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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 08 January 2012
The Company of Parish Clerks was incorporated as ‘The Master, Wardens, Assistants and Brethren of the Parish Clerks of the Parish Churches of the City and Suburbs of London and the Liberties thereof, the City of Westminster, the Borough of Southwark and the Fifteen Out-Parishes adjacent’ by King Charles the First by letters patent dated 27th February 1639. The Company had received several charters previously.
page 233 note1 It has in recent times been assumed that the words: ‘From Warden to Warden’ meant that the donor was a Warden and that he gave the box to his fellow Warden; but the entry in the minutes of 1692 disproves the assumption. The object of the inscription was, I suggest, to ensure the box going round the table. The Wardens sit on either side of the Master, in accordance with ancient custom, and Master Payne desired his gift to be used first by a Warden, then by the other members in turn, and finally by the other Warden.