TOO SIR WILLIAM CAVENDISH— 1557. 



Paid for v. place, ij. solles, and one haberdyne (Codfish). 



No Flesh Meat bought on this day. 



Saturdaye 



28. August. 



Paid for beff & moton wayinge Ix.xiij. lb. at id. ob. (i^d.) the pound 



ix. s. 

 Paid for one quartr of velle .... xviij. d. 



Paid for iij. dossen of sparowes (for a Sparrow Dumpling) ix. d. 

 Paid for Wyne att dyner & super ... vj. d. 



Paid for bere . . . . . . ij. d. 



The next thing to be noticed is the food bought to tempt the 

 appetite of the sick man. 



Necks of Mutton. Pigeons. 



Oysters. Whiting. Capons. 



Calves' feet for Jelly. 



Wormwood Wine repeatedly to sharpen his appetite. 



And then — 

 Thoresday 

 vij. October. 



For seyinge Messe — to a preste .... xx. d. 



and to the Clarke . . . . . . vj. d. 



This was doubtless for a private celebration of Mass for the 

 sick man. 



On Wednesday, October xiii., the accounts cease. Lady 

 Cavendish is so busied with her husband she has no time or 

 heart for accounts. 



They do not commence again till xxvj. of November. 



Here follows an extract from Sir William Cavendish's pocket 

 book at Welbeck : — 



Memorandum. 



That Sir William Cavendyshe, knight, my most deare and well-beloved 

 Husband departed this present life of Mundaie beinge the 25th daie of 

 October, betwixt the howers of 8 and 9 of the same day at night in the 

 yeare of our Lord God 1557. On whose soul I most humbly beseeche 

 the Lord to have mercy, and to ridd mee and his poore children out of 

 our great miserie. 



Elizabeth Cavendyshe. 



Thus Lady Cavendish was left a young widow, aged 37, with 



