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Liveries and Fees. 307

Liveries and Fees.


l.
Four Clerks Sitters in Woodstreet, 900l.
each,
3600
One Clerk of the Bridge-House,1250
One Clerk of the City Works, and
Keeper of the Reparation Stuff,
600
One Clerk of the Court of Request, or
Conscience,
1000
One Common Serjeant,2000
Four Common Pleaders, 1000l. each,4000
Fifteen Coal-Meeters, 1700l. each,25500
Ten Corn-Meeters, 1300l. each,13000
One Common Huntsman,1500
One Common Cryer,1500
One Common Out-Roper,100
One Comptroller of the Chamber,1800
Two Carpenters of the Bridge-House,
200l. each,
400
One Carpenter of the City,300
One Escheator and Coroner,400
One Foreign Taker,900
Four Fruit-Meeters, each 50l.200
Four Salt-Meeters, each 250l.1000
One Garbler of Spices,976
One Gager of Wine and Oyl,600
One Keeper of Ludgate Prison,1200
One Keeper of Newgate Prison,2500
Two Keepers of the Compters Prisons,
each 2000l.
4000
One Keeper of the Pesthouse,60
One Keeper of Guildhall, &c.1200
One Keeper of the Greenyard,100
Two Keepers of Moorfields; each 100l.200
One Keeper of the Sessions-House,200
One Mason of the Bridge-House,200
One Mason of the City,200
One Bricklayer of the City,200
Two Meal-Weighers, each 100l.200
One Hop-Weigher,200
One Plaisterer of the City,300
One Plaisterer to the Bridge-House,200
One Pavier to the City,250
One Pavier to the Bridge-House,250
One Plumber to the City,500
One Plumber to the Bridge-House,250
One Painter to the City,300
One Printer to the City,200
Two Prothonotaries of the Sheriffs Courts,
400l. each,
800
Two Porters of the Bridge-House, 100l.
each,
200
One Purveyor of the Bridge-House,200
One Sword-Bearer,1200
Two Secondaries of the Compters, each
2500l.
5000
One Sollicitor of the City,1100
One Steward of Southwark,250
One Shotsman of the Bridge-House,200
Thirty six Serjeants to the Sheriffs,
400l. each,
14400
Thirty six Yeomen, 200l. each,7200
Six Serjeants to the Lord-Maior,
600l. each,
3600
Six Yeomen, 600l. each,3600
Six Young Men in the Lord-Maior's
House, 600l. each,
3600
One Town-Clerk,2000
Four Viewers, 50l. each,200
One Water-Bailiff,1500
One Upper-Marshal of the City,800
One Under-Marshal,300
One City-Remembrancer,1000
One Clerk of the Chamber,2000
One City Glazier,200
One City-Stationer,120
Two Serjeants or Yeomen of the Mar-
kets and Channel, 600l. each,
1200
One City Smith,200
Two Yeomen of the Chamber, 600l. each,1200
l.
One City-Cryer, for Things lost or found,50
One Collector of the Duty on Coals,
for the Orphans,
200
One Collector of the Duty on Wines,
for the Orphans,
270
One City-Founder,200
One City-Clerk in Chancery,20
The Printer of the Sessions-Paper to
each Lord-Mayor,
50
One Weigher at the Great Beam,300
The Total Sum is152098


A LIST of the Liveries and Fees, anciently Given, and Paid annually by the CITY of LONDON, to Persons of Honour, their Officers, &c. Viz.

 


l.s.d.
TO the Lord Chancellor, or Keeper,
for the Time being, 4 Yards of
Cloth, at 20s. per Yard,
40000
To the Lord Steward of his Majesty's
Household, Ditto,
400 00
To the Lord Treasurer, Ditto,40000
To the Lord Chamberlain, Ditto,40000
To the Treasurer of his Majesty's
Houshold, Ditto,
40000
To the Comptroller of his Majesty's
House, Ditto,
40000
To Mr. Vice-Chamberlain, Ditto,40000
To the Two Principal Secretaries of
State, Ditto,
80000
To the Lord Chief-Justice of the King's-
Bench, Ditto,
40000
To the Lord Chief-Justice of the Com-
mon-Pleas, Ditto,
40000
To the Lord Chief-Baron of the Exche-
quer, Ditto,
40000
To the Master of the Rolls, Ditto,40000
To Mr. Attorney-General, Ditto,40000
To Mr. Sollictor-General, Ditto,40000
For the Attorney-General, a Retaining
Fee, 10 Guineas,
1015 00
For the Soll. General, Ditto, 8 Guineas,81200
To Mr. Recorder, 4 Yards of Cloth for
Winter Livery,
40000
To Mr. Recorder, his Annual Fee,800000
To Mr. Recorder's Deputy, his Ann. Fee,400000
To the Clerk of the Crown, 4 Yards of
Cloth, at 16s.
3400
To the Secondary of the Crown, Ditto,3400
To the City's Attorney in Chancery, Ditto,3400
To the City's Attorney in the Exche-
quer, Ditto,
3400
To the City's Attorney in the King's-
Bench, Ditto
3400
To the City's Attorney in the Common-
Pleas, Ditto,
3400
To the Chamberlain of the City of Lon-
don, viz. his Fee as Chamberlain,
500000
For his Fee as Renter-General,150000
For his Summer and Winter Liveries,
as Chamberlain, 2l. 13s. 4d. each,
568
For his Two Liveries, as Renter-Gene-
ral, 1l. 12s. each,
34 00
For his Riding-Charges,70000
For his Two Liveries, as Renter of
Rainwell's, 1l. 11s. each,
3200
For his Annual Reward at the Audit,100000
For Overseeing Lands of the Poultry-
Compter, per a Bequest,
1000
For Gathering the Rents of Blanch
Appleton's Lands,
11000

Annual

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