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

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Account of Roger Pagette, Master of the Guild of the [Holy Cross,] the Blessed Mary the Virgin, and S. John [the Baptist] from Monday next after the Feast of the Translation of St. Thomas the Martyr, 13 Edward IV., till ... in 14 Edward IV. (one whole year) The Account is rendered under the following headings-- Arrears. (Money received from John Clopton, Chaplain, for his entry into the Guild; 17s received from the sale of geese; 31s 8d received at the Feast; legacies, c.) Fines. (The fines of Humphrey Stafford, Esquire, of Grafton ...; ... Yngbarowee and Margery his wife; Richard Smy[th]; Thomas Hemmynge, of Derston, and Agnes his wife; Richard Hemmynge, of the same place, and Agnes his wife: Richard Fraunceys, of Tyso, and Emmot his wife; Geoffrey Hogges, alias Plummer, of Warwick, and for the soul of Jane his wife; Elizabeth Crowder, of Evesham, and the soul of William Crowder, her late husband; John [M]ille, of Horley ; Thomas Aleyn, of Horley, and for the soul of Jane his wife: Richard Webbe, Vicar of Rotley; John Taylour, of Dorsyngton, and Matilda his wife; John Gylle, alias Elyns, of the same place, and Jane his wife; Jane Gilberte, of Castell Elmeley, widow, and for the soul of John Gilberte her husband; the soul of Thomas Haseley, of Stratford; the soul of Jane Dylvynge; the souls of Thomas Marteyn, and Elizabeth his wife; ... Gybbys, and Margaret his wife; Thomas Taylour, alias Walker, of Stratford, "Walker," and Alice his wife; the souls of Richard [H]awarde, of Pebworth, and Elizabeth his wife; the soul of Ralph Turvy; William Smyth, of Stratford, and Agnes his wife; Agnes the wife of John Samwell, of Stratford, Draper; Thomas Hannys of Stratford, Glover, and Agnes his wife; Richard Oxton, of Stratford, Glover, and Margery his wife; John Smyth, Ylmyngdon, otherwise called Pete, and Agnes his wife; Richard Koke, of Coventry, and Jane his wife; Richard Perkyns, of Honnyngton, and Alice his wife; Robert Hurste, of Stratford, "Taylour," and Agnes his wife; the soul of the wife of Walter Stephyns, of Bengeworth; William Heyrowe, and the soul of Agues his wife, and others) Expenses of the Feast. (The amount spent upon the Feast this year is only £4 2s 0½d; the following are the items:--6s 6d for 14 "modus" of wheat; 7s 7½d for veal; 20s for 5 quarters of malt; 3s 4d for 10 sucking pigs ("porcellis"); 10d for milk and "creme"; 6d for butter; 6d for eggs; 2d for honey ; 2d for salt; 15d for spices; 14d for fuel; 12d to Richard Oxton, cook, and Robert Cook; 2s to a certain cook of Northampton; 20d to divers "ministrelles"; 20s for geese; 12s for malt for feeding the geese; 10d for brewing; and 8d for baking bread) Delivery of moneys. (46s 8d for 70 lbs. of wax, at 8d a lb., for the lights before the Cross of the Church, and the Altars of the Blessed Mary and St. John the Baptist; 9d for "wykzaron"; 4d for "rosen"; 6 lbs. of wax, at 8d a lb.: "wykzaren," 4½d; 6d paid John Barbour for making wax candles this year, and for the "torches"; and 5s 4d paid John Robyns for making wax candles this year) Repairs. (11s 9½d for "lathys" for the tenement called "le Angell"; 6s 8d paid to a "tyler" for "takynge down" the tiles upon the Hall there, and for tiling a house within the said tenement; 3s 4d paid to John Robyns for "pullynge doune" the Hall there; 10s paid for bread, beer, and other victuals at "le rerynge" of the said Hall; 20d paid to a carpenter working at the same time; payments for "lathe nayle," iron for "le Gulleputtes yate," "spykenayle," "stodynge," rafter for "stodynge," "evespolles," nails, "bryke tyle," "lyme stones," "sonde," and "fyllyng" the carts with the sand; 33s 4d paid to a mason for making a chimney in the Hall there; payments for making two windows, for "bordes and nayles" for the windows, and for lead; 25s for the board of the carpenters with 6 labourers for 6 weeks, at 10d a week; 14s paid to Robert Iremonger for nails and other necessary things ; 6s 8d paid to a carpenter for working 21 days in making "mantelles, dormondes, wyndowes, and plankynge"; 2s 8d paid for his board during this time; payments for "guttur tyles," "crestes," and iron (5s 8d for 116 lbs.), for making "hynges and twystes and hookes," for tiles, for tiling upon the Hall, "pro factura de le porche ibidem quondam gradum ibidem," for "plasterynge" there, for "pavynge" there, for "pavynge" in the Hall there, and "teryngne" there; 4s 6d paid for the board of the paviour and 2 labourers for 3 weeks, at 9d a week (sic); payments for "sparres" and for 14 cartloads of earth ; 10s 4½d paid to John Bromefeld and his 2 labourers for 2 weeks 3½ days; 5s 7½d paid for their board during the same time; 20d for the board of the above-mentioned paviour; payments for "rent borde," for nails and other things of iron, for 8 "carect' plaustr'," and for "lathynge" the chambers there) [No heading.] (Payment for lead for the spout, and for "dymes"; 6s 8d paid to the Escheator for the Chapel; 3s 4d the salary of Roger Palmer, the Clerk; 12d paid to Roger Palmer for riding to the funeral of "Dominæ Joys, Mris Johannis Grevyll, militis," c.) In the total there are further allowances, one item being 4s for the offering in the Church on the day of dedication