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 IS-A OlUGINAL DOCUMENTS. ix' vi"i It. d'l him more at the same time ........ xviii'^ It. delivered James Alwood, xxvii Mail,, to buy his m a Gieeke grammer, a Sallust, a penner, a inckhorne, pap' and a satchell to carrie his books vi' viiid 1591. It. half yard of hare colored vellett, xi' ; 4 silver compast bottons for the boot hose toppes, ii* i'^ ; a pare of hare coloured stockings, vi* vi<i ; a pare of Sypres garters, v' xd ........ xxv* x<i paid M Blunt for a ycre's scolinge ........ vi Extracts fkom Payments relating to Travelling Expenses. Anno 1580. It. spent in caryeng M' Richard Farmor iii' vi<i It. paid for the chargs at Oxford in fetchinge S' John Fetiplace's mony, beying vii of us xvi» viii'i It. my dyett and my man's in London, From the xx'*" of October untill the xxix of November, beying 38 days ....... vi'' xiiii' It. for fyer and drinck duryng that tyme ....... vii* It. for my horse meate duryng that tyme, w'*' shewyng and mending my saddle iii" It. paid for boote hier goyng to the courte & once from London, iiii' ; for ferj-eng twise ov' at Fullam, w"" o' horses goynge to the courte, and divers tymes to Westm, iii* vi^ . It. for washing my shirts durynge the tyme I laye at London . . It. o chargs at London, on Wensday, at the Bell in Holbome It. goyng to Ottlands, our supper and horse meat ther It. o' diners and suppers on Saterday, w"* ii of my lord tresurer's men'* It. John Birtwesell's cliardgs goynge into Hatfordshire to my lord chaun cillor's,^ to have the comyssions sealed ..... Extracts from Miscellaneous Expenses. Anno 1580. It. p<' to S'' Thomas Lucy for his legacye. . . . . . . It. to the coocke for his quarter s wages, and that w"^*" was geven him. It. paid Agnes the bruer her half yere's wags, x' ; and geven her in rccom- pence of her service, iiii^ ; allowed her for x'' of hoppcs, v' x^i ; and for spigotts, ii'' ......... . It. allowed her for her ly very' ....... It. to Thomas Roudd the miller for his half yere's wags It. to Mathewe the shepperd for his quarter's wags It. geven him .......... It. for iiii bushell of maslyn,- at ii' ii<i ..... It. to the prest for his wags dew at Midsom' ..... It. geven a poore prest ........ It. to Symon that he spent in upping' the swanes .... It. for vi great pap' bookes and for bringing them downe. Anno 1581. It. for drawing a scutching of armes ...... It. for a catechism and a psalter for Af Richard Fermor It. for the armes of my m'' and old m'^, and setting upp the same Item, p"* a caricr for bringing upp 100" and a capcase of writings. It. p<* to my L. Treasurer for the lease of the lande .... It. bestowed a breakfast uppon some of my lord's men. 1583. It. to the glacyer for setting up the armes in the church. yjS yjjjd iii' iiii'' viii' viii'i iii' iiii"* X* viii'' xxviii' xii' xii' vii' v^ iii vi"* cccvi" : ix' vi'' ' Sypres, oyprus, or crape garters. ^ Lord Treasurer : William Cecil, Lord Burghley. '■' Lord Chancellor : Sir Tliomas Bromley was Lord Chancellor at this period. ' Lyucry, livery, delivery, here in the sense of board wages. ^ Maslyn, mastlin, or maslin, anything compounded of mixed materials. Here used for mixed grain, such as rye and wheat. — Naves. ' Upping the swans, now corruptly called hoppinf), i. e. marking them. (See Trans- actions of the Arcliacological Institute at Lincoln, p. 310.)