 
 Also the petition. 2^ pages. 
 
 [About 11. Petition of Thomas Wilkins, Gent., on belialf of himself and 
 
 May 8.] others, to the King, as to the debts due by the collectors of customs 
 
 and new impositions ; praying that the petitioners might have the 
 
 same debts. 
 
 Minuted: — "8 May 1695. Tlie K. orders, that when ye grant 
 
 is passed, my Lords shall have such a restraint, that nothing grievous 
 
 be done by the grantee." 
 
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 1695 
 
 Vol.. XXXIII. 
 
 Also a list of the debts and a report of the solicitor of the customs 
 thereoL. 3^ 'pages (quarto). 
 
 May 9. 12, Order in Council on reading the petition of Sir William 
 
 Russell, Knight, Samuel Sale, John Norton, Richard Barney, and 
 Henry Bartlett, of the city of London, merchants, on behalf of them- 
 selves and others, the creditors of Andrew and Richard Dalton ; 
 praying that a grant of the Daltons' estate in Ireland, to Sir Will. 
 Ashurst, for payment of his debts, might be recalled, or that such 
 directions should be given, that the petitioners and other creditors of 
 the Daltons, might receive their just debts out of tlie estate, in pro- 
 jiortion with Sir William Ashurst ; referring the matter to the Lords 
 of tlie Treasury. Dated 9 May 1C95. 
 
 Copy of the petition, and a petition of the same persons to the 
 Lords of the Treasury thereon. 
 
 Minuted: — " Read 2G June '95. To be heard this day sennight 
 in the afternoon, & all parties to have notice." 
 
 Similar Order in Council on the petition of the said Andrew 
 Dalton, of the city of Dublin, merchant, praying that the outlawry 
 against him, might be reversed, and the grant to Sir William As- 
 hurst of the petitioner and his brother's estate, might be recalled ; 
 the petitioner being desirous to assign his debts and estate to his 
 creditors ; referring the same to the Lords of the Treasur}'. Dated 
 the same day. 
 
 Copy of the said petition. 
 
 In the Minute Book, vol. 6. p. .56., on 13 July 1C95, is:— "Sir 
 William Russell and the creditors of Richd. and Andrew Dalton and 
 Sir Wm. Ashurst, are heard by their councell, concerns a grant 
 made by the late Queen, enabling Sir William Ashurst to receive 
 out of the estate of the said Daltons, a debt of l,218i' Os. C(/. due 
 to him," &c, [Then follows what was alleged about the same, and 
 the entry finishes], " That Her Ma*? out of her great grace and 
 favour, and in consideration of his faithfull services, when Lord 
 May'^ of London, was pleased to grant to him so much (and no more) 
 as was due to himselfe, from the said Daltons, tho' he petitioned in 
 the name of the rest of the creditors ; but he supposes they were 
 all unknown to Her Maty, and tliat it is still in his MaJ's power to 
 grant the rem^i' of the estate of the Daltons, to the rest of their Q"^ 
 if his Ma*y sbalbe graciously pleased to do the same. 
 
 " My Lds upon hearing all parties find no cause to move liis Maty 
 for altering the grant made by the late Queen, &c." 7 ixirjes or 
 parts of pages. 
 
 May 10. 13. Report of Sir Robert Cotton, Kt., and Tho. Frankland, Esq., 
 Postmasters-General being their second report on the case of John 
 Woodgate, deputy postmaster of Canterbury ; viz., as to his ability 
 to pay the arrears due from him, and as to his injury by the 
 postmasters of Deal and Dover, in sending passengeis to other 
 liouses, &c. ; stating that the postmaster's salary was as large as that 
 of others on tliat road, but otheis had perquisites, which he nad 
 not, and so they were of opinion that it was insufficient, leavinrf it 
 
442 CALENDAR OF 
 
 1695. 
 
 Vol. XXXIII. 
 
 to their Lordshijjs to remit some part of the arrear, being 360Z. 8s. 2d. 
 Dated 10 May 169.5. 
 
 Accompanied by the first report, on the same subject, and the 
 petition, at the foot of which is a certificate that he was active and 
 zealous in their Majesties' service. 
 
 On the back is :— " l.S May 1695. See the Minute Book." 
 The following is from the Miniute Book, Vol. 6, p. 27 : — 
 "Sir Kobert Cotton and Mr. Frankland attend, w*"! Mr. Brock- 
 man, about John Woodgate, depty postma'' of Canterbury. The 
 postman's will make him a reasonable allowance for the future, if 
 he can hold the place, and as to liis arrear of 360Z. S.s. 2(1., due from 
 him at Lady Day last, my Lords will disch^ him of 165'i (in con- 
 sideration of his poverty, & the extraordinary charges he has been 
 at, & his good services to the government), upon his paying down 
 the remainder," &c. Z\ pages. 
 
 May 10. 14. Report of Sir Edward Ward to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 on a petition of Mr. Keeling, whereby it was " endeavoured to en- 
 title the Crown to a remainder in fee, after severall estates in taile 
 male spent, of and in the manors of Irtliington, Lasonby, Dacre, 
 Kirkswould, and " Bourke-upon-the-Sands," in the county of Cum- 
 berland, & barony of Barton in the co. of Westmorland, by the 
 attainder of Thomas Lord Dacre of the Soutli, for felony, about 
 the latter end of the reign of King Henry the Eighth ; to which 
 remainder it is said he was entitled, as heir-at-law of Joan, sole 
 daughter and heir of Thomas eldest son of Thomas Lord Dacre ; " 
 advising that the case was not clearly made out. Dated 16 May 
 1695. 
 
 Also the petition and another paper, giving various particulars 
 . respecting the manors, lands, and tenements, referred to by the pro- 
 posal of the said John Keeling, Gent. 4 pages. 
 
 May 16. 15. Report of Lord Ranelagh to the Lords of the Treasury, on 
 the petition of Martha Brehen, widow, for 29?. lis. 3f?., being arrears 
 of pay to her husband as lieutenant in Sir David Coliear's regiment 
 of foot ; offering no objection. Dated 16 May ] 695. 
 
 The petition. 
 
 Minuted: — " Read 28 May '95. To be putt on y" distribution." 
 Parts of 2 j'^c^ges. 
 
 May 16. 16. " New England. State of the accompt of the revenue in the 
 province of New Hampshire, from the 16th of May 1694 to the 16th 
 of May 1695." Signed William Blathwayt. 1 page. 
 
 May 18. 17. Memorial of the Comrs appointed to examine the public 
 
 accounts, desiring their Lordships' order for 2,000?., for the service 
 of the ensuing year. Dated 18 May 1695. 1 page. 
 
 May 18. 18. Report of Lord Ranelagh to the Lords [of the Treasury], on 
 the petition of Stephen Fagett and Peter Fauconnier, complaining 
 
TREASURY PAPERS. 443 
 
 1695. 
 
 Vol. XXXIII. 
 
 that the oif-reckonings of the Dutch regiment of Guards were set 
 do\\Ti at 853?. 16s. 4:d., and should have been 10,166?-. 13s. 4d ; 
 stating that he had made two reports thereon, on the data furnished 
 by Mr. Vander Esch, but Mr. Vander Escli was greatly mistaken in 
 his last computation ; recommending their Lord.ships to add to the 
 tallies, to clear the off-reckonings, 9,312?. 1 7s. to set the petitioner 
 right. Dated 18 May 1695. 
 
 Ilinutecl : — " Granted." 
 
 Accompanied by the petition and another paper. 3 ^xifjes. 
 
 May 20. ■ 19. Report of Thos. Trevor, Esq., Solicitor General, addressed to 
 the Lords of the Treasury, on the petition of James Zouch, Esq., 
 certifying that the manors of Woking, Chobham, Bishley, and Bag- 
 shot, and the hundreds of Woking, Blackheath and Wooton, were 
 granted by King James I. to Sir Edw. Zouch, Knt., the petitioner's 
 gi-andfather, marshal of the Marshalsea of the Household, and failing 
 heirs to others of the family of Zouch ; expressing the opinion that, 
 the reversion remaining in the Crown, the petitioner could not bar 
 his issue male, if he had any, or the male heirs of John Zouch, if he 
 had none ; nor could he prevent the manors reverting to the Crown 
 on the determination of the several estates. Dated 20 May 1695. 
 Accompanied by the petition. 3 fuges. 
 
 [? About 20. Petition of Willm. Fanshawe and Mary his wife, the relict 
 May 20.] of Willm. Sarsfeild, deceased, and Charlotte Sai'sfeild his daughter 
 and sole heir ; showing that Patrick, a younger brother of William 
 Sarsfeild, having, by his great power in Ireland, entered upon the 
 estate of the petitioners, and it being found in his hands when the 
 rebellion was over, was seized by their Majesties' Com'^s ; whereupon 
 they (the petitioners) prayed to be put in possession of tlieir right. 
 The Lords Justices, to whom the petition was referred, reported 
 that Mary Fanshawe had a right to 800?. a year jointure out of the 
 estate, and that Charlotte Sarsfeild was also entitled to a portion 
 of 1,000?., and 50L a year for her maintenance ; praying that they 
 might be put in possession. 
 
 Also a report of the Lords of the Treasury to the King in favour 
 of immediate possession being given of the estate to Charlotte 
 Sarsfeild. Without date ; but a bounty of 50?. was granted to 
 Wm. Fanshawe, Esq., on 20 May 1695. See Minute Booh, vol. 6, 
 p. 30. [There are other papers on this subject. See Vol. xxx. 
 No. 63]. 2 pages. 
 
 May 21. 21. Letter signed B. Granville, addressed to the Rt. Hon. Sir 
 Stephen Fox, one of the Lords of the Treasury, begging of him to 
 plead for his rent of Mote Park, stating that if they would read the 
 clause in the will of '87 they would be satisfied that the Lord Moun- 
 tague had no pretence for a claim of that rent, &c. Dated 21 May 
 16^95. 
 
 In the Minute Booh, vol. 6, p. 31, 21 May 1695, is :— " My 
 Lords will speak w**! Mr. Attorney about the rent of Mote Park, 
 claymed by the Earl of Montagu & Mr. Grenville." 1 'page. 
 
444 CALENDAR OF 
 
 ,„„, Vol. XXXIII. 
 
 lG9o. 
 
 [Aljout 22. Petition of Philip Ryley to the Lords of the Treasury, showing 
 
 May 2].] tliat he had applied liimself to the detection of the great mischief 
 
 of " exchanging broad money for jirofit, in order to clipping," and 
 
 had been a discoverer of persons engaged therein, who had been 
 
 fined 2,200?. ; praying for a moiety of the fines. 
 
 Minuted:—" 21 May '95. Refer to Mr. Attorney and Mr. Sollr, 
 to inform themselves whether the sheriffs of London and Midd. have 
 any just clayme to these fines, & to report their opinions to my 
 Lords." 
 
 The following entries in the Minute Bool; vol. 6, p. fi9, 4 June 
 1095, seem to relate to the same matters as the above : — 
 
 " Mr. Whittacre, Mr. John Smitl), & Mr. Macey, to come to 
 Mr. Lowndes to-morr. morii, who is to enquire and satisfie himselfe 
 whether the value of the clippings, & other things of clippers or 
 Cfiyners, be charged & answered in the acco^s of yc sherifls. 
 
 '• Mr. Overton is to prosecute y° recovery of the goods of sucli 
 offenders for the future, & Mr. Attorney thinks j" proceeding agt yo 
 Bff of Westmi' should be by English bill." 1 pfl^'c 
 
 May 27. 23. Presentment by the Com^'s of Ti-ansportation to the Lords of 
 
 the Treasury, as to arrears due to them ; praying an order for 3,0OOZ. 
 tlien, and 2,000?. by weekly payments, their credit being very low. 
 Dated 27 May 1695. 1^ ^ja^cs. 
 
 [About 24. Letter signed " Arch. Hutcheson," addressed to Lord Godol- 
 
 May 27.] phin, respecting an Order in Council for the payment of Col. Cod- 
 rington's salary, and the contingent charges of that government, 
 reminding their Lordships thereof, in order that something might 
 be done on " that memorial," the ships for the Leeward Islands 
 being about to sail immediately ; further begging his consideration 
 of Col. Codrington's other memorial, praying payment of what he 
 had disbursed for subsisting the regiment in the Leeward Islands, 
 and asking his Lordship's directions how to proceed. The officers 
 and soldiers of that regiment were wholly in arrear from I April 
 1C93, and were subsisted on tlie credit of Col. Codrington, the 
 greater part by the inhabitants of Nevis, Montserrat, and Antigua, 
 but the companies quartered at St. Christopher Col. Codrington was 
 " in daily disburse for." 
 
 Minuted: — " 27 May '95. My Lords do not think fitt to move 
 the Councell ior ]iaymt of this in y° islands, and he must apply here 
 when the goods for the 4 & ^ per c. come over." 
 
 There is also the following in the Minute Bool; vol. (I, p. 145, 
 
 10 Feb. 1695-0, " The salary of Coll" Codrington to be p^ here, 
 out of the sugar accrewing from time to time for y° 4 & -i per cent." 
 
 1 1 j)0(/c.s (quarto). 
 
 May 29. 25. Letter signed J. Tucker, addressed to Mr. Lowndes, sfatingf 
 that Consul Gvvyn at Malaga had, by direction of Admiral Russell, 
 drawn a bill of exchange, for 25?, Ss. S(/. upon the late Mr. Sec. 
 'i'rcnchard ; and at the in.stance of Mr, Sec. Truinball, the writer 
 
TREASURY PAPERS. 445 
 
 IGO.J 
 
 Vol. XXXIII. 
 
 put it into his (Mr. Lowndes') hands, to move the Lords of the 
 Treasury to pay the same. Dated 29 May 1095. 
 
 Minuted: — "To be paid per ye navy." ] ^mge (quarto), 
 
 [About 20. Petition of Sir Michael Mitchell, Knight, to tlie Lords of tlie 
 
 May 29.] Treasury, referring their Lordships to a report of the late Lords Jus- 
 tices of L-eland, and to the testimonial of tlie city of Dublin, as to 
 his behaviour in the late times of the greatest difficulty in Ireland, 
 and stating that his services were well known to the Right Hon. tlie 
 Earl of Romney and Lord Conisbie [L'oningsby], late chief governor 
 there, and the Lord Athlone, General of the Forces ; begging their 
 Lordships to give a favourable report of him to His Majesty, &c., 
 further stating he was about to tender Iiis services to the King in 
 Flanders. 
 
 Minuted :—" Read 29 May '95. My Lords can make no report 
 but such as must be grounded on yc report of the Lords Justices & 
 referring only to that." 1 ixtgc (quarto). 
 
 May 29 27. " Loans in the Earle of Ranelagli's hands on the dutys on 
 
 and 30. marriages, &c." 
 
 A paper so docquetted, showing that there was a loan on those 
 duties of 173,850^. 3s. od., and farther what was ordered to be paid 
 out of it. Dated 29 May ]G95. 
 
 Accompanied by another paper showing what tallies were ordered 
 to be struck bv the clothiers. Dated 30 May 1095, tlie total being 
 11;3,71C?. 17s." 2 half 2Ki(jes. 
 
 May 30. 28. Order in Council, on the report of the principal officers of 
 
 the Ordnance, on the reference of the petition of Col. Jacob Richards, 
 praying for a reward for fitting up tlie bomb ships the previous 
 year ; referring the subject to the Lords of the Treasury. Dated 
 30 May 1G95. 
 
 Minuted: — "7 June '95. My Lords will speak w^i the officers 
 of the Ordnance." 
 
 Also the copy of the report referred to. li yaijes. 
 
 May 31. 29. Report of the Conies of Customs to the Lords of tlie Trea- 
 
 sury, on the memorial of Hugh Speke, Esq., wherein he proposed to 
 make a discovery of some goods which were run asliore, the 
 customs not having been answered ; recommending the project to 
 be entertained. Dated 31 May J 095. 
 Also the memorial. 2 pages. 
 
 May. 30. Memoranda of credits furnished by the Bank of England to 
 
 Lord Ranelagh, in May 1095. Parts of o pages. 
 
 June 4. 31. Report of the officers of Ordnance to the Lords of the 
 
 Treasurj^ acquainting them with an arrear due to tlie office of 
 Ordnance, of appropriated money for land service, amounting to 
 ] 33,999?. 3s. Id. ; repeating their application for exchanging to some 
 better fund the tallies for 70, 105/. 3.s. 4d. upon last year's poll, which 
 i^tlie artificers could not dispose of, being useles.s, &c. and seeking other 
 
446 
 
 CALENDAR OF 
 
 1693. 
 
 June 4. 
 
 June 5. 
 
 June 5. 
 
 June 6. 
 
 June 7. 
 
 June 7. 
 
 Vol. XXXIII. 
 
 exchanges of tallies ; further reminding their Lordships respecting 
 the gunning two second-rate ships, &c. Dated 4 June 1695. 
 
 Also a paper containing ordnance estimates. 
 
 2^ pages. 
 
 32. Report of Lord Eanelagh, to the Lords of the Treasury, on 
 the petition of Mary Birt, widow, praying payment of 28^. 12s. Id., 
 due to her husband as ensign in Col. Selwyn's regiment ; offering no 
 objection. Dated 4 June 169-5. 
 
 Minuted :—" Read 1 3 June '9-5. To be putt on ye M"." 
 Also the petition. 2 half pages. 
 
 33. Report of Sir Edwai-d Ward, Attorney General, to the Lords 
 of the Treasnrj', on the petition of John Wheeler and Henry 
 Stancomb, of Bristol, praying a nolle j^i'osequi upon the bond in 
 the petition mentioned, relative to a fraudulent shipment of tobacco 
 from Bristol. Dated 5 June 1G95. 
 
 Minuted : — " The bond to be discharged." 
 Also the petition. 2 pagets. 
 
 34. Report of the Conies of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 on the petition of John Bladworth, as to certain Germany linens, 
 entered by mistake ; recommending that he should be allowed to 
 amend his entry, and recompense the officers who discovered the 
 same, as might be thought reasonable. Dated .5 June 1695. 
 
 Minuted to the effect that the Coma's of Customs might award the 
 recompense to the discoverer, &c. 
 
 Also the petition. 1 X"^0^ ^'^'^^ 2 parts. 
 
 35. Report of the Commissioners of Transportation to the Lords 
 of the Treasury, on the petition of Wilham Phippard, owner of the 
 ship " Mary "; in favour of paying him 2,340Z. 1 7.s. 4>d., for the hire 
 of the ship sent to Barbadoes. Dated G June 1695. 
 
 Also the petition. 
 
 The following is the second minute on the dorse : — 
 
 " Read 2 July '95. The Comra of Transports to certify how much 
 
 had been pd of this fund on ace* of y" Martinique service and how 
 
 much is still clayuied to be due." 3 'pages. 
 
 36. Letter signed W. Meoster addressed to the Rt. Hon. the 
 Earl of Romney, stating that all would be in readiness to sail with 
 the fleet to the Downs by Tuesday " come seaveu night " if not 
 hindered for want of money; seeking his Lordship's assistance that 
 the King's designs be not neglected for want of money; further 
 stilting that certain fisher and other boats, were wanted. Datetl 
 7 June 1695. 1 2>«i/«. 
 
 37. Report of Sir Edw. Ward to the Lords of the Treasury, on 
 the presentment from the Com^s of Customs, concerning Mr. 
 Gilbert Heathcott, who desired to ship from London goods castom 
 free, in lieu of others shipped from Chichester and taken by the 
 enemy ; in favour of the permission. Dated7 June 1695. 
 
 Minuted : — " Granted." 
 
 Also the presentment and a certificate. 3 pages. 
 
TREASURY PAPERS. 447 
 
 1695. 
 
 Vol. XXXIII. 
 
 June 7. 38. Letter of Mr. William Blathwayt, addressed to Mr. Lowndes 
 
 returning all the warrants sent to him signed by the King, except 
 that for Sir Godfrey Kneller, which he would not sign with the 
 clause for the arrears, but only for the salary ; sending extracts of 
 letters received, relating to the subsistence of the four regiments 
 lately gone to the Straits ; and further stating that the memorial 
 sent him, of the pretentions of Col. Hastings and other captains of 
 the guards, would be laid before the King, and he would have a 
 warrant prepared. Dated at the Camp at Becelaer the ^ June '95. 
 Also the said extracts of letters, 'i pages and 2 parts {quarto). 
 
 June 10. 39. Report of Lord Ranelagh to the Lords of the Treasury on 
 the petition of Hannah Collier, widow of Capt. Henry [Collier] 
 belonging to the regiment commanded by Col. Selwyn ; which 
 captain was killed at the battle of Landen ; offering no objection to 
 the payment of 75L 8s. 5(/., due to him. 
 
 Also the petition. Parts of 2 purges [very rotten]. 
 
 June 11. 40. Report of Philip Ryley, Esq., Surveyor-General of Woods, to 
 the Lords of the Treasury, on the Bill of the Rt. Hon. the Lord 
 Viscount Villiers, concerning repairs, &c., in Hyde Park ; amounting 
 to 425Z. 19s. 2^d., and 200Z. for hay for the deer and for the salaries 
 of the under-keepers. Dated 11 June 1695. 
 
 Minuted ;— " This to be p^ at ye Excheq'." 
 
 Also the Bill and an application of Viscount Villiers. l:^^a(/es. 
 
 June 11. 41. "Acco* of the charge of victualling the land forces in the 
 year 1694 ; presented to y^ Lords of the Treasury, y^ 11th June 1695." 
 [as appears by Mr, John Steventon's acco*^ who was agent in the 
 fleet that yeare.] 1^ pages. 
 
 June 11. 42. " Cost and charges of the provisions for New Yorke, signed 
 by the Com^^s for victualUng the navy." Dated 11 June 1695. 
 1 page. 
 
 June 11. 43. "List of provisions furnished for the soldiers for New York ; 
 
 presented to y^ Lords of the Treasury, 11 June 1695." ^ page (brief 
 size). 
 
 June 13. 44. Report of the Lords of the Treasury to the Lords Justices of 
 England, in obedience to the King's pleasure, signified to them by the 
 Duke of Shrewsbury, principal secretary of State, upon the petition of 
 the Mayor, &c. of Chester, which set forth that their common hall for 
 keeping the courts and assemblies for election of magistrates, mem- 
 bers of Parliament and other public meetings was so ruinous that 
 they could not come to it with safety, that Lord Warrington who had 
 been mayor had given lOOl. for building a new hall and others had 
 followed his example, but it would cost 500/.. more than could be 
 expected by voluntary contributions, and they implored the royal 
 bounty out of arrears of the land revenue in Cheshire and North 
 Wales ; informing their Excellencies that the arrears, &c. amounted to 
 
448 CALENDAR OF 
 
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 5,097/. 19s. 5 I ^rc7., and that it might be i^aid out of them. Dated 
 13 June 1G95. 
 
 Minuted: — "To be laid before ye King 8tl> JanY '9.5. The K. 
 will have y^ arrears paid into y« Excheq"" & y^ 500/. to be then 
 paid out of y" mo[ney]." 
 
 Accompanied by the petition and a memorandum as to the pay- 
 ment of the amount. 2^ pages. 
 
 June 13. 4.5. Letter of the oflicers of Ordnance to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 
 transmitting a paper from the artificers, applying for money for the 
 tallies dealt out to them, or for better tallies; ju-essing for an ex- 
 change of the same as until the officers were " eased of this clamour" 
 they could not proceed in their busines-s, &c. Dated 13 June 1G95. 
 Also the said paper. 1^ pages. 
 
 June 14. 46. Eeport signed " Jo. Taylour " to the Lords [of the Treasury] 
 
 on the demands made by the executors of Leonard Robinson, Knt., 
 late Chamberlain of London, deceased. The demand M'as for 
 1,170/ 1 l.s. 9^f/., for his charges in receiving from and paying to the 
 respective lenders 320,416/. Os. 3c/. Dated 14 June 1695. 1 'page. 
 
 June 14. 47. Letter of Col. Kendall to William Lowndes, Esq., begging 
 
 him to present and read the accompanying memoritil to their Lord- 
 ships. Dated 14 June 1G95. 
 
 The memorial stating that the colonel furnished several captains 
 of the ships of war in Bavbadoes, with 825/. upon their bills on. 
 the Comra for sick and wounded ; which had remained unpaid 
 three years, notwithstanding the money was advanced to provide 
 necessaries for sick seamen in the time of the plague in that island ; 
 and without it many hundreds of them must have perished, for no 
 other person there would credit the captains ; he also sought pay- 
 ment of 730/. I7s. 8c/., and 150/. advanced to the navy. Same 
 date. 
 
 Minuted: — "886/. 17s. 8(/. to be Issued to ye vict^s for Coll" 
 Kendall." 1 p>a.ge and 2 halves. 
 
 June 14. 48. A paper containuig ships' names, the number of men, kc, 
 entitled, " Orders received for victualling since the account given in 
 13 April 1695." 
 
 On the dorse is : — " 14 June 1095." 1 |7C(c/e. 
 
 June 17. 49. Report of Lord Ranelagli to the Lords of the Treasury, on 
 
 the petition of Margaret Harris, matron to the hospital on Hounslow 
 Heath ; for compensation for the duties of that office. Dated 17 June 
 1095. 
 
 Minided: — " Read 2 June '90. Rejected." 
 Copy of the petition and certificate. 3 pages. 
 
 June 50. Letter of the officers of the Ordnance to the Lords of the 
 
 14 and 20. Treasury, reminding them that the hire of vessels was a cliarge to 
 
 be borne by the navy ; certain ships having been taken up by Mr. 
 
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 Meesters, for the King's service, and a month's pay ordered for the 
 same, urging the impropriety of placing the sum for the liire thereof 
 to the account of that office. Dated 14 June 1695. Another letter 
 on the same subject, dated 20 June 1695, and list of the ships taken 
 up by Mr. Meesters. 3 loages or ]parts of pages. 
 
 June 21. 51. Presentment by the principal Com'^sfor Prizes, to the Lords of 
 the Treasury, stating that they had recieved an order in council for 
 an allowance to be made to Capt. Benj. Hoskins second captain of 
 the " Royal William " for the tonnage and gunnage of the " Fiip- 
 pone," a French man-of-war, taken by him in 1690; reminding 
 their Lordships of their former presentment, "wherein it .ippeared the 
 ship was delivered to Sir Cloudsley Shovell, but as it had not been 
 delivered into their custody, they were not liable to pay the same; 
 reminding their Lordships also of their late presentment of the state 
 of the office, which showed, that having paid the lOths and Srds, 
 and other appropriations directed by the late Act for encouraging 
 privateers, there remained nothing in the Treasurer's hands, and the 
 salaries and charges of the office remained unpaid, &c. Dated 
 21 June 1695. 1 page. 
 
 June 24. 52. Letter signed Geo. Plater, addressed to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, stating that he would willingly have obeyed their letter in 
 returning the money collected by him, which became due from the 
 fleet of ships which entered there, before Governor Copley's death ; 
 but Sir Edmund Andres had been admitted to the Government, by 
 whose warrant he had paid most of the money away ; he had, however, 
 written to Sir Edmund about the money, and enclosed copy of the 
 letter sent and the reply ; he also enclosed the Auditor General's 
 state of the revenue, &c. The money he paid by warrant of Sir 
 Edmund, he found a difficulty in getting, but he hoped to be indemni- 
 fied. The debt due from the estate of Governor Copley computed 
 at 470 odd pounds was likely to be lost, &c. Dated 24 -June 1C95. ■ 
 Accompanied by,- — • 
 
 (1.) Copy of a letter signed George Plater, addressed to his 
 excellency [the Governor of Maryland] respecting 500L paid by him 
 to his Excellency, which the auditor questioned, together with 150^. 
 paid the Hon. Col. Greenbery, enclosing tlieir Majesties' instructions 
 to the Governor to take an account of the revenue, ever since the 
 meeting of the late convention to the time of the arrival of his 
 Excellency ; further stating that it is highly injurious to him that 
 the two articles of his account paid by his Excellency's warrant could 
 not be allowed. Dated Puttuxant [in Maiyland], 3 Jan. 1694-5. 
 
 (2.) Copy of reply of the Governor Andros thereto. He states 
 that his warrants, whilst Commander-in-Chief, will effectually in- 
 demnify the said Plater. Dated 18 Feb. 1694. ^\ pages. 
 
 June 24. 53. Letter signed Wm. Blathwayt, to Mr. Lowndes, stating that 
 several applications had been made to the King for the forfeited estate 
 of one Francis Stone alias Pierre, bequeathed to aliens enemies, which 
 he declined to grant until informed of the matter by the Lords of 
 
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 the Treasury. Dated "Camp before Namur, 4 July ]695, N.S." 
 i.e. 24 June. 
 
 Minuted : — " Make a state & send it & my lA^ opinion is y'' 
 Pi[erre] affaires are in such a condiciou that if the K. will please to 
 reserve it for himselfe it will doe well." 1 page (quarto). 
 
 June 26. 54. Presentment of the Com'^s of Transportation to the Lords of 
 
 the Treasury, showing what was due for that service, and praying an 
 order for 2,0001. a week as promised. Dated 26 June 1695. 1 page 
 (quaiio). 
 
 June 26. 55. Memorial of the Commissioners for sick and wounded seamen, 
 &c. to the Lords of the Treasury, representing the arrears due to their 
 office, and praying them to direct the treasurer of the navy to pay 
 them 16,000^. Dated 26 June 1695. 1 page. 
 
 June 27. 56. Presentment by the Comr^ of Customs to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, on the question whether open boats carrying merchandize 
 from port to port were liable to payment of customs. Dated 27 June 
 1695. 
 
 Minuted:—"! July '95. The C. Customs to advise v/^^ M^ 
 Attorney on this point." IJ pages. 
 
 June 27. 57. Eeport of Lord Ranelagh to the Lords of the Treasury, on the 
 petition of Major Thomas Garth, praying payment of 14 months' 
 pay due to him as captain in the late Col. Godfrey Loyd's, now 
 Col. Holt's, regiment in the West Indies, to enable him to go to the 
 Leeward Islands, whither he was then commanded, as major to 
 Col. Russell's regiment, offering no objection. Dated 27 June 
 1695. 
 
 Minuted : — " To be paid." 
 
 The petition and two certificates. 2 pages and 2 quarters. 
 
 June 27. 58. Letter of the officers of the Ordnance to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, sending an account of the moneys given to the office ; 
 asking for tallies or money for the land service, to pay the establish- 
 ment of the officers and attendants for the train in Flanders, and 
 upon three expeditions at sea, and further reminding their Lordships 
 of their promise, for ordering the 2 per cent, iipon their 50,000Z. 
 tallies. Dated 27 June 1695. 
 
 The latter Entry oninuted : — " To be paid." 
 Also the account referred to. 1^ pages. 
 
 June 28. 59. Report of the Com^a of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 
 on the petition of Robert Harrison and John Pereira, as to the 
 entry of certain wine imported by them, half of which ought to have 
 paid alien duty, Pereira being a Portuguese, and a servant to the 
 late Queen Dowager. Dated 28 June 1695. 
 
 Minuted : — " To be admitted to mend his entry, paying y" aliens 
 duty for y" aliens part, & so as Engl, duty be paid for y® rest, 
 and such satisf be given to y'' officers, as C. Customes shall 
 determine." 
 
 Also the petition and an affidavit. 3 p)ages. 
 
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 169-5. 
 
 June 28. 60. Report of the Comrs of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 on the petition of Richard Breton, Esq., customer of the port of 
 Sandwich and members ; setting forth that he had served as collector 
 of customs at Dover, a member of that port, for nearly 20 j-ears, 
 without salary ; his predecessor having had lOOl. a year for the 
 same ; and that the trouble of his office is much increased, &c. ; 
 praying for an allowance for the past and a suitable salary ; recom- 
 mending him strongly for the discharge of his duties ; and that he 
 should be allowed the salary of the former collecter during the war. 
 Dated 28 June 1G95. 
 
 Minuted : — " 1001. a year fro Midsomer last, but to cease when the 
 war ends." 
 
 Also the petition. 2^ pages. 
 
 [? About 61 . Petition of William Lee, late Under-sheriff of Northampton, to 
 June 29.] the Lords of the Treasury, for 551. 9s. overpaid on his account, he 
 having paid SOI. for convicting two highway robbers. 
 
 Certificate of the Clerk of the Pipe affirming the same. Dated 29 
 June 1695. '2 parts of "pages. 
 
 June 30. 62. Abstracts of the lists of the ships of the Royal Navy, from 
 
 5 November 1688 to 30 June 1695 ;— 
 
 "Ace* of the state of ye Royall Navy as it was SOti" j^^e 1695, 
 
 6 how employed. 
 
 " Admiralty Office, T^^^^ April 1695. 
 
 " A list of his Mat'«3 ships of ye 1st 2iid and ^^ rates designed 
 for ye maine fleet with an ace* of their complements of men, the 
 number borne & number mustered & ye encrease of men since the 
 last account." 
 
 Same date. 
 
 " A list of his Mamies ships besides those of the Mediterranean and 
 West India squadrons, with the condition of those in port and 
 stations of such of them as are at sea." 6 pages. 
 
 VOL. XXXIV. 1695. July- October. 
 
 1695. 
 
 July 1. 1. Petition of John Farthing, Esq., late of Long Ditton, Surrey, 
 
 then of Chelsea, Middlesex, stating that he had made proposals in 
 1689, for the improvement of the excise, and subsequently sent in 
 observations on the mismanagement of that revenue, and in 1691, 
 delivered in an account and discovery of irregular proceedings in 
 the accounting for the same, for which he had remained unrewarded : 
 praying that as there were then proposals for the improvement of 
 the revenue lately made to their Lordships, by some persons late 
 Commissioners of Excise, they would receive his further proposals 
 annexed, for the improvement of that revenue, and if not that they 
 
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 would rewavd liim for liis former services, and he would then make 
 known all the defects in the present management. Dated 1 July 
 ■IG95. 
 
 Also the proposals referred to. 2^ ijages. 
 
 July 1. 2. Report of the Commissioners for sick and wounded seamen, &c. 
 
 to the Lords of the Treasury, on the memorial of Col. James Kendall, 
 late Governor of Barbadoes, praying payment of 825/. furnished by 
 him to several captains of ships of war in 1691 ; in favour of the 
 petitioner. Dated 1 July 1695. 
 
 Also " Minute of a Council of Warr holden on board their Majesties' 
 ship y*' " Norwich," riding in Carlisle bay, on tiie south-west side of 
 the island of Barbadoes. 21 March 1691-2." [This was held in 
 consequence of a distemper raging on board the .ships in the West 
 Indies, to consider what measures could be adopted in relation 
 thereto.] 
 
 The report is minuted: — " Read 3 July '95. 
 2,400 on ace* of wages. 
 1,600 on ace* of vict. 
 
 4,000 out of loans on 4^11 ayd for sick and wounded ; out of w°l> 
 they are to pay this 825li to Coll° Kendall, fo the money (being ab* 
 SOOii niore) for the same service." "i^ pages. 
 
 July 1. 3. Letter signed Geo. Clarke, addressed to Mr. Smyth, putting him 
 
 in mind of 111. IGs. Qd., owing to him these four years, from the 
 French regiments of foot, &c. Dated 1 July 1695. 
 
 The following is in the Minute Book, vol 6, p. 59, 10 July 1695: 
 "Mr. George Clark's letter to M^ Smith for 77'^ 16^ G^ due to him 
 from the 3 French regiments of foot to be referred to M^ Fox." 
 Part of a page (quarto). 
 
 July 1. 4. Letter of Mr. Willm. Blathwayt to Mr. Lowndes, returning a 
 
 warrant for the countersignature of the Lords of the Treasury ; 
 sending also an extract from a letter, received from the Commissioners 
 of the Bank of England, concerning the excessive price of guineas. 
 Dated Camp before Namur Jj- July 1695. 
 The said extract. 2 piages (^quarto). 
 
 July 2. 5. Letter signed ' B. Granville,' addressed to the Lords of the 
 
 Treasury, informing them that Mote Park was not settled nor was 
 then part of the Duchess of Albemarle's jointure, pi'aying them to 
 give directions for the payment of his rent. Dated 2 July 1695. 
 
 Minuted : — " When my L^' Montagu comes he may have his 
 counsell here, or stay away if he pleases." 
 
 In the Minute Booh, vol. 6, p. 63, 19 July 1695, is : — "M^ Gran- 
 ville's payi"ts of his rent for Mote Park to go on as formerly." 1 2Mge 
 (quarto). 
 
 July 3, 6. Letter of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, sending the report of Mr. Brodrick, the Solicitor-General 
 of Ireland, on the case of the Lady Jane Dowdall ; recommending 
 her to the King's favour. Dated Dublin Castle, 3 July 1695. 
 
TREASURY PAPERS. 453 
 
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 Minuted:—" 14 April '97. To have the lOQli per ann." 
 The report which shows that the said Lady Jane had " put her 
 money ont " in the name of her son Patrick Dowdale, who was out- 
 lawed for treason ; and the debt and judgments due to her were 
 thus forfeited. 
 
 Also the petition. Ci pages. 
 
 July 3. 7. " Presentment of the Com''s of Customs to the Lords of the 
 
 Treasury, on the case of James Ball, merchant of London, about 
 some goods shipped out within the time [allowed for drawing back 
 the moiety of the subsidy, the addl duty & new impost] but that 
 ship being taken up for his Mats service, ye goods were put on board 
 another ship, and the cocquet dated a day after ye year elapsed." 
 Dated 3 July 1695. 
 
 Also a statement of the case, signed J. Ball. 2 pages. 
 
 July 5. 8. Letter of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland to the Lords of the 
 
 Treasury, stating that he had thought it necessary to be informed of 
 the state of the forfeitures in that kingdom and had ordered a return 
 thereon from the Commissioners, which he enclosed ; the total of 
 their receipts was 7,1 01^. 3s., of which they had paid into the 
 Treasury only 1,080?.. as appeared by the certificate enclosed. The 
 Commissioners' books were in disorder, many of the duties of the 
 Commissioners of Inspection were neglected, and in effect their chief 
 business had been to get in their own salaries. He had consulted 
 the Lord Chancellor, the Barons of the Exchequer and the Deputy 
 Keceiver-General, who advised that the Commission should be super- 
 seded, and that the Commissioners of the Revenue should have the 
 management thereof, in which for many reasons given he concurred. 
 The Commissioners of the Revenue shoidd manage the forfeited 
 estates, &c. It appeared to the late Lords Justices, from the account 
 of cash given in by the former Conira of Inspection, that they had 
 received 1,800?. of the King's money, 1,700Z. whereof was spent in 
 paying themselves their salaries, &c. ; the affair was not mended 
 by the present Commissioners. Desiring to know the King's or 
 Lords Justices' pleasure. Dated Dublin Castle, 5 July 1695. 
 
 Accompanied by one of the papers referred to, viz. : — 
 
 " Forfeited rents received in the Treasury from the 6* of Feb? 
 1693 to the 10*1' June 1695." 
 
 Certified the 10 June 1695 by W. Robinson, Deputy Receiver- 
 General. 5 pages. 
 July 5. 9. Report of the Com^^s of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 
 on the petition of Thomas Vernon and Arthur Shallet, of London, 
 merchants ; respecting an infringement of the navigation laws, by 
 importation of Turkey goods ; recommending the case for favourable 
 consideration. Dated 5 July 1695. 
 
 Minuted : — " Agreed." 
 
 Also a certificate and a petition. 2 pages and 2 halves. 
 
 July 6. 10. Letter of Sir WiUiam Trumball addressed to the Lords of the 
 
 Treasury, informing them that it had been represented to the Lords 
 
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 Justices that a dangerous correspondence -was carried on with 
 France by divers disaffected persons frequently going out and coming 
 into England, by the coasts of Kent, which might be imputed to 
 the neghgence or disaffection of the officers of the Customs em- 
 ployed on those coasts ; transmitting certain proposals for putting a 
 stop to the same, which had been sent to them in order that their 
 Lordships might forthwith ask the Commissioners of Customs for 
 their opinion thereon. Dated 6 July 1695. 1 i^age {quarto). 
 
 July 8. 11. Letter of Mr. Blathwayt to Mr. Lowndes, stating that he had 
 
 sent three warrants, — ■ 
 
 1st, for 3,000 to the Duke of Shrewsbury ; 
 
 2nd, 6,876Z. 15s. 4d to the Bank ; and 
 
 3rd, 220f. 16s. 5d. to Mr. Butts; 
 but the packet boat in which they were had been taken by the 
 French ; applying for duplicates of them to be sent. Dated, Camp 
 before Namur, -f^ July 1695. 1 j3a(7e {quarto) 
 
 July 12. Two reports of J. Richards on the petition of Richard Sparrow, 
 
 8 and 9. servant to the groom porter, which stated that he attended the 
 House of Peers, and was allowed 20cL a day, that the allowance 
 was in arrear for the last four sessions, amounting to 58Z. 6s., and 
 he was further ordered to wait on the Prince of Baden 48 days, at 
 5s. a day, which came to 111. 15s. Dated 8 and 9 July 1695. 
 
 The reports confirm the claim, and were probably made in fur- 
 therance of the following Minute (on the dorse) " To see whether 
 my Lords have ever made any such paym*" to the groom porter's 
 serv*. 24 June '95." 
 
 There is a further Minute, " per tally on excise." 1 page. 
 
 July 10. 13. Presentment of the Com'"'^ of Transportation to the Lords of 
 
 the Treasury, showing what was due and what had been ordered, 
 certifying what they had paid on account of the Martinique service, 
 &ic. Dated 10 July 1695. 1 jja^e. 
 
 July 11 and 14. Letter of Mr. Wm. Blathwayt to Mr. Lowndes stating that 
 Aug. 5. the King, before leaving England, had signed a warrant and a bill 
 for a grant of the manor of Denbigh to the Earl of Portland which 
 remained undespatched at the Treasury ; signifying His Majesty's 
 pleasure that the grant should pass immediately. Dated Camp 
 before Namur, the J i July 1695. 
 
 Another letter for the immediate despatch of the same. Dated at 
 the same place -^-r Aug. 1695. 
 
 There are seveial notices of a grant to the Earl of Portland, 
 in the Minute, Book, vol. 6, but nothing very definite as to the 
 above letter. 2 pages {quarto). 
 
 July 15. 15. Memorial of Henry Starkey to the Lords of the Treasury 
 [apparently for some office in the Customs]. Dated 15 July 1695. 
 Minuted : — " Granted a dorm* w*." 1 page {much decayed). 
 
 July 16. 16. Mr. Aaron Smith's i-eport about the estate of John Moore, 
 " the tripe man," lately attainted and executed for high treason. 
 
TREASURY PAPERS. 
 
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 1695. 
 
 [? About 
 July 17.] 
 
 July 17. 
 
 [About 
 July 17.] 
 
 July 19. 
 
 [? About 
 July 19.] 
 
 Vol. XXXIV. 
 
 His property was situate in Moore's Court, Peter Street, West- 
 minster, and at Hessen, in Middlesex. Dated 16 Jiily 1695. 
 
 This was no doubt in pursuance of tbe Minute entered in the 
 Minute Book, voL 6, p. 59, 10 Jul}' 1695, viz. : " Mr. Aaron Smith 
 to enquire and take care of the estate of the tripeman." 1 page. 
 
 17. Petition of Dorcas Lady Ashfeild to the King, stating that 
 she was entrusted by several persons with proposals to raise money, 
 and the King had promised the Earl of Stamford that the proposers 
 should receive 2,000Z. for each million raised, and for the glass 
 and coal, which were part of the proposals, the proposers should 
 nominate a Commissioner ; further referring to Major Braman's 
 application for a commissionersbip. 
 
 Also the petition of Major Braman for the same, and certificate 
 in his favour by the Earl of Stamford. Dated 17 July 1695. 
 1-^ 2mges. 
 
 18. Letter signed " Jno Sansom," transmitting to the Lords of 
 the Treasury an account from the collector outwards of the port of 
 London, of what silver or bullion had been entered at the custom- 
 house from 1 May to 17 July 1695. 
 
 Also the account. 2 half pages. 
 
 19. Memorial of Richard Hutchinson, solicitor of His Majesty's 
 Customs, to the Lords of the Treasury, as to an arrear of 300Z. due to 
 him, which was agreed to be paid out of seizures and compositions 
 for prohibited goods. 
 
 J/mwfed:— "17 July '95. .300li to be pd. out of ye Is* 600li 
 [that] shalbe paid on acco. of seizures." 1 page. 
 
 20. Report of the Comrs of Excise to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 on the petition of John Wilcocks, Jun., Esq., who was appointed 
 one of the Com''^ of Excise in April 1691, touching debts which had 
 accrued to the Excise office, for duties on beer and ale, brewed in 
 a brewhouse in Turnmill Street, let by him to Mr. Tho. Eyer, and 
 afterwards to Mr. Rice Fellowes ; recommending the brewing 
 utensils to be sold to pay Mr. Fellowes's debt. Dated 19 July 1696^ 
 
 Also the petition and observations in answer to the report. 
 
 In the Minute Book, vol. 6, p. 90 is the following entry : — 
 " The Com^s of Excise to have a coppy of Wilcoxe's ansW, and not 
 to levy upon the utensiUs in his brewhouse till the matters in 
 dispute between them be determined by my L<is." 
 
 And again at p. 277 : — " My Lords take off the last order which 
 they gave concerning M"^ Wilcoxes brewing vessells, and leave 
 the Commits to proceed according to law." 7 pages. 
 
 21. " An abstract of the petition and case of Charlotte Sarsfield, 
 an infant, by William Fanshaw, her father-in-law and guardian." 
 She was daughter and heir of William Sarsfield, of Lucan in Ireland, 
 who on intermarrying with her mother had agreed (on the death 
 Patrick Sarsfield, his father) to settle 800Z. a year on her and her 
 children. The petitioner charges the Earl of Lucan with entering 
 
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 Vol. XXXIV. 
 
 on her property, by whom it was forfeited ; praying for restoration 
 of her estate. Undated. 
 
 Tlie following is from the Minute Booh, vol. 0, p. 65, 19 July 
 1695 : " Mr. Fansliaw, wtl^ S'' Thomas Powys his eounsell, desire 
 that M.^ Sarsfield, daughter & heir of W™, may be putt into pos- 
 session of the estate of her father, w^h was seized on the attainder 
 of Patric (who gott into possession in y" late times, but had noe 
 right). My Lords will report this to y^ K. when he comes." 1 
 
 July 25. 22, Letter of Mr. John Povey to Mr. Lowndes, sending to the 
 Lords of the Treasury the copy of Sir Thomas Lawrence's memorial, 
 which had been received by the Committee of Trade and Plan- 
 tations ; begging their directions to the Com''^ of Customs thereon. 
 Dated 25 July 1695. J ^jcfr/e. 
 
 [? About 23. Petition of Louis Chabrol, a French reformed captain, to the 
 July 27.] Lords of the Treasury, for payment of his arrears, he having served 
 in the French regiment of foot commanded by Gen. La Melionere, 
 during the war of Ireland, and again in Flanders. He states that 
 he had received no payment of his arrears, though other officers had, 
 and he was in continual danger of arrest and starvation, having 
 neither a place of abode nor a friend to relieve him. Without date, 
 but minuted : — " 27 July '95. To have 20^ in part of his arrears, 
 to enable him to goe into Ireld." 
 
 Accompanied by six papers arising in the case previously. 
 
 In the Minute' Bool; vol 6, p. 12S, 8 Jan. 1695, is :— " 100 10 
 Mous. de Chabrol], to be paid to Mr. Fox." 7 ^^af/cs or 2'>ai't.s of 
 'pages. 
 
 July 30. 24. Letter of the Fail of Romney to Mr. Lowndes, transmitting 
 the report of the principal officers of the Ordnance, on the petition 
 to the King, of the governor and company for making hollow sword 
 blades in England, which was referred to the Lords of the Treasury 
 by order of the Council, and by them to Lord Romney ; approving 
 the report which relates to sword blades imported, the forfeitures 
 of which the petitioners desired might be given them, to encourage 
 the manufacture of sword blades at home. Dated St. James's, 
 30 July 1095. 
 
 The report, a letter of Mr. Lowndes, the Order in Council, and the 
 petition. 2 pages and 3 pjarts of pages. 
 
 [About 25. Report of the Lords of the Treasury to the Lords Justices of 
 
 July.] England, on papers annexed, concerning a commerce to be settled 
 by the Lustring Company between England and Piedmont, and on 
 their memorial representing the great difficulties they had laboured 
 under in carrying on their trade in England, and that it would be 
 veiy hard for them to undertake any new trade, unless the Govern- 
 ment encouraged them ; praying for a remission of the whole duty 
 on their silk, or 2,400^. p)e,r ann. to be paid to them, as an equivalent 
 of the duties; expressing the opinion that they well deservedthe 
 encouragement desired, either by the remission of the duty or the 
 
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 200 
 
 
 
 1,000 
 
 
 
 300 
 
 
 
 150 
 
 
 
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 7 
 
 1695. ^^°^- XX^I^- 
 
 grant of 2,400?.. j^er ann. The latter seemed most advisable, &c. 
 Undated. 
 
 The papers referred to consist of : — 
 
 (1.) " Proposalls from the Duke of Shrewsbery to y^ Lustring 
 Company, and the ans<='^ of y" comity of ye said company." Dated 
 C June and 18 July 1C95. 
 
 (2.) The Lustring Company's answer to the proposals. Dated 
 11 June 1695. 
 
 (3.) Representation of their ease by Lewis Gervaize, their secre- 
 tary. Dated 18 July 1695. 14^ pages. 
 
 Aug. 1. 26. Letter of Mr. Wm, Blathwayt, transmitting several warrants 
 
 signed by the King for the countersignature of the Lords of the 
 Treasury. Dated, Camp at Watergoos, 11 Aug. 1695, N.S. 
 The warrants were for: — 
 
 6,876?. 15s. 4c?. to be paid to the Bank. 
 bounty to Mr. Baker. 
 
 to the Earl of Kochford, as Master of the Robes. 
 to Mr. Hutchinson. 
 for Mr. Granville. 
 6 for Mr. Butts. 
 
 Also warrants for taking in loans on the reversions of annuities, 
 for 2s. a day for John Dwyre, for discharge of Mr. Bennet's 
 executors, &c., and for Conirs of accounts in Ireland. Farts of 
 2 2^c('ffes. 
 
 Aug. 3. 27. Letter of the officers of the Ordnance to the Lords of the 
 
 Treasury, stating that the gentlemen of the Bank declined making 
 any proposal for remittance of money abroad on contract for six 
 or ] 2 months, but would remit at the current exchange of the time 
 at li per cent. Sir Joseph Heme and Sir Stephen Evance would 
 remit at 1 per cent, cheaper than the Bank, and were prepared (as 
 in the annexed paper) to contract for a price certain, but they had 
 not encouraged them until they knew their Lordship's pleasure. 
 Dated 3 Aug. 1695. 
 
 Also the paper referred to, dated 30 July 1695. 2 pages. 
 
 Aug. 7. 28. Memorial of Jolm Duke of Newcastle, Rebecca Viscountess 
 
 Falkland, Henry Viscount Longuevile, Doctor John RadclifFe, 
 Richard Gee, Esq., John Ta3'lor, merchant, and Mr. Geo. Dodington, 
 part owners of the ship " Lyon," as to an amount due for the ser- 
 vices of the ship for a voyage to tlie West Indies, about which there 
 had been a Chancery suit between the above persons and Mr. Thomas 
 Hewetson. Dated 7 Aug. 1695. 
 
 Minvted : — " Refer to the Ordnance to state & give opinion on 
 this demand for so much as concerned Ordnance service, & to speak 
 with the Coral's of the Navj' about y'' fund for paym*." 
 
 The following in the Minute Book, vol. 6, p. 89, 25 Sept. 1695, 
 relates to this : — 
 
 " Comics of Navy to be here on Tuesday next, in the afternoon, 
 about the demand for service of y ship ' Lyon.' " 2| pages. 
 
458 CALENDAR OF 
 
 1695. 
 
 Vol. XXXIV. 
 
 Aug. 14. 29. Letter of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland to the Lords of the 
 
 Treasury, sending the report and other paper.s of the Coma's of the 
 Revenue on the petition of Lewis -Jones and Humphry Booth, for 
 the remission of .302^ 10s. lO^d, the balance of the hearth-money 
 for the county of Sligo in 1686 ; in favour of the remission. Dated 
 14 Aug. 1695. 
 
 [The papers are not now with it.] 1 ixcge. 
 
 Aug. 14. 30. Report of the Com™ of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 in obedience to directions received from them, to certify what 
 money stood charged on Thomas Tipping, Esq., as received on 
 account of customs at Exeter and elsewhere, in the year ] 688, 
 when His Majesty landed in the west. Dated 14 Aug. 1695. 
 
 The petition of the said Thomas Tipping, aad four certificates, &c. 
 relating thereto. 6 parts of pages. 
 
 Aug. 14. 3L Report of the Conies of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 on the petition of John Waller of London, merchant, as to certain 
 Smyrna galls, seized by the Citj^ garbler for the City duties ; praying 
 for the grant of a " noli proseqv.i." Dated 14 Aug. 1695. 
 
 Minuted : — " A noli proseqid to be entered for y^ K. part." 
 
 Also the petition. 3 pages. 
 
 Aug. 16. 32. Letter, by direction of the Lords of the Admiralty, from Mr. 
 
 Bridgeman to Mr. Lowndes, secretary of the Treasury, for certain 
 papers to be sent relating to the making a register for seamen. 
 Dated 16 Aug. 1695. 1 page. 
 
 Aug. 20. 33. Report of the Comrs of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 
 on the petition of divei-s merchants, trading to Virginia, who con- 
 ceived themselves oppressed by the impost of 3cL per pound laid on 
 tobacco imported from the English plantations, &c. Dated 20 Aug. 
 1695. 
 
 Mintited : — " The Com^^ must discourse wt^i the mercht^ upon 
 this." 
 
 Also the petition. 3 piages. 
 
 Aug. 20. 34. Presentment of the Com^s of Customs to the Lords of the 
 
 Treasury on the memorial of Micaiah Perry and two others con- 
 cerned in the Virginia trade, recommending that they should be 
 favoured in the payment of duties on sweet scented tobacco. Dated 
 20 Aug. 1695. 
 
 Minuted : — " A warr* drawne." 
 
 Also the petition. 2^ pages. 
 
 Aug. 7 35. Presentments of the Com^a for Transportation to the Lords of 
 
 and 21. the Treasury, as to what money was due to them and the claims 
 
 made upon them. Dated 7 and 21 Aug. 1695. 2 pages and 2 
 
 halves. 
 
 Aug. 22. 36. Report of Chas. Dering, Auditor-General, addre.ssed to the 
 
 Lord Deputy General and General Government of Ireland, as to 
 
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 what was due to the Coin''a for stating the accounts of the army 
 and those employed by them for their salaries. Dated 22 Aug. 
 1G95. 1^ pages. 
 
 Aug. 22. 37. Letter signed " Wm. Beeston " [governor of Jamaica] to the 
 Lords of the Treasurj^ stating that by the fleet, which arrived 
 23 July, he received the King's letter, and with it the credits of Sir 
 Joseph Heme and Sir Stephen Evance, for the subsistence of Col. 
 Lillingston's regiment, and the King's bounty of 4,000Z., towards 
 the relief of the people of that island, who had their estates destroyed 
 by the French ; the credits were accepted, the regiment was mus- 
 tered soon after its arrival, but several had died since, they being 
 generally verj^ weak and sickly ; he was obliged to send them into the 
 country for fresh air, which would add to the difficulty of mustering 
 them, but none should be returned who were not alive. Dated 
 Jamaica, 22 Aug. 169-5. 1 page {quarto). 
 
 Aug. 22. 38. Letter of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland to the Lords of 
 
 the Treasurjr, transmitting the memorial of the Comi's of Accounts 
 and reporting that there was due to them on 31 Jan. last 2,430L; in 
 favour of paying a moiety of their demand, and the remainder at 
 Michaelmas 1696, &c. Dated 22 Aug. 1695. 
 Also the memorial. 6 pages. 
 
 July 29 and 39. Two letters on the same subject, the last docquetted : — " Mr. 
 Auc. 23. Povey's letter from the Lords of the committee for the Com^s 
 of Customs, to attend about the next year's trade," addressed to 
 Mr. Lowndes. Dated 29 July and 23 Aug. 1695. 2 pages. 
 
 Aug. 28. 40. Report of the Comr^ of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 on the memorial of Arthur Shallet, of London, merchant, as to the 
 payment of his bonds for duties at the custom-house, by the debts 
 due to him for transport service. Declining to give their opinion 
 for balancing one debt by another. Dated 28 Aug. 1695. 
 
 Minuted .■— " 27 Sept. 1695. On this a letter for 3,721^. 8s. 8d." 
 Also two memorials, a letter, and a certificate. 
 In the Minute Book, vol. 6, p. 90, 27 Sept. 1695, is: 
 " 3,7211' 8*^ 8<i to be issued out of loans on the coal act, to M"^ Fox, 
 for y" Coma's of Transports, who are to apply the same to pay so 
 much in part of 15,000li due to Arthur Shallet for y« service of 6 
 transport ships to enable him to clear his bonds at the custom 
 house." 5 pages or parts of pages. 
 
 Aug. 31. 41. Letter of the officers of the Ordnance to the Lords of the Trea- 
 sury, stating that the powder makers had complained that the East 
 India Company had not allowed the accustomed tare, nor delivered 
 the whole quantity of saltpetre (600 tons) according to contract ; 
 praying that the governor might attend to meet the powder makers 
 thereon. Dated 31 Aug. 1695. 
 
 Also the paper containing the complaint. 
 
 Minuted to the effect that the governor or some of the com- 
 mittee were to attend. 
 
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 1695. Vol. XXXIV. 
 
 In the Miinde Bool; vol. 6, p. 83, 10 Sept. 1695, is the follow- 
 ing : " Officers of Ordnance with powder makers & members of 
 East India Comp'% upon a conipl* of y<= powder-makers that part of 
 tl.e 500 tons [of] peter last delivered was Dutch peter, not as good 
 as ye sample, & 2^y the Conip=i has not allowd the tare as usuall. S"" 
 Jolm Fleet sales of y" 500 tons, the Comp'^ has delivered 42 of 
 their owne impi^. That those concerned v/^^ the powder-makers 
 have exch^ theirs for Dutch peter, and the Company's invoices fall- 
 ing short, he went & bought Dutch peter at 70^' a tonn, for the re- 
 mainder (their owne being sold at 60'') and if refracted atV^ p 
 cent. se[cs] no cause to complaine. (The K. has it at 45'' per ton.) 
 Their invoices fell short, because when the ' Modcna ' was cast away, 
 the goods in the ' Cha. 2.' & other ships were extreamly damaged. 
 Mr. Richardson sales 7^ per cent, is onely the allowance in 
 Holl[an]d, but it will not refine the peter. S'' John sales thepow- 
 der-makers shall have none of y^ Dutch peter, but theyl supply it 
 out of the shipp 'Hawk,' now come from Ind"!. As to the tare S"^ 
 Jn° saies the Comp''' will deliver 500 tons turn'd out of the baggs, 
 & no more can be expected. It is proposed that if y® cloath of y" 
 bags be y'' same as formerly, ye tare be ye same. They are to 
 satisfye yemselves whether the cloath be altered or not." 
 
 Again at p. 97 is another minute, in which " My Lords desire the 
 Comp^ not to dispose of any peter ihoy have, which they promise." 
 
 Further minutes, at pp. 137 and 144, on the same subject, they 
 state that the complaint of the powder-makers was " thought very 
 frivolous." 3 par/e-s. 
 
 Sept. 3. 42. Eeport of the Coma's of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 on the petition of John Gallant of London, sworn broker, as to the 
 payment of 8s. per nvt. above the 25 per cent, levied on French 
 molasses. Dated 3 Sept. 1695. 
 
 Minuted : — "Read 10* 7^'"^ '95. The dispute is about an appro- 
 priated duty and therefore my L* can give no direction, but it must 
 be decided by law." 
 
 The petition and the opinions of the law officers thereon. 5^ pagee. 
 
 Sept 3. 43. Report of the Com's of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 
 on the petition of William Boyle, concerning the seizure of 400/. of 
 the petitioner's money, by the officers of the port of Swansea; tlie 
 saTne being entered at the custom house, and shipped coastwise for 
 Bristol, under the denomination of butter. Dated 3 Sept. 1695. 
 
 Minuted : — " Coma's of Customs to informe themselves wliether 
 this was iieavy money or much dipt." 
 
 Also the petition, and divers other papers connected therewith 
 13 p>ages or parts of pages. 
 
 Sept. 5. 44. The Report of the above Comfs jn pursuance of the last minute. 
 Dated 5 Sept. 1695. 
 
 Minuted, : — " 6.7'™' '95. To the Comi' to give direction for ye 
 dilligent prosecution of ye seizure." 1 piage. 
 
 Sept. 10. 45. Report of the Comi's of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 on the petition of Geoige Medcalfe, in favour of his being continued 
 
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 to assist Mr. Bridges, the solicitor of the Customs ; he liaving 
 assisted Jlr. Hutch iuson, the hxte soliciter for eiglit yeurs ; recom- 
 mendiag an allowance to hiai of 100^. a year in additioa to 50^. to 
 be allowed by Mr. Bridges. Dated 10 Sept. 1G95. 
 
 Minuted :—" Agreed." 
 
 Also the pstition. 1 pjtye aivl 2 parts. 
 
 Sept. ]2. 4G. Report signed 'Jo. Taylor,' addressed to the Lords [of the 
 Treasury], on the demands made by Sir Leonard Robinson, Knt. 
 Chamberlain of London for charges and allowance for paying in 
 loans on the third 4;. aid, and for the duties on marriages. The sum 
 in question was 1,434<J. 9s. lOd. Dated 12 Sept. 1095. 
 
 Minuted : — " Per tallys on excise 9"^ Oct'' 1 09 5, warr* drawn." 
 Also the patition, an affidavit relating thereto and " an acco' of 
 charges paid for paying into the Exchequer 311,000?. loans made on 
 ye third four shillings aide and alsoe for paying into ye Escheq"' 
 85,900li loans made on marriages, &c., amounting in all to y^ sum of 
 39G,900ii." 31 pajes. 
 
 Sept. 12. 47. Report of the Com^^s of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 a3 to a vessel supposed to have been seized by the officers of Customs 
 at Harwich, on suspicion of lier going to France. Dated 12 Sept. 
 1C9.5. 
 
 Minuted : — " Read when Com^s Navy come." 
 
 Also a letter from the custom house officers respecting the same. 
 2 pages. 
 
 Sept. 13. 48. Report of Sir Christopher Wren to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 who had directed him to view a convenient place in the Savoy to 
 make a house for the Martial of the Forces and to estimate the charge ; 
 stating that he had several times viewed all parts of the place, with 
 the officer concerned, and with the consent of the Earl of Rumney ; 
 and they had " pitched upon the west end of that wing of the 
 hospital which was employed by tlie guard.s," specifying what he 
 proposed should be done, together with the cost. Dated 13 Sept. 
 1695. 
 
 In the Minute Booh, vol. 6, p. 98, IG Oct. 1G95, is the following 
 entry : — " The money reported for fitting up a Marshalsea in the 
 Savoy, to be paid and placed to account of contingencies." 
 
 The letter directing the making of the above report, a letter 
 signed Geo. Clarke, stating the accommodation requisite and the 
 plan and elevation. 4 pages or parts of pages. 
 
 Sept. IG. 49. An Abstract of Mr. Warburton's account of the English and 
 inland Irish post office, from Lady Day 1685, that is to say, of the 
 Eno-lish letters to the IGth of May 1689, and of the inland Irish 
 post office to Christmas 1G88. 
 
 Concluding with a memorial signed Wm. Aldworth, addressed to 
 the Lords of the Treasury, showing that the Irish post office pro- 
 duced about 1,500/. in a quarter of a year, &c., submitting that an 
 able person should be deputed atDublin to compute the receipts and 
 issues of that revenue. Dated IG Sept. 1G95. 
 
462 - CALENDAR OF 
 
 1695. 
 
 Vol. XXXIV. 
 
 Eeferred to the Post-Master General to report thereon. 2 large 
 pages. 
 
 Sept. 24. 50. Letter of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, stating that Brigadier Wolseloy brought over with him 
 His Majesty's letters, countersigned by their Lordships, for certain 
 forfeited estates in a schedule, to be granted him, by way of custo- 
 diam, for three years, to the extent of 1,000^. ; but his Excellency 
 found most of them had been given away or encumbered, and the 
 brigadier liad only passed two of the value of 371^. per ann. ; two 
 other lists had been submitted and reported on to be of the value of 
 QO'dl.per ann.; recommending a custodiam of the same and pressing- 
 despatch ; for he had promised to take care of it, otherwise he could 
 not have withstood the Brigadier's importunity for leave to go to 
 England to solicit it himself, which would have been a disservice 
 to the King, he using great application to ]3ut forward all His 
 Majesty's afi'airs in Parliament, where no man was better heard. 
 Dated Dublin Castle, 24 Sept. 1695. 
 
 Accompanied by the report of the Corn'^s of Forfeitures. 
 
 In i\i.&\Minute Book, vol. C, p. 132, ] 4 Jan. 1695-6 is : — " Countess 
 of Longford & Mr. Hughs agent for Brigad'^ Wolseley, Mr. Conyers 
 of counsell for her, he desires the estate of Whitefriars, in Ireland, 
 may be granted to her subject to Coll° Wolseley 's custodiam, Mr. 
 Dobbins of counsell for Coll" Wolseley desires the custodiam may 
 passe ; he saies my Lord Longford mortgaged the estate to Arthur 
 & his equity of redemption was foreclosed." 3 J images. 
 
 Sept. 5 to 25. 51. Report of the Comr^ of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 as to an establishment for the officers, salaries and other charges 
 necessary in the management of the new duties upon coals and culm, 
 transmitting a presentment of and scheme for the management of 
 the duty thereon. 
 
 The presentment, dated 5 Sept. 1695, and the scheme. 
 
 Minuted .•— " My Lords think ye Compf & Rec'' in Lond" may & 
 ought to serve for this duty." With various other orders by their 
 Lordships to carry out the scheme. 
 
 Also another presentment on the same subject, dated 10 Sept. 
 1695. And an " Extract of a presentment to the Lords Coma's of 
 the Treasury by the Comf^ of the Customes in 1679 for retrench- 
 ing of officers." 
 
 Minuted : — " My Lords agree to what is here offered," &c. &c. 
 
 Two other presentments, dated 18 and 25 Sept. 1695, as to the 
 establishment of officers with a list of " names of persons sent by the 
 Com™ to be coU'^s of the coal duty upon the inland rivers," together 
 with a copy of the one, dated 25 Sept., which has a minute on the 
 back that it was read again 10 May 1698, &c. 
 
 In the Minute Book, vol. 6, p. 91, on 27 Sept. 1695, is the fol- 
 lowing : — •" The Comi's of Customs may employ the Rec"^ of y'^ coal 
 duty for the church of Pauls to receive the King's new duty on 
 coles till there be an establishm* of tliat office." 16 pages and parts 
 of pages. 
 
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 Sept. 10 52. Copy of the memorial '^of the Coma's for sick and wounded 
 and 25. seamen and exchange of prisoners of war, respecting an estimate of 
 the cost of building a new prison at Plymouth by the King's com- 
 mand for prisoners of war. [The estimate was doQl. 19s. Gd. for a 
 prison to hold 300 prisoners.] Dated 10 Sept. 1695. 
 
 Two letters (one dated 25 Sept. 1695) and a balance sheet relating 
 thereto. 
 
 Minuted : — " The money to be pd for sick & wounded." 1 j^age 
 and ttuo parts. 
 
 Sept. 27. 53. Letter by command of the Lords Justices of England to the 
 Lords of the Treasury, enclosing an extract of Mr. Blathwayt's 
 letter, whereby His Majesty's approval was signified of their Lord- 
 ships' report, for the encouragement of the Lustring Company to 
 carry on a trade to Piedmont. Dated 27 Sept. 1695. 
 
 Also the said extract. 
 
 Minuted : — " Orders to be given pursuant to the report. Some 
 of the Lustring Comp. to be here on Tuesd. afternoon." 2^'^'''^^ of 2 
 pages (quarto). 
 
 Sept. 27. 54. Representation of the Com^'s of Excise to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, praying their Lordsliips' warrant to discharge one Mr. 
 Wood from 1221. 16s., the residue of 300?. set " ill super " in the 
 Exchequer. Dated 27 Sept. 1695. 
 
 Minuted ;— " A privy seal to discharge this." 
 
 Two other papers relating thereto. 4 pages. 
 
 Sept. 28. 55. Letter from Mr. Francis Babe to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 stating that he sent the Com'^ of the Revenue a letter, dated 25 
 May, which, if put in execution, would improve the excise 10,000?. 
 per ann., he enclosed a copy of the part relating thereto, with the 
 Comics answer, dated 1 June, and his reply of 17 June; he also 
 sent another letter, dated 29 June, proposing certain methods for 
 the improved management of the hearth money, a copy of which he 
 also enclosed; he had spent much of his time at Cork and Kinsale, 
 when the Calais fleet was there; and also at Ventry, where the 
 ''■ Henry" of London, an East India ship, was forced ashore and 
 lost, out of which 25,000?. of goods had been saved ; he had laid 
 two papers before the Com^^ of the Revenue, the first, showing 
 that the additional excise would be of no advantage to the Crown, 
 and that an additional duty on tobacco imported out of England 
 would be a loss, when granted but for a year ; the second paper 
 was as to the imposition, by the Act of tonnage and poundage, of 
 a duty of 3d a pound on tobacco imported to Ireland out of Eng- 
 land above the 2^d. then received ; he further states that mattei-s 
 had been "indifferent smoothly" carried on between the Comi" of 
 the Revenue and himself, and recommends William Strong, Esq. to 
 act in place of Mr. Sedgwick, deceased. Dated Dublin, 28 Sept. 
 1695. 
 
 This encloses the copies of the three letters above referred to. 
 9 pages and 2 halves. 
 
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 i,.„- Vol. XXXIV. 
 
 Sept. 29. 56. " An abstract of tlie produce of His Mat'es revenue in Ireland 
 for one quarter ended at Michaelmas 1G95." 1 jjage. 
 
 [? Sept.] 57. A representation by the officers of the Excise who quitted their 
 
 employment in the year [1695], made to the Lords of the Treasury. 
 They state that on the 2ord of August they attended the Treasuiy 
 Chambers, not knowing on what account tliey were sent for, and 
 were asked the reasons why they resigned their employments, but 
 not being fully prepared to answer, they only gave such reasons as 
 readily occurred to them. They row laid before their Lordships 
 their reasons, under 13 divisions. Their principal complaints seem 
 to have been against Mr. Everard, the general surveyor of London, 
 who they said was absolutely unqualified for such a station ; further 
 that all vacancies in London were supplied with country offi- 
 cers, and they believed a thorough change was aimed at in the 
 London Brewery, by bringing up country officers aud sending the 
 London officers into the country. They repudiate the charge of 
 combination to lay down their employment. Undated, but see the 
 Minute Booh, vol. 6, pp. 72-74, where are entered tlie examinations 
 of the several officers, and at p. 7G is the following minute, 28 Aug. 
 1695:— 
 
 " To write to the Com^'^ of Excise that the officers (heard 21st 
 instant) having been heard upon tlie reasons of their quitting y" 
 service, my Jj^^ think fitt to direct that none of y<= s'^ officers be 
 hereafter imployed in y^ Excise w^out particular direction of this 
 Board." 5 parjes (brief size). 
 
 Oct. 2. 58. Letter of the Earl of Montague, Master of the Great Wardrobe, 
 
 to William Lowndes, Esq., respecting a present for Tripoli, consisting 
 of cloth and gold watches. In a postscript he desires Mr. Lowndes 
 to lay before their Lordships a warrant for the new lodgings at 
 Richmond. Dated 2 Oct. 1C95. 
 
 Also a requisition signed " Dorsett '' for a great variety of articles 
 to be supplied for His Majesty's immediate service in his house at 
 Richmond Park. Dated 22 Sept. 1695. 2 pages. 
 
 Oct. 2. 59. Representation by the magistrates of Bristol, addressed to 
 
 Charles Brawne, Esq., at Redlinch, that the collectors of the King's 
 tax, had made complaint to them, that by reason of the badness and 
 scarcity of silver, it was impossible to make good their collections ; 
 unless they were permitted to receive and pay guineas, at SOs. ; 
 praying to have the matter laid before the Lords of the Treasury. 
 Dated 2 Oct. 1695. 1 page (quarto). 
 
 Oct. 3. 60. Copy of report of Mr. S. Travers, Surveyor-General, to the 
 
 Lords of the Treasury, on the petition of John Rayner, Esq., who was 
 farmer of the perquisites of courts, escheat lands, &c., in the lordship 
 and soke of Kirton in Lindsey, Lincoln, and had discovered divers 
 small parcels of land at Missen within that lordship, and defsired a 
 lease thereof for 31 years, to be passed with the small parcels in 
 Spalding and Kirton ; advising that if their Lordships granted 
 the same, one-sixth of the yearly value should be reserved, &c. 
 
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 The messuage and lands in Yaddelthorpe were granted to Dr. 
 Willm. Lincoln for 31 years, in 1660, and the lease had expired in 
 1691, but as the lands were so interspersed no one until the peti- 
 tioner had offered to accept them ; advising that he should have them. 
 Dated 3 Oct. 1695. 
 
 Minuted : — " Agreed." 
 
 Also copy of the petition. 2^ pages. 
 
 Oct. 7. 61. Report of the Coma's of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 
 on the petition of Richard Peirce, one of the five under-searchers in 
 the port of London ; in favour of admitting Mr. Thomas Walijer 
 as his deputy. Dated 7 Oct. 1695. 
 
 Minuted : — " Agreed." 
 
 Accompanied by the petition and a certificate. 2^ pages. 
 
 Oct. 7. 62. Report of the Comics of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 
 on the petition of Jeremiah Holycross, setting forth that he served 
 12 years in the customs as waiter and searcher at Sydmouth, in the 
 port of Exeter, and was turned out of his employment without any 
 . fraud laid to his charge ; praying to be admitted a tidesman in fee. 
 The report admits that the terms of the petition are true, but states 
 that he was dismissed for drunkenness and debauchery. Dated 
 7 Oct. 1695. 
 
 Also the petition. 1^ pages. 
 
 Oct. 8. 63. Report of Lord Ranelagh to the Lords of the Treasury, on 
 
 the petition of Mr. John Ward, late agent to the Earl of Bath's regi- 
 ment, in favour of his being paid 800^. in part of the clearings of 
 the regiment, from 1 April 1692 to 1 April 1693, and the remaining 
 1,000?., when the regiment should be fully cleared. Dated 8 Oct. 
 1695. 
 
 Minuted : — " To be layd before ye K. when j^e E. of Ranelagli is 
 present. To be paid when the clearings are paid. But if it be a 
 particular case on an Order of Counsel my Lords are to examine it and 
 to give him relief according as they find his case." Again, "The 800?.. 
 to be Tp^." 
 
 Also the petition and a letter relating thereto. 2^ pages. 
 
 Oct. 9. 64. Copy of a resolution passed at a meeting of the chief officers 
 
 of the army in the great chamber of the Horse Guards on 9 Oct. 
 1695, in relation to a petition of Elizabeth Culliford in belialf of 
 the orphans of Capt. William Webster, late of Lieut.-Gen. Kirk's 
 regiment, who lost his life at Phillipstown in Ireland, viz. : for 
 application to be made to the King for the payment of 122?. 10s. 
 out of the contingencies of the army, which had been respited. 
 
 Minuted : — " To M'' Clark to prepare a warr' for taking off the 
 respitts." 1 page {quarto). 
 
 Oct. 9. 65. Report of the Comics of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 
 on the petition of Cornelius Dennis, and several other Euo-lish 
 merchants ; in favour of granting a " non pros." as was desired ; 
 they being owners of the ship " Two Friends " whichhad brouo-ht 
 
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 Vol. XXXIT. 
 
 certain currants and other Turkey commodities, which were seized, 
 under pretence that the ship was of foreign build. Dated 9 Oct. 
 1695. 
 
 Minuted : — " Granted." 
 
 Also the petition and an affidavit. 4^ pages. 
 
 Oct. 9. 66. Agent's report concerning the arrear due from Mr. Bearcroft, 
 
 late receiver of the taxes for the county of Worcester. Dated 9 Oct. 
 1695. 
 
 [In December 1691, the receiver having sent up 6,500^., of the 
 King's money, the waggon, at a place near Gerard's Cross, in the 
 county of Buciss, was robbed of 2,343^. or thereabouts.] 
 
 Minuted: — "9 Oct. 1695. My Lords will allow M"^ Bearcroft 
 2,500?. for liis loss and cliarges by the robbery, by tally on y'' Excise ; 
 but he & his suretys must first pay in his whole arreare as rec'', & 
 clear his acco*." 1 2Jcige. 
 
 Oct. 11. 67. Presentment by the Comrs of Customs to the Lords of the 
 
 Treasury, stating that they had been obliged on occasion of the 
 King's arrival, to leave a discretionary liberty with the land-surveyor, 
 on the coming up of tlie King's fgoods, &c. or of persons of quality 
 attending His Majesty, to go with tlie goods to their respective 
 houses, for their immediate accommodation, &c. : praying their Lord- 
 ships' approbation thereof Dated 11 Oct. 1695. 
 
 Minuted : — " My Lords cannot give a gen^ liberty." 1 page. 
 
 Oct. 12. 68. Report of the Coma's of Excise to the Lords of the Treasury, on the 
 memorial of Mr. Jolm Baber, solicitor, for prosecuting and defending 
 causes before the Com" of Excise and Appeals in London and the 
 weekly bills of mortality; respecting the nature and manner of dis- 
 charging his duties, the method of hearing complaints, &c. by the 
 Commissioners, their jurisdiction, &c. ; containing detailed historical 
 particulars of this office. Dated 12 Oct. 1695. 
 Also the petition. 11 pages. 
 
 Oct. 14. 69. "A state of the case relating to the gallon made use of in 
 
 Ireland for measuring liquids containing 217'6 cubick inches." 
 
 A paper so entitled, containing a good deal of information relating 
 to the gallon measure, the laws regulating it, &c. 
 
 On the other side is — 
 
 A cojoy of the opinion of Sir John Mead, one of His Majesty's 
 counsel at law, on the case submitted to him relating to the gallon 
 measure, expressing the opinion that the duty on wines, &c. ought 
 to be received according to the 2 1 7 cubic inches. Dated 14 Oct. 
 1695. 2 pages. 
 
 Oct. 15. 70. Memorial of the Com'^s of Excise to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 
 praying for directions as to the payment of guineas at 30s. each by 
 the brewers for their duties in consequence of the scarcity of silver 
 money. Dated 15 Oct. 1695. 
 
 In the Mifiute Book, Vol. VI., p. 98, 16 Oct. 1695, is the following 
 entry : — " My Lord Godolphin informs the King of the hindrance 
 in the collection of the taxes, by the bad moneys, and their forbearing 
 
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 to give any direction concerning guineas current at SQ^^ w"^ preju- 
 dices the Exchange. The King saies they must hold it out as long 
 as they can, without coming to any direction." 1 page. 
 
 Oct. 15. 71. Presentment by the Comics of Customs to the Lords of the 
 
 Treasury ,*laying before them an examination before a notary at Fal- 
 mouth, of Timothy Evans and otliers, mariners, lately belonging to 
 the " Isaac," brigantine of London ; ■which in coming from Bar- 
 badoes was taken by a French privateer, retaken by Capt. Hutchins, 
 commander of one of His Majesty's Groin packet boats, and was 
 stolen out of the harbour of the Groin by a shallop, with 25 men; 
 which shallop, upon sight of a vessel coming out of the Groin, 
 quitted the brigantine again to the possession of the English, and the 
 brigantine was afterwards seized by a Dutch privateer, named the 
 " Mount Etna," &c. Moving their Lordships that the Dutch 
 Ambassador might be applied to, in order that further proceedings 
 might be prevented, the ship and cargo being about to be con- 
 demned as prize. Dated 15 Oct. 1695. 
 
 Also the examination. 2^ pages (one brief size). 
 
 Oct. 16. 72. Report of the Coral's of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 on the memorial of Wm. Blathwayt, Esq., His Majesty's Secretary at 
 War, as to certain Indian goods imported by him from Holland, and 
 by the Act of Navigation forfeited. Recommended for favourable 
 consideration. Dated 16 Oct. 1695. 
 
 The memorial and list of the goods. 3 pages. 
 
 Oct. 18. 73. Letter of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland to the Lords of the 
 
 Treasury, on the petition of Dr. Robert Gorge, praying payment of 
 his salary as secretary to the late Duke of Schomberg, and for 6s. a 
 day granted to him by King Charles II. on the establishment of the 
 kingdom ; stating that he had referred it to the Attorney-General, 
 whose report he transmitted, adding that the case seemed to deserve 
 compassion. Dated 18 Oct. 1695. 
 
 [The report not now with it.] 
 
 Minuted: — " L4 Ap. '97 rejected." 1 page. 
 
 Oct. 21. 74. Letter by command of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, to the 
 
 Attorney and Solicitor General, sending the petitions and other 
 papers concerning Robert McCarroU, merchant, desiring them to 
 certify wherein the report of the Comics of the Revenue in Ireland, 
 and McCarroll's answer differ ; and what were the particulars which 
 remained in controversy concerning the ships and goods claimed by 
 McCarroll. Dated 21 Oct. 1695. 1 j^ge. 
 
 [About 75. An address of the knights, citizens, and burgesses in Parlia- 
 
 Oct. 26.] ment assembled, to his Excellency Henry Lord Capell, Baron of 
 Tewkesbury, Lord Deputy-General, and General Governor of Ireland, 
 praying that he would order 600^. to be paid to Mr. Warburton, 
 clerk assistant to the late House of Commons out of the funds 
 given or promised to His Majesty ; as they found that the former 
 order of 28 July 1666, for the payment of that sum, had not 
 been carried out, and by their resolves of 26 Oct 1695, they had 
 
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 1695. 
 
 Vol. XXXIV. 
 
 agreed that it was still due ; assuring his Excellency that if the 
 funds fell short of paying the sums intended for the present supply 
 of 163,32-5/. and 30,000/. for the debts of the army, and 6,000/. to 
 the sons of Sir Audley Mervin, and this 600/., they would make 
 it good in the next sessions. 
 
 Accompanied by a copy of an order in his favour. Dated 28 
 July 1666. If pages. 
 
 VOL. XXXV. 1695. November and December. 
 
 1695. 
 
 Nov. 5. 1. Letter of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland to the Lords of the 
 
 Treasury, stating that the Commons having taken into consideration 
 tlie debts due from the army to the country, and a debt of 6,000/. 
 to the children of Sir Audley Mervin, formerly Speaker of that 
 House, for his loug and faithful services to the Protestant interest in 
 that kingdom, had addressed him, to beseech the King to allow 
 30,000/. to be paid to persons who had stated their accounts due 
 from the army, which sum, and 6,000/. to the heirs of Sir Audley 
 Mervin, they were desirous should be paid out of the additional 
 duty on tobacco and other commodities : inclosing their address, 
 and also anotjjer in favour of Mr. Richard Warburton, clerk's assis- 
 tant to the House of Commons, for 600/. for his services. Dated 
 5 Nov. 169.5. 
 
 Accompanied by the address. 
 
 In the 3Iinute Book, Vol. VI., p. 103, 15 Nov. 1695, mention is 
 made that these addresses were to be laid before the King ; and 
 again at p. 114, 27 Nov. 1625, these addresses were read and respited. 
 3 'pages and 2 halves. 
 
 Nov. 5. 2. An application of Mr. Aaron Smith to the Lords of the Trea- 
 sury, for 500/. or 600/., to defray the expenses of prosecutions and 
 defences of suits for the Crown : further laying before them, that 
 for all the business of the last Trinity term he received not one 
 penny, and had to borrow 200/. or 300/., to carry on his duty, &c. 
 Dated 5 Nov. 1695. 
 
 Minuted : — " For the K. . Done . Mr. Aaron Smith 
 
 to acco* before Lady Day next or else my Lords to rep[rese]at to 
 the King again." 
 
 In the Minute Bool; Vol. VI., p. 114, 27 Nov. 1695, is the same 
 minute. 
 
 Also a list of the prosecutions, &c. for Michaelmas Term 1695. 
 2 1 pages. 
 
 Nov. 8. 3. A letter from the Lords of the Council in Ireland, to the Duke 
 of Shrewsbury, stating that encouragement had been given to the 
 French Protestants to plant in that kingdom, and 450/. was to be 
 raised out of lines of leases, and paid to Mr. Moden, to transport them 
 
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 thither, and altogether 1,500?. was to be raised; in expectation of 
 "which, many families came, whose necessities were so pressing that 
 they were supplied out of the concordatum to the extent of 400?. ; 
 but that being charged with the rebuilding the Four Courts, &c., 
 and the Treasury being so low, they could not supply them further ; 
 praying him to move the King to send the intended relief. Dated 
 8 Nov. 1695. 
 
 Minuted : — " To be laid before y" K." 1 jpage. 
 
 Nov. 11. 4. Report of Robt. Rochfoi-t, Attorney-General for Ireland, on the 
 petition of Sir Lawrence Parsons, Bart, as to an arrear of Crown 
 rent of 305?. Is. 9c?. out of the rectory of Dunboyne, in the county 
 of Meath ; advising that be should have the discharge he prayed for. 
 Dated 11 Nov. 1695. 
 
 Accompanied by — ■ 
 
 Report of the Comi's of Customs at Dublin to the [Lords Jus- 
 tices], on the petition of Sir Lawrence Parsons, Bart., relating to 
 the rectory of Dunboyne, finding that it was charged with 
 70?. 16s. 8;^f?. ^jer ann., and that it was returned in arrears by the 
 collector of the district of Trim, in 1688, 305?. Is. 9i:?. 
 
 Tbe petitioner for some time after the abdication defended the 
 castle of Birr for their Majesties' service, till he was forced to sur- 
 render, and in Feb. 1688 was confined, and soon after condemned 
 to be executed, and was kept 16 months in confinement. 
 
 The tithes of that rectory were set for more than 200?., yet they 
 could not conceive that the profits could be applied to the discharge 
 of the arrears, but the petitioner deserved favour. Dated 22 Feb. 
 ] 694-5. 
 
 On the dorse is: — " The Lords Justices can give no ans^ on this 
 pet"." 3 pages. 
 
 Nov. 11. 5. Presentment of the Comics of Customs to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, on the memorial of Mr. Arthur Bailj^, a considerable 
 Virginian trader; as to the allowance of 6 p'^r cent, for the time 
 unexpired, of tlie bonds given by him for impost duty. Dated 
 11 Nov. 1695. 
 
 Minuted : — " A warr* for Mr. Baily. But as to ye settlem* by 
 law, my Lords desire when they next attend they will come pre- 
 pared with the form of such a settlement as they desire." 
 
 Also another paper relating thereto. 2^ pages. 
 
 Nov. 15. 6. Report of the Com^^s of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 on a letter from the Earl of Montague, touching some china and 
 Indian pictures, which came from Holland, for his Lordship's use ; 
 which were not of 30?. value. Dated 15 Nov. 1695. 
 
 Minuted : — " The Comi^^ may do it as well as they can." 1 page. 
 
 [About 7. A list of the French refugee ministers in England, with their 
 Nov. 16.] ages. Also a roll of the Royal Charity, showing the rates which 
 
 the French ministers had received from the year 1686 to 1695. 
 
 [French^ 
 
 Referred 16 Nov. 1695. 2 large pages. 
 
470 CALENDAR OF 
 
 1695. 
 
 Vol. XXXV. 
 
 Nov. 19. 8. Presentment of the Comra of Customs to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, touching the impost duty on tobacco, suggesting that there 
 should be a regular settlement of the subject by law. Dated 19 
 Nov. 1695. 2 pages. 
 
 Nov. 19. 9. Letter of Mr. Francis Babe to the Lords of the Treasury, re- 
 specting the importation of French goods in a ship which sailed from 
 Ireland to Bilboa, in Spain, and returned with a French as well 
 as a Spanish pass ; the crew on the outward voyage were all subjects 
 of the King of England, and were discharged at St. Sebastian's, and 
 a new crew of Spaniards taken aboard, which had been the common 
 practice. By this means 200 or 300 of our seamen were forced to 
 beg from door to door, besides those in other parts of Spain and 
 Portugal. He had given notice to the Com^s of Revenue that he 
 had seized the ship, but they gave no directions for putting the 
 goods into the King's store. He gives a further account of the pro- 
 ceedings in relation to the ship, which, without consulting him the 
 Com'"s admitted to an entry contrary to the Lord Deputy's order, 
 &c. ; the design he had in this seizure was, to detect a constant trade 
 and correspondence with France. A Scotch merchant's letter, who 
 resided in Dublin, was seen and read in France, giving an account 
 of a great number of transport ships for the invasion of France, 
 some little time before the disappointment we met with at St. Malo. 
 [St. Malo bombarded in 1695.] Dated 19 Nov. 1693. 2^ pages. 
 
 Nov. 19. 10, Petition of Samuel Shepheard, of London, merchant, to the 
 Lords of the Treasury, stating that he had bought of the Com>^s of 
 Prizes the French man-of-war, the " Invincible," lying in Kinsale, 
 in Ireland, and had fitted her for the King's service as a cruiser ; 
 and having occasion to send cables, &c., for the use of the ship (now 
 named the " Scarborough,") he prayed to be allowed to ship them 
 duty free. 
 
 Also a letter from him to William Loundes, Esq., on the same 
 subject. Dated 19 Nov. 1695. 2 -pages. 
 
 Nov. 21. 11. Order in Council to His Majesty's stationer, to provide and 
 deliver to Henry, Bishop, of London, 20 large folio Bibles, 20 Common 
 Prayer Books, in folio, 20 books of the Canons, 20 copies of the 39 
 Articles, and 20 tables of marriage, to be sent to Maryland. Dated 
 21 Nov. 1695. 
 
 Minuted :—" 22th Sep^ '97. Respited." 
 
 With a memorandum of the delivery thereof, l^j^af/es. 
 
 Nov. 22. 12. A certificate of Chas. Chetwynd, Deputy Auditor of Wales, 
 that there was due and payable to Sir John Combes, Knight, as 
 Chief Justice of Chester, by ancient usage, 500L per ann., for his 
 salary, which was to commence on 5 May last. Dated 22 Nov. 
 1695. ^ page. 
 
 [About 13. Petition of Richard Butler to the King, showing that several 
 
 Nov. 22.] sums were due to him, that he had been in many ways serviceable 
 
 to the King ; had never received any reward, and had been a great 
 
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 sufferer by the loss of his employment as customer in the port of 
 Boston ; praying that his case might be referred to the Lords of the 
 Treasury. 
 
 With a note at the foot, that it was so referred on 22 Nov. 1695. 
 
 Accompanied by the case of the petitioner as referred to their 
 Lordships. Amongst other things it states that the petitioner pro- 
 posed to Henry Viscount Sydney, now Earl of Romney, then 
 Secretary of State, the method of raising seamen, which took good 
 effect, and had been observed ever since. 
 
 Also six other brief documents touching the case. 8 pages, or 
 parts of pages. 
 
 Nov. 23. 14. Report of the Coma's of Customs of Dublin, stating that they 
 had received a command from the Lord Deputy to admit Mr. 
 Reading [in place of Sir Richard Levinge], as counsel to the Com™ 
 of Revenue ; and the reason why they had not long since made a 
 report on Mr. Medlj'cot's petition concerning the employment was, 
 that they were directed by his Excellency to make no report without 
 his further order. Dated 23 Nov. 1695. 
 Minuted : — " To be layd before ye K." 
 
 " Sr Richd Levinge, late Soil'" Gen^ & councill to ye Commas of ye 
 Revenue of Irl<J, being remov'd, my L<i Deputy recomends to 'em 
 My Jno Reding, as a person duely qualify'd to serve His Maty as 
 their Councill for his good knowledge in y^ law, his perfect honesty 
 and integrity, & his having been very instrumental in bringing over 
 y^ party from adhering to ye sole right, & of great use in promoting 
 ye public mony bUls, & desires ye L^^ of ye Treasury to concur 
 w* him in y^ approbation of M^. Reding for ye said employm*, at 
 je usual salaiy of lOQl' p. an." | of a page. 
 
 Nov. 25. 15. Letter signed William Blathwayt, addressed to Mr. Lowndes, 
 enclosing a copy of the answer of the Assembly of Virginia, with 
 the abstract of their journal relating to a proposal made to them by 
 Sir Edmimd Andros, Governor-in-Chief of that colony, in pursuance 
 of Her Majesty's order of 19 July 1692, for making a law to pro- 
 hibit the exportation of tobacco in bulk ; desiring, on the part of 
 the Committee of Trade and Plantation, their Lordships' opinion. 
 Dated 25 Nov. 1695. 
 
 Accompanied by the abstract referred to, but the answer of the 
 Assembly is not now with it. 2^ pages. 
 
 Nov. 26. 16. Letter of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, on the petition of Robert Fitzgerald, Esq., concerning the 
 arrears of salary due to him as comptroller of the musters and 
 cheques of the army in Ireland, since Michaelmas 1688, at 365?. 
 per ann., and 1001. per arm. for his deputy ; transmitting the re- 
 ports of the Muster-Master- General, the Deputy Receiver-General, 
 and the Attorney-General, to whom he had referred the matter ; ad- 
 vising that the King might grant the arrears from 1 Jan. 1691. 
 Dated 26 Nov. 1695. 
 
 Minuted ;— " Read SO Mar. '95. The K. will be putt in mind of 
 it when my Lords Ranelagh & L^ Coningsby attend," 
 
472 CALENDAR OF 
 
 1695. V«- XX^^- 
 
 Accompanied by copies of tlie petition, a report of Stephen Fox, 
 and others, and a letter of Lord Sydney ; also a warrant and a 
 report of the Attorney-General. 5 pages and 4 halves. 
 
 Nov. 26. 17. Memorial of Sir Joseph Heme and Sir Stephen Evance to the 
 Lords of the Treasury, showing that 8, .557/. 10s. \cl. were due to 
 them, for clothing the Earl of Donegall's and Col. Cunningham's 
 regiments in April 1693 ; praying to be allowed interest, on account 
 of the delay in paying the same. Dated 26 Nov. 1695. 
 
 Minuted: — "To Lord Coningsby & Mr. Fox, to state this 
 interest." 
 
 A certificate as to the amounts and times of payment of tlie. said 
 sum. 2 2^a[/es. 
 
 [About 18. Petition of Edward Lord Bishop of Worcester, to the Lords of 
 Nov. 26.] the Treasury, sliowing that Philip Bearcroft, receiver of the 
 taxes for Worcester, being robbed of moneys wliich he was bringing 
 to London in a waggon (including lOOl. belonging to the Bishop), 
 had applied for an allowance of the whole money ; praj'ing that 
 before it was paid, if it were allowed, the said Bearcroft should pay 
 the lOOl. 
 
 Minuted : — •" Read 26 9'^'-" '95, My Lords do not think it rea- 
 sonable that ye allowance made y® rec"^ should be applyed to any 
 other debt than that wo'i he owes ye K. in the Excheq'^, and his 
 LoP will have his remedy at law." 1 page. 
 
 [? About 19. Petition of Thos. Medlicut, barrister-at-laAV, referring to his 
 
 Nov. or former petition to be appointed counsel to the Comrs of the Revenue 
 
 Dec] of Ireland, on which their Lordships had referred him favourably to 
 
 the Corn's, -(yIjo had then returned a report admitting his fitness 
 
 for the office ; praying to be confirmed in the appointment.' 
 
 Minuted ;— " 1 6 April '97. Rejected." 
 
 Accompanied by the former petition, a certificate in his 'favour 
 signed Rob. Rochford [Attornej-Geneial for Ireland], a letter from 
 Mr. Lowndes, sending the petition to the Com", and their report 
 above referred to, which admitted his fitness, but added that they 
 were commanded by his Excellency the Lord Deputy to admit Mr. 
 Redding to that employment. The report is dated 20 Nov. 1695, 
 and the petition above described would probably be a little later. 
 5 ^9ai'fe of Images. 
 
 Dec. 2. 20. Estimate of the general debt of the Transport Office, as it 
 
 stood at Michaelmas 1695, (the Irish transport debt excepted,) with 
 an account of what money remained in their hands at that time, and 
 - what had been since paid to ships taken up on several occasions, and 
 for provisions and other expenses attending the office. Dated 2 Dec. 
 1695. 
 
 Also a state of the whole transport debt at the same time, including 
 the above. 2 'pages. 
 
 Dec. 3. 21. Report of the Com''** of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury 
 
 respecting certain wines brought home by Admiral Russell, which he 
 
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 affirmed to be the remainder of his sea stores, fcc, the custom on 
 which would be about HOI. ; stating that they had no directions to 
 pass them custom free. Dated 3 Dec. ] 69o. 1 pai/e. 
 
 Dec. 3. 22. Report of tlie Com'^^ of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 
 on the petition of Willm. Williams to the King as to certain goods 
 seized of the value of T.,445?. IGs. M., stating that the King was 
 entitled to two-thirds of the value thereof Dated 3 Dec. 1C95. 
 Minuted : — " The K. reserves this mo. for other uses." 
 The petition and a schedule of the goods. 3 pages. 
 
 Dec. 4. 23 Memorial signed Lance[lot] Burton, addressed to the Lords of 
 
 the Treasury, praying that the jiremium of "I. per cent, might be 
 paid him, and for a minute of 11. per cent, per aim. more for the 
 4,000?. lent the ] 6th Nov. upon the hereditary and temporary excise, 
 for the expenses abroad, in the last campaign, &c. Dated 4 Dec. 
 1695. 1 jJffl^fe. 
 
 Dec. 4. 24. Report of the Coma's of Customs to th? Lords of the Treasury, 
 
 on the petition of Thomas Botelor, as to certain moneys due to the 
 King, on account of informations which the petitioner sought to 
 obtain, the King having encouraged him to ask for some boon. 
 Advising that the King might dispose of the forfeitures as he saw 
 tit. Dated 4 Dec, 1695. 
 
 Minuted : — " The K. reserves this mo[ney] for other uses." 
 Accompanied by the petition and a report on the case, signed 
 " G. Medcalfe." Si^x(//es. 
 
 Dec. 7. 25. Letter of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland to the Lords of the 
 
 Treasury, respecting two petitions of Sir James Caldwell for a grant 
 of some forfeited lands in Ireland, which petitions had been examined 
 by the Com'^s of Forfeitui-es and the King's Solicitor-General, by 
 whose reports it appeared a great part of the lands desired were 
 given away, and so the petitionei' had made application to the Lord 
 Lieutenant in relation to the estate of Dudley Bagnall, which his 
 Excellency referred to the Com^s and the Attorney-General, whose 
 reports he transmitted, and was of opinion that the petitioner deserved 
 the King's favour for his services and losses. Dated 7 Dec. 1695. 
 
 On the back are various particulars respecting the above forfeited 
 lands and the services of the petitioner. 
 
 Accompanied by a petition from the said Sir James Caldwell and 
 the two reports referred to, and a memorandum of the J'early rent to 
 the Crown of the said lands in Ballynoone, Ballylow, OkUowne, and 
 other lands. 
 
 The Solicitor-General's report sets forth the following particulars 
 c f the services and suffering of the petitioner, viz. : 
 
 That about the beginning of February ('88) he raised and main- 
 tained several horse and foot at Belleeke, in the county of Fermanagh, 
 for the defence of His Majesty's interest, which forces enabled him to 
 keep a considerable pass there, and the several fords of the River 
 Erne which served to hinder communication between the enemy in 
 
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 Connaught, under the command of Sarsfield, and those that lay before 
 Deny ; that Sir James by the assistance of his daughter, Elizabeth 
 Caldwell, conveyed several quantities of gunpowder to the garrison 
 at Belleek, Enniskillen, and other places near it, which was of great 
 service to them, there not being two barrels of powder in Enniskillen 
 at that time ; that Sir James's house and town of Belleek were 
 besieged by the enemy in May 1GS9, who endeavoured to make their 
 passage that way, sometimes by threats, sometimes by advantageous 
 proposals to Sir James ; that he maintained that pass, and sending 
 to Enniskillen for assistance, joined his forces, fell upon the enemy, 
 killed and took a considerable number prisoners, with two pieces 
 of cannon ; that he posted his son Gapt. Hugh Caldwell, at Donegal], 
 who being attacked by above 2,000 dragoons, under command 
 of the Duke of Berwick, defended the castle of Donegall ; also hearing 
 that Major General Kirk was landed at the Lough of Derry, Sir 
 James went in an open boat many leagues on a dangerous coast, to 
 inform General Kirk of the forces that were in that country, and 
 also of the army that lay before Derry, at which time Major-General 
 Kirk gave him a commission for a regiment of foot, and an indepen- 
 dent troop of horse, and sent him back with Col. Wolsley, Col. Winn, 
 and other officers, who, soon after they lauded, engaged and routed 
 Col. McCarty ; that Sir James's house was made a garrison during 
 the war, till Sligo was reduced, which occasioned great ruin and 
 destruction to his house, town, and improvements, his iron works 
 being pulled down, with several mills and other houses by the soldiers, 
 who had mostly free quarters ; his stud of horses and stock of cattle 
 of great value made use of by the army, which was quartered upon 
 him, by all which the petitioner's sufferings and losses wei-e computed 
 at .5,000?. or 0,000/-., &c. This report advises the granting of the 
 estate of Dudley Bagnall, Esq., the rents of which were set for seven 
 years at 964/-. 16.s. 
 
 Minuted: — " Read 8 Ap. '96. Custodium to be granted." Q pages 
 and 3 halves. 
 
 Dec. 10. 26. Presentment of the Com^s of Excise to the Lords of the Trea- 
 sur}% relating to Sir Scroop Howe and the making up the yearly 
 accounts of excise. Dated 10 Dec. 1695. 
 
 In the Afinute Book, Vol. VI., p. 135, 20 Jan. 1695, is the follow- 
 ing:— 
 
 " An ordei' to be sent to Sir Scroop How requiring him to keep 
 the same number of clerks and allow them y® same sallarys as M"^ 
 Ashmole did, and to despatch the acc^^ of excise according to y« 
 Comrs report of 10 X^^ '95." 
 
 There is also a further minute at p. 279, 21 Apr. 1696, on the 
 same subject : — 
 
 " Comr3 of Excise, S^ Scroop How, & M"^ Story. — The Com^s de- 
 sire S'^ Scroop may keep ye same number of clerks as M' Ashmole 
 did, w'^h would carry on y^ acco*'' of excise for ye time to come ; but 
 a greater number wilbe requisite to bring up ye accota that are in 
 arreare. S'^ Scroop sales he has within one as many clerks as there 
 
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 were, and enough to carry on y<^ -work there ; but twilbe hard for 
 him to find clerks to do y^ work, w'^^ should have been done per 
 his predecessor. M'' Story sales if the acc*^ were even, he has as- 
 sistance enough to carry them on, or S^ Scroop would allow more. 
 Being asked why these acct^ run in arrear in Ashmole's time, he 
 answers these are property the Coma's acco*^, and they should make 
 them up themselves. M^" Ashmole had 9 clerks, S^ Scroop has 8. 
 S^" Scroop must keep 9 able clerks, w^li good sallarys. S^ Scroop 
 sales they want in the whole upon their sallar3's 40'^ a year. Ash- 
 mole allow'd 720^^ per ann. ; none had less than 00^^ a year. The 
 Comics say S'' Scroop allows but 460liayear, besides one clerk, whose 
 sallary is not knowne to them. My Lords expect he keeps y<^ same 
 number of clerks and allow as good sallarys as Ashmole did ; 
 but as to the extra charge to bring up ye acc*^ in arrear, it is not 
 reasonable S"^ Scroop should be at y® charge. That extra charge to 
 be paid him by way of incidents. M'' Story is to propose in writing 
 w' instrumts he would have & in w* time to make up these acco^^." 
 2 pages. 
 
 Dec. 10. 27. Letter of Mr. Francis Babe to William Lowndes, Esq., stating 
 that he had written thrice to the Lords of the Treasury, and had 
 received no answer, which made him fear their Lordships' offence ; 
 as he had found he (Mr. Lowndes) had been his particular friend he 
 hoped he would continue so. He then ,says that Capt. Sam. Hobson, 
 a surveyor of customs, who had made several seizures of French 
 goods, had pressed him five or six times to bring the business of the 
 French trade before the Lish House of Commons, but he had de- 
 clined ; upon which Hobson dispersed amongst the members a paper 
 entitled " Severall usefull Queries ;" on which a select committee 
 was appointed to examine it, and Mr. Babe was summoned to give 
 information thereon, and although he was not the author, yet he 
 stated he could prove the truth of some articles therein. A trade 
 was carried on by Scotch merchants living in Ireland with France, 
 and through them the enemy were supplied with provisions in the 
 year 1693, when the commonalty of France were perishing for 
 want of bread, and intelligence by letters was sent from Dublin of 
 our naval preparations for a descent on France, and a short time 
 after we were unsuccessful in our attempt on St Malo. These mer- 
 chants manned their ships outward-bound with Englishmen, and 
 left them in foreign parts to beg, so that some hundreds were begging 
 at St. Sebastians and Bilboa, in Spain. 
 
 Upon hearing the matter it appeared Mr. Carleton was considera- 
 bly concerned in the French trade. Mr. Carleton, out of spite, 
 procured two surveyors to prove certain words uttered by him (Mr. 
 Babe). The House voted that he had committed a high breach of 
 privilege, on which he was confined eight days and received a repri- 
 mand on his knees in the house ; begging Mr. Lowndes' mediation. 
 in case the Com^^^ of Revenue had endeavoured to incense their 
 Lordships against him. Dated 10 Dec. 1695. 
 
 Accompanied by a copy of the " Several useful Queries ;" referred 
 to. 4 pages. 
 
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 169d. 
 
 ?Dec. 10 28. " Comfs [of] Excise answer to a letter from ye Com^s of Ap- 
 
 or 20. peales concerning y^ times of their passing judgments ags* sev^l 
 
 appellants," addre.ssed to the Comrs for Appeals. Dated 10 Dec. 
 
 109-5, but 20 Dec. on the docquet. 1 |jaf/e. 
 
 Dec. 12. 29. Letter of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, respecting the petition of Mrs. Jane Eyre, for recompence 
 of the loss sustained by the taking into the fortifications of Galway 
 several plots of ground belonging to jier, on which the Solicitor- 
 General had reported, and subsequently Mr. Robinson, chief engineer 
 and surveyor general of the fortifications and works in -Ireland, 
 sending the same report and papers and agreeing that the petition- 
 er's request was reasonable, and that the case was '■ commiserable," 
 but he found the granting thereof might be an ill precedent to 
 encourage many others under tlie same circumstances to make the 
 like applications. Dated 12 Dec. 1C95. 
 
 The last report referred to is not now with it ; but the Solicitor- 
 General's report is annexed and the docquet to her petition, witli 
 this Minute : — "Read 80 Mar. '96. My Lord Deputy to propose 
 some other way that may be easier for His Ma'y to gratifie y<= pet"^." 
 3 pages and 2 halves. 
 
 Dec. 12 30. Copy of an order by the Lord.s Spiritual and Temporal in 
 & 13. Parliament assembled, for the Earl of Mount Alexander and others 
 to wait on the Lord Deputy of Ireland, to request him to recom- 
 mend to His Majesty Thomas Carter, seijeant-at-arms to the House, 
 for an increase of his salary, from 50^. to lOOL a year as formerly. 
 Dated 12 Dec. 169.5. 
 
 Also a memorandum that the Lord Chancellor had waited upon 
 the Lord Deputy, and his Excellency had promised to forward it 
 all he could. Dated 13 Dec. 1G95. H 'pages. 
 
 Dec. 17. 31. Report of the Comfs of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 on the petition of Thomas South, one of the land waiters in the 
 port of London, praying leave to resign his employment to Mr. John 
 Gilbert, reserving to himself a moiety of the established salary, 
 and on the petition of the said Gilbert to be admitted thereto ; 
 announcing that they had appointed Mr. Samuel Dassell. Dated 
 17 Dec. 169.5. 
 
 Minuted: — "20 Dec. 1695. Read & agreed to, & Mr. Gilbert to 
 be next provided for." 
 
 The said petitions and two others from Thomas Cullum and 
 George Barber. That of Thomas Cullura is accompanied by a certi- 
 ficate. 7 pages or parts of pages. 
 
 r? About 32. Petition of the Hon. the Lady Russell to the King, drawing 
 L'ec. 18.] attention to a promise made by the King to the Archbishop of Can- 
 terbury to bestow the office of searcher in the port of Plymouth on 
 the petitioner, then enjoyed by one William Kemp, by an illegal 
 grant ; praying for a grant of some of the things in the annexed 
 paper. 
 
 Minuted: — "Read 18 Dec. '9-5. The K. is inclined to do some- 
 thing for ye pet"^, but not by the particulars proposed." 1 large page 
 and a quarter. 
 
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 Dec. 18. 33. Report of Mr. Chcarles Fox to the Lords of tlie Treasury, on 
 the petition of Thomas Jones, principal creditor and administrator 
 to Major Jenkin Morgan, late of the regiment of horse, sometime 
 commanded by the Lord Hewitt, afterwards by Col. Byerly, and 
 then under command of Col. Hugh Windham ; praying payment of 
 what was due for his service in L'eland, and that an order for pay- 
 ment of any part thereof to Mr. Sizer might not take place till the 
 petitioner had been heard ; submitting it to their Lordships. Dated 
 18 Dec. 1695. 
 
 Also the petition. 2 pages. 
 
 Dec. 19. 34'. Report of Lord Ranelagh to the Lords of the Treasury, on 
 the petition of Samuel Clarke, praying for the arrears of pay due 
 to him as ensign in Col. Holt's regiment, in the Leeward Islands. 
 Dated 19 Dec. 1695. 
 
 On the dorse are oninutes that it was read divers times, and on 
 11 Aug. '97 is: "To be considered when the arrears of the 
 reg[iment] are paid." Ih pages. 
 
 Dec. 20. 35. Presentment of the Com'^ of Transportation to the Lords of 
 
 the Treasury, respecting the freight of ships from Holland ; in- 
 cluding particulars of provisions, &c. for 2,40U men and 100 horses, 
 for 10 days. Dated 20 Dec. 1695. 2 ^^ges. 
 
 De C.20. 36. Report of the Comrs of Excise to tlie Lords of the Treasury, 
 
 on the petition of Mr. Charles Brawne, who had been security for 
 Mr. John Allen, a collector of excise in Bristol and parts adjacent, 
 who was indebted to the Crown on making up his account. Dated 
 20 Dec. 1695. 
 
 The petition. 3 pages. 
 
 Dec. 20. 37. Presentment of the Com^s of Customs to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, laying before them a list of 200 tidesnien to be established 
 in the port of London ; moving that they be established by warrant. 
 Dated 20 Dec. 1695. 
 
 Minuted : — '• Agreed." 
 
 The list divided into two, and a list of others left out ; also a 
 copy of a presentment of 27 Oct. 1694 on the same subject. 
 4 pages and 2 halves. 
 
 Dec. 23. 38. Memorial of the Comi's of Revenue (Ireland) to the Lords of 
 the Treasury, giving their account of Mr. Babes' proceedings and 
 his punishment. {See 10 Dec.) The "scurvy" treatment they had 
 received from him did not make them forget the respect due to their 
 Lordships' letter, and so they had treated him not according to his 
 demerits, but as one recommended by their Lordships. The new 
 character and scandal which he had dr.awn on himself in the ej'es 
 of the M'hole kingdom unfitted him to be employed in the manage- 
 ment of any part of the revenue ; they had found him to be a man 
 void of all sincerity and only bent upon mischief; they hoped tliat 
 as the Parliament had done them right, their Lord.ships would not 
 protect a man who on all occasions villified and abused the King's 
 cominission ; entreating their Lordships' consent to discharge him 
 altogether. Dated 23 Dec. 1695. ^ pages. 
 
478 CALENDAB OF 
 
 1695. Vol. XXXV. 
 
 Dec. 23. 39. Letter of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, on the petition of Samuel HartweU, Esq., and on a report 
 thereon, from the late Lord Lieutenant, wherein the petitioner's loss 
 bj' the demolition of his castle of Castle Conn ell, (which wasblown- 
 u p by His Majesty's express command after the rendition of Limerick,) 
 and the destruction of the improvements he had made there, ap- 
 peared to amount to 2,000^. ; sending the reports of the late and 
 present Solicitor-General, and expressing the opinion that as Mr. 
 Hartwell had been since slain at the battle of Landen, his relict was 
 a proper object of compassion, and should have the compensation 
 that was intended for him, viz., 500Z. and a grant from the forfeitures 
 to make it up to 2,000Z. Dated 23 Dec. 1095. 
 
 Accompanied by two reports thereon from the late and present 
 Solicitor-General ; and eight other papers. 12 pages or 'parts of pages. 
 
 Dec. 24. 40. Report of the Commissioners of Excise to the Lords of the 
 
 Treasury, on the petition of William Canning, brewer, as to the 
 seizure of his brewing utensils and goods. Dated 24 Dec. 1695. 
 Also the petition. 3 pages (decayed). 
 
 Dec. 27. 41. Memorial of two of the principal officers of the Mint to 
 
 the Lords of the Treasury, showing that they were making all 
 possible preparations for new coining the silver money, suggesting 
 alterations which should be made in and about the building and about 
 the management of the work. It throws light on the planning of 
 the building and finishes thus, "That for erecting of stai)les for the 
 monyers' horses which turn the mills and for enlarging the melting- 
 house, they must unavoidably take away some conveniences from 
 the comptroller, essay mnster, weigher, and teller and surveyor of the 
 melting, for w^^S without your Lordpli^ directions, they can have no 
 recompence." Dated 27 Dec. '95. 
 
 Minuted : — " Officers of Ordnance and Mint to attend Mund'^ 
 afternoon at 5." 
 
 In the Minute Booh, Vol. VI., p. 127, 7 Jan. 1695, is the follow- 
 ing : — " To speak to M"^ Neal about ye room desired for ye office of 
 the Mint." 1 page. 
 
 Dec. 31. 42. Letter of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, on the petition of the Earl of Inchiquin ; praying that for 
 the future his entertainment of 20s. a day, as Governor of Kinsale, 
 might be applied to discharge his Crown and quit rents ; sending the 
 Attorney-General's report of the case, and concurring with it that it 
 might be granted during his continuance in the Government of 
 Kinsale. Dated 31 Dec. 1695. 
 
 The petition, the report and a certificate of the grant of the office 
 of Governor of the fort and town of Kinsale to the EarL 
 
 Minuted: — "R. 1 May '96. The K. cannot doe this, but hel 
 recom[men]d it to my Lord Depty to pa[y] his arrear as Gov'^ of 
 Kinsale." 2 pages and 3 parts. 
 
 Dec. 31. 4.3, Letter of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland to the Lords of the 
 
 Treasury, on the petition of Nehemiah Donnellnn, Esq., one of the 
 
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 1695. Vol. XXXV. 
 
 Bax'ons of the Exchequer, for a longer lease of the lands of Long- 
 wood and Derinlig, of which he was then in possession ; sending the 
 Attorney's report to whom he had referred it, and approving the 
 granting of a lease for 61 years of Longwood and Derinlig, and for 
 15 years of the lands of Clonguffin. Dated 31 Dec. 1G95. 
 
 Accompanied hy the petition, an affidavit of Gilbert Donnellan, of 
 the city of Dublin, gent., in relation to these lands, a certificate 
 signed, " James Bonnell, Keg^, to the effect that he found in the books 
 of the office that the lands of Longwood and Clonguffin forfeited by 
 Sir Edw. Tyrrell, containing 895 acres, were exposed to ' public 
 cant,' and set to Nehemiah Donnellan, Esq., and the report of the 
 Attorney-General. 
 
 Minuted: — " A letter to be prepared." 8 'pages and 2 hcdves. 
 
 Dec. 31. 44. Letter of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, on the case of Mr. McCarrell, sending the Attorney-General's 
 report thereon, to whom he had referred it, expressing the opinion 
 that it was a case for commiseration. In the jietition he states that 
 his ships had been seized and confiscated, and he prayed that bonds 
 for 1,491L 8s. Id. might be cancelled, and 2,295Z. 16s. IcZ. converted 
 to the King's use, might be allowed him. Dated 31 Dec. 1695. 
 2i Images. 
 
 April to 45. Monthly accounts of fees received by officers of the Treasury 
 Dec. from the month of April to that of December ; the months of August 
 
 and November being wanting. 
 
 In addition for the months of June and July are two accounts of 
 fees at the Treasury for secret service moneys paid. 1 2-1- pages. 
 
 [? About 46. Petition of Margaret Abernathie, widow, to the King, show- 
 Dec] ing that her husband, William Abernathie, served King Charles 11. 
 many year,s, was with him in his exile, and had ever since served the 
 Crown, till he became aged and had a pension of Ss. a day allowed 
 him in the Earl of Ranelagh's office ; also that he had laid out 200Z. 
 in that service which was never repaid. Praying for the continuation 
 of the pension to support herself and miserable children. 
 
 With a note that it was referred to the Lords of the Treasury. 
 1 Jan. 1695-6 for their opinion. 1 page. 
 
 1695. 47. Docquets at the Privy Seal, being abstracts of warrant and 
 
 grants made up in monthly fasciculi, viz., for the months of March, 
 April, August, September, October, November, and December 1695. 
 19 pages and 3 halves. 
 
 1693 to 48. Accounts of money paid by collectors of customs to the Vice- 
 1695. Admirals or their deputies for raising seafaring men ; one for each 
 of the years 1693-4-5. 3 pages and 3 halves. 
 
 [1694 or 49. Petition of John Haughton to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 
 1695.] praying that the salary of 40Z. per ann., attached to the office of 
 
 Keeper of the Wardrobe in Ludlow Castle, might be settled upon 
 
 him from Midsummer 1694. The Earl of Dorset, Lord Chamberlain 
 
480 CALENDAR OF 
 
 Vol. XXXV. 
 1G95. 
 
 of tlic Household, had directed the petitioner to take charge of His 
 Majesty's goods, against which the Earl of Macclesfield had entered a 
 caveat, but had then withdrawn it. 
 
 Minuted: — "The pet'' to send an inventory and appraisem* of all 
 ye goods.'' 
 
