Establishment of the General Post Office ledger
Collection: National Postal Museum
Object type: Archival Material
Date: 1766-1768
Place: GREAT BRITAIN
Medium: Parchment; paper; ink
Dimensions: Height x Width x Depth: 16 3/4 × 10 3/4 × 3/4 in. (42.55 × 27.31 × 1.91 cm)
Description: Establishment of the General Post Office of Great Britain is bound in parchment.
['Establishment of the GENERAL POST OFFICE.' None
 'Table of Contents.\n     Amount      Page  £  s d      Establishment. of the  General Post Office —————  168  10260. 0. 0     General Penny Post Office —————  9  1993. 0. 0     Five Lisbon Packet Boats &c. —  10  5174. 5. 0     Four Warwick Dits —————  11  2029. 1. 0     Six Dover ————— Dits —————  12  2822. 6. 6     One Port Mahon ————— Dits —————  13  480. 0. 0     Four New York ————— Dits —————  14  4263. 13. 0     Five West India ————— Dits —————  15  8263. 12. 6     Edinburgh Office —————  16  1029. 4. 0     Dublin Office —————  17  2217. 16. 0      Bye & Cross Road Letter Office —  18  2750. 0. 0      List of Additional Letter Receivers —  19  19. 0. 0      List of Supernumerary Dits —————  19       List of Supernumerary Letter Carriers {  20       List of Tradesmen —————  22       Account of Pensions —————  23  59430. 0. 0      House Rent, Taxes, & sundry incidents  24  1039. 11. 6      Additional Salaries & Allowances {  25  1422. 8. 0      Branch Towns ————— {  27  1894. 18. 4      Deputy Postmasters {  29  13012. 8. 8       39     '
 'Establishment of the General Post Office\n   Office & Title Persons Names Salary Pension     Post Master General The R th Hon ble Wills Earl of Hillsborough The R th Hon ble Francis Lord Le Despencer 2000.   Receiver General Robert Trevor Esq r 300.   Accountant General Thomas Pittes Esq r 300.   Secretary Henry Pitts Esq r 200.   Comptroller of the Inland Office Samuel Pitts Esq r 200.   Solicitor Edmund Haskins Esq r 200.   Resident Lawyer William Robinson Esq r 300.   Inspectors of the Post Office Letters M r Robert Parsons M r John Prudick 100. 100.   Deputy Comptroller of the Inland Office M r John Watts 100.   Deputy Accountant M r John Spicer 90.   Clerks of the Roads, & their Assistants M r Thomas Smith of the Chester M r Jacob Shann, his Assistant M r William Boulton of the North M r John Briggs, his Assistant M r Thomas Ravenhill of the West M r John Martin his Assistant M r John Baker of the Yarmouth M r John Flower his Assistant M r John Chester of the Bristol M r Thomas Rowlands, his Assistant M r Jacob Jackson of the Kent M r John Nott his Assistant M r Charles Greville Clerk of the Post Office M r John Green, Alphabet Keeper & Window Man M r Robert Bagg, Window Man on the Post Office 100. 60. 60. 60. 60. 50. 60. 60. 60. 60. 60. 50. 60. 60. 50.   £1800.   £1800.  \nCann. Over £1800.'
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 'Establishment of the General Post Office.\n   Offic e & Title Persons Names Salary Wannum     Res d Over £1800.   Sorters. M c John Marshall 50.   George Orde 50.   Henry Pitts 50.   John Jennings 50.   John Dixon 50.   Thomas Bailey 50.   Edmund Barnes 50.   John Wilkinson 50.   William Skuse 50.   John Ridley 50. 500.   Clerk to the Post m Gen l M c Samuel Bradshaw 60.   D o to the Rev d Gen l M c John Maddison 50.   D o to the Asst m Gen l M c John Rowlands 50. 160.   Foreign Officers Charles Jackson Esq. Comptroller 150.   M c Thomas Jackson, Assistant keeper 100.   M c George Langton 50.   John Starr 50.   Thomas Woodhouse 50.   James Hackman 50.   George Digger Dugdale 50.   Robert Bagg Jun r 100.   Anthony Todd Esq. Secretary 50. 590.     Manager of the Packet Boats at the Brills Richard Wolters Esq. 20.   D o to the By a sign Manual from His 100.   Late Majesty King William, &c renewed by His present Majesty 120.   Car d Over £ 6170.  '
 'Establishment of the General Post Office\n   Offic d Title Persons Names Salary Amount     John Wright from the Receiving Houses in Westminster Res. Over £6170 16   Letter Bingers Thomas Peacock, ditto from Grays Inn 12   Even Edwards, ditto from Pall Mall 9   37   Mr. William Heaney 16   Richard Jones 27   Elizabeth Limbrey 10   John Joffe 10   William Moule 13 6 8   Rupert Atkinson 10   Mary Baery 9   Letter Receivers William Fenwick 10   George Saunders 9   Thomas Wheeler 12   James Gibson 8   Richard Partington 6   James Markes 5   Mary Clark 5   James Brazier 9   Elizabeth Shirley 8   167 6 8   To cheque & inspect the whole Garrison Mr. John Mitchell 60   60  \nCurr. Over £6134 6 8'
 'Establishment of the General Post Office.\n   Office & Title Persons Names Salary Per annum.     1. Clk to the Secretary M r Daniel Braithwaite 600 £613 5 6 8   2. d o to d o M r Thomas Todd 50   3. d o Supernumerary M r John Daniel 50   Clk to the Dept t Stamp. M r Richard Hargrave 50   Supern l Clk in the Stamp t Office M r Abel Lufant 50   2. Clk to the Post Gen l . M r Joseph Langhorne 50   Housekeeper M rs Ann Osborne 60   Door-keeper to the Post Mr s General M r John Cosmins 26 396   Supernumerary letter sorters in the Inland Office M r William Crowe 40   William Barnes 40   John Price 40   Samuel Shaw 40   Thomas James Burton 40   Thomas Platt 30   Isaac Cabane 30   Charles Colson 30   William Oglesby 30   William Arnold 30   William Hybord 30 380   Transcripters Samuel Vidron 25   Thomas Vidcomb 25 50  \nCarr d Over £7260. 6 8'
