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| DECLARED ACCOUNTS: HACKNEY AND STAGE COACHES. |
| AUDIT OFFICE BUNDLE 1326, ROLL 17. |
| EDWARD WHARTON, Receiver General of moneys arising by the Licensing of Hackney and Stage Coaches. |
| Midsummer 1710 to Midsummer 1711. |
| Charge. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. |
| Arrears: remaining in the hands of this Accomptant on the end of his last Accompt | | 200 | 0 | 0 |
| depending upon sundry hackney and stage coachmen in arrear | | 722 | 0 | 0 |
| Receipts: for the rent of 700 hackney coach licences at 4l. each | 2,800 | 0 | 0 | |
| for the Queen's moiety of two forfeitures at 5l. each | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| for the Queen's moiety of 28 forfeitures at 40s. each | 28 | 0 | 0 | |
| for the Queen's moiety of 14 forfeitures at 10s. each | 3 | 10 | 0 | |
| 2,836 | 10 | 0 |
| total charge and receipts | | £3,758 | 10 | 0 |
| Discharge. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. |
| Salaries: Daniel Blake, Charles Heron, Abraham Magny, E. Jollyvet and George Clark, Commissioners, at 100l. per an. each; Edward Wharton, Receiver, at 62l. per an.; Charles Bolton, clerk to the Commissioners, at 50l. per an.; Francis Champelon, housekeeper, at 40l. per an.; George Edes and Michael Brown, messengers, at 40l. per an. each; Richard Colton and Albertus Oldfeild, streetkeepers, at 35l. per an. each | 802 | 0 | 0 | |
| rent of the Office in Surrey Street; to Mrs. Joyce Collins | 38 | 0 | 0 | |
| incident charges: Edward Wharton for his charges; John Tisser, Solicitor, for his charges; George Grafton and Edward Castle for stationery; coals; Charles Bolton, for his charges; the housekeepers for their disbursements; and George Edes for the prosecution of one Turner at Hicks's Hall | 211 | 0 | 9 | |
| taxes | 80 | 4 | 0 | |
| auditor's fee; to Edward Harley | 15 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1,146 | 4 | 9 |
| money paid into the Exchequer (quarterly payments) | | 1,696 | 15 | 3 |
| £2,843 | 0 | 0 |
| and so remains 915l. 10s. 0d. | |
| whereof depending on several hackney and stage coachmen for arrears, etc.: | |
| 11 stage coachmen for 12 stage coach licences at 8l. per an. for the year to Midsummer 1695 | 96 | 0 | 0 | |
| 40 stage coachmen for 46 licences for three quarters to Midsummer 1695 | 276 | 0 | 0 | |
| 20 stage coachmen for 27 licences for half a year to Midsummer 1695 | 108 | 0 | 0 | |
| 33 stage coachmen for 45 licences for Midsummer quarter 1695 | 90 | 0 | 0 | |
| two coachmen at the same rate for Xmas quarter 1694 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Francis Morgan for 5 licences for Ladyday quarter 1695 and for 7 licences for Midsummer quarter 1695 | 24 | 0 | 0 | |
| two coachmen for half a year to Ladyday 1695 | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| ten coachmen for 12 licences for Ladyday quarter 1695 | 24 | 0 | 0 | |
| Isaac Keene for one licence for a year to Midsummer 1695 and for one licence for Midsummer quarter 1695 | 10 | 0 | 0 | |
| Robert Bird for his licence for Xmas quarter 1694 and Midsummer quarter 1695 and for two other licences for three quarters due the same time | 16 | 0 | 0 | |
| Richard Barnes for two licences for Xmas quarter 1694 and for four licences for Ladyday quarter 1695 and for two licences for Midsummer quarter 1695 | 16 | 0 | 0 | |
| Francis Drinkwater for one licence for half a year to Xmas 1694 and for Midsummer quarter 1695 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| William Powell for three licences, one for Ladyday quarter 1695 and two for Midsummer quarter 1695 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jonathan Hopkins for one licence for Xmas quarter 1694 and Midsummer quarter 1695 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Woodgate, for one other licence for Michaelmas quarter 1694 and Midsummer quarter 1695 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| for forfeitures; 10 hackney coachmen convicted in the year to Midsummer 1695 for driving coaches without licence at 50s. each and 5 hackney coachmen for taking more than is allowed by Law at 20s. each | 30 | 0 | 0 | |
| 722 | 0 | 0 |
| and so the said Accomptant is Indebted | | 193 | 10 | 0 |
| Declared 12 August 1714. |