Yorkshire North Riding, Richmond, 1593/4

Mercers, Grocers, and Haberdashers' Minute Book

NYCRO: ZZH 1/1

f [7] (7 January) (Accounts of Matthew Metcalf, warden)

...

Mony disborsed by the sayd Warden

Item payd att the Warden dinner	xvij s. iiij d.
Item for wyne ~~after~~ at dinner	ij s.
Item An Aftershott	iij s. iiij d.
Item to the waytes	xij d.
Item to the harper	~~<.>~~ iiij d.

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Endnote

1597–8 were plague years, with 1076 deaths in Richmond, so the annual guild feast was not held (Waggett, 'Minute Books,' p ii).
Document Description

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 Y^E MERCERS| GROCERS AND | HABERDASHERS | COMPANY.

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