Social Life of Gentry as seen from the Household Account ofHenry Langley, esquire, of Rickling Hall, Essex, 1473-4.

埃塞克斯里克林霍尔的乡绅亨利兰利的家庭饮食记录（国家档案馆，公共记录办公室，E101/516/9）揭示了绅士家庭的鱼类消费。位于埃塞克斯内陆的里克林霍尔（Rickling Hall）一家在毕肖普斯托特福德（Bishop's Stortford）或藏红花沃尔登（Saffron Walden）购买贻贝和牡蛎，使用的是纽波特渡轮。他们还买了白色和烟熏鲱鱼、干鱼、鳕鱼、红鳕鱼和白色鳕鱼、鳕鱼、鲑鱼、鳎鱼、比目鱼、比目鱼、鲭鱼、鲱鱼、鳗鱼、海鳗、梭子鱼等。（f.6v，ll.7-17）报告说，鹧鸪和鹌鹑是专门从家庭库存时，亨利布尔歇，1473年9月22日至24日，埃塞克斯的第一任公爵（约1408 -1483）拜访了亨利和凯瑟琳兰利在里克林庄园的家。凯瑟琳的父亲是托马斯厄斯维克，首席财政大臣（1472年至1479年）根据财政大臣，埃塞克斯。在夏季，英国海军正忙碌领导一支部队，对抗在英格兰海岸附近徘徊的牛津海军（E.F.Jacob，The Fifteenth世纪1399-1485，Oxford，1961，p.571）。也许他是在去参加10月在伦敦召开的议会的路上顺便到里克林大厅来的。

The household diet account of Henry Langley, esquire, of Rickling Hall, Essex (theNational Archives, Public Record Office, E101/516/9) reveals fish consumptions of the gentry’s household. The household of Rickling Hall, the inland of Essex, bought mussels and oysters at Bishop’s Stortford or Saffron Walden using Newport ferry ship. Also theybought white and smoked herrings, stockfish, whiting, red and white cod and codling, salmon, sole, plaice, flounder, mackerel, sprat, eel, conger, pike etc. The account (f.6v, ll.7-17) reported that partridges and quails were specially served from household stockswhen Henry Bourchier, first earl of Essex (c.1408-1483) visited the household of Henryand Katherine Langley at Rickling Hall during 22-24^th September in 1473. Katherine’sfather was Thomas Urswick, chief baron of the Exchequer (1472-9) under the chancellor,earl of Essex. During the summer, the earl was busy leading a force against the earl of Oxford who hovered about the coast of England (E.F.Jacob, The Fifteenth Century 1399-1485, Oxford, 1961, p.571). Perhaps he dropped in Rickling Hall on his way to the attend Parliament summoned at London in October.