Henry Machyn in Henley-on-Thames, England - 12 December, 1555
from A London Provisioner's Chronicle, 1550-1563:
The twelfth evening was at Henley on Thames a Mistress Lentall, widow, made a supper for Mr. John Venor and his wife and I and divers other neighbors. And as we were at supper and ere we had supped, there came a twelve vessels with maidens singing with their vessels. And after came the chief wives singing with their vessels. And the gentlewoman had ordained a great table of banquet dishes of spices and fruit (as marmalade), gingerbread, jelly, comfit, sugar-plate, and divers others.
cite as
Henry Machyn, and Colette Moore, Marilyn Miller and Richard W. Bailey (ed.), A London Provisioner's Chronicle, 1550-1563. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1507210203622 accessed: 21 November, 2024
Listeners
Listening to
hide composers| Singing at a supper | performed by Maidens and wives |
Experience Information
| Date/Time | 12 December, 1555 |
| Medium | live |
| Listening Environment | in the company of others, in private, indoors |
Originally submitted by lcc5 on Thu, 05 Oct 2017 14:30:03 +0100
Approved on Thu, 30 Nov 2017 13:46:35 +0000