 'Establishment of the General Post Office.\n   Offic d & Title Persons Names Salary Minimum Pro d Over £7200 £ s d     Posters. Thomas Martens 31 1/4   Joseph Stoper 31 1/4   John Weeden 31 1/4   Thomas Jacks 31 1/4 124 16   Mail Makers Matthew Buckingham & Edm. Mikeling 150   Bag Maker Thomas Simmering 100   Storekeeper of Lamps Thomas Rogers 50   Watchman John Whale 20   Inspectors of Highers, Carriers Watermen &c Andrew Hood 52   Andrew Rhoden 52   Arthur Drayer 52   Christopher Saverland 52 208   Supernumerary Porters. Thomas Henicks 31 1/4   James Norbury 31 1/4 62 8  \nCash Over £7975 10 8'
 'Establishment of the General Post Office.\n   Islands Letter Carriers Names of their seats Persons Names Salary Per Annum Am t over     £7975 10 8   Elton. William Paulson 28 12   John Mills 28 12   Thomas Gower 28 12   John Gyde 28 12 114 8   Morril George Sommering 28 12   Samuel Crunden 28 12   James Tatterwell 28 12   Michael Shaw 28 12   James Samuel Redmayne 28 12   William Skuse 28 12 171 12   Clipsham. George Blake 28 12   James Gibson 28 12   John Tiphling 28 12   Francis Rose 28 12 114 8   Faircloth. Frederick Beard 28 12   Daniel Jones 28 12   Thomas Jones 28 12   John Walker 28 12   Thomas Norton 28 12 114 3   Watkins. Richard Dorker 28 12   William Cooke Jun r 28 12   Thomas Ashby 28 12   John Lewis 28 12   John Jackson 28 12   Francis Payne 28 12   Thomas Pearce 28 12   Joseph Sulford 28 12   Isaac Porter 28 12   Edward Dikens 28 12   James Maclean 28 12   314 12  \nCar d Over £8833 10 8'
 'Establishment of the General Post Office\n   Inland Letter Carriers Persons Names Salary   Annual Proportion     Names of their Beats Proportion £ 833 10 8   Rowlands Francis Bishop 28 12   Matilda Collings 28 12   Charles Dilke 28 12   Thomas Wilson 28 12   David Williams 28 12 143   Langton John Rakey 28 12   Joseph Johnson 28 12   Joseph Benham 28 12 85 16   Brinley John Stephenson 28 12   William Oliver 28 12 57 4   Williams Thomas Shaw 28 12   Joseph Summers 28 12   John Duceb 28 12   William Warwick 28 12   Samuel Blandstone 28 12   John Standage 28 12   Joseph Wellard 28 12 200 4   Vickers John Coppindale 28 12   William Sommercoat 28 12   Richard Merry 28 12   Thomas Palmer 28 12   William Moore 28 12   William Cooke Junr 28 12 171 12   Searle Richard Maskal 28 12   Thomas Evin 28 12   Thomas Hall 28 12   Francis Gaudet 28 12 114 8   Carried over £ 9605 14 8  '
 'Establishment of the General Post Office\n   Inland Letter carriers Persons Names — Salary Pensions Total   Per Annum Per Week     Names of their boats £605 11 8   Evin John Walker 28 12   Samuel Wells 28 12   Henry James 28 12   Andrew Markes 28 12   Thomas Swallow 28 12   Henry Boon 28 12   George Peyton 28 12 200 4   Charles John Birt 28 12   John Wilmot 28 12 57 4   Brewer Thomas Walsingham 28 12   John Pybus 28 12 57 4   Smith John Lawrence 28 12   John Mitchell 28 12   Benjamin Burcher 28 12 85 16   Benjamin Burcher, who takes care of the unknown & uncertain letters 13   Foreign Letter carriers Charles Taylor 28 12   James Haughton 28 12   Charles Cox 28 12   Humphry Spencer 28 12   Robert Lucas 28 12   John Haughton 28 12   Thomas Wilson 28 12   John Lawrence 28 12 228 16   Thomas Wilson, who takes care of the unknown & uncertain letters 13   £10260 18 8  '
 "Establishment of the General Penny Post Office\n   Office & Time Persons Names Salary Pann.     Comptroller Sir Francis Charlton Bar 3 200.   Collector M c Ralph Gaudwell 70.   Accountant M c Herbert Thomas 70.   Comptroller's Clerk M c James Thoms 30. 370.   General Office   Sorter M c Benrick Brough 15/week 39 2 6   Sub Sorters { Joseph Kipling at 11/8 d 28 13 10   Robert Bennet at 11/8 d 28 13 10   Henry Barnard at 11/8 d 28 13 10 125 4.   Temple Office   Sorter Ismael Patience 15/week 39 2 6   Sub sorter William Sully at 11/8 d 28 13 10 67 16 4   Westminster Office   Sorter Alexander Mackenzie 15/week 39 2 6   Sub Sorters { Alexander Thoms at 11/8 d 28 13 10   Thomas Balcomb 11/8 d 28 13 10 96 10 2   Southwark Office   Sorter James Dupre 15/week 39 2 6   Sub sorter Deimus Hayward 11/8 d 28 13 10 67 16 4   Hermitage Office   Sorter William May 15/week 39 2 6   Sub sorters Francis Woodrup 11/8 d 28 13 10 67 16 4   Messengers   { Twelve at 8/week ea? 123 4.   One at 11/8 d 28 13 10   One at 9/8 d 23 9 6   One at 8/10 d 23 3 5 1198 10 9   Total £ 1993 13 11  "
 'The Annual Charge of the Five Lisbon Packet Boats in Time of Peace.\n   Names of the Packets Commanders Names Pay Pay   Per month Per annum Per month Per annum     King George 120 Tons. 1 To Captain Peter Bown 6 78   1 To the Master 2 26   1 To the Carpenter 1 15 22 15   1 To the Boatswain 1 5 16 5   21 Able Seamen 1 3 31 3 19   1 Ordinary 18 11 14   26 Men Victualling 365 days at 7 1/2 p Day each 296 11 3   To Hire, Wear, Tear, & all Port Charges 473 7   Total of one Boat per Annum £1238 11 3   Duke of York John Dickinson, Commander 1238 11 3   Expedition Thomas Robinson, Comm d 1238 11 3   Hanover Anthony Todd. Comm d 1238 11 3   Hampden Thomas Patrickson Braithwaite Comm d 1238 11 3   Total of the Five Boats £4954 5   Agent at Falmouth George Bell Esq r 130   Ditto for a Clerk 30   Agent at Lisbon Ambrose Goddard Esq r 60   £5174 5  '
