notice of it; and the last heads which, probably, were placed upon its
towers, are said to have been those of the Regicides in 1661, as I
have shewn from Monconys, though, in the numerous pamphlets of their
Trials, &c., I find no account of their being thus disposed. From ‘_The
Traytors’ Perspective Glass_,’ London, 1662, 4to., we learn, however,
that the heads of Cromwell and Ireton were set over Westminster Hall;
and of the others, it is said, ‘their heads, _in several places_, are
become a spectacle both to angels and men, and a prey to birds of the
air.’
In Maitland’s ‘_History_,’ volume i., page 49, we are furnished with ‘a
brief state of the Bridge Account, from Lady-day 1726 to ditto 1727, by
the Bridge-Masters, Matthew Snablin and John Web.
‘_Charge._ £. _s._ _d._
‘By Money in the Bridge-Masters’ hands, at the}
foot of the last Account } 576 9 9
By ditto in the Tenants’ hands in arrears 4271 13 3
By the General Rental this year 3299 0 5
By Fines this Year 493 4 2
By Casual Receipts 267 6 8
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The whole charge. £8907 14 3
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‘_Discharge._ £. _s._ _d._
‘To Rents and Quit-Rents 49 12 8
To Taxes and Trophy-Money 209 14 3
To Weekly Bills, Expenses, and Emptions 1648 0 7
To Timber and Boards 430 18 9
To Stones, Chalk, Lime, Terrass, and Bricks 197 6 0
To Iron-work 170 0 0
To Plumber, Glazier, Painter, and Paviour 278 8 0
To Shipwrights’ Work and Cordage 61 5 0
To Benevolence to the Lord Mayor, &c. 145 6 8
To particular Payments by Order of Court 173 7 0
To Fees and Salaries 270 4 0
To Costs at Audit and Lady Fair 296 2 0
To Money due to balance 4977 9 4
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£8907 14 3’
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