mb 2 (29 September–29 September) (Gifts)
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...Item iiij hominibus ludentes interlodium coram domino Priori in Aula xx d.... Item ij ministrallis mensis Iunij iij s. iiij d....
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mb 2 (29 September–29 September) (Gifts)
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...Likewise to four men playing an interlude before the lord prior in the hall, 20d... Likewise to two minstrels in the month of June 3s 4d...
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The lord prior at this time was Peter de Ely (d. 1430/1), probably elevated March 1425 (John Le Neve, Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300–1541, vol 4, Monastic Cathedrals (Southern Province), B. Jones (comp) (London, 1963), 16).
Record title: Prior's Household Accounts
Repository:
TNA
Shelfmark: SC6/1257/4
Repository location: Kew
Following the establishment of the bishopric of Ely in 1109, the episcopal abbot ceded responsibility for governing the cathedral priory to the prior (see the Introduction, 'Historical Background: Religious Institutions'; also TNA: E 135/22/25). The priory records, especially accounts, are now mostly held in a large number of collections at the National Archives (TNA: SC6/1257/4–9), although the bailiff's accounts of Stuntney Manor are in the Cambridgeshire Archives (283/M/2/6/7), and a register of Ely Priory can be found in the Wyndham family collection at the British Library (Add MSS 41612–17, 41667G, 69824A–B).
1428–30; Latin; parchment; 3 membranes, attached serially, writing on dorse begins on last membrane; 750mm x 255mm, text area variable.