 " Read 14. Send this to my L<J Charabrin & that my L^s do not 
 think it reasonable to allow any salary for ye keeping these goods." 
 Undated, but the Earl of Dorset Lord Chamberlain of the house- 
 hold had a successor in 1695. 1 page. 
 
 [1694! or 50. A true and exact inventory of such of His Majesty's goods 
 
 1695.] that were delivered to Mr. John Haughton by John Chetwynd, 
 
 o-ent., deputy wardrobe keeper of the castle of Ludlow. Without 
 
 date. But see the above petition of Haughton, to which it is the 
 
 sequel. 3 jjajes. 
 
 r? About 51. The case of Charles Atherton, serjeant plumbert o the King 
 1695.] who desired to recover 401Z. 12.s'. 8(^., which Atherton had paid at 
 the request of John Packer, to make up his father's accounts, which 
 sum Packer would not repay. 
 
 Also a schedule of Packer's debts. 
 
 Without date ; but Sir Chr. Wrenn apparently reported on the 
 case 12 April 1695. l^pa(/es. 
 
 f? About 52. " Eeasons humbly offer'd by W"i Hutchinson for making 
 1695.] mettle for halfe pence and farthings;" being six reasons why he 
 should be allowed to furnish a metal to be coined, the secret prepa- 
 ration of which he possessed. 
 
 Minuted : — " With office of Mint, send for them." 
 Also a printed letter relating to the copper coinage. 
 Without date, but the coinage under consideration in 1695. 
 2 pages. 
 
 [About 53. Petition of the officers and officers' widows of the two late 
 
 1C95.] marine regiments, commanded by the Right Hon. the Marquis of 
 
 Carmarthen and Sir Cloudesley Shovel ; praying for the payment of 
 
 the money stopped from their pay, viz.. Is. in the pound from 1690 
 
 to 1C93-4. 
 
 Minuted : — " State this ag' next Tre[asu]ry day." 1 page. 
 
 1695. 54. " The accompt of Barth^ Burton of moneys imprest'd to him 
 
 by the R' Hon^^le the Lords Com^s of their Majts Treasury, to be 
 disposed of as their LordsP^ should direct." 1695. 
 
 Payments made upon Mr. Guy's letters. 
 
 Discounts allowed upon loans on the hereditary and temporary 
 " exiss" commencing March 1694, per direction of the Lords of the 
 Treasury at 2 per cent. 
 
 Also some other particulars about loans. 
 
 Minuted : — " To be p[ai]d out of the tallys on ye Post Office." 
 4 pages. 
 
TREASURY PAPERS. 
 
 481 
 
 1695. 
 [1695.] 
 
 [? Atout 
 1695.] 
 
 [1695 
 or later.] 
 
 [About 
 
 1695 or 
 
 later.] 
 
 [?1695.] 
 
 [? About 
 1695.] 
 
 [? About 
 1695.] 
 
 1695. 
 
 [? 1695.] 
 
 Vol. XXXV. 
 
 55. Memorial of the agents for bringing in taxes for a half-year's 
 salary, due at Christmas 1694, and for incident charges expended 
 in the office from 1 Jan. 1693-4 to 1 Jan. 1694-5. 4 pages. 
 
 56. Petition of Ann Aldham, widow and executrix of William 
 Aldham, pensioner to His Majesty, addressed to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, for 201. due for her husband's pension at Christmas 1694. 
 1 page. 
 
 57. Fees and charges payable for the commission for administra- 
 tion of the Government which passed in May 1695. 
 
 Fees payable for the Commission for promoting trade which passed 
 in Dec. 1695. 
 
 Also the bill of fees due at the several offices for passing the last 
 Commission for the administration of the Government and the 
 Commission for Trade. 
 
 Minuted : — " To be ex"! & to be p<i when there is mo." 2 23ages. 
 
 58. A paper, docquetted : — " A proposal for advancing the revenue 
 of excise." It relates to duties on beer and ale." 3 pages. 
 
 59. An estimate of the extraordinary charge of the army re- 
 maining unpaid and payable in the year 1694 and 1695. 1 piage. 
 
 60. A paper, docquetted : — " A list of pensioners," in tabular 
 form under column.s, " widdows' names, husbands' commission & 
 regiment, where killed, and the sum due or j)aid." Without date, 
 but mention of a death at St. Malos. 
 1695. 2 pages. 
 
 61. Petition of Col. Daniel Harvey to the King, loraying for the 
 grant of a letter to the Lords Justices of Ireland, for issuing com- 
 missions of inquiry into concealed lands forfeited by the late 
 rebellion, and for grant of letters patent to him and his heirs, for so 
 much as he should discover of the concealed estates. Without date. 
 1 page (quarto). 
 
 62. Petition of Alexander Forbes, of Edinburgh, merchant, to 
 the Lords of the Treasury, for payment of 465?. 12s. 4d due to him 
 for clothing for Col. Geo. Hamilton's regiment of Scots foot, &c. 
 
 On the dorse is : — " 1695." 1 page. 
 
 63. Petition of Richard Frith to the Lords of His Majesty's 
 Treasury, showing that about six years before, he thought of raising- 
 money on burials, marriages, and christenings, and imparted it to 
 the Duke of Shrewsbury, who acquainted the King, and in this 
 sessions it was accepted by the House of Commons ; praying their 
 bounty for his charges and pains. 
 
 [The Act on burials, &c. passed 6 & 7 Will. III.] 
 Minuted: — " To be considered if there be any places to be 
 disposed on this fond.'' 
 
 With a certificate in his favour by Tho. Trevor. 1 2Mge (quarto). 
 
 H H 
 
 There was fighting there in 
 
482 
 
 CALENDAR OF 
 
 1695. Vol-- XXXV. 
 
 1695. _ 64. An estimate of a two-horse mill to be built in the Mint 
 
 in the Tower of London. Signed John Hawkes, millwright. 
 
 9 lines. 
 
 [11695.] 65. " An abstract of the bills relateing to the hearth-money w* 
 are unpaid, & an account of what money is received towards 
 discharge of these bills." 
 
 The last entry is in August 1695. 2^ pages. 
 
 [Close of 66. Petition of Henry de Nassau, Seignior de Auverquerc, to the 
 
 1695.] King, prajdng for payment of 1,000^. out of the revenue of the 
 
 duchy of Cornwall, being one half year of an annuity granted him, 
 
 4 May [1G95], which was due at Michaelmas last. Without date, 
 
 but see the Warrant Book for 1695. 
 
 Mimoted :— " Granted." 
 
 The following is in the Minute Book, Vol. VI., p. 108, 20 Nov. 
 1695:- 
 
 " The King would have the grants to Lord ' Auverquer ' et al. to 
 be passed." 1 jMge. 
 
 [Perhaps 67. Petition to the Lords of the Treasurj-, of Mr. Claud Johnson, 
 1695 or merchant of London, who was a creditor to the Earl of Buchan, 
 1696.] for 2,0001. He held an assignment of the rents and profits of his 
 Lordship's estate as security, which was in danger of being de- 
 feated by William Hog, a merchant in Edinburgh, who was another 
 creditor ; praying them to stop the grant of the " single and life- 
 rent escheat " sought for, till both parties could be heard. Without 
 date. The Earl of Buchan died 1695. I ^ pages. 
 
 [? About 68. Petition of Benjamin Overton, addressed to the King, showing 
 
 1695 or that he had taken part in the expedition to England, and that he 
 
 1696.] had served on several commissions and was then a Commissioner of 
 
 Customs ; praying that his son Robert might be appointed to the 
 
 office of chief searcher in the port of London. Without date, but 
 
 an Act mentioned which was passed in the sixth year. 
 
 Miiiuted:—" A day is appointed for hearing." 1 page. 
 
 [?1695.] 69. Petition of Sir William Scawen, Knt., and Henry Cornish, 
 Esq., to the Lords of the Treasury, showing that they had contracted 
 with the late Gen. Tallmash and Col. Godfrey for clothing several 
 regiments in Ireland, and in 1689 and 1690 had supplied clothing 
 to the amount of 28,499L Is. 8d. ; praying discharge from the 
 process issued against them as they had received no more money 
 than they had delivered clothing for. 
 
 Undated. The petitionei-s were seeking for payments of large 
 sums for clothing regiments in 1694. See Letter Book, Vol. VIII., 
 p. 238. 1 p>ags. 
 
 [?1695.] 70. Petition of Thomas Baker, the King's late agent and consul 
 at Algiers, in behalf of Robert Cole, his successor, showing that his 
 extraordinaries and salary were paid out of the custom house, 
 without which he could not have held that untractable people to 
 the strict observance of our treaty with them " amidst the mighty 
 
TREASURY PAPERS. 483 
 
 1695. _ Vol. XXXV. 
 
 incessant offers tbe French King and his ministers laid before the 
 Dey to break it ;" that it was absolutely necessary for Mr. Cole to 
 maintain the King's honour by the same encouragement, moi'e espe- 
 cially since Mr. Lodington at Tripoli (which was an inferior station 
 and of far less consequence to our commerce) received his quarterly 
 payments out of the custom house : praying that those payments 
 might be settled on some unappropriated fund of the customs. 
 
 Minuted : — " The salary to be settled on ye customes ; my Lords 
 to be informed how ye extraordinarys were p'^. My L<3s would not 
 have a dorm* warr' but for y^ salary, but would [direct ?] by a parti- 
 cular warr* to M"^ K' y' it may not be drawn to [a] precedent," and 
 in another place : — " 10* Feb. 600ii pg^, ann." 
 
 Undated ; but Tho. Baker received his appointment 10 Aug. 
 1694, see Honey Bool; Vol. XIII., p. 16, and the warrant for 600^. 
 per ann. for salary to the said Cole is dated 12 April, 6th of the 
 reign, see King's Warrant Booh, Vol. XI., p. 269. 
 
 In the Minute Book, Vol. VI., p. 267, 24 March 1696, is :— 
 " Mr Coles saUary to be paid out of the customes," &c. 1 page. 
 
 [1695.] 71. Petition of the distillers of London to the Lords of the 
 
 Treasury, showing that they had been at great charge in erecting 
 still-houses for the consumption of corn, and had trusted their 
 customers with a considerable part of their estates ; the customers, 
 since the calling in of the clip't money, had cleared their accounts 
 with them, whereby they had several sums of clipped money in 
 their hands ; prajdng to be allowed to pay it into the Excise Office 
 before the 4th of May in part payment of their ensuing duties of 
 excise. With 18 signatures. 
 
 Undated; but 1695, compare Act 7 & 8 Will. 3. c. L clause 5. 
 1 page. 
 
 [1695.] 72. " Account of the tale and weight of the dipt moneys melted 
 
 upon the xij gen^ accounts of remaines," showing the various 
 sources from whence the moneys were derived. The account is 
 undated, but was rendered in pursuance of the Act 7 & 8 Will. III. 
 (1695)- 
 
 Docquetted : — " Acco' of the money told and weighed before the 
 R' Hono^le the Lords Commas of His Ma*^ Treasury, in the Dutchy 
 Court, in order to be molten and recoyned pursuant to the Act." 
 
 A copy with two additional columns under the divisions; — 
 " Seperated mo. melted & weight of y^ seperated money." 
 
 Another similar paper. 3 pages. 
 
 [? 1694 or 73. A schedule of the amounts derived from various sources of 
 1695.] revenue, from 24 June 1692 to 24 June 1693, as compared with the 
 amounts for the same period in the following year. 
 
 Undated, but ComJ^ for stating the public accounts of the nation 
 are mentioned, who are also mentioned in Vol. XXXI., No. 69. 
 There were also similar Com"^ in 1702. ^ page. 
 
 H H 2 
 
484 CALENDAR OF 
 
 VOL. XXXVI. 1696. Jantjaby— March 19. 
 
 1695-6. 
 
 Jan. 1. 1. Letter of Mr Bridgeman to Mr. Lowndes, transmitting a letter 
 
 from the Navy Board, with an enclosure from the Com'^^ for Vic- 
 tualling complaining that they were not able to go forward with 
 the service of the victualling, for want of money. Dated 1 Jan. '95. 
 Also the two letters. Farfs of 3 pages. 
 
 Jan. 1. 2. A list of officers that would be found necessary for the estab- 
 
 lishment of each country mint. The building a mint, and charge for 
 tools would amount to about 2,000?. In Mr. Neales' handwriting, 
 signed " T. N." Dated 1 Jan 1695. 1 page. 
 
 Jan. 3. 3. Copy of report of tlie Com^'^ of Customs to the Lords Spiritual 
 
 and Temporal, in Parliament assembled, as to an account required 
 by the House on the question, " whether, as the law now stands, 
 there is a sufficient power in Carolina, Maryland, Pcnsylvania, and 
 other plantations, where there are proprietors, to collect the King's 
 duty there ; and whether there be the same security to prevent the 
 inconvenieLcies that may arise to the proprietors and planters there, 
 from the Act of Parliament in Scotland, for erecting an East India 
 Company in that kingdom, as there is in other plantations?" Dated 
 3 Jan. 1695. 
 
 Enclosed is a copy of a letter sent by them to the Governors of 
 the respective plantations in America, on the same subject. 
 
 Accompanying is also an extract of a report upon Mr. Carter's 
 papers, from the Com^s of the Customs, touching a frigate to cruise 
 between Dover and Beachy Head. 6 'pages and 3 quarter pages. 
 
 Jan. 3. 4. Copy of report of the Com^s of Customs to the Eight Hon. 
 
 the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament assembled, in re- 
 spect of a return called for by the House, of the several species of 
 goods exported and imported during the three years then elapsed ; 
 enclosing copies of two reports of officers of the customs, to whom 
 they had referred the matter. Dated 3 Jan. 1695. 3 pages. 
 
 Jan. 6. 5. Report of the Lords of the Treasury to the King, on the case 
 
 of Robert Levingston, of New York ; advising that it was reason- 
 able to allow him the 8 |3er cent, on 2,172?. New York money, ad- 
 vanced by him for the support of the forces against the French, in 
 1688. Also for other sums, similar interest ; advising further, the 
 grant of 100?. a year out of the revenues of New York, for services 
 in connexion with the treaties and negociations with the Indians ; 
 and tliey had no objection to his being confirmed in the office of 
 collector of excise and quit rents, town clerk, clerk of the peace, 
 and clerk of the Court of Common Pleas at Albany, with the usual 
 salaries during life, as desired. Dated 6 Jan. 1695. \^ pages. 
 
 Jan. 6. 6. Report of Lord Ranelagh to the Lords of the Treasury, on the 
 
 petition of Mr. James Cardonel, for arrears of pay due to him as 
 
TREASURY PAPERS. 485 
 
 1695-6. Vol. XXXVI. 
 
 Secretary to the Duke of Schomberg, and for disbursements in 
 Ireland ; advising that 59SI. 5s. were due to him for allowance of 
 himself and clerk, and 265?. 17s. 6d. for disbursements in Ireland. 
 Dated 6 Jan. 1695. 
 Minuted: — "16Ap. '97. Eejected." ^ pages. 
 
 Jan. 8. 7. Letter of the Duke of Shrewsbury to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 
 enclosing a petition of Mrs. Umfre}^ with an Order of Council, " the 
 state of her pretensions," the report of the Attorney-General of 
 Ireland, and the letter of the Lord Deputy of Ireland, for the con- 
 sideration of their Lordships. Dated 8 Jan. 1C95-6. 
 
 Minuted : — " 16 Ap. '97. Eejected ; but the K. would give her 
 601' a year pencon for her life, if she continue a wid'^. W[arran]t 
 signed." 
 
 [The petition of Ann Umfrey, 'Npidow, draws attention to a peti- 
 tion presented three years before, for the arrears due to her late 
 husband's cornet, James Mortimer, and Captain Finch Umfreys, who 
 both served in Col. Wolseley's regiment of horse ; the former having 
 been slain at the battle of the Boyne, and the latter having died 
 in the King's service ; and states that she suffered from the army 
 having been quartered on her, and prays that a custodiam might be 
 granted her of 100?. pei- ann.] 
 
 All the papers are attached, and another petition from her. The 
 letter of Henry Lord Capel, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, sending the 
 report of the Attorney-General, is in favour of granting her a lease, 
 to the value of 100?. a year for 21 years. 10| pages. 
 
 Jan. 9. 8. Letter of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland to the Lords of the 
 
 Treasury, transmitting the " address " of the Lords in Parliament 
 assembled, in which they had requested him to recommend Thos. 
 Carter, serjeant-at-arms, for an increase of his salary, from 50?. to 
 100?.: for the King's consideration. Dated Dublin, 9 Jan. 1695. 
 1 page. 
 
 [Jan. 10.] 9. Petition of the proposers for the increase of the revenue on 
 tobacco, addressed to the King; praying an allowance for the 
 trouble. 
 
 Minuted : — " Read 10 Jani-y '95. Not approved." 
 Accompanied by the proposal. 4 pages and a little p>iece. 
 
 Jan. 10. 10. Presentment by the Com^s of Customs to the Lords of the 
 Treasury', on the subject of imports and exports for the last three 
 years. (See 3 Jan. 1695-6.). Dated 10_ Jan. 1695. 2 pages. 
 
 Jan. 20. 11. Letter from the Duke of Shrewsbury to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, enclosing the petition of Brigadier FitzPatrick, and his 
 brother Captain FitzPatrick, for a grant of the forfeitures of Edward 
 Morris, with the Lord Deputy's and Attorney-General of Ireland's 
 report thereupon ; for their consideration, and to be laid before the 
 King. Dated 20 Jan. 1695-0. 
 
 Tlie lands in question lay at Granstowne, in the Queen's county. 
 
 Also the petition, two reports, and two other papers relating to 
 FitzPatrick's affairs. 12 pages or parts of pages 
 
486 
 
 CALENDAR OF 
 
 1695-6. Vol. XXXVI. 
 
 Jan. 23. 12. Letter from Mr. Bridgeman to Mr. Lowndes, secretary to 
 the Lords of tlie Treasury, by order of the Lords of the Admiralty, 
 sending a letter to he laid before the former, from the Navy Board, 
 enclosing another from the Paymaster of the Navy, wherein he ac- 
 quainted them tliat the circumstances of the coin were such, that 
 he doubted if he should find current money to pay the King's ships 
 going abroad. Dated 23 Jan. 1695-6. S pages. 
 
 Jan. 24. 13. Eeport of the Coma's of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 on the case of Joseph Cagnomi, Francis Magnoni, and Thomas 
 Withered, of Loudon, merchants ; who had an information prosecuted 
 against them by Lancelot Whitehall and Francis Roberts, for work- 
 ing ships with less than three-fourths English sailors, &c. Dated 
 24 Jan. 1595-6. 
 
 Minuted: — "Read 9 June '96, a nonpros, to be entred for ye 
 King's part." 6 pages. 
 
 Jan. 29. 14. Letter of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland to the Duke of 
 Shrewsbury, enclosing the report of the Attorney-General, on the 
 petition of Sir Francis Brewster, wherein he prayed for a grant of 
 the King's right to some forfeited lands in Ireland, referred to in a 
 schedule, annexed to the report ; recommending the granting him 
 such an estate as he desired, in consideration of his sufferings and 
 losses, to enable him to rebuild his iron works. Dated Dublin, 
 29 Jan. 1695-6. 
 
 The report, schedule, and petition ; also: — 
 
 " A briefe of S^ Francis Brewster's losses by y" late troubles, as 
 it was proved upon ye oaths of sevl' gent", and y^ steward & serv*'* 
 of the saide S^^ Francis." 
 
 [His losses amounted to upwards of 30,000^. in Kerry.] 
 
 The petition is minuted : — " 6 June 1 696. To be laid before the 
 King." AgaAn, " April 1697. Rejected." 3 pages. 
 
 Jan. 29. 15. Petition of " Sol. de Medina," to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 for order to be given to the meters of London to allow the in- 
 spection of their books, in accordance with the grant made to the 
 Duke of Richmond, of duty on coals from Newcastle. Dated 29 
 Jan. 1695-6. 
 
 Minuted : — " To bring the patent and an order to be drawn pur- 
 suant to it." 1 page (quarto). 
 
 Feb. 1. 16. Balance sheet of George Warburton, Esq., for the Irish Post 
 
 Office, sworn ] Feb. 1695-6. It is headed : — " His Majesty on the 
 Inland Irish acco^for ye halfe yeare ended Christmas 1688." 5 pages. 
 
 [? About 17. Petition of James Hoare, Comptroller of the Mint, to the Lords 
 Feb. 4, of the Treasuiy, for additional allowance during the great work of 
 1695-6.] recoining the money, then going on. Accompanied by a recommenda- 
 tion from two of the officers of the Mint, that it should be allowed 
 out of the coinage money. Referred 4 Feb. 1695. 
 
 Minuted : — " This petition to be considered when the coinage 
 money comes under consideration." [See Vol. XXXVI., No. 49.] 
 2 pages {quarto.) 
 
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 1695-6. VOL.XXXVL 
 
 Feb. 4. 18. Report of the Com"^9 of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 
 on the petition of Thomas Bowles, of London, merchant, owner of 
 the ship "St. George," who had fitted the ship out as a private man- 
 of-war and captured a French privateer, partly laden with Newfouml- 
 land fish, and the vessel being brought to Bristol was condemned as 
 prize ; but tlie duty laid on the fish was more than its value. Pray- 
 ing to be allowed to pay English or other moderate duties. Dated 
 Feb. 4, 1695-6. 
 
 Minuted : — " To be discharged of y^ duty." 
 
 The petition and copies of two other papers relating thereto. 
 6 pages and 2 halves. 
 
 Feb. 5. 19. Report of Lord Ranelagh to the Lords of the Treasury, laying 
 
 before them the state of the debt owing to the regiment of foot, 
 under the command of Col. Holt, in the West Indies. Dated 5 Feb. 
 1695-6. 
 
 Accompanied by the memorial of Archibald Hutcheson, Esq., 
 agent of Col. Codrington, Governor of the Leeward Islands and Col. 
 Henry Holt, addressed to the Lords of the Treasury ; and a petition 
 of divers persons connected with the regiment, to the House of 
 Commons ; stating that those who had served in that regiment were 
 five years in arrear. 3 large pages. 
 
 Feb. 5. 20. Report of Lord Ranelagh and Mr. William Blathwayt, to the 
 
 Lords of the Treasury, on the memorial of Sir Matthew Bridges, as to 
 4,074?. 18s. 4d., due to clothiers who supplied his regiment of foot, 
 which clothiers were to be paid out of the off-reckonings, the clothes 
 being contracted for by Sir Geo. St. George and Col. Courthope. There 
 was but 4211. 19s. 8d. to provide clothing necessary for the regi- 
 ment, &c. Dated 5 Feb. 1695-6. 
 
 Minuted on the dorse, to the effect that the pay of Sir Geo. 
 St. George should be stopped, &c. 
 
 [The memorial not now united.] 1 page. 
 
 [? About 21. Report of the Com's of Transportation to the Lords of the 
 Feb. 6.] Treasury, on the petition of Elizabeth Havering, widow, certifying 
 their Lordships that Matthew Suttcliffe was employed to adjust the 
 accounts of the transport ships, and made an ill-use of the credit 
 gained thereby, in trafiicking in certain certificates, though he knew 
 they were of no real value ; advising that it was a private transaction, 
 and that it should not properly come before their Lordships. With- 
 out date ; but referred for their report, 6 Feb. 1695. 
 
 Minuted : — •" My Lords think that disputes of this nature can be 
 decided only at law." 
 
 Also the petition. 2^ pages. 
 
 Feb. 6. 22. Letter of Mr. Wm. Blathwayt, to Mr. Lowndes, as to a claim of 
 612?. Ss. 2ld. for liveries for the trumpeters and kettle-drummer, 
 and for colours and kettle-drum banner's, for the regiment under the 
 command of Brigadier Lumley ; sending a certificate, showing that 
 it had been paid. Dated 6 Feb. 1695-6. 
 The certificate. Parts of 2 pages. 
 
488 CALENDAR OF 
 
 1695-6. Vol. XXXVI. 
 
 Feb. S. 23. Report of tLe Comrs of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 
 on the petition of David Delgass ; respecting four bales of silk brought, 
 as he alleged, from Leghorn, but deemed by the custom house officers, 
 to be of the growth of Asia. Dated 8 Feb. 1695-6. 
 
 Minuted : — " A warr* to disch" y^ seizure, giving satisfaction to 
 y8 officers as proposed." 
 
 Also the petition. 2i pages. 
 
 March 15. 24. Two reports of Lord Ranelagh, paymaster, to the Lords of 
 
 1694-5 & the Treasury, on the petitions of Isaac Teale, Jonathan Leigh, and 
 
 10 Feb. other apothecaries, who supplied (1st) the forces and hospitals in 
 
 1695-6. Flanders and in England, for the late expedition under Lieutenant- 
 
 General Talmach, the expedition for Jamaica, and the intended 
 
 expedition to Cadiz ; praying payment of 6,709^. Os. 23,., due to them 
 
 for medicines; (2nd), for the armies and hospital in Flanders, for 
 
 8,570^. 9s. 3d Dated 15 March 1694-5, and 10 Feb. 1695-6. 
 
 The latter were supplied from His Majesty's laboratory in the 
 Savoy, A.D. 1695. 
 
 Also two certificates in favour of the letter claim reduced to 
 8,017?. 9s. lie?. • 
 
 These are accompanied by three petitions and a schedule. 
 Minuted : — " Ref. to S"^ H. Belasyse, & Brigade Earle, to ex- 
 amine y'' preceding year's demand, & certifie w* is reasonable to 
 be allowed." 10 pages. 
 
 [About 25. " Necessaries de termino saacti Hill, anno regni viijo Gulielmi 
 
 Feb. 12.] tertii Regis, anno Dom. 1696." 
 
 [Hilary term ended Feb. 12.] 
 
 The ai'ticles are mostly stationery, and apparently in connexion 
 with the office of Exchequer. 1 long page. 
 
 Feb. 13. 26. Order in Council, made on reading a letter from the Lord 
 
 Deputy of Ireland, transmitting hither the reports of the present 
 and late Solicitor-General of that kingdom, on the petition of Sir 
 Jervase Clifton, (to be paid 2,000J. with the arrears of lOOL per 
 ann. interest, out of the forfeited estate of Mr. Bagnall, pursuant 
 to the agreement between them, upon the petitioners intermarriage 
 with Mr. Bagnall's daughter), to the effect that the letter, reports, and 
 other pa]iers annexed, be sent to the Lords of the Treasury for their 
 consideration and report. Dated 13 Feb. 1695-6. 
 
 Minuted : — " Read 30 March '96. To be done upon making ys 
 proof." 
 
 Accompanied by the papers referred to. 
 
 In the Minute Booh, Vol. VI., p. 302, 19 May 1696, is:— 
 
 " Sir Jervas Clifton &^ In? S-^ Jervas Clifton & S>^ James Cald- 
 Sir James Caldwell l-well per counsell. S'' Thomas Powys 
 hearing. J saies that Dudly Bagnall entered into 
 
 articles to pay 7,000'' to Sir Gervaise as a marriage porcion, 
 but .S.OOO'i v/as to be pd when Dudley Bagnall should be possessed 
 of Nicholas Bagnall's estate. In '88 Dudley Bagnall made a deed to 
 secure 2,000 (other pai-t of y" porcion) when S"^ Gervas should come 
 of age and settle a jointure on his lady. Bagnall is attainted, but 
 
TREASURY PAPERS. 489 
 
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 his estate comes to yc K. subject to this 2,000' and is ready to prove 
 his deed ; besides 400' a year is granted to M^ Bagnall & her children 
 out of this estate by His Maty. The 3 witnesses to y° deed are, 
 JA Hunsden, dead, and tliey can prove his hand, M'' Brent, y" same, 
 and one Power who is in France, and insists that proving their hands 
 is legall proof. S"-' Richard Levinz [Levinge ?], saies tlie proof should 
 be made in Ireland ; it is necessary to prove 'twas executed at ye time 
 of ye date for it might [be] after y° treason committed. S'' Thomas 
 Powys saies if y^deed were never executed, yet in equity his clyent 
 ought to have y^ 2,000'' per the articles ; especially since y" jointure 
 was made. M'' White saies Bagnall was in England in Octobr 1688. 
 That w*soever right M^^ Clifton has, yet the estate being found for 
 ye King and no notice taken of his right, he is putt to a petition of 
 right well wilbe tedious & chargeable ; besides tho the proof be legal, 
 they will not admit it so in Ireland. 
 
 " S'' James offers that M^'^ Bagnall have her 400" a year, that S"^ 
 Gervaise may have 100' a year, w"^ is ye inter[est] of his m^ and 
 there will be something for himself towards y® mo., he is out for ye 
 preservation of the countrey. My Lords think this reasonable." 
 
 Again, at p. 322, 12 June 1696 :— 
 
 " Mrs. Caldwell saies her father will give security for paying 400' 
 a year to M^^ Bagnall & a 1 00" a year to S'" Gervaise Clifton, for the 
 interest of his 2,000", and she desires the King will grant him a 
 clause of reprisalls." 5 'pages and 5 i^ctrts of pages. 
 
 [About 27. Answer of the Com^s of the Leeward Islands to the Lords 
 
 Feb. 14. of the Treasury, as to the method to be pur.sued, so that the sub- 
 
 1695-6.] sistence money ordered to be received by them, for the officers and 
 
 soldiers of Col. Holt's regiment, in the Leeward Islands, should be 
 
 duly paid, to the Chief Governor-General, Christopher Codrington. 
 
 Minuted: — "14 Feb. '95. My Lords will cause the subsistence 
 to be p"! to ye hands of these Com''''." 
 
 An Order in Council and two memorials of the Colonel. 
 
 The Order in Council is minuted.^' The King will cloath the 
 men in the "West Indies, 15 January '95." 
 
 In the Minute Book, Vol. VI., p. 147, 14 Feb. 1695, is :— 
 
 " My Lords will cause the subsistence for Col. Holt's regiment in 
 the Leeward Islands to be p"! to ye Comfs for those islands, who have 
 by an instrument obliged themselves to pay the same upon Col. 
 Codrington's bilk" 4 pages or p>(^'>^s of pages. 
 
 Feb. 14. 28. Presentment by the Com^s of Customs to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, as to a considerable sum of money remaining at Bristol, 
 the ordinary course of remittance by bills of exchange being at a 
 stand, from the badness of the coin. Dated ] 4 Feb. 1695. 
 
 Also the memorial and letter of the collector and his clerk, on 
 which the presentment was made. 
 
 Minuted: — "The Coma's of the Custome to be informed when the 
 convoy of sold^^ wilbe at Glouc"^ for bringing up the Excise mo. That 
 this mony may come up with that and the soU^ of custo[ms] may 
 attend ye Comi"*^ of Excise to know ye time." 2 pages. 
 
490 , CALENDAR OF 
 
 1695-6. Vol. XXXVI. 
 
 Feb. 14. 29. Letter of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland to the Duke of 
 Shrewsbury, in reference to the petition of Mr. Charles Bering, 
 Auditor General of Ireland, praying for a lease of several forfeited 
 lands in a list annexed ; stating that he had referred it to the 
 Solicitor-General, whose report he returned ; agreeing therewith, 
 viz., that a lease or custodiam should be granted to the petitioner 
 of the lands in the list certified by the Com^s of Forfeitures. Dated 
 14 Feb. 1695-6. 
 
 Accompanied by (1.) the report. 
 
 (2.) "A list of such rents as Charles Dering, Esqi", Auditor General 
 of Ireland, hath put in charge on the rent rolls, since his entering 
 on that employm*, over & above what was in charge before." 
 
 (3.) A list of lands forfeited to His Majesty, together with the 
 acreage and value, &c., viz., of the following persons : — Robert Walsh 
 Edwd. Fitzgerald, Walter Bryan, Nich. White, Nich. Brown, John 
 Cowell, Edw. Reynolds, Mich. Chamberlain, John Forster, and Thady 
 Meagher. 
 
 (4.) The petition. 
 
 Minuted : — " Granted." 10 pages and 3 halves. 
 
 Feb. 15. 30. Report of Mr. Aaron Smith to the Lords of the Treasury, on 
 
 the petition of Sir Henry Bond [attainted], stating that the estate in 
 Surrey and part of the estate in St. James's field, were mortgaged by 
 Sir Thomas Bond, Bart., deceased, father of the petitioner, to Eliza- 
 beth Lady Wiseman for 7,500?., and to Richd. Roth well, Esq., for 
 2,500?., and to Sir Willm. Poulteney for 2,400li ; and that there were 
 other incumbrances thereon, setting out what the estate in St. James 
 fields consisted of, and various particulars about the estate called 
 Albemarle ground. Dated 15 Feb. 1695, 
 
 Accompanied by other papers entitled : — 
 
 " Monies received out of the estate late Sir Henry Bond's at 
 Peckham and S* James." 
 
 " The debt due for interest to the severall mortgagees on the estate 
 late Sir Henry Bond's, and to the Lady Bond, the widow of Sir 
 Thomas Bond, deceased, for her anuity." 
 
 An account of arrears. 
 
 The petition of Sir Henry Bond, Bart., for reversal of his out- 
 lawry, .fee, the schedule of his debts secured by mortgage, and 
 
 " Rent roll of all the estate late S^ Henry Bond's, Bart." 
 
 Minuted : — " Read 3 Feb. '96. The K. wiU grant these estates in 
 trust to pay the debts ; the residue to be in trust for His Ma*y." 13 
 pages and 2 halves. 
 
 Feb. 17. 31. Letter from the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, acknowledging the receipt of a letter from the King, 
 countersigned by their Lordshijis, remitting some part of the quit- 
 rents payable out of the lands of Mr. Petty, in the co. of Kerry, and 
 declaring other particulars about the rent ; enclosing a report of the 
 clerk of the quit-rents, and an account of the number of acres as well 
 
TREASURY PAPERS. 
 
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 1695-6. 
 
 [About 
 Feb. 18.] 
 
 Feb. 25. 
 
 Feb. 26. 
 
 [? About 
 Feb. 29.] 
 
 Feb. 29. 
 
 Vol. XXXVI. 
 
 as the rents payable to the Crown, out of lands belonging to Sir 
 William Petty, &c. The remission of quit-rents issuing out of Mr. 
 Petty's estate had been equal if not superior to any man's in the 
 kingdom, and if reduced, others might as reasonably petition for a 
 further abatement. Dated Dublin Castle, 17 Feb. 1695-6. 
 The report and account. 7 foges. 
 
 .S2. Petition of Sibil Carew, relict of " Captain Lieutenant " John 
 Carew, deceased, stating that her husband was an officer in the King's 
 service 18 years in Holland, before he came to the throne ; that he 
 came over with him, and went to Ireland under the command of 
 Lord Cutts, where he being before Limerick (his captain being killed), 
 lead up his men with great bravery, and was wounded and died ; 
 praying for relief, with a certificate of Lord Cutts at the foot, of the 
 truth of the petition. 
 
 Keferredto the Lords of the Treasury, 18 Feb. 1695-6. 
 
 Minuted : — " To be provided for amongst other widdows, when 
 the fond intended " {sic). \^ pages. 
 
 33. Report of the Coma's of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 as to certain brandy cast on shore near Newhaven, in Sussex 
 appraised at 309Z., which by the Act should be sold by inch of 
 candle ; and two-thirds of the forfeiture should be to the King, and 
 one-third to the prosecutor. Dated 25 Feb. 1695-6. 
 
 Minuted: — "Done." I 2Mge. 
 
 34. Letter from the Com^s of the Navy to Wm. Lowndes, Esq., 
 Secretary to tlie Lords of the Treasury, referring to one of 3 Jan. 
 in which they desired him to move their Lordships to order 800 
 trees out of the New Forest for the Navy at Portsmouth ; begging 
 Mm to remind their Lordships thereof Dated 26 Feb. '95. 1 
 page. 
 
 35. Petition of John Bradshaw, the city marshal, addressed to 
 the Lords of the Treasury, showing that by warrant of the Lord 
 Mayor, he had searched the house of one William Keene, in Doctors' 
 Commons, upon suspicion for Captn. Courtney and Capt. Wallbanck, 
 two of the conspirators in the King's proclamation ; and that he 
 found a printing press with letters composed, and several other 
 pamphlets, entitled "a vindication of the deprived bishops ;" praying 
 for the reward of 201. for the discovery according to the proclamation 
 of 13 Sept. 1692. 
 
 A certificate under the hand of John Houblon, the Mayor [of 
 London], that the city marshal had brought Keene before him on 
 the above charge. Dated 29 Feb. 1 695. 2 pages. 
 
 36. Letter from the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, stating that he had received the petition of Colonel John 
 Forward to the King, praying a grant of the forfeited estates of Sir 
 John Nugent, of Taghmon, in the county of Westmeath, Col. Richard 
 
492 
 
 CALENDAR OF 
 
 1695-6. 
 
 March 2. 
 
 March 5. 
 
 Vol. XXXVI. 
 
 Nugeat his brother, and Christopher Nugent of Dardistowne, in the 
 same county, and had referred the same to the Attorney-General, 
 whose report he then returned, and an account from the late Comics 
 of Forfeitures, of the yearly rent received out of the estates, and a 
 particular thereof returned to him, by the Surveyor-General, out of 
 the survey remaining in his ofBce ; advising that he should receive 
 a custodiam of the lands mentioned in his petition. Dated 29 Feb. 
 1695-6. 
 
 The petition and report referred to. The " particular " mentioned 
 is not now with them. 5^ pages. 
 
 37. Report of the Comra of Revenue in Ireland, to the Lords 
 Justices General and General Governors of Ireland, on the petition 
 of the Countess of Roscomon, praying for an allowance of an arrear 
 of 150Z., and for a grant of the lands of Phellystowne and Dungenny, 
 in the county of Mcath, which had been seized into the King's hands 
 by the forfeiture of Richard Dillon of Cloonbrock, who held them on 
 lease, being devised to the petitioner by Wentworth, late Earl of 
 Roscommon. Dated 2 March 1696, i.e. 1695-6. 
 
 Minuted: — "16 Ap. '96. The King will forgive her ye arrear 
 abt 150^." 
 
 Also the petition. 3 p(i^(jes. 
 
 38. Report of the Coma's of Customs to the Lords of the Ti-easury, 
 on the petition of John Clarke, mariner, which set forth that the 
 Comics of the Navy, having hired a vessel of the petitioner to attend 
 George Everett, shipwright, to iind out embezzled stores, belonging 
 to the Navy, the vessel was detained by the collectors of customs 
 at Harwich, viz., as to the true state of the case. Dated 5 March 
 1695-6. 
 
 The petition, an Order in Council, and divers certificates, &c. 
 relating thereto. 16 'pages. 
 
 39. Certificate of the agents for Taxes to the Lords of the Trea- 
 sury, as to the third 4s. aid, of which Morgan Whitley was Receiver- 
 
 March 6. 
 
 March 7. 
 
 General of North Wales and Cheshire. 
 Minuted : — " To have his comnn." 1 
 
 Dated 5 March 1695-6. 
 
 piage. 
 
 40. Memorial of Mr. Tho. Neale and Mr. Tho. Hall, master and 
 worker of the Mint, to the Lords of the Treasury, stating that they 
 found the assaj^s of silver made at the Exchequer and those at the 
 Mint often differed, and sometimes as much as two penny weights 
 "and better;" and praying their Lordships' directions. Dated 6 
 March 1695-6. 
 
 Accompanied by a detailed report of the same. 3 pages. 
 
 41. Presentment by the Conies of Customs to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, respecting the prohibition of French commodities, and more 
 particularly concerning certain wines, brandies, &c. imported from 
 St. Sebastians and Bilboa. Dated 7 March 1695-6. 
 
 Minuted : — " The K. looks upon it to be French wine, that comes 
 from St. Sebastian, but directs two officers (such as ye C, of Customs 
 
TREASURY PAPERS. 
 
 493 
 
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 March 7. 
 
 March 3 
 and 10. 
 
 Vol. XXXVI. 
 
 shall approve) be sent over to S' Sebastian to take knowledge of the 
 ■wine there & its growth." 
 
 In the Minute Book, Vol VI., p. 275, 14 April 1696, is the 
 following : — 
 
 " Cora'^s of the Customes cald in, as to the 25 tons for y^ Spanish 
 Amb"^ from S* Sebastien ; it is to pass by the K[ings] direction, but 
 as to all other come from thence, my Lords tell them the K. thinks 
 there is a great collusion, & they must hold as strict a hand over 
 them as they can." 
 
 '■■ M>^ Manly & M^' Coke are going to S* Sebastian, and they will 
 have instructions from ye C. of Customes, to inquire & informe 
 them what wines grow in the Spanish countrey there, & other 
 circumstances, and the Com^^ propose none others should be sent 
 thither till these gentlemen give the Coral's an acco' how matters 
 are." 2 -pages. 
 
 42. Report of the Comrs of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 on the petition of Simon Beranger, as to certain silk called alamodes, 
 imported and unavoidably forfeited, leaving it to- their Lordships to 
 say whether they should be delivered. Dated 7 March 1695-6. 
 
 Minuted : — " Agreed." 
 
 Also the petition and an affidavit. 3|- pages. 
 
 43. Report of the Warden, Master and Worker and Controller 
 of the Mint, on the proposals made by Jonathan Ambrose, melter at 
 the Mint, viz., (Lst) for refining at 1 2d. per pound troy, it would be 
 advisable to agree with him ; (2nd) for melting and casting into small 
 bars in sand, one farthing per pound should be allowed in addition 
 to the 2>\d. hitherto allowed ; and (3rd) for melting and casting the 
 ingotts and scisell into small bars &c., they thought no one would 
 undertake the duties for less than was offered ; namely, halfpenny 
 and half-farthing for every pound troy. Dated 3 March 1695. 
 
 A further report added, advising the addition of a half-farthing 
 per pound to the last proposals, as the former offer was declined. 
 Dated 10 March. 
 
 Accompanied by the proposals. 2 pages and 2 halves. 
 
 [? About 44. Petition of Lieut. Abraham Coakely gent, to the Lords of 
 
 March 10,] the Treasury, showing that he went with Mr. Maurish, one of the 
 
 King's messengers, and apprehended Robert Feilding, Esq., and had 
 
 him committed to Newgate, and that he expected to be paid the 
 
 2OOZ. reward, specified in a proclamation for his apjjrehension. 
 
 Accompanied by an affidavit thereon. Dated the 10 March 
 1695-6. 2 pages. 
 
 March 10. 45. Letter of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland to the Duke of 
 Shrewsbury, enclosing the report of the Solicitor-General, on the 
 petition of Col. Richard Coote, who prayed that in consideration of 
 his losses by the rebellion in Ireland, and his not having had the 
 full benefit of the former grant, made him by King Charles II., he 
 might have a grant of the King's title to a portion of about 3,500?., 
 bequeathed by the late Earl of Clanricarde to the Lady Honor 
 
494 
 
 CALENDAR OF 
 
 1695-G. 
 
 Vol. XXXVI. 
 
 Bourke, one of his daughters, which was forfeited to the Ring ; 
 approving the report, which was in favour of a grant of that portion 
 or a part of it. Dated Dublin Castle, 10 March J 695-6. 
 
 Minuted ;— " 14 Ap. '97. Rejected." 
 
 The report and the petition. 4 pages and 2 parts of pages. 
 
 46. Certificate of Mr. Wardour and the Tellers of the Exchequer, 
 about the fees paid by the Masters in Chancery upon their salary, to 
 the Clerk of the Pells and the four Tellers. Dated 10 March 1695. 
 1 j)age. 
 
 47. Report of Mr. Chas. Fox to the liOrds of the Treasury, on the 
 petition of Capt. Stephen Dampierre, late of the regiment commanded 
 by Col. Belcastle, praying payment of what was due to him for his 
 service in that regiment ; leaving it to their Lordships to expedite the 
 payment to him, of 199^. I7s. 8fZ., in consequence of the expense of 
 his sickness and his hardships whilst prisoner in France. Dated 
 10 March 1695. 
 
 Also the petition. 2 pages. 
 
 March 11. 48. Report of Thomas Neale [Master of the Mint] proposing 
 additional salaries during the coinage of the clipped moneys, to the 
 
 March 10. 
 
 March 1 0. 
 
 300 per annum. 
 200 „ 
 
 100 „ 
 
 100 
 
 180 
 
 following persons :- 
 
 James Hoar, Esq., Controller 
 
 Daniel Bratle, Assay Master 
 
 Mr. Evans, Surveyor of the Meltings 
 and Clerk of the Irons 
 
 Thomas Fitch, weigher and teller 
 
 Divers other clerks - - - 
 Leaving to their Lordships the case of the Rotiers, engravers who 
 had 450^. yearly pension besides 3251. per annum as pay. Dated 
 1 1 March 1695. 2 pages. 
 
 March 12. 49. Letter from the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, stating, that he had received a letter from the King, 
 countersigned by their Lordships, in favour of Major Walter Delamer, 
 directing a sufficient discharge to be made to him of 801. per 
 ann. of the rents reserved on him out of the forfeited lands held 
 by him from the King ; and also to cause a custodiam to be passed 
 to him of forfeited lands, not to exceed 801. per ann. for seven 
 years, which [latter] he had ordered ; but as to the remittal of the 
 80^. a year reserved upon the first grant, he had hitherto forborne 
 to execute it. If the King directed a discharge to be passed 
 under the great seal, he would give the necessary orders. He also 
 sent a petition of Major Delamer, referred to him by the King, 
 praying a lease of the lands then held by him, or any other, to the 
 same value, for 31 years, and that a debt of 71 9Z. due from His 
 Majesty, might be accepted as a fine ; also a report of the Attorney- 
 General made thereon, which admitted the debt, and his Excellency 
 advised the grant of a lease for 21 years, of the lands held by him. 
 Dated 12 March 1695-6. 
 
 Accompanied by the report and petition. 5^ pages. 
 
TREASURY PAPERS. 
 
 495 
 
 1695-6. 
 March 12. 
 
 March 12. 
 
 Vol. XXXVI. 
 
 50. Report of the Com'^s of Customs, to the Lords of the Trea- 
 sury, on the petition of Robert Farish, late collector of the port of 
 Carlisle, who had undergone great hardships and losses ; as well 
 for the cure of his wounds as other expenses, and was then dis- 
 missed from his employment. Dated 12 March 1G95. 
 
 Minuted : — " Agreed." 
 
 Also the petition, a certificate, a balance sheet, and a detailed 
 statement of the suras claimed. 4 pagen and 2 parts. 
 
 51. A letter signed P. Foley to William Lowndes, Esq., begging 
 him to remind the King about the Mint to be set up at Hereford. 
 Dated 12 March 1C95-6. 
 
 Docquetted : — " M"^ Speaker's letter about the Mint at Hereford." 
 1 page {quarto}. 
 
 [? About 52. Allowances to be made to different ofBcers of the Mint, " on 
 March 13.] every pound w* troy coyned," and " additional allowances to be 
 paid per the mai" out of his poundage, the same allowances to com- 
 mence from the 29^^ of January 1695 (the time of the first delivery), 
 and to continue by quarterly payments, till the dipt moneys shal be 
 recoyned." Without date, but miuufecZ ; — "Read 13 March 1695. 
 Agreed to per my Lords." 
 
 On the same subject in the Minute Book, Vol. VI. p. 307. ; 25 May 
 1696 is :— " M^ Neal, M^ Newton, and M' Hall, together with the 
 provost and sev^ membrs of ye monyers upon their complaint y* 
 their allowance for making ye money is not sufficient. My Lords do 
 not see any reason for an increase." 1 |3a(/e. 
 
 March 14. 53. Presentment by the Comics of Customs to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, concerning the money (16,000 or 17,000^.) remaining in 
 the collector's hands at Bristol, which they had desired should be sent 
 up with the convoy, which brought the Excise money ; but from 
 want of time it could not be sent. Also from other places they had 
 information of cash remaining for want of opportunity of remittance, 
 and particularly at Lancaster, 16 or 17 hundred pounds. Dated 
 14 March 1695-6. 1| 2^"'9'^^- 
 
 March 14. 54. Copy of a letter apparently of the Navy Board, but not signed 
 nor addressed, respecting the petition of Alice Caesar, about her title 
 to some part of the land belonging to His Majesty's yard at Chat- 
 ham. The writers say they find no writings of the King's title to 
 the land, or anything relating thereto, and had written to Sir Edwd. 
 Gret^ory to make the best enquiry he could touching the same. 
 Dated 14 March 1695-6. 
 
 Also the copy of Sir Edward Gregory's letter, finishing : — " In a 
 word all things relating to this affaire seems to be very darke & 
 obscure," &c. 2 pages. 
 
 March 16. 55. Copy of instructions given to the Comra of the Revenue, in 
 relation to the management of the forfeitures [in Ireland]. Dated 
 16 March 1695-6. 
 
 They are comprised under 13 heads. 3 2Mges. 
 
496 
 
 CALENDAR OF 
 
 169.5-G. 
 March 19. 
 
 ? March 1 9. 
 
 March 19. 
 
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 56. Copy of royal warrant to the Attorney-General, for a bill to 
 be prepared for the royal signature, granting the dignity of baronet 
 to Richard Blackham, of the city of London, Esq. Dated 19 March 
 1695-0. ^ pa-O'i. 
 
 57. Letter of Mr. Done to William Lownds, Esq., respecting Lord 
 Griffin's accounts, some portion of which could not be completed for 
 want of vouchers. 
 
 Accompanied by a state of the account of Edward Griffin, Esq., 
 (now Lord Griffin) Treasurer of His Majesty chamber, for one year 
 ended at Michaelmas 1684. Dated 19 March 1695-6. 
 
 In the Minute Book, Vol. VI., p. 346, 17 July 1696, is the follow- 
 ing : — " To stay the processe for tlie acco*^ of the Lord Griffin, late 
 Treasurer of ye chamber, till next terme ; but to direct M"^ Baker to 
 informe himselfe of ye state of that matter, and to prosecute w*!* 
 effect ye next term, if ye acc*^ be not finished in ye mean time." 
 2 pa(jes. 
 
 58. Rejiort of M"^ Aaron Smith to the Lords of the Treasury, upon 
 a letter annexed, of Wm. Dandy, who was a prisoner in the King's 
 Bench ; stating that the original cause of his imprisonment was, 
 from some ditt'erence between his fatlier, himself, and younger 
 brother ; about lands, &c. let or disposed of by his father : concerning 
 which an assault was committed by him, for which he was fined lOOZ. 
 and committed to prison until he paid it ; and before he should be 
 discharged from prison to give security for good behaviour to his 
 father and brother, dui'ing the lives of each of them ; which judg- 
 ment was without precedent. Further reporting that he went into 
 Cornwall on a Crown prosecution, and was there arrested ; but after- 
 wards was removed to the King's Bench, where he remained on the 
 common side, in a miserable, wanting condition, making pegs for 
 shoemakers, and living thereby, and on the common basket ; and in 
 addition, he at times wanted the use of his reason : recommending 
 as an act of the highest charity that he should be discharged. Dated 
 19 March 1695. 
 
 Two letters of the above William Dandy and his petition. 6 
 pages. 
 
 1695-6. 
 March 21. 
 
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 1. Report of Mr. Charles Fox to tlie King, on the petition of 
 Bridget EUingworth, widow of Charles Ellingworth, chaplain and 
 physician to Col. Monroe's regiment, during the siege of London- 
 derry, who died there ; praying payment of 140^, due for her 
 husband's pay, or that the King would some other way consider 
 her poor condition ; having been deprived of all her substance by 
 
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 March 24, 
 
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 the enemy, and left with an aged mother and eight small children ; 
 suggesting that 1061. would be due to her if she were considered in 
 both capacities. 
 
 Minuted :— "Wt^ done for 1061'." 
 
 The petition and two other papers. 4 pages. 
 
 2. Eeport of Lord Eanelagh to the Lords of the Treasury, on the 
 petition of the sisters and porter of the Hospital of the Savoy, for 
 payment of 172L 10.S, for five years and three-quarter.'s allowance 
 of 30/. ^Je?" ann., in consideration of their quitting tlieir dwellings 
 there for the convenience of the company of the foot guards, &c. ; 
 finding that there was no warrant for the payment signed by His 
 present Majesty, but leaving it to their Lordships. Dated 23 March 
 1695-6. 
 
 Minuted : — " A warr* on the ptent dorm'." 
 
 Also the petition and copy of the warrant for the grant of the 
 SOI. per ann. 8 pages. 
 
 3. The opinion of Sir Thos. Trevor, Attorney-General, upon the 
 case of the officers of the Navy at Portsmouth, as to the payment of 
 the four shillings in the pound on tiieir salaries. Dated 23 March 
 1695. 
 
 Also a letter from the Mayor of Portsmouth and another from 
 Mr. Loundes, on the same subject. 3 pages. 
 
 4. Letter of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, sending a copy of the instructions forwarded to the Coma's 
 of the Revenue, in relation to their management of the forfeited 
 estates there ; stating that he had ordered lists of arrears of rent 
 and other sums due to the Crown to be prepared. The arrear 
 for the county of Dublin was certified to be 10,962/. 16s. I l\d., and 
 that of Kildare 8,012/. 126'. Sc/. ; and if a third part of the arrears 
 proved solvent, it would amount to a large sum. The late Com''^ 
 of Forfeitures would not be prevailed with to call their collectors to 
 account, or to issue process against persons in arrear, though the 
 Lord Lieutenant had often positively commanded them to do it ; the 
 Commissioners were first to get in the arrears. There was another 
 considerable debt due to the King. The Earl of Longford and others, 
 on the victory of tlie Boyne, were empowered to seize goods, &c. to 
 the value of 30,000/., and little or no part had come to the King's 
 receipt, and he feared it was too late to recover it. The forts and 
 fortifications were generally out of repair, the guns unmounted, the 
 palisadoes wanting, and some of the breaches not sufficiently made 
 up since the war. Other works, especially for Gal way, had been 
 begun, but not finished. He had (upon intimation that the French had 
 some designs on the kingdom) issued warrants for supplying Galway, 
 Kinsale, and the Fort of Duncannon (being the places most likely 
 to be insulted on) with a month's provisions ; other garrisons must 
 be put in a condition to prevent a surprise. He proposed that 6,000/. 
 should be allowed of the forfeited arrears for carrying on the service. 
 &c. Dated Dubhn Castle, 24 March 1695-6. 
 
 Minuted: — "For Kensington. 14 Ap. '97. My Lords to read 
 this." 
 
 The copy of instructions is not now with it, 7 pages. 
 
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498 
 
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 March 2i. 
 
 March 25, 
 
 March 25. 
 
 March 20. 
 
 March 27. 
 
 March 27. 
 
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 5. Report of Samuel Travers, Esq., Surveyor-General, and Sir 
 Christopher Wren, Kniglit, Surveyor-General of Works, on the 
 petition of the Duke of Ormoiid, respecting certain lodgings adjoining 
 to the first gate-house, leading towards King Street, Westminster, 
 built at tlio charge of the petitioner's grandfather, at a cost (with 
 alterations) of 1,800Z. ; recommending that that sum might be reason- 
 al)ly allowed, on a clause of reassumption, to be inserted in any grant 
 of tlie premises to this nobleman, &c. Dated 24 March 1695-6. 
 
 Letter signed SLe. Fox, addressed to the Surveyor-General, ap- 
 proving of the above report ; also a plan of the premises and the 
 petition referred to. 'i page.i and the plan. 
 
 6. Report of Lord Ranelagh on the petition of Cooper 
 
 relict and widow of Col. Aruolt [Cooper], who was Governor of 
 Yarmouth Castle [in the Isle of Wight] during the civil wars ; 
 recommending her to the royal bounty. Dated 25 March 1696. 
 Also a duplicate and a certificate relating thereto. 
 
 One is minuted: — "Read 3 Apr. '96. It cannot be granted ;" the 
 other, "20 Apr. 1698. Read, the K. orders nothing." The remains 
 of 3 piages greatly decayed. 
 
 7. Memorial of " Sal de Medina," to the King, praying that 
 advances should be put into his hands without delay to pay the 
 bills drawn on him by his friends " Machado and Pereyra." Also 
 stating that his fi-iends prayed tlie King to direct Mr. Hill to stop 
 out of the respective regiments the amount they were indebted for 
 bread in the last year. Dated 25 March 1690. 
 
 Accompanied by a list of the amounts due for bread. 
 
 There is the following minute respecting Mr. Medina, in the 
 Minute Book, Vol. VI., p. 310, 17 July 1096 :— 
 
 "Ml-. Medina will furnish m° to the E. of Ranelagh, for paym* of 
 some of Mr. Hill's bills, for w* he is to have tallys deposited per 
 the E. of Ranelagh, & my Lords will take care that he be rep'i iu 
 about six weeks." o pages. 
 
 8. Certificate of Lord Cutts, as to Captain Moore being well 
 afiected to the Government, statintr that he was at considerable 
 charge in the Revolution in raising men, whilst captain of a regiment 
 of foot, under the command of the Lord Cutts. Dated 26 March 
 1690. (Very brief) 8 lines. 
 
 9. Report of Mr. Charles Fox to the Lords of the Treasury, on 
 tlie petition of Lieutenant Col. William Tatton, late of Brigadier 
 Stuart's ]-egiment of foot, and then in that commanded by the 
 Marquis de Pulsars, praying payment of Avhat was due to the 1st of 
 Jan. 1691 ; in favour of his claim for 440?. 19s. 9d., in consideration 
 of his loi5ses in the expedition to the Straits, and to fit him for the 
 ensuing campaign. Dated 27 March 1696. 2 pages. 
 
 10. Report of the Com^^s of Excise to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 on the petition of the salt-makers of Droitwich, who maintained 
 that the stock of salt which they had in hand on 25 March 1694 
 (10,430 bushels), and which was made before that date, was not 
 eJiargeable with the duty of l^d. a gallon ; advising that the bonds 
 
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 March 28. 
 
 March 29. 
 
 March 30. 
 
 March 30. 
 
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 March 30.] 
 
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 for the payment should be giveu up, and the money, amounting to 
 7 oil. 3s. *7^d., ought not to be demanded. Dated 27 March 1C96. 
 
 The petition arid a detailed account of the salt made, and the 
 bonds sealed, for the salt made before 25 March 1694. 
 
 Minuted : — " A warr* according to y report." 5 pages. 
 
 11. Letter from the Comfs of the Navj' to the Secretary of 
 the Treasury', desiring an order for the immediate felling of oak 
 timber, demanded for Portsmouth out of the New Forest. Dated 
 28 March '96. 
 
 Minuted: — "1 May '96. The King sales 'tis too late." 
 
 There is the following in the Minute Book, Vol. VI., p. 197, 17 
 
 June 1697 :— 
 
 " A sign manual to be prepared for 1,000 trees in the New Forest, 
 
 for the works of y^ Navy at Portsmouth." 1 jMge. 
 
 12. A list of the marks and numbers of the bales of lace taken 
 out of the " St. Peter " prize, on 29 March 1696, by the command of 
 Capt. Crass and Capt. Caldwell. 1 page. 
 
 13. Report of the Com^^^ of the Navy to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 on the petition of Ellinor Wren, widow of Capt. Ralph Wren, de- 
 ceased, who died in the King's service in the West Indies, but who was 
 previously commander of the ship, the " Coronation," which brought 
 sugars from Barbadoes by order of Col. Kendall, then Governor of 
 the island ; the freight of which the Capt. received, but only paid 
 part to the Treasurer of the Navy ; the remainder being stopped out 
 of his and his servant's wages, and ought to be so, as the Commis- 
 sioners conceived, for his breach of trust. Dated 30 March '96. 
 
 Also two petitions of Ellinor Wrenn, who was imprisoned for his 
 
 debts, and her children turned out of doors. 
 In the Minute Book, Vol. VI., p. 326, 19 June 1696, is :— 
 " Mrs. Ellinor Wrenn, to have 40ii out of the l,000i for widdows." 
 
 3 pages. 
 
 14. Letter of the Duke of Shrewsbury to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, respecting the accounts between Sir George St. George and 
 Sir Matthew Bridges ; sending the petition of Sir George, and a 
 letter from the Lord Deputy of Ireland thereon, for the King's 
 directions. Dated 30 March 1696. 
 
 The petition and letter. 3| p)ages. 
 
 15. "An abstract of what the Lords of the Treasury layd before 
 His Matie, I'elateinge to M^ Butts his petition." 
 
 Mr. Butts was commissary to the Danish forces, and on the capi- 
 tulation of Limerick the Earl of Athlone appointed him to attend 
 the Irish troops into France, and to receive the money due from 
 them for provisions, which money he received and for the greater 
 security thereof took bills of Sarsfield's friends, who had embarked 
 goods in the transport ships, freight free, which goods were charge- 
 able for the same ; but the goods were then seized and rifled, to the 
 value of above 30,000 livres, hj Hi.s Majesty's ships of war, and 
 
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jOO calendar of 
 
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 the. parties on whom the bills were drawn refused to pay. Lord 
 Coningsby and Mr. Clarke, to whom the matter was referred, state 
 that some of the transport ships were seized on account of a French 
 ship liaving been taken, contrary to the articles of Limerick. They 
 otherwise confirm the petitioner's statement and do not object to 
 his claims for compensation. Eead 30 March '96. 1 page. 
 
 April 3. 16. Report of the Comi's of the Navy to the Lords of the Trea- 
 sury, on the petition of Richard Butler, for 50Z.,for his extraordinary 
 care in saving the stores of the " Success," frigate, cast away on the 
 coast of Cuba, &c. ; advising that this debt formed part of tlie debt 
 of 40,000?. which accrued before 168fi, and that the whole debt 
 should be satisfied in course. Dated 3 April '96. 
 
 Accompanied by the case of the petitioner, the petition and 
 copies of two other documents relating thereto. 5 pages. 
 
 April 7. 17. Two papers, the first docquetted : — "Money for land-service 
 
 including 2.50,000Z. on Mr. Blathwaite's paper." 
 
 And the second : — "Money for land-service, including 439,154?. 8s., 
 remaining unpaid upon Mi: Blathwayt's papers," being of the nature 
 of estimates. Dated 7 April 1696. 2 pxiges. 
 
 April 9. 18. Report of Mr. Chas. Fox, to the Lords of the Treasury, on the 
 question whether 43GZ. 16s. 8d. due to Doctor Patrick Dunn, for his 
 pay as physician to the hospital during the war in Ireland, could not 
 then be paid out of the fund for the hospital there. Dated 9 April 
 169G. 
 
 A certificate thereon. 
 
 Also the petition, which prayed for a lease or custodiam of the 
 lands of Dirpatrick or any other forfeited lands and 
 
 A list of lands in lease to Major Delamare. 4 j^^agres. 
 
 April 10. 19. Report of the Coma's of the Navy to the Lords of the Trea- 
 sury, on the petition of John Clarke, mariner, master of a small 
 sloop of Li tons burthen, employed for the seizure of stores, which 
 ves.sel was seized by the collector of customs at Harwich. They 
 acquaint their Lordships that if the vessel were lost it was the 
 petitioner's own fliult, as he might have had her again, and might 
 have been satisfied for the time she was in the King's service. Dated 
 10 April '96. 3 2^<:^[/es- 
 
 April 13. 20. Report of Lord Ranelagh to the Loixls of the Treasury, on 
 the petition of Jane Wagstaff, widow of John Wagstaff, praying 
 payment of 91?. ll.s. IL/., due to her husband for his arrears as 
 lieutenant in Sir John Jacob's regiment, allowing that that sum was 
 due. Dated 13 April 1096. 
 
 Minuted : — "28 June '99. There is no provision made for these 
 an'ears." 2 p)ages. 
 
 [About 21. Petitions of Mary Dodsworth, widow, to the King, seeking an 
 
 April 13.J allowance for the loss of her husband Robert Dodsworth, Esq., 
 
 who made a discovery of a treasonable design carried on in 
 
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 Lancashire against the King's person and government, and so 
 
 frustrated it, but was afterwards assassinated, leaving six children. 
 
 Referred to the Lords of the Treasury 13 April 1696. 1 page. 
 
 April 14. 22. Letter from Mr. William Trumbull to the Lords of the Trea- 
 sury, enclosing a paper signed Ralph Blackball, in which he states 
 that there was lost to the revenue 14,000L by the transmission 
 of gazettes and other papers and news-letters post free, besides 
 10,OOOZ. for letters, &c. conveyed by the carriers; offering five 
 suggestions for the prevention thereof Dated 14 April 1696. 2 
 jyages. 
 
 April 15. 23. Report of Mr. Chas. Fox to the Lords of the Treasury, on 
 the memorial of the I)uke of Schomberg and Leinster, setting forth 
 the great difficulties he had met with in stating the accounts of his 
 regiment, to the 1st of Jan. 1G91-2, by reason the balance of 
 their accounts to that time was not found sufiicient to answer 
 the demands of the several troops, occasioned by the great number 
 of cheques upon them, and the misapplication of part of the money 
 received by some of the commanding officers in Ireland ; praying 
 that the respites might be taken off those whicli were most 
 unreasonable. 
 
 The report finds that the cheques upon the regiment amounted to 
 more than 2,000?., of which those in an annexed abstract seemed 
 most reasonable to be removed. Dated 15 April 1696. 
 
 Also the petition and an abstract of the cheques. Si pages. 
 
 [About 24. The docquet only of the case of Alexander Stewart, Deputy 
 
 April 16.] Lieutenant of the Ordnance in Ireland, to the effect that he delivered 
 up his employment in that office, worth 3-30?. per ann., to King 
 James, in order to escape, in the year 1688 ; that in attempting to 
 escape from Dublin he was taken and committed to prison for 
 12 months, imtil the battle of the Boyne ; that he lost 1,100?. by 
 the shutting of the gates of Derry : praying for a grant of the 
 forfeited lands in a list annexed, amounting to about 260?. per ann. 
 The Lord Deputy referred his petition to the Attorney Genera), who 
 reported that it was true. The Com'^s of Revenue reported the lands 
 to be worth 200?. per ann., whereupon the Lord Deputy advLsed 
 that the King might gratify the petitioner. 
 
 Minuted : — " Read, 16 Ap. '96. Granted." Part of a page. 
 
 April 17. 25. Report signed J. Taylour to the Lords of the Treasury, on 
 
 the petition of Benjamin Overton, Esq., who prayed that his patent 
 as a Comi' of Customs might be paid for out of secret service or 
 otherwise, as their Lordships thouglit fit ; as it would cost above 
 200?. ; advising that such commissions had [sometimes] been passed 
 at the public charge and allowed by way of incidents. Dated 
 17 April'ge. 
 Minuted:—" To be pd per incid^." 
 The above is written on the petition. 1 page. 
 
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 April 20. 26. Report of Mr. Chas. Fox to the Lords of the Treasury, on 
 
 the memorial of Robert Billiog in behalf of his brother Lieut.-Col. 
 Richard Billing, setting forth that the Colonel served as major of 
 brigade during the war in Ireland ; admitting that 350?. 10s. was 
 due to him for arrears of pay. Dated 20 April 1696. 
 
 Copy of the memorial and two certificates. 4 pages and 2 halves 
 [quarto]. 
 
 April 20. 27. Report of the Coma's of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 on the petition of Mark Bingham, gent., to His Majesty, praying a 
 grant of the forfeitures mentioned in a schedule annexed ; analyzing 
 his claims to those forfeitures, &c. Dated 20 April 1696. 
 Minuted : — " Respited." 
 
 The petition and five other papers connected therewith. 6 pages 
 or parts of pages. 
 
 [About 28. Letter of Samuel Brewster to the Right Hon. Charles Mon- 
 April 21.] tague. Chancellor of the Court of Exchequer ; seeking a letter from 
 his Lordship for the payment of arrears to the usher and messengers 
 of the Court of Exchequer. 
 
 Also two certificates relating thereto. Dated 21 April 1696. 
 Quarters of .3 pages. 
 
 [About 29. Letter of the Lady R[ebecca] Falkland, without address, 
 
 April 21.] commencing, " My Lord ;" stating her surprise that process was 
 issuing sigainst her from the Exchequer in respect of the accounts 
 of Lord Falkland when he was Treasurer of the Navy, and reminding 
 his Lordship that the accounts were before the Coral's of the Navy, 
 and that she was anxious to have them passed. Without date, but 
 Lord Falkland died in 1694 
 
 On 21 April 1696, by the Minute Book, Vol. VI. p. 279, it appears 
 Mr. Maddocks had to go to the Navy Board with the vouchers to 
 these accounts, and they were to represent wherein they found them 
 defective. 1 j^age. 
 
 April 21. 30. Letter signed W. Beeston, dated at Jamaica, addressed to 
 the Lords of the Treasury, transmitting the account of the money 
 received and paid on the credit given by Sir Joseph Heme and Sir 
 Stephen Evance for the subsistence of Col. Lillington's regiment in 
 that island, &c. Dated 21 April 1696. 1 page (quarto). 
 
 April 22. 31. Letter of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, enclosing the reports of the Solicitor-General and the 
 Com'''' for the Revenue for Ireland, on the petition of Edward May, 
 Esq., praying for a grant of part of the forfeited estate of the Lord 
 Galmoy, at a " crown " rent of 40J. per ann. ; recommending the 
 grant to be made, as it Vvas of little value beyond the incumbrances. 
 Dated 22 April 1696. 
 
 Minuted : — '' 14 Apr. '97. Rejected." 
 
 Also the reports, the petition, and a schedule of the lands. 
 8 pages. 
 
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 April 23. 
 
 Vol. XXXVII. 
 
 32. Copy of a letter from the Duke of Shrewsbury to the Lords 
 of the Treasurj^ transmitting the petition of Mrs. Willoughby, to 
 whom, on the stopping her pension in Ireland, the late Queen had 
 allowed ,50?-. a quarter, wliich .she prayed might be continued : refer- 
 ring the matter to their Lordships' consideration. Dated 23 April 
 1696. 1 ^jctf/e. 
 
 April 23. 33. Letter from the Comi's of the Navy to the Secretary of the 
 Treasury, stating that the East Country and other merchants refused 
 to undertake the supply of hemp, tar, and other stores, the tallies 
 lately appointed being such as could not be discounted. Dated 
 23 April 1696. 
 
 There are two or three minutes in the Minute Book, Vol. VI., in 
 relation to this subject, but the following, at p. 304, 22 May 1696, 
 is the most definite : — 
 
 " Com'^s of Navy & Eastland, merchants, cal'd in. The merchts S8.y 
 they cannot furnish the hemp without 2/-5ths advance, and 1/5**1 -when 
 the goods arrive. My Lords offer 1/3 advance & 2/3d in course. 
 Then the merch^s are ■willing to take ]/3 downe & 1/5 upon the 
 arrival, & the rest in course. My Lords will do what they can 
 as to the 1/5*'^ upon the arrival; but as to the price and quantity 
 they are to contract with ye Navy Board. A letter of this to ye 
 Com^s of ye Navy." 1 paj/e. 
 
 April 23. 34. Letter from the Com^s of Prizes to the Lords of the Trea- 
 sury, acquainting them that they had passed an order to pay 
 Admiral Russell 2,219/. I7s. 5c/. on behalf of the sick and wounded 
 seamen, fcc. D.ated 23 Ajiril 1696. 1 ixige. 
 
 April 23. 35. Order in Council on the report of the Coma's of Customs, 
 concerning a complaint against Mr. Clinton, collector of customs at 
 Biddeford, for clearing the ship " Barnstable Merchant," contrary to 
 the embargo ; giving directions to the Comfs to suspend or otherwise 
 punish him. Dated 23 April 1696. 
 
 iWinuted : — " Read 9 June '96. The ConT's of the Custoraes to 
 inquire againe into this case, & to represent the same in writino- to 
 my Lords." 
 
 Also the report, another Order in Council, a letter, an extract, 
 and an answer to the information against Mr. Clinton. 8 jKiges or 
 'parts of pages. 
 
 April 24. 36. A certificate signed Ro. Howard as to the arrear due to 
 "William, Earl of Portland, upon his salary as superintendent of the 
 gardens. Dated Exchequer, 24 April 1696. 
 
 Minuted : — " To be paid per tally on excise." ^ i^agre. 
 
 April 25. 37. Report of the Com^s of Customs to the Lords of the Trea- 
 sury, on tlie petition of Richard Owen, merchant, praying to have 
 the remainder of some bonds bestowed on him, on account of his 
 long service, sufferings, and losses. Dated 25 April 1696. 
 
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 Minuted : — " The debt to be discharged." 
 
 Also the petition and other papers in support of his claim. 
 
 7 fages. 
 
 April 25. 38. Keport of the Comra of Transportation to the Lords of the 
 Treasurj^, on the petition of Mr. Arthur Shallett, for the interest of 
 the freight that was due to the six ships named in the petition, 
 which had been engaged for the descent. Dated 25 Apr. 1696. 
 Minuted : — " To be p"! per tally on y^ continued impoJ^s." 
 The petition & two other documents. 5 pages. 
 
 April 25. 39. Letter of the Comra of the Navy to the Treasurer of the 
 Navy, enclosing an estimate of the charge of building two advice- 
 boats, confirmed by the Com" of the Admiralty, desiring liim to 
 solicit the Lords of the Treasury for the money. Dated 25 April 
 1696. 
 
 Also the estimate. 2 pages. 
 
 April 25. 40. Letter from the Comrs of the Navy to the Secretary of the 
 Treasury, referring to their letter of 23 April, and sending a copy 
 of a letter from Mr. Jos. Martin, one of the most influential dealers 
 in foreign commodities wanted by the Navy, viz., as to his treatment 
 upon his previous contract. Dated 25 April '96. 
 The copy referred to. 2i pages. 
 
 April 27. 41. Letter of the Comrs of the Navy to the Lord Treasurer of 
 the Navy ; praying him to provide money for the workmen at 
 Chatham and Sheerness, who were growing impatient for their 
 wages. Dated 27 April '96. 1 page. 
 
 April 27. 42. Letter of the Comfs of the Navy to the Secretary of the 
 Treasury, referring to the backwardness of the merchants in treating 
 about the supply of the Navy, and stating that there seemed no 
 other way of supplying the Navy than by employing some person 
 to import goods on commission ; enclosing a copy of the order they 
 had received from the Comi's of the Admiralty to supply the same. 
 Dated 27 April '96. 2 pages. 
 
 April 27. 43. Memorial from Tho. Neale and Tho. Hall, officers of the 
 Mint, to the Lords of the Treasury, stating that they had delivered 
 the letter from Mr. Lowndes to Lord Lucas and to the Office of 
 Ordnance to suiTender the Martin Tower to the porter of the Mint, 
 who formerly lived in it ; but they were unwilling to displace their 
 labourer. The memorialists were unwilling to have any dispute 
 about the same. There was in the midst of the Mint a house 
 inhabited by one Mr. Bennet, who belonged to the Ordnance, and 
 they desired their Lordships' directions for bis removal, that the 
 porter might dwell in it. Dated 27 April J 696. 
 
 Minuted : — " Lay this before ye K. relating to the porter of the 
 Mint's house." 1 large page. 
 
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 April 28. 44.. Report of the Comrs of Excise to the Lords of the Treasurj', 
 praying for a renewal of a warrant to free the persons employed 
 under their control, having less than 100?. a year, from the tax 
 of 4s. in the pound. Dated 28 April 1696. 
 Minuted : — " A warr*." 1 page. 
 
 April 28. 4.5. Memorial of the Com^s of the Admiralty to the King, as to 
 the difficulty the Navy Board was under of obtaining contracts for 
 hemp, tar, pitch, and other naval commodities. Amongst other 
 matters it is stated that the fiictors in Sweden were like to be forced 
 out of the country. Dated 28 April 1696. 2 pages. 
 
 April 28. 46. Memorial of Thomas Neale and Thomas Hall of the office of 
 the Mint, to the Lords of the Treasury, stating that they found by 
 the Act that the plate was ordered to be melted down and cast into 
 ingots, but there was no direction how it was to be paid for, &c. 
 Informing their Lordships that the money arising by that Act was 
 not sufficient to answer what was to be paid out of it before, much 
 less to do this, and pay for the " presses " that the people brought 
 in, by direction of the Act. Praying that they would give order 
 thereon. Dated 28 April 1696. 1 page. 
 
 April 29. 47. Certificate signed Charles Trelawny, to the effect that Major- 
 General Kirk recommended Col. John Forward to him, to be 
 introduced to the King as a gentleman who was earlj' active in 
 the King's service, and a great sufferer thereby, and a fit object 
 for his favour. Dated 29 April 1696. ^ page {quarto). 
 
 April 30. 48. Letter of Mr. Burchett by command of the Lords of the 
 Admiralty to Mr. Loundes, Secretary of the Treasury, sending a 
 letter from the Navy Board, with the copies of others from twoEast 
 Country merchants, touching their inability to serve the King with 
 naval stores, from the badness of the funds assigned them. Dated 
 30 April 1696. 2\ pages. 
 
 May 1. 49. Letter of the Com^^ of the Navy to the Secretary of the 
 
 Treasury, in answer to his letter, touching the application of the 
 Right Hon. the Lord Berkeley, for payment of the persons who 
 were employed in clothing his Lordship's marine regiment ; enclosing 
 a copy of a reply made by them to the Comics of the Admiralty on 
 the same subject. Dated 1 May 1696. 
 
 Minuted : — " Doe for this as was done for ye other reg*." 
 Four other papers relating thereto. 6 p)eiges. 
 
 f? About 50. Petition of Charles Chapon to the King, showing that there 
 M;iy 1.] was due to his uncle the late Mons. Lassaigne, deceased, as Governor 
 of Drogheda to the 1st of January 1691-2, 275?., as appeared by 
 Lord Coningsby's report annexed. His uncle's allowance had been 
 omitted in the new establishment for the charge of the kingdom of 
 Ireland, but he had acted in the government until July 1694, 
 about which time he died ; and there was further due to him 
 for that service 911?., making together 1,186?., of which only 
 
506 CALENDAR OF 
 
 1696. 
 
 Vol. XXXVII. 
 
 10 guineas had "been paid on account. He had borrowed of the 
 petitioner and other relatives, who were poor people, to support 
 himself in his post. The petitioner prays for the paj'ment of these 
 arrears. Referred to the Lords of the Treasurj' 1 May 1696. 
 
 Minuted:—" Read 28 Ti^f. 1698. My Lords think if there were 
 any such money due as is pretended, ye pet"^ ought to apply in Ireld. 
 1st Nov. '99. 
 
 " Ref to Lds Justices of Ireld., to doe w* their Lops shall think 
 fit therein.'' 
 
 Accompanied by the copy of the report referred to. 2 pages. 
 
 May 2. 51. Certificate of the prosecution of a suit in the Exchequer, by 
 
 J. Bernard, who, at the instance of Mr. Pottinger, agent to the 
 Comi'a of Prizes in Ireland, laid informations against several captains 
 of the Navy for recovery of embezzlements of wine and other 
 goods, taken from the French King's subjects as prize ; and par- 
 ticularly against Capt. George Blng, Sir Cloudesley Shovell, and 
 Capt. Rich. Fitz-Patrick ; but by an order of cessat ■processus he was 
 prevented recovering 7,279?. 18s. 8fZ., tlie value of the goods 
 embezzled. Dated 2 May 1696. 
 (Most likely an enclosure.) 1 page. 
 
 May 2. 52. Letter of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland to the Lords of the 
 
 Treasury, enclosing the reports of the Solicitor-General and the 
 Comi's of the Revenues and Forfeitures, on the petition of Arthur 
 Pod more and Joshua Dawson, praying the King's further favour 
 in granting them the forfeited lands, the particulars of which 
 appear in a schedule annexed; in favour of gratifying the petitioners. 
 Dated 2 May 1696. 
 
 The petition, the schedule, and the two reports referred to. 
 10 pages or parts of pages. 
 
 May 2. 53. The oath taken by Mr. Isaac Newton, not to " reveal or dis- 
 
 cover to any person or persons whatsoever, the new invention of 
 rounding the money and making the edges of them with letters or 
 grainings." Sworn before three of the Lords of the Treasury. 
 2 May 1696. Signed Isaac Newton. Docquetted : — " D>^ Newton's 
 oath as warden of y"^ Mint." ^ page. 
 
 May 5. 54. Memorial of the Lords of the Admiralty to the Lords of the 
 
 Treasury against Capt. Christoplier BiUop obtaining the discliarge 
 of his recognizances which the King hud granted for the benefit of 
 the chest at Chatham, the captain being charged with forgery. 
 Dated 5 May 1696. 1 p)age. 
 
 May 6. 55. Letter of the Lord Lieut, of Ireland to the Lords of the 
 
 Treasury, enclosing the report of the Solicitor-General, on the peti- 
 tion of Sir John Dillon to the King, praying a custodiam of some 
 forfeited lands in Ireland ; also a certificate of the Comrs of For- 
 feitures as to the quantity and yearly value of the lands ; in favour 
 of a custodiam being granted for three years. Dated 6 May 1696. 
 
 The report of the Solicitor-General, a report of the Com^s of 
 Revenue, and " A particular of the estate of Peter Martin and Walter 
 
TREASUEY PAPERS. 507 
 
 1696. 
 
 Vol. XXXVII. 
 
 Tuit, in the county of Gahvay, with the number of acres and quit- 
 rent payable thereon," and the petition referied to. 
 
 Minuted: — " 14 Ap. '97. Rejected." 5 pages and 2 halves. 
 
 May 6. 56. The answer of the Com'^s of the Navy to the commands of the 
 
 Lords of the Treasury, touching the clothing of the first marine < 
 regiment. Referring also to their letter of 1 May. Dated 6 May 
 1696. lipagres. 
 
 May 6. 57. Memorial of Mr. Isaac Newton and two other officers of the 
 
 Mint to the Lords of the Treasury, quoting a former memorial 
 touching the plate to be brought into the Mint to be coined, and 
 representing the want of money for that service, and for paying the 
 carpenter and other workmen's bills, amounting to 8,678^., and for 
 salaries of officers and clerks, amounting to 8001., &c. Dated 6 May 
 1696. 2 jyages. 
 
 May 7. 58. Report of the Comi'^ of Customs to the Lords of the Treasurj', 
 
 on the petition of Thomas Bowles, who had fitted out a privateer 
 with letters of mark to the bank of Newfoundland against the 
 French, where a capture was effected, on which a demand for foreign 
 duty was made by the officers of customs of the port of London. 
 Dated 7 May 1696. 
 
 The report also mentions the exchange of prisoners by the master 
 of the said ship. 
 
 Minuted : — "Read 9^^ June 1696. To be admitted to entry as 
 if taken and imported in an English ship." 
 
 Also the petition and an affidavit. 5 pages. 
 
 May 8. 59. Letter of the Comics of the Navy to the Secretary of the 
 
 Treasury, stating that they had hoped that the East Country mer- 
 chants would have undertaken the importation of the foreign com- 
 modities wanting for the King's service, in the usual manner 
 and on moderate terms ; Sir Wm. Gore, Mr. Martin, and Mr. 
 Gould only appeared, and Sir Wm. insisted on 36 pounds a ton for 
 hemp and the other two on 35Z., at which latter jjrice they bought 
 450 tons, which was all they could get. Dated 8 May 1696. 1 page. 
 
 May 8. 60. Letter of the Comrs of the Navy to the Secretary of the 
 
 Treasury, stating that there were several hired men-of-war and 
 tenders discharged from the fleet then to be paid, some ships going 
 abroad on foreign service wanting their wages and the recalls 
 were at a stand, the paymaster having no current money to carry 
 on those services ; praying him to represent the same to the Lords 
 of the Treasury. Dated 8 May 1696. 1 p)age. 
 
 May 9. 61. Letter from the Comra of Prizes to "Wm. Lowndes, Esq., in 
 
 answer to a letter directing them to send an account of the names 
 and places of such officers under them as had not signed the " Vo- 
 luntary Association ;" stating that they had sent to the five principal 
 outports, wherein there were sub-commissioners, to send up from 
 each port " an association," signed by themselves and the several 
 officers in their districts ; and they herewith send the three they 
 
508 CALENDAR OF 
 
 1696. 
 
 Vol. XXXVII. 
 
 had received from Dover, PortsmoutL, and Plymouth ; at Bristol 
 and Hull they had signed it. Their agents in the remote ports had 
 probably signed the associations which had been sent up from the 
 respective tovrns. Dated 9 May 1696. 
 
 The papers alluded to not now with it. 1 page. 
 
 May 11. 62. A memorial signed "Tho. Neale," addressed to the Lords of 
 the Treasury, advising as to the steps to be taken for settling mints 
 at York and Exeter, and further showing what officers would be 
 required. Dated 11 May 1696. 
 
 In tlie Minute Booh, Vol. VI., p. 299,16 May 1696, is the follow- 
 ing : — " To Mr. Neal to expedite into y** country the officers for the 
 two mints at York & Exeter." H j^ages. 
 
 [May 12.] 63. A memorandum of directions given to the officers of the Mint 
 . by the Lords of the Treasury as to the appointment of a person to 
 take account of the time of the men eraploj'ed in coining the clipped 
 monej's, in order that there might be no delay. 
 
 With a minute on the back for a letter to be written that the 
 melter could supply 65,000L a week, and that their Lordships ex- 
 pected that amount to be worked up at least per Aveek, and Mr. 
 Neal was to request the moneyers to prepare more markers' tools. 
 
 Undated ; but the letter, dated 12 May 1696, setting forth these 
 particulars, is entered in the Letter Book, Vol IX., p. 98. Parts of 
 tzvo pages. 
 
 May 12. 64. Copy of the Duke of Shrewsbury's letter to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, stating that a petition from the pier wardens of Margate 
 had been presented to the King, which he desired to be sent to their 
 Lordships, with a recommendation to pay the 100?. formerly granted 
 for the repair of the pier. Dated 12 May 1696. 
 
 Minuted:— "\1 Oct. '99. To be laid before ye King. See 
 whether this money has not been pd., and if it be now applyed for." 
 Part of a i^age {quarto). 
 
 [ ?About 65. Petition of John Ashworth, of Liverpool, gent., to be made 
 May 12.] the fourth landwaiter in that port. 
 
 Minuted: — "12 May '96. To be considered when there is a 
 vacancy, or when y^ Comfs of ye Customes shall think it for His 
 Ma**' service to have another 1^ w*"^ in y* port." 
 
 Accompanied by a certificate in his favour. Parts of 2 pages. 
 
 May 13. 66. Report of Mr. Chas. Fox to the Lords of the Treasury, on the 
 petition of Lieut. Thomas Meredith and Mr. Robert Davis, executor 
 of Lieut. Carew Meese, as to the respite of the pay of those lieu- 
 tenants, leaving it to their Lordships if they thought fit to allow 
 the claim.?, amounting to 182?. 5s. IDated 13 May 1696. 
 
 Minuted : — " To Mr. Clerk to prepare a wan' for taking off these 
 respitts." 
 
 Also the petition. 2;^ 'pages. 
 
 May 13. 67. Report of the Earl of Ranelagh, on the petition of Col. 
 Nathaniel Blackeston, late Lieutenant-Governor of the island of 
 " Montserrat in America," setting- forth that there were 25 months' 
 
TREASURY TAPERS. 509 
 
 1696. 
 
 Vol. XXXVII. 
 
 airears due to him as captain in the regiment, now Col. Holt's; advis- 
 ing their Lordships that 3601. were due to him. Dated 13 May 1696. 
 
 Accompanied by an Order in Council and the memorial. 
 
 There are four minutes on the back; the last is: — "Read 27 
 Apr. '98. He will be pd one year when the rest are paid, by the 
 provision making in Pari'." Parts of 3 pages. 
 May 14. 68. Report of the Com^s of Transportation to the Lords of the 
 Treasurj^ on the petition of William East, late master of the 
 ''Friendship," as to the payment of freight. Dated 14 May 1696. 
 
 Also the petition and copy of the account. 1 p«g^e aoid 3 parts 
 ofpa/jes. 
 
 May 14. 69. "An account of profit and losse, by makeing of farthings 
 
 and halfe pence of copper, at 21 pence per pound weight, with a 
 remedy of a half penny on each pound weight, from»the 24th of 
 June 1694, to the 2.5th of March 1696." According to a patent 
 granted to Sir Joseph Herne " and others," for seven years from the 
 24th of June 1694, whereby they are obliged to change all true 
 tynn half-pence and farthings not exceeding 200 pounds a week." 
 
 " Taken out of y^ patentees' books by me Andrew Corbett May 
 14th, 1696." 2]yages. 
 
 [About 70. The case of the contractors for making of half-pence and far- 
 
 May 14.] things of copper, showing the conditions of their contract and that 
 they had presumed there would be a sufficiency of English copper 
 at 100^. a ton, at which rate, on the 25th of March 1696, they had 
 lost 3,986?. .5s. Id., as appeared by an account of the controller. 
 They were then losing 87?. a week. They prayed for a licence to 
 cut their farthings and halfpence to the present value of the copper, 
 and to make use of foreign copper. Without date, but about 14 
 May 1696, as would appear from the account referred to. 1 p)age. 
 
 May 14. 71. Letter of the Duke of Shrewsbury, dated 14 May 1696, to 
 
 the Lords of the Treasury, enclosing reports on the petition of Col. 
 Cunningham. 
 
 The reports are not now with it, but a paper headed " A particular 
 of the forfeited leases annexed to Col. Conyngham's petition," and a 
 docquet to " Mr. Cunningham's petition, praying a grant of His Mats 
 title to a forfeited mortgage of ] 400'' & a custodiam of" certain lands." 
 
 Minuted : — " 14 Apr. '97. Not granted." 5 pages. 
 [? Early in 72. A proposition made by H. Fairfax and George Banister to 
 May.] the Lords of the Treasury, to serve His Majesty in setting up a 
 mint at York, which they said was urgently required ; if some gen- 
 tlemen of note were made commissioners there would be four times 
 the amount of plate brought in to be coined, and that would revive 
 trade, then almost totally decayed ; otherv/ise the forces must suffer, 
 for the greatest part of their clothing was bought there, and lead 
 and iron were supplied from thence ; provisions, which were treble 
 the price they had been at the previous Christmas, would also fall 
 Undated, but see Vol XXXVII., No. 62. 
 
 Minuted : — " This matter is left to y" ofBcers of y^ Mint." 1 page. 
 
510 CALENDAR OF 
 
 VOL. XXXVIII. 1696. May 16— July 18. 
 
 1696. 
 May 1.5. 1. Report of Mr. S. Travers, Surveyor-General, to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, on the petition of the Lord Cape], respecting the grant 
 of a lease for 'SI years, of the manor of Richmond, alias West 
 Sheen, in the coiintj' of Surrey : advising the propriety of excepting 
 from the lease the New Park and lodge, the Richmond ferry, 
 &c., and that 4,500^. was a reasonahle sum for such a lease. Dated 
 15 May 1G90. 
 
 Also the petition and a small paper commencing, " Bee pleased 
 to acquaint j'^ Treasury that it is the King's pleasure that a privy 
 ^eal do pass for what moneys I have received out of y'' manor of 
 Richmond." i^ 2^'^'-9^^- 
 
 May 15. 2. Report of the Coma's of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 
 on the petition of Thomas Blackmore, citizen and mercer of London, 
 23ra3dng for a warrant of a nolle prosequi to an information against 
 a parcel of silks seized by some of the officers in the port of Bristol ; 
 in favour of relief being granted to him. Dated 15 May 1696. 
 
 Minuted : — " A noli ];>ros." 
 
 Also the petition and another report on the same, signed " G. 
 Medcalfe." 3 pages. 
 
 May 15. 3. A letter from a committee appointed by the mayor, sheriffs, 
 
 citizens, and commonalty of Norwich, to consider of the establish- 
 ment of a mint at Norwich, addressed to his Grace the Duke of 
 Norfolk ; praying liim to use his interest in procuring the grant of 
 a mint to be set up there as speedily as might be, there being such 
 a scarcity of money in that city, that it would be very difficult to 
 preserve the peace without a speedy supply ; and stating that tbey 
 were given to understand there would be plate enough brought in 
 from the neighbouring counties to keep a mill at work for a year 
 or two at least. With this postscript, " There is a farre greater 
 quantitie of clipt money in the country than was supposed by the 
 Parliament, which if it might be new coined or changed without any 
 losse, would greatly oblige the people." Dated 15 May 1696. 
 
 In the Minute Book, Vol, VJ. p, 303, 16 May 1696, is this minute : 
 "To Mr. Neal, to send officers to BristoU, Norwich, and Hereford, 
 to take care & make provision for mints to be sett up there." 1 page. 
 
 May 16. 4. Letter of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland to the Lords of the 
 
 Treasury, on the petition of Lord Blaney to the King, praying for 
 the arrears of pay due to him from the date of his commission as 
 Governor of the garrison of Sligo, to the time of his being placed 
 upon the establishment of the military list ; sending the report of 
 the Attorney-General to whom he had referred the matter, and a 
 certificate of the muster-master general, wlio certitied that 723?. would 
 be due to him at 2()s. per diem. The letter is dated 16 May 1696. 
 
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 Besides the report and certificate, it is accompanied by a copy 
 of the establishment for Sligo, and the petition. The latter is 
 minuted : — 
 
 " Ref to Ld Depty. 
 
 " State ye case & send it to Mi" Blathwaite to pray His Maty to 
 signifie his pi. whether he will allow the arrear out of His Ma^y^ 
 Trea[su]ry in Irel[an]d." 6^^ 2:>a^es. 
 
 May 16. 5, Letter from Mr. Vernon to the Lords of the Treasury, stating 
 
 that Siguier Coronelli, geographer to the republic of Venice, had pre- 
 sented to the Lords Justices some of his geographical works, and 
 making known their Lordships' wish that he should have a grati- 
 fication of 100 guineas. Dated 16 May 1696. 1 pctf/e (quarto). 
 
 May 18. 6. Letter from Mr. William Blathwayt to Mr. Lowndes, returning 
 
 certain warrants signed by the King, signifying his pleasure that 
 the patent then designed, should only be a confirmation of the 
 grant of 4,000?. _2^er ann. which the Duke of Schonberg then 
 enjoyed, for the payment of the interest of 100,000Z. till the prin- 
 cipal was satisfied. Also, as to grants of forfeitures in Ireland to 
 the Lord Coningsby and Lord Gal way. Dated Dieren, |f May 
 1696. 
 
 Also the following list of the warrants, viz : — 
 
 1. Thomas Boteler, Esq., for l,000li. 
 
 2. Charles Fox and Thomas Lord Coningsby, for .50,0001' Irish 
 
 arrears. 
 
 3. Sir Thomas Wheate, ],095li disch^. 
 
 4. Harris & al. 2,000l> for app^hending Bernardi & Rookwood. 
 
 5. Pierce & al. 1,0001' fm- serving Charnock. 
 
 6. Pendergrast, 2,000", Smith, 243" ll^. 
 
 7. D. of Shrewsbury, 10,0001' for secret service. 
 
 8. Colo. Leigh, grant of 500". 
 
 9. Baber & al. Recs GenU of South Wales. 
 
 10. Lord Coningsby for lands in Ireland. 
 
 11. Lord Gal way the like. 
 
 12. Sir Oliver Aishcomb, discha. of 1,0951'. H pages. 
 
 May 18. 7. Report of the auditors of imprest to the Lords of the Trea- 
 
 sury, as to the names of the auditors and officers under them, who 
 signed the Voluntary Association. Dated 18 May 1696. I 2Mge. 
 
 May 18. 8. Report of Lord Ranelagh to the Lords of the Treasury, on the 
 petition of Lieut.-Col. John Skelton, with a letter thereon from 
 Mr. Clarke, signifying that it is the King's pleasure that 837^. 10s., 
 for which the lieutenant-colonel is bound, on account of clothing 
 three companies of the regiment now Col. CoUingwood's, should be 
 placed upon the off'-reckonings of the regiment ; laying before their 
 Lordships a state of the off-reckonings of that regiment. Dated 
 18 May 1696. 
 
 Also the petition and letter. 
 
 Minuted : — " To be paid per tally on the continued Impoos." 
 3 pages. 
 
512 CALENDAR OF 
 
 1696. ^°^- XXXVIII. 
 
 May 18. 9. Report of Lord Ranelagli to the Lords of the Treasury, on 
 the memorial of Sir George St. George, concerning a difference 
 between him and Sir Matthew Bridges, about the accounts of the 
 regiment now under Sir Matthew's command, formerly commanded 
 by Sir George St. George, certifying that Sir Matthew excused his 
 attendance, being obliged to be in Flanders, and begged the matter 
 might be deferred. Dated 18 May 1696. 
 
 Also the memorial and another of Lieut. Thos. Warren in behalf 
 of Sir George St. George, Knt. 3 ]pages. 
 
 [? About 10. Petition of Thomas Boteler, Esq., to the King, showing that 
 
 May 18.] His Majesty had declared his pleasure to grant him 1,.500^., praying 
 that it might be paid by tallies on the Excise or otherwise as the 
 King saw tit. 
 
 Minuted: — " A warr* for 1,000^' of bounty & in full of pretencions, 
 for their service." 
 
 Undated. See a warrant to him for 1,000Z., dated 18 May 1696, 
 0. S. in King's Warrant Bool-, Vol. XII., p. 27. 1 'page. 
 
 May 13 11. Letter of the Com's of the Navy to the Secretary of tlie 
 
 and 20. Treasury, announcing that no merchants had come to them that 
 
 morning about the sale of liemp, in order that their Lordships 
 
 might proceed to import the quantity wanted. Dated 13 May 
 
 1696. 
 
 Also a paper containing " Mr. Martin's proposal about hempe." 
 
 Dated 20 May 1696. 2 imges. 
 
 May 20. 12. Report of Robert Rochford, Esq., Attorney-General for 
 Ireland, to the Lords Justices there ; on the petition of Col. Hen. 
 Luttreli to the King, as to a custodiam of the estate of his brother. 
 Col. Simon Luttreli ; expressing the opinion that what was desired 
 was no more than was intended by the King. Dated 20 May 
 1696. 
 
 Also the petition and copies of six other documents connected 
 with the same subject. 10 fages. 
 
 May 21. 13. Report of Lord Ranelagli to the Lords of the Treasury, on 
 the petition of Penelope Holt, widow of Richard Holt, praying for 
 the arrears of pay due to her husband as a lieutenant in Col. Henry 
 Holt's regiment, stating that it appeared 1-iOL ?■'. Id. was due, and 
 advising the payment of lOOZ. in part thereof Dated 21 May 
 1696. 
 
 Also the petition. 2 pages. 
 
 May 21. 14. Letter of Mr. Wm. Blathwayt to Mr. Lowndes, communicat- 
 ing the King's commands that 329/. 8.s. should be allowed to 
 Mr. May as having been paid on the King's account for the land 
 tax, for Windsor Green Park, in 1693, 1694, and 1695. Dated 
 Loo, fi May 1696. 1 X)age {qtcarto). 
 
 May 21. J 5. Letter from Mr. Thos. Neale to Wm. Lowndes, Esq., con- 
 cerning the agreement made by the former with Mr. Shepheard, to 
 whom he was to assign his salary, &c. as master worker of the 
 
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 1G96. 
 
 Vol. XXXVIII. 
 
 Mint, in payment of 8,000?. due to him, till it was re-paid, together 
 ■with 6 "per cent, interest; desiring Mr. Lowndes to prepare an 
 instrument for that purpose which Thos. Neale would execute. 
 Dated 21 May 1696. 
 
 The following is in the Minute Book, Vol. Vf., p. 324, 16 June 
 1696:— 
 
 " Mr Duncomb, M^ Hoar, jun^, M'' Neal, & M^ Shepard, & M"" 
 Selby. An indre is read to entitle M"^ Hoar compf^, & M"^ Duncomb, 
 each to :^''^ of ye profitts of ye ma^" worker of ye Mint (over & above 
 the 500'' a year sallary reserved to Mr. Neal), with an indorsm' 
 that M"^ Neal may dispose of ye place ; paying them at any time 
 J, 500'^ a piece. 
 
 " Mr Selby desires the profitts of ye place may go according to 
 that deed. 
 
 " M"^ Neal sales there was no trust, no consideration ; he was 
 forced to give that deed. His patent was in 1678 when he knew 
 neither Hoar or Duncomb. There was a sallary of 200^ a year 
 as Com'^s, and they deprived him of his share ; upon Sling <hy's 
 surend"^ he had a lawfull title to his place, l^hey insinuated to 
 him he was not fitt for the place, and should not have it, unless he 
 would lett them have part of ye profitts ; it could be no trust, for he 
 had his patent long before. They bro' a deed ready written, but 
 he would not seal it till th.e indorsem* was made w'^^ imports it a 
 mortgage, and it is all satisfied. M'' Duncomb sales ye consideracon 
 was mo[ney] lent ; my Lords leave it to the law." 1 'page. 
 
 [About 16. Mr. Rotiers' memorial [to the Lords of the Treasury] stating 
 
 May 22.] that the former establishment of the Mint was two mills and five 
 presses, which he maintained with dies for coining, for which .325?. 
 per ann. was payable by the Mint, of which he had 175?. and Mr. 
 Harris 150?. ; but Mr. Harris gave him no assistance. There were 
 then eight mills and 1 1 presses more, and he had supplied all the new 
 mills and presses with dies, and would oblige himself to make dies 
 for all the others when ready, but must lose all profit by making 
 medals, &c, and must employ six persons to assist at 400?. per ann. 
 He had since SO Jan. made 350 pairs of dies besides puncheons, and 
 paid the workmen out of liis own pocket, and never received but 
 43?. 15s. 
 
 Undated, but see the following report. 
 
 The following minute was probably made in relation to this 
 memorial : — 
 
 "The AVarden of the Mint proposes l75ii addition per ann. to 
 M"" Rotiers for himselfe, & 200'' per ann. for his men. Soe as he 
 take upon him the finding ye dyes for ye country mints as well as 
 those at ye Tower, w<=^ M^ Neal consents to and is to be p<i out of 
 his poundage." See Minute Book, Vol. VL, p. 304, 22 May 1696. 
 1 page. 
 
 May 22. 17. Report of Thos. Neale, the [Master of the Mint] to het 
 Lords of the treasury, on the representation and proposal of James 
 Roettiers, assistant to Henry Harris, Esq., engraver to the Mint in 
 the Tower, stating that he never heard that there was any agree- 
 
 £ K 
 
514 CALENDAR OF 
 
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 ment with the engi-aver of the Mint (whose salary was 325Z. per 
 ann.) to supply with dies two mills and five presses only, but had 
 understood that he was to supply as many dies as were needed ; 
 recommending additional allowance during the coinage of the dipt 
 money. As to the pretended loss in heing taken off from making 
 medals, he could not but notice that there had been no medal made 
 for the King since the death of the Queen, and as to Bennett's 
 house, which he desired, it was in possession of the office of 
 Ordnance. Dated 22 May 1G96. 
 
 Accompanied by the representation and an agreement of the 
 Master to pay Roetiers 800 jjer ann. for himself and six servants 
 during the coinage. 
 
 The following appeai-s to be the minute on it: — "625'' above 
 ye all. of 175 on ye Mint estab." 
 
 In the Minute Book, Vol. VI., p. 304, 22 May 1696, is the follow- 
 ing minute : — 
 
 " My Lords recomend it to ye officers of ye Mint to agree w*^ 
 My Rotiers." 2^ pages. 
 
 May 23. 18. Report of the Comi's of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 
 on the petition of John Eccles and other merchants of the city of 
 Dublin, as to the seizure of certain currants at Liverpool ; offering 
 no objection to a 7ioHe prosequi. Dated 23 May 1696. 
 
 Minuted : — " My L<J*5 agree to ye report, in w* relates to ye 
 petrs, & will give such directions to ye Commits of y^ Revenue of 
 Irel<i (when they come next to this Board) as shall be thought 
 necessary to prevent ye irregular importation into ye kingdom." 
 
 " Write to the Comfs of ye revenue to be more careful! not to 
 suffer such importation for the future." 
 
 Also the petition. 2^ pjages. 
 
 May 23. 19. A list of the names of labourers now employed by the 
 Corporation of Moneyers, May 23, 1696 ; in all 160 men. 1 p)age. 
 
 May 25. 20. A paper, docquetted : — " M^^ Neal's answer to the moneyers," 
 being apparently a rambling reply to the statement of the grievances 
 of the Corporation of Moneyers against the master worker and other 
 officers of the Mint. [As to the work done and the claims of the 
 moneyers.] Dated 25 May 1696. ^ pages. 
 
 May 25. 21. Letter of the Coitfs of the Navjj- to the Secretary of the 
 Lords of the Treasury, praying him to move their Lordships to 
 appoint 13,733?. 6.9. 8d. for answering the first payment, or one- 
 third of the money agreed to be paid for hemp to Mr. Martin, 
 Mr. Joy, Mr. Gould, and Sir Wm. Gore. Dated 25 May 1696. 
 2 piages. 
 
 May 25. 22. Letter from Mr. Blathwayt to Mr. Lowndes as to bills drawn 
 on Lord Ranelagh for subsidies and forage, which services the 
 Lords of the Treasury thought were provided for by tallies 
 before the King's departure ; acquainting their Lordships that no 
 bills are or will be drawn few forage, but for subsidies it had been 
 absolutely necessary for the march of the allies to do so. Further 
 
TREASURY PAPERS. 515 
 
 jggg Vol. XXXVIII. 
 
 acquainting their Lordships that " our credit was so very low in 
 those countries and the wants of the army so great that it was the 
 King's pleasure their Lp^ should immediately proceed to make a con- 
 tract with some person for the remittals, or find out some other 
 way for the payment of the army, it being impossible to get any 
 further supplies from thence, so that the King had his sole de- 
 pendence for the support of the army on their Lp^ in procuring 
 a speedy supplj" for the forces, which must otherwise infallibly come 
 to ruin." Dated at Breda, 4 June '96, N.S. i.e., 25 May. 
 
 The following is in the Minute Book, Vol. VI. p. 322, 12 June 
 1696. "To write to M^ Blathwaite to acq* him with what appli- 
 cacions have been made out of the tallys that were reserved for the 
 contingent uses of the warr, & to desire him to send a particular of 
 the uses to w'='' the rest of those talleys are designed, & to acq' him 
 that the warr' signed per ye K. to pay to j-e ass^ of ye D. of 
 Holstein "Gostorp" the value of 25,000 crownes curr. m° of HolK 
 must be satisfied out of ye remaind"^ of those tallys, there being no 
 other fond for them." 2 pages (quarto). 
 
 May 26. 23. Letter of Mr. Burchett by direction of the Comfs of the 
 Admiralty, to Mr. Lowndes, Secretary to the Treasury, stating that the 
 Com'^s of Victualling the Navy had represented to them the great 
 difficulty they had in providing victuals at Plymouth for want of 
 current money ; sending their letter. Dated 26 May 1696. 2 
 pages. 
 
 May 27. 24. Certificate as the state of the account of the Rt. Hon. John 
 
 Lord Cutts, Baron of Gowran in the kingdom of Ireland, Governor 
 of the forts, castles, and other fortifications in the Isle of Wight, 
 and receiver of the revenue there. Dated 27 May 1696. -J- page. 
 
 May 28. 2.5. Report of the Comfs of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 on the petition of Thomas Ofiley, Esq., respecting certain wine 
 saved from a French ship at Beachy, which he claimed as lord of 
 the manor, but which claim was disputed on the part of the Crown. 
 Dated 28 May 1696. 
 
 Minuted :—" To have \ the clear profitt of ye King's f^ after 
 deduction of ye charges." 
 
 Also the petition and a letter signed " John Ford," relative 
 thereto. 3 pages. 
 
 May 28. 26. Report of the Com^s of Prizes upon a petition of Capt. Waters, 
 for gunnage lor 22 guns taken in a privateer and delivered to the 
 oflfice of the Ordnance. 
 
 They report that in the war in 1666 no gunnage was paid to the 
 captains of the men of war ; the goods, ho ;vever, found between 
 decks and the guns were delivered to the Coma's of Prizes, &c., but 
 by the King's declaration in the present war, 10s. a ton and 
 Ql. 13.S. 4d per gun were paid to the officers and seamen, &c. 
 Dated 28 May 1696. 
 
 Accompanied by an Order in Council, the petition, a certificate, 
 and a printed copy of the King's declaration. 8 pioLges. 
 
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 May 29. 27. Letter of the Comfs of the Navy to the Secretary of the 
 Treasury as to advancements to the East Country merchants for 
 hemp. Dated 29 May "1696. 1 jx((/c. 
 
 May SO. 28. Presentment of the Comrs of Customs to the Lords of the 
 Treasury respecting the carrying of coined money of this kingdom, 
 or any such bullion as ought not by law to be exported. The 
 Coral's state that it was chiefly done by men-of-war and yachts 
 passing between England and Ii'eland and England and Holland, 
 and recommend measures for the prevention thereof. Dated 30 May 
 1696. II 'pages. 
 
 May 30. 29. Letter of the Comrs of the Navy to the Treasurer of the 
 Navy, stating that the Comics of ti^g Admiralty had confirmed the 
 estimate for fitting the "Content" and "Trident," prizes, taken 
 from the Frencli in the Mediterranean, and desiring him to solicit 
 the Lords of the Treasury for the money for the same. Dated 
 30 May '96. 
 Also the estimate. 2 pages. 
 
 May 30. 30. Letter of three persons, without address, stating that, with 
 
 the advice and assistance of the chief magistrates of Bristol, they 
 had fixed upon a sugar-house situate in St. Peter Street, in the 
 heart of the city, for the erection of a mint for the satisfaction of 
 the people, who were very much dissatisfied under the want of a 
 currency to carry on their trade, and further stating that it might 
 be completed in six weeks. Dated Bristol, 30 May 1696. 
 
 There is the following minute in the Minute Book, Vol. VI., 
 p. 382, 8, 7K 1696 :— " Officers of the Mint call'd in. My Lords 
 exhort the provost to use all dispatch in the business of ye country 
 mints." 1 'page. 
 
 May 31. 31. Letter " from M'' Blathwayt, for m" or tallys, to be d[elivere]d 
 for 96,608 gild'*' expended in Zealand, for transportation of y® 
 forces sent from thence to England at ye time of the intended French 
 invasion." Dated at the " Camp at Marie Kirk," 10 June '96, 
 N.S. 1 pi'^^O^ (quarto, torn). 
 
 June 1, 32. Letter, signed "Fran. Stratford," without address, stating 
 
 that he had previously demanded 14 days' respite for payment of 
 the moiety of Mr. Hill's bill of R. 40,000, which the Earl of Bran- 
 denburg, Paymaster-General, readily consented to. He never knew 
 Sir \Vm. Gore so discouraged in undertaking such payments ; he 
 had used all his persuasions to a further compliance, and begged the 
 repayment of these R. 40,000 effectually to the Lords of the Trea- 
 sury. He begged an order and not a bill of exchange upon him for 
 the subsidies to the Duke of Holstein. Lie hears the coinage goes 
 on better, so that as the new money came abroad credit would 
 revive, and there would be less difiiculty in supplying the King's 
 occasions. Dated Hamburg, 1/11 June 1696. 
 Minuted : — " Read 26 June '96." 1\ ^mgres. 
 
 June 1. 33. Letter from Mr. Wm. Blathwayt to Mr. Lowndes, returning 
 
 several papers signed by the King, with this postscript : — " Hia 
 
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 Majesty has not yet declared his pleasure in the Lord Rabi's case, 
 nor in that of S"^ Samuel Bernardiston." Dated at the camp on 
 Mariekirk, 1/11 June 1696. 1 page (quarto). 
 
 June 1. Si. Letter from the same to the same, stating that the English 
 hospitals in those parts were reduced to the greatest straits ; 
 enclosing a memorial from Mr. Lamb, the contractor (which was 
 approved by the King), for their Lordships' consideration and 
 orders, for the speedy performance of what was proposed, unless 
 they covdd make a better provision. Dated at Mechlen, 1/11 June 
 1696. 
 
 The memorial, in which he proposed that 16,000?. be issued in 
 tallies to his order in London, and to have the money remitted, &c. 
 In the Minute Book, Vol. VI. p. 322, 12 June 1696, is :— 
 " M'^ Lamb is to have 16,0001' tallys on the Annuity Act (pt of 
 those remayning in ye E. of Ranelaghs hands) for ye expence of ye 
 hospUs in Flandi^s." 2 pages. 
 
 June 4. 35. Letter from the same to the same, forwarding His Majesty's 
 directions to the Lords of the Treasury, to repay 300?. to Lord Lucas, 
 which was expended by the King's particular order, for especial 
 service. Dated at the camp at Basse Wavre, 4/14 June 1696. 
 
 In the il/mute Book, Vol. VI., p. 349, 23 July 1696, is the 
 following : — ■ 
 
 " Lord Lucas to have his 3001' expended out of loanes on low 
 wines." 1 pa^/e {quarto). 
 
 June 3. 36. Report of the Com^s of the Navy to the Lords of the Trea- 
 
 sury, stating that they had given directions to the officers of the 
 yard at Deptford to receive the naval stores imported by Sir Henry 
 Ashurst and Sir Stephen Evance from New England ; and, conceiving 
 that the cargo might be designed for a specimen of what the 
 country could produce for the supply of the Navy, they directed a 
 survey thereof and the report was that the plank, treenails, and 
 timber were infirm and not fit for the Navy, but of the rafters, 
 pitch, tar, and rosin it spoke more favourably. Dated .5 June 
 1696. 
 
 Also the report. 
 
 In the Minute Book, Vol. VI., p. 319, 8 June 1696, is the 
 following: — " Com^s Navy called in, my Lords speak to 'em con- 
 cerning the money due to S^ Henry Ashhurst & S"^ Stephen Evance, 
 for navall stores imported from New England. They say if they 
 are to be paid as a dealer with the Navy they must be paid in 
 course, but if, as the King's merch*^ if the envoyce be sent to them, 
 they will examine the same, & make out an imprest bill for the 
 stores, the gratuity to be considered afterwards by my Lords." 
 2 2 pages. 
 
 Juno 6. 37. Letter of the same Comrs. to the Secretary of the Trea- 
 sury, praying him to announce to the Lords of the Treasury 
 
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 that a bargain had been made for the purchase of hemp in order 
 that the sum of 2,2661. 12s. 4>d. might be appointed to pay 1/3 
 of the value, by way of imprest. Dated 6 June '96. 
 
 In the Minute Booh, Vol. VI., p. 319, 8 June 1696, is the 
 following : — " 2,266ii 18^ 4:^ to be paid to y® Treasurer of ye Navy 
 for S"" W™ Gore & M"" Martin for the first paym* on some new 
 contracts for hemp, out of the milled money proceeding from loans 
 on the Act for prolonging the time for purchasing annty^^." 1 pagre. 
 
 June 8. 38. Letter, signed W™ Blathwayt, to M"^ Lowndes, transmitting 
 
 several warrants signed by the King. Dated Camp at Basse Wavre, 
 8/18 June 1696. 
 
 On the other side is the following list of them : — 
 
 " Mr. Everard to be a Comr of Excise. 
 
 " Mi^ Johnstown 3001' ^^e?' ann. for 31 years, out of S'^ Roger 
 Strickland's estate. 
 
 " Treasurer of the Navy for a privy seal for 1,000,0001*." Parts 
 of 2 pages (qivarto). 
 
 June 8. 39. Representation by Mr. Isaac Newton and another officer of 
 
 the Mint, to the Lords of the Treasury, as to the progress they had 
 made in providing instruments and officers for the five mints in 
 the country. Dated 8 June 1696. 1 page. 
 
 June 8. 40. A few memoranda about the Fix (Mint). Dated 8 June 1696. 
 
 A fciv lines. 
 
 June 9. 41. A paper drawn up by Thomas Neale, of the Mint, addressed 
 to their Lordships, in relation to the mints proposed to be established 
 at Bristol, Norwich, Exeter, Hereford, and York ; showing what 
 steps had been taken and what would be required. Dated 9 June 
 1696. 
 
 In the Minute Booh, Vol. VI,, p. 321, 10 June 1696, is :— 
 " Mr Neal, & M^ Hall, & M^ Hoar, grandson of ye comp^ cald in ; 
 they present the acco*" of the countrey mints, w^li they have reced 
 from the countrey. They are to present officers for these mints." 
 1 \ pages. 
 
 June 10. 42. Report of the Comfs of the Navy to the Lords of the Trea- 
 sury on an invoice of naval stores imported by Sir Henry Ashhurst 
 and Sir Stephen Evans, and as to 3,006^. 15s. *ld. said to have been 
 defrayed by those gentlemen as the cost of the stores. Dated 10 
 June 1696. 
 
 Also four papers relating to the stores. 
 
 With a minute on the dorse as to what was done thereon. 
 
 (See also 5 June, No. 36.) 
 
 In the Minute Booh, Vol. VI., p. 329, 23 June 1696, is :— 
 
 " S^^ Henry Ashurst & S^^ Stephan Evance to have their Navy bill, 
 "& a reward of 10 per cent, out of loanes on ye 4* ayd." 5^ 
 'pages. 
 
TREASURY PAPERS. 
 
 519 
 
 1696. 
 June 10. 
 
 June 12. 
 
 June 12. 
 
 June 1.3. 
 
 June 15. 
 
 [About 
 June 16.] 
 
 June 16. 
 
 June 17. 
 
 June 17. 
 
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 4.3, " Navy letter for money to pay the contractors for hemp w* 
 is due to 'em upon signing their contracts." Dated 10 June '96. 
 Minuted : — " To be paid out of loans on ye land tax." 1 page. 
 
 44. "Navy letter dat. 12th June '90, for 1,133 6 8 for 1/3 of a 
 new contract vyt'i Mi" Gold for hemp." 
 
 Another letter on the same day announcing a further purchase of 
 hemp, &c. 2 imges. 
 
 45. "Navy letter 12th June 1696 for freight of 160 recruits to 
 Coll" Holt's reg' in y^ Leward Islands." 1 page. 
 
 46. Letter from the Com»'s for Prizes to the Lords of the Trea- 
 sury, laying before them the instructions they had drawn up for the 
 management of the Prize Office. Dated 13 June 1696. 
 
 Minuted : — " To be layd before ye Lords Justices." 
 Accompanied by the instructions, 2 pages and 2 parts. 
 
 47. Letter of Mr. Wm. Blathwaj-t to Mr. Lowndes, enclosing the 
 warrants concerning the Earl of Eanelagh and Lord Raby. Dated 
 at the camp at Corbais, -|-| June 1696. A feiv lines only. 
 
 48. Letter from Mr. Isaac Newton [Warden of the Mint] to the 
 Lords of the Treasury, complaining that his salary was only 400?. 
 per ann., with a house of 40?. per ann., and his perquisites only 
 3?. 12s. per ann. for fee-coals, and that it was insufficient to support 
 his office; whilst the salary of the master and worker was 500?., &c., 
 and that the duties were increased. 
 
