The Early English Organ Builders and their work/Appendix I

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The Early English Organ Builders and their work
by Edward Francis Rimbault
Appendix I
1428117The Early English Organ Builders and their work — Appendix IEdward Francis Rimbault

APPENDIX.


I.


Extracts from the Fabric Rolls of York Minster relating to Organ Matters.

(a.d. 1399-1536.)

A.D.
1399. Et in pulsacione organorum cum feodo custodis ceræ ante crucem, et in aliis locis ecclesiæ per annum, vijs. iiijd.

(This is the earliest notice of the organ in the record.)

1404. Et in purificatione [pulsacione?] organorum per annum, iijs. iiijd.
1419. In factura, costarum follium corundem organorum per Johannem Couper, xijd.
1457. Johanni Roose, fratri ordinis Predicatorum, civitatis Ebor, emendanti et reparanti organa ad altare B. M. V. in Eccl. Cath. cum i pari follium pro eisdem, xxxvjs. viiid.
1469. Fratri Johanni [Roose?] pro factura duorum foliorum pro magnis organis et emendacione evrumdem, xvs. ijd.
1470. Georgis Gaunte pro emendacione organorum chori, xvs. viiid.
1473. Ricardo Sowreby pro emandacione folliorum organorum ad altare B. V. M. et Ricardo Glover pro glew ad idem opus, xijs.
1485. Johanni Hewe pro emendacione organorum ad altare B. V. M. in dicta Ecclesia Cath. et portacione Fratrum Minorum et reportacione ad Ecc. Cath. xiijs. ixd.
1531. In regardo dato Johanni How de London, Organ Maker, pro intronizacione [intonizacione?] organorum in choro, xxd.
1536. Johannes How emendenti organa, xijd.