* "Und po m° libro fcript' xxvij' cu' diu' chal." This in the Original follows "Sum' non fol. 41. 1o.” The following Account of Payments for Writing, &c. is extracted from an Original Quarto, M. S. in the Editor's poffeffion, containing The various Expences of Sir John Howard, Knight, of Stoke by Neyland, in Suffolk, (afterwards Duke of Norfolk.) p. 136. Item the vijth yere of Kynge Edward ye iiijth and ye xxviij day of July (1467.) My Maft' rekened we Thomas Lympno. of Bury and my Matt' peid hym S. D. vij ב:ם: It' To my Worchypfull brother Sr. John Pafton be thys byll de R lyu'ed in haft. YGTH Worchipfull brother I recomaund me onto you lettyng you to wytte that my Lorde Stafford was made Erle of Devenefchere apon Sonday and as for the Kyng as I under ftond Humphrey, Lord, Stafford, was created Earl of Devonshire, in May, 1469, and beheaded at Bridgewater, the 17th of Auguft following, by cominand of the King, for abandoning It' for wrytynge of a quare and dī It' for wrytenge of a Calender 335 WILLIAM EBESHAM. p'fe y quayr xxd It' for iij quayres of Velym p'fe ye quayr xxd It' for notynge of v quayres and ij leves p'fe of ye 4 quayr viij It' for Capital Drawynge iije and dî ye p'fe It' for floryfhynge of Capytallis It' for byndynge of y› Boke The wyche p'cellis my Maft paid hy yis day and he is content. This is an Account of a Limner or Illuminator of Manufcripts, who refided at Bury. 2 xv and dī= 1500 and an half. 3 lxiijc = 6300. 4 A Quire of Velum from this entry feems to confift of four leaves, and his receiving only 38. for noting two leaves might be accounted for, by the last leaf not being full; the Drawing and Flourishing of the Capital Letters feems very cheap. 5 128. appears a great price for binding a Book, but it is fo ftated in the original account. To my worshipful Brother, Sir John Pafton, be this bill delivered R in hafte. IGHT worshipful Brother, I recommend me unto you, letting you to weet, that my Lord Stafford was made Earl of Devonshire upon Sunday; and as for the King, as I abandoning the Earl of Pembroke, before the Battle of Banbury; by which means the Rebels were victorious. VOL. II. D under 2 ftond he departyt to Walfynggame apon fryday com vij nygth and the Quene alfo yf God send hyr good hele. And as for the Kyng was apoyntyd to goo to Calys and now hyt ys pute of. And also as for the goyng to the See my Lord of Warwyke Schyppys gothe to the fee as I understond non' other tydynggys I can non' wryte unto you but Jh'u have you in hys kepyng. Wretyn at Wyndyfore on monday aft' Whytsonday in haft, &c. 11 by 3 2. By yor. 3 brother, James Hawte. 2 This must be on a Pilgrimage to our Lady of Walfingham, in Norfolk; for fo great was the Fame of the Image of our Lady of Walfingham, in the Chapel of the Bleffed Virgin there, that Foreigners of all Nations came on a Pilgrimage to her, infomuch that her worshippers feemed to equal thofe of the Lady of Loretto in Italy. She LEI IER I XXUJ. To the right reu'ent S. Henry Spelman Recordor of the Cite of Norwich be this Letter deliu'ed. R1 IGHT reu'ent St I recomaunde me to you plese it you to knowe this fame day com to me the Shirreve of Norff" hymself and tolde me that the 3 Quene fhall be at Norwich This Letter fhews the attention, which the City of Norwich wifhed to pay to the Queen on her reception, and during her refidence there. 1 Henry Spelinan married Ela, Daughter and Coheir of William de Narburgh, and was the first of that family that fettled at Narborough, in Norfolk.. up 2 understand, he departyt [departs] to Walfingham upon Friday come fevennight, and the Queen alfo, if God fend her hele [health]. And as for the King, (he) was appointed for to go to Calais, and now it is put off. And also as for the going to the Sea, my Lord of Warwick's Ships go to the Sea, as I understand. None other tidings I can none write unto you, but Jefu have you in his keeping. Written at Windfor on Monday after Whitsunday in haste, &c. By your 3 Brother, JAMES HAWTE. Whitfun Monday, 22d of May, 1469, She flourished till the Reformation, and then underwent the fate of other objects of fuperftition, being, in the year 1538, taken down, brought to Chelsea, and there burnt. 3 I do not know why he calls Sir John Pafton his Brother; for Sir John certainly never married Anne Hawte, who poffibly might be the Sifter of James. Pl. v. N° 21. LETTER I XXVI. To the right reverend Sir Henry Spelman, Recorder of the City of Norwich, be this Letter delivered. R IGHT reverend Sir, I recommend me to you. Please it you to know this fame day came to me the Sheriff of Norfolk himself, and told me that the 3 Queen fhall be at 2 Roger Ree, Efq. was Sheriff of Norfolk, in 1469. 3 Elizabeth, Queen of Edward IV. D 2 Norwich up on 4 Tuyfday cometh fevenyght fuyrly And I defired to have knowe of hym by cause this fhuld be hir first comyng hedir how we fhuld be rulyd as well in hir reffeyvyng as in hir abidyng here And he feide he wold nat ocupie hym ther wyth but he councelid us to wryte to you to London to knowe of hem that ben of Coñfell of that Cite or wyth other wurthepfull men of the fame Cite that ben knowyng in that behalf And we to be ruled ther aftir as were acordyng for us for he lete me to wete that she woll defire to ben reffeyved and attendid as wurfhepfully as evir was Quene a forn hir Wherefore Sr. I be the affent of my Bretheren Aldermen, &c. prey you hertily to have this labor for this Cite And that it plese you if it may be that at that day ye be here in p'pre p'fone and I trust in God that outher in rewards or ellys in thankynges both of the Kyngs comyng and in this ye fhall ben plefid as worthy is Wrete in haft at Norwich the vj day of Juyll A ix° R E qrti. By yo'. Weelwyller, 5 John Aubry, *c, 10 by 5. 18th of July, 1469. LE T |