There is much similarity in all of these, and we shall take one of them, that for the year 1728, as an example.
In 1711 there seem to have been two corporate seals, one of steel and another of silver; there was also “a mould with the Company’s arms by wch the Iron Backs were made”; this handsome mould is still preserved over the chimney-piece in the entrance lobby, and an old “iron back” cast from it is built into the wall of the courtyard opposite the entrance door.
In the Parlour.
A chimney piece of Assistants Arms & three Sheilds over it.
Four Spanish tables & a footstep.
One great Russia leather Chair for ye Master.
30 other Russia chairs. One pair Bellows.
One Turkey work?t carpett.
A brass hearth peice & shovell & tongs with brass heads.
A painted Sale Cloath to cover the hearth. One green bays carpett.
Mr Lisle’s picture. Mr Skinner’s picture.
King Henry ye 8ths picture. Sir John Frederick’s picture.
King Charles the Second’s picture.
Sir Charles Scarborough & Mr Alderman Arris’s pictures.
Four double glass sconces & two single ones.
Two candlesticks with wax candles. A Table of the masters names.297
Dr Tyson’s picture. Serjt Bernard’s picture.
Mr Johnson’s picture. Mr Inigo Jones’s picture.
A large steel engine with a wooden frame for ye Cos seal.
3 Cane Sashes for ye Windows.
3 most noble Window Curtains in fflorence Persian Silk.
Two Spanish Pictures. A fine clock.
A large gilt leather screen with 8 folds & the Companys arms painted upon it.
A wooden stand for ye Chamber pott. Six cushions.
In the Clark’s Cupboard in ye Parlour.
One Box for ye Poor. One Bell. Two Testaments.
One Hammer. 3 Standishes. One Balloting Box & Balls.
In the Beadle’s Custody.
Two Staves with ye Companys arms & crest in Silver.
Two Beadles gowns purchased by the Company.
In the Passage before the Parlour.
One Spanish Table. An Elks head. 6 Leather chairs.
A Table of orders. A tortoise shell the gift of Mr Henry Boone.
3 Brass Sconces. Two new tables. Two new benches.
3 Tressells & a bench yt goes under the wall.
In the Election Room.
One Turkey workt Elbow chair. 30 other Turkey worked chairs.
One folding table. A green cloth carpett.
One large brass hearth piece & a pair of tongs fire shovell & Dogs with fine brass heads.
Mr Ferne’s Picture. Mr Thomas Allen’s picture.
A picture of the Prince Elector Palatine. One painted sale Cloth & a marble slabb.
A looking glass over the chimney. King Charles the Seconds picture.
In the Balcony.
Three green & white Window Curtains & curtain rods.
In the Long gallery up one pr of Stairs.
Two Elbow chairs. 20 cain bottom chairs.
A little table. A Scrutore.298
The figures of the Muscles. A print of a Skeleton.
15 old Turkey worked chairs.
A large iron hearth piece with shovell & tongs. An iron back.
A skeleton frame with black curtains around it, a pulley & cord, a skeleton.
In the Theatre.
One skeleton in a frame. One new skeleton pendent from the Center of the Roof.
Two muscular figures finely painted in gilt frames.
Two humane skins on figures of wood. One figure of anatomy in a frame.
Two figures of Angels presenting a Garland.
Two skulls the one a Mummy the other a Moss with seven other figures.
King Charles the first’s head in stone.
A Skeleton in a frame the gift of Mr Knowles.
A green velvet cushion for the Anatomy Reader.
One cedar table & cover. Two pair of green window curtains.
In the Treasury.
The Company’s seal.
A great chest with several Charters & by laws & other writeings.
In the Hall.
Three great tables.
11 forms beside benches and footstep to ye Masters chair.
Two sheilds fixed to ye Screen. One large ensign of green & white.
Two large green streamers. Two Banners, the King’s Arms & ye City’s arms.
Two Green bays carpetts. A wainscoat desk.
Two green Kidderminster curtains. A clock the gift of Mr Henry Carter.
A table of the Examined Surgeons & Examiners.
A table of officers ffees. A glass Lanthorne.
A squabb going round the Halfe moon table299 & one small one for ye Masrs seat.
A long moveable table for the Hall.
In the Musick Gallery.
One table. Two forms.
8 great staves for ye fflags.
In the Passage going to ye Kitchen.
One dresser. One table & two shelves.
In the Kitchin.
Three dresser boards. 8 Shelves. One chopping block.
