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Record Id:
032-003442229
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-003442229
MDARK:
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Format:
ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 5940
Title:
Copies of Navy lists, and various documents relative to the Army and Garrisons
Scope & Content:

An Octavo volume (227 pages), containing copies of Navy lists, and various documents relative to the Army and Garrisons from 1702 to 1713, viz.

1. List of Ships and Vessels laid up and paid off since 25 December 1710. Dated 16 April 1713. (page 1)

2. Accompt of what ships are now employed or in sea pay, with the number of seamen on board. Dated 17 April 1713. (page 7)

3. List of all Her Majesty’s Ships and Vessels, with the condition of each. Dated 20 April 1713. (page 13)

4. List of the Chaplains belonging to Her Majesty’s Navy. Dated 27 May 1713. (page 31)

5. Accompt of the number of chaplains that now are or have been employed in the fleet, with the biggest ships they have served in and an estimate of the half pay of such as are not employed in time of peace. Dated 27 May 1713. (page 38)

6. List of the Flag Officers, Captains, Masters and Commanders, and Lieutenants, with an estimate of their half pay. Dated 21 May 1713. (page 41)

7. Estimate of the charge of the ordnance for Land service for 1713. (page 53)

8. Accompt of the half pay for Military Officers and Chaplains, who have served in the Trains of Artillery in Flanders, Spain etc. from 23 June 1713 to 31 December 1713. (page 55)

9. Estimate of half pay to the Officers of Mariners, from 1 July 1713 to 24 December 1713. (page 58)

10. Estimate of the troops of Saxe Gotha, which were in her Majesty’s service, and the charge thereof from 22 December 1712 to the time of their dismission. (page 59)

11. Estimate of Her Majesty’s Forces in the Plantations, the Island of Minorca, Gibraltar, and Dunkirk, with the charges from 24 June 1713 to 24 December 1713. (page 60)

12. Estimate of all Her Majesty’s Land Forces, with the charge thereof for six months, from 22 December 1712 to 23 June 1713. (page 63)

13. Estimate of Her Majesty’s Guards and Garrisons etc. in Great Britain, with the charge therefore from 24 June 1713 to 24 December 1713. (page 68)

14. Accompt of the numbers and disposition of all Her Majesty’s Forces now in pay, 18 April 1713. (page 71)

15. Estimate of the charge of half pay to the officers of the Land Forces disbanded etc. from 25 December 1712 to 24 December 1713. (page 77)

16. Accompt of the Forces discharged from Her Majesty’s service since 25 December 1711. (page 91)

17. Estimate of the charge of the Out Pensioners of the Hospital at Chelsea from 24 December 1711 to 24 December 1713. (page 96)

18. Report to Robert [Harley], Earl of Oxford, Lord High Treasurer, from the Commissioners respecting the Out Pensioners at Chelsea. Dated Horse Guards, 24 April 1713. (page 102)

19. Report to Robert [Harley], Earl of Oxford, Lord High Treasurer from J. Howe respecting the Out Pensioners at Chelsea. Dated 13 August 1712. (page 106)

20. Another report to Robert [Harley], Earl of Oxford, Lord High Treasurer from J. Howe. Dated 26 October 1712. (page 110)

21. A third report to Robert [Harley], Earl of Oxford, Lord High Treasurer from J. Howe. Dated 22 May 1713. (page 114)

22. Accompt of some Extraordinaries of the war not provided for by Parliament. (1709). (page 120)

23. Abstract shewing the disposition of money granted for the service of the War in the Low Countries. (page 123)

24. Accompt of some Extraordinaries of the war, not yet provided for by Parliament. (1710). (page 126)

25. Another accompt of some Extraordinaries of the war, not yet provided for by Parliament. (1713). (page 132)

26. Another accompt of some Extraordinaries of the war, not yet provided for by Parliament. (1712). (page 136)

27. Estimate of the debts owing to the civil list, at or about Midsummer 1710. (page 141)

28. Estimate of the debts owing to the civil list, at Midsummer 1713. (page 142)

29. Abstract of the charge of the Establishments of the Forces acting in the Low Countries, from 25 December 1702 to 23 June 1705. (page 146)

30. Abstract of the charge of the Portugal Establishment from 1703 to 23 June 1705. (page 152)

31. Establishment of the Forces and Garrisons in the Island of Minorca for 184 days, ending 24 December 1713. (page 154)

32. Establishment of the Forces and Garrisons at Gibraltar for 184 days, ending 24 December 1713. (page 160)

33. Establishment of the Forces and Garrisons at Ghent, Bruges, and Newporte in Flanders for 184 days, ending 24 December 1713. (page 164)

34. Establishment of the Forces and Garrisons at Dunkirk for 154 days, ending 24 December 1713. (page 168)

35. List of the Regiments under the care of payment of Thomas Moore esquire. (page 174)

36. Draught of the Establishments of Guards and Garrisons, to commence 24 June 1713. (page 176)

37. List of pensions to several persons, to commence 24 June 1713. (page 207)

38. Establishment of two Regiments of Foot at Jamaica. (page 208)

39. Accompt of Contingencies allowed for Guards and Garrisons, from 1703 to 1710. (page 212)

40. Abstract of what Contingencies have been paid by Howe, from 1703 to 1713. (page 216)

41. Forces in the Establishment of Ireland. February 1713/1714. (page 218)

42. Regulation of the Pay of a Regiment of Horse, Dragoons and Foot on the Irish Establishment. February 1713/1714. (page 219)

43. Accompt of the number and quality of all Her Majesty’s Forces now in pay, and disposition of them. November 1713. (page 222)

At the end of the volume is an Index or Table of Contents. (pages 226-227).

Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Additional Manuscripts
Hierarchy Tree:
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Hierarchy Record Ids:
032-003442229
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not applicable
Hierarchy:
032-003442229
Container:
not applicable
Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
1 volume (227 pages)
Digitised Content:
Languages:
English
Scripts:
Latin
Start Date:
1702
End Date:
1713
Date Range:
1702-1713
Era:
CE
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Arrangement:
An index is at the end of the volume
Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)
Notes:
This catalogue description has been transcribed from the original [18th-19th-century] handwritten Catalogue of Additional Manuscripts and may contain inaccuracies. The handwritten catalogue is available in the Manuscripts Reading Room.