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York Bridgemasters’ Accounts59And for 5s. for the farm of two ditches there in the tenure of Richard Thornton, fuller, at the sameterms.SUM TOTAL OF RECEIPTS £25 15s. 7d. [ ? should be £25 5s. 7d.]EXPENSES OF HOUSES. Thereof they account for various expenses and repairs made on theaforesaid tenements during the time of the account, namely, firstly, payment to Ralph Semer,plasterer, and his servant for working on and tiling the aforesaid tenement in the tenure of EllenFrank, Richard Keley, John Cotom and others attached for ten for working days at 10d. per day,total 8s. 4d. And paid to Philip Porter and foreign men on the bank of the river Ouse for nineloads of lime worked on the said tenement and carrying of the same 2s. 7½d. And paid for repairsto a house in the tenure of John Hall, namely in boards and two louvers, 21d. And for four cartloadsof earth for repairs of the walls and other foundations in the tenements of John Yong, JohnHall, John Wardell and Thomas Depedale and carriage of the same, 14d. And paid for making apavement in front of the doors of Thomas Vynes, Robert Watheman and others 2s. 4d. And toNicholas Hollegate for iron nails 8d. And for four pairs of door-bands for the doors of JohnHoltby, Ellen Frank, William Edwyn, and others 13d. And paid to John Whitchestre for Elias Wall,tiler, for working on the said tenement 10d. And paid for three boards bought of William Kyem17d. And paid to a dauber for working on the tenement of John Hall and William Rande and inmaking of the walls and windows for four days taking 4d. per day, total 16d. And paid for ironnails, door-bands, laths, brodes and plauncheours for the interior of the chapel and for the houseof William Baldok, fishmonger, 4s. 2d. And for a modius of plaster worked in the camera of DominusRichard Kyghley, chaplain, Thomas Henrison and Edward Heseham 6d. And for wages given toworkers at various times 8d. And for three cords for louvers 2d. And paid for wood placed in thesouthern side of the house of William Rand for supporting the camera there 8d. And paid forrepair of two hearths in the tenement of Robert Stodeley and Edward Heseham with stone 7d.And paid to John former servant of John Whittechestre for tiling on the tenement of WilliamRande for four days taking 6d. per day, total 2s. And his servant serving him for the said four daystaking 3d. per day, total 12d.Total of all repairs 31s. 3½d.WAGES. And for wages for the clerk for writing this account 3s. 4d.DELIVERY OF THE MONEY. And for delivery made to John Roeston [Probably a scribal error forJohn Ros(e)ton who was chamberlain this year], Nicholas Hollegate and William Shirwod, chamberlainsof the city of York, for part of the issues of their aforesaid office for this year on several occasionsas appears by a bill £11.Total [£]11.Sum of all allowances and repairs £12 14s. 7½d. And thus £13 11½d. is owed. Of which 2s. ½d.is allowed to them and given to the same auditors as wages by reason of their assiduous workconcerning levying the rents and farms aforesaid, which is deducted from the sum of their debtsabove. Thus a further £12 18s. 11d. is owed which the said accountants paid to the chamberlainsof the said city at the end of this account. And thus they withdraw quit on this account.