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Itemised bill of food, good, and service in the amount of eight shillings six pence. Items include bread and beer; wine and "burning;" a dish of whiting; tobacco; and fire. Signed by J Baker, Warden; Jo: Bellinger; and Ambrose Isted. [Must be pre-April 1689, as this is when John Baker died]. Personal names: Major John Baker; John Bellinger; Ambrose Isted.

Bill for repairing nine buckets and painting them with the Company's court [sic] of arms in the amount of 15 shillings. Paid by Randall Taylor, signed in receipt by Robert Lathwell. Endorsed by Taylor on verso. Verso: "this bill was Pd mee by Mr Warden Clavell R: Taylor." Personal names: Randall Taylor; Robert Lathwell.

Itemised bill of food, drink, and service in the amount of five shillings 10 pence. Items include bread and beer; wine; fire; and a dish of tripe. Endorsed by J Towse, with a note stating: "in the Company of the Warden Mr Norton Mr Clarke Mr Took about the bill in Chancery ag[ains]t Guy & Parker." Two pence added on as given to the drawer of the bill. Personal names: John Towse; Henry Clarke [likely]; Benjamin Tooke; Roger Norton; Thomas Guy; Peter Parker.

Itemised bill for food, drink, and service in the amount of 10 shillings nine pence. Items include bread and beer; wine; cheese; payment to the porter; for tobacco and fire; and more tobacco and "1 fflaske more" added on after the initial tally. A note below states: "in the Companyof the Mr Warden the 5 members of the Company yt went to Oxford Mr Isted & Mr Bellinger." Personal names: John Towse; Major John Baker; Ambrose Isted; John Bellinger [and others].

Itemised bill of food, drink, and service in the amount of 11 shillings three pence. Items include bread, wine, a couple of ducks, cheese, fire, two pints Canary wine, and money given to the servants. A note below states: "In the Company of Mr + Warden + Randall Taylor after delivery of th Alman[ac?] at Whitehall &c." Signed in receipt by John Towse. Personal names: John Towse; Major John Baker(?); Randall Taylor. Place names: Whitehall.

Itemised list of food, drink, and service in the amount of one pound 16 shillings six pence. Items include bread, beer, and ale; beef; dressing dinner and the use of linen; wine; cheese; tobacco; and fire, as well as money paid to the servants. Signed in receipt by Stephen Sedgwicke, with the following note: "R[eceive]d of Warden Clavell one pownd sixteen shill: ^+6d being the day the Election In parliam[en]t men should have been at Guildhall." Personal names: Stephen Sedgwick.

Receipt for one pound 10 shillings for a quarter's salary due to the barge master and barge master's mate at St Thomas's Day last past. Signed in receipt by John Barrow [bargemaster] and Francis Charlton [bargemaster's mate, who possibly signs Barrow's name for him]. Personal names: John Barrow; Francis Charlton.

Itemised bill of food, drink, and service in the amount of one pound 11 shillings four pence. Items include bread, ale, and beer; wine; dressing the beef; fruits and cheese; vinegar and pepper; tobacco; and fire. After the total, one flask more and money paid to the servants added. Signed in receipt by Stephen Sedgwicke. Personal names: Stephen Sedgewicke.

Receipt for five pounds paid through Mr Richard Keat being the gift of Jane Kevell to the parish of St Mary at Hill. Signed in receipt by William Dodson for Thomas Potter, church warden. Personal names: William or Witt Dodson; Thomas Potter; Richard Keat; Jane Kevell.

Itemised bill for food, drink, and service in the amount of 11 shillings nine pence. Items include bread and beer; wine; oranges and lemons; salmon; a ptt: of oysters; tobacco; fire; amd payment to the porter as well as given the drawer of the bill. Another item added on for one shilling following the initial total. Signed in receipt by Daniel Lindsey for his master Richard Glover. Personal names: Richard Glover; Daniel Lindsey.

Receipt for 30 shillings paid to John Barrow, barge master, in full for his salary. Marked in receipt by John Barrow. Verso: "Quallifie your Exorbetan passions with ye. Sweet compasion." [variation on a Latin aphorism often found in schoolbooks]. Personal names: John Barrow.

Itemised bill of food, drink, and service in the amount of seven pounds two shillings for a dinner for the Company on 26 March 1689 paid to John Pether, Company cook. Items include three dishes of barrel cod; three joints of veal and savre; three pigeon pies; a sirloin of beef; three dishes of lobsters; three tanseys; fire; oranges and sugar; vinegar; bread and beer; washing the linen; payment for a labourer and a woman; and for dressing dinner. Half was paid already by Benjamin Tooke, Company treasurer. After the final sum, Pether also notes he paid Mr Taylor six pence for tobacco. Verso: "stacioners."Personal names: John Pether; Benjamin Tooke; Randall Taylor.

Itemised bill of wine delivered to Stationers' Hall on 04 February 1689, in the amount of one pound 10 shillings nine pence. Items include half a pint of Canary; 15 bottles of Pontack; three bottles of Canary; three further bottles of Canary; payment to the porter; and "left behind 7 bottles & a glas." Signed in receipt by Stephen Sedgwicke on the verso. Personal names: Stephen Sedgwicke.

Bill for one pound for cleaning the plate and pewter from Christmas 1687 to Christmas 1688. Signed in receipt by John Pether, Company cook.

Receipt for seven pounds 16 shillings in fulfillment of John Norton's bequest for a year to the parish of St Faith the Virgin. Signed in receipt by John Owen, church warden. Personal names: John Owen, John Norton. Place names: St. Faith the Virgin.