Pay-books of James Nedam, surveyor of all the King’s manors within the realm of England (eleven volumes): volume 2: Various manors, etc., 1533-1534
Pay-books ingrossed by Antony Pontesbury, "clerk to the said accomptant".
The accounts furnish particulars of all the work done, the names of all the persons employed, and the rates of payment.
(Fastened in at the beginning are two fragments of private accounts in 1655, in Hertfordshire, of "Mr. Nedham," i.e. Geo. Nedham of Wymondley Priory.)
- (fols. 1–89) 1. Greenwich.
- (fols. 90–93) 2. The highway in Greenwich.
- (fols. 94–104) 3. Eltham manor; Apr.-Aug. 1534.
- (fols. 105–106) 4. The Tower of London; Oct. 1533.
- (fols. 107–110) 5. Bridewell manor; June, 1534.
- (fols. 113–30) 6. Richmond manor; Nov. 1533–May, 1534.
- (fols. 131–179) 7. Windsor Castle; the whole year.
- (fols. 181–203) 8. Oking [or Woking] manor; March–Oct. 1534.
- (fols. 205–31) 9. Moore manor [Herts]; May–Sept. 1534.
- (fols. 233–4) 10. Chobham manor [Surrey]; July, 1534.
- (fols. 235–240) 11. Hamptell [Ampthill] manor [Beds.]; Sept–Oct. 1534.
- (fols. 242–7) 12. Bishop’s Hatfield [Herts]; repairs done by order of the Privy Council against the Prince’s coming thither, in Dec. 1534.
Dates
- Creation: 1533-1534
Extent
247 Leaves
Language of Materials
- English
- Latin
Shelfmark
MS. Rawl. D. 776
Other Finding Aids
For a more detailed description of this item, see Medieval Manuscripts in Oxford Libraries under MSS. Rawl. D. 775-85.
William D. Macray, Catalogi codicum manuscriptorum Bibliothecae Bodleianae partis quintae fasciculus primus viri munificentissimi Ricardi Rawlinson, J.C.D., codicum classes duas priores, ad rem historicam praecipue et topographicam spectantes, complectens(Oxford, 1862), no. D. 775-85.
Falconer Madan, et al., A summary catalogue of western manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford which have not hitherto been catalogued in the Quarto series(7 vols. in 8 [vol. II in 2 parts], Oxford, 1895-1953; reprinted, with corrections in vols. I and VII, Munich, 1980), vol. III, no. 13546.
Physical Facet
On paper, in folio
Creator
- From the Collection: Rawlinson | Richard | 1690-1755 | Antiquary and Nonjuror (Person)
- From the Collection: Pepys | Samuel | 1633-1703 | MP, Diarist, Public Servant, Antiquary (Person)
- From the Collection: Thurloe | John | 1616-1668 | Secretary to the Council of State (Person)
- From the Collection: Wilkinson | Thomas | fl 1600-1699 | Anglican clergyman (Person)
- From the Collection: Bracton | Henry de | c 1210-1268 | Judge, Chancellor of Exeter Cathedral (Person)
- From the Collection: Gunning | Peter | 1614-1684 | Bishop of Ely (Person)
- From the Collection: Lewis | John | c 1700-1799 | Minister of Margate (Person)
- From the Collection: Robinson | John | 1650-1723 | Bishop of London (Person)
- From the Collection: Fitzwilliams | John | fl 1600-1699 | Nonjuror (Person)
- From the Collection: Grenville | Denis | 1637-1703 | Jacobite Archbishop of York | also known as Denis Granville (Person)
- From the Collection: Locke | John | 1632-1704 | philospher (Person)
- From the Collection: Mandeville | Sir | John | d 1372 | travel writer (Person)
- From the Collection: Nedam | James | fl 1532-1543 | Royal Surveyor of Works (Person)
- From the Collection: Roach | Richard | 1662-1730 | Anglican clergyman (Person)
- From the Collection: Beaumont | fl 1688-1730 | Nonconformist (Person)
- From the Collection: Fleming | Robert | ? 1660-1716 | Presbyterian Minister (Person)
- From the Collection: Hawes | Samuel | fl 1694-1700 | Nonjuror (Person)
- From the Collection: Price | Daniel | fl 1685-1706 | Dean of St Asaph (Person)
- From the Collection: Stanton | William | fl 1697-1704 (Person)
- From the Collection: Swadlin | Thomas | 1600-1670 | Royalist divine (Person)
- From the Collection: Turner | Francis | ? 1638-1700 | Bishop of Ely (Person)
- From the Collection: Turner | Thomas | 1645-1714 | President of Corpus Christi College Oxford (Person)
- From the Collection: Samber | Robert | fl 1710-1729 | Poet (Person)
- From the Collection: Williams | John | fl 1709-1726 | Poet (Person)
- From the Collection: Hearne | Thomas | 1678-1735 | Antiquary and Nonjuror (Person)
- From the Collection: Wharton | Philip | 1613-1696 | 4th Baron Wharton (Person)
- From the Collection: Zamboni | Giovanni Giacomo | fl 1723-1751 | resident in England for Duke of Modena (Person)
- From the Collection: Sancroft | William | 1617-1693 | Archbishop of Canterbury (Person)
- From the Collection: Neve | John Le | 1679-1741 | Antiquary (Person)
- From the Collection: L'Estrange | Hamon | 1605-1660 | theologian and historian (Person)
- From the Collection: Gronovius | Jacobus | 1645-1716 | classical scholar (Person)
- From the Collection: Smith | Thomas | 1638-1710 | Nonjuror Historian and Librarian (Person)
- From the Collection: Holman | William | d 1730 | Essex Antiquary Congregational Minister (Person)
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