f [1v] col 2 (7 January) (Accounts of Lawrence Moyser, warden)
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Mony disborsed
| Item att William gathwhaytes dinner for wyne | ij s. |
| Item for sergeant dinner | vj d. |
| Item an aftershott | xij d. |
| Item to the waytes | vj d |
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Since the expenses for the warden's dinner have already been recorded, this payment may well reflect a celebratory dinner for William Gathwayte as a new member of the guild.
Record title: Mercers, Grocers, and Haberdashers' Minute Book
Repository:
NYCRO
Shelfmark: ZZH 1/1
Repository location: Northallerton
The officers of the guild include the elected warden and underwarden, who served for a year but were eligible for reelection, and a number of 'searchers' (that is, inspectors). Most of the payments recorded in the guild's minute book concern the twice yearly warden's dinners, though dinners were also held to welcome new guild members. The accounting of disbursements ends in 1619.
Because the Covid-19 pandemic has made the manuscript temporarily inaccessible, the transcription has not yet been checked for accuracy
7 January 1580/1–3 January 1884; English; paper; v + 335 + ii (ii a paste-in, 2 small paste-ins between ff [18] and [19]); unnumbered; 300mm x 200mm; 19th-c. leather binding, title in gold letters on a red leather rectangle on front: THE ARCHIVES | OF YE MERCERS| GROCERS AND | HABERDASHERS | COMPANY.