The following very curious extracts were doubtless intended by Mr. Malone to have been incorporated in his History of the Stage, but as this was not effected by himself, I have not thought myself at liberty to make so important an alteration in the contexture of his work, and have therefore placed here what additional information his papers supplied, as an Appendix. Boswell.

Park Place, St. James's,
7th Nov. 91.

Dear Sir,

Unfortunately we have been under circumstances too much alike; for at the time when I last did myself the honour of writing to you, I was and still am confined by indisposition, which prevents me from personally paying my respects to you; I am however so much recovered, that I propose, with proper precautions, to resume my attendance at the Board this week, where I shall be glad to see you on Wednesdays (and not Tuesday) and Fridays, except the 23d and 25th of this month, between the hours of 12 and 3 o'clock. In the mean time it may be proper to give you a fuller explanation of the List of Accounts than my indisposition would allow me to do when I sent it, by informing you, that those described under the title of “Books of Account” are the original Accounts delivered to the Auditor by the Publick Officers; the “Recorded Accounts” are what the Auditor has prepared to be enrolled in the Exchequer from the Officer's Book and Vouchers. For the most part these last describe the transactions more particularly than the “Recorded Accounts;” so that where both are existing for the same year, the “Officer's Book” will best answer the objects of your researches, and the “Recorded Account” need only to be resorted to when there is any hiatus in the other.

The List I sent you contains the earliest of both sorts that are now in existence, and are coeval with the office of the (late) Auditors of the Imprests, who were not regularly established till the beginning of the reign of Q. Elizabeth; from that time the Books of Account and Records have been continued to the present year, and all of them that could be found upon a most

careful search, in four lumber rooms adjoining to Westminster Hall, and appropriated to the late Auditors, have been selected from the immense load of rubbish under which they were concealed, and have been removed to the Office for Auditing the Publick Accounts, the first door on the east side of Somerset-place, where they are placed in proper presses, and ranged in such order as to be consulted with the greatest facility, which I hope you will soon be well enough to experience, and that they will furnish you with the information that you desire.

I am,

Dear Sir,

Yours very sincerely,

The oldest book of Revels in the office of the Auditors of the Imprest is that of 1571.

I.

Revels in one yeare ending on Shrovetewsdaye in the xiiijth yeare of our Soveraigne Lady Queene Elizabeth.

The whole Charges of thoffice aforesaide for one whole yeare, viz. from Shrove Tewsday in the xiiith yeare untill Shrove Tewsdaye in the xiiijth yeare of her Ma.^ties reaigne, growing as well by meanes of wages and allowances due to sundry persons woorking and attending within the saide office & aboute thaffares therof; as also by meanes of sundry Emptions & Provisions this yeare within the same time made and provided by S^r Thomas Benger, Knighte, being Master of the seide office, for the apparelling, discharginge, furnishing, fitting, garnishing, and orderly setting

forth of men, woomen, and children, in sundry tragedies, playes, maskes, and sports, with their apte houses of paynted canvas, and properties incident, suche as might most lively expresse the effect of the histories, plaies, and devises in masks, this yeare showen at the Coorte for her ma.^ties regal disporte and recreacion; whose tytles and numbers with the tymes wherein they were showen, breefly are sett owte in the ende of this booke, wherein first foloweth the ordinary chardge.

Wages and allowances due to the partyes folowing for woorks doone and attendaunce geaven within the seide office betweene the first of December aforesaide [1571] on which daye the new woorks and preparacions for playes and maskes agaynst the tymes aforeseide did begyn, and the aforeseide Shrove Tewsday, on which nighte the Revells for that yeare did ende, according to the conclusion of this booke.

Thomas Clatterbooke, &c.

At the end of this booke the following List above referred to, is found:

Playes vi. viz. of

Lady Barbara, showen on Saint Johns day at Nighte by Sir Robert Lanes men.

Effigenia a tragedye showen on the Jnnosents daie at nighte, by the children of Powles.

Ajax and Ulisses, showen on New yeares daie at nighte, by the children of Wynsor.

Narcissus^{4 note}, showen on Twelfe daye at nighte by the children of the Chappell.

Cloridon and Radiamanta, showen on Shrove sundaye at nighte by Sir Robert Lanes men.

Paris and Vienna, showen on Shrove tewsdaie at nighte by the Children of Westminster.

All whiche vi playes being chosen owte of many,

and founde to be the best that then were to be had^{5 note}, the same also being often perused and necessarely corrected and amended by all thafforeseide officers; then, they being so orderly addressed were lykewise throwghly apparelled and furnished with sundry kindes and sutes of apparell, and furnished perfected and garnished necessarely and answerable to the matter, person, and parte to be played; having apt howses made of canvasse, framed, fashioned, and paynted accordingly, as mighte best serve theier severall purposes; together with sundry properties incident, fashioned, paynted, garnished and bestowed as the partyes themselves required and needed, whereupon so muche of all manner of the emptions and provisions aforeseide as was expedient and requisite was aptly employed; together with parte of the worrkmanshipp and attendaunces aforeseide: And the residue of the emptions not then employed thereon was by the seide M^r. of this office, and others whome he did put in trust, reserved for farder service in thoffice; the most parte whereof was also employed together with the rest of the woorkmanshipp done upon the Maskes following:

Masks vi. viz. of

Cloth of Golde, of which one maske was yolow garded with black velvet, garnished with sylver lace and fringe, viz. vi long gownes, having vi hatts of black velvett edged with golde lace; and for theier torche bearers, vi long gownes of changeable taffata red and yolow, garnished withe lyke lace and frenge; with vi hatts answerable and vizards, skarfes, fawchions, buskins,

wrestbands, and suche like necessaries incident. The tother maske was of crymson purple and greene cloth of golde, viz. viii. long gownes garnished with silver frenge and lace and buttons; whose torche bearers had viii long gownes of red damask likewise garnished, and all furnished with straunge heades, vyzardes, skarfes, fawchins, buskins, garters and wrestbands according.

Loomeworke. White and blacke braunched. vi long gownes garded with black velvett imbrodred with lace, lyned with tynsell, and edged with frenge: whose torche bearers had vi long gownes of changeable Taffata, blew and yolo, garnished with sylver lace and frenge, having likewise straunge heades and vizards with scarfes, fawchins, buskins, &c.

Murre Sattyn, one of vi longe gownes, and for the torchebearers vi long gownes of changeable taffata, garnished with sylver lace and frenge, having straunge heades curiusly decked with vyzards, skarfes, fachyns, buskins, &c.

The other ij maskes were but translated and otherwise garnished, being of the former number, by meanes whereof the chardge of woorkmanshipp and attendaunce is theerby to be respected.

Itm. One of the forenamed Masks had going before it a Child gorgeusly decked for Mercury, who uttered a speeche and presented iij flowers wroughte in silke and golde to the Queenes Ma.^tie signefieng victory, peace, and plenty to ensue. He had also ij torchebearers in long gownes of changeable taffata with him.

Implements for Propertyes suche as sundry playes required, provided and employed by John Carow— ^note

For sundry parcells of stuff by him bowghte and provyded for the use of this office, and for the plaies, masks and showes sett foorth theroff by the seide M^rs. co&mbar;andement, viz. Sparres, rafters, boords, punchyns, nayles, wires, hookes, hinges, horstayles, hobbyhorses, pitchers, paper, branches of sylke and other garniture for pageants, feathers, fagbroches, tow, trenchers, black gloves, septers, wheatestaves, bodyes of men in tymber, dishes for devills eyes, devices for hell, hell-mowthe, staves for banners, &c bowes, bills, daggs, targetts, swoordes, daggers, fawchins, [falchions] fierwoorke, bosses for bitts, speares, paste, glew, packthrede, whipcorde, holly ivy and other greene bowes, & strewing erbes, and such like implements by him employed at the coorte and in thoffice, &c. xiijli. xis. id.

The Furryer. Sachary Bennet, for x dozen of kydde skynnes, together with the woorkmanship by him and his servaunts doone upon the hobbyhorses that served the children of Westminster in the Triumphe (where Paris wan the chrystal sheelde for Vienna at the turneye and barryers) in all xlijs. vid.

The Cullorer. Willyam Lyzard, for golde sylver and sundry other cullers by him spent in paynting the howses that served for the playes and players at the coorte, with theier properties and necessaries incident, &c. xiijli. xvis. id.

Wyerdrawer and his Parcells. Thomas Leveritt for mony to him due for wyer, plates, launtornes, cansticks, staples, snakes, packing needles, ropes, bitts, and such like trinkets, with his attendaunce &c. vili. xvis.

Vizards. Thomas Gyles^{7 note} for mony to him due for xxi fine vyzards with long birdes, lxxs. and for

vi Turks vyzards xvs. in all as by his bill therof appereth, iiiijl. vs.

