93. ACCOUNTS BY NICHOLAS WENDOVER 1468-72
Wendover may possibly have been in the service of Thomas Stonor. The account is on a single sheet of paper folded bookwise, and contains entries
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.
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"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." In the digital collection Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/ACA1723.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 23, 2024.
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Page 99, vol. 1
made at various dates. The first is the most interesting as a year's account with a servant. From Ch. Misc., 37, iii, 24.
Md. That Thomas Pratt hath made comenant to serve Nicholas Wendover fro Michaell masse the yere of the regne of Kyng Edward the iiijthe the viij yere by a whole yere, takyng for his labur xiij. s. iiij. d., and a goune cloth: and therof he hath receyved in price of half a bote lether vij. d., also of my wyff iiij. d.; also in price of a peyre hosyn, ix. d.; also for a peyre shon vj. d.; also in money, j. d.; also to pay for cloutyng of his shon j d.; for offering, j d.; to bie wyth a peyre shon, vj. d.; to bye wyth a bowe xij. d.; also payed to Welyam Onyat for a peyre hosen, ix. d.; also to Richard Taylour for makyng of his doubelett, vj. d.; Item for a peyre of shon at Weteringes opon seynt Laurence eve, vj. d.; Item, for an apron bought at Wycombe ij. d. ob.; payed in money wen he went to Nettelbed viij. d.; also to paye fore his hosyn at Rysburgh xvij. d.; Item to make his botes viij. d.; Item to John James for mend|yng of his doubelett j d. ob.; to bye wyth arowe hedes ij. d.; for drink|yng money geve by our parson, ij. d.; Item payed to hymself to bye wyth a peyre shon viij. d.; and payed for lether ij. d.; Item at his departyng ij. s. Et ultra nunc debetur T. Pratt xvj. d. et pro servicio suo a festo Michaelis usque festum.
Another account is with Johane Laurence who served for a year from St. Martin's Day, 1468, for 10s. and "a goune cloth". She had in money "for lynyng of her goune" 2s. 8d., and "to goe to Richard Tayler's weddyng iiij. d." with some other small sums.
Other memoranda are of sale of stock, the last being: Delyverd to John Ive at Astwyke the Monday nexte aftyr Seynte Barnabyes day the xij yere off the Reyne off Kyng Edward the iiijth xlix olde shepe and xxij lambys.
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The reading is doubtful, perhaps ultimo.