Winchester College Bursars' Accounts

Winchester College Archives: 22219

f [15] (25 September–24 December) (Necessary expenses with gifts)

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Tibicinibus publicis ex consuetudine 0 10 s. 0

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(25 December–25 March)

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Buccinatoribus Principis pro iussu Domini Custodis 3 s. 6 d.
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Item tibicinibus clangentibus in Collegio ad Iussum Vicecustodis 2 s. 6 d.

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f [15v] (26 March–24 June)

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Allocati Magistro Informatori in expensis pro ludis 6 s.

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  • Record Translation

    f [15] (25 September–24 December) (Necessary expenses with gifts)

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    To pipers of the town according to custom 10s

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    (25 December–25 March)

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    To trumpeters of the prince by order of the lord warden 3s 6d
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    Likewise to pipers sounding in the college at the order of the deputy warden 2s 6d

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    f [15v] (26 March–24 June)

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    Allowed to the schoolmaster for expenses for plays 6s

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  • Document Description

    Record title: Winchester College Bursars' Accounts
    Repository: Winchester College Archives
    Shelfmark: 22219
    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: the chapel, hall, the kitchen, pantry, stable, and garden; stipends to chaplains, scholars, and others; external expenses and gifts (the last two the sections where payments to entertainers were normally entered). In 1556 the system of annual rolls adopted at the founding of the college was changed to keeping the accounts in book form. The accounts run from Michaelmas to Michaelmas, but with each year divided into quarters.

    1624–41; Latin; paper; 472 leaves; 305mm x 195mm; unnumbered; leaves very dog eared; contemporary parchment binding with parchment straps and metal buckle, title on spine: 'Burs: ab 1624 ad 1641.'

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