At a General Meeting of the Lords and Others, Commissioners for Rebuilding the Cathedral Church of St. Paul in London, at Guildhall, Thursday, July 5. 1677.

PRESENT

  • The LORD MAYOR of London,
  • Earl of Craven,
  • Lord Bishop of London,
  • Lord Bishop of Rochester,
  • Sir Joseph Williamson,
  • Sir Charles Harbord,
  • Sir John Birkenhead,
  • Sir Thomas Exton,
  • Sir John Frederick,
  • Sir George Waterman,
  • Sir Nathaniel Hern,
  • Sir Thomas Player,
  • Sir John Cutler,
  • Sir Christopher Wren,
  • Mr. Dean of St. Paul's,
  • Dr. Edward Layfield,
  • Mr. Auditor Phelips.

ORDER'D,
THat a brief Declaration of the State of the Accompt of all Monies received and paid, as well for and towards the Reparation of the Cathedral Church of St. Paul in London, before the great and dreadful Fire, as for and towards the Rebuilding thereof, with other considerable Works and Expenses done and disbursed since that time, be drawn up, Printed, and Published, for information of all such as desire to be satisfied in the Proceedings therein, and have or shall hereafter contribute towards so pious and honourable a Work.

In pursuance of which said Order, the said Accompt is stated as followeth, viz.

 l.s.d.l.s.d.
THE CHARGETHere was paid into the Chamber of London, since His Majesties Restauration to the Seventh day of July, 1677, by Gifts, Legacies, and Subscriptions,16007:05:09¾41343:04:09¾
Received also by the Imposition of Coals, at 4 d.½ per Chaldron, to the said Seventh of July, 1677,24500:00:00
And received more for old Materials (being either useless or cumber­some)00835:19:00
The DISCHARGEThere hath been paid and expended, in and about the Reparation of the Church, begun in the Month of August, 1663, until the time of the Fire, which was all destroyed and lost, and for several Works in the Ruins after the Fire, until the last day of April, 1674, the repairing of the West End of the Church which fell down, recovering 194 Tuns of Lead melted in the Rubbish, repairing the Convocation-House, new building of Offices, &c. for the Work, and many other necessary Works being included therein,14738:07:01½38292:08:05¾
Paid and disbursed also, in and about the Rebuilding the said Church, from the First day of May, 1674, (when the new Work was first begun) to the Third of July, 1677, wherein is included the Charge of the Scaffolding to the great North Gable-End, and taking down the same, with other high Walls adjoyning to it, and also the taking up of 8500 Cubical Yards of old Foundation-Walls, Carting away above 20000 Loads of Rubbish, and several other considerable Works, not altogether relating to the bringing up the new Work: So that upon a strict Accompt the Charge of the new Building only, amounts to little more than 20000 l. but the aforesaid Charges being added to the same, makes23554:01:04¼
 

Since the beginning of this new Work, there hath been wrought and set up 37000 superficial Feet and upwards of old Stones for out-side Work, and 35000 Feet and upwards of new Stones, containing 3500 Tuns of new Portland Stones, and other Stones. In all which Works are contained 8600 Rods of Rubble-work in the Foundations and in-side of the Walls, each Rod being 272 Cubical Feet, the whole making 20600 Tuns of old Rubble Stones, the Foundations being 22 Feet deep below the surface of the Church-yard, and in many places 35 Feet deep. There hath been spent in the said Work 7500 Hundreds of Lime, 400 Thousands of Bricks, 4400 Tuns of Sand and upwards, besides three times the quantity of old Sand sifted out of the Rubbish.

The Work now in hand contains the Chore, being 170 Foot long, and 121 Foot broad, with great Vaults underneath, and is raised 24 Foot above ground: The greatest part of the Foundations of the Cross-Isles are laid, and the Dome, which is 108 Foot in Diameter within the Walls, is carried up to the same height with the Chore, together with the Chapter-House and Vestries. So that the whole Foundation of the Fabrick, so far as is now begun, extends from East to West 320 Foot, and from North to South 310 Foot. There remains only the Foundations of the Body of the Church to the Westward, being about one third part of the whole Building; and room is making for it, by taking down the Remainder of the old Ruins.

      
The REMAINDER

And there remains in Cash in the Chamber of London, and to be accompted for, the Seventh of July, 1677,

Over and besides what hath been received upon Accompt of the Coal-Cash, or otherwise, since the said Seventh of July last, and is not yet put to Accompt.

   3050:16:04
MEMORANDUM.

The Particular of all the Receipts are to be seen in the Chamberlain's Office in the Guild-hall of the City of London, where all Monies given for this Publick Work are received by the Chamberlain of the said City, whose Acquittance is a sufficient Discharge.

And all the Accompts of the Payments and Disbursments made by the Clerk or Pay-master of the Works, out of such Monies as he receives from the said Chamberlain, are fairly Engrossed in Vellam, and are declared and signed by the Lords and Others appointed Commissioners for the said Work, and are remaining in the Office of the Works, there to be seen by any that desire to promote the same.

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