March 1548 - March 1550
Thys ys the acco'mpte of us John Goldhurst
and Randall kyrbee Chur'wardens
of the paryshe of Saynt Martyns in
the ffelde besyde Charynge Crosse electe and
Chosen to contynew as wardens ffrom the ffeaste of our lady thannu'cyacion
in the yere of our lorde a Thowsaunde ffyve hundreth ffortye and eyght
and in the secounde yere of the raygne of our sou'aygne lorde kyng Edward
the syxt vnto the feast aforesayde of our lady in the yere of our lorde a
Thowsaunde ffyve hundreth and ffyftye and in the ffourth yere of the
raygne of our sayd sou'aigne lorde Edward the syxt by the
Grace of god kynge of Englonde ffraunce and Irelonde Defendor of the
ffaythe and in yerthe of the Churche of Englonde and Irelond supreme
Head That ys to saye for the space of too hoole yeres complete, of all
and synguler our receptes and paymentes and other ordynarye
Chaurges specyfyed and conteyned in thys accom'pt as by the
Declaracyon hereof more playnlye appere as ffollowethe.
Memorand' the sayd wardens do
Charge them selves with nothynge of the wardens beynge in
the rowme the laste two yeres byfore.
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| Receptes for Buryalles and
knelles ffor bothe these yeres | |
| Imprimis reseyued for a knell at the buryall of mr Morrant | xijd |
| It'm receyued for the Clothe at all the buryalls of bothe yeres | iiijs iiijd |
| It'm receyued for brekynge of the grounde at the
buryall of mr Myllet the xth Day of December | vjs viijd |
| It'm receyued for the brekynge of the grounde at the
buryall of mr Crose the xijth day of november | vjs viijd |
| It'm for the knell of the sayd mr Crose | xijd |
| It'm receyued for the brekynge of the growne at the
buryall of the wyffe of Thomas a lee | vjs viijd |
| It'm receyued at the buryall of John Askewe
ffor the brekynge of the grounde | vjs viijd |
| It'm receyued at the buryall of mother Cooke
ffor brekynge of the grounde | vjs viijd |
| S'mma totalis of the buryalles
ffor bothe thesse yeres | xxxixs viijd. |
The gatherynge at the Quarter dayes for
the fyrste yere of this accompte wyth the money gathered for the pewes in
the Churche and paschall money wyth other receptes as ffollowethe (fn. 1)
Our Lady Quarter
|
| Imprimis receyued of the p'yssheners
ffor the token money in the Churche | xxxs |
| It'm receyuede ffor the Clarke and sextens
wages and for the pewes | xxjs xd |
Mydsomer Quarter
|
| It'm receyuyd for the Clarke & Sextons wages | xxiijs iijd |
Myghylmas Quarter
|
| It'm receyuyd for the Clarke & Sextons wages | xviijs viijd |
Crystmas Quarter
|
| It'm receyued for the Clarke & Sextens wages | xxs xd |
| Sum'a totalis for thes foure
Quarters of the fyrst yere | vli xiiijs vijd |
The gatheringe at the Quarter dayes for the
secounde yere of this accommpt wyth the token money and other
receptes as hereafter more playnelye apperethe:—
Our Lady Quarter
|
| Imprimis for the Clarke and sextons wages | xlijs iiijd |
| It'm receyued for the token money of the p'issheners | xviijs |
Mydsomer Quarter
|
| It'm receyuid for the Clarke & sextons wages | xxvs iijd |
Myghylmas Quarter
|
| It'm receyuid for the Clarke & sextons wages | xxvs iijd |
Crystmas Quarter
|
| It'm receyuid for the Clarke & sextons wages | liijs |
| Sum'a totalis of the foure
Quarters in the secound yere | viijli iijs xd |
Receptes receyuid by the sayd wardens in
the tyme of this accompt as hereaft' appereth
|
| Imprimis receyuyd for ij hundreth of laten
and a quarter after xviijs viijd the hundreth | xljs xd |
| It'm receyuyd for a pyxe of syluer weynge xxth
vnces after vs vjd the vnce (fn. 2) | vli xs |
| It'm receyuid for a payxe of syluer weynge vjth
vnces and a half after iiijs viijd the vnce | xxxs iiijd |
| It'm receyuyd for iiij knottes of syluer weynge iijth
vnces and a quarter after vs the vnce | xvijs vjd |
| It'm receyuyd for a Crosse of laten and a payer of sensors of
laten weynge xiiij pounde after iiijd the pound | iiijs viijd |
| It'm receyuyd for Images of Alyblaster (fn. 3) | vijs |
| It'm receyuyd for certayne Images (fn. 4) that
where out of the Aulter clothes | iiijs |
| Sum'a totalis of thes receptes | xli xvs iiijd (fn. 5) |
| Sum'a totalis of all the hole
receptes of thesse too yeres | xxvjli xiijs vd |
The sayd accom' pta'nnts do aske alowaunce
for paymentes by them Layde out to and for the Churche vse in the
fyrste yere of this accompt as here afte' more playnely apperethe.
