Nineteenth-century transcription of accounts detailing
commodities for the masque. The original of this document was ordered to be destroyed
in
the 1850 s.
[p. 485]
Ffor
the Prince
's Maske.
| Tooth Drewer, 1. | £ s. d. |
| Item, for fusten to line the tooth drewer's suit, | |
| 6 yardes at xij d. the yard | 00 06 00 |
| For baise for it | 00 04 00 |
| For canvis and styffeninge for it | 00 03 04 |
| For callycoe to face his dublyt and to line his
cassacke |
00 05 00 |
| For buttons and sylke and loope leace for his dublyt and cassacke |
00 08 00 |
| For a paire of baces for him | 00 03 00 |
| For xij yardes of coper leace to leace the trapinges of the hobby horse |
00 16 00 |
| For fine buckeram to make the trapinges | 00 02 00 |
|
|
02 07 04 |
| Judgler, 2. | |
| For fusten to line his suite | 00 06 00 |
| For canvis and styffening for it | 00 03 04 |
| For baise for it | 00 04 00 |
| For buttons and sylke for it | 00 01 06 |
| For callycoe to face it and to line the cassacke | 00 04 00 |
| For haire to stuffe his hose | 00 01 00 |
| For coper fringe for his dublyt | 00 02 00 |
|
|
01 01 10 |
| Prophet, 3. | |
| For fringe for his robe and cloocke, 7 yardes,at xvj d. the yarde |
00 09 04 |
| For styffeninge for the ceape | 00 00 03 |
|
|
00 09 07* |
[*The adding up of this was at first wrongly made, standing at "00l
10 s. 07 d."]
| Clocke Keeper, 4. | |
| For fusten to line his breeches | 00 03 00 |
| For baise | 00 02 08 |
| For furr to edge it, and for the ceape | 00 04 00 |
|
|
00 09 08 |
| Clarke, 5. | |
| For fusten to line his suite | 00 06 00 |
| For baise to line it | 00 04 00 |
| For canvis and styffeninge for it | 00 03 04 |
| For buttons and sylke for it | 00 02 04 |
| For buttons for his gowne | 00 06 00 |
| For russett fusten to make the slease of the gowne, and sylke |
00 02 00 |
|
|
01 03 08 |
| For lineinges for his suite | 00 06 00 |
| For baise for it | 00 04 00 |
| For canvis and styffeninge for it | 00 03 04 |
| For buttons and sylke for it | 00 01 00 |
| For callycoe to face it | 00 01 00 |
| And for the tinder-box man as much, and for the mowse-trap man as much, and for the bellowse mender as much, and for the tincker as much - as hich comes to for these five, at 15 s. 4 d. a peece |
03 16 08 |
| For leace for the corne cutter's suite | 00 07 00 |
| For stuffe for a boot hose tope | 00 00 09 |
| For a tincker's budgett | 00 04 00 |
| For poyntes and teape | 00 02 00 |
| For bandes | 00 03 00 |
| For green leace for the tincker's suite | 00 02 00 |
| For makeinge them ten suites, and the hobbye horse a suite |
06 13 04 |
|
|
07 12 01* |
[*The sum is 12l. 4 s. 1 d.]
| Ffor the Ffencer. | |
| A ruffe band and cuffes | 01 06 00 |
| A bl' silke wrought waistcoate | 03 00 00 |
| A white leather jerkin | 00 12 00 |
| A paire of pumpes | 00 02 06 |
|
|
05 00 06 |
| Ffor the Bellowes Mender. | |
| 6 bl' Spanish leather skinns for doublett and hose, att 5 s. |
01 10 00 |
| A paire of bellowes | 00 01 00 |
| A budgett | 00 04 00 |
| A hammer | 00 01 00 |
| A girdle | 00 01 00 |
|
|
01 17 00 |
| Ffor the Tinker. | |
| 4 white leather skinns for a doublett, att 2 s. 8 d. | 00 10 08 |
| A budgett of rough haire | 00 04 00 |
| A kettle | 00 03 06 |
| A hammer | 00 01 00 |
|
A broad leather belt sett with studdes and a great guilt bosse |
00 04 00 |
| A girdle | 00 01 00 |
|
|
01 04 02 |
| Ffor the Mouse Trappman. | |
| 6 yardes of copper lace to lace is cloake, att 1 s. 8 d. |
00 10 00 |
| 6 mousetrappes | 00 02 06 |
| 12 brushes to scoure pottes | 00 00 06 |
| A paire of bl' bastians | 00 04 00 |
| A leather belt | 00 02 00 |
|
|
00 19 00 |
| Ffor the Jugler. | |
| 4 juglinge cuppes | 00 03 00 |
| A sticke | 00 00 02 |
| A glasse chaine | 00 05 00 |
| A dozen of great meddles* | 00 00 06 |
| 6 great ringes | 00 00 06 |
| A girdle | 00 01 00 |
|
|
00 10 02 |
[* "Counters" was first written.]
| Ffor the Cornecutter. | |
| A bl' leather pouch | 00 03 00 |
| A hone | 00 00 06 |
| 2 knives | 00 01 06 |
|
|
00 05 00 |
[p. 486]
| Ffor the Tinder-box Man. | |
| For 3 tinder-boxes wth steeles to them | 00 02 06 |
| A leather girdle | 00 01 00 |
|
|
00 03 06 |
| Ffor the Clocke Keeper. | |
| A bunch of keeyes | 00 02 00 |
| A bell |
00 00 06 |
| A sunne diall | 00 03 00 |
| A girdle | |
| 00 01 00 | 00 06 06 |
| Ffor the Scribe.* | |
| A penne and inkehorne | 00 00 04 |
| A paire of spectacles | 00 00 10 |
| A paper booke | 00 00 08 |
| A girdle | 00 01 00 |
|
|
00 02 10 |
[* "Prophett" was first written.]
| Ffor the Prophett. | |
| A paire of sheeres | 00 02 00 |
| A taylor's yard | 00 00 04 |
| 00 02 04 |
| To two porters for goeinge of busines between Westm' and Bl'ffriers |
00 02 00 |
| Somma | 10 13 00 |
| Paid to a Taylor. | |
| For a curld white haire and a longe beard | 00 06 00 |
| For lyningne to the hose | 00 03 00 |
| For makeinge the cop | 00 02 00 |
| For silke, rybbon, and makeinge ye hose | 00 06 00 |
| For makeinge the scarfes | 00 02 00 |
| Totall som | 11 12 00 |
| Ye taylor | 17 00 10 |
| For vizardes | 06 10 00 |
| Two ruffes and cuffes for Mr. Bowy and
Mr. Paulmer |
03 10 00 |
|
|
38 12 10 |
| £ s. d. |
| 11 12 0 |
| 17 0 10 |
| 6 10 0 |
| 3 10 0 |
| 38 12 10 |
| For the Antick Maske at Xmas, 1620 | £ s. d. |
| 34 10 00 |
| 3 10 00 |
| 38 00 00 |
Watsones Bill.
For the antick mask £38 12 10.
Bibliography
H&S, 10.604-8
Orgel & Strong, 1.313-6
Diamond, H. W. (1855), The Prince's masque, N&Q, 12, 485-6