[Bards] On a completely other note....
Cynthia Rogers
wolfpaws at mac.com
Wed May 2 14:14:01 PDT 2007
I'm working on a paper (this is the middle of finals week) and have
inter-library loaned copious numbers of books. Sometimes I "miss" and
get something I didn't intend to order. Hence the following.
From a book of household accounts that have some kind of reference
to performers in them, I found this:
Ingram of Temple Newsam Steward's Account
January 1, 1641
Item to my master= 1 pound, 0 shilling, 0 pence
Item to a company of fiddlers= 0 pound, 1 shilling, 0 pence
Item to a woman for helping to washe= 0 pound, 12 shillings, 0 pence
Item for 9: yeards of cloath for housinge cloathes= 0 pounds, 9
shillings, 0 pence
Ouch! That hurts! The company of fiddlers got less than the woman
who was hired in to help with the extra washing (for I assume the
holidays.)
Best,
Rhiannon
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