Hunters. John Tryce for money to him due for leashes, and doghookes, with staves and other necessaries by him provyded for the hunters that made crye after the fox (let loose in the coorte;) with their hownds, hornes, and hallowing, in the playe of Narcissus, which crye was made of purpose even as the woords then in utteraunce, and the parte then played, did requier; for the whiche the same Sir T. Benger also appointed him to gette certeyne rewards, the whole amounting to xxs. viijd.

Thunder and Lightning. John Izarde for mony to him due for his device in counterfeting thunder and lightning in the playe of Narcisses, being requested therunto by the seide M^r. of this office, and for sundry necessaries by him spent therein xxijs.

Chandler. Barnard Fabian, for mony to him due for sundry parcells of his ware, namely torches, lincks, other lights, seringcandle, corde, &c... &pluscirc; c. xvs. vd.

Armourer. Morris Pickering and Willm. Jening, for mony by them disbursed for the hier of certeine armour for the playe of Paris & Vienna, to furnish the triumphe therein, and for rewards by them gevin to the armourers that attended by the appointment of the said M^r. lis. vid.

Bryan Dadmer for mony by him disbursed for a chrystal sheelde and certaine bumbaste, &c. lxs.

Wyllyam Rowl,—for

The Taffita, Sattyn Sarcenet, Cloth of Gold, Velvet, Damask, Tinsel, &c. employed within the time of this account came to near 800l.

The total expence of the Office of the Revels for this year was 1558l. 17s. 5½d.

II.

The Booke of Charges growen within the office of the Queenes Ma.^ties Revels,—from the last of May, 1572, to the last daye of October, 1573.

[In the months of June, July, August, September, and October, it is observed, that “there was works and attendaunces, especially agaynst the Progress in Kent.”]

Among the particulars of the expence of a mask shewn at Whitehall in June 1573, before her Majesty and the Duke of Montmerency, Embassador from France, which cost near 400l. are the following:

John Rosse, Gent. Property maker, for mony to him due for making of a Chariott of xiiij foote long and viij foote brode, withe a rocke upon it, and a fountayne therein, with the furnishing and garnishing thereof, for Apollo and the Nine Muzes, by the composition and appoyntment of thaforeseide John Forteskue, Esquier, [Master of the great Wardrobe] and Henri Sackford, Esquier, lxvili. viijs. iiijd.

James Macredye, Property maker, for making of a Castell for Lady Peace to sytt in, and be browghte in before the Queenes Ma.^tie &c. xijli. xvs.

In the Joiners bill are charges “for a bolte, shackles and a coller for Discorde:—for boordes for the floore [of the Castle] and shelves for the counting howse;—for frames for the windowes;—for making of a Portal, shelves, dores, boxes, &c.

Willyam Lyzarde, Painter, for banners iiij, at vis. viiid. the peece, xxvis. viiid.—Crownes ii, vs.—for

paynting vi. Marshalls staves iis.—for paynting a Castell, xs. the rocke and churche in the castle, xs.— The pillers, arcatrye [architrave], frize, cornishe, and the roofe gilt with golde and fine silver, cs. the armes of England and France upon it, xs. the wings, iiijs. certeyne garlonds, xxs. Ollyf braunches and snakes, viis.—A vizard for Argus, ijs. Candlesticks lykewise by him paynted, ij dozen, iiijli. A prison for Discord, vs. for drawing of dyvers hed peces, vis. viiid. for gilding iiij pillers of a waggon, iijs. iiijd.

Gyles Haberdasher for ij dozen of fyne womens vizardes, at xxiijs. the doozen, iijli. Itm. vi fyne Turkes vizardes, after xxiiijs. the doozen, xiis.

Thomas Greene the Cofer maker, for covering the seate of the Chariott whereon the Muzes sate, &c. xxijs. vid.

John Ogle, Property maker, for curling of heare made of black silk, for Discords heade (being lx ounces,) price of his woorkmanshipp thereon only is viis. viiid.

Thomas Leverett, Wyerdrawer, for white rownde plates, turnde in with a crest for xxiiij braunches, eche bearing iiij for lights at viiid. the peece, lxiiijs. Wyer to hand them by, viijs. greate wyers that went across the hall w. iiij lb. the piece at xvid. the lb. xxis. iiijd. A light for the Churche, xiid.

Haunce Eotts, Paynter, for drawing and paynting of dyvers and sundry patternes, viz. of the Chariott and Mounte (which Rose made) with all the personages apparel and instruments, and setting them owte in apte coollers, &c. iiijli. xixs.

To the Porters that watched all nighte at the Blackfryars brydge, for the cumming of the stuffe from the Coorte, ijs.

The Banketting Howse made at White Hall (then) for thentertaynment of the seide Duke did draw the charges insuing, for the covering thereof with Canvasse the decking therof with birche and ivie, and the

fretting and garnishing therof with flowers, compartements, with pendents and armes paynted and gilded for the purpose; the floore therof being all strewed with rose leaves pickt and sweetned with sweet waters, &c. The particulars are ther all enumerated, and the total cost of this Banqueting House was 224l. 6s. 10d.

The plays represented at Court this year, were performed at Hampton Court and at Greenwich, but are not enumerated in this account: but I find among the items of expence the following articles, which furnish us with the names of some of them:

Willm. Lyzarde for gilding and payntyng sundry things at his house, viz. patternes for personages of men and women in strange attyer, hed pieces, for frutes and fishes, in all xxs. iiijd.

John Arnold for cotten to lyne ij p^e of hoze for Mulkesters play, ijs. Gloves for Munkesters boyes, ij doz. xs. [Richard Mulcaster, at this time Master of Merchant Taylors School] Canvas for a Monster, vii ells vs. xd. A nett for the fishers maskers, xs. vid. for wool to stuff the fishes xiid. ij speares for the play of Cariclea, xvid. A tree of holly for the Duttons play, iijs. iiijd. A new fawchin iiis. iiij. A desk for Farrants play, iijs. [Farrant was Master of the children at Windsor] A vizarde for an apes face iijs. iiijd. A monster xxs. An awlter for Theagines^{3 note}, iijs. iiijd. Eggs counterfet, vii doozen, xiiijs. Roches, counterfet, vis. Whitings xviijs, vis. [various other counterfeit fishes are enumerated] An image of canvas stuft, iijs. Boords to beare lights for the hall, iiijs.

Robert Moorer, thappoticary, for sugar plate, musk kumfets, corianders prepared, clove cumfetts, Synnamon cumfetts, ginger cumfetts, rose water, spike water, &c. all which served for flakes of yse and hayle stones in the Maske of Janus,—the rose water sweetened

the balls made for snow balls and presented to her Ma.^tie by Janus. xxviis. iiijd.

John Arnolde, Yeoman of the office for mony by him payd to Arnolde the paynter for the picture of Andromeda. xs.

Thomas Blagrave, esquier, for mony by him disbursed in rewards to Muzitians that plaide at the proofe of Dutton's play, ijs. vid. to Robert Barker for drawing of patternes for the play of Fortune, and altering the same, vis. viijd. the hier of a barge for a marke, vijs. to Benbow for playing in the monster, ijs. vid.—for mouldes to cast the frutes and fishes in, and to those that tempered the stuff and made up the same. xxs.

John Moyle, Senior, Haberdasher for viij. long white berds at xxd. the piece, xiijs. iiijd. Aberne berds ij, and j black fyzicians bearde, xiiijs. vijd. Berds for fishers, vi,—ixs. Curled heare for fishers capps, vxd. Heares for palmers ij, ijs. viijd. Red berds vi. ixs.

“Edward Buggin Clerk Comptroller,—for xx^tie sacks of Coles, xs. iiijd. iij. thousand of billets, xls. A waggon for the first playe of my lord of Leicesters men, xviijs. to Henri Cellaweye for provizion and cariage of trees and other things to the Coorte for a Wildernesse in a playe, viijs. vid. The hier of a waggon for cariage to the Coorte at the second playe of my Lord of Leicesters men, xviijs. To Lambe for springes for snoballs, vs. iiijd. Tymber for the forest, ijs. vid. ijm. billets xxxvis. viijd. Coles, ii bushels, ixd. Coles, x sacks, vis. viijd.—To Clatterbookes dawghter, for cloth, for ruffs, aprones, neckerchers, and rayles, for Eldertons playe, xis. vid.—Itm. more fore mony by him payd to Arnolde the paynter in full payment for Andromedas picture, xxs.

Total Expence of the Revels during the time of this account—1427l. 12s. 6½d.

Christmas, Newyeares tyde, & Twelfe tyde.

Between the xx.^th of December and the xi.^th of January Aⁿ. R R.^na E. pd. xvil.

Woorks donne and attendaunce geven aboute the making, translating, fitting, furnishing, garnishing, setting oute and taking in againe making cleane and safe bestowing of sundry kynds of apparell, properties, furniture, and implements for the playes and masks followeing, sett foorth and showen before her ma.^tie within the tyme aforesaide for her royal disporte

and recreacion; the charges whereof together with the partyes names to whome any mony is due or hath bene paid for the same particularly ensueth.

