A. V. 289. Ch. X. Ch. V. Ch. XX. Ch. III. Ch. XI. Ch. XVII. Ch. XII. C. 64. Licence to hold in mortmain. Edward IV. Letters Patent of 1 Ric. III, May 21, 1484, releasing Drapers from Forfeitures. On vellum with seal. Transcribed in Appendix, vol. i, No. XVI. Bargain and Sale of Cromwell's House and garden by Henry VIII to the Drapers. On vellum, seal attached. Grant of Cromwell's House, 1543-4, 35 Hen. VIII, for consideration of 1,800 marks. On vellum, with initial enclosing figure of Henry VIII, and elaborate head-line. Seal attached. May 21, 1611, 6 James I. Letters Patent reconfirming grant of Cromwell's House. June 12, 1 Eliz., 1559. Exemplification of a Memorandum in the Exchequer of a Judgement in Michaelmas Term, 5 and 6 Philip and Mary, releasing the Drapers' Company from the royal claim for £152 6s. 8d. representing eight years' arrears on the annual sum of £19 os. 1od. arising out of obits under the Chantries Act, i Ed. VI, c. 14. On vellum, with initial enclosing figure of the Queen, and elaborate head-line. Seal attached. A copy of the same, A. III. 131. Inspeximus Charter, April 12, 2 Eliz., 1560. On vellum, with an initial letter enclosing figure of the Queen. Seal attached. Transcribed in Appendix, vol. ii. July 5, 1561. Confirmation by William Hervy, Clarencieux King of Arms, of the Arms granted to the Drapers' Company by William Bruges, Garter, on March 10, 1439, with an additional grant of crest and supporters. Framed at Drapers' Hall. Transcribed in Appendix, vol. ii. Decree of Chancery re Howell's legacy, September 4, 6 Eliz., 1563-4, with pedigree attached. On vellum, with seal. Exemplification of a Decree in Chancery, made June 24, 1 Eliz., 1558–9, in case of Cysely Thomas and others, kin of Thomas Howell, plaintiffs against Sir W. Chester and other Masters and Wardens of the Drapers' Company. On vellum, with seal. Ch. 65. 17 Eliz., May 30, 1575. Decree in Chancery ratifying order of Master of Rolls, discharging Master and Wardens from payment to one of the plaintiffs, in whose favour a decree had been made, she not being found in the Herbal or Pedigree of Howell. No. in Catalogue. Ch. XVI. January 2, 1594, 36 Eliz. Exemplification of a Bill in suit of Kath. Phyllyp and others of kin of Thos. Howell, plaintiff, and Benedict Barnham and others, against the Master and Wardens, defendants. Also of answer, and orders certifying pedigree made June 11, 5 Eliz. Ch. VI. February 6, 1598, 40 Eliz. Ch. I. A. V. 290. A. III. 129. A. 535. 140 +795 Confirmation of the grant of The Herber to the Drapers. On vellum, with initial enclosing figure of the Queen, and elaborate head-line. Seal attached. Promulgation of Ordinances by the Chancellor, Nic. Bacon and others, November 18, 19 Eliz., 1576-7. On vellum, with elaborate initial letter and head-line. Seal attached. Certificate of Will. Camden, Clarencieux King of Arms, as to arms borne by H. Fitzalwyn, First Mayor of London, and that he was free of the Drapers' Company. October 30, 1613, James I. Certificate of obits presented to the King's Commissioners, 1547. Transcribed, Appendix, vol. ii. Quaint Schedule of Obits. 34 Hen. VIII, 1542-3. Wardens' Accounts. The earliest that we have begin in 1413, and are continued with some gaps to the year 1441-2. They are written in Norman French. These have been fully transcribed in the Appendix, vol. i, No. XVIII, with a brief description. From the year 1442 to 1475 we are left without any authorities except that of the Book of Ordinances, which contains the ordinances originally drawn up in 1405 but only committed to writing and added to in the year 1460. This is followed by further ordinances as revised in 1560. This book is described and partly transcribed, partly abstracted, in the Appendices, vol. i, No. XVII; vol. ii. We have also an Ordinance Book for the Bachelors as revised in 1560. This book is bound very much like the other Ordinance Book. But the ordinances only take up four pages written on both sides. The rest of the pages are blank. Appendix, vol. ii. With the year 1475 the Wardens' Accounts again become our most important authority, and from henceforth are continuous. In the year 1481 they are supplemented by the Renters' Accounts, which are also continuous, except for the interval between 1485 and 1506. No. in Catalogue. 403 143 140 A. 148 176 These accounts are found in the following volumes: 1. Wardens' Accounts, 1475-6 to 1508-9. This is a folio volume measuring 16x II inches, in its original leather binding on stout wooden boards, with an impressed diagonal pattern. The first leaf is of vellum, the rest paper. The vellum leaf and the three following leaves are filled with miscellaneous entries, one of 1472-3, the rest of a later date than the first account, headed with the name Ihesus, or the names Jhesus, Maria. Among these entries is a list of the plate owned by the Fellowship in 1493. The accounts occupy eighty-four leaves. The accounts are in English, but till 1477-8 the headings are in Latin. "In tempore'. In the following year the English heading is added, and in 1493 the Latin disappears. The writing, which is in court hand, is good up to the year 1491 and embellished with ornamental initials, but after that date the ink is bad and the handwriting poor. The eight last leaves are again filled with miscellaneous entries, and with an inventory of the plate in 1524. Cf. Appendix. The book is in excellent preservation. 