Of the masters taking apprentices this year, 55 were barbers, 31 surgeons, 15 tailors, 8 dyers, 3 stocking sellers, 3 button makers, 1 button loope maker, 2 chaundlers, 1 sempster, 1 butcher, 1 carpenter, 1 bookbinder, 1 wheelwright, 1 glass seller, 1 grocer, 1 merchant, and 1 was unclassed.
| Paid for our Dynner the 14th of June and other Expencꝭ for those Assistantꝭ that attended the Lordꝭ of the Councell when the Phisitians complayned to have obteyned the viewinge of or Pacients in daunger of death | xlvjs | vjd | |
| Paid to a Smith for mending and refreshinge of the Clock | xvs | ||
| Paid for 8 fyrre poales to beare up the vynes | iijs | viijd | |
| Paid for Nayles and Prymeinge the Vynes | iijs | viijd | |
| Paid for 3li of plaster of parris | ixd |
1632–3. This year the sum of £343 1s. 5d. was expended in the erection of a Gallery and a Granary over it in the Inner Stone Yard, the Granary being for the storage of the City corn. The details of all the expenses about this business are given and the following are a few extracts therefrom:—
| Imprimis paid to Thomas Doorebarre Tymberman for a C of Deales at 7li 10s the C and 18 Loadꝭ and 27 foote of tymber at 36s the Load as pˀ bill | xlli | xvjs | vjd |
| Paid to the Turnor for turneing the 6 great Collumbs at 9s a peece as pˀ bill | liiijs | ||
| Paid alsoe to the Turner for turneing 4 postꝭ & 25 ballisters for the stayres as by bill | xvjs | ||
| Paid to Thomas Stanley Mason for squareing and layeinge of 630 foote of old stone in the Gallerye the stone stepps to the Granary the Capitalls and pedistalls of stone in the fronte the 6 bases the large sonne dyall & the little dyall as pˀ bill | xlli | ||
| Paid to John Jeames Carver for Cuttinge the Companyes Armes in stonne | iiijli | ||
| Paid to Nathaniell Glover Dyall maker for paynting the great Sunne Dyall the Companyes Armes in Stone & layeinge in Oyle Collour the inscripc͠on of the Mr and Wardens names the sume of | iijli | xs | |
| Paid to the Cittyes Bricklayer to viewe the foundac͠on of or Bricke wall to the Granarye | iiijs | ||
| Paid to John ffowler Bricklayer for tyleing 9 ten foote squares & 1 quarter & tenn foote at 18s a square & for 9 Roddꝭ & 51 foote 10 ynches of bricke worke at 6li the Rodd & for 5 Rodd & 119 foote 9 ynches of the lower Bricke worke at 4li the Rodd cometh to | lxxxvli | xiijs | ijd |
| Paid to Thomas Aldridge Plasterer for 155 yardꝭ of lyme & hayre layd on the Brick walls at 3d ob[263] the yard And for 312 yardꝭ & 6 foote of lathed worke layd with lyme & haire at 9d ob. the yard And for whiteing & sizeinge that worke wch was more then the Bargaine As by bill appeareth | xvjli | xviijs | iiijd |
| Paid to Edward Spencer Plumber for 52C 3 quarters and 1 pound of lead at 14s the C 54li & a half of Sauder at 9d the pound And for Plumbers worke & Carriage of the Lead as pˀ bill | xljli | iijs | iiijd |
| 1633–4. Given to Mondayes widow whoe pˀsented a guift to this Courte The booke of The Surveigh of London beinge in folio | xxxs |
This was the widow of Anthony Munday, the author of many City pageants, and of the Edition of Stowe’s Survey, which his widow “presented” to the Court in exchange for 30s.
| Given by order of the 29 Aprill to the Keepers of The xchaunge to put downe Mountabanck bills | xs |
These were quack surgeons’ advertisements; the Royal Exchange seems to have been a favourite place for their exhibition, as there are various other entries to a like effect.
| Paid to Mr Treswell Harrold painter for the amendinge & paintinge of or fflaggꝭ that were torne and ruyned by the weather as pˀ bill | iiijli | vs |
The following entries relate to the Company’s “provision of corn.”