Churchwardens' accounts: 1538-47

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: 1538-47', 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/pp381-384 [accessed 22 December 2024].

'Churchwardens' accounts: 1538-47', 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 December 22, 2024, https://prod.british-history.ac.uk/early-eng-text-soc/vol128/pp381-384.

"Churchwardens' accounts: 1538-47". The Medieval Records of A London City Church St Mary At Hill, 1420-1559. Ed. Henry Littlehales(London, 1905), , British History Online. Web. 22 December 2024. https://prod.british-history.ac.uk/early-eng-text-soc/vol128/pp381-384.

[a.d. 1538–9 lost.]

(fn. 1) [a.d. 1539–40.

Iohn Austen Wardens.
William Brayfeld

Obits List. Quitrent List. Chantry Accounts. The Rentes off the Churche.]

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(fn. 2) The Priestes Alley.

Resseyved for the Scolehowse for a yeres rent vj s viij d
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(fn. 3) Paymentes consernyng the Churche.

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Payed to the preist for the bedrowlle for a yere ij s iiij d
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Payed for hollye & yve xiiij d
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Payed to Orgaynmaker for mending them on newyeres even ij s, and mor payed hym for hys xij d iij s
Payed for mending a sholve ij d ob., & mending ij candlestickes j d iij d ob.
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Payed for a booke for the churche xx d
Payed for iij payer of Cruettes ij s
Payed for the Clothes of the tower for pallme sondaye xij d
Payed opynyng the Tower gate iiij d, & caryeng of them iiij d viij d
Payed for hyring the prophyttes clothes on pallme sondaye ij s
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Payed ij men for watchyng ye sepullcre ij nyghtes xvj d
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Payed for a boote to westmynster & home ageyn vij d
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Payed ffor vj barres of yron to my house, wayng lxj ll, at j d ob. the pownnde vij s vij d ob.
Payed for pavyeng of x yerdes beffore my dore xx d
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(fn. 4) Payed for bred & drynke for the prophettes on pal'me sondaye j d ob.
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Payed to Mr Mallbe for a cheesse for Mr Powlyver viij d
Payed ffor garllandes on the Ascencion daye xj d
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Payed for garlandes on corpus crysti daye ij s
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(fn. 5) Payed for iiij lattessys in the bellffreye xij d
Payed for byrche at Mydsomer vj d
Payed for caryeng the coopes to powles dyuers tyms ij d
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Payed for Rynging the belles on owr ladye daye xvj d
Payed to Mr Malbye ffor keping of the chalice iiij d
Payed to a trebyll ffor synging in the quyer iij s iiij d
Payed for my exspences in the Cownter xvj d
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Payed at the heyryng of a preyst for our drynkyng iij d
Payed for a quartern of Tyells for the Churche vij d
Payed ye Orgaynemaker for iiij garnetes & iij Skynes for the bellowes of the Orgaynes ij s iiij d
Payed for the mending of ij Syllver candlestyckes xviij d
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Payed for the mendyng of the leystoff iiij d
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Payed for ffaggottes & for coolles iiij d
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Payed to the Sexten for prycking of a song booke ij d
Payed for a plancke ffor Romelande iiij d
Payed to Powelles wif for keping ssir gravesend iiij s
Payed for ij hockes & iiij staples for ye ij churchedoores vj d
(fn. 6) Payed ffor a Cheste ffor the vesterye vj s viij d
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Payed for a caase for my lorde Mayers Sworde xij d
Payed to iiij men to bere torches on Corpus Christi daye iiij d
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Payed for pallme, box & yve xiiij d, & floweres & cakes iiij d xviij d
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QuytRentes.

Payed to [the] kynges graice for a quytRent for Walltham ffor Iohn Weston xxxviij s & ffor Iohn Nassyng xxij s, and for the southe ylle of th[e] Churche x s iij l'i x s
Payed to seynct georges churche in botulphe lane for quytrent for the house that Ione goodwyn dwellith yn xx s
Payed to the kynges graice for a quytrent for Iohn Weston xviij s iiij d
Payed to ssir Iohn cornewales for a quytrent of ye bell at tower hill xij d

Allowaunces.

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(fn. 7) Cassuall Receptes.

Resseyved of Mr Rooche for his wyffes pyt & knell xiij s iiij d
Resseyved of Mr Rooche for Christoffer his sones pytt vj s viij d
Resseyved of Mr Rooche for his servauntes pytt in ye churcheyerd iij s iiij d
Resseyved of Mr Bornegyll for a straungers pyt yn ye churche vj s viij d
Resseyved of Wollston Wynne for hys wyffes pytt vj s viij d
Resseyved of Mr Clayton for his kynssewomans pytt vj s viij d
Resseyved ffor ssir Snowes pytte and his knell xiij s iiij d
Resseyved of William brooke for chylldes pyt in ye churcheyerd ij s
Resseyved of Thoms Moore for his brotheres pyt in ye churche vj s viij d
Resseyved of harrye smythe for a pytt in ye churchyerd vj s viij d
Resseyved for Antony pomfrettes pytt in the churcheyerd iij s iiij d
Resseyved of Thomas moore for the leasse of hys howse xl s
Resseyved of sir Rocklye in party of payment of a chalice xiij s iiij d
Summa, vj l'i viij s viij d

[Wax Reckoning.]

(fn. 8) The Clarkes wayges and Beame lighte.

Resseyved of the paryschens fer the Clarkes wayges this yere, as apperithe by the Rowll of gatheryng of ye same viij l'i xiij s iiij d
Resseyved of the beame lyght & pascuall monye this yere xiij s iiij d
Summa, ix l'i vj s viij d.

Paymentes to Clarkes and Conductes.

Payed to Richarde wynsselate for a quarter and iij wekes, after x l'i the yere iij l'i xij d
Payed to Iohn Daye ffor a hoole yere viij l'i xiij s iiij d
Payed to William Pattyn for one quart[e]rs wayges xl s
Payed to Thomas Rowe for a hole yere vj l'i xiij s iiij d
Payed to Iohn Hacket for a hoole yere vij l'i vj s viij d
Payed to Richard ffox for di. yere & xvj dayes, after vij l'i ye yere iij l'i xvj s iiij d
Payed to the Sexten for a yere viij l'i
Payed to Thomas Wallden for iij quarteres and ode dayes v l'i xiij s iiij d
Payed to Iohn Thorne for di. yere and x wekes v l'i xvj s
Summa, lj l'i.

So the paymentes amowntes to more then ye Receptes xlj l'i xiij s iiij d.

[Rehearsal, etc. a.d. 1540–7 lost.]

Footnotes

  • 1. leaf 712.
  • 2. leaf 717.
  • 3. leaf 717, back.
  • 4. leaf 718.
  • 5. leaf 718, back.
  • 6. leaf 719.
  • 7. leaf 719, back.
  • 8. leaf 720.
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