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

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Account of Hugh Salford, Master of the Guild of the Holy Cross, the Blessed Mary, and St. John Baptist, from the Morrow of the Feast of the Translation of St. Thomas the Martyr, 5 Henry VI., to the Morrow of the same Feast, 6 Henry VI The Account is rendered under the following headings Fines. (Fines and light-silver of the following persons:--William Evesham, of Warwick, and Felicia his wife; John Bonharry, of the same place, and ... his wife; William Lucy; William Trussell; Edward Webbe, of Honybourne, and Jane his wife; William Bagot, of Lockesley, and Agnes his wife; Richard Webbe, of Blakewell, and Alice his wife; John Hugley, of Beoley, and Margery his wife; the souls of John Hugley and Margery his wife; the parents of the aforesaid John Hugley; the souls of William Parker, of Alincester, and Alice his wife; John Deie, of Beoley, and Dionisia his wife; the souls of Geoffrey French, of Beoley, and Isabella his wife; Richard, Bailiff of Charyngworth, and Margery his wife; John Ravys, of Dycheford, and Amisia his wife; Jane, the wife of John Hugley; Alice Hunt, of Hognorton; John Palmer, Chaplain (a fine of £10); William Bulker (a silver spoon as light-silver); Richard Phelyppus, of Stratford, "Bocher," Alice, his wife, and the souls of John Phelyppus and Isabella his wife, parents of the aforesaid Richard; Alice, the wife of John Lacy; Juliana Okeley; John Peweterer, of Coventry, and his wife; John Har ... (a silver spoon [as light-silver]); Thomas Gremete, and John Cockenney and Elizabeth his wife.) [Fines.] (Fines and light-silver of the following persons:--Henry Brydde, " Wever," of Stratford, and Agnes his wife; the soul of John Dawes, of Brok ...; Master John Fyton, and John Fyton his brother; Richard Braddeway, Vicar of Mekulton; John Furnour, of Mekulton, and Agnes his wife; Thomas Campedene and Isabella his wife; Alice, the wife of John James, carpenter; Nicholas Leke, Chaplain (a fine of £14); Richard Gammond and Alice his wife; William Compton, of Higher Quynton, Juliana his wife, the souls of Alice Othammus, William Compton, Edith his wife, and the soul of Richard Compton (a fine of 53s 4d); Henry Spencer, "Barker," of Campdene, and Margery his wife; Richard Crowmp, of Beoley, and Cristina his wife; Robert Fremon, of Campdene, and Agnes his wife; Leonard Pytte, of Ippesley, and Jane his wife; Thomas Compton, Chaplain (a fine of 6s 8d, and 10d light-silver); John Bailey, of Fernecote, and the soul of Elizabeth hit wife; John Bailey, of Foxcote; Agnes, the daughter of Thomas Grene, of Stratford; Thomas Waxmon, of Teeukesbury, and Agnes his wife; John Baret, of Drayton, and Isabella his wife; John Colyer and Margery his wife, and the soul of John Colyer, his brother, and John "fratris sui"; Elizabeth, the wife of Richard Compton; John ... Esq., and John Hardyng, Chaplain of Marston, and the souls of Robert Hardyng and Jane his wife, the parents of the same John.) [Fines.] (Fines and light-silver of "the souls of John Couper and Awbree Mulleward, the parents of Thomas Iremonger," and the soul of Richard Frauncys, of Caugton, Preston; John Whetstone and Cristina his wife; Margery Denysy, of Thonworth, and the soul of John Denysy, her late husband; Juliana, the wife of Henry Brydde, "Salter"; Richard Hawkyns, of Dorlescote, and Juliana his wife; [William] Mawdyt, "Carpenter," and his wife; Agnes, the wife of Richard Erle, of Atherstone; [Richard] P[ater]lyng, ["Skynnor"]; Thomas Garet; Nicholas Hunte, of Long Compton, Dionisia his wife, and Alice, the mother "of the same"; Nicholas de le Chambur, of Beoley, and Alice his wife; Stephen Mayow and Katherine his wife (20s fine, and both pay 13s 4d at their decease, and 20d light-silver); William Pasgrave, of Beoley, and Matilda his wife; John Mulleward, of Cowrghton, and the souls of Robert Mulleward and Letitia his wife, the parents of the said John Mulleward; William Muddelay and Alice his wife; John Herdemon, of Beuchworth, and Alice his wife (20s fine and 20d light-silver, and the same John will pay 6s 8d