Steward's Accounts

Southampton City Archives: SC5/1/5

f 3v (29 September–29 September)

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Idem Senescallus computat de iij. s. iiij. d./ quod soluit ministrall' domini de Huntyngdon/ Et de per mandatum maioris

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f 4v

...Et de iij s. iiij d. quod soluit ministrallis domini Cardinali & domini Cancellarij Et de xij d. quod soluit ministrallis domini de hungerford & domini de Cobham...

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f 6v

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Idem Senescallus computat de viij d. solutis ministrallo domini de Yorke/ Et de vj s. viij d. solutis ministrall' domini Regis...

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f 7v

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...Et de iij s. iiij d. solutis ministrall' domini Warwyci per mandatum maioris...

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...Et de vj s. viij d. solutis ministrall' domini Regis...

  • Marginalia
    • xvjo die Ianuarij
    • ixo die ffebruarij
    • xxiiijo die maij
    • ijo die Augusti
    • vjto die Augusti
    • 16 January
    • 9 February
    • 24 May
    • 2 August
    • 6 August
  • Footnotes
    • Cardinali: forCardinalis
    • domini Cardinalis: Henry Beaufort (1375?–1447), bishop of Winchester (1404–47) and cardinal (1426/7–47)
    • domini Cancellarij: John Stafford (d. 1452), bishop of Bath and Wells (1424–43) and lord chancellor (1432–49/50)
    • domini de hungerford: Walter, 1st Baron Hungerford (1378–1449)
    • domini de Cobham: Reynold, 3rd Baron Cobham of Sterborough (1381–1446)
  • Record Translation

    f 3v (29 September–29 September)

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    The same steward renders account of 3s 4d which he paid to a minstrel/minstrels of the lord of Huntington by order of the mayor.

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    f 4v

    ...And (the steward renders account) of 3s 4d that he paid to minstrels of the lord cardinal and the lord chancellor. And of 12d that he paid to minstrels of the lord of Hungerford and the lord of Cobham...

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    f 6v

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    The samesteward renders account of 8d paid to a minstrel of the lord of York. And of 6s 8d paid to a minstrel/minstrels of the lord king...

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    f 7v

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    ... And (the steward renders account) of 3s 4d paid to a minstrel/minstrels of Lord Warwick by order of the mayor...

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    ...And of 6s 8d paid to a minstrel/minstrels of the lord king...

  • Document Description

    Record title: Steward's Accounts
    Repository: Southampton City Archives
    Shelfmark: SC5/1/5
    Repository location: Southampton

    The steward's accounts run from Michaelmas to Michaelmas and cover all areas of civic receipt and expenditure, from land rents to annual payments to civic officials, costs of construction and repair of town structures, and rewards to visiting performers. See the introduction to Gidden (ed), Stewards' Books of Southampton, vol 1, pp iii–xvii, for further discussion. Gidden's editions of the accounts for 1428–34 and 1434–9 include full transcriptions of those documents, including records relating to drama and minstrelsy.

    1437–8; Latin; paper; i + 24 + i; 298mm x 210mm; modern pencil foliation; leaves repaired; original parchment cover.

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