Althorp Entertainment 1

British Library, MS Add. 25081, fols. 98 and 100

Payments relating to the entertainment in the weekly household accounts of the Spencer family, dated 11 June, 18 June and 26 June 1603, endorsed by Sir Robert Spencer. The accounts are in two folio volumes: vol. 1 (Add. 25080) covers payments from November 1599 to May 1602; vol. 2 (Add. 25081) covers payments from June 1602 to Sept. 1605.


[fol. 97]
1603. Satturdaye the xjth of Iune
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[fol. 98]
Item to iiij woomen weedinge ij dayes a peece in the new spynneye and in the double hedge in the windmill feild ijs
... Summa totalis is of this weeke xvlixiijsijd
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[fol. 99]
Satturday the xviijth daye of Iune
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[fol. 100]
Item to xij woomen j daye settinge vpp Iuye in the garden iijs
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Item to one man helpinge the shephearde vj morninges xijd
Item to viij taylors iij pee dayes a peece sowinge of Canuas viij s vijsvjd
Item to iij taylors more ij dayes a peece xxd
Item to iij more j daye a peece xijd
...
[fol. 100v]
Item to Collins... for Climinge Iuye j daye vjd
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Item to iiij woomen beinge in the garden iij dayes a peece weedinge iijs
Item to ij woomen more beinge in the same worke vj dayes a peece iijs
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[fol. 101v]
Summa totalis is of this weeke xlijlixjsiiijd
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[fol. 102]
Satturdaye the xxvjth daye of Iune
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[fol. 103v]
Item to ij men Climinge Iuye v dayes a peece vs
[fol. 104]
Item to <i>j men more gatheringe Iuye iiij dayes a peece iiijs
Item j man and j wooman gatheringe Iuye v dayes xviijd
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Item to one man gatheringe Iuye j daye vjd
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[fol. 105]
Item to Greenefor ix dayes da stickinge Iuye ixs
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Item to iiij men taylo<r>s v dayes apeece vjsiijd
Item to another iij daye j daye iiijd
Item to another iiij dayes viijd
Item to ij men j daye a peece more viijd
Item to another iiij dayes xijd
Item to another j daye and a halfe vjd
Item to another v dayes xxd
Item to one of them for iijor of silke for blewe Coates iiijsviijd
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[fol. 105v]
Item to one man helpinge to sticke Iuye vij dayes iijsvjd
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[fol. 106]
Summa Totalis is of this weeke lxxxvijli vj s.. vsvd

Bibliography
H&S, 10.394