Treasurer: Robert Horsfield
Treasurer: Robert Horsfield
Tax dockets: 14 Apr 1792-14 Apr 1793.
Treasurer: Robert Horsfield
Tax dockets: 10 Oct 1793-26 Apr 1794.
Treasurer: Robert Horsfield
Tax dockets: Jan-10 Oct 1794
Treasurer: Robert Horsfield
Tax dockets: 10 Oct 1793-29 Oct 1795.
Treasurer: Robert Horsfield
Tax dockets: 11 Oct 1795-9 Apr 1796.
Treasurer: Robert Horsfield
Tax dockets: 30 Nov 1796-25 Oct 1797.
Treasurer: George Greenhill
Tax dockets: 25 Oct 1797-18 Oct 1798.
Treasurer: George Greenhill
Tax dockets: 10 Apr 1795-1 Nov 1799.
Bills and receipts.
Receipts for monies paid out by the Treasurer, the manager of the English Stock whose duties included keeping the Stock accounts, looking after its paper and book stocks in the warehouse and organising printing of the books; many receipts consist of bills with receipt of payment added at a later date; some unreceipted bills are also included.
Folder is divided into subfolders:
i: printing bills of Samuel Borthwick, 30 Jul 1794-21 Jan 1799 [5 items].
ii: almanac printing bills of John March senior and junior, 26 Oct 1761-6 Jan 1780 [4 items]
iii: printers' bills of Robert and Matthew Brown, Henry Goldney, Harries Hart, Henry Hughes, Matthew Jenour, John Nichols, William and Alexander Strahan and unnamed, Feb-Dec 1779 [8 items].
iv: bills for almanac printing materials: James and Thomas Bowles, James Woodmason, Thomas Vallance and Samuel Conder, Thomas Wright and Messrs Wright, Gill and Pettivard, 4 Feb 1779-16 Dec 1785 [5 items].
v: bills for engraving and plate printing almanacs: J Ellis and John Smith, 10-14 Jan 1780 [2 items].
vi: miscellaneous, 4 May 1753-19 Nov 1796 [8 items].
Receipts for monies paid out by the Treasurer, the manager of the English Stock whose duties included keeping the Stock accounts, looking after its paper and book stocks in the warehouse and organising printing of the books; many receipts consist of bills with receipt of payment added at a later date; some unreceipted bills are also included.
Folder is divided into subfolders by names of newspapers.
Provincial newspapers:
Bath Herald and Register, Bath Journal and Bath Chronicle, 6 Feb 1781-Dec 1797 [16 items].
Birmingham Chronicle and Birmingham and Staffordshire Chronicle, 12 Feb 1778-15 Jul 1797 [6 items].
Birmingham Gazette, 26 Feb 1786-31 Mar 1797 [5 items].
Bristol Journal, 16 Feb 1787-24 Jun 1797 [7 items].
Bristol Mercury and Universal Advertiser, 17 Jul 1793-7 Mar 1796 [3 items].
Caledonian Mercury, 21 Oct 1776-24 Mar 1780 [2 items].
Cambridge Chronicle, 11 Jan 1779-24 Nov 1797 [8 items].
Chester Chronicle and Adam's Weekly Courant, Chester, 12 Feb 1788-17 May 1798 [4 items].
Coventry Mercury, 17 May 1780-16 Nov 1789 [2 items].
Cumberland Chronicle and Cumberland Pacquet, 28 Mar 1780-22 Oct 1792 [7 items].
Doncaster Journal, 20 Feb 1792 [1 item].
Edinburgh Evening Courant, 20 Jun 1780-16 Jun 1791 [2 items].
Exeter and Plymouth Gazette, Old Exeter Journal and Exeter Flying Post, 2 Jun 1774-1797 [6 items].
Gloucester Gazette and Glocester Journal, 24 Oct 1794-16 Feb 1797 [2 items].
Hampshire Chronicle, 23 Jan 1776-19 Jan 1796 [7 items].
Hull Advertiser and Hull Packet, 28 Mar 1792-2 May 1798 [2 items].
Hereford Journal, 7 Apr 1798 [1 item].
Kentish Gazette, 4 Dec 1773-20 Apr 1797 [9 items].
Kentish Chronicle and Canterbury Journal, 20 Jan 1780-7 May 1798 [8 items].
Leeds Mercury, 27 Jan 1790-1 Apr 1799 [3 items].
Leicester Journal and Leicester and Nottingham Journal, 22 Apr 1778-11 Apr 1798 [8 items].
Lewes Journal and Sussex Advertiser, 27 Jan 1783-11 May 1792 [5 items].
Lincoln, Rutland and Stamford Mercury, 4 Mar 1785-1 Jan 1787 [3 items].
Liverpool General Advertiser and Liverool Phenix, 12 Apr 1790-8 Sep 1798 [9 items].
Manchester Chronicle and Manchester Mercury, 12 Apr 1790-31 Mar 1797 [6 items].
Newcastle Advertiser and Newcastle Courant, 12 Apr 1790-31 Mar 1797 [4 items].
Norfolk Chronicle, 9 Nov 1775-12 Dec 1795 [10 items].
Northampton Mercury, 14 Jan 1780-20 Apr 1791 [4 items].
Reading Mercury and Oxford Gazette, Jackson's Oxford Journal, 1778-9 May 1798 [3 items].
Nottingham Journal, 8 Jan 1780-18 Jul 1798 [5 items].
Salisbury and Winchester Journal, 10 Oct 1774-4 Nov 1796 [4 items].
Sheffield Register, 28 Apr 1789-11 May 1792 [2 items].
Dorchester and Sherborne Journal, Sherborne Journal and Sherborne Mercury, 3 Apr 1780-16 Jun 1791 [9 items].
Shrewsbury Chronicle, 13 Jun 1798 [1 item].
Worcester Journal, 19 Jun 1786-5 Mar 1799 [2 items].
York Courant and Yorkshire Journal, 7 Dec 1785-12 Mar 1796 [4 items].
London newspapers:
General Evening Post, 25 Feb 1779-24 Feb 1783 [5 items].
Miscellaneous, 1 May 1780-31 Mar 1797 [9 items].
Miscellaneous including Mark Evening Express, 8 Jan 1776-1846 [9 items].
Miscellaneous, 21 Nov 1841-17 Dec 1846 [36 items].
Folder also includes summary lists of almanacks in which the Company advertised, with payment totals, 1777 and 1819 [2 items].
Vouchers to the Company's bankers, Messrs Francis Gosling, Bennet and Gosling, requesting payment of sums on account of the Company and the English Stock; miscellaneous (mostly manuscript) documents relating to the English Stock's account with Francis Gosling, Banker: Vouchers are signed by the Master, Wardens and five stock keepers.