Chamberlains' Accounts

HRO: W/E1/32

mb [3] (29 September–29 September) (External expenses)

...Insolut' ministrall' in vigilia Natiuitatis sancti Iohannis viij d. Insolut' eidem ministrall' in festo Corporis Christi iij s. iiij d....

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(Payments and gifts)

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Et in datis ministrallis tam Domino Regi quam Regine & principi xxj s. viij d....

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  • Record Translation

    mb [3] (29 September–29 September) (External expenses)

    ...Paid to minstrels/a minstrel on the vigil of the Nativity of St John, 8d. Paid the same minstrels/minstrel on the feast of Corpus Christi, 3s 4d....

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    (Payments and gifts)

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    And in gifts to minstrels of the lord king as well as of the queen and prince, 21s 8d....

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  • Endnote

    Winchester College rewarded the king's and queen's minstrels in this year but not the prince's (see Winchester College Bursars' Accounts, 1477–8).

  • Document Description

    Record title: Chamberlains' Accounts
    Repository: HRO
    Shelfmark: W/E1/32
    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.

    1477–8; Latin; parchment; 5 membranes attached serially, written on one side only except mb [1d] contains accounts of the alnager of the town and county for the same year; 240–690mm x 235mm; paper wrapping with date and names of some city officers inscribed.

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