The Expense Book of James Master Esq., of Yotes Court, Mereworth. AD 1646-55

( 152 ) THE EXPENSE-BOOK OE JAMES MASTER, ESQ., A.D. 1646 TO 1676. TRANSCRIBED BY MRS. DALISON, OE HAMPTONS, AND EDITED, WITH AN J.NTKODUCTION, BY CANON SCOTT EOBEETSON. VEET. little is accurately known respecting the home life and habits of Kentish gentlemen during the troubled period of the Commonwealth. Sir Roger Twysden's valuable Journal deals with public matters during that period; but the Master manuscript, which Mrs. Dalison of Hamptons has transcribed, admits us into the very arcana of Kentish social life, between A.D. 1646 and 1676. It is written with exquisite neatness, in a vellum-covered "paper-book" of 196 pages, each six inches long by seven and a half broad. In this clearly written manuscript, Mr. James Master, who in the autumn of 1650 purchased, from his stepfather, Votes Court, in Mereworth (which now belongs to his descendant, Viscount Torrington), carefully recorded his daily expenditure. As a Eellow- Commoner at Trinity College, in Cambridge; as a law-student at Lincoln's Inn ; as a Kentish bachelor of fortune, residing first at Scadbury, in Chislehurst, with his stepbrother, Thomas Walsingham, and his wife Lady Ann, daughter of the Earl of Suffolk; and migrating later to the house of his own sister Elizabeth, who married Edward Manning, Esq., he kept a faithful record of his daily expenses. His marriage, in July 1666, to a daughter of Dr. Peter Salmon, did not change this habit. He continued during ten years of his married life to jot down, as before, all his payments. Nathaniel Master, his father (a younger brother of Sir Edward Master, M.P. for Canterbury), having left East Langdon, near Dover, at an early age, to be apprenticed in London, obtained the freedom of the Grocers' Company, and became a thriving merchant in Bishopsgate. He had received £1200 from his father, the- squire of East Langdon; and in or before 1619, when about thirty-four years of age, Nat. Master married Elizabeth, daughter of Richard Bourne, a merchant in the parish of St. Michael, Cornhill. Her mother, Judith Cowper, was a sister of William Cowper, who in 1611 had married Nat. Master's sister Martha, and from whom the Earls Cowper descended. The old squire at home, Nat.'s father, had in his later years married as his third wife one Judith Bourne, a relative of Nat.'s wife. There was thus a fourfold connection between the families of Bourne, Cowper, and Master, THE EXPENSE-BOOK OE JAMES MASTER, ESQ. 153 At the time of Nat. Master's marriage with Elizabeth Bourne, about 1619, his father agreed to bequeath to him £1000, which was paid in 1631, when the old squire died. Nathaniel did not long survive.his father, but died in 1633, leaving directions that £500 should be expended upon his funeral. His widow, thirty-three years of age, with two sons and one daughter, was left well provided for. She received one entire third part of her husband's property, together with the lease of his house at Highgate. Her eldest son, whose Expense-Book is before us, was about eleven years old when his father died, so she had all her children's property to administer. Hnder these circumstances, Mrs. Nat. Master, the well-dowered young widow, quickly found another husband. Within less than two years after the death of Nathaniel Master she became the second wife of Sir Thomas Walsingham, of Scadbury, in Chislehurst, and of Little Chesterford, in Essex. At the latter place she seems to have resided after her second marriage, as her sons by Sir Thomas Walsingham were baptized at Little Chesterford— Erancis in October 1635, and Edmund in August 1639. The latter child was buried there two years later, in April 1641. We may therefore conclude that the youth of James Master was passed at Little Chesterford, which lies at the north-western extremity of Essex, close to Saffron Walden. In the same county, but further south, his mother's relatives, the Bournes, had, for sixty or seventy years, been resident landowners at Bobbingworth, near Epping. His stepbrother Thomas Walsingham, the only son of Sir Thomas by his first wife, Elizabeth Manwood of Hackington, near Canterbury, was about four years older than James Master. As the two youths were brought up together, in Sir Thomas Walsingham's house, the lad Master seems to have acquired a strong affection for his stepbrother young Thomas Walsingham. About, or just before, the time when James Master's diary of expenses commences, this stepbrother married Lady Ann Howard, daughter of Theophilus, Earl of Suffolk, whose house, Audley End, was very near Little Chesterford. Her sister became Countess of Orrery. The young couple settled down at Scadbury, in Chislehurst, Sir Thomas Walsingham's Kentish seat, and James Master went to reside with them there, paying a fixed sum for his board. At first he paid only 10s. a week, but when he bought a horse and kept a, manservant (in red livery) this payment was increased, until he ultimately paid £ 1 a week for the board of himself and his footboy. Lady Ann Walsingham's first child, born in 1647, was christened James, in honour of James Master, our diarist, who, upon his return home from Cambridge to Scadbury in July 1647, gave " to my brother Walsingham's child's nurse £00. 02s. OOd." Sir Thomas Walsingham, like many other other Kentish landowners, was an .active supporter of the Parliament against King Charles. In his family our diarist would be brought up under influences which we call Puritan, as distinguished from Royalist. Consequently we find that, at Chislehurst, the young gentleman regularly attended Divine Service upon the Monthly East Days 154 THE EXPENSE-BOOK OE JAMES MASTER, ESQ., appointed by the Parliament; and that other additional East Days were duly observed by him. He habitually gave the sum of one shilling at the " collection " on those days. Such contributions are duly recorded, in 1646 and 1647, on the Monthly Easts Nov. 26th, Dec. 30th, and January 27th, and also on Dec. 9th, which was an extra East Day. He enters on the 7th of Eebruary a similar sum as " Given at the Sacrament." We find also that many of the books which he purchased, perhaps the majority, were of a theological character. Evidently, young Master was imbued with the spirit of the " Parliament Men." His expense-book is especially interesting from this point of view. It puts before us a young Kentish gentleman, of the Parliamentary party, as somewhat of a dandy, an ardent lover of horses and hawking, frequenting Newmarket when at Cambridge, and a sporting man to the end of his days. The number of horses which he purchased and sold; his careful notes of their pedigrees and peculiarities ; his records of losses at horse races, at foot matches, at cock fighting, at bowls, and at other sports, will interest many readers who do not care for ordinary archaeological details. His repeated losses at cards when frequently visiting Sir Thomas Pelham, at Halland, near Lewes; or when "pigeoned" during a visit to Bath, are all duly chronicled. He gave freely at Christmas-tide and the New Year to musicians at Scadbury and in neighbouring houses. At the same time he was a man who read much, and the numerous entries respecting books which he purchased, are by no means the least interesting portion of his expense-diary. Several of them still remain in Mr. Dalison's library, at Hamptons, in West Peckham, bearing the autograph of James Master upon their flyleaves, and the price of the book noted in his own handwriting. The expense-book commences a few weeks after he had gone into residence at Trinity College, Cambridge, as a Eellow-Commoner; which he seems to have done at the end of October 1646. As his epitaph, in Mereworth Church, leads us to suppose that he was then nearly twenty-four years of age, it is natural to suggest that the troubled state of the kingdom must have delayed his entering the University. When King Charles had gone to the Scots, and all the Royalist garrisons had yielded, fighting ceased, the country was at peace, and young James Master went to Cambridge. As the details of Cambridge life during the Commonwealth are but little known, the record of his daily expenses there deserves more attention than other portions of the diary. His residence was interrupted, during the first quarter, by the business connected with his " coming of age," on the 14th of November 1646. 'He then went home, and attended in London at various offices of the Corporation, to. prove his age, and to give acquittances " acknowledging satisfaction" for money, which during his minority had been lodged for him at the Chamber of the City of London, in its Orphan and Legacy Department. The Chamberlain, the Town Clerk, the Common Serjeant, and the Common Crier, all had something to do in the matter, and fees were numerous. He ultimately left £2700 in A.D. 1646 TO 1676. 155 the hands of the Chamberlain on deposit, for which the City was to pay him interest, at the rate of 6 per cent, per annum. At the same time his stepfather, Sir Thomas Walsingham, held on mortgage a sum of £4100 belonging to the young man, for which 7 per cent, per annum was paid. James Master's fortune was therefore about £7000 ; and his income about £450 per annum. At Cambridge his College tutor was Mr. Bradshaw, who introduced him to the " chamber " apportioned to him. Eurniture for his chamber cost him £10 15s. Od.; and its rent was £ 1 per quarter. The College charge for tuition was £2 per quarter. As Eellow- Commoner he had assigned to him, as servitor, a poor student, technically called a Sizar, to whom he paid 10s. per quarter as wages; and for whom he provided candles and attendance. It should be noticed that the modern method of reckoning by " Terms " is never mentioned by Mr. Master; he speaks always of " the quarter." The bed-maker, chamber-woman, or char-woman received 6d. a,week for " dressing the chamber " of the Eellow-Commoner, and half as much for " dressing " his sizar's ehamber. His laundress was paid exactly the same as the woman who dressed his chamber, namely, 6d. a week. We find no allusion to any male attendant in his rooms, except the sizar; there was no "gyp," nor "scout," possibly the sizar did all that the Eellow-Commoner required. Eor his food, technically denominated " commons and sizing," the charge made by the College was about £6 16s. 6d. per quarter. He paid that sum, on the 25th of June, 1647, for the only quarter during which he was actually resident all the time. Sometimes his " commons " cost no more than Is. per day. When he was absent there was no charge for commons ; but the sum of one halfpenny a day was charged for " sizing," when he was not in Cambridge. During part of January and February 1646-7, as Mr. Master was still in Kent, his chamber in College was occupied by Mr. Buller, who paid its rent for half the quarter, and likewise paid the sizar's wages for that period. While he was at home, from December to February, Mr. Master strove to improve neglected portions of his education. A writingmaster came and gave him ten lessons, for 14 shillings; his fencingmaster received 22 shillings, probably for twenty-two lessons during six weeks. He learned to play the lute; hiring one, at first, for a month, and then purchasing an instrument for 50 shillings. Subsequently, at Cambridge, he paid 10 shillings per month for lute-lessons from a master. I t was, and still is, customary for every Eellow-Commoner to bestow upon his college a gift of silver plate. Eor this purpose Mr. Master bought a bowl, or tankard, or cup, which he calls a " silver can, weighing 18 ounces." Upon it he caused his arms to be engraved; the entire cost of the gift was £5 3s. Let us now see how this Eellow-Commoner dressed. He describes two suits which he procured while at home in January and February 1646-7. One was of "sad coloured" Spanish cloth (23 shillings per yard), lined with taffeta silk; its trimmings were 11 yards of silver 156 THE EXPENSE-BOOK OE JAMES MASTER, "ESQ., ribbon, and 28 of silk ribbon for points,* i.e., laces, each of which was three-quarters of a yard long, and had a tag at its end. Perhaps it was to renew these " points," or laces, that he purchased 21 yards of twopenny ribbon at Cambridge in April 1647. The second suit was of lead-coloured cloth, with points. A sword, with scabbard of sear cloth; four pairs of gloves (two pair perfumed, and other two of Cordovan leather, double seamed); goloshed boots and silvered spurs; black boot-tops, with gold and silver fringe ;f a hat with white band; plain linen cuffs for the wrists, and bands for the neck; a diamond ring with 15 stones ; linen socks, ankle worsted socks, and half-silk stockings; powder for the hair ; sweet powder for his linen; and four ounces of dried rose leaves, were new portions of young Master's wardrobe when he returned to Cambridge, for a continuous residence of four months. . That period of residence, from March 1st to July 1st, 1647, was practically the whole of his University training; although he retained his rooms in College until the middle of April 1648. When he left Scadbury for Cambridge, on the 25th of February 1646-7, he paid to his stepbrother £7 for his board during fourteen weeks, and gave gratuities to the Scadbury domestics.. To London he went by water, and thence for 8 shillings he hired a horse to Cambridge, sleeping en route at Ware, on the night of the 26th. His baggage went by carrier; two boxes and a lute. At Cambridge, burnt claret, raisins, and candles seem to have been his earliest expenses ; of raisins he was so fond that he frequently purchased a pound. In the third week, he hired a horse and went to Newmarket; and immediately afterwards we read that he was taken ill, and had to pay for sick diet. Healthy exercise out of doors is betokened by the purchase of a racket and tennis balls ; and a pair of thin waxed shoes may be suggestive of dancing. To modern readers, repeated entries of " cheese for the table " must cause surprise. It may be that, at the Fellow-Commoners' table, cheese was a luxurious extra, which each of them supplied in his turn; at a cost of about 6d. per week. Probably, however (oddly as it may sound), cheese really formed part of the dessert. On the 2nd of April 1647, the Fellow-Commoners adjourned, after dinner, to Mr. Master's chamber, for Combination, or dessert. On * Points. A few years later, Mr. Master wore on his suit of clothes a vast number of these tagged laces of ribbon. In Jan. 1649-50, he bought for one suit 72 yards of sixpenny ribbon, to make 96 points : in addition to 24 yards of shilling ribbon for trimmings. In Eeb. 1652-3 he had on another suit, 144 tagged laces of ribbon, made from 108 yards of 6&d. ribbon ; in addition to 24 yards of shilling ribbon for trimmings. The tagged or pointed ribbons were sewn on the bottom, of short petticoat-breeches; and by passing them through eylet holes in the tops of stirrup-hose, or stooldngs 2 yards wide at the top, these hose were made fast. t Soot-tops, or loot-1iose-to$s, inoreased amazingly in width during the Commonwealth. Mr. Master wore boot-topB of most dandified oharaoter. He had them of white silk, or sea-green silk, or sky-ooloured silk, or watchot silk, or black silk; upon some of his boot-tops he had laoe worth 5s. 6d. or lis. 6d. the yard; one yard on eaoh top. Some " tops " were of linen, some of oambrio, some of serge, ' A.D. 1646 TO 1676. 