THE COKE PAPERS AT MELBOURNE HALL. 



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Money received for the discharge of this bill. 



£ s. 



Rec. of your man January 24th 1624 ... ... 10 . o 



,, Mr. George Coke,* March 8th, 1624 ... 10 . o 



„ for 2 gowns, a table, (?) and a surplice ... 2 . 12 



Out of which £\i . 13 . 10 being subtracted there remains in 

 my hands for present quarter ;£^ .18.2. 



Anno Domini 1625 November and December. 

 Monies disbursed for Sir John. 



£ 



Paid for a beaver hat and band 



a pair of russet silk stockings 



a pair of white worsted stockings 



2 pair of stockings for your daughters 



a pair of carded boot hose 



a black embroidered girdle 



4 pairs of socks 



a cap of velvet 



Also disbursed since : 

 Paid for a dozen of silk points 



a pair of Spanish leather hose 



2 snaffles ... 



2 quire of paper ... 



dressing and trimming of Sir John's beaver 



a hat band 



a dozen of buttons 



a yard and a half of ribbon 



s. 



07 

 18 

 04 



05 

 II 

 04 

 02 

 06 



13 



* George Coke, fifth son of Richard Coke, of Trusley, was born in 1570. 

 He was educated at Pembroke Hall, Cambridge, entered the priesthood, and 

 became rector of Bygrave, in Hertfordshire. Through the influence of his 

 brother, the Secretary, he was consecrated Bishop of Bristol in 1 632, and was 

 translated to Hereford in 1636. He died in 1646. He was one of the cele- 

 brated Twelve Bishops committed to the Tower in 1641. 



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