f 63 (18 October–18 October) (Bailiffs' accounts) (Payments)
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| Item paid to Peeter Hales for musick at the eleccion | 00 02 00 |
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| Item geuen to the Queenes Players | 00 10 00 |
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f 64v
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| Item paid to the Queenes Players 5to Septembris ⸢1612⸣ by Consent of the rest of the Company beinge there present | 00 15 00 |
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| Item paid willson and Stanley for makinge two ladders of the mayepole & for seasond Timber for the staues which ladders are hangd vnder the shirehall | 00 09 02 |
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| Item paid to Whitbey for watchinge the ladders least they had bene Cutt | 00 00 04 |
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| Item for bringinge the mayepole from the Sawpitt to the Churche | 00 00 04 |
| Item paid for drinck bestowed on them that brought the ladders from the sawpitt to the shirehall | 00 00 06 |
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Record title: Bailiffs', Churchwardens',
and Mayors' Accounts
Repository:
STRO
Shelfmark: D1323/E/1
Repository location: Stafford
This volume contains (a) copies of earlier accounts, beginning in 1519, which are in the same hand as entries for the years 1611 onwards, so they presumably were copied by the town clerk or his scribe; (b) accounts of bailiffs, chamberlains, churchwardens, and schoolwardens, because the accounts of the minor officials were presented and approved by the corporation officials before being entered into the town book. In the transcriptions, the entries from the churchwardens are differentiated from the bailiffs' (later the mayors') accounts because they originated from different authorities. The churchwardens' accounting year was 21 December–20 December, with the accounts presented to the bailiffs between 13 February and 19 March, the Friday following Quadragesima Sunday. The bailiffs' accounting year was 18 October–17 October, with the accounts similarly being presented between 13 February and 19 March. The mayoral accounting year was later adjusted slightly to begin the next Monday after St Luke's Day (ie, 27 October).
1611–62; English; paper; v + 353; 350mm x 225mm (text area variable); modern pencil foliation to f 310 (ff 5–19, 21, 152, 161, 179, 250, 305–53 blank; 60–2, 142–7, 149–50, 153–7, 168, 244–7, and 253 missing; 158, 166, 167, 193, and 201 foliated twice [a/b]; 221 foliated thrice [a/b/c]); early tooled calf binding, much worn, with loose leather cover; remains of brass closures; also preserved is an older (perhaps original?) parchment binding which has title on inside front and back covers: 'Burgiis Stafford Liber Compotus This book was bought and In<.>veded by Richard Drakeford and Iohn Wilson Bailiffes of the said Borough vicesimo die Novembris Anno regn Domini Iacobi vnum Regis Anglie & Nono Scocie <......> gracias. 1611 IS R Drakeford I Willson Bailliffs.' On f [ii] is written: 'The Old Book of Accounts.'