Catalogue description Miscellaneous papers concerning the following parishes, St. Giles-in-the-fields, 1711-34. St. George Bloomsbury, 17[11]-33. St. Alphege Greenwich, 1712-38. St. James Westminster, 1711-24. St. John Smith Square, [1711-31]. Lambeth, 1711-c.1717. St. Leonard Shoreditch, 1711. St. Luke Old Street, 1712-37.

ST. GILES-IN-THE-FIELDS

2 November 1711. Petition by the minister, churchwardens, and vestry of St. Giles-in-the-Fields, stating that the parish contains 269 gentlemen, 1,923 tradesmen, and 807 poor housekeepers; there are about seven occupants to each house and a population of 21,000, of whom many are French Protestants. Suggest a site for a church, churchyard, and minister's house in Great Queen Street or opposite the Duchess of Newcastle's house or on land in tenure of Francis Bird, stone cutter, and others. There is also a site for a church in Bloomsbury in Plow Yard in Hart Street. There are no chapels fit to be made parish churches. The parish church is dilapidated and in debt. The parish is charged with a paved highway from St. Giles Pound towards Hampstead. The gentry live in Lincoln's Inn Fields and Bloomsbury, and most of the poor near Drury Lane. The poor are relieved by rates. Recommend building of two churches (23 signatures) (ff.1-2).

[9 November 1711]. Account of the parish by William Hayley, Dean of Chichester, stating the population to be about 35,000 before the building in Cock and Pye Fields, and advising new churches in Lincoln's Inn Fields, the Land Bank in Queen Street, the Green Dragon Inn in Holborn, and the Stone Cutters by Bloomsbury market. Copy (f.3).

[16 July 1713]. Letter from Thomas Ralegh to [John] Skeat, agent, sending details of the value of his property next to the Green Dragon leased to Ralph Clayton (f.5).

29 July 1713. Report by Henry Hoare recommending the Green Dragon and Three Cupp Inn sites in Holborn (f.7).

12 August 1713. Proposals by Philip Dacres for the sale of houses and ground near Drury Lane (ff.9-10).

19 March 1715. Report by Henry Hoare recommending site called the Coal Yard between High Holborn and Drury Lane proposed by Dacres (f.11).

19 March 1715. Proposals by Philip Dacres to sell site called the Coal Yard (f.12).

6 August 1724. Petition by the churchwardens and vestry of St. Giles-in-the-Fields that the new parish near Bloomsbury market be extended to equalise the proportion of rich and poor in the two new parishes established (19 signatures) (ff.16-17).

[1731]. Petition by the rector, churchwardens, vestry, and parishioners of St. Giles-in-the-Fields that the parish church, of which the floor is eight feet below street level, be rebuilt (20 signatures) (f.14).

2 December 1734. Report by trustees appointed to rebuild St. Giles-in-the-Fields, stating that the church has been rebuilt by Henry Flitcroft at a cost of over £8,000 (9 signatures) (f.19).

ST. GEORGE BLOOMSBURY

[13 November 1711]. Rachel, Lady Russell, declines proposal for churchyard between St. George's chapel and her garden, and suggests a site for a church between Hart Street and Little Russell Street. Plans of the site (ff.20-2).

10 December 1712. Proposals by Francis Hayes, of the Inner Temple, to sell the Green Dragon Inn (f.23).

[1714]. Proposals by Lady Russell for sale of site between Hart Street and Little Russell Street, which has been viewed by the commission (f.24r-v).

Also a plan of the site (ff.26v-27).

9 June 1714. Proposals by the same and Elizabeth, Dowager Duchess of Bedford, to sell land between Hart Street and Little Russell Street, with plan attached (ff.28-9).

13 June 1716. Edward Strong jr. and Edward Tufnell reply to advertisement in the Gazette and ask to see designs before submitting proposals for mason's work (f.30).

[13 June 1716]. Petition by Henry Hester and Francis Withers for contract for brickwork of church in Bloomsbury (f.32).

[9 May 1723]. Petition by George White for compensation for blocking of entrance to coachhouse and stable at the north end of church being built in Bloomsbury (f.33).

16 May 1723. Report by Nicholas Hawksmoor and John James on George White's petition for compensation (f.34).

1723-5. Receipted accounts for repairs to Eates' house [Richard Ety] (ff.36-9).

[8 November 1723]. Proposals by Henry Savage for plumber's work on new church in Hart Street (f.40).

