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⁌ Le premere course pur lestates.
⁌ Un sotelte de lyon blanke rehersal
Thinke and thanke prelate of grete prise
That it hath pleasid the habundant grace.
Of king Edward in al his acts wise
The to promote hyder to his please.
This lytil yle whyle thou hast tyme and space.
For to repayre do ay thy besy cure
For thy rewarde of heuen thou shalt be sure
⁌ Pur potage
Frumenty and venyson
Syngnet rosted
Graunt luce in sarris
Roo roested regardaunt
Feusaunt roosted
Venison in paste
Grete custarde
Leche porpul
⁌ Un sotelte de natiuite saint Iohn rehersall
Blissyd Iohn baptist for thy name so preciouse
Gracia dei be thy true interpretacion
Pray euer to god yat in thy lyue vertuouse
Iohn nowe of this see thorough thy meditacion.
Preserued be which be this stallacion
Thus is entred in to his chirche
Ther longe to endure many goode dedis to worche
⁌ The seconde course.
⁌ Un sotelte le Ile de ely rehersall.
O mortal man cal to remembraunce
This text de terra tu plamasti me
What than auayleth al worldly pleasaunce.
Sythe to the erthe thou shalt reuerte
De lime terre. how god hath ordeyned the.
Lodesterre of ely. loo suche is godys myght
Hym therefore to serue thou art bonden of right
Gely to potage
Storke roosted
Pecoke florsihed
Carpe in soppis
Rabets roosted
Breme freshewater.
Freature semeca.
Orenge in paste
Tarte borboyne
Leche damaske
⁌ Un sotelte de dieu. schepard.
Ego sum pastor bonus rehersall
Iohn ofte reuolue in thy remembranrce
That of my grace haue made the here protector
And of this folde I geue the gouernance
From rauenors to be ther true defensor
Them to preserue euery tyme & ower
Lerne of me & do thy besy deuor
From my folke all rauen to disseuor
⁌ Responcio episcopi
Fayn I wolde blissed lorde yf it like ye
This cure of thy diuine puruiaunce
And special most grace hast giue me
To gyde & rewle after thy pleasaunce
& to expel al rebel with thy maintence |
From ye chirche good lorde geue me that grace.
And so me to rewle wyth the to haue a place
⁌ The thirde course
⁌ Un sotelte le sentis petre paule. & Andrewe rehersall
Remembre iohn this yat shineth bright
with gret abundaunce all is but vayn glorie
Lerne for to die and welcome in you we knight
Welcome my preist & bisshop verily
The holy peter blissed poule & I
Of this our chirche make ye protector
And of this yle ye vertuose gouernor
⁌ Creme of almondes to potage
Boetour roosted
Perche in gelye curlew
Plouer roosted
Un caste de gely florisshyd
Creues deudose
Larkes roosted
Fresshe storgion
quynces in paste
Tarte poleyn
ffritour bounce
Leche Reiall
⁌ Un sotelte de le Eglesure letonne rehersall.
Now hertely ye bee Welcome into this hal
ffrom ye highest vnto ye lowest degree.
Requiring & specialy praing you al
Ield to god ye louing & not to me
And ferthermore of your benignite
Domino deo nostro gracias agamus
And prayse his name with te deum laudamus
Syttynge at the hygh dees.
On the right hande
The abbot of berye
The abbot of ramesey
The prior of Ely
⸿On the other hande
Syr Thomas howard
Syr Iohn donne
Syr harry wentworthe
Syr Iohn Cheyne
The abbot of thorney and my Lady brandon and other estatis in the chambre
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The second course's 'lime terre' likely refers to alkaline earth used for mortar.
The subtlety 'le Eglesure letonne' perhaps represents the church, modelled in something that looks like brass. The incunabula versions of the now lost original manuscript contain misreadings of the copy manuscript, and this is most likely one of them. Bentham reads 'le eglesure lettone' but does not explain the meaning of the phrase (History and Antiquities, Appendix, 35* and 36*). Coulton takes it to mean 'the Eagle on the Tun,' which he takes to be a 'punning rebus on Morton's name' (Life in the Middle Ages, vol 3, p 151).
