The Early English Organ Builders and their work/Appendix I
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. |