58 



payments 



Charter of 

 Receyts 



J 



Meere 



1579 



Arrerags 



The holie 

 lofe/. 



Legacies 



Seates 

 soldo 



The Chtorchuurdens' Accounts of Mere. 



Item the 9 of March for wine 



Item for wine and bread for Palm Sunday 



Item for Twesdaie wine 



Item for Easter wine and bread 



Item for the AV ashing of the surplices 



Item for the little bell rope 



Item for pap(er) 



Item for a Cord 



Item for oyle ^ *i \ 



Item for nailes y' were occupied about the 



new sterhes , Vn i _ ^ 



Item paied to Mr. WiUm Drewe the C arke ^ 

 libties of 'the Assizes for allowing of the Charter ^ 

 of the libties of Meere ^ 



Sma to" of the paym". vj". xvij'. vij . 

 Receiued for the holie lofe , „ , . , 



receyved by the death of Richard Hopkmsj 

 for a legasy ' 



receyved by the Death of Edward Asweckj 

 to be buryed in the Church ) 



Item for the legacy of Thonaas Borough) 

 to be buried in the Church ) 



for the pfitts of the pish Ale this yeare | 

 above all reprises J 



Sm^ vi]". vj'. x". 

 The fyrst Accompt of John fforward 

 of Meere and Edward fiord Wardens of 

 the pish Church of Meere taken for one whole 

 yeare ended the mundaie next after Easter 

 viz the xxth Daie of ApriU in tbe xxjth yeai-e 

 of the raigne of o- soveraigne Ladie Elizabeth 

 Queene of England &c. ., u^ 



ffirst thev are charged W" vi]>'. xf. vi]''. ob ^ 

 ^ for he'an-erages of the last Accompt 



of the stock of the Church made by the - 

 accomptants as pticularhe appeareth 

 tnthTLte of thaccompt of that yeare J 



Alsoe for the rent of the holie loafe receiued ^ 



Sis yeaie over and and above ii]^ w"; the bed- . 

 mln^yearelie hath accustomablie receiued 

 to his owne use on Easter daie J 



Alsoe they be charged w'" ii^ ^ o^' l^lf^jf.^. \ 



ay ven to the Church this yeare v iz ui] • \ 



°J ., :f* ^f THinmas iNewman and 



vij". xj'. vij''. ob. 



xij*. ix"*. 



gyven 10 iiie \^iiu'^" v...-y 



fnr the cuift of Thomas Is ewman and 



That is to saie ffor a seate sold to Mi Leon d , 

 Chafin WiiSi Chafyn and Edward Chafyn J 



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