New Year's Gifts for Queen Elizabeth: 1561-1562

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Anno Regni Reginæ Elizabethæ Quarto.

Neweeyeur's Gyftes gevon to the Quene her Majestie by those Parsons whose Names hereafter ensue, the first of January, the Yere above wrytten.

£. s. d.
By the Lady Margaret Strainge, a little round mounte of golde to conteyne a pomaunder in it.
With the Qene her Majestie.
Duke, Marquisses, and Earles.
By the Duke of Norfolke, in a purse of purple silke and golde knit, in sundry coynes of golde 2000
By the Marquis of Winchester, High Threasourer of Englande, in a purse of crymsen satten, in angells 2000
By the Marquis of Northampton, in a purse of crymsen silke and gold knit, in dimy soveraignes 2000
By the Earle of Arundell, Lord Steward, in a paper, in angels, 3000
By the Earle of Shrewesburye, in a red silke purse, in dimy soveraignes 2000
By the Earle of Darbye, in a purse of crymsen satten, embraudered with golde, in dimy soveraignes 2000
By the Earle of Pembroke, in a purse of black silk and silver knit, in new angells 3000
By the Earle of Bedforde, in a purse of black silk and golde knytt, in dimy soveraignes 2000
By the Earle of Rutlande, in a purse of red silk and golde knytt, in dimy soveraigns and angells 2000
By the Earle of Huntingdon, in a red silk purse, in angells 1500
By the Earle of Westmerlande, in a red silk purse, in dimy soveraigns 1000
By the Earle of Oxforde, in a red silk purse, in dimy soveraigns 1000
By the Earle of Northumberlande, in a purse of black silke and silver knytt, in angells 1000
With the Quene her Highness.
By the Earle of Warwike, a smocke wrought with black silk, a peire of slevis, and a partelett wrought with gold, silver, and black silke.
Delivered to the Lady Cobham.
By the Viscounte Mountague, in a purse of cloth of golde, in dimy soveraignes 1000
With her said Majestie.
Busshopps.
By the Archbusshop of Caunterbury, in a red silk purse, in dimy soveraigns 4000
By the Archbusshop of York, in soveraigns 3000
By the Busshop of Duresme, in a purse of crymson silk and gold knytt, in angells 3000
By the Busshop of Ely, in a red vellat purse, in angells 3000
By the Busshop of Wynchester, in a purse of crymsen silk and gold knytt and set with pearles, in angells 2000
By the Busshop of London, in a red satten purse, in dimy soveraignes 2000
By the Busshop of Salisbury, in a red satten purse, in dimy soveraignes 2000
By the Busshop of Worcester, in a black vellat purse, in dimy soveraignes 2000
By the Busshop of Lyncoln, in a red purse, in dimy soveraignes 2000
By the Busshop of Chychester, in a red purse, in dimy soveraignes 1000
By the Busshop of Norwich, in a blew silk purse 1368
By the Busshop of Hereforde, in a green silk purse, in dimy soveraignes 1000
By the Busshop of Lychfield and Coventry, in a red satten purse, in angells 1300
By the Busshop of Rochester, in a red purse, in gold 1368
By the Busshop of Saint Davies, in a red silk purse, in angells 1000
By the Busshop of Bathe, in a purse of red silk, in angells 1000
By the Busshop of Exetour, in a blew silk purse, in angells 1000
By the Busshop of Peterborowe, in a red purse, in dimy soveraignes 1000
By the Busshop of Chester, in a red purse, in angells and soveraignes 1000
With her said Majestie.
Duchesses and Countesses.
