Medieval records of a London city church : churchwardens' accounts and memoranda / from the edition by Henry Littlehales.
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- Medieval records of a London city church : churchwardens' accounts and memoranda / from the edition by Henry Littlehales.
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- London (England). St. Mary at Hill (Church)
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- Littlehales, Henry, 1859-
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- London: Published for the Early English text society by K. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co.
- 1904-1905
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- Church records and registers -- England -- London.
- London (England) -- Church history -- Sources.
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"Medieval records of a London city church : churchwardens' accounts and memoranda / from the edition by Henry Littlehales." In the digital collection Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/ajt8135. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 17, 2024.
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Church Rents. Payments.
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paid to Iohn Northfolke for a Rewarde for kepyng the quere and the Orgons all the xijc days in Cristemas | [typographic *****]vj s viij d |
paid for iiij ymners and a processioner, noted, for þe clerkes in þe quere | vj s viij d |
paid for makyng clene of a chambre in the Abbottes yn for to be a skole howse for Northfolkes children and for hauyng away of Strawe and Rubbussh owte of that howse, the Summa of | vj d |
paid for Russhis for that Chambre for Strawyng | iij d |
paid for Ryngyng of Mestres porttes knyll with the Greate bell | vj d |
paid for makyng of xij Surplices ffor men, the pece vj d. Summa | vj s |
paid for makyng of xij Surplices for Children, þe pece v d. Summa [Forty-eight 'elles' of linen cloth and twenty-six of 'Brode' cloth for Surplices bought separately.] | v s |
paid for makyng of iijc Children Surplices, of the which Surplices Mr Clayton gaue the clothe of them; paid for makyng | xv d |
paid for iiij holywatur spryngklys for the churche | vj d |
paid to sir Richard Ellys for candell for syngyng þe ffirst mas | ij d |
paid for makyng clene of both þe chirchyerdes ayenst þat day palm sonday | iij d |
paid to Mr Austhorp of the Obbet of Mestres Noneley | x s |
paid for brede and Drynke spent vppon the Orgon maker and other of the parisshe in the tyme of the Amendyng of the Orgons | xj d |
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paid to the Orgon maker by þe mynde of Mr person for mendyng the Orgons | iij s iiij d |
paid for the Costes of William Smyth, Condukte, for settyng a childe at Waltham | xij d |
paid to Iohn Woulff for Shauyng & payntyng of iiij Baner Stavis, the which Stavys wer gevyn by Robert Ryvell | iiij s |
paid for Garlondis for the Crossis and the quere and for other Straungers that did bere Copis on corpus cristi day | xxj d |
paid for beryng of viij Torches that day with þe Sacrament | viij d |
paid to Northfolke and his compeny & þe children when that Mr parson gave to them a playng weke to make mery | iij s iiij d |
paid for Milke and Rattisbane for the Rattes in the chirch | j d ob |
paid for bromys for the chirch & Grece for the belles | iij d |
paid to the Ryngers on our lady day for Ryngyng | viij d |
paid for a basket for the Chirch for the Duste | ij d |
paid for vj lb of Rope for them lamp, the lb j d quarter. Summa | vij d oh |
paid for ij yerdys of wykur matt for þe childrens fete | xvj d |
paid for vj Round Mattes of wyrkers for the Clerkes | xv d |
to a ffounder for mendyng the Branche in the Roodelofte and for makyng of ij Newe Armes for þat branch, of viij lb. Summa2.6 | iiij s v d |
paid to Antony Syluer for vj dossen & di. of candell for the chirch | vj s vj d |
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paid for xv fote of Boourde occupyed in Mestres Rochis Maydens pewe for benches and other thynges | v d |
paid for Reysyng of Mr Roches pewe and for a Newe dore to the same pewe and for Stuff and wourkmanship of the same | ij s iiij d |
paid for wourkmanship of Mr Roches Maydens pewe and for Settyng vpp of a pewe in Seint Annys chappell | iiij d |
paid for a peyre of Garnattes for Mr Roches pewe dore | iiij d |
paid for a long Deske for the quere | iij s |
paid to the Raker for his yeres wages for the chirch | xvj d |
paid to Balaham, lamerton and Adam, that was graunted to them for blowyng the Orgons and tendyng to the chirch euery sonday, to haue ij d, that is to say, from the xth day of Septembre vnto the xviij day of Decembre. Summa xv Sondays, euery sonday ij d. Summa | ij s vj d |
paid for Brede, Ale and wyne for the queer at dyuers hight festis in the yere and for the Kynges chappell xiij s x d; of the whiche Receued of Mr parson vj s xj d, And so Restith to the chirches cost | vj s xj d |
paid for mendyng of the Dayly Cros & Burnysshing therof | ij s |
A Page of the Accounts. (MS. 1239/1 leaf 498, A.D. 1524. Reduced in size.)
