Chapter 18 The Confectionery and Wafery

Appears in
Cooking and Dining in Medieval England

By Peter Brears

Published 2008

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1. Furnivall, Early English Meals & Manners 5, 50, 52, 55, 157, 166.
2. HO 20, 81.
3. HO 22, 72.
4. E.g. Myers p. 1044 reproducing the Southampton Port Book for 1469: 2cwt. Barrel of green ginger £6 13s. 4d.; NHB 19; S & H 155.
5. Austin 7, 12, 87; H & B IV 136; HO 450.
6. Austin 37, 12, 88.
7. Banham & Mason 59. For a richer version see Austin 27, CXV.
8. Banham & Mason 61. This source also has recipes for preserving pears and ginger.
9. H & B IV 98.
10. H & B V 19; Austin 35.
11. H & B V 18.
12. H & B V 11.