 Minuted: — " Read 16 June '96. My Lords, at the end of this 
 coynage, will give him a consideration exti^y, suitable and propor- 
 conable to the increase allowed to the other officers, for this extra 
 coynage. But this to be done out of the coynage mo[ney]." 1 page. 
 
 49. Memorial of several colonels of the army who served in 
 Ireland, complaining that there was a small remainder due to them 
 according to the annexed account, offering, if their Lordships would 
 give them tallies on any fund, to procure a loan for 25,000?. Dated 
 
 16 June 1696. 
 
 Minuted: — " To be considered to-morrow." 
 
 Accompanied by a list of the regiments and the sums due. 2 pages 
 (^quarto). 
 
 50. Warrant of the ComJ^s for taking, examining, and stating the 
 public accounts, addressed to the Com^s of Excise for the exhibition 
 of weekly certificates of the receipts, issues, and payments of moneys 
 payable to the Receiver-General of the Excise. Dated 1 7 June 1696. 
 i sheet. 
 
 51. Copy of a warrant to Thomas Done and Brook Bridge.s, Esq., 
 Auditors of the Imprest, for certificates to be made of the states of 
 all accounts of the public revenue brought before them, &c. Dated 
 
 17 June 1696. ^ pages. 
 
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 Vol. XXXVIII. 
 
 June 18. 52. Letter of Sir. Vernon to the Lords of the Treasury, inclosing 
 the petition of the committee for the fabric of Greenwicli Hospital, 
 for the grant of a piece of ground whereon to build an infirmary 
 and laundry for the intended hospital. Dated 18 June '96. 
 
 Also the petition to the Lords Justices. (Signatures of the Com- 
 mittee.) 2 i^a^es {quarto). 
 
 June 18. 53. Report of the Com'^s of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 on the memorial on behalf of the 2nd battalion of Scotch Guards 
 and Col. Mackay's regiment, viz., as to passing certain " bays," 
 apparel, and accoutrements, custom free. Dated 18 June 1696. 
 Minuted : — " Read ult. Jua. '96. The goods to be d[elivere]d free." 
 The memorial referred to, and a warrant touching the same. 
 3 fciges. 
 
 June 18. .54. Letter from Mr. Blatliwayt to Mr. Lowndes, transmitting 
 His Majesty's orders that the reversionary list of the post fines pass 
 to Lord Raby, notwithstanding the caveat entered by Sir Robert 
 Clayton and the Lord Fairfax, and that the Lords of the Treasury 
 give the necessary directions. Dated at the camp at Corbais, 
 IS June, 1696. 
 
 The following, which is of a prior date to the letter, is entered in 
 the Minute Book, Vol. VI., p. 301, 19 May 1696 :— 
 
 " Lord Raby heard w^"^ S"^ Rob* Clayton & Lord Fairfax upon 
 a caveat of y" latter ag* passing to Lord Raby a revercionary lease 
 of the post fines. M=^ Soil' GenD, of counsell for Sr Rob* Clayton, 
 sales, in case a grant be made to any other then his clyent the K. 
 wilbe indebted to them, at y^ end of their terme, for paym^s made 
 by the sheriffs out of their money for taking thieves, removing 
 prisoners, &c., and he desires the lease may be made to them, or else 
 security may be given to answer what shalbe due to them at y« 
 end of this terme. M^ Dodd of yo same side says. They are the y» 
 present tenants, have tenant right, and are in surplusage on their 
 accots ; they liave long termes in being, w* were purcliased for 
 valuable considerations, and are willing to take further terme, & 
 hope none shall have it over their heads. M'' Attorny for Lord 
 Raby sales, there is no objection in point of law, but ye K. may 
 grant to whom he pleases. Tenant right is no right at all, and y« 
 K. has declared his pleasure so farr as to sign a warr*. He sales, if 
 a true acco were taken, y^ King's rent would be suff. to reimburse 
 them what the sheriffs apply of this revenue for taking thieves, &c. ; 
 but however they have no coven°t from ye K. if it vnW not extend 
 thereunto, and there was a pencon of 5001> a year out it that is 
 ceased. That S^ Robert & lA Fairfax cannot pretend tenn* right, 
 for y« original grantees were h^ Berksh'' & S"" Rob. Howard. 
 M"^ Pratt, of ye same side. That the lease was granted in cons, of 
 services pec Lord Berkshr, and not of y" rent ; and those services 
 were sufficiently rewarded by ye grant first made, & these genten 
 cannot pretend to another reward for ye same service. In case of 
 land there is an improvem*, which creates something called tennaut 
 right, but nothing of that in case of this revenue. That ye last 
 
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 acco* was in 1689, when 2,74151. was in surplusnge, and since then 
 some chai-ges then in being are fallen off. The profitts of the last 
 year may go to make good their surplusage, and there wilbe a rent 
 reserved from my Lord Raby, which Cif the King pleases) may make 
 good the surplusage to the present lessees ; or, if the King will not 
 dispose of yt, it will be in His Mat^ power, upon their applicacion 
 to him, to satisfy tliem out of any other revenue or branch. S"^ Rob' 
 sales they have overp<l their rent 2,.805l' 5s., & y* my Lord Gran- 
 dison's annuity of 5001' out of the post fines is unp"! & in arrcare 
 about 1,10015. 
 
 " My Dod sales His Maty ^y^s surprized, not knowing my L^. 
 Fairfaxe's interest, who marryed y'' heiress of y<^ Lord Culpeper, and 
 has not done any thing to forfeit y^ King's favour by non-paym* of 
 rent, or otherwise, & desires matter of fact may be represented to 
 ye K. before y« grant passes." 1 page (quarto). 
 
 June 19. 55. Copy of a warrant to Ralph, Earl of Montague, Master of the 
 Great Wardrobe, and to Charles Bland and Lawrence Townseiid, 
 Esq., officers of the same, for the exhibition of a certificate of the 
 money of His Majesty's Treasurer, paid to them for the use of the 
 Avardrobe, &c. Dated 19 June 1696. S pages. 
 
 June 19. 56. Report of the Comics of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 on the memorial of Simon Clement and other merchants, who had 
 infringed the Navigation Act by allowing the ship "Regina" to be 
 worked with less than three-fourths English sailors. Dated 19 June 
 1696. 
 
 Minuted : — " Read 24: June 1696. My Lords will show all reason- 
 able favour & encouragement in this case." 
 
 Also the memorial and two affidavits. 4 po^es. 
 
 June 19. 57. Report of the Com" of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury 
 on the memorial of the Spanish Ambassador's secretary, concerning 
 595^ paid to one of the hired tellers, without acquainting Mr. Jones, 
 the receiver's teller, thereof Dated 19 June 1696. 
 
 Minuted: — "Read ult. Jun '96. My Lords cannot direct the 
 charging of this mo., because ye ReC^ Gen^l cannot bring it into ye 
 Excheq'', the time being past." 
 
 Also the memorial. 2 pages. 
 
 June 19. 58. Report of the Comi^^ of Customs to the Lords of the Trea- 
 sury, on the petition of John Marshall gent., one of the patent 
 waiters of the port of London, praying to surrender that office, and 
 that Mr. James Wiugfield, his deputy, might be appointed. Dated 
 19 June 1696. 
 
 Minuted : — " Agreed." 
 
 Also the petition and a certificate. 3 pages. 
 
 June 19. 59. Report of the Comrs of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 on the petition of John Taylor of London, merchant, concerning the 
 import and export of tobacco. Dated 19 June 1696. 
 
 Minuted : — " Lect. 28 July '96. A warr* to make a supplemental 
 deV for the 3,000'=wt tobacco omitted." 
 Also the petition. 1 page and 2 halves. 
 
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 June 1 9. 60. Copy of warrant to the principal officers and Commissioners 
 of tlie Navy, for rendering account of the particulars exliibited in 
 certain articles annexed to a precept sent to them by the Com™ 
 appointed to examine the public accounts of the kingdom ; and to 
 deliver quarterly certificates, and an account of the victualling, 
 hiring of tenders, purchase of sliipSj bomb vessels, &c., &c. Dated 
 19 June 1C96. 4 pages. 
 
 19 June. 61. Draft of a letter, unsigned, to the Lord Privy Seal, desiring 
 him to appoint the clerks and officers under him to make out the 
 docquets of all grants of any part of the revenue of lands, money, 
 vt'oods or other profits, passed or to be passed the privy seal, 
 from 1 June to 1 July, &c. Dated York Buildings, June 19, 1696. 
 2 pages. 
 
 June 20. 62. Report of Lord Ranelagh to the Lords of the Treasury, on 
 the petition of Capt. Henry Cartwright ; praying for the arrears of 
 pay due to him in Sir John Jacob's regiment, in consideration of 
 his being appointed to make his campaign in Flanders as an 
 engineer; stating that there appeared to be due to him 195Z. ]8s., 
 besides 43?. on account of Irish arrears. Dated 20 June 1696. 
 
 Also the petition and a certificate of what was due. 
 
 The following is in the Minute Book, Vol. VI., p. 331, 26 June 
 1696, " 1001 to be p'J to Capt. Cartwright, for arrears of pay in S>^ 
 John Jacob s regim* ; out'of y° tallys on cont. impo, w"'' were reserved 
 • for contingencies of ye warr." Farts of 4^ pages (qtutrto). 
 
 June 23. 63. Presentment of the Comrs of Excise to the Lords of the Trea- 
 sury as to certain words inserted in a notice, served on the Comics of 
 Excise by the Com™ of Appeals, without their consent and direction, 
 Dated 23 June 1696. 
 
 Copy of the notice and of a letter from the celebrated John 
 Locke, one of the Com"^-^ of Appeals, who very explicitly states that 
 the notice had been tampered with. 3 pages. 
 
 June 23. 64. Proceedings taken and to be taken in relation to the setting 
 up of mints at York, Exeter, Bristol, Norwich, and Hereford, the 
 costs of which would be about 800?. each. There is also a list of the 
 tools that would be required. Dated 23 June 1696. 3 pages. 
 
 June 23. 65. Letter of Mr. William Blaithwayt to Mr. Lowndes communi- 
 cating the King's pleasure that a grant should pass to Col. Henry 
 Lutterell and his heirs, of his brother's estate as desired by him. 
 Dated camp at Corbais, 3 July 1696, N.S., i.e. 23 June. 1 page 
 (quarto). 
 
 June 24. 66. Representation of the Com^a for sick and wounded seamen 
 and exchange of prisoners of war, to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 stating that at Plymouth there were about 300 seamen and 500 
 prisoners, and the agent wrote that they must starve for he had not 
 51. to subsist them, and desired to be discharged from the service if 
 
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 he could not be supplied ; that there were from the grand fleet 
 above 700 sick seaman at Torbay, and the people not able to provide 
 for them ; concluding with other similar urgent demands for money. 
 Dated 24 June 1696. 1 fage. 
 
 June 24. 67. 1. " Fees and charges upon y" installation of his Highness 
 the Duke of Gloucester, knight companion elect of the most noble 
 Order of the Garter." Dated 24 June 1690. 
 
 At the foot is this note, " Their Royal Highnesses design y" in- 
 stallation to be on y" 24*li of July next." 
 
 (2.) " Fees to be payd upon the installation of his Highness the 
 Duke of Gloucester, before the atchievem's are hung up." 
 
 (3.) " A bill of fees due to the King's servants, from all persons 
 that receive the honour of knighthood, in order of being knight of 
 the most noble Order of the Garter." 
 
 (4.) " Mr. King's bill for ye Garter achievemt^ prepared against 
 ye installation of His Mat'«s' nephew, William, son to her Royal 
 Highness the Princess Anne of Denmark, and delivered to S^ Tho. 
 S'. George, Kn', Garter principal King of Armes." 
 
 In the Minute Booh, Vol. VI, p. 345, 21 July 1696, is the 
 following: — " 500li to ^^j^g househ[o]ld toW^^ y« entertainm* of the 
 installation of ye D. of Glouc." 4 pages. 
 
 June 25. 68. Order in Council referring to the Lords of the Treasury, for their 
 consideration, a letter from the bailiffs and jurats of Guernsey, re- 
 presenting their difficulties in relation to the clipped money. Dated 
 25 June 1696. 
 
 Accompanied by the letter. 1 page and 2 halves. 
 
 June 25. 69. Report of the Com'^s of Prizes to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 as to the value of the King's share of a French vessel called the 
 " Conestable," for which Vice- Admiral Mitchell had petitioned the 
 King, and for orders to be given for the discharge of what he had 
 I'eceived from consul Westcombe, the agent at Cadiz. By the ac- 
 counts received, the consul bad paid the Vice-Admiral 37,500 " reals 
 plate, which makes out 1,172 pistols," &c. The King's gifts charged 
 on the office were frequent and great, and they conceived their 
 Lordships would be of opinion that such royal anticipations, ap- 
 propriations by Parliament and by letters patent, could not be 
 answered out of the King's share of prizes. Dated 25 June 1696 
 1 page. 
 
 June 26. 70. Letter signed Geo. Clark, addressed to Mr. Lowndes, desiring 
 him to move the Lords of the Treasury for some money to subsist 
 the company of invalids in garrison at Tinmouth Castle, who were 
 ready to starve. If Captain Lloyd, their commander, had 1001. it 
 would be enough at present. Lord Godolplun and the rest of the 
 Lords Justices knew their sad condition. Dated 26 June 1696. 
 1 page (quarto). 
 
 June 29. 71. Letter of Comra of the Navy to the Treasurer of the Navy : 
 docquetted : — " From Navy, concerning want of m" for j'e merchants 
 who deal for stores." Dated 29 June '96. 1 page. 
 
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 ■June 30. '72. Report of Lord Ranelagh to the Lords of the Treasuiy, on the 
 memorial of Brigadier Selwyn, and the rest of the officers of the 
 regiment of foot under his command ; praying that the pay of the 
 late Lieutenant-General Kirk might be stated to dischai-ge a debt 
 of IjOOQli which the lieutenant-general owed the regiment, formerly 
 under his command, as it fell on the personal pay of the officers : 
 showing that 1,965?. was due, and that tlie lieutenant-general had 
 received the pay of the regiment and applied it to his own use. 
 Dated 30 June 1C9C. 2 images. 
 
 July 1. 73. Letter to the Secretary of the Treasury, docquetted, "Navy 
 
 estimate of what [is] duo for wages." Dated 1 July 1696. 1 
 page- 
 July 2. 74. Letter from William Blathwayt to Mr. Lowndes, sending the 
 particulars of the extraordinary charge of the army for the year, 
 showing a deficiency of 350,000?. Dated at the camp at Gemblour, 
 J^ July 1696. 
 
 The account, i pages. 
 
 July 2. 75. Report of William Tailer, deputy auditor of the duchy of 
 
 Cornwall, to the Lords [of the Treasury], in reference to a letter of 
 Mr. Willm. Gribble of Truro, in Cornwall, complaining that Mr. 
 Henry Herle, a merchant there, had melted down about two tons of 
 tin into bars, without giving him notice. He (Mr. Tailer) had 
 written to the deputy receiver of the duchy in relation thereto, and 
 his reply was, that several persons Jjad set up " kettles " in their 
 private cellars, particularly at Fowey, Truro, and Penryn, where, 
 under pretence of re-melting into bars tin duly coined in the block, 
 they could run down uncoined tin and defraud the King of the duty 
 and undersell the fair dealing merchant. The practice had been 
 complained of when the now Duke of Leeds was Lord Treasurer, 
 and the exportation of tin without the stamp was prohibited by 
 warrant of 23 Sept 1G76, &c. ; advising the prohibition of the expor- 
 tation of all unstamped tin, or carrying it out of the stannary where 
 made in bars, as well as blocks ; and that it was requisite that the 
 small stamps as well as the greater hammers should be kept under 
 the care and control of the respective officers of the stannaries ; and 
 tliat the owners of blowing houses should present their blowers to 
 the Stannary Court, to be sworn against embezzlement of tin within 
 their care ; and that all private melting places should be suppressed. 
 Dated 2 July 1696. 
 
 Accompanied by the two letters, and the warrant above referred 
 to. 5 pages and 2 halves. 
 
 July 7. 76. Minutes of proceedings of the [Lords Justices of England], in 
 
 relation to the land bank, viz., on 15, 28, and 30 May and 7 July 
 1696. 2 pages. 
 
 The following is entered in Vol. VI. of the Minute Book, pp. 336 
 and 337, 3 July 1696, touching the land-bank. 
 
TREASURY PAPERS. 525 
 
 1696. 
 
 Vol. XXXVIII. 
 
 " Comfs for the National Land Bank come in. S^ Thomas Cook, 
 My Lords, I am com'ieJ to acq' yo'^ Lops since we were last here, no 
 subscriptions are taken ; therefore ye Coma's for ye service of ye K . 
 have mett, to consider of such methods as might be for His Ma^^ 
 service, & have putt their opinion in writing, vfoh he presents, & is 
 read, viz' :- - 
 
 " Mercers Hall. At a gen" meeting there held on Friday the 
 
 of July 1696, h}' the Com>^a for taking subscriptions to the Nacional 
 Land-bank. 
 
 " Resolved, that it be humbly represented to ye R' Hon^'^ ye L'^^ 
 Comi's of His Mata Treasury, as foUoweth : — 
 
 " That the exig* occasions for m" & ye great advantages to be madg 
 thereof upon all securitys, as well publiq[ue] as private, have left ye 
 Com^^s wtJ^out liopes of receiving any more subseripcions, upon ye 
 all[owance] of 5li per c, & ye Comics having endeavourd to satisfie 
 themselves, upon w* allowance y^ subseripcions may be expected, are 
 h^ambly of opinion that an allow, after ye rate of 300,000'' for ye 
 whole summe of 2, .56^,000'' will yet bring in ye subseripcions ; but, 
 ye time lymitted for taking them drawing so near to an end, if ye 
 adjusting thereof be defered, it will render the accomplishm' to be 
 very doubtful!. 
 
 " The Com^s therefore do humbly desire that their LoPs pleasure 
 may speedily be declared therein, and if their LoP^ shall think fitt 
 to make ye allowance a[foresai]d, that ye Comfs mciy receive from 
 their LoP^ such assurance thereof as may be a reasonable security 
 & satisfaction to ye subscrib'^^ for ye same. Upon confidence 
 whereof, & such other fav"^s & conveniencys as are in their LoP^ power 
 to grant, the Comi"^ have great hopes of success. 
 
 " Loi'd Godolphin, I observe there is no certainty, but onely liopes, 
 if what is proposed should be consented to. 
 
 " S' Tho. Cooke, the Com^s have had a meeting & with an unani- 
 mous consent have agreed to make this proj)osition ; & are all 
 resolved to subscribe as farr as their abilitys will give them leave ; 
 and others abroad have declared that they will subscribe considerable 
 Bums. We believe if it were lawfuU for us to take subscriptions, on 
 the termes proposed, we could give assurance under their hands the 
 whole sume would be subscribed, but we are advised we could not 
 take such subscriptions without the danger of a iweiimi^nire, and it 
 is our opinion the thing will succeed upon what is here proposed. 
 And if there be any other method more advantageous than this 
 seems to be, if yo'' Lo''^ will please to lett us know them, we shall be 
 ready to proceed therein. They withdraw & are called in againe. 
 " Ld Godolphin[.s] an-") Lord Godolphin, gent™ my Lords have 
 swer [to] ye bank [-considered yo"^ paper and yo"^ proposall, 
 abt subscriptions. J and have com<i<='3 mee to tell you, that in 
 all the stepps [that] have been made in this matter, they have had 
 that precaution & care not to do any thing of themselves, but as you 
 have made propositions they have layd them before ye Lords Justices 
 &; have rec<i their directions in all the particulars, from time to time ; 
 and can make you no other answer at present, but tliey will take 
 
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 Vol. XXXVIII. 
 
 ye first opportunity, and lay this proposition before tliem to-morrow 
 morning, & receive tlieir direction as soon as is possible. 
 
 " S'^ Joseph Herne. When shall we waiteagaine. 
 
 " Lord Godolphin. According as you shall lieare from them." 
 
 July 8. 77. " M^' Solicitors opinion upon y^ brewers double forfeiture for 
 
 false & undue entries." Dated 8 July '96. 1 fage. 
 
 July 8. 78. Letter of the Comrs of t,]-^e Navy to the Treasurer, enclosing 
 
 an estimate of the charge of building a new sixth-rate ship at 
 Sheerness, desiring him to solicit the Lords of the Treasury for the 
 money. Dated 8 July 1696. 2 jKiges. 
 
 July 10. 79. A paper relating to payments under the head victualling for 
 
 the Navy, &c. ; totals only. Dated 10 July 1696. 1 sheet. 
 
 July 10. 80. Letter of the Comi'^ of the Navy to Mr. Lowndes, reporting 
 on a letter from Mr. Francis Riggs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 respecting goods by him contracted to be imported from Norway, 
 amounting to 18,711/. Us. 2d. Dated 10 July 1696. 
 
 Minuted : — " My Lords will consider of this." 2^ pages. 
 
 July 10. 81 . Letter of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, sending a report made by the Attorney-General on the 
 petition of Maurice Annesley, Esq., with various other papers, fully 
 showing the petitioners' sufferings by the rebellion in Ireland, 
 concurring with the testimony of Lords Romney and Coningsby in 
 their certificates concerning the petitioner, and recommending him 
 as deserving such a grant as he prayed for. Dated 10 July 1696. 
 
 With the following docquet : — 
 
 " Maurice Annesley, Esq. petitions the King, praying His Ma^^ 
 title to such discoveries as he had made, or should make, of con- 
 cealed debts, forfeited by Irish Papists, not exceeding 2,000/. in 
 consideration of his sufferings and losses by the late rebellion in 
 Ireland, and chiefly of his wood destroyed in that time by His 
 Majesty's army. 
 
 Referred to Lord Deputy of Ireland, &c. &c. 
 
 The letter is accompanied by two reports, two petitions, and other 
 papers. 
 
 3Iinuted :—" U Apr. 1697, rejected. 21 Apr. 1697, granted." 
 13 2Jff5'es and S halves. 
 
 July 10. 82. Copy of articles of agreement, between the King's waiters 
 and land waiters, in the port of London, as to their fees, perquisites, 
 and profits. Dated 10 July 1696. 3 pages. 
 
 July 13. 83. Letter from Mr. Blathwayt to Mr. Lowndes, expressing the 
 King's pleasure that tallies should be delivered to the order of Her 
 van Odyke for 96,608 guilders, expended in Zealand, on the transpor- 
 tation of the forces from thence, at the time of the late intended 
 
TREASURY PAPERS. 527 
 
 1696. ^°^- XXXVIII. 
 
 invasion, there being no ready money for the same. Dated at the 
 camp at Attre, 23 July 1696. [?N.S., i.e., 13 July]. 
 
 Minuted:—" Read 7 Aug. '96. M'' Franshaw is told my Lords 
 will take care of this in a short time." 1 ^:)a(:/e {quarto). 
 
 July 14. 84. Report of the agents for taxes to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 
 on the petition of Ralph Williamson, Esq., receiver-general of the 
 third 4s. aid, for the counties of York, Durham, and Northumherland, 
 ■who craved one per cent, on 110,488^, 13s. lOd. as his commission,, 
 viz., 1,104?.. I7s. Gd., leaving it to their Lordships' decision. Dated 
 14 July 1696. 
 
 The petition and a letter from him to the Lords of the Treasury 
 subsequent to the report. 
 
 Minuted: — " Read 21 7br. '27. My Lords will speak w* th' 
 agents." 3^ imges. 
 
 July 15. 85, Presentment of the Comi'^ of Customs to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, as to the usefulness of keeping a distinct account of the 
 impoi'ts and exports of all commodities into and out of England, 
 viz., from whence they came and whither they went ; recommending 
 Mr. CuUiford for this special duty, under the character of inspector- 
 general of the exports and imports. Dated 15 July 1096. 
 
 Minuted :—'■ Read 28 July '96. Respited." 
 
 In the Minute Booh, Vol. VI,, are the following minutes as to the 
 employment of Mr. CuUiford : — 
 
 (p. 332.) "30 Juae 1696.— Comi's of Customes cal'd in. My 
 Lords propose the imploying M"^ CuUiford ; S"^ Robert Southwell sales 
 they were of opinion ag* it in a former report, but now for his 
 part he has a great deference to my li^ opinion for imploying him. 
 Ml" Godolphin sales he thinks he may be imployed to the advantage 
 of ye revenue, but he does not know in w* capacity my TA^ intend 
 him. Their report of 25 S^"' '94 is read. S"" W. Young saies in a 
 former survey, made per M^ CuUiford, good officers were putt out to 
 place others less deserving. M^ Chadwick thinks ye power wilbe 
 too great. Lord G. thinks a riding surv' wilbe able to do more good 
 then a Comf of the Customes sent out. M^ Clerk saies he never 
 knew any benefit by former survey[or]s. The Com's generally 
 say they have not alterd their opinion in their former report. 
 
 " M^' Godolphin thinks he may be well imployed port Lon''", par- 
 ticularly in prosecuting debts, &c., & in overseiug the officers 
 below .staires, respecting frauds ah* debentuT'S, & prosecuting the 
 same, & he can propose many other things if he hath time to 
 propose them. Mr. Chadwick saies, as to debts, the present prose- 
 cutor should be heard, if any failure as to debenturs M^" W^son 
 has made a proposon, w* M"-' Ch. thinks should be first heard. 
 
 " M"^ Chancy if there is any occasion in the }-evenue for an 
 experienced officer the Comics should let my Lords kno it, my Lords 
 having a good opinion of M^ CuUiford. 
 
 " M"^ Godolpliin saies W^son sold his place a year agoe, & now 
 would have another for nothing, w^li 400ii a year. 
 
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 JC96. 
 
 Vol. XXXVIII. 
 
 " My Lords recom^ it to the Comrs to take care that the past 
 frauds aL* deb™ be detected, & future frauds therein prevented." 
 
 (p. 858.) " 5 Aug. 1G9G.— Mr Culliford to be the officer of y" acct^ 
 of imports & exports, & my Lords will speak w^^ ye Com'^^ of 
 Ciistornes ab' him on Friday." 
 
 (p. 380.) " 4 Sept. 1G9C.— M"^ Culliford to make ye accot^ of 
 imports & exports wth 500^ a year for liimself & 200^^ a year for 
 S clerks, viz., 100^' a year to his chief clerk & oO^' apiece to ye other 
 two." 1 1 jjar/cs. 
 
 July 17. 8G. Presentment of the Com^s of Customs to the Lords of the 
 
 Treasury, lajdng before them a complete establishment for the port 
 of Milford for the better guard of that port and coast. Dated 
 17 July 1G9G. 
 
 Minuted : — " Approved." 
 
 Also tlie scheme of the establishment. 2 pages. 
 
 July ] 7. 87. Presentment by the Com^s of Customs to the Lords of the 
 
 Treasury re.specting the collection of the duty on tobacco, viz., as to 
 whether Sir Jolm Shaw was chargeable with the collection of the 
 impost duty thereon in the port of Loudon. Dated 17 July 1696. 
 
 Accompanied by two other papers, one headed : — 
 
 " The case of the collector inward in the port of London." 
 
 The otlier docquetted : — 
 
 " Instruction to the officers in the port of London relating to 
 ys impost duty on tobacco." 
 
 The following is in the Minute Book, Vol. VI., p. 363, 11 Aug. 
 ] 696, in i-elation to Sir John Shaw : — 
 
 " S^ John Shaw (upon a presentm' of the Com''* concerning the 
 rec' of the impo on plantation goods) offers his case in writing, which 
 is read ; proposing to compute ye same, but not to receive the money. 
 My Lords agree that the receipt of the subsidy & impo. of plantation 
 goods, be continued in Mr. Wolstenholme, and that S"^ John Shaw 
 take the charge of computing the same and keeping a due cliarge, 
 as well of ye m° as bonds upon ye rec*, and that the other Patent 
 officers do comptroll ye same as if rec<i per S' Jno Shaw, and for 
 their trouble a representation to be made to this Board." 5 pages. 
 
 July 18. 88. Presentment by the Corn's of Customs to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, on the petition of James Whitwood and others, concerning 
 339Z. in milled money, shipped contrary to the law and seized by 
 them ; recommending a moiety to be allowed them. Dated 18 July 
 1G9G. 
 
 Minuted : — " Granted." 
 
 Also the petition. 2 pages. 
 
TREASURY PAPERS. 529 
 
 VOL. XXXIX. 1696. July 18— ArGUST. 
 
 ]G96. 
 July 18. 1. Presentment by the Comra of Customs to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, on a memorial of Robert Williamson, late a searcher in 
 the port of London, for the purpose of preventing frauds in drawing 
 back money by debenture. Dated 18th July 1696. 
 
 The memorial and three other papers relating thereto. 
 
 There is a minute on it, finishing : — " The Comrs are then to offer 
 any expedient for securing ye K. in the matter of debr^." 
 
 In the Minute Book, Vol. VL, p. 362, 11 Aug. 1696, is the 
 following : — 
 
 " Comrs of Customs cal'd in with the patent officers & M^ 
 Williamson ; M"^ Godolphin thinks it wilbe an unnecessary charge 
 to sett up an office proposed per M"^ Wn^son, ab* examining deb"^. 
 The business is ye same that is or should be done per M"" Cook. Ye 
 established "method is good already, but not well executed : he 
 proposes the Com'" should compare the debentur yf^^ the entry in 
 y« book. S"" Nic. Crisp sales 1 2 persons are now entrusted in 
 examining deb^s & other matters about them, & multiplying officers 
 may make confusion. M^ Nicholas jji'sents a paper of their present 
 methods. S"^ Nich" sales never any mistake but was discovered 
 before paym*. Mr. Chadwick allows that : but sales, he would have 
 an officer to see all be done fairely. Mr. Godolphin sales there has 
 been frauds & gives an instance. M^ Clerk thinks the Com''* may 
 examine ye entrys in ye books, and to erect a new office, were to 
 repose all in one man & tliere would be no more security then at pre- 
 sent. My W™son sales the occasion of his mem'l was irregularitys by 
 obteyning double setts of deb'^s. When he was an officer such 
 things were attempted, and he finds such attempt,? are continued. 
 He will not say m° has been actually rec'^ by fraud, but if he had 
 noc prevented, it had. He gives an instance, where the same clerk 
 signed a 2'i sett. The Coma's of the Customes are to consider of the 
 best method that shall appear to them, to obviate frauds in the 
 obteyning or paym* of debenturs." 5 pages. 
 
 July 20. 2. Letter of the Com^s of the Navy to the Treasurer, as to the 
 works at Portsmouth and Plymouth, being at a stand if money were 
 not speedily provided, enclosing copy of a letter of the surveyor. 
 Dated 20 July 1696. 2 parjes. 
 
 July 21. 3. Report of the Corn's of Excise to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 on the petition of William Del Rose, one of the collectors of excise 
 for Hampshire and part of Wiltshire, as to his salary and allowances. 
 Dated 21 July 1696. 
 
 Also the petition and a letter. 4 pages. 
 
 July 21. 4- Report of the Com" of Excise to the Lords of the Treasury 
 on the petition of Mary Clayton, widow, and William Clayton, one 
 
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530 CALENDAR OF 
 
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 Vol. XXXIX. 
 
 of her sons, who were bound for Andrew Clayton, another son, who 
 was a defaulter in his accounts. Dated 21 July 1699. 
 
 Minuted : — " Eespit the Execucon as to ye persons of ye pet''^ 
 till the end of next Michaelmas Terme." 
 
 Also the petition. 3 pages. 
 
 July 21. 5. Report of the Comrs of Excise to the Lords of the Treasury 
 on the petition of Martha Kinch, widow, relict of Richard Kinch, 
 of the parish of St. Andrew, Holborn, distiller, deceased ; recom- 
 mending her as an object of commisera,tion, viz., in the remission 
 of her husband's debt of 2G51. 17s. 6d Dated 21 July 1696. 
 
 " Minuted : — ■" Agreed to." 
 
 Also the petition and a certificate. 2 ^oages and 2 halves. 
 
 July 21. 6. Letter of the Comics of the Navy to the Treasurer, enclosing a 
 letter received from Mr. Samuel Done, muster-master, at Liverpool, 
 showing that His Majesty's officers there wei-e at a stand for want 
 of money, &c. Dated 21 July 1696. 2 pages. 
 
 [ ? About 7. Petition of Mary, Anne, and Magdalene Rosse, to the Lords 
 July 21.] of the Treasury, stating that on a former petition the King had 
 given instructions that the Lords of the Treasury were to relieve 
 them, and now the answer was, that their petition should be laid 
 before the King on his return, which was an absolute distraction to 
 them ; praying for some money to keep them alive. 
 
 Minuted :—" Read 21 July 1696. Respited till the King's 
 return." And again : — " Read 20 Ap. '98. To have 10^' a year 
 more a piece to make up SO^' a year a piece for each." ^ page. 
 
 July 22. 8. Letter of the Com'-'s of the Navy to the Secretary of the 
 Treasury, as to the payment of the cripples having a claim on the 
 chest at Chatham, enclosing a copy of a letter from the governors 
 of the chest. Dated 22 July 1696. 
 
 Minuted : — " Read 27 July '96. As soon as the distribution shall 
 be adjusted with the Lords of ye Ad'^y." 2 pages. 
 
 July 22. 9. Letter from Col. Russel [Governor of Barbadoes] to the Lords of 
 the Treasury, in relation to the receivership of the casual revenue 
 there, which he had first sought for himself and afterwards for Col. 
 Salter, of v/hose merits he speaks highly. The ships that came before 
 the fleet brought word tliat their Lordships had made the writer, 
 receiver ; but the fleet had brought a commission to Capt. Thomas 
 formerly a captain in the regiment raised by Col. Salter. He was 
 also controller of the Treasury there, and Col. Salter treasurer. The 
 writer wished it had not been said that their Lordships had given 
 it him, since their resolution was altered, and that people had not 
 known of his endeavour in favour of Col. Salter. The less interest 
 he had, and the less interest people believed he had, in England, the 
 less could he serve the King in Barbadoes. He had delivered the 
 commission to Capt. Thomas. Dated Barbadoes, 22 July 1696. 
 1 2mge. 
 
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 169g, A/OL. XXXIX. 
 
 July 22. 10. Letter from several merchants at Norwich to tlie Lords of the 
 Treasury, applying to have bank bills and bank notes taken in 
 payment of their duty, as they were informed was then done in 
 London. Dated 22 July 1696. With 13 signatures. 
 
 Minuted: — " Lect. 28 July '96. My Lords can give no direction." 
 1 large fage. 
 
 July 23. 11. Order of Council for rewards promised by His Majesty's 
 proclamations for seizing and apprehending several persons, for 
 conspiring the death of the King. Dated 23 July 1696. 1-^ pages. 
 
 July 23. 12. Order in Council for the preparation of a warrant, by the 
 Lords of the Treasury, to pass a privy seal, empowering the officers 
 of the Exchequer to receive loans, in clipped money, upon the credit 
 of the Exchequer in general, allowing the lenders credit, according 
 to the weight of such dipt moneys, at the rate of 5s. 8cZ. per ounce, 
 &c. Dated 23 July 1696. 1 sheet. 
 
 July 23. 13. Letter from Mr. Blathwayt to Mr. Lowndes, expressing the 
 King's pleasure that the vacancy in the commission of the customs, 
 by the death of Sir Patience Ward, should not be filled up. Dated 
 at the camp at Attre, f^^ 1696. 
 
 The following is in the Minute Booh, Vol. VI., p. 31'2, 10 July 
 1696, in relation to this matter: — 
 
 "To write to Mr Blathwait to represent to ye K. S^ P. Ward is 
 dead this morning. That my Lords think it their duty to take 
 notice that there was a supernumerary & his death reduces the 
 Comoi' to 7, w* was the usuall number. That their LoP^ cannot 
 but have heard His Ma^y is under some engagem* as to the next 
 person that shall succeed there ; but at ye same time they think 
 themselves obliged to putt him in mind of Mr. Culliford, as a person 
 that is very zealous for his service, & well qualified for ye imploym*." 
 1 page (quarto). 
 
 July 23. 14. Report of the Com^s of Customs to the Lords of the Trea- 
 sury, touching a complaint againt Mr. Clinton of Barnstable for 
 clearing a ship contrary to the embargo. Dated 23 July 1696. 
 
 Minuted : — " Read 30 July '96. My Lords are satisfied there is 
 no fraud or corruption." 
 
 Also the answer of Mr. Clinton and copy of a bond. 3^ pages. 
 
 July 24. 15. Report of the Com^s of Customs to the Lords of the Trea- 
 sury, on the petition of Anthony Fauze, merchant, respecting certain 
 " alamodes " seized as forfeited as there was a design to draw back 
 more than was due ; recommending the allowance of the drawback. 
 Dated 24 July 1696. 
 
 Minuted : — " Agreed." 
 
 Also the petition and copies of two affidavits. 4 pages. 
 
 July 24. 16. Report of the Com" of Customs to the Lords of the Trea- 
 sury, on the petition of Sir William Gore, Knt., as to the importa- 
 
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532 CALENDAR OF 
 
 ]696. 
 
 Vol. XXXIX. 
 
 tioii from Holland of certain linena commonly called hinder lands, 
 seized as of Russian manufacture. Dated 24- July 1696. 
 
 Minuted : — " Lect. 28 July '96. My Lords recommend it to the 
 Comrs to disch'i the seizure, upon giving satisfaction to the officer, 
 and that they make ye officer easy in his dem*." 
 
 Also the petition. 2J pages. 
 
 July 24. 17. Letter from Mr. Chas. Thomas, to William Lowndes, Esq., 
 secretary to the Lords of the Treasury, acknowledging the favour 
 done him in getting his patent to be Receiver- General of the casual 
 revenue in Barhadoe.s, stating that as yet nothing could be per- 
 fected, the fleet sailing so soon ; further that they might have an 
 order to keep the fees due to him and Mr. Hooper, Attorney- 
 General, and that he had sent a few sweetmeats in His Majesty's 
 ship, the " Bristol," and had designed to send him all sorts of sauces 
 of that country, but the fleet sailed so soon, lie would, however, send 
 them by the next. Dated at Barbadoes, 2-t July 1696. 
 
 Minuted : — " To M^ Attorney that my Lords did not intend any 
 prejudice in their legal fees." 2-|- pages. 
 
 July 25. 18. Letter of the Com^ of the Navy to the Treasurer of the Navy, 
 
 doequetted : — " From ye navy vf^^ an estimate of ye cha., of buying 
 & fitting the " Foudroyant " prize, for a 5^^ rate man-of-war." Dated 
 25 July 1696. 
 
 Also the estimate. 2 pages. 
 
 July 25. 19. Report of S. Travers, Surveyor-General, addressed to the 
 
 Lords of the Treasury, on the petition of Rabsy Smithsby to the 
 King, who sought for a reversion of the manors of Barton, Barrow, 
 Gouxhill, and Hogsthorpe in Lincolnshire, for 99 years, after the 
 determination of the Queen Dowager's interest therein, as a satisfac- 
 tion of a debt arising from an arrear of a pension of 1,000Z. a year, 
 granted to her father (his then Majesty's ancient servant) in 1637, 
 which pension was unpaid for 12 years: explaining that the value 
 of the grant sought would be 4,977^. 6.^. Old Dated 25 July 1696. 
 
 Minuted ■.—'•'To be laid before the King, 16 Ap. '97." 
 
 Accompanied by the petition. 4 piages. 
 
 July 27. 20. Letter from Mr. Blathwayt to Mr. Lowndes, returning the 
 warrant signed by the King, for allowing 100,000^. to the Earl of 
 Ranolagh, for the tallies and orders he had delivered to the President 
 de la Tour, and further expressing the King's pleasure that a lease 
 be passed to Major Walter Delamar of the lands he held in custodiam 
 for 21 years, and that the debt of 71 9Z. owing to him from the 
 King, should be accepted as a fine. Dated camp at Attre, 6 Aug. 
 1696, N.S. 
 
 Minuted: — "Lect. 7 Aug. '96. The lease to Delamar to pass 
 accordingly." 1 'pc^ge {quarto). 
 
 July 27. 21. Letter of Mr. Wm. Blathwayt to Mr. Lowndes, stating that 
 the King had intended to exclude Simon Luttrell or any of his 
 heirs from the grant to Col. Henry Luttrell, but as it was represented 
 
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 1696. Vol. XXXIX. 
 
 that the limitation would render it ineffectual, the King was willing 
 that the grant should pass with a clause that the estate should in 
 no manner return to Simon Luttrell by gift or otherwise, or to his 
 heirs. Dated camp at Attre, 6 Aug. 1696, N.S. 
 
 Minuted: — "7 Aug. '96. To be done according to ye King's 
 pleasure." 1 page (quarto). 
 
 [About 22. Presentment of the Comi'^ of Customs to the Lords of the 
 
 July 28.] Treasury, in favour of allowing the deputed officers of the customs 
 
 the taxes assessed upon their salaries not exceeding 60^. per 
 
 annum. 
 Minuted :—" Lect. 2S July '96. Granted." 1 page. 
 
 July 28. 23. Letter of the Comrs of Customs in Dublin, to the Lords of 
 the Treasurj'', stating that the commission for forfeitures was 
 superseded, and a new commission to re-annex the accounts of 
 forfeitures, to the Com^s of the Revenue : that though the war was 
 ended in March 1691-2 no inquiry had been held of persons 
 forfeiting by rebellion in the counties and places therein specified ; 
 setting out the reasons why inquiry should take place immediately, 
 and that the Government, with the consent of the Privy Council 
 had ordered Coma's (sic) to be prepared, and proclamation to be 
 made, giving one-fourth to the discoverer, as formerly ; and further 
 that Mr. Carlton, one of their board, and others were gone with the 
 judge this assizes, they hope to the King's advantage. Dated 28 
 July 1696. 2 pages. 
 
 July 29. 24. I;etter from the High Sheriff of York, the Grand Jury, 
 Deputy Lieutenants and others, to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 stating that they were sensible of their Lordships' favour in 
 transmitting .3,000?. in moneys and ingots to set the Mint at 
 work there, and suggesting that a recompense of 6c/. per ounce 
 should be paid to persons bringing in their plate and dipt moneys, 
 to remedy the difficulty the country was labouring under. Dated 
 29 July 1696. 
 
 Signed by 43 persons. 1 page. 
 
 July 30. 25. Letter from Mr. Blathwayt to Mr. Lowndes, returning a 
 warrant signed by the King, for confirming to Mrs. Macdonnel 
 her separate maintenance of three hundred pounds a year. Dated 
 at the camp at Attre, 9 Aug. '96, N.S. 1 jsa^/e (quarto). 
 
 Auf. 1. 26. Presentment by the Com^s of Customs to the Lords of the 
 
 Treasury, respecting the duty upon coals exported beyond sea, on 
 the collection of which duty the Attorney and Solicitor General 
 were at variance. Dated 1 Aug. 1696. 
 
 Minuted : — " The officer of the Customs to take y^ dutyes ac- 
 cording to ye Act of 6 & 7 W. 3*", untill y^ expiracion of ye 5 
 yeares ; and the overplus of the m" deposited to be restored," &c. 
 
 Also the opinions of the Attorney and Solicitor General, and of 
 four others thereon. 7 pages and 2 quarters. 
 
534 CALENDAR OF 
 
 1696. ^°^- ^^^^^^- 
 
 Auo-. 1. 27. Copy of report of the Comf^ of Customs to the Lords of the 
 
 Treasury, relating to the registering of seamen. Dated 1 Aug. 1696. 
 2 pages. 
 
 Aug. 1. 28. A report of R. Cotton and Tho. Frankland, [Post-masters-] 
 
 General, to the Lords of the Treasury, on the complaint of Mr. 
 James Vickers, manager of the packet boats employed in carry- 
 ing the mails between England and Ireland, who represented that 
 he was a great sufferer by the yachts which were ordered to attend 
 the King's service between Dublin, Holyhead, and Chester, which 
 conveyed passengers who used to be carried in the packet boats ; 
 advising that if the petitioner had not some relief, he would expect 
 an additional allowance. Dated 1 Aug. 16.96. 
 
 Minuted : — " To desire L^s of Ad^'y to give the like injunction 
 to all the capt"^ of y<^ yachts as His Ma*? gave Capt. Wright." 
 
 Accompanied by the petition ; also copies of instructions issued 
 to commanders of yachts on that subject in 1687 and 1688. 2 ]p(xges 
 and 3 parts of pages. 
 
 Aug. 4. 29. Letter from Mr. Blathwayt to Mr. Lowndes, communicating 
 
 the King's order for 4,000?. to be issued in tallies (out of the 35,000T. 
 allotted for the extraordinary charge of the war), to the order of 
 Mr. Lamb, in like manner as the 16,000?. was lately paid to him, 
 the officers of the hospitals having had no moneys since the two 
 months' advance to them in England. Dated at the Camp at Attre, 
 14 Aug. 1696, N.S. 
 
 Another letter, returning five warrants, viz. : — • 
 
 1. For a 1,000" to Mr. Popple, &c. 
 
 2. Mr, Owen, gr' of some old bonds. 
 
 3. Mr. Keppell, 2,000ii for ye robes. 
 
 4. Mr. Shales, compt"^, farthings. 
 
 5. Surcharges in plantation acco*^ to be taken off. 
 
 The following minute in relation to the above letter is entered in 
 the Minute Book, Vol. VI., p. 367, 14 Aug. 1696 :— " 4,000ii of the 
 tallys in the E. of Ranelagh's hands to be d[elivere]d to Mr. Lamb, 
 or his ass% upon ace* for the hospitalls in Flanders." 2 pages 
 {quarto). 
 
 [About 30. Petition of John Bland to be admitted into the new settle- 
 
 Aug. 4.] ment in His Majesty's Customs in room of Ralph Blackshaw, 
 deceased. 
 
 Minuted : — " Read 4 Aug. '96. The pet^ to have this place if 
 voyd ; otherwise to have y" first that falls." \ page. 
 
 Aug. 5. 31 . Report of the Comics of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 
 as to fraudulent practices in the exportation of coals from Newcastle ; 
 recommending the exchange or removal of the officers. Dated 
 5 Aug. 1696. 
 
 Minuted : — " Agreed." 
 
 Also the memorial of Mr. Houseman on the same subject. 4 
 pages. 
 
TREASURY PAPERS. 535 
 
 1696. 
 
 Vol. XXXIX. 
 
 Aug. 7. 32. Letter from Tlio. Neale to the Lords [of the Treasury], praying 
 them to direct the issue of some money to the several mints. Four 
 of them had 200?. each, and Chester 100?. only ; and each wanted 
 100?. more to set them to work. Dated Mint, 7 Aug. 1696. 
 
 In the Minute Book, Vol. VI., p. .369, 18 Aug. 1696, is the fol- 
 lowing : — " SOQli to Mr. Neale for y" country mints, out of any dispo 
 m", other then loans on low wines." 1 page. 
 
 Aug. 10. 33. Letter from Mr. Blathwayt to Mr. Lowndes, stating that he 
 
 had read to the King the letter about the Duchess of Cleveland's 
 pension out of the revenue of the Post Office and other pensions, of 
 which the King took a note at his departure from England, in order 
 to return it with his marks for the guidance of the Lords of the 
 Treasury, but the King, not hearing from the Treasury of any dis- 
 posable sums, had not given any directions, but would immediately 
 on receiving an account from their Lordships ; further, in former 
 years 1,000?. a week was assigned for contingencies to his (Mr. 
 Blathwayt's) office, but then there was no such sum, so that he had 
 been obliged to disburse several sums out of his own credit, and on 
 leaving the field other considerable sums would come on him to be 
 paid ; sending an estimate that their Lordships might remit the 
 sums to Mr. Hill, &c. Dated Camp at Attre, the i| of Aug. 1696. 
 
 Minuted : — " 21 Aug. '96. My Lords remitt for ye army, and 
 the K. judges of the uses when it comes. The K. observes very 
 right, there is no m^ for y<' Civil Gov*, but write an acco* of ye tallys 
 struck & w* remains to be struck." 2^ pages (quarto). 
 
 Aug. 11. 34. Keport of the Comi's of Prizes to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 on the petition of Andrew Young, who claimed that he had bought 
 the ship, " The Golden Boar," of Dantzic for 600?., and prayed 
 the Comi's should make good the bargain. Their report is, that 
 Mr. Thomson previously bought the ship, and that Andrew Young 
 had tricked them, they being personally unacquainted with either 
 of them. Dated 11 Aug 1696. 
 
 Minuted : — " Read 21 Aug. '96. My Lords are satisfied in this 
 report." 
 
 The petition and a copy of Young's contract. 3 pages. 
 
 Aug. 12. 3-5. Eeport of the Com^s of Excise to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 on the petition of Mr. Francis Johnson, collector of excise in 
 Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire, who, in conveying the King's money 
 from Biggleswade to Hoddesdon (in order to pay it into the 
 Excise Office in London) was robbed of 776?., on which there 
 was action against the hundred of Broadwater, which resulted in 
 the matter being referred to Chief Justice Treby, who awarded 
 520?. The report recommends the allowance of the residue, 169?., 
 for costs, and 15?. for a horse killed by the highwaymen. Dated 
 12 Aug 1696. 
 
 Minuted : — " To be allowed by way of incidents." 
 
 Also the petition and an affidavit. 3^ pages. 
 
536 CALENDAR OF 
 
 jggg Vol. XXXIX. 
 
 Aug. 13. S6. Report of the Com" for sick and wounded seamen, &c., to 
 the Lords of the Treasury, on the letter and accounts from Mr. 
 Thomas Chamberlain and Company, merchants at Messina, for 
 moneys disbursed by them on account of the " Content " and 
 " Trydent " prizes. 
 
 Also six other papers relating thereto. One is headed " Ace* of 
 sundry charges made in Giorgenti & here, in receiving & maintain- 
 ing and shipping off for Leg° & Geneva ]76 French soldiers & 
 mariners left at Giorgenti out of y« French [ship] y" ' Trydent ' taken 
 by our men-of-warre, & 169 of them came overland from Giorgenti 
 here where [they] were shipt, & y others were shipt off at Giorgenti." 
 Dated 13 Aug. 1696. 
 
 Minuted:—" Eead 19 Aug. '96." 9 pages. 
 
 Aug. 14. 37. Letter signed " E. Burt," addressed to Mr. Lownds, enclosing 
 the directions of the Commissioners for regi.steriDg seamen, which 
 the Comra of Customs had given permission to be acted on by the 
 collectors of the outports in collecting the Gel. per 'mensem out of 
 merchant seamen's wages for the increase and encouragement of 
 seamen ; and further stating that Mr. William Bathurst would 
 attend to that duty in the port of London. Dated 14 August 
 1696. 
 
 Accompanied by a proposal of the Com" of the registering, that 
 the Lords of the Admiralty would ^nove the Lords Justices to direct 
 the Lords of the Treasury to order the custom house officers not to 
 permit vessels to be cleared without giving bond for payment of 
 the Qd. per month. 2 jMr/es. 
 
 Aug. 14. 38. Representation of Benj. Overton, Esq., late Warden of the 
 Mint, to the Lords of the Treasury, as to the right to certain 
 clippings seized by Sir William Ashurst and Sir Richard Levett, 
 Sheriffs of London in 1692, under pretence of an ancient grant from 
 the Crown, against which Sheriffs the said Warden, by Mr. Macy, 
 his clerk, had proceeded. Mr. Macy's expenses were unpaid and the 
 matter still unsettled, whereby the bailiffs of Westminster and 
 Southwark and the Lady Russell's steward were encouraged to 
 appropriate similar clippings, &c. ; recommending Mr. Macy to their 
 Lordships for compensation for the hazards he had gone through and 
 the wounds he had received in apprehending clippers and coiners. 
 Dated 14 Aug. 1696. 
 
 In the Minute Booh, Vol. VI, p. 357, 4 Aug. 1696, is the 
 following: — 
 
 " S"^ W"! Ashurst & S^ Rich<i Levet for clippings produced in 
 evidence at the Old Baily, when they were Sheriffs. S'^ W'" sales 
 they do not insist upon right ; they wilbe thankfull to take them in 
 my Lords' owne way. My Lords will report to ye Counsell that the 
 King's right should be putt out of dispute, but that their services do 
 deserve a consideration at least equall to the value of these clippings 
 & dipt money. They may pay the value into ye Excheq^ by a tally 
 
TREASURY PAPERS. 537 
 
 1696. V°^- X^^IX- 
 
 to be levyd in satisfaction of a wair* giving tliem so much for 
 their good services." 
 
 At p. 370, 18 Aug. 1696:— 
 
 " My Lords direct Mr. Macy under the warden of ye Mint, to 
 prosecute the recovery of ye clippings and other effects of ye 
 clippers and counterfeiters of ye coyne, and that money be supplyed 
 at present to ye Warden for that purpose ; & when enough is 
 recovered the charge to be borne out of the same, and what shalbe 
 reel to be p<i to ye hands of M^ Newton ; to be accountable as in 
 his pr. seal for this pur])ose." 
 
 Again, at p. 373, 25 Aug. 1696 :— 
 
 " M"^ Macy & M^ Knipe'with the Warden of the Mint come in 
 concerning the clippings, &c., seized in Westminster. M^ Knipe sales 
 the bailiffs of Westm"^ have alwaies claymed these. He will acq* the 
 Dean & Chapter that my Lords insist on these as y" King's right." 
 
 And further, at p. 377, 1 Sept. 1696:— 
 
 " Sr W™ Ashurst and S^ Ri. Levett. My Lords tell them the 
 cause ab* ye dipt m° in their custody, must proceed to judgm* to 
 ascertaine ye King's title ; but it is not intended they shalbe at 
 charge, and that they shall have as much money paid them. At 
 length my Lords agreed that the value be p^ in, and they are to be 
 reimbursed." 1 j3ac/e. 
 
 June 11 39. Reports by the Attorney General and the Surveyor General, 
 
 and on the petition of Mr. Percival Brunskel, who, in the endeavour to 
 Aug. 15. detect and reform abuses in several offices at Westminster had 
 brought on himself many debts as well as enemies, and then desired 
 certain parcels of land left dry by the sea in or near the parishes of 
 Lancing, Tarring, Feering, and Broadwater in the countj^ of Sussex : 
 advising tliat a commission should be issued from the Petty Bag or 
 Exchequer to enquire of the King's title thereto, and when returned 
 a lease of the land might be granted if thought fit. Dated 11 June 
 and 15 Aug. '96. . 
 
 Minuted : — " Read 22 7br. '96. A com[missi]on to be issued." 
 
 Accompanied by the petition, a portion of which has been torn 
 away, and two affidavits. 
 
 In the Minute Book, Vol. VIJ., p. 57, 12 Jan. 1696-7, apparently, 
 on the subject of this land : — 
 
 " M"^ Poltney saies in execution of ye Como" for derelict lands 
 they proceeded fairly. There was evidence sufficient, not only to 
 find ye King's title but to recover it at common law, but they have 
 more evidence, and some of the jury knew it, as to ye whole 2,100 
 acres, of we^ 500 acr. are inclosed & 1,600 acr. not possessed, no body 
 clayming them, w^^ latter are now desired to be granted to my Lord 
 Cornbury." 
 
 In the same Minute Book, pp. 230-234, 28 July 1697, is a 
 full account of the enquiry in respect of the inquest on this 
 derelict land, Mr. Korthey being counsel for Mr. Brunskel, and 
 Sir Tho. Powys for Sir Wm. Goring, in which it would appear the 
 jurors were (at least some of them) drunk, when the inquest was 
 taken. The orders were in Latin, which they did not understand. 
 
538 CALENDAR OF 
 
 1696. 
 
 Vol. XXXIX. 
 
 Amongst the assertions made is the following : — 
 
 " My Northey saies it is not derelict land, unless ye sea flows & 
 reflows every tide." 
 
 Also the following: — 
 
 " M'' Web saies they have an old map of it, made in 1622. 
 
 " Johnson saies the sea is 3 miles off. 
 
 " Mr Pool saies it is sworded with grass, and sheep feeding on it. 
 
 " It has been overflown in some spring tides. 
 
 " John Barker saies he has kept sheep there 7 or 8 & 40 years ago 
 for ye tenants of Goring ; it has a sort of weed called scurvy grass, 
 & he has kept sheep there at spring tides in ye sumer. At eb tides 
 it was not overflowne. He kept 500 sheep there 48 years agoe. 
 The water conies from the havens mo[uth] ab* 3 miles," &c. 
 
 Also at p. 243, 10 Aug. 1697 :— 
 
 " My Lords resolve not to procure any grant to Mr. Brunskel of 
 the derelict land in Sussex, and that ye inquisition be quash'd, and 
 that direction be given to Mr. Attor. accordingly." 3 'pages and 3 
 parts of pages. 
 
 Aug. 17. 40. Letter from Eobert Yates to the Lords of the Treasury, stating 
 that he had received their Lordships' order to receive from the Mint 
 at Bristol the produce of one thousand weight of silver as fast as it 
 could be coined, and to exchange the old dipt money lately current 
 at the rate of 5s. 2d. per ounce and Qd. recompence, and to pay 5s. ^d. 
 per ounce and 6cZ. recompence for such plate as should be brought in, 
 pursuant to the Act, and to deliver the dipt money into the Mint to 
 be re-coined, &c. The Mayor and Aldermen directed him to return 
 their thanks for the care taken of the city, and had ordered an 
 account of it to be printed that the counties adjacent might know 
 of it. Dated 17 Aug. 1696. 
 
 Accompanied by the printed notice. 2 p)a{/es. 
 
 Aug. 17. 41. A letter of Sir Jo. Elwill, from Exeter, to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, precisely similar to the last. A thousand weight of silver 
 had, in like manner, been sent thither. Dated 17 Aug. 1696. 1 
 piage. 
 
 Aug. 17. 42. Letter of Mr. James Vernon to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 enclosing the following petition, in order to have it laid before the 
 King. Dated 17 Aug. 1696. 
 
 The petition of Thomas Rymer to the Lords Justices, stating that 
 it was three years since the petitioner was employed to see tran- 
 scribed and published the ancient leagues and public acts between 
 the Crown of England and foreign princes, from the originals, then 
 in a great measure putrified and hardly legible ; that the charge of 
 carrying on the work amounted to upwards of 200^. per ann., and 
 he had not received 2001. in the three years ; praying that the bond 
 entered into by Mr. Grahme to pay the King 2,364Z 9s. might be 
 assigned to him. 
 
 Minuted :—" Read 1 5 7'^'^ '96. To M"^ Henry Baber [? Baker] to in- 
 forme himselfe from M^ Aaron Smith where the bond is, & that the 
 debt be prosecuted." 2 pages. 
 
TEEASURY PAPERS. 
 
 539 
 
 1696. 
 
 Aug. 17. 
 
 [About 
 Aug. 18.] 
 
 [About 
 Aug. 1 8.] 
 
 Vol. XXXIX. 
 
 43. Letter of Edward Thompson to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 assuring them he -would strictly pursue such authority as he should 
 receive from Mr. Hall. He hoped the encouragement of 5s. 8d. an 
 ounce for clipped money and plate would bring a plentiful supply. 
 Dated York, 17 Aug. '96. 1 ^^cige (qiMrto). 
 
 44. A paper, docquetted : — " The breviat of the proceedings against 
 Sir Willm Ashurst & Sir Rich^ Levett [late Sheriffs of London & 
 Middlesex] for the clippings, &c." 
 
 Respecting money and other forfeitures in the hands of the 
 sheriffs. 
 
 Minuted :—" ViQo.di 18 Aug. '96. See ye Min. Booh!' [See 
 14 Aug. Vol. XXXIX., No. 38.] 1 page. 
 
 45. Petition of the Mayor and commonalty and other inhabitants 
 of the borough of Plymouth to the Lords of the Treasury for sub- 
 sistence for nine companies of soldiers billeted there. Numerous 
 
 signatures. 
 
 JfmufefL-— " Read 18 Aug. '96. 
 morr. morn." \ page, brief size. 
 
 To speak to my L<i Ranela to 
 
 [? About] 46. Petition to Henry Allen, one of the Queen's messengers, for a 
 Aug. 18. reward for seizing a coining mill at the house of Thomas Nowell, 
 
 gent, at Dovei-, in Kent. 
 
 Certificate signed " Romney " as to the seizure. Dated 18 Aug. 
 
 1696. Parts of 2 pages. 
 
 Aug. 19. 47- Presentment by the Com'^s of Customs to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, as to the state of the duty arising on the tonnage of ships 
 and vessels from 1 June 1695 to 17 May following. Dated 19 Aug. 
 1696. 
 
 Also a paper containing " totals of the tonnage accounts in the out- 
 ports," showing the amount from foreign ports and from coasters. 
 
 Minuted :—" Read 10 g^"^ '96. M^ Knight will bring an acco* of 
 ye arrears in a day or two." 3 pages. 
 
 Aug. 21. 48. Memorial of the Governor and Company of Merchants of 
 London trading to the East Indies, addressed to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, stating that they had delivered at Amsterdam to Col. 
 Gore 6,000 barrels of powder, the cost of which was upwards of 
 20,000/. ; they could only dispose of l.OOOZ. of the tallies (part of 
 the 10,000^ lodged in their hands) at 10 per cent, loss, so they had 
 received but 900Z. for the cost of the powder ; praying to be supplied 
 with the money, as their affairs had suffered very much for the want 
 thereof, and proposing to accept Exchequer bills. Signed " Ro. Black- 
 borne, sec." Dated 21 August 1696. 
 
 ifmufec?.-— "Read 25 Aug. '96." 
 
 In the Minute Booh, Vol. VII., p. 18, 12 Oct. 1696, is the follow- 
 ing : — " Govr & others of the East India Comp=i ; they are to have 
 a list of ye ordnance tallys, out of w* their ™o for the powder in 
 HoM" Ipage. 
 
540 CALENDAR OF 
 
 jggg Vol. XXXIX. 
 
 Aug. 21. 49. Petition, &c., docquetted thus: — "Petition of S"^ Lamb* Black- 
 well, with copy of Her late Majesty's warrant, and state of his case ; 
 relating to reprisalls w'^'^ ought to be passed to him in Ireland." 
 
 Also the copy of the warrant, the state of the case and copy 
 of another letter of the Lords of the Treasury, relating to the same. 
 Dated21 Aug. 1G96. 
 
 The lands taken from him were the towns and lands of Castle- 
 town and Kilmacredock, within the barony of Salt and county of 
 Kildare in Ireland, which were delivered to the late Lord Dungan, 
 since Earl of Limerick. 
 
 Minuted :—" 7 May 1707. Ref to ye L^ L* of IreR" 7^ pages. 
 
 Aug. 21. 50. Letter from Mr. Blathwayt. tc the Lords of the Treasury, 
 signifying the King's pleasure that their Lordships forthwith adjust 
 with the Royal Bank the accounts of the loss sustained by re- 
 mittances, in the last year to Flanders, and that they satisfy their 
 demands, he being sensible of the service done to himself and the 
 nation Dated at Dieren, 21-31 Aug. 1696. 1 j)ac/e (quarto). 
 
 Aug. 21. 51. Presentment of the Com'^s of Customs to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, concerning the trade from St. Sebastian in wines and 
 other goods coming from thence, suspected to be French ; and 
 respecting the mission of Mr. Manley and Mr. Cook, who were 
 charged to execute a commission to examine witnesses respecting 
 wine imported from thence, and other matters. Dated 21 Aug. 
 1C96. 
 
 Also divers other papers connected therewith. 
 
 In the Minute Book, Vol. VII., p. 20, is the following : — " Comfs 
 of Customes called in. Lords tell tliem there are severall of their 
 presentmts and reports to be read, and ask them W^^ they thinke 
 most nece^y to be dispatcht. S"" Rob* Clayton says, that concerning 
 the S* Sebastian wines, Mr. Chadwick thinkes it may be nec'^y that 
 M^ Manley & the other persons that went thither upon the exami- 
 nacon of that affaire should be present when that report is read." 
 18 pages or parts of pages. 
 
 Aug. 22. 52. Letter from Edw. Thompson to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 informinji them of the arrival of the bullion designed for the Mint 
 at York. Several considerable sums were brought in to be recoined 
 as well as plate, when the officers could receive it. They had not 
 directions yet from Mr. Hall. 3,000i. or 4, COOL in money and plate 
 were lodged, but he dared not take it in. Dated York, 22 Aug. '96. 
 1 page. 
 
 July 22 53. Letter of the Com^s of the Navy to the Treasurer of the 
 
 and Navy, sending a copy of a letter lately received from Capt. Allen, 
 Aug. 24. the King's storekeeper, and muster-master at Cadiz, desiring him to 
 use his best endeavours to procure a general credit from some mer- 
 chants at Cadiz for supjdyiug him with money. Dated 22 July 
 169G. 
 Another letter on the same subject, dated 24 Aug. 1696. 3 pages. 
 
TREASURY PAPERS. 541 
 
 169C. Vol. XXXIX. 
 
 Aug. 24. 54. Letter of Israel Hayes to Mr. Lown[d]es, Secretary of the Trea- 
 sury, giving an account of the state of the mint at Exeter, where he 
 arrived on Friday evening with Mr. Morris, the carrier, who brought 
 the King's ingots. They could not proceed to melt till more materials 
 were sent. The country and city were very impatient till they 
 begun. The bringing in of silver would exceed expectations. He 
 did not know the terms to be allowed, though it seemed proper to 
 his place, and he had no particular instructions, but some there said 
 it was referred to Sir John Elwill. Dated 24 Aug. 1G9G. 1 page. 
 
 [About 55. Petition of Thomas Foorth to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 
 Aug. 25.] for the grant of some place of profit to him, he having made some 
 proposals for raising money, which produced 500,000L i^er ann. 
 Also for leave to make some other proposals. 
 
 Minuted : — " Read 25 Aug. '96. M^^ L. to receive & consider his 
 propos'i." 1 page. 
 
 Aug. 25. 5C. Letter from the Com's for registering seamen to Wm. 
 Lowndes, Esq., stating that the time for coming of the fleets drew 
 nigh, and they could not put in execution the Act for the increase 
 and encouragement of seamen till the Lords of the Treasury gave 
 some directions touching the instructions to collectors of customs, 
 and begging him to move their Lordships therein. Dated 25 Aug. 
 1696. 1 page. 
 
 Aug. 25. 57. A representation by Geo. Macy to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 as to the claims set up by the bailiffs of Westminster (by virtue of a 
 grant) to clippings, melted silver, &c. Mr. Knipe, the present bailiff, 
 had on all occasions seized clippings, melted silver, &c., of consi- 
 derable value, particularly of flumphrej' Middleton, executed for 
 clipping, and things of greater value belonging to the " tripeman," 
 executed for the same; stating that if process had gone forward 
 there would long since have been an issue to most of these pre- 
 tended grants. Dated 25 Aug. '96. 
 
 In the Minute Booh it states that Mr. Knipe, who was present, 
 undertook to acquaint the Dean and Chapter that my Lords insisted 
 on these as the King's right. See Minute Booh, Vol. VI., p. 373, 25 
 Aug 1696. 
 
 [See also Vol. XXXIX., No. 38, 14 August, where the Minute is 
 printed.] 1 page. 
 
 Auf. 29. 58. Letter from Mr. Thos. Blofeld to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 acknowledging the honour done him in appointing him to give out 
 the new money and take in the old at the city of Norwich, but 
 declining to undertake the duty, as it would require constaiit 
 attendance, and if Parliament met again he should be obliged to 
 o-ive his attendance, but recommending his kinsman, Mr. Leonard 
 Blofeld (who had received the King's aids for Norfolk), for the 
 employment, and, if he were not approved, naming several of the 
 aldermen who would be suitable. Dated Norwich, 25 Aug. 1696. 
 1 page. 
 
542 CALENDAR OF 
 
 169G. 
 
 Vol. XXXIX. 
 
 Aug. 25. 59. Letter of Mr. Blathwayt to Mr. Lowndes, as to difficulties in 
 the Exchequer respecting the tallies ordered to be struck for the use 
 of tlie Earl of Portland, to make good the late Ijounty intended for 
 his Lordship ; signifying the King's pleasure that tallies be struck 
 in the same manner upon the head of secret service. Dated at Loo, 
 4> Sept. 1696, N.S., i.e., 25 Aug. 1 jsa^re (quarto). 
 
 Aug. 25. 60. Letter of Mr. Blathwayt to the Lords of the Treasury, about 
 the money paid in on account of the land tax, more than had been 
 actually received from the people, and as to a respite of payments 
 until there was a greater quantity of now money coined ; expressing 
 the King's wish that they should confer with the Lords Justices, 
 and receive their orders thereon. Dated Loo, 4 Sept. (N.S.) 1096, 
 i.e. 25 Aug. 2 2Mges {qimrto). 
 
 Aug. 12 61. (1.) Extract of a letter from the Com''^ of the Navy as to a 
 and 27. stop put by Lord " Bellamount " to the fetching away timber pro- 
 vided for the Navy in the forfeited woods, formerly belonging to 
 Sir Valentine Browne, near Bantry. Dated 27 Aug. 1696. 
 
 (2.) Copy of a letter from Mr. Nash, Clerk of the Cheque at 
 Kinsale, as to a contract for squaring and delivery of the timber, 
 for which, to avoid delay, Mr. Nash thought it advisable to pay 
 100?. Dated 12 Aug. '96. 1^ pages. 
 
 Aug. 27. 62. Letter from the Coma's of the Navy to Mr. Lowndes, praying 
 him to acquaint their Lordships that Capt. Greenhill, commissioner at 
 Portsmouth, had received from Capt. Symcock, commander of the 
 " Berwick," the presents intended for the government of Algiers and 
 Tripoli, according to an order from their Lordships in May previous. 
 Dated 27 Aug. '96. 
 
 Also a letter from Mr. James Vernon to Mr. Lowndes, as to the 
 removal of the Barbary presents from the said ship. Dated 24 
 Aug. '96. 
 
 Also a letter of the ComJ^^ of the Navy to the Secretary of the 
 Treasury, stating that they had written to Capt. Greenhill, the 
 commissioner at Portsmouth, to send to the commander of the King's 
 ship the " Berwick," for the four bales and the black box which he 
 was to have carried to Sir Geo. Rook, for the government of 
 Algiers and Tripoli, and to keep them till further order. Dated 
 26 May '96. 
 
 In the 31inute Booh, VoL VII., p. 180, 3 June 1697, is the 
 following minute: — "To the Com^s of the Navy to write to Comf 
 Greenhill, at Portsmo, to deliver the presents there {w^ were 
 designed for ye deys of Algier & Tripoli) to be d[elivere]d to such 
 as ye Ma'^ of ye Great Wardr. shall appoint." 3 images. 
 
 Aug. 28. 63. Report of tlie Comrs of Transportation to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, on the petition of Mr. John Barbot, viz., as to the freight 
 and interest due for 19 ships hired in 1693. Dated 28 Aug. 1696. 
 The petition and an account of the money due. 6| 7Xiges. 
 
TEEASURY PAPERS. 543 
 
 J 696. Vol. XXXIX. 
 
 Aug. 31. 64. Letter from Edw. Thompson, one of the Aldermen of York, to 
 the Lords [of the Treasury], stating that he had taken in and paid 
 to the master worker 11,083?. 18s. in old dipt money, containing 
 2,258L 2 ozs. 1 dwt., and about 5,000Z. or 6,000^. worth of plate. 
 He had desired the people to forbear to bring it in, being unwilling 
 to be further credited. There would be great quantities brought in 
 from all parte so long as the " recompence " was continued. Dated 
 31 Aug. 1696. Parts ofi pages {quarto). 
 
 Aug. 31. 65. Report of the Comrs of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 on the petition of Don Diego James Cupelac, Secretary to the 
 Spanish Ambassador, concerning certain wines imported from 
 St. Sebastian's, about which there was a dispute as to whether they 
 were of Spanish or French growth. Dated 31 Aug. 1696. 
 Minuted : — " To be discharged." 
 
 The petition and three other papers on the same subject. 1*7 pages 
 or parts of pages. 
 
 Aug. 31. 66. Eeport of the Com^s of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 on the petition of divers Turkey merchants concerned in the lading 
 of the ship " Upton Gaily," viz., to be discharged of a duty of 
 1 pier cent, charged under the Act 14 Car. II., upon goods imported 
 from the Straits in ships of less burthen and force than are therein 
 described. Dated 31 Aug. 1696. 
 
 Minuted : — " The 1 per cent, to be discharged." 
 
 The petition and a certificate. 2|^ pages. 
 
 Aug. 3 1 . 67. " An account of what money is oweing by Philip Bickerstaffe, 
 Esq., to His Matie for duty on salt this Sftt day of August 1696." 
 
 The following is in the MiniUe Book, Vol VI., p. 380, 4 Sept. 
 1696:— 
 
 " Mr L. to write to M^ Barrard & M^ Bickerstaffe that the Coinrs 
 of Excise have acqt^'' my Lords w^^ their arrears for the salt duty, 
 and to quicken them in paym* of what they owe." 1 j^af/e. 
 
 [About 68. Petition of the four chief clerks under the secretary in the 
 Aug.] Treasury, urging that as their Lordships had remitted the taxes 
 of the clerks of the Navy, Excise, and others, whose salaries did 
 not exceed 100?. pier ann., so the favour should be extended to 
 them, as they had no salaries, and the profits of tlieir places 
 had become much less, though their attendance was greater. 
 
 Minuted .— " Read, Aug^t 1696. Granted, 25 Jany 1703, order'd." 
 Part of a page (quarto). 
 
544 CALENDAR OF 
 
 VOL. XL. 1G9G. September — Octobeu 20. 
 
 1696. 
 Sept. 1 . T . Letter from Mr. James Vernon to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 enclosing the petition of the innkeepers of St. Alban's, addressed to 
 the Lords Justices, seeking to be reimbursed what they formerly 
 advanced towards the subsistence of the Dutch troop, under the 
 command of Capt. Quaat, which was quartered there, for their 
 Lordships to give directions thereon. Dated 1 Sept. 1696. 
 Also the petition. 1 large and 1 small page. 
 
 Auf. 19. 2. Report of the Comrs of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 and on the petition of Thomas Ward, master of the ship "Yarmouth," 
 Sept. 1. as to French goods forfeited : in favour of relief Dated 19 Aug. 
 169G. 
 
 Minuted twice. The second minute is: — "Read, 6 October '96. 
 A warr' according to ye reports." 
 
 Also the petition and six other papers, and a report from the Prize 
 Office relating thereto. Dated 1 Sept. 1696 11 ]pages or parts of 
 pages. 
 
 Sept. 2. 3. Letter of Mr. James Vernon to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 sending a petition of several troopers who formerly served in Ireland 
 under the late Brigadier Villiers, viz.. for their arrears of pay. Dated 
 2 Sept. 1696. 
 
 The petition. 2 pages. 
 
 Sept. 2. 4. Report of the Com'^s of Customs at Dublin, on the petition of 
 
 Ann Deyos, widow and relict of Captain George Dej'os, deceased, 
 quoting a previous report made by them on the same ease : advising 
 the extension of tlie King's favour in regard to the 253^. 15s. b\d. 
 due on the bonds mentioned, but that the i\l. Os. O^cZ. cash in 
 hand, should be paid to the Treasury. Dated 2 Sept. 1696. 1 
 page. 
 
 Sept. 3. 5. Letter of the Lords Justices of Ireland to the Lords of the 
 
 Treasury, sending the report of the Attorney-General for Ireland, on 
 the petition of Mr. William Palmer to the Lords Justices of England, 
 for a grant of an estate [in and about Athlone,] and in Roscommon 
 and Westmeath, in Ireland, then in the possession of Mr. Silvester 
 Devenish, in consideration of the money the petitioner had lent on 
 it, and the discovery he was able to make of the King's title thereto, 
 tof^ether with the report, formerly made in this case by Sir Richard 
 Levinge, Knt., when Solicitor-General: recoaimending the grant of 
 the estate. Dated 3 Sept. 1696. 
 
 Minuted: — " 16 Ap. '96 [r97.] If he makes out his discovery, 
 the K. will give him the 4'^ part by ye proclamacon besides ye 
 benefit of his owne mortgage, if he has a right in any such." 
 
 The first-named report, two petitions, and five other papers, all 
 relating to the same matter. 
 
 For the second report. (See Vol. XXVI., No. 21. 11 pages or 
 parts of pages. 
 
TREASURY PAPERS. 545 
 
 1696. ^«^- ^^• 
 
 Sept, 3. C. Memorial of Mr. Tbo. Neale, M.oster of the Mint, to the Lords 
 
 of the Treasury, stating that the country mints were all finished, hut 
 there was more than 1001. each owing for most of them ; begging 
 that 100/. each might be issued, and JOOl. more in a short time 
 for petty expenses ; also applying for Bennett's house to be given up 
 from the Office of Ordnance to the porter of the Mint. Dated 3 Sept. 
 1696. 1 page (quarto). 
 
 Sept. 4. 7. Representation of the Comis of Excise to the Lords of the Trea- 
 
 sury, as to the refusal of the justices of the peace to give judgments 
 against the brewers and victuallers who had not paid their duties. 
 Dated 4 Sept. 1696. 
 
 In the Minute Book, Vol. VL, p. 380, 4 Sept. 1696, is :— 
 " Com^s of Excise. They offer a presentm* concerning arears 
 in the countrey. My Lords direct them to prepare the draught of 
 such a letter [as] they would have to the justices of peace, concerning 
 the levying of the duty." 1 2Mge. 
 
 Sept. 4. 8. Letter from Mr. Blathwayt to Mr. Lowndes, enclosing four 
 
 warrants signed by the King. Dated Loo, ^ Sept. 1696. 
 They were in favour of; — 
 
 1. Bridget EUingsworth. 
 
 2. Brigadier Wolseley. 
 
 3. Capt. Richards. 
 
 4. Colonel Hallet. A few lines. 
 
 Sept. 4. 9. Letter of Francis Gardiner to the Lords of the Treasury, stating 
 
 that, until he received instructions from Mr. Hall, he was unable to 
 judge of his capacity to manage the affair trusted to him. The 5 c. 
 pound troy weight of bullion was waited for witli the greatest 
 impatience. The Mint would have been at work before, if it had 
 come. Dated Norwich, 4 Sept. 1696. 
 Minuted:— "B-esid, 8, 7br. '96." 
 
 In the Minute Book, Vol. VL, p. 382, on 8 Sept. 1696, is :— 
 " Officers of the Mint cal'd in. My Lords exhort the provost to 
 use all despatch in the business of ye countrey mints." | fage. 
 
 Sept. 7. 10. Copy of a letter from Wm. Mathews to Mr. Secretary 
 
 Trumbull, acquainting him with the progress he had made at Exeter, 
 in relation to the Exchequer Bank, in which he had engaged himself 
 with Joseph Tily, by the approbation of the Treasury. He had 
 broke the neck of the Exchange there, which had been 6, 8, and 
 sometimes 10 j:>e)- cent. The people ardently craved exchequer bills 
 for their commerce. The excisemen thought there could never be 
 enough sent down. The tuckers [i.e., fullers of cloth] and traders 
 coveted them for a medium of commerce. The weavers and combers, 
 to whom the tuckers and traders paid them for their serges, brought 
 them to him, and he paid them in specie on demand, exchange 
 free. He begged that his honour would insert in the Gazette 
 these words ; viz : — 
 
 " The Exchequer Bank at Exeter do give notice that they will 
 negociate bills of exchange gratis, as well foreign as domestick, from 
 
 M M 
 
546 CALENDAR OF 
 
 IfiOG. ^°^- ^^- 
 
 Exeter to London, and from London to Exeter, & also from Taunton 
 & Tiverton to London, & the counties of Devon, Somerset, & Corn- 
 wall, for any merchants, traders, & others ; and when their money is 
 received upon such bills the said bank will pay them to content in 
 London, or at the bank of Exeter on demand." 
 
 The several premiums for negotiating bills between Exeter and 
 London amounted to several thousands per ann., which would be 
 all saved by this bank. 
 
 He wished he could see the proclamation concerning these 
 " chequer bills," about which he wrote to Mr. Chancellor of the 
 Exchequer last week. He dared not dictate and say that it was 
 absolutely necessary, considering the miseries of the nation, the 
 dismal prospect for the winter, and the " Plonges " we were in, but 
 he feared a disturbance unless this, or some such expedient, were put 
 in force. Dated Exeter, 7 Sept. 1696. 
 
 In the Minute Book, Vol. VII., p. 137, 3 May 1697, is : — 
 
 " M'' Mathews will advance ready money on ye exchequer bills & 
 circulate them in those parts for one per cent., whereunto their 
 LoPs agree." 2h pages. 
 
 Sept. 7. 11. Letter of the Corn's of the Navy to Mr. Lowndes, stating that 
 they found that there was still in the Treasurer's hands 14,.580Z. 10s. 
 in moneys and tallies ; desiring to know how much should be paid to 
 each colonel of the marine regiments. Dated 7 Sept. 1696. 
 
 Accompanied by: — "An account of mony & tallies & orders 
 received by the Treasurer of His Mats. [Majesty's] navy, between 
 the 28th Dec'' '95 & the 8th February following, for payment of the 
 two marine regimt^ officers." Also, 
 
 " The state of the acco*^ of the 2 marine regimes sign'd by the 
 Marquis of Carmarthen." 
 
 Minuted : — " Kead 8 7^"^ '96. Show this to L^ Berkley ab* ye 
 mo in the Treasurer of the Navy's hands for ye marine officers." 
 8 fagcs. 
 
 Sept. 9. 1 2. Report of the Com''s of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 
 on the petition of Simon Battersby of Kirkby Lonsdale, in the county 
 of Westmoreland, and of Richard Tatham of Causfield, and Edwaird 
 Yates of Leek, in the county of Lancaster, yeomen, who had been 
 about to proceed to the Isle of Man from Whitehaven to buy cattle, 
 having informed the Collector of Customs there that they had 250^. 
 with them for that purpose, who encouraged them therein, and 
 when on board the boat seized the money ; not objecting to a nolle 
 iwosequi. Dated 9 Sept. 1696. 
 
 Minuted : — " Read 16 Oct. 1696. W^for a noli j^iroseqioi, and the 
 Comics of the Customes to be spoke to, at their next attendance, 
 about M"" Huddleston, col^ at Whitehaven." 
 
 Also the petition and two affidavits. 5 pages. 
 
 Sept. 9. 13. Report of the Com'^ of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury 
 
 on the petition of Robert Harrison and others, merchants of London, 
 
TREASURY PAPERS. 547 
 
 1696. ^o^- ^L- 
 
 as to the forfeiture of goods imported in a vessel worked by 
 foreigners. Dated 9 Sept. 1696. 
 
 Also the petition and a certificate. 
 
 Mimuted : — " Read 11 7^^ '96. Disch*, the K. part giving satis- 
 faction to y^ officer." 3 ixiges. 
 
 Sept. 1 0. 14. Report of the Coni>^s of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 on a memoral from the resident of the King of Denmark, concerning 
 the duties demanded by the officers of the Customs, for the salt 
 imported in the ship "Old Crown'd Hope." Dated 10 Sept. 1696. 
 Also an order in Council and two letters. 
 Minuted : — " Read 4th May 1 697." 4 pages and 2 halves. 
 
 Sept. 11. 15. Report of the Com" of the Navy to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, on the petition of William Culliford and Anthony 
 Evernden, genf^, as to the payment for canvas manufactured by 
 them. The Com'^^ state their belief that the tallies assigned on the 
 4s. aid for the service of the navy would not be discounted under 
 25 or SO^^per cent. Dated 11 Sept. '96. 
 
 Minuted: — "Read 15 7br '96. To be consiJ when the Streights 
 squadron is gone." 
 
 1,000?. was to be imprested to them and afterwards 500 J. to be 
 paid them. See Minute Book, Vol. VII., pp. 26 & 94. 
 
 Also the petition. 2 pages. 
 
 Sept. 14. 16. Letter from Mr. Blathwayt to Mr. Lowndes, stating that the 
 King concurs with their Lordships' opinion touching the money lately 
 brought into the Exchequer upon pretence of the land tax. With 
 this postscript : " I shall be glad to have the favour of an answer 
 fi-om you to mv letter of -^t'' past, touching this year's contingencies, 
 the time drawing near for our leaving these parts." Dated at Loo, 
 If Sept. 1696. 1 page (quarto). 
 
 Sept. 15. 17. Report of Mr. B. Bridges auditor, to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, on the draft of a warrant relating to Admiral Russell's 
 account of provisions furnished to the fleet in the Mediterranean 
 seas, &c. Dated 15 Sept. 1696. 
 
 Minuted :—" Read 15 7br '96. The w* to be sent to ye K. to be 
 signed." 1^ pages. 
 
 [About 18. Memorial from the Gorn^^ for taking subscriptions to the 
 
 Sept. 16.] National Land Bank to the Lords of the Treasury, praying for pay- 
 ment of the sums expended as detailed in the first account hereafter 
 described. 
 
 ilfm«<ecZ.—" Read 16 7br 1696." _ 
 
 "An accompt of the charge of taking out & putting in execution 
 the commission for taking subscriptions to the Nationall Land Bank, 
 with the officers' sallaries from 20t'i May 1696 (y<^ day the Comoii was 
 opened) to the l^t Aug' following;" also four other accounts of ex- 
 penses about the same. 
 
 [There is the following minute relating to this bank of an earlier 
 date, viz., 19 June 1696, in the Minute Book, Vol. VI., p. 327 :— " S'' 
 Thomas Cook & other Comra for the new Land Bank informs my Lords 
 
 M M 2 
 
548 CALENDAR OP 
 
 169G. ._ _ ^^^-^^^ 
 
 tliat 500^' is subscribed over and above the l,600li before represented 
 to my Lords. My Lord Godolpbin sales tbat if tbe incouragem* 
 given has liad no other effect they must submit to it. They desire 
 l.OOQli towards ye charges. My Lords desire an acco* of them."] 11 
 pages and 2 halves. 
 
 Sept. 17. 19. Letter of Mi-. Burchett to Mr. Lowndes, Secretary to the Lords 
 of the Treasury, respecting injunctions to be given to captains of the 
 King's yachts. Dated 17 Sept. '96. 1 page. 
 
 Sept. ] 9. 20. Letter from Edward Tliompson to tbe Lords of the Treasury, 
 stating that the delay in the Mint had obliged him to pawn his 
 credit to tbe country for 11,083?. 18s., which he had received in dipt 
 money ; and lie had given them tickets for it, which began to have 
 currency in payments ; he had intended to have done so for the 
 rest of the money brought in to be coined, which he had registered 
 in course as it was brought in ; but he had received instructions 
 from Mr. Hall, that no account should be taken of the dipt money 
 until he bad actually received it. He was of opinion that if the money 
 for which he had given certificates were not received in course the 
 people would be discouraged, if the credit of the Mint were not 
 mined, and he was sure his own would be. Dated York, 1 9 Sept. 
 1096. 2 pof/es {quarto). 
 
 Sept. 10 21. Letter from Mr. Blathwayt to Mr. Lowndes, stating that the 
 and 21. King had given leave to Mr. Robinson, his agent at Stockholm, to 
 come into England for a short time, and had directed his immediate 
 return, so as to meet the King at the Hague, but he was utterly 
 unable without some ready money; signifying the King's pleasure 
 to the Lords of the Treasury, that some way be found, by ready 
 money or otherwise, to enable him to come away immediately with 
 the convoy that would fetch the King ; the occasion being very 
 pressing for his waiting on the King on this side, and for his speedy 
 return to the court of Sweden. Dated at Loo, ^ Sept. 1696. 
 
 Also another letter, dated 21 Sept, 1696, signed J. Ellis, by 
 command of Mr. Secretary Trumbull, for all possible despatch to 
 Mr. Robinson's bills, " he being to returne to Sweeden, in all hast, 
 upon affaires of great importance to His Ma^y and his allies." 
 
 Minuted:—" Both read, 21 7br '96." 
 
 The following is in the Minute Booh, Vol. VIL, p. 5, 21 Sept. 
 1696 :— " M"" Robinson to have lOQii in mo. out of Secret Service, 
 and 364li for 6 mollis on his ord'y, due 29 July '96, & 335li on a bill 
 of exrys per tallys on excise ; & my Lords will speak to y'' K. when 
 he comes over about his arrear in ye last reigne." 2^ pages 
 {quarto). 
 
 [? About 22. Petition of John Roberts and others of London, merchants, to 
 Sept 21.] the Lords of the Treasury, concerning certain sugar imported in a 
 ship contrary to the Navigation Act. 
 Referred 21 Sept. 1696. 
 
 Minuted:— "Id Ocf 1696. Read. The Comrs will report 
 according as has been done in other cases." 1 page. 
 
TREASUEY PAPERS, 549 
 
 1696. ^''^- ^^- 
 
 Sept. 23. 23. A small collection of documents relating to the claims of 
 Thomas Hewetson, Esq., late commander of the ship "Lyon," for 
 services in the West Indies. The documents are dated between 
 1689-90 and 1695, but the claim was adjusted by the Lords of the 
 Treasury, 23 Sept. 1696. 
 
 They include : — 
 
 Copy of report signed " William Loundes," to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, on the petition of Thomas Hewetson, Esq., late com- 
 mander of the ship " Lyon," carrying 150 men and 48 guns, praying 
 payment of 7,800^. alleged to be due to him for services whilst 
 employed in the West Indies, and for wages of officers and seamen, 
 provisions, &c. ; also demanding payment of 1,1.59^ 12s. for carrying 
 and victualling soldiers, and for powder and arms. Dated 11 March 
 1692-3. 
 
 Also report of certain officers of the Navy Office on the same case ; 
 in answer to an inquiry, whether 4,462^ 10s. were a reasonable sum 
 for the service rendered : deciding against the largeness of the 
 demand. Dated 17 March 1692-3. 
 
 Other documents in support of the claim, in which it is stated 
 that the petitioner hazarded his fortune in defence of the Leeward 
 Islands when those islands were reduced to the last extremity, and 
 by his personal courage and conduct freed the island of Jamaica 
 from the frequent insults and invasions of the French buccaneers 
 inhabiting the west side of Hispaniola. 
 
 In addition to the above is, — 
 
 A report of certain officers of the ordnance touching ordnance 
 stores in connexion with the same service. Dated 23 Nov. 1695, 
 accompanied by two other papers relating thereto. 
 
 Minuted: — "Read 23 7br 1696. My Lords adjust this demand 
 at ifiOOl. for the vij months' service of the sliipp " Lion " (including 
 ye charge relating to the Office of Ordnance) ; and as to their further 
 demand of 727^^ for carriage and victualling soldiers, & for armes, 
 powder, &c., d^ to them, my Lords will consider ye same, when the 
 pet^s are ready to offer the particulars & their proof thereof." 
 
 [See also Vol. XXV., No. 34.] 19i pages. 
 
 Sept. 23. 24. Report of the Comra of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 on tlie petition of Daniel Lyons, merchant, praying for the discharge 
 of a parcel of Italian raw silks, imported from Holland, then under 
 seizure. Dated 23 Sept. 1696. 
 
 Minuted: — "Read 5 Xbr '96. My Lords can give the pet^ no 
 relife in this matter." 
 
 The petition and two other papers. 4 pages. 
 
 Sept. 24. 25. Letter from Mr. Blathwayt to Mr. Lowndes, stating the 
 King's approval of the credit sent to Mr. Hill for 30,000Z. furnished 
 by Mr. Shepheard, Mr. Floyer, and some others at a reasonable 
 rate ; encouraging them to proceed, as it would be looked upon as 
 a very good service. Dated at Loo, 4 Oct. 1696, N.S., i.e., 24 Sept. 
 
 There is the following entry, under date of 15 Sept. 1696, in the 
 Minute Book, Vol. VIL, p. L, in relation to the subject of this 
 
550 CALENDAR OF 
 
 1696. 
 
 letter:—" M^ Sheppard & 11=^ Floyer will give a credit for 30,000li 
 at Antwerp, at 9 guild"^^ 6 stivers, & take the tallys for the s^ 
 sum on the Salt Act, to wit, the first 30,000i of ye 80,000i last 
 struck." 1 pa^e {quarto). 
 
 Sept. 25. 26. Presentment by the Comrs of Customs to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, recommending an addition of officers to the establishment 
 of tlie port of Whitehaven, and to their salaries, in consequence of 
 the increase of trade there. Dated 25 Sept. 1696. 
 Minuted: — "Agreed." ^ pages. 
 
 [Sept. 29.] 27. " An abstract of the Receiver-General's account of the Duchy 
 of Cornwall for the year ending at the feast of S' Michael th'Arch- 
 angell, 1696," \ large page. 
 
 July 11 to 28. State of the account for feick and wounded seamen and 
 Sept. 29. prisoners at war from 11th July 1689 to the 29th Sept. 1696. 
 1 'page. 
 
 Sept. 29. 29. Presentment by the principal Com^^a of Prizes to the Lords of 
 the Treasury, on the state and circumstances of the office in relation 
 to two grants, — 
 
 (1.) To Lord Romney and John Glover, of London, merchant, 
 viz., one half of all ships taken and not accounted for since the 
 beginning of the war ; and, 
 
 (2.") To the Marquis of Monpouillan, viz., 4,000?. out of ships 
 named in the warrant, with an exception of 600?. claimed by 
 Mr. Blackwell ; showing that the carrying out such grants would 
 cause great confusion and contests in the execution of the grants, 
 and in the fulfilling of their commission, wherein is the joint trust 
 and authority of the great seal, and the Act for Encouragement 
 of Privateers ; suggesting further that it would be contrary to the 
 letter of the law. They conclude by saying that they duly call 
 their agents to account, and they answer readily except Consul 
 Westcombe, their agent at Cadiz, whose mismanagement and 
 irregular proceedings are set forth in a particular report annexed. 
 Dated 29 7ber 1696. 
 
 Accompanied by, — 
 
 (1.) The report referred to. 
 
 (2.) The petition of the Earl of Romney and John Glover, of 
 London, merchant. 
 
 (3.) The warrant in favour of the Marquis de MonpouiUan. 
 
 (4.) A letter from Wm. Blathwayt, Esq., to Mr. Lowndes in 
 relation to the 600?. disbursed by Mr. Lambert Blackwell, Consul 
 at Leghorn, on account of a vessel bought by order of the Duke of 
 Shrewsbury, for an advice boat to the fleet in those parts, which 
 sum he sought to have paid out of certain prizes, and their Lordships 
 had approved thereof; but the King had disposed of his shares in 
 the prizes by warrant, not countersigned by their Lordships, 
 
TREASURY PAPERS. 551 
 
 1696. ^«^- ^^• 
 
 whereof they had no cognizance. The whole matter had been 
 [again] laid before the King, and he had signed another warrant, 
 setting the former one aside. 
 
 (5.) Copy of the warrant in favour of the Earl of Romney and 
 John Glover, gent. 9|- pages. 
 
 Sept. 30. 30. The account of the Honourable Charles Bertie, Esq., Treasurer 
 and Paymaster to His Majesty's Office of Ordnance, of all money 
 by him received and paid for land and sea service, from the 30th 
 of September 1689 to the 30th of September 1689, and so annually 
 continued to the 30th of September 1696. 1 larcie page. 
 
 [? Sept. 30.] 31. Letter from Mr. Blathwayt to Mr. Lowndes, returning four 
 warrants signed by the King, who had not thought fit as yet to 
 sign that for granting to Mr. La Plaine and Paul Boyer the estate 
 therein mentioned ; further stating " His Maj'y will do nothing 
 relating to the pensions untill his arrivall in Engl. 
 
 " His Majesty will embark on Saturday next if the wind be faire." 
 Dated Hague, 10 Oct. 1696 [? N.S.]. 
 
 On the dorse is a list of the names of the persons to whom the 
 warrants related, viz. v — ■ 
 
 Admiral Russell. 
 
 Mr. Fotherby. 
 
 Sir Richard Levett and al. 
 
 Mr. Woolridge. 
 
 1 page {quarto). 
 
 [Between 32. " The ingeeners charge of the tooles that will be wanting in 
 June and His Maj^s Mint for coynedge in the Tower of London." Also, 
 Sept.] " The charges of the ingeneers tooles that will be wanting in a 
 
 mint for coynedge of clept mony." 
 
 By the docquet of the clerk it was for a country mint. Undated, 
 but see Vol. XXXVIIL, No. 64, and Minute Book, Vol. VL, p. 382. 
 2 pages. 
 
 Oct. 2. 33. A memorial of Tho. Neale, Master and another officer of the 
 
 Mint, showing that 187Z. lOs. were owing for the salaries of officers 
 of the country mints at Michaelmas last, and that there was no 
 money appointed for them, nor for the salaries of the Mint in 
 London, nor for the artificers, who were very pressing. Dated 2 Oct. 
 1696. 1 page. 
 
 Oct. 2. 34. A further representation on the same subject by the said 
 
 Master and worker, viz., that he was engaged to pay to his deputies 
 in the five country mints, 1,160Z. yearly, towards whicli hitherto 
 there had been little or no profits: asking for the last quarter's 
 salary at least. 
 
552 CALENDAR OF 
 
 1696. 
 
 Vol. XL. 
 
 There is the following in the Minute Book, Vol. VII., p. 15 : — 
 " Mr. Neal & Mr. Hall 1,0001^ for the mints out of the first 
 disposable money in the Exchequer." 1 2'>age. 
 
 Oct. 2. 35. Memorial of the Comics of Transportation to the Lords of the 
 
 Treasury, stating that, in obedience to their Lordships' verbal order, 
 they had inquired as to what terms they could dispose of tallies for 
 money, and they were told they could not dispose of the best, which 
 were on the Annuity Act passed the last session of Parliament, 
 under 281. per cent, discount and interest on them, which would be 
 3 per cent, on the 6th of the month ; praying their order to sell as 
 many as would raise 1,.500?., besides what they had already sold, 
 unless they ordered the money some other way, without which they 
 could not discharge the debts due for provisions furnished that year. 
 ' They had contracted to pay ready money for the provisions, and had 
 
 bought them accordingly. Also as to the hire of ships to bring home 
 the King's household, and further respecting the accounts of transport 
 ships. Dated 2 Oct. 1696. 
 
 Accompanied by two letters and a copy of a report of June 2, 
 1694 
 
 In the Minute Book, Vol. VIL, p. 10, is the following : — " Com" 
 of Transport having, per verbal direction, turned tallys for about 
 6,000?. into m" for their office, and having occasion so to do for 
 l,5Q0l, more, when a perfect ace* is bro* thereof my Lords give 
 warr* for ys allowance per the aud"^." 4 pages and 3 half pages. 
 
 Oct. 3. 36. Report of the Corals of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 
 on the petition of John Reynolds and Cornelius Dennis, merchants, 
 of London, and the master of the ship " St, Michael," praying for 
 a " non j>vos." to any further proceeding for His Majesty's part of 
 the forfeiture of the ship which had fallen under the operation of 
 the Navigation Act. Dated 3 Oct. 1696. 
 
 Minuted : — " To be done as in the case of Harrison & al." 
 The petition and another document relating thereto. 
 Also a similar report in respect of the ship " St. John the Baptist." 
 5\ pages. 
 
 Oct. 3. 37. Report of the Comr^ of Customs to the Lords of the Treasuiy 
 
 on the petition of the above Cornelius Dennis and other merchants, 
 praying the King's share of the forfeiture of certain kid skins and 
 other goods, seized and condemned as French, which upon ths 
 testimony of certain persons were Spanish. Dated 3 Oct. 1696. 
 
 Minuted : — " A warr* to restore ye King's part of the mo reC^, 
 for ye value of ye kid skins onely," &c. 
 
 The petition and another paper. 3 pages, 
 
 Oct. 6. 38. Report of Lord Ranelagh to the Lords of the Treasury, on the 
 
 petition of William Knox, praying payment of 106Z. 18s. 5d. due to 
 his brother for his arrears as lieutenant and captain in the Earl of 
 Essex's regiment of dragoons, admitting that that amount was due. 
 Dated 6 Oct. 1G96. 
 
 Also the petition and copy of Captain Knox's account. 3 parts 
 of piages. 
 
TREASURY PAPERS. 553 
 
 ]fi96. Vol. XL. 
 
 Oct. 7. 39. Letter of the Lords Justices of Ireland to tlie Lords [of the 
 
 Treasury], sending the report of the Comfs and chief governors of 
 the revenue, as to the reception of the rent of Col. Patrick Sarsfield, 
 and as to the deht due to the Earl of Scarborough. Dated 7 Oct. 
 1696. 
 
 Mimdecl : — " To be layd before ye K." 
 The report and two other paper.s. 5 pages. 
 
 Oct. 10. 40. Letter of Mr. Burchett to Mr. Lowndes, secretary of the Lords 
 of the Treasury, stating that the Lords of the Admiralty had lately 
 given orders for the fitting and victualling 10 ships of war for foreign 
 convo3's ; sending an extract of a letter from the Com" of Victual- 
 ling, stating their inability to furnish the provisions for want of 
 money. Dated 10 Oct. '96. 
 The extract named. 2 j^ages. 
 
 Oct. 10. 41. Report of the Com" of Customs to the Lords of the Trea- 
 sury, on the petition of Elias Dirckson De Rover, master of the 
 ship " Friendship," who in his voyage to Holland had put in at 
 Tenby, near the port of Milford, being driven by stress of weather ; 
 recommending the restoration of certain wine under seizure at 
 Bristol. Dated 10 Oct. 1696. 
 
 Minuted : — " Agreed." 
 
 Also the petition. 4 pages. 
 
 Oct. 13. 42. Representation of the Comi^ of Excise to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, showing that they had directed their collectors and re- 
 ceivers in the country not to be too scrupulous in receiving such 
 punched money as the late Act for remedying the ill state of the 
 coin described, since which several sums in sixpences, not clipped 
 within the innermost ring, and shillings and half-crowns that have 
 the greatest part of the letters, had been received, which moneys 
 were refused by the Cashier-General ; praying their Lordships' di- 
 rections thereon. Dated 13 Oct. 1696. 
 
 Also an account of the money received. 2 pages. 
 
 [About 43. Petition of Godfrey Gravatt, late purser of the ship "Bon- 
 Uct. 15.] adventure," and then a prisoner in Newgate, wlio was convicted of 
 cheating His Majesty of liis naval stores, fined 40?., and committed 
 to Newgate, on the oaths of two persons, one of whom was unwoi-thy 
 of credit ; praying that the Attorney-General might cause satis- 
 faction to be entered on the records of his conviction, and that the 
 Com" of the Navy might cause the fines to be deducted out of 
 moneys due for his wages. Certificate of the judge before whom he 
 was tried that the prayer was reasonable. 
 
 Certificate of the Com" of the Navy as to the pay due to him. 
 Dated 15 Oct. 1696. 
 
 Also two affidavits. 
 
 Minuted : — " Granted upon the judge's cert." 4 pages. 
 
 Oct. 16. 44. Letter of the Lords Justices of Ireland to the Duke of Slirews- 
 btiry, enclosing the petition of Capt. Wm. Connyngham, captain of 
 dragoons in Col. Richard Connyngham's regiment, praying for the 
 
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 grant of a staple bond of 500?. payable to Peter Dobbins, " a forfeit- 
 ing person," on an estate of Henry Connyngbam, late of Castle 
 Connyngham, in Ireland ; agreeing with the report made thereon 
 by the Attorney-General, which was in favour of the grant. Dated 
 16 Oct. 1696. 
 
 Also the report, three petitions, and two other documents. 8 
 'pages. 
 
 Oct. 16. 4.5. Report of the Postmaster-General, on the establishment of a 
 post to go twice a week between Exeter and Bristol, annexing a 
 scheme for the several stages, and the salaries to be allowed. The 
 letters previously sent between those places paid double postage, 
 viz., first to London and then to the place where they were directed. 
 Dated 16 Oct. 1696. 
 
 Minuted ;— " Read 30 Oct. '96. Approved." 
 
 Accompanied by the scheme. 2| pages. 
 
 Feb. 4. 46. Presentments of the Com'^^ of Transportation to the Lords 
 
 to of the Treasury, as to the state of the debt in connexion with that 
 
 Oct. 17. commission. The first dated 4 Feb., and the last 17 Oct. 1696. 10 
 pages and 4 halves. 
 
 Oct. 17. 47. Report of the Coma's of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 on the petition of John Weaver, customer of Southampton and 
 members ; stating that Portsmouth (one of the members) formerly 
 paid to the King not above 800?. per ann. ; but bad grown to pro- 
 duce 6,000?. per ann. ; and that he and a clerk had but 50?. per 
 annum between them ; recommending an addition of 20?. for himself 
 and 10?. to his clerk. Dated 17 Oct. 1690. 
 Minuted : — " Granted." 
 Also the petition. 3 pages. 
 
 Oct. 17. 48. Letter from Robert Crompton to the " Hon. "Willm. Lounds, 
 Esq.," sending enclosed a "true state of the mint" at York, to be laid 
 before the Lords of the Treasury or otherwise, at his discretion ; 
 adding " We hear that Capt. Barton has been complained of by 
 Alderman Thompson, which in this country is rather an addition to 
 the good character and repute his diligence an[d] civil behaviour 
 has procured him than otherwise," and if the mint had received any 
 discouragement it was from the alderman. Dated 17 Oct. 1696. 
 
 The paper enclosed consists chiefly of imputations on the conduct 
 of Alderman Thompson in receiving the dipt moneys, &c., and 
 asks their Lordships orders therein. 
 
 Minuted : — " Read 21 8br '96." 3 pages. 
 
 Oct. 20. 49. Letter signed " Humphry Edwin" to " John [should be William] 
 Lownes," Esq., Secretary to the Lords of the Treasury, respecting 
 the interference by Sir Christopher Wren with the repair of a build- 
 ing leading into Westminster Hall, which the Lords of the Treasury 
 were informed would prejudice the lights in the Pell Ofiice; also 
 respecting the design for a new building. Dated 20 Oct. 1696. 
 Accompanied by the plan. 1^ pages and the plan. 
 
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 Vol. XLI. 1696. October 21— December 16. 
 
 1696. 
 
 Oct. 21. 1. Letter of Mr. Burchett to Mr. Lowndes, Secretary to the Lords 
 of the Treasury, stating that Sir Cloudesley Shovell had represented 
 by letter the hardships of the brewers at Portsmouth, occasioned 
 by the officers of excise ; insomuch that they could not brew anymore 
 beer for the fleet. Dated 21 Oct. '90. 
 
 In the Minute Booh, Vol. VII., p. 28, 27 Oct. 1696, is :— " Coma's of 
 Excise say a letter was sent on Thursday last to Portsm* to wtli 
 draw the informations ag' the brewers there. Victuallers come in 
 & say that the brewers are not contented with that." 
 
 Enclosed is the extract of the letter. 2 pages. 
 
 Oct. 21. 2. Letter of the Lords Justices of Ireland to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, in accordance with the report of the Com'^s of Customs at 
 Dublin, made to the same Lords Justices, on the petition of Willm. 
 Griffith, collector of the port and district of Sligo, who had been 
 robbed of 894^. 3 3s. T\cl., recommending him as a fit object for 
 favour. Dated 21 Oct. 1696. 
 
 Accompanied by the report. 
 
 Minuted : — " Eead 9 Nov. '98. A sign manU to allow the sum, 
 894Z. 13s. l\cr 
 
 Also two petitions of the collector and several affidavits and a 
 certificate with numerous signatures in his favour. 7 pages. 
 
 [About 3. Petition of Mr. Philip Savage to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 
 Oct. 21.] stating that he was to have had an allowance of 40.s. a-piece on 
 all persons outlawed, which amounted to 8,000Z., but the Lords of 
 the Treasury had determined to grant him a custodiam of certain 
 lands until he should receive 4,000?. ; and in pursuance thereof the 
 Lord Justices granted a custodiam of the lands in the name of 
 James Tisdall, Esq., at the rent of 61 5Z. 2s. Id., the quit rent included ; 
 praying to be discharged from the rent, the quit rent excepted. 
 Three other papers relating thereto, the last minuted :■ — " Read 
 
 21 Oct. '96. The rent on the present lease to be discharged as 
 usually, and my Lords will review the reports to see what further 
 there is fitt to be granted." Q pages or parts of pages. 
 
 [About 4. Representation of the contractors for making and coining 
 
 Oct. 21.] copper halfpence and farthings, and exchanging the tin farthings 
 
 for copper farthings, complaining that they were deprived of the 
 
 room and seven presses, which had been allowed them in the Tower 
 
 for the coinage, by reason of the coinage of shillings and sixpences. 
 
 JfmwfecZ.-— "Read 21 Oct. '96. Ref to the chief offra of ye 
 Mint." 1 page. 
 
 Oct. 22. 5. Report of the Com" of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 on the petition of Olof Hill, praying a grant of the King's moiety 
 of several fines or seizures mentioned in a schedule annexed. The 
 report states that the King's part amounted to about 3,480?. Dated 
 
 22 Oct. 1696. 
 
 Also the schedule. 5 pages. 
 
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 Oct. 23. 6. A memorial from Mr. Neale to the Lords of the Treasury, stating 
 that unless an advance of some money were made, and sent to each 
 mint for the melting and coining, they must cease. Not less than 
 400?. or 500?. was absolutely needful to be sent to each mint. 
 Dated 23 Oct. 1696. | page. 
 
 Cot. 24. 7. Presentment of the Com'^^ of Customs to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, in favour of allowing Lambert Pitches a salary of J OOi. 
 per annum, as a tide surveyor at Leigh. Dated 24 Oct. 1696. 
 Minuted : — " Agreed." 1 ^ pages. 
 
 O^t. 26. 8. Report of Lord Ranelagh to the Lords of the Treasury, on the 
 accounts and papers which contained Sir Willm. Gore's demands, 
 relating to the remittances made by him for His Majesty's service at 
 Hamborough. Dated 26 Oct. 1696. 
 
 Also five other papers connected therewith. 9 pages or parts 
 of pages. 
 
 Oct. 26. 9. Letter from the Coma's of the Navy to Mr. Lowndes, returning 
 the letter about the moneys for the officers of the marine regiments. 
 Their Lordships, in 1694,directed 6,851?. 5s., to be paid to the Marquis 
 of Carmarthen, colonel of the first marine regiment, for payment of 
 Richard Acton and partners, for clothes and beds by tbera supplied 
 to the regiment, and that it should be charged as an imprest on 
 the pay of the whole regiment. They must stop it out of the wages 
 for 1695, unless ordered to the contrary. Dated 26 Oct. 1696. 
 1 page. 
 
 Oct. 27. 10. Representation by the Comi"s for sick and wounded seamen 
 and prisoners-at-war to the Lords of the Treasury, that they had 
 not a shilling to pay the daily expense of the prisoners, to send the 
 recovered seamen to their ships, nor to defray the daily disburse- 
 ments, and that they were threatened at the ports that the prisoners 
 must be set at liberty, and the seamen starved. Dated 27 Oct. 
 1 696. 1 page. 
 
 Oct. 27. 11. Report of the Com^s of Prizes to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 
 in relation to the payment of Mr. Dodington in bank bills, in satis- 
 faction of the account between the Treasurer of the Navy and the 
 Prize Office, the bank bills having been refused bv Mr. Dodington. 
 Dated 27 Oct. 1696. 
 
 The following is in tlie Minute Book, Vol. VII., p. 40, 24 Nov. 
 1696:— 
 
 " A letter to the Com'"^ of Prizes to direct their treasurer to pay 
 forthwith to ye Trei^ of ye Navy the whole share of the cash due to 
 ye Navy from his office. M>^ Lowndes to tell M>^ Dodington that he 
 may take this mo. in bank bills, & y*^ ye Coma's of sick & wounded 
 will take from him their part in like manner." 1^ pages. 
 
 Oct. 29. 12. Letter of the Lords Justices of Ireland to the Lords of the 
 Treasurj', on tlie petition of Sir Richard Levinge, Knt, for a grant 
 to him and his heirs of the forfeited estate of Walter Tinte, of the 
 
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 county of Westmeath, ■which he then held in custodiam. Dated 
 29 Oct. 1696. 
 
 The report of the Com'^s of llevenue thereon, and that of the 
 Auditor-General. 
 
 The petition of Sir Richard Levinge, who mentions that he had 
 been Solicitor-General and Speaker of the Irish House of Commons. 
 
 A certificate from W. Palmer, deputy clerk of the Privy Council, 
 and an affidavit of the said Sir Richard. 
 
 Minuted: — " 14 Apr. '97. Rejected." 8 pages. 
 
 Oct. 31. 13. Report of the Com'^s of Revenue of Ireland to the Lords 
 
 Justices, on the petition of Dr. Patrick Dun, physician to the 
 King's hospitals in Ireland, viz., as to the yearly value of the lands 
 in a list annexed, of which he desired to obtain a grant. Dated 
 31 Oct. 1696. 
 
 Minuted:—" 14 Ap. '97. Rejected." 
 
 Also two petitions from him and two lists of lands. 7 pages. 
 
 Oct. 31. 14. An ace* of His Mati^^ new impositions, &c., granted by several 
 
 Acts of Parliamt from 28 Septem-^ '90 excl. to the 31* October 
 following. 2 large pages. 
 
 [About 15. Petition of John Munday to the King, showing that he caused 
 
 Nov. 2.] the apprehension of .several persons who forwarded the escape of 
 Sir James Montgomery, and was chief evidence against Alex. 
 Waugh, who was convicted and fined 500?. ; that he assisted in 
 apprehending the governor of the island of Scilly, and brought him 
 to Plymovith, where he surrendered to the Earl of Bath, and he 
 had served in the army in Ireland and Flanders till disabled by 
 wounds ; praying to be made riding-surveyor for the circuits of 
 Romney in Kent. 
 
 Minuted : — " Upon discoursing M"^ N. Baker, my Lords cannot 
 advise the disposal of this office to ye pet^' 
 Referred 2 Nov. 1696. 1 page. 
 
 Nov. 5. 16. Order in Council made on the petition of Sir Thomas Lane 
 
 and Sir Thomas Cook, aldermen and late sheriffs of London and 
 Middlesex, concerning clippings and counterfeit money seized by 
 them in the time of their shrievalty, the value being about 130?. 
 Dated 5 Nov. 1096. [The important part of the order is torn 
 away.] 
 
 The petition states that the sheriffs, by the city charter or other- 
 wise (as they were informed), had always taken to their own use the 
 clippings and counterfeit money brought and given in evidence at 
 the Old Bailey. 
 
 Accompanied by a paper containing the state of their account and 
 another paper of memoranda. 4 pages. 
 
 Nov. 6. 17. Letter of the Com's of the Navy to the Secretary of the 
 
 Treasury, stating that the dealers in oak timber had refused to 
 make any more tenders to the Commissioner at Portsmouth, so that 
 if some assistance from the New Forest could not be had the works 
 
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 Vol. XLI. 
 
 would be at a stand ; praying him to inform the Lords of the 
 Treasury thereof. Dated 6 Nov. '96. ] page. 
 
 Nov. 6. 18. Letter of the Lords Justices of Ireland to the Lords of the 
 
 Treasury, stating that they had considered the petition of Elizabeth, 
 Countess Dowager of Anglesey, relating to an agreement made by 
 Arthur, late Earl of Anglesey, with Charles Cavenagh, a forfeiting 
 person, for certain woods in the counties of Wexford and Cather- 
 logli, and a bond for 1,300Z. given to the Earl ; stating further what 
 had been done about the petition ; there remained 326L 2s. S\d. 
 impaid to the Lord Anglesey of the bond and 160Z. for rent, &c. ; 
 offering no objection to tlie bond being delivered up to be cancelled, 
 &c. Dated 6 Nov. 1696. 
 
 Also two reports and the petition, and " a state of the case." 
 8 'pages and 3 parts of p)ages. 
 
 Nov. 9. 1 9. Eeport of the Com^s of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 
 on the petition of John Vernon as to his debt in the port of Beau- 
 maris, for the new impost of tobacco, and his losses during the war 
 with France; in favour of his being relieved. Dated 9 Nov, 1696. 
 Minuted : — " To be discharged on the paym* of lOO'V 
 Also the petition and two other documents. 6 pages. 
 
 Nov. 10. 20. Letter of the Lord Justices of Ireland, addressed to Mr. 
 Secretary Trumbull, stating that they had referred to the Attorney 
 General and tlie Coma's of the Revenue and Forfeitures in Ireland 
 the ])etition of the Lady Dorothy Bourke, praying a grant of the 
 forfeitures made by her uncles, the Lords Galway and Bophin, and 
 her aimt, the Duchess of Barwick ; forwarding their reports 
 thereon. The letter is in favour of a grant of such part of the 
 forfeited estate of William, late Earl of Cianricard, as His Majesty 
 should please. Dated 10 Nov. 1696. 
 
 The reports, which contain many details touching these families, 
 and the jjetition referred to. 
 
 Minuted : — " To refer it to y« Com'^s to send a state how these 
 estates are, w' y<! King's title is & w* vallue." 10 piages. 
 
 Nov. 10. 21. Report of Lord Ranelagh to the Lords of the Treasury, on the 
 petition of Capt. Alex. Saunderson, praying payment of 11 SL Is. Hd., 
 being the arrears due to one of his late sons, as captain in the Royal 
 regiment of foot, who was killed at the siege of Namur ; certifying 
 that it was due to him. Dated 10 Nov. 1696. 
 
 Minuted: — "Read 2 Mar. '96. To be pd out of hackney 
 coaches." 
 
 Also the petition. 2 pages. 
 
 Nov. 7 22. " Memorandum of clip'd money and plate brought into the 
 
 and 11. country mints to be coyu'd," on 7 and 11 Nov. 1696. 10 lines. 
 
 Nov. 12. 23. Report of the Com™ of Customs to tlie Lords of the Treasury, 
 as to the payment to Thomas Ward of His Majesty's share of a 
 parcel of prunellos seized ; expressing their doubt, whether it was 
 
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 Vol. XLI. 
 
 intended tliat the King's share of the forfeiture should be paid him 
 with or without his payment of the customs. Dated 12 Nov. 1696. 
 
 Minuted :—" Kead 22 Xbr '96. The pet^ to have his election 
 for one or tother, but not both." 
 
 Also some other memoranda relating thereto. 1 j^^W ^'^'^ ^ 
 2:)arts. 
 
 Nov. 13. 24. Copy of a letter from the Lords of the Treasury to the 
 Lords .lustices of Ireland, sending a petition they had received 
 from William Ballard, of Cork, merchant, which set forth that 
 445/. 12s. 4^d. were due to Col. Hastings' regiment, and some 
 others of the army in Ireland, in order that they might consider 
 thereof and send their opinion what should be done. Dated 13 
 Nov. 1696. 1 2Mge. 
 