157 that occasion he paid Is. 6d. for cheese. Later on, in April 1648, when our diary-writer went to Cambridge to make his adieux, before entering as a Law-Student at Lincoln's Inn, he provided for the Vice-Master's table in Trinity College, at a cost of three shillings, •—wine and cheese! Were not they served together ? Our young Kentish gentleman gave at least one dinner-party in his chamber. On the 29 bh of June 1647, he records his payment of 5s. 4d. " for a dinner when Mr. Bearcroft dined in my chamber." Possibly he had previously entertained friends in his rooms, on the 21st of April, when he paid 3s. 6d. " for 2 pigeonpies, 4 cakes, and beer." He may again have shared with friends in his chamber one gooseberry tart with which he had a quart of cream on the 1st of June; and another such tart, which he supplemented with two quarts of cream, two days later. There may not be so much ground for scenting a private entertainment in the entry, on the 16th of June, of a cherry tart and a newsbook, oddly lumped together in one line under one payment. This Eellow-Commoner was much addicted to the consumption of cream and whey. We may hope that others of his period were also partial to beverages as innocent. There are several entries respecting sums spent at a "cream-house," which tend to shew that such harmless houses were popular places of resort. The Sun is the only inn which he mentions, and he seems to have been there but once, The "New Garden " he visited on the 19th of June, but it appears no more. His purchase of a chessboard and men for half a crown, and his gratuity to the servant who conducted him over the Printing House of the University Press, suggest that, although fond of horses and sport, Mr. Master was a thoughtful man of studious habits, who would con amore have been a diligent student had he not been a man of fortune. In accordance with this view, we notice his visit to the fine Library of Trinity College, and his gratuity to the Library Keeper on the 28th of June. He continued to take lessons on the lute until he quitted Cambridge for the Summer Vacation, paying each month to his teacher the sum of ten shillings. A similar sum he paid to his physician, Dr. Pratt, for attending him when he was ill early in April. His expenditure for wine was very small; four or five times only did he pay for a pint of white wine, costing 4d. or 6d., or a pint of sack. Besides riding twice over to Newmarket, he hired a horse one day and rode to Puekridge; he dined there, and the day's expenses were 9s. One day he spent on horseback, but does not tell us whither he went;. on another he rode to Boxworth, and ,seeins to have visited an uncle there. In his rooms he burnt turf fires, and in April paid 6d. for 50 turves. The College cook obtained a gratuity from him on the 19th of that month, and he enters it as "given to the cook's bason Is." The barber did not make much out of our friend, who paid him only 4s. for "trimming" him during 18 weeks. The books he bought seem to us remarkably cheap. The interest felt during November 1646 in the dealings of Parliament with the 158 THE EXPENSE-BOOK'OE JAMES MASTER, ESQ., Scots, to whom King Charles had entrusted himself for safe keeping, is indicated by the first payment of Is. for " ye_ Scots papers" and other pamphlets, including Parliament's Ordinance respecting the See-lands of the Bishops. The modern schoolboy will suspect that an English version of Virgil's Georgics was to be used as a " crib " at the University. Of Balzac's Letters he purchased two editions, in January 1646-7; the second copy, which was Sir Richard Baker's translation of them, published with his initials only, " R. B.," cost 3s.; while Bacon's Advancement of Learning was obtained for half that price. The works of Tully [Cicero], purchased for 7s. in January, were so unattractive to our diarist that in March he exchanged them for John Hall's Poems, Alex. Ross's Picture of the Conscience and Philosophical Touchstone, Colins' Uthics, and a book, by Magirus on Physics. The sum of l i s . 6d. obtained for him three Biographies ; one of Richard III (in 5 books), by Sir George Buck ; one of JUdward IV., by Wm. Habington ; and a History of the Reign of Louis XIII., from the death of Henry Quatre to A.D. 1629, written by Gabriel Bartholomew, Seigneur du Gramont. Sir Thomas Browne (author of the Religio Medici) had just published in folio his Pseudodoccia JEpidemica; or, Enquiries into very many received Tenets, and commonly presumed Truths. For this new work Mr. Master paid 6s. A book mentioned as The Oobler was probably one which caused some theological controversy, called " The Cobler's Sermon." The struggle between the Parliament (mainly Presbyterian), and its Army (mainly Independent), in 1646 and 1647, is brought to mind by Master's purchase of an Apology for the Army of Sir Thos. Fairfax. The Rev. Stephen Marshall was a popular preacher of Sermons, on Fasts and Days of Thanksgiving. One of these was bought by our Fellow-Commoner for 6d.; but he expended 2s. 4d. upon Edward Dacres' translation of Nicholas Machiavel's Discourses concerning the first Decade of Titus Livius. The latest Poems, in February 1647, were John Oleaveland's Character of a London Diwnal Maker, with several select poems, a quarto pamphlet for which 6d. was paid. The College authorities doubtless directed the purchase of JEthica, sive Summa Moralis Discipline, by Er. Eustachius ; for a translation of which, under the title of " Siimme of Philosophy," he disbursed 4s. The same direction probably led him to buy the Rev. Dr. Heylin's • Geography (Microcosmus, or Description of the World) for 5s.; The Mystery of Self deceiving, or a Discourse of the deceitfulness of Man's heart, by the Rev. Daniel Dyke; and " Sthalius his Axioms." In the month of June 1647 died that well-known scholar and schoolmaster, Dr. Thomas Farnaby, of Sevenoaks (formerly of Cripplegate, London), who, through the offspring of his two wives, founded two families; one in Sussex and another in Kent. He had written the Latin Grammar that superseded in the time of Charles I. Lilly's book, which had enjoyed a monopoly ever since the time of Henry VIII. A month before the Doctor's death, young Master purchased a copy of Earnaby's A.D. 1646 TO 1676. 159 Grammar for Is. 6d. An interesting biography of Dr. Farnaby, by Mr. H. W. Reynolds will be found in the Guardian newspaper, for September 5th, 1883. A few years before, at Boxley Abbey, died George Sandys, a great traveller and a poet, youngest son of the Archbishop of York. His Travels in Turkey, Egypt, Italy, etc., illustrated by 50 maps and plates, had been published in folio in 1621. Voung Master obtained a copy for 6s. 6d. in June 1647. The theological works of the Rev. William Ames (" Amesius " in Latin) seem to have been text-books, at Cambridge, when Master was there. He bought Ames's book De Conscientia for 2s. 4d.; his Medulla Theologica for 2s.; his Christiana Catechesis Sciographia, or Catechism, for Is. 6d.; and his Lectiones in Omnes Psalmos Davidis, or a translation of it, for 3s. 4d. These books were published in Frankfort or Amsterdam from 1623 to 1635 ; Ames died in 1633. The most remarkable purchase made by Master was a secondhand copy (we note that he himself uses the phrase " second hand"), of Philemon Holland's translation of Plutarch's Morals. Eor this he paid twenty-five shillings ; a sum larger than that paid for any new book. So much did he value it, that in April 1648 he paid 3s. 6d. to have Plutarch's Morals rebound. Modern readers puzzled by the book called the Man in the Moon, bought in February 1647-8, may be surprised to hear that it was written by the Rev. John Wilkins, who became Bishop of Chester, to shew that the moon might be habitable. Another book of his, called Mathematical Magic, or the Wonders that may be performed by mechanical Geometry, published in 1648, was bought at once by Master for 5s. 8d., in the April of that year. No doubt these books of Bishop Wilkins were highly popular at the time. In the same month, he procured either H. Parrie's translation, or J. Seddon's abridgment, of Zachary Ursine's Catechism, " wherein are debated and resolved the questions, of whatever moment, which have been, or are, controverted in Divinitie," for 9s. 6d.; Arthur Jackson's two volumes of Annotations on the Historical part of the Old Testament, for 13s.; Dr. Alex. Read's Manual of the Anatomy, or Dissection of the body of man, for 2s. 6d.; Dr. John Lightfoot's Harmony, Chronicle, and Order of the Old Testament, for 4s. 6d.; and a Latin Bible for 7s. 6d. More ephemeral seem two sermons bought for Is. 4d.: one by the patriarch of Dorchester, the Rev. John White, who died in 1648; and the other by the celebrated Dr. Ralph Cudworth, probably preached by him before the House of Commons. At this time (April 1648) young James Master quitted Cambridge. His purchases of books did not cease, but they became less frequent. A set of law books, and a copy of the Rev. John Trapp's two volumes of Commentaries on the New Testament (now scarce) ; with an ephemeral book of the hour on the History of the Independents formed the main additions to his library in 1648. Mr. Master's pedigree is given on p. 404 of this volume. In the next volume of Archwologia Cantiana, we hope to continue this introductory sketch of the life of Mr. Master, year by year. ( 160 ) EXPENSE-BOOK OE JAMES MASTER, ESQ. TRANSCRIBED BY MBS. DAMSON, OE HAMPTONS. PART I., A.D. 1646-1655. [WHEN HIS HOME WAS AT SOADBUET IN OHISIIEHJJEST, THE ANCESTRAL SEAT OF HIS STEBEATHEE, SIR THOMAS WALSINGHAM.] A BOOKE OP MI EXEEH-OES. Begunne when I came of age, w°n was ye 14"' ofNovemb. 1646. 1646. £ s. d. November ye 20. Given to W Polley's man 00 00 06 y° 21. For 2 pa[*V] of cordovan double seamed gloves 00 06 06 ye 23. For going & comming by water 00 01 00 ye 24. For ye Scots papers, ye Ordinance for Bishop's lands, & other pamphlets ... 00 01 00 ye 25. Given at the [monthly] Fast 00 01 00 ye 26. Eor bringing my box from ye carrver's 00 00 08 ye27. For 2 paper books *. 00 01 00 Dec. 1. Eor an answer to ye Scots papers 00 00 06 2. Eor milk, sugar, & egges 00 01 06 3. Lost at cards 00 03 00 5. Eor mending my cloaths 00 01 00 7. Eor borrowing a lute 1 month 00 02 06 7. Eor bringing of it 00 00 06 7. Eor Virgill's Georgicks in English 00 00 06 9. Given at ye East 00 00 06 10. Eor a writeing booke 00 00 06 11. For 6 pa. of band strings 00 02 00 11. Given to M1' Hudson for a bill out of ye Chamber of London 00 01 00 13. Given to ye Clarke for a seate 00 00 06 14. Eor going by water 00 00 06 15. To M1 Com'on Sergeant when I proved my age ".. 03 00 00 15/ To M1'Com'on Cryer 02 05 00 15. Eor drawing up y° bill for satisfaction proving my age 00 05 06 15. To yeCom'onClarke of y°orphan. &lega[cy] 01 10 06 15. To y° Com'on Cryer's man 00 01 00 15. To ye Clarke for expedition 00 02 06 15, Eor going by water 00 00 06 A.D. 1646. 161 1646. &• s. d. Dec. 16. Eor going by water 00 00 06 16. Eor an order from the Towne Clarke to Mr Hudson 00 04 00 16. For searching for an inventory, & an accompt 00 02 00 18. For sweetmeats 00 01 00 18. Eor going by water 3 times 00 01 06 19. Given to M1' Hudson for his fees for receiving £2771 10s. lOd. part of my portion 05 10 00 19. Given to M1'Hudson's man 00 15 00 22. Eor going by water 00 01 00 22. Given to my Writing M.[aste]1' for coming to me3 times 00 02 06 23. Given away at ye Mewes 00 00 06 24. For a boo[7c] of Ben Johnson's cal[W] Timber &c .". 00 00 09 26. Eor a pound of raisins 00 00 05 29. Eor going by water 00 00 06 29. Given to Mr Evans _ 00 10 00 29. Eor a pound of raisins 00 00 05 29. Eor [John] Booker's Almanack 00 00 03 30. Given at the [monthly] East 00 01 00 Jan. 2. Eor going by water 00 01 00 2. For 4 yards & an halfe of Spanish cloth for a sute & cloake at 23s the yard 05 03 00 2. For an ell, quarter & halfe of Taffatye ... 