Part 38

1627-8. Paid unto to Mercer for Taffitaes to make the banners streamers and Ancient xviij{li} vj{s} viij{d} Given the worke men that made the flaggs to drinck ij{s} Paid M{r} Babb and M{r} Withers uppon consent for their painting the Auncient 2 Streamers 2 bannors and 10 bannorettꝭ and the quarter for Scotland in the kingꝭ armes and likewise for painting those flagg staves xv{li} Paid for silke and fringe for the flaggs to M{r} March in Cornhill vij{s} vj{d} Given by consent to a poore souldier that shewed a Mandrake to this Courte v{s}

The root of the mandrake is said to bear a resemblance to the human form, and the “poore souldier” was not disappointed when he thought that by laying such a professional curiosity before the Barber-Surgeons, he would receive a benevolence.

Paid unto the Chamᵬlaine of London for the Kings use as by precept ccclx{li} Paid and disbursed for takeing downe and carryeing of King Henrye the 8 picture to White hall for the Kinge to see and bringeing it back and setting it up againe xij{s}

James I in 1617 borrowed this picture, his letter demanding it is still at Barbers’ Hall, and it would appear by this entry that his son Charles did the same; the wonder is that we have still got it, after running two such risks.

1628-9. Paid M{r} Greene the Gouldsmith for the silver and makeing of 4 new Garlandꝭ as pˀ bill xx{li}

These Garlands, the most elegant in the City, are still worn by the Master and Wardens on Court days.

ffor an hundred of sweete briers xiiij{d} for rosemary ij{s} violettꝭ and strawberryes iiij{d} and nayles ij{d} iij{s} viij{d}

Imagine sweetbriar with rosemary, violets, and strawberries in a garden in Monkwell Street in this present year of grace!

1629 30. Given to M{r} Greenebury painter for new amending M{r} fferebras picture and to his man for bringing it home x{s} vj{d} Spent that day wee attended S{r} John Cooke secretarye of State as concerneing one Dupont a frenchmen recomended from the Lordꝭ of the privey Councell to practise in the cure of the pockꝭ vij{d} Given to M{r} Secretary Cookes man upon the returne of o{r} answere to him of Duponts insufficiencye in the cureing the pockꝭ ij{s} Given to Edward Downes a poor barbar by order of Court x{s} Given by order of Court to John Blackwell barbar towardꝭ his losse by fier at Wood streete corner xl{s} Paid in December to the Gardner for 2 daies worke cuting and nayleing the vines ij{s} viij{d} Paid for a dozen of double woodbines and 25 sweete briers ix{s} iiij{d} Paid to a woeman for 3 dayes weeding the gravell and Stone walke ij{s} viij{d} Paid to William Brice for 4 daies at ij{s} vj{d} x{s} Paid to him for halfe a daye w{ch} he grumbled for j{s} iij{d}

1630-1. In this year the trades of the masters binding apprentices are recorded, there being 48 barbers, 22 surgeons, 9 tailors, 5 diers, 1 drawer, 3 butchers, 1 merchant, 1 sempster, 1 grocer, 1 thridman, 1 brewer, 1 stocking seller, 1 sheeregrinder, and 26 unclassed; these latter were most probably either barbers or surgeons.

Given to Edward Pardoe and his wiefe lieing in prison x{s} Given to Marshall Petoe for his elegies on M{r} Banckꝭ his funerall daie by order of Court x{s}

Petoe was a City poet who wrote a dirge upon Queen Elizabeth, and a few other not very cheerful compositions.

1631-2. This year the Livery fines were raised, those who had served the office of warden of the Yeomanry paying £7 and all others £10.

Of the masters taking apprentices this year, 55 were barbers, 31 surgeons, 15 tailors, 8 dyers, 3 stocking sellers, 3 button makers, 1 button loope maker, 2 chaundlers, 1 sempster, 1 butcher, 1 carpenter, 1 bookbinder, 1 wheelwright, 1 glass seller, 1 grocer, 1 merchant, and 1 was unclassed.

