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15

XTbe paiTtefee Church of great Chessam in the couuty of Buck :

(Concluding 'portion.) John Harding of Botley Edward wetlierlied Robert Byrch shovlemaker jd

^Symon Eeles Nichas Benning

- Thorns Cocke John Dell of botley

(Richard Tyler Esay Collett

( Henry Dell of botley

Uhaccontpte of George Littlepage & Jeames Weedon Church Wardens there for money by them Received & paid aswell concerning all the charge bestowed vppon Repaireing and new makeing of sundry seat£ and of the building of a newe Gallery in the Church there as also for sundry other Repaeons of glaseing sodering pa vein g and painting the said Church & for other charge whatsoever incident to be defrayed by virtue of there office w^in one whole yere ended vppon Easter Tuesday the vijtt* of Aprill

11607.

Hates of Taxaeon

pints they Charge tliem-^ selves wth all the Wholl Rate money according to the full Taxacon sett vppon the gisliioners for xxiij single Rates as by the book pticulerly appereth admounting to Also wtlx the like whole Rate sett vppon the Eorryners for the said xxiij single Rates as ,by the booke appereth

•cxiiij^i xvij8 vjd

iiij^' xviij3 viijd ob.

Sin of the Rates Cxix^* xvj8 ixd ob,

2 RECORDS OF BUCKINGHAMSHIRE.

Hub wth tlie Wlioll Rate of all Comunion J tlie Comunion money for bread money | and wine after ij*1 a pece for ' J

every household

a vd

Sm of all the Rate money Cxxij^i xiiij8 vijdob.

Benevolent contribu-cons in money

r B n b wth money by them Re-^ ceived of the right honorable Edward Erie of Bedford by tliandc of Richard Bowie gent as a benevolent Contribution f^'J^1

given by his LOP : toward £ the Charges of the Pewes & Gallery besides a great tree geven also by his LoP:

And wth the like benevolent contribucon geven by S1' Fraun-eis Goodwyn Knight in money

And wtli the like Contribucon money geven by M1' King in ready money

X X s

And wth the like ContribuCon ] geven by Richard Bowie gent j. in ready money besid£ his j Rated taxacon )

And wtli the like Contribucon } geven by M r Saunders in ready r x's

money j

VJ8

Sm of the contribucon money vij^*

Hub wt'i money by them Re-ceived for a logg of Tymber that Mr Sanders had x s & some other offall Tymber & plank £ sold to others for xvj s ij<l

I xxvj8 ijd

ULCLIALTD BOWLEGS BOOK. 3

Offal 1 Ty m bel-aud sueh like

And for the old Comimion table ^ sold to Thomas Dickons for ij s

& for the old font bason & the I VS

vpper shanke of the stock iij s

in all And for xxviij^ of the long Hope sold to M r Sawrey for x j s & for xxxviijft of the same k\xv8 iiijtl

Hope sold to James Byrch for xiiijs iiijd in all

I

Sm of the olt'all tymber &c lvjs vjd

Bnfc) wth money by them Re-For ren ceived of M r Knowles for a Ryt'C ] bnriall place in the Church for

his Childe iijs iiijd

Silt ZTOtUS of the whole money] charged vppon the aforesaid [Cxxxij^xiiij8 vd ob. Accomptant^ J

Whereof

TTfoC^ desire to be allowed all such somes of money as they haue paid & disbursed for the Charges concerning the Church buisines as pticulerly followeth.

Spent att the Visitacon holden att Missenden the vtl1 of Mayo 1G06 Spent on the Ringers the vth of August 160C For paveing M r Knowles child £ grave For oyle for the Clock Spent att the Yisitacon holden att Chessm the iijt-h of October 1607

1 iil

XV]'

iiijd iiijd

xxijd

4 RECORDS OF BUCKINGHAMSHIRE.

Raid for writeing and delifting \ in there presentment id

Ordinary & vsuall charge xxviij® vd

/v i i ]

Paid to M1' Saunders for write- \ ing the Register booke of the ( last yere & for his owne charges f X13 v3 & horsemeat j

Paid for the delifting in of the ) Register book to the Ordinary j x v l l3 d

Paid more for the Writeing & delifling in of the Bill of I viijd

j^sentmt to the Ordinary J

Geven to the Ringers on the ^ . , Kinge day ) l x d

For setting of xij Ashen plant^ in the Church yard v]c

Spent att twoo Cort£ of the \ Ordinary the one the xvjth I ..g thother the xxx t l1 of June, f ^ 1606 J

paid to Fanning the parrator vjtl

UbC said Church Wardens haue also disbursed for bread and wyne for the Comunion table at t sundry tymes.

viz.

