Churchwardens' accounts: 1508-9 | British History Online

The Medieval Records of A London City Church St Mary At Hill, 1420-1559. Originally published by Trübner, London, 1905.

'Churchwardens' accounts: 1508-9', in The Medieval Records of A London City Church St Mary At Hill, 1420-1559, (London, 1905) pp. 265-268. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/early-eng-text-soc/vol128/pp265-268 [accessed 19 April 2024]

[a.d. 1508–9.



William Roche	Wardens.
Iohn Russell

Chantry Accounts.

Church Rents.

Quytt Rentes and obyttes of same.]

Paymentes and Reparaciones of the same chirch & Rentes.



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(fn. 1) Item, payd for beryng of iiij torchis when þe kyng was beryd	l'i	s	viij d
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Item, for ij oblygacions betwixtt [billisdo ?] & þe paryshe for the grett belle	l'i	s	viij d
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Item, payd to viij men for beryng of viij torchis on corpus criste day	l'i	s	viij d
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Item, payd to the clarkes that song ij Evynsonges and on mes	l'i	vs	d
Item, for a long poll þat longeth to the cloth of our lady of somsyon [Assumption]	l'i	s	vj d
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Item, for watter for the funt on Wytson yeuyn	l'i	s	j d
Item, for mendyng of a syluer candylstecke with vyse	l'i	s	viij d
Item, payd to seuyn men that Rong the bellis when the kynges grace whent to Westmyster to be crownnyd	l'i	j s	ij d
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(fn. 2) Item, for a new surpelis for the parysh' prist, cloth and makyng	l'i	v s	iiij d
Item, payd for that was spent at the settyng of ij torchis at Westmystir, geuyn be my ladys grase	l'i	s	x d
Item, paid for Ryngyng of sir Iohn plomer is knyll	l'i	s	viij d
Item, payd to a man that pleyd apon the organs on owre lady day of Somcion	l'i	j s	d
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Item, for skonchis ij quartters and a planke & a benche in the pew next to the polpitt	l'i	s	xj d
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Item, payd for the mendyng of the vyse of the syluer crose	l'i	s	vj d
Item, for mendyng of a key, and bellos of the grett organs	l'i	s	v d
Item, payd for makyng of v pewis in ther [houhe ?] wech was afore in iiij pewis, for nayllis vij d, for [ponshos?] viij d, ij carpyndars v days apece vj s viij d	l'i	vij s	xj d
Item, paid vnto Rechard sons wyf for washyng of the sypers cloth and settyng on the garneshe that belongth to the pyx	l'i	s	iiij d
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(fn. 3) Item, payd to retayn master grenne for cownsell how to take a axcion for cutyng of owr iij bellis	l'i	j s	viij d
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Item, payd for a peyre of henges weyng iiij l'i & di. for þe Egill, with nayllis that cost	l'i	s	ix d
Item, for makyng clenne of the same howse	l'i	s	ij d
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(fn. 4) The Casewell Resetes this yere.



ffyrst, R' of Ioh'n resell' of the surplesag of the last yere of his acowynte þat Remaneyd in hes handes	l'i	xix s	ij d
R' of Master smarte for the Brekyng of the growynd in the churche for M^r Ioh'n Rodey	l'i	xiij s	iiij d
Item, R' more, for the knyll' for the said prest, of M^r Dokelynges Belle	l'i	vj s	viij d
R' of hary hychekoke at ij tymes for þe Beqwest of Thomae Collenes	ix l'i	xix s	viij d
R' of M^r smartt & Mestres hawlehed for the bequest of M^r Ioh'n Rodedy	iiij l'i	s	d
R' for the Beryall' of a prest that dyed at abottes In, in the chercheyerd	l'i	ij s	d
R' of Ioh'n Pettett for the Beryall' of Wylliam Revell' xiij s iiij d the pytte, vj s viij d the knylle, iij s iiij d the ston, x þat he gaffe to our Baytyllmente. summa	j l'i	xiij s	iiij d
R' for the pytt wher as goodeman doklynge lythe R' be his lyfe	l'i	xiij s	iiij d
R' for the knyll' & pytte of Branke Twatte	l'i	xvj s	viij d
R' for the knyll' of the grett Belle for sir Iohn plomer, of his Executoures	l'i	vj s	viij d
R' of my laydy the kynges grandam to our churche xx s, wherof the [smoner ?] hayd viij d, Rest	l'i	xix s	iiij d
R' of Brankewattes wife that hyre husband beqwest to our churche	l'i	vj s	viij d
R' of Robard Revell' for þe pyte of his doygheter	l'i	ij s	d
R' that Master darby promyseyd for Master parson towarde the paveynge of our churche	l'i	x s	d
Summa totallis, xxj l'i viij s x d o.

(fn. 5) Paymentes of the said casewalltes.

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(fn. 6) Clarkes wages, Beme lyt & paskall' lygh't.



R' this yere of the gadyryng of þe clarkes wagges	vj l'i	j s	vj d
R' this yer for the beme lyt	l'i	xv s	j d
R' this yere for the pasecall' money	l'i	xj s	vj d
Summa, vij l'i viij s j d.

Paymentes of the same.



fyrst, paid to Ioh'n lowe, the clark, for his yeres wages xxiij s iiij d euery quarter	iiij l'i	xiij s	iiij d
Item, paid to william wylld, sexten, for his wages this yere	ij l'i	s	d
Summa, vj l'i xiij s iiij d.
And so ther Restes clere that is Resseyuyd more then is paid, xiiij s ix d.

[Wax Reckoning. Allowances. Rehearsal.]

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(fn. 7) Memorandum: this is Iohn Alltropes hande, wrytyn by hym for the dysecharge of the said William Roche in presence of the forsaid persones.