Casuell Receptis this yere.
Receued for the Buryall of a Straunger in þe Greate chirchyerd | viij d |
Receued for the Buryall of Mr Roches soon in the Chirch | vj s viij d |
Receued for the Buryall of Symond vavasours Doughter in þe pardon chirchyerd | ij s |
Receued for the Buryall of Mestres port in Seint Stephins chappell & þe knyll | xx s |
Receued for the Buryall of Stephyn Saunderson in Seint Stephyns chapell | xiij s iiij d |
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Receued for the Buryall of Iohn Wall in the chirch & for his knyll | xiij s iiij d |
Receued for the Buryall of a Man owte of the ffreor at Billingesgate | ij s |
Receued for the Buryall of Iohn Austhorp in þe pardon chirchyerd | ij s |
Receued for the Buryall of Iohn Birdes childe in the pardon chirchyerd | ij s |
Receued for the Buryall of Robert Austhorpis childe in the pardon chirchyerd | ij s |
Receued for the Buryall of Richard Stauner in the body of the chirch | vj s viij d |
Receued for the Buryall of Roger Chaloners childe in the pardon chirchyerd | ij s |
Receued for thatt was Gadred by þe wyffis on hokmonday | xij s iiij d ob |
Receued of Mr Roche of the vli that he lentt to the chirche as apperith in the last ende of þe Acompte afore wretyn. Summa | ij s v d |
Summa of theis Receptis iiij li vij s v d ob. |
Clerkys wagis and Beamelight.
Receued for Clerkys wagis this yere as Apperith by the Rowle | viij li xiiij s iiij d |
Receued for pascall money and Beamlight this yere | xij s |
Summa, | ixli vj s iiij d. |
Paymenttis.
paid to Roger Mason, Clerk, for his wagis for a hole yere | vij li vj s viij d |
paid to Thomas, Sexten, for halff a yeres wages ended at our lady day | xxxiij s iiij d |
paid to Augustyn, Sexten, for di. a yeres wages ended at our lady day | xxvj s viij d |
paid to Iohn Northfolke, condukt, for iij quarters wages besidis Mr parsons wages | xxxx s |
paid to William Wylde for his wages for a hole yere | xx s12-16-8 |
Summa, | xij li xvj s viij d. |
So the charges is more then the Receptes | iij li x s iiij d. |
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Wax Reckoning. Allowances. Rehearsal, etc.
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paid, more, to William Wylde for wryting of a New Inventory | iij s vij d |
Memorandum: the xiij day of ffebruarri Anno m1 ccccc xxiiijts, and in the xvj yere of the Rayng of kyng henre the viijth, that there is owyng vnto Thomas harman by the chirch of seint Mary at hill, the Summa off viij li x s, to be paid at the ffest of puryficacion of our lady in the yere of our lord god m1 ccccc xxv. And then and at that day the said Thomas and the Church of Seint Mary at hill shal be clere content & paid of all summaes of Money the whiche the said Thomas had in the custody of the chirch before this day.
Memorandum: in the yere of our lord god m1 vc xxiiijts, And in the xvj yere of kyng henry the viijth, that Richard Broke, Thomas Dod, Iohn Good and Richard Tompson, wardens of the ffraternyte or Guylde of Seint Christofur holden and kepte in the Church of Seint Mary at hill, by Byllingesgate in london, made ther Acompte before the Right woursshipfull Mr percy, parson of the said Chirch and oþer the worsshipfull of the parisshe. And where hit Apperid by ther Acompt brought, that their Receptes þat they had Receued this yere mounte to þe Summa of v li xvj s viij d ob. Whereof they payd, as Apperid by certen parcelles, for dyuers charge þis yere the Summa of iiij li xviij s iij d ob. And so ther Restith by this A-Compte & all charges paid, þe summa of xviij s v d.
And so
There Remayneth in ther box with the Rest of this Acompte and with that money that was in ther box before this Acompt Summa iij li viij s.