The Stratford Corporation’s chamberlain, in his annual account records the payment of 20 pence for a quart of sack and a quart of claret wine "geven to a precher at the newe place"

[BRU 4/1, p. 266]

Item winne and sugor cakes and bere
for Sir Edward Conway
viij^s
Item payed to Iohn Lopton for the hier of a hors for frauncys boyesse
ii dayes going to Stonley
ij^s
Item payed to henry broume for making
a selle for the strykes
xij^d
Item payed to Willy Emmetes for iij loads
of claye yoused abou the Almeshouses & the
chamber
ij^s
Item for one quart of sack and one quart of clarrett
winne geven to a precher at the newe place
xx^d
Item payed for a horse hier & the keperes
fee when the venyson was fett
xj^s
Item payed to George brigges for one days
work and a half mending the almeshouses
xxj^d
Item for half a hondered of brick
xx^d
Item for besomes and candells to the haulle
iij^d
Item the Last of Iune wine to sir Willyam
sommerfyld making the warante
ij^s          ij^d
Item the chargies of Mr beck when he preched here
ij^s
Item payed to henry broume f for colloring
the armor and for on new hilte and
ij pommelles and remouyng one other hilt
of a sworde
iiij^s
Item payed for pottell of sack and one
pottell of clarrett wine geven to the Iosteces at the shewe of the trayned men
iij^s          iiij^d
to brome for that dayes work
xij^d
Item geuen to the clark of the markett
by Mr bayles apointmen[t]
vj^s       viij^d
the xvij of october for sack for him on quart
xij^d
Item the xxx of September wine and shugor for Sir Edward
Grevell and Mr haylles
xvj^d
Item payed for mending of bocketes                                                                      
iiij^d
Item for ij cordes for the grett bell                                                                          
vj^d
Item for lycker for the bell                                                                                      
ij^d
Item payed to Richard Roodes for the
balrige
xviij^d
Item for the borbell to hit                                                                                      
iiij^d
Item for the powles for the fyer hock
xiij^d
Item for Iorne and making the whork
iij^s          iiij^d
Item payed to Iohn Ingrom for the hier
of a hors for frauncyes
boyess ij days to
Clarden and on day to Stonley                                
iij^s
Item payed to Olfer Hicokes for mending
the clock at the cross
xviij^d
Item payed to Mr wyatt for the drinking
ouer & aboue the alowance
iij^s          iiij^d
Item for on pint of sack for Mrs wodward
vj^d
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Somm    3^li    6^s    5^d