A Common-place book of the fifteenth century, containing a religious play and poetry, legal forms and local accounts. Printed from the original ms. at Brome Hall, Suffolk, by Lady Caroline Kerrison. Edited with notes by Lucy Toulmin Smith.

R. MELTON'S ACCOUNT: WITH MISTRESS FROXMER. [folio 27a]

This byll witnessith of sweche money as I, R. Melton, reseyuyd of Mastras Froxmer [I.e., Catherine, daughter of Thomas Cornwallis, married to Francis Froxmer.—Collins' Peerage, 1812, ii. p. 538.] for serteyne cornne y^t I, R. Melton, solde longyng to the seyd M. Froxmer from Candylmes in the xxiij^ti yere of the reigne of Harry the vij^th [A.D. 1507-8] on to mydsummer neste after that.

Furst I reseyuyd for x cumbe for the seyd Mastras Froxmer . . . . .	xxxs.
Item for v cumbe mesclyn . . . .	xjs.
Item for vij cumbe mawlte . . . .	xijs. iiijd.
Summa	liijs. iiijd.
Wher of payed to the seyd Mastras Froxmer in money upon the xx day of Agust the same yere aboue seyd . . . .	vjs. viijd. [There are two mistakes in this account, Melton probably overlooked this viijd. in his addition, being over the leaf.] [folio 27b]
Item delyuered to Mastras Froxmer up on the xxijti day of Agust in the same yere afor seyd a qwartur of whete, the price . .	vjs.
Item for a quartur of maulte delyuered the same tyme to mastras Froxmer, the price.	vjs. viijd.
Summa payed and delyuered to the seyd Mastres Froxmer . . .	xviijs. viijd.
And so ther restyth in the handes of me R. Melton . . . . . . .	xxxiiijs. viijd.
And with that xxxiiijti s. viijd.
Furst I bowte iiij quarturs of whete, the price of a quartur is iiijs. [jd.] . . Summa	xvjs. iiijd.
Item for iiij quarturs mesclyn, the price of a quartur is iijs. iiijd. . . Summa	xiijs. iiijd.

Item for ij quarturs of barly, the price of a quartur is ijs. viijd. . . . Summa	vs. iiijd.

Summa payed for whete, mescly[n], and barly xxxvs.

And so is owyng me iiijd.