|
| Imprimis payd to the sexton (fn. 6)
ffor hys hole yeres wages | xls |
| It'm payd for a Paraphrase (fn. 7) | vs |
| It'm payd for the makynge of supplycacion | ijs |
| It'm payd for wrytinge at westmy'ster | xijd |
| It'm payde to the sexton and his wyeffe for
wasshynge and sckowrerynge at easter | ijs |
| It'm payd when we were byfore
the Commyssioners (fn. 8) | ijs |
| It'm payd for a boxe | ijd |
| It'm payde for the fformes standyng
before the hyght Aulter | vs viijd |
| It'm payd for a byll presented to the kyngs Comyssyoners
concernynge Chauntres ffree Chappells & suche lyke (fn. 9) | xijd |
| It'm payde for wasshinge of x peces
of Churche gere | xd |
| It'm payd to the Clarke for hys quarters
wages at mydsomer | xxs |
| It'm payd to Rychard Burnoppe for makynge of the
commu'yon Cuppe weynge xxxiij vnces at viijd the vnce | xxijs |
| It'm payd for new by'dynge the bybyll | vs iiijd |
| It'm payd to a playsterer for his workemanshipe
ffor whytynge the Churche (fn. 10) | xlvjs viijd |
| It'm payde for reade leade and syse | xijs |
| It'm payde for hundreth of lyme | vs |
| It'm payde for ij loodes of sande | xd |
| It'm payde for browmes | iiijd |
| It'm payde for nayles to make scafoldes | xijd |
| Item payd to a Brickelayer and
hys man for too Dayes worke | ijs |
| It'm payd for a thowsane of brycke | vjs viijd |
| It'm payde to the Clarke for hys
wages at myghyllmas | xxs |
| It'm payde to the paynters for wrytinge (fn. 11) too
hundrethe yerdes & xij after xd the yerde | viijli xvjs viijd |
| It'm for wrytinge a Copye of this our accompt
at our ladye Daye | ijs |
| It'm payde to ij plummers for mendyng
the leades | ijs |
| It'm payd for ther fyre | xijd |
| It'm payde for xiiij pownde of sowlder
at vjd the pownde | vijs |
| It'm payde for a bell rope | xd |
| It'm payd to a workma' and his laborer
for layinge of a graue stone | ijs |
| It'm payde to the Clarke for hys wages
at Crystmas | xxs |
| It'm payd for kepynge our booke of accompt and
wrytynge the same in p'ticuler p'celles after viijd
the quarter the hole yere and makynge other bylles | ijs viijd |
| It'm payd when we were byfore the
commyssyoners at ij seuerall tymes | xs |
| Sum'a totalis of all the
ffyrste yeres paymentes | xxjli vs viijd |
The sayd accompta'nntes dothe aske alow=
aunce for paymentes by them layde out in the secounde
yere of thys accompte as hereafter more playnely appereth.
