f 98 (29 September–29 September)
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| More vij li. xvj s. x d. and is so much geven to the Clercke of the markett, to the Trumpetters, to players, and for Conveying of lettres, as appereth by his booke of Casualties, as in debitor folio 99. | vij li. xvj s. x d. |
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f 98v
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| More vij li. xvj s. x d. laid out by Mr Chambers viz. geven to the Clercke of the markett, to ye Trumpetters, to players, and for conveying of lettres, as by his booke of Casualties appereth as in Creditor folio 98. | vij li. xvj s. x d. |
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f 105
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| Thomas Gander is due to haue ix s. and is so much paid to Greene the musician in full paiement of his xx s. for kepeing a poore boy, the sonne of one Sopp, as in debitor 126. | ix s. |
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7.
7.
32.
Both entries concerning players on f 98v are preceded by '7.' in the left margin, which is a reference number, rather than a date, as each entry on the page is so numbered. The amount appears to the right of an enclosing bracket, and to the right of the individual amounts is a bracket enclosing the entire page, with the page total to the right of that. The pages are headed 'At the Awditt in November 1606,' and the entries have been taken from the mayor's accounts or 'booke of Casualties' for the previous accounting year, which ran from Michaelmas 1605 to Michaelmas 1606.
Record title: Second Book of Debts
Repository: Southampton City Archives
Shelfmark: SC5/2/2
Repository location: Southampton
Folios 1–82 contain an account of debts similar to those
in the First Book of Debts. The first twenty-four leaves contain an
alphabetical index of debts. Annual audit accounts begin at f 84 and run
to f 241, covering the years 1603 to 1617. The accounts of the auditors
cover the whole range of the city's finances, including those recorded
in the stewards' accounts and in the mayors' accounts. The accounting year
runs from Michaelmas to Michaelmas. For the years 1603 to 1615 items of
both receipt and expense are each entered twice, once as credits and
once as debits, with folio numbers and marginal reference numbers making
cross-referencing easy. Many items are entered in great detail – such as
rents, scavage receipts, fees and expenses for town officials, loans,
and loan payments. Others, however, are not entered in nearly the same
detail as in the stewards' and mayors' accounts, notably gifts and
rewards, as well as the costs of construction and repairs. Thus some
years covered by these accounts that yield no references to itinerant
entertainers may have seen visits that
were lumped with other gifts and rewards in the audit
accounts.
November 1591–November 1617; English; paper; xxiv + 321 + iii; 424mm x 297mm; original ink foliation (versos have folio numbers corresponding to the facing rectos, ff 242–319 unfoliated and blank); good condition; original brown leather binding intricately tooled with pattern of flowers and leaves, no title.