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ditto the 8 : 1675
Mr Lemon
Sr in my Masters absence last weake I sent your accompt and prasing the book since I found a mistacke. I gave you an account in p[ar]t of a Last and a halfe of Rye sould at fourten pound the Last which in our booke is plast and sould at sextenpound per Last the error being carried on in the accompt will macke the ball[ance] but one pound seventeen still Sr your wine yeasterdaye came to safe hand and we have had sevarall <ventamors> tasting of it and thares never one of them that holds at £30 per <Tune [tun]> for it. Beans resen to 3s8d per bush. Oats at 2s2d as in good <riy> not else at present but that I am for my Master Ra. Grey Esq
Yours to command
Arthur Grey
Mr Thomas Leman is dbtr £ s d
To 34 chall of coals 9s6d per chall 16:03:00
To keel dues 01:19:01
To Custome of 34 chall at 8s per chall 13:12:00
To Custome of 3 fother of Lead 03:00:00
To entrys and post entrys for lead and coals 00:03:04
To the bill of store 00:00:06
Cocket and <lights> 01:04:02
Coals that were left out 00:03:04
Touns house duty for cols and lead 00:17:10
Pd the M[aste]r his portage for lead and coals 00:18:00
Pd for car[ry]ing the lead aborde 00:03:00
To 50 p[iece]s lead qt 57:3:21 at 12s10d per foth 34:10:04 1/2
To cash pd to laborars for the Rye 00:04:00
Pd the laborars for the canvas 00:00:08
Pd the <mellers> for the Rye 00:01:03
Pd the Laborars for the Rosall 00:01:00
2½ Gall brandy to fill up the <….> 00:10:00
73:12:04 1/2
per the other side Recd 71:15:04
Resting to ball[ance] the accompt 01:17:00 1/2
Mr Thomas Lemon per cash rcd
To 1 1/2 last of Rye recd and seald at £16 the last 24:00:00
To two bags of Canvis recd and sould at 9 1/2d the
yard containing 578 yards 22:17:07
To the 12 cakes of Rosall Recd at 11:2:11 at
9s per Cnt 05:04:05
To the two hodg[heads] of Brandy Recd conta[ing]
118 gall and sould at 13s4d per gall 19:13:04
71:15:04
[A separate loose leaf copy of this account is found elsewhere in the volume, showing the following slight additions to the above, suggesting that Arthur had not included all relevant itemised expenditure, not least the merchants 2% commission on every item:]
To the porter for the lead 00:03:00
To the mettors for the rye [1d more ie.:] 00:01:04
Pd the porters for the Brandy 00:01:00
For crainidge 00:00:08
To Toll for the wine & Brandy canvis & Rofall & Rye 00:04:00
To my provision 2 per cent 02:18:06
[Revised total:] 76:18:10