The list of attendees includes many notable figures, both secular and ecclesiastic. The master of the Rolls was Robert Morton (c 1435–97), bishop of Worcester, 1486–97, and nephew of John Morton (Christopher Harper-Bill, 'Morton, Robert (c. 1435–1497, bishop of Worcester),' ODNB, accessed 7 March 2022). Sir Thomas Howard(1443–1524), later second duke of Norfolk, was a member of Edward IV's household (David M. Head, 'Howard, Thomas, second duke of Norfolk (1443–1524), magnate and administrator,' ODNB, accessed 7 March 2022). Sir John Donne (d. 1503) was a soldier and administrator under Edward IV who later joined Buckingham's rebellion (George Holmes, 'Donne [Dwn], Sir John (d. 1503), soldier and administrator,' ODNB), accessed 21 September 2021). Sir John Wingfield (by 1428–81), of Letheringham, Suffolk, MP for Suffolk, 1478, was a member of Edward IV's Privy Council and a pardoned Lancastrian (Josiah C. Wedgwood and Anne Holt (collab), History of Parliament: Biographies of the Members of the Commons House 1439–1509 (London, 1936), 955–6). Sir Henry Wentworth (1447–99) of Nettlestead, Suffolk, was possibly MP for Suffolk, 1484, and a pardoned Lancastrian (Wedgwood and Holt, History of Parliament, 1439–1509, pp 933–4). John Sapcote (1448–1501) of Elton, Huntingdonshire, was MP for Huntingdonshire, 1472–5 (Wedgwood and Holt, History of Parliament, 1439–1509, pp 740–1). Sir Robert Chamberlain (1435–91) of Capel and Gedding, Suffolk, was MP for Suffolk, 1472–5; he fled with Edward IV to the continent during the Lancastrian readeption and was later attainted of high treason and executed under Henry VIII (Wedgwood and Holt, History of Parliament, 1439–1509, pp 170–1). Sir John Cheyne (1445–99) of Falstone, Cheyne, Wiltshire, was MP for Wiltshire, 1478, and later joined Buckingham's rebellion (Wedgwood and Holt, History of Parliament, 1439–1509, pp 182–3). Sir William Brandon (1425–91) of Soham-Count, Cambridgeshire, was MP for Suffolk, 1472–5, a retainer to the duke of Norfolk, and a later participant in Buckingham's rebellion (Wedgwood and Holt, History of Parliament, 1439–1509, pp 102–3). Sir Robert Fiennes (1425–90) of Hurstmonceaux, Sussex, was MP for Hampshire, 1447, and a pardoned Lancastrian (Wedgwood and Holt, History of Parliament, 1439–1509, pp 323–4). John Fortescue is probably Sir John Fortescue (c 1397-1479), chief justice, 1442, Lancastrian partisan and political propagandist, but may also be his nephew, Sir John Fortescue (1440–1500) of Ponsbourne, Hertfordshire, MP for Hertfordshire (1491–2) (E.W. Ives, 'Fortescue, Sir John (c. 1397–1479, justice and political theorist,'ODNB, accessed 22 September 2021; Wedgwood and Holt, History of Parliament, 1439–1509, p 349). Elizabeth Brandon was married to William Brandon, and was daughter to Sir Richard Wingfield and sister to John Wingfield (Wedgwood and Holt, History of Parliament, 1439–1509, pp 103, 956).
Record title: Service at the Installation of John Morton, Bishop of Ely
The earliest known version of the menu is in the untitled incunabulum (STC: 782) published in Antwerp in 1503, consisting of various writings, the first of which begins, 'In this booke is conteyned the names of ye baylifs custos mairs and sherefs of london.'
IN this booke is | Conteyned the | names of ye bay | lifs Custos ma|irs and sherefs | of the cite of lon|don from the ty|me of king rich|ard the furst. & | also thartycles | of the Chartur | and libarties of | the same Cyte. | And of the chartur and liberties off | England wyth odur dyuers mats | good and necessary for euery Citezen | to vndirstond and knowe. Whiche | ben shewid ? chaptirs after the four | me of this kalendir folowing. STC: 782.