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

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Account of William Warner and John Carver, Proctors of the Guild of the Holy Cross, the Blessed Mary the Virgin, and S. John Baptist, from Monday next after the Feast of the Translation of S. Thomas the Martyr, 18 Henry VII., to Monday next after the same Feast, 19 Henry VII The Account is rendered under the following headings Rents of Assize Payment of moneys. (Payment of £5 6s 8d each to Sir (Dom') John Somer, Sir Robert ..., Sir Thomas Marmyon, and Sir William ...; £9 5s paid "Dno" John Austen, "Doctor Gramatici," for one year; payments of 13s 4d to the Clerk of the Guild, 10s to the Cook, and 3s 4d to the alms poor). (Total £30 18s 4d.) [Heading faded.] (Payment for meat and drink on the day of election of the Master; payments for chief rents; 8d for paper, parchment, and ink) [No heading.] (3s 9d for a "candelebr" (candelabra); 5s for the obit of Master Joliff; 4d for repairs to the Chapel; 4d for mending a "corporis"; 4s for keeping the clock, c.) Repairs (? a wrong heading). (5 "deson" wax lights ("ceres"), 30s; 16d for bread for the celebration; payment for oil, wine, c.) A very short Account