44 The Churchwardens' Accounts of Mere. 



Inprms they yeeld accompt of money re- "i 



mayning in their hands uppoa the dteimynacon | eviii* vi'' 



of their last accompt made the xxiijth Daie of j J • J ' 



m'ch Anno Dni 1572 J 



Item they have received of WiUm Lucas for ) ■ ^ 



the legacye of Thomas Luke, Smith j 



Item they have received for diu's seates in the ^ 

 Church and for the buriall of M'" Johane 

 Dodyngton and EUzabeth her daughter in - xv'*. vj''. 



the Church as appeareth pticulerlie by 



their bill of receipts 

 iem they yeeld accou 

 the Church Ale for this yeare 1573 



Item they yeeld accompt of the pfitts of \ 



vnj". xij" 



Item for money received for the holy loffe ) --s 



for Ij Sundaies after a iij''. for every Sunday ) '' 



Sm' of the ) u •« • a 

 ^ ■ . > XV". XVI . ix". 

 Receipts ) •■ 



Whereof allowed unto the said Church 



wardens for Diu's repacons of the said 



Church windowes and the Bells and Diu's , 



other things as appeareth pticulerly by 



their byll thereof Sm" patetj 



And soe remayneth cleere to the Church ■"! 



in the hands of the Churchwardens uppon V x^. xv". vj''. 



the Determynacon of this Accompt J 



Debts Due Inpms of Nicholas Clement for fower ~1 ^.. ,, 



to the yeares rent for the Cottage in Salisbury StreeteJ ^ 



Church / Item of Joehne Sharpe widdowe for "| 



the Rent of the Cottage in Bore Strete r 



for iiij yeres J 



Item John Gough oweth to the Church for 



the legacy of Thomas Luke W"^ was deliu'd 



into his hands, to the use of a poore boye 



named Thomas Davis als Gyles as appeareth j' J • J 



in the foote of the ffirst accompt of Willm 



fforward and Willm Kendall An" xv'' Eliz: RegineJ 



RandoU Coward is appointed to be King this 

 yeare because hee was Prince the last yeare, 

 and Michaell Laning is appointed to be 

 prince this yeare according to the old Custome /. 



Thomas King and John Longyer be elected 

 to be Churchwardens to contynewe for too 

 yeares according to the old order /. 



The Surveyors for the high wayes elected 

 ]\[' Awbrey Wolston ffoster. 



Item there remayneth in the hands of Thomas'^ 

 Bartlett and John fforward thelder, w'*" they I 

 were allowed uppon their nfonnipt for the | 

 repacon of the Church porch in the north )■ Ix^ 



side thereof . whereof they alleadge that i 



they have paied xij''. vj'' in earnest to John | 

 Hopkins of Chitterne mason J 



