[59] Ibid., 24th April 1728. George II. quickly put a stop to this.

[60] See Lord Stair's complaints on this head during the campaign of 1742, infra.

[61] Parl. Hist.

[62] Secretary's Common Letter Book, 14th April 1716.

[63] Thus Lord Barrymore included in the price of his regiment £3500 as a debt for clothing, and £2362 "lost by an agent." Secretary's Common Letter Book, 15th June 1715. Miscellaneous Orders (Guards and Garrisons), 10th March 1722.

[64] A printed copy of the Regulations will be found in H. O. War Office Papers, vol. i. (R. O.)

[65] Secretary's Common Letter Book, 11th October 1715, 11th August 1716.

[66] Ibid., 8th July, 20th September 1717.

[67] Secretary's Common Letter Book, 27th August 1717.

[68] Ibid., 17th July 1717. Most, if not all of them, however, seem to have been reinstated.