Chamberlain's Accounts of St Swithun's Priory

HRO: DC/A5/3/7

mb [1] (29 September–29 September) (Expenses and gratuities)

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...In vino misso Celario hostill Infirmario & Episcopo Iuuenum die Innocentium v s....

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  • Footnotes
    • hostill: for hostillario; abbreviation mark missing
  • Record Translation

    mb [1] (29 September–29 September) (Expenses and gratuities)

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    ...In wine given to the cellarer, ostler, infirmarer, and the bishop of the boys on the day of the Innocents, 5s...

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  • Glossed Terms
    • episcopus, -i n m bishop; ~ puerorum, ~ iuuenum boy bishop, a boy, originally a choirboy in a cathedral or other collegiate church or a student in an almonry school, chosen to act as a mock bishop in liturgical and other observances on the feast of St Nicholas or of the Holy Innocents
    • iuuenis, -is adj young; as subst a youth, young person, in CL a young adult; here, a boy; see episcopus
  • Document Description

    Record title: Chamberlain's Accounts of St Swithun's Priory
    Repository: HRO
    Shelfmark: DC/A5/3/7
    Repository location: Winchester

    The chamberlain was responsible for the monks' living quarters. The accounts include receipts from rents and expenses for the monks' clothing, bedding, tonsures, and other domestic expenses. The account year runs from Michaelmas to Michaelmas.

    This manuscript was formerly housed at Winchester Cathedral Library, shelfmark W53/14/7.

    1477–8; Latin; parchment; 2 membranes, attached serially, written both sides; 275–615mm x 260mm.

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