Receipt of Samuel Tebbatt and John King, collectors, for tax payment on Stationers' Hall in the sum of five shillings, 1 September 1696. Place name: Stationers' Hall. Personal names: Samuel Tebbatt, John King.
Receipt of Edmund Poole in the sum of nine shillings for tobacco and pipes delivered to Stationers' Hall, 1 September 1696. An additional payment for tobacco for the barge on Lord Mayor's Day included below. Place name: Stationers' Hall. Personal name: Edmund Poole.
Receipt of William Seaton in the sum of fourteen shillings for works done at Stationers' Hall, 14 September 1696. Place name: Stationers' Hall. Personal name: William Seaton.
Unsigned bill of expenses, entitled 'laid out for Mr Warden Richardson'. Expenses include: spent with the barge master Captain Phillips and the builder who repaired the barge, at the coffee house, at the tavern, going to view the barge with Captain Phillips Mr Lowndes Mr Simms and others, gave the workmen, paid the waterman, spent with Master and Mr Lilly. Personal names: Captain Phillips, Samuel Lowndes, John Sims, Henry Mortlock, John Lilly.
Undated bill for a meal at the Swan Tavern, Fish Street. Items include: bread, ale, wine, lemons, fish, fowls, linen, fruit, cheese, tobacco, and fire. In the sum of seven pounds eight shillings eleven and a half pence. Place name: the Swan Tavern.
Bill of Fra: Knowles in the sum of seven pounds eighteen shillings six pence for building works done for the Company. Signed in receipt by Knowles, 9 October 1696. Personal names: Fra: Knowles.
Receipt of Thomas Blagden in the sum of ten shillings ten pence for the the relief of the poor in the parish of Lambeth, 26 March 1697. Place name: Lambeth. Personal name: Thomas Blagden.
Bill for a dinner at the Horn Tavern, Fleet Street, in the sum of one pound fifteen shillings. Items include: bread, beer, ale, wine, fowls and oysters, rabbits, cheese, paper, tobacco, fire, payment of porter. Additional expenses added below include 'a coach home'. Signed in receipt by John Carpenter. The date has been partially blotted out. Place name: Horn Tavern. Personal name: John Carpenter.
Bill of expenses incurred by the beadle, Nicholas Hooper, in August in the sum of two pounds thirteen shillings. Items include: candles, a copy of Dr Barton's Articles, his salary, and payments to the poor. Signed in receipt by Hooper, 8 October 1696. Personal names: Nicholas Hooper, Dr Barton.
Bill of Samuel Heyrick for 14 and 15 October 1696 in the sum of eight shillings ten pence. Items include: coffeehouse with Master, Mr Lilly, Captain Phillips and Mr Tonson, at the tavern, wateridge with the Master and Captain Phillips to wait on the Archbishop of Canterbury, gave to the Bishop's butler and servant, more visits to the coffeehouse. Personal names: Samuel Heyrick, Samuel Mortlock, John Lilly, Captain Phillips, Jacob Tonson, Thomas Tenison.
Bill for two new sconces in the sum of seven shillings six pence. Signed in receipt by Samuel Herns (?), 15 December 1696. Personal name: Samuel Herns.
Receipt of Ed Osborne in the sum of eight pounds nineteen shillings, 24 December 1696. Personal name: Ed Osborne.
Receipt of William Phillipps in the sum of ten shillings for writing four copies of the Bill for Printing. Personal name: William Phillipps.
Bill of Mary Woodland in the sum of one pound fourteen shillings four pence for building works done at Stationers' Hall for Mr Heyrick. Signed in receipt by Woodland, 8 December 1696. Place name: Stationers' Hall. Personal names: Mary Woodland, Samuel Heyrick.
Receipt of Sarah Puller in the sum of twelve pounds ten shillings for interest due. Personal name: Sarah Puller.