Chamberlains' Accounts

HRO: W/E1/30

mb [2] (29 September–29 September) (External expenses)

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...In solut' ministrall' in ffesto Natiuitatis Sancti Iohannis baptiste xij d....

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  • Record Translation

    mb [2] (29 September–29 September) (External expenses)

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    ...In payment to minstrels/a minstrel on the feast of the Nativity of St John the Baptist, 12d....

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  • Document Description

    Record title: Chamberlains' Accounts
    Repository: HRO
    Shelfmark: W/E1/30
    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.

    1473–4; Latin; parchment; 4 membranes attached serially and one stitched to mb [4] at the left hand side, written on one side only; 100–700mm x 255mm; unnumbered; 19th-c. paper wrapping with date and names of some city officers inscribed.

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