Copies of letters, of warrants issued to Henry Smith, treasurer to the Commissioners,...

Receipts for the original warrants are in many instances entered on the registered copies. The documents in this list are warrants unless otherwise stated, and the church or other building to which they refer is entered in brackets.

Letter to Nathaniel Curzon, 16 July 1712, offering £1,000 for site of St. George's chapel, Ormond Street (f.1).

Letter to Sir James Etheridge, 24 July 1712, inquiring the price of two houses 'next the snuff house in Gulstone Square' for site of a new church (f.1v).

Letter to [Richard] Wise, 24 July 1712, accepting his terms for the sale of land at Deptford, except the grant of a pew to him and the appointment of his tenant as sexton (f.2).

Letter to Nathaniel Curzon, 23 July 1712, agreeing to purchase site of St. George's chapel for £1,000; have no power to grant advowson (f.2v).

Letters patent appointing Henry Smith treasurer to the Commissioners, 10 July 1712 (ff.3-4v).

Bond of Henry Smith in £3,000 and of Robert Cotton, of Steeple Gidding, Hunts., in £2,000 on appointment of former as treasurer, 18 July 1712 (f.5).

Application for £10,000, 2 July 1712 (f.5v).

Letter to the Governors of the Charterhouse, 7 December 1712, desiring to purchase Pardon churchyard in the parish of St. James Clerkenwell for church and minister's house (f.6).

Application for £5,000, n.d. (ff.6v-7).

11 February 1713: salaries of officers of the commission (ff.7v-8).

£200 to Thomas Rous, secretary to the commission (f.8v).

£152:19:0 to Thomas Lowther (f.9).

£10 to Samuel Brewster for rent of room in Lincoln's Inn (f.9v).

£25 to Edward Tufnell and Edward Strong, masons, for sheds to shelter workmen (St. Alphege Greenwich) (f.10).

25 February 1713: £49 to Simon Beckley, solicitor to the commission (f.10v).

30 March 1713: £400 to Thomas Hues and Richard Billinghurst, bricklayers (St. Alphege Greenwich) (f.11).

Letter to Lionel Wafer, 15 April 1713, offering to treat for site for church, churchyard, and minister's house in Holborn (f.11v).

30 April 1713: £640 to [Richard] Wise for land and five houses in Deptford (f.12).

£70 to Samuel Priestman for crop of fruit on land at Deptford purchased from Wise (f.12v).

£10 to Samuel Brewster for rent (f.13).

£10 to the same for fitting up room (f.13v).

14 May 1713: £100 to Thomas Rous for expenses (f.14).

21 May 1713: application for £10,000 (ff.14v-15).

£700 to Henry Smith for site for church and minister's house in Westminster (f.15v).

11 June 1713: £600 to Thomas Hues and Richard Billinghurst, bricklayers (St. Alphege Greenwich) (f.16).

£2,000 to Edward Tufnell and Edward Strong, masons (St. Alphege Greenwich) (f.16v).

£1,000 to Sir Nathaniel Curzon for site of St. George's chapel and houses, Holborn (f.17).

£100 to John Kent for equity of redemption of site of St. George's chapel, Holborn (f.17v).

Application for £5,000 (f.18r-v).

2 July 1713: £300 to Dr. Henry Proctor for three acres in the parish of St. Pancras (f.19).

£300 to Richard Gray for interest in lease of land purchased from Proctor (f.19v).

Salaries of officers (f.20).

9 July 1713: £10 to Samuel Brewster for rent (f.20v).

16 July 1713: application for £5,000 (f.21r-v).

12 August 1713: £18:4:0 to Paul Mucklebray, watchman (St. Alphege Greenwich) (f.22).

19 August 1713: £2,000 to Edward Tufnell and Edward Strong, masons, (St. Alphege Greenwich) (f.22v).

£500 to Thomas Hues and Richard Billinghurst, bricklayers (St. Alphege Greenwich) (f.23).

10 October 1713: £26:18:6 to William Dickinson, late surveyor, for seven weeks salary at £200 a year. Crossed out (f.24v).

14 October 1713: £800 to Robert Jeffs and John James, carpenters (St. Alphege Greenwich) (f.23v).

£800 to Thomas Lucas, bricklayer (St.Paul Deptford) (f.24).

28 October 1713: application for £10,000 (f.25).

£10 to Samuel Brewster for rent (f.25v).

