| Description | Information was made that a sum of money which ought to have been paid to the Mayor of York and other Commissioners remained in the hands of Mr. Richard Byrd, merchant, one of the High Collectors for the sum of £163: 7s: 6d charged upon the City by the Act of Chas. I ("An Act for raysing and leavying of moneys for the necessarie defence and great affayres of the Kingdome of England and Ireland &c"). Byrd was required to pay this for the present use of the garrison; he answered that he had only received £55: 17s: 6d from the Under-Collectors, and that he had paid £30 of it to Thomas Bavand esq., by order of the Commissioners of Array, and £20 to Prince Maurice. Moreover, he affirmed that he had delivered to the garrison two tons of lead, at the rate of £15, besides coals worth £16: 10s. His answer was not considered satisfactory and accordingly (ZA/B/2/73v) it was ordered that he should pay £20 to the Mayor for the use of the garrison; but that as soon as he proved, by showing the acquittances, that the sums paid to Prince Maurice and to Mr. Bavand were part of these monies, then the £20 and whatever sums were owing should be repaid to him, and he should be allowed for the lead and coal.
The accounts of William Willcockes, deceased, were delivered in by the auditors, and showed that they owed the City £61: 9s: 4d. But they answered that they were out of purse for the billeting of the soldiers who came from Ireland, and so they desired a deduction in their accounts. It was ordered, therefore, that £11: 9s: 4d should be deducted from the sum found due to the City, and also that the City should gave them harmless concerning the payment of the fee-farm rent, if they paid the remainder of £50 within six days.
It was ordered that a further assessment, like that granted on Nov. 17th last, should be collected for the maintenance of the regiments of Colonel Mostyn and Colonel Wynn and of the soldiers fled from the suburbs. Thomas (ZA/B/2/74) Watt and George Starkie were to continue as collectors. |