00 16 00 2. Eor 2 bands & 2 pa. of cuffs 00 05 00 2. Eor 3 ya. of black ribbon 00 00 06 4. For 28 yar. of ribbon for points & tagging them 01 04 00 4. For 8 yar. of silver ribbon at I5rt ya 00 10 00 4. Eor 4 pa. of plaine boothose tops 00 12 00 4. Eor going by water 00 00 06 4. Eor 3 ya. i of silver lace weighing 2 oun. £ 00 13 06 4. Foranhat 00 14 06 4. Eor a white hatband 00 03 06 4. For a booke eall[e^] Balzac's Letters 00 02 04 7. Eor cutting my haire and shaving 00 01 06 7. Given to the Talour's man 00 01 00 8. Eor 2 pa. of ancle wosted socks 00 03 02 9. Spent at the Rhenish wine house 00 02 08 11. Eor a pa. of perfumed gloves 00 02 06 12. Spent at the Mewes 00 00 10 13. Eor 4 pa. of plane bands and cuffs 00 10 00 14. Eor going by w*ater 6d Eor a Penknife l 5 00 01 06 14. Eor a little box 00 00 04 14. Given to the poore 00 01 00 14. Eor a pou[wdT] of sweet pouder for linnen 00 04 00 15. Paid to the Tailour for making my sad coulour cloath suit and cloake 02 01 00 VOL. xv. M 162 EXPENSE-BOOK OE JAMES MASTER, ESQ., 1646[-7]. £ s. d. Jan. 16. For making cleane my sword, a searcloath scabbard and false scabbard 00 04 06 16. Eor a book tending to Resolution made by Bunny 00 02 00. 18. Eor a pound of raisins 00 00 05 18. Eor a pa. of boots with goloshooes 00 16 00 18. Eor a pint of sack 8d Spent at the Mewesl8 00 01 08 19. Eor halfe an elle of sarcenet 00 04 00 19. Eor Balzack letters translated by S1' ~&[iehard]~ B[aker] 00 03 00 19. Eor Sr Fran. Bacon his advance [ment] of learning 00 01 06 20. Eor a pare of silvered spurs 00 03 00 21. Given to the Common Crier's man 00 01 00 21. Eor a book cal[Ze^] Eragmenta Regalia... 00 00 04 22. Eor all Tullyes works 00 07 00 23. Given to my Fencing Master for teaching to fence one month ended 23 Jan 00 15 00 23. For the Lives of Rich. 3.T^ra.4?»es]decon8cientia 00 02 04 26. Eor Amesius his Medulla [Theologica] ... 00 02. 00 26. Eor an horse to Boxworth 00 02 00 26. Given to my Uncle's man 00 00 06 27. Eor cheese for ye table 00 00 06 28. Eor a qua. of creame, & whey at sev.tim[es] 00 01 00 28. Eor 4 pound of cherryes 00 01 06 28. EorhaLpo.ofsugar&aqua.of whi[#e]wine 00 01 04 28. Given to ye Library Keeper 00 01 00 29. Eor a dinner when Mr Bearcroft dined in my chamber [at Trinity College] 00 05 04 29. For mending my sute & my gowne 00 03 00 29. Eor [Germed John] Vossius' Rhetorick ... 00 01 10 29. Eor Amesius his Oatechisme 00 01 06 29. Eor Burger. Idea philo. & Coll. Phisicum 00 03 08 29. To y° Barbour for trimming me 18 weeks 00 04 00 A.D. 1647. 167 1647. £ s. d. June 29. Eor cording my trunck & carri. it to ye Carr 00 00 06 29. Eor learning one mon[th] on ye Lute 00 10 00 29. For fretting my Lute '. 00 01 00 29. Eor Plutarch his Moralls, Eng[ZM] sec[om^] ha[nd] 01 05 00 July 1. For candles for my Cizer, & given to my [college char-] wo [man] 00 01 00 1. For hiring an horse fro'Camb.toScadb [ury] 00 10 00 1. Spent byye way in dinner, sett up horse, &c. 00 04 06 2. For a sett of chesse men 00 02 00 5. Eor bring, my trunck & lute fro' Cam- [bridge] hi[ther to Scadbury] 00 08 06 5. Given to Roger for going 3 daies to Lou. 00 02 06 6. For my dinner, & seit[ing] up horse at Cashol[>»] 00 04 00 8. Given to Tobye Manning's man 00 00 06 9. Given to Ned Natt for recev. my mony... 00 02 06 10. Given to my b?o[ther Thomas] Walsing- [ham's] child's nurse 00 02 00 13. Foregoing and comming by water 00 01 00 13. For 4 little books concern. ye times 00 01 00 15. For pouder & shott 00 00 06 19. Eor going & eomming by water 00 01 00 19. For my dinner & ssei;b[ing] up my horse... 00 01 04 19. For a pa[«V] gesses for a Sparr[ow] hawke 00 00 04 19. For 4 pa. of plaine boothose 00 14 00 19. For 2 pa. of thred stirrop hose 00 07 00 19. For a pa. of perfumed gloves 00 02 06 19. For 3 yar. of black ribbon 00 00 06 19. For 8 ya. of serge at48 6d ya. for a sute & cloake 01 16 00 19. For an ell, quarter] & halfe [a quarter] of taffa, at 12s ell, to line 00 16 06 19. For 4 dozen & h a l [ / ] of little silver lace, weighing 10 ounces & a lit[£Ze] over, at 4s8dy°ounce 02 07 00 22. For going & eomming by water 00 01 06 22. For 3 pa. of plaine boothose 00 10 06 22. For 2 pa. of threed stirrop hose 00 07 00 .22. Eor 2 pa. of gloves 00 04 06 22. For 8 ya. of coloured ribbon 00 04 00 22. Eor black ribbon 00 02 00- 22. For a-gray cloath saddle with a sadd. cloath, horse cloath, bridle, stirrops, girts, suscingle, halter, and pad to it 01 17 00 26. For a pa. of stirrops & stirrop leathers ... 00 03 00 26. Eor a mash for my gelding 00 00 06 26. Eor a browne mare bought of my bro [ther] Walsingham, to breed w411 all, covered wtuRoan 09 00 00 168 EXPENSE-BOOK OE JAMES MASTER, ESQ., 1647. £ s. d. July 26. Given to his groome 00 02 06 27. Eor a quarter of oats 00 18 00 27. Eor a drinek f or my geldinge 00 01 06 31. For trimming me ..'. 00 01 00 31. For bringing a pa. of boots fro' Cambridge 00 01 06 31. Given to Roger for going to London 00 01 00 August 11. Eor half e a quarter of oats 00 09 00 19. Eor going & eomming by water 00 01 00 19. Eor setting up my horse, &c 00 01 00 19. For a penknife, & an home comb 00 01 03 19. For a pa. of rideing spurrs 00 02 02 19. Eorawhipp 00 02 08 19. Eor a pa. of red serge topps 00 06 00 19. Eor a pa. gray wosted stockings 00 06 06 19. For a pa. of black Span [ish] leather shooes 00 04 00 19. Eor a pa. of thinne waxt boots 00 12 06 23. Spent at Grinsted when I went to Hawland [Sir Thomas Pelham's residence]... 00 04 00 28. Given away when I lay at M1'Hewett's. v 00 05 00 September 4. Given away at Sr Tho. Pelham's °. 00 16 00 4. Spent at Godstone when I came fro' Hawland 00 02 06 6. Given to my bro. Walsingham's groome... 00 02 06 6. For stuffing my saddle, & oats in ye forrest, &c 00 02 06 10. Given away when I lay at my Unc[fe] Bourn's [in Fsseco] 00 03 00 11. Eor 2 drinks for my gelding 00 02 06 11. Given away to Daniell 00 02 06 13. Given away at Sir Jo. Tonstall's 00 01 00 16. Eor 2 ounces of pouder for haire 00 01 00 19. Giveu to a briefe 00 01 00 20. Spent when I went to Richmond 00 01 06 22. Eor going & com'ing by water, & setting up my horse 00 01 08 22. Eor a pa. of tan'd gloves, & powder for haire 00 02 00 22. For a shag hat & band 00 06 00 22. Eor pamphlets 00 00 06 23. For a quarter of oats 00 15 06 24. Eor a curry comb, brush, & cizers 00 03 00 27. For mending my saddle 00 01 06 The whole sum of this quarter is ....... 42 15 05 September 30. Eor going & eomming by water 00 01 00 October 1. Eor a frock for my footboy 00 04 00 4. Eor going by water 3 times 00 01 06 4. Eor 3 pa. of threed ancle socks 00 04 06 7. Given to my boy when he went to London 00 01 06 11. Eor going by water, & setting up my horse 00 01 03 A.D. 1647. i69 1647. £ s. d. October 11. Eor 4 pa. of linnen socks 00 02 00 11. Eor 6 bands, & 6 pa. of cuffs for my boy... 00 07 00 11. For new dying my hat 00 01 00 12. Eor a bridle & snafell 00 02 06 13. For dying, dressing, facing, & making up mycloake 00 14 00 14. Spent when I saw ye great ship 00 02 06 15. Eor keeping 2 horses at Rochester 2 dayes 00 05 06 16. Given to my boy 00 01 00 16. Given away when I saw y° Cathedral! at Canterbury] 00 02 00 18. Eor 9 Harveldowne Cans, 3 of Tameriske, & 6 of yew 15s Eor 2 male girts Is 00 16 00 21. Spent at Dover 00 04 06 22. Spent at Deale when I went on shipboard 00 12 00 23. Given away at Langdon [cousin Richard Master's] 00 08 00 25. Eor shooing & removing 2 horses 00 01 09 ' 26. Given away at Mr Edolph's [Sl Radegund's] 00 01 00 * 27. Given at y« [monthly] Fast 00 00 06 28. Given away at [uncle] Sr Edward Master's 00 10 00 28. Spent when I lay at Maidstone 1 night ... 00 07 00 29. Spent at Rochester 00 02 00 30. For 3 po. of shott, & halfe a po. of powder 00 01 00 Novem. 3. Given away at Mr Dell's 00 00 06 4. For halfe a qua. of oats, woh I had formerly 00 09 00 5. For halfe a qua. of oats 00 08 06 8. For going by water & sett, up my horse ... 00 01 04 8. Eor severall boo[&s] concern [ew^] ye times 00 01 04 11. For a pa. of waxt shooes 00 03 06 13. Eor a freeze coat for my boy 00 10 00 15. Eor going by water & setting up my horse 00 01 06 15. Eor severall boo[7cs] concerning y° times... 00 00 06 15. For 4 ya. of gray cloath to make me a cloake 02 16 00 15. Eor 2 ya. of browne cloath to make me a sute 01 10 00 17. Given at W Goldwell's 00 00 06 18. Eor going by water & setting up my horse 00 02 06 18. Eor a boo[7c] called ye Case of ye King, &c. 00 00 06 19. For shooing my 2 horses fro' ye 1 of July till y° 19 of Nov 00 09 00 23. Eor a quarter of oats 00 18 00 25. Eor a tall black gelding w111 a white starre in his forehead & 2 white feete behind, bought of Mr Rob. King of Wiltshire ... 20 00 00 December 2. Eor 3 pa. of shooes for my footboy 00 09 00 2. For a green saddle cloath 00 02 00 3. Eor going by water & setting up my horse 00 01 10 3. Eor a boo. against ye sale of Bishop's lands 00 00 10 5. Given away at a Briefe 00 00 06 13. Spent when I went a setting 00 01 00 170 EXPENSE-BOOK OE JAMES MASTER, ESQ., 1647. & s- & Decemb. 19. Given at a collection 00 01 00 21. Spent at Eltham 00 01 00 21. Eor 2 quarters of oats 01 16 00 22. Spent at London '.. 00 01 06 22. Eor making my serge sute wth 2 silver] laces 02 12 00 22. For makeing & byeing my freize coate 01 03 00 22. Eor byeing & making my footb[oy's] sute &cloake 05 00 00 27. Given to Weeks his man's box 00 00 06 30. Eor cutting my haire & shaving 00 01 00 30. For 4 holland caps for my boy 00 01 06 The whole sum of this quarter is 44 19 10 The whole sum of my expences this year is... 184 02 01 Jan. 6,1647[-8]. Eor soleing my waxt boots 00 01 08 10. For going & eomming by water 4 times ... 00 02 00 10. Eor a pa. of cordovan double seamed gloves 00 03 06 10. Eor a ya. & h a l [ / ] of black ribbon 00 00 09 10. For 2 hal [ / ] ells of lace for 2 caps 00 05 06 11. Eor Littleton's Tenures in English 00 01 06 11. For Gallen's Almanack, wax, & pamphlets... 00 00 10 18. Eor soleing my footboyes shooes, &c 00 01 06 21. For a drink for my gelding, & a worme for mygun 00 02 00 21. Given to Tom. for setting up my ge\d[ina] iovm[erly] at Cashol[>«] "... 00 01 00 21. For halfe a peek of maulte for a mash, & carry [ing] 2 letters 00 01 00 22. Eor vamping & soleing 2 pa. of boots for myselfe 00 05 00 22. Eor vamping a pa. of boots for my footboy 00 02 06 27. Eor trimming me 00 01 00 Eor my dyet from ye 1 of July 1647 to ye 27 of Janua. 1647 being 30 weeks, & for my footboyes dyet from ye 18 of Septemb. 1647 to y6 27 of January 1647 being 19 weeks 30 00 00 Feb. 10. Eor a pa. of gray woollen stockings for my footboy 00 03 06 10. For paper, & a book of speeches about y° King 00 01 06 15. For mending 2 pa. of shooes for my footboy 00 01 06 16. For 17 ells, £ of frize holland at 4s 6a y° ell, to make me 6 whole shirts, & 4 caps ... 03 19 00 18. Given to ye Coachman & toy0 kitchinmaide 00 02 00 19. Eor an home combe 00 00 10 19. Eor a boo[7c] about grafting, &c, & another ofusury 00 01 06 A.D. 1647-8. 171 s. 02 16 02 02 04 01 10 05 17 02 15 01 02 04 12 06 d. 00 00 00 00 06 00 00 00 00 00 00 06 00 00 00 00 1647 [-8]. t £ Feb. 19. For going by water & setting up my horse 00 21. Eor 2 quarters of oats 01 24. For mending 2 saddles, & for 2 new girts... 00 24. For going by water 2ce, for my dinner, & a little box 00 24. For 2 books about grafting, &c, by Markham, & another ;, 00 24. For a boo[7c] ca\[led] ye Man in y° Moone 00 24. Eor 4 bottles of Rhenish wine, for a barrell of oysters, & ye 4 bottles, & for carrying ym over y° water 00 24. For a prospective glasse [a telescope] 00 March ye 2. Eor an hat wth a black silke hatband ... 00 2. Eor going by water & setting up my horse 00 10. Spent when I lay at Casholfcon 2 nights w*11 my footboy & my horse 00 17. Spent at Eltham, & given to y° gardener... 00 19. Spent at Eltham, & for cutting my haire & shaving 00 21. Spent at London for going by water, & an home comb I s 6a Eor black ribbon 2s 6d 00 21. Eor a pa. of -darke coloured boots 00 21. For 2 scabbards, & making cleane my sword 00 21. For making a sad colour cloath sute, & a gray riding cloake in November last ... 03 15 00 The summe of this quarter is 45 16 07 March y° 27, 1648. Eor setting up a pa[a>] of boots 00 28. For 2 yards of black ribbon 00 28. Spent at London 00 31. Given to Jack when he went to London ... 00 Aprilll. For a cloake b a g— 00 3. For crossing y° water, & my dinner at Stafford [Stratford?] 00 4. Eor wine & cheese for ye Vicemaster's table 00 4. For bringing my bundle of things fro' Lon- [don] hither [to Cambridge] 00 5. Spent at Newmarket when I lay there 2 nights wa my horse, wtu 10s lost at a race 01 8. Eor candles 00 10. Given away when I 1st saw Audley End 12. [Lord Suffolk's house] 00 12. Eor wine in my chamber twise 00 12. For vamping a pajVr] of Span[«'sA] leathjV] boots last summer 00 12. Eor new binding Plutarch's Moralls 00 13. For my [College] Commons, & sizing yc 1, 2, & 3 months] of ye 4th quarter, [when I was] absent all but y8 first month 02 03 05 03 01 00 01 03 03 02 01 06 00 04 00 05 03 00 00 06 00 00 00 00 00 06 06 00 10 00 06 172 EXPENSE-BOOK OF JAMES MASTER, ESQ., 1648. £ s. d. Apr. 13. Eor my sizing ye 1st quarter of y° yeare following [when I was] absent all ye time... 00 03 11 13. To y° [c&«r-]woman for. dressing up my Sizer' s chamber halfe a yeare 00 06 00 13. Eor my sizing y° 2d quarter, [I was] absent [from Cambridge] all y° time 00 03 10 13. Eor my chamber rent, for halfe a yeare ... 02 00 00 13. Eor my chamber rent, halfe a quarter, [my successor] M1' Eawnes pay[ing] halfe 00 10 00 13. Eor 3 quarter wages to my Sizer 01 10 00 13. For [Zachary] Ursine's Catechism, english infol|>] 00 09 06 13. Eor Jackson's Works, in 2 volumes 00 13 00 13. Eor 2 of [bishop John] Wilkins his Mathematicall Magick 00 05 08 13. For Amesius [Rev. Wm Ames] on y° Psalmes 00 03 04 13. For \D» Alexander] Read's Anatomy 00 02 06 13. For [Dr John] Lightf oofs Harmony 00 04 06 13. Eor a latine Bible 00 07 06 13. For severall paper books 00 03 00 13. For 2 sermons; 1 by [John] White, another by Mr [Ralph] Cudworth 00 01 04 13. Eor hay & oats for my horse to Ashpoole, being there 9 nights at 6d day & night, & 2 bushells & a peck of oats at 384dabushell 00 12 00 13. For a cord, & removeing my horse's shooes, & given to Ashpoole's man for cording my trunck & looking to my horse 00 03 00 13. Given toy0 2 Butlers when I left y°Colledge 00 06 00 13. Eor my Com'ons, & sizing 1 weeke & an halfe 00 16 06 13. To my [char-]yvoman for dressing mine & my Sizer's chamber part of a quarter ... 