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

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Accounts of William Parchementmaker and John Marchall, "Bocher," Proctors of the Guild of the Holy Cross, the Blessed Mary the Virgin, and St. John the Baptist, from Monday next after the Feast of St. Thomas the Martyr, 25 Henry VI., to Monday next after the same Feast, 26 Henry VI. (one whole year) The Account is rendered under the following headings Arrears Rents of assize with other receipts. (£27 5s 2d rents of Assize in Stratford, Briggeston, and Schotrey; 2s received "pro solio' tenementi super corner" in the High Street on the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross; 6d the legacy of Geoffrey Couper to the three altars in the Church of Stratford; £4 16s 1d received from the Brethren and Sisters at the Feast of the Guild; 2s 6d received for bran and "chesell" sold after the Feast.) Delivery of moneys. (The salaries of the Chaplains; the fee of the clerk; 7s 4d paid to William Lokyer, Chief Bailiff of the Borough of Stratford, for the chief rent of the Guild Chapel and other tenements belonging to the Chapel for a whole year; 3s 11½d for other tenements of the Guild in the Borough; 6s 8d paid to John Kyngus, of Old Stratford, collector of the rents of the Bishop of Worcester without the Borough, for the chief rent of the lands called "Trontes" in the town and fields of Schotrey; 4d paid for the amerciaments of the Court of Old Stratford; 3s paid to Thomas Balsale, Chief Bailiff of the Borough, for the chief rent of divers lands and tenements for half a year; 20d for parchment and paper; 4s the expense of collecting the rents.) Expenses about the accounts. (Expenses incurred in the Guild Hall on Monday next after the Feast of the Translation of St. Thomas the Martyr at the rendering of the Accounts of the Master and Proctors; 14d for bread, 3s 1d for beer, 1d for gathering peas in the fields, c.) Expenses of the Feast. (19d for 6 geese bought for the gentlemen; 2d for pigeons; 3s 3d for 3 gallons and 1 quart "de quacco" (? connacco); 8d for 8 gallons of milk; 2s 2d for 3 gallons of honey; 3d for "panis coket;" 3s 3d for 3 cartloads of "kyddys" for the kitchen and baking; 6d for "oll' de terra;" 7d for fish bought on Saturday for the supper of the cooks; 3d for fish bought on Monday for John Hubande, Esquire; 8d for 2lb. of dates; 8d for 2lb of almonds; 10d for provender for the horses of the Lord of Oversley; c.) Necessary expenses. (18d for 2 cartloads of thorns for making a hedge about the garden opposite the Great Elm; 14d the pay of a labourer hired to make the said hedge; 3d the pay of a labourer carrying wood from the "Scole Hous" to "le Store Hous," and for "lowynge and cowchyng"; 2d for the carriage of stone and earth from the said garden to the tenement of Richard Barker, "taylour," "super corner" in the High Street to mend a "prevey" there, and 2d for labour in mending it; 1½d for mending the lock of a chest in "le Stor Hous"; 1d for mending the lock of the door of "la Scole Hous"; 1½d for laths and nails bought for the window of "la Scole Hous" when the pullets were there before the Feast; 1d for beer given at the reception of Brethren and Sisters in the Guild Hall; 10d for a winding sheet bought to bury William Carter, late an inhabitant of the Almshouses; 5½d for wax; 1d for the offering; 18d for 3lb. of wax bought to make candles to burn about the body of Robert Thorn after his death; 14d for a "wyndyngeschete;" 1d for 3 "tukkynge gurdellis," c.) Cravings of allowances. (Allowances for rent.) Cravings of allowances. (Expenses incurred by the aforesaid John Marchall, one of the accountants; 11d for "bokeram" and for labour in mending the vestments of the Altar of the Blessed Mary in the Church; 1d for mending a cross; 4d for a man and a horse to ride to Quynton for pigs before the Feast; 4d for a horse hired to ride to Warwick for cooks for the Feast; 2d for a horse hired to ride into the country for capons for the Feast; 2d for another horse hired to ride to Tredynton for pullets for the Feast; 8½d for a little breakfast at the making up of this roll.)