Account roll (compotus) of William Hannay, the king's clerk for the construction of a dwelling for the vicars choral of St Stephen's college, for his receipts and expenditure on the same. The starting date for this roll, on 25 June, is unusual; it was not determined by the financial year, or by the tenure of the clerk of works. It could be explained, however, by the resumption of personal rule by Richard II from the ‘continual council’ in May 1389. We have therefore taken 13 and 18 Richard II to be regnal, rather than Exchequer years.

Physical description: A roll of one membrane; in a crumpled but reasonable condition and wholly legible; in an original leather pouch (fig. 5).

The expenditure section is not organized by date, but by categories of materials purchased, followed by a list of workers employed on specific tasks, and then a further section of items purchased.

Scope of transcription: Transcribed in full.

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Compotus Willelmi Hannay clerici operacionum pro mansione vicariorum Regis de novo faciendo infra palacium Westm’ de omnibus receptis et expensis per ipsum factis viz. a xxv die Junij anno xiij usque ultimum diem mensis eiusdem anno xviij

Recepta

Idem respondet de xl li. receptis ad Receptam Scaccarij xxv die Junij termino Pasche anno xiij supradicto per manus Henrici Wynchestr’ capellani super operibus predictis

De quibus

Empciones peter’ [sic] et calcis

﹛Idem computat pro ij <ml> tegulis de Flandr’ emptis pro pavacione aule ibidem precium ml viij s.: xvj s.

Et in ciiijxx iij pedibus marmoris emptis pro pavacione coquine ibidem precium pede iiij d.: lxj s.

Et Willelmo Forster pro Dcc calcis emptis pro operibus ibidem precium centene vj s.: xlij s.

[Summa:] cxix s.﹜

<cancellatur quia Rex non tenetur facere operaciones de denariis suis sine speciali warranto Regis>

Lutum et zabulo

Johanni Carter pro xxvj carectatis sabulonis emptis pro operibus ibidem precium carectate j d.: ij s. ij d.

Et eidem Johanni et Willelmo Chesman pro xlj carectatis lutei emptis pro eisdem precium carectate iiij d.: xiij s. viij d.

Et Johanni atte Heth’ pro xxxiij carectatis lutei emptis precium carectate ut supra: xj s. [Summa:] xxvj s. x d. prob’

Clavi, ferrum, serure et claves

Et Ricardo Mathewe pro ij ml clavis emptis pro operibus ibidem precium centene vj d.: x s.