Wednesday 14 October 1761

Plays

Event Type
Standard
Revenue
£123 9s
Available Revenue
N/A
Capacity
56%

Beneficiary(ies)
N/A
Commanded by
N/A
Requested by
N/A

Notes
Income from Boxes £38 7s 6d

Business

Income

Category Amount Full price Half price Aftermoney Supplementary Notes
Door Receipts £123 9s £123 9s £0 £0 £0
Total £123 9s

Expenditure

Category Amount Payment Type A/c book entry Notes
Employees (Other) £3 7s 6d Internal Persons us'd in ye Fair as [per] List
Lamplighters £1 12s 3d Internal Lamps BD vol. 8, p. 408 states that the last mention of Mr Kemp, lampman, was on 28 May 1760, but he was also named thrice in the 1760-61 expenditure records for lamplighting, and the regular £1 12s 3d payments for "Lamps" in that and the following season probably went to him too.
Singers 5s Internal Mr Reily added this Night in the fair On 11 November 1761 Reily was listed amongst other singers in Comus at 5s per night, so was surely a singer himself.
Musicians (Band) £4 19s 4d Internal Musick
Hair, Beards and Wigs 5s 4d Internal Barbers
Wardrobe (Other) £1 3s Departmental Wardrobe Bill
Properties 7s 6d Departmental Property Bill
Candles (Tallow) £2 10s External Tallow Candles
Candles (Wax) £1 6s External Wax Candles
Coal 10s External Coales
Bill Distribution 11s 6d Internal 1 Days Billsetters
Newspaper Advertisements 5s External 1 Advertisement Presumed to be newspaper advertising.
Printing £1 7s External 1 Days Bills
Management £5 5s Internal Mr. J. Rich
Management £1 Internal Mr. C. Rich
Miscellaneous £12 1s External By Renters &ca.
Unknown £50 Unknown Advance to Mr. Blackmore The size of the payment suggests an advance to cover tailoring costs, rather than a personal loan, but it is impossible to be sure.
Total £86 15s 5d