Note 10 — Chapter VIII
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After an entry of the payment of six priests’ salaries, there occur—
“Costes and pcelles allowed by the hole Brotherhode toward thexpences of the geñall fest in iijde yere of this accompt.”
These “Costs and Parcels” occupy two folio pages, and contain the following among other items:—
“A tonn of wyne vj li”
“Paide to John Drayton chief cok for his reward xxv s”
“Also for the hire of xxiiij doseyn of erthen pottes for ale & wyne iiij s”
“Also for erthen pottes broken & wasted at the same fest vj s viij d”
“Also to iiij players for their labour xij s x d”
“Also to iij mynstrelles ix s x d”
“Also for the mete of diuers strangers xvj s”
“Also for russhes iij s iiij d”
“Also for vj doseyn of white cuppes iiij s”
“Also for portage and botehyre of the Turbut iiij d”
“Also for ix Turbutts xv s ij d”
Besides scores of “Capons, chekyns, gese, conyes, and peiones” (pigeons), the chief “cok” provided them with “swannys” and “herons,” with all sorts of fish, including oysters and “see pranys,” or prawns, with all sorts of meats and game, with jellies in “ix dosen gely dishes,” and with abundance of fruits. The quantity of ale, wine, and ypocras provided by the butler is marvellous, and one cannot wonder at the heavy entries for “pottes and cuppes broken and wasted.” The cook seems to have been paid much more liberally than the wardens, who had but xxx s between them “for their diligence.”