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the guards, garrisons, and land forces of our said present sovereign lord the king, except as aforesaid, to wit, at Westminster aforesaid, in the said county of Middlesex; and the said attorney-general of our said present sovereign lord the king, for our said present sovereign lord the king, giveth the Court here further to understand, and be informed, that the said George Cooke, and Thos. Townshend, afterwards, to wit, on the 17th day of June, in the said 8th year of the reign of our said present sovereign lord the king, at Westminster aforesaid, in the said county of Middlesex, went out of the said office and place of receiver, and paymaster-general as aforesaid; and were then and there succeeded therein, by Richard Rigby, esq. And the said attorney-general of our said present sovereign lord the king, for our said present sovereign lord the king, giveth the Court here further to understand and be informed, that the said Richard Rigby afterwards, to wit, on the 10th day of April, in the 22nd year of the reign our said present sovereign lord the king, at Westminster, aforesaid, went out of the said place and office of receiver, and paymaster-general as aforesaid, and was succeeded therein, by Edmund Burke, esq.; and the said attorney-general, of our said present sovereign lord the king, for our said present sovereign lord the king, giveth the Court here further to understand, and be informed, that the said Edmund Burke afterwards, to wit, on the first day of August, in the 22nd year aforesaid, at Westminster, aforesaid, in the said county of Middlesex, went out of the said place, and office, and was then and there succeeded therein, by Isaac Barrè, esq., who was and continued in the said place and office for divers, to wit, eight months then next following, to wit, at Westminster aforesaid, in the said county of Middlesex; and the said attorney-general of our said present sovereign lord the king, for our said present sovereign lord the king, giveth the court here further to understand and be informed, that the place and employment of accountant in the said office and place of receiver, and paymaster-general of and for the guards, garrisons, and land forces aforesaid, during all the time herein-beforementioned, was a place and employment of great public trust and confidence, touching the making up the accounts of the receiver and paymastergeneral of and for the guards, garrisons, and Land forces aforesaid, and the adjusting and settling the same with the auditor of the imprest, to wit, at Westminster, aforesaid, in the said county of Middlesex; and the said attorney-general, of our said present sovereign lord the king, for our said present sovereign lord the king, giveth the court here further to understand and be informed, that the accounts of the said Henry lord Holland, as receiver and paymaster-general of and for the guards, garrisons, and land forces, as well of his said late majesty as of our VOL. XXII.

present sovereign lord the king, as aforesaid, had not at the time the said Henry lord Hol land went out of the said office and place of receiver and paymaster-general of and for the guards, garrisons, and land forces, of our said present sovereign lord the king, been made up and delivered to the auditors of the imprest, or either of them, in order to be adjusted and settled according to the ancient course of the exchequer; and the said attorneygeneral of our said present sovereign lord the king, for our said present sovereign, lord the king giveth the Court here further to under stand, and be informed, that afterwards, to wit, on the 11th day of January, in the 12th year of the reign of our said present sovereign lord the king at Westminster aforesaid, in the said county of Middlesex, the accounts of the said Henry lord Holland, as receiver and paymaster-general of and for the guards, garrisons, and land forces, as aforesaid, as well of his said late majesty as of our present sovereign lord the king, were made up by John Powell, esq., then and there being accountant in the said office of receiver and paymaster-general, of and for the guards, garrisons, and land forces of our said present sovereign lord the king as aforesaid, and that the said accounts so made up by the said John Powell, as accountant, as aforesaid, were afterwards, to wit, on the same day and year last aforesaid, at Westminster aforesaid, in the said county of Middlesex, delivered to the auditors of the imprest, that is to say, part of the said accounts to William Aislabie, esq. then and there being one of the auditors of the imprest, and the residue thereof, including the final account of the said Henry lord Holland to Lewis lord Sondes, then and there being the other auditor of the imprest, in order to be adjusted, settled, and passed according to the ancient course of the exchequer; which said accounts, for the convenience of keeping the accounts of the office and place of receiver and paymaster-general, as