DA/1/5/21
Reference code
DA/1/5/21
Level of description
File
Title
Accounts of Chapter Meetings on 8th October 1619
Date
8 Oct 1619
Quantity & Format
1 sheet
Description
Accounts of Chapter meetings on 08 Oct 1619. The first was in the house of Dr [William] Tooker one of the canons residentiary of Salisbury Cathedral between the hours of 2 and 3pm on account of his ill-health in the presence of William Colet public notary 'Actuar[ii] dep:' of John Lowe before Dr Tooker, Giles Thornburgh [Thornborough] Sub dean, John Barnston, William Osbern [Osborne] and Henry Seward canons residentiary. Mr Tooker resigned from his office as Master of the Choristers. Dr Barnston Communar elected after the death of the Dean [renounced] his office and Mr Thornburgh and Dr Barnston Masters of Works or of the Fabric rejected their offices and then elected Dr Barnston as Communar for the following year, Dr Tooker as Master of the Choristers, Dr Osborne as Master of Muniments, and Mr Thornborough and Dr Seward as Masters of Works for the following year. Then they discussed the visitation to be held for the due execution of decanal [?justice], with the office being vacant, and courts to be held and other business to be done. They elected Mr Thornborough, Dr Barnston and Dr Seward as commissaries for the Dean. There is a note on the left that Dean Gordon died on 03 Sep 1619. The second item records that on that day the canons unanimously elected Mr Roger Smith as subcommunar for the following year. The next item records that on that day before the said men in the Chapter House Richard Dawson one of the Vicars Choral [?on probation] appeared and was admitted as a perpetual Vicars Choral. The final item records that on the same day John Bartlett a lay vicar [?on probation] was admitted as a perpetual lay vicar and promised to look after 6 choristers. There is a note at the bottom to say that the proceedings will be written in the Act Book.
Language
Latin
Physical Characteristics
Material: paper