(From a volume of memoranda touching the monastery of Whalley, temp. Henry
VIII., among the records of the Court of Augmentation.)
"Dyv'se somes of money leid oute by me Jamys More, monke and kechyner
to the late Abbot of Whalley, for and conc'nynge dyv'se caitts bought
by the seid Jamys of dyv'se [p=]sons, as hereaft' dothe [p=]ticlerly
appire by [p=]cells whiche came to thuse of the seid house, and spent
yn the seid house from the last daye of December until the ---- daye of
Marche then next folowynge yn the xxviij^{th} yere of the reign of
Kynge Henry the viij^{th}, whiche somes of money the said Jamys asketh
allowance.
First payde to Edmunde Taillor Fischer
for ---- salt salmons, spent in the seyd
late abbott kechyn syns the tyme of his
accompt xxv^s
Itm. Payde to the seid Edmunde for xj
freshe salmons, bought of the said Edmunde
to thuse, &c. of the seid house,
there spent by the seid tyme xxv^s
Itm. Payde to Will'm Newbbet for fresh
fische iij^s iij^d
Itm. Payde for vj capons, bought at Fastyngeseven
of dyv'se [p=]sons ij^s
Itm. Payde for xxxv hennes, bought of
dyv'se [p=]sons v^s x^d
Itm. Payde for eggs, butter, chese, bought
of dyv'se [p=]sons betwixt Cristmas and
Fastyngsevyn, spent yn the seid house xxiiij^s