Pedor and Lucia, played by therle of Leicesters servaunts, upon St. Steevens daye at nighte at Whitehall aforesaide.

Alkmeon, played by the children of Powles on St Johns daye at nighte there.

Mamillia, playde by therle of Leicesters Servaunts on Innocents daye at nighte there.

Truth, faythfulnesse and mercye, playde by the children of Westminster for Elderton, upon New yeares daye at nighte there.

Herpetulus, the blew knighte, and Perobia [or Probia] playde by my Lord Klinton's servants the third of January, beinge the Sundaye after New yeares daye there.

Quint⁹ Fabi⁹ [Quintus Fabius] playde by the children of Wyndsor for Mr. Farrant, on Twelfe daye at nighte likewise at Whitehall.

Masks showen at Whitehall within the time aforesaide all fitted and thoroughly furnished with all manner of properties and necessaries incident, sc. III.

Lance Knights vi., in blew sattyn gaskon cotes and sloppes.

Torche bearers vi. in black and yolo tufatta, &c. showen on St. John's daye at nighte.

Forresters or Hunters vi. in green sattyn gaskon cotes and sloppes.

Torche bearers attyred in mosse and ivye, &c. shewen on New-yeares daye at nighte.

Sages vi. in long gownes of counterfet cloth of golde, &c.

Torchebearers vi. in long gownes of red damask showen on Twelfe daye at night.

Among the charges for sundry expences are the following:

Paper for patternes, and for leaves of trees and other garnishing iiij Reames—xxiiijs.

Mrs. Dane, the Lynnen Draper for canvas to paynte for howses for the players, and for other properties, as monsters, greate hollow trees, and such other, xii. ells xx [twenty dozen ells] at xxid the ell—xiil.

Gloves washt and paynted for maskers, xii. paier— xiis. for torche bearers, xii payer,—viiis. for children v dozen, xxviiis. vid.

The Grocer, Robert Moorer,^{3 note} for Confects, in the maske of Wyldemen, for dyverse parcells of his wares, viz. for sugar xliiijlb i ounce at xiiijd the lb, Rose water, Gum tragachant, Almons Quinces preservde, walnutts reddy made, Cloves to stick in the peares, peares reddy made of marchpane stuff, &c. ciiis. iiijd.

Beards nearly as before. See p. 33.

Property parcells. Mosse and yong okes for wylde men—Poles and Wands for the Lictors—Bayes for the Prologgs and properties—Ivy for the wilde men and tharlor—Armes of okes for the hollo tree—Expences at Highgate one nighte & two daies for provision hereof—In all xxs. vid.

John Rosse for poles and skyvers for draft of the Curtains before the Senat Howse; curtin rings, edging the curtins with fringe; tape and corde for the same —flavor and paste with a pelt for the same.—A Jebbett to hang up Diligence.—In all viiis. vd.

Past paper iiij dozen, for pendents to the lights—viiis.

Thomas Leverett, wyre drawer, for plating iij. fawchins [faulchions]—xd.

Bodkins, and Dowts [extinguishers] for lights— xiijd.

Roser Tynhall, the Armerer, for lending his Armor and for his servants attending to arme and unarme the children in the play of Q. Fabius.—xl. vis. viiid.

William Elom for vi hornes garnisht with sylver by him delivered into the office for the hunter's mask on New yeres nighte, which hornes the maskers detayned and yet dooth kepe, against the will of all the officers—xviiis.

John Caro, Property maker, for money to him due for sundry parcells Holly and Jug for the play of Predor.—Fishes counterfet for the same, viz Whiting, Place, Mackarell, &c.—A payle for the castell top—Bayes for sundry purposes,—Lathes for the hollo tree—Hoopes for tharbor and top of an howse,—A truncheon for the Dictator,—Paste and paper for the Dragons head,—Deale boordes for the Senat Howse,—A long staf to reach up and downe the lights,—Fawchins for Farrants play—Pynnes styf and greate for paynted clothes,—Formes ii. and stooles xii, &c.—In all lxixs. ixd.

Richard Gwynne & others for cariage of the frames for the howses that served in the playes, and other stuf and apparell for the playes and maskers, with their attendances daye and nighte sundry times at St. John's and at the coorte between Christmas and the munday after Twelfe daye, xxvis.

To Willm Wode for ii lodes of coles, xls.

John Okes for a Close Stoole for the maskers and players &c. to use at the coorte, viijs.

All themptions between the xx^th of December 1573 and the xi^th of January 1573–4.—ccxxviijl—vijd.

For Candellmas, betweene the xi^th of January aforesaide and the fyfte of February 1573 Anno R R.^na E. pd. xvi^to.

Woorkes doone and Attendaunce geven upon the new making, translating, fittyng, furnishing, garnishing, setting foorth and taking in agayne of sundry kindes of apparell, properties and necessaries incident for one playe Timoclia at the Sege of Thebes by Alexander, showen at Hampton Coorte before her Ma.^tie by M. Munkestors [Mulcastors] children; and one maske of Ladies with lights, being vi Vertues, likewise prepared and brought thither in redynesse, but not showen for the tediousnesse of the playe that nighte, the charges of all which, with the parties names to whom any mony is due, &c.

Richard Sharpe, the Waxchandler, for the wax and workmanshipp of vi personages, with the rest of the properties on vi candellsticks, at viijs. the peece, xlviijs. vi sweete lights of white wax for the same, vijs.

The haberdasher, for sylver paper for the maskers sleeves, iiij dozen. dd. at iiijs. the dozen—xviijs.

The Silkwoman, for buttons and flouers for maskers hedds, vij. and one silke tree for a device in one of the Candellsticks, &c. xxiiijs.

The Scrivener, for writing in fayre text the viij speeches dd to her Ma.^tie vijs. xd.

For cariage of frames for the players howses to Hampton Coorte, and bringing them backe from the coorte Saint Jones, &c. xxs. viijd.

John Caro, Property maker, for bills, targetts, gunnes, flasks and tuchboxes, arming swords, truncheons, howes, arrowes, boordes for the lights, long poles to hang them, daggers,—in all lxxvis. viijd.

For Shrovetyde.

Between the v.^te of Februarye and the fyrste of

Marche A^o R. R^na E. p^d. xvi.^to Playes playde at Hampton Coorte as followeth;

Philimon and Philecia, play by the Erle of Leicesters men on Shrovemundaye nighte.

Perseus and Anthomeris [Andromeda], playde by Mankesters children on Shrovetewsdaye at nighte.

ij. Maskes showen at Hampton Coorte.

Warriers vii. with one Shippmaster that uttered speeche.

Torchebearers vi. The warriers had hargabusses.

Ladyes vii. with one that uttered a speeche.

Torchbearers vi. both which masks were showene on Shrovetewsday nighte.

Marten Handrett the Milliner for iiij braunches of Ollyffs made of greene silk, iiijs.

The fethermaker for vi bands of fethers for the new Maskers, and one for the Tronckwomanes, in all vii. price, liiis. iiijd.

Richard Robynson for wyres and wrests to draw the wyers tighter whereon the lights did hang crosse the hall. iiijs.

John Drawater for cariage of frames and painted clothes for the players howses to Hampton Court, &c. lis. iiijd.

Item, for the dietts and lodging of dyvers children at S^t Jones [Johns] while they learned theier parts and jestures meete for the maske in which ix of them did serve at Hampton Coorte, xxxiijs. iiijd.

John Owgle, the vizarde maker, for xiiij. beards marquesotted at xvid. the peece xviijs. viiid. and for eggs to make cleane vizards iiijd.

To Bruton of Powles Wharfe for a barge and vi oares with ij tylt whirroyes that caryed the masking geare and children with theier tutors and x Italian Woman &c. to dresse theier heads, as also the tayleurs, propertymakers, and haberdashers, xviijs.

Expences at the Blackfryers on Ash Wednisdaye

To Thomas Totnall for fyer and vittells for the children when they landed, some of them being sick and colde, and hungry, viis. vid.

To the nine children that served at the Coorte, ixs. To the Italian Woman & her daughter for lending the heares, &c. and for theier service and atteundances, xxxiijs. iiijd.

To the clerk for his ordinary green cloth, paper inke, cownters, and other necessaries incident to his office, lxvis. viijd.

The total sum of this whole volume from the last day of October 1573 untill the fyrste of Marche 1573, [1573–4] Dclxxijli. xiiijs. ijd.

IV.

Revells in one yeare from the last of February, 1573, [1573–4] Anno R R^na Elizabethe xvi^to untill the last daye of February 1574, [1574–5,] Anno R. R^na Elizabethe pd xvij.^mo

Betweene the last of February aforesaide 1573, [1573–4] and the first daye of November in the saide yeare, Anno R. R^na. Elizabethe xvi.^to.

