Declared Accounts: Hawkers and Pedlars

Calendar of Treasury Books, Volume 21, 1706-1707. Originally published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1952.

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'Declared Accounts: Hawkers and Pedlars', in Calendar of Treasury Books, Volume 21, 1706-1707, (London, 1952) pp. cccxvii. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-treasury-books/vol21/cccxvii [accessed 25 April 2024]

Hawkers and Pedlars

Declared Accounts: Hawkers and Pedlars.
AUDIT OFFICE, BUNDLE 1423, ROLL 10.
Samuel Atkinson, John Henley and Michael East, Commissioners for Licensing Hawkers.
24 June 1705–25 June 1706.
Charge. l. s. d. l. s. d.
Arrears: remaining as at the foot of the last Accompt 232 18 0½
depending upon several persons as at the foot of the last Accompt 1,2190 1 0
1,522 0½ 19
Receipts:
money arising by the grant of licences within the time of this Accompt:
for the grant of 2,240 foot licences at 4l each 8,960 0 0
for the grant of licences to travel with 185 horses at 4l. each horse 740 0 0
for 2,063 foot licences delivered out at 12d each 103 3 0
licence fees for 177 licences for travelling with 185 horses at 2s. each 17 14 0
received for 44 bonds for securing the latter moiety of the duty at 12d. each bond 2 4 0
9,823 1 0
total charges and receipts 11,346 0 0½
Discharge.
salaries to the Commissioners, surveyors clerks, etc. 1,280 0 0
allowances for prompt payment 476 4 0
necessary and incident charges 402 16 9
2,159 0 9
money paid into the Exchequer, by dates 7,102 18 10
total payments and allowances £9,261 19 7
and so remains 2,084 0 5½
whereof depending on sundry persons in arrear with their licences or for the value of bonds in the hands of these Accomptants:
in the year ending Midsummer 1698 380 5 6
ditto 1699 198 15 0
ditto 1700 311 12 6
ditto 1701 264 5 0
ditto 1702 52 15 0
ditto 1703 27 7 6
ditto 1704 28 10 6
ditto 1705 26 10 0
ditto 1706 30 0 0
total depending 1,320 1 0
and so these Accomptants are indebted 763 19 5½
Declared 28 July 1709.
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