f 39 (29 September–29 September)
| Item paide the xx
day of Iune to iij mynstrelles of the |
vj s. viij d. |
| Item paide to ij mynstralles of |
iij s. iiij d. |
| Item paide the vj daye of Iule to iiij mynstralles of our lorde the Duke of Glouceter | vj s. viij d. |
| Item paid the xx day of August to iij mynstralles of my lady yorke | xx d. |
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Regarda facta[Footnote: Regarda … mynstrallis: 'Payments made to various minstrels']
Record title: Steward's Accounts
Repository: Southampton City Archives
Shelfmark: SC5/1/17
Repository location: Southampton
The 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 Thick (ed), Southampton Steward's Book, pp iii–xlvi. Thick's edition of the 1492–3 accounts includes full transcriptions of those documents, including records relating to drama and minstrelsy.
1481–2; English with some Latin; paper; i + 62 + i; 305mm x 210mm; modern pencil foliation; leaves repaired; original parchment cover.