National Archives,
E351/3257, fols. 4v and 6v
Pipe Office, Works
(Another
copy of NA, AO 1/2424/54, fols. 5 and 7)
Entries among payments relating to works carried out at Whitehall in the Declared
Accounts of
the Paymaster of the Works,
Henry Weeks
, from 1 Oct. 1623 to 30 Sept. 1624. General note of payment for the masque;
concluding note of payment for the masque. Note: both auditors enter their own
titles.
[fol. 4v]
Alsoe allowed to the saide Accomptaunte for money by him yssued and paide for
sondry woorkes reparations and alteraci ons donne and bestowed within the
tyme of this Accompte vpon whitehall
also the newe Pallace of westminister with other places thereto
belongeinge and neare adioyneinge, viz makinge a rocke in the vaulte vnder the banquetting
house setting vp degrees
and making ready the banquetting
house for the maske and to give audience to the Spanish Ambassadors
[fol. 6v]
In all the saide woorkes and reparations donne and bestowed at
Whitehall
and other places thereto belonginge and neare adioyneinge within the tyme of this
Accompte with Cli xvijs ijd
obolus for the maske in the banquettinge house there.
[fol. 29v]
[Endorsement]
ffra: Cottington
Io: Denham
Examinatur per nos
Ri:
Sutton
Auditorem
Geo: Bingley Deputatum
Auditoris
[Accounts relating to works at
Whitehall
: fols. 4v-6v
Total sum spent on works at
Whitehall
: £1,577, 10 s, 7 d
Entire account: fols. 1-29v]
Bibliography
MSC 10.34-5
See also transcriptions of NA, AO 1/2424/54, fols. 5 and 7: H&S, 10.660 (also referenced
at p. 650, under Time Vind.,
although the quotation given here comes from a different MS)
Orgel & Strong, 1.369 (attributed to Fort. Is.)
Reyher (1909), 527