Rotulorum and Strictly enjoyn and require them to Cause
all Straggling Seamen who are fit to Serve on Board His
Majestys Ships to be taken up and Sent by proper Persons
from Place to Pace until they Shall be brought to the Clerks
of the Cheque of His Majesty< no role > 's Yards at Deptford Woolwich
Chatham Sheerness Portsmouth Plymonth or Harwich
according as those Place Shall be nearest to where Such
Straggling Seamen< no role > Shall be first taken up that So they may
be put on Board Such of His Majestys Ships or Vessels as will
be appointed to receive them and that there be paid to the
Persons who Shall be entrusted with the Conducting them
by the aforesaid Clerks of the Cheque twenty Shillings for each
Seaman fit for His Majesty< no role > 's Service And Six pence a Mile
for every Mile they respectively Travel not exceeding Twenty
Miles-But that if the Men So taken up Shall be Sent to any
Place where no Such Clerk of the Cheque doth reside that then
the Same Allowances be paid to the Conductors by the Collector
or proper Officer of the Customs residing at or nearest to the
Place whereunto they Shall be brought upon producing
Certificates from the Captain or Commander of the Ship or
Vessel where into they Shall be put of his having received
them on Board which Allowance is to be reimburst to the
Said Officers of the Customs by the Principal Officers and
Commissioners of His Majesty< no role > 's Navy upon their
transmitting to the Said Principal Officers and Commissioner
Authentick Accounts of what moneys they Shall have
expended And So not doubting of your Grace's zeal and
Vigour in the Performance of this Service We did your
Grace very heartily Farewell from the Council
Chamber at Kensington the 15th. day of June 1739

To This Grace
Thos, Holles< no role > Duke of Newcastle
Custos Rotulorum of the County
of Middlesex and City and Liberty
of Westminster

Your Grace's very Loving Friends

To. Cant
Wilmington. P.
Abercorn
Fitz Walter
Torrington
Cha. Wager< no role >
Ar. Anslow< no role >