By the Duchess of Norfolke, in a prse of crymsen silk and gold knyt, in angells 2000
By the Duchess of Somerset, in a purse of silver and black silk, in royalls and ducketts 1400
By the Countess of Surrey, in a purse of tawny silk and gold, in dimy soveraignes 500
By the Countess of Pembroke, in a cherry bag of crymsen satten, in new angells 1500
By the Countess of Bedford, in a purse of crymsen silk and silver knytt, in dimy soveraignes 1000
By the Countess of Darby, in a purse of crymson sattin embrodred with gold, in dimy soveraignes 1000
By the Countess of Oxford, in a red purse, in dimy soveraignes 500
By the Countess of Shrewisbury, Dowager, in a purse of black silk knytt, in dimy soveraignes 1200
By the Countess of Shrewisbury, in a red silk purse knytt, in dimy soveraignes 1000
By the Countess of Huntingdon, Dowager, in a red purse, in dimy soveraignes 1000
By the Countess of Huntingdon, in a red purse, in angells 1000
By the Countess of Northumberland, in a purse of black silk and silver knytt, in angells 1000
By the Countess of Rutland, in a red purse, in dimy soveraignes 1368
Vicountesses.
By the Vicountess Hereford, Dowager, six hankercheffes edged with gold.
Delivered to the said Lady Cobham.
By the Vicountess Mountague, in a purse of cloth of gold, in dimy soveraignes 1000
With her said Majestie.
Lordes.
By the Lorde Keeper of the Great Seale, [Nicholas] Bacon, in a purse of silver knytt, in angells 1368
By the Lorde William Howard, Lord Chamberlen, in a purse of crymsen silk and gold knytt, in dimy soveraignes 1000
By the Lorde Pagett, in a greene purse in dimy soveraignes 1368
By the Lorde Clynton, Lord Admyrall, in gold 1000
By the Lorde Riche, in a red satten purse, in dimy soveraignes 2000
By the Lorde North, in a purse of purple silk and silver, in dimy soveraignes 2000
By the Lorde Lumley, in a paper, in angells 2000
By the Lorde Hastings of Loughboro, in a red silk purse, in French crowns 1300
By the Lorde Stafford, in a red purse, in dimy soveraignes 500
By the Lorde Windsor, in a purse of crymsn silk and gold knytt, in dimy soveraignes 1000
With her said Majestie.
By Lorde John Graye, a haunce pott of allabaster garnished with silver gilt.
Delivered in charge to John Asteley, Esq. Master and Threasourer of her Highnes Jewels and Plate.
By the Lorde Barkeley, in a red purse, in gold 1000
By the Lorde Mountejoye, in a red purse, in dimy soveraignes 1000
By the Lorde Abergavennye, in a purse of red silke, in dimy soveraignes 500
By the Lorde Scrowpe, in a purse of blak silk and silver knytt, in angells 1000
By the Lorde Caree of Hundesdon, in a purse of crymsen silk, in double ducketts 1368
By the Lorde Strainge, in a purse of red silk and gold, in dimy soveraignes 500
By the Lorde Darcey of Chichey, in a red purse, in dimy soveraignes, 1000
By the Lorde Shefild, in a red silk purse, in gold 1000
By the Lorde Shandowes, in a blak silk purse, in angells 1000
With her said Majestie.
Ladyes.
By the Lady Howarde, in a purse of crymsen silk and knytt, in dimy soveraignes 1000
With her said Majestie.
By the Lady Clinton, a peire of sleevis of gold, pulled out with lawne.
Delivered to the said Lady Cobham.
By the Lady Pagett, in gold 6134
By the Lady Barkeley, Lord Barkeley's wife, in gold 500
By the Lady Mountejoye, in a red silk purse, in angells 1000
By the Lady Abergavenny, in a red satten purse, in dimy soveraignes 500
By the Lady Caree of Hundesdon, in a blak purse knytt, in angells 1000
By the Lady Taylboyes, Sir Peter Carewe's wyfe, in a purse of blak silk and silver, in dimy soveraignes 1000
With her said Majestie.
By the Lady Cobham, a partelett and a peire of sleeves of sypers wrought with silver and blak silke.
Re-delivered to herself.
By the Lady Dakers, a warming ball of gold, per oz. 3 oz. dim.
With her said Majestie.
By the Lady Shefilde, a paire of sleeves wrought with fringe of blak silk and lozeng of gold.
Delivered to the said Lady Cobham.
