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The CMircMoardens' Accounts of Mere. 



An 



Order 



for the 



Eleccon 



of 



church 



wardens/. 



Mere 



Itm' payed for a new Bawderick for one of the Belles ij". iiij''. 

 Itni' for viij. sackes of lyme.to Repayre the Churche walles iij'. iiij''. 



Sm"' of the payments viij". xij\ v''. 



And so Remayneth in Stocke Clere ] , .-, . ^ 

 to the use of the Churche j ■' ' 



Itm' there Eeniayneth in ihe handes of the sayd Churche 



wardeyns . of the Churche goodes . xj. Sylu' spones .whereof one 

 is broken. / And a greate Crocke conteynyng by estyniacon 

 vj galons ./. with d3'u"s other implements and necessaryes 

 conc'nynge the Churche ./. AUwhiche . be lefte in the Custodye 

 of the sayd Robert Bysshop' . and Robte lambert . nowe 

 Churche wardeyns . for that they bothe (by the Request 

 and Consent of the hole parishe) do Contyuewe and 

 Remayne Churche wardeyns . for the nexte yere folowynge. 

 To this Intente that all others of the sayd parishe . shall 

 alwayes hereafter do the Ij'ke. / 



And thereapon hyt is Concluded Ordered and Agreed. 

 At this daye . by the whole parisheners of the sayd 

 paryshe of Mere /. That who so eu' of the sayd parishenei s. 

 shall happen at eny tyme or tymes hereafter to be 

 elected and Chosen Churche wardeyn or wardeyns 

 of the sayd parishe . by suche nonibre of the parisheners 

 as shall happen to be psente and assemblyd . at the makynge 

 of the Acconipte for the Churche goodes . Or by the more pte 

 off them / That euy' of the sayd parisheners . so electyd and 

 Chosen Churche wardeyn . from tyme to tynie . bhall 

 Immedyately after suche Eleccon Receve and take apon 

 hym the Charge and doynge of the same./ And shall so 

 Contynewe in the Execucon' and doynge of the same . by the 

 space of too hole yeres . nexte after he shall be so Electyd 

 and chosen. / And that euy' of the sayd parisheners. 

 Refusynge or denyenge . to obs'ue or pforme this order . shall 

 fforfej'te and paye . to the use of the Churche . for euy' tyme 

 so Refusynge or denyenge the same . Thj-rtene shillj'nges 

 and ffoure pence . of laufuU euglisshe money. To be 

 payed at the nexte Churche accompte . next after 

 suche Refusall made ./ And tliis order to be truelye 

 obs'ued and kepte contynually. 



The Accompte of Robert Bysshop and Robert lan)bert Churche 

 wardeyns of the parishe there . from the Tuysday in the Easter 

 weke [lady 



in the Thyrde and iiij"' yeres of the Reigne of o'^sou'eign'lordand 

 Kynge Phillip and Queue Marj'e . & untill the Tuysdaye in 

 the Easter weke . yn the iiij"' and ffyveth yeres of the Reignes 

 of the same Kynge Phillip and Queue Marye ./ & An" Dni 1558 : 

 That is to saye . for one hole yere ./. as ffoloweth 



