[467] H. O. M. E. B., St. John's Commission, 20th April 1704, 8th June 1707; Walpole's, 23rd February 1708; Granville's, 17th October 1710; Windham's, 28th June 1712; Francis Gwynne's, 31st August 1713.
[468] Compare the Duke of Wellington's evidence in 1837: "The Commander-in-Chief cannot at this moment move a corporal's guard (four men) from hence to Windsor without going to a civil department for authority."
[469] Secretary's Common Letter Book, 22nd December 1708.
[470] Ibid., 29th January 1709.
[471] Ibid., 7th March 1709.
[472] Ibid., 14th May 1709.
[473] Ibid., 22nd December 1710.
[474] Secretary's Common Letter Book, 1st and 3rd March, 24th May 1712.
[475] H. O. M. E. B., 30th June 1702. Marlborough was appointed Master-General on 26th March.
[476] Commons Journals, 29th March 1707. The cost of Dutch muskets was £8000, and of English £11,000 per 10,000; but great superiority was claimed for the English.