at his decease); John Rogers, of Bengeworth, and Sarah his wife; Immencia Chabbenore; and Thomas H ... [?Heewy] and Matilda his wife.) By donation. (6a 8d received from William George, Vicar of Braddewey, "adpavationem de le Parlour"; 12d for the same work from John Webbe; 12d from Matilda Hill towards the pavement of the Chapel; 8d from Agnes Godfrey towards the same work.) Cost of a "frenechwall" in the place in which William Harris dwells. (Payments for timber, c., for the wall.) ... cost of the houses in Henleystret. (Cost of making two solars, c.; nothing for the pay of the carpenter because he was "in conventions sua" when he came into the Fraternity of the Guild.) Cost of Brayser place Cost of the "Scolehowus" (45s for timber bought for making a "Scolehowus" with a chamber above; 8s 2d for 38 "sparrys" bought for the chamber; 4s the pay of 2 sawyers for 4 days; 7s 1d paid to the same sawyers for sawing 500 boards at 17d the 100; 3s 6d for sawing "le standard and lacys"; the pay of John Hassill, the master carpenter, and of two other carpenters, and of two labourers hired to help them; payments for 6 cartloads of stone from the quarry lit Drayton and for the carriage of it, for 15 cartloads of earth and clay, for "lytter," for 3 workmen hired for "ground-sylling and floryng," for long "latten," "lattenayle," tiles for roofing the chamber, with their carriage from Warwick; "lyme," sand, and the digging and carriage thereof to Stratford; the pay of the tiler roofing the chamber; payments for "spykyngnayle," "semnayle," boards for the doors, "hengys" and "hokys" for the doors; the pay of 2 carpenters making a "scanna" in the "Soole-howus" and repairing the new "Parlur"; payments for great nails for "fotyng de le sparrys" and for "evespolles"; the pay of 2 "plastererers" and a mason; payments for 2 cartloads of " plaster," with the carriage of it from Welcomb, for 2 cartloads of fuel for drying (pro ustatione) the plaster; for a lock and key for the door, for tiles for roofing part of one of the Almshouses, "pro casura aqua oelig; ibidem constienda" (sic) with the carriage of the same, c.) Cost of two chimneys. (The expense of building two chimneys, one in "le Cowntynghows" in the Guild Hall, and the other above in the chamber in which Master John Harrys now lies. "Frestono" bought at Bowyngton, "rowghstone" at Drayton, other stone at Grafton, the pay of two labourers for breaking the walls where the said chimneys now stand, and for cleaning and carrying the stone, earth, and "ramell" from the counting-house and the chamber, bed and board for the masons, c.) Cost of the new "Parlour" in the Guild Hall. (Costs of making a window in the new Parlour made for the Chaplains: "selyng" the Parlour, and "terying" the walls of the same.) Cost of the pavements of the Chapel and the new Parlour. (11000 "pavyngtyele" bought at 10s the 1000 for paving the Chapel and the Parlour; 5s 3d the pay of the paviour at 6d a day for 10½ days; 2s 7½d for his bed and board for the same time, being 3d a day; 3s 6d, the pay of the labourer assisting him for 10½ days at 4d a day; 8d for 2 "boggus" bought for beating ("pro verberatione") of the white "plaster"; 4d paid for a pair of gloves given to the paviour; 3s 3d the pay of the paviour working at the paving of the Parlour for 6½ days; 19½d for his bed and board for the same time; 2s 2½d the pay of his labourer for the same time; 10d for a piece of timber "jacere in area"; 16d the pay of 2 labourers for 2 days for breaking the floor ("aream") and carrying the sand; 16d for a piece of elm bought for "lystis" for the Parlour and for the trestle legs (pro pedibus tristellorum); a payment for 4 "plaunkkys" two [to go] "super le Deise" and the other two in the counting-house; 10d for the carnage of an "awtyrstone" from Clyfford to Stratford with the pay of the carter; 2d for a bushel of "lyme" for the altar; 4d for a pair of gloves for the said paviour, c.) Costs [incurred] for the "selyng" of the Chapel and upon "le stayr." (1100 "latten" bought for the "selyng" of the Chapel and upon" le stayre" between the chamber of John Palmer, Chaplain, and the