aforesaid, were made to commence the 25th day of June, in the year. of our lord 1757, before the said Henry lord Holland came into the said office and place of receiver and paymaster-general of and for the guards, garrisons, and land forces, of his said late majesty, as aforesaid, and to end the 24th day of June, in the 5th year of the reign of our said present sovereign lord the king, after the said Henry lord Holland went out of the said office and place of receiver and paymaster-general, of the said guards, garrisons, and land forces, of our said present sovereign lord the king, as aforesaid, to wit, at Westminster aforesaid, in the said county of Middlesex; and the said attorney-general of our said present sovereign lord the king, for our said present sovereign lord the king, giveth the Court, here further to understand, and be informed, that divers sums of money ought to have been inserted in the said accounts of the said Henry lord Holland, so C

delivered in to the said auditors, as aforesaid, as charges upon the said Henry lord Holland, that is to say, the several sums of 2431. 19s. 9d.—446l. 5s.—158l. 9s. 7d.—1,566l. 14s.4,000l.-1,705. 15s. 10d.-912l. Os. 11d. and $86. 19s. 8d., received by one Abraham Mortier; and 3847. 16s., received by one Thomas Saul; and the sum of 6271. 8s. 8d., received by one Robert Porter; and the several sums of 1019l. 10s. Od.-956ł. 1s. 2d. -326l. 13s. 7d.— 1,000l.-400l.-500l. and 2,1871. 6s. 1 d., received by one Thomas Barrow; and the sum of 2,3331. 6s. 8d., received by one John Luke Nicoll; and the sum of 100%., received by one Wrightson, which said several sums of money received by the said Abraham Mortier, Thomas Saul, Robert Porter, Thomas Barrow, John Luke Nicoll, and Wrightson were received by them under the authority, and for the use of the said Henry lord Holland, as receiver and paymaster-general of and for the guards, garrisons, and land forces aforesaid, that is to say, part of the said sums under the authority, and for the use of the said Henry lord Holland, as receiver and paymaster-general of the guards, garrisons, and land forces, of his said late majesty, and the residue thereof, under the authority and for the use of the said Henry lord Holland, as receiver and paymaster-general of the guards, garrisons, and land forces, of his present majesty; and the sum of 6,8541. 7s. 64d. retained by the said Henry lord Holland, as receiver and paymaster-general of the guards, garrisons, and land forces aforesaid, by the hands of his deputy, for provisions delivered to the forces at Quebec, in north America; and the sum of 4,8791. 9s. 9d., retained by the said Henry lord Holland, by the hands of his deputy for provisions delivered to the forces at New York, in north America; and the sum of 1,808/. 3s. 114d., retained by the said Henry lord Holland, as receiver and paymaster-general of and for the guards, garrisons, and land forces aforesaid, by the hands of his deputy, for provisions delivered to the forces at Nova Scotia, in North America; and the sum of 1,761. 1s. 8d. retained by the said Henry lord Holland, as receiver and paymaster-general of and for the guards, garrisons, and land forces aforesaid, by the hands of his deputy for provisions delivered to the forces at Louisburg; and the sum of 4,722. 16s. 6d. retained by the said Henry lord Holland, as receiver and paymastergeneral of and for the guards, garrisons, and land forces aforesaid, by the hands of his deputy, for provisions delivered to the forces at Montreal; and the sum of 2,156/. 17s. 2d., being profit on remittances made by the said Henry lord Holland to Peter Taylor, esq., deputy-paymaster of the forces of our said late king, and our lord the now king in Germany; and the sum of 7,3811. 7s. 5d., being profit on remittances made to the said Peter Taylor, deputy-paymaster of the forces

in Germany, of our said late king and our lord the now king, for the extraordinaries of the forces there: Which said several sums of money which so ought to have been inserted in the said accounts, as aforesaid, were omitted to be inserted in the said accounts as charges upon the said Henry lord Holland, and were not in any manner brought into or taken notice of in the said accounts or any of them, to wit, at Westminster, aforesaid, in the said county of Middlesex. And the said attorneygeneral of our said present sovereign lord the king, for our said present sovereign lord the king, giveth the Court here further to understand and be informed, that after the delivery of the said accounts of the said Henry lord Holland to the auditors of the imprest, as aforesaid, and before the said final account was adjusted and settled by the said Lewis lord Sondes, one of the auditors of the imprest, to whom the same had been delivered as aforesaid, to wit, on the 31st day of March, in the 16th year of the reign of our said present sovereign lord the king, at Westminster, aforesaid, in the said county of Middlesex, Charles Bembridge, esq. became