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: 1537-8', in The Medieval Records of A London City Church St Mary At Hill, 1420-1559, (London, 1905) pp. 376-380. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/early-eng-text-soc/vol128/pp376-380 [accessed 26 April 2024]
[a.d. 1537–8.
Obit List.
Quitrent List.
Chantry Accounts.
The following complete list of the Church Rents is given in full because it specifies the localities of the properties, and is needed for comparison with the early rent lists.]
(fn. 1) The Rentes of the churche.
The Prestes Aley.
The rentes at toure hill.
Gardens.
(fn. 2) Paymentes made for the churche.
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Priestes Aley.
(fn. 3) Ih'on Rian['s] hous reparacions.
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The churche.
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| Paid for xxxvj elles of cloth for vj surplyces for the conductes and iiij for the children, at vij d the elle. Summa | xxj s | |
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| Paid for mendyng of the dore in pardon churchyerd | x d | |
| Paid to the mayers officer when Master Chaloner and Master Astryge were before the mayre | viij d | |
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| Paid toward the makyng of the dong bote for þe chirch | xvj d | |
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| (fn. 4) Paid for mendyng of the key to the southe church yard dore | ij d | |
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| Paid to the smyth for ij claspys of yron to set vp the aulter in our lady chappell | iij d | |
| Paid to sir marke for carolles for cristmas and for v square bookes | iij s | iiij d |
| Paid for paper for the same songes | xij d | |
| Paid for mendyng of a siluer sencer | iiij d | |
| Paid for mendyng of the lok and key to the scole hous dore | iiij d | |
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| Paid for a glas for the lamp | j d | |
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| Paid for mendyng of the parissh priest surples | vj d | |
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(fn. 5) The vestment maker.
| Paid to a vestment maker for xxvij dayes labour, at vij d the day | xv s | ix d | |
| Paid for silke tape | iij s | iiij d | |
| Paid for threde and threde tape | iiij s | j d | ob. |
| Paid for a hole pece of Rone bokeram | ij s | iiij d | |
| Paid for x yardes of burdeux bokeram, at v d the yarde | iiij s | iiij d | ob. |
| Paid to Thomas Sexten for makyng of the roll to gader the clarkes wages by | xij d | ||
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| Paid to Iamys sexten for wasshing the church clothes for a hole yere | xiij s | iiij d | |
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| Paid for beryng a cope to polles on saynt Erkenwaldes day | j d | ||
| Paid to a bokebynder for new byndyng the boke that lieth before the curate and mendyng certain places theryn | vij s | ||
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| Paid for hire of the prophetes Rayment | ij s | ||
| Paid for settyng vp of the stage | viij d | ||
| Paid for nayles to the same | j d | ||
| Paid to the rat taker for laying of his bayte | iiij d | ||
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| (fn. 6) Paid for cheires and formes on palme sonday | v d | ||
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| Paid to Thomas Coldale for blowing the organs for a yere, at ij d the weke | viij s | viij d | |
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[Allowances.]
(fn. 7) Casuell Resceites.
[Wax Reckoning.]
Clerk[es] Wages, & the beame light.
(fn. 8) Paymentes.
[Rehearsal, etc.]
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| (fn. 9) And more ress' for a pyt of a priest buried in the church out of bos aley, vj s viij d | ||
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| (fn. 10) and so the accomptant Ioh'n brid dothe owe cler v s iij d ob.. | ||
The whiche he hathe delyuered vnto his fellow, Thomas Lorymer, in the presence of Mr William Roche, alderman, Thomas Clayton . . . . . and other howsemen of the same parishe . . . .
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(fn. 11) These be the names of suche persounes as be detters parcell of the persons duetie.