+Source.+--_Rutland Papers_ (Camden Society), p. 79.
_Remembrances as touching the Emperor's coming._
First, the certainty to be known how many messes[11] of meat shall be
ordered for the Emperor and his nobles at the King's charge; viii
messes, x messes more or less?
Item, how many of these messes shall be served as noblemen, and how
many otherwise.
Item, how many messes of meat shall be served for my Lord Cardinal and
his chamber at the King's charge; v or vi more or less? Or whether his
grace will be contented with a certainty of money by the day to his
diet, and cause his own officers to make provision for the same, and
to serve it.
Item, whether the emperor and his nobles shall be served with his own
diaper,[12] or else with the king's? THE EMPEROR AND HIS COURT WITH
THE KING'S.[13]
Item, whether the Emperor shall be served with his own silver vessels,
or else with the king's? AT DOVER WITH THE KING'S.[13]
Item, how many of the emperors carriages shall be at the king's
charge, and whether any parcell of the King's carriage shall be at the
King's charge or us?
Item, whether any of the great officers, as my lord Steward, Master
Treasurer, or Master Comptroller, shall give attendance upon the
Emperor at Dover or not?
Item, whether there shall be any banquetting, and in what places?
AT[14] GREENWICH, LONDON, RICHMOND, AND WINDSOR.
Item, placards to be had for the purveyors of the poultry and others.
Item, letters to be directed to the Lords both spiritual and temporal,
for fishing of their ponds for dainties.
Item, a warrant to be had and directed to Master Micklow for ready
money.
Item, to know whether the King's grace will have any of his sergeant
officers to attend upon the emperor, or yeomen for his mouth daily or
not?
Wines laid in divers places for the King and the Emperor between Dover
and London.
Dover ii days. {Gascon Wine. iii dolia[15]
{Rhenish Wine. i vat[16] of ii alnes.[17]
Canterbury iiii days. {Gascon Wine. iii dolia.
{Rhenish Wine. ii vats of v alnes.
Sittingbourne i day. {Gascon Wine. i dolium.
{Rhenish Wine. demy vat.
Rochester ii meals. {Gascon Wine. i dolium.
{Rhenish Wine. demy vat.
Gravesend and upon {Gascon Wine. i dolium.
Thames ii meals. {Rhenish Wine. demy vat.
Greenwich iiii meals. {Gascon Wine. } Plenty.
{Rhenish Wine.}
To Blackfriars in {Gascon Wine. viii dolium.
London viii meals. {Rhenish Wine. iii vats of vi alnes.
Richmond x meals. {Gascon Wine. } Plenty.
{Rhenish Wine.}
Hampton Court. {Gascon Wine.
{Rhenish Wine.
Windsor. {Gascon Wine. } Plenty.
{Rhenish Wine.}
_Remembrances for my Lord Mayor of London._
First, to assign iiii bakers within the city of London to serve the
noblemen belonging to the Emperor that be lodged in the Canons' houses
of Paules and their abbots and other places within the City.
Item, to assign the King's wax chandler to serve them of torches.
Item, to assign a tallow chandler for white lights.
Item, to assign iiii butchers for serving of oxen, sheep, calves,
hogges of gresse,[18] flitches of bacon, marrow bones, and such other
as shall be called for.
Item, to assign ii fishmongers for provision of lynges to be ready
watered, pikes, tenches, breams, caller salmon, and such other
dainties of the fresh water.
Item, to appoint ii fishmongers for provision of sea-fish.
Item, to appoint iiii poulterers to serve for the said persons of all
manner poultry.
Item, to provide into every lodging wood, coal, rushes, straw, and
such other necessaries.
Item, it is requested that there may be always two carpenters in
readiness to furnish every place with such things as shall be thought
good, as cupboards, forms, boards, trestles, bedsteads, with other
necessaries, where lack shall be.
Item, to see every lodging furnished with pewter dishes, and saucers
as shall be thought sufficient.
Item, to furnish every house with all manner kitchen stuff, if there
be any lack of such like within any of the said houses, as broches[19]
of diverse sorts, pots and pans, ladles, skimmers, gridirons, with
such other stuff as shall be named by the officers of the said
noblemen.
Item, appoint ii men to serve all manner of sauces for every lodging.
Item, to appoint ii tallow chandlers to serve for all manner of
sauces.
Item, to warn every owner of the house to put all their stuff of
household in every office against their coming to be in a readiness.
Item, the King's grocers to be appointed to serve in all manner of
spices.
Bill of fare for the ordinary dieting of the Emperor's attendants per
diem.
ccviii noblemen and gentlemen, by estimation every of them to have a
mess full furnished of this fare as followeth.
_ccviii messes._
_The first course for dinner._ _The first course supper._
Potage. Potage.
Boiled Capon. xxxiiii-dd viii. Chickens boiled. lxix-dd.
Young Veal. xxxii. Legges of Mutton. xxi.
Grene[20] Gese. lxix-dd iiii. Capons. xxxiiii-dd vi.
Kid or lamb. ciiii. Kid or lamb. ciiii.
Custards. ccviii. Dowcettes.[22]
Fruttour.[21] ccviii messes.
_The second course._ _The second course._
Jussell.[23] Jelly Ipocras.[24]
Chickens. cxxxviii-dd viiii. Peacocks. cxxxviii-dd viii.
Peacocks. cxxxviii-dd viii Chickens. cxxxviii-dd viii.
Rabbits. cxxxviii-dd viii. Rabbits. cxxxviii-dd viii.
Tarts. cc. Tarts. ccviii.
[Footnote 11: A sufficient quantity of provisions for four persons.]
[Footnote 12: Linen.]
[Footnote 13: = the answer to the question in the original written in
the margin.]
[Footnote 14: = the answer to the question in the original written in
the margin.]
[Footnote 15: = cask.]
[Footnote 16: vat = about 20 gallons.]
[Footnote 17: alne = ell: _i.e._ 45 inches. This refers to the
dimensions of the barrel.]
[Footnote 18: = fat hogs.]
[Footnote 19: = spits.]
[Footnote 20: = Goslings.]
[Footnote 21: A compôte of fruit.]
[Footnote 22: = Pasties.]
[Footnote 23: The recipe for Jussell was "grated bread, eggs, sage,
saffron and good broth."]
[Footnote 24: A kind of sweet wine.]