History of the Down Survey (Petty 1851)/12

by William Petty

 

CHAPTER XII.

 

HITHERTO hath been sett forth the manner of bringing in, examining, and accompting for the said survey; itt remaines to sett forth the like narrative of the manner of paying for it, and clearing the severall summes due uppon the said accompts, viz^t:

There was two thousand pounds paid as advance money by the order of the 17^th of December; about May following there was granted another order for one thousand pounds and five hundred, just as the Lord Deputy Fleetwood and some of the Councill were going a progress into the countrey, with directions that the said order should not be delivered the Doctor untill hee had produced such and soe much worke as answered the said summe, according to the letter of the contract, or equivalently, which was observed: accordingly, 11^th of May, the following order issueth:

 

By the Lord Deputy and Councill.

Ordered,

That it bee referred to the Commissioners-Generall of the Revenue, and Mr. Standish, Receiver-Generall of the Revenue of Ireland, to consider of the agreement made with D^r Petty for admeasurement of forfeited and other lands in Ireland, as allsoe of the generall vote of the councill of officers of the 18^th of December last, concerning the armyes proportion of the pay undertaken to bee made to D^r Petty, for his worke of surveying their lands allotted for their respective arreares, and how the same may be reimbursed to the public treasury out of the pay of the army, and in what proportion. They are further to consider how the moneys, from time to time payable to D^r Petty by the said agreement, may bee had to answer the engagement of state therein, and to offer their opinions herein with all convenient speed, Dublyn, the 11^th of May, 1655.

Tho. Herbert, Clerke of the Councill.

 

Whereas, uppon making a contract with D^r William Petty for admeasuring and subdivideing the lands allotted to the army, itt was agreed at a generall councill of officers, on the 11^th day of December last, that one-third part of what should bee due for measuring their whole proportions of lands respectively should be deducted out of the then next moneths pay of the army; now forasmuch as the exact computation of the said third part will not only bee very tediouse, but allsoe uncertaine, untill it shall bee determined in what province each debenture shall bee satisfyed; itt is therefore thought fitt, by way of estimate, to deduct for the present only soe much out of each troope and company as will suffice for the present exigence of that service uppon the accompt of the said engagements.

These are therefore, by the advice and at the request of the officers here present, to authorize and require you to discount out of the next moneths pay, commencing the 16^th of Aprill last, from each troop of horse the summe of fifteene pounds, from each troop of dragoones twelve pounds, and from each company of foot seaven pounds; ffor the which said summes the said D^r William Petty is to give his receipt unto the respective agents of the said troops and companyes as their discharge for the same, and to receive it for and towards his satisfaction for the surveyes by him undertaken: and you are to pay the said summes deducted as afforesaid, either immediately unto the said D^r William Petty, or to charge the public treasury therewith for his use; and for your soe doeing this shall be your warrant. Dated att Dublyn, this 18^th of May, 1655.

Charles Ffleetwood.

To John Blackwell and Richard Deane, Esq^rs, Trea-
surers at Warr, or their Deputies, and every of them.
To Edward Roberts, Auditor-Generall.

 

On which was received the summe of.... Afterwards, four distinct warrants issued for one thousand pounds each:

After the disbanding, anno 1655, there was collected by Mr. Standish the summe of.....

2186^li 0^s 2^dIn both two thousand one hundred eighty-six pounds and two pence.

When the Committee of Artists had returned their report of the 17^th of March, 1655, the auditors and Survey or-Generall make the following report:

 

To His Highness the Lord Protectors Councill for the Affaires of Ireland.

In pursuance of your Lordshipps commands, we have mett and considered what moneys D^r Petty demands as a further advance on the accompt of the surveyes of Ireland, and how your Lordshipps may safely advance the said moneys to the said Doctor.

2008000^ac profitable.And doe find by certificat from the said Doctor that he hath surveyed two millions and eight thousand acres of forfeited profitable land, part of which he hath subdivided to the late disbanded souldiers, besides the church lands and crowne lands, which, according to the rates in his contract, when the army shall bee put into possession of the whole, amounts unto about the summe of seaventeene thousand nine hundred pounds, of which he hath received, by your Lordshipps warrants, seaven thousand five hundred pounds, and from the army two thousand one hundred eighty-six pounds two pence, making in all nine thousand six hundred eighty-six pounds two pence, besides the money that is to bee deducted for the advance of former surveyes. Now, fforasmuch as the said Doctor hath not as yett passed his accompts, neither can he finally doe the same untill the army bee put into possession of their lands, and the said D^r may not bee streightned in his undertaking, wee humbly offer,

That three thousand pounds more bee paid the said Doctor uppon the accompt of the surveyes, which wee conceive humbly your Lordshipps may safely doe, consideration being had to the said Doctors security, and the proportion of the worke hee hath to accompt for, on the finall conclusion of this business.

