A BRIEF DECLARATION Of the State of the Account of all moneys 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 Proceed 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 Indemnity 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 Cauldron 068945 00 00 By the Clergy, in Gifts, Legacies and Subscriptions 026035 19 06 By the Nobility and Gentry, etc. 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 discovered for want of Returns of Duplicates from many of the Dioceses in England, where the Arch-Deacons, and their Officers, Ministers and Churchwardens, have been very remiss in pursuing the Directions in the Letters Patents: Tho' some others have been very diligent, who have not only made speedy Returns, but also in distinct Particulars; as in the Dioceses of Canterbury, London, Sarum, Gloucester, and Carlisle, the Archdeaconries 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 itself 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 Accounts 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 Expenses 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 Balance this Account    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 Porticoes, 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 Fabric being 22 Feet deep below the Surface of the Churchyard, and in many places 35 Feet deep: And the Fabric aboveground (viz. the Steeple, Cross-Isles, Vestries, Porticoes, 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 Churchyard, 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 itself 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 Porticoes, 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 Fabric now stands, and so far as they are now laid, contain very near 2 Acres.  
SInce the Beginning of this new Fabric 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, Board's 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 hewed up, (which Work was, for the most part, more troublesome 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 public View) within the said Building, wherein the Names of all considerable Benefactors are Registered, 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' Gift of 0800 00 00 Editha Chaffin of Guildford 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, etc.  
John Tillison, Clerk of the Works.