ff [13v–14] (7 January) (Accounts of Matthew Metcalf, warden)
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Mony disborsed by hime the sayd ij yeares
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| payd att the former Warden dinner | xiiij s. viij d. |
| payd for an After shott | iiij s. viij d. |
| payd for vij quartes of sacke | vij s. |
| payd for vij quartes of Aquavite | vij s. |
| given the waytes | ij s. |
| ... | |
| payd att the second Warden dinner | xiij s. iiij d. |
| payd for an After shott | iij s. viij d. |
| ... | |
| payd for wyn att the dinner | viij s. |
| given the waytes att dinner | xij d. |
| given henry Crook for his fee | iiij s. |
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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.