Account of William Beoley and Richard Peynter, Proctors of the Guild of the Holy...

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1427-1428

Account of William Beoley and Richard Peynter, Proctors of the Guild of the Holy Cross, the Blessed Mary, and St. John Baptist, from the Feast of the Translation of St. Thomas the Martyr, 5 Henry VI., to the Morrow of the same Feast, 6 Henry VI

The Account is rendered under the following headings

Arrears

Rents of Assize. (£6 12s 8d of the rent of Assize this year, as appears by the Rental, &c.)

Receipt of moneys. (56s 10d received of divers Brothers and Sisters of the Guild, being at the Feast this year, except the 6 Chaplains and 15 Brothers of the Guild who were serving and who were officers, with other strangers, Receipts for light, &c.)

Sum of the receipts, £9 17s 8d

Delivery of moneys. (Paid for chief rents for tenements within the town, 7s 1d, viz., for the Hall of the Guild, &c. Wine for the Chapel, &c.)

Release and decay of rent. (20d rent of the house of St. Mary in "le Oldtown," &c.)

Cost of the light. (18lbs. of wax at 7d per lb. bought at Coventry; expenses of the Proctors at Coventry and on the road, 10d; keep of their horses, 4d; making lights for the 3 beams in the Chapel, viz., the High Cross, the Blessed Mary, and St. John Baptist; mention of the "image" of the High Cross in the Church, &c.)

[No heading.] (Expenses of the Master and Aldermen about the account of Richard Broke and Thomas Balleshale, Proctors for the previous year, being in the Hall of the Guild on Monday next after the Feast of the Translation of St. Thomas the Martyr in the year above written. The payments include:- 5 geese 20d, ale 2s, beef, veal, bread, bacon, garlic, and stipend of the cook, 4d.)

[No heading.] (Expenses in the house of the Accountant at the interlocution of the Master and Alderman "in v. costis ustis carn' bov'" 10d, &c.)

[No heading.] (Expenses of a feast on another occasion. A rabbit 3d, 2 partridges 3d, 1 "woddecocke" 1d. Thomas Burdet mentioned as being present.)

[No heading.] Like expenses. Master John Hody, Rector of the Church of Tredyngton; John Wodde, Steward of the Bishop of Worcester, and John Ledbury, Master of the House of the Blessed Mary at Worcester, being there concerning the matters in dispute between the Guild and Master Richard Praty in the house "hospiciu" of John Charcumb.)

[No heading.] (Entries of a like nature, the subject of meeting being the agreement between the Guild and Master Richard Praty.)

[No heading.] (Expenses in the Hall on another occasion. Thomas Burdet, John Wood, Receiver of the Bishop of Worcester, John Massey, William Smyzth, Rector of Whittechurch, the Master Aldermen and others being there. Corn at 5d a bushel, 3 "dosan" of ale 4s 6d; geese at 5d each, half a "salmon," and half a "millewell" eels, 8d, &c. Keep of Thomas Burdet's horses, on three occasions, at Alice Yate's, 12d, &c.)

[No heading.] (Expenses in the Hall for Thomas Burdet, the Baron of Weme, the Abbot of Pershore, and others, on Wednesday next before the Feast of the Translation of St. Thomas the Martyr; 2 "brestes de vele" 5d, 3 calves' heads 4½d, 2 ribs of veal 5d, pigeons 7d, &c.)

[No heading.] ("Wyndyngshet" bought for John Russell, a poor man in the Almshouses, 10½d; the same for Alice Berford, 15d; 1lb. of wax for the said Alice, 7d; making that wax and another pound given by Thomas Mayel, 2d; ale given to those watching the said Alice in the night, 2d; paid Thomas Bedeman for ringing the bell in the town, and for making the grave of the said Alice, 2d; 1 "hope pro tingua" of the Guild, 1d; ironwork for a spade ("tribulo") of the stock of the Guild, 2½d. Expenses of John the Kinsman of Master John Foton carrying the Guild Charter from Rome, and for shoeing his horses, 20d. ("et solv' pro expensis Johannis Cognati Magistri Johannis Foton portantis cartam Gildoe de Roma et pro Ferrura equorum suorum, xxd.") Paid for cleansing ("clarificactione") the images of the Holy Cross, the Blessed Mary, and St. John Baptist, 8d; for the importation of hearth tiles ("tegul' focal',") 8d. For the "Reportatione" of tables and "tristells" from the Church to the Hall "post jactationem (?) plumbi ibidem," 2d; 1 "mensa" bought for mending the wheel of the lamp before the High Cross in the Church, and for making the same, 2d; 1 "scapha" and 1 "ladull" bought for the consecration of the Chapel, 1d. Paid for a fowl bought for the supper of the Suffragan, 2½; "Frankensens," 1d. Various travelling expenses, &c.)

On the back of the roll

Expenses of the Feast. (The items are sub-divided under the following headings

Corn. (2 bushels of corn, 9d; for killing and feeding the pullets.)

Malt. (3s 4d a quarter, for brewing and feeding geese, &c.)

Calves, sheep, pigs, lamb, and venison. (Deer bought at Worcester, 4s; carriage of the same to Stratford, 12d.)

Geese and pullets.(Geese at 2d and 2½ each, pullets at 1d and 1½d.)

Coal and fuel for the feast. ("Coloratione" of 12 black "shaphorum," 12d.)

Milk and wine (includes payments for "Vge" (? verjuice)

Spice

Stipends of cooks and other servants. (12 "turnebrochys," 2s.)

"Naprons," delivered to cooks and servants

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