By the Lady Scrope, in a purse of blak silk and silver, in angells 700
With her said Majestie.
By the Lady Shandowes, a peire of sleeves and a partlett of gold and silver knytt, cawle fashion.
Delivered to the said Lady Cobham.
By the Lady Knowlles, a feyne carpett of needleworke, theverende frienged and buttoned with gold and silk.
Delivered to John Torneworth, Groom of the Privy Chamber.
By the Lady Butler, in a little white purse, in French crowns 600
With her said Majestie.
By the Lady Raclyef, a peire of sleeves of cameryk, all over sett with purle, and two sweet bags.
Delivered to the said Lady Cobham.
By the Lady Mason, in a purse of blak silk and gold knytt, in soveraignes 600
With her said Majestie.
By the Lady York, three suger loves, and a barrell of suckett.
Delivered to Mrs. Asteley.
By the Lady Cycell, a partelett and a peire of sleves wrought with roundells of gold frienge, and drawen owte with syphers.
By the Lady Lane, sixe handkercheves, four of them blak silk and gold and two of red silk.
By the Lady Henningham, six handekercheves, garnished with gold, silver and silk.
Delivered to the said Lady Cobham.
By the Lady Cheeke, in a russet silk purse 400
By the Lady Pallat, in a cherry bag of crymsen satten in angells 100s.
With her said Majestie.
By the Lady St. Lowe, one peire of sleves of fine cameryke embrordered with goldsmith's work of silver gilt, and a piece of purle upon a paper to edge them.
By the Lady Woodhouse, a partelet a peire of sleves wroght with gold and silk, tufted out with cameryk.
By the Lady Carewe, a smock wrought with blak silk, and coller and ruffes, with gold and silk.
By the Lady Jebson, one smock all over wrought with blak silk, the sleves wrought with gold.
Delivered to the said Lady Cobham.
By the Lady Sackevile, in a purse of red silk and gold knytt, in soveraigns 100s.
With her said Majestie.
By the Lady Fitzwilliam, widowe, one petycoate of purple satten cutt upon gold sarceonett, with two borders embrauderid with gold and silver, and fringed with gold, silver, and silke.
Delivered in charge to John Reyner and Rauf Hope, yeomen of the Robes.
By the Lady Gresham, a boxe with foure swete-baggs in it.
Delivered to the said Lady Cobham.
Knightes.
By Sir Edwarde Rogers, Comptroller of the Household, in a purse of crymsen silke and silver knytt, in dimy soveraignes, and oone angel 100s.
By Sir William Cycell, Secretary, a standishe garneshed with silver gilt and mother of pearle, with an inke-pott of like silver gilt, and a glass of chrystall in the cover, the base plated with like silver guilt, containing therein two boxes for duste, and 24 counters of silver guilt; a pen-knife, thafte of silver guilt; and a seale of bone typped with silver guilt.
By Sir Frauncis Knowll, Vice Chamberlen, in a purse of blewe silke and gold knytt, in dimy soveraignes 1000
By Sir Ambrose Cave, Chauncellor of the Duchie of Lancaster, in a purse of crymsen silke and gold knytt, in dimy soveraignes 1000
By Sir Richard Sackevile, Under Threasaurer of England, in a purse of red silk and gold, in soveraignes 1000
With her said Majestie.
By Sir John Mason, Threasaurer of the Chamber, a small coller of serpentyne garneshed with silver gilt.
Delivered to the said John Asteley, and two bookes.
By Sir William Peter, in a red purse, in dimy soveraignes 1000
By Sir Walter Myldemaye, Chauncellor of the Exchequer, in a purse of red silke and golde knytt, in dimy angells 100s.
By Sir Edmunde Peckeham, High Threasourer of the Mint, in a chery bag, in demy soveraignes 900
By Sir Christopher Hatton, in a red silke purse, in angells 1000
By Sir Henry Jernegham, in golde 1000
By Sir Edwarde Warner, Leutenaunte of the Tower of London, in sundry coynes of golde 6184
By Sir William Cordall, Master of the Rolls, in a white satten purse, in angells 1000
By Sir Richarde Sowthewell, in a red satten purse in angells 1000
By Sir Moryce Dennyce, oone rounde dyall of golde sett with stone and pearle.
