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

Physical description: The first membrane of a 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 expenditure on building works in the palace of Westminster, St Stephen's chapel and other chapels in the same palace, and the cloister and college, with extracts from the store account relating to St Stephen’s.

[rot. 40 m. 1]

Compotus Willelmi de Sleford clerici et supervisoris operacionum Regis in Turri Londoniarum et in palacio Westmonasterij per breve Regis patens penes ipsum remanens datum xiiij die Novembris anno xxxv per quod Rex assignavit predictum Willelmum clericum et supervisorem operacionum predictarum habendum quamdiu Regi placuerit percipiendum in officio suo vadia et feoda consueta de receptis misis et expensis suis in eisdem Turri et palacio factis per visum et testimonium Ade de Chesterfeld contrarotulatoris operacionum Regis ibidem a xiiij die Novembris anno xxxv quo die recepit officium predictum usque xxv diem Septembris anno xxxvj finiente. A quo quidem die predictus Willelmus restat alias inde computare

Recepte […]

Summa recepte: Dcccxxj li. xiiij s. j d. ob. De quibus

Palacium Westm’

Idem computat […] in una furca et duobus tribulis ferratis emptis pro cameris Regis, ferramentis diversarum fenestrarum, stapulis, gumphis et vertivellis, craumpons pro stallis firmandis, iiij pikoys grossis et clavis emptis pro claustro et capella Regis ibidem, aceracione et bateracione instrumentorum cementariorum positorum et laborariorum cum clavis emptis pro hostiis diversarum camerarum Regis ibidem, tribus paribus aundirens ferri factis pro tribus caminis Regis ibidem: xj li. iij s. iij d. sicut continentur ibidem De quibus furca tribulis et aundirens predictus Willelmus debet respondere. Et respondet infra

Et in vj carratis plumbi emptis pro coopertura claustri ibidem iij quartronis et xxiiij lb. stangni emptis pro plumbariis et vitriariis, x bondels, liiij pedibus vitri albi cum diversarum fenestrarum vitriandis: xlvj li. xviij s. sicut continentur ibidem De quibus quidem plumbo stagno et vitro predictus Willelmus debet respondere. Et respondet infra […]