Paid for our Dynner the 14th of June and other Expencꝭ for those Assistantꝭ that attended the Lordꝭ of the Councell when the Phisitians complayned to have obteyned the viewinge of o{r} Pacients in daunger of death xlvj{s} vj{d} Paid to a Smith for mending and refreshinge of the Clock xv{s} Paid for 8 fyrre poales to beare up the vynes iij{s} viij{d} Paid for Nayles and Prymeinge the Vynes iij{s} viij{d} Paid for 3{li} of plaster of parris ix{d}

1632-3. This year the sum of £343 1_s._ 5_d._ was expended in the erection of a Gallery and a Granary over it in the Inner Stone Yard, the Granary being for the storage of the City corn. The details of all the expenses about this business are given and the following are a few extracts therefrom:--

~Imprimis~ paid to Thomas Doorebarre Tymberman for a C of Deales at 7{li} 10{s} the C and 18 Loadꝭ and 27 foote of tymber at 36{s} the Load as pˀ bill xl{li} xvj{s} vj{d} Paid to the Turnor for turneing the 6 great Collumbs at 9{s} a peece as pˀ bill liiij{s} Paid alsoe to the Turner for turneing 4 postꝭ & 25 ballisters for the stayres as by bill xvj{s} Paid to Thomas Stanley Mason for squareing and layeinge of 630 foote of old stone in the Gallerye the stone stepps to the Granary the Capitalls and pedistalls of stone in the fronte the 6 bases the large sonne dyall & the little dyall as pˀ bill xl{li} Paid to John Jeames Carver for Cuttinge the Companyes Armes in stonne iiij{li} Paid to Nathaniell Glover Dyall maker for paynting the great Sunne Dyall the Companyes Armes in Stone & layeinge in Oyle Collour the inscripc͠on of the M{r} and Wardens names the sume of iij{li} x{s} Paid to the Cittyes Bricklayer to viewe the foundac͠on of o{r} Bricke wall to the Granarye iiij{s} Paid to John ffowler Bricklayer for tyleing 9 ten foote squares & 1 quarter & tenn foote at 18{s} a square & for 9 Roddꝭ & 51 foote 10 ynches of bricke worke at 6{li} the Rodd & for 5 Rodd & 119 foote 9 ynches of the lower Bricke worke at 4{li} the Rodd cometh to lxxxv{li} xiij{s} ij{d} Paid to Thomas Aldridge Plasterer for 155 yardꝭ of lyme & hayre layd on the Brick walls at 3{d} ob[263] the yard And for 312 yardꝭ & 6 foote of lathed worke layd with lyme & haire at 9{d} ob. the yard And for whiteing & sizeinge that worke w{ch} was more then the Bargaine As by bill appeareth xvj{li} xviij{s} iiij{d} Paid to Edward Spencer Plumber for 52C 3 quarters and 1 pound of lead at 14{s} the C 54{li} & a half of Sauder at 9{d} the pound And for Plumbers worke & Carriage of the Lead as pˀ bill xlj{li} iij{s} iiij{d} 1633-4. Given to Mondayes widow whoe pˀsented a guift to this Courte The booke of The Surveigh of London beinge in folio xxx{s}

[263] ob. = obolus, a halfpenny.

This was the widow of Anthony Munday, the author of many City pageants, and of the Edition of Stowe’s Survey, which his widow “presented” to the Court _in exchange for 30s._

Given by order of the 29 Aprill to the Keepers of The xchaunge to put downe Mountabanck bills x{s}

These were quack surgeons’ advertisements; the Royal Exchange seems to have been a favourite place for their exhibition, as there are various other entries to a like effect.

Paid to M{r} Treswell Harrold painter for the amendinge & paintinge of o{r} fflaggꝭ that were torne and ruyned by the weather as pˀ bill iiij{li} v{s}

The following entries relate to the Company’s “provision of corn.”

