Chamberlain's Accounts of St Swithun's Priory

• 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

Record title: Chamberlain's Accounts of St Swithun's Priory
Repository: HRO
Shelfmark: DC/A5/3/8
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 runs from Michaelmas to Michaelmas.

This manuscript was formerly housed at Winchester Cathedral Library, shelfmark W53/14/8.

1482–3; Latin; parchment; 2 membranes, written recto only; 142–800mm x 270mm.