City of Lincoln Waites

1400 - 1499

1422

A Christmas Card, sent by the High Constable of Lincoln in 1908, affirms that the earliest mention of Mayorally sponsored musicians was on 21 April 1422, when the Mayor was to have livery for three minstrels at a cost of eight shillings each. You can see the card near the end of this page: www.lincolnwaites.org.uk/1564christmas.shtml.

1446

The Lincoln minstrels played in York, being quite generously paid the sum of 16d. (Chamberlain's Accounts).