Receipt of Diana Battersby her salary in the sum of twenty shillings. Personal name: Diana Battersby.
Bill of Nicholas Hooper, the beadle, for miscellaneous expenses incurred January-February 1694. Items include his salary, candles, faggots for auditing Tooke's accounts, thirteen weeks of gazettes, and donations to the poor. Signed in receipt by Hooper in the sum of six pounds seventeen shillings three pence. Personal names: Nicholas Hooper, Benjamin Tooke.
Receipt of William Whitfeld in the sum of one pound fifteen shillings. Personal name: William Whifteld.
Receipt of Thomas Dring in the sum of twenty pounds, with five pounds from Benjamin Tooke, for interest due his cousin, Joshua Dring. Personal names: Thomas Dring, Joshua Dring, Benjamin Tooke.
Bill of Elizabeth Carpenter for a dinner, with expenses including bread, beer, ale, wine, oranges and lemons, two dishes of pigeon with bacon and spinach, veal, two dishes of sparrow grass, two puddings, and cheese. Signed in receipt by Carpenter in the sum of three pounds eleven shillings seven pence. Personal name: Elizabeth Carpenter.
Receipt of Sam Oades in the sum of five pounds for interest due Judith Webb. Personal names: Sam Oades, Judith Webb.
Receipt of Thomas Freeman, churchwarden of St Faith's, in the sum of six pounds six shillings. The gift of John Norton for the parish of St Faith's. Personal name: Thomas Freemen, John Norton.
Bill of a dinner at the Bear in Ave Mary Lane. Items include dressing of two legs of veal, roasting of a sirloin of beef, a salet, dressing of six hundred sparagrass, oranges, butter, sage, radishes, bread, beer, ale, and the use of linen. Place name: The Bear.
Receipt of Sarah Puller in the sum of twelve pounds ten shillings for interest on five hundred pounds. Personal name: Sarah Puller.
Bill for a dinner, with expenses including bread, beer, wine, lamb, butter, and tobacco. Signed in receipt by Susanna Glover in the sum of one pound nine pence. Personal name: Susanna Glover.
Receipt of Nathaniel Stawes in the sum of six pounds due Christ's Hospital from the gift of George Bishop. Witnessed by John Reeve. Personal names: Nathaniel Stawes, John Reeve, George Bishop. Place name: Christ's Hospital.
Bill for delivery of wines. Items include red and white port, canary, bottles and glasses, payment of porter. Signed in receipt by Elizabeth Carpenter in the sum of two pounds nine shillings four pence. Personal name: Elizabeth Carpenter.
Receipt of John Barrow his salary in the sum of thirty shillings. Personal name: John Barrow.
Receipt of Diana Battersby her salary in the sum of twenty shillings. Personal name: Diana Battersby.
Bill of Nicholas Hooper, the beadle, for miscellaneous expenses incurred in April 1694. Items include: candles, horse hire, purchase of Athenian Gazette collections of husbandry, his salary, glove money, and payment for extraordinary services to the Company. Signed in receipt by Hooper in the sum of ten pounds two shillings four pence. Personal name: Nicholas Hooper.