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The ChurcMoardens' Accounts of Merc. 



Meere 



1576 



Receipts 



Item the some of the Church goods this inventory 



exhibited by Thomas King and John Longyer 



the iiijth of Aprill Anno 1675. 

 Item for one Challis and eleven silver spoones 



and fower Cushions 

 Item for Three Surplices and a leven pooles 



of lynnen Clothes 

 Item the washers of these clothes at the Church 



ale time They saie That is gillen Coward and 



Joane liugies that there lack a Diaper bordcloth 

 Item in the Vestrye there is three Chests and 



in the south ayle there is one 

 Item there is two clothes for the Comunion bord. 

 Item for the Church there is two long fourmes. 



and two benches and a table board in the Croshouse 

 Item there is for the Church two great brasen crocks 

 Item in the Chauncell two Coffers/. 



The second Accompt of Thomas King and 



John Longyer Churchwardens made the xxiij''' 

 Day of Aprill uppon Easter mundaie in A" 1576. 



Inprms there remayneth in their hands "| 



of the Church stock at their last accompt as J- 

 appeareth in the foote thereof J 



xj"^. xiiij^ vij"" 



xlvij^ vj''. 



Item they have receiued more of Thoma Bartlet 

 and John tibrward thelder late Churchwardens I 

 of money remayning in their hands as appear- I. 

 eth in the foote of the last accompt over and be- | 

 sides xij'. vj'' which they gave to John Hopkins J 

 in earnest the mason 



Item receiued for the profitts of the Church ale ) 

 for this last yeare of 1575 ) 



Item receiued for seates in the Church and for old"! 



Iron and other things as appeareth pticulerly by \ xxxiiij 

 their bill of receipts J 



Item of Nicholas Clement for vj yeares Rent ) 



of a Cottage in Shalbury Streete at ij". by the yeare ) 



Item of Joane Sharpe widdowe for the Rent of ) 

 a Cottage in Borestreet for vj yeres ) 



Item John Gough oweth to the Church for the 

 legacy of Thomas Luke w"'' was deliu'ed into hisj 

 hands to the use of a poore boy named Thomas y 

 Davis als Gyles as appeareth in the ffoot of 

 ffirst Accompt of Willra fforward and Willm 

 Kendoll A" xv"" Eliz : Reg. 



Memd. there is topay for the buriall of Leonard | 

 Chafyn thunger in the south He ) 



Item there remayneth in the hands of Richard "j 

 Cowley of his mothers legasie W"" hee promiseth \ 

 to paie towards the building of a Church house J 

 Sma To"* recepe. xxij". x^ if. 



whereof 



xij'. 



xnj". Ill]" 



vj'. viij'' 



