Hampshire, Winchester, 1399–1400

Chamberlain's Accounts of St Swithun's Priory

HRO: DC/A5/3/2

single membrane (29 September–29 September) (Expenses and gratuities)

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...In vino misso Cellerario hostilario Infirmario ad eorum festa & Episcopo Iuuenum die Innocentium ad diuersa precia iiij s. iij d....

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Record Translation

single membrane (29 September–29 September) (Expenses and gratuities)

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...In wine given to the cellarer, ostler, infirmarer at their feasts, and to the bishop of the boys of the day of the Innocents at different prices, 4s 3d...

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Glossed Terms
- episcopus, -i n m bishop; ~ puerorum, ~ iuuenum boy bishop, a boy, originally a choirboy in a cathedral or other collegiate church or a student in an almonry school, chosen to act as a mock bishop in liturgical and other observances on the feast of St Nicholas or of the Holy Innocents
- iuuenis, -is adj young; as subst a youth, young person, in CL a young adult; here, a boy; see episcopus
Document Description

Record title: Chamberlain's Accounts of St Swithun's Priory
Repository: HRO
Shelfmark: DC/A5/3/2
Repository location: Winchester

The chamberlain was responsible for the monks' living quarters. The accounts include receipts from rents and expenses for the monks' clothing, bedding, tonsures, and other domestic expenses. The account runs from Michaelmas to Michaelmas.

This manuscript was formerly housed at the Winchester Cathedral Library, shelfmark W53/14/2.

1399–1400; Latin; parchment; single membrane; 260mm x 575mm.

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