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Introduction
The Records
Appendixes
Translations
End-notes
Glossaries
Index
UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO PRESS
TORONTO BUFFALO
For my mother, my sister, and Pegram
University of Toronto Press 1979
Toronto Buffalo London
Printed in Canada
Published in Great Britain by Manchester University Press
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publiciadon Data
Main entry under title:
Chester.
(Records of Early English Drama)
Bibliography: p.
Includes index.
1. Performing arts - England - Chester - History - Sources.
2." English drama - England - Chester - History and criticism -
Sources. 3. Chester plays. 4. Chester, Eng. - History -
Sources. I. Clopper, Lawrence M., 1941- II. Series.
PN2596.C48C4 790.2'09427'14 79.16420
ISBN 0-8020-5460-9
MS Harley 2073 f 88 reproduced by permission of the British Library.
The map on p lxxiii reproduced from Braun & Hogenberg's Civitates
Orbis Terrarum, by permission of Theatrum Orbis Terrarum B.V.
The research and typesetting costs of
Records of Early English Drama have been underwritten by the
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.
Contents
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS vii
INTRODUCTION
The Documents xi
Dramatic and Ceremonial Activity li
Editorial Procedures lxi
Notes lxvi
SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY lxviii
MAP lxxiii
THE RECORDS 1
SYMBOLS 2
APPENDIXES
I Undated Entries 469
2 Printed Documents 484
TRANSLATIONS
The Records 491
Appendix 1 507
Appendix 2 509
END-NOTES 511
GLOSSARIES
Abbreviations 534
Introduction 535
Latin 537
Anglo-Norman 541
English 543
INDEX 557
Records Early English Drama
The aim of Records of Early English Drama (REED) is tO find, transcribe, and
publish external evidence of dramatic, ceremonial, and minstrel activity in Great
Britain before 1642.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
JOANNA DUTKA University of Toronto
DAVID GALLOWAY University of New Brunswick
R.W. INGRAM University of British Columbia
ALEXANDRA F. JOHNSTON University of]oronto EXECUTIVE EDITOR
STANLEY J. KAHRL Ohio State University
IAN LANCASHIRE University of Toronto
PETER MEREDITH Leeds University
A.G.R. eETTI University of Calgary
PRUDENCE TRACY University of Toronto Press
EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD
HERBERT BERRY University of Saskatchewan
DAVID BEVINGTON University of Chicago
A.C. CAWLEY Leeds University
L.M. CLOPPER Indiana University
NORMAN DAVIS Merton College, Oxford
RICHARD PROUDFOOT King's College, London
JOHN WASSON Washington State University
.\ckno ledgements
There are many people whose aid and comfort, knowledge and expertise have helped
to bring this project to completion. Professor Martin Stevens, my dissertation
advisor, has remained a constant source of help and encouragement over the last ten
years. Mr Richard Proudfoot and Professor A.C. Cawley supported my efforts at a
critical point before the REED project was formed, and Professor Cawley gave a lot
of his time to an earlier version of this publication. Professor Robert M. Lumiansky
and Dr David Mills have traded information with me, read versions of my commen-
taries on the documents, and allowed me to read the commentary that they will
be publishing in their notes to the Chester Mystery Cycle (EETS).
Initially it had been my intention to restrict my work to the records of dramanc
performances prior to 1575, the year that the religious cycle was suppressed. When
the collection was moved to the REED project, it was necessary to enlarge its scope
and to extend the closing date to 1642. Unfortunately, not all of the guidelines for
REED were made - nor could they have been made - at the beginning of the project;
consequently, there were later changes that 1 could not undertake to meet entirely
by myself.
The Editorial Advisory Board had determined that the series would not publish
annual expenditures that remained the same over a period of time;instead, it would
publish sample entries and note the remainder. At the suggestion of the outside
assessors, and after discussion with the Board, it was decided that all of these entries
should be printed even if they were repetitious. The only records at Chester which
were affected were the guild expenditures on the Midsummer Watch and Show',
records which often ran for fifty years with little change. In order to meet our dead-
line for copy, Dr Cameron Louis transcribed some of these duplicate entries from
xeroxes and then 1 checked them: records of the Coopers ( 1618-42), Innkeepers
(1584-90, 1592-1603), Mercers (1608-41), and Cordwainers (1578-98, 1599-1615,
1616-41). In England he transcribed the records of the Glovers (1632-41) and
Joiners (1579-1642) and the entries in the Tabley House manuscripts and the
'Collectanea Devana'. The latter were checked on the site by Dr Richard Green, who
also transcribed several new items turned up through REED bibliographical searching.
These entries were then checked against the xeroxes at the REED office or by myself:
PRO SP/60/9 and STAC 8/156/22, BL Lansdowne 213, and the Painters' Minute Book.
viii /ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Dr Bella Schauman checked the majority of the editor's transcriptions against
xeroxes and microfilms. Dr Louis checked and resolved in Chester the readings of
those entries which could not be photographed, and he and Dr Green completed the
manuscript descriptions (foliations, measurements, etc). Dr Schauman and Dr Louis
saved the editor from many an error; the accuracy that we hope we have achieved,
therefore, is a result of our co-operative efforts.
Some documents claimed the time and expertise of a number of scholars. My
colleague, Professor Robert Lewis, helped me with the Coopers' Latin document of
1422. Dr Schauman provided the translations for most of the Latin entries, the
remainder being done by Miss Abigail Young. The Anglo-Norman text was estab-
lished with the help of Professor Alfred David, Dr Louis, Dr Lynette Muir, Mr Peter
Meredith, and Professor Brian Merrilees. Miss Young made the translation.
Mr Todd Heather prepared the concordances for the Glossaries and Index. Dr
Louis prepared the English Glossary and Miss Young the Latin and Anglo-Norman
Glossaries. Mr William Edwards checked the Anglo-Norman Glossary for us. Mr
Heather compiled the references to persons and places and the editor extracted the
subject headings for the Index. Dr Sally-Beth MacLean put the Index in its final form.
The archivists, guildsmen, and other holders of records were always generous with
their time and records. Mrs Elizabeth Berry and Miss Annette Kennett, her successor
at the City Archives, bore the heaviest load, but were always helpful in locating
records. Miss Kennett, in particular, patiently brought records back into the Archives
during the years that our guidelines were changed, and she organized and oversaw
the photographing of an enormous number of the documents. Miss Kennett, Mr
Simon Harrison, who also helped us with our transcriptions, and the staff of the
Archives made every effort to meet our needs even though it was obvious that their
normal duties were enough to keep them fully occupied. The staff at the Archives, 1
should add, has been particularly gracious and friendly through the years.
Some of the guild documents have been deposited with the City Archives, but
many of these records remain in guild hands or have been placed in the Guildhall
Museum. ! would like to thank all of the companies that have made their records
available: in particular, Mr Peter Lowe, secretary to the Museum Committee of the
Freemen and Guilds and Mr H. Fearnall, formerly president, for their help in making
the records housed in the Guildhall available; the Barber-Surgeons' Company; Mr
S.K. Tushingham of the Beerbrewers' Company; Mr K.H. Gerrard of the Butchers'
Company; Mr R.J. Williams of the Cappers, Pinners, Wiredrawers, and Linendrapers'
Company; Mr A. Edwards of the Coopers' Company; Mr F.L. Adams of the Cord-
wainers and Shoemakers' Company; Mr W.H. Brown of the Wet and Dry Glovers'
Company; the Goldsmiths' Company; Mr N.T. Smith of the Innkeepers' Company;
Mr K.E. Jones of the Joiners, Carvers, and Turners' Company; the late Mr Fred Parry
of the Mercers, Ironmongers, Grocers, and Apothecaries' Company; Mr Hugh
Swinnerton of the Painters, Glaziers, Embroiderers, and Stationers' Company; and
Mr P.N. Formstone of the Smiths, Cutlers, and Plumbers' Company.
ix /ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Mr Brian C. Redwood and his staff at the Cheshire Record Office answered many
of our queries, gave us assistance in locating records, and made it possible for us to
see the manuscripts in the possession of Col. Leicester-Warren, Tabley House. Canon
C.E. Jarrnan and Canon K.M. Maltby, the present librarian of the Cathedral, helped
us with the records from the Dean and Chapter. Mr M.R. Perkins, the curator of
Special Collections, answered our queries about the Liverpool 'Breviary'.
Records of Early English Drama is particularly fortunate to have Professor Alex-
andra Johnston as its executive editor and to have many very skilled and knowledge-
able persons associated with her. Professor ian Lancashire can find things that others
have missed;he is responsible for adding many items to the rather short initial biblio-
graphy, and i am very grateful to him for finding the 'lost' 'Breviary' that is now at
Liverpool University. Dr Sally-Beth MacLean has very capably discharged her duties
as volume editor; without her eye for detail there would be many points of confusion
as well as inconsistencies in the text. She has sent me many a long list of queries, all
of which, 1 hope, have been answered; most important, the text could not have
reached its final clean state without her continuous advice. Miss Carolynn Jackson
had the unenviable task of typing many of the transcriptions and of setting the final
text. She has done this with a considerable degree of accuracy and great patience.
1 would also like to thank Miss Prudence Tracy, our liaison with the University of
Toronto Press, for her many helpful suggestions over the last four years, and Mr Will
Rueter, Miss Jackson, and Dr MacLean for their work on the text design. Dr Helen
Wallis and E.J. Huddy, of the British Library, helped with our map. Dr Mary
Blackstone did some bibliographical checking for us.
We wish to thank the following institutions for permission to publish extracts
from the manuscripts in their possession: the Trustees of the British Library; the
Cheshire Record Office; the Chester City Archives; the Dean and Chapter, Chester
Cathedral; the Sydney Jones Library, University of Liverpool; Massey College,
University of Toronto; and the Public Record Office.
Research of this kind is very expensive; therefore, 1 am grateful to those agencies
that have helped to pay the costs over the years: the National Endowment for the
Humanities for a Summer Fellowship, 1972; the American Council of Learned
Societies for a Grant-in-Aid, 1974; the American Philosophical Society for a Grant-
in-Aid, 1975; the National Endowment for the Humanities for a Research Grant,
1976-7; and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada for its
Negotiated Grant. The NEH Research Grant was awarded to help cover costs that
could not be met by REED's major underwriter, the SSHRCC. My own institution,
Indiana University, provided some typing services.
Finally, Pegram, my wife, has shared most of the ups and downs as this manu-
script edged toward its final destiny. I want to thank her for her support and help
and patience during my absences of self and mind.
LMC / Indiana University / 1979
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*A/FIfO 1613-18 A/F/15 1629-30 A/F/20 1635-6
A/FIll 1619-23 A/F/16 1630-1 A/F/21 1638-9
A/F/12 1625-6 A/F/17 1632-3 A/F/22 1639-40
A/F/13 1627-8 A/F/18 1633-4 A/F/23 1640-1
A/F/14 1628-9 A/F/19 1634-5 A/F/24 1641-2
The files contain odd notes and papers of attendance at council meetings, rough
minutes by the clerk, drafts of fair minutes which might be used as entries in the
Assembly Books, election notes, and copies and originals of mayors' orders. In the
seventeenth century, petitions to the mayor, aldermen, and assembly are included
in these bundles but are not numbered as A/P (Assembly Petitions) as they were in
the sixteenth century.
Mayors' Books
Chester, City Archives, M/B/I-34; 1392-1652; Latin and English; paper; number of leaves varies;
length varies from 213mm to 350ram, width from 180ram to 225mm (M/B/12 has some leaves
as large as 420ram x 315ram; text area variable throughout); each volume contains from 1 to 12
mayors' books; collation difficult: some fragmentary, many inserts and excisions; early books are
foliated continuously within the volume, but in the later ones each book has a separate foliation ;
all volumes repaired and rebound 1935-40; only M/B/l-8 and M/B/28a calendared. The following
have been examined:
*M/B/1
M/B/2
M/B/3
M/B/4
*MIBI5
*M/B/6
M/B/7
M/B/8
1392-3; 1393-4; 1397-8; 1398-9.
1401-2; 1404-5; 1405-6; 1407-8; 1409-10; 1410-11; 1412-13
1414-15; 1415-16; 1417-18; 1418-19; 1419-20; 1420-1
1432-3; 1433-4; 1448-9; 1449-50; 1451-3; 1453-4
1454-5; 1458-9;
1472-3; 1473-4;
1475-6; 1476-7;
1486-7; 1488-9;
1494-5; 1495-6;
1459-60: 1461-3; 1466-7; 1467-8; 1468-9; 1469-70; 1470-1; 1471-2;
1474-5,; 1475-6
1477-8; 1483-4.; 1484-5; 1486-7; 1487-8; 1488-9
1490-1 ; 1493-4
1496-7; 1498-9; 1499-1500
M/B/9 1500-1
M/B/IO 1508-9
M/B/11
*M/B/12
M/B/13
M/B/14
M/B/15
M/B/16
M/B/17
1501-2; 1502-3; 1503-4; 1504-5; 1506-7; 1507-8
1510-11; 1511-12; 1512-13; 1515-16; 1518-19
1520-1.; 1523-4; 1524-5; 1525-6; 1526-7; 1527-8; 1530-1; 1531-2; 1532-3; 1533-4;
1537-8
1536-7; 1538-9; 1539-40; 1540-1; 1541-2
1541-2; 1542-3; 1543-4; 1544-5; 1545-6
1546-7; 1547-8; 1549-51; 1551-2
1551-2; 1552-3
1553-4; 1554-5; 1555-6
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M/B/18
,MIBI19
M/B/20
,M/B/21
M/B/23
M/B/24
,M/B/25
M/B/26
,M/B/27
M/B/28
).!/B/29
MIB/31
M/B/32
M/B/33
M/B/34
1558-9; 1561-2
1562-3; 1564-5; 1566-7; 1567-8,
1568-70: 1570-1:1571-2
1572-3 1573-4; 1575-6Q
1578-9; 1579-80,; 1580-1; 1581-2
1582-3:1583-4
1584-5; 1586-7 1587-8; 1588-9
1589-90: 1590-1,: 1591-2
1592-3: 1593-4; 1594-5:1595-6
1596-7; 1597-8: 1598-9,
1599-1600; 1603.4 ; 1604-5 : 1605-6
1606-7; 1607-8; 1608-9; 1609-10; 1612-13
1613-14, : 1614-15:1615-16
1617-18; 1622-3; 1623-4; 1624-5
1626-7; 1628-9; 1630-1
1633-4: 1634-5; 1635-6; 1636-7
1641-2: 1642-3; 1643-4: 1644-5: 1645-6: 1646-7; 1647-8; 1648-9; 1649-50; 1650-1;
1651-2
Before M/B/5, the books were day to day notebooks of the mayors and sheriffs.
Otherwise, the books primarily contain portmote court pleas with some crownmote
court pleas. These legal entries, however, do not usually state the nature of the
crime, but merely bind the individual over to appear in court. There are also some
admissions to the freedom of the city, lists of aldermen, a few assembly orders, and
an occasional settlement of a dispute. The formulaic matters - indictments, admis-
sions to freedom - are in Latin; orders, indentures, and other public matters are in
English. Many of these books are little more than fragments and debris; others are
too faded to be legible.
Hayors' Letters
Chester. Citv Archives. Great Letter Book. M/L/2: 1599-1650; English; paper (1 parchment leaf.
pp 115-16: sheets of varying sizes attached to leaves of a modern bound volume; modern pagina-
tion; bound in white leather; conta, ns letters 168-323.
[he letters are to and from the mayor and the council on every conceivable matter.
Assembly Petitions
Chester, City Archives, A/P/l-2; 1533-98; English: paper; loose sheets in varying quanities and
sizes; modern pencil numeration; various inks.
lhe collection goes back at least as far as Randle Holme 1. Most of the petitions are
xvii / THE DOCUMENTS
mote court entries in the Mayors' Books form a kind of index to the rolls and there
seem to be no references to dramatic activity among these entries. The references
to plays which do appear in the Mayors' Books are recorded in full in English,
and this suggests that play matters would normally be decided by the mayor and
council rather than in the courts.
Corporation Lease Book
Chester, City Archives, CHB/3; 1574-1705; English and Latin; paper; ii+261+ii; 420ram x 240ram
(405ram x 210ram), average 55 long lines; gathered in 8s, leaves repaired on all sides; modern
pencil and ink foliation; initial words of entries often in bold; modern green leather binding;
title on spine. Some documents are dated as early as 1507-8; consequendy, the date on the spine
might refer to the time of compilation.
The book is primarily a lease book which contains copies of grants, leases, bonds,
and documents setting up various charities in the city; in addition, it contains
Savage's letter to the council and its reply, some articles of incorporation of com-
panies, and other stray items. At the beginning, documents are copied out in full
in the language of the original, but towards the end, they are replaced by shortened
entries in English.
Aliscellaneous
London, PRO, CHES 2/149; 1476-8; Latin and English; paper; 11 membranes attached at top;
length varies from 665mm to 850ram (510ram to 665mm), width 285mm (220ram to 2JOmmL
number of lines variable; some membranes written continuously, some written from top on both
sides; no decoration.
London, PRO, CHES 2/151; 1479; Latin, English, and Anglo-Norman; paper (parchment covers);
6 membranes attached at top; length varies from 570ram to 820ram (295mm to 76Omm), width
from 290ram to 295mm (2JOmm to 250ram), number of lines variable; written continuously;
no decoration.
London, PRO, CHES 2/166; 1495-6; Latin and English; paper (parchment cover); 5 membranes
attached at top; length varies from 660ram to 790ram (585mm to 635mm), width 280ram
(240ram to 25Omm), number of lines variable; written continuously; no decoration.
These v R O documents transfer to local officials the Duttons' privilege to hold the
Minstrels' Court. During the Dutton heir's minority, the Minstrels' Court resided in
the crown prince as earl of Chester.
London,PRO, SP/60/9; 1540; English; paper (2 parchment leaves, ff 170, 242, bound in);i+275+i;
xviii / Tile DOCUMENTS
a, erage 310mm x l OOmm (text area variable); collation impossible, leaves mounted on binding
strips; 6 foliation systems, including modern complete stamped foliation;little decoration; modern
binding (front flyleaf and attached f 1 detached from spine).
London, PRO, SI'AC 8/156/22; 1616; English with Latin dating; parchment; 2 sheets with identi-
fying label stitched through both; smaller sheet: 118ram x 320ram (70ram x 280ram), larger sheet:
49Omm x 635mm (450ram x 605ram); written on one side only; no decoration.
London. BL, Lansdowne 213, 'A relation of a short survey of 26 counties ...', ff 319-50;arly 17th
century; English; paper; iii+445+iii; 275mm x 17Omm (average text area 225mm x 125ram);
collation impossible;modern pencil foliation replacing 2 contemporary foliations (one by individual
sections); no decoration; modern binding.
GUILD RECORDS
N B: Records not designated as being in a public repository remain in the possession
of the guilds in Chester.
Barber Surgeons' Company, Company Book; 1606-98; English; paper; i+170+i; 335mm x 220mm
( 315 mm x 190mm), average 50 ruled long lines; collation rregular; modern foliation ; no decoration;
vellum binding.
Beerbrewers' Company, Company Book; City Archives, G3/2; 1606-38; English; paper; iii+162+i;
185mm x 290mm (text area variable); collation irregular (1 leaf tom out); 17th century foliation
(ff 1-22, 7 omitted) and modern (ff 25-38, 31 repeated), final 126 leaves unfoliated (except
ff 105v, 119, 123, 128, 130, 135 in modern pencil); original vellum binding.
Butchers' Company, Company Book; 1656-1812; English; paper; ii+257; 305ram x 190mm (text
area variable); mostly gathered in 8s; modem ink foliation; original leather binding.
Cappers, Pinners, Wiredrawers, and Linendrapers' Company, Order Book; 1588-2Oth century;
English; paper; 150 leaves; 285mm x 195mm (235mm x 125ram), average 30 long lines; collation
irregular (7 leaves missing); unfoliated; no decoration;original vellum binding.
Coopers' Company, Account Book 1; 1568-1617; English; paper, 150 leaves; 305mm x 210mm
(280mm x 18Omm), average 32 long lines; collation irregular (8 leaves missing, 1 nserted); un-
foliated; no decoration; modern paper cover.
Coopers' Company, Company Book 11; 1617-50; English; paper 132 leaves; 290mm x 195mm
(285mm x 14Omm), 38 long lines, collation irregular (4 leaves torn out, several fragmentary);
unfoliated; no decoration; original vellum binding.
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significant events in the city's history.
By the end of the century, several antiquarians were at work. Archdeacon Robert
Rogers had begun collecting materials for his history of the city but left it un-
completed at his death in 1595 ; nevertheless, the 'Breviary', which was finished by
his son, David, was ascribed to the archdeacon by all the seventeenth-century
antiquarians who made use of it. In 1594, Mayor William Aldersey issued a more
accurate List of Mayors based on documentary evidence in his and the city's posses-
sion; his calendar, furthermore, was the first to place the establishment of the city's
liberties in the thirteenth rather than the fourteenth century. George Bellin, the
scribe, until 1622, for the Coopers, the Mercers, and the Shoemakers, transcribed
and emended Lists of Mayors and copied two of the play manuscripts and the
Coopers' pageant, as well as numerous other documents. In the seventeenth century,
David Rogers and Randle Holme II continued the antiquarian work begun by
members of their families.
David Rogers is known solely for his completion of Archdeacon Rogers' 'Breviary'.
Between 1609 and about 1637, he produced five copies of four different versions
of the 'Breviary'. Since the first three and a half chapters of each version are sub-
stantially the same, whereas the sections in Chapter Iv on the city's plays and
customs vary considerably, and whereas the lists of bishops, royal charters, and the
like are brought up to David's own day, we may surmise that Archdeacon Rogers
produced the early chapters and the early parts of the lists more or less in the form
that we have them, and that David produced or augmented the latter sections of
the volume. In the title of the last version, David says that he compiled the 'Breviary'
from notes left by his father, and since some of the descriptions of the city's customs
(eg, the homages to the Drapers), are clearly drawn from extant documents like the
Assembly Book, we may surmise that David based his descriptions on notes taken
by the archdeacon from records in the possession of the city. David, of course, may
have copied some of these records himself, but besides his statement about having
used his father's notes, he also implies that he did his work away from Chester and
therefore may not have had the access to the records that his father did while
resident at Chester Cathedral.
The four Randle Holmes are Chester's greatest transmitters of antiquarian material.
All were members of the Painters' company and became prominent in the gover-
nance of the city, in addition to their involvement in church and guild affairs. They
were also heralds, and by far the greatest amount of material that they produced
is genealogical records. Although the middle two seem to have been most active,
as a group they were responsible for producing or collecting over two hundred
volumes of material dealing with Chester, an immense collection of manuscripts
which now forms MSS 1920-2277 in the Harley collection. However, the only one
of the four who seems to have produced records relevant to the present collection is
Randle Holme II, active from the 1630s into the 1660s. Like his father, he seems to
have been involved in preparing the city's ancient or standard each year, in helping
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Aldersey dropped all references to the invention of the plays from the List he issued
in 1594.
Earlier Mayors Lists seem to have had a wider circulation than the Aldersey List,
but we know that the Aldersey List got to other antiquarians even if it did not
always have the desired results. For example, in the first three versions of the
'Breviary', David Rogers says that the plays were initiated by the first mayor of
Chester about 1328, but in the last two versions he says that they were initiated
in the first year of Arnewaye's term about 1328. From another note in the second
version, it is clear that David came across the information that Arnewaye was not
the first mayor; nevertheless he retained the incorrect date of Arnewaye's term and
passed on the tradition that Arnewaye invented the Whitsun Plays.
lhis tradition is an easily recognized fabrication - although no one questioned
the story before this century - and F.M. Salter has provided a plausible explanation
for how the story- came about. But some antiquarian statements may seem to be
fabrications when they are not, or they may be too hastily dismissed as nonsense on
the grounds that they are self-contradictory. For example, David Rogers does not
always pay" enough attention to the documents he is transmitting to eliminate the
contradictions. In his description of the plays, he says that there are twenty-four
pageants and then he appends a list of twenty-five. Salter used this discrepancy as
an illustration of David's untrustworthiness without noting that the Late Banns say
that the cycle contains twenty-four pageants - David's source for the first statement
- whereas the List of Companies and their parts, which circulated as an independent
document, lists twenty-five - David's second source. 2 The differences in computation
depend on whether one counts the Coopers' and Ironmongers' plays as one (as does
MS H ) or two (as do the four group MSS ttmABR). 3 The point is not that David
is inconsistent or inaccurate but that he copied two traditions, each of which happens
to be accurate within certain limits.
]-he antiquarians' failure to examine critically the documents that they were
transmitting tends to undermine our confidence in the antiquarians' statements;
nevertheless, when used with caution, antiquarian materials can be relied upon
precisely because the antiquarians were uncritical. One is struck by the fact that the
Chester antiquarians almost always copied what they saw even if it did not make
sense or if it contradicted something else that they had copied. If an antiquarian
merely transmits what he sees, then it is likely that a document has been transmitted
without error from its moment of origin to the time that the antiquarian makes his
copy. ] his does not mean, unfortunately, that the facts of the document are truq
or that they are correctly interpreted, but it does mean that the antiquarian has
probably reported it accurately in the main. Rather than dismiss such evidence,
the scholar should attempt to ascertain whether there is any truth in the statements
despite their possible contradictions. As we have seen, David Rogers' statements
about the number of pageants in the play cycle are not so much inaccuracies as a
confusion of two different phenomena from two different sources. Similarly,
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Relevant Contents
l'he MS revises the title, but otherwise follows CRO in omitting the preface and
Late Banns. It is almost the same as CRO throughout the initial entries, except
for some revision and rearrangement at the end of the section on the Homages
to the Drapers. The M S continues with, in order, the Sheriffs' Breakfast (revised),
the Christmas Watches (revised), the Midsummer Show (revised), the St George's
Day Race (1623 version), the Whitsun Plays (revised), the List of Companies and
their Parts, and omits the note at the end of Chapter v ttt on Arnewaye and tligden.
Provenance
The provenance is the same as that of Harley 1944.
Liverpool, Liverpool University MS 23.5; c 1637; English; paper; 126 leaves; 285mm x 185ram
(260ram x 155mm), 45-50 long lines; mostly gathered in 6s and 8s (1 leaf missing, final gathering
almost torn away completely), catchwords on recto and verso of all folios; modern pencil foliation
(last 27 leaves unnumbered); 17th century vellum binding, title on cover.
Relevant Contents
The MS revises the title and omits the preface, the Late Banns, the Christmas
Watches, and the Midsummer Show. It nearly duplicates the Chester Archives MS
and Harley 1944 in the entry on the Homages to the Drapers, except that it contains
the poem from the CRO M S at the beginning, even while omitting the continuations
which appear in both the CRO MS and Harley 1948. It continues with the Sheriffs'
Breakfast (revised), the St George's Day Race (revised 1623 version), the Whitsun
Plays (revised), and the List of Companies and their Parts.
Provenance
The Revs Samuel and Daniel Lysons printed their Magna Britannia in 1810 and said
that the manuscript was in the possession of William Nichols of Chester; however,
Mr M.R. Perkin, Curator of Special Collections at Liverpool University, reported to
me that the bookplate says that Earwaker sold this and other volumes from George
Folliott's collection at Stanley Place, Chester, on 1 August 1810. There can be no
question that the volume used by the Lysons is the same as the Folliott volume;
consequently, they must have seen the book when it belonged to Nichols and it
must have passed shortly afterward to Folliott, who then sold it in 1810, or they
must have learned that it had been recently sold to Nichols as they were seeing their
book through the press. In 1930, the volume was sold by B. Halliday of Leicester
to an unnamed person interested in the history of Cheshire. 6 The volume disappeared
until it was reported in the HMC Reports as a new acquisition by the University of
Liverpoolfl
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Dates of Composition
lhe Chester Archives unnumbered MS is undoubtedly the earliest of the five copies;
it is dated and signed by "D. Rogers' in the upper left-hand corner of the title page
and at the end of the preface, '3 luly 1609'. On f 87, at the end of Chapter Vii
which deals with the earls of Chester, there is a reference in the last entry to 'this
prt'sente yeare 1610' and another signature, 'D Rogers; desember 1610'. These
signatures and several references in the text indicate that David Rogers made the
copy between July 1609 and December 1610. The text has been written in brown
ink; however, there are numerous corrections and deletions in black ink, again in
David's hand, and there are additions, in black ink, to the lists of earls, bishops,
and deans which bring the material up to the year 1619. There are abundant
numbers of blank pages at the end of each chapter and at intervals throughout the
text, which suggest that David left space for later additions.
BL Harley 1944 seems to have been transcribed directly from the corrected
Chester Archives copy. The note on the title plate, now almost obliterated, and
the signature at the end of the preface merely give the date '1609'; however, most
of Harley 1944, including the updated lists, is written in the same brown ink and
would appear to have been vritten at one time in 1619 or thereafter.
More significantly, the short black lines which appear periodically indicate stopping
places in the process of making the Harley 1944 copy. Four of the six marks in
the Banns section, for example, occur at a place corresponding to the end of one
page and the beginning of another in Harley 1944. The black line in the Chester
,lS at:
a) f 18v 'This matter he ...' begins f 22v in Harley 1944
b) f 19 'If the same ...' occurs on f 22v
c) f 19v 'This worthie ...' begins f 23
d) f 20 'The appearinge ...' begins f 23v
e) f 21 The Skynners ...' occurs on f 24
f} f 21v 'And not god ...' begins f 25
1 he marks at b) and e) do not correspond to the beginning of a page in Harley 1944.
lhe marks at a), d), and f) appear within the page in Chester but correspond to the
beginning of a page in Harley. The other mark, c), is at the top of the page in both
Chester and Harley. In addition, some words crossed through in black ink in Chester
are omitted in Harley. lhese facts suggest that, although there are a few additions
in the Harley version, the M S was copied directly from Chester; consequently, the
two are almost identical.
It should be noted that the blank pages have been drastically reduced and now
occur only at the end of chapters in Harley. It is probable, therefore, that David
prepared this copy as a presentation copy sometime in 1619.
The Cheshire Record ()ffice MS DCC 19 also seems to have been made by David
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in 1619 or shortly thereafter; however, there have been several alterations in the
text, which indicate, along with the omission of the preface, that David has begun
to produce the 'Breviary' in his own right rather than simply transmitting his father's
incomplete version. The last date in the original hand and ink is in the final entry
in the list of bishops (ff 69v-70), where David mentions that John Bridgeman was
made a bishop on 13 June 1619. The 1609 version of the St George's Day Race
indicates that David has not heard about the alterations made in the Race in 1623;
that is, it is clear from statements that David makes in the text that he is not living
in Chester and that he only receives reports about things that have occurred there.
The distance between David and Chester probably accounts for his failure to include
anything at all about the St George's Day Race and the Show (1610) in the Chester
Archives and Harley 1944 copies, even though the latter of these was made in 1619
or thereabouts. The CRO copy must have been made after 1619 but probably
could not have been made much after 1623.
Much of the material has been revised and David has enlarged the earlier versions
The addition of the proclamations and more information about the Sheriffs' Break-
fast and the features of the Midsummer Show, and the revision of the note on
Arnewaye, all indicate that David came into possession of new documents which
would have included, at the least, Mayor Aldersey's List of Mayors (1594) and other
antiquarian notes.
The Harley 1948 MS was probably made in 1624. It must have been made after
1623 because David says that he has heard about the 'new alteration' in the St
George's Day Race; moreover, he refers twice to King James I 'that now is' (ff 52,
126) and to Lord Cary, deputy of Ireland, 'at this present 1624'. All the entries
except that for the Whitsun Plays have been expanded or newly added; the play
entry has been reduced.
The Liverpool University MS 23.5 is clearly the latest in date. Not only is David's
usually tight and clear secretary hand loose, elongated, and shaky - suggesting that
of an older man - but this M S contains a revision of the entry on the 1623 St
George's Day Race and is the first version of the 'Breviary' to indicate that David
knew how much the Saddlers' bell weighed. Although the last bishop whose term he
knew was Bridgeman's in 1619 and the last earl is from the reign of James I, the
last mayor listed in the main hand is Thomas Throp, 1637, and the/ S may be
dated to this year.
David's failure to revise the lists of bishops and earls is further evidence that he
was not resident in Chester and that he did not have much more information than
he did at the time that he made the CRO copy. David probably dropped the section
on the Midsummer Show because he knew that it had been suppressed earlier in
the century. He seems to be unaware of its revival in the late 1620s, and since he
makes no distinction between the Show and the Watch, the latter of which we know
to have been continued throughout the period, he must have deleted the entire
Midsummer entry on the assumption that it had been totally suppressed. The
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expanded List of Mayors, however, indicates that David got a revised list, just as he
had suggested in his statements in Chapter VIII in the CRO MS. The weight of the
evidence suggests that David made this copy about 1637, but that he had not
received much new information since he made the CRO copy.
Authorship
David Rogers' contemporaries and succeeding generations of antiquarians associated
the 'Breviary' with the Archdeacon Robert Rogers who died about 1595. This
attribution arises quite naturally from the titles of the CRO, Harley 1948 and Liver-
pool ,,t SS, and from the preface in the Chester Archives MS and Harley 1944. The
preface and the Liverpool title indicate that at the time of his death, Archdeacon
Rogers left a collection of material on Chester which was largely or wholly un-
assembled and that David put together the material and subsequently added to,
deleted from, and otherwise revised it. The question remains of what David did
with his father's materal and how much of the composition can be said to be his.
lhe evidence for authorship is laid out elsewhere ; however, further study of the
xtss has convinced me that a strong case can be made that David revised each
version of the "Breviary' from his father's notes rather than from preceding versions
and that David was largely responsible for transmitting materials derived from
sources in the sixteenth century. 8 It is clear that much of the material that David
transmitted was collected by his father. Most of the first four chapters of the
'Breviary' are written from a third-person point of view, that is, David tells us what
his father wrote down. In addition, the entry on the Homages to the Drapers recalls
the language of the extant ordinance of 1540 which altered the customs. Similarly,
the statement about Henry Hardware and the suppression of the Midsummer Show
is derived from the note in the Mayors Lists, the description of the city streets can
be found in the Assembly Book, and the remarks about the authorship of the plays
and the riding of the Banns echo the title and prefatory section of the Late Banns,
especially those of the Bellin copy in Harley 2013 (dated 1600). 9
The arrangement of the entries and the collations suggests that except for Harley
1944, subsequent Breviaries were not copied from their immediate predecessors; in
other words, each new version or edition was taken from the same sources rather
than from each other. For example, the Liverpool M S seems to have greater affinities
with the CRO M S than with Harley 1948, its immediate predecessor. Although the
Liverpool copy revises the sections on the Sheriffs' Breakfast, the St George's Day
Race, and the Whitsun Plays, it follows the order of the CRO MS except that it
omits the sections on the Midsummer Show and the Christmas Watches; therefore,
it may have been revised from the CRO copy or from Archdeacon Rogers' notes.
"lhe collations support a general agreement of the c RO and Liverpool M SS against
Harley 1948: see the collation notes to p 234, 11 4-5;p 234, 1 16;p 235, 1 ll;p 235,
1 17; p 237, 1 4 (lst variant); p 237, 11 11-18. However, since the CRO copy and
Harley 1948 agree against the Liverpool M S in one instance (p 237, 1 1 ), and since
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Neither of the two tSS contains the word 'Breuary' in its title, even though the
title otherwise recalls those of the later Breviaries. Secondly, the Breviaries always
have eleven chapters, but these versions are said to have seven when, in fact, they
only have four. Their final chapter includes information on the first building of the
churches, the erection of the monastery, and the succession of the abbots, bishops,
and deans;in other words, the chapter is unified in its focus on ecclesiastical matters.
In the Rogers' Breviaries, the sections on the customs and plays are lumped together
into Chapter Iv along with the building of the parish churches, but the successions
of abbots, bishops, and deans are put in subsequent chapters. Harley 2133 and
CRO.- DCC 11 do not refer to the plays at all; on the other hand, it is odd that David
put the section on the plays and customs in the chapter on the building of the parish
churches when the other chapters are unified by subject matter, and when he
reserved Chapter x l specifically, he said, for those things which could not aptly
be placed in earlier chapters.
Harley 2125, ff 76-87v, contains a similar collection of material bearing the
title 'The Antiquity, of the Anciante and famous citty of Chester, with many notes
collected by some experienced in authors of great antiquitie' (note the similarity
to the title of the Chester Archives ,S and Harley 1944). This version also ends
with the history." of the churches of Chester and Randle Ho/me added immediately
afterwards: 'here followed the whittson playes verbatyn as in liber s 201 begining
C.) Theis be the Craftes etc.' The incipit, in fact, does not come from the beginning
of any of the extant play texts, but it is the beginning of the Early Banns entry.
Holme's note suggests that the collection entitled 'Antiquity' and attributed to a
group of anonymous authors may have provided the model for David's including
the play section in with the history of the churches (except that David used the Late
rather than the Early Banns). Furthermore, this collection may ultimately have
derived from some document like the White Book of the Pentice or the exemplar of
the book in Harley 2150 which contains the Early Banns; there are similarities
between the material which comes before the Early Banns, that at the beginning of
these 'Antiquity' collections and the prefatory material in the Assembly Book.
There are a number of MSS which go under the 'Antiquity' title (Bodleian Top
Cheshire e-11 [1646] ; Add. 11335 [ 1725] ; Add. 29780 [18th century] ; Stowe 811
[18th century]. These collections are attributed to an anonymous group of authors
and contain many of the same entries as the Breviaries but in a different order.
Significantly, the List of Companies and their Parts in the 'hitsun Plays, the only
reference to the plays, either follows the section on the churches or is included
under the chapter entitled 'Of ye first buyldinge of this Cittie of Chester & of the
destroyinge of the same' (Bodleian sis). Stowe 811, in fact, says on f 2 that the
material is derived from Rogers.
There are also two other MSS which go under the related title 'Briefe notes o1
the Antiquitye of the famose Cittye of Chester' (Harley 2125; Add. 29779), both of
which can be dated to about 1622 and are in George Bellin's hand. The Bellin
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collection contains many of the same entries in almost the same order as the Breviaries
except that they omit the customs, and plays and put the earls earlier in the collec-
tion than does David Rogers. They include a 'List of Companies' after those sections
devoted to the bishops and deans;in other words, they follow the basic pattern of
the 'Antiquity' volumes in placing the play reference after the religious material.
Since all ot these volumes were produced after David had written the first three
copies of the 'Breviary', it is not possible to rule out their indebtedness to the
Breviaries; nevertheless, it should be noted that the arrangement of material is
different in most cases, and in all cases, including the Bellin collections, the content
in the entries differs in numerous details in arrangement and thus could not have
been taken directly from Rogers alone. Furthermore, tlarley 2133, C RO: D CC 11,
Bodleian Top Cheshire e-11, Add. 11335, Add. 29780, Harley 2125, and Add.
29779 all contain Mayors Lists which begin with Lynnett rather than Arnewaye
/though the starting dates in the last two MSS differ from the others), whereas
David's Breviaries have Lists that begin with Arnewaye. This suggests the possibility
that Mayor Aldersey copied his Mayors List (dated 1594) in with these collections
and that they circulated separately from David's augmented Breviaries. Aldersey
could have obtained a copy of the uncompleted Rogers collection from the arch-
deacon, or the collection could have been among the archdeacon's sources and some
of them came to be identified as his after the Breviaries came into circulation and
the antiquarians noted the similarities between the two.
Further study might reveal the relationships which obtain between these M SS,
the Breviaries, the Assembly Book, the White Book of the Pentice, the Harley 2150
book, and other early histories like Smith and Webb's Vale-Royall, but such a study
will be hampered by the antiquarians' practice of copying from one another, of
trading material around, and of copying material which itself might have been copied
and altered once before. If there were an earlier version of the 'Breviary' or if
Archdeacon Rogers simply pirated his collection and some features of its organi-
zation from those going under the titles of 'Antiquity' or 'Briefe notes', we need not
change our judgement of the authorship of the 'Breviary', since the existence of
these M SS compilations would only confirm that the archdeacon transmitted his
material from sixteenth-century sources and that his son augmented it from materials
collected by his father but not entered into the archdeacon's original version.
Lists of Ma)/ors and Sheriffs
Not all of the MSS listed below are simply Lists of Mayors; the Lists are often
contained within antiquarian histories of Chester, most of which are directly des-
cended from Archdeacon Rogers' 'Breviary' or its predecessor. Some contain the
List of Companies and their Parts in the Whitsun Plays, but they have no other
descriptions of dramatic activity than those entered in the Mayors Lists.
Mayors List 1
London, BL, Harley 1046, List of Mayors and Sheriffs, ff 159v-65; 17th century; English;paper;
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1623 (f 58) and is continued to 1650 in a second hand (f 74). The second List (ML
O) is derived from an Aldersey exemplar which begins in 1257. The List is in one
hand to 1650 (ff 90-157v; probably Randle ltolme's) and continued in another to
1705 (ff 158-72). List III (ML 7) is similar to List II but contains little more than
the mayors' names and only a single reference to the plays. It was transcribed by
Randle Holme and goes only to 1616 (ff 173-95).
Mayors List 8
London, BL, Harley 2133, 'Mayors of Chester ...'; List of Mayors and Sheriffs, ff 10-68v; 17th
century; English; paper; 90 leaves; 297mm x 190ram (text area variable); gathered in 8s; modern
pencil foliation; 17th century brown leather binding on boards, now loose, with clasp marks.
ML 8 contains two Lists. List I begins with Lynnett in 1241 (f 10) and continues
to 1622 in the same hand; however, the List was apparently started in 1615-16
(see f 47v vhere the numbering of years is reversed to 'tyme expired'), continued
by the same scribe until 1622, and then continued by another scribe to 1635.
List II, ff 59-68v, simply enrolls the mayors from Lynnett in 1240 to 1509 and then
says that all catalogues agree after that point. List I to 1622 is mostly in Holme's
hand and List II is entirely in his hand.
Mayors List 9
London, BL, Additional 11335, William Aldersey, "Antiquitie of the Most Famous Citty of
Chester'; c 1724; English; paper; iii+86+ii; 315ram x 205ram ( 310ram x 175ram), 40 long lines;
mostly gathered in 8s (11 leaves missing); modern pencil foliation (single unnumbered leaf between
ff 34-5); modern brown leather binding, title on spine.
I he M S contains a List of Memorable Events which begins with 1275 and stops at
1645; the reference in the 1642 entry to King Charles 'that now is' suggests the List
vas originally compiled in this year.
Mayors List 10
London, BL, Additional 29777, List of Mayors and Sheriffs; late 16th century; English; parch-
ment; 14 membranes attached serially; length vanes from 250ram to 840ram, wdth 205ram,
number of ruled lines variable; written on one side only; occasional use of red ink, elaborated
,mtials; end of roll faded
l he List begins with Arnewaye's term in 1326; the roll is torn off in the middle of
the 1584 entry.
Mayors List 11
London, B L, Additional 29779, 'Briefe Notes of Antiquitye'; 17th century; English ; paper; ii+
63+ii; 289mm x 221ram (280ram x 170ram), 25 long lines; single leaves attached to modern
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binding; modern pencil foliation; modern leather binding on boards, title on spine.
The List begins with Lynnett in 1318 and is in the hand of List I in llarley 2125
ie, probably George Bellin's.
Mayors List 12
London, BL, Additional 29780, 'Antiquitie'; 18th century; English; paper; 189 leaves; 335ram x
205ram (298mm x 160ram); mostly gathered in 8s; modern ink foliation; multicoloured patterned
binding with leather spine and corners, title on spine.
The List of Mayors begins with Lynnett in 1241 (f 93) and is attributed to Aldersey.
On ff 113-71 there is a List of Memorable Events in Chester similar to that in
Add. 11335 but continued by the scribe to 1771.
Mayors List 13
London, BL, Additional 39925, 'Antiquitie' late 16th century hand (latest date 1583), with
additions in early 17th century hand (to 1623) and conttnued to 1634: English; paper iii+170+iii;
335mm x 215mm (285mm x 140ram), 45 long lines; gathered in 8s; modern pencil foliation (3
unnumbered blanks after f 31 ); no decoration; brown morocco leather, title on spine.
The MS contains an Aldersey List which begins with Lynnett in 1317 (f 1 2) and
continues to 1634.
Mayors List 14
London, BL, Stowe 811, 'Antlquitie'; 18th century; English and Latin; paper; ii+114+ii; 330ram
x 205ram (315mm x 180ram); gathered in 8s; modern pencil foliation (2 unnumbered blanks
between ff 72-3,4 unnumbered blanks between ff 77-8, 3 unnumbered blanks between ff 80-1);
no decoration; 18th century brown leather binding on boards, gold frame design on covers and
spine, title on spine.
The M S is in the same hand as Add. 1133 5 and contains some of the same material
The List is an Aldersey List and begins with Lynnett in 1241.
Mayors List 15
Chester, Cheshire Record Office, DLT/B 37 (Tabley Liber N); 1644; English; paper; 123 leaves;
185ram x 150ram (170ram x 120ram), 38-40 long hnes; mostly gathered in 16s and 20s; modern
pencil foliation no decoration; 17th century vellum b,nding, title on spine.
The List begins with Lynnett in 1241 and is in the same hand to 1644.
Mayors List 16
Chester, City Archives, P/Cowper [ 1956] 'Collectanea Devana', Vol 1 : c 1763 ; English with a few
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earliest Lists are probably those from the Assembly Book (AB/1), Add. 29777 (M L
10), and John Rylands MS 202 (ME 27), all of which list Arnewaye's first term in
1326. Of these the Assembly Book's List is probably the earliest and can be dated
to 1567-8, but it is possible that the Harley 1046 List (M L 1 )antedates these three
(it begins Arnewaye's term in 1320). In any event, David Rogers had a copy of a
List corresponding to Harley 1046, but he altered the date from 1320 to 1328 in
the Chester Archives 'Breviary' and retained that date in Harley 1944 (M L 2) and
Harley 1948 (M L 20), despite the fact that in the CRO 'Breviary', ff 110v-1 lv, he
says that he is aware that most Lists begin with Arnewaye's term in 1329.
Mayor William Aldersey published a new List in 1594 in order to correct the
mistaken chronology" and to restore Sir Walter Lynnett to his place as the first
mayor, lhe Aldersey Lists were compiled, he tells us in his preface (Add. 29780,
f 93}, from documents in his own and the city's possession, and thus the List can
be regarded as fairly authoritative Unfortunately, the Aldersey Lists also have the
fewest references to dramatic and ceremonial activity, presumably because their
author did not make entries for which there was no documentary evidence.
lhere seem to be three versions of Aldersey's List:
1)
Additional 39925, an early seventeenth-century copy, begins with Lynnett
in l 317 and this List is undoubtedly the source for George Bellin's Lists in
Harley 2125 (,1L 5) and Add 29779 (M L 11 ), both of which are dated 1622.
2) Harley 2125 (XtL 6), and the List at the end of the Liverpool copy of the
'Breviary' (M L 23) begin with Lynnett in 1257.
3)
Harley 2057 (ML 3), tlarley 2133 (ML 8), Add. 29780 (ML 12), CRO:
DLT/B 37 (,IL 15), Harley 1989 (ME 21), CRO. DCC 3 (ME 25), and CRO:
DCC 11 (/IL 26) begin with Lynnett in 1241 or 1242.
It is probable, therefore, that Aldersey's List went through three phases: first he
added Lynnett to the old Lists which had started with Arnewaye in the 1320s; then
he moved Lynnett back to 1257 and Arnewaye to the 1260-70s; and finally, he
settled on 1241 as the first of Lynnett's terms
I here are also some compilations attributed to Aldersey (eg, Stowe 811, Add.
11335, Add. 29780) which contain a List of Memorable Events which usually
starts about 1275. Since these Lists say that the last performance of the plays
took place in 1572, it seems likely that they represent an antiquarian compilation
begun by Aldersey sometime before 1575 and thus they antedate the List of 1594.
lhe information in these Lists is sometimes off by several years and often disagrees
with the Aldersey Mayors Lists which follow in the same M SS, eg, in Add. 29780
and Stowe 811.
Within the two groups of Lists, there are two distinct methods of dating mayoral
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terms: the smaller group, made up of ltarley 1046, 2057, 2105, and John Rylands
M S 202, places the mayor's name under the year in which the majority of his term
was served, while the remainder list the mayor's name under the year of his acces-
sion. The mayors were elected on the Friday after Saint Denis' Day in October and
their terms ran from the fall of one year to the fall of the next {Harley 2009. f 27).
Since some of the antiquarians and some modern scholars have not observed this
distinction in the dating of terms, errors have crept into our histories. For example,
David Rogers says that the last performance of the plays occurred in 1574 rather
than 1575 because that is the date of John Savage's term in his List of Mayors.
Similarly, Gardiner postulated twice as many performances of the plays as there
actually were because he conflated Add. 29777, which uses one dating method, with
Chambers' list of dates from other sources. 'Z In this volume, the two methods are
conflated in order to reflect the actual term of the mayor's office; consequently,
there may be some discrepancies between the date cited in the antiquarian entry
and the date assigned the entry by the editor. These differences are explained in
the notes.
Dating the Entries
Since the antiquarians used two different methods of dating terms and since they
tended to say that an event occurred in the year placed beside the mayor's name, it
is possible for there to be errors in the dating of specific incidents. Many of these
errors are easily resolved by conflating the two dating methods into a single chro-
nology and then adjusting the chronology according to external evidence, lhis
technique is sufficient to resolve almost all the discrepancies in the entries after the
middle of the sixteenth century.
The discrepancies up to that time cannot always be so easily resolved because the
chronology of the mayors before the sixteenth century is not absolutely certain and
because external evidence is often lacking; consequently, there is the problem of
deciding whether a mayor's name has been assigned to the right year, and then
whether an event associated with his name belongs to his term, or whether it drifted
into his term as a result of the different methods of dating terms, or whether it
belongs to that year but not that mayor. For example, most Lists associate the
invention of the Midsummer Show and a performance of a play before Prince Arthur
with the term of Richard Goodman and date both events to 1498. Some Lists place
Goodman's term in 1497-8 and others in 1498-9, the latter of which is correct.
Almost universally, however, the visit of Arthur is said to have occurred on 4 August
1498 or on 14 August 14 Henry vii. This is clearly impossible since Goodman did
not become mayor until November 1498; therefore, the visit either did not occur
during his term or it should be dated to 4 August 1499. The problem is complicated
by the fact that the Midsummer Show could have begun in 1498 before Goodman
came into office and the visit could have occurred in 1500 and been listed under the
succeeding mayor's term which began in 1499; thus, both events could have occurred
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during terms contiguous to Goodman's but could have ended up associated with his
terms if an antiquarian had copied the entries from two Lists using two different
methods of dating terms.
Fortunately, events seem to have been associated with a mayor's name rather than
a date, therefore, 1 have followed the general rule of dating an entry according to
the mayor's known term rather than according to the MS date where these disagree.
l'his procedure is defensible because in those cases where there is external evidence,
there is almost a perfect correlation between events and the mayors' names, whereas
there are often errors in dating the mayors' terms. In addition, I have retained the
association between a mayor and an event assigned to him even when this means
moving the event to a different point in the chronology, qhe reader, therefore,
should be aware that the dates of events for which there is no external evidence
could be inaccurate and he should consult the notes in order to determine if the
MSS give a different date or mayor than the one assigned by the editor. For ease of
reference, the editor has inserted the mayor's name in parentheses at the beginning
of each entry.
Selecting the Entries
-1 he first List of Harley 2125 was written by Bellin and annotated by Holme from
other Lists; consequently, 1 have given it priority. Otherwise, entries are selected
individually on the basis of their content: those which provide the most details or
which contain significant variants have been reproduced fully no matter what List
they may appear in. Entries which are similar in language but which contain less
information are noted only. No attempt has been made to collate the variants since
the relationships between the Lists are too complex to allow the establishment of
a copy text and the listing of variants; moreover, since all the variant entries are
substantively available in the printed text, it did not seem necessary to record minor
and accidental variations.
31iscellaneous
Chester, Cheshire Record Office, D LT/B 3 (Tabley Liber C); 17th century; English and Latin;
paper; ii+368+ii; 280ram x 185ram (255mm x 140ram), average 45 long lines;gathered in lOs;
17th century ink foliation (Part 1. ff 1-53 ; Part I1. ff 11-326); some coloured drawings of arms;
17th century brown leather binding, one clasp and hinge of another.
1 he M S contains Sir Peter Leycester's collections on Bucklow Hundred in Cheshire
which he published in his Historical Antiquities.
ANTIQUARIAN COLLECTIONS
Antiquarian Collections are manuscripts which contain material from a variety of
xlvi /THE DOCUMENTS
and occupations wthin the citty of chester'; 1514-1699; English and Latin; paper; 101 leaves; size
of leaves variable (largest 310ram x 2OOmm. smallest 65ram x 250ram); mostly single leaves
attached to modern binding strips; modern pencil foliation, older pencil foliation (65-181) on f 3
to last unnumbered blank (2 unnumbered blanks between ff 57-8.1 unnumbered blank between
ff 62-3 and f 101-first flyleaf); sporadic drawings of seals; BL binding with dark red leather on
corners and spine. Mostly in Randle Holme's hand.
London, BL, Harley 2057.
See the M S description under Mayors List 3 (p xxxvii).
London, BL, Harley 2065, "Inquisitions from Henry in to Edward IV'; 17th century; Latin; paper;
iii+ 184+ii; 380ram x 230ram (360ram x 170ram), 52 long lines; mostly single leaves bound together
(ff 27, 59 interleaved); modern pencil foliation, earlier ink foliation (1-143,195-7) ff 22-171,174;
no decoration; BL board binding with dark red leather on corners and spine, title on spine.
London. BL, Harley 2104, 'Notes. Charters. and other things concerning the Companys within the
City of Chester'; 17th century; English and Latin; paper; iii+220+iv; 320ram x 195mm (text area
variable); mostly single leaves bound together; modern pencil foliation correcting earlier ink
foliation; no decoration; brown leather BL binding, title on spine.
London, BL, Harley 2124; 1607; English; paper with vellum flyleaves; ii+142+ii; 190mm x 300mm
maximum (text area variable); leaves usually pasted in pairs on modern binding strips (2 leaves
missing); modern arabic foliation and 17th century ink foliation (roman numerals, i-lviii; ff 59-62
mis-numbered Ixi-lxiv, f 63 to the end numbered in arabic by scribe); no decoration; bound in tan
leather, cover embossed with coat of arms of Earl of Oxford, title in gold letters on spine.
The M S is one of the play texts, but the only item of interest to this volume of
records is the antiquarian note on the flyleaf.
London, BL, Harley 2150, 'Deedes & customes with other notes conserning the Citty of Chester';
16th-17 th century; English and Latin; paper; ii+219+ii; size of leaves variable (typically 305mm x
192mm): mostly single sheets bound together; modern pencil foliation, ink foliation (307-87)
ff 3-83; no decoration; red leather BL binding, title on spine.
Among the miscellaneous items in this M s, most of which were copied by Randle
Holme, s a sixteenth-century copy of a book similar to parts of the Assembly
Book (AB/1). This book, which contains the Early Banns. has also had additional
material inserted into it by Randle Holme. On the basis of the handwriting, !
estimate that the book may have been copied as late as the 1570s; however, it
could not have been copied before 1555-6 because the order banning Christmas
Breakfasts and mumming is in the same sixteenth-century hand as the majority
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of the document.
The arrangement of entries in Harley 2150 is roughly the same as that in the
Assembly Book: Gable Rents (ff 82-3), the city wards (83v-4), some materials
from the terms of mayors Gee and Hope (ff 84v-5v), the Early Banns (85v-By), the
city rental for 1533-4 (ff 88v-93v), and then a series of orders commencing with
those for Henry Gee, 1539-40, but mixing in earlier ones. The Assembly Book
contains some prefatory matter, including an Arnewaye List of Mayors (f 11 )
which continues in the same hand to 1567-8. Subsequent entries include a descrip-
tion of the meres and boundaries of the city (ff 32-3), the names of the streets
(ff 33v-5: copied by Rogers into his Breviaries), a description of the wards (ff 36-7),
the Gable Rents (ff 38-40), the tees for various officials (to f 49), the calling of the
Christmas Watch (f 52), the rental for 1533-4 (ff 53-7), the City Charter (ff 58-9),
and the orders which commence with Mayor Gee in 1539-40. The differences
between the two make it apparent that one could not have been copied from the
other; it is likely, therefore, that both were copied from one exemplar, which was
in a state of disorder, or that they were copied from different exemplars, both of
which were near-duplicate copies and were perhaps kept in different places for
safety.
We know that the exemplar of Harley 2150 or a copy of it existed as late as the
seventeenth century because Randle Holme made additional entries from a book
he called the White Book of the Pentice. This White Book could not be the extant
Assembly Book, whose original cover was white, because it does not contain the
Early Banns and because the folio references which Holme marks in the margin of
Harley 2150 do not correspond to AB/1. Since Holme indicates that some portions
of the Early Banns had been erased in the book, then we can surmise that Harley
2150 was made after 1555-6 and that its exemplar was discarded and superseded
by the present Assembly Book which seems to have been compiled about 1567-8.
We can also surmise that the Early Banns were omitted from AB/1 because they had
been superseded by the Late Banns. 12
London, BL, Harley 2158, 'The accountes of the murrengers & Treasurers of the Citty of chester';
early 17th century; English and Latin paper; ii+255+ii; 302ram x 21 lmm (text area variable),
40 long lines; gathered irregularly; modern pencil foliation correcting older ink foliation, ff 101-
348 (40 unnumbered blanks between ff 1-2, 1 unnumbered blank between ff 10-11, 80-1, 27
unnumbered blanks between ff 11-12, 76 unnumbered blanks between ff 66-7); no decoration;
17th century brown leather binding on boards, now coming apart, title on spine.
This MS contains Holme's transcriptions of the Muragers' Accounts, 1617-54 (ff 2-
10v), City Treasurers' Accounts, c 1431-84 (ff 31-66), City Treasurers' Accounts,
1632-44 (ff 67-110), and, in another hand, the city's rental for 1621 (ff 12-30v).
The Muragers made an annual payment of two shillings to the Drapers, but since it
is nowhere clear what the fee was for, and since Holme notes by the 1620 entry that
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old homages; however, the document completely ignores archery and goes on to
substitute a foot race for the Shoemakers' football game and a horse race for the
Saddlers' homage, and to add the presentation of glaives or arrows of silver by
married persons, it is possible that the disquisition on archery is either a preamble
to an earlier amendment of the Drapers' homages, or that it was part of the docu-
ment which instituted the Sheriffs' Breakfast Shoot in 1511-12, but which was
joined to Mayor (;ee's ordinance when the Assembly Book was newly copied from
the debris of an older book. In any event, the only connection between archery and
the Drapers" homages is the presentation of silver arrows by the Shoemakers and
married persons, lhese homages continued until a disagreement between the Shoe-
makers and Saddlers in the early seventeenth century caused a series of actions to be
taken one against the other over who was to have precedence in making the homages
lhe conflict was ultimately resolved by the mayor and council in 1626, when the
council agreed that the Shoemakers were to be called before the Saddlers; in addi-
tion, the council stated the obligations of each guild and entered the proclamations
in the Assembly Book.
Although the ordinance does not offer any explanation, it is possible to make
some suppositions about the origin of these customs. It is probable that the homage
of the married persons is a later addition to the custom because they are not men-
tioned in the preamble to the 1540 ordinance and because they do not enter into
the seventeenth century dispute. Furthermore, since the council in 1626 examined
the precepts of the Shoemakers' and Saddlers' companies and decided that the
Shoemakers ought to have precedence, we can surmise that the Shoemakers had
some kind of priority" over the Saddlers. It is possible, therefore, that the custom
arose as a consequence of the Shoemakers and Saddlers separating themselves from
the guild-merchant. Originally, the guild-merchant was composed only of merchants;
other companies were formed by a royal grant of a charter, or, in the sixteenth
century, by the city's grant of a charter. The homages to the Merchant Drapers,
therefore, may be token obligations made as a consequence of the Shoemakers
and Saddlers being recognized as guilds separate from the guild-merchant.
Mayor Gee's rationale for altering the customs is a humanist one: for unruly
games he would substitute profitable exercises. According to chroniclers and
antiquarians, the Shoemakers' football game had become so harmful and injurious
to the participants that it was thought better to substitute a footrace.
The Midsummer Show is said to have begun during the mayoralty of Richard
Goodman in 1499. Unfortunately, we know virtually nothing about the Show until
1564, when we have an agreement between Thomas Poole and Robert Hallwood and
the city to provide dragons and elephants for the city; nevertheless, it is probably
not mere coincidence that the city should institute a show to coincide with the
licensing of the minstrels and the Midsummer Fair. All of these activities could not
help but increase the attractiveness - and the profit-- of the Fair. The Midsummer
Show seems to have included morris dancers and several large animals, the dragon,
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the elephant, the mayor's mount, and in later years, camels, antelopes, and the like
- all provided by the city - and riders provided by individual guilds. Many guilds
rode with characters from the cycle plays; thus, the Painters rode with their angels
on stilts, the Smiths with Simeon, the Shoemakers with Mary Magdalene and occa-
sionally Judas, the Innkeepers with their alewife and her devils. This latter group
is intriguing, for it is believed that the alewife scene in the Harrowing of Hell remains
from an older stratum of the cycle, and it would appear that they may be related to
some kind of folk custom.iS The Innkeepers' records suggest that they are part of
an activity called 'cuppes and canes', in which the woman, atop a horse, carries a
quantity of crockery which the devil breaks with his cane.
Some of these shows - like the Butchers' devil in his feathers, the naked boys,
and the giants - raised the religious zeal of Henry Hardware, who suppressed them
all in 1600 or earlier; however, subsequent mayors sometimes revived them. The
mayor in 1602 is said to have revived the giants, and the Linendrapers that year
ordered Balaam and his ass to go in the show. In 1623, the city paid for the giants
and other animals, and in 1627 executed an agreement for their production similar
to that made in 1564. The characters from the plays, however, were phased out of
the show as the plays came under attack, and most did not appear at all in the
seventeenth century; thus, the Coopers, Shoemakers, and Smiths had a child ride for
them by 1572 and thereafter. The Painters had a child by 1574, but the angel went
on stilts periodically until 1594; the lnnholders had the woman and devils in addition
to their child in 1583-5, 1589, and 1591-6, but not thereafter.
During the life of the Whitsun Play cycle, according to David Rogers, the guilds
of the city used to ride the Banns on St George's Day. There is no evidence that
any other kind of activity occurred on that day until 1610, when a former sheriff,
Robert Amery, instituted the St George's Day Race; to initiate the custom, he also
produced a Triumph in honour of the Prince of Wales. The records indicate that the
race was run annually thereafter, but there are no records of subsequent dramatic
performances.
Dramatic Activity
THE WHITSUN PLAYS
The antiquarians of Chester promoted the belief that the Whitsun Plays were begun
in the early fourteenth century, but the evidence refutes itself.16 The fifteenth-
century documents indicate that a play was performed on Corpus Christi Day, but
there are no references to the Whitsun Plays before 1519-20. We can be sure that a
play was being performed by 1422 on Corpus Christi Day because there was a
dispute in that year between the Coopers and Ironmongers over their responsibilities
for the Scourging and Crucifixion. Furthermore, the fifteenth-century records
indicate that this play was significantly different from the later Whitsun Plays, for
it was performed on one day and in one place - St John's, outside the east wall of
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the city - at the conclusion of a procession from St Mary's-on-the-Hill, located near
the Castle in the southwest corner of the city.
It is probable that the plays were not performed at Whitsuntide before 1519,
and that it was sometime between 1519 and 1531 that the plays began to be per-
formed processionally over a three day period. ]he Old Testament sequence of the
cycle seems to have been considerably expanded during this period, and the expan-
sion suggests that the old Corpus Christi Play was a Passion play rather than a
complete cycle like those preserved at York and in the Towneley manuscript. The
cycle continued to be revised and expanded into the 1540s and the clergy apparently
continued to perform a play at Corpus Christi until about 1548. During the reign
of Edward, perhaps in 1548, the clergy's Corpus Christi Play was suppressed and
there vere some alterations in the cycle, the most documented of which is the
suppression of the Bakers' Last Supper and the production of a Shoemakers' play
which included the meeting of Christ with Mary and Martha, the Last Supper,
and the captivity of Christ. With the accession of Mary, some of these suppressed
plays may have re-entered the cycle, or the cycle was rewritten, or both. In any
event, nev Banns were written for the cycle which included references to new play
material; these Banns were later revised to include even more new play material;
and the texts of the plays, as well as the guild expenditures, ndicate that the text
continued to be revised and altered up to and including the performance in 1575.
]hat there was a performance in 1575 is remarkable in itself, for the archbishop
of Vork had forbidden the performance in 1572. It is clear that the plays had come
under attack within the city before the performances of 1572 and 1575, the first
times that there was any interference from outside the city. The performance
schedule in the 1560s and 1570s was erratic - plays were performed only in 1561,
1567, 1568, 1572, and 1575 - and Henry Hardware, for example, did not allow a
performance of the plays in his first mayoral term in 1559-60. But the opposition
was curiously divided, as the events of 1572 indicate. In that year, Mayor John
Hankey decided on a performance of the plays and was successful in getting the
council to agree to it. Some parties obviously objected and asked that the arch-
bishop intercede to stop the performance. It is not clear who initiated the request,
but we cannot conclude that the religious establishment alone attempted to halt the
plays because the dean and chapter of Chester Cathedral paid for the construction
of a mansion over Abbey Gates and provided beer to the players as they had done at
the previous performance in 1568. It is probable that citizens like Henry Hardware
and members of the ecclesiastical establishment, the bishop, possibly, together
appealed to the archbishop. In any event, the archbishop attempted to halt the
performance, but his 'Inhibition' came too late.
A majority of the council must have believed that the archbishop did not have
jurisdiction over the performance of the plays in the city and they voted to produce
the cycle in 1575. Nevertheless, the mayor and council were not so naive as to
believe that everything could be done as it had been in the past; consequently,
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they moved the performance to Midsummer, produced it on one day rather than
three, and in only one place in the city rather than the accustomed four or five. The
play was very likely performed before the mayor at High Cross, his usual viewing
place, and certainly was not performed before the Abbey Gates, outside which the
Midsummer Fair was held. Despite the city's measures - and this apparently included
rewriting some of the plays - the archbishop would not condone the performance
and had John Arnewaye called to London to appear before the privy council.
Unfortunately, no record remains of Arnewaye's appearance before the pri T
council, and he may, in fact, never have appeared at all. He wrote to the city
council to request a certificate that the council and not he alone had ordered the
plays, and Henry Hardware, who was then mayor, was honourable enough to send
the certificate stating that both Arnewaye and Hankey had acted with the consent
of the council. Apparently, this shared 'guilt' satisfied the government, or the cit-y's
charter prevented any further action against the mayor. Nevertheless, the message
was clear and the plays were never performed in Chester again, except for one per-
formance of the Shepherds before the Lord Strange and other notables in 1577-8.
