mb [1] (29 September–29 September) (Allowances)
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...In soluto pro iij togis pro miniestrallis Civitatis predicte xv. s. x. d....
mb [2] (Payment of rents)
...In soluto miniestrall' pro festo Natiuitatis Sancti Iohannis Baptiste .iij. s. iiij. d....
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mb [1] (29 September–29 September) (Allowances)
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...In payment for three gowns for the minstrels of the aforesaid city, 15s 10d....
mb [2] (Payment of rents)
...In payment to minstrels/a minstrel for the feast of the Nativity of St John the Baptist, 3s 4d....
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The payment on mb [2] occurs in the section concerning rents but it likely refers to the waits – mentioned in the previous section above – playing at one of the civic dinners on the feast of St John the Baptist (24 June).
Record title: Chamberlains' Accounts
Repository:
HRO
Shelfmark: W/E1/18
Repository location: Winchester
The chamberlains' account rolls record all of the city's
income and expenditures. Income comes primarily from annual rents and
rates, as well as special levies. Expenditures include the whole range
of civic responsibilities, including construction and maintenance of
civic structures, annual payments to civic officials, and rewards given
to local nobility and gentry (and to their performers). The accounting
year runs from Michaelmas to Michaelmas.
1446–7; Latin; parchment; 2 membranes attached serially; 435–750mm x 247mm; unnumbered; written on one side only, faded at top of mb [1] with missing text due to tear, otherwise in good condition; modern paper wrapper with date inscribed.