 Nov. 15. 25. Report of the Com'^s of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury', 
 on the petition of William Lewen and Moses Francia, on behalf of 
 themselves and other merchants of London, as to certain wines 
 which were bought hj the petitioners, out of the cargo of a prize 
 ship at Guernsey ; recommending a nolle prosequi to be entered on 
 the information exhibited against them. Dated 15 Nov. 1696. 
 
 Minuted : — " Granted." 
 
 The petition, a report of the officers for prizes, and an affidavit. 
 5 pages. 
 
 Nov. 16. 26. " An account of all the silver money coyn'd in the mint in 
 the Tower, from the First of January 1695 to the 16* of November 
 1696." 7 lines. 
 
 Nov. 1 8. 27. Report of the Comics of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 on the petition of Daniel Ivie and Henry Arthur, of Exeter, mer- 
 chants, who had paid into the Custom House, 4,669Z. in dipt money, 
 in part discharge of 7,000/. for duties on goods by them imported ; 
 which dipt money they prayed might be taken in discharge of their 
 debt. Dated 18 Nov. 1696. 
 
 Also the petition. 
 
 Minuted : — " The coll'^ must give the pet^ credit for this money & 
 in case he has any ground of belief he must apply to this board." 
 
 In the Minute Book, Vol. VII., p. 68, 29 Jan. 1696-7, is :— 
 
 " The peticon of Daniel Ivie & Henry Arthur, of Exon, mercht=, 
 agt Ciiarles Orchard, customer, is read, both sides being present. 
 My Lords will referr this matter to ye Com^s of the Customes, to 
 examine the accot^, and particularly whether the pet'^ p[ai]d the 
 whole sum of 4,669'' menconed in their petition, and whether on 
 the 2'3 of May last the money was due to ye K., that the pef^^ then 
 tendered, and pretend to have paid. Mr. Arthur sales that M^ 
 Score treated with him for lO'i for liimselfe, & 25i> for M'^ Orchard, 
 for the profitt he would have made by returnes, in case he would 
 take in 2,000l> not then due, besides all that is p[ai]d ; he com- 
 plaines also of Mr. Orchard's refusing to give him a cert, of 110 
 hhds. tobacco re-landed at T]jm^^." 
 
 " Mr. Orchard to have a copy of ye peticon." 3^ pages. 
 
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 Nov. 19. 28. Certificate of the victuallers of His Majesty's Navy to the 
 Lords of the Treasury, on the petition of John Nelson with respect 
 to two bills amounting to 1,006?. 5s. not paid for want of money in 
 the office, as also several others from New England, Virginia, and 
 the West Indies ; further as to the services rendered by Mr. Nelson 
 to the Crown, his being taken prisoner, &c. ; certifying that he was 
 deserving of their Lordships' favour. Dated 19 Nov. 1696. 
 Also the petition. 2 pages. 
 
 Nov. 21. 29. " Certificate of His Ma^^ new k add' imp°3 from 14 November 
 1696 to the 21st of same month." 
 
 (Totals only.) Parts of 2 large pages. 
 
 Nov. 23. 30. Letter of the Comfs of the Navy to the Ti-easurer of the 
 Navj', sending a copy of a letter received from tlie Coma's of Vic- 
 tualling, stating that the credit of the office was quite lost ; begging 
 him to solicit the Lords of the Treasury for the necessary supply of 
 money. Dated 23 Nov. '96. 2 ])ages. 
 
 Nov. 23. 31. Letter from the same to the same, as to the distressed state 
 of Portsmouth yard, for want of timber, with propositions for relief 
 from the New Forest, &c. Dated 23 Nov. '96. 
 
 Also copy of a letter from Com"^ Greenhill respecting the same, 
 and a letter from J. Batt to Mr. Lounds. 8 pa^es and 2 halves. 
 
 Nov. 25. 32. Report of the Coma's of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 on the petition of James Quilter, praying to be relieved from the 
 forfeiture of a parcel of stuffs short entered in the port of London ; 
 recommending the remission of the King's part (about 50Z.) of the 
 duty. Dated 25 Nov. 1696. 
 
 Minuted : — " Agreed." 
 
 " W [warrant] drawne & signed." 
 
 Also the petition and an affidavit. 2 pages and 2 halves. 
 
 Nov. 27. 33. Letter from Mr. James Vernon to Mr. Lowndes, enclosing the 
 copy of a representation from the Comics of the Revenue in Ireland 
 concernina; the new leasing of the forfeited lands there, with the 
 opinion of the Lords Justices thereon. Dated 27 Nov. 1696. 
 
 Also the same representation and copy of the letter which 
 enclosed it. 4 pages. 
 
 Nov. 28. 34. Letter of Mr. Burchett to the same, sending an extract from 
 a letter received by the Lords of the Admiralty from the Comfs for 
 victualling the Navy, stating that without a suitable supply of 
 money they could not provide victuals for the ships. Dated 28 
 Nov '96' 
 Also the extract. 1 page and 2 halves. 
 
 Nov. 28. 35. Letter from the same to the same, sending a copy of a letter 
 from the pursers of the fleet, received by the Lords of the Admiralty, 
 
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 complaining of the want of money to furnish necessaries for the 
 ships. Dated 28 Nov. '96. 
 
 Minuted:—" Read 1 Dec. 1696." 
 
 Also the copy. 2 pages. 
 
 Nov. 30. 36. Letter of Mr. Bridgeman to the same, stating that the Lords 
 of the Admiralty had received an account from the Navy Board 
 that the ships ordered to be loaded in Ireland with timber for 
 England were likely to be delayed, from the pretensions made to 
 the timber by Lord Bellamont. Sending copies of the letters they 
 had received thereon. Dated 30 Nov. '96. 
 
 Minuted : — " Send for Mr. Standley of the Paper Office about 
 this." 
 
 In the Minute Booh, Vol. VII., p. 43, .5 Dec. 1696, is:—" My 
 Lords cannot interpose in the business of ye timber cutt downe on 
 mj' Lord Kilmare's estate in Ireland, & w<='i is distreyned p ye Lord 
 Bellomt." 
 
 Also copies of the letters thereon. 5 pages. 
 
 Nov. SO. 37. Letter of the Lords Justices of Ireland to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, sending tlie report on the petition of the Countess of 
 Dorchester, showing that 1,259^. 5s. 2fcl of the quit-rents granted 
 to the petitioner bad been paid to' the King's use ; oifering no 
 objection to the repayment to her, Dated 30 Nov. 1696. 
 
 The report and petition, and a schedule containing " A state of 
 the quit-rents gi-anted to the Lady Dorchester, from anno 1688 to 
 29 Septem"^ 1695, and another schedule adjusted to Michaelmas 
 1695." Q 2^'^9^^- 
 
 Dec. 1. 38. Report of the Com'^s of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 
 on the petition of James Howard, Esq., customer of the port of 
 Berwick, for the appointment of his son on his surrender of the 
 office. Dated 1 Dec, 1696. 
 
 Minuted : — " Granted." 
 
 Also the petition. 1 1 |j«(7es. 
 
 [About 39. Petition of Michael East to the Lords of the Treasury, for a 
 
 Dec. 1.] patent place in the Customs." 
 
 Minuted: — "Read 1 Detf^ '96. My Lords cannot engage them- 
 selves in a promise till they know what the place is, and who is in 
 possession." 1 page. 
 
 Dec. 4. 40. Three letters of Sir Richard Newdigate, Bart., addressed to 
 
 William Glanville, Esq., at the Treasury Chamber, in relation to 
 the proceedings of John Newsham, Esq., Receiver-General for the 
 county of Warwick, dated 9 and 13 Nov, and 4 Dec. '96 ; together 
 with articles exhibited to the Lords of the Treasury against him 
 (being ten in number), chai'ging him with corruption, cheating, and 
 other conduct unbecoming his office. 
 
 Accompanied by (1) a petition from the receiver, praying their 
 Lordships to respite his attendance for three weeks from 13 [No- 
 
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 vember], in which time he would have finished his receipts, and 
 that the said Sir Richard might give in his complaints in 'writing; 
 and (2) a letter from him to John Smith, Esq., for the further 
 postponement of his attendance to 22 Dec, as he was 70 miles from 
 home and [had only then received] tlie complaint in writing. Dated 
 24 Nov,'96. This is minuted tlius: — " Ordered." 
 
 In Vol. VII,, p. 49, of the Minute Books, on 22 Dec. 1696, counsel 
 appeared on the infurmations transmitted by Sir Richard Newdigate 
 against Mr. Newsham, and their Lordsliips ordered the alBdavits 
 relative to the case to be left at the Treasury, and a hearing was 
 ordered for 22 Jan. At p. 64, on 23 Jan., counsel for and against 
 Mr. Newsham were heard, and various affidavits were read and wit- 
 nesses examined, but no decision is mentioned as having been arrived 
 at. The proceedings occupy two closely written pages. 
 
 Although no dismissal of Mr. Newsham is recorded in the Minute 
 Book, yet it is clear he liad been superseded, because in the subse- 
 quent Minute Book, 19 April 1698, Vol. VIII., p. 147, he had made a 
 series of charges against John Andrew.?, receiver of taxes in War- 
 wickshire, who had then succeeded to the office. The hearing of the 
 case by counsel is there recorded. Their Lordships thought that the 
 accusations were not made out, and they continued Andrews as 
 receiver. 6 pages and 2 j^cwfe of iiarjes. 
 
 Dec. 5. 41. Letter from [Brigadier] Wm. Wolseley, unaddressed, in- 
 
 closing a letter for the Duke of Shrewsbury, about his treasury 
 business. Mr. Vernon would at all times introduce the receiver of 
 the letter to the Duke. With this postscript added: — "If the 
 King give a grant or leas, pray put in a repriseing clause, so as not 
 to be referr'd back for it to ye Treasury." Dated 5 Dec. '96. 1 page 
 {qimrtoX 
 
 Dec. 7. 42. Letter of the Comrs of the Navy [to the Lords of the Treasury], 
 
 sending a copy of what they wrote on the 4th of Nov. 1694, 
 
 " having nothing to add." Dated 7 Dec. 1696. 
 
 The report is in favour of relaxing the taxes to the officers of 
 
 the yards and clerks of the office, and to themselves likewise. 
 Minuted : — " To be don for y'^ clerks as in preceding years." 
 Also the petition of the f)ersons employed in tlie naval yards. 
 
 Dated 19 Nov. 1694. 3 pages. 
 
 Dec. 7. 43. Letter from Willm. Trumbull hy direction of the King to the 
 
 Lords of the Treasury, enclosing the petition of the city of 
 Coventry to the King for their opinion and report. Dated 7 Dec. 
 1696. 
 
 The petition sets forth that by calculation, the city returned 
 weekly in goods manufactured 10,000?., and by the difficulties of 
 the coin most of the poor were without work, and prays for the 
 establishment of a mint there. Numerous signatures. \^ pages, 
 (the petition very large). 
 
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 Dec. 7. 44. Letter of Mr. Willm. Trumbull to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 
 enclosing for their consideration and report a memorial of the Lords 
 of the Admiralty, proposing that the King's part of all the tines 
 and forfeitures of uncustomed and prohibited goods seized v.'ithin 
 the jurisdiction of the Cinque Ports, might go towards the repair of 
 Dover Harbour. Dated 7 Dec. 1G96. 
 
 Also the memorial. 2i 
 
 pages. 
 
 Dec. 7. 45. " A certificate of the new money coin'd from the dipt money 
 
 to ye 7*ii December 1696." 7 lines. 
 
 Dec. 7. 46. A paper showing the state of the deficiencies by means of 
 
 dipt moneys received for various kinds of duties and other 
 revenues. Dated 7 Dec. 1696. 1 large page {torn in pieces, and 
 decayed). 
 
 Dec. 8. 47. Report of S. Travers, Surveyor-General, to the Lords of the 
 
 Treasury, on the petition of Mr. Joseph Sparrow, advising that 
 the oilce of bailiff of the hundreds of Freshwell and Uttlesford in 
 Essex, which the petitioner sought for, was not valuable, but might 
 be of some credit and advantage to a practiser of the law, as the 
 last bailiff was and the petitioner is, and if thdr Lordships granted 
 his request, the office might pass under the Exchequer seal for life 
 or pleasure. Dated 8 Dec. 1696. 
 
 Minuted : — " To be gi-anted dur[ing] pl[easure].'' 
 
 Also the petition. 2 pages. 
 
 Dec. 10. 48. Report signed Is. Newton and Tho. Neale to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, on a memorial of Jonathan Ambrose, melter to His 
 Majesty's mint in the Tower, who claimed \^d. per pound on 
 13,349 pounds melted by him, and 150Z. sterling for refining ; 
 stating that the master and worker of the mint had always melted 
 the gold and silver down, and employed such persons as he 
 thought fit, and praying that he might continue to do so, naming 
 the terms upon which he hoped to be so allowed. Advising further 
 that in the next warrant to be signed by the King for coining the 
 dipt money or plate, the extra penny to the moneyers should be 
 made conditional ; they being only allowed Sd. per pound by the 
 indenture of the mint for their service, and the additional penny 
 when the moneys were well sized, blanched, and coined and a due 
 proportion of small moneys made, which had then not been the 
 case. Dated 10 Dec. 1696. 
 
 Also the memorial and a schedule entitled : — " The acco* of y^ 
 tooles delivered to ye Tower." 8|- j3af/es. 
 
 [? About 49. Order in Council made on the petition of Robert Shelmerdine, 
 Dec. 10.] which set forth the hazard he had incurred in coming from German}^ 
 to reveal a " horrid conspiracy and hellish designe of assasinating " 
 the King, and sought for a further reward, he having only received 
 a gratuity of 50L ; referring the matter to the Lords of the Treasury 
 on 10 Dec. 1696. 
 
 N N 2 
 
564 CALEKDAR OF 
 
 1696. 
 
 Vol. XLI. 
 
 This is written on tlie other side of the petition. It is accom- 
 panied by the copy of a certificate of tlie Earl of Romney cor- 
 roborating the petitioner's case. 
 
 Minuted: — "Read 19 March '96. 501. more to be pel him in 
 fnll." Parts of three pages. 
 
 Dec. 11. 50. Presentment of the Com''s of Customs to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, praying for an allowance not exceeding 300?., &c. to 
 Mr. Manley and others, employed on the coasts of Kent and Sussex 
 to prevent communication and passage of intelligence to and from 
 France. Dated 11 Dec. 1690. 
 Minuted: — "Agreed." 1 page. 
 
 Dec. 14. 51. Report of the Comrs of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 
 on the petition of Peter Renew and otliers, respecting certain oil 
 and fish taken and condemned as prize, but wliich were afterwards 
 charged as if suljject to foreign duties. Dated 14 Dec. 1096. 
 Minuted^ : — " No custome or duty to be pd." 
 
 The petition and four otlier documents. \i pages or parts of 
 p)ages. 
 Dec. 14. 52. Letter of Mr. Bridgeman to Mr. Lowndes, secretary to the 
 Lords of the Treasury, sending a copy of a letter received by the 
 Lords of the Admiralty from the Navy Board, representing that the 
 victuallers were absolutely at a stand for want of money, &c. 
 Dated 14 Dec. '96. 
 
 Also copy of the letter. 2 pages. 
 
 Dec. 15. 5.3. Letter signed David Williams to Mr. Glanvill respecting his 
 
 two petitions, which were either lost or mislaid at the Treasury. 
 He mentions that Esquire Lowndes also took the petition of Mr. 
 Charles Nevell. He doubted not it would be found. He concludes: — ■ 
 " I pray, good sir.s, endeavour to find these two petitions, for we 
 shall be undone if they are lost ; else lett Esq^ Lowndes make me 
 keeper of his petitions, and I will be bound in ten thousand pounds 
 not one shall be lost while I live ; now I have waited above 3 
 quarters of a year, & now my petition is mislaid." Dated lO^^r 1,50 
 '90. 1 page. 
 
 Dec. 16. 54. Report of the Com^'^ of Customs to the Lords of the Treasurj^, 
 on the petition of Isaac des Graves as to certain wines on which Le 
 had paid the duty which were afterwards seized as French wines. 
 Dated 16 Dec. 1690. 
 
 Also the petition. 
 
 Minuted : — "The K. will have his share in kind." 2^ pages. 
 
 Dec. 16. 65. Report of the Com^s of Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 
 on the memorial of Nicholas Wanly, formerly one of the landwaiters 
 of the port of London, dismissed for not taking the test, although 
 it appeared he had taken the sacrament oaths and test. Dated I 
 Dec. 169G. 
 
 Accompanied by " The case of Nicholas Wauley," and the 
 memorial. 3 pages. 
 
TREASURY PArERS. 56i. 
 
 VOL, XLII. 1696. December 22 — the end or the Year. 
 
 1696. 
 
 Dec. 22. 1. Letter of the Lords Justices of Ireland to Mr. Secretary Trum- 
 bull, sending the report and other papers of the Comra of the 
 Revenue and Forfeitures, and that of the Solicitor-General, upon the 
 petition of Sir John Topham, Advocate-General in Ireland, praying 
 for a reward for his services during the several campaigns there, and 
 particularlj^ that under the command of the late Duke of Scliomberg 
 in the north of Ireland, in favour of his obtaining a grant of forfeited 
 lands. The estates mentioned are those of Matthew Barnwall in 
 the county of Meath, and of John Itchingha'm. Dated 22 Dec. 
 J 690. 
 
 Also the Comi's' report, a copy of the Solicitor-General's report, a 
 copy of the above Coma's' report and of the above Lords Justices' 
 letter ; the petition and a copy thereof and a list of the lands 
 petitioned for ; copies of four warrants for arrest of persons signed by 
 the Duke of Schomberg, and an affidavit. 1] pages and 3 ^jcwis. 
 
 Dee. 23. 2. Report of the Comrs of Customs to the Lords of the Treasiiry, 
 on the petition of divers mercliants of London, owners and freighters 
 of the " King William " galley, and other gallies in the like circum- 
 stances. Precisely similar to the report of 31 Aug. 169G. Dated 
 23 Dec. 1696. 
 
 Minuted : — " Agreed." 
 
 Also the petition. 2 puijes. 
 
 Dec. 23. 3. An order by the Committee of Privy Council appointing a day 
 for hearing the petition of Daniel le Febre and Andrew Monamy, 
 guardians of the children of Peter Monamy, deceased, of the island 
 of Guernsey ; touching the importation of salt, or other goods, from 
 that island, custom free, according to the ancient privileges of that 
 island. Dated 23 Dec. 1696. 1 page. 
 
 Dec. 23. 4. Letter of the Lords Justices of Ireland to the Lords of the 
 Treasury, sending the report of the Coma's of the Revenue on the 
 petition presented to the King by John Pulteney, Esq., clerk of tlie 
 Privy Council in Ireland, praying payment of 516Z. 13s. Ad. for fees 
 for copying books, entries, claims, and schedules of lands for the 
 Commissioners appointed to inquire into the forfeitures of Ireland ; 
 whicli related to persons claiming the benefit of the articles of 
 Limerick, or Galway, &c., or for compensation in lieu thereof, out of 
 the foreited estates in Ireland. Dated 23 Dec. 1696. 
 
 Minuted: — " Read 16 Ap. '97. The sum to be pd out of y<' gen^ 
 rec* in Ireland." 
 
 Also the report and petition and two certificates. 6 pages and 
 2 hcdves. 
 
 Dec. 24. 5. Letter of Mr. Burchett to Mr. Lowndes, secretary to the 
 Lords "of the Treasury, sending copy of a letter received by the 
 Lords of the Admiralty, from the principal officers of the navy, 
 representing their extraordinary difficulties for want of money. 
 Dated 24 Dec. '96. 
 
 Also the copy of the letter. 2 pages. 
 
^66 CALENDAR OF 
 
 1696. ^-- ^^"- . . 
 
 Dec. 24. 0. Report of Mr. Alan. Brodrick, Solicitor-General for Ireland 
 [to the Lords Justices], on the petition of Capt.Henry Rice, respect- 
 ing the two plough lands of Lisapooka, Kilnamaul, and Maulikina- 
 hane, and the three plough lands of Gortnohorna, Garrindrooge in 
 the barony of Carbury, and county of Cork, which had belonged to 
 Walter Copinger, who, together with Dominic Copinger his son, had 
 become bound for 484L to the petitioner, and upon his failure in his 
 bond had been outlawed by the petitioner, and a custodiam obtained 
 of the lands by the petitioner ; representing that the petitioner was 
 one of the first Protestants that was persecuted in the late King 
 James's reign ; that he was barbarously used and kept in prison, to 
 make him accuse the Protestants of Ireland of a plot ; that soon 
 after he fled for England, and thence to Holland, to the loss of most 
 of his substance; advising that by law he was remediless to obtain 
 the remainder of his debt, but that he deserved to have the balance 
 of the same, together with 208^. claimed by him. Dated 24 Dec. 
 1696. Z pages. 
 
 Dec. 25. 7. A pamphlet entitled, " A secrett survey of the revennue 
 
 of Ireland, from the 13*^ of August 1691 to y® 25**' December 
 1696." 
 
 It is an exposure of the proceedings of the Comfs of the Revenue 
 of Ireland, and more particularly directed against Mr. Christopher 
 Carleton, one of that board. The pamphlet was written by John 
 Richardson, a landing waiter at Derry, 46 pages {quarto). 
 
 Dec. 26. 8. Letter of Mr. Burchett to Mr. Lowndes, secretary to the Lords 
 
 the Treasury, sending copy of a paper received from the Cominis- 
 sioners of Victualling by the Lords of the Admiralty, stating that 
 the whole service would be at a stand unless they were furnished 
 with money. Dated 26 Dec. '96. 
 
 Tlie above paper entitled : — " A state of the victualling affairs." 
 lu ih& Minute 5oo/-, Vol VII., p. 53, SO Dec. 1696, is :—" The 
 Comrs of Ad% & Victualh's called in. The state of the victualling 
 presented per the victuallers is read, & another paper, demanding 
 20,000'' per week presently, till the parliamentarj'" fonds are settled ; 
 and then a good sum in exchequer bills or notes, and 20,0001' creditt 
 in the outports per Commra of Excise. Mr. Chancellor said, as to 
 the weekly payment, there is no prospect, and the Comfs of Excise 
 will not give the creditt ; but tallys may be struck for the vict. on 
 the 600,(100'' creditt, given per y<= Parliament. The King recommends 
 it to the Comm'^s of yo vie!, to do their utmost ; and my Lords of 
 the TreaT v/ill supply them w*'' as much money as they can. The 
 King orders the ships ordered for the West Indies to be jirst pro- 
 vided for." 4 pages. 
 
 m 
 
 Dec. 28. 9. Letter from the same to the same, docquetted: — "From the 
 Adm%, signifying His Majesty's pleasure that the Coma's of the 
 Admiralty and Com'''' for Victualling do attend His Ma'y the next 
 Treasury day at Kensington." Dated 28 Dec. '96. ^ page. 
 
TREASURY PAPERS. 567 
 
 1696. ^^«^- XI^"- 
 
 Dec. 29. 10. Report of the Com''s of Customs to the Lords of the Trea- 
 sury, on the petition of Jolm Upton, of London, merchant, praying 
 for the benefit of his debentures for certain yarn shipped for Rotter- 
 dam. Dated 29 Dec. 1696. 
 
 Minuted :—" #1^ May 1697. Rejected." 
 Also the petition and an affidavit. .3 images. 
 
 Dec. 29. 11. Letter, signed Wra. Wolseley, to Mr. .Richard Powis at the 
 Treasury Cliamber, stating he had arrived in Dublin after a tedious 
 journey, and found several persons getting his lands, especially Lord 
 Rochford, Avho had the estate of Christopher Chivers, in the county 
 of Lowth, &c. Dated 29 Dec. 1(!96. 1 page {quarto). 
 
 Dec. 31. 12. An Order in Council for impresting 8,100 seamen for the 
 
 fleet out of the customs and excise. Dated 31 Dec. 1696. 
 
 Minuted: — ''Read 9 Mar. '96. The customes c& excise are all 
 appropriated." 
 
 Accompanied by a list of counties and the Lords Lieutenants and 
 Custodes Rotulovimn of the same. 4 pages. 
 
 Jan. 1695-6 13. A collection of papers showing the monthly amounts received 
 to Dec. 1696. for fees by various officers at the Treasury. These include also 
 
 fees for paj^ments out of secret service moneys. 58 pages or parts 
 
 of pages. 
 
 [1696.] 14. The case of Henry Nash and Joel Burford, officers of 
 
 the customs in the port of London ; praying an order to the 
 Receivers of the Exchequer to take the sum of 223^. 16s. *7d. in 
 dipt money, being the King's moiety of certain goods appraised 
 which they had not opportunity of paying in before the 4th of 
 May. 
 
 On the dorse it states that they were chiefly India goods, which 
 had fallen a third in value by the arrivals of the last India ships. 
 
 Undated, but compare the Act 7 & 8 Will. III. ch. 1. § ,5. 1 
 page. 
 
 [1696.] 15. A proposal on the part of some persons, not named, who 
 
 designed to buy up plate to be coined, viz., that the 6d. per ounce 
 allowed by the Act [7 & 8 Will. III. ch. 19.] should be paid them in 
 money out of the Exchequer, and that a melting house should be 
 forthwith made, and a mill and one of the presses then at work in 
 the Mint should be set apart for coining plate only, under the inspec- 
 tion of an officer ; they could thus make 15,000^. in money weekly ; 
 the King could then, with the other six mills, have 90,000Z. instead 
 of 60,000/. per week. 
 
 Undated, but compare the Act referred to. 1 ^ pages. 
 
 [? 1696.] J 6. Proposal of Peter Floyer and Charles Shales, addressed to 
 
 the Lords of the Treasury, made under the sanction of Thomas 
 Neale, Esq., master and worker of the Mint, to facilitate the bu.siness 
 at the Mint arising out of the " Act fur further remedyino- the ill 
 state of the coin of the kingdom." The direction of the Act was 
 
568 CALENDAR OF 
 
 1696. 
 
 Vol. XLII. 
 
 that all bammered silver moneys, "whether taxes, revenues, loans, 
 or otherwise, should be carried to the next adjacent mint to be re- 
 coined, and so much thereof as should be brought in for taxes, 
 revenues, or loans should be recoined before any charge was made 
 into the Exchequer thereof; and the offer of the proposers is to 
 undertake the whole charge and risk upon themselves in all or so 
 many mints as their Lordships thought fit, and to receive all the 
 silver hammered money, and deliver the full weight in standard 
 silver, being allowed eight grains out of every ounce troy-weight. 
 [Undated, but query 16^)6 from the recoinage.] 1 page. 
 
 [1696.] 17. Petition of the sheriff of the county of Southampton to the 
 
 Lords of the Treasury, for the I'e-payment of 1 QOL, disbursed by 
 bim for apprehending certain highway robbers and counterfeiters of 
 the coin. 
 
 Four certificates on parchment and one on paper relating thereto. 
 
 The last dated one is 2 July 1696. 2 sheets and 2 ineces of 
 loarclmient 
 
 1691 to 18. Eeports, petitions, &c. relating to claims made by Charles 
 
 1696. Balfour, Esq., for 800 bars of iron and nine sheets of lead taken 
 for the garrison and forces at Inniskilling. Dated between 1691 
 and 1696. 
 
 In his petition he comphiihs that his estate lying near Inniskilling 
 was damaged above 8,000^. by the burning of his town of Lisnas- 
 key, &c. 
 
 The last one minuted : — " To Lord Deputy, that my Lords think 
 this a compassionate, & to know if he can propose anything proper 
 for the pete's relicfe," and in another place : " Read .30 Mar. '96. The 
 King cannot pay the pretencions of this kind." 20 pajes or parts 
 of pages. 
 
 [? 1695 or 19. Petition of Patrick Larabe, contractor for victualling the 
 1696.] hospitals in Flanders, addressed to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 complaining of his disappointment in not receiving the 1,000L 
 assigned him by their Lordships in money, and that he had been 
 forced to take up money at a considerable loss ; proposing to subscribe 
 the whole .5,000/. upon the credit of the Exchequer. Without date, 
 but see Vol. XXXII., No. 37, and Minute Booh, Vol. VI., p. 322, 
 12 June 1696, and p. 367, 14 Aug. 1696, where he is mentioned in 
 connexion with these hospitals. 1 page. 
 
 1696. 20. Estimate of several works to be done for His Majesty in 
 
 Hyde Park in the year 1696; chiefly about ditching and fencing. 
 1 \ pages. 
 
 1696. 21. "Docquetts at the Privy Seale, being abstracts of grants and 
 
 warrants, in favour of various persons, in the months of January, 
 April, May, June, July, August, September, October, and November 
 1696. 33 pages or parts of pages. 
 
 169C. 22. "A list of the land forces which His Majti'' jjas now in his 
 
 pay, and wliich he thinks necessary to be continued & maintai<i in 
 England and beyond seas for the service of y'' year 1696." 
 
TREASURY PAPERS. 
 
 569 
 
 1696. 
 
 1696. 
 
 1C96. 
 
 [1696.] 
 
 [About 
 1696.] 
 
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 1696.] 
 
 [About 
 1696.J 
 
 Vol. XLII 
 
 The total amount of tlie estimate was 2,709,713?. 12.s. lOcl 
 1 large page. 
 
 23. A comparison of tlie produce of His Majesties' revenue in 
 Ireland for two j'ears ended at Christmas 1696. 
 
 With this note at the foot : " This abstract is taken from the 
 collector's accounts current for the year ]69Gj and examined by 
 W. Burgh, Accompt Gen'V 1 page. 
 
 24. A talnilar view of " Payments made to the Earle of Ranelagh 
 at the Exchequer between Michaelmas 1696 and Xinas following." 
 1 page. 
 
 25. Report of the Rt. Hon. Sir Robert Howard, Knt., auditor of 
 the Receipt of the Exchequer, on the petition of the ofBcers and 
 clerks of the Tally Court in the Receipt of the Exchequer, who 
 sought payment of 1,663?. Ss. for tallies levied without fees ; certi- 
 fying that at the former allowances their claim would amount to 
 that sum. Undated, but the tallies were passed between Easter 
 1695 and Easter 1696. 
 
 Accompanied by the petition. 3 pages. 
 
 26. Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen, and other citizens of 
 Bristol to the Lords of the Treasury, showing that sixpences and 
 lesser silver money, being then taken only by weight, occasioned an 
 extraordinary want of change, greatly obstructed the markets, and 
 caused many clamours among the poorer sort, which was increased 
 by the scarcity of copper halfpence and farthing.s, of which they 
 had but few, by reason of the trouble and charge in buying them in, 
 and the carriage from London ; praying an order for their mint to 
 coin the same. Without date, but probably 1696, as the coinage 
 was then under revision, and one of tlie persons signing was Robert 
 Yates, who was concerned about the coinage, as appears by the letter 
 dated 17 Aug. 1696, Vol. XXXIX., No. 40. 
 
 Numerous signatures. 1 page. 
 
 27. "An account from the several indentures of the tale and 
 weLf^ht of the clipt monys, with the number of ingots they were 
 cast into." Without date, but the years '95 and '96 mentioned. 
 1 piage. 
 
 28. Certain particulars as to a patent for the office of Treasurer or 
 Receiver General of Jamaica, granted to Thomas Martin and Leonard 
 Compere, leather-seller, with three c[ueries at the end,— 
 
 (1.) As to the per-centage on the fees ; 
 
 (•2.) As to whether the patent was not void by the death of 
 Tho. Martin ; and, 
 
 (3.) As to tlie propriety of a woman, to whom the right in the 
 patent had been bequeathed, disposing of Tlieir Majesties' revenue, 
 and deputing whom she pleased to the office. 
 
 On the dorse is .•— '-The last lett"^ of ye 5tii Dec. '95 was given to 
 W Blathwayt 1 9 March foil." 1 page (quarto). 
 
570 
 
 CALENDAR OF 
 
 1696. 
 [About 
 1696.] 
 
 [About 
 1696.] 
 
 About 
 ^1696.] 
 
 [? About 
 1696.] 
 
 [? About 
 1696.] 
 
 [? About 
 1696.] 
 
 Vol. XLII. 
 
 29. Petition of Peter De Lanoy, Esq., and Richard Richmond, 
 gent., and others, the owners of the Green Glass Houses, near 
 St. Saviour's, Southwark ; stating that since the Act for new 
 coining the money they had taken considerable sums of clipped and 
 impassable money, and that without some relief it was impossible to 
 pay the tax and keep their works going with new money, it being 
 so scarce ; jiraying their Lordships to consider a way for their 
 relief. Without date, but supposed to be 1696, from the new 
 coinage and the tax on glass. 1 loage. 
 
 30. Warrant to the Attorney-General to prepare a grant to 
 Nathaniel Phillips, gent., of the property of Sir John Friend [or 
 Freind], convicted of high treason. Part of the property consisted 
 of a share in the Phcenix brewhouse, situate in or near the Minories, 
 St. Botolph's, Aldgate. Without date, but Sir John Friend's con- 
 viction was in the year 1696. 1 page. 
 
 31. Memorial of Abraham Elton, of Bristol, merchant, to the 
 Lords of the Treasury, offering to coin at the mint of the city of 
 Bristol a quantity of copper which he had, into farthings and half- 
 pence, of which there was great want, and to allow 10^. per ton for 
 the privilege and %l. per pound for making the blanks, and 2d. 
 per pound for coinage, &c. 
 
 Without date, but the coinage was then under revision. 1 page 
 {quarto). 
 
 32. Petition of Edw. Bellamy, gent., to the King, stating that he 
 fitted out and kept, at sea a privateer, named the " Resolution " 
 galley, whicli did great service against the enemy and took a French 
 ship near St. Vallery, laden with bay salt, &c., which was con- 
 demned as prize, but seized by a Custom House officer at Dover, on 
 the pretence that the Act to prohibit trade with France gave no 
 encouragement to privateers to take prizes from the enemy ; praying 
 in consideration of his losses (which amounted almost to 5,000^, 
 sterling) that he might be paid, out of seizures or forfeitures in the 
 Customs or otherwise, such a sum as the King thought fit. 
 
 Accompanied by copies of five other papers in connexion there- 
 with, the last dated 15 Feb. 1695-6. 8 pages and 3 halves. 
 
 33. Petition of the artisans and tradesmen attending the extra- 
 ordinary service of the King's gardens for payment of what was 
 due to them at Lady Day 1696, for work done and goods delivered, 
 
 part of which had 
 
 amounting to 22,872?. 13s. l\d., the 
 been owing above six years, 
 
 Accompanied by a list of the debts. 
 
 greater 
 
 4 pages. 
 
 34. Memorial of William Strickland to the Lord Treasurer of 
 Great Britain as to the time of the commencement of his salary as 
 one of the Commissioners of the Revenue in Ireland ; praying that 
 it might commence from the date of the warrant. Undated, but a 
 warrant referred to was dated 1 May 1696. 
 
 Minuted : — " Agreed to." 1 page (quarto.) 
 
TREASURY PAPERS. 
 
 571 
 
 Vol. XLII. 
 
 [?1696.] 35. Abstract of estimates of the army and navy since 1689. 
 
 They are only totals, and the last estimate noticed was on 4 Nov. 
 1696. 1 page. 
 
 [? 1696.] 36. Petition of Sir Charles Meredith to the King, for a custodiam 
 
 of the chapel built on a piece of a ground in Osmontown, Dublin, by 
 the Jesuits, subject to an annual rental of 5.9. 
 
 Mimded : — " Granted." 
 
 Indorsed in modern hand: — "Forfeited estates 1696." 1 page. 
 
 [?1696.] 37. Representation of the case of the Provost and Corporation of 
 the Moneyers in the Mint in the Tower of London to the Lords of 
 the Treasury, showing that they had delivered to tlieir Lordships 
 six weeks before a petition concerning tlieir grievances by reason 
 of the late Coinage Act ; the master- worker had said they were 
 then agreed, but that was not so, and tlieir oppression still con- 
 tinued ; they craved to be heard, or that their case might be 
 referred to the city goldsmiths, that they might enlighten their 
 Lordships. 
 
 Accompanied by what appears to be the petition referred to, in 
 which they state that they had been a corporation above ,S()0 years, 
 and had been obliged to coin silver money at Qd. per pound, but it 
 could not then be done at that rate, as one half was to be in 
 shillings and sixpences, besides the small moneys, which according 
 to indenture were 18 ounces in groats, threepences, twopences, and 
 pence on every hundred weight, which would be the utter ruin of 
 the corporation, as the labour was double, and they employed 1 20 
 labourers and 33 horses, besides being answerable for waste and 
 embezzlement. Undated, but ? 1696 from the state of the coinage. 
 
 2 pages. 
 
 [? 1696.] 38. "An estimate for the building of severall work -houses and 
 stables according to a desine drawn for that purposs, with other 
 nesesary things belonging to y<' coyning of the sillvar in is Mats 
 mint within ye Tower of London." 
 
 Also an estimate for a mint to be built in the country. Undated ; 
 probably 1696 from the increased duties in the mint in that year. 
 
 3 pages. 
 
 r? About 39. Petition of William Sutton and others to the Lords of the 
 1696.1 Treasury, showing that they had disposed of their commodities for 
 white halfpence and farthings, not doubting that when the copper 
 halfpence and fartliings came out, they should have them exchanged; 
 that they then had upwards of 400/.. worth of them, and the 
 patentees refused to exchange the said white money ; praying for 
 order to be given for their relief Undated, but perhaps about 1696, 
 as there were contractors for farthings in that year. See Mionote 
 5oo/j, VohVL, p.294. I page. 
 
 r? About 40. " Isaac Bobin's most liumble representation, tending to repeal 
 1696.] the Act of Prohibition which was on Flanders goods, and in order 
 to settle that trade on a better foot for the advantage of England." 
 
572 CALENDAR OF 
 
 1696. ^°^- ^^"- 
 
 The indorsement states tliat it was approved by Sir W. Trumball 
 find Wm. Bridgeman, Esq., wlio "advised Bobin to give a copy of 
 it to several members of Parliament, and he did it." Between 1695 
 and 1697. [Sir Willm. Trumball, Secretary of State.] l;^pa(/es. 
 
 [? 1695 or 41. Petition of Kobert Mackarrell, merchant, owner of the ship 
 1696, " Endeavour,'' of Belfast, Josiah Leathes master, and the "Defence," 
 
 or earlier.] of Bristol, John Eosse master, addressed to the Lord Godolphin, 
 showing that the petitioner's two ships were pressed at Carrickfergus 
 into Their Majesties' artillery service in Ireland, whereby there is 
 due to him 211?. 17s. lOd. ; that others liave received their pay, but 
 that the petitioner was at the time they received it a prisoner in 
 France ; praying that as he liad made his escape from France with 
 his whole family, and had to begin the world again, their Lordships 
 would get his petition speedily called on towards his relief 1 pagre 
 (quarto). 
 
 1696. 42. Petition of David Williams, gent., to the King, showing that 
 
 his ancestor,s, &c. were great sufferers for their loyalty to King 
 Charles I. ; that King Charles II., being sensible thereof, ordered 
 the petitioner to be employed in his chemical laboratory at White- 
 hall, under Sir Thos. Williams, Bart., his chief chemical physician, 
 at 501. jier ann., and 10s. weekly board wages, till something better 
 was found for him, and that 370/. remained unpaid for five years' 
 service ; praying that Mr. Lownds might be ordered to read to the 
 King the petition and certificate annexed, and that the Lords of the 
 Treasury might be ordered to minute the next King's waiter's place 
 to hira. in London, and that his airears might bo paid. 
 
 The petition is accompanied by another from him addressed to the 
 Comi's of Their Majesties' Treasury, and a certificate as to the em- 
 ployment of Nicholas Williams as a tidesman in the port of London, 
 v/ith a memorandum that he was unfortunately drowned in the 
 Thames in Their Majesties' service, 4th June 1691. 
 
 In the year 1696, as these papers are very exactly referred to in 
 the letter numbered 5-3, Vol. XLI. 3 pages (1 parchment). 
 
 [? 1696 or 43. An estimate of tlie charge of coining 25,000?. per week. 
 1697.] Undated; but probably 1696 or 1697, from the coining then 
 going on. 1 j3t(^e. 
 
 [? About 44. Petition of M. Salomie de la Farre to the Lords of the Trea- 
 
 1696 or suiy, praying payment of 144?. 6.*. id., due to him as engineer and 
 
 1697.] lieutenant in Brigadier Belcastle's regiment up to 7 Dec. 1694; 
 
 which service lie quitted the 18th of March 1695-6. Undated. 
 
 Accompanied by a copy of tlic state of the account (decayed). 
 
 1 page (quarto) and 2 pages (J'ollo). 
 
 [Perhaps 45. Pi'oposal of Peter Floj'er and Charles Sliales to the Lords of 
 
 aVjout 1696 Treasury, offering to receive all the hammered money, and deliver 
 
 or 1697.] the full weight in standard silver into the mint at 9(i. per pound 
 
TEEASURY PAPERS. 5/3 
 
 1696. ^'^''- ^^"- 
 
 Aveiglit to be allowed for waste, wovseness, vefiuing, and all other 
 charges in receiving and reducing the same to sterling. Signed. 
 
 Minuted: — " Speak wtli officers of mint ab* this." [See also 
 No. 10.] 1 page. 
 
 [? 169() 46. Petition of John Bingham, Inspector for the King at the 
 
 or 1697.] melting house in the Exchequer, showing that he had been appointed 
 to inelt down the hammered money, and liad discharged his duty, 
 though with much difficulty and danger, by many interruptions and 
 threats ; he conceived a great fraud or embezzlement, amounting to 
 200 lbs. weight, had been perpetrated, and prayed that Mr. Jett 
 might attend their Lordships to answer such charges as might be 
 alleged against him. Undated, but the Act about hammered money 
 passed 1696, (chapter II.), and Mr. Jett was in treaty with the Mint 
 on 12 May 1696. 
 
 See Minute Book, Vol. VI., p. 294. 1 page. 
 
 [? About 47. An answer (signed) by the Com'''' appointed to cairy out the Act 
 1696 or for granting an aid of 4s. in the pound in the county of Brecknock, 
 1697-] made to misrepresentations in a certificate of Sir Edward Williams 
 and other ComJ^" who refused to join with them in the discharge of 
 their duties. Undated ; the last Act for 4s. in the pound was passed 
 7 & 8 Will. 3., and there is mention of the signing the "Association," 
 which took place in 1096. 2 pages. 
 
 [? 1696 48. Copy of a petition of the shipwrights, caulkers, &c. belonging 
 
 or 1697. to His Majesty's yard at Kinsale, complaining of the exorbitant 
 rate of provisions from tlie scarcity of money and the late coming in 
 of the harvest, and tliat the persons who usually gave them credit 
 had then such apprehensions of peace that tliey would not trust 
 them, but had arrested some, and unless paid would speedily im- 
 prison the rest of them ; praying their honours to order such measures 
 for the yard's payment, as to prevent these evil consequences. 
 1 pKige. 
 
 [Before 49. A draft (apparently in Mr. Lowndes handwriting) of certain 
 
 1697.] estimates in connexion with the army, for seven months and 12 
 months, entitled " Computation of 7 months' pay for the foreigners, 
 part of the body of 40,038 men." And further down : 
 
 " The like for those in the body of 10,000 men." Undated ; but 
 before the disbanding the troops in 1697. 
 
 Docquetted : — " Computacon of the savings." li- pages. 
 
 [?1696.] 50. Letter of Mr. Isaac Newton to the Lords of the Treasury, 
 stating that lie had lately received information of certain forfeitures 
 of clippers and coiners in the possession of Simon Rolfe, of Lyn- 
 Regis, Esq., (taken upon Edw. Pamphilon and others, tried and con- 
 victed at the Assizes for Norfolk,) in the hands of Joseph Host, Esq., 
 Justice of the Peace there, and in the hands of the Sheriff and 
 Under-Sheriff of Yorkshire ; praying warrants for delivery of the 
 same. 
 
 It further mentions a process commenced four years since against 
 the Sheriffs of London and Middlesex. Undated, but query 1090, 
 
 N N 7, 8 .f- 
 
574 CALENDAR OF TREASURY PAPERS. 
 
 1696. 
 
 Vol. XLII. 
 
 as the process referred to seems to have been in 1692. See entry 
 14 Aug. 1696. Ijja^e. 
 
 [? 1696.] .51. A printed paper, entitled : — 
 
 Part of the Illegal and E^al Practices of His Majesty's General 
 Post Office that hath been proved by divers affidavits, and at several 
 hearings, viva voce, before their ExceUeucies the Lords Justices of 
 England. 
 
 They relate to the doings of, — 
 
 Mr. William Brockett, " the present Comptroller of the Out- 
 land Office." 
 
 Mr. William Gosling, a clerk of the said office. 
 Mr. Adam Francko, of the said office ; and, 
 Mr. Edmund Sawtell, Clerk of the Irish and Chester Road. 
 It was a case in which there was a prosecution. Undated ; but 
 there is mention of the late " damnable conspiracy," which makes it 
 probable that it was in 1696. 1 2)<^9S- 
 
 [? About 52. The proposal of Francis Eyles, merchant, and others, to the 
 1696.] Lords of the Treasury, to give bills of exchange, payable at 
 " 2 usance," in Amsterdam, for the value of 100,000Z. st., at the 
 rate of 10 guilders and 8 stivers, Holland's money, for each pound 
 sterling, on certain conditions. Undated, but probably about 1696, 
 as Mr. Eyles was then much engaged in such transactions. See 
 Minute Book. 1 page. 
 
GENERAL INDEX. 
 
 A. 
 
 Abbeville, in France, 99, 
 
 Abbot, Mordecai (army affairs), 436. 
 
 Abbott, Mr., 327. 
 
 Abdication, the, mentioned, 4G9. 
 
 Abercrombe, the Jesuit, 298. 
 
 Abemathie, William, a pensioner, 172. 
 
 , Margaret, widow of William, who 
 
 served King Charles 11. in exile, pe- 
 tition of, 479. 
 
 Abmgdon, petition of innkeepers and inha- 
 bitants of, 138. 
 
 , Lord, chief justice in Eyre on this 
 
 side Trent, 406. 
 
 Abis, James, and others, petition of, .374. 
 
 Abrahams, Thomas, 243. 
 
 Academy to be erected at the public charge, 
 101. 
 
 Accession, their Majesties', 86. 
 
 Accident on the coast, 75. 
 
 Accounts, the Com" of the Public, 420, 483, 
 519, 522. 
 
 , , memorials of, 442,459 ; seealso 
 
 Ireland. 
 
 , declared, 16. 
 
 , parliamentary committee for, 145. 
 
 , public, 196. 
 
 Accoutrements, customs free, 520. 
 
 , loss of at sea, 359. 
 
 Act of gratitude, 7. 
 
 Acton, Mr., army agent, memorial of, 434. 
 
 , Eichard (array supplies), 536. 
 
 Acts, see Parhament. 
 
 Adams, Dr., takes care of lunatics, 405. 
 
 , Jane, rehct of Captain Robert, 119. 
 
 Addison, Thomas, one of the Com^" for sick 
 and wounded seamen, &c., petition of, 
 219. 
 
 Address to the King, mentioned, 46. 
 
 Addresses, see Ireland ; the House of Lords. 
 
 Admiral, the Lord High, 6. 
 
 Admirals, vice, 270, 349. 
 
 , , advances to, for raising seafaring 
 
 men, 382, 479. 
 Admiralty Court, 322, 336. 
 
 , the, 44, 49, 134, 143, 169, 247. 
 
 , the judge of the, 320. 
 
 Admiralty, the Lords of the, 83, 113, 120, 128, 
 131, 133, 134, 138, 143, 159, 161, 169, 
 
 Admiralty, the Lords of the. — cont, 
 
 171, 175, 176, 178, 179, 193, 239, 243, 
 263, 268, 270 (4), 273, 278, 295, 298, 
 300 (2), 302 (2), 303, 306, 320, 323, 
 366, 403, 404, 407, 410, 432, 458, 486, 
 504 (2), 505 (2), 315, 316, 530, 536, 
 553, 560 (2), 561, 564, 563, 566 (2). - 
 
 , memorials of, 224, 228, 263, 317, 505, 
 
 306, 563. 
 
 , , estimates of the, 403. 
 
 , , their salaries, 302. 
 
 , the office of, 385, 451. 
 
 , the secretary to the, 207. 
 
 , the Serjeant of, 202. 
 
 Adventurers, the society of Merchants, officers 
 
 of (Bristol), 114. 
 Advice boats, 304. 
 Adye, John, a deputy chamberlain (Exehe 
 
 quer), 426. 
 African Company of England, the Eoyal, 38, 
 185,381, 399. 
 
 , , the petition of the, 8. 
 
 House, 421. 
 
 Agates, graver of, 108. 
 Agents' bills, 259. 
 
 of taxes, 65. 
 
 Aghrim, the battle of, 235, 303, 326, 330. 
 Aglionby, Wm., Esq., envoy extraordinary to 
 the Duke of Savoy, 332. 
 
 , , memorial of, 406. 
 
 Aid of \2d. in the pound, the, 73, 79, 82 (2), 85. 
 
 , receiver-general of the 12d. per pound, 
 
 81. 
 
 is., the, 547. 
 
 , , Com" for the, in the county of 
 
 Brecknock, 573. 
 Aids, 414, 452, 461 (2), 492, 518. 
 
 , the new, 147. 
 
 , receivers of the, 292, 293, 294,309, 
 
 340, 343, 368, 369 (2), 381. 
 
 , see Taxes. 
 
 Airy, James, repairer of bridges in the New 
 
 Forest, petition of, 221. 
 Aishcomb, Sir Oliver, 511. 
 Alamodes (silk) forfeited, 493, 531. 
 Albany, clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, 
 
 &c. at, 484. 
 Albemarle, Lord, 6. 
 
 , the Duke of, 295. 
 
 , the Duchess of, her jointure, 452. 
 
 ground, estate called, 490. 
 
 O O 
 
576 
 
 GENERAL INDEX. 
 
 Albemarle, the ship, 335. 
 
 Albin, Onesiphorus (aliens' duties), 229, 264, 
 
 26.5, 274, 439. 
 AlbyviUe, the Marquis of, 43. 
 
 Alcock, Richard, petition of, 241, 244. 
 
 Aldersgate, St. Botolph, 157. 
 
 Alderwasley, co. Derby, the manor of, 21. 
 
 Aldham, Ann, widow and executrix of Wil- 
 liam Aldham, pensioner, petition of, 
 481. 
 
 Aldworth, Auditor, 10. 
 
 , Geoffi-y, 24. 
 
 ,K., 399. 
 
 , WiUiam, 23, 24, 221, 461. 
 
 Ale, 114, 156. 
 
 Alfreton, Derby, a coal mine in, 210. 
 
 Algiers, 482. 
 
 ,the Dey of, 483, 542. 
 
 , presents for, 542 (3). 
 
 , a ship seized at, 217. 
 
 , war with, 389. 
 
 Algood, Robert, a deputy commissary of 
 musters, petition of, 114. 
 
 Alienation office, 36, 143, 158, 393. 
 
 ,the clerk of the entries in the, 154. 
 
 , the Com" of the, 143. 
 
 AUen duty or duties, 52, 53, 77, 159, 165, 170, 
 276, 450 (2). 
 
 , proposal of the Lord Lanesboro' and 
 
 Ouesephorus Albin, for the better col- 
 lection of, and the improvement of 
 trade and customs, 229. 
 
 , proposed farm of, 264, 265, 274. 
 
 , on farming the, 439 (.3). 
 
 Alix, Doctor, memorial for remission of paper 
 duty for a new edition of Kcchsiastical 
 Councils, 290. 
 
 Allan, James, and others, clothiers, petition of, 
 163. 
 
 Allegiance, the oath of, 280. 
 
 Allen, Captain, the King's storekeeper and 
 muster-master at Cadiz, 540. 
 
 , Charles, of London, merchant, 371. 
 
 , Mr. John, a collector of excise in 
 
 Bristol, 477. 
 
 , Henry, a Queen's messenger, seizes a 
 
 coining mill, petition of, 539. 
 
 , Mr., 369. 
 
 , , one of their Majesties' mes- 
 sengers, 232 (2). 
 
 , Richard, gent,, 227. 
 
 , Sir Thomas, 236. 
 
 , , [late vice-admiral of the county 
 
 of Suffolk], 239. 
 
 , Theophilus, surgeon-major to Col. 
 
 Lutterel's regiment, 158. 
 
 , , a poor refiigee, petitions of, 
 
 160. 
 
 AUibond, Richard, Esq., petition of, 15. 
 
 Allies, march of the, 514. 
 
 Allured, Col., 117. 
 
 or Alured, Col. Matthew, petitions of, 
 
 &c., 57, 63, 144, 145. 
 
 , [Mr., a patent customer], 131. 
 
 Allwood, William, petition of, 28. 
 
 Amspeople in Westminster, 4. 
 
 Alton, Alexander, executor of the will of Wil- 
 liam Lyne, petition of, 104. 
 
 Ambassador extraordinary, 6. 
 
 , the Spanish, 115, 200, 210. 
 
 Ambassadors, 6. 
 
 Ambrose, Jonathan, melter at the Mint, the 
 proposals of, 493. 
 
 , Jonathan, melter to the mint in the 
 
 Tower, memorial of, 563. 
 
 America, 22, 136, 327, 332, 508, 438, 440. 
 
 , auditor general of, 409. 
 
 , English plantations in, 47. 
 
 , plantations, 25, 484. 
 
 , North, proposed survey of woods 
 
 there, 203. 
 
 , , soldiers and provisions for, 353. 
 
 , wrecks fi'om the sea in, 399. 
 
 Amis, William, of Faversham, mariner, 400?. 
 fine set on him, petition of, 440. 
 
 Ammond, James, belonging to the smack 
 which was carrying Lord Preston into 
 France, 252. 
 
 Ammunition, 14. 
 
 Amsterdam, 73, 190, 327, 539, 574. 
 
 , the customs at, 61. 
 
 Amy, Thomas, late receiver general of hearth 
 money, petition of, 163. 
 
 Anderson, Nicholas, clerk, late vicar of Hull, 
 
 185. 
 , Thomas, provost of the moneyers of 
 
 the Mint, petition of, 154. 
 
 Andrews, John, customer of Bristol, 3. 
 , , receiver of taxes in Warwick- 
 shire, 562. 
 
 Andi-ewes, Sir Matthew, petition of, 394. 
 
 Andros or Andross, Sir Edmund (Maryland), 
 449 (2). 
 
 , , governor of Virginia, 231, 471. 
 
 , , kt., admitted governor of Mary- 
 land, 409. 
 
 Aneley, Edward, and another, petition of 
 
 332. 
 Anglesey, Arthur, late Earl of, 558. 
 
 the Right Hon. Ehz., Countess Dow- 
 ager of, the debt to her husband, peti- 
 tions of, 383, 558. 
 
 Angwin, in Flanders, 311. 
 
 Annesley, Maurice, Esq., the sufferings of, by 
 the rebellion in Ireland, petition of, 526 
 (2). 
 
 Annuities, 25, 83, 178, 208, 467, 482, 518. 
 
 Annuity Act, the, 517. 
 
 Antigua, 147. 
 
 , the island of, 347, 444. 
 
GENERAL INDEX. 
 
 577 
 
 Antrim or Antrym, the Earl of, the estate of, 
 182 (3), 192. 
 
 , the Marquis of, 192. 
 
 , the Marchioness of, the petition of, 
 
 192. 
 
 , , her jointure, 192. 
 
 , lands in, 377. 
 
 Antwerp, 67. 
 Apothecaries, 291,344, 412. 
 
 of the army, 218. 
 
 Apothecary-general, 217. 
 
 to the household, 203 (2). 
 
 and the person, 134. 
 
 Apothecary to the person, 203. 
 Apparel, free from customs, 520. 
 Appeales, the Com" of, 476 (2), 522 (2). 
 Appleby, Stephen, part owner of a ship seized 
 
 at Algiers, petition of, 217. 
 Appleyard, Mr., M.P., a customer of Hull, 117 
 
 (3). 
 Appraisement, Tvrit of, 78. 
 Apprice, Mr., a patent officer (Customs), 262. 
 Apsley, Sir Allen, one of the surveyors-general 
 of marine causes in the reign of King- 
 Charles I., 166. 
 
 , , lauds in trust for, 166. 
 
 Aqua vitse, duty on, 9. 
 Aram, Mr., 174. 
 
 , Mr. Thomas, solicitor for excise causes, 
 
 petition of, 45. 
 Arbitrary power and government, 40, 43. 
 Archer, Ann, widow of Capt. James, an engi- 
 neer, petition of, 301. 
 Ardglas, Katharine, Countess of, soldiers 
 quartered on the estates of, petition of, 
 312. 
 Argyle, the Earl of, the arrears of the regi- 
 ment of, compounded, 280. 
 
 , , the regiment of, 261. 
 
 , transport of, 227. 
 
 Arlington, the Earl of, his estate, 84. 
 Armiger, Grabriel, Esq., a discoverer of con- 
 cealed lands, 431. 
 Armour of soldiers of every county to be laid 
 
 up apart, 2. 
 Armoury, the king's private, 220. 
 
 , the private, 436. 
 
 Arms transported from Harwich to London, 35. 
 
 "Whitehaven to Ireland, 134. 
 
 Armstrong, Lucy, petition of, 401. 
 
 , Sir Thomas, 111. 
 
 Army, a regiment five years in arrears, 487. 
 
 bills, 348. 
 
 , colonels of the, who served in Ireland 
 
 seek for their pay, memorial of, 519. 
 
 , Com" for disbanding the, 343. 
 
 , commission for stating the accounts 
 
 of the, 355, 357, 363, 459. 
 
 establishment, 152. 
 
 estimates, 500, 571, 573. 
 
 in Ireland, 137, 143, 186. 
 
 Ust, 21. 
 
 Army — cont. 
 
 list of land forces, 568. 
 
 , medicine for the, 218. 
 
 , officers of the, disbursements to, 260. 
 
 , regiments for Holland, 199. 
 
 , in Flanders, 277. 
 
 supplies, 326, 348, 556. 
 
 the arrears of the, 180. 
 
 the costs of the, 151. 
 
 , the Popish, in Ireland, 35. 
 
 , march of the, 100. 
 
 , the chief officers of the, hold a meet- 
 ing at the Horse Guards, 465. 
 
 the, extraordinary charges of, 481. 
 
 , the, transported fi-om Ireland, 362. 
 
 , wants of the, very gi'eat, in danger of 
 
 coming to min, 515. 
 
 , a deficiency of 350,000/. for the, 524. 
 
 Army ; see also Clothing. 
 
 Ai'uold, letter signed, 174. 
 
 Arrests, frivolous, 149. 
 
 Arthur, Henrj', of Exeter, merchant, 559 (3). 
 
 Articles, the thirty-nine, 470. 
 
 Artificers, 289, 432, 448. 
 
 , petition of, 16. 
 
 complain of the worthlessness of the 
 
 tallies, 426. 
 
 (ordnance), 368, 388; see also Ordnance. 
 
 threaten to take their case to the House 
 
 of Commons, 424. 
 
 refuse to work, 346. 
 
 Artillery and waggon horses, 173, 289. 
 
 , service in Ireland, 572. 
 
 train, 346. 
 
 , Ireland, 212, 237, 425. 
 
 , the train of, inFlanders, 354, 359,371. 
 
 , , the establishment of, 361. 
 
 Arundell, Jo., 18. 
 
 Ashboumham, Sir Henry, Bart., and others, 
 Com'''^ of hearth money and excise, 16. 
 Ashby, Champion, petitions of, 101, 124. 
 AshfeUd, Dorcas, Lady, petition of (proposals 
 
 to raise money), 455. 
 Ash, Lady, relict and executrix of Sir Joseph 
 
 Ash, Bart, petition of, 50. 
 Ashmole, Mr., the clerks kept by him in the 
 
 excise office, 474, 475. 
 Ashtead, manor, 33. 
 
 .officeof bailiff of, 33. 
 
 Ashton, Mr., 117. 
 
 Ashum, WiUiam, petitions for moiety of pos- 
 sessions recovered by him of persons 
 executed for the Popish plot, 296. 
 Ashurst, Sir Henry, imports naval stores, 517 
 (2), 518 (2). 
 
 Sir William, lord mayor of London, 
 
 petition of, 370. 
 
 , ,441 (5). 
 
 ■...., , sheriff of London and Middle- 
 sex, 536 (2), 537, 539. 
 
 Ashworth, John, of Liverpool, gent., petition 
 of (Customs), 508. 
 
 oo 2 
 
5/8 
 
 GENERAL INDEX. 
 
 Asia, silk from, 488. 
 
 Assays of silver differ at the Exchequer and 
 
 the Mint, 492. 
 Assessment on salaries, see Tax. 
 Assistance, the ship, arrears to, 270. 
 
 , mit of, 327. 
 
 Association, the, 154 (^2). 
 
 , signing the, 573. 
 
 , the voluntary, 507, 508, 511. 
 
 Astley, manor of, co. Warwick, 100. 
 Atchievements, see Hatchments, 523. 
 Atherton, Charles, serjeant-plumber to the 
 
 King, 480. 
 Athlone, an estate in and about, &c., 544. 
 
 , houses iu, 342. 
 
 , the Earl of, commander-in-chief in 
 
 Ireland, 272, 273. 
 
 , 332, 499. 
 
 , , general of the forces, 445. 
 
 , , demand for carrying his horses, 
 
 227. 
 
 the taking of and fights of, 314, 326. 
 
 Atkins, Sir Richard, col. of a regiment sent 
 
 to Ireland, 403, 434. 
 , Sir Thomas, kt., petitions of, &e., 49, 
 
 104. 
 Atkinson, Capt., 180, 189 (2), 198. 
 
 , Samuel, victualler of forces, 18G. 
 
 Atkyns, Robert or R., 42, 43. 
 Attainted persons, 129. 
 
 Attorney General, 18, 22, 23, 28, 29, 40, 58, 
 82, 95, 100, 112, 132 (2), 235, 246 (2), 
 252,254,256, 276, 279, 293,308(2), 
 310, 316 (2), 321, 340, 341, 389, 399, 
 436, 440, 467, 496, 497, 533 (2), 537, 
 553, 570. 
 
 , see Ward and Trevor. 
 
 Attorney, Mr., or the, 11, 34 (2), 53, 55 (2), 
 70,111, 159, 185, 187,200,211, 233, 
 257, 265, 281, 371, 435, 436, 443, 444, 
 450, 532, 538. 
 
 Attornments of tenants, 132. 
 
 Attrc, the camp at, letters dated at, 527, 531, 
 532, 533, 534, 535. 
 
 Auhigney, the lordship and dominion of, in 
 Trance, 220. 
 
 Aubin, Elias, captain in Du Cambon's regi- 
 ment, petition of, 133. 
 
 Audit office, 10. 
 
 Auditor General, 320, 385, 449. 
 
 of revenues in the county of Kotting- 
 
 ham, 388. 
 
 the (Exchequer), 314, 317, 318. 
 
 Auditors, the, 10 (2), 151. 
 
 Audley, Capt., commander of the " Smyrna " 
 frigate, 159. 
 
 End park, 226, 311. 
 
 Augmentations, the Court of, 269. 
 
 Austell Prior, manor of, 287. 
 
 Austen, Robert, Esq., 40. 
 
 Auverquerc, see Nassau. 
 
 Auverquier, Mons., 354. 
 
 " Avocatoria," the Imperial, published at 
 Ilamborough, 120. 
 
 Avon, the river, 322. 
 
 Ayles, Capt. Humphrey (transport service), 
 174. 
 
 Aylesford, the lathe of, 157. 
 
 Ayhner, Matthew, Esq., brother of Sir Gerald, 
 petition of, 156. 
 
 , Sir Gerald, lands in Ireland forfeited 
 
 by, 156. 
 
 Ayloffe, Henry, remembrancer of the Exche- 
 quer, 7. 
 
 B. 
 
 Babe, .lohn, of Dubhn, geat., 413. 
 
 Mr., 330, 
 
 Mr. Francis, collector of inland excise, 
 
 Dublin, 9. 
 
 , , surveyor general of the inland 
 
 excise, Ireland, contributed to secure 
 the custom house, &c. in Dubhn after 
 the battle of the Boyne, petition of, 
 250. 
 
 , petitions of, &c., 354 (2), 397 
 
 (2), 401, 404, 405, 400, 40S (4), 410. 
 
 ■ , his charges against the Com" of 
 
 lievenue (Ireland), 402. 
 
 , , reinstated as sui-veyor general 
 
 of Ireland, but set aside, 410. 
 
 , , the dispute between him and 
 
 the Com" of Customs, 410. 
 
 , , proposal to improve the excise, 
 
 &c., 463. 
 
 , , on the importation (in Ireland) 
 
 of French goods, the trade and corre- 
 spondence with France, &c., 470. 
 
 , , letter to Mr. Lowndes, he feared 
 
 he had offended their Lordships ; on the 
 French trade, &c. ; committed for 
 breach of privilege and reprimanded, 
 475. 
 
 , , the Com" of Revenue (Ireland) 
 
 found him a man void of all sincerity, 
 and bent on mischief, &e., 477. 
 
 Baber, Mr. John, to prosecute informations, 
 &c. (Excise), petition of, 173. 
 
 , , solicitor for causes before Com" 
 
 of Excise and Appeals, petition of, 
 466. 
 
 [ ? Baker] , Mr. Henry, 538. 
 
 and others, receivers general of South 
 
 Wales, 511. 
 
 Bacon, Josiah, petition of, 282. 
 
 Baden, the Prince of, 454. 
 
 Eagnall, Mr., forfeited estate of, 488 (2), 489. 
 
 , the daughter of, 488. 
 
 , Dudley, the estate of, 473, 474. 
 
 , 488 (2). 
 
GENERAL INDEX. 
 
 579 
 
 Bagnall, Nicholas, the estate of, 488. 
 
 , Mrs., 489 (3). 
 
 Bagot, Su- "Walter, 438. 
 
 Bagshot hailiwick, 33. 
 
 Bahama, the island called Gordo, 68. 
 
 Bailly, Thomas, the evidence of, against clip- 
 pers, 234. 
 
 Baily, James, master of a ship, petition of, 
 141. 
 
 , Mr, Arthur, a Virginian trader, me- 
 morial of, 469 (2). 
 
 Baize, " Colchester bays," 264. 
 
 Baker, Capt. Henry, would not pay 30/., and 
 sheltered himself in the Temple, 420. 
 
 , Col. Henry, the regiment of, 314. 
 
 , Mr., bounty to, 457. 
 
 , Mr. [Heni-y, Treasury solicitor for 
 
 revenue aifairsj, 496. 
 
 , Thomas, 256. 
 
 Thomas, Esq., petition of, &c., IGG, 
 
 168, 256. 
 
 , Thomas, agent and consul at Algiers, 
 
 petition of, 482. 
 , late agent and consul of Algiers, 
 
 to go to Tripoli to renew the peace, 392. 
 
 ,Mr. N., 557. 
 
 Balderston, Thomas, petition of, 153. 
 Balfour, Charles, Esq., the estate of, damaged, 
 
 above 8,000/., by the burning of Lis- 
 
 naskey, &e., 568. 
 
 Ball, James, of London, merchant (Customs), 
 
 453. 
 Mrs., petition of, 122 (2). 
 
 Ballard, William, of Cork, merchant, petition 
 of, 559. 
 
 Ballast office, 172. 
 
 Ballimony (Ireland), 168. 
 
 Ballowe, Henry, a deputy chamberlain [Ex- 
 chequer], 426. 
 
 Ballydergan (Ireland), 435. 
 
 Ballyfoyne (Ireland), 425. 
 
 Ballylow (Ireland), 473. 
 
 Ballyneglasse (Ireland), 435. 
 
 Ballynoone (Ireland), 473. 
 
 Ballyshannon (Ireland), 52, 54, 173, 183, 2 70. 
 
 Baltemore or Baltimore, Charles, Lord, memo- 
 morials of, &c., 190, 214, 361. 
 
 , Lord, proprietor of the province of 
 
 Maryland, 267 (3). 
 
 Balzam, Christian Ermst, an aide-de-camp to 
 the Duke of "Wirtemburg, lieut.-gen. 
 of the Danish forces, petition of, 217. 
 
 Balylakan (Ireland), 435. 
 
 Bampton, Robert, Hnendraper, petition of, 60. 
 
 Bandon, 220. 
 
 , the town of, the provost, burgesses, 
 
 &c. of, and the corporation of Bandon- 
 
 bridge, as to grant of lands, petitions of, 
 
 440. 
 , , , do not suffer a Bapist to 
 
 dwell among them, 440. 
 
 Bandon — conl. 
 
 , the people carried prisoners to the 
 
 mountains of Kerry, 440. 
 
 Bridge (Ireland), 168. 
 
 Banister, George (mint at York), 509. 
 Bank bills and notes, 531, 556. 
 
 of England, Their Majesties' power 
 
 to Incorporate the contributors to a 
 fund or credit under the name of the 
 Governor and Company of the Bank of 
 England, 363. 
 
 , Com" of the, 452. 
 
 , credits by, 445, 454, 457. 
 
 , remittances of money abroad, 
 
 457. 
 Banks, Sir John, 133 (3). 
 
 , Jo., 236. 
 
 ,Mr., 87. 
 
 , Robert, clerk, vicar of Hull, petition 
 
 of, 185. 
 , William, petition of, 202. 
 
 Sanson, Charles, gent., one of the general 
 surveyors of the excise, the petition of, 
 24 (3). 
 
 Bantry, 542. 
 
 Barbadoes, 8, 14 (3), 71, 95, 135, 147, 193 
 
 (4), 204, 214, 220, 224, 250, 259, 260, 
 
 262, 272, 335, 336, 353, 400 (2), 446, 
 
 452, 467, 530. 
 
 , a great mortality at, 245. 
 
 , a regiment of foot sent there recalled 
 
 13. 
 , [Francis], Lord Willoughby, chief 
 
 goveraor of, 12. 
 , William, Lord Willoughby, governor 
 
 of, 12. 
 
 , Col. Kendall, governor of, 285. 
 
 , the governor of, 310, 333, 398, 499. 
 
 .judge of the Court of Admiralty, 
 
 398. 
 ,.., receiver of casual revenues, 398, 530, 
 
 532. 
 
 , a bell for a church there, 398. 
 
 , bills drawn from, 434. 
 
 Col. Russell, governor of that island, 
 
 439, 530. 
 , letters dated at, 532. 
 
 , i^ per cent, on commodities there, 12, 
 
 95, 136 (2), 140 (2), 142, 256, 285 
 (2). 
 
 , duly of 4^ per cent, farmed, 13. 
 
 , farmers of the 4]^ per cent, there, 10. 
 
 men, 321. 
 
 , plentiful crops at, 1 36. 
 
 ships wanted to carry the produce 
 
 from, 136. 
 
 , produce of, 10. 
 
 , provisions for, 353. 
 
 , rent by the farmers there, 14. 
 
 , ships of war at, 448. 
 
 , time of the plague there, 448. 
 
580 
 
 GENERAL INDEX. 
 
 Barbary, lYB. 
 
 presents, the, 542. 
 
 , the coast of, the consul general of the 
 
 States General of the United Provinces 
 
 there, 238. 
 Barher, George, 476. 
 , John, embroiderer, petitions of, 33, 
 
 232. 
 , Thomas, a coast ■waiter in the port of 
 
 London, petition of, 166. 
 , William, maltster at Luton, failing to 
 
 return excise money, his estate seized, 
 
 251. 
 
 , the lung's, 10. 
 
 Barbot, Mr. John (transport service), petition 
 
 of, 542. 
 Barcelona, in Spain, 72. 
 BariUia, customs on, 378, 382. 
 Barker, John, a "witness as to derelict land 
 
 538. 
 
 , , petition of (commissariat), 296. 
 
 , Mr. Robert, waggon master general, 
 
 221. 
 Barnet, Friern, 157. 
 
 Barnham, Mrs. Margaret, "wido-w, petition of, 
 
 180. 
 , , Francis and Robert, her sons? 
 
 served in Ireland, 180. 
 Barney, Richard, of Loudon, merchant, 441. 
 Barnstaple, the bar of (derelict land), 383. 
 
 , the port of, 149, 531. 
 
 Barnwall, Matthew, the estate of, in the co. of, 
 
 Meath, 565. 
 Barnwell, Patrick, the estate of, forfeited, 
 
 192. 
 Baron, Capt., 325. 
 
 , Hartgill, Esq., 222. 
 
 Barracks (Ireland), application of forfeitm-es 
 
 for the building of, 356. 
 Barrard, Mi-., 543. 
 
 Barret, Christopher, searcher in the port of 
 Yarmouth, petition of, 52. 
 
 , Nicholas, petition of, 238. 
 
 , , contractor for building two third- 
 rate ships, petition of, 209. 
 
 Barro-w, 532. 
 
 Barry, David D', or Bery, David de, merchant, 
 petition, &c. of, 233, 246, 409. 
 
 Barstou, James, manufacturer of painted earth- 
 enwares, and others, petition of, 418. 
 
 Bartlett, Henry, of London, merchant, 44 1 . 
 
 Barton, Captain (mint at York), complained 
 against, 554. 
 
 , , his good character, 554. 
 
 , Daniel, proposes to make halfpence 
 
 and farthings, 366. 
 
 , , (coinage), 416. 
 
 Barton, 532, 
 
 , the barony of, co. Westmoreland, 442. 
 
 Barwick, the Duchess of, 558. 
 Baskett, John, petition of, 416. 
 Basse Wavre, the camp at, 518, 
 
 Bassile, Simon, Esq.,surveyor of works Qemp. 
 
 Jac. /.), 351, 352. 
 Bastinck, Francis, a contractor for mail packet- 
 boats, petition of, 127. 
 Bateman, Mr. William, merchant of London, 
 
 petition of, 159. 
 Bath and Wells, the revenues of the bishopric 
 
 of, 210. 
 Bath, the [Rt. Hon. John] Earl of, 17 (2), 18 
 
 (2), 19 (2), 25 (2), 27, 28 (4), 29 (2), 
 
 64, 557. 
 , , ready, but dared not come to 
 
 London without the King's permission, 
 
 19. 
 , , Lord Warden of the Stannaries, 
 
 26. 
 , , had lent his name to encourage 
 
 responsible men and undertakers, but 
 
 hoped not to involve his fortune, 30. 
 , , chief ranger and keeper of St. 
 
 James's Park, 156. 
 , , governor of the fort of Ply- 
 mouth, 206. 
 
 , , memorial of, 333. 
 
 , , and Sir Edw. Carteret, kt, the 
 
 " ancientest servants " living of the 
 
 royal family, 222. 
 , had been groom of the stole, &c., 
 
 petition of, 257. 
 
 , , the regiment of, 465. 
 
 Bathurst, Benj, (the Prince of Denmark's 
 
 affairs), 431. 
 
 , Mr. or Samuel, 127 (2). 
 
 ,Mr. Wilham, 536. 
 
 Battersby, Simon, of Kirkby Lonsdale (West- 
 moreland), petition of, 546. 
 Batt, J., 560. 
 
 , Samuel, petition of, 122. 
 
 Bay salt, 570. 
 
 " Bays " or baze, on the importation of, from 
 
 Ireland, 36. 
 Bavaria, the Duke of, a privateer called, 391. 
 , the elector of, governor of Flanders, 
 
 336. 
 Beach, Henry, petition of, 387. 
 Beachy, 515. 
 Beachy Head, 149, 484. 
 Bearcroft, Philip, receiver of taxes (Worcester), 
 
 robbed, 466 (2), 472. 
 Beaubuisson, Peter Guenon de, master of the 
 
 setting dogs, 208, 220. 
 , , keeper of the King's private 
 
 armoury, 220. 
 Beaufort, the Duke of, 233, 293. 
 Beaufoy, Mi-., attorney for the prosecution of 
 
 the Crown's rights in concealed lands, 
 
 petition of, 74. 
 Beaulieu, 127. 
 
 , Isaac, petition of, 62. 
 
 , the, French privateer of St. Malo, 340. 
 
 Beaumaris, the port of, 558. 
 
 Beaumont, Sir Thomas, Bart., lieutenant to 
 
 Col. Beveridge's regiment of dragoons, 
 
 petition of, 56. 
 
GENERAL INDEX. 
 
 581 
 
 Beaver skins, 67, 75, 433. 
 Beccelor, David, memorial of, 215. 
 Becelaer, letter dated at, 447. 
 Beckman, Sir Martin, 304. 
 Bedchamber, the first gentleman of the, 257. 
 Bedford, 162, 251. 
 
 , the profits of the county of, not suffi- 
 cient to pay the sheriff, 419. 
 Bedfordbury (Westminster), 371. 
 Bedfordshire, 535. 
 Bedgood, Nicholas, petition of, 277. 
 Beef, 117. 
 
 for the fleet and army in Ireland,59. 
 
 Beer, 114, 122, 156, 181. 
 
 tax on, 152. 
 
 and ale, duties on, 455, 481. 
 
 , duty on, 315. 
 
 , for the navy, 422. 
 
 Beeston, Col. Sir William, lieutenant-governor 
 
 of Jamaica, 320, 358, 459, 502. 
 Belasyse, Sir H., 381, 488. 
 Belcastle, Col., the regiment of, 494. 
 
 Brigadier, 572. 
 
 Belfast, 72, 107, 156 (2), 343, 345 (2), 348, 
 
 413, 423, 572. 
 Belgium, 344. 
 
 Behn, Ozee, a French Protestant, cloths, &c. 
 of, seized for nonpayment of customs, 
 petition of, 204. 
 Bellamy, Edward, had equipped a privateer, 
 
 petition of, 570. 
 Bellasyse, the Right Hon. John, Lord, 28, 29. 
 
 or Bellasis, Sir Henry, the regiment of, 
 
 187,426,434. 
 Belleeke (co. of Fermanagh, Ireland), 473, 
 
 474 (2). 
 Bellomont (variously spelt), Lord, to receive 
 money for the Queen's use, 144 (2). 
 
 , , letter signed, 167. 
 
 , , stop put to fetching timber from 
 
 woods near Bantry, 542. 
 
 , , his pretensions to timber in 
 
 Ireland, 561. 
 
 , , distrains Lord Kilmare's estate, 
 
 561. 
 BeUs, export of (Customs), 324, 398. 
 Benefices, ecclesiastical, in the diocese of Exe- 
 ter, 36. 
 Benefield farm, Northamptonshire, 243. 
 Bennett, Capt. Joseph, petition as to the pay 
 of, 241. 
 
 , Mr., the executors of, 457. 
 
 Bentley, Mr. William, mayor of Leicester, 367. 
 Beranger, Simon, petition of (Customs), 493. 
 Bere forest, a lodge burnt, 148. 
 Berenzone, Capt., commander of a ship ft-om 
 
 Geneva, petition of, 259. 
 Bere, Richard, ofiicer of customs at Carlisle, 
 
 petition of, 246. 
 Berkelbach, Eenier, military agent at the 
 Hague, petition of, 43. 
 
 Berkeley, the Et. Hon. the Lord, the marine 
 regiment of, 505. 
 
 Berkley, the Lord, the regiment of, 213, 285. 
 
 , the Lord, 546. 
 
 Berkenhead, Capt. Wm., surveyor of customs, 
 committed to prison for assisting fugi- 
 tives to France, 115. 
 
 Berkshire, Lord, 520 (2). 
 
 , the receiver general of, 65, 66. 
 
 Bermondsey, co. Surrey, 28, 374. 
 
 Bermuda, the customs defi'auded and the mer- 
 chants troubled, 272. 
 
 Bermudas, the, 140. 
 
 Bernard, J., 187. 
 
 , , informations against captains in 
 
 the navy for embezzlements, 506. 
 
 Bemardi apprehended, 511. 
 
 Bemardiston, Sir Samuel, 517. 
 
 Beri-y, Mi-., 436 (2). 
 
 Bery, David de, merchant, petition of, 246. 
 
 Bertie, Charles, Esq., treasurer of the ord- 
 nance, 372, 401, 406 (2), 411, 426. 
 
 , the Hon. Charles, Esq., treasurer and 
 
 paymaster of the ordnance, 551. 
 
 the Hon. Edward, customer of the 
 
 great and petty customs, 49. 
 
 ,Mi-., 132, 140, 289. 
 
 , , and another, memorial of, 139. 
 
 , (Customs), 356, 424. 
 
 , Peregrine, Esq., makes survey of the 
 
 port of Bristol as to customs' matters, 
 memorial of, 247 (2). 
 
 Berwick, 84, 85 (3), 88, 90, 99, 103, 104 (2), 
 106 (7), 107 (2), 121, 186, 284. 
 
 Berwick-upon-Tweed, petition of the mayor, 
 &c. of, 167. 
 
 , the repair of the bridge, 167. 
 
 , the port of, 561. 
 
 Berwick, the King's ship, 542. 
 
 Betsworth, Captain, lost his leg at the battle 
 of Landen, petition of, 382. 
 
 Bevan, Mr., his corn in Wales, 93. 
 
 Beveridge, Colonel, 56 (2), 154. 
 
 , , the regiment of, 244. 
 
 , , memorial, 355. 
 
 , Count, the levy money of, 200. 
 
 Beverley, Mr., 183. 
 
 Beverton, Mr. (Customs), 383 (2). 
 
 Bible, a, for the governor of New York, 352. 
 , the Polyglot, 290. 
 
 Bibles, 470. 
 
 Bickerstaffe, Sir Charles, 145, 149, 154. 
 
 , Mr., lease of mines, memorial of, 251. 
 
 , Phihp, Esq., 543 (2). 
 
 Biddeford, 423 (2). 
 
 , mention of, 172, 173, 177 (2), 180, 
 
 184, 223,225, 227,269. 
 
 Biggleswade, 535. 
 
 Biggs, Giles, of London, merchant, a bank- 
 rupt, 265. 
 Bigland, Serjeant, 29. 
 
582 
 
 C4ENERAL INDEX. 
 
 Bigsby, Jolin, receiver general of tlie hearth 
 
 money, 97. 
 Bllboa (Spain), 7.3 (2), 79 (2), 470, 475, 492. 
 " Billanders," freight of, 258. 
 Billing, Lieut.-Col. Richard, 433. 
 
 , Robert, gent., memorial of, 433. 
 
 , .brother of Lieut.-Col. Richard 
 
 Billing, memorial of, (arrears), 502. 
 
 Billop or Billopp, Capt. [Chr.], 165. 
 
 , , petitions of, 167, 331 (2). 
 
 , , charged "with forgery, 506. 
 
 , , captures a hoy and obtains her 
 
 condemnation as prize, 199. 
 
 Bills of exchange, or Bills, G7, 94, 101, 102, 
 103 (2), 107, 133, 136, 139 (2), 163, 
 263, 300, 303, 310, 327, 333, 349, 363, 
 367, 489, 545, 574. 
 
 for provisions, 5. 
 
 , premiums for negotiating, 546. 
 
 Bing, Captain George, 506. 
 
 Bingham, John, the King's inspector at the 
 melting house in the Exchequer, peti- 
 tion of, 573. 
 
 , Mark, gent., petition of (customs' for- 
 feitures), 502. 
 
 , Mary, Aiidoiv of Oapt. Charles Bing- 
 ham, killed at the battle of Aghrim, 
 late of the regiment of Col. Thomas 
 Erie, petitions of, 235, 305. 
 
 Birr, the castle of (Ireland ?), 469. 
 
 Birt, Marj', widow, petition of, 446. 
 
 Bisbie, Matthias, surveyor of cider, petition of, 
 306. 
 
 Bishop, Charles, siii-veyor of customs at Har- 
 wich, 323. 
 
 Bishops, the deprived, a vindication of, pam- 
 phlets thereon, 491. 
 
 Bissell, Ml-., 109. 
 
 Blackaller, William, petition of, 45. 
 
 Blackbome, Ro., secretary [to the East India 
 Company], 539. 
 
 Blackbourne, John, 332. 
 
 Black box used for transporting letters be- 
 tween the secretaries of England and 
 Scotland, prohibited, 284. 
 
 Blackeston, Nathaniel, lieutenant governor of 
 the Island of Montscrrat, the pay of 
 as captain of a regiment, petition of, 
 508. 
 
 Blackball, Ralph, 501. 
 
 Blackham, Richard, of the City of London, 
 Esq., created a baronet, 496. 
 
 Blackheath, 304. 
 
 , the manor of, 443. 
 
 Blackmore, Thomas, citizen and mercer of 
 London, petition of, 510. 
 
 Blacksford, Capt. Abraham (arrears to), peti- 
 tion of, 270. 
 
 Blackshaw, Ralph, deceased, 534. 
 
 Blackstakes, the, in the Medway, 138. 
 
 Blackwall, 157. 
 
 Blackwell, John, Esq., petition of, 279. 
 
 ,Mr. (Customs), 426. 
 
 Blackwell, Mr. Lambert, consul at] Leghorn, 
 316, 384, 550 (2). 
 
 , Sir Lambert, (lands in Ireland), peti- 
 tion of, 540. 
 
 Bladworth, John, petition of, (Customs), 446. 
 
 Blake, Daniel, gent., petition of, 360. 
 
 Bland, Charles, an officer of the Great Ward- 
 robe, 521. 
 
 ..,.., John, petition of, 534. 
 
 Bianey, I^ord, governor of the garrison of 
 Sligo, petition of, 510. 
 
 Blanket, custom of tossing in a, 329. 
 
 Blashford, Capt., of Col. Woolesley's regiment 
 of horse, 235. 
 
 Blathwayt or Blaithwaite, Wilham, Esq., audi- 
 tor general of His Majesty's revenue in 
 America, 10, 11, 409. 
 
 Blathwayt, William, or Mr. [Secretary at 
 War], 69, 76, 82, 83, 85 (2), 90 (2), 
 93 (2), 94 (3), 98, 99 (2). 102, 103, 
 105, 115, 117, 140, 161, 179 (2), 185, 
 189, 203, 215, 220, 223, 244, 293, 361, 
 369, 384, 393, 404 (2), 410,, 412, 422, 
 434, 438, 442, 447, 449, 462, 454 (2), 
 457,461, 471, 487 (2), 500 (2), 511 (2), 
 512, 514, 515, 516 (2), 517 (2), 518, 
 519, 520, 522, 524, 526, 531 (2), 532 
 (2), 533, 534, 535, 540, 542 (2), 545, 
 647, 548, 549, 550, 651, 569. 
 
 , , to repair to Flanders, 354. 
 
 Mr., 1,000/. a week to the office of> 
 
 stopped, 535. 
 
 , , Indian goods imported by him, 
 
 memorial about, 467. 
 
 Bleau, James, surgeon to the hon. " St. 
 George's" regiment, petition of, 199. 
 
 Blight, Francis, of Bodmin (Cornwall), 142, 
 218, 315, 341,412. 
 
 , , a Papist, 412. 
 
 , , agent for the collection of tenths 
 
 (diocese of Exeter), 24 (2), 25. 
 
 , John, of Bodmin, 341. 
 
 Blofeld, Mr. Leonard, cousin to Thomas Blo- 
 feld, receiver of aids for Norfolk, 541. 
 
 , Mr. Thomas, declines the appointment 
 
 to give out the new money, &c. at 
 Norwich, 541. 
 
 Blomley, Mr. Laurence, 4. 
 
 Blood, Captain Holcroft, an engineer in Ire- 
 land, then going to the West Indies, 
 petition of, 287. 
 
 Bloome, William, a clerk of the Transport 
 office, 415. 
 
 Blowers (tin), the names of, to be presented, 
 17. 
 
 Blowing houses for tin, 17 (6), 231. 
 
 to be presented to the Stannary 
 
 Court, 524. 
 
 Blubber, 326. 
 
 Blunt, Mr., 23. 
 
 Blythnook (Northumberland), 120. 
 
 Boardman, Mr., 348 (2). 
 
 Boats, open, question of liability to customs of, 
 450. 
 
 Boats, packet, hire of, 308. 
 
GENERAL INDEX. 
 
 583 
 
 Bobin, Isaac, of London, merchant, 153. 
 
 , , (Flanders goods), 571, 572. 
 
 Bodmin, 315, 341. 
 
 Boggest, Francis, a patent waiter in the port 
 
 of London, petition of, 297. 
 Boherne, Samuel, 151. 
 Bolitho, John, officer of customs _in the Scilly 
 
 Isles, 33, 78. 
 Bolton, the Duke of, 58, 66, 143, 177, 256, 345, 
 379, 382, 383, 401. 
 
 , , the regiment of, 193. 
 
 , , his regiment in the Carihbee 
 
 Islands, 204. 
 
 , , tents to he brought by his 
 
 officers, 236. 
 
 , , order to the keepers of the New 
 
 Forest as to dotard trees, 207. 
 Bomb ships, 445. 
 
 vessel, a, 328. 
 
 vessels, purchase of, 522. 
 
 Bomhover, or Boonhouvre, Mr. (Ordnance), 
 
 397,411. 
 Bonadventure, the ship, 98, 198, 553. 
 Bond, Lady, the widow of Sir Thomas, 490. 
 
 , Sir Henry, inquisition on, 240. 
 
 , , Bart, attainted, (son of Sir 
 
 Thomas,) the estate of, in Surrey and 
 St. James' Field, petition of, 490 (5). 
 
 , Sir Thomas, Bart., 490. 
 
 Bonds, coast, solicitor for, 81. 
 Bonnell, James, registrar (Ireland), 479. 
 Bonnett, Mrs. Ellenor, petitions of, 118, 190. 
 Bonourier, Isaac, merchant, a French Protes- 
 tant (Dublin), petition of, 142. 
 Booker, Nicholas, searcher of the port of 
 
 Kingston-upon-Hull, petition of, 72. 
 Booth, Humphrey (hearth money), 408, 458. 
 Booth, [ ],97. 
 Boothe, G., 252. 
 Booth or Boothe, Nathaniel, Esq., petition of, 
 
 &c., 42 (2), 43. 
 , , sui-veyor of green wax, 218. 
 
 Bophin, the Lord, 558. 
 
 Boreman, George, Esq., 172. 
 
 BorUlias or bariUia, 56, 191 (2), 212. 
 
 , customs on, 132, 134. 
 
 Boscawen, Mr., 86 (2), 95, 102, 144. 
 
 Boston, the port of, 471. 
 
 Boston, New England, 55, 308. 
 
 court of assistants, 205. 
 
 , goods seized at, 197,205. 
 
 Botanic professor, 312. 
 
 Boteler, Thomas, Esq., 511. 
 
 , petition of, 512. 
 
 Botelor, Thomas, petition of (Custom's infor- 
 mations), 473. 
 
 Bounty, the King's, or their Majesties', 164, 
 236, 251. 
 , the royal, 344, 362, 457, 459, 498, 
 
 512. 
 
 Bourdeaux, 50, 53, 169. 
 
 , English shipping there, 34. 
 
 Bordeaux Merchant, the, ship, 110, 111. 
 
 Bourk, Capt. John, 317. 
 
 , David, Major, and others, petitions of, 
 
 &c., 317 (2), 340. 
 Bourke, the Lady Dorothy, petition of, 558. 
 , the Lady Honor, a daughter of the 
 
 Earl of Clanricarde, 494. 
 Bourke [or Burgh] -upon-the-Sands, the manor 
 
 of, 442. 
 Bonrn, Sussex, 49. 
 Boutell or BowteU, Mr. 217. 
 Bovett, Ri[chard] (Customs), 318. 
 
 , Richard, gent., 374. 
 
 Bow, 389. 
 
 Bowen, Capt. Griffith, collector of customs, 
 
 in the port of Padstow (dismissed), 
 
 petition of, 285. 
 
 Gr., 242. 
 
 Bowers, Mr., 53. 
 
 , Mr. [George], engraver to the Mint, 
 
 106. 
 , , deceased, 108, 110. 
 
 Bowles, Charles, master of the pavihons, hales, 
 tents, and toils, petition of, 16. 
 
 , , previously deputy commissary 
 
 of the musters, 16. 
 
 , John, imports delph red wares, 418. 
 
 , , or Mr. Bowles, 149, 174, 186 
 
 (2)- 
 
 , Phineas, 44. 
 
 , S., 83. 
 
 , Thomas, had fitted out a privateer with 
 
 letters of mark, petition of, 507. 
 
 , Thomas, of London, merchant, cap- 
 ture of prize (Customs), petition of, 
 487. 
 
 , M'ilhiam, brother of Charles, 16. 
 
 , the father of Charles Bowles, master 
 
 of the pavilions. Sec, 16. 
 
 BowteU, William, merchant, petition of, 389. 
 
 Bowyer, Mr., sm-veyor (woods), 170. 
 
 Boxwood, 191. 
 
 Boyer, Paul, 551. 
 
 Boyle, William, petition of (money shipped 
 under the denomination of butter, 
 seized), 460. 
 
 Boyne, the victory of, allusion to, 250, 276. 
 
 , the battle of the, mention of, 485, 497, 
 
 501. 
 
 Brabant, Henry, Esq., petition of, as to the es- 
 tate of his father, 124. 
 
 , Henry, one of the King's waiters in 
 
 the port of London, petition of, 243, 
 244. 
 
 Brabin, Thos., Esq., solicitor for the citj' of 
 Jyincoln, and eo. of Rutland, for the 
 aid of 12(/. in the pound, petition of, 
 125. 
 
 Bradbury, George, 438. 
 
584 
 
 GENERAL INDEX. 
 
 Bradbury, the manor of (Durham), 408. 
 Braddon, Laurence, fined and imprisoned, 
 
 petition of, 4] 2, 
 Braden Forest (Wilts), commission and articles 
 
 for the survey of, 3. 
 
 Bradford, paper signed by, 336. 
 Bradley, Mary, widow, petition of, 371. 
 Bradshaw, Sir Cornwall, petition of, 310. 
 , John, the city marshal, petition of, 
 
 491. 
 , Samuel, gent., receiver general of an 
 
 aid, &c. for the co. of Derby, petition 
 
 of, 368. 
 , Wm. (Customs), 237. 
 
 Braems, Walter, Esq. (Customs), petition of, 
 
 121. 
 Braman, Major, 45.';. 
 Brandenburg, the Elector of, 131. 
 , , and Duke of Zell, fees for the 
 
 installation of, as a knight of the Garter, 
 
 201. 
 , the Earl of, paymaster general, 516. 
 
 Brandon, the Lord, a member of the House of 
 Commons, 178. 
 
 Brandy, 54, 68, 113, 142, 161 (2), 167, 345. 
 
 cast ashore at Newhaven, Sussex, 491. 
 
 imported, 492. 
 
 running at Deal, 391. 
 
 , Spanish, 112,367. 
 
 Bratle, Daniel, assay master, 494. 
 
 Brawne, Charles, of Redlinch, Esq, (Taxes) 
 
 464. 
 , Charles, Esq., receiver general of the 
 
 quarterly poll (Somerset and Bristol), 
 
 petition of, 317. 
 
 , Mr. Charles, security for a collector 
 
 of excise, petition of, 477. 
 Brazil, 335. 
 
 , wood from, forfeited, 440. 
 
 Bread, debts for, 498. 
 
 waggons, 168, 318. 
 
 Breda frigate, the blowing up of the, 188. 
 Breda, letter dated at, 515. 
 
 Breken, Martha, widow (arrears, army), petition 
 of, 442. 
 
 Brennans, the sept of the (Ireland), a terror to 
 the English inhabitants, &c., 393. 
 
 Brent, Mr., 489. 
 
 , Mrs. Ann, niece to Richard Eeed, 256. 
 
 Brenton, Mr., employed [for survey of woods] 
 in the provinces of Maine and New 
 Hampshire, in New England, 203. 
 
 Brereton, Mr., 417. 
 
 , 'WiUiam, Lord, 14. 
 
 Brest, 313, 367. 
 
 , expedition against, 411. 
 
 , French fleet sails from, 39. 
 
 , gets into, much battered, 44. 
 
 Breton, Kichard, Esq., customer of the port of 
 Sandwich, petition of, 451. 
 
 Brett, John, a searcher of the port of Chester, 
 petition of, 94. 
 
 Brewer, Mr., 80. 
 
 Brewers, the, 80, 466, 545. 
 
 , forfeiture of, 526. 
 
 for the fleet, 555. 
 
 , servants of, impressment of, 109. 
 
 Brewing utensils, 377, 455. 
 
 Brewster, Mr. Samuel, deputy usher of the 
 Court of Exchequer, 190. 
 
 , Samuel (Court of Exchequer), 502. 
 
 , Sir Francis, alderman of Dublin, 96. 
 
 , , (forfeited lands, Ireland), peti- 
 tion of, 486. 
 
 , , his sufferings and losses, (30,000^. 
 
 and more), 486. 
 
 Bribe to custom's ofiicer, 275. 
 
 Brice, John, receiver general of the first aid 
 for Somerset, petition of, 92. 
 
 Brich (Ireland), 221. 
 
 Bricklayers, afiidavits of, 87. 
 
 Bridgman, Mr., 202, 458, 484, 561, 564. 
 
 , Robert, servant of C. Howard, 2. 
 
 Bridgeraan, Mr. Wm., 400,401, 403, 404, 410, 
 486. 
 
 .William, Esq., 572. 
 
 Bridges, B., 23. 
 
 , Brook, Esq., auditor of imprest, 140, 
 
 326 (2), 343, 348, 519, 547. 
 
 ,Capt., 109. 
 
 , Sir Matthew, the regiment of, memo- 
 rial of, 487, 512. 
 
 , Mr. auditor, the oflice of, 210. 
 
 , Mr., solicitor of the customs, 461 (2). 
 
 , Sir Tobias, 13. 
 
 , regiment of, 14. 
 
 , WilUam, Esq. (Ordnance), 202. 
 
 , Capt. William, on the seizure of the 
 
 " Sturgeon," prize ship, petition of, 217. 
 
 Bridgewater, 2, 93 (2), 320. 
 
 Bridgewater, the Right Hon. the Earl of, 384. 
 
 Bridhngton fort, 386. 
 
 Brienne, Simon de, housekeeper and ward- 
 robe-keeper at Kensington Palace, peti- 
 tion of, 315. 
 
 Brierton, Mr., 437. 
 
 Briggs, Mr., or Augustin [Esq.], receiver 
 general of the aid in the co. of Norfolk 
 and Norwich, 65. 
 
 , , petition of. 111. 
 
 , Major, receiver general of poll money, 
 
 45. 
 , Wm., Esq., marshal of the King's 
 
 Bench, petition of, for his expenses for 
 
 an execution, and for putting persons in 
 
 the pillory, 207. 
 
 Brill, a ship cast away at the, 396. 
 
 Brisbane, .John, late secretary of the Admi- 
 ralty, had been envoy extraordinary to 
 Portugal, 207. 
 
GENERAL INDEX. 
 
 585 
 
 Bristol, the port and town of, mention of, 2, 
 107, 157, 165, 173, 177, 180, 183, 184 
 (2), 185 (2), 188, 189, 203, 204, 216, 
 223, 225, 227, 248, 257, 258, 259, 268, 
 269, 275 (2), 278, 294, 317, 330 (2), 
 351,368,407,446(2), 460, 477, 487, 
 608, 510, 516, 553, 554, 572. 
 
 , the collector of, 341. 
 
 , the controllers of, 1. 
 
 , the customers of, 1. 
 
 , customs officers of, 301, 302 (2), 411, 
 
 495. 
 
 , officers of customs at, to stand at the 
 
 assize time with a paper signifying their 
 crimes, 201. 
 
 , port of, customer or collector of, 37, 
 
 148, 247. 
 
 , port of, King's waiter, 63. 
 
 , the magistrates of, 464. 
 
 , the mayor of, 1, 2 (3), 3. 
 
 , the mayor and aldermen of, 308, 538. 
 
 , , petition of, 342. 
 
 , the mayor, aldermen, and citizens of, 
 
 petition of (coinage), 569. 
 
 , the merchants of the city of, 51. 
 
 , Merchant Adventurers of, petition of, 
 
 114. 
 
 , mint to he set up at, 510, 518, 522. 
 
 , place fixed upon for, 516. 
 
 , , proposal as to coinage at, 570. 
 
 , mint at, 538. 
 
 , money remaining at, from the badness 
 
 of the coin, 489. 
 
 , the quay there, 114. 
 
 , the searchers of, 1. 
 
 seamen allowed for, 137, 138. 
 
 , soldiers there not to embark for Ire- 
 laud, 2. 
 
 , the vice-admiral there, 1 . 
 
 H.M. ship, 532. 
 
 , the Bishop of, endeavoured to pre- 
 judice the tinners against the Earl of 
 Bath, 19. 
 
 , the Countess of, annuity of, 40. 
 
 Bristow, Mr. Robert, merchant of London, 
 226. 
 
 , , petition of, 282. 
 
 Britannia, figure of, on the coin, 79 (2). 
 Broadhamson, 242. 
 Broadwater, the hundred of, 535. 
 
 parish (Sussex), 537. 
 
 Brockett, Wilham, gent., petition of, 211. 
 , Mr. William, controller of the " out- 
 land office " (post office), 574. 
 Brockman, Mr., 442. 
 Brockwel, Wingfield, gent., 321. 
 Broderick, Thomas, 382. 
 Brodrick, Mr. Alan, soHcitor general for Ire- 
 land, 452, 566. 
 Bromfield and Yale, the lordship of, the value 
 of, 436. 
 
 , ptoposed grant of mines there to Sir 
 
 Robert Cotton, 437. 
 
 Bromfield and Yale — cont, 
 
 , grant of the manor to the Earl of Port- 
 
 land opposed, 437. 
 
 , 23 manors of. 437. 
 
 , five parts in six of the county, 437. 
 
 Brook, Chidley, receiver of the revenue of 
 
 New York, petition of, 269. 
 Broughton, William, of London, merchant, 
 
 petition of, 67. 
 Brown, Nich., 490. 
 
 Rupert, 151 (4). 
 
 , Captain Thomas, captain in Col. John 
 
 Foulkse's regiment, petition of, 258. 
 Browne, Mr. Arnold, a surety of Sir W. Poole, 
 165. 
 
 Edward, of London, merchant, and 
 
 another, petition of, 320. 
 
 , Francis, a lunatic, had been in the 
 
 care of Dr. Adams at Maribone, and 
 very ill used, application on his behalf, 
 405. 
 , Capt. Hercules, provost marshal, pe- 
 tition of, 228. 
 Leonard, commander of the ship Ben- 
 jamin, petition of (Customs), 423. 
 
 , Mr., a King's waiter in the port of 
 
 Bristol, 63. 
 
 , Richard, keyman, 261. 
 
 , Bobert, a messenger of the chamber, 1 . 
 
 Sir Valentine, forfeited woods of, near 
 
 Bantry, 542. 
 Brudenall or Brudenel, Lieut. -Col. Thomas, 
 
 petition of, 358 (2). 
 Bruges, 67. 
 
 Brune, Mons. la, petition of, 181. 
 Brunskel, Mr. Percival, petitions for derelict 
 land, 537 (2). 
 
 , , grant refused, 638. 
 
 Brunskel], P., the creditors of, &c., 168. 
 Brunskill, Mr., 143 (2). 
 
 , petition of, 388. 
 
 Brunswick, Sir William Button Colt, envoy 
 
 extraordinary to the house of, 375. 
 Brussels, 336. 
 Bryan, Walter, 490. 
 Buchan, Col., 280. 
 
 , the Earl of, 482. 
 
 Buck, Mr. Edw., 309, 343. 
 
 Buckingham, one put in the pillory there, 207. 
 
 , CO., 466. 
 
 , George, Duke of, 385. 
 
 Buckley, Henry, Esq., master of the house- 
 hold to King Charles and King James, 
 petition of, 40. 
 
 Bucknall, Ralph, brewer, 148. 
 
 Buckworth, John, Esq., merchant, of London, 
 
 226. 
 , Sir John, 22 (2). 
 
 Buller, Wyndham, dau. and heir of Col. An- 
 thony Buller, petition of, 390. 
 BulUon, 171, 323, 325 (3), 545. 
 , foreign, &c., 138 (3). 
 
586 
 
 GENERAL INDEX. 
 
 Burchett, Mr. (Admiralty), 505, 515, 548, 
 553, 555, 560 (2), 505, 566 (2). 
 
 Burford, Joel (Customs, London), 567. 
 Burgh, W., accountant general [? Ireland], 
 
 .569. 
 Burials, marriages, &c., Act for raising money 
 
 on, &c., 4S1. 
 Biirlace, Anne, makes devise of messuages in 
 
 Bedfordbury and Kennaston Alley, 
 
 371. 
 Burleigli Lodge and AYalk,352. 
 Burlington, and Cork, Richard Earl of, peti- 
 tion of, 220. 
 Burt, E., 530. 
 
 , Monsieur, 64. 
 
 Burton, Bartholomew, 480. 
 
 Lancelot, memorial of (premium upon 
 
 loan), 473. 
 Bury St. Edmund's, 11. 
 
 , persons put in the pillory there, 207. 
 
 Bushy Park, office of keeper of, 33. 
 Butler, Col., committed to gaol, 115. 
 
 , one Butler, his servant, 117. 
 
 , Sir Nicholas, 94. 
 
 , , a commissioner of customs, 195. 
 
 , Obadiah (transport service), 201. 
 
 , Richard, a discharged "customer," 
 
 petition of, 470. 
 
 , Richard, petition of (navy debt), 500. 
 
 Sarah, widow , the French and Irish 
 
 kept garrison in her house, barbarities 
 
 to her daughter and herself, petition of, 
 
 326. 
 , , kept prisoner at Limerick, 320. 
 
 , Walter, petitions to recover his com- 
 mission of 2s. 6d. in the pound for 
 obtaining the royal bounty, 337. 
 
 Button, Samuel, gent., the petition of, 10. 
 
 Butter, 41 (3), 101, 124. 
 
 Butts, Mr., or Mr, Daniel, 90 (2), 413, 454, 
 457. 
 
 , , commissai-y to the Irish forces, 
 
 307 (2). 
 
 , , commi.ssary of the transport, 
 
 went to France, &c., petition of, 273. 
 
 , , his salary as commissary of the 
 
 Danish troops, 273. 
 
 , , the English commissary, 248 
 
 (2). 
 
 , , commissary to the Danish forces, 
 
 499. 
 
 Byerley, Col., memorial of, &c., .300 (2), 339. 
 
 Byeriy, Col., the regiment of, 211, 477. 
 
 Bytleet manor, 33. 
 
 , office of bailiff of, 33. 
 
 Byng, Captain, commander of the " Dovor," 
 345. 
 
 Cabinet, the Lords of the, 317. 
 
 Cables, &c., as to their freedom from duty, 
 470. 
 
 Cabragh, 221. 
 
 Cadiz, 30, 98, 320, 324, 431 (2), 540 (2), 550. 
 
 , the expedition to, 488. 
 
 Caesar, Alice, petition of (land at Chatham), 
 495. 
 
 , Jul, 3. 
 
 Cicsar, the ship, 196. 
 
 Cagnomi, Joseph, merchant of London (Cus- 
 toms), 486. 
 
 Cahan, Martin, drummer, 317. 
 
 Caillon, the Sieur Josias, a French Protestant 
 and merchant of Savinien upon the river 
 Cliarente, 233. 
 
 Calais, 50, 127, 196. 
 
 fleet, the, 463. 
 
 Calamint, customs on, 340, 368. 
 
 Caldwell, Capt. Hugh, son of Sir James, de- 
 fended the castle of Donegall, attacked 
 by the Duke of Berwick, petition of, 
 474. 
 
 , Captain, 499. 
 
 , Elizabeth, daughter of Sir James, con- 
 veyed gunpowder to the garrison at 
 Belleek, Enniskillen, &c., 474. 
 
 , Sir James, seeks for forfeited lands 
 
 in Ireland, 473 (2). 
 
 , , maintained a pass and took a 
 
 number of prisoners, 474. 
 
 , his house a garrison, &c., 474. 
 
 , , his losses computed at 5,000/. 
 
 or 6,000/., 474. 
 
 Mrs., 489. 
 
 Calico, 350, 409. 
 
 , printed, 373. 
 
 Cahcoes, 165. 
 
 Callant, John, of London, sworn broker, pe- 
 tition of (Customs), 460. 
 
 Calvert, his E.'ccellency Charles, Esq., captain- 
 general of Maryland, 7. 
 
 Camaret, or Cauierit, in France, 39. 
 
 Camaret Bay, 411, 439. 
 
 Camball, Mr. David, agent to the Earl of 
 Argyle's regiment, 261. 
 
 Cambon, Col. du, 181. 
 
 Cambray, the English monastery at, the nuns 
 of, 256. 
 
 Camp, the. Sir Nicholas Stanning there, 20. 
 
 Candle, inch of, [a species of auction,] 491. 
 
 Canning, WiUiam, brewer, petition of, 478. 
 
 Cannon Row, Westminster, 197. 
 
 Canons, books of, 470. 
 
 Canterbury, the Archbishop of, promise to 
 him by the King of a searchership, 
 476. 
 
GENERAL INDEX. 
 
 587 
 
 Canterbury — cont. 
 
 , the Archbishop of, 293, 375, 41C. 
 
 , the revenues of the archbishopric of, 
 
 210. 
 
 the deau and chapter of, 199. 
 
 Canterbury, 383. 
 
 i , innkeepers there impoverished by sol- 
 diers quartered on them, 225. 
 
 , the mayor and aldermen of, petition 
 
 of, 225. 
 
 , marines there, 233. 
 
 , the postmaster of, 441. 
 
 Cant, public, lands exposed to, 479. 
 
 Canvas, 309, 547. 
 
 Capel, the Hon. Sir Henry, one of the Lords 
 of the Treasury, 50 (2). 
 
 Capell or Capel, Sir Henry, 22 8. 
 
 the Right Hon. the Lord, one of the 
 
 lords justices in Ireland, 29 7. 
 
 , Lord, 405, 408 (2). 
 
 , , petition of, 510. 
 
 , his Excellency Lord Henry, Baron of 
 
 Tewkesbury, Lord Deputy-General and 
 General Governor of Ireland, 467, 485. 
 
 Capitulations, 86. 
 
 Cappoquin, 220. 
 
 Captives, EngHsh, detained by the Emperor of 
 
 Fez and Morocco, 238. 
 
 , English, redeemed, 389. 
 
 , many died of the plague, 389. 
 
 Carbonell, Wm., merchant, 181. 
 
 Carbome, Richard, 118. 
 
 Carbury, the barony of, 566. 
 
 Cardigan, 244. 
 
 Cardonnel, Ad., 184. 
 
 , James de, secretary to the general 
 
 (Duke Schomberg), petitions of, 221, 
 
 484, 485. 
 , to the succeeding Duke in 
 
 Piedmont, 222. 
 , , secretary to the Duke of Lein- 
 
 ster, petition of, 236. 
 
 , his salary, 236. 
 
 , , stationery for, 239. 
 
 Carew, Sybil, relict of Captain John Carew, 
 
 ■who served in Holland and was -wounded 
 
 and died at Limerick, petition of, 491. 
 
 Carey, Thomas, 351, 352. 
 
 Caribbee Islands, the, 12 (2), 14 (4), 95, 136. 
 
 204, 219, 256. 
 
 , the customs in, 12. 
 
 , the governor of, 14. 
 
 , surrender of interest in, 13. 
 
 Carleton, Mr. Christopher, collector of the port 
 
 of Belfast, 156. 
 Carleton or Carlton, Christopher, Esq., a Cora' 
 
 of Revenue (Ireland), 402, 405 (2), 
 
 408,410,475 (2), 50G. 
 , , as to his defence against Mr. 
 
 Babe's petition, 406. 
 
 Carlton, Mr. Christopher, a collector of Cork, 
 and aftewards Cora' of Revenue (Ire- 
 land), his trade with Erance, &c., 188, 
 413 (2), 419. 
 
 , , goes with the judge to the 
 
 assizes, 533. 
 
 Carlisle, the Earl of, 12, 95. 
 
 , James, Earl of, his creditors, 12 (7), 
 
 13 (3). 
 
 , James, son of the Earl of, 12. 
 
 , Lord Hay, Earl of, 12. 
 
 99, 106 (4), 107 (2), 112 (2), 174. 
 
 prisoners in the garrison of, 246. 
 
 , the port of, 364, 495. 
 
 , officers of customs at, 55, 195, 233. 
 
 , searcher of, 55, 146, 211, 246. 
 
 Carlyle, Ellen, widow, 319. 
 
 Carmarthen, &c., petition of the gentlemen 
 freeholders, &c. of, 244. 
 
 , the Marquis of, 50, 316, 480, 540. 
 
 , colonel of the first marine regiment, 
 
 556. 
 Carmiehel, Sir Daniel, deputy treasurer, 6. 
 Carolina, 484. 
 
 Carpenter, John, clerk, chaplain of two Dutch 
 regiments in Ireland, two petitions of, 
 413. 
 
 Nathaniel, army agent, petition of, 
 
 347. 
 , Samuel, 127. 
 
 , Thomas, patent waiter of the port of 
 
 London, petition of, 288. 
 
 Carpenters, affidavits of, 87. 
 
 Carpentry, 422. 
 
 CaiT, Grace, Mary, and Elizabeth, daughters 
 of the consul in Holland, petition of, 
 194. 
 
 Carriekfergus, 572. 
 
 Carriers, the, convey letters, 501. 
 
 Cartell, the, 330. 
 
 Carter, Mr,, a surveyor of landwaiters, 59, 60 
 (2), 63. 
 
 , Mr. (Customs), petitions of, &c., 148, 
 
 149 (2), 484. 
 
 , Thomas, Esq., serjeant-at-arms (Ire- 
 land), 279, 476, 485. 
 , Mr. William (Customs), 110 (2). 
 
 , William, petitions, &c. of, 77 (4), 81 
 
 (2), 125, 147, 148 (2), 175, 176. 
 
 , , endeavours to cut off trade with 
 
 France, petition of, 193. 
 
 Carteret, Sir Edward, Kt., petition of, as to 
 his pension, 222. 
 
 , in Jersey, a servant to KingCharlesH . 
 
 to wait on the Duke of York, 222. 
 
 , Sir George, Kt. and Bart., 14. 
 
 , James, Esq., 14. 
 
 Cartridges, parchment, for the fleet, 4 1 6. 
 
588 
 
 GENERAL INDEX. 
 
 Cartwright, Captain Henry, petition of, 522 
 (2). 
 
 , Gervase, late of Belgrave, co. Leices- 
 ter, gent., convicted and fined as a 
 Romish priest, 367, 374. 
 
 Carver to Her Majesty, 194. 
 
 Carylong, tlie barony of, 192. 
 
 Cary, Mr. Richard, merchant, 438. 
 
 , Mrs. Anne, relict and administratrix 
 
 of Edward Cary, Esq., petition of, 436. 
 
 Casaubon, Stephen, lieut.-col. of a regiment, 
 wounded and pensioned, petition of, 
 377. 
 
 Cash, Thomas, 339. 
 
 Castle Connell, the mansion and castle de- 
 molished, 414. 
 
 , blown up at the surrender of Lime- 
 rick, 478. 
 
 Castledooran, 270. 
 
 Castle Haven, Elizabeth, Countess Dowager 
 of, petition of, 246, 247. 
 
 , Mervin, Earl of, petition of, 1.5. 
 
 Hayes, lands called the, 170. 
 
 Castleton, Lord, 393. 
 
 , , the regiment of, to be trans- 
 ported from Portsmouh to Holland, 
 208. 
 
 , , the regiment of, 257. 
 
 Castletown (Ireland), 540. 
 
 Catheriogh (Ireland), 558. 
 
 Cattle, tax on, proposed, 1.52 (2). 
 
 , the Com^^ of Customs doubt as to the 
 
 transportation of, to Ireland, custom 
 free, 218. 
 
 Caulier [ J, 134. 
 
 Cavenagh, Charles, a forfeiting person (Ire- 
 land), 558. 
 
 Cavendish, the Lord, 308. 
 
 Cawthorpe, Wm., a receiver of aids (Lincoln), 
 petitions of, 201, 381. 
 
 Ceeley, Major Peter, of the garrison of Ply- 
 mouth, 372. 
 
 Chabrolle, Lewis, 180. 
 
 Chabrole, Capt. [Louis], a reformed captain in 
 
 the French regiment of foot, petitions 
 
 of, 392, 456 (2). 
 
 Chadwick, Mi-., 527 (2), 529, 540. 
 
 Chafe-wax, the office of, 247. 
 
 Challoner, Wilham, gent., 322. 
 
 Chamberlain, Mr., deputy controller, had 
 brought three of the chief of the Irish- 
 men, 35. 
 
 , , in custody, 35. 
 
 , the, petition of the, &c. for a loan on 
 
 an aid, 376. 
 
 , the Lord, his lodgings, 87. 
 
 , Mich., 490. 
 
 Thomas and Company, merchants at 
 
 Messina, 586. 
 
 Chamberlains, the deputy, for joining tallies, 
 petition of, 425. 
 
 Chamber, treasurer of the, 6, 192, 203, 320, 
 
 412, 496 (2). 
 , the treasurer of the, controller, 186, 
 
 240. 
 Champion, Richard, a keeper of the privy 
 
 galleries at Whitehall, petition of, 320 
 
 (2). 
 Chancellor, the Lord, 24. 
 
 [of the Exchequer?], 527. 
 
 Mr., 212. 
 
 Chancery, Court of (Ireland), 393. 
 
 , the masters in, fees paid on their 
 
 salaries, 494. 
 Chantry, William, petition of (Customs), 314. 
 Chapon, Charles, petition of, 505. 
 Chardin, Sir John, of Leicester Fields, Middle- 
 sex, Knight, 337. 
 Charities, the Royal, 280, 469. 
 Charles the First, King, mention of, 2, 21, 22, 
 
 130, 144, 154, 155, 294, 301, 311, 315, 
 
 350,331, 437, 572. 
 
 Charles the Second, King, mention of, 2,30 (2), 
 38, 42, 58, 68, 84, 95, 96, 97 (2), 101, 
 106,115, 132 134,137, 144, 154, 155 
 (3), 161, 162, 163, 164 (2), 172 (2), 
 177,178, 185, 192,202,205,207,208, 
 210, 215 (2), 220, 222, 253, 274, 281, 
 290(3), 294, 295,296, 298, 301, 311 
 (2), 315, 328, 330, 339, 365, 380, 394, 
 436, 438, 467, 572. 
 
 Charles the Second, the ship, 197, 460. 
 
 , the gaUey, 83. 
 
 Charnock, one of that name, 511. 
 
 Charters, John, 245. 
 
 Chase, Mr., apothecary to the person, 203. 
 
 , Mr. Jonathan, first groom of the re- 
 moving wardrobe, petition of, 429. 
 
 Stephen, chafe -wax to the Great Seal 
 
 of England, petition for rent, 247. 
 