Bread & Wine for the Comunion

,The vtli of Maye The vtlx of August The xviij tJ l of September The of January The first of February The j of March The xxij t l1 of March The xxixth 0f March

viijd

i id

d 13< 113 id

HI] iijs

iiijs viijs

v j s iiijs ii i j s 13

x« iiij<l

id

id

The vth of Aprill Ester day ixs iij<l

liiij8 iiijc

111 CHARD BOWLE'S BOOK. 5

To Gate & Crowder for felling 1 of twoo trees & cutt ing tliem rxxijd

To Gato for makeing i j s a w - j xxd

pi t tc J

Felling & Careage of Tymber

Spent vppon the Carters that ^ did load and bring timber to I viij8 iiijd the pitt J

For Careage of tymber bjr the load viz. to Corn: Hill for iij load iiij s iiijcl To Buns for caf of j load of Joistf i j load£ of plank £ & j load of stones iiij s

To Puttenftm for fetching of bord£ from Pednar xx<1 To James Lovett for car of j load of Tymber ijs To Robt Feld for j load i j s To Richard Grace for j load i j s To Wiltm Hawthorne for j load i j s To Richard Byrch for iiij load viijs & to Jeames

[ Weedon for v load x s in all

xxxvj8

besides iij8 iiijd

allowed to John Gardiner for j load brought from Cheneys

Square timber bought for the*] Church seatc and for the Bell^ Viz of Raphe Chase xiiij load of Jeames Weedon v loade of Richard Bowie i j load of Riclitl

Asliby iij loade & of George Page j loade in all xxv loade a t t xi i j s iiijd the Load. Whereof Fifteene Load was toward £ the Pewes and Scaffold w°h cost

Ji

6 RECORDS OF BUCKINGHAMSHIRE.

Inch horde

'To Richard Norwood the Wheeler for i i j c & xxxiiij f of Elme horde at t vs xd the hundred

-xixs ixd

To John East for vj c of Inch ^ horde of Olce at t vijs vjd the lx lv s

hundred J i

To M*' Weedon for iiijc & j ] qi'ter ix foot di of dry Inch [ xxxiiij* ixd

bord of Oke Att viijs J i

To Richard Bowie for CO of Inche borde of oke att vij s vj<1 [xv s

the C J

To Arnett of Amsftm for CC iii jx x & xvj f of Inch Oke bord I xx» att vijs J

To George Page for C di a t t^ g v - c l vijf

To Richard Winchester for^ Cxxxiiij f of bechen Inch bord I vj s jd

att iiijs vjd the C t h J

To Norwood for C & iij quarters ^ • •-8 •-d of beche borde iiijs vj<l j ^ ^

To Si' Edmund Aslifeld for j C iiijs v jd

Weinscott <

To John East for CC of h a l f ) - , yncli borde att vjs the hundred / ' ''

To Richard Ashby for lxxiiij 1 foot at t v« vjd the C J i n J s n i3d

To Richard Bowie for CCCxlv.i foot at t vs vj<1 ^ | xviij" xjd

To him more for Ciiijxx xvj p a n n e l l e

111 CHARD BOWLE'S BOOK. 7

rTo Richard Ashby for CCvij^j Plankf I foot of plank^ for seat£ in the >xxjs xd

I Gallery Att x» vj d the hnndre th j

iij^ixsviij^

' Pa id for iiij payre of smale") Jo in te J 3

Paid for xi j paire of Lanihed ^ Joint £ for the pewe dores that lv j s

wanted J

Paid to "Wiltm Tiller for nailes ixs~viijd

Paid to Edward Sale for Nailes | g <d of sundry sorte x l v v3

To Richard Martyn for nailes ijs

For an Iron Barr for the pull-1 .. pit t f M8

For an Iron Wreath for the Font

Iron hook£ &cto fasten a Raile in the Gallery

L To George Page for great nailes xiii jd

}*i j d

j x i j ?

