250 



The Ch^orch^vardens' Accounts of Mere. 



Uppon the Accomptants themselves xj'. ob/ 



There remayneth yet in the Churchwardens hands of y' 

 Church Church goods ij Crocks a Comunion Cupp of silver and 



goods/ a silver plate and fower board clothes 



And this daie Christofer Dowding and John Cowley 



are elected waywardens and James King alsoe for 



this yeare to come/. 

 There is remayning in the pishioners hands money given 



to the use of the poore xiij'". x^ viz : in the hands of Thomas 



Chafin gent iij'' in the hands of John Watts iij''. 



in the hands of Leonard Snooke iij". in the hands of 



Lawrence Wise iij". and in the hands of Willm 



Longyer xxx'. 



Meere The Second accompt of Eobte Coward 

 1603 and George Abbott Churchwards there for one 



yeare ended this daie being Easter mundaie 

 the ffyve and twentith daie of Aprill Anno 

 Eegis Jacobi et primo / 1603. 



Arerages/. Inprms they yeeld an accompt of iiij^ x^. 



depending uppon the foote of the last accompt 

 unpaied by dyvers of the pishioners ther and 

 was unpaied in the time of Symon Crouch 

 Churchwarden there. 



Item they yeeld accompt of xxv*. iiij'' depend 

 ing likewise uppon the foote of the said last 

 accompt unpaied by diu's of the pishioners 

 and was unpaied in these accomptants time 

 none/. 



Item they doe yeeld accompt of viij" v^ v"*. "| 

 gathered by them by a booke of rates charged I 

 uppon the pishioners this yeare past 1602 j 

 as by the same booke appeareth j 



Legasies/. Item they yeeld an accompt of xij'^. given ^ 

 as a Legasie to the Church this yeare by Y 

 Robte Hewit deceased J 



none/. 



Item they yeeld an accompt for ij'. ij*. for 

 seates sould in the Church this yeare viz : 

 Of George Abbott for a seate for himself vj''. 

 Of Roger Wilton for a seate for his wife vj"*. 

 Of Thomas Sangar for a seate for his wife vj**. 

 Of Willm Hewitt for a seate for himself iiij*. 

 Of Mathew Young for a seate for his wife iiij"*. 



Sm- to"s 1 ,i -^ 

 of their Charge j 



Whereof these Accomptants crave 

 allowance of xlix^ iiij''. ob. by them laied out | 

 at seu'all times for bread and wine for seu'all 

 Comunions w'hin the time of this accompt 

 as by a Bill seene and examyned appeareth 



iiij'. X* 



XXV'. iiij* 



Goods sould 

 Booke of 

 rates 



ffuneralls 



VH] 



li. V'. V*. 



Seates 

 sould 



Guifts none 



Allowances/. 



xij" 



ij'. ij'>. 



ob. 



xlix', 



mj° 



ob. 



