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The Churches of Devizes. 



1678. 29 Charles II. 



An Inventory of the Ornaments, Groods, and Implements, in 

 the Parish Church of St. Mary, taken in 1678. 



" One silver Challice, one silver plate, Two table boards, one pewter flagon, 

 one pulpit Cloath, one pulpit Cushion, Two Cushions for the Mayor, Two Carpetts, 

 ISTyneteene formes, Two Trunkes, the Booke of Martyres in three vollums, the 

 Parraphrase of Erasmus, one great Church Bible, Three common prayer bookes, 

 one old psalme booke, two Joyned stooles, one Timbrell in the Tower, one Biere, 

 Two Bookes of Accompt, two long ladders, three pieces of Timber lying in the 

 Tower, and one hearse Cloath." 



1685. 1 James II. £ s . d, 



Itm. pd. the painter 25s. for mending and painting 



the frame in the chancel, and 5s. for repairing 



the old 10 Commandments on the upper Roof 1 10 0 



The "upper roof" means, probably, the wall above the Chancel- arch. The 

 C ommandments would scarcely have been painted either on the stone vaulting 



of the Chancel, or on the timber roof of the Nave. 



1686. 2 James II. 

 Pd. Pichard Powell for mending the chim- 

 ney at the Church House 3 0 



1690. 22 William & Maky. 



Pd. for binding the Martyr Bookes 1 0 0 



for ringing and expenses when Mr. Town- 

 son took possession of the Church 10 0 



1697. 9 William & Maey. 

 Paid for lime and workmanship for cutting the 

 two doors in the Tower 16 0 



These doors were opened in the south wall of the tower for the purpose of 

 gaining access to a new gallery, which had just been erected, by means of ihe 

 staircase turret 



Paid for beer when the new gallery was made 12 6 



1701. 13 William & Maey. 

 Paid for straw for thatching, and elming, the 

 Church House next to the Widow Edwards . 114 

 1703. 2 Anne. 

 Pd. to Ambrose Zealy, jun., in part towards 

 the Communion Table Hails and Balisters . . 5 0 0 