 Chatham, 138, 318, 319, 385. 
 
 the chest at, 121, 128, 506, 530. 
 
 , His Majesty's [dock]yard at, 495. 
 
 , mariners to appear there, 2. 
 
 money wanted for works in the yards, 
 
 298, 504. 
 
 , the King's house or the victualling 
 
 office at, 427. 
 
 Cheeke, Thomas, Esq., lieutenant of the 
 
 Tower of London, 273. 
 Cheese, 101, 124. 
 Chelsea, 281, 451. 
 
 , Little, 258. 
 
 , road to, 332. 
 
 hospital, 16, 146, 188. 
 
 Cheltenham, 176. 
 
 Chemical laboratory, Whitehall, 572. 
 
 Cherois, Mons. la, major to a French regi- 
 ment, 426. 
 
 Chertsey, 33. 
 
 the manor of, office of steward of, 33. 
 
 Cheshire, 305, 492. 
 
 , land, revenue of, 447. 
 
GENERAL INDEX. 
 
 58 9 
 
 Chester, 35, 59, 62, 74, 76, 85, 86, 91, 93 (3), 
 98 (2), 99 (3), 100, 102 (2), 103, 113, 
 117, 126, 135, 185, 351, :j4, 535. 
 
 , &c., memorial of the iuhahitants of, 
 
 137. 
 
 Castle, 46. 
 
 , prisoners there, 54, 59. 
 
 , Exchequer and other offices out of 
 
 repair, the records spoiUng by the rain, 
 &c., 113. 
 
 , the chief justice of, 470. 
 
 , the mayor of, 146. 
 
 , , the common hall ruinous, peti- 
 tion of, 447. 
 
 ,the port of, 52 (2), 54, 57, 94, 107, 
 
 109. 
 
 , mariners there, 146. 
 
 , officers of the port of, 47, 71. 
 
 , surveyor general of the port of, 85. 
 
 Chester water, 173. 
 
 , Neston Key, the park gate, 146. 
 
 , CO., 420. 
 
 and FUnt, the chief justice of, 42. 
 
 Chest money, 62. 
 
 , the governors of the, 128 (2). 
 
 Chetwynd, Charles, or Mr. Charles, petition of, 
 &c., 43, 194. 
 
 ., gent., registrar to the court in 
 
 the marches of Wales, petition of, 57. 
 
 Chetwin or Chetwynd, Mr., deputy auditor [in 
 South Wales], 172, 222. 
 
 , Charles, gent., deputy auditor of 
 
 Wales, 369, 470. 
 , , fitted up an office for records, 
 
 &c., 417 (2). 
 
 , petitions of, 371, 416. 
 
 , John, gent., deputy wardrobe keeper 
 
 of the castle of Ludlosv, 480. 
 
 Chetwinde, Mr., 293. 
 
 Chetwynd, Thomas, gent., petition of, 88. 
 
 Cheyne, Robert, 181. 
 
 Chichester, 124. 
 
 , goods shipped from, taken by the 
 
 enemy, 446. 
 
 , the port of, 54, 206. 
 
 ..., frauds of the customers, 55. 
 
 Chichester, John, brother of the Ear^ of Done- 
 gal, a captain of foot in Ireland, peti- 
 tion of, 41. 
 
 , his wife a person of quality, 41. 
 
 Child, John, gent., receiver general of an aid 
 and quarterly poU (Wilts), petitions of, 
 293, 340. 
 
 , Sir Francis, 329. 
 
 , , Knt., sheriff of London and 
 
 Middlesex, 216.° 
 
 , Sir Josiah, Bart., 373. 
 
 , , (victualling the navy,) 390 (2). 
 
 , Robert, Esq., 16 (2). 
 
 Chilworth, powder works at, 161. 
 Chimney farm, see Hearth money. 
 China, 469. 
 
 wares, counterfeit, 418. 
 
 Chirk Castle, 421. 
 
 Chislett, William, the grantee of a coal mine, 
 
 210. 
 Chivers, Christopher, the estate of, (co. Louth, 
 
 Ireland), 567. 
 Chobham, 33. 
 Chocolate, 316. 
 
 , imported, 182, 200. 
 
 Christchurch, 322 (2), 355. 
 
 , harbour near, and pier there, 322. 
 
 Christenings, raising money on, 481. 
 
 Christian, Major, solicitor for the Acts of 2s. 
 and \2d. per pound, and review of the 
 roll Act, 104, 105. 
 
 , William, Esq., customer of Carhsle, 
 
 and late collector of Whitehaven, peti- 
 tion of, 239. 
 
 Christien, a spy, 298. 
 
 Christophers, St., 14, 157. 
 
 , the fort of, 439. 
 
 Chudleigh, John, purser, 198. 
 
 , Ml'., agent to the royal regiment of 
 
 dragoons, memorial of, 122 (2). 
 
 , Mr., [army] agent, 130. 
 
 Churchill, John, Lord, 21. 
 Cinnamon, 83. 
 
 Cinque Ports, fines from uncustomed goods, 
 563. 
 
 , the Lord Warden of, 202. 
 
 Civil Government, no money for the, 535. 
 
 Civille, Ester de, 20. 
 
 Clancarty, the Earl of, 329. 
 
 , his woods forfeited, 353. 
 
 ,a prisoner [of State] in the 
 
 Tower of London, 380, 402 (2). 
 
 , , his weekly subsistence unpaid, 
 
 402. 
 
 , , loan to, 439. 
 
 , Elizabeth, Countess Dowager of, peti- 
 tions of, 329, 330. 
 
 Clanricard, the Earl of, 153. 
 
 , , a bequest of, forfeited, 493. 
 
 , William, late Earl of, the forfeited 
 
 estate of, 558. 
 
 Clare, John, Earl of, and others, petition of, 
 335. 
 
 Clarke or Clark, Mr. Geo., or George, 246, 
 317, 452 (2), 461. 
 
 Clark, Geo., the garrison at Tinmouth Castle 
 ready to starve, 523. 
 
 Clarke, James, of Dublin, merchant, petition 
 
 of, 255. 
 , , alderman of Dublin, as to the 
 
 restoration of his estate, petition of, 
 
 276. 
 
590 
 
 GENERAL INDEX. 
 
 Clarke, John, son-in-law to Major Eichard 
 Irwin, "sewer" to King Charles II., 
 refused the test laws, petition of, 417, 
 
 , , mariner, petition of, 492. 
 
 , , master of a vessel, petition of, 
 
 500. 
 
 , , of Chichester, petition of (Cus- 
 toms;, 124. 
 
 , Margaret, widow of John Clark, Esq., 
 
 a lieut. in Major Kamsey's company, 
 petition of, 302. 
 
 , Mr., 325, 4().'), 500. 
 
 , Samuel, Esq., petitions of, 44, 477. 
 
 , Sir Edward, Knight, sheriff of London 
 
 and Middlesex, 21«. 
 
 Thomas, 322. 
 
 Clay, CO. Norfolk, 75. 
 
 Claypoole, John, son-in-law of Mr. John 
 
 Heard, purveyor to Their Majesties, 
 
 petition of, 417. 
 Clayton, Andrew, son of ]\Iavy, a defaulter in 
 
 his accounts (excise), 530. 
 
 , Mary, widow, petition of, 529. 
 
 , Sir Robert, 520 (3), 540. 
 
 , Mr. Robert, farmer of the post fines, 
 
 petition of, 97. 
 
 , William, son of Mary, 529. 
 
 Clearings of officers, the, 354, 465 (2). 
 Clement, Simon, and other merchants in- 
 fringe the Navigation Act, memorial 
 
 of, 521. 
 Clements, Capt. Bartholomew, petition of, 
 
 322. 
 Clenaghan, Mr., a clergyman of Londonderry, 
 
 375. 
 Clergymen, widows and children of, unrelieved, 
 
 257. 
 Clerk of the Crown (Ireland), allowance of 
 
 40s. for each person outlawed, 2G3. 
 Clerk, Henry, Lieut. -Col., petition of, 154. 
 
 , Mr., 508, 527, 529. 
 
 Clerke, James, merchant, petition of, 309. 
 
 Clerkenwell, 163, 395. 
 
 Cleveland, the Duchess of, 32, 55 (4). 
 
 , , her rent out of the Post Office, 
 
 55. 
 
 , , claims on the Post Office, 250. 
 
 , , her pension from the Post Office, 
 
 535. 
 
 Clifford's Fort, near North Shields, 386. 
 
 Clifton, Sir Jervase or Gei'vaise, 488. 
 
 , Mr., [? Sir Jervase], 489. 
 
 Clinton, Mr., of Barnstable, clears a ship con- 
 trary to the embargo, 531 (2 ). 
 
 collector of customs at Biddeford, 503 
 
 (2). 
 Clipped money.s483 (3), 494, 523, 531, 543, 
 
 548, 554, 559, 563 (3), 567, 569. 
 
 , coinage of, 508, 551, 558. 
 
 , 5s. 8il. an ounce, 531, 538, 539. 
 
 Clipped and impassable money, 570. 
 
 Clipped money, recompense of 6rf. an ounce 
 for bringing in, 533. ) 
 
 Clippers and clippings of coin, 78 (2), 118, 
 299, 305 (7), 306, 329 (2), 432, 444 
 (2). 
 
 of coin, forty convicted, 298. 
 
 and coiners, forfeitures of, 573. 
 
 , tools used by, 285. 
 
 Clippings, 285. 
 
 , &c., dispute about between the city of 
 
 London and the Government, 436, 536, 
 557. 
 
 , claims to, by the bailiff of West- 
 minster, 541. 
 
 , the King's title to, 537. 
 
 , &c., the IQng's right to, insisted on, 54 1 . 
 
 Clipt money, coinage of, 514. 
 
 , far more of than Parliament supposed, 
 
 510. 
 
 Clipsham, Michael, deputy King's waiter 
 (customs), petition of, 262. 
 
 Cloienefert (Limerick), 379. 
 
 Clonguffin (Ireland), land.s in, 479 (2). 
 
 Cloonbrock (Ireland), 492. 
 
 Cloths, 121,204. 
 
 Cloth CTistoms, 420. 
 
 Clothiers (army), the, 381, 445. 
 
 , contracts with, 32. 
 
 Clothing (army), 100, 104, 122 (2), 138, 147, 
 151, 152, 153, 161, 163, 168, 175, 
 176, 184, 198, 206, 213, 241, 247, 
 271 (3), 296, 297, 301, 303, 309, 
 358 (2), 359 (4), 301, 369 (2), 387, 
 390, 394, 398, 404, 408, 409, 412, 
 414 (2), 420, 429, 435, 473, 481,482, 
 487, 511. 
 
 for the army bought at York, 509. 
 
 (navy), 188. 
 
 Clough, William, imder searcher of the port of 
 London, 44. 
 
 Cloves, 83. 
 
 Clutterbuck, Roger, searcher of customs in the 
 port of Southampton, petition of, 54. 
 
 Coachman to the King, 57. 
 
 Coakely, Lieut. Abraham, gent., petitions for 
 a reward, 493. 
 
 Coal, 455. 
 
 mines, 242. 
 
 Coals and culm, officers for the new duty on, 
 salaries, &o. (Customs), 462. 
 
 , duty on, 462, 486. 
 
 exported, duty on, 533 (2). 
 
 , fraudulent practices in exportation of 
 
 (Customs), 534. 
 
 for Ireland, 46 (2). 
 
 , sea, duty on exportation, 213. 
 
 Cobb, a coin called a, 377. 
 
 Cochineal, 320, 327. 
 
 Cock, John, plumber, petition of, 332. 
 
 .William, 287. 
 
 Cockermouth, 351. 
 
 Cockets, examination of, 297. 
 
GENERAL INDEX, 
 
 691 
 
 Cocoa, 275, 316. 
 
 Codrington, Christopher, 140. 
 
 > ) Esq., audotliers, petition of, 438. 
 
 Col. Christopher, governor of the 
 
 Leeward Islands, salary of, &c., 438, 
 439 (2), 444 (5), 487, 489 (2). 
 
 Coffee, 132, 133 (2), 316. 
 
 houses, 214. 
 
 Cofferer, fees of, 336. 
 
 , office of, 31. 
 
 Cogswell, condemned for clipping in 1G88, 
 234. 
 
 Coin, the badness of the, 489. 
 
 , the cui'rent, 139. 
 
 , cracked money, 163. 
 
 , doubtful if there was enough to pay 
 
 the IQng's ships going abroad, 486. 
 
 .foreign, the exportation of, the law 
 
 and practice of, 325. 
 
 , the ill state of the, sixpences not 
 
 cUpped within the innermost rmg, &c., 
 553. 
 
 .(milled EngUsh) found on a Swedish 
 
 ship, forfeited (Customs), 423. 
 
 Coinage, 11,20, 80, 154, 229, 230. 
 
 , base moneys began with great necessi- 
 ties, 230. 
 
 , , Spain and France decried all 
 
 their base moneys, 230. 
 
 , , of the reigns of Henry VIII. 
 
 and Edward VI. caUed in and reduced 
 to their value by Queen Elizabeth, 230. 
 
 , of penny and twopenny pieces, 229, 
 
 230 (2). 
 allowances for re-coinage of the money, 
 
 486, 494, 519. 
 
 duty, 432. 
 
 , the farming out of the, 224. 
 
 , the, goes on better, 516. 
 
 , of shillings and sixpences in the 
 
 Tower, 555. 
 
 standard for the, 376, 377. 
 
 see Tin. 
 
 Coiners, 305 (4). 
 Coining, charge of, 572. 
 
 dies for, 513. 
 
 in New England, 214. 
 
 , the coins of, 22 J percent, less 
 
 value than the Enghsh silver coin, 214. 
 
 Coins, 53, 71. 
 
 , effigies engraved for, 53. 
 
 patterns of pence, halfpence, and 
 
 farthings, 28. 
 , Spanish, currentin New England, 214. 
 
 Coke, Mr., with Mr. Manly, sent to St. Sebas- 
 tian to inquire into the growth of 
 wine in Spain, 493. 
 
 Colby, Philip, 309. 
 
 .,,,....., Thomas, (army clothing) petition of, 
 309. 
 
 Colchester, Lord, the regiment of, 213. 
 , Richard, Lord and others, petition of, 
 
 406. 
 
 , the port of, 163. 
 
 , surveyor of, 92. 
 
 Colclough, Adam, Esq., surveyor of the Green 
 
 "Wax; a Papist, fled and in arms in 
 
 Ireland, 43. 
 Coldstreamer, a, 261. 
 Coleby, Philip, and others, petition of, (army 
 
 clothing), 241. 
 Cole, Mr., as to the office of Chamberlain of 
 
 the Exchequer, 293. 
 
 , collector of Cowes, 217. 
 
 , Robert, agent and consul at Algiers, 
 
 482, 483. 
 , citizen and goldsmith of London, 
 
 petition of, 177. 
 Colepeper, Robert, gent., petition of, as to the 
 
 harbour of Rye, &e., 252. 
 , , his schemes to render the 
 
 harbour serviceable, &c., 254 (2). 
 Coleraine, 41, 182, 243. 
 
 , searcher of, 165. 
 
 Coliear, Sir David, the regiment of, 442. 
 Colinge, Mr. Richard, 114. 
 Collet, condemned for clipping in 1688, 234. 
 Collier, Hannah, widow of Capt. Henry, who 
 
 was killed at the battle of Landen, 
 
 petition of, 447. 
 
 , Sir David, the regiment of, 327. 
 
 ColUngs, Charles, petition of, (Customs), 316. 
 CoUingwood, Col., the regiment of, 511. 
 ColUns, Edward, 58. 
 
 , Freeman, petition of, 194. 
 
 , John, son of Edward, 58. 
 
 Greenville, or Grenville, captain of 
 
 H.M. yacht Mary, petitions of, 8, 341. 
 
 Colmore, "WiUiam, Esq., memorial of, 219. 
 
 Coloma or Colonna, Don Manuel, coming from 
 Holland as ambassador from Spain, the 
 goods of, 210, 211. 
 
 Colonial trade, 68. 
 
 Colonies, English, the privilege of coinage, 
 214. 
 
 the 309. 
 
 Colours for the packet boats, 127. 
 
 Colt, Col., 357 (2), 398. 
 
 , Col. Edward Button, memorial of, 
 
 440. 
 
 , John Dulton, Esq., collector of 
 
 customs at Bristol, detects the factors 
 and merchants in combination, petition 
 of, 201. 
 
 , informations exhibited against them 
 
 by dp.venerunt, 201. 
 
 , , charges against for mis- 
 conduct in his office, 245. 
 
 , affirms them to be malicious and false, 
 
 247. 
 
 , petitions for removal of surcharge, 
 
 368. 
 
 P P 
 
592 
 
 GENERAL INDEX. 
 
 Colt, the Lady Mary, widow of Sir Wm. 
 Button Colt, deceased, petition of, 375. 
 
 Comb, see Coom. 
 Combers [? ■wool combers], 545. 
 Combes, Sir John, Kt., chief juslice of 
 Chester, salary of, 470. 
 
 Commander-in-chief of the Danish force, 80, 
 104. 
 
 Commissary, the, 100, 241. 
 
 General, the, 113, 145, 296, 326. 
 
 of stores, to be appointed, to 
 
 execute the office of paymaster, &c., 
 
 386. 
 
 of provisions, allowed 10s. a day, 376. 
 
 ,391, 401,411. 
 
 and musters, or commissaiy of 
 
 the stores and pajTnaster of the forces 
 for the West Indies, 396, 400. 
 
 to the Lords of the Admiralty, 407. 
 
 Commission for government of this kingdom, 
 and continuance of Parliament, 5. 
 
 , royal, 3. 
 
 Common-right of derelict lands belongs to 
 the Crown, 383. 
 
 Commons, the House of,41, 178,418,424,487. 
 
 in Parliament, the, 302 (2), 481. 
 
 Commonwealth, 2. 
 
 Compere, Leonard, leatherseller, 569. 
 
 Concealed lands, 15, 74. 
 
 rents, 431. 
 
 revenues, 384. 
 
 Concealments of forfeited lands (Ireland), 251. 
 
 Concordatum, the, 469. 
 
 Condons and Clongibbons, co. Cork, barony 
 of, 430. 
 
 Conduct money to seamen, 213,217, 221. 
 
 Constable, a prize French vessel called the, 523. 
 
 Conger, fish, duty on, 399. 
 
 Congress, the, 211. 
 
 Coningsby, Lord, 331, 359, 392, 427, 436, 445, 
 
 471, 472, 500, 505, 511 (2), 526. 
 , Thomas, Lord, 511. 
 
 , [Thomas, Esq.], a lord justice of 
 
 Ireland, 270. 
 
 Connaught (Ireland), 474. 
 
 Connecticut, 82. 
 
 Connyngham, Capt. Wm., petition of, 553. 
 
 , Col. Richard, 55.3. 
 
 or Conyngham, Col Henry, shipment 
 
 of horse, petition as to, 293. 
 Henry, of Castle Connyngham in 
 
 Ireland, the estate of, 554. 
 Conspiracy, 160. 
 
 , to assassinate the King, 563. 
 
 , the late damnable, 574. 
 
 Conspirators, rewards for apprehension of, 531. 
 
 Contraband goods, 79. 
 
 Controller of aU the ports of England, 61. 
 
 Conventicles, fines, &c. upon, 219. 
 
 , frequenters of, 254. 
 
 Convocation, minutes of proceedings of, 19 
 
 (2), 20. 
 
 , see also Tinners and Stannaries. 
 
 Convocators, 17, 20. 
 
 Convoy, a, 83, 98,106, 112, 123,132(2), 135, 
 
 136, 227, 248, 354, 256, 400, 404. 
 , of soldiers to bring up Excise money, 
 
 489, 495. 
 Conyers, Mr. counsel for the Countess of 
 
 Longford, 462. 
 Cook, George, commander of a ship, 353. 
 , Ml-., sent to St. Sebastian to inquire 
 
 into the wine trade, &c., 540. 
 
 , 529. 
 
 , or Cooke, Sir Thomas, memorial, &c., 
 
 334, 525 (2). 
 , , alderman and sherifiF of London 
 
 (clippings, &c. at the Old Bailey), 557. 
 
 , , (New Land Bank), 547. 
 
 , Thomas, (Customs), petition of, 264. 
 
 , William, tide surveyor of London, 72. 
 
 Coom or Comb East, Farm, Greenwich, 198 
 
 (2). 
 Cooper, -, the relict of Col. Arnolt 
 
 Cooper, governor of Yarmouth Castle, 
 
 Isle of Wight, petition of, 498. 
 Coote, Col., 426. 
 
 , Col. Richard, memorial of, 324. 
 
 , , petition of (forfeitures), 493. 
 
 Cope, Jo., 258. 
 
 Copenhagen, 61. 
 
 Copinger, Dominic, son of Walter, 566. 
 
 , Walter, 566. 
 
 Copley, Col., [Lionel, governor of Maryland], 
 266 (2), 267, 402, 403, 409, 449. 
 
 , , his death, 449. 
 
 Copper coinage, 480. 
 
 Company, the, 365. 
 
 ,242. 
 
 , English, 249, 416. 
 
 farthings and halfpence, 365, 366, 
 
 509 (2). 
 
 from Barbary, 176. 
 
 mines, a tenth part of, to their Majesties, 
 
 283. 
 Miners, the Governor and Company of, 
 
 284. 
 
 , , proposal to coin pence, 
 
 hallpence, and farthings, 249. 
 
 mint. Com" of the, 416. 
 
 , the patent for coining, 375. 
 
 ,the worth of, 365, 609. 
 
 , unwrought, prohibited from exporta- 
 tion, 240. 
 
 Copperas, 98. 
 
 Corbais, the camp at, letter dated at, 519, 522. 
 
 Corbett, Andrew, 509. 
 
 Cordage, &c. seized at Plymouth, 120. 
 
 Cordwent, Mr., (army clothier), 398. 
 
 Corisoe [Cura9ao], goods sent to, 358. 
 
GENERAL INDEX. 
 
 593 
 
 Cork, 59, 147, 168, 173, 180, 188, 189, 245, 
 257, 275 (2), 300, 353 (2), 463, 559, 
 566. 
 
 , comity of, 415. 
 
 , fortifications of, 350. 
 
 , the Bishop of, 147. 
 
 , Shadrack, clerk, convicted for forgery, 
 
 347. 
 Cornbury, Lord (derelict lands), 537. 
 Corn, exportation of, the Act concerning, 244. 
 CornewaU, Mr. Francis, petition of, 165. 
 Cornish, Henry, Esq., memorial of, &c. (army 
 
 clothing), 369, 482. 
 Cornish mayors, the four, 19. 
 
 parliament, 30. 
 
 grown peevish and suspicious, 
 
 30. 
 Cornwall, the auditor and receiver of, 231. 
 
 , the deputy auditor of the duchy of, 
 
 231. 
 
 , Duke of, 394. 
 
 , 8, 17 (2), 18 (4), 20, 22, 26 (3), 
 
 27, 28, 30 (3), 65, 76, 86, 95 (3), 101, 
 109, 144, 163, 195, 364, 424, 496, 524, 
 546. 
 
 , fee-farms and duchy rents, 437. 
 
 , the inhabitants of the county of, 95. 
 
 , duchy of, 8, 130, 282, 283,287,364 
 
 (2), 394 (2), 482, 524, 550. 
 
 , , the records of, burnt, 17. 
 
 , tin-blowing houses in, 231. 
 
 , the corporations in, 30. 
 
 , Col. [Henry], the regiment of, 104, 
 
 109. 
 
 , , the regiment of, 176, 180. 
 
 Coronation medals, 110. 
 
 , reference to, 60, 89. 
 
 Coronelli, Signior, geographer to the republic 
 of Venice, presented some of his works 
 to the Lords Justices, 511. 
 Cossayes or cahcoes, 409. 
 Cottingham, James, sheriff of Dublin, 96. 
 Cotton, Captain Andrew, commander of the 
 Charlotte yacht attending on the island 
 of Guernsey, 44. 
 
 , Robert, of Cumbermore in the co. of 
 
 Chester, Kt. and Bart., stewardship of 
 Denbigh, &c., 420, 438. 
 
 , , grant of mines, 437. 
 
 , R., a postmaster-general, 200, 202. 
 
 , Sir Robert, Kt., a postmaster- 
 general, 281, 296,307, 369,441,442, 
 534. 
 
 , WilUam, master of a ship employed to 
 
 gain intelligence of their Majesties' 
 enemies, 331. 
 Council, 10 (2), 13, 49 (2), 50, 55, 59, 67, 
 131, 132, 143, 156 (2), 160, 162. 
 
 ,, chamber, letter dated there, 82. 
 
 .Whitehall, 388,395. 
 
 letter in, 13. 
 
 office, the, 232. 
 
 , the clerks of the, 350. 
 
 Council, orders in, 5, 6, 13, 20, 30, 43, 92, 107, 
 111, 113, 117,120,122,141(2), 145, 
 148, 149, 152, 153, 157, 158, 161, 167, 
 175, 185, 193 (2), 217, 231, 235 (2), 
 238, 239, 241, 246, 254, 255 (2), 256, 
 270, 275, 282, 290, 291 (2), 292, 300, 
 307, 308,309,315,331, 332,340,348, 
 361, 370, 386, 389, 396, 407, 418, 420, 
 430, 434, 439, 441 (2), 444, 445, 449, 
 456 (2), 466, 470, 485, 488, 492, 503 
 (2), 509, 515, 523, 531, 547, 557, 563. 
 
 , Lords of the, 1, 2, 3(2), 239,350, 
 
 428, 444 ; see also Ireland. 
 
 of Ireland, 5. 
 
 Counterfeiters, 65, 298. 
 
 apprehension of, 568. 
 
 Com-teille, Abraham, 180. 
 
 Comthope, CoL, 429, 487. 
 
 Courtnay, Sir "William, (lands in Garryfeine 
 and Cloienefert, in Ireland), petition 
 of, 379. 
 
 Courtney, Capt.,a conspirator, 491, 
 
 , Mr., 337. 
 
 Courtney, manor of, 287. 
 
 Courtny, Hugh, surety for John Vernon, of 
 Dublin, merchant, 283. 
 
 Court rolls of the monastery of St. Mary, 
 York, 373. 
 
 Coventry, 369. 
 
 manufactures there, petition for a 
 
 mint, 562. 
 Cowell, John, 490. 
 Cowes, in the Isle of Wight, 124 (2). 
 
 , the port of, 217. 
 
 Cowley, Captain [Robert], searcher in the 
 
 port of London, 360 (3). 
 Cox, Gabriel, of St. Paul's, Covent Garden, 
 
 a Papist convict, 257. 
 , Philip, escapes from Sligo, in Ireland, 
 
 had furnished beef and gunpowder for 
 
 the defence of the town, 5 1 . 
 , his goods left, some brought to 
 
 Liverpool, 52. 
 
 , Mr. Richard (health duty), 306. 
 
 Coy, Col., the regiment of, 180, 312. 
 
 Cozon, Jacob, 240. 
 
 Craigg or Craig, Mr. Joseph, ground, &c. at 
 
 Westminster, petitions of, &c., 351, 352, 
 
 377. 
 Cranfield, Lionel, surveyor-general of Customs, 
 
 3. 
 Crass, Captain, 499. 
 Crauford, D., 167. 
 Crawford, Robert, Esq., governor of Sheerness, 
 
 memorial of, 168. 
 , Mr. William, a collector of hearth 
 
 money, 168. 
 
 , went to Holland, afterwards to 
 
 Scotland, and there slain, 169. 
 
 Cressett, John, of the Inner Temple, London, 
 counse)lor-at-law, petition of, 414 (2). 
 
 Crewell, export of, 185. 
 
 Crewys, John, Esq., receiver of the county of 
 Devon, petition of, 337. 
 
 P p 2 
 
594 
 
 GENERAL INDEX. 
 
 Crey, " Geremm," Esq., sheriff of Wilts, peti- 
 tion of, 88. 
 
 Crimes against the King, Queen, and Govern- 
 ment, 129. 
 
 Cri3's, George, sci"vant to H. Powle, IIG. 
 
 Crisp, Sir Nicholas, (Customs), 426, 529. 
 
 " Critic Commentators," the, a -work called, 
 290. 
 
 Crockshank, Eichard, master of the ship Re- 
 covery, 41. 
 
 Croke, Phillippa, -widow, 412. 
 Crompton, Robert, gent., petitions to be a land- 
 surveyor for London (Customs), 23.5. 
 
 , Robert, (mint at York), 554. 
 
 Cromwell, the Lady Elizabeth, daughter of the 
 Countess of Aa-dglas, ,312. 
 
 , the " usurper," mention of, 2 1 9. 
 
 Cropp, James, merchant (Custom's seizure), 
 
 294. 
 Crosse, Godfrey, executed for high treason, 
 
 207. 
 Crowe, John, Esq., the children of, 183. 
 Crowgie, Gertrude, widow, 254, 255. 
 Crown gold, money of, 20. 
 , the right of, to property of an alien, 
 
 ns. 
 
 Crudge, Mr., the deputy King's searcher, 35. 
 
 Cruese, Christian, master of the ship " Madam 
 
 Swan," memorial of, 139. 
 Cruffe, George, a discharged Custom officer, 
 
 38. 
 Crutchod Friars, 302. 
 Cuba, 500. 
 Cuff, Mr., deputy to the Commissary General 
 
 of provisions, 113, 114, 117. 
 " Cuiresoe," 44. 
 Culliford or CuUj'ford, Elizabeth, in starving 
 
 condition, petition of, 313. 
 , , petition of, for the orphans of 
 
 Capt. Wm. Webster, 465. 
 , Laurence, controller of Customs at 
 
 Bridgewater and Minhead, petition of, 
 
 320. 
 , Mr., as to his appointment as general 
 
 surveyor of Customs, 395. 
 
 , , 527 (5), .528 (2). 
 
 , proposed to be employed as 
 
 inspector-general of Imports and exports, 
 
 527. 
 , , recommended as a Com"" of 
 
 Customs, 531. 
 , Robert, controller of Customs in the 
 
 port of Southampton, petition of, 74. 
 
 , William, or William, Esq., 34, 05. 
 
 , , a Com' of Customs, &c., 37, 
 
 38. 
 
 , , shot by George Cruffe, 38. 
 
 , , petitions of, 38, 63. 
 
 ,and another, petition of (canvas), 
 
 547. 
 Cullum, Thomas, 470. 
 Culpepper, Lord, 521. 
 
 Culpepper, the Lady Margaret, relict and ad- 
 ministratrix of Thomas Lord Culpepper, 
 petition of, 1G9. 
 
 Cumberland, 292, 334 (2), 421, 431, 442. 
 
 Cumbermore (co. Chester), 420. 
 
 Cunningham or Coningbam, Col., petition o.*', 
 509 (3). 
 
 , , the regiment of, 472. 
 
 ,Col. [John], 176. 
 
 , petition of, 180. 
 
 , Col. Richard, petition of, 280. 
 
 , Margaret, Lady, widow, and others, 
 
 petition of, 314. 
 
 Cupelae, Don Diego James, secretary to the 
 Spanish ambassador, petition of, 543. 
 
 Currants, 143, 399, 460. 
 
 seized, 514. 
 
 Currehine, 425. 
 
 Cun-y-Mallet, manor of, 8. 
 
 Curtius, Adolphus, Esq., son of Sir William 
 
 Curtius, Bart, petition for grant of the 
 
 abbey of Keweuliam, 263. 
 Sir WilUam, Bart., resident of Kings 
 
 Charles I. and Charles IL, with the 
 
 princes of Germany, 263. 
 
 Cusack, Richard, 221. 
 
 Cushions, &c. for the chapel at Kew York, 
 352. 
 
 Custodiam or custodium of lands, 350 (2), 
 430, 402 (4), 474, 485, 555, 537, 500. 
 
 Customers' accounts, 337. 
 
 Customs, 9, 39 (2), 45, 47 (3), 52, 77, 82, 83, 
 107 (2), 116, 148, 149(2), 155, 250, 
 339, 351, 377, 418 (3), 422, 567. 
 
 , great and petty, 49, 104. 
 
 , advances made by the collectors of, to 
 
 vice admirals, 349. 
 
 , assault upon the riding otEcers of, on 
 
 the coast of Kent, 232, 239. 
 
 .bonds for, 342, 343. 
 
 , the cashier of, 134, 205. 
 
 , collectors of, 440. 
 
 , instructions to, 541. 
 
 , Com" of, their power of appointing 
 
 and dismissing officers, 60. 
 
 , the Com'^ of, vindication of the mode 
 
 of appointments made by them, 08. 
 
 , ....... not to present by turns but by 
 
 the majority of the Board, 68. 
 
 , , make presentment as to imprest 
 
 and conduct money, 221. 
 
 , , against private bargaining for 
 
 surrender or transfer of offices, 201, 
 269, 380. 
 
 , , or Board of, remove their 
 
 officers when too familiar with the 
 merchants, 346. 
 
 , , grant the liberty for land sur- 
 veyor to go to the houses of persons of 
 quality, &e. with their goods, 466. 
 
 , , seven the usual number, 531. 
 
 , , reports. Sic, passim. 
 
GENERAL INDEX. 
 
 695 
 
 Customs — cont. 
 
 , memorial of Com", of (imprest and 
 
 conduct money to seamen), 217. 
 
 , the patent officers of, 116. 
 
 , , looked upon as bounties in the 
 
 hands of the Crown, 380. 
 
 , their duties performed by deputy, 
 
 380. 
 
 , , an advantage to the Crown to 
 
 take in grants for life and give out 
 grants for pleasui-e, 380. 
 
 , Controller General of, 283, 338, 3.'J7. 
 
 duties, 59, 133, 138, 139, 190. 
 
 imports and exports, 485. 
 
 , as to an account of imports and ex- 
 ports chargeable to, 527. 
 
 , laws, proposed alterations in, 266, 
 
 277. 
 
 at London, 3 (2). 
 
 money collected for, not sent for want 
 
 of convoy, 495. 
 
 , money lent on the, 342. 
 
 , the officers of, 8, 60, 61, 67, 138, 140, 
 
 141, 159, 255, 339, 341, 484, 536. 
 
 , , , employed on the coast of Kent, 
 
 454. 
 
 , ,to be secured from impressment, 
 
 113. 
 
 , , to assist in getting men for the 
 
 fleet, 432. 
 
 , , throughout England to return 
 
 lists of mariners, 140. 
 
 , , obstructed in the return at 
 
 Monmouth, 155. 
 , , proposal for them to interrogate 
 
 on oath, 274. 
 , the outposts beaten, abused, &c., 
 
 113, 119. 
 , .their salaries, 118, 121, 124, 
 
 127, 139. 
 
 , , having less than 60/. a year ex- 
 empted from taxes, 109, 142, 171, 533. 
 
 , , another application refused, 
 
 124. 
 
 , , 1,370Z. 9s. 6d. returned to them, 
 
 237. 
 , superannuated, 127. 
 
 ,..., on pitch, &c. from New England, as 
 
 to exemption from, 277. 
 
 , petty farm of, 56, 
 
 , not to be let in petty farms, 274. 
 
 , rates, the book of, 341. 
 
 , the receiver, 41. 
 
 , general, 52, 67, 116, 131, 205, 
 
 349. 
 
 ..., and cashier of, 266, 267. 
 
 , receiver of the port of London, 288. 
 
 , regulations as to draw^backs when 
 
 refuse was taken from commodities, 
 409. 
 
 Customs — cont 
 
 , resumed by King Chai'lcs II., 274. 
 
 , the revenue of, 61. 
 
 , the solicitor of, 441. 
 
 , Sui'veyor General of the, 39 (2), 61, 
 
 395. 
 
 , , proposal to re-establish the 
 
 office, 194. 
 
 , , the salaiy, &c., 396. 
 
 , taken into King Charles the Second's 
 
 hands, 36. 
 
 , tallies on, 433. 
 
 , thi'ee quarters of the, tallies on, 368. 
 
 , the Treasurer of, 191. 
 
 , on wool, 4. 
 
 , Act respecting (New England), 333. 
 
 House books, 91. I 
 
 , the book of rates there ought 
 
 not to be altered without great con- 
 sideration, 229. 
 
 , , clerks of the, 421. 
 
 , , false reports of masters of ves- 
 sels and pursers made at the, 61. 
 
 , ground rent of, 257. 
 
 , 38, 77, 116, 138, 190, 282, 316, 
 
 320, 338, 356, 360, 386, 417 (2), 420, 
 459 (2). 
 
 , places sold, 68. 
 
 Gustos liotulorum, list of those holding the 
 office of, 567. 
 
 Cutts, the j Right Hob. [John], Lord Cutts, 
 [Baron of Gowrau, Ireland], petition 
 of, &c., 289, 491 (2), 498 (2). 
 
 , , , governor of castles, &c., 
 
 in the Isle of Wight, 515, 
 
 D. 
 
 Dackin, John, petition of (Horse Guards), 
 
 434. 
 Dacre, the manor of, 442. 
 
 , of the South, Thomas, Lord, 442. 
 
 , Joan, sole daughter and heir of 
 
 Thomas, eldest son of Thomas, Lord 
 
 Dacre, 442. 
 D'allonne, Abel T., petition for grant out of 
 
 the manor of Dauntsey, Wilts, 361. 
 
 , , letter signed, 37. 
 
 , Mons., 137. 
 
 Dalton, Richard and Andrew, of Dublin, mer- 
 chants, 370. 
 , , their estate, &c. in Ireland, 
 
 441 (2). 
 , Andrew, prays for reversal of his 
 
 outlawry, 441. 
 Dampierre, Capt. Stephen, arrears, petition of, 
 
 494. 
 
596 
 
 GENERAL INDEX. 
 
 DanTiy, Thomas, Earl of. Lord Treasurer 7 (3), 
 8 (2), 50. 
 
 Dancy or Dauntsey (Wilts), the manor of, 
 3fil. 
 
 Dandy, William, a prisoner in the King's 
 Bench, living by making pegs for shoe- 
 makers, and on the common basket, 
 496. 
 
 Danes, the commander-in-chief of the, 104. 
 
 Danish fleet, the, 75. 
 
 horse, the, 85. 
 
 officers, 81, 82. 
 
 troops or forces, 71 (2), 76, 79, 80, 82, 
 
 84, 85 (2), 86, 88, 90, 91 (2), 93 (4), 
 94 (2), 96, 98, 99 (3), 100, 102 (3), 
 103 (2), 104, 106 (3), 107, 108, 112, 
 114, 161, 185, 215, 217, 220, 223, 225, 
 241, 244, 257, 273, 289, 313 (2), 363, 
 366,392, 420,499. 
 
 Dantzic, 535. 
 
 Danvers, Elizabeth, •widow, executrix of Cap- 
 tain Michael RliJler, kUled at the Newry 
 in Ireland, petition of, 248. 
 
 Darby, Paul, 426. 
 
 , , petition of, 138 (2). 
 
 , Thomas, attorney (co. York), con- 
 victed for sedition, 333. 
 
 Darcy, Bridget, or Mrs. Bridget, 249. 
 
 , , petition of, 42. 
 
 , , administratrix of John Darcy, 
 
 Esq., one of the executors of the Lady 
 
 Mary Howard, 240. 
 
 , Col. John, 55. 
 
 Dardistowne (eo. Westmeath), 492. 
 
 Darlington, 85. 
 
 Dartiquenave, Charles, gent., 32 (2). 
 
 Dartmouth, Lord, 111, 170. 
 
 , and port of. 111, 233 (2), 268, 294, 
 
 296, 301, 339, 371, 384, 385. 
 
 Dashwood, George, petition of, 216. 
 
 , , and others, farmers of Excise, 
 
 9,48, 216. 
 
 Dassell, Mr. Samuel, (Customs), 476. 
 
 Dauling,Mr. Tho., of Westerham, under sheriff 
 of Kent, embezzlement, 419. 
 
 Davall, Peter, petition of, 32. 
 
 , , agent to the regiment under 
 
 Brigadier la Malonier, petition of, 242. 
 
 Davies, Alexander, Esq., Mary the daughter 
 of, wife of Sir Tho. Grosvenor, 281. 
 
 Capt., 155. 
 
 , Captain Hercules, 40. 
 
 , , petition of, 35. 
 
 , John, of Penn, co. Buckingham, 
 
 clerk, fined and imprisoned, 228, 272. 
 
 , Col. Robert, petition of, 308 (2). 
 
 , Robert, petition of, 358. 
 
 Davis, Henry, his vessel captured, petition of, 
 50. 
 
 , Mr. Henry, forced to leave Ireland, 
 
 107. 
 
 Davis, Mr. Robert, executor of Lieut. Carew 
 Meese, 508. 
 
 Davison, John, inventor of engines for drain- 
 ing, petition of, 128 (2). 
 
 , Timothy, 179. 
 
 Davyes, John, put in the pillory at Bucking- 
 ham, 207. 
 
 Dawson, Joshua, 425. 
 
 , (forfeited lands, Ireland), 506. 
 
 Deal, 257, 318, 339, 346 (4), 385, 391. 
 
 , charge of a boat at, 48. 
 
 the collector of, 202. 
 
 , postmaster of, 441. 
 
 Deals, 132. 
 
 Dean, Joseph, 262. 
 
 Dean, see Forest. 
 
 Deane, Col. John, and another, petition of, 
 
 341. 
 " D' Bart " [? the French admiral], 422. 
 Debentures, 302, 527 (2), 528, 529 (5). 
 
 , 12 persons trusted to examine, 529. 
 
 Debet, see Sheriffs. 
 
 Debts, concealed, forfeited by Irish Papists, 
 526. 
 
 , public, 13 (2). 
 
 , recovery of, 76. 
 
 Declarations, His Majesty's, as to rescuing' these 
 
 kingdoms, 144. 
 Dee, John, gent., 1. 
 
 Deedes, Julius, Esq., mayor of Hythe, employs 
 persons who assault the riding officers, 
 &c., 232, 239. 
 
 Deer, hay for, 447. 
 
 stealers, 406. 
 
 Deering, Charles, Esq., 342. 
 
 , Col, the widow of, petition of, 307. 
 
 , Sir Edward, petition of the executors 
 
 of, 175. 
 
 De la Farre, Mr. Salomie, engineer and lieu- 
 tenant, petition of, 572. 
 
 Delamar or Delamer, Major Walter, 356, 532 
 
 (2). 
 , , petition of (forfeited lands), 494 
 
 (2), 500. 
 Delamer, the Et. Hon. the Lord, 43. 
 
 De Lanoy, Peter, Esq., one of the owners of 
 the gi-een glass-houses near St. Sa- 
 viour's, Southwark, petition of, 570. 
 
 Delap, Mr. Gilbert, merchant of Ballyshannon, 
 in Ireland, 54. 
 
 , , fled from Ballyshannon, 52. 
 
 Delgass, David, petition of (Customs), 488. 
 
 Delinquents (Stannaries), prosecution of, 17. 
 
 Delph red wares, 418. 
 
 Del' Rose, see Rose. 
 
 Demarais, Lieut, the regiment of, petition of, 
 
 433. - 
 
 Demesne lands, ancient, 166. 
 
GENEEAL INDEX. 
 
 597 
 
 Demurrage for detention of ships, 282. 
 , ships on, 404. 
 
 Denbigh, alias Denbigh lands, the domain, &c. 
 
 of, stewardship, &e., 420. 
 
 , the recorder of, 420. 
 
 , value of the lordship of, 436. 
 
 , the lordship of, proposed grant of 
 
 mines there to Sir Robert Cotton, 437. 
 , manor of, the grant to the Earl of 
 
 Portland opposed, 437. 
 , annexed to the principality of Wales 
 
 by Act of Parliament, 437. 
 , the prince has a court, &o. there, and 
 
 pays a ' mise,' 437. 
 , the lordship of, granted to the Earl of 
 
 Leicester, 437. 
 
 the manor of, 454. 
 
 , Bromfield and Yale, doubtfiil if separ- 
 able from the principality of Wales, 437. 
 
 ,339. 
 
 , CO., 421. 
 
 Denham, Sir John, Knight of the Bath, snr- 
 
 veyor-general [of works], 5. 
 
 Denmark 61 (3), 215, 312. 
 
 , ambassador of, 99. 
 
 , the King of, 96. 
 
 , Prince George of, 54, 59, 431. 
 
 , William, son of the Prince and the 
 
 Princess Anne of, the installation of, as 
 
 a Knight of the Garter, 523. 
 , the resident of the King of, memorial 
 
 of, 547. 
 
 , subjects of the King of, 139. 
 
 , treaty with, 96. 
 
 Dennett, Thomas, 322. 
 
 Dennis, ComeUus, shipowner, petition of 
 
 (Customs), 465. 
 , merchant of London, petition 
 
 of, 552 (2). 
 
 Henry (Customs), 433. 
 
 Denwall, 146. 
 
 Deptford, 132, 261, 385, 410. 
 
 , the [dock]yard there, 517. 
 
 Deptford Strond, 177. 
 
 Derby, 151. 
 
 , the county of, 368. 
 
 ., the Earl of, memorial, &c., 189, 190 
 
 (2). 
 Dereham, Sir Thomas, controller of the port 
 
 of Lynn Regis, the salary of, petition 
 
 of, 194, 195. 
 DereHct lands, 23. 
 
 , opinion as to, 383. 
 
 , the lord of the manor may have 
 
 the common right of, by prescription, 
 
 383. 
 
 , the King's title to, 537. 
 
 , inquiry into, 537. 
 
 Derham, West, the manor of (co. Norfolk), 
 
 431. 
 
 Dering, Charles, Esq., controller of hearth 
 money, 115 (2). 
 
 , as to payment of salaries, 194. 
 
 , auditor-general or auditor-gene- 
 ral of Ireland, 458. 
 
 , , petition of, 490 (2). 
 
 , Sir Edward, Kt, the petition of, 18. 
 
 , , the executors of, 175. 
 
 Derinlig (Ireland), lands in, 479 (2). 
 
 Derry (Ireland), 106, 474 (3), 566. 
 
 the enemy burnt three arches of the 
 
 bridge at, 376. 
 
 , the shutting the gates of, 501. 
 
 , the siege of, 435. 
 
 Descent [on France] 265, 286, 333 (2), 504. 
 
 , the, oats for, brought back, 264. 
 
 , intelligence of, communicated from 
 
 Dublin, 475. 
 
 train, 286, 289. 
 
 , exercised on Blaokheath, 304. 
 
 Devenish, Mr. Silvester, 544. 
 
 Devenerunt, prosecution by, vexatious, 199, 
 
 200. 
 Devereux, Capt. Walter, petition of, 280. 
 , Mr., an officer of Sandgate Castle, 
 
 Kent, 122. 
 , Watt [Walter] , or Mr. , [riding officer 
 
 of Customs on the coast of Kent], 237, 
 
 238. 
 Devinish, George, outlawed for treason, 342. 
 Devon, ports of, detention of ships and ma- 
 riners, 1. 
 or Devonshire, 17 (2), 18 (3), 20, 26, 
 
 27, 28, 30, 76, 195, 424, 546. 
 
 Devonshire, the Earl of, 176, 359. 
 
 , the Duke of. Lord Chief Justice in 
 
 Eyre, north of Trent, 390. 
 
 Dewy, Benjamin, 35. 
 
 Deyos, Anne, widow of Captain George Deyos, 
 petition of, 544. 
 
 Diamond frigate and fireship, carried to 
 France, 321. 
 
 Diamonds, 318. 
 
 Dickins, Mr., or Major Francis, or Francis, 
 Esq., woodward of the New Forest, 46 
 (2), 143 (2). 
 
 , , charge against him, 64 (3). 
 
 Dickinson, Mr., 35. 
 
 , Mr. George, late agent at Plymouth, 
 
 324. 
 
 Dieppe, the governor of, 49. 
 
 Dieren, letter dated at, 511, 540. 
 
 Digby, John, jun., of St. Dunstan's-iu-the- 
 West, London, gent., 62. 
 
 , gent. , receiver-general of Corn- 
 wall, Hereford, Salop, and Staiford, 65. 
 
 , , gent, a good Protestant, clerk 
 
 to the trustees for sale of fee-farm rents, 
 petition of, 58, 431. 
 
598 
 
 GENERAL INDEX. 
 
 Diggs, Francis, and others, as true French and 
 
 self interested persons, as Mr. Wells, 
 
 193. 
 Dighem, the camp at, letter dated at, 293. 
 Dillon, Sir John, petition of (forfeited lands, 
 
 Ireland), 606. 
 or Billing, Martha, plundered of her 
 
 goods at Dublin, petition of, 331, 341. 
 , Eiohard of Cloonbroek, lands of, for- 
 feited, 492. 
 Dimchurch, 237. 
 , persons seized for landing goods at, 
 
 237,238. 
 Dioness or Dionis, Deborah, widoTV, petitions 
 
 of, 182, 200. 
 Dirckson de EoTcr, Elias, master of a ship 
 
 (■wine seized), 553. 
 Dirkes, Jequez, wine from Portugal shipped 
 
 for Holland, petition of, 409. 
 Dirpatrick (Ireland), lands in, 500. 
 Disaffected, the, 300. 
 Discount for officers' pay, 280. 
 " Discoverers " prosecuted for receiving a 
 
 bribe, 433. 
 Diserote, John, aud another, petition of, 323. 
 Dissenters, moneys recovered from, by penal 
 statutes, 168,250. 
 
 , money formerly levied on, 420. 
 
 " business " the, 420. 
 
 Distillers, 80. 
 
 of London, petition of, 483. 
 
 , servants of, impressment of, 109. 
 
 Disturbance of affairs, the general, 30. 
 Ditton, Long, Surrey, 451. 
 Division of forest, see Braden. 
 
 Dixon, Mr. Henry, collector of rents in Cum- 
 berland, petition of, 431. 
 
 Dobbins, Mr., counsel for Col. Wolseley, 462. 
 , Peter, " a forfeiting person," 554. 
 
 Dobinsou, Michael, quartermaster and ensign 
 of Prince George of Denmark's regi- 
 ment of foot, petition of, 59. 
 
 Dockyards, officers of, exemption from assess- 
 ment, 107. 
 
 Doeminicque, Mr. Paul, petition of (army), 
 431. 
 
 Doctors' Commons, 491. 
 
 Dodd, Mr., [counsel], 520, 521. 
 
 , Sarah, Tvidow, petition of, 74 (2). 
 
 Doddington, or Dodington, George, Esq., or 
 
 Mr. George, 335, 457. 
 , Mr., (payment in bank bills refused), 
 
 55G. 
 
 Dodsworth, Christ., merchant, petitions of, 
 138, 381. 
 
 , Mary, widow, petition of, 500. 
 
 , Kobert, Esq., discovered a treasonable 
 
 design in Lancashire and was assassi- 
 nated, 500, 501. 
 
 , Eobert, gent., petition of, 178. 
 
 Dogs, the setting, 208. 
 
 Domvile, Sir Thomas, petition of, 352 (2). 
 
 .Sir William, 362. 
 
 Done, Mr., auditor, 115, 318, 496. 
 , Mr. Samuel, muster master at Liver- 
 pool, 531. 
 
 ,T., 23, 142, 143. 
 
 , Thomas, auditor of imprest, 519. 
 
 Donegal, the castle of, &c., 270 (2), 474. 
 
 ,the Earl of, 41. 
 
 , , the regiment of, 472. 
 
 Donep or Doneb, Col., 100, 104, 105. 
 
 Dongan, Thos., Esq., used his estate to defend 
 New York, 332. 
 
 Donnaghadie (Ireland), 308. 
 
 DonneUan, Gilbert, of the city of Dublin, gent., 
 
 479. 
 , Nehemiah, Esq., one of the barons of 
 
 the Exchequer (Ireland), petition of, 
 
 478, 479. 
 Dorchester, the Countess of, 163. 
 
 , , petition of, 561. 
 
 , , her property in Ireland, 273. 
 
 Dore, Mr., his charge against Mr. Dickins, 64 
 
 (2). 
 , Thomas, Esq.,, woodward of the New 
 
 Forest, 143, 144. 
 
 , Thomas, gent., 58. 
 
 Dornix, petition of merchants trading in, 308 
 
 (2). 
 Dorrell, Eicliard, hosier, 210. 
 , Capt. Robert, petition of, 434. 
 
 Dorrington, Col., a prisoner in the Tower of 
 
 London, 380, 402. 
 , IMiijor-general, made prisoner at 
 
 Aghrim, petition of, 330. 
 Dorset, 195. 
 , the Earl of, 141, 352, 464. 
 
 , , Lord Chamberlain of the House- 
 hold, 480. 
 
 , ports there, detention of ships and ma- 
 riners, 1. 
 
 Dorsetshire, 294. 
 
 Dotards, trees called, 207. 
 
 Doughty, Mr., 130. 
 
 Douglas, Lieut. -General, 184. 
 
 , , the regiment of, 201, 227. 
 
 Dove, Mr., 209. 
 
 Dover, 50, 115, 117 (3), 127, 130, 148, 149, 
 318,385,484, 508,539, 570. 
 
 Castle, the governor of, 253. 
 
 collector of customs at, 48. 
 
 , embargo at, not observed, 238. 
 
 , the collector of customs of, 381, 383. 
 
 , frigate or ship, the, 340 (2), 345. 
 
 Harbour, the repair of, 563. 
 
 , the mayor of, 115, 117. 
 
 , the port of, collector of customs at, 
 
 451. 
 
 , postmaster of, 44 1 . 
 
 , the Earl of, inquisition on, 240. 
 
GENERAL INDEX. 
 
 599 
 
 Dowdall, the Lady Jane, 452. 
 
 , Patrick, son of the Lady Jane, out- 
 lawed for treason, 453. 
 
 Dowding, Mr., 327. 
 
 Dowle, .loh, searcher of Customs in the port of 
 Gloucester, petition of, 71. 
 
 Downs, the, 112, 247, 257 (2). 
 
 , the fleet to sail to the, 446. 
 
 Dowrish, Nathaniel, of Plymouth, merchant, 
 owner of the ship Agnes, manuin-j 
 his ship with French Protestants, peti- 
 tion of, 224. 
 
 Dragoons for Holland, 204. 
 
 , the royal regiment of, 130. 
 
 Draining, engines for, 128. 
 
 Drapery of Irish manufacture, 57, 59. 
 
 Drogheda, the governor of, 505. 
 
 Droitwich, petition of the salt makers of, 498. 
 
 Dromore (Lreland), 72. 
 
 Drummers, 432. 
 
 Drury, Captain Theodore, their JIajesties' 
 first engineer in Scotland, a captain re- 
 formed in Lieut. -General iMackay's 
 regiment, petition of, 230. 
 
 Drury Lane, 157. 
 
 Dublin, mention of, 35, 47 (5), 52, 57, 5D, 60, 
 77, 85, 142 (2), 185, 250, 252, 255, 
 276, 299 (2), 304, 307, 319, 332, 
 334 (2), 335 (2), 345, 348, 350, 352 
 (2), 370,405,410, 413, 445,461,463, 
 470. 479, 485, 497, 501, 514, 534, 567, 
 571. 
 
 , the bay of, 296. 
 
 , the buildings costly and the city in 
 
 debt, 96. 
 
 Castle, documents dated at, 4, 188, 
 
 270, 303, 330, 350, 355, 356, 358, 435, 
 436, 452, 453, 462, 491, 494, 497. 
 
 , Com" of Customs at, 384, 469, 471, 
 
 533, 555. 
 
 council chamber, 4. 
 
 custom house, 165. 
 
 , excise of, 9. 
 
 French church in, 189. 
 
 , Lords of the Council in, 183. 
 
 , the mayor, &c. of, 96. 
 
 , Protestants of the coiporation displaced 
 
 by Papists, 96. 
 
 , , estates of, &c. attainted, 96. 
 
 , the revenue of, 96. 
 
 , the Koyal Hospital, 299. 
 
 , Francis, Archbishop of, as to search 
 
 of his goods at the custom house, 129, 
 135. 
 
 Duccatoons at 6s. a piece, 377. 
 
 Duchy Court, 21. 
 
 Duddleston, Sir John, of the city of Bristol, 
 merchant, petition of, 407. 
 
 Duff, John, late incumbent of the rectory of 
 
 Eayleigh, 236. 
 Dunboyne (eo. Mcath), the rectory of, 469 (2). 
 , the tithes of, 469. 
 
 Duncanuon, the fort of, 497. 
 
 Duacomb, Charles, Esq., cashier of the revenue 
 of Excise, 176. 
 
 , Mr., 84 (2), 513 (4). 
 
 Dunconibe, Alderman, 67. 
 
 , Charles, 22. 
 
 ,Mr., 187 (2). 
 
 , W., Esq., a deputy to the Lord Lieu- 
 tenant of Ireland, 363. 
 
 Dundalk, 212. 
 
 , the camp at, 152. 
 
 Dundee's forces, the battle with, 347. 
 
 Dundee, the Lord, 169. . 
 
 Dungan, the Lord, 279. 
 
 the late Lord, since Earl of Limerick, 
 
 540. 
 Dungannon, the castle of, 416. 
 Duugenny, lands in (co. Meath), 492. 
 Dunkirk, 66, 94, 197, 128, 158, 422. 
 Dun, or Dunn, Anthony, petition of, &o., 298, 
 
 305. 
 , Doctor Patrick, physician to the 
 
 hospital in Ireland, petitions of, &c., 
 
 427, 557. 
 
 , , the pay of, 500. 
 
 Dunt, George (Customs seizure), 293. 
 
 Duppa, Sir Thomas, Kt., 142. 
 
 , , had been a collector of tenths, 
 
 dioc. of Exeter, 24 (3), 25, 315, 412(2). 
 
 , , petition of, 341. 
 
 , , gentleman usher, daily waiter, 
 
 and black rod, 412. 
 , the lodgings of, at Whitehall, 
 
 218. 
 , Thomas, Esq., and another, petition of, 
 
 412. 
 
 , , gentlemen usher, 24. 
 
 Durden, Joseph, milliner, petition of, 211. 
 
 Durham, 84 (2), 85 (2), 88 (2), 90, 100, 103, 
 106,527. 
 
 Dursley, Lord, 123. 
 
 Dutch commissary, 150 
 
 fleet, 404. 
 
 forces, 365, 544. 
 
 , Provost Marshal-General of, 
 
 245. 
 
 guards transported to Holland, 212. 
 
 or troops, 101, 104, 108, 171, 
 
 173,314, 443. 
 
 man-of-war, two packets taken from 
 
 the captain of, by the officers of Cus- 
 toms, 201. 
 
 men-of-war at Spithead, 208. 
 
 passengers, 119. 
 
 , payment to the, 91. 
 
 "provoes," 245. 
 
 regiment, the, in Ireland, 206. 
 
 regiments, 387,413. 
 
 soldiers for Scotland, 46, 
 
 war, 53, 331. 
 
600 
 
 GENERAL INDEX. 
 
 Duty of 4h per cent., see Barbadoes. 
 in the Caribbee Islands, 13 (5), 
 
 134. 
 
 on coal exported, 213. 
 
 Duties on coffee, &c., 316, 318. 
 
 on commodities, 277. 
 
 (Excise), .54,5. 
 
 , foreign (Customs), 507, 5G4. 
 
 , forfeitiire of goods for nonpayment 
 
 of, 61. 
 on goods, 354, 387, 399,400,413,41.5, 
 
 422, 423, 531, 563. 
 on importations, 93, 99, 164, 176, 180, 
 
 182, 190. 
 
 on paper, &c., 369. 
 
 , port, 361, 379. 
 
 .remission of, 376, 487. 
 
 , strangers', 66. 
 
 ,on sugar, 103, 277. 
 
 of tonnage and excise, 363, 538. 
 
 Duxbury, Mr., fled from Dublin, 57. 
 
 D'n^re, John, his debts, "was ready to perish, 
 
 petition of, 42. 
 
 , ,457. 
 
 Dyeing wood fCustoms), 355. 
 
 Dyer, Serjeant Timothy, 317. 
 
 Dyffrin Cloyd, 125. 
 
 Dynes, John, 92. 
 
 Dyye, Mr., secretary to the Com™ of Prizes, 
 
 169. 
 
 E. 
 
 Earle, Brigadier, 488. 
 
 .John, petitions of, 34, 35. 
 
 , , registrar of seizures, petition of, 
 
 37. 
 , , had taken the sacrament and 
 
 test, &c., 37. 
 Earthenware, painted, 418. 
 East counti-y merchants, 323, 516. 
 East India Company, see India. 
 Eastland, the governor, merchaits, &c. of, 
 
 petition of, 309. 
 East, Michael, petition of (Customs), 561. 
 , William, master of a ship, petition of, 
 
 509. 
 
 Eaton, 279. 
 
 Eccles, John, and other merchants of the city 
 
 of Dublin, petition of, 514, 
 Hcckfsiustieal Councils, a new edition of, 290. 
 
 Ecclyn, or Eoklin, Col. Kobert, memorial of, 
 
 324. 
 , , the regiment of, memorial from, 
 
 241. 
 
 Eden, Robert, of Cowes, 124. 
 
 Edgar, Miles, searcher of the port of Chichester, 
 
 206. 
 
 , , petition of, 214. 
 
 Edgworth, Sir John, 118. 
 
 , , petition of, 403. 
 
 , , the regiment of, 167. 
 
 , , , petition, 179. 
 
 Edinburgh, 69, 99, 106, 112, 284, 378, 482. 
 
 Edisbury, Dr. John, 242. 
 
 , Dr., a tenth paid by him on lead ore in 
 
 CO. Flint, 252. 
 , Mr., brother of Dr. John Edisbury, 
 
 petition of, 242. 
 Edwards, John, master of the John of Bristol, 
 
 can'ies sick men to the hazard of his 
 
 life, petition of, 268. 
 , Tallboth, Esq., as to mines conceived 
 
 to be in the islands of Nevis, Monserat, 
 
 aud St. Christophers, petition of, 235. 
 Edward VI., the reign of, aUusion to, 271. 
 Edwin, Sir Humphry (manor of Westminster), 
 
 377 (2). 
 
 , Humphry, 554. 
 
 EfiSngham, Lord, late governor of Virginia, 
 
 the goods of, memorial respecting, 155. 
 Egham, manor of, office of steward of, 33. 
 Eglesham, John, memorial of, 181. 
 Egmonton Hall, 170. 
 Egypt, 191. 
 Eight, pieces of, 431. 
 Eland, Joan, 287. 
 
 , Lord, 408. 
 
 Elephants' teeth, 199. 
 Ehzabeth, Queen, 1, 26. 
 
 , , the reign of, 271. 
 
 Elldn, Martin, merchant (Customs seizure), 
 
 petition of, 294. 
 EUesdon, John, petition of, &c., 112 (2). 
 , .Tohn, ofLydd, gent, assaults riding 
 
 officers on the coast of Kent, &c., 232. 
 Ellingworth or Ellingsworth, Bridget, widow 
 
 of Charles Ellingworth, chaplain and 
 
 physician to Col. Monroe's regiment, 
 
 petition of, &c., 496, 545. 
 Elliott, Col. Mac, a prisoner in the Tower of 
 
 London, 380. 
 Ellis, James, a second clerk of the warden of 
 
 the Mint, petition of, &c., 65, 329. 
 
 , J., 548. 
 
 , Kobert, 421. 
 
 Elnberger, Brigadier, 82. 
 
 Elsinore, 404. 
 
 Elston, Philip, petition of, 45. 
 
 Elton, Abraham, of Bristol, merchant, the 
 
 proposal of, to coin copper, petition of, 
 
 570. 
 ElwUl, Sir Jo. (mint at Exeter), 538, 541. 
 Ely, revenues of the bishopric of, 210. 
 Embargo, 35, 59, 307, 308, 503, 531. 
 
 on ships, 237, 238. 
 
 Embree, Captain, 370. 
 
GENERAL INDEX. 
 
 601 
 
 Emet, condemned for clipping in 1688, 234. 
 
 Emmett, Mr., 87. 
 
 Emperor, the service of the, 317. 
 
 Encroachments, 287. 
 
 Enemies, Irish, French, and domestic, 152. 
 
 of the King's peace, 70. 
 
 , the King's, 130. 
 
 , their Majesties', 331. 
 
 , the popish and arhitrary designs of 
 
 the kingdom's, 35. 
 
 Enfield, 288. 
 
 Engagement Tvith French ships, 64. 
 
 Engineers' tools, charges for, 551. 
 
 Engine at Hull to make salt water fresh, 137. 
 
 Engines, fire, 146. 
 
 for draining, 128. 
 
 for marking moneys, 154. 
 
 for pressing hay, 232. 
 
 England, mention of, 4, 22, 25, 27, 30, 35, 36, 
 37, 39, 47, 53, 61,66, 73 ,76, 77, 79, 94, 
 95, 98, 127, 136 (2), 147 (4), 156, 158, 
 169(3), 173, 179,196, 197,211,214, 
 219, 222, 249 (2), 255, 268 (2), 275, 
 276, 281, 282, 293, 297, 307, 311, 321 
 (2), 323 (2), .325, 335, 336, 337, 345, 
 346, 353, 354, 359, 360, 377 (3), 385, 
 409, 411, 425, 4.54 (2), 456 (4), 462, 
 463 (2), 469, 470, 488, 489, 516 (3), 
 527, 534 (2), 551, 566. 
 
 , the Lords Justices of, see Justices. 
 
 , the liing's expedition to, 181. 
 
 English coast, 139. 
 
 interest [in Ireland], the, 96. 
 
 prisoners, 326. 
 
 Engravers, 53 (3). 
 
 Enlisting men, 8. 
 
 Ennis, WiUiam, supervisor (Excise), 395. 
 
 Enniskillen, 474 (3). 
 
 , Protestants at, 334. 
 
 regiment, the, 334. 
 
 Enos, Mr. Samuel, 244. 
 
 Enquiry, the commander of the sloop, 48. 
 
 Envoy extraordinary, 6. 
 
 Eppinger, Col., the regiment of, 223. 
 
 Erie, Brigadier Thomas, memorial of, 347 (2). 
 
 , Col., the regiment of, 213, 216, 244, 
 
 257, 305. 
 
 , the transport of, 227. 
 
 Col. Thomas, 235. 
 
 , , the regiment of, 313. 
 
 Erne, the river, fords of (Ireland), 473. 
 
 Ernie, Sir John, Kt., Chancellor and Under- 
 Treasurer of the Exchequer, 8. 
 
 Esday, Mr. Henry, 250. 
 
 Esher, 33. 
 
 Essex, 220'. 
 
 coast, 248. 
 
 , the Earl of, the regiment of, 552. 
 
 , the vice-admiral of, 236. 
 
 EstabHshment, the, 171, 274. 
 
 ,the EngUsh, 258. 
 
 (mUitary), the, 333, 347, 361 (2), 467, 
 
 Establishment, see Works. 
 
 Estang, the Seigniour de 1', goods of, 38. 
 
 Estimate (army), 569. 
 
 Europe, goods of, 197. 
 
 Eustace, Ann, petition of, 347. 
 
 , Sir Maurice, Lord Chancellor, 4. 
 
 , Maurice, of Portlester, Esq., 321 (2). 
 
 Evanoe, Mr., 67. 
 
 Su- Stephen, 472, 502. 
 
 , , would remit money at 1 per 
 
 cent, less than the bank, 457, 459. 
 
 Evance or Evans, Sii' Stephen, imports naval 
 stores, 517 (2), 518 (2). 
 
 , (moneys for Savoy), 431. 
 
 , Edward, petition of, 261. 
 
 , John [? a builder], 385. 
 
 , Richard, searcher of the port of Mil- 
 ford, petition of, 58. 
 
 , Timothy, mariner, 467. 
 
 Mr., sm-veyor of the meltings and 
 
 clerk of the irons (Mint), 494. 
 
 Evelyn, John, Esq., receiver-general of Kent, 
 Surrey, and Sussex, 133 (2). 
 
 Everard, James, the estate of (co. Waterford), 
 
 345, 355, 356 (2). 
 Mr., a Commissioner of Excise, 518. 
 
 , Mr., general surveyor, London (Ex- 
 cise), complaints against him, 464. 
 
 Everett, George, shipwright, 492. 
 Evernden, Anthony, gent, (canvas), 547. 
 Exchange at Exeter, 545. 
 
 , rate of, 136. 
 
 , see Bills. 
 
 Exchequer, the, 12, 23 (2), 48, 50, 55, 61, 66, 
 86, 89, 168, 202, 218, 230, 236, 247, 
 256, 265, 271, 273 (2), 278, 296, 305 
 (2), 310, 311, 312, 333, 341, 357, 363, 
 376,421,434, 436, 448, 461 (2), 463, 
 472, 492, 506, 521, 537, 542, 547, 552, 
 567, 568 (2), 569, 574. 
 
 , the auditor of, 23. 
 
 , the receipt of, 249. 
 
 Bank, 545. 
 
 , bill in the, 177. 
 
 bills, 539,546, 566. 
 
 ardently craved, 245. 
 
 , the Chamberlain of the, 293. 
 
 , Chancellor and Under-Treasurer of, 8. 
 
 , the Chancellor of the, 305, 368, 385, 
 
 502, 646. 
 
 , cost of bringing up money to the, 76, 
 
 294,297. 
 
 , the Court of, 114, 119, 120, 130, 137, 
 
 205, 279, 322, 341, 360, 361, 390, 399, 
 440. 
 
 , returns of seizures of forfeitures to 
 
 the, 191. 
 
 , debtors to the hearth money to he re- 
 turned in the " Insuper of the," 224. 
 
 fees, 16, 140, 305, 494. 
 
 (Ireland), 251. 
 
602 
 
 GENERAL INDEX. 
 
 Exchequer — cont. 
 
 [King's], remembrancers of, 7, 114, 
 
 137,338. 
 , the Lord Chief Baron and the rest of 
 
 the barons of the, 43. 
 
 , at Lostwithiel, sec Lostwithiel. 
 
 the melting house in the, 573. 
 
 olBce, 488. 
 
 , officers of the, 246, .531. 
 
 , the receipt of the, 31, 201, 279, 124, 
 
 314, 332, 569. 
 
 , , the auditor of the, 364, 569. 
 
 , the receivers of the, 567. 
 
 , the usher, &c. of, 502. 
 
 seal, the, 563. 
 
 , the tellers of the, 494 (2), 521. 
 
 , Under-Treasurer of the, 11. 
 
 Excise, 9 (4), 16, 73 (2), 82 (2), 83, 84, 91 
 (2), 92, 97, 112, 123, 124, 230, 287, 
 288. 
 
 , accounts, &c. of, 80 (2), 81. 
 
 , auditors of, 41, 100. 
 
 , cashier of the, 84. 
 
 , collectors of, 92, 164. 
 
 , the, .329 (2), 339, 362, 363,377,418 
 
 (3), 420, 423, 428 (3), 454, 461, 463, 
 481,495, 503,512, 548, 567. 
 
 , the collectors, &c. in the countiy not 
 
 to be too scrupulous in receiving 
 punched money, 553. 
 
 , Com" of, 9, 11, 24(2),32, 41,43, 45, 
 
 47, 54, 58,68, 69, 70 (2), 74, 75,80(4), 
 81, 84, 91, 92, 95 (2), 96, 97 (4), 99, 
 101, 109 (2), 114 (3), 115, 125 (2), 
 139, 144, 156, 161 (2), 162 (2"), 164, 
 167, 168, 173, 175, 181, 189, 194, 195, 
 199, 234, 246, 251, 288, 295, 303, 30C 
 (2), .307 (2), 310, 337, 342 (2), 351, 
 360, 361, 362, 366, 367, 377 (2), 391 
 (2), 394, 399, 430, 451, 455, 463, 464, 
 466 (3), 474, 476, 477, 478, 489, 498, 
 505, 518, 519, 622 (2), 529 (2), 530, 
 535, 545 (2), 553, 555, 5G6 (2). 
 
 , , their i)ower of appointing and 
 
 dismissing officers, 60. 
 
 , , memorial of the, 49, 123, 179, 
 
 460. 
 
 , , management of, 47, 48, 216. 
 
 , , management traduced, 123. 
 
 duty on liquors, 2s, ia the pound for 
 
 collecting, 48. 
 
 , granting deputations to inferior officers 
 
 of, 45. 
 
 , farm and farmers of the, 9, 48. 
 
 , general surveyors, 48. 
 
 , hereditary and temporary', 480. 
 
 , historical particulars of the office of, 
 
 466. 
 ., inferior officers of, 100. 
 
 , , exempted from the tax of 3s. in 
 
 the pound, 1 10. 
 
 , law charges of, 88. 
 
 Excise — cont, 
 
 , London brewery, 464. 
 
 , management and mismanagement of, 
 
 70, 80, 210,451. 
 Excisemen, 545. 
 Excise office, 360, 413, 455, 483, 535. 
 
 , clerks of the, 421, 543. 
 
 , exemption of persons having less 
 
 than 100/. a year from the tax, 505. 
 , kept at Sir Eliab Harvey's house 
 
 in Broad Street, 199. 
 .officers of, 9, 48, 97, 107,162, 
 
 555. 
 
 , , memorial of, 246. 
 
 , officers of the, had quitted their em- 
 ployment, give their reasons, 464. 
 , , disqualified for further employ- 
 ment, 464. 
 , , vacancies in London supplied 
 
 from the country, 464. 
 
 , receiver general of the, 519. 
 
 , revenue and duties of, 48, 69, 75, 148, 
 
 167, 175. 
 
 , salary bill for the hearth officers, 224. 
 
 , secretary to the, 45. 
 
 , sohcitors for, 45. 
 
 , supervisors and gangers, 49. 
 
 , , on the allowance of poll tax to, 
 
 179. 
 
 , the temporaiy, 473. 
 
 , see also Ireland. 
 
 Exeter, 168, 169, 394, 411, 412, 435 (2), 458, 
 
 546 (5), 554. 
 
 , the Bishop of, 8, 341. 
 
 , Jonation, Bishop of, translated from 
 
 Bristol, petition of, prays discharge 
 
 from taxation, 40. 
 
 diocese of, 315, 341, 412. 
 
 , tenths from the diocese of, 24, 25, 36. 
 
 the city of, 30, 31. 
 
 , , petition of tradesmen of, 361. 
 
 , Exchequer bank at, 545, 546. 
 
 , the mayor, major of militia, the Earl 
 
 of Bath had no confidence in him, 31. 
 , , the other officers would not 
 
 serve under him, his removal suggested, 
 
 31. 
 
 , the mint at, 508, 518, 522, 538, 541. 
 
 , the port of, 34,411, 465. 
 
 Expenditure, 25. 
 
 Expense, estimate of, 16, 24. 
 
 , revenue and, 9 (2). 
 
 Exports, 484. 
 
 Extraordinaries to foreign ministers, 92. 
 Ever, Mr. Thomas, 455. 
 Eyles, Francis, 186. 
 
 , , merchant (bills of exchange"), 
 
 574 (2). 
 
 Eyre, Anthony, son of Col. Anthony Eyre, 
 
 petition of, 29, 
 , Charles Nicholas, Esq., carver to Her 
 
 Majesty, petition of, 194. 
 
GENERAL INDEX. 
 
 603 
 
 Eyi-e, Mr., 22. 
 
 , Mrs. Jane, plots of her ground taken 
 
 into the fortifications of Galway, peti- 
 tion of, 47 G. 
 
 , Nicholas, Esq., 223. 
 
 Mr. Samuel, 40G. 
 
 Samuel, imports delph red wares, 
 
 418. 
 
 , the Chief Justice in, 406. 
 
 Eyton, Col, governor of Languard Tort, 
 287. 
 
 F. 
 
 Tagett, Stephen, and another, petition of, 442. 
 Fairclough, George, physician, petition of, G2. 
 Fairfax, Colonel, 91. 
 
 , Col. Chas., eminent services of, 205. 
 
 , H., (mint at York), ."509. 
 
 Lord, the regiment of, memorial, 
 
 353. 
 
 , 520(3), 521. 
 
 , , married the heiress of Lord 
 
 Culpepper, 521. 
 
 ,Mr., 85. 
 
 , Coh Thomas, 79, 82, 99 (2), 100 (2), 
 
 103 (2), 104. 
 , Thomas, Esq., son and heir of Col. 
 
 Charles Fairfax, petition of, 205. 
 Fail-field, Mr., [? a tax collector], 279. 
 Falconer, Margaret, reUct of Thomas Falconer, 
 
 petition of, 314. 
 Falkland, Viscount, 335. 
 , , a prisoner in the Tower of Lon- 
 don, 380. 
 
 , , Treasurer of the Navy, S02. 
 
 , Rehecca, Viscountess, 457. 
 
 , , (Lord Falkland's accounts), 
 
 502. 
 Fahnouth, 61, 83, 101, 33G. 
 
 the port of, 127, 128, 142, 149. 
 
 Fanatics, 254. 
 
 Fane, Sir Henry, petition of, &e., 181 (3). 
 
 , , the trustees of, 294. 
 
 , , K.B., petition of, 304. 
 
 or Vane, the lion. Sir Vere, K.B., 80 
 
 (5), 81 (2). 
 
 , , petitions of, 41, 47, 69, 71. 
 
 Fanning, Lieut. Clement, 317. 
 
 Fanshaw, Henry, Esq., Remembrancer of the 
 
 Exchequer, 7. 
 
 , Mr. [?], 527. 
 
 Sir Richard, envoy extraordinary, 6. 
 
 Fanshaw, William, who married the Duke of 
 
 Monmouth's sister, petition of, &c., 
 
 36 (3). 
 
 , , and another, petition of, 405. 
 
 , , Esq., 308, 443. 455. 
 
 , , , Mary, his wife, relict of 
 
 William Sarsfield, petition of, 443 (2). 
 Fardels, search of, 4. 
 Fareham, 301. 
 Farish, Robert, collector of the port of Carlisle, 
 
 petition of, 495. 
 Farre, see X>e la Farre. 
 Farringdon, the manor of, mines there, 372. 
 Farthing, John, Esq., petitions of, &c., 41, 47, 
 
 60,71,80. 
 > , of Long Ditton, in the county 
 
 of Surrey, Esq., as to abuses in the 
 
 Excise, petition of, 210. 
 > ; ) , and then of Chelsea, 
 
 Middlesex, petition of, 451. 
 Farthings, Com" for,80, 90, 95, 102, 109, 115, 
 
 249. 
 
 , memorial of, 8G. 
 
 and halfpence, II, 22, 71, 79, 90, 110, 
 
 111 (3), 115,224. 
 
 of copper, the profit on making 
 
 509. 
 
 , proposal as to, 570. 
 
 , of copper and tin, 3C5. 
 
 their liability to be couateifeited, 
 
 &c., 286. 
 
 of tin, and not of copper, II. 
 
 ) a more extensive distribution of 
 
 them in England recommended, 224. 
 , white, 377. 
 
 Fashaw, George Tresswell, and others, peti- 
 tion of, 303, 304. 
 
 Fauconier, Peter, petition of, &c. (army cloth- 
 ing), 414, 420. 
 
 Fauconnier, Peter, (off-reckonings), 442. 
 
 Faulcon, sick men of the ship, 358i 
 
 Fauze, Anthony, merchant, petition of (Cus- 
 toms), 531. 
 
 Favell, Veutris, proposes a tax on cattle, me- 
 morial of, 152. 
 
 Fawthorpe, Chr., 94. 
 
 Fearon, Ensign Joseph, petition of, 188. 
 
 Feathers, provedore of the King's, 429. 
 
 Fee-farm rents, 4, 21 (2), 22 (2) 58 21'' 
 338 (2), 344, 408, 413, 437. ' ' '' 
 
 , trustees for the sale of, 21, 344. 
 
 Feeriug, 537, 
 
 Fees, 72, 83, 338, 344, 350, 405, 53'' 5C5 
 569. ' 
 
 for installation of Knights of the Gar- 
 ter, 523. 
 for passing commissions, 481. 
 
 ) &c- of officers of Customs, 302 C^ 
 
 424. ^~-^' 
 
 to the serjeant-at-arms, 222. 
 
 to Sir John Denham, K.B., surveyor- 
 general [of works], 5. 
 
604 
 
 GENERAL INDEX. 
 
 Fees — cont. 
 
 , table of, to be set up in the Custom 
 
 House, London, 3. 
 
 , Treasury, 479, 567. 
 
 Fees unpaid, 415. 
 
 Fielding, Basil, gentleman, an officer of (Cus- 
 toms of the port of Carlisle, dismissed, 
 petition of, 174. 
 
 , Robert, Esq., committed to Newgate, 
 
 493. 
 Fellows, John, 374. 
 Fellowes, Itfr. Rice, 455. 
 Fen-level, the, Lincolmshire, 263. 
 
 Fen, Nicholas, Esq., executor of the ■will of 
 
 Richard Kent, Esq., 166. 
 Fenn, John, collector of Customs at Wexford, 
 
 petition of, 384. 
 
 Fentzall, or Fentzell, John, merchant of Lon- 
 don, and others, petition of, &c., 50, 123. 
 
 Fenwick, Sir John, regiment of, 158. 
 
 Ferguson, Col., 406. 
 
 Fennauagh, co. of (Ireland), 473. 
 
 Fermoy, the Et. Hon. John Lord Roche, Vis- 
 count Fermoy, petition of, 301. 
 
 , his mother hanged at her own 
 
 door, 301. 
 , , his brother followed King 
 
 Charles II. in his exile, 301. 
 Femes, certain, 345. 
 
 , 14 or 15, the value not known, 356. 
 
 FeiTis, Capt. Owen, petition of, 334. 
 
 Feversham, Hahfax, 275. 
 
 Fewster, Anthony, petition of, as to transport 
 
 of forces of Lieut.-General Kirk from 
 
 Holland, 237. 
 Fez and Jlorocco, the Emperor of, 238. 
 Field, John, Esq., alderman of Hull, petition 
 
 of, 52. 
 Fielding, Mr., commissary-general to the Duke 
 
 of Leinster, in Flanders, 326 (2). 
 
 , Mr., petition of, &c., 327 (2). 
 
 , Mr., Com' of the Victualling Office, 
 
 suspended, 429 (2). 
 
 , Charles, a certificate from, 201. 
 
 , Mr., or Mr. Israel, at Edinburgh, in 
 
 Scotland, &c., 69, 74, 98, 99, 104 (2), 
 
 106 (2), 107 (2), 112, 316, 323. 
 
 , , (hearth money), 284. 
 
 Mr. Robert, inquisition of, 240. 
 
 Fifth monarchy men, 301. 
 
 Filden, Col. Richard, desires to export a bell, 
 
 memorial of, 398. 
 Fillingham, Bartholomew, 65, 111. 
 Finchley, 157. 
 Fine, 11. 
 Fmes, 20, 143, 302, 350, 532, 555. 
 
 , see also Post fines. 
 
 on compositions, payable to the receipt 
 
 of the Exchequer, 201. 
 on judgments, 218. 
 
 Fines — cont. 
 
 on renewals and admittances (copy- 
 hold), 208. 
 
 Fire and candle for garrison at Portsmouth, 
 573. 
 
 First Fruits Office, Ireland, 375. 
 
 and tenths, remembrancer of, 36. 
 
 Fish condemned as prize, 564. 
 
 , 92, 102, 158. 
 
 , duty on, 66, 73, 84. 
 
 , Newfoundland (Customs), 487. 
 
 Fisher, John, and another, belonging to the 
 smack which was cariying Lord Pres- 
 ton into France, petition of, 252. 
 
 Fisher and other boats wanted, 446. 
 Fitch, John, 141 (2). 
 
 ,Mr., 67 (3), 87. 
 
 Thomas, weigher and teller (Mint), 
 
 494. 
 
 Fitzgerald, Edward, 490. 
 
 , Robert, Esq., controller of musters 
 
 and cheques of the army in Ireland, 
 
 petition of, 471. 
 
 Fitzherbert, Fownes, the sou of John, of Luck- 
 ington, CO. Wilts, agent for the African 
 Company in Guinea, barbarously mur- 
 dered, 38. 
 
 , Humphiy, Esq., a captain of foot in 
 
 the garrison of Hull, son of Fownes 
 Fitzherbert, petition of, 37. 
 
 FitzPatrick, Brigadier, petition of, 485. 
 
 , Capt, commander of the St. Albans, 
 
 345. 
 
 , ,485. 
 
 , Richard, 506. 
 
 , Col. Edward, 382. 
 
 , Col. John, petition of, 330, 
 
 Five per cent, reserved on customs of London, 
 3. 
 
 Flanders, mention of, 35, 67, 94 (2), 95, 163, 
 164, 172, 173, 187, 189, 197, 209 (2), 
 222 (2), 223, 227, 241, 258, 263 (2), 
 291, 295, 300, 304, 306, 308, 311, 326, 
 335, 336, 354 (2), 365, 396 (2), 412, 
 425 (2), 428, 434, 436, 445, 450, 
 488 (2), 512, 517, 522, 534 (2), .540. 
 
 , the army in, 381, 557. 
 
 , brigade of horse in, 277. 
 
 , campaign in, 412, 423. 
 
 , colonels in service there, petition of, 
 
 150. 
 
 , forces iu, the subsistence, &c. of, 
 
 367 (2). 
 
 goods, 571. 
 
 , hospitals in, controller of, 359. 
 
 , the hospitals in, 568, 534. 
 
 , the King's household in, 336. 
 
 , provisions dearer every year, 428. 
 
 train, or train of artillery, 289, 371, 
 
 413 (2), 424, 450. 
 
GENERAL INDEX. 
 
 605 
 
 Fleatham, Edw., of Yarme, co. York, mer- 
 chant, his effects seized, petition of 
 424. 
 
 Fleet, the, 101, 136, 270(2), 327, 416, 432, 
 446, 447, 459, 547. 
 
 payment of the, 229. 
 
 , the, in Torbay, 317. 
 
 , men for the, 382. 
 
 , money for the, 420. 
 
 , the outset of the, 349. 
 
 , the, sailed from Barbadoes, 532. 
 
 , seafaring men for the, 349. 
 
 .., want of seamen for, 278. 
 
 Fleet, Sir John, 213,460. 
 
 Fleming, Mary, widow, petition of, 120. 
 
 Flesh and fish curing, 344. 
 
 Fletcher, Benjamin, Esq., governor of New 
 York, 352. 
 
 , Col., appointed governor of New York , 
 
 230. 
 
 , money paid him for two com- 
 panies of foot at New York, and for 
 presents for the Indians, &c., 231. 
 
 , Col., goveruor-in chief of New York, 
 
 309. 
 
 , George, merchant of Whitehaven, 46. 
 
 , Mr,, (Customs), 3S9. 
 
 , Sarah, widow, petition of, 74 (2). 
 
 FUnt, 146. 
 
 , mines in, 252. 
 
 , see Chester. 
 
 Flocks, transportation of, from Ireland, 5. 
 Floyer, Mr., -with others, furnishes 30,000?., 
 
 549, 550. 
 , Peter, proposal for remedy of the 
 
 coin, 567. 
 
 , , another proposal, 572. 
 
 Foden, Samuel, a receiver of the aid in the 
 
 CO. of Stafford, 349. 
 Foley, P., (Mint), 495. 
 FoUdngham, Edward, of London, merchant, 
 
 and another, petition of, 199. 
 FoUiStone, 237, 238 (2). 
 Foorth, Thomas, petition of, (proposals to 
 
 raise money), 541. 
 Foot, Mr., M.P., recommends a person for 
 
 employment, 337. 
 Forage, 514. 
 Forbes, Alexander, of Edinburgh, merchant, 
 
 petition of, (army clothing), 481. 
 Forbin, the Chevalier de, 64. 
 Forces, Com" for disbanding the, 9. 
 
 the, 117, 169,188. 
 
 establishment of, 16. 
 
 ,land, 447. 
 
 , payment of the, 395. 
 
 \2d. in the pound for the pay of the, 
 
 16. 
 Ford, John, gent. (Customs), petition of, &c., 
 
 206, 214. 
 
 an oficer of customs, 353. 
 
 ,515. 
 
 Foreign affairs, the Lords of the Committee 
 
 for, 6. 
 
 letter office, 295. 
 
 Forester, Sir William, supplied the necessities 
 
 of Sir Rowland Gwynne in Holland, 
 
 petition of, 240. 
 Forest of Bean, co. Gloucester, 29 (2). 
 Forest, wages, &e. of keepers &c. of a, 153. 
 
 Forests, money to " gratify " the keepers of, 
 for bringing persons to justice for des- 
 truction of vert and venison, 401. 
 
 south of Trent, 221. 
 
 Forfeited estates, 336, 350, 490, 491, 492. 
 
 lands (Ireland), Com" for, &e., see 
 
 Ireland. 
 
 Forfeitures, 20, 167, 329, 358. 
 
 (Customs), 491, 502. 
 
 (Ireland), commission to inquire into, 
 
 251. 
 
 , , superseded, 533. 
 
 , the Com" for, (Ireland), 353, 410, 
 
 440. 
 Forgery, 347. 
 Forster, John, 490. 
 Fortifications, 324. 
 (Ireland), produce of forfeited lands 
 
 to be applied to, 355, 356. 
 Forts and garrisons in Ireland, 381. 
 
 , projects of, 254. 
 
 , ruinous, 324. 
 
 Forward, Colonel John, petition of, 491, 505. 
 Foster, Martin, Esq., 162. 
 
 Fotherby, Mr. [commissary of the stores and 
 paymaster of the forces, who went to 
 the West Indies], 398. 
 
 , , his grievances, 400. 
 
 ,Mr., 551. 
 
 , Thomas, Esq., 80, 81, 82 (3), 83 (2), 
 
 84, 85 (2), 88 (3), 90 (2), 94, 100, 
 102 (2), 103 (2). 
 
 Foubert, Solomon, Esq., tm-ned out of his 
 academy at Paris for his religion, pe- 
 tition of, 101. 
 
 sworn an equerry, 101. 
 
 Foudroyant, prize ship, estimate for purchase 
 and fitting as a man-of-war, 532. 
 
 Foulke, Elizabeth, wife of Garrat Foulke, Esq., 
 whose husband was in gaol at Galway 
 in Ireland, 119. 
 
 Foulkes, Col. John, 219. 
 
 Foulkse or Foulks, Col., the regiment of, 258, , 
 370,412. ' 
 
 Fowey, 524. 
 
 Fowler, Thomas, taken prisoner by a French 
 
 privateer, 49. 
 Fownes, Mr. Pawlin, petition of, 180. 
 
 Fox, Bohun, son of Thomas Fox, collector of 
 excise in the East Riding of York, 
 robbed by the Danish soldiers, petition 
 of, 366. 
 
 Ml-., collector of excise at Hull, 81, 
 
 91. 
 
606 
 
 GENERAL INDEX. 
 
 Fox, Mr. Cliarlcs, or Charles, Esq., or Mr. 
 ¥ox ri'ayniastn- Generul], 122, 1.30, 
 1,1,3, 1.38, 147 (2), LIS, 1.58, 171, 17.'i, 
 180,181, 185, 1S8(2), 192, 20.3, 20G 
 (2), 208, 211 (2), 212 (2), 217, 219 
 (2), 221 (.3), 222, 231, 233, 235, 237 
 (2), 241 (4), 242 (2), 244, 240, 25G, 
 258, 2G1, 268, 275, 280, 286, 291, 206, 
 299,305,306,307,308, 319, 322, 324 
 (2), 326 (2), 331, 332 (2), 339 (2), 
 341 , 347, 349 (2), 353 (2), 359, 360, 361 , 
 363 (2), 367, 377, 392 (3), 403, 407 
 (2), 423, 426, 427 (2), 428, 429, 433, 
 434 (2), 435, 436, 440, 452, 456, 459, 
 472,477,491,490,498,500, 501, 502, 
 508,511. 
 
 , , memorial of, 406. 
 
 , Charles, Esq., one of the paymasters- 
 general of the forces in Ireland, 220, 
 248. 
 
 Mr., Treasurer of the Customs, 191. 
 
 , Sir Stephen, or the Rt. Hon. Sir Ste- 
 phen, one of the Com""^ of the Treasury, 
 260, 291, 316, 317, 422, 428, 443, 498. 
 
 , Stephen, 472. 
 
 France mentioned, 32, 34 (2), 35, 41, 52, 67, 
 68, 93, 98, 105, 115, 118, 127, 164, 
 173, 192 (2), 220, 222, 232, 233, 238, 
 241, 242, 247, 252, 257, 272 (2), 273 
 (3), 298, 321, 333, 344, 346, 419, 461, 
 470, 489, 499. 
 
 , commodities of the growth of, 39,246. 
 
 , all the ships of, fitting out, 44, 
 
 , Act prohihiting trade with, 112. 
 
 , persons seized escaping to, 117. 
 
 , trade and secret trade with, 193, 402, 
 
 413,470 475 (2), 570. 
 
 , the mob said we were sold to, 195. 
 
 , yigorous war against, 216. 
 
 , the Court of, 298 (3). 
 
 , correspondence "ivith, 327, 470, 564. 
 
 , , dangerous, 454. 
 
 , the invasion of, 470. 
 
 the commonalty of, supplied with pro- 
 visions from Ireland in 1693, 475. 
 
 , the war with, 558. 
 
 Erancia, Moses, a merchant of London (Cus- 
 toms), 559. 
 
 Francis Padsey, the ship, 79. 
 
 Erancklain, [ ], 8G. 
 
 Frankland, Thomas, Esq., a postmaster gene- 
 ral, 200, 202, 281, 296, 307, 309, 441, 
 442, 534. 
 
 Fr.-incklyu, Christopher, controller of the port 
 of Berwick, petition of, 121. 
 
 , Mr., surveyor of the port of Deal, 
 
 346. 
 
 , , his affection to the government, 
 
 &c., 346. 
 
 Francko, Mr. Adam, of the outland oifice 
 (Post Office), 574. 
 
 Franks, John, a deputy commissary of musters, 
 petition of, 114. 
 
 Franshaw [?Fanshaw], ilr., 527. 
 
 Frauds, Act of, 433. 
 
 about debenturcB, 527, 528, 529. 
 
 Ereckleton, Mr. Thos., memorial of, 407. 
 
 Freeman, John, petition of, 150. 
 
 , , distiller of London, his goods 
 
 seized, 9. 
 Freemolt, Joel, petition of, 108. 
 Freight, 122. 
 
 , 14s. a ton per month, 227. 
 
 , 10*. a ton per month, 258. 
 
 , 13s. a month, 289. 
 
 , 12s. a ton per month, 289. 
 
 rate of, 180,259,264,270, 310, 333, 
 
 330, 386, 387, 395, 477, 504, 509, 519, 
 
 542. 
 French, the, 136 (2), 157 (3), 178, 244, 274, 
 
 282, 288, 299, 300, 326, 332, 357, 386, 
 
 459, 484. 
 
 , the war with the, 13. 
 
 , fitting ont 40 or 50 sail at St. Maloes, 
 
 44. 
 , had taken five Dutch West Indiamen 
 
 from " Cuiresoe," and a Spaniard from 
 
 Porto Bello, 44. 
 
 , the, take a packet boat, 455. 
 
 banker, 298. 
 
 coast, 147. 
 
 commanders, escape of, 03, 64. 
 
 committee, 280. 
 
 commodities, 49, 84, 267. 
 
 (Customs), 492. 
 
 , designs of the, on the kingdom, 497. 
 
 , expedition against the, in the West 
 
 Indies, 333. 
 
 fishing, 326. 
 
 fleet, saiUng of, from Brest, oath con- 
 cerning, 39. 
 , which was from Ireland, news of 
 
 the, 44. 
 , 139, 324. 
 
 French goods and trade, 47, 121, 122, 227, 
 
 260, 300, 341, 367, 414, 470, 540, 544, 
 
 552. 
 
 , concealing and uttering, 440. 
 
 , incursions and attempts of the, 109, 
 
 170. 
 
 invasion, 516. 
 
 King, mariners and goods of the, 43. 
 
 , the, 77,483. 
 
 French market, lead for the, 113. 
 
 I'renchmen detained at a charge of 6</. a day 
 
 each, 43. 
 French officers, 192 (2). 
 
 prisoners, 321, 326, 330. 
 
 privateers, 48, 49, 50, 102, 128, 158, 
 
 166, 242,243 (2), 487. 
 French Protestants and refugees, 280, 298, 
 
 408. 
 
 , refugee ministers, list of, 409. 
 
 regiments, the off- reckonings of the, 
 
 petition of the, 381. 
 regiments, petition of, 423. 
 
GENERAL IxVDEX. 
 
 60/ 
 
 French — conl. 
 
 resident, witlidj'awal of, 120. 
 
 secretary, 298. 
 
 ships for the Mediterranean, 368. 
 
 sloops, 147. 
 
 -wine, 492, 50G. 
 
 Frenley, Mr., (Transport Service), 198. 
 
 Friend or Freind, Sir John, brewer, 148. 
 
 , , convicted of high treason, 570. 
 
 Freshwell and Uttlesford (Essex), the office of 
 bailiff of the hundreds of, 563. 
 
 Frippone, the ship, a French man-of-war, ton- 
 nage and gunnage of, 449. 
 
 Frith, Charles, 137. 
 
 > Mr., collector of excise at Chester, 
 
 74. 
 
 , Hichard, scheme for raising money 
 
 on burials, &c., petition of, 481. 
 
 Frovrde, Ashburnham, an alphabet keeper 
 (Post Office), petition of, 200. 
 
 Fruit, 113. 
 
 Fry, George, a sutler to the Horse Guards, 
 397. 
 
 Funeral of the Queen, works for, 425, 428. 
 
 , board and cloth for, 429. 
 
 Furley, Mr. Stephen, 92. 
 
 Furnace, Sir Henry, petition of, 233. 
 
 G. 
 
 Gabay, Jacob, merchant of London, petition 
 
 of, 356. 
 Gachon, Senior, guardian of the Duke of St. 
 
 Albans, displaced for a Papist governor, 
 
 memorial of, 89. 
 Gallon, the, see Ii-eland. 
 Galls, Smyrna (Customs), 458. 
 Gallway, Arthur and Walter, outlawed for 
 
 treason and rebellion, held lands in 
 
 the barony of Upper-third, co. Water- 
 ford, 425. 
 Galmoy, the Lord, forfeited estate of, 502. 
 Galway or Gallway, Lord or Viscount, 293, 
 
 344, 375, 377, 511 (2), 558. 
 , Lord, balance due to the regiment of, 
 
 203. 
 Galway, county (Ireland), 410, 607. 
 
 , the articles of, 5 65. 
 
 , the fortifications of, 476. 
 
 , 119, 153,304,319,497. 
 
 , works not finished, 497. 
 
 Gaily tiles, 418. 
 
 Garbler, the city, 458. 
 
 Garbling, 410. 
 
 Gardens, superintendent of the, 373, 503. 
 
 , the King's artizans and tradesmen 
 
 attending the, their accounts owing for 
 
 six years, petition of, 570, 
 
 Gardiner, Francis, (Norwich mint), 545. 
 
 Gardner, John, of London, merchant, petition 
 of, 71. 
 
 , Mr., 140. 
 
 Gargrave, Robert, petition of, as to a house in 
 the mews, 233. 
 
 , , a sufierer by loss of his places, 
 
 two of his sons blown up in the 
 " Breda," 233. 
 
 Garrendine, Sir James, agent at Dunkirk for 
 Iving James, 197. 
 
 Garrindrooge, lands in, 566. 
 
 Garrisons, 8, 11, 21. 
 
 (Ireland), produce of forfeited lands 
 
 to be appHed to, 355. 
 
 at Portsmouth, 7. 
 
 Garryfeine (Limerick), 379. 
 
 Garter, the, carrying to foreign princes, 271. 
 
 , fees on installation, 523. 
 
 -king-of-arms, 271. 
 
 , Knight of the, 201. 
 
 , the printed book of the Order of the, 
 
 271. 
 
 , registrar of the Order of the, 201. 
 
 Garth, Major Thomas, petition of, 450. 
 
 Gatehouse, the, Westminster, 117, 219. 
 
 Gauden, Benjamin, 373. 
 
 Sir Denis, 373. 
 
 , , surveyor general of marine 
 
 victuals, 11. 
 
 Gangers, 75, 80, 92. 
 
 assessed for the poll tax, 189. 
 
 Gay, Mr., petition of, to the storekeeper (Ire- 
 land), 278 (2). 
 
 Gaynor, Nicholas, of Black Castle in the co. 
 of Westmeath (Ireland) [Esq.], as- 
 sisted the Protestants, 262. 
 
 , , his estate seized though he de- 
 meaned himself with moderation to his 
 Protestant neighbom-s (Irelaud), 276. 
 
 , , petition of, to be free from qut 
 
 rents, 277. 
 
 Gazette, the, 128, 545. 
 
 , post free, 501. 
 
 Gee, Eichard, Esq., 335, 457. 
 
 Gelius, Isaac, merchant, a French Protestant 
 142. 
 
 Gellibrand, Mr., going as chaplain to New 
 York, 118. 
 
 Gellott, Mrs. Elizabeth, daughter of Col. 
 Washington, petition of, 350 (2). 
 
 Gemblour, letter dated at the camp at, 524. 
 
 General Assembly, Maryland, 7. 
 
 of the forces, 239. 
 
 Geneva, mention of, 259. 
 
 Genoa, 325, 431. 
 
 Genoese ships, 325. 
 
 Geneva, 536. 
 
 Geographer of Venice, the, 511. 
 
 George, Dr., the pretensions of, 222. 
 
 , Edward Lord, 3. 
 
 , Theobald, Kt., 3. 
 
608 
 
 GENERAL INDEX. 
 
 Geraldine or Gerardin, the Earl of Melfort 
 
 had written in favour of, 248.; 
 Gerard's Cross (Bucks), robbery at, 466. 
 Germany, 222, 317, 340, 347, 563. 
 Gerraize, Lewis, secretary to the Lustring 
 
 Company, 457. 
 Gery, Peter, memorial of, as to regimental 
 
 accounts, 274. 
 Gibbins, Mr., 232. 
 Gibson, Eichard, appointed to pay the " recalls," 
 
 memorial of, 403 (2). 
 Gibson's proposal for Tictualling the navy, 
 
 439. 
 Gilbert, Mr. John, 47G (2). 
 Gilliver, Robert, gent., messenger of land 
 
 revenue, 413 (2). 
 Gilmore Patrick, collector of excise, petition, 
 
 of, 164. 
 Gincle, Ginkle, or Ginckell, Gen., 181, 246, 313. 
 Ginger, 320. 
 Giorgenti [? Girgenti, Sicily], 536 (4). 
 
 French soldiers at, 536. 
 
 Gise, Sir John, Bart., 359. 
 
 Glanagurteen, 435. 
 
 Glancouse, 425. 
 
 Glauvile, Mr., 314. 
 
 Glanville, William, Esq., at the Treasuiy 
 
 Chamber, 174, 211, 561, 564. 
 Glass, 191, 455. 
 Glenarme, the barony of, 182. 
 Gloucester, co. of, soldiers levied there, 2. 
 
 , the port of, 71. 
 
 , revenues of the bishopric of, 210. 
 
 , the Duke of,knight companion of the 
 
 Order of the Garter, 523 (3). 
 Glover, John, of London, merchant, 550 (2), 
 
 551. 
 Goddard, Holland, shopkeeper, fled from Cork 
 
 in Ireland, 52. 
 , , or Goddart, a distressed Irish 
 
 Protestant, petition of, 107. 
 Godet, Gideon, a French Protestant refugee, 
 
 had served three envoys as French 
 
 secretary at the risk of his life, &c., 
 
 petition of, 298. 
 Godfrey, Mr. Edward, brewer, 148. 
 
 , Capt. Francis, late customer of the 
 
 port of Lynn Regis, petition of, 144. 
 
 , Mary, widow of Capt Warren Godfrey, 
 
 petition of, 313. 
 
 , Capt. Stephen, his estate in Ireland 
 
 ruined, petition of, 322. 
 
 , Col., 4 . 
 
 Godlington, near Bedford, 263. 
 
 Godolphin, C, 33, 224. 
 
 ,the Lord, 315, 332, 375, 414, 428, 
 
 444, 466, 548, 572, 574. 
 
 , , a Lord of the Treasury, 360. 
 
 , , one of the Lords Justices, 423. 
 
 , , remarks on the land bank, 525, 
 
 526. 
 
 , Mr., 31, 83, 123, 144, 527 (3), 529 (2). 
 
 Godolphin, Sidney, Lord, or the Rt. Hon. 
 Sidney, Lord,30, 46, 51,62,65,86, 150, 
 151, 167 (3), 177 (2), 181, 187, 276. 
 
 Godsalve, Christopher, and another, pursers, 
 petition of, 349. 
 
 Gold, David, fled from Ireland, 52. 
 
 , Mr., contract for hemp, 519. 
 
 Gold, 323. 
 
 snuffboxes, &e., 171. 
 
 Goldsmiths, the working, &c., petition of, 
 
 138, 139 (2). 
 , the, furnished " clippers " with broad 
 
 money, 233. 
 , company of, 23. 
 
 Goods brought from France, colourably seized, 
 
 196. 
 , European, 358. 
 
 , household, &c., brought from Ireland, 
 
 37. 
 
 iim ashore (Customs), 445. 
 
 , seized by the sheriff, 74. 
 
 Goodwin, Richard, labourer, who looked after 
 
 the timber yard at Hampton Court, 
 
 petition of, 226. 
 
 , Col. Robert, 296. 
 
 Goodwyn, Dean, Esq., 150. 
 Gordo, the island called, 68. 
 Gordon, Captain John, 327 (2). 
 
 , Robert, petition of, 327. 
 
 Gore, or Goor, Col., at the Hague, 411 (3). 
 
 , Col., ([gun] powder), 539. 
 
 , John, gent., receiver-general of the 
 
 quarterly poll (co. Northampton), peti- 
 tion of, 340. 
 John, and others, petitions of (army 
 
 supplies), 154, 216. 
 
 , W., petition of, 164. 
 
 , William, merchant (Customs), peti- 
 
 ion of, 135. 
 Sir William, petition of, (Customs), 
 
 433. 
 , , [merchant], sale, &c. of hemp, 
 
 507, 514, 518. 
 , importation of linens, petition, 
 
 531, 532. 
 
 , (army payments), 516. 
 
 , (remittances), 556. 
 
 Gorges, Dr., petition of, &o., 192 (2). 
 
 Gorge, Dr. Robert, secretary to the Duke of 
 
 Schomberg, the salaiy of, petition of, 
 
 467. 
 Goring, Sir William (derelict lands), 537. 
 
 , the tenants of, 5.38. 
 
 Gortnohorna, lands in, 566. 
 
 Gosley, Randal, of Rye, Sussex, 77. 
 
 Goshng, Mr. William, clerk in the " Outland 
 
 Office " (Post Office), 574. 
 Gosport, 286, 295, 296, 297, 301, 371, 385. 
 Gotley, Richard, merchant, 137. 
 Goudet, John, of London, merchant, 139. 
 Gough, Sir Henry, 89 
 
GENERAL INDEX. 
 
 609 
 
 Gould, Arthur (Customs), petition of, 312. 
 
 .Mr. [merchant], sale, &c. of hemp, 
 
 507, 514. 
 
 , Nathaniel, merchant, petition of, 132. 
 
 , Samuel, gent., as to transfer of a King's 
 
 waitership to, 380. 
 
 Goulding, Ann, -widow of Captain John Gould- 
 ing, killed in action at sea, petition of, 
 339. 
 
 Gourdon, General (?), 389." 
 
 Goumey, Ann, widow and relict of Charles 
 
 Goui-ney, who was slain at the battle of 
 
 Landen, petition of, 396. 
 , , her son, killed at the battle of 
 
 Steenkirk, 396. 
 Gourny John, of Dublin, merchant, fled from 
 
 Ireland, petition of, 40. 
 Gouvemet, Ester, Marchioness de, petition of 
 
 (fee-farm rent), 408. 
 Gouxhill, 532. 
 
 Government, the necessary expense of the, 
 324. 
 
 , commission for administration of, 481. 
 
 Gower, W. Leveson, 183. 
 
 , Sir Thomas, 100. 
 
 , the agents of, and the regiment 
 
 of, 183 (2). 
 Gowers, Sir Humphrey, 153. 
 Gowran (Ireland), 516. 
 Grafton, Henry, Duke of, 172. 
 
 ,H., 361. 
 
 , Isabella, Duchess of, petition of, 172. 
 
 , petition of, to be allowed to coin 
 
 and utter penny and twopenny pieces, 
 
 229, 230. 
 Graham, Mr., 10 (2). 
 
 , Sir Charles, the regiment of, 351. 
 
 , Richard, 10, 178 (3). 
 
 , William, memorial of, 351. 
 
 , Mr., bond entered into by, 538. 
 
 Grandison, George, Viscount, 16. 
 
 , Lord, 25. 
 
 , , annuity of 500/. out of the post 
 
 fines, 521. 
 Grange, David de, the King's limner in Scot- 
 land, the petition of, 6. 
 Granger, John, a tidewaiter, petition of, 417. 
 Granstowne, Queen's county, Ireland, 485. 
 Grants, abstracts of, 334, 411. 
 Grant for life, surrender of, 288. 
 Granville, Mr., 457. 
 Granvile or Grenville, Bernard, of St. Martin's- 
 
 in-the-fields, Middlesex, Esq., 337, 443 
 
 (2), 452. 
 Gratuities, 90, 563. 
 Gravatt, Godfrey, purser of the ship Bonad- 
 
 Tenture, a prisoner in Newgate, petition 
 
 of, 553. 
 Graves, Isaac des, petition of (Customs, wines), 
 
 564. 
 Gravesend, 41, 48, 94, 259, 385, 392. 
 , the head searcher there, 61. 
 
 Grivy's Inn, 29. 
 
 Green Cloth, Com" or Board of, 137, 201. 
 
 Green, John, and others (Customs), petition 
 
 240. 
 Greenbery, the Hon. Col., 449. 
 
 Greene, Mr., a receiver-general of the aid, co. 
 Stafford, petition of, 349 (2). 
 
 Greenham, Captain James, deputy of the 
 
 superintendent of the gardens, petition 
 
 of, 373. 
 Greenhill, Captain Henry, 7 1 . 
 , Capt., commissioner at Portsmouth 
 
 (presents for Algiers and Tripoli), 542 
 
 (3). 
 
 , Com', 560. 
 
 , Mr., officer of the navy at Highlake, 
 
 74, 91. 
 Greenland, petition of merchants trading to, 
 
 326 (2). 
 
 Greenwax fines, surveyor of, 158. 
 
 , ofiice of surveyor of, 42, 43 (4), 57, 
 
 218, 210. 
 
 , revenue of, 58, 218. 
 
 , receiver of, 187. 
 
 Greenwich, 198, 259, 261. 
 
 , the gardens and hospital for seamen 
 
 there, 395, 416. 
 hospital, the committee for, petition of, 
 
 520. 
 
 , infirmary and laundry, 520. 
 
 house and laboratory, 392. 
 
 park, Mr. Travers had taken survey of, 
 
 364. 
 , the surveyor of, (Customs), 131. 
 
 Greg, Hugh, at the comt of the King of Den- 
 mark, petition of, 312. 
 
 Gregg, Benjamin, Esq., serjeant-at-arms, 397. 
 
 Gregor, Mr., 123. 
 
 Gregory, Sir Edward, 298, 300, 495 (2). 
 
 Gregs, Mr., (Transport Service), 184. 
 
 Grenadier guards, 303. 
 
 Gressingham, Roger, petition of, 190. 
 
 Greve, Peter, merchant (clothing of Danish 
 forces), 420. 
 
 Grey, Ml'., [auditor of Wales] , the deputy of, 
 372. 
 
 Gribble, Mr. William, of Truro (Cornwall), 
 524. 
 
 Griffin, Sir Edward, Kt., Treasurer of the 
 
 Chamber, 6, 496. 
 , Edward Lord, forfeited for treason, 
 
 150,272 (2), 273,320, 496. 
 
 ,Capt. Philip, quartermaster at Dun- 
 
 dalk, camp, petition of, 353. 
 
 Griffith, George, of Cork (Ireland), merchant 
 and a Protestant, 147. 
 
 , Thomas, 158, 159. 
 
 , William, unmannerly reflections on, 
 
 15. 
 
 , , collector of the port and district 
 
 of Shgo, robbed, 555. 
 
 QQ 2 
 
610 
 
 GENERAL INDEX. 
 
 Griffths,Mr., 319. 
 
 Grimston, Ursula, spinster, 303, 304. 
 
 Groin, the, 467 (3). 
 
 Groom porter, 454 (2). 
 
 of the stole, 2.57. 
 
 Groome, Samuel, merchant, petition of, IGO. 
 
 Grosvenor, Sir Thomas, 438. 
 
 , petition as to laud in St. James's 
 
 Park, 280. 
 Ground, see Laud. 
 GroTes, Capt., 320. 
 Guards, the, 164, 171, 173, 189. 
 
 , the first troop of, 88. 
 
 , third troop of, 431. 
 
 , the fii'St regiment of, 291. 
 
 , the foot, 271. 
 
 , foot, the SiYsi regiment of, 297. 
 
 and garrisons, 88. 
 
 Guenon, Peter de Beaubuisson, master of the 
 
 setting dogs, 208. 
 
 Guernsey, 315, 429. 
 
 , the bailiffs and jurats of, (clipped 
 
 money), 523. 
 
 , the ancient pri^-ileges of, 565. 
 
 frigate, the, 288. 
 
 Guest, Mr., 72. 
 Guildford marsh, 252. 
 Guille, Joshua, 101. 
 Guinea, the coast of, 8. 
 
 , the north part of, 185. 
 
 , ships trading to, 399. 
 
 Guineas, false, 78. 
 
 , puncheons for, 110. 
 
 at 23s., 22s., 377. 
 
 at 30s. each, 464, 460, 467. 
 
 , as to taking them at 30s., 427. 
 
 , the excessive price of, 452. 
 
 Gulielmus et Maria inscribed on the coin, 
 
 79. 
 Gunmakers, 346, 411, 424. 
 , miserable condition of, see Ordnance. 
 
 of London, moneys due to them, peti- 
 tion of, 196 (2). 
 
 , , the, ready to perish, &c. , petition, 
 
 &c., 294, 375, 376. 
 
 Gunuage, 400. 
 
 , 10s. a ton, and 6/. 13s. id, per gun to 
 
 the officers and seamen, 515. 
 
 Gunners from Flanders, petition of, 304. 
 Gunning ships, 446. 
 Gunpowder, 539. 
 Guns, 323. 
 
 , iron, 190. 
 
 Guns sunk in the London near the Nore, 365. 
 Gunsmiths, the, in a lamentable state, 289. 
 Gunter, Mrs. Catherine, annuity to, 208. 
 Gurney, mines there, 372. 
 Guy, the Hon. Ileniy, Esq., 10. 
 
 Guy, Henry, Esq., or Mr., 18, 19, 22, 23. 
 
 , Henry, solicitor of Excise, 45. 
 
 , , Esq., or Mr. Guy, secretary to 
 
 the Lords of the Treasury, 184 (2), 194, 
 198, 209, 218, 223, 227, 232 (2), 234, 
 255, 258, 262, 263, 267 (2), 269, 293, 
 302, 316, 323, 327, 328, 345, 366, 369, 
 384,385, 386, 388 (2), 391, 393 (2), 
 395,399,400, 401, 402, 403,404 (2), 
 406, 409, 410 (2), 432. 
 
 , Mr., 480. 
 
 , Henry, 321. 
 
 , Ivobert, tidesman in fee (London), 
 
 petition of, 389, 
 
 Gweek in the harbour of Helford, 102. 
 
 Gwyn, consul at ^lalaga, 444. 
 
 Gwynne, Sir Fiowland, 240. 
 
 Gyles, Benjamin, (lease of copper mines), peti- 
 tion of, 283. 
 
 H. 
 
 Ilaberdasheiy goods, 47. 
 
 Ilackenbrook, Abraham, 245. 
 
 Hackney coaches, commission of, 359. 
 
 , Com^^ for, 415. 
 
 , [money from], 558. 
 
 , registrar and solicitor for li- 
 cencing, &c., 412. 
 
 , petition, &c., 414. 
 
 coach olhce, establishment, 415, 
 
 Ilackwood, letter dated at, 236. 
 
 Haddock, Sir Kichard, late a Com'^ of the Navy, 
 119 
 
 Haford, Jeff., (Customs), 237. 
 
 Hague, the, 123, 378, 411, 551. 
 
 Haistwell, Edward, of London, merchant, 
 petition of, 67. 
 
 Hales, Sir Edward, the regiment of, 154. 
 
 , Col., the regiment of, 184. 
 
 , Col. John, petition of, &c., 29G (2), 
 
 440. 
 
 Halfe Whitestowne, 425. 
 
 Half-pay, 59, 88, 217, 323, 334 (2), 335, 367, 
 434. 
 
 Ilalfcrowns, puncheons for, 110. 
 
 Halfpence, copper, or white, 377 (2). 
 
 and farthings, 480. 
 
 , of English copper, 416. 
 
 , contractors for, 555. 
 
 , scarcity of, 569. 
 
 , as to exchange of white, for 
 
 copper, 571. 
 
 of copper, contractors for, 509. 
 
 of tin, 509. 
 
GENERAL INDEX. 
 
 611 
 
 Hall, John, Esq. (manor of ■Westminster), 
 352,377. 
 
 , Robert, a customer of the port of 
 
 Chichester, 54. 
 
 Mr. Tho. ,(Mint), 492, 494, 504, 505, 
 
 518, 535, 540, 545, 548, 552. 
 
 "William, petition of, 56. 
 
 , Mr. William, deputy housekeeper of 
 
 the Excise Office, 342. 
 Hallet, Colonel, 545. 
 Ham, petition of the inhabitants of, 187. 
 Hamborough, remittances for, 556. 
 
 trade, the interdiction of, 120. 
 
 Hamburgh, 67 (2), 94, 96 (2), 259, 346 (2), 
 
 363, 516. 
 
 , troops for, 223, 225, 258. 
 
 Ham Creek, 389. 
 
 Hamden, the Hon. Mr., 196. 
 
 Hamilton, Col, 328. 
 
 , Col. Geo., the regiment of, memorial 
 
 of, &c., 363, 481. 
 
 , Col., the regiment of, 393. 
 
 , Gustavus, the regiment of, 409. 
 
 , , governor of Coleraine, 
 
 held the place five weeks, and made an 
 orderly retreat towards Derry , his losses, 
 376. 
 
 , , petitions for forfeited lands, 
 
 380,381. 
 
 , Sir Francis, petition of, as to half-pay, 
 
 217. 
 
 , James, Esq., 37. 
 
 , Rebecca, "widow, 314. 
 
 , Mr. William, agent of Sir David 
 
 Collier's regiment, 327. 
 
 Hammered money, 573 (2). 
 
