mb [6d] (29 September–29 September) (External expenses)
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...Et in soluto pro stramine empto et iactato ex transverso Le Bull ringe Civitatis hoc Anno iiij d....
mb [5d]
...Et in soluto dato in regardo Histrionibus regijs hoc anno xx s.... Ricardo Tonge pro Composicione unius novi Le bulringe hoc Anno viij d.... pro una pecia merenij empta pro le settinge in of the Bulringe hoc Anno vj d.... Carpentar' conduct' ad infigendum Le bulringe et pro Le squaringe merenij ibidem occupat' hoc anno iij d....
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mb [6d] (29 September–29 September) (External expenses)
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...And in payment for straw bought and scattered across the city bullring in this year, 4d....
mb [5d]
...And in payment given in reward to royal entertainers this year, 20s.... To Richard Tonge for constructing one new bullring this year, 8d.... For one piece of timber bought for the setting in of the bullring this year, 6d.... To the carpenter(s) hired to fix the bullring and occupied there for squaring the timber this year, 3d....
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Record title: Chamberlains' Accounts
Repository:
HRO
Shelfmark: W/E1/109
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.
1591–2; Latin; parchment; 6 membranes attached serially, writing continues on mb [6d], ending on mb [2d]; 560–695mm x 250mm; unnumbered; some wear to right hand edge of roll; 19th-c. paper wrapping with date and names of mayor and city officers inscribed.