It would appear (unless I've got this wrong), that contrary to the hope (if not expectation) that the Paymaster General's Account Book would be made available by digitising it (or even transcribing it) online, the Orange Order has produced a school workbook based on its content:
http://www.grandorangelodge.co.uk/news.aspx?id=100671#.U2yHE4FdUvkIn this link, it states that
"The original Paymasters General’s book, along with a wealth of items and artefacts relating to this history of Orangeism across the world, will go on public display as part of the extension of the Institution’s Belfast headquarters." I do not know whether this simply means the Book will be placed into some sort of presentation case, or if its content will be made available electronically to visitors.
The link goes on to say that
"There are 1,400 names listed within its parchment pages relating to some of the soldiers who accompanied King William..." - I had previously seen references alluding to 400 names of officers, including a large contingent from France. So maybe this is news.
Below is the link to the school workbook,
BUT BEFORE YOU DECIDE WHETHER TO CLICK ON IT, be advised that this PDF took several minutes to load for me, that it
does not contain images from the original document, and that it is a wider story clearly aimed at a young schoolchild's understanding.
There is one page (listed as 17 at the top right corner) which confirms that only officers / high ranking members of the army were documented in the book. It goes on to list surnames, Ingham isn't there, but then it may only be a selection of surnames.
http://www.grandorangelodge.co.uk/docs/paymaster-general-workbook.pdfI would ask that anyone commenting on this post remember the saying "do not shoot the messenger".