The Medieval Records of A London City Church St Mary At Hill, 1420-1559. Originally published by Trübner, London, 1905.
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'Churchwardens' accounts: 1526-7', in The Medieval Records of A London City Church St Mary At Hill, 1420-1559, (London, 1905) pp. 338-342. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/early-eng-text-soc/vol128/pp338-342 [accessed 20 April 2024]
[a.d. 1526–7.
Obit list.
Quitrent list.
Chantry Accounts.
Church Rents.]
(fn. 1) Paymenttes of the same.
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| Item, paid for a pece of Sandwych' lyne for the chirch' | iiij d | ||
| Item, paid for a Bawdryk for the first bell of the v belles | xvj d | ||
| * * * * * | |||
| Item, paid to Mr Alen for the Beedrowle of þe chauntries | ij s | ||
| Item, paid to the Orgon maker for a yere for his attendaunce | xij d | ||
| Item, paid for mendyng of þe olde Sensor & for siluer þat went to hit | iiij s | ||
| Item, paid at the salutacion at the hiryng of petur þe clarke | vj d | ob. | |
| Item, paid to hym by commandment of þe vestry for a goddis peny | iiij d | ||
| * * * * * | |||
| (fn. 2) Item, spent on the parisshens at the hiryng of ij preistes | vj d | ||
| Item, paid for Smale Rope for þe sanctus bell, þe lamp & þe Orgons | xv d | ob. | |
| Item, paid for bryngyng Downe & Beryng vppe of the sanctus bell | ij d | ||
| Item, paid for garlondis and Rosis & lavender on corpus christi day | ij s | v d | |
| * * * * * | |||
| Item, spent vppon Straungers that dyd Syng at our lady Mas | xij d | ||
| Item, paid for a henge for a pewe dore in the Churche | ij d | ||
| Item, paid to Mr Northfolke for mendyng of dyuers bokis | vj s | viij d | |
| Item, paid for keyes and lockys ffor the ffount | viij d | ||
| * * * * * | |||
| (fn. 3) Item, paid to Thomas Mundy, Sexten, for Bromys for þe church' | j d | ||
| Item, paid for small lyne for the curten of the Trynyte | ij d | ||
| Item, paid at the hyryng of sir humfrey for drynke to þe parisshens | v d | ||
| Item, paid for a Shodshovill for the Church' | iiij d | ||
| Item, paid for the Celyng of sir Ioh'n Neelles chambre | viij d | ||
| Item, paid to the Canell Raker for the church' for a hole yere | xvj d | ||
| Item, paid to Trappis for mendyng of the ij greate Sensours and for Syluer that wentt to them. Summa | iiij s | x d | |
| * * * * * | ||
| Item, for ij lampe glassis ffor the church' | ij d | |
| Item, paid for a key to the Steple dore | iij d | |
| Item, paid for a garnet to a chest in the chappell | iiij d | |
| Item, paid for iij bolltes for the Sanctus bell | iij d | |
| Item, for a clekett key to the preistes Ale gate | iiij d | |
| Item, paid for vj holywatur Sprynklys | xij d | |
| Item, paid at the hyring of sir Ioh'n the Morowe mas preist | vj d | |
| Item, paid to the Beedmen for Blowyng of the Orgons for lij wekys, the weke ij d. Summa | viij s | viij d |
| * * * * * | ||
| Item, for puttyng of Cordys to the Tabernacle of þe Trynyte | iiij d | |
| Item, alowed to a carpenter for goyng abough't with Mr Roche & the Chirch'warden for the chirches besynes for di. a day | iiij d | |
| Item, a C of threpeny nayle for þe whele of þe Saunctus bell | ij d | |
| (fn. 4) Item, for mendyng of the Stokke of the Saunctus bell | iiij d | |
| Item, for the stuff and makyng of a doble deske in the queer | v s | |
| Item, paid for [a] Bedsted for the preistes chamber þat kepith' þe first mas | xiiij d | |
| Item, paid for chongyng of ij C[r]vwettes for the high' Alter | iiij d | |
| * * * * * | ||
| Item, I aske alowans of vacacion for a quarter, of the chambre þat sir petur Raughton kept before his deth' | xx d | |
| * * * * * | ||
| Item, I aske for vacacion for a yere of North'folkes skole | vj s | viij d |
| * * * * * | ||
(fn. 5) Receptis bi Casuelties this yere.
(fn. 6) The Clarkis wages and Beameligh't.
| Rec' of the Clarkes wages this yere as Apperith' by the Rowle | viij l'i | xix s | viij d |
| Rec' for pascall' money and Beameligh't this yere | xiij s | iiij d | ob. |
| Summa, ix l'i xiij s ob. | |||
Paymenttis.
| paid to Richard Goge, Clerk, for halff a yere ended at our lady day | iij l'i | vj s | viij d |
| paid to petur purvoche, Clerk, for di. a yere ended at Migh'elmas | iij l'i | vj s | viij d |
| paid to Ioh'n North'folke, Conducte, for his wages of þe parissh' | xl s | ||
| paid to Thomas Mondy, Sexten, for his wages for a yere | iij l'i | vj s | viij d |
| paid to Richard Goge for x wekis seruys after our lady day | xxx s | ix d | |
| paid to William Wylde for a yeres seruys at Mighelmas | xx s | ||
| paid to Ioh'n Catur for a quarter and v wekys wages, with vj s & viij d that was geven hym by a vestry.Summa payd | iij l'i | x d | |
| paid to Ioh'n Wrigh't, Conducte, for a quarter wages ended at Mighelmas, Rebatyng viij days. Summa paid | xxxvj s | vj d | |
| Summa, xix l'i viij s j d. (fn. 7) | |||
| And so | |||
| The charges is more then the Receptes, ix l'i xv s ob. | |||
[Wax Reckoning. Two Allowances. Rehearsal.]
(fn. 8) Memorandum: that the xth day of ffebruarii, anno Domini 1527, the xixth yer of the Reign of our soueraign lord kyng henry the viijth; at the accompt givin vp by William burnynghill' & Roger Chaloner, church' wardens of Seint Mary at hill; it was condicendid & agreyd by the Righ't worshipfull' Mr Alen percy, parson of the same church', Mr William Roche, Ioh'n wolf, Thomas Clayton, Robert Game, Robert Revell, Alexaunder hilton, Ioh'n Potter, Ioh'n Idiall', Thomas Huston and others of the said parish, that Iames Hubert, at his humble peticion and request made the[n ?]; the aboue namyd parson & parisheners for dyuers costes & charges by hym done of & vpon the house which' he now dwellith' in as by a bill' of parcelles by hym exibitid vnto the said parson & parisheners conteynyng the svm of viij l' xix s x d; shuld haue & enioy, first the some & iiij l'i v s due by hym vnto the said church'e for rent of the same house of tyme passid & endid at our lady day the Annunciacion next ensuyng the date aboue wretten: and ouer that, of their good & charitable disposicion, in consideracion of his povertie, haue grauntid vnto the same Iames Hubert, twoo yeres Rent clere from the said ffeast of our Lady day next commyng; fforsene & providid alweis that the same Iames shall in all' thinges kepe & maynteign all the glasse & other neccessarys, as windowis & other thinges conteynid in his said bill, & at the end of his lease shall not amove nor put away eny parte of therof, but leue theym to the mer disposicion of the said parson & parisheners & to their successours for euer, and that this graunt & ben[e ?]volence shall not be president to none other tenaunt belongyng to the said church' for no like matter in eny such'e case at eny tyme here aftur.