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, London, Before the great and dreadful FIRE, as for and towards the REBUILDING thereof, With other necessary Works and Expenses done and disbursed in Order to the Beginning of the said Work of Rebuilding.
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.
THere was Paid into the Chamber of London, and into the Office of the said Works, in the Convocation-House-Yard, there, since His late Majesty's Restauration, to the 25th Day of March, 1685. the Sum of 126564 l. 13 s. 5 d. ¾ (viz. as hereafter follows.)
| l. | s. | d. | l. | s. | d. | |
| By His late Majesty's Gift upon Arrears of Impropriations, not pardoned by the Act of Indempnity | 002626 | 18 | 11¼ | 126564 | 13 | 05¾ |
| By Fines and Forfeitures upon the Green-Wax, which ended Feb. 15. 1678. | 000527 | 01 | 04¼ | |||
| By the Imposition of Coals at 4 d.½ per Chaldron | 068945 | 00 | 00 | |||
| By the Clergy, in Gifts, Legacies and Subscriptions | 026035 | 19 | 06 | |||
| By the Nobility and Gentry, &c. in Gifts, Legacies and Subscriptions | 012006 | 11 | 09 | |||
| By Collections upon His late Majesty's Letters Patents, of which the Clergy gave a considerable Part, but the Particulars cannot be discover'd for want of Returns of Duplicates from many of the Diocesses in England, where the Arch-Deacons, and their Officers, Ministers and Churchwardens, have been very remiss in pursuing the Directions in the Letters Patents: Thô some others have been very diligent, who have not only made speedy Returns, but also in distinct Particulars; as in the Diocesses of Canterbury, London, Sarum, Glocester, and Carlisle, the Arch-Deaconries of Northampton, Leicester, Chester, and some others | 014625 | 19 | 05¾ | |||
| By old Materials sold (being either useless or cumbersome.) | 001360 | 07 | 05½ | |||
| By Commutation upon Pennances. | 000436 | 05 | 00 | |||
| THere hath been Expended, in the Reparation of the Church before the Fire of London; In Repairing the West End of it after the same Fire, which succeeded not, but fell down, the Walls and Pillars being perished by the Fire; Refining 194 Tuns of Lead out of the Rubbish; Repairing the Convocation-House; Building Offices; Making Designs and Models; Taking down the great vast ruinous Steeple, and the Walls and Pillars of the Church; Maintaining the Cranes and Ways in the Isle of Portland; Removing the Materials and clearing the Ground (in order to lay a new Foundation) begun on the First day of May, 1674. the Foundation it self being begun, and the first Stone laid, on the 21 day of June 1675 following | 020958 | 09 | 03 | 126292 | 04 | 05 |
| There hath been Paid and Expended in the Rebuilding of the said Church, since it was first begun, to the last day of March, 1685, as appears by the Particulars of the Book of Accompts | 103693 | 03 | 02 | |||
| And there is more Due to Masons for Stones wrought and not set, and for other Work wrought and set, which cannot be yet exactly measured, and other Expences for Stone and other Materials: all which, upon a reasonable Estimate and Conjecture, will amount to | 001640 | 12 | 00 | |||
| And then there will remain in Cash to Ballance this Accompt | 000272 | 09 | 00 2/4; | |||
| Besides what remains in the Chamber of London of the Coal-Money, amounting to | 002352 | 01 | 05¾ |
THE Work, now in hand, contains the Chore and Side-Isles, Eastward from the Dome or Steeple; The Dome; Cross-Isles; South and North-Portico's; And part of the Body of the Church Westward: All which extend in length, from East to West, 425 Feet. The Chore and Side-Isles, and Body of the Church, in Breadth, from North to South, 121 Feet; And the Dome, with the Cross-Isles and Portico's, 310 Feet, The Dome being 108 Feet in Diameter within the Walls. Under all which are fair, large and stately Vaults, being 18 Feet and ½ high from the Floor to the Crown of the Arch; In Length, from East to West within the Walls, 310 Feet, in Breadth 107 Feet, and in Breadth, under the Dome and Cross Isles, 236 Feet. The Foundation of the Fabrick being 22 Feet deep below the Surface of the Church-Yard, and in many places 35 Feet deep: And the Fabrick above-Ground (viz. the Steeple, Cross-Isles, Vestry's, Portico's, and the Chore to the East-end) are 56 Feet high. So that the whole Height of the said Building, from the first Foundation to the uppermost part, is 78 Feet high, and in some Places, 91 Feet high. That Part of the Building, Westward from the Dome, is 34 Feet above the Ground of the Church-Yard, the inside Pillars excepted, which are brought up to the Floor of the Body of the Church.
