Disbursements of Thomas Earl of Lancaster, in his domestic expences for one whole year, made out by Henry Leicester, his cofferer, 1313, at which time silver was 1s 8 pence the ounce, so that 12 oz made a pound sterling : his total expences £7957 . 12s 4½d, being equal in our money to 22 thousand & 78 pounds 17 shillings & 8 pence.
| £ | s | d | |
|---|---|---|---|
| To charge of the pantry + kitchen | 3405 | 0 | 0 |
| 184 tuns 1 pipe of red or claret wine, & 2 tuns of white wine | 104 | 17 | 6 |
| grocery, £180 17s 0; 6 barrels of sturgeon, £19 | 199 | 17 | 0 |
| 6800 stockfishes, so called, and for dried fishes of all sorts, as lings, haberdenis etc | 41 | 6 | 7 |
| 1714 pounds of wax, vermillion & turpentine | 314 | 7 | 4½ |
| 2319 pounds of tallow candles for the household, & 1870 of lights for Paris candles, called Perchers | 31 | 14 | 3 |
| charge of the earle's great horses, & servant's wages (generally, 1500 horses) | 486 | 4 | 3½ |
| linen for the earle and his chaplains | 43 | 17 | 0 |
| 129 dozen of parchment and ink | 4 | 8 | 3½ |
| 2 cloths of scarlet for the earl's use, 1 of russet for the Bishop of Anjou, 70 of blue for the knights, 28 for the esquires, 15 of medley for the clerks, 15 for the officers, 19 for the grooms, 5 for the archers, 4 for the minstrels and carpenters, with the sharing & carridge for the earl's livery at Christmas | 460 | 15 | 0 |
| 7 furs of variable miniver or powdered ermine, 7 hoods of purple, 395 furrs of budge for the livereys of barons, knights, & clerks, 123 furrs of lamb, bought at Christmas, for the esqires | 147 | 17 | 8 |
| 65 saffron coloured cloths for the barons and knights in summer, 12 red cloths for the clerks, 26 ray cloths for the esquires, 1 for the officers, & 4 ray cloths for carpets in the hall | 345 | 13 | 8 |
| To 100 pieces of green silk for the knights, 14 badge furrs for surcoats, 13 hoods of badge for the clerks, 75 furrs of lamb for the livereys in summer, with canvas and cords to truss them | 71 | 19 | 0 |
| saddles for the lord's summer livereys | 51 | 6 | 8 |
| one saddle for the earl of the prince's arms | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| several items (defaced) | 241 | 14 | 1½ |
| horses lost in ye service of the earl | 8 | 6 | 8 |
| fees paid to earls, barons, kts, and esquires | 623 | 15 | 5 |
| gifts to knights of France, the queen of England's nurses, to the countess of Warren, esquires, minstrels, messengers and riders | 92 | 14 | 0 |
| 168 yards of russet cloth, and 24 coats for poor me, with money given to the poor onn Maundy Thursday | 8 | 16 | 7 |
| 24 silver dishes, 24 saucers, 24 cups, 1 pair of pater nosters, 1 silver coffer; all bought this year | 103 | 5 | 6 |
| divers messengers about the earl's business | 34 | 19 | 8 |
| sundry things in the earl's chamber | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| several old debts paid this year | 86 | 16 | 0½ |
| the expences of the countess of Pickering, in the pantry, buttery, kitchen, etc. | 285 | 13 | 4½ |
| wine, wax, spices, cloths, furrs &c for the countess's wardrobe | 154 | 7 | 4½ |
| [total] | 7957 | 13 | 4½ |
Wheat sold in 1494 at 6s the quarter in London, a remarkably low price
-- Forsyth, J.S. The Antiquary's Portfolio