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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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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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.