 'The Annual Charge of the Four Harwich Packet Boats in time of Peace.\n   Names of the Packets. Commanders Names Pay Pay   Per Month Per Annum Per Month Per Annum     Dolphin { 1 To Captain Samuel Lockwood 4 52   1 To the Master 2 26   8 Able Seamen 1 3 119 12   1 Ordinary 18 11 14   To the Hire, Wear, Tear, & all Port Charges 135   To Victualling 11 Men 365 days at 7 1/2 d per day 125 9 4   Total Charge of one Boat £ 469 15 4   Prince of Orange Wadsworth Hunt Commander 469 15 4   Casteret & Harrison Phillips Baggot Jun: Commr 469 15 4   Prince of Wales James Bofarm - Commr 469 15 4   Total Charge of the Four Boats £ 1879 1   Agent at Harwich James Clements Esq. 150   £ 2029 1  '
 'The Annual Charge of the Six Dover Packet Boats in Time of Peace.\n   Names of the Packets. Commanders Names Pay Pay   Per Month Per Month Per Annum     Hanover 1 To Cap t Robert Willard 4 — 52 —   1 To the Master 2 — 26 —   6 Able Seamen 1 3 89 14   1 Ordinary — 18 11 14   To their Wear, Tear, Impairs, & Port Charges, calculated at 11 1/2 per Month for 50 Tons 130   To Victualling 9 Men 365 Days at 7 1/2 per Day ea. 102 13 1   Total Charge of one Boat £ 412 1 1   Prince Frederick William Story Commander £ 412 1 1   Essex Stephen Smith Commr. £ 412 1 1   Union John Starr Commr. £ 412 1 1   Dispatch John Dod Bonell Commr. £ 412 1 1   Courier Commr. £ 412 1 1   Total of the six Boats £ 2472 6 6   Agent at Dover Edmund Bingham Esq. 150 —   Ditto for Contract in lieu of a Contract for an Extra Packet Boat 200 —   £ 2822 6 6  '
 'The Annual Charge of One Packet Boat, stationed between Port Mahon & Marseilles.\nTo the Hire, Mow, Tear, Wages, Victuals, & all Port Charges of the Hampden Packet Boat, Stephen Douglas, Commander, Burthen about 100 Tons and Navigated with 12 Able Seamen } 150.\nto go & return every ten Days, Wind & Weather permitting, between the said Ports, and for collecting and delivering the Letters on the Island of Minorca, the Captain is allowed one half of the produce of the Postage.\nAgent at Marseilles John Bickback Esqr ————— 30.'
 'The Annual Charge of the Four New York Packet Boats in time of Peace.\n   Names of the Packets Commanders Names Pay   Per Month Per Annum     Earl of Halifax To Cap t John Boulderson — 6 — 78 —   To the Master — 2 — 26 —   To the Mate — 1 10 — 19 10 —   To the Carpenter — 1 15 — 22 15 —   To the Boatswain — 1 5 — 16 5 —   To 12 Able Seamen at £1. 3/6 per month each 13 16 — 179 8 —   To one Ordinary — — 18 — 11 14 —   To Store, Wear, Tear, Insurance, & all other Charges at 6 £ per Ton per month for 130 Tons } 507 —   To victualling 18 Men 365 Days at 7 £ 1/2 per day each } 205 6 3   Total of One Boat, £ 1065 18 3   Lord Hyde Norris Goddard, Commander — 1065 18 3   Duke of Cumberland John Goodridge Comm d — 1065 18 3   Harriet George Cake Comm d — 1065 18 3   Total of the Four Boats. £ 4263 13 —  '
 "The Annual Charge of the Five West India Packet Boats in time of Peace, Employed between Falmouth & His Majesty's Islands in the West Indies, Florida, & N. Carolina.\n   Names of the Packets Commanders Names Pay Pay   Per Month Per Annum Per Month Per Annum     Falmouth Capt. Jones Contractor for this Packet. To John Jones Commander 6 78   To the Master 2 26   To the Mate 1 10 19 10   To the Carpenter 1 15 22 15   To the Surgeon 3 10 45 10   To the Boatswain 1 5 16 5   To the Steward at F.B. } 16 2 162 209 6   Per month each   To victuals 320 Men 365 days at 7 1/2 d per day each 228 2 6   To Insurance on £3000 at 8 per cent 252   Grenville John Suddall, Commander To Wear, Tear, & other Charges at £31 10 per lunar month } 409 10   To sheathing and Tilling 20   To Medicinal Chest 5 16   First Cost of the Packet £3000, suppose only 8 per cent per Annum to repay the s d Capital } 240     Total of One Boat. £ 1572 14 6   Hillsborough Leslie Grose Commander 1572 14 6   Anna Teresa Valentine Dyer, Commander 1572 14 6   Duncan Macdon Charles Edwards, Commander 1572 14 6   Total of the Five Boats. £ 7863 12 6   Dept. of the General at South Carolina Peter Deblancey Esq. 300   Ditto Ditto for a House Rent & Office 50   Ditto Ditto for a Secretary 50   £ 8263 12 6   M c Edward Lewis Esq. Contractor for two of the above Packets   Edward Lewis & Robert Lovell Esq rs Contractors for the other two of the above Packets.  "
 'Establishment of the General Post Office at Edinburgh.\n   Office & Title Persons Names - Salary & Annum     Deputy Genl. Postmaster Genl. Robert Sibbald Esq r 400   Accountant M c Alexander MacMillan 75   Solicitor M c William Jackson 50   Secretary M c William Jackson 75   Chief Clerk M c David Bennet 75   Clerk to the English Road M c William Herr 37 10   His Assistant M c Samuel French 40   Clerk to the North Road M c Charles Malcolm 37 10   His Assistant M c Martin Mowbray 7 10   Clerk to the West Road M c Thomas Matthew 37 10   Apprehender of private Let t Carriers M c Martin Mowbray 20   Clerk to the Irish Correspondence M c Alexander MacMillan 20   Clerk to the Secretary M c Thomas Maybane 30   Letter Sorter M c Thomas Maybane 15   Letter Carriers Daniel Stuart 18 6   David Hay 18 6   William Murry 18 6   George McLean 18 6   Charles Banks 18 6   Porter James Ewan 18 6   Total £ 1029 4  '
 'Establishment of the General Post Office at Dublin\n   Office & Title Persons Names Salary per Annum     Depy. Postm. General Rt. Hon ble William Henry Fortesque Esq r 600 -   Treasurer Rt. Hon ble W m Henry Fortesque Esq r 50 -   Accountant John Wilson Esq r 80 -   Secretary John Wilson Esq r 50 -   Clerk to the Depy. Postm. General M r William Fortesque 50 -   1 st Clerk of the Road M r John Lee 40 -   2 d Clerk of the Road M r Thomas Jones 40 -   Joint Alphabet keepers The Hon ble Ponsonby Moore & W m Browning 40 -   1 st Letter sorter M r Richard Tucker 30 -   2 d ditto M r Thomas Lee 30 -   Letter carriers John Hanson 20 16 -   James M c Alister 20 16 -   Robert M c Alister 20 16 -   Francis Murray 20 16 -   James Collins 20 16 -   John Edmiston 20 16 -   Ring Bird & Letter Carrier Quib Bushel 6 -   Window Man Walter Hickman 14 -   Office Keeper Henry Harrison 5 -   In the Pickett House James Blake 8 -   Packet Boats employed between Holyhead & Dublin M r Thomas Blair Contractor Francis Taylor, Commander of the Earl of Belfast 1050 -   Alexander Mathewson of the Phoenix   Owen Taylor, of the Fortesque   Total - £ 2217 16 -  '
