Second Book of Debts

Southampton City Archives: SC5/2/2

f 170 (29 September–29 September)

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more vj li. xviij s. vj d. paid to messengers, ffees for Buckes and to the Queenes players, as in debitor folio 182 vj li. xviij s. vj d.

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f 170v

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More vj li. xvj s. by Mr Mayor his order geven by the Steward viz. To players xx s., at my lord of hertfordes xl s., to the Botemen vj s., to a Countrefaict Iester xl s., and to Iohn de lisle for placeing one Skemp xxx s. and as in Creditor folio 173. vj li. xvj s.

f 171v

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Liueries for this Towne oweth as followeth for Cloth deliuered by Arthur Baker the iiijth of december 1610

yerdes quarters demi quarters
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The 5. Musiciens Cotes 7 2 0
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Richard Lony drvmm 1 2 0
Peter Breame ffife 1 2 0

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f 173

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Morevj li. xvj s. paid in Guiftes by order of mr wallope Mayor as in debitor folio 171. vj li. xvj s.

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f 180

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more xl s. to the Queenes players as in debitor folio 182. xl s.

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f 181v

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more xl s. geven to the Queenes players as in Creditor folio 180. xl s.

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more vj li. xviij s. vj d. paid by Mr Bedford, to messengers, ffees for Buckes, and to players &c as in Creditor folio 170 vj li. xviij s. vj d.

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  • Marginalia
    • 84.
    • 64
    • 32.
    • 64.
    • 32.
    • 32.
    • 84.
  • Footnotes
    • 182: cross-reference to corresponding entry on f 181v, numbered '182' in the MS
    • 173: cross-reference to corresponding entry on f 173
    • 171: cross-reference to corresponding entry on f 170v, numbered '171' in the MS
    • 182: cross-reference to corresponding entry on f 181v, numbered '182' in the MS
    • 180: cross-reference to corresponding entry on f 180
    • 170: cross-reference to corresponding entry on f 170
  • Glossed Terms
    • countrefaict adj counterfeit; here, someone pretending to travel as a jester with a noble patron or possibly someone with a physical disability or deformity [OEDO counterfeit adj and n A.8, B.4]
  • Endnote

    The accounts audited in November 1611 (ff 170–70v) are for the previous accounting year. The complementary entry to number 64 on f 173 states only that £6 16s was 'paid in Guiftes by order of Mr wallope Mayor' but gives no details.

    The drummer and fife (f 171v) played for musters, as is clear from the late-sixteenth-century stewards' accounts, which list their annual wages under those for the 'Gunners.'

  • Document Description

    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.

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