1734.

Date.

July 23

July 24

July 25

July 26

July 27

July 30

Aug. 1

Aug. 6

Aug. 8

Aug. 20

Aug. 22

Aug. 23 and April 29.

Nature of Order or Entry and Substance of Appointment.

Treasury warrant. Benjamin Hall, assistant warehouse keeper
of stamped parchment and paper and entering clerk of
cards and dice, loco Major Carpenter, resigned.
Treasury letters patent. Wm. Vaughan, inspector of the
moneyer's presses in the Mint and to clean and polish the
dies, &c.

Same. Lawrence Noakes, landwaiter at Newhaven, loco Wm.
Noakes, deceased; John Marsden, landwaiter, Liverpool,
loco Henry Parr, dismissed (cancelled); Hubert Tassell,
collector and surveyor, Rhode Island, New England, loco
Robert Kay, deceased; Roger Ormond, collector at Bath
Town, North Carolina, loco Wm. Owen, deceased.

Reference.

Warrants not relating to money XXV. p. 174. Ibid, pp. 174-5.

Customs Book XIV. pp. 19-20.

Edward Walpole to the Revenue Commissioners, Ireland. Irish Book IX. p. 41.
Recommending Robert Manning as solicitor or correspondent
to them, loco Fra. Sorel, promoted to be secretary to the
Commissioners for Taxes.

J. Scrope to Customs Commissioners. Edward Jackson to be
instructed at the waterside, Bristol port; Warren Lisle,
commander of the "Walker" sloop, Weymouth port, loco
James Stear, deceased.

Treasury warrant. James Glen, inspector of seizures of pro-
hibited and uncustomed goods, Scotland, loco James Dundas,
superseded, at 12d. per £ allowance.

Same. Robert Henley, supervisor of the riding officers, Wey-
mouth, loco Warren Lisle, preferred to the command of the
Walker" sloop.

Letters patent by writ of Privy Seal. Peregrine, Duke of
Ancaster and Kesteven, to be Warden and Chief Justice
in Eyre, Trent North, loco John Viscount Lymington.

Treasury warrant. Lawrence Etough, tidesman in the inferior
list, Liverpool, to be land waiter there.

Same. Andrew Rose, surveyor, Shetland, loco Robert Dowglas,
deceased; James Dowglas, landwaiter and searcher there,
loco Rose preferred.

Same. James Cooke, additional messenger and surveyor of
the Hackney Coach Office at 40l. per annum.
Same. John King, additional assistant to the surveyor of the
warehouse, London port, loco Charles Carkesse, junior,
preferred to be searcher at Gravesend, loco Wm. Parker,
superannuated; Jonas Tettlay, riding officer at Robin Hood's
Town, Whitby port, loco Thomas Medd, deceased.
Same. Wm. Lowen, weighing porter, London, loco Thos.
Ewbank, resigned; Hubert Tassell, collector and surveyor,
Rhode Island, loco Robert Kay, deceased, at the established
salary of 100l. per annum.

Same. James Harrison, established waiter and searcher at
Reighton, Scarborough port. Prefixing:-Customs Commis-
sioners' report.

Treasury Commission. Ralph Rance, surveyor of houses,
Middlesex, loco Richard Griffith, dismissed.

Treasury warrant. Thos. Betts, boatman at Cockbush,
Chichester port, loco Richard Outen, deceased; Isaac
Bradford, same, Ramsgate, Sandwich port, loco John Jell,
deceased; John Kaynes, tidesman, Lynn Regis port, loco
John P'inney, deceased.

Note of warrants for Privy Seals. George Earl of Cromarty,
Chamberlain of the Earldom of Ross, Lordship of Ardmeanach,
and Barony of Delny and Meddate, loco John late Earl of
Sutherland, deceased, for the crops and years 1733, and all
preceding rents yet unpaid.

Same for Alexander Earl of Leven to be Chamberlain of Fife
and Strathern. N.B.-" In the last warrant he was called
Melvil Earl of Leven, instead of Alexander."

Sept. 12

Sept. 18

Sept. 25

Treasury warrant. Thos. Wells, an additional riding officer for
hawkers and pedlars, to inquire after such as trade without a
licence.

Same. Thos. Baughs, collector at Aberdovey, loco Rees Jones,
dismissed; Nicholas Teage, collector at Penzance, loco Henry
Badcock, dismissed.

Warrants not relating to money XXV. p. 185.

Customs Book XIV. p. 36.

Same. John Marsden, landwaiter, Liverpool, loco Henry Parr, Ibid, p. 29.
dismissed; Etough's deputation to same to be superseded,
and he to be restored to his office of tidesman, inferior list,
Liverpool.

Treasury commission. John Robins, surveyor of houses,
Cornwall, loco John Baron, deceased.

Royal sign manual for a bill to pass the Great Seal. John
Eckersall, Receiver General and Cashier of Customs
Revenues, the several subsidies of turnage and poundage,
and all other impositions and duties whatsoever, loco Henry
Selwyn, deceased.