 'Establishment of the Post Office Road Letter Office\n   Offic & Title Persons Names Salary per annum     Comptroller Philip Allen Esq. 300   Comptrollers Clerk M c John Weaver 100   Accomptant M c Thomas Lloyd 200   Accomptants Clerk M c Ambrose Lank 60   Collector M c William Ward 200   Collectors Clerk M c John Atkinson 60   Resident Surveyor Philip Allen Esq. 200   Subnumerary Riding Surveyor George Hodgson Esq. 220   Clerk of the Dead & Disposed Letters M c John Spence 80   Riding Surveyors Nathan Draper Esq. 300   Richard Arbuthnot Esq. 300   Edward Comber Esq. 300   Secretary Henry Potts Esq. 75   Clk to the Postmaster General M c Samuel Bradshaw 15   Clk to the Secretary M c Daniel Braithwaite 12 10   Reciv r Genl of the Gen l Post Office Robert Frevor Esq. 75   1 st Clerk to Ditt o M c John Maddison 12 10   Accomptant Gen l to the Gen l Post Office Thomas Pitches Esq. 75   Solicitor Edmund Hoskins Esq. 50   Comptroller of the Inland Office Samuel Potts Esq. 75   Offic l Storekeeper George Burley 40  \nTotal £ 2730'
 "List of Additional Letter Receivers\n   Persons Names Places of Residence Salary Warrant     Thomas James Theobalds Row 4.   James Walsh Jermyn Street 6.   Walter Eaton Chancery Lane 5.   Bernard Ellis George Inn, Borough 4.   (B these paid by Warrant) £ 19  \nList of the Supernumerary Letter Receivers.\n   Ann Creamer Bull & Gate Holborn   William Venables Knight Rider Street   Thomas Stevenson Charing Cross   John Griffin New Round Court   Sarah Fayer Great Queen Street   John Vine Chandris Street   John Jackson King Street St. Ann's   John Jenkinson Charles Street Soho   Sarah Roach Pall Mall   Peter Wallis Charles Street Soho   William Cooke Queen Street Mayfair   George Hanson Berkeley Square   James Robson New Bond Street   David Wichart Coventry Street   Joshua Belbin Belsor Street   Robert Davis Sackville Street   Richard Pearce Fraser Street   Charles Turse Island Street   Samuel Platt South Audley Street   William Roufe Wigmore Street   William Harris Cavendish Square   George Mortimer Wyck Street  \n(B these have no allowance from the Office)"
 "List of Supernumerary Letter Carriers.\n   Person's Names By whom recommended. Commencement.     John Christopher D. Stannet & S r Ev. P. Fawkener 7 Feb y 1757   Richard Moberly Lady Stamford 4 July   John Howse John Morton Esq r 23 Jan y 1758   William Mackay Robert Nugent Esq r 10 Feb y   Benjamin Farrow M c Skyrmer 20 Feb y   Richard Rowton S r Robert Clifton 21 Feb y   William Ely Earl of Aylesford 17 April   Christopher Hale John Sargent Esq r 19 June   William Burner E c of Leicester & M c Cannaine 28 June   Benjamin Rothamly E c of Leicester 28 March 1759   John Brighouse Sir H. Dalrymple 17 June   John Jones Wilms n Vaughan Esq r 11 July   John Sparkes Edward Montague Jun r Esq r 3 Dec r 1760   Robert Hall Earl of Bessborough 3 Dec r   Richard Smith Duke of Bridgewater 3 Dec r   Stephen Mann L d Goadby & L d R. Sutton 19 June 1761   Arthur Craddock E c of Bessborough 10 Aug t   John Haylock Joseph Gulstone Esq r 25 Feb y 1762   Thomas Dand E c of Bessborough 5 July   Solomon Barnet E c of Egmont 15 Dec r   Peregrine Lord William Blair Esq r 31 Jan y 1763   Thomas Marshall Lord Howe 23 March   John Bedford Hon ble M c Hampden 30 March   William Dand Hon ble M c Hampden & M c Devaynes 15 Sept r   Joseph Flower L d Howe & L d Hyde 26 Oct r   Henry Creake M c Boldero 2 Nov r   Robert Score Robert Charles Esq r 2 Nov r   Richard Dulling M c Russell to Hon ble M c Hampden 16 Dec r   Benjamin Thompson Anthony Todd Esq r 16 Dec r  "
 'List of Supernumerary Fellowes, continued.\n   Persons Names By whom Recommended commencement     James Thompson Lord Hyde by Lady South: Thomas 25 Jan y 1764   John Rogers Lady Cath: Polham 29 Feb y   Thomas Brown M c Sandys 16 March   Arthur Ford Lord Digonier 5 April   Robert Brookbank Lord Markworth 25 April   Emb o Ellison John Henniker Esq r 25 April   Joseph Lyon Earl of Besborough 15 Aug o   Yeats Thomas James Rivers Esq r 30 Jan y 1765   Henry Raynes Sir John Cust 6 Feb y   John Parker Bamber Gascoyne Esq r 20 Feb y   Thomas Phillimore John Rose Esq r 13 March   Bryan Dawson Anthony Todd Esq r 15 April   John Evans George Rice Esq r 13 May   Charles Weaver L d Besborough & L d Grantham 14 Aug o   William Christie Thomas Cnodly Esq r 25 Sept r   John Morris Lord Besborough 18 Feb y 1766   Joseph Theed Lord Hyde 23 April   William Hilk John White Esq r 7 May   Richard Bridgewater M c Potts 31 May   William Rogers E o Besborough 9 July   Daniel Davis L d Besborough & L d Grantham 29 Oct r   John Margery L d Grantham 21 Nov r   Simon Linch E o of Besborough 26 Nov r   Henry Hayward E o of Besborough 26 Nov r  '
