Chamberlains' Accounts

HRO: W/E1/29

mb [4] (29 September–29 September) (External expenses)

...Insoluto cuidam Berwarde ducie Clarencie ad implendum munerum ijorum solidorum iiij d....

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(Gifts)

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...In dato ministrallis domini Regis ⸢x s.⸣ & Regine ⸢vj s. viij d.⸣ xvj s. viij d....

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  • Record Translation

    mb [4] (29 September–29 September) (External expenses)

    ...In payment to a certain bearward of the duke of Clarence to complete a reward of two shillings, 4d....

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    (Gifts)

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    ...As a gift to minstrels of the lord king, 10s, and queen, 6s 8d, (in total) 16s 8d....

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  • Glossed Terms
    • berwarda, -e n m bearward, beside the more usual berewardus [DML]
  • Endnote

    Bearward(s) of the duke of Clarence also visited Winchester College this year (see Winchester College Bursars' Accounts, 1471–2).

  • Document Description

    Record title: Chamberlains' Accounts
    Repository: HRO
    Shelfmark: W/E1/29
    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.

    1471–2; Latin; parchment; 7 membranes attached serially, written on one side only; 140–677mm x 230mm; unnumbered; modern paper wrapper with date of account inscribed.

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