With their PRICES, DISHES, &c.

Temp. H. VIII.

THE marriage of my son-in-law Gervas[1] Clifton and my daughter Mary
Nevile, the 17th day of January, in the 21st year of the reigne of our
Soveraigne Lord King Henry the VIIIth.

L s d
First, for the apparell of the said Gervys Clifton and
Mary Nevill, 21 yards of Russet Damask, every yard 8s[2], 7 14 8

Item, 6 yards of White Damask, every yard 8s. 48 0
Item, 12 yards of Tawney Camlet, every yard 2s. 8d[3]. 49 4
Item, 6 yards of Tawney Velvet, every yard 14s. 4 4 0
Item, 2 rolls of Buckrom, 0 6 0
Item, 3 Black Velvet Bonnits for women, every bonnit 17s. 51 0
Item, a Fronslet[4] of Blue Velvet, 0 7 6
Item, an ounce of Damask Gold[5], 0 4 0
Item, 4 Laynes[6] of Frontlets, 0 2 8
Item, an Eyye[7] of Pearl, 24 0
Item, 3 pair of Gloves, 0 2 10
Item, 3 yards of Kersey; 2 black, 1 white, 0 7 0
Item, Lining for the same, 0 2 0
Item, 3 Boxes to carry bonnits in, 0 1 0
Item, 3 Pasts[8], 0 0 9
Item, a Furr of White Lusants[9], 40 0
Item, 12 Whit Heares[10], 12 0
Item, 20 Black Conies, 10 0
Item, A pair of Myllen[11] Sleves of white sattin, 0 8 0
Item, 30 White Lamb Skins, 0 4 0
Item, 6 yards of White Cotton, 0 3 0
Item, 2 yards and 1/2 black sattin, 0 14 9
Item, 2 Girdles, 0 5 4
Item, 2 ells of White Ribon, for tippets, 0 1 1
Item, an ell of Blue Sattin, 0 6 8
Item, a Wedding Ring of Gold, 0 12 4
Item, a Millen Bonnit, dressed with Agletts, 0 11 0
Item, a yard of right White Sattin, 0 12 0
Item, a yard of White Sattin of Bridge[12], 0 2 4

The Expence of the Dinner, at the marriage of said Gervys Clifton and Mary
Nevile. Imprimis,
Three Hogsheads of Wine, 1 white, 1 red, 1 claret 5 5 0
Item, 2 Oxen, 3 0 0
Item, 2 Brawns[13], 1 0 0
Item, 2 Swans[14], every Swan 2 s, 0 12 0
Item, 9 Cranes[15], every Crane 3 s. 4d. 1 10 0
Item, 16 Heron sews[16], every one 12 d. 0 16 0
Item, 10 Bitterns, each 14d. 0 11 8
Item, 60 couple of Conies, every couple 5d, 25 0
Item, as much Wild-fowl, and the charge of the same, as cost 3 6 8
Item, 16 Capons of Grease[17], 0 16 0
Item, 30 other Capons, 0 15 0
Item, 10 Pigs, every one 5d. 0 4 2
Item, 6 Calves, 0 16 0
Item, 1 other Calf, 0 3 0
Item, 7 Lambs, 0 10 0
Item, 6 Withers[18], ever Wither 2s. 4d. 0 14 0
Item, 8 Quarters of Barley[19] Malt, every quarter 14s. 5 10 0
Item, 3 Quarters of Wheat, every quarter 18 s. 54 0
Item, 4 dozen of Chickens , 0 6 0
Besides Butter, Eggs, Verjuice, and Vinegar

In Spices as followeth.

Two Loaves of Sugar[20], weighing 16 lb. 12 oz. at 7d. per lb. 0 9 9
Item, 6 pound of Pepper, every pound 22d. 0 11 0
Item, 1 pound of Ginger, 0 2 4
Item, 12 pound of Currants, every pound 3 2d 0 3 6
Item, 12 pound of Proynes[21], every pound 2d. 0 2 0
Item, 2 lb. of Marmalet, 0 2 1
Item, 2 Poils[22] of Sturgeon, 0 12 4
Item, a Barrell for the same, 0 0 6
Item, 12 lb. of Dates, every lb. 4d. 0 4 0
Item, 12 lb of Great Raisons[23], 0 2 0
Item, 1 lb. of Cloves and Mace, 0 8 0
Item, 1 quarter of Saffron, 0 4 0
Item, 1 lb. of Tornself[24], 0 4 0
Item, 1 lb. of Ising-glass, 0 4 0
Item, 1 lb. of Biskitts, 0 1 0
Item, 1 lb. of Carraway Seeds, 0 1 0
Item, 2 lb of Cumfitts, 0 2 0
Item, 2 lb. of Torts[25] of Portugal, 0 2 0
Item, 4 lb. of Liquorice and Anniseeds, 0 1 0
Item, 3 lb. of Green Ginger, 0 4 0
Item, 3 lb. of Suckets[26], 0 4 0
Item, 3 lb. of Orange Buds, 4 s. 0 5 4
Item, 4 lb. of Oranges in Syrup, 0 5 4
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Totall L. 61 8 8
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[Footnote 1: Gervas] below Gervys. So unsettled was our orthography,
even in the reign of Henry VIII. So Nevile, and below Nevill. Mary,
third daughter of Sir John Nevil of Chever, was first wife of Sir
Gerv. Clifton of Clifton, com. Nott. Knight.]
[Footnote 2: 8s.] The sum is L. 7. 14 s. 8 d. but ought to be L. 8. 8s.
so that there is some mistake here. N.B. This manuscript is
given in our common figures; but the original, no doubt, is in the
Roman.]
[Footnote 3: 2s. 8d.] This again is wrongly computed. There may be other
mistakes of the same kind, which is here noted once for all; the reader
will easily rectify them himself.]
[Footnote 4: Fronslet.] f. Frontlet, as lin. 10.]
[Footnote 5: Damask Gold.] Gold of Damascus, perhaps for powder.]
[Footnote 6: Laynes.] qu.]
[Footnote 7: Eyye.] f. Egg.]
[Footnote 8: Pasts.] Pastboards.]
[Footnote 9: Lusants.] qu.]
[Footnote 10: Heares]. f. Hares.]
[Foornote 11: Myllen], Milan, city of Lombardy, whence our
millaner, now milliner, written below millen.]
[Footnote 12: Bridge]. Brugge, or Bruges, in Flanders.]
[Footnote 13: Brawns]. The Boar is now called a Brawn in the North, vid.
p. 126.]
[Footnote 14: 2 Swans]. f. 6 Swans.]
[Footnote 15: Cranes]. v. p. 67.]
[Footnote 16: Heron sews]. In one word, rather. See p. 139.]
[Footnote 17: of Grease]. I presume fatted.]
[Footnote 18: Withers]. Weathers.]
[Footnote 19: Barley malt]. So distinguished, because wheat and oats were
at this time sometimes malted. See below, p. 172.]
[Footnote 20: Loaves of Sugar]. So that they now had a method of refining
it, v. p. xxvi.]
[Footnote 21: Proynes]. Prunes, v. p. 148.]
[Footnote 22: Poils]. Misread, perhaps, for Joils, i.e. Jowls.]
[Footnote 23: Great Raisons, ] v. p. 38.]
[Footnote 24: Tornselt]. Turnfole, v. p. 38.]
[Footnote 25: Torts]. qu.]
[Footnote 26: Suckets]. These, it seems, were sold ready prepared in the
shops. See the following Rolls.]

Sir John Nevile, of Chete, Knight.