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ACCOUNTS OF MAJOR JOHN HALFORD, 1641–1642

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Royal Historical Society Camden Fifth Series , Volume 68: THE HOUSEHOLD ACCOUNTS OF ROBERT AND KATHERINE GREVILLE, LORD AND LADY BROOKE, AT HOLBORN AND WARWICK, 1640–1649 , December 2024 , pp. 121 - 186
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2024. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Royal Historical Society

[Front cover]

Major John Halford's Accounts from Midsummer 1641 to Midsummer 1642

[p. 1]

Midsummer 1641 Receipts

[p. 2]

Receipts

[p. 3]

Receipts

113-09-10

1169-07-06

1887-08-09

113-09-10

3170-06-01ex

[p. 4]

[Blank]

[p. 5]

Diet

[p. 6]

Diet

[p. 7]

Diet

*Mrs Roe had at 2 hogsheads and half as appears*

[p. 8]

Diet

130-09-07½

285-05-10

329-13-08½

298-00-08

1043-09-10ex

[p. 9]

Board wages

[p. 10]

Board wages

26-14-02

02-09-10

29-04-00ex

[p. 11]

Reparations

[p. 12]

Necessaries

[p. 13]

Necessaries

[p. 14]

Necessaries

[p. 15]

Necessaries

[p. 16]

Necessaries

[p. 17]

Necessaries

[p. 18]

Necessaries

[p. 19]

Necessaries

[p. 20]

Necessaries

[p. 21]

Necessaries

[p. 22]

Necessaries

[p. 23]

Necessaries

[p. 24]

Necessaries

[p. 25]

Necessaries

26-01-04

23-10-11

24-01-01

17-05-02

77-05-07½

27-04-03

07-15-04¾

14-02-08½

11-11-00

29-07-04½

10-02-04½

34-16-02

30-01-02¾

11-05-00½

344-09-08ex

[p. 26]

Garden charge

[p. 27]

Garden charge

35-01-05

02-00-00

37-01-05

[p. 28]

Stables

[p. 29]

Stables

[p. 30]

Stables

89-18-08 ½

170-19-03

72-19-10

333-17-09½ex

[p. 31]

Travelling charges

[p. 32]

Travelling charges

[p. 33]

Travelling charges

[p. 34]

Travelling charges

[p. 35]

Travelling charges

34-10-08 ½

66-16-03

10-00-08 ½

21-19-04

16-19-11

150-06-11ex

[p. 36]

Wages

[p. 37]

Wages

[p. 38]

Wages

57-11-08

55-04-00

50-16-00

163-11-08ex

[p. 39]

Rents & taxes, annuities

[p. 40]

Rents & taxes

[p. 41]

Rents & taxes

106-10-04

77-14-00

02-10-09

186-15-01ex

[p. 42]

Gifts

[p. 43]

Gifts

[p. 44]

Gifts

[p. 45]

Gifts

[p. 46]

Gifts

[p. 47]

Gifts

[p. 48]

08-11-00

35-16-00

11-16-06

34-16-01

41-08-06

25-08-01

157-16-02ex

[p. 49]

Foreign payments

[p. 50]

Foreign payments

99-07-0½

10-02-11

109-09-11½ex

[p. 51]

Children & liveries

[p. 52]

Liveries

[p. 53]

Liveries

16-14-08

22-07-06½

47-02-01

86-04-03½ex

[p. 54]

Household stuff

[p. 55]

Household stuff

30-07-09

00-08-08

30-16-05ex

[p. 56]

Apparel

[p. 57]

Apparel

[p. 58]

Apparel

[p. 59]

Apparel

[p. 60]

Apparel

[p. 61]

Apparel

21-15-06

28-09-06

36-10-10

32-19-19

147-00-02

16-09-06

283-05-03ex

[p. 62]

Monies to my Lord

[p. 63]

Monies to my Lady

[p. 64]

Monies imprest

[p. 65]

[Blank]

[p. 66]

The accountant's discharge by the several disbursements under the titles following vizt:

[p. 67]

Major John Halford's account wherewith he chargeth himself for one year's receipts ending at midsummer 1642.

So as this accountant, having received three thousand, two hundred, thirty-one pounds, eighteen shillings, ten pence farthing. And hath paid three thousand, two hundred & seven pounds, thirteen shillings, eleven pence, halfpenny. There rests due to my Lord as the balance of this account the sum of twenty-four pounds, four shillings, ten pence, three farthings.

24-04-10 ¾

Examined

William Bridges

14 June 1648

Mr Fish chargeth the accountant with 12 quarters of oats valued at.

[p. 68]

This is a true copy of the original book remaining in Major John Halford's hands, examined 11 July 1648 by us

William Bridges

Francis Bridges

References

196 For John Bryan, see App. 4.

197 For George Ingram, see App. 4.

198 For Katherine Ingram, see App. 4.

199 Childs Hill is a mile west of Hampstead Heath.

200 For John Sadler, see App. 4.

201 Transcription difficult, meaning obscure.

202 Angelica seeds and stems were used for flavouring and confectionery, while the roots were used for medicinal purposes: OED.