CONDITIONS OF PFRFORMANCE
The twelve guild accounts of expenditure give us a fairly detailed picture of the
sequence of events leading up to the performance of the Whtsun Plays.7 Though
the mayor and council were the final arbiters of whether to produce the plays, the
companies apparently could petition for a performance by submitting a 'bill' to the
mayor. When the decision was favourable, the companies began to ready their
materials and to practise their parts. Their first but least difficult task was to ride
the Banns. The guilds participated in a yearly procession at Midsummer whenever
the Whitsun Plays were not performed; consequently, they could anticipate the
demand for costumes and horses for the character who rode with them and be ready
to ride in procession by St George's Day, the time David Rogers claims was set aside
for the Banns. If the route for the Banns was the same as that for the Midsummer
Show, the companies assembled at the Bars outside Eastgate, where the crier read
the Banns and called forth the guilds. The route then took them past the prisons
at North Gate and at the Castle, where they contributed money to the prisoners.
The liberties of the city extended beyond the walls, but by passing through the
major streets and by coming to each of the gates, the guildsmen would thereby
reconfirm the city's boundaries and freedoms.
This ceremonial function concluded, the companies would begin to prepare their
plays by copying and handing out parts ('parcells'), holding trials for roles, and
rehearsing from one to three times before their general rehearsal. The mayor, at
least in later years, saw all the plays at some point, but whether he visited each
separately or saw them as a group is uncertain.
The actors who can be identified are not professionals, but members of the guilds;
for example, of the four actors in the 1572 Coopers' account, Hugh Gillam and
Drawing of the Pentice on the south side of St Peter's Church from BL: Harley 2073 f 88
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seems to have been presented by local minstrels, the Smiths and Shoemakers paid
the baron of Kinderton's minstrels to entertain them in 1557. In any event, the
citizens of Chester could hear the waits almost daily and were entertained by music
whenever they went to plays and other shows, dinners or meetings, or gathered for
_ocial functions.
Conclusion
lhe city's dramatic and ceremonial activity seems to have peaked in the early
decades of the sixteenth century and to have declined thereafter;indeed, by the end
of the century, it seems to have lost most of its variety. The Midsummer Show is
said to have begun in 1499 and, with the exception of periods in the late sixteenth
and early seventeenth centuries, ran until the 1670s; the Sheriffs' Breakfast Shoot
began in 1511-12; and the cycle plays, which had been performed on Corpus Christi
Day in the fifteenth century, were moved to Whitsuntide about 1519, and the cycle
ew considerably between that time and the 1530s. In addition, the city seems to
have responded to the new humanist climate and altered many of its customs in
1540 so that they would have more 'profitable uses'. Lastly, the city responded to
the shifting religious climate of the day, now supporting the performance of the
Whitsun Plays, now repudiating them, until the plays were eventually suppressed
in 1575. The new attitudes in religion, however, affected more than just the plays;
Mayor Henry Hardware, for example, in 1600, forbade the appearance of the devil
in his feathers, the naked boys, 'God in strings', and other parts of the Midsummer
Show. Although some of these 'shows' were reinstated by subsequent mayors, they
eventually were superseded by more modestly dressed children who rode through
the city with guild representatives. By 1642, most of the local play production
seems to have ceased and severe restrictions had been placed on travelling companies;
in addition, most of the ancient customs had either been suppressed altogether or
superseded by customs which might be less offensive to a wider group of people.
Editorial Pr cedures
Dating the Documents
Some documents in the original are dated Old Style, some by regnal year, some by
mayoral term, and some by saints' days or moveable feasts. In order to arrange the
documents in chronological order, the editor has converted all dates to modern
usage. Events which occur on an annual basis or which are part of a regular accoun-
ting year are included within the dates of the accounting year (eg, the Shoemakers'
expenditures for Midsummer fall within their accounting year, 11 November -
10 November), and, wherever precise dates within the accounting year are known,
these are given in an editorial parenthesis. Documents which record unique events
are dated according to the day, month, and year wherever that is possible.
The dating of most of the documents is straightforward; however, some docu-
ments are not clearly dated in the lss and these are discussed in the End-notes.
The reader should also see earlier discussions in The Documents section for the
dating of the early rentals in Harley 2158 (pp xlviii-xlix), the Rogers' Breviaries (pp
xxx-xxxii), and the Lists of Mayors and Sheriffs (pp xliii-xliv).
Chronology
The chronology begins after Midsummer and runs through the following Midsummer.
The majority of the Chester records are excerpts from the annual accounts of the
guilds, the city, and the churches. Since none of these accounting years corresponds
to the beginning of the modern year, it has been necessary to base the chronology
on a system of double dates (eg, 1475-6). The second desideratum is that expen-
ditures for the same event appear as close to each other as possible;consequently,
the chronology begins after the Midsummer Show rather than at the beginning of
the modern year.
There are several impediments to beginning the chronology with 1 J anuary. Many
of the guild accounts, for example, contain expenditures for minstrels which cannot
be assigned precise dates; all that might be said is that a minstrel was hired sometime
between the beginning of the accounting year and some other event which can be
Ixii / EDITORIAL PROCFDURES
dated. In order to preserve some sense of the order of expenditure and in order to
maintain a guild's total annual expenditure in one entry, it was thought desirable to
enter a guild's account under the day that the guild began its accounting year. When
the editor tried to arrange these entries under a single-year chronology beginning in
January (eg. January- December 1475 rather than Midsummer 1475 -Midsummer
1476), it was discovered that guilds that began their year before Midsummer showed
their expenditure under the year that payment was made (eg, 1475), but those that
began their year after Midsummer included expenditures of a year later (eg, 1476)
under the preceding year (eg, 1475). This dislocation seemed potentially confusing;
therefore, entries taken from documents which observe annual cycles are arranged in
the following sequence:
Drawers of Dee begin on 30 June
Smiths, Cutlers, and Plumbers begin in July
Innkeepers begin in August
Painters, Glaziers, Embroiderers, and Stationers begin on 18 October
Coopers begin on 20 November until 1589 when they shift their accounting
)'ear to 13 January
City lreasurers' Accounts begin in November
Lists of Mayors begin in November
Cordwainers and Shoemakers begin on 11 November
Beerbrewers begin on 23 November
Glovers begin on 5 January
Coopers begin on 13 January after 1589
Joiners, Carvers, and Turners begin on 25 March
Churchwardens' Accounts begin at Easter
Mercers, Ironmongers, Grocers, and Apothecaries begin in May
(Note that some of these begin on the same day each year; others begin on moveable
feasts and are dated accordingly in the individual entries.) The effect of this arrange-
ment is to place, for example, all of the expenditures for Midsummer for the same
year under one double date; that is, the Drawers of Dee's, Painters', City Treasurers',
Cordwainers', 13eerbrewers', Coopers', and Mercers' expenditures for Midsummer in
1623 all appear under the heading 1622-3.
l-his chronology is maintained with the following exceptions and additions:
1)
Entries which are not part of any annual accounting cycle are inserted between
the appropriate dates in the chronology; for example, the Linendrapers'
petition of 13 February 1619 appears under the year 1618-19 and between
the entry for the Coopers (13 January) and that for the Mercers (7 May).
2) lhe Dean and Chapter of Chester Cathedral have four accounting periods
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the symbol as 'per'.
English words in Latin passages have not been declined. Place names, personal
names, and surnames have only been expanded to normal spelling when the scribe
indicates abbreviation. All superlineated letters have been lowered to the line except
when they are used with numerals (eg, xo, xxiiijti).
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RECORDS OF EARLY ENGLISH DRAMA
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I he chronology begins after Midsummer (24 June) and runs through the
following Midsummer.
6 / CHESTER 1398-9
festum Apostolorum Petri & Pauli (...)o proximo sequenti
compertum fuit per lnquisicionem captain quod Thomas Bragot
Ricardus Whyte Ricardus de Werberton (.)illelmus le Chaloner
Iohannes le Chaloner lohannes Howell Willelmus de Stretton
ttugo Bargayne (..)hannes le Smyth Webster & Willelmus
Cadewalleshened non sunt culpabiles de insultu predicto set
(..)cunt quod sunt culpabiles de affraia predicta, ldeo consumatum
est &c. I
Item dicunt quod Willehnus de Wybunbure lunior henricus
Penkyth Walker lohannes de Merton lohannes de hull Weuer
Ricardus le Spencer Weuer lohannes Thomasson Weuer Robertus
de Derbyshyre Walker Thomas del Dame Weuer Ricardus Stubbok
Challoner lohannes Chestre lunior Henricus Bragot lohannes
de Sucton Weuer Willelmus le Smyth Weuer lohannes de Acton 15
Weuer Reginaldus de Merford Rogerus Pyme lohannes de holand
Willelmus Wodewarde seruiens Ricardi de hale Thomas Werforde
lohannes Dernak Weuer Thomas del Mosse Rogerus seruiens
Ricardi de hale Robertus seruiens Wille/mi Porter Edwardus
Brounsworde Bellyn seruiens Willelmi Shawe henricus Bragot 20
Hugo Bragot IWillelmus[ Nicholaus Ricardus & Dauid seruientes
Ricardi Whyt [lohannes de londesdale] Thomas de Byrchomley
Iohannes de hale lunior . Dauid de Moldesdale [Thomas le
Sheuacre Challoner] lohannes de Chestre senior Willelmus &
Robertus seruientes seruientes Thome de Brymstath lohannes 25
Gredyn Dauid seruiens henrici Penkyth Willelmus Kydde seruiens
Willelmi Porter Walker Willelmus le Wodewarde seruiens Ricardi
de hale lohannes Skelo seruiens Dauid Broun
1421-2
Coopers' Records c: Loose papers
(20 April)
3O
Memorandum quod discordia & lis suborte fuerunt inter les
lrenmongers Ciuitatis Cestrie ex vna parte & Carpentarios eiusdem 35
Ciuitatis ex altera parte vtrum vna pars aut alia haberet omnes les
fflecchers . Bowers . Stringers . Coupers & Turnouts eiusdem
Ciuitatis ad ipsos auxiliandum in luso Corporis christi eiusdem
Ciuitatis Tandem ex assensu vtriusque partis in pleno Portmoto
tento apud Cestriam die lune proxima post Clausum Pasche Anno 40
regni Regis Henrici quinti post conquestum decimo coram
Iohanne hope maiore Ciuitatis predicte lnquisicio capta fuit ad
7 / CHESTER 1421-2
sciendum veritatem de materijs predictis vtrum vni patti aut
alteri ( ..... )gi deberent necne videlicet per sacramentum io/.,annis
de hatton senioris. Willelmi hope. Ricardi Weston . Alexandri
Hennebury . Ade de Wotton . lohannis de hatton iunioris .
Roberti Wolley Ricardi Lynakre. Willelmi de Pykton Thome de s
hellesby lohannis William & Ricardi Thomworth . luratorum .
Qui dicunt super sacramentum suum quod predicti ( ..... )chefs.
Bowers. Stringers Coupers & Turnouts non debent nec tenentur
ludere nec esse participes cum vna parte nec cum alia des
Irenmongers siue Carpentarijs predictis in Paginis suis lusi Corporis 1o
christi predicti set dicunt quod tenentur sustentare per sernet
ipsos Paginam suam propriam eiusdem lusi videlicet de
fflagellacione Corporis christi cum suis pertinentijs secundum
Originale inde factum vsque ad Crucifixionem eiusdem lesu
christi prout in dicto Originale continetur, et quod predicti 15
lrenmongers debent Sustentare lusum de Crucifixione vt
predictum ( ..... )stus (..)us & predicti Carpentarij Paginam suam
secundum Originale predictum In cuius rei testimonium huic
presenti [nquisicioni predictus Maior sigillum officij sui Maioratus
predicti apponi fecit, datum die & Anno predictis 2o
1429-30
Portmote Court Rolls CCA: M/R/4/85
mb 1" (19Alay)
... 25
Placita portmoti Ciuitatis Cestrie tenta apud Cestriam coram
lohanne Walssh maiore dicte Ciuitatis die lune proximo post
festum sancti dunstani anno regni regis henrici sexti post
conquestum otta
plait a remembrer qe le lvndy proschein awes le test de saint 3o
dunstan lan de regne nostre tressouerein sieur le Roy henry
sisme puis le conquest septyme deuant John le Walssh Mair de la
Citee de Cestre lez viscountz & xxiiij aldermen de dit Citee: de
lassent agrement & bone volunte de Richard de hawardyn &
Richard de Brogheford Seneschalles dez artes de Weuers Walkers
Chaloners & shermen de la dit Citee sur vne peticioun en plein
Portemote faitz par lez ditz Maier viscountz (.) xxiiij aldermen
(...) ordeigne lust estable & assentira durer perpetaute qe chescun
persone de quele astate ou condicion qil qe ascun dez ditz artes
vse ou occup(...) denz le dit Citee soit contributory (...) ou face 4o
2 / ( ..... )gi probably iniungi
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8 / CIIFSTER 1429-30
paier tout (...) des quele il est ou serra assesse par lez seneschalles
dez ditz artes put le temps esteauntz de paier A lez costages &
expenses (...) lumeir de nostre dame sancte marie & de corpus
christi & al Iwe de Corpus christi & a lun & lautre de eux a toutz
& achescun fe(...) quil auendra le dit lumier estre porte ou le dit s
lwe estre fait & qe celui qi ne voiet la somme a quele il est
assesse par lez ditz seneschalles paier deinz moyse (...) le dit
assesse fiat qil encourge le forfa(...) payne de xiij s iiij d
Cestassauoir vj s viij d a lez viscountz de dit Citee put le temps
esteauntz & vj s viij d a lez (...) demesne lez artes qe put le temps l0
serrount & le dit some destre leue par distresse Et qe bene lite si
bene as ditz viscountz put lez vj s viij d qi a eux apprendra (...)
ditz seneschalles put lez vj s viij d qi a eux apprendra & (...) put
lez ditz sommes issint assesse a distrendre chescun persone qi le
dit somme issait sur luy assesse (..) de voier ou paier refuse la dit 15
distresse a chescun fortz qe le dit cas de nonn paument auiendra
danere & tener irreplenisable (...) toutz ioures En temoignage de
quele Mose' (...) ordenance stabissement & agrement endente &
enrolle si bien le dit mair put lui lez ditz "viscountz" & xxiiij
aldermen le seal del office de Mairlt (...) lez ditz (...) seneschalles 20
put eux & toutz lez artifecers dez artes susditz leur seales ount
rays done a Cestre iour & lan susditz
1430-1
Mayors List 5 B L: Harley 2125
f 27v* (23 April) Robert Hope
in this veare was St georges playes playd in chester
1437-8
City lreasurers" Accounts B L: Harley 2158
f 33v (November)
Senescallus del Mercers pro redditu de shipyate
,,iij d
1438-9
City freasurers'Accounts BL: Ilarley 2158
f 33v* (November)
senescallis [pistor] piscatorum cestrie pro quadam
25
30
35
40
AC
AC
AC
9 / CHESTER 1438-9
parcell terre
1439-40
City Treasurers" Accounts BL: [[arley 2 1 58
f 33v (November)
senescallis sissor Cestrie pro quadam parcell terre
senescallis piscator pro quadam parcell terre
1440-1
City Treasurers" Accounts B L : Hadey 2 15 8
f 34 (November)
senescallis sissor cestrie pro quadam parcell terre
f 35v (Arrearages)
piscator Cestrie pro quadam parcell terre
1441-2
City Treasurers'Accounts BL: Harley 2 158
f 34v* (November)
Sissor cestrie pro parcell terre
piscator Cestrie pro parcell terre
Senescallis mercers pro parcell terre in shipgate
f35
... Senescall le mercers viij d
vjd
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vj d
viij d
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15
20
25
30
35
1.8.9. 16.21.28. 30. 31 / parcell ]'or parcella
8, 16 / sissor for sissorum 9 / piscator for piscatorurn
21. 30 / piscator ]:or piscatoribus 28 / Sissor/or Sissoribus
12 / CIIESTFR 1467-8
f52
, atergatestrete
mercatoribus Ciuitatis pro vna vacua placea ibidem
f 52v
drapers Ciuitatis Cestrie pro quadam Asyament
mercatoribus Ciuitatis pro quadam aysiament ad Caragium
vi0 d
vi0 d
rio d
lO
Coopers" Records C: Loose Papers
(12 A larch)
15
lhis script 6. composicion made by all the maistres & brederin of
the craft of fflecchers & Bowers Within the Cite of Chester ...
Also that euery maistire & iourneman, shalbe contributorie to 20
pay for the Sustentacion & fortheraunce of the light of Corpus
christi. And othire charges that shall to the playe . of Corpus
christi & othire charges belongyng therto, opon payn of xiij s
iiij d to be leuyed by . way of distresse or enprisonment . of the
person that so offendys or le W of his godys by the styward of 25
the seid Craftes atte theire eleccion. And that euery person that
shall be made. brothire in any of the seid Craftz . shall paye atte
his entre, to the sustentacion of the seid light & othire charges
xxvj s viij d & that noo person be receyuyd . to the seid
brethirhode in noon othire wyse . nor any Apprentice . to be 30
take by any maistire of any of the seid Craftes vnto any of the
same Craftz but for terme of vij yeres or above & not vndir
opon payn of brekyng of the othes aforerehersyd. And forfaiture
of xl s to theyre companyes box to be kept & leuyed to the
perfourmyng & vpholdyng of theire light & othire charges in the 35
fourme aforeseyd ...
IO / Aysament for Asyamento
1 1 / aysiament for aysiamento
IO, 1 1 / quadam for quodam
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19 ! CHESTEI - 1480-3
1480-3
City Treasurers'Accounts BL: ltarley 2158
f 63v (November)
oo.
Tho Rokley & Io smyth senescallis arte sellario infra Ciuitatis
Cestrie pro quodam Aysiament Cariagij sui iiij d
f 64
mercere ciuitatis cestrie pro placea terre pro aysiamento Cariagij
sui 3 yeare xviij d
pannarie Ciuitatis pro redditu alterius placie pro Cariagij ,,i
3 years ij s
1o
15
AC
1481-2
City Treasurers' Accounts 8 L : tlarley 2158
f 62v* (November) (,4 rrearages)
marchants of chester for Carrage howse
drapers of Citty for like
f65
marchants 21 Edward 4 owe
drapers
viij d
vj d
viij d
2O
25
30
AC
1482-3
City Treasurers'Accounts B L: ttarley 2158
f65 (November) (Arreamges)
... marchants vj d drapers viii d
oo.
35
5 / Ciuitatis [or Ciuitatem
11-12 / Cariagij sui [or Cariagio suo
11 / mercere [or merceris
13 / pannarie [or pannarijs
24 / CHESTER 1515-16
in St lohns churchyard
oo.
1520-1
.llayors'Books CCA: M/B/12
f 24v* (4 February)
quarto die ffebruarij Anno xij henrici octaui
lhis Indenture made the iiijth daye of ffebruary in the xij th 10
vere of the Reigne. of kyng the eight Betwene Richard laye.
& Edward l'aillir Stuardes of Thoccupacion of ffounders &
pewtrers within the Citie of Chester opon the oon partie And
Richard Taillir Smyth & Richard Anderton Stuardes of
thoccupacion of Smyths within the Citie of Chester opon that 15
other partie. Witnessith that the seides Stuardes & all theire holle
occupacion Apon A-Semble made & Comunycacion had betwene
the seides occupacions for the wele . and goode Zele . of the
same . byn fully condecendet and agreid In manner & forme
foloyng lhat is to witte from hensfourthe the tid Stuardes of 20
thoccupacions of ffounders & pewtrers for the tyme beyng to
Receyue the Incomes & forfetes of all suche personnes that will
cure in to . the seid occupacion of ffounders & peutrers & be of
theire Brotherhod the Stuardes of thoccupacion of Smythes. in
nowise to intromedill ne haue eny thyng to do therwitb And in 25
like wise the Stuardes of thoccupacion of Smythes. to Receyue
the Incomes. & forfetes of all suche personnes, as will cure in to
the seid occupacion of Smythes. and be. of theire Brotherhod
the . Stuardes of thoccupacion of flounders and pewtrers . in
nowise intromedelyng ne hauyng eny thyng to do therwitb Also 3o
the Stuardes of thoccupacion of ffounders & pewtrers, as the
Stuardes of thoccupacion of Smythes aforseid byn fully
condecendent & agreid to berre & drawe, to whitson playe &
Corpus christi light & to bere to the fyndyng of the preste .
of Seynt loye Chapell and all other Costes as they of olde tyme. 35
haue donne . & vsed Also the Stuardes of thoccupacion of
ffounders & pewtrers, in the name of all theire holle occupacion
as the [Str] Stuardes of thoccupacion of Smythes . in all the
holle name of theire occupacion byn fully condecendet & agreid
lhat the Stuardes of aither occupacion for the tyme beyng shall 4o
1 1 / kyng the eight for kyng Henry the eight
AC
25 /CHESTER 1520-1
euery yere in the ffeste of Seynt loye or within viii dayes, the
seid ffeste of Seynt love lmediatly foloyng yefe afore the
Stuardes of thoccupacion & iiij aldermen of the seid occupacion
A luste & a true accompte, of almaner Incomes & forfetes by
theym Receyuet duryng the tyme. they stonde Stuardes So that
aport the seid accompte had the prophetes therof shall groo buto
the prophetes of Seynt loye Chapell opon the payne of theym
that contrarye to this agrement to forfete to the same vse fyve
poundes of leyfull money of Englond In witnesse wherof to these
Indentures. the Stuardes of aither of the seides Craftes in the
name of theire occupacion enterchaungably haue sette theire
Sealles These beyng witnesse ]thomas Smyth Maire of the Citie
of Chester ]thomas Colburne & Cristofer Werinycham Shirreffes
of the [same] Citie aforeseid & mony other Yeuen at the Citie
of Chester aforsed the daye & yere aboue rehersed
1523-4
Gppers'Petition
f120*
BL: Harley 1996
TO the right worshipffull & ffull discrete
Dauid Myddelton Maire of the Citie of Chester
And his Cobrethren & Aldermen of the same
20
Humbly shewen vnto your gode Maystershippes your pouer 2s
supplyauntes & besechers the Cappers of this Citie that where
as they of late tyme by the right worshipffull Thomas Smythe in
tyme of hys Mairealtie were onerated & charged to brynge forthe
A playe concernynge the store of kynge balak & Balam the
proffet / And at the same tyme by the sayd Thomas Smythe & 30
hys Cobrethren it was promysed that where as your saydes
pouer supplyauntes ffonde theyme grevyde & gretely hurtyd and
impoueryshed / by reason / that not only the Mercers of the
Sayde Citie but as well dyuerse others occupacions of the same
Citie / do dayly occupye theire sayd occupacion as well in 3s
reteyllynge of cowrse wares vnder the price of xvj of the dossen
as aboue / And as yet no reformacion therof can be had / All
thaghe they therfore haue made greate instance & request as well
to your Maystership now in your tyme of mayrealtie as to others
your predecessors as is aforesayd It may please your gode 4o
Maystershipps considerynge the greate & importable hurtes &
hyndraunces of your saydes pouer supplyauntes whiche be but
27 / CttESTER 151-2
of thone partie & lohn Treuour goldsmyth Stiward of
thoccupac(...) Wosewall Stiward of the occupacion of mason
within the Citi(...) thother pattie in forme folowyng That is to
witt The saides S(...) & diers for theym & their Successours be
agreid & graunten by these presentes (...) Stiwardez of 5
Goldsmythez & masons & their Successours from hensforth shall
occupie & pecible enioy frome tyme to tyme the Cariage nowe
of the (...) Vynteners & Diers to & for the plaiez of the saides
Goldsmythes & masons & C.) Successours to be plaied at
Whitsontide to serue theym for their saides (...) when & as oft o
as nede shall require without eny lett of the saides (...) of
Vynteners & Diers or their Successours ffor whiche Cariage so in
manner (...) Abouesaid to the saides Stiwardez of Goldsmythes
& masons & their Su(...) graunted to & for their saidez plaiez
frome tyme to tyme as is aforC.) saides Stiwardez of goldsmythez 5
& masons [from] for theymself & th(...) ben agreid couenaunten
& graunten by these presentes to content (...) cause to be paid
vnto the saides Stiwardez of Vynteners & Diers (...) sterling at
the makyng herof / And from hensforth yerely (...) fynd kepe &
susteyn the "lhrid parte of all & euery reparacion (...) necessariez zo
belongyng or in eny wise apperteynyng to the same (...) shall
require & also to content & pay or cause to be paid yerely from
the thrid part of all the rentes due or to be due for the house
wher(...) said Cariage now standeth or herafter shall stand
Assembly Files CCA: A/F/1
f12*
The proclamacion for the plaies newly made by William Newhall
(...) pentice the first yere of his entre
fforasm(...) as of old tyme not only for the Augmentacton &
incres C.) faith of o (...) auyour iesu Crist & to exort the myndes
of the common people (...> doctryne th(...)f but also for the
commenwelth & prosperitie of this Citie a play (...) & diuerse
stor(...) of the bible begynnyng with the creacion & fall of
25
30
35
A/F/I, f 12 missing readings supplied from BL. ttarley 2013. f 1.
30 / (...): clarke of the 32 / fforasm(...): for as much
33 / (...): of the holy & Catholick 33 / o (...) auyour: our Sauiour
34 / (...): to good deuotion & holsome 34 / th(...)f: therof
35 / (...): & declaration 36 / stor(...): storyes
33 /CHESTER 1539-40
hewsters & belfounders
Weyuers & walkers
Antecrist
domez day
plaid Appon the thrid I
On corpus christi day the collegis and prestys bryng forth A play
at the Assentement of the Maire /
Prouided Alwais that it is at the libertie and pleasure of the
mair with the counsell of his bretheryn to Alter or Assigne any
of the occupacons Aboue writen [Aboue] to any play or pagent
as they shall think necessary or conuenyent /
ffor asmyche as of old tyme not only for the Augmentacion &
incresse of the holy and catholyk ffaith of our sauyour cryst lesu
and to exhort the myndes of the comen peple to gud deuocion
and holsom doctryne ther of but Also for the comen welth and
prosperitie of this Citie A play and declaracion of many and
dyuers stories of the bible begynnyng with the creacion& fall of
lucifer & endyng with the generall lugement ot the world to be
declared & playde now in this whison weke / whiche playes were
deuised to the honour of god by lohn Arneway sometyme Maire 20
of this Citie of Chestr & his bretheryn & boll comynaltie therof
to be brought forth declared and plaid at the costys of the
craftys men and occupacons of the said Citie whiche herunto
haue from tyme to tyme vsyd and performed the same
Accordingly / wherfore mr Mair in the kinges name straitly 2s
chargith and comaundyth that euery person and persons of what
astate degree or condicion so euer he or they be resorting to the
said playes do vse theym selff peceably without making any
Assault Afrey or other disturbans wherby the same playes
shalbe disturbed & that no manner person or persons who euer
he or they be do vse or weyre eny vnlaufull vepans within the
precinct of the said Citie duryng the tyme of the said playes
Apon peyne of imprisonyment of theire bodies and making
fyne to the king at Maisters Maires pleasure / "and" god saue
the kyng omr mair Mayre etc / o
35 / Rtl II altered mair to maisr and added Mayre etc
-erazed in the
|,noke -
38 / CtlESTER 1539-40
It to bryng forth they be bowne
And meytene with all theyre might
Ihe Shermen will not behynd
Butt bryng theire cariage with good mynde
Ihe pagent of prophettys they do tynd
lhat prophecied ffull truly
Off the comyng of Anticrist
lhat goodys ffaith wold resist
[hat cariage I warrand shall not myst
But sett forth full dewly
The hewsters that be men full sage
lhey bryng forth A wurthy cariage
[hat is A thing of grett costage
Antvcrvst hit hight /
[hey weyuers in Euery dede
ffvnd the dav of dome well [they] may they spede
1 graunt theym holly to theire neede
[he blysse of heuen bright
Souereigne syrs to you I say
.\nd to all this ffeyre cuntre
[hat played shalbe this godely play
In the whitson weeke
lhat is brefely forto sey
vppon monday tuysday and wennysday
X, hoo lust to see theym he may
And non of thevm to seke.
Also maister Maire of this Citie
wt/.,all his bretheryn accordingly
A Solempne procession ordent hath he
to be done to the best
Appon the day of corpus christi
-[he blessed sacrament caried shalbe
And A play sett forth by the clergye
In honour of the fest I
lo
15
20
25
30
35
18 / Fuery altered to Vuery by Rtt !!
31 -p 39, I 9 / rnargnnaha and lines drawn by Rll !!
37 / g altered from begTnmng of long s in clergye
A
ilver bell &
gleeves offered-
42 / CItFSTER 1539-40
hall from hensforth yerly that daye or other dayes After be
ordred by the said l)raprs & the mayre for the tyme being to &
for ye preferment and setting forth of the Said fete / And
exercvse of shouting in Longe boues And in Avoyding of the
saides lnconuenyentes eny vse prestripcion or other thinges
Afore tvme hadde & vsed to the contrary herof not withstanding
And further it is orderid and fully assentyd that the said
occupacion of draprs & ther Sucssesors shall from hensforth
kepe & performe this ordenances and euery Artycle therin
conteynid in manar and form [folouing] Aforsaid ordred &
mayde / And allso the said drapers And ther Sucssessors shall
kepe yerly ther recreacyon and Drinking in Lyke manar and
forme as the same occupacons and ther predecessors tyme out
of mynd haue vsed to do without eny contradiccon or lett /
And that allso the said occupacion of Shoumacres & thaocupacyon
of Sadlers & ther Successors and allso euery man now being
marved and herafter to be maryed within the said Cytie as is
Aforsaid and euery of them shall in Lyke manar obserue and
kepe this ordinaunce and euery orticle therof yerlye from
hensforth from tyme to tyme with out anye gruge Let or 20
contradiccion vpon payne of uery of Them So offending to
forfyt to the aldermen and stewardes of tha occupacion of
Drapars for the tyme being x li. tocins quocins without any
pardon therof or any parcill therof according to The auncyent
& Laudable Costome & vsage of the said Citie Allwayes vsed
And Approuid
Mayors List 5 B L: Harley 2 12 5
f 35* (10January) Henry Gee
30
lhe Balls and foote ball: accustomed to be offered to the mayor.
were layde awaye and gleeves of silver offered by the shomakers
in the rombe of them . and for the sadlers ball a siluer bell
which were offered one Shrove Tusedaye to mr mayor, besydes
silver gleaves geven to the drapers by all such persons as are 35
yearely maried in this Cittye
.1-2 / margnaha in RII II's band
44 / CHESTER 15;9-40
attended by the Pursevant and Standard :bearer of that Family,
each properly habited, and having the several Insignia used at
that Midsummer solemnity, preceded by all the licensed Musicians,
with white scarves across their shoulders, rank'd in pairs, and
playing , "on" their several instruments, this procession marched
before the Gentlemen and their Guests, quite thorough the city,
to their respective Mansions where plentifull Entertainment was
provided on that occasion. --- Sir P: Leycester, and Mr Holmes MS.
1540-1
State Papers of Henry VIII PRO: SP 60/9
f15
Exbursmentes made [by] for the Charges in conveying the
kynges lreasure by Mr Walter Cowley from london in to Ireland
1o
15
f 15v
1o the Waytes or Mynstrelles At Chester
ijs
St Mary's Churchwardens'Accounts CRO: P/20/1
ff 8v-9 (I 7 April)
Item for pyns & nayles to the sepulcre
Item for a Corde to the vale
25
1541-2
St Mary's Churchwardens "Accounts CRO: P/20/13/1
f 1 o (9 April)
Item for a Corde to the vale
Item to Richard leche tot make the sepulcre lightes
jd
xd
30
35
1542-3
St Mary's Churchwardens'Accounts CRO: P/20/1 3/1
f 1 lv (25 Alarcb)
Item a corde to the [Vay] Va "y'le
jd
40
46 / CHESTER 1545-6
1545-6
AC Trinity Churchwardens'Accounts BL: Harley 2177
f 21 V* (25 April)
payd 23 May for bearinge the Crosse & baners of the Crosse xvj d
for pyns & thred to make the sepulcre ij d ...
A .Ilayors List 4 BL: Iladey 2105
f 95 (l|'bitsun) William Holcroft
In this yere mr holcroft died & mr lohn Walley was chosyn
mayor & the plaies went that same yere
1o
Smiths, Cutlers, and Plumbers' Records
BL: Account Book I Harley 2054
f 15* (Corpus Christi Day)
15
... to Ran Crane on Corpus Christi day 4d for makinge our
lights xiij d ..
20
115741
1547
1546-7
Smiths, Cutlers, and Plumbers" Records
BL: Account Book I Harley 2054
f 15" (July)
for potinge the Carag out of the hasthel
for lights on Corpus christi day 1547 2 Copes for the lights
Spent at "mr" Tho Aldersey Tauarne on midsomer eue
vjd
xd
xiij d
25
30
Cordwai.ers and Shoemakers' Records
CCA: Account Book 1 G/8/2
f lv (11 ,Vovember)
Item ffor vj geyffes of selver
Item spend ouer the shotte on gotedes monday
Item geyuen to ij menstrells in Thomas pellyn hous
Item geyven to ye menstrels on corpos creste day & on
iij s
ij s viij d
vjd
35
40
36 / geyffes for gleyffes
AC
AC
47 ! CHESTER 1546-7
medsomer daye ij s
Item spend wyene wye payd mester dotton ftor caryng awye
the carch viii d
St Mary's Churchwardens" A CCOlmts c R o: P/2 0/1 3 / 1
f 18 (lOApril)
Item payde for ij burdes to mend the sepulcher
jd
Trinity Churchwardens' Accounts B L: ltarley 2177
f 22* (10 April)
for caring the baners in the Crosse weeke
for carring the Cope on Corpus christy day
for Carringe the baners on the general procession day
xij d
ld
vd
1547-8
Smiths, Cutlers, and Plumbers" Records
BL'. Account Book I Harley 2054
f 15 (July)
to mynstrells at Rondolfs pasewalls wedinge Robyn borys
wedinge & hugh Stokens weding
to mynstrells on Corpus christy day & drinking
Spent in the northgate when wee were there
for a quart wyne at mr Rare Aldersey tauarn
xx d
vj s
4s 8d
iiij d
Cordwainers and Sboemakers' Records
CCA: Account Book i G/8/2
f 7 (11 November)
Item geyven at the drenkeng of wyllyam semcoke to a
menstrell
Item payd ffor vj gleyves
Item payd ouer the shotte on gotedes monday
iiij d
iij s
xxj d
1o
15
20
25
3o
35
40
51 /CHESTER 1550-1
1550-1
Cordwainers and Shoemakers" Records
CCA: Account Book | G/8/2
f 17 (II November)
Item payd to the clerke of sent mertens
Item payd to a menstrel in Thomas pellyn
Item payd on oure month dey to a mensrrel
f 17v
Item payd for vj gleyvese
Item payd ffor beffe at goutted
Item payd ij menstrels at goutted
Item payd to a menstrel on corpos creste dey
f18
Item geyuen to a menstrel in Rychard telston
Item geyuen to a menstrel in Rayffe wya nam
ij d
vj d
viii d
iij s vj d
iij s iiij d
viij d
vj d
via
lO
15
20
1551-2
Cordwainers dud Shoemakers' Reconts
CCA: Account Book 1 G/8/2
f 19v (11 November)
ltam paid to the mynstrell on martens daie
ltam paid to the mynstrell at our monyth
ltam on guttides mondaye to the mynstrelles
ltam for our gleaves
ltam Over the shotte on guttydes mondaie
ltam to the mynstrell at Roger Glouers weading
ltam to the mynstrelles at Robertes smythes weding
viii
vnj
vj
iij s iiij
iiij s iiij
viij
*cij
d
d
d
d
d
d
d
25
30
35
40
AC
AC
55 / CHESTER 1554-5
vj s Carring vj d for horsbred to Semeons horse 4d for gloues
for him ij d, to prisoners same day ij d
Treasurers'Accoutt Rolls CCA: TAR/l/8 5
mb 3 (November)
The Watergate Strete
The stewardes of the drapers for their Caredge house buylde
vpon the Citiez grounde nere to ye greye frere lande ende viij d
"lhe stewardes of the marsers for ye Caredge house vpon ye
Citiez landes vj d
mb 4
item payde for Saynte georges daye xx s vij d
item payde for mydsomer wache for the Caredge of the pagions
and paynters xxviij s vj d
mb 5
.oo
Item payde to mr Thomas Smythe for vii yardes of Clothe to
the wettemens gownys xxxix s viij d
Trinity Churchwardens'Accounts B L: Harley 2177
f 23v (14 April)
to the clarke for washinge the Sepulcre
1555-6
Smiths, Cutlers, and Phtmbers" Records
BL: Account Book i Harley 2054
f 15v* (July)
to Sir io smyth for the Reggenall
ijd
15
211
25
3O
35
4O
breckfastes vpon
chnstemas day
to be Left &
mummg in time
of chrt.tenmas
56 / CtlESTER 1555-6
Assembly Books CCA: AB/1
f 85* (November)
Whereas heretofore of late tyme yt hathe been vsed that diuerse
of the worshipfull of this Citie haue caused breckfastes to be 5
made in ther houses vpon Christenmasdaie in the mornyng before
dyTne seruice endyd by reasone wherof madye dysorderid
persons haue vsed them seluees Rayther all the daye after idellie
in wse & wantonnees then yeuen them Seluees holy to
contemplacion & prayre the same Sacryt holye & prynsepaule 10
feate according to ther most bounden dutye vnto god the sone
redemer of the worlde who as that daye came into this worlde
and was borne of our blessed virgyn marye for the redemption
of all mankynd and to the intent the same feste maye be the
better & more hollier kept according to thorder of god & his holy 15
churche mr mayre by theadvyse of his worshipfull brethern
thaldermen of this cytie haue thought good that those
breckefastes banckyttes the same christenmees daye in the
morning shall not be vser and kept herafter, and you shall
vnderstand that this ys not meyuyd but that euery man yat 2o
will vpon other dayees conuenyent may bestoue the same coste
vpon ther frindes and pore nyghborees as lyberally as thaye
haue byne accoustomyd other yerees before [th] tyme to the
prayse of god and contentacion of ther neighborees, and allso
that no manner person or persones go abrode in this citie 25
mummyng in any place within the same citie ther faysees being
coueryd or disgysed and that no maner of person or personees
w/thin this citie suffer any person or personees to playe at any
vnlaufull gaymees within his or ther house or housees which
be prohibityd by any laue or statute within this realme vpon 3o
payne of imprisenment of ther bodyees & makinge fyne according
to the statutes in that case prouidyd
Treasurers'Account Rolls CCA: TAR/1 19
mb 4 (November)
The Watergate Strete
o.o
The stewardes of the drapers for their Caredge howse buylde
vpon the Cittiez grounde ner to the grey frere lane end viii d
l'he stewardes of the marsers for theyr Caredge howse vpon ye
Citiez landes vj d
35
40
57 /CHESTER 1555-6
mb 5
Item paide to mr mayre to paye for the wayttmens gouns
xlvj s viii d
Cordwainers and Shoemakers' Records
CCA: Account Book 1 GISI2
f26
item
item
.oo
Item
(11 November)
geuen to westeid the minstrill the same day
spend the same daye ouer the shotte at dener
payd for gleaufees one gotetees daye
iiij d
xx d
iij s iiij d
Item geuen to the wettmen and other to mynstryllees one the
thoursday in the skluesynge dayees xij d
Item "more" lede doune that was ouer the shore the same
daye ij s ij d
Item geuen to the presoners one sent gorgeday ij d
1o
15
20
f 26v
Item apon cobescristye day geuen to shacroftees xij d zs
Item that we gaufe the wettmen the same day viii d
Item geuen to amynstryll yat plaide afore vs one medsomer
[day] euen xij d
Item that we spende ouer the shotte the same nyght that we
layd doune xxj d 30
d
Item geuen to the presoners one mydsomer euen ij
.oo
Item spend ouer the shovtte on mertens evn ix
Item geyven to a menstrell ij
Deat, and Chapter CC: Treasurers' Accounts 1
p 274 (Christmas)
Item to a syngynge man ]gat was here all Christenmas by the
commandemente of mr dayne & ]ge canons iij s vj d
35
4O
28 / x o[xij d written over v
1550 1557
c
58 / CHESTER 1555-6
p 279 (29,larcb)
First to lhomas barines for a pottell of malvesey and a pere of
gloves for the prophet vpon palme sondaye xiiij d
Frinity Churchwardens' Accounts B L: llarley 2177
f 25 (5 April)
other payments for the first yeare
for wachinge the sepulcre one night to the clarke iij d for charcole
& franconsens agaynst ester: for dressinge the sepurcure & after
in berrage ij d. for takinge downe the clothes about the sepulcar
ij d
1556-7
Smiths, Cutlers and Plumbers" Records
BL: Account Book 1 Harley 2054 20
f 15v* (July)
rec at the hands of the occupation 48s 4d
payd to 1o Plumber ij s viij d to R Crane same tyme viii d
to mr major to the hande xx s z5
same day to Sir Law smythes bally v s
Spent on our bretheren present at payment of mr maior &
Sir L Smyth baly xij d
to the Ringers on St loys [day] euen ij d to belman ij d to the
preests on St loys day vj d 30
Spent same day at mr dauisons tauarne xviij d
for makinge of a bill to putt to mr Maior on St Georges day ij d
to prisoners same day ij d
for 6 new topps & payntinge all the spayres new to william 35
framo iiij s x d
for dressinge the banners & for fringes xx d
to Rich gest for 13 new speres vj d for neles to nele the banners
onj d
for carryinge of the lights on Corpus christi day vj d to Ran 40
Crane the minstrell ij s
59 / CHESTER 1556-7
on midsomer eue to the prisoners ij d Spent same day in Simon
mounforts howse xv d
the same night to Ran Crane 4d
for makinge a bill to put to mr major for the makinge of our
harnes ij d
Cordwainers and Shoemakers' Records
CCA: Account Book 1 G[812
f 28 (11 November)
Item paide vnto Shalcroste the mynstrill
Item paide vnto Barine of kyndertones mynstrilles
Item prod to the prisonares on Midsomer Even at
vj d
viij d
ijd
1o
15
AC
Trinity Cbnrcbwantens" Accomts B L : tladey 2177
f 25 (18April)
for Carringe the Crosse banner on st George day. ld. for
Carryinge 3 banners in Cross weeke iij d ...
20
25
for hollyns to make the hollyn agaynst Christmas & Sences vnto
the Starre with a chales of paper 8d
for Cressets to sett in Candles & makinge balls to the sences j d
for wyred Candles to the hollyn xv d
for weshinge 2 sirplus & thrid to sow on the faunounce ix d ob. 3o
for nayles & pynns at seurall tymes for the sepulcar & Alter
clothes etc.
for Settinge vp & takinge downe the sepulcar 4d
for 4 Staues to Carry the Canopye vii d & payntinge the same vj d
f 25v
o.o
for francomsence & charcole agaynst easter
wachinge the Sepulcar 2 nights
payd a wright for a frame for lightes vnto the Sepulcre
ooo
4d
4d
4d
4O
64 / CHFS'I'ER 1559-60
geuen to mester planton in wyne
more payde to the mestreles at Rycbard cokes weddyng
more payde to the mestrel on medsomar heuen
St .llichaelk Parish Register CRO: P/65/8/1
f lv (14.ipril) (15601nventory)
Item a fframe [of] yat was the sepultere
f2
Item a stare in the kepynge of wyllyam ssymcocke
Trinity Churchwardens" Accoutlts B L : Harley 2 1 7 7
f 27 (14. tpril)
... for Karringe the banners in Crosseweeke ij d
xij d
xij d
viij d
lO
15
20
1560-1
Cordwainer.g and Shoenmkers" Reconts
CCA: Account Book 1 G/8/2
f 39 (11 November)
lhe expenssys
Item on sent martyns daye at Rycl,ard snytes denner to the
menstreles ix d
more the same daye spende iij d
more
more
more
more
more
more
more
spende ower the shote on gottets mondaye vij s ij d
to the menstreles the same daye xv d
spende ower the shote on ex wensdaye at the aidermones
xx d
spende ower the shote at Robart branes v s [dl
payde to the menstreles on the same daye iij s
spende at Ryctnrd knghyts weddynge to the mynstrel xj d
at lhon hoghtes weddynge to the mynstrel vj d
25
30
35
40
whJtson play
66 / CItESTER 1560-1
Rafe smyth
Will/am loker
law gesley
hugh Stokton ij s
Rand latton
william clyffe
1o huntington
ob. apeece
rec of the lurneymen v s
of the lurneymen at the generall rehearse xvj d
payd on election day in our Aldermans howse vj s vj d to
mynstrells 4d
to mr lho Massy for l'ymber 8s 9d to carter & men to gett o
it out 7d ob.
for wod to make welles 3s 4d
Cost vs the rydinge the banes our horses & ourselues of the
which symyon was one . "ij s"
payd for the first rehearse at 1o hunting-tons howse vj d s
for paper to Coppy out the parcells of the booke v d
berrage of our wheles 9d oh.
spent hyring the Cartwrights in Geff Cokes sellor ij d quarta
spent at deliueringe forth of the parcells & gettinge pillers 4d oh.
payd for making the welles to the Cartwright 7s 4d to mr boydle 2o
for bords and other rymber v s
payd the wright for makinge the Carriage & for berrag 8s 5d
for nayls vj d
for drink in barkers after the rehearse xviij d
payd 1o byrth for beaffe agaynst the generall rehearse 6s 8d as
for 3 ould cheeses 4s
for frettinge the wheles & nayles xviij d,
for going to warne the occupations spent 4d
Spent in Sr Rand barnes chamber to gett singers iij d
Spent at Robert lones at rehearse xix d, to William lutter at o
genrall rerearse 4d oh.
for 6 Crokes for Alle at genrall rehearse x s a crocke of Small ale
& 2 gallons xx d
a hoppe of wheate to the genrall rehearse ij s iij d
to lames Tayler for bread & cakes for genmll rehearse ij s vij d 5
for wyne to the sayd rehearse ij s vjj d
for an other hoppe of wheat agayne the whyttson tidde ij s iij d
when we brought oure Carragge to the wayevers howse vj d
payd the wrights for settinge the wheles viij d, & Carriage forth
of the water [viij d] "j d ob." 40
for a pound of gray sope for the wheles iij d
/or 2 chekens vj d. /'or naylles to dresse the Carriage iij d ob.
for makinge a faxe payntinge 8, dressynge the pillers gere & a
A
AC
67 / CtlESTER 1560-1
Crowne for Mary (blank)
for 3 Curten Cowerds iij d for pynnes iij d
for flesh for a breckfast at whitsontyde 3s 8d
for glowes ij s viii d I
for guildinge of litle Gods face xij d
for makinge the players to drinke in the watergate street v d
for drinke to the players in the bridgstret iij d
to Io layes wife for drinke xij d to Io dooes for drink xij d
to the minstrells 3s 6d payd for drinke for ther breckfast before
they play & after they had done when the were vnbowninge
them iij s
payd the porters of the Carriage xviij d
payd to Symyon 3s 4d
payd to Sir 1o Genson for songes xij d. to the 5 boyes for singing
ijs vjd
to the Angell vj d
to dame Anne x d to "Fho ellam xij d
to the first docter xvj d to the 2d xij d to the 3d docter xij d
to the lyttell God xvj d
for redyng the auRygynall ij s 2o
to the skynners iij s, to the weuers 4s to hugh Stoken xviij d
to William loker for plleyinge xvj d. to Robert Crockett for a
lord iij d
to lo dowes for drink xvj d
spent in the Tauarne on Midsomer euen in mr Moumforts tauarn 2s
ijs 4d
payd in stuards howse same night xij d
to the prisoners in Castell iij d
spent at makinge vp our buke xvj d
in all vii li. viii d ob.
Mayors List 12 BL: Add. 29780
f 130* (Wbitsun) William Aldersey
This yeare the playes called Whison playes were played ...
1561-2
Smiths, Cutlers, aud Plumbers' Records
BL: Account Book ! Harley 2054
f 17 (July)
.oo
Spent on electionday in mr mounforts vii s & to 3 mariners &
3O
35
4O
68 / CHESTER 1561-2
minstrell ij s vj d
giuen 3 mynstrells in 1o persyualls
for rent to the weuers 4s
xij d
this was for Carriage place
Cordwainers and Shoemakers' Records
CCA: Account Book 1 G/8/2
f 41 (I1 November)
The exsspences of thythes
| te Ill
more
more
more
more
more
more
more
the shot
payde to the mensteres on martenes dyee
payde at radhes drynkynge to the menstreles vj
payde at hethes drynkynge to the menstreles xvj
payde for the glayfes iij s iiij
payde ouer the shore on gottes mondaye vij s ij
for howre bretheren shotes the same daye ij s vj
on ex wenssdaye for the shotes & besyde the shot viij s iiij
at wyllyam Lynykeres howse for the shot and besyde
vij s vj
mj
10
d 15
d
d
d
d
d
d
2O
and for the menstreles for the iij dayes z5
more for the gyldynge of godes fase on medsomare heue x d
more to the prysoneres the same daye iiij d
more spende on the playeres on mydsomar heue iij s
more to the menstreles the sam daye xvj d 30
more spende on the shomakeres of shorsbere ij s
f41v
more on sante martenes heu at nheghet ,, "for" [ower] the shot
xvj s
more to the menstreles the same nheghte viii d
35
13 / year omztted alier thythes zn his 15/first e ofdyee written overa y
69 /CHESTER 1562-]
1562-3
Cordwainers and Shoemakers' Records
CCA: Account Book I G/8/2
ff 43-3v (11 Nooember)
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
payde for beffe agaynste guttedes monde
geven to the menstrelles the same daye
spende over the shotte the same daye
spende the same daye in sacke
vs
xij d
xjs xd
xx d
payde for oure glews iij s iiij d lO
spende over the shotte in oure alldermans at gutted x s
geven the menstrell the same day viij d I
spende at gutted in wyllyam lays howsse over the shotte x s
spende the same day in sacke xx d
geven the menstrels the same day xij d Is
geven to wyllyam levter on corpus cryst T daye
given to the presonars on mydsomar even
iiij d
iiij d
Item spente on the brethren when whe vente abovte on
mydsomar even
Item geven the menstrell the same nyghte
Item geven the [the] cheldren that dansed the hobbe horses
d
ij s
iiij d
Item spende over the shotte., "on corpus crysty day" [the same
nyghte] xij d
Item spende on mydsomar even over the shotte v s
Item spend in settyng out of mare modelan on mydsomar
even xx d
f 44
Item geven the menstrell on martens even
Item payde over the shotte the same nyghte
viii d
v [dl s
20
25
30
35
St Alicbael's Parish Register CRO: P/65/8/1
f 17v (11 April) (Inventory)
Item a frame that was the sepulcre
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70 / CHESTER 1563-4
1563-4
Smiths, Cutlers, and Plumbers' Records
Bl.: Account Book I Harley 2054
ff 17-17v
payd in mr Mountforts xi s to minstrells 4d
spent at our aldermans howse on midsomer eue viij d more v sj d
payd for our Carriage howse 4s rent I
to prisoners on midsomer eue 4d to mynstrells viij d
to the 2 docters xij d to litle God 4d for suinge litle gods horse
iij d
for guyldinge the litle gods face xij d
Treasurers'Acconnt Rolls CCA: TAR/1/1 1
mb 3 (November)
lhe Watergate Streat
l-he stuardes of the draperes for ther careage house bouild vpon
the Citize ground nere to the greffrer lane end viij d
lhe stuardes of the mercers for ther careage house vpon the
Citize landes by yere vj d
mb 4
item paid mr mayre at midsomer for the trivmthe xxvj s. viij d
Item paid to houghe gillome for daunsinge at midsomer vij s.
Item paid lhomas yeaton for gonne poulder at the trivmthe
by master mayres apoyntment xiiij s.
Cordwainers and Shoemakers' Reconls
CCA: Account Book ! G/8/2
f 45 (11 November)
Item payd vnto a menestrell by the consente of our alldermane
and the rest of the bretherne at thomas dycheres daughteres
wedynge xij d
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
AC
71 / CI4ESTER 1563-4
Item payd for our gleeves at shrostyde iij s iiij d
Item spend vpon goottedes moundaye in belle and over and
bescyde the shotte xij s
Item more for ij potells of secke xxij d
Item spend at my alldermanes vpone exwenesdaye over and
besyde the shotte viii s
Item spend over the shotte at Rondull a Crones house one
thouesdaye ix s
Item payd more the same tyme in wyne xxij d
Item payd vnto the mestrelles for all the iij dayes ij s vj d
Item payd vpon corpus crystye daye overe the shotte the some
of vj s
f 46 5
.oo
Item payd vpon mydsomer yeven ffor the setynge ffowrthe of
marye modeand and ludas the some of xvj d
Item geven vnto the presoneres of the castell iiij d
Item spend over the showte vpon mydsomer yeven in moneye
the some of iiij s iiij d
Item ffor the copynge "out" of the oregenall now in money the
some of iij s iiij d
Item payd vnto menstrelles vpon mydsomer yeven the some
of
Item geven to the menstreles on martens even
Item spende the same nyghte at oure alldermans
xvj d
ij s
xiij s viii d
Midsummer GiaJtts 13 L : Harley 2 1 5 0
f 208* (21 April)
Memorandum of an order & agrement made at the last
assembly holden the xxjth daie of Aprell in Anno Domini
1564 Betwene Sir Laurence Smith knight Maier of the citie
of chester the aldermen and comen counsaill of the seid
cittie of thon pattie And Thomas Poole and Robrt halwod
of the citie aforeseid Painteres of thother pattie concerning
the wache vpon the eve of St lohn baptiest
lmprimis the seid Thomas Poole & Robrt hallwod doth covenant
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25
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& graunt to & with the seid Maier Aldermen & commen Counsaill
of the seid Cittie& theire successores that they the seid Thomas
p(...) and Robrt halwod shall & will yerely during theire Naturall
Lives vpon their proper costes and charges at & vpon the Even of
Saint lohn baptiest bring ffurth repare & have in redines for the
wache afforeseid all suche ornamentes as hereafter ensueth
according as the seid wache here to fore bathe ben set furth,
withall furnytures thervnto belongeng videlicet ffoure leans, won
vnicorne won drombandarye, won Luce, won Camell, won Asse,
won dragon, sixe hobby horses & sixtene naked boyes, And the 0
same so being in A Redines shall bere & carie or cause to be
borne & caried during the seid wache from place to place
according as the same have ben vsed vpon their proper costes
& charges. In consideracon whereof the seid Maier Aldermen
and comen coumsaill doth covenant & graunt for them & their s
successores to & with the seid fhomas Poole and Robert halwod
that they the seid Maier Aldermen & comen Counsall & their
successores shall well & trewly content and paie or cause to be
contented & paied vnto the seid Thomas Poole and Robert
halwod yerely during their Naturall Lieffes the Somme of ffourtie z0
Shillinges of good and Lefull money of england in & vpon the
feast of Saint lohn baptest in one hole & entire payment, In
wittnes whereof either parties to otheres have Sett herevnto
their handes &Seales the Daie and Yere ffurst Above Written.
(signed) Thomas pole (seal) (seal: wix) (signed) Robart hallwod
Mayors List 5 BL: Itarley 2125
f 39* (Midsttmmer) Lawrence Smith
this year the sunday next after midsomer there was a triumph
deuysed by willhm Crofton gentleman & mr mane master ol
Art of the history of Aeneas & dido of carthage which was
played on the Rode eye & 2 forts Raysed & a ship on the water
with sundrey horsmen well apoynted.
Mayors List 8 BL: Harley 2133
f 42v Lawrence Smith
ooo
Vpon the sonday after Midsomer day The historie of Aeneas and
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76 / CHESTER 1566-7
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
payde for gloves that nyghte
payde the menstrelles that nyghte
spente that nyghte at oure aldermanes
payde the presoneres that nyghte in the castell
payde thomas newton that nyghte
payde the menstrell on martens even
payde that nyghte att oure alldermans
xij d
xij d
viij d
iiij d
jd
xij
vj s iiij
d
d
Assembly Files CCA: A/F/2
f 10" (14 December)
tempore will/am snede militis maioris Ciuitatis
Cestrie xiijcio die decembris Anno Regni Eliz
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15
fforasmuch as in the time of Iohn Rathburne Late mayer of the
Citie of Chester at an assembly ther holden the xxviijth of aprell
Anno Regni Regis henrici viijti octaui it was ordered and decred 20
by the said mayer aldermen and comon counsaill of the seid
Citie that no manet of person or persons inhabiting or resident
within the seid Citie shuld gether or cause to be gethered or
assembleh any compeny to any prest, offering wedding or ale
to be had or said within this Cytie vpon paine of x s of him or 25
them that so gathereth or assembleth or causeth such assemble
or gathering to be had or made and to him that so is gathered and
assemblid vj s viij d for euery time that eny person therin
offendeth and to be further punished at mr mayeres plesure /
And forasmuch as the said order synce the making thereof haue 30
not ben obseruid in all pointes as it ought to haue ben but partly
neglected wherto great inconveniences have ryson and growen
for remedie wherof it is now ordered by the seid Sir will/am
snede knight mayer of the Citie of Chester thaldermen Sheriffes
and comin Counsaile of the seid Citie at an Assembly holden 35
in the Comin hall within the seid Citie the daie and yere first
aboue wrytten that the same order shall stande be firme stableshed
"and" In] put in execucion and euery article sentence point and
clause therein conteyned to remaine and continue in force and
vertue fromhensfor(.) for ever vpon paine and forferture of the 40
seuerall Somes before in the seid order expressed.
78 / CIIESTER 1566-7
at rehearsinge before mr major ij s vj d
spent after the chosinge of the litle god x d to 2 of clarkes of
the menster viij d
spent on the sonday morninge at the hearinge of the Docters
& litle God 4d
for the steple & the Trestle or forme iij s viij d
for gettinge the Carriage out of the Axeltree viij d & settinge
in of the Carrige into the weuers howse viij d
for a whole chese ij s vj d a bushell of malt 4s 4d for a barrell
& quart of beare v s viij d 3 hoopes of wheate 4s 8d for gorse 0
Salt buter Safforn & a spyte x d
for gildinge Gods face xij d to x porters of the Cartage ij s viii d
to the stewards of the lorneymen for wachinge the Carrage all
night viij d I
payd one for Carringe of the Regalls ij d. for mending the
Crowne & diadem x d
for 2 parcells ij d for mending 2 faxes viij d to mynstrells ij s
to the players Robert Rabon xvj d to the litle god xvj d to the 2
docter xij d to the 3 docter xij d to loseph xij d to dame Anne
xij d to the Angell viij d 20
to mr white 4s to mr chanter xij d to william Couper xij d for
gloues for the players iij s
for alle & Spent a Aldermans tauarne ij s for Skynnes for play
iij s to tlugh stocken ij s Rich brasse ij s
25
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,IhyorsList 11 BL: Add. 29779
f 25* (14'bitsun) William Snead
In this yeare the whitson playes were played in this Cittye by
the Cittizins of Chester ..
1567-8
Painters, Glaziers, Embrohterers, and Stationers' Records
C: Account Book I
f 38* (18 October)
omidsomer show whitson plays*
Item payde oft the menstrell at my brodar wette Denner viij d
3O
35
4O
37 / beading n RII II's band
79 / CHESTER 1567-8
Item pade oute for the menstrells at welliam sheuenton wed'[ng
iiij d
.oo
Item a pone messomar nighte at ouare aldarmane
Item the same feste amesomar nighte in wyne
Item pede to the pressonars
vs vjd
viij d
ij d
Item pade to Rychard daeby and [the mynstrells] or mydsomer
nyght viii d
IO
Cordwainers and Shoemakers" Records
CCA: Account Book i G/8/2
f 52 (11 November)
Item
I tern
.oo
Item
Item
Item
Item
banes
payde the menstrell at thomas byrchenheddes drynkynge
xij d
payde the same day to the menstrell at Robarte askers vj d
payde at gutted for the gleves iij s viij d
for oure drynkynge on guttedes monday xviij s
payde the menstrelles that day ij s
payde newton & the presonares yat day yat whe rode ye
vd
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item spente at
wacche
payde the menstrelles on mydsomar even ij s
payde the presonares that nyghte iiij d
spente on the brethren at the barres that nyghte vj d
payde for gonne powder xvj d
payde for mare modelandes horsse & hyr Rydynge xvj d
spente at oure alldermans that nyghte iiij d
spente at the borroenge of mare modelandes Saddell iiij d
the stwarte symcockes that nyghte at the
vjd
f 52v
.oo
Item payde the menstrelles on martens even
xij d
15
20
25
JO
35
4O
1 / t zoritten over r in menstrells
82 / CIIESTER 1567-8
Item payd for the Rest of A counte at a meting A nenest
Rychard garralt for the Rest of A shore v d
Item spente at Rychard halowodes A boute the hyryng of the
caryge iiij d
Item spente at mr hankyes A bowte mr bryd vj d 5
Item spente at master hankyes at A Rehersse the same daye v d I
Item spente at oure Aldermans the same daye xij d
Item sppente at oure aldermans when we Re hersed bofore
mr mayre ij s vj d
Item spent at oure Aldermans the furst tyme we mett in the x0
Comenhall xx d
Item spent for boreyng of Coueryng & A naked chyld ij d
Item payd for mogges ij s vj d
Item payd to the beryg for payntyng of oure ox & asse & our
pye in the common hall iiij d 15
Item payd for A bestes baly to dener x d
Item payd for wosshyng puddynges j d ob.
Item payd for Coppyng of oure orygenall xij d
Item spente at lohan Cockes to borrow bottelles ij d
Item payd for botter to the playe viii d 20
Item for Chesse v d
Item payd for nayles iij d
Item payd for A corde ij d
Item for whysteles j d
Item for pynnes j d 2s
Item for poyntes j d
Item spente at Rycbard halewodes vpon wytson Sondaye in
drynke iiij d
Item spente to sane daye vpon the shepertes Boyes ij d
Item payd for bryddes ij d I 3o
Item
Ite m
Item
Item
oure
Item
Item
Item
I t e m
Item
Item
Item
payd for crabefysshes ij d
for mendyng Trowes Cote ij d
for Coppyng A parsell iiij d
for potes of ale . "at Rychard halewodes" when we dressed
playes & when we made oure capes & cotes vj d
payd for bred to the playe iiij d
payd for bere to them yat puted the Caryge [iiij d] vj d
payd to viii putters of the caryge iij s
payd to the mynstrelles iij s iiij d
payd to Ioseff x d
payd tot mete for the asse viii d
payd towardes the fecchyng of him iiij d
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84 / CIIES'IER 1567-8
Item to the angell vj d
the sum ys iiij li ij s vj d I
Ihe hole some of the whytsone playes And all the Charges of s
oure occupacyon ^'excepte quarteryges" from Saynt ludedaye
vntyll the vth of luly ys iiij li. ij s vj d wyche ys for euery
brother - v s vj d
whereof lhomas powle ys bated in his parte iij d
Item Memorandum that Rycbard Calye ys indetted to the 0
occupacyon for whytsone playes v s v d
Item due to him for income brydren ij s ix d
Item he ys behind for Charges vppon Sayst luke daye iij d
f 37v
for oure expensys sencys the vth of luly when we
Recond for wytsones playes (blank)
furst payd for the Rest of a short at Thomas gylones the vth
of luly ij d
Deal and Chapter cc; Treasurers' Accounts II
p 52* (Wbitsun)
Item paid for a brode clothe againste the witson pleaes vj s viij d
Item for a barell of bere to yeue to the pleares to make them to
drincke vj s
Item for packe threed at witson daye to hange vp the clothe ij d
Smiths, Cutlers, and Plumbers" Records
BL: Account Book I Harley 2054
ff 18v-19" ('bitsun)
another reseveste of the bretheren for the plays
Reseved of mr mounfort ij s ij d Called before mr founder
of oure allderman scrifnor 2s ij d
of mr knowlles william Ionson
of Robert Coket ante Crocket Io Andro
10 I M o]- Memorandum written over Rec. 13 / Sayst ]'or Saynt
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85 !CHESTER 1567-8
Ro ledsame
1o brosho bradshaw ante
Ric newas
wm Richardson
Robert hankock
1o ball
herryen Ryder
hu Stoken
meo Traffort
Robert ormson mort
1o doo
Rich smythe
Rich Robynson 0
1o honteton
Ron Laton
Tho Towers
hu masse
tomas holmes
lo kemp
Gye Cromell
tomas simkoke
Rog kalket
1o haton
dauid mounfort ante founder
wm Cradok
wido Robinson
wido persuow xij d
lo smythe
I ho haswall
Ed borlay
Rich ledsham
Rich lonson
all ij s ij d apeece
these byn the somes of monaye that ware lade doune by Ric
newhous & william Ionson about our playes thys yere which
is the ix yere of our Reyne
Anno domini 1568
for our byll we put vp to mr meare ij d
for gloues & horsbred when we rid the banes xviij d,
Spent on the chanter & clarke of the mynster v d at our first
reherse at Alderman skruenors ij s 4d to prisoners in Castell 4d
giuen to mr mere to wards the makinge of a new booke xij d
at the hyerynge of the Menstrells & Consell of Simion iij d
Spent at Gilb flowers vpon mr wite & Sr Rondle barnes vii d
for 2 bosshell malt vii s 4d ob. for wheate ij s ij d oh., 2 ould
cheses ij s 8d
for beefe at our generall reherse viii s x d
for a pound of grey sope iij d
for holed mete for them that broght the new cheses xij d
for kakes at our generall reherse ij s spice vii d salt iij d viniger
3d for bourne 4d for bacon on tewsday moring for players
brekfast x d
for vele same tyme 14d chekens xvj d bred viii d
to griff Yeuans wife to pay for wessing the Curtens 4d
5
1o
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25
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35
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86 /CHESI'ER 1567-8
for neles pinns nedles cords ix d. to io men for portage of
Carrag ij s 6d
to the prentis when we gat in our Cariage to drink viii d
to the Right for gettinge the Carriag off & on viii d
to mr Rond barnes 3s 4d to mr wyte for singinge 4s
to mary2s tolosephxijd tolitlegodxvjd I
for gylding Gods face on midsomer euen xij d
to newton & prisoners vj d
to the docters & litle god xij d to menstrells ij s
for gloues to litle god & docters ix d
spent at mr mounfforts iij s ij d
.layors List 8 BL: Harley 2133
f 42v* (||'hitsun) Richard Dutton
[his yeare the Whitson playes were plaid and Diuers other
pastimes
.Ihlyors List i0 BL: Add. 29777
item 242* Richard Dutton
In this yeare the same Playes were playde & well set forthe ....
