St Denys' Prior's Accounts

TNA: SC6/HEN VII/672

mb [4] (29 September–29 September) (External expenses and payments)

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...Et in denarijs per ipsum computantem soluerunt ministralis diuersis dominorum superuenientes ad diuersas vices hoc Anno xj s. iiij d.... In dono datis cantatoribus & ministral' ville Southamptonie hoc Anno in festo Sancti Dionisij vj s. viij d....

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  • Record Translation

    mb [4] (29 September–29 September) (External expenses and payments)

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    ...And in cash paid by the accountant himself to minstrels of various lords visiting at various times this year, 11s 4d ... In payment given to singers and minstrels/a minstrel of the town of Southampton this year on the feast of St Denys, 6s 8d...

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  • Document Description

    Record title: St Denys' Prior's Accounts
    Repository: TNA
    Shelfmark: SC6/HEN VII/672
    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 1493–29 September 1494; Latin; parchment; 5 membranes, attached serially; 290mm x 635–765mm; unnumbered; mb [1] faded and some damage to edges repaired.

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