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FA/2/3

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Accounts of the Masters of the Fabric on the Receipts from the Church of St Thomas

The following information is taken from the paper catalogue: 'Apart from no. 1, which is slightly different, these accounts show how the Masters spent the money paid in by the Proctor of St. Thomas. They run from Michaelmas to Michaelmas, and start off with the sum received by the Proctor; then go on to various allocations - payments for the Obit of Bishop Richard Mitford in the Cathedral, and in the churches of Salisbury; for administration in the church of St. Thomas; expenses at the Feast of Pentecost; and wine for the canons (evidently a sort of fee paid to the canons checking the accounts). The profit from each year was paid into the chest in the Upper Treasury.' The following summary was written by June Effemey in March 2025 The accounts, most of which are in the form of scrolls, run from Michaelmas to Michaelmas, although the account for 1478 is in the form of a book, and it mentions William Nessingwyk as Rector of St Thomas and William Whitmarshe as procurator. John Oddelonde was Procurator in 1497-8. Most accounts mention obits for Bishop Richard Metford (d.1407). A list of payments concerning the celebrations in Pentecost Week, notably those for ‘Frykefryday/Frykfryday’, seemingly a special feast day. Provisions bought included beer (cervesa), red wine (vino rubo), white wine (vino albo), claret wine (vino clareto), bread (pane), cake (le Cake), confectionary, sweetmeats/sweetbreads (draget), and sweet wine or Malmsey. Some accounts mention collections made for the Pope. Accounts record payments made to The Friars predicant in Fisherton, the Friars in the city, to children, to the poor, to scholars, matrons, sacristans, the Master of de Valle school, to altarists, to the Janitor and Beadle (Bedell), to chaplains of churches in the city, to priests and vicars choral, to those distributing bread on various church occasions, and to ‘le Belman’ the man who rang the church bells.

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