 Hammon or Hamon, Captain Francis, lieut. or 
 deputy governor of Languard Fort, 
 petition of, &c., 287,291. 
 
 Hammose or Hamoaze, 64. 
 
 Hampshire, 64, 529. 
 
 Hampton Court, 68, 418. 
 
 the buildings at, 69, 73, 86 (5). 
 
 , , in a bad condition, 86. 
 
 , the works at, 87. 
 
 the garden, 87. 
 
 , the mansion, 33. 
 
 , the feodary, the ranger, chief mas- 
 ter, and governor of, 33. 
 
 , the state of the building, 87. ■ 
 
 , indifferent persons to view, 87. 
 
 Chace, ofiice of steward of the houses 
 
 and manors of, 33. 
 
 , office of Heutenant and keeper of the 
 
 chace of, 33 
 
 , the middle or north park of, office of 
 
 keeper, &c. of, 32. 
 
 , the south park, 33. 
 
 , the new park of, office of keeper of, 
 
 &c., 33. 
 
 Hampton Court — coTit. 
 
 , the stables there, 401. 
 
 the timber yard there, 226. 
 
 , their Majesties' ship, 349. 
 
 Hampton, town's end, 226. 
 
 Hanbury, Charles, a King's waiter in the port 
 
 of London, petition of, 250. 
 Hanbury Park, 170. 
 , parcel of the honour of Tutbury 
 
 (duchy of Lancaster), 398. 
 
 Hansen, see Hausen. 
 
 Harbord, Sir Charles, allowed 180/. a year for 
 
 his riding charges (Surveyor General's 
 
 office), 364. 
 , Mr., 62 (2), 90, 95 (2), 99 (2), 109, 
 
 113, 131, 141,226. 
 , Mr., Paymaster General of forces for 
 
 Ireland, 102 (4), 103. 
 ,the Right Hon. "William, 103, 108, 
 
 115. 
 
 , W., 131. 
 
 , William, Surveyor General, 50, 51, 56, 
 
 150, 151, 156, 163, 181. 
 
 , , late Surveyor General, 372, 394. 
 
 Hardleigh Castle, North Wales, the office of 
 
 constable of, 194. 
 Hardwick, manor of, office of steward of, 33. 
 
 , Samuel, receiver general of hearth 
 
 money in the counties of Dorset, Somer- 
 set, Devon, and Cornwall, petition of, 
 195. 
 
 Hardy, Nicholas, 254. 
 
 Harnage, Mr., 153. 
 
 , Mr. Richard, (army clothing), 271 
 
 (6). 
 
 Harp, a, proposed to be impressed on the coin 
 
 for Ireland, 79. 
 Harper, Thomas, manufacturer of painted 
 
 earthenware, 418. 
 
 , see Musicians. 
 
 Harriers, the privy, 434. 
 
 Harries, Richard, of Loudon, gent., 91. 
 
 Harris and others, 2,000/. to, 511. 
 
 , Henry, engraver of their Majesties' 
 
 seals, petition of, &c., 108 (2). 
 , , Esq., engraver at the Mint, 
 
 513(2). 
 , John, petition for storekeeper's place 
 
 at Windsor Castle, 268. 
 , Margaret, matron of the hospital on 
 
 Houuslow Heath, petitions of, 210, 
 
 448. 
 , Mrs., the wife of "William Harris, a 
 
 butcher at Mallow in Ireland, killed by 
 
 being tossed in a blanket, petition, &e. 
 
 of, 329 (2). 
 , Thomas, Esq., mayor of the town and 
 
 county of Haverfordwest, 91. 
 Harison, Charles, 8, 
 Harrison, the case of, 552. 
 , Joan, petition of, 435. 
 
612 
 
 GENERAL INDEX. 
 
 Harrison, John, controller of Customs, Ips- 
 wich, 2G6. 
 
 , , petition of, 272. 
 
 , , a landwaiter of Exeter, dis- 
 missed for disaffection, 435. 
 
 , John, master of the ship Elizaheth 
 
 and Mary, petition of, 247. 
 
 , Rohert, (Customs), petition of, 4.50. 
 
 , , merchant of London, petition of, 
 
 546. 
 
 , Thomas, pa\ior, petition of, 135. 
 
 Mr. Thomas, 383. 
 
 liars [a resinous commodity], 246. 
 
 Hart, their Majesties' ship, 242. 
 
 Hartley, John, grocer and haberdasher of 
 Dublin, his estate seized by the Papists, 
 47. 
 
 Hartwell, Samuel, Esq., the losses of, by the 
 demolition of Castle Connell, Sec, peti- 
 tion of, 478. 
 
 , , slain at the battle of Landen, 
 
 478. 
 
 Harvest, the late coming in of the, 573. 
 
 Harvey, Col. Daniel, petition of, (concealed 
 
 estates, Ii'eland), 481. 
 
 ,Eliab, 153. 
 
 , Sii- Eliab, the house of, in Broad Street 
 
 199. 
 Harwich, 35, 119, 137, 323 (2), 333, 461. 
 , a member of the port of Ipswich, 
 
 179. 
 , collector of customs at, 306, 492, 
 
 500. 
 
 , transports put into, 227. 
 
 Hastings, Brigadier, 347. 
 
 , Col. 447. 
 
 , , the regiment of, 559. 
 
 , the mayor and jurats of, 254. 
 
 HastweU, Samuel, his houses, &c. burnt near 
 
 Limerick, afterwards killed at Landen, 
 
 415. 
 Hatchments or atchievements, the hanging up, 
 
 &c. on the installation of knights of 
 
 the Garter, 523. 
 Hatfield, Thomas, a King's waiter, petition of. 
 
 357. 
 Hats, 32 (2). 
 , eaten up by rats on ship-board, 407, 
 
 408. 
 Haughton, John, office of keeper of the ward- 
 robe in Ludlow Castle, petition of, 479, 
 
 480. 
 Hansen or Hansen, Wickman, commissary to 
 
 the Danish forces, petitions of, &c., 
 
 313, 363. 
 Havarro, Francis Antonio, 295. 
 Haverfordwest, 91. 
 , (oo. Pembroke), the lordship and 
 
 town of, 254. 
 Havering, Elizabeth, widow, petition of, 487. 
 Havre-de-Grace, ships from, 64. 
 Hawgood, Thomas, sword cutler, 216. 
 , , (army clothing), 241, 297. 
 
 Hawk, the ship, 460. 
 
 Hawkes, John, millwright, 482. 
 
 Hawkins, Capt. John, 291. 
 
 , , petition of, 367. 
 
 Hay, Dame, or Lady Margaret, administratrix 
 
 of the estate of Wilham, late Earl of 
 
 Kinnoul, &c., petitions of, 56, 95, 132, 
 
 134,219. 
 , , guardian of WilUam, the then 
 
 Earl of Kinnoul, and his two sisters, 95. 
 Hay bought, 364. 
 
 , &c., prices of, 333. 
 
 Hayes, G., 198. 
 
 , Elizabeth, the daughter of, 198. 
 
 , Israel, petition, &c. of, (East Coom 
 
 farm), 198 (2). 
 
 , , (mint at Exeter), 541. 
 
 , James, for a tidesmau's place, petition 
 
 of, 269. 
 , Sir James, Bart., anxious to serve in 
 
 the next campaign, had been a prisoner 
 
 in France, wounded, &c., petition of, 
 
 209. 
 Haynes, Andrew, 323. 
 Heard, Mr. John, purveyor to their Majesties, 
 
 417. 
 Hearth money, 16, 24, 49, 75 (2), 78, 92 (2), 
 
 95, 109, 115, 163, 168, 194, 295, 306, 
 
 307, 351, 361, 401, 405, 482. 
 
 , see aho Ireland. 
 
 , returned by the Exeter carrier, who 
 
 failed, 195. 
 
 Com", 284. 
 
 , law charges of, 204, 243. 
 
 or duty, the mauagers^or officers of the, 
 
 23, 24, 96, 139, 162. 
 Heathcott or Heathcoat, Gilbert, of London, 
 
 merchant, petitions of, 112,244. 
 , , petition of, &o. (Customs), 421, 
 
 446. 
 Hedges, Sir Charles, 150. 
 
 , Charles, petition of, 321, 322. 
 
 , Henry, 322. 
 
 Helby, Joseph, of Chelsea, brewer for their 
 Majesties, petition of, 234. 
 
 Helford, the harbour of, 101. 
 Helston, 26, 101. 
 
 , custom house there, 101. 
 
 , the mayor, aldermen, &c., petition of, 
 
 101. 
 the original coinage town for Penwith 
 
 and Kerrier, 101. 
 Hely, William, 100. 
 Hemp, contractors for, 519 (2). 
 
 , the price of, 368. 
 
 , 35/. and 36/. a ton, 507. 
 
 , 503, 505, 514, 516, 518 (2). 
 
 for the navy, 404, 512 (2). 
 
 Ilendly, Mr., 330. 
 
 Hendon (Midd.), the manor of, 315, 366. 
 
 , , leases of, 429, 
 
GENERAL INDEX. 
 
 613 
 
 Henley, Mr., 173 (2), 180, 189. 
 
 , at Bristol, and others, at a stand 
 
 for money to buy provisions (trans- 
 ports), 203, 204. 
 
 , Robert, a Com' for transportation, 
 
 275. 
 
 , William, and Elizabeth his wife, peti- 
 tion of, 126. 
 
 Henry VII., King, charter of, 17. 
 
 Henry Vm., King, mention of, 21, 208, 252, 
 430, 442. 
 
 Henry, Prince, temp. James I., 424. 
 
 Henshaw, Thomas, Esq., petition of, 12. 
 
 Heppendorp, John Smith, consul-general over 
 the coast of Barbary for the States 
 general of the United Provinces, re- 
 paired to Maqueuez for the redemption 
 of 350 English captives, petition of, 
 238. 
 
 , , his expenses, 238. 
 
 Heralds' Office, 270. 
 
 , fees to, for the coronation memorial, 
 
 405 (2). 
 Herbert, Col., the regiment of 261. 
 
 , Col., 416. 
 
 , Col. Charles, the regiment of, 62, 241. 
 
 , SirEdw., 243. 
 
 , , inquisition on, 240. 
 
 ,Mr. Henry, memorial of, 292, 293. 
 
 , James, Esq. , petition of, 199. 
 
 , John, merchant, petition of, 422. 
 
 , Wm., of Market Street, co. Bedford, 
 
 shoemaker, petition of, 419. 
 
 , of Cherbury, the Lord, 251. 
 
 Herbert, the, ship, embargo on, 40. 
 Hereford, 58, 65, 75. 
 
 mayor of, 58. 
 
 , mint at, 510, 518,522. 
 
 CO., 62,292. 
 
 Herle, Mr. Henry, had melted tin -without 
 
 notice, 524. 
 Heme, Sir Joseph, 363, 376, 399, 411, 424, 
 
 431,459, 502, 509. 
 
 , , (the land bank), 526. 
 
 J , and another, memorial of, 472. 
 
 , , would remit money at one per 
 
 cent, less than the bank, 457. 
 
 ,Mr. 67,96 (2). 
 
 Heme (Kent), 383. 
 
 Heme Bay, the riding surveyor frequently to 
 
 visit, 381. 
 Heron, Mr. Edward, 260. 
 Herryott, or Herriott, Mr. James, 81. 
 , Mr., commissary of the Danish forces, 
 
 85(3), 93, 111. 
 Hertford, 251,297, 351. 
 Hertfordshire, 535. 
 
 Hess, the Prince of, the regiment of, 332. 
 Heucourt, La dame de, widow of the Seigneur 
 
 B'Oberkan, brigadier in Piedmont, 
 
 petition of, 276, 
 
 Hewer, Mr., 18. 
 
 , Mr. William, paymaster of Tangier, 
 
 152. 
 
 Hewetson, Mr. Thomas, [commander of the 
 ship Lyon], 335 (5), 336 (5), 457. 
 
 , , services in the West Indies, 
 
 549 (2). 
 
 , , hazarded his life in defence of 
 
 the Leeward Islands, 549. 
 
 , , freed Jamaica from French buc- 
 caneers, 549. 
 
 Hewitt, John, receiver general of land revenue 
 in the co. of Lincoln, Warwick, and 
 Leicester, 389. 
 
 , Lord, the regiment of, 477. 
 
 , Robert, deputy auditor, 373. 
 
 Heyhurst, Mr. William, receiver of land re- 
 venue, 334. 
 
 Heysham, Robert, of London, merchant, and 
 another, petition of, 250. 
 
 Heythuyseu, Gerard van, petition of, 169. 
 
 Hick's Hall, the justices there, 305. 
 
 Hides, 60, 66, 73. 
 
 , tanned, exported, 205. 
 
 Higgins, Mr. Alexander, petition of, 395. 
 
 Highlake, 71, 172, 173 (2), 177 (2), 180, 183, 
 186, 186, 189 (3), 198. 
 
 , the business of, di-awing to an end, 
 
 215. 
 
 HighwajTnen, or robbers, 451, 535. 
 
 , proclamation for apprehension of, 419. 
 
 , apprehension of, 568. 
 
 Hill, Arthur, of Hillsborough, co. Down, Ire- 
 land, Esq., to be constable of Hills- 
 borough fort, 4. 
 
 , John, sword cutler, 216. 
 
 , Mr., 535. 
 
 , Mr., (army supplies), 498 (2), 516. 
 
 , , 30,000/. furnished to, 549. 
 
 , Olof, (Customs), petition of, 555. 
 
 , TheophUus, (army accoutrements), 
 
 petition of, 261. 
 
 , Col. Thomas, captain of a company 
 
 m the Leeward Islands, 347. 
 
 Hillsborough, a place of strength to be called 
 Hillsborough fort, 4. 
 
 Hilton, the manor of, 408. 
 
 Hinde, John, a banlirupt, 24. 
 
 Hire of vessels, 448, 552 ; see also Ships. 
 
 Hispaniola, 157, 549. 
 
 Hithe, or Hythe, 237, 239. 
 
 Hoake, Major Henry, of the garrison of Ply- 
 mouth, and another, petition of, 372. 
 
 Hoar, Mr., jun. (Mint), 513 (3), 518. 
 
 Hoare, James, 22, 23. 
 
 , , Controller of the Mint, petition 
 
 of, 486, 494. 
 
 Ilobart, or Hubbard, Sir Henry, 27 (2). 
 Hoblyn, Mr. Edward, 125. 
 
 , John, Esq., petition of, 125. 
 
 , Mr., 218 (2). 
 
614 
 
 GENERAL INDEX. 
 
 Hobson, chief surveyor in the port of Dublin, 
 supplied Londonderry with powder, &c., 
 imprisoned, &c., 299. 
 
 , Capt. Samuel, a surveyor of Customs, 
 
 dispersed among the members of the 
 Irish House of Commons a paper en- 
 titled " Several useful Queries," 475. 
 
 Iloby, Sir John, a Com' to examine abuses in 
 sale of timber in the New Forest, 383. 
 
 , 111'., one of the verderers of the New 
 
 Forest, petition of, 141. 
 
 Iloddesdon, SS,"). 
 
 Hodges, Col. Robert, the regiment of, 226. 
 
 Hodgson, John, and other merchants, petition 
 of, 351. 
 
 , Thomas, merchant, of Whitehaven, 
 
 4G. 
 
 Hog, William, merchant, of Edinburgh, 482. 
 
 Hogsthorpe, 532. 
 
 Hole-in-the-AvaU, alehouse called the, 352,377. 
 
 Holland, mention of, 37, 38, 52, 55, 60, 67, 
 72,117,123,124, 133, 144, 150, 158, 
 159, 169, 171, 172, 173, 179, 184, 
 189 (2), 198, 199, 204 (2), 208 (2), 
 209, 210, 212, 214, 222, 223, 226, 
 227 (2), 233, 234, 237, 240, 246, 257, 
 258 (5), 259 (3), 260, 261, 263, 264, 
 281, 291, 295, 297, 300, 310, 373, 392, 
 407,409 (2), 411,417, 425, 467, 469, 
 477, 491, 515, 516, 532, 539, 549, 553, 
 566. 
 
 , arms bought in, 426. 
 
 , the consul of, 194. 
 
 [Holland, &c.], our credit very low in those 
 countries, 515. 
 
 , money of, 574. 
 
 , silver, shipped to, 138. 
 
 , the States general, 407. 
 
 , the treasury of, 410. 
 
 , troops for, 206, 212 (3), 213. 
 
 , wars with, 19. 
 
 or HoUond, John, or Mr. John, 
 
 collector of the port of Hull, 116 (2), 
 
 130, 131, 164. 
 , , petition of, 325. 
 
 HolUdge, James, of Bristol, merchant, petition 
 of, (Customs), 340. 
 
 Hoboid, Isaac, 47. 
 
 Holstein, the Duke of, 431, 516. 
 
 , " Gostorp," the Duke of, 515. 
 
 Holt, Col., the Duke of Bolton's .'■egiment in 
 the Caribbee Islands under his com- 
 mand, 256. 
 
 ,Col., the regiment of, 450, 477, 489 
 
 (2), 509, 519. 
 
 , Col. Henry, the regiment of, petition, 
 
 &c., 487 (2), 512. 
 
 ,Lieut.-Col, 140. 
 
 , Penelope, widow of Richard Holt, 
 
 petition of, 512. 
 
 , Mr. Richard, of London, merchant, 
 
 28, 29 (2). 
 
 Holycross, Jeremiah, discharged searcher at 
 Sydmouth (Exeter), petition of, 465. 
 
 Holyhead, 534. 
 
 Homrigh, Bartholomew van, 362. 
 
 , Mr. Van, 99. 
 
 Hop, INIons., memorial of, 201. 
 
 Hope, the, 66,94, 113. 
 
 Hopeful, the ship, taken by the French, re- 
 taken by the Spaniards and condemned 
 as prize, &c., 421. 
 
 Hopewell, of London, the ship, 98. 
 
 Hopkins, Thomas, Esq., at Mr. Trencbard's 
 office, Whitehall, 399. 
 
 Hopwood, Stephen, 197. 
 
 Horn, Sir Joseph, Kt., petition of, 269. 
 
 Home, Jlr. Charles, 166. 
 
 llomeby, Mr. Nathaniel, 84, 295. 
 
 Hornsby, Edmund, clerk of the Crown for 
 Lancashire, 329. 
 
 Hornsey, 157. 
 
 Horrards farm, 202. 
 
 Horse Guards, meeting held there, 465. 
 
 Horse, Master of the, 348. 
 
 Horses, coach, duty on, 57. 
 
 for the army, 82, 84. 
 
 buying, charges of, 65. 
 
 for Ireland, 168. 
 
 lost at Ghent by the plague, 354. 
 
 lost at sea, 359. 
 
 at Limerick, 359. 
 
 on shipment of, custom free, 293. 
 
 sold by officers of the milita, 417. 
 
 for troops, &c., 258, 263. 
 
 and waggons in Hull, 411. 
 
 Horsman, John, (Customs), 129 (5). 
 
 Hosier, Mr., 79. 
 
 Hoskins, Capt. Benjamin, second captain of 
 the Royal William, 449. 
 
 Hospitals, 291, 488,500. 
 
 the English, reduced to the greatest 
 
 straits, 517. 
 
 in Flanders, 517, 534(2), 568. 
 
 Hospital in Ireland, 427 (2), 557. 
 
 in the Low Countries, 428. 
 
 ship for Jamaica, 404, 
 
 Host, .Joseph, Esq., justice of the peace, 573. 
 
 Houblon, Sir James, merchant, of London, 
 
 petition of, 307. 
 
 , Sir John, 413. 
 
 , John, mayor of Loudon, 491. 
 
 , Sir John, Ivt,, sheriff of London 
 
 and Middlesex, petition of, 216. 
 Peter, of London, merchant, petition 
 
 of, 73. 
 Hough, Mr., an officer of customs in Sussex, 
 
 &c., 195 ; see also Lithered. 
 , Abraham, the officer at Margate 
 
 charged with making known the 
 
 business of John Lithered to the 
 
 French, 196. 
 , , exculpation of, 197. 
 
GENERAL INDEX. 
 
 615 
 
 Houghton, Jeremiah, keeper of the private 
 armoury at Wliitehall, petition of, 436. 
 Hounslow heath, 2 1 0. 
 
 , hospital there, 448. 
 
 Household, tlie King's, 31, 137 (2), 155, 336, 
 
 552. 
 , the Lord Chamberlain of the, 479, 
 
 480 (2). 
 
 , marshalsea, of the, 443. 
 
 , master of the 40. 
 
 , salaries, &c. of persons in the royal, 
 
 49, 50. 
 Houseman, Mr., memorial of, 534. 
 Hoven, Capt. Velt, provost marshal general 
 
 of the Dutch forces, 245. 
 Howard, C, 2. 
 , Christopher, master of a ship, petition 
 
 of, 175. 
 
 , George, Esq., 23. 
 
 , the Hon. Henry, of St. James' West- 
 minster, Esq., 16. 
 , James, Esq., cou.sin of the Duke of 
 
 Norfolk, petition of, 87. 
 , James, Esq., customer of the port of 
 
 Berwick, petition of, 561. 
 
 , Lord Treasurer, 2. 
 
 ,Col. Philip, petition of (Customs) , 378. 
 
 , the Lord Thomas, inquisition on, 240. 
 
 , Sir Robert, 240, 390, 520. 
 
 , , auditor of the receipt of the 
 
 Exchequer, 23, 24, 32, 62, 249, 364, 569. 
 
 , the Lady Mary, 240. 
 
 , Robert, 51, 184, 202, 503. 
 
 How, Mr., landwaiter of the port of Dart- 
 mouth, 111. 
 Howe, Sir Scroop, petitions of, &c., 96,97 (4), 
 
 115 (3). 
 , as to the number and salaries 
 
 of clerks to be kept by him (Excise), 
 
 474. 
 
 Bart, 359. 
 
 Howell, Mr. Thomas, petition of, 163. 
 , WilHam, messenger in ordinary to 
 
 King Charles II., petition of, 290. 
 
 Howiston, James, sheriff of Dublin, 96. 
 
 Howse, Ereeman, controller of the port of 
 Chichester, petition of, 105. 
 
 Hubbald, 'Wm., gent., paymaster to the train 
 of artillery in Ireland, 425. 
 
 Hubbard, Mr., 311. 
 
 Hubblethome, Dorothy, widow and relict of 
 Col. John Hubblethome deceased, peti- 
 tion of, 134, 135. 
 
 Hubert, Abraham, of Jersey, petition of, 161. 
 
 Huddleston, Francis, 198. 
 
 , Mr., collector at Whitehaven, 546. 
 
 , , of the Excise, 112. 
 
 Huddlestone, Dame Mary, late of the Strand, 
 widow, 257. 
 
 Hudson's Bay Company, 67. 
 
 I the governor of, 215. 
 
 Hudson, William, haberdasher, 216. 
 Hughes, Mr., agent for BrigadierWolseley, 462. 
 Hull, 76, 82, 83, 88, 90, 91 (2), 120, 137, 185 
 
 (3), 208, 212, 314 (2), 324, 325, 508. 
 
 , the aldermen of, 81. 
 
 , burgesses of, 108. 
 
 , collector of, 67, 80, 81 (2), 116, 130, 
 
 164. 
 
 controller of, 83. 
 
 , customers of, 63, 366. 
 
 , excise collector of, 81 . 
 
 , gan'ison of, 37, 38. 
 
 , mayor of, 79, 81. 
 
 , the merchants of, petition of several, 
 
 180. 
 
 , perpetuity out of the customs of, 205. 
 
 , works at, 67. 
 
 , Dionisia, widow, her houses in Cork 
 
 used for their Majesties' service, petition 
 
 of, 300. 
 , James, of Plymouth, merchant,'petition 
 
 of, 289 (2). 
 Humble, Mary, spinster, daughter of George 
 
 Humble, Esq., 374. 
 Humphreys, Mr., petition of, 172. 
 , Robert, gcut. , deputy auditor of Walesj 
 
 125. 
 Hungerford, Sir Edward, lands taken for the 
 
 fort at Plymouth, 206. 
 Hunsden, Lord, 489. 
 
 Hunter, the ship, blown up at Barbadoes, 335. 
 Huolahan, Captain Jeremy, petition of, 334. 
 Hurleston, Richard, 72 (5). 
 Hurst, AValter, 323. 
 Hutcheson, Archibald, Esq., army agent, 438, 
 
 444. 
 
 , , memorial of, 487. 
 
 Hutchings, Nicholas, 73. 
 
 Hutchius, Ann, petition of, 73. 
 
 , Capt., commander of one of His 
 
 Majesty's Groin packet boats, 467. 
 Hutchinson, Richard, Esq. [soUcitor to the 
 
 Board of Customs 1, 94, 127 (2), 218, 
 
 340, 370, 457, 461". 
 
 , memorial of, 455. 
 
 , Richard, 328. 
 
 , , [as to prizes], 196, 279. 
 
 , Wm., (metal for coining), 480. 
 
 Hutton, Matthew, Esq., 321. 
 Hyde Park, 447. 
 
 , ditching and fencing in, 568. 
 
 Hymarsh, William, 100, 103. 
 Hythe (Kent), 232 
 
616 
 
 GENEEAL INDEX. 
 
 Iceland, 157, 326. 
 
 Idough, the ten-itory of, in the co. of Kilkenny, 
 
 393. 
 Illing, John, (Customs), 142. 
 Iniber, manor of, office of bailiff and collector 
 
 of rents, 33. 
 Imports, 484. 
 Impositions, the new, 165, 440, 557. 
 
 , and additional, 560. 
 
 Imprests, 300, 303, 306, 318, 343. 
 
 Imprest, auditors of, 115, 140, 184,390,511, 
 
 519. 
 
 money, 213, 217, 221, 228. 
 
 Impresting seamen, 239. 
 Inch, the island of, near Londonderrj', 212. 
 Inchiquin, the Earl of, the death of, 241. 
 , , petitions for timber to rebuild 
 
 his house, 353. 
 ..., , governor of Kinsale, his enter- 
 tainment 20s. a day, petition of, 478. 
 Incidents, allowance by way of, 501, 535. 
 
 , money issued by, 75. 
 
 India, 213. 
 , East India Company, or the English 
 
 East India Company, 83, 99, 196, 197, 
 
 255, 279, 325, 334, 381 (2), 459, 460 
 
 (6). 
 , , petitions of, 40, 132, 164,200, 
 
 539. 
 
 , the old, 430. 
 
 , , Scotland, 484. 
 
 , , refusal to accept their bills for 
 
 customs, 200. 
 
 , , the privilege of coining, 214. 
 
 , claim right for aliens' goods to 
 
 be imported under their permission 
 
 (Customs), 408. 
 
 , exti-acts from their charter, 408. 
 
 , , by their charter to furnish salt- 
 petre, 432. 
 India, East, goods, 266, 414, 423. 
 , , , manner of landing, 132, 
 
 133. 
 
 , , , rates of, &c., 16, 191. 
 
 , , , tallies on, 271. 
 
 , , money of, 328 (2). 
 
 , , prosecutors of the forfeitures, 
 
 382. 
 
 , , subscriptions, 430. 
 
 Indies, the East, merchants trading to, see 
 
 India (East) Company. 
 
 , East, 171. 
 
 , East and West, the trade to, 229. 
 
 Indian flowers, 373. 
 India goods, 567. 
 
 , imposition on, 266. 
 
 Indians, the, presents to, 231. 
 
 , treaties with, 484. 
 
 India ships, 567. 
 
 Indies, the Spanish, 336. 
 
 Indies, the West, or India, West, 105, 137, 
 143, 147, 248, 258, 282, 287, 296, 325, 
 333, 336(2), 367, 384, 388,398,450, 
 457, 487, 489, 499, 549, 560. 
 
 , , plantations, 224. 
 
 , , the expedition, 357, 359, 400 
 
 (2), 412. 
 
 , , clothing (army), 398, 412. 
 
 , , ships there, 451. 
 
 , , a distemper on hoard ships 
 
 there, 452. 
 
 , , the ships for, to be provisioned, 
 
 566. 
 
 , , regiment of foot there, 274. 
 
 , , squadron for, 263. 
 
 Indigo, 135, 275. 
 
 Influence of the times, 30. 
 
 Ingleeomb, manor of, co. Somerset, 9. 
 
 Inglewood, the forest of, Cumberland, lands 
 concealed from the Crown, 292. 
 
 Ingoldby, Col., 327. 
 
 , , the regiment of, 88, 248. 
 
 Ingram, Matthew, 176. 
 
 Inly, Ensign Darby, 317. 
 
 Inman, Henry, of Cockermouth, merchant, 
 351. 
 
 Inning, or embanking, 252. 
 
 Inniskilling, 153. 
 
 , the garrison and forces at, 568. 
 
 , estate near, 568. 
 
 Innkeepers, 158. 
 
 Inquisitions returned to the Exchequer, 240. 
 
 Inspection, Com" of, (Ireland), 350, 353 (2). 
 
 Intelligence, conveyance of, 130. 
 
 Interest of money, 305. 
 
 , 6 percent., 5, 271, 469. 
 
 , the national, 290. 
 
 Interlopers, ships and goods of, seized, 381. 
 
 , their Majesties' moiety of the ships, 
 
 &c. of, 382. 
 
 Interloping persons, 4. 
 
 Invasion, the intended, 527. 
 
 of the western coasts by the French, 
 
 deposition as to, 178. 
 
 Inventions, 323. 
 
 Invention of rounding money, &c., 506. 
 
 , see Draining. 
 
 Inventory of goods, 160. 
 
 Invincible, the, French man-of-war, afterwards 
 named the Scarborough, 470. 
 
 Ipswich, 137, 179, 266, 272. 
 
 , collector of customs at, 306. 
 
 Ireland, 4, 22, 25, 35 (2), 36 (4), 37, 38 (2), 
 39 (3), 40, 41 (3), 47, 55, 59 (2), 60, 
 67 (2), 72 (2), 74, 77 (2), 79 (2), 83, 
 88, 90, 95, 98, 102 (4), 106, 107, 109, 
 110, 118, 119(2), 120, 133(2), 134, 
 135 (3), 137, 143, 149, 152 (2), 163, 
 166, 168 (2), 172 (2), 173 (2), 176, 180, 
 181 (2), 184, 186 (3), 187, 188, 189 (2), 
 191, 197, 211, 212, 219(2), 220(3), 
 222, 232, 236, 239, 241, 242, 243, 246, 
 
GENERAL INDEX. 
 
 617 
 
 Ireland — cont. 
 
 248, 249 (2), 251 (2), 252, 255, 256, 
 257, 258, 260, 262, 263, 268 (2), 271, 
 273 (2), 278, 280, 282, 291, 293, 297, 
 299, 301, 303, 304 (2), 305, 307, 308, 
 311, 312 (3), 313 (2), 314 (3), 317, 319, 
 322 (3), 323, 324, 329, 332, 334, 335, 
 342 (2), 345, 346 (2), 347 (2), 348, 
 350 (4), 354, 359, 362, 363, 367, 
 375 (3), 376, 377, 392, 403, 406 (2), 
 412, 413, 417 (2), 419, 423, 425, 427, 
 430, 431, 433 (2), 434, 445, 456, 462, 
 463, 465, 470, 477, 485, 489 (2), 503, 
 . 506, 511, 516, 519, 534, 544 (2), 565, 
 572. 
 
 , the Advocate General, 565. 
 
 , army for the reduction of, 42, 71, 155. 
 
 , of, 115, 117, 145, 161, 196, 218, 
 
 222. 
 
 , stores for, 186, 194. 
 
 , in, 557, 559. 
 
 , , the debt of, 468 (2). 
 
 , Attorney General of, 467, 469, 471, 
 
 472 (2), 473, 478, 479 (3), 485 (3), 486, 
 492, 494, 501, 510, 510, 526, 544, 554, 
 558. 
 
 , the Auditor General of, 490, 557. 
 
 , coals for, 46 (2). 
 
 , commanding officers in, misapply 
 
 money, 501. 
 
 , Com™ of Account, 457, 459. 
 
 , committee for the affairs of, 62 (2), 
 
 71, 74, 102, 113, 114, 119 (2), 120, 168 
 (2), 182, 184. 
 
 , concealed estates, forfeited, 481. 
 
 , copper halfpence for, the efiBgies on, 
 
 111. 
 
 , Council for, the Lords of, or the 
 
 Council Board of Dublin, 276, 277, 
 299,300, 468. 
 
 , customs, sheep and cattle transported 
 
 to, custom free, 218, 
 
 , Com" of Customs in, 243 (2), 348. 
 
 , , memorial of, 403. 
 
 , disbursements in, 485 (2). 
 
 , Dutch regiment in, 206. 
 
 , Exchequer, the Barons of the, 453. 
 
 , excise of, 410. 
 
 inland excise, surveyor [or surveyor 
 
 general] of, 354,397. 
 
 field of&cers in, 345. 
 
 , forces for, 170. 
 
 , to be brought from, 203, 204, 
 
 205,212,215,216,225. 
 
 , in, 220, 318. 
 
 , forfeited lands, three commissions for 
 
 seizing, 371. 
 
 , forfeited lands, 355 (2), 371, 378, 380, 
 
 486, 490, 494, 495, 497, 500, 501, 502, 
 
 511, 560, 565 (2). 
 , , Ust of, 490, 502, 565. 
 
 Ireland — cont. 
 
 , forfeited lands. Com" for, 307, 435, 
 
 453, 462, 473, 490, 492, 497, 506 (2), 
 565. 
 
 , , Com" for inspection of the, 
 
 duties neglected, their chief business to 
 get in their own salaries, &c., 453. 
 
 , forfeitures of the rebels. Com" for, 
 
 191. 
 
 , forfeitures, state of the, 453. 
 
 , fortifications, the chief engineer, &c. 
 
 of, 476. 
 
 , the forts, &o. out of repair, 497. 
 
 , the Fom' Courts rebuilding, 469. 
 
 , French Protestants to plant there, 
 
 468. 
 ■ , the general governors of, 342. 
 
 , the government of, 246, 336. 
 
 , governors of, the office of first secre- 
 tary of, 425. 
 
 the hearth money, 458, 463. 
 
 , hospitals in, 171,222. 
 
 , House of Commons of, 467, 468, 475. 
 
 , [House of] Lords, 476. 
 
 , , address the Lord Lieutenant, 
 
 485. 
 
 , justices of, 246. 
 
 , the Lord Chancellor, 453, 476. 
 
 , the Lord Deputy General and general 
 
 government of, 458. 
 
 , the Lord Deputy, 470, 471 (2), 472, 
 
 476 (3), 485 (2), 488, 499, 501 (2), 
 526, 568. 
 
 , lords justices of, 156, 192, 220, 270, 
 
 297, 321, 324, 330 (2), 340, 342, 347, 
 348, 349, 353 (2), 355 (2), 358, 370, 
 371, 377, 379, 380, 384, 391, 393, 395, 
 399 (3), 401, 402, 408, 425 (2), 433, 
 435 (2), 436, 440, 443, 445 (2), 469 (2), 
 481, 506, 512, 544, 553 (2), 555 (2), 
 656, 557, 558 (2), 559, 560, 561, 565 (3), 
 566. 
 
 , the lords justices and general governors 
 
 of, 404, 405 (2), 406, 408 (2), 439, 492. 
 
 , the lords of the committee of the 
 
 affairs of, 299. 
 
 , the Lord Lieutenant of, 5, 251 (2), 
 
 270, 27C (2), 301, 302, 347, 350, 358, 
 363, 376, 452, 453, 458, 459, 462, 
 467 (2), 468, 473, 478, 479, 485 (2), 
 486, 490 (2), 491, 493, 494, 497 (2), 
 502, 506 (2), 510, 526. 
 
 , , the deputies of, 363. 
 
 , , the embarkation of, 258, 259; 
 
 see also Sidney. 
 
 , [measures], the gallon for liquids, 
 
 466 (2). 
 
 the musters of, 204. 
 
 , , controller of the, &o., 471 
 
 , the muster-master general, 471, 510. 
 
 , of forces in, had to supply the 
 
 Com" of Parliament in England with 
 copies of the musters, and afterwards 
 had to bring the rolls over, his extra- 
 ordinary charges, &c., 228, 231. 
 
618 
 
 GENERAL INDEX, 
 
 Ireland— con ^ 
 
 , the deputy commissaries of musters 
 
 230. 
 
 , the new establishment of, 324, 505. 
 
 , Ordnance department, 426. 
 
 , Parliament of, address to the Go- 
 vernor General, &c., 467, 468. 
 
 , poll-money, for reduction of, 45. 
 
 , the post office in, and officers of, 223, 
 
 411, 412, 48G. 
 
 , the deputy-postmaster of, 3C9. 
 
 , Privy Council in, 565. 
 
 , Protestants in, 247. 
 
 , the Protestant interest in, 468. 
 
 , poT\der and shot for, 184. 
 
 , provisions and artillery in, 237. 
 
 ..., provost marshal in, 349. 
 
 , quit rents of, 399. 
 
 , the rebellion, 74, 493, 526 (2). 
 
 , receiver general, the deputy, 453, 
 
 471. 
 
 , reduction of, 209, 207. 
 
 , regiments in, 211, 482. 
 
 , reprisals in, 540. 
 
 , revenue of, the farmers of the. 22. 
 
 , the revenue of, 22, 38, 464, 566, 
 
 569. 
 
 , Com" of Revenue of, 156 (3), 157. 
 
 165,166, 182(2), 185, 192,215, 232, 
 246, 250, 255 (2), 262 (2), 283, 309, 
 319, 324, 330, 340, 362, 376, 405, 408, 
 413, 419, 453, 458, 463 (3), 467, 470, 
 472, 475, 492, 495, 497, 501, 502, 506 
 (2), 514, 533, 553, 657 (2), 558, 560, 
 565 (2), 570. 
 
 , , petitions of, 397, 402, 477. 
 
 , , scandalously reflected on, 403. 
 
 , , scurvy treatment from Mr. 
 
 Babe, pray for his discharge, 477. 
 
 , , an exposure of the proceedings 
 
 of, by John Kichardson, 566. 
 
 , , the secretary of, 283. 
 
 , the revolutions there, 36. 
 
 , silver money for, 376. 
 
 , Sohcitor General of, 393, 440, 452, 
 
 467, 473 (2), 476 (2), 478 (2), 488, 
 490, 493, 502, 506 (2), 565 (2). 
 
 , timber to be loaded in, delayed, 561. 
 
 , tin farthings and halfpence sent there, 
 
 &c., HI, 112, 224. 
 
 , transportation to and from, 223. 
 
 , the treasury in, 511. 
 
 , the wars in, 318, 319, 392, 396, 402, 
 
 456, 500, 502. 
 
 , wool, exportation of, 4, 5. 
 
 Ireton, Mr., mourning connected with the 
 stables, 425. 
 
 Irish army, 41, 187. 
 
 , establishment, 170, 183 (2). 
 
 , landed at Molaix (Prance), 
 
 289. 
 
 or troops, 435, 499. 
 
 arrears, 349, 397,433,435, 511, 522. 
 
 Irish militia, 196. 
 
 officers, 337. 
 
 Papists, 526. 
 
 , post office, 461, 486. 
 
 , , produced about 1,500/. in a 
 
 quarter of a year, 461. 
 
 rebels, the, 96. 
 
 seas, 345. 
 
 soldiers, 39, 258, 259. 
 
 transport ships, 209. 
 
 troops for Hamburg, 225, 269. 
 
 transported to France, 248. 
 
 Iron, 563. 
 
 Irthington, manor of, 442. 
 
 Isaac, the, brigantine of London, taken, re- 
 taken, &c., 467. 
 
 Isaac, the Hon. Mr., 154. 
 
 Isaacson, Anthony, 82, 88, 91, 103, 104 (2), 
 105. 
 
 Mr. Anthony, collector of the port of 
 
 Newcastle, surcharge on, 165. 
 
 , Mr. James, 335. 
 
 , Mr., (Customs), 278. 
 
 Italian raw silks, 549. 
 
 Itchingham, John, the estate of (Ireland), 
 565. 
 
 Iveagh, Lord, colonel of a regiment, 317. 
 
 Ivie, Daniel, of Exeter, merchant, and another, 
 petition of, 559 (2). 
 
 J. 
 
 Jackson, Martha, widow, relict and executrix 
 
 of William Jackson, gent., 212, 213. 
 , Mrs. or Martha, relict and executrix 
 
 of William Jackson (Customs), 378 (2), 
 
 383. 
 
 , , petition of, 382. 
 
 , [ ].351. 
 
 , Ilobert, deputy of Ralph Williamson, 
 
 100, 103. 
 Jacob, Sir John, the regiment of, 500, 522 
 
 (2)- 
 Jacobites, the, some who would gladly go to 
 
 Prance, 242. 
 Jamaica, 157 (2), 214, 248, 288, 313, 320, 336 
 
 (2), 360, 386 (3), 387, 388 (3), 389, 
 
 390, 391, 394, 398 (2), 407, 459, 502. 
 
 , its capabilities, 358. 
 
 , the Council of, 288. 
 
 expedition, 404 (2), 407, 410, 488. 
 
 , provisions for, 395, 396. 
 
 , transport ships sailed from the Downs, 
 
 410, 
 
 forces, medicines for, 395. 
 
 , the governor of, 200, 459. 
 
GENERAL INDEX. 
 
 619 
 
 Jamaica — cont. 
 
 , the King's bounty of 4,000;. for the 
 
 rehef of estates of the island destroyed 
 by the French, 459. 
 
 , their Majesties' house there, 358. 
 
 , tlie regiment at, mustered, wealv and 
 
 sickly, none should be returned who 
 were not alive, 459. 
 
 , sickness and mortality at, 248 (2). 
 
 , the treasurer of, 569. 
 
 James I, King, 3, 95, 351, 443. 
 
 James II., King, mention of, 15, 16, 35, 7C, 
 91, 115, 123, 144, 154, 160, 165, 169, 
 178 (2), 185, 197, 262, 270, 281, 290, 
 295, 315, 321 (2), 353. 384, 393, 412, 
 434, 501. 
 
 , , his party in Ireland, 72. 
 
 , , the man'iage of, 429. 
 
 "withdrawal of, 434. 
 
 James the Second, the ship, 213. 
 
 Jarrow-slike, the waste thus called, in the 
 parish of Jarrow (Durham), granted to 
 Thomas Talbot, Esq., and Richard 
 Allen, gent., 227. 
 
 Jeifryes, Lord Chancellor, the house of, 181 
 (2). 
 
 ,Mr. John, 106. 
 
 Jemmett, Mr., collector of Londonderry, peti- 
 tion of, 243. 
 
 Jenkinson, Mannaduke, petition of, 361. 
 
 Jenney, Christopher, clerk, captain and chap- 
 lain, petition of, 152. 
 
 , Christophilus, clerk, seeks to be paid 
 
 as captain and chaplain (Londonderry 
 officers), 286. 
 
 Jephson, William, Esq., or Mr., secretary to 
 the Lords of the Treasury, 35 (2), 37, 
 39, 42, 44, 46, 62, 64, 69, 71, 76, 80 
 (2), 81, 82 (3), 83 (2), 85 (4), 88, 91, 
 93 (2), 94, 95, 98, 100 (2), 103 (2), 
 104 (2), 105 (2), 106, 107, 108, 109, 
 110, 111, 112, 114, 115, 117 (2), 118 
 (4), 119 (2), 120, 121, 122, 129, 131, 
 134, 137, 140, 142, 144, 148 (2), 149 
 (2), 154, 155, 158, 161, 163, 105, 167, 
 170, 171, 173, 174,207. 
 
 , William, 415. 
 
 , Mr., the Miuute books of, 211. 
 
 , Ann, wife of William, as to tenancy 
 
 of lands in Muskerry, co. Cork, petition 
 of, 415. 
 
 Jersey, mention of, 161 (2), 222, 272 (2), 
 429. 
 
 , officers of customs, 101. 
 
 , ordnance for, 300. 
 
 , their Majesties' ship, 164. 
 
 , works at, 141. 
 
 Jesuits, 10 (2), 671. 
 
 , the, had repaired the Savoy chapel, 
 
 &c., 219. 
 
 , discoveries of property of, 10. 
 
 , estates or forfeited estates of, 345, 359, 
 
 362, 372. 
 
 Jett, Mr., charge of fraud or embezzlement 
 against, 573. 
 
 J. K. and Co., London merchants, 25 (2). 
 Johanna, goods seized in the, 331. 
 Johnson, Christopher, master of the ship 
 Amos, forfeited, petition of, 131. 
 
 , Mr. Claud, merchant, of London, peti- 
 tion of, 482. 
 
 , Mr. Francis, collector of excise in 
 
 Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire, robbed 
 in conveying the money to Loudon, 
 petition of, 535. 
 
 , John, (seizure of silks), petition of, 259. 
 
 , Sir Nathan, governor of the Leeward 
 
 Islands, 20. 
 
 , Richard, an apothecary (Dublin), pe- 
 tition of, 299. 
 
 , Robert, (military equipage supplied), 
 
 petition of, 244, 271. 
 
 , Secretary, 298. 
 
 , Thomas, Esq., as to rents of the 
 
 manor of Liskeard, petition of, 261. 
 
 , Thomas, petition for a grant of 
 
 ground called AVard Mead at Eaton, 
 278 (2). 
 
 , a witness as to derelict land, 538. 
 
 Johnstown, Mr., annuity, 518. 
 
 JoUey, one, an old sen'ant of Iving Charles I., 
 294. 
 
 Jolliffe, John, of London, merchant, 72. 
 
 Jones, Francis, petition of, 347. 
 
 , Doctor John, petition of, 134 (2). 
 
 , , apothecary to the household, 
 
 petition of, 203. 
 
 , John, 24. 
 
 , Mr. John, 322. 
 
 , Lewis, farmer of hearth money 
 
 (Sligo), 408. 
 
 , , and another, petition of, 458. 
 
 , IMary, widow, claim against her hus- 
 band as customer of Lyme, petition of, 
 265. 
 
 , Mr., the receiver's teller, 521. 
 
 , Mr., petition of, 23. 
 
 , Robert, late farrier to the trains of 
 
 provisions and artillery in Ireland, pe- 
 tion of, 237. 
 
 , Thomas, administrator to Major Jen- 
 kin Morgan, petition of (for service in 
 Ireland), 477. 
 
 , William, gent., 221. 
 
 , , apotliecary, petition of, 344. 
 
 Jordan, Joseph, a patent waiter in the port of 
 London, petition of, 343. 
 
 Joy, Mr., payments for hemp, 514. 
 
 Judges, the, (Ireland), 297. 
 
 , the, (Welch circuits), salaries of, peti- 
 tion, &c., 348, 437. 
 
 , the, of the western circuit, 255. 
 
 Juell, Baron, 82. 
 
 Jungc, Mr. Emanuel, late treasurer and com. 
 missary to the Danish forces, 215 (2). 
 
 Justice, the Lord Chief, 178. 
 
 Justices, lords and council, 4. 
 
 jlords, 4, 279. 
 
620 
 
 GENERAL INDEX. 
 
 Justices — cont. 
 
 of England, the lords, 447, 453, 454, 
 
 456, 463, 519, 520, 523, 524, 525, 536, 
 
 542, 544 (2), 574. 
 
 , the lords, see Ireland. 
 
 of thepeace, 3, 89, 285, 545 (2). 
 
 , not appointed or refuse to act, 
 
 125. 
 
 K. 
 
 Kaine, Mr., fled from Dublin, 57. 
 
 Kaworth, Lieut., commander-in-chief of the 
 Scilly Islands, 33. 
 
 Keales, Henry, detection of a conspiracy to 
 dethrone the King, petition of, 160. 
 
 Keating, John, Esq., deputy clerk of the 
 House of Lords, 5. 
 
 Keble, John, petition of, 97. 
 
 Keehng, John, gent., petition of, (possessions 
 of Lord Dacre), 442. 
 
 Keene, William, the house of, in Doctors' Com- 
 mons, searched, 491. 
 
 Keeper, the Lord, 405. 
 
 Keepers, 90. 
 
 Keightley, Thomas, Esq., 348, 355 (2). 
 
 Kelly, Lieut. Fergus, 317. 
 
 , Hugh, estates of, 410. 
 
 Kemp and Martin, the minute about, 211. 
 
 , William, searcher of Plymouth, 476. 
 
 ,Mr., 53, 54. 
 
 , , his corrupt purchase of a patent. 
 
 Sec, 54. 
 
 Kendall, his Excellency Col. James, captain- 
 general and commander-in-chief of Bar- 
 badoes, 135, 140 (2). 
 
 , , his salary, 204, 256. 
 
 , Col., governor and late governor of 
 
 Barbadoes, 285 (2), 333, 367 (2), 448 
 (2), 499. 
 
 , , memorial of, 452- 
 
 Kenn, Joseph, fled from Dublin, 47. 
 
 Kennaston Alley [? Westminster], 371. 
 
 Kensington, 55, 73, 332, 391, 566. 
 
 , the building at, 69, 86. 
 
 , damage by fire at, 201. 
 
 , the King at, 209. 
 
 Talace, 315,497. 
 
 Kent, 23, 48 (2), 148, 157, 220, 252, 374, 
 539. 
 
 ,the coast of, 248,454. 
 
 , , prevention of correspondence on 
 
 the, 300, 564. 
 
 , , unguarded, 381. 
 
 Kent, John, and another, executors of Richard 
 
 Kent, petition of, 166. 
 , Mr. John, collector of the port of 
 
 Penryn, 34. 
 , , his confinement in Pendennis 
 
 Castle, 34. 
 
 , Richard, Esq., 142, 166. 
 
 , late receiver general and cashier 
 
 of customs, 266. 
 
 , Richard, 304. 
 
 Keppell, Mr., 534. 
 
 Kerington, Robert, linendraper, petition of, 
 
 190. 
 Kerrier, 101. 
 Kerry, 486, 490. 
 
 , the mountains of, 440. 
 
 Ketelbey, Edward, petition of, 375. 
 Kettledrummers, liveries for, 487. 
 Key, John, 50. 
 
 , , petition of, 39. 
 
 Kick, Mr. Abraham, a merchant at Rotterdam, 
 
 297. 
 Kid skins (French), 552. 
 Kilbrack, 425. 
 Kildare, 497. 
 
 , county, Ireland, 540. 
 
 Kilkenny, 393. 
 
 KiUeinlagh, 435. 
 
 KiUigrcw, Mr. Henry, petition of, 300 (2). 
 
 , Sir Peter, Kt. and Bart, 34. 
 
 , , petition of, 127. 
 
 , Capt., (Marine regiment), 313. 
 
 , Charles, Esq., master of the revels, 
 
 petition of, 93. 
 
 , Captain Henry, petition of, 332. 
 
 , Mr. William, petitions, &c. of, 110. 
 
 KiUyon, barony of, 410. 
 Kilmacredock (Ireland), 540. 
 Kilmainham, mills and wares of, 433. 
 Kilmare, Hellen, Viscountess, petition of, 304. 
 
 , , her husband, a delinquent, 304. 
 
 , Lord, the estate of, in Ireland, dis- 
 trained by Lord Bellomont, 561. 
 Kilmurry, co. Cork, .land at, forfeited by Jasper 
 
 Grant, jun., 430. 
 
 Kilnamaul, lands in, 666. 
 
 Kinch, Richard, distiller, petition of, 394. 
 
 , Martha, widow, reUct of Richard 
 
 Kinch, of St. Andrew's, Holborn, dis- 
 tiller (Excise debt), petition of, 530. 
 
 King, Ann, petition of, (Customs), 281. 
 , Charles, of Dublin, formerly captain 
 
 in the Inniskilleu regiment, petition of, 
 
 334. 
 , Mr. , bill for the Garter atchievements 
 
 [or hatchments], 523. 
 
 King, the, design to assassinate, 563. 
 ICng James, 47 (2). 
 
 , the arrival of, alluded to, 359. 
 
 the, and Queen, the marriage of, 198. 
 
 , the, or his or their Majesties, pass™. 
 
GENERAL INDEX. 
 
 621 
 
 King, John, a landwaiter of Hull, and after- 
 ■wards of Blythnook, Nortliuraberland, 
 son of Henry King, minister of Mul- 
 barton (Norfolk), petition of, 120. 
 
 , Col. Thomas, had 300/. per ann., 
 
 5,000?. being due to him from King 
 Chai-les H., 202. 
 
 King's Bench, 301. 
 
 , the marshal of, 207. 
 
 Kingsmill, Mr. Henry, 5 1 . 
 Kingston [Robert], Lord, .'51. 
 
 , , fled from Ireland, .5.5. 
 
 ,the Lord, 279. 
 
 Kingston-upon-Hull, 72, 144. 
 
 , the corporation of, 15. 
 
 , the castle and lands smTendered to 
 
 Iving Charles II., 15. 
 , sec also Hull. 
 
 -[upon-Thames], petition of the in- 
 habitants of, 187. 
 
 King's waiter, the place of, 572. 
 
 Kinnoul, George, Earl of, petitions of, 8, 14. 
 
 , the guardians of, 14, 15. 
 
 , , his brother and two sisters, 15. 
 
 , , arrears of pension, 15. 
 
 , , desires to return and pay his 
 
 homage to the King, 15. ■, 
 
 , , in great distress in Paris, 15. 
 
 , the Earl of, heir to the Earl of Carlisle, 
 
 12. 
 
 12 (4), 56 (2). 
 
 , , in France, 219. 
 
 , in Italy, 219. 
 
 , , the sisters of, 56. 
 
 , Katherine, Countess Dowager of, 
 
 mother of George Earl of Kinnoul and 
 
 sister of the Earl of Salisbury, 8. 
 
 , petition of, 12, 13. 
 
 William, Earl of, 13, 56, 95, 132. 
 
 , , late Earl of, grant of customs 
 
 to, 382. 
 Kinsale, 223, 245, 265, 289, 319, 340, 463, 
 
 470, 497, 542. 
 
 , the governor of, 478 (2). 
 
 , petition of the shipwrights in the 
 
 [dock]yard at, (the exorbitant rate of 
 provisions at, &e.), 573. 
 
 Kirby, Col., a member of the House of Com- 
 mons, 178. 
 
 , Mr., seizure of goods, 341. 
 
 Kircudbright, 112. 
 
 Kirkby, William, petition of, 429. 
 
 Kirke or Kirk, Lieut.-Gen., 214, 233, 237, 313, 
 465. 
 
 , , had received the pay of his late 
 
 regiment, and appropriated it, 524. 
 
 , Major-General, 299, 505. 
 
 , , landed at the Lough of Derry, 
 
 474 (3). 
 
 Kirkswould, the manor of, 442. 
 
 Ivuton-in-Lindsey (Lincoln), parcel of the 
 
 duchy of Cornwall, petition of the 
 
 copyholders for an Act for their fine 
 
 on admittance to be 4d. certain, 208. 
 
 ,464(2). 
 
 Kneller, Sir Godfrey, his salary and arrears, 
 
 447. 
 Knight, Sir John, 213. 
 
 , John, Esq., 293. 
 
 , a trustee of the Earl of Danby, 
 
 .50. 
 ..., Mr., or John, Esq., receiver general 
 
 and cashier of customs, 205, 393. 
 , Jo. or John, 12, 91, 236, 266, 267 (2), 
 
 279. 
 
 , (Customs), 318, 374. 
 
 , Mary, sister of a lunatic, 405. 
 
 ,Mr., 211, 246,315, 341,361,362,483, 
 
 539. 
 , William, manufacturer of painted 
 
 earthenware, 418. 
 Knight [ ], grant to, 316. 
 
 Knighthood, fees on the honour of, 523. 
 Knipe, Mr., bailiff of Westminster, 285, 305 
 
 (2), 541 (2). 
 
 , (clippings), 537. 
 
 I^ockonfally, 425. 
 
 Knowles, Mr. Peter, collector of Belfast, 243. 
 
 , Thomas, a notorious highwayman, 
 
 apprehended, 419. 
 ICnox, Captain, 552. 
 William, arrears of pay due to his 
 
 brother, petition of, 552. 
 I&ioyle, William, surveyor of the port of 
 
 Dartmouth, 111. 
 Kroger, Daoiel, of East Smithfield, shipbroker, 
 
 petition of, 167. 
 Kynvin, John, a landing waiter of the port of 
 
 London, petition of, 161. 
 
 , John, gent., petition of, 335. 
 
 , , registrar of paper duties, 335. 
 
 L. 
 
 Lace, fine point and Flanders, 60, 164. 
 
 out of the St. Peter, prize, 499. 
 
 Lace-woman, the Queen's, 60. 
 
 Lacy, Robert, " a clipper of note," his refusal 
 
 to " discover," depending on a reprieve, 
 
 234. 
 , , his confederates would rather 
 
 pay than be discovered, 234. 
 , , reprieved without confessing, 
 
 234. 
 Lady Alley, in Westminster, 4. 
 Lahardane, 425. 
 
622 
 
 GENERAL INDEX. 
 
 Lamb, j\[r., the contractor, memorial of, 517 
 
 (2)- 
 Lambe, Patrick, victualling hospitals in the 
 
 Low Countries, &c., 482 (2), 534 (2). 
 
 , , petition of, 568. 
 
 Lambhay, the, see Plymouth. 
 
 Lambourne, condemned for clipping in 1688, 
 
 234. 
 Lamphigh, Dr., late Bishop of E.xeter, 341. 
 Lancashire, 305, 309. 
 
 , a treasonable design in, 500, 501. 
 
 Lancaster, 334, 351. 
 
 , the duchy of, 21, 151, 398. 
 
 , the Chancellor of the duchy of, 21 (2), 
 
 22, 170. 
 
 , the liberty of the duchy of, 257. 
 
 , merchants of, (Customs), 355. 
 
 , money for customs not remitted for 
 
 lack of opportunity, 495. 
 
 , rebels in, 178. 
 
 Lancing, Sussex, 537. 
 
 Land bank, the, 524 (2). 
 
 , the national, the Com" for the 525 
 
 (9). 
 
 , , memorial of, &c., 547 (2). 
 
 , , -vTithout hope of receiving any 
 
 more subscriptions at 5 per cent., 525. 
 
 , , further allowance asked, 525, 
 
 , , their opinion as to its success, 
 
 525. 
 
 , , account of the charges of, 547. 
 
 , building, 7s. 6d. per fool [frontage] , 
 
 352. 
 
 the value of, 181,293. 
 
 revenue, 334, 447. 
 
 , arrears of, 447, 448. 
 
 , , receiver of, 389. 
 
 surveyors (Customs), 39G. 
 
 tax, 348, 391, 393, 418, 512, 519, 542, 
 
 547. 
 
 , new, 420. 
 
 , concerning payment from, to the 
 
 ofEcers of customs, 237. 
 
 , encroached, 23. 
 
 service, 500. 
 
 and sea service, 147. 
 
 Landen, mention of the battle of, 382, 396, 
 414,415, 447,478. 
 
 Landing or land waiters (Customs), 62, 72, 
 127 (3), 142 (2), 417. 
 
 , examination of, as to their quali- 
 fications, 63. 
 
 , sun'eyors of, 59. 
 
 Lane, Captain, 351. 
 
 ,iMr., 117. 
 
 , Sir George, clerk of the House of 
 
 Lords, 5. 
 
 , Sir Thomas, alderman and late sheriff 
 
 of London, and another (clippings, &c. 
 at the Old liailoy), petition of, 557. 
 
 , Thomas, Esq., arrears of his father's 
 
 pension, petition of, 438. 
 
 Lanesborough, the Lord, 229. 
 
 , Lord, the estate of, in Ireland, petition, 
 
 &c., 324, 439. 
 
 Lanesboro', James, Viscount, (aliens' duties), 
 264, 265, 274. 
 
 Langford, Samuel, Esq., at the Treasury cham- 
 bers, 83, 90, 91 (3), 124. 
 
 Langhorne, Richard, of the Temple, executed 
 for high treason, 10 (2). 
 
 Langhton, Mr., deputy to the vice-admiral of 
 Lincoln, 366. 
 
 Laugley, Thomas, of Harwich, 119 (2). 
 
 , , searcher of the port of Ipswich, 
 
 petition of, 41. 
 
 Langston, Col., the regiment of, 180, 227, 396 
 
 , Col. Francis, the regiment of, 247. 
 
 Latiguard Fort, 287, 291, 386. 
 
 Lansdowne, Lord, envoy in Spain, 33. 
 
 LaPlaine, Mr., 551. 
 
 La Ranomee (ship), of Bordeaux, 169. 
 
 Lascelles, Mr. Richard, assignee of Sir Joseph 
 Ilerne, 399. 
 
 Lasonby, the manor of, 442. 
 
 Lassaigne, Jlons., governor of Drogheda, de- 
 ceased, the allowance of, 505. 
 
 Latham, Mr., 87 (2). 
 
 , John, a corporal, petition of, 360. 
 
 Latimer, the Lord, 19. 
 
 Latin wire, 293. 
 
 Launceston, the castle of, 95. 
 
 , the gaol broken, and the men and 
 
 women together, 95. 
 
 , constable of, 163. 
 
 , repair of, by " the patentees," 1 03. 
 
 Lavic, John, a X>ench refugee, imprisoned, 
 petition of, 265. 
 
 Lawford, Edward, 366. 
 
 Lawley, Sir Francis, 177. 
 
 Lawrence, Andrew, Esq., 153 (2). 
 
 , Daniel, a King's waiter in the port of 
 
 London, petition of, 173. 
 
 , Nicholas, master of the ketch Salis- 
 
 bui-y, 197. 
 
 , Sir Thomas, 456. 
 
 , lately sailed [from Maryland] , 
 
 409. 
 
 Laws, 418. 
 
 penal, 94. 
 
 Lawson, Robert, of Lancaster, merchant, 351. 
 
 Lawther, M. le Chevalier Jean, 115. 
 
 Laycock, letter dated at, 177. 
 
 , Lieut. Martin , of Lieut.-General Doug- 
 las' regiment, wounded at Limerick, &c., 
 201. 
 
 , petition of, for his pay, 208. 
 
 , , the cost of his wounds, &c., 
 
 227, 228. 
 
 , , comm.anded to Ireland, petition 
 
 of, 228. 
 
GENERAL INDEX. 
 
 623 
 
 Layeock, Walter, 207. 
 
 > , surveyor [general] of woods 
 
 north of Trent, 389, 390. 
 
 , AVilliiim, 170. 
 
 Lea, the value of the lordship of, 302. 
 
 Lead, 98, 165, 568. 
 
 mines, 242,252. 
 
 , shipments of, 113, 233,246. 
 
 supplied to the French, 282. 
 
 supplied from York, 509. 
 
 Leadenhall Street, 421. 
 
 Leases of crown lands, enrolment of, 269. 
 
 , fines on renewal of, 427. 
 
 .forfeited, 509. 
 
 Leasson, John, an alphabet-keeper (Post 
 Office), petition of, 200. 
 
 Leathes, Josiah, master of a ship, 572. 
 
 Lecaan, John, late physician to " the Hospital " 
 in Ireland, petition of, 222. 
 
 Lechmere, [B.], 42, 43. 
 
 Lecture, as to the establishment of a, 417. 
 
 Lee, Capt. John, of Col. Purcell's regiment, 
 petition of, 212. 
 
 , WilHam, late under-sheriff of North- 
 ampton, petition of, 4 5 1 . 
 
 Leece, James, (Ordnance), 317. 
 
 Leeds, 100. 
 
 , Thomas, Duke of, 416, 524. 
 
 Leeson, [ ], 351. 
 
 ,Mr. fled from Dublm, 57. 
 
 Leeward Islands, 11, 14 (2). 
 
 , the revenue of, farmed, 13. 
 
 , Caribbee Islands, 136. 
 
 , mention of, 14, 20, 137, 142, 
 
 147, 193 (4), 248 (2), 257, 259, 285, 
 347, 438, 439, 444, 450, 477, 519, 
 549. 
 
 , the 4i per cent, out of there- 
 venue of, 438, 439. 
 
 , , the governor's salary, 439. 
 
 , , the Com'» of the, 489 (3). 
 
 , the commander-in-chief of the, 285. 
 
 , a great mortality at, 245. 
 
 , no goods at, 193. 
 
 , ships about to sail for, 444. 
 
 Le Febre, Daniel, a guardian of children of 
 Peter Monamy, petition of, 565. 
 
 Legg, Capt. Richard, 120. 
 
 , Col., afterwards Lord Dartmouth, see 
 
 Dartmouth. 
 
 , Wilham, Esq., in confinement at Car- 
 lisle, and so not paid when King Charles 
 the Second's servants were, petition of, 
 215. 
 
 , Mr. William, superintendent of the 
 
 gardens of the Crown, 373. 
 
 Leghorn, mention of, 233, 316, 431, 488, 536. 
 
 , the consul at, 550. 
 
 Leicester, the New Work near, the master and 
 assistants of the hospital in, 21. 
 
 hospital, salaiy and fee of the master, 
 
 21. 
 
 Leicester — cont. 
 
 , CO., 151. 
 
 ,367 (2), 369, 389. 
 
 , the recorder of, 374. 
 
 , the Earl of, grant of lands in Wales 
 
 to, 438. 
 
 Leigh, 556. 
 
 Col. Edw., petition of, 272. 
 
 , Col., 511. 
 
 , Edward, Esq., brother of Margaret 
 
 Leigh, 150. 
 
 , Jonathan, apothecary, 488. 
 
 , Margaret, of Westwood, co. South- 
 ampton, spinster, 150. 
 
 Leinster, the Duke of, 308. 
 
 , , his regiment stopped on thft river 
 
 till the provisions were spent, 206. 
 
 , [general of their Majesties' 
 
 forces], 236, 239. 
 
 , , his disbursements in Ireland 
 
 when secretary to his father, 239. 
 
 , , in Flanders, 326. 
 
 Leith, 203, 204, 258, 264. 
 
 Lenthal, Heritage, merchant, and others, pe- 
 tition of, 98. 
 
 Lenton [ ], 134. 
 
 Lesly, Sir James, the regiment of, 402. 
 
 Leth[i]eulier, Sir Chr., petition of, 125. 
 
 , , Kt., sheriff of London and Mid- 
 dlesex, 216. 
 
 Letters patent, 4, 5. 
 
 Levant Seas, merchants trading to the, petition 
 
 of, 191. 
 Leveson, Brigadier, 333. 
 , , petition of, 359. 
 
 Levett or Levet, Sir Richard, sheriff of London 
 and Middlesex, 536 (2), 537, 539, 551. 
 
 Levinge, Sir Richard, solicitor-eeneral for 
 Ireland, 302, 303, 304, 330, 342, 352, 
 355, 370, 391, 395, 405, 425, 439. 
 
 , Sir Richard, 544. 
 
 , , petitions for the estate of Walter 
 
 Tinte, 556. 
 
 , , had been speaker of the Irish 
 
 House of Commons, 557. 
 
 , counsel to theCom" of Revenue, 
 
 Ireland (late solicitor-general), 471. 
 
 Levlngston, Lieut. John, 241. 
 
 , kept by want of money from 
 
 going to Flanders, petition of, 241. 
 
 , Robert, of New York, 484, 
 
 Levinz [? Levinge], Sir Richard, 489. 
 
 Levison or Leveson, Brigadier, pay of, me- 
 morial of, 294, 433. 
 
 Levy money, 150, 197, 200, 429, 434. 
 
 Lewen, Wilham, merchant of London, and 
 another (Customs), petition of, 559. 
 
 Lewis, Mrs., 427. 
 
 , Terfullian, 422. 
 
 Ley, William, Esq., uncle of the Earl of Marl- 
 borough, 12. 
 
 R E 
 
624 
 
 GENERAL INDEX. 
 
 Lexington, Lord, 42. 
 
 , , at Vienna, 393. 
 
 Liberty, tiie dogger called the, 66. 
 
 Library, erection of, scheme for, without charge 
 
 to the Queen, 1. 
 Libraries, destruction of notable, 1. 
 Licences refused, 125, 162. 
 Lichfield, the Bishop of, detains a pension, 311. 
 Lidd, 148 (2). 
 Liege, arms bought at, 411. 
 Lieutenants, payments to, 2. 
 
 Lightbourn, James, "vice-chamberlain, the roof 
 
 of the Exchequer Court at Chester fell 
 
 down when he was sitting, 113. 
 Lightermen , hst of the names of, for the wharves 
 
 about the Custom house, London, 235. 
 Lillingston, Capt. Jarvace, 409. 
 , Col., the regiment of, &c., 326, 370, 
 
 410, 459, 
 , , memorials of, 390, 398, 401, 
 
 409. 
 
 , Luke, 357, 359, 412. 
 
 , , his brother's arrears, memorial, 
 
 &c., 393, 394 (3). 
 , , reports on shoes and stockings 
 
 for Jamaica, 398. 
 
 , , reports in favour of caps, 407. 
 
 , , commander-in-chief of the de- 
 tachment for Jamaica, memorial of, &c., 
 
 407, 409, 502. 
 Limerick, 153, 326, 337, 379. 
 , the storming the city of, &c., 188, 
 
 201. 
 
 , the siege of, 261, 414, 430. 
 
 , the capitidation or surrender of, 248, 
 
 272,278, 367,478, 499. 
 , horses lost at the suprlsing the cannon 
 
 there, 359. 
 
 , articles of, 500, 565. 
 
 , the Earl of, 332, 540. 
 
 Lincoln, city, 125. 
 
 ,the county, 130, 201, 373 (2), 389, 
 
 464, 532. 
 
 , the ■vice-admiral of, 366. 
 
 , Dr. WUliam, 465. 
 
 Linen, 121, 191. 
 
 cloth, 391. 
 
 , flaxen, heyden and hempen, 309. 
 
 , German, 309, 446. 
 
 , imposition, 393. 
 
 , Polonian and Prussian, 309. 
 
 , Russian, 532. 
 
 Lisapooka, land in, 566. 
 
 Lisbon, letters from, 282, 336. 
 
 Liskerd, 26. 
 
 , the manor of, (Duchy of Cornwall,) 
 
 261. 
 Lisle, Carell de, petition of, 79. 
 , Mr. Thomas, one of the King's bar- 
 
 bei-s, 10. 
 Lismore, 220. 
 LisnaskeyJ 5C8, 
 
 Lithered, Mr. John, memorial of, accuses 
 Mr. Hough with tampering with divers 
 persons (Customs), 195. 
 
 , , also accuses him of making 
 
 known his (Lithered's) business to the 
 French, 195, 196, 197 (2). 
 
 , Mr. John, and his company seized in 
 
 France, 197. 
 
 , the wife of Mr. John, abused by the 
 
 mob and her clothes and flesh torn, 
 saying that her husband was gone to 
 France to sell us, 195. 
 
 Lithieulier, Sir John, Kt., merchant of Lou- 
 don, petition of, 187. 
 
 Little, Joseph, petition of, 71 (2). 
 
 Littleton, Sir Charles, a prisoner in the Tower, 
 
 219. 
 
 , , since served in Ireland, 219. 
 
 , , turned out of employ for being 
 
 a Protestant, 219. 
 
 , Sir Thomas, Bart, 373. 
 
 Liveries to servants and others, 432 (3), 487. 
 Liverpool, and the port of, 47 (4), 52 (2), S5, 
 
 57,71,77,85,91, 117, 136, 137, 142 
 
 (2), 165, 173, 197, 403, 423, 514. 
 , a member of the port of Chester, 126 
 
 (2). 
 , officers of the port of, accused for 
 
 misdemeanour, 145, 157, 158. 
 
 , muster master at, 530. 
 
 Livier, du, a French banker in London, 298. 
 
 Lloyd, Bevis, Esq., 221 (2). 
 
 > Mr., receiver of South Wales, 
 
 his suspension, 292, 293 (2). 
 
 , Captain, 523. 
 
 , Col., 334. 
 
 , CoL Edw., the regiment of, 327, 392. 
 
 , Edward, 350. 
 
 , Sir Evan, constable of Hardleigh 
 
 Castle, 194. 
 , Col. Godfrey, the regiment of, 274, 
 
 384, 450. 
 
 , John, of London, merchant, 244. 
 
 , Margaret, widow, 3 1 4. 
 
 , Mr., or Thomas, paymaster of works, 
 
 135, 183. 
 
 Loans, 84, 287, 340, 445, 452, 457, 461, 473, 
 480, 518 (2), 519 (2), 531, 568. 
 
 advanced, 250. 
 
 , tallies of, 426. 
 
 on low wines, 517, 535. 
 
 Loch Ryan, 74. 
 
 Locke, John, a Com' of Appeals, 522. 
 
 Lodington, Mr., [agent?], at Tripoli, 483. 
 
 Lofting, John, of London, merchant, petition 
 of, 146. 
 
 London, mention of, 3 (2), 26, 35 (2), 36, 57, 
 60 (2), 61, 72, 77, 78, 80, 83, 85 (2), 
 88,94,102, 113, 114, 121, 126, 139, 
 141 (2), 142 (2), 143, 155, 157, 159, 
 160 (2), 161, 166, 173, 176, 177, 178, 
 179,186,187,188, 195, 196(2), 199, 
 
GENERAL INDEX. 
 
 623 
 
 London — cont. 
 
 207,216,226,227, 235, 238, 250(2), 
 260, 261 (2), 264, 288 (2), 294, 297, 
 298, 302, 307, 309, 312, 314, 320, 321, 
 323, 325 (2), 333, 334, 336, 338, 343 
 (2), 349, 357, 360, 361, 363, 366, 380, 
 383,389,395, 399 (2), 413, 417 (2), 
 419,420,440, 446, 453(2), 460, 461, 
 462,465,467,472, 482 (2), 483, 486, 
 496,510,517, 521, 526, 527, 528(3), 
 529, 531, 535, 536, 546 (3), 551, 554, 
 560, 569, 572. 
 
 , citizens of, 84. 
 
 (Customs), petty customer of the port 
 
 of, 65. 
 
 , ,200 tidesmen to be established 
 
 in, 477. 
 
 , , receiver of, 288. 
 
 , , the office of surveyor of lesser 
 
 customs, Sec, 438 (2). 
 
 , , duty, 507. 
 
 , merchants of, petition of divers, (Cus- 
 toms), 565. 
 
 excise, supervisors and gaugers of, 58. 
 
 , ground rents, &c. in, 10. 
 
 , the lord mayor and recorder of, 298, 
 
 305. 
 
 , ofLondon, 370(3),441,491. 
 
 , merchants of the city of, 3, 51. 
 
 , , trading to Greenland, 326 
 
 , , to the East Indies, 539. 
 
 , Queen Street, 10. 
 
 , the port of, the several officers of the, 
 
 deprived of fees and perquisites, peti- 
 tion of, 424. 
 
 , the port of, silver and bullion entered 
 
 at the Custom house, 455. 
 
 , , the five patent searchers, peti- 
 tion of, 141. 
 
 , the sheriff of, 160. 
 
 , the sheriffs of, their seizure of clip- 
 pings, their insolence, &c., 299. 
 
 , , dispute about clippings, 436, 
 
 536, 537. 
 
 , surveyor of the port of, 39. 
 
 , the Tower of, the lieutenant of, 273. 
 
 , , mint in, 482, 571. 
 
 , , silver coined there, 559. 
 
 , J estimate for buildings there, 
 
 571. 
 
 , , the Martin tOTver there, 504. 
 
 , , the prisoners there, 380, 402. 
 
 , trustees for the city of, grants to, 254. 
 
 , under searchers (five), 44. 
 
 , wharfingers of the established quays 
 
 inconvenienced by the impresting their 
 men, 235. 
 
 , the wharves, quays, &c. there, 137 (2). 
 
 and Middlesex, the sheriffe of, claim to 
 
 fines on clippers, 444, 573. 
 
 and Westminster, consume as much 
 
 flesh as all the rest of England, 152. 
 
 , their Majesties' ship, 349. 
 
 London, Henry, Bishop of, 118, 236 (2), 396, 
 
 470. 
 Londonderiy, 41, 93 (2), 119, 153, 262, 313 
 
 (2), 375, 415. 
 
 , searcher of, 165. 
 
 , the governor of, 42. 
 
 , the city, &c. much destroyed, 182. 
 
 , the mayor, &c., petition of, 182. 
 
 , losses sustained in thedefence of, 182. 
 
 , three distressed widows from, petition 
 
 of, their sufferings at the siege, they eat 
 
 cats and dogs, their husbands killed, 
 
 209. 
 , deplorable condition of the owners of 
 
 vessels employed in the first expedition 
 
 to, 231. 
 , prevented from falling into the hands 
 
 of the Irish, 262. 
 
 , officers, 286. 
 
 , the river of, 299. 
 
 , siege of, 152, 188, 314, 322, 375, 415, 
 
 496. 
 
 , the deanery of, sequestrated, 375. 
 
 , the profits of the deanery, 415. 
 
 , the port of, 243 (3). 
 
 Long, Richard, master of a ship, petition of, 
 
 306. 
 Longford, the Countess of, 462. 
 
 ,Lord, 462. 
 
 the Earl of, a Com' for forfeitures of 
 
 the rebels of Ireland, petition of, 191. 
 , , empowered to seize goods to 
 
 the value of 30,000/., 497. 
 
 and Granard, the Earl of, 262. 
 
 , Ul treated by the Irish, 263. 
 
 , fortifications of, 350. 
 
 Longuevile, Peter, merchant, petition of, 139. 
 
 or Longevile, Viscount, 335, 457. 
 
 Longwood (Ireland), lands in, 479 (3). 
 Loo, letters dated at, 512, 542 (2), 547, 548. 
 Lopez, Andrew, ofLondon, merchant, 199. 
 Lord, Robert, shoemaker (army clothing), 
 
 216, 241, 297. 
 Lordes, James, and other Portugal merchants, 
 
 petition of, 70. 
 
 Lords, the House of, 5, 222, 484 (2). 
 
 justices, see Justices and Ireland. 
 
 lieutenant, list of, 567. 
 
 , see Ireland. 
 
 Lorrimer, Alexander, petition of, 365. 
 
 Lostwithiel, the incumbent of, 8. 
 
 , the town of, 18 (2), 19,26,30. 
 
 , exchequer at, burnt, 17. 
 
 Lotteries, Royal Oak, 415. 
 
 Lottery tickets, 374. 
 
 Lowndes, William, Esq. (variously spelt), 8, 
 63,68, 132, 149, 177, 178, 187, 218, 
 262 (2), 265, 277, 280, 292, 307, 341, 
 344, 376, 381, 386, 387, 389 (2), 405, 
 418, 419, 425, 428, 430, 434. 
 
 R R 2 
 
626 
 
 GENERAL INDEX. 
 
 I-O-wndes, William [secretaiy of tlie Treasury], 
 442 (2), 445, 447, 44S, 449, 452, 454 
 (2),45G (2), 450,404 (2), 47U, 471, 472, 
 475, 4S4, 4S6, 487, 491, 495, 490, 497, 
 504, 505, 507, 511, 512 (2), 513, 514, 
 515, 516, 517 (2), 518, 519, 520, 522, 
 524, 520 (2), 531, 532 (2), 533, 531, 
 535, 536, 541 (2), 542 (3), 545, 540, 
 547, 548 (2), 549 (2), 550, 551, 553, 
 554 (2), 555, 550 (2), 560 (4), 561, 
 504 (2), 565, 506 (2), 572, 573. 
 
 , , IMr. Francis Babe's letter to 
 
 liim, 475. 
 
 Louvois, Mons., French secretary of State, 
 298. 
 
 Loveing, 'William, Esq., 328. 
 
 Lovelace, J., 226. 
 
 ,Lord, 311. 
 
 , , his regiment, 89, 153, 312. 
 
 Lovett or Lovet, John, late of Dublin, petitions 
 of, 00, 67, 77. 
 
 Low Countries, 406. 
 
 Low, John, Esq., 21. 
 
 , , his grandfather, father and 
 
 uncles, 22. 
 
 Lower, Barbara, a native of Holland, wife of 
 Captain William Lower, petition of, 
 392. 
 
 , Dr., 218. 
 
 Lowther, Sir John, Bart, 190, 198. 
 
 , Luke, alderman of Dublin, 90. 
 
 Lubbocke, Samuel, landwaiter of customs at 
 Bristol, petition of, 411. 
 
 Lucan, the manor of, Ireland, 308. 
 
 , Ireland, 405,406. 
 
 ,Lord, 246, 248. 
 
 , alias Sarsfield, sent goods 
 
 (freight free) by transport ships, which 
 were seized, and embezzled by men-of- 
 war, 273. 
 
 ,the Earl of, charged with entering on 
 
 the property of Charlotte Sarsfield and 
 forfeiting it, 455. 
 
 Lucas, Lord, 517. 
 
 , Robert, Lord, chief governor of the 
 
 Tower of London, 380, 504. 
 
 , , , desires money for the 
 
 prisoners, 402, 
 
 Lucia, St., expedition of, 13. 
 
 Ludlow Castle, wardrobe keeper, 479, 480. 
 
 Ludolfe, Mr., 54. 
 
 Lumley, Brigadier, the regiment of, 407,487. 
 
 , Richard and ■William, sons of the 
 
 Earl of Scarborough, 438. 
 
 Lumly, Col., the regiment of, 280. 
 
 Lunenburg, 375. 
 
 Lusom [Lewisham], 201. 
 
 Lustring Company, memorial of, &c., 450, 457 
 
 (2), 403 (2). 
 Lute strings, alamode, 49. 
 Luton, 251. 
 Luttichaw, the Baron de, petition of, 340. 
 
 Luttrell or Lutierel, Colonel Francis, 157, 
 158,100(2). 
 
 , , petition of, 108. 
 
 Col. Henry, petition of, &c., 512, 522. 
 
 , , , grant to, 532. 
 
 , , the pension of, 384. 
 
 , , his brother's estate, 522. 
 
 , Col. Simon, 512, 532, 533. 
 
 Liitwyche, Edeth, or Mrs, 345, 302. 
 
 , , petition of, 359. 
 
 , , her husband's barbarous usage, 
 
 302. 
 
 , , "the witnesses and manigers " 
 
 had tyrannized over her husband, peti- 
 tions for the 200 th part of the Popish 
 estates, &c., 420. 
 
 Lydd or Lidd (Kent), 232, 237. 
 
 Lyddall, "William, son of Sir Richard, a 
 Kusslau merchant, had been governor 
 of Hudson's Bay, and had served in the 
 navy, petition of, 215. 
 
 Lyme, the port of, 112, 183, 265, 310. 
 
 , Mr. Oliver, controller of the port of 
 
 Ciiester, petition of, ^c, 145, 157, 
 IGf) (2). 
 
 , , , tlie frauds, &c. of, 12C. 
 
 , , , controller of tbe port of 
 
 Liverpool, seals tlie public despatches 
 at home, which ought to be done in 
 open Custom house, &c., 130, 145. 
 
 Lyndhurst, letter dated at, 383. 
 
 Lyne, Will,, searcher in the port of South- 
 ampton, 104. 
 
 lynnKegis, the port of, 144, 195, 573. 
 
 , customer and controller for, 35. 
 
 Lyon, the ship, 335 (2), 336 (3). 
 
 , , demand for services of, 457 (2), 
 
 549. 
 
 L3'ons, Daniel, merchant, petition of (goods 
 seized), 549. 
 
 Lytcott, Giles, Esq., controller general of 
 accounts of customs, petition of, 3G. 
 
 , controller general (Customs), 149. 
 
 M. 
 
 Macarty, Charles, 313. 
 Maccarty,Col., routed, 474. 
 Macarty, Major, 153. 
 
 , Major-General, 440. 
 
 ,Mr., 72 (2). 
 
 M'Cartney, Ehzabeth and James, petition of, 
 243. 
 
 Maccarell (variously spelt), Master, or Mr. 
 Robert, merchant, owner of two trans- 
 ports, 348. 
 
 , petition of, his ships to be 
 
 delivered to him, 362. 
 
 , ,413. 
 
GENERAL INDEX. 
 
 627 
 
 Maccavell, Master, &c.— con/. 
 
 , his ships seized in Ireland as 
 
 French, a witness against Mr. Carleton, 
 
 petition of, 41 a. 
 
 ) , controversy as to his ships, &c., 
 
 467 (3), 479, 572. 
 
 , , escaped from prison in Franee, 
 
 petition of, 572. 
 Macclesfield, the Earl of, petition of, &c., 367, 
 
 411,480. 
 
 (mines), 252 (2). 
 
 Maek Donell, Elizabeth, widow of Lieut. 
 
 Edward, who was slain at Angwiu in 
 
 Flanders, destitnte, &o., petition of, 3 1 1 . 
 Macdonnel, Mrs., 300?. a year to, 533. 
 Mace, 83. 
 
 JIacEUigott, P.O., a prisoner of state in the 
 Tower, 402 (2). 
 
 , , , liis subsistence unpaid, 
 
 402. 
 Machado [ ] , engaged in providing the 
 
 army, 381, 498. 
 Machon, Clement, 101. 
 Mackay, Col., the regiment of, 520. 
 
 , Lieut, -General, the regiment of, 239. 
 
 Major-General, 169. 
 
 > Mr., allowance as a riding surveyor, 
 
 29]. 
 Mackenzie, Rod., 100. 
 
 Macy or Macey, Mr., or Mr. Geo., (Mint), 285, 
 444. 
 
 , , petition of, 432. 
 
 , , apprehends clippers and coiners, 
 
 305. 
 
 , to go the Oxford circuit, 305. 
 
 , , clerk of the warden of the 
 
 Mint, 536. 
 
 , , his expenses for proceeding 
 
 against the sheriff of London unpaid, 
 536. 
 , , wounds received in apprehend- 
 ing clippers, &c., 536. 
 
 , , to recover the chppings, 537. 
 
 , , on the claims to clippings, 541. 
 
 Maddock, Mr. E., 121. 
 
 Maddooks, Mr., 502. 
 
 Madoxe, Pliilip, of the Council Office, 232. 
 
 Jfadre d'Deos, the ship, 70. 
 
 Madrid, 6. 
 
 , expresses to, 406. 
 
 Maes, the, (Holland), 407. 
 Maestricht, arms bought at, 411. 
 Magdalen, the, packet or advice boat, 169. 
 Magill, Sir John, Bart., petition of, 37. 
 Magistrate, persons carrying packs to be taken 
 
 before a, 4. 
 Magistrates, election of, 447. 
 Magnoni, Francis, merchant, of London 
 (Customs), 486. 
 
 Maidstone, 157. 
 
 Maine, Col. Edmund, brigadier of horse, 
 petition of, 170. 
 
 Maine, Col. Edward, a brigadier of horse, 
 petition of, 174. 
 
 , the province of, 203. 
 
 Malnwaring, Mr. George, M.I"., 40. 
 
 , Alderman, 59. 
 
 Maitland, Lord, 23 (2). 
 
 Makay, Col., the regiment of, 351. 
 
 Malaga, 444. 
 
 Maiden, 118. 
 
 Mallet, Curry, see Curry. 
 
 , Shepton, see Shepton. 
 
 Malonier, Brigadier ]a, 242. 
 Malthus, Mr., (Customs), 436. 
 
 , William, petition of, 386. 
 
 Malton, CO. York, 153. 
 Man, the Isle of, 546. 
 
 , the governor of the Isle of, 190. 
 
 , the Isle of, privilege of pro"\dsions free 
 
 of customs and excise enjoyed by the 
 Earl of Derby, 189. 
 Maucell, William, of Guernsey, 315. 
 Manchester, 339. 
 Mauing, Charles, enjoyed the money of a 
 
 lunatic, 405. 
 Manly or Manley, Mr., with Mr. Coke, sent to 
 St. Sebastian to inquire of the growth 
 of wine in Spain, 493, 540 (2). 
 Manley, Mr., and others, employed on the coasts 
 of Kent and Sussex to prevent com- 
 munication with France, 564. 
 Mansfield, Margaret, widow of Mr. Isaac 
 Mansfield, a prebendary of St. Fin- 
 burries, Cork, and rector of Ballimony, 
 killed in the war in Ireland, petition of, 
 168. 
 Manufacture, English, 138. 
 JIaquenez (empire of Jlorocco), 238. 
 Marais, Ilenrj- de, 115. 
 Marble, 169. 
 Margate, 48, 195. 
 
 , the pier wardens petition for 100/., 
 
 508. 
 
 sands, vessel lost on, 102. 
 
 Marie Kirk, letter dated at, 516. 
 Marine regiment, 153 (2), 155, 313. 
 
 regiments, the two, 268. 
 
 , the, 224, 233. 
 
 , arrears of, petitions, &c., 291, 
 
 480, 546, 556. 
 
 , the colonels of, 546. 
 
 , imprests to, 427. 
 
 (first), clothing the, 507. 
 
 Mariners, 134 (2), 146, 163. 
 
 , English, 71. 
 
 and seamen to appear at Chatham, 2. 
 
 or seafaring men, lists of, 140, 157. 
 
 Marines, 345. 
 
 Marlborough, the Earl of, 12, 14, 118, 167, 
 172, 188. 
 
 Marriage, tables of, 470. 
 
628 
 
 GENEEAL INDEX. 
 
 Marriages, duties on, 445, 461. 
 
 , raising money on, 481. 
 
 Marriott, E., deputy auditor, 58, 62. 
 Marryott, Isaac, petition of, &c., 28 (2), 29. 
 
 „, , , gent., petition of, 384. 
 
 ,Mr., 121 (2). 
 
 Marseilles, 323. 
 Marsliall, the Earl, 432. 
 
 ,tlie city, 491. 
 
 Marshall or Martial of the forces, 461. 
 
 , Prancis, master of a ship, petition 
 
 of, 216. 
 
 , James, of Wisbeach in the Isle of Ely, 
 
 CO. Camhridge, gent., petition of, 35. 
 
 , John, gent., a patent "waiter of tlie 
 
 port of London, petition of, 521. 
 
 , Margaret, relict of William Marshall, 
 
 carpenter, imprisoned by her husband's 
 creditors, petition of, 215. 
 
 , Thomas, a Protestant opposed to the 
 
 popish interest, imprisoned, employed 
 in Holland, came over "with the King, 
 marched to London, &c. petition of, 38. 
 Marshalsea, in the Savoy, 461. 
 Martin, Benjamin, 382. 
 
 , John, of Plymouth, Esq., petition of, 
 
 53, 54 (2). 
 
 , Mr. Joseph, dealer in stores for the 
 
 navy, 504, 518. 
 
 , Mr., [merchant], (sale of hemp), 507, 
 
 512, 514. 
 
 , Peter, the estate of, (Gahvay), 506. 
 
 , Thomas, (treasui'crship of Jamaica), 
 
 569 (2). 
 
 , Tutchen, 288. 
 
 , William, 330. 
 
 Martinico expedition, 326, 409. 
 
 Martinique service (Transport), 446, 454. 
 
 Marton, Count, regiment of, 426. 
 
 Mary, Queen of King James II., goods of, 353. 
 
 , Queen of Will. III., [mourning forj 
 
 and funeral of, 425, 428, 432. 
 Mary, the ship, a " cat," 174. 
 
 , , arrears to, 270. 
 
 Maryland, 111, 190, 226, 267 (2), 354 (2), 
 385, 409, 449 (2), 470, 484. 
 
 , captain-general of, 7. 
 
 , St. Mary's there, 7. 
 
 , agents of, petition of, 193. 
 
 , proposed survey of "woods there, 203. 
 
 , merchants, &c., traders to, memorial 
 
 of, 226. 
 
 , ships trading to, 266. 
 
 , the assembly or convention of, peti- 
 tion of, &c., 266, 267 (2). 
 
 , the government of, 267. 
 
 , the Lord Baltemore or Baltimore pro- 
 prietor of, 267. 
 
 , trade to, destroyed, 354. 
 
 , the province of, 372, 375, 409. 
 
 , muskets sent to, 372. 
 
 Mai-yland, vessels employed [on the coast of, 
 396, 402. 
 
 , the governor of, 402, 403, 409. 
 
 Marylebone Park, 84. 
 
 Mason, Hugh, 117. 
 
 , John, of St. Ives (co. Huntingdon), 
 
 gent., nominated receiver-general of the 
 aid in the co. of Huntingdon, the uni- 
 versity and town of Cambridge, 216. 
 
 , Thomas, Mr., 72 (2). 
 
 Masons, affidavits of, 87. 
 
 Massachusetts Bay, 214 (2), 333. 
 
 Massereene, the Lord Viscount, petition of, 
 377. 
 
 Master of the Horse, 153. 
 
 Master, Robert, merchant of London, petition 
 of, 265. 
 
 , see Keqiiests. 
 
 Masters, Francis, master of the ship Fortune, 
 petition of, 143. 
 
 Masters of ships, 259, 260(2), 261 (2), 263, 
 264, 282,291,305. 
 
 , a mutiny of them feared, 259. 
 
 Masts, 132, 357, 386. 
 
 for the King's stores, 132. 
 
 Mathew, Benjamin, receiver of the land tax, 
 CO. Northampton, petition of, 419 (2). 
 
 Mathe"wes, George, petition of, 367. 
 
 , Thos., gent., receiver-general of the 
 
 aid for the co. of Hereford, petition of, 
 
 75. 
 Mathe"ws, the Hon. Col. Ed"w., the regiment of, 
 
 341. 
 
 ,Mr., 117. 
 
 , Mr. [Wm.], to advance money on 
 
 Exchequer bills at 1 per cent, 546. 
 
 , Wm., (Exchequer bank), 545. 
 
 , Thomas, gent., receiver-general of an 
 
 aid and quarterly poll, co. Hereford, 
 
 petition of, 292. 
 
 Mat-laying, 422. 
 
 "Matrosses" [soldiers in the artillery], 304, 
 439. 
 
 Matthias, John, and Marj- his "wife, 339. 
 
 Maud, Edmund, administrator of his brother, 
 George Maud, late a quartermaster, 
 killed in Ireland, petition of, 256. 
 
 Maulakinahane, lands in, 566. 
 
 Maurice, Margaret, relict of Dr. Maurice, late 
 Dean of Londonderry, deceased, the 
 great sufFerines)and losses of, in Ireland, 
 petitions, &c. of, 375, 415. 
 
 , , confined for debt, and her chil- 
 dren uneducated, 416. 
 
 , , her husband defended the castle 
 
 of Dungannon, 416. 
 
 Maurish, Mr., a King's messenger, 493. 
 
 Mausoleum in [Westminster] Abbey, 432. 
 
 May, Mr. Baptist, petition of, &c., 65, 192 (2), 
 512. 
 
 , , keeper of the Great Park at 
 
 Windsor, petition of, 221. 
 
GENERAL INDEX. 
 
 629 
 
 May, Charles, Esq., petition of, 222. 
 
 , Edw., Esq., petition of, (forfeited estate 
 
 of Lord Galmoy), 502. 
 Hugh, Esq., paymaster of the works, 
 
 20. 
 , Mr., master keeper of Hasteborough 
 
 Walk, in the forest of Whdttlewood, 
 
 petition of, 284. 
 Mayo, Sarah, widow, 314. 
 Mazling sluice, a ship from, 66. 
 Mazot, the Chevalier de Meaujen, 298. 
 Mead, Sir John, counsel-at-law, 466. 
 Meagher, Thady, 490. 
 Meal, 3s. a barrel charged on, 107. 
 
 Meath, Edw., Earl of, petition of, touching the 
 lordship of Lea, 302. 
 
 , CO., 469, 492. 
 
 , forfeited estates in, 272. 
 
 Mechlen, letter dated at, 517. 
 
 Medals, effigies for, 53. 
 
 , coronation, 53. 
 
 , engraver of, 108. 
 
 , profit of making, by the engraver of 
 
 the Mint, 513. 
 
 , none made since the death of the 
 
 Queen, 514. 
 
 MedcaUe, George, petition of, (Customs), 460, 
 473,510. 
 
 Medical certificate, 343. 
 
 " Medicaments," 62, 291. 
 
 Medicines, 160, 199, 218, 275, 395, 488. 
 
 Medina, Moses, petition of, 373. 
 
 , Sol, or "Sal." de, petition, &c. of, 
 
 486,498 (2). 
 
 , Valemon de, memorial of, &c. (Trans- 
 port Service), 381 (2). 
 
 Mediterranean, the, 44, 388. 
 
 ,Enghsh and Dutch ships for the, 368. 
 
 squadron, 451. 
 
 Seas, the fleet in the, 547. 
 
 Medlycott or Medlicut, Mr. Thomas, barrister- 
 at-law, petitions of, 471, 472. 
 
 Medway, the river, 138. 
 
 , , forts on, 324. 
 
 , damage on the, 388, 
 
 Meech, Thomas, 348. 
 
 Meeke, Anthony, 360 (2). 
 
 Meer, manor of, 8. 
 
 Meese, Lieut. Carew, deceased, the pay of, 
 
 508. 
 Meester, W., 446. 
 
 , Mr., (hire of vessels), 449 (2). 
 
 Mein, Patrick, 256. 
 
 Melfort, John, Earl of, [secretary to King 
 
 James II.], outlawed for treason, his 
 
 goods, &c., 160. 
 J his letter to Mons. de Pont 
 
 Chartrain, 248. 
 , , inquisition on, 240. 
 
 Meloniere, the Seigniour, the goods of, 38. 
 MeUonere or Melonier, Col. de la, the regiment 
 
 of, 180,209. 
 , Major-General La, the regiment of, 
 
 392. 
 
 , General La, 456. 
 
 Men-of-war, 75, 325. 
 
 , goods smuggled by their ungovernable 
 
 carriage in relation to the customs, 
 
 234. 
 
 and tenders hired, 507. 
 
 Mercers' Hall, 525. 
 
 Merchant Adventurers, see Bristol. 
 
 Merchants, combination of, 368. 
 
 , east country and other, refuse to supply 
 
 hemp, &c., 503 (2), 505, 507. 
 
 of London, 3. 
 
 Mere, manor of, (Wilts), 394. 
 
 Meredith, Sir Charles, petition of, (forfeited 
 
 estates), 571. 
 Lieut. Thomas, the pay of, petition of, 
 
 508. 
 Merick, Giles, merchant of Bristol, petition of 
 
 (tobacco imported), 284. 
 Merioneth, mines to be discovered in, 251, 
 
 252. 
 Merret, Thomas, of London, merchant, 250, 
 Merriott, Mr. William, deputy customer of 
 
 Bristol, 148. 
 Mervin, Sir Audley, [Speaker of the House of 
 
 Commons (Ireland)], 468 (3). 
 
 Messengers, their Majesties', or messengers of 
 the chamber, 40 in ordinary, scale or 
 standina: rules for making their bills, 
 378. 
 
 , allowance for keeping prisoners, .178. 
 
 Messina, 536. 
 
 Metal, mixed, 138, 
 
 Meters, London, the, 486. 
 
 Methwen, Mr., envoy extraordinary in Por- 
 tugal, 288. 
 
 Mews, the, 233, 325. 
 
 Meyn, Derrick, petition of, 246. 
 
 Michelburne, Col. John, petition of, 171. 
 
 , Col., the regiment of, 188. 
 
 Middlesex, 23, 78, 220, 336. 
 
 , justices of, 157, 159 (2). 
 
 Middleton, the Earl of, 172. 
 , Mr., 173, 180. 
 
 , Hugh, apprehended at Palace Yard, 
 
 Westminster, 285. 
 , [Humphrey], executed for treason, 
 
 &c.,299, 305, 329, 541. 
 , Sir Richard, of Chirk Castle, co, 
 
 Denbigh, Bart, 421, 438. 
 
 , Ml-. Walter, 184. 
 
 , Walter, Esq., customer of the port of 
 
 Milford, 44 
 
 , , petition of, &c., 283. 
 
 Midsummer-Norton, mines there, 372. 
 Midwinter, William, gent., 130 (4). 
 
630 
 
 GENEKAL INDEX. 
 
 Jlilford, port, &c. of, 44, 58,244, 283, 346, 
 S53. 
 
 , establisliment for the port of, (Cus- 
 toms), 528. 
 
 Haven, 84, 180 (2). 
 
 Militia, 13. 
 
 officers, the Earl of Bath could not 
 
 trust, 30. 
 
 Mill, Adriell, stationer, 181. 
 
 Jlilled money, 138, 518. 
 
 , sliipped and seized, .528. 
 
 Miller, Andrew, fled from Duljlin, 52. 
 
 , Francis, merchant of London, 50. 
 
 , IMatthias, gentleman, controller of 
 
 customs of Carlisle, petitions of, 55, 
 195. 
 
 ]\IiIlmoore or IMilllieyraoor common, 21, 22. 
 
 Jlilton, alias jMiddleton, Kent, the rectory and 
 tithes of, 199. 
 
 Minehead, the port of, 52, 84, 320. 
 
 Jlines, 3?romfie)d and Yale full of, 437. 
 
 , copper, in England and Wales, 249. 
 
 , in Somersetshire, 373. 
 
 , a tenth of the profit of, payable to the 
 
 CroTvn, 242. 
 
 , a thirteenth part of minerals less than 
 
 ■was usually reserved, a sixth and not 
 less than a tenth on lead and ore re- 
 served, 252. 
 
 Ministers, C. 
 
 abroad, 92. 
 
 Jlinories, the, 74, 570. 
 
 Minshall- Vernon manor, Cheshire, 29. 
 
 Mint, the, 325, 480, 482, 492, 551. 
 
 , alterations required in the building, 
 
 478. 
 
 , artificers of the, 551. 
 
 , assay master, 494. 
 
 , Beunett's house in possession of the 
 
 ofiice of Ordnance, 514. 
 
 , , application for, 545. 
 
 , Bristol, 538, 570. 
 
 , building a, 484. 
 
 , Chester, 533. 
 
 , chief graver of the stamps and irons, 
 
 108. 
 
 , clippers, the petitions of, generally 
 
 referred to the, 234. 
 
 , coining, proposal for, 567. 
 
 , Com'* of the, 11. 
 
 , controller of the, 486, 494. 
 
 , copper, 375. 
 
 Mints, country, 513, 516, 518 (2), 522, 535, 
 545, 551 (3), 552, 558. 
 
 , country , the five mints in the, 5 1 8. 
 
 , ., all finished, 545. 
 
 Mint, a coimtry, officers and tools for a, 484. 
 
 , Coventry, petition for a, 562. 
 
 Mints, dies for the, 513. 
 
 Mint, the engraver at tlie, 513, 514. 
 
 , the engraver's house, 182. 
 
 Mint, the establishment of the, 513. 
 
 at Exeter, 508, 541. 
 
 , hammered silver moneys, directions of 
 
 the Act as to, &c., 568. 
 
 , Hereford, 495 (2). 
 
 , master of the, 494, 551. 
 
 , the master and worker, or master 
 
 worker of the, 23, 106, 492, 512, 514, 
 
 519, 543, 551 (2). 
 , melting and coining must cease at the 
 
 mints unless there was an advance, 
 
 556. 
 
 melting, claims for, &c., 563. 
 
 , moneycrs of the, 495. 
 
 , moneyers' hall, 182. 
 
 , Norwich, 510, 545. 
 
 , and officers of the, 11, 20, 23, 29, 53 
 
 (10), 108, 110, 182,214,229,230(2), 
 
 234, 249, 286, 365, 366, 376, 486, 507, 
 
 508, 509, 551, 573. 
 , officers of, seek allowance of taxes on 
 
 their salaries, 421. 
 , , allowances to, 495. 
 
 and Ordnance, dispute as to the Martin 
 
 Tower iu the Tower of London, 504. 
 
 , Paris and Brussels, 53. 
 
 , the pix, 518. 
 
 , the porter of the, 545, 
 
 , the principal officers of the, memorial 
 
 of, &e., 478, 493, 555. 
 
 , provost of the, 495, 516. 
 
 , puncheons for, 513. 
 
 , Scotland, 23 (3). 
 
 silver money, coining of, 478, 559. 
 
 , standard of the, in England, 214. 
 
 , surveyor of the meltings and clerk of 
 
 the irons, 494. 
 , Tower of London, the provost and 
 
 corporation of the moneyers of, the 
 
 grievances of, by the Coinage Act, 
 
 petition of, 571. 
 , , a corporation above 300 years, 
 
 the rate of their pay, labourers and 
 
 horses employed, &c., 571. 
 , , engineers' charges for tools, 
 
 551. 
 
 , warden of, in the Tower, 23. 
 
 , , 305 (2), 306, 421, 506, 513, 
 
 536 ; sec also Newton. 
 
 weigher and teller, 494. 
 
 York, 508, 540, 548, 554. 
 
 , see Farthings. 
 
 Mise payable on creation of the Prince of 
 
 Wales, 437. 
 Missen, land at, 464. 
 
 Mitchell, Edward, gent., receiver general of 
 an aid in the co. and city of Gloucester, 
 petition for his extraordinai'y charges, 
 294. 
 
 , Sir Michael, petition of, (forfeitures), 
 
 433. 
 
 > Kt., petition of, (services in 
 
 Ireland), 445. 
 
GENERAL INDEX. 
 
 631 
 
 Mitchell, Vice-Admiral, 523. 
 
 Mitton, Mr. Thomas, (Customs), 315 (4). 
 
 Mockford, John, and another officer at Bourn 
 and Pevenscy in Sussex, taken prison- 
 ers, 49. 
 
 Modeua, the Duchess of, mourning for, 425. 
 
 , the ship, cast away, 460. 
 
 Moden, Mr., to transport French Protestants 
 
 to Ireland, 468. 
 Mogg, John, a tenant of Sir Hugh Tynte, 372. 
 Mogridge, Mr. John, 165. 
 Mogul, the Great, prizes taken from, 196, 
 
 279. 
 , the, tenths of vessels taken from the, 
 
 381. 
 Molasses, 47, 93. 
 
 , French, (duties on), 460. 
 
 Moleswortb, Mr., 96 (2). 
 
 Molyneaux or Slolllneux, Francis, of London, 
 
 draper (army clothing), 213, 247, 286. 
 
 , , petition of, 285. 
 
 Molyneux, Mr., receiver general of Lancashire, 
 
 309. 
 Monamy, Andre^v, a guardian of the children 
 
 of Peter Monamy, 565. 
 Moncrief, Arthur, master of the ship Seven 
 
 Stars of London, petition of, 52. 
 
 Money, broad, exchanging for profit, persons 
 
 fined for, 444. 
 
 , clipped, 494. 
 
 , coined, carrying by men-of-war, &c., 
 
 516. 
 
 , concealed from the Crown, 177. 
 
 , counterfeit, 557. 
 
 , cracked, 246. 
 
 , engines for marking, 154. 
 
 , Mght, loss of 25 OT 30 per cent, on, 357. 
 
 , newly coined, 542. 
 
 , new, coined from clipped money, 563. 
 
 , seized on board a boat, 546. 
 
 , shipped, 155. 
 
 sized, blanched, and coined, 563. 
 
 taken up at considerable loss, 568. 
 
 to be raised, 2,000/. on every million 
 
 to be allowed, 455. 
 , non-transport of, from port to port, 
 
 244. 
 , value of, since King Henry the 
 
 Vlllth's time not above a fourth for 
 
 hay, corn, cheese, &c., 230. 
 
 , weighed to be re-coined, 483. 
 
 Moneyers at the Mint to prepare more mark- 
 ers' tools, 508. 
 , the corporation of, labourers of, 514 
 
 (2). 
 
 , the allowance to, 563. 
 
 Monmouth, the county of, 174. 
 
 , the Duke of, 19, 164, 303. 
 
 , , took 200/. from the customer of 
 
 Lyme, 265. 
 , his house in Soho, 292. 
 
 Monmouth, the sister of the Duke of, 36. 
 
 , the Earl of, 151,361. 
 
 , , memorial of, men sent from his 
 
 regiment to Flanders and L'eland, 197. 
 
 , the mayor of, 155. 
 
 Monpouillan, the Marquis of, 550 (2). 
 
 Monroe, Col., the regiment of, 152, 188, 496. 
 
 lilontratb, Earl of, 4. 
 
 Moutserrat, 444. 
 
 Jlontagne, Anthony la, a Venetian of the 
 
 Eomish religion, as to the oaths, petition 
 
 of, 280. 
 Montague, Charles, 173. 
 , , [a Lord of the Treasury], 415. 
 
 , the Rt. Hon. Charles, Chancellor of 
 
 the Court of Excher[uer, 502. 
 
 Montagu or Montague, Kalph, Earl of, peti- 
 tion of, &c., 414, 443 (2), 452, 469. 
 
 , , master of the great wardrobe, 
 
 352, 464, 521. 
 
 , Mr., 405. 
 
 Montargier, Lieut. -Col., petition of, 411. 
 Montgomery, William, Lord, the admission of 
 
 to the manor of Ilendon, 366. 
 
 , , his power of making leases, 
 
 petition of, 429. 
 
 , Lord, son of the Earl of Powis, 429. 
 
 , Sir James, the escape of, 557. 
 
 CO., 322. 
 
 Montserrat, the Island of, 235, 335, 508. 
 
 Moor, Mr., 113. 
 
 Moore, Captain, well affected to the Govern- 
 ment, 498. 
 
 , John, " the tripe-man," executed for 
 
 high treason, 454. 
 
 , Itoger, Esq., Ill (2). 
 
 Moore's Court, Great Peter Street, 'Westmin- 
 ster, 455. 
 
 ]\fordant or Mordaunt, Col. Henrj-, memorials 
 of, 371, 426. 
 
 , Sir John, Kt., petition of, 152. 
 
 Morden, Sir John, petition of, 327. 
 
 Mordington, James, Lord, petition, &c. of, 
 278 (2). 
 
 Moredijcke, in Holland, 199, 203, 206, 208 
 (2), 212. 
 
 Morfee, John, conductor of the train of artil- 
 lery in Ireland, petition of, 311. 
 
 Morgan, the Hon. Sir John, regiment of foot, 
 
 241. 
 
 , Major Jenkin, 477. 
 
 , Margaret, spinster, daughter of the 
 
 Attorney General for Ireland, who was 
 
 killed by the popish rebels, petition of, 
 
 311. 
 , discovers a robbery of crown 
 
 plate, &c., 311. 
 , Sir Thomas, Bart., 398. 
 
 Jlorine, Thomas, sutler, petition of, (payments 
 for guards, 391 (2). 
 
632 
 
 GENERAL INDEX. 
 
 Jlorlaix (France), 289. 
 
 Morland, Sir Samuel, 87, 178 (2). 
 
 Morley and Mounteagle, Thomas, Lord, pen- 
 sion, &c., petitions of, &c., 45, 46, 312. 
 
 , Sir WiUiani, K.B., master keeper of 
 
 the East Walk in the Forest of Bere 
 (Southampton), petition of, 148. 
 
 Morocco, the Emperor of, 238. 
 
 Morris, Edward, (forfeitures of), 485. 
 
 , Mr. Thomas, the Exeter carrier, 195, 
 
 541. 
 
 , William, master apothecary, petition 
 
 of, 412. 
 
 Morrison, Margaret, her husband botanic pro- 
 fessor and physician of King Charle.s II., 
 petition of, 312. 
 
 Morse, Mr. Simon, late receiver of the port of 
 London, 288. 
 
 , Simon, receiver of outward customs 
 
 (London), petition of, 419. 
 
 Mortality, bills of, 414, 466. 
 
 Mortimer, James, cornet, slain at the battle of 
 the Boyne, 485. 
 
 Mortlake, petition of the inhabitants of, 187. 
 
 Morton, John, spoiled by the French privateers, 
 petition of, 409. 
 
 Mostyn, 146. 
 
 , Sir Roger, 438. 
 
 Mote Park, adjoining the great park at Wind- 
 sor, 337, 443 (2), 452 (2). 
 
 Motte, Mons. le, an engineer, killed in the ex- 
 pedition against Brest, 411. 
 
 Moulsey, East, manor, office of bailiff and col- 
 lector of rents, 33. 
 
 "Mount," the, 2. 
 
 Mount-Alexander, the Earl of, 476. 
 
 Mountague, Mr., one of the clerks of the Privy 
 Council, 118. 
 
 , Christopher, Esq., executor of Edward 
 
 Mountague, 97. 
 
 Mountcashell, the Lord, wounded, &c., 334. 
 
 Mounteagle, the Lord Morley, memorial of, 
 119 J see a/so Morley. 
 
 Mounljoy, the Lord, petitions of, 32, 429. 
 
 Mountslemery, William, master of the Olive 
 Branch, escaped from Ireland, 41. 
 
 Mourning, see Mary, Queen. 
 
 Mowett, Roger, 52. 
 
 Mulgrave, the Eight Hon. [John], Earl of, 
 his lodgings, 16. 
 
 Mum, petition of the importers i f, 156. 
 
 Mun, Thomas, Esq., petitions of, &c., 41, 47, 69. 
 
 Mimday, John, apprehends several persons, 
 petition of, .'557. 
 
 Murders, &c., 438. 
 
 MuiTay, Mr., late commissary at Hounslow 
 Heath, 387. 
 
 , Mr., commissary of provisions for 
 
 Jamaica, 391. 
 
 , John, deputy commissary, 327. 
 
 Murrey or Murray, commissary of provisions, 
 
 memorial of, &c., 376, 401. 
 Muscovy Company, petition of the, 82. 
 
 Musgrave Thomas, 304. 
 
 Music, their Majesties' vocal, joined with the 
 
 instrumental in the two last reigns, 
 
 petition as to, 295. 
 Musicians, the harper in ordinary to their 
 
 Majesties, 191. 
 Muskerry, co. Cork, lands in, forfeited, 415. 
 Muskets, matchlock, 426. 
 Muslin, India, imported from Holland, 233. 
 
 , seized, 278. 
 
 Muster, men respited on the, 403. 
 Musters, the deputy commissary of, 16. 
 
 , see Ireland. 
 
 Muster master, the, 133. 
 
 rolls, 347, 363. 
 
 of a regiment, the, taken by the French, 
 
 274. 
 Mytton, Mr., controller of Hull, 83 (2). 
 
 N. 
 
 Naish, Captain John, a purveyor of timber for 
 the navy, 353. 
 
 Namur, camp before, letters dated at, 450, 452, 
 454 (2). 
 
 , the siege of, a son of Capt. Alex. 
 
 Saunderson killed there, 558. 
 
 Nantes in France, 118, 248. 
 
 Napier, Dame Margaret, rehct of John Bris- 
 bane, Esq., late secretary of the Ad- 
 miralty, petition of, 207. 
 
 Narborough, Sir John, treaty made by, 392. 
 
 Nash, Captain, 325. 
 
 , , officer of customs, 259. 
 
 , Henry, (Customs, London), 567. 
 
 , Mr., sohcitor for the coast bonds, 259. 
 
 , Mr., (Customs), 325. 
 
 , clerk of the cheque at Kinsale, 
 
 542 (2). 
 
 , , receiver-general of South Wales, 
 
 petition of, 221. 
 
 Nassau, Henry de, Senior de Auverquerc, an- 
 nuity of, petition of, 482. 
 
 Nassh, Henry, commander of the Adventure 
 smack, 48. 
 
 Naturalization of a ship, 279. 
 
 Naval commodities, 505. 
 
 Navigation, the Act of, dispensed with, 53. 
 
 Act and laws, reference to, 68, 69, 71, 
 
 78, 114, 132, 139,140, 141,187,224, 
 233, 238, 259, 354, 385, 406, 409, 453, 
 467, 521,548, 552. 
 
 , its provisions, 399. 
 
 , to encourage Enghsh shipping, 399. 
 
 , projects of, 254. 
 
GENERAL INDEX. 
 
 633 
 
 Navy, the, 145, 154, 179, 268,307,327 (2), 
 330, 345, 353, 427 (2), 429, 439, 448 
 (2), 504. 
 
 , the merchants backward to supply the, 
 
 504. 
 
 , proposal to import goods for the, on 
 
 commission, 504. 
 
 , difficulty of the Navy Board in obtain- 
 ing contracts, 505. 
 
 , want of money for the merchants who 
 
 deal in stores for the, 523. 
 
 captains in, embezzle wine, Sec. as 
 
 prize, 506. 
 
 , the clerks of, petition, &c. of, 331, 
 
 543. 
 
 Navy Board, or Com'" of the, 6, 19, 131, 132, 
 133, 145 (3), 149, 161, 169, 174 (2), 
 175, 178, 179, 180, 204, 217, 240, 263, 
 270, 279, 288, 298, 300 (2), 306 (2), 
 323, 327 (2), 331 (4), 349, 353, 368, 
 382 (2), 400, 401, 403, 404, 422, 432, 
 457 (2), 461, 484, 486,491, 492, 495, 
 499 (2), 500 (2), 502 (2), 503 (4), 504 
 (4), 505 (3), 507 (3), 512, 514, 516 
 (2), 517 (3), 518, 522, 523, 526 (2), 
 529, 530 (2), 532, 540, 542 (4), 546, 
 547, 553(2), 556, 557, 560(2), 561, 
 662, 564. 
 
 , the Com" and clerks, (Taxes), 562. 
 
 estimates, 404, 524, 532, 571. 
 
 forces, 124. 
 
 , money designed for the, 264. 
 
 Office, 5, 11, 18, 138, '141 (2), 149, 
 
 215,444, 519 (3). 
 
 , officers of the, 549. 
 
 , , 4s. in the pound on their salaries, 
 
 497. 
 
 , pajTnaster of the, 486. 
 
 , , hadno current money for wages, 
 
 &c., 507. 
 , the principle officers of the, 175, 306, 
 
 353. 
 
 , , their great want of money, 565. 
 
 , provisions for the, 5, 330. 
 
 , the Royal, lists of the, 426, 451 (3). 
 
 , , state of the, 451. 
 
 , salary of the clerks of the, 400. 
 
 , stores for the, 19, 124,517. 
 
 , cheating in respect of, 553. 
 
 , the Surveyor of the, 427. 
 
 , Treasurer of the, 7 (3), 19, 327, 328, 
 
 333, 367, 499, 502, 504, 516, 518 (2), 
 
 523, 526, 530, 532, 540, 546 (3), 556 
 
 (2), 560 (2). 
 
 , , 3d. in the pound taken by, 7. 
 
 , prohibition of poundage to, 6. 
 
 , , instructions for, 6. 
 
 victualling aud victuallers of the, 31, 
 
 75,95, 176, 180, 282, 349, 373, 390, 
 
 447, 526, 560. 
 
 I , their requirements, memorial, 
 
 388. 
 
 Navy Com" of victualling the, their want of 
 
 current money, 515. 
 Neale, Charles, fine of 200/. paid by him to the 
 
 sheriff of Northampton for reproachfiil 
 
 words against the King, 181. 
 
 , Thomas, Esq., petition of, 325. 
 
 Thomas, (Mint), 20, 23. 
 