Provided that noe more money may bee paid the said Doctor untill hee have compleated his undertaking, and past his accompt for the same.

All which wee humbly submitt, &c.

 

Whereuppon a warrant issued for payment of 3000^li more, when, by the accompt passed the 28^th of November, 3784^li, &c., was thereby certifyed to bee due; and when the army was in possession of their lands, an accompt was prepared of what was due from each alottee, whether the same were troope, company, or private person or persons. According to this account, the following orders issued.

Whereas, by an order of the Councill of Warr, bearing date the 11^th of December, 1654, it was agreed that one penny per acre should bee allowed by the officers and souldiers of the army, for and towards the admeasurement of such lands as they should receive in satisfaction of their arreares; and forasmuch as, in pursuance of the said agreement, severall summs of money were advanced and paid unto D^r Petty uppon this said accompt, by order from His Excellency the Lord Deputy, bearing date the 18^th of May, 1655, out of the severall troopes and companyes of the army:

These are, in further pursuance of the said agreement, to will and require you to deduct soe many pence out of the pay of every troope and company of the army, as the said troop or company hath recived acres of land in satisfaction of their arreares, as the same shall appeare unto you by certificat from the commissioners appointed for setting out of the said lands unto them, due deduction being made of all such moneyes as you find to have been allready advanced uppon the same accompt as aiforesaid; and the said moneyes being discounted out of the next moneths pay, after your receipt of the aforementioned commissioners certificate respectively, you are to pay unto the said D^r William Petty, he giving his receipt and acquittance for the same unto each troope and company from whome it shall bee soe discounted; and for your soe doeing this shall bee your warrant. Dated this second day of December, 1656.

H. Cromwell.

To John Blackwell and Richard Deane, Esq^rs, Trea-
surers at Warr, or their Deputy.

 

When as much money was received as might well bee collected in this way, there was presented the following petition:

 

to his highness the lord protectors councill for the affaires of ireland.

 

The humble Petition of D^r William Petty

Sheweth,

That your petitioner having, uppon the foot of his accompt, due unto him from your Lordshipps the summe of 3784^li 15^s 4^d, did doe his utmost endeavour to collect the same from the army; and, for the better prevention of damage to your Lordshipps, did charge them as well with the lands of dubiouse title as with those that are cleer.

And yet nevertheless soe it is, that your petitioner can not raise the said summe within less then 971^li, not seeing any hope of receiving much more. Wherefore hee humbly beseecheth your Lordshipps to take some other course for satisfying unto him the said remainder in some other less vexatiouse and distastfull (if not impossible) manner, that your petitioner may thereby bee enabled to discharge his many debts and engagements depending hereuppon.

And hee shall ever pray.

 

By His Highness the Lord Protectors Councill for the Affaires of Ireland.

Ordered,

That the annexed petition of D^r William Petty bee referred to James Standish, Esq., Receiver-Generall, and the auditors of His Highness Court of Exchequer, to consider of the allegations thereof, and having examined the truth of what therein is suggested, and heard what the petitioner shall further offer therein, and, in particular, satisfied themselves how the summ of 971^li therein mentioned appeares due, and how it comes to pass that it cannot bee raised from the officers and souldiers of the army, as by the petitioner is suggested, they are, with the petitioner, to consider of some exspedient how the petitioner may seasonably and regularly recieve satisfaction for that arreare, and to certifie the same unto this board for further consideration.

Dated the 2^d of Ffebruary, 1656.
Tho. Herbert, Clerk of the Councill.

 

To His Highness the Lord Protectors Councill for the Affaires of Ireland.

May it please your Lordshipps,

In pursuance of your honours order of reference of the 2^d of Ffebruary instant, uppon the petition of D^r William Petty, with the same hereunto annexed, wee have considered of the contents thereof, and what the D^r hath further offered pursuant thereunto, and doe humbly present the state thereof, with the best remedy wee can at present conceive, to your Lordshipps consideration.

