Copy letter of Holles Newcastle at the Cockpitt to Commissioners of H.M.'s Treasury;...

Copy letter of Holles Newcastle at the Cockpitt to Commissioners of H.M.'s Treasury; re accommodation in St. James Park for the King's poultry "The Board of Greencloth having by letter represented that the Poultry for the King's Table are to be fed and killed near St. James's; His Majesty has commanded me to signifie his Pleasure to your Lordships that you give orders for one hundred and fifty foot in length, and twenty five foot in depth to be fenced in, and a little house of twenty five foot square built at the end of the Charcoal House in St. James's Park furnish'd with coopes of several sises and binns to keep the corn in etc. for feeding and dressers and shelves to lay the fowle on, the floor to be paved and water laid in; a chamber for a servant to look after them; Also an open shed under some part of the wall to shelter the fowle from rain in the day time".; also directive from Treasury Commissioners (Secretary to Treasury, Horatio Walpole) to officers of H.M.'s Board of Works, to make estimate re above works and lay it before Lordships; with letter from Thos. Hewett, N. Hawkesmoor and N. Dubois at Whitehall, Office of Works. to Lords Commissioners of H.M.'s Treasury, reporting that above works would cost £310 6s 7d; also order by Treasury Commissioners for above work to be done, building to be carried northward from corner of Mr. Hills house instead of as in above letter.