[Sca-cooks] Expenses for Food and Lodging of the Embassy from Aragon, 1415

[Chris Stanifer]

--- Philip & Susan Troy <troy at asan.com> wrote:

> Does anybody have an opinion on whether this is a
> typo? Or is my
> understanding of the basics of British currency of
> the period completely off?
>
> > 4
> > mullets at 11 pence, 3 shillings 8 pence;
>
> The only thing I can think of is that each mullet is
> 11-pence, for a
> total of 44 pence, which, assuming a twelve-penny
> shilling, would work
> out, I guess. It's just rather awkwardly recorded,
> compared to the other notations.
>
> Adamantius

"8 pullets at 2 pence, 20 pence".... that one sent me
for a jog...I wonder if the Ambasadors knew they were
getting screwed at the time....

Balthazar of Blackmoor

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