203 Cittern in this context refers to a culinary ingredient mixed with spices, fruit and sugar: Wing / R114, Rabisha, William, The Whole Body of Cookery Dissected, Taught and Fully Manifested (London, 1661)Google Scholar.

204 Fine quality candles: OED.

205 Tacamahac: an aromatic resin, used for incense, and formerly extensively in medicine: OED.

206 For Margery (named Mary in the accounts) Bosvile, see App. 4.

207 St Katharine Cree Church, Leadenhall Street, London.

208 Incle: linen tape: OED.

209 Brooke was entrusted with the training of the soldiers intended for the Adventurers’ expedition to Ireland, but who were ultimately retained for the earl of Essex's parliamentarian army in England.

210 This could refer to a muster at London or Warwick.

211 For Brooke's nephew, Ralph Walcott, see App. 4.

212 Gaffle: a steel lever for bending the crossbow: OED.

213 Probably nectarine, as nectron was a 1686 variant spelling of nectarine: OED.

214 Thrave: a measure of straw or fodder: OED.

215 For Sir Henry Vane, see App. 4.

216 Corser: a horse-dealer: OED.

217 Robert Devereux, 3rd earl of Essex, parliamentarian captain-general from 1642.

218 Oliver St John, 1st earl of Bolingbroke (c.1584–1646).

219 For Brooke's settling of the militia in Stratford-upon-Avon, Coleshill, and Coventry in June and July 1642 see Joseph Hawksworth's Accounts 1641–1643, pp. 316–318.

220 The Treaty of Ripon between Charles I and the Scots Covenanters was signed on 26 October 1640.

221 This indicates that Lord Brooke had 28 servants at Warwick in summer 1641 for whom he paid 6d each. The House of Commons ordered on 24 August 1641 that Warwickshire's poll money was to be paid at York: CJ, II, 269.

222 For Mr Edward Rainsford (the elder), see App. 4.

223 For Samuel Hartlib, see App. 4.

224 Caldecote lay 2 miles north of Nuneaton and was the seat of one of Brooke's key local allies, William Purefoy, MP for Warwick in the Long Parliament.

225 For Elizabeth, Viscountess Saye and Sele, see App. 4.

226 Probably the Warwickshire parliamentarian officer, Hercules Huncks, who later refused Cromwell's order to write out and sign the execution order for Charles I: Ian Gentles, The New Model Army: Agent of Revolution (New Haven, CT, 2022), 154.

227 A foreigner: OED.

228 For Robert Rich, 2nd earl of Warwick, see App. 4.

229 The parliamentarian peer, Philip, 4th Lord Wharton (1613–1696).

230 Grocer's Hall was where the Irish Adventurers collected their donations.

231 For Algernon Greville, see App. 4.

232 The confinement of Lady Brooke for the birth of her fourth son, Algernon, in 1642.

233 Frances, Lady Vane (1623/4–1679), married Sir Henry Vane the younger in 1640: ODNB.

234 Sir David Cunningham of Auchenharvie (d.1659) was a Scots courtier in London, who built an impressive house in Lincoln's Inn Fields, associated with Inigo Jones between 1639 and 1641.

235 Crewel: a thin worsted yarn used for tapestry and embroidery: OED.

236 Smith, Thomas, The Art of Gunnery: wherein is set forth a number of seruiceable secrets, and practicall conclusions, belonging to the art of gunnerie, by arithmeticke skill to be accomplished (London, 1600)Google Scholar.

237 A minion and a falcon were pieces of field artillery.

238 A gun fired by means of a hammer: OED.

239 Andiron: a utensil made from an iron bar to support burning wood in a fireplace: OED.

240 A seller of embroidered thread.

241 Possibly reference to a type of pot or cup: OED.

242 Dimity: a stout cotton fabric: OED.

243 Remee van Leemput (1607–1675), a professional copyist of the works of Anthony Van Dyck. This was probably a copy of Van Dyck's single portrait of William Russell, later 5th earl of Bedford in c.1640: Waterhouse, Ellis, The Dictionary of Sixteenth and Seventeenth Century British Painters (Woodbridge, 1988), 168Google Scholar. With thanks to David J. Appleby for supplying this reference.

244 Caul: a kind of close-fitting cap, worn by women: OED.

245 Roale: a roll used for cloth, rolled up to form a decorative band: OED.

246 Possibly Walter Blyth, later a sequestration official in Warwickshire: Hughes.

247 Date probably a mistake for 1632/3.

248 Probably the future Leveller leader, John Lilburne, who was commissioned as a captain of a foot company in Lord Brooke's regiment in July 1642.