HISTORY OF THE WAITES OF LYNN

1400 - 1499

1059 - 1399   1500 - 1599    1600 - 1699   1700 -

1400-1401 John Fouler, app. of Thomas Trussebut, given freedom. Cal
Treasurer’s Account Rolls for the Guild of Corpus Christi KL/GD/3 ... Dati Ministrallis  Et solutis diversis ministrallis ministrationem facientibus in dicto festo & in octabo ut in particula dicti Thome Ploket xj^s Et sicut solutis eisdem ut in/ particula Thome Trussebut civij vj^s viij^d [solutis Willelmo Wilde vigilatori ville pro labore suo xviij^s iiij^d] Summa ^____ xxix^s iiij^d JC
Accounts of the Guild of Saints Giles and Julian [Fol. 12v.] ...Item Willelmo Wilde & sociis suis ministrallis vj^s iiij^d Item ij harpors iij^s iiij^d JC
1401 Et sol’ iij Ministrallis facientibus Ministrationem in dicto festo & in October eiusdem vt in particula Radi de Bedyngham vij^s Et Roberto Trumper & sociis suis iij^s Et cuidam Hydeler sit’ pro labore suo vt in particula Ado Waryne supra dicti xij^d. Mal
1401-1402 Item solut’ Willielmo Wylde & seruentibus suis pro labore suo vs (Paid to William Wilde and his servants for their labour 5s) Iohanni Scyffeld iijs iiijd. Mal
Accounts of the Guild of Saints Giles and Julian [Fol. 13v.]...Item in lacto viij^d Item cuidam xx^d Item in portis scabella & aliis rerum vj^d ...Item solutis Willelmo Wylde / & Servientis suis v^s Item Johannis Griffeld harpour iij^s viij^d Item in feodum clerici gilde xx^d Item in feodum Decani gild xij^d JC
Chamberlain's accounts KL/C/39/43 ....Et Willelmo Wilde vigillator pro feodo suo per annum iiij^li (and to William Wilde, watchman, for his work for the year, £4) JC
Treasurer’s Account Rolls for the Guild of Corpus Christi KL/GD/4 Dati Ministrallis Et solutis iij Ministrallis facientibus ministrationem in dicto festo & in Octabo eiusdem ut in particula Radulphi de Bedyngham vij^s Et Roberto / Trumper & sociis suis iij^s Et cuidam ffydeler sicut pro labore suo ut in particula Ade Waryne supra dicti xij^d JC
1402-1403 Item solut’ Willielmo Wylde & seruentibus suis vs Iohn Suffeld harpor iij^s viij^d vt in particula Radulphi scyna dicti Etaliis diuersis Ministrallis Ibidem interessentibus. vj^s viij^d vt in particula iuesdem Radulphi Mal
Treasurer’s Account Rolls for the Guild of Corpus Christi KL/GD/5 ... Dati Ministrallis Et solutis diversis Ministrallis opus suum in dicto festo ibidem facientibus x^s [ut in particula Ade Waryne supra dicti Et Willelmo Wylde vigilatori / ville pro labore suo tam in dicto festo quam in Octabo eiusdem pro ij Anno vj^s viij^d] ut in particula Radulphi supradicti Et aliis diversis ministrallis / ibidem interessentibus vj^s viij^d ut in particula eiusdem Radulphi Summa xxiij^s iiij^d JC
Accounts of the Guild of Saints Giles and Julian [Fol. 14v.] Item cuidam xx^d Item in portis scabella & aliis rerum vj^d ...Item solutis Willelmo Wylde / & Servientis suis v^s Item Johannis Griffeld harpour iij^s viij^d Item in feodum clerici gilde xx^d Item in feodum Decani gild xij^d JC
1403-04 Accounts of the Guild of Saints Giles and Julian [Fol. 16v.] ...Item in feodo clerici Gilde xx^d Item in feodo Decani gilde xij^d Item Willelmo Wilde & / pueris suis v^s Item Waltero Aleyn trumpour iij^s iij^d Item cuidam alio trumpour ij^s JC
