mb [1] (29 September–29 September) (Minstrels)
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In donis j ministrallo domino Episcopi Wyntoniensis .iij. s. iiij. d.... In iij togis pro iij ministrallis .xvij. s. viij. d....
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mb [1] (29 September–29 September) (Minstrels)
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As as gift to one minstrel of the lord bishop of Winchester, 3s 4d.... On three gowns for three minstrels, 17s 8d....
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The payments for 'togis,' that is, gowns, must be for the civic minstrels or waits, who previously received cloth for their garments in 1397–8 and 1406–7.
Record title: Chamberlains' Accounts
Repository:
HRO
Shelfmark: W/E1/17
Repository location: Winchester
The chamberlains' 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 accounting year runs from
Michaelmas to Michaelmas.
1432–3; Latin; parchment; single membrane; 675mm x 250mm; unnumbered; written on both sides; paper wrapping with date and names of city officers inscribed.