The Space of Ground, upon which the Legs of the Steeple and the Dome it self do stand, contains half an Acre, half a Quarter of an Acre, and almost 4 Perches: The Steeple standing upon 8 smaller Legs or Pillars, and 4 greater ones; in one of which great ones is a very large Pair of Stairs, and within the other 3 are fair and stately Vestry's; And every one of the greater Pillars stand upon 1360 Feet of Ground superficial Measure, and every one of the lesser ones upon 380 Feet: The Cross-Isles, a Quarter of an Acre wanting one Rod; The Portico's, that is the North and South Porch's, Entrance into the Church, half a Quarter of an Acre, and 7 Perches; And the Space of Ground, upon which the Foundation of the new Fabrick now stands, and so far as they are now laid, contain very near 2 Acres.
SInce the Beginning of this new Fabrick there hath been brought into the Stores of the Church 20000 Tuns of Portland and other Stones; 17500 Hundred's of Lime, and upwards, each Hundred containing 25 Bushels; 12000 Tuns of Sand, besides three times the quantity of old Sand sifted out of the Rubbish; 15000 Loads of Bricks, and upwards; 2000 Loads of Timber, Boards and Balks, and upwards; 700 Masts, great and small, and upwards; 240 Hundred-Weights of Ropes, and upwards; 990 Hundred-Weights of Nails.
There have been carried away 47000 Loads of Rubbish, and upwards; and old Foundation-Walls hew'd up, (which Work was, for the most part, more troublesom and painful, than Digging in the Quarry) 1550 Cubical Yards, and upwards,
THE Books of Receipts and Payments are remaining in the Office of Works near the said Church, and are to be seen and perused by any Person, that desires to be more particularly satisfied, or will be pleased to promote the said Work.
Also a Fair Table is hung up (exposed to publick View) within the said Building, wherein the Names of all considerable Benefactors are Registred, with their respective Donations; there being no more Space left here, in this single Sheet, than to mention
| l. | s. | d. | |
| The late Archbishop Juxon's Legacy of | 2000 | 00 | 00 |
| The late Archbishop Sheldon's Gift, in his Life-time, of | 2000 | 00 | 00 |
| The late Archbishop of York's Gift of | 1850 | 00 | 00 |
| The late Bishop of Winton's Gift of | 1818 | 14 | 06 |
| Edw. Swift of Lincolns-Inn Esq; his Legacy of | 1000 | 00 | 00 |
| Dame Dionese Williamson, of Hales-hall in Norfolk, her Gift of | 2100 | 00 | 00 |
| The Lady Rows's Gift of | 0800 | 00 | 00 |
| Editha Chaffin of Guilford Spinster's Gift of | 1253 | 09 | 06 |
| Ann Holbech, late Wife of Dr. Thomas Holbech, her Legacy of | 0500 | 00 | 00 |
| The Lady Rich, Relict of Sir Thomas Rich, 500 l. and 50 l. more left by her Husband to a pious use, and by her applied to this | 0550 | 00 | 00 |
| Jasper Main, Canon of Christ-Church in Oxford, his Legacy of | 0500 | 00 | 00 |
| William Evat Clerk's Legacy of | 0300 | 00 | 00 |
| The Dean and Chapter of St. Paul's | 3526 | 01 | 03 |
| William Sancroft, D. D. Dean of St. Paul's, (now Lord Archbishop of Canterbury) besides his Proportion of the Annual Payment of the Dean and Chapter, 500 l. and since that time 650 l. in all | 1150 | 00 | 00 |
| The University of Oxford. | 0621 | 17 | 04 |
| The University of Cambridge (besides their promise of more) | 1067 | 11 | 06 |
| Benjamin, late Lord Bishop of Ely, | 0500 | 00 | 00 |
| Peter, late Lord Bishop of Ely, 450 l. besides 50 l. at his Consecration, in all | 0500 | 00 | 00 |
Those, which we are forced to omit here, are to be seen in the TABLE abovementioned: As the Lord Roberts, late Lord Privy-Seal; A Concealed Person by Mr. Bathurst; Dr. Hamy; Dr. Jones, Subdean of the King's-Chappel; Dr. Ball, Master of the Temple; Tobias Rustat Esq; Yeoman of the Robes; Mr. Barnabas Oly Clerk; Mr. John Hanson of Lothbury; Ralph Snow Esq; Sir Thomas Chichley; Sir Thomas Allen of Finchley; Sir Charles Pitfield; James Ravenscroft Esq; Sir Thomas Exton; Sir Leoline Jenkins; Mrs. Margaret Turner; The Earl of Burlington; Sir Stephen Fox; The Lady Wyld, Relict of Sir William Wyld; Sir Thomas Bridges of Covent-Garden: Each of which gave a 100 l. a piece, &c.