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DECLARED ACCOUNTS: NEW CHURCHES. |
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AUDIT OFFICE: BUNDLE 437, ROLL 2 [A.O.1/437/2]. |
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Henry Smith, Treasurer and Receiver of Moneys for the Building of Fifty New Churches in London and Westminster, etc. |
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25 March 1714 to 9 December 1715. |
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Charge. |
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£ |
s. |
d. |
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Arrears: remaining in the Accomptant's hands on the end of his last Accompt |
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3,882 |
4 |
0 |
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and depending on sundry workmen etc. for money imprested |
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9,500 |
0 |
0 |
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Receipts: money had out of the Exchequer: |
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Easter term, 13 Anne and 1 George I, in pursuant of the Acts 9 Anne [c.17] and 10 Anne [c.20] |
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10,000 |
0 |
0 |
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Michaelmas term 1 George I, ditto |
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14,000 |
0 |
0 |
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Easter term 1 & 2 George I, ditto |
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10,000 |
0 |
0 |
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total charge and receipts |
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£47,382 |
4 |
0 |
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Discharge. |
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Money paid to sundry persons for the purchase of lands etc.: |
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Bridges Watts, for land in Upper |
£ |
s. |
d. |
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Wapping in the parish of St. Dunstans, Stepney, co. Middx. |
400 |
0 |
0 |
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John West, for land in Limehouse, Stepney |
400 |
0 |
0 |
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Robert Record Hastings, for land in the parish of St. Paul's, Shadwell, co. Middx. |
1,000 |
0 |
0 |
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Bastwick Johnson for land in Lower Wapping, Stepney |
700 |
0 |
0 |
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2,500 |
0 |
0 |
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salaries: |
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Henry Smith as Treasurer; 1½ years to Midsummer 1715 (abating 13l. 3s. for an overpayment) |
436 |
17 |
0 |
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Thomas Rous, Secretary; same time |
300 |
0 |
0 |
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Nicholas Hawksmore, Surveyor; same time |
300 |
0 |
0 |
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James Gibbs, Surveyor, 18 Nov. 1713 to Midsummer 1715 |
318 |
6 |
2 |
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William Dickenson, late a Surveyor; Midsummer to 12 Aug. 1713 |
26 |
18 |
6 |
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John Skeat, Agent; 1½ years to Midsummer 1715 |
150 |
0 |
0 |
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Simon Beckley, Solicitor; same time |
120 |
0 |
0 |
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Thomas Crocker, Messenger; same time |
45 |
0 |
0 |
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1,697 |
1 |
8 |
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contingencies detailed |
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281 |
19 |
6 |
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(total allowed as above 4,479l. 1s. 2d.) money paid into the Exchequer |
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3,422 |
12 |
11 |
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money towards the making of a brass statue of the late Queen Anne intended to be erected at the New Church near the May Pole in the Strand |
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351 |
10 |
0 |
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total payments and allowances |
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£8,253 |
4 |
1 |
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and so remains |
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39,128 |
19 |
11 |
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against which depending for money im prested on the preceding Accompt: |
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Thomas Hughes and Richard Billinghurst, bricklayers; Edward Tuffnell and Edward Strong, masons; Robert Jeffs and John James, carpenters; and John Grazebrook, plumber, towards the Church at East Greenwich |
6,900 |
0 |
0 |
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Thomas Lucas, bricklayer, towards the New Church at Deptford |
800 |
0 |
0 |
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Thomas Hues and William Tuffnell, bricklayers, towards enclosing the burial place of the new Parish of St. George the Martyr |
700 |
0 |
0 |
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the same two, towards the New Church in the Parish of St. Margaret's, Westminster |
800 |
0 |
0 |
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Thomas Rous, for incident charges |
300 |
0 |
0 |
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9,500 |
0 |
0 |
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and for money imprested within the time of this Accompt: |
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Thomas Hues and William Tuffnell, Edward Tuffnell and Edward Strong, John Skeat, smith, Robert Jeffes and John James and George Norris for digging the foundation; towards the New Church at Westminster |
8,430 |
0 |
0 |
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William and John Townsend for mason's work, Henry Hester and Frances Withers for bricklayer's work, Robert Jeffes and John James for carpenter's work, George Norris for digging the foundation; towards the New Church in the Strand |
3,100 |
0 |
0 |
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Edward Tuffnell and Edward Strong, Thomas Lucas, James Grove for carpenter's work and John Skeat; towards the New Church at Deptford |
7,700 |
0 |
0 |
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Edward Tuffnell and Edward Strong, Thomas Hues and Richard Billinghurst, Robert Jeffs and John James, John Skeat, John Grazebrook, and James Ellis and James Hands for plaisterer's work; towards the New Church at East Greenwich |
4,475 |
0 |
0 |
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Thomas Slemaker and Richard Goodchild, bricklayers, James Groves, carpenter, Thomas Dunn, mason, and George Norris for digging the foundation; towards the New Church in Spittlefeilds |
2,750 |
0 |
0 |
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Edward Strong and Edward Tuffnell, Thomas Sleemaker and Richard Goodchild, James Groves and John Clarke for digging the foundations; towards the New Church at Wapping |
1,440 |
0 |
0 |
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Thomas Sleemaker and Richard Goodchild, Robert Jeffes and John James, Benjamin Coker for digging foundations; towards the Church at Limehouse |
680 |
0 |
0 |
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Thomas Hues and William Tuffnell, Edward Strong and Richard Tuffnell, James Groves, and George Vaughan for digging foundations and making the road; towards inclosing with walls the two cemeteries of St. George's Church and making a road thereto |
953 |
19 |
11 |
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Thomas Rous, for incidents |
100 |
0 |
0 |
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29,628 |
19 |
11 |
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£39,128 |
19 |
11 |
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and so the Accomptant is even and Quit. |
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Declared 7 February 1717–18. |