 'List of the several Tradesmen, employed in the Service of the General Post Office.\n   Tallow Chandlers  Mess rs Thomas Lawton & Herbert Thomas    Stationers  Mess rs Jacob & Richard Toms    Wax Chandlers  M r John Barrett    Surveyor of News Papers  M r Isaac Jamineau    Carpenter  M r Thomas Hart    Coal Monger  M r Francis Williams    Upholsterer  M r Samuel Luck    Stamp & Engraving Maker  M rs Deborah Pennock    Seal Engraver  M r Geo. Dent    Shale Maker  Samuel Read    Plasterer  John Chettle    Turner  Christopher Roff    Glazier  Richard Hoare    Pinman  Jeremiah Garrard    Blacksmith  John Dodson    Painter  James Bentley    Bricklayer  George Hoare    Mason  Isaac Dent    Plumber  John Pym    Clock Maker  Henry Rogerson    Pavior  Robert Eddystone    Chimney Sweeper  Elizabeth Seeley   '
 'An Account of Pensions paid out of the Revenue of the General Post Office\nannum\n£\nTo His Grace the Duke of Marlborough 5000. —\nTo His Grace the Duke of Grafton — 4700. —\nTo the Heirs of His Grace the Duke of Schomberg } 1000. —\nTo Henry Denton Esq r Count Post Master General 365. —\nTo Henry Denton Jun r Esq r de facto do 365. —\nTo Her Royal Highness the Princess Dowager of Wales } 40,000. —\nTo the Right Hon ble Lord Camden, Lord Keeper, or Lord Chancellor for the time being } 5000. —\n£ 59430. —'
 "An Account of Rents, Taxes, & Sundry other Payments by Incidents out of the General Post Office.\n   House Rent Pannum     To M rs Bridget Grimsone, a Lunatick, Hair at Law to — Thomas Bowes Esq r deceased for a part of the Office } 326. —   To Robert Kyner Esq r for another part of the Office — 160 —   To John Barker Esq r for a House added to the Office in Abchurch lane — } 60 —   To Doctor Charles Plumptre, Rector of S t Mary Woolnoth for the Parsonage House, in Sherborn lane } 40 —   To M r William Baker, for a House added to the Office in Sherborn lane, Taxes excluded } 38 8 —   To Anthony Todd Esq r for the Ground Rent of the Bye & Poor's Road Letter Office &c } 120. —   Rates & Taxes.   To the Collector of the Poor Rate for the Parish of S t Mary Woolnoth — } 86 7 —   To M r William Merriweather, for Land Tax of the Houses added to the Office — } 36 8 —   To Doctor Charles Plumptre, for Tythes — 20 2 —   To the Collector of the Window Tax for Langbourn Ward. 17 5 —   To ditto — of the Lamp Tax — 8 2 —   To ditto — of the Watch Rate — 15. —   To ditto — of the Orphan Tax — 3. —   To ditto — for New River Water — 6 12 —   To ditto — for Thames Water — 10 —   To ditto — for Scavengers Rate — 4 10 —   To ditto for Mails passing & re-passing London bridge. 10 18 8   To the Sun Fire Office for Insurance — 24 10 —   To William Leach, for the Skerie Light for the Packet Boats sailing between Holyhead & Dublin } 50 —   To Trophy Tax, (uncertain) last three Years — 1 18 10     Total £ 1039 11 6  "
 'An Account of Additional Salaries, & Allowances to Officers, Clerks, Letter Carriers &c payable by Incidents, and not included in the foregoing Establishment.\nannum\n   To Henry Pitts Esq. his Disbursements in Coach Hire 100   To Anthony Todd Esq. his Disbursements in Foreign Office 100   To Samuel Pitts Esq. Drink & Toast Money to the several Officers of the Inland & Foreign Offices 100   To M c John Powdick, Dead Letter Office, additional allow. 20   To M c John Maddison, 1 st Clerk to the Receiver General a late addition 50   To M c John Maskall, Inspector of Trunks 50   To M c John Dixon, Assistant to ditto 20   To M c Charles Creswell, Clerk of the Bye Night and Mornings for Extra Duty & Attendance 20   To M c George Beladen, Assistant on the Bye Duty 10   To M c John Bailey Assistant ditto 10   To M c John Green, Alphabet Keeper & Window Man in the Inland Office, for instructing the Young Officers 10   To M c John Mitchell, for paying Six Supernumerary Letter Carriers employed by the Inland Office 78   To James Haughton, for Extra Duty in carrying out the Foreign Ministers Letters 15 12   To John Waterhouse, Supernumerary Letter Carrier Foreign Off. 28 12   To William Lambkin ditto ditto 28 12   To Thomas Dodsworth ditto ditto 15 12   To M c John Cummins, for pumping the Well, or Cistern in the Office 10 8   To Bryan Dawson, for carrying out the Refused Letters in order to cheque the Letter Carriers 13   To John Whale for lighting the 14 Lamps belonging to the Office & supplying them with Oil 35   To M c Ann Osborne, House Keeper, for two Chair Women to clean the Board Room, & Apparatus belonging 15 8   To Thomas Pearce, a Supernumerary Porter lately belonging to the Office 6/8 per week 15 12  \n£ 775 16 5'
 'Additional Salaries & Allowances to Officers continued.\nWannum\n  To Barth o Francis, late Doorkeeper to The Post o Genl Bro o Over £775 16 20   To Thomas Baccop, for giving Notice of the Arrival of the Dutch & Flanders Mails at the Secretary of States Office 28 12   To John Cummins, as Inspector of the Tradesmen, employed in the Repairs of the Office 16   To John Cummins, as Stonekeeper of the Stationary 10   To John Cummins, for a Servant, to clean & look after the apartments, added to the Office in Sherborn Lane 12   To M r John Spicer, Depy. Accountant, for chequeing the Clerks of the Roads Books 10   To Mess rs J. Powell & John Watts, for opening the Dead & Insolvent Letters 10   To Samuel Potts Esq r . Comptroller of the Inland Office, for Petty Incidents disbursed by him, & which was formerly paid out of the Window Money in the said Office (uncertain,) about 300   To M r Francis Galtson, for his Care of, and delivering the Letters to the Members of the Hon ble House of Commons U.S. & Fday, during the sitting of Parliament (uncertain about 60   To M r Samuel Bradshaw, Clerk to the PostMaster General an allowance 110   To M r Thomas Strickland, late Clerk to The PostMaster General an allowance 100   To M r Daniel Branthwaite, Clerk to the Secretary an additional allowance 110 \nTotal £ 1122 8'
