to the altar and the throne, and whose grateful attachment to the house of Derby, are indelibly inscribed in the records of the Siege of Lathom, and whose chequered life-domestic, political, and military-thoroughly realised the great fact contained in his grandfather's favourite motto, "DONAT OMNIA VIRTUS." F. R. R. Household Expenses ОР EDWARD, EARL OF DERBY, IN 1561. A DECLARATION of the Expences of the Howseholde of the Right Honable Edward Erle of Derbie, Lord Stanley, Lord of Mañe and Thiles and of the moste noble Ordre of the Garter, knight, Wth his Ridinge Charges, Apparell and other fforren expences ffor one hole yere, Eudynge the xviiith day of July in the ffourthe yere of the Reigne of ou? Souaigne Lady Quene Elizabethe. [1561.] Wheat spent in bread price of cclvjli euy qrt iiiili at vs the Windle.. Windle, an old Lancashire measure containing a mett, or two bushels. It is still known in North Lancashire, although its use is discontinued. B and spent Dmixxxv pce a pece one wt another cxxviii iiis iiiid b after the rate of iiiis viiid ... In the price En Lent stuffe bought this yere at Sturbruge } lxxviii viiis iid of Lent stuffe bought ffeared and in the Countrey ... The Peel windle may have been the measure used in the Isle of Man, which seems to have varied from that of Lancashire. b Qu. £124. 16s. 8d. Qu. £81. d The Lenten-stuff bought in 1576 for the household of Lord North of Hacking, consisted of "3 barrels In the price En the price of Salt and Sawce pvyded and of Salt and Sawre expendit. In Ware and Rosyn spent. In the price of Talowe expendit this yere Weak yarne and white lights. ye Receivo? ... :} vili xviis iiid xli vis iid lxviiis xid xxiiiili ixs iiid xxxili iiiis id ob. Chandelor at London by vili xiiiis xd ob ... whight of herring £3. 3. 6, 2 cades of redd herring 20s, 2 cades of spratts 35 84, 20 salt eels 26 8a, a barrel of salt salmon £4. 13. 4.- £x. ix. iid." Archæol. vol. xix. pp. 283, et seq. At this time there were few retail shopkeepers in the country, and it was usual for the nobility to buy almost every thing at the great Fairs, and few of these were so celebrated as that of Sturbridge near Cambridge. |