Winchester College Bursars' Accounts

Winchester College Archives: 22122

mb [3d] (1 September 1447–28 December 1448) (External expenses)

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...Et in dat' ministrall' Ciuitatis Wyntoniensis xj die Ianuarij vltima xiiij d....

mb [4d]

...Et in dato hugoni minstrello Episcopi de Deram venienti ad Collegium iij die decembris xij d....

  • Footnotes
    • Episcopi de Deram: Robert Neville (1404–57), bishop of Durham (1437–57), formerly bishop of Salisbury (1426/7–37)
  • Record Translation

    mb [3d] (1 September 1447–28 December 1448) (External expenses)

    ...

    ...And as gifts/a gift to minstrels/a minstrel of the city of Winchester last 11 January, 14d...

    mb [4d]

    ...And as a gift to Hugh, minstrel of the bishop of Durham, coming to the college 3 December, 12d...

  • Document Description

    Record title: Winchester College Bursars' Accounts
    Repository: Winchester College Archives
    Shelfmark: 22122
    Repository location: Winchester

    The bursars' accounts were kept annually by the two bursars, one of whom was elected each year and served as the junior bursar, becoming senior bursar the following year. Their accounts included all the college finances, beginning with receipts from the rents of manors and estates owned by the college. Expenses are divided into sections: chapel, hall, kitchen, pantry, stable, and garden; stipends to chaplains, scholars, and others; and external expenses and gifts (the last two the sections where payments to entertainers were normally entered). The rolls have paper wrappers, some of which contain notes made by later bursars. The account year varies considerably but most often runs roughly from Michaelmas to Michaelmas.

    1447–8; Latin; parchment; 6 membranes, attached serially; 175–798mm x 278–84mm; unnumbered.

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