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040-001950246

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Vol. CCXXVI (ff. 211).

(1) Respites: — (a) Lists of respites deducted from the muster rolls; 1703-1706. ff. 1-6b; — (b) Certificates for respites for individual regiments and garrisons; 1703-1707. ff. 7-63b; — (c) Warrants for taking off respites; 1701-1704. ff. 64-67b.

(2) Requests, mostly addressed to Adam Cardonnel, for stoppages from regimental subsistences, for recruiting; 1704, 1705. ff. 68-128b.

(3) Papers relating to the 2½% deduction from the pay of foreign troops, chiefly arising from the charges brought against Marlborough on this account by the Commissioners of Public Accounts and the Attorney-General in 1711 and 1712; — (a) Queen Anne's warrant to Marlborough to receive the deduction; 1702. Copy. ff. 129-130b; — (b) Memorial by Benjamin Sweet, Paymaster of the British forces in the Low Countries, relating to the deduction; 1702. ff. 131-132b; — (c) Answers by Marlborough to the Commissioners' charges, including (ff. 130-145b) a speech intended to be delivered by him to the House of Commons, but instead published as The Case of His Grace the D ... of M…, 1712. Copies. ff. 133-152b; — (d) Certificates from the foreign princes, their generals and agents, allowing the deduction to Marlborough without account; 1712, 1713. French. Partly signed with seals en placard. Partly drafts and copies, some notarially certified (the latter procured for Marlborough by Benjamin Sweet; see Add. MS. 61135, f. 85 above). ff. 153-204; — (e) Warrant by George I to the Attorney-General, ordering the cessation of proceedings against Marlborough; 1714. Copy. ff. 205-211b.

includes:

