A SCA
friend, Iseaulte of Clews, recently asked me for these quotes from Ward,
Jennifer (editor and translator), Elizabeth de Burgh, Lady of Clare
(1295-1360) Household and Other Records, Boydell Press, @2014, ISBN#
978-1-84383-891-3
She was
looking for references to textile tools. I threw in the natural dyes and
mordants because I could.
From the
October 1332
- "Contents: Indenture made at Clare on 1 October 6 Edward iii (1332).....This indenture, made at Clare on 1 October 6 Edward iii witnesses that Hugh de Burgh, former Clerk of the Wardrobe of Lady Elisabeth de Burgh, Lady of Clare, delivered to Sir William le Blount the underwritten items in divers offices of the Lady's Household viz. from [?]Michaelmas of the preceding year....alkanet 1lb, .....verdigris .75 [lb]......" (page 65-66)
- my notes: verdigris is both a
green ink and a useful mordant for dyes. It is unclear for which it
is intend here.
From the years
1336-1337
- "Issues of the manor and sale
of works...From fullers's teasels, nothing because they remain
to be sold. From madder sold this year £1 3s. 6d......"
(page 106)
- "Tithe. ....For tithe of
green beans, madder, beehives and other small items sold in the
garden this year 3s. 11.24d." (page 108)
- "Small necessaries.... 2 qr
of teasel seed bought 3d." (page 109)
From the years
1339-1340
- "Alkanet The same answers fro
2lbs of alkanet received from the remainder. Of this, for provisions
of the household, .5 lbs And there remain 1.5 lbs.
audited" (page 60)
From the years
1342-1343
- "Sale of wool. From 1 sack of
white wool of Caythorpe, sold for making the Lady's cloth by Matilda
Maynard £6 13s. 4d. From 5.5 stone of black wool of Caythopre sold
for making cloth by the said Matilda, £1 8s. 2.25d. From 12 sacks of
wool and 7 stone sold to Thomas de Canerbirs, drapers and citizen of
London, £61 5 s., at £5 a sack.
- Sum £61 6s. 6.25d.
audited" (page 104)
- My note: Caythorpe, Nottingham,
England
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