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Old and New London
… In the lobby that leads to the western porch, where a sexton hung himself in 1838, there is a canopied altar-tomb …
A History of the County of Warwick
… a yearly sermon in St. Michael's Church with 4 d. to the sexton for the ringing of the sermon bell. The house was … sermons and 4 s. to the mayor, vicar, churchwardens, and sexton. A mere 3 was then spent on a distribution of bread … distribution among nine poor widows, with 6 s. to the sexton for distributing the bread. 54 In 1833 sums of 2 a …
A History of the County of Warwick
… particularly in the churchyard on Sundays. 11 In 1766 the sexton was a person of some importance; he was, for example, …
A History of the County of Warwick
… 47 ALTEGEDER MILL (Whitefriars Mill, Nassington's Mill, Sexton's Mill, Queeney's Mill, Howlett's Mill, Peabody's … tenants of the priory. In 1545 the mill, then called the Sexton's Mill, was included in the priory's property which …
An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk
An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk
… any courts, sermons, or publick places, that the clerk or sexton of every parish should forthwith set a paper on the …
An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk
… Stephen Dersham. 4. The Sacrist ( sacrista) sacristain, or sexton 50 (as we now call it) was the officer who had the …
The Manuscripts of Rye and Hereford Corporations, etc.
… five o'clock in the evening for evening prayers; and the sexton to toll to service upon those days half an hour before …
Diary of Thomas Burton esq
… Great allowance to officers. A steward 80 l. per annum, sexton, verger, &c. 20 l. apiece. Mr. Fowell. I second that …