Lancashire Record Office, Preston,
MS DDF/2438/103
Letter from
William Farington
to his father William, 7 Feb. 1609. Single sheet; the letter appears on the recto,
subcription on the verso. There is some damage to the right-hand margin of the recto.
[fol. 1]
For Newes I thowght good to let yow vnderstande that vpon Candlemas nightlast there
was a most statly Maske at the Cowrt perfformed by the Queene, and the Ladyes, which as yt is thowght by them that had a hand in that bussines, Cost at the least three thowsande Poundes. The Commonalty doe somwhat p<...> at suche vain exspences, and thinkes that that mony wich was bestowed this waies, might have bene conferred vpon better vse. But Quod supra nos, nihill ad
nos.
Bibliography
Document quoted with the
kind premission of Sir Henry Farington and the County Archivist, Lancashire Record
Office.
Ffarington (1856), 151
D. George (1979), 5