mb [3] (29 September–29 September) (External expenses and payments)
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...Et in donis datis diuersis histrionibus diuersorum dominorum supervenientes hoc Anno Ad diuersas vices vt patet per librum dicti Receptoris viij s. iiij d.... Et in donis datis Cantatoribus & histrionibus ville Suthamptonie existentibus ibidem in festo sancti Dionisij hoc Anno ij s. viij d....
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...And in payments given to various entertainers of various lords visiting this year on various occasions as appears in the book of the said receiver, 8s 4d ... And in payments given to singers and entertainers of the town of Southampton being there on the feast of St Denys this year, 2s 8d...
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Record title: St Denys'
Prior's
Accounts
Repository:
TNA
Shelfmark: SC6/HEN VII/671
Repository location: Kew
The Augustinian priory of St Denys was founded by Henry I around 1124 and was located two miles north of Southampton's north gate in Portswood on the approximate site of the modern St Denys' rail station (which is now well within the bounds of the city of Southampton). In 1535 the house had a prior and nine canons and the Valor Ecclesiasticus put the annual value of the priory's lands at only £32 15s, making it one of the smaller religious houses (Blake, Priory of St Denys, pp xliv–xlv; VCH: Hampshire, vol 2, pp 160, 163).
The prior's accounts from St Denys' record rents of the
priory's holdings and annual expenses, including external expenses of
horses for riding to London and Romsey and gifts to the servants of
various aristocrats. The accounts were rendered at Michaelmas.
29 September 1486–28 September 1487; Latin; parchment; 4 membranes, attached serially; 265mm x 270–655mm; unnumbered; good condition.