For the Progresse to Reading, &c. and lykewyse for the ayryngs, repayryngs, translatings, preparing, fitting, furnishing garnishing, attending, and setting foorth of sundry kyds of apparell, propertyes and furnyture for the Italyan Players that followed the progresse, and made pastyme, fyrst at Wynsor, and afterwards at Reading: as also for the whole charges of these viij monthes any waye ryzing by the saide office and thaffares therto belonging particularly ensueth.

In this book the plays performed are not enumerated, but the following articles of expence occur:

To John Carow for iron woorke for a frame for a seate in a pageant, xvs. Item, for the workmanshipp of the seate or chayer &c xviijs. iiijd.

Item, for ladles and dishes to beare the lightes at Wynsor for the Italyan, and for paynting and garnishing of them &c xis. vid.

Item, for preparations at Reading the xv^th of July 1574.

Lambeskinnes for shepperds, iiijs.

Horstayles for the wylde mannes garment, iiijs. viijd.

Arrowes for nymphes, vid.

Lights and Shepherds staves, hoopes for garlands, plates for the candellsticks, boordes for the plates, wyer to hang the lights, Baye leaves and flowers, for payntyng sundry devices, the hier of a scythe for Saturne, the hier of a trunk, &c cvis. xd.

Thomas Clatterbooke for hier of iij Devells cotes and heads, and one olde mannes frier cote for the Italian Prayers [Players] at Wynsor, vs.

For Christmas and Twelftyde, Candellmas and Shrovetyde Anno R R^na Elizabethe xvij.^mo

Woorkes doone and attendaunce geaven betweene the fyrst of November 1574 Anno R. R^na Elizabethe xvi.^to and the last of February 1574 [1574–5] Anno R R^na Elizabethe xvij.^mo by meanes of preparing new making, translating, repayring, fitting, furnishing, garnishing and attending of the playes, maskes, apparell, furniture, wares, propertyes, &c. at the tymes aforesaide.

Will&mbar; Pylkynton for imbrodering of vi. bands for hatts for Maskers, ritchly wroughte with Venys silver, and for silk and sylver for the same, iiijli.

Richard Rowlande Property maker, for skynnes to cover hornes, horsetayles and manes, corde and a halter for an asse, turning of pillers, leaves and mosse, 12 firr poles, hunters staves, &c. iiijli. iiijs. xid.

Henry Devenish, Property maker, for iiij. plates for the rock, iiij ports, upper pieces for the top, quarters for the dore, eves boordes 159 foote, elme boordes 76

foote, seeling boorder 113 foote, Eves boordes more 47 foote, &c. xlis. iijd.

Richard Barne, Mercer, for cclxvi ells of sarcenet of sundrey cullers, at vs. the ell, lxvli. vis. iijd. Black velvet xvii yards iij qu^trs at 15s, xiijli. vis. iijd. Whit sarcenet xxv ells at vs. the elle, xili. vs. Black buckeram of the fynest pece, xiijs. iiijd.

Walter Fyshe, for damask, taffata, gloves for players and maskers, furres of woolverings for pedlers capps, cutting of gards, the hire of a marryners whissell, a sack for the players, heare to stuff bootes for the horses, and for ij payer of spurres, bottles for pilgrymes, &c. xliili. vis. vijd.

John Hill for ten thousand of Billets by him delyvered unto the said office at xiis. viijd. the thousand, vili. vis. viijd.

Thomas Leverett, Wyerdrawer, at Candlem^as for bitts with bosses for the hobbyhorses, iiijs. Cownters to cast awaye by players iijs. Wyer for the horses leggs, iiijlb. iiijs. Wyer of the great sort to hang or to strayne crosse the hall at H. xxvs.

Thomas Blagrave esquire 26^o November 1574 for horsehyer and charges by the waye at Wynsor, &c. and for perusing and reforming of Farrants playe, xl. iis. vid. 5^o Decembrs 1574 Horsehyer to Hampton Coorte to confer with my L. Chamberlayne the L. Hawarde, and Mr. Knevett upon certayne devices, and to peruse Farrant's playe there againe, &c. xxvijs. viijd.

14^o Decembr.

Perusing and Reforming of plaies

The expences and charges where my L. Chamberlens players did show The History of Phædrastus, and Phigon and Lucia, together amounteth unto ixs. iiijd.

18 Decembr.

The expencs and chargs wheare my L. of Leicesters men shewed theier matter of Panecia.

Mirrors or looking glasses for the pedlers mask xii small at ijs. the peece, and vi. greater at iiijs. the peece, and for Frenche pinnes viiid. in all xlviijs. viijd.

26^o Decembr.

The hyer of one Waggon and syx horses from London to Hampton Coorte, xls.

20^o Die.

The chargs and expencs where my L. Clyntons players rehearsed a matter called Pretestus, xiijs.

21 die

The chargs and expencs where the showed ij other playes, with iijs. for torches, and iiijd. for an howerglasse xiijs. iiijd. For gloves for my L. of Leicesters boyes y^t played at the coorte, ijs. For carriage of theier stuf, and for the carters attendaunce that nighte, xvid. White and sweete English balls 1 dozen, vis. Gloves perfumed ij dozen, xxis. Fayer wryting of pozies for the mask, vis. viijd.

1 January 1574, [1574–5].

Long poles with brushes for chymney sweepers in my L. of Leicesters mens playe, and for mosse and styks and other implements for them, ijs. vid.

Rodds for Lictos [Lictors] bundells, in y^e playe, xvid.

Will&mbar; Davyson, Glazier for xi square peeces of glasse for the rock, for ij peeces to make shilds, &c. xxvs. viijd.

Wax for a cake, in Farrants playe iijs. vid.

Coles 1 lode xxs.

To John Rosse property maker for vi branches of flowers, made of fethers, flowers for garlands iiij dozen, long boordes for the stere of a cloude, pulleys for the clowde & curteynes, dubble gyrts to hang the soon

[sun] in the clowde, for sowing the curtyns and setting on the frenge for the same, wyer to hang the curtyns, wyres for the pulleys, xlis. ijd. A peece of elme boorde for the clowde, xviijd.

To John Caron, Property maker, in his lyfetime not long before his death, vili. And to his wyfe after his deathe, in full satisfaction for all the wares by him delivered this yeare into the saide office, or is to be by him the saide Carow his executors or administrators demawnded, for any debt due before the third of February 1574, or not entered in this booke, vili, xiiijs. iiijd. as which grew by propertyes, vid. monsters, mountaynes, forrestes, beasts, serpents, weapons for warr, as gunnes, doggs, bowes, arrowes, bills, halberds, borespeares, fawchions, daghers, targetts, polleaxes, clubbs, headds and headpeeces, armor counterfet, mosse, holly, ivye, bayes, flowers, quarters, glew, past paper, and such lyke, with nayles, hoopes, horstayles, dishes for devells eyes, heaven, hell and the Devell and all, the Devell I should saie, but not all, xiili. xiiijs.

The fether maker for a Cote, a hatt, and buskins all over covered with fethers of cullers, for Vanytie in Sebastians playe, &c. xxvis.

To the French woman for her paynes and her dawghters paynes, that went to Richemond, and there attended upon Mr. Hunnyes^{4 note} his children, and dressed theier heads, &c. when they played before her Magestye—xviijs. vid.

To John Rosse for long vires to joyne frames together, iij dozen and viij—xvis.

To &wblank; for his paynes in perusing and reforming of playes sundry tymes as neede required for her Ma.^tie lyking—xls.

Fringe of copper sylver and sylke, bone lace of copper sylver and sylke, brayded lace, brayded tassells & frenge, black sylke and sylver frenge, &c. xxxviiili. xiijs. iiijd.

Henri Seckford esquier, for canvas by him delyvered into the saide office cl.^ti elles at xiiijd. the ell, imployed upon the howses and propertyes made for players at Christmas, Twelftyde, Candellmas and Shrovetyde aforesaide, viijli. xvs.

Edward Buggyn, Clerk comptroller of thoffice, for mony by him disbursed, vide

15^o Decembris. Cariage of iiij lodes of tymber for the rock which Mr Rosse made for my L of Leicesters menns playe, and for other frames for players howses, ijs. iiijd.

Cariage of one hundred seeling boordes to make branches to beare lyghts—iiijd.

27^o Decembris The hier of a waggon to carye a lode of stuf to the Coorte for the Duttons playe—xxs.

1 die Januarii for Spangles xxiiij thowsand—xiis.

Cariage of one hundred of boorde from Saint Pulkers, to thoffice—vid.

xi^o Januarii For a periwigg of heare for king Xerxces syster in Farrants playe,—iiijs. viijd.

For cariage of iij lode of stuf for the playe, &c. on Twelfe nighte to the water syde at the Blackfryers— iijs.