[1723]. Proposals by George Devall for plumber's work on the same (f.41).

[1723]. Proposals by John Grove for carpenter's work on the same (f.42).

14 September 1724. Tabulated abstracts of proposals for joiner's work on the same by John Lane, John Meard, Thomas Phillips, John Simmons, and John Sturges (f.44).

28 September 1724. Petition by John Reynolds to paint parsonage house at Bow (f.46).

[1724]. Petition by William Busby, watchman, for payment (f.47).

[19 March 1725]. Petition by inhabitants of Bloomsbury to the House of Commons asking to be heard in a Bill before the House. Copy (f.49).

1 October 1725. Letter from J. Pritchard to J.T. Philipps, secretary, from Easton Maudit, discussing sites for cemetery for church in Bloomsbury (f.51).

[1725]. Petition by Richard Ety, barge-master, for compensation for damage to his house caused during the building of Bloomsbury church (f.53).

[11 March 1726]. Petition by George Crochly, of Bloomsbury, writing-master, for compensation for damage to his schoolroom caused in building the church and by the rabble playing in the church in the absence of the workmen (f.55).

[1726]. Letter from George Crochly for settlement of his claim (f.57).

[1726]. Petition by the same, schoolmaster, for lights and passage to his ground, and compensation for expenses incurred (f.59).

[1726]. Petition by the same for compensation for dispute with the rector of Bloomsbury (f.61).

[1726]. Petition by the same similar to f.59, but increasing the amount of compensation sought (f.63).

[23 June 1727]. Petition by the same for compensation, part of the school having fallen down (f.65). Also a further petition by him on the same subject, [30 June 1727] (f.67).

3 August 1727. Estimate by Hawksmoor of Crochly's claim for compensation (ff.69-71).

[1727]. Estimate by George Crochly of damages sustained by him during the building of the church (f.73).

28 January 1732. Petition by the rector, churchwardens, and vestry of St. George Bloomsbury, for relief with the cost of a gallery from north to south on the west side of the church and additional pews, and for improved access to the churchyard (26 signatures) (f.75r-v).

28 January 1732. Particular and estimate of repairs necessary to the church (6 signatures) (f.77r-v).

23 March 1732. Report by Hawksmoor and James on alterations and alleged defects in the church (f.79r-v).

14 June 1732. Petition by the rector, churchwardens, and vestry, defending their previous petition (19 signatures) (f.81).

10 April 1733. Report by Francis Hooper, Rector of Leybourne, Kent, and William Wilkinson, accompanied by Edward Vernon, Rector of St. George Bloomsbury, on Combe Farm in the Hundred of Hoo, Kent (f.82r-v), with a plan of the farm (f.84).

12 April 1733. Letter from Francis Whitworth to the Revd. Edward Vernon, recommending William Wilkinson to view estate in Kent (f.85).

[-]. Memorial by the churchwardens of St. Giles-in-the-Fields of works required in St. George Bloomsbury (f.87).

[-]. Report [by Hawksmoor] on works in the church of which the parish desires allowance (f.89).

ST. ALPHEGE GREENWICH

Inventory of papers (f.91).

3 September 1712. Certificate by George Osmond that he has received over eleven tons of lead from the Revd. John Turner and the churchwardens of Greenwich (f.92).

[24 September 1712]. Memorandum that Serjeant Bennett will do the commission all the service in his power with Lady Mordent. Endorsed, 'About the chancel of Greenwich church' (f.94).

16 March 1713. Proposals by Robert Jeffes and John James for measuring the carpenter's work in the new church at Greenwich (f.95).

11 June 1713. Receipt by John Skeat for old iron from Greenwich church (f.97).

19 August 1713. Certificate by Hawksmoor that the mason's work is advanced to the middle of the entablement (f.99).

[19 August 1713]. Certificate by the same that the bricklayer's work is advanced to the middle of the entablement (f.100).

[20 January 1714]. Petition by John Graysbrook for payment for plumber's work (f.101).

[17 February 1714]. Petition by Paul Mucklebray, waterman, for payment for services as watchman (f.103).

[10 June 1714]. Petition by John Graysbrook for payment for plumber's work (f.105).

12 January 1715. Certificate by Hawksmoor that the church is covered with lead (f.106).

[12 January 1715]. Petition by John Graysbrook for payment for plumber's work (f.107).