To Lawrence & his ptener for j iij Dayes Saweing /

vijs ijd

i To Edward £ & his ptener foiM xlviij Dayes & a half at t i j s I vj11) vj s viij" viijd the daye J

To Winchester and Edwardc ^ for v j dayes Saweing at t i j s vjd I xv* the daye

8 RECORDS OF BUCKINGHAMSHIRE.

Carpenters work

X N i j ' V i i i j ' '

f To tlielder Adams the Carpenter for xxv dayes worke att x v j d the daye and to his man for the like tynie at t x i i i j d the day

iiij-^i viij8 jiiiJ

To Yong Adams for xx dayes att xvjd the daye

To Evan White for xliiij dayes ^ at t xvjd the daye | l v " j s viij'1

To Richard Ashby for xxii j dayes at t xvjd the daye | x x : X X X s VIIJ iiid

r vj i l i j s

To Arnett of Aiflsftm for xiij dayes di att x v j d the >xviijs

daye J

To Richard Ashby & Evan Whyte for a bgaine bjr great of Carpenters worke only for makeing & Raiseing the Scaf-fold with postf plates Beames somers & Joist£ & for hording the same & makeing of twoo paire of staires with half paces

To them for another bgainp \ of setting vpp the Railes of the Gallery & the staires & makeing & setting of turnd Ballisters throughout and for makeing all the seat£ and Turning the post£ of the said gallery & finishing the same

> v li i j S

by great

To him more for enlargeing the -t gallery more then his former I VS

bargaine J

Joynevs work

ix*1 x s viijd

111 CHARD BOWLE'S BOOK. 9

To Richard Tyler the J o y n e r j and to his sonne for x x x j dayes I x k s jjj-jd betweene them about the seate in the Church at t xv j d >

To Campion the Joyner f o r i xxxviij dayes work at t xvj d r Is viijd the day J

To the twoo Brownes of"! Agmondsfiin for xxxii i j dayes rxlv8 iiijd

betwene them att xv j d the daye J

To them more for x dayes worke betweene them jx i i j 3 iiijc

To Harrisons sonne daye

for i i i j j v3 iiijd

To Willm Wier for viij dayes x3 viijd

To Richard Tyler for makeing the end£ of M r King^ seate & bording & seating it x i j dayes XVJS

L as he said

' To Jeames Weedon for J^ime 1 & sand him brought to the rxvij3

Church J

To Henry Oldfield the Mason \ & his man for vj dayes worke I ^ paveing and vnder pynning the | X1J8 x (

Church ) To Thomas Dell & his man for-) v j dayes of like worke in the [• xij3 viijd

Church )

Plumbers xlv8

7 Paid to the Plumbers of Henip-sted for xliiij lb of Soder to mend the lead£ of the Church at t ixd the lb.

To them for there Work viij daies at t xviijd a daye

[x] xxiij3

fxijs

1 0

Glaseors X X X s v j d

RECORDS OF BUCKINGHAMSHIRE.

(To the Glascor of lierkfimp-' stcd for glasse & work in the Church.

xiij8 viijd

{ To the Glaseor of Hempsted ] for glasse & work in the [• xvjk xd

V Church. J ' j

Paynters

iij11 vijs

(To the painter of Dunstable for painting the King(J Matf Arnies & all tliinscripcons in the east [ ?] end of the Church only by great

Xl8

To him more for painting all j th other in scrip cons in the body j- xxvj8

of the Church and west end j

To Glover o1' Painter for color- ^ . >d ing some seat£ } X1*'

To M r Knight of London for \ vij Scutcheons vppon pap [ jx8 jjjrf Royall of the Knight £ Armes [ that did geve timber J

For a Frame & back to one of \ ••<} them J "H

For ij half yncli bord^ f o r ) x j - d backf for six other frames /

For vj frames of beche made \ • - -s by 3ron g Tiler J J

To him for fitting the back(> \-xj-a to them / ' J

111 CHARD BOWLE'S BOOK. 11

To Rio Winchester dayes work

for 111J } "j8 inJ

Y*

id

} Vl<-

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)

about the Church To Terry to Carry a letter to S1' Robert Dormer Paid for a supp for divers of the yeomen of the pish and manie other that wrought att the rairing of the Gallery Paid for a dinner for divers of Ihe pishe that attended twoo dayes about the placcing of the people in there pewes Paid for a dinner for some \ other that attended about I ... appointing sundry to there [ 11 seat£ in the gallery Paid att the GVte of t l iel Comissary for a Comission in pchemt vnder seale of that office Directed to S1' Edmund Ashfeld Knight M1' Sanders the Minister Richard Powle gent & to Georg Littlepage & James weedon for entring into the buisines for the Church Repaire & seating the people

For ires mandatory from the^ high Comission Corte vnder seale of the same Co rt that did confirme and inlarge the Authoritie in pceeding to that buisines For a shovle for glew & for ^ .. mending i j mattock £ ] To Winchester for candles &) ... grease j To Hugh Ware for makeing a | -d Cover for the Font j ]

XXVlj*

r x8

1 2 RECORDS OF BUCKINGHAMSHIRE.