1^o Februarii. For ij ells of canvas to make frenge for the players howse in Farrants playe—xxd.

Skynnes to furr the hoode in Seebastians playe— ijs.

For making of ij sarcenet hoods for cyttyzens in the same playe—ijs.

Holly, Ivye, firr poles and mosse for the rocke in Mr. Hunnyes playe—xs.

Hornes iij, collers iij, leashes iij, and doghookes iij with bawdricks for the hornes in Hunnyes playe—xs.

13 Februarii Cariage of tymberwoorke for the same Mr. Hunnyes playe downe to the watersyde—ijs. vid.

Bryan Dodmer for his bote hier, hors hier, jorneyeng chargs and expencs betweene the saide first of November in the xvith yeare and the last of February in the xvijth yere, specially to Hampton Coorte and there attending upon the Lorde Chamberlayne, the Lorde Treasurer and Mr. Secretary Walsingh^am^l for mony in prest. to be imployed upon the premisss^{1 note}, being after long attendaunce (and that none of the aforenamed could get the Queenes Ma.^tie to resolve therin) driven to trouble her Ma.^tie him selfe, and by special peticion obtained as well the graunt for ccli. in prest, as the dett to be p^d. &c.—vili. viijs. iiijd.

Total expence of the Revells this year—582l. 1s. 2d.

V.

Chrystmas, Newyeires tide, Twelftide and Candlemas Anno R. R^na Eliz. pd. xix^o. 1576.

The Charges of those tymes, vidz. Betweene the xxth of December 1576 Anno Regni Regine Eliz. predict xix^o. at which tyme the woorks began for the providing, apting, preparing, furnishing and setting fourth of divers plaies or showes of Histories and other inventions and devyces followinge and the iiijth of Februarii 1576 [1576–7] in the said xixth yere of her Ma.^ts reigne, at which tyme the woorkes and attendaunces did ende; together with all themptions and provisions of stuff and necessaries, cariadges and other incidents, bought, provided, done, and attended, by divers persons whose severall names, rates, and wages, with their rewardes and allowances do particulerlie in their apt places ensue.

Histories and Inventions showen within the tyme aforesaid vi. viz.

The Paynters Daughter, showen at Hampton Court on St. Stevens daie at night; enacted by therle of Warwicks servants.

Toolie, showen at Hampton Court on St. Johns daie at night; enacted by the L. Howards servants.

The Historie of the Collyer shewen at Hampton Court on the Sundaie following; enacted by therle of Leicesters men.

The Historie of Error, showen at Hampton Court on New yeres daie at night; enacted by the children of Powles.

The Historye of Mutius Scevola, showen at Hampton Court on Twelf daie at night; enacted by the children of Wyndsor and the Chappell.

The Historie of the Cenofalls^{2 note}, showen at Hampton Court on Candlemas daie at night; enacted by the L. Chamberleyn his men.

Taylours and others working and attending the premiss, the first at xxd. the daie, and as much for the night, the residue at xiid. vidz. Thomas Clatterbuck, &c.

[Of the painters, joiners, carvers, haberdashers, carpenters, & wire drawers, one painter and one joiner or carver had 2s. p day; the rest in general xvid.]

Richard Rowland Propertymaker for wainscott to make blades for rapiers. iiijd.

Barnard Fabian for xxiiij staffe torches at xiiijd. the pece xxviiijs. Item, foure dozen of lynkes, at iiijs. the dozen—xvis.

John Farrington for xii shepe skynnes at vid. the pece vis. for paring and russeting of them, ijs. for the soles and making of vi paire of buskins of those skinnes, xiis.

Thomas Wright for a dozen of round trenchers

with a box for them xiid. for a quir of paper, vd. For a car to carry stuff for the erle of Leicesters men, —xiijd. for a whirry to Hampton Court, ijs.

Rowland Allen for vi feltes for the Cenofalles heade —vs.

The Mowldeman for a houndes heade^{3 note} mowlded for a Cenofall, ijs.

Wydow Lease for two dozen of rushes, with vid. for the cariadge—vs. xd.

Edward Buggyn gent. for ynke wexe quilles, pindust, &c. xxs.

&lblank; for a realme of wryting paper—viiis.

For cariadge by water of a paynted cloth and two frames, for the earle of Leicesters men to the courte, 28 December—vs.

For waggon 26^o Decembr. to carry stuff to the court for the earle of Warwicke his mens plaie— xviijs.

For a waggon to the court two or three daies after, (for that their playe was deferred untill the sundaie folowing) to bring their stuff to the Revells,—xs.

For a waggon to carry stuff to Hampton Court for the L. Chamberlyn his mens plaie on Candlemas daie—xviijs.

For the hier of a horse and a man from London to Bedwyn, for that which Blagrave was sent for upon my L. Chamberlyn his co&mbar;aundement, going and returning by the space of 4 daies at xxd. the daie for the horse hier and for his horsemeate and his owne meate at ijs. the daie and night with vid. for hors-showings being the 4, 5. 6 and 7 of November— xvs. ijd.

[From another article it appears that the price of horse meat for a day and night was xiid.

For cariadge of the new frames to Paules wharfe by carr the 4 of January—xiid.

To Nicholas Newdigate, gent, for his paynes in hearing and trayninge of the boyes that should have spoken the speeches in the Mask, and for their charges and cariadge back again,—xl. iijs. viiid.

To those boyes. vz. to everie one of them for their paynes, iis. vid.—xvijs. vid.

To John Kelsey, for using of his dro&mbar;e, in the Duttons plaie iis. vid.

Shrovetyde. Anno R R^na Eliz pd, xix^o. 1576.

Betweene the xiith of February 1576 and the xxith of the same moneth when the woorkes and attendaunces did ende.

Histories and Inventions showen within the tyme aforesaide iii. viz.

The Historie of the Solitarie Knight, showen at Whitehall on Shrove sundaie at night; enacted by the L. Howardes servaunts.

The Irishe Knighte, shewen at Whitehall on Shrove mundaie at night; enacted by the Earle of Warwick his servaunts.

The Historye of Titus and Gisippus, showen at Whitehall on Shrovetuysdaie at night; enacted by the children of Pawles.

Maskes. 1.

viz. A longe maske of murrey satten crossed all over with silver lace, with sleeves of gold tyncell, with headpeeces full of pipes of white silver lawne laid bias; prepared for Twelf nyght with a device of 7 speeches framed correspondent to the daie. Their torchebearers vi had gownes of crymson damask and headepeeces new furnished; showen on Shrovetuysdaie night without anie speeche.

Thomas Leverett, wyer drawer, for the furnishing of two great braunches with wyer and plate— xxvis. viiid.

Ten pound of wyer for the coming up of the small lightes, at xiid. the lb.—xs.

Richard Moorer, haberdasher, for the making of vi Senators cappes of crymson taffeta—vis. For the making of a large Frenche cappe of blue tyncell sarcenett—xiid.

John Edwyn, Armorer, for the lone of certeine armor, with a base and targetts, which the L Howardes servants used in their plaie of The Solitarie Knight—vijs.

Richard Rowland, for two glasse voyalls for the L. Howards servants on Shrovesundaie—ijd. For a line to draw a curteyne, 4d.

John Davys, for two formes for the Senators in the Historie of Titus and Gisuppus—vis.

John Drawater, for the cariadge of the earle of Warwick his mens stuffe from the Revells to Whitehall and backe againe to recyte before my L. Chamberleyn —ijs.

For the hier of a barge the 14 of Febr. for the cariadge of the earle of Warwick his men and stuff for them to the court and back againe for the 14 and 16 of Februer. for recytal of playes, and the 17 and 18 for the playes before the Queene xxijs.

For the cariadge of the partes of the well counterfeit from the Bell in Gracious streete to St. Johns to be performed for the play of Cutwell—xd.

Walter Fishe gent for 30 sacks of coles [for the office of the Revells] xxii. vids. [It appears from other articles in these books that a load of coals consisted of 30 sacks.]

VI.

Christmas, Newyeares tide, Twelftide, and the Sondaie following, A^o R R^na Elizabeth pred. xxi^mo. 1578.

The chardges of those tymes viz. betweene the xx^th of December 1578, Anno regni Regine Elizabeth pd xxi^o. at which tymes the works begann for the providing, preparing, hearing, devising, furnishing and setting forth of diverse plaies or showes of histories and other speciall inventions, devises, and showes for that tyme incident, and the xvth of Januarie in the saide xxi^th yeare of her Ma^ts. raigne, a which time the works and attendaunces did end: together with all themptions, provisions of stuff, &c.

Histories and invencions showen within the tyme aforesaide vi. viz.

An Inventyon or Playe of the Three Systers of Mantua, showen at Richmond on St. Stevens daie at night; enacted by the earle of Warwick his servants, furnished in this office with sondrey requisites for the same.

The Historie of^{1 note}
showen at Richmond on St. John's day at night; enacted by the children of the Queene's Ma^ts Chappell, furnished in this office with verie manie things aptly fitted for the same.

