Published online by Cambridge University Press: 18 July 2023
[The following items, to be found in the mutilated first pages of the accounts, deserve mention :—
the purchase of a book of Canons and Injunctions; payments made to the bailiff for the brotherhood house and the parsonage house; receipts from Thomas Parratt and what is apparently a receipt from “[Han]scombe for the feld and the towne 6s. Od.”; the digging and felling of a great tree, apparently an elm, the total expenses of which amounted to 54s. Id.; in 1573 payments made for the hanging, with use of a “brason pullye,” and weighing (“setting up of the post to way”) of the great bell, for “rounding” of the clapper of the same and for that of the fore bell, and for mending of the bell frame (most of these payments were made to Willyam Smithe); also in 1573 the fetching of hundreds of lead from H[itchin ?], and a payment made to “John Wodfeild plummer of Hitchin” for metal.]
The bocke of the Receyts and ---- Richarde Lyllye and Thomas ---- wardens of the parishe church --- and made thereof the 19 day of ---
To save this book to your Kindle, first ensure [email protected] is added to your Approved Personal Document E-mail List under your Personal Document Settings on the Manage Your Content and Devices page of your Amazon account. Then enter the ‘name’ part of your Kindle email address below. Find out more about saving to your Kindle.
Note you can select to save to either the @free.kindle.com or @kindle.com variations. ‘@free.kindle.com’ emails are free but can only be saved to your device when it is connected to wi-fi. ‘@kindle.com’ emails can be delivered even when you are not connected to wi-fi, but note that service fees apply.
Find out more about the Kindle Personal Document Service.
To save content items to your account, please confirm that you agree to abide by our usage policies. If this is the first time you use this feature, you will be asked to authorise Cambridge Core to connect with your account. Find out more about saving content to Dropbox.
To save content items to your account, please confirm that you agree to abide by our usage policies. If this is the first time you use this feature, you will be asked to authorise Cambridge Core to connect with your account. Find out more about saving content to Google Drive.