Peel Grammar School - account of building

[From MM MS06892/50/23 (MD612)]

Acct of Disbursements made by Robert Heterick in raising the walls and making other improvements in the Grammar School-house Peel under the directions of Messrs Lace and Callow a committee appointed for the carrying on the repairs &c

1782 June 27	To Mr Car as per receipt	4 5 8
	To Beer to porters putting the lime into the cellars	3
[July] 17	To Mr Robert Moore for a mortar riddle	2 6
	To beer for labourers mixing lime	4
19	to a labourer for work and beer	1 6
	to ditto making mortar 5½ days at 9d Mx & beer	4 0 ½
24	to ditto 2½ days and beer	1 10
	to labourers 5 days drawing sand & making mortar	3 3
Aug 2	to a bag for carrying lime 1s, labourers 3days & beer 2s 3d	3 3
9	to a porter carrying lime	9
	to a boll of malt for beer to the labourers	1 1 0
14	to hops and expences in brewing sd malt	5 0
	to labourers 9days at 9d & porters bearing lime	6 3
15	to John Norris for lime as per acct	5 5 *
	to a labourer drawing water and making mortar	4 *
24	beer ten gallons for the people carting stone	5 6
	to a labourer driving Mr Christian's cart 2 days	2 0
29	to women drawing water for mortar	1 6
Sept 2	to a boat from Dawby with lintels	10 0
	to a labourer 3 days	2 0
21	to Nicholas Witham driving a cart 6 days	3 10
	to another labourer driving a cart	9
24	to labourers 20days at 9d Mx	12 10
	to a labourer driving cart 2days at 1s	2 0
26	to a wooden riddle for coarse mortar	1 0
	Mr Moore's servant driving a cart 2days at 1s	2 0
	Mr Cars ditto for ditto 1day at do	1 0
	a labourer one day at 8d Mx	8
Oct 16	to the quarriers as per receipt	4 16 2
	to Mr Nelson for measuring the walls of the schoolhouse	1 0
	to bringing slates from Mr Wattleworth	1 0
19	to Mr Henry Graves for nails	3 0
	to Wm Corris for ditto	2 0
	[sub total]	19 12 11
Oct 20	Drink on finishing the slating	1 0
25	to labourers 16days at 9d	6 5
	to Hodgeon for lintels	4 0
	to Pady Lace for the use of the mast in scaffolding	1 0
26	to labourers 4 days at 6d	2 0
1783 May 9	to ditto pulling down & cleaning bricks	2 0
	to Harry Quayle for 7 barrels lime at 2/8 ea	18 8
	to beer to porters bringing in sd lime	6
	to John Clague for bricks 1500 at 1-1-0 per thousand & exp as per receipt	1 13 0
	to beer on finishing some work	6
June 25	to a labourer pulling down ceiling	1 10
	to a labourer making plaster	2 5
July 1	to freight of planks from Ramsay	5 0
21	to John Norris for lime as per rt	12 6
	to porters & beer	6
	to the carpenters on finishing work [?beer]	6
Aug 1	to the labourers 20days at 7d	11 6
3	to the tanner for hair for plastering	3 0
7	to allowance to masons carpenters &c	1 0
	to the smith for nails	1 0
	to Mr Wattleworth for laths	1 6
14	to Mr Crellin pd him Mr Strachan's acct of timber	8 2 6
	to nails for lathing	1 4
19	to work making plaster& serving masons	5 8
	to John Graham for ditto	3 0
20	to George Moore mason 17days at 1s 6d per day	1 5 6
	to labourers 18days at 7d Mx	10 0
24	to Thos Clerk carpenter 4days at 1s 3d	5 0
	to Pat Quirk mason 22days at 1s 6d	1 13 0
Nov 8	to a labourer 12days at 8d	7 0
	another 3 days at ditto	1 10
	to Harry Quayle as per rect for plastering &c	2 5 2
	to Tom Dawson 15days at 8d	8 6
Dec 22	to Thos Key carpenter as per receipt	3 13 0
	to labourers serving mason	6 0
	to John Gawn for turning bannisters	9 8½
1784 Feb 3	to James Cowin for glass	2 6
	to Mr Cullin for timber for bannisters	16 6
21	to _ Sewel for ale to carters last summer	5 0
	to labourers & allowance	1 6
	to glue & nails at difft times	3 0
	to a mason for filling beam ends	6
	[sub total]	46 8 11½
May 4	to John McMurdo for 4000 nails at 7s 6d	1 10 0
	to George Moore mason for plaistering and whitewashing	5 3
6	to Thos Key carpenter as per acct & receipt	10 11 11
	to Mr Crellin as per acct & rt	14 0
Aug 22	to John Cain carpenter as per rect	2 2 0
	to Mr Callow in Douglas for his carting dales from Douglas	6 0
	to a new hearth stone from Port la Marry [?black marble]	6 0
Sept 27	to nails and sprigs for stairs	0 9 6
Nov 24	to Mr Crane as per acct	15 0
	Lord's rent during time Mr Wattleworth occupied the house	1 3
	to William Corris smith on acct	1 1 0
1783? Jan 5	to Mr Moore pd one acct of his	1 16 4
	to horse hire at different times to Castletown for instructions &c from the committee	12 6
	stones purchased & now in school yard	10 6
	to building cowhouse & improvements in sd yard	1 6 6
	to Thos Key carpenter pd him a balance for sawing deals	5 7½
	[total]	68 15 4




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