Further theis Accomptant^ desier to be allowed the money wc h they liaue paid & disbursed for the Bells & frames of them this Yere as Followeth

r Paid for Tenn load of square \ -li ...s • •••d timber a t t xiijs iiiid the load / X 1 1 J m J X11]S mj<

More to Moyses for a log1 VJE

More to S r Edmond Aslifeld \ v-j8 for iij postf that wanted / '

Paid for iij0 xxxj f of p lank£) to bord vnder the frame of the l-xxxiij8 viijd

Bells at xs vjd the J

' T o EdwardC & his old ptener j for v dayes Sawing* at t xvj d J x n J m J

To Edward £ and the new \ x x " - 8 Sawyer for ix daj'es att xvd J J

To Richard Martin & his man for x dayes

To Missenden Sawiers for k dayes att xvjd

a n l

| X X V ] 8 V11J<

- xi | ys iiijd

To sundry Carpenters that wrought at t the Frame of the Bells

viz

' T o old Barnes of Reading f o r ' his wages at t xviijd the day and liis Diett iij s iiijd a week in all xi j s iiijd a week for x j week£ and three days

To his sonne for vij dayes

vijH x i j d

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RICHARD BOWLEGS BOOK. 1 3

To liis man for x week^ ant l l . . . f t ....s ...d iiij dayes att xiiijd tlie day J XU13 V"3

To tkelder Adams for xxiii j \ dayes work att x v j d the day J X X X 1 3

To his man for xxxij dayes att \ x x x v i j B iiijd xiiijd the daye J

To Richard Ashby for xxxij y . . .d dayes at x v j d the daie J

To Evan White for ix dayes \ ..g work att xvjd J xl3

To John Gilbey for iij week£ 1 r.g ^att xiiijd J x x 3

C To Henry Knight of Reading \ ... for casting one of the Bells by composition J

Paid to him for mettle that ft s did want to make it tunable J 113

To Richard Percifall for carrie- >> ing of that bell to Reading and I bringing it back againe being- J ' xx miles '

For the Churchwardens charges & some others & horsemeat \ viij8

there ^

Paid for casting the brasses xv8

Casting of ii Bell Bell mettle carriage & other necessary pay in

xviij^ xij^

14 RECORDS OF BUCKINGHAMSHIRE.

Paid Henry Bellingham for careage and bringing the brasses and makeing soles for the Bells

vjs vi13 •iHd

Paid to George Page for Iron ] work for tlie frame & the I iiij*1 vj^ Clapps & new working the olde )

/

For Baldrick^ & Popes for the V . ....d •i Bells paid to Hugh Rederidge ' XX^

To the Bellfounder for xxviij^ of mettle put to the bell att the second casting att viijd a lb.

xviij8 viijd

To Jeames Lovett for carrieing ] that bel to Reading and back t xiiij6

againe )

pd to Barnes the Carpenter for new hanging hir againe

n f vj<

Paid for a long Rope to pull vpp the Bells bought att , s Hempsted weighing lxvj^ att j XXA ^ vd a lb.

To Benning of Berklianipsted for mending the clock

For hookf hinges & a liaspo for the steeple Dore

For C of lath for the steeple windowes bought of Raph

, Chase

XVS

Xvjd

md X,J

111 CHARD BOWLE'S BOOK. 15

Cbni'OCS disbursed by occasion of opposition and refusall to be ordered made by sundry psons wlio should paie the same Ratablie

' F o r sending vp to the high >

comission Corte Ires of certifi-cate of tlie names of some that opposed

XV] id

To the Register to stay the \ first [ iiiid jiroceeding vppon the

promise to paie

For my mans horsemeat then

For his boteliire then

For the Charges of a second ire from the high Comission Co rt vppon the third informa-tion wc h was to somon vij of them that gave opposition the second time and for the seale of the high Comission cort. xxxj0 octobr.