1405-06 Chamberlain’s accounts KL/C/39/45 ... ffeoda ...Item in feodo Willelmi Wilde vigilatori ville hoc anno ^__ iiij^li (William Wilde, watchman of the town, for the year, £4.) JC
Accounts of the Guild of Saints Giles and Julian [Fol. 17.]Item solut’ Willielmo Wylde & puersis suis vs (Paid to William Wilde and his sons [or boys, or apprentices] 5s) JC
1406-1407 Accounts of the Guild of Saints Giles and Julian [Fol. 18.] Item Willielmo Wylde & pueris suis vs / Item Waltero Aleyn & serventis suis iij^s iiij^d JC
1407 Severe cold winter PR
1407-1408 Accounts of the Guild of Saints Giles and Julian [Fol. 19.] Praeter hoc solutis Willielmo Wilde & pueris suis pro feodis suis v^s / ItemThome Trompeter cum domino de Beaufort ^___ ij^s / Item Johanni Chyventeyne Gestour pro labore suo [_^in parte solucione introito] ^___ xx^d / Item Thome Harpour pro labore suo ^__ xx^d ... [Fol. 19v] Ordinances / & constitucione / factis Ad coloquium quidam Ordinatum est per eleccionem quod Aldermannum / Gilde qui pro tempore fuit de cetero habebit qualibet anno unum capucium / de vj rayes de libertate gilde qualibet Scabimis unum capucium de / iiij Rayes clericus Gilde unum capucium de iiij rayes & decanus gild unum / caputium de iij rayes & qualibet Mynstrelli de eadem gilde unum capucium de / iij rayes qualibet anno quod servientes gilde predicte Et si quis officiariorum predictorum / plus pannum pro capucio suo accipere voluit unum habebit ita videlicet quod soluet / scabimis pro hac quod plus accipit / [Fol. 20] ...Item allocatum fuit eodem die _^[Thome harpour] de introitum suo pro labore suo ^___ xx^d / Item Thome Trumpet cum domino de Beaufort ^___ ij^s / Item Johanni Chyventeyne Gestour ^__ xvj^d / Item clerico Gilde pro feodo suo ^___ xx^d / Item decano Gilde pro feodo suo ^___ xij^d / Item pro uno enterluyte ^___ vj^d Summa viij^s ij^d JC
Chamberlain’s accounts KL/C/39/46 ... Inde Solutis ...Et compotum solutis iiij^li Willelmo Wylde vigilatori Burgi lenn in plena soluccionem ffeodo suo hoc anno... JC
1410-11 Chamberlain’s accounts KL/C/39/47 ...Soluta & / Libertates ...Et xxiij^s iiij^d solutis Willelmi Asshe/bourne de ffeodo suo hoc anno Et xiij^s iiij^d solut Willelmo Wylde vigilatori de lenne per temporem / compoti Et xvij^d solutis pro factura shuse hoc anno ... Et solutis Thome Belman / pro stipendi suo hoc anno... JC
... Soluta & / expense ...Et x^d / solut pro ffeno & luto emptis ad idem per temporem compoti Et x^s solutis Willelmo Wylde vigilatori Burgi / circa festum Corpuis Christi de ffeodo suo hoc anno... JC
1411-12 Accounts of the Guild of Saints Giles and Julian [Fol. 22v.] ...Item solutis mynstrallis / iiij^s Item in feodo clerico Gilde xx^d Item in feodo Decani gilde xij^d Item solutis / Thomas harpour xx^{d __} Summa iiij^s iiij^d JC
1413-1414 Walter Belton, app. of Thomas Ploget, given freedom. Cal
1414-15 onwards Chamberlain’s accounts (paper draft covering several years) KL/C/39/91 ... [Fol. 1v.] ...Petro Wayte in parte Feodis suis per temporis huius compoti ^___ x^s
...[Fol. 6.] ...Et Petro Whaite in partem feodis suis de Anno passo...
