mbs [9–9d] (29 September–29 September) (External expenses)
...Et in soluto Dato Tubicinarijs
Domini Regis hoc Anno x s.... Datum
Clerico Mercati Domini Regis tempore quo
Dominus Rex fuit apud Andiver pro feodo suo hoc Anno xx
s.... pro uno le packet ad portandum
literas ad Curiam Domini Regis tempore quo Curia
Domini Regis fuit apud Bewley hoc Anno iij s....
Dato lusoribus prenobilis Principis Henrici Principis Wallie hoc
Anno xx s.... tribus hominibus laborantibus in
portando in pendendo Arma Regis apud Westgate tempore quo
Dominus Rex quitavit per Ciuitatem hoc Anno ij
s.... Dato Phillippo Adams le post master
Ciuitatis pro duobus equis continue paratis ad itinerandum ad
| Curiam Domini Regis apud ‸⸢Bewley preter et ultra pertium Domini Regis hoc Anno xiij s. iiij d.⸣
Westgate tempore quo Dominis Rex equitavit per
Ciuitatem hoc Anno ij s.... Laborar' ad
Caryandum le Rubbishe in alto vico Ciuitatis vsitate in
adventu Domini Regis per Ciuitatem hoc Anno iiij d....
...
mbs [9–9d] (29 September–29 September) (External expenses)
...And in payment given to the lord king's trumpeters this
year, 10s.... Given to the lord king's clerk of the market for
his fee at the time when the lord king was at Andover this year, 20s.... For a packet for carrying letters to the lord king's
court at
the time when the lord king's court was at Beaulieu this year, 3s.... Given to the players of the right honourable Henry,
the prince
of Wales, 20s.... To three men for work on the carrying and
hanging of the king's arms at the West Gate at the time when the lord king rode
through the city this year, 2s.... Given to Phillip Adams the
city postmaster for two horses standing ready to travel to | the lord king's court at Beaulieu beyond and on the further side
of the lord king's parks this year, 13s 4d the West Gate at the time when the
lord king rode through the city in this year, 2s.... To
labourers/a labourer, for carrying the rubbish used in the High Street of the city,
at the coming of the lord king through the city this year, 4d....
...
All these payments concern the king's visit to Winchester while on progress in this year, as indicated in deleted payment that was made when 'Dominis Rex equitavit p{er} Ci{ui}tatem hoc Anno.' The king's parks (parcorum 'Domini Regis') refers to the New Forest, which was made a royal forest by King William I in 1079 (John R. Wise, The New Forest: Its History and Its Scenery (London, 1863), 21).
Record title: Chamberlains' Accounts
Repository:
HRO
Shelfmark: W/E1/117
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.
1610–11; Latin; parchment; 9 membranes attached serially, writing continues on mb [9d], ending on mb [6d]; 420–555mm x 305mm; 19th-c. paper wrapping with date and names of mayor and city officers inscribed.