Selected quad for the lemma: opinion_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
opinion_n	according_a	king_n	law_n	1,073	5	4.8834	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A44642	An account of the state of His Majesties revenue, as it was left by the Earl of Danby at Lady-day, 1679 in a letter to a friend : occasioned by his lordships Answer to An examination of the state of the case of the Earl of Danby / by Sir Robert Howard.	Howard, Robert, Sir, 1626-1698.	1681 (1681)	Wing H2990; ESTC R15504	14,852	25

Cha Duncombe Esq and Comp. for Commission for selling and managing the Tynne 711 7     13. To Money paid to the present Lords of the Treasury 4395 3 6     36327 7 6 1679. Tynne-Accompt Cr. l. s. d. May 13. By Talleys on the Customs 10000     Aug. 13. By the product of the sale of the Tynne 26327 7 6     36327 7 6 By which Accompt it appears that in stead of 15000 l. claim'd by my Lord of Danby there is but 4395 l. 3 s. 6 d. to be allowed as a Deduction which I shall likewise substract when I come to sum up the whole The next and last Deduction is for Talleys on the Customs accounted by the Examiner to be unpaid amounting to 2342 l. which were paid as my Lord says in his time I sent to Mr. Kent the Cashier of the Customs concerning this Particular who sent me word he could not finde any such Talleys however by reason I have no direct Certificate I will rather admit it as a Deduction than dispute it The Deductions then to be allowed are 1. The Talleys to pay the Forces forwards to the first of July 59588 l. 2. The Balance of the Tynne-Accompt 4395 l. 3 s. 6 d. 3. Mr. Montague ' s Talleys 2342 l. 66325 l. 3 s. 6 d. The true state of all I conceive then to be thus The Examiners Charge was 1485570 l. From which substracting the Deductions which are 66325 l. 3 s. 6 d. The Remaining Charge will be 1419244 l. 16 s. 6 d. And that the Matter of Fact may yet more clearly appear how the Kings Revenue stood Charged when my Lord Danby left it I must also add three other Particulars amounting to 655634 l. 19 s. 6 d. of which Sum the present Lords of the Treasury have paid and satisfied Four hundred seventy eight thousand six hundred forty six pounds eighteen shillings six pence viz. 1. The Monies left unpaid on the Fifth part of the Excise which was 83400 2. The Debt to the Eastland Merchants paid by Talley on the Hearth-money which was 186585 l. 19 s. 9 d. 3. Vpon the return of Sir John Norborough ' s Fleet which had been a long time at Sea there became a great debt upon the Navie which being computed to Lady day 79. amounted to 385648 l. 1 s. 0 d. The particular Accompt I had in two Certificates from the Navie-Office of which sum these present Lords of the Treasury have satisfied the sum of 208660 l. 18 s. 9 d. Ships yet unpaid in the List amounting to 60273 l. 15 s. 0 d. and the remaining sum to compleat the debt above mentioned being 268934 l. 13 s. 9 d. 116714 l. 6 s. 0 d. 385648 19 9 is supposed either to be paid by Tickets before the 25 of March 79. or is still unpaid The total of those three particulars 655634 19 6 To which adding the Charge on the Revenue before computed amounting to 1419244 16 6 2074879 16 The total of the whole Charge left on the Revenue at Lady day 79. by this Accompt appears to be Two Millions seventy four thousand eight hundred seventy nine pounds sixteen shillings And as to the Proof of all these three Particulars The first concerning the fifth part of the Excise The second concerning the Eastland Merchants The Records of the Exchequer will be the Evidence and for The third Particular concerning the Navie and Fleet under the Command of Sir John Norborough The Charge is according to the two Certificates before mentioned which I have now by me together with the others and am ready to shew them to any that doubts the truth of the Particulars And these present Lords of the Treasury will be the truest Judges whether these Charges are justly Computed to whom I submit it and shall gladly acknowledge my Errour if they do not feel the Matter of fact to be too true There is nothing more remains as I see that concerns Me or Matter of fact but a Paper delivered by Me to his Majestie the 5th of March 75. which was almost three years after this Lords having the Staff I have not the Copy by me but I remember I delivered such a Paper to the King and did it out of a sense of Duty to offer to him whether He in his great Prudence would think fit to make some Suspensions and upon that declare payment of the Residue which the Revenue would not bear I do believe that as near as I could then guess the Income would be short of the proportion'd Expence by the Sum mentioned by my Lord Danby Pag. 13. of 519143 l. 1 s. 6 d. which only shews the Matter of Fact how much the Revenue was impair'd from June 73. to March 75. And the State of it as it is here now represented shews as well how much it was impair'd from March 75. to Lady-day 79. And His Majesty I doubt not but remembers that I gave him often notice of my apprehensions how much the Revenue was like to suffer by the way of Management and therefore my Proposition to the King to find a Weekly Credit was to help to pay off all Tallies and to bring the Government of the Kings Revenue by Specie into the Exchequer in which those Frauds that had been committed would infallibly have been avoided Which is quite contrary to what my Lord Danby mentions p. 12. of putting the Three great Branches into the hands of Vndertakers and a thing I never thought of But the Propositions I presented to the King I offered to prove and could have made good if he had thought it for His Service which I can make appear by Men of the greatest Quality if required of me and to evidence that 't was my constant judgment that Tallies of Anticipation would be the ruine of the Revenue I presented to my Lord Danby at Windsor not long after he received the Staff my thoughts of it and how it was at that time in his Lordships power to place it in the right way of Management upon which he commanded me to put it in Writing which accordingly I did and in that Paper there appeared no difficulty but upon the Debt due to Sir Stephen Fox by Tallies on the Excise to whom I was commanded by his Lordship to impart the Scheme who seeing it for the Kings Service freely consented to receive his Debt by the week by which means the Revenue might have been reduc'd to that way of Management as would have hindred many disadvantages to the King which since that has hapned I only give this short Account to shew what my judgment ever was concerning Tallies of Anticipation and am at last extreamly satisfied to see my constantly declared Opinion approved by the proceedings of these present Lords Commissioners of the Treasury who use their endeavours to bring the Kings Revenue as fast as they can to be Govern'd by Record according to the Rules and Methods of the Exchequer which is the Common Law of England Thus Sir I have endeavour'd to be so clear in what I have done that it may admit no Contradiction at least I am not Conscious to my self that I have not in every thing acknowledged Truth where it appeared nor have denied or asserted any thing but what I had proofs to justifie me in and hope it may give that satisfaction which is desired by you and intended by Octob. 13. 1680. SIR Your most Humble and Obedient Servant RO. HOWARD FINIS ERRATA PAge 5. line 34. read vouch it there p. 9. l. 24. r. examination p. 11. l. 7. r. if in peace l. 25. r. advance l. 34 35. r. the first of July p. 12. l. 21. r. debt p. 20. l. 21. should be a stroak being the summing up a Sum thus