 , , and others, ofiicers of the Mint, 
 
 memorials of, 492, 504, 505, 508, 545, 
 
 556. 
 , , Esq., or Mr. Thomas [master] 
 
 of the Mint, 65, 106, 325, 484, 494, 
 
 495, 505, 508, 510, 512, 513 (6), 514, 
 
 518 (2), 535 (2), 552, 563, 567. 
 
 , , forced to give a deed, 513. 
 
 , Thomas, Esq., petition as to purchase 
 
 of a house in Soho, 292. 
 , , proposes to make halfpence and 
 
 farthings, 366. 
 Neck, W. Van, clerk of the Treasury of Hol- 
 land, 410. 
 Needham, Mr., 36. 
 Needier, John, controller of customs of the 
 
 port of London, petition of, 57. 
 Needwood, the forest or chase of, 151, 170. 
 
 , waste in the forest of, 398. 
 
 , application for 1,000 tons of timber 
 
 from, 428. 
 Negus, Fr., surveyor, (Works), 233, 325. 
 
 , , memorial of, 325. 
 
 Nelson, John, petition of, (bills for victualling 
 
 the navy), 560. 
 
 , , taken prisoner, 560. 
 
 Nether Ballycloghy, 425 
 
 Netherlands, the, stivers current there, 229. 
 
 Nevell, Mr. Charles, 564. 
 
 Nevill, Ed., 42, 43. 
 
 , Richard, 21, 22. 
 
 , the interest of, 22. 
 
 Nevis, the Island of, 235, 444. 
 
 Newcastle, 56, 81, 82, 84 (2), 85 (2), 88 (2), 
 
 100, 103 (3), 104 (2), 105, 107, 113, 
 
 165, 325, 486, 534. 
 
 , the collector of, 80, 81, 91. 
 
 , the controller of, 90, 162. 
 
 , officers of customs of, 107. 
 
 , John, Duke of, and others, memorial 
 
 of, 457. 
 
 Newcomen, Captain, of Col. Woolesley's re- 
 giment of horse, and another, petition 
 of, 235. 
 
 , Jane, widow, 314. 
 
 , Dame Sarah, widow of Sir Thomas 
 
 167 (3). 
 
 Newdigate, Sir Richard, Bart,, petition of, 
 100, 561, 562. 
 
 New England, 56, 68, 69 (3), 82, 205, 214 
 (2), 277, 308, 333, 357, 359, 442, 560. 
 
 , govenmnent of, 56. 
 
 , customs officers of, 69. 
 
 , naval stores from, 517 (2). 
 
 , proposed survey of woods there, 
 
 203 (2). 
 
634 
 
 GENERAL INDEX. 
 
 New England, might be supplied tvitli tin pence, 
 halfpence, and farthings, 214. 
 
 NeTvenham, the abbey of, in the parish of 
 Godlington near Bedford, 263. 
 
 New Forest, 46, 207, 352, 537. 
 
 , abuses in the, 217. 
 
 , , Commissions to inquire 
 
 iu!o, .379, 382, 383. 
 
 , bridges, &c. to be repaired, &c., 
 
 221 (3). 
 
 , destruction of trees in, 34.5. 
 
 , their lordships' officer there be- 
 lieved against the Duke of Bolton, 
 345. 
 
 , spoils in the, 382. 
 
 , timber felled, &c., 9, 141, 144, 
 
 207. 
 
 , timber from, 560. 
 
 , trees for the navy, 491, 499 (2). 
 
 , woodward of, 58, 64. 
 
 Newfoundland, 92, 359. 
 
 , voyage to 306. 
 
 , the bank of, 507. 
 
 New Hampshire, 203, 442. 
 
 Newhaven, the collector of, 49. 
 
 , brandy on shore at, 491. 
 
 Newgate, 493. 
 
 Newington, manor of, 16G. 
 
 New Jersey, 82. 
 
 Newland, Sir Benjamin, of London, merchant, 
 petition of, 391. 
 
 Newman, Arthur, gent., who married the 
 daughter of Gertrude Crowgie, 255. 
 
 New Park, 187. 
 
 Newport, 127, 128, 228, 258, 259. 
 
 Street, Mr. Harbord's house in, 131. 
 
 , Andrew, Esq., 372. 
 
 , the Lord, 228. 
 
 New Eiver Company, 332. 
 
 Newry, the, in Ireland, 248. 
 
 Newsham, John, Esq., petition of, 126. 
 
 , , gent., receiver general of an 
 
 aid, &c. in the co. of War\Aick and 
 city of Coventry, 369. 
 
 , , charged with corruption, &c. 
 
 in his office, 561, 562. 
 
 , , petition of, 561. 
 
 , , counsel heard, 562. 
 
 , , superseded, 562. 
 
 , , his eliarges against John An- 
 drews, receiver of taxes in Warwick- 
 shire, 562. 
 
 Newsletters post free, 501. 
 
 Newton, Ann, relict of George Newton, col- 
 lector of excise, petition of, 310. 
 
 , Mr. [Isaac], (Mint), 495, 506, 518, 
 
 537, 563, 573. 
 
 , , memorial of, 507. 
 
 , , an oath taken by, 506. 
 
 , , called Doctor Newton, 506. 
 
 , , his salary, &c., 519. 
 
 New York, 82, 118, 169, 225, 3o9, 332, 336, 
 447 (2), 484 (3). 
 
 , , without a governor, 169. 
 
 , chapel, furniture for the, 352. 
 
 , the governor and council there, 
 
 223 (2). 
 
 , receiver of, 269. 
 
 , woods, proposed survey of, 203. 
 
 Nicholson, Col., lieut.-governor of Virginia, 
 245. 
 
 , Col. [Francis], governor of Mary- 
 land, 3J4, 385. 
 
 Noades, John, late surgeon of the first regi- 
 ment of guards, petition of, 291. 
 
 Noell, Edw., 81, 88, 90, 91, 279. 
 
 , Mr. Edw., secretary to the Com" of 
 
 Excise, 173. 
 
 Noel, John, Esq., mortgagor of the Marquis of 
 Powis' lands, 280. 
 
 Nonsuch, the, frigate, 63. 
 
 , the capture by the, of two French 
 
 men-of-war, 64. 
 
 Noortwick, Cornelius, petition of, 246. 
 
 NorclifFe, Benjamin, jun., Esq., petition of, 
 373. 
 
 Nore, the buoy of the, 258. 
 
 Norfolk, 23, 75, 111,431. 
 
 , the Duke of, 45, 88, 510. 
 
 , , the pension of, memorial, 287 
 
 (2). 
 
 Norrington, Mr., 328. 
 
 Northamptonshire, the auditor for, 264. 
 
 Northampton, Co., 351, 364, 419, 451. 
 
 , the sheriff of, 181. 
 
 , town of, timber for, 427. 
 
 , George, Earl of, 32. 
 
 , , his father, constable of the 
 
 Tower, 32. 
 
 Northcott, Col., his regiment for Jamaica, 
 398. 
 
 Northey, Edw., counsel, 316, 537. 
 
 , , says it is not derelict land un- 
 less the sea flows and reflows every 
 tide, 538. 
 
 North Foreland, 381. 
 
 North, Henry, Esq., 394. 
 
 Northumberland, 90, 100, 106 (2), 5S7. 
 
 , George, Earl and Duke of, natural 
 
 son of King Charles II., 32. 
 
 , the ship, smuggled goods found on a 
 
 hired ketch of, 234. 
 
 Norton, John, of London, merchant, 441. 
 Norway, 347, 386, 422, 526. 
 
 deals, 131. 
 
 Norwich, HI, 165. 
 
 , letter dated at, 541. 
 
 , the mayor, &e. of, (Mint), 510. 
 
 , merchants at, 531. 
 
 , niint to be set up there, 510, 518, 522. 
 
 , the new money, &e. there, 541. 
 
 , the revenues of the bishopric of, 21 
 
GENERAL INDEX. 
 
 635 
 
 Norwich, their Majesties' sliip, 452. 
 
 Nottingham, co. of, 151, 3G9, 388, 417. 
 
 , the Earl of, 54, 85, 90, 04, 96, 
 
 115, 117, 118 (2), 131, 140, 189, 192, 
 205, 227, 233, 241, 245 (2), 2G5, 27G, 
 278,288,297, 298, 299, 300, 303(2), 
 310 (2), 316 (2), 324, 325 (3). 
 
 NoTa Scotia, proposed survey of woods there, 
 203. 
 
 Nowell, Thomas, gent, of, Dover, 539. 
 
 Nugent, Christopher, of Dardistowne, co. 
 Westmeath, forfeited estate of, 492 . 
 
 , Sir John, of Taghmon, co. West- 
 meath, forfeited estate, 491. 
 
 , Col. Richard, brother of Sir John, 
 
 forfeited estate of, 492. 
 
 *' Nummorum Famulus" inscription on the 
 coin, 79. 
 
 Nunnington, York, the manor of, seized by 
 the attainder of Viscount Freston, 212. 
 
 Nurses, 325. 
 
 inlanders, 428. 
 
 Nutmegs, 83. 
 
 0. 
 
 Oakehampton, the honour of, 424, 
 
 Oakley, 264. 
 
 Oak timber, 499. 
 
 , the dealers in, refused to make 
 
 tenders, to the Com' at Portsmouth, 
 557. 
 
 Oaks, stubbed up, 170. 
 
 Oath, enjoined on the officers of customs, 424. 
 
 Oaths and test, 16, 38, 190. 
 
 Oatland, the manor of, office of bailiff and 
 collector, 33. 
 
 Oatlands, their Majesties' tenants at, as to 
 tithes in kind, 243. 
 
 Oats, 173, 183, 198, 264, 268. 
 
 Oberkan, the Seignieur d', 276. 
 
 , Col., 344. 
 
 , Madame D', money due to her hus- 
 band, 344. 
 
 O'Bryen, Manus, or Obrien, Manas, brought 
 intelligence of Sarsfield's design on the 
 cannon coming to Limerick, petitions 
 of, 430 (2). 
 
 Observator sloop, employed to prevent the ex- 
 portation of wool on the coast of Kent, 
 48. 
 
 O'Conner, Hugh, of Bainntohber (Ireland), 
 410. 
 
 O'Donnell, Major Donnell, 317. 
 
 Odyke, see Van Odyke. 
 
 Officers (army), demands of, 32, 150. 
 
 , their discontent, 86, 103. 
 
 OfiBey, Thomas, Esq., grant for recovery of 
 goods from wrecks, &e., 398. 
 
 ) , the claim of, as lord of the 
 
 manor, to wine saved from a ship at 
 Bcachy, petition of, 515. 
 
 Offlow, the hundred of, co. Stafford, 89, 351. 
 
 Off reckonings (army), 32, 175,216, 244, 285, 
 286, 358, 359, 371, 381, 387, 390, 412 
 (2), 414, 426, 443 (2), 487, 511. 
 
 Ogle, Sir Thomas, governor of Chelsea Hos- 
 pital, petition of, 146. 
 
 Oil condemned as prize, 564. 
 
 , Portugal, 244. 
 
 Oils of various kinds, 70, 140, 141, 326. 
 
 Okeover, Captain Humphry, 155 (2). 
 
 , Humphry, and others, petition of, 405. 
 
 , Sarah, 405. 
 
 Old Bayly or Bailey, the, 329, 436, 536, 557. 
 
 Oldtowne (Ireland), 473. 
 
 Oliver, Jlr. 87. 
 
 Oporto, mention of, 247. 
 
 Orange, the Prince of, reference to, 61, 81, 
 124, 149, 169, 311. 
 
 , , the interest of, in Ireland, 376. 
 
 , , the landing of, 412. 
 
 Orchard, Mr. Charles, customer and collector 
 
 of the port of Exeter, petition of, 34. 
 , Charles, customer [(?) Exeter], 559 
 
 (*)■ 
 
 , Elizabeth, widow of Henry Orchard, 
 
 late carpenter's mate of the ship Jersey, 
 petition of, 164. 
 
 Order, royal, 16. 
 
 Ordnance, 88, 124, 190, 196, 202. 
 Memorials, &c., — 
 
 , the land service, 368. 
 
 , had received but 59,500/. out of 
 
 210,000/. allowed them, 370. 
 
 , , had used all the arts and contri- 
 vances to prevail on the poor people to 
 trust them, 370. 
 
 , thesea service,371. 
 
 , the gunniakers had received but 
 
 16,000/. out of 30,000/., were made 
 prisoners, &c., 375, 376. 
 
 ,500/. a week renewed to the gunmakers, 
 
 10,000/. part of their arrears not ordered, 
 and they could not proceed in the 
 King's service, 379. 
 
 , arrears of land and sea service, &c., 
 
 387. 
 
 , necessities of the office, the artificers 
 
 received as ready money 20,000/. in 
 tallies ; miserable condition of the gun- 
 makers ; a small chiding .and a round 
 sum woidd please, 388. 
 
 , arrears of land service, 73,626/., and 
 
 sea service, 50,165/. 13.s. 4t/. ; the 
 20,000/. tallies on the land tax worth 
 nothing, &c., request of 5,000/. for the 
 gunmakers, .391. 
 
 , they had nothing but weekly distri- 
 butions from hand to mouth, &c., 391. 
 
636 
 
 GENERAL INDEX. 
 
 Ordnance — cont. 
 
 , less than 50,000/. would not exti'jcate 
 
 them ; the artificers utterly ruined, &c., 
 
 .393. 
 , the gunsmiths, money for the deht, 
 
 &c., 395. 
 , arrears for land service pressed for, 
 
 1 ,400/. due on Mr. BomhoTer's account 
 
 for arms bought in Holland, &c., 397. 
 
 , the deplorable state of the office, 401. 
 
 , the artificers, &c. had supplied stores 
 
 at cheaper rates than ever known, and 
 had to accept talhes on the Excise and 
 Customs ; the tallies of no use, 418. 
 
 , the exigencies of the office, the use- 
 
 ' lessness of the talUes ; 500/, asked 
 weekly for the gunmakers ; 13,600/. 
 due to Sir Joseph Heme, &c., 424. 
 
 , 44,000/. for land service, 432. 
 
 ,133,999/. 3.S. If/, arrears; the tallies 
 
 upon the poll for, 70,1G3/. 3s. id. use- 
 less, 445. 
 
 , the artificers apply for money for the 
 
 tallies or for better ones, clamour about 
 the same, 448. 
 
 , tallies or money for land service, for 
 
 the train in Flanders, and expeditions 
 to sea, 2 per cent, on the 50,000/. tallies, 
 450. 
 
 , the Com" of, 194,250, 268, 287. 
 
 ,see also Patronage. 
 
 the Com" or Board of, reports, memo- 
 rials, &c. of, 304, 317, 324, 331, 400 
 (2), 436. 
 
 , powder removed irom Green- 
 wich House and the laboratory to 
 Gravesend and Tilbury, a new powder 
 house and wharf, 392. 
 
 estimates, 404, 446. 
 
 , export of 200 pieces of, to Holland 
 
 (Customs), 407. 
 
 , lieutenant-general of, 149, 
 
 , the master-general of the, 356. 
 
 .Office of, 7, 162, 175(2), 194, 286,294, 
 
 366, 406, 504, 514, 545. 
 
 , , see also Ireland. 
 
 , , necessitous condition of, 346. 
 
 , , a house for, at Portsmouth, 379. 
 
 , officers of, 46, 162, 174, 196, 216,227, 
 
 245, 284, 287, 292, 311, 346, 348, 350, 
 366 (2), 368, 370,372, 376, 386 (3), 
 387,390, 395, 404, 411,432, 445 (2), 
 448 (2), 456, 457, 459, 478, 549. 
 
 , , memorials of, 289, 354, 359, 370, 
 
 390. 
 
 , , they feared the total destrucliou 
 
 of the credit of the office, 290. 
 
 , , petition for exemption from taxes 
 
 on their salaries, 356, 389. 
 
 , the principal officers of the, 22,35, 
 
 110, 111, 141 (3), 149, 150,379. 
 
 and stores of war, 300, 328, 427. 
 
 Ordnance — cont. 
 
 stores for Jamaica, 386. 
 
 , quarterly payments to, two years in 
 
 arrear, 289. 
 
 , tallies, 539. 
 
 , treasurer of, 7, 190, 251. 
 
 , treasurer and paymaster of the, 184, 
 
 551. 
 , the treasurer and treasury of the, 361, 
 
 372. 
 Orkney, the Earl of, 334. 
 Ormond, the Duke of, 209, 354. 
 
 , , petition of, 498. 
 
 , , Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, 5. 
 
 Orrery, Earl of, 4. 
 
 Osborn, Charles, a trustee of the Earl of 
 
 Danby, 50. 
 
 , Sir John, Bart., the memorial of, H . 
 
 Osborne, Charles, Esq. (brother of the Mar- 
 quess of Carmarthen), a burgess of 
 
 Hull, 108. 
 Osborne [ ], grant to, 316. 
 
 O'Shaghnassy, Koger, attainted for high trea- 
 son, the lands of, 381. 
 Osmontown, Dublin, chapel built by the 
 
 Jesuits at, 571. 
 Ossery, the Earl of, 164. 
 Ossory, Upper, Bamaby, Baron of, petition for 
 
 reversal of outlawry, 435. 
 Ossulston, John, Lord, petition of, 84. 
 Ostend, 171, 173, 189, 213, 223 (2), 226, 257 
 
 (3), 260, 264, 268, 289. 
 Otes, Samuel, 10. 
 
 , Titus, D.D., 10 (2). 
 
 Otford, the honour of, 133. 
 
 Ousy land, 128. 
 
 Outlawries, 350. 
 
 Outlaws for high treason, 337. 
 
 Overquerque, Monsieui-, his lady, family, and 
 
 goods, 87. 
 Overton, Mr. Benj., (Mut), 234, 285, 299, 
 
 305 (2), 329, 432. 
 Benj., Esq., warden of the Mint, 421, 
 
 536. 
 
 ) aCom'of Customs, &c., petition 
 
 of, 482. 
 
 > , petitions for the cost of his 
 
 patent to be allowed, 501. 
 
 , Mr., to prosecute clippers, 445. 
 
 ) Robert, son of Benjamin, 482. 
 
 Owen, Richard, merchant, petition of, (Cus- 
 toms), 503. 
 
 ,Mr., 634. 
 
 Owlers, 147, 148. 
 
 Oxford, 99 (2), 198. 
 
 , the rendition of, 155. 
 
 , the Earl of, memorial of, 301. 
 
 1 , regunent of, 158, 241. 
 
 • > , petition of officers of, 
 
 397. 
 
GENERAL INDEX. 
 
 637 
 
 Packer, Mr. John, 133. 
 
 , John, 480. 
 
 , Philip, Esq., paymaster of the works, 
 
 20. 
 Packet boats, 128, 534. 
 
 , between England and Ireland, 
 
 307. 
 Packs, search of, 4. 
 Padstow, 242 {2), 28.'5. 
 
 , the Francis, of, 79. 
 
 Paggen, Mr. Peter, 361. 
 
 Paige, Col. Nicholas, owner of the ketch 
 
 Salisbury, petition of, 197. 
 Paintings, 160. .See also Pictures. 
 Palace Yard, 130. 
 Palermatan, the ship, 335. 
 Palmer condemned for clipping in 1688, 234. 
 
 ,Mr. EUa, 22 (3), 28. 
 
 , Major, 407. 
 
 , Eenatus, petition of, 111. 
 
 , WilHam, of Dublin, gent., petition of, 
 
 342. 
 
 , Mr. William, petitions for lands in 
 
 Ireland, 544. 
 , W., deputy clerk of the Privy Council, 
 
 557. 
 Pamphilon, Edw., convicted at Norfolk assizes, 
 
 573. 
 Pansford, or Paunoefort, Mr. Edward, 319. 
 
 , Mr. Tracy, 426. 
 
 Paper, &e.. Com" for the duties on, 369, 
 
 405. 
 
 duty, 334, 335, 359, 369, 405, 416. 
 
 Office, 561. 
 
 Papiilon, Mr., 88. 
 
 , Thomas, M.P. for Dover, 117. 
 
 , , and others, petition of, 373. 
 
 Papin, reformed lieutenant in Col. la Melonier's 
 
 regiment, 209. 
 Papists, 39 (2), 59, 96 (3), 147, 159 (2), 257. 
 
 , the designs of, 335. 
 
 Parchment, duty on, 334, 335, 405. 
 Paris, 15, 99. 
 
 , the mint there, 53. 
 
 , letter dated at, 246. 
 
 Parke, Nicholas, a King's waiter in the port of 
 London, petition of, 366. 
 
 Parker, Consul, expresses sent to Madrid, 406. 
 
 , Mr. George, of Boringdon, co. Devon, 
 
 petition of, &c., 435, 436. 
 , Mr. Wyke, executed at Exeter for 
 
 murder, the estate of, 435, 436 (2). 
 Park-lands, 187. 
 Parle, Ni[cholas], 385. 
 Parliament, 35, 70, 83, 113, 138, 151, 158 (2), 
 
 186, 196, 291 (2), 324, 336, 346, 404, 
 
 462, 523. 
 
 Parliament — cont, 
 
 , Acts of, 318, 328 (2), 331, 338, 342, 
 
 345, 348, 357, 372, 374, 377, 385, 400, 
 
 414, 505, 543, 557. 
 
 , Act of, sought, 208. 
 
 commission for the continuance of, 5. 
 
 , committee of, (for accounts), 145, 
 
 in England, the Com" of, 228. 
 
 , Houses of, 10. 
 
 , members of the Houses of, 281, 447, 
 
 572. 
 
 , see Ireland and Tinners. 
 
 Parliamentary survey, the, 163. 
 Parry, Charles, gent., petition of, 153. 
 , Erancis, Esq., to be an adjunct Com^ 
 
 of Excise, 123. 
 
 , Mr. George, solicitor of Excise, 45 (2). 
 
 Parsons, Anthony, auditor for the county of 
 
 Wilts, 361. 
 
 , Col., a land surveyor in the port of 
 
 London, 60. 
 , Sir Lawi'ence, Bart., petition of, 469 
 
 (2). 
 
 , Major Robert, memorial of, 401. 
 
 , Col. William, 126. 
 
 , William, Esq., petition of, (Customs), 
 
 380. 
 Paston, Thomas, Esq., 175 
 Patent customers, 131. 
 , , to subscribe "the Instrument," 
 
 131. 
 officers (that is, officers appointed by 
 
 patent), 126 (2), 148, 318, 338, 356. 
 , allowance to deputies, memorial, 
 
 15. 
 
 , passing a, 200/. for, 501. 
 
 writers (Customs), 150. 
 
 Patrickson, Richard, Esq., petition of, 146. 
 Patronage claimed by Com" of Ordnance, 268, 
 
 269, 
 Pauls, church of, coal duty for, 462. 
 Pauncefort, E., 244. 
 , Tracy, and partners, army clothiers, 
 
 petition of, 206. 
 , , memorial of, (hospitals, &c.), 
 
 291. 
 Pavilions, &c., the accounts of, 16. 
 Paving, 135. 
 
 Pawlett, the Lord William, receiver of revenue 
 
 of Green Wax, memorials of, 187, 218 
 
 (4), 219. 
 I Mr., a gallery keeper at Whitehall, 
 
 320. 
 Pay, the amount of, 4, 5. 
 .arrears of, 397 (2), 398, 498, 500, 
 
 502, 508, 509, 524, 544. 
 
 books, 403. 
 
 , navy, 401. 
 
 Paymaster, accounts and papers of the, 273. 
 
 of the forces, 16, 109. 
 
 , see Works. 
 
 Payne, Dr., petition of. 111. 
 
638 
 
 GENERAL INDEX. 
 
 Payne, John, Her Majesty's collector inMary- 
 land, murdered, 111. 
 
 , John, commander of the ship Ben- 
 jamin, petition of, 143. 
 
 , Richard, (Customs), 318. 
 
 Peace, apprehensions of, 573. 
 
 , the clerks of the, 30.'j. 
 
 Pearlashes, 294. 
 
 , entered as potashes, 207. 
 
 , of the growth and manufacture of 
 
 Germany, 207. 
 
 Pearse, James, surgeon, petition of, 185. 
 
 , Richard, under searcher of the port 
 
 of London, 44. 
 
 Pehhle court, the 110. 
 
 Pechhara, estate of Sir Henry Bond at, 430. 
 
 Pecock, Nathaniel, petition of, 190. 
 
 Peddar, Capt., commander of the Swift, 273. 
 
 Pedlars, vagrant, 4. 
 
 Peele, Maiy, widow of AVilliam Peele, petition 
 of, 374. 
 
 Peel, Jan., master of the ship Town of Os- 
 tend, petition of, 140. 
 
 Peers, Charles, of London, merchant, 320. 
 
 , pension for support of, 119. 
 
 , the House of, 454. 
 
 Peirce, Capt. Alexander, petition of, 1C4. 
 
 , Lieut.-Col., memorial of, 187. 
 
 Peirs [or Peirce], Edward, and three other 
 East India seamen, \vitnesses as to 
 prizes, 196. 
 
 , petition of, 197. 
 
 Peirce, Martha, wife of .John Peirce, eldest 
 sergeant in Capt. John Hawkins' com- 
 pany, who died in Ireland, petition of, 
 291. 
 
 , Richard, one of the five under searchers 
 
 in tlie port of London, petition of, 405, 
 
 Peirson, John, of Malton, co. York, gent., peti- 
 tion of, 153. 
 
 Pelhara, Henry, Esq., 341. 
 
 Pellara, Mr., at Oxford, 198. 
 
 Pell Office, Exchequer, 341, 554. 
 
 Pells, the clerk of the, 337, 494. 
 
 Pemhroke, 244. 
 
 Penal statutes against dissenters, 1C8. 
 
 Pendennis Castle, 34. 
 
 ..... and ground surveyed and mapped hy 
 
 Mr. Travers, 364. 
 
 Pendergrast, 2,000/. to, 511. 
 
 Penn, co. Buckingham, 272. 
 
 Penne, Dorothy, widow, petition of, 377. 
 
 Pennell, William, master of a ketch, petition 
 of, 268. 
 
 Pennington, Thomas, 71. 
 
 , , gent. King's waiter (Customs), 
 
 petitions of, &c., 309, 383. 
 
 Penreth, lands concealed from the Crown in 
 
 the honour of, 292. 
 Penryn, 34, 524. 
 
 Pension of 500/. a year for preservation of 
 
 King Charles II. after the battle of 
 
 Worcester, 438. 
 Pensions, 8 (2), 90, 119, 128, 134,152, 155 
 
 (2), 100, 162, 103, 172, 192, 193, 207, 
 
 257, 273, 276, 282, 287, 301 (2), 811, 
 
 319, 339, 369, 377, 384, 396, 411, 415, 
 
 434,467,479,481 (2), 485, 503, 520, 
 
 532, 535, 551. 
 
 to reformed Prench officers, 192. 
 
 Pensioners, Erench, 392. 
 
 in the pay of France, 298. 
 
 Pennsylvania, 348, 354, 402, 484. 
 Penteney, Matthew, 221. 
 Penwith, 101. 
 Penzance, 185. 
 
 , port of, collector of, 39. 
 
 Pepper (Customs regulations about), 283.' 
 , entered inwards and re-shippcd for 
 
 Leghorn, 226. 
 
 imported, &c., 334, 410. 
 
 Percivall, John, Esq., governor of hospitals in 
 
 Ireland, debts to, petition of, 271. 
 Pereira, .John, (Customs), 450. 
 Pereyra, Isaac (provisions for forces), 318, 3S1. 
 
 , a person of that name, 498. 
 
 Perpetuanos, 264. 
 
 Perquisites of officers of the port of Loudon, 
 
 424. 
 Perrot, North, advowson of, 15. 
 Perry, John, Esq., merchant, part owner of a 
 
 ship taken up as a guard ship by the 
 
 Council of Jamaica, petition of, 288. 
 
 , Micaiah, memorial of, (Customs), 458. 
 
 , Mr,, Virginia tobacco merchant, and 
 
 others, petition of, 290. 
 Perse, Martin, gent., executor of John Chud- 
 
 leigh, a purser, petition of, 198. 
 Persian silk, see Silk. 
 Peter, John, collector of customs at Looe, 
 
 dismissed, 282. 
 Peterborough, the revenues of the bishopric 
 
 of, 210. 
 Peterman, Roth, a King's waiter in the port 
 
 of London, petition of, 361. 
 
 Petersham, petition of the inhabitants of, 187. 
 Petre, Robert and Richard, Romish priests, 
 
 the estate of at Stanford Rivers (Essex) 
 
 attainted, 290. 
 
 Pett, Samel, Esq., petition of, as to marsh land 
 in the Isle of Thanet, 293. 
 
 Petty, Mr., lands in the co. of Kerry, 490. 
 
 , SirAViUiam, 118,491. 
 
 Petty Bag, 537. 
 
 Office, clerk of the, 153. 
 
 Pevensey, Sussex, 49. 
 
 Peyton, Sir .lohn, the regiment of, 361. 
 
 Phelips, John, Esq., one of the seven auditors 
 of the revenue, petition of, 415. 
 
 Phellystowne, lands in, co. Meath, 492. 
 
 Philip, the, mail packet seized, 128. 
 
GENERAL INDEX. 
 
 639 
 
 Phillip, Robert, Esq., a gentleman of the bed- 
 chamber, 394 (3). 
 
 Phillipps, John, collector of excise (Middle- 
 sex), robbed betweenEnfield andLondon 
 of the excise money, petition of, 288. 
 
 ,Mr., DaTJd, of Bristol, 330,331. 
 
 Phillips, Captam, second engineer of the miners 
 dismissed, by Duke Schomberg, 243. 
 
 , , put Portsmouth into a state of 
 
 defence, 245, 
 
 , George, Esq., his estate in London- 
 derry mortgaged, petition of, 262. 
 
 , Nathaniel, gent., 570. 
 
 , William, owner of a ship, petition of, 
 
 313. 
 
 Phillipstown, in Ireland, 405. 
 
 Philpot, Edward, citizen and press maker of 
 London, petition of 232. 
 
 Phippard, William, petition of, (hire of a ship), 
 446. 
 
 Phipps, Sir William, 214. 
 
 Phoenix brewhouse, Minories, St. Botolph's, 
 Aldgate, 570. 
 
 Phoenbc Park, 433. 
 
 Physicians, 291, 312. 
 
 Pictures delivered by the King's limner, 7. 
 
 , Indian, 469. 
 
 Piedmont, 276, 456, 463. 
 
 , Duke Schomberg there, 222. 
 
 Pierce, a mason, 87. 
 
 and others, 1,000/. to, 511. 
 
 Pierre, see Stone. 
 
 Pigeon, Charles, 163. 
 
 , D., deputy auditor, 266. 
 
 Pigott, Mr., a surveyor of laudwaiters, 59, CO 
 (2), 63. 
 
 Pillory, the, 207. 
 
 Pilotage, 258. 
 
 Pinfold, Thomas, 140. 
 
 Pipe, the clerk of the, 343, 451. 
 
 , the deputy clerk of the, 218. 
 
 Pipe staves, 104. 
 
 Piper, Sir Hugh, Kt., 163. 
 
 Pipewell, the estate of Lord Powys, valued by 
 Mr. Travers, 364. 
 
 Abbey, 264. 
 
 Pirate, an English, 68. 
 
 Pirates, the goods of, 155. ; 
 
 Pitch, 505. 
 
 Pitches, Lambert, his salary as a tide sur- 
 veyor at Leigh, 556. 
 
 Pitt, Thomas, memorial of, 171. 
 
 , ,Esq., 321. 
 
 Fix, the, 518. 
 
 Plague, the fear of infection from the, 430. 
 
 Plans of Scotland Yard, 110. 
 
 Plantation accounts, 534. 
 
 trade, laws as to the, 418. 
 
 Plantations, tbe, 166, 249. 
 
 , , how to render them more bene- 
 ficial, 203. 
 
 Plantations— cont. 
 
 , the committee of, 56. 
 
 , commodities or goods of, 297, 528. 
 
 (duties), 338. 
 
 , Enghsh, in Ireland, 4. 
 
 , English, (Customs), 458. 
 
 , the King's duty in the, 484. 
 
 , see Trade. 
 
 Plastrier, Mr. li. L., a merchant, 49. 
 
 Plate, 155, 177, 543. 
 
 to be coined, money insufficient, 505, 
 
 507. 
 
 , ordered by the Act to be melted into 
 
 ingots, 505. 
 
 , Sd. an ounce recompense for bringing 
 
 in, 533. 
 
 , 5s. 2d. an ounce, 538. 
 
 , utensils of, 139. 
 
 Plater, George, (Maryland), 385,409, 449 (3). 
 
 Plau, Mons. le, (the famous Mons. le Plau), 
 the surveyor of the Een Level in Lin- 
 colnshire, 253. 
 
 Players, Sir Thomas, 343. 
 
 Pley, George, deceased, lately riding surveyor 
 in the co. of Dorset, 112. 
 
 Plimpton, the honour of, 424. 
 
 Plowden, Francis, Esq., outlawed for treason, 
 304 (2). 
 
 , Elizabeth, 303, 304. 
 
 , Richard, 304. 
 
 Plymouth, mention of, 27, 30, 31, 34, 41, 55, 
 63, 70, 120, 121, 165, 107, 213, 224, 
 225, 238, 257, 294, 324, 326, 333, 338, 
 339, 354, 372, 380, 384, 394, 399, 404, 
 410, 476, 508, 515, 522, 529, 559. 
 
 the citadel of, gun wharf, &c. there, 
 
 331. 
 Danish troops put in, for provisions, 
 
 223, 226. 
 
 deputy governor of, 03. 
 
 , the garrison at, 311 (3). 
 
 , the Lambhay near the citadel of, 200. 
 
 , petition of the mayor, &c. of, 539. 
 
 , a new prison at, 463. 
 
 , searcher of, 53, 54, 57, 129, 211. 
 
 Podmore, Arthur, and another, petitions of, 
 
 425, 506. 
 Poll Act, 90, 105, 109, 124, 271 (2), 337. 
 
 additional, and review, 106. 
 
 money, 45, 250. 
 
 , the quarterly, &c., 292, 293, 317, 340 
 
 (2), 368 (2), 369 (2), 381. 
 
 tax, 49, 58, 179, 189, 216. 
 
 Pollard, Major Anthony, petition of, &c., 
 155 (2). 
 
 , Mr. AVilliam, 63. 
 
 Poltney, Mr., (derelict lands), 537. 
 Pont Chartrain, Mons. de, 248. 
 
 Pontelli, reformed lieutenant in Col. la Melo-, 
 nier's regiment, 209. 
 
 S S 
 
640 
 
 GENERAL INDEX. 
 
 Pool or Poole, the port of, 103, 112. 
 
 , an officer at the port of, contrives the 
 
 escape of Irishmen who were in the 
 Isle of Wight, 36. 
 
 , letter dated at, 35. 
 
 , Mr., a witness as to derelict lands, 538. 
 
 , , the Synopsis of, 290. 
 
 Poole, Lady, relict of Sir William Poole, col- 
 lector of Bristol, 165. 
 
 , Sir WiUiam, late collector of Bristol, 
 
 61, 124. 
 Poor's rate, distress for, 122. 
 Pope, Michael, merchant, and another, petition 
 
 of, 137. 
 Popery, 43. 
 
 , the designs of, 40. 
 
 Popish estates, 359, 372. 
 
 , commission of inquiry for Yorkshire 
 
 and Lincolnshire sought for, 372. 
 Poplar, 157. 
 Popple, Mr., 534. 
 
 Population of London and Westminster one- 
 fifth of all England, 152. 
 " Portabello," 44. 
 
 Portello, Isaac, of London, merchant (Cus- 
 toms), petition of, 440. 
 Porter, Lord Chancellor, (Ii'eland), 354. 
 
 Sir Charles, 19. 
 
 Portington, Mary, kept a nunnery in St. Mar- 
 tin's Lane, 371. 
 Portland, [William], Earl of, 131, 258,281, 
 437, 454 (2). 
 
 , , the regiment of, 223. 
 
 , tallies for, upon the secret ser- 
 vice to make good the late bounty to, 
 542. 
 
 , , superintendent of the gardens, 
 
 503. 
 
 , Lady, her miserable low state, &c., 
 
 42. 
 
 , the Island of, petition, &c. of the 
 
 inhabitants of, 328. 
 (CO. Dorset), the manor of, 328. 
 
 Portlester, manor of, (co. Meath, Ireland), 
 321 (2). 
 
 the castle, 321 
 
 Portpatrick (Scotland), 308. 
 
 Portraits of their Majesties on the coin, 79. 
 
 Port Royal, Jamaica, 320. 
 
 .M , destruction of the fortifications there, 
 
 288. 
 
 Ports, the out>visitation of, 59. 
 
 , surveyor general of, 40. 
 
 , the western, visitation of, 63, 126. 
 
 Portsmouth, mention of, 7, 134, 208, 223, 226, 
 239,257, 258 (2), 259, 283, 294,295, 
 296, 297, 301, 325, 333, 339, 368, 371, 
 379, 384, 385, 491, 497, 499 (2), 508, 
 529, 542 (3). 
 
 , the brewers at, 555. 
 
 [dock]yard, 560. 
 
 , the Earl of Bath's regiment there, 20. 
 
 , the I'rench on the coast of, 245. 
 
 Portsmouth, the growth of, 554. 
 
 , the works likely to be at a stand, 
 
 557,558. 
 Portugal, 139, 244, 440, 470. 
 
 , envoy extraordinary to, 207 , 288. 
 
 , the King of, 282. 
 
 merchants, 70. 
 
 Postage, a halfpenny charged on each letter 
 beyond the, 202. 
 
 , application of the profits of, between 
 
 Berwick and Edinburgh, 284. 
 Post from Exeter to Bristol, 554. 
 Post fines, 25, 97, 520 (2), 521. 
 Postmaster General, 307, 441, 462, 554. 
 Post Ofiice, 55 (2), 178 (2), 230, 250. 
 
 , auditor general of, 369. 
 
 , the dues to be paid to the secretaries, 
 
 284. 
 
 , English, 461. 
 
 , General, 281. 
 
 , , clerks of the, 421. 
 
 , the governors of, 295. 
 
 , the illegal and evil practices of, 574. 
 
 , the, in Ireland, 223, 411, 461. 
 
 , pension from the, 535. 
 
 , regulations as to fi'ee letters and 
 
 packets, &c., 281. 
 , other regulations for members of Par- 
 liament, 281. 
 
 , tallies on the, 480. 
 
 Poston, Timothy, of London, merchant, 282. 
 Potashes, 56, 191, 207, 212. 
 
 ..., customs on, 132, 134, 378, 382. 
 
 Potash farm, the, 219. 
 
 Potter, Thomas, (armv clothier), petitions of, 
 
 &c., 104, 109, 176. 
 Potters, the, or potmakers and pot sellers, 418. 
 Pottinger, Mr. Thomas, merchant [agent for 
 
 prizes at Belfast], 260. 
 
 , , petition of, 343. 
 
 Poulteney, Sir William, 490. 
 
 Poultry Counter, 311. 
 
 Poundage, payment by, 162. 
 
 Povey, John, 266 (2), 385, 386 (2), 388 (2), 
 
 391,393,395 (2), 402. 
 , Mr. John, (Trade and Plantations), 
 
 456, 459. 
 , Richard, " receiver " (sick and 
 
 wounded), 277. 
 , Thomas, master of requests, petition 
 
 of, 76. 
 Powder, 55,56, 184, 549. 
 
 , magazine for, 392. 
 
 makers, 459 (2), 460 (4). 
 
 , complaint of, frivolous, 460. | 
 
 , stores of, and powder mills, 251. 
 
 Powell, Charles, sworn in as musician in ordi- 
 nary, 24. 
 Power, "one" who was in France, 489. 
 Powis, the Earl of, 429. 
 , Richard, gent, 332. 
 
GENERAL INDEX. 
 
 641 
 
 Powis, Mr. Richard, at the Treasury Chamber, 
 567. 
 
 [William], Marquis of, commission of 
 
 inquiry into the estates of, 129. 
 
 , , [attainted], the lands and es- 
 tates of, 264, 314, 322, 364, 375. 
 
 , the Northamptonshire estate of, 
 
 trial respecting, 235. 
 
 inquisition on, 240. 
 
 , his lands in Montgomeryshire, 
 
 280. 
 
 , Sir Thomas, attorney-general, 51. 
 
 , counsel, 456, 489, 537. 
 
 Powle, H., speaker [of the House of Com- 
 mons], 116. 
 
 Powlet or Pawlet, Lord WUham, petition of, 
 58, 66. 
 
 Pratt, Mr., [counsel], 520. 
 
 Prayer books, common, 352, 470. 
 
 Preaching contrary to the usages of the Church 
 of England, fine for, 11. 
 
 Presents to foreign ministers, 6. 
 
 Prestallyn, co. Flint, hundred of, lead and 
 coal mines in, 242. 
 
 Preston, Viscount or Lord, the estate of, 154, 
 212, 252. 
 
 , , in Cumberland, 421. 
 
 , , inquisition on, 240. 
 
 , , forfeited, 334. 
 
 , , attainted of high treason, 414. 
 
 , Sir Thomas, estate of, 10. 
 
 Price, Mrs. Alice, wife of Thomas Price, de- 
 puty postmaster at Stourbridge (Wor- 
 cestershire), who carried letters from 
 thence to Cosell [ ?Coleshill] (War- 
 wickshire), petition of, 202. 
 
 , Captain, 185. 
 
 , Sir Carberry, the mine of, in Wales, 
 
 experiment on the ore from, 228. 
 
 , Edward, 245. 
 
 , Henry, petition of, 322. 
 
 , Mr., 437. 
 
 , Mr. A., one of the patent waiters of 
 
 the port of London, 71. 
 
 , Eichard, executor of Ambrose Thel- 
 
 well, collector of excise in Hertford 
 and Bedford, petition of, 251. 
 
 , Thomas, the estate of, 165. 
 
 , Mr. Thomas, the estate of, in Newport, 
 
 228. 
 
 , Thomas, of London, goldsmith, ab- 
 sconded with moneys of King James II., 
 277. 
 
 Prideaux, Edmund, Esq., and another, petitions 
 of, 256, 420. 
 
 Priests and Jesuits estates, 10,345, 359, 362. 
 
 Prisoners, 128, 153, 321, 330, 421, 507. 
 
 , charges for keeping, 378, 380 (2), 
 
 402. 
 
 in Chester Castle, 59. 
 
 , theirnames, 6rf. a day allowed 
 
 them, 46. 
 
 ,.., , EngHsh, in France, 247. 
 
 Prisoners — cant. 
 
 , French, at Seaford and Rye, 49, 
 
 , , in the Hamoaze, 64. 
 
 , Irish, 313. 
 
 , in the gaol at Haverfordwest, 91. 
 
 ,at St. Malo, 121. 
 
 , removing, 520. 
 
 of war, incident charges of, 8. 
 
 , see Sick and wounded and Savoy. 
 
 Pritchard, Susan, relict of Rice Pritchard, col- 
 lector of hearth money in Wales, peti- 
 tion of, 307. 
 
 , Sir Wilham, to recover certain guns 
 
 sunk, 365,366. 
 
 Privateer, a, equipping at Shoreham, 105. 
 
 , Dutch, 467. 
 
 , French, 313, 317, 340, 409,467. 
 
 Privateers, 149, 242 (6), 243 (2), 296, 338, 
 
 400, 423, 570. 
 
 , Act encouraging, 449, 550. 
 
 Privilege, breach of, 222, 475. 
 Privileges [of the tinners], 18. 
 Privy Chamber, the, 338. 
 
 Council, warrant fi-om, 1, 10. 
 
 ,43, 62, 185, 363, 533. 
 
 , the clerks of the, petition for tallies 
 
 for their salaries, 375. 
 
 the committee of, 565. 
 
 , the Lords of the, 250, 440. 
 
 gallery, 20, 110, 175. 
 
 Seals, 334, 479. 
 
 , docquets of, or abstracts of grants 
 
 &c., 209, 272,411, 568. 
 Seal, the Lord, the ofiicers under him 
 
 to be appointed, 522. 
 Prize goods, 414, 487, 506. 
 
 Office, 347, 519, 544, 556. 
 
 , the estabUshment of, 363. 
 
 ships, 78 (2), 169 (2), 185, 196, 320, 
 
 322, 326, 328, 331, 336, 339, 340, 343, 
 361, 384, 499, 550 (2), 559, 570. 
 
 vessels, 10s. a ton allowed to captors 
 
 of, 199. 
 
 Prizes, agent for, 323. 
 
 , Com" for, 78 (2), 84, 92, 103, 165, 
 
 169, 199, 217, 252, 267, 320, 322, 323, 
 338, 343, 345 (2), 363, 384, 400, 449, 
 470, 503, 515, 519, 523, 535, 550, 556 
 (2). 
 
 , , memorial of, 70. 
 
 , , goods and guns between decks 
 
 deUvered to, 400. 
 
 , , ofiicers under them whohadnot 
 
 signed the "Voluntary Association," 
 507. 
 
 , the principal Com' of, 150. 
 
 , French, 267, 345. 
 
 , ofiicers of, and prize goods, 165, 240, 
 
 266, 559. 
 
 Office of, the King's and Parliament's 
 
 demands on, 523. 
 
 , taken from the French ,516, 
 
 SS 2 
 
642 
 
 GENERAL INDEX. 
 
 Prizes and prize goods, 43, 64, 260. 
 
 , , seamea and officers uuwilling to 
 
 part -tvitli them, 43. 
 
 , receiver-geueral for, 113. 
 
 Probert, Mr. William, receiver-general of 
 hearth money iu North and South 
 Wales, 295. 
 Proclamation, 5, 83. 
 
 of the King and Queen, 40.5. 
 
 PrEe-emption of tin, 22. 
 
 Proger, Edward, Esq., keeper of the Middle 
 Park at Hampton Court, petition of, 
 418. 
 Prosecutions [Treasury], 129. 
 
 , expenses of, 223. 
 
 ,list of, 272. 
 
 at la\y, 341, 435. 
 
 , money for, 304,373. 
 
 Protestant, a, barbarously used, 566. 
 
 interest, see Ireland. 
 
 officers, 39. 
 
 religion, 96. 
 
 , friends of, 33. 
 
 , enemies of, 70. 
 
 Protestants, 36, 38, 41, 96 (2), 153, 191. 
 
 of Ireland, distressed, 72, 85, 107. 
 
 cause or interest, 334, 376. 
 
 , the Bean of Londonderry maintained 
 
 fifty men in defence of the, 415. 
 
 , distressed, 59, 147. 
 
 , French, 32(2), 185, 200, 204, 233. 
 
 See also French. 
 
 in Ireland, 247, 262. 
 
 , about 1,000, ships to cany from 
 
 Germany to Ireland, 346. 
 Prothoro, Lewis, a writer in the port of Lon- 
 don, petition of, 259. 
 Providence, the, pacquet or advice boat, 169. 
 Provisions, 5, 12, 77, 143 (2), 155 (4), 173 
 (3), 179, 180, 185 (2), 186, 189 (3), 
 204, 215, 237, 261, 268, 209, 310, 330, 
 353, 388 (2), 395, 397, 407, 447 (2), 
 472, 477, 497, 499, 547, 549, 552, 653. 
 
 for men at the Kore, 193. 
 
 , the price of, enhanced, 551. 
 
 , shipping, 8, 147. 
 
 , see Commissary. 
 
 Provost Marshal, 228. 
 
 , (horses seized for artillery, Ire- 
 land), 212. 
 Prunellos seized, 558. 
 
 Pulsars, the Marquis de, the regiment of, 498. 
 Pulteney, John, Esq., clerk of the Privy Coun- 
 cil in Ireland, petition of, 605. 
 Punter, Anthony, ship's carpenter, petition of, 
 
 313. 
 Purcell, Col., the regiment of, 212. 
 
 , Col. Toby, the regiment of, 280. 
 
 Purchase, William, bricklayer, 322. 
 
 Pursers, the, 500. 
 
 Pursuivants, fees to, 405. 
 
 Putney, petition of the inhabitants of, 187. 
 
 Puttuxaut, the district of, (Maryland), 409 
 
 (2). 
 
 , letter dated at, 449. 
 
 Pyo, Mr., (Customs), 325. 
 
 , John, petition of, Si. 
 
 , , dismissed from the office of 
 
 solicitor for the coast bonds, petition 
 
 of, 259. 
 Pyue, Hugh, petition of, as to arrears of tenths 
 
 of the rectory of Rayleigh, in the co. of 
 
 Essex, 230. 
 , Sir Kichard, Kt., Lord Chief Justice 
 
 of the Court of Commou Pleas, petition 
 
 for grant of lands, 435. 
 Pyper, Sir Hugh, constable of the castle of 
 . Launceston, 95. 
 
 Q. 
 
 Quaat, Capt., 544. 
 I Quarantine, 245, 248 (3), 250. 
 
 Quarters, money for, 82, 80, 103, 104. 
 I Queen Dowager, the, 50, 173, 275 (2), 292, 
 
 310, 532. 
 j , , a Portuguese servant of, 450. 
 
 , Her Majesty the, articles bought for, 
 
 131, 137. 
 
 , the funeral of, expense of, 422. 
 
 , the late, 603. 
 
 of Poland, the ship, taken by the 
 
 French, memorial, 357. 
 
 Queen's withdrawing room, 167. 
 
 County, the lord lieutenant of, 435.- 
 
 (Ireland), 485. 
 
 Queries, several useful, 475. 
 
 Quilter, James, petition of, (Customs), 500. 
 
 Quit rents, clerk of the, (Ireland), 156, 490. 
 
 , 377,490. 
 
 , granted to Lady Dorchester, 561. 
 
 R. 
 
 Kabi [or Raby], Lord, the case of, &c., 517 
 
 519, 520 (4), 521. 
 Rada, the Marquis de, 358 (2), 439. 
 Radcliff, Mr., purveyor of the works, 319. 
 Kadclif!'e, J., 121 (2). 
 
 , Doctor John, 335, 457. 
 
 Raglan, Lord, 280. 
 
 Raisins, 73. 
 
 Raramekins, in Zealand, 258, 259. 
 
 Ramsden, John, Esq., a burgess of Hull, 108. 
 
 Ramsey, M.ajor, 302. 
 
GENERAL INDEX. 
 
 643 
 
 Randal), Samuel, a Protestant merchant of 
 Cork in Ireland, and another, petition 
 of, 147. 
 
 Randes, or Eands, Christopher, gent., a 
 receiver-general of an aid, &o. in the 
 CO. and city of Lincoln, petitions of, 
 201,381. 
 
 Randolph, Mr., imprisoned for disaffection, 
 &c., 69. 
 
 > Mr. Edward, surveyor-general of cus- 
 toms in North America, memorial, of, 
 &c., 203 (2), 204. 
 
 Eanelagh, Eichard, Lord Viscount, 14. 
 
 ) , Lord, or the Earl of, [paymaster- 
 general] (army), .i9, 62 (2), 101, 104, 
 108, 109, 114, 129, 139, 14G, 150, 154, 
 1S7, 158 (2), 160 (2), 164 (2), 168, 
 169, 170, 174, 176, 179 (3), 180, 183, 
 188(2), 197, 211, 216, 222,228,239 
 (3), 244, 24.'), 258, 261, 271 (2), 274, 
 276, 280, 285, 286, 291 (3), 296 (2), 
 297, 303, 309, 314 (2), 332, 347, 348, 
 351,355 (2), 358, 361, 365,367, 369, 
 370 (2), 371 (2), 382 (2), 387 (2), 391, 
 392 (4), 393, 396 (3), 397 (3), 401 (2), 
 402(2), 403,412, 422, 426,431, 434, 
 436, 439, 442 (2), 445 (2), 446, 447, 
 . 448, 450, 465 (2), 471, 477, 479, 484, 
 487 (2), 488, 497, 498 (3), 500, 508, 
 511, 5X2 (2), 514, 517, 519, 522, 524, 
 534, 539, 552, 556, 558. 
 
 ,21. 
 
 , , petitions or memorials of, 22, 
 
 395, 396. 
 
 , vice-treasurer, receiver-general, 
 
 and treasurer-at-war [Ireland], 22. 
 
 , , -n-arrantfor 100,000/. to, 532. 
 
 , payments to the Earl of, 569. 
 
 Eangers, 90. 
 
 EanguiUo, the Spanish ambassador, 115. 
 
 Eansom of ships, 242. 
 
 Eape, foreign, and rape wine, 413. 
 
 Eapparees [Irish robbers], the, 319, 323. 
 
 Rates (Customs), the book of, 308, 341. 
 
 Eawlinson, John, of London, merchant, peti- 
 tion of, 105. 
 
 llayleigh, the rectory of (Essex), first fruits 
 and tenths of, 237. 
 
 Eayner, John, Esq., farmer of the perquisites 
 of courts, escheats lands, &c. in the 
 lordship and soke of Kirton in Lindsey 
 (Lincoln), petition of, 464. 
 
 EayntoD, Nicholas, (Customs), 260, 297. 
 
 Eead, Captain, 94. 
 
 Keading, Eeding, or Redding, Mr. John, as to 
 
 his admission as counsel to the Com''* 
 
 of Eevenue, 471 (3), 472. 
 Eebellion, the, 22. 
 Eebels, 178. 
 " Keceiver-General," the, 214. 
 
 Eecords of the Court of Iving's Bench, Com- 
 mon Pleas, and Exchequer, as to the 
 search of, gratis, the judges to be ap- 
 plied to, 218. 
 
 Eecords [Welsh], 417. 
 
 , see Chester. 
 
 Recruits, 150 (5), 274,353, 519. 
 
 for Ireland, 133, 173, 189. 
 
 from Scotland to the Low Countries, 
 
 406. 
 Recusants, Popish, fines, &c. from, 219. 
 Redish, Captain John, charged with fraud, 
 
 371. 
 Eedman, Hugh, of London, merchant, imports 
 
 certain pearl ashes, petition of, 207. 
 EedriflTe, co. Surrey, 28, 33. 
 Eeed, Mr. Eichard, heir-at-law to Eichard 
 
 Reed, late of Gubberhill, co. Gloucester, 
 
 a Papist, lands .seized, being left to 
 
 superstitious uses, petition of, 256. 
 Reeves, Sir Richard, Kt., recorder of Dublin, 
 
 and others, petition of, 96. 
 Reformed officers, the charge of, 209. 
 Regicides, 301. 
 
 Rcigate, the manor of, 126, 150, 341. 
 Eeighnolds, Maurice, hai-per in ordmary to 
 
 their Majesties, petition of, 191. 
 Religious houses, " lamentable displeasures " 
 
 by the subversion of, 1. 
 Remembi-ancer's office, the secretary and clerks, 
 
 15. 
 Remembrancer, the Treasurer's, 343. 
 
 , see Exchequer and First Fruits. 
 
 Remington, Matthew, Esq., 256, 420. 
 Renew, Peter, and others, petition of, (Cus- 
 toms), 564. 
 Rents, 4. 
 
 , Crown, 469. 
 
 Requests, master of, 36, 76. 
 
 Reserve, the ship, 198. 
 
 Respites of officers, 198, 333. 
 
 Restoration, the, 172, 227, 301, 315, 416, 431. 
 
 Eesuggo (Cornwall), 287. 
 
 Eevels, master of the, 93. 
 
 Revenue, 9, 25, 57, 77, 78, 147, 324, 355 387, 
 
 483, 519, 568 (2). 
 
 , account of, 24, 25. 
 
 , advance of the, 386. 
 
 , auditors of, 415. 
 
 [colonial], 449 (2.) 
 
 , the Com'* of, 301. 
 
 , , see Ireland. 
 
 , estimate of, 16. 
 
 , Her Majesty's, 291. 
 
 of Ii-eland, 566, 569. 
 
 , loss to the, by sending gazettes and 
 
 news letters post free, 501. 
 
 , receiver of, 58. 
 
 Ee^ew of the Poll Act, the, [?a tax], 105, 
 
 106. 
 Revolution, the, 129, 144. 
 
 , mention of the, 385, 390, 430. 
 
 Eeynells, Lord Chief Justice (Ireland), 354. 
 
 Reynolds, Edw., 490. 
 
 , John, and another, merchants of 
 
 London, petition of, 552. 
 
644 
 
 GENERAL INDEX. 
 
 Rhode Island, 82, 
 
 Rice, Captain Henry, a persecuted Protestant 
 
 kept in prison in King James' reign, 
 
 &c., petition of, 56G. 
 Eieh, Sir Richard, vice-admiral of the co. of 
 
 Snffollv, 239. 
 
 , Sir Robert, 281. 
 
 Richards, Captain, 545. 
 
 , Col. Jacob, petition of, (Ordnance), 
 
 445. 
 , Mr. John, controller of the office of 
 
 the treasurer of the chamber, 240, 295, 
 
 320, 378, 434, 454. 
 
 , Mr., Virginia tobacco merchant, 296. 
 
 , Thomas, gent., receiver-general of an 
 
 aid for the co. of Hertford, petitions 
 
 for his charges in bringing money to the 
 
 Exchequer, 297. 
 Richardson, Daniel, of London, merchant, 
 
 petition of, 333. 
 
 , EHzabeth, 85. 
 
 , John, a landing waiter at Derry, 566. 
 
 , Mr., 460. 
 
 , William, of London, merchant, peti- 
 tion of, 176. 
 Richmond, the Duke of, liis memorial, 6. 
 , , grant to, of duty on coals from 
 
 Newcastle, 486. 
 and Lennox, Frances, Duchess Dow- 
 ager of, petition of, as to her annuity, 
 
 220. 
 
 , Mr., (army clothier), 398.' 
 
 , Richard, gent., one of the owners of 
 
 the green glass houses near St. Saviour's, 
 
 Southwark, 570. 
 
 Richmond, petition of the inhabitants of, 187. 
 
 , alias West Shene, bill in the Ex- 
 chequer against the tenants of the 
 manor of, 275. 
 
 , , the manor of, 510 (2). 
 
 ferry, 50, 56, 510. 
 
 , the new lodgings at, 464. 
 
 , the new park, 510. 
 
 Park, articles for the King's service 
 
 in his house there, 464. 
 Rickards or Richards, Richard, of London, 
 
 merchant, petition of, &c., 76 (3). 
 Rider, Jlr., lieutenant of the forest of Whittle- 
 
 wood, &c., petition of, 299. 
 Ridley, Nicholas, of Newcastle, 179. 
 Riga, 132. 
 , the ship called the City of Riga seized, 
 
 132. 
 Riggs, Mr. Francis, goods from Norway, 526. 
 Rights and liberties of the people, 35. 
 Ringwould, the " deputy " and inhabitants of, 
 
 115. 
 Rivers, inland, coal duties upon, 462. 
 Rivinglon, Mr. Richard, receiver of Lord 
 
 Preston's estate, 334. 
 Robartes, Kt. Hon. Francis, 348. 
 Robbers, highways infested with, 294, 297. 
 Roberts, Francis, (Customs), 486. 
 
 Roberts, John,' a London merchant, petition of, 
 548. 
 
 , Mr., a Com"^ of Irish revenue, 397. 
 
 , Thomas, weigher and watchman, peti- 
 tion of, (Customs), 356. 
 
 , William, paymaster of works at 
 
 Windsor, petition of, 140. 
 
 Robert's Bridge, the abbot of, 253. 
 Robertson, Charles, 114 (2). 
 Robes, 534. 
 
 Robin Hood Bay, an English vessel chased 
 into, by French privateers, 242. 
 
 Robinson, Arthur, merchant of York, petition 
 of, 53. 
 
 , David, keeper of Audley End Park, 
 
 226. 
 
 , , , petition of, 311. 
 
 , Mr. Edmund, of Bankend, co. York, 
 
 clerk, executed for treason, the estate 
 of, 300. 
 
 , George, 81. 
 
 , Sir James, as to land on Tower Hill, 
 
 petition of, 362. 
 
 , Sir Leonard, Kt., late chamberlain 
 
 of London, the executors of, 448, 461. 
 
 , Mr., chief engineer and surveyor- 
 general of fortifications and works in 
 Ireland, 476. 
 
 , Mr., the lung's agent at Stockholm, to 
 
 come to England, and afterwards meet 
 the King at the Hague, 548 (2). 
 
 , , to have 100?. out of secret ser- 
 vice, &c., 548. 
 
 ,Mr. 427. 
 
 , , at Chester, 93. 
 
 , , " the sheriff," the quietus of, 
 
 417. 
 
 , Richard, 66. 
 
 , Sir Robert, governor of the Ber- 
 mudas, 140. 
 
 , William, 187, 221, 309, 313, 436. 
 
 , , deputy receiver-general (Ire- 
 land), memorial of, &c., 399, 453. 
 
 Robson, Timothy, merchant, of Newcastle, 
 petition of, 400. 
 
 , Thomas, Esq., petition of, 220. 
 
 Roche, James, 355, 356. 
 
 , , the miserable circumstances of, 
 
 petition of, 345 (2). 
 
 Roche, Lord, see Fermoy. 
 
 Rocheford, Robert, 321. 
 
 Rochester, Laurence, Earl of, lord treasurer, 
 15, 18,20,99, 116. 
 
 Rochester, 318, 319, 321, 324, 326, 339, 385. 
 
 Roohford [the Earl of], 567. 
 
 , , master of the robes, 457. 
 
 , Robert, attorney-general for Ireland, 
 
 469,472, 512. 
 Rockingham Forest, 269. 
 
 Rodway, Robert, and others, (army clothing), 
 petition of, 297. 
 
GENERAL INDEX. 
 
 645 
 
 Eoettiere or Eotiers, engravers at tbe Mint, 
 viz., John, Joseph, and PhiJip, 53. 
 
 , James and Noi'bertus, sons of John, 
 
 53. 
 
 , John, loses the use of his right hand, 
 
 53. 
 
 , the patent to, 53. 
 
 Eoettiers, the, 106, 108. 
 
 , James, engraver at the Mint, 108. 
 
 , petition of, 110. 
 
 , , assistant to Henry Harris, Esq., 
 
 engraver of the mint in. the Tower, 
 
 513. 
 , [John] , the father, graver of medals 
 
 and agates, his lameness, 108. 
 , Nolbertus, or Norbertus, engraver at 
 
 the Mint, 108. 
 
 , , petition of, 110. 
 
 , the, engravers to the Mint, 494. 
 
 , Mr., memorial, &c., 513 (2), 514 (2). 
 
 Rogers, John, petition of, 89. 
 
 , Ann, the wife of John, who aided in 
 
 the preservation of the life of liing 
 
 Charles II., 89. 
 , Hinton, (Excise salaries), petition of, 
 
 194. 
 Rogerson, John, alderman of Dublin, 96. 
 Rogues and vagabonds, 4. 
 Rolfe, Simon, of Lyn Regis, Esq., 573. 
 " Eolles," note dated, 116. 
 Roman Catholic, a, " and so cannot take em- 
 ployment," 178. 
 
 Catholics, 156,434. 
 
 (Ireland), not indicted or out- 
 lawed, committee to examine the peti- 
 tion of, 276. 
 
 Romer, William, an engineer in Ireland, 
 petition of, 350. 
 
 Romish religion, 36. 
 
 Romney or Eumney, the Earl of, 379, 407, 
 426, 445, 446, 456 (2), 461, 526, 
 550 (2), 551. 
 
 , , lands granted to, 436. 
 
 , Henry, Viscount Sydney, now Earl 
 
 of, 471. 
 
 Eonmey (Kent), 237. 
 , the circuits of, 557. 
 
 or Rumney and Eumney marsh, 130, 
 
 148, 252. 
 
 Rondeau, Mr. Peter, a French Protestant mer- 
 chant (DubUn), 185. 
 
 Ronquillo, Don Pedro de, late Spanish am- 
 bassador, 200, 295. 
 
 Rook, Sir George, 542. 
 
 Rookby, Lady, wife to Thomas Paston, Esq., 
 petition of, 175. 
 
 Rooke, Capt., commander of a ship of war, 
 119. 
 
 , Sir William, Kt., sheriff of Kent, 
 
 had to pay for the fraud of his under- 
 sheriff, petition of, 419. 
 
 Eookwood apprehended, 511. 
 
 Eoots, Thomas, surgeon to Major-General 
 
 Trelawny's regiment, petition of, 275. 
 Roper, Jane, wife of Richard, grandchild of 
 
 Sir Adam Loftus, K.G., 318. 
 Eoscommon, the Earl of, the regiment of, 305, 
 
 367. 
 
 , Wentworth, late Earl of, 492. 
 
 , the Coimtess of, petition of, 492. 
 
 CO., lands and estates there, 342, 410, 
 
 544. 
 Eose, William de la, 360. 
 , del', a collector of excise, 
 
 petition of, 529. 
 Rosenheim, Mons., first commissary of the 
 
 Danish troops, 94 (2), 96 (2), 117. 
 Ross, the Bishop of, 147. 
 Rosse, John, master of a ship, 572. 
 , Mary, Anne, and Magdalene, petition 
 
 for money to keep them alive, 530. 
 , , , , 30/. a year to each 
 
 of them, 530. 
 Rother, the river, 252, 253 (3). 
 Rothwell, Richard, Esq., 490. 
 Rottendean, Sussex, 341. 
 Rotterdam, 73, 297, 392, 567. 
 
 transports at, 223. 
 
 Eottermondt, Abraham, 134 (2). 
 Eottermont, Mr., apothecary to the household, 
 
 203. 
 Eover, see Dirckson. 
 Eow, Anthony, Esq., 34. 56, 61. 
 , , late contractor of hearth money, 
 
 78 (2). 
 , Archibald, major of Col. Eobert 
 
 Hodge's regiment, memorial of, 226. 
 
 , Col., 426. 
 
 Eowe, Mr. Henry, 186. 
 
 , John, petition of, 63 (2). 
 
 , , gent., patent waiter of the port 
 
 of Bristol, petition of, 275. 
 
 , Mr., 200. 
 
 Royal Bank, the, 540. 
 
 Oak, see Lotteries. 
 
 Eumbold, William, gent., clerk of the great 
 
 wardrobe, 5. 
 Rushton, 264. 
 Eussel, Admiral, 392, 444, 472, 503, 547, 
 
 551. 
 or Russell, Col., [governor of Bar- 
 
 badoes], (casual revenue), 439, 530. 
 , , the less interest he had there, 
 
 the less he could serve the King, 530. 
 , Col., the regiment of (Ireland), peti- 
 tion of, 335. 
 , Hercules, cornet in Col. Wolseley's 
 
 regiment, petition of, 275. 
 
 , Jerom, Esq., collector of the port of 
 
 Sligo, 319. 
 , the Lady, petition of, prays for a 
 
 lease of Horrard's farm, 202. 
 , Lady Eachel, petition for the grant of 
 
 the Marquis of Powis' lands, 280. 
 the Hon. the Lady, petition at, 476. 
 
646 
 
 GENERAL INDEX. 
 
 Russell, Lady, the steward of, appropriates 
 clippings, 536. 
 
 , Letitia, late wife and executrix of 
 
 Thomas Cheke, Esq., lieutenant of the 
 Tower of London, as to grant of rent 
 (Ireland), petition of, 273. 
 
 , Mr., minister of the French church in 
 
 Dublin, 189. 
 
 , Kobt., Esq., petition of, 420. 
 
 , Sir William, Kt., of London, mer- 
 chant, and others, petition of, 441 (2). 
 
 , Col. Theodore, the regiment of, 
 
 petition of, 324, 300. 
 
 , Col., the regiment of, 450. 
 
 Kussia, 82, 98, 134. 
 
 Kuthin, 125. 
 
 Kutland, 125. 
 
 EuTigny, the Marquis de, or Mons., the regi- 
 ment of, 205, 212. 
 
 Ryan, Captain Morgan, a reformed captain In 
 the royal regiment of horse, petition of, 
 231. 
 
 Rycaiit, Sir Paul, 352. 
 
 Rye, 49, 77, 173 (2). 
 
 , mayor and jurats of, petition of, 254. 
 
 , town and the harbour of, 252 (5), 
 
 253 (8). 
 
 , corporation of, land given by the 
 
 abbot of Robert's Bridge to the, 253. 
 
 ferry, 253. 
 
 Eye, duty on, 400. 
 
 Ryley or liiley, Mr., surveyor-general of 
 forests south of Trent, or surveyor- 
 general of woods, 143, 144, 148, 207 (2), 
 221 (2), 269, 284, 299, 352, 379, 427, 
 447. 
 
 , , spoils in the New Forest, 382. 
 
 , , a discoverer of clippers, petition 
 
 of, 444. 
 
 Ryly, Serjeant, 87. 
 
 Rymer, INIr. Thomas, employed to transcribe 
 and publish the ancient leagues and 
 treaties, petitions for a fine to be granted 
 him, 366. 
 
 , , a fine as-signed to him, 374. 
 
 , , had received but 200?. in three 
 
 years, prays for a bond of 2,364?. 9s. to 
 be assigned him, 538. 
 
 s. 
 
 Raerament, the, &c., 564. 
 Sadlcir, Mr. Thomas, 204. 
 Sadler, Thomas, 140. 
 " Saffers," or saffora, 56, 191. 
 
 , customs on, 132. 
 
 St. Alban, the Duke of, 89. 
 
 St. Alban's, the innkeepers of, petition of, 544, 
 St. Albans, the ship, prize, 247, 345. 
 St. Ann's, Westminster, houses there, 166. 
 St. Antonio, the ship, seizure of, &c., 114, 
 
 125. 
 St. Bartholomew, the hospital of, near Roches- 
 ter, 427. 
 St. Botolph's, Aldgate, 570. 
 
 , Aldersgate, 157. 
 
 St. Christopher's, the island of, 118, 235, 347, 
 
 444. 
 Saint Delys ab Harcourt, Ehzabeth de, widow 
 
 of Col. Oberkan, 344. 
 St. Finburries, Cork, 168. 
 " St. George," the Hon., the regiment of, 650. 
 , officers and soldiers of, seized with 
 
 malignant fevers, 199. 
 
 , Sir George, 487, 512. 
 
 , , petition of, &c., 499, 512. 
 
 Sir Thomas Kt., Garter principal 
 
 King of arms, 523. 
 St. Germain-en-Laye, letter dated at, 244. 
 St. Giles's-in-the-Fields, 157. 
 
 , houses there, 166. 
 
 St. Ives, CO. Hunts, 216. 
 St. James's, 0, 73, 110, 314. 
 
 , letter dated at, 456. 
 
 fields [Westminster], 490 (2). 
 
 palace, 156, 332. 
 
 park, 135, 156 (2), 181, 281. 
 
 , land adjoining William Storey's, 
 
 294. 
 , gi'ound outside the east wall, 
 
 304. 
 , Mr. Travers had taken a survey 
 
 of, 364. 
 , birds and beasts there, 416. 
 
 St. John, the Lord, surveyor general of woods, 
 269. 
 
 St. Johnston's, Scotland, G. 
 
 St. Leger, Anthony, 298, 305. 
 
 John, Esq., his estate in Ireland in- 
 jured by the rebels, petition of, 251. 
 
 St. Leonard's foi-est, wastes in, 269. 
 
 St. Malo, our disappointment at, 470, 475,481. 
 
 St. Maloes or Mallo, 44, 121 (2). 
 
 St. Margaret's Lane, 130. 
 
 , Westminster, 197. 
 
 St. Martin, the island of, 347. 
 
 St. Martin-in-the-Fields, 337. 
 
 , the vicar and churchwardens of, 50, 
 
 430. 
 
 , petitions of, 371, 429. 
 
 , the poor of, 371. 
 
 , the patent to the inhabitants, granting 
 
 ground for a churchyard, 430. 
 
 , in the reign of Heni-y VIXI. no 
 
 parish church, the inhabitants resorted 
 to the church of St. Margaret, West- 
 minster, and buried their dead there, 
 430. 
 
 made a parish, 430. 
 
GENERAL INDEX. 
 
 647 
 
 St. Mary Magdalen, Bermondsey, possessions 
 of, 374. 
 
 ,Weeke (Cornwall), 424. 
 
 , Wbitechapel, 157. 
 
 , York, the late monastery of, the ap- 
 pointment of steward of the courts of, 
 373. 
 St. Nicholas Island, garrison at, 311 (3). 
 St. Paul's, Shadweli, 1.57. 
 St. Pier or Pierre, Capt. [James], petition of, 
 
 &c., 332,341. 
 St. Saviour's, Southwark, 570. 
 St. Sebastian's, 470, 475, 492 (2), 433 (3). 
 
 , wines of, 540, 543. 
 
 , the trade of, 540. 
 
 St. Sepulchre, 157. 
 
 St. Symon (ship), of Bordeaux, 169. 
 
 St. "Vallery, a Prencli ship taken as prize near, 
 
 570. 
 Salaries, 72, 75, 80, 92, 113, 118, 121, 139, 
 171, 258, 262, 306, 307, 315, 321, 
 331, 336, 348, 350, 357, 369 (2), 373, 
 375 (2), 389, 400, 419, 421, 429, 
 436, 438,439,441, 444, 447 (2), 451, 
 459, 462, 467, 470, 471 (2), 474, 
 475 (4), 476 (2), 479, 481, 482, 483, 
 484,485, 496, 503, 505, 512, 513 (2), 
 514, 519, 528, 529, 533, 543, 547, 550, 
 551 (3), 554 (2), 570. 
 
 , oflBcers', taxes on, 134. 
 
 , unpaid, 415 (2). 
 
 Sale, public, 338. 
 
 Sale, Samuel, of London, merchant, 441. 
 
 Salisbury, the Earl of, 8. 
 
 , the ketch, petition touching the, 197, 
 
 205. 
 Salkeld, John, clerk, petition of, II. 
 Salop, 58, 62, 65. 
 Salt, 84, 158. 
 
 Act, tallies on the, 550. 
 
 and salt-makers, 498, 499. 
 
 , duty on, 344, 543 (2). 
 
 , French, 391. 
 
 imported, 547. 
 
 free from Guernsey, 565. 
 
 seized, 310. 
 
 a penny a quart, 310. 
 
 out of prize ships, 384. 
 
 taken for the army, 255. 
 
 , the barony of, co. Kildare, Ireland, 
 
 540. 
 Saltash, 30 (2). 
 Salter, Col., 530. 
 Saltpetre, 251, 432 (3), 433, 459, 460 (3). 
 
 , Dutch, 460 (4). 
 
 , 701. a ton, 376,460. 
 
 , the East Indian Company's, 60/. a ton, 
 
 460. 
 Sanders, Capt., 358. 
 
 , Joseph, 323. 
 
 Sanderson, Mr. James, son of Lord Castleton, 
 a com' in the alienation oflBce, 393. 
 
 Sandford, John, gent., petition of, 316. 
 Sandgate Castle, 122. 
 
 Sandifcrth, Thomas, and others, of Man- 
 chester and Stockport, petition of, 339. 
 
 Sandwich, the Earl of, ambassador extra- 
 ordinary to the Kiug of Spain, 6. 
 
 Sandwich, the port of, 195, 451. 
 
 Sankey, Col., the regiment of, 434. 
 
 Sansom, Mr. Jolm, 35 (2), 39, 80, 81, 91 (2), 
 105, 109, 118, 120, 134, 155, 165, 
 179, 218, 238, 266, 267, 409, 455. 
 
 , , or Mr.,cretary to the Com'» 
 
 of Customs, 300/. a year to, having 
 lost his perquisites, petition of, &c., 
 424. 
 
 Sauten, Mr. Lucas, collector and receirer of 
 revenue of New York, suspended for 
 negligence and disobedience, 223. 
 
 Sarsfeild or Sarsfield, Charlotte, a minor, 
 daughter and heir of William Sars- 
 feild, late of Liican (Ireland), Esq., 
 estates of, petitions of, &c., 308, 405, 
 406, 443 (3), 455, 456. 
 
 , Col., 307. 
 
 , [?Col.], his design on the cannon 
 
 coming to Limerick, 430. 
 
 , Francis, of London, Esq., 406. 
 
 , Lieut.-General, the agent of, at Dublin , 
 
 252. 
 
 , Mary, the wife of William, sister of 
 
 the Duke of Monmouth, 308. 
 
 , Patrick, late of Lucan (Ireland), 406 
 
 (2), 455. 
 
 , ,a younger brother of William, 
 
 443. 
 
 , , the attainder of, 456. 
 
 , Col. Patrick, rent of, 553. 
 
 , William, [son of Patrick of Lucan, in 
 
 the CO. of Dublin], Esq., 308, 309, 
 406 (2), 455. 
 
 Sarsfield, the enemy under command of, 474. 
 
 , the friends of, 499. 
 
 , see Lucan. 
 
 Sarum, King James' army at, 412. 
 
 , New, 322. 
 
 Satins, stiiped, 373. 
 
 Saunderson or Sanderson, Mr., 198 (2). 
 
 , Capt. Alexander, petition of, (arrears 
 
 to his son), 558. 
 
 Capt. Ralph, petition of as to East- 
 Comb farm, near Greenwich, 198. 
 
 , .commanded the yacht which 
 
 took their Majesties to Holland on their 
 marriage, 198. 
 
 Savage, Ann, widow of Capt. Robert Savage, 
 provost marshal in Ireland, petition of, 
 349 (2). 
 
 , John, petition of, 10, 
 
 , Joshua, 127 (3). 
 
 Mr., 139,307. 
 
 , Mr., prothouotaryof the Crown, 350, 
 
648 
 
 GENERAL INDEX. 
 
 Savage, Philip, Esq., petition of, 183. 
 
 , Mr. Philip (Ireland), his allowance of 
 
 40s. for every person outlawed, 286. 
 
 , , petitions of, 286, 555. 
 
 , Richard, 134. 
 
 , William, (army supplies), 314. 
 
 Savinien upon the river Charente, 233. 
 
 Savoy, the Duke of, 332, 406. 
 
 , , transport of, 227. 
 
 Savoy, 181, 431 (2). 
 
 chapel and college, the lead stolen 
 
 from, 219. 
 
 , the Irish prisoners secured there, 
 
 219,232. 
 
 , the, 260, 261, 391. 
 
 , prisonfortheIrish,&c. there, 241, 421. 
 
 the sisters and porter of the hospital 
 
 of the, petition of, 497. 
 
 , laboratory in the, 488. 
 
 , a house for the martial or marshal of 
 
 the forces to be made there, 461. 
 
 Sawtell, Mr. Edmund, clerk of the Irish and 
 Chester road, .574. 
 
 Sawyer, Sir K., attorney-general, 18, 23. 
 
 Saxhy, Capt., 43. 
 
 Scarborough, the Earl of, petition of, 369. 
 
 Scarsborough [or Scarborough], Eichard, 
 Earl of, 369, 553. 
 
 , , memorial of, &c., 371, 438. 
 
 Scarborough, Ann, the wife of Edward, (Cus- 
 toms), 423. 
 
 , Edward, collector at Liverpool, 423. 
 
 , the collector of the port of, 55. 
 
 , the, man-of-war, 470. 
 
 , money sent from, as the ransom of a 
 
 ship, 242. 
 
 Scardevile, Dean, chaplain to the Duke of 
 Schomberg, (the pay of, wliilst in Ire- 
 land), petition of, 220. 
 
 Scawen, Sir William, Kt. (army clothing), 
 memorial and petition of, 369, 482. 
 
 , William, of London, merchant, owner 
 
 of the ship which came express from 
 Jamaica when the Earl of " Insiquin " 
 died, petition of, 241. 
 
 Sohilder, Captain von, driven on shore at Clay, 
 in Norfolk, 75. 
 
 Schomberg, the Dukes of, 62, 152, 156, 194 
 (2), 212, 221, 236, 245, 298, 311, .322, 
 335, 345, 353, 377, 485, 5G.J. 
 
 , , killed, 222. 
 
 Schonberg [or Schomberg] , the Duke of, con- 
 firmation of grant of 4,000/. per annum 
 to, 511. 
 
 , , his campaign in the north of 
 
 Ireland, 565. 
 
 and Leinster, the Duke of, memorial 
 
 as to accounts of his regiment, 501. 
 
 , the Duke (the son), 222. 
 
 Scilly, Islands of, 33, 78. 
 
 , the governor of, 78. 
 
 , , apprehended and brought to 
 
 Plymouth, 557. 
 
 Score, Mr., 559. 
 
 Scotch consciences, 112. 
 
 guards, memorial of, 520. 
 
 horse in Ireland, 211. 
 
 masters of ships, 259. 
 
 Scotchman born, query a subject of England, 
 52. 
 
 Scotch merchants, 348. 
 
 , in Ireland, trade with France, 475. 
 
 Scotland, East India Company in, 484. 
 
 , mention of, 7, 22, 25, 46, 69, 74 (2), 
 
 76 (2), 84, 85, 98, 99, 100, 103, 104 
 (3), 106 (4), 112 (3), 153, 158, 166, 
 169, 171, 172, 173, 281, 294, 298, 308, 
 347, 348, 354, 406. 
 
 , the mint there, 23 (2). 
 
 , the secretary of, the house of, 175. 
 
 , the treasury of, 23. 
 
 Scotland Yard [Westminster], buildings 
 there, 110(4), 169, 351. 
 
 Scots foot guards, 351. 
 
 horse, regiment of, 158. 
 
 Scott, Sir Edward, who held the rectory and 
 tithes of Milton, alias Middleton, trom 
 the Dean and Chapter of Canterbury, 
 forfeited, 199. 
 
 , Robert, bookseller, 181. 
 
 Scrope, Mary, widow, petition of, 353. 
 
 Sciidimore, Captain, 118. 
 
 Scurvy grass, a weed called, 538. 
 
 Seafaring men, see Mariners. 
 
 Seaford, prisoners at, 49. 
 
 (Suffolk), the manor of, 141. 
 
 Seafort, the Earl of, 153. 
 
 Seagar, Henry, controller of customs in the 
 port of Hull, petition of, 117. 
 
 Seal, the Great, engravers of, 53. 
 
 Seals, the King's, the chief graver of the, 108. 
 
 Seal oil, 82, 
 
 Seamen, 77, 142, 171, 178, 217, 237, 238, 
 239,301,353,359, 549. 
 
 , the Act for the increase and encou- 
 ragement of, 541. 
 
 , bargemen, &c. between 18 and 50, 
 
 20s. to each, 432. 
 
 , our, begging in Spain and Portugal, 
 
 470. 
 
 , , begging at Sebastians and Bil- 
 
 boa in Spain, 475. 
 
 , Com" for registering, 536 (2), 541. 
 
 , their complaints grievous, and they 
 
 desert the transports for lack of pay, 
 
 183, 188. 
 
 ,Enghsh, late prisoners at St. Malo, 
 
 petition of, 121. 
 , impresting or impressment of, 131, 
 
 213,248, 270, 366. 
 
 , , out of customs and excise, 567. 
 
 , merchant, 6rf. per month from, 636. 
 
 , method of raising, 471. 
 
 , register of, 458, 534. 
 
GENERAL INDEX. 
 
 649 
 
 Seamen— con/. 
 
 wages of, 14. 
 
 , see also Sick and wonnded seamen. 
 
 Searcher, see London and Gravesend. 
 Searchers' office, the, 95. 
 
 patent, 141, 142. 
 
 Sea service, 346. 
 
 'train, see Ti'ain, their Majesties. 
 
 Secretaries of State, 6, 59, 73, 92, 94 (2), 96, 
 
 233, 246, 281,353 (2), 471. 
 to pay dues to the Post Office, 
 
 284. 
 Secretary of Scotland, the, 281. 
 Secretary, see Treasury. 
 Secret service [money], 38, 54, 62, 167, 236, 
 
 501,511, 567. 
 Sedg-wick, Mr., 463. 
 Seizure Rolls, 417. 
 Seizures and compositions, 455. 
 
 , compounding, 61. 
 
 of forfeited goods, moneys from, 360. 
 
 , registrar of, 34. 
 
 Selby, Mr., 513 (2). 
 
 Selwyu or Selivin, Brigadier, petition of, 
 
 433 (2). 
 
 , and others, as to then- pay, me- 
 morial of, 524. 
 
 , Col., the regiment of, 223, 446, 447. 
 
 , Wm., the regiment of, 233, 241. 
 
 Serge, 85, 545. 
 
 Serjeant-at-arms (Ireland), 476, 485. 
 
 Serjeants-at-arms, 222, 397. 
 
 Servants in Flanders refused to serve at pre- 
 vious rates, 428. 
 
 Sess, Receiver-General of the, 198. 
 
 Sewers, the Com" of, for Sussex, give the his- 
 tory of the drowning of several thou- 
 sand acres of land near Rye, and of 
 measures resorted to, 252. 
 
 , , shut out the sea from Witter- 
 
 sham Level, 253. 
 
 Seymour, Sir Joseph, Kt., 65. 
 
 ,Dr. Ed., 252. 
 
 , Henry, Esq., a groom of the bed- 
 chamber, 328. 
 
 Shadwell, 157 (2). 
 
 Shale, John, 368. 
 
 Shales, Charles, proposal for remedying the 
 coin, 567. 
 
 , Capt. John, commissary of H.M 
 
 forces, 23, 24. 
 
 , Captain, commissary-general, 145, 
 
 296. 
 
 John, Esq., 27 (3). 
 
 , John, (payments to sick and 
 
 wounded), 307. 
 
 , Mr., compt' (farthings), 534. 
 
 , Mr., auditor, 126, 127. 
 
 Shallott or Shallett, Arthur, [of London, mer- 
 chant], petitions of, &c., 112, 186,244, 
 453, 459. 
 
 , , 15,000?. due to him, 459. 
 
 ShaUott or Shallett, Ai-thui- — cont. 
 
 , , (Transport Service), 290, 
 
 , , petitions of, 364, 504. 
 
 Shannon, the river, 261. 
 
 Shaw, Sir John (Customs), 426. 
 
 , , (duty on tobacco), 528 (4). 
 
 Shea, Mrs. Jane, petition of, (beer supplied to 
 the navy), 422. 
 
 Sheen, West, see Richmond, 510. 
 
 Sheep and cattle, the Com" as to the trans- 
 portation of, to Ireland custom free, 
 218. 
 
 Sheerness, the fort of, 151, 215, 386. 
 
 [dockyard], 504, 526. 
 
 Sheldrake, Mr. John, 174. 
 
 Shelmerdine, Robert, came from Germany to 
 reveal the conspiracy to assassinate the 
 King, petition of, 563. 
 
 , , seeks a reward, 563. 
 
 Shepard, Mr., 513. 
 
 Shepheard or Sheppard, Mr., with others, fur- 
 nish 30,000/., 549, 550. 
 
 Sheppard, Sir Fleetwood, afflicted with the 
 stone, 385. 
 
 or Shepheard, Samuel, merchant of 
 
 London, and others, petitions of, 399, 
 470. 
 
 Shepton Mallett, manor of, 8. 
 
 Sherborne, paper dated at, 311. 
 
 Sheriff's rfe6c(, 216, 217, 218. 
 
 Sherman, Mr. Charles, collector of the port of 
 
 Faversham, 34, 440. 
 Shei-wood Forest, 390, 417. 
 Shewstad, Col., 104 (2), 105. 
 
 Shillingford, John, alias Izard, " yeoman 
 pricker to the privy harriers," turned 
 out to make way for a Roman Catholic, 
 petition of, 434. 
 
 Ship, a Genoese seized, 214. 
 
 from Norway forfeited, 386. 
 
 , a sixth-rate, estimate of building 
 
 526. 
 Shipping or ships, English, 82, 98, 399. 
 Ships, 77 (2), 83, 134, 137 (3), 138 (2). 
 
 arrested contrary to the capitulation 
 
 of Limerick, 272. 
 
 confiscated, 479. 
 
 , freight of, 13, 14 ; see also Freight. 
 
 , hired, and hire of, 388, 407, 552. 
 
 , losses in, 13. 
 
 , measurement and re-measurement of, 
 
 149, 150(2), 186,426. 
 
 names, 448. 
 
 purchase of, 522. 
 
 seized as prizes, 246. 
 
 for soldiers, ,75, 82, 173 (4), 177 (2), 
 
 180 (2), 204, 282. 
 of war, or their Majesties', 7, 89, 273 
 
 276, 407, 452, 499. 
 , right of search of, by officers of 
 
 customs, 159. 
 not to go to France, 34. 
 
650 
 
 GENERAL INDEX. 
 
 Ships — cont. 
 
 going to France without giving se- 
 curity, Si. 
 
 to he paid oif, 131. 
 
 , first and second rate, 133. 
 
 in their Majesties' pay, 183. 
 
 to be laid up, 317. 
 
 for the descent, 333. 
 
 acting contrary to tlie Navigation Act, 
 
 &c., 309, 385, 480, 521, 547r 
 Shipwrights, their wages twelve months in 
 
 arrear, petition of, 410. 
 Shirley, Thomas, sergeant-at-arms, and 
 
 another, petition of, 397. 
 , in ordinary, rode post to 
 
 Westmoreland to attach Geo. Wilson, 
 
 the younger, for breach of privilege, 
 
 petition of, 222. 
 Shoreham, the manor of, 133. 
 
 , the collector of, 105. 
 
 , the port of, 140,238. 
 
 Short allowance money, 263. 
 Shorter, .John, ' Schoolman,' 279. 
 
 J , victualler, Clerkenwell, 395. 
 
 Shot delivered into the stores, 137. 
 
 , 184. 
 
 Shovell, Sir Cloudesley, 480, 506, 555. 
 ^ , commands a squadron in the 
 
 Irish Seas, 345. 
 J at great hazard brings a ship 
 
 from the port of Uubhn, 345. 
 Kt., suit against for embezzling 
 
 ships and goods, 361. 
 
 , , convoys ships, &c., 404. 
 
 ^ , ordered to join the Dutch fleet, 
 
 404. 
 
 , a ship delivered to, 449. 
 
 Shrewsbury, 137. 
 
 , the Eight Hon. Charles, Earl of, 
 
 principal Secretary of State, 45, 46, 
 
 59, 73,76,94,98 (2), 115,246. 
 , Duke of, 457, 468, 481, 485 (2), 486, 
 
 490, 493, 499, 503, 508, 509, 550, 553, 
 
 562. 
 J , principal Secretary of State, 
 
 447. 
 
 , , 3,000;. to, 454. 
 
 , 10,000/. for secret service, 511. 
 
 Shuckburgh or Shukburgh, John, Esq., J.P„ 
 a Trotestant, attended the King on his 
 march from the west, petition of, 
 321 (2). 
 
 Shute, Samuel, petition of, 401. 
 
 Sick, nourishment for the, (army), 291. 
 
 Sick and wounded seamen and prisoners of war, 
 charges, 8, 11, 43. 
 
 seamen and exchange of prisoners. 
 
 Com" of, memorials, &c. as to their 
 pressing wants, 178, 232, 234, 237, 
 238 (2), 239,240, 241, 247, 249,255, 
 260,261, 262, 277 (2), 278, 297,307, 
 310, 319, 324, 326, 327, 328 (3), 339, 
 356, 365, 374, 448, 452, 463, 55G. 
 
 Sick and wounded seamen, &c., memorials of 
 Com''^, &e. — cont. 
 
 , , their exigency to despatch 
 
 surgeons, 237. 
 
 , , required to be on the coast 
 
 while the fleet was at sea, 238. 
 
 , ,30,000/. due, &c., unless 
 
 paid, the seamen would not he quartered, 
 and the hospital at Plymouth could not 
 be carried on, 238. 
 
 , , one of the Board at Ports- 
 mouth, 239. 
 
 , seamen, estimate of arrears of, 239. 
 
 , the charge of Irish prisoners at the 
 
 Savoy, 241. 
 
 , French prisoners, 247, 249, 255. 
 
 , the Savoy prisoners, 255. 
 
 one reduced so low by subsisting the 
 
 prisoners that he would have liquidated 
 hio accounts in the Thames, 255. 
 
 put on shore at Barbadoes and the 
 
 Leeward Islands, 259. 
 
 seamen in the West Indies, 263, 270. 
 
 , their debt for French prisoners, the 
 
 agents much starve the prisoners or let 
 them go at large, 204. 
 
 , ask for tallies on East India goods, 
 
 200. 
 
 , debts to, from the navy and victualling, 
 
 279. 
 
 , arrears 42,660/. \s. \^d., the in- 
 habitants of Portsmouth, &c. swore 
 that no seaman should have relief till 
 they were paid, 283. 
 
 , the difficulties of supporting the sea- 
 men at Gosport, &o., 286. 
 
 , the debt upwards of 45,000/., numbers 
 
 must perish in the approaching action 
 if set on shore at Portsmouth, Dart- 
 mouth, Plymouth, &c., 294. 
 
 , the nurses refused to receive anymore 
 
 sick at Portsmouth, Gosport, &c., till 
 their arrears were paid, 295. ■ 
 
 , at Portsmouth, Gosport, Dartmouth, 
 
 &c. quarters not to he procured, and 
 se.amen daily sent ashore in great num- 
 bers, 296. 
 
 , the poor people at Portsmouth and 
 
 Gosport almost distracted, other places 
 had not received a farthing, and would 
 not quarter a man, 301. 
 
 , the men would be exposed to perish 
 
 without or starved within doors, 303, 
 319. 
 
 , sums paid to, by the treasurer of the 
 
 navy, 303. 
 
 , numbers would be put on shore at 
 
 Dover, Deal, Chatham, and Rochester, 
 7,200/. were unpaid to tlie quarters 
 none would advance on the tallies, 
 they must starve in the streets, 318. 
 
 , the quarterers at Rochester would 
 
 not accept the tallies at any rate, 321. 
 
GENERAL INDEX. 
 
 651 
 
 Sick and ■svovinded seamen, S;c., memorials of 
 Cum", &c. — cont. 
 
 , iinless there was a suitable supply, the 
 
 sick at Plymouth, Rochester, &e. must 
 ■«'ant bread, &c., 32G. 
 
 , the gaolers, agents, nurses, &c. com- 
 plain ; 5,000/. must be paid imme- 
 diately, or the sick and prisoners must 
 starve, 330. 
 
 , the people peremptorily refuse to give 
 
 meat or drink, S32. 
 
 , the arrears 35,552/. 9.9. 7j(/., 348. 
 
 an establishment of 2,000/. a month 
 
 prayed for, 352. 
 
 , the Irish prisoners at Plymouth can 
 
 no longer be kept ahve, no money 
 received for several months, 354. 
 
 , the debt, 365. 
 
 , 10,000/. prayed for to pay for quarters 
 
 at Portsmouth, 368. 
 
 , the men from the fleet woixld find 
 
 cold entertainment unless the quarters 
 ■were paid for at Portsmouth, &c., 371. 
 
 ,..., as to a prison at the old mills near 
 
 Plymouth, 380. 
 
 , the cries of the poor people at Ply- 
 mouth, &c. in a small measure as- 
 suaged, but they were continual at 
 Rochester, &c., no money for the pri- 
 soners for a year, and the 700 prisoners 
 were famished, 385. 
 
 , estimate, 411. 
 
 , debt to workmen for making the 
 
 prison in the Savoy, 421. 
 
 , estimate, 422. 
 
 , 16,000/. prayed for, 450. 
 
 , 4,000Z. for, 452. 
 
 , estimate for a new prison at Plymouth, 
 
 463. 
 
 , order to pay, 503. 
 
 , the seamen and prisoners at Ply- 
 mouth must starve, for there was not 
 5/. to subsist them, 522. 
 
 , there were 700 sick at Torbay who 
 
 could not be provided, 523. 
 
 moneys disbursed on account of the 
 
 " Content " and " Trident " prizes, 
 536. 
 
 , state of the account of, 550. 
 
 , not a shilling for the daily expense of 
 
 the prisoners, &c., they must be set at 
 Uberty and the seamen starved, 556. 
 
 Sidney, Lord, see Sydney. 
 
 Signet, clerks of, 210. 
 
 Office, 271, 311. 
 
 , books of, 6. 
 
 Silesia, 347. 
 
 Silk, 121, 1G5. 
 
 Silks, East India, forfeited, 194. 
 
 , imposition on, 393. 
 
 Italian thrown, 139. 
 
 , raw, seized, 549. 
 
 Silks — cont. 
 
 landed on the coast of Kent, 381. 
 
 from Leghorn, of the growth of Asia, 
 
 488. 
 
 , old fasliioned, 360. 
 
 , wrought, 360. 
 
 , Persian, bought in Holland, 409. 
 
 , raw and thrown, 47. 
 
 , seizure of, 259, 278. 
 
 trade, 456. 
 
 at Turin, 3s. 6i/. a yard (Customs), 
 
 406. 
 Silver and silver ore, 323, 374. 
 
 , exportation of, 138. 
 
 , scarcity of, 464, 466. 
 
 Simpson, Humphrey, of London, merchant, 
 petition of, 67. 
 
 , Joshua, to reside at Heme as riding 
 
 surveyor, 383. 
 
 , Lancelot, gent., petition of, as to 
 
 lands in the honour of Penrelh, &c., 
 292. 
 Sinckler, John, master of the George of Bel- 
 fast, 413 (2). 
 Sizer, Mr., 477. 
 Skeffington, Col., 171. 
 Skelton, Lieut.-Col. John, petition of, 511. 
 Skipton, 100. 
 Skinner, [ ],49. 
 
 Skinners' Hall, engines and tools there, 28 (2), 
 
 29. 
 Slane, Lord, 330. 
 Slaney, Abel, proposes to make halfpence and 
 
 farthings, 366, 416. 
 Slaughter, Col., governor of New York, 223. 
 Slaves, negro, 8. 
 Sligo, CO. of, 458. 
 
 , the establishment for, 511, 
 
 , the houses beaten down, a house built 
 
 for the customs and excise, &c., 319. 
 
 , the garrison of, 510. 
 
 , , reduced, 474. 
 
 , the port, &c. of, 555. 
 
 Slingsby, Jeremiah, (Mint). 329, 513. 
 Sloughter, H., 118. 
 Smalley, Mr., 64. 
 " Smalts," 56. 
 
 , customs on, 132, 134, 382. 
 
 , potashes and barillia, the farm of, in 
 
 the port of London, 212. 
 Smeaton, Thomas, messenger at the Treasury 
 
 chambers, petition of, 38. 
 Smith, ilr. Aaron, [Treasury solicitor], 72, 74, 
 78, 96, 97, 116, 118, 129, 132, 134, 154, 
 159 (2), 163, 166, 177, 190, 199, 207, 
 212 (2), 257, 272, 280 (2), 299, 300, 
 322,332,337, 347, 350, 366,374,375 
 (2), 421, 431, 435 (2), 436 (2), 439, 454, 
 455, 490, 496, 533. 
 
 , , memorial of, 129 (2), 223, 228 
 
 240, 243, 264, 364, 373. ' 
 
 , , had not received his salary for 
 
 three years, 373. 
 
652 
 
 GENERAL INDEX. 
 
 Smith, Mr. Aaron, [Treasury solicitor] — cont. 
 
 , , expenses of prosecutions, &c., 
 
 468. 
 
 , , had to borrow to cany on his 
 
 duty, 468. 
 
 , , attending the Exchequer Office 
 
 about striking the jury for the trial 
 between their- Majesties and the Duke 
 of Beaufort and others, 234, 235. 
 
 , presses for money, 235, 240. 
 
 , , sends an acooont of inquisitions 
 
 returned to the Exchequer, 240. 
 
 , , a receiver of revenue in co. 
 
 Middlesex, 366. 
 
 , David, petition of, (Customs, tobacco), 
 
 423. 
 
 , James, customer of the port of Chi- 
 chester, petition of, 50. 
 
 , John, receiver of land revenue (Mid- 
 dlesex), petition of, &c., 314, 366. 
 
 , John, gent., receiver general of Nor- 
 folk and Huntingdon, 3 1 . 
 
 , J., [a lord of the ti'easury], 415. 
 
 , Mr. John, 444. 
 
 , John, Esq., 562. 
 
 Smith or Smyth, Mr., 353, 452 (2). 
 
 , one, a player, 170. 
 
 , Sir Robert, 345. 
 
 , Mr. Simon, 384. 
 
 , Thomas, 240. 
 
 , William, a prisoner for fraud (Cus- 
 toms), petition of, 159. 
 
 , lessee of Hanbury Park, 398. 
 
 , , a reduced merchant, imprisoned 
 
 for debt, 317. 
 
 , , petition of, 340. 
 
 , 243/, lis. to oue of that name, 511. 
 
 Smithesby, Mr. James, agent to a regiment of 
 
 foot, petition of, 129. 
 Smitiifield, East, 167. 
 Smithsby, Rabsy, petitions for gr-ant of lauds 
 
 in Barton, &c., co. Lincoln, 532. 
 Smugglers, 147. 
 Smyrna frigate, 159, 185. 
 Snagg, Mr., the proposal of, to coin and vend 
 
 tin farthings, 224. 
 Snaphans, 42C. [Snap-hance is a firelock, see 
 
 Bailey^ s Dictionary. ~\ 
 Snow, the deepness of, 218. 
 Snow, William, 374. 
 Soames, Mr., 344. 
 Soap, 191, 244. 
 
 Solard, Joshua, petition of, 93. 
 Soldiers, 11, 75, 86, 91, 103, 192,257, 260, 
 
 345, 353, 358 (2). 
 
 , see also Irish army and Irish soldiers. 
 
 for Ireland, 2 (2). 
 
 , payments to, 2. 
 
 , dismissed,, to commit no disorder in 
 
 their way homeward, 2. 
 , to give notice to lieutenants, &c. and 
 
 to be ready for future service, 2, 
 , demands of, 32. 
 
 Soldiers — cont. 
 
 for Barbadoes, 21. ;10s., 3/., 5l., 61. a 
 
 head demanded for carriage of, 193. 
 ,for the Leeward Islands, rate of passage 
 
 and provisions 5l, a head, 193. 
 , cost of sending from Leith to Moore- 
 
 dijck in Holland 1/. per head and il. 
 
 per horse, 203, 204. 
 
 , ,2Is. and 4/., 206. 
 
 , from Hull to Holland, the men 
 
 15s. a head and the horses 3/. 10s. each, 
 
 208. 
 
 , billeted at Plymouth, 539. 
 
 , victualling, 549. 
 
 Solicitor General, the, or Mi'. Solicitor, 11, 
 
 55, 82, 111, 165, 191, 221, 254,257, 
 
 278 (2), 279, 377, 384, 444, 520, 526, 
 
 533 (2). 
 for Ireland, 302, 303, 304 (3), 321, 
 
 330,347,355,435 (2). 
 
 see Trevor and Ireland. 
 
 Somers, Sir J., solicitor-general, 74, 82, 128, 
 
 166, 191, 221. 
 
 , , late solicitor-general, 254. 
 
 , Sir John, attorney general, 246,254, 
 
 256, 263, 364, 384, 416. 
 
 , , late attorney-general, 408. 
 
 Somerset House, encroachments on, 384. 
 Somerset, ports of, the stay of ships and 
 
 mariners, 1. 
 Somersetshire, 92, 195, 294, 317, 546. 
 
 , mine in, 373, 374. 
 
 Somervale, Major, 184. 
 Somerville, Thomas, 47 (2). 
 
 Sotheme or Southerne, J,, or Mr., [secretary 
 of the Admiralty], 113, 159,302, 366. 
 
 South, Thomas, a landwaiter (London), peti- 
 tion of, 476. 
 
 Southampton, 23, 301, 313, 429, 554. 
 
 , the port of, 1, 54, 74, 104. 
 
 , the county of, 58. 
 
 , petition of the sheriflfof, 568. 
 
 South Seas, 335. 
 
 Southwark, the bailiffs of, appropriate clip- 
 pings, 536. 
 
 Southwell, the chapter of the collegiate church 
 of, petition of, 417. 
 
 Southwell, Sir Robert, Secretary of State for 
 
 Ireland, 118. 
 
 , Sir Robert, 232, 375, 527. 
 
 , Thomas, Bart., imprisoned at Galway, 
 
 &c., petition of, 153. 
 
 Sowlade, Lewis, a French Protestant, imports 
 certain stockings, petition of, 200. 
 
 Spain, 33, 72, 191, 295, 324, 335, 470 (2), 
 475. 
 
 the King of, 6. 
 
 Spalding, 464. 
 
 Spanish ambassador, the, 200, 210 (2), 493, 
 
 543. 
 , petition of, 324. 
 
GENEEAL INDEX. 
 
 653 
 
 Spanish ambassador's secretary, memorial of, 
 
 &c., 521, 543. 
 
 wrecks, 398. 
 
 Sparrow, Mi\, Joseph, petition of, 563. 
 , Richard, servant to the c^i'oom porter, 
 
 petitions for dues to him for attending 
 
 the House of Peers and the Prince of 
 
 Baden, 454. 
 Speaker, Mr., 495. 
 Specie, payment in, 348. 
 Speedwell, the, of Brighton, 36. 
 Speke, Hugh, Esq., memorial of, (Customs), 
 
 445. 
 Spencer, theEt. Hon. Eobert, Esq., 10, 13, 14. 
 Spendlove, Francis, controller of customs in 
 
 the port of Yarmouth, petition of, 73. 
 Spices, 47. 
 Spies, 298. 
 Spirits imported, 391. 
 Spitalfields, 360. 
 Spithead, 208. 
 Spruce canvas, 309. 
 Squib, Mi., 89, 202, 220. 
 , , captives' money collected by 
 
 brief, 389 (2). 
 Squibbe, Mr. Robert, at the Treasury Office, 
 
 116. 
 Stables, establishment of, 15. 
 
 , the King'sor royal, 31, 137 (2). 
 
 , mourning for the, 425. 
 
 , salaries of persons in the royal, 49, 
 
 50. 
 in Holland, Flanders, and England, the 
 
 debt of the, 425. 
 Stack, Edmund, clerk of the secm'ities, a 
 
 Roman Catholic, 97. 
 Stafford, the Lord, trial of alluded to, 276. 
 Staffordshire, 58, 62, 65, 89, 151, 170, 305, 
 
 349 (2), 351. 
 
 , the Com" of, [? subsidy], 351, 417. 
 
 Staggins, Doctor Nicholas, master of music, 
 
 as to his allowance of 200/. per ann., 
 
 petition, &c., 311. 
 Stamford, the Earl of, 455 (2). 
 Stancombe, Henry, of Bristol, grocer (Cus- 
 toms), petition of, 342, 446. 
 Standard pieces of gold and silver, 23. 
 Standley, Mr., of the " Paper office," 561. 
 Stanley, Col., the regiment of, 371. 
 Stannaries, 17, 18 (2), 28. 
 
 , custom of the, 17, 18. 
 
 , court of, 17 (2), 524. 
 
 , laws and regulations of, 18, 524. 
 
 , the rights and customs of, some said 
 
 were obsolete, 17. 
 Stannary towns, 17. 
 
 mint, 28. 
 
 Stannators, 19. 
 
 Stanning, Sir Nicholas, vice-warden of the 
 
 Earl of Bath, 20. 
 , , deputy governor [of Plymouth] , 
 
 63, 
 
 Stanvod or Stanford rivers, Essex, 290. 
 
 Stanyan, Cnpt., of Col. Byerly's regiment, 
 211. 
 
 Stapeley, Sir John, 438. 
 
 Stapleton, John, master of the ship Conquest 
 (transport), petition of, 289. 
 
 Staremberg, the Countess of, going to Holland, 
 115. 
 
 Starke, Thomas, merchant (tobacco from 
 Virginia), petition of, 282. 
 
 Starkey, Henry, memorial of, (Customs?), 
 454. 
 
 , John, jun., son of John Starkey, an 
 
 exilein Holland, petition of, &c., 65, 66. 
 
 State, Act of, (Ireland), 4. 
 
 , matters of, 227. 
 
 States General of the United Provinces, 43, 
 123. 
 
 Stationer, His Majesty's, 470. 
 
 Stationers in London and Westminster, peti- 
 tion of, 3G9. 
 
 , a hundred would be ruined if al- 
 lowance were not made them, 370. 
 
 Stationery stores, 89, 152, 204, 242, 488. 
 
 Statute as to earthenwares, 418. 
 
 Stede, Col., receiver of casual revenue in Bar- 
 badoes, 135, 220. 
 
 , Edwin, Esq., Com' of the duty of 4|- 
 
 per cent, in the island of Barbadoes, or 
 Com" of Customs, 256, 272. 
 
 Steed, Sir Edwin, governor of the island of 
 Barbadoes, judge of the Com-t of Ad- 
 miralty, and receiver-general of the 
 casual revenues there, petition of, 398. 
 
 Stedman, Mary, 349. 
 
 Steenkirk, mention of the battle of, 396. 
 
 Stein, Jean Gasper, [or John Jasper], secre- 
 tary of the Danish forces, petition of, 
 161. 
 
 , , secretary of the Prince of Wir- 
 
 temberg, petition of, 420. 
 
 Steinbrock, Col., 333. 
 
 Stephens, Mr., 54. 
 
 , [ ] , (Customs), admonished for 
 
 negligence, 355. 
 , Mr. Robert, messenger of the press, 
 
 had seized treasonable libels, &c., and 
 
 persons concerned in them, petition of, 
 
 439. 
 
 Stepkin or Stepkins, Peter, Esq., 168, 256. 
 
 , , and another, petition of, 300. 
 
 Stepney, John, 262. 
 
 Steuart, Stewart, or Stuart, Brigadier, tho 
 regiment of, 187 (2), 203, 498. 
 
 , , clothing contract, 426 (2). 
 
 , , ui ilitary services of, in Ireland, 
 
 memorial of, 249. 
 
 , Wm., Brigadier, 349, 428. 
 
 , Col. and Brigadier, his pay, petition 
 
 of, 211. 
 
 , five companies raised by him, 
 
 212. 
 
654 
 
 GENERAL INDEX. 
 
 Stuait, Col., 17G. 
 
 , Alexander, deputy lieutenant of ord- 
 
 nauce, in Ireland, committed to prison, 
 &c., asks for forfeited lands, 501. 
 Steventon, Mr. John, agent, in the Fleet, 447. 
 Still houses, 483. 
 
 Stock, Ml-. Abraham, of Dover, 130. 
 Stockdale, Mr,, 300 (2). 
 Stockholm, 131, 180. 
 
 , the King's agent at, .'548. 
 
 Stockings, Jersey, 200. 
 Stockport, 339. 
 Stocks, joint, .30 5. 
 
 Stockwith and East Stockwith, co. Lincoln, the 
 freeholders and inhabitants, petition of, 
 129, 130 (2). 
 Stoke Newington, 157. 
 Stokes Bay, 282. 
 Stole, groom of the, 257. 
 Stone, alias Pierre, Francis, forfeited estate 
 
 of, 449, 450. 
 Stonehonse, Plymouth, 224. 
 Stopford, Mary, -widow of James Stopford, 
 
 lands in Ireland, petition of, 221. 
 Storck, Derick, body coachman to the King, 
 
 petition of, 57. 
 Stores for the navy, see Navy. 
 Story, Mr., (Excise), 474, 475 (2). 
 
 , Richard, one of the tenants of the 
 
 estate of the Lord Preston, in Cumber- 
 land, 421. 
 
 , Mr. Samuel, at the African House, 
 
 Leadenhall Street, 421. 
 Storey, or Story, William, land of, (St. James's 
 Park), 294. 
 
 , , the house of, (St. James's Park), 
 
 304. 
 
 , , keeper and feeder of the birds 
 
 and beasts in St. James's Park, petition 
 of, (arrears), 410. 
 Straits, the, 98, 388, 392, 543. 
 
 , ships gone to the, 368. 
 
 , bomb ships for the, 424. 
 
 , regiments gone to the, 447. 
 
 , expedition to the, 498. 
 
 squadron, the, 547. 
 
 Stralsound, 167. 
 
 Strangways, Captain William, killed at Atli- 
 
 lone, 313. 
 Strata JIarcella, in co. Montgomery, 280. 
 Stratford, Francis, (army payments), 51G. 
 Strathnaver, Lord, memorial of, 363. 
 
 Streete or Street, AViUiam, mayor of Chester, 
 
 46, 59. 
 Strickland, Sir Roger, inquisition on, 240. 
 
 , , estate of, 518. 
 
 , William, a Com"" of the Revenue in 
 
 Ireland, memorial of, 570. 
 
 Strode, Col. John, 13 (2), 14. 
 
 Richard, Esq., petition of, seeks satis- 
 faction for a piece of ground at Ply- 
 mouth, 206. 
 
 Strong, John, 328. 
 
 , William, Esq., 463. 
 
 Strut, Francis, gent. (Papists' estates), petition 
 
 of, 372. 
 Studholme, Capt., 325. 
 
 , Michael, 332. 
 
 Stuffs, 204. 
 
 , forfeited, 560. 
 
 Sty ver, Thomas, memorial of, 3 1 5. 
 Subsidies and forage, 514 (2). 
 Subsidy, Act of, 318. 
 
 ,417,453. 
 
 Subsistence, 358 (3), 367 (2). 
 
 Success frigate, the, cast away on the coast of 
 
 Cuba, 500. 
 Suffolk, the viee-admiral of, 236, 239. 
 Sugar, 47, 320, 335, 336, 38G, 439, 444, 548. 
 
 , Barbadoes, 47. 
 
 Jamaica, 47. 
 
 , Muscovado, 140, 277. 
 
 , Surinam Muscovado, 92, 103, 140. 
 
 , ne-w impositions on, 124, 356. 
 
 refiners, the case of the, 213. 
 
 Suits, carrying on, 81. 
 Sunderland, the Earl of, 29, 209. 
 
 , 100, 103. 
 
 Supervisors of the tin blowing houses, 17 (2), 
 76. 
 
 (Excise), 75,92. 
 
 Surgeon of regiment, 62 (2). 
 Surgeons, 291. 
 
 , to be despatched by Com" of sick and 
 
 wounded seamen, 237. 
 Surinam, 92, 103, 140, 
 Surrey, 132, 157, 220, 374, 490, 510. 
 
 , bailiwick of, called Bagshot bailiwick, 
 
 in the forest of Windsor, 33. 
 
 , the sheriff of, 207. 
 
 Survey, see Braden. 
 Surveyor, the, 374. 
 
 , the deputy, 227. 
 
 general, 5, 15, 50, 84, 100, 128, 129, 
 
 141, 151, 163, 175, 185, 252, 492, 537. 
 
 , see Travers. 
 
 general's office, the perquisites in the, 
 
 364. 
 
 general of revenue (Ireland), a paper 
 
 on the usefulness of, by Mr. Francis 
 Babe, 402, 403. 
 
 (Customs) in the port of London, 
 
 338. 
 
 (Forests), 141, 143, 170. 
 
 of the King's lands, 269. 
 
 by patent, 330. 
 
 of woods, 269. 
 
 , north of Trent, 388, 390. 
 
 of works, see Works. 
 
 Surveyors, the Court of General, 269. 
 
 Suspicious persons secured by the riding offi- 
 cers of the customs on the coast of Kent, 
 238. 
 
GENERAL INDEX. 
 
 655 
 
 Sussex, 48, 77, 195, 232, 491, 537, 5.18. 
 
 , the coast of, prevention of corres- 
 pondence from, 300, 5G4. 
 
 Sutlei-s, 391 (2), 397. 
 
 Suttcliffe, Mattheiv, (transport ships), 487. 
 
 Sutton-at-Hone, the lathe of, 157. 
 
 Sutton, William, and others, (relief from the 
 white halfpence and farthings,) petition 
 of, 571. 
 
 Swan (pink), goods on hoard the, 103. 
 
 Swansea, the port of, 4G0. 
 
 Swanton, Mr. Thomas, collector of Fahnoiith, 
 61. 
 
 Sweden, 20, 131, 132. 
 
 , the King of, 172. 
 
 , the Com-t of, 548. 
 
 , the factors in, (naval coumiodit'.es), 
 
 505. 
 Swedish money, 249. 
 
 ships from Gottenboro', 404. 
 
 Sweetmeats, 173, 532. 
 
 Swift, the ship, 273. 
 
 Sword blades, 73. 
 
 , the Governor and Company for 
 
 making, petition of, 45 G. 
 
 imported, 456. 
 
 cutler, 73. 
 
 Sydmouth, 465. 
 
 Sydney, Lord, 202, 472. 
 
 , Henry Viscount, Lord Lieuten.mt of 
 
 Ireland, 262, 263, 269, 276, 278, 279 
 
 (2), 286, 297, 302, 303, 304 (2). 
 
 , Viscount, 361 ; see also Eomney. 
 
 Symcock, Capt., commander of the Berwick, 
 
 542. 
 Sympson, William, petition of, 313. 
 Synopsis, the, by Mr. Pool, 290. 
 Synips for making roll tobacco, lOS. 
 
 T. 
 
 Taghmon, co. Westmeath, 491. 
 
 Tailer, William, 84, 128, 129. 
 
 , , deputy auditor of the Duchy of 
 
 Cornwall, 231, 282, 287, 524. 
 , deputy surveyor, 206, 227, 242, 
 
 251,278,283. 
 Talbot, Capt., of Tangier, 152 (2). 
 , G., envoy extraordinary at Venice, 
 
 177, 
 Sir G., resident and envoy at Venice, 
 
 petition of, 315. 
 
 , James, forfeited for treason, 352. 
 
 , Sir John, 344. 
 
 Thomas, Esq., 227. 
 
 ,Mr. ViHlliam, 137. 
 
 Talbot, His Miijesty's ship the, c.iptured, &c., 
 320. 
 
 Tallies, 14 (2), 23 (3), 178 (2), 186, 138 (4), 
 196, 241, 247, 249, 270, 271, 273, 287, 
 289 (2), 290, 300, 312, 318, 321, 323, 
 325, 329, 339, 345, 348, 331, 365, 368, 
 375, 388, 391, 393, 397, 414, 418 (2), 
 420,425, 426, 431,433, 443, 445 (2), 
 446, 448 (2-), 450 (2), 454, 461, 480, 503 
 (2), 504, 511, 512, 514, 515 (2), 516, 
 517 (2), 519, 522, 526, 532, 534 (2), 
 535, 542, 546, 548, 550, 552, 566. 
 
 , Exchequer, 24, 236. 
 
 for off-reckonings, 175. 
 
 at 20 per cent, discount, 326. 
 
 at 25 and 30 „ 397. 
 
 at 20 and 22 ,, 433. 
 
 at 10 „ 539. 
 
 at 28 „ 552. 
 
 useless, 424, 426. 
 
 could not be discoimled, 503. 
 
 under 25 or 30 per cent,, 547. 
 
 levied without fees, 569. 
 
 of pro, 423. 
 
 Tallman,Mr., (Works), 86, 87 (8). 
 
 , William, controller of works, 183. 
 
 Tallow, the town of, (in Ireland), 220. 
 
