#martyn tyrell

[gotham-at-nightfall]

The Roads of Westeros

We have already touched upon several of Jaehaerys’s achievements. As 62 AC drew near its end, the king looked ahead to the year dawning, and all the years beyond, and began to make plans for a project that would transform the Seven Kingdoms. He had given King’s Landing cobblestones, cisterns, and fountains. Now he lifted his eyes beyond the city walls, to the fields and hills and bogs that stretched from the Dornish Marches to the Gift. “My lords,” he told the council, “when the queen and I go forth on our progresses, we go on Vermithor and Silverwing. When we look down from the clouds, we see cities and castles, hills and swamps, rivers and streams and lakes. We see market towns and fishing villages, old forests, mountains, moors, and meadows, flocks of sheep and fields of grain, old battlefields, ruined towers, lichyards and septs. There is much and more to see in these Seven Kingdoms of ours. Do you know what I do not see?” The king slapped the table hard. “Roads, my lord. I do not see roads. I see some ruts, if I fly low enough. I see some game trails, and here and there a footpath by a stream. But I do not see any proper roads. My lords, I will have roads!” -Fire & Blood [The Long Reign--Jaehaerys and Alysanne: Policy, Progeny and Pain]

By Vazdelart

[stromuprisahat]

Jaehaerys hesitated longest when it came to selecting his new lord treasurer and master of coin. ...  It was Septon Barth who first proposed a different name. “The Tyrells of Highgarden are descended from stewards,” he reminded the king, “but the Reach is broader than the westerlands, with a different sort of wealth, and young Martyn Tyrell might prove a useful addition to this council.”  Lord Redwyne was incredulous. “The Tyrells are dolts,” he said. “I am sorry, Your Grace, they are my liege lords, but…the Tyrells are dolts, and Lord Bertrand was a sot as well.”  “That is as it may be,” Septon Barth admitted. “Lord Bertrand is in his grave now, however, and I am speaking of his son. Martyn is young and eager, but I will not vouch for the quality of his wits. His wife, however, is a Fossoway girl, the Lady Florence, who has been counting apples since she learned to walk. She has been keeping all the accounts at Highgarden since her marriage, and it is said she has increased House Tyrell’s incomes by a third. Should we appoint her husband, she would come to court as well, I do not doubt.”

Fire and Blood (George R. R. Martin)

Another amazing woman I’d love to read more about.

Also:

The Tyrells are dolts.

[samwpmarleau]

[7/20] ASOIAF power couples → Florence Fossoway × Martyn Tyrell

“The Tyrells are dolts,” Lord Redwyne said, “and Lord Bertrand was a sot as well.”

“I am speaking of his son,” said Septon Barth. “Martyn is young and eager, but I will not vouch for the quality of his wits. His wife, however, is a Fossoway girl, the Lady Florence, who has been counting apples since she learned to walk. She has been keeping all the accounts at Highgarden since her marriage, and it is said she has increased House Tyrell’s incomes by a third. Should we appoint her husband, she would come to court as well, I do not doubt.”

“Alysanne would like that,” the king said. “She enjoys the company of clever women.” The queen had not been attending council since the death of Princess Daenerys. “Our good septon has never led us wrong. Let us try the dolt with the clever wife.” 

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Other projects King Jaehaerys undertook followed the kingsroad. The cost of all this was not inconsiderable, to be sure, but the realm was prosperous, and the king’s new master of coin, Martyn Tyrell — aided and abetted by his clever wife, “the apple counter” — proved almost as able as the Lord of Air had been.

[indisden]

House of the Ladies week 2020 | Day 5: House House Tyrell | Lady Florence Fossoway, the apple counter, wife of Martyn Tyrell

Shortly  after the mariage, she took over the accounts of House Tyrell, and increased their income by a third. When King Jaehaerys needed a new Master of Coins, Septon Barth put forward Lord Martyn Tyrell’s name, but in truth he desired the Lady Florence to perform the duties. Although Lord Martyn officially sat on the Small Council, it was Lady Florence who was in charge of the royal treasury.

[laannie0803]

Lady Florence Fossoway, apodada la Contadora de Manzanas, fue la esposa de Lord Martyn Tyrell, Señor de Altojardín, durante el reinado de Jaehaerys I Targaryen.

En 60 d.C. y tras la muerte del Consejero de la Moneda Rego Draz, el septón Barth aconsejó al rey Jaehaerys I Targaryen nombrar a Lord Martyn Tyrell en reemplazo. El septón Barth argulló que el nombramiento tenía más que ver con las capacidades administrativas y contables de Lady Florence, quien había empezado a contar manzanas en cuanto aprendió a andar y llevaba la contabilidad de Altojardín desde su matrimonio, incrementando los ingresos de la Casa Tyrell en un tercio. Con la ayuda y complicidad de su esposa, a quien apodaban la Contadora de Manzanas, Lord Martyn demostró ser tan capaz como lo había sido el anterior consejero.

Es posible que su esposo fuese sucedido por Lord Matthos Tyrell, quien asistió al Gran Consejo de 101 d.C.. Se desconoce si Lord Matthos fue su hijo.

Lady Florence Fossoway, nicknamed the Apple Count, was the wife of Lord Martyn Tyrell, Lord of Highgarden, during the reign of Jaehaerys I Targaryen.

In 60 A.D. and following the death of Coin Counselor Rego Draz, Septon Barth advised King Jaehaerys I Targaryen to appoint Lord Martyn Tyrell as his replacement. Septon Barth argued that the appointment had more to do with the administrative and accounting skills of Lady Florence, who had begun counting apples as soon as she learned to walk and kept the accounts of Highgarden since her marriage, increasing the income of House Tyrell by one third. With the help and complicity of his wife, who was nicknamed the Apple Counter, Lord Martyn proved as capable as the previous advisor had been.

It is possible that her husband was succeeded by Lord Matthos Tyrell, who attended the Great Council of 101 AD. It is unknown if Lord Matthos was her son.

[arielseaworth]

FIC: Clever Wives

Lord Redwyne was incredulous. “The Tyrells are dolts,” he said. “I am sorry, Your Grace, they are my liege lords, but … the Tyrells are dolts, and Lord Bertrand was a sot as well.” (Fire & Blood)

The Tyrells were dolts, it was sometimes alleged, but they had a knack for marrying clever wives.

Read @ AO3

Part 2 of Florence Fossoway

[jaydeewis]

“…Lord Redwyne was incredulous. «The Tyrells are dolts,» he said. «I am sorry, Your Grace, they are my liege lords, but… the Tyrells are dolts, and Lord Bertrand was a sot as well.» «That is as it may be,» Septon Barth admitted. «Lord Bertrand is in his grave now, however, and I am speaking of his son. Martyn is young and eager, but I will not vouch for the quality of his wits. His wife, however, is a Fossoway girl, the Lady Florence, who has been counting apples since she learned to walk. She has been keeping all the accounts at Highgarden since her marriage, and it is said she has increased House Tyrell’s incomes by a third. Should we appoint her husband, she would come to court as well, I do not doubt.» «Alysanne would like that,» the king said. «She enjoys the company of clever women.» The queen had not been attending council since the death of Princess Daenerys. Mayhaps Jaehaerys hoped that this would help bring her back to him again. «Our good septon has never led us wrong. Let us try the dolt with the clever wife, and hope that my leal smallfolk do not beat his head in with a cobblestone.»”