00 05 00 14. Eor setting up my horse, crossing ye water 00 01 02 15. For bringing a cloak bag from Cambridge toLon[don] -, 00 01 00 15. Given to Jack when he went to London ... 00 00 06 18. Eor shooing my horse fro' 19 Nov. to y° 18 Aprill 00 06 00 20. Given to Mrs Clayton, y4 served my Mother 00 05 00 21. Eor going by water 4 times & for my dinner 00 02 06 21. Eor 6 yards of black ribbon 00 06 00 22. Eor a drink, and a mash for my gelding ... 00 02 00 22. Eor mending & altering my footboyes cloaths 00 07 06 24. Eor bringing a trunke, a box, & a bed, fro' Oambrpa^e] to London, weighing almost 300lb weight ; 00 11 06 24. Eor carrying ym into Kent Street [SoutJiwarlc], So given to Jack 00 02 06 A.D. 1648. 173 1648. £ s. d. Aprill 27. Eor 11 ells of loekerum at 1" 4a per ell to make my footboy 4 shirts, & for thred 00 15 00 30. Given at y° Sacrament 00 01 00 May 3. Eor a pa. of cordovan gloves 00 02 00 3. Given to Jack for his diet 1 weeke 00 06 00 3. For a po[und] of candles 00 00 08 4. Eor my dinner, & going by water twise ... 00 01 09 4. For a boo[/c] eall[e] bands & 6 pa. of cuffs 00 17 00 13. For 6 pa, of bandstrings 00 08 00 13. For halfe a bushell of oats, & a scabbard... 00 01 00 15. For a little bayNagg, bought in Smithfeild 13 00 00 15. For going thither in a coach 00 01 06 15. Given to yB h orsecourser's men 00 02 00 14. Eor my diet at an ordnarye 2 meales 00 02 00 15. Eor 2 pa. of plaine boothose tops 00 06 00 15. Eor a black belt wt!l a fringe upon it 00 10 00 174 EXPENSE-BOOK OE JAMES MASTER, ESQ., 1648. £ May 15. Eor a male pillion, &c 00 16. For a gold & silver bit, headstaule, &raines 00 16. For going by water & my dinner 00 16. For hiring 2 chambers 1 weeke..... 00 16. For washing & mending my linnen 2 weeks, &c '. 00 16. For a pa. of scarlet wosted stockings for Jack 00 16. For a -po[und] of sugar 00 16. Eor 14 nights' hay for my horse, at 8d day & night 00 16. For 2 pecks of oats, & given to ye hostler 00 25. Given to M1'Smith's man 00 25. For 2 pa. of shooes for my footboy 00 26. For going by water fro' Green[wich] to lion[don], & at other times 00 27. For going by water 3 times, & for my dinner 00 27. Eor cutting my haire & shaving 00 27. For a band & a va[ir] of cuffs 00 29. For my dinner to meales & given to y° Welchboy 00 29. Given to Jack when he carried my nagg to Smithfeild, &c 00 30. For a pa. of gloves 00 31. Given at ye [monthly] East 00 June 1. For going by water 00 1. For a French castor [beaver hat] 01 2. For 4 nights' grasse for my bay gelding ... 00 3. Eor fetching my bay gelding from ye marshe 00 3. Eor a boo[7c] call[e^] y6 Historye of ye Independents, &c. 00 5. Eor going by water twise 00 8. Eor a pa. of slippers 00 8. Eor 8 ya. & halfe of serge de roan for sute &cloa[&] at 6ap[er] j[ard] 02 8. Eor an elle & f of Taffata to line my doublet 00 8. Eor a sand coulour mare bought of Mr Garret 24 9. For a pa. of white Spanish leather boots... 00 9. Given to y° groomes when my browne mare was horsed by a gray horse of Coll. Slingsby's 00 9. Given to Jack when he fetchet her up, &c. 00 10. Given to my Lo. Nuburgh's groome 00 11. Given to y° poore 00 12. For Trapp on y° New Testament, 2 vols.... 00 13. Eor a blue velvet saddle w4U silver fringe & lace upon it, with a cover, black headstaule, & raines, stirrops, girtB, & saddle cloathtoit 03 10 00 s. 01 10 01 06 04 03 01 09 02 00 06 03 02 01 03 02 01 02 01 00 05 02 01 01 01 04 11 15 00 15 15 02 00 00 13 d. 06 00 00 00 08 04 06 04 02 06 00 00 06 00 00 02 06 00 00 06 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 06 06 00 A.D. 1648. 1648. £ s. d. June 13. For a sword with ye hilt double gilt 01 07 00 13. For a boo[7c] oall[ed] y° Country Farme... 00 15 00 13. For a bag & pamphlets 00 00 06 14. Eor a pa. of black iron spurrs 00 03 00 14. Eor a canon bit, & silver bosses 00 09 00 14. For 18 ya. of 4a hair coulour ribbon 00 06 00 14. Eor a pa. of hair coulour silk tops 00 09 06 14. For 2 pa. of gloves 00 02 06 14. For 2 bottles of Rhenish wine & sugar ... 00 04 00 15. For a quire of paper & wax 00 01 00 15. Eor a pa. of summer riding boots 00 14 00 15. Eor a pa. of Spanish leather shooes 00 04 00 15. Eor a pa. of white riding tops 00 05 00 15. Eor 7 nights' hay for my mare, at 8d day & night ; 00 04 08 15. For 7 pecks of oats at 8d a pe. <& given to yehostler 00 05 04 15. For 2 weeks' grasse for my bay gelding in Mari [worth] pa [r7c] 00 04 00 15. Given to Jack when he lay in Xion[don] 1 night 00 02 00 15. For making a sad coulour serge sute & cloath with buttons & buttonholes 03 06 00 15. For crossing y° water 00 00 06 16. For making 4 shirts for Jack, &c 00 02 00 The summe of this quarter is 90 04 00 June24. For 2 sparrow haukes 00 01 00 26. For soleing Jack's shooes 00 01 02 26. Forshott 00 00 04 29. For going & eomming by water 00 01 00 29. For my dinner at ye Cockpit 00 04 00 29. For dressing an hat for my footboy 00 01 00 30. For halfe a quarter of oats 00 09 00 July 10. For a pa. of woollen stockings for Jack ... 00 03 00 12. For 3 quarters of oats at 17s 6a ye quarter 02 12 06 15. For 2 bushells of graines 00 00 06 15. Spent at Eltham 00 02 06 17. Given to Nan. Dawson 00 01 00 20. Eor 2 yar. 3 quarters of gray cloath for a close coate at 14s y° yard 01 18 06 20. To ye tailour for makeing of it up 00 15 06 21. Given to Sir Edwa. Bathurst his man 00 00 06 24. For malt for my mare 00 00 06 24. Spent at ye Cherrye Garden 00 01 06 25. For a wall-eyed gelding bought at Bromley fare 06 05 00 25. Spent at Bromley fare 00 04 06 25. For an ould saddle bought of Tom 00 04 00 EXPENSE-BOOK OE JAMES MASTER, ESQ., £ d. 25. Eor 7 trasse of ould hay, & for a new suscingle 27. For an Eyeesse Tercell Gentle [gos-haw7c] 27. Spent at London, for going by water, &c.. 27. For cutting my haire & shaving 28. Given to Tom ye groome 29. For my diet, & my footboye's, from ye 27 of Jan. 1647 to y° 27 of July 1648, being 26 weeks 29. Given to Jack when he went to London ... 29. For all trimming for my selfe & my hawke . 2. Given to Tobye Manning's man 3. Spent at Bromley 4. Spent at Dartford 9. For 4 yards & an halfe of black cloath to make me a mourning cloake, at 16s p. ya. 9. For a black hatband, & a ya. & a ha. of black ribbon 2s 6d For wine I s 10d 9. Given to a man for searching y0 Records about ye Mannour of Gimmingham 9. For cutting my haire & shaving 9. For going by water & setting up my horse 9. For a pa. of trimmed mourning gloves 11. Given to one for going to Highlaver [Fssex] 12. Given to Jack when he went to London ... 12. For a lid to ye oat tub 15. Spent at ye ordnarye 17. For makeing my mourning sute & cloake... 17. For black ribbon to my old black sute 19. For an headstaule, double raine, & 2 snafles 19. Given to y° coachman 19. For mending Jack's boots, &c 21. Eor 4 drinks for my bay gelding 21. For crossing y° water at Greenwich, 22. Given to my cousin Bourne's man 23. Spent when I baited at Chesterford 23. Given away at Goodman Tunbridg's 24. Given away at Sir Roger Norths Rougham in NorfoUc] 24. Spent at Norwich one night 25. Spent at North Walsham 26. Spent at Cromer one night 26. Spent at Gimmingham, Ac 28. Spent at Norwich in 3 nights 28. Eor oats & hay for 3 horses, 3 nights 30. Spent at Yarmouth 31. Spent at Norwich 31. Given away at Sr Will. Paston's [NorfoUc] 31. For oats, & hay for my horses 3 nights ... 31. Spent at Norwich one night Fssex Essex Fssex W 06 00 01 10 00 00 02 06 00 01 00 00 01 00 26 00 00 00 00 06 00 12 00 00 00 06 00 01 00 00 02 00 03 12 00 00 04 04 00 07 00 00 01 00 00 02 00 00 04 00 00 04 00 00 00 06 00 03 00 00 03 06 04 00 00 00 02 06 00 04 06 00 01 00 00 01 06 00 06 00 00 00 06 00 00 06 00 04 06 00 03 00 00 02 00 00 15 06 00 02 06 00 10 06 00 02 00 01 02 06 00 13 00 00 10 00 00 14 00 00 01 06 00 13 00 00 05 00 A.D. 1648. 1648. £ s. d. Sep. 1. Spent at Bury 00 03 00 1. Spent at Newmarket one night 00 08 00 2. Spent at Newport [in Fssex] 00 02 00 4. Given away to &ood[man] Tunbridge's harvest men [in Fssex] 00 02 00 5. For crossing y° water, &c 00 01 00 7. Given at ye Thanksgiving 00 01 00 9. For shooing my ball gelding, my mare, & spent at Nutley [in Mdresfield, Sussex]... 00 04 00 14. Lost at cards 00 04 00 15. Given away at Sr Tho. Pelham's [in Sussex] 00 13 00 16. Given away at M1-Hewet's 00 04 00 16. Given to a woman whose husband was killed by a stag 00 10 00 16. Spent at Grinsted, &c 00 05 00 18. Spent at Eltham 00 01 06 18. For soleing my footboye's shooes 00 01 00 24. Given at y° Briefe • 00 00 06 25. For a mash for my mare 00 00 06 25. For mending my gun 00 01 00 28. Spent at v° ordnary 00 02 00 28. Given to *Mr Austin's man 00 01 00 The sum of this quarter is 61 04 10 Octob. 2. Given to Mr Smith's man 00 00 06 4. For vamping 2 pa. of boots 00 08 00 4. For an ould par. of boots for Jack, bought of MrHuggin 00 03 00 5. Given to Sr Edwa. Bathurst his man 00 00 06 7. For 3 pou|>]of shot 00 02 00 18. For a month's grasse in y° marsh for my ballgelding 00 12 00 18. For an elle of Holland for 6 handkercheifs 00 07 00 18. For buttons to them 00 01 00 18. For going by water, &a 00 02 00 20. Eor mending my footboys shooes 00 01 06 20. Given 'to Jack when he went to Smithfeild 00 01 06 24. Given to Jack when he went to London ... 00 01 00 24. Given away at Sr Steven Scotts [in Hayes] 00 01 00 27. Given to Jack when he sold my ball gelding 00 02 00 27. For a pa. of waxt shooes for myself 00 04 00 27. Eor a pa. of waxt shooes for my footboy ... 00 03 06 VOL. xv. x 178 EXPENSE-BOOK OE JAMES MASTER, ESQ., 1648. £ s- d,. Oct. 30. For a bay mare of my Lo[rd] Dunbarr's breed 6 je[ars] old wth snips in her eares, bought of Mr Wilson 40 30. Given to y° man y4 brought her 00 Novemb. 2. For cutting my haire & shaving 00 2. For going by water, setting up my horse &c. 00 2. For half e a quarter of oats 00 4. For rowelling my gray mare, & letting her blood 00 9. Spent at Kingston (besides 13s that I woune at a dogge match) 00 20. Eor a quarter & halfe of oats at 15s ye quar. 01 22. Given to M1' Hales y° lawyer 00 24. Spent at London when I lay there 2 nights" 00 24. Eor mending & making cleane my watch... 00 Dec. 2. For making 2 pa. of breeches & a doublet for Jack ; 01 7. Paid Goodman Weeks his bill for shooing my horses & a drink till ye 7 of Dec. ... 00 7. Paid Goodman Stephen's bill f or shooing, &c. 00 21. Eor soleing my f ootboye's shooes 00 21. Eor a mashe for my mare 00 The whole sum of this quarter is 49 05 09 The whole sum of my expences this yeare is... 246 11 2 00 10 01 02 08 05 02 02 10 12 02 09 10 03 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 06 00 06 00 00 00 00 06 03 00 06 1648[-9]. Jan; 1. Given to my 2 brothers] & sister 00 1. Given to Eranke ye butler [at Scadbury]... 00 1. Given to my sister Bettye's maide 00 1. Given to y° smith's boy 00 3. Eor vamping & coulouring a pa. of black boots 00 5. Spent at London in going by water, settprey] up horse, &c 00 5. Given to Mr Coleburne y° scrivener 00 5. Eor a pa. of greene silk stockings 00 11. Eor cutting my haire & shaving 00 11. For going by water, and setting up my horse 00 11. For halfe a quarter of oats " 00 18. Given to Mr Woolrich ye lawyer 00 18. Eor 4 ounces of Beniamin 00 18. Eor 8 ounces of anniseeds & licoris, 2 po. of honey,& apot 00 18. Eor a boo [7s] call[e^] ye English Improver, & for wax 00 18. Eor 4 play books 00 18. Eor going by water, &ett[ing] up my horse, & for pamphlets 00 02 06 03 02 02 00 04 02 05 19 01 01 08 10 04 05 02 02 00 06 06 06 00 06 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 A.D. 1648-9. 179 1648 [-9]. £ s. d. Jan. 18. Given to Robe. Gardner 00 01 00 19. Spent at Cashalton 00 01 06 23. Spent when I went to y° marshe 00 03 00 27. For a pa. .of gray woollen riding stockings... 00 06 00 27. For a pa. of black riding tops 00 04 00 27. Given to Jack for wooll to mend 2 pa. of stockings 00 02 00 27. For my lodging in Iion[do?i] 1 night 00 01 06 27. For 5 play books 00 03 06 27. For severall pamphletts 00 02 00 27. Given to y° coachman 00 01 00 27. Given to Jack when he was at London, &c. 00 02 00 27. Eor my diet, & my footboye's from ye 27 of July 1648 to ye 27 of Jan. 1648 being 26weeks 26 00 00 Febr. 3. Given to Jack when he went to London ... 00 01 00 ' 6. Eor 2 quar. of oats at 17s yc quarter 01 14 00 6. For dressing 2 hats 00 02 00 14. For malt for my mare 00 00 06 19. Eor my dinner at Westminster 00 03 00 19. For 2 pa. of white gloves, & 1 pa. of browne 00 05 00 19. For almond pouder 00 00 06 19. For my supper & lodging that night 00 02 06 20. For all Sr John Suckling's works 00 03 00 20. For Arviragus & Philicia [by Lodie Carlell] 00 02 00 20. For 6 other play books 00 03 00 20. Given to M1' Colebourne when he drew y° writings 10s Given to his man Is .'.. 00 11 00 20. For going by water 4 times, & for my dinner 00 02 06 23. Given to Goodman Dye 00 01 00 26. Eor 6 pa. of linnen socks 00 03 00 26. Eor my dinner, going by water, & set[ting] up my horse 6s For pamphlets Is 00 07 00 26. Lost at a cockfighting 00 10 00 March 2. For vamping a pa. of boots 00 04 00 2. For a pa. of shooes for my footboy ...'. 