[1715]. Petition by Edward Tufnell and Edward Strong jr. for double wharfage, cranage, and lighterage, in the contract for the church at Limehouse owing to the shallowness of the river (f.109v).

[1715]. Petition [by Thomas Hues and Richard Billinghurst] for payment for bricklayers' work (f.112).

18 January 1715. Letter from the Revd. John Turner to Thomas Rous, secretary, from Greenwich, concerning the enlargement of the churchyard (f.116).

10 May 1715. Certificate by Hawksmoor of plasterers' work completed (f.118).

[1715]. Petition by James Hands and James Ellis for payment for plasterers' work (f.119).

1715. Orders of the vestry concerning the purchase of land for a churchyard. Copies (f.121).

[1716]. Petition by John Gilham and John Smallwell, joiners, for payment for work at Greenwich, the pews, outside doors, and gallery being almost completed (f.114).

15 April 1716. Order of the vestry forbidding burials near the church and authorising the purchase of land for a churchyard (33 names). Copy (f.122).

19 May 1716. Letter from the Board of Directors of the Royal Hospital for Seamen at Greenwich, desiring the rapid completion of Greenwich church, and stating that when the roof collapsed in 1710 temporary permission was given to hold services in the chapel of the Hospital (f.124).

[30 May 1716]. Plan of pews in Greenwich church (ff.126-7).

[1717]. Petition by John Gilham to be allowed to finish the joiner's work at Greenwich before commencing at Deptford (f.110).

22 September 1718. Order of the vestry that the commission be petitioned to provide a seat for the king in the church. Copy (f.128).

[1719]. Account by John Smallwell for joiner's work (f.130).

1719-20. Account by John Skeat for smith's work (f.131).

1719-20. Account by John Gilham for joiner's work (f.132r-v).

1719. Account by Richard Scott for painter's work (f.134).

[-]. Account by Zachary Gisborne for pew keys and other items sold for the benefit of the church (f.135).

26 November 1719. Letter from J. Robinson, churchwarden, asking that the inconvenience caused by Gilham's occupation of the vestry while pewing the church be remedied (f.136).

29 February 1720. Account by Edward Strong jr. for mason's work (f.137).

[1720]. Petition by the minister, churchwardens, and inhabitants that the building of the church be hastened (11 signatures) (f.138).

[-]. Petition by the minister, churchwardens, vestry, and inhabitants, for a wall to be built round land purchased for a churchyard and that the old and ruinous tower be surveyed (39 signatures) (ff.140-1).

[26 October 1721]. Petition by the minister and churchwardens for permission to erect pews in the cross aisle (f.142).

[25 October 1723]. Petition by the minister, churchwardens, and inhabitants, describing works desired for the church, including closing the west end and communicating with the steeple (ff.144-5).

[12 October 1724]. Petition by Ann Gilham, widow of John Gilham, for payment for joiner's work at Deptford and Greenwich executed by herself and her son-in-law (f.146).

[22 October 1725]. Petition by Joseph Wade, carver, for payment for work left undone by Mr. Jones (f.147).

[5 December 1729]. Petition by the minister, churchwardens, and inhabitants, for the rebuilding of the steeple (12 signatures) (f.149).

[-]. Petition by parishioners of Greenwich for enclosing the churchyard. A steeple has been built, and has a peal of eight bells, and a clock with four dials is to be added (58 signatures) (f.150r-v).

[14 March 1738]. Petition by the minister, churchwardens, and inhabitants, for assistance in enclosing the churchyard. The parish is impoverished by the removal of wealthy inhabitants, numerous poor, the cost of a workhouse, and the provision of a clock (23 signatures) (f.152).

See The Case of the Inhabitants of Greenwich in the County of Kent, and Reasons why they ask Relief for Rebuilding their Parish-Church, [1710].

ST. JAMES WESTMINSTER

Inventory of papers (f.154).

[1711]. The rector and churchwardens cannot reply to the commission until the vestry meets (f.155).

7 November 1711. Memorial by the vestry of St. James Westminster stating that the parish contains about 3,000 houses and a population of 20,000, including French Protestants and papists. There are chapels in King Street, Golden Square, and Berwick Street. The best site for a church and minister's house is the Pest House ground, or gardens at the upper end of Broad Street, but a new church is not needed (f.157r-v).

[1711]. The Director and Governors of King Street chapel cannot reply to the commission until the Trustees meet (f.159).