By Sir Thomas Josleyn, in a purse of blew silk, in dimy soveraignes 600
By Sir John Thyrme, in dimy soveraignes 100s.
By Sir William Damsell, Receivour of the Court of Wards, in a russet silk purse in dimy soveraigns 1000
By Sir Thomas Benger, Master of the Revels, a ring with a small pointed diamonde.
With her said Majestie.
By Sir Gower Carew, Master of the Henchmen, a desk covered with purple vellat embrored with gold.
Delivered to Mrs. Blaunch Apparey.
By Sir Peter Carew, in a purse of blak silk and gold in dimy soveraignes 1000
By Sir Roger North, in a purse of red silk and gold knytt, in French crownes 600
By Sir Thomas Gresham, in a purse of blak silk and silver knytt in angells 1000
With her said Majestie.
By Sir William Dethyk, King at Armes, a book of the armes of the Knights of the Garter now-being, covered with tynsell.
By Sir John Alee, a cofer of wodde carved, paynted and gilt, with combes, glasses, and balls.
Delivered to the said Mrs. Blaunch.
By Sir George Howarde, a book containing thoffice of the Armery, covered with black vellat, and bound with parssarmoryne of silver, with two plates of silver.
Delivered to Sir William Cicell, Knight, Secretary.
By Sir James Strumpe, two grehounds, a fallow and a blak pyed.
Delivered to John Coxe, Yeoman of the Leashe.
Chapleyns.
By Archdeacon Carew, Dean of the Chappell, in a purse of yallow silk and silver knytt, in French crowns and dimy soveraignes 1000
By Doctor Wotton, Dean of Canterburry, in a red satten purse, in dimy soveraigns 1000
By Peter Vannes, Deane of Salusbury, in a red purse, in French crowns 1200
With her said Majestie.
Gentlewomen.
By Mysteris Astley, Chief Gentlewoman of the Pryvy Chamber, twelve handkercheves edged with gold and silver.
Delivered to the said Lady Cobham.
By Mrs. Blaunche Apparey, one square piece unshorne vellat edged with silver lase.
Delivered to the said Torneworth.
By Mrs. Skypwyth, a cushion cloth wrought with black silk and frenged with gold and purpel silk, with a pinpillow embrorderd.
By Mrs Marven, a smock wrought with blak silk, with a high coller edged with gold and silke.
By Mrs. Harrington, a smock all over wrought with blak silk.
By Mrs. Hennage, a fair smock all over wrought with blak silk, and a standing coller and ruffes wrought with gold.
By Mrs. Dorothy Brodebelt, a peire of slevis of cameryk netted with gold.
By Mrs. Sands, sixe handkercheves wrought with red silk edged with gold.
By Mrs. Marbery, a cawle and three forehed-clothes of cameryk netted with gold.
By Mrs. Arundell, sixe handkercheves wrought with flower of silk and gold, edged with gold.
By Mrs. Katheren Carew, six handkercheves edged with gold, silver, and silk.
By Mrs. Borptest, twoo cowls, the one of gold, the other of silver, knytt.
Delivered to the said Lady Cobham.
By Mrs. Penne, a perre of silk knytt hoose.
Delivered to Mrs. Marberys.
By Mrs. Dane, a pece of cameryk in a box.
Delivered to the said Mrs. Blaunch.
By Mrs. Barley, alias Penne, six handkerchefs edged with gold.
Delivered to the said Lady Cobham.
By Mrs. Snow, widow, in angells 100s.
By Mrs. Levina Terling, the Queen's personne and other personages, in a box fynely painted.
With her said Majestie.
By Mrs. Amey Shelton, six handkercheves edged with silver and buttoned.
Delivered to the said Lady Cobham.
By Mrs. Elizabeth Shelton, a standish covered with crymsen satten, all over embrodered with Venise gold and silk.
