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Description: | The various sections of these accounts are beautifully set out with variations in script, use of black lines and brackets and red underlinings. The sections are: Sir William Pelham's particular charges whilst he was Collonell of the forces in Lymster, with subsections in provisions in England, transportations and diet untill the daie of Imbarkment: Diet and the charges of the Stabell in Irland until the Sword was receiued: Other charges in Ireland.
His charges In the tyme of his beinge lo. justice - beginning the XVII August anno 1579 and ended the VII of September 1580, the subsections being Household and stable charges set out in totals week by week, and ending other charges which the Lord Justice sustained.
His charges after that the sword was re-delivered to the lord deputie, from the VII of September 1580 untill the V of November, with subsections Rewards to the servants diet and stabell charges provisions for the sea, carriages and travelling charges.
The accounts end with the totals of the said Sir William Pelham's disbursements and expenses in Ireland balanced against "He hath received in all in England by way of Imprest. In Irland of Sir Henry Wallopp, In England by waie of her majesties gift after his retorne from Irland".
The disbursements are found to exceed receipts by £2,300.17s.5¼d.
It is not clear why Lord Willoughby should have had these accounts because in 1580 he had only just been admitted to the barony and taken his seat as a peer. Sir William Pelham sent his remembrances to Lord Willoughby in 1586, and makes reference at that time to his spending on public business (Historical Manuscripts Commission Ancaster p. 20) and there are later letters from Lord Willoughby to Sir William as Lord Marshall, 1587. There is additional interest to the Lincolnshire Archives Office as there is deposited there by the Earl of Yarborough the accounts of Sir William Pelham, as lieutenant of the Ordnance 1577-81 (Yarb.8). | Subjects: | Country Estates | Temporal: | 1579-1580 | Source: | Lincolnshire County Council | Identifier: | http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/Re... | Go to resource |
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