By 0. E. Ponttng, F.8.A. 



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1 " Inventarium factum in Ecclesia de 

 Mera, per W. Decanuni Saruin, Anno 

 D'ni MCCXX. qui erat annus tertius 

 Pontificatus Ric'i Sar. Ep'i, in vigilia 

 S'ti Michaelis. 



" Ecclesia fundata est in honore 

 Sancti Michaelis Archangeli et sunt ibi 

 in majori ecclesia 4 triaaltaria, unum in 

 honore beatasVirginis et unum in honore 

 beati Thoma? martiris et unum in honore 

 S. Marias Magdalena?. Sunt etiam in 

 ipsa parochia dua3 capellse pertinentes ad 

 eandem ecclesiam capella de Seles quae 

 est de Sancto Martino cui debetur offi- 

 cium tribus diebus per ebdomadam et 

 alia capella a pud Chaundeswic quae est 

 de eodem sancto et idem debetur ei offi- 

 cium. Item alia capella apud Deverel 

 quam tenet Walterus decanus pro quat- 

 uor marcis per quatuor terminos anni 

 et est capella de Sancto Andrea et est 

 de dominio canonicorum Cenomansium 

 quorum terra [sic"] habet Ricardus de 

 Dernef ord ad firmam. Ecclesia dedicata, 

 cancellum discoopertum, cymiterium 

 non clausum bestiis pervium. Item est 

 ibi turris cum quatuor campanis. 



5 " Galfridus Capellanus annuus per- 

 cipit omnia praeter garbas et fenum, et 

 reddit inde 8 marc, ad 4 term' anni. Et 

 habet .... Capellanum secum, 

 et Diaconum, et facit deservire duabus 

 capellis. 



" Hii sunt Libri ecclesia? de Mere unum 



[in margin, " de dono Ate Decani missale 



novum et sufficiens cum nota suffici- 



" An Inventory made in the Church 



of Mere by W 2 Dean of Sarum 



A.D. 1220, which was the third year 

 of the consecration of Richard, 3 Bishop 

 of Salisbury, on the eve of St. Michael. 



" The Church is founded in honour 

 of St. Michael the Archangel, and there 

 are in the larger Church three altars ; 

 1 in honour of the Blessed Virgin ; 1 

 in honour of St. Thomas the Martyr ; 

 1 in honour of St. Mary Magdalene. 

 In this parish are also 2 chapels be- 

 longing to the same Church : the chapel 

 of Zeals which is St. Martin's, to which 

 is due service three days a week ; another 

 chapel at Chadenwych which is of the 

 same saint, and the same service is due 

 to it. There is also another chapel at 

 Deverel, which Dean Walter holds for 

 4 marks, by the 4 terms of the year, 

 and the chapel is of St. Andrew, and is 

 of the demesne of the Canons of Le 

 Mans, whose land Richard de Derneford 

 has to farm. 



" The Church is consecrated, the chan- 

 cel uncovered, the graveyard now first 

 fenced against beasts. There is also a 

 tower with 4 bells. Geoft'ery the yearly 

 chaplain receives all except sheaves and 

 hay, and renders therefrom 8 marks at 

 the 4 terms of the year. And he has 

 . . . . chaplain with him, and a 

 deacon, and provides service at the two 

 chapels. 



" These are the books of the Church 

 of Mere. One missal (of the gift of 



1 Hoare. Not given by Maiden. 

 2 William de Wanda was Dean of Sarum, A.D. 1220 to 1226. 



3 Richard Poore became Bishop of Salisbury in A.D. 1217, and was promoted 

 to Durham, A.D, 1229. 



4 The phrase " major ecclesia " is used to discriminate between the parish 

 Church and the three chapels of Zeals, Chadenwich, and Deverel, which were 

 also in the parish. 



5 " Galfridus " — " capellis," Hoare. Not given by Maiden, but translated by 

 Dr. Baron. 