[8 November 1711]. Memorial by the Trustees of King Street chapel that in 1700 Archbishop Tenison conveyed the site of a tabernacle, which was built at his expense, and a house occupied by the Bishop of Norwich to trustees to maintain a morning and afternoon preacher, a reader, a schoolmaster in orders, and another schoolmaster to teach free scholars. In 1702 the tabernacle was demolished and a chapel with vestry and schoolhouse built at a cost of £2,000. The Trustees cannot undertake alterations not within the terms of the trust; they believe the accommodation sufficient, and that charity sermons maintain other charity schools in the parish (f.161r-v).

7 December 1711. Letter from Archbishop Tenison to [John] Hoskins, commissioner, approving the memorial of the trustees of King Street chapel. The chapel was built in King James's time; it has prayers four times a day, two sermons on Sundays, and two schools for mathematics and grammar. There is no room for a steeple, but a bell can be heard throughout the precinct (f.163).

[14 December 1711]. Petition by the Revd. James King that he has purchased and repaired the late French chapel in Spring Garden, converted it for an English congregation, and been licensed to it. Asks to be presented to one of the new parishes in St. James or St. Martin-in-the-Fields parishes (f.165).

[17 February 1714]. Report by John Skeat on site near Swallow Street (f.167).

18 January 1718. Proposals by William Pulteney and William Lowndes, esqs., whereby the former proposes to sell lands for a schoolhouse, and the latter to sell lands between Carnaby Street and King Street for a church and minister's house (f.168r-v).

11 December 1723. Order by the commission that the Trustees of King Street chapel be asked whether they object to the conversion of the chapel into a parish church (f.170).

8 January 1724. The Trustees of King Street chapel state that if the chapel is made a parish church the revenues from pews, which maintain the charity school, will be diverted to other uses, and the destruction of the charity will discourage others charitably disposed. The signatories include Sir Isaac Newton (f.172r-v).

ST. JOHN SMITH SQUARE

Inventory of papers (f.174).

[16 November 1711]. Representation by the minister and trustees of the new chapel in Tothill Fields, Westminster, that the chapel is a brick building holding 1,200 and is fit to be made parochial. There is a churchyard. If parochial, the chapel requires a vestry, steeple, stone pavement, and organ (f.175r-v).

3 January 1713. Report by William Dickinson on land on Mill Bank belonging to [Henry] Smith (f.177).

9 January 1713. Report by Hawksmoor, Dickinson, Thomas Hues, and Edward Tufnell on Henry Smith's land at Mill Bank (f.179).

9 November [1713]. Letter from Thomas Cole, from King Street, concerning the poor quality of bricks used in the foundations of the new church (f.183).

[16 December 1713]. Report by Hawksmoor and James Gibbs on the foundations of the new church (f.184r-v).

1711-14. Minutes of the commission concerning the church. Copy (ff.186-91).

[1714]. Petition by Thomas Hues and William Tufnell for payment for bricklayers' work on the new church in Westminster (f.181).

[1716]. Memorial by John Grove, carpenter, for amendment of his contract, the roof being different from what has been done previously and the cost of timber having increased 20 per cent since the contract was made (f.196).

26 March 1716. Memorial by John James that he contracted with Robert Jeffes, deceased, for carpenter's work on the new church. Jeffes' widow will not continue the business, and completion is inconsistent with the office he holds from the commission (f.192).

20 June 1716. Abstract by Hawksmoor and James of rates proposed by Thomas Denning and John Grove for carpenters' work (f.194).

1716-18. Minutes of the commission concerning the church. Copy (f.197r-v).

5 January 1721. Application by Hawksmoor and James that a drain for rain water be made (f.199).

[24 May 1723]. Petition by persons living near the new church that the church be completed (106 signatures) (ff.200v-201).

[8 November 1723]. Proposals by John Lock for joiner's work (ff.202-203v).

[-]. Petition by John Surner for charcoal for the joiner (f.204).

[-]. Account certified by John James of extraordinary costs of the church due to the 'tenderness' of the foundations (f.206).

1713-21. Account certified by the same of the cost of the church (f.208).

[February 1724]. Account certified by the same of expenditure to fit the church for divine service (f.210).

26 October 1724. Petition by William Langley for payment for pewing the church (f.212).

[-]. List of names (f.213).

[28 January 1726]. Petition by John Mackreth and George Devall for themselves and others who have built houses near the new church for leave to build drains to the sewer built by the commission (5 signatures) (f.215).