Wee find that of the 971^li appearing to us, as is sett forth in his petition, to bee due unto him, besides what was then deducted from the army on his behalfe, there hath been since the time of his petition exhibited to your Lordshipps a farther deduction of 114^li 10^s 5^d; and that there is due, according to the same rules of deduction, from the severall forces or companyes of the Irish regiments now in England, with the two companyes in the Isles of Buffin and Aron, the summe of 242^li 9^s 1^d, which may bee very well secured and obtained, and those two summes, making 356^li 19^s 6^d, provided the latter, by such wayes and meanes as may bee offered for calling in the same, bee made good unto him, will reduce his demand and arreare; and that which can not, or any part thereof, bee required of the present army, to the summe of 614^li 8^s 9^d, which falls to bee in arreare by reason of many that were satisfyed the last yeare, who did not pay their full proportions, and numbers of others, as well supernumeraries as single persons, satisfyed, both the last year and this, from whome the deduction of their respective portions could not bee made or otherwise had, being not in a course of pay with the army.

To repaire which there is, as wee conceive, but one of these two wayes to bee used, viz^t:

To give him allowance for the same out of such reimbursements as by contract he is to make to the Commonwealth for money paid to the old surveyors.

Or, for that it appeares unto us, whereoff hee is fully satisfyed, that there is exceeding his demand due from such supernumeraries, single persons, and others as before exsprest, who have not paid any thing, or but part of what they ought, you give him allowance thereout, by way of increase above his demand, adequate to his paines, industry, and hazard hee shall run in the obtaining thereof, provided you impower him for that purpose in such way and by such meanes as he may propose unto your Lordshipps, and you may think meet to consent unto; thereby putting him under any probability for the obtaining thereof, which he is consented to accept for satisfaction, and thereuppon to acquitt the Commonwealth of his demand of 614^li 8^s 9^d.

All which is humbly submitted to your Honours.
Edw. Roberts.
Ja. Standish.

 

By his Highness the Lord Protectors Counclll for the Affaires of Irelande.

Whereas it is certifyed by the report of James Standish, Esq., and the auditors of his Highness Court of Exchequer, uppon a reference from this board, dated the second instant, that there will remaine due to D^r William Petty, to compleat his satisfaction of 3784^li 10^s 4¼^d, due unto him uppon his accompt passed the 28^th of November last, over and above all that can bee collected from the troopes and companyes now in a course of pay with the army, and what hee hath been paid by warrant from this board, the summe of 614^li 8^s 9^d; and whereas all such as received lands for satisfaction of their arreares were to contribute one penny per acre towards the charge which the Commonwealth had undertaken to beare for the admeasurement of such lands, according to an agreement of the 11th of December, 1654, with the army; and fforasmuch as both the said referrees and D^r Petty are satisfyed that there is more of the said contributions behind and unpaid, from such as have now noe growing pay with the army, then will make the said sum of 614^li 8^s 9^d, which the said referrees see litle hopes to collect, and thereuppon have offered as their opinion, that in case the said D^r shall take uppon himselfe the labour and hazard of gathering up the said contributions, that hee be allowed an increase for the same, adequate to such his paine, industry, and hazard: whereuppon the said D^r Petty, by leave of this board, hath proposed that in case he may have orders from this board to collect the said arreares (as have been formerly granted) for his owne use and benefitt, and that likewise if he may bee indempnifyed by this Board for such acquittances as hee hath or shall give unto the souldiery for the contributions afforesaid, that then he is content to accept of the said arreare of contribution in satisfaction of the afforementioned summe of 614^li 8^s 9^d.

The Councill, uppon serious consideration had of the whole matter, doe thinke fitt and order that the said D^r Petty bee allowed, in satisfaction of the said sumrae of 614^li 8^s 9^d, all such arreares of pay of one penny per acre as are or shall bee due uppon the accompt afforesaid; and that all persons concerned doe yeild and pay the same allowance unto the said D^r Petty, in such manner as the standing army satisfyed this present yeare, 1656, have generally done unto the Receiver-Generall. And the said D^r Petty is hereby indempnifyed for such acquittances as hee hath or shall give the souldiery for payment of the penny per acre as afforesaid; provided that, uppon receipt of this order, hee doe deliver unto the clerke of the Councill an acknowledgement under his hand and seale that hee hath received the said summe, 614^li 8^s 9^d, and thereby fully release and discharge the Commonwealth for the same. Given att the Councill chamber, at Dublyn, the 11^th of Ffebruary, 1656.

