Enrolled summary of the account rendered at the Exchequer by William of Lambeth, king's clerk of works, for his receipts and expenditure on building works at the palace of Westminster and Tower of London, together with a store account.

Physical description: The dorse of one rotulet of two membranes, in a large roll of accounts, sewn together at the top; in good condition and wholly legible.

Scope of transcription: The total amount of receipts and the expenses of building works in the palace of Westminster and St Stephen's chapel, with extracts from the store account relating to the chapel and college buildings.

[rot. 40d m. 1d]

Compotus Willelmi de Lambhith’ clerici et supervisoris operacionum Regis in Turri Regis London’ et in palacio ipsius Regis Westm’ per breve Regis patens datum vj die Junij anno xxx per quod Rex assignavit eundem Willelmum clericum et supervisorem operacionum Regis predictarum quamdiu Regi placuerit percipiendum in officio illo vadia et feoda consueta de receptis suis ac solucionibus per ipsum factis in eodem officio a dicto vj die Junij anno xxx <ante quem diem Thomas de Stapelford computavit de hiis operibus ibidem rotulo xxix rotulo compotorum> usque quintum diem Junij proximum sequentem viz. anno xxxj per visum et testimonium Ade de Chestrefeld contrarotulatoris ipsius Willelmi A quo quidem quinto die Junij idem Willelmus debet inde alias computare

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Summa recepte ml ccxliiij li. xiiij s. ij d. De quibus

Expense

Palacium

Idem computat in maeremio, latthes, petris, tegulis, bordis, clavis, mortero, calce, seruris cum clavibus, foliis auri et argenti cum diversis aliis necessariis emptis et expenditis pro operibus Regis infra palacium predictum una cum aceracione et bateracione instrumentorum cementariorum per visum et testimonium predicti contrarotulatoris: cclxiij li. ij s. xj d. per tempus huius compoti sicut continentur in rotulo de particulis predicti clerici et supervisoris et in contrarotulo eiusdem contrarotulatoris hic in thesaurio liberatis

Et in cariagio predictarum rerum superius emptarum de diversis locis ubi emebantur tam per terram quam per aquam usque palacium predictum: cxxxiiij li. j d. per visum et testimonium predictum sicut continentur ibidem