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 St. John the Baptist, from Monday next after the Feast of St. Thomas the Martyr, 9 Edward IV., to the same Feast, 10 Edward IV The Account is rendered under the following headings-- Arrears. (Including legacies and money collected from divers persons for a banner of the Guild) Fines. (Part of the entries under this and the next heading are lost) (The fines of ... Combroke and Jane his wife ; Roger Dawe, of Combroke ; William Cutteler, Rector of Avendarsette (6s 8d); John Carter, of Kynges Norton, and his wife; Thomas Stele, of Lodbruke, and Thomasina his wife ; Thomas Hawkeke, of Lodbroke, and Alice his wife; John Walssh, alias John Tayler, of Warwick; William Cokkes, of Radclyffe, and Agnes his wife ; William Hunte, of Roteley, and Elizabeth his wife; Richard Coleman, of Roteley, and Agnes his wife; Alice Boucher, of Roteley ; Thomas E . oke, of Avondarsette, and Elizabeth his wife; Richard Evette, of Balsale, and Alice his wife ; ... Cantlowe, and Agnes his wife; Thomas Mykeltorn, of Somborn, and Elizabeth [his wife]; ... of Stratford, Miller, and Jane his wife; William Wele, Chaplain: John Busshell, of Long-marston, and Alice his wife ... and his ... and for the soul of Isabella his late wife; John Saunder, and Agnes his wife ; the parents of the said ... ; ... Wever, and Jane his wife; John Barell, of Pebworth, and ... ; ... Sampson, Rector of Tredyngton; Thomas Parsons, Rector of ... ; ... Parsons, of Spernale, widow, and the soul of William Parsons, formerly her husband ; William Parsons, of Spernale, and Jane his [wife] ; Edmund Busshell, of Brodemarston, Gentleman, and Margaret his wife ; John Iremonger, Vicar of Pebworth; John Bemond, of Brodemarston, and Thomasina his wife; Richard Harryes, of Brodemarston, and Sibil his wife; Thomas Herwarde, of Pebworth, and Agnes his wife; William Lytelbury, of Pebworth, and Katherine his wife; John Edwarde, of Pebworth, and Agnes [his wife,] c.) As yet Fines. (The fines of John Olyvere, alias Wyxford; John Bayly, of Charyngworth, and Elizabeth his wife; Thomas Bretford, of Wormeleyghton, and Jane his wife ; ... of Wormeleyghton, alias Harwarde, and Margaret his wife; Robert Bayly, of Wormeleyghton, and Alice his wife ; Thomas Fraunces, of Wormeleyghton, and Jane his wife; Richard Rygge, of Kynvare, and Elizabeth his wife; Roger Richarde, Vicar of Bysshopeston-Ichyndon (16s); William Grene, of Preston, and the soul of his wife (13s 4d); William Roberts, of Welford, and Matilda his wife; John Baker, of the City of London, "Mercer," and the soul of Alice his late wife (20s); Margaret ... John Roo, the soul of Anne, and the soul of Katherine, daughters of the said Margaret; Thomas Shelley, of the City of London, "Mercer," and his wife; William Dylvyn, of Shoterey ; Richard Dylvyn, of Shoterey, and Jane his wife; John Dylvyn ; Alice Dylvyn, the daughter of Thomas Dylvyn ; William Oxford, Rector of Alkerton (6s 8d); Richard Frankton, of Shoterey, and Agnes his wife; William Bragges, Rector of Todenham (10s); John Bradeway, Vicar of Campeden (10s); Philip Worthy, Vicar of Blokeley (10s); Hugh Chesnowe, Rector of Clyfford (10s); John Bayly, of Campeden, and Isabella his wife ; John Powes, Chaplain (6s 8d); William Tebotes, of Admyscote, and Jane his wife; William Hawardyne, of Admyscote, and Alice his wife; Richard Bogy, of Dorsecote, and Emmot his wife, and the soul of Thomas Bogy, father of the said Richard; ... of Eburton, and for the souls of Robert Gonne and Alice, parents of the said John; John Whytyngdon, of Stratford, "Smyth," and Jane his wife; David Donnof, of Grafton Fleford, and Margery [his wife]; John Bowyer, Rector of Northpedull, and the souls of John and Agnes, parents of the said John (14s); ... of Grafton Fleford, and Jane his wife ; John Savage, of Kyngton, and Alice his wife ; c.) [Deductions allowed from the above receipts.] Expenses of the Feast. (3s paid to divers cooks; 4d paid to the "Turners de la Spyttes," c.) Expenses with the repairs of the houses (For mending and "byndynge" a "cofur" in the Rood loft ("in le Rood soler") in the Church; for mending the "clapur" of the bell in the Chapel ; for timber for the tenement called "le Angell," c As yet repairs. (For "terynge" and "florynge" four "bayes" next the hall; 2s 6d paid for 100 "de iiij peny nayle"; 20d for half a thousand "de fivepeny nayle" ; 2s for half a thousand "syxpenynayle"; 3s 4d for 1000 "de fivepenynayle"; for four quarters of "stone lyme" for the Chapel; for the hire of horses on divers occasions for the profit of the Guild ; 3s 4d paid to John Robyns for labouring about the interests of the Guild in the absence of William Bury, Proctor ; c [Rents resolute, c.] (5s paid at Warwick when the "villata" of Stratford were there with Lord Warwick about the matter of John Eyres; 10s for wine for the Rector of Tredyngton at his reception into the Guild; 4d paid "in via elemosin oelig;" to a poor brother of the Guild; payment for "heggynge," c.) [Expenses incurred in the Church and Chapel.] (For the offering on the day of the dedication of the Church; for wax for the lights and for making it into "talpurs"; for tallow candles for the Chapel; for velvet bought to make new vestments; 12s for "two images of the figure of the Trinity, price le figur 6s"; 17s 4d for 13 figures of lambs figured in the said vestment, at 16d each; 26s 8d for 20 "floures" in the said vestments at 16d each ; for "ryben," "bokeram," and "holonde clothe"; "pro celebratione" of the said vestments ; for a hamper to carry them; for their carriage from the City of London to the Guild ; 25s for a banner newly made for the Guild; with the image of the Holy Trinity, c [Further repairs to the houses.] Amongst other items in the total is a payment of 6s 8d to the Priests of the Guild for their labour in celebrating Divine service "ob defectu capellani."