Chamberlains' Books

• performance by earl of Shrewsbury's players, 9th, Abingdon, Berkshire, 1579–1580
• performance payment to earl of Shrewsbury's players, 9th, Abingdon, Berkshire, 1579–1580

Record title: Chamberlains' Books
Repository: BRO
Shelfmark: TEMP ACC 245/174
Repository location: Reading

At the time of publication, this document was held at the Berkshire Record Office, where it was on temporary deposit from the Abingdon County Hall Museum.

1557–81; English; paper; ii + 181 + ii; folios with accounts for the year 1557–8: 415mm x 150mm, rest slightly irregular in size averaging 300mm x 200mm; modern foliation top right-hand corner with various other modern numbering at the bottom of each folio; each year a separate booklet pasted to a stub 15mm wide to make up the present book; rebound in 1912 in brown cloth with leather corners and spine, red leather patches on front and spine with title stamped in gold, title on front cover: 'Borough of Abingdon | Chamberlains Accounts | 1557–1581,' title on spine: 'Chamberlains | Accounts | 1557–1581.'