Curtarian and Cellarer'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: Curtarian and Cellarer's Accounts of St Swithun's Priory
Repository: HRO
Shelfmark: DC/A5/4/5
Repository location: Winchester

The positions of curtarian and cellarer, often held by two individuals at other monasteries, were combined at St Swithun's. The curtarian was in charge of the secular buildings of the priory, including the kitchen, brewhouse, and bakehouse, while the cellarer was responsible for the consumption of the foodstuffs produced in those buildings. The account runs from Michaelmas to Michaelmas.

This manuscript was formerly housed at Winchester Cathedral Library, shelfmark W53/14/13.

1497–8; Latin; parchment; single membrane; 680mm x 287mm; good condition.