Receipt of Joshua Dring in the sum of twenty pounds for interest due, 11 March 1699. Above is a note from Dring to treasurer, Benjamin Tooke, asking the payment be directed to Mr Ellman, tobacconist at the Angel in Bread Street. Place name: the Angel in Bread Street. Personal names: Joshua Dring, Benjamin Tooke, Mr Ellman.
Bill of the beadle, Nicholas Hooper, for miscellaneous expenses incurred March-July 1699. Items include journeys to Westminster relating to Acts of Parliament, pipes, candles, glove money, gifts to the poor, and his salary. Place names: the Three Tuns, the Castle Tavern, Westminster. Personal names: Nicholas Hooper, Simon Beckley, Robert Stephens, Dr Coward, Sir Humphrey Mackworth.
Bill for fixing locks at Stationers' Hall and pine to hang hats on. Signed in receipt by John Sleigh in the sum of eleven shillings three pence, 10 July 1699. Place name: Stationers' Hall. Personal name: John Sleigh.
Bill of Bennet Griffin for a short account laid upon paper being 300 of them. Signed in receipt by Griffin in the sum of sixteen shillings, 13 July 1699. Personal name: Bennett Griffin.
Bill of the Master, Robert Clavell, for expenses incurred January-June 1699. Items include: spent with Mr Beckley and portridge to him to go to Mr Pulleyn, staying at Three Tuns for Mr Baker for the almanac for judges, spent with Mr Amery Mr Hills & R Stephens about Brady, with various further miscellaneous expenses. Signed in receipt by Clavell in the sum of seventeen shillings, 28 June 1699. Place names: the Three Tuns, the Queen's Head, the Old Dog. Personal names: Robert Clavell, Simon Beckley, Mr Pulleyn, Mr Baker, Mr Amery, Henry Hills Jr., Robert Stephens, Mr Brady, Mr Sollers, Mr Moor, Mr Harris, Mr Carter, Mr Coward, Mr Sydenham, William Rawlins, Robert Andrews, Thomas Guy, Peter Parker, Nicholas Hooper, Benjamin Tooke, Samuel Sprint, Mr Snow, Henry Mortlock, John Lilly.
Bill of the clerk, Simon Beckley, for various duties performed for the Company. Signed in receipt by Beckley in the sum of seven pounds ten shillings ten pence, 16 August 1699. Personal name: Simon Beckley.
Undated bill of warden, Samuel Lowndes, in the sum of one pound ten shillings eight pence. Items include: coach hire for the Earls of Clarendon and Rochester, coach hire and wateridge for Mr Jones, at the Dog Tavern with three members of Parliament, at the Star with members of the Company, coach hire for Mr Shakerly to attend Sir Christopher Musgrave, various travel expenses and visits to coffeehouses. Place names: the Dog, the Star. Personal names: Samuel Lowndes, Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon, Laurence Hyde Earl of Rochester, Mr Jones, Peter Shakerley, Sir Christopher Musgrave.
Receipt of William Whitfeld for one pound fifteen shillings tithes payment, January 1699. Personal name: William Whitfeld.
Undated and unsigned bill of expenses in the sum of twenty-four pounds ten shillings eight pence. Items include: Hooper, tavern, officers of the House of Lords, Stephens expenses, printing Reasons, copy of the Act, Mr Lowndes expense. Personal names: Robert Stephens, Samuel Lowndes.
Under warden: Charles Harper
Includes company accounts, 1699-1700.
Under warden: Samuel Sprint
Under warden: Robert Andrews
Under warden: Robert Andrews
Under warden: Thomas Hodgkins
Under warden: Thomas Hodgkins