25th October, 1697. Ordered that the Barge house bee mended & Mr Warden Pinke take care to see it done.
18th August, 1698. Ordered that the Governrs dispose of the Barge & let the Barge house from yeare to yeare.
12th October, 1698. Ordered That there may be papers made for a subscriptõn for a Barge.
21st October, 1700. Ordered that the ill manadgement of the late Master Mr Tho: Lichfeild as to his office of Master and his other offices of Warden bee pˀsented to the next Court of Assistants in order to bee expelˀd the sˀd Court it being the opinion of this Comittee that he deserves soe to bee as alsoe for being any longer an examinr he haveing acted contrary to the establishmt of the Corporac͠on in the sd offices.
8th November, 1700. A Committee of the Court having waited upon the Commissioners of the Navy and reported that Mr. Lichfeild had committed irregularities in certifying men as qualified Surgeons for sea service, such men not being duly qualified, the Court adjudged him to be dismissed from his office of an Examiner in Surgery, and out of the Court of Assistants.
10th March, 1707. The new Clerk, Mr. Chas. Bernard, seems to have been industrious in searching out practising Barbers not free of the Company, as also others who had committed abuses; several were fined and compelled to take up their freedom and this day the following entries occur:—
Clyett being sum̃oned for Shaveing on Sunday last appeared before the Comittee and the fact being plainly proved against him the Comittee fined him ten shillings for his said offence.
Newland being sum̃oned for the like offence appeared also before the Comittee but there being no possitive proofe against him he was dismissed.
John Gould a Dutchman being sum̃oned for keeping a Shopp and exercising the trade of a Barber not being free of this Company And the matter being plainly proved against him the Comittee ordered him to be prosecuted on the statutes of the 32nd of Hen 8th and the 5th of Queen Elizabeth.