An Historie of the Creweltie of a Stepmother, shewen at Richmond on Innocents daie at night; enacted by the Lord Chamberlaynes servants, furnished in this office with sondry things.

A Morrall of the mariage of Mynde and Measure, shewen at Richmond on the sondai next after New yeares daie; enacted by the children of Pawles, furnished with some things in this office.

A Pastorall or Historie of a Greek Maide shewen at Richemonde on the sondai next after New yeares daie; enacted by the Earle of Leicester his servants, furnished with some things in this office.

The Historie of the Rape of the Second Helene,

shewen at Richmonde on Twelfdaie at night, well furnished in this office with manie things for them.

Maskes shewen before her Ma^tie the French Imbassador being present the sondaie night after Twelf daie, whereof one was A Maske of Amasons^{2 note} in all armore compleat parcell gilte gilded within this office, with counterfett murryons silvered and parcell guilte (besides their headpeeces belonging to their armours) and a creste on the toppe of every of them, having long heare hanging downe behind them: their kirtles were of crymson cloth of gold being indented at the skirte and laied with silver lace and frindge, with pendants of gold tassels, gold knobbes, and set on with broches of golde, plated uppon the skirte with plates of silver lawne with tassels of golde laid under belowe, in steed of petticots, with white silver rich tincle fringed with golde fringe: Buskins of oringe cullor velvet, antick fawcheons and shields with a devise painted theron, and javelings in their hands. One with a speach to the Queenes Ma^tie delivering a table with writings unto her highnes, comyng in with musitions playing on cornetts apparrelled in long white taffata sarcenett garments; torche bearers with the torcheman wearing long gownes of white taffeta with sleaves of the same, and uppon them had long crymson taffeta gownes without sleaves, indented at the skirte, and frindged, laced, and tasselled with silver and gold, tucked up with the girding almoste to the knee; bowes in their hands and quivers of arrowes at their girdles; head peeces of golde lawne, and woemens heare wrethed verie faire. And after the Amasons had dawnsed with Lords in her Ma^ts presence, in came

An other Maske of Knights all likewise in armours compleate parcell guilte also within this office, with

like counterfett murryons uppon their heads, silvered and parcel guylte; with plomes of feathers in the toppes of every of them, with bases of rich gold tyncell, frynged with gold frendge, garded with riche purple silver tyncell; lardge bawdricks about their necks of black gold tyncell; having silver truncheons in their hands guylte, and guylded sheilds with a posey written on every of them; their showes [shoes] of gold lawne tyncel, and co&mbar;yng with one before them with a speach unto her highnes and delivering a table written; their torchbearers being Rutters apparelled in greene satten jerkins payned, laid with silver lace and drawne owte with tincell sarcenett, their hose being verie long, paned, of rased velvet ground yealowe and rasing greene; likewise laid with silver lace and drawne out with tyncell sarcenett; their hatts of crymson silk and silver thromed and waythed bands with feathers. The Amasons and the Knights, after the knightes had dawnced a while with ladies before her Ma^tie did then in her M^ts presence fight at Barriers.

Upholsters parcells—For vi dozen of guylte bolles for the Amasons, vis. for vi pieces of buckromes at iijs. viiid. the peece xxviiis. For a close stoole, xs.

John Ogle, for the cullering the yealow heare, and stuffe to curle it, iiijs. and for vi beardes for the vizards for the knights, xs.

Willyam Lyzarde, for xii murryons counterfeite mowlded and guilt, at vis. viiid. the peece, iiijli. For xii lyons heads counterfeiete and guilt, at ijs. vid. the peece, xxxs. For xxx^tie dozen of roases mowlded and guylded, at xvid. the dozen, xls.

Edward Buggin, for half a Reame of fine lardge paper vs. for a hundred of choice quills, vd.

Thomas Wright, for iij yards of gray cloth to make my Lo. of Leicesters men a fishermans coat, vs.

Two carres to carry the maske from Pawles Wharfe to St. Johns, xviijd.

Thomas Blagrave, esquier, for his bote hier from London to Richmond the xxii^th of December 1578, to speake with my Lo. Chamberlayne and back agayne, vs. For ij wherries from London to the courte the xii^th of Januarie, for him selfe and others, that wente to sett forth the mask, vs. And for bote hier to Whitehall for choice of stuffe to Barnesey [where Lord Chamberlain resided] for choice and conference about masks, &c. vis. viiid.

John Drawater, the firste of Januarie, for cariage of a frame for Master Sebastian to the courte iijs. vid. For the hier of a horse ij daies to the courte to furnishe my Lo. of Leicesters players, the frost being so greate no bote could goo and come back againe at xxd. the daie, iijs. iiijd. for his meate those two daies, ijs. viiid. For holly and ivie for my Lo. of Leicesters servants, xiid. The sixte of Januarie for Mr. Blagraves bote hier to and from the courte, being sent for by my Lord Chamberlayne, vs. For bote hier of diverse workemen that went to conferre with my Lord aboute the maske to the courte and back agayne with xiid. bestowed on them at Mortlock the same daie, vs. 6 Januarie for cariage of the Revells stuffe to the courte and back agayne that served my L. Chamberleynes players second plaie, viis. 7 Januarie for the cariage of ij frames from the courte to London in a carte, iiijs. 9 of Januarie 1578 to Will&mbar; Lyzard for his bote hier to the courte to showe certen patterns to my L. Chamberlayne ijs. vid. 29 of December, 1578 for the cariage of a greate cheste and a close stoole by water to the courte, ijs. viiid.

Thomas Stronge for a loade of coales, xxijs. Fagotts

ij c. xis. viijd. Billets ij thousand xxvs. iiijd. In all lviijs. viiid.

Edmond Byrcholl, Wyerdrawer, for stocke candlesticks ij dozen, iiijs. Pricke candlesticks, vi. xxid.

John Drawater, for money by him disbursed as followeth: To Mr. Harris a groome of the chamber for bringing a Lre to the M^r the 31 of December 1578, ijs.

To Patrichius Ubaldinas by the co&mbar;andment of the Lord Chamberleyne for the translating of certen speaches into Italian to be used in the maske, the making the titles for them, the writing faire in the same tables, and for his chardges in travelling about the same, lxijs. ijd.

The xix^th of December to—Harris groome of the chamber comyng from Richmond to Bedwyn by the Lo. Chamberleyne his co&mbar;andement, iijs. iiijd.

Total expence of the Revells from the 14th of Feb. 1777–8 to the 14th of Jan. 1578–9 224l. 7s. 4d.

Candlemas—Shrovetyde. An^no Regni Regine Elizabethe xxi^mo, 1578.

Histories and Invencions prepared for and furnished shewen and to be shewen within the tyme aforesd. iiij, viz.

The History of^{8 note}
provided to have ben showen at Whitehall on Candlemas daie at nighte by the Earle of Warwicks servants; furnished in this office with sondrey garments and properties, being in redines and place to have erected the same; but the Quenes Ma^tie could not come to heare the same and therefore put of.

The History of the Knight in the burnyng rock, shewen at Whitehall on Shrove sondaie at night, enacted by the Earle of Warwicks servaunts, and furnished in this office with sondrey garm^ts and properties.

The History of Loyalty and Bewtie, shewen at Whitehall on Shrovemonday at night, enacted by the children of the Quenes Ma^ts chappell, furnished in this office with verie manie riche garments and properties aptly fitted for the same.

The History of Murderous Mychaell, shewen at Whitehall on Shrove tuesdaie at night, enacted by the L Chamberleynes servaunts, furnished in this office with sondrey things.

John Rose, Senyor, for certayne parcells by him bestowed in and about a rock at the courte for a playe enacted by the earle of Warwick's servants viz. longe sparre poles of furr, vis. xd. peeces of elm cut compas, iiijs.

Rowland Robynson for oken bord three hundred, xxis. elme bord xxi foote xviijd. firr poles xxi wherof xiiij for altering the lights on Shrovetuesdaie, and the rest for the frames, xs. vid.

Ulryck Netsley for an iron for the wagon that shewed in the plaie of Loyaltie and bewtie, ijs. vid. and for mending a scaling ladder that shewed at the rock, viijd.

John Rose, Senior, for nayles of sondry sorts used about the clowde and drawing it upp and downe, vis. viijd.

John Davies, for coales at the courte to drie the painters worke on the rock, vid.

Thomas Wright, for a painted cheste for my Lo. Chamberleyns men, xvid.

John Rose, Senior, for lead for the chaire of the burning Knight, ijs. vid. for a coard and pullies to drawe upp the clowde, iijs.

John Davies for ivie and holly for the rock in the play enacted by the Earle of Warwicks servaunts,

iiijs. ijd, Aquavite to burne in the same rocke, iijs. Rose water to allay the smell therof, xiid.

