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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[2nd s. No 58 , Fkb. 7. '57. 



£ s. d. 

 lakcing mv Leave, as ve Kitching, Celler, 

 &e. - " 20 5 



Paid for Lodgeing my Fnmely at Cassell a 



month and given to the Servants - - 12 10 



Given a present for Information early of many 

 tilings y' pass - - - '- 20 



Charges for a Constant Lodging for mj-selfe 

 and Family both at Hanover and Wolfen- 

 buttle for halfe a yeare and in followeing 

 this Duke in his Constant progresses, be- 

 sides my Constant Expence at Cell, this 

 Countrey affording noe Aceomodacion in 

 theire Publick Places of Entertainment 

 being so very meane and miserable - 50 



A gratuity for an Agent at j'e Hague for lialfe 

 a j-eare and sending me pamphlets, and con- 

 veying my Letters to ye severall places 

 where I happen to be - - - 12 



Mourneing for mj'selfe for the Electresse Dovr- 

 ager of Brandenburgh, to appeare in all 

 these Courts - - - - 12 13 



Paid for postage of Letters, pamphletts, and 

 other printed papers, and for paper, wax, and 

 other things for ye six months - - 37 C 



Exchequer Fees upon £657, being one Quar- 

 ter's pay due the IS"' day of November 1G89, 

 and a Quarter's Extraordinaries due the 

 28«i'of August, 1689 - - - 23 13 



Cell, March ye 21, 16«|;, Will. Button Colt £289 02 



" Whitehall, April U'h 1690, 

 "Thefoure first articles of this bill, relateing to Sir 

 William Dutton Colt's Journej^ to Cassell, which he per- 

 formed b}' his Majesties especiall command, and the other 

 particulars amounteing only to Five pounds twelve shil- 

 lings above ye allowance limittcd hy his Majesties in- 

 dudeing the Exchequer Fees. I doe by his Majesties 

 command allow this bill, except the last article, which I 

 leave to j'e consideration of the R' Hono"^'" ye Lords Com- 

 missioners of the Treasury, to Avhose cognizance ye same 

 doth properly belong. 



" XOTTIXGIIAJI." * 



The next account I shall notice is from the 28tli 

 August, 1690, to 28th November following; and 

 the first item here mentions the jealousies between 

 the various courts, which three years afterwards 

 yet subsisted, as appears by Mr. Macaulay's de- 

 j^cription of William IIl.'s endeavours to reconcile 

 their differences. {HinL England, vol. iv. p. 400.) 



"Expended by Sir William Dutton Colt, Knight, En- 

 voy Extraordinary to the Dukes of Brunswick and Lunen- 

 berg, and to the Landgrave of Hesse Cassell, from the 

 28'h day of August to the 28* day of November, 1690, 

 being three mouths, whereof hee humbly craves allow- 

 ance : 



£ s. d. 

 Paid yearelj' for a house att Hanover, which 

 I find absolutely necessary to content that 

 Court, who expect an equall respect with 

 Cell, arid for Lodgings at Wolfenb\ittle and 

 Brunswick, besides my house at Cell, and 

 constant expence in following that Duke in 

 all his progresses, this Country affording no 

 accommodation in tlieir publick Inns, which 

 are very meane and miserable - - 30 00 00 



* rdl U'urrant Booh, Pub. liec. Office, No. 80, p. 68. 



£ s. d. 



Mourning for myself for Prince Clia. and the 



Elector Palatine - - - - 13 12 



Postage of letters at London and Gazetts, Votes 



of Parliament, and other printed papers - 9 16 00 



Postage of letters here in these severall Courts 



and German Gazetts and printed papers - 14 07 00 



Postage of letters att ye Hague both to and 

 from England and for Gazetts and printed 

 ^ papers - - - - - 19 14 



For an Agent at 3'e Hague to receive my 

 letters and to convey them forward - 6 00 00 



Paid for paper, wax, and other things - 5 2 00 



Exchequer Fees for one quarter's pay ending 

 the 28«h of August, and half a yeare's extra- 

 ordinaries ending ye same day, 1690 •• 20 5 6 



" I allow this bill, excepting onh' y« last article con- 

 cerning y« fees of y« Exchequer, which I leave to y" con- 

 sideration of y" right honorable y<= Lords Commissioners 

 of v" Treasury, to whose cognizance y" same does belong. 

 October 22, 1600. Whitehall. 



" Nottingham." * 



The last account I shall transcribe is from 

 May 27 to August 28, 1691 ; the second item in 

 which without doubt refers to the battle of tiie 

 IBoyne, though the rejoicing in Holland was post- 

 poned until the next year. 



" Expended by Sir William Dutton Colt, Knight, En- 

 voy Extraordinary to the Dukes of Brunswick and Lu- 

 ncnburgh, and to the Landgrave of Hesse Cassell, from 

 the 27ti' of May to the 28ti' day of August, 1691, being 

 three months, whereof he craves allowance. 



£ s. d. 



1. Paid j^early for a house at Hannover, 

 which I find absolutely necessary to content 

 that Court, who expect an equall respect 

 with Cell, and also for lodgings at Wolffen- 

 buttle and Brunswick, besides my house at 

 Cell, and constant expences in following 

 that Duke in all his progresses, this Country 

 affording no accommodation in their pub- 

 lick Inns, which are very miserable and 



mean - - - - - 30 



2. Expended at publick Entertainment for 

 the Dukes, Dutchess, Princes, persona of 

 quality, and foreign Ministers of this Court, 

 for provisions and a banket, £80 for wine of 

 severall sorts ; £50 for Artiticiall fireworks, 

 and other Illuminations; £30 for Trumpets 

 and Kettle Drums, and other sorts of 

 Musick, £15; for other Extraordinarys on 

 this occasion, £10 ; being a generall rejojx- 

 ing for the great victor}' by their Majestj-'s 

 forces in Ireland by the Lord Sydney's 

 command ----- 185 



3. Postage of Letters at London, and Gazets, 

 votes of Parliament, and other printed 



papers - - - - -12 80 



4. Postage of Letters in these severall Courts, 



and for Gazets and printed papers - -15 8 



5. Postage of Letters at the Hague, and for 



Gazets and printed papers - - - 18 13 6 



6. For an Agent at the Hague to receive and 



convey my letteis - - - - 6 



7. For paper, paper books, 'and other things 3 18 



8. Exchequer fees for £1360, being for three 

 Quarters of a year's Ordinary allowance, 



♦ Pell Warrant Book, Pub. Eec. Office, No. 80., p. 301. 



