Berkshire, Reading, 1528–9

St Laurence's Churchwardens' Accounts

BRO: D/P 97/5/2

p 171 (29 September–29 September) (Receipts)

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Item Received of Men & women at hoktyde	xxxiij s. iiij d.
Item of the kyng game at whytsontyde	xx s.

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pp 174 (Common expenses)

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Item for x garters of belles for morec dauncers

ij s. iiij d.

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Item for iij^d yerdes of braunched ffostyan for the mores dauncers

ij s. xj d.

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Footnotes
- hoktyde: 5–6 April 1529
- whytsontyde: 16–18 April 1529
Glossed Terms
- fostyan n fustian
- kinge n in phr kinge ale, kingal, kingale, kingalle, kingeale, kyng ale, kyngale, kyngalle, kynge ale, kyngeale king ale, an inversion of order event in which a king — typically a local young man or farmer — was appointed to preside over the festival; kyng game, kynges game, king play, kynges play, kyng play synonymous with king ale; in phr king halle, kyng halle king hall, likely a bower built for the king of the king ale
- mores n morris; morec; morece; moreys; morreyce
Endnote

This year is the first time expenses for dancing gear are explicitly recorded as for morris dancers in the records. They did pay 12d to dancers for bells earlier in 1514–15 (p 101). Over the next few years they acquire a complete set of costume and bells.
Document Description

Record title: St Laurence's Churchwardens' Accounts
Repository: BRO
Shelfmark: D/P 97/5/2
Repository location: Reading

The churchwardens rendered their accounts on the feast of the Annunciation (25 March) until 1516 when they adopted the Michaelmas–Michaelmas pattern rendering their accounts on 29 September.

1498–1626; English; paper; 250 leaves; 330mm x 225mm; modern pagination; some display capitals; pp 1–2, 490–3 are separated but have been repaired and put separately in a brown paper wrapper; bound in boards covered in parchment, title on front cover: 'The Book of the | Church-Wardens Accounts | of the Parish | of | St Laurence.'

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