Paid for a Bushell a halfe bushell a Peck and a halfe peck measures and bringinge them to the hall xj{s} iij{d} Paid for a Roape for the Jynn vj{s} v{d} Paid for a great Iron Beame & Scales to weyghe Corne xxvj{s} Paid for new Leaden waightꝭ waighing CCC{li} viz{t} 5 halfe hundrede waight 1 quartern 1 halfe quarterne 1 seaven pounde 1 foure pounde 1 twoe pounde 1 pound 1 halfe pound & 1 quarter of a pound waightꝭ at 16{s} 8{d} pˀ C. comes to l{s} Paid for a Skreene for the Corne xj{s} Paid for a sacke for that Skreene iij{s} Payd for the Carryage of the great Skreene for Corne w{ch} the Companye did not like of ij{s} vj{d} Paid for twoe hand treys to sell meale by in y{e} mˀket xvj{d} Paid for a Ballattinge boxe & Bullettꝭ xl{s} Disbursed in chargꝭ about the 4 Condempned Lancashire woemen that were brought to o{r} Hall by the Kingꝭ Comaũnd to be searched the sume of x{s} vj{d}

These women were examined to ascertain if any were pregnant, that if so their execution might be stayed.

1634-5. Paid to S{r} Willm̃ St. George Herrauld at his genˀall visitat̃on for the severell Companies Armes in London the sume of iij{li} vj{s} viij{d} as his ffee & xx{s} amongst his Clerkꝭ iiij{li} vj{s} viij{d}

The Company paid £16 “ship-money” this year.

Paid to the Clocke Smith for mendinge the Clock iij{s}

This entry is curious, being the transition name of a trade; the blacksmiths were originally the clockmakers (_see_ p. 399); here we have the “clock smith” and later on the “clock maker.”

The records obtained from the Guildhall and the Tower to which reference is made in the following extracts, and which are preserved in a vellum book (still in the possession of the Company) were made by William Colet, here called “Colley.” The record from the Tower has been already fully referred to on p. 29, etc.

Paid for searchinge in the Threasury at Guildhall and for a Coppy of Richard le Barbars beinge chosen M{r} to governe the Companye for one yeare Intrat in Libro C. folio 96, and in the second yeare of Edward the Second Also in Libro H folio 73. Thomas Boyvell & Willm̃ Osney sworne M{rs} for one yeare to rule the Company in the first yeare of Richard the second x{s} Paid the ffee for search in the Roles in the Towre of London for the Companies antiquitye x{s} Paid for a Coppy of o{r} Companies auncient Ordynances out of those Roles The Eleaventh of Richard the second xij{s} vj{d} Paid to M{r} Colley at twoe tymes for his extraordinary paynes in searchinge x{s} Paid to M{r} Riley for his paynes there ij{s} vj{d} Paid & given for a search & Coppye out of the Herrauldꝭ Office of our Companies beinge the 17{th} in precedency at their visitac͠on 1568 x{s} Given to the Porter at the Herrauldꝭ office that day o{r} hearinge was betwixt us and the Talloughchandlers ij{s} vj{d} 1635-6. Spent when M{r} Inigo Jones the Kinges Surveyor came to view the back ground xj{s} vj{d} Given to M{r} Mason that drew y{e} plotꝭ for y{e} Theater xl{s}

1636-7. In the previous year £480 had been paid in respect of the building of the Anatomical Theatre and this year a further sum of £242 17_s._ 4_d._ This was exclusive of the cost of digging for the foundations which the Company did by their own labourers, whom they paid 16_d._ per day each. It was the practice of the Company to allow each workman engaged, whether labourers or mechanics, 1_d._ a day for “breakfast money,” and this was paid to the “chandler” for them.

Amongst the expenses incurred about the Theatre were these:--

Spent by water at tymes when wee went to M{r} Surveigher (Inigo Jones) about the Theater vj{s} j{d} Paid to M{r} Wilson a Mason to Measure Stanleys worke in the Theater & spent then xiij{s} ix{d} Given to Robert Butler and John Pullen for their measureing the Theater xl{s}

The expenses connected with the Building of the New or Great Parlour, and the Gallery next the Theatre, were this year £263 7_s._ 7_d._

Paid to widᵭ Lucas for an iron money box for the M{rs} xx{s}

This quaint old box is still in use as the “Poor’s box.”[264]

[264] See head piece to Chapter on “Charities.”

1637-8. The Wardens received £188 10_s._ 0_d._ from 41 members of the Company by way of gift to the Building fund; the names of the donors are all set out in the book.

Recẽd for the old Rustie Armo{r} and Gunnes the som̃e of ij{li} xvj{s} ij{d} P{d} for Linckes & torches at the awdite day night & Lo: Maiors day night ij{s} iij{d} Paid for mendinge and pitchinge the 3 Blacke Jacks iij{s}

The Company paid £30 being three years’ contribution to the repair of St. Paul’s, due August, 1638. £224 0_s._ 3_d._ was also paid in respect of the building of the Theatre.

1638-9. ~The charge~ and settinge upp o{r} bookes and auntient Manuscriptꝭ in o{r} new Library. Paid for 36 yardꝭ of chaine at 4{d} the yard & 36 yards at 3{d} ob. the yard cometh to xxij{s} vj{d} Paid to the Coppersmith for castinge 80 brasses to fasten the Chaines to the bookes xiij{s} iiij{d} To porters at sevˀall tymes to carry these bookꝭ ij{s} Paid to the bookebynders for new byndinge 15 bookꝭ xlviij{s} vj{d} Paid for Claspinge 19 large & small bookꝭ & fasteninge all the brasses to the iron chaines to Threescore & foure bookꝭ in the Library, new bosses for two great bookꝭ 8{s} setting on old bosses j{s} mending ould Claspes ij{s} xxxj{s} viij{d} Paid for makeinge Ringes swiffles & fittinge all the iron chaines xij{s} ----------------------- ~Som~ is vj{li} xviij{s} =======================

1639-40. Paid 2 fifteens towardꝭ Midletons water[265] vj{s} Given to the Recorders Clerke that the ffrenchmen might not take the body from Tyborne ij{s} vj{d}

[265] The New River water.

1640-1. Paid to the Tellers of the Exchequer in 8{ber} 1640 for y{e} Kings use 400 0 0 Paid and given to M{r} Davies man ij{s} and the water men and Porters to bring King Charles figure in Brasse to the hall 0 4 6

This Bust of the King was set up in the Theatre.

1641-2. There were seventy-three liverymen on the roll this year, and the Court numbered thirty-three in addition.

Paid to Edward Cock Painter for mending the pictures & frames of Queene Eliʒ. S{r} Peter Probye Sarjeant Balthrop and blacking Gilding Apollo 1 2 0

~Disbursed~ at the Kings enterteynem{t} in London the 25{th} of November 1641. Paid for a peece of rich Taffitae to make a pendant 0 18 0 P{d} for Greene Perpetuana for the 18 ffootemen 9 4 0 P{d} for white lace to sett on those suites 1 11 4 P{d} for white and greene ribaning as by bill 3 16 0 P{d} in the morning for buttred sack 8{s} buns 3{s} butter 3{li} ij{s} beere & bread 4{s} 0 17 0 P{d} for the Companies dinner at the Castle that daye 6 8 0 P{d} to M{r} Berisford taylor for making 6 suites tape & thread 1 2 0 Paid to M{r} Ball taylor for making 12 suites 2 4 0 P{d} to M{r} Treswell the Harrould Painter 2 12 0 P{d} for the Pendaunt Staffe and 18 trunchions 0 9 0 P{d} to a porter to watch the standings and candles 0 3 6 to workemen to drink 0 0 6 ffor making 18 greene flatt capps 0 18 0 ffor 3 dozen of torches that night 2 8 0 for hier of three blewe clothes and porteridge 0 16 6 To Richardson a porter 0 2 0 Paid by consent towards the 18 ffootmens suppers 1 0 0 Paid for John Perkins his scarfe that beare our Pendant with our Coate of armes 1 0 0 Paid M{r} Dorebare Carpinter for boards and setting upp and taking downe and cariage of our standings 4 8 0 --------- ~Sume~ is 39 17 10 =========

1642-3. Paid into the Chamber of London for Ireland 400 0 0 Paid into the Committees at Grocers Hall for releife of Ireland 50 0 0 Paid the Companies viij{li} weakly assessment for 12 weekes 96 0 0 Paid the 9{th} August 1642 for one Silver Canne given to Docto{r} Chamberlaine for his anatomye Lecture vj{li} and to the Porter that brought things from thence j{s} & to Docto{r} Meverells man j{s} when he sent Cafferius Placentius his booke of Anatomye w{ch} he gave to the Librarye 6 2 0 Paid for 60 yards of Chaine for bookes in the Librarye at 4{d} p. yard 1 0 0 P{d} to the Copper Smith for 60 brasses 0 10 0 To the Claspmaker for setting on 32 brasses 0 8 0

1644-5. Wee charge ourselves with foure hundred and five pounds received of S{r} Iohn Wollaston and the rest of the Thrẽrs at warres by order of the Comittee of Parliam{t} for the Army for furnishing xxvij Chyrurgians Chests & Instrumt{s} for S{r} Thomas ffairfax his Armie CCCCv{li}

The Company were bound under precepts directed to them, to press Surgeons for the Army and to provide them each with a Medicine chest and Instruments value £15. It is a remarkable circumstance that the Parliament should have _paid_ the money to the Company for this service, a proceeding contrary to the practice then in vogue.

At this time it appears that the indebtedness of the Company to various creditors for monies lent to enable them to meet the demands of the authorities amounted to no less a sum than £2,633 4_s._ This was borrowed at 6, 7 and 8 per cent. interest upon the seal of the house; the Company had pawned the best of their ancient plate to satisfy the rapacity of the King and the army, and the following pitiful entry speaks volumes--

Paid for the hyre of 4 Cupps for the elecc͠on 0 2 0

1645-6. Money was raised by granting annuities thus--

Wee charge ourselves with Twoe hundred pounds rec̃d of M{r} Nichãs Heath for an Annuitye of xxvj{li} for tenn yeares CC{li} Paid for one newe black Jack 0 5 0 Paid for amending two old black Jacks 0 2 6 Paid for two douzen of sawcers 0 12 0 Paid for 15 dozen of Trenchers 0 6 7 P{d} the Lord Maiors Officers as a fine for the Rubbish lyeing in the Streete 0 2 0

The indebtedness of the Company this year amounted to £2,847 18_s._ 10_d._

1646-7. ffor mending the Corrector twice 0 3 0

The apprentices must have been especially troublesome this year.

1647-8. Given to Richard Greenburye Workeman to this house towards his inlargement out of prison 2 0 0

Mr. Greenbury had often been employed by the Company as a portrait painter, and it is delightful to notice their kindly regard for him in both his and their evil days.

1648-9. In 1644 the Company had pawned their plate, but seem to have redeemed it within the next year or two, for under this year we read that plate to the value of £297 11_s._ 8_d._ was _absolutely_ sold to Mr. Thomas Madox, Goldsmith, and other plate was pledged with Mr. John Browne for £250.

Paid for our seates in S{t} Paulls Church on Thancksgiving day for the Northerne Victorye 0 7 0 Paid for the same on a day of humiliac͠on for a blessing on the treatie w{th} his then Ma{tie} 0 7 0

1649-50. Paid for o{r} Seates at Christchurch the Thancsgiving day for the Irish Victorye 0 3 0 Paid for cakes and ale for the Livery on that day at y{e} hall 0 4 4

The expenses of ~Lord Mayor’s~ day were as follows:--

Paid for Ribbon for the Whifflers Officers & Bargemen 1 4 4 ffor eight staves 0 2 0 Paid to Edward Soare Barge M{r} 3 15 0 Paid to the Trumpetts that came to the hall voluntarilye 0 10 0 Given to the Clarke & sexton of S{t} James Church Garlick hith 0 2 6 Given to the Porter at Baynards castle 0 1 6 Paid to the Drum̃e & Phiffe 0 12 0 Given to the Watermen to drinck 0 2 6 More for beare for the Watermen 0 0 6 ffor 8 dozen of cakes & 3 dozen of other bread 0 11 0 Paid for foure pounds of butter 0 3 4 Paid the Grocers bill and Vinteners bill for a potac͠on for the Liverye in y{e} morning 1 3 6 Given to the Servants of the Taverne 0 2 6 ffor washing linnen & making cleane the hall 0 11 6 Paid the Butler for his attendance 0 10 0 Paid for hyre for 3 dozen of Napkins 0 4 0 ffor hier of Pewter 0 10 0 Given to the Stewards by order of Court 8 0 0 Paid for cords 0 0 4

It was the custom for the Stewards to provide the Livery dinner, and the £8 was an allowance made by the Company towards the cost of the dinner.

Paid in exchange of clip̃d & counterfitt money 0 16 6 Given by order of Court to widᵭ Morgan towards the apparelling her sonne to bee placed an Appñtice 1 10 0