[ 229 a                      11 July 1680—10 July 1681.            'iw.tfSSS: ]

SUftereof ftaiire onie

Inprimis paide  to  master H"orton  the Counsellor for his

ffee...........                .     xl®

Item paide to him for his chardges to Cambridge,
ridinge   with   letters   from   the   IMaior   Concerninge   the

Companie.........                     xl®

[? Were these two entries connected with the claim of Cambridge
University to a printing press, and the consequent long-standing fight
between that University and the Stationers^ Company ; which is referred
to by the Bishop of London at pp. 246-8 ; which was not finally acceded
to by the Company until the Royal Compromise of the Order in Council of
the lOth December 1623 ; and which even then had subsequently to be
enforced by the Orders in Council of the 16th April 1629 and 9th March
1636. A number of interesting documents on this subject will be included
in the next Volume.]

[Four entries omitted.]

Item for allowaunce towarde the feaste Dynner   ...           v^

Item paide for Thomas Drapers exhibicon for one yeere

Due at midsommer Laste [25 June 1581]            .        .        .         iiij^

Item for the chardges of settinge fourthe of ISTyne souldiours
into Irelande, that is to sale iiij at the firste tyme ij^^ j®
iij* and five at the Seconde tyme viij^ iiij®  iiij*  as by the

particulers thereof appearethe......             x^      v®   vij*

Item paide to Timothie Ryder for makeinge cleane of harnes
the laste yeere in master Harrison and master Bisshoppes
tyme..........                            xij*

[One entry omitted.]

Item for boatehire to and froe Ffulham aboute porteses         .                     ij®

[Three entries omitted.]

Item paide to Giles Huke the porter towarde the buriall of

his wife     ..........                      v®

[Giles Huke was one of the names included in the Company's two
Charters in 1556 and 1559. ]

[Two entries omitted.]
 

I. 490