By T. ff. Baker. 



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received by the churchwardens till 1591, when the " holy loaf " 

 gives place to communion bread, and is continued as such till 1598. 

 The last entry is : — 



" Item they charge themselves with xij s . ix d . for the rent of the Coniunion 

 bread for the same yeare." 



" 1556. Ttin payed for Smoke fferthynges to Rome 1 xix d ." 



" 1559. Itm payed to the Clerke for his labo r for makynge of the 



billes of the nombre of the people, by the queries comysson x ij d -" 

 " Itm paj T ed for Smoke fferthynges xx d ." 



" 1562. Itm payed to the Bysshop for smoke fferthyngs vj s - j d - ob." 2 



" Itm for a Queyre of paper to make a boke for the Church 

 of Crystenyngs, maryeing and buryeng iij d - " 



" 1561. Itm payed to Richard Beale, Alias ffyssher the Clerke of 

 the markette at Hyndon, for a Rewarde or brybe, which he 

 extorted of the parishe, by colo r of his office xx s - " 



" 1562. Itm payed to Clerke of the markett 



at for a brybe or Rewarde, not to trouble 



the parishe, by reason or colo 1 of his office xx s « " 



"1563. Itm payed to Thomas Aubrey gent, by the Consent and 

 appoyntement of the hole parishe, for his Charges and Expenses 

 at london, to sewe for the Renewinge of the Charter of the 

 libtyes of the man' of mere vij li -xij s -viij d -" 



" 1565. Item for the Smoke farthings vj s - j d - ob." 



" 1569. Item paied at Saru' for y e making of a bill when we did 



appeare for Chauntry land iiij d - " 



" Item paied for singing bread iij d - " 



" Item paied for synging bread xx d - " 



" 1574. Item paied to one Powell, Deputy to Henry Wilcoks 

 Clarke of the Markett for his reward sitting at Meere, the 

 Queene being at Hatchbury in the moneth of August last past 

 w th in y e verge xx 8 ." 



'•'1578. Item paied to Mr. Willm. Drewe the Clerke of the 



Assizes for allowing of the Charter of the libties of Meere v s - 



" 1581. Item for two prayer bookes sent by the Ordynarie to the 



Church for the Earthquake viij d - " 



" 1585. It is further ordered at this Daie that noe man shall have anie knell 

 ringed for anie man except they pay first to the Churchwardens for every 

 bell that they will have ringed vj d - 



" It is alsoe ordered at this day. That noe proctor nor any pson w th 

 lycense shall gather any money in the Church w th in the tyme of Dyvine 

 service, nor at any time else w th in this pish. But all proctors and such as 

 have lycense shall repaire to the Churchwardens. And they the said wardens 

 calling to them two or three of the substanciall Inhabitants shall gyve their 



1 See Appendix B. 

 2 " ob " is found in old accounts to represent a halfpenny (obolus) ; a farthing 

 is represented by q. 



IT 2 