Treasury warrants. Joseph Macham, surveyor of the ware-
houses, London port, loco Samuel Grice, deceased; Francis
Manning to succeed Macham as landwaiter in the superior
list, ibid; John Warner to succeed Manning in the inferior
list of same, ibid; Francis Jackson, surveyor of the East
India warehouses, London, loco Samuel Grice, deceased;
Robert Harrison to succeed Jackson as landwaiter in the
superior list, ibid; Thos. Hester to succeed Harrison in the
inferior list of same, ibid; John Smith, established collector,
Aldeburgh, at 401. per annum from the Crown, and to act for
the customer for his fees or 201. per annum, loco Robert
Crabbe, deceased; Charles Turner, one of the examiners of
outport books, loco Robert Parker, superseded; Mainwaring,
Arthur, comptroller of the warehouses for prohibited East
India goods, loco Thos. Hester, preferred; John Atkinson,
landwaiter, Newcastle port, loco Jeremiah Robinson, resigned;
John Massingham, riding surveyor between Sherringham and
Happisburgh, Yarmouth, loco James Wells, deceased.

Same for letters patent to pass the Exchequer seal. Wm.
Walmesley, Comptroller of Chester and Flint, and master
mason and carpenter of Chester Castle.
Same. Thos. Meares, tidesman and boatman, Southampton,
loco John Price, deceased; George Lylles, noontender, Lon-
don, loco Thos. Collrill, deceased; Catherine Daniel, esta-
blished as housekeeper of the Custom House, Bristol port,
at 401. per annum ; George Keene, boatman, Faversham, loco
Henry Rogers, resigned; Francis Edwards, waiter and
searcher, Poole, loco Michael Farewell, deceased.

Affairs of Taxes IV. p.

10.

King's Warrant Book
XXXI. p. 369.

Customs Book XIV. p. 41.

Warrants not relating to money XXV. pp. 190-1. Customs Book XIV. p. 42.

Sept. 26 J. Scrope to Customs Commissioners. John Freemantle to be Ibid, p. 29. instructed at the waterside, Lordon port,

Oct. 2

Treasury warrant. Robert Henry Gale, assistant warehouse-
keeper of unstamped parchment and paper, loco John Smith,
preferred.

Same. Charles Malden, collector of Customs, Malden port, loco
Walter Walker, resigned; Wm. Lantrow, collector, Barnstaple
port, loco Nathaniel Moore, deceased; Wm. Coham, waiter and
searcher, Bideford, loco Walter Solby, dismissed; Gregory
Bowden, master of the "Calshot" sloop, Southampton port,
loco Thos. Mears, preferred.

Treasury letters patent. John Wright, searcher, Milford port,
loco Rosendall Lloyd, deceased.

Warrants not relating to money XXV. p. 192. Customs Book XIV. p. 45.

Ibid, pp. 46-7.

1734.

Date.

Oct. 10

Nature of Order or Entry and Substance of Appointment.

Treasury warrant. John MacFun, officer of salt duty, Kirk-
caldy, loco James Dowglas, preferred; Wm. Munro, watch-
man of salt duty, Alloa, loco George Munro, declined;
Robert Macgilligan, same, Prestonpans, loco John Duncan,
dismissed; James Crawford, tidesman, Irvine, loco Robert
Paterson, dismissed; Alexander Murray, boatmen, Dumfries,
loco James Affleck, dismissed; Wm. McKie, tidesman,
Stranraer, loco John Gordon, dismissed; Wm. McMaster,
same, ibid, loco John Murray, declined; Archibald Wales,
landcarriage waiter, Edinburgh, loco Wm. Hercus, deceased;
James Younie, watchman of salt duties, Alloa, loco Adam
Robertson, dismissed; James Doughty, same, ibid, loco
Edward Ross, declined; George Douglas, officer of the salt
duty, Kirkcaldy, loco Archibald Campbell, deceased; John
Fowle, tidesman, Irvine, loco Gilbert Neilson, deceased;
George Mearns, tidesman, Kirkcaldy, and Patrick Beatson,
same, Aberdeen, to exchange stations; Wm. Robertson,
landwaiter and searcher, and Robert Halyburton, officer of
salt duty at Prestonpans, to exchange stations; John Neilson,
riding officer under Wm. Hamilton, Surveyor General of
riding officers for preventing importation of cattle from
Ireland into North Britain, and for hindering the running of
uncustomed goods in the west and south coast of Scotland
and the islands thereto belonging.

Same. John Hall, tidesman and boatman, Sunderland, loco
John Harding, deceased.

Oct. 16

Same. Alexander Kinlock, comptroller, Port Glasgow, loco
John Fuller, deceased.

Oct. 23

Same. Samuel Butter, noontender, London port, loco Richard
Turner, deceased; Thos. Streaton, surveyor at Colchester,
loco Paul Angier, deceased.

Oct 24

Oct. 30

Oct. 31

Nov. 27

Nov. 28

Same. Thos. Southouse, tidesman, Borrowstounness, loco
Alexander Houston, deceased.

Reference.