2. Wardens' Accounts, 1508-9 to 1546-7. This and the following volume are wrongly labelled Renters' Accounts' and numbered in that series. The accounts are not in book form, but each consists of a separate section, written on paper, the whole being enclosed in a vellum cover. After 1515 they contain only casual items not included in the Repertories. The volume is much begrimed with dirt. Rough Minutes, 1525-6. Loose sheets in very bad condition. These were found unfastened, in an old cover of vellum. The cover also contained the earliest Wardens' Accounts, which are now printed. Appendix, vol. i, No. XVIII. 3. Wardens' Accounts, 1547-8 to 1561-2. A continuation of the volume immediately above, bound in vellum. The paper is very much torn in parts, and in a filthy condition. The volume is much larger than its predecessor, the vellum cover having been made to fit one of the accounts, which is larger than the rest, and is greatly torn and mutilated. 4. Wardens' Accounts, 1562-3 to 1604-5. Unbound; in a bad condition. Renters' Accounts. These deal more especially with the rents of property, chiefly house property, belonging to the No. in Catalogue. Fellowship, the expenses of building and reparations, and the quit rents due by the Fellowship. There are four volumes of these accounts up to the year 1560, all of them on paper loosely stitched in stout vellum covers. Vol. I. 1481-5. Vol. III, 1525-38. Vol. IV. 1539-60. Vol. V. 1561-1605. The accounts for the years 1486-1505 have disappeared. Until the year 1494 the accounts of the Renters were kept quite separate from those of the Wardens. After that date the balance of the Renters' Account was paid over to the Wardens' Account for the year. Renters' Accounts of Thomas Howell's Lands. 1540-56. Leases of Howell's Lands. A thin paper folio with tattered parchment cover; only seven leaves are written on. It also contains a brief list of the title-deeds of his property. In Accounts, 1547–61 (148), fo. 11 b, will be found a tryall of all the several payments of Howell's orphans throughout all the Repertories and Journals'. Thomas Howell's Ledger. Giving an account of his property and commercial transactions from 1519 to 1527. A large volume on paper in vellum binding, much wormeaten, with his initials both on the outside and on the first page. Appendix, vol. ii. Rental, 1580-4. This book was compiled by John Brooke, who was elected Renter November 21, 1580. It contains a list of the tenants of the Company's lands, and of Howell's lands arranged under localities, followed by an account of the payments of each tenant at the quarterly terms from 1580 to 1584. An alphabetical index of tenants is prefixed to the volume, Bound in leather with stamped diamond pattern, but decayed and in need of repair, At the end of this book are found the following documents: 1. A receipt given by the widow of Antony Hussye for certain moneys repaid her by the Society of Merchants of Russia. 2. A Bill of Exchange paid on account of the Merchants of Russia. 3. A Petition to the Lord Treasurer to be allowed to re-export certain goods brought from Russia. 4. A Bill of lading of cargoes of goods, belonging to A a No. in Catalogue. 130 140 A. 252 members of the Eastland Company. Appendix, vol. ii. The Repertories. These are the minutes of the Fellowship, which were probably read at the Quarter Day Meetings of the Court, The main subjects treated of are: 1. Notices of Public Events in which the Fellowship was concerned. 2. Precepts of the Mayor. 3. Admissions to the Council or Court of Assistants, the 4. Elections, election feasts, and civic pageants. 7. Ordinances framed by the Council or Court of 8. Purchases of property. 9. After 1515 they contain many of the Wardens' Accounts. In short, they supply us with information as to the public events with which the Fellowship were concerned, and on the internal government of the Gild. The first of these Repertories commence, as we find stated, in the time of John Mylborn Alderman and Master of the Guild or Fraternity of St. Mary of Drapers of London, Peter Starkey, John Hasylwood, William Dolphyn and Anthony Burgh, Wardens of the same Guild or Fraternity ... in the year of our Lord 1515'. It runs from 1515 to As this series is numbered 7 it seems probable that there were earlier series which have been lost. It is written in court hand on paper, and bound in rough calf. The handwriting varies, but it is sometimes excellent and always legible, except on the four last pages which are stained and injured by damp. Besides this Repertory 7, 1515-53, we have two addi tional Rough Minutes or Accounts which cover the same period: I. 1525-6. 2. 1531-6. The last leaf of this volume contains an extract from the Husting Pleas of Land of the date I Ric. III. |
