The Annals of the Barber-Surgeons of London - Unknown

The new room in the Bulwark, which formed the upper end of the Hall where the Master sat, was built at this period, the accounts containing many items of payment for Builders’ work connected with that room.

1608–9. The rents received this year for the Company’s property at Holborn Bridge, Conyhoop Lane, Walbrook, Tower Street, “Mugwell” Street, East Smithfield, Moorfields and Swan Alley amounted to £130 17s. 4d.

Item paid to y^e Shrife’s officer for his attendaunce to carry Humphry Gorston & W^m Wright to the Counter [260]	ij^s	vj^d
Item paid to the Clarke for making cleane the hall	ij^s
Item for moing the grasse in y^e backe yard & Cariing away		xx^d
Item for weedinge y^e Stone yard and making it cleane		xij^d
1609–10. Item paid for seatꝭ in Paules Church yarde on the daie of Gowries Conspiracye	iij^s	iiij^d

This day (5th August) was for some years observed in thanks-giving, to commemorate the escape of James I from assassination by the Earl of Gowrie (see Chambers’ Book of Days, Vol. II, p. 178).

Item gyven to a poore broosen boye			xij^d
Item paid to the mynister of Garlick hill church for reading service on my lord Mayors daye		ij^s	vj^d
Item paid for bread and beere for the Bargmen in the morning before wee went out		iiij^s
Item paid to the Drummer and ffyfe		xv^s
Item paid to the Cornettꝭ		xxxj^s
Item paid to M^r of the Barge	iij^li
Item gyven to the maydes where wee take boate		ij^s
Item gyven to the sexton of the churche			xij^d
Item gyven that night to the Bargemen to drincke		ij^s
Item paid for drinck fetched to the Barge			xvj^d
Item paid two Taverne Billꝭ that daie	ij^li	vij^s	ix^d
Item gyven to the Mayde of the howse by Consent			xij^d
Item paid for Cakꝭ and Roles		iiij^s
Item paid for a Lanthorne to hange out before the hall Gate		iij^s	iiij^d
Item paid for cuttinge of the vyne & for nayles and Lether		v^s	vj^d
Item paid for a Roome to laye Gees goodes in and for Carryinge thereof the distresse to the hall and spent upon the Constable when I made		ij^s	vj^d

The power of distraint for non-payment of fines, etc., was granted to the Company by their By-laws, the warrant was signed by the Master and executed by the Beadle, with the assistance of a constable.

1612–13. Item paid for herbes at sevˀall tymes on tewsdaies Courtꝭ to strowe the howse			xij^d
Item paid the 11^th daie of September 1612 for washinge of the pictures		xxj^s
1615–16. Laid out about obteyninge of the plate & followinge the Theves	x^li	xix^s	iiij^d

An account of this robbery, and the apprehension and execution of the thieves, will be found on [p. 208].

1616–17. For mending the great bible			vj^d
1617–18. Paid for Torches Ribbins & Whifflers staves the xv^th of September when the masters went to mete the Kinge	j^li	xix^s	iiij^d
Gyven unto Thomas Shaw to release him out of Prison		xxx^s
To Presson [261] in his last sicknes at severall tymes		xx^s
Gyven by order of Court to apparell Presson’s sonne		xxij^s
Paid the rent of the Water		xxx^s
Paid unto Browne the Armorer for his yeares fee		xiij^s	iiij^d
Paid for two spitt wheeles & mendinge the Jack			xviij^d
Paid for a dore in East Smithfeild & mendinge the pryvie howse bords		x^s	vj^d
1618–19. Paid for sending childeren to virgynia		ij^s

This sum would not send out many children; for a notice of the Virginia scheme see [p. 121].