Anecdotes of the Manners and Customs of London during the Eighteenth Century; Vol. 1 (of 2) / Including the Charities, Depravities, Dresses, and Amusements etc. - James Peller Malcolm

"For this purpose your Committee issued no more tickets for admission than what (considering the necessary number of attendants, amounting to two hundred and forty persons) would fill the Hall without incommoding the Royal Personages for whom the feast was intended.

"And to prevent as much as possible the intrusion of strangers (too frequent on such occasions) your Committee directed a temporary porch to be erected in the front of the Hall, where gentlemen of trust were placed at three several bars.

"Upon the whole, your Committee omitted no care or pains to render the entertainment as commodious and agreeable as possible to the Royal Guests, and in some measure expressive of the zeal and veneration of this Honourable Court

for their august Sovereign, his most amiable Consort, and illustrious Family, and of their sense of his gracious condescension in honouring this City with his Royal Presence: happy if they have in any degree answered expectation, and are allowed to have done justice to the honourable trust reposed in them. Signed this 15th day of June, 1762.

"S. Fludyer,
Robert Alsop,
Richard Glyn,
Francis Gosling,
Thomas Long,
Robert Wilsonn,
Francis Ellis,
Henry Kent,
James Walton,
Charles Meredith,
John Rivington,
Thomas Cogan,
Edward Waldo,
W. Reeves,
Samuel Freeman,
William Tyser,
John Paterson."

THE KING'S TABLE.

		£.	s.	d.
FIRST SERVICE [*].
12	Dishes of Olio, Turtle, Pottages, and Soups	44	2	0
12	Ditto Fish; viz. John Dories, Red Mullet, &c.	44	2	0
7	Ditto roast Venison	10	0	0
3	Westphalia Hams consume, and richly ornamented	6	6	0
2	Dishes Pullets à la Royale	2	2	0
2	Ditto Tongues Espagniole	3	3	0
6	Ditto Chickens à la Reine	6	6	0
1	Ditto Tondron de Vaux à la Danzie	2	2	0
1	Harrico	1	1	0
1	Dish Popiets of Veale Glasse	1	4	0
2	Dishes Fillets of Lamba la Conte	2	2	0
2	Ditto Comports of Squabs	2	2	0
2	Ditto Fillets of Beef Marinate	3	0	0
2	Ditto of Mutton à la Memorance	2	2	0
32	Ditto fine Vegetables	16	16	0
[] The orthography of the French words in the following items is wrong in almost every instance; but it must be remembered that it is culinary* orthography!
SECOND SERVICE.
6	Dishes fine Ortolans	25	4	0
10	Ditto Quails	15	0	0
10	Ditto Notts	30	0	0
1	Ditto Wheat-ears	1	1	0
1	Goodevau Patte	1	10	0
1	Perrigoa Pye	1	10	0
1	Dish Pea-chicks	1	1	0
4	Dishes Woodcocks	4	4	0
2	Ditto Pheasants	3	3	0
4	Ditto Teal	3	3	0
4	Ditto Snipes	3	3	0
2	Ditto Partridges	2	2	0
2	Ditto Patties Royal	3	0	0
THIRD SERVICE.
1	Ragout Royal	1	1	0
8	Dishes fine green Morells	8	8	0
10	Ditto fine green peas	10	10	0
3	Ditto Asparagus Heads	2	2	0
3	Ditto fine fat Livers	1	11	6
3	Ditto fine Combs	1	11	6
5	Ditto green Truffles	5	5	0
5	Ditto Artichoaks à la Provincale	2	12	6
5	Ditto Mushroons au Blanc	2	12	6
1	Dish Cardons à la Bejamel	0	10	6
1	Ditto Knots of Eggs	0	10	6
1	Ditto Ducks Tongues	0	10	6
3	Dishes of Peths	1	11	6
1	Dish of Truffles in Oil	0	10	6
4	Dishes of Pallets	2	2	0
2	Ditto Ragout Mille	2	2	0
FOURTH SERVICE.
2	Curious ornamented Cakes	2	12	0
12	Dishes Blomanges, representing different figures	12	12	0
12	Ditto Clear Marbrays	14	8	0
16	Ditto fine Cut Pastry	16	16	0
2	Ditto Mille Fuelles	1	10	6
The Centre of the Table.
1	Grand Pyramid of Demies of Shell Fish of various sorts	2	2	0
32	Cold things of sorts; viz. Temples, Shapes, Landscapes in Jellies, savoury Cakes, and Almond Gothes	33	12	0
2	Grand Epergnes, filled with fine Pickles, and garnished round with Plates of Sorts, as Laspicks, Rolards, &c.	6	6	0
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Total of the King's Table		374	1	0

