| Renters' Shares |
£46 13s 4d |
External |
To Mr. Kynaston for 100 Nts |
Date unclear: "31" has been written in the margin, but is faded, as if there has been an effort to erase it. The date of the preceding payments, 22 March, is used by Milhous and Hume in 'A Drury Lane Account Book for 1745-46', p. 89, and their practice has been followed here. |
| Musicians (Band) |
£21 8s 8d |
Internal |
To the band of Musick |
Date unclear: "31" has been written in the margin, but is faded, as if there has been an effort to erase it. The date of the preceding payments, 22 March, is used by Milhous and Hume in 'A Drury Lane Account Book for 1745-46', p. 89, and their practice has been followed here. |
| Unknown |
£6 6s |
Unknown |
To Mr. Mure Pd Mr. Peacote [?] |
The name was elsewhere spelled "Peacop", and there is a certain similarity between the appearance of the final "p" in those cases and the "te" in this. Yet if the "te" here is supposed as a "p", then its bottom half is missing. Hutchison Mure was DL's mortgagee (lender), and perhaps became more directly involved in the theatre following Green and Amber's bankruptcy in December 1745. Milhous and Hume, in 'A Drury Lane Account Book for 1745-46', p. 101 list Peacop as DL's "housekeeper". There are six payments "To Mr. Mure Pd Mr. Peacop" (or "Peacote [?]") in this season's account book, and two further specifying Peacop alone, but it is unclear exactly whom was being paid, or for what, on each of these occasions. |
| Dancers |
£4 12s |
Internal |
To Mis. [?] Scotts in full for for arrea [?] |
Milhous and Hume, in 'A Drury Lane Account Book for 1745-46', p. 89 transcribe this as "To Mis Scotts in full for arrear", and note on p. 103, "According to this scribe's grammar, this entry suggests that both Isabella and J. Scott danced at Drury Lane this season, though only the former was advertised in The Tempest." However, the scribe's grammar is unclear, and may include corrections: the title looks rather like "Mrs." (the second and third letters are in superscript), and only a dot floating above it suggests "Mis.", which, even with that dot, is not a standard representation of either "Miss", "Misses" or "Mistresses". |
| Unknown |
£3 3s |
Unknown |
To Mr. Norton on acct. |
Date unclear: "31" has been written in the margin, but is faded, as if there has been an effort to erase it. The date of the preceding payments, 22 March, is used by Milhous and Hume in 'A Drury Lane Account Book for 1745-46', p. 89, and their practice has been followed here. On p. 101, they list Norton as a house servant, but gloss his name, "servant or tradesperson?". |
| House Servants (Other) |
£2 10s |
Internal |
To Steel Mott & Porter 6 day Sallery |
Milhous and Hume, in 'A Drury Lane Account Book for 1745-46', p. 104 note, "The entries of 15 and 22 March imply that Steel was in charge of a team that included Mott and Porter, but what they did is not clear." |
| Bill Distribution |
£1 16s |
Internal |
To the bill Setters Pr bill |
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| Security |
14s |
Internal |
To the Soldiers |
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| Messengers and Porters |
5s |
Internal |
To Portage Pd Frans. Heath |
Milhous and Hume, in 'A Drury Lane Account Book for 1745-46', p. 104 note (not specifically on this payment), "In 1742-43 Francis Heath was a scenekeeper (P.R.O. LC 5/204); he later became wardrobe master, but his job this season is unknown." |
| Properties |
1s 6d |
Departmental |
To Properties |
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| House Servants (Other) |
6s |
Internal |
To Pages |
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| Dancers |
10s |
Internal |
To Mr. Liviez on Acct |
"To" and "on Acct" written once but applying to this and three other entries. |
| Performers (Other) |
5s |
Internal |
To Barnard on Acct |
"To" and "on Acct" written once but applying to this and three other entries. Milhous and Hume, in 'A Drury Lane Account Book for 1745-46', p. 100 list "Barnard" amongst DL's performers this season, but note that the identification comes from the account book, as he is not listed in LS. BD does not record any "Barnard" at DL this season either. The reason for Milhous and Hume's identification seems to be that, of the four persons to whom the words "To" and "on Acct" here apply, two of them (Marshall and Leviez) are identifiable performers. |
| Actors |
5s |
Internal |
To Marshal on Acct |
"To" and "on Acct" written once but applying to this and three other entries. |
| Performers (Other) |
10s 6d |
Internal |
To Paul on Acct |
"To" and "on Acct" written once but applying to this and three other entries. Milhous and Hume, in 'A Drury Lane Account Book for 1745-46', p. 100 list "Paul" amongst DL's performers this season, but note that the identification comes from the account book, as he is not listed in LS. BD does not record any "Paul" at DL this season either. The reason for Milhous and Hume's identification seems to be that, of the four persons to whom the words "To" and "on Acct" here apply, two of them (Marshall and Leviez) are identifiable performers. |
| Total |
£89 6s |