WORCESTER 



rangement: 



"In the syxte yere of the Reygn' of Kynge 

 Edwarde the vjth. all owr churche books of 

 latten (Latin) were tak'n a way and caryed 

 to worcetr and then we had all owr sves (ser- 

 vices) in Englys. And in the fyrst yere of our 

 sou'aygn lady mary owr quene, and all owr 

 books gone that showld serve owr churche. 

 All the hole paryss a greyd wyth Sr. hufrey 

 acton then owr vicar — and for hys gentylness 

 and be cawse owr churche had but lyttyll 

 money in store, and lacked mony things in 

 owr churche we were all co'tent that the seyd 

 vicar showld have all the p'fett (profit) of the 

 pyggynsthat use the stepull of owr churche for 

 all the tyme that he shalbe Vicar here, fyndyng 

 his books, this a grement was made a pon 

 Wenysday in the Wytson wycke, the fyrst 

 yere of the Reygn' of owr sou'aygn lorde 

 phyllipe owr king, and the second yere of owr 

 sou'aygn lady mary' owr quene." 



Or, in brief terms and modern spelling, the 

 parish lacked the means for purchasing a new set 

 of service books, and accordingly agreed with 

 "Sr. hufrey acton," otherwise Humfrey Acton, 



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