	£.	s.	d.
Totals of the several Bills.
Mr. George Dance, Clerk of the Works	65	4	6
Mr. Richard Gripton, Coffee-man	56	10	0
Ditto, Coffee, Tea, &c. for the Committee	31	13	0
Mr. John Read, Carpenter	876	6	0
Mr. Kuhff, Confectioner	212	1	0
Mr. Wilder, ditto	121	14	0
Mr. Scott, ditto	91	14	0
Messrs. Kuhff, Wilder, and Scott, ditto	174	9	0
Mr. Baughan, Wax Chandler	31	0	0
Mr. Garrard, ditto	30	12	0
Mrs. Jones, ditto	30	12	0
Mr. Cotterel, Chinaman	30	11	0
Mr. Vere, ditto	18	12	0
Mr Wylde, Paul's-head Tavern	47	13	0
Mr. Edward Wix, Bricklayer	147	16	0
Mr. Charles Easton, Mason	6	4	0
Messrs. Alexander and Shrimpton, Smiths	300	11	0
Mr. Peter Roberts, Remembrancer	63	0	0
Messrs. Wareham, Oswald, Angel, Horton and Birch, Cooks	1600	0	0
Mr. Stanley, Band of Musick	115	0	0
Mr. Thomas Pattle, Hall-keeper	126	0	0
Messrs. Chesson, Saunders, and Woodroffe, Upholsterers	458	19	0
Mr. Allan, Wine	178	12	0
Mr. Francis Magnus, ditto	175	8	0
Mr. Frederick Standert, Hock	116	8	0
Messrs. Brown and Righton, Wine	48	5	0
Mr. Thomas Burfoot and Son, Woollen-drapers	258	5	0
Messrs. Pistor and Son, ditto	74	13	0
Mr. Thomas Gilpin, Plate	57	17	0
Mr. Deputy Samuel Ellis and Richard Cleeve, Pewterers	264	3	0
Mr. Christopher Dent, Butler	190	0	0
Mr. Robert Dixon, Baker	8	0	10
Mrs. Rachel Stephens, Brewer	8	8	0
Messrs. Barber and Shuttleworth, Fruiterers	100	0	0
Messrs. Mason and Whitworth, Ribbands	7	3	0
Mr. Charles Gardner, Engraver	23	13	0
Artillery Company	20	0	0
Mr. Charles Rivington, Printer	3	3	0
City Musick	13	3	0
Mr. Bromwich, Papier Maché	70	14	0
Mr. James Dobson, Bear Inn, Basinghall-street	42	15	0
Mr. John Handford, Swan with Two Necks, Lad-lane	20	15	0
Mr. John Greenhow, Castle, in Wood-street	29	5	0
Mr. Richard Overhall, Blossom's-inn, in Lawrence-lane	34	5	0
Mr. Thomas Whaley, Bell-inn, in Wood street	12	10	0
Mr. Richard Walkden, Stationer	6	15	0
City Marshal	100	0	0
Mrs. Mary Harrington, Glazier	15	16	0
Messrs. Willis and Machel, Plumber	63	12	0
Messrs. Pope and Son, Painters	27	18	0
Heron Powney, Esq. Sword-bearer's claim	5	0	0
Mr. William Palmer, Senior Attorney of the Mayor's Court, claim	2	0	0
Serjeants of the Chamber, for delivery of the Tickets, &c.	4	10	0
Yeomen of the Chamber's claim	4	0	0
Peter Denny, for lighting the Chandeliers	20	0	0
Sir James Hodges, Town-clerk, for attending the Committee	157	10	0
William Rix, Clerk to Sir James Hodges, for ditto	15	15	0
Andrew Boson, Hall-keeper's man	10	10	0
Six Marshal's-men	1	10	0
Six Necessary Women	6	6	0
Town-clerk's Servants	5	5	0
Chamberlain's Household Servants	5	5	0
Messrs. Chesson, Woodroffe, and Saunders, Extra Bill	10	10	0
Mr. Thomas Gilpin, for the use of Plate	20	0	0
Mr. Chamberlain's Clerks	5	5	0
Daniel Philpot, Esq. Cook to his Majesty	10	10	0
Thomas Denny, for attending the Committee	1	1	0
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Total	6898	5	4
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It was ordered that the said Report be entered in the Journal of the Court; and the following motion being made, was unanimously agreed to:

"That the thanks of this Court be, and are hereby given, to the Committee appointed to conduct the entertainment of their Majesties and the Royal Family at Guildhall, on Lord Mayor's day last, for their constant and spirited attention, in that service, to the honour of the Crown, and the dignity of this City."