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The Cholmeley branch of the Cholmley/Cholmeley family was resident at Brandsby Hall.
The 'cetherran' or cittern, was a four-course wire-strung instrument which became very popular in the early seventeenth century (James Tyler, 'Cittern,' Grove Music Online, accessed 27 December 2020).
Because the temporary closing of the record office due to the Covid-19 pandemic has restricted access to the manuscript, transcription from this folio (f 8v), has not yet been checked for accuracy. Other transcriptions from this manuscript were checked against photographs.
Record title: Richard
Cholmeley's Memorandum Book
Repository:
NYCRO
Shelfmark: ZQG XII 3/1
Repository location: Northallerton
On the Cholmeley family and their documents, see the Introduction. The memorandum book is not a formal account, as much of it is taken up with miscellaneous notes and there does not appear to be a formal accounting year.
1602–15 February 1622/3; English; paper; 138 leaves bound in 3 volumes: 1–14 and 126–138, 15–80, 81–125; 330mm x 225mm (mounts); modern foliation 1–138; originals in poor condition; mounted on modern archival paper and sewn in modern marbled paper boards covered in buff fabric, parchment cover (from a 15th-c. liturgical manuscript) slipped in separate folder along with several fragments.