£260 to Philip Humphrys, £300 to John Heath, £200 to Elizabeth Moor, £300 to Ann Heath, £200 to Charles Wood and Simon Michell (Christ Church Spitalfields: church, churchyard, and minister's house) (f.26r-v).

Application for £5,000 (f.27r-v).

11 November 1713: £1,500 to Thomas Hues and William Tufnell, bricklayers (St. John Smith Square and St. George-the-Martyr) (f.28).

30 December 1713: salaries of officers (f.28v).

27 January 1714: salary of Henry Smith (f.29).

£600 to John Graysbrook, plumber (St. Alphege Greenwich) (f.29v).

1714: £10:3:0 to Paul Mucklebray, watchman (St. Alphege Greenwich) (f.30).

13 May 1714: £62 to Simon Beckley, solicitor (f.30v).

Application for £5,000 (f.31r-v).

Application for £10,000 (f.32r-v).

27 May 1714: £500 to Thomas Lucas, bricklayer (St. Paul Deptford: church and churchyard) (f.33).

£400 to Bridges Watts for two acres at Upper Wapping in the parish of St. Dunstan Stepney (f.33v).

£400 to John West for site of church, churchyard and minister's house at Limehouse in the parish of St. Dunstan Stepney (f.34).

£800 to Thomas Hues and William Tufnell, bricklayers (St. John Smith Square) (f.34v).

£43 to Major [Shearman] Godfrey relating to land at Limehouse purchased from John West (f.35).

3 June 1714: application for £5,000 (ff.35v-36).

£1,000 to Edward Tufnell and Edward Strong, masons (St. Alphege Greenwich) (f.36v).

£500 to the same (St. Paul Deptford) (f.37).

£500 to the same (St. John Smith Square) (f.37v).

£500 to Robert Jeffs and John James, carpenters (St. Alphege Greenwich) (f.38).

£300 to the same (St. John Smith Square) (f.38v).

£17:10:0 to George Vaughan, labourer (St. George-the-Martyr: road to churchyard) (f.39).

8 July 1714: salaries of officers (f.39v).

29 July 1714: £500 to John Skeat, smith (St. Alphege Greenwich) (f.40).

£500 to the same (St. John Smith Square) (f.40v).

5 August 1714: £400 to James Grove, carpenter (St. Paul Deptford) (f.41).

£130 to George Norris (St. John Smith Square: digging foundations) (f.42).

25 August 1714: £900 to Thomas Hues and William Tufnell, bricklayers (St. John Smith Square) (f.41v).

28 October 1714: £400 to Henry Hester and Francis Withers, bricklayers (St. Mary Le Strand) (f.42v).

10 November 1714: applications for £10,000 (ff.44v-45).

17 November 1714: £800 to Thomas Slemaker and Richard Goodchild, bricklayers (Christ Church Spitalfields) (f.43).

£650 to the same (St. George-in-the-East) (f.43v).

£550 to the same (St. Anne Limehouse) (f.44).

[1714]: application for £14,000 (ff.46v-47).

15 December 1714: £1,000 to Edward Tufnell and Edward Strong, masons (St. Alphege Greenwich) (f.46v).

£2,000 to the same (St. Paul Deptford) (f.47).

£2,000 to the same (St. John Smith Square) (f.47v).

£500 to Thomas Hues and Richard Billinghurst, bricklayers (St. Alphege Greenwich) (f.48).

£400 to Thomas Hues and William Tufnell, bricklayers (St. George-the-Martyr: walling churchyards) (f.48v).

£800 to Thomas Lucas, bricklayer (St. Paul Deptford) (f.49).

£400 to James Grove, carpenter (Christ Church Spitalfields) (f.49v).

£50 to the same (St. George-the-Martyr: churchyard gates) (f.50).

£50 to the same (St. George-in-the-East: fencing churchyard) (f.50v).

£100 to George Norris (St. Mary Le Strand: digging foundations) (f.51).

£100 to the same (Christ Church Spitalfields: digging foundations) (f.51v).

£40 to John Clark (St. George-in-the-East: digging foundations) (f.52).

£70 to George Vaughan (St. George-the-Martyr: road to churchyards) (f.52v).

£70 to Benjamin Coker (St. Anne Limehouse: digging foundations) (f.53).

£1,000 to Robert Record Hastings for land and six houses in St. Paul Shadwell (f.53v).

