The Cornish Pasty

Early references to pasties
(excluding literature)

This page is simply a list of references to pasties from Wikipedia - Pasty.

1. A 13th century charter was granted by Henry III (1207–1272) to the town of Great Yarmouth. The town is bound to send to the sheriffs of Norwich every year one hundred herrings, baked in twenty four pasties, which the sheriffs are to deliver to the lord of the manor of East Carlton who is then to convey them to the King.^[8]
2. The 13th century chronicler Matthew Paris wrote of the monks of St Albans Abbey "according to their custom, lived upon pasties of flesh-meat"^[9]
3. 1393 - "Le Menagier De Paris," (venison, veal, beef, & mutton)^[10]
4. 1420 - 15th century cookery-book has a 'venysoun pasty' served at A Royal feast for the Earl of Devonshire ^[11]
5. 1465 - The installation feast of George Neville, archbishop of York and chancellor of England, there were served 4,000 cold and 1,500 hot venison pasties.,^[12]
6. A 16th century (1510) Audit Book and Receivers Accounts for the Borough of Plymouth, show the financial cost of making a pasty, using venison from the Mount Edgcumbe estate just across the Tamar River, is housed in the Plymouth and West Devon Record Office. ^[13]
7. 1672 - To Make a Venison Pasty from The Queen-like Closet or Rich Cabinet by Hannah Wolley ^[14]
8. 1690 - Rare and Excellent Receipts by Mary Tillinghast^[15]
9. 1720 - Lamb and venison pasty recipe from Edward Kidder's Receipts of Pastry and Cookery ^[16]
10. 1742 - Mary Swanwick's `Her Cookery Book'^[17]
11. 1747 - The Art of Cookery, by Hannah Glasse (venison pasty)
12. 18th century - The Cornwall Records Office (CRO) in Truro has a recipe for a Cornish pasty of 1746. This is the earliest record of a true Cornish pasty recipe.

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We have not researched this page except for:

• no. 6 - Plymouth Pasty (1510) - this page is being written.

• no. 9 - Edward Kidder, lamb pasty and venison pasties, - expanded on here.

• no. 12 - earliest written Cornish pasty recipe (1746) - while widely referenced on the internet, the item is currently untraceable in the Cornwall Records Office.