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notice to quit their come into commons upper mess of the chambers of Adams
OF THE
[1687
chambers ; that John Prinn, for presuming to without giving bond, and refusing to come to the bar, be suspended commons ; and that the and Dalton be viewed.
BENCHTABLE held on 26, 27, 28, and 29 October, 1687. Orders that John Cressett be appointed master of the revels in the place of Charles Cooke, deceased ; that Bowyer and Purley do wait on the lord chancellor and master of the rolls to invite them to dinner on Grand day next ; that William Farrer and Fuller do wait on the judges and serjeants to invite them to dinner on the same day ; that Chaire's chimney and others of a like nature be viewed ; that Prinn be restored into commons ; and that various chambers be viewed. Order that a committee do treat with the Middle Temple upon the matter of their pulling up the rails in the Temple Lane, erected for securing the Crown Office Building, and to settle the place for the erection of such rails ; also as to a conveyance to be made to trustees of both Houses of the ground or soil of the Temple ; and as to the number of new lights to be set up in the society and their places and prices. GENERAL
ACCOUNT
BOOK.
ACCOUNTof Sir Robert Sawyer, treasurer, from 4 November, 1686, to 30 October, 1687. Money received upon the aid roll, for repair of the church, and upon the subscriptions, 2 4/i. Received for the trees in the King's Bench Walks, after allowance for taking and carrying, 6/1. DISBURSEMENTS. To Charles Cook, as master of the revels, for an allowance on Grand day, and the four following nights in Michaelmas term, 1686, 12/i. To Stacey, the reader of the Temple
church, allowed to him by act of parliament, oll. To Harris, the organ maker, upon security of his bond, too/i. To Minors, for wages and for Gazettes for the masters of the bench, 2/i. To Robinson, for the musician's fee in Michaelmas term, 4/i. To Davenant, for the use of the players that acted "The Spanish Priest," the Grand day, Feb. 2, 2o/i. To Tompson,' the clockmaker, for the clock over the hall, 6o/i.
So in MS. but possibly a mistake for Thomas Tompion, the well known clockmaker, see p. 239.