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York Bridgemasters’ Accounts53YCA/C80:3[This roll is written on one side of one membrane measuring 30 cm wide by 39 cm long. It is well written butthere are several holes in it. There is a defect 13 cm by 3cm in the centre of the top of the membrane. Theaccount begins on the feast of the Purification in the ninth regnal year of Henry IV, that is 2nd February1408, and runs for one year thereafter.]Account of William [c. six words missing and c. three words faded] wardens of Fosse Bridge in the timeof Henry Wyman mayor of the city of York [c. six words missing and c. five words faded] feast of thePurification of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the ninth year of the reign of Henry IV until the [same]feast in the following year.Firstly, they respond for a tenement which William Lyons holds there 26s. 8d.And for a shop which John Rilly holds there 4s.And for a shop which John Harome formerly [held] in the tenure of Thomas Newman for half ayear 2s.And for a tenement which John Mayfeld [c. three words missing]. Nil because vacant the whole year.And for a tenement which Geoffrey [c. three words missing] of 25s. Nil because vacant the wholeyear.And for a tenement which John Melburn [c. five words missing] 13s. 4d.And for a tenement of John Gra in the tenure of [c. three words missing] for a payment of 10s.And for a tenement of William de Myton [c. three words missing] William Catom for a payment of10s.And for a tenement which John [c. three words missing] holds there by a scriptum 10s.And for a tenement which John Wright holds there 8s.And for a tenement which William de Muston holds within his parcel of land [Sum of moneyblotted].And for a tenement which William Paline holds there, lately in the tenure of Thomas Kilburn 26s.8d.And for a tenement which Laurence de Leverton holds there [Sum of money missing].And for a garret which Dominus Laurence holds there [Sum of money missing].And for five small shops on the same Bridge, namely 2s. 6d. for each per year including a shopvacant the whole year [Sum of money missing].And for a tenement which Elias Skynner holds there [Sum of money missing].And for a tenement which Robert Cotyngham formerly held there 8s.And for a tenement which Margaret de Sutton holds there [Sum of money missing].And for a tenement which John Wetewodd lately held by a scriptum, in the tenure of John Franke[Sum of money blotted].