Add MS 61604

Vol. DIV (ff. 174).

(1) Lists, reports, etc., relating to pensions administered by Walter Chetwynd, paymaster of the King's pensions and bounties, and Jacob de la Motte Blagny, mostly for the new establishment of 1718; 1717-1720, n.d. Partly French. Partly drafts. See Calendar of Treasury Books, XXXII, pp. 2, 544-557. ff. 1-41.

(2) Financial statements, proposals for relief of subscribers, lists of stock sold, with other letters and papers relating to the South Sea Company; 1716-1724, n.d. Partly French. Partly printed, copies, signed and drafts. ff. 42-120.

(3) Correspondence, with related papers, of Lord Townshend, relating to the extradition of Robert Knight, cashier to the South Sea Company, from the Austrian Netherlands; 1721. Partly French and translations. Copies, preceded (ff. 121-122b) by a schedule of the correspondence. ff. 121-174b.

includes:

• ff. 1-41 Pensions: Lists, etc., mostly for new establishment of: 1718; 1717-1720, n.d.: Partly Fr.: Partly drafts.
• ff. 1-41 passim Jacob de La Motte Blagny, paymaster of foreign pensions: Pensions administered by: 1717-1720, n.d.: Partly Fr.: Partly drafts.
• ff. 4-41 passim Walter Chetwynd, MP; Paymaster of King's Pensions and Bounties: Pensions administered by: 1718-1720, n.d.: Partly drafts.
• ff. 42-120 Revenue: Papers rel. to South Sea Company: 1716-1724, n.d.: Partly Fr.
• ff. 42-120 South Sea Company: Papers rel. to,: 1716-1724, n.d.: Partly Fr.: Partly copies, signed and drafts.
• ff. 42-120 Trade and Commerce: Papers rel. to South Sea Company: 1716-1724, n.d.: Partly Fr.
• ff. 42-43 James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos: Warrants to: 1705-1716.
• ff. 42-43 George II of England: Warrant, as Custos Regni, to Lord Carnarvon, rel. to South Sea stock: 1716.: Copy.
• ff. 44-120 passim Accounts: South Sea Company: 1718-1724, n.d.
• f. 49 Benjamin Hoadley, Bishop of Winchester: Letters, etc., to Lord Sunderland: 1719-1722, n.d.: Partly Lat.: Partly printed.
• f. 51 Sir Wilfred Lawson, 3rd Baronet: Letter to Lord Sunderland: 1720.
• ff. 53-54b George Murray, Paymaster of Lottery: Memorandum to Lord Sunderland: 1720.
• f. 59 John Molesworth, 2nd Viscount Molesworth: Witnessd, in: 1720.
• f. 59 Richard Molesworth, 3rd Viscount Molesworth: Authorisation to issue receipt for South Sea subscription to Lady Sunderland: 1720.: Signed. Seal.
• f. 59 John Eckersall, Secretary to Qu. Caroline: Witnessed: in 1720.
• f. 65 Sir Thomas Frankland, 2nd Baronet; Joint Postmaster General: Letters to: 1708.
• f. 65 Alexander von Hammerstein, Hanoverian major-general: Letter to Lord Sunderland: 1720.: Fr.
• ff. 67-69b John de Fonseca, Allied intelligence agent in Brussels: Letters, etc., to Lord Sunderland: 1710, 1720.
• f. 68 Richard Hill, diplomatist: Letter to Sir T. Frankland: 1708.: Copy.
• ff.69-69b Sir Thomas Frankland, 2nd Baronet; Joint Postmaster General: Certificate for J. de Fonseca: 1714.: Copy and Fr. transl.
• f. 74 Charles Joy, Deputy Governor, South Sea Company: Letter to: 1720.
• f. 74 Richard Molesworth, 3rd Viscount Molesworth: Letter to C. Joy: 1720.: Copy.
• f. 76 G. de Trepsac, at Amsterdam: Proposals for raising loan in Holland: 1720.: Fr.: Signed.
• f. 79 Edward Gibbon, Director, South Sea Company; grandfather of the historian: Letter to Lord Sunderland: 1720.
• ff. 80-85b John Aislabie, Chancellor of the Exchequer: Preamble to Commons' resolutions for his expulsion, with proposed clauses for bill confiscating his property: 1720-1721.
• f. 87 Sir George Caswall, MP: Letter, etc., to Lord Sunderland: [1720?], 1721.
• f. 93b John Warner and Co: Declaration rel to tallies etc., held in trust for Lord Sunderland: [1720?].
• f. 93b John Hooker: Witnessed: in [1720?].
• f. 97 Baron Johan Rabo van Keppel,; Dutch major-general: Letter to Lord Sunderland: 1721.: Fr.
• f. 101 Charles Howard, 3rd Earl of Carlisle: Correspondence, etc., with Lord Sunderland: 1708-1722.
• ff. 103-105, 111 James Craggs, senior, Postmaster-General: Account of his estates, etc.: aft. 1721.
• f. 106 Robert Surman, Deputy Cashier, South Sea Company: Letter to Lord Sunderland: 1721.
• f. 116b Robert Spencer, 4th Earl of Sunderland: Receipts rel. to his inheritance: 1724.: Signed.
• ff. 121-174b Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend: Correspondence rel. to R. Knight: 1721.: Partly Fr.: Copies.
• ff. 121-174b Robert Knight, cashier to South Sea Company: Papers rel. to his extradition from Austrian Netherlands: 1721.: Partly Fr. and transl.
• ff.121-127,132-154b,161-170b William Leathes, Resident at The Hague and Brussels: Correspondence with Lord Townshend, etc.: 1721.: Partly Fr.: Copies.
• ff. 123-126b, 165-170b Ercole Giuseppe Luigi Turinetti, Marchese di Prié; Savoyard and Imperial diplomatist: Memorials to, as Governor of S. Netherlands: 1721.: Mostly Fr.
• ff.128-131b,155-160b,171-174b Francis Colman, Resident at Florence and at Parma: Correspondence with Lord Townshend: 1721.: Copies.
• ff.142-154b Isidor Jean Joseph Dominique de La Cuéva de Benaridès, Marques de Bedmar; commanding army of Philip V in Southern Netherlands: Confirmation of Philip V's Joyeuse Entrée, 1702.: 1721.: Partly Fr.: Transl. and extract, etc.