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DEATH OF MRS. ROBERTS.
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| £ | s. | d.
| |||
| Paid for ye pied de stalle of Ebony to hold up the 2 georses | 1 | 10 | 0 | ||
| For ye emending of ye gooldhowerglasse | 0 | 2 | 6 | ||
| Deliuered two siluer bottels weighing 37 onces 17 d't at Ss. par once, comes to | 15 | 2 | 9 | ||
| Paid for ye other foot to hold up ye other figure | 0 | 4 | 6 | ||
| For sodering ye wholles and for repairing mending and cleinsing the two figures of Mr. Traherne his making | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| For ye making of a crowne upon one of ye figures | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Giuen to me iourney man by order of Madame Guinne | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Deliuered a handel of a kneif weighing 11 dweight more then ye old one wich comes with ye making of it to | 0 | 5 | 10 | ||
| For ye cleinsing of eight pictures | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| In all comes to | £1135 | 3 | 1 | [1] |
And now, quitting Nelly's household and other expenses, it is time to turn to matters of more moment.
In the autumn of 1679 died Mrs. Roberts, the daughter of a clergyman, who had lived with the King, though she is not known to have had aay children by him.[2] She had sent for Burnet when dying, and expressed her sense of sorrow for her
- ↑ In the Works' Accounts of the Crown at Whitehall, in 1662-3, is a payment (£53 12s. 2d.) to Paul Audley "for silvering a rayle to goe about the Duchess of York's bed, with seven pedestals and 60 Ballisters." The bed, as was long the custom, stood in an alcove off and yet in the bed-chamber.
- ↑ Unless, indeed, the "Carola Roberts," of the Secret Service Expenses of Charles II. is the daughter of this Mrs. Roberts by the King.
