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The Churchwardens' Accounts of Mere. 



The xiijth of Aprill for bred and wyne 

 The xiiijth of Aprill for bred and wyne 

 The xvth of Aprill for bred and wyne 



Sum' is xxxiij^ ij^. ex' 



xij*. ob. 



iij\ \\\^. ob. 



viij'. vj**. ob. 



•ix". llj 



Meere / The accompt of Symon Crouch and John Hewett 

 1594 : wardens of the pish Church of Meere for one whole yeare 



made the vijth Dale of Aprill in the xxxvjth yeare of 

 the raigne of our sou'aigne lady Elizabeth by the grace 

 of god queene of England etc 



The Church Inpmis they be charged w"' ix''. iij'. x'^. ob. 

 stock and j barrell of gunpowder pric vj" iiij^ 



of the stock of the Church at the last accompt 



made by Thomas fforward and John 



Hewett Churchwardens the last yeare as 



appeareth in the foote of their accompt 

 Comunion Item received by them of Eobte Goodden for 

 bread the rent of the comunion bread this yeare 



over and aboue iij''. gyven to him for collecting 



the same as in the yeare before 

 Church ale Item received by them of the pfitts of the \ 



Church ale made this yeare 1593 J 



Item received for seates in the Church by them^ 

 Seates and this yeare sold as appeareth pticulerly by a I 

 other things bill thereof made and annexed to this ac- V 



sold 



». x"*. ob. 



xl]^ 



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compt w"' viij''. for two old bell ropes by 

 them alsoe sold 



ffuneralls Item received by them of Jone Thorne and , 

 Mary ffoster widdowes for that their hus- I 

 bands were buried w'''in the Church, of I 

 each of them vj^. viij'', and of Roger Wilton j 

 ffor that Grace his wife was alsoe buried I 

 in the Church vj^ viij''. in all ^ 



Legacies none this yeare 



Seates sold Item sold to Willm Chafyn Esquio' by 

 by the the pishioners the dale of this accompt 



whole pish/, the whole seate wthout the Channcell 

 Dore conteynyng iiij" seates and Ij'ing 

 and being on the north side of the Church 

 at xij'' the seate in all 

 Item sold alsoe by the pishioners the dale of this 

 Accompt iij seates in the newe seate w'hout the 

 Channcell Dore on the south side of the Church 

 viz : To Christofer Awbrey gent one seat price xij"*. 

 To Robte Sheppard one seate price xij''. and to "Willm 

 Bower one seat p'ce xij''. in all 

 Hem sold alsoe the dale of this accompte by the Church "| 

 wardens to Thomas Barnard one seate in the seate wherin Vviij"*. 

 John Coward and others doe sitt p'ce J 



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Sm' to": xx". ix'. j-*. ob,/ 



whereof. 