ff. 1-67b England Army of. Pay: Respites on muster rolls: 1703-1707.
ff.7,30-32b Charles Johnson, of Army, Pay Office: Certificates for respites on muster rolls: 1704-1707.: Signed.
ff. 9-63b passim Benjamin Sweet, alias Swete; Paymaster of British forces in Low Countries: Certificates for respites: 1705.: Signed.
ff. 11, 36-37b Willam Sloper, of Army Pay Office: Certificates for respites on muster rolls: 1705.
ff. 22-25b W. Philpott, of Army Pay Office: Certificates for respites on muster rolls: 1707.
ff. 38-41b John Gough, of Army Pay Office: Certificates for respites on muster rolls: 1704, [1706?].
f. 42 John Grubham Howe, MP; Paymaster of Guards and Garrisons: Certificate for respites on muster rolls: [1706?].: Signed.
ff. 64-65b Gilbert Marshall, Commissary of the Musters: Instructions and warrants to: 1702-1711, n.d.
ff. 68, 82, 86 Edward Pauncefort, MP: Letter, etc., to: 1702-1705.
ff. 68-128b England Army of. Pay: Stoppages for recruiting: 1704-1708.
ff.68-128b England Army of. Recruiting: Stoppages from regimental subsistences for: 1704-1708.
ff. 69-126 Adam Cardonnel, Secretary to John, 1st Duke of Marlborough: Reports, etc., to: 1702-1707.
ff. 69-126 England Army of. Regimental Agents: Letters, accounts, etc., of: 1688-1707.
ff. 69-75b Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Negus, 3rd Foot; MP: Requests for stoppages for recruiting: 1704, 1705.
ff.76-81b Lieutenant Richard Worthington, 16th Foot: Requests for stoppages for recruiting: 1704, 1705.
ff. 82-85b, 101 Captain Robert Gardner, 2nd Foot: Letters to A. Cardonnel: 1705.
f. 86 Major P[atrick?] Gordon, regimental agent: Letter to E. Pauncefort: 1705.
f. 88 Theophilus Parsons, regimental agent: Letters to A. Cardonnel: 1703-1707.
ff. 90-93b John Willson, agent, Royal Welsh Fusiliers: Letters to A. Cardonnel: 1704, 1705.
ff. 94-97b John Graham, agent of Royal Scots Fusiliers: Letters to A. Cardonnel: 1705, 1707.
f. 98 Brigadier-General Sampson de Lalo: Letter to A. Cardonnel: 1705.
f. 102 John Wilkes, agent, Meredyth's Regt: Letter to A. Cardonnel: 1704.
ff. 104-108b Silvester Stuckley, alias Stukely; agent for 10th Foot: Letters to A. Cardonnel: 1704-1707.
ff.109-111b John Eddowes, agent for Royal Regt of Foot: Letters, etc., to A. Cardonnel: 1704-1705.
f. 112 Lieutenant Thomas Brerewood, solicitor to 1st Foot Guards: Letter to A. Cardonnel: 1705.
ff. 113-115b John Wight, agent for 24th Foot: Letters to A. Cardonnel: 1704, 1705.
ff. 116-119b John Merrill, regimental agent: Letters to A. Cardonnel: 1705, 1707.
ff. 120-123b Jonathan Watson, regimental agent: Letters to A. Cardonnel: 1692-1707.
f. 124 Newd. Owsley, agent for 3rd Dragoon Guards: Letters to A. Cardonnel: 1705, 1707.
f. 126 J[ohn?] Pain, agent for Carabiniers: Letters to A. Cardonnel: 1705, 1707.
ff.129-130b Anne of England: Warrant to Duke of Marlborough, to receive 2 1/2% deduction from pay of foreign troops: 1702.: Copy.
ff. 131-211b England; Parliament: Papers rel. to proceedings of Commissioners for Public Accounts against Duke of Marlborough: 1712-1714.
ff.131-132b Benjamin Sweet, alias Swete; Paymaster of British forces in Low Countries: Duke of Marlborough's account with: 1702-1711.
ff. 154-157b, 208 Charles Rudolph, Duke of Württemberg-Neustadt: Certificate rel to 2 1/2% deduction from pay of Danish troops: 1712.: Fr.: Signed. Seal. Copy and transl.
ff. 154-160b, 208 Army of Denmark: Agreement and certificates rel. to 21/2% deduction from pay: 1702, 1712.: Partly Fr.: Partly copies.
ff. 158-160b Willhelm Schnell, Danish Resident at The Hague: Certificate rel. to 2 1/2 % deduction from pay of Danish troops: 1712.: Fr.: Copies.
ff. 161-165b, 206 Hanover, Electors of. George Louis (afterwards George I of England): Certificates rel. to 2 1/2% deduction from pay of his troops: 1713.: Fr.: Signed. Seal en placard. Copies and transl.
ff. 161-166, 206 Hanover. Army of: Certificates rel. to 2 1/2% deduction from pay: 1713.: Partly Fr.: Partly copies.
f. 166 Elias Klinggraff, Hanoverian Resident at The Hague: Certificate rel. to 21/2% deduction from pay, of Hanoverian troops: 1713.: Fr.: Copy.
ff. 167-170, 211 Hesse-Cassel, Landgraves of. Charles: Certificate rel. to 21/2% deduction from pay of Hessian troops: 1713.: Fr.: Signed. Seal. Copy and transl.
ff. 174-176 Army of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp: Certificate rel. to 2 1/2 % deduction from pay: 1712.: Fr.: Copies.
ff. 174-176 Hermann von Petkum, Envoy of the Duke of Holstein-Gottorp to The Hague; alias 'Le Sieur Rivièré': Certificate rel. to 2 1/2 % deduction from pay of Holstein troops: 1712.: Fr.: Copies.
ff. 177-179 Dr Johann Konrad Norff, Resident of Münster, Liège and Cologne at The Hague: Certificates rel. to 2 1/2 % deduction from pay of Münster troops: 1713.: Fr.: Copies.
ff.177-179 Army of Münster: Certificates rel. to 2 1/2 % deduction from pay of troops: 1713.: Fr.
ff.180-183b,210 John William; Elector Palatine of the Rhine: Certificate rel to 2 1/2 % deduction from pay of troops,: 1713.: Fr.: Partly signed, with seal en placard.
ff. 184-186 Bout, agent for Palatine troops: Certificate rel to 21/2% deduction from pay of Palatine troops: 1712.: Fr.: Copies.
f. 187b Count August Christoph Wackerbarth,; Saxon general: Certificate countersigned by: 1712.: Fr.
ff. 187-190b, 207 Augustus II of Poland: Certificate rel. to 2 1/2 % deduction from pay of Saxon troops,: 1712.: Fr.: Signed, seal en placard, copy and transl.
ff. 187-193, 207 Army of Saxony: Certificates rel. to 2 1/2 % deduction from pay: 1712, 1713.: Partly Fr.: Partly copies.
ff. 191-193 Baron Wolff Abraham von Gersdorff,; Polish-Saxon envoy at the Hague: Certificate rel. to 21/2% deduction from pay of Saxon troops: 1713.: Fr.: Copies.
ff. 194-197b, 207 Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau; Prussian general: Certificate rel. to 2 1/2 % deduction from pay of Prussian troops: 1712.: Fr.: Signed. Seal. Copy and transl.
ff. 194-197b, 207 Prussia. Army of: Certificate rel. to 2 1/2% deduction from pay: 1712.: Partly Fr.: Partly copies.
ff. 198-201b Johann Henrich von Kaysersfeldt, Trier diplomatist: Certificate rel. to 21/2% deduction from pay of Trier troops: 1713.: Fr.: Copies.
ff.198-201b Army of Trier: Certificate rel. to 2 1/2 % deduction from pay: 1713.: Fr.: Copy.
ff. 202-203b B. Doll, agent of Baron de Walefs Regt: Certificate rel. to 21/2% deduction from pay of regt: 1713.: Fr.: Copy.
ff. 202-204 Major-General Henri de Cort, Baron de Walef Colonel of Walloon dragoon regt: Papers rel. to his regt: 1703-1713, n.d.: Partly Fr.
ff. 202b-204 Etienne Caillaud, postmaster of Rotterdam: Certificate rel. to 21/2% deduction from pay of Baron de Walef's regt: 1713.: Fr.: Copies.
ff. 205-211b Sir Edward Northey, Attorney General: Warrant to: 1714.
ff. 205-211b George I of England: Warrant to Attorney-General, rel. to 21/2% deduction from foreign troops' pay for Duke of Marlborough: 1714.: Copy.

