Identity area
Reference code
GC/BUR/F/86
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Title
Date(s)
- 1491-1589 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
2 volumes Originally found as individual folios, now bound into two volumes. Manuscript Paper
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Discovered in the College Treasury in the late nineteenth century.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
A summary of the College accounts for the half -year, produced by the Bursar for the College meetings held after Lady Day and Michaelmas; drawn up in accordance with Bishop Bateman's statutes.
(See 'College Records', Biographical History, Volume III, p.266, for further details)
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Open access - no restrictions.
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Note
Indentures (modern day equivalent of a Chirograph!): seems that these were created on a six-monthly basis to confirm the audit, would be carried out with the master presiding “between the master and Fellows” – a bit like holding each other to ransom for their honest accounting. Whereas other account books such as the Compotus give an account of what is going on over certain period of time, CB describes these as more of a ‘photograph’ of the financial situation on that day (CNLB).