00 03 06 3. For 2 white bridles 00 03 00 8. Spent when I went to Audley End [the house of Lord Suffolk, whose sister Lady Ann was young Walsing7iam's wife] 01 16 00 10. Given to my footboy's father 00 02 06 15. For mending my saddle 00 01 00 17. For a bay mare bought of my brother] Walsingham, w4h one wall eye wch he bought of Mr Gifford covered wtB a sorrell horse of my Lor[<7] of Suffolk's for wch mare I gave 15 13 00 whereof £3 13s. 00 he owed me formerly 20. For soleing my footboye's shooes 00 01 06 N 2 180 EXPENSE-BOOK OE JAMES MASTER, ESQ., 1648[-9]. £ «• #•• Mar.20. Spent at Tom Moore's 00 00 06 23. Spent at London 00 02 06 The whole sum of this quarter is 54 00 06 March, 1649,30. Eor 17 nights' hay for my bay mare when she was sick at lion[don] at 8a day & night, & for 6 pecks of' oats at 4d per peck, & given to hostler 00 17 06 30. Eor a pewter surrenge 00 01 00 30. Eor going by water, pamphlets, & for wine 00 02 06 30. For a book made by y° King 00 01 06 Aprill 4. Spent at Bromley 00 04 00 5. For a bushell of green malt, & for a strap 00 05 00 5. For 5 trusseof hay for my colt.; 00 06 00 6. For going by water, & for my dinner 00 01 08 6. For a booke made by one Mr Des Cartes... 00 00 10 6. Eor 6 ho][land] pla. bands, & 6 pa. of cuffs 01 01 00 6. For 4 pa. of pla[m] boothose tops, 2 gr [eat] at 11s & 2 li[ttle] at 6s 00 17 00 6. For 4 na[ir] of bandstrings 00 03 06 6. For 2 quire of gilt paper 00 01 00 9. Eor 2 yo[unds] of sugar 00 03 00 12. Eor orenges & lemons 00 01 00 21. For a mash f or my mare, & for grasse 00 01 00 23. Given to ye ferrier at ~Lon[don] for looking to my bay mare 00 08 00 23. Given to Jack when he went to London, & forabolt 00 01 06 24. Eor 3 lobsters & a quart of boyling oysters 00 06 06 24. Spent at London 00 03 00 24. For 12 ells of fine holland, at 63 y° elle, to make me 4 whole shirts 03 12 00 24. For 3 ya. & an halfe of white bone lace ... 00 10 06 26. Eor a drink for my browne mare 00 01 06 26. For halfe a quarter of oats 00 11 00 27. For cutting my bay colt •. 00 02 06 27. Eor 2 pecks of oysters 00 01 06 May 1. Eor making my brick coulour cloath sute... 02 10 00 2. Given to Mark Stainsmore 00 01 00 4. Eor cutting my haire & shaving 00 01 00 4. For going by water, setting up my horse, & for pa[w]phlets ". 00 02 06 4. Eor 2 fish lines and hooks, an home comb,&c 00 01 06 4. Given to Robert Gardner 00 01 00 7. Given to Goodwife Mace 00 01 00 7. Eor setting up a pa. of boots 00 02 06 8. Given to Mr Roper's man 00 00 06 10. Spent at Bromley &o 00 02 00 A.D. 1649. 1649. £ s. d. May 10. Given to yc miller of Orpington for keeping my bay mare a month 00 10 00 21. Spent at y° ordinarye 00 01 00 22. For a young squirrill 00 00 06 23. Eor 7 ya. of webbe for girts 00 01 06 24. Eor 16 gall. & £ of Canary at 5s per gall.... 04 02 06 & for y° vessel 00 03 00 24. Eor 3 gall, i of Backrack at 4s 8* per gall. 00 16 00 &for 12bottles 00 04 00 24. To y° porter for carrying y° sack 00 01 00 24. For a pa. of cordovan gloves 00 03 00 '24. For bringingy° sack fro'Lond[ow] hither... 00 01 00 24. Spent at Lon[don] in going by water 00 05 06 28. For 4 ya. & J of Spanish cloath of a sad colour to make me a sute & cloake at 20s p. ja.bou[ght] of bvo[t7ier]~Wal[singham] 04 10 00 30. Paid to Goodman Ratcliffe,& for bottle beere 00 01 00 30. Eor a pa. of half e waxt boots 00 14 00 June 4. Given away when 1,f etcht my gray mare fro'y°marshe 00 00 06 7. For halfe a quarter of oats 00 11 00 11. Paid Goodman Weeks his bill for shooing horses, & for a drink till y° 11 of June 1649 00 09 00 14. For a duck, & a drake 00 03 00 14. For a curry comb, & brush 00 02 06 18 & 19. Lost at cards at severall times 03 15 00 20. Spent at John Moore's 00 02 06 21. Given to Fisher for paceing my gray mare 01 00 00 21. Eor halfe a quarter of oats 00 14 00 23. Eor a fortnight's grasse in y° marshe for my old browne mare 00 09 00 The whole sum of this quarter is 32 08 06 June 25. Paid to Jack for wages for 1 quarter 01 00 00 25. Given to Mr Boys his groome when my old browne mare was covered w4h his white Barbe 00 05 00 27. Eor 2 books, 1 made by Mr Jo. Goodwin in defence of ~£ar\[iamenf], y° 2 by Ja. Acontious [On Satan's Stratagems] 00 02 06 27. Eor cutting my haire, & shaving 00 01 00 27. Spent at London 00 01 06 27. Eor a pa. of Spanish leather shooes 00 04 00 29. For a little bay mare bought of my brother Walsingham covered with his gray horse 07 00 00 29. Given to Fisher 00 01 00 30. Given to Tom Gray 00 02 06 July 2. Spent at y° ordnarye 00 07 00 5. For an old gun bought at secund hand ... 00 18 00 182 EXPENSE-BOOK OE JAMES MASTER, ESQ., 1649. £ s- d. July 5. Spent at Beckenham 00 05 00 6. Given to a many4 brought me a S parr, hawke 00 02 06 13. Spent at ye Cherrie Garden 00 04 00 16. Eor 3 wee[&s] grasse in ye great parke for my gray mare 00 06 00 17. Eorasnaffle 00 01 00 17. Spent at Craford 00 02 06 21. Spent at ye Cherrye Garden 00 01 06 21. For hay & oats for my gray mare at Lon- [don] 3 nights & for Fisher's diet 00 10 00 22. Given at a briefe 00 01 00 23. For all trimming for my Sparrhauke 00 01 06 24. Spent at a Cherrye Garden 00 00 06 25. Given to Mr Roper's groome 00 00 06 26. Given to Sr Edw. Bathurst his man 00 00 06 26. For halfe a quarter of oats 00 12 00 30. For black ribbon 00 05 00 30. For W[Dr Tobias] Crisp his works in 3 voll. 00 05 06 30. Eor [Rev. Thomas] Gage on the West Indies, & a qu[«Ve] of paper 00 05 00 30. Spent at Lond. & for 5 po[»mfo] of shott... 00 02 00 30. For mending & stuffing my saddles & a new pannell 00 04 06 30. I had in exchange for [Rev. John] Trapp on ye New Testa [ment], Diodati on y° whole Bible vall[wedQ at 11s 81. For my diet, & my footboye's fro' y° 27 of . Jan. 1648 to y° 31 of July 1649 being 26 weeks 26 00 00 31. Given to M1' Cook for teaching me to sing 1 month 01 05 00 Augu. 2. Eor crossing y° water at Greenwich 00 01 06 4. Eor crossing y° water, & shooing my mare 00 02 06 4. Eor 4 ya. & h a l [ / ] of right french scarlet at458 10 02 06 4. For 3 ya. 3 quar. of serge de shaloon at 6s yeya[?vf| 01 02 06 4. For 2 ya. 3 quar. of scarletmohayr at 6s... 00 16 06 4. For an elle, quarter] & halfe [a quarter] of taffata to line my sute 00 14 00 4. For 2 dosen & halfe of rich gold & silver flat buttons for my scarlet cloake, at 19s dos. 02 07 06 4. For a dosen of tape buttons, & a neck loop 00 04 06 4. Eor 2 pa. of stirrop thred stockings 00 06 06 6. Given away at S1' John Hippesley's [Busliy] 00 04 00 6. Eor baiting at Twiford 00 06 00 7. For a bushell of oats 00 02 06 10. Given away at Sr Hum. 'Worstev's[inBer7cs] 00 11 00 10. Eor a silke hatband,. 00 02 00 11. Spent at Marleborough 1 night 00 11 00 A.D. 1649. 183 1649. £ s. d. Aug. 11. Given to a Doctor of Phisick at Bathe 00 10 00 11. For cutting my haire & shaving 00 01 00 14. For hay & oats for my 2 mares 00 08 00 15. Eor bringingmy box from London'tO Bathe 00 07 00 15. For my share of diet fro' Satur. to Wednesday 01 10 00 18. Given to Mr Hinton 00 10 00 24. Spent at Bristoll 14s For Bristoll stones 5s 00 19 00 24. For 7 vo[unds] of prinellaes 00 10 00 25. Given to ye musicians 00 10 00 27. Given to a poore minster 00 05 00 30. For hay & oats for my 2 horses, above a fortnight 01 15 06 30. Given to y° chairmen & guides at y° Crosse Bath 00 04 06 30. For my share of my diet a fortnight 06 00 00 30. For washing my linnen, &c 00 10 00 31. For my lodging, & given to maides 02 10 00 31. Giventoye Serg.&guidesatyeQueenesBath 00 15 00 31. For firing, & for a purge 00 10 00 30. Lostatcards 04 10 00 31. Given to ye Clarke & for my drawers 00 05 06 Sept. 1. Spent at Marleborough 1 night 00 08 00 5. Given away at Sr Hum. Forster's [Aldermaston, Berks] 00 06 00 5. For baiting at Maidenhead '. 00 05 06 6. Given away at S^ John Hippesleye's [Bushy Par7c, Middlesex] 00 13 06 6. For crossing ye water at Fulham, & an horse 00 01 00 7. Eor bringing my box fro' Bathe to Lon- [don] & for hiring 00 06 00 7. Given to Robert Gardner 00 01 00 9. Given at a Briefe 00 01 00 10. For halfe a quarter of oats 00 10 00 15. For making my red cloake, & stuffe sute, &c. 04 15 00 17. Spent at ye ordinarye 00 05 00 17. For bringing my box from London 00 01 00 22. For halfe a quarter of oats » 00 10 00 24. Spent at y° ordinarye 00 01 06 26. For a French castor [7iat], & a band 01 12 06 26. For 2 yar. of Spanish cloath for a close coat 01 10 00 26. For 19 ya. of gold & silver galloon lace weigh. 11 ounces at 4s 7a per oun. to lace it 02 11 06 26. For 2 oun[ces] of jessamin pouder 00 01 00 26. For cutting my hair & shaving 00 01 00 26. For going by water, &c 00 01 06 27. Spent at Bromley 00 01 00 The whole summe of this quarter is ... 95 06 00 184 EXPENSE-BOOK OE JAM^S MASTER, ESQ., 1649. £ s. d. Sept. 29. Given to Jack for 1 quarter's wages 01 00 00 29. For hiring ve grasse of an orchard halfe a year ....... 00 10 00 Oetob. 2. For crossing ye water, &c, [into Fssex] ... 00 01 00 5. Given away at Goodman Tunbridge's 00 06 00 9. Given away at my Cousin Bourne's 00 10 00 11. Eor half e a quarter of oats 00 10 00 12. Eor a va[ir] of pistolls for a saddle 02 05 00 12. Eor cutting my rtaire & shaving 00 01 00 12. Eor setting up my horse, & for pamphlets 00 01 00 13, Eor malt for a mash 00 00 06 16. Given to a poore woman 00 02 06 18. For halfe a quarter of oats 00 10 00 18. Spent at Benkenham 00 07 06 23. Given to W Roper's man 00 00 06 24. For a cloth pad, wth a cover to it, a cotten cloth, a coller, sussingle, & a pad, stirrops &girts 02 10 00 24. For a bit with white bosses 00 05 00 24. For my dinner, & setting up my horse 00 06 00 25. For halfe a quarter of oats 00 10 00 29. For shooing my horses at Good. Weekses 00 04 00 29. For a drinke, & curing my bay mare 00 04 00 29. For 5 quarters of oats at 209ye quarter ... 05 00 00 30. Given to Mr Knight's man 00 00 06 31. Given to Mr Cook for teaching me to sing 1 month 01 05 00 Nove.3. Spent at London 00 08 06 8. Given away at Mr Roper's 00 00 06 13. Forapa[ir] of gray wosted stockings 00 06 06 13. For a pa[w*] of cordovan gloves 00 03 00 13. For an hare's skin 00 00 08 14. For a little diamond, & setting in another in my ring. 00 07 06 14. For going by water, & setting up my horse 00 03 00 14. For a pound of pouder 00 01 02 14. For a load of trusse bound hay 03 15 00 15. For mending my gun 00 00 06 17. For a gun bought at y° second hand 01 04 00 17. For a pa[w*] of waxt shooes 00 04 00 23. Eor vamping a pa[w*] of boots 00 04 00 29. Spent when I went to see Yokes in 3 dayes 01 14 00 30. For mending my cloaths & horse cloath ... 00 03 00 30. Given to Goodman Gammon's boy 00 01 00 ' Dec. 3. Spent at Eltham 00 00 06 6. Spent at London in 2 dayes 00 05 06 6. For an answer to y° TL[ing's] booke & [William] Lillye's Almanfrefc] 00 02 00 7. For a shagge french hat w a ribons 00 12 00 8. For making my lace't coat.., 01 07 06 A.D. 1649-50. 186 1649. £ s. d. Dec. 8. Eor byeing & making my frieze coat 01 07 06 12. Eor 2 vo[unds] of shot, 2 halters, &e 00 01 06 19. For shooing my horses till ye 19 of Dec. . . 00 11 06 20. Spent at Beckenham 00 12 00 22. Given to Mr. Cook for teaching me to sing 1 month 01 05 00 24. For a pa[w-] of walking boots 00 11 06 24. For a boo[7c] made by Doctour [Walter] Oharleton [on Physician's Frrors] 00 02 04 24. Eor [John] Lilburne's Trial] 00 01 04 24. For dressing an hat 00 01 00 24. Eor a vo[und] of Tobacco 00 04 00 24. Spent at London, &c 00 04 04 26. Lost at cards 5s For an oldpistoll 2s 6d ... 00 07 06 The whole sum of this quarter is 33 02 10 The whole sum of my expences this yeere is... 214 17 10 1649 [-50]. Jan. 1. Given to Jack for 1 quarters wages 01 00 00 1. Given to my 2 brothers & sister 00 07 06 1. Given to ye servants [at Scadbury] 01 04 06 7. Given to Goodwife Stainsmore, & another woman 00 03 06 14. Spent at London 00 06 00 14. Eor 2 ounces jessamin pouder 00 01 00 23. Spent at London 00 01 06 29. Given to ye coachman & John Hinger 00 03 06 29. Spent in coach hire & going by water ...... 00 02 00 29. Given to Jack for his diet for 6 dayes 00 06 00 29. For faggots & candles 00 02 00 29. For a pa. of white gloves, & 4 ya. of ribbon 00 05 00 29. For hiring a chamber a weeke 00 04 00 30. For 3 ya. of watchet sattin to [make] me a wastcoat 01 13 00 30. Eor 4 ya. of gold & sil[ver] lace, weigh- [ing] 2 oun., & qu[arter] to lace it 00 11 00 30. For 72 ya. of 6&r>en[ny] ribon to make 8 do[een] of points 01 16 00 30. Eor 24 ya. of fancy ribon 01 00 00 30. Eor a pa. of amber gloves, & trimming them 00 04 00 30. Eor tagging my points 00 02 00 30. For coach hire, &c 00 05 06 30. For Sir Tho. More's Utopia 00 01 00 31. Spent in coach hire 00 08 00 Feb. 1. Given to Mr Colebourne when I received my writings 00 10 00 186 EXPENSE-BOOK OE JAMES MASTER, ESQ., 1649[-50], £ s. d. Feb 1. For 4 ya[rds] & halfe of drab de Berry to make a coat 03 03 00 1&2. Spent in coach hire 7s, & 6s 00 13 00 1. Spent at ye New Exchange 00 10 00 2. For a va[ir] of riding spurrs 00 02 06 2. For shooing my 2 mares 00 04 00 2. For a collar, 2 girts, &e 00 02 06 3. For my dinner on Sunday, ] of Spa[nish] le[ather] shooes 00 19 00 16. For mending my blue saddle 00 01 06 17. For shooing my horses fro' yc 19 of Dec. 1649 to ye 17 of August 1650 00 09 00 17. For hinges for a gate, nailes, & a staple ... 00 02 06 17. For dogges for ye hawke, &c 00 02 00 22, 23. Lost at cards at S1 Tho. Pelham's 06 00 00 Sept. 2. Given away at S1' Tho. Pelham's 01 07 00 2. For a gray mare bought of Mr Pelham 6 je[ars] old, £15 and Weeks being lame 15 00 00 13. For 3 ya[rds] of ribbon 00 01 00 13. For cloth to line ye Goshawke's perch 00 02 00 14. Given towards y° keeping of y° hounds ... 00 10 00 18. Spent at Towne Mailing when I lay there lnight 00 10 06 20. Given away at Sr Nicholas Miller's [Oxenhoath] 00 08 00 24. For my dinner at Lon[don], going by water,&c 00 11 00 26. For 3 drinks for my horses 00 04 06 28. For shooing my black gelding, at Weekes. 00 03 00 28. For 6vo[und] of shott 00 01 03 The whole sum of this quarter is 122 06 03 Sept. 29. Given to Jack for 1 quarter's wages 01 00 00 Octob. 1. For 18 ya. of satin & sil. ribbon for my sute 01 00 00 1. Eor sermons by M1' [John] Collins of Norwich, 2 pa[rfe] 5s Eor another book madebyhim2s 00 07 00 1. Eor y6 Epitomie of Sr Wa l t e r ] Raylegh's historie 00 03 00 1. Eor [Robert] Heath's & [John] Tatham's poems 00 02 00 1. For a pa. of jesamin gloves 00 04 00 1. For 2 pa. of white gloves 2s 6d For cutting my haire, shaving, & going by water 2s 6d 00 05 00 2. Given to my sister Tunstall's child's nurse 00 02 00 4. For 3 quarters of oats 01 10 00 7. Spent & lost at ye bowling greene this summer besides £5 10s. Od. I won of S1' H[umphry] Eorster at y° footmatch 03 08 06 9. For a p [air] of craines, a glove, & beefe for y° Goshawke 48 Eor a leather hatcase 4s 00 08 00 10. Lost at cards 00 06 06 11. Given to y° musick 00 05 00 A.D. 1650. 