new Hall; 500 great "latten"; the carriage of them from Ippesley; 600 "lattenayle"; timber bought for mending the floor ("aria") upon "le stayre" of John Palmer; the pay of two carpenters working for 6 days laying the floor ("area") there upon the said "stayre" and the side ("latus") of the chamber there, and also the door there, one of them taking 6d a day and the other 5d; 4 cartloads of "plaster," two bought for 4s "ad puteum," and two, the fine of William Storruge (?) used for the Chapel and "le stayr"; the pay of Richard Sclatter, hired for 14 days at 4d a day "pro dealbatione" of the Chapel and the walls of the same, and the walls of the chamber of Thomas Plenteth; a payment for making two doors in the "Bellefray" and the floor ("aria") there; 11s 8d for mending "le glasynwyndow"; 14d for "sowder" for the window; 2s 6d for iron work for it; 21d for 1 qr. 4 bushels of "lyme" used for the Chapel, the new parlour, and the walls of the chambers of Thomas Plenteth and Peter Ward, c.) Purchase of stock, with other expenses. (12d for a piece of timber bought for making forms; 11d for sawing the same; 12d for a piece of timber bought to make trestles and the legs ("pedes") for them; 4s for 2 "dryssurs," one for the kitchen and the other for the storehouse ("domus staur'"); 29 rafters at 1½d each bought to cover the ovens ("co-oporire fornaces"); timber, 2 posts, a "furst pese," and 20 rafters bought for a "Hale," the pay of Thomas Trewman working 3½ days at 4d a day making the "Hale"; 6d for "reudebord" to make a "cofur" to stand upon the table in the counting house to keep the books, u., of the Master in; ½d for nails; 8d for a "pair gemowes" and a lock and key for the "coffur"; 20d for a cart-load of thorns, with their carriage from Welleburnegrove to make a ("parclose circa fornaces"); 5d for a day's labour in making the "parclose," c.) Cost of the houses, with other payments. (10d the pay of a carpenter working for 2 days making a "chamber" in one of the Almshouses; 2d for straw bought "pro j hovell' supra fornaces inde co-operiand'," and for stopping up holes (defectus) in the Almshouses; 4s the pay of Thomas Byrdder working for 12 days at 4d a day before the Feast of the Guild, preparing divers dishes and necessaries, and cleaning the houses, and working at the making of the said "hovell"; 10d the pay of Henry Fowler digging "turf" at "Heth" for 2½ days at 4d a day; 18d the carriage of the "turf" from "le Heth" to Stratford, c.) Delivery of moneys. (6s 1½d the expenses of Master John Harrys and William Beoley riding upon the business of the Guild to Wedyngton to speak with the Bishop of Worcester; 3s 6d the expenses of the "Concilii" of the said Bishop being at Stratford on this side of St. Hilary in this year; 12d paid to a messenger riding to Worcester to speak with the Suffragan for the consecration of the Chapel and the two altars in it; 60s paid to the Suffragan for his trouble; 2s 3d paid for 3 ells of linen cloth for the said Suffragan for cleaning ("pro mundations") the altars; 8d for "fraunkensens"; 2d for wine; 16d for 2 lbs. of wax for small candles; 2s 8d the fee of the servant of the Suffragan; 3s 1½d the expenses of the said Suffragan "in hosp' suo" and for provender for his horses for two days and two nights; £13 6s 8d paid to Master John Feton with the consent and assent of the Council of the Guild, "pro certis actis (?) ad Romam pro Gilda faciendis"; payments to Thomas Payntour for his colours, and for painting and mending the defects in the Guild Chapel, for red lead, "vermylon," "ynde bawdyat," white lead, "zalow," "oyle and cole"; 2s for making 24 crosses ("xxiiij. quatour crucibus") on the walls of the Chapel within and without; 4s the pay of Thomas Payntour and his son, working there for eight days; 2s lid for 3½ gallons of wine sent to Bishop's Hampton to the Bishop of Worcester; 10d for a gallon of wine for the "Commissar'" of the Bishop of Worcester in the town of Stratford, c.) Necessary expenses. (7½d for a pound of wax bought for candles for the burial of Thomas Gyler, a poor man of the Almshouses; 1d for making the candles; 6d paid to