"VISITORS' FEAST, AUGUST 6, 1597, ELIZ. 39."
"Imprimis, Butter and eggs xii_d._
"Linge xii_d._
"Rootes buttered ii_d._
"A leg of mutton xii_d._
"A Poulte iii_d._
"A Pike xviii_d._
"Buttered Maydes iiii_d._
"Soles xii_d._
"Hartichockes vi_d._
"Roast [b]eef viii_d._
"Shrimps vi_d._
"Perches vi_d._
"Skaite vi_d._
"Custards xii_d._
"Wine and Sugar xx_d._
"Condiments, vinegar, pepper iii_d._
"Money to the visitors vi_s._ viii_d._
"Money to scholars and officers, cooks,
butler, register, Trinitiehall school iiii_s._ viii_d._
"Item, Exceedings of the schollers xx_d._
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Summa, xxiiii_s._ x_d._
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"J. JEGON."
The same authority gives the following curious item as occurring in
1620, during the mastership of the successor of Dr. Jegon, Dr. Samuel
Walsall, who was elected in 1618, under the head of
AN ACCOUNT OF THE WINE, &c., CONSUMED AT A COLLEGE AUDIT.
_l._ _s._ _d._
"Imp. Tuesday night, a Pottle of Claret and a qt.
of Sacke 0 2 6
"It. Wednesday, Jan. 31, a pound of sugar and a
pound of carriways 0 2 11
"It. Three ounces of Tobacco 0 4 6
"It. Halfe an hundred apples and thirtie 0 1 6
"It. A pottle of claret and a quart of sacke,
Wednesday dinner 0 2 6
"It. Two dousen of tobacco pipes 0 0 6
"It. Thursday dinner, two pottles of sacke and
three pottles and a quart of claret 0 9 4
"It. Thursday supp. a pottle of sacke and three
pottles of claret 0 6 4
"It. Satterday diner, a pottle of claret and a quart 0 2 0
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"Sum. tot. _l._ 1 14 7
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"Hence it appears," observes Dr. L., "sack was 1_s._ 2_d._ a quart,
claret 8_d._, and tobacco 1_s._ 6_d._ an ounce. That is, an ounce of
tobacco was worth exactly four pints and a half of claret." Oxford,
more than Cambridge, observed, and still observes, many singular
customs. Amongst others recorded in Mr. Pointer's curious book, is
the now obsolete and very ancient one at Merton College, called