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.

Expense […]

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, including painters perhaps in St Stephen's chapel, with extracts from the store account relating to St Stephen’s.

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Compotus Willelmi de Sleford clerici et supervisoris operacionum Regis in Turri London’ et in palacio Regis Westm’ per breve Regis patens datum xiiij die Octobris anno xxxv penes ipsum remanens de receptis misis et expensis per ipsum factis in operacionibus Regis predictis a xxix die Septembris anno xxxviij ante quem diem idem Willelmus inde computavit rotulo precedenti rotulo compotorum usque xxviij diem Septembris anno xxxix finiente per visum et testimonium Ade de Chesterfeld contrarotulatoris operacionum Regis ibidem a quo quidem die idem Willelmus restat alias inde computaturus

Recepte […]

Summa recepte: ml ccccxxxj li. xiiij s. x d. […]

Recepte forinc’

Summa recepte forinc’: xiij li. vj s. viij d.

Summa totalis recepte tam ad receptam scaccarij quam forinc’: ml ccccxlv li. xviij d.

De quibus

Palacium Westm’

Et in diversis petris maeremio bordis clavis ferramentis serruris plumbo stanno vitro et aliis diversis necessariis et rebus officium suum tangentibus particulariter ad diversa precia emptis et provisis et in diversis operacionbius infra palacium Westm’ per tempus predictum appositis et expenditis una cum frettagio batellagio et cariagio diversarum rerum predictarum tam per aquam quam per terram de diversis locis ubi empte et provise fuerunt cum cariagio sabuli et aliarum diversarum rerum operaciones predictas concernencium tam per terram quam per aquam usque palacium predictum per tempus huius compoti: Dcclxv li. xiiij s. ix d. ob. sicut continentur ibidem.

De dictis vero plumbo clatibus et scaffoldloggis preemptis et non expenditis idem Willelmus respondet infra. […]