National Archives, SP
14/185/105-14, fols. 184-93v
Bills Oct. 1624 to March 1625 of
Oswald Mitford
, one of the Officers of the Removing Wardrobe, for cleaning and putting away some
of the materials used for the masque in the Banqueting House. SP 14/185/11 (fols.
190-190v) is the eighth in
a collection of ten documents. The bill occupies the recto of a single, unfolded sheet;
a note on the verso identifies the bill as Mitford's. The other bills in the series
detail expenses for carriage of wardrobe materials and furnishings from Hampton Court
,
Ely House in Holborn, Greenwich,
Whitehall
, Denmark House, and the Tower
, to Suffolk House in the Strand
; and for the reception of the French
Ambassador Extraordinary, M. Ville-aux- Clercs.
[fol. 190]
Mense Ianuarij Anno Regnj Regis Iacobi
Vicessimo secun do Annoque
Dom
inj 1624
Osswalde Mittfford one off the officers of the Removinge wardrobe of Beds asketh A
Lowance for himselfe his man and eight Laborers for the space of eight Dayes for takinge
downe makinge Cleane, makinge vp of all such stuffe as was vsed and Imployed for the
Maske in the Banquettinge howse twoe seuerall times as also for the Counsell of ware as Likwise for placinge of the said stufe in the Removinge
wardrobe at whithall after the device beinge ended, for which service
done he prayeth that his bill may bee rated &
payd by the Treasurer of his Majesties
most honourable chamber
[signature]
Salisbury
Bibliography
CSPD 1623-25 & Addenda, 509