191 1650. . £ s. d. Octob. 12. Spent at Grinsted for myselfe, my man, & horses 00 08 00 22. Given away at ~&avi\and[SirThos Pelham's] 01 01 06 24. For rowelling my gray herbert mare 00 05 00 28. Givento Good.Backer & Good. Gammon for theyr paynes in vewing ye woods at Yokes 00 10 00 29. Eor cutting my haire & shaving 00 01 00 30. Given away at Eulham 00 04 00 30. Eor a boo[7c] by Sr A. W., & a lit[tle] boo[&] of arithmetick 00 01 06 30. Eor 2 quire of gilt paper 00 01 00 31. Spent at hon[don] in 3 dayes 00 09 06 Nov. 1. Given to Mr Scot's faulcouner 00 02 06 6. For 20 ells of holland for 2 pa[*V] of sheets at333dye e l l e 03 05 00 6. Eor 2 el[ls] of fine holland for 6 handkerchief s & . . . caps 00 13 06 6. For a pa[w*] of tann'd leather gloves 00 01 06 6. Eor Wingate's Arithmetick & 2 qu[«Ves] of giltpaper 00 02 06 6. For Amandus & Sophronia, & a lib[tle]. boo[lc] by Wil. Noy 00 01 06 6. For a little ring with a greene stone in it.. 00 04 00 6. Eor a gray cloth saddle, stirrops, & girts . . 01 05 00 6. Eor an housing cloth 00 05 00 8. Eor making my sad colour cloth sute 02 03 00 8. Spent at Lon[don] in 3 da[ys], for my diet, lodging, going t)y water, &c 00 12 00 12. Eor searching in Exchequer for [records respecting] Peckha[m], Swanton, &c. ... 00 06 00 13. Eor 6 sett of handkerchiefe buttons 00 04 06 13. Spent at ~Lon[don] in 2 da[ys] for my diet, lodging, going by water 00 08 06 14. Spent at Michael Blisset's 00 01 00 15. For a no[und] of pouder, &c 00 01 06 18. Spent at Michael Blisset's 00 01 00 19. Paid to y° talour for making Jack's livery. 00 15 00 21. Given to Sir Charles Dallison for his counsel! concerning Yokes & little Peckham . 01 00 00 21. For searching y° Statute Office for 15 yere 00 15 00 21. • Eor searching in y° Rolles for 15 yeare ... 00 02 00 21. For 2 sett of handkercbiefe buttons 00 02 00 21. Forablaekbox 00 01 06 21. Spent a,t_lion[don] in 3 dayes, for my diet, lodging, going by water, & coach 00 17 00 23. Given to Jack when I sent him to London 00 01 00 25. Eor a va[ir] of mild (mill'd?) hose 00 07 00 25. Eor a va[ir] of scarlet worsted tops 00 04 00 25. Eor a boo[&] of Devices, & a play ca\[led] y° Distracted State 00 01 06 192 EXPENSE-BOOK OE JAMES MASTER, ESQ., 1650. £ s. d. Nov. 27. Given to a M[a$#e]r of Chancery when my [step]£ather [Sir Thomas Walsingham] acknowledged a Recognizance to me for £8000 00 02 06 27. Spent at London in 3 da[ys], for my diet, lodging, going by water, & coach 00 17 00 27. For my diet, & my man's fro' ye 31 of July 1650 to y° 31 of Octob. 1650, being 13 wee[fe], at 25s ye wee[F) 16 05 00 28. Spent at Tom More's 00 01 00 Dec. 2. Given to Goodman Gammon's sonne 00 02 00 2. Lost out of my trunck 00 12 00 7. Spent when I went to Yokes in 4 dayes ... 01 13 00 7. Paid for a sease[cess] for y° poore of Little Peckham at 3d in ye pound at £55 0s. Od. per annum 00 13 09 10. Spent at Mottingham [in Fltham] 00 03 06 12. Paid to Fisher when I sent Ware to Lon- [*ra] to be sold 00 17 00 14. Given to y° prisoners at Maidestone 00 01 00 16. Paid for y° 9a tax, 6a for ye army, & 3a for Tropheys, for 3 months fro' Michaelmas last till Christmas, for little Peckham farme, [as] seased at £58 per ann 02 03 06 16. Given to Mr Manning's man 00 00 06 18. For a pa[»V] of white gloves 00 01 06 18. For lace for 2 caps 00 11 00 18. Eor inrolling a Recognizance of £8000 ... 00 08 00 18. For cutting my haire & shaving 00 01 06 18. Spent at lion[don] in 3 da[ys] for myselfe, my man, & 2 horses 00 17 00 24. Spent at Michael Blesset's 00 04 06 31. Given to M* Rooper's groome, & ye smith's & shoomaker's men's boxes 00 01 06 The whole sum of this quarter is 52 03 03 The whole sum of my expences this yeere is.., 290 16 06 Janu. 1650, 1. Given to Jack for 1 quarter's wages.. 01 00 00 1. Given to ye servants [at Scadbury] 01 15 00 2. Given to ye musick at my Lady Scot's [at Hayes] 00 02 06 6. Given to y° musick [at Scadbury] ; 00 02 06 8. Paidforytaxof my field fro'Mie. to Aprill 00 02 06 14. Spent at Purfleet 00 13 00 16. Spent at Lon[*»] in 2 dayes 00 10 06 17. Spent at Mich. Blisset's 69 Paid for a sease [cess] for y° poore, for my field I s 9a 00 07 09 A.D. 1650-1. 193 1650[-1], £ s. d. Janu. 18. Eor 17 cop of barley straw 00 08 06 22. Eor dressing my hat 00 01 00 24. Spent at Juon[don] in 4 da[ys] for lodging, diet & going by water 00 15 00 29. Spent at Lon[don] in 2 o\a[ys] for lodging, diet, & going by water 00 07 00 29. Eor 10 quarters of oats 05 06 00 31. Given to Goodman Gammon's sonne 00 02 00 31. For a spaniell whelpe to make a setter 00 07 00 Feb. 1& 3. Givento MrRoper's&MvAustine'sgroomes 00 01 00 5. Spent at London in 2 da[ys] for lodging, going by water & diet 00 11 00 5. For a boo[h] cal[led] Christian Caveat &c. 00 00 08 7. Spent at London in going by water &c. ... 00 02 00 7. Eor ye Tragedy of M. T. Cicero 00 00 06 8. Spent at y° Ordnary ' 00 01 00 12. Spent at London in 2 dayes in going by water, lodging, & diet 00 07 06 13. For 6 mony baggs . 00 01 06 13. For carrying my bitch into Essex to be taughttoset 00 05 06 18. Given to M1' Brattle for y° writings when I mortgaged West Peckham 00 12 00 19. Given away at Sr Nieh. Miller's 00 10 00 19. I gave M1' Boys for his bald stoned nagge 06 10 00 and my black nag cal[led] Ware 20. Given to y° musick at my lady Scot's 00 02 00 21. Spent at Michaell Blisset's 00 01 06 25.' For cutting my haire & shaving 00 01 00 26. Given to Jack's father when he came up toLonr>»] 00 05 00 27. For Caryll upon Job, 5 par[i!s] in 3 vol. ... 00 19 00 27. Given to Sir Nich. Miller's 2 men 00 07 06 27. For a ya. 3 qu. of Spanish cloath to make me a sute, at 26s [the] ja[rd] 02 05 00 27. Spent at Lon[don] in 3 da[ys] for diet, lodging & coach hire 00 15 06 28. Spent at Beckenham 00 08 00 Mar. 3. Eor 2 va[ir] of women's white gloves ...... 00 02 04 4. For a drink for my black nagg, & dressing mymare'sleg 00 02 00 14. Spent at Lon[don] in 3 da[ys] for diet, lodging, going by water, &c 00 11 06 15. Given to Jack for a quarter's wages 01 05 00 18. Spent at London 1 day 00 03 06 24. For halfe a bushell of green malt & malt foramash 00 02 06 The sum of this quarter is 28 14 03 vol. xv. o 194 EXPENSE-BOOK OE JAMES MASTER, ESQ., 1651. £ s. d. Mar. 25. Spent at London 1 day in going by water 00 03 00 29. Payd for halfe a yeare's rent for my field.. 03 10 00 29. For 12ya[rds] of gold & silver ribbon ... 00 10 00 31. Given to George y° wachman &c 00 01 06 Apr. 1. Eor a bnshell of beanes 00 03 00 4. Spent at y° towne 00 03 00 8. Eor a pa[V] of browne gloves & 4 oun[ees] of haire powder 00 03 00 8. Spent at London &c 00 05 00 8. Given to Jack Taylour for loo[7cing] to my horses 3 weeks 00 10 00 9. Paid for shooing my horses till this time... 00 11 00 15. For 3 ya[rds] 3 qn[arters] of red cloath to make my man a coat, at 12s y" ya[rd] ... 02 05 00 15. Eor 3 ya[rds] of ash colour baze to face it 00 07 00 15. Spent at London 00 02 00 16. Eor 6 arrowes, & trimming up an old bowe 00 03 06 19. For ye charges of my ball Nag at London, 12 dayes, & for Fisher's diet, when he soldhim 02 02 00 22. Spent at London 00 01 00 23. Paid for taxes out of Goodman Honye's rent 00 06 06 23. Paid for taxes out of my rent at Yokes ... 06 02 04 23. Paid for taxes for my woods at Yokes for the last halfe yeere, at Is. 7d. ob. in y° •po[und] [as] seassed at £10per ann. ... 00 16 03 23. Paid to ye poore for halfe a yeere, for my woods at Yokes 00 02 06 23. Given to Goodman Gammon for gathering my rent, & f or 2 da[ys] worke 00 17 06 24. Eor 2 maps of Scotland & Ireland with frames 00 24. Eor an home comb, & spent at London ... 00 25. Paid for makeing my light colour cloath sute 02 25. Paid for makeing my groome's livery 00 25. For a shooting glove, brace, &c 00 26. Spent at London 00 29. Spent at London 1 day 00 30. Given to my man when he went to London 00 30. Eor 12 copp of rye, strawe, &c 00 30. Eor a sorrell pacing mare, bought of John Brewitt 10 May 2. Spent at London 00 6. Eor 6 ya[rds] of black ribbon 00 7. Spent at London 1 day 00 8. Eor 2 vo[und] of thred to make a flight net 00 8. Eor a -go[und] & halfe of flax to make a net 00 10. Eor Bacon's History of Life & Death 00 10. Eor a va[ir] of tanned leather gloves 00 03 02 15 15 01 08 07 01 04 10 02 03 11 05 01 01 01 00 00 00 00 06 00 00 00 06 00 00 00 06 04 09 08 08 A.D. 1651. 195 1651. £ s. d. May 10. Spent at London 00 01 00 13. Paid for taxes out of my rent in Lincolneshire 10 07 00 13. Paid to my Attorney for y° charges in passing ye Conveyances of Yokes & Peckham 08 15 00 13. Given to M1' Colbron's men for copying out writings 01 07 06 13. Eor vacateing my father's [Sir Thomas Walsingham's] Recognizance & to ye man 00 14 08 13. Spent at London 00 02 06 13. For Sparagus & goosberryes 00 04 00 13. For covering my old blue saddle and a suscingle and snafell 00 04 06 16. Spent at Mich. Blisset's 00 02 00 17. For 12 trusse of hay 00 10 00 19. • Paid for 6 mon[#7»s] tax field for my field, at £7perann ... 00 02 04 22. Given away at Antho. Abbye's child's christening, &c 00 16 06 23. For a drinke for my bald nag, given to Roger, &c 00 02 06 24. For Hartlib's Husbandry & Hotham's Arguments, &c 00 02 00 24. For cutting my haire and shaving 00 01 00 24. Spent at London 00 01 06 June 2. For a load of trusse bound marsh hay 01 06 06 3. For 8 ya[rds] & a quarter of stuffe for a cloakeat69 02 09 06 3. For 1 ya[rd] 3 qu[arters] of cloath to make me a sute at £1 6s ye ya[rd] 02 05 00 3. Spent at London 00 00 06 5. Eor cutting downe ye brambles in my field 00 14 00 7. For 5 weeks' grasse in Eltham Parke for 4 horses 02 00 00 7. For docking my 2 colts, shooing my mare, &c 00 03 06 9. For 5 wee[7cs] grasse in ye marsh for my bay mare Gefford 01 . 0 0 00 9. For 3 wee [7cs] & | grasse for Herbert 00 14 00 9. For a sieve & shooing Gefford 00 02 06 10. Spent at Shoreham 00 06 06 11. Spent at London 00 00 06 12. Eor halfe a quarter of oats 00 06 03 12. Spent at Mich. Blisset's 00 02 00 18. Spent when I lay at Eulham one night ... 00 05 00 19. Eor mending my watch 00 01 00 19. For a pa[«V] of spurrs 00 03 00 19. Spent when I lay at London one night ... 00 07 00 o 2 196 EXPENSE-BOOK OE JAMES MASTER, ESQ., 1651. £ s. d. June 21. Given to my man when he went twise to London 00 02 00 23. For 4 quarters of oats, & given to him y4 broughtym 02 09 00 The whole su' of this quarter is 74 10 09 June, 1651, 24. Given to my man when he went to Croydon fayre 00 01 00 26. For y° charges of [my grey mare] Herbert when she went to be sold 01 02 00 27. Spent at Bexley 00 01 09 July 1. For 2 oyled bridles & 2 snafles 00 04 06 1. Eor 3 pa. of gloves 00 04 10 1. For pouder for haire 00 02 00 1. Spent at London 00 01 09 2. Spent at Bromley 00 . 0 6 00 5. For y° charges of Herbert & my lit[ifZe] bay mare, when they went to be sold, & my man's diet 00 14 00 5. Given to ye groome when my 2 mares were covered 00 15 00 8. Paid for shooing my horses till this time ... 00 11 00 8. Given to my man Richard for his quarter's] wages 01 05 00 9. For 8 non[nds] of heart cherryes 00 04 00 12. Spent at yc cherrye garden 00 01 00 17. Given to Mr Rooper's man, & for cherryes 00 01 06 19. Eor a French shag hat & band 00 14 00 19, For a pa[*>] of linnen riding tops 00 04 00 19. For cutting my haire & shaving 00 01 00 19. For a pa[*V] of rippon spurrs 00 02 06 19. Spent at London & for a quier of paper ... 00 01 06 24. Eor a demie Castor [beaver hat] 01 07 06 24. Spent at London 00 01 00 25, Eor 6 load of marsh hay brought in, 4 new, 2old,hay 11 15 00 25. Given to y" carters, &c 00 04 06 28. Eor a drink for my bay mare Gefford 00 01 06 31. For Oartwright's Playes & Willan's Astrea 00 05 00 31. For new dying my hat & a new lining to it 00 02 06 31. Spent at London 00 01 00 August 7. Spent when I saw y° Wells in 2 dayes ... 00 15 00 8. Given away when I lay 1 nig[7it] at 8r Nic. Miller's, [Oxenhoat7i, in West Pec7oham] 00 07 06 12. Spent at London 00 02 00 12. Eor Howell's History of Venice 00 05 00 14. Given to y° musick 00 02 00 14. Eor 12 bushells of old oats 01 04 00 16. For making my sad colour stuff cloake ... 00 17 00 A.D. 1651. 197 1651. £ e. d. Aug. 16. To Grood[man] Marshall for y° grasse of a field till M.icha[elmas] 01 00 00 20, 23. Given to Mr Rooper's man & spent at Mich. Blisset's 00 01 06 26. Eor 2 melons 00 01 06 26. For 12 y&[rds] of 2a black ribbon 00 02 00 26. Spent at London 00 02 00 27. Eor 17 ells of holland to make me 6 shirts, at5s , &c 04 05 00 30. Given away at Mr Manning's [in Cray] ... 00 01 00 Sept. 2. Given away at Sr Tho. Peirce's [«» fifeafo] ... 00 01 00 3. Spent at Orpington 00 03 00 4. Eor 4 ounces of haire pouder 00 01 00 4. For cutting my haire & going by water, &c. 00 02 00 10, Given to M1' Turner for keeping 2 Court Barons 01 00 00 10. Given to Goodman Miller for providing a dinner 01 00 00 11. Spent when I lay at Hadlow 1 night 00 09 00 11. Eor 4 hundred of laths to repair yc Court lodge [at West Peckham] 00 06 00 16. Eor a pa[a>] of gray worsted stockings ... 00 05 00 16. For 6 pa[«V] of socks & spent at London... 00 04 00 16. For ye singing Psalmes by Dr King 00 01 00 16. For Gondibert, by Davenant 00 02 00 16. Given to a man y4 came to be my Bayliffe 00 05 00 22. For a watering bridle & a great snafle 00 03 00 22. Eor a brush & new tinning a bit 00 03 00 22. Eor a large horse cloath, stirrops, & leathers 00 09 06 23, Eor an ell, qnav[ter] & h a l [ / a quarter] of taffaty to line my doublet 00 16 00 23. For 3 ya. £ of Spanish cloath to make me acloake 04 04 00 23. Spent at London 00 02 03 27. Spent when I heated my mare at Bansted Downes 00 07 00 29. Eor 18 doz. of silver buttons & a neck butb[on] at 2s 8a y8 doz 02 10 00 29. For72ya[nfe] of 6d rib[Jow] f ° r P°rnt s ... 