For Boteliire to Lambeth thrice for this buisines

For carrieing the certificate wc h the Churchwarden brought from m r Saunders and the Churchwardens to the ArchbP of the conformety of those vij psons & for the Co rt£ acceptance & Recording thereof viij0 November

nJ mT

xvjd

viijd

V]3 VLL]C

i i j 8 i i i j d

To my Lo: graces Porter For goeing by Water

For Jeames Weedons Charges to London & back againe

x i j *

x i j d

i j 3 i i i j d

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John Gardner sen 3s - 4d he is dischardged of this in regard of a load of timber he brought from Cheneys

John Baldwyn 3s - 4d

Nicfcas Welden 3s - 4d

Nicftas Tracher 3s-4A

Robte Lovett 3s - 4d

John Bampton 3 s -4 d ,

Raph Weedon 38 - 4d

c For the Charges of other ires of Somons 14° Febr for viij psons to appere the vijth of V x8

lllch vnder the seale of the highe Comission Cort For the Charges of Rio Bowleg & James weedon goeing up to

, certefie the conformety of some and the contempt by others: viz: Horsemeat ii js goeing by water iiij severall times before f-xiiijfi

we could be dispatched iiijs To my Lo: graces Secretary for receiveing o1' certificat and dis-charging the Cort of vj psons

_ To my Lo: Porter xij t l in all

Ry: woode iijs Ry: Tolcefeld. iijs James Dell iijs

John Cock iijs Ry: Weston., iijs Francis Okeley iijs i

Henry Dell iij8 Ry: Frier .... iijs

For George Pages Charges goeing vp to make affiidavit for the somoning of Henry Dell & Ric Frier

v8 vj<

m e n Alt n BOWLE S BOOK.

H : Dell ij« ixd

R y : Frier i j s ixd

Sm of these \]"a "d needles Charges J ^

Sm of all the aforesaid Dis-burs ing made by the Church Wardens this yere as before doth pticulerly appere viz. in

f Ordinary & vsuall charge iiij^ ijs ixc^ Exordinary Repacons and j Xxii s d j*

j i i i j xiiij ij building in the Church j iiij xiiij ij Exodinary Charges & Repae of the Bells ~ } xlviij11 xvijs iiij Charges occasioned by needles \ ,..g opposition ) ^

The said Church Wardens besides theis dis-burscm^e aforesaid (lesier to be discharged of sundry other somes of money wherewth they are before in this Accompt charged and yet haue not received the same, whereof some are despate and cannot be received, some others( refuse 01 delaie to paie except they be sued, And some Forriners are overcharged & so cannot iustlie be demaunded the pticulers whereof hereaftei followe & are sett

George Birch iiijs

Henry Reading^ widdow ijs viijd

Widct Oldfeld xvijd

•••ii ... :-;s

> M H x o

I xvjd John Gardiner of Whitend wch

by consent was released . Widow Twitchell ijd France Okeley ijs Robt Fisher jd ob.' Jolm Southen iiijd

xija ob. theis are despate

18 RECORDS OF BUCKINGHAMSHIRE.

M r Humfrey & widow Pudifant \ liaue 110 land J

13illswortli haili none ij8 xd ob. ^xj8 vjd

,, Prince hath but iij rood£ ° f \ i i s x d 0]3 land in tin's pishe )

Edward Terry i jd W m Palmer"] ijd John Paine ijd W m Trump ' ijd W™ Tymmes Widdow worrall Widow

Grace w™ ij t l

ij3 to bo Comyn"i j d i ! ' e m i t f c e d

i jd Francis

Saunders ijd Hugh ijd Henry Wood ijd

& wiltm

> ill regard of there povertio Penley ijd

Wliitfeld ijd in all

Widdow Birch of thashe ix* vijd ] f f fuse to paie Willm Richard £ xvijd Richard Frier ij8 jd

Richard Dell xiiijd

John Antony of Boys v8 ixd

Wiltm Beston xjd

therefore to f" be sued J xiij8 ixd

>1 vj8 viijd

I absolutely J denied

SlU Totalis of all the dis- i bursemt^ aforesaid and of the I Cxxxviij^' xij8 viijd ob. money to be deducted from the | And then Accomptant^ charge J

XTfoC said Accomptant^ will remaine in S rplusage as liave-ing discharged more then they liaue Received by

"1 Cxviijs iijd wcJl was pd to them by John Baldwyn one of the Church Wardens 1G09 & pt by Hugh ware 1G08—And so

Even

J . W . G A R R E T T - P E G G E .