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032-001949954
033-001949955
036-001950229
037-001950238
040-001950246

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Add MS 61101-61710, Add Ch 76069-76142, Seal CCV.8 : BLENHEIM PAPERS
Add MS 61101-61413 : A. CORRESPONDENCE AND PAPERS OF THE 1ST DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH 61101-61413. BLENHEIM PAPERS. Vols. I-CCCXIII. Correspondence…
Add MS 61316-61343 G : A. Section VIII. GENERAL MILITARY PAPERS
Add MS 61322 A-61331 : 61322-61331. BLENHEIM PAPERS. Vols. CCXXII-CCXXXI. Accounts and papers relating to military finance; 1688-1714. Twelve volumes.

Add MS 61326 : Vol. CCXXVI (ff. 211). (1) Respites: — (a) Lists of respites deducted from the muster rolls; 1703-1706. ff. 1-6b; — (b)…

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Start Date:

1701

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1714

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Names:

Anne, Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, 1665-1714
Army of Denmark
Army of Hanover
Army of Prussia
Army of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp
Army of Trier
Augustus II, of Poland
Bout, agent for Palatine troops
Brerewood, Thomas, Lieutenant; solicitor to 1st Foot Guards
Caillaud, Etienne, postmaster of Rotterdam
Cardonnel, Adam, 1st Duke of Marlborough, sec to John
Charles Rudolph, Duke of Württemberg-Neustadt
Charles, Landgrave of Hesse-Cassel
Cort, Henri, Baron de Walef, Major-General; Colonel of Walloon dragoon regt
Doll, B, agent of Baron de Walef's Regiment, fl 1713
Eddowes, John, agent for Royal Regt of Foot
Gardner, Robert, army officer and correspondent of Adam Cardonnel, fl 1705
George I, King of Great Britain and Ireland, 1660-1727
George I, King of Great Britain and Ireland, 1660-1727
Gersdorff, Wolf Abraham, diplomat, 1662-1719
Gordon, P, army officer and regimental agent, fl 1707
Gough, John, source of certificates for respites on muster rolls, fl 1704-1706
Graham, John, agent of the Royal Scots Fusiliers and correspondent of Adam Cardonnel, fl 1705-1707
Howe, John Grubham, MP; Paymaster of Guards and Garrisons
Johnson, Charles, of Army, Pay Office
Kaysersfeldt, Johann Henrich, Trier diplomatist
Klinggraff, Elias, Hanoverian Resident at The Hague; of Add MS 61326
Lalo, Sampson, Brigadier-General
Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, Prussian general
Marshall, Gilbert, Commissary of the Musters
Merrill, John, regimental agent
Negus, Francis, Lieutenant-Colonel; 3rd Foot; MP
Norff, Johann Konrad, Dr; Resident of Münster, Liège and Cologne at The Hague
Northey, Edward, Attorney General
Owsley, Newd., agent for 3rd Dragoon Guards
Pain, John?, agent for Carabiniers
Parliament
Parsons, Theophilus, regimental agent
Pauncefort, Edward, MP
Petkum, Hermann, Envoy of the Duke of Holstein-Gottorp to The Hague; alias 'Le Sieur Rivièré'
Philpott, W., of Army Pay Office
Schnell, Willhelm, Danish Resident at The Hague
Sloper, Willam, of Army Pay Office
Stuckley, Silvester, alias Stukely; agent for 10th Foot
Sweet, Benjamin, alias Swete; Paymaster of British forces in Low Countries
Wackerbarth, August Christoph, Count, Saxon general
Watson, Jonathan, regimental agent
Wight, John, agent for 24th Foot
Wilhelm, Johann, Elector Palatine, 1658-1716
Wilkes, John, agent, Meredyth's Regt
Willson, John, agent, Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Worthington, Richard, Lieutenant; 16th Foot