stewards' accounts preserved at haddon hall. 



73 



It. delyuered the ix"' of octobre vnto John stephensson 



by y"= Comaundmet of my Mast' for ys Coysts to 



Rypley vnto Wyllm Engylbye 

 It. payde y^ xj"" of octobre for y' fetchynge of a Coyet 



(coat) & y^ brengynge howme to assylbage (Hazle. 



badge) y* sayde Coet wjche Mast' Engylby hade 



for ys vse of M' henrye Vernon 

 Ite payde y*" xiij"" of octobre vnto y' wyffe of y^ yens -v 



(inns) for aylle wyche my ladye had for S" Wyllm j- 



Tayelbosshe* (Tallboys) her broder J 



It. delyuered y^ xviij'*" of octobre by y^ Comaundmet ^ 



vnj° 



xij" 



It. 



of my Mast"^ vnto a seruyinge man who whas my V xij^ 

 ladye Tayelbosshes man j 



bought at bakwhell y* xx 



te^ 



of - 



of octobre agenste 

 S' John berens Comynge to haddon vj gallans 

 aylle y* prisse 



It. delyuered y* xxj"" daye of octobre vnto Randyll 

 one of y^ hynde seruants of harleston & Jock ye 

 homffrey Buttons man for ther Costs to derby & 

 to harleston for wylfoulle agenste my lord 

 Talbotts Cumynge 



It. delyuered y' same daye vnto mylns son for ys 

 Reward for ys pressent brought vnto my M' of 

 Myllensf (Melons) from Mast' Stafford & ys 

 father 

 payde the xxiiij"' of Octobre for y'' Caryege of a 

 Ronlet of Claret whyne ffrom Manchester for my 

 lorde Talbott 



It 



"r 



xij" 



vnj 



* Sir William Talboys, or Tailbois, brother of Margaret, daughter of 

 George Lord 'I'alboys of Keltleby, county Lincoln, first wife of Sir George 

 Vernon of Haddon, and mother of Margaret and Dorothy Vernon. 



t Melons are said to have been introduced into England from Jamaica about 

 1570, but from this entry it is obvious that they were cultivated in this country 

 earlier than the date assigned. 