 'Branch Towns, with the Names of the present Managers, & the Towns included in each Commission, with the Allowances for the Riding & other Duty.\n   Names of the Branches Names of the Managers & Towns For the Riding work Pannum For their Duty     Chichester M c Thomas Watts, Richard Woodruff & John Caldicot Arundel, Chichester, Cobham, Claremont, Darking, East Grinstead, Epsom, Brightelmstone, Godalming, Guilford, Godstone, Hasling, Havant, Horsham, Haslemere, Lingdon, Lasham, Lewes, Midhurst, Petworth, Steyning, Rye,gate, Shoreham, Sturminster Newton, Steyning, Ripley. 987 16 11 10 per Cent. on the Net Produce of the Leases.   Terrybridge M c Jeremiah Wainwright & Richard Wainman Bradford, Ferrybridge, Halifax, Leeds, Pontefract, Kirkcaldy, Salby, Skipton, Settle. 151 2 10 per Cent.   Newport Pagnel M c Jane Kittoock Castle Ashby, Kelvering, Newport Pagnel, Quenington, Rockingham, Shurton, Wellingborough. 131 -   Fleworth Robert Parsons Esq n . Chetsey, Ditton, East Moulsey, Ham, Hampton Wick, Hampton Court, Hampton Down, Hanworth, Fleworth, Littleton, Lalabham, Moulsey, Peterham, Richmond, Shepperton, Sunbury, Twickenham, Teddington, Walton, Maybridge, Milton, Sandy Chapple, & the Gentlemens Seats contiguous. No Salary or allowance.  \nCarried over £ 1572 18 11'
 'Branch Towns continued.\n   Names of the Branches Names of the Managers & Towns. For Riding Work Prize     Oxford. Mrs Mary Jones. Burford, Oxford, Stone, Witney. 180. Bro. Ques. 1572 18 4   Croydon. Mr John Pissenden. Addington, Addams, Bedding- ton, Bensome, Cashaltan, Caterham, Cheam, Cuddington, Coomb, Sanderstead, Shirley, Sutton, Waddon, Wallington, - one third of all letters   Hastings Mr John Sargent Sen. Battle, Biddenden, Cranbrook, Stonecross, Tenterden, Hastings. 182.   Graves Mr James Smith, Yford. Ayling, Aveley, Bursledon, Bompstead, Boringar, Bowns- Gifford, Bulpham, Chadwell, Claydon hit, Comiskey, Corring- ham, Corbet Eye, Dagenham, Dunton Wallis, Loxtine, Lobking, Great Gains, Groves. Hackton, Houndon Hornchurch, Mucking, Neverdon, North, South Ockendon, Orsett, Pitsea, Potter Row, Purfleet, Stanford Hope. Thurrock { West Tilbury { East { Parva Tilbury { West Upminster, Wainnington - one half of all letters  '
 'Deputy Postmasters & their Salaries.\n   Post Towns Deputies Names No Office Duty & Riding work together Minimum     A Ashburton Richard Cales 112   Kingdon James Powell 10   Impthill Benjamin King 4   Alnwick Mary Grey 63   Ashford Thomas French 10   Sturminster John Symes 3   Mergavenny Samuel Saunders 20   Ashbourne James Davenport No Salary   Aylesbury Ann Woodcock 10   Andover Richard Bird 35   Alton Matthew Easton 73 6 8   B Basingstoke John Watts 35   Bath Thomas Foley 85   Barnet Elizabeth Holmes 90   Belford William Bugg 58   Braintree William Wood 4   Banbury William Barker 71   Blandford John Clench 60   Brecknock Evans Brown 54   Bangor William Edwards 43   Berwick James Grieve 112 10   Boules Isaac Blowers 31   Beaconsfield Thomas Richmond 3 10   Bodmin William May 44   Bromyard Thomas Davis 12   Beaumaris James Briscoe 10   Bedal Richard Harrison 20   Bishopstorton Thomas Alderley 40   Brackley Mary Hannett 6   Bridgewater George Beake 20  \nCamdover £ 1229 6 8'
 'Deputy Postmasters, continued.\n   Post Towns Deputies Names. For Office Duty, & Riding work, together Minimum     Bal. Over £229 6 8   B Bristol Thomas Pyne Junr. 114   Bedford Francis Mason 35   Beverley Samuel Bland No Salary   Boxford Edward Chapman 10   Berkhamsted Thomas Hoare 30   Bridport John Wallis 5   Bowdley Joseph Bailey 10   Barnsley Elizabeth Halifax No Salary   Brentwood William Birt 5   Brieston Thomas Potter 45   Bagehot James Milbourne 14   Biggleswade George Fletcher 40   Bawtry Robert Shaw 44   Bury St Edmund Bryan Hill 30   Bromley William Stick 75   Bishopcastle John Horne 5   Birmingham Ann Gunn 55   Barnardcastle Francis Hutchinson 32   Brough Thomas Lamb 22   Boston William Chown 35   Bourne John Dare 34   Burroughbridge Susanna Mann 88   Buckingham Shem Baxter 25   Burton on Trent William Matham No Salary   Buxton Bryan Hodgson 11   C Carmelford Charles Denham 38   Carmarthen John Williams 50   Carnarvon Robert Carreg 16   Carlisle John Nicholson 147   Cash Over £244 6 8  '
 'Deputy Postmasters continued.\n   Post Towns Deputies Names For Office Duty and Riding Work, together Wannum     Bro d Owen £2244 6 8   C Cambridge Elizabeth Antrobus 50   Canterbury Robert Selgeyt 95   Cardigan Robert Lane 15   Cardiff Elizabeth Bates 42   Calne Stephen Worthee No Salary   Caerton Robert Fuller 50   Chatham Mary Thompson No Salary   Chelmsford Charles Kirby 127   Clare Daniel Lord 30   Christ Church Thomas Jeans 20   Chippenham Elizabeth Stroud 40   Cheltenham Edmund Smith 17   Chipping Norton Thomas Mackarness 90   Chesterfield William Thacker 34   Chester John Brealey 97   Coleshill William Webster 30   Conway William Owen 48   Coventry Thomas Soden 40   Columb St a William Blythe 47   Crookston Henry Hoskins 56   Cotabrook Henry Bailey 2 10   Cokermouth John Luwick 42   Cotterworth Thomas Finkler 31 10   Colchester Daniel Manning 62   Chestham Sarah Bennet 6   Cirencester Thomas Parsons 170 12   D Dartmouth Edward Leigh 16   Dorridge John Phillips 30   Daventry John Brooke 24   Dartford Richard Reeve 70   Derby Matthew How 30   Carr d Over £3656 18 8  '
