Escheator's Accounts: 1502-3

Calendar of the Manuscripts of the Dean and Chapter of Wells: Volume 2. Originally published by His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1914.

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'Escheator's Accounts: 1502-3', in Calendar of the Manuscripts of the Dean and Chapter of Wells: Volume 2, (London, 1914) pp. 172-173. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/wells-mss/vol2/pp172-173 [accessed 25 April 2024]

Accounts of John Jenyns, the Escheator, from Michaelmas, 1502, to Michaelmas, 1503.

Receipts.

Oblations: at the trental of Mr. John Vowell 2½d.
at the burial of John Hampton 6d.
on the anniversary of Mr. John Lugwardyn 1d.
at the burial of Mr. John Pikman 10d.
his mortuary 4d.
at his trental 6d.
at the burial of Oliver, bishop of Bath and Wells 1s. 0d.
Obits.—Christmas term: Thomas Hooper, 15th year 1l. 6s. 8d.
Lady Day term: John Nabbe and Alice his wife 1l. 0s. 0d.
Richard Erle 6s. 8d.
Midsummer term: John Gunthorpe, late dean of Wells 2l. 0s. 0d.
Vacant prebends: Combe III, by the death of Mr. Michael Cleve 5l. 6s. 8d.
Tymberscombe, by the death of Mr. John Lugwardyn 8l. 0s. 0d.
Combe XV, by the death of Mr. John Vowell 5l. 6s. 8d.
Eston Gordon, by the death of Mr. John Seymur 8l. 6s. 8d.
Brent and Huish, by the death of Francis, archbishop of Busantinus and Prince of the Holy Empire, 40l. [cancelled].
Long Sutton, by the death of the abbat of Athelney 4l. 0s. 0d.

Expenses.

Paid to 43 persons from Combe III 3l. 6s. 3½d.
deceased's portion 1l. 13s. 6½d.
the king's tenth 5s. 4d.
the farmer for good payment 8d.
To 42 persons from Timberscombe 3l. 19s. 7½d.
deceased's portion 1l. 19s. 11d.
vicar choral for the stall 1l. 6s. 8d.
the king's tenth 5s. 4d.
To 40 persons from Combe XV 3l. 3s. 4d.
deceased's portion 1l. 11s. 9d.
the king's tenth 10s. 8d.
to the farmer for good payment 8d.
To 42 persons from Eston Gordon 4l. 7s. 6d.
deceased's portion 2l. 3s. 9½d.
vicar choral for the stall 1l. 6s. 8d.
expenses in collecting rent 8s. 0d.
to the farmer 4d.
To 40 persons from Long Sutton 4l. 0s. 0d.
To 27 persons from the mortuary of Mr. John Pickman 3l. 19s. 10½d.
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