19 January 1715: £200 to John Graysbrook, plumber (St. Alphege Greenwich) (f.54).

£200 to Robert Jeffs and John James, carpenters (St. Alphege Greenwich) (f.54v).

£100 to the same (St. John Smith Square) (f.55).

£50 to the same (St. Mary Le Strand: fencing) (f.55v).

£50 to the same (St. Anne Limehouse: fencing) (f.56).

£20 to Samuel Brewster for rent (f.56v).

16 February 1715: salaries of officers (f.57).

£30 to Samuel Brewster for rent (f.57v).

16 March 1715: £351:10:0 to John Talman in Florence for brass statue of Queen Anne for church in the Strand (f.58).

23 March 1715: £400 to Henry Hester and Francis Withers, bricklayers (St. Mary Le Strand) (f.58v).

£30 to George Vaughan (St. George-the-Martyr: road and foundations of churchyard walls) (f.59).

27 April 1715: £35:9:6 to Richard Webb for legal work (f.59v).

£26:18:6 to William Dickinson, late surveyor (f.60).

17 May 1715: £150 to James Ellis and James Hands, plasterers (St. Alphege Greenwich) (f.60v).

14 June 1715: £600 to John Skeat, smith (St. Paul Deptford) (f.61).

£100 to the same (Christ Church Spitalfields) (f.61v).

£300 to the same (St. John Smith Square) (f.62).

£100 to Thomas Rous (f.62v).

5 July 1715: application for £11,000. Crossed out (f.63r-v).

11 July 1715: salaries of officers (f.64).

5 August 1715: £1,000 to Rachel, Lady Russell, and Elizabeth, Dowager Duchess of Bedford, for site of church and minister's house in Bloomsbury in the parish of St. Giles-in-the-Fields. Crossed out. See MSS/2690-2750/2706, no.1 (f.64v).

Application for £10,000 (f.65r-v).

11 August 1715: £500 to Edward Strong and Edward Tufnell, masons (St. George-in-the-East) (f.66).

£271:15:11 to the same (St. George-the-Martyr: churchyards) (f.66v).

£2,500 to the same (St. John Smith Square) (f.67).

£200 to the same (St. Alphege Greenwich) (f.67v).

£2,500 to the same (St. Paul Deptford) (f.68).

£1,200 to William and John Townesend, masons (St. Mary Le Strand) (f.68v).

£800 to the same (St. Mary Le Strand) (f.69).

£1,000 to Thomas Dunn, mason (Christ Church Spitalfields) (f.69v).

£125 to Thomas Hues and Richard Billinghurst, bricklayers (St. Alphege Greenwich) (f.70).

£114:14:0 to Thomas Hues and William Tufnell, bricklayers (St. George-the-Martyr: churchyards) (f.70v).

£400 to the same (St. John Smith Square) (f.71).

£400 to Thomas Lucas, bricklayer (St. Paul Deptford) (f.71v).

£200 to Thomas Slemaker and Richard Goodchild, bricklayers (St. George-in-the-East) (f.72).

£300 to the same (Christ Church Spitalfields) (f.72v).

£180 to James Grove, carpenter (Christ Church Spitalfields). Crossed out. (f.73).

£300 to the same (St. Paul Deptford). Crossed out (f.73v).

£26:10:10 to the same (St. George-the-Martyr: churchyards). Crossed out (f.74).

£50 to George Norris (Christ Church Spitalfields: digging foundations) (f.74v).

£150 to the same (St. Mary Le Strand: digging foundations) (f.75).

£100 to John Grazebrook, plumber (St. Alphege Greenwich) (f.75v).

£200 to John James and executors of Robert Jeffs, carpenters (St. John Smith Square). Crossed out (f.76).

£100 to the same (St. Alphege Greenwich). Crossed out (f.76v).

£34:6:0 to Samuel Wood, watchman (St. John Smith Square) (f.77).

£10 to Benjamin Coker (St. Anne Limehouse: digging foundations) (f.77v).

£57:4:0 to Simon Beckley, solicitor (f.78).

£700 to Bastick Johnson, esq., for site of church, churchyard, and minister's house at Lower Wapping in the parish of St. Dunstan Stepney (f.78v).

18 August 1715: £400 to Thomas Dunn, mason (Christ Church Spitalfields). Crossed out (f.79).

£460 to John Talman in Florence for brass statue of Queen Anne for church in the Strand (f.79v).

Index.

v + 180 ff., of which ff.80-180 blank.