The Annals of the Barber-Surgeons of London - Unknown

1640–1. Paid to the Tellers of the Exchequer in 8^ber 1640 for y^e Kings use	400	0	0
Paid and given to M^r Davies man ij^s and the water men and Porters to bring King Charles figure in Brasse to the hall	0	4	6

This Bust of the King was set up in the Theatre.

1641–2. There were seventy-three liverymen on the roll this year, and the Court numbered thirty-three in addition.

Paid to Edward Cock Painter for mending the pictures & frames of Queene Eliʒ. S^r Peter Probye Sarjeant Balthrop and blacking Gilding Apollo

Disbursed at the Kings enterteynem^t in London the 25^th of November 1641.
Paid for a peece of rich Taffitae to make a pendant	0	18	0
P^d for Greene Perpetuana for the 18 ffootemen	9	4	0
P^d for white lace to sett on those suites	1	11	4
P^d for white and greene ribaning as by bill	3	16	0
P^d in the morning for buttred sack 8^s buns 3^s butter 3^li ij^s beere & bread 4^s	0	17	0
P^d for the Companies dinner at the Castle that daye	6	8	0
P^d to M^r Berisford taylor for making 6 suites tape & thread	1	2	0
Paid to M^r Ball taylor for making 12 suites	2	4	0
P^d to M^r Treswell the Harrould Painter	2	12	0
P^d for the Pendaunt Staffe and 18 trunchions	0	9	0
P^d to a porter to watch the standings and candles	0	3	6
to workemen to drink	0	0	6
ffor making 18 greene flatt capps	0	18	0
ffor 3 dozen of torches that night	2	8	0
for hier of three blewe clothes and porteridge	0	16	6
To Richardson a porter	0	2	0
Paid by consent towards the 18 ffootmens suppers	1	0	0
Paid for John Perkins his scarfe that beare our Pendant with our Coate of armes	1	0	0
Paid M^r Dorebare Carpinter for boards and setting upp and taking downe and cariage of our standings	4	8	0
Sume is	39	17	10

1642–3. Paid into the Chamber of London for Ireland	400	0	0
Paid into the Committees at Grocers Hall for releife of Ireland	50	0	0
Paid the Companies viij^li weakly assessment for 12 weekes	96	0	0
Paid the 9^th August 1642 for one Silver Canne given to Docto^r Chamberlaine for his anatomye Lecture vj^li and to the Porter that brought things from thence j^s & to Docto^r Meverells man j^s when he sent Cafferius Placentius his booke of Anatomye w^ch he gave to the Librarye	6	2	0
Paid for 60 yards of Chaine for bookes in the Librarye at 4^d p. yard	1	0	0
P^d to the Copper Smith for 60 brasses	0	10	0
To the Claspmaker for setting on 32 brasses	0	8	0
1644–5. Wee charge ourselves with foure hundred and five pounds received of S^r Iohn Wollaston and the rest of the Thrẽrs at warres by order of the Comittee of Parliam^t for the Army for furnishing xxvij Chyrurgians Chests & Instrumt^s for S^r Thomas ffairfax his Armie	CCCCv^li

The Company were bound under precepts directed to them, to press Surgeons for the Army and to provide them each with a Medicine chest and Instruments value £15. It is a remarkable circumstance that the Parliament should have paid the money to the Company for this service, a proceeding contrary to the practice then in vogue.

At this time it appears that the indebtedness of the Company to various creditors for monies lent to enable them to meet the demands of the authorities amounted to no less a sum than £2,633 4s. This was borrowed at 6, 7 and 8 per cent. interest upon the seal of the house; the Company had pawned the best of their ancient plate to satisfy the rapacity of the King and the army, and the following pitiful entry speaks volumes—

Paid for the hyre of 4 Cupps for the elecc͠on