and was ac countant in the office and place of receiver and paymaster-general of and for the guards, garrisons, and land forces, of our said present sovereign lord the king, as aforesaid, and continued such accountant for a long time, to wit, until the twenty-second day of February, in the twenty-third year of the reign of our present sovereign lord the king, that is to say, at Westminster, aforesaid, in the said county of Middlesex; and the said attorney-general of our said present sovereign lord the king for our said present sovereign lord the king, giveth the Court here further to understand and be informed, that the said final account of the said Henry lord Holland was, and continued open and unsettled for a long time after the said Charles Bembridge became, and whilst he was accountant, as aforesaid, that is to say, for the space of six years and upwards, to wit, at Westminster, aforesaid, in the said county of Middlesex; and the said attorney-general of our said present sovereign lord the king, for our said present sovereign lord the king, giveth the Court here further to understand and be informed, that it was the duty of the said Charles Bembridge,' as accountant, as aforesaid, to disclose and make known to the said Lewis lord Sondes, the auditor of the imprest, to whom the said final account of the said Henry lord Holland had been delivered, as aforesaid, any charges upon the said Henry lord Holland as such receiver and paymastergeneral, as aforesaid, which had been omitted to be inserted in the said accounts so delivered to the auditors, as aforesaid, within the knowledge of him the said Charles Bembridge, in order that the same might be inserted in the said final account of the said Henry lord Holland, to wit, at Westminster, aforesaid, in the said county of Middlesex; and the said attorney-general of our said present sovereign lord

the king, for our said present sovereign lord the king, giveth the Court here further to understand and be informed that the said Charles Bembridge, after he became and whilst he continued accountant, as aforesaid, and whilst the said final account of the said Henry lord Holland remained open and unsettled, as aforesaid, that is to say, on the thirty-first day of March, in the sixteenth year of the reign of our said present sovereign lord the king, and on divers other days and times between that day and the twenty-third day of December, in the twenty-third year of the reign of our lord the now king, was requested by the said lord Sondes to discover and make known to him any charges upon the said Henry lord Holland, within the knowledge of him the said Charles Bembridge, which ought to have been inserted in the said accounts, or some of them, and which had been omitted therein, to wit, at Westminster, aforesaid, in the said county of Middlesex; and the said attorney-general of our said present sovereign lord the king, for our said present sovereign lord the king, giveth the Court here further to understand and be informed, that the said Charles Bembridge, before and at the said days and times when he was so requested by the said Lewis lord Sondes to discover and make known to him any charges upon the said Henry lord Holland, within the knowledge of him the said Charles Bembridge, which ought to have been inserted in the said accounts or some of them and which had been omitted out of the same, well knew that the said several sums of money herein-beforementioned to have been omitted in the said accounts, ought to have been inserted in the said accounts, were not included therein, but were omitted to be inserted in the said accounts as charges on the said Henry lord Holland, to wit, at Westminster, aforesaid, in the said county of Middlesex; and the said attorney-general of our said present sovereign lord the king, for our said present sovereign lord the king, giveth the Court here further to understand and be informed that the said Charles Bembridge, late of Westminster in the said county of Middlesex, esquire, being such accountant, as aforesaid, wrongfully, unjustly, and fraudulently contriving and intending to conceal from the said Lewis lord Sondes, the said auditor of the imprest, to whom the said final account of the said Henry lord Holland was delivered, as aforesaid, the said several sums of money which ought to have been charged upon the said Henry lord Holland as aforesaid, and to cheat and defraud our said present sovereign lord the king did not at the several days and times when he was so requested, as aforesaid, or at any of them, discoyer or make known to the said Lewis lord Sondes, the said several sums of money which ought to have been inserted in the said accounts of the said Henry lord Holland, and had been omitted to be inserted therein, as afore said, but wickedly, wilfully, fraudulently

