mb [3d] (14 September–13 September) (Necessary expenses with gifts)
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...Et in solutis ministrallis domini Awdley venientibus ad Collegium x die decembris ad mandatum domini Custodis xx d.... Et in solutis ministrallis domini Regis venientibus ad Collegium mense Iulij ij s....
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mb [3d] (14 September–13 September) (Necessary expenses with gifts)
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...And as payment to minstrels of Lord Audley coming to the college 10 December at the command of the lord warden, 20d.... And as payment to minstrels of the lord king coming to the college in the month of July, 2s....
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'domini Awdley' may refer to Thomas Audley (1487/8–1544) of Essex, who became lord chancellor in 1532/3. However, Thomas Audley was not knighted until 1532 and did not become Baron Audley of Walden until 1538. In 1526–7 the only Lord Audley was John Tuchet (1483–1557/8), 8th Baron Audley, who had lands in Somerset and Surrey. John Tuchet was son to James Tuchet (c 1463–97), 7th Baron Audley, who was attainted and executed in 1497 for his part in the Cornish rebellion against Henry VII. John Tuchet paid so much to have the family title restored in 1512 that he suffered from debt the rest of his life. Employing minstrels would have been an extravagance for one in his financial position but he may have thought that performers travelling in his name would help him to regain influence.
Record title: Winchester College Bursars'
Accounts
Repository: Winchester College Archives
Shelfmark: 22185
Repository location: Winchester
The bursars' accounts were kept annually by the two bursars, one of whom was elected each year and served as the junior bursar, becoming senior bursar the following year. Their accounts included all the college finances, beginning with receipts from the rents of manors and estates owned by the college. Expenses are divided into sections: the chapel, hall, kitchen, pantry, stable, and garden; stipends to chaplains, scholars, and others; external expenses and gifts (the last two the sections where payments to entertainers were normally entered). The rolls have paper wrappers, some of which contain notes made by later bursars. The account year varies considerably but most often runs roughly from Michaelmas to Michaelmas.
1526–7; Latin; parchment; 7 mbs, attached serially; 636–728mm x 275–82mm; unnumbered.