View source for Bacon-Townshend collection 'To Lady Jane Stanhope (Townshend)'

Below is a basic semi-diplomatic transcription of a bill/receipt to Lady Jane Stanhope (Townshend). Henry Clay Folger purchased the Bacon-Townshend papers in October 1925 from Mr. Frank Marcham, a London rare book and manuscript dealer. This transcription was originally completed as part of the first [[Practical Paleography]] Series, sponsored by [[Early Modern Manuscripts Online (EMMO)|EMMO]]
==Transcription [http://luna.folger.edu/luna/servlet/s/69op10 L.d.807 fol. 1r]==
July the xxv<sup>th</sup> - 1590<br>
first for ix elles iij q.''uarte''r. of lening Cloth<br>
by Mrs Spencer at iij <sup>s</sup> ________ xxix <sup>s</sup>.vi.<sup>d</sup><br>
for iiij; o''unc''es of Silk at xxij<sup>d</sup>  ________ vij. <sup>s</sup>iiij. <sup>d</sup><br>
Sume is - xxxvij. <sup>s</sup>x.<sup>d</sup><br>
for which she hath had xiiij.<sup>li</sup> of<br>
Sugar at xj <sup>d</sup> the pound ______ xij. <sup>s</sup>x<sup>d</sup><br>
and xviij <sup>li</sup> at x <sup>d</sup> the pound ______ xv<del>j</del>.s<br>
Sume is - xxvij. <sup>s</sup>x.d<br>
<del>Ad</del> So is dew unto her ix. <sup>s</sup><br>

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