Early English Meals and Manners

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¶ Butlers towellis.

¶ xxxvj butlers towellis, the length of a towell an ell & a half[3] // & quarter brode / that is, iiij towellis of an ell & a half,[3] of ell brode clothe.

¶ ffor the mayres offessers.

¶ ffirst ffor sewers & carwers / iiij towellis of fyne clothe, ij ellis longe, & half a yarde brode, summa iiij ellis.

ffor drawers of ale & wyne.

viij apurns, summa viij ellis ¶ Item x portpayns to bere in brede/ ¶ summa xxxviij ellis.

¶ wyne.

Rede wyne, a tonne / Claret wyne, a pipe; whit wyne, a hoggishede / ypocras xl. galons.

¶ Brede.

viij quarters of chet brede / In manchettis vij^s[4] In trenchar brede viij^s / In ob[5] brede iiij; Item in wafers ix^xx messe[6] / & the waferer must brynge Couerpayns for to serue owt his wafers.