f 195 (5 May)
...
Stephen Chaplyn one of the Musitians of this towne ‸⸢beinge
lutes⸣ for Drunckennes & other myscountances by him
oftentymes Comitted thought an vnfitt person to be one of the Companie of the
Musitians of the same Towne/ And therefore he being no this Daie called
to this house & forbidden to be any more of the saide Companye his Lyverie was
taken from him; It being then agreed that he shall have soe much allowed him as the
making of the Lyverie amounted vnto/ memorandum that he had his
Liverie redelye & againe vppon promise of that he will not
be druncken againe hereafter/
...
Record title: Assembly Book
Repository: Southampton City Archives
Shelfmark: SC2/1/6
Repository location: Southampton
The assembly book is a minute or act book of the town council, recording its decisions on a variety of matters, including taxes and customs duties, poor relief, enrolling of freemen and burgesses, the election and duties of town officials (including the musicians), and offences such as selling goods or keeping an alehouse without a proper licence. The council met roughly once a week, normally on Friday. The date of the meeting heads each group of minutes or memoranda and the names of the mayor and aldermen present appear in the left margin. Frequently rubrics identifying each action occur just above or to the left of the main entries.
12 March 1603/4–7 October 1642; English; paper; 331 leaves; 418mm x 281mm; modern pencil foliation followed here (original ink foliation begins on f 7 and leaves out f 9, then begins again with f 2 at the pencil f 18); good condition, first 16 folios damaged and repaired; heavy parchment cover with leather straps, no original title, '1602 to 1642' inked in same hand that has titled so many of the Southampton muniments.