1568-9
Smiths, Cutlers, and Plunlbers' Records
BL: Account Book I Harley 2054
f 19 (July)
on st Loys day to 2 mynstrells
1o
15
20
25
Treasurers'Account Rolls CCA: TAR/1/1 3
mb 3 (November)
35
The Watergate Strett
The Steuartes of ye Drapers for a carage howse bylt on the
cittiz ground of yerely rent viij d
40
Item for the mercers carage howse of yerly rent vj d
rio d 3o
87 / CHESTER 1568-9
mb 4
Ram paid the mores dansares at mydsomer
Ram paid the mynstrells which plaid before them
vj s viij d
xvj d
Cordwainers and Shoemakers" Reconts
CCA: Account Book I G/8/2
f 54 (11 November)
Item payde for the gleves at gutted
Item payde for settynge forthe of mare modelante
item geven vnto the presenores at the castell
item geven vnto the menstrelles on mydsomer even
Item spente at oure alldermans that nyghte
iij s viij d
,,vj d
iiij d
[xil ij s
vjd
lO
15
f 54v zo
Item a pottell of secke at Rychard wyllsons denne x d
Item geven the menstrelles the same day ij s
Item payde the menstrell at alexander wylldyges denner viii d
Item geven the menstrelles yat nyghte xvj d
Coopers' Records c: Account Book 1
f 1" (20 November)
Item for the hyre of too copes & men to were them & pennes
and for the wrytyngs & for drenke whan ye were in dreseng &
vndreseng on medsomer euen ii s iiii d
more spend on ye company in thomas lenekers the same
nyght xvi d
Item spend in the wedo thropes on the company ix d
Item payde to master mare for on halle yere for the hauen viii s
more spend in lohn stynsons on ye company xiii d
Item to the presoners on medsomer euen ii d
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35
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vnpaid
94 / CiiESTER 1571-2
Treasurers" A ccount Rolls c c A: T A R / 1 / 14
nab 3 (November)
The Stuardes of the drapers for acarage housse byld opn the
cities Landes of rent for the same vi (.)
Item the mercers carege howse yearly rent vj d
mb 5
Item payd the moris dancers at mydsomar
v (.)
mb 6
Payd for vj yardes quarter of cloth for the wetmen [iii] at vij s
v d a yard xlvj s iiij d ob
10
15
Contwainers and Shoemakers" Records 20
CCA: Account Book i G/8/2
f 60 (I I November)
Item payde vnto the menstreles at Rawffe hylltons drynkynge
xij d 2s
Item payd the menstrelles at wyllyam fletcheres drynkynge xvj d
Item geven vnto the menstrelles at Rychard Pammertons
drynkinge xx d
Item geven the menstrelles in Iohn Dalaheys ij d
Item payde for the geves iij s iiij d
Item spente on the golldsmythe ij d
Item spente on oure brethren at Rondoll hynces xvj d
Item geven the weattemen the same day iiij d
ff 60v- 1
Item spente on the [myd] mynstrelles on mydsomer even v d
Item geven to the presoneres & thomas loker vj d
Item payde the menstrell the same nyghte ij s vj d
30
35
40
97 / CHESTER 1571-2
Bishops of Canterbury Yorke & Chester
,ilayors List 5 BL: Hadey 2125
f 39v John Hankey
The Whitson playes were played this yeare / oto the dislike of
many *
Mayors List 6' B L: Harley 2 1 3 3
f 43" John Hankey
This yeare whitson playes were plaied, And an Inhibition was
sent from the Archbishop to stay them but it Came too late
Mayors List 10 B L : Add. 29777
item 246* John Hankey
In this yeare the whole Playes were playde thoughe manye of
the Cittie were sore against the settinge forthe therof
10
15
2o
AC
1572-3
Smiths, Cutlers, and Plumbers' Records
BL: Account Book 1 Harley 2054
f 20 (JMy)
to the waytemen at our Aldermans howse vj d
giuen on that brought vs gere for the child that ridd on midsomer
euen vj d
for our signe ij s 4d
other ordnary expences as at other tymes (l, lank)
25
30
35
7-8 / -to ... many- m RH II's band
AC
99 ICHESTER 1572-3
gloves & a payre of pompes
Item to wyllyarn Rycharson at the barres
xij d
f 63v
Item geven the presoneres on rnydsorner even
Item geven the rnynstrelle$ on martens even
iiij d
xxd
Coopers'Records C: Account Book !
f 4v* (20 November)
Item payde ffor the armes and arsedon the bereghe to the 15
rnakynge off yt iiij s vj d
rnore gaue ij peneworthe off horsebred to mr ffransus one
rnedsorner euen ij d
Item spende one rnedsomrner ewen one the cornpanye in lohn 20
stynson mj s
more in sake xij d
Item a payre off gloues to the chylde that caryed the arrnes and
a howe vj d
rnore ffor the staffe off the arrnes iiij d _,5
oo.
Item spende on the menstrelles at lohn loanson rnaryge iiij d
Item spende one the cornpany in Rychard layes dener ffor
seke vj d s0
more to the wettmen vj d
Item payde to the presoneres in the castyll and in the norgatt
1573-4
Smitbs, Cutlers, and Plumbers" Records
BL: Account Book ! Harley 2054
f 20 (July)
for rnynstrells at Ann Stokens wedinge
... to rnynstrells on St Loyes day xij d
iiij d
iiij d
S5
40
IOO / CHESTFR 1573-4
Midsomer euen
for a payre of hosse for him that ridd viij d makinge his apparell
viij d
for gloues 3d horsebred for the horse iiij d to Cryor at barrs j d
to prisoners at castell & norgate viij d
spent at mr mounforts ij s viij d at Alderman Stokens ij d
for Arsedyne & dressinge of our signe vj d to mynstrells xvj d
for goinge to hooton & poole to fach gere for the child 4d
Painters, G&ziers. Embrohterers,
C: Account Book I
f 53 (18 October)
ltem
Item
I te m
Item
ltem
I te m
and Stationers' Records
spent at the dressyng [A] of the chyld vppon mydsomer
ij
to wyllyam Rychardson at the barres
to the prysoners at the castell
to the prysoners at the northgate
to the mynstrelles
for our banker at our Aldermans housse
J
ij
ij
xij
mj s m I
d
d
d
d
d
d
f55"
for the pley euerye man hathe payde that is croste
f 56*
ytem for thomas poolles child bycose he plednot our god
iiij d
Cordwainers and Shoemakers' Records
CCA: Account Book I G/8/2
f 64 (11 November)
Item payde for the gleves at gutted iij s iiij d
Item payde the mynstrelles in oure stewarte Inces on thursday
aftr gutted viij d
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
AC
whitsun playes
AC
105 / CIIESTER 1574-5
Order for the Wbttsun Plays BL: tlarley 1989
f 26* (30May)
30 may in Common hall xvij QE
that wheras the whitsone plays had byn forborne that at
midsomer next the should be playd & set forth in such order &
sort as they haue byn acustomd with such corection & amendment
as shall be thought Conueniet by the major & the Charges of the
sayd plays to be suported [to be suported] by the Inhabitants
of the Citty as hertofore hath byn vsed
Smiths, Cutlers, and Plumbers' Records
BL: Account Book I Harley 2054
ff 20v-10lidsummer)
lO
15
spent on the players & other things necessisary xij s
Spent at Tyes to heare 2 plays before the Aldermen to take the
best xviij d 20
for drink at our generall reherse v s
led out att medsamar yeuan to the presnars ij d in northgate
for thryd to sowe the bowes get that went afore hus att
mydsamar ij d
for horsse bred for the nag he red apon 4d 25
our bangket when we Cam ffrome the wache vj s
for tallow for the Carrage iij d
to the menstreleles at our generall rehers and midsamar and
with our pagan v s
to litle god 20d to oure marye xviij d to our 2 docter xvj d
for Sop to wache our gere we borrowed viii d. for penes
nayles xij d
for here at mr burgeses viii d
for 9 men to Carry our Carryche & one tressell & 2 that did help
me in the mornnge 3s 9d ob. 35
for making the bewes gowne 4d for knetting of our bewes house
tat Rid before vs at Midsamar viii d
for the banes & dring at the barrs xij d at medsamar yuen to
presnars 4d
for the syne & ffaxe xij d 40
for the copes & clotthe xij d I
to 3 of the synngares xiiij d spent at 1o dowes xvj d
A
109 /CHESTER 1574-5
cariadge vj d
Item at the fyrste dresnge dresinge the cariadge for cordes ij d
Item for newe housinge to our cariadge vj d
Item for thre clapes of lren to the cariadge xvj d
Item for the mendinge of arrates vysar iiij d s
Item spent at the Bowninge of the players ij d
Item paled for drynke to the players ij s
Item spent at the vnbowninge of the players in drynke & bred
xij d
Item paied vnto pylat and to him that caried arrates clothes & m
/or there gloves vj s vj d
Item paied vnto the turmenters iiij s vj d
Item paied vnto annas xxij d
Item paied the putters of our cariadge ij s viij d
Item paied the wright for settinge vp our cariadge & takinge yt s
done and asonder ij s x d
Item spend at the takinge downe of our cariadge on sore of our
compeny xij d
Item spend at the receavinge of our monv for the cariadge of
the paynters iiij d 20
Item entringe a accion agaynste lhon ashewode and tor the
arestment of him viij d
Item more spent when ve went to paye the players vj d
Item paied houghe sparke for redinge the reg3"nall ij s
Item spent on medsomer even apon the compeny v s iiij d zs
Item spent at the Bowninge of our boye to ryde Before us viij d
Item geven the presonars on medsomer even vj d
Mayors List 1 BL: Harley 1046 30
f 164v* (Alidsummer) John Savage
this year the said Sir lohn Sauage caused ye popish plaies of
Chester to bee playd ye Sundav Munday Tuesday and ,, ensdav
after Midsummer day in contempt of and Inhibition and ye
primates letters from yorke and from ye Earle of Huntington,
for which cause hee was serued by a purseuant from yorke, ye
same day yat ye new Maior was elected, as the}" came out of ve
common hall, notwithstanding the said Sir lohn Sauage tooke
his way towards London, but how his matter sped is not knowne 4o
2 / dresnge dresinge MS dittograpby
117 /CHESTER 1575-6
the saide Citie the xxjth day of november in the Eightenth yere
of the raigne of our soueraigne ladie Elizabeth by the grace of
god of england fraunce and lrelaund quene defendor of the
ffaith &c./.
Cordwainers and Shoemakers" Records
CCA: Account Book 1 G/8/2
ff 68-8v (11 November)
In primis payde the Whetemen on martens day
Item payde peter cally the same day
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
payde shurlocke the menstrell
payd thomas tidier the same day
payde for gleves
payde for the bariage of the gleves
payde for Wheetemen at gutted
geven the stewartes of the lorneme for sarvynge vs
payde the wheete men at wyllyam symcockes
payde the shyrreffes
payde the iiij sargans
payde for arfflaye donne for the syne
payde the menstrelles on mydsomer even
payde the chyllde that Rode
payde hys fore man
vii d
vij d
iiij d
iiij d
iijs vj d
ij d
via
via
vjd
ij s
xvj d
ijd
xviij d
iiij d
payde the presoneres in the castell viij d
spente at the stewarte lnces viij d I
payde the crier at mydsomer a penny j d
payde the
paydethe
menstrelles at peter bemottes drinkynge ij s iiij d
menstrelles on martens even
xij d
Coopers' Records C: Account Book 1
f 9 (20 November)
Item more Receaved for a peare of the cariage whelles iiij s viii d
Item that yt coste us for lokinge for a boye to ryde on medsomer
even vj d
1o
15
20
25
30
35
40
119 /CHESTER 1576-7
payments
to the wayte men on the election day xij d to them when Tho
Kemp made his dimer xij d
the same day a pottell of sack to vs a pottell to our wiues & a s
pottell to mr maior iij s
spent same day at mr leauelokers tauarne v s iij d to the mynstrell
vjdl
to 3 mynstrell vpon St Loye leuen at our Alderman stokens ix d
for pott sack & port clar at "fho locker dinner xx d to weytes
xij d to other minstrells 4d
for horsebred when 1 went to borow gere for the child to ride
beforevs 4d is
for lace pynns & threed to stych the Iuells 4d
for dressinge our signe ij s vj d
for hose & showes for child xiiij d
for gloues for child & footman v d
on midsomer eue for 3 port bere 3 port Ale vii d
to Cryer j d Spent in gatharing our play mony xviij d prisoners
at Castell iij d
at norgate ij d
to the mynstrells ij s
payd an ouerplus at Alderman mounforts on midsomer eue xvj d
PaiJtters, Ghlziers, Embrohterers, and Statiouers' Records
Account Book 1
66 (18 October)
30
4 I dimerfor dinner, mimm omitted
Item payd to William Rychardson at the barres j d
item to the prysoners at the castell ij d
Item to the prysoners at the northgate ij d
Item payd for iiij pottes of alle at wyllyam framwayes vppon 35
midsoner euen before the wache was vppon the sheperes and
otheres iiij d
Item to a mynstrell to goe before vs vj d
Item payd in our Aldermans howsse to make vppe the short
vppon mydsomer Euen xij d 40
120 / CIIESTFR 1576-7
Item for payntyng the stylltes
item to the ij shepertes for going vppon the Sykes
[vj dl
xx d
Treasurers" Accoulit Rolls CCA: TA R / 1 / 16
mb 4 (November)
Nicho/us white pro domo proxima
vocate drapers cariadge howse
Senescallis del mercers pro domo Cariag sua
adiacente cuidam domui
iij s iiij d
vjd
1 o
... Et solutum ioh,lnni hankie aldermauno pro toga Ricanti veale
officiaris Ciuitatis predicti per mandatum predicti maioris xxiiij s 5
iiij d. Et solutu,l Senescallo del sadlers pro campanilla sua per
mandatum maioris vj s viii d . .
Et solut,,l Thome Gillam pro saltacione sua vocata daunseinge
lud(.) vocato morris dawns ad vigilitate,l sancti lohannis Baptiste
vltima, preterkam vj s viii d .... 20
Contwainers and Shoemakers' Reconts
CCA: Account Book 1 G/8/2
f 70 (11 November)
item payde for the gleves the thrid day of marche iiij s
Item paydc the waytcmen in ourc alldcrman lnces the viijth day
of marchc viii d
ijs vjd
spente on Robarte leche to the berrage ij d
payde the crier at the barres j d
payd the presoneres in the caster & in the northegate viij d
payde the chyllde that Rode before the occupacion xviij d
payde for a pottell of secke at oure alldermans xij d
payd the mynstrees at mydsomer ij s vj d
payde for here in oure alldermans the same nyghte ij d
f 70v
Item payde Robarte leche for payntinge the banner
Item
Item
Item
ltenl
ltenl
Item
Item
25
3O
35
1 2 I Cariagfor Cariagii
125 / CIIESTER 1577-8
Came to this Citie and were honorablie receaued by the Major
and Citizens. The sheppards play was plaied at the high Crosse
and other Tryumphs on the Roods eye ...
1578-9
Painters, Ghlziers, Embrohterers, am/Stationers" Records
C: Account Book I
f 70 (18 October) o
payd to william Rycardson att the barres vppon mydsomer
Euen j d
payd to the prysoners at the castell ij d
payd to the prysoners at the northgate ij d 15
payd to a mynstrell the same tyme vj d
Cordwainers and Shoemakers" Records
CCA: Account Book I G/S/2
f 74v (11 November)
In prims geven vnto the wayte men at harre younges denner xvj
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
ooo
Item
Item
Item
geven to the beriage of the gleves
payde for the gleves
geven the wheete men on shrofte thursday
payd the cryer on mydsomer even
geven the presoneres in the castell
geven to the presoneres in the northgate
ij d
lllj s
xvj d
20
jd
viij d
payde the mynstrelles on mydsomer even ij s vj d
payde the chyllde that Rode before the occupaccion xviij d
payde for horsse bredd to the horsse ij d
d 25
30
35
f75
oo.
Item payde the wheetemen & shurlocke
xxd
4O
127 / CHESTER 1579-80
,
II ..... .... . at tllom$ newbette drinckin
item pade tor the gleves
item for the berrage of them
item payde the menstreiles at gutted
gate v d
Jr aidermans on
viij d
vjd
xviij d
viii d
mj s
ij d
xij d
f 77v
item
item
Item
Item
Item
Item
ooo
Item
item
Item
item
item
for dressynge the banner & the berrecche
payde the presoneres in the castell
payde to the presoneres in the northegate
pade the mynstreiles on mydsomer ever
payde the chyllde that Rode
payde the horsse bredd
payde the crier at the barres
xviij d
vjd
iiij d
ijs vjd
xviij d
iiij d
jd
payd the mynstreiles at the shirreffes vj d
payde the menstreiles at Roger chantrelles dynner xvj d
payd the mynstrelles at petr bockosos dynner xvj d
payde the tomler that day ij s
IO
15
2O
25
30
35
f 78v
oo.
in primis payde at necolas bockeses dynner to the mynstrelles
ijs ijd
129 /CHESTER 1579-80
mr Grene
mr Balle
mr hanky
mr Lea
mr harry
mr Bellin
mr Ryerson
mr Hammer
mr Brerewod
mr Bavand
mr Stiles
The persons aforesaid addressed their Letters to mr Peter
Warburton esquier declaring the greate abuse of his Man drink 1o
water in Cominge to the maior and clayming of him the brode
Arrow and fflight after those games were (amonges others)
differed vntill Sonday next by proclamacion saing they were his
due albeit vnshot for and that this was the dale and yat the major
cold not differ the tyme and that the maior did him wrong yet 15
wold he haue the same with diuers others presumpteous and
disobedient words and being demaunded by mr grene whether
he knew to whom he spake said he spake to the maior who did
him wrongs if he wold not deliuer vnto him the said ij gaines
and yet not herewith contented thrust him self amonges the 20
lustices of peace in his going with covered hed & them sonderd
and encownterd with them and being comaunded by An officer
to geve place refused the same other by comaundement or
dutie / And shewed his master that for his sake his man was
pardoned of his imprisonment at that tyme and praied his 2s
opinion towching his said man
Joiners, Glrvers, amt Turners" Records
CCA: Company Book G14/1
ff 22-2v (25 March)
Item geven to the minstrerells at the same gouse sx'ttinge vj d
Item payed for a peare of gloues for the boye that dyd Ryde
at mydsomer iij d I
Item payed for a peare of sheues to the chylld that dyd Ryde
one mydsomer even vii d
Item payed for a peare of howse to hime that dyd Ryde j d
Item payed for hyer of velvete that made the chyllds clocke
xviij d
Item geven to the minstrells one mydsomer euen ij s vj d
Item payed for mendinge the staffe ij d
3O
35
131 I CHESTER 1580-1
more lede downe for dressynge the boye
more for Apeare of gloves to the boye
more for horstebred and aboye to dresse the horse
more to the cryer
more geven the prysoners
more geven the prysoners at the norethgate
more pead the charges of our companye at wy. llyam nyclas
howse
more for a man to Attend vpon the boye
vj d
jjj d
vjd
jd
iiij d
iij d
xix d
vjd
I O
Joiuers, Carvers, and Tur;zers' Records
CCA: Company Book G14/I 15
f 23 (25 March)
Item payed at mydsomer even for a peare of hose shewes and
gloves for the boye that dyd Ryde xvj d
Item geven the cryer at the bares iij d zo
geven to the pressoneres in the castell and northegate vii d
geven to the mynstrelles to goe a fore our compenye ij s vj d
payed for a potell of secke to the compenye one mydsomer
even xij d
payed for the hyer of velvete to make the chylld a clocke xviij d
payed for ij potelles of alle at the aldermane taskeres one
mydsomer even vnto the compenye iiij d
geven to the boye that dyd lead the horse ij d
1581-2
Painters, Ghziers, Embroiderers, and Stationers' Records
C: Account Book 1
f 76v (18
Item payd
|tern payd
Item payd
|tern payd
October)
edward dobye for goinge on the styltes
vnto the menstrell
to the presoneres
to the Cryer
xij d
xj d
iiij d
jd
35
134 ! C||ESTFR 1582-3
Cordw, liners and Shoemakers' Records
CCA: Account Book ! G/8/2
f 84v (I I November)
Item payde for the gleves iiij s viij
Item payde the bereche of the gleves iiij
Item geven the wheate men for plaeng in the commen hall &
in the alldermans ij s vj
d 5
Item geven the waytemen at Rauffe alyns drinckynge xvj d 10
Item payede for a payre of gloves for the childe iij d
Item geven the presoneres in the castell vj d
Item geven the presoneres in the northegate vj d 15
the menstrell for playeng before vs on mydsomer 20
ijs vjd
for horsse bred iiij d
maystris hope a quarte oI wyne when she broght
iiij d
for makyng the mandelion breches & bownyng the 2s
vd
Rauffe alyn for a payre of buskens for the childe ij s
the foteman iiij d
XlllJ S
xviij d
f85
Item geven
Item payde
Item geven
her sonne
Item payde
childe
item payde
Item payde
item payde for martens even
item geven the wheatemen
Coopers'Records c: Account Book I
f 17 (20 November)
item at william Congles diner to the mintrels xij d
Item for dressing the singe ij s
Item for the boyes house & showes that Ride xviij d
Item paid for dressing the boye xvj d
item paid to the Criere j d
item lor a peare of glowes to the boye iij d
30
35
40
135 /CHESTER 1582-3
I teH
I te m
paid to the rowe layles vii d
to rowe men that did atende vpon the horse & the child
viij d
Item [p] paid for the horse horse breid vj d
Item spent on the compeny on midsomer evene ij s
Item at Raft copers diner in wyne xviij d
Item to the minstrel at the same diner ij (l,lank)
Dean and Chapter CC : Treasurers' Accounts 11
p 304* (14 May)
Item payd the xiiijth of mare vnto Mr Rogers whiche he gaue
to the Earle of Essex players when they woulde haue played
in Mr Dearies howse
ijs
10
15
1583-4
Innkeepers" Records C : Account Book
f 6* (Altgust)
Item payed for the charges of our corporacion as well for the
sealle as for the drawinge and empossinge withe the rote for the
same and our charges vppone mydsomer even xlvj s ij d
ff 9-9v
2O
25
Item payed vnto vj boyes for Caryinge dysaneates a fore our
compenye xiij d 3o
Item payed for iiij peare of gloves to iiij boyes that dyd Ryd a
fore our compenye at ij d a pese viii d
Item payed to iiij foutmen at iiij d a pese xvj d
Item payed for a peare of gloves to the womane that dyd Ryde
afor our compenye iij d 35
geven to heare for heare paynes iiij d
geven to a mane to a tend vppone heare horse iiij d I
Item payed for dresinge the pye and the horse head vj d
spen at the borowinge of the deye manes a parell for hime that
dyd lead the womanes horse [iiij d] ij d 4o
4 / horse horse MS dittograpby 7 I I in minstrel wrztten over s
16 /CHESTER 158-4
payed for borowinge a cussocke for the womane iiij d
payed for pores for the womane xvj d
payed for iij Canes vj d
payed for oure drinkinge a fore the watche and after vppone
our compenye vij s
payed for wyne to our compenye vij d
Painters, Glaziers, Embrohterers, and Stationers' Records
C: Account Book i
f 79v (18 October)
payed for a payer of gloues to the child that Rode on mydsomer
euen iij d
also for a payer of showes to the same child
geuen to the prissnors at the casstel and northegate
payed for horse bred on midsomer euen
payed to rycherson at the bars
payed to the mynstrel on mydsomer (.) euen
payed to the mynstrels at thomas Chalners dyner
xd
iiij <.)
ij d
jd
xij d
10
15
20
AC
City Treasurers' Accounts B L : Harley 2 1 7 3
f 90* (November)
mr Robert brerewood late maior oweth by his accounts 129 li.
19s. '4d" more he oweth mony which he receued by lone of the
Aldermen sheriffs & Comon Counsell when the Earle of leicester
came to chester 46 li. 13s. 4d
for a hogshed of wyne for my lord of Leicester 3 li. 5s for
beare 24s for bankitinge stuff provided for the lord of leister &
mr brerewood had for his owne vse. v li. which is to be deduct
only 3Os for lpocrise:
in his payments we find to be allowed for the Cupp & gould
giuen to the Earl of Leicester 49 li. 1 Is. 6d.
25
30
f91
Disbursements 1583 inter alij
for the wayte men or citty waytes gownes
v li. xvj s
maiors mount
morris dancers
137 /CHESTER 1583-4
f91v
to Tho pole for payinting or triminge mr maiors mount xxiij s 4d
to citty drumer xij d
to the morris dauncers vj s viii d
Cordwainers and Shoemakers" Records
CCA: Account Book ! G/8/2
f 86 (II November)
Item payde for the gleves
vs
Item
geven the wheatemen at gutted
ij s
Item payde the mynstrelles on midsomer even ij s vj d
Item payde to the presoneres in the castell & the presoneres
in the northegate xij d
Item for a payre of buskens for the childe that Roode ij s
Item for a payre of gloves to hym & makynge his breches vj d
Item for a quarte of secke on mydsomer even vj d
Item payde the men that whente before vs when the lorde of
lesciter came to chestr & tendnide the childe xij d
Item payd willyam mason for leadinge the horsse iiij d
Item payde for horsse bredd to Maistr hurlstons horse iiij d
Item payd the crier & for ale at the barres iij d
10
15
20
25
f 86v
Item for a pottell secke on martens even
Item geven the wheatemen
Coopers'Records C: Account Book !
f 18
Item
Item
I tern
Item
(20 November)
payed ffor wyne at thomas hitthies dyner
payed to the mynstrelles at the same dyner
payed at the bowrounyng of the boye
payed at the bownnynge of the boye
xij d
xviij d
d
vjd
iiij d
xvj d
30
35
40
138 / CHESTFR 1583-4
Item payed ffor a payer of hosse to the boye x d
Item payed ffora payer of shewes x d
Item payed at the bryngyng of the chylde horn iiij d
Item pa.ved ffor ledyng of the hores & houldynge the chylde
Item payed ffor hores brid to the hores iiij
Item payed the pryssonares vj
Item payed ffor the dryssyng of the syne xviij
Item payed ffor the compenye on mydsomare Ewen ij s vj
d 5
d
watche
Joiners, Carvers, ad Turners' Records
CCA. Company Book G14/1
f 27v (25March)
15
Order to Ettertaiu the Earl of Leicester BL: Harley 1989
f 27 (13 Ahoy) 3o
13 may order was taken how the E of leicester should be
entertayned what gifts giuen him & banquet made him & for
present suply of mony euery Alderman to lend xx s euery
,heriff & sheriffpeere xiij s iiij d euery of the forty vj s viii d. 35
but after at asente the j lune the banquet was turned into a
Cup to be giuen him & 40 Angells in it. the Cupp was lady
bought by mr Io Tylson and valued at xviij li and for more
security of the Citty because great resort was to see the Earl
wach was ordred to be for tewsday & wensday night of honest 40
citizens in harnesse videlicet xxiiij for bridgseete xxiiij for forest
street xij for norgate street & xij for Watergate street and that
payed more for a peare of gloves for the boye that dyd Ryd a
fore our compenye iiij d
payed for thryd and pvnes one mydsomer even . to sowe the 20
chylldes clothes vpone hime j d
payed for the boyes shewes at mydsomer viij d
payed to the crver at the bares j d ob.
geven to the presoneres at the castell iiij d and to the presoneres z5
at the northe gate iij d some is vij d
140 / CtlESTFR 1584-5
Item payed to the womane for Rydinge iij d and for a peare of
gloves for heare vii d
Item geven to a mane to Leade heare horse iiij d
Item spente in borowinge of a dye manes Cote ij d
item payed for a peire of hose and sues and a peare of gloves
for the Chyld that dyd Ryde afore our Companye xix d
item payed to ij men, to a tend vpone the chyld and the horsse
and one to Carye the Cvpes ix d
Item spent at lnsses withe owte the bares one mydsomer even
vppone parte of our bretherne vj d
item spent at our aldermane lohn shawes afore the watche vj d
item geven to the Cryer at the bares j d
item geven to the pressvneres at the Castell iiij d and at the
northe gate iiij d some is viii d
Item spent at our stvard sysses howse after the wache vppone
our bretherne v s
Item payed for ij peare of gloves to the to the stuardes at iij d
a peare vj d
item payed for horsbred the womane Ryde vppone at mydsomer
iij d 20
Painters, Glaziers, Embroiderers, and Stationers
C: Account Book 1
f 83 (18 October)
' Records
Payd
Payd
Payd
for Cloathe to the stuardes hoodes and the makinge of them
vij s vj d
for apayre of Buskyns to the childe xij d
for apayre of Glooves to the childe iij d
Payd
Payd
Payd
for the Lace to the buskkyns
at the Barres
at the Castle & northgate
ijd
jd
iiij d
Payd to the mynstrelles xij d
Payd vppon mydsomer eve for the Drinckinge for the Companyes
the childe & ye mynstrells ij s vj d
25
30
35
17 / to the to the MS dttograpby
141 / CHESTER 1584-5
Cordwainers and Shoemakers Records
CCA: Account Book I G/8/2
f 87 (11 November)
Item geven the two companes of musicions at thomas balles
drinckynge xx d
ltem geven the musicions at thomas lenardes drinckynge xviij d
Item payde for the gleves at gutted v s
ltem payde for the bericche of the gleves iiij d
Item geven the wheatemen at gutted at oure allderman lnces ij s
f 87v
Item for a payre of buskens for the childe at mydsomer ij s
Item for a payre of gloves for hym iiij d
Item payde for a dosen of horsse bredd to the horsse iiij d
Item geven the crier at the barres j d
Item geven the presoneres in the castell vj d
Item geven the presoneres in the northegate vj d
Item payde the mucicions at mydsomer ij s vj d
Item payde the fote man for ledinge the horsse vj d
Item geven the taylor for dressinge the childe iij d
Item payde the musicions on martens even ij s iiij d
1o
15
2o
25
Coopers' Records c: Account Book I
f 19 (20 November)
Item payed at the borowynge of the boye iiij d
Item payed at the bownynge of the baye x d
Item payed ffor a payere of hosse viij d
Item payed ffor a payere of shevees x d
Item payed at the bryngynge home of the chylde iiij d
Item payed ffor houldynge of the chyld on horssbake iiij d
Item payed ffor horssebrede to the horsse iiij d
Item payed to the pryssonares vj d
Item spynt on the company one mydsomar Ewen iij s
Item for dressynge of the syne xvj d
30
35
4O
143 / CflESTER 1584-5
of christmas accustomed to be payntull and wakfull in their
trades & occupations and now theis holly days expect rest and
quietnesse, therfore you are to vse yourselues as wachmen
hauinge the Care & charge of this citty reffered to you, vnder
your lords & masters, and diligently and paynfully to shew your
selues herin and ouerssee that no hurt or hindrance happen or
come to this citty or Inhabitants therof duringe your tyme of
wachinge nether by tier nor by any lewd Roges or vacobonds or
other disordred persons in robbinge of shopps stealinge or
Conveighinge out of backsides or otherways nor wandringe
abrode gamninge drinkinge or disordringe them selues at any
vndue tyme, yf you find or know of any such suppresse them,
and if you see lust cause Comitt them to ward, so as they may
be forth Cominge in the morninge to answare their misdemenares.
also I charge you all to behaue your selues trustyly in this seruice
as to your dutyes appertayneth & to deuide your selues into
seuerall Companeys throughout the Streets & lanes within this
Citty wherby you may the better acomplish this seruice & with
all if you shall perceaue any marts children or seruants in any
place to vse themselues wantonly or otherways not as they zo
ought or is conuenient or any other persons disordringe
themselues; reforme them . "in" orderly sor if the shall resist
you, vse them as the rest & in this doinge you shall discharge
your duties or otherways you endanger thos for whom you now
serue, of their Tenures the hould of this citty for this seruice,
as also be assured your selues to receaue seuere punishment to
be Compelled by body or goods to make recompence for your
neglences: (thus leauinge) trustinge you will , "be" haue your
selues like honest men hauinge due regard to this your charge
& so farwell.
Joiners, Carvers, and Turners'Records
CCA: Company Book G 14/1
f 28 (25 March)
Item payed for a peare of shewes to the boye that dvd Ryd
afore our compenye one mydsomer even viii d
payed for a peare of gloves for the same boye iij d
spent at william Stevensones in ffachinge vp the horse ij d
geven to the Cryer at the Bares j d
geven to the Wedowe Bovlton iiij d
3O
35
413
144 / CtlESTER 1584-5
geven to the presoneres at the Castell
geven to the presoneres at the northegate
geven to the mynstreles one mydsomer even
payed for Wyne one mydsomer for our compenye
payed for sowinge the boyes Covte
payed for a peare of hose for the boye
payed for grese for the horse the boye Ryd vppone
iiij d
iij d
ijs vjd
xvj d
5
jd
viij d
ijd
1585-6
Innkeepers'Records c: Account Book
f 13v (August)
Item paid
banner
Item paid
10
15
for a yeard and a quarter fyne Calico Clothe for the
iij s viii d
for ^'grene mockadone" [fringe] to the same [xvj d]
viii d
Item paid for a staffe and wier to the same the some of iiij d z0
Item paid to Thomas Poole for the workemanship sore of
vjs vijd
Item paid to the Widowe ellis for iij yerdes of ffryng the some of
xvj d
Item a beuarage to Thomas poole "by promyse" xvj d z5
Item to the wyffe of Thomas poole for sowynge the frynge to
the baner & the sockett xij d
Item spent at our Alderman howse at our metynge vpon
mydsoner euon xviij d
Item payd to the mynstrelles xviij d 30
Item spent vpon the chyld & hys foote man after the Wattche
viij d
Item gyuon to the prysoners at the castell and at the northgate
xij d
Item for apayre of hoses & shewes for the child xiiij d 35
Item payd for spanlyes to sowe vpon the bande of the chylde
iiij d
bestowed vpon them which dressed the chylde in wyne & sugar
xjd ijd
Item to the Cryer at the barres j d 40
Item for apayre of gloues for the chylde iiij d
Item to hys foote man xij d
rnydsomer
chardges
mydsomer
charges
hetherto .]
145 / CHESTER 1585-6
Item for apottell of wyne to mr Chamberlayne for hys consell
xij d
Painters, Glaziers, Embroiderers, and Stationers' Records
C: Account Book I
ff 84-4v (18 October)
Item for apeyre of Buskyns to the childe xvj d I d"
Item spent at the borowing of twoe chaynes of goulde ij d
Item paid for flues to dresse the boyes capp iiij d
Item for pynnes to dresse the boy j d
Item for drinke at the dressing of the boy ij d
Item paid for apeyre of gloves iij d
(entry cut off) ij d I
Item to the minstrell vj d
Item to the presoners iiij d
Item to Richardson j d
ltem for apottle of secke xvj d
ltem for apottle of Claret wyne x d
II d
I d
Cordwainers and Shoemakers" Records
CCA: Account Book I G/8/2
f 89 (11 November)
Item payde for the gleves at shrofte tyde v s
Item payd to the berecche of the gleves iiij d
Item geven to the wheate men at shrofte tyde ij s vj d
Item payde for a payre of gloves for the childe at mydsomer iiij d
Item payde for arsladyne to put on the saddell clothe vj d
Item for a payre of buskens for the childe xx d
Item payde for flewes for his bande ij d
Item payde for halffe an ellne of grene taffata for the childes
breches iij s
Item payde for a girke for the childe lase & buttons iij s iiij d
Item geven the taylor for dressinge the childe iiij d
Item payde for a dosen of horsse bredd iiij d
Item geven the crier at the barres ij d
Item geven the presoneres at the castell xij d
Item geven to the presoneres at the northe gate xij d
Item geven the musicioneres at mydsomer ij s vj d
1o
15
2O
25
30
35
40
147 / CHESTER 1585-6
spent vppone mydsomer even . at the stuard harye skasbryckes
howse at in the presentes of the Compenye xx
payed to lohn denesberye for spungyes to sowe one the boyes
clocke ij
payed for cape papper to lape our banner in iij
geven to the mynstreles at our govse svttinges xij
payed for horsbrede to the horse the boye Ryd vppone ij
geven to Raphe barlowes wyffe to drepe the boye iiij
Item leaid dovne for wyne at lohn Rabarnes dener xvj
Item geven to the mynstrelles at the same dener xij
d
d
d
d
d
d
1586-7
lJtJzkeepers' Records c: Account Book
f 16v (A ugust)
.oo
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
for one lryon to our banner
[for] payd fore the child hose
payd
for a
payd
payd
for a peyre of showes
peyre of gloves for the child
at the glouerstone to ye prisners
at the norgate to the prisoners
d
d
Item payd to the Cryer at the bares j
Item payd to the mynstrell xvj
Item payd for makinge the Childes reparile & dressinge "hym"
Redy appon mydsomer eive(.) xij d
Item payd for ij footmen xij d
Item for vjo potes of drynke to the byryche vj d
Item spent [afore] at our company cominge downe before the
Child went vp to the barres & after wards brought ^'him"
whome againe at the stuward howse viij s viij d
Painters, Glaziers, Embroiderers, attd Stationers'Records
C: Account Book !
f 87 (18 October)
Item for aneln of fyne holland Cloathe for our Banner
Item for threyde to hem yte and for the ylott holes
ij s
viij d
viij d
vjd
iiij d
iiij d
d
d
VS
lO
15
20
25
30
35
4O
149 / CHESTER 1586-7
Coopers'Records C: Account Book 1
f 21 (20 November)
Item pead for wyne At lohn scownses dyner
Item pead for suger
Item pead to the mynstrylles
Item At the northgate
ijs vjd
vjd.
ij s
vjd
f 21v lo
Item pead to my Alderman nyckis xij s
Item for lassee And choryed xiiij d
Item for Buttones And sylke ix d
Item for halfe A yarde bluee cottone iiij d
Item spende (blank) ij d 15
Item for makyng the cyldes clothes n 3 s
Item spend At rare cowpers iij s iiij d
Item spend on mydsomer ewen vj s
Item for dressynge the syne xix d
Item for Apeare of hosse to the boye xiiij d 20
Item for hoosse bred iiij d
Item for Apeare of showes to the boye x d
Item to the mynstryll iiij d
Item to the cryere j d
Item to the prysoners vj d 25
Item Apeare of glowes to the boye iij d
Item At the 13oynynge of the boye And At sevrall tymes in
warnynge the companye xij d
Item oure fowtman on medsomer evene vj d
Joiters, Carvers, and Turners'Records
CCA: Company Book G14/1
f 30 (25 March)
payed for a peare of gloves for the Chylld that Ryd afore our
Compenye at mydsomer iiij d
payed for a peare of hose and shewes to the boye xviij d
Item geven to the Cryer at the bares ij d and at the Castell to
the presoneres iiij d and at the northe gate iiij d some is ix d
Item geven to the mynstrelles one mydsomer even . to goo a
30
35
40
150 / CtlESTER 1586-7
fore our Compenye
payed at willim garffylldes to the mynstreles
xviij d
Ix dl xij d
1587-8
Innkeepers" Records c: Account Book
f 20 (.|ugust)
spent in proTdinge for a Chylld "to Ryd afore oure companye"
the some of xiij s iiij d
payed for makinge of a newe Rode to our syne iij d
payed for a peare of hose for the Chylld that Ryd fore ouer
Compenye one mydsomer even x d
payed for a peare of shewes for hyme viij d
payed for a peare of gloves for hyme iiij d
payed for a lether sockete to pute the end of the staffe into
carye the syne withe ij d
payed to ij ffute men to a tend vppon the Chylld at iiij d a pese
viij d 20
payed for a quart of 3"ne to the lentill women that drest the
Chylld vj d
payed over the shoost at the vndressinge of the Chylld at Iohn
myllneres howse iiij d
payed to the mynstrell to playe afore our Comepanye one
mydsomer even xij d
geven to the Cryer at the bares j d
geven to the pressoneres at the Castell iiij d and at the northe
gate iiij d some viij d
payd at the stuardes howse one mydsomer even at the presentes 30
of our bretherine iij s viij d
Painters, Glaziers, Embroiderers, and Stationers' Records
C: Account Book I
f 90 (18 October)
o.o
Item to the wayetes xij d
Item geven to the mynstrelles att stuertes Raufe hallwodes
dener att his wedding viij d
35
40
Item paid for a paire of buskins to the boye xvj d
152 / CHESTER 1587-8
Item
Item
Item
hose
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
lye
spent at the berege of the gleves
geven to the weatmen at shorfte tyd
iiij d
ij s
for cotten and lynan linige and lase to sett vpon the chyldes
at mydsomer [and] ij s
for the makinge of of them howse vj d
for arsedine for to trime the sadie clothe viij d
for a peare of gloves for the chyld iiij d
for a peare of buskines for the chyld xx d
for a Dosen of horse bred iiij d
geven to Rycharsin at the bares ij d
geven at the northgatt xij d
geven at the castell xij d
geven to the mususiones one mydsomer lye ij s vj d
geven to the futtman for ledinge the horse vj d
spent at the Dressinge of the chyld iiij d
pead for a gallon of sacke at alderman leas vpon mydsomer
iijs iiij d
Item spent at alderman lnsis one martins lye
Item geven to the weatmen
xx s
ij s
20
Coopers'Records c: Account Book I
ff 23-3v* (20 November)
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
I tern
Layde Downe on mydsomer even in ale bred & Chese v s
at attyring the boy spent iiij d
for a paire of hose vj d I
to the footman iiij d
for a paire of gloues ij d
borrowing the horse spent ij d
for buckeram to the banner
for fringe
fore the Iren & stale
for the making & paynting the same
more among the Company at the Earle of Darby his
xv d
xd
vd
iiij s
25
30
35
4O
6 l of of MS dittograpby
153 / CHESTER 1587-8
Comyng in
xviij d
Joilters, Carz,ers, aJtd Tunters' Records
CCA: Company Book G14/1
f 31 (25 March)
payed for a peare of shewes to the boye that Ryd afore our
compeyne one mydsoner even viij d
payed for a peare of hose for hyme iiij d
payed to the Cryer at the bares ij d
payed to the presnores at the northe gate iij d and at the castell
iij d vj d
payed for a peare of gloves for the boye that Ryd afore our
compenye ij d
payed to the mynstrell one mydsoner even ij s vj d
payed to willim modsleye for his horse for the boye one
mydsomer even iiij d
payed to gryffithe ap shone to a tend vppone the Chylld iiij d 20
1588-9
lnkeepers'Records c: Account Book
f 22v (August) 25
Ittem for a pair of showes to the boy that Ride at midsomer
viii d.
lttem for apair of hoose and gloves to the boy xij d.
lttem Speent at our aldermans howse one midsomer Even when 3o
we went to the watche to fetche him down vij d.
Ittem given to the Crier at the barres j d
Ittem given to the prisoners at the "Castle" [barres] and at the
northegatte viij d
Ittem for a sokett to hold the bannre staffe ij d 35
Ittem for horse bread to the horse that the boy Rid vpon iiij d
Ittem to two footmen to load the horse vj d
Ittem to the minstrels to play befor oure company xvj d
lttem for the drinckinge to our bretheren befoer the watche and
after the watche was Doon when the brought whom the Childe / 40
And Lickewise to the minstrels and foot men At oure stewardes
howse vij s ij d /
vnpaide
154 / CtlFSTER 1588-9
Paiuters, Ghlziers, Embroiderers, aud Stationers' Records
C: Account Book I
f 91 (18 October)
in primis paid at our brothers thomas prickett dynner for wyne
and to the mynstrelles vij s iiij
spent att the Coninge in of the erie of darbye
Item
ltent
Item
Item
! tem
Item paid
Item paid
Chylde
Item paid
Item paid
Company
xij
5
d
spent on mydsomar even in wyne ij s ij d 1o
geven att the Castell & northgate viij d
geven to the mynstrell vj d
paid for a paire of buskins for the Chylde xvj d
for a paire of gloves iij d
for drincke flues and pynnes att the boning of the 15
viij d
for horse bred and the leder of the horse iij d
for a C|oke to the Chylde so hitt Remaying to the
vs
Item spent att lhon walkers dyner and the mynstrelles iij s x d
Item to the mynstrells att thomas gyllns wedyng xij d
Treasurers' Account Rolls c c A: T A R/1 /1 8
mb 3 (November)
Nycholas white Marchant for a house Next Adioyninge to the
drapars Cariadge howse per Annum
[[he stewardes of the drapers for their Cariadge house
iij s iiij d
viij d]
['I he stewardes of the mercers for their Cariadge house vj dl
mb 5
Item to mr. ffletcher draper the xjth of december for xviij
yeardes of sadd nerve Collored broade Cloth att vij s iiij d the
yearde Viz for three of the eldest waytte men x yeardes for iij
gownes iij yerdes for rowe Coate Clothes for towe of the Yonger
20
25
30
35
40
8 / Coninge ]'or Cominge, mimm omitted
156 / CllESTER 1588-9
Item. payd for a potle of Sacke the same tyme xx d
Item. payd to the minstrels for playing before vs iij s
Item. payd for a payre of Buskins for the Childe xx d
Item. spent at the dreshinge of the Childe iiij d
Item. payd for dresshinge the Staffe to Robert leeche the same
tvme viij d
Item. payd to a foote man vj d
Item. Spent at alderman lnces, one martins Eve xx. s
Item. geven to the weatmen ij. s
10
Mayors List 5 B L. Harley 2 12 5
f 43" (November) Robert Brock
also a play was playd at high crosse called the storey of Kinge
Ebrauk with all his sonne but such rayne fell it was hindred
much
Coopers" Records C: Account Book I
Item
I tern
I te m
Item
Item
Receiued more of the Cowpers vppon mydsomer evine vj d
f 24* (20 November or 13 January)
Item
Item payd for a payre of hosse for the boye that dyd Ryde
vppon mydsomer evine xiiij d
Item payd for a payre of shewes for hime viij d
for a payre of gloves for hime iij d
payd for horsse bredd for the horsse iiij d
to the prysoners at Castyll & northgate vij d
to the mynstrell iiij d
spent vppon our Company at mydsomer evine iij s iiij d
Joiners, Grvers, and Turners' Records
CCA: Company Book G14/1
f 32 (25Alarcb)
mydsoner even.
Item spent at dicler Ioynores in spekinge for aboye to Ryd afore
15
20
25
30
35
40
162 / CIIESTER 1590-1
Dean ,u/,t Chapter cc : Treasurers' Accounts 111
p 80* (29 Septcmber-25 November)
Item to the Quene Majestes players
XXS xd
Treasurers'Accoult Rolls CCA: TAR/1120
mb 7 (Noveml, er)
Item payd for xix yardes & a quarter of cloth for the wayte
men lesper Gyllam and Crofoote vii li.
10
mb 8 15
Item to Rychard Bromley & Lawrence Warminsham stewardes
of the sadlers gyven by the Cittie towardes there bell vj s viij d
Item to lohn waring for playing vpon the droimme before 2o
mr major at shroftyde viij d
Item payd to Thomas Poole paynter for dressing mr majors
mount and the Geyantes and beastes at midsomer xliij s iiij d
Item for playing on the drumme at midsomer viii d
Item to the morris dancers vj s viii d
Cordwainers amt Shoemakers' Records
CCA: Account Book 1 G/8/2
f 99 (11 November)
(St lIartin "s Day)
Item payed to the Musitioners the same daye xij d
Item payed for the glares v s
item giuen for the barage of the glares iiij d
Item giuen to the watmen at our Alderman lnces house at
Shroftide ij s
30
35
4O
163 I CHESTER 1590-1
f 99v
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
payed for linen clothe xj d
payed for mendinge the staffe iij d
payed for makinge the dublet bumboist and buttons iiij s 5
payed for a payre of gloves for ye childe ij d
giuen to Ricerson the Crier iiij d
giuen to the prisoners at the castell xij d
giuen to the prisoners at the Northgate xij d
for horsbreade iiij d o
payed for iij Quartes of Sacke vpon Midsomer Evene ij s vj d
payed for the Musitioners for playnge before vs ij s vj d
payed for a payre of buskins for the childe xx d
payed for leadinge the horse j d
15
f 100
item giuen to the waitemen vpon St Martins Evene xx d
Dean and Chapter cc: Treasurers' Accounts i I I
p 106 (Christmas)
lnprimis to Walshe for 3. nights attendance vpon mr Major in
Christmas xij d
Item for the loane of Harnesse xij d
20
25
mydsomer even
Coopers' Records C: Account Book I 30
f 26v (13 January)
Item payed for a peare of hose to the boye x d
Item payed for a peare of shewes to the boye x d
Item payed to the Cryer at the bares j d and and to the presoneres 35
at the Castell iiij d and at the northe gate iiij d some is ix d
Item geven to the horse in brede iiij d
Item geven to a minstrell to playe afore our Compenye vj d
35 / and and MS dittograpby
164 / CHESTER 1590-1
Item geven bestowed vppone our Compenye after the watche
iij s iiij d
f 27
Item Receved of ye Cowpers on midsomer even xiij d
Item Receved of Thomas Braband for owre Carredge iij s
Joiners, Carvers, and Turners'Records
CCA: Company Book G14/1
f 33 (25 Alarcb)
mydsomer, even.
10
15
Item payed for the Chyllds hose xj d and for his shewes ix d
some is xx d
Item geven to the minstrells to playe a fore our compeny one
mydsomer even ij s 20
payed for wyne to the lentillwomen that drest the chylld iiij d
spent at lohn sysses howse at the byinge of the dvblete iiij d
payed for a peare of gloves for the Chylld ij d
geven to the pressoneres at the Castell iij d and at the northe
gate iij d and to the Cryer at the barres ij d viij d 25
payed for dvblitte for the Chylld ix s vj d
Mayors'Books CCA: M/B/25
f 45 (28 May)
Apud Ciuitatem Cestrie xxviijo die Maij Anno Regine Elizabeth
&c tricesimo tercio Coram Willelmo Massy maioris Ciuitatis
Cestrie
At which day matter was in question betwene Ales Williamz
late wief of Thomas Williamz Late one of the waytsmen of the
said Citie vpon thone party and chrtstofer Burton and William
Madock the other waitesmen of the said Citie for and Concerninge
their instrumentes of musick viz the how boies the Recorders
the Cornetes and violens whereof the said Ales Claymeth a parte
as to her said late husband in his lief tyme belonginge which
30
35
40
165 / CHESTER 1590-1
they deny to yeld vnto: But are Contented and soe are now
Agreed and it is now fully ordered by Assent that the said
instrumentes shall from hensfurth forever remayne Continue
and bee the owne proper goodes of the said Waitesmen and of
the survivour of them and of Will/am Williamz late sonne of the
said Thomas Williamz And of henry Burton sonne of the said
christofer When they shall haue served out their yeres as
Apprentices to the said exercise and to the survivour of them
and the survivour of euery of them and of the survivinge sonne
of euery of them experienced or to be experienced in the said
excercise and Apt and fitt for the same servinge within the said
Citie or ells to remayne foreuer to the said Citie At the
Appoyntment and Admittance of the major of the said Citie
for the tyme beinge
I tern
I tern
Item
Item payed
Item payed
Item payed
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
1591-2
Innkeepers" Records c: Account Book
f 29v (August)
Inprimis payed for the boyes hose & shewes
Item payed to Thomas poole for ouer banner
payed to lasper Gillam
for gloves for the boye
payed to the woman that Ridd
to the two devilles
to the foote men
for coierse cuppes
payed for the boyes garters
ij s iiij d
iij s
xij d
viij d
viii d
viij d
viij d
xvj d
xij d
d
d
d
to mr Gamulles man for bringinge the Ciertall iij
payed for apound of gonnpother xvj
for the womans gloves iij
spent when the Child was in Dressinge in wyne and kakes
[xij dl viij
Item payed for ouer [dringl Drinckinge before & after ouer
goinge to the barres v s iiij
.oo
Painters, Glaziers, Embroiderers, and Stationers'Records
C: Account Book 1
f 99 (18 October)
Item geaven to the musicians vppon St Lukes dale
d
xij d
lO
15
2o
25
3O
35
40
166 / CIIESTER 1591-2
item
Item
item
item
Item
item
item
Item
Item
item
Item
item
Item
item
Item
for askynne to make the boye a lerkine for mydsomer vj d
for the makinge of the lerkyne for the boie xiiij d
spent for all the Companie at the widdowe leffreys ij s vj d
more for apaire of hose to the boie at midsomer xij d s
more for apaire of shooes to the boie at midsomer viii d
paid to the musicians at mydsomer ij s vj d
paid at the Barrs on midsomer Eve to the Crier ij d
geven to the presoners at the Northgate iiij d
to the presoners at the Castle iiij d a0
deliuered to Robert waytes wief to helpe her child v s.
geaven to the man that ledd the horse at midsomer iiij d
for dressinge the Staff. for mydsomer . vj d
spent on mydsomer eve for beeyre to ye companie x d.
for breade at the tyme to the Companie iiij d. as
more at the same tyme for a Wort to ye Companie vij d
item geven to the bench man for his pains & borrowing of
apparell xvj
Deatt attd Chapter CC: Treasurers' Accounts 111
p 109" (29 September-25 November)
Item bestowed vpon the earle of essex his musitions
item for wyne & sugar
item to the Quenes players
ij s.
ijs.
xls.
Treasurers'Accouttt Roils CCA TAR/l/21
mb 7 (November)
Item to the stuardes of the sadlers towardes their bell
ltem for playinge one the drome at shroftide
vj s viij d
vj d
Item to henry hamnet for gesper g3'llome his gowne & for 1 3
vardes di. to the weatement & their Boyes vj li. vij s
vj s viij d
Item to morreys dauncers at mydsomer
item to Thomas poole paynter for his Dewe for mydsomer
watche xliij s iiij d
Item to walche for carryinge the Auntient at mydsomer ij s
2o
25
3o
4o
rnidsorner
168 / CHFSTER 1591-2
Item for the loane of harnes xij d /
Coopers'Records C: Account Book I
f 27v (13 January)
oo.
Item payde for a payre hosse for the Boye that did Ryde Before
owre Company x d
Item
I tern
I te m
Item
Item
Item
I tern
I tern
Item
payde for a payre of showss for ye Boye x d
payde for a payre of glooves for the boye iij d 10
payde for horssbred for ye horsse iiij d
spende at the dressinge of the Boye vj d
payde to ye foottman iiij d
payde to the Cryer at the Barres j d
geven to ve prisseners at ye Castle and norgat viij d 15
payde to ye minstrell iiij d
payde for dressinge owre Bannar iij s
spende on owre Company after ye watch iij s iiij d
Joiners, G, rvers, and Turners" Reconts
CCA: Company Book GI4/I
f 36 (25.iarcb)
Item
Item
Item
Item
companye
Item geaven to aboye that led the horse for the child at
midsomer
Item geaven to the Cryer at the Barrs. for the Companie
Item for apeyre of Shoes and apeire of glooves to the child
Item more to the Mvnstrelles on mydsomer Eve
Spente at the attyringe & setting, fowrth of the childe ij d
geaven to the presoners of the Castle and the northegate vj d
paide to the Mynstrelles vppon mydsomer Eve xij d
paide for apaire of hose to the child that rydd before ye
xj d
ijd
ijd
xjd
xij d
Joiners, Carvers, ,od Turners" Records CCA: Minute Book G 1 412
f 9 (3 June)
At ameetinge 1592 the 3 of lune
It was ordered that euerie Brother shall fynde a man in harnesse
2O
25
30
35
40
171 /CHESTER 1592-3
Item apayre of shooes
Item for a lerkyne
Item to the Crier.
xd
iij s viii d.
ij d
.oo
Item for fringe to the Banner & sowing
Item for Drincking on mydsomer eve
for the painting the staff
On mydsomer eve to the musicions
To the preessoners at Castle & Northgate
d
vs/
ij s
viij d
Cordwainers and Shoemakers" Records
CCA: Account Book I G/8/2
ff 105-5v (11 Novemler)
lnprimis / payed for a potell of wyne at our Alderman lncis
house the xiijth daye of November xvj d
Item payed to the Musitioners the same daye ij s
Item giuen to the Musitioners at the time that lohn Burchenhead
made his drinkinge
Item payed for Glaves
Item giuen to the Musitioners at shroftide
Item payed
Mr Brocke
childe
Item payed
Item payed
Item payed
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
ijs
v s iiij d
ijs
for a quarte of sacke which was bestowed vpon
for lendinge a Cappe & other lewels for the
viii d I
for a payre of glooves iij d
for a payre of buskins ij s
at dressinge the Childe iiij d
payed to Ricerson the Crier iiij d
giuen to the prisoners at the Castell and Northgate ij s
spent vpon Midsomer Even at our Aldermans house ij s vj d
giuen to the footmen xij d
payed for horsebread & shooinge ye horse
payed to the Musitioners
viij d
ij s vj d
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
midsorner even
172 /CHFSTER 1592-3
Coopers'Records C: Account Book 1
f 28 (13 January)
ltem spend on owre Company on midsomar euen afteer the
watche iij s
ltem for "on" payre hosse for ye chylde
Item
Item
I tern
I tern
ltem
Item
I tern
for on payre showsse for ye chylde
for on payre Gloves for the chylde
for horss Bread
fo to ye prisseneres at ye Castle and norgate
for on quart sacke when wee Brought whom ye chyld
to ye cryer at the Barres
spend when the chylde was on dressinge
iiij d
xx d
xij d
iiij d
iiij d
viii d
viii d
jd
iiij d
Joiners, Carvers, and Turners" Records
CCA: Company Book G14/1
f 38 (25,Harcb)
10
15
Item in primis one payre of hose for the Child xvj d
Item for apayre of glooves to the Child on midsomer eve vj d
Item for apavre of shooes to the same Child xiiij d
Item to the mynstrelles on Mydsomer Eve ij s
Item geaven to the presoners at Castle & Northgate vij d
Item geaven to the Cryer at the Barrs ij d
Item geaven to apoorewoman at glouerstone iij d
Item for aquarte of wyne at our banquet vj d
Item to the mynstrelles at Thomas Edmundes dynner xviij d
Item more to the mynstrell afterwardes the same tyme ij d 30
20
25
1593-4
Innkeepers'Records C: Account Book
f 35 (,4 ugust) 35
Item payed for vj doussen of Cvppes to searve afore Compenye
one mydsomer even at iij d a doussen some is xviij d
Item payed for horsbred for the horse the womane dyd Ryde
vppone one mydsomer even iiij d 40
payed for a littell Cane to hange abowt the womanes necke one
mydsomer even ij d
173 /CHESTER 1593-4
payed for a brode bande of Lace for the Cane iij d
payed for payntinge the cane ij d
spent at the Bares vppone our companye afore ye wache iiij d
payd to the Cryer at the Bares iiij d to the presoneres at the
castell iiij d to the presoneres at the northe gat iiij d xij d.
payed to the mynstrell to goe afore our companye xij d
payed to the womane that dyd Ryde x d
payed to iij men wheare of ij weare dye men and the other dyd
carye the pores in a [(.)1 baskete xv d
payed for a peare of gloves to the womane that dyd Ryd iiij d
payed for our drynkinge one mydsomer even at nyght afore
the wache
1o
Painters, GhTziers, Embroiderers, and Stationers" Records
C: Account Book I
f 104 (18 October)
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
15
in primis on St lukes daie to the musitians xij d
for mydsomer eve Chardges in meate drinck &c. iij s vj d
for horse breade on mydsomer Eve iiij d zo
paide to the mynstrell on mydsomer eve vj d
to the presoners at Castle & Northgate viii d
to the Crier at the Barrs iiij d
to Edward dawbie for going on stiltes
spent at the Dressing of the Childe
ijs vjd
iiij d
xx d
iij d
for apeire & hose and shooes to the child
for apeire of glooves to the Childe
Treasurers'Account Rolls CCA: TAR/l/22
mb 3d (November)
25
30
Item to the stuardes of the sadlers this ixth of february towardes
their bell vj s viij d
Item to tyttle for playinge one the drome at shroftyde vj d
Item to Thomas poole paynter for his yearelye fee for settinge
fourthe the watche at mydsomer xliij s iiij d 40
ooo
Item to the morrys dauncers at midsomer vj s viii d
174 / CHESTFR 1593-4
Item to tyttle for the playinge one the drome at mydsomer xij d
Item to welche for carryinge the Auntient at mydsomer ij s
Item for mendinge the staffe of the antient beinge broken iij d
Item to mr maior for clothe had of hime for the iiijor seriantes
gownes and for the wheate mens gownes xiij li. xiij s vj d
Contwainers and Shoemakers" Records o
CCA: Account Book I G/8/2
f 107 (1 1 November)
lnprimis, payed at Mr Edward Benetes house the daye lohn
Birchenhed had his Diner to the Musitioners xvj d 15
Item giuen to the Musitioners at Thomas lohnsons drinkynge xij d
Item payed for the glaves v s
Item giuen for the berige of the glaves iiij d
Item giuen to the watemen at Shroftide ij s 20
A
f 107v
Item payed for a payre of gloves vpon Midsomer even for the
childe
iij d
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
tor dressinge the childe ij d
payed to the Crier at the barres iiij d
giuen to the prisoners at the Castell and Northgate ij s
payed to two footemen xij d
giuen to the Musitioners the same night ij s vj d
payed for a potell of sacke the same night xvj d
payed for a payre of buskins for the child xx d
Item giuen to the Musitioners at William Vrinstons Diner ij s
,llayors List 5 BL Harley 2 1 25
f43v (November) David Lloyd
This yeare mr mayor Rode the libertyes of the cittye / and he
gate all the Scollers leave to playe that they / might goe with
25
30
35
40
177 / CHESTER 1594-5
AC
Item giuen to the Musitioners at shroftide
f 109
Expences vpon Midsomer evene
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
a payre of gloves
for silke & lace
payed to the Crier
giuen to the prisoners at the Castell & Northgate
giuen to the footemen
giuen to the Musitioners
In Saike
the childes buskins
for dressinge of the staffe
ij s
Coopers'Records c: Account Book i
f30
Item
Item
I te m
I te m
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
iij d
iij d
iiij d
ij s
xij d
ijs vjd
ij s viii d
xx d
viij d
1o
15
(13 Jan uary) 20
ledovn for a peter ofhosses for the child at messemare xvj d
for a pere of svsse at the sam tym x d
ped for bred biter and a chesses at that tym v s iiij d
ledovn for the compenye in ovre allderman lynikars viii d 25
gave vnto the Criare at the barsses ij d
gave vnto prissenars at the Castille a norgate viii d
ped vnto the menstrille vj d
ped for a pere of glovsses for the child iij d
ped for tryminge the staffe for ovre banare vj d 3o
Players' Warrant BL: Harley 2 1 7 3
f 81 (16 February)
a warrant for a Company of players to passe & play by from
Edward Lord dudley 41 QE. 1595
To all maiors sheriffs baliffs Constables & all other her maiesties
officers & louinge subiects greetinge wheras by virtue of the last
act of parlament houlden at westminster it was enacted that no
players should be permited to play or trauell in the Cuntrey in
35
40
178 / CHESTER 1594-5
the quality of playinge without the warrant & seale at Armes of a
lord baron or some greater personage, know ye therfor that I
Edward sutton baron of dudley haue thought it good to licence
& Authorize and by theis presens doe licence & authorise my
seruants francis Coffyn and Rich bradshaw to trauell in the s
quality of playinge & to vse musicke in all Cittys Townes &
Corporations within her maiestyes dominons giuinge them free
liberty to discharge any that shall trauell in my name but
theirselues & their Company which 1 also authorise / further 1
request you the rather for my sake to ayde them with your
Countenances & presens & to lett them haue your Towne halls
or other places fitt for their exersize as to other noble mens
men of the like quality hath byn granted hertofore & to lett
them passe without lett molestation or Contradiction so longe as
the behaue themselues well & honestly & to be debard from none
exept it be in the tyme of diuine seruice which 1 thinke nether
fitt nor convenient in wittnesse wherof I haue herunto put to my
hand & seale the 16 of february in the 41th yeare of her maiesties
1595
E Dudley the seale broke 2o
endorsed on the back
Memorandum that francis Coffen & others within named who
were licenced to play as the lord dudleys seruants did repayre to
this citty for that purpose 10 no 1602 & for as much as I am
Credbly enformd the lord dudly had long since discharged the
sayd Coffen & licensed certayn others with words of reuocation
of this warrant which was shewed vnto me 1 haue therfore taken
the same from them giuinge them admonitions nether to play in
this citty nor els where opon payne of punishment accordinge to
the lawes & statutes in that Case provided
xi nou 1602 Hugh Glaseour maior
Joiners, Carvers, and Turners'Records
CCA. Company Book G 14/1
f 42v (25 March)
ffyrst paid for the Busquyns to the Child
moore paid for Glooves to the Child
moore to the mynstrells on mydsomer eve
ijs
iij a
ijs via
25
JO
40
179 / CHESTER 1594-5
item
for aquart of Sack. at the Banckquet viij d
to the preesoners, at the Northgate iij d
to the Presoners. at the Castle iiij d
to the Cryeour at the Barrs ij d
spent at the attyringe of the child for aquart of .wyne.
vj d
spent on ij men . for the leading & conducting the
child vj d
10
1595-6
hmkeepers'Records C: Account Book
f40 (August)
Item payed for goddartes to bee Broken at mydsomer xviij d s
payed for a peare of gloves for the womane that Ryde afore our
compenye one mydsomer even iiij d
geven to the horse the womane Ryd vppone in brede iiij d and to
the myllner for fechinge hyme owt of the ffelldes iiij d some
is viii d z0
geven to the stuartes of the weaveres for the dye manes covte
and heade pese vj d
spent vppone our compenye one mydsomer even withe owt the
bares and vppone the womane and the die mane & harnest
men x d 25
payed to the womane that Ryd afore our compenye x d
payed to the mane that cawed the dye manes covte vj d
payed to the boye that cawed the cvppes iiij d
spent in Charges affore the wache and afte the wache vppone
the harnest mene and the Rest iiij s 3o
[sp] payed to our mynstrell to playe a fore our compenye xij d
Assembly Petitions CCA: A/P/2/4
(I 7 October)
To the right worshipfull Mr William Aldersay maior of
the Citie of Chester and the Aldermen sheriffes & common
Concell of the same Citie
In moste humble wise besecheth your worships Your poore
suppliant christofer Burton late one of the waitmen of the same
Citie That whereas your said suppliant hath longe time ben
35
4O
180 / CIIESTER 1595-6
admitted for one of the company of waitemen attending your
worships by your worships good likinge & appointement and
therin continued maried with an honeste roans daughter Is]
within this Citie and by her hath a great nomber of smale children
and being brought vp in the same exercise & having none other 5
trade to get his living with all was vpon Abuses him self dysplased
and deprived thereof worthely deservinge the same for wbich
abuse he is abaished and reformed and is by the want of the said
office fallen into great want & pouertie as also into debt not
hable to recover nor any wales to maintane his wif & children 10
but to suffer them to goe abegging except your worships reliff
in this behalf / wherfore your said suppliant moste humbly
besecheth your worships for godes sake & in the name of charitie
to restore your said suppliant to the said charg as one of the
waites of this Citie as formerly he hath bene for the better reliff is
of him his wief & children & your suppliant wilbecom most
dutiful & behaue him self according to his dutie and will daily
pray to god for your worships & his wief & children shall doe
the like
odifferred o z0
Painters, Glaziers, Embroi,terers, and Stationers' Records
C: Account Book I
f 108 (18 October)
Item
Item
ltem
to the Cryer on mydsomer eve ij d
to the presoners at bothe places viii d
to [he mynstrells on midsomer eve x d
Item for ij paire of glooves to the ffoteman and to the childe
that roade for vs vj d
Item for hose and shooes to the childe ij s
Item for rybband to tie about the childes hede ij d
Cor, twainers and Sboemakers' Records
CCA: Account Book I GISI2
f 110v (11 November)
(St Martin "s Day)
lnprimis the said day for wine at Dauy Aliens dinner
Item giuen to the Musitioners the said daye
xx d
ij s
25
30
35
40
182 / CHESTER 19-6
pay for afine ffive shillinges And what brother soeuer bringe they
not forth his harnest man vppon the foresaid even accordinge
to old Custome, Shall pay for his fyne xij d And that the
Stewardes Shall att the next meetinge after bringe in the names
of all such as offend and breake the order /
Cooflers'Records C: Account Book 1
f31
Item
I t e m
Item
I te m
Item
Item
lten
(13 Janaary)
ped for bred beare & ches at messemar vj s viij
ped for a pere of svches at messemare for the chyld x
ped vnto the menstrille at that daye viii
ped for a pere of hoves for the chyld at messemar xij
10
d
d
d
15
d
gave vnto the criare at the bares ij d
gave vnto the pressnares at the castill and norgatt viij d
for lonne of the horsse at messemare viiij d 20
Joiners, Carvers, and Turners
CCA: Company Book G14/1
f 44v (25 March)
"Records
Item ffirst payd ffor a payre of busquins to the child
Item payd ffor a payre of gloves
Item payd ffor aquarte of wine & sugar att the dressinge of
the child viij
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
payd to the cryer art the barres
given to the prisoners att the castle & the northgate
payd ffor aquart of wine art oure banquett
ijs
d
vij d
vjd
payd to aman to lead the horse & to cary the banner iiij d
payd to the musicke ffor ther play ij s vj d
Item
Item
Item
Item
geaven to the Cryer at the barrs
geeven, to the presoners at the Castle
geeven to the presoners at the Northgate
geaven to the mynstrells
ijd
iiij d
iij d
ij s
25
30
35
40
185 / CHESTER 1596-7
for godes sak and in the Name of Charitie to restore your orator
to the Compeny of your worships waytmen within the same Citie
and as one of that nomber as formerly he was for the better
Maintenans of him self & his poore smale Children and your
orater will both daily pray to god for your worships as also will s
so conforme him self in the manet of his livinge As your worships
shall therby the better like of him / Also your orater putteth
your worships to vnderstand that where your orater sonne is by
your worships put over to the said waitmen to vse that trade and
to saue for his paines & travell certaine Somes of money which 10
your worships intended to be bestowed towards the relef of his
poore brethren & susters / he the same boy so wantonly and
extraordenaryly daily wasteth his such gaine and money as
neith therwith doeth him self good nor any of his / Wherfore
your orater moste humbly besecheth your worships all to take 15
order that the waytmen maie paie over such money due to the
boy to this your orater that the same may be expended as is
most nedfull for his the boys benefit & good & to the relif of
the rest of his brethren & susters And this for godes love
o8 october 1596 Mr Maior will take order for the better
gouernment of the Boy-
Painters, Glaziers, Embroiderers, and Stationers' Records
C: Account Book I
f 109 (18 October)
Item in primis vpon St Lukes daie at our brother Basnettes
dynner for apotle of Secke at wydow Alcokes xx
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
20
25
do
to the waytes of the Cittie The same daie xviij d 30
spent on Wyne at our brothers hanckokes diner xx d.
geven to the mynstrells at yat tyme xij d
for apayre of hose to the childe at midsomer xij d
for apaire of Shoes to the same childe x d
for Gloves vd 35
bestowede on him that ledd the horse ij d
for makinge apayre of breeches ij d
to the presoners at bothe places viij d
for horse breade iiij d
for breade and Cheese at the stewardes house xx d 40
14 / neithfor neither
AC
191 /CHESTER 1598-9
Item geven to wodcocke and the prisoners xvj d
Item ffor Lone of a feather vj d
Item payde to the mvsicke v s
Item payd for apayer of spures vj d
Item bestowed vpon the companye and them that weated vpon
the chyld after our wach in beere x d
Item ffor ij that weated vpon the Chyld (...)
