MONEY BOOKS contain entries of warrants emanating from the Lords of the Treasury, and addressed to the Auditor of the Receipt, authorising that official to draw an order or to make forth and pass debentures for paying so much to such a person for such a purpose. The form of this warrant was usually as follows, mutatis mutandis. Band of Pensioners, 1,500l. for Michaelmas quarter, 1729. After &c. By virtue of His Majesty's letters patent bearing date the 8th day of February 1727 these are to pray and require your Lordship to draw an order for paying unto James Moore and Arthur Moore Junr Esqrs Receivers and Paymasters of the Band of Gentlemen Pensioners or to their deputy or his assigns the sum of 1,500l. without account for one quarter of a year due at Michaelmas last past 1729 on the allowance of 6,000l. per annum for the wages and board wages of the Captain, Lieutenant, Standard bearer, and 40 Gentlemen Pensioners according to the annexed roll subscribed by His Grace the Duke of Devonshire, Captain of the said Band: and let the said order be satisfied out of any money in the Receipt of the Exchequer applicable to the uses of His Majesty's civil Government. For which this shall be your Lordships' warrant. Whitehall Treasury Chambers 1729 October 16. The authorisation for this warrant might arise by letters of Privy Seal, letters of Privy Seal dormant, royal sign manuals, or warrants under the royal sign manual, or by determination of the Lords of the Treasury on their own mere initiative: and the clause of direction might contain the specification of some particular fund, or the more general words "out of any money remaining in the Receipt of the Exchequer applicable to the uses of His Majesty's civil Government" as that out of which the prescribed payment was to be made, e.g. :— Let this be paid out of monies to be paid into the Exchequer by Sir Richard Otley and Col. Scriven upon their Fire-hearth Account for Shropshire" (Money Book II. p. 153, 1669, May 11). The origin of the Money Books during the period 1660–7 has been already traced. According to the present enumeration the regular series begins with No. 1 in 1676, and continues to modern times. But some portion of the intermediate period, 1667-76, is covered by a subsidiary or miscellaneous series of "Early Money and other Warrant Books," consisting of 15 volumes, numbered 1 to 15, with another volume containing a general calendar of entries. This series is very important historically, and merits description. Vol. I. covers 1667, May 31, to 1668, April 2. Contains warrants in the quite regular form addressed to the Auditor of the Receipt authorising him to draw orders or else warrants addressed to the farmers of the Customs authorising payments. Vol. II. covers 1668, April 3, to 1671, July 15. Exactly like No. I. Vol. III. covers 1671, September 30, to 1673, June 17. Is labelled "General Money Book except Customs and Excise." Contains warrants to the Auditor in the usual form. Vol. IV. covers 1668, April 3, to 1668-9, February 17. Is labelled "Warrants on the Hearth Money." With the exception of this difference as to the clause of direction the warrants are to the Auditor and in the usual form. Vol. V. covers 1669, March 30, to 1671, June 26. "Hearth Money Book." Exactly like No. IV. Vol. VI. covers 1668, April 4, to 1669, May 6. Is labelled "Warrants on the lesser branches of His Majesty's revenues, viz. tenths, tin, alum, receivers of land revenues, sixpenny writs, Post Office, wool farms, salt, issues of jurors, tin at Ostend, Alienation Office, wine licences." With these various differences as to the clause of direction the warrants are, as usual, to the Auditor of the Receipt. Vol. VII. covers 1668, April 9, to 1671, August 31. Is labelled "Money Warrants upon the One and the Eleaven Months' Tax." Warrants as above (No. VI.). Vol. VIII. covers 1668, May 18, to 1671, November 10. Is labelled "Warrants upon the Country and London Excise." Warrants otherwise as above (No. VI.). Vol. IX. covers 1671, May 23, to 1671, July 13. 13. Is labelled "New [and] Additional Excise." In reverse order in this book are entries of petitions of the Farmers of Excise proposing securities, and minutes of approval of same or otherwise, extending 1671, May 17 to June 30. Vol. X. covers 1670, April 29, to 1671, July 27. Is labelled "Warrants upon the loans in the Wine Act to be registered in course." Vol. XI. covers 1670, April 22, to 1671, September 26. Is labelled "Warrants to be registered in course on the monies arising by the fee farme rents." Concludes with an order to the following effect:-" Notwithstanding former Privy Seal of 28 August 21 Car. II. our direction thereupon for registering of orders on the proceeds of fee farms, such proceeds shall be paid in future first to discharge all orders on such loans, then for orders registered upon that revenue for the use of the Navy, Ordnance," &c. &c. Vol. XII. covers 1670, July 13, to 1671, September 19. Is labelled "Warrants charged on the new farm of the Customs commencing September 29, 1671.” Vol. XIII. contains various dates, 1679-92. Is labelled "Warrants for Money out of the 206,4627. 17s. 3d. granted for disbanding the army." It relates mostly to the period 1679, May 15 to June 30: Page 1. "The warrants whereof the underwritten are docquetts are entered at large in the general Money Books in the several pages mentioned in the margent.' Pages 50+. Same (for officers), 1679, May 22 to May 30. Pages 100. Same (for quarters) to May 31. Pages 150 +. Same (for clothes), 1682, May 24, to 1687, November 2, and a few later entries extending to October 1692. Vol. XIV. covers 1667, June 19, to 1668-9, February 12. Is labelled " Abstract of all warrants for money charged on the several branches of His Majesty's Revenue, 1667 and 1668." Is in tabular form. Vol. XV. is labelled " Abstract booke of all warrants for monies to the Trear. and Victualler of the Navy and other grand payments from the first of January 1669[-70] to" [no date]. date]. Is in ledger form and alphabetical, according to the various accounts open. Vol. XVI. is labelled "Generall Callandar of all entries." It is impossible to say how much of the preceding 15 volumes or any others are indexed or covered by this last volume. Following on this early series comes the general series of Money Books. Vol. I. covering 1679, April 1, to 1679-80, February 16, and so on to modern times. The warrants are all addressed to the Auditor of the Receipt, and, as will be gathered from the present volume of Calendar, concern every branch and species of Treasury payments, quarterly bills for all departments and establishments, Navy for shipbuilding, Ordnance, royal bounty, pensions from whatever fund previously payable, Privy Purse, Wardrobe, &c. &c. Of the three parallel sets of money or account books kept by the Treasury, viz. Money Books, Order Books, and Public Disposition Books, the first are undoubtedly of the greatest value, intrinsically, because the entrics in them are longer, more circumstantial or detailed, and also more numerous than those in the Order Book; and extrinsically because they supply gaps in the lists of Treasury warrants in the Pell records, which are very defective from 1712, and which cease in 1757. Among the Exchequer records the Treasury Money Books are represented by the Auditor's Warrant Books. ORDER BOOK.-On the receipt of the Treasury authorisation, contained in the warrants just described, to draw an order for a particular payment, the Auditor of the Receipt drew such an order in the prescribed form and remitted it to the Treasury for the signature of the Lord Treasurer or the Lords Commissioners. This order ran usually in the following form mutatis mutandis : Order is taken this xxv. day of February 1684 by virtue of His Majesty's letters of Privy Seal dated the 24th instant that you direct and pay of such His Majesty's treasure as remains in your charge unto Anthony Lord Viscount Falkland, Treasurer of His Majesty's Navy or his assigns the sum of two hundred thousand pounds upon accompt for the use and service of His Majesty's said Navy and the victualling thereof. And these together with his or his assign's acquittance shall be your discharge herein." The reciting clause is frequently as follows: By virtue of His Majesty's general letters of Privy Seal and in pursuance of the warrant under bearing date |