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knowingly, and corruptly did neglect and refuse to discover or make known the same to the said Lewis lord Sondes, and did permit and suffer the said Lewis lord Sondes to proceed to close the said final account of the said Henry lord Holland without the said sums of money having been brought into the same, or made known to the said Lewis lord Sondes, to wit, at Westminster, aforesaid, in the said county of Middlesex, contrary to the duty of the said Charles Bembridge as such accountant, as aforesaid, to the evil example of all others in the like case offending, to the great injury and deceit of our said lord the present king, and against the peace of our said lord the present king his crown and dignity. And the said attorney-general of our said present sovereign lord the king, for our said present Sovereign lord the king, giveth the Court here further to understand and be informed that Henry Fox, esquire, now deceased, in his life time, to wit, on the twenty-sixth day of July, in the year of our lord one thousand seven hundred and fifty-seven, and from thence until the demise of the lord George the second, late king of Great Britain, was receiver and paymaster-general of and for his said late majesty's guards, garrisons, and land forces, as well within great Britain as without (those employed in Ireland, his marine regiments, and such regiments or forces as were under the care and direction of his said late majesty's commissioners of his admiralty for the time being, excepted), that is to say, at Westminster aforesaid, in the said county of Middlesex; and that afterwards, to wit, on the sixteenth day of April, in the third year of the reign of our present sovereign lord the king, at Westminster, aforesaid, in the said county of Middlesex, the said Henry Fox became lord Holland, baron of Foxley, in the county of Wilts, and that the said Henry Fox, from the demise of his said late majesty until he became lord Holland, and afterwards for a long time, to wit, until the twelfth day of June, in the fifth year of the reign of our said present sovereign lord the king, was receiver and paymaster-general of and for theguards, garrisons, and land forces, of our said present sovereign lord the king, as well within Great Britain as without (those employed by our said lord the now king for his service in Ireland, his marine regiments, and such regiments or forces as were under the care and direction of his said present majesty's commissioners of the admiralty for the time being, excepted), that is to say, at Westminster aforesaid, in the said county of Middlesex; and the said attorney-general of our said present sovereign lord the king, for our said present sovereign lord the king, giveth the Court here further to understand and be informed, that during the time that the said Henry Fox was receiver and paymastergeneral of and for his said late majesty's guards, garrisons, and land forces, as aforesaid, divers sums of money were from time to time received, and also divers sums of money were

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from time to time paid by the said Henry Fox of Middlesex, delivered to the auditors of the as such receiver and paymaster-general, that imprest, that is to say, part of the said acis to say, at Westminster, aforesaid, in the counts to William Aislabie, esq., then and said county of Middlesex; and also that dur- there being one of the auditors of the iming the time the said Henry Fox as well before prest, and the residue thereof, including the as after he became lord Holland, was receiver final account of the said Henry lord Holland and paymaster-general of and for the guards, to Lewis lord Sondes, then and there being garrisons, and land forces, of our said present the other auditor of the imprest, in order to Sovereign lord the king, as aforesaid, divers be adjusted, settled, and passed, according to sums of money were from time to time re- the ancient course of the exchequer; and the ceived, and also divers sums of money were from said attorney-general of our said present sotime to time paid by the said Henry lord Hol- vereign lord the king, for our said lord the land, as such receiver and paymaster-general, king, giveth the Court here further to underaforesaid, to wit, at Westminster, aforesaid, stand and be informed, that divers sums of in the said county of Middlesex; and the said money, that is to say, the several sums of attorney-general of our said present sovereign 243l. 19s. 9d-446l. 5s.—158/. 9s. 7d.—1,566l. lord the king, for our said present sovereign 14s.-4,000/-1,705/. 15s. 10d.-9,12/ Os. 11d. lord the king, giveth the Court here further to -336/. 19s. 8d.-384l. 16s-6271. 8s. 8d. understand and be informed, that afterwards, to -1,019/. 10s.-956/. 1s. 2d.-326l. 13s. 7d. wit, on the twelfth day of June, in the fifth year -1,000l.—4007.—5007.-2,1877. 6s. 1d.of the reign of our said present sovereign lord the 2,333. 6s. 8d.-100l-2,136l. 17s. 2d.king, at Westminster, aforesaid, the said Henry 7,3811. 7s. 5d.-6,8541. 7s. 61d.-4,8792. lord Holland went out of the said office and 9s. 9d.-1,808l. Ss. 114d.-1,761, 1s. 8d.