Catalogue description Account roll   Costs of Richard Wagot for Lady Dynham, in fetching home the body...

Account roll

Costs of Richard Wagot for Lady Dynham, in fetching home the body ('bonys') of Sir Thomas Arondell knight, from Odysdon (also as 'Wodysdon') to Dorchester (via Harbyngdon, Hungerford, Amysbury and Blanford);

Black cloth and its tailoring;

Wax torches and tapers (left at various places on route, and at Chideok and Nutwyll);

Timber and ironwork for the horse-litter, and equipment for the 2 horses;

Carrying the horse-litter from Exeter to Nottewyll;

The coffin;

'For wretyn uppon the herse cloth';

Torches, etc., from Nutwyll to Dorchester;

Fodder for horses and other expenses at Nutwell, various occasions; 20d at Dorchester in the presence of Harry Grymston for the hearse of the parish church there.

Total expenses £25 19s 6d.

[1 p., English]

Sir Thomas Arundell died 1st Oct 1485, aged about 33; Lady Dynham must be his mother-in-law, Joan Dynham (mother of Katherine whom Thomas married), who was still alive in 1495 (AR/2/883).