| 1468-69. | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Item, for j dossen and v quayers of vellom to perform the legend [ i.e. to write the lectionary on] | xs | vjd | |
| Item, for wrytyng of the same | xxvs | ||
| Item, for ix skynnys and j quayer of velom to the same legend | vs | vjd | |
| Item, for wrytyng of the forseyd legend | iiijs | ijd | |
| 1470-71. | |||
| Item, for a red Skynne to kever the legent | vd | ||
| Also for the binding and correcting of the seid Boke | vs | ||
| Also for the lumining of the seid legent | xiijs | vjd | 20 |
Among the Paston Letters is a letter from William Ebesham to his “moost worshupfull maister, Sir John Paston,” 1469 (?), asking for payment for his labours in writing, the charge for which was a penny per leaf for verse, and twopence a leaf for prose. Appended to this letter is the following interesting account:—
Folowyng apperith, parcelly, dyvers and soondry maner of writynge, which I, William Ebesham, have wreetyn for my gode and woorshupfull maistir, Sir John Paston, and what money I have resceyvid and what is unpaide.