those watching him and for beer to them; 2d for making his grave and for ringing the bell in the town for his soul; 12d paid for keeping him in his sickness; 14d paid for a "wyndding shete" for him; 7s 4d paid for the removal (cartag') of Matilda Stratton, one of the Sisters of the Guild from Walesale to Stratford, and for keeping her in the Almshouses, and for her burial; 20d for a ladder; 20d for a great stone mortar.) Expenses about the tenements of Alice Ulbarowe Hoods of the gift of the Guild. (18 "rayes" with coloured cloth, price 9s, delivered to Sir Thomas Burdet, Knight, and his son, for two hoods; 3s 4d for the hood of the wife of the same Thomas; 5s for the hood of John Weston; 5s for that of John Campyon; 5s for that of Thomas Harrewell; 20d for 6 yards of cloth delivered to the 6 Chaplains of the Guild for their theirhoods; 4s for the hood of Richard Hopkyns, of Wykkewayne, because [he was] good and diligent in bringing in new Brethren into the Guild; 22d for the hood of his wife; 4s for that of Philip Sharp, "Parker," of Henley; 4s for that of Robert Thorne, Clerk of the Guild; 4s for that of Richard Swyft, of Ipesley; 2s 6d for that of Henry Broumon; 3s 4d for that of William George, Vicar of Bradwey; 4s for that of John Orton, cook of the Guild; 3s for that of John Mayel, senior; 5s for that of John Harrewell; 4s for that of John Salamon, junior, of Hudycote, for bringing in Brethren and Sisters into the Fraternity of the Guild; 5s for a hood delivered to John Bavys, of Dicheford; 6s for two hoods delivered to John Raven and Alice his wife; 6s for two hoods delivered to Richard Gammonde, of Stowe; 6s for two hoods delivered to Thomas Trout, of Moreton, for the release ("in conventions et relaxatione") of a tenement in Stratford; 6s 4d for a hood delivered to the bailiff of Farnecote; 22d for that of the wife of John Baret, of Draton; 22d for that of Margery Denessey, of Tonneworth; 22d for that of Alice Garbek; 4s for that of John Tymmus, Rector of Kynwarton; 4s for that of William Holt; 4s for that of Thomas atte Wodd; 5s paid to Margaret Iremonger and Agnes Payntour for beer brewed for the Feast this year.) Expenses of the Bishop of Worcester being here in the Hall. (For 1 qr. 4 bushels of corn, 1 bushel of corn for "fraunchebrede," 5½ "dosan" of good beer, 1½d the price of each gallon, bread bought for " trent-churns," 3 "dosan" of "smalle ale" 3s, beer 12d, beef 4s 4d, 4 sheep (mullones) mutton 6d, 8 "buttes" of pork, "marybonus," capons, 1 "swane," 1 buck or doe (dama) with a "tayle," 2 " heronsewes," 6 pigs, 2 "dosan" geese, 3 "dosan" and 10 pullets, 9 "cupill" and 1 rabbit at 6d a couple, 6 partridges 12d, 8d for a man riding to Groveparke and to Loge, 11d the pay of two horses hired for two days to go to Arow and Grove parke and into the country to buy divers victuals, 12d the pay of a man riding to Arow and Grovepark, 16d paid to two men carying the meats ("fermam") to the Hall, 2d for candles, 7s 1d for 8 gallons and 1 "potell" of wine, c.) In spices. Payments for pepper, saffron, ginger, c. Also 20d to the Master Cook of the Bishop's household, 12d to another Cook of his household, and 8d to another, 12d to John Pope, 8d to Thomas Bridder, 6d to Nicholas Baily, 6d to William Howdy, 4d to Thomas Bomound, 8d to four assistants to the cooks in the kitchen, 4d for washing the dishes, 4d to four "turnebroches," 12d to Geoffrey Baker for making bread and "bultyng," 8d to two men (laborarii) hired for two days to clean the kitchen, 9s for the provender of the Bishop's horses for two days and two nights, 20d paid to a minstrel by command of Thomas Burdet, 6d paid to William Beoley for riding to Alincestre for the Rector of Tredyngton, 10d paid to a servant of Thomas Burdet for carrying the swan and capons "pro portatione ferm oelig; swanne et caponum") from Arow to Stratford, 15d paid for 3 "naprons" for three cooks of the Bishop Delivery of money to William Beoley and Richard Payntour, Proctors of the Guild Following the total is a note of the purchase of 2 new "trowes" made of 7 boards, 2 "dressours," a ladder of 20 " rowngus," and a great stone mortar