 'Deputy Postmasters continued.\n   Post Towns Deputies Names For their Duty & Riding Work together. Pannum     Bro. Over £3656 18 8   D Denbigh Margaret Walsh 43   Darlington Richard Thompson 24   Deal Francis Dehane 105   Doncaster Mary Newbold 90   Dumfries James Gilchrist Junr. 30   Durham Christopher Hopfer 60   Dorchester Harry Powney 15   Dunstable Eleanor Lee 42   Dunsmore Luke Borcham No Salary   Dover Edmund Barham Esqr. 80   E Exeter Thomas Lavington 208 10   Eustone William Morris 4   Evesham William Penny 42   Easingwold William Knowles 36   Endfield Adam Hamilton 40   Ely Thomas Pratt 30   Epping John Uffindal 61 6 4   Edgware Charles Ford 5 15   Edgware & Nettridge Stages David Dean 220 8   F Falkingham John Pare 15   Fareham Thomas Albeck 10   Fareford John Silvester 28   Farringdon John Silvester 43   Faversham Catharine Lott 16   Falmouth George Bell Esqr. 20   Fenny Stratford Moses Griffiths 35   Folkstone Richard Foss 21   Foote Gray Peter Parney 30   Curr. Over £5048 18 0  '
 'Deputy Postmasters continued.\n   Post Towns Deputies Names For Office Duty and Riding Work, together Pension     Crn. over £501 18.   G Gosport Henry Lye 20.   Gloucester William Niccols 61 10.   Gainsborough Jonathan Wilson 110.   Grantham Robert Barnes 65.   Great Yarmouth Joseph Marshall 2.   Gravesend Ann Williams 30.   H Harwich John Hines 56.   Harborough John Setchell 45.   Hatfield William Holden 5 10.   Haverford West Ann Ayleway 22.   Hay Elizabeth Watkeys 69.   Hespoldbridge Catharine Moore 50 16 8   Honley on Humber Francis Bowden 2.   Holford Henry Colebatch 72 10.   Highworth George Adams 100.   Hemel Hempstead Ann Fisher 75.   Hetchin William Marshall 45.   Hertford Thomas Coulson 40.   Horncastle Joseph Hamerton 35.   Hull John Wray 98.   Holyhead William Nickers 50.   Holmes Chapel Charles Vernon 5.   Honiton Joseph Lock 48.   Hounslow William Day 40.   Huntingdon Henry Grant 18.   Hitchin Thomas Green 2 10.   Hurst Green Edward Tynte 13 5.   Crn. over £622 19 8  '
 'Deputy Postmasters continued.\n   Post Towns Deputies Names For Office duty and Rising work together Maximum.     I Sturminster Robert Inent Pro d Over £6221 19 8 2   Ipswich Sam Todd 70   Ives St John Stuart 7   Ipswich Joseph Goodchild 122   Ingatestone Joshua Brown 50   Ilchester Robert Way No Salary   K Kendal Christopher Denton 42   Kidderminster John Spencer 11   Helvedon Jemmet Blythe 2   Kings Langley William Barnes 1 10   Keinton John Norton 6   L Launceston John Carpenter 51   Lancaster Jane M c Millan 6   Llandudno Mary Beignon 20   Llandudno Ann Jones 21   Ledbury Mary Barker 26   Lerminster Benjamin Thomas 25   Leicester Robert Freer 18 13 4   Leighton Buzzard William Fontaine 4   Lincoln Richard Barker 73   Litchfield Carey Butt 30   Liverpool Thomas Statham 45   Ludlow Penel Hawkins 40   Luton Andrew Ewbank 34   Lutterworth Susanna Wyatt No Salary   Louth Nicholas Shaw 15   Louvestoff Edmund Watling 4   Loughborough John Foster 12   Lymington Veasey How 27   Lyme Benjamin Follet 13   Lynn Regis Michael Mills 58   Curr d Over £7057 13  '
 'Deputy Postmasters continued.\n   Post Towns Deputies Names For Office Duty and Riding work together Per Annum.     Bro d Over £7057 13—   M   Manningtree Edward Harrington 30—   Manchester Isaac Clegg 40—   Malton Henry Robinson 44—   Macclesfield Joseph Stokes 24—   Mansfield Edward Dawson 57—   Maidenhead John Andrews 70—   Marlborough Ann Lipseyatt 40—   Melton Mowbray Ann Crane 22—   Maidstone John Kent 30—   Minehead Joan Payne 20—   Monmouth Thomas Phillips 30—   Montgomery William Lloyd 82 6   Norfolk Thomas Hasle 66—   N   Namptwich Richard Church 40—   Neath Jane Fox No Salary   Newbury Edward Pointer 32—   Nettlebed Elizabeth Holding 40—   Neots St. John Chapman 55—   Newport Francis Skrymsher No Salary   Newcastle Henry Bell 92—   Newark Isabella Herring 32—   Newmarket Robert Warren 46—   Northleach Ann Butler 12—   Northampton Susanna Robinson 37 16   Nottingham John Series 30—   Norleap Thomas Jenkins 55—   Northallerton Edward Careless 9—   Norwich Elisha De Hague 116—  \nCand. Over £8239 15—'
 'Deputy Postmasters, continued.\n   Post Towns Deputies Names For Office Duty and Riding Post together Bannum     Bro. Over £8239 15   O   Oakhampton Rebecca Cunningham 153   Oakham John Swinson 4   Oakingham Joseph Chaplin No Salary   Ongar Elizabeth Banilhon 25   Ormskirk Jane Overhead No Salary   Oswestry John Hall 43 10   Odiham John Tilbury No Salary   P   Penrith John Monkhouse 90   Peterborough Thomas Bowker 79 14   Petersfield William Bowen 85   Pembroke Abraham Leach 44   Piccadilly Robert Ireland 85   Portsmouth William Rathborne 160 6 8   Pool Alexander Campbell 20   Plymouth Elizabeth Fletcher 182   Presteign Thomas Mawd 28   Preston Nicholas Walmsley 51   Pontypridd Lewis Evans 36   Q   Queenborough Richard Winst 33   R   Ramsbury Thomas Popejay 2   Retford William Gylby 16   Richmond George Davison 12   Ringwood Richard Gibbs 26   Rumsey William Coles 18   Reading Ann Braden 30   Reps John Thomas 20   Rugby Thomas Clare No Salary   Ruthin Ambrose Lloyd 6   Royton Elizabeth Gatward 32   Rumford John Atkinson 40   Rye Thomas Cooke 40   Rochester Thomas Syres 70   Rumney Peter Rouse 13   carried Over £9684 5 8  '
