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Itemised list of expenses incurred by John Lilly in the amount of 12 pounds 13 shillings 10 pence. Items include "Laid out at Whitehall & Elsewhere in ye businesse betweene LeStrange & ye Company;" "Paid Mr Normansel p[er] Receipt for ye businesse between ye Company & Smart;" also money owed for attending about settling the Act of Parliament, and for attending at the 3 Tuns. Additionally, five pounds due for his salary for the past Lady Day quarter. Signed in receipt by John Lilly. Verso: "Company of Staconers." Personal names: John Lilly; Mr Normansel; Smart; LeStrange. Place names: Three Tuns tavern; Whitehall.

Bill in the amount of one pound seven shillings ten pence related to expenses incurred in the Company's suit against Edwards. Expenses include paying Mr Seaman the attorney for "sueing ye bond agt Edwards to a judgmt," and for Lilly's attending of this. Signed in receipt by John Lilly. Personal names: John Lilly; Mr Seaman; Edwards.

Itemised, lengthy bill of charges related to legal action in relation to the Company and the English Stock. Items include drawing up paperwork in a variety of cases, including the Company against the Hawkers; Mill against Lee; Leigh against Ponder; the Company against Ffoyle; an indictment against Streater; the same charges against Leach and Crayle; and the King against Oxford University. Personal names: Adiell Mill; Nathaniel Ponder; Benjamin Crayle; Joseph Leigh(?); Samuel Lee(?); Foyle; Leach; James Stuart; Sergeant Pemberton; John Lilly; Mr Harcourt; Colston; Thomas Guy(?); Peter Parker(?). Christopher Wilkinson; John Lilly; Mr Tanner; Mr Trinder. Place names: Old Bailey; Oxford University. Under Warden Wilkinson had previously paid Lilly 10 pounds in this bill; Tooke paid the balance of four pounds 17 shillings. Signed in receipt by John Lilly. Verso: "Mr Lillys Bill- & Receipt for - 4:17:0."

Itemised bill of the clerk, John Lilly, for expenses incurred March- July 1682. Items are organised by legal case, including: The Company & Calvert, Stationers against Janeway (appears twice), Stationers against How, Mearne & others ad sectum Braddyll, Stationers against Baldwin, Macock & others ad sectum Braddyll. Received of Warden Towse in the sum of nineteen pounds fourteen shillings six pence. Personal names: John Lilly, Calvert, Richard Janeway, John How, Samuel Mearne, Thomas Braddyll, Richard Baldwin, John Macock, John Towse.

Itemised bill of expenses incurred by John Lilly in drawing up and printing the bylaws, and for a quo warranto against the city charter, in the amount of 16 shillings. Signed in receipt by John Lilly. Verso: "Mr Lillies Bill March 21. 1683/4." Personal names: John Lilly.

Bill of shipwright, John Loftus, for repairing the Company's barge. Signed in receipt by Loftus in the sum of four pounds, 18 November 1695. Personal names: John Sims, John Loftus.

Itemised bill of smith repairs made to the Hall in the amount of one pound eight pence beginning 10 July 1680. Items include a nail and a staple for a post; two locks to fasten up the great gate; for mending the lock of the Hall door and oiling the bolts; and other similar items. Marked in receipt by John Lucas. Personal names: John Lucas Place names: Stationer's Hall

Itemised bill of smithwork done at Stationer's Hall by John Lucas from 23 July 1681 onwards. Items include a padlock for the bars of the great gate; for fitting and oiling the casements in the Hall; for mending the lock of the kitchen door; for a new key for the wicket for Mr Royston; and many more. Marked in receipt by John Lucas. Personal names: Richard Royston; John Lucas. Place names: the kitchen, the garden, and other places around Stationer's Hall; Ave Maria lane.

Itemised bill of smithwork done in the amount of four pounds seventeen shillings eight pence at the Hall on 23 July 1681. Items include 276 spikes for the wall; four irons to fasten the wood to the stone; 2 rows of spikes for the great gate; a new lock and key for the wicket and setting it on; two new keys for the wicket, and one for the cellar going into the kitchen. Marked in receipt by John Lucas

Itemised bill of smithy work done from 07 July 1687 onwards in the amount of two pounds 11 shillings four pence. Items include mending and setting on a new stock lock; a new pair of hinges, nails, and rivets; mending a candlestick; oiling locks and bolts; mending the locks of the doors on the cellar and kitchen; and many other items. Marked in receipt by John Lucas. Verso: "The worshipfull Company of stacheners thair bill." Personal names: John Lucas.

A bill in the amount of nineteen shillings two pence for smith work done for the Company. Items include "for cuting a shovell for ye oven;" "for a hook for ye wair hous dor in ye kitching;" "for oyling ye bolts and ye locks and mend ye locke of ye gown rom dor." Signed for by John Lucas. Personal names: John Lucas; Benjamin Tooke; Mr Royston. Especially creative spelling.

Itemised list of expenses in the amount of two pound fourteen shillings incurred by John Macock between 11 March and 25 March. Items include money spent at the Devill tavern during a trip to see the King and Council, and in coach hire; money paid to workmen at the Hall; and money spent on paper and for printing the bylaws. Verso: "ffor Warden Tyton." Signed in receipt by John Macock. Personal names: John Macock; Charles Stuart (II). Place names: Stationer's Hall.

Bill of expenses for a dinner, including meat, bread, beer, and tobacco. Signed in receipt by John Moore for one pound nine shillings ten pence. Personal name: John Moore.

Itemised list of food, drink, and service for a dinner on 29 May 1689, as well as a dinner for the new livery members. The first dinner, in the amount of eight pounds 17 shillings, included items such as three dishes of tongues and udders; nine geese and savre; three pigeon pies; a sirloin of beef; three dishes of chickens; three dishes of tarts and custards; fire; bread and beer; washing of the linen; payment for a labourer and a woman; and payment for dressing dinner. For the second dinner for new liverymen, in the amount of one pound fourteen shillings, items included a dish of tongues and udders; a sirloin of beef; a pigeon pie; bread and beer; and washing the linen. Signed in receipt by John Pether, Company cook. Personal names: John Pether. Place names: Stationers' Hall.

Bill for a dinner for the Company on 04 February 1689 in the amount of six pounds 16 shillings. Items include three dishes of tounges and udders; three sides of lamb; a sirloin of beef; a dish of oysters and smelts; two lumber pies; four pullets with eggs; two tanseys; fire; oranges and sugar; bread and beer; washing of the linen; payment to a labourer and a woman; and for dressing dinner. After the sum, Pether also paid Randall Taylor six pence for tobacco. Signed in receipt by John Pether, the Company cook. Verso: "Stacioners Mr Warden Clavill." Personal names: John Pether; Randall Taylor.