File 07 - Whifflers on Lord Mayor's day

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GB 2156 TSC/G/05/01/07

Title

Whifflers on Lord Mayor's day

Date(s)

  • 11 Nov 1680-4 Mar 1799 (Creation)

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1 folder, containing 76 items

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Wardens' vouchers for expenses incurred by whifflers, floating outriders manning tug-boats who kept clear the passage of the Company barge during the water procession on Lord Mayor's Day; vouchers consist of receipts for monies paid out by the under warden; many receipts consist of bills with receipt of payment added at a later date.

Folder is split into subfolders by name(s) of recipient(s):

i: John Barrow with Thomas Charlton, Francis Charlton and Will Hill, 11 Nov 1680-25 Jun 1708 [27 items].

ii: Thomas Charlton with Daniel Barrow, 3 Oct 1709-30 Oct 1719 [9 items].

iii: miscellaneous including Randall Taylor, Nicholas Hooper, Elijah George, Bemish Hill, Daniel Morton and Thomas Clay, 18 Nov 1680-4 Mar 1799 [14 items].

iv: Daniel Barrow, 28 Jun 1710-15 Oct 1719 [15 items].

v: Thomas Charlton, 30 Nov 1682-3 Dec 1754; includes stray modern research note into whifflers' expenses [11 items].

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Many vouchers had been added to the folder since Robin Myers created Series I; this additional material has been arranged as subfolders iv and v.

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  • English

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  • Latin

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