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Et de xl d./ dato per preceptum maioris cuidam ministrallo domini Cardinalis
Et de xl d./ dato per preceptum maioris .ij. ministrallis domini Thesaurarij Anglie
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...Et de xj s./ soluto & dato pro honore ville xj. ministrallis domini Regis & ducis Eboraci...
mb [3] (29 September–29 September)
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And (the steward renders account) of 40d given by order of the mayor to a minstrel of the lord cardinal.
And of 40d given by order of the mayor to two minstrels of the lord treasurer of England.
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...And (the steward renders account) of 11s paid and given for the honour of the town to eleven minstrels of the lord king and the duke of York...
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Amounts are underlined in this set of accounts.
Record title: Steward's Accounts
Repository: Southampton City Archives
Shelfmark: SC5/1/1
Repository location: Southampton
The steward's accounts run from Michaelmas to Michaelmas and cover all areas of civic receipt and expenditure, from land rents to annual payments to civic officials, costs of construction and repair of town structures, and rewards to visiting performers. See the introduction to Gidden (ed), Stewards' Books of Southampton, vol 1, pp iii–xvii, for further discussion. Gidden's editions of the accounts for 1428–34 and 1434–9 include full transcriptions of those documents, including records relating to drama and minstrelsy.
1428–9; Latin; vellum; 4 membranes attached serially, with a few small bills attached to the bottom of the roll; 550mm x 210mm; unnumbered; written on both sides.