In a message dated 99-05-04 15:13:17 EDT, you write:
<< Et [m] in septimana Natiuitatis sancti Iohannis in expensis pro vino
dato Episcopo ffrancie et menstrellis domini Warrici & pro bere
allocatur in summa xiij s. iiij d.! >>
Abigail
I've tried to find the time to look up some info that may help you, but have
not had much of an opportunity. So to help the process along, could you
provide some more information on this item.
You said it was from Dover, precisely what do you mean by that? Was it
written from Dover by a private or public official? Was it written by an
local official at Dover? If the latter, to whom or what was the item
addressed?
Just to hang out on a limb for a moment. This looks like something that
would have been brought to the attention of the chief butler of the realm or
one of his local deputies, if not actually generated by one of them. At the
moment I cannot remember who the chief butler was at that time (if 1420 is
indeed correct). For most of the first 34 years of the 15th cent. it was
Thomas Chaucer, but he was out of that post and on other assignments between
1418 and 1421.
You might want to consider that the bishop mentioned wasn't "of France" but
an English bishop "in France" as envoy to negotiate a settlement between
Henry V and Charles VI. Once again, I don't have the time at the moment to
find out who was doing the negotiating.
hopefully something to think about, and best regards
mark
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