|
| Imprimis payd to a workman for
iij dayes worke in takynge downe the Aulters (fn. 12) | ijs vjd |
| It'm payde to ij laborers for workynge
abought the same worke | ijs viijd |
| It'm payde for lyme and sande
for the same workemen | iijs iiijd |
| It'm payde to the Clarke for hys
wages at our Ladye Daye | xxs |
| It'm payde for a drayght of a lease for the way to
the Churche and to counsell for deuysynge the same | ijs |
| It'm payd for a payer of Inventories of the Churche
goodes presentyd to the kyngs Commyssyoners (fn. 13) | iijs iiijd |
| It'm payde to the sexton for hys
hole yeres wages | xls |
| It'm payde to a Scryvenor for wrytynge
more in the same Inventories | xijd |
| It'm payde to the shreffesman (fn. 14) when
we were byfore the kyngs Comyssioners | xijd |
| It'm payde for breade and Dryncke at
the makynge of the sayde Inventores | vijd |
| It'm payde for wasshynge vj peces
of the Church gere | vjd |
| It'm payde for wasshynge xvj peces of
the Churche gere another tyme | xvjd |
| It'm payde for makynge of a keye and mendynge
of a locke for the Churche Dore | xijd |
| It'm payde to the Clarke for hys
wages at mydesomer | xxs |
| It'm payde for iiij bell ropes | iijs iiijd |
| It'm payde for mendynge of pewes and for nayles | xvd |
| Item payde to a workeman and hys
laborer for pauynge of iij graues | xxd |
| It'm payde for tewleue (fn. 15) fotte of newe
glasse for the Churche | vs vjd |
| It'm payde for pauynge tyle to paue the sayd graues | xxd |
| It'm payde for lyme and saunde for the
payuynge of the sayd graues | ijs ijd |
| It'm payde for a ballrycke for the gret bell | xijd |
| It'm payde for the Carryage of the olde s'uyce bokes of
the Churche to westmy'ster and to the sumner (fn. 16) | viijd |
| It'm payde for wasshynge vj peces of the
Churche gere and mendynge the same | viijd |
| It'm payde to the Clarke his half yeres wages
at myhylmas ande at Crystmas | xls |
| It'm payde for makynge a pewe
and for bordes and nayles for the same | iijs vjd |
| It'm payde to master pekyns for the seale (fn. 17)
for the way to the Churche | vijs |
| It'm payde for kepynge of the boke of our accompt
after viijd the quarter this secounde yere | ijs viijd |
| It'm payde for ij skynes of parchement
to wryght this our accompt | xijd |
| It'm payd for wrytinge this our accompt in paper and p'chement
and castynge of the same and other nessesaries wrytten | viijs viijd |
| Sum'a totalis of all the
Secounde yeres payme'tes | viijli xviijs (fn. 18) |
| Sum'a totalis of bothe thesse
too yeres paymentes | xxxli iijs viijd (fn. 19) |
| So remayneth dewe to the saide
Wardens of this accompt | iijlixs iijd |
Goldehurst Soluit
Thys accoumpte ys fullye & utterlye p'fited by the vewe of the deputy by the Comishionar
an'o io et secud'o p. et Mar. reg etc die xvo aprilis. & for theyre ful & clere discharge
Jho' Goldehurst (fn. 20) agr/ ethe to paye on thys syde su'daye nexte:—xs, & Ra'del Kyrbye (fn. 20)
hathe payed yn hande:—iijs iiijd
[Signed] Robert Huycke Rychard Boyley H. Haughton.
Rog: [mark] lee
franssys
[mark]
Dymbulby
John [mark] Evance
Footnotes
| 1 |
As a result of the Injunctions of 1547 there is no gathering for the sepulchre light. |
| 2 |
Edward's commissioners estimated silver plate at 4/4 the ounce; Churchwardens
were often able to make a much better bargain. |
| 3 |
Sep. 1547 the King's Visitation at St. Paul's Cathedral began, and all images were
pulled down (Grey Friars Chron:) "and so alle imagys pullyd downe thoerow alle
Ynglonde att that tyme, and all churches new whytte lymed with the commandmentts
wryttyne on the walles." |
| 4 |
Here used of any kind of figure representation. |
| 5 |
The sale of these things is evidence of the fiercely moving Protestantism of the
Protector Somerset. |
| 6 |
Usually the first item has been for palm, box and yew: but in 1547 the use of these on Palm Sunday was forbidden. |
| 7 |
In 1547 every parish was ordered to have a copy of Erasmus' paraphrase of the New Testament—to judge from the
sum paid, only the first volume (the Gospels) was purchased. |
| 8 |
Appointed in 1547 for the enforcement of the Injunctions, and for control of church goods no longer required for
the services. |
| 9 |
The Doctrine of masses for the dead having been rejected by the Church of England, the property which maintained
doctrine was taken away and converted "to good and godly uses" (1 Ed. vi, c. 14). |
| 10 |
vide n. 2, p. 129. |
| 11 |
qy. writing up the commandments and texts (vide n. 2, p. 129), where the walls
had been cleansed, by order, of all that could be regarded as tending to Popery. |
| 12 |
cf. Grey Friars Chronicle, 1547, "at this same tyme was pullyd up all the tomes, grett
stones, alle the auters, with the stalles and walles of the qwere and auteres in the church
of the Gray freares." |
| 13 |
For the examination of church goods. |
| 14 |
Sheriff's man. |
| 15 |
Twelve, to replace the glass destroyed by order of an Act of Parliament, 1549. |
| 16 |
January 1549, the Revised Prayer Book
was ordered to be used after Whitsuntide; Bishops were later commanded to collect and destroy all the old service books. |
| 17 |
For seal of the lease, see p. 132. |
| 18 |
Should be £9. |
| 19 |
Should be £30 5s. 8d. |
| 20 |
vide p. 153. |