Tho. Herbert, Clerk of the Councill.

 

There now appeares severall mistakes uppon the afforesaid accompt, by which Sir Charles Coot had paid too much, 35^li; Collonell Ingoldsby, 20^li; Collonell Saunders, 22^li; and Captain George Owen, 17^li; itt appeared that the survey of Owneybeg was never paid for: uppon accompt of which two matters, viz^t, the 94^li paid backe to the souldiers, and the omission of Owneybeg, there was presented the following petition, viz^t:

 

to his exellency the lord lieutenant and councill.

The humble Petition of D^r William Petty.

Sheweth,

That being uncertaine whether to place the barrony of Owneybeg to Tipperary or to Limericke countyes, itt was omitted out of both, uppon passing your petitioners generall accompt for the survey.

That the survey of the same amounteth to sixty-two pounds, seaven shillings, and seaven pence.

That when M^r Standish had done collecting all he could from the souldiers, towards the payment of your petitioner, that there remained due to your petitioner 614^li 8^s 7^d, the which sume your petitioner, uppon certaine considerations, released the State of.

Now soe it is that, since the evening of that accompt, your petitioner hath paid backe to Sir Charles Coot, Sir Henry Ingoldby, Collonell Saunders, and Captain George Owen, the summe of ninety-four pounds, overpaid by mistake to your petitioner; both which summes of 94^li, and 62^li 7^s 7^d, are justly due unto your petitioner, as may appeare by the severall certificates annexed.

Wherefore your petitioner humbly prays your lordshipps to give warrant for the payment thereoff.

And hee shall pray.

 

By the Lord Lieutenant and Councill.

Considerations being had of the allegations of this petition, ordered that it bee referred to the Auditors-Generall, who are to examine and certifie the board a state of the account therein mentioned. Dated at the Councill chamber. Dyblyn, the 11^th of February, 1658.

Tho. Herbert, Clerke of the Councill.

 

To His Highness the Lord Protectors Councill ffor the Affaires of Irelande.

In obedience to your lordshipps order of reference, bearing date the 11^th of February instant, wee have examined the state of the accompts and demands of D^r William Petty, and doe certifie as followeth, viz^t:

Wee find by a report, and the papers thereunto belonging, from M^r Standish and our selves, dated the 11^th of Ffebruary, 1656, in part of 3784^li 15^s 4^d due to the said Doctor, he acknowledged the receipt or satisfaction for 3170^li 6^s 7^d, collected by M^r Standish from the severall regiments of the standing army; soe as there remained due unto him from your lordshipps but 614^li 8^s 9^d, which he hath since released to the State.

2dly. We find that of the said 3170^li 6^s 7^d, there hath been paid backe unto Sir Henry Ingoldsby, 20^li; to Samwell Wade, for Sir Charles Coots use, 35^li; to Paul Cudmore, for Collonell Saunders, 22^li; and to Capten George Owen, 17^li; making in all 94^li.

3dly. Wee find that the said Doctor was never paid for admeasuring the barony of Owney Beg, in the county of Limricke; and that there is due for admeasuring the same, according to his contract, the summ of 62^li 7^s 7^d; both which summes amount together unto 156^li 7^s 7^d, and are justly due unto him.

 

By his Highness the Lord Protectors Councill, &c.

It appearing by the report of the Auditors-Generall, dated the 18^th of this instant February, touching the accompt of D^r William Pettyes of 3784^li 15^s, for surveying the Commonwealth lands, that there is an arreare of the summe of 94^li remaining due unto him thereuppon; and further, that he was never satisfyed for admeasuring the barony of Owney Beg, in the county of Limricke, for which there is alsoe due unto him, according to his contract, the summe of 62^li 7^s 7^d, both which summes amount together imto the summe of 156^li 7^s 7^d, itt is thought fitt and ordered that James Standish, Esq., Receiver-Generall, doe, out of such moneys of his Highness revenue as are or shall come to his hands, issue forth and pay unto the said D^r William Petty the said summe of one hundred fifty and six pounds, seaven shillings, and seaven pence, in full discharge and satisfaction of all his demands from the State uppon the accompt before mentioned, taking his receipt accordingly; and for soe doeing this shall bee a warrant. Dated at the Councill chamber, in Dublyn, the 21^th of February, 1658.

W^m. Steele, Canc.
Miles Corbett.
W^m. Bury.

 

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