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The Records of Lady Margaret Beaufort
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Account: James Morice

Account of James Morice:
First for the bordyng [boarding] of Maistres [Mistress] Jan by the space of iij wek [weeks] and v dayes [days] at xvj d. the wek [week iiij s. xj d.
Item for th ebordyng [boarding] of M Elyner Massingham by the space of v wek [weeks] iiij daies [days] at vvj d. the wek [week] summa vij s. v d.
Item for the cost of ij men with ij horses by the space of ij daies [days] comyng [coming] and goyng [going] from Roydon to London for the breyng [bringing] the said M Elyner to my lord of Surret at xid the day ech [each] man and horse iiij s.
Item paid to Mayne the paynter [painter] in party [part] payment of vj li. xiij s. iiij d. for the making of ij tables of the pictur[e] of my ladies [lady's] grace lij s. iiij d.
Item in reward to the said James [Morice] towards his bothier [boat hire] ad [and] his cost for his attendyng [attending] abowt [about] such besnes [business] as my ladies [lady's] executors comaunded [commanded] hym [him] to do in London, for Cristes College.
To James Mores [Morrice] xxiij s. viij d.
Signed. Jo. roffs.

Morice, James

Account: Lady Margaret's will

An account for Lady Margaret's executors:
In primis [first] to Tybyll bor meny [many] writyngs [writings] perteynyng [pertaining] to my lady xx s.
Item to John Bear to wrytyng [writing] for hur [her] testament ij s.
Item to Myddleton [Middleton] for a gown whych [which] he shuld [should] have had at my ladies [lady's] interment not alowed [allowed] in the funeralls [funerals] xxvj s. viij d.
Signed. Jo Roffs.

Account of expenditure

Furst [First] of Thursday the xxix day of November whyn wentt [when went] to London to Master Arsdekyn [Archdeacon] with letteres [letters] furst [first] at grayffyshend [Gravesend] for my drenyke j d.
Item for my barghayre [barge hire] and my mantell [mantle] iiij d.
Item the smae day at London for my dener and sopper [dinner and supper] iiij d.
Item the same neytt [night] for my bott hayre [boat hire] to Lambeth and fro j d.
Item for my bede [bed] and my dreynke [drink] j d. ob.
Item of fryday [Friday] the xxx day of November for my barghayre [barge hire] and my mantell [mantle] iij d.
Item the same day at Grayffyshend [Gravesend] for my dreynke [drink] ob.
Summa xv d.
Signed: Jo Roffs.

Account of expenditure 'For my Lady'

Account of expenditure 'for my lady'
Furst [First] of Monday the xxij day of Julii [July] when I ewent to Master Harsdeynke for my dener [dinner[ at Grayffyshend [Gravesend] ij d.
Item for my barghayre [barge hire] and my mantell [mantle] iij d.
Item the same neytt [night] at London for my sopper [supper] and my bede [bed] iij d.
Item of Tewysday the xxiij day of Julii [July] for my barghayre [barge hire] and my mantell [mantle] iij d.
Item my dreynke [drink] at j d.
Summa xij d.
Signed: Jo Roffs.

On reverse: Item to the mesynger [messenger] that broght the Kyngs [King's] letters by the hands of Mr Officiall xiij s. iiij d.

Accounts: patterns for tomb

An account or receipt, " for my lady the Kings [King's] grandame whoe soulle [soul] God pardonne [pardon], account for 'patron' [patterns] for her tomb, amounting to £4.13.4." The document mentions Master Peter [Torregiano] and the Prior of St Bartholomeu
Signed: Jo. Roffs

Agreement: Fulk Woodhull

Agreement between Lady Margaret and Foulk Woodhall [Fulk Woodhull] of Warkworth, Northamptonshire, for his marriage settlement with Elizabeth Webb, one of Lady Margaret's gentlewomen.

Woodhull, Fulk

Agreement: inheritance of Henry of Richmond

Agreement, Lady Margaret and Thomas Lord Stanley, in the presence of Edward IV, whereby Stanley undertakes:

  • not to oppose Margaret's settlement of her Somerset estates, [see SJLM/3/2/1]
  • to grant her life interest in his estates as before agreed [see SJLM/4/3/2/1 and SJLM/4/3/2/4]
  • that Henry, Earl of Richmond [Margaret's son] be allowed a share in the estates of Margaret, Duchess of Somerset if he come to England and be in the king's favour.

Allowance: John Haryson [Harrison]

Expenses of John Haryson from Hatfield to Greenwich by command of Lady Margaret to be with the Queen [Katherine of Aragon]; and his boat hire to Westminster the night before the coronation to `open the back gates'; and boat hire to London again to fetch black cloth for the frater [brotherhood ?]; signed by Thomas Mawdesley.

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