[20 February 1727]. Petition by inhabitants of the intended new parish that the four towers be completed and a churchyard provided (10 signatures) (f.217).

[12 February 1728]. Petition by inhabitants of the intended new parish that the church be made parochial and maintenance of a minister provided (f.219).

12 March 1728. Act of the Dean and Chapter of Westminster agreeing to the creation of a new parish, saving their rights and those of the Revd. Lawrence Brodrick. Also a note in the hand of Edmund Gibson that Hawksmoor delivered a plan of proposed district to the Dean of Westminster and that the terms on which the Dean and Chapter will convey the fabric be ascertained (ff.221-2).

1728. An Act for making Provision for the Rector of the New Church, situate near Millbank, in the Parish of St. Margaret Westminster, and for other Purposes therein mentioned (ff.223-30).

8 June 1728. Appointment of churchwardens and parish officers by the commission (f.231).

[1728]. Petition by inhabitants of the parish of St. John-the-Evangelist to Edmund Gibson, Bishop of London, that tradesmen be added to the vestry (92 signatures) (ff.233-4).

[1728]. List of names, possibly for addition to the vestry (f.235).

[1728]. Petition by the rector, churchwardens, and vestry, proposing a table of burial fees (11 signatures) (f.237).

[4 July 1729]. Petition by Edward Gee, minister of St. John-the-Evangelist, for payment of interest on endowment fund of £2,500 (f.238).

4 July 1729. Minute of the commission to ascertain the date of the consecration of the church. Also a note by Nathaniel Blackerby, treasurer, that it was consecrated a few days before Midsummer Day 1728, and was first preached in on 10 November (f.240).

[11 February 1731]. Letter from Jane Gee, widow of the Revd. Edward Gee, requesting payment of interest on endowment fund (f.242).

LAMBETH

Inventory of papers (f.244).

[1711]. Representation by the minister, churchwardens, and vestry of Lambeth, stating that the parish contains 1,800 families or about 10,800 persons, and is poor. There are several sites for a church in Stockwell and Lambeth Dean (34 signatures) (f.245).

12 November 1711. Resolution of the vestry recommending land adjoining Caroon house in South Lambeth, belonging to Captain Peter Floyer, as the site for a church (101 signatures) (ff.246-7).

[1711]. Petition by inhabitants of Lambeth Dean and Stockwell, stating that sites on Common Green in Stockwell and Ladderstile field by the Washway side in Lambeth Dean are more suitable for a church than the site suggested by the vestry in South Lambeth (54 signatures) (f.248r-v).

[27 November 1711]. The case of the inhabitants of Stockwell and Lambeth Dean rejecting the rector's claim that the church should be in South Lambeth because the Prince's Liberty would be part of the new parish, and suggesting that Lambeth Dean, which contains 133 houses, and Stockwell, which contains about 102 houses, are more distant from the existing church. There are a further 50 houses at Camberwell (f.250r-v).

30 November 1711. Consent of the owners of common rights on Common Green, Stockwell, to the erection of a church on common ground (5 signatures and seals) (f.252).

[-]. Note that Sir John Thornicroft has given land in Stockwell for a church, churchyard, and minister's house (f.254).

c. 1717. Petition by inhabitants of Lambeth Dean and Stockwell for a church and minister's house to be built on land offered by Sir John Thornicroft at Stockwell (82 signatures) (f.255).

ST. LEONARD SHOREDITCH

Inventory of papers (f.256).

[9 November 1711]. Memorial by the minister, churchwardens, and inhabitants of St. Leonard Shoreditch and precinct of Norton Folgate sending plans of two sites for a new church, and tabulating the numbers of houses, population, numbers paying for relief of the poor, and the value of the payments in Hoxton, Holywell Street, Moorfields, and Norton Folgate. They recommend sites and propose the division of Norton Folgate, which belongs to the Dean and Chapter of St. Paul's, has separate suits at court leet and baron and separate poor assessments (24 signatures) (ff.257v-258).

[16 November 1711]. Petition by the churchwardens and inhabitants concerning division of the parish and the acquisition of a site for a church. The whole of Norton Folgate should be united to or separated from Shoreditch (9 signatures) (f.259).

30 November 1711. Proposals by W. Colepeper to sell land in Shoreditch (f.261).

14 December 1711. Proposals by Francis Coleman to sell land in Curtain Street and Holywell Lane in Shoreditch (f.263).

ST. LUKE OLD STREET

1 August 1712. Petition by the minister, churchwardens, and inhabitants of St. Giles Cripplegate, for new churches to be built in the Barbican, White Cross Street, and Old Street (55 signatures) (f.264).

