f 23 (29 September–29 September) (Payments)
Item payed the xiiij Daye of ffeverer to the kyngges mynstrelles by the Commaundment of mayester the mayer Summa | vj s. viij d. |
Item payed to the quenys mynstrelles by the Commaundment of mayster the mayer | vj s. viij d. |
Item payed the xxti Daye of Ianyver to my lord of Arundellis mynstrelles by mayester mayers Commaundment | iij s. iiij d. |
Item payed the xxiij Daye of the same monath to my lord of Arundelles players by mayster mayers commaundment | iij s. iiij d. |
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Record title: Steward's Accounts
Repository: Southampton City Archives
Shelfmark: SC5/1/21
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, for further discussion. Thick's edition
of the 1492–3 accounts includes full transcriptions of those documents,
including records relating to drama and minstrelsy.
1485–6; English with some Latin; ii + 45 + ii; 305mm x 210mm; modern pencil foliation; leaves repaired; original leather cover.