[Item payde for anewe staffe for our banner]
Painters, Glaziers, Enlbroiderers, and Stationers' Records
C: Account Book I
f 114 (I8 October)
IO
Item for the Childes apparll the oute sydes lyneinges bumbast
lase buttons and for the makeinge xxiiij s 15
Item for the hose shues and gloues to the Childe ij s x d
Item to a man to guide the horse iij d
Item for horse bread to the horse ij d
Item to ^'the" prisoners of the northgate and Castell and to
the Crier x d 20
Item to the musisions on midsomer Eve ij s
Item our Banquett on midsomer Eve at our alderman "danbye"
City Treasurers" Accounts B L : Harley 2173
f 92v (November)
for the wetemens gownes v li. xix s
ijs
ij s
VS
Cordwainers and Shoemakers" Records
CCA: Account Book 11 G/8/3
f 3v (II November)
Item giue for wine at Rauffe Tonges drinkinge
Item giuen to the musitions ye same daye
f4
Item payed for glares
25
30
35
4O
192 / CHESTFR 1598-9
Item giuen tor barage of the glares iiij d
Item giuen to the musitions at shroftide ij s vj d
Item giuen to Henry Shurlocke vj d
Item giuen to the stewardes of ye lovrnemen of ye shomakers
for servinge at shroftide in the gate xij d
f 4v
I tern
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
10
tor a payre of breeches for the boye at midsomer viij s vj d
for Cuttinge makinge & lacinge the briches [xvj d] ij s
for Coper lace for lerkinge & breeches ij s iiij d
for a lerkine & a payre of shoes to mr Allen vj s
for a payre of hoses ij s iiij d 15
for a payre of gloves x d
payed for a boord to ye Curier v s viij d
payed to mr Benet for a Cloke to the Curier viij s
lent to the Curler vj s
payed to the Carpender ij s ij d z0
spent at mr Winnes vpon the Curier iiij d
giuen to the Crier iiij d
giuen to the prisoners of the Castell & northgate ij s
giuen to the musitions iiij s
giuen for wine at midsomer Even iiij s z5
for dressinge the staffe viij d
for tinsill for the staffe ij d
Mayors" Books CCA: M/B/27
f 17v (17 December)
30
Memorandum that the xvijth day of December 1598 Mr maior
with the assent of the Aldermen his bretheren did deliuer vnto 35
Richard Woodcock Cryer a tymber mast typt at both endes and
embellished [(.)] in the middest with silver where of Thomas
Richardson late Cryer had the vse and Custody to be kepte and
vsed by the said Richard Woodcock as the Cities goodes and to
be redeliuered backe to the same Citie vpon demaunde.
Order taken
towchinge the
intertaynment
of the earle of
Essex earle
marshall of
England
193 / CHESTER 1598-9
Coopers" Records C: Account Book 1
f 3 3 (13 January)
Item fore [a] halle a barrell of beare
Item for brede
Item for chese
lllj s
ij s
xxj d
Item for a peare of hose and a peare suse and a peare of gloues
ijs vjd
Item at barese and the Caltele and the norgate xvj d
Assembly Books CCA: AB/1
f 253* (1 March)
1o
At wbich assembly mr Maior Declareth that he is credible 15
enformed that the Right Honorable the Erie Marshall of England
will speedely repaire to this citie to take shippinge for Ireland
And moueth that some such order may be taken for the receipt
and entertaynement of the saied Erie as may be both befittinge
soe honorable a personage and tend to the credite of the citie 20
vppon whose motion it is by the same Assembly agreed and
ordered that there shallbe prepared at the ouer sight and
appointmt of Mr Dauid lloyd and Mr William Aldersay Aldermen
for the said Erie a good banquett vppon the cities Chardges and
that a siluer cupp of x li. or xx ty marks price shalbe bought 25
and fortie Angells of gould alsoe prouided vppon the cities
chardges and putt into the saied cupp and soe be presented vnto
his Honor
Joiners, Carvers, and Turners' Records
CCA: Company Book G14/1
f 55 (25 March)
lmprimus payd . ffor a payre off stockings for the childe which
Roade ffor the company ij s viii
Item payd for apayre of shooes xij
Item payed for apayre off gloves iiij
30
item for ij men for holdinge the child & leadinge the horse viij
Item spent in dressinge of the childe in wine & sugar x
Item payed to the cryer att the barfs ij
Item given to the prysoners of the castle & northegate vij
d 35
d
d
d
d
d 40
d
A
194 / CIIESTER 1598-9
Item payd to the minstrells on midsommer eve
ij s vj d
.llayors List 2 BL. llarley 1944
f 90 (I April) Richard Ratbbone
I his yere the Earle of Essex, as Genarall for Ireland, againste
the greate rebell Tirone, came to Chester, accompanyed, with
the Earle of Southampton the Earle of Rutland, the Earle of
Killdare, the lord Graye, and the lord Mounteagle, with many
other knightes, and greate persons, at whose Comeinge into the
Cittie the Mayor & Aldermen mett, them in the streete, in theire
scarelett gowns, the Earle of Essex lay in the Bishopps pallace
and, soe after aseason, they departed for Ireland
,llayors List 12 BL: Add. 29780
ff 63-4* Richard Ratbbone
Robert Devereux, Earle of Essex, a great favorite of Queen
Elizabeth came to this Cittie, the first of April as her Majesties
Leiuetenant Generale of Ireland. Accompanyed with the Earles
of Rutland and Southampton, the Lord Audeley, Lord Grey
Lord Cromwell, Lord Monteagle, he laye in the bishops palace
he was banqueted in the pentice, with all his I Attendence and
he was presented by the Citty with a Guilt bowl. and 60 Angells
of Gould in a fine purse, by Mr. Thomas Greene being the
Anchantste Alderman the Mayor being Sicke and Absent. Anno
Domini 1598 Mr. Richard Rabone then Major
St Michael's Parish Register CRO: PI651811
f 139" (8 April) (Inventory)
Item a table & a frame
1599-1600
City Waits BL: Harley 2054
f 101 (25 July)
At the Citie of Chester the xxvth day of
luly 1599
10
15
20
25
30
40
195 / CHESTER 1599-1600
Whereas Variance and Controuersie heretofore hath growen and
bene dependinge betwene George Cally of the said Citie musitian
vpon thone partie and Robert Cally of the same Citie Musitian
brother of the said [Rob] George vpon thother partie The said
parties doe agree and doe promyse either to other, to Contvnue
be and remayne of one Consorte. and to play vpon their
instrumentes together still in one Company and be lovinge and
frendlie thone to thother during "& to" thend of their naturall
lyres without separation or departure one from another / And
where the said Georg hath two boyes and the said Robert but
one boy they haue Concluded and Agreed to dewyde their gaynes
arrising by their play in force folowing That is to say that the
said Georg shall haue three partes of the gaine and the said
Robert two And that whensoeuer the said Robert shall haue an
other boy or that the said Georg shall departe with thone of his
boyes soe as they shall either of them . "haue'a lyke number
of boyes that then the gaynes shall equally be devyded amongest
them without fraud or deceipt Dated at the day and yeare
aforesaid
Witnesses of this agreement
Thomas Drewe
Will/am Bird
Richard Bavand
William Walter
Davye Lloyd
1 boreas Fletcher
George calley
Robert Callye
2O
25
Innkeepers'Records C: Account Book 30
ff 50-50v (August)
paid by the aldermens appointment for dyvers gentlemen that
weare eatinge the venyson mr ffrancis bestoed on the Company
at Steward Alcockes xx s 3s
paid to the musicke the same tyme iij s. iiij d.
paid to mr. Cise vpon thelexcion daie for settinge out the woman
at midsomer vj s. vj d and for Chardges against the bakers by 4o
order from the Company iiij s vj d xj s.
199 /CHESTER 1599-1600
he put downe alsoe in yat showe, he also tooke vp the bullringe
at the highe crosse & he also opposed ye shoemakers, and woulde
haue them to receaue britheren yat serued theire times to come
in amonge them for iij s iiij d, he also restrayned the leauelookers
from sendinge wine accordinge to theire anchante custome, he
firste tooke ye toole from the sergents
Coopers'Records C: Account Book I
f 34 (13 January)
Item for halle a barril of beare iiij s
Item for brede ij s
Item for Chese ij s
Item for a peare of hose xvj d
Item for a peare of shvse xij d
Item for a peare of glovse iij d
Item gave to ovr rote mane iiij d
Item for dresing of the syne agenste medsore v s
Item for papre to lape the syne in j d
Item for Charges on medsemer eyn at the barees and the norgate
and the Castele xi d
the pyperse and the horse ij s viij d
1o
15
20
25
Joiners, Carvers, and Turners'Records
CCA: Company Book GI4/1
f 58 (25,11arch)
Item payd for the boy to ryde att midsomer for hose & shues 30
& gloves ij s ix d
Item payd att the barfs, & the prisoners of the Castle & northgate
ix d
Item payd to the minstrells vpon midsomer eve ij s vj d
Item payd for grasse & bread & for on to lead the horse vij d 35
1600-1
hmkeepers' Records C: Account Book
f 52 (A ugust)
payd to wodcocke and the gattes
d
40
200 / CiIESTER 1600-1
payd
payd
payd
payd
payd
spent
for a paier of buskines for the boye
for a paier of glowes
to the leder of the horsse
to randell holmes for kepinge the baner
to the musicke
in gatheringe the allemonye
iij s iiij d
iiij d
ijs vjd
xij d
vs
xvj d
Painters, GLaziers, EmbroMerers, and Stationers' Records
C: Account Book I
f 1 18 (18 October)
Item
Item
item
item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
for Sacke and Clarrett wyne at will/am pooles dynner xvj d
for the musysions at that tyme ij s
for hose shooes and gloues to the Child ij s viii d
spent at the dressing of the Child ij d
geven to a man for leadyng the horse iiij d
spent at our alderman holmes the same tyme ij d
geven to the Cryer at the bares ij d
to the prisoners of Castell and northgate viij d
vpon mydsomer eve for musicke xviij d
that nyght for our drinkinge vj s
Cordwainers amt Shoemakers'Records
CCA: Account Book II G/8/3
f 9 (11 November)
Item to the wetemen
ijs
t 9v
Item payd for the gleues
Item spent vpon the barrich
vs
ij s
t I0
Item for gildinge the stafe
Item for trimmige the childe
iiij d
1o
15
20
25
30
35
40
201 /CHESTER 1600-1
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
ltem
ltem
ltem
spent in bouninge the childe
for hose and gloues for the child
for the childes shoues
for chise for our cumpaney
for brede for our cumpaney
for pruines
for sugere
for beare
spent vpon lohn Grine
gluen
guen
gluen
gtuen
gluen
gluen
gluen
to the crier at the barse
to the prisoners of the castill
to the prisoners of the norgate
to the foremen
for horse brede
for wine for our cumpaney
to the musiners
xij d
ijs ij d
xvj d
VS.
VS
ij s
xx d
VS.
xiiij d
iiij d
xij d
xij d
xij d
vjd
iij s iiij d
iiij s
1o
15
fll
Item for musicke
llj s
20
Coopers' Records c: Account Book I
ff 36-6v (13 January)
lmprims paide for owr dinner at widdow Cowpers oon the
twenthe daye laste ix s viij d
Item paide for wyne the same tyme ij s
Item paide to the musisiners xij d
1 te m
Item
ooo
Item payd
musisiners
paide to the musisuners at Robert markes dinner ij s vj d
payd to the waitemen vj d
at Richard bennets dinner for wyne and to the
iiij s vj d
Item payde for our Charges on midsomer even
Item payde for the Chyldes [gloves] hose
Item payde for the Chyldes shous
Item payd for on payre gloves
Item payd for gloves for the foote men
viij s I
xv d
xij d
iij d
viij d
25
3O
35
40
midorner even
202 / CHESTER 1600-1
Item spent at barsse on our Company
Item to the Cryer
Item to the priseners at the Castel and norgate
Item for horse bred
Item to the pyper
viij d
ja
xd
iiij d
via
Joiners, Carvers, and Turners' Records
CCA: Company Book GI4/I
f 60 (25.llarcb)
Item payd for apayre off stockings for the boy which did ryde
10
1601-2
lztnkeepers'Records C: Account Book 25
ff 54-4v (August)
(14 June at a meeting)
paid for musicke the same daye to geo Cally ij s vj d
paid for apayre spurres for our boy vij d
.oo
spent at lames Brvsters in beare and ale vpon our company and
watchmen nj s
[pail given to lohn deane in wyne "for hemself" and oates for his 35
horse, that the boy ryd vpon at the watche xiij d
paid to davy Allen for apayre of buskyns for the boy to ryde
with iij s iiij d
for laces for the same ij d
[for four payre of spurres vij dl
for half ayard riben to fasten the chaynes j d.
paid to our musicke at the watche vj s
paid for a drinkinge at our comyng home from the Watche vpon
for the companye iij s vj d
Item payd for apayre off. shues for him xviij d
Item payd for apayre off gloves for him v d 5
Item payd for a quart of wine & sugar att his dressing viij d
Item given to the tuo tbotmen, which led the horse viij d
Item given to the Cryer att the barrs ij d
Item given to the prysoners of the Castle iiij d
Item given to the prysoners of the northegate iij d 20
Item payd to the minstrells for oure musick iij s
205 / CHESTER 1601-2
f 39v
more payde
more payde
more payde
more payde
more payde
more payde
more payde
more
more
more
for oure Charges on midsomer even
for on payre hose for the Chylde
for on payre shouse
for on payre gloves
to ij footeme
for horsbredd
to the pyper
payde to the Cryer
geven to the norgate and the Castle
for gildinge oure staffe and an Iron pin
viii s
xiiij d
xiiij d
iij d
xd
iiij d
vj d
xiiij d
vii d
Joiners, Carvers, and Tltrners" Records
CCA: Company Book G 14/1
f 63 (25 Ahlrcb)
lmprimis laide out for three quarters of Clothe to make our
tippites to mr Littler xij s
Item to Bedle for a newe staffe vj d
Item for the makinge of ye tippites & lace to them iij s vj d
Item for a paire of stockens for ye childe which did ride
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
iij s iiij d
for a paire of Spanishe leather shoes ij s
for colouringe & silueringe ye staffe & mendinge the banner
xiiij d
for gloues for the boie vj d
to the prisoners of the Castle & Northgate vii d
to the Crier at the Barres ij d
giuen to the minstrels iij s
for Wine and sugar at the dressinge of ye Childe viij d
to two men to laide the horse x d
Item paide to three sortes of blynstrels at our dynner at
Alderman Kenderickes house
i ij s vj d
f63v
Item paide for Edward lones vppon midsomer Eve
iiij d
1 |)
15
2o
25
3o
35
4o
AC
A
206 ! CHESTER 1601-2
Linendrapers' Order for tlidsummer
Rupert H. Morris, Chester in the Plantagenet and Fudor Reigns
pp 324-5* (21 ,.lay)
Whereas the Companye of grick|ayers within this citty are to be
at charges in settinge forth of the Showe or Watch at Mydsomer
of Balaam and Balaam's Asse, whereunto as well the freemen of
the Lynnen-drapers, brickemakers, and bricklaiers of this cittye,
as also the torreners [non-freemenlinhabitinge within this
cittye, and using the trades aforesaide, have bene accustomed to
bee contributarye. These are to authorise Roberte Ridley land
George Antrobus, Aldermen of the Companye of Bricklayers,
and Roberte Goodaker and Thomas Markes, stewards, to collecte
of everye of the said persons aforesaide all such somes of money
as they have bene heretofore accustomed to paye and as hath ts
bene accustomed to bee collected towards the charges aforesaide.
Mayors List 5 BL: Harley 2125
f 46* (.lidsummer) John Radchffe
he sett out the Giants & midsomer show as of ould it was wont
to be kept
1602-3
bttkeepers' Records c: Account Book
f 56 (.lugust)
paid the xxiijth of lune 1603 for apare of hose [the] for the boy
that rid for our compay xx d hc
paid for a pare of spanish lether shooes for h(.) xv d hc
paid for tyes for the same vj d hc
paid for ryben to dresse the horse vj d hc
paid for apint of wyne for use of the hat for the boye iij d hc
paid for apaire of gloues for the boy vj d hc
paid to Randle fiolmes for keping our banner xij d hc
[more he demandeth for paynting the staff]
paid for beare at lames Brosters alderman wache ij s hc
paid to the Lender of the horse & dressing him xij d hc
paid to woodcock iiij d hc
paid to the prisoners at the castle vj d hc
20
25
30
35
40
207 /CHESTER 1602-3
paid to the prisoners at northgate vj d hc
given to Bryan at the northgate ij d hc
paid to Georg kally for our musicke vj s hc
paid for a banquet to our compay aftr the wache iij s hc
ooo
for loane of the saddle for the boy j d hc
spent in travelling to procure necessaries for the boy iij d
spent in gathering the alehouse money xiiij d
Painters, Glaziers, Embroiderers, and Stationers' Records
C: Account Book 1
f 121 (18 October)
Item for horsbread to the horse that Caryed the Childe vpon
mydsomer Eve iiij d
Item for paynteing the banner staffe vj d
10
15
Item for salueringe of the lase of the Childs apparrell ij s
Item for the musike vpon Mydsomer Eve xxij d
Item for stockings for the Childe xviij d 20
Item for the shooes xij d
Item to moyses dalby for goeinge vpon the stilts xij d
Item for a sokett to [y] Carry the howr glase ij d
Item to the prisoners and to the Cryer x d
Item our supper vpon Mydsomer Eve vij s 25
ijs vjd
ijs
Cordwainers and Shoemakers' Records
CCA: Account Book 11 GISI3
f 13 (11 November)
(St Martin's Day)
Ittern payde to the musycenors the same day
(at a dinner)
Ittem given for musicke
(at a dinner)
Ittern given for musicke
lttem payed for our gleaves
Ittem given to the Barrage
ijs
viii d
30
35
208 / CHESTER 1602-3
oo.
Ittem given for musicke at shroftyde
ijs ijd
f 13v
Ittem
Ittem
Ittem
Ittem
I ttem
I ttem
Ittem
Ittem
Ittem
I ttem
given
payde for our boyes shoes at midsomer
payde for his hose
for his gloves
payd for dressinge of him
spent at mr dymocke
given to the Cryer
given to the prysoners at Castle
to the prisoners at the northgate
payde for dressinge of the staffe
payde for musicke at midsomer
to the man that leid the horse
xij d
xx d
vjd
vjd
iiij d
iiij d
xij d
xij d
vjO
lllJ S
xij d
Coopers'Records C: Account Book 1
f 41 (13 January)
oo.
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
I te m
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Inprimes payd at mydsomer for the bankytt viij s
payd for a paire of hosse for the Child that dyd ryd xvj d
paid for a payre of shewes for the Chillde xij d
payd for a payre of glowes for hime iij d
payd to the fotte men vj d
paid to the boye that dyd lede the horse iiij d
paid for horsse breade to the horse iiij d
payd for good dalle at the bares xij d
payd to the mynstrell one mydsomer evine vj d
payd to the Cryer at the bares ij d
payd at the Castell and at the norgatte xiiij d
paid to the sheryffes ix s
payd for wine at Iohn anterbous his diner
payd to the mynstrells the same tyme
xviij d
Item payd at Kathren Cowpers one the v of august for bread
and drinke v
Item payd to the mynstrell the same tyme ij
1o
15
20
25
$o
35
40
209 / CHESTER 1602-3
Joiners, Carvers. and Turners" Records
CCA: Company Book G14/1
f 66 (25 March)
o.o
Item for a peare of hoose for the childe that did Ride at
midsomer iij s iiij d
Item for a peare of shoes & Ribbins to them ij s vj d
Item for a peare of gloues vj d
Item for wine and sugar at the dressinge of the boie viii d
Item to the Cryar at the barres ij d
Item to the prisoners of the Castle and Northgate vii d
Item for silueringe of the stafe xij d
Item gaue to the minstrels iij s
item to the fotemen yat lade the horse xij d
10
15
1603-4
Painters, Glaziers, Embroiderers, and Stationers'Records
C: Account Book I
f 123 (18 October)
Item payd at Richard Bakers dyner for Wyne and to the
mynstrells iij s iij d
Treasurers' Account Rolls C CA : TA R/2/2 3
mb 6d (November)
Payd more to lasper Gyllaume by the apoyntment of mr Major
beeing dew to him att midsomer last as Captaine of the watch
in monney vj s viii d
2O
25
3O
mb 7
Payd more the xvt day of ffebruary 1603 to Richard lnnce and
Edward dauies stewardes of the company of Sadlers. and was.
towardes the payment of the silver bell for the horse Rase att
Shrovetyde laste 1603 in money vj s viii d
Paid to the drummer on shrouetuesday xij d 40
no fayer
A
A
211 /CHESTER 1603-4
lten to two men to laied the horse
Item for wyne and sugar
Item to the mynstrells
Item to the Cryar at the Barres
Item to the prisoners of the Castle & Northgate
viii d
viii d
iij s
ij d
vij d
Mayors List 5 13 L : Harley 2125
f 47* (alidsummer) John Aldersey
no midsomer wach by reason of Sicknesse was sett forth /
lo
1604-5
Cordwainers and Shoemakers" Records 1 s
CCA: Account Book II G/8/3
f 21 (11 November)
(at a dinner)
giuen to ye weetmen ij s 20
(at a dinner)
more geven to the waytmen the same tyme ij s
more paide for our gleeves v s, and xij d to the barage some is vj s
ijs
f 21v (4 Novemberat a dtnner)
Item geven to the waytmen the same tyme
Mayors List 5 B L: Harley 2 1 2 5
f 47 (November) Edward Dutton
Noe fayer kepte at mydsomer, neither the watch sett out which
was Lamentable /: all this by reason of the sickenes of the
plague / God remove it farr from vs / *nether any waches at
Christmas Eue*
25
]O
11 I entry t$ in left margin
37-8 / -nether ... Eue-m Rti ii's band
spent at Roger
lea his diner
212 / CHESTER 1604-5
Dean and Chapter cc : Treasurers' Accounts I I I
p 242 (Christmas)
lnprimis payd to the watchman Atending iij nightes vpon the
maior and Sheriffes in Christmas & for Armour ij s iiij d./
Coopers'Records c: Account Book I
f 44v (13 January)
lnprims paid for William Sanders his Dinner
more paid for iije pottells of dubble beare
more for a gallone of wine
Item more to the minstrells
more for a pottell of Alle
vij d
vjd
ij s
ijs vjd
10
15
1605-6
Painters. Ghziers, Embroiderers, and Stationers' Records
C: Account Book I
f 126v (18 October)
Item
Item
Item
I tern
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
mending the Childs apparell viij d
for "a new hower glasse and" mending the Case v
for hose and shooes to the Child ij s iiij d
for a sokett to hould the banner ij d
for garters and gloves to the Child ix d
for mending the banner and Collering the staffe xviij d
to the prisoners of the Castle and northgate viij d
to the Cryer iij d
for our bankett on mydsomer Eve vij s
for the musike ij s vj d
for the lone of a hatt at mydsomer eve xij d
Cordwainers and'Shoemakers'Records
CCA: Account Book II G/8/3
f 2v
Items in Stewards possession in 1606
more one dublett and one payer of breech of Taffyta
20
25
30
40
Midsomer
Accomptes
Midsomer
Accuntes endes
214 / CHESTER 1605-6
Coopers'Records C: Account Book 1
ff 47-7v (13 January)
paid for
paid for
paid for
paid for
a cheese iij s iiij d
vj li. of prunes xviij d
a quartr of a li. of suger v d.
a payer of stockinges for the child xviij d
paid for dressing the staffe xij d
paid to the cryer ij d
geuen to the prisoners at the Castell iiij d
geuen to the northgate vj d
spent at henrye Phillipes vj d
paid for Riboning for the childes shues iij d
geuen for lone of the childes hatt viij d
paid for a payer of gloues to hime that held the child viii d
geuen to him that lede the horse vj d
paid for horse meate vij d
geuen to the drommer xij d
paid for a C ^ "d" wayffers xij d
paid for the childes shoes xfj d 2o
paid for bread xviij d
paid for drinke iiij s viij d
,llercers, Ironmongers, Grocers, and Apothecaries'Records 25
C: Company Book
p 19" (2Alay)
Item payde Roberte Smyth Tayler for makeinge a Taffita gowne
for the ladye vij s 30
Item paide for ij payer of stockinges ij s viij d
Item payde for two payer of spanishe lether shues iij s iiij d
Item payde for aquarte of wine at mr Conwayes at the dressinge
of the boye vj d
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
paide for two payer of gloves
paide to three men to leade the horses
payde vnto the prisoners in the Castell
paide vnto the prisoners of the Northgate /
ijs jd 35
xviij d
xij d
xij d
payde the Crier iij d
paide for one payer of frenshe garters for the boye ij s vj d 40
one dossine sylke poyntes xvj d
payde for makeinge the Taffyta shute for the boye to
215 / CHESTER 1605-6
Roger handcoke Taylor
11) S
f20
Item more for the ladyes gowne three yardes of Russett lene
fustian at iij s
Item paide for two yardes of buceram at ij s
Item more xij yardes of whall bone xij d
Item for .9. skynes of collered sylke at xiij d ob. lO
Item ij yardes Dur gould parchement Lace weaynge A quarter
and Dur of an ounce at ij s vj d
Item ij dossin gould buttons ij s
Item ij yardes more of goulde parchement Lace weayinge
Aquarter and dram at ij s j d
Item Dur quarter yarde grine serge at iij d
Item for the boyes sute .3. quarters yarde Course Canvas at vj d
Item iij dossine watched sylke buttons at ix d
Item iiij skaynes of sylke at vj d
Item quarter pound Right bumbast at v d 2o
Item paide Rondall Houlme for keepinge our banner and
Colloring the staffe in oyle collor iiij s
Item paide mr Owen mercer for Taffyta for the boyes sute
and the ladyes gowne the some of lix s. 4d
p21
Item p'[de]'ayde to Roberte Smyth for the ladyes gowne j 3o
yarde [d] quarter saccloth at 10d per yarde is xv d
Item [(...)1 more j skayne soeinge sylke at j d oh.
Item more for the winges of the gowne 19 yardes of Rybine
at 20d per dossine is ij s viij
Item in greene thrid j 35
d
d
d
d
paide for a staffe for stremer for our companye xvj d. and
Item more iiij skaines of seawater sowinge sylke greene at vj
Item j payer of bentes ij
Item j payer of fustian Trunke sleeves at ij s x d
Item iij yardes of welshe Cotton bought of lohn Anyon at iij s
Item iiij yardes of white lenes at iiij s
.oo
Item
4O
AC
217 !CHESTER 1606-7
Item to the Cryer vpon mydsomer eve iiij d
Item to prisoners of the Castle and northgat viij d
Item for sylvering the Lase of the Chylds [lase] Clothes at
mydsomer xx d
Item for musike vpon mydsomer eve ij s vj d
Item for our bankett vpon mydsomer eve vij s
Cordwainers and Sboenakers" Records
CCA: Account Book II G/8/3 1o
f 27v (11 November)
ltem paid for sixe gleeves to lohn lingley the gouldsmyth and the
beriage withall some is vj s
more [for]giuen to the stewards of the lorney men for theire 5
attendance at "Shroftyde" xij d
Item paid for
Item paid for
Item paid for
Item paid for
Item giuen to
Item giuen to
Item giuen to
Item giuen to
Item given to
Item given to
Item paid for
one paier of showes for the boye at midsomer xvj d
j paier of stockeinges xvj d
his gloves vj d
mendinge the Collors vj d
mr brynes man vpon mydsomer even ij s vj d
the Crier at the barres vj d
patricke & william Coldocke xi d
the musioners iii s
the prisoners at Castell & northgate ij s
william siddall iiij d
poyntes iiij d
f28
Item paid for sacke vpon mydsomer even
oo.
ijs
City Order for Gowns BL: Harley 2150
f 162v* (November)
an order for wearinge of Gownes
caused to be sett downe in this forme
by mr Phillip Phillips Maior 1606
All lustices of Peace within this Citty of chester theis seuerall
days and feasts followinge are to weare their Scarlett Gownes &
20
25
30
35
4O
Oauncng one
218 / CHFSTFR 1606-7
thos feastes and dayes all other Aldermen theie not ^'being"
lustices of peace to weare their Murrey Gownes & also sheriffs
& sheriffs peeres for euery thos days to were their best Gownes
& like order to be obserued at other tymes so often as mr Maior
shall appoynt vpon payne of xij d for euery defalt
All Saintes
5 th of nouember
mr maiors wach
Christmas day
mr majors feast
new years day
Epiphanye or 12th day
Purification day
Coronation day
Easter day
Loue sunday
Ascension day
Whitsonday
Trinity Sonday
midsomer eue
5th August
& at mr majors
appoyntment
Mayors List 1 1 BL: Add_ 29779
f 34* (November) Philip Pbilips
A strange man Came to this Cittye and his wife & the did daunce
vpon A Rope. Tyed overCrosse the streete: wtth other pleasante
trickes: which was rare to the behoulders. /
I0
15
2o
Beerbrewers'Records CCA: Company Book G3/2
ff 8-8v (23 November)
25
Item for Taffeta for the banner for the Companies vse at
mydsommer xiij s vj d
Item to Randle Holmes for paynting the banner xl s
Item a staffe for the banner xx d 30
the yron for the banner xiiij d
Item fringe for the banner ij s viij d
Item for buckram to make a Sockett for the banner iiij d
Item a payre of stockinges for the boy that ryed at Mydsommer
xxij d 3s
Item a payre of sbues for him xx d
Item gloves for him ix d
Item layd out in travelinge to procure a Chayne against mydsomer
for the Childe xij d
Item for a pottle of wyne and Suger at the dressinge of the 40
19 / rnargznaha zn RH II "s band
.M,dsomer
Accomptes
spent at Thomas
Tomlinsons
Dinner
220 /CHESTER 1606-7
Coopers'Records c: Account Book !
ff 5 l-Iv (13 Janu,ry)
geuen to the Minstrells at William fishers
paid for the childes hoes
paid for shoes for the child
paid for Riboning for the childes shoes
paid for iiij li. prunes
paid for dressing the staffe
paid for a payer of gloues for the child
paid for valnutes
paid for ijo footemen
spent at henry Phillipes
paid for d. a barr of beeare
paid for a cheese
geuen to the northgate
geuen to the Castle
geuen to Sidall
geuen to the Musitioners
geuen to the Crier
paid for bread
paid for wine
ffirst spent at Thomas lohnes in beare
in Wine
geuen to the minstrells
the third of August iij s
xviij d
xviij d
iiij d
xij d
viij d
iiij d
iiij d
xij d
ij s
vs
ij s. viij d
iiij d
ija
xxjd I
iiij d
xxij d
ijs ijd
xxij d
xx d
ijs vjd
10
15
20
25
Joiners, Carvers, and Turners
CCA: Company Book G14/1
f 74 (25,11arch)
' Records
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
for dressinge of the stafe
for shoes and Ribbins for ye Childe
for hoose for the Childe that did Ride at midsomer
for gloues nd pointes
for minstrels
for two fotemen
spent in wyne and sugar at the dressinge of the Chield
to the Cryer at the bares
to the Prisoners of the Castle and Northgate
viij d
ijs
ij s
xj d
xvj d
xd
viij d
vij d
30
35
222 / CllESTER 1607-8
1607-8
Painters, Glaziers, Embroiderers, and Stationers' Records
C: Account Book !
f 130 (18 October)
I tern
I tom
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
for hose shooes and gloves to the Child that Rydd ij s x d
for our bankett on mydsomer Eve vij s
to the prisoners and Cryer at the same tyme xij d
for a blacke tither xvj d
for musike at mydsomer xij d
for mendinge the banner xij d
to Thomas Gyllam vj s viij d
10
IO Ioctoberl
nouernber
Treasurers'Account Rolls CCA: TAR/2/24 15
mb 2 (November)
paid vnto William hancock and nicolus hallowoodd paynteres
the xxvijo of maij and was to repayre the gyuntes againste
the show at mydsomer xliij s iiij d 2o
paid for the Carrege of the drum on myesomer eue xij d
paid Thomas Welsh for carryinge the antient ij s vj d
Drawers of Dee's Records CCA: Company Book G 1 O/1
p 30 (10 November)
geuen to lohn Garnett towardes the Making of the banner xx s
geuen to the bearebruers vpon Agrement for our Companie
towardes the [sh]ow at midsomer vj s viij d
25
3o
Cordwainers and Shoemakers" Records
CCA: Account Book !! G/8/3 35
f 3 1 (11 November)
Inprimis paide vnto the waytemen by the Aldermens appoyntment
at william Gregoryes xij d
Dynner in money 4o
Item paide the same tyme to pemburton 19e waiteman xij d
Item paide the same tyme to George kellye and his companye
223 /CHESTER 1607-8
by the Aldermens appoyntment ij s vj d
Item paid for vj gleaves vj s
Item given to the wayte men at shrove thursday ij s vj d
Item given to the stewards of the lorneymen at shrove Tyde xij d
mydsomer
charge
f 32
Item paide for our boye. that did Ryde vpon midsomer even
for one paier gloves & sylke pointes at xx d
Item paide for one paier stockinges & a paier shues at iij s iiij d
Item paide for a hatt for our boye & for one fether iiij s vj
.oo
Item
! tern
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item giuen to the two lorney men for houlding & attendinge
the childe xij
Item
Item
Item
d
giuen to the cryer vj
giuen to william sidall lllj
at the Castell & northgate to the prisoners ij
paid for sue ties of syll, e Ryben iiij d
paid to the man that lead the horse vpon midsomer even
iij s [vj d]
more paid for the removing of the horse sues vj d
d
spente the same daie at our drinkeinge one pottell seacke ij s
giuen to the musioners iij s
spente at the dressinge of the Childe vpon midsomer even
ijs vjd
f 32v
Item giuen vnto the kellyes the vth august 1608 beinge the kinges
daie at A dynner ij s
15
20
25
30
35
f33
(St Adartin's Day)
Item paid vnto Roberte kelly for musicke
40
ij s
229 /CHESTER 1608-9
Item spente without the out the barres
Item to the Crier
Item giuen to Sidall
Item spente at geo Kellies house on the even
f 39v
xij d
vjd
iiij d
ij d
Item
Item geven to mr massyes foure men. which did Attende the
boy which Ryde for vs
Item geven [gel danyell wright which held the staffe
Item
Item
Item
Item
shue
oo.
Item
geven to the prisoners at the Castell & the Northgate ij s
iiij s lO
geven Roberte kellye & his companye for our musicke iiij s
spente the same tyme in seacke xx d
paide for dressinge our statfe xviij d
paid for one paier shooes for our boye one paier stockeinges
ties and gloves vii s
giuen to Roberte Kelly and his fellowes in "[ho Inces ij s
Beerbrewers'Records CCA: Companv Book G3/2
ff 14-14v (23 November)
2O
Item payd for a payre of stockinges for the Childe that rydd at
mydsomer for the companie ij s vj
Item for a payre of shues the same tyme xv.
Item for gloves for the Childe viii
Item for wyne and suger at dressing the Childe ij
Item Charges in procuring Chaynes and other necessaries for
the Childe xij
Item payd to Randle holmes tor the keeping of the banner xij
Item given to the Cryer at the barres iiij
Item given to the prisoners at the Castle vj
Item given to the prisoners at the northgate vj
Item for bread and Cheese at the banquett one mydsomer even
as hath beene allowed in former yeares
Item for stronge beere at the banquett one rnydsomer even
Item for prunes and suger the same tyme
Item for foure quartes of wyne the same tyme ij s
Item given to two footemen to attend the Childe
d 25
d
d
d
d
d
iiij s I
ij s
xiiij d
viij d
xvj d
30
35
4O
1 / wzthout the out the MS dittograpby
230 / CHESTFR 1608-9
Item to a man to leade the horse vj d
Item for musicke to goe with the companie one mydsomer
and at the bankett v s
Item for a Samon more then the drawers in dee sent xx d
i'rinity Churchwardens' Accounts B L: Harley 2 1 7 7
f 39 (Cbristmax)
28 nouember 1608 for 5 sheets of plate 20d. 2 li. "3 onz'of
wver xij d on pound yellow wyer xij d Small neyles vj d: to a
linker for makinge the Candlestickes for the Starr arid nayling
them on xij d for a Cord for the Starr "8d" to the Smyth
for his work xviij d. for a pully with Iron stables & hooke ix d.
for a glass lanthorne for the Starr vij .s. for carriage of longe
lathers from Estgate to & frow 4d to Rafe davis loyner for
makinge the Starr vij s
to nicho hallowood for payntinge the Starr
4s
10
15
2o
Midsommer
accomptes
Coopers'Records c: Accourt Book 1
f 54v (13 January)
25
gaue for a cheese iij s iiij d
gaue for halfe a barrell of beare vij s
gaue for a payre of hose for the childe xvj d
gaue for a payre of gloues for the childe and for the footeman ix d
gaue for three pound pruines viij d 30
gaue for a payre of shoes for the boye xxj d
gaue for bred ij s ij d
more spent at the barres xiij d
gaue to the cryer at the barres iiij d
gaue to Syddall ij d
gaue to the prisoneres at the castell iiij d
gaue to the priso'neres at the northgate j d
paid for a quarte of alle at the banquitte iij d
gaue for a pottell of secke xxij d
gaue to the musickesoneres viii d 4o
gaue for sugar iij d
gaue for sinomon iij d
gaue for horse bred iij d
233 /CHESTER 1608-9
in that perfection yat he Intended [(...)] craueinge pardon for
any thinge herein: Either nakedly or Improperly set downe.
The resons that moued hime heareunto, as I conseaue was,
because he was heare borne, and his predicessors also, and some
of them beinge of the beste rancke within this Cittie. and also s
because he himselfe was a continuall resident within this place.
And did desire the continuall honor wealthe and good estimation
of this. anchiente Cittie. But the Reson whye it was not perfected.
was the ereuokeable will of God. whoe before he coulde finishe
this, or many much more excellente and deuine treatises, called lo
hime and gathered hime to his fathers in a tymely death and full
of dayes, And soe he lefte this and manye more of excellente
vallue, vnfinished, euen as abodye without a head: Therefore
againe I craue the Readers hereof to Impute the defectes herein
to the vnskillfull writer, whoe indeede is altogether vnfitt to s
take anye such matter in hande, whoe wanteth both learninge
and readinge in this kynde to finnishe up this treatise, and also
I maye bouldlye saye wanteth tyme, to combine it in that fashon
which it requireth [C.)] craueinge only but acceptacion for my
desyre, willinge to displease none. but desiringe yat "all" defectes zo
herein may be Imputed to the vnskyllfull writer, and if any good
effecte, that it be imputed to the Author. And thus wisheinge the
honor and perpetuall good estate of this moste anchiente and
Righte worsbipfulle Cittie, I euer reste a continuall well wisher,
obliged in all loue as God nature, & reason byndethe mee: 2s
per DavM Rogers:
1609
luly 3th 1609
Collation continued: 7 good] omitted 1944 10 this] omitted 1944
11 hime and] him [awaye] and 1944 14 defectes] defectes [to the] 1944
18 it] omitted 1944 29 luly 3 th 16091 1609 luly 1944
235 /CHESTFR 1608-9
be giuen of the
firste of these
homages donne
to the drapers by
the shooemakers
sadlers and all
maried persones
but the custome
of antiquitie and
the charge of ttre
same homages of
anchant tymes.
but these
customes are of
as greate force
beinge truly
anchant as any
Record or deede
of specialtie
which and proued
by the custom
belongeinge to
the crowne.
wbtch may not
be denied
taken with force and stronge hande to bringe the saide Ball. to
one of these three howses, that is to saye to the Majors howse.
or to any one of the Sheriffes howses for the tyme beinge.
muche harme was donne some in the greate throunge fallinge
into a transe, some haueinge theire bodies brused & crushed, s
some theire, armes, heades, and legges broken and some otherwise
mayemed or in perrill of theire liffe; Now for to auoyde the
sayde lnconuenienses, And also to tourne and conuerte the saide
homage to a better vse: It was therefore thoughte good by the
Maior of the saide Cittie. and the Reste of the common counsell, lO
to make exchange of the saide Ball as followeth: "lhat in place
thereof theire shoulde be offered by the Shooemakers. vpon the
same shroue tuesedaye vj gleaues of siluer, the which gleaues the
appoynted to be rewardes to such men as woulde come and the
same daye and place passe and ouerrunne on foote all others. 1
And the saide gleaues weare presentlye deliuered acordinge to
the Runinge of euerye one. And this exchange was made when
Henrye Gee. was Mayor of Chester, anno dontini . 1539. anno
.32. Henry the 8 ....
Collation continued: 2 onel any 1948 2 thesel the 1948 2-3 that ...
beinge.I omztted 1948 3 tol omitted CRO L 3 Sheriffcs howsesl CRO
omits howses; 1948 adds aforesaid after howses; L adds twoe be]bre
Sheriffes 4 thel omitted 1944 4 fallingel fallinge, fallinge L 6 andl or
CRO L 7 orl and 1948 7 theirel omitted L 7 Nowl omitted 1948 L:
Now begins a new paragraph in CRO and against it in the left margin is
change of ould homage 8 to tourne andl after and 1948 has added and
deleted conc 9 therefore] omitted CRO 1948 L 9 by] to CRO L
10 Cittie.] CRO adds Aldermen 10 counsell.] 1948 adds with the
concente of the said drapers, 11 Ball] footeball CRO L 12 shoulde]
omttted L 12 by the] CRO adds said 12-13 vpon ... tuesedaye] vnto the
Drapers, before the maior the same day & place, CRO; [the same ,'day'],
vnto the drapers, the same [and] Shrouetuesday 1948; omitted, to ye
drapers added L 13 vj] vj [glL..)] 1944 14 rewardes to] rewardes vnto
CRO 1948 L 17 when] in the time when L 18 Henrye] mr Henrie CRO:
mr Henry 1948 18-19 anno domini ... 8.] ano domini: 1539: a_no: 32:
henry: 8: 1944: anno domini: (blank) the: 31 yeare of king Henry the 8:
CRO: beinge the 21 th yeare of the raigne of kinge Henry the 8 th : And
the yeare of our lord God: 1539: 1948: Anno domini 1539. And in ye 31:
yeare of kinge Henry the .8. L
239 /CHESTER 1608-9
which did Ride as 1 take it vpon St Georges daye throughe the
Cittie and there published the tyme and the matter of the playes
in breeife the weare played vpon mondaye tuesedaye and
wensedaye in whitson weeke And thei firste beganne at the
Abbaye gates, and when the firste pagiante was played at the
Abbaye gates then it was wheled from thense to pentice at the
highe crosse before the maior and before that was donne the
seconde came. and the firste wente into the watergate streete. &
from thense vnto the Bridgestreete and so one after an other tell
all the pagiantes weare played appoynted for the firste daye. and
so likewise for the seconde and the thirde daye. these pagiantes
or carige was a highe place made like a howse with 2 rowmes
beinge open on the tope, the lower rowme theie, apparrelled and
dressed them selues, and the higher rowme [s] theie played, and
thei stoode vpon vj wheeles, and when the had donne with one
cariage in one place theie wheled the same from one streete to
another, firste from the Abbaye gate. to the pentise, then to the
watergate streete, then to the bridge streete, through the lanes
& so to the estegatestreete. And thus the came from one streete
to another, kepinge a directe order in euerye streete I for before 20
thei firste Carige was gone from one place the seconde came.
and so before the seconde was gone the thirde came. and so tell
the laste was donne all in order withoute anye stayeinge in anye
place, for worde beinge broughte howe euerye place was neere
doone the came and made noe place to tarye tell the laste was 25
played:
Heareafter followeth the Readinge of the Banes which was reade
before the begininge of the whitson playes beinge the breeife
of the whole playes
30
Collation continued: 3 breeife] breife which was called the readinge of
the banes. 1944 6 to] to the 1944 9 so] soe all 1944 14- and] and in
1944 19 the] the [lanes] 1944 21 from one place] omitted 1944
22 and ... tell] and so the thirde, and so orderly till 1944 28ff Heareafter
...I only the "Breviary" in the base MS and Harley 1944 contain the Late
Banns, in addition, there are copies in BL. Harley 2013 (Chester Plays), ff
1", 1-3v (R) and Bodl: Bodley 175 (Chester Plays), ff 1-2 (B) 28-30
Heareafter ... whole playes] The Reading of The Banes 1600 The Banes
which are Reade Bee Fore The Begininge of the Playes of Chester 1600.
4 June 1600 R; omitted B
10
The
Goldesmvthes
and Massons.
playe.
11
rhe honest
Smythes playe /
12
The Butchers.
playe
13
The wett and
dr.ve glouers.
play.
14
The Coruvsers
or shooemakers
plave.
244 / CHFSTER 1608-9
Yow Goldesmythes and Massons make comlye shewe
How Iterode did rage at the retorne of those kinges
And howe he slewe the tender male babes
Beinge vnder twoe yeares of Age !
Yow Smythes honeste men. yea & of honeste arte
How Criste amonge the Doctors, in ye temple did dispute
To sett out your playe comlye, hit shalbe youre parte
Gett mynstrelles to that Shewe pype Tabrett and fllute I
And nexte to this yow the Butchers of this Cittie
The storye of Sathan yat woulde Criste needes tempte
Set out as accustomablie vsed haue ye
The Deuell in his ffeathers, all Rugged and rente
The death of Lazarus and his riseinge againe
yow of Glouers the whole occupation
In Pageon with players orderlye let hit not be payne
ffinelve to aduance after the beste fashon.
"l-he storye howe to lerusalem our sauioure tooke the waye
yow Coruysers that in number full menye be
With your lerusalem carryage shall sett oute in playe
A commendable true storye, and worthye of memorye
10
15
20
Collation continued: 2 marginalia, Goldesmythes] Goldsmiths R; gliteringe
goldesmythes 1944 3 tenderl small tender R B 3 babesl babes beinge B
4 Beingel omitted B 4 Agel Age a most blasfemus thynge B 6 yeal
omitted R 7 margmalial smiths R 8 your playe] in playe R B 9 fflute]
Iflutel harpe B 11 thel omitted R B 12 marginalial Buchers R; The
stoute Butchers playe 1944 12 woulde Criste needes] woulde needes
Christe 1944; christe woulde needes R B 13 vsed] omitted R 14 Rugged]
ragged 1944 B. Ragger R 17 marginalia] Glouers R 18 Pageon] pageantes
1944 21 bowel howe that R 22 marginalia] Corvisors R 22 fulll
omztted R 24 true storye] storye true B 24 of] omitted R
19
rhe Sadlers and
ffrysers playe.
20
The Taylors.
play
21
The ffishmongers
plave
22
The shermens
playe.
23
The Diets and
hewsters playe.
24
The weauers.
playe the laste
of all.
246 /CHESTER 1608-9
fhe Sadlers and ffrysers shoulde in theire Pagiante declare
The appearance of Christe his traueyle to Emaus
tlis often speeche to the woman & his desiples Deere
To make his risinge [to] agayne to all the worlde notoriouse
Then se yat you Taylors with Cariage decente
The storye of the assention formallye doe frame
Wherebye yat gloriose bodye in Clowdes moste ardente
Is taken vppto the heauens, with perpetuall fame /
l'his of the oulde & newe testamente to ende all the storye
which oure author meaneth at this tyme to haue in playe,
yow ffishemongers to the Pageante. of the holye goaste well see
That in good order it be donne as hathe bine allwaye /
And after those ended yet dothe not the Author staye
But by prophettes shewethe forthe howe Antechriste shoulde rise
Which yow Shermen see sett out in moste comlye wise.
And then yow Diers & hewsters. Antechriste bringe out
ffirste with his Doctor that godlye maye expownde
Whoe be Antechristes the worlde rownde aboute
And Enocke. and. Helye persones walkinge on grownde
In pates well sett yow out the wicked to confownde
which beinge vnderstanded Christes worde for to be
Confowndethe all Antechristes and. sectes of yat degree /
l-he commynge of Christe to geue eternall ludgmente
yow weauers laste of all your parte is to playe
Domesedaye we call it. when the omnipotente
Shall make ende of this worlde by sentance ! saye
On his righte hande to stande god grante us yat daye
And to haue yat sweete worde in melodye
Come hither, come hither, venite benediciti I
Collation continued: 1 ffrysers] ffusterers R 2 marginalia] sadlers
ffusterers R 2 appearance] Appearances R 3 woman] women R B 3 &]
and to R 4 agayne] omitted 1944 7 marginaha] Taylours R 7 formallye
doe frame] formerly to fame B 8 ardente] orient R 12 marginalia]
ffishmongers R 13 the Pageante] that Pageant B 13 goaste well] crose
w,ll B 16 yet] yt R 16 Author] storie R 17 marginalia] shermen R
18 see] omitted R 21 marginalia] diers Hewsters R 24 well sect yow] set
R B 29 marginalia] wauers R; playe ... all omitted 1944 29 is to] is for to R
10
15
20
25
30
The conclusion
of banes, he
wisheth heauen
to the beholders
of these playes,
he wisheth men
not to take the
sighte of the
playe only but
to conceaue of
the matter so as
it mighte be
profitable, and
not offenciue.
247 /CHESTER 1608-9
To which reste of loyes and Celestiall habitation
Grante us free passage that alltogether wee
Acompanyed with Angells & endles delectation
Maye continuallye lawde god & prayse yat kinge of glorye
Conclusion of the Banes
The sume of this storye Lordes & ladies all
I haue breifelye reapeated & how the muste be played
Of one thinge warne you now 1 shall
That not possible it is these matters to be contryued
In such sorte and cunninge & by suche players of price
As at this daye good players & fine wittes, coulde deuise
ffor then shoulde all those persones that as godes doe playe
In Clowdes come downe with royce and not be seene
ffor hoe man can proportion that godhead I saye
To the shape of man face. nose and eyne
But sethence the face gilte doth disfigure the man yat deme
A Clowdye coueringe of the man. a Voyce onlye to heare
And not god in shape or person to appeare
By Craftes men and meane men these Pageanntes are playde
And to Commons & Contrymen accustomablye before
If better men and finer heades now come what canne be sayde
But of common and contrye players take yow the storye
And if anye disdayne then open is the doore
That lett hime in to heare, packe awaye at his pleasure
Oure playeinge is not to gett fame or treasure,
All that with quiett mynde
Can be contented to tarye
Be heere on Whitson mondaye
Then begineth the storye.
finis DR
1o
15
20
25
30
Collation continued: 1 loyesl wayes R B 2 marginalia, banesl the banes
1944 2 freel all free B 6-34 Conclusion ... DR] omitted R; R has the
colophon: Amen finis deo gracias per me georgium Bellin 1600
6 Conclusion ... Banesl onlitted B 9 nlarginalia, not ... playe onlyl not
only ... play 1944 12 cunninge] commyng B 13 this daye] these dayes
B 13 players] preserve B 14-34 ffor ... DR] omitted B
248 /CHESTER 1608-9
And thus muche of the Banes or breife of the whitson playes in
Chester for if I shoulde heare resite the whole storye of the
whitson playes, it woulde be tooe tediose for to resite in this
breauarye. As also the beinge nothinge profitable to anye vse
excepte it be to showe the Ignorance of oure forefathers: And to
make us theire offpringe vnexcusable before god that haue the
true and sincere worde of the gospell of oure lord "and'[and only]
sauioure lesus Christe. if we apprehende not the same in oure
liffe and practise to the eternall glorie of oure god the saluation
and comforte of I oure owne soles. Heare followeth all the
companyes as the were played vpon there seuerall dayes, which
was. Mondaye. Tuesedaye, and Wensedaye in the Whitson weeke.
And how many Pagiantes weare played vpon euerye daye at the
Charge of euerye companye.
The companye, or
trades that playe.
The storye yat euerye companye
did Acte.
10
15
Collation continued: 9 god] god and 1944 14 Fbe list ofcompames and
their parts appears tn all 3ISS of the "Breviaries'and in the follov2ing: BL:
Harley 2150,ff 85v-6, Early Banns (EB), BL. Harley 2125, ff14-15, Breiffes
of Chester (2125); BL: Add. 11335, ff 16-17, Antiquitie (11335); BL: Add.
29779. ff 8-8v, Breife Notes (29779); and CRO: DL 1"/B37, ff 23-4v (B37)
16-17 or ... playe.] that loyned together CRO, that broughte out their
pagiantes 1948; omitted L EB 16-17 The storye ... Acte] The partes that
each company played CRO 1948; to storye 1944 adds or matter; omitted
L EB; instead of The storye ... Acte, the other MSS bare the follov2ing
headings: Now follow, what occupationes, bringe forth at theire charges, the
playes of Chester, and on what dayes, theye are played, yearely, these
playes weare sett forthe, when the are played, Vpon, monday, tuesdaye and,
wensedaye in the whitson weke L ; The loyninge of all the trades of oulde
tyme. as the played the whitson playes, and the partes the playd, one
Monday Tusedaye and wensdaye in whitson weeke, as followeth 2125
29779; The Anchant Whitson playes in Chester were set forth att the
charges of these Occupations sett forth and played yearly, on Munday
Tuesday and Wednesday in the Whitson weeke being first Invented, and
put into English by Randle Higden a monke in Chester Abbey. 11335; B37
differs from 11335 as follov2s: B3 7 adds coste and before charges, deletes
sett forth, deletes the before Whitson, adds made and before Invented, adds
tounge after English, adds one after by, alters monke in to monke of, and
adds in anno domini 1269 at the end. I'be entry continues: The Companyes,
as they then loyned & and the partes that they played, at theire owne
Costes, here followe
249 /CHESTER 1608-9
Barkers & bringe forthe
Tanners
The fallinge of Lucifer
Drapers &
Hosiers
Drawers in Dee
& Waterleaders
The Creation of the worlde
Noah and his Shipp
Barbers
Waxechandlers
Leeches
Abraham and Isacke
10
Cappers
Wyerdrawers
Pynners
Wrightes
Sclaters
Tylers
Daubers
Thatchares
Paynters
Imbrotherers
Glasiores
Vinteners
Marchantes
Mercers
Spicers
kinge Balack & Balaam wtth Moyses.
Natiuytie of oure Lord
The Sheperdes Offeringe I
kinge. Herod and the mounte victoriall,
bringe forthe the three kinges of Colin.
15
2O
25
30
Collation continued: 1 Barkers] k altered from b in L 1 bringe forthe]
omitted EB 11335: B37adds the 7 in] of 1948 L EB 2125 11335 29779
B37 7 Noah] Noy 1948 EB 2125 29779 B37: Noe L 11 Abrahaml
Abram 1948 EB 12 Leechesl omitted 2125 29779 25 lmbrotherers]
Brotherers 1948 L 11335 B37; bruderers 2125 29779 28 Herodl Harrald
1944; herolde 2125 29779 31 bringe forthe] omitted L EB 2125 11335
29779 B37
1he midsomer
"show" as antiant
as the whitson
plaves, if not
more aitlant
when the
midsomer showe
wente then the
whitson playes
wente not.
when the whtson
playe wente then
the showe at
midsomer wente
not [
252 / CHESTER 1608-9
These .vii. Pageantes weare played vpon the third daye beinge
wensedaye and these whitson playes weare played in Chester
anno domini .1574. Sir lohn Sauage knighte beinge mayor of
Chester. which was the laste tyme that the weare played. And we
haue all cause to power out oure prayers before god that neither
wee. nor oure posterities after us. maye neuar see the like
Abomination of Desolation, with suche a Clowde of Ignorance
to defile with so highe a hand. the moste sacred scriptures of god
but oh the merscie of oure god. for the tyme of oure Ignorance
he regardes it not [As well in euerye roans particular corse as
also in general corses] And thus touche in breife of these whitson
playes.
Of the midsomer showe
or watch in Chester.
IO
15
Heare we maye note that the showe or watche, on midsomer
eaue called midsommer showe, yearelye now vsed within the
Cittie of Chester. was vsed in the tyme of those whitson playes.
and before so farre as I canne I Vnderstande for when the whitson 20
playes weare played, then the showe at midsomer wente not.
And when the whitson playes weare not played, then the
midsomer showe wente onlye: As manye now liueinge canne
make theire owne knowledge proofe sufficiente: But since these
playes at whitsontyde weare put downe And the midsomer 2s
showe wente onlye, there hath binne taken awaye some thinges
and reformed that weare not decente: wherein the wisedome and
godlye care of those Magistrates that did remoue awaye thinges
either sinfull or offensiue, is to be commended, and by all
Religeose magistrates there steepes to be troden in In as touche as 30
Collation continued: 1-2 These ... wensedaye] These .7. pagiantes aboue
written weare played vpon the third day beinge wenseday in whitson weeke
CRO L. plaid Appon the third EB: These vpon wensdaye the 3. daye 2125
29779: The Seaven pagiantes were played on the third day 11335, B37
omits beinge wensedaye. For the variants on the remainder of this passage
in CRO, 1948 and L, see the conclusion of the play entry in each. 4 that]
ormtted 1944 8 moste] omitted 1944 10-11 [As ... corses] ] omitted
1944 11 these] ye 1944 20 Vnderstande] vndersta,nde, is the last word
on ] 23, MS with nde in normal catchword position; omitted 1944 22 the]
the [midsomer sho] 1944 28 that] omitted 1944
254 / CHESTER 1608-9
"through ye streete to ye common hall" and all on his side that
be winners withe arrowes in theire handes. The loosers side
followinge after with bowes in theire handes, to the hall of the
same Cittie where I the take parte alltogether of the same
breakefaste or Dynner the loasers payeinge. 4d apeice, and the
winners side ij d apeice towardes the Charges of the saide
breakefaste: The which Custome beinge there yearelye vsed the
tvme beinge, very seasonable the practise and game lawefull.
The ende thereof beinge the comforte societye and refresheinge
of the Cittisens. So farre as I conseaue it deseruethe not onlye
continuance but also commendation /
f 105
... In the time of the firste maior of Chester whoe is thoughte to 15
be Sir lohn Arnewaye the Whitson playes weare made by a
Monke of Chester, and was by the saide maior published and sett
out at the charges of euery company with theire pagiantes as
is afore expressed, And the said monke Rondulph whoe did make
the saide playes lyeth buried in the marchantes lie [of] within 20
the Cathedrall Church of Chester.
1609-10
Drawers of Dee's Records CCA: Company Book G10/1
p 39 (30June)
paid for afish bestowed vpon the bearebruers
lllj S
Painters, Glaziers, Embroiderers, and Stationers
C: Account Book 1
f 134v (18 October)
' Records
Item payd for shewties for the bayes shewes ij d
Item payd for showes for the Child at medsomar xvj d
Item payd for hosse for him xiiij d
Item payd for gloues for him vj d
Collation continued: 1-2 that be winnersl omitted 1944 3-4 to ... Citticl
to ye saide hall 1944 9 societye and refresheingel transposed 1944
19-21 And ... Chester] a variant of this note on Arnewaye can be found
at the end of the CRO entry under 1619 19 Rondulph] Rondoll 1944
25
30
35
259 /CHESTER 1609-10
with blacke heare & black beardes, very owgly to behould and
garlan'd" vpon their heades, with great Clubs in their handes
with tier workes to scatter abroad to mantaine way for the rest
of the shewe. /
Item j on horseback with the buckler & headpeece of St George
and iij men to guide him with a drum. before him for the honor
of Engle Land.
Item j on horsebacke called fame with a trumpet in his hand &
iij me(.) to guide him. & he to make an Oration with his habit
in pompe
Item j called mercury, to descend from aboue in a cloude his
winges and all other matters in pompe & heauenly Musick with
him and after his oration spoken to ryde on horseback with the
musicke before him
Item j Called Chester with an Oration & drums before him his
habit "in pompe"
Item j on horseback with the kynges Armes vpon a shield in
pompe
Item j on horseback conserninge the kinges crowne & dignity
with an oratio(.) in pompe.
Item j on horseback with a bell dedicated to the kynge being
double gilt with the kynges Armes vpon / caried vpon a septer
in pompe, and before him a noise of trumpetes in pompe
Item j on horseback with the princes Armes vpon a shield in
pompe
Item j on horsback with an Oration for the prynce in pompe
Item j on horseback with the bell dedicated to the princes
ARC.) vpon it in pompe & to be caried on a septar. & be/ore the
b(...) a noyse of trumpettes
Item j on horseback with the Cup for saint George caried vpon
a septar in pompe
10
15
20
25
3o
35
40
A
george Race
262 / CIIESTER 1609-10
M,yors List II BL: Add. 29779
f 35" tVilli, m Leicester
St Georges Bells of Silver, and Race of Runinge horses with
Runinge at the Ringe. and other pleasante showes. Invented
by mr Roberte Amerye Iremonger. and some tymes sheriffe
of this Cittye and A Cittizin borne / all these at his Coste: with
the dvall and the two smiters at the Clocke of St peters Church
in Chester /
10
Ilercers, Ironmongers, Grocers, and Apothecaries' Records
c: Company Book
p 5 1 (4 M,y) s
lnprimis paide for the two Children Againste the watch at
Midsomer for ij payer of shooes .2.s 6d & two payer of vsted
hose .4s. some is vj s vj d
more for two payer of gloves & Ryben for them ij s iiij d 20
more for viii yardes of Tincill Reben iij s iiij d
more for j yarde IA Reben & Inckle i d iij d
more j yarde halfe of Cobweb Lawne at j s viij d
more for pynnes and V2 yarde Reben o v d
more one payer of garters for the Ladie o iiij d 2s
more geven five men yat attended the Children ij s iiij d
more at the barres for beere xij d
more to the Crier o iiij d
more to the prisoners xij d
paide to two messengers which were sente to borrow thinges 30
for the Ladye ij s vj d
more paide for Muzicke mj s
more for beare and wyne xij s
paide for one quarter of fustian for the La. wire o iij d.
paide for prewnes Comtettes. suger synemon and Spice for the 35
Cakes ix s vj d
paide for a cage wyre o - .... ix d
paide for Cakes mj s
4 / rnargmaha tn RIi II's band
AC
263 /CHESTER 1610-11
1610-11
Drawers of Dee's Records
p 40 (30June)
CCA: Company Book GIO/1
geuen to mr Amery C.) mr maiors request by the Companie of
drawers in dee the some of x s
p 41 (I August)
paid for a fish geuen to the bearebruers vpon midsomer even
iiij s geuen back viii d
geuen more to the bearebruers vj s viii d
Leavelookers'Accounts B L : Harley 2 1 5 8
f 80 (October)
giuen Shermadyne for baytinge the beares at high Crosse
payd the Stewarts of the Drapers accustomed at Shroftyde
payd for wine for the Calues head feast
payd for wime on witsonday
for paynting the Giantes & hobby horses at mydsomer
XS
ij s
iij li. viii s
iij li. xvj s
xliij s 4d
Painters, Glaziers, Embroiderers, and Stationers'Records
C: Account Book 1
f 136 (18 October)
Item
Item
ltem
Item
Item
Item
Item
payd at Thomas shevingtons dynner for wyne
for musike and given to the Cooke
for silvering the Childs Clothes
for those shooes and gloves to the Child
given at the barrs Castle and northgat
for musike on mydsomer eve
for our drinkinge one mydsomer eve
lnj s
llj s
iiij d
ijs
ijs vijd
xij d
ijs vjd
vii s
1o
15
20
25
30
35
40
24 / wime for wine, extra minim MS
271 / CHESTER 1611-12
geven to the prisoners at the Castell & Northgate ij s
geven to mr whytheads man for leadinge the boyes horse vj d
geven to two men for tendinge the boye xij d
Spente at An overplushe at our Alderman Inces vpon midsomer
even at our drinkinge xij s x d
f59
.oo
(St Martin's Eve)
paide vnto Roberte Kelly at his companye the same tyme
10
Dean and Chapter cc: Treasurers' Accounts
p 19 (25 November)
Item to ye waytes of ye Cittye at ye Audite tyme /
ij s.
15
Midsomer
accomptes
p 20 (Christmas)
lnprimis payd to ye watchman attendinge the major & Sheriffs
iij nights & for Armore ij s vj d.
