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

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Account of Richard Drury and William Staffordsher, 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 S. Thomas the Martyr, 15 Henry VII., to Monday following the same Feast, 16 Henry VII. (one whole year) The Account is rendered under the following headings [Arrears.] [Receipt of rent.] Payment of moneys. (Salaries paid £3 10s to the "Doctori Grammatic oelig;" for three quarters; 10s to the Cook for one year; c.) In decay of rents [No heading.] (9s 10d for bread, beer, c., on the day of rendering the Accounts (in die compoti); the fee of the Clerk and a payment for parchment) [For] the chief rent[s]. (Also wine for the Priests celebrating Divine service; 4s for keeping the clock; 12d for summoning the Brethren to the Feast; 3s 4d paid to the poor in Alms, c.)