May it pleasure Yor Majie
In obedience to ye Majties Pleasure signified to me the second of
this month
Thane Examined the Petition of the Inholders within
the Citty and Libertyes of Westminster
& doe find that they
have Received no others then 6d the night for Each Horses Stay
of the Royal Regiment of Horse under the Comand of the
Earle of Oxford, Since the time that Regiment Did Duty all
Whitehall and that the Guards used to pay 8d As is Alleaged
in their Petition, But in Regard the Capts of the said Regiment
doe produce the discharges of their Landlords to the 5th of this
Instant
Wherein they declare themselves fully satisfied
for the Quarters of their Respective Troopers I am humbly
of opinion there is no Reason to Leave back into what is
past, Tho Yor Majties have allowed and paid the said Regiment
8d a day Extraordenary. The better to Enable them to Comply all
the dearnesse of provissions in Towne, I can see no Reason why
for the time to come they, should not pay 8d of required, or be less
att Least to make the best bargains they can wth their severall
Landlords.
Which is most humbly Submitted
to yor Majtie this 7th September
1692
Geo: Clarke< no role >
Att the Court att Whitehall
September the 9th 1692
Her Majtie haveing been made acquainted with this Report
is Graciously pleasd to approve it, and to Direct That Mr. Clarke
Secretary of warr doe take care that such orders & directions
be Issued out, as shall be Necessary wherby the Petitions may be
paid Eight pence a night for each Horses May from the first
day of this Month
. As in the said Reporte is Mentioned.
Nottingham
My Lord
Q [..] the Inn Keepers Application, of the Citty & Liberty of
Westminster
Her Majties hath been pleasd to direct that Eight
pence a night for May be duly paid them from the first of
this Instant September
for every Horse of ye L:ordships Regimt
that shall be Quartered upon them, And hath thereupon Comanded
me to send yor Lordship this signification of her pleasure That
yor Lordship may Give all Necessary Orders in that behalf
I am Etc.