By Mr. Edward Kite. 317 



1564. 7 Elizabeth. 



Itm. paid for the second tome 1 of the Homilies . . iij s - iiij d ' 



paid to Sir Thomas Carwarden at Xmas at 



his coming xxxj s - iiijd. 



It. paid to Sir Walter Hewes xxxij". iiijd. 



paid to Carwarden for his service at the death 



of Sir Philip before Mr. Hewes came X s - 



It. paid of Sir Philip's wages vj s - iiij d - 



paid to Carwarden xxv s iiij d - 



Sir Thomas Carwarden, Sir Walter Hewes, and Sir Philip, were evidently 

 clergy. 



1568. 11 Elizabeth. 



It. pd. for iij hundred nayles for the loft xviijd. 



pd. for great nayles for the stops of the loft 



■windows iiij d - 



for taking down the chest out of the tower . . iiijd. 



1569. 12 Elizabeth. 



Itm. paid to Mr. Powell for Smoke Farthing .... xjd. 



" Smoke Farthing," sometimes called " Smoke money," " Whitsun Farthings," 

 or "Pentecostals," a composition in money for offerings in Whitsun week, by 

 every man who occupied a house with a chimney, to the Cathedral of the 

 Diocese in which he lived. "Smoke Pennies" are still levied by that name, 

 upon the inhabitants of the New Forest, but are understood by them to be an 

 acknowledgement for certain rights — as cutting fuel, &c. See " Notes and 

 Queries," Vol. 2., Index. 



pd. for a board and the dressing of the same 

 for the degrees of Marriage ij d - 



The three following items will show the unimportant cost in the 

 16th century, of a lease for the Short Street, — a property which 

 belonged to the Church : — 



Itm. pd. for a skin of Parchment for making the 



writing for the Short Street vj d - 



for the charge for wax for the ensealing of the 



lease at Short Street vj d - 



for making the said Lease xx d - 



It. reed, of John Griffin, Cardmaker xij (1 - 



i Tome — translation of the Latin temua — a volume. 



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