mb [3] (29 September–29 September) (Payments and gifts)
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...Et in datis ministrallis tam domino Regis quam Regine xvj s. viij d. Et insoluto ministrall' in ffesto Natiuitatis Sancti Iohannis Baptiste viij d.
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mb [3] (29 September–29 September) (Payments and gifts)
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...And in gifts to minstrels of the lord king as well as of the queen, 16s 8d. And in payment to minstrel(s) on the feast of the Nativity of St John the Baptist, 8d.
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The king and queen whose minstrels were paid in this account must have been Richard III and Anne Neville, which means the payment occurred between 29 September 1484 and 16 March 1485, the date of Anne's death. Henry VII took the crown on 22 August 1585, a month before the end of the account, but had no queen until he married Elizabeth of York on 18 January 1486.
Record title: Chamberlains' Accounts
Repository:
HRO
Shelfmark: W/E1/35
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.
1484–5; Latin; parchment; 4 membranes attached serially, writing continues on mb [4d], ending there; 650–90mm x 250mm; unnumbered; paper wrapper with date and names of some city officers inscribed.