Paid a souldier that went to the Lieutenant to Whitehall and for bringing downe the souldiers’ bedds out of the Hall into the yard
0000 01 06
Paid for makeing cleane the Hall after the souldiers were gone
0000 12 04”
It seems to have been considered imprudent to make the entries too explicit in all cases. Thus in 1642:—
“Allowed to the Renter Warden for reasons best known to the Auditors
015 00 00”
And in 1646–7 the same entry appears, but the amount is increased to, 20–03–01.
Many of the other entries during this period are also worthy of note. Thus:—
1644–5. “Paid for a drincking, July 18, being a daye of Thankesgiving