01 16 00 29. For 24 ya[V] of sheets at second hand 02 4. Paid to Mrs Dubois for y° interrest £300 for 6 months at £8 per cent 12 4. Eor a pa. of scarlet worsted halfe stockings 00 4. Spent at London 00 6. Paid for y° tax for my field for 8 months. , 00 7. Eor a wiir] of gray serge tops, & 2 ounces of Jes[samin]pouder 00 7. Spent at London .,..„., , 00 00 14 10 10 00 00 05 02 01 07 01 00 04 00 00 00 00 00 00 06 00 06 A.D. 1651. 199 1651. £ s. d. Nov. 8. Given to Goodman Gimmet 00 01 00 12. For seweing ye lace of my coat, &a.' 00 02 00 14. Eor soleing a na[ir] of shooes, & shewing my bay mare 00 02 06 14. Given to Rob. Gardner 00 01 00 19. Eor making my cloth sute, & cloake w4h buttons 03 12 00 19. For a searelothscabberd, boyling my hilt, &c. 00 05 00 20. Spent at London in 3 dayes 00 09 06 20. Eor cutting my haire & shaving 00 01 00 20. Paid for taxes out of my rent in Lincolnshire 10 07 01 24. Spent at London 00 03 06 27. Spent at Bromleigh 00 02 00 Dec. 1. Given to M1'Rooper's groome 00 00 06 2. For 18 ya[rds] of 4a ribbon 00 06 00 2. For a pa. of sky-colour silke tops 00 09 00 2. Spent at London 00 00 06 8. Eor a cord for my flight net 00 01 00 22. Eor 2 qu. of oats, hay, straw, & halfe a man's diet for 8 weeks, at Bishopstowne, for my gray mare 03 05 00 23. Spent when I lay at Hawland [Sir T. Pelhom's] & Lewis a fortnight 07 01 06 23. For a pa[o>] of tanned gloves 00 02 00 26. Given to ye musick 00 02 00 27. Paid for shooing my horses till this time... 00 13 00 29. Eor ten quarters of oats at 12s y0 quarter 06 00 00 29. Spent at London 00 05 00 29. Eor 2 almanacks, & a glass of inke 00 01 06 29. For a dunne stone nagge, eight yeers old, bought of Lieu.-Gen. Fleetwood 32 00 00 29. Given his groome 01 00 00 30. Given away at Sv Steven Scot's [at Hayes] 00 05 00 31. Lost at bowls & cards this last yeere 06 11 00 The whole sum of this quarter is 148 16 03 The whole sum of my expences this yee[re] is... 298 08 01 Jan. 1, 1651 [-2]. Givento y° servants at Scadbury... 01 06 06 5. Eor 7 ya. & ha. of stuffe to line my cloake 01 10 00 5. Given to my cousin Jaques 00 05 00 6. Given to y° musick at Scadbury 00 02 06 8. Pavd to my man Richard for his quarter's wages 01 05 00 9. To Halfpeny y° ferrier for firing my gray mate ......... 00 10 00 9. For her meat there 11 nights 00 07 00 200 EXPENSE-BOOK OE JAMES MASTER, ESQ., 1651[-21. ^ «• &. Jan. 9. Spent at London 00 01 06 15. For cutting my haire & shaving 00 01 00 15. Spent at London 00 03 00 16. For a drink f or my sorrell mare, &c 00 02 00 16. Given to y° Dancing M[aste]r for com'ing to me 4 times 00 10 00 17. For a cloath saddle w4h a gold & silk fringe, a bridle, stirrops, girts, & saddle cloath... 02 07 00 17. Eor a peece of girt web, a curry combe, &c. 00 06 00 21. Spent when I went to Yokes in 1 night ... 00 12 00 23. Spent at Footscray 00 03 06 24. Paid for a seasse for ye poore for my field . 00 02 04 27. Paid for 2 new bridles, & snaffles 00 04 00 29. Spent at Footscray 00 01 06 30. Lost at a horse race 02 00 00 30. Eor ye charges of my man & horse at Casholton, 4 nights 00 12 00 30. Spent at Casholton 00 06 06 81. For a sack, & paid my man's bill 00 06 06 Feb. 2. Given away at M1' Manning's 00 04 06 4. Eor a papr] of Jessamin gloves 00 04 00 4. For a lawne band & cuffs 00 04 06 4. For 3 romances, Cassandra, Don Fenice, & y° vnfortunate queene 00 05 00 5. For an elle of fine holland to make bands & cuffs 00 12 00 6. Spent at London in 3 dayes 01 00 00 7. Spent at Michaell Blisset's 00 01 00 10. Spent at London 00 03 00 11. Lost at Mr Howard's foot match 03 00 00 11. Spent when I lay 1 night at Barnet 00 19 00 11. Given to Mr Brattle when I renewed my mortgage 00 10 00 13. Given to ye Dancing M[«sfe]1' for eomming to me 4 times 00 10 00 16. Eor curing my gray mare of farce, & for a drinke 00 06 06 16. Spent at Michael Blisset's 00 01 06 18. For black ribbons 00 03 06 18. Spent at London 00 05 06 18. Eor a y&[rd] & hal[/] of cloath to make me a little coat 01 10 00 18. For a na[ir] of Worsted scarlet stockings 00 06 00 18. Paid to Sr Nich. Miller for y° interrest of £1000 for 12 months at £7 per cent. ... 70 00 00 24. Given to one for going to London 00 02 00 25. Paid for making my little coat 00 06 06 March 10. Spent when I lay [m Sussex] at S1' Tho. Pelham's & at Lewis a-fortnight , 11 15 00 13. Given to one y4 came out of Ireland 00 01 00 A.D. 1651-2. 201 1651 [-2]. > £ s. d. March 15. Given to Fisher for breaking & pacing my bay colt 01 10 00 15. Spent at Michaell Blisset's r 00 01 00 15. Eor y° charges in purchasing my fee farme rent [of Crowle, Luddington and Fastoft manors] in Lincolnshire 08 06 00 17. For a va[ir] of riding spurrs 00 03 00 17. Spent at London, & for dying my hat 00 05 06 19. Spent when I went to Votes in 1 night ... 00 12 06 22. Paid for ye tax for my field for 6 months... 00 01 06 The whole sum of this quarter is 116 14 10 March 1652, 25. Eor a romance ea\[led] Cleopatra... 00 02 06 25. For iEsop's Fables in English verse 00 02 00 25. For a new string, & making cleane my watch 00 01 06 26. Spent at London in 1 night 00 14 00 30. Paid for taxes out of Goodman Honye's rent 00 08 02 31. For a va[ir] of black buckram stockings... 00 08 00 31. Eor 2 boo [7cs] concerning husbandry 00 01 00 31. Spent at London 00 03 06 Aprill 6. Given to a man for going to Hawland 00 05 00 7. For 2 trusse of straw, 2 muzzles, &c 00 05 00 8. Paid to my man Richard for his quarters wages 01 05 00 8. Lost at an horse match 05 00 00 8. Spent at Casholton 00 09 00 14. For an hundred of deale boards 10 foo[#] long 05 10 00 14. Eor carrying them to new Hide by water... 00 10 00 14. Eor an horse lock 3s 6d Spent at London 336a 00 07 00 15. Eor a quarter of oats 00 15 00 18. Given at y° Sacrament 00 01 00 21. Eor 2 bushells of grene malt, &£bu. of oats 00 07 00 21. Eor a pa[ir] of tanned leather gloves 00 03 00 22. Lost at an horse match 03 10 00 22. Spent at Cashalton 00 07 06 23. Given to y° musick at my Lady Scot's [at Hayes] 00 02 00 24. Paid for taxes out of my rent at West Peckham 06 00 10 24. Spent when I went to Yokes 00 02 06 26. For ye charges of my gray mare when she was sold at Lon[don] 01 00 00 30. Paid for | a yeer's rent of my field 03 10 00 May 4. For an horse lock 3s 6a Spent at London 696a 00 10 00 4. Paid to Oaptaine Johnson for ye interrest of £200 for 6 months 08 00 00 202 EXPENSE-BOOK OE JAMES MASTER, ESQ., 1652. £ s. d. May 4. Paid to Mrs Dubois for ye interrest of £300 for 6 mon[ths] at £ 8 per cent 12 00 00 6. Eor halfe a quarter of oats 00 08 00 7. Paid to S1' Nieho. Miller for ye interrest of £300 for 6 months at £7 per cent, per ann. 10 10 00 7.- Spent at London ' 00 10 00 10. For a little hunting saddle & cloath....' 00 16 06 10. Eor a strong coller, & new stuffing & mending 4 saddles 00 07 00 15. Spent at London 00 02 06 18. Spent at Northfleet faire 00 03 06 19. Spent at London 00 01 00 20. Eor halfe a quarter of oats 00 10 00 21. Eor a pa[w-] of holland boothose 00 05 06 21. For 2 pa[ir] of gloves, 4 oun[ces] of pouder, & a va[ir] of tuizers 00 05 06 21 & 28. Spent at London [on two days] 00 08 00 June 2. Spent at London 00 02 06 2. Eor y6 Wild Goose Chase, a comedye 00 01 00 5. Spent when I went to Votes 00 04 00 8. Paid for taxes out of my rent in Lincolnshire 08 12 00 8. Paid for taxes for my land at Yotes, fro' Mich. 1651 till Midsummer 1652 at 2s l a per po [md], assessed at £7610s. per ann. 08 00 05 8. Paid for taxes for my woods at Yotes fro' Mich. 1651 till Midsummer 1652 at 2s l a per -po[und], assess[e«7] at £10 pe[r] ann. 01 00 10 9. Eor 2 da[ys] worke in mending y° hedges inmyfield 00 02 06 10. Spent at London 00 02 00 10. Eor 5 bushells of oats 00 10 08 12. For cutting my haire & shaving 00 01 00 12. Spent at London 00 02 06 15. Spent at London 00 03 00 17. For shooing my horse till this time 00 14 06 23. Given to Dick when I sent him to Yotes... 00 01 06 The sum of this quarter is 86 05 09 July 1. For halfe a quarter of oats -.. 00 09 06 1. Spent at London... 00 02 06 8. Paid to my man Richard for his quarter's wages 01 05 00 9. Eor y° Historye of ye World by Sr ~Wal[ter] Rawleygh [printed in 1620]* 01 00 00 9. Eor y° continuation of it by Alexander Rosse 00 15 00 9. Eor cutting my haire & shaving 00 01 00 * Mr. Dalison has this hook now, in his library at Hamptons, The autograph o£ Ja. Master is in it, and its cost, 20s„ is marked. A.D. 1652. 203 1652. £ s. d. July 9. Spent at London 00 02 06 10. Given to my ~Lo[rd] of Suffolk's groome when my gray mare was covered with his gray Barbe [at Audley Fnd] 00 10 00 10. Eor y° charges in sending of her downe ... 00 04 00 15. For halfe a quarter of oats 00 09 00 15. Spent at Blackheath 00 06 00 23. Spent at London 00 02 00 29. Spent when I went to y° Assizes at Maidstone 01 17 00 29. Eor 1 no[und] & hal[/] of thred to make 2 pa[z>] of stockings 00 04 06 Aug. 2. Eor halfe a quarter of oats 00 08 06 2. Spent when I dined at Greenwich 00 15 00 3. Paid for y° tax for my field 00 01 06 4. Eor mending my gun 00 01 00 9. For a black gelding bought of Mr Howard 10 00 00 10. For 25 ya[rds] of flaxen cloath to make 2 papr] of sheets 02 10 00 14. Spent when I lay at Epsam 1 night 00 05 06 18. Eor halfe a quarter of oats 00 09 00 20. Paid to Sr Nich. Miller y° interrest of £1000 for 6 months at £6 per cent, per ann 30 00 00 20. Spent when I went to Yotes in 1 night ... 00 14 00 24. Spent at Casholton 00 02 06 27. Given to Mr Coleborne for drawing y° conveyances when I bought Yotes & Peckham 05 00 00 27. Eor a ya[rd] 3 qu[arters] of Spanish cloath to make me a sute 02 05 00 27. For 18 ya[rds] of silver lace weighing 14 oun[ees]i- to lace it 03 05 00 27. Eor a French demie-castor & white band... 01 16 00 27. For Blith's second booke of Husbandry ... 00 03 06 27. Spent at London 00 01 06 28. For 3 load of upland hay brought in 08 18 00 Sep. 9. Eor a va[ir] of gre[en] silke tops & 4 ounce[s] of pouder 00 10 06 9. For Perkin's Reformed Catholick 00 01 06 9. Spent at London 00 03 00 13. For a quarter of oats 00 18 00 17. Spent at Greenwich 01 12 00 18. For a pa. of stirrops & leathers 00 03 06 20. For 2 hundred of walnuts 00 01 00 24. For an oyled hat case, & a box combe 00 03 06 24. Spent at London, & for cutting my haire andshaving 00 02 00 The summe of this quarter is 78 02 00 204 EXPENSE-BOOK OE JAMES MASTER, ESQ., 1652. & s- d. Oct. 7. Spent when I lay at my Con[sin Richard] Master his house [at Fast Langdon] 01 06 06 12. Given to Mr Powell when I received £300 out of ye Chamber of London 00 15 00 14. Spent at London when I lay there 2 nights 00 08 06 15. Paidfortaxesoutof Goodman Honye's rent 00 04 10 15. Paid to my man Riehr«r^] for his quarter's wages 01 05 00 18. Eor kniting 2 na[ir] of stirrop hose and 2 na[ir] of socks 00 07 06 18. Paid my man Richard's bill 00 02 06 21. For 2 qu. & 2 bushells of oats, at 18s y° quarter 02 00 06 23. For ye rent of my field fro' our La[%] day, till Bartholome [August 24Wt] 02 10 00 25. Paid to Goodman Waker for sere[ral] va[ir] of boots & shoes 03 05 00 . 26. For a pa. of gray worsted stockings and a va[ir] of white gloves 00 07 06 26. Spent at London, & for cutting my haire 00 04 00 27. Spent when I went to Yotes in 1 night 00 10 10 27. Paid for thatching at yc Court lodge a yeere agoe 00 06 06 27. Paid for bringing 120 boards fro' London toNewhide 00 11 00 27. Paid to John Jenkings for laying 2 floors at y° Court l[odge, West Peckham] 00 16 00 27. Paid to ye sawyers for sawing ye timber ... 00 10 00 27. Paid for 500 of 8anailes,&100of 10dnailes 00 04 02 27. Paid for taxes out of my rent at West Peckham 03 10 01 Novemb. 8. Spent at Newmarket, & at Audley end, when I lay there a weeke 07 02 06 13. For cutting my haire & shaving 00 01 00 13. For & a nohmd] of pouder, & setting up myhorse „ 00 01 08 18. For a periwig 00 16 00 18. For 2 vo[unds] of Spanish Tobaco 00 14 00 18. Eor making my lace't sute 03 15 00 18. Spent when I lay at London 4 dayes 01 .14 00 18. Paid to Captaine Johnson for ye interrest of £200 for 6 maa[ths] ended ye 31 of Oct. last 08 00 00 18. Paid to M13 Dubois for y° interrest of £300 for 6 mon[#«s] ended y° 4 of this month 12 00 00 18. Paid for taxes out of my rent in Lincolnshire 08 12 00 22. Paid to my Sister [Fliaabeth] Master for 6 mon[t7is] interrest of £200 ended y° 6 of Novemb. 1652 06 00 00 A.D. 1652. 205 1652. £ s. d. Nov. 23. Eor a po[wnd] of haire powder 00 03 00 23. For a boo [7c] concerning usury, & another aboutchesse 00 01 06 23. Spent at London 00 03 06 23. For dressing my hat 00 01 00 30. Spent at London 00 07 06 Decem. 4. Spent when I went to Yotes in one night 00 10 06 6. Spent at Sennock [Sevenoa7cs] Faire 00 02 00 4. Paid for taxes for my land at Yotes, fro' Midsummer 1652 till ye 25 of Dec. 1652 • at Is 2a ob. per vou[nd] assessed at £75 per ann 04 10 07 4. Paid for taxes for my woods at Yotes for ye same time at Is 2d ob. p[er] no[und] assessed at £10 p. ann 00 12 01 4. For 2 qu[arters] of lime to repaire Yotes.,. 00 05 04 4. Paid to a carpenter for 3 dayes'worke 00 04 06 4. To a mason for 13 dayes' worke at 18a a day 00 19 06 4. For 2 qn[arters] of oats bought at Maidestone 01 14 00 7. For a pa[*V] of waxt shooes, setting up and colouring a p[«*>] of boo [ts] 00 07 06 11. Spent at Rochester 00 02 00 13. Given to ye musick at my Lady Scot's 00 02 00 14. Eor 3 pa. of gloves, & 3 yar. of bla[c7c] 8a ribbon 00 09 00 14. Spent at London 00 01 06 14. For a quarter of oats 00 17 06 16. Spent at London in 1 night 00 08 06 23. Foraperriwig 00 15 00 23. Eor a pa. of white serge stockings laced... 00 15 00 23. Spent at London 00 03 00 25. For shooing my horses till this time 00 13 00 The sum of this quarter is 72 07 09 The whole sum of my expences this yeere is.,. 