_Thanksgiving Book_ (Vol. iii., p. 328.).--The charge for a
"Thanksgiving Book," mentioned by A CHURCHWARDEN, was no doubt for a
Book of Prayers, &c., on some general thanksgiving day, probably after
the battle of Blenheim and the taking of Gibraltar, which would be about
the month of November. A similar charge appears in the Churchwardens'
accounts for the parish of _Eye, Suffolk_, at a much earlier period,
viz. 1684, which you may probably deem worthy of insertion in your
pages:
"_Payments._ _l._ _s._ _d._
"It. To Flegg for sweepinge and dressinge
upp the church the nynth
of September beeinge A day of
_Thanks-givinge_ for his Ma'ties
deliv'ance from the Newkett
Plot 00 03 00
"It. For twoe _Bookes_ for the 9th of September
aforesaid 00 01 00"