National Archives, SP 39/1, no. 48 no foliation
Signet Office: King's Bills (Formerly State Papers Domestic, Warrants)
Bills, 10 Feb. 1609 - 26 Nov. 1611. (Another copy of SP 40/2, fol. 180v; see also
PRO, E403/2708, fol. 51) The document contains three, or possibly four, hands. The
hand which annotates the document 'Warrant for Maskes' is a later one.
Warrant of 26 November 1610 for funds for two masques. The warrant appears on the
recto of one parchment leaf, and is dated on the verso. King
James
's signature manual appears in the top left hand corner.
[fol. 1]
[sign manual]
Iames Rex
IAMES by the grace of God&ces. To the Treasurer and Vndertreasurer of our Exchecquer greeting. Wheras we are pleased to be at some Charge aboute two Maskes, the one for
the Queene our deere Wife, the other for
the Prince
our sonne. These shalbe to will and require yow to yssue out of our treasure such
severall sommes of money as shalbe demaunded of yow by Certificate vnder the handes of our Cosins
the Earles of
Suffolk
and
Worcester
for the Queene, and Sir
Thomas Challoner
knight for
the Prince
. And theis our letteres &ces.
By order from the Lord Treasurer:
[signature]
Windebank
[fol. 1v]
1610
Expedite apud Westminster
vicesimo sexto die Novembris anno Regni Regis Iacobi octavo
per
Windebank
Warrant for Maskes 1610 – November 26th
Bibliography
CSPD 1603-1610, 646
H&S, 10.520
Orgel & Strong, 1.205