Add MS 7966 A

WARDROBE ACCOUNTS: accounts for the King's Wardrobe, 29 Edward I; 20 Nov. 1300 - 20 Nov. 1301, with additional material for 1302. Latin. Origin: England. John Droxford was Keeper of the Wardrobe and John Benstead Controller. For a modern edition of Wardrobe records of this period, with introduction, see Byerly, ed., Records of the Wardrobe and Household. Excerpts from the present MS. are printed in:

H. Johnstone, 'The chapel of St Louis, Greyfriars, London', EHR, 56 (1941),

pp. 447-450; E. L. G. Stones, 'The mission of Thomas Wale and Thomas Delisle from Edward I to Pope Boniface VIII in 1301', Nottingham Medieval Studies, 26 (1982), pp. 8-28. Owned by Thomas Martin, antiquary (d. 1771), whose signature appears, f. ii. Subsequently owned by Craven Ord, see heraldic bookplate, f. i. Bound at the front of the volume are pages of memoranda concerning the MS. by Craven Ord, ff. iii-xix passim. Purchased with Add. 7965, 7967, 7968 at Craven Ord's sale, Evans, 25 Jan. 1830, lot 1005.

Vellum and paper; ff. xix+187. Old foliation, 18th-19th cent., in ink and pencil, arabic numerals, foot recto, from f. 1. 320 x 215mm. approx. f. 186 is a roll of two membranes mounted in the volume: 120.7cm x 193mm. Gatherings: i8, ii4, iii6, iv6(lacks 1, 2), f. 22 irregular, v8 (lacks 6-8), vi8 (lacks 1), vii8, viii10, ix8, x-xi4, xii-xiv8, xv4, ff. 93, 94 irregular, xvi8, ff. 103-104 single bifolium, xvii8, xviii6, xix4, xx4 (lacks 1, 2), xxi8, xxii6(lacks 2, 3), xxiii8(lacks 3), xxiv8(lacks 1-4), xxv8, xxvi6, xxvii16 (lacks 12, 13), xxviii8, xix8 (roll attached to 8), f. 187 irregular. Single columns. Documentary cursive script. Paper ff. xiv, xv are possibly fly-leaves from a previous binding.

Contents:

1. ff. 1-17. Book of the controller of receipt.

2. ff. 18v-27v. Alms given by the King and and the Wardrobe clerks.

3. ff. 28v-50. Necessary expenses.

4. ff. 51v-76. Expenses of the Scottish wars.

5. ff. 77v-117. Fees and wages of knights, esquires, archers, etc.

6. ff. 118v-121. Wages of sailors and for provisioning of ships.

7. 122v-129. Expenses of messengers and cooks.

8. ff. 130v-133. Expenses for falconry and game.

9. ff. 134v-142v. Robes for the household.

10. ff. 143-152. Jewels purchased. Imperfect? at the beginning. With inventory of jewels in hand at the beginning of the year of account.

11. ff. 153-157v. Purchases made by the Great Wardrobe, and for the Prince of Wales, the Countess of Holland, etc.

12. ff. 158-185. Contrarotulus of prests.

13. f. 186. Inventory of jewels of Queen Margaret; 6 June 30 Edward I [1302]. A roll bound into the volume.

14. f. 187. Allowances made by the Treasurer for Elizabeth, Countess of Holland and her household; 24 Feb. 1301.