The Fairfax family was resident at Gilling Castle.
Sir Thomas Stanhope (c 1540–96) of Shelford Priory, Nottinghamshire, served as sheriff of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire in 1562–3 and of Nottinghamshire in 1574–5 and 1587–8. In 1586 he went to parliament as knight of the shire for Nottinghamshire. He was knighted in 1575. His musicians also played in the Coventry Guildhall in 1582–3 and 1585–6 (HPO, 'Stanhope, Sir Thomas (c.1540–96),' accessed 29 December 2020; P&P.
Record title: Kitchen Accounts of Sir William Fairfax
Repository:
NYCRO
Shelfmark: ZCV(F)
Repository location: Northallerton
For biographical information on the Fairfax family, see the Introduction. Sir William's steward John Woodward kept daily accounts of expenditures in the kitchen. The set is virtually complete from July 1571 to March 1582, with breaks between July 1572–October 1574, October 1575–November 1578, and October 1579–March 1580. In addition to expenditures on foodstuffs, the steward records on a daily basis the presence of 'strangers' at breakfast, dinner, or supper. Most of these are Fairfax family and friends, though there are some guests of a wider national significance, such as Walter Devereux (b. 1569), first husband of Margaret Dakins (later Lady Margaret Hoby) and brother of Robert Devereux (1565–1601), nineteenth earl of Essex, who visited on several occasions in 1579–80, and (occasionally) performers as well (P&P; Hoby, Diary, p 5). These lists are clearly not exhaustive, since most conclude with the phrase 'with others.' The Great Hall at Gilling, until 2018 the dining hall of Ampleforth Junior School, underwent extensive rebuilding c 1571–85 ('St Martin's Ampleforth, Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Martin%27s_Ampleforth, accessed 5 January 2021, Yorkshire Guide, http://www.yorkshireguides.com/gilling_castle.html, accessed 29 December 2020; Pevsner, North Riding, p 167).
19–25 September 1579; English; 7 leaves; paper; 300mm x 215mm; unfoliated; repaired; mounted on modern paper with paper wrapper, title on front cover: '47th Book | 19–25 September 1579.'