Calendar of Treasury Books, 1660/67-: Preserved in the Public Record Office, Volume 5,Partie 1H.M. Stationery Office, 1911 |
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29 last accompt allowance arrears Auditor Cashier to bring Cashier to pay charges Charles Bertie dated Chimney money Clerk Customs Cashier Customs Commissioners Customs free Danby's subscription dated discharge Docquet Book docquet hereof Duke Earl Entry Exchequer Farmers grant half Hearthmoney Ibid inst Ireland June 24 King King's Remembrancer King's Warrant Book Lady day Lady day last late Letter of direction Letters Customs London port Lord Treasurer Majesty's Michaelmas Money Book Money VII Money warrant Mris Nature and Substance Navy officers paid payable pension petition privy seal quarter Receipt to issue Receipt to pay Receivers of Excise Reference Relating to Money revenue Richard Royal sign manual Royal warrant salary Sept ship Sir John Sir Stephen Fox Sir William supra Surveyor thereof Thomas Treasurer Danby Treasurer Danby's subscription Treasury Chambers Treasury Minute Book Warrant from Treasurer Warrants not Relating weekly payments
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Page xxxviii - When once the Aversion to bear Uneasiness taketh place in a Man's Mind, it doth so check all the Passions, that they are dampt into a kind of Indifference; they grow faint and languishing, and come to be subordinate to that fundamental Maxim, of not purchasing any thing at the price of a Difficulty. This made that he had as little Eagerness to oblige, as he had to hurt Men; the Motive of his giving Bounties was rather to make Men less uneasy to him, than more easy to themselves; and yet no ill-nature...
Page xxxviii - ... dampt into a kind of indifference; they grow faint and languishing, and come to be subordinate to that fundamental maxim, of not purchasing any thing at the price of a difficulty. This made that he had as little eagerness to oblige, as he had to hurt men; the motive of his giving bounties was rather to make men less uneasy to him, than more easy to themselves; and yet no ill-nature all this while. He would slide from an asking face, and could guess very well. It was throwing a man off from his...
Page i - Government in throwing open these papers to the public, and providing proper catalogues of their contents at the national expense. The greater number of the readers who will consult and value these works can have little or no opportunity of visiting the Public Record Office, in which these papers are deposited. The means for consulting the originals must necessarily be limited when readers live at a distance from the metropolis ; still more if they are residents of Scotland, Ireland, distant colonies,...
Page xxxvii - That which might tempt him to it probably was, his finding that those about him so often took Money upon those Occasions ; so that he thought he might do well at least to be a Partner. He did not take the Money to hoard it; there were those at Court who watched those Times, as the Spaniards do for the coming in of the Plate Fleet. The Beggars of both Sexes helped to empty his Cabinet, and to leave room in them for a new lading upon the next Occasion. These Negotiators played double with him too,...
Page 197 - Hereditaments, within the Kingdom of England, Dominion of Wales, and Town of Berwick...
Page xxxvii - Defalcation, help a lame Accountant to get off, or side with the Farmers against the Improvement of the Revenue. The King was made the Instrument to defraud the Crown, which is somewhat extraordinary. That which might tempt him to it probably was, his finding that those about him so often took Money upon those Occasions ; so that he thought he might do well at least to be a Partner. He did not take the Money to hoard it ; there were those at Court who watched those Times, as the Spaniards do for...
Page xxxviii - ... he would to relieve a want. When once the Aversion to bear Uneasiness taketh place in a Man's Mind, it doth so check all the Passions, that they are dampt into a kind of Indifference; they grow faint and languishing, and come to be subordinate to that fundamental Maxim, of not purchasing any thing at the price of a Difficulty. This made that he had as little Eagerness to oblige, as he had to hurt Men; the Motive of his giving Bounties was rather to make Men less uneasy to him, than more easy...
Page xxxviii - ... to enquire into the consequences. He could not properly be said to be either covetous or liberal; his desire to get was not with an intention to be rich; and his spending was rather an easiness in letting money go, than any premeditated thought for the distribution of it. He would do as much to throw of!
Page xxxviii - ... difficulty. This made that he had as little eagerness to oblige as he had to hurt men ; the motive of his giving bounties was rather to make men less uneasy to him than more easy to themselves ; and yet no illnature all this while. He would slide from an asking face, and could guess very well. It ' was throwing a man off from his shoulders that leaned upon them with his whole weight; so that the party was not gladder to receive than he was to give. It was a kind of implied bargain ; though men...
Page ii - Striking peculiarities of expression, proverbs, manners, &c., are to be noticed. / 6th. Original dates are to be given at the close of each entry, that the reader may know the exact evidence by which the marginal dates are determined. 7th. Where letters are endorsed by the receivers and the date of their delivery specified, these endorsements are to be recorded. 8th. The number of written pages of each document is to be specified, as a security for its integrity, and that readers may know what proportion...