_Note for London Topographers._--
"The account of Mr. Mathias Fletcher, of Greenwich,
for carving the Anchor Shield and King's Arms
for the Admiralty Office in York Buildings, delivered
Nov. 2, 1668, and undertaken by His Majesty's command
signified to me by the Hon. Samuel Pepys, Esq.,
Secretary for the Affairs of the Admiralty:
£ s. d.
"For a Shield for the middle of the
front of the said office towards the Thames,
containing the Anchor of Lord High Admiral
of England with the Imperial Crown
over it, and cyphers, being 8 foot deep and
6 foot broad, I having found the timber,
&c. 30 0 0
"For the King's Arms at large, with
ornaments thereto, designed for the pediment
of the said front, the same being in
the whole 15 foot long and 9 foot high, I
finding timber, &c. 73 15 0
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£103 15 0"
Extracted from Rawlinson MS. A. 170, fol. 132.