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Stratford-upon-Avon: Guild of the Holy Cross: Masters' and proctors' accounts

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Account of [John Han]nys, Master of the Guild of the Holy Cross, the Blessed Mary the Virgin, and St. John the Baptist, from Monday next after the Feast of [the Translation of St. Thomas the Martyr] 5 Edward IV., to Monday next after the same Feast, 6 Edward IV The Account is rendered under the following headings [Fines.] (Paid by, amongst others, Thomas Holoway de Compton Wynyates, and Joan his wife; the Prior of Chalcombe, near Banbury, pledges mentioned on this and other occasions; for the souls of Richard Wager, of Stratforde, and Robert Galbert, son-in-law ("filii in lege") of John Parnell; Thomas Clerke, of Stratford, "Corveser"; Roger Pagette; for the soul of Alice Dawvys, of Stratford, widow; the servant of Thomas Cauke; for the soul of John Clerk, son of Thomas Clerke; Robert Hunscote, of Stratford, and for the souls of Agnes his wife and Nicholas Hunscote, Chaplain, and William Hunscote, son of the said Robert and Joan his wife; John Kynge, of Old Stratford; John Bayly, of "Brystowe" (Bristol), "Merchaunt," and Isabella his wife; William Pelle, and Joan his wife; William Gybbys, of Honyngton, and Agnes his wife; William Rolfe, of "Brystowe"; John Herytage, of Burton, and Margaret his wife; William Foster, of Stratford, "Walker," and Agnes his wife; Richard Reynold, "Chapman"; Henry Stele; Joan Clopton, wife of John Clopton, of Stratford (pledges mentioned); Thomas Wynthropp, Vicar of ...; John Stratford, Chaplain; Thomas Stodeley, of Bishoppeston, and Agnes his wife, c) (Sum total £17 0s 2d) As yet fines. (Fines for "light" appear frequently; John Askell, of Alveston, and Agnes his wife; John Micadell, otherwise called John Corveser, of Stratford, "Corveser," and "Junana," his wife (Agnes Pagette and Joan Clopton, pledges); William, son of "Julian" Treweman; Elizabeth, wife of John Newcombe, of Charlecote; John Saunders, and Joan his mother, and for the soul of his father Thomas; John Walker, of Warwick, Chaplain; Thomas Perkyns, and Alice his wife; William Toberte, of "Veny Compton," and Juliana his wife; Richard Shrewsbury, of Bodlyngton, Northamptonshire, and Joan his wife; John Freman, of Honyngborn, and for the soul of Elizabeth his wife; John Robyns, of Stratford, "barbour," and Agnes his wife; John Haukesford, of Stratford, "Taylour," and Matilda his wife; 20d received for a gold ring sold to Thomas Clopton, Esquire, c) [No heading.] (Receipt for calves' skins and "Lombez skynnes" sold) (Sum total of the receipts and arrears, £34 3s 2½d) Payment of moneys. (4s for an oblation in the Church on the day of dedication; 68 lbs. of wax, at 7d per 1b., for the beam and Altar of the Blessed Mary the Virgin, and the Altar of St. John Baptist in the Church, and for the Chapel; making a new house in le Rother Market, 25s; payment for 5 "bigats" of straw for a certain house, and to a thatcher thatching the same house; making a "mud-wall" 5s 3d; a cartload of straw for the same wall, with carriage of it, 14d; mending a "flore" in the upper hall of the Guild, 4d; paid Walter Mason, for mending the Cross "versus" the Chapel, 6d; lime for the same Cross, 5d; for "shyftnge" the lime, 1d; payment for "sond" for the lime; payments also for timber "forkleggys," "sylpeccs," c., occur very frequently; parchment, c., 8d; to Roger Palmer, Clerk of the Guild, 3s 4d; allowed to John Robyns, his fine for building a new house "domus" within the tenement in which he dwells; a small pair "Candelabr de Laten in Cancello Gildoe," 6s 8d) Expenses of the Feast. (Malt at 3s 4d per quarter; two calves, 5s; 14 young lambs, at 13d each; geese, pullets, milk, honey, salt, barley, onions, c., bought by John Clopton, Proctor, as appears by his bill, 13s 5d; 1 hoggeshed of red wine, 22s; carriage of the same 2s 8d; paid John Baker for his labour "de la bakemetes," 22d; paid Thomas Taylour, "sherman," labouring about the said "bakemeats"; for "Ollis terreis," 2d; paid John Barbour, for making wax candles for the beam of the Holy Cross, c., 2s 2d; payments also for making "torches," c.; spice for the Feast, 14s 2d; paid 10s for making brothers and sisters in the country, and for giving wine on divers occasions; 4 hoods, at 4s each, given to the Priests, c) On the back of the Roll are further entries of payments for bread for the Priests therewith to celebrate, c