-place of receiver and paymaster-general, of 4,722. 16s. 6d. ought to have been inand for the guards, garrisons, and land forces, cluded in the said accounts as charges upon the of our said present sovereign lord the king, said Henry Ford Holland, but were omitted to to wit, at Westminster, aforesaid; and the be inserted, and were not in any manner 'said attorney-general of our said present so- taken notice of in the said accounts, or any vereign lord the king, for our said present so- of them, to wit, at Westminster, aforesaid, in vereign lord the king, giveth the Court here the said county of Middlesex: and the said further to understand and be informed, that attorney general, of our said present sovereign the accounts of the said Henry lord Holland, lord the king, for our said present sovereign as receiver and paymaster-general of and for lord the king, giveth the Court here further the guards, garrisons, and land forces, as well to understand and be informed, that after the of his said late majesty, as of our present so- delivery of the said accounts of the said Henry vercign lord the king as aforesaid, at the time lord Holland to the auditors of the imprest, as the said Henry lord Holland went out of the aforesaid, and before the same were finally said office and place of receiver and pay- passed by the auditors of the imprest, or either master-general, of and for the guards, garri- of them, to wit, on the 31st day of March, in sons, and land forces of our said present so- the 16th year of the reign of our said present vereign lord the king, had not been made up sovereign lord the king, at Westminster, in and delivered to the auditors of the imprest, the said county of Middlesex, the said Charles or either of them, in order to be adjusted and Bembridge, became and was accountant in the settled according to the ancient course of the office and place of receiver and paymasterexchequer; and the said attorney-general of general of and for the guards, garrisons, and our said present sovereign lord the king, for land forces, of our said present sovereign lord our said present sovereign lord the king, the king as aforesaid, and continued such acgiveth the Court here further to understand countant for a long time, to wit, until the and be informed, that afterwards, to wit, on 22nd day of February, in the 23rd year of the eleventh day of January in the twelfth year the reign of our said present sovereign lord of the reign of our said present sovereign lord the king, that is to say, at Westminster, aforethe king, at Westminster, aforesaid, in the said, in the said county of Middlesex; and the said county of Middlesex, the accounts of the said attorney-general of our said present sosaid Henry lord Holland, as receiver and pay-vereign lord the king, for our said present somaster-general, of and for the guards, garrisons, and land forces, as aforesaid, as well of his said late majesty as of our present sovereign lord the king, were made up by John Powell, esq., then and there being accountant in the said office of receiver and paymastergeneral, of and for the guards, garrisons, and land forces, of our said present sovereign lord the king, as aforesaid; and that the said accounts so made up by the said John Powell, as accountant, as aforesaid, were afterwards, to 'wit, on the same day and year last aforesaid, at Westminster aforesaid, in the said county

vereign lord the king, giveth the Court here further to understand and be informed, that the said final account of the said Henry lord Holland, was open and unsettled for a long time after the said Charles Bembridge became, and whilst he was accountant as afore said, that is to say, for the space of six years and upwards, to wit, at Westminster, aforesaid, in the said county of Middlesex: and the said attorney-general of our said present sovereign lord the king, for our said present sovereign lord the king, giveth the Court here further to understand and be informed,

that it was the duty of the said Charles Bem- | which ought to have been charged upon the bridge, as accountant, as aforesaid, forthwith said Henry lord Holland, as aforesaid, and to to disclose and make known to the said Lewis cheat and defraud our said present sovereign lord Sondes, the auditor of the imprest, to lord the king, did not forthwith, after he knew whom the said final account of the said Henry that the said several sums of money had been lord Holland had been delivered, as aforesaid, omitted to be inserted in the said accounts, any omission out of the said account of when he was so requested, as last aforesaid, charges upon the said Henry lord Holland, discover or make known to the said Lewis lord within the knowledge of him the said Charles Sondes, the said several sums of money which Bembridge, to wit, at Westminster, aforesaid, ought to have been inserted in the said accounts in the said county of Middlesex; and the said of the said Henry lord Holland, and had been attorney-general of our said present