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

Description

A skin of parchment written on on both sides. On one side there is a portion of a heading "Expenses of the Feast incurred by Thomas ... Henry IV.," with marginal headings of "Receipt of Money," "Corn," "Meats," "Pigs," "Capons and Pullets," "Spices," "Small necessaries" Under the heading of "Capons and Pullets" there is a payment of 14d for corn for the pullets, c Under the heading of "Small necessaries" there is 7½d for 3 "quartys" of honey, 4d for "rysshyn" for the hall, 4d for fish for the cooks, 3d for the carriage of corn to the mill and back, 4d for "bultyng" the same, 3s the pay of the master cook, 2s the pay of the other cook, 18d the pay of 3 servants helping the cooks, 4d to a woman for washing the dishes, 3d for "vergeus," 3s for wine, 5d for washing the vestments, 6d for brewing four quarters of malt, c On the other side there are three entries. The first is a list of names of members of the Guild, with the amounts paid for cloth for hoods for them The following are the names:--Philip Horpath, John Mortemer, Chaplain, William Brasyer, the wife of Thomas Smyzth, Thomas Grene, John Smale (two amounts), William Sallow, Thomas Fyppe (? Syppe), Thomas Schepard, Chaplain, Robert Trout, Chaplain, John Meyel, Senior Margery Smyzth, Alice Carter, John Iremonger, John Pened (?), Thomas Brown, John Etoun, Richard Couper, William Mayne, Alice Ulbarowe, Nicholas Saucer (two amounts), John Lee, John Blaunfron, William Westyngton, William Wilemotus, John Schepard, William Carter, Thomas Burdet, John Weston, John Harwell, Thomas Harrwell, Peter Sloley, Richard atte Hall, John Daunton, Sir Thomas Lucy, Knight, Thomas Whycard, Walter Swynnesford, Richard Lake, John Meyel, "Shepherd," Simon Sloley, Thomas Sclatter, Robert Ster, Thomas Kyngat, Alice Jamus, John Leek. Agnes atte Pucte, Warren Richardis, Thomas Frecter, Nicholas Smyzth, Ralph Herpere, Richard Cryspe, A man of Stratton, John Drawgton, John Smyth of Brayls, Richard Wotton, Thomas Vyne, Isabella Frecter, and Thomas Smyzth The second entry contains the expenses incurred in going to Coventry for the cloth The last entry contains allowances for the hoods of Philip Horspath, Simon Sloley, Thomas Burdet, Sir Thomas Lucy, Knight, John Weston, Thomas Harwell, John Harwell, and John Lee