Star Chamber dinner accounts for two years during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, 1591 and 1595.

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Star Chamber dinner accounts for two years during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, 1591 and 1595.

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Two manuscript accounts of Star Chamber dinners, the first of which is: "The expenses of the Dyettes provided for the Queenes most honorable Counsell at her graces Starchamber at Wesm[inster] during the Hillarye Tearme in the year of the Raigne of our most Sov[er]aigne Lady Queen Eliz in the xxvii Anno dm 1590[/1]," specifically for the 3rd, 5th, 10th, 12th, 13th, 27th and 29th of February, 1591, with the names of those who dined on each occasion witten in the margins. The second account is for the six dinners held on the 24th, 29th, and 31st of January and the 5th, 7th and 13th of February, 1594 [i.e. 1595].

2 items ([22] leaves) ; 29-30 cm.

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