History of the Company. 109 



all worke that shalbe done between this and the first of 

 April next." 



November ^iOth. 



"■ It is ordered that Mr. Davis, Bricklayer, shalbe 

 workman to the Company for the rebuilding of the 

 Hall and the other concernes of the Company, and that 

 he shal be allowed Yn]£ a rodd, he being to rubb, gage, 

 and sett all the brickwork there to be done, 



" It is ordered that Mr. Hodgkin be carpenter for 

 the erecting of the Hall at five pounds tenn shillings 

 per square (? nothing stated), without flooreing, the 

 sunners to be xviij inches every way, the girders xiij 

 inches every way, and the joysts 9 inches by 3." 



In the following August also occurs an order 

 for the wainscotting of the Hall at 10 shillings per 

 yard. The cost of rebuilding the Hall v^as in a 

 measure provided for by the summoning of sixty- 

 three persons to take up the Livery, the fee 

 for v^hich had recently been increased to £10. 

 Apart, hov^ever, from the expediency of replenish- 

 ing the Company's treasury, such a step had 

 indeed become almost a necessity by reason of the 

 attenuation of the Company caused by the recent 

 Plague. A few of the members so summoned 

 pleaded poverty caused by their losses in the Fire, 

 and were excused from serving for a time, for 

 which many of them gratified the Company by a 

 gift of money towards the rebuilding of the Hall. 

 During the two years ensuing, numerous pay- 

 ments made to the workmen occur from time to 

 time, amounting in the aggregate to ^1,708 i6s. 



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