The Stonor letters and papers, 1290-1483; ed. for the Royal historical society, from the origial documents in the Public record office, by Charles Lethbridge Kingsford.

138. [THE FUNERAL OF THOMAS STONOR] [1474]

This Memorandum—Ch. Misc., 37, iv, 9—was most probably drawn up for the funeral of the second Thomas Stonor, though there is no positive indica|tion of the date. At this time Stonor was in Pyrton parish. In Ancient Correspondence, xlvi, 228, amongst several papers relating to the decease of Thomas Stonor there is a brief Memorandum of a similar kind:—

Md. to send for the cover with ornamentes of the Auter: and the herses to be hadde over. Itm. a blakke cloth for the house . . . and blakke. Itm. sug. cuppes . . . pottis.

From No. 157 we learn that the funeral of Thomas Stonor cost £74 2s. 5d.

In Pirton Churche.

First vj auters. Item, the hie autre with blakke ornamentes therto. Item, candelstikkes, sensers, basens, silver therto. Item, rectores chore seutes of vestmentes blakke and white &c. Item, ornamentes for the herse and for the beriell, blakke cloth to the ground with a white cloth of gold. Item, a crosse with a fote on the herse, silver and gilt. Item, iiij tapers aboute the herse. Item, ij tapers aboute the beriell. Item, blakke hangyng aboute the chauncell and chirche. Item, lightis for the hie auter and odir auters beside. Item, syngyng wyne, syngyng brede.

Mete for pouer men at deriges. Item, after deriges brede and chese for the seid pouer men. Item for [prestes?] and gentilmen, sew pur|tenaunces of lambis, and vele, rosted moton, ij chekyns in a dysch.

On the morow to brekkffastes. For prestes and odir honest men. Item calvis hedis and sode beeff.

At the dyner on the morow.

For pouer men: item, vmbils to potage, sode beeff, rosted wele in a dische to geder, and rosted porkke.

The ffirst course for prestes &c. First to potage, browes of capons or, &c., capons, motons, ges, custard. The second course. The second potage. Jussell, capons, lambe, pigge, vele, peiouns rosted, baken rabettes, ffesauntis, venison, gelie &c. Item, vovtys.

Item, Spisis. Furst a pound of Saunders, a unce of saferon, iij li. Pepir, half a pound Clowes, half a pound Masis, a loff Sugre, iij li. resons corauns, iij li. datys, half a pound gynger, j pound Synamon. Item, in turnsole, iiij. d. Item, in greynys j li. Item, in Almondis, iiij li.

Item, treen vessell for pouer men. Item, sittyng plasis for the pouer men. Item, peuter vessell for gentilmen. Item, a rome for them acordyng. Item, sponys of silver, salt selers of silver for the most worshipfull men &c. Item, borde clothis for gentilmen and pouermen. Item, Salt &c. Item, a convenient rome for the ij botries for gentilmen and pouermen. Item, a convenient place for the Kechyn. Item, Cokis. Item, Botilers. Item, a man to overse the sadde purveiaunce of the chirche. Item, a porter. Item, Odir servauntes to serve &c. Item, vessell for ale. Item, cuppis and bollis and pottis. Item, spitis, caundrens, pottes, rakkis, and odir necessaries for Cokis. Item, wode and colis.

Written in dorso are some further memoranda, scarcely legible; amongst them are:—

It., chesis for pouer men and moer gees.

It., remembre milke, pulters, egges.

It., wyne for grene geese.

It., remembre pygges.

Notes

• Originally "frumenty or" was written; "frumenty" was struck out and "browes of capons" inserted.
• Originally "sode beeff and moton, pigge and vele".
• Originally "venison, grene geesse &c."
• Originally "iiij li."