f 170 (29 September–29 September)
...
| more vj li. xviij s. vj d. paid to messengers, ffees for Buckes and to the Queenes players, as in debitor folio 182 | vj li. xviij s. vj d. |
...
f 170v
...
| More vj li. xvj s. by Mr
Mayor his order geven by the Steward viz. To players xx s., at my lord of hertfordes xl s., to the
Botemen vj s., to a Countrefaict
Iester xl s., and to Iohn de lisle for placeing
one Skemp xxx s. |
vj li. xvj s. |
f 171v
...
Liueries for this Towne oweth as followeth for Cloth deliuered by Arthur Baker the iiijth of december 1610
| yerdes | quarters | demi quarters | |
| ... | |||
| The 5. Musiciens Cotes | 7 | 2 | 0 |
| ... | |||
| Richard Lony drvmm | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Peter Breame ffife | 1 | 2 | 0 |
...
f 173
...
| Morevj li. xvj s. paid in Guiftes by order of mr wallope Mayor as in debitor folio 171. | vj li. xvj s. |
...
f 181v
...
| more xl s. geven to the Queenes players as in Creditor folio 180. | xl s. |
...
| more vj li. xviij s. vj d. paid by Mr Bedford, to messengers, ffees for Buckes, and to players &c as in Creditor folio 170 | vj li. xviij s. vj d. |
...
84.
64
32.
64.
32.
32.
84.
The accounts audited in November 1611 (ff 170–70v) are for the previous accounting year. The complementary entry to number 64 on f 173 states only that £6 16s was 'paid in Guiftes by order of Mr wallope Mayor' but gives no details.
The drummer and fife (f 171v) played for musters, as is clear from the late-sixteenth-century stewards' accounts, which list their annual wages under those for the 'Gunners.'
Record title: Second Book of Debts
Repository: Southampton City Archives
Shelfmark: SC5/2/2
Repository location: Southampton
Folios 1–82 contain an account of debts similar to those
in the First Book of Debts. The first twenty-four leaves contain an
alphabetical index of debts. Annual audit accounts begin at f 84 and run
to f 241, covering the years 1603 to 1617. The accounts of the auditors
cover the whole range of the city's finances, including those recorded
in the stewards' accounts and in the mayors' accounts. The accounting year
runs from Michaelmas to Michaelmas. For the years 1603 to 1615 items of
both receipt and expense are each entered twice, once as credits and
once as debits, with folio numbers and marginal reference numbers making
cross-referencing easy. Many items are entered in great detail – such as
rents, scavage receipts, fees and expenses for town officials, loans,
and loan payments. Others, however, are not entered in nearly the same
detail as in the stewards' and mayors' accounts, notably gifts and
rewards, as well as the costs of construction and repairs. Thus some
years covered by these accounts that yield no references to itinerant
entertainers may have seen visits that
were lumped with other gifts and rewards in the audit
accounts.
November 1591–November 1617; English; paper; xxiv + 321 + iii; 424mm x 297mm; original ink foliation (versos have folio numbers corresponding to the facing rectos, ff 242–319 unfoliated and blank); good condition; original brown leather binding intricately tooled with pattern of flowers and leaves, no title.