APPENDIX. (A.) THE State Paper Office contains a volume, "131. Ireland," of the accounts of the Earl of Essex for the half-year from April to November, 1575, audited by Thomas Jenison, the Queen's auditor of accounts, of the most remarkable interest and curiosity. It contains, besides the accounts of the Irish expedition, that of William Barroll, the receiver of the Earl's estates in England. It appears from these, that while the income of the Earl of Essex was about 49007., his current expenditure was 65007., besides all warlike stores, provisions, buildings, &c., not included in these accounts. Some extracts may prove interesting: Sale of forty acres of wood in the Park of From the Earl of Huntingdon, in full pay- 6 87 16 0 · 1000 0 0 £ s. d. The contra account is very long and curious: same A tasta hat with a lace Two pair of garters 1 10 0 - 0 18 6 A doublet of canvass, cut, laid with green lace, lined with green taffeta sarsenet Mr. Walter Devereux : A coat of popingay green, laid over with lace - 1 1 0 Necessaries for the said Lord of Hereford, Mr. Walter Devereux, and Gabriel Montgomery: Bedding and furniture for chamber against the Earl his coming to the Court out of Ireland, viz. : One bristle tick Eleven stone of down Bristles tick ready made Four score stone of feathers for the same beds, at 4s. the stone Six pounds of down for pillowbers One covering of leaves, 16 ells 7 16 0 Three coverings of wool silks, 16 ells Four pair of white blankets Two fine quilts of carded wool One leather chair - 2 Two close stools Furring a damask gown with black coney, and 10 dozen and seven coney skins to do. A rapier, girdle, and dagger A gelding bought at Penkridge fair 0 16 0 1 14 0 11 0 0 - 9 10 0 Two saddles of Spanish leather, whereof one guarded and seated with velvet, with gilded buckles, studs, and other furniture Allowance to the Countess of Essex, per annum, for her private expenses From the Irish accounts of wages, victuals, &c.: s. - 200 0 0 d. Wages.-Nich. Malbie, Serjeant Major 5 0 There are several items of which the quantities are not There is another account by the Auditor, in July, 1573, declaring the provisions for warlike purposes, ships, victuals, necessaries for fortification and ordnance, which at that time had cost 15,1547. 178. 9d., to be equally divided between the Queen and the Earl. (B.) (Lansd. MSS. 23. 67.) Expenses of the Funeral of Walter Devereux, Earl of Essex. Forty men's charge for 46 days, to and for the 21 Nov., at 12d. per man, per day Fire, candle, and drink, for them1 that ward by day, and watch by night 1 Since this work went to press, I have received an extract from an ancient Welsh MS. styled "Llyfr Silin" (the Book of Silin), for which I am indebted to W. W. L. Wynne, Esq., of Sion, near Oswestry, by which it appears that the body of the Earl of Essex was conveyed through Harlech. The difficulty of such an undertaking as a funeral progress from Holyhead over the Carnarvonshire and Merionethshire Mountains at that period, will account for the long interval between the death and burial of Lord Essex, and the first item in this account probably gives us the time occupied in the journey. |