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I The Account of the Great Household of Humphrey, First Duke of Buckingham, for the Year 1452–3
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 21 December 2009
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page 2 note 1 For a comprehensive study of the Staffords, their household and finances, see Rawcliffe, C., The Staffords, Earls of Stafford and Dukes of Buckingham, 1394–1521 (Cambridge, 1978).CrossRefGoogle Scholar
page 2 note 2 B.L., Egerton rolls 2208–9; Compota Domestica Familiamm de Bukingham et d'Angouleme, ed. Turnbull, W. B. D. D. (Abbotsford Club, 1836), 1–39.Google Scholar
page 2 note 3 Compota Domestica, 41–73Google Scholar; B.L., Add. MSS 29608, 34213.
page 2 note 4 Westminster Abbey Muniments 12181–90.
page 2 note 5 B.L., Add. MS 40859B; Staffordshire Record Office, D(W)/1721/1/5; Longleat, Misc. MS 12.
page 2 note 6 The head of a noble household was always referred to as ‘dominus’ in the body of his accounts, rather than his title or name being used.
page 4 note 1 e.g. below, pp. 20, 22.
page 5 note 1 For examples of 15th-century journal accounts, see Thurgood, J. M., ‘The Diet and Domestic Households of the English Lay Nobility, 1265–1531’ (London M.Phil, thesis, 1982), 248–53Google Scholar; Cronne, H. A. and Hilton, R. H., ‘The Beauchamp household book’, Univ. of Birmingham Hist. Journ., ii (1950), 208–18Google Scholar; Ross, C. D., ‘The household accounts of Elizabeth Berkeley, countess of Warwick, 1420–21’, Trans. Bristol and Gloucester Archaeol. Soc., lxx (1951–1952), 81–105.Google Scholar
page 5 note 2 Archaeological evidence for the manor of Writtle can be found in Rahtz, P. A., Excavations at King John's Hunting Lodge, Writtle, Essex, 1955–57 (1969).Google Scholar
page 5 note 3 cf. below, pp. 16–17, 11.
page 5 note 4 cf. p. 17.
page 6 note 1 cf. p. 40.
page 6 note 2 Detailed discussion of all these points can be found in Thurgood, J. M., ‘Diet and Domestic Households,’ II.Google Scholar
page 6 note 3 Below, pp. 35–6.
page 6 note 4 p. 37.
page 6 note 5 p. 36.
page 6 note 6 pp. 37–9.
page 6 note 7 p. 22.
page 6 note 8 pp. 38, 42.
page 7 note 1 pp. 39–40.
page 7 note 2 p. 22; it is not noted whether the purchase was of seed or of ready-made sauce.
page 7 note 3 pp. 22–4.
page 7 note 4 For a detailed discussion of the diet and meals of medieval magnates' households, see J. M. Thurgood, ‘Diet and Domestic Households’, chs. III–VI.
page 7 note 5 Below, p. 42.
page 7 note 6 pp. 41–2.
page 7 note 7 p. 41.
page 8 note 1 pp. 43, 44, 45; pp. 18–19.
page 8 note 2 pp. 26, 35.
page 11 note 1 William Wistowe was treasurer of the household by Mich. 1441 and was in office until at least Mich. 1457; see Rawcliffe, C., The Staffords (Cambridge, 1978), 197, 71.Google Scholar
page 11 note 2 For the career of John Heton, who was receiver general from 21 Apr. 1437 to at least Mich. 1467, see ibid., esp. 196, 201, 222.
page 11 note 3 Cf. below p. 28.
page 11 note 4 Cf. ibid.
page 11 note 5 Little Parndon, Essex.
page 12 note 1 Tysoe, Warws.
page 13 note 1 Kenilworth, Warws. (Augustinian abbey).
page 13 note 2 Coleshill, Warws.
page 14 note 1 There are several places called Redding and Reddings in Glos.; see Place-Names of Glos., ed. A. H. Smith (Engl. Place-Name Soc., xxxviii–xli).
page 15 note 1 Kimbolton, Hunts.
page 15 note 2 Northampton.
page 15 note 3 Presumably Wigston (Magna), Leics.
page 15 note 4 Bewdley, Worcs.
page 19 note 1 Hadlow, Kent.
page 19 note 2 Little Packington, Warws.
page 19 note 3 Presumably in Widford, Essex.
page 29 note 1 Over Whiteacre, Warws.
page 30 note 1 Castle Bromwich, Warws.
page 30 note 2 Knowle, Warws.
page 31 note 1 Hatfield Broad Oak, Essex.
page 31 note 2 Ongar, Essex.
page 32 note a Sic; error for durorum?
page 35 note 1 Warwick.
page 36 note 1 Chester. The usual title used by the bishop was Coventry and Lichfield.
page 46 note 1 Richard Donham was William Wistowe's predecessor as treasurer of the household, and was in office by Mich. 1430 to 1 Oct. 1440; see Rawcliffe, C., The Staffords (Cambridge, 1978), 197, 233–4.Google Scholar
page 46 note 2 Presumably St Ives, Hunts.
page 46 note 3 Alvechurch, Worcs.
page 47 note 1 The Rodings, Essex.
page 48 note 1 Sheringham, Norf.
page 48 note 2 East and West Stockwith (Lines, and Notts.) are opposite to each other on the river Trent.
page 49 note 1 Cause, Salop.
page 49 note 2 Solihull, Warws.
page 49 note 3 Shifnal, Salop.
page 49 note 4 Mackworth, Derbys.
page 50 note a Bracketed with following entry, so that marginal note applies to both.
page 50 note b Applies to previous two entries.
page 50 note 1 Wednesbury, Staffs.
page 51 note 1 Bickenhill, Warws.
page 51 note 2 Newland Hall, Essex.
page 51 note 3 Doddinghurst, Essex.
page 51 note 4 Baddow, Essex.
page 52 note 1 Good Easter, Essex.
page 52 note 2 Roxwell, Essex.
page 52 note 3 Cowbridge, Essex.
page 53 note a Bracketed with following entry, so that marginal note applies to both
page 53 note b Applies to previous two entries
page 53 note c Bracketed with next two entries, so that marginal note applies to all three
page 53 note d Applies to previous three entries
page 53 note e Bracketed with next two entries, so that marginal note applies to all three
page 53 note 1 Presumably Highwood, Essex.
page 54 note a Applies to previous three entries
page 54 note b Bracketed with next fifteen entries, so that marginal note applies to all sixteen
page 54 note c Applies to previous sixteen entries
page 54 note d Bracketed with next eight entries, so that marginal note applies to all nine
page 55 note a Applies to previous nine entries