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: 1559', in The Medieval Records of A London City Church St Mary At Hill, 1420-1559, (London, 1905) pp. 411-413. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/early-eng-text-soc/vol128/pp411-413 [accessed 25 April 2024]
[a.d. 1559.
Thomas Draper, Warden.
The following and concluding pages of the MS. appear to be written in a different hand. One of the pages, 818, is headed 'Paymentes 1559.']
(fn. 1) Paymentes.
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| Payd to ye person for a quyt rent for the cherch house | iij s | iiij d | |
| Payd to mr Percy for ye second payment of a subsydy & for the parsons tenthe dew to the queenes grace, as doth appeare by his quyttauncis | vj l'i | xvij s | vj d |
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| Item, spent vppon caston ye curat at ye salutacyon when I hired hym with ij or iij of ye parich with us | xix d | ||
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| (fn. 2) payd to howe for iiij springes for the regalles | xij d | ||
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| payd to Ioh'n Cooke, carpyndor, ye xth daie of Iune for making of a lythe coffen | viij d | ||
| Item, payd for bread for ye communyon ye hole yeare | xxij d | ||
| payd to mr arsdeakon of poles for mr persons visitacyon dew at miklemas | iij s | iiij d | |
| Item, spent vppon mr phillip of poles for playing at organs on enson ye xvij daie of Iuly, at ye salutacion, mr lukas & mr win being ther | xvj d | ||
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| Item, payd for cuttyng downe of ye grasse in ye south church yeard | ij d | ||
| Item, payd for to prossession bokes in Inglish ye won an xx daie of Ianuary | viij d | ||
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| (fn. 3) Payd for iiij sater bookes | xij s | ||
| Payd for the changing agayne of the sayd bookes | xij d | ||
| Payd for iiij playnsong bookes for the quyer | vj s | viij d | |
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| Payd for takyng down ye sepulcure | xij d | ||
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| Payd for making of ye comunyon table | xx d | ||
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| Payd for taking downe ye rood, ye mary and the Ioh'n | xvj d | ||
| Payd for the Iniomsons book | iiij d | ||
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| (fn. 4) payd vnto v men yat did helpe to tack downe the great auterston and for the lone of v doble rafters and for on that was brooken | iiij s | ij d | |
| Payd to mr north, brycklear, and iij labres with hym for v daies to take downe the auters and for poyntyng of the steple aboue rounde abought, and for mending of ye wales betwext the lead and ye glasse, and for lyme & sande and for whiting wher ye awltrs wer | xvij s | ||
| Item, payd to ye visyters at saint Brydes ye Third daie of septembre for ye vse of the person | ix s | iiij d | |
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| (fn. 5) Payd for bringging downe of ye Imagis to rome lond and other thinges to be burnt | xij d | ||
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| Payd vnto Mr Lownes for wyne yat was fett [from ?] his house for ye comunyon | vij s | ||
| Payd vnto a goyner for mending ye pulpet, & ij Irons for to mend ye deske yat ye curat doth reede vppon | xiij d | ||
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| (fn. 6) Payd vnto Lording for wrytyng ye Invitory ffaire, to gyue to ye commissioners ye viijth daie of dissembre | xvj d | ||
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| Payd to whight ye raker for too carry awaie all ye rubbushe of ye auters yat did ly at ye cherch dore | xvj d | ||
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| So I do Rest to the church for thys yere of thys Receytes by me, thomas draper, att ye fott of my acompt xxiij s xj d. | |||
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(fn. 7) These be ye names of our parisioners as doth staie ye parsons dewty ffor his tythes which is dewe in my tym, Thomas Draper, then being Cherch wardon:—
| Master holstocke, for on hole yeare Ending at myclemas 1559 | xvj s | vj d |
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| The Bellowse maker in prestes Ally oyth for half a yers rent of his house | vj s | viij d |
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| (fn. 8) These be ye names of them That oyth for ye clarkes wagis in my Tyme, Thomas Draper, being cherch warden: | ||
| Vxor Collinges, won yeare | iiij d | |
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| Ioh'n Grenwaie for on quartre | j d | |
| Summa xxj s vj d. | ||