North Britain Book XI.

pp. 174-5.

Customs Book XIV. p. 45.

North Britain Book XI. p. 180.

Customs Book XIV. p. 49.

North Britain Book XI. p. 180.

J. Scrope to the Revenue Commissioners, Ireland. To appoint Irish Book IX. p. 46.
Hugh Dickson collector of Cork, loco John Love.

Treasury warrants. James Bruce, supervisor of salt duty,
Prestonpans, loco Archibald Campbell, deceased; Alexander
Fleming, watchman of salt duty, ibid, loco Wm. Forbes, dis-
missed; Patrick Mackellar, George Haliday, and Adam Dix,
tidesmen, Dumfries, locis Thos. Simpson, David Johnston,
and Archibald Steuart, dismissed.

Same. Robt. Stone, boatman, Torcross, Dartmouth port, loco
Ralph Rachbill, deceased; Peter Elliot, waiter and searcher,
Bantham, Bigbury Bay, Dartmouth port, loco Robert Griffith,
deceased; Thos. Thunder, riding officer, Ramsgate, Sand-
wich port, loco his fathre, Richard, superannuated; Hugh
Ball, boatman, Kingswear, Dartmouth port, loco George
Broughton, deceased.

Same. Richard Kemp, tidesman, Kingswear, Dartmouth port,
loco George Broughton, deceased; Wm. Merchant to
succeed Kemp as boatman at Torcross, same port; John
Ford, surveyor of Customs, Bideford, loco Thos. Burgoyne,
dismissed; Thos. Davies, tidesman and boatman, Hull, loco
Robert Keld, superannuated; Gregory Bowden, mate of the
"Calshot" sloop, Southampton port, to be commander there,
loco John Mears, deceased; Wm. Rice to succeed Bowden as

mate.

North Britain Book XI. p. 180.

Customs Book IV. p. 49.

Customs Book XIV. p. 55.

Treasury commission. Herbert Lewis, surveyor of houses, Affairs of Taxes IV. p. 10.
Radnor, loco Thos. Lewis, dismissed.

688

Date.

Dec. 2 Dec. 10

Dec. 11

Dec. 18

Dec. 21

Dec. 26
Dec. 31

1730. Sept. 22

Nov. 26

TREASURY BOOKS AND PAPERS.

Nature of Order or Entry and Substance of Appointment.

Treasury warrant. John Nevill, tidesman and boatman,
Stockton port, loco Wm. Bagwith, deceased.
Same. Ambrose Corby, boatman, Colchester port, loco Wm.
Rawlins, dismissed; Bernard Sampson, warehouse keeper,
Topsham, loco Bartholomew Anthony; Win. Dewhurst,
tidesman at Helbre and Hoylake, Liverpool port, loco John
Sherlocke, superannuated; John Button, tidesman, Liverpool
port, loco Wm. Stennett, dismissed.

Same. Abraham Walton, searcher and surveyor of cards and
dice, loco George Tompson, deceased; Oliver Peard, dis
tributor of stamps, co. Devon (city of Exeter and town of
Plymouth excepted), loco Nathaniel Thorne, deceased.
Treasury commission. Thos. Cross, surveyor of houses,
Middlesex, loco Philip Pott, deceased.

Treasury warrant. James Chamness, tidesman, inferior list,
London port, loco George Brinklow, superannuated.

Reference.

Customs Book XIV. p. 55.
Ibid, p. 59.

Warrants not relating to money XXV. p. 199.

Affairs of Taxes IV. p. 11.

Customs Book XIV. p. 62.

Royal warrant to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. Wm. Tighe, | Irish Book IX. p. 51.
Keeper of the Records in the Tower of Berningham, Ireland,
on the surrender of Arthur Hill, who was appointed on the
surrender of Joseph Addison.

Customs Book XIV. p. 62.

Treasury order for royal letters patent. Peter Buck, comp-
troller, Chichester port, loco John Miller, deceased.
Treasury warrants. John Marshall, riding officer, Sheppey Ibid, p. 65.
Island, Rochester port, to succeed John Bingham, deceased,
as waiter and searcher, to act for the collector of Faversham;
John Jelly to succeed Marshall as riding officer; Wm.
Gribble, tidesman, Truro port, loco John Lifchild, deceased.

Letters patent by writ of Privy Seal. Sir Philip Medows and
Alan Viscount Middleton, Comptrollers of the Accounts of
the Army, at a salary of 1,500l. for themselves, 300l. to their
secretary, and allowance of 900l. for the whole office charge;
all in succession to Sir Philip Medows and James Bruce.
Same in Latin by writ of Privy Seal. Grant to Wm. Benson
of the reversion of the office of one of the Auditors of
Imprests and Foreign Accounts, First Fruits, &c., Imposi-
tions, Customs, Subsidies, &c., Exchange and Moneys, &c.,
loco Edward Harley, appointed same by letters patent of
6 March, 11 Queen Anne, or Thos. Foley, of Stoke Court,
constituted same by letters patent of 13 August, 12 Queen
Anne.

GENERAL INDEX.