f 18 (29 September–29 September)
Expences on the dynner of the Gyeld the xvj day of Ianeueri
ffirst payd for iiij capons xvij d. ob. Item payd for viij capons iij s.
iiij d. Item payd for xij pestelles of porke & ix
legges of beffe iij s. ix d. ob. Item for xj pecez of befe xij
d. Item for iiij li. Almanndez xij d. Item for I li. of Reysons
<..> corans iij d. Item I li. of
dates iiij d. Item for maces j d. Item for
cloves iij d. Item for Safrone iij d. Item for potsugures
ij d. Item for xij cople conyngges v s. Item for ij
qwarters coles xij d. Item for oynone ij d.
Item for Salt I d. Item for a Straynere ij d. ob. Item
for egges iij d. Item for a Galon of muskadell I d.
⸢xij d.⸣ Item for a qwart of teynt iij d.
Item for a qwart of red Wyn ij d. qwarter for mustard
ob. Item for a Galon of malvesy xij d. Item for half a li. of
Gynger & Synamons xij d. Item to iij men to torne the
braches iij d. Item for bred iij s. Item in ale v s. viij d. ob.
Item for C Wod viij d. Item for pesehalme I d. Item to
Won of the laborers in the kechyn viij d. iiij d. Item to Iamys
viij d. Item Item to ij laborers to
set tabuls for mes & help in the kechyn viij d. Item for Candels I d.
Item for x capons that were borowde of my master the meyr iij s.
iiij d. Item to iiij pleyers of seynt cros vj s. viij d.
Summa xxxix s. iiij d. ob. xliij s. v d.
ob.
f 18v
Expences on mynstrelles
| ffurst payd to my master the meyr that my lordes mynstrelles of Arondell had the xxviij day of Ianeueri | iij s. iiij d. |
| Item payd to my master the meyr for my lord ys mystrelles of Somerset/ | iij s. iiij d. |
| Item payd to my master the meyr for my lord ys
mynstrelles of |
xij d. |
| Item payd to my master the meyr for my lord ys mynstrelles of Shrewsbery | iij s. iiij d. |
| Item payd to my master the meyr for my lord of Excetre ys mynstrelles | iij s. iiij d. |
| Item payd to my master the meyr for my lord of Warewyk ys mynstrelles | iij s. iiij d. |
| Item payd to my master the meyr for my lord of Bokyngham ys mynstrelles | iij s. iiij d. |
| Item payd to my master the meyr for my lord of yorke ys mynstrelles | iij s. iiij d. |
| Item payd to my master the meyr for mynstrelles of my lord of Caunterbery | xx d. |
| Item payd to my master the meyr for mynstrelles of my lord of Schrewsbery & of my lord devenschyres that come Ioyntly to Gether | iij s. iiij d. |
Summa xxix s. iiij d.
nota
Record title: Steward's Accounts
Repository: Southampton City Archives
Shelfmark: SC5/1/8
Repository location: Southampton
The 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
Thick (ed), Southampton Steward's
Book, pp iii–xlvi, for further discussion. Thick's edition
of the 1492–3 accounts includes full transcriptions of those documents,
including records relating to drama and minstrelsy. The accounts for
1428–34 and 1434–9 have also been edited by Gidden, Stewards'
Books of Southampton, 2 vols.
1456–7; English; paper; i + 21 + i; 313mm x 220mm; modern foliation in top right-hand corner followed here (pencil foliation in lower right-hand corner cancelled); leaves repaired; original parchment cover.