Accounts of Richard Pomerey, Keeper of the Fabric, from Michaelmas, 1500, to Michaelmas, 1501.
Receipts.
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Received from oblations in pixes |
2l.
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12s.
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1½d.
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Sales: lead |
2l.
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12s.
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2d.
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3 sheets of glass |
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2s.
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6d.
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9 semes of Walschboards |
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6s.
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0d.
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celingnails |
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4d.
|
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a pair of agate prayer-beads |
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7d.
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Collected by the bishop's commissary and the archdeacons of Wells and Taunton |
1l.
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16s.
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8d.
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Arrears of St. Andrew's pence from Pylle |
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8d.
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32 legacies |
2l.
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11s.
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4d.
|
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2 rings |
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1s.
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1½d.
|
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2 gold rings |
1l.
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17s.
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6d.
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St. Andrew's briefs: deaneries of Bath and Ratclyffe |
2l.
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15s.
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4d.
|
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Frome, Axbridge and Poulet |
4l.
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3s.
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9½d.
|
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Cary, Merston, Ilchester and the jurisdiction of the dean of Wells |
5l.
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9s.
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7d.
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Crukern, Taunton, Dunster, Bridgwater and the jurisdiction of Glaston |
10l.
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11s.
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10d.
|
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Vacancy of vicars' stalls |
21l.
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6s.
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8d.
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Expenses.
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Paid workmen's weekly wages |
11l.
|
7s.
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6d.
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Expenses of collection of the Brotherhood of St. Andrew |
6l.
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9s.
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7d.
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Paid for a hogshead of oil |
1l.
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16s.
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8d.
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carriage from Bristol |
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1s.
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9d.
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To the king's players |
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6s.
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8d.
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the queen's |
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6s.
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8d.
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and the prince's |
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6s.
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8d.
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Carriage of the hammer of the bell |
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1s.
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8d.
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Table expenses of John Whyte, testing the sound of the great bell |
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1s.
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10d.
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Mr. Robert Pemberton, for bringing a cope by command of the chancellor |
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1s.
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8d.
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Bars and hooks above the nave of the church |
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1s.
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0d.
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Crampetts of pipes to the cistern of the aqueduct |
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2s.
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0d.
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Mending the hammer of the great bell |
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13s.
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4d.
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Brass pipe for the aqueduct in the Palm churchyard |
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6d.
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Bread and beer for workmen at bringing and hanging the bell |
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3s.
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0d.
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4qrs. of coal |
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2s.
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4d.
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2 ells of linen cloth for the bishop at the consecration of the new bell |
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2s.
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4d.
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To Thomas at the Antelope for making divers things for bringing the great bell, &c. |
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13s.
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4½d.
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During vacancy of vicars' stalls, for Mass, Gospel and Epistle |
3l.
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4s.
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2d.
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Received legacy of William Cokell |
2l.
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0s.
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0d.
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Donation towards making the great bell, by decree of the chapter |
1l.
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6s.
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8d.
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Hopeless debts to be omitted from the rolls: of John Haydour |
2l.
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6s.
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3 3/4d.
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of Robert Wilson, late prebendary of Timberscombe |
2l.
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13s.
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4d.
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of the prior of Barlynch, for 23 years |
7l.
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13s.
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4d.
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Stock: Tin, 151lbs., spent on the church 100lbs.; lead, 750lbs., bought 5,769lbs., spent on the church 2,400lbs., sold 1,319lbs; spikenails, bought 150, used for the church 72 [? 62], remaining 88; board nails 300, used 250; hatch nails 460, bought 2,000, used for the church 2,100, remaining 360; tack nails, bought 1,000, used 700; lead nails, bought 1,000, used 800; lathnails,
bought 1,000, used 200; white glass, 11 sheets, sold 3; coloured glass, 2 bouncher.
