FA/2/2

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FA/2/2

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Fragments of Accounts of the Procurator of St Thomas with the Masters of the Fabric

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Fragments of the accounts of the Procurator of St Thomas with the Masters of the Fabric. The following information is taken from the paper catalogue: From the end of the 14th century the rectory of St Thomas was appropriated to the Chapter, for the Cathedral Fabric, the Chapter providing a perpetual curate. (For some time afterwards, however, there seems to have been a rector, presumably a member of the Cathedral body - see deed of 1403, Pr. I, Sarum 2/83; also accounts of Masters of the Fabric, no.1.) The Procurator was evidently the official responsible for keeping the accounts and for handing over the profits to the Masters of the Fabric. The accounts run from Michaelmas to Michaelmas. They consist of receipts from oblations, fees, etc., set out month by month, receipts at the Feast of Easter, necessary payments at the Feast of Easter, sale of mortuaries, stipends with other necessary payments, etc. All of the Procurators accounts were found in box Procuratoriae, Pr. IV. They were removed from here and added to P2. The following summary was written by June Effemey in March 2025 Most of the Fragments, which are written in Latin and are typically in the form of scrolls, can only be dated to the late 15th /early 16th century, as dating clauses are missing, but they do appear to run from Michaelmas to Michaelmas, and as with other St Thomas fabric accounts include both income and expenditure. The accounts record income from marriages, burials and purifications. They also record 15s or 20s income annually from the 10 mills adjacent to St Thomas Church from the Reeve of Milford. Income from the provision of lights to Salisbury guilds and fraternities, such as the cutters, tailors, butchers, fishmongers, chandlers, women, blacksmiths, skinners/tanners are recorded. Income from the sale of wax/wax candles, and from the sale of togas for burials of individuals is recorded. The sums received from oblations or offerings on the occasion of purifications, anniversaries of deaths, marriages and burials are recorded on a month by month basis. Payments to various groups and individuals are recorded, including to canons, the Chancellor, the Treasurer, to labourers, candle-makers (chandlers) and plumbers, stipends for the sacristan of St Edmund’s for tolling the bell, and to the sacristan of St Clements, Fisherton, for tolling the church bells there. Payments to those carrying the canopy and the banner (vexhill) at the Rogationtide processions are recorded. The 1610-1611 account fragment mentions Churchwardens’ accounts, the purchase of a bell-rope, the purchase of a book of common prayer, the repair of bells and the ringing of the church bells for the king. Part of the accounts are written in English.

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