 'Deputy Postmasters continued.\n   Post Towns Deputies Names For Office Duty & Riding work, together per annum.     Bro d Over £ 9684 5 8   S Salisbury Daniel Saps 30   Satton Walden Daniel Fuller 41   Saxmundham John Southwell 55   Sandwich Henry Woodruff 30   Shaftsbury James Atkinson 76   Sherborne Robert Noake 45   Shipton on Stour William Rouse 10   S t Albans Benjamin Hanbury 48   Sheffield Samuel Simmons 43   Snowbury Thomas Atkin 55   Shifnal Thomas Lambroke 15   Sawbridgeworth John Saunders 8   Seven Oaks Elizabeth Loving 45   Scarborough Marmaduke Sturdy No Salary   Stamford Benjamin Berresford 20   Spalding John Richardson 30   Stilton John Mason 32   Sudbury Richard Gardiner 50   Sittingbourne John Denne 70   Southwark Barnard Ellis 66 10   Southam Joseph Ledbroke 14   Southall Alice Smith 77 17   Stratford upon Avon John Payton 30 17   Stockport William Ellison 17   Stafford John Salt 15   Stevenage Thomas Whittington 14   Stone James Morgan 101   Stoney Stratford Mary Forfeit No Salary   Stourbridge Thomas Savage 10   Swansey Elizabeth Williams 30   Stroud Mary Alderley 28   Staines Joseph Fouse 88   Samerton John Norton 3   Southampton William Purbeck 25  \nCarr d Over £ 10896 6 8'
 'Deputy Postmasters continued.\n   Post Towns Deputies Names For Office Duty and Riding work together Pannum.     Pro d Over £10896 6 8   Tamworth Francis Woodcock No Salary   Tadcaster John Hartley 25.   Taunton James Senechall 110.   Tenby Richard Shorting 6.   Tewkesbury Benjamin Pearce 12.   Shirack Ann Dybus 11.   Shelford Ann Manning 4.11   Shame Elizabeth Cashin 13.   Totness Dorothy Scape 29.   Toucester William Holbrook 23.   Tivaro John Warwick 114.   Tuxford Thomas Harris 117.   Tring George Wright 21.   Tunbridge Edmund Baker 27 10.   Tiverton Sarah Glass 20.   Torperley Thomas Hatton No Salary   U   Uske James George 30.   Uppingham Mary Bunning 57.   Uxeter Robert Sillito No Salary   Uxbridge John Hayes 36 10.  \nCar d Over £11833 6 8'
 'Deputy Postmasters continued.\n   Post Towns Deputies Names. For their Duty & Riding work, together Amount     Provs. Over £11833 6 8   Wantage Edward Seymour Junr. 60.   Wallingford Thomas Parker 5.   Waverington Sarah Blackburne 60.   Wakefield Richard Booth 53.   Ware Richard Thurstan 80.   Warwick Edward Brandon 10.   Wassford Francis Pickering 17 12.   Wellington John Butler 10.   Wincoburn George Halsey 10.   Winchester Mary Gauntlett 46.   Whitchurch (Hants) Henry Knowles No Salary   Windsor Charles Eldredge 35.   Woburn Timothy Massingarb. 50.   Whitehaven Mary Birkhead 136 10.   White Chapple John Palmer 60.   Witham Jeremiah Brown 45.   Weymouth Stephen Spier 10.   Woodstock John Hoare No Salary   Winchester James Morgan 57 10.   Wolverton Daniel Van Dorn 4.   Wigan John Unsworth 30.   Whitchurch (Salop) Richard Bulkeley No Salary   Wooburn Thomas Hapsell 27.   Wolverhampton Mary Haynes 49.   Wrexham Ellin Samuel 8.   Wandover Thomas Cannham 1 10.   Wickham Thomas Rose 126.   Winslow Ellen Morris 12.   Wingham Sarah Powell 2.   Yarmouth Samuel Seaman 47.   York Joseph Oldfield 122.   Yeovil Edward Forbes 5.  \nTotal £13042 8 8'
 None None 'Establishment of the GENERAL POST OFFICE.'
 'W. H. Smith & Son GENERAL POST OFFICE.'
 'establishment of the GENERAL POST OFFICE.'
 "List of Supernumerary Letter Carriers.\n    Person's Name By whom Recommended Commenced     John Christoferson Dr. Lennett & M c Ev y & Tucker 7 Feb y 1757   Richard Presbury La d By. Mansford 4 July   John Howse John Morton Esq r 23 June 1758   William Mackay Robert Nugent Esq r 10 Feb y   Benjamin Farrow M c Alpin 20 Feb y   Richard Rowton S r Robert Clifton 21 Feb y   William Ely Earl of Aylesford 17 April   Christopher Hale John Langton Esq r 19 June   William Raper E d Spencer & M c Evaine 28 June   Benjamin Ashford E. Fox 28 March 1759   John Bingham Vis t H. Dalrymple 17 June   John Jones Will m & Vaughan Esq r 11 July   John Sparkes Edward Montague Jm c Esq r 3 Dec r 1760   Robert Hall Earl of Bessborough 3 Dec r   Richard Smith Duke of Bridgewater 3 Dec r   Stephen Mann D. Granby & S r H. Leth. 19 June 1761   Arthur Cradock E d of Bessborough 10 Aug t   John Haylock Joseph Galtone Esq r 25 Feb y 1762   Thomas Daint E d of Bessborough 5 July   Salomon Evans E d of Egmont 13 Dec r   Ceciline Ford William Blair Esq r 31 Jan y 1763   Thomas Marshall Lord Howe 23 March   John Croford Hon ble M c Alpin 31 March   William Daint Hon ble M c Alpin & M c Evaine 15 Sept r   Joseph Flower L d Howe & S r Hyde 26 Oct r   Henry Creeke M c Alpin 2 Nov r   Robert Scree Robert Charles Esq r 2 Nov r   Richard Dalling M c Alpin & Hon ble M c Alpin 16 Dec r   Benjamin Thompson Anthony Ford Esq r 16 Dec r   "
 'The Annual Charge of the Six Dover Packet Boats in Time of Peace.\n   Names of the Packets. Commanders Names Pay Per Month Per Annum   £ s     Hanover 1 To Cap t Robert Maitland 4 52   1 To the Master 2 26   6 Able Seamen 1 3 89 14   1 Ordinary 13 11 14   To their Wages, Beer, Slopship, Rate & Port Charges, calculated at 15 £ per Month for 50 Tons 130   To Victualling of Men & Old Seamen per Annum 112 13 1   Total Charge of one Boat £ 112 1 1   Prince Frederick William Story Commander 412 1 1   Express Stephen Smith Com d 412 1 1   Union John Shaw Com d 412 1 1   Despatch John Dodd Bonall Com d 412 1 1   Courier Com d 412 1 1   Total of the Six Boats £ 2572 6 6   Agent at Dover Edmund Bracham Esq r 150   Dis of Contract in lieu of a Contract for an Extra Packet Boat 200   Total £ 2822 6 6  ']