THE FOLLOWING IS A CORRECT COPY OF A MONSTER BILL OF FARE FROM A PAPER FOUND IN THE TOWER OF LONDON. |
THE FOLLOWING IS A CORRECT COPY OF A MONSTER BILL OF FARE FROM A PAPER FOUND IN THE TOWER OF LONDON. George Nevil, brother to the great Earl of Warwick, at his instalment into the Archbishopric of York, in the year 1470, made a feast for the Nobility, Gentry, and Clergy, wherein he spent 300 Quarters of Wheat.
300 Tuns of Ale.
104 Tuns of Wine.
One pipe of spiced Wine.
10 fat Oxen.
6 wild Bulls.
300 Pigs.
1004 Wethers.
300 Hogs.
3000 Calves.
3000 Geese.
300 Capons.
100 Peacocks.
200 Cranes.
200 Kids.
2000 Chickens.
4000 Pigeons.
4000 Rabbits.
4000 Ducks. | 204 Bitterns.
400 Hernsies.
200 Pheasants.
500 Partridges.
5000 Woodcocks.
400 Plovers.
100 Curlews.
100 Quails.
1000 Eggets.
200 Rees.
4000 Bucks, Does, and Roebucks.
155 Hot Venison Pasties.
4000 Cold Venison Pasties.
1000 Dishes of Jellies.
2000 Hot Custards.
4000 Cold Custards.
400 Tarts.
300 Pikes, 300 Breams.
8 Seals, and 4 Porpoises. | At the feast the Earl of Warwick was Steward, the Earl of Bedford Treasurer, the Lord Hastings Comptroller, with many noble offers: Servitors 1000, Cooks 62, Kitcheners and Scullions 515. For description of the above, read the introduction of French Pot-au-feu, page 649.
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