Churchwardens,

EDMUNDE HUNT,

JOHN PALMER, 1635.

£ s. d.

Imprimis for their receiptes there was a Lowne^* [This means a rate.] laid the 28th day of Januarie by Robert Cowper Ralphe Saxon Thomas Burrowes William Bryttan William Corne William Saunders and William Massey. The sume of the said lewne remetted unto

3 3 6

Item the seconde lewne collected ? to the same time

3 3 6

Sum total

______

6 7 0

Their disbursementes now follow, viz. :—

Imprimis payde for bread and wyne for the Comunion against Whitsuntyde

0 0 3

Item payde to James Porter for a hedgehogge

2

Item Spent at the Visitation houlden at Carswall the 22nd Oct. for a book of articles and fees to the Courte

5 6

Item payde to Randull Smith for a Cover for the font & mending the oulde one & for carriage of it to & from the Church

6 4

Item paid for plates for the oulde Cover

8

Item paid for two Fynnes for the Coshion & for feathers for the same

2 6

Item paid to Richarde Stepleton for making the bottome of the Coshion for the pulpitt

0 6

Item payde to the Ringers the fyfte of November

4 6

Item for candlelight payde then

0 2

Item paid for a new bell rope & one peas (?) rope for the Clocke

3 0

Item paid our Clerke his wages this yeare

1 1 4

Item payde for breade & wine for the comunion the seconde tyme

2 6

Item payde to a Collection or Briefe before Mr Hulme our minister for our discharge

6

Item payde to Roger foster for divers workes & them that did helpe

4

Item payde to John Tomkin that money that the parish was indebted to him upon his last Acct

11 10

Item payde to William Brookes for mending our Clocke

2 6

Item payde to Raphe Barlow for his work about the Church & two poles

5 6

Item payde to John Lawton for lyme

9

Item payde to Raphe Corne for nayles

4

Item payde to Alice Howell for sweepinge the Church this yeare

8d

Item to the two Churchwardens for their labour & paynes foure dayes about the helpinge forwardes the Church-workes

2d

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Item payde for the repairinge of our Church the glasse windowes and breathes in the same

1s

Item payde for making our first Lewen [rate] book

4d

Item payde to Henrie Cawse for dressinge the Churchyarde this yeare

8

Item payde for wrytinge of all our disbursements this yeare layde forth at severall tymes

8

Item John Palmer called before the Justices to the Newcastle his expenses

8

Item Edmunde Hunt for goinge oure to the Visitation with the oulde Church wardens and to the first inquisition paying for the hyringe of his horse twyse

1 4

Item the saide Edmunde Hunt for going to the Inquisition before the Lorde Bishop and other iustices at Stafforde

2 4

Item payde for his horse hyred the same journey

8

Item payde for mendinge the Church bookes

1 6

Item payde for making a Lewne booke the seconde

4

Item payde for 3 quarts of wine & two loaves of bread for the Comunion upon Palm Sunday

2 2

Item payde for one quart of wine & one loafe for the Comunion upon Good Friday

9

Item payde for foure quarts of wine & two loaves for the Comunion on Easter Day

2 10

Item payde for a Register booke for the parishe

8 9

—— for another bell rope

2 6

Item spent at the last Visitation at Carswall the fyfte day of May 1636 the oulde Ch wardens & the new Ch wardens with the Minister fees to the Court for expedition

10s.-

Item paid for a book of account

2  6

Item for hyre of a horse for the Ch wardens to the Visitation

8

Item in expenses payde

1 2

Item paid for wrytinge this our account & casting the same & drafting up of our lewne book

1 6

Item spent at the Inquisition at Carssall before the Lord Bishop [and the Justices crossed out]

1 2

Item payde for the hyre of a horse to go the same time

8

Item payde for a locke for the Church yarde gate

6

Item payde for writing this our account into this booke and ruling of this booke

1   

Recd. of Thos. Burrowes for the Ladies Egerton

1   

Recd. of Thos. Burrowes that he was behind with the parishe ?

