mb [1] (29 September–29 September)
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Et de xx d. datis ij ministrallis Ducis Bedeford ... Et de iij s. iiij d. datis ij ministrallis Domini Episcopi Et de xij d. dat j ministrallo Comitis Warrwici...
mb [1d] (External expenses)
...xx s. expendis in donis et victualibus ministrallis...
mb [1] (29 September-29 September)
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And (the chamberlains render account) of 20d given to two minstrels of the duke of Bedford ... and of 3s 4d given to two minstrels of the lord bishop. And of 12d given to one minstrel of the earl of Warwick...
mb [1d] (External expenses)
...20s spent in gifts and victuals to minstrels...
This section of mb [1] has no marginal heading, but it has been bracketed together.
Record title: City Account Roll
Repository:
HRO
Shelfmark: W/E1/14, item [3]
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.
1418–19; Latin; parchment; 3 membranes, unattached; 50–680mm x 200–57mm; unnumbered; mbs [1] and [3] written on both sides, mbs [1] and [2] are the chamberlains' accounts, mb [3] is the account of the 'bagmen'and 'lagmen'; mb [2] is a very damaged fragment, otherwise in good condition; the three membranes are part of a composite city account roll for 1416–20.