Coopers' Records c: Account Book I
ff 62-2v (13 January)
paid for the childes shoes xvj
paid for his hose xiiij
paid for Riboning for the childes shoes iij
paid for a payer of gloues for the child iiij
geuen to the ijo footemen that ^ "went'Ileal] the Childes horse
paid
paid
paid
paid
paid
paid
paid
paid
for pointes for the childes hose
for mending the banner to mr holmes
for bread.
for drinke
d
d.
d.
d
viij d
iij s iiij
lllj S.
VS.
ijs xjd
vjd
iiij d
ij d
for cheese
for prunes
for horse bread
for Riboning for the horse
20
25
30
35
40
272 / CIIESTER 1611-12
spent in bread & drinke at the barres vpon the Companie xvj d
geuen to the cryer iiij d
geuen to the Castell iiij d
geuen to the northgate vj d
geuen to Siddalle ij d s
geuen to the piper vj d
paid for alle at the banckett iiij d
Goldsmiths" Reconts CCA: Minute Book G 1 2/1
p 1 3" (8 February)
10
Item that the viijt of ffebruarie 1612 it is agreyed by the whole
Consent of the Compeney of the Gouldsmythes that ffor the
brood Arrowes shall waygh everie Arrowe viij d and ffor the as
makinge of everie Arrowe iiij d soe that yf any shall sell vnder
xij d and ffor everie defalt that shalbe ffounde by ether Alderman
or Stewardes ore any of the Compeney shall pay [vnto] vnto
the Aldermane and Stewards of the Compeney ffor the time
beinge ffor fforfeture xij d and ffor deniall of the premises yat 20
shalbe lawffull for the Compeney of the gouldsmyths with the
Alderman and Stewardes to odistresse of any thinges in his shope
to the valewe of xij d whom shalbe found in deffault And that all
the gleues yat the drapers shall Receive everie yeare by mariags
shalbe broken 25
Alderman
Thomas price
stward
Iohn lynglay
Robert Smith
Richard wormynshamme
Griffith Edwardes
Richard Gregorie
losephe Lingley
' Reconts
Joiners, Carvers, and Turners
CCA: Company Book G14/1
f 86 (25 March)
Item paied for the boies hoose yat did Ride vppon midsomer
22 //1,tS reading o m odistresse uncertain. It may be for the indefinite article a and
should read a distresse of. ie, a confiscation of
3O
274 / CHESTER 1611-12
more paide for one Cheese wayinge 9 li. and halle at ij d ob. per
li. is
ooo
paide vnto peter pennant for three quarters of the yarde of
taffyta . for the ladies gowne
paide for halfe a yarde of Buckrom
paide for 3. quarters of the yarde of sackcloth
paide for .2. yardes of whall, bone
paide for .2. yardes of goulde lace
paide for one quarter of greene serge
paide for .6. skines of greene and yellow silke
paide for. 3. quarters of fustian
paide the Taylor for alteringe the gowne
paide for one paier of gloves for the ladie
paide for one paier for the boye
paide for .2. paier of Shooes for the Children
paide for .2. payer of stockinges for them
paide vnto 6. men that did attende the Children
paide the Crier at the barres
Geven to poore siddall beinge alame man
Geven to the prisoners of the Castell
Geven to the prisoners of the Northgate
paide
paide
paide
paide
paide
paide
paide
paide
paide
paide
paide
paide
vnto the musicke
for Cakes and suger
for xij li. prvines
for Comffyttes
for Conceates
for Biskett breade
for Suckettes
for one gallon of sacke
for one gallon of Clarett wine
for beere
for suger and Rose water
for two payer of gloves
ijs
ix s
via
iiij d
ijs vjd
via
viii d
ix d
ijs vjd
xvj d
viii d
ijs vjdl
ijs iiij d
nj s
via
ij d
xij d
xij d
VS
iiijs vj d
ij s
vjd
vj,
vja
ij s
vjs
viij d
5
10
15
20
25
30
1-6 / i and b rnarglnalm refer to Johnson and Blease, the two stewards for the year.
275 /CHESTER 1612-13
1612-13
Drawers of Dee's Records CCA: Company Book
p 43 (30June)
geuen to the bearebruers vpon midsomer even
vj s viij d
Painters, Glaziers, Embroiderers, and Stationers' Records
C: Account Book I
f 140 (18 October)
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
paid for the Companies two new banners
Is
1o
[spent at a] ^ rfor the" feast on midsomer Eue vii s
for strongbeare ij s vj d s
for musick ij s vj d
to him that ledd the horsse xij d
for gloues for the Childe v d
Hose for the Childe xv d
shoes for the Childe xv d 2o
at the Castle Barres and Northgate xij d
Treasurers'Account Rolls CCA: TAR/2/28
mb 2 (November) 25
paide to the Stewardes of Sadlers towardes the Bell at
Shrovetyde vj s viij d.
paied to Gueste for druminge on Shrovetewsday xij d 3o
paied for plaisteringe and Rushinge the gallery on shrovtusday
iijs iiij d
paied for takinge vp and settinge downe the pales at rood dee
xvjd
paide to Routhe for settinge vp the pales after mr Sherriffes
whitbyes horsse race viii d
oo.
xliij s iiij d
mb 3
paied to the Paynters for midsomer Shew
40
276 / CIIESTER 1612-1
mldsomer charg
paied to Thomas wealch for Carrieng the Auntient at midsomer
ijs vjd
paied the Drummer the same tyme xij d
Cordwainers a.d Sboemakers' Records
CCA: Account Book II G/8/3
ff 67-7v (11 November)
paide for gleaves v s
spente at berrage of the gleaves xxj d
Geven to the waytemen, at the stewarde Gregoryes howse at
shroftyde ij s I
Geven to Roberte kelly the same tyme ij s vj d
paide vnto the stewards of the lorney men for theire attendance
at shrofetyde xij d
f68
1o
15
20
paide for one paier of stocking for our boye xxij d
paide for the boyes gloves x d
paid for his shooes xviij d 2s
paide vnto the men for tendinge the boye ij s
paide for one yarde of silke Reben xij d
Spent at the barres ij s vj d
given to the Crier vj d
Given to william Sidall iiij d o
Given to the prisoners of the Castell & the Northgate ij s
Spente in wine at the bankett xxj d
Geven to the musioners Robert kelly and his Company iiij s
[sl paide for mending our banner and staffe ix d
Spent at An overplushe at our bankett xj s vj d 3s
Beerbrewers' Records CCA: Company Book G3/2
f 27 (23 November)
midsomer accomptes.
40
patd for a payer of stockinges for the Child ij s vj d
278 / CHESTER 1612-13
geuen to the Castell
geuen to the Northgate
geuen to the piper
paid for walnuttes
paid for prunes
iiij d
vjd.
viij d.
ix d
vjd.
Joiners. Carvers, and Turners'Records
CCA: Company Book GI4/1
f 88 (25 March)
I t e m
Item
I tent
Item
Item
Item
Item
paied for a case for the banner xiij d
for shoes for the Childe xviij d
for stockens iij s
for gloues viij d
spent at our Aldermans house one Midsomer Eve xij d
paied for a pottle of wyne at our banquet xij d
for two quartes of Ale iiij d
10
15
Item for a quarte of wyne and Sugar at ye Dressinge of the
Childe viii d z0
Item gaue to mr Boothes man xij d
Item to two loteman viii d
Item paide for Musicke iij s
Item to the Cryer and to the prisoners of ye Castle & Northgate
xij d zs
30
paide
paide
palde
paide
paide
paide
paide
Mercers, Ironmongers, Grocers, and Apotbecaries' Records
C: Company Book
pp 66-8 (7May)
paide at mr Leycester shoppe the 19. lune 1613 for v yardes
halfe of Braunched stuff for the boyes sute .at. 5s. 6d per yarde
is xxvij s vj
d
for one yarde of Canvas the 21. lune 1613 viij d 3s
for 3. dossen silke bottons and .4. skynes sylke xiiij d
the 22. lune for one yarde of Rebin iiij d
the same daye for one standinge Collor xx d
for apples vj d
for xij li. prvines ij s vj d 40
for j li. powder suger xvj d
Blease
279 / CHESTER 1612-13
paide
paide
paide
paide
paide
for .6. yardes of iij d Rebin xviij d
for one payer of hoose and shooes for the boye iij s iiij d
for .2. yardes one quarter of 6d. Rebin xiiij d
for. apayer of gloves for hym yat tended the boy vj d
for beere at the barres xij d
paide vnto the Crier. to the prisoners of the Castell northgate
and to lame Siddall
paide
paide
paide
paide
paide
paide
paide
paide
paide
paide
paide
paide
oo.
paide
paide
paide
paide
paide
paide
paide
paide
paide
iij s
for the Musicke v s I
for one dossen sylke poyntes for the boyes sute xviij d
for makinge the lerken doblet and hoose for the boye iij s
for .3. ounces synamond and .6. ounces suger xx d.
more for apples vj d
for wafers vj d
for Marmalat xviij d
for Cakes iiij s
for A Cheese ij s
for orrenges and Leemons vj d
for beere v s
for Claret wine and sacke vij s
the 17. lune 1613. in wine suger and bread ij s viij d
for beiskie bread the 23 lune 1613 x d
for suckett xj d. I
for ij li. Comfettes iiij s
for Conceates vj d
for one payer of gloves for the geirls xv d
for .2. payer of gloves for the two men viij d
for the geirle for her hoose and shooes iij s vj d
vnto the men. that did attende the geirle xviij d
1613-14
Drawers of Dee's Records CCA: Company Book G 10/1
p 45* (30June)
geuen to the beare bruers
geuen to the bearebruers in fishe monye against midsomer
X$
XS
IO
15
20
25
30
35
21-9 / Blease and b raargmalia refer to one of the stewards for the year
George Callie
h,s petition
touchinge the
waytship
ddfered.
280 / CIIESTER 1613-14
Assembly Books CCA : A B/1
f 322v (30July)
And fynallie at this Assernblie George Callie Musitian exhibiteth
his Peticon Deseringe that he and his felowe Musitians may be
admitted waytes of this Cittie in steede of the Waytes now
absent fyndinge lnstrumentes of his owne Charg to performe
the service which is deferred to be graunted vntill it may be
vnderstoode what are become of the ould waytes
Painters, Glaziers, Embroiderers, and Stationers'Records
C: Account Book I
f 142 (18 October)
payd for apayer of hose for the Child medsomer eue xvi d
payd for the Childes shoes xvi d
payd for Ribeing for the Childes shoes iij d
payd for gloues for the Child vi d
payd at the bars Castel and northgat xij d
payd for the banket on medsomer eue vii s
payd for musicke on medsomer eue ij s vi d
payd for a quart of seke and a quart of "Clarret" wine xx d
payd for strong alle xij d
.llayors" Letters CCA: M/L/6/102
(November)
To the Right worshippfull William Aldersaye maior of
the Cittye of Chester
Certeyne Greiffes shewed vnto your good worship by
the Companye of Tallowchaundlers of this Cittye
your good worshipp shall truely vnderstand: that wee the
Tallowchaundlers and Barbers of this Cittye. beinge made one
companye and meetinge to gether, divers tymes at our meetinge
howse, as conceringe the good of our companye, and the
Common wealth of this Cittye / The saide Companye of barbers
by theire more voyces contrarye to our myndes and alsoe
contrarye to our orders of Auncient tyme, hath admitted into
our companye or brotherhood of our trade divers persons:
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
midsomer/.
midsomer
accomptes
283 /CHESTER 1613-14
paid for brede and stronge beere v s ij d
paide for white suger ix d
paide for Currentes vj d
pade for the loone of lugges C.) d
paid for C.) (...) d
paid C.) ij d
p(..)d for veneger vj d
paide for wafers viij d l
paide for the buskyns for the boye iiij
paide for Carnation sylke Rebyn to rye them xvj d
pade for the boyes Gloves viij d
paide to the three men for theire Attendance xviij d
paide to woodcocke at the barres vj d
paide to the prisoners of the Castell xij d
Geven to william Sydall iiij d
paide for one pottell of sacke ij s
paide more for one pottell and one pint sacke ij s vj d
paide for musicke iiij s
Spente without the barres at the watch ij s vj d
paide at an overplushe at the bankett vpon mydsomer even xvj s
Beerbrewers" Records CCA: Company Book G 3/2
f 30 (23 November)
ffirst paid for a payer of stockinges for the Child
paid for a payer of shoes for the child
paid for a payer of gloues for the child
spent at
spent at
ijs vjd
xvj d
ix d
dressing the Child ij s
procuring a horse for the child and for other necessaries
xviij d
paid for keping our banner xij d
geven to the Cryer at the barres iiij d
geuen to the prisoners at the Castell vj d
geuen to the prisoners at the northgate vj d
paid for bread and cheese at the banquet v s.
paid for pointes and Ryboning for the Child xij d
paid for strong beare v s.
paid for prunes and suger xviij d
paid for wine at the banquett ij s vj d
geuen to ijo footemen that led the Childes horse xvj d
S
I0
15
20
25
30
35
284 / CHFSTER 1613-14
paid for musicke v s.
paid for walnutes wafers nutes & gingbread xvj d
paid [for] more then was allowed for a samond from the drawers
in dee xvj d
Trinity Churchwardens' Accounts B L : Harley 2 1 7 7
f 42 (Christmas)
to Rich hvnde lallowchandler for 2 li. candles to furnish the
Starr anew (bhnk)
10
Midsomer
accomptes
Coopers" Records C: Account Book I
f 67v (13 January)
ffirst paid for [horsehier for] the Child 'shoes"
paid for the Childes gloues
paid for ijo payer of gloues for the footemen
paid for prunes
paid for Cheese
paid for bread
paid for beare
paid for Riboninge
paid for horse bread
paid for pointes
paid to Rondell holmes for keping the banner
spent at the barres
geuen to the cryer
geuen to Sciddall
geuen to the Castell
geuen to the Northgate
paid for Musicke
iiij d.
xd.
vij d
ij s viii d.
lllJ S.
VS.
iij d
iiij d
ij d
xij d
xd
iiij d
ij d
iiij d
vjd
xvj d
Joiners, Carvers, and Turners' Records
CCA: Company Book G14/1
f 90 (25 March)
Item for a paire of shoes for ye Childe yat Ride at midsomer
xiiij d
|tern for a paire of stockens xiiij d
Item for a paire of gloues xv d
15
20
25
35
287 / CHESFER 1614-15
mb 4
Item paied by mr maiors appoyntment, for a pottle of Sack and
suger spent in the pentice at the Cominge vpp from the Roodee,
from Sct Georges Race ij s vj d.
Item paied Guest the drummer for drumminge on St Georges
day xij d.
Item paied for takeing downe the pales at the roodee, and for
settinge vp of them xvj d.
Item paid to Nicholas halwood paynter, by the appoyntment
of Mr maior, for tryminge of the lyantes at midsomer last
xliij s. iiij d.
Item paied Gest for his Drumminge at midsomer showe xij d
lO
15
AC
mb 5
Item paied Thomas walsh for carryinge the Citties Ensigne on
midsomer eve ij s. vj d.
City Treasurers'Accounts BL: Harley 2158
f 20 (November)
Watergate Street vpon both sidees
Item for a stable sometymees the Mercers carridge howse per
annum iij s iiij d
more for voyd grownd sometymees the drapers carriadge howse
per annum xij d
Cordwainers and Shoemakers' Records
CCA: Account Book il G/8/3
f 81 (11 November)
more paied vnto Roberte kelly at the same dynner for musicke
and at night iiij s
20
25
30
35
40
5 / Georges Race italicized MS
289 /CHESTER 1614-15
paid for keping the banner
paid for musicke
[paid for Cakes
paid for beare
paid for . "bread and" Cheese
paid for prunes suger & sinomon
paid for Wine
paid for pepper and vineger
geuen to a man that led the horse
geuen to ijo footemen
geuen to the cryer at the barres
geuen to the Castell
geuen to the Northgate
paid for Riboning for the Childes shoes
ij sl
VS.
vj s [viiij d.1
xviij d
ijd.
vjd
xv.i d
iii.I d
v]d
vjd
vd
paid to the drawers of dee more then they allowed for a samond
ij s viij d
[spent at getting a Cheyne & other Iuells for the child xij d]
Dean and Chapter cc: Treasurers' Accounts IV
p 88 (25 November)
Item payd to George Callye musicion at ye Audyte
ij s
1o
15
2o
25
p 89
lnprimis payd December 29th to ye watchman attendinge iij
nightes ye maior & Sheriffes & for Armore hvred for yat purpose
ijs vjd
Assembly Files CCA: A/F/10
f 53* (November)
Ciuitas
Cestrie 1615
[o the Right Worshippfull Thomas
Throppe maior of the Cittie of chester
the Aldermen sheriffes sheriffspeeres and
Common Counsell assembled
30
5
40
5 I v i ritten over ii i (?)
290 / CltESTER 1614-15
The humble Peticion of George Callie shewinge /
That the Peticioner was borne and received his education within
the said Cittie, and by your Worsbipps especiall favors was
ad(..)tted into the liberties of the same Cittie and made a free 5
member thereof, and sithence received and approoved of to bee
the Citties Waite and as the servant of the said Cittie to haue
the rule and especiall gouerment of the same Companie, beinge
five in nomber
[hat the Peticioner hath heretofore and at his presente 0
professed musicke and the arte and facultie of teachinge to
daunce and by the practice thereof and his owne diligence hath
not onelie manteigned himself his wife Children and familie
which are Term in number at the least but hath allso obtained
& procured a good respecte and estimacion from men of the best 1
sort & generall fashion truelie sensible and respectiue of the like
faculties /
That one lohn ffarrar "Thomas Squier Richard Bell and
Nicolas Webster" a meere strangers vnto the Cittie [doth] "haue"
of late intruded theimself into the Companies & societies of 20
seuerall persons in the said Cittie, and doth arrogate vnto himself
the said arte of dauncinge & the teachinge thereof "and the
science of musicke to ther distaste & greatt dislike of dinogte"
to the wronge & prejudice of the peticioner (as hee conceaueth),
& to the incoragement & evill example of others / 25
The Peticioner doth therefore most humblie desire &
beseech your Worsbipps that as hee is your Worsbipps
servant and a free Citizen of the Cittie hee maie receiue
your fauorable respecte and Countenance & that the
said ffarrar & all others maie in such case bee discouraged
& all altogether suppressed from ye profesion & practice
of the arte & facultie afforesaid
(...) blie of the said Cittie and the peticion
(...)
3O
35
36 / L..) entzre last hne faded
294 / CHESTER 1615-16
paide for mendinge the staffe
ijd
.Mtdsomer
accomptes
Midsomer
a comptes.
Beerbrewers" Records CCA' Company Book G 3/2
ff 36v-7 (23 November)
paid to mr holmes for dressinge the banner which he alledged
was in the default of william hutchins & Rondell higgenson vj s.
more paid to mr holmes for kepinge the banner accordinge to
Custom and is to performe the keping of it during his lief for
xij d a yeare, the same being brought to him within A day after
Midsomer watch xij d
paid for a payer of stockinges for the Child ij s vj d
p,id for a payer of shoes for the Child & for Riboning vj d.I
p,id for a payer of gloves for the Child xv d.
spent at dressinge the Child as formerly hath bene allowed ij s.
spent on prouiding a horse for the Child and for other necessaries
as lormerly hath bene allowed to other stewardes xviij d
geuen for Mvsick vpon Midsomer even v s. 20
paid for beare to the Companie & the Men v s.
p,6d for bread and Cheese vj s.
p,id for Wyne ij s.
p,6d for apples prunes Comfettes & other necessarie prouicion
for the Companie as formerlie allowed xx d.
geuen to the Men that lede the Childes horse xxij d
geuen to the cryer at the barres iiij d
geuen to the prisoners at the Castell vj d
geuen to the prisoners at the northgate vj d
paid to the drawers of dee more then they allowed for a salmon
ijs xd
Coopers'Records C: Account Book I
f 71 (13 January)
first for beare mj s.
for bread ij s
for musick xx d.
pent at henry phillipes ix d
geuen to Siddall ij d
to Rondle luett ij d
35
40
299 / CHESTER 1616-17
agayne
d
Item paide the xxj of Aprill 1617 for a banquett vpon Blake
munday by mr Green vx s
Item paide to Roger Guest the xxiij of Aprill 1617. for druminge
on St George day xij d
mb 2d
item paied the xxvij, of maie 1617. to Nicholas hallwood toward
the settinge forthe of the Gyantes & showe against midsomer
ij li. iij s j d
ooo
item paied to Thomas wealch the younger for Carrieng the
Citties auntient "at the watch TM ij s vj d
Item paied to Nicholas hallwood and Robert Thornley by the
appoyntment of mr maior the 17. of lulie 1617. xxij s 8d
mb 3
Item paide Mr Alderman Litler and Mr Rutten for xiiij yardes
and ahalf of Clothe to make the waytemen gownes and the
boyes Cloakes at viii s per yarde j li. xvj s
10
15
20
25
Contwainers and Shoemakers'Records
CCA: Account Book !!! G/8/4
f 1 lv (11 November)
paide for our gleaves at shrofetyde vj s
paid to the berag of the gleaves ij s
paid to george kelly for musicke at shrovetyd iij s
Given to the stewardes of the Iorneymen for theire attendance
at shrofetyd xij d
30
35
f12
paide for Aquarte of seacke at mr Majors Taverne when wee
seased vpon two paler of childrens shooes at Thomas fletcher
40
300 ! CHESTER 1616-17
the Cobler
xij d
mdsomer. /
f 12v
paid for apayer of stockinges for our boye
paid for silke Rebyn
paid for poyntes
paid for the loone of Ahatt for the boye
Spent at lohnsons without the barres
Geven to the Cryer at the barrs
Geven lame sydall
Geven at the northgate
Geven at the Castell
Geven mr Glasiers man for leadinge the horse
paid for wine at our bankett
Geven to Roberte kelly for musicke
Geven to two men for tendinge the horse
paid for Rebyn for the horse
ij _s
vjd.
iiij d.
xij d
xij d
ijs vjd
lllj s
xij d
f13
paid for the boyes shooes xvj d
Spent at Alderman younges xx d
Spent vpon an over plushe at our banquett xvj s v d
Spent more at Alderman younges vpon gorges daye ij s vj d
5
10
15
20
25
mydsomer
accomptes.
Beerbreu,ers' Records CCA: Company Book G 3/2
ff 40v-1 (23 November)
30
payd for a Samon more then iij s iiij d which the drawers in
dee allowe ij s viij d
payd to mr holmes for keeping the banner for on yeare xij d
for a payre of shoes for the Child and rybbening xx d. 35
for a payre of hoose for the Child ij s viii d
for a payre of gloves for the Child xv d.
spent at dressinge of the Child as formerlie hath beene allowed ij s
payd and layd out in provyding of a horse and other necessaries
for the Child, as hath beene allowed to other stewardes xviij d 40
geven for musick vppon mydsomer even v s
for beere vppon mydsomer even for the Companie & theire
302 / CttESTER 1616-17
payde for one pottell of Clarett wyne. at our banquett xij d
paide to Roberte kelly for muscke the same tyme ij s vj d
Spente at Roberte boydells howse the xxiijth day of August
1 617. at the kinges Cominge to Chester iij s
Joiners, Carvers, and Turners'Records
CCA: Company Book G14/1
f 96
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
(25 , larch)
paid for stockinges for ye Childe vppon midsomer eue ij s
paid for stockinges for ye same Childe iij s iiij d
paid for gloues for ye Childe xij d
spent in wyne and sugar at ye dressinge of ye Childe viij d
paid for mendinge of ye Banner vj d
paide for Musicke ij s vj d
spente at Henry Phillps without ye Barrs vj d
spente at The Aldermans house vj d
giuen to ye Cryer at ye Barrs iiij d
giuen to ye prisoners at the Castle iiij d
giuen to Siddall a poore man ij d
giuen to ye prisoners at ye Northgate iiij d
giuen to two men for leadinge ye horse viij d
10
15
20
25
llercers. Ironmongers, Grocers, and Apothecaries" Records
C: Company Book
p91 (2,lay)
30
lnprimis ij parre of childers hose iiij s vj d
Item ij parre of childers gloves xvj d
Item ayard 6d ribyne, ij skaynes yellow silke viij d
Item vpon too men. ij parre gloves xij d
Item aparre of silke garters ij s 35
Item to the officers, at midsomer ij s
Item to mr warberton the macebearer ij s
more. ij li. Cumfettes at 2s per li. is iiij s
more j li. Suger at xx d
more one ounce Synamon at iiij d 4o
more payde for wafers ij s
more for Stronge beere iij s iiij d
304 / CtlESTER 1616-17
before the inhouldiers, with other divells leadinge of them with
other toyes in the like nature which hath bin layd downe to my
remembrance 16 or 17 yeares by grave and wise magistrates,
that went before, and now sett vp this yeare by this maior to the
greate dislike of them which are well disposed both Meinesters
and People. /
1617-18
Drawers of Dee's Records CCA. Company Book G IO/1
p 48 (30June)
geuen to the bearebruers
XS
Joiners, Carvers, and Tltrters" Records CCA: Minute Book G 14/2
f 1 5 (2 July)
/Xlr Heidocke hath laid downe vj d for his man Cominge shorte
of the watch vppon Midsomer Eue But by a generall Consente
of the whole Company the same is giuen him agayne.
10
15
20
-C 1 to be leuied
for the
Intertainment
of his Mazestie
and how the
same shalbe
assessed -
Assembly Books CCA: AB/1
f 336* (23 July) Edward Button
25
19 / marginal letter C mdcates that this item is third in the list of entries for 2 July
Allsoe at the same Assemblie th[at] "re" was Conference had
concerning the repaire of the kinges Maiestie in his progresse
vnto this Citie, what Course should be fittest for his entertainment
and where money should be paid and in readines for the 30
disbursement of the necessarie charge for that busines, It is
therefore ordered and agreed vpon that the somme of C li shalbe
raised taxed assessed and Collected in manner followinge viz.
euery lustice of the peace shall lend v li. euery Alderman v.
markes euery Sheriffes peere xl s and euery one of the fortie and 35
Comon Counsall xx s and all the seuerall sommes aforesaid
shalbe brought in and to the hands of the Threasurers paid in
the Inner Pentice with in this Cittie at or before the end of one
weake next Comminge, and that Mr William Gamull and Mr lohn
Ratcliffe Aldermen and lustices of peace Mr Charles ffitton and 40
mydsorn
309 ! CHESTER 1617-18
paide to Roberte kelly for musicke the same tyme & daye iij s
Spente at an over plushe the same daye at our drinkinge at
mr Inces ij s
paide to Thomas hough iiij d
paid for one pottell of seacke the same tyme ij s
f19
paide / At that tyme the Companye did dyne at daniell Throppes
for Musicke xviij d
Spente when we wente to agree with mr hoolmes as conceringe
the makeinge of our New banner to be fynished against
midsomer 1618 xij d 15
paide for an Ellne of greene "l-affyta for the banner xiiij s iiij d
paide for buckrom viii d
paide vnto Roberte Kelly for musicke the 2th luly 1618 when
foure brethren Came into our Companye ij s zo
paide vnto mr Rondall hoolmes painter: for makinge of Anew
banner for the Companye against midsomer 1618 iij li. v s o d
paide to the beriage of our new banner
paid for Apayer of stockinges for the boye:
paid for his shooes
paid for shoe ryes
paid for Reben for the horse head
paid for the boyes gloves and poyntes
paid to the men that did at tende, the Child
xiiij d
ij s
xvj d
vjd
vjd
xiiij d
xviij d
f 19v
Spente At lohnsons without the barres ij s viij d
paid to the: Cryer. at the barrs vj d
Geven to olde sydall iiij d
Geven to the prisoners of the Castell and Northgate ij s
paid to Roberte Kelly for our musicke v s
Geven to the man that brought Ahorse for our boye xviij d
paide at Anoverplushe. at our bankett vpon midsomer even
"and for wine" xj s ij d
.oo
paid for one pinte of wine at the dressinge of the Childe iiij d
25
3O
35
4O
313 /CHESTER 1617-18
payde for apayer of bootes for the boye
payde two men for atendinge the boye
Spente in beere at the barres at wilsons howse
Geven to the Crier at the barres
Geven
Geven
Geven
Geven
Geven
to Siddall the Cobler
to Randall lewell
to the prisoners of the Castell
to the prisoners of the Northgate
to the musicke
0-5-0
'0-2-0
0-1-0
0-1-0
6-0-6
0-1-0
0-2-0
0-2-0
0-6-8
Geven them more for playinge to some of the Company that
came in after the were were payde 0-0-6
payde 3. men for watchinge the londoners at midsomer fayer
0-5-0
Joiners, Carvers, and Turners" Records CCA: Minute Book G 14/2
p 20 (S June)
It is Agreed that the Company shall meete at Alderman Salisburies
house vpon Midsomer Eue Accordinge to Antient Custome
euerie brother with his Watchman And the Banquett to bee at
William Pues house and euery brother to pay iiij d a peece
towards the same.
1618-19
Drawers of Dee's Records CCA: Company Book G 10/1
p 48 (30June)
geuen to the bearebruers
1o
15
20
25
x s 30
Painters, Glaziers, Embroiderers, and Stationers' Records
C: Account Book !
f 152 (18 October) 35
.oo
Item for gloues for the Aldermen and stuardes at midsomer
iij s iiij d
Item for hose shooes and gloues for the Child iij s x d
Item for riben and shooeties x d 40
11 / were were A'IS dzttograpby
314 / CllESTER 1618-19
item spent at dressing the Child v d
Item at the bars Castle and northgate j s o
Item for the banquet on midsomer eue vij s o
Item for a pottle of sacke and ij potties Clarett iiij s o
Item to the musick ij s vj d
item to the men that led the horse j s vj d
Item for three potties of beere j s o
Item for loane of the hat and fether vj d
Item to william handcocke for gilding the little phenix xvj d
Item paied for our part of the rent of the phenix j s
10
Treasurers" Accotmt Rolls CCA: TA R/2/37
mb 3 (Novemt, er)
Item paled more for lenne yardes and ahalf of brode clothe
for the Three Waytemens gownes at eight Shillinges the yarde
iiij li. iiij s. 20
Item paled for flue yardes of Brode Clothe to make the Two
bores of the waitemen Cloakes and for seaven yardes of Brode
cloth to make Adam and the night bell man gownes in all is
xij. yardes at vij s the yarde is iiij li. iiij s
Item paid vnto hamnett Bennet and Thomas Williams ye stewardes
of the Sadlers to augment the Bell at Shrovetide Anno 1618
vj s viij d
mb 4
30
Item paied vnto Roger Guest for his drominge on Shrove Tewsday
xijd
Item paid for takinge downe the pales against that daie and
setting them vp xvj d
Item paid to the paynters the xth of maie 1619 for the payntinge
of the giantes &c at midsomer xliij s iiij d
Item paid for the taking vp & setting downe of the pales at the 40
roodye on St Georges day xvj d
Shrovetide
315 / CHESTER 1618-19
mb 5
Item paid the 23 of lune to Guest for druminge at the Watch
d
Item paled the painters for settinge forthe the maiors mounte
xxvj s. 8d.
Cordwaiuers aild Shoemakers' Records
CCA: Account Book ili G/8/4
f 26 (11 November)
more Geven vnto Roberte kellye for Musicke
more Geven vnto Bruse the piper
more Geven vnto Thomas hough
lllj s
xij d
iiij d
ff 27-7v
Spente. as concerninge the busynesse, aboute the drapers xx d
paid for sixe Cleaves vj s
paid to the berrage viii d
Geven to Thomas hough iiij d
paid vnto George kellye for musicke ij s vj d
paid to Roberte kellye for MUslcke the same tyme ij s viii d
paid for one pottell seacke, and one pottell Clarett wyne the
same daye iij s
Mydsomer Charge
paide for the Loone of Ahatt for our boye
paide for his gloves
paide for his stockinges
paide for one dozin silke poyntes
paid for silk Ryben for his shooes
paid for his shooes
paid for Ryben for the horse head
paide vnto three men that Attended the boye
paid to mr. hoolmes for keepinge of our banner
paid vnto the man that brought the horse
paide at the dressinge of the boye for one pint wine
vd
xij d
j s
xvj d
vjd
xviij d
vjd
xviij d
xid
xvii d
iid
10
15
2O
25
3O
35
.,hdsomer
accompte$.
316 / CHESTER 1618-19
paid at widdow lohnsons, for breade & beere, for the Company
ijs vjdl
paid to the Crier at barrs vj d
paid to olde Sidall
Geven to the prisoners at Castell & Northgate
paid for our Musicke
paide at Anoverplushe at our bankett
pade for thre quartes of seacke
iiij d
ij s
vs
xij s ix d
.oo
Iij s
Beerbrewers' Records CCA' Company Book G 3/2
ff 47-7v (23 November)
paid for a payer of shooes for the Child xx d
paid for a payer of hooes for the Child ij s vj d
paid for a payer of gloves for the Child ix d
Item spent at dressing the child ij s.
Item spent in prouiding a horse for the Child & for other
necessaries xviij d
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
10
15
geuen to the Musicions vpon midsomer Even vj s. I 20
paid for beare vpon midsomer even v s.
paid for bread & Cheese vj s.
paid for wynne ij s iiij d
paid for apples & other thinges xx d.
geuen to three men that led the Childes horse xxij d 25
geuen to the cryer at the barres iiij d
geuen to the prisoners at the castell vj d.
geuen to the prisoners at the northgate vj d
geuen to mr holmes, for kepinge the banner
xij d J0
Coopers'Records c: Company Book 11
ff 1 3-13v (13 January)
Mydsomer Charges /
payde for the Loone ot the Childes hatt xiiij d
payd for one dozin poyntes iiij d
payde for his gloves x d
payde for two payer of gloves for the two men that leade the
boyes horse xij d
35
322 / CllESTER 1618-19
An other proclamation for the homages
of maried persons, to the drapers:
All manner of persones that haue bene maried within the Cittie
of Chester and dwell els where or maried els where and dwell
w/thin the same Cittie this last yere past, Come forth and doe
your homages in deliueringe vp. your gleaues vpon payne of ten
powndes:
for the Shoemakers,
lhe Alderman and stuardes of the Shooemakers wtthin ye Citti
of Chester Come forth and doe your homage, in deliueringe vp.
your gleaues, and presentmentes vpon paine of ten powndes:
for the Sadlers:
The Aldermen and stuardes of the Sadlers within the Cittie of
Chester Come forth and doe your I homage with your horse and
bell, vpon payne of ten powndes:
Of the Shereffes breackfast:
Whereas time out of the memori of man no man liueinge
rememboringe the origenall: The ij sherefes of the Cittie of
Chester doe yerely on monday in ester weke commonly called
Collation continued: 1-2 An ... drapers:] for all maried persons: 1948:
0 yes marginalia 1948; in 1948 the proclamation for married persons
follows that of the Sadlers. 7 your] Rogers adds seuerall in 1948 12] 0
yes: marginalia 1948 12 stuardes] Rogers adds of ye societie & Companye
tn 1948 12 Shooemakers] RH 11 added Cordwinders above in 1948
14 ten powndes: ] below this entry at the bottom off60, RH 11 added to
1948: mr knight onst clarke of the pentice sayth that this Custome was
obserued before his tyme tyme out of Mynd: & that in Considration of this
homage the Company of Cordwenores in the sayd Citty be free from the
trialls in matters between party & party before mr maior & the Sheriffs
16] 0 yes: marginalia 1948; against the entry itsel] RH 11 added this Called
first in mr Kmgbts notes 18] stuardes of the Sadlers] stuardes of ye
societie and Companye of Sadlers 1948 20 ten powndes:] Rogers shifts
the proclamation for the married persons to this point and concludes the
entry with the rewritten paragraphs which appear at the beginning o]'tbis
section See the entry ]br tbe Harley 1948 'Breviary', pp 351-2.
10
15
20
25
326 / CHESTER 1618-19
(The entry is concluded with a list of companies and the parts
they play; see the collation in the 1609 'Breviary' entry, pp 248-
52.)
ff 112v-13"
In the [time]. "yere" when this Sir Iohn Arneway was mayor of
Chester, the whtson playes made by a monke of Chester
Abbay named Rondoll, was by the said maior published and
caused to be sett forth and played at the Charges of euery
Company within the said Cittie with theire Pagiantes as in the
former Chapters is fully expressed, And the said Rondoll the
author in the prolouge before his booke of the whitson playes
doth shew more fully. And the said monke Rondoll who did
make the said playes lyeth buried within the marchantes Ile
within the Cathedrall Church of Chester
10
15
Midsomer eues
Charges
1619-20
Drawers of Dee's Records CCA: Company Book G 1 O/1
p 49 (30June)
geuen to the bearebruers
Painters, Glaziers, Embroiderers, and Stationers' Records
C: Account Book 1
f 154 (18 October)
Item geven in berage at dressing the phenix Caried at Midsomer
ijso
Item for arsedine o iij d
Item paled at severall times for Charges disbursed about the
phenix xvij s x d
Item for gloues for the Aldermen and stuardes
Item shooes and gloues for the Child
Item riband and shooeties
Item at dressing the Child spens
Item at the bars Castle and Northgate
Item for our banquet on Midsomer Eue
iij s iiij d
iijs xd
oxd
ovd
jso
vij s o
20
XS
25
30
40
327 /CHESTER 1619-20
Item pottle sacke and pottle Claret iij s o
item to the musicke iij s iiij d
item to one that led the horse j s vj d
Item three potties of beere j s o
item for loane of a hat and fether o vj d
Item to William handcoke for gildinge the little phenix j s iiij d
Treasurers'Accouut Roils CCA: TAR/2/39
mb 3 (November)
Item paid the xxviijth of ffebruary vnto Thomas williams steward
of the Sadlers Towardes the Bell at Shrovetyde vj s viii d.
Item paid to Guest for drumminge vpon Shrove tewsday xij d
Item paid to the keeper for taking downe the pales at the roodee
and setting them vp againe xvj d
Item paid to mr Leauelooker Goose for a xj yardes & half of
broadcloth for the waytmens gownes at viij s the yarde iiij li. iiij s
Item paid to him for the 2 boyes Cloakes being iiij. yardes xxxij s
1o
15
2o
Cordwainers aud Shoemakers'Records
CCA: Account Book III G/8/4 35
f 32 (11 November)
payde vnto Roberte kellye & his Company at Stewarde Enyalls
howse ij s
more geven vnto Roberte kelly for musicke ij s
mb 4
Item paid to Guest for beatinge the drum at Mdsomer watche
xij d. 25
Item paid to Nicholas hallwood and william hancock for
payntinge the majors mounte xxvj s.
Item paid to Thomas wealch for Carryinge the Auntient at 3o
midsomer watch ij s. vj d
328 I ClIESTER 1619-20
f 32v
payde for powther and match at mr Sheriffe Incces watch he
beinge our Alderman v s iij d
paide to Roberte kellye for musicke at the Cominge in of lacob
Carter ij s.
payde for our gleeves and berrage at Shroftyde vj s viii d
payde to george kelly for musicke ij s vj d
more geven to Roberte kelly the same tyme for musicke ij s
payde at An over plushe after our drinkinge at shrovetyde at
mr Sheriff lnces howse v s
10
Midsomer
accomptes.
f33
Midsomer Charges.
15
lnprimis Geven vnto mr hoolmes for keepinge our banner xij d.
paid for apayer of Stockinges for the boye xxij d
paid for his shooes xvj d 20
paid for apayer of gloves viii d
paid for svlke Reben for the boyes shoe ryes and for the horse
head xij
d
iij d
ij s viij d
iiij d
ijs
xviij d
iiij s
d
d
paide for one dozin poyntes
paid for hyering ahatt for the boye
Spent at dressinge of the boye
Spent without the barrs for drinke
more giuen the Cryer
more giuen willm Sidall
more geven at Castell and Northgate
more giuen to the men that attended the boye & horse
paid for our musicke to Roberte kelly
paid for wine at our banquit midsomer even ij s vj
paide at an over plushe at our banquiett one midsomer even
14s- 4d xiiij s iiij
Beerbrewers' Records CCA: Company Book G 3/2
f 49v (23 November)
xviij d.
ij s iiij d.
paid for a payer of shooes for the Child
paid for a paver of hoes for the child
25
30
35
40
330 /CHESTER 1619-20
paide the same tyme for our musicke
nj s
Joiners, G)ruers, amt Turuers" Records
CCA" Company Book G 14/1
f 1Olv (25Alarcb)
Disbursements 1619
lmprimis paid for a paire of stockinges and garters for the Child
pon Midsomer Eve xx
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
10
d
for gloues and Ribbonninge xxj d
for a dozen of poyntes iiij d
paid to the Musitians xxd s
paid for a paire of shooes for the Child xiiij d
given to the Cryer at the Barres iiij d
given to the Prisoners at the Castle and Northgate viii d
given to Sibdall a poore man ij d
paid for a hatt for the Child iij s vj d 20
paid to three men to Attend the Child xij d
spent in Wyne at the dressinge of the Child viii d
25
Mercers, Ironmongers, Grocers. and Apothecaries' Records
C: Company Book
p 111 (5Alay)
payde for one payer of gloves and hoose and shooes for the 30
Ladye iij s x d
payde to three men for Attendinge the Ladye iij s
payde for three payer of gloves for the three men xviij d
payde for Musicke vj s viij d
payde vnto the prisoners at the Castell and Northgate iiij s 3s
paide to will/am Sidall the Lame Cobler vj d
Spente at Raffe wilsons howse without the barres vpon the
Companye ij s vj d
Geven vnto the Cryer at the barfs xij d
payde for sylke Rebine for the horse heade ix d 40
payde for shooe ryes and silke Rybine for the ladyes head iij s
midsomer
accornptes
334 / CHESTER 1620-1
paide for the Loone of Ahatt for our boye
paid for his gloves
paid
paid
paid
paid
paid
for his stockinges
for one dozin silke poyntes
for silk Reben for shooe ryes
for his shooes
for Reben for his horse
vjd.
viij d.
ij s.
xvj d.
vjd
xviij d
vjd
paid
paid
to thrie men that Attended the boye xviij d
"to" [for] the man that brought the horse & did dresse hym
xviij d 10
paid the Crier at the barrs vj d
Geven to olde sidall iiij d
Geven to Ablynd boye ij d
Geven to the prisoners at the Castell and Northgate ij s
paid for our musicke v s is
paid for . 3. quartes seacke iij s
paid at an over plushe at our banquiett-one midsomer even xviij s
Geven vnto the 3. men [yat men] that tended the horse, beinge
verve vnruly at the barrs to drinke vj d
f41
Spent one. the Companye. at the barres one midsomer even at
lohnsons xij d
Beerbrewers" Records CCA: Company Book G3/2
ff 55-5v (23 November)
ffirst
Item
Item
Item
Item
rid vpon
Item geuen to three men that led the horse
Item paid for prunes Comfettes apples & other thinges
Item
Item
Item
Item
paid for a payer of shoes for the Child xxij d
paid for a payer of stockinges for the Child xxij d
paid for a payer of gloues for the Child xiiij d
spent at the dressing of the Child ij s
[geuen] spent in prouiding of a horse for the Child.to
xviij d
paid for bread and Cheese
paid for beare
paid for wine
geven to the mvsitioners
xx d
vjs
VS.
ijs vjd
vjs
20
25
30
35
40
335 / CHESTER 1620-1
Item paid for a Salmon more then iij s iiij d which the drawers
in dee allowe ij s viij
item geuen to the Cryer at the barres iiij d
Item geven to Siddall ij d
Item geven to the prisoners at the Castell vj d
Item to the prisoners at the northgate vj d
Item geuen to mr holmes tbr keping the banner xij d
Item geuen to mr holmes for dressing the staffe xij d.
Coopers' Records C : Company Book 11
f 21 (13 January)
lnprimis .payde: at: the greene dragon at Robert martens dynner
the 13 th lanuarye 1620 for one pottell wbit wine and one
pottell Clarett ij s viij d
paide the same tyme to george kellye and his Companye for
Musicke iij s iiij d
f21v
Midsomer Charges 1621
payde for the boyes stockinges shoe tyes and poyntes
paide for his gloves
payde for his shooes
paide for two payer of gloves for the two men
paide for Cheese
paide for bread
paide for halle abarill beere
paide for prvnes & nottes & suger & Sinamon
paide for apples
paide for two quartes wine
paid for ale at the barres for the Companye
paide to the Crier at barfs
paide at Castell & northgate to the prisoners
paid to olde sidall & the blinde boye
paide for our musicke
paide for Gune powder and match for our men at Midsomer
paid to the syxe men that did Carrie our Armour
ij s iiij d
xij d
xx d
xij d
Ij s
xviij d
xd
vj d
xij d
iiij d
iiij d
xd
iiij d
xviij d
iiijs iij d
iij s
I 0
15
20
25
30
35
40
339 / CHES[ER 1621-2
After theme fame to declare the rare vertues and noble deedes
of the 9 worthye women. /
The 9 worthy women euery one adorned after there Cuntrey
fashion, each one hauing her page before her bearing there
Armes. &c. / s
next the 4 vertues sitting on a mount in the 4 Corners therof.
a height aboue them the 3 graces in treangle wise
on the top of the mount shall stand Eternity ther speaker, this
mount being a pagient for Visus, because it delites [your yrs]
the eyes. &c. / u
After them Lingua, because shee could not be permitted to make
the 5 scences 6 is fittest to be ther speaker, /
seeinge, hauing her pagiant bfor her. &c. /
smelling, adorned with flowers, before whome shall be led tow
bloodhounds &c. / 15
hearing, before whom shall goe musick Incident thervnto. &c. /
Tastinge with a Cornucopia of flute in her hand, before whom
shall ride an Ape on horse backe eating of Apples &c.
Touching. before whom shall be borne a torteaux. &c. /
After them 4 seasons of ye yeare 20
Tyme there speaker. /
ver in a greene gowne, after whom shall follow fawckners with
hawckes on there fistes leadinge there spaniels, &c. and huntsmen
with hares on there staues there hownds following them. &c. /
oestas in a yellow gowne adowened with Flowers after whom 25
shalbe drawne a cart with hay come flute and flowers with other
thinges apertayning to the season. &c. /
Autum in a tawny gowne with faded leaues after whom shall
be drawne, ferst a plowe then a man soing otes after him the
harrow 30
Hyrms in a furd gowne a furd cap houlding his handes ouer a
Chafindish of fier, with men after him dressed according to the
season &c. /
all the showe aboue saide to ryde on white and red horses. /
lhe soulders each man with a white lacket, ,'St Georges [chros]
crose on ther" red breeches, white stockens red garters with each
thing compleat. & C.)
[wee would intreat your worsbippes to keepe this note in your
owne handes lest it bee too Common in the mouthes of our
35
40
midsomer
charges.
341 /CHESTER 1621-2
f 47v
Shrovetyde /
payde for our sixe silver gleeves vj s s
payde for the berrage ot them xvij d
payde to the waytemen ij s
payde to Roberte kellye ij s vj d
Spente at An overplush at mr lnces after our drinkinge one the.
Thursdaye xj s lO
f 48
x Midsomer Charge x
payde
payde
payde
payde
payde
payde
for sylke poyntes for the boye
for wine at the dressinge of our boye
for the boyes stockinges
for his shooes
for sylke Rebyne. for the boye & horse head
for his gloves
payde vnto the thre men thatt attended
Spente vpon the Companye without the barres
more geven to the. Cryer at barrs
more geven to apoore blynde boy
more geven at the Castell & northgate
payde for one pottell seacke
payde for our musicke
payde to mr hoolmes for keepinge the banner
more for mendinge the iron of it
more bestowed vpon mr. lnces, maydes
payde at an overplushe [at mr. lnces] at our banquitt
mid"
xij d
xij d
xviij d
ijs vjd
xv d
vjd
xviij d
ijs ijd
vjd
ij d
ij s
nlJ S
xij d
ij d
xij d
one
xx s
Beerbrewers' Records CCA' Company Book G 3/2
f 59 (23 November)
paid for the Childes shoes
paid for a payer of hose for him
paid for a payer of gloues for him
spent at dressing the Child
xvj d
XX d.
xvj d.
ij s.
15
20
25
30
35
40
342 ! CllESTER 1621-2
spent in providing a horse for the Child
geuen to iije men to lead the Childes horse
paid for prunes Comfettes apples & other thtnges
paid for bread and Cheese
paid for half a barrell of the best beere
[half a barrel of smale beare
paid for wyne
geuen to the musicioner
geuen to the Cryer at the barres
geuen to the Castell and to the northgate
paid for keping the banner
[viO sivjs
ij s
ij s
xviij d.
ijs.
xxd.
vjs.
viij d
vij dl
viij d
[vj d]
iiij d
xij d
xij d.
1o
f 59v
payd to the Stewardes of the drawers in dee for a Samon at
mydsomer watch for this Companie to theire banquett vii s vj d
15
Coopers'Records c: Company Book II
ff 25-5v (13 January)
Midsomer Charges 1622.
lnprimis payde to two picke men xij d
more payde to foure men beinge musketers ij s
more payde for powder and match iiij s iiij d
more. payde for the loone of 2. payer of bandeleries of widdow
locker vj d
more payde for the lone of 2. pickes
payde for drinke at the barrs vpon the Companye
more payde to the Cryer, Castell and northgate
more geven to apoore blynde boy
payde for the boyes shooes
payde
payde
payde
payde
payde
payde
payde
payde
for his stockinges
for his gloves
for musicke
for 2. payers gloves for the 2. men
20
25
xviij d
ix d
for the loone of Ahatt for the boye xij d
for apayer of gloves bestowed vpon willm pew loyner xiiij d 40
for bere at our Alderman mr lynakers howse vj d
for strong bere for our banquiett lllj S
iiij d 30
xij d
xiiij d
ijdl
xxd
xij d
A
343 / CltESTER 1621-2
payde for bread ij s
payde for Cheese ij s vij d
payde for prvines suger synamond Corrantes xiiij d
payde for Nuttes and aples x d
payde for one pottell of wine xvj d
Mayors List 5 BL: Ilarley 2125
f 54* (Shrove Tuesday) Robert Wbitehead
on shroftusday diuers braue horses runing for the bell on 1o
blanchard of chester bruer tould he would fach his mare out of
his trow & beat them all & laye wagers out which he performed
& won the bell & had his mare in such account as he had a great
price of her
Joiners, Carvers, and Tzrners' Records
CCA: Company Book G 14/1
f 105v (25 March)
Disbursments
lO
lS
2o
Item spent in providinge a Child to Ride for the Companie on
Midsomer Eve iij d z
Item paid for a paire of shooes for the Child xiiij d
Item paid for stockings and garters ij s ij d
ltem paid for gloves x d
Item paid for Musicke ij s
Item paid to three men to Attend the boy xij d 3o
Item paid for dressinge the horse that the Child did ride vpon iij d
Item paid for paintinge the staffe xij d
Item spent at the borrowinge of a hart ij d
Item given to the Cryer at the Barfs, and to the prisoners at the
Castle and Norgate xij d 35
ltem given vnto Sibdall a poore man ij d
Item spent in wyne at the dressinge of the Child viii d
Item spent in Beere vpon Midsomer Eve in severall places vii d
xviij d
Item spent vpon the Child after the watch and vpon those that
did Attend him
4O
344 / CHESTER 1621-2
Mercers, Ironmongers, Grocers, and Apothecaries' Records
C : Company Book
pp 127-8 (6,lho,)
payde for 3. paiere of mens gloves, which did attend the Ladye
at the watch ij
paide the 3. men for theire paines iij
payde
payde
payde 0
s
s
for one paier of Gloves for the girle xvj d
for one paier of shoes and apaier of hoose for her ij s x d
for Ribine for shoe ryes and for the horse head. 2 yardes
xij d
payde for silke Rvbine. more for her dressinge iiij d
payde vnto Sir Henrye Bumberies man for dressinge and Leadinge
the horse ij s vj d
more spente in Raph willsons at the barres ij s 5
payde the Cryer at barres xij d
Geven vnto the prisoners at Castell and at the Northgate iiij s
Geven to apoore blynde boye that drumed vj d
payde to the musitions vj s viij d
payde for halfe abarill of beere to lohn brookes for our banquit z0
viiij d
payde for wallnuttes orrenges and Lemons xiiij d
payde for Cakes and wafers iiij s
payde for 2 li. Comffittes iij s iiij d
payde for .4 quarter 4 t of Conceites x d oh. z5
payde for 12 li. prunes iij s
payde for .j li. 6. ounces of marmelat at 20d per li. ij s iij d oh.
payde for j li. Suger xvj d
paide for .2. ounces of Sinamond at viij d
payde for Comffettes. and Conceites more xx d I 0
payde for one pottell of seacke and one pottell of Clarett wine
iijs iiij d
payde for one paier of bootes for the boye iiij s vj d
paide for 3. mens gloves and wages v s
paide for Rybbine for the horse head & dressinge xij d
payde for apayer of gloves for the boye ij s
Joiners, Carvers, and Furriers' Records CCA: Minute Book G 14/2
p 49 (21 ,Hay)
It is agreed that the stewards shall provide a Child to Ride for
345 / CHESTER 1621-2
the Company on Midsomer Eve in such Manner as heretofore
[they] hath bene accustomed and that at the same tyme they
shall provide a Banquett for the Companie as formerlie hath
bene vsed
1622-3
Drawers of Dee's Records CCA: Company Book G 10/1
p Sl* (30 June)
geuen to the bearebruers for a salmon & for dressmge the Child
xs
p52
geuen to the bearebruers
xs
1o
15
Painters, Glaziers, Embroiderers, and Statiouers" Records
C: Account Book !!
p 5 (18 October)
payd vpon/Vlidsomer eue for all thinges concerning the boy
horse and Musick xj s iiij d 2s
spent at dressing the Child vj d
payd for gloues for the Aldermen and Stewards iij s iiij d
payd to the barres Castell and Northgate xij d
Spent at the Stuards after the wache on midsomer eve ij s vj d
for 4 silken banners for the speares and gilding 6 phoenixes ij s s0
for 4 new Scockets for the speares xv d
payd for Cullering the pickes x d
Treasurers" Account Rolls CCA : TA R / 3/42
mb 2 (November)
.oo
item paid to mr Richard Bennett draper for ten yardes & ahalf
grove cullour brode cloth to make the waytemen gownes at
Seaven and eight pence the yarde iiij li. vj d
2O
35
4O
346 / CHFSTER 1622-3
Item paide to the Stewardes of the Sadlers towardes their Bell
at Shrovetyde vj s. viij d
Item paide vnto Guest the drummer on Shrove tewsday xij d.
Item paide vnto henry Barton a Carpenter for takeinge downe
the pales at Roodee on Shrovetewsday and for settinge of them
vp and Nailes xij d
mb 3 10
Item paide to Nicholas halwoodde and Robert Thorneley for
payntinge and Trymeinge of the Giantes and beastes and the
other thinges against midsomer Eve xliij s. iiij d.
Item paid to Thomas prickett for makeing the new antient for
the Cittie viii s.
Item paide mr Christopher Blease for ix elnes of Taffeta
Sercenett at vii s iiij d the ell, one yarde and ahalf of Crymson
and white Taffeta, Txvo ounces of Silke one yard and ahalf of 20
None so prettir / to make a new Auntient iiij li. x s xj d.
Item paide "mr" Randull holme for his payntinge guildinge and
tr3"minge the Auntient with gold & Coullors xij s.
Item paid to Nicholas hallwood and Robert Thorneleye for 2s
payntinge and settinge forth of the majors mounte
xxvj s. viij d.
Item paid lhomas wealche Cooper for his paynes to beare the
Citties Auntient on midsomer Eve ij s. vj d 30
Cordwaiuers amt Shoemakers' Records
CCA: Account Book III G1814
f 54 (II November)
more payde vnto Roberte kellye for musicke
ijs
21 / None talicized n llS
347 / CHESTER 1622-3
f55
payde for our Sixe gleaves vj s. and for berrage xviij d some is
vijs vjd
.oo
more spent, in speakinge for A dynner at mr. lnces for the
Companye one Thursday at shrovetyde vj d
Spente at mr Throppes howse after the horse Race in bere vj d
payde to the wayte men and to Roberte kellye for musicke, at
shrove tyde iiij s vj d
payde at an over plushe at shrovetyde at our ffishe dynner vj s
payde for one quarte of seacke after the drinkinge at Randall.
Inces xij d
IO
midsomer
Charge
f55v
paid to mr hoolmes for keepinge our baner
.oo
xij d
f56
paide for one yarde of sylke Ryben
payde, for beere without the barres
payde to the Cryer at barres
paide to the prisoners at Castell and northgate
payde for three quartes of seacke at our banquitt
paide for the lone of A sadell for our boye
paide for the loone of Ahat and feather for the boye
payde for his gloves
paide for his stockinges and poyntes
payde at the dressinge of the boye
Spente at mr Inces one the even at the Call of the book
paide for two yardes sylke Rebyn for the horse
paid for the boyes shooes
paide for our musicke
paid to the man that did leade the horse
paid to hym that Caried the banner
vjd
i ij s ij d
qd
llJ s
vd
vjd
xd
ijs vjd
xij d
xviij d
xij d
xvj d
xviij d
vjd
d
d
paid to one. other man that helde the boye vj
more Spent with mr Ince. one the Companyes busynesse vij
more Spente at an overplushe alter our banquitt one midsomer
even
XX s
15
20
25
30
35
4o
xxd.
348 / CtlESTER 1622-3
Beerbrewers" Records CCA: Company Book G 3/2
ff 67-7v (23 November)
Midsomer Charges
Geven vnto Thomas Gillam at the Request of Sir Thomas Smith
knight then mayor ^'but the companie not to be bound thereby
hereafter" v s.
payde for a payer of stockinges, and a payer of Shooes for our
bore iiij s I
payde for a payer of gloves, for hym xx d
Spente at the dressinge of the boye ij s
more spente in provydinge, and in goeinge, to gett a goulde
cheane and other thinges to furnish our boye ij s
payde vnto them that did attende the horse viij d
payde for prvines Comfeattes, apples Lemons oringes and other
banqueitinge stuffe iiij s
payde for Cheese Cakes and breade vj s
payde for halfe a barill of march beere x s
payde for wine at our banquett iiij s viij d
payde 20
payde for Lambe in steade of A Salmon wbich we shoulde a
had at our banquett iij s iiij d
(;even vnto the Cryer at the barres iiij d
Geven at the Castell and northgate xij d
paide vnto mr Hoolmes for keepinge our banner xij d 2s
payde for mendinge the Iron of our banner which was broken
iiij d
the musicioners for musicke vj s
Dean altd Chapter CC: Treasurers' Accounts IV
p 146 (Christmas)
Item to a Watchman at Chrestmas
ijs vjd
Coopers" Records C: Company Book II
ff 29v-30 (13 January)
Mydsomer Charge
lnprimis paide for stronge beere v s
16, 18 I the scribe has underlined the original sum and placed a new one in the right-
band marn
$0
$5
40
352 / CHESTER 1622-3
xvith bread and beere, & soe likewise on wenseday & thurseday
followinge all which is 3 dayes, which is indeede to the greate
Charge of the said worshipfull Companye of draperrs:
The Sheriffes Breakfast
on monday in Ester weeke
Beinge a moste anchant Custome, there, on the said monday in
Ester weeke the 2. sherifes of ye Cittie to shoote for abreakefast
or dinner, of Calues heades & Bacon, the mayor Recorder &
Aldermen takeinge parte with on sheriffe or the other, and all
other gentlemen yeomen, or good fellowes, yat will there shoote
on either side beinge chosen, doe shore there 3 shootes, beinge
bettered still by the winers side which 3 shootes beinge so won,
they all take parte togeather of the same diner or breakefast, the
winners side payeinge, ij d apiece and the lossers side 4d apiece,
the origenall whereof, no marts memorie can remember, of which
anchant custome the time beinge very fittinge, the game beinge
moste lawfull, and the ende beinge the comforte societie and
recreation of the Cittizens it deserues not onlye greate praise 20
and commendation but also perpetuall Continuance and
manteynance: t
The watches of the mayor &
Sheriffes at Christmas yerely vsed
25
O.f which thoe mans memorie cannot remember the origenall, yet
the Collections of writers, doe shew the cause thereof: The time
of the begininge to be in the dayes of (William) the Conqueror,
who driueinge the ould Brittons or as is verylye. "thoughte" the 30
walshe men who did here inhabitt, mixed with the ould saxons
seinge the Normans to haue gotten, the possession of this land
and had procured som rest & setled themselues in this Cittie
in peace, by force of conquest, at a season in the Cristmas when
all men gue themselues to securitie, The Walshmen neere 35
neighbors grudgeinge at theire securitie and possession, of theire
lande, (As late example we had of the lrishe, in london dery in
Ireland, and of later time about anno .1620. of the plantation
of the Englishe in Virginia) they walshe men came in the nighte
time and made a sudden Inuasion, and spoyled and burned som 40
parte of this Cittie, wherevpon the Conqueror gaue landes, with
the concente of Hugh Lupe his sisters son & Earle of Chester, to
diuers who should watche & warde and be readye to defende the
356 / CHESTER 1623-4
1623-4
Drawers of Dee's Records CCA: Company Book G 10/1
p 52 (30June)
gcuen to the bearebruers
xs 5
Painters, Glaziers, Embroiderers, and Stationers" Records
C: Account Book I I 10
p 7 (18 October)
Pard for apayre of stockings apayre of showes a payre of gloues
and Showtyes for the child at Midsomer iiij s. iiij d.
Giuen for gloues for the Aldermen and Stuards iij s. viii d. 1
Giuen Thomas williamson loyner for Cutting a litle Phoenix ij s.
ffor a Ryband for the horse head vj d.
Giuen to the Barfs. Castell. and Northgate xiiij d.
Spent at dressinge the boy vj d.
Spent after the wache on Midsomer euen at the Stuard Thomas 20
Waytes howse ij s. vj d.
Payd to xij men that carried the pikes vj s.
ffor leading the horse, carr "y'inge the banners and garland
ij s. viij d.
Giuen to the 3 Trompetors. v s. vj d. 2
ffor guildinge the litle phoenix, for 3 new banners for the pikes,
and for 4 phoenixes for the mens heads iij s.
Cordwainers and Sboemakers" Records
CCA: Account Book III G/8/4
f 60 (11 November)
.oo
Inprimis payde the xjth daye of November 1623 beinge St
martens daye. at an over plush after our dynner xviij s
payde to Roberte kellye for musicke at the same dynner ij s vj d
ooo
more payde for musicke at Stewarde wrightes howse when the
Companye wente to drinke with hym ij s vj d
30
35
40
5s
-' 12d
- 8d
358 / ('tlESTER 1623-4
Beerbrewers" Records CCA: Company Book G3/2
ff 70v-1 (November)
Mydsomer accomptes and suite.
inprimis for bread and Cheese at the banquett iij s viii d
more for prunes Confyttes Synamon, sugar Orringes and apples
ij s
more for halfe a barrell of Stronge beere viij s
more spent at the dressinge of the boy as formerlie hath beene 10
vsed ij s.
more at the banquett three potties of wyne iij s
more for a pound of Powder at our banquett by the Companies
appoyntment xvj d
more paid to the drawers of dee for a Samon vij s is
payd to mr Holmes for the keeping of the banner xij d
payd for mendinge the banner [vj d]
payd for a payre of stockinges for the boy ij s
payd for a payre of gloves for the boy ij s
paid for a man to Carrie the banner xij d 20
payd to the Musitioners vj s I
more for borrowinge of two chaynes, and leuels and other
necessaries ij s
more given to the Cryer at the barres
given to the prisoners at the Castle
given to the prisoners at the Northgate
iiij d
vjs
25
13. la 1623
Coopers" Records C: Company Book II 30
f 34 (13 January)
Inprimis payde, at our william ffishers sheriffe at his howse,
for our dynner after our meetinge vpon the xiij th daye of
lanuarye Anno domini 1623. for the wholl Companye xx s 3s
payde to Thomas williams for musicke at our dynner ij s x d
more geven vnto the sayde Thomas Williams for musicke at
margerye phillippes howse ij s
9. 19-21 / tbe scmbe bas underhned tbe omgmal sum and placed a new one n tbe
tTgbt-band margin
359 / CHESTER 1623-4
f35
The iij th of May 1624
Payd for musicke at mr fisheres at Owen Morris dimer
payd more for beare
payd more for wyne
Midsomer Charge
payd
payd
payd
payd
payd
payd
payd
payd
payd
payd
payd
payd
payd
payd
payd
payd
payd
payd
given
for powder and mach
for pruines & other spic
for Chese
for gloues
for stockins for the boye
for appelles
for bred
for beare
for ij picke men
for iiij shore
for Musicke
at the barres
at the Castell
at the Northgate
for gloues for the men which did Lead the Child
for ij C wallnuttes
for a pottell of Clarett wyne j quart secke
vnto the man which Lead the horse
vnto william Ashton for Lone of the horse
given more vnto wayett
Spent at the borroweing of one picke
(5 August, the king's holy day)
payd at hireing of the Musicke
f 35v (2 November, at a dinner)
payd vnto the Musicke
ijs vjd
ij s
vsvjd
iij s vj d
xv d
ijs ixd
xv d
ij s viii d
viij d
ij s.
vsvjd
viii d
ijs.
iiij s
vjd
iiij d
vjd
xvj d
viij d
ij s
xij d
iiij d
jd
iiij d
iij s vj d
10
15
20
25
30
35
4 / dimer for dinner, mznzm ormtted MS
th luly
363 /CHESTER 1624-5
ff 69v-70v
lmprimis 20. december payed for Musique at Steward ltiltons
house ij s
Shrovetyde - 1625
Imprimis payed for our Gleaves vj s.
Item spent in barrage thereof vj d
Item payed for sacque at sheriffe Glegges howse, which was
sent to m'air" about the Complaint of the drapers against
shoemakers & Sadlers ij s. vj d.
Item payed for one pint of Wyne at William Larkinges about
lobn Alderseyes brather
Item payed to the Waytemen
Item payed to Robert Callye
Item payed at an overplus then
Midsomer Ewe / 1625
iiij d. I
ij s
ijs
XVJ S.
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
1o
15
20
for Sacke on Midsomer Eve
Imprimis payed to Thomas Crosse the Shopkeeper for
banquettinge stuffes xviiij s
To the gouldsmith for mendinge lewelles xviij d.
Item payed for orrenges & leamons xij d
payed more for Sugar x d. 25
payed for gloves for the boy xiiij d.
for stockinges for the Boy xviij d.
for shoes xviij d.
for the loane of a hatt viij d
given to the Man which brought the horse xij d so
to the 2 leaders of the horse xij d
given to the Cryar vj d
given to the presoners in the Northgate and the Castell ij s
600. of wallnuttes ij s I
spent in dressinge the Boy vj d ss
for half a Barrell of Beere vj d
for fyue Cakes xij d
for other Cakes and bread iiij s
for Cheeses v s ij d
payd for the Banner xij d 4o
Midsomer
Charges
364 / CHESTER 1624-5
Item given the Musicke iiij s
Item spent when the drapers Called vs before mr maior the last
]yme xviij d
Item for Sackq att Randle Bennettes dynner ix s
Item for Musique ij s vj d
Item for stronge Aell the same day vii s
Beerbrewers' Records CCA: Company Book G 3/2 l0
f 76 (23 November)
lnpr/mis paid for the Childes shooes xvj d
Paid for his Stockinges xx d
Paid for a paire of gloves xvj d 15
Spent art dressinge the Child ij s
Spent in Providinge the horse xij d
Given to three men that ledd the Childes horse ij s
Paid for Prunes Comfittes Apples & other thinges xx d
Paid for bredd & Cheese. vj s. 20
Paid for halfe a bah'ell of Stronge beere v s
Paid for A Samon vii s vj d
Paid for wyne ij s viii d.
