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

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Account of Thomas Kente and Robert Hobbeday, 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 the Translation] of St. Thomas the Martyr, 28 Henry VI., to [Monday next after the Feast] of the Translation of St. Thomas the Martyr [29] Henry VI. (one whole year) The Account is rendered under the following headings Rents of assize [Delivery] of moneys. (For stipends, for chief rents to the collector of the Bishop of Worcester, for chief rents to the Chief Bailiff of the town of Stratford.) [No heading.] Payments for material and labour in repairing the houses of the Guild.) Expenses [of the houses]. (Similar payments.) Necessary costs. (Similar payments, some of them for repairs to the Chapel.) Necessary expenses. (Expenses incurred in the Hall of the Guild on Monday next after the Feast of the Translation of St. Thomas the Martyr about the Account of the Masters and Proctors for the year 28 Henry VI., for bread, beer, meats, c.; for "1 cooste and 1 breste" of mutton bought for the supper for the masons by command of the Master, 2½d; for expenses incurred in the Hall of the Guild about John Huband, Esq., "pro proficuo Gild oelig;," for bread, beer, meats, spices, the pay of the cook, and red wine.) Other expenses. (For tallow candles bought for celebrating the Chapel Mass in winter; for mending a "pax brede" in the Chapel; for the exchange of a candelabrum for celebrating the Chapel Mass in winter, c.) Cravings for allowances. (For decayed rents, one being of a small garden opposite the great elm.) Other cravings. (For washing and mending the vestments; for the obit of Sir William Bysshopiston, Knight; for mending a trestle supporting a table in the Hall of the Guild, c.) John Hannys is mentioned as Master in the total