The Middleton Accounts of 1525: #28

The next two entries in the Middleton household accounts of 1525 were dated as the 26^th November. They were described as Sir Henry Willoughby’s offering at William Slade’s wedding and Sir Henry’s reward to William Slade when William was married. The amount for the first was 4 pence, which was the equivalent of about £7.35 today, and the amount for the second was two shillings, which was the equivalent of about £44.13 today.

There are others with the surname of Slade that feature in the Middleton accounts, sometimes with their forename and other times, unhelpfully, just as “Mr Slade”. One such of the Mr Slade entries, which may relate to William, was from the previous year and he was paid for making forms (benches), trestles (tables) and bedsteads for the wedding of Sir Henry Willoughby’s granddaughter Mary Harbottle, which took place at Middleton Hall on 9^th October 1524. For this he was paid two shillings.  

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Further Reading: W. H. Stevenson, Report on the Manuscripts of Lord Middleton, Historical Manuscripts Commission, 1911. p378.

Author - Debbie Jordan, Middleton Hall Volunteer.

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