N U M B E R VI. _A shorte draught of the charge of the buriall of our lord and maister [Henry Percy] earl of Northum- berland : [who died 28. Apr. 1489.] whose soule Jesu pardon._ [Note 1] _From a_ MS. _sheet ( once Peter Le Neve's esq.) now in the hands of the publisher._ April 28. 4.H.7.1489. [[printed in the margin next to the large `F']] First, for the balmynge, fencyng and scowering of the corse, _l_._s_._d_. with the webbe of led and chest -- --- 13 6 8 _Item_, for the wax of the herse, by estimation --- 26 13 4 _Item_, for the tymber and paynting of the herse --- 5 0 0 Note 1: Henry Percy, E. of Northumberland, in the 4. H. 7. being lieutenant of Yorkshire, and commanded by the king to levy those moneys, which were then extorted from the country, to carry on the war in Brittany; the vulgar, conceiving him to be the cause of that tax, tumultuously murthered him at Cockledge near Thresk (eighteen mules north of York) upon the day of S. Vitalis the martyr. Whereopun he was buried at Beverley, where he hath a stately monment, but much defaced. _Baron_. Vol.I. p.282. _b_. _Item_, for 400 torches, after 2_s_. 8_d_. the peece -- 53 6 8 _Item_, for a standart -- -- -- --- 4 0 0 _Item_, for a baner --- ---- -- 3 6 8 _Item_, for his cote armer of seynet, betyn with his amys -- 5 0 0 _Item_, for 12 baners of sarcenet, betyn with my lord's armys, at 10 _s_. the pece --- --- 6 0 0 _Item_, for 100 pensells of sarcenet, at 12 _d_. the pece 5 0 0 _Item_, for 60 scutchions of buckeram betyn with my lord's armys (hole armys) at 12 _d_ the pece, for the chaire, herse, and church --- --- --- 3 0 0 _Item_, to 40 poor men, for the bering of torches on horseback, one day (from Wresill to Lekinfield) 18 myles at 2_s_. a man --- 4 0 0 _Item_, for 100 men on foote, at 6_d_.a man a day; _viz_. from Lekinfield to Beverley 1 day; and at Beverley the day of the burial, 1 day --- --- 5 0 0 _Item_, for the suffrages of 6 churchas the wil met the corse by the way, after 13_s_. 4_d_. the church (besids the torches) - 4 0 0 _Item_, for the reward to two officers of armys, for their helpe and payne in orduring, during the said buriall, at 10 _l_. the pece for coming from London, their costs and reward -- 20 0 0 _Item_, for al maner of dues belongiong to the churche where the corse shall rest --- --- --- -- 20 0 0 _Item_, for 12 gownes, for lords (after 3 yerds in a gowne, at 5 _s_. the yerd) --- --- --- 21 0 0 _Item_, for 20 gownes for gentlewomen (after 3 yerds in a gowne, at 5 _s_. the yerd) --- --- 15 0 0 _Item_, for 24 gownes with hods, for lords and knyghts (at 10 _s_. the yerd, and after 5 yerds in every gowne and hode) with the executors --- --- --- 60 0 0 _Item_, for 60 gownes with typets for squyers and gentlemen (at 6 _s_. 8 _d_. th yerd, and after 4 yerds in every gowne and typett) --- --- --- 80 0 0 _Item_, for 200 gownes for yeomen an headfor. . . . . (after 3 _s_. 4 _d_. the yerd, and after 3 yerds in every gowne) -- 120 0 0 _Item_, for 160 gownes of course black, for pore folke, for torch bearers and outher (after 3 yerds in a gowne, and after 2 _s_. the yerd) --- --- --- 42 0 0 _Item_, for 400 yerds of course black, for hangonge the church & the chapells, (at 2 _s_. the yerd) --- --- 40 0 0 _Item_, for 500 priests that will come to the said buriall; & if they do not, the outher must be fulfilled the next day; after 12 _d_. the pece, according to the will. --- 25 0 0 _Item_, for 1000 clerks that comyth to the said buriall, after 4 _d_. the pece --- --- --- 16 13 4 _Item_, for 100 gownes for gromes & gentlemen's servants (after 3 _s_. 4 _d_. the yerd, & after 3 yerds in every gowne) 50 0 0 _Item_, for the dole at the said buriall, after 2 _d_. to every pore body that comyth the day of the burial; [allowing the number of the said poor folks to be, as I presume they were on the said day of burial] 13340, after 2 _d_. the pece, according to the will --- --- --- 123 6 8 _Item_, for the costs & expencs of meat and drinke, & horse-meate, going and comyng to the said buriall (_viz_. one day from Wresil to Lekinfeld, by the space of 18 myles; and one day tarrying at Beverley, for the buriall; & one day, returning from Beverley to Wresil, 18 myles) --- 266 13 4 _Item_, for the mortuaries, his armys, his huishe-men, his maister of the horse, and all such other things to be had of my lord's owen store in the house. ------------- Sum of all the said charges ------------- [[the space for the sum is blank]]