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NOTES ON SOCIAL HISTORY. 



A Salisbury Church Register. 

 Mr. T. H. Baker, F.R.M.S., J. P., the well-known Wilt- 

 shire antiquary, has kindly favoured us with a copy of his 

 Notes on St. Martin's Church and Parish, Salisbury. There 

 are numerous interesting extracts from the churchwarden's 

 book (1567 onwards). Those concerning the destruction of 



vermin are as follows : — 



s d 



1679 payd Thomas Colier for kiling a fox ... ... I o 



1 68 1 Paid for a ffox Head I o 



1693 July 24. pd Jo n Silcox for a Stote and Pole- 



catt's head 08 



pd John Silcock for a grey's head ... ... 1 Q 



pd John Harris for polecatts heads ... ... o 8 



pd John Harris for a polecatt's head ... ... o 4 



1758 For an Otter 26 



1758 Sep ye 16 for a Hedghog ... ... ... o 2 



1766 To Jno Hill for an Otter 20 



1767 Nov. 9. Pd. Seal for killing 6 Hedgehoggs ... 2 o 

 1791 Curtis for 5 Stoats 1 8 



The following deserve quotation because of their quaintness 



or historical interest : — 



1 58 1 Charges about the new Bell. 



It. for unhanging of him ... ... ... xviijd 



for drawing him to the Bellfonders house ... xjd 



for bringinge the Bell to church ... .., xvijd 



for getting of her up and hanging of hir ... iij s vjd 



1588 paid to the painter in wrytinge the quene's 



mh's name in letres of gould wth a posy ... iiijs 

 It. to a poure man that whipped the dogges ... iiijd 



1590 It. paid to a somner for the warninge for to 

 kepe holyday for the tryumpe of the victory 



ouer oure enymyes ... ... ... ... iiijd 



1599 Payd to the Ringers on the day of the over- 



throwe of the Spanierds on ow* coste ... iijs vjd 

 1603 Layed out for the Boke called the " Paraphrase 



of Erasmus vpon the newe Testament " ... xiijs iiijd 

 Item laied out for makinge a Desk and A chayne 



for this Booke ... ... ... ... ... xviijd 



1605 for ye Ringers on the tryumph the 5 of November iijs iiijd 



1606 for the Ringers at the Birth of the Kinge ... vs 