1 o the Musick v s.
Given to the Cryer at the Barres vj d 2s
Given to the Castle & Northgate xij d
Paid for keepinge the Banner xij d
Painters, Glaziers, Embroiderers, and Stationers' Records 30
CCA: Minute Book CR 63121131
f 5v (23 November)
Whether the banners shall be new siluered ayaynst Midsomer
[to b] to be siluered (13 votes) 35
Coopers'Records C: Company Book ii
ff 37-7v (13 January)
.oo
payd for mending the Baner xj d
365 / CHESTER 1624-5
Midsomer charge
Payed for beare v s vj d
payd for Chese nj s
payd for gloues ij s iij d 5
payd for powder and match iij s vj d
payd for pruines and other spices xviij d
payd for stockines and shoes for the boye and Riben for hes
shoes iij s j d
payd for dresinge the flage stafe ij s I 10
Spent at William Pues iij d
payd for a payre of gloues for william Pue xij d
payd more Musicke ij s iiij d
payd for beare at the barres ij s
payd the Crier at the barres vj d 15
payd at the Castell iiij d
payd at the Northgatt vj d
given vnto william Pues man iiij d
payd for iiij short and ij picke men ij s xj d
payd for bred ij s 20
payd for j pottell Claret wyne j quart secke ij s iiij d
.oo
payd more for appelles and nuttes xviij d
payd for the Lone of ij pickes iiij payre of bandeleros and dresing
j gorgett xx d 2s
given vnto the man which did Lead the horse vj d
payd for Lone of the hatte and feather xij d
Johters, Carvers, and Turners'Records
CCA: Company Book G14/1
f 112 (25 March)
.oo
Disbursements
Imprimis for a paire of shooes for the Child vpon Midsomer
eve xiiij d
Item for a paire of stockeinges for the Child xvj d
Item for one dosen of points iiij d
Item for a paire of garters vj d
Item for Ribboninge for the Childes shooes and for the horse
head xij d
3O
35
40
366 / CHESTER 1624-5
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
for a quarte of Wyne at the dressinge of the Childe vj d
[for] to a man for dressinge the horse vj d
paid for a hatt for the Child iiij s
paid for a paire of gloves viij d
paid for a skaine of silke j d
given to the prisoners at the Castle and Northgate viij d
given to the Cryer at the Barres iiij d
paid for a quart of sacke at the Banquett xij d
paid to three men to Attend the Child xij d
paid vnto the Musicke ij s
spent vpon Midsomer Eve at Widow Pues house xij d
10
Kat Chetlwood
Calluen Bryanne
f l12v
Item spent at Alderman Pues at the dynner made there by lohn
Robinson for the whole Company x s
Item given to the Musicke at the same tyme vj d
15
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Ilercers, lroumoltgers, Grocers, and Apotbeatries' Records
C: Company Book
pp 149-50 (6May)
... li. s d
Memorandum the 22th of lune 1625 to mr Bleaye for a paier
of stockinge j paier of garteres & j yard ribine 00-04-08
Memorandum for a paier of shewes for the boye yat ride Lord
00-02-00
Memorandum for Ribine to macke him poyntes & ye hores
hed 00-02-03
Memonmdum for a paier of gloues for him 00-01-03
Memorandum giuen at the Castell and Northegate 00-04-00
Memorandum paide to three men that attended the booeaye
00-02-00
Memorandum paid for 3 payere of gloues for them 00-02-00
oo.
Memo randum paid for a paier of gloues for the ladie 00-01-00
Memorandum paid mr Bleayes for a payer of garteres 00-01-06
Memorandum Ribine for shewe tyes 00-00-09
Memorandum paid for a paier of shewes 00-02-00
Memorandum paid for a paier of stockinges 00-03-00
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367 /CHESTER 1624-5
Memorandum paid at willsones at the barres 00-02-00
Memorandum paid to the Crier at the barres 00-01-00
Memorandum paid to the Mewsicke yat went with the Compeny
00-06-08
Memorandum paid 3 men yat attended ye ladle 00-02-00
li. s d
Memorandum paid for 3 paier of gloues 00-01-10
Memorandum paid for ribine for the horse hed 00-00-06
Memorandum giuen the halkeper at our mettinge 00-01-00
Memorandum 8 li. prewnes 00-01-08
Memorandum j li. Comfetes 00-01-06
Memorandum 2 quarter shuger plate 2 oz of marchepane 00-00-08
Memorandum dj li. mor of Comfettes 00-00-09
Memorandum j li. hard shuger 00-01-06
Memorandum j li. 6 quarter of marmelate 00-02-01
Memorandum in waffernes and Cakes 00-04-00
Memorandum iij quartes of seke 00-03-00
Memorandum iiij quarter of wette suckett 00-00-05
Memorandum A firken of Beayer 00-02-06
Memorandum 2 quarter of synament 00-00-08
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15
20
1625-6
Painters, Glaziers, Embroiderers. and Stationers' Records 25
C : Account Book 11
p 1 1 (I8 October)
for Gloues to the Alderman & Stuards on midsomer eue
iij s. iiij d. 30
for Stokyns. Gloues. Showes. & Showtyes for the Childe yat
ride on midsomer eue iiij s. iiij d.
Spent at dressing ye childe vj d.
for riband for the Horse heade vj d.
Giuen at Barrs Castell & northgate, xiiij d. 35
Giuen for Ca,,'r'ringe the banners & Garland & leadinge the
Horse xviij d
Giuen the ^'2" Trompetors & drommer v s. vj d.
Spent in wine at ye Stuards howse at the banckett after ye
wach ij s. vj d. 40
Giuen to xij men for Carringe the pikes on midsomer eue vj s.
368 ! CHESTER 1625-6
Treasurers'Account Rolls CCA: TAR/3/43
nab 5 (November)
Item paid to Raphe Hilton draper for the 4 waytemens gownes
against Christyde. 14 yardes of broade Clothe at 7s 6d per
varde v li. v s
Item paide to the Stewardes of the Sadlers towardes the silver
bell againste Shrovetusdaye vj s viij d
Item paid to Roger Gueste for drumminge the same daye xij d
10
mb 8
Item paid to the Paynters for repayreinge the Gyantes againste
Middsomer xliij s iiij d
Item to Roger Gueste for drumminge on Middsomer daye at the
showe xij d
Item paid to the Paynters for dressinge the Maiors mounte on
Middsomer eve xxvj s viii d
Item to 2 men for keepinge the horsemen of the rood=eye on
St Georges daye xij d
Item paid to Gueste for druminge before the Maior that daye xij d
Item paid for Bearinge the Auncyant on Middsomer Eve to
Welche the Cowper ij s vj d
Cordwainers and Shoemakers' Records
CCA: Account Book III G/8/4
f 76 (11 November)
lmprimis geven to a poore widowe by Alderman Ince his
Appointment xij d
Item for musique that day & at nighte iij s. iiij d
Item to George Hiltons boy then for singeinge vj d
1 o the Musique at steward Aliens house ij s vj d
15
20
25
30
369 /CHESTER 1625-6
Item spent at mistris lnces at an over plus when william Gregorye
was Chosen Alderman iij s
f 76v
Item payed for musique at our Alderman Gregories the same
Daye ij s
Item spent in meetinge the sadlers 3 seuerall tymes about the
Drapers vij d
Item spent when wee mett them in the Churchyard xij d
Item spent in procuringe Evydence on our syde "against the
Drapers" xvij d
Item geven to the Baredge at makinge the gleaves iij d
f 77
Item spent on the day and tyme of Assemblie with the Drapers 20
and sadlers in the Taverne viij d
Item spent in the pentice at the same assemblie ij s
Item spent with the Drapers after the assemblye at the blacke
hostes xiij d
Item spent vpon Mr Henrye Annyon and given to him to resygne 25
his place to our companie vj s v d
Item payed to the Clearke for Wrytinge our Request to the
Assemblie vj d
Item payed for our gleaves [vij s] vjj s
Item payed to the waytemen ij s
Item payed to Robarte Callye ij s vj d
Item spent in wyne x s.
f77v
Midsomer Charge ./
Layed out and allowed by our Companie
videlicet for Cheese
xxv s
v s. viij d
30
35
40
;70 / CHESTER 1625-6
ffor Beere vij s. ij d
ffor Bread iiij s.
ffor Banquetinge stuffe ix s
Item to 3 men to Attend the Boy xviij d
Item for his gloves xiiij d s
Item for his pointes xvij d
Item for Rybon for the horse heade vj d
Item for Musique iiij s
Item for stockinges 'and shoes" ij s vj d
Iltem for his shoes xij d] 10
Item lor shoetyes vj d
[Item for Rybon for his Baner vj d]
Item spent at dressinge the Boye vj d
Item to mr Holmes for keepinge the Banner xij d
Item to the Cryar vj d 15
Item to the prisoners at the Northgate xij d
Item at the Castle xij d
Item for a pottle of sacque to our Banquett ij s
Item spent without the Barres the same Daye iij s
Item for bread when wee made an end of our Drincke iiij d. 20
Midsomer
charges
Beerbrewers' Records CCA: Company Book G 3/2
f 79 (23 November) 2s
lnprimis payd for the Childes Shooes xvj d
ffor his Stockinges xx d.
ffor a paire of gloves xvj d
Spent at dressinge the Child ij s 0
Spent in providinge the horse xij d
Given to three men that led the childes horse ij s
Paid for prunes Apples Comfyttes & other thinges xx d.
Paid for bread & Cheese vj s
Paid for half a barrell stronge beere vij s s
Paid for a Samon Ivij s vj d] viij s
Paid for wyne ij s viij d
1o the musick v s
Given to the Cryer att the barres vj d
Given to the Castle & Northgate xij d 40
Payd for keepinge the banner xij d
377 /CHESTER 1626-7
Item payd Richard Warmisham Sadler towards the bell vsually
rune for at Shroftyd vj s viij d
Item payd Gest drumer xij d
Item payd Richard Gregorye which he layd out for a locke 16d
and nayles for the payles j d & Rushes iiij d at Shroftyd xxj d
mb 2d
ooo
Item payd Nicolas Hallwood & Robert Thorneley for midsomer
worke xliij s iiij d
o.o
Item payd Nicolas Hallwood & Robert Thorneley for the Maiors
mounte xxvj s viij d
Item payd Roger Geust the drumer xij d 15
mb 3
Item payd fhomas Welch for Carryinge the Cytties Collers at
mydsomer ij s vj d
20
Cordwainers and Shoemakers' Records
CCA: Account Book Ill G/8/4
f 87 (11 November)
Item fbr gleaves at shrovetyde, and the Beuerage
Item to the waytes
Item to the Callyes
Midsomer Charge videlicet ./
Item for banquettinge stuffe
Item for gleaves
for stockinges and pointes
ffor shoes and shoetyes
for Rybon for the horse head
for 2 Cheeses
for keepinge the Bannor
for Beere
for bread
for musique
vj s vij d
ij s
ij s
ix s
xiiij d
iij s iiij d
xviij d
vjd
vj s
xij d
vjs vjd
lllj s
lllj s
25
30
35
4o
Midsomt'r
charges.
378 / CIIESTER 1626-7
Item
Item
Item
ltem
ltem
ltem
Item
Item
ltem
spent dressinge the Boy
given to him that brought the horse
to them that lead the horse
spent at !lugh Mowsons
spent at wydow Willsons
geven to the Cryar
to the prisoners in the Castle
to the prisoners in the Northgate
for the loane of a hatt for the boy
f 87v (11 October)
Item for musique the same Day
oo.
Beerbrewers" Records CCA: Company Book G 3/2
f 84 (23 November)
vjd
xij d
xij d
xij d
vjd
vjd
xij d
xij d
viij d
(blank)
10
15
Item for the Childs Shooes & Stockinges iij s 20
Item for his gloves xvj d.
Item spent at dressinge the Child xvj d.
Item spent in providinge the horse vj d
Item paid for prunes Aples Comfittes & other thinges j s viii d
Item paid for bread & Cheese v s. 25
Item paid for halfe barrell beere vj s
Item paid for a Sammon viii s.
Item paid for wyne ij s viij d
Item paid the musicke v s.
Item given to the Cryer, Castle & Northgate xviij d. 30
Item to mr Holme for keepinge the banner xij d
Coopers' Records C: Company Book II
f 44 (13 January)
Midsoumer Accoumptes
Item payd for shoes and stockines and riben for the Boye iij s
Item for powder and Match iiij s iij d
Item for Lone of iij payre bandeleroes vj d
Item for ij payre gloues for william Pue and the Child ij s
Item for ij payre ofgloues for them which did Lead the horse xij d
35
40
380 / CHESTER 1626-7
Pues and for drincke x s.
Item for musique iiij d
.ilcrcers, lromnongers, Grocers, and Apothecaries' Records s
C: Company Book
p 160 (12May)
Item for paynting the staffe O- 1-00
--- 10
Item for the Lord j paire gloues O- 1- 3
Item j paire of woosted hosse and j paire of silke garters O- 5- 8
ltem j paire shewes O- 2- 0
Item 3 Men to tend the lord 0- 2- 0
Item 3 paire gloues for the men 0- 2- 0 15
Item for Ribin for poyntes for the [horshed] lord & Ribin for
the horse head 00- 4- 6
Item for Ribin for shewtys 00-00-0(.)
p 161
R by lohn Bennett the xxiiijth of lune 1627
I tern
I tern
I tern
Item
Item
I te m
Item
Item
Item
payed for 3 parr of gloues at be
payed for 1 parr silke garters
in riben for shuties
payed for 1 parr shues for ladle
payed
payed
payed
payed
payed
for 1 parr fine wosted hose for her
to the Musicke
3 men to Attend the ladle
for 3 parr gloues for them
for riben for the horse head
Item viij li. of prunes
Item j li. of Cumfetts
Item ij half of suger plates
Item ij half March paynes
Item j li. of suger at
Item in wafernes and Cakes
Item iiij half of sucker
Item ij half synomond
20
xviij d
xviij d 2s
ix d
ijs
llJ s
vj s viii d
ijs 30
ij s
vjd
xvj d
ijs vjd
[plates]iiij d 3s
xx d
vd
x d 40
22 / 1627 underlined n MS 34 / first t of Cumfetts written over e
384 ! CHFSTER 1627-8
Giuen at the Barrs. Castle and northgate xiiij d
Giuen for leading the horse, Carring the bannors and Garland
ijs vjd
Giuen to the Trompetor iij s. iiij d.
Giuen to the dromer xij d.
payd to xij men for Carringe of the pikes vj s
Spent at Steward Robinsons on midsomer eue after the wach
ijs vjd
payd for "greene" Taffaty Sarcenet to make a Trompet banner
and for Riben iiij s. vj d.
payd for gilding the phoenix on it and for fringe 'the
workmanshipp bestowed by mr Holme & his sonne'* v s
10
Cor, twainers and Shoemakers'Records
CCA: Account Book 111 G/8/4
f 92 (11 November)
lmprimis for musique at mistris lnces ij s
Item for musique at Steward Woodcockes ij s
Item for Musique at our steward Leys ij s
Item for our gleaves, and the Berrage & spent in payinge for them
at mistris lnces vii s j d
Item to the waytes att Shrovetyde ij s
f 92v
Midsomer Charge /
Item for halfe abarrell of Beere
Item for Bread
Item for short Cakes
Item for Cheese
Item for Apples
vjs vjd
xij d
lllj s
iiij s x d.
vjd
30
35
1 1-12 / ". the ... sonne"n RII ll's band
.385 / CHESTER ].627-8
I tem
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
for banquettinge stuffes
for Musique
for gloves for the boy
for Bootes and Spurrs
for Rybon
for keepinge the Bannor
to him wbich brought and did leade the horse
to 2 men to tend the Boy
spent at the Barrs
to the Cryar
to the prisoners in the Castle
to them in the Northgate
vij s.
iiij d
lllJ s.
xvj d.
lllj s.
xij d
xij d
xij d
xij d
ix d.
vjd
xij d
xij d
1o
Midsomer
charges /
Beerbrewers" Records CCA: Company Book G 3 12
f 88 (23 November)
ffor the Childes Stockines & Shooes
Item for his gloves.
Item for a Samon.
Item for wyne
Item for bread & cheese
Item for beare
Item given to the Cryer, Castle and Northgate
Item to the Musick
Item to Mr Holme for keepinge the banner
Item spent at dressinge of the Child
Dean aid Chapter cc: Treasurers' Accounts IV
p 206 (25 November)
(A udit day)
Item waites and other musike
iiij s vj d.
xvj d.
vjs
ij s viij d.
mj s.
[iiij s] vj s
xviij d
vs
xij d
xij d.
lllj S
15
20
25
30
35
p 228 (Christmas)
Item to Smalshew for the wach
ijs vjd
40
AC
386 / CtlESTER 1627-8
Proclamation at the Christmas Watch B L : Harley 2150
f77
the proclamation at the Christmas watch.
oyes thrise
the right worsbipfull the maior of this Citty chargeth and
Comandeth all persons here asembled to keepe the peace and
be of quiet & Ciuill behauiour duringe the tyme of the wach
now in hand vpon payne of Imprisonment & a fine at his
worshipes pleasure
oyes thrise
all thos who [which owe]'hould land by" sute seruice & homage
to this Court Come forth and make your apparance in answaringe
to your names vpon payne & perill that will fall theron
Coopers'Records C: Company Book I1
f 47 (13 January)
Midsoumer Charge
Item
Item
Item
I tern
I tern
I te m
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
payd for powder and Matche
payd for breed
payd for Chese
payd for Beare
payd for hose and shoes for the Boye and riben
payd for the Lone of ij payre bandeleroes
for Appelles with other spices
payd for Lone of hatte
payd for Mendinge iij peces
payd vj men
payd for iiij payre gloues
payd at oure Aldermans
at the Barres
payd the Cryer
payd at the Castell
payd at the Northgatte
payd for a quarte ot secke
payd for Musicke
iiij s iij d
ij s
iij s
vjs
iij s
vjd
iij s
xij d
vjd
iij s
ijs vjd
viij d
viij d
iiij d
iiij d
vjd
xvj d
ij s iiij d
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
387 /CHESTER 1627-8
Item payd for a pottell of beare at the dressinge of the boye iiij d
Joiners, Carvers, and Turners'Records
CCA: Company Book G14/1
f 118v (25 March)
oo.
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
for a hatt hose poyntes Rybon & gloves for the Childe
vj s. iiij
d
d.
d
for a payer of shoes xiiij
for a quarte of wyne att dressinge the Childe viii 1o
spent att Alderman Salisburyes on Midsomer Eve ij s. iij d.
the same day att widowe pues ij s.
for Powder vj d
to the Musicke iij s.
at furnishinge the horse iiij d 15
for wine at the banquet xvj d
spent att Richard Bollandes, steward xviij d
given to 3 men to leade the horse xij d
more laid out on midsomer to the Cryar, the presoners in the
Castle, & northgate xij d
Mercers, Ironmongers, Grocers, and Apothecaries' Records
C: Company Book
p 166 (12May)
more payed by mee at Midsomer 1628
Item j parr gloues for the ladie
Item j parr [silke garters]'shewes"
Item in riben for shues.
Item j parr fine hose 3s j parr silke garters 2s
Item giuen 3 men to Attend the ladie
Item payd for 3 parr gloues for them
ijs vjd
xviij d
ix d
vs
ijs
p 168
Laid out by Thomas Drinkwater lune 1628
videlicet.
paid for paintinge the staffe
xij d
20
25
4O
Midsomer
Charge
389 / CHESTER 1627-8
person that disturbed the same to be accursed by the said Pope,
vntill such tyme as they should be absolued thereof
1628-9
Painters, Glaziers, Embroiderers, and Stationers'Records 5
C: Account Book I I
p 17 (18 October)
Payd Hose Gloues Showes & Sutyes for ye Child yat Ridd
Spent at dressing of ye Child and berrage of his clothes xiiij d.
Payd for a Ruben for ye horse head vj d.
Spent at ye barfs while we stayd for mr Maior xij d.
Giuen at ye barrs Castell & northgate xiiij d.
Giuen to ye q-rompeter iij s. iiij d. 15
Giuen to ye Drummer xij d.
Giuen for Carriage of ye banners garland & leading ye horse ij s.
Payd to ye xij pikemen, vj s.
Spent at Stewards Bromefeild howse after ye wach ij s. vj d.
Payd for Gloues for ye Aldermen & Stewards iij s. iiij d.
Cordwaiters and Shoemakers' Records
CCA: Account Book Ill G/8/4
f 97 (II November)
(St llartin's Day)
Item for Musique
Item for our Gleaves and the Beuerage
ijs
vij s. iij d
ff 97v-8
Item to the waytes at Shrovetyde ij s
Item to Robert Callye ij s
Item for an overplus at our Alderman Gregories at shrovetyde v. s
Imprimis for halfe a barrell of beere
Item for bread and Cakes
Item for 8 li. of pruynes
Item for banquettinge Stuffe
vij s
iiij s viij d
ij s
vs
2O
25
3O
35
40
Midsomer
charges
Midsomer
Charges
390 /CHESTER 1628-9
item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
ltem
Item
Item
Item
for one ould Cheese iiij s iiij d
2 new Cheeses iiij s iiij d
for musique iiij s
to the Cryar vj d
spent at the barres ij s v d 5
to the pr/soners at the Castle xij d
to the pr/soners art the northgate xij d
for a quarte of sacque at our banquett xvj d
for stockinges for the boy xvj d I
for shoes for the boy xij d 10
for keepinge the Banner xij d
spent at dressinge the boy vj d
geven to the man which brought and ledd the horse xviij d
for Rybon for the horse head vj d
geven to the [boy] men which attended the boy xij d 15
for shoetyes for the boy vj d
Beerbrewers' Records CCA: Company Book G3/2
ff 99-9v (23 November) 20
Inprimis paid for the Childes shooes & Stockinges iiij s vj d.
Item for his gloves xvj d
Item for A Samon x s.
Item for wyne ij s viij d 2s
Item for bread & cheese iiij s.
Item for Beere vj s
Item to the Cryer Castle and Northgate xviij d
Item to the Musick v s.
Item to Mr holme for keepinge the banner xij d
Item spent at the dressinge of the Child xij d
Glovers'Records c: Company Book
p 30 (January)
lnprimis payd for the boye his bootes
Item for apaire of gloves for him
Item payd for three paire for the men
Item paid for Rybbon for the horse
iijs xd
viij d
xviij d
xij d
Item paid to the Cryer Castle & Northgate xviij d
Item spent at mr ffletchers vpon some of the Company before
40
lnprimes
391 /CHESTER 1628-9
our goeinge vp
Item spent at the barres
Item to Mr Holme for the Bainer
Item to the Musick
xviij d
vj s iiij d
xij d.
vjs.
Coopers' Records C: Company Book 11
f 50v (13 January)
Payd at oure Aldermanes vpon the Election daye
Payd the musicke
XXllj s
fS1
Midsomer Charge
Imprimis payd for powder and mache iiij s iij d
Item more payd for a payre of stockins for the boye xv d
Item more payd for a payre of shues for the boye xviij d
Item more payd for apayre of gloues xij d
Item more payd for the lone of a hart xij d
Item more payd for Ribban for shue tyes and for the horse hed
ix d
for Aples prewnes and other spises iij s
for Cheesse iij s
for bredd ij s
Item more payd
Item more payd
Item more payd
Item more payd for three payre of gloues for themen that led
the horse and to Richard Boland ij s
Item more payd for beere vij s
Item more payd the pikemen and short iij s
Item more payd for the loane of 2 pikes and 2 bandelores xij d
Item more payd for a pottell wyne and one quart of Sacke
ij s viij d
Item more payd for musicke ij s vj d
Item more payd att our Aldermanes and the barres xiiij d
Item more giuen the Cryer art the barres iiij d
Item more giuen att the Castell iiij d
Item more giuen art the northgate vj d
Item more giuen to Robert nicholas for the loane of his peese
and bandelerowes one quart of beere ij d
Item more payd for mendinge of 2 peeses vij d
Item more payd art the dressinge of boye iiij d
lO
15
2o
25
30
35
4o
hroveyde
394 / CHESTER 1629-30
Cordwainers and Shoemakers'Records
CCA: Account Book 111 G/8/4
f 102 (I I November)
Item for musique at dynner
Item for musique at Steward Wrightes
Item for Musique at Steward Heathes
ij s
ij s
f 102v
Item to the waytes ij s
Item to the Callyes ij s
Item at an overplus att our drinckinge vpon Thursday at our
Alderman Gregories x s
Item for a pint of sacque for mistris lnce viii d
Item for the 3. brethrens dynners which wayted at the Hall xviij d
Item spent in provydinge a boy to ryde vj
d
f 103
Midsomer Charge 1630 /
lnprimis for Beere vij s. vj d
Item for bread iiij s viij d
Item for pruynes ij s
Item for banquettinge stuffes v s.
Item for an ould Cheesse iiij s. j d
Item for 2 new Cheeses iiij s. vii d
Item to Robert Callye for musique iiij s.
Item to the Cryar vj d
Item spent att the barres iij s.
Item to the prisoners in the Castle xij d
Item to the prisoners in the Northgate xij d
Item for stockinge for the boy ij s. vj d
Item for shoes for the boye xx d.
Item for keepinge the Banner xij d
Item spent at dressinge the boye xij d
Item payed to the man which brought and ledd the horse ij s. vj d
Item for Rybon for the horshead vj d
10
15
20
25
30
35
397 /CHESTER 1629-30
sonne to Ryde for our Companie, by Consent vij s
Item given to a man to dresse the horse iiij d
Item for Rybon for the Horse head vj d
Item for a quarte of wyne at dressinge the boye viij d
Item spent at our Alderman Salisburyes xx d
Item spent att at wydowe Pues ij s
Item to the Cryar, and the presoners in the Castle and the
Northgate xij d
Item spent att William Williams xiiij d
Item for a quarte of wyne att our banquett viij d
Item for three men to Attend the boy xij d
Item for our musique ij s iiij d
lO
hlercers, Ironmottgers, Grocers, attd Apothecaries" Records 5
C: Company Book
pp 183-4 (7Alay)
Item for apaire hose "2s lOd'garteres "2s 2d" shootyes for the
boye & "shooes" vj viij d 2o
Item for a parr of hose, "2s 8d" gartees, "18d" & rosses "12d"
for the gerle v s ij d
Item a parr shooes for the gerle xx d
Item ribbine for dressing her head & "silke" xij d
2 parr of gloues for them both iiij s 25
Item ribbine for the both horseheads xij d
Item 3 men to attend vpon the boye & gloues "for them"
iiij s vj d
Item 3 men to attend the gerle & 3 parr gloues iiij s vj d
Item gaue to Sir Henry Bunburyes horskeeper for bringing & 3o
dressing the horse ij s
Item gaue a boye yat brought the other horse vj d
paid at Widow wilsons for beare ij s vj d
paid the Cryare at bares xij d 35
paid the Castle & northgatt prisoners iiij s
spent while we rested the Childrn at glouerstone iiij d
Item paid for musicke vj s viij d
Item gaue [xij d] for wyne to bestowe on them yat dressed
thegerle xij d I 40
6 / att at/IS dittograpby 30 / gaue wtten over paid
399 /CHESTER 1630-1
payd for Gloues for ye Aldermen & Stewards iij s. iiij d.
Giuen to the Trompetor iij s. iiij d.
Giuen to the Drummer xij d.
Giuen to the xij Pike men vj d.
Giuen for Carting the banners. Garland. & leading the horse ij s.
Spent at Steward Bromfeilds howse after ye wach ij s. vj d.
Midsomer
Charge
Cordzoainers and Shoemakers' Records
CCA: Account Book iil GI814
f 107 (11 November)
.oo
Item to Robert Callye for musique at Martinmas at our Alderman
and 2 stewardes vj s.
Item for the Gleaves and Beuerage at shrovetyde vij s. vj d
Item for musique to the waytes and Callyes iiij s
f 107v
lmprimis for Beere viij s
Item for Cheese newe & ould vij s.
Item for banquetinge Stuffe vii s. xj d
ffor bread and Cakes iiij s
Geven to Mistres Shingleton to buie Stockinges gloves & pointes
llj s
Item for shoes xx d.
Item spent art the dressinge the boy xij d.
Item for Ribon for the horse head vj d.
Item for Mr Shingletons menn for tendinge the boy ij s
To Mr Glaseours mann which brought and ledd the horse xviij d
ffor shoeinge the horse [xvj d]
To mr Holmes for keepinge the bannor xij d.
To the Cryar vj d.
To the Castle and Northgate ij s.
Item Spent att the barfs ij s vj d.
Item to Robert Cally for musique iiij s
f 108
ooo
Item for musique when Edward Eaton came into our Companie
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
Mtdsomer
Charge
Midsommer
Chardges
403 /CItFSTER 1631-2
Giuen to ye Trompetor iij s iiij d
Giuen to ye Drommer xviij d.
Giuen for Carriage of ye banners. Garland & leading ye horse ij s.
Giuen to the xii pikemen vj s.
Spent at lohn Taylers howse after ye wach on midsomer eue
ijs. vjd.
Cordwainers and Shoemakers' Records
CCA: Account Book I1! G/8/4
f 1 14 (11 November)
oo.
Inprimis To Roberte Callye at our Alderman Gregories vpon the
Eleccion daye
Item payed for our Gleaves, and Beuerage
Item to the Waytes at Shrovetyde
Item to the Callyes
vii s. iiij a
ijs.
ijs.
f 114v
IO
15
20
Item for Beere vj s. vj d
Item for Ryban for the horsehead & shoeties x d.
Item for Banquettinge Stuffe vij s. vj d 2s
Item more for Apples & Nuttes ij s
Item for Stockinges shoes & gloves iij s iiij d
Item for 2 Cheeses vj s. vj d
Item for bread v s.
Item for 2 quartes of Sacque ij s. 3o
Item for Musique iiij s
Item to them which attended the boy ij s
Item spent at dressinge the boye vj d
Item spent at Barfs ij s
Item to the Cryar vj d 35
Item to the prisoners in the Castle & northgate ij s.
Item to mr Holmes for keepinge our banner xij d
Beerbrewers' Records CCA: Company Book G 3/2
ff 109-9v* (23 November)
lmprimis paijd for ten poundes of prunes and one pound of
succar
iij s iiij d
40
404 / CHESTER 1631-2
more
[more
more
more
more
more
more
more
more
More
More
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Item paijd for hoose showes & garters for the Child vj s x d
Item paijd for "one" oold Cheese apples & "wal'nuttes v s
Item paijd for a paijre of glowes for the Child x d
more for one greene Cheese ij s vj d
more for Comeffeates and sinamond iij s iiij d s
at dressinge the Child xij d
for pepper and viniger j s iiij d]
vnto Mr Holmees for keeppinge the banner xij d
for stronge beere vij s
for Riband for the horse vj d 0
at Barres for beere for oure men xij d
to the Crier at Castle & Northgate xviij d
in wine and sack at Banquet xviij d
for 2 sammondes viij s
given vnto oure Musick v s
given vnto too footmen & one that Carried the Banner ij s
for white bread & Cakes ij s vj d
;\lore for a Riband for the Child iij d
[More Bestowed one our Musick at parting iiij d]
More bestowed vpon Mr Birkenhead his man for bringinge the 20
horse vj d
[More for too samondes viii s]
midsomer
charges
Glovers'Records C: Company Book
pp 46-7 (January)
.oo
Item
Item
1 em
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
25
paid for bootes spurres and gloues for the boye v s ij d
paid for the Loane of a hatt vj d
paid for Ribben for the horse xij d I 30
paid for 3 paire of gloues for the men xviij d
Spentt att the Barres x s vj d
Giuen to the Cryer, Castle, and Northgate xviij d
paid to mr Holmes for the Banner xij d
paid to the Musicke vj s viij d 35
Coopers'Records C: Company Book 11
f 63 (13 January)
Item more payd for beere at Richard Smithes dynner viij .... s
Item payd the muslcke iiij s
40
405 / CHESTER 1631-2
midsomer
Charge
midsomer
oo.
Item more payd for the flagstaufe
Item more payd for anew Banner to mr Holmes
Item more payd the Cryer art the barres
Item payd art the Castell
Item payd for mach
Item payd for beere
Item payd for prewnes
Item payd for 3 pound of powder
Item payd tbr 4 mens wagges
Item payd for Cakes
item payd for the boyes bootes
Item payd for Lone of the hatt
Item payd for the boyes gloues x
Item payd for 2 payre of gloues for the 2 men xiiij
Item more payd for 2 men xij
Item more payd for Cheese ij s viij
Item more payd for aples vj
Item more payd att our Alderman Linackers on midsumer eue
d
iij li.
xjs
vjd
vjd
ij d
vjs via
viii d
iij s iij d
ij s
via
lllj s
xij d
d
d
d
d
d
ijs
xxij d
Item more payd for musicke iij s
Item more payd for other spyces xv d
Joiners, Carvers, and Turners' Reconts
CCA: Company Book G 14/1
f 127v (25 Alarcb)
Disburcementes ...
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
at mr. Parkers iij s. iiij d
for a head for the Banner and paintinge the staffe v s. viij d
for ffurnishinge the Childe at Midsomer viij s.
for Rybon for the horsehead vj d
for dressinge the Childe a pint of sacque vij d
to the Cryar and prisoners at Midsomer
spent then at Alderman Pues
at Widowe Pues belowe the barres
at Steward Bollandes
at Steward Williams
to the men which ledd the Horse
for Musique
xij d
llJ s
iijs. vjd
llJ s
ij s
xvj d
ijs. vjd
5
10
15
20
25
]O
]5
40
AC
408 / CtlESTER 1632-3
City Treasurers' Accounts B L : Harley 2158
f 72v (November)
payd to Roger Geste for beating the drume vpon Shrovetewsdaye
xij d
payd to the Stuards of the Sadlers towards the bell for
Shrovetewesdaye vj s viii d
f73
payd to Roger Gest for beating the drum the same daye
xij d
10
15
ff 74v-5 *
payd to 4 men with halbards by mr maiors apoyntment to keepe
the Compennys in order vpon mydsomer Eve iiij s
payd to Edward parry and to his mate for leading and keeping 20
in order the armed men and shott ij s iiij d
payd to Thomas Walshe for Carying the Citties Cullers at the
watch *on midsomer Eue* ij s vj d
payd to Roger Gest for beateinge the Drum at the watch xij d 25
payd to Robert Thornley and lohn Wright for their worke
for the watch *for payntinge Giants* xliij s iiij d
payd more to them for the maiors mount xxvj s viii d
payd to 3 wiflers to keepe Compeny out before the Compenes 30
at the Comeing in of the lorde deputye xviij d
payd for a potle of whitewyne with suger a pynte of Sacke and
Cheres by mr majors appoyntment to bestoe vpon the lady
St lohn the lady manwaring lady Brerton with others in the
pentiz to staye the lorde deputes Comeing iij s j d 35
payd to 2 porters for Carying awaye of dirt from about the
kings boord ,'in watirgate Street'* and other places by mr
majors apoyntment vj d
payde for 6 borne of Rushes to stroe in the street where mr
maior aldermen sheriffs sheriff peers and fortye stoode at the 40
2J, 27, 37 / - ....in RI! ll's band
409 /CHESTER 1632-3
Comeinge of the lorde deputye .lord strafford, xviij d
payd for a bankett the (blank) of luly for the lorde Deputey
the lorde of Castle-haven the lorde bushopp of Chester dyvers
knights and a great number of worthy gentlemen and for wyne
to the said bankett as by a noate of the perticulers it maye
appeare vij li. xij. s j d
payd to the wayetmen by mr maiors appoyntment for playeing
when the lord deputy Came in and the daye after at the bankett
ijs vjd
payd to mr Gwyne for Rushes and flowers for the pentiz when
the lorde deputye Came to the bankett xviij d
payd to lames Raffeenscroft for 2 great Venas glasses on of them
a Cotter ont it borrowed of him at the banket for the lord deputy
then booth broke iiij s
f 75v
payd ^'for a banket and wyne" vpon the xvj th daye of September
by mr maior and aldermans appoyntment, for the lorde strange
and his ladye all their followers with many other lades and great
parsonages, as by the perticulers maye appear vj li. iij s ix d
Cordwainers and Shoemakers' Records
CCA: Account Book 111 G/8/4
f 120 (I1 November)
Imprimis for Musique at our Alderman Gregories on St martins
daye
.oo
Item for musique at Steward Bennettes
.oo
Item for Musique at Steward ffletchers
.oo
ijs
ij s.
ij s
f 120v (7 February)
Item payed for our Gleaves at shrovetyde
Item to the Waytes at Shrovetyde
Item the same tyme to Rolent Callie
vij s
ij s.
ij s
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
Midsomrner
Accomptes
410 / CHESTER 1632-3
f 122
Midsomer Charge /
imprimis, for halle a barrell of Beere vii s.
item for shoeties for the boy and Rybon for ye horsehead x d
Item for Banquettinge stuffes vii s. vj d
item for Aples and Nuttes ij s
Item for stockinges shoes and gloves iij s vii d
item for 2 Cheeses vj s. j d
item for Breade ,'and Cakes" v s.
Item for 2 quartes of Sacque ij s
item for Musique iiij s
Item to them which attended the boy and led the horse ij s
item spent att dressinge the boy vj d
item spent att the barfs ij s ij d
Item to the Cryar vj d
item to the Prisoners in the Northgate & Castle ij s
Item at Alderman Hiltons on Midsomer Eve xxij d
item for keepinge the Banner xij d
Beerbrewers' Records CCA: Company Book G 3/2
f 112v (23 November)
imprimis payd for hoase showes and garteres and gloves for the
Child vj s x d
Item payd for one ould Cheese iiij s ij d
item payd for a greene Cheese ij s iij d
Item payd for one pound of sugar j s viii d
item for one pound of Coumfeites j s viii d
Item for prunees j s x d
item for sinamant oo- x d
Item for vinigar j s
Item for walnuttes ix d
Item for Lemondes and orengees x d
Item for white bread and Cakees ij s x d
Item for wine and sack nj s
item given vnto our Musick v s
Item given for triming of the horse and for a Riband for the
horse j s
item given three men to Carry the Banner and to atend the
Child xviij d
10
15
2O
25
3O
35
4O
412 /CHESTER 1632-3
,llercers, Ironmongers, Grocers, and Apotbecaries' Records
C: Corrrpany Book
p212 (9 May)
Item
Item
Item
I t e m
I tern
I te m
Item
for a paier of hose for the lord
for j payer of sues for the lord
for Ryband to make knottes for his sues
for ryband to make tyes for his [sue] knottes
for ryband for his bande
for j payer of silke garters
00-03-00.
00-01-08
00-01-00.
00-00-02
00-O0-03.
00-02-00.
Sir henry Bunberres man for bringeing and dressing the
horse for the lord 00-02-00.
Item paid to 3 men to lead the hors & tend the lord 00-03-00.
Item for 3 paier of gloues for 3 men 00-02-00.
Item for j paier of gloues for the lord 00-02-00
Item for the lady j payer of hose 00-02-08.
Item j payer of gloues for her 00-03-00.
Item j payer of knottes and j payer of sues 00-02-06
Item rybandes for her horse 00-02-00.
Item 4 payer of gloues 00-04-00.
Item payd a fellowe that Caried the banner 00-01-00.
Item for bringeing the horse 00-01-00
Item to the prissoners of the Castell and north gate 00-04-00
Item payd the Cryer at the barrs 00-01-00
Item to the wydowe wilson at the barres and that was spent on
the Company there 00-02-06.
Item for ryband for the horse head and tayell 00-01-00
I te m
to Thomas williams man for the loan of brydell and sadell
00-01-06
Item for 8 li. of prunes 00-01-04
Item j li. of sugar 00-01-08
Item 2 oz. syniment 00-00-11
Item j boxe of marmylet 00-02-00
Item in Comfertes and other bankqueting stufe 00-05-00
Item payd for Cakes and waferns 00-04-00
Item for j ferkin of stronge beer 00-03-00
Item for j pottell of sacke 00-02-00.
Item for j gallon of Claret and white wyne 00-02-00.
p213
Item payd to the mussitions for goinge be for the Companey
5
1o
15
20
25
30
35
40
A
413 /CHESTER 1632-3
at Midsomer
00-06-08
1633-4
Mayors List 5 B L : Harley 2125
f 61 * (15 July) Villiam Spark
15 luly 1633 Vescont wentworth lord deputy of Irland Came to
chester to goe for lrland the maior & Aldermen stoode in the
Estgate street in Scarlett to receue him the stood from
milkestoopes arowe downe street also the Companyes with their
baners stood on eich side street to the Estgate: he lay at the
bushops pallas & was next day banqueted at pendice & so
departed to lrland
lO
15
Painters, Glaziers, Embroiderers, and Stationers' Records
C: Account Book 11
p 27 (18 October)
for gloues for ye Aldermen & Stewards iij s. iiij d.
for gloues hosen showes for mr Sheriffs sonne that rid at
midsomer & for Ruben for ye horse v s
to the pike men & halbert man vj s. vj d.
for Carringe the banners & garland & leading the horse iij s. vj d.
to the dromer & Trompetor v s. iiij d.
Giuen at barrs Castell & norgate xx d.
Spent at barrs while we Stayed there xxij d.
20
25
30
Cordwainers and Shoemakers' Records
CCA: Account Book 111 G/8/4
f 132 (II November)
Item given to the Musique at our Alderman Pembertons howse
Item given at our Alderman loynsons for the like
Item paide for Musique at our Steward Cases howse
Item paid at our Steward Martins for the like
0-2-0
0-2-0
35
40
Middsomer
Charge.
414 / CHESTER 1633-4
f 132v
Item paid for the Gleaves at Shrovetyde
Item given to the Barrage
Item given to the weates the same tyme
Item given to other Musique
Item paid for beere
00-06-00
00-01-04
00-02-00
00-02-00
00-00-02
ff 133-3v
Midsomer Charge.
lmprimis for halfe a barrell of beere
Item for Ribon for the horse and shoe tyes
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
for j. payre of Stockinges for the boye
for a payre of gloves
to the men for leadinge the horse
given to the prisoners of the Castle & Northgate
more to the Cryer
spent at the barrs
paid for 5. pyntes of secke
for Nuttes & apples
for secke at dressinge the boye
for banquetinge stuffe
for 2. Cheeses
for bread & Cakes
for the boyes shooes
for Musique
for keepinge the banner
00-07-00
00-01-00
00-02-06
00-01-00
00-01-00.
00-02-00
00-00-06
00-03-00
00-02-06.
00-02-00
00-00-06
00-07-001
00-07-09
00-06-00
00-01-04
00-04-00
00-01-00
f 134
(St Martin's Day)
Item for Musique
iiij d
Beerbrewers" Records CCA: Company Book G 3/2
ff 118v-19 (23 November)
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
Midsomer lmprinis for hose showees and garters "glouees" for the Child
Chardgees vj S 10d
419 /CHESTER 1634-5
in the pendice which the tooke very thankfully as also for his
entertaynment at his Coming in the Companyes standing on
eich side bridgstreet from the Recordes dore where the maior
etc: stood the Companys downward toward bridg
Pabtters, Glaziers, Embroiderers, and Stationers' Records
C: Account Book I I
p 29 (18 October)
1o
Item payd for clensing the meetinghouse of ye ould rushes &
mendinge of ye Phenixes and "for new Rushes our part" ix d
Item for gloues hosen Showes for the boy that ridd at midsomer
& for Ruben for ye horse v s
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Eue
to ye horse leader & garland bearer xij d
to ye tow banner bearers & 2 men that held ye child ij s
spent at barrs while we stayd for mr Major xij d
for gloues for ye Aldermen & Stewards iij s iiij d 2o
giuen at Barrs Castell & northgate xx d
giuen to the Trompitor iij s iiij d
giuen to ye Drummer xviij d
spent at ye Stewards howse afte ye wach on midsomer
ijs vjd 25
Cordwaiuers and Shoemakers' Records
CCA: Account Book Ill G/8/4
f 140 (II November) 30
o.o
Imprimis paide to the Musique on Saint Martins att our Alderman
Pembertones howse 00-02-00
Item paide att lohn loynsons howse for musique 00-02-00
Item paid att George Hiltons howse for musique 00-02-00 35
f 140v
Item given to the Berridge at Makinge the gleaves
o.o
Item paid vnto Mr Edwardes for the gleaves
o.o
00-0[1]-00
00-0o-00
4o
Midsorner
Chardges
420 /CHESTER 1634-5
f 141
Item paide to the Waytes & Calleys art Shrovetide
ooo
f 141v
Middsomer Charge.
lmprimis for halfe a barrell of beere
Item for Rybon & shooe tyes for the boye & the horse
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
for stockinges for the boye
for a payre shoes
for a payre of gloves
for the man that brought the horse
for leadinge the horse to 2. men
given to the prisoners
given to the Cryer
spent at the barrs
spent in wyne at dressinge the boye
paid for banquetinge stuffe
paide for Cheese
paide for bread & Cakes
paid for a pottle of secke at the banckett
paide for Musique
for keeinge the banner
spent in beere
f 142
Item paid att mr Alderman Gregories the same daye
Item paid to the Musique
Beerbrewers' Records CCA: Company Book G 3/2
f 123v (23 November)
Item payd for hose Showees and garteres for the Child
Item for one ould Cheese
Item one greene Cheese
Item 2 salmondes
Item one poundes of sugar
Item one pound of Coumfeytes
00-04-0
0-7 -6
0-1-0
0-2-6
0-1-4
0-1-0
0-0-6
0-1-0
0-2-0
O-O-6
O-3-O
O-O-6
O-9-4
O-6-8
O-6-0
0-2-0
0 -4 -0
0-1-0
0-0-2
0-3-8
00-02-00
00-06-10
0-05-00
0-02-4
0-10-0
0-01-8
0-01-7
lO
15
20
25
30
35
422 / CHESTER 1634-5
more paid to Thomas Malbone the smith for a hoope for the
staffe xij d
more paide for halfe a barell of beere viij s
more paide for the boyes bootes iiij s
more paid for the boyes gloues and ij paire for the ij men ij s s
more paide for powder and match iiij s
more
the dressing of ij musketts and for the lone of ij bandilleros
xij d
more for cakes ij s vj d
more nutts pruines [pr] and apples and other spise ij s vj d 0
more paid ffor wine iij s vj d.
more paid for cheese iij s iiij d
more paide for musicke iij s iiij d
more spent at the barres ij s
more giuen to the crier at the barres iiij d s
more giuen at the castle and northgate xij d
more paide five men for there wages ij s vj d
more for a bridle and ribbeninge for the horse xxij d
more giuen Thomas Bauche a "paire of" gloues and money xij d
more paid for the lone of ahatt xij d 20
Midsomer
Charge
not allowed
Joiners, Carvers, and Turtters' Records
CCA: Company Book G14/1
f 133v (25 Marcb)
Disburcementes ...
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
spent att hyringe our Musique for Midsomer ij d
to the Cryar, the presoners in ye Castle & Northgate xij d
art our Alderman Davies iij s. iiij d
for Musique ij s viij d
for keepinge our Banner xij d
spent att Widowe Pues nj s.
for Wyne att dressinge the boye viii d
for Rybon for the horsehead vj...d
to them Wbich ledd the horse & attended the boye xvnj s
for furnishinge the Boye wj s
for dressinge the Horse iiij d
f134
oo.
+ Item payed for furniture which our Steward William Williams
25
3O
35
4O
423 /CHESTER 1634-5
had provyded for a boy to ryde at Mydsomer
.oo
Vllj s +
Mercers, lronnongers, Grocers, and Apothecaries' Records
C: Company Book
p 228 (8 May)
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
paid
paid
paid
paid
paid
paid
paid
paid
paid
paid
at midsomer for stockings for the boy
for ribon &: for roses for his shooes
for j paire gloves & j pair siclk garters
for his shooes
for 8 1. proynes with j 1. Lose suger
for Cinomon & marmalate
for banquettinge stuffe and waforns
for Ribon for the horse
widow willson at midsomer for ye Compan
the prisoners at the Northgate & Castill
pa/d
Item paid
very vnrulie
Item paid for 3 paire of gloues for 3 men
Item paid 3 men for tending the boy
Item paid for musicke
Item paid for stronge beare
Item paid for wyne
00-02-08.
00-01-02
00-04-04
00-01-08
00-03-00
00-03-00
00-09-00
00-01-00.
00-05-00.
00-04-00.
1o
15
the Crier 00-01-00
twoo men for bringing the horse & leading him bee zo
00-03-00.
00-02-00
00-03-00.
00-06-08.
00-03-06 25
00-04-08.
Item Laid out for the geirle; for. shooes stockings roses & gloues
'& Ribon ye horse" 00-11-02
Item paid for attending the ladie 00- 2-06
Item paid for gloues fore 4 men 00- 3-00
30
1635-6
Painters, Glaziers, Embroiderers, and Stationers' Records 35
c: Account Book !!
p 31 (18 October)
Item for Gloues Bootes & Ribband for ye (...) Child yat Ridd
& for furniture for ye horse at Midsomer vj g 4o
Item spent at dressinge of ye Childe xij d
Item to ye horse leader & Garland bearer xij d
Item to ye 2 banners bearers & ye 2 men yat heald ye Childe ij s
424 / CHESTER 1635-6
Item
Item
Item
Item
spent at ye Barrs Staying for mr Maior xij d
giuen at ye Barrs Castell & northgate xx d
giuen to ye 12 Pikemen & Halbert man vj s vj d
giuen for gloues to ye Aldermen & Stewards iij s iiij d
d
Item giuen to the Trompitor iij s iiij s
Item giuen to Preston ye Trompitor by ye Aldermens
appoyntment, xij d
Item giuen to Tho Ashton the Drummer xviij d
Item Spent at Stewards howse after midsomer Eue ij s vj d 0
Cordwainers and Shoemakers' Reconts
CCA: Account Book III G/8/4
f 147 (11 November)
(Election Day)
Item for Musique att our Alderman Gregories ij s
Item for musique at steward Totties ij s
Item for musique at steward "l-yrers ij s
Item spent vpon the gouldsmith when wee spake for the gleaves
ijd
15
20
25
30. ffebruarij
3. Martij
3. Martij
31. Martij
20 lunij
midsomer
Charge 1636.
f 147v
Item to mr Edwardes the gouldsmith for our gleaves and to the
Beuerage vij s.
Item to the Waytes at shroovetyde ij s
Item to the Callies ij s
30
Item spent on our Clarke in settinge downe our shroovetyde
Accomptes and other reaconinges iiij d 3s
Item spent on our Clarke takinge a note of Midsomer charges
and other thinges ij d
Item spent in gatheringe the money for powder on Midsomer
Eve ij d
Item for halfe a barrell of Beere vij s. vj d 40
Item for Rybon for the horsees shoeties for the boye xij d
Item for stockinges for the boye ij s. vj d
427 / CHESTER 1635-6
more
more
more
more
more
more
more
more
more
more
paide for the dressing of 3 peeses
for ribben for the horse hed
paide for a bridle for the horse
paide mr Holmes for keeping the banner
paide for Cheese
paide at the barrs for beere
paid at at the barrs Castel and northgate
paide for musike
paide for 3 paire of gloves for 3 footemen
paide for five mens wages
viij d
vj d
xiiij d
xij d
llJ S
ijs ijd
xij d.
ijs vjd
xx d
ijs vjd
f 72v
more paide to the musick at the dinner of George Richardson
iij s
lO
15
Midsomer
Charges
Joiners, Carvers, and Turners'Records
CCA: Company Book G14/1
ff 136-6v (25 31arch)
Disbursementes ...
Item
Item
1 tem
viij s.
vjd.
vj d.
xij d
iiij s
Item for furnisheinge the boy"
Item for a quarte of Wyne
Item for a Ribben for the horse
Item to the Cryar & the prisoners
Item spent art our Alderman Pewes
Item spent att Widdow Pewes att the Barrs iij s viii d
Item att our Steward Baguleys att our banquett in stead of
Wyne ij s. vj d.
Item for 3 men attendinge the Child xij d. I
spent att the hyringe of the Musique ij d
paid to the Musique ij s viii d
for keepinge the Banner xij d.
20
25
30
35
7 / at at S dittograpby
428 / CHESTER 1635-6
,llcrcers, Ironmongers, Grocers, aud Apothecaries" Records
c: Company Book
p 234 (6 May)
Item paid for shooes stockings Roses gloues and [Ribbon]
"girdles" for the geide
Item for Ribband for the horsse
paid
I t e m
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
I tern
Item
Item
Item
Item
Ite m
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
for Ribband for knotts for ther lady
paid for j. pottle of wtt wine
j. pottle of clarett, j. pottle
of ye best sack
paid for banquettinge stuffe
for Cakes & Wafers
for Cynamond & marmilott
for prunes & sugar
for stronge beere
to the prisoners att the [barrsl
Castle & northgate
[pd] giuen the Cryer att the Barres
giuen to Widdow Wilson for
the Roome. & beere
paid for 4 paire of gloues and
for triminge the horsse
paid for Cariinge the banner
paid for Musick
00-09-0[4 41
00-02-00
01-06
00-05-00
00-05-00
00-04-00
00-03-00
00-03-00
00-03-06
00-04-00
01-00
00-05-00
00-06-00
00-01-00
00-06-08
p235
o.o
Item
I t e m
Item
I t e m
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
lune ye 21 th layd out for ye boy j paire of hose
j. paire of Garters
for Riband & Roses
for A paire of gloues
for a paire of spanish leather shooes
for ij yards of Ribband
for iij paire of gloues for.3, men
for atendinge ye boy to .3. men
giuen mr. Harpurrs man for
triminge & leadinge ye horsses
O2-O8
02-00
01-02
02-00
01-08
01-00
03-00
03-00
02-00
lO
15
20
25
30
17 / to written over for 17 / art written over aft
431 / CHESTER 1636-7
Item for an ould Cheese 00-03-06
Item for sugar 00-02-09
Item for prunes 00-01-08
Item for Alemonds 00-00-09
Item for apples 00-01-00 s
Item for Cakes 00-01-00
Item for Bakers Cakes and white bread 00-04-00
Item for Cherries. 00-00-06
Item for Comfeittees 00-03-04
Item for sinnamond 00-00-06
Item for vinigar 00-02-00
Item to the man that brought the samanes 00-00-06
Item for strounge beere 00-07-06
Item for Ryband for the horse maine 00-01-09
Item another Riband for the horse 00-00-06 is
Item for wine and sack 00-03-00
Item for walnuttees 00-01-02
Item to them that tended the horse 00-02-00
Item to the Cryer 00-01-00
Item att Castle and Northgate 00-01-00 zo
Item to the Musick 00-07-00
Item the Childs hose and showes 00-06-10
Item allowed for samonds 00-10-00
25
Midsomer
Charges /
Glovers' Records c: Company Book
p 74 (January)
Item paid for powder and Match xviij s viii d
Item paid for bootes & spurrs for the boy & Ribben for the
horse v s.
Item paid for Gloues, for Aldermen & stewards viij s 35
Item paid for Gloues for the boy, & the three men thatt guided
the horse
Item paid for the banner
Item Spentt art the barres
Item Giuen att barrs Castle & Northgate
Item paid to the Musicke
iij s ij d
xij d
iiij s
xviij d
vj s viij d
40
Midsomer
Charges
432 /CHESTER 1636-7
Coopers' Records c: Company Book 11
f 75v (13 January)
Midsomer Charge
Paide
more
more
more
more
more
more
more
more
more
more
more
more
more
paide
paide
giuen
for the boyes, stockings ij s iiij d
paide for the boyes gloues xxj d
paide for a paire of shooes for the boye xx d
for powder and match iij s ij d
paide for Cheese iij s iiij d
paide for the mending of 3 kaleevers vj d
pade for the footemens gloues xviij d
paide to mr Houlmes for keeping the banner xij d
for ribbeninge for the horse hed vj d
for beere at the barrs xxij d
at the bars Castell and northgate xviij d.
paide for Cakes iij s
for v mens wages pade ij s vj d.
paide for musick ij s vj d
more paide for a potle of Clarett a potle of white and a quart
of sack iij s
more paide for halle a barell of strong beere viij s
more for nutts pruines apples and othe spice iij s vj d
more spent at my Alderman Tottyes vj d
Joiners, Carvers, and Tufters'Records
CCA: Company Book GI4/1
f 139 (25 Alarcb)
Disburcementes ...
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
for a quarte of wyne att dressinge the boy viij d
for furnishinge the boye att Midsomer viij s
for Rybon for the horse xij d
for 2 quartes of Wyne xvj d
spent att Alderman Catteralles v s. iiij d
att the Barres to the Cryar iiij d
to the presoners in the Castle & Northgate viij d
to him Which ledd the horse vj d
to 2 men attendinge the boy viij d
for beere att on overplus att. steward Callcotes ij s
for Musique ij s. viij d
to mr Holmes for keepinge & mendinge the Banner ij s
20
25
]0
40
435 /CHESTER 1636-7
And for the. third Cuppe. it was. to be runne for at the Ringe.
by any gentlemen that woulde rune for the same, vpon the saide
Roode Dee, and vpon St Georges. daye. beinge thus. decreed
that euery horse put in soe much money, as made the value of
the Cupps or bells, and had the money, which horses did wine
the same, and the vse of the cupps till that day tweluemonth.
beinge in bonde to deliuer in the said cupps, that day: so also.
for the Cuppe for the Ringe. which was yearely continued
acordingly vntill, the yeare, of our. lord. 1623. Iohn Brereton
inholder beinge mayor of Chester. he altered the same, after this
manner and caused the three cupps to be soulde, and caused,
more money to be gathered and added, so yat the Intreste
thereof, woolde make one faire siluer cuppe of the value .Ss. as
I suppose, it maye be more worthe, and the race to be altered.
viz. from beyonde the New tower, a great distrance, and soe to
rune flue times, from that place rownde aboute the Roode dee,
and he that ouer ranne all the reste, the. laste. Cowrse, to haue
the Cuppe, freelye, foreuer, then and there deliuered which is
continued to this daye.
But heare 1 muste not omitt, the charge and the solemnitie zo
made the firste St Gerges daye, he had apoett one. mr dauies,
whoe made speches and poeticall verses, which weare deliuered
at the highe crosse before the mayor and aldermen, with shewes I
of his lnuention, which, booke was Imprinted and ^rpresented"
[deliuered] to that ffamos prince Henry, eldest sonne to. the zs
blessed King lames of famous memorie, Also he caused a man to
goe vpon the spire of St Peters steeple in Chester and by the fane,
at the same time, he sownded a drume and displayed a banner,
vpon the tope of the same spire, And this was the origenall of
St Georges. with the change, thereof, as it is now vsed.
Also. the said 'mr" Robert Amerye, caused the lacks or boyes
which strike quarterlye at St Peters. at highe crosse to be made
and erected, in. Anno domini. 16(blank)
Now of the playes of Chester,
called the whitson playes
These playes weare the worke of one Rondoll. higden a monke in
Chester Abaye, whoe, in a good deuotion transelated the bible,
in to seuerall partes, and playes soe as the Comon. people mighte,
32 I second r o/quarterlye written over I
46 ! CHESTER 166-7
heare the same, by theire playinge, and alsoe by action, in theire
sighte, And the firste time, they weare acted or played was. in
the time of Sir lohn Arnewaye ^'about" the firste yeare of his
Maroltie: aboute anno. domini. 1328. we muste ludge this
monke, had noe euill lntension, but secrett deuotion there in. 5
soe also the Cittizens that did acte and practize the same. to.
their gret. coste.
!lere I muste showe the manner of the perforinge of these
anchante, playes. (Which was) all those Companyes and
occupationes which weare loyned togeather, to acte or performe l0
theire seuerall partes, had, pagents, which was. a buildinge of a
greate heighte, with a lower and higher rowme, beinge all open,
And sett vpon fower wheeles, and drawne from place to place,
where they played. The. firste place where they begane, was.
at the Abaye gates, where the monks and Churche mighte haue 15
the firste sight: And then it was drawne, to the highe Crosse
before the mayor and Aldermen. and soe from streete to streete.
And when one pageant was endend an other came. in the place
thereof till. all that weare appoynted for that daye was ended,
thus of the maner of the playes, all beinge at the Cittizens 20
charge, yet profitable for them, for [both] all bothe farr and
neere came to see them. I
Now follow, what occupationes, bringe forth at
theire charges, the playes of Chester, and on what
dayes, theye are played, yearely, these playes or
dard sett forthe, when the are played, Vpon, monday.
tuesdaye and, wensedaye in the whitson weke.
(The list of companies and their parts follows, ff 26v-7v; see
collation, pp 248-52)
f 27v
.oo
These. 7. pagientes, aboue written, weare played vpon the 3d.
day beinge wensedaye in whitson weeke: these whitson playes
weare played, in anno domini. 1574: Sir lohn Sauage, knighte,
beinge mayor of Chester, which was the laste time they weare
played, and we may praise god, and praye yat we see not the
like profanation of holy scripture, but .o. the mercie of god. for
the time of our lgnoraunce god he regardes it not, as well in
eueri mans. particuler, as alsoe in generall causes.
25
30
40
Midsomer
Charges
437 /CHESTER 1637-8
1637-8
Smiths, Cutlers, and Plumbers'Records C: Account Book II
p 19 (July)
Item for Match and Powder viii s.
Item for furniture for the Boy v s.
Item for Rybon for the horse & men xv d.
Item for a quarte of Wyne dressinge the boy vii d.
Item spent at our Stewardes vj d.
Item for keepinge our Banner xij d
Item to 3. men which 'attended" the boy & horse ij s vj d
Item spent at Robert lohnsons ij s. viij d
Item to the Cryar, the prisoners in Castle and Northgate xviij d
Item for our Musique v s
Item for our banquett on Midsomer Eve xx s. iiij d.
Painters, Glaziers, Embroiderers, ad Stationers' Records
C: Account Book I!
p 35 (18 October) 2o
Item payd for Gloues for ye Aldermen & Stewards for Midsomer
eue. iij s. iiij d.
Item payd for hosen Showes Gloues for ye Child that Ridd and
for a Rubyn for ye horse head vj s
Spent at dressinge of ye Child that ridd accordinge to Custome
xij d
Item Spent at ye Barrs Stayinge for mr Maior ij s
Item giuen to ye Citty Crior "12d" at ye Barrs: & to ye Prisoners
"4d" of the Castell and northgate "4d" xx d jo
Item Spent at Steward Taylers howse on midsomer Eue ij s vj d
Item Spent more in wyne the Same tyme by the Alderman Inces
& the bretherens Consent then present; & to be allowed off
ij s. iiij d
Item payd to ye xij Picke men & halbert man at Midsomer vj s vj d
Item Giuen to ye Drummer for drumminge on midsomer Eue
xviij d.
Item Giuen to ye Trompiter for Soundinge same day at showe
tyme. iij s iiij d
Item Giuen vj d apeece to ye horsleader Garland bearer ye 2 4o
banner Carriors: & 2 which heald ye Child on horsback iij s.
440 / CHESTER 1637-8
for Cakes
for wallnuts & other spyses
spent at our allderman Tows howse
for pouder & mach
for Ribin for the horse bed
f 80
paid for
paid for
paid for
paid for
paid for
giuen at
paid for
paid for
paid for
a brydel f of the horse
the foot mens gloues
5 mens wages
meusick
drinke at the bars
the bars Castel & norgat
half a barell of beare
wyne & sacke
keeping the bannar
(at a dinner)
pard for meusick
nj s
iij s iij d
iiij d
iiij s ij d
viii d
js ijd
js
ijs vjd
ijs vjd
jsxd
js
viij s vj d
iij s vj d
js
ijs
10
15
20
Painters, Glaziers, Embroiderers, and Stationers" Records
CCA: Minute Book CR 63/2/131
f 40v (31 January)
Cominge without gounes f
Ed bellen Steward
Tho Robinson
1o Tayler
los prickett
Rog banester
Moy dalby
Tho Edmuds
Io Sidall
Willhm Tayler
all lorymen
[the tow Stewards iiij d a peece
all the rest ij d apeece
(..) a generall consent of the rest
8 I f not cancelled
37 / d wntten over s in iiij d
37 / t of tow converted from E
25
30
35
442 / CHESTER 1637-8
Item gloues for the men that waieted vppon the ladye 00-03-00.
Item more paid the men that attended vppon her 00-03-00.
Item for sweet meats and banketinge stufe of all sortes as hath
byn vssuall O0 o 19-01
Item for beer and wyne at the bankequet 00-08-04
Item paid the prissoners at the Castell & northgate with the
Cryer 00-05-00
Item to the mussicke paid 00-06-08
Item paid for ryband for the ladyes horse 00-02-08
Midsomer
Charges
1638-9
Smiths, Cutlers, and Plumbers'Records c: Account Book II
p 23 (July)
Item for stockinges shoes & gloues for the Boy and Rybon for
the horse viii s. vj
Item att dressinge the Boy vij d
Item to the 3 hansemen ij s
Item to the Musique ij s. vj d.
Item for Match and powder iiij s. x d.
Item spent att the Barres iij s. iiij d.
Item to the Cryar & att the Castle & Northgate xviij d.
o.o
Item for our banquett on Midsomer Eve xx s. ij d.
15
2O
25
Painters, Glaziers, Embroiderers, and Stationers" Records
C: Account Book II 3o
p 37 (18 October)
Item for Gloues for the Aldermen & Stewards on midsomer
Eue. iij s iiij d
Item payd for the childes Gloues hosen Showes & Ruben for the 35
horse head vj s
Spent at dressinge of the child that ridd xij d
Spent at the Barrs xij d
Giuen to ye Crior at the barrs xij d, to the Prisoners at ye Castell
iiij d and to ye Prisoners of ye Northgate iiij d in all xx d 40
Spent at Steward Bellens howse after ye wach ij s vj d
Item payd to the xij pikernen & balbart man vj s vj d
21 th ffebrua .r /
Midsomer
Charges /
444 / CHESTER 1638-9
ff 165v-6
.oo
Item payed for our Gleaves and the Beuerage att Shrovetyde
vijs. vjd
Item to the Waytemen ij s.
Item to our Musique the Callies ij s
Item spent then on them iiij d
Item spent on our Clark Wrytinge all our names fayer ohes to
be Deliuered vpp at Shrovetyde ij d
Item more spent Wrytinge downe our Shrovetyde Accomptes ij d
Item for halfe abarrell of Beere vii s
Item to him which brought the horse and dressed him xij d
Item to mr Holmes for keepinge the banner xij d
Item for shoes for the boy xx d
Item for gloves xviij d
Item for stockinges & shoeties ij s x d
Item for Rybon for the horse xiiij d.
Item to 3 men Which attended the boye and the horse xviij d
Item for bread & Cakes vij s
Item for 2 Cheeses vj s. viij d
Item for banquettinge Stuffes ix s.
Item spent att the barres iij s iiij d
Item to the cryar xij d I
Item to the Prisoners in the Castle & northgate ij s.
Item spent att dressinge the boye vj d.
Item for Wyne att our banquett xiiij d
Item for [Wyne] Musique lllj s.
Item for Matche & powder xvj s. j d.
