VI. [Churchwardens' Accounts And Memoranda.
The preceding pages supply the text of MS. A. (1239/1) in full till
the year 1495. After that year the system of accounts as given in
the MS. becomes very largely a repetition of items already set down.
To avoid such a continual reiteration in this edition, the plan adopted
from this date, 1495, has been to supply, as before, the complete
frame of the yearly records, but to print only such items of the
accounts and other matter as are of distinct value. In other words,
the aim has been to exclude such matter as would bury the gist of
the history beneath a mass of text consisting almost wholly of matter
printed continually in the earlier pages. Certain sections, however,
as, for instance, the income of the church from casual sources, have
been printed in full at all times.
The omission of any matter is shown by the presence of asterisks
* * *, or its presence in the MS. is stated between square
brackets.]
[a.d. 1495–6.]
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| (fn. 1) Ioh'n Maschall' | Ao ml' cccc iiijxx xvjo. |
| Ioh'n Russell' |
(fn. 2) Here begynneth the Accounte of Ioh'n Russell', beyng
chirchwardeyn with Ioh'n Maschall' fro the fest of
Myelmasse Ao ml' cccco lxxxxv, vnto Mychelmasse A
1496 et Ao regis xjo.
[The Accounts of the Chantries.]
(fn. 3) Clerkes wages & Bemelith þis yer.
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| ffrist, Receued be o hole yere of gaderyng of quarterage
be quarter of þis yer. Summa | v l'i | ix s |
| Item, Receuyd of the Bemelyth this yere, byside them
that wold not pay syn the lyth was take down,
and besyde them þat be owyng of this yer | xviij s |
| Summa, vj l'i vij s. |
Casualtes this yer.
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| Item, Receued of Master horn the last day of Ianuar,
for the wast of ij tapers that brend at sir Ioh'n
Colyns obbite. Summa | | vj d |
| Item, Receued the Secund day of may for Beryng of
William Bedelles child in the pardon chyrch'yerd.
Summa | ij s |
| Item, Receued at ester for the paschall' money. Summa | xj s | x d |
| Item, Receued the ffrist day of September for the
beryng of Robard Wileis douters child in the
pardon chirchyerd, and for wast of iiij torches
that brend at masse, iiij d þe pec. summa | iij s | iiij d |
| Item, Receued the xxij day of decembyr of the goodwiff proun for brekyng of the ground within þe
chirch' for her hosbondes pitte | xiij s | iiij d |
| Summa, xxxj s. |
| Summa totalis, vij l'i xviij s. |
(fn. 4) Paymentes of same.
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| ffrist, payd to Robard depbenham, pariche clerk, for o
yeris wagis ful past at Mielmasse last was.
Summa | iiij l'i | xiij s | iiij d |
| Item, payd to William helmes for ij quarteres wages
after x s be yer. Summa | | v s |
| Item, payd to Richard abell' for ij quarteres wages be
his hows rent, wiche is viij s be yer, that is, ij s
for a quarter. Summa | | iiij s |
| Summa, v l'i ij s iiij d. |
[Wax Reckoning.
Church Rents.
Reparations.
Vacations.
Obits.
Quitrents.
Payments for the Church.]
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| (fn. 5) Item, payd for a claspe of yryn & settyng on of a bolt
on the neþere ende of the gret wiket vnder the
parsonage, and for mendyng of the lokke of the
lytill' wyket | | vj d |
| Item, payd to the rakar for havyng away of rychis
and (fn. 6) rubych'; of remevyng of the pewes when
the chyrch' was broke down iiij d, and Richard
abell' & elmes for beryng owt, ij d | | vj d |
| Item, payd for a prus bast that the laborer fette of me,
pris | | v d |
| * * * * * |
| Item, payd to thomas austeyns wiff for waschyng of
all' the towelles, auter clothis & schetes of þe
chyirch'e | | xj d |
| Item, payd for new slevyng of vj awbis & for parelyng
of iij | | xv d |
| Item, payd for vj ellys lokerams to the slevys of þe
avbis, at v d ell' | ij s | vj d |
| Item, payd for makyng of a Rochet of an old avbe for
Richard abell' | | ij d |
| Item, payd to the laborer of þe masons for makyng of
a pentyse ouer the rodeloft, & for iij d nayle
therto | | iiij d |
| Item, payd for wyne to the quere on owre lady day | | iiij d |
| Item, payd for ij paxis bowt of Ioh'n lumbard for the
auters | | iiij d |
| * * * * * |
| (fn. 7) Item, payd to the carpynter for makyng & dressyng vp
of the mennys pewys in seynt Katerys chapell' &
in the body of the chyrch', and closyng of the litil
chyr[ch]yerd by the abbotes kechen, & settyng vp
of the parclos of the qwere, & makyng of a base
vnder tabernal'e, for viij days worke & di. at
vij d | v s |
| Item, payd for v d nayle, iiij d nayle & iij d to same
worke | iij s | iiij d |
| Item, payd to bull' the mason & his felow & his |
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| laborer j day in makyng of the base of breke
vnder the tabernale | | xix d |
| * * * * * |
| Item, payd to Symon dawber for whittyng of the
chyrch', v days | iij s |
| * * * * * |
| Item, payd to ij dawberes for makyng of the skaffold
afore þe tabernacl'e xij d, & for x d nayle & vj d
nayle therto. d. Summa | | xiiij d |
| Item, payd to the kervar that sett vp the ymage & the
worke of the tabernacl'e | v s | j d |
| Item, payd for spryg braket, ij d nayle, iij d nayle &
v d nayle to same | | v d |
| Item, payd for ij clampys of yryn, j tynnyd, þat hold
the tabernal'e | | vj d |
| Item, payd for xij l'i led to yete the clampys in the
wall' | | vj d |
| * * * * * |
| (fn. 8) Item, payd for di. c bundell's reed to close þe wyndows
above, & þe fecchyng | | viij d |
| Item, payd for roddes & lathis to bynd þe red j d, and
for makyng, viij d. Summa | | ix d |
| Item, payd for skowryng of the gret candilstykkes
ageyn cristmasse | | viij d |
| Item, payd to the raker, his iij quarter wages, vj d, &
for havyng awey of rotyn mattes and other Robbych' ageyn cristmasse | | viij d |
| Item, payd to thomas Mundys, chyrchwarden of seynt
botolfes, wyche he stoppyth in his hondes in
party payment that is owyng hym for nayll',
the quitrent that belongyth to owre chyrch.
Summa | ij s | vj d |
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| Item, payd to the smyth for makyng schortter of the
corteyn rodd above the tabernacle iiij d, and for
newe lyne to draw þe cloþe | | vj d |
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[The two Allowances for Potation Money and Writing
the Accounts. The Rehearsal and List of Debts.]
Footnotes
| 1 |
leaf 125. |
| 2 |
leaf 125, back. |
| 3 |
leaf 128, back. |
| 4 |
leaf 129. |
| 5 |
leaf 130, back. |
| 6 |
MS. 'and and.' |
| 7 |
leaf 131. |
| 8 |
leaf 131, back. |