A LIST Of all the OFFICES AND PLACES Within the City of LONDON, TOGETHER With their respective Prices, as they are now Sold by the LORD-MAYOR and SHERIFFS of LONDON.  
LONDON, Printed in the Year 1697.   

A LIST of all the Offices and Places within the City of London, together with their respective Prices, as they are now Sold by the Lord-Mayor and Sheriffs of London.  
 l. 1 AUditor of the City, his Salary 50 l. per Ann. his Man's 12 l. 10 s. and for the Orphans 80 l. per Annum. 00300 8 Attorneys in the Sheriffs-Court, about 1500 l. each, 12000 4 Attorneys in the Mayor's-Court, and 06000 1 Keeper of the Steel-Yard Beam 06000 1 Bailiff of Southwark 03000 1 Beadleship of the Court of Request, or Conscience 01000 1 Barge-Master to the City 00060 18 Bargemen, 35 l. each 00630 1 Bricklayer of the City 00200 2 Clerks of the Papers of the Compters, 1000 l. each 02000 4 Clerks Sitters in the Poultry, 1000 l. each 04000 4 Clerks-Sitters in Woodstreet, 900 l. each 03600 1 Clerk of the Bridge-House 01250 1 Clerk of the City Works, and Keeper of the Reparation-Stuff 00200 1 Clerk of the Court of Request, or Conscience 01000 1 Common Sergeant 02000 4 Common Pleaders, 1000 l. each 04000 15 Coal-meeters, 1700 l. each 25500 10 Corn-meeters, 1300 l. each 13000 1 Common Huntsman 01000 1 Common Cryer 01000 1 Common Out-Roper 00100 1 controller of the Chamber 01600 2 Carpenters of the Bridge-House, 200 l. each 00400 1 Carpenter of the City 00300 1 City Remembrancer 00300 1 Clerk of the Chamber 01500 1 City Glazier 00200 1 City Stationer 00120 1 City Smith 00200 1 City Cryer for Things lost or found 00050 1 Collector of the Duty on Coals for the Orphans 00200 1 Collector of the Duty on Wines for the Orphans 00270 1 City Founder 00200 1 City Clerk in Chancery 00010 1 Escheater and Coroner 00400 1 Foreign-Taker 00900 4 Fruit-meeters, each 50 l. 00200 1 Garbler of Spices 00976 1 Gauger of Wine and Oil 00600 1 Keeper of Ludgate Prison 01200 1 Keeper of Newgate Prison 02500 2 Keepers of the Compters Prisons, each 2000 l. 04000 1 Keeper of the Pest-House 00060 1 Keeper of Guild-Hall, etc. 01200 1 Keeper of the Green-Yard 00100 2 Keepers of Moorfields, each 100 l. 00200 1 Keeper of the Sessions-House 00200 1 Mason of the Bridge-House 00200 1 Mason of the City 00200 2 Meal-Weighers, each 100 l. 00200 1 Plasterer to the City 00300 1 Plasterer to the Bridge-House 00200 1 Pavier to the City 00250 1 Pavier to the Bridge-House 00250 1 Plumber to the City 00500 1 Plumber to the Bridge-House 00250 1 Painter to the City 00300 1 Printer to the City 00200 2 Prothonotaries of the Sheriff's Courts, 400 l. each 00800 2 Porters of the Bridge-house, 100 l. each 00200 1 Purveyor of the Bridge-House 00200 1 Swordbearer 01200 2 Secondaries of the Compters, each 2500 l. 05000 1 Solicitor of the City 01100 1 Steward of Southwark 00250 1 Shotsman to the Bridge-House 00200 36 Sergeants to the Sheriffs, 400 l. each 14400 6 Sergeants to the Lord-Mayor, 600 l. each 03600 2 Sergeants or Yeomen of the Markets and Channel 01200 4 Salt-meeters, each 250 l. 01000 1 Town-Clerk 02000 The Printer of the Sessions-Paper to each Lord-Mayor 00050 1 Upper Marshal of the City 00800 1 Under Marshal 00300 4 Viewers, 50 l. each 00200 1 Waterbailiff 01500 36 Yeomen, 200 l. each 07200 6 Yeomen, 600 l. each 03600 6 Young Men in the Lord-Mayor's House, 600 l. each 03600 2 Yeomen of the Chamber, 200 l. each 00400 In all 151586  
There are several other Offices disposed of by the Mayor and Sheriffs, not here specified, amounting to 20000 l. more; to which may be added,  

Profits which are incident to the Mayoralty of LONDON, Yearly.   l. s. d. Out of the Bridge-house, per Ann. 0090 00 00 From the Chamber 0085 06 08 Out of the Cocket-Office, about 0600 00 00 Out of the Scavage, at the Customhouse, Let for 1200 l. per Ann. 0173 06 08 The Gauger of Wine and Oil 0200 00 00 The Gauger of Fish 0005 00 00 Ten Coal-meeters, pay each 80 l. per Annum. 0800 00 00 The Weigher of Hay and Straw in Smithfield 0010 00 00 In lieu of the Profits of the Great Beam, and for presenting the Sheriffs at the Exchequer, out of the Chamber, 0053 06 08 For measuring of Linen Cloth, etc. 0050 00 00 Out of the Rents of the Markets, which are Farmed at 3600 l. per Annum, 0100 00 00 For Samples of Victuals, Fuel, Fish, Pease, etc. and making several Persons Free by Redemption, about 0500 00 00 Perquisites and Presents from the Bakers and Fruiterer's Company, Tiplers, etc. and other City Farmers, Leassees and Officers, amounting to above 0700 00 00 Rent for Bartholomew Fair 0100 00 00 For Licensing the Sessions-Paper 0060 00 00 In all 3527 00 00  
The Mayor hath above 2000 l. per Annum incident to the Mayoralty, and duly paid him out of the Chamber, etc. besides the Share of the Sale of these Offices, which is about four Fifths.  
The Sheriffs have about 1000 l. per Annum likewise, and about one Fifth in the Share of the Sale of these Offices.  
And tho' some of these Places have of late been sold for above 2500 l. yet in the Memory of many Citizens now living, no Place or Office in the City was worth above 100 l. The Sellers of these Places, by conniving at the Buyers Exactions, have found their Account in the next Sale of the Office; so that the Purchase of these Offices are, many of them, above 20 times more than formerly.  
So that here is a Possibility that a Lord-Mayor may get 20 or 30 Thousand Pounds in the Year of his Mayoralty.