Hampshire, Andover, 1525–7

Town Accounts

HRO: 37M85/4/AC/1

mb 9 (29 September–29 September) (Expenses)

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...Et de viij d. solutis ludator' domini lisle in parcella Regardi sui/...

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  • Record Translation

    mb 9 (29 September–29 September) (Expenses)

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    ...And (the accountant seeks allowance) for 8d paid to a player/players of Lord Lisle as part of his/their reward in the parcel of his reward....

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  • Endnote

    Arthur Plantagenet (c 1480–1542), 6th Viscount Lisle, was an illegitimate son of Edward IV and thus Henry VIII's uncle. Lisle was a significant member of Henry's court and had strong connections to Hampshire, having served as high sheriff of the county in 1513–14 and frequently acted as a Hampshire justice of the peace. The phrase 'in parcella Regardi sui' may mean that the 8d given to Lisle's player(s) represented only one part of a larger reward to Lisle himself, but the town accounts include no other rewards or gifts to Lisle. The phrase more likely indicates that the 8d was only a part of a larger reward given to Lisle's player(s), just as the records of some other towns sometimes tell us that the reward given by the mayor or chamberlains was in addition to what had been 'gathered' from members of the audience.

  • Document Description

    Record title: Town Accounts
    Repository: HRO
    Shelfmark: 37M85/4/AC/1
    Repository location: Winchester

    Andover had been a borough since at least the thirteenth century and ranked fifth in Hampshire in number of taxpayers in the 1524 subsidy, though tenth in wealth (Keene and Rumble, Medieval Winchester, vol 1, pt 1, p 91, fig 5; p 93). The accounts run from one Michaelmas to the next, each covering at least two years, and up to five in the case of the oldest account, 5–10 Henry VIII. The accounts identify themselves as being of the 'camerarij' and sometimes also 'receptors,' while 'Andeuer' appears regularly in the top left margin. The receipts come mostly from rents, while the expenses are often summarized. The town's expenses include fees of the seneschal and subseneschal and of the schoolmaster, Mr Hyde, occasionally repairs, etc.

    1513–39; Latin with some English; paper; ll membranes; mb 9: 305mm x 335mm (size of membranes varies, though most of same width); modern pencil numbering; membranes detached and repaired by gluing onto heavy paper, then reattached at the top, some completely intact, others have lost bits along the edges, but very little writing lost, attached with the oldest at the bottom and most recent on top; parchment cover for the roll (no longer attached) has HRO shelfmark, its old number (20) among the Andover muniments, and a title in a 16th–c. hand: 'Chamberlaynes Accts | Anno Henry 8⸢vi⸣,' which is repeated by a more modern hand: 'Chamberlains | Accounts. | Temp. Henry VIII.'

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