Hampshire, Winchester, 1413–14

City Account Roll

HRO: W/E1/207

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mb [2] (29 September–29 September) (Mayor's expenses)

...Et de xl. d. datis iiij ministrallis Ducis Clarencis et de xl d. datis iiij ministrallis <...> ... <...> iiij ministrallis...

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  • Footnotes
    • <...>: up to 30 characters lost to tear and staining on right side of mb
    • <...>: up to 30 characters lost to tear and staining on right side of mb
  • Record Translation

    mb [2] (29 September–29 September) (Mayor's expenses)

    ...And (mayor seeks allowance) for 40d given to four minstrels of the duke of Clarence and for 40d to four minstrels <...> ... <...> to four minstrels...

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  • Document Description

    Record title: City Account Roll
    Repository: HRO
    Shelfmark: W/E1/207
    Repository location: Winchester

    The city account rolls record all of the city's income and expenditures. Income comes primarily from annual rents and rates, as well as special levies. Expenditures include the whole range of civic responsibilities, including construction and maintenance of civic structures, annual payments to civic officials, and rewards given to local nobility and gentry (and to their performers). The account rolls up to 1420 incorporate the accounts of several officials (including the mayor, bagmen, aldermen, and clerk of the market), as the chamberlains had not yet been recognized as responsible for all civic finances. The accounting period runs from Michaelmas to Michaelmas.

    1413–14; Latin; parchment; 2 membranes unattached; 150–675mm x 275–302mm; unnumbered; written on one side only, rolled into cardboard tube and enclosed in paper wrapper, mb [1] damaged and fragmentary, conserved on archival paper.

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