sovereign omitted to be inserted therein as aforesaid, lord the king, for our said present sovereign but wickedly, fraudulently, knowingly, and lord the king, giveth the Court here further corruptly did neglect and refuse to discover or to understand and be informed, that the said make known the same to the said Lewis lord Charles Bembridge, after he became and Sondes, to wit, at Westminster, aforesaid, conwhilst he continued accountant, as aforesaid, trary to the duty of the said Charles Bemand whilst the said final account of the said bridge as such accountant, as aforesaid, to the Henry lord Holland remained open and un- evil example of all others in the like case settled as aforesaid, that is to say, on the offending, to the great injury and deceit of 21st day of March, in the 16th year of the our said lord the present king, and against reign of our said present sovereign lord the the peace of our said lord the king, his crown, king, and on divers other days and times, be- and dignity. And the said attorney-general tween that day and the 23rd day of December, of our said lord the king, for our said lord the in the 23rd year of the reign of our said lord king, giveth the Court here further to underthe now king, was requested by the said stand and be informed, that Henry late lord Lewis lord Sondes to discover and make Holland, deceased, was in his life-time reknown to him any charges upon the said ceiver and paymaster-general of and for the Henry lord Holland, within the knowledge of guards, garrisons, and land-forces, as well him the said Charles Bembridge, which ought within Great Britain as without, of our preto have been inserted in the same accounts, sent sovereign lord the king (those employed or some of them, and which had been omitted by his said present majesty for his service in thereout, to wit, at Westminster, aforesaid, in Ireland, his marine regiments, and such regithe said county of Middlesex; and the said ments or forces as were under the care and attorney-general of our said present sovereign direction of his said majesty's commissioners lord the king, for our said present sovereign of his admiralty for the time being, excepted), lord the king, giveth the Court here further that is to say, at Westminster, aforesaid, in to understand and be informed, that the said the county aforesaid; and the said attorneyCharles Bembridge, before and at the said general of our said lord the king, for our said days and times when he was so required by lord the king, giveth the Court here further to the said Lewis lord Sondes, to discover and understand and be informed, that, after the make known to him any charges upon the said Henry lord Holland went out of the said said Henry lord Holland, within the know- office, to wit, on the 11th day of January, in ledge of him the said Charles Bembridge, the 12th year of the reign of our present sovewhich ought to have been inserted in the reign lord the king, at Westminster, aforesaid, said accounts, or some of them, and which the final account of the said Henry lord Hol had been omitted out of the same, well knew land as such receiver and paymaster-general that the said several sums of money last here- was made up by John Powell, esquire, then in before-mentioned to have been omitted in and there being accountant in the said office the said accounts, and which ought to have of receiver and paymaster-general of the been inserted in the said accounts, as charges guards, garrisons, and land-forces, of our said upon the said Henry lord Holland, were not lord the king, aforesaid, and the said final acinserted in the said accounts, as charges on count was afterwards, to wit, on the same day the said Henry lord Holland, but were omitted and year last aforesaid, at Westminster, aforeout of the same, to wit, at Westminster, afore- said, delivered to Lewis lord Sondes, he, the said, in the said county of Middlesex; and the said Lewis lord Sondes, then and there being said attorney-general of our said present so- one of the auditors of the imprest, to be advereign lord the king, for our said present so-justed and settled; and the said attorneyvereign lord the king, giveth the Court here further to understand and be informed, that the said Charles Bembridge being accountant, as aforesaid, wrongfully, unjustly, and fraudulently, contriving and intending to conceal from the said Lewis lord Sondes, the said auditor of the imprest, to whom the final account of the said Henry lord Holland, was delivered, (as aforesaid, the said several sums of money

general of our said lord the king, for our said lord the king, giveth the Court here further to understand and be informed, that afterwards and after the death of the said Henry lord Holland, to wit, on the 31st day of March, in the 16th year of the reign of our present sovereign lord the king, at Westminster, aforesaid, the said Charles Bembridge became accountant in the said office of receiver and pay

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