...[Fol. 11v.] ...Et Petro Whaite in partem feodis suis ad idem festum [_^Natali domini] ^___ x^s
...[Fol. 12.] ...Et cuidam vigilatorem pro diversis per noctem custodentem per vices ^___ viij^d
...[Fol. 12v.] ...Et Petro Wayte in partem feodis suis die sancti michaelis ^__ x^s
...[Fol. 17v.] ...Item in feodo Willelmi Wylde Wayte per Anni ^___ iiij^li JC
1415-16 Item idem comp’ dat’ cuidon ffytheler cum j baggepipe domini Thomas de Erpingham [Milite] xij^d Mal
1421 Fire (reputedly extinguished through divine intervention thanks to the prayers of Margery Kempe) PR
1421-1422 Reginald atte Lathe, son of Simon atte Lathe, app. of Thomas Ploget, given freedom. Cal
1423-1424 John Jyly, app. of William Bedyngham, given freedom. Cal
William Wrangill, app. of Thomas Ploket, given freedom. Cal
John Saundir, app. of Thomas Ploket, given freedom. Cal
John Boston, app. of Thomas Ploket, given freedom. Cal
1427-1428 Edmund Kirsted, app. of Thomas Ploket, given freedom. Cal
1430-31 Accounts of the Guild of Saints Giles and Julian [Fol. 37v.] ...In Wood & Turff ij^s x^d. In ye hire of halle v^s In / mynstrelles v^s. In hire of vesselles xvj^d....... JC
1431-1432 Item in Vadimoniis de le Waytes de lenn pro die festi et in octabo die iiijs (In payment to the Waites of Lynn for festival day and the dinner in October 4s) Mal
Accounts of the Guild of Saints Giles and Julian [Fol. 38v.].....Item for bred and candelles iij^d Item for mynstales / v^s viij^d JC
1432 (8 October) Et ibidem petitum fuit si voluerint retinere histriones pro anno isto Et concessum est vt habeant anno isto pro suo regardo cum eorum liberata per amersamentum Maioris ordinata. vtriusque eorum xiiijs iiijd vltra suam liberatam & per villam transibunt a festo Michaelis vsque festum Carnipreuij. (And the same court records the candidates to be retained as musicians for this year and they are given  liveries {or allowances} and paid thirteen shillings and fourpence, and they shall go through the town each day from Michaelmas to Easter.) Mal
1432-33Accounts of the Guild of Saints Giles and Julian [Fol. 39].....Et [--pro Otch--] dat Aquebaculo & minstrallis pro potu iij^d / Et pro sale ij^d ...Et per minstrallis v^s .... JC
1433 (1 November) Et ibidem exhibita fuit vna billa ex parte histrionum eo quod desiderant augmentum regardi sui Etn concessum est vt uterque ipsorum duorum habeat pro feodo sua .xx.s & vesturam suam pro anno isto. quae concessio durabit pro anno isto totum Et transibunt per villam cum suis Instrumente a festo Omnium Sanctorum vsque festum Purificacionis sequentis. (And likewise is presented a bill to increase the amount paid to the two waites to twenty shillings and their coats to be supplied for this year. They shall go through the town with their instruments from the festival of All Saints to the festival of Purification following.) Mal
1436 (26 October) Necnon eodem die concordatum est quod Iohannes Audele Thomas Portour’ occubant officium de lez Waytes pro anno presente & [qui] vterque ipsorum habebit vesturam suam de sumptis comitatus & xiijs & iiijd pro stipendio suo soluendos per manus vnius camerari & c. (Also this day it was agreed that John Audele and Thomas Porter shall occupy the office of Waites for the present year and will be supplied with coats for themselves and their retinue and thirteen shillings and fourpence for their wages.) Mal
1437-1438 Et solut’ hystrionibus ville Lenn iiijs (And given to the Waites [or minstrels or players or actors] of Lynn 5 shillings) Mal
chamberlain's accounts KL/C/39/53 ... Soluciones et / Expenses ...Et pro vestura vigilatori huius ville xiiiij^s Et pro factura et inbroude ratio / toga dicti vigilatoris vj^s Item plegium eisdem eisdem vigilatori pro suo feodo xxvj^s viij^d   (for uniforms for the Waits of this town 15s, and for making the coats as directed for the Waits 6s. Promised to the Waits for their services 26s 8d.) JC
Accounts of the Guild of Saints Giles and Julian [Fol. 41] ...Pleyers viij^d / Hale v^s I chyld j^d ... amonia viij^d mynstrelles ij^s ..... JC
1438-1439 Et solut’ hystrionibus ville Lenn iiijs Mal
1439 Plague PR
1440-1441 John Wygenhale, tyler, granted freedom for work done at the South Gate. Cal
1445-46 Et sol iij mynstrellis ii harporis j piper j taberer Mal
1457-1458 Allocationes Item petitur allocatio de___xijs vnde superius oneratus infra summam xxij.s. pro ffirma ij Tenementorum que Thomas lok nuper tenuit in Briggegate eo quod ministralli huis Ville [op] occuparunt vnum eorundem Tenementorum per tempus Compoti absque aliquo inde reddendo (Concerns problems with Thomas Lok’s house in Briggegate ‘where the minstrells live,’ and possibly finding them alternative accomodation?) Mal
1461 Edward IV. During his reign the Mart is moved from August to February. PR
1462 Item in stependio Ministrall’ viij.d 1483 Richard III Mal
Around this time the South Gate was built. PR. (see 1440-1441)
1487-1488 Thomas Newman, bocher, purchased freedom. Cal
1495-1496 John Wayte granted freedom. Cal

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