Volume II 1603-1660 - The Honourable Society of the Inner Temple

1652] INNER TEMPLE RECORDS. 303
PARLIAMENT held on 3 November, 1652, before EDWARD BULSTRODE,
WILLIAM BABINGTON, UNTON CROKE, EDWARD JOHNSON, and
others. EDMUND PRIDEAUX, treasurer.
Philip Wyott is again chosen reader for next Lent vacation, and
Denn, Mr. Attorney General, and Twisden, his attendants.
Officers of the grand Christmas :-Sir Thomas Littleton, Sir
Nathaniel Barnardiston, and Sir Thomas Trevor, marshals ; Sir
Edward Littleton, Sir William Walter, and Charles Cokeyne,
stewards ; and Sir James Pitt, Sir Baynham Throckmorton, and
Thomas Hanchet, butlers.
Auditors :-Hoskyns, Heath, Goodfellow, and Baldwyn for the
steward's accounts ; and Croke, Beard, Browne, and Cave for the
treasurer's accounts.
Treasurer :-Edmund Prideaux is continued.
GENERAL ACCOUNT BOOK.
ACCOUNT of Edmund Prideaux, treasurer, from 4 November,
1651, to 3 November, 1652.
RECEIPTS.
For admissions to the Inn, 175/i. 6s. 8d.
For admittances to chambers, i69/i. I 35.4d.
Upon the sale of Mr.Hicks' goods, I/i.os. 7d.
Of Mr. Serjeant Chapman, 73/i. 125. ird.
Of the gardener for half a year's rent due
at 24 JTune, 1652, I/i.
Sum total of the receipts, 42o/i.13s. 6d.
PAYMENTS.
To the porter for two bonfires, i is.
To the painter's man, 2S. 21/.
For two parcels of wine, 71i. 45. 2d.
To Mr. Lock, his allowance, 1/i.
For wine, deducting 135. for 3 doz. bottles
returned, 2/i. los. 3d.
To the bricklayer for work in the garden,
2 71i. 5s.
To the mason for work done in the garden,
54/4
To the steward for claret wine, 2/i. i5s. 6d.
To Fabian Hicks by order, i/i.
To the carpenters for making up the seats,
21i. 8s. iod.
To the musicians, i/i.
To Mr. Lock his allowance, i/i.
To the plumber for covering the church,
91i. 15s. id.
To the carpenter one moiety of his bill for
work done in the church, i/i. 175.
To the musicians for one year, 2li.
Items for 392 loads of gravel at 23'. 6d. a
load and bringing the same in at 9d. a
load.
To the gardener for labourers' wages, a
wheelbarrow and pickaxes, 21i. los.