John Drawater for gloves for the children of the Chappell xviij.^ten paire, xs. A garland of grapes and leaves for Baccus and other of roses for^{9 note}
used in the play of Loyaltee and Bewtie ijs. iiij for ijli of sises to have served in the play that should have ben shewed on Candlemas daie at night, ijs. iiijd. for the hire of ij vizars that should have served that night, ijs. iiijd. For a hoope and blewe lynnen cloth to mend the clowde that was borrowed and cut to serve the rock in the plaie of the Burning Knight, and for the hire thereof and setting upp the same where it was borrowed, xs.

Willyam Lyzard Painter for cullers and other necessaries by him provided, viz

Three masking coats made of doble paper, there hatts covered with the same; iij broomes painted; v staves and a Quinten painted with a fooles head, xxs.

For fine cullers gold and silver for patorns for the Mores Maske that should have served on Shrovetuesdaie, iiijs.

For syze xiiij gallons, xiiij. For copper culler for the lights in the hall, iijs. iiijd. For masticott, blew, vert, smalt &c. [including the above] cxvs. iiijd.

Edmond Tylney Esquir M.^r of the said office having by grante from her Ma^tie by her Lres patents dated the^{9 note}
of Julie in the xxi^th yeare of her ma.^ts raigne the office of the mastershipp of the said office, and a mansion howse with thappurtenaunces, the same office being specially appointed continued and used within the howsing and precincte of S^t Johnes, where all the store and furniture of the said office have bene and is kept and remayning, the howsing and romes there apperteyning to him being imploied

that he cannot yet convenyently have the same but is driven to hire an other, he is to be allowed for the rent whereof from Christmas 1578 A^o xxi^o R Regine pred. untill mydsomer 1579 A^o R. Regine p^d xxi^o by the space of one half yeare after [the rate] of xiijli. vis. viid. p Ann, vili. xiijs. iiijd.

Total expence of the Revells from Feb. 14, 1577–8 to the 1^st of Nouember 1579, 348l. 5s. 8d.

VII.

Revells, 1580, Anno R Regine Elizabethe xxij^d Christmas Twelftyde Candlemas & Shrovetye.

The Chardges of these tymes, viz from the first daie of November 1579 Anno xxi^o R Regine Elizabeth [at which tyme the booke for the last yeare ended]. The begynnyng was of making choise of sondrye playes, comodies, and inventions, at dyvers and sondrye tymes for the tymes aforesaid untill the xix daie of December then next followinge, at whiche tymes the workes began, as well for furnyshinge and settinge forthe of sondrye of the said playes, comedies, and inventions, as also in emptions and provisions made togeather with the workes done and attendauncs geven by dyvers artyficers, workmen, and attendaunts, workinge and attendinge the same at sondry tymes from the said xix^th of December untill the xx^th of February 1579 [1579–80] Anno xxii^o R Regine pred. at whiche tymes the woorkes and attendauncs for these tymes did end; for the new makinge translatinge, repairinge, fytting, furnishinge, settinge forth of sondrye payntinges, howses, vestures, garments, utencelles and properties incydent and requisite for the shewe of the said playes, comedies, pastymes, inventions, and devises, prepared, made, sett forthe, and shewen before her ma.^tie for her regal disporte and pastyme, within the tyme aforesaid The whole charges whereof &c.

Histories and Inventions shewen within the tyme aforesaid ix. viz

A History of the Duke of Millayn and the Marques of Mantua shewed at Whitehall on S^t Stephens daie at nighte; enacted by the lord Chamberlaynes servants; wholie furnished in this office, some newe made and moche altered, whereon was imployed for iiij^or newe head attyers, with traynes scarfes, garters and other attyers, xiij elles of sarcenett, a countrie howse, a cyttie, and xii paire of gloves.

A History of Alucius^{6 note}
shewed at Whitehall on S^t John's daie at nighte, enacted by the children of her Ma.^ties chappell; wholly furnyshed in this office with many garments newe made, manye altered and translated: whereon was imployed for head attyers, sleeves and anyons [quere] cases for hoase, scarfes, garters and other reparacions, tenne elles of sarcenett, a cittie, a battlement and xviij paire of gloves.

A Historye of^{6 note}
provided to have bene shewen at Whitehall on Innocents daie at nighte by the earle of Leicesters servnts beinge in readynes in the place to have enacted the same: whollye furnyshed with sondrye thinges in this offyce. But the Queenes Ma.^tie coulde not come forth to heare the same: therefore put of.

A History of the foure sonnes of Fabyous, shewed at Whitehall on Newe yeares daie at nighte; enacted by the Earle of Warwicks servnts; wholie furnyshed in this offyce with garments some newe some altered and repaired; whereon was imployed for newe lyninge translatinge and alteringe of the Senators gownes, iij head attyres with traynes, for womens scarfes, and girdles, xiij elles of sarcenett, a cytie, a mounte, and vi paire of gloves.

The History of Cipio Africanus, shewen at Whitehall

the sondaie night after New yeares daie; enacted by the children of Pawles, furnyshed in this office with sondrie garments and triumphant ensignes and banners, newe made, and their head peeces of white sarcenett, scarfes and garters; whereon was imployed^{7 note}
ells of sarcenett, a citie, a battlement, and xviij paire of gloves.

The History of^{7 note}
shewen at Whitehall on Twelvedaye at nighte by the Earle of Leicesters servants, furnished in this offyce with many garments, utensells, and properties, some made newe, some translated and made fitt, whereon was imployed of head attyers, scarfes, and garters^{7 note}
elles of sarcenett; a citie, a countrye house and vij paire of gloves.

The History of Portio and Demorantes, shewen at Whitehall on Candlemas daie at nighte, enacted by the Lord Chamberleyns servants, wholly furnished in this offyce: whereon was ymployed for searfes, garters, head attyers for women and lynynges for hatts vi ells of sarcenett, a cytie, a towne, and vi paire of gloves.

The History of the Soldan and the Duke of^{7 note}
shewen at Whitehall on Shrovesondaie at nighte, enacted by the Earle of Derby his servants, wholly furnyshed in this offyce; whereon was ymployed for two robes of blacke sarcenett, head attyers and scarfes,^{7 note}
ells of sarcenett, a citie, and xii payre of gloves.

The History of Serpedon, shewen at Whitehall on Shrovetuesdaie at nighte, enacted by the Lord Chamberleyns servants, wholly furnyshed in this offyce; whereon was ymployed for head attyers for women, and scarfes, xi ells of sarcenett, a greate citie, a wood, a castell, and vi payre of gloves.

John Digges for Canvas fower peeces, contayninge in the whole, elles 142, at xxid. the ell, viili. ijs.

Coles one loade, xxvis.

Faggots one hundred, viijs.

Billets one thousand and the carryage thereof, xxs.

Hoopes to make a mounte, iijs.

Barnard Fabyan for cotton candells at iiijd. the li vi dozen, xxvis. Searinge candells ijli, ijs. vid.

John Sherborne for sondrye thinges by him boughte provided used expended and brought into the Masters lodginge for the rehearsall of sondrye playes to make choyse of dyvers of them for her Ma.^tie viz Cotton Candells at sondry pries xv dozen, iijli. is. iijd. Plates for to hang upon walles to sett candells in vij, vis. Torches ij^o dozen at xiiijs. the dozen xxviiis. Billets, coals, rushes, &c. &c.

Edmond Tylney Esquier for his attendaunce, botehier, and other chardges, to and from the court at Greenewitch, by the space of ij monethes and more, by com&mbar;aundement, for settinge downe of dyvers devises to receave the Freenche, cs.

For his chardges with the chardges of the players, the carriage and recarriage of their stuffe, for examynynge and rehersinge of dyvers playes and choisemakinge of x of them to be shewen before her Ma.^tie at Christmas, Twelfetide, Candelmas, and Shrovetide, and their sondry rehersalls afterwards, till to be presented before her Ma^tie, xli.

John Drawater for x furre poles to make nayles for the battlements, and to make the prison for my L. of Warwicks men at vid the peece, vs. Single quarters to enlardge the scaffolde in the Hall one [on] Twelfe nighte, vi. xviii doble quarters for the same cause, vijs. vid.

Will&mbar; Lyzarde for syze cullers, pottes, nayles and pensills used and occupyed upon the payntinge of vii cities, one villadge, one countreyhowse, one battlement,

ix axes, a braunche, lillyes, and a mounte, for Christmas iij holidaies, liijli. xvs. vijd.

Syse cullers, potts, Assydewe, golde, and silver, used and occupied for the garnyshinge of xiiij titles, iiij facynges of sarcenett powdered with ermyns, a backe of armor, a paier of wyngs, a banner, a penndaunt, and foure guilte balls, againste New yeares daie, the sonday after Twelfeday, and Candelmas, liis. iiijd.