353 10 04 Jan. 1652[-3], 1. Given toy0 servants at Scadbury... 01 05 00 4. Given to y° musick at [Rev.] Mr Edwards [minister of Chisle7mrst] his house 00 03 00 6. Given to y° musick at Scadbury' 00 02 00 8. Given to Dick for his quarter's wages 01 05 00 13. For halfe a quarter of oats 00 09 00 14. Spent at London 00 02 00 17. Given to Mr Bodnam's man 00 02 06 20. For 5 ya. of Spanish cloth to make a sute, &cloake 06 10 00 206 EXPENSE-BOOK OE JAMES MASTER, ESQ., 1652 [-3]. . £ s. d. Jan. 20. For a new scabbard, & boyling my hilt of my sword 00 05 00 20. Spent at London 00 04 06 20. Paid to Jolly for na[irs] of boots, and 3 pa[irs] of shooes 03 05 00 22. Spent when I went to Yotes in 1 night ... 00 10 06 25. Paid my man Richard's bill 00 02 00 27. For halfe a quarter of oats 00 09 06 Febru. 2. Given to ye musick at Sir Leonard Eerbye's 00 03 00 3. For 9 dozen of ribbon to make 12 doz. of points at 6d ob. ye yard 03 01 00 3. Eor 24 ya[rds] of fancy ribbon 01 04 00 3. For a pa[«V] of Jessamin gloves 00 03 06 3. For a leaden plate for my hat 00 04 00 3. Spent at London 00 03 06 3. For a perriwig, & new curling of another.,. 00 17 00 10. For a na[ir] of sea-greene silke tops, & a v[air] of band strings 00 12 00 10. Spent at London in one night 00 06 06 10. Eor halfe a quarter of oats 00 09 06 18. Eor 2 quilted caps 00 06 06 18. For mending my watch 00 02 00 18. Spent at London when I lay there 2 nights 01 00 00 19. Paid to S1' Nich. Miller for ye interrest of a £1000 for 6 months at £6 per cent. perann 30 00 00 21. Eor mending my cloths 00 01 06 21. Eor 6 quarters of oats at 18s y° quarter ... 05 08 00 23. Eor 2 bushells of beanes 00 08 00 24. Eor a load of marsh hay brought in 03 12 00 26. Paid Dick's bill for severall drinks for my horses 00 11 00 March 2. Eor 6 pa[*V] of women's white gloves 00 09 00 2. Eor a pa[»r] of women's green silke stockings 00 16 00 4. Eor 3 of my Lady Kent's boo[&] of Phisick 00 04 00 4. Eor a boo[ft] of Sr Hugh Plat's, & a quire ofpaper 00 02 00 4. Spent at London, when I lay there 3 nights 01 03 06 4. Paid for y° change of £20 in silver into £20ingold 01 13 06 8. Given to Mr Powell when I received £200 out of y° Chamber of London ... 00 10 00 8. Spent at London 00 03 06 8. Paid to Oaptaine Johnson for y° interrest of £200 fro' y° 31 of Octob. 1652 till y° 8 of March 1652 at £8 per cent. perann ; 06 00 00 A.D. 1652-3. 207 1652[-3]. £ s. d. March 18. Spent when Hay at Maidstone 2 nights... 01 06 00 22. Spent at London 00 05 00 The sum of this quarter is 76 00 06 March, 1653, 26. Spent at London 00 03 00 28. For a load of marsh hay brought in 03 09 00 29. Spent at London 00 05 00 Aprilll. Spent at London 00 06 06 5. Spent at London 00 06 00 6. Spent when I went to Yotes 00 01 06 6. Paid for taxes out of Grood[man] Honye's rent 00 06 08 6. Paid for taxes out of Goodman Miller's rent 04 16 08 8. Paid to Dick for his quarter's] wages 01 05 00 10. Given at ye Sacrament 00 01 00 14. Eor 2 va[ir] of linnen boothose 00 12 06 14. For 2 no[unds] of sugar, 2 v[ounds] of raisins and -J of almonds 00 05 00 14. Spent at London PO 02 00 19. Spent at London 00 03 00 20. Givento [cousin] S' Tho. Pierce his man... 00 00 06 21. To Dick when he went to London 00 01 06 27. For a bridle, snafle, male pillion and girts 00 04 06 27. Spent at London 00 04 06 28. Spent at Casholton 00 03 00 May 2. For a drinke for my bay mare 00 01 06 $$. 5. For 2 ounces of pouder 00 01 00 5. For Burroughs his Jewell of Contentment 00 02 00 5. Spent at London 00 07 00 9. Spent when I lay at Fulham 00 12 00 10. For shooing my horses at Good[OT«!«] Mock's 00 06 00 11. Spent when I went to Ohelsey 00 01 06 13. Spent at Cashalton 00 03 00 16. Spent at Kinston 00 10 06 17. Paid for taxes out of my rent in Lincolnshire 08 12 00 18. For a new perriwig 00 16 00 18. For 9 ya[rds] & J of stuffe to make me a sute and coat 01 10 00 18. For 3 ells & i of sarsnet to line y° dublet &coat 01 15 00 18. Eor 3 dozen of satin ribon at 10s ye dozen 01 10 00 18. Eor a lawne band & cuffs 00 03 06 18. For 4 na[ir] of linnen socks 00 02 06 18. Eor 3 boo[ks] of Culpepper's, the London Dispensatory, ye English Phisitian, and Directions for M.idmi[ery] 00 13 00 208 EXPENSE-BOOK OE JAMES MASTER, ESQ., 1653. £ s. d. May 18. Spent at London when I lay there 2 nights 00 07 06 18. For a na[ir] of Spanish leather shooes ... 00 04 06 20. Paid to S1' Nich Miller for y° interrest of £1000 for 3 months at £6 per cent. perann 15 00 00 21. Spent when I lay at Hadlow 1 night 00 09 06 24. Eor halfe a load of trusse bound hay 01 17 00 28. Given to Dick when he went to London ... 00 02 00 June 2. Given to Dick when I sent him to Kinston & London 00 04 00 8. For 5 wee[7cs] grasse for my bay nag and fetching her home 00 18 00 8. For 17 ells of holland to make 6 shirts at 482ay°elle 03 10 10 8. Spent at London 00 03 06 10. Spent when I lay at Hadlow 1 night 00 08 00 11. Eor curing my barbe when he was lamed... 00 02 06 14. For a bitt, wth gold & silver bosses, beadstall and reignes 00 11 06 14. Eor a pa[»>] of black taffata boothose 00 13 00 14. Spent at London 00 02 06 15. For shooing my horses till this time 00 05 06 The sum of this quarter is 55 03 02 June24. Spent at Croydon faire 00 06 00 27. Eor sending my Croydon mare to Yotes ... 00 02 00 29. Spent at Yotes 00 01 06 30. For mending my gunne, & a key 00 02 00 July 2. For a leather belt 00 04 06 2. Eor a pa[*r] of Spanish leather shooes 00 04 06 2. Spent at London 00 01 06 8. Eor a pa[*>] of bla[cF| silke tops, & black gloves , 00 11 06 8. For 5 ya[rds] of black ribbon 8a y° ya[rd] 00 03 06 8. Eor a booke about fruits .-. 00 01 06 8. Spent at London 00 05 00 8. Paid to Dick for his quarter's wages 01 05 00 12. Given to one y4 came to be my servant ... 00 02 00 17. Given toaBriefe 00 02 00 23. For making my sad colour cloth sute, & cloake wlh buttons 06 03 00 23. For a pa^V] of black gloves 00 01 06 25. Spent when I lay at Eulham 2 nights 00 08 00 30. Paid my man Richard's bill 00 05 06 August 3. Eor 4 load of marsh hay brought in 12 08 00 3. For a little chestnut nag bought of Mr Grime 12 05 00 3. Givento Eranke y° butler [at Scadbury] ... 00 01 00 6. Eor mending y° old coach house 00 02 06 A.D. 1653. 209 1653. £ s. cl August 12. Spent at London 00 05 00 27. Eor a va[ir] of gray worsted stockings, & a na[ir] of bl[ae7c] gloves 00 08 00 27. Eor an oyled hat case 00 02 00 27. Spent at London 00 05 00 Sept. 10. For 2 pa. of white gloves 00 03 00 10. Spent at London 00 04 06 12. Eor 2 pa. of shooes 00 08 00 17. For a new perriwig, & curling 3 other 01 00 00 19. Eor breaking my young sorrell mare 01 00 00 19. Given at John Hinger's wedding 00 10 00 The sum of this quarter is 39 12 06 Octob. 4. Spent when I lay at my cousin [Richard] Master's house [Fast Langdon] a fortnight 02 03 06 4. Paid for taxes out of Good. Honye's rent... 00 06 08 7. Paid for shooing my horses till this time... 00 10 06 8. Paid to Dick for his quarter's wages 02 00 00 12. Spent at London 00 02 00 13. Given to Mr Hinton 00 10 00 16. Given to a Breife 00 02 00 18. Spent at London 00 03 00 19. For a pa[«V] of shooes, & vamping 2 v&[ir] ofboots 00 12 00 21. Spent when I lay at Hadlow 1 night 00 08 00 31. Spent when I lay at Eulham 10 dayes 01 16 06 Novemb. 2. Spent when I lay at London 1 night 00 10 00 3. Eor a quarter of oats 00 11 06 7. Spent at London 00 01 06 9. For a bay stoned nag onlye w4h 2 white feet behind of Tedbury breed, 6 ye[ars] old bo[ught] of my Lord T$ottm[gham] 25 00 00 11. Eor soleing a pa[] of gold waights, & Lambert's Justice of Peace 00 10 00 August 3. For shooing my horses till this time 00 07 00 17. For halfe a quarter of oats 00 05 06 18. Spent at Fulham 00 01 06 23. Given to Fisher, & my lio[rd] Montagues man when I bought his 2 bree[ding] mares 00 10 00 26. For a papr] of shooes, & 3 ya[rds] of b\[ack] ribbon 00 06 06 26. For a pa[*V] of gloves 00 OS 00 26. For an ounce of Jessamin butter, & 3 ou[nces] of ha[«V] pouder 00 03 06 26. Spent at London 00 07 00 Sept. 4. Spent & given away when I lay at [imele] Sr Wi[lliam] Cowpers a weeke 01 02 06 7. Spent, & g\v[en] away when I lay at my Aunt Raylton's almost a weeke 00 16 06 8. Paid my man's bill 00 09 00 12. Eorarasor 00 02 06 12. Spent at London 00 06 06 13. Given to Qcoo[dman] Seger, when I sent him to Yotes, & for hiring an horse 00 03 06 214 EXPENSE-BOOK OE JAMES MASTER, ESQ., 1654. £ s. d. Sept.15. Eor a sword for my man 00 08 00 15. Eor a pa. of shooes, & given to &e[orge] Cock 00 05 06 18, Spent at London 00 11 06 25. Spent & given away when I lay at my cousin Bourn's [in Fssex] a week 00 16 06 The whole sum of this halfe yeere is ... 107 11 02 Octob. 4. Spent & given away when I lay at Audley End [in Fssex] 10 dayes 01 13 06 4. For a bridle, & snaffle 00 02 00 6. Paid for taxes out of my rent at West Peckham 04 16 08 8. Given at y° Sacrament 00 01 00 9. Paid to my man Homewood for his quarter's wages 01 05 00 12. Paid my man Homewood's bill 00 08 04 12. For a quarter of oats 00 10 08 12. Paid for taxes out of Groo[dman\ Honye's rent 00 05 08 13&21. Spent at London [on 2 days] 00 05 06 24. Spent at Greenwich when I sold my hoops [i.e. hops] 00 12 06 Novemb. 4 Spent at London when I lav ther[e] 2 nights] 01 01 06- 7. For halfe a quarter of oats 00 05 00 7. Paid my man Homewood's bill 00 02 06 11. Spent at London when I lay ther[e] 3 nights 00 17 06 11. Eor a pa[»V] of shooes, & goloshooes 00 08 00 18. Spent when I lay at London 1 night 00 15 00 22. Given away when I lay at Eulham 00 07 06 25. Eor a bald gelding I bought of my bro[ther~] Erancis [Walsingham] wth 4 white legs... 16 04 00 28. Spent when I lay at Hadlow 1 night 00 07 00 28. Paid for taxes' out of my rent at West Peckham 04 01 04 Dec. 1. Paid for taxes out of my rent in Lincolnshire 08 12 00 1. For a na[ir] of gray worsted stockings ... 00 09 00 2. Eor a livery coat for my man 01 12 06 2. For mending my watch 00 02 06 2. Spent at London when I lay there 2 nights 01 00 00 4. For a qu[arter] & halfe of oats 00 14 06 4. Paid my man Homan's bill 00 08 00 4. Spent at Sennock faire [Sevenoaks Fair] ... 00 02 06 6. Paid y° sadler's bUl 00 05 06 9. For y° Oompleat Ambassadour* 00 10 00 * Mr. Dalison has this book now, at Hamptons. A.D. 1654. 215 1654. £ s. d. Dec. 9. For Sir Ren[ry] Wotton of Architecture 00 01 00 9. For an home comb f. 00 01 00 9. For 18 ells of freeze holland at 6s 8d y° elle to make me 6 shirts 06 00 00 9. Spent when I lay at London 2 nights 00 18 00 16. Spent when I lay at London 1 night 00 07 , 00 20. For 2 pa[»V] of gloves, & 2 oun[ees] of hairepouder 00 07 00 20. For new boyling, & mending my sword ... 00 04 00 21. For 2 va[ir] of boothose tops, 1 p[air] holland, y° 2d lawne 00 10 00 21. Spent when I lay at London 1 night 00 17 00 23. Paid to my brother Richard [Master] for 6 months interrest of £200 ended Octob. 27,1654 06 00 00 29. For a paRr] of white worsted stockings ... 00 07 00 29. For a papr Jof white gloves, & 3 ya[rds] of bl[ack] ribbon 00 03 06 29. Spent at London 00 08 00 The sum is 64 10 02 The whole sum of my expences this yeere is... 196 13 01 Jan. 2,1654[-5], Eor shooing my horses till this time 00 11 06 12. Spent & given away when I lay at Sr John Pelham's 10 dayes [at Hawland near Lewes] 00 19 00 15. For making 6 shirts 00 06 00 17. For 9 bushell of oats 00 11 00 17. Paid my man Homeman's bill 00 10 00 17. Paid to my man Homeman for his quarter's wages ended y° 8 of January 1654 01 05 00 18. Eor a young mare of my lio[rd] Mountague's breed 4 yee[rs] old with a white blaze, & 2 white feet beh[ind] 14 00 00 20. For 2 drinks for my horses : 00 04 00 26. Eor a na[ir] of spurrs, & 4 oun[ces] of hairepouder 00 04 00 27. Spent when I lay at London 3 nights 00 17 06 February 1. Paid to my sister Manning for 6 months interrest of an £100 ended Novem. 4, 1654 03 00 00 1. Paid to my sister Manning for 6 mon[t7is] interrest of £200 en[ded] November 6, 1654 06 00 00 4. Spent when I lay at Eulham 2 nights 00 10 06 7. Eor changing £20 of silver into gold 00 13 06 10. Spent when I lay at London a weeke 02 04 00 216 EXPENSE-BOOK OE JAMES MASTER, ESQ. 1654[-5], £ s. d. February 12. Eor 2 quarters of oats 00 18 00 12. Paid my man Homari*s bill 00 16 06 14. Spent when I went to Yoakes 00 02 00 19. Paid for making my cloath sute with bl[#c7c] ribbons 04 02 06 22. Paid for 3 load of marsh hay brought in ... 05 00 06 March2. Spent at Orpington 00 02 06 4. Eor bringing a bitch fro' Hawland [Sir John Pelham's] 00 03 00 16. For a French demie castor [beaver hat] ... 02 05 00 16. Spent at London 00 05 06 24. For 3 q u e e r s ] & halfe of oats 01 10 00 24. Paid my man Homan's bill 00 06 00 The sum is 47 07 06 March 1655. Paid to Good[maw] Martin for curing mymare 00 03 00 29. Given away to y° servants at Scadbury ... 01 12 06 29. Given to M1' Edwards y° minister of Chisleh[ urst] 02 00 00 31. For a pa. of Cordovan gloves 00 03 00 31. Spent at London 00 04 00 31. For shooing my horses till this time 00 04 06 April 5. Paid to my brother Manning for one week's bord f or me & my man 01 00 00 8. Paid to my man Homan for his quarter's wages 01 05 00 12. For Burroughs upon Hosea, in 4 vols 00 18 00 14. Paid to my Aunt Raylton for one week's board for me & my man 01 00 00 14. For a belt w4h silver buckles 01 00 00" .14. Eor 2 na[ir] of gloves, & 3 ya[rds] of bla[c7c] ribbon 00 08 06 14. Eor a p[air] of Jessamin gloves, & a p[«»V] of fr. cizers [scissors] ... 00 06 00 14. Spent at London in 3 dayes 00 16 00 14. For a pa. of Spanish leather shooes 00 04 06 18. For 2 bushells of pepins 00 08 00 18. Paid for taxes out of &ood[man] Honye's rent 00 03 04 18. Given to Franck, butler, &c 00 04 06 28. Paid to my bro. Manning for a fortnight's board for me & my man 02 00 00 30. Given to ye 2 nurses at my sister [Manning]' a ebxist[ening] 00 10 00 30. Given to my bro[tlier] Manning's servants 01 00 00 [To be continued.]