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| Charge. | | | | £ | s. | d. |
|---|
| Arrears: none, this being their first Accompt | | nil | |
| but depending on several persons at the foot of the final Accompt of the late Commissioners | 1,999 | 0 | 5 |
Receipts: money arising within the time of this Accompt for licences to Hawkers etc.:
for 2,235 licences for a year to Midsummer 1716 at 4l. each | 8,940 | 0 | 0 |
| for licences to travel with 185 horses ditto at 4l. each horse | 740 | 0 | 0 |
| for 2,040 single foot licences at 12d. each | | | | 102 | 0 | 0 |
| for 185 licences for travelling with that number of horses at 2s. each | 18 | 10 | 0 |
| for the charge of 10 bonds for securing the latter moiety of the Duty at 12d. each bond | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| | | | — |
| total charges and receipts | | | | £11,800 | 0 | 5 |
| Discharge. | | | | | | |
|---|
| Salaries: to George Townsend, junior, Montague Bacon and Francis Browne, Commissioners, 300l.; to Hadley Doyley, Solicitor, 50l.; to Philip Sanderson, Cashier, to Xmas 1715 and Thomas Tomkins succeeding him 90l.; to clerks detailed, 100l.; to the Riding Surveyor General and seven Riding Surveyors, named, 900l.; to the three Surveyors for London and Westminster, named, 150l.; and to a messenger, named, 30l. | 1,620 | 0 | 0 |
| allowance for prompt payment of the latter moiety of 2,225 licences for the time of this Accompt (445l.) and of 185 licences for travelling with 185 horses (37l.) | 482 | 0 | 0 |
| necessary and incident charges, detailed | | | | 465 | 17 | 10½ |
| (total for salaries, prompt payment and incidents as above 2,567l. 17s. 10½d.) | | | |
| money paid into the Exchequer, by dates | | | | 7,012 | 10 | 0 |
| | | | — |
| total payments and allowances | | | | £9,580 | 7 | 10½ |
| and so remains | | | | 2,219 | 12 | 6½ |
| against which depending for money in arrear, Midsummer 1697 to Midsummer 1715 | | | | 1,999 | 0 | 5 |
| £ | s. | d. | | | |
|---|
| and for money in arrear for licences granted within the time of this Accompt, detailed | 10 | 0 | 0 | | | |
| and on Richard Harrington, messenger, for money imprested | 38 | 0 | 0 | | | |
| and on William Este, Riding Surveyor General, for money received by him and remaining in his hands | 33 | 18 | 6 | | | |
| — | 81 | 18 | 6 |
| | | | — |
| total of the supers aforesaid | | | | £2080 | 18 | 11 |
and so the Accomptants are Indebted
Declared 7 August 1718. | | | | 138 | 13 | 7½ |
| Auditor's Memorandum: certain Riding Surveyors, named, are accomptable for several licences within the time of the late Commissioners with which they were entrusted to deliver to Hawkers etc. trading in the Country; William Este is likewise accomptable for several licences within the time of this Accompt. The respective bonds for securing these Duties remain in the Solicitor's hands. |