mb [2] (29 September–29 September) (Allowances)
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...Item insolutis ministrall' in vigilia Iohannis Baptiste ij s.... Insolut' predict' ministrall' ad querendum le Trone ij s....
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mb [2] (29 September–29 September) (Allowances)
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...Likewise in payment to minstrels/a minstrel on the vigil of (the feast of the Nativity of) John the Baptist, 2s.... Paid to the aforesaid minstrel(s) to fetch the tron, 2s....
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The tron was the city's weighing machine, usually kept in the Staple. The tron was taken up St Giles' Hill at the time of St Giles' Fair; perhaps the city's minstrels (that is, the waits) had been given that responsibility (VCH: Hampshire, vol 5, pp 36–44, British History Online, http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/hants/vol5/pp36-44 [accessed 20 January 2017]).
Record title: Chamberlains' Accounts
Repository:
HRO
Shelfmark: W/E1/21
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.
1455–6; Latin; parchment; 4 membranes attached serially; 360–720mm x 260mm; unnumbered; paper wrapping with date inscribed.