248 The Churchwardens' Accounts of Mere. 



Sm" totts of 1 ..,; ... a L 

 his allowance/^^'J J " '^ ' °b- 

 And soe hee oweth to the pish vij'. j"*. ob besides 

 xiij\ allowed to this acoomptant wch is yet") 

 unpaied and is to be collected forthwth 

 by hiiu by the said book of rates or the 

 pties refuseing to be assited to the Deanes 

 Courte at Saru' 

 At this dale Simon Crouch is discharged of 

 the office of a Churchwarden, and KandoU 

 Coward, his fellow Churchwarden is dead, 

 And Robt Coward and George Abbott are 

 ellected and chosen Churchwardens for this 

 yeare following, W"" saide Robte Coward 

 hath received uppon the dale of this accompt 

 of Symon Crouch the last Churchwarden 

 the said some of vij'. j''. ob due uppon the 

 foote of this accompt. There is alsoe deliu'ed to the 

 a note of said Robte Coward eleven silver spoones ij Crocks, 

 the Church a comunon Cup of silver and a silver plate fower 

 goods board clothes 



The xj silver spoones doe wey x: oz. v/"^ after the rate of 

 iiij'. viij''. the oz amounteth to xlvj'. viij''. and are soe old 

 to John Coward uppon this daie w'h the consent of all 

 the pishioners heare p'sent/. 

 At this daie Roger Wilton for the Towne and John 

 Coward for the Woodland are ellected waye Wardens 

 for the yeare to come/. 



At this daie alsoe was paied unto 



Xpofer Awbrey and other the overseers of 

 the poore to the use of the poore by John 

 Watts vj''. and by M'. Thomas Chatin vj'. as 

 soe much interest money due for vj'' 

 remayning in the hands of the said Thomas 

 Chafin and John Watts, by the suertishipp 

 of John Coward and Leonard Cowley for 

 John Watts Ix". each of them for xxx*./ 

 Meere The first accompt of Robte Coward 



1602 & George Abbott Churchwardens there for 



one yeare ended this daie being Easter 

 mundaie the v"' of Aprill A". Regine 44. 

 Elizabeth & Anno Dni 1602. as followeth. 



Arrerages Inpinis they charge them selves wth i --s m k 



vij^ j''. ob received of the last Churchwardens ) 3 • J • 



Item they doe alsoe accompt for xiij^ being 

 A debte depending uppon Symon Crouch 



the Churchwarden the last yeare and by ^ xiij'. 



him alsoe Collected and paied to the 

 said accomptants 