Dean and Chapter cc: Treasurers' Accounts IV
p 287 (Christmas)
Item for a watchman at Christmas
ijs vjd
Item to Thomas Malbon for a dragoon, flask headpeice & buckle
to ye dragoone xxxvllj s
10
15
20
25
30
8-9 / ohes zs uncertain and the word rendered Dehuered seems to be De w*th a tittle.
The phrase may refer to the beginning of the Shrovetide Proclamation o yes and the
call to deliver up the gleaves.
Midsomer
Charges
At our dynner /
446 / CHESTER 1638-9
f 84v
Item more paid for stronge beere at the diner of Thomas Linaker
the 4th of November viii s
Item more paide for musick the same daie ij s vj d
(Nicholas Welsh "s dinner)
Item more paid the same daie in margerie Pphilips for wyne
Item more paid for musick
XS.
iij s
Joiners. Carvers, and Turners'Records
CCA: Company Book GI4/1
f 145 (25March)
Disburcementes ...
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
for furniture for the boy viij s
for keepinge the fflagge xij d
for a quart of Wyne att dressinge the Boy vij d
for Rybon for the horse xij d
for dressinge the horse vj d
to three men to attend the Boy & leade the Horse xviij d
Item
Item
Item for Beere att an overplus att our Stewardes amongst the
Companie lllJ
Item to the Musique llj s. lllj
spent widowe Pues v. s
to the Cryar and the Prisoners in the Castle & Northgate
xij d
for Wyne att our banquett xiiij d
for Musique iij s. iiij d
10
15
2O
25
S. 30
d
Mercers, Ironmongers, Grocers, and Apothecaries' Records 3
C: Company Book
p 256 (8/vlay)
paid for Colleringe of the stafe for the flage 14th lune 1639
00-00-10 40
paid for the Lords Gloues and gloues for the men that Atend
him 00-07-00
447 /CHESTER 1638-9
paid the men that Atended him 00-03-00
paid for a peare of hose for him 00-03-00
paid for gartters and Roses for him -00-03-00
paid for a peare of shewes for him -00-02-00
paid for ribon that was for the horse 00-01- 6
paid for the Ladij hose shewes furniture Ribon rosses and other
Nessesaryes 00-10-00
paid for the [(.)s] mens Gloues that wayted one the Ladij
paid the
paid for
paid for
hath ben vsiall
paid for beare and wynne at Banquit
paid the prisinors at Castell & norgat
paid the Crier
paid widow wilson at the bares
paid the man that Carride the Banor & gl(...)s
paid vnto the Mussicke
00-03-00
men that Atended her O0-03-00
Ribon for the Ladij horse 00-01- 6
sweete meates and Banketinge stufes of all sorts which
00-19- 1
00-08- 8
00-04-00
00-01-00
00-05-00
00-01- 8
00-06- 8
1o
15
20
1639-40
Smiths, Cutlers, and Plumbers' Records C: Account Book I I
p 26 (July)
midsomer Eve Charge 1640
for match and powder
for bootes spurs & gloues for the boy that Rode
for Rybbon
given at the barrs the northgate & the Castle
for musicke
given to the honncemen
for keepinge of the banner
for a quart of sacke dressinge the boy
spent at Robert lonesons
ffor our bankquett on midsomer Euen
.oo
Item paid for a new Banner
0-7-4
0-7-4
0-0-6
0-1-6
0-4-0
0-3-0
0-1-0
O-1-2
0-5-4
0-11-2
3-06-08
25
30
35
40
Midsorner
Accomptes
449 / CHESTER 1639-40
ff 170v-I
Item
Item
Item to Mr Holmes for keepinge our banner and paintinge
our staffe xvj
lte/9
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
I tern
Item
for halfe a barrell of Beere vj s
to him that brought the horse and dressed him xij d
for shoes for ye boy
for Gloves
for stockings & Roses
for Ribbin for ye horse
for 3 men for tendinge boy & horse
for bread & Cakes
for 2 Cheeses
d
xx d
xviij d
ijs xd.
xiiij d 1o
xviij d
vij s
vj s viij d
ix s.
iijs iiij d Is
xij d
vj d
iijd I
xvj d 2o
mj s
xx;j s
for banquettinge stuffe
spent att the barres
giuen to the Cryer
giuen to ye prisoners Castle and Northgate
spent att dressinge ye boy
pard for a pottle beere art Aldermans house
for a quart of sacke att banquett
for musicke
for matche & powder
25
Glovers' Records C: Company Book
p 86 (January)
Midsomer Charges
Paid
Paid
Paid for
the men
Paid for the Banner
Paid for Ribben for the horse
Paid for loane for a hatt for the boye
Spentt on the Company att the barrs
Giuen art Barrs, Castle, & Northgate
Paid to the Musicke
for Match and Powder viii s x d
for Bootes & spurs for the boye v s.
Gloues for the Aldermen, Stewardes & Child and for
xijs vjd
xij d
ix d
xij d
iiij s iiij d
xviij d
vj s viij d
30
35
midsomer
charge
450 /CHESTER 1639-40
Coopers' Records C: Company Book I1
f 87v (13 January)
midsommer charge
Item paid for 2 li of gunpowder
paide for mach
paide for 1 pounde and halfe of curance
paid for 4 pounde of pruines
paid for halfe a pounde of sugar
paid for synamon pouder
paid for stockings for the boye
paide for ribeninge
paide for a paire of garteres for the boye
paide for a paire of roses for the boye
paid for a paire of shooes for the boye
paid for nuts and apples
Item more spent at the barrs
Item more giuen at bars castle and northgate
Item more paide for a paire of gloves for the boye
Item more paid for 3 paire of gloves for the men
Item more paide for 6 mens wages
Item more paid for a bridel for the horse
paid for beere
paid for cheese and bred
paide for mr Hulmes for the fflag
paid for borowing and dressinge of gunnes
paid for wyne at oure banquet
paid to the musik
paid at oure aldermans vpon midsomer eve
iij s viij d
ij d
jx d
viii d
viij d
iiij d
ijs iiij d
xvj d
iij s viii d
vjd
xviij d
xd.
xij d
xviij d
xij d
ijs 20
iij s
xvj d
vjs
vij s
ijs 25
ijs
lllj $
iiijs vjd
xxij d
Joiners, Carvers, and Ttmters" Records
CCA: Company Book G14/1
f 148 (25 March)
Disburcementes ...
Item for ffurniture for the Boy vj s.
Item for keepinge the banner xij d
Item spent at our Aldervnan Davies iij s. vj d
Item att widowe Pues v s. vj d
Item to the Cryar & the presoners in the Castle & Northgate xij d
Item for Rybon for the horse xij d
30
35
451 /CHESTER 1639-40
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
for a quart of wyne dressinge the boy vij d
to 3 men which ledd the horse & attended the boy xviij d
for dressinge the horse vj d
to the Drummer ij s
for Musique iij s iiij d
for a pottle of Wyne att our banquett xiiij d.
for beere art an overplus att our stewardes iij s.
A
A
A
,lhtyors List 5 B L: Harley 2 1 25 1o
f 64V (5 April) Robert Harvey
the sheriffs caused a peece of plate of 13 h. 6s 8d to be run on
Tewsday in Ester weeke the reason was to haue had no Calues
head feast which they had on black minday also but no longe s
tables out in Comon hall but only in bar for Maior Aldermen
sheriffs gent/emen & the Archers
Mayors List 6 BL: Harley 2 1 25 20
f 133" Robert Harvey
the maior Caused the sheriffs breckfast vsed on monday in Easter
weeke to be made into a more particular priuat dyner for the
Aldermen gendemen & archers only and no other loose people 25
to troble the hall and ordred the ouerpluss of that charge was
Conuerted to tow flagans of siluer worth 8 li. & he that gott
most after 3 Courses to wyn the same which mr spurstow of
Spurstow horse did wyne
30
Mayors List I I BL: Add. 2 9 7 7 9
f 49v Robert Harvey
ooo
This yeare the sheriffs of this Cittie caused a peese of platte to 35
be made to the vallwe of xiij li. vj s viij d and ^'to be" run for in
twesdaye in Easter weeke, and mayde the break fast on mondaye
notwithstanding for the maire & his breethren the sheriffes
peeres & all that was leaue lookers, & gentlemen & archers as
afore tyme / saveinge the tooke awaye the too long tables without 40
the bar that straggling people came to
452 /CHESTER 1639-40
Mercers, Ironmongers, Grocers, and Apothecaries' Records
C: Company Book
p 262 (8,llay)
paid
paid
paid
paid
paid
paid
paid
pard
paid
pard
pard
paid
paid
pard
paid
pard
for the lordes and for the menes gloues that tended
3 men to tend him
for pair hose
for garteres and Roses
for a pair of shues
for Riband for the house
for the ladies hoase shues & furneture
the men that tended her and for 3 pair gloues
for Riband for the Ladyes horse
for sortes of sweett meates which haue beene vsuall
for beare and wine
the prisneres at Norgate & Castle
the Cryer
widow willson at bars
the man that Carrijed the banner
to the Musisuenes
him
00.07.00
00.03.00
00:03:00
00:03: 00
00.02.00
00.01.06
00.10.00
00.06.00
00.01.06
00.19.01
00:08:08
00.04.00
00.01.00
00.05.00
00.01.08
00.06.O8
paid mr Hoolmes the 2 of lulij 1640 for macking new banners -
according to the Aldremenes direction 06.06.08
5
10
15
20
25
Painters, Glaziers, Embroiderers, and Stationers' Records
CCA: Minute Book CR 63/2/131
f43 (15June)
JO
at a meetinge houlden at Goulden Pheonix the 15 day of June
1640
... J5
It was agreed ,.'by a generall Consent" that the Company banners
being spoyled last midsomer Eue by Rayne should be vewed and
beinge vewed [at this]'by the" Company at this meetinge, it is
ordred vpon the sight of them that they should be new Siluered
and other there needful! done and for the payment for doinge 40
of them is referred to the Aldermen & Stewards.
Midsomer
Charges
453 /CHESTER 1640-1
1640-1
Stnitbs, Cutlers, and Plumbers' Records c. Account Book Ii
p 29 (July)
.oo
Paid for bootes, & gloues & Ribben, for the boy & horse xj s s
Spentt att dressinge the Child xij d
Paid mr holmes for the Banner xij d
Paid for a trunchion & painteinge itt xij d
Paid to the Musick v s. vj d
Giuen att Barrs, Castle, & Northgate xviij d
Giuen mr Leicesters man of Tabley in gratuity for bringinge
obtayneinge & leadinge the horse v s.
Giuen to the two Hance men, thatt Carried the banner & leaded,
the boye ij s
Spentt att ouer Steward Morris his new house behinde the
barrs v s.
Spentt more att lohn Morris house behinde the barfs ij s vj d
Spentt art ouer banquett art Alderman Holmes. his house on
midsomer Eve xv s. iiij d
Paid for Gunpowder viii s.
Paid for Match vj d
Painters, Glaziers, Embroiderers, and Stationers' Records 25
C : Account Book ii
p 41 (18 October)
payd for Gloues Stokens showes for the boy that Ridd & Rubyn
for the horse head vj s 30
Spent at the barfs while we stayd for mr Maior xij d
giuen to the Crior and at the Castell and norgate xx d
Spent at dresinge the boy that ridd *for the Company* xij d
payd for gloues for the Aldermen and Stewards iij s iiij d
Spent at the Stewards howse after the wach ij s vj d 35
giuen to the Trompiter iij s iiij d
giuen to the drommer, xviij d
giuen to them that Carried the banners & led the horse iij s
payd for a quart of Sack at the Stewards howse xvj d
giuen to the pikemen & halbertman vij s vj d 40
Midsomer
Chardge
456 ! CHESTER 1640-1
Coopers'Records c: Company Book I!
ff 92-2v (13 January)
midsomer charge
Item
paid
paid
paid
paid
paid
paid
paid
paid
paid
paid for 2 li. of gunpowder and 3 yardes of mach
more for suger and currance
for riboning for the horse
for the boyes gloves
for cheese and bred
for nutts and apples
for pruines and sinnamon powder
for shooes and rosses
for a hatt for the boye
iij s
xvj d
xiiij d
xd
vij s
xij d
xiij d
ij s
ij s
for stockings ij s
for the lone of 4 peeces and bandeleros and for dressing
the peeces
paid for 3 paire of gloves for the men
paid for a bridel for the horse
paid for beere at oure aldermans
paid for beere at the bars
paid at Castel barrs and northgate
paid mr Hulmes for keeping the banner
paid to the musick
ffor 6 mens wages
Item more paid for wyne and sack at oure banquett
paid for halle a barell of strong beere
ijs
ij s
xiiij d
xij d
ij s 4d
xviij d
xij d
IllJ s
iij s I
iijs xd
vjs
Joiners, Carvers, and Turuers' Records
CCA: Company Book G14/1
f 151 (25March)
The Disbursments ...
Iteln
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
spent and paid for ffurniture for the Boy
for keepinge and mendinge the Banner
for Musick
for Riband for the horse
for Dressinge the horse
for 3 men to attend the boy
for one quart of wine att Dressinge the Boy
00-08-00
00-01-06
00-05-00
00-01-00
00-00-06
00-01-06
00-00-08
10
15
2O
25
3O
35
40
Midsomer
Charges
458 ! CHESTER 1641-2
Smiths, Cutlers, and Plumbers' Records c: Account Book 11
p 3 1 (July)
Paid for powder and Match v s viii d
Paid for mendinge the Banner & keepeinge itt vij s viii d 5
Paid for Ribbon for horse & men and to hange the badge &
pistoll in iiij s [(...)]d
Paid for a bridle for the horse xviij d
paid to the three haunsmen iij s
Spentt art Alderman Meacockes on Midsomer Eve after the o
watch xix s. ij d
paid for Musick v s
Giuen to the Cryer, Castle & Northgate xviij d
Spentt art bringeinge the Child home and art the dresseinge of
him iij s iiijd s
Spentt, the same day art Steward Evanes iij s
Paid for Gloues, Stockings, & shooes for the boye vj s
20
Painters, Glaziers, EmbroMerers, and Stationers' Records
C: Account Book ii
p 43 (18 October)
Payd for Gloues for ye Aldermen & stewards iij s iiij
Payd for hosen showes Gloues for ye Child that ridd and for
Rubyn for ye Horse head vj
Spent at dressinge the child vj
Spent stayinge at Barrs xx
Giuen to the Cryor xij
to the Prisoners at ye Castell mj
to ye Prisonors of ye northgate mj
Spent at the Stewards Howse after ye wach ij s ...vJ
more at same tyme for sack & white wyne xvnj
Giuen to the 14 pike men & Halbart man vii s ...vJ
Giuen to ye Drommer XVllJ
Giuen to ye Trompiter iij s iiij
to the Horse leader Garland bearer the 2 banner bearers & one
to hould ye Child that ridd
d
S
d
d
d
d
d
d
d
d
d
d
nj s
25
30
35
40
460 / CHESTER 1641-2
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
for Powder & Match xiiij s
for him that brought & dressed the horse xij d
for Ribbins for the horse xv d
for 3 men for Leading the horse & houlding the boy j s vj d
spent att the barres iij s iiij d
Item spent att mr Gregories when the boy was brought downe
before the watch xij d
Item giuen to the Cryer xij d
Item for Cawing the Coulers vj d
Item giuen to Mr Holmes for keeping the banner & a new sockett
for the banner ij s viij d
Item giuen to the Prisoners att Castle and Northgate ij s
Item giuen to Robert Kelley iiij s
Item spent att buying the powder & Match iiij d
Item a quarte of sacke att our banquett xij d
Item a quarte of sacke for the wiues xij d
Dean ald Chapter CC: Treasurers' Accounts IV
p 303 (Christmas)
Item for a watchman at christmas. 1641
ijs vjd
Coopers' Records C: Company Book 11
ff 95-5V (13 January)
midsomer Charge
paide for Cheese
paide for halfe a barell of strong beere
paide for shooes for the boye
paid for a hatt for the boye
paid for 2 pounde of gunpowder and 3 yardes mach
paid for suger and Currante
paid for 4 pounde of pruines
paide for stockings for the boye
paide for garters for the boye
paide for rosses for the boye
paide for the boyes gloues
paide for synament powder
paide for ribeninge for the horse
iiij s j d
vii s vj d
xviij d
ijs
llj S
xvj d
viij d I
ijs ijd
iijs vj d
vjd
xij d
vd
xij d
10
15
20
25
30
35
4O
Midsomer
Chard
A
461 /CHESTER 1641-2
paide
paide
paide
paide
paide
paide
paide
paide
paide
paide
paide
paide
for 3 paire of gloues for the men
for nuts and appels
for beere at oure aldermans vpon mydsomer even
for beere at the barrs
for a bridle for the horse
at the barrs Castel and norgate
for 6 mens wages
for musicke
mr Hulmes for the fflagg
for Cakes
for dressing 2 peeces
for wyne
ijs
xij d
viii d
xvj d
xv d
xviij d
iij s
m) s
xij d
iij s 4d
iiij s
Joiners, Carvers, and Turners'Records
CCA: Company Book G14/1
f 154 (25 March)
The Disbursments ...
Item for ffurishinge the Boy 00-08-00
Item spent att dressinge the Boy 00-00-08+
Item paid vnto Mr Holme for keepinge the Banner 00-01-00
ltem for Riband for the horse 00-00-06.
Item for Dressinge the horse 00-00-06.
Item for 3. men attendinge the horse and boy 00-01-00
ltem at Barrs Castle and Northgate to the prisners 00-O1-02
Item paid the Musick 00-02-08.
Item Spent art Alderman Pues the same Day 00-02-00
Item spent art widdow Pues the same Day 00-03-00
Item for one quart of wine art Bankett O0-00-08+
Item spent in stroinge beere att Bankett art steward Cattralls
00-03-04.
Minstrels Court C R O: D LT/B 3
ff 143-4v* (24June)
Concerninge the auntient Custome of the ridinge before all the
minstrells in Cheshire on the ffeast of St Iohn Baptist at Chester
&c. Belonginge to the heires of Dutton de Dutton in the same
County.
1o
15
2o
25
3o
35
4o
21y (a) But
Dutton was
Steward of
Halton vnder
the Baron
463 / CHESTER 1641-2
Dutton; There was neuer any such man in ye right line of Dutton
de Dutton; nor I beleiue in all the oblique line which liued about
that tyme: [Excepte Radulpho Dispensatore: which Ralph
although hee was originally descended from Hadard, yet hee was
called Dispensator from his office which hee had vnder ye Earle
of Chester & not by the name of Dutton: whose posteritie wholly
retayned the name of Spenser by Contraction from the Latine
word Dispensator, which as I said before was A name of office;
And from him is lineally descended, the Lord Spencers a family
flourishinge at this day.] I 10
Secondly as for the immediate graunt of ye Earle to Dutton
you see the originall deed aboue named doth evidently prove
the contrary: Howbeit I deny not but that Hugh de Dutton (who
hath his privilidge giuen him from the Constable) might perhapps
haue accompanied the aforenamed lohn Constable of Chesshire
in that service for the Earle, & for his reward had this graunt
from the Constable, salvo lure suo &c: as it is in the Deed: (a)
[There is one other mistaken concerninge the Custome which
I haue mett withall, & that is an auntient Parchment Rowle
remayninge in ye hands of Thomas Starkey of Stretton in the 20
County of Chester Esquire wherein is contayned the descents
of the Barons of Halton, & is A monument very truly & accurately
drawne in euery point, saveinge the mistake of the man touchinge
the originall of this Custome, wherein Roger Constable of
Chesshire is there named to haue rescued the Earle in stead of 25
Iohn his rsonne'[father] ] And thus much of the originall
Institution: Now followeth ye manner of the solemnite of it as
it is vsed at this day: videlicet 1642. Tune the: 24th
ffirst the lord of Dutton, or his Deputy, rideth vpp with many
Gentlmen of his frends & acquaintance (haueinge A Banner 30
displayed before him[-], & A Drumm & trumpett) vntill they
come a litle aboue the Eastgate in the citty of Chester, where
there is Proclamacion made in the streete before the said heire,
or his deputy, sittinge on horsbacke, as followeth:
The forme of the proclamacion.
Vnder the Royall grace of the Kings most excellent ma/estie &
his most Honorable Counsell, The right Honorable Robert
Viscount Killmurrey, Lord, Leader, conducter, & (vnder his
highnes) Protecter of all & euery musicions and Minstrells
whosoeuer, either resident or resortinge within or to ye County
35
40
464 / CHFSTER 1641-2
Pallatine of Chester, And within or to the County of ye Citty of
Chester, By vertue & authoritie of the auntiente vse, custom,
preheminence, and speciall royalltie of the Predecessors of the
Mannor of Dutton, straightly chargeth & commaundeth all &
euery the said Musicions & Minstrells & others whosoever, s
acknowledginge, vseinge, & professinge the noble art, worthy
science, & high misterie of musique and minstrellzie within the
said Countyes, or either of them, To approach this presente
place & attend this presente Proclamacion, And presentely
heere to drawe forthe their sundry Instruments of Musique & 10
Minstrellzie, And to play heere before ye said Robert Viscount
Kilmurrey or his Deputy, heere presente vnto the accustomed
place in dutifull manner & order customablie vsed by his
Predecessors before tyme, soe longe that the memory of man can
not Witnes to the contrary, which royalltie hath beene allwayes 15
annexed & resigned to the said auntient Predecessors of the
mannor of Dutton, & now come vnto the said Robert Viscount
Killmurrey in the right of Dame Elinour now wife of the said
Robert Viscount Killmurrey, & sole daughter & heire of Thomas
Dutton, late of Dutton aforesaid, Esquire deceased, & her heires, 20
as parcell & Porcion of her inheritance, And in like good dutifull
order to retorne from the said place, playinge vpon their said
severall Instruments vnto the Courthouse, And there to make
their severall apparances: Alsoe to doe all other such Hommages,
duties, & services, as by vertue thereof belongeth to the aforesaid 25
Court of ye said Robert I Viscount Killmurrey: and from thence
in like good order, playinge vpon their said sundry Instruments,
to his Lodginge, & not to departe without License, This omitt
you nott, as you will at your perills avoyde the displeasure of
the aforenamed Robert Viscount Killmurrey, the rebuke of the 30
Court, forfeiture of your Instruments, & imprisonments of your
Bodyes. God save the Kings maiesty, his most Honorable Counscll,
And the lord of Dutton, And send vs peace. Amen.
The Proclamacion beinge ended, the said heire of Dutton or
his Deputy rideth down in like solemne manner vnto St lohn's 35
Church in Chester, all the Minstrells attendinge & playinge on
their severall Instruments before him. As soone as they come
vnto the said Church of St lohns, the saide heire or his Deputie
allighteth from his Horse, & goeth into the said Church, & all
the Gentlemen likewise, which in good will accompany him, #0
seating themselves in the Chauncell thereof; In which place A
sett of the Lowd Musique vpon their Knees playeth A solemne
So it was 1642.
but now 1666
the Steward
takes 2s. 6d. for
each Licence
465 / CHESTER 1641-2
Lesson or Two; which ended they arise vpp with this
congratulation, God blesse the Kinge, And the heire of Dutton.
And soe ye deputy returneth in like manner as bee came, vnto
the place where the Court is kept. Assoone as hee is come bee
sitts awhile to heare the Court called, which in the Court Rolles 5
is stiled, Curia Minstralciae, &c. And then the Steward of the
Court calleth the suitors one by one, and after the apparance
made impannelleth A lurie, & soe proceedeth to his charge,
which consisteth of Three heads, ffirst, that if they knowe of
any Treason against the Kinge or Prince, in that Court they lO
ought to present it. Secondly, if any hath exercised his Minstrellzie
without the License of the lord of this Court, or by any other
License than from the Lord of this Court. it is heere presentable;
And whether any 'of them" have prophaned ye Sabboth by
playinge vpon that day, vnlesse they have had speciall License 5
for it from the Lord of this Court or his Steward. and whether
any .rof them" hath beene drunke, or the like. Thirdly, whether
they haue heard any scandalous words tending to the prejudice
of the heire of Dutton, & by whome, Fhe lury is heere to present
it; As also to present the default of all such Suitors as ought to 20
haue appeared that day &c.
The Charge beinge given, the Deputie goeth out of the Court
to dinner, which is provided for him & what Gentlemen hee shall
please to invite, At the close of all; after dinner (when the Court
is ended) One of the order deliuereth vp on his knee the Pole or 2s
launce whereon the Banner was carryed vnto the Deputy, which
is his due, soe that euery yeare there is A new Launce, But the
Banner is preserued. Note also that euery one exerciseinge the
Art of Musique in this County, doth or ought yearely to renew
his License, for which he payeth vnto the Steward 02s. 02d. And 3o
that those who are vpon the lury the yeare before doe the next
yeare after weare Long Linen Towells over their Shoulders in
manner of A scarfe, to signifie they were elected on the lury -
Et sic de caeteris. / I
This is the manner as it is solempnized at this day, yet perhapps 3s
in part altered from the ffirst Institution in point of ceremony;
for I believe auntiently only A court was kept for the preservinge
of the Authoritie, and hoe more adoe
In the Clayme of Dutton de Dutton: 14: Hen- 7 1
finde it thus Recorded, vpon A quo warranto
brought against him.
4O
471 / APPENDIX 1
aldermen vnto such place as the said watch is sett out at in paine
for euery default to pay
Mercers, Ironmongers, Grocers, and Apothecaries
C: Company Book
p 14"
' Records
8/
An order as Conceringe the settinge out
the shooe vpon mydsomer even.
1o
Item more yt is further ordered concluded and agreed vppon by
the same companye. That vpon midsomer even at the watche.
shalbe set forth at the charges of the wholl companye of mercers
and lremongers, for the saide show. and the stewards for the
tyme beinge, to provyde against that tyme, some comely striplinge t5
or boye. to Ride before the same companye, and also to get some
other childe, to Ride as agentelwoman or ladye, in respecte that
the said companyes of mercers and lremongers are vnited and
made one companye and fellowshipp, whereas before they were
two companyes, and the saide boye and ladye to Ride vpon two zo
seuerall horses by them selves, and the saide Stewardes for the
tyme beinge, to bye for eyther of said children, at the companyes
charge, eyther of them a suit of apparill fyttinge for the said
shew. not exceedinge aboue the some of five poundes of Currant
money, and soe the same sutes of apparill, to contynue to the 25
companyes vse, from tyme ,,'to tyme" at theire pleasures. /
9/
An order that everye brother Attend vpon the
Aldermen at the watch vpon midsomer even
Item more it is further ordered and agreed vppon by the same
companye of mercers and lremongers, that all the said brethren
shalby lawfull warninge giuen them by the stewardes Attende
at aplace appoynted, attende vpon the Aldermen and everie
brother to haue attendinge one them eich one his armed man or
watchman, either in armore, or with lacke, head peece, and
blacke, bill, and soe eich man in his place indecente order to
accompany theire saide aldermen with theire boye and ladye to
the barres, where the watch is to be sett out, excepte the haue
leave giuen them by the Aldermen to the contrarie, In paine of
forfeature everye tyme soe offendinge, to the stewardes, for the
vse of the same Companye in name of a fyne in Currant Englishe
money to be duely levied vpon everye such offender v s
35
40
AC
AC
472 / APPENDIX 1
Goldsmiths' Records CCA: Minute Book G 12/1
p 12"
Item it agreyed by the Consent of the Alderman and Steward of
the gouldsmyths that whoe soe ever shall make the bell that
shalbe made a gainst Shrouftide ffor the Sadlers shall haue ffor
his paines iiij s iiij d and yf any of the Compeney shall offend in
the premisses shall pay vnto the Alderman and Steward and the
Reste of the Compeney being iij s 4d
And if all the oulde bells shalbe broke and not any of the
Compeney to by any to be newe burnished or sould to the
peneltie a ffore said
Dean aild Chapter CC: Treasurers' Accounts 1
p 155
In primis to William Calw for wachyng
xij d
Treasurers'Accounts, St Werburgb 's BL: Harley 1994
f32"
Dona et Regarda.
Et solutum diuersis Nuncijs et histrionibus tam domini
Regis quam aliorum magnatum per diuersas vices eidem
Abbatti accidentibus
li.-s-d
13-6-8
Smiths, Cutlers, and Plumbers' Records
BL: Account Book I Harley 2054
f 14v*
payd in mr dauid midleton Tauarne ij d
in mr daueson Tauern vj s
at william locker dimner viij d
payd at Simon Mounfort at the Cominge in of 1o doe the
weeteman vj d
38 I dimner [or dinner, 4 rmnims in MS with a tittle above
10
15
2O
25
3O
35
473 /APPENDIX 1
AC
a booke 1 haue
AC
wach at midsomer eue at night
Spent on St Clemants day in St lohns
vjd
viij d
Smiths, Cutlers, and Plumbers' Records
BL: Account Book I Harley 2054
f25"
& that rdiuers'[the Companys] that haue relation to oure &
others Artes haue Ioyned themselues in on society or Company
may appeare from the tyme of Sir Io Arnway Knight Maior of
this Citty in tyme of K H 3 [ab] about 410 yeares since when the
Auntient playes vsed in this Citty comonly called whitson plays
wherin they Ioyned for their pagients showes & when the vse
therof was layd downe and the wach or showe on midsomer eue
began in tyme of Rich dutton maior 1498 the sayd Artes misterys
societyes Craftes occupations or by what other stille they were
called by, did also Ioyne to gether in the sayd show as on Company
And that the Company of Smythes furbers or Cutlers & pewterers
and founders the rest of their associates were acompany then by
the sayd ould bookes of the whitson playes appereth & what
part the acted in the sayd playe t-)'me out of mynd.
f26
witson plays made & first began by Ran Higden a moonk temp
Io Arnway maior about 50 H 3 "1266"yeares since then the
"Company of" Smyth ffurbors & pewterers Ioyned in the play
called the purification of our lady on Twesday in witson weeke
after which tyme others tooke part with them as mettall men
vilzt
Poem of Children's Games BL: Harley 2057
f 14v*
.oo
Auntient Customes in games vsed by boys & girles merily sett
13 / 410 written over another date. possibly 1266. of which only 66 is certain
29 / m in made written over b
2O
25
3O
35
476 / APPENDIX 1
19 The Aldermen and stewards of the Societie and worsbipfull
Companie of Skinners and feltmakers
20 l'he Aldermen and stewards of the Companie of Sadlers.
z The Aldermen and stewards of the Companie of Taylors.
_,2 The Aldermen and stewards of the Companie of fishmongers.
.,3 The Aldermen and stewards of the Companie of Clothworkers
and walkers.
10
24
AC
out of mr
knights bookes
The Aldermen and stewards of the Companie of dyers and
Hewsters.
-,5 The Aldermen and stewards of the Companie of Weavers.
z6 The Masters and wardens of the worsbipfull Companie of
Marchants and Mariners
Sbrovetide Proclamation 13 L : Harley 2 1 5 0
f 162
the proclemations on the Roodey vpon
S[(.)]phTusday oes. oes. oes.
The Right worsbipfull the maior of this Citty of Chester willeth
& requireth and in the queenes maiestyes name stretly chargeth
& Comandeth all & euery person & persons of what degree &
Callng soeuer he or they be now Asembled together or shall
Asemble to gether to see the Auntient games heretofore
Acustomed to be played on this day to the coumfort of the
maiesties subiects then present that they & euery of them doe
obserue & keepe her maiestyes peace & good behauiour durng
the tyme of the sayd games vpon payne that shall fall theron
The Aldermen & stuards of the sosiety & company of Sadlers
within the Citty of chester com forth and doe your homage
with your horse & bell vpon payne of x li.
The Aldermen & stuards of the Society & company of
Cordwyners within the same Citty come forth & doe your
15
20
25
30
40
AC
477 / APPENDIX 1
homage with your gleaues and presentments vpon payne of
x li.
All maner of person[s] or persons that haue byn mairied
within the Citty of Chester or els where & dwell within the
same during this last yeare now ended Come forth and doe
your seuerall homages wth your gleaues & presentments
euery man vpon payne of x li.
Alidsumtner Show B L : Harley 2 15 0
f201*
The Auntient forme & payments
of midsomer wach or show,
The materialls of the Giants the beastes etc. were the proper
goods of the paynters "& by them mayd in tyme of Io Ratlife
maior 1601" and the Citty maior sheriffs and leauelokers payd
yearly for the repayre videlicet
out of the Threasury of the Citty auntiently for aboue this 80
yeares for the payntinge of the Giants and the other beastes
xliij s iiij d
more payd by the Treasurers which was auntienly payd by
mr Maiore himselph for the Citty or Maiors Mount till mr
Edwards tyme xxvj s viij d
So the citty payd in all, iij li. x s.
Mr Maior payd yearly for his 6 mens garlaits and balls for his
burches to the paynters x s
beside [Carriage] payinge aman to Carry the Maiors mount ij s vj d
& the men new gloues & their wages & for the burches (blank)
mr Maior made Companys drink as the passed by beare & the
Councell & Aldermens wine & a banquet at alightinge or wyne
& cakes
The Sheriffs
payd yearly for the payntinge of the Elophant v s a peece to the
paynters x s
lO
15
20
25
30
35
40
AC
478 / APPENDIX 1
and payd the corriors and cupitt (blank)
payd for their ^'8" garlands betwene them xij s
for their balls to ther burches betwene them ij s
for their 2 haunce staues xx d apeece iij s iiij d
for their burches, gloues, and wages to the halbeters (blank)
for the dragon at paynters charge only charge
for the Carriage & payinge 6 naked boys at the sheriffs &
leaulookers (blank)
the Leauelokers payd yearly for payntinge the 4 beastes & 4
hobby horses equialy betwixt them xliij s 4d
the payd the Carrors& dancers beside
for the morris dancers ^'had x s from citt but now" haue no tee
but the Curtesye after the show at eich house what the please
the mayor payeth yearly to the paynters xij s vj d
the Threasurers for the Citty iij li. x s
the sheriffs xxvij s 4d
the leauelookers xliij s iiij d
,llidsummer Show B L : Harley 2 15 0
f 201v*
10
15
20
Wheras there hath byn an auntient and laudable Custome in this 25
Citty Comonly called midsomer show or wach rcaused to besett
forth &" approued of by our ^'Ancestors the'Maiestrates
[thetofbre] for the great [vtility of that citty by] drawing in of
Strangers by ther great Comerse and trafick for the benifite of
the sayd citty & Cittizens which by late obstructiue tymes hath 30
byn much hindred it is thought meet 'at the last generall
assembly'[ for the tranquility therof] and taken into Consideration
the sayd show may be agayne reuiued for the publick benifite
of this Citty and for the [your] good approbation and furtherance
therin in respect diuers thinges of Consernment ^'therin" are 3s
wantinge, to know [whatJwhat willingly your Company is
pleased to contribute to ward the sayd charge that it may not be
retarded and to be subscribed here vnder the hands of your
Aldermen or [&] Stewards to se whether the some ^'in generall
gathared" will equilize the Charge of expences, it beinge a 40
particular profite to eich one & honor to the Citty to preserue
theis auntient Customs
AC
leauelookers
1610
sheriff 1615
C..R [untor
leaueoker 1628
for mr major
1633
mr Sheriff
479 / APPENDIX 1
Midsummer Show B L : Harley 2150
ff 202-2v*
in Mr Holmes accounts 1632
4 men with halberts to keepe the Companys in order at the
show iiij s
to sargant parry & his mate for leadinge & keepinge in order the
Armed men at wach ij s vj d
To Tho welch Citty Ensigne for carring citty cullers at wach 1o
ijs vjd
to Gest cirty drummer for beatinge drome at wach xij d
to Robert Thornley & lo wright for their worke about the
Giants & other payntinge at midsomer show xliij s iiij d
payd for fittinge of the Maiors mount xxvj s viii d is
for paynting of the beastes & hoby horses at midsomer "both
leauelokers parts" xliij s iiij d
to lasper gillam for 4 garlands for harness men
to the 4 men that carried the Armor
gloues for harness men
4s
xvj d
to 4 men that carried the 2 beastes
to the 5 men that held the boys that ridd
to the 2 boys that danced the hobby horses
to chatterton the piper my part
for payntinge the beasts at midsomer my part
4s. vjd.
ijs vjd
(blank)
xijd
xxjs 8d
for 16 burches & carriage
the burches are sett vp by harnesse men
ixs vjd
(blank)
to the 6 harnisse men that carried halberts 3s for 6 payre of
gloues ij s ij d
to welch ned for Carriage of maiors mount ij s
to Robert Thornley for 6 garlands for harnisse men heads
vjd
ix s
for 1 2 byrches & Carrage ix s vj d
for balls for the trees xij d
to the 4 men that Carried Armor v s [(...)] for gloues xviij d
for hier of Armor iij s vj d
citty wayts xij d
20
25
3O
35
4O
AC
481 / APPENDIX 1
is to be deducted out of the generall charge of agreement
payd yearly to the paynters for new triminge of the marchants
mount by the Company of marchants xxxiij s 4d
hlidsummer Show B L: Harley 2150
ff 203-3V*
a Compute of the charges about midsomer show all thinges to
be made new by reason the ould modells were all broken which
was mr holmes & 1o wrights goods & yearly repayred ^ "hertofore"
by the Citty Threasury [and theirby] one part, and the maior
sheriffs & leauelokers the rest
IO
lmprimis for. "finding oC all the materialls with the workmanshipp 15
of the 4 great Giants all to be made new as neere as may be like
as the were before at v li. a Giant the least that can be in all 20 li.
for 4 men to Carry them x s
for the new makinge the Citty mount Called the maiors mount
as auntiently it was and for hyringe of bayes for the same & a zo
man to Carry it iij li. vj s 8d
for makinge anew the marchant mount as auntiently it was with
a shipp to turne hyringe of boys & 5 to Carry it iiij li.
for makinge a new the Elaphant & Castell & Cupitt to sute out
of it & 2 men to Carry it lvj s viij d zs
for makinge new the 4 beastes for the leauelookers Called the
Vnicorne the Antilop the fflowerdeluce & Camell at 33s 4d a
peece vj li. xiij s 4d
for 8 men to Carry them xvj s
for 4 hobby horses at vj s viij d apeece xxvj s 8d 3o
for 4 boys to Carry them [(..)1 ij s
for the 2 hancestaues for the boys that Ride for the sheriffs
vj s viij d
for 6 garlands for mr maiors halberts & 4 a peece for mr sheriffs
[xix s 8dlxxiij s 8d 35
xs
VS
vj s
XX S
at xx d a peece
for balls for the maior & sheriffs burches
for the makinge new the dragon
& for 6 naked boyes to beat at it
the ^'61 morris dancers & Tabrett & pipe
the whole some the paynters findinge all this yeare as abouesayd
is and Carrors [xlij li. (...)s 8d]
40
482 / APPENDIX 1
AC
to borrow the hall as before for them
mrs maiores berrage
the tyme will be halph a yeare dowing
[44 li. (...)s 8d]
[45 xj s 8d]
45 9 8d
If so much moneys of the Companys as to pay 45 li. 9s 8d then
the rCitty" maior sheriffs leauelookers & Company of marchants
pay nothing this yeare because as is made new it is very probable
some Companys will giue much more then orther because the
benyfite more and with the generall Collection by the (..)nstables
of others beside the remaynder to be put into the Citty stocke
toward their charges herafter
If the Companeys gratuitys fall short, the Citty maior sheriffs
leauelookers & marchants to pay as auntiently and to be added
to what is gathared
if the moneys gathared be satisfactory ^'for the paynters" that
an order of Agreement be sett downe by assembly or otherways
that after this yeare the Citty maior sheriffs leauelookes &
marchants may pay yearly as auntiently the ould fees before
mentioned for keepinge the giants & the rest in repayre as
formerly was vsed
City Treasurers' Accounts 13 L: Harley 2158
f 36v*
Watergatestre te
mercatoribus Ciuitatis Cestrie pro vna vacua placea ibidem vj d
f 37*
panniparijs Ciuitatis Cestrie pro quodam aysiamento viij d
Watergate Street
all rest as in 9 Roll
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
marchnts
483 /APPENDIX 1
f 40*
senescallis Tellairij
hole
Estgatestrete
Ciuitatis Cestrie pro gardin iuxta truants
f41
Watergate streete
meranerijs pro Carriagiy ibidem Aysiamento
panneriorijs pro Consilio
f43v*
Watergate stret
mercatoribus Ciuitatis Cestrie pro vna vacua placea ibidem
drapers de Cite Cestrie pro aysamento
4d
vjd
vij d
1o
15
20
5 / Tellairij for Sellarij 5 / gardm for gardino
488 ! APPENDIX 2
Lib. C. fol. 139.
"It is either thus,
as 1 have put it:
or, Gaifndo &
Roberto Ftiiis
reels, Bietbero
Herberd de
ttaleton, &c. I
leave it to the
Reader to judge.
Sciant praesentes & futuri, quod ego Johannes Constabularius
CestriaL dedi .- concessi & bac praesenti Cbarta mea confirmavi,
Hugoni de Dutton, & H, eredibus suis, Magistratum omnium
LeccatmTon & Aleretricum totius Cestershiria, sicut liberius
ilium ,llagistratum teneo de Comite; Salvo jure meo mihi &
Heredibus reels. Hiis Testibus, Hugone de Boidele, Alano Fratre
ejus. Petro de Goenet Liulfo de Twamlow, Ada de Dutton,
Gilberto de Aston, Radulfo de Kingsley, Hamone de Bordington,
Alano de Waleie, Alano de Mulinton, Willielmo Filio Ricardi,
Martino Angevin, Willielmo de Savill, Galfrido & Roberto Filliis
meis Bletheris,* Herdberd de Waleton, Galfrido de Dutton.
In which Deed it is, John Constable of Cheshire (not the
Earl ot Chester) grants to Hugh de Dutton (not to Raufe de
Dutton) the Authority over all the Letcbers and Whores of all
Cheshire; Salvo jure meo. So as the Right was the Constables,
which he held of the Earl; but now transfers it over to Hugh
Dutton, about the end of King John's Reign. By the ancient
Roll it should seem Roger Lacy rescued the Earl, and now John
his Son transferrs this Power to Dutton: Which Original Grant
mentioneth nothing of the Rule of Fidlers or Minstrels; but 0
ancient Custom hath now brought it onely to the Minstrelsie:
For anciently 1 suppose the Rout which the Constable brought
to the Rescuing of the Earl, were debauched Persons drinking
with their Sweet-hearts in the Fair, Fidlers, and such loose kind
of Persons as he could get; which tract of time hath reduced 25
onely to the minstrels.
1 find in the Records at Chester, inter placita 14 Hen. 7. a
Quo Warranto brought against Laurence Dutton of Dutton,
Esq; why he claimed all the Minstrels of Cheshire, and in the
City of Chester, to meet before him at Chester yearly, at the 30
Feast of Saint John Baptist, and to give unto him at the said
Feast quatuor Lagenas Vini, & unam Lanceam; that is, four
Bottles of Wine, and a Lance: and also every Minstrel to pay
unto him at the said Feast four Pence half-penny: And why
he claimed from every Whore in Cheshire, and in the City of
Chester, Officium suum exercente, four Pence to be paid yearly
at the Feast aforesaid, &c. Whereunto he pleaded Prescription.
And whereas by the Statute of 39 Eliz. cap. 4. Fidlers are
declared to be Rogues; yet there is an especial Proviso in the
Statute, for the exempting of those in Cheshire, Licensed by 40
Dutton of Dutton, as belonging to his ancient Custom and
Privilege: So that the Fidlers of Cheshire, Licensed by the Heirs
Translations: The Records
The Latin and Anglo-Norman documents have been translated as
literally as possible in order to aid the reader in understanding
what the documents say. The arrangement of the translations
parallels that of the text. No indication is given of words or
passages in English surrounding those in Latin. Place names and
Christian names have been normalized but not surnames. Capi-
talization and punctuation are in accordance with modern
practice. As in the text, diamond brackets indicate obliterations
and square brackets cancellations. No indication is given of
interlineations in the text. Round brackets enclose words not
in the original language but needed for grammatical sense in
English.
1398-9
Mayors'Books CCA: M/B/1
ff 55v-6" (30May)
Inquest taken at Chester before the sheriffs of Chester on Friday,
the day after Corpus Christi in the twenty-second year of the
reign of King Richard the second, on the oath of Richard de
Draycote; John the glover; Henry the corviser; William Mody;
John Russell, porter; William de Hulfeld, cooper; John Chirche,
corviser; Richard Short, shipman; Andrew the freeman; Robert
de Thenwall, skinner; William the tailor; and Richard del Halgh.
The jurors say on their oath that William de Wybunbure, senior;
Henry de Felday, weaver; Thomas Bragot, weaver; William de
Stretton, walker; Thomas the chaloner of Eastgate Street; Thomas
de Brymstath, dyer; Richard de Werburton, weaver; William Cay,
chaloner; Roger the chaloner of Foregate Street; Hugh de
Thurstanton, weaver, Richard del Hope, weaver; Henry
Huntebach; William Shagh, weaver; Richard Whyt, fuller; William
492 /TRANSLATIONS 1398-9
Butt, dyer; Richard Byrne, weaver; John le Erie, chaloner;
Richard Gardeyn, fuller; William Bryn, fuller; William Porter,
fuller; Richard de Hale; William Thomassone, dyer; John Howell,
weaver; Hugh Bargeyn; ttugh de Legh; John de Ince, senior;
David Broun, weaver; John Mair, weaver; [John de Berkeswell,
seniori; William the shearman; Nicholas the shearman; John the
shearman; Thomas Jakes, shearman; John de Shottum, shearman;
[ttugh de Aston, chaloner]; John the chaloner of Saint John's
Lane; William the chaloner; [crC.)rins the chaloner; John le
Smyth, weaver]; Richard Getegode, weaver; William Haslore,
weaver; Thomas le Spencer, weaver; Henry Denys, weaver; John
the weaver of Castle Lane; Simon the weaver of Hawardyn; John
[de Bromley] de Frodesham; William Capemaker; and many
other master weavers came with force and arms, with pole-axes,
(?) staves, daggers, and other diverse armaments, by a premedi-
tated plan on Thursday, the feast of Corpus Christi, in the
twenty-second year of the reign of King Richard the second,
opposite the church of Blessed Peter of Chester. Also, those
gathered together insulted William de Wybunbure, junior, Thomas
del Dame, and very many others, their servants, called journey-
men, in a great affray of the whole population of the city,
against the peace of the lord king They say they are not guilty.
And on the next Thursday following after the feast of the
apostles Peter and Paul, it was learned by the inquest taken
that Thomas Bragot, Richard Whyte, Richard de Werberton,
(Wi)lliam the chaloner, John the chaloner, John Howell, William
de Stretton, Hugh Bargayne, (Jo)hn le Smyth, weaver, and
William Cadewalleshened are not guilty of the aforesaid insult,
but they (say) that they are guilty in the aforesaid fray. There-
fore it was concluded, etc. I
Item they say that William de Wybunbure,junior; Henry Penkyth,
fuller; John de Merton; John de Hull, weaver; Richard le Spencer,
weaver; John Thomasson, weaver; Robert de Derbyshyre, fuller;
Thomas del Dame, weaver; Richard Stubbok, chaloner; John
Chestre, junior; Henry Bragot; John de Sucton, weaver; William
le Smyth, weaver; John de Acton, weaver; Reginald de Merford;
Roger Pyme; John de Holand; William Wodewarde, servant of
Richard de Hale; Thomas Werforde; John Dernak, weaver;
lhomas del Mosse; Roger, servant of Richard de Hale; Robert,
servant of William Porter; Edward Brounsworde; Bellyn, servant
of William Shawe; Henry Bragot; Hugh Bragot; [William] Nicholas,
493 /TRANSLATIONS 1398-9
Richard, and David, servants of Richard Whyt; [John de Londes-
dale]; Thomas de Byrchomley; John de Hale, junior; David
de Moldesdale; [Thomas le Sheuacre, chaloner]; John de Chestre,
senior; William and Robert, servants, the servants of Thomas de
Brymstath; John Gredyn; David, servant of Henry Penkyth;
William Kydde, servant of William Porter, weaver; William le
Wodewarde, servant of Richard de Hale; John Skelo, servant of
David Broun.
1421-2
Coopers'Records c: Loose Papers
(20 April)
Memorandum that discord and action at law have arisen between
the Ironmongers of the city of Chester on the one side, and the
Carpenters of the same city on the other side, whether one side
or the other should have all the Fletchers, Bowers, Stringers,
Coopers, and Turners of the same city to help them in the
Corpus Christi Play of the same city. Finally, with the assent
of each side, an inquest was taken in the full portmote held at
Chester on the next Monday after the close of Easter, in the
tenth year of the reign of King Henry the fifth after the con-
quest, before John Hope, mayor of the aforesaid city, to find
out the truth of the aforesaid issues, whether they ought (to be
attached) to one side or the other, or not, viz, on the oath of
John de Hatton, senior, William Hope, Richard Weston,
Alexander Hennebury, Adam de Wotton, John de Hatton,
junior, Robert Wolley, Richard Lynakre, William de Pykton,
Thomas de Hellesby, John William, and Richard Thomworth,
jurors. They say on their oath that the aforesaid (Fletchers),
Bowers, Stringers, Coopers, and Turners ought not to play nor
are they held to play nor to be participants with one side or
the other, with the aforesaid Ironmongers or with the afore-
said Carpenters, in their pageants of the aforesaid Corpus Christi
Play, but they say that they are held to support by themselves
their own pageant for the same play, viz, from the flagellation
of the body of Christ, with those things belonging to it, accor-
ding to the original made of it (ie, the play), as far as the cruci-
fixion of the same Jesus Christ as far as is contained in the said
original, and that the aforesaid Ironmongers ought to support
the play of the Crucifixion as the aforesaid C.) and the aforesaid
Carpenters ought to support their pageant according to the
494 / TRANSLATIONS 1421-2
atbresaid original. In testimony of which thing the aforesaid
mayor caused the seal of his office of the mayoralty to be affixed
to this present inquiry. Given on the day and year aforesaid.
1429-30
Portmote Court Rolls CCA: M/R/4/85
mb 1" (19 May)
ooo
Pleas of the portmote of the city of Chester held at Chester
before John Walssh, mayor of the said city, on the Monday next
after the feast of St Dunstan in the (eighth) year of the reign of
King Henry the sixth after the conquest.
Let it be remembered that on the Monday next after the feast
of St Dunstan in the seventh year of the reign of our most
sovereign lord, King Henry the sixth after the conquest, before
J ohn le Walssh, mayor of the city of Chester, the sheriffs, and
the twenty-four aldermen of the said city: by the consent, agree-
ment, and good will of Richard de Hawardyn and Richard de
Brogheford, stewards of the crafts of the Weavers, Walkers,
Chaloners, and Shearmen of the said city upon a petition made
in full portmote by the said mayor, sheriffs, (.) twenty-four
aldermen (...), it was ordained, established, and agreed that it
shall be in perpetuity, that each person of whatever estate or
condition who practises or sets up in any of the said crafts within
the said city be contributory C.) or cause to be paid all C.) of
which he is or will be assessed to pay by the stewards of the
said crafts for the time being towards the costs and expenses C.)
the light of Our Lady St Mary and of Corpus Christi and for the
play of Corpus Christi, both for the one and the other and for
each and every time (...), that it shall happen that the said light
is carried or the said play is performed and that each one who
does not send the sum which he is assessed by the said stewards
shall pay within the month (in which) the said assessment, (or) it
shall be that he shall incur the forffeit ...) pain of 13s 4d, that is
to say, 6s 8d to the sheriffs of the said city for the time being
and 6s 8d to the (stewards) of the same crafts who will be for
the time being, and the said sum to be levied as a distraint.
And that it is allowed as well to the said sheriffs for the
6s 8d which is allotted to them, (so also the) said stewards for
the 6s 8d which is allotted to them, and C.) for the said sums
thus assessed to distrain any person on whom the said sum has
thus been assessed C) (who) refuses to send or pay the said
AC
AC
AC
AC
495 /TRANSLATIONS 1429-30
distraint to anyone unless the said case of non-payment be agreed
to be given and held unfulfillable (...) always. In testimony of
which declared (?) (...) ordinance, decision, and agreement
indented and enrolled as well the said mayor for himself, the said
sheriffs, and twenty-four aldermen (has set) the seal of office of
the mayoralty (and also) the said (...) stewards for themselves
and all the craftsmen of the crafts mentioned aforesaid have set
their seals. Given at Chester on the day and year mentioned
above.
1437-8
City Treasurers'Accouttts BL: Harley 2158
f 33v (November)
o.o
"[he steward of the Mercers for the rent of Shipgate
8d
1438-9
City Treasurers' A ccounts B L : Harley 2158
f 33v* (November)
.oo
From the stewards of the Fishers of Chester for a certain piece
of land
6d
1439-40
City Treasurers" A ccoultS B L: Harley 2158
f 33v (November)
From the stewards of the Tailors of Chester for a certain piece
of land
From the stewards of the Fishers for a certain pece of land
6d
6d
1440-1
City Treasurers 'Accounts BL: Harley 2158
f 34 (November)
From the stewards of the Tailors of Chester for a certain piece
of land
6d
AC
AC
AC
AC
496 /TRANSLATIONS 1440-1
f 35v (Arrearages)
From the Fishers of Chester for a certain piece of land
(blank)
1441-2
City Treasurers' Accounts B L : Harley 2158
f 34v* (November)
From the "[ailors of Chester for a piece of land 6d
From the Fishers of Chester for a piece of land 6d
From the stewards of the Mercers for a piece of land in Ship-
gate 8d
f35
... the Mercers' steward 8d
1442-3
City Treasurers" Accounts B L : Harley 2158
f 35v (November)
From the Mercers' stewards for their rent
8d
1465-6
City Treasurers' Accounts B L: Harley 2158
f 51" (November) (Arrearages)
.oo
-1 he Mercers of the city of Chester
"[he Drapers of the city of Chester for (blank)
(blank)
(blank)
1466-7
City Treasurers' Accounts B L: Harley 2158
f 51" (November) (Arrearages)
"[he Mercers of the city for the house for their carriage
(blank)
AC
500 / TRANSLATIONS 1472-3
1472-3
City Treasurers' Accounts B L: Harley 2158
f 55v (November)
From the Mercers of the city of Chester for one empty plot
(of land) there
From the Drapers of the cty of Chester for accommodation
6d
8d
AC
f 56v (Arrearages)
... from the/vlercers of the city for an empty plot (of land), 6d ...
from the Drapers of the city for accommodation, 8d ...
1473-4
City Treasurers'Accouuts BL: Harley 2158
f 56v (November) (Arrearages)
The Mercers of Chester
From the Drapers of Chester
6d
8d
AC
1476-7
City Treasurers' Accounts B L: Harley 2158
f 58 (November)
From the Mercers of the city of Chester for an empty plot of
land, etc
From the Drapers of the city by a wall for accommodation
6d
8d
Commission of
the abbot of
Chester and
others for
holding a court
of the minstrels
of Chester
Minstrels' Court PRO: CHES 2/149
mb 11 (23 June)
Edward etc, to all to whom the present letters may have come,
greetings. Know that we, fully confident of the fidelity, circum-
spection, and industry of our beloved and faithful Richard,
abbot of the monastery of Saint Werburgh of Chester, Hugh
Mascy, mayor of our city of Chester, and Master William Thomas,
have constituted and ordained them, the abbot, mayor, and
506 / TRANSLATIONS 1641-2
and [he claims] to have from each whore within the county of
Chester, both remaining within Chester and carrying on her job,
4d per year on the aforesaid feast, etc. And also, in quo warranto
proceedings he claims to have for himself and his heirs free
varren in his towns of Dutton, Weston, Preston, Leigh, and
Berterton in the aforesaid county, etc.
With a copy agreeing with the original remaining
of record in the exchequer of Chester.
508 / TRANSLATIONS APPENDIX 1
f 40*
From the stewards of the saddlercraft of the city of Chester for
a garden next to lruantshole 4d
f41
From the Mariners (Mercers) for accommodation for a carriage
there 6d
From the Drapers for advice 6d
f43"
From the Mercers of the city of Chester for one empty plot
(of land) there
lhe Drapers of (the) city of Chester for accommodation
7d
2d
End-notes
3 Add. 11335 f22v
The entry also appears in Stowe 811, ff 19v-20, DLT/B37, f 36, and Add. 29780, f 61. Arnewaye
was mayor in 1268-78; see Add. Charters 50004-6 and Salter, MDC, p 116, notes 7 and 10. Salter,
StDC, p 37, published the Stowe version. The reference to Randall Higden places the composition
of the entry after that of the Late Banns (c 1561), the first document to attribute authorship to
the monk. The assertion that the last performance occurred during Hankey's term, 1571-2, is
erroneous and suggests that the list of events was compiled before 1575, the date of the last per-
formance. The plays were not performed at Whitsun until the sixteenth century.
3 Harley 2125 f 91v
See the note on the preceding entry. The language of the entry recalls that in the Late Banns. The
entry is duplicated in DLT/B37, f 36. Randle Holme's marginal note indicates that he was aware
of the inaccuracy of the traditional claims of authorship.
4 Harley 2125 f 23v
The probable source for the entry is the Late Banns, which only give the first name of the monk
Randall. The surname 'heggenett' was probably derived from the flyleaf of the play manuscript,
Harley 2124, which was in the Holme coLlection. The flyleaf entry is dated 1628 and could have
been made by Randle Holme ii's father. Holme apparently corrected Add. 29779 (see next entry)
to Ihiggden' because he found it in other Mayors Lists or thought that the Iheggenett' was an error
for the famous Higden; however, he disputes this attribution in his note to the Harley 2125 entry
above. David Rogers attributes authorship of the plays to the monk Randall in the first four
copies of the 'Breviary' and adds the surname only in the last, dated c 1637; however, his copy of
the Mayors List in Harley 1944 (c 1619) attributes the plays to Higden. It seems likely that the
Late Banns intended to attribute authorship to Randall Higden, but did not use the surname; that
there was a tradition that this surname was heggenett', and this accounts for its appearance in the
flyleaf note (1628) which was available to Holme and was the probable source for his correction
of Harley 2125, f 23v; that he became aware of the Higden tradition from another source, possibly
the Harley 1944 'Breviary', which was available to him, and that he later concluded that the
attribution was erroneous when he found a List which placed the invention of the plays in the late
thirteenth century.
4 Add. 29779 flIv
See the note on the preceding entry.
512 / END-NOTES 4-10
4 Harley 2125 f 100
The note is made by a late seventeenth-century scribe, possibly Randle Holme II. The numbers
are probably indexing references.
5 MIBI1 ff55v-6
The document has been published by Morris, pp 405-8. The document may seem to end abruptly;
however, it does not fill the entire second folio and therefore must be complete. Morris also pub-
lished a list of the fines, most of which were for three shillings and four pence, but the list is not
reproduced here because it simply repeats the names.
6 Loose papers
The document is faded and there are holes in the places denoted by diamond brackets. The text
was published by Salter, Frzal, pp 7-8. Professor Robert Lewis checked my original transcription
and offered a few clarifications.
7 M/R/4/85 mb 1
Several persons have worked on this transcription. Dr Cameron Louis read the original under
ultra-violet light after 1 had and was able to add a large portion to my original transcription.
Professor Alfred David and Dr Bella Schauman worked with a poor xerox copy between my
reading of the original and that of Dr Louis; they made some suggestions about readings. This
final reconstruction was worked on by Lynette Muir and Peter Meredith at the University of
Leeds, and Brian Merrilees at the University of Toronto.
8 Harley 2125 f 27v
The entry is dated 1429 for 1429-30, but Hope was not mayor until 1430-1. The entry was
added by Randle Holme.
8 Harley2158 f33v
The word 'senescallis' has been consistently expanded with the ablative case ending here and else-
where in the Harley 2158 extracts. The expansion is based on surrounding entries in the same
accounts where the ablative is regularly used.
A number of Latin words with corrected expansions appear as footnotes to the Harley 2158
extracts in this volume. Words like 'parcell' (p 9, 1 1) have no brevigraphs in the Harley t S, but
do require case endings in context. 'parcell', for example, would need the ablative -a expansion
after 'pro quadam'. The lack of brevigraph can probably be attributed to the antiquarian omitting
marks which may have been in the original MS.
9 Harley 2158 f34v
The last entry is on a different roll, but both rolls are dated 20 Henry v L It is possible that the
rolls are for two different years or that the Mercers rented two different pieces of property.
See The Documents, pp xlviii.
10 Harley 2125 f 29
The entry is listed under Nicholas Daniel here and in Add. 29777, item 127, but in the latter, the
year isgiven as 1452-3. Harley 2125, f 107v, dates the event to John Cottingham's term in 1455-6.
514 ! END-NOTES 19-21
19 Harley 2158 f62v
The first two entries are from roll 34, the second two from roll 35; both rolls are dated 21 Edward
20 M/B/6 f 72
These are sample entries of the form used to bind persons over to the portmote court. There are
additional entries concerning minstrels in M/B/6c, f 44; M/B/7d, f 142v; M/B/7e, f 164; M/B/Sc,
f 75; M/B/24, f 29v: M/B/27, f 41, et passim; however, since the crime is never stated, similar
entries have not been transcribed for this volume.
20 Harley 1046 f 161v
The entry, is dated 1488 for 1488-9. The entry also appears in Harley 1944, f 76v, where it is
listed for the year 1490-1. The early part of Harley 1046 seems to be off by a year, so the Harley
1944 date may be more accurate. Salter, IDC, p 50, accepts the earlier date.
20 Harley 2125 f 31
The entry is dated 1488 for 1488-9.
20 Add. 29777 item 163
The entry is dated 1488 for 1488-9. The following words are rubricated: 'In', 'Assumption of
our Ladye', 'Bridgestrete of Chester', 'Lorde Strange'.
21 Harley 2057 f 26v
The entry erroneously attributes the Watch to 1498 because it dates mayoral terms according
to the majority of the mayor's term; however, Goodman seems to have been mayor in 1498-9,
and if the Show began in his term, it must have occurred in 1499. Add. 11335, f 23;Add. 29779,
f 19; Add. 39925, f 18; and Massey College MS, f 16v all date Goodman's term by the year of
accession, 1498, but say that the Show began that year. Add. 29780, f 124, and Stowe 811, f 48,
date the beginning of the Midsummer Watch to 1495, but on ff 62 and 20 respectively, date it to
1498. These latter two entries are from a list of events common to some of the 'Antiquities'
compilations; the first two entries are from Aldersey's List of Mayors which, in its earliest state,
seems to be off by two or three years, particularly in the entries before the early sixteenth century.
Harley 2125, f 32, misdates Goodman's term to 1497-8. If the visit occurred in Goodman's term,
then it took place in 1499; however, the event may have taken place in 1498 and drifted into an
association with Goodman because of the practice in some Lists of dating his term to the year of
accession. See the note on the entry which follows.
Shorter notices of Arthur's visit also appear in Harley 2133, f 36; Add. 29780, ff 62-3 and 124
(under the entry for 1496; this is the List that is off a few years); Add. 29777, item 173 (under
the entry for John Clyffe, 1498-9, who was mayor in 1499-1500); Add. 39925, f 18; Stowe 811,
ff 20 and 48; Harley 1944, f 77v; Harley 2105, f 93 ; and DLT/B37, f 52v.
21 Harley 2125 f 32
The MS dates the entry 1497 for 1497-8. Hoime, who made the additions in this entry, may be
responsible for the assertion that the play was performed in two places. In his notes on the
Smiths' Company, Harley 2054, f 25, he makes the following comment and attributes it to the
'maiors booke':
515 / END-NOTES 21-6
likewise it appereth by diuers manuscripts that ,'only" the sayd occupations of smythes
etc. loyned all in one Company: played about 4 Aug 1498 their play called the purification
of our Lady before prince Arthur at Abby gate & high Crosse
The reference to 'diuers manuscripts' unfortunately suggests that Holme's source of information
was not the 'majors booke' but the Lists of Mayors.
22 Account Book II f Iv
Hoime probably derived the date 14 Henry vii. which would be 1498, from one of the Mayors
Lists which misdate Goodman's term of office to 1497-8.
22 Harley 2104 f4
The list has been published by Greg, Frial, pp 170-1. Greg dated the list to 1500 on the basis of
the handwriting but we can only be certain that it comes from the period 1474-1521. See Ciopper
'The History and Development of the Chester Cycle'.
23 Add 11335 f23
See the similar entry in Add. 29780, f 63, and Stowe 811, f 2Or. Harley 2125, f 33; Add. 29780,
f 126; Stowe 811, f 49; Add. 39925, f 18v; DLT/B 37, f 53 v; and Massey College M S, f 17v, also
note the beginning of the Breakfast Shoot.
23 A/F/1 f 5
The MS is partially torn on the right side. Rathbone was mayor from November 1514 to Novem-
ber 1515 and Henry's seventh year began 22 April 1515 ; therefore, the ordinance was passed in
1515 between 22 April and the end of Rathbone's term The order was reconfirmed 13 December
1566 (A/F/2, f 10).
23 Harley 2125 f33v
The entry was added by Randle Holme.
24 M/B/12 f 24v
The document has been published by Morris, pp 349-50, note 1.
25 Harley 1996 f 120
The petition is an original document preserved in an antiquarian collection. It is undated. David
Middleton was mayor in 1523-4 and 1538-9; however, the earlier date is probably the correct
one since Henry Gee, mayor in 1533-4, reissued verbatim (in A/F/l, f 19) Middleton's response
to the Cappers' complaint that others were interfering in their trade. There are two Thomas
Smiths in this period: the senior Smith served in 1504-5, 1511-12, 1515-16, 1520-1, and 1521-2,
and his son in 1530-1 and 1535-6. The document was published by Morris, pp 316-17, note 4,
and dated 1523.
26 Harley2133 f39
Holme added this entry to Harley 2125, f 34v.
516 / END-NOTES 26-9
26 Add. 29777 item 204
The words 'In', 'kinge Roberte of Scissill', and 'highe Crosse in Chester' are rubricated. Chambers,
Fbe Mediaeval Stage, II, 356, said he found a reference to this play in the State Papers, but Salter,
tDC. p 114, note 27, was unable to locate it. See Appendix 2, p 484.
26 A/F/1 f 11
The right side of the page is torn and it is impossible to determine if the first line read 'xxiii' (ie,
1531 ) or 'xxifii' (ie, 1532). Except for those in the first word, the diamond brackets indicate
the torn edge of the page. The document was published by Morris, p 317, note 1.
27 A/F/1 f 12
The right side of the page has been torn off, but a seventeenth-century copy (Harley 2013, f 1"),
made by Randle Holme before the damage occurred, was pasted into the front of one of the play
texts. In post-Reformation times, a scribe went through the archives/s correcting and deleting
material in order to make the proclamation conform to Protestant sensibilities. The proclamation
has been printed in T. Hughes, 'The Whitsun Plays,' Fbe Cheshire Sheaf, 1st series, 1 (1879), 30; in
Morris, pp 317-18, note 2; Salter, MDC, pp 33-4;and Wickham, I, 340-5.
It is obvious that all of the statements about the plays' history cannot be true. Arnewaye was
not the first mayor (see The Documents, pp xxxvi-xliii). The association of the invention of the
plays with the establishment of the office of mayor, furthermore, is suspiciously coincidental;
clearly, the link was forged to grant authenticity and authority to the plays. The plays were, the
proclamation implies, as old as the freedoms of the city and, therefore, equally sacred.
The reference to Pope Clement is not helpful in determining the origin of the plays because
none of the popes so named can be attached to any documented event in the cycle's history.
