CollectionGeorge IV Bills
ReferenceGEO/MAIN/30321-30358
Record TypeFinancial records
TitleGeorge IV's Privy Purse Accounts for pensions, donations and subscriptions.
Date2 May 1810 - 6 November 1821
DescriptionGEO/MAIN/30321-30323: Letter from Benjamin Bloomfield concerning the accounts and receipt of the Linen Manufacturers in Ireland; letter from Robert Gray concerning various matters including Messrs Coulson to be appointed Damask Linen Manufacturer to the Prince of Wales, payments for gas at Brighton Pavilion and the annuity paid to Mrs Finucane for her sons. 11 - 12 September 1810. 2 documents.
GEO/MAIN/30324: Letter from Thomas Tyrwhitt to Robert Gray regarding the Prince of Wales's subscription to the monument to the late Lieutenant-General Simcoe’s, with receipt. 2 - 3 May 1810. 2 documents.
GEO/MAIN/30325: List of Upper Servants for Court Mourning allowance in 1810. 5 January 1811. 1 document.
GEO/MAIN/30326-30326b: Receipts signed by Joseph Lancaster for the Prince Regent's annual subscription to the Lancastrian Free School in St George’s Fields. 26 April 1811 – 25 April 1815. 2 documents.
GEO/MAIN/30327-30327a: Document concerning the salary for Reverent J. J. Clarke, Royal Librarian to the Prince Regent, and a pension for Mr Cordall Powell who retains the honorary title of Librarian 13 July 1812. 2 documents.
GEO/MAIN/30328-30329: Letter from the Trustees of Berkeley Square to Robert Gray seeking financial assistance from the Prince Regent to repair their statue of George III [with envelope] [?c. 1812]. 2 documents.
GEO/MAIN/30330-30331: Letter from Brigadier-General Frederick Baron Eben concerning his salary, and notes from J. Gaskoing [Gaskoin] concerning payment instructions, 10 December 1811-16 October 1812. 2 documents.
GEO/MAIN/30332-30333a: Bill from John Hermon for the funeral of John Gaskoin, with receipt. 26 March 1812 - 15 January 1815. 2 documents.
GEO/MAIN/30334: Letter from John McMahon to Robert Gray concerning a pension for Dr Nathaniel Highmore, with receipt. 18 June – 19 July 1813. 2 documents.
GEO/MAIN/30335-30336: Letter from George Sharpe to General Hulse concerning his annuity. 2 November 1813. 1 document
GEO/MAIN/30337-30338: Letter from Joseph Clarke to Colonel McMahon concerning his pension. 16 January 1814. 1 document.
GEO/MAIN/30339-30339a: Yearly subscriptions at Brighton for 1818, with receipt. 15 April 1818. 2 documents.
GEO/MAIN/30340-30341: List of New Year’s Gifts paid annually by the Keeper of the Privy Purse [?c. 1820]. 1 document.
GEO/MAIN/30342: List of New Year’s Gifts paid by His Majesty's Privy Purse, n.d. 1 document
GEO/MAIN/30343: Note concerning New Year’s Gifts paid by His Majesty's Privy Purse and the Prince Regent’s Privy Purse. n.d [c. 1820]. 1 document
GEO/MAIN/30344: Letter from Sir Herbert Taylor to Benjamin Bloomfield. 29 April 1820. 1 document.
GEO/MAIN/30345: 'Sundries on His late Majesties Privy Purse, which are submitted for Sir Benjamin Bloomfield's consideration'. 8 May 1820. 1 document.
GEO/MAIN/30346-30347: Letter from George Yarbury (Messenger to the Board of Green Cloth) and S. D. Coster (Senior Clerk of the Wood Yard?) to Robert Gray concerning an annuity paid to them by George III and reply. 26 - 27 January 1821. 2 documents.
GEO/MAIN/30348: Letter from Robert Gray to Sir Benjamin Bloomfield concerning a list of pensions to be given to servants of the late King at Weymouth, including Mrs Trowell (the housekeeper). Servants at Kew Palace have received nothing since the King’s death, including Thomas Weaver (in charge of the furniture etc.), but a quarterly account has been paid to him by Miss Turnstall (Housekeeper at Kew Palace). 12 February 1821. 1 document.
GEO/MAIN/30349-30350: 'Statement of Salaries and allowances extracted from payments of His late Majesty’s Privy Purse which is presumed will not be admitted by the Treasury for permanent provision in the shape of pensions' [includes staff of the Royal Library]. 5 March 1821. 1 document.
GEO/MAIN/30351-30352: 'List of people who received salaries, pensions and allowances from the Privy Purse of his late Majesty and who have been excluded from the Parliamentary Grant and have not been otherwise provided for (No. 2)'. March 1821. 1 document.
GEO/MAIN/30353: Donations, subscriptions, allowances and other payments from the Privy Purse of his late Majesty expected to be continued by George IV. n.d 1821(?). 1 document.
GEO/MAIN/30354-30356: Letter from Sir Herbert Taylor to Sir Benjamin Bloomfield forwarding accounts and vouchers, for payments on the late King’s and George IV's personal accounts. 7 March 1821. 2 documents.
GEO/MAIN/30357-30358: Letter from Elizabeth Spinluff to Robert Gray concerning the wuarterly allowance paid to her and her sister from the Privy Purse. 6 November 1821. 1 document.
LanguageEnglish
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Physical DescriptionLoose manuscript papers
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