British Library, MS
Lansdowne 164, fols. 14, 28 and 30
(Repeats entries in NA, E403/2731,
fols. 66 and 92; and NA, SP 40/3, fols. 38 and 40v)
Three notes of expenditure relating to the masque in the weekly accounts of
Sir Edward
Cary
, teller of the Exchequer. The accounts appear in a folio volume of papers relating
to exchequer business from 31 Nov. 1611 to 28 Sept. 1614. (The date of the accounting
period has been cropped from the top of fol. 28.)
Note of payment of £200 to Meredith Morgan in a list of monies issued by
Cary
between 20 Dec. 1611 and 18 Jan. 1612. Two folios: the accounts occupy pp. 1-3; p.
4, subscription. Morgan was a former official in the household of
George, Earl of Dunbar
. He then became one of the servants of the Exchequer, distributing funds for
masques.
Two notes of payment of £200 in two separate lists of monies issued by
Cary
between 8 and 15 Feb. 1611. First account: two folios, the accounts occupy pp.
1-2; p. 3, blank; p. 4, subscription. Second account, possibly a revised version:
two
folios; the accounts occupy pp. 1-3; p. 4, subscription.
[fol. 14]
From the xxth of December 1611 vnto the xviijth of Ianuary next folowing.
Cary
Charge
His Remaine the xxth of December 1611: iiijC iijli ijs viijd
obolus
Received since that daie: xjml vjC lxvjli
xijml lxixli ijs viijd
obolus
wherof
Issued
To Meredith Morgan for charges of the
Masque CCli
[Total in
Cary
's charge: £12,069, 2 s, 8.5 d
Total issued by
Cary
: £6854, 17 s, 4 d
Total remaining to
Cary
: £5214, 5 s, 4.5 d
]
[fol. 28]
Cary
. Charge.
His Remaine ended viijo Februarij 1611 ml vijC xvjli xijs xli obolus
He hath reveived sithence ml ml ixC xxxvli vs vjd
iiijml vjC ljli xviijs iiijd obolus
Whereof
Issued.
maske att xpemas. in full payment. iiijxx
li
[Total in
Cary
's charge: £4651, 18 s, 4.5 d
Total issued by
Cary
: £4512, 8 s, 5.5 d
Total remaining to
Cary
: £139, 9 s, 11 d
]
[fol. 30]
From the viijth of Februarie 1611 vnto the xvth of the same.
Cary
Charge.
His Remaine the viijth of Februarij 1611: ml vijC xvjli xijs xd obolus
Received since that daie ml ixC xxxvli vs
vjd
iiijml vjC ljli xviijs iiijd obolus
wherof
Issued
To Meredith Morgan for the Maske at xpmas
iiijxx
li
[Total in
Cary
's charge: £4651, 18 s, 4.5 d
Total issued by
Cary
: £4512, 8 s, 5.5 d
Total remaining to
Cary
: £139, 9 s, 11 d
]
Bibliography
H&S, 10.532-3