The Middleton Accounts of 1525: #22

The next entry in the Middleton household accounts of Sir Henry Willoughby in 1525 was the sole entry in September and only dated as such. It was another payment to Lady Alice Willoughby in order for her to buy clothes for Mistress Jane. Mistress Jane was Sir Henry Willoughby’s widowed daughter. The amount was 6 shillings 8 pence, which was the equivalent of about £147.09 today or, in terms of equivalence at that time, would have been the cost of about one stone of wool or 11 days wages for a skilled tradesman. 

Exhibition on first floor of Jettied Building, clothing made by Middleton Hall volunteers, 2011. Photograph taken by Betty Fox.

Further Reading: W. H. Stevenson, Report on the Manuscripts of Lord Middleton, Historical Manuscripts Commission, 1911. p.378.

Author - Debbie Jordan, Middleton Hall Volunteer.

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