One form. 3 Irons in Stewing places. 3 Iron oven lids.
2 large iron racks. 10 large spitts & one little one.
Two iron dripping pans. One iron fender.
A 1/2 hundred iron weight. Two peels. One new peele.
In the Kitchin Larder.
Two rounds of Shelves & a dresser round it.
In the Kitchin Yard.
A leaden cistern & a leaden pipe going up to it.
The Pewter & Brass.
Nine dozen & 11 plates. seven salvers. A charger.
Two pewter basons. 7 saucers. Two chamber potts.
Four pye plates. Three great flaggons.
Ten brass candlesticks. One iron hearth for charcoal.
An earthen monteth. Two pair of snuffers.
Eighteen brass sconces for the Theatre. One beer still & a plate rack.
In the Buttery.
A Binn for bread. 3 Shelves. A bench.
A dressing board. 3 Shelves in the Cupboard.
4 little bottles for oyl & vinegar.
2 doz & 11 Wine glasses. 1 doz 4 Water glasses.
3 small beer glasses. 7 stone muggs.
3 Stone bottles. 2 flower potts.
A painted Sale cloth. 2 knife basketts.
In the Cupboard in the Buttery.
Two dozen & a halfe of black handled knives & forks with a box to put them in.
1 Dozen and a halfe of Oyster knives. 4 voiders. A flaskett.
30 White handled knives & forks ivory.
In the Clark’s Yard & Cellar.
A leaden cistern.
A pipe to lead the water from the street through the Beadles Cellar into ye Clarks yard &
so through ye Companys into ye Kitchin.
One large chest to putt the candles in.
One clock in a case. 4 new pepper castors.
The Company’s Plate.
| | oz. | | dwt. |
Eighteen silver spoons | wt. | 43 | | 6 |
another silver spoon | | 6 | | 0 |
One Bason the gift of Mr Robert Andrews | | 74 | 3/4 | 0 |
One Ewer the gift of Mr Thos Collins | | 54 | | 10 |
King Henry ye 8ths cup & cover | | 26 | 1/2 | 0 |
King Charles the 2ds cup & cover | | 62 | 1/2 | 0 |
A punch Bowl the gift of Queen Anne at the request of Mr Serjeant Bernard then Masr of this Corporation | | 160 | | 0 |
Four great standing Cups.
The gifts of the several p?sons following, vizt |
Sir John Frederick | | 38 | | 10 |
Martin Brown Esqr | | 45 | | 10 |
Mr Thos Bell | | 65 | | 0 |
Mr Thos Bowden | | 38 | | 0 |
Four Beer Bowles.
The gift of Alderman Arris weighing vizt | oz. | | dwt. |
First | | 9 | | 8 |
Second | | 9 | | 8 |
Third | | 8 | | 6 |
fourth | | 6 | | 15 |
Seven Tankards.
The gifts of the several p?sons following, vizt |
The first of Mr John Dorrington | | 39 | | 0 |
The second of Mr George Gray | | 37 | | 2 |
The third of Mr Abraham Deviatt | | 23 | | 0 |
The fourth of Mr Thomas Fothergill | | 24 | | 15 |
The fifth of Mrs Eliz. Clarke | | 17 | | 10 |
The sixth of Mr Abraham Perrott | | 26 | | 15 |
The seventh of Mr Edward Arris | | 26 | | 15 |
Three Great Salts.
First | | 45 | | 0 |
Second | | 37 | | 0 |
Third | | 38 | | 0 |
One small salt | | 3 | | 11 |
Four coronetts | | 26 | 3/4 | 0 |
A voider the gift of Mr Thos Gill.
An Iron Chest to putt the plate in.
The Table Linnen.
1 Dozen & 2 Huckaback Towells. 1 Dozen & one old odd towells.
11 Dozen & 4 napkins. 8 Holland sheets. 1 Large diaper towell. 4 side board cloths.
1 Dozen & 8 oyster cloths. 11 Table cloths & the chest they lye in.
In the Long Walk.
Two ladders one great one & one small one.
24 Bucketts with the Companys arms on them. 4 Settles.
In the Chest below the Stairs.
The Rich cloth that lies over the Anatomy. A black coffin cloth.
19 flatt caps. 19 Dimothy waistcoats.
19 Badges & the Readers Robes.
In the Lower Theatre.
A pewter cistern & a leaden laver. An anatomy chest.
A table to dissect on & a hatch for ye Theatre door.
In the Closetts 2 Drawers & two planks to stand on.