Palaeography
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Document 11: Exchequer: Treasury of Receipt
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(Catalogue reference: E 36/214 folio 109)
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This document is an extract from an Exchequer roll of the Treasury of Receipt showing the first
payment to John Blanke, dated 7 December 1507. (Catalogue reference: E36/214 folio 109)
'John Blanke, the blacke trumpeter' is recorded on several occasions in the accounts of the
Treasurer of the Chamber records. John Blanke was a black trumpeter, who played regularly at the
courts of Henry VII and Henry VIII.
Please note:
z The document is written in a cursive secretary hand.
z The first two words in line 7, should be transcribed as S[u]m[ma] p[ar]t[ium]
z Transcribe the first two words in line 8 as S[u]m[ma] to[ta]lis
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1. Item to John blanke the blacke Trumpet for
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2. his moneth Wag[es] of Novembre last passed
} xx s
3. at viij d the Day
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4. Item to s[ir] Rice ap Thomas s[er]v[a]nt th[a]t brought
5. metheglene to the king for his Reward
} xl s
6. xx s and for the cariage of the same xx s
7. S[u]m[ma] p[ar]t[um] lx s
8. S[u]m[ma] to[ta]lis of
9. this Wek
} £ lix iiij s vij d.
10. Afforsaid
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