Saturday 27 June 1789

Business

Income

Total N/A

Expenditure

Category Amount Payment Type A/c book entry Notes
Dancers £20 Internal Paid Mr Delpini, a Donation /
Performers (Other) £1 1s Internal Paid Ryan the Boxer
Singers £300 Internal Paid Mrs. Billington, in full
Treasurers £200 Internal Paid Mr Barlow for his attendance
Treasurers £60 Internal Paid Mr Hughes Ditto [for his attendance]
Musical Services and Supplies (Other) £6 6s External Paid Mr Shields Junr. on acct Perhaps a payment for composing music; there folowed on 20 July 1789 a £6 6s payment to "Mr Shields for Capt. Cooks Music".
Clothing Purchase (Headwear) 16s External Paid for a Hatt for Miss Fontenelle
Clothing Purchase (Legwear) £9 2s External Paid for Silk Hose
Clothing Purchase (Other) £4 4s External Pd. for a Suit of Cut Velvet & other Articles
Fireworks £7 7s External Paid Mr Rosi, for Fireworks
Fireworks £10 External Paid Mr Clanfield / a Donation /
Scene Painters £25 2s Internal Paid Mr Benson / Painter / in full
Scene Painters £5 5s Internal Paid Mr Hodgins / Painter / on acct
Proprietorial (Other) £50 External Paid Thos Harris Esqr
Proprietorial (Other) £5 5s External Paid Thos. Harris Esqr
Benefit Payments £4 8s 6d Internal Paid Mr Hull, his Benefit Ball
Books, Paper and Stationery £1 10s External Paid for Stamps
Books, Paper and Stationery £1 External Paid for Pens
Books, Paper and Stationery £2 10s External Paid for a Roll of Parchmt.
Charity £4 4s External Paid Donation to Mr Duncan & Mrs Paddock BD vol. 11, p. 144 describes a Mrs Paddick, actress and wardrobe mistress, whom it states was not mentioned again after 1775, so this payment may well have been a charitable donation to her. However, the only possible candidate for "Mr Duncan" listed in BD is the actor Timothy Duncan (vol. 4, pp. 503-4), who seems to have left Covent Garden to perform in Ireland shortly before this payment was made, and therefore does not seem a likely object of charity, unless he had needed the money for the voyage to Ireland.
Miscellaneous £5 15s External Pd. Mr Dive 3d. of a Lottery prize
Miscellaneous £5 3s 4d External Pd. for 3d. Lottery Ticket for T. Harris Esq
Miscellaneous 11s 6d External Paid for a Foxes Skin Unclear what this was used for.
Unknown £39 11s 6d Unknown Paid Ditto [Thos. Harris Esqr] per Mr Nobe
Law £10 12s External Pd. Messrs. Holl & Flemny for their attendance, Swearing Witnesses Coach Hire &c &c in Callons Suit
Loan Repayments (as Debtor) £5 External Paid Int on Mr Quicks Note due 7th. May last
Loans Made (as Creditor) £15 5s Internal Paid Mr Booth, in advance, Presumably Cockran Joseph Booth, who was ill and close to death at this time. Although Booth was an actor, he seems to have functioned primarily as a prompter at this time; the term "a Bill" probably relates to his work in writing parts, for which he was specifically paid multiple times between 1783-88. (See also BD vol. 2, pp. 229-30.).
Play Licences £6 6s External Pd. Licences, Dramatist, School for Widow & Hunchb.
Total £806 4s 10d