24 September 1712. Proposals by the Master and Wardens of the Ironmongers' Company to sell land on the north of Old Street fronting White Cross Street for a church, churchyard, and minister's house (f.266).

29 December 1712. Report by William Dickinson on the site in Old Street (f.268).

23 March 1713. Proposals by a committee of the Ironmongers' Company for the provision of improved access to the church and the alteration of the site in Vanbrugh's plan (f.270).

[17 November 1714]. Memorial by the Ironmongers' Company concerning building a street (f.272).

18 July 1716. Proposals by a committee of the Ironmongers' Company to sell additional land at the same rate as before, although deprived of the advantage of building on Old Street, on condition that a street is built round the church and churchyard (f.273).

25 July 1716. Proposals by the Ironmongers' Company regulating the street proposed in plan by John James round the church and churchyard (f.275). Also a copy (f.277).

21 March 1717. Memorial by principal inhabitants of St. Giles Cripplegate for the early building of the church in Old Street, and for other churches to be built in the parish, which contains 40,000 people and nine or ten meeting houses (13 signatures) (f.278r-v).

30 July 1717. Act of the Court of the Ironmongers' Company undertaking not to build within ten feet of the churchyard wall (f.280).

[-]. Petition by the Master and Wardens of the Ironmongers' Company for further time to clear the site for the new church (f.282).

3 November 1720. Names of persons who have thrown rubbish on the site in Old Street (f.284).

4 April 1721. Proposal by James Wilson to lease the unlet part of the site, which is a receptacle for rubbish (f.285).

10 April 1721. Proposal by the same to lease the back churchyard in Old Street (f.287).

10 April 1721. Petition by the same for the continued use of the only house remaining on the site now cleared by the Ironmongers' Company (f.289).

10 May 1721. Petition by the same for lease of the site of the church (f.291).

[19 February 1724]. Memorial by the same concerning fencing part of the site (f.292).

[10 April 1724]. Memorial by the same concerning clearing rubbish from the site (f.293).

c. 1727. Proposals by the same for digging foundations of the church (f.295).

27 October 1727. Petition by the same against employment of another bricklayer owing to his misfortunes, which have been caused by delays in the churches and his building of houses unlet (f.296).

27 October 1727. Letter from the same to Dr. [John] Bettesworth, conerning his misfortunes (f.298).

30 November 1730. Petition by the vicar, churchwardens, and inhabitants of St. Giles Cripplegate that William Carter be appointed watchman of the church now building (23 signatures) (f.300).

[13 March 1732]. Petition by the churchwardens and parish officers of the part of St. Giles Cripplegate called the Lordship that the district to be attached to the new church consist of the entire Lordship (11 signatures) (ff.302v-303).

1733. An Act for providing a Maintenance for the Rector of the new Church near Old-Street... and for making that Part of the said Parish, which is called The Lordship Part, a distinct Parish... (ff.304-315v).

[30 November 1733]. Petition by William Nicolls, Rector of St. Luke Old Street, that an estate at Tottenham and Edmonton, Middlesex, be purchased for the endowment of the living (f.316r-v).

[-]. Extract from a warrant for money for building a minister's house (f.318). Title of Act of Parliament above ff.304-315v.

15 July 1733. Account of Anthony Griffin for surveying an estate at Tottenham (f.319).

[7 March 1735]. Petition by William Nicolls, Rector of St. Luke, for the commission to pay the costs and brokerage of the purchase of the estate at Tottenham and Edmonton (f.320).

[7 March 1735]. Bill of John Skynner for legal expenses in purchasing the same estate (f.322).

[7 March 1735]. Mr. Denn's bill for brokerage for the purchase of the same estate (f.324).

2 April 1735. Legal opinion of William Melmoth for the Revd. W. Nicolls, stating that charges of the purchase of lands for the endowment of the living ought to be paid by the commission (ff.325-6).

3 March 1737. Order by the commission that Vigerus Edwards, solicitor, deliver all deeds and papers concerning the purchase of the same estate to the Revd. W. Nicolls (f.327).

2 December 1737. Letter from John James to John Sherman, agent, from Greenwich Hospital, concerning payment of a glazier's bill (f.329).

330 ff.