3   6

Note these finish we have paid over to Raphe Saxon the new Churchwarden

£6 3 6

Recd. of lewnes besydes the same money .... of Thomas Burrowes payd out & disbursed

£6 5 8

Inprimis given to two poore women that came forth of Scotland & travelled towards London with a pass for relief the 5th of May

6

Item given the 4th of July by the consent of Mr. Houlme & others of the prishe to a scholar that would have preached that day

3 4

8

8 0

2 6

1 6

Item paid to Dutton of the Wyche for mending the table concerning those which have been benefactors to our church & poore

2

Item spent in going unto the lord by shope the third tyme with the table according to his lordships command being three persons, spend upon our horses & selves the wedder so foule that we could come home soo soone as we erspe to .... for an order

11 4

Item before we sett forthe in beare & meate for Raue (?) & upon the waye to make him to drinke going thither

7

And geven such to him for to eat & drink coming home for he could but weary to Stableford that night

Item spent on him at his coming home with the table to be honge ... so foule wett

4d

Item to the Clark & Ringers for Ringing & randleling ? for the fifth day of Nov.

5

Item. to Thos. Lees for making & filling up Sa pitt in Mr. Thickens grounds for sawing tymber that came to the Steeple

1 0

Item given to William Knight for carrying five horse loads of tymber ? for the steeple from Oleaton? [crossed out and] Mr. Thickens [added]

1 6

Item paid to William Knight for carrying same loads of timber from Mr. Thickens

6

Item to Mr. Thickens for timber for the steeple

2 14 8

Item for more timber paid unto him

Wee did demand the 20s. due out of Audley tithes of the Ladies Egerton for the Reparation of our churche butt it was not paid unto us for this year nor not yet …. nor any part of the arrears due in Sir Raphe Egerton’s tyme which was made promise of did amount unto Sixteen pounds behind & unpaid before bishoppe Wriggle (?) by us & others of the parish

Item given to a Marchant & his Company that had sustained great losses & had libertie to have a gathering in the Church

2 0

Item to a poore man who had a certificate from the Sessions of the burning of his house

2 0

0 6 0

For allso [qy. sold] by us the furniture of the Church. The Communion Cupe & senser with the Scarlet & linen coverings for the [fine] table & a linen Censor case for the Scarlet Coeshion. Also Rec. two Great bookes the one Bishope Juell & Hardinge the paraphrase [the other] of Erasmus upon the four Evangelists of the Gospel & the Actes? ^*

^{*[In 1663 the furniture of the Church was restored, and there was a Cope in addition to the above articles. The word Cope in the Accounts is altered later to Cloak.]}

and now delivered all these last mentoned things to the succeeding Chwardens.

Paid for drawing of a catalogue of the names of the parishioners of Betley when ye Collection for ye prodistants in Savoye was & for making of a letter unto Henry Snobell the Clarke of his Highness Counsall for the same purpose the sum of

0 0 6

0 3 4

0 3 4

2 6

Repairing the pulpit & font

10 0

Spent when we bargained

0 6

And when we finished

1 0

Payde to the Chancellor for his fees at the Visitation at Stafford.

0 4 0

Spent on him the same time

6

Paide to those that went to Stafford about the Steeple

2 9 11

Paide for ourselves & the old Church wardens & our horses being at Stafford three days

19 0

Spent as we came home

1 0

To the Parrater for the Kings Majesty’s letter

3 0

For Cloath for the surplice

1 16 10

For makeing the surplice

10 0

For thrid for the surplice

1 0

For one going to Newcastle for the cloth

6

For washing the surplice

1 0

For sweeping & brushing the Church

0 0 6

For painting the pulpit

0 16 0

For one goeing twice to Keele to fech a surplice

0 0 6

Given to two Gentlewomen that came out of Ireland

1 0

Spent at Cariswall on o'selves & new Chwardens

9 8

  £ s. d.

0 10 8

To William Brittin for his horse to Carswall

1 0

To the High Constable for maimed soulders

9 0

To Mr. Clawley for preaching [there are several of these entries]

10 0

Spent at that time

10

For two Keys for the Church

9

Spent on Mr. Hill

4

To the parater for four proclamations

1 6

Bread & wine for the Comunion

2 6

For a chayne to hang the covering of the Font

10

For an Hower glass

8

For writeing in the Registers

1 0

To an oulde soldier of both the Kinges who came from Barbatus

3

My coson Saltes & my charges & our horses going to Carswall to mete Mr. Thickness at the Courte

3 10

for an order from the Justices to remove Tonkins ? wife’s sister 6d spent then at Newcastle for somoning of Mr. Thicknes Will Jolie & Richard Browne

9

The Steