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[1]

For a dinner.

[2]

The balance of the previous year less £15 5s. owed to members of the Company, but plus £1 13s. 4d. given by Cawood and Cooke; (see p.86).

[3]

A bequest of £2; the balance for a dinner.

[4]

£4 11s. 2d. for a dinner and £6 13s. 4d. "out of the cheste".

[5]

This represents an expenditure not recorded and may relate to money which Michael Lobley borrowed when he was Warden. See note 10 on "Repayment of loans" 1564/5.

[6]

"ganed by the stocke of the house and other wayse".

[7]

To Mrs May to quit her room in the hall.

[8]

Bequests.

[9]

On the ordinances.

[10]

By Michael Lobley, part of £7 "which he oweth to the howse sens he was Warden" (p. 245); the other £4 was forgiven him (p. 280).

[11]

To the Lord Mayor "by way of Rewarde".

[12]

17s. 11d. for a Quarter Day dinner and £1 6s. 2d. for a dinner to the Lord Mayor account for the increase.

[13]

Including an obligation for £60.

[14]

Including 8s. to the Armourer.

[15]

The extra 2s. was for wine at a Quarter Day dinner.

[16]

Including £7 from Hill for his translation to the Vintners.

[17]

Including 20s. "Recevyd of master wallye for a dyxcionary"; but I do not know what this means.

[18]

Including £2 to a second counsel, Wylbrande.

[19]

For the lottery.

[20]

£5 was reported as being in the hands of Tottle and Ireland, the Wardens for this year, but is crossed through (p. 392); it is there again at the end of the following year (p. 429).

[21]

Mostly waste paper.

[22]

Including 6s. 8d. for Bland the Butler; but he may have been paid only 5s., which would account for the discrepancy.

[23]

For the Queen at Greenwich.

[24]

Paving the east end of St Paul's.

[25]

The fine for clothing was not yet standardized.

[26]

For a bin.

[27]

Including £1 6s. 8d. for Flyck, the Lord Mayor's officer, for two years.

[28]

Including £1 for the Midsummer Quarter Day dinner.

[29]

For Salt.

[30]

Fees incurred over Kevall's bequest.

[31]

Repayment to Toy of the previous year's deficit.

[32]

5d. has dropped out.

[33]

£6 1s. 8d. in cash and £8 as Judson's obligation.

[34]

Repayment of Judson's obligation.

[35]

To be repaid by Mr Harrison.

[36]

14s. 9d. more was received after the previous accounts had been made up.

[37]

For type, presumably the "letters" in the 1557 inventory.

[38]

The cost of Register B.

[39]

The loan for Yarmouth harbour.

[40]

A bribe to Francis Godlif to give up his attempt to obtain a patent for binding books in vellum.

[41]

Including £3 fine paid by Christopher Barker for not serving as Renter.

[42]

Paid by Richard Watkins in lieu of two silver spoons for twice being Warden.

[43]

Fees for house purchase. Who bought the house and with what? Barker said, in 1582, that the Company owned only their hall.

[44]

For the visit of Duke Cassimirus.

[45]

Including 11s. 1d. extra in the Wardens' hands.

[46]

Including £3 13s. 4d. for fees on the Kevall property.

[47]

Paid out of the Lamb bequest, which also provided 2d. per week for each of twelve poor people of St Faith's.

[48]

Geneva aid.

[49]

Repayment to Richard Watkins when he made his gift of silver.

[50]

Including £1 5s. 6d. towards the Livery dinner.

[51]

Including £1 4s. for dinner when the Queen came to the City, £6 for the Lord Mayor's dinner and £1 10s. for the Livery dinner.

[52]

Including £1 6s. 8d. for a new constitution.

[53]

For Cresset lights.

[54]

From the Patentees towards the expenses of the Star Chamber Decrees.

[55]

See above p. 78 for a discussion of this.


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[56]

For the purchase of (?) Withal's Short Dictionary, see above p. 80.

[57]

Including a fine of 50s. for the Wardenship.

[58]

Repurchase, by their owners, of seized books.

[59]

To the Exchequer for books seized.

[60]

The balance of the Corn money, £37 17s. 3d. (transferred by order of the Court to the common stock 22 July 1588), less the deficit on this previous account.

[61]

Fines for leases of the Kevall property.

[62]

Towards the Queen's visit to the City.

[63]

£30 12s. 3d. is repayment of Corn loans, the rest for the Queen's visit.

[64]

Further repayment of Corn loans.

[65]

Another halfpenny disappeared.

[66]

Fines for entering copies by John Wolf, remitted to him for his trouble.

[67]

£2 for Mrs Judson's (?) funeral dinner, and £2 set aside for Grafton and not asked for!

[68]

Including £2 for the dinner to celebrate Mrs Kevall's bequest.

[69]

£10 invested in Howard's expedition; £4 compensation to claimant to a lease.

[70]

Repayment to the previous Warden, George Allen.

[71]

Another £3 10s. should have been included in the previous year's account; it was received for confiscated books and credited by mistake in the 6d. in the £ account; (see p. 563).

[72]

Return on the £10 invested in Howard's and Ralegh's expedition; see above pp. 81-82.

[73]

Including £12 10s. to Roger Ward.

[74]

Fine for renewal of lease.


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