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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



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GLEANINGS FROM THE RECORDS OF THE 

 TREASURY.— No. V. 



We next have some correspondence between 

 the Secretary of State's office and the Treasury 

 respecting certain presents of books to the king, 

 and the purchase of others at Amsterdam for his 

 majesty's use : also particulars relative to the il- 

 lumination of certain documents transmitted to 

 ambassadors : — 



" My Lords, 



" Sig™ Coronelli, Geographer to the Republick of 

 Venice, having this day presented to the Lords Justices 

 (in the name of his Maj'y and for his use) some of his 

 Geographicall works, Their Ex c r' have thought fitt that 

 a gratification bee made him of one hundred Guinyes, 

 which they command me to acquaint yo r LordP' with, 

 and they desire you will give Directions for the said 

 Summ to be payd him accordingly. 

 " I am, 



" My Lords, 

 " Yo r LordP 3 



" Most faithfull & 

 " Most humble Servant, 

 " Whitehall, •' Ja. Veknon. 



16 May, 1696. 

 " L*» Cora" of the Treasury." 



" My Lord. " Whitehall, 3* Aprill, 1710. 



" Having employed M r . Brand, her Ma'y. Em- 

 bellisher in writing & Embellishing an Exemplification 

 of the Act Concerning Ambassadors &c, to be sent to 

 the Czar of Muscovy : which consists of two Skinns of 

 Vellum, & is done with great care & pains, according to 

 the Directions given him. And as this is an extraordinary 

 Service,& differentfrom his usual business of Embellishing 

 her Ma*y« Letters, I tane the liberty to acquaint 3'our Lop 

 therewith, & recommend the same to your Lop' 1 Consider- 

 ation for such allowance as shall ba thought suitable. 

 "I am, 

 " My Lord, 



" Your LdP". most humble 

 " And obedient Servant, 

 " H. Boyle. 

 " R«. Hon"*. Lord High Treasurer." 



" My Lord, Whitehall, 30«> June, 1714. 



" I have lately employed M r . Brand, her Maj tl<! '. 

 Writer and Embellisher of Letters to the Eastern Princes 

 in writing and embellishing two several Instruments on 

 Vellom, the one a Patent under the Great Seal of Great 

 Britain, containing her Maj ,ic " Grant of an Addition of 

 Arms to Sign r . Pietro Grimani, Ambassadour from the 

 Republick of Venice, the other a Duplicate of the same, to 

 be Registred in the College of Arms; and being in- 

 formed that M r . Brand has usually been paid for such 

 extraordinary services, which are different from his busi- 

 ness of Embellishing letters, I do therefore recommend it 

 to your LoP. to direct the payment of such an allowance 

 to M r . Brand for each Instrument as has been given him 

 in the like Cases. I am. 



" My Lord, 



"Yo r . Lop* most obed'' 



" Humble Servant, 



" BoUNGBHOKE. 



" M. II. L«. U. Treas'r of Great Britain." 



" My Lords, Whitehall, 14 th Dec. 1739. 



" The King has commanded me to signify to your 



Lordships his Pleasure, that you do give the necessary 



Directions for paying to Mo r . lteuard, his Majesty's Agent 



at Amsterdam, or to his Assigns, the Sum of Fifty Pounds , 



in Payment for a Book whichj he procured for His Ma- 

 jesty's Use. 



"lam, 



'• My Lord, 

 "Your Lordship's 



" Most obedient humble Servant, 

 Harington. 

 " Lords Commissioners of the Treasury.'' 



On the 20th December this fifty pounds was 

 ordered to be paid out of money in Mr. Lowther's 

 hands. 



We will now slightly retrace our steps, and 

 wend our way to the peaceful village of Ken- 

 sington, the old " Court-suburb," where the in- 

 habitants had erected an organ in their church to 

 the honour and glory of Almighty God ; but their 

 zeal had exceeded their resources, and they thus 

 besought the powers that be for help in their 

 difficulties : — 



" The humble Petic'on of y° 

 " Inhabitants of Kensington. 

 " May it please y r Ma tie , 



" Whereas for the better 'promoting Piet.3' & De- 

 votion, and for the bringing of people to the Service of 

 God, an Organ hath been lately erected in the Parish 

 Church of Kensington, which Organ doth amount to the 

 suTTie of five hundred pounds, and the Inhabitants of the 

 said Parish having contributed two hundred pounds to- 

 wards it, and by the smalness of the Parish not being 

 able to raise but little more towards the said sume, 



'• Therefore yo r Maj ties Pet" that the Organ may not 

 be taken down (which it must unavoidably be 

 without yo r Ma tiM great Grace and Favour), wee 

 do most humbly implore yo r Royal Bounty in 

 granting to us what in yo r great goodness you 

 shall think fitt towards the raising of the said 

 three hundred pounds. 



" And yo r Pet" as in duty bound will prav, 

 &c." 



This petition was presented on the 23rd of 

 December, 1702, and was read to the queen on 

 the 17th March, 1703 (a tardy process), when it 

 was answered that " my L d will speak w tb y e 

 B p . of London." The result of this conference is 

 at present unknown to me. 



But while the solemn sounds of the " pealing 

 organ" and " anthems clear " are yet ringing in 

 our ears, we are accosted by a poor widow, who, 

 in telling her tale of pity, discovers to us her 

 parentage, and the fate of her father, the regicide 

 Hugh Peters. She is introduced by Lord Not- 

 tingham, who by the command of her majesty the 

 queen, addresses this letter to the Treasury : — 



" Whitehall, May 19<», 1703. 

 " My Lord, 



" I send your Lord'P, by the Queen's Command, 

 the enclosed case of Elizabeth Barker, Wid°, and am to 

 acquaint you y* her Ma'y would have you consider of it 

 and report your opinion what her Ma'/ may fitly do 

 therein. 



" I am, 



" Lord Treasurer." 



" Your Lord'P' 

 "Most obed' humble Servant, 



" NOTTINGHAM. 



