Winchester College Bursars' Accounts

Winchester College Archives: 22219

f [339] (23 September–22 December) (Necessary expenses)

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Solutum Mr Hardinge pro scribendis libris Cantelenarum pro choro 0 4 0
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Soluti Tibicinibus de Wintonia 0 10 0

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  • Record Translation

    f [339] (23 September–22 December) (Necessary expenses)

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    Paid to Mr Hardinge for writing books of songs for the choir 4s
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    Paid to pipers from Winchester 10s

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  • Glossed Terms
    • Wintonia, -ie n f Winchester; Wyntonia, -ie
  • Endnote

    The 'libris Cantelenarum' Mr Hardinge wrote for the choir were probably liturgical songs, which REED does not normally include. However, this record has been included because it resembles one from the previous year (1636–7, f 316v) concerning songs that were given to the king and were more likely to have been secular in nature. 'scribendis' means writing in the sense of copying, rather than composing.

  • 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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