Delivered to the said Mrs. Blaunch.
By Mrs. Randell, alias Smallpage, six handkercheves edged with gold.
By Mrs. Huggens, one pillowbeere, and six faire handkercheves wrought with silk and gold.
Delivered to the said Lady Cobham.
Gentlemen.
By Mayster John Asteley, Master and Treausurer of the Queen's Jewels and Plate, oone faire guilt boll, or spice plate, with a cover, per oz. 31 oz.
Given to the Earl of Pembroke, eodem die.
By Mr. Thomas Hennage, oone hour-glass garnished with gold, per oz. with glass sand, and all in a case of black vellat, embrodered with silver, 5 oz.
With her said Majestie.
By Mr. Harrington, a piere of sleves and a partelett, embrodered with gold and silver sett with pearles.
Delivered to the said Lady Cobham.
By Mr. Bathe, in soveraignes 1000
By Mr. Thomas Standley, in a red purse in dimy soveraignes 600
With her said Majestie.
By Mr. John Yonge, a table paynted in a frame of wallnuttree, and certeyne verses about it of money: and a round piece of silver.
The table delivered in charge to George Bredeman, Keeper of the Pallace at Westminster; the piece of silver with the Queen.
By Mr. Doctor Maister, twoo potts, the one of nutmegs, the other of gynger condit.
By Mr. Doctor Hewycke, two potts, the one of green ginger, the other of orange flowers.
Delivered to the Groom of the Privy Chamber.
By Mr. William Huggyns, a greate swete bag of tapphata, with a zypher, and a border of rosses and sphers embrodered with Venice gold and pearles.
Delivered to the said Mrs. Blaunch.
By Benedick Spinulla, oone hoole peice of purple vellat.
Delivered to Lady Cobham.
By Robert Robatham, two pair of silk hose knytt.
Delivered to the said Mrs. Marbery.
By Revell, Surveiour of the Workes, a marchpane, with the modell of Powle's churches and steeples in past.
By George Mantle, a neckercheve and a peire of sleves all over wrought with black silk.
Delivered to the said Lady Cobham.
By Smith, Customer, a piece of fine cameryk.
Delivered to the said Mrs. Blaunch.
By Armygell Wade, three fine glasses in a wycker basket.
Delivered to the said Lady Cobham.
By Blomefield, Leuetenaunte of the Ordenance, a feire darte of brassell garneshed and tasselled with silver and black silk, the hedde damaskyne.
Given to the Lord Robert, Master of the Horse.
By John Hemyngway, Poticary, a pott of oring condytt; a box of pyne comfetts musked; a box of Manus Christi and lozenges.
By Lawrence Shref, Grocer, a suger loaf; a box of ginger; a box of nutmegs; and a pound of cynomon.
Delivered to the foresaid Gromes.
By Adams, Schollmaster to the Henchmen, a patorn of a peir of sleives.
By Francis, Chamberlain of Woodstock, a box full of Guernesey hoose and sleves knytt.
Delivered to the said Lady Cobham.
By William St. Barbe, a ferre crosbow with a gaffle.
Delivered to the Lord Chamberlen.
By Mark Anthony Eryzo, a combe case, all over embroreded and sett with pearles, and furneshed with combs, glasses, and other necessaryes.
Delivered to John Baptest, Groome of the Pryvy Chamber.
By Anthony Anthony, a corbonett fall of tylls.
By Trayford, Chief Clerk of the Spicery, pomegranetts, aples, boxes of comfitts, &c.
By Richarde Hickes, Yeomen of the Chamber, a very faire marchepane made like a tower, with men and sundry artillery in it.
Delivered to the aforenamed G. Briedman.
By Richarde Mathews, Cutler, a peir of knives with a shethe, covered with purple vellat.
With the Queen her Majestie.
By George Webster, Master Cook, a marchpanne, being a chess boarde.
By John Betts, Servaunte of the Pastrye, one pye of quinces.
Summa £ 1,262118
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