| May, 1707. ffor 15 Mackril | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 16 Gooseberry tartes | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| Caper sauce for the mutton | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| April, 1708. A Frygusse of Lamb | 0 | 6 | 0 |
20th September, 1709. It was ordered, in consequence of the great increase in the Livery, that there should be six instead of five stewards of the Mayor’s Feast to make the Livery dinner, and any liveryman chosen to the office and refusing to serve was to be prosecuted under the by-laws. The fine for not serving was £13 6s. 8d., and was invariably enforced, numerous cases of refusal being decided at law in favour of the Company. Six Whifflers were as usual, appointed “to be attendant upon the Governrs at the Hall upon the next Lord Mayors day in comely & decent Apparrell with gilded Chaines & white Staves.”
6th November, 1717. In consequence of irregularities at the Lord Mayor’s feast, it was ordered that in future the Stewards should be prohibited from bringing their wives and friends to the dinner.
1721. The third dinner book opens with an account of the receipts of the Governors’ “Potation Money” for this year, amounting to £131 11s. 2d., the contributions being from Barbers one guinea, and from Surgeons two guineas each. This potation money was spent at the Mitre Tavern in Fleet Street, on ten Monthly Court dinners, which averaged the modest sum of £4 4s. apiece, and the remainder was disbursed about the election feast, wine and sundries.
The cost of the Mayor’s feast this year was £67 7s., and at this dinner was drunk a hogshead of port (query), six gallons of mountain, six gallons of white port, and three gallons of canary.
July 19th, 1722. At the ladies’ feast the following wine was drunk—
| 30 Gallons Red Port at 7s. | 10 | 10 | 0 |
| 11 " Sherry at 7s. | 3 | 17 | 0 |
| 7 " Canary at 7s. | 2 | 9 | 0 |
| 5 " Rhenish at 7s. | 1 | 15 | 0 |
and 4s. were expended on tobacco and pipes.