 Tally Com't, the officers and clerks of the, 
 
 petition of, 569. 
 Talmach, Lieut.-General, the expedition under, 
 
 488. 
 Talman, Mr., a patent officer (Customs), 262. 
 Tanckard, Capt. Chr., 55. 
 
 Tanckred, Christopher, Esq., master the King's 
 
 " flight hounds," memorial of, (arrears), 
 
 423. 
 Tangier, garrison, &c. of, 11, 152 (2). 
 Tapestries or tapestry hangings, 77, 308 (2). 
 
 , memorial concerning, 176. 
 
 Tar, 346, 503, 505. 
 
 Taragh, 221. 
 
 Tarring, 537. 
 
 Tatham, Richard, of Causfield, 546. 
 
 Tathwell, Christopher, master of a ship from 
 
 Jamaica, petition of, 157. 
 Tatton, Lieut.-Col. William, his losses in the 
 
 expedition to the Straits, petition of, 
 
 498. 
 Taunton, 546. 
 Tavistock, 30. 
 
 Taxes on salaries, 49, 109, 134, 331, 337. 
 , 82, 221, 389, 419 (2), 421, 427, 466, 
 
 497, 505, 568 (2). 
 , \2d. in the pound, 100 (3), 103, 104, 
 
 105, 107, 119. 
 
 , 2s. in the pound, 105. 
 
 , 2d. in the pound for collection of, 106. 
 
 , of 3s. in the pound, 110. 
 
 , of 2s. and Is. [in the pound], 116, 
 
 122, 125 (2), 126, 138, 201, 215. 
 
 the 3s. aid, 126, 151. 
 
 , collectors of, 189, 
 
 T T 
 
656 
 
 GENERAL INDEX. 
 
 Taxes or aids, the expenses of bringing them 
 
 to the Exchequer, 202. 
 
 , the land tax and the poll tax, 249. 
 
 , 4s. in the pound, 287. 
 
 , the collection of, hindered by the bad 
 
 money, 466. 
 
 , robbery of, 472. 
 
 , on remission of, 562. 
 
 , the agents for bringing in, 124, 125, 
 
 12G, 201, 216, 292, 293, 294, 297, 309, 
 
 317, 340 (2), 343, 349, 368 (2), 381, 
 
 492, 527. 
 , , memorial of, 481. 
 
 Tayer, Robert, a customer of the port of 
 Chichester, 54. 
 
 Taylder, Thomas, and Avice, his wife, tried for 
 fraud ; say the judge directed the jury 
 to find them guilty as fanatics and fre- 
 quenting conventicles, petition of, 254. 
 
 Taylor, John, merchant, (navy suppHes, &c.), 
 petition of, &c., 132, 357, 404, 457. 
 
 , landwaiter in the port of Lon- 
 don, petition of, 261. 
 , of London, merchant, (import 
 
 and export of tobacco), petition of, 521. 
 
 , Thomas, Esq., 22 (2). 
 
 , , proposed purveyor of works, 
 
 319. 
 Taylour, Jo., 448, 461, 501. 
 
 , Mr., (Customs), 277. 
 
 Tea, 132, 133 (2), 137, 316. 
 
 , imported from India, memorial as to, 
 
 213. 
 , the worst as good as that used in 
 
 coffee houses for making single tea, 
 
 214. 
 , sold by the candle [i.e. by auction], 
 
 I2s. a pound, 214. 
 Teale, Isaac, apothecary-general, petitions of, 
 
 &c., 217, 488. 
 , .., performed the duties of Dr. 
 
 Lower for two campaigns in Ireland, 
 
 218. 
 , Richard, of Cheltenham (Gloucester), 
 
 miller, petition of, 176. 
 
 Teddington, manor of, office of bailiff and 
 collector of rents, 33. 
 
 Teller, the, 389. 
 
 Tellers, the, 249. 
 
 [Exchequer] , one of the hired, 52 1 . 
 
 , the receiver's teller, 52 1 . 
 
 Tempest [ ],G3. 
 
 , Mr. John, a customer at Hull, a 
 
 prisoner in the Gate House, West- 
 minster, 117 (2). 
 
 , a patent customer, 131. 
 
 , Michael, 321. 
 
 , William, petition of, 144. 
 
 Temple, Henry, petition of, 439. 
 
 Temple, the, 420. 
 
 Templeoge, alias Tameloge, manor, castle, &c., 
 of, CO. Dublin, 3.52. 
 
 Tenant right, 520. 
 
 Tenby, 553. 
 
 Tench, Thomas, 402. 
 
 Tenders, hiring, 522. 
 
 Tenths, 341, 412. 
 
 Tents, &c. for the army, 187. 
 
 , burnt, 347. 
 
 Terlemont, the action at, 334. 
 
 Terringham, Ed., gent., keeper of the Middle 
 
 Walk in the Great Park of Windsor, 
 
 192. 
 Terrington, the Earl of, 28. 
 Test, the, 65, 94, 564. 
 Tewkesbury, 330. 
 
 , Baron of, 467. 
 
 Thames, the [river], 28, 169, 223,226, 227, 
 
 248,255,257,265, 572. 
 Thanet, the Isle of, the lands there fallen 
 
 from 20s. to 16s. an acre, 293. 
 Thieves, taking, 520. 
 Thody, William, collector of hearth money, 
 
 imprisoned, petition of, 351. 
 Thomas, Abel, quartermaster, petition of, 322. 
 
 , Ann, widow of Capt. Gilbert Thomas, 
 
 late provost-marshal general of the 
 forces, who was killed at the camp of 
 Dundalk, petition of, 162. 
 
 Arnold, late an ensign in Col. San- 
 key's regiment, petitions of, 434, 435. 
 
 Mr. Charles, receiver-general of the 
 
 casual revenue of Barbadoes, 530, 532. 
 
 , , controller of the treasury at 
 
 Barbadoes, 530. 
 
 , , fees due to, 532. 
 
 , , sends sweetmeats to ^Ir. 
 
 Lowndes, and intended to send all sorts 
 of sauces to him, 532. 
 
 , Capt. Henry, kept close prisoner in 
 
 the Gate House for a year by Crom- 
 well, petition of, 219. 
 
 , , his brother a prisoner in the 
 
 Tower, 219. 
 
 , , banished to Barbadoes, 219. 
 
 , Margaret, widow, petition of, 233. 
 
 William, petition of, 154. 
 
 Thompson, a mason, 87. 
 
 I Edward, [one of the aldermen of 
 
 York], (Mint, Tork), 539, 540, 543, 
 554. 
 
 , , had pawned his credit, 548. 
 
 , , imputations on, 554. 
 
 , John, (paper duty), petition of, 334. 
 
 , , solicitor for the taxes in Lon- 
 don, &c., memorial of, 336. 
 
 , Robert, a groom of the Privy 
 
 Chamber, petition of, 338. 
 Thomson, Mr., 535. 
 Thorald or Thorold, Anthony, late collector 
 
 of customs at Lyme, petition of, 183. 
 
 , , , imprisoned, 310 (3). 
 
 Thombury, Timothy, 49. 
 
 Thornhill, Capt. John, petition of, 313. 
 
GENEKAL INDEX. 
 
 657 
 
 Thornton, Frances, widow, petition of, 83 (2). 
 .Francis, son of Capt. William, wlio 
 
 was controller of customs at Hull, and 
 
 was plundered for his loyalty to King 
 
 Charles I., petition of, 314. 
 Capt. Thomas, murdered by Charles 
 
 Macarty, 315. 
 
 Thorowgood, Mr., 144 (2). 
 
 Thorpe, manor of, otBce of steward of, 33. 
 
 Thread, 391. 
 
 Thurles, fortifications of, 350. 
 
 Thursby, Mr. Serjeant, 50, 75. 
 
 Ticket office, 403. 
 
 Tickets for clipt money had currency in pay- 
 ments, 548. 
 
 Tidesman or tidesmen, 61, 78. 
 
 (London, regulations, 325. 
 
 Tide surveyors, 72 (3), 98, 142 (3). 
 
 Tidewaiters, 417 (2). 
 
 Tiffin, Col., the regiment of, 223, 241. 
 
 Tilbury, 392. 
 
 Tiley, William, 129. 
 
 Tillage, Act of, 342. 
 
 Tilson, Christopher, of St. Margaret's West- 
 minster, gent., 374. 
 
 Tilt yard, 135. 
 
 Tily, Joseph, (Exchequer Bank at Exeter), 545. 
 
 Timber, 145, 149, 154, 347, 353, 428, 542, 560. 
 
 , influence of soil on, 145. 
 
 , winter and spring felled, 145. 
 
 , (Ireland), pretension to, of Lord 
 
 Bellamont, 561. 
 
 felling of, 9. 
 
 trees, sold as " dotards," 207. 
 
 Tin, 6,25, 27,30, 83, 102 (2). 
 
 , hot marks or signs to be entered in 
 
 the book of marks, 17. 
 
 , embezzlements of, 17 (2). 
 
 , uncoined, to pay a fine of the full 
 
 value of the tin, and forfeit the tin, 17. 
 
 , in Cornwall, 22, 80, 86, 95. 
 
 , calculation of, at 3/. lOs. per cwt, 25. 
 
 ,prffl-emption of, 25 (4), 26 (4), 27 (6), 
 
 29. 
 
 , , memorial of the farmers of, 28. 
 
 , the price of, 25. 
 
 , at 4?. 10s. a cwt., 26. 
 
 affairs, 27. 
 
 , partnership proposed with the King 
 
 in the management, &c., 25 (2). 
 
 , , laid aside, 27. 
 
 , to be brought to Liskeard, Lostwithiel, 
 
 Truro, and Helston to be stamped, 26. 
 
 , embezzlement of, prevented, 26. 
 
 , the King's rights in, 26. 
 
 the King could take the whole at the 
 
 market price, 26. 
 
 , proposals about the, 26 (2), 28. 
 
 , bought by Mr. Boscawen, 109. 
 
 , English, 123. 
 
 sent to Holland, 123 (3). 
 
 Tin — cont. 
 
 , four markets for, in the year, 123. 
 
 , the price of, 64/. a ton, 224. 
 
 , fraudulent kettles set up in private 
 
 cellars at Fowey, Truro, and Penryn, 
 
 524. 
 
 , stamped and imstamped, 524. 
 
 , blowing houses of, 17, 76, 144. 
 
 , , supervisors of, petition, 17. 
 
 , coinage of, and coinage duty of, 17, 
 
 22, 25 (2), 26 (2), 27 (2), 28, 31 (2), 
 
 95. 
 , coinage of pence, halfpence, and 
 
 farthings, 25, 26, 109. 
 
 , coins, 28, 33, 49, 117. 
 
 the farm of, 20, 25, 27 (3), 28 (2), 
 
 30 (2). 
 farm, explanation of the Earl of Bath's 
 
 proposal, 25. 
 
 , the controller of, 29. 
 
 , undertakers for, 28 (2). 
 
 , farmers of the prai-emption and coin- 
 age duty of, 28, 31, 33. 
 farthings and halfpence, 21, 25, 111, 
 
 224, 365, 366, 555. 
 
 farthings, engines, &c. for, 28. 
 
 Tinmouth Castle, 386, 523. 
 
 , the governor of, 204. 
 
 Tinners, 17, 20. 
 
 , assembly of, 19. 
 
 , convocation or parliament of, 17 (2), 
 
 18 (5), 24, 26 (3), 27, 30 (5). 
 , of, at the old accustomed places, 
 
 18. 
 
 , parliament of, in Devonshire, 20, 30. 
 
 , payment of 3/. 10s. per cwt. to the, 
 
 22,26,27,28,30,33. 
 privileges of, 30. 
 
 Tint or Tinte, Walter, the estate of, (Galway 
 and Westmeath), 507, 556. 
 
 Tipping, Thomas, Esq. (Customs), 458 (2). 
 
 Tisdale, or Tisdsill, .Tames, Esq., lands of, (Ire- 
 land), 350 (2), 555. 
 Tisoe, rents of, 42 1 . 
 Tiverton, 546. 
 
 Tobacco, 4, 40, 46, 52, 59, 73,94,102,147(2), 
 159, 166, 255, 282, 284, 297, 317, 323, 
 338, 342, 386, 423, 424, 433, 446, 521. 
 
 , customs duties, additional duties, new 
 
 imposts, &c. on, 124, 338, 343, 356, 
 374, 407, 427 (3), 463, 468, 470, 528, 
 558. 
 
 , , petition as to, 485. 
 
 , duties on, 2s. a hogshead, 7, 102. 
 
 I2d. „ 193. 
 
 Id. a pound, 244. 
 2s. a hogshead to the lord 
 propretor of Maryland, 
 267. 
 3d. a pound on, 458, 463. 
 
 , patentee for retail of, 3. 
 
 , authority to seize, 4. 
 
 TT 2 
 
658 
 
 GENERAL INDEX. 
 
 Tobacco — cojtt. 
 
 , the manufacture of roll, various par- 
 ticulars of, 51. 
 
 , of Engliali and foreign plantations, 
 
 70. 
 
 .duty on, 70, 127. 
 
 , Martinico, 70. 
 
 Virginia, 108, 15G, 282. 
 
 , and German, ."jl. 
 
 ylOperceiit.GM exportation deducted, 
 
 reduced to 5 per cent., 108. 
 
 manufacture, &c. of, in danger of being 
 
 lost, 108. 
 
 , the brighter and darker sorts, 108. 
 
 , rolled, to be exported without deduc- 
 tion, 108, 109. 
 
 grown contrary to law, destroyed, 
 
 176. 
 
 stalks, 189(2), 330,410. 
 
 in bulk, on the importation fi-om Vir- 
 ginia and Maryland, 226, 471. 
 
 merchants (Virginia), 296, 458. 
 
 ..., frauds in shipment of, 411. 
 
 ,. , on prevention of the growth of, in 
 
 England, 411. 
 
 , as to the restriction of the exportation 
 
 of, to the port of Southampton, 429. 
 
 re-landed at Plymouth, 559. 
 
 Toby, John, petition of, 328. 
 
 Tokefield, George, petition of, 342. 
 
 Tomlins, Samuel, gent., 361. 
 
 Tomlinson, Benjamin, woollen draper (army 
 
 clothing), 286. 
 
 , , petition of, 303. 
 
 Tonnage, 364, 539. 
 
 and poundage, 170,342,363,370,424, 
 
 426, 438. 
 
 Tonstall or Tunstall, E[amaby], Esq., and 
 Kath[erine] his wife, 161, 162. 
 
 Topham, Sir John, discoverer of concealed 
 
 lands, 425. 
 , , advocate-general (Ireland), 
 
 petition for a reward of his services, 
 
 565. 
 Topsham river near Exeter, 169. 
 Torbay, 317, 523. 
 Totness, 301. 
 Toulon, 325. 
 
 Tour, the I'resident de la, 533. 
 Tower Hill, 362. 
 
 , Little, 74 (2). 
 
 liberties, 74 (2). 
 
 [of London], the, 53, 103, 110. 
 
 , the, prisoners in, 2 1 9, 330. 
 
 , the mint at the, 376, 513, 555, 563. 
 
 , , tools delivered to the, 563. 
 
 Townscnd, Geo., 430 (3). 
 
 Lawrence, ]'>-r|., an officer i>f the 
 
 grefit wardtohr, .IH!. 
 
 Townseud, Thoma."!, clerk of the great ward 
 robe, 5. 
 
 , , petition of, 1G2. 
 
 , Jan., 5. 
 
 Trade, interruption of, 121. 
 
 , the general, 139. 
 
 of the kingdom generally carried on 
 
 by men of substance, 229. 
 
 in the reign of Charles I. chiefly car- 
 ried on by merchant strangers, and 
 none to the East and West Indies and 
 plantations, but now entirely in the 
 hands of English merchants, 229. 
 
 , the freer and more easy the more it 
 
 flourishes, 229. 
 
 , abuses in, 342. 
 
 commission for, 481. 
 
 and Navigation, Acts of, 297, 309, 396. 
 
 and plantations, Committee of, 12, 111, 
 
 205. 
 
 , Lords of the Committee for, 230, 
 
 231, 266, 376, 386, 388, 391, 393, 394, 
 395, 308, 404 (2), 410, 456, 459, 471. 
 
 Trades, woollen manufacture gave life to all, 
 
 77. 
 Train, the Flanders, 413. 
 
 , the, (Ireland), 168. 
 
 , their Majesties sea-train, petition of 
 
 of the officers of, 292. 
 
 (military), the, 411, 43G. 
 
 Traitors, goods of, 436. 
 
 Transports or Transportation, the Cora" for, 
 120, 137, 149, 168, 170, 171, 172, 174, 
 175, 177, 179, 181, 184 (2), 185, 
 186 (3), 188, 193, 198, 109, 204, 205, 
 206, 207, 212, 214, 215 (2), 216 (2), 
 225,227,237, 258, 259, 260 (2), 261, 
 263 (2), 264, 265, 268 (2), 269, 270, 
 275, 289 (2), 300, 305, 310 (2), 319, 
 333, 353, 357, 362, 364, 367, 386, 387, 
 388, 389, 395, 403, 404, 406, 431, 446, 
 454, 458, 477, 487, 459, 504, 509, 542, 
 552, 554. 
 
 , memorials of, 170, 173, 182, 
 
 183. 
 
 , the Com" of, press for money, 208, 
 
 213,223. 
 
 , the masters of ships refused to 
 
 treat with them unless paid, 203, 223, 
 225. 
 
 , .their credit very low, 444. 
 
 , , pray for 2,000/. a wesk, 450. 
 
 , , memorial of , they could not dis- 
 pose of the best tallies under 28 per 
 cent, discount, 552. 
 
 , , had contracted for provisions 
 
 for ready money, 552. 
 
 Transport debt, 415. 
 
 office, and officers of the, 143, 258, 
 
 346,387,396,415. 
 
 , estimate, 472. 
 
 service, 186, 189,231. 289. 291, 351, 
 
 419, 459. 
 , memorial, 188. 
 
GENERAL INDEX. 
 
 659 
 
 Transport service — cont. 
 
 , the cries of the poorer sort in 
 
 this service very great, 186. 
 
 ships, measurement of, 174. 
 
 , for the reduction of Ireland, dis- 
 tressed widows and others concerned 
 
 in, petition of, 209. 
 
 of soldiers, see Soldiers. 
 
 Tram, Sir Patrick, 78, 166. 
 
 , , inquisition on, 240. 
 
 , the estate of, 303. 
 
 Traveis, Samuel, 47. 
 
 , Triall, fled from Dublin, 47. 
 
 Travelling charges 15s. a day, 429. 
 
 Travers, John, (transport service), petition, &c. 
 
 of, 231, 290. 
 
 , Samuel, Esq., petition of, 223. 
 
 , S[amuel], Surveyor - General, 292, 
 
 294, 304, 328, 339, 331, 360, 372, 373, 
 
 377, 383, 408, 423, 436, 464, 498, 510, 
 
 532, 563. 
 
 , , relates his services, &c., 364. 
 
 Treasonable persons, &c., 439. 
 
 Treasure wasted, 3. 
 
 Treasurer, the Lord, 2, 8, 15, 17, 18 (o), 19 
 
 (3), 20, 209, 285, 524. 
 of England, the Lord High, (Thomas, 
 
 Earlof Danby), 7,8. 
 
 , His Majesty's, 521. 
 
 see Howard, Navy. 
 
 of the chamber, see Chamber. 
 
 Treasury, the, 18, 19,23,83, 85,116, 117, 155. 
 chambers, 13, 38, 39, 174, 198, 207, 
 
 258, 323, 405, 561, 567. 
 , Lords Commissioners of the, petitions 
 
 and reports to, allusions and references 
 
 to, passim. 
 , Com" of, their answer to the Com^'* 
 
 of Public Accounts, 420. 
 
 , First Lord of the, 6. 
 
 , fees received by officers of the, 479, 
 
 567. 
 secretary of the, 318, 458, 499, 504 
 
 (2), 505, 507 (2), 512, 516, 517, 542, 
 
 557. 
 , , the four chief clerks of, petition 
 
 of, (exemption of salaries from taxes), 
 
 543. 
 , secretary to the Lords of the, see also 
 
 Jephson, Guy, Lowndes. 
 
 , (the building), 130. 
 
 in Edinburgh, the Lords of the, 284, 
 
 Treaties, with the Indians, 484. 
 Treaty between England and Denmark, re- 
 ference to, 61. 
 of peace between the King and the 
 
 Elector of Brandenburg, 131. 
 
 with Algiers, 482. 
 
 with the Indians, 484. 
 
 Trehy, Sir George, attorney-general, 40, 58, 
 
 82,95,112, 122, 126, 151, 158, 166, 
 
 205,213. 
 
 , , (opinion), 394. 
 
 , Chief Justice, 535. 
 
 Tredenham, Sir Joseph, 61. 
 
 , Seymour, Esq., petition of, 427. 
 
 Trelawny, 0., commander of a regiment of 
 
 foot, 185. 
 
 , Charles, 505. 
 
 Trelawney, Col., the regiment of, going from 
 
 Portsmouth to Ostend, 223, 226. 
 , , the regiment of, in the Downs, 
 
 257. 
 , [Major-General,] the regiment of, 241, 
 
 275. 
 Trenchard, John, Esq., 60. 
 
 , , a serjeant-at-law, 42. 
 
 , J., 358,384. 
 
 , Sir Jolin, secretary [of State], 291, 
 
 370,399,444. 
 
 , ,310,406. 
 
 Trent, the, 130. 
 
 , North, 170. 
 
 , this side of, 406. 
 
 Tresswell, Sir Daniel, Kt., 304. 
 , Katherine, 304. 
 
 Trevanion, Charles, Esq. (lands, &c. in Corn- 
 wall), petition of, 287. 
 
 , Hugh, 287. 
 
 Treverbin, manor of, (Cornwall), 287. 
 
 Trevers, John, 186. 
 
 Trevor, Sir Thomas, solicitor-general, 363, 
 366,429, 443,481. 
 
 , , attorney-general, 497. 
 
 Treweek, Mr. George, a supervisor of the tin 
 blowing houses, 17 (3). 
 
 Treweeke, Nicholas, petition of, 107. 
 
 Trial pieces indented (Mint), 23. 
 
 Trim, the district of, (Ireland), 469. 
 
 Trinity House, 172 (2), 174, 177 (3). 
 
 Tripeman, the, (executed), clippings, &c. be- 
 longing to, 541. 
 
 Tripoli, 392. 
 
 , presents of cloth, watches, &c. for, 
 
 464, 542 (3). 
 
 , the Bassa Dey, Agha and Divan of, 
 
 392. 
 
 , an inferior station to Algiers, 483. 
 
 , the Dey of, 542. 
 
 Trivett, 221. 
 
 Trooper, rate of pay of a, 358. 
 
 Troopers who served in Ireland, petition of, 
 544. 
 
 Troops, 77. 
 
 in Scotland, 69, 74. 
 
 , disbanded, 200. 
 
 , see Soldiers. 
 
 Trott, Samuel, collector of Bermuda, com- 
 plains of obslniction from the governor, 
 petition of, 272. 
 
 Trotter, Mr., collector of Swansey or Swan- 
 sea, 155. 
 
 Trueman, Thomas, gent., receiver-general of 
 an aid, &c. for Nottingham and Leices- 
 ter, petition of, 369. 
 
660 
 
 GENERAL INDEX. 
 
 Trumball or Trumbull, Mr. Secretary, or Sir 
 
 William, 444, 453, 501, 545, 548, 558, 
 
 562, 563, 565, 572. 
 Trumpeters, 432. 
 
 , liveries, &c. for, 487. 
 
 Truro, 26 (2), 524. 
 
 Trussell, John, of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, 
 
 gent., 32 (2). 
 Tuam, the Archbishop of, 375. 
 Tucker, Charles, 14. 
 
 , J., 444. 
 
 , M., 181. 
 
 Tuckers (fullers of cloth), 545 (2). 
 Tudbury, the honour and manor of, 151. 
 Tudsbury, William, -woodward of the Hays of 
 
 Birkland and BiUiay in the forest of 
 
 Sherwood, petition of, 390. 
 Tufton, Dame Margaret, 427. 
 Tuington, manor of, 287. 
 Turin, mention of, 406. 
 Turkey, 191 (2). 
 
 goods and commodities, 453,466. 
 
 merchants, petition of, 543. 
 
 Turner, John, tenant of a coal mine, petition 
 
 of, 210. 
 
 ,Mr., 127. 
 
 , Mr. William, 173. 
 
 , one of the King's waiters in the 
 
 port of London, petition of, 260. 
 
 , ,285. 
 
 , Sir William, Kt., 181. 
 
 , Samuel, receiver-general of hearth 
 
 money in Northumberland and other 
 
 northern counties, 284. 
 
 Turnmill Street, brewhouse in, 455. 
 Turpin, Mary, widow, petition of, 307. 
 Turton, Jo., 43. 
 , Sir John, Baron of the Exchequer, 
 
 89, 255. 
 Tuscany, the Prince of, 384. 
 Tutbury, the honour of, 398. 
 Tuthill, Geo., of Exeter, merchant, petition of, 
 
 as to his pension, 411. 
 Twitty, Charles, 397. 
 Tyndale, John, searcher (Bristol), petition of, 
 
 302. 
 
 , , in controversy with the mer- 
 chants of Bristol, 302. 
 
 , Thomas, (Customs), petition of, 248. 
 
 Tyne, the river, 227. 
 
 Tynte, Dame Penelope, executrix to her hus- 
 band. Sir Hugh Tynte, Kt., mines, &c. 
 in Farringdon manor, &c., petition of, 
 372. 
 
 Tyrconnel, the Earl of, or Lord, 39, 96, 219 
 262. 
 
 , the Earl of, his army, 72. 
 
 ) the forfeited estate of, 395. 
 
 Tyrer, Alderman, of Liverpool, 403. 
 
 Tyrrell, Oharies, of Hanslop, Esq., King's 
 
 waiter of the port of London, petition 
 
 of. 343. 
 
 Tyrrell, Sir Edw., lands forfeited by, (Ire- 
 land), 479. 
 
 , Mr. James, 343. 
 
 Tyrringham, Ed., gent., keeper of the Middle 
 Walk of the Great Park of Windsor, 
 petition of, 192. 
 
 u. 
 
 Ulster, the hearth money of, 401 (2), 410. 
 
 Umfrey, Mrs. Ann, widow (arrears to her 
 husband), petitions of, 485. 
 
 Umfreys, Capt. Finch, 485. 
 
 Undertakers for clothing, 412. 
 
 Underwood, John, 245. 
 
 .Robert or Mr., [riding ofBcer of 
 
 Customs on the coast of Kent], 237, 
 238. 
 
 Upcott, William [or Captain], of Truro, in 
 the CO. of Cornwall, Esq., one of the 
 four supervisors of the tin blowing 
 houses, 76, 231. 
 
 Upnor, the storekeeper at, 388. 
 
 Upperthird, barony of, (co. Waterford), 425. 
 
 Upton, John, of London, merchant (Cus- 
 toms), 36. 
 
 , petition of, 567. 
 
 , Mr., late tide surveyor of Falmouth, 
 
 128. 
 
 , Ambrose, merchant, petition of, 276. 
 
 Usher, Mr., receiver-general of New England, 
 82. 
 
 Ustick, Henry, Esq., 256, 420. 
 
 , Mr., (Customs), 423. 
 
 Uttlesford, see Freshwell. 
 
 Vachell, Capt. William, wounded at Camarct 
 
 Bay (arrears due), petition of, 439. 
 Valduc, the camp at, letter dated at, 369. 
 Vanbrugh, William, petitions of, &c., 89, 151 
 
 (2), 312. 
 Van der Esch, Mons. Jacob, or Jacob, Esq., 
 
 99, 138, 443. 
 
 , , memorial of, 387. 
 
 Van der Esche, the Com', [? for Dutch forces! , 
 
 365. 
 
 , , his clerk, 413, 443. 
 
 Vanderlin, Capt. Adrian, petition of, 391. 
 
 Vane, see Fane. 
 
 Van Homrigh, see Homrigh. 
 
GENERAL INDEX. 
 
 661 
 
 Van Odyke, Herr, (transport offerees), 526. 
 Vaughan, the Lady Trances and the Lady 
 
 Althamia, 202. 
 
 , Lieut.-Col., (pension), 415. 
 
 Vawser, William, collector of hearth money, a 
 
 defaulter, 361. 
 Vellum, duties on, 405. 
 
 , Com" for the duties on, 408. 
 
 Venice, 315, 511. 
 
 , envoy extraordinary to, 177. 
 
 Venner, Col., 807 (2), 327. 
 
 Ventry (Ireland), an East India ship on shore 
 
 there, 463. 
 Vere, Charles, brewer, and partners, petition 
 
 of, 362. 
 Verhorst, Arnold, secretary of -war to the 
 
 Dutch forces, petition of, 365. 
 Vernon, Colonel, 151, 428. 
 
 , Edward, Esq., 151,398. 
 
 , Mr. James, or James, Esq., 388, 413, 
 
 538, 544 (2), 560. 
 
 John, (Customs), petition of, 558. 
 
 , of Dublin, merchant, petition 
 
 of, 59, 283. 
 
 , Mr., 298, 511, 520, 542, 562. 
 
 ,"old Mr.," (Dublin), prayed a sus- 
 pension of execution or he must rot in 
 
 gaol, 283. 
 , Thomas, of London, merchant, and 
 
 another, petition of, (Customs), 453. 
 
 Verson, Engle, petition of, 66. 
 
 Vessels for Flanders, 94. 
 
 Vicar-general of the Bishop of Ross, 147. 
 
 Vickars or Vickers, Mi\ James, his vessel 
 
 seized, &c., petition, &c., 296, 307 (2), 
 
 308. 
 , , his salary, 307. 
 
 Vickers, Mr. James, manager of mail packet 
 boats, petition of, 634. 
 
 ,Mr., 114, 117. 
 
 Victuallers at a stand for money, 564. 
 
 VictualUng, Com" for, and victualling oiBce, 
 122, 124 (2), 164, 169, 178 (2), 180, 
 240, 270, 275, 279, 282, 429, 434, 484, 
 553, 566. 
 
 , , the credit of the office lost, 560. 
 
 , , press for money, 560, 566. 
 
 , ,20,000/. wanted weekly, 566. 
 
 , to do their utmost, 566. 
 
 Victualling and provisions, 2, 13, 141 (2), 
 143, 161, 162, 164, 175, 176, 186, 257, 
 258, 275, 300, 306, 307, 316, 327, 330, 
 331, 345, 349, 422, 427, 429, 439, 447 
 (2), 448 (2), 452, 522, 545, 553, 555, 
 560 ; see also Navy. 
 
 VictualUng, contractors for, 11. 
 
 the Navy, Com" for, 387 (2). 
 
 , petition for, 119. 
 
 office, 31, 149. 
 
 , a house held of St. Bartho- 
 lomew's Hospital near Rochester, to be 
 turned into a, 427. 
 
 Vienna, 393. 
 
 Villiers, Capt. Henry, 109. 
 
 , , of Brigadier Steuart's regiment, 
 
 petition of, 203. 
 ..., , allowed on the musters of Ire- 
 land though serving as governor of 
 
 Tinmouth, 204. 
 
 , Colonel George, petition of, 32. 
 
 , Brigadier, 348, 434, 544. 
 
 , Edward, 436. 
 
 or Villers, Colonel, the regiment of, 
 
 205,212,244,312. 
 , the Hon. Edward FitzGerald, the re- 
 giment of, 271. 
 , the Right Hon. the Lord Viscount, 
 
 (repairs in Hyde Park,) 447 (2). 
 Vincent, Capt. Walter, memorial of, 157. 
 Vinegar, 59. 
 , native and foreign, and vinegar makers, 
 
 &c., 413. 
 Vu-ginia, 102 (2), 137 (3), 155, 160, 169, 245, 
 
 268, 348 (2), 354 (2), 560. 
 
 , merchants trading to, petition of, 458. 
 
 , the governor of, 402, 471. 
 
 , the General Assembly, memorials of, 
 
 seek to erect a grammar school and 
 
 college in that colony, 205. 
 
 merchants, &c., memorial, 226. 
 
 , the Assembly of, Acts passed in, 
 
 225. 
 , wharves and quays proposed to be 
 
 built, 225. 
 ,25 per cent, proposed to be laid on 
 
 furs, and 7 J per cent, on woollen goods, 
 
 225. 
 
 , the Assembly there, 323, 385, 471. 
 
 , " poor souls in want of necessaries," 
 
 137. 
 
 , Act for settling ports there, 170. 
 
 , proposed survey of woods there, 203. 
 
 , merchants and traders to, 226, 426, 
 
 427, 458. 
 
 , quit rents of, 23 1. 
 
 , trade to, destroyed, 354. 
 
 , fleet or vessels employed on the coast 
 
 of, 356, 396, 402. 
 
 w. 
 
 Wade, William, tidesman in fee, 269. 
 
 Wages, 90, 137, 179, 188, 336, 853, 452, 504, 
 
 507, 524, 549, 553, 556. 
 
 of seamen, 14, 133. 
 
 , an engineer 20s. a day, 350. 
 
 Waggon master general, 221. 
 
 AV^agstafF, Jane, widow of Lieut. John 
 
 Wagstaff, petition of, (arrears, army), 
 
 500. 
 
C32 
 
 GENEEAL INDEX. 
 
 AVaiteis, the King's, and tlie land waiters, 
 
 tlieirfecs, &e., 52G. 
 Wales, 48 (2), 93, 123, 249, 307, 322, 359, 
 
 437. 
 
 , the auditor of, 254, 371. 
 
 , deputy auditor of, 416, 470. 
 
 , North, 205, 420, 447, 492. 
 
 , and South, land revenue of, 3G9 
 
 (2). 
 
 , the Prinee of, bom, 30, 437. 
 
 , , farthings, 109. 
 
 , , his revenue, 437 (2). 
 
 , the president of, court held before the, 
 
 41G. 
 
 , South, the reeeiver-general of, 221. 
 
 , , receivers of, 292, 295, 511. 
 
 , , the revenues of, 222. 
 
 , , soldiers levied there, 2. 
 
 Walker, Mr. Thomas, (Customs), 4G5. 
 Wallbanck, Capt., a conspirator, 491. 
 
 AValler, John, of London, merchant, petition 
 
 of, 458. 
 Wallingford House, near Whitehall, 385. 
 Wallis, Mr., (army agent), 154 (2). 
 Walsh, Robert, 490. 
 Walsingham, James, Esq., petition of, 431 
 
 (2). 
 , Sir Thomas, Kt., 431. 
 
 Walters, Captain Joseph, commander of the 
 Charles galley, petitions the Ordnance 
 Office for guns delivered, 400. 
 
 Walton, 33. 
 
 Leigh, officeof bailiff and collector at, 
 
 33. 
 
 Wandering persons, 4. 
 
 Wandesford, Sir Christopher, Bart., petition of, 
 393. 
 
 Wanly, Nicholas, a land waiter in the port of 
 London, dismissed for not taking the 
 test, memorial of, 564. 
 
 Wapping, hamlet of, 157. 
 
 " ar, the extraordinary charge of the, 534. 
 
 , a council of, at Barbadoes, 452. 
 
 Warburton, George, Esq., deputy postmaster 
 of Ireland, petition of, &e., 3G9, 412, 
 4G1, 486. 
 
 , Mr., deputy of Mr. Oliver L}Tne, con- 
 troller of the port of Liverpool, 130, 
 145, 158 (2), 1G5. 
 
 , Mr., clerk assistant to the House of 
 
 Commons [Ir.'Jand], 4G7, 468. 
 
 ,Mr. Thos., 126. 
 
 Ward, Sir Edw. or Edward, Esq., attorney- 
 general, 287, 308 (2), 310, 316 (2), 321, 
 352, 362, 3G3, 368,372, 376, 383, 391, 
 398, 399, 408, 421, 429, 442, 446 (2). 
 
 , John, Esq., J.r. for Middlesex and 
 
 AVestrainster, petition of, 159 (2). 
 
 , , of London, merchant, petition 
 
 of, 178. 
 
 .Mr., a. land surveyor in the port of 
 
 London, 60. 
 
 Ward, Mr. John, agent of the Earl of Bath's 
 
 regiment, petition of, 465. 
 , Sir I'atience, a Com' of Customs, the 
 
 death of, 531 (2). 
 , Thomas, master of a ship, petition of, 
 
 544. 
 
 , , (prunellos seized), 558. 
 
 Warden of the Stannaries, the Lord, 18, 26 
 
 (2). 
 Warders of the Tower, 432. 
 
 , twenty, for Hillsborough Eort, 4. 
 
 Wardour, Mr. (?E.xchequer), 494. 
 
 AVardrobe, the Great, instruction for the office 
 
 of, 5. 
 , , and clerk of, 5, 12,33,162,301 
 
 (2), 352,432, 521, 542. 
 , the removing, 429. 
 
 AA'ards, the Court of, at the end of AA''estminster 
 
 Hall, 247. 
 AA^areing, Capt. AA' alter, retired from Ireland 
 
 to England from sickness, petition of, 
 
 267,268. 
 AVaring, James, 83. 
 , John, a searcher of the port of Chester, 
 
 petition of, 94. 
 
 Mr., collector of Deal, 346. 
 
 , , , forcibly took wrecked 
 
 goods from the Serjeant of the Admiralty, 
 
 202. 
 AA'"aruer, Richard, (Customs), petition of, 323. 
 AVarnford, Mr. Robert, 435. 
 AVarrants, abstracts of, 334, 411. 
 
 AA''arren, Captain Christopher, customer and 
 collector of the port of I'lymouth, 63, 
 64 (5). 
 
 , , petition of, 34. 
 
 , , recommended to be suspended, 
 
 64. 
 
 , Lieut. Thomas, 512. 
 
 , AVilUam, fled from Dublin, 47, 52. 
 
 AVarrington, the Earl of, the petition of, 147. 
 
 , , the pension of, petition, 282. 
 
 , , had been mayor of Chester, and 
 
 had given 100?. for building a new hall 
 there, 447. 
 
 AA'arrington, the ship, bought in Norway, Sec, 
 422. 
 
 AA'ar-iv'ick, 100, 321, 369, 389. 
 
 , the town and borough of, petition of 
 
 the inhabitants of, 427. 
 
 the collegiate church and the greatest 
 
 part of the town burnt, 428. 
 
 , the inhabitants of, ask for 1 ,000 tons 
 
 of timber, 428. 
 
 , CO., 151. 
 
 House in Holborn, 210. 
 
 Philip, Esq., envoy to Sweden, 20 
 
 (2). 
 AVashington, Col., 350. 
 AVastc of woods, 170. 
 
GENERAL INDEX. 
 
 663 
 
 Waterford, 184, 185, 216, 255, 257, 273, 313, 
 355,391. 
 
 , the collector there, 185. 
 
 , salt and provisions secured on the 
 
 surrender of, 310. 
 
 AVatergoos, the camp at, 457. 
 
 Waters, Capt., claim for gunaage, petition of, 
 515. 
 
 AVaterson, Mr. Wm., 356. 
 
 AVater supply, 325. 
 
 AVatkins, John, the complaint of, against 
 Abraham Hough, the (Customs) offiscr 
 of Margate, &c., 196, 197 (2). 
 
 AVatson, Joseph, 35. 
 
 AA'atts, Francis, petition to be made a land- 
 waiter, 272. 
 
 , Mr., Alderman Duncombe's servant, 
 
 67. 
 
 , AVilham, alderman of Dublin, 96. 
 
 AVaugh, Alex., fined 500/., 557. 
 
 AVaybridge, 33. 
 
 AVays, guide and surveyor of, 153. 
 
 AVayte, Richard, petition of, 348. 
 
 AA''eale, Samuel, the first to raise money by 
 tonnage, petition of, 364. 
 
 AVeaver, John, customer of Southampton, peti- 
 tion of, 554. 
 
 AVeavers, 545. 
 
 AVcb, Mr., a witness as to derelict land, 538. 
 
 AVebb, Adcrana, petition of, 294. 
 
 , John, 304. 
 
 , Matthew, landwaiter at Bristol, sus- 
 pended, 278. 
 
 AVebster, EUzabeth and Mary, 313. 
 
 , Capt. AV^illiam, lost his life in Ireland, 
 
 313. 
 
 , , killed at Phillipstown in Ireland, 
 
 the orphans of, 465. 
 
 Webster, [ ], (Customs), suspended, 
 
 354. 
 
 AA''eed-ashes, 191. 
 
 AA^eightB, " haverdupoiz," 249. 
 
 AA^eldcn, Anthony, a landwaiter (Customs), 
 127. 
 
 AV^cUs, merchants of the port of, petition of, 
 158. 
 
 AA^ells, Mr., officer at Sandwich (Customs), 
 195. 
 
 , Thomas, gent., IGl. 
 
 AVelsh, James, 3. 
 
 Wereall, the hundred of, 146. 
 
 AA^est, Charles, gent. (Customs), 357. 
 
 , Francis, a prisoner, 350. 
 
 , Thomas, 278. 
 
 Westcombe, Consul, agent at Cadiz, 523. 
 
 , , agent for the Com" of Prizes at 
 
 Cadiz, 550. 
 
 AVesterham, 419. 
 
 AVest India and Indies, see India. 
 
 Westmeath, co., lands in, 342, 491. 
 
 , an estate there, 544, 557. 
 
 Westminster, 4, 12, 78, 110, 118, 157 (2), 
 
 159 (2), 336,455.: 
 the bailiff of, claims clippings, &c., 
 
 285, 541. 
 , claims goods and chattels of traitors, 
 
 436. 
 , , (clippings received by him), 299, 
 
 305, 536. 
 , , proceedings against him, 444, 
 
 537. 
 
 , the courts at, 361. 
 
 , the dean and chapter of, 285, 537, 
 
 541. 
 Hall, erection of a court for trial of a 
 
 peer at, 276. 
 the repair of a building leading 
 
 to, 554. 
 , lodgings adjoining the first gatehouse 
 
 leading to King Street, 498. 
 
 , Palace Yard, 285. 
 
 , St. Margaret, 4. 
 
 , the manor of, 351, 352, 377. 
 
 AVestmoreland, 222, 334, 442. 
 
 the Earl of, charged with defrauding 
 
 the Crown, 216. 
 
 AA''es(row, Mr. Thomas, petition of, 191. 
 AVexford, 384 (2), 558. 
 AVeymouth, mayor of, 1. 
 
 , the port of, 35, 112. 
 
 AVhale, a, 140. 
 
 fins, 326. 
 
 Wharf at Portsmouth, 7. 
 
 AA''harfingers (London), petition of, 235. 
 
 AV^harton, Sir George, Bart., treasurer and 
 paymaster of the ordnance, 22. 
 
 , , paymaster of the ordnance, 
 
 184 (2), 210. 
 
 Sir Polycarpus, Bart, petitions of, 
 
 161, 162. 
 
 ..., , the executor of his father. Sir 
 
 George AVharton, 184 (2). 
 
 , , (supplies of gunpowder), 250, 
 
 251 (2). 
 
 AVheat at Cork 6s. 9d. a bushel, 275. 
 
 from Ireland, the price of, 342. 
 
 AVheate, Sir Thomas, 511. 
 
 AVheeler, John, of Bristol, and another, peti- 
 tion of, 446. 
 
 , Mark, master of a ship, his affidavit as 
 
 to the sailing of the French fleet, 39. 
 
 AA'heler, Sir Charles, 13. 
 
 , Sir Francis, (money for sick and 
 
 wounded), 270. 
 
 , the squadron of, 325. 
 
 AVhitby, 72. 
 
 , the ofiicer of, 242. 
 
 AYhite, Mr. Francis, 63 (2). 
 
 , Mr., 489, 
 
 , Nicholas, 490. 
 
 , William, petition of, 423. 
 
 AVhitebread, AVilliaih, Esq., receiver-general of 
 an aid, co. Bedford, petition of, 343. 
 
664 
 
 .GENERAL INDEX. 
 
 Whitechapel, 157. 
 
 , St. Mary, 157. 
 
 Whitefriars in Ireland, the estate of, 462. 
 WMtehall, papers dated at, 4, 5, 6, 7, 137. 
 ,73,76, no, 155,320,385,388,391, 
 
 395,436, 572. 
 
 , Chapel Royal at, 33. 
 
 , , embroidery for, bespoken by 
 
 King James II., and \ised by King 
 
 William and Queen Mary, 232. 
 , court gate, dead bodies carried by, 
 
 430. 
 
 , the palace of, 351. 
 
 , the stone gallery, 16. 
 
 Treasury chamber or chambers, 46, 
 
 207, 257 ; see also Treasury chambers. 
 Whitehall, Lancelot, (Customs), 114 (2), 
 
 486. 
 Whitehaven, 37, 46, 47, 134 (2), 173 (2), 
 
 177 (3), 183 (2), 184, 186, 190, 239, 
 
 546 (2). 
 , the port of, increase of establishment 
 
 and salaries recommended, 550. 
 
 , searcher of, 146. 
 
 Whitehorn, Thomas, master of the ship 
 
 Leonora, of London, petition of, 68. 
 AVhiteing, Mr. John, petition of, 227. 
 Whithed, Richard, 143. 
 Whitley, Morgan, to survey works in the 
 
 castle of Chester, 113. 
 , , receiver-general of North Wales 
 
 and Cheshire, 492. 
 
 Whitstable, 166, 381. 
 
 Whittacre, Mr., 444. 
 
 Whittlewood, the forest of, 284, 299, 427. 
 
 Whitwood, ,Iames, petition of, (milled money 
 seized), 528. 
 
 Wich, Sir Cyril, a deputy to the Lord Lieu- 
 tenant of Ireland, 363. 
 
 Wicks, Mr., receiver of plantation duties, 338 
 (3), 356, 357. 
 
 , Michael, receiver of customs in Lon- 
 don, 370. 
 
 Widows and children of clergymen, charity 
 
 for, petition of, 257. 
 
 , distressed, petition of, 291. 
 
 , officers', 314. 
 
 , fund for, 491, 499. 
 
 Wight, the Isle of, 35, 36, 301, 498. 
 
 , castles, &c. in, governor of, and 
 
 receiver of revenue, 515. 
 Wilbarton, 264. 
 
 Wilcocks, John, jun., Esq., Com' of Excise, 
 
 petition of, 455 (3). 
 Wilcox, Mr., (army clothing), 247. 
 Wildbore, Mr. Mark, late collector of the port 
 
 of Whitehaven, 134. 
 , Mr., collector of customs in the port 
 
 of Cariisle, 364. 
 Wildgos, Samuel, petition of, 68, 69. 
 Wildman, Major, John, Esq., or Sir John, 
 
 Postmaster General, 55 (2), 127, 128, 
 
 307, 308. 
 
 Wilkes, Anthony, (Transport service), 186, 
 290. 
 
 Wilkins, Thomas, gent., petition of, 440. 
 
 Willett, Henry, a defaulter, petition of, 430. 
 
 Willey, Mr., 127. 
 
 William and Mary, King and Queen, the 
 marriage of, 429. 
 
 , King, instructions to the consul- 
 general of the coast of Barbary, 238. 
 
 IIL, letter to, 344. 
 
 , his treaty with Tripoli, 392. 
 
 and Mary, petition of the owners of 
 
 the ship, 353. 
 
 Wilhams, David, [gent.], his petitions lost at 
 the Treasury, 564. 
 
 , , asks (playfully) to he made 
 
 keeper of the petitions, 564. 
 
 , , the petitions alluded to, 572. 
 
 , , his ancestors sufferers for their 
 
 loyalty, 572. 
 
 , employed in the chemical labo- 
 ratory, Whitehall, 572. 
 
 Sir Edward, com' for an aid, 573. 
 
 , Nicholas, tidesman in the port of Lon- 
 don, drowned, 572. 
 
 Thomas, 352. 
 
 , Sir Thomas, Bart., chief chemical 
 
 physician, 572. 
 
 , William, gent., claims the lordship 
 
 and town of Haverfordwest, 'petition of, 
 254. 
 
 , William, (Customs), 129 (3), 161 (2). 
 
 , Sir Wm., 437. 
 
 , William, petition of, (Customs seizure), 
 
 473. 
 Williamson, Sir Joseph, 351. 
 
 , , memorial of, as to fee-farm 
 
 rents due to him, 212. 
 
 , Mr., the deputy of, 104. 
 
 , Mr., receiver of Yorkshire and North- 
 umberland, 106 (2), 112. 
 
 , Nehemiah, 55. 
 
 , , his scandalous reputation, 146 
 
 (2). 
 , , searcher in the ports of Carlisle 
 
 and Whitehaven, petition of, &c., 190, 
 
 211. 
 
 , Mr. [Ralph], the King's receiver of 
 
 the aid of I2d. per pound, &o., 79, 82, 
 83, 84, 85 (2), 88, 90 (2), 93, 94 (3). 
 99, 100 (2), 103, 104, 105, 107. 
 
 , , petition of, 90. 
 
 , Ralph, receiver-general of an aid^ 
 
 (York, Durham, and Northumberland), 
 petition of, 527 (2). 
 
 , controller of the port of New- 
 castle, petitions of, &c., 66, 162 (2). 
 
 , Robert, petition of, 44. 
 
 , , searcher in the port of London, 
 
 memorial of, &c., 529 (4). 
 
GENERAL INDEX. 
 
 66t 
 
 Williamstadt, in Holland, 199. 
 
 Willoughby, of Parham, Francis, Lord, lieut.- 
 
 general, &c. of the Caribbee Islands, 
 
 12 (6), 14. 
 , William, Lord, governor of Barbadoes, 
 
 12. 
 
 , , brother of Francis, 12, 13 (3). 
 
 , Lord, of Parham, memorial of, 119. 
 
 , Mrs., petition of, (pension), 503. 
 
 Wilmer, John, of Loudon, merchant, petition 
 
 of, &c., 66 (2). 
 , Mr. Randolph, or Randall, Esq., petty 
 
 customer of the port of London, 65 
 
 (2). 
 
 , petition of, (his salary), 196. 
 
 Wilsford, Mr. Buckley, 300. 
 Wilson, Capt. Jacob, 317. 
 Wiltshire, 293, 361 (2), 529. 
 Wilts, deputy lieut., &c. of, 154. 
 
 .sheriff of, 88. 
 
 Winchelsea, 252. 
 
 Winchester, account for building a palace there, 
 
 20. 
 
 ,the dean and chapter of, 202. 
 
 , Marquis of, 38 (2). 
 
 , , a master-keeper in the New 
 
 Forest, 352. 
 
 Windham, Clere, 360. 
 
 , Hugh, Col., or Hugh, the regiment of, 
 
 &c., 227, 306 (3), 339, 354, 477. 
 
 , memorial of, 414. 
 
 , Thomas, Esq., 22. 
 
 Windsor, 15, 66, 140, 141, 337. 
 
 Castle, mention of, 268. 
 
 , the dean and canons of, 201. 
 
 forest, 33. 
 
 , the great park at, 192, 221. 
 
 green park, 512. 
 
 , the honour of, ground at Eton belong- 
 ing to, 279. 
 
 palace, the liberties of, 122. 
 
 , a timber yard there, 122. 
 
 Wine lees, 410. 
 
 Wines, 40, 53, 68, 72, 113, 167, 173, 244, 345, 
 399, 422, 450, 472, 492, 540, 543, 553, 
 559. 
 
 , duties on, (Ireland), 466. 
 
 , Canary, memorial concerning, 141. 
 
 (Claret), imported, 35. 
 
 , French, 50. 
 
 , , the King to have his share in 
 
 kind, 564. 
 , Portugal, 244. 
 
 Wingfield, James, a deputy -waiter of the port 
 of London, 521. 
 
 Winn, Col., 474. 
 
 Winnington, Francis, 7. 
 
 Wire, iron, and steel, 39, 50, 56, 124, 146 (2). 
 
 AVirtemburg or Winterburge, the Duke of 
 Prince of, the Danish general, 82, 83, 
 84 (2), 85, 98 (2), 99, 103, 161. 
 
 , , his equipage, 85. 
 
 , , lieut.-general of the Danish 
 
 forces, 217. 
 
 , the Prince of, 420. 
 
 Wiseman, Elizabeth, Lady, 490. 
 
 Withered, Thomas, merchant of London 
 (Customs), 486. 
 
 Withers, Capt., 358. 
 
 Wittersham Level, 253 (4). 
 
 Woking, the manor of, 443. 
 
 Wolseley, Robert, Esq., envoy to the Court of 
 Brussels, petition of, 336. 
 
 , William, [Brigadier], 562, 567. 
 
 , Brigadier, (custodian of land, &c.), 
 
 462 (2), 545. 
 
 , , no man better heard in Parlia- 
 ment than he, 462. 
 
 Wolstenholme, Mr. Thomas, customer of the 
 port of Bridgewater, petition of, 93. 
 
 , Thomas, son of Sir Thomas Wolsten- 
 holme, Bart., petition of, 370. 
 
 , Mr., receiver of imposition on plan- 
 tation goods, 356, 528. 
 
 Wood, Captain, the chicaneries of, 183 (2). 
 
 , Jn., 75. 
 
 , Sir., 463. 
 
 Woodgate, John, deputy postmaster of Canter- 
 bury, salary of, &c., 441, 442. 
 
 Woodland, Amos, master of a vessel, petition 
 of, 308. 
 
 Woodruff, Edmund, 65. 
 
 Woods embezzled, 170. 
 
 , surveyor-general of, 299. 
 
 Woodward, Robert, LL.D., 321. 
 
 Woolaston, William, and another, sutlers to 
 
 the Horse Guards, petition of, 397. 
 Wool, English, exported, 300. 
 , exportation of, and transportation, 48, 
 
 75, 77 (2), 81, 116, 122, 130, 139, 147, 
 
 148 (2), 168, 175. 
 
 , seizure of the bounty for, 75. 
 
 Hcences in Ireland, 4,5. 
 
 , quantities shipped on the coast of 
 
 Kent, 381. 
 seized in Scotney bam, belonging to 
 
 the mayor of Hythe, 232. 
 
 , , hearing of the case ap- 
 pointed, 239. 
 , transportation of, from Ireland, 4, 5. 
 
 Woollen cloth, and petty customs, the collector 
 
 of, 254. 
 
 manufacture, 77, 85. 
 
 Woolesley, Col., the regiment of, 235, 275. 
 Woolfe, Mr., a merchant of London, 134 (2). 
 WooUet, Wm., (army clothing), 247, 285. 
 Woolridge, Mr., 551. 
 Woolseley, or Wolsley, Col., 334, 335, 358 (2), 
 
 462 (2), 474. 
 Woolstaple, the Long, in Westminster, 4. 
 
666 
 
 GENERAL INDEX. 
 
 Woolwich, 228, 410. 
 
 , laboratory there, ."92. 
 
 , the master shipwright there, 300. 
 
 "Wooton, the manor of, 443. 
 
 Worcester, the battle of, referred to, 89, 172, 
 
 438. 
 
 , the county of, 58, 62, 305, 466, 472. 
 
 , Edward, Lord Bishop of, petition of, 
 
 472. 
 
 house, trustees of, 4. 
 
 Workmen, impressment of, for seamen, 109. 
 Works, 325. 
 
 , the Board of, 73. 
 
 , the clerk of the, 352. 
 
 , the controller of, 87, 183, 184. 
 
 , establishment of the office of, 5. 
 
 , office of, state of the debt of, 195. 
 
 , officers of, orders to be observed by, 
 
 5. 
 
 , the ordinary service of, 86 (2). 
 
 , paymaster of the, 20, 135, 183, 184, 
 
 247. 
 , the surveyor or suri'eyor-general of, 
 
 16, 87 (2), 110, 175, 183. 
 
 , , see Wren. 
 
 AYorplesdon manor, ofl&ce of steward of, 33. 
 Wortley, Sidney, Esq., executor of Edward 
 
 Mountague, petition of, 197. 
 Wreck, expedition to search for, 335. 
 Wrecked goods, 202. 
 Wrecks, 398, 399. 
 
 , invention to raise, 323 (2). 
 
 Wren, Sir Cristopher, surveyor-general of 
 
 works, 40, 86 (4), 87 (.5), 110 (4), 122, 
 
 135, 169, 220, 233, 247, 276, 319 (2), 
 
 332 (2), 377, 384, 401, 429, 461, 480, 
 
 498, 554. 
 , , memorials or petitions of, 69, 
 
 183, 384, 422, 428. 
 
 , , complaint of his insolence, 110. 
 
 , , had supported the office, en- 
 dangering the ruin of his family, 184. 
 , , his answer as to refusal to pay 
 
 rent for a piece of land in Cannon 
 
 Eow, in the parish of St. Margaret, 
 
 Westminster, 197. 
 
 , , memorial of, 344. 
 
 , EUinor, widow of Capt. Ralph AVren, 
 
 petition of, 499 (3). 
 Wrexham, the justice hall at, 339. 
 Wright, Admiral, 136. 
 
 , Capt., 534. 
 
 , Mr. Sergeant, recorder of Leicester, 
 
 374. 
 Writs of covenant, 143. 
 Wjld, Samuel, of Spitalfields, London, -weaver, 
 
 petition of, 360. 
 Wynne, Sir John, petition of, 339, 438. 
 , O., or Doctor Wynne (Mint), 23, 78 
 
 (2). 
 Wyrlcy, Humphrey, 351 (2). 
 ,Mr., 89. 
 
 Yachts, 325. 
 
 in the King's service convey passengers, 
 
 534. 
 , captains of, or commanders of, 534 (2), 
 
 648. 
 Yaddelthorpc, lands in, 465. 
 Yarburgh, Capt., 118. 
 Yardley, AVm., under housekeeper, wardrobe 
 
 keeper, and keeper of gardens at Green- 
 wich, 395. 
 Yards (Navy), 300 (2). 
 
 , officers of, (taxes), 562. 
 
 Yarme, co. York, 424. 
 
 Yarmouth, 49, 52, 73, .322. 
 
 , the bailiffs of , 1601. per ann. applied 
 
 for the grandeur of the town instead of 
 
 the fishery, &c., 303. 
 
 Castle, Isle of Wight, 498. 
 
 Yarn, 47, 567. 
 
 Yarner, Abraham, Esq., muster master general 
 
 of the forces in Ireland, petition of, 
 
 &c., 228,230,231, 244. 
 , , his journey and attendance in 
 
 England, 258. 
 Yate, Wm., mayor of Bristol, 2. 
 Yates, Edward, of Leek (Lancaster), yeoman, 
 
 546. 
 John, of Kingston-upon-IIulI, pro- 
 secuted in the Exchequer, petition of, 
 
 247. 
 
 , Robert, (Mint), 538, 569. 
 
 Yeoman pricker to the privy harriers, 434. 
 
 Yeomen of the guard, 432. 
 
 York, 82 (2), 83 (3), 84 (2), 85 (2), 86, 88, 
 
 90,91,94(3), 100(3), 102, 103, 104 
 
 (2), 108,315,424, 539, 540. 
 
 Buildings, letter dated at, 522. 
 
 , clipping and coining at, 78. 
 
 , mint there, 508, 509, 518, 522, 540, 
 
 543, 548. 
 
 , see New York. 
 
 (Ebor), rents due, 413. 
 
 , the next " sess" for, 198. 
 
 , II.B.IL the Duke of, Lord High 
 
 Admiral, 6. 
 
 , the Duke of, 29. 
 
 county, or Yorkshire, 82, 91, 93, 98, 
 
 100(2), 102 (2), 106, 112, 305 (2), 
 
 372, 527. 
 , the shcL'iiF of, the grand jury, and 
 
 deputy lieutenauts acknowledge the 
 
 money sent to set the mint at work, 
 
 533. 
 
GENERAL INDEX, 
 
 667 
 
 Yorkshii-e, tlie sheriff and under sheriff of, 
 
 573. 
 Youghall, 220. 
 Young, Andrew, had tricked the Com" of 
 
 Prizes, petition of, 535 (2). 
 , Wilham, of St. Andveiv's, Ilolborn, 
 
 Esq., 32 (2). 
 
 , Sir W., 527. 
 
 z. 
 
 Zant, 98 (2), 143. 
 Zealand, 258, 259. 
 
 Zealand, expenses of transportation of forces 
 from thence to ICngland, 516, 52G. 
 
 Zell, the Duke of, see Brandenburgh. 
 
 Zouch, Sir Edw., Kt., marshal of the mar- 
 shalsea of the household, 443. 
 
 , James, Esq., petition of, 443. 
 
 , John, 443. 
 
 Zuliohen, Mons., secretary in Holland, 281. 
 
 Zm'ich, the burgomasters and senate of, 344. 
 
 , the principals of the canton "well in- 
 
 tentioned to the King, 344. 
 
 , the consul and senate of, 344. 
 
 letter dated at, 344. 
 
 Zuyllistien, Mons., 79. 
 
 , , the goods of, 79. 
 
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 have been dated and arranged. 
 
 Calendar of Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, op the 
 Reign op Henry VIIL, preserved in Her Majesty's Public Record 
 Office, the British Museum, &c. Edited hy J. S. Brewer, M.A., 
 Professor of English Literature, King's College, Londoa. 1862-1867. 
 Vol. I.— 1509-1514. 
 Vol. II. (in Two Parts)— 1515-1518. 
 Vol. IIL (in Two Parts)— 1519-1523. 
 
 These volumes contain summaries of all State Papers and Correspondence 
 relating to the reign of Heniy VIII., in the Public Eecord Office, of those 
 formerly in the State Paper Office, in the British Museum, the Libraries of Oxford 
 and Cambridge, and other Public Libraries ; and of all letters that have appeared 
 in print in the works of Bumet, Strype, and others. \'\'hatever authentic 
 original material exists in England relative to the religions, political, parliamen- 
 tary, or social history of the country during the reign of Henry VIIL, whether 
 despatches of ambassadors, or proceedings of the army, navy, treasury, or 
 ordnance, or records of ParUament, appointments of officers, grants from the 
 Crown, &c., will be found calendared in these volumes. 
 
 Calendar op State Papers, Foreign Series, of the Reign op 
 Edwakd VI., preserved in Her Majesty's Public Record Office. Edited 
 hy W. B. ToRNEDLL, Esq., of Lincoln's Inn, Barrister-at-Law, and 
 Correspondant du Comite Imperial des Travaux Historiques ct des 
 Societes Savantes de France. 1861. 
 
 Calendar of State Papers, Foreign Series, of the Reign op Mary, 
 preserved in Her Majesty's Public Record Office. Edited hy W. B. 
 Titrnbull, Esq., of Lincoln's Inn, Barrister-at-Law, and Correspondant 
 du Comite Imperial des Travaux Historiques et des Societes Sav.antes 
 de France. 1861. 
 
 The two preceding volumes exhibit the negotiations of the English ambassadors 
 with the courts of the Emperor Charles V. of Germany, of Henry 11. of France, 
 and of Phihp II. of Spain. The affairs of several of the minor continental states 
 also find various incidental illustrations of much interest. 
 
A valuable series of Papers descriptive of the circumstances •which attended 
 the loss of Calais merits a special notice ; "while the progress of the wars in the 
 north of France, into which England -was dragged by her union -with Spain, is 
 narrated at some length. The domestic affairs of England are of course passed 
 over in these volumes, "which treat only of its relations with foreign powers. 
 
 Calendar of State Papers, Foreign Series, op the Reign op 
 Elizabeth, preserved in Her Majesty's Public Record OfSce, &c. 
 Edited by tlie Rev. Joseph Stevenson, M.A., of University College, 
 Durham. 1863-1867. 
 
 Vol. I.— 1558-1559. 
 
 Vol. IV.— 1561-1562 
 
 Vol. II.— 1559-1560. 
 
 Vol. v.— 1562. 
 
 Vol. III.— 1560-1561. 
 
 
 These five volumes contain a calendar of the Foreign Correspondence of 
 Queen Elizabeth, from her accession in 1558, to 1562, of which the originals, 
 drafts, or contemporary copies, are deposited in the Public Record Office, &c. 
 These documents are of the greatest value as exhibiting the position of England 
 at one of the most interesting periods of history, in regard to its relations with 
 France, Scotland, Spain, and Germany. They are of especial importance as 
 illusti'ating not only the external but also the domestic affairs of France during 
 the period which immediately preceded the outbreak of the first gi'eat war of 
 religion under the Prince of Conde and the Duke of Guise. 
 
 Calendar op Treasury Papers, preserved in Her Majesty's Public Record 
 Office. 1557-1696. Edited by Joseph Redington, Esq. 1868. 
 
 The Papers connected with the administration of the affairs of the Treasury, 
 from 1556-7 to 1696, comprising petitions, reports, and other documents re- 
 lating to services rendered to th e State, grants of money and pensions, appoint- 
 ments to offices, remissions of fines and duties, . &c., are calendared in this 
 volume. They illustrate civil and military events, financial and other matters, 
 the administration in Ireland and the Colonies, &c., and afford information 
 nowhere else recorded. 
 
 Calendar of the CAREVf Papers, preserved in Lambeth Library. Edited 
 by J. 8. Brewer, M.A., Professor of English Literature, King's College, 
 London; and William Bullen, Esq. 1 867-1 868< 
 Vol. I.— 1515-1574. 
 Vol. II.— 1575-1588. 
 
 The Carew Papers relating to Ireland deposited in the Lambeth Library are not 
 only imique in themselves, but are of great importance. Two volumes of the 
 Calendar of these valuable Papers have been pubhshed, extending from 1515 to 
 1588, which cannot fail to he welcome to all students of Irish history. Another 
 volume is in the press. 
 
 Calendar of Letters, Despatches, and State Papers, relating to the 
 Negotiations between England and Spain, preserved in the Aj-chives 
 at Simancas, and elsewhere. Edited by G. A. Bergenroth. 1862- 
 1868. 
 
 Vol. I.—Hen. VII.— 1485-1509. 
 
 Vol. II.— Hen. VIII.— 1509-1525. 
 
 Supplement to Vol. I. and Vol. II. 
 
 Mr. Bergenroth is engaged in compiling a Calendar of the Papers relating 
 to England preserved in the archives of Simancas in Spain, and the corresponding 
 portion removed from Simancas to Paris. It was deemed essential that Mr. 
 Bergenroth should also visit Madrid, and examine the Papers there, bearing on 
 the reign of Henry VIII. The fii-st volume contains the Spanish Papers of the 
 reign of Henry VII., and the second volume the Papers of the first portion of 
 the reign of Henry VIH. The Supplement to Vols. I. and II. contains new 
 information relating to the private life of Queen Katharine of England ; and to 
 the projected marriage of Henry VII. with Queen Juana, widow of King Philip 
 of Castile, and mother of the Emperor Charles V. 
 
Calendar of State Papers and Manuscripts, relating to English 
 Apfaies, preserved in the Archives of Venice, &c. Edited by Rawdon 
 Brown, Esq. 1864-1867. 
 Vol. I.— 1202-1509. 
 Vol. II.— 1509-1519. 
 
 Of the Papers in the Venetian archives, Mr. Rawdon Brown has already pub- 
 lished two volumes of his Calendar, extending from 1202 to 1519, and has mads 
 considerable progress in the third volume. Mr. Brown's researches have brought 
 to light a number of important documents relating to the various periods of 
 English histoiy, and his contributions to historical literatm-e are of the most 
 interesting and important character. 
 
 Report op the Deputy Keeper op the Public Records and the Rev. 
 J. S. Brewer to the Master op the Rolls, upon the Carte and 
 Carew Papers in the Bodleian and Lambeth Libraries. 1864. Price 
 '2s. 6d. 
 
 Report op the Deputt Keeper of the Public Records to the Master 
 op the Rolls, upon the Documents in the Archives and Public Libraries 
 of Venice. 1866. Price 2s. Qd. 
 
 In the Press. 
 
 Calendar of State Papers, Colonial Series, preserved in Her Majesty's 
 Public Record Office, and elsewhere. Edited by W. Noel Sainsburt, 
 Esq. Vol. III. — East Indies, China, and Japan. 1617, &c. 
 
 Calendar of State Papers, Foreign Series, of the Reign of Eliza- 
 beth, preserved in Her Majesty's Public Record Office. Edited by 
 the Rev. Joseph Stevenson, M.A., of University College, Durham. 
 Vol. VI.— 1563. 
 
 Calendar op Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, of the Reign 
 op Henry VIIL, preserved in Her Majesty's Public Record Office, the 
 British Museum, &c. Edited by J. S. Brewer, M.A., Professor of 
 English Literature, King's College, London. Vol. IV. — 1524, &c. 
 
 Calendar op State Papers and Manuscripts, relating to English 
 A-Pfairs, preserved in the Archives of Venice, &c. Edited by Raw- 
 don Brown, Esq. Vol. III. — 1 520, &c. 
 
 Calendar of State Papers, Domestic Series, of the Reign of Eliza- 
 beth (continued), preserved in Her Majesty's Public Record Office. 
 Edited by Mary Anne Everett Green. Vol. IV. — 1595-1597. 
 Vol. v.— 1598-1600. 
 
 Calendar of the Carew Papers, preserved in Lambeth Library. Edited 
 by J. S. Brewer, M.A., Professor of English Literature, King's College, 
 London ; and William Bullen, Esq. Vol. III. — 1589-1600. 
 
 Calendar op State Papers, Domestic Series, of the Reign of 
 Charles I., preserved in Her Majesty's Public Record Office. Edited 
 by John Bruce, Esq., F.S.A. Vol. XIL— 1637-1638. 
 
 Syllabus, in English, of Rymer's Fcedera ; with Index. Vol. I. 
 
In Progress. 
 
 Calendar op Letters, DESrATCHES, and State Papers, relating to the 
 Negotiations between England and Spain, preserved in the Archives 
 at Simancas, and elsewhere. Edited by G, A. Bergenkoth. Vol. 
 III. — Hem-y VIII. — continued. 
 
 Calendar op State Papers relating to Ireland, preserved in Her 
 Majesty's Puolic Record Office. Edited by Hans Claude Hamilton, 
 Esq., F.S.A. Vol. HI.— 1586, &c. 
 
THE CHRONICLES AND MEMOillALS OF GREAT BRITAIN 
 AND IRELAND DURING THE MIDDLE AGES. 
 
 [Royal 8vo., half-bound. Price \0s. each Volume or Part.] 
 
 On 25 July 1822, the House of Commous presented an address to the 
 Crown, stating that the editions of the works of our ancient historians were 
 inconvenient and defective ; that many of their writings still remained in 
 manuscript, and, in some cases, in a single copy only. They added, " that an 
 " uniform and convenient edition of the whole, published under His Majesty's 
 " royal sanction, would be an undertaking honourable to His Majesty's reign, 
 " and conducive to the advancement of liistorical and constitutional know- 
 " ledge ; that the House therefore humbly besought His Majesty, that He 
 " would be graciously pleased to give such directions as His Majesty, in His 
 " wisdom, might think fit, for the publication of a complete edition of the 
 " ancient historians of this realm, and assured His Majesty that whatever 
 " expense might be necessary for this purpose would be made good." 
 
 "J.'he Master of the Rolls, being very desirous that effect should be given 
 to the resolution of the House of Commons, submitted to Her Majesty's 
 Treasury in 1857 a plan for the publication of the ancient chronicles and 
 memorials of the United Kingdom, and it was adopted accordingly. In 
 selecting these works, it was considered right, in the first instance, to 
 give preference to those of which the manuscripts were unique, or the 
 materials of which would help to fill up blanks in English history for 
 which no satisfactory and authentic infoi-mation hitherto existed in any 
 accessible form. One great object the Master of the Rolls had in view was 
 to form a corpus Jiistoricum within reasonable limits, and which should be 
 as complete as possible. In a subject of so vast a range, it was important 
 that the historical student should be able to select such volumes as conformed 
 with his own peculiar tastes and studies, and not be put to the expense of 
 purchasing the whole collection ; an inconvenience inseparable from any 
 -other plan than that which has been in this instance adopted. 
 
 Of the Chronicles and Memorials, the following volumes have been pub- 
 lished. They embrace the period from the earliest time of British history 
 down to the end of the reign of Henry VII. 
 
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 1. The Chkonicle op England, by John Capgeate. Edited hy tlie 
 
 Eev. F. C. HiNGESTON, M.A., of Exeter College, Oxford. 1858. 
 
 John Capgrave was prior of Lynn, in Norfolk, and provincial of the order of 
 the Friars Heimits of England shortly before the year 1464. His Chronicle 
 extends from the creation of the world to the year 1417. As a record of the 
 language spoken in Norfolk (for it is written in Enghsh), it is of considerable 
 Talue. 
 
 2. Chkonicon Monasteeii de Abingdon. Vols. I. aud II. Edited hy 
 
 the Eev. Joseph Stevenson, M.A., of University College, Durham, 
 and Vicar of Leighton Buzzard. 1858. 
 
 This Chronicle traces the history of the great Benedictine monastery of 
 Abingdon in Berkshire, from its foundation by King Ina of Wessex, to the 
 reign of Richard I., shortly after which period the present narrative was drawn 
 up by an inmate of the establishment. The author had access to the title-deeds 
 of the house, and incorporates into his history various charters of the Saxon 
 kings, which are of great importance as illustrating not only the history of the 
 locality but that of the kingdom at large. The work is now printed for the first 
 time. 
 
 3. Lives of Edward the Confessor. I. — La Estoire de Seint Aedvsfard 
 
 le Rei. II. — Vita Beati Edvardi Regis et Confessoris. III. — Vita 
 iEduuardi Regis qui apud Westmonasterium requiescit. Edited hy 
 Henry Richards Luard, M.A., Fellow and Assistant Tutor of Trinity 
 College, Cambridge. 1858. 
 
 The first is a poem in Nomian French, containing 4,686 lines. It is addressed 
 to Alianor, Queen of Henry III., and was probably written in the year 1245, on 
 the occasion of the restoration of the church of Westminster. Nothing is known 
 of the author. 
 
 The second is an anonymous poem, containing 536 lines, written between the 
 years 1440 and 1450, by command of Henry VI., to whom it is dedicated. 
 Though it does not throw any new light on the reign of Edward the Confessor, 
 yet it is valuable as a specimen of the Latin poetry of the time. 
 
 The third, also by an anonymous author, was apparently written for Queen 
 Edith, between the years 1066 and 1074, during the pressure of the suffering 
 brought on the Saxons by the Norman conquest. It notices many facts not 
 found in other writers, and some which differ considerably from the usual 
 accounts. 
 
 4. Monijmenta Francisoana ; scilicet, I. — Thomas de Eccleston de Ad- 
 
 ventu Fratrum Minorum in Angliam. II. — Ada3 de Marisco Epistolae. 
 III. — Registrum Fratrum Minorum Londonias. Edited hy J. S. 
 Brewee, M.A., Professor of English Literature, King's College, 
 London. 1858. 
 
 This volume contains original materials for the history of the settlement of 
 the order of Saint Francis in England, the letters of Adam de Marisco, and 
 other papers connected with the foundation and diffusion of this gi'eat body. It 
 has been the aim of the editor to collect whatever historical information could be 
 found in this country, in the British Museum, or elsewhere, towards illustrating 
 a period of the national history for which only scanty materials exist. None 
 of these have been before printed. 
 
 5. Fasciculi Zizanioeum Magistri Johannis Wtclif cum Teitico. 
 
 Ascribed to Thomas Nettee, of Walden, Provincial of the Carmelite 
 Order in England, and Confessor to King Henry the Fifth. Edited hy 
 the Rev. W. W. Shirley, M.A., Tutor and late Fellow of Wadham 
 College, Oxford. 1858, 
 
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 This work derives its principal value from the fact that it is the only con - 
 temporaneous account of the rise of the Lollards. At the time when 'it iv-as 
 ■written, the disputes of the schoolmen had been extended to the field of theology, 
 and they appear both in the -writings of Wychtf and in those of his adversaries. 
 
 WycUff's little bundles of tares are not less metaphysical than theological, and 
 the conflict between Nominalists and Realists rages side by side with the conflict 
 between the different interpreters of Scripture. The " Fasciculi Zizaniorum " 
 gives a good idea of the controversies which were carried on at the end of the 
 14th and the beginning of the 15th centuries. 
 
 The Buik of the Crokiclis of Scotland ; or, A Metrical Version of 
 the History of Hector Boece ; by William Stewart. Vols. I., IL, 
 and ni. Edited hy W. B. Tcrnbull, Esq., of Lincoln's Inn, Barrister- 
 at-Law. 1858. 
 
 This is a metrical translation of a Latin Prose Chronicle, and was written in the 
 first half of the 1 6th century. The narrative begins with the earliest legends, 
 and ends with the death of James I. of Scotland, and the " evil ending of the 
 traitors that slew him." Strict accuracy of statement is not to be looked for in 
 sxich a work as this ; bnt the stories of the colonization of Spain, Ireland, and 
 Scotland are interesting if not true ; and the chronicle is valuable as a reflection 
 of the manners, sentiments, and character of the age in which it was composed. 
 
 The peculiarities of the Scottish dialect are well illustrated in this metrical 
 version of Boece's work, and the student of language will here find ample 
 materials for comparison with the English dialects of the same period, and with 
 modem lowland Scotch. 
 
 JoHANNis Capgkate Liber de Illusteibus Henriois. Edited hy the 
 Rev. F. C. HiNGESTON, M.A., of Exeter College, Oxford. 1858. 
 
 This work is dedicated to Henry VL of England, who appears to have been, in 
 the author's estimation, the greatest of all the Henries. It is divided into three 
 distinct parts, each having its own separate dedication. The first part relates only 
 to the histoi-y of the Empire, and extends from the election of Henry I., the 
 Fowler, to the end of the reign of the Emperor Henry VI. The second part is 
 devoted to Enghsh history, and extends from the accession of Henry I. in the year 
 1100, to the year 1446 which was the twenty-fourth year of the reign of King 
 Henry VI. The third part contains the lives of illustrious men who have borne 
 the name of Hemy in various parts of the world. 
 
 Capgrave was bom in 1393, in the reign of Richard II,, and lived during the 
 Wars of the Roses, for the history of which period his work is of some value. 
 
 Histoeia Monasteeii S. AuGnsTiNi Cantttaeiensis, by Thomas op 
 Elmham, formerly Monk and Treasurer of that Foundation. Edited 
 hy Charles Haedwick, M.A., Fellow of St. Catharine's Hall, and 
 Christian Advocate in the University of Cambridge. 1858. 
 
 This history extends from the arrival of St. Augustine in Kent until 1191, 
 Prefixed is a chronology as far as 1418, which shows in outhne what was to have 
 been the character of the work when completed. The only copy known is in the 
 possession of Trinity Hall, Cambridge. The author was connected with Norfolk, 
 and most probably with Bhnham, whence he derived his name. 
 
 EuLOGiUM (HiSTOKiARtTM SITE Temporis) : Chronicon ab Orbe condito 
 usque ad Annum Domini 1366 ; a Monacho quodam Malmesbiriensi 
 exaratum. Vols. I., H., and III. Edited hy F. S. Hatdon, Esq., B.A. 
 1858-1863. 
 
 This is a Latin Chronicle extending from the Creation to the latter part of the 
 reign of Edward III., and written by a monk of the Abbey of Malmesbury, in 
 Wiltshire, about the year 1367. A continuation, carrying the history of England 
 
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 do-wn to the year 1413, was added in the former half of the fifteenth century by 
 an author whose name is not hnown. The original Chronicle is divided into 
 five books, and contains a history of the world generally, but more especially 
 of England to the year 1366. The continuation extends the history down to 
 the coronation of Henry V. The Eulogiuni itself is chiefly valuable as contain- 
 ing a history, by a contemporaiy, of the period between 1356 and 1306. The 
 notices of events appear to have been written very soon after their occurrence. 
 Among other interesting matter, the Chronicle contains a diary of the Poitiers 
 campaign, evidently furnished by some person who accompanied the army of the 
 Black Prince. The continuation of the Chronicle is also the work of a contem- 
 porary, and gives a very interesting account of the reigns of Richard II. and 
 Henry IV. It is believed to he the earliest authority for the statement that the 
 latter monarch died in the Jerusalem Chamber at Westminster. 
 
 10. Memorials of Henet the Seventh : Bernardi Andrew Tholosatis 
 Vita Regis Hcnrici Septimi ; necnon alia qua;dain ad eundem Rcgem 
 spectantia. Edited hy James Gaikdner, Esq. 1858. 
 
 The contents of these volumes are — (1) a life of Henry VII., by his poet 
 laureate and historiographer, Bernard Andix', of Toulouse, with some composi- 
 tions in verse, of which he is supposed to have been the author ; (2) the journals 
 of Koger Machado during certain embassies on which he was sent by Henry VH. 
 to Spain and Brittany, the first of which had reference to the marriage of the 
 King's son, Arthur, with Catharine of AiTagon ; (3) two cui'ious reports by 
 envoys sent to Spain in the year 1505 touching the succession to the Crown 
 of Castile, and a project of marriage between Henry VII. and the Queen of 
 Naples ; and (4) an accoimt of Philip of Castile's reception in England in 1506. 
 Other documents of interest in connexion with the period are given in an appendix. 
 
 11. Memorials of Henry the Fifth. I. — Vita Henrici Quinti, Roberto 
 Redmanno auctore. II. — Versus Rliytlimici in laudem Regis Henrici 
 Quinti. III. — Elmhami Liber Metricus de Henrico V. Edited by 
 Charles A. Cole, Esq. 1858. 
 
 This volume contains three ti'eatises which more or less illustrate the history of 
 the reign of Henry V., viz. : A Life by Robert Redman ; a Metrical Chronicle by 
 Thomas Elmham, prior of Benton, a contemporary author ; Versus Rhj'thmiei, 
 written apparently by a monk of Westminster Abbey, who was also a contempo- 
 rary of Henry V. These works are printed for the first time. 
 
 12. Munimenta Gildhall^ Londoniensis ; Liber Albus, Liber Cus- 
 
 tumarum, et Liber Horn, in archivis Gildhallae asservati. Vol. I., 
 Liber Albus. Vol. II. (in Two Parts), Liber Custumarum. Vol. III., 
 Translation of tbe Anglo-Norman Passages in Liber Albus, Glossaries, 
 Appendices, and Index. Edited hy Henet Thomas Rilet, Esq., M.A., 
 Barrister-at-Law. 1859-1862. 
 
 The manuscript of the Liber Albus, compiled by John Carpenter, Common 
 Clerk of the City of London in the year 1419, a large folio volume, is pre- 
 served in the Record Room of the City of London. It gives an account of 
 the laws, regulations, and Institutions of that City in the twelfth, thirteenth, 
 fourteenth, and early part of the fifteenth centuries. 
 
 The Liber Custumarum was compiled probably by various hands in the early 
 part of the fourteenth century during the reign of Edward II. The manuscript, 
 a folio volume, is also preserved in the Record Room of the City of London, 
 though some portion in its original state, borrowed from the City in the reign 
 of Queen Elizabeth and never returned, forms part of the Cottonian iVIS. 
 Claudins D. II. in the British Museum. It also gives an account of the laws, 
 regulations, and institutions of the City of London in the twelfth, thirteenth, and 
 early part of the fourteenth centuries. 
 
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 13. Chronica Johannis de Oxenedes. Edited by Sir Henry Ellis, 
 K.H. 1859. 
 
 Although this Chronicle tells of the aitival of Hengist and Horsa in England 
 in the year 449, yet it substantially begins with the reign of King Alfred, and 
 conies down to the year 1292, where it ends abruptly. The history is particu- 
 larly valuable for notices of events in the eastern portions of the kingdom, 
 which are not to be elsewhere obtained, and some curious facts are mentioned 
 relative to the floods in that part of England, which are confirmed in the Eries- 
 land Chronicle of Anthony Heinrioh, pastor of the Island of Mohr. 
 
 14. A Collection op Political Poems and Songs relating to English 
 History, from the Accession op Edward III. to the Reign op 
 Henrt VIII. Vols. I. and II. Edited hy Thomas Wright, Esq., 
 M.A. 1859-1861. 
 
 These Poems are perhaps the most interesting of all the historical writings of 
 the period, though they cannot be relied on for accuracy of statement. They 
 are various in character ; some of them are upon religious subjects, some may 
 be called satires, and some give no more than a court scandal ; but as a whole 
 they present a very fair picture of society, and of the relations of the different 
 classes to one another. 
 
 The period comprised is in itself interesting, and brings us, through the decline 
 of the feudal system, to what may be considered the beginning of our modern 
 history. The songs in old English are of considerable interest to the philologist. 
 
 15. The " Opus Tertium," " Opus Minus," &c., of Roger Bacon. Edited 
 
 hy J. S. Brewer, M.A., Professor of English Literature, King's 
 College, London. 1859. 
 
 This is the celebrated treatise — which, up to this time, had never been printed 
 — so frequently referred to by the great philosopher in his works. It contains 
 the fullest details we possess of the life and labours of Roger Bacon. The 
 volume also contains a fragment by the same author, supposed to be unique, the 
 " Compendium Studii T/teuIoyioi.'* 
 
 16. Bartholom^i de Cotton, Monachi Norwicensis, Historia An- 
 GLICANA ; 449-1298 : necnou ejusdem Liber de Arcliiepiscopis et 
 Episcopis AngliEe. Edited by Henrt Richards Luard, M.A., Fellow 
 and Assistant Tutor of Trinity College, Cambridge. 1859. 
 
 The author, a monk of Norwich, has here given us a Chronicle of England 
 from the arrival of the Saxons in 449 to the year 1298, in or about which year 
 it appears that he died. The latter portion of this history (the whole of the 
 reign of Edward I. more especially) is of great value, as the writer was contem- 
 porary with the events which he records. An Appendix contains several illus- 
 trative documents connected with the previous narrative. 
 
 17. Brut t Ttwysogion ; or, The Chronicle of the Princes of Wales. 
 Edited by the Rev. John Williams ab Ithel, M.A. 1860. 
 
 This work, which is also known as " The Chronicle of the Princes of Wales," 
 has Tjeen attributed to Caradoc of Llancarvan, who flourished about the middle 
 of the twelfth century. It is written in the ancient Welsh language, begins 
 with the abdication and death of Caedwala at Rome, in the year 681, and con- 
 tinues the history down to the subjugation of Wales by Edward I., about the year 
 1282. 
 
 18. A Collection of Royal and Historical Letters during the 
 Reign op Henry IV. Edited by the Rev. F. C. Hingeston, M.A., of 
 Exeter College, Oxford. 1860. 
 
 This volume, like all the others in the series containing a miscellaneous selec- 
 tion of letters, is valuable on account of the light it throws upon biographical 
 history, and the familiar view it presents of characters, manners, and events of 
 the time. The period (1399 to 1404) required much elucidation; to which the 
 volome will materially contribute. 
 
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 19. The Repkessor of ovek much Blaming op the Cleegt. By 
 Reginald Pecock, sometime Bishop of Cliichester. Vols. I. and II. 
 Edited by Churchill Babington, B.D., Fellow of St. John's College, 
 Cambridge. 1860. 
 
 The " Kepressor " may be considered the earliest piece of good theological dis- 
 quisition of -which our EngHsh prose literature can boast. The author Tvas bom 
 about the end of the fourteenth century, "was consecrated Bishop of St. Asaph in 
 the year 1444, and translated to the see of Chichester in 1450. While Bishop of 
 St. Asaph, he zealously defended his brother prelates from the attacks of those 
 who censured the bishops for their neglect of duty. He maintained that it was no 
 part of a bishop's functions to appear in the pulpit, and that his time might be 
 more profitably speut, and his dignity better maintained, in the performance of 
 works of a higher character. Among those who thought differently were the 
 Lollards, and it is against their general doctrines that the " Bepressor " is directed. 
 Pecock took up a position midway between that of the Roman Church and that 
 of the modern Anglican Church ; but his work is interesting chiefly because it 
 gives a full account of the views of the Lollards and of the arguments by which 
 they were supported, and because it assists us to ascertain the state of feeling 
 which ultimately led to the Reformation. Apart from rehgious matters, the hght 
 thrown upon contemporaneous history is very small, but the " Repressor " has 
 gi'eat value for the philologist, as it tells us what were the characteristics of 
 the language in use among the cultivated Enghshmen of the fifteenth century. 
 Pecock, though an opponent of the LoUards, showed a certain spirit of toleration, 
 for which he received, towards the end of his life, the usual mediaeval reward 
 —persecution. 
 
 20. Annales Cambria. Edited by the Rev. John Williams ab Ithel, 
 
 M.A. 1860. 
 
 These annals, which are in Latin, commence in the year 447, and come down 
 to the year 1288. The earlier portion appears to be taken from an Irish Chronicle, 
 which was also used by Tigernach, and by the compiler of the Annals of Ulster. 
 During its first century it contains scarcely anything relating to Britain, the 
 earliest direct concurrence with English history is relative to the mission of 
 Augustine. Its notices throughout though brief, are valuable. The annals 
 were probably written at St. Davids, by Blegewryd, Archdeacon of LlandafF, 
 the most learned man in his day in all Cymru. 
 
 21. The Wokks op Giraldus Cambrensis. Vols. I., II., and III. Edited 
 by J. S. Brewer, M. A., Professor of English Literature, King's College, 
 London. Vols. V. and VI. Edited by the Rev. James F. Dimock, 
 M.A., Rector of Barnburgh, Yorkshire. 1861-1868. 
 
 The fhst three volumes contain the historical works of Gerald du Barry, who 
 lived in the reigns of Henry II., Richard I., and John, and attempted to re- 
 establish the independence of Wales by restoring the see of St. Davids to its 
 ancient primacy. His works are of a very miscellaneous nature, both in prose 
 and verse, and are remarkable chiefly for the racy and original anecdotes which 
 they contain relating to contemporaries. He is the only Welsh writer of any 
 importance who has contributed so much to the mediaeval literature of this 
 coimtry, or assumed, in consequence of his nationality, so free and independent 
 a tone. His frequent travels in Italy, in France, in Ireland, and in Wales, gave 
 him opportunities for observation which did not generally fall to the lot of mediaeval 
 writers in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, and of these observations Giraldus 
 has made due use. 
 
 Only extracts from these treatises have been printed before, and almost all of 
 them are taken from unique manuscripts. 
 
 The Topographia Hibernica (in Vol. V.) is the result of Giraldus' two visits to 
 Ireland. The first in the year 1183, the second in 1 1 85-6, when he accompanied 
 Prince John into that country. Curious as this treatise is, Mr. Dimock is of 
 opinion that it ought not to be accepted as sober truthful history, for Giraldus 
 hnuself states that ti-utli was not his main object, and that he compiled the work 
 for the purpose of sounding the praises of Heniy the Second. Elsewhere, how- 
 ever, he declares that he had stated nothing in the Topographia of the truth of 
 which he was not v/ell assured, either by his own eyesight or by the testimony, 
 
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 with all diligence elicited, of tlie most trustworthy and authentic men in the 
 country ; that though he did not put just the same full faith in their reports as 
 in -what he had himself seen, yet, as they only related what they had themselves 
 seen, he could not hut helieve such credible witnesses. A very interesting portion 
 of this ti-eatise is devoted to the animals of Ireland. It shows that he was a very 
 accurate and acute observer, and his descriptions are given in a way that a 
 scientific naturalist of the present day could hardly improve upon. 
 
 The Expugnatio Hibernica was written about the year 1188, and may be re- 
 gai'ded rather as a great epic than a sober relation of facts occurring in his own 
 days. No one can peruse it without coming to the conclusion that it is rather a 
 poetical fiction than a prosaic truthful history. 
 
 Vol. VI, contains the Itinerarium Kambria3 et Desoriptio Kambrije. 
 
 22. Letteks and Papees illustrative op the Wars of the English 
 IN France during the Reign of Henry the Sixth, King of Eng- 
 land. Vol. I., and Vol. II. (in Two Parts). Edited by the Rev. Joseph 
 Stevenson, M.A., of University College, Durham, and Vicar of Leighton 
 Buzzard. 1861-1864. 
 
 The letters and papers contained in these volumes are derived chiefly from 
 originals or contemporary copies extant in the Biblioth^que Imperial, and the 
 Dep6t des Archives, in Paris. They illustrate the line of policy adopted by 
 John Duke of Bedford and his successors during their government of Normandy, 
 and such other provinces of France as had been acquired by Henry V. We 
 may here trace, step by step, the gradual declension of the English power, until 
 we are prepared to read of its final overthrow. 
 
 23. The Anglo-Saxon Cheoniole, according to the several Original 
 Authorities. Vol. I., Original Texts. Vol. II., Translation. Edited 
 and translated by Benjamin Thorpe, Esq., Member of the Royal 
 Academy of Sciences at Munich, and of the Society of Netherlandish 
 Literature at Leyden. 1861. 
 
 This Chronicle, extending from the earliest histoiy of Britain to the year 
 1154, is justly the boast of England ; for no other nation can produce any history, 
 written in its own vernacular, at all approaching it, either in antiquity, truthful- 
 ness, or extent, the historical books of the Bible alone excepted. There are at 
 present six independent manuscripts of the Saxon Chronicle, ending in different 
 years, and written in different parts of the country. In the present edition, the 
 text of each manuscript is printed in columns on the same page, so that the 
 student may see at a glance the various changes which occur in orthography, 
 whether arising from locality or age. 
 
 24. Letters and Papers illustrative of the Reigns of Richard III. 
 
 AND Henry VII. Vols. I. and II. Edited by James Gairdner, Esq. 
 
 1861-1863. 
 
 The Papers are derived from MSS. in the Public Record Ofiice, the British 
 Museum, and other repositories. The period to which they refer is unusually 
 destitute of chronicles and other sources of historical information, so that the 
 light obtained from these documents is of special importance. The principal 
 contents of the volumes are some diplomatic Papers of Kiohard III. ; correspon- 
 dence between Henry VII. and Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain; documents 
 relating to Edmund de la Pole, Earl of Suffolk ; and a portion of the corre- 
 spondence of James IV. of Scotland. 
 
 25. Letters of Bishop Grossetestb, illustrative of the Social Condition 
 
 of his Time. Edited by Henry Richards Luaed, M.A., Fellow and 
 Assistant Tutor of Trinity College, Cambridge, 1861. 
 
 The Letters of Robert Grosseteste (131 in number) are here collected from 
 various sources. They range in date from about 1210 to 1253, and relate to 
 various matters connected not only with the political history of England during 
 the reign of Henry III., but with its ecclesiastical condition. They refer espe- 
 cially to the diocese of Lincoln, of which Grosseteste was bishop. These 
 Letters have not hitherto been collected, and a large portion of them is printed 
 for the first time. 
 
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 26. Descriptive Catalogue of Manuscripts relating to the History 
 OP Great Britain and Ireland. Vol. I. (in Two Parts) ; Anterior 
 to the Norman Invasion. Vol. II.; 1066-1200. By Thomas Duppus 
 Hardy, Esq., Deputy Keeper of the Public Records. 1862-1865. 
 
 The object of this work is to publish notices of all kno-wn sources of British 
 history, both printed and unpi-inted, in one continued sequence. The materials, 
 when historical (as distinguished from biographical), are arranged under the 
 year in which the latest event is recorded in the chronicle or history, and not 
 under the period in which its author, real or supposed, flourished. Biographies 
 are enumerated under the year in which the person commemorated died, and not 
 under the year in which the life was written. This arrangement has two 
 advantages : the materials for any given period may be seen at a glance ; and 
 if the reader knows the time when an author wrote, and the number of years 
 that had elapsed between the date of the events and the time the writer flourished, 
 he will generally he enabled to form a fair estimate of the comparative value of 
 the narrative itself. A brief analysis of each work has been added when deserving 
 it, in which the original portions are distinguished from those which are mere 
 compilations. When possible, the sources are indicated from which such com- 
 pilations have been derived. A biographical sketch of the author of each piece 
 has been added, and a brief notice has also been given of such British authors as 
 have written on historical subject*!. 
 
 27. Royal and other Historical Letters illustrative op the Reign 
 OP Henry III. From the Originals in the Public Record Office. Vol. 
 I., 1216-1235. Vol. II., 1236-1272. Selected and edited h/ the Rev. 
 W. W. Shirley, D.D., Regius Professor in Ecclesiastical History, and 
 Canon of Christ Church, Oxford. 1862-1866. 
 
 The letters contained in these volumes are derived chiefly from the ancient 
 correspondence formerly preserved in the Tower of London, and now in the 
 Public Record Ofiice. They illustrate the political history of England during 
 the growth of its liberties, and throw considerable light upon the personal history 
 of Simon deMontfort. The affairs of France form the subject of many of these 
 letters, more especially in regard to the province of Gascony. The entire col- 
 lection consists of nearly 700 dociunents, the greater portion of which is printed 
 for the first time. 
 
 28. Chronica Monasterii S. Albani. — 1. Thom^ Walsingham Historia 
 Anglicana; Vol. I., 1272-1381 : Vol. II., 1381-1422. 2." Willelmi 
 RisHANGER Chronica et Annales, 1259-1307. 3. Johannis de 
 Trokelowe et Henkici de Blaneporde Chronica et Annales, 
 1259-1296; 1307-1324; 1392-1406. 4. Gesta Abbatum Monasterii 
 S. Albani, a Thoma Walsinghaji, eegnante Ricardo Secundo, 
 EJUSDEM EccLESi.a: Pr«centoee, compilata ; Vol. I., 793-1290 : Vol. 
 II., 1290-1349. Edited by Henry Thomas Riley, Esq., M.A., of 
 Corpus Christi College, Cambridge ; and of the Inner Temple, Barrister- 
 at-Law. 1863-1867. 
 
 In the first two volumes is a history of England, from the death of Henry 
 III. to the death of Henry V., written by Thomas Walsingham, precentor of 
 St. Albans and prior of the Cell of Wymundham, belonging to that abbey. 
 Walsingham's work is printed from MS. VII. in the Arundel Collection in the 
 College of Arms, London, a manuscript of the fifteenth century, collated with 
 MS. 13 E. IX. in the King's Lihr.ary in the British Museum, and MS. VII. 
 in the Parker Collection of Manuscripts at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. 
 
 In the third volume is a Chronicle of English History, from 1259 to 1306, 
 attributed to William Rishanger, monk of Saint Albans, who lived in the reign 
 of Edward I., printed from the Cottonian Manuscript, Faustina B. IX. (of the 
 fourteenth century) in the British Museum, collated with MS. 14 C. VII. (fols. 
 219-231) in the King's Library, British Museum, and the Cottonian Manuscript 
 Claudius E. III., fols. 306-331 ; Also an account of transactions attending the 
 award of the kingdom of Scotland to JohnBalliol by King Edward I, ,1291-1292, 
 
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 from MS. Cotton. Claudius, D. VI., attributed to William Eishanger above 
 mentioued, but on no sufficient ground : A short Cbronicle of English History, 
 from 1292 to 1300, by an unknown hand, from MS. Cotton. Claudius D. 
 VI.: A short Chronicle from 1297 to 1307, Willehni Eishanger Gesta Edwardi 
 Primi Kegis AngUa;, from MS. 14 C. I. in the Royal Library, and MS. Cotton. 
 Claudius D. VI., -with an addition of Annates Eegum Angliss, probably by the 
 same hand : A fragment of a Chronicle of English History, 1299, 1300, from 
 MS. Cotton. Claudius D. VI. : A fi-agment of a Chronicle of English History, 
 1295 to 1300, from MS. Cotton. Claudius D. VI. : and a fragment of a Chronicle 
 of English History, 1285 to 1307, from MS. 14 C. I. in the Royal Library. 
 
 In the fourth volume is a Chronicle of English History, by an anonymous 
 writer, 1259 to 1296, from MS. Cotton. Claudius D. VI. : Also Annals of King 
 Edward II., 1307 to 1323, by John de Trokelowe, a monk of St. Albans, from 
 MS. Cotton. Claudius D. VI. : A continuation of Trokelowe's Annals, 1323, 
 1324, by Honricus de Blaneforde, from MS. Cotton. Claudius D. VI. : Also a 
 full Chronicle of English History, by an anonymous writer of St. Albans, 1392 
 to 1406, from MS. VII. In the Library of Corpus Christ! CoUege, Cambridge: 
 and an account of the past benefactors of St. Albans, written in the early part of 
 the fifteenth century, fi-om MS. VI. in the Library of Corpus Christi College, 
 Cambridge. 
 
 In the fifth volume begins a history of the abbots of St. Albans, from 793 to 
 the close of the fourteenth centmy, compiled by Thomas Walsinghain, praeoentor 
 of St. Albans, from MS. Cotton. Claudius E. IV., in the British Museum. This 
 is continued in the sixth volume. 
 
 29. Chkonicon Abbatijs Eveshamensis, Auctobibus Dominico Peioee 
 EvESHAjn^ ET Thoma de Maelebeege Abbate, a Fundatione ad 
 Annum 1213, una cum Continuatione ad Annum 1418. Edited bp 
 the Rev. W. D. Macrat, M.A., Bodleian Library, Oxford. 1863. 
 
 The Chi'onicle of Evesham illustrates the history of that important monastery 
 fi-om its foundation by Egwin, about 690, to the year 1418. Its chief feature is 
 an autobiography, which makes us acquainted with the inner daily life of a 
 great abbey, such as but rarely has been recorded. Interspersed are many 
 notices of general, personal, and local history which wiU be read with much 
 interest. This work exists in a single MS., and is for the iii-st time printed. 
 
 30. RiCAEDi de Cirencesteia Speculum Histoeiale de Gestis Regum 
 Anglic. Vol. I., 447-871. Edited by John E. B. Mayor, M.A., 
 Fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge. 1863. 
 
 Of the compiler of this work, which is in four parts, very little is known. 
 In the prologue he calls himself Richard, a monk of Westminster, and at the end 
 of the first part, Richard of Cirencester, a monk of St. Peter's, Westminster. 
 One volume only, containing the first three books, has been published, the re- 
 mainder is in the press, and will shortly appear. There is a continuation of the 
 work down to the year 1348, which in due time will also be printed. 
 
 31. Yeab Books op the Reign of Edwaed the First. Years 20-21, 
 
 30-31, and 32-33. Edited and translated by Alfred John Hoeivood, 
 Esq., of the Middle Temple, Barrister-at-Law. 1863-1866. 
 
 The volumes known as the " Year Books " contain reports in Norman-French 
 of cases argued and decided in the Courts of Common Law. They may be con- 
 sidered to a great extent as the "lex non scripta " of England, and have been held 
 in the highest veneration by the ancient sages of the law, and were received by 
 them as the repositories of the first recorded judgments and dicta of the gi-eat 
 legal luminaries of past ages. They are also worthy of the attention of the 
 general reader on account of the historical information and the notices of public 
 and private persons which they contain, as well aa the light which they throw 
 on ancient manners and customs, 
 
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 32. Narratives of the ExruT>siON or the English from Noemandt 
 
 1449-1450. — Kobcrtus Blondelli cle Eeductione Normanniaj : Le Re- 
 coim-ement de Normendie, par Berry, Herault du E07 : Conferences 
 between the Ambassadors of France and England. Edited, from MSS. 
 in the Lnpci-ial Library at Paris, by the Rev. Joseph Stevenson, 
 M.A.. of University College, Durham. 1863. 
 
 This volume contains the narrative of an eye-witness who details with con- 
 siderable power and minuteness the circumstances which attended the final ex- 
 pulsion of the English from Normandy in the year 14.50. The history commences 
 with the infringement of the truce by the capture of Fougeres, and ends with 
 the battle of Eormigny and the embarkation of the Duke of Somerset. The 
 whole period embraced is less than two years. 
 
 33. Historia et Caktularidm Monasterii S. Petri GLOUCESTKiiE. Vols. 
 
 I., II., and III. Edited by W. H. Hart, Esq., F.S.A., Membra corre- 
 spondant de la Societe des Antiquaires de Normandie. 1863-1867. 
 
 This work consists of two pai-ts, the History and the Cartulary of the Monastery 
 of St. Peter, Gloucester. 
 
 The history furnishes an account of the monastery from its foundation, in the 
 year 681, to the early part of the reign of Eichard II., together with a calendar 
 of donations and benefactions. It ti-eats principally of the affairs of the monastery, 
 but occasionally matters of general history are introduced. Its authorship has 
 generally been assigned to Walter Froucester, the twentieth abbot, but without 
 any foundation. 
 
 34. Alexandui Neckam de Naturis Rerum libri duo ; with Neckam's 
 
 Poem, De Laudibus Divinte Sapientle. Edited by Thomas Wright, 
 Esq., M.A. 1863. 
 
 Neckam was a man who devoted himself to science, such as it was in the 
 twelfth century. 
 
 In the " De Naturis Eerum " are to be found what may be called the rudiments 
 of many sciences mixed up with much error and ignorance. Neckam was not 
 thought infallible, even by liis contemporaries, for Eoger Bacon remarks of him, 
 ** thi.s Alexander in many things wrote what was true and useful ; but he neither 
 *' can nor ought by just title to be reckoned among authorities." 
 
 Neckam, however, had sufficient independence of thought to differ from some 
 of the schoolmen who in his time considered themselves the only judges of litera- 
 ture. He had his own views in morals, and in giving us a glimpse of them, as 
 well as of his other opinions, he throws much fight upon the manners, customs, 
 and general tone of thought prevalent in the twelfth century. 
 
 The poem entitled " De Laudibus Divinse Sapienti^ '* appears to be a metrical 
 paraphrase or abridgment of the " De Naturis Eenim." It is written in the 
 elegiac metre ; and though there are in it many Hues which violate classical 
 rules, it is, as a whole, above the ordinary standard of mediaeval Latin. 
 
 35. Leechdoms, Wortcunning, and Starcrapt of Early England ; being 
 
 a Collection of Documents illustrating the History of Science in this 
 Country before the Norman Conquest. Vols. I., II., and III. Collected 
 and edited by the Rev. T. Oswald Cockayne, M.A., of St. John's 
 College, Cambridge. 1864-1866. 
 
 This work illustrates not only the history of science, but the history of super- 
 stition. In addition to the information bearing directly upon the medical skill 
 and medical faith of the times, there are many passages which incidentally throw 
 light upon the general mode of life and ordinary diet. The volumes are interesting 
 not only in their scientific, but also in their social aspect. The manuscripts from 
 which they have been printed are valuable to the Anglo-Saxon scholar for the 
 illustrations they afford of Anglo-Saxon orthography. 
 
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 36. Annales Monastici. Vol. I. :— Annales de Margan, 1066-1232 
 Annales de Theokesberia, 1066-1263 ; Annales do Burton, 1004-1263. 
 Vol. II. : — ^Annales Monasterii de Wintonia, 519-1277; Annales Mon- 
 asterii do Waverleia, 1-1291. Vol. III. : — Annales Prioratus do Duns- 
 taplia, 1-1297 ; Annales Monasterii de Bermundeseia, 1042-1432. 
 Edited by Henry Eichaeds Luaed, M.A., Fellow and Assistant 
 Tutor of Trinity College, and Eegistrary of the University, Cambridge. 
 1864-1866. 
 
 The present collection of Monastic Annals embraces all the more important 
 chronicles compiled in the different religious houses in England during the 
 thirteenth centui'y. These distinct works are seven in number, and the extreme 
 period "which they embrace ranges from the year 1 to 1432, although they refer 
 more especially to the reigns of John, Henry III., and Edward I. Some of these 
 narratives have already appeared in print, but others are printed for the first 
 time. 
 
 37. Magna Vita S. Hugonis Ewscopi Lincolniensis. From Manuscripts 
 in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, and the Imperial Library, Paris. Edited 
 by the Eev. James F. Dimock, M. A., Eector of Barnburgh, Yorkshire. 
 1864. 
 
 This work contains a number of very curious and interesting incidents, and, 
 being the work of a contemporai'y, is very valuable, not only as a truthful 
 biography of a celebrated ecclesiastic, but as the work of a man who, from per- 
 sonal knowledge, gives notices of passing events, as well as of individuals who 
 were then taking active pai't in public affairs. 
 
 The author, in all probability, was Adam Abbot of Evesham. He was 
 domestic chaplain and private confessor of Bishop Hugh, and in these capacities 
 he was admitted to the closest intimacy. Bishop Hugh was Prior of Witham for 
 1 1 years before he became Bishop of Lincoln. His consecration took place on 
 the 21st September 1186 ; he died on the 16th of November 1200; and was 
 canonized in 1220. 
 
 38. Chronicles and Memorials of the Reign op Eiohard the First. 
 Vol. I. : — Itineearium Peeegeinoeum et Gesta Eegis Eicaedi. 
 Vol. II. : — EpistolvE Cantuaeienses ; the Letters of the Prior and 
 Convent of Christ Church, Canterbury; 1187 to 1199. Edited by 
 William Stubbs, M.A., Vicar of Navestock, Essex, and Lambeth 
 Librarian. 1864-1865. 
 
 The authorship of the Chronicle in Vol. I., hitherto ascribed to Geoffrey 
 Vinesauf, is now more correctly ascribed to Kichard, Canon of the Holy Trinity 
 of London. The narrative extends from 1187 to 1199 ; but its chief interest 
 consists in the minute and authentic narrative which it famishes of the exploits 
 of Richard I., from his departure from England in December 1189 to his death 
 in 1199. The author states in his prologue that he was an eye-witness of much 
 that he records ; and various incidental circumstances which occur in the course 
 of the narrative confirm this assertion. 
 
 The Letters in Vol. H., written between 1187 and 1199, are of value as 
 famishing authentic materials for the history of the ecclesiastical condition of 
 England during the reign of Eichard I. They had their origin in a dispute which 
 arose from the attempts of Baldwin and Hubert, archbishops of Canterbury, to 
 found a college of secular canons, a project which gave great umbrage to the 
 monks of Canterbury, who saw in it a design to supplant them in their function 
 of metropolitan chapter. These letters are printed, for the first time, from a MS. 
 belonging to the archiepiscopal library at Lambeth. 
 
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 39. Recueil des Ceoniques et anciiiennes Istories de la Grant Bre- 
 
 TATGNE A PRESENT NOMME EnGLETERRE, par JeITAN DE WaURIN. Vol. I., 
 
 Albina to 688. Vol. II., 1399-1422. Edited by William Hardy, Esq., 
 F.S.A. 1864-1868. 
 
 40. A Collection of the Chronicles and ancient Histories of Great 
 Britain, now called England, by John de Wavrin. Albina to 688. 
 (Translation of the preceding Vol. I.) Edited and translated by 
 William Hardy, Esq., F.S.A. 1864. 
 
 This curious chronicle extends from the fabulous period of history down to the 
 return of Edward IV. to England in the year 1471, after the second deposition of 
 Henry VI. The manuscript from which the text of the Tcork is talien is pre- 
 served in the Imperial Library at Paris, and is believed to be the only complete 
 and nearly contemporary copy in existence. The "work, as originally bound, 
 was comprised in six volumes, since rebound in morocco in 12 volumes, folio 
 maximo, vellum, and is illustrated with exquisite miniatures, vignettes, and initial 
 letters. It was written towards the end of the fifteenth century, having been 
 expressly executed for Louis de Bruges, Seigneur de la Gruthuyse and Earl of 
 Winchester, fi-ora whose cabinet it passed into the library of Louis XII. at Blois. 
 
 41. Polychronicon Rantjlphi Higden, with Trevisa's Translation. Vol. I. 
 Edited by Churchill Babington, B.D., Senior Fellow of St. John's 
 College, Cambridge. 1865. 
 
 This Is one of the many tnediEcval chronicles which assume the character of a 
 history of the world. It begins with the creation and is brought down to (he 
 author's own time, the reign of Edward III. Prefixed to the historical portion of 
 the work is a chapter devoted to geography, in which is given a description of 
 every known land. 
 
 To say that the Polychronicon was written in the fourteenth century is to say 
 that it is not free from inaccuracies. It has, how^ever, a value apart from its 
 intrinsic merits. It enables us to form a very fair estimate of the knowledge of 
 history and geography which well-informed readers of the fom'teenth and fifteenth 
 centuries possessed, for it was then the standard work on general history. 
 
 The two English translations, which are printed with the original Latin, afford 
 interesting illustrations of the gradual change of our language, for one was made 
 in the fourteenth century, the other in the fifteenth. The differences between 
 Trevisa's version and that of the unknown writer are often considerable. 
 
 42. Le Livere de Reis de Bkittanie e Le Livere de Reis de 
 Engletere. Edited by John Glover, M.A., Vicar of Brading, Isle of 
 Wight, formerly Librarian of Trinity College, Cambridge. 1865. 
 
 These two treatises, though they cannot rank as independent narratives, are 
 nevertheless valuable as careful abstracts of previous historians, especially " Le 
 Livere de Keis de Engletere." Some various readings are given which are 
 intei-esting to the philologist as instances of semi-Saxonized French. 
 
 It is supposed that Peter of Ickham must have been the author, but no certain 
 conclusion on that point has been arrived at. 
 
 43. Chronica Monasterii de Melsa, ab Anno 1150 usque ad Annum 
 
 1406. Vols. I. and II. Edited by Edwaed Augustus Bond, Esq., 
 Assistant Keeper of the Manuscripts, and Egerton Librarian, British 
 Mu.seum. 1866-1867. 
 
 The Abbey of Meaux was a Cistercian house, and the work of its abbot is both 
 curious and valuable. It is a faithful and often minute record of the establishment 
 of a religious community, of its progress in forming an ample revenue, of its 
 struggles to maintain its acquisitions, and of its relations to the governing 
 institutions of the country. In addition to the private aifairs of the monastery, 
 some light is thrown upon the public events of the time, which are however kept 
 distinct, and appear at the end of the history of each abbot's administration. The 
 text has been printed from what is said to be the autograph of the original 
 compiler, Thoma.s de Burton, the nineteenth abbot. 
 
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 44. Matth^ei Parisiensis Histokia Angloeum, sive, dt vulgo dicitdr, 
 
 HisiORiA Minor. Vols. I. and II. 1067-1245. Edited by Sir 
 Frederic Madden, K.H., Keeper of the Department of Manuscripts, 
 British Museum. 1866. 
 
 The exact date at which this work was written is, according to the chronicler, 
 1250. The history is of considerable Talue as an illustration of the period during 
 which the author lived, and contains a good summary of the events which followed 
 the Conquest. This minor chionicle is, however, based on another work (also 
 written by Matthew Paris), which gives fuller details, and which has been called 
 the * Historia Major.' The chi'onicle here published, nevertheless, gives some 
 information which is not to be found in the greater history. 
 
 45. Liber Monasterii de Hyda : a Chronicle and Chartdlaey op 
 
 Htde Abbey, Winchester, 455-1023. Edited, from a Manuscript in 
 the Library of the Earl of Macclesfield, by Edward Edwards, Esq. 
 1866. 
 
 The ''Book of Hyde " is a compilation from much earlier sources, which are 
 usually indicated with considerable care and precision. In many cases, however, 
 the Hyde chronicler appears to correct, to qualify, or to amplify— either from 
 tradition or fi'om somxes of iuformation not now discoverable — the statements 
 which, in substance, he adopts. He also mentions, and frequently quotes from, 
 writers whose works are either entirely lost or at present known only by fragments. 
 
 There is to be found, in the "Book of Hyde," much information relating to the 
 reign of King Alfred which is not known to exist elsewhere. The volume 
 contains some curious specimens of Anglo-Saxon and Mediaeval English. 
 
 46. Chkonicok Scotoetjm : a Chronicle of Irish Affairs, from tlie 
 Earliest Times to 1135 ; with a Supplement, containing tlie Events 
 from 1141 to 1 150. Edited, ivith a Translation, by William Maunsell 
 Hennessy, Esq., M.B.I. A. 1866. 
 
 There is, in this volume, a legendary account of the peopling of Ireland and of 
 the adventures which befell the various heroes who are said to have been con- 
 nected with Irish history. The details are, however, very meagre both for this 
 period and for the time when history becomes more authentic. The plan adopted 
 in the chronicle gives the appearance of an accuracy to which the earlier portions 
 of the work cannot have any claim. The succession of events is marked, year by 
 year, froro a.m. 1599 to a.d. 1150. The principal events narrated in the later 
 portion of the work are the invasions of foreigners and the wars of the Irish 
 among themselves. The text has been printed from a MS. preserved in the 
 hbrary of Trinity College, Dublin, written partly in Latin, partly in Irish. 
 
 47. The Chronicle of Plerre de Langtoft, in French Verse, from 
 the earliest Period to the Death of Edward I. Vols. I. and II. 
 Edited by Thomas Wright, Esq., M.A. 1866-1868. 
 
 It is probable that Pierre de Langtoft was a canon or Bridlington, in Yorkshire, 
 and that he hved in the reign of Edward I., and during a portion of the reign of 
 Edward II. This chronicle is di-sided into three parts ; in the first is an 
 abridgment of Geoffrey of Jlonmouth's " Historia Brilonum," in the second, a 
 history of the Anglo-Saxon and Norman kings, down to the death of Henry III., 
 and in the third a history of the reign of Edward I. The principal object of the 
 work was apparently to show the justice of Edward's Scottish wars. 
 
 The language in which the chronicle is written is singularly corrupt, and is a 
 curious specimen of the Erench of Yorkshire. 
 
 48. The War of the Gaedhil ■\^^T^ the Gaill, or, The Invasions op 
 
 Ireland by the Danes and other Norsesien. Edited, ivith a 
 Translation, by James Henthorn Todd, D.D., Senior Fellow of 
 Trinity College, and llegius Professor of Hebrew in the University, 
 DuWiu. 1867. 
 
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 The work in its present form, iu the editor's opinion, is a comparatively modern 
 Yersicu of an undoubtedly ancient original. That it was compiled from contem- 
 porary materials has been proved by curious incidental evidence. It is stated in 
 the account given of the battle of Clontarf that the full tide in Dublin Bay on the 
 day of the battle (23 April, 1014) coincided with sunrise ; and that the returning 
 tide in the evening aided considerably iu the defeat of the Danes. The fact has 
 been verified by astronomical calculations, and the inference is that the author of 
 the chronicle, if not himself an eye-witness, must have derived his information 
 from those who were eye-witnesses. 
 
 The contents of the work are sufficiently described in its title. The story is 
 told after the manner of the Scandinavian Sagas, with poems and fragments of 
 poems introduced into the prose narrative. 
 
 49. Gesta Regis Heneici Secundi Benedicti Abbatis. The Chronicle 
 OF THE Reigns of Henry II. and Richaed I., 1169-1192 ; known 
 nndor the name of Benedict op Peteeeoeougii. Vols. I. and II. 
 Edited hy William Siubbs, M.A., Regius Professor of Modern His- 
 tory, Oxford, and Lambeth Librarian. 1867. 
 
 This is a chronicle of the reigns of Henry II. and Richard I., known commonly 
 under the name of Benedict of Peterborongb, and is one of the best existing 
 specimens of a class of historical compositions of the first importance to the 
 genuine student. 
 
 50. MUNIMENTA ACADEMICA, OE, DOCUMENTS ILLUSTRATIVE OF ACADEMICAL 
 
 Life and Studies at Oxfoed (in Two Parts). Edited hy the Rev. 
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