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 dorse 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, and St Stephen's chapel and college, with extracts from the store account relating to St Stephen’s.

[rot. 40d m. 1d]

Compotus Willelmi de Sleford clerici et supervisoris operacionum Regis in Turri London’ et in palacio Westm’ per breve Regis patens datum xiiij die Novembris anno xxxv penes ipsum Willelmum remanens per quod Rex assignavit predictum Willelmum de Sleford clericum et supervisorem operacionum Regis in Turri Regis London’ et in palacio Westm’ quamdiu Regi placuerit percipiendum in officio illo xij d. per diem viz. de receptis misis et expensis suis in eisdem Turri et palacio factis a xxv die Septembris anno xxxvj finiente ante quem diem idem clericus alias inde computavit rotulo xxxvj rotulo compotorum usque primum diem Octobris anno xxxvij finiente per visum et testimonium Ade de Chesterfeld contrarotulatoris operacionum Regis ibidem. A quo quidem primo die Octobris anno xxxvij idem Willelmus restat alias inde computaturus

Recepte […]

Summa totalis recepte: ml Dcxiij li. j d. De quibus

Expense Westm’

Idem computat in petris marmoreis et aliis petris de diversis sortis et quareriis, meremio, plumbo, stanno, vitro, folio auri et argenti, azure, vermilloun et aliis diversis coloribus pro pictura capelle camerarum claustri et aliarum diversarum domorum infra palacium predictum, calce, sabulone, argilla, clavis, gumphis, vertivellis, serruris, ferramentis, bordis, billetis, talwod, lathes, carbonibus, tegulis pro coopertura domorum cum cavellis ligneis pro eisdem, mattes, canevaciis, cordis canabis, cratibus, corticibus, tribulis, scaffoldloggis et crowdeweyns ac aliis diversis necessariis pro operacionibus predictis in diversis villis et locis per diversas vices et tempora diversa infra tempus huius compoti per diversa precia emptis et provisis et in operacionibus illis expenditis exceptione xx scaffaltlogis et crudeweyns de quibus respondet infra ac eciam in cariagio et duccione rerum predictarum de diversis locis ubi empte fuerunt et provisa tam per terram quam aquam usque ad palacium predictum: Dclvij li. x s. ob.