Churchwardens' accounts: 1559

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: 1559', in The Medieval Records of A London City Church St Mary At Hill, 1420-1559, ed. Henry Littlehales( London, 1905), British History Online https://prod.british-history.ac.uk/early-eng-text-soc/vol128/pp411-413 [accessed 24 November 2024].

'Churchwardens' accounts: 1559', in The Medieval Records of A London City Church St Mary At Hill, 1420-1559. Edited by Henry Littlehales( London, 1905), British History Online, accessed November 24, 2024, https://prod.british-history.ac.uk/early-eng-text-soc/vol128/pp411-413.

"Churchwardens' accounts: 1559". The Medieval Records of A London City Church St Mary At Hill, 1420-1559. Ed. Henry Littlehales(London, 1905), , British History Online. Web. 24 November 2024. https://prod.british-history.ac.uk/early-eng-text-soc/vol128/pp411-413.

[a.d. 1559.

Thomas Draper, Warden.

The following and concluding pages of the MS. appear to be written in a different hand. One of the pages, 818, is headed 'Paymentes 1559.']

(fn. 1) Paymentes.

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Payd to ye person for a quyt rent for the cherch house iij s iiij d
Payd to mr Percy for ye second payment of a subsydy & for the parsons tenthe dew to the queenes grace, as doth appeare by his quyttauncis vj l'i xvij s vj d
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Item, spent vppon caston ye curat at ye salutacyon when I hired hym with ij or iij of ye parich with us xix d
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(fn. 2) payd to howe for iiij springes for the regalles xij d
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payd to Ioh'n Cooke, carpyndor, ye xth daie of Iune for making of a lythe coffen viij d
Item, payd for bread for ye communyon ye hole yeare xxij d
payd to mr arsdeakon of poles for mr persons visitacyon dew at miklemas iij s iiij d
Item, spent vppon mr phillip of poles for playing at organs on enson ye xvij daie of Iuly, at ye salutacion, mr lukas & mr win being ther xvj d
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Item, payd for cuttyng downe of ye grasse in ye south church yeard ij d
Item, payd for to prossession bokes in Inglish ye won an xx daie of Ianuary viij d
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(fn. 3) Payd for iiij sater bookes xij s
Payd for the changing agayne of the sayd bookes xij d
Payd for iiij playnsong bookes for the quyer vj s viij d
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Payd for takyng down ye sepulcure xij d
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Payd for making of ye comunyon table xx d
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Payd for taking downe ye rood, ye mary and the Ioh'n xvj d
Payd for the Iniomsons book iiij d
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(fn. 4) payd vnto v men yat did helpe to tack downe the great auterston and for the lone of v doble rafters and for on that was brooken iiij s ij d
Payd to mr north, brycklear, and iij labres with hym for v daies to take downe the auters and for poyntyng of the steple aboue rounde abought, and for mending of ye wales betwext the lead and ye glasse, and for lyme & sande and for whiting wher ye awltrs wer xvij s
Item, payd to ye visyters at saint Brydes ye Third daie of septembre for ye vse of the person ix s iiij d
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(fn. 5) Payd for bringging downe of ye Imagis to rome lond and other thinges to be burnt xij d
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Payd vnto Mr Lownes for wyne yat was fett [from ?] his house for ye comunyon vij s
Payd vnto a goyner for mending ye pulpet, & ij Irons for to mend ye deske yat ye curat doth reede vppon xiij d
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(fn. 6) Payd vnto Lording for wrytyng ye Invitory ffaire, to gyue to ye commissioners ye viijth daie of dissembre xvj d
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Payd to whight ye raker for too carry awaie all ye rubbushe of ye auters yat did ly at ye cherch dore xvj d
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So I do Rest to the church for thys yere of thys Receytes by me, thomas draper, att ye fott of my acompt xxiij s xj d.
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(fn. 7) These be ye names of our parisioners as doth staie ye parsons dewty ffor his tythes which is dewe in my tym, Thomas Draper, then being Cherch wardon:—

Master holstocke, for on hole yeare Ending at myclemas 1559 xvj s vj d
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The Bellowse maker in prestes Ally oyth for half a yers rent of his house vj s viij d
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(fn. 8) These be ye names of them That oyth for ye clarkes wagis in my Tyme, Thomas Draper, being cherch warden:
Vxor Collinges, won yeare iiij d
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Ioh'n Grenwaie for on quartre j d
Summa xxj s vj d.

Footnotes

  • 1. leaf 816.
  • 2. leaf 816, back.
  • 3. leaf 817.
  • 4. leaf 817, back.
  • 5. leaf 818.
  • 6. leaf 818, back.
  • 7. leaf 820.
  • 8. leaf 821.