Britain's Burse 12

Hatfield House, Accounts 9/5, fols. 4 and 7
(Repeats some of the entries in Accounts 160/1)

Draft of annual household accounts for the year ending 4 Oct. 1609 relating mainly to Salisbury House and Hatfield House, detailing purchase of land, revenue accrued from interest, and payment of wages and rents. The accounts appear on the rectos only of seven large paper sheets.Note of purchase of materials for the entertainment, listed under general disbursements; note of payments for the royal entertainment, listed under disbursements for buildings and reparations. (Note: these abstracts are attributed only tentatively to Burse .)

[fol. 4]


Divers Emptions within the tyme of this accompt, Viz ... a great wind instrument bought of a dutchman 1084.6.8. a lesser Wynd instrument 35^li fethers bought by Sir Walter Cope 5^li a Cabenett 28^li... a Castle vpon a rock made of the mettall of the myne of Scotland 10^li. a white parrett & a bird of arabia 35^li 10^s


[fol. 6]


Buildinges& reparacions ...
Brittans Burse


[fol. 7]


Charges of interteynment of the King Quene Prince& yong Duke coming to the Burse
Clxxviij^li xij^s x^d

Total expenditure on Buildings and Reparations: £18914 , 18^s, 9^d

[Thanks to James Knowles for drawing our attention to this MS.]