mb [1] (29 September–29 September) (Other allowances)
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Item allocatur eidem per ipsum solutum pro vna cestra ceruisie empta pro hominibus vigilantibus ad Nundinas Pentecoste ex antiqua consuetudine xviij d. Item in dono domini ministrallis pro laboreex> eorum ad dictam vigiliam ex consimili consuetudine xij d....
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mb [1] (29 September–29 September) (Other allowances)
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Likewise allowed to the same (bailiff, John Stalker), 18d, paid by him for a sester of ale bought for the men keeping watch at the Whitsun Fair (or for the Whitsun Fair) by ancient custom. Likewise 12d as a gift of the lord to the minstrels for their labour at the said watch by a similar custom...
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Record title: Account of John Stalker, Bishop's Bailiff
Repository:
LRO
Shelfmark: B/A/21/CC 124078
Repository location: Lichfield
1457–8; Latin; parchment; 8 membranes (7 sewn at top plus 1 membrane serial to mb 7); 750mm x 280mm; 760mm x 270mm; 530mm x 290mm; 480mm x 295mm; 830mm x 295mm; 750mm x 290mm; 685mm x 300 mm; 365mm x 300mm; unnumbered; mb [1] written on 1 side. Each membrane has accounts for a different manor or borough under diocesan control. Membrane [1] contains the accounts of John Stalker, bishop's bailiff of Lichfield.