EXTRACTS _from the churchwarden’s accompts of the parish_ of St.
Helen, in Abingdon, Berkshire, _from the first year of the reign of
Philip and Mary, to the thirty-fourth of Q. Elizabeth_, now in the
possession of the Rev. Mr. GEORGE BENSON.
With some Observations on them, by the late professor J. WARD.
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| _Ann._ MDLV. or 1 & 2 _of Phil. and Mary_. | _s._ | _d._ |
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|Payde for makeinge the _roode_, and peynting the same | 5 | 4 |
| for makeinge the herse lights, and paschall tapers | 11 | 1 |
| for makeinge the roode lyghtes | 10 | 6 |
| for a legend | 5 | 0 |
| for a hollie water pott | 6 | 0 |
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| _Ann._ MDLVI. or 2 & 3 _of P. and M._ | | |
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|Payde for a boke of the _articles_ | 0 | 2 |
| for a _shippe of frankencense_ | 0 | 20 |
| for new wax, and makeinge the herse lights | 5 | 8 |
| for the font taper, and the paskall taper | 6 | 7 |
|Receyved for the holye loof lyghts | 33 | 4 |
| for the rode lyghtes at Christmas | 23 | 2ob. |
| at the buryall and _monethes mynd_ of George Chynche| 0 | 22 |
| for 12 tapers, at the _yeres mynd_ of Maister John | | |
| Hide | 0 | 21 |
| at the buriall and _monethes mynd_ of the good wiff | | |
| Braunche | 12 | 4 |
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| _Ann._ MDLVII. or 3 & 4 _of P. and M._ | | |
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|Receyved of the parishe of the rode lyghts at | | |
|Christmas | 21 | 9 |
| of the clarke for the holye loft | 36 | 8 |
| at the buryall of Rich. Ballerd for 4 tapers | 0 | 6 |
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|Payde for peynting the _roode_ of Marie and John, the | | |
|patron of the churche | 6 | 8 |
| to fasten the tabernacle where the patron of the | | |
| church now standeth | 0 | 8 |
| for the roode Marie and John, with the patron of the| | |
| churche | 18 | 0 |
| for makeing the _herse lyghts_ | 3 | 8 |
| for the roode Marie and John, and the patron of the | | |
| churche | 7 | 0 |
| to the sextin, for watching the sepulter two nyghts | 0 | 8 |
| to the suffrigan for hallowing the churche yard, and| | |
| other implements of the church | 30 | 0 |
| for the waste of the pascall and for holye yoyle | 5 | 10 |
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| _Ann._ MDLVIII. MDLIX. or 4 & 5 _of P. | | |
| & M. and_ 1 & 2 _of Eliz._ | | |
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|Receyved for _roode lyghts_ at Xmas, 1558. | 18 | 6 |
| for roode lyghts at Xmas, 1559 | 18 | 3ob. |
| at Ester, for the pascall lyghte, 1558 | 34 | 0 |
| for waxe to _thense_ the church on Ester daye | 0 | 20 |
| at Ester, for the pascall lyghte, 1559 | 35 | 0 |
| for the holie loff, 1558 | 34 | 0 |
| for the holie loff, 1559 | 34 | 8 |
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|Payde to the bellman for meate, drinke, and cooles, | | |
|watching the sepulture | 0 | 19 |
| for the _communion boke_ | 5 | 0 |
| for _takeing down the altere_ | 0 | 20 |
| for 4 song bokes and a sawter | 6 | 8 |
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| _Ann._ MDLX. or 3 _of Eliz._ | | |
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|Payde for tymber and makeing the communion table | 6 | 0 |
| for a carpet for do | 2 | 8 |
| for mending and paving the place where the aultere | | |
| stoode | 2 | 8 |
| for too dossin of _morres belles_ | 1 | 0 |
| for fower new saulter bockes | 8 | 0 |
| for gathering the herse lyghtes | 4 | 0 |
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| _Ann._ MDLXI. or 4 _of Eliz._ | | |
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|Payde for 4 pownde of candilles upon Cristmas daye in | | |
|the morning for the _masse_ | 0 | 12 |
| for a table of the commandementes and cealender, or | | |
| rewle to find out the lessons and spallmes, and for | | |
| the frame | 2 | 0 |
| to the somner for bringing the order for the roode | | |
| lofte | 0 | 8 |
| to the carpenter _for takeing down the roode lofte_,| | |
| and stopping the holes in the wall, where the | | |
| joisces stoode | 15 | 8 |
| to the peynter for wrigting the scripture, where | | |
| roode lofte stoode and overthwarte the same isle | 3 | 4 |
| to the clarkes for maynteyning and repeyring the | | |
| song bokes in the quyre | 4 | 0 |
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| _Ann._ MDLXII. or 5 _of Eliz._ | | |
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|Payde for a _bybill_ for the church | 10 | 0 |
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| _Ann._ MDLXIII. or 6 _of Eliz._ | | |
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|Payde for a boke of Wendsdayes fasting, which contayns| | |
|omellies | 0 | 6 |
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| _Ann._ MDLXIV. or _7 of Eliz._ | | |
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|Payde for a communion boke | 4 | 0 |
| for reparations of the cross in the market place | 5 | 2 |
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| _Ann._ MDLXV. or 8 _of Eliz._ | | |
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|Payde for too _bokes of common prayer agaynste | | |
|invading of the Turke_ | 0 | 6 |
| for a repetition of the _communion boke_ | 4 | 0 |
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| _Ann._ MDLXVI. or 9 _of Eliz._ | | |
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|Payde for setting up _Robin Hoode’s bowere_ | 0 | 18 |
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| _Ann._ MDLXXIII. or 16 _of Eliz._ | | |
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|Payde for a quire of paper to make four bokes of | | |
|_Geneva salmes_ | 0 | 4 |
| for 2 bockes of common prayer new sett forth | 0 | 4 |
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| _Ann._ MDLXXIV. or 17 _of Eliz._ | | |
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|Payde for candilles for the church at Cristmas | 0 | 15 |
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| _Ann._ MDLXXVI. MDLXXVII. or 19 & 20 _of Eliz._ | | |
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|Payde for a new byble | 40 | 0 |
| for a booke of common prayer | 7 | 0 |
| for wrytyng the commandements in the quyre, and | | |
| peynting the same. | 19 | 0 |
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| _Ann._ MDLXXVIII. or 21 _of Eliz._ | | |
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|Payde for a _booke of the articles_ | 0 | 10 |
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| _Ann._ MDXCI. or 34 _of Eliz._ | | |
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|Payde for an _houre glasse for the pulpitt_. | 0 | 4 |
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