Clement Iv (1265-8) overlaps Arnewaye's term of office and it might be argued that the bull was
'fabricated' to lend additional support to the Arnewaye claim; however, there is no evidence that
the Chester antiquarians dated Arnewaye's term to the thirteenth century before the Aldersey List
of 1594. Clement v (1304-14) and Clement v I (1342-56) held office long before there is any
documentary support for the plays, and while Clement v l's reign overlaps Randall Higden's
mature life, there is no extant claim for Higden's authorship before the writing of the Late Banns
(c 1561). Clement vii (1523-34) is an unlikely candidate because he overlaps the life of Newhall
and could not conceivably be associated with Arnewaye even by the most uncritical antiquarian.
The remaining possibility is that the tradition of Pope Clement's bull derives from the days of the
Corpus Christi procession when such pardons were granted. If this is the case, the bull should
probably be dated to Clement v's papacy dunng which the feast was established throughout
Europe ( 1311 ).
The only part of the history which may have some authenticity, therefore, is the claim that
Henry Francis wrote the plays; unfortunately, the assertion does not prove particularly enlightening
because we know little more than his name. A Henry Francis appears in three lists of monks dated
1377, 1379, and 1382 (Burne, Monks of Chester, p 99). Since the earliest extant record of the
guild play is the Coopers' and Ironmongers' dispute of 1422, it is conceivable that the play origi-
nated during Francis' lifetime.
29 Harley 2177 f 19v
The entry is dated 1532.
517 / END-NOTES 29-31
29 Harley 2054 f87v
The charter is dated, f 87, 'Hen 8; MCCCCCXXXIIIJ .' An eighteenth-century copy follows on
f88; a second copy is enrolled in CHES 2/323, 13-14 Charles 2, mb 4. in his notes on the Painters'
Guild, f 85v, Holme says that 'before H7 tyme the were a society of paynters & harbors'.
30 P/20/13/1 f 5
The last entry probably refers to a picture or a statue.
31 S.C.6 / Henry vtlt / 7384 nab 82
The entry was published by J.H.E. Bennett in 'The White Friars of Chester,' p 28.
31 Harley 2150 ff85v-8v
The text has been printed by Greg, Frial, pp 130-9, and by Salter, 'The Banns of the Chester
Plays,' pp 137-41.
The Early Banns are included in a transcription of the 'white booke of the pentice' which
begins on f 49 of Harley 2150, but which itself is part of a Holme manuscript collection entitled
'Deedes & customes with other notes conserning the Citty of Chester'. Many, but not all, of the
entries in this section of the manuscript are identical with those preserved in the Chester Assembly
Book (A/B/l) and generally appear in the same order; consequently, Harley 2150 and the Assembly
Book, each leaving parts uncopied, must have been compiled from a common prototype, or Harley
2150 is a copy of a city record kept at the Pentice, and the extant Assembly Book is a separate,
nearly-duplicate record kept at another location. Two hands are evident in the transcription: the
primary one is a legal hand of the last half of the sixteenth century, the second is the loose secretary
hand of Randle Holme. Most of the Banns entry is in the legal hand, except for lines 136-210 and
the marginalia, which are in Holme's hand. Greg distinguished a third hand in some of the mar-
ginalia, but I think that this is a printed hand occasionally used by Holme and I have not distin-
guished it in the text. If the reader wishes to see where the hands supposedly differ, he may check
them in Greg. Lastly, Holme drew lines around some of the text and indicated in the margin that
these sections had been erased from his exemplar.
There are three items in the entry: a List of Companies and the parts they had in the plays, a
revised Newhall Proclamation, and the Early Banns themselves. The proclamation is a Protestant
version of the Newhall Proclamation of 1531-2 from which have been deleted all references to
Henry Francis, a monk and supposed author of the plays, Pope Clement's bull, and the granting
of pardons. The revised proclamation puts the extant version of the Banns in post-Reformation
times, and the inclusion of the entire entry amidst items from Henry Gee's mayoralty in 1539-40
establishes the terminus ad quem for the document as a whole.
The List of Companies differs from the Early Banns in omitting the Wives' Assumption and in
assigning the Mercers the Magi play rather than the Presentation; it is probable, therefore, that the
List postdates the Early Banns and was added by the scribe who copied the remainder of the
entry. In any event, the List corresponds to one in existence in the late sixteenth century and
reflects the contents of the extant play texts which also postdate the Early Banns.
In summary, the Early Banns were copied by a late sixteenth-century scribe who may have
inserted the List of Companies before the Banns entry and who left uncopied the descriptions of
fifteen pageants; in the seventeenth century, Randle Holme collated Harley 2150 with the White
Book of the Pentice, copied the omitted lines, and marked the passages which had been erased
520 / END-NOTES 54-75
54 Harley 2054 ffl5v-16
For the date, see the notes to the account for 1546-7, pp 518-19.
55 Harley 2054 f 15v
For the date, see the notes to the 1546-7 account, pp 518-19. Sir John Smith was the mayor in
1555-6.
56 AB/1 f 85
See the copies in Harley 2015, f 64, and Harley 2150, f 128v. The latter erroneously dates the
ordinance to John Webster's term, 1556-7.
58 Harley 2054 f 15v
The account is undated; see the notes to the 1546-7 entry, pp 518-19.
60 Harley 2054 f 15v
The account is undated; see the notes to the 1546-7 entry, pp 518-19.
65 Harley 2054 ff 16v-17
The play accounts were kept separate from the regular accounts in this year.
67 Add. 29780 f130
The entry also appears in Harley 2057, f 28v; Harley 2125, f 192; Add. 29777, item 235: Add.
29779, f 24v; Add. 39925, f 20; DLT/B37, f 58v; and Massey College MS, f 20v.
71 Harley 2150 f 208
The agreement is an original document bound in an antiquarian collection. A copy of the agree-
ment has been entered in Harley 1968, f 38.
72 Harley 2125 f 39
The entry was added by Randle Holme. Mr Mann was headmaster of the Grammar School founded
by Henry viii, 1563-7. See M.G. and C.D.R., 'Schoolmasters in Elizabethan Cheshire,' The
Cheshire Sheaf, 4th series, 4 (1969), 3.
73 Add. 29777 item 238
The following words are rubricated: 'In', 'Trywnpth', 'Aeneas', 'Dido of Carthage', 'Trivmpthe',
'Roode Eye', 'Two ffortes', 'Shppe'. The entry was published by Salter,/IDC, p 24.
74 TAR/l/12 mb 2
Bamvell was mayor in 1562-3.
75 Add 29780 f 130
The date 1566 is probably an error. Add. 29780 contains Aldersey's List in its earliest state; the
entry was dropped in such later editions as Harley 2057 and 2133, Add. 39925, and the Liverpool
copy of the 'Breviary'. The entry should be for 1566-7.
521 / END-NOTES 76-84
76 A/F/2 f 10
The right side of the MS is faded and the upper right corner torn off.
77 Harley 2054 ff 18-18v
The play accounts were kept separate from the regular accounts in 1566-7. The regular accounts,
p 75, are dated 1566 in the margin; the play account is dated 1567. It might seem that the two
are not part of the same accounting year because William Locker is listed as one of the stewards
in the regular account but not in the play entry; however, since Locker is also missing from those
who were assessed for the play, it is possible that he died and was replaced by another steward.
In any event, the two accounts fit into the sequence of accounts for the year 1566-7.
78 Add. 29779 f 25
See also Add. 29777, item 241; Harley 2057, f 29; Harley 2125, f 39; Add. 39925, f 20v; DLT/
B37, f 58v; and Massey College MS. f 21.
78 Account Book t f 38
The early accounts transcribed from the Painters, Glaziers, Embroiderers, and Stationers' Records
(1567-87) are cancelled in the MS, but it is unclear whether the cancellations were made by a
contemporary or later hand.
80 Harley 2125 f 39
The entry also appears in Add. 29779, f 25.
80 MIBI19 f 45v
The entry was published by Morris, p 315, note 2. Salter,/t4DC, pp 50-1, discusses the document,
but also see Clopper, 'The History and Development of the Chester Cycle'.
80 M/B/19 ff 52-2v
The entry was published by Morris, p 304. note 2, and Nelson, The Medieval English Stage. pp
159-60. Nelson's discussion, pp 160-1, distorts the sense of the document; see Clopper, 'The
History and Development of the Chester Cycle'.
81 Account Book ! ff 35-7v
The play accounts were kept separate from the regular accounts this year. The account has been
published by Bridge, 'Items of Expenditure,' pp 157-63, but the transcriptions are untrustworthy.
In the space to the right of three items on f 36 (p 82, II 37-9) "Tomas Pentney' practised writing
his name and also wrote 'Item layd'.
84 Treasurers' Accounts II p 52
The entry was published by Bridge 'The Chester Miracle Plays,' p 97, and Burne, 'Chester Cathedral
in the Reigns of Mary and Elizabeth,' p 61.
84 Harley 2054 ff 18v-19
The play accounts were kept separate from the regular accounts this year.
523 / END-NOTES 101-11
in 'virgatas regias'. The deed, of which this is the abstract, is recorded in the Corporation Lease
Book (CHB/3, f 8v) and in Harley 1996, f 263. Upon his decease, Hill's fee farm was returned
to the Tailors and they, on 1 February 1630, petitioned the city to allow them to rebuild on their
property, the old carriage house having been torn down when Newgate was built. A copy of their
petition is entered in Harley 2104, f 192.
102 Harley 2172 p 17
The lease, of which this is an abstract, can be found in the Corporation Lease Book (CHB/3, ff
24v-25). In Harley 2172, f 15 (CHB/3, f 17) is another lease which grants a fee farm to Nicholas
White in Greyfriars Lane 'by a certayne stone wall called grayfreere wall on the south & betweene
the Queenes high way Called grayfrere lane on the Est side, & a certayn buildinge Called the
drapers Carriage howse on the south ...'
103 A/F/3 f25
The oughts are a record of the votes cast. Note that the tally on the left is inaccurate.
104 AB/1 f 159v
The order has been published by Morris, p 319.
105 Harley 1989 f 26
The entry is said to be 'out of the black booke'.
106 Account Book ! ff 59-60
The play accounts were kept separate from the regular accounts in this year. The account has
been published by Bridge, pp 171-2, but the transcriptions are untrustworthy.
108 Account Book ! ff 7-8
The account has been published by Salter, M pc, pp 74-6, but he misdated it to 1574.
109 Harley 1046 f 164v
The entry is not dated in the MS. It has been published by Salter, MDC, pp 51-2.
110 Harley 2133 f43v
See also Add. 29780, f 131; Add. 39925, f 20v; Harley 2057, f 29; and Massey College MS, f 21v,
which reproduce the above; DLT/B37, f 60, which gives a slight variant; and Harley 1944, f 86v,
and Add. 29779, f 26, which merely note the performance.
110 Add. 29777 item 249
'The' is rubricated.
110 Account Book ! Harley 2054 f 21
The accounts are not dated, but Holme noted that they 'should be 1575 & part 1576'.
111 M/B/21 f 187v
The entry has been published by Morris, pp 304-5.
525 / END-NOTES 152-94
There are two accounts which mention Robert Brerewood as mayor (ff 21-1v and 23-3v), but it
is only possible for him to be cited in both accounts if the stewards of the first cited the mayor in
office at the time that they made up their accounts at the end of the year, and if the next set of
stewards cited the name of the mayor in office at the time they started their accounts. The first
of these accounts contains money spent for drink on St. Edmund's Day at the end of the year;
therefore, the first account must have run from 20 November 1586 to 19 November 1587. The
second account must have begun on 20 November 1587 and may have run until either 19 Novem-
ber 1588 or 13 January 1589. The account which follows on f 24 is dated 1588 at the top when
Robert Brock was mayor (1588-9), and could have started at either November 1588 or January
1589. Subsequent accounts begin in January and can be accounted for throughout the rest of
the sequence.
156 Harley 2125 f43
The entry was added by Randle Holme.
156 Account Book I f 24
For the date, see the note (pp 524-5) to the preceding Coopers' account.
159 Treasurers' Accounts III p 45
The entry has been published by Burne,/lonks of Chester, p 61.
162 Treasurers' Accounts ill p 80
The entry has been published by Burne,/'lonks of Chester, p 61.
166 Treasurers' Accounts iil p 109
The entry has been published by Burne,/Ionks of Chester. p 68.
169 Account Book II f 2v
The last numeral in the date has been cut away; however, a simLlar order copied by Holme can be
dated 1592.
183 Account Book I f 13v
The order was subsequently copied in Account Book il, f A1.
184 AB/1 f 243v
The entry has been published by Morris, pp 333-4.
193 AB/1 f 253
The entry has been published by Morris, p 476.
194 Add. 29780 ff 63-4
See also Stowe 811, f 20v and Add. 29780, f 141.
194 P/65/8/1 f 139
The 'frame' may not be the sepulchre reported in earlier inventories.
526 / END-NOTES 198-206
198 Harley 2125 f45v
The entry may combine actions from two or three of Hardware's terms (155%60, 1575-6, and
1599-1600). There are two different suppressions which can be traced in the records: 1) the giants
in the Midsummer Show; and 2) the devil in his feathers. The most useful records would be the
City Treasurers' accounts, were they not so fragmentary. There are only twelve extant from the
period 155%1600 and none of these belong to Hardware's term of office. Nevertheless, the city
accounts provide some evidence: in 1554-5 (TAR/I/8), the city paid 38s 6d for the Midsummer
Watch to the Painters; Hardware's term intervened in 155%60; in 1564-5, the city retroactively
paid the Painters for the show set out in Mayor Bamvill's term, 1562-3; in 1564, the city agreed
to pay 40s annually for the giants and other pageants in the Show; and Mayor Dutton was com-
mended in 1567-8 for, among other things, setting out the Show. If Hardware suppressed the
Show in 1560, t seems to have been revived almost immediately; however, even though there is
the 1564 agreement for an annual production, there is no expenditure for the giants until 1590-1
(TAR/I/20). We can be reasonably sure that Hardware suppressed the Show in his second term,
1575-6, because Mayors List 3 tells us that Thomas Bellin revived it in 1578. There is payment
for the giants in 1590-1, 1591-2, and 1592-3 (TAR/I/20-22), and several guilds issued orders in
1592 for the Midsummer Watch. It is possible that the Show was suppressed by Hardware, revived
by Bellin, but then suppressed again until the 1590s. It is probable that the Show was suppressed
again in 1600, but there is no evidence for this other than the Mayors Lists and the Drapers' order
for the Show in 1602.
The Butchers' accounts do not survive from this period; however, most of the characters from
the plays had disappeared from the Watch by 1572, and the woman and the devils, or 'cuppes
and canes', appears only sporadically in the Innkeepers' accounts in the late sixteenth century,
but had ceased to appear by 1597-8, three years before Hardware supposedly suppressed the
Butchers' devil. It seems likely, therefore, that Hardware suppressed the remnants of the Whitsun
plays in 1575, and that these were sporadically revived but had totally disappeared before his last
term in 1600. According to the Massey College List of Mayors, the Butchers' devils, as well as
others, were revived in Edward Button's term in 1616; since the List was copied in 1618, we can
assume that its facts are accurate.
The final piece of evidence that a suppression occurred earlier than 1600 is Archdeacon Rogers'
commendation of Hardware. The statement in the 'Breviary' is written in the first person and one
might assume that it was made by David; however, if he were not resident in Chester, as seems to
be the case, it is odd that he would take such a vehement stance against the customs, especially
so long after the fact. 1 think that the attack on the Show, like those on the Whitsun Plays, was
written by Archdeacon Rogers before his death in 1595, and that Hardware suppressed some of
these customs in 1576 and possibly as early as 1560. The antiquarian compilers of the Mayors
Lists may, therefore, be responsible for attaching the entry to Hardware's term in 1600 alone.
Add. 29779, f 3 Iv, contains the complete passage as in Harley 2125, ff 44-5v; Harley 2125,
f 123, contains the same information but in a different order.
206 Morris, Cbester in the Plantagenet and Fudor Reigns pp 324-5
The Drapers' Company Book was not available;consequent/y, 1 have published Morris' transcription.
206 Harley 2125 f46
There is external evidence for Holme's claim that Radcliffe revived the Show in the Linendrapers'
order for the Midsummer Show dated 21 May 1602. The entry was added by Randle Holme.
529 / END-NOTES 306-60
306 Add. 11335 ff23v-4
The entry also appears in Stowe 811, f 21 ; Add. 29780, f 64; and Harley 2125, f 125.
a briefer version in Harley 1944, f 93v.
There is
306 Add. 29780 ff 161-2
The entry also appears in Stowe 811, f 63v, and Add. 39925, f 27v.
320 DCC 19 unnumbered folio
For the date, see the/1S description (p xxviii). The play description has been published in Clopper,
'The Rogers' Description of the Chester Plays,' pp 86-7.
326 DCC 19 ff 112v-13
In the paragraphs immediately prior to this passage, David says that there are Lists of Mayors
which show Sir Walter Lynnett to have been mayor in the tme of Henry |||, and that these lists
are to be believed before the more numerous ones which begin with Sir John Arnewaye in 1329.
He attributes the error to the fact that the succession of mayors did not begin to be recorded until
the reign of Edward I|l (ff 110v-1 lv).
331 Harley 2125 ff 52v-3
See Add. 29779, f 39 for a briefer account. Though Add. 29779 lists the incident under William-
son's term in 1619-20, the entry states the event occurred on 2 October 1621. The entry also
states that the mayor was in the 'vtter pentise' for the baiting.
336 Harley 2125 f53v
A similar entry appears in Add. 29779, f 39v. Holme corrected the passage to indicate that
Francis Gamull, Randle Holme (his father), and others in Bridge Street were responsible for the
showat Whitsun.
338 Harley 2057 f 36
The entry is divided into two columns. The second column begins with "5 Touching' (p 339, I 19).
343 Harley 2125 f 54
A briefer note appears in Add. 29779, f 4Or. The entry was added by Randle Holme.
345 Company Book GIO/1 p 51
It is not clear why there is a double entry, but both are dated to the same year.
351 Harley 1948 f18
For the date, see the MS description (p xxviii). The play descriptions have been published in Greg,
Trial. pp 165-9, and Clopper, 'The Rogers' Description of the Chester Plays,' pp 87-8.
360 Company Book I| f 35v
This entry is included among a list of expenses dated 13 January 1624 (1625, new style), which
occurs at the end of the 1624-5 accounts. Apparently the guild spent an amount of money for a
party on the last day of the budget year to use up the funds remaining. These expenses were thus
charged to the 1624-5 year, although technically they could be charged to the 1625-6 year instead.
530 / END-NOTES 360-415
The yearly headings in the Coopers' Records say that the accounting year runs from 13 January to
13 January (not to 12 January) of the next year. The company could therefore legitimately
charge any expenses dated 13 January to either the preceding or the following year.
360 Harley 2125 f 126
A brief note appears in Add. 29780, f 163.
371 AB/2 ff6v-7
Fair minutes of the dispute are to be found in AIFI12, ff 10-12, but these sheets are torn off at
the bottom and mended at the upper right and there are holes through the middle.
381 Harley 2150 ff 209v-9
The sheet has been reversed; it starts on f 20% and continues on 209. The document is an original
which has been bound in an anuquarian collection. On f 210, a similar document, dated 30 April
1632, transfers part of the giant works to John Wright, and on ff 211-12v, in a document dated
1668, Wright acknowledges that the costs, charges, and profits of the giants, etc, belong to Randle
Holme and that Wright has a part in them in consequence of a payment of thirty shillings.
383 Account Book ! f 155v
The entry is in Randle Holme's hand. At the lower left of the page is the date '1628'. It may be
a rough copy for the account which follows from Account Book !!.
388 Harley 2124 flvleaf
Harley 2124 is one of the play texts. The entry has been published by Salter, aDC, pp 38-9. The
hand could be Randle Holme ! ; however, it might be an italic-like hand that Randle Holme !!
seems to use occasionally for marginalia.
400 Company Book G3/2 f 102v
The entry is duplicated on f 105v.
403 Company Book G3/2 ff 109-9v
The entry is duplicated on ff 110-10v.
408 Harley 2158 ff 74v-5
The item 'payd to lames Raffeenscroft ... iiij s' (p 409, 11 12-14) is interlined and partially indis-
tinct. The lS reading of "Couer ont it' is uncertain. The 'Co' is followed by a flourish, a space
and 'ont', a space and 'it'. It is possible that this is one word describing a kind of Venice glass.
413 Harley 2125 f61
A briefer notice appears above this one and in Add. 29779, f 45. See also Add. 11335, f 24;
Add. 29780, f 65; and Stowe 811, f21.
415 Lansdowne213 ff326-6v
The entry has been published in L.G. Wickham Legg (ed), A Relation of A Short Survey of 26
Counties .... pp 49-52.
532 / END-NOTES 472-81
472 Harley 2054 f 14v
The entry is undated and no date can be established for it.
518-19).
See the notes to the 1546-7 entry (pp
473 Account Book I Harley 2054 f 25
The manuscript is defective at this point. Holme had numbered the folio as 30 originally but the
preceding one is numbered 21 ; consequently, the entry appears either to begin in the middle of a
document, a charter, perhaps, or it is simply a note. In any event, the book that he says he was
copying from had the date 1499 on its first leaf.
473 Harley 2057 f 14v
For a similar version of this poem, see the fourth satire of Samuel Rowlands, 'The Letting of
Hvmovrs Blood in the Head-Vaine,' Fbe Complete Works of Samuel Rowlands 1598-1628,
(Glasgow, 1880), 64-5.
474 Harley 2150 f161v
Randle Holme added the title, the marginaha, and the items noted in the text. Harley 2150,
f 204, contains an abstract of the list in Holme's hand At the top is noted the 'whole charge'
to the Painters of '45 li 9s 8d', and at the end are appended the following:
'Ale wiues of notrade
bonelace weauers
other gentlemen
the Constables to goe in euery ward for their free beneuolence & glue it & the note
to mr major'.
477 Harley 2150 f201
A similar list of fees is entered on f 205 ; on f 206v Is another computation, the latter half of which
is similar to the latter half of the above. It was published by Morris, pp 326-7, note 1. Morris also
lists the materials used in rebuilding the giants, etc, on pp 327-8.
478 Harley 2150 f201v
The entry is in Holme's hand.
479 Harley 2150 ff202-2v
Morris pnnts part of this entry, pp 328-9.
481 Harley 2150 ff203-3v
A similar list of charges is entered on f 206 where there is also this note on the amount to be paid
from the city treasury:
Of this antiently paid out of the Tresurie of the Cittie by the tresurers for the yearely
painting of the giantes xliij s iiij d
More paid now by the Cittie tresurers which was before Antiendy was particulerly
Glossaries: Abbreviations
abl
adj
adv
CL
conj
EG
f
fut
impers
indecl
inf
m
M L
n
nt
ablative part participle
adjective perf perfect
adverb phr phrase
classical Latin pl plural
conjunction poss possessive
English Glossary pp past participle
feminine pr present
future prep preposition
impersonal pron pronoun
indeclinable prp present participle
infinitive sg single
masculine subj subjunctive
medieval Latin tr transitive
noun v verb
neuter vb verbal
536 / GLOSSARIES
spellings are listed.
Forms of English words interesting from a purely phonological or morphological point of view
have generally not been included in the English glossary, it is assumed that the reader is familiar
with common spelling alternations (eg, medial and final d/th, initial en/in) in otherwise easily
understood words. Where variant spellings of the same form occur, the first spelling in alpha-
betical order has normally been chosen as headword. However, where this would result in an
odd or rare spelling becoming a headword, a more common spelling has been given precedence.
Spellings separated from their main entries by more than two intervening ones have been cross
referenced.
Manuscript capitalization has been ignored. Only the first three occurrences of each word are
given with page and line number separated by an oblique stroke, if the word occurs in marginalia,
this is indicated by a lower-case m following the page and line reference.
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au xv e si?cle. 10 vols (Paris, 1880-1902).
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1968).
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544 / ENGLISH GLOSSARY
barkers n pl tanners of hides 22/37, 31/32,
50/19, etc
barly breake n phr country game, in which one
couple is required to catch one of two other
couples, who are allowed to 'break' or
change partners 474/13
barr n barrel 220/15,224/41
barrage, barrich, barrych see baragc
barren pole used for throwing in contests
474/6
baryage see barage
bastbord n pasteboard, board substitute made
by pasting sheets of paper together 480/14
bated pp lessened, decreased 84/9
baxters n pl bakers 22/38
bays n pl baize, coarse woollen stuff 383/31,
480/28
be dene advpbr together 36/39
beadman n one who prays for the souls of
others 184/36
bearage, beirage see barage
beiskie bread see biskett breade
beifounders n pl casters or makers of bells 33/1 ;
bellfownders 251/26
bentes n pl ornamental straps 215/37
berag, berage, bereage, berecche, bereche,
beredge, berege, bereghe, beriage, bericche,
berige, berradge, berrag, berrage, berrecche,
berreiche, berricche, berridge, berrige,
berygh see barage
berage, bereache, bereghe, berrage, beryg see
baredge
besene ad I arrayed 37/1
beshrow him thats last at any style n phr game
of some kind 474/16
beyrech see baredge
biskett breade n phr ie, biscuits 274/28, 285/
19; beiskie bread 279/22
black minday n phr Easter Monday 451/15
black munday 23/14; blake monday 323/1;
blake mondaye 253/25-6,434/7-8; blake
munday 299/3-4
blacke bill n phr type of halberd 471/37
bobbyde v perf 3 pl buffeted 37/6
bogyttes n pl leather bags or bottles 92/22
bone v infprepare, make ready; dress 92/40;
bowne 151/1; boning vb n 154/15; bouninge
201/1 ; bounninge 190/16; bounying 157/27;
bowinge 108/42; bowning 181/19; bowninge
109/6, 109/26,151/3, etc; bownnynge 137/
43,146/13 ; bownyng 134/25 ; bownynge
141/34, 197/23 ; boynynge 149/27
borne n load 408/39
bouninge, bounninge, bounying see bone
bourne n water from a well 85/39
bouttes n pl boots 361/29
bowler n maker of bows 169/27,169/29,
170/1 ; bowers pl 6/37, 7/8, 12/19, etc;
bowyers 37/4m, 37/4, 475/32; boyeres
245/10; boyers 245/12m, 250/23
bowinge, bowne, bowning, bowninge,
bownnynge, bownyng, bownynge, boynynge
see bone
braceng vb n tightening up 281/24
breauary n summary, short account 320/20;
breauarye 248/4; breuary 232/10, 232/24;
breuarye 351/4
brebynge vb n breaking (?) 106/40 "
brode clothe n phr fine, plain-wove, dressed,
double width, black cloth, for men's gar-
ments 84/26, 314/18, 314/21, etc;
broadcloth 327/18; broade cloth 154/38;
broade clothe 368/5 ; broadecioth 308/11;
brode cloth 314/22-3
broderers, brotheres see embroderers
brute n rumour 292/33
brvyles n pl broils, disturbances 324/2
buckle n buckler, small round shield 260/4,
444/37; buckler 259/6
buckrom n fine linen or cotton fabric; or coarse
linen cloth stiffened with paste 274/6, 309/
17, 376/26; buceram 215/8; buckeram 122/
30, 152/35;buckram 187/31,218/33
bull tinge n phr place where bulls were baited
197/38, 198/19, 332/13 ; buiiringe 199/1 ;
bulringe 270/4
bumbast n cotton-wool 191/14, 215/20;
bumboist 163/5
buskens n pl foot-coverings stretching to the
calf or knee 134/27, 137/20, 141/17, etc;
buskines 152/9, 200/1 ; buskins 148/28,
150/42, 154/13, etc; buskkyns 140/32;
546 / ENGLISH GLOSSARY
coumfeites, coumfeytes see comfettes
cowerds n pl cords 67/2
cowper n maker and repairer of casks, tubs, etc
170/10, 360/21, 368/31, etc; couper 5/9,
480/13; coupers pl 6/37, 7/8, 37/4m, etc;
cowpers 16/3, 16/14, 16/20, etc
crabet'sshes n pl crabs 82/31
cressets n pl iron vessels for carrying fires
59/28
crocke n earthen pot 66/32; crokes pl 66/32
crosseweeke n Holy Week 64/19; crosse weeke
47/16, 59/24, 63/1
cumfettes, cumfetts, cumffetes see comfettes
curier n colourer and dresser of tanned leather
192/17, 192/18, 192/19, etc
curtail n kind of bassoon 170/30; ciertall 165/
29; curtayle 285/40
cussocke n long gown 136/1
cuttler n repairer of knives 336/1; cutlers pl
32/12,475/18
dale bords n pbr pl boards of fir or pine,
probably ones less than seven inches wide
and three inches thick 480/13
damaske n rich silk fabric, usually woven with
designs 36/7
dary adv form of daily 40/23
daubers n pl renovators of old clothes or
clothing 249/21; dowbers 31/39
deuise n dramatic representation 240/9;
devyses pl 261/23
diadem n crown 78/16, 91/17
dinogte n dignity (?) 290/23
dispensator n steward of the goods of another
463/5,463/8
doble beere n pbr strong beer, stout 226/20,
293/40; dubble beare 212/12, 224/41
doblet n close-fitting body garment worn by
men 279/10; dublet 163/5 ; dublett 212/43,
303/16; dvblete 164/22; dvblitte 164/26
dome n judgement 16/6
dowbers see daubers
drawers in dee n pbr carriers of water from the
river Dee 230/4, 242/24m, 249/8, etc;
drahers of dee 22/27 ; draweres in dee 411/
5 ; drawers of dee 31/34, 34/39m, 34/39, etc
dring n drink 105/38
drombandarye n kind of camel, with one hump,
and especially light and fleet 72/9
dubble beare see doble beere
dublet, dublett, dvblete, dvblitte see doblet
dur n measure of length probably equal to three
inches 215/11,215/16; small amount
215/12
dye manes n poss demon's 140/4, 176/2, 179/
27; dye men pl 173/8; dye mene 183/36,
184/2; dyemen 176/16; dye menes poss
183/23, 184/1 ; dyemenes 176/10
dyght v infadom, decorate 36/20
dysaneates n pl designs, emblems (?) 135/29
embroderers n pl those who ornament with
needlework 475/13 ; broderers 35/23 ;
brotheres 32/1 ; imbrauderers 29/41;
imbrauderreres 30/8; imbrautherers 35/24m;
imbrotherers 249/25 ; ymbroderers 281/11
enui n 'annoy', disturbance, trouble, vexation
40/24
eschochions, escutions see scotchen
evies n pl ivy leaves 258/42
ex wensdaye n pbr Ash Wednesday 64/35;
ex wensdey 52/13, 52/18;ex wenssdaye
68/22; ex wyenesdey 49/9; exwendey
60/27; exwenesdaye 71/5
exbursmentes n pl disbursements 44/14
excheqier n officer charged with custody of
money collected by the departments of
revenue 467/4; exchequer 466/39
exwendey, exwenesdaye see ex wensdaye
fane n temple (or banner ?) 91/17; weather-
cock 435/27
faunounce n pl embroidered bands, attached to
the left wrist of the officiating priest and of
the deacon and subdeacon at mass 59/30
faxe n wig (or beard ?) 66/43 ; ffaxe 105/40;
548 / ENGLISH GLOSSARY
garnyshe n adornment, ornament 83/25
girdlers n pl makers of belts 37/20m, 475/19;
gyrdlers 32/31,251/13
girkc n jerkin, close-fitting jacket 145/36
glaseers n pl makers of glass 243/16m, 243/16;
glasiars 35/23 ; glasiers 35/24m; glasiores
249/26; glasiors 475/13; glasiours 32/1;
glassiers 29/41, 30/8 grasiors 281/11
gleaue n arrow or small spear 237/4m, 237/
16m; cleaves pl 315/22; geyffes 46/36;
glaues 50/3; glaves 162/38, 162/39, 167/12,
etc. glayfes 68/19; gleaues 41/4, 235/13(2),
etc: gleaufees 57/14 gleaves 42/35, 51/35,
151140, etc; gleeves 42/32m, 42/32, 71/1,
etc glefes 63/40; gleives 74/20; gleues 200/
35,272/24. gleuys 62/8; gleves 75/37, 79/
20, 87/12, etc; glevys 69/10; gleyffes 5415;
gleyues 52/8.60/23 ; gleyves 47/41, 49/7 ;
gleyvese 51 / 12
goddartes n pl drinking-cups, goblets 179/15 ;
goddertes 158/33, 158/38
goodtides n Shrovetide 155/6; goottedes 71/2;
goted 5219., gotedes 46/37, 47/42, 48/27;
gotetees 57/14 gutted 5417, 5418, 54/9,
etc; gottedes 52/10, 52/19; gottes 68/20;
gottets 64/33 gottyes 63/34 goutted 51/13,
51/14: gouttedes 60/23 ; govtted 54/6;
gowt)-t 62/9; gutted 69/11, 69/13, 74/20,
etc; guttedes 69/6, 74/22, 79/21, etc;
gutteds 308/38; guttes 128/6; guttides 5 l/
34: guttydes 51/36
gorgett n piece of armour for front of the
throat 349/20, 365/25, 371/21; gurgets
IM 445/37
gorse n furze 78/10
gored, gutedes, gotetees, gutted, gottedes,
gottes, gottets, gottyes, goutted, gouttedes,
govtted, gowtyt see goodtides
goteddesdaye n Shrove Tuesday 234/10;
gottedesday 40/38; guttedday 132/11
grasiors see glaseers
grayth n m phr in grayth in proper order 37/35
greiffes n pl wrongs, injuries 280/33
grone n nose of a pig or boar 83/7
grove n 'grave', dull, sombre 345/40
gutted, guttedes, gutteds, guttes, guttides,
guttydes see goodtides
guttedday see goteddesdaye
gyrdlers see girdlers
gyse n pl guide ropes 49/35
hagays n haggis, minced entrails boiled in a
sheep's stomach 83/16; haggassys pl 83/24;
hagocyes 93/6: hagoosscys 92/9; hagosses
107/7
halbert n weapon having sharp-edged blade
ending in a point and a spear-head 413/25,
424/3,429/25, etc; halbart 442/42,458/36;
halbards pl 408/18; halberts 479/6, 479/33,
481/34
halbertere n bearer of a halberd (see halbert)
448/9; halbeters pl 478/5
halbertman n bearer of a halberd (see halbert)
453/40
hance bills n pbr pl hand bills, small halberds
480/32
hance men n phr pl bearers of hances (small
halberds) 453113 ; hansemen 442/20;
haunsmen 458/9 honncemen 447/35
hancestaues n pl hand-staffs, small poles 481/
32; haunce staues 478/4
hard shuger n phr candy of some kind 367115;
hard sugar 375/36
harnes n defensive or body armour 5915, 160/
41, 16811, etc; harness 479120, 479122;
harnesse 138/41, 163127, 168142, etc;
harneys 89140; harnis 480/6; harnise 53/13;
harnisse 479/33
harnest pp dressed in harness armour 179124,
179130, 18212
hasthei n hostel or storage place 46127
haunce staues see hancestaues
haunsmen see hance men
hedmakers n pl hatmakers 475/19
heuster n dyer 5115, 5119, 5122; heusterspl
23/7; hewsters 33/1, 38/13m. 38113. etc
hight vpr 3 sg is called 37136, 38116; hyght
36121, 36136
hogshed n large cask for liquids 136/31
holland cloathe n phr linen fabric from Holland
550 / ENGLISH GLOSSARY
throw missiles at a stake in the ground
474/7
lute n lynx 72/9 see fflowerdcluce
lust see list
malvesy n malmsey, a strong sweet wine 58/3
mandelion n loose coat or cassock 134/25
manenmoney 53/29, 53/37
marcers, marsers see mercer
march beere n pbr strong beer brewed in
March 348/I8
march pane n pbr confectionery composed of a
paste of pounded almonds, sugar, etc 402/
4; marchepane 367/13 ; marchpane 398/5 ;
march paines pl cakes made of this compo-
sition 388/11 march paynes 380/36;
marchpanes 375/35,393/20
markes n pl units of money worth 13s 4d 304/
35; marks 193/25
maunday n Last Supper 36/40; maundy 250/
20
maw n card game using a piquet pack 474/9
meathe n mead, liquor made from honey 98/26
medsore n contraction of midsummer 199/18
see amesomar, mesomer
menyssheth v pr 3 sg diminishes 40/13
mercer n dealer m small wares 215/24,323/14,
354/15, etc marcers pl 22/31, 35/37m, 61/
32; marsers 55/12, 56/41; mercers 9/31.9/
35, 10/35, etc
mesomer n contraction o] midsummer 91/
39m; messemar 182/12, 182/16 ; messemare
177/22, 182/13, 182/20; messemer 175/6,
175/11 ; messomar 19/4 mycommer 65/3
see amesomar, medsore
milners see myllner
misterys n pl craft guilds 473/17
mockadone n mockado, a kind of cloth 144/18
modells n pl representations 481/10
moyrie n half 382/9
murrey n cloth of a blood-red or purple-red
colour 218/2
mycommer see mesomer
myllner n miller 179/19, 183/38; milners pl
36/40m; mylners 32/19,250/21
nayle n unit of cloth length, equal to two and
a quarter inches 337/39; neale 231/29;
nayles pl 480/13 ; neyles 338/4
nerve n narrow bands 154/38
nheghet n night 68/35; nheghte 68/37
noddy n game resembling cribbage 474/9
none so prettir n pbr some kind of cloth
346/21
occutione n occasion 219/33
oestas n summer 339/25
onerated pp burdened 25/28
oryell n oil (?) 183/27
outbraueing vprp defying 374/6
over plushe n phr extra amount over specified
sum 288/33,300/25,309/2, etc;
anoverplushe 309/39, 316/7; ouer pious
127/2; ouerplus 119/25,357/38, 470/31;
ouerpluss 451/26; over plus 362/33,369/2;
over plush 356/36; overplus 363/17,389/
37,394/15, etc; overplush 341/9, 357/7;
overplushe 228/42,256/7, 265/11, etc
packe threed n pbr stout thread used for
sewing or binding 84/29; pake thryd 50/23;
pakethryde 106/41; paketryde 92/30
pagent n one of the plays in the Mystery Cycle;
or, one of the carriages or wagons on which
the plays were performed 33/10, 35/30,
38/6, etc; pagan 105/29; pageant 325/14,
436/18; pageante 242/29, 246/13; pagen
106/2; pagend 36/24, 36/32, 37/26; pageon
244/18; pagiant 238/27,325/15,325/25,
etc; pagiante 239/5,242/5,243/18, etc;
pagient 339/9; pageanntes pl 247/21 ;
pageantes 4/29, 110/8, 241/6, etc; pageants
317/28, 388/34; pageanttes 240/13; pagens
34/16; pagents 32/6, 32/27,436/11;
552 / ENGLISH GLOSSARY
306/7 ; quoire 306/28,467/23
regalls n pl small organ 78115
regenall n original copy 53/39,107/37;
reggenall 55/40; reg)'n-alc 108/34; regynall
109/24; ryegenalle 96/8
renish ssTne n pbr Rhine wine 258/2
reparile n dress, apparel 147/28
repine v sub i 3 sg complain 353/35
rombe m n pbr in the rombe of instead of
42/33
topers n pl makers of ropes 32/23.37/5m,
25O/3O
rout n crowd 487/9, 488/22; route 242/2;
rowte 36/4
routish ad) disorderly 462/12
ruffe n card game 474/9
ryegenalle see regen-all
saccloth n coarse textile fabric 215/31;
sackcloth 274/7
sack n Spanish white wine 119/5, 119/11,
179/1, etc; sacke 69/9, 69/14, 121/24. etc;
sackq 364/6; sacque 363/10, 370/18, 390/
8, etc; sake 65/4, 99/22, 133/4, etc; seacke
223/25,229/13,256/1. etc; seake 226/17;
seck 159/13,225/11; secke 71/4, 74/24,
74/27, etc; seke 99/30, 110/35,280/23, etc
sadd ad i dark 154/38
safforn n orange-red spice used for colouring
and flavouring 78/11
salueringe vb n silvering 207/18
sarcenet n fine, soft silk material 383/22,
384/9; sarsnett 407/32; sassenet 151/24;
sercenett 346/19; sersnett 36/8
scheremen see sharemon
sclaters see slaters
scotchen n shield on which a coat of arms is
depicted 91/19; scutchion 429/10;
eschochions pl 340/17; escutions 407/34,
448/24
scouring vb n rubbing to clean and polish 61/4;
skowryng 45/10; skowrynge 45/35
seacke, seake see sack
seawater n a shade of green 215/36
seck, secke, seke see sack
selles n pl sills 95/25
semet n vest or undershirt 132/42
sences n pl censers (?) 59/26, 59/28; senses
52/38, 63/2
sereenett, sersnett see sarcenet
serge n woollen fabric 215/16, 274/10
sharemon n shearer of woollen cloth 81/31;
shermon 5/25(2), 5/26, etc; scheremen
pl 23/6; shermem 29/15 ; shermen 11/29,
29/13, 32/37, etc; shermens poss 246/17m
sheriffes peere n phr former sheriff 304/35;
sheriffpeere 138/35 ; sheriff peers pl 408/
40; sheriffes peeres 114/4-5, 114/13,451/
38-9; sheriffs peeres 218/3 ; sheriffspeeres
289/39; sherifs peeres 305/29; sherriffes
peers 139/26, 467/27
shoote cocke n phr game using bird as an
archery target 474/19
shootes n pl archery contests 352/13,352/14
shot n collection for drink money 63/34 68/
22, 68/23, etc; shoost 150/23; sote 57/18,
62/20, 63/36, etc; shott 63/11, 63/15, 84/
19, etc; shotte 46/37, 47/42, 49/10, etc;
shoute 48/27, 50/2, 52/14, etc; shoutte
54/7, 60/25 ; shovtte 52/31, 57/33 ; showte
62/9, 71/20; shutte 60/24, 60/36, 60/40;
shores pl 68/21, 68/22; shovtes 52/11
short n bowman 349/16, 365/19, 391/30, etc;
shore 371/22, 379/2
shoue groate n phr shuffle-board 474/15
shuger plate n phr dainty sweet in the form of
of flat cake 367/13; sugar plates pl 375/35;
suger platees 393/12; suger plates 337/29,
361/22, 380/35; sugr plates 388/11
shute n suit 214/42; shvtte 175/6
shutte see shot
shype hoke n phr shepherd's crook (?); or,
ox (?) 93/22
sil n abbreviated form of silk (?) 331/20
skaine n quanitity of thread or yarn wound
around a reel 366/5; skayne 215/32; skeane
392/41 ; skine 273/39; skaines pl 215/36;
553 / ENGLIStt GLOSSARY
skaynes 215/19, 302/33 ; skeanes 231/29;
skines 274/11; skynes 215/10, 221/15,
278/36
skluesynge dayes n phr pl term for Shrovetide
57/17
skowryng, skowrynge see scouring
slaters n pl those who lay slates on roofs 31/
39, 35/14, 35/15m, etc; sclaters 243/8m,
249/19, 475/7
slayth n skill 37/34
slendge n sling 474/3
smiters 1 pl devices for ringing the bells of a
clock 262/8
snyges n pl small eels 106/39
solens n pl stakes (?); balls (?) 52/38
sossed pp assessed 111/37
soure n sir 106/19; sovre 106/28
spens n expense 326/40
spicers n pl dealers in spices or apothecaries
249/32; spycers 32/4
spungyes n pl spangles (?) 147/3
spurriors n pl spur-makers 475/19
stables n pl staples 230/14; stabylles 92/16
stacioners n pl booksellers 281/11 ;
stationeres 29/41; stationers 30/8,475/
13
stocke n fund set aside for certain expenses
482/12
stoole ball n phr country game resembling
cricket 474/19; stooleball 474/5
stringers n pl makers of strings for bows 6/37,
7/8, 37/4m, etc; stryngers 32/21
stryke n dry measure, probably equal to a
bushel 49/39
stryngers see stringers
sucket n fruit preserved in sugar 267/31,279/
23,312/28, etc; sucket 350/14, 380/39,
388/14; suckettes pl 274/29
sugar plates, suger platees, suger plates, sugr
plates see shuger plate
svttinge vb n shooting 129/32; svttinges pl
147/7
sweet meates n pl sweet food, such as cakes,
pastries, confectionery, etc 433/25; sweet
meats 442/3 ; sweete meates 447/12; sweet
meates 452/15,457/23
tabrett n small tabor or drum 244/9, 481/39
taffyta n plain-wove glossy silk 36/8, 188/26,
212/43, etc; taffata 145/34; taffaty 38419,
407/32, 407/37, etc; taffeta 218/27,346/
18, 346/20; taffety 433/5; taffita 214/29,
231/26, 337/39; taffity 383/22
tallowchandler maker of candles fom hard
animal fat 284/10; tallow chandlers pl
35/5-6m, 47511-2 ; tallowch aundlers 280/34,
280/37, 281/7
tanners n pl those who tan hides for leather
31/32, 34/25, 34/32, etc
tapsters n pl those who draw beer or ale in a
tavern 22/42, 32/24, 251/2
tawny ad/of a brownish-yellow colour 339/28
tenekell n vestment worn over the alb by sub-
deacons 96/1; tunecle 91/29
tenor n wording 115/34
thacchors n pl roofers 31/40; thatchares
249/22
tinker n mender of metal household utensils
230/12
tippettes n pl parts of garments hanging from
hoods or sleeves or loose 231/28, 331/18,
439/4; tippites 205/21,205/23 ; tippittes
231/27; typpetes 190/37; typpetts 407/
37
topas nposs sg of a ram 107/4; tuppes 83/10
torteaux n tortoise 339/19
trayne n retinue 139/25; audience 241/20;
riding course 361/1
tressell bench or trestle support 105/34;
trestle 78/6
tret adj third 106/8
triumph n show or spectacle, play 72/31
trivmpthe 73/13 ; trivmthe 70/29, 70/32;
tryumph 73/2; tryvmpth 73/11; trivmphes
pl 124/35; tryumphs 125/3
trunche n staff, truncheon 291/32
trunchion n staff 453/8; trunchon 236/4
trunke sleeves n pbr pl full, puffed sleeves
215/38
tryne ad] wooden 92/35
tryumph, tryumphs, tryvmpth see triumph
tunecle see tenekell
tuppes see topas
555 / ENGLISH GLOSSARY
92/17; wystelles 106/33; wystyles 92/42
wiflers n pl persons used to hold back crowds
408/30
woodmen n pl huntsmen; or wild men 338/35
wort n pottage; or pig's snout 166/16
wyer candles n pl candles strengthened with
wire 61/4; wyred candles 59/29
wyerdrawers n pl those who draw metal into
wire 31/37, 249/15; wyredrawers 475/4
wyestlles see whysteles
wyete men, wyettemen see waite man
wyettes see waite
wynteners see vinteners
wypcord n thin, tough kind of hempen cord,
which is used to make whip-lashes
wyred candles see wyer candles
wyredrawers see wyerdrawers
wystelles, wystyles see whysteles
50/23
yarne n iron 92/16
yede n head 92/29
yiott holes n pbrpl holes in cloth for the
passage of string or lace (eyelet-holes)
147/42
ymbroderers see embroderers
ynckill see inckle
565 / INDEX
Corpus Christi Day (cont)
518
dispute on 5-6, 15-16
minstrels for 47(2), 48, 51, 54, 60(2), 63
Corpus Christi Plays liii-liv. Ix, 6-8, 10, 12-15,
31, 33, 38-9
text of 7; parts of 13
See also Whitsun Plays and under costumes;
routes
Corpus Christi Processions liii. 8-10, 16.25,
38-9
lights for 8, 10, 12-16, 24-5, 39.46(2), 54,
58, 60
Coruyser, Henry le 5
Corvisers see under guilds
costumes 89, 91, 95, 100, 105,109, 158,
480; painting of 50, 66, 108
bands; for Midsummer children 144-5,265,
412
beards 106
boots; for Midsummer children 312-13,344,
361,390,400(2), 402,404-5,421-3,
439, 445,447-9, 453,455
breeches; for Midsummer boys 134, 137,
185,192,212,307; for soldiers 339
buskins; for Midsummer boys 134, 137,
140-1, 145(2), 148, 150, 152, 154, 163,
167, 171, 174, 177-8, 181-2, 196, 200,
202, 283
caps 82; for Midsummer children 82. 145,
171. 190; for Trow 106; for Winter 339
cassock; for Midsummer lady 136
chains 358; for Midsummer children 124,
145,218. 224, 229, 264-5. 289, 348; see
also jewels
cloaks 192; for Midsummer children 96,
129, 131, 147, 299; for waits' boys 308,
314, 327
coats 82,376; for demons 140, 176,179.
183-4; for drummers 383; for Mary Magda-
lene 49; for Midsummer boys 144, 269;
for Trow 82; for waits 154-5
copes 47, 87, 89, 91, 96,108
crowns 67, 78; for nine worthies 338
diadems 78, 91
doublets; for Midsummer children 164,
212, 279, 303
feathers 222-3,314, 327, 347,365, 398,
526; for devils liii, Ix, 197, 198(2), 244,
253
garlands; for Midsummer 269, 478-81; see
also accounts of Painters 1621-41
garters; for Midsummer children 165,170,
212,410, 450, 460; see also accounts of
Beerbrewers. Joiners, and Mercers; for
players 93 ; for soldiers 339
girdles; for Midsummer children 226,428
gloves 77, 85, 99, 477-9; for angels 88; for
Mdsummer 486 ; see also guild Midsunner
accounts; for Palm Sunday prophets 45(2),
58, 62; for players 50, 53, 67, 75(2), 78,
86, 91, 109; for Simeon 55
gowns 314. 338; for doctor 106; for Mid-
summer children 105, 214-15,274; for
1621 Show 339
hats; for Midsummer children 206, 212-14,
223,256,273,314, 350; see also accounts
of Coopers, Cordwainers, Glovers, and
Joiners
heads; for demons 176, 179, 183; for
tormentors 60; gilding of 407; see also
masks
hoods 90; for doctor 106; for stewards 118,
140
hose; for Midsummer 100, 111, 119; see also
Midsunmer accounts of Beerbrezvers.
Coopers. Glovers. Innkeepers. Joiners,
Mercers, and Painters 15 77-1642
jackets 339
jerkins; for Midsummer children 166, 171,
192, 279
jewels; for Midsummer children 119, 171,
216, 224, 265,277, 289, 298, 312,319,
350, 358, 363;see also chains
masks 109; see also heads
shoes; for Midsummer children 111, 119,
442,458; see also guild Midsummer
accounts; for Trow 83, 92-3, 106-7,486
skins 78, 81, 92; for naked boy 480
spurs; for Midsummer children 196,202,
400(2), 404, 421,431,439,445,447,
449, 455
566 / INDEX
costumes (cont)
stockings; for Midsummer children 214,
216,218, 221,224, 229, 256,265,350,
442,458,486; see also accounts o]
Coopers. Cordainers. Joiners. and
Painters 1601-42: for soldiers 339
suits; for Midsummer children 214-15,255,
273,278-9, 471
ttppets 190, 205,231,331,407,439
tunicles 91, 96
wigs 66, 78, 105
wings; for Mercury 259
See also arms and armour; faces; gowns
Cottingham, John, mayor 512
Courthouse 464
Courts
crownmote xiv
Pentice xvi
portmote xiv, xvi, 514, 528
See also Ashewode, John
Coventry and Lichfield, bishop of 114th
century (?)l 28, 388
Cow Lane 398
Cowley, Walter 44
Cowper. Dr William xxviii, xl
Cowpers (Copers, Couper, Cowper), Widow
201, 204: Katherine 208; Ralph 135, 149,
266; Thomas 467; William 78
Cradocke (Cradok), William 77, 85
Crane (Crones), Randle 46, 53(3), 58(2), 59,
71
creation plays see Whitsun Plays, Adam and
Eve, and Fall of Lucifer
Crewe (Cowper) collection xxviii
criers
at Midsummer Iv, 53 ; see also guild Mid-
summer accounts
Crocker (Coket, Crockett, Croket), Robert 65,
67, 77, 84(2). 118
Crofoote (Crofote, Crowfot) 155. 159, 162;
Richard 151
Crofton (Chroften, Croften), William 72, 73(2)
Cromwell (Cormell, Cromell), Edward, baron
194; Guy 77, 85
Crones see Crane
crooks
for Shepherds 93
cross 30, 46, 63
banners of 46, 59
Crosse (Crosser), Thomas 363,375
Cross Week see Holy Week
Croulay, John 95
Crucifixion see under Whitsun Plays
Crystyanes, Thomas 146
Cupid 478,481
cups
for St George's Race 256, 259-61, 323,
361,434
cups and canes
for Midsummer Show liii, 136, 139-40,
158, 165, 172-3, 176, 179, 183-4, 198(2),
253, 303,354, 526
See also devils
Curriers
records of xx-xxi
curtains 85
curtals see under instruments, musical
Cutters see under guilds
Dalaheys, John 94, 98
Dalby (Daeby, Dolby), Edward 20; Henry 20;
Moses 207,440; Richard 20(2), 79
Dame Anne 53, 67, 78, 91, 106
Dame, Thomas del 5, 6
Danbye, Alderman 191
dancers
hobby horse 69
morris xvi, lii, lix, 120, 137,474; at Mid-
summer 70, 74, 87, 94, 151, 155,162,
166, 173,478.481
rope 218
teachers of lix, 290
Daniel, Nicholas xlviii, 512
Darby see Derby; Stanley
Daubers 31,249
Dauison (daueson), Mr 53, 58, 472; Mrs 53
Davies (Dauies, Dauis, Davis), Alderman 416,
422,450,457; Mr 435; Edward 209; Ralph
230, 376
Dawbye see Doby
Deane, John 202
Dedwood (Dedwode), John xlix; Thomas 20
569 / INDEX
fireworks 259, 415
Fisher (Fisheres), Mr 359; Thomas 226, 528;
William 220, 358
Fishmongers see under guilds
Fitton (Fytton), Charles 304; John 486
Fitzgerald, William, earl of Kildare 194
Flagellation see Whitsun Plays, Trial and
Flagellation
flags 260
of city 308; see also ancient; ensign
of guilds 295,301,311,446,450, 461
See also banners
Fleshmonger Lane 101(2)
Fleshmongers 32
Fletcher (Fletchers, Fletcheres), Steward 409;
Mr 154, 390; George 395; Richard 430;
Robert 430; Thomas 151, 195,299;
Valentine 415,421; William 94-5
Fletchers see under guilds
Flintshire 398, 487,489
Fiookersbrook Bridge 43
flower-de-luces see lynxes
Flowers, Gilbert 85
flutes 244
Flynt, John xlviii
Folliott, George xxix
Fomder see Founder
football lii, 40, 42,234-6, 321,351,474;see
also homages
footmen
to attend Midsummer children, see guild
l,|idsum met acco un ts
See also arms and armour
Foregate (Forgate) 256
Foregate Street (Forgastrete, Forgat street) 5,
337
Forest Street 138
forts
in 'Aeneas and Dido' 72, 73(2)
Founder (Fomder), Mr 77, 84; David 77, 85;
Simon 60(2), 518-19; see also under
Mounfort (an alias)
Founders 24(2), 25,473
frames see under Easter sepulchres
Framo, Roger 128; William 58
Framwall, Alderman 151 ; John 228; Roger 108
Framwayes (Fronwayes), William 93, 119
France 398
Francis (Fransus, Fraunses), Sir Henry 388;
Mr 99, 195; Henry 28, 516-17
freedoms
admissions to xiv, xxi
Free School
scholars of 124,306
schoolmaster of 73
Fremon, Andre le 5
Friars Minor see Grey Friars Gate
Friezers 246
Frodesham, John de 5
Fromond, William 121
Fronwayes see Framwayes
Furbishers see under guilds
Fusters 32, 37, 251
Fyrton see Fitton
games
ancient 473-4
chess 474
Christmas, prohibition against 56
deferred 129
on St George's Day 273
reformation of 40
See also archery; homages; races; St George's
Race
Gamull (Gammll, Gammwell, Gamuell,
Gamulles), Mr 128, 170; Mr, man of 165;
Edmund 122(2), 486; Francis 336, 529;
Thomas 336,486; William 282
Gardenars, Thomas 126
Gardeyn, Rchard 5
Gardiner, Harold C. xliii
Garffylldes, William 150
Garnett, John 222
Garrait, Richard 82
Garrett 319
garters see under costumes
Gawsworth (Gooseworth) 351, 433
Gee, Edmund, mayor li-lii, 519; Henry. mayor
xlvii, 515,518; Mr 373; Henry 40, 235-6,
372
573 / INDEX
guilds (cont)
106,258,475; payments for carriage
Ivl, 95-6, 108; play of 32, 37,245,251
Slaters (The Annunciation and the Nativity)
475; play of 31, 35,243,249
Smiths (The Purification; Christ and the
Doctors) liii, Ivi, lviii, Ix, 22, 24-5, 29,
258,473,475; carriage house rentals of
29, 68, 70, 73, 75, 88; play of 32, 36,
244, 250, 514-15; records of xx-xxi,
518-19
Spicers (The Offerings of the Three Kings);
play of 32, 249
Spurriers 475
Stationers 29-30, 281,475; records of xx,
Ixii
Stringers (The Trial and Flagellation) 6-7,
475; play of 32, 37,245,250
Surgeons see Barber Surgeons; Leeches
Tailors (The Ascension) 23,258,476;
carriage house of 9(3), 29,101-2; play of
Ivi, 32, 37, 246,251
Tallowchandlers 280-1,475;see also Wax-
chandlers
Tanners (The Fall of Lucifer) 258,474;
play of 31, 34,242, 249
Tapsters (The Harrowing of Hell) 22; play of
32, 251
Thatchers (The Annunciation and the
Nativity); play of 31,249
Tilers (The Annunciation and the Nativity);
play of 31,249
Turners (The Trial and Flagellation) 6-7,
475; play of 32, 37, 250; records of xix,
Ixii
Victualers 475; see also Cooks
Vintners (The Three Kings) Ivi, 22, 26-71
play of 32, 35,243,249
Walkers (The Last Judgement) 7-8, 23,476;
play of 33, 38, 251
Waterleaders (Noah's Flood) 474; play of
31, 34, 242,249
Waxchandlers (Abraham, Lot and
Melchysedeck; Abraham and Isaac); play
of 31, 35,249; see also Tallowchandlers
Weavers (The Last Judgement) Ivi, 7-8, 23,
67-8,476; carriage house rentals to 66, 78,
88; play of 33, 38, 246, 251
Wiredrawers (Moses and the Law; Balaack
and Balaam) 475,485; play of 31,249;
records of xviii, xxi
Wrights (The Annunciation and the Nativity)
22, 66,475; play of 31, 35,243,249
See also journeymen
gunpowder
at Midsummer 70. 79, 159; see also Mid-
summer accounts o] Beerbrewers, Coopers.
Cordwainers. Glovers. Joiners. Smiths II
1620-41
Gwyne. Mr 409
Gybban, Margery 108
Gyllam, Gyllaume. Gyllns. Gyllome, Gylones
see Gillam
Haddocke, Mr 301
Hale (Halgh), John de. junior 6; Richard de
5(2), 6(3)
Halliwell, Richard 204
Hallwood (Chalewoddes, Halewoddes. Hale-
wodes, Halewoodes, Halewud, Halewudd,
Hallowed, Hallowod. Hallowood, Hallo-
woodd, Hallwod, Hallwood, Halowod,
Halwood, Halwoodde, Hullwood)74;
Alderman 106-7; Nicholas 159, 222,230.
281. 287,299(2), 307, 327,336. 346(2),
377(2), 381(3), 382(7), 383; Ralph 150;
Richard 82(3), 83(2); Robert lii, 71(2),
72(4), 90, 92, 130, 132
ttalton, barons of see Lacy; Neele, lord of 324
ttammer, Mr 129
Harnnet, Henry 166
ttancock (Hanckokes, Hancocke, Hancoke,
Handcocke, Handcoke, Hankock). brother
185; sister 118; Gwen 381; Robert 65, 77,
85,518; Roger 215; William 222,281,
307. 314. 327(2), 381(2)
ttandbridge (Hanbridge, Handbridg) 118, 340.
467(2)
Hanky (Hankey, Hankie, Hankye), Mr 82(2),
110,112,129; John liv-lv. 3, 91.113(2).
574 / INDEX
Hanky (coat)
114(2), 116(3). 120; Richard 53
Hankyn 107; see also under shepherds
Hardware, Henry, mayor xxxii, liit-lv, Ix,
112-14, 253(2), 526
hares
in 1621 Show 339
Harforth, Lord, men of lviii, 219
tlarley MSS xxiv; see also under antiquarian
collections; antiquarian compilations
Harper (Harpurrs), Mr 398; Mr, man of 428;
Thomas 132
Harrison (Hareson, Harison, Harrson, Harryson),
Widow 77;John 54, 518-19;John, wife of
65; Richard 439, Thomas 204
llarrowing of Hell see under Whitsun Plays
Harvey 83, 93, 107;see also under shepherds
Harry, Mr 129
Hasilwall, Thomas 26
Haslore, William 5
Hassall, Hamon 21
Hastings. Henry, 3rd earl of Huntingdon
(Huntington) 109
Haswall, Thomas 85
Hatmakers see under guilds
hats see under costumes
Hatton (Haton), John 77, 85;John de, senior
7;John de, junior 7
hautboys 164
Hawarden (Hawardyn), Edward, lord of 324;
Richard de 7
Hawarden (Hawardyn) 5
hawks
in 1621 Show 339
heads see under costumes
Heathes (Hethes) 68; Steward 394
heaven 246
Heggenet, Heggenett, Heggnett see Higden
Heidocke (Heidocke), Mr 304; Edward 221,
32O
hell 32, 37, 245,251
Ilellesby, Thomas de 7
Hennebury, Alexander 7
Henry Frederick, prince of Wales 435
heralds xxiv
Herod
in Slaughter of the Innocents 32, 36, 244,
250
in Three Kings 32, 35,243,249
in Trial and Flagellation, costume of 109
Hewsters see under guilds
Higden (Heggenet, Heggenett, Heggnett,
Higgden), Randall xxvii-xxix, 3(2), 4(3), 31,
388,437,473,511,516
Higgenson, Randle 294
High Cross lv-lviii, 20, 21(2), 26(2), 124-5,
139(3), 156, 158, 197, 199, 239, 260,
263,331,355,372(2), 435(2), 436, 515
Hill, Robert 101
Hilton (Hylltons), Alderman 410; Steward
363; Steward 363; George 368, 419; Ralph
94-5, 368
Hitthies, Thomas 137
hobby horses
dancers of 69
for Midsummer 65, 69, 72,478, 480-1;
painting of 263,479
Hoghtes, John 64
Holand (Hollandes), John de 6; William 161
Holcroft, Mr 46
Holme (Holems, Hollme, Hollmes, Holmees,
Holmes, Hoolmes, Houlme, Houlmes,
Hulmes) 203 ; Alderman 200, 269, 362,
417,448,453; Mr 44, 231,258, 265,271,
277,294(2), 295,300-1,309-10, 311(2),
315-16, 319, 328-9, 331,335,341,347-8,
357-8,370, 378, 384-5,390-1,395,399-
400, 403,404(2), 405,411(2), 417,421,
425,427,432(2), 444,449-50, 452-3,455-
6,460, 461(2), 479,481; Randle I xiv,
xxiv, 196, 200, 203,206, 215,218, 221,
224, 229,284, 305,309, 336, 346, 381(3),
382(8), 529; Randle II xxiv-xxv, xxviii,
xxxv, xxxvii-xxxviii, xli, xliv-xlix, lxiv, 511,
513-14, 530-1; Randle III. IV xxiv;Thomas
77, 85
Holy Trinity Church lviii, 295
records of xxiii
steeple of 286
Holy Week 47, 59, 63-4
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Midsummer Show (cont)
origin of xliii, 21(2), 22,473
reformation of 252-3
revival of liii, 206
suppression of xxxiii, liii, 197,198(3), 526
triumph at 70
See also alewives; Amery; anima|s; ante-
Iopes boys; camels; children; Christ, in
strings; costumes: cups and canes; dancers;
devils; Doby; dragons; dromedaries;
drummers; faces; elephants; giants; Hall-
wood, Nicholas and Robert; Hardware,
Henry; hobbyhorses; lynxes; mayor's
mount; merchant mount; minstrels;
musicians Poole, Thomas; prisoners; stilts;
Thorneley, Robert; unicorns; Wright, John
Midsummer Watch xxv, xxxi, 209, 252-3,281,
297-8, 304, 320, 474-6,526
alteration of 268(3)
cancellation of 211(2)
expenses for 55, 75(2), 155,166, 173,304,
3O7-8,327,408,459,473,477-82,486;
see also/lidsummer accounts o/Coopers.
Cordwainers, Innkeepers,/lercers, Painters,
Smiths
orders for 168, 169(2), 181-3, 188, 206,
221,280-1,297(2), 304, 313,344-5,350,
362, 47O-2
origin of 21(2), 22,473,514
restoration of 124
See also ancient; Midsummer Show; watch-
men
midwives 243
Milk Stoups (Milkestoopes) 413
Millers see under guilds
Minster see Chester Cathedral; St Werburgh's
Abbey
minstrels xvi, lix-lx, 20, 514
for Whitsun plays 244
of baron of Kinderton Ix, 59-60
payments to 44, 87,472,486
See also accounts of Coopers. Cordwainers,
Innkeepers. Joiners, Painters, Smiths:
Crane, Randle; Fisher, Thomas; Luter;
Mins'els' Court; musicians; players;
Shalcroste; Shurlocke; waits; Westeid
Minstrels' Court xvii, li-lii, lix, 17-18, 20-1, 43,
461-6,487-9, 531 ; see also Dutton
misrule, lord of 80
Modsleye, William 153
Mody, William 5
Moldesdale, David de 6
Morgans, Steward 333
Morris, Steward 453 ; John 453 ; Owen 359;
Rupert xvi
morris dancers see under dancers
Moses 31,249
Mosse, Thomas del 6
Mostyn (Mosten). Peter of 107
Mounfort (Monforttes, Moumfort, Mounfforts,
Mountforde, Mountfords, Mountforts,
Mownfords), Alderman 65, 119; Mr 67(2),
70, 75, 84, 86, 90, 100, 110-11; David 85,
126; Simon 59,472
Mounteagle (Monteagle, Mountegle) see Parker,
Stanley
Mount Victor;all
in Three Kings 32,249
mounts
in 1621 Show 339
See also Mount Victoriall
Mowsons, Hugh 378
Mulinton, Alan de 462, 488
mummings
ban of xlvi, 56
music see musicians; songs
musical instruments see instruments, musical
musicians lix-lx, 44, 142, 195,289
of earl of Essex Iviii-lix, 135, 166
petitions of 226, 227(2), 280
See also guild accounts: drummers; fiddlers;
instruments, musical; jugglers; minstrels;
Minstrels' Court; pipers; players; singers;
trumpeters; waits
Myddelton see Midleton
Myllneres, John 150
Nantwich 307
Natervile, Robert 18
Nativity see under Whitsun Plays
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Yeuans, Griffith, wife of 85
Ynces see Ince
York, archbishop of see Grindal, Edmund
York, city of 109(2)
Younges (Yong, Yonge, Youmges), Alderman
228, 256(2), 300(2); Edward 121; Henry 13,
123, 125;John 13,430; Richard 13
