f [9v] (29 September–29 September) (Rewards)
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| Item paid the v daye of Iuly to the eyrle of oxfordes players the some of | x s. |
| Item paid the xviij daye of augoste for a gallon wine geven to sir hew pallatt | xij d. |
| Item paid the same daye at the admiralles courte at hamble for bredd bere wine | xiiij s. iij d. |
| Item paid the vj daye of september to sir Ihon foscuis players that plaid before master mayre at the towne hayle | viij s. |
| Item paid the xiij daye of dissember to my Lorde of arronndelles players that plaid be fore master mayre and his brether | xiij s. iiij d. |
| Item paid the iiij daye of october to my Lorde Robertt doudleyes players | xiij s. iiij d. |
| Item paid the xxiiij daye of october to the eyrle of oxfordes players the some of | x s. |
| Item paid the xvij daye of november to the duches of suffokes players the some | v s. |
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Record title: Steward's Accounts
Repository: Southampton City Archives
Shelfmark: SC5/1/43
Repository location: Southampton
This is the account book of Thomas Fasshin, steward, for 3–4 Elizabeth. 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. Thick's edition of the 1492–3 accounts includes full transcriptions of those documents, including records relating to drama and minstrelsy.
1561–2; 12 leaves; 310mm x 216mm; unnumbered; good condition; original parchment cover.