Item, for making of two Grene coates for the saide William Sommer, the one garded with Vellat, the other playne and lyned with cotton.
Some other accounts seem to have vanished altogether. Jane appears to have been in trouble again, as among the lists of New Year’s gifts for 1556 are two:
Geven to a woman dwellyng at Burye for healing Jane the Foole her eye, oone guilt salt with cover.
To Maistres Ager for keping the saide Jane during the time of the healing of her eye, two guilt saltes.
The relative handsomeness of these gifts seems to show Mary’s appreciation of her Woman Fool. A later account at the Record Office (427, 18 Exchequer Accounts, 27th March, 6 Mary, Greenwich) shows continued liberality:
Item thre yerdes of blacke Satten geven to Mʳ Barnes, being Jane Foole her Valantyne.
Item, for making of a petycoat for Lady Jane Seymour of Scarlet garded with crimson vellat, &c....
Item for making of a Dowch Gowne for Jane our foole of blew fustyan of Naples, the pleights lyned with cotton and buckram, the bodyes and sleeves with fustyan, the upper sleeves with fryse and for making of a kyrtle for her of striped mockado, lyned with cotton, the bodyes and placard with lynnen clothe. And for making of another dowche gown for her of wrought fustian of Naples, the pleights lyned with cotton and buckram, the bodyes and sleeves with fustyan, the upper sleeves with fries and the collor with paste buckram and also for making of a kirtle for her of striped Russet lyned with cotton the bodyes and placarde lyned with lynnen cloth.
Item for three yerdes of Russet Clothe to make a gowne for William Sommers his sister....
Item, delivered to the saide Lady Jane Seymour six peces of blak jeane poynting ribande four peces of hollowe lase, one pece of girdling and thre ownce of crimson sylke in graine.