Syse cullers, assidew, and other necessaries, used and occupied aboute the furnyshinge and garnyshinge of three greate braunches of lights in the Hall, fower and twenty small braunches, all twise garnyshed, for Twelfe tyde and Shrove tyde, liijs. iiijd.

Total Expence of the Revels within the time of this account, 269l. 1. 0.

VIII.

Christmas Twelftide Candlemas and Shrovetide.

Twoo challendges and the choise making of playes anno regni Regine Elizabethe xxiij.^o 1580.

Attendaunce geven and worke done betwene the firste of November 1580 and the last of October 1581 anno &c. by meanes of choise making, reforming and attending of such plaies comodies and invenc&obar;ns as were presented and set furth before her Ma.^tie at the tymes aforesaid The whole chardges whereof &c. particularly ensueth.

The Earle of Leicesters men. A Comodie called Delighte shewed at Whitehall on St. Stephens daie at night, wheron was ymployed newe one cittie, one battlement and xii paire of gloves.

The Earle of Sussex men. A Storie of^{6 note}
enacted on St. Johns daie at night whereon

was imploied newe one howse one battlement and thirtene paire of gloves.

The Earle of Derbies men. A storie of^{7 note}
shewed at Whitehall on newe yeres daye at night, wheron was ymployed newe one cittie one battlement, and xiij paire of gloves.

The Children of Pawles. A Storie of Pompey enacted in the Hall on twelf nighte wheron was ymploied newe one great citty, a Senate howse and eight ells of dobble sarcenet for curtens, and xviij. paire of gloves.

A Challendge. A challendge at the Tilte proclaimed on twelf nighte, and performed by therle of Arundle the xxii.^th of January following, duringe all w.^ch tyme the M^r of the Revells attended for the presenting of diverse devises which happened in that meane season.

The Earle of Sussex men. A Storie of^{7 note}
shewed on Candlemas daie at night, wheron was ymployed newe one cittie, one battlement and xii paire of gloves, besides other furniture out of thoffice.

The Children of the Quenes Ma.^ts Chappell. A Storie of^{7 note}
enacted on Shrove sondaie night, wheron was ymployed xvij newe sutes of apparrell, ij new hats of velvet xx^tie ells of single sarcenet for facings bands scarfes and girdles, one citty one pallace and xviij paire of gloves.

The Earle of Leicesters men. A Storie of^{7 note}
shewed on Shrovetuesdaie at night in the hall, wheron was ymploied one great citty and xii paire of gloves.

The Maister of the Revells as well for his attendaunces at the tymes aforesaid as also for the choise making of playes at iiijs. the daie from All hollan Eve untill Ashe wednesdaie being ex daies xxiili.

William Lyzard—Paynting by greate of vi small citties and three battlements ixli.

Paynting by great of twoo great clothes at iijli. xs. the peece viili.

Silvering of one heraults coate—xs.

Painting and working the braunches in the hall by great—lvs.

Painting of ix tilles with copartments—xvs.

Ironmongers Parcells. An iron cradle to make fire in for the players—xxs.

Carpenters Parcells.

Bordes vic [six hundred] at vijs. the hundred xlijs.

Rafters—xiis.

Firre poles—xs.

Dobble Quarters—viijs.

Single quarters—vijs.

Cariage—iijs.

Thomas Digges for canvas cxl ells at xijd the ell— vijli. Gloves viij dozen at vijs the dozen—lvis.

[In the latter end of March, 1581, it appears from this book that certain masks were exhibited at Court by command of the Lord Chamberlain “for the receiving of the French Comissioners.”]

The total expence of the Revells within the time of this account from Nov. 1, 1580, to Nov. 1, 1581, was 232l. 13s. 4d.

IX.

Christmas Twelftide and Shrovetide and making choise of playes anno R. Re. Eliz. xxv^to. 1582.

The Chardges of those tymes viz. betwene the
daie of
158
Anno xx
regni regine Elizabeth and the xiiij of February 1582 [1582–3] annoque R. Reg. Eliz. xxv^to. did rise as well by meanes of making choise reforming and attending of such plaies comodies masks and inventions as were prepared, set furth, and presented before her Ma^tie at

the tymes aforesaide, as also of wages, workmanship &c. the particularities wherof &c. ensueth.

A Comodie or Morral devised on A Game of the Cards^{8 note}, shewed on St. Stephens daie at night before her Ma^tie at Wyndesor enacted by the children of her Ma.^ts chapple, furnished with many things within this office, wherof some were translated, and some newe made and imploied therein, viz. Twoo clothes of canvas, xx^tie ells of sarcenet, for iiij^pr pavilions, and girdles for the boyes, and viij paire of gloves.

A Comodie of Bewtie and Huswyfery, shewed before her Ma.^tie at Wyndesor on St. Johns daie at night, enacted by the Lord of Hundesdons servaunts, for which was prepared newe, one cloth and one battlement of canvas, iij ells of sarcenet and eight paire of gloves, with sondrey other things of this office.

A Historie of Love and Fortune, shewed before her Ma^tie at Wyndesor on the sondaie at night next before newe yeares daie, enacted by the Earle of Derbies servaunts, for which newe provision was made of one citty and one battlement of canvas, iij ells of sarcenet. A^{9 note}
of canvas, and viij paire of gloves, with sondrey other furniture in this office.

Sundrey feates of tumbling and activitie were shewed before her Ma.^tie on Newe yeares daie at night by the Lord Straunge his servaunts; for which was bought and imploied xxj^tie yards of cotten for the Matachius, iij ells of sarcenet, and viij paire of gloves.

A Maske of Ladies presented them selves before her Ma.^tie at Wyndesor at Twelf eve at night, where unto was prepared and imploied, beside the stuff of this office, xv yards of black and white lawne or cipres for head attires and vizards, xi ells of sarcenet,

viij paire of gloves for boyes and torch bearers, and one paire of white shoes.

A Historie of Ferrar^{1 note}, shewed before her Ma^tie at Wyndesor, on Twelf daie at night, enacted by the Lord Chamberleynes servaunts, furnished in this office with diverse newe things, as one citty, one battlement of canvas, iij ells of sarcenet and x paire of gloves, and sondrey other things in this office, whereof some were translated for fitting of the persons.

A Historie of Telomo shewed before her Ma.^tie at Richmond on Shrove sondaie at night, enacted by the Earle of Leicesters servaunts; for which was prepared and imployed one citty, one battlement of canvas iij ells of sarcenet, and viij paire of gloves; and furnished with sondrey other garments of the store of the office.

A Historie of Ariodante and Geneuora shewed before her Ma.^tie on Shrovetuesdaie at night, enacted by Mr. Mulcasters children; for which was newe prepared and imployed one citty, one battlement of canvas, vii ells of sarcenet and ij dozen of gloves; the whole furniture for the reste was of the store of this office, whereof sondrey garments for fytting of the children were altered and translated.

A Maske of Sixe Seamen prepared to have been shewed, but not used, made of sondrey garments and store within the office into vi cassocks of carnoc&obar;n cloth of silver garded with greene cloth of gold laid with copper silver lace and tassels with hanging sleeves of russet cloth of silver; vi paire of Venetians of russet gold tyncell with flowers; buskins of crymson cloth of gold and caps of black gold tyncell playne lyned with white silver tincell birds eyes, and counterfeete pearles upon them. The torche bearers sixe; three

in cassocks and hanging sleeves of crymson damaske garded with yeallowe damaske and three paire of Venetians of yeallowe damaske garded with crymson damaske; and three cassocks with hanging sleeves of yeallow damaske garded with crymson damaske, and three paire of Venetians of crymson damaske garded with yeallow damaske, wearing sleeves for all the said sixe torchebearers of purple satten striped with silver: and sixe cappes for the same torch bearers of oringe cullor damaske laid with silver lace.

Edmond Byrcholl Wierdrawer, for xxvi small braunches to hang lights in the hall at Wyndesor— vli. iiijs.

For three great braunches for the same purpose—vili.

John Sherborne for billets at Wyndesor for the office and for the M.^rs chamber there ij thowsand at xs. the thousand—xxs.

Coles one load—xviijs.

A close stoole—xs.

Edward Buggin, Gent. for sondrey patterns of masks which he procured to be drawed and brought into the office by the M.^rs appointment—lxs.

To Will&mbar; Lyzard for paynting by greate of ccx yards of canvas at xijd the yard—xli. xs.

John Drawater for paper, a standish—penknife, pynduste, cownters, inck quills, &c. xxijs. xid.

Edmond Tylney Esquire M^r of the office, being sente for to the courte by letter from Mr. Secretary [Walsingham] dated the x.^th of Marche 1582 [1582–3] to choose out a companie of Players for her Ma.^tie—for money by him laid out, viz.

For horse hire to the Courte and back agayne—xs.

For his owne chardges, his mens, and horse meate there ij daies—xs.

The whole charges of the Revels during the time of this account amounted to 288l. 9s. 8½d.