Monday 1 February 1808

Plays

Performances
The Mountaineers, Harlequin in his Element; or, Fire, Water, Earth, and Air
Event Type
Standard
Revenue
Unknown
Available Revenue
N/A - no receipts
Capacity
0%
Beneficiary(ies)
N/A
Commanded by
N/A
Requested by
N/A

Business

Income

Total N/A

Expenditure

Category Amount Payment Type A/c book entry Notes
Clothing Material (Linen) £99 External Messrs. Knight & Tucker / Linnen Drapers / on Acct The BL MS Eg. series of surviving Covent Garden account books does not cover the 1806-07 season, hence this season's expenses are taken from BL MS 29957, which falls into the series of less reliable and apparently later account books. Here, there is a separate list of expenses at the end of the season, with its own running total. At the end of this list is a total figure of £10744 0s 1d, with a note, "Paid out of the Receipts of 1807/8". No account books for 1807-08 survive, but a comparison with the 1805-06 season - for which both types of account book exist - show that these separate expenses would in fact have been recorded in the opening pages of 1807-08's account book in the BL MS Eg. series.
Clothing Material (Silk) £193 10s 6d External Mr. Kay / Silk Mercer / on Acct The BL MS Eg. series of surviving Covent Garden account books does not cover the 1806-07 season, hence this season's expenses are taken from BL MS 29957, which falls into the series of less reliable and apparently later account books. Here, there is a separate list of expenses at the end of the season, with its own running total. At the end of this list is a total figure of £10744 0s 1d, with a note, "Paid out of the Receipts of 1807/8". No account books for 1807-08 survive, but a comparison with the 1805-06 season - for which both types of account book exist - show that these separate expenses would in fact have been recorded in the opening pages of 1807-08's account book in the BL MS Eg. series.
Clothing Material (Wool) £100 External Mr. Elam / Woollen Draper / on Acct The BL MS Eg. series of surviving Covent Garden account books does not cover the 1806-07 season, hence this season's expenses are taken from BL MS 29957, which falls into the series of less reliable and apparently later account books. Here, there is a separate list of expenses at the end of the season, with its own running total. At the end of this list is a total figure of £10744 0s 1d, with a note, "Paid out of the Receipts of 1807/8". No account books for 1807-08 survive, but a comparison with the 1805-06 season - for which both types of account book exist - show that these separate expenses would in fact have been recorded in the opening pages of 1807-08's account book in the BL MS Eg. series.
Candles (Tallow) £99 5s 8d External Mr. Say / Tallow Ch / on Acct The BL MS Eg. series of surviving Covent Garden account books does not cover the 1806-07 season, hence this season's expenses are taken from BL MS 29957, which falls into the series of less reliable and apparently later account books. Here, there is a separate list of expenses at the end of the season, with its own running total. At the end of this list is a total figure of £10744 0s 1d, with a note, "Paid out of the Receipts of 1807/8". No account books for 1807-08 survive, but a comparison with the 1805-06 season - for which both types of account book exist - show that these separate expenses would in fact have been recorded in the opening pages of 1807-08's account book in the BL MS Eg. series.
Oil £443 14s External Messrs. Enderby in full for Oil The BL MS Eg. series of surviving Covent Garden account books does not cover the 1806-07 season, hence this season's expenses are taken from BL MS 29957, which falls into the series of less reliable and apparently later account books. Here, there is a separate list of expenses at the end of the season, with its own running total. At the end of this list is a total figure of £10744 0s 1d, with a note, "Paid out of the Receipts of 1807/8". No account books for 1807-08 survive, but a comparison with the 1805-06 season - for which both types of account book exist - show that these separate expenses would in fact have been recorded in the opening pages of 1807-08's account book in the BL MS Eg. series.
Plumbing £150 External Mr. Edwards / Plumber / Do [in full] The BL MS Eg. series of surviving Covent Garden account books does not cover the 1806-07 season, hence this season's expenses are taken from BL MS 29957, which falls into the series of less reliable and apparently later account books. Here, there is a separate list of expenses at the end of the season, with its own running total. At the end of this list is a total figure of £10744 0s 1d, with a note, "Paid out of the Receipts of 1807/8". No account books for 1807-08 survive, but a comparison with the 1805-06 season - for which both types of account book exist - show that these separate expenses would in fact have been recorded in the opening pages of 1807-08's account book in the BL MS Eg. series.
Timber £245 17s External Mr. White / Timber Mercht / in full The BL MS Eg. series of surviving Covent Garden account books does not cover the 1806-07 season, hence this season's expenses are taken from BL MS 29957, which falls into the series of less reliable and apparently later account books. Here, there is a separate list of expenses at the end of the season, with its own running total. At the end of this list is a total figure of £10744 0s 1d, with a note, "Paid out of the Receipts of 1807/8". No account books for 1807-08 survive, but a comparison with the 1805-06 season - for which both types of account book exist - show that these separate expenses would in fact have been recorded in the opening pages of 1807-08's account book in the BL MS Eg. series.
Newspaper Advertisements £4 13s External Stamps in the Observer The BL MS Eg. series of surviving Covent Garden account books does not cover the 1806-07 season, hence this season's expenses are taken from BL MS 29957, which falls into the series of less reliable and apparently later account books. Here, there is a separate list of expenses at the end of the season, with its own running total. At the end of this list is a total figure of £10744 0s 1d, with a note, "Paid out of the Receipts of 1807/8". No account books for 1807-08 survive, but a comparison with the 1805-06 season - for which both types of account book exist - show that these separate expenses would in fact have been recorded in the opening pages of 1807-08's account book in the BL MS Eg. series.
Food and Drink £5 10s External Mr. Dear in full for Bread The BL MS Eg. series of surviving Covent Garden account books does not cover the 1806-07 season, hence this season's expenses are taken from BL MS 29957, which falls into the series of less reliable and apparently later account books. Here, there is a separate list of expenses at the end of the season, with its own running total. At the end of this list is a total figure of £10744 0s 1d, with a note, "Paid out of the Receipts of 1807/8". No account books for 1807-08 survive, but a comparison with the 1805-06 season - for which both types of account book exist - show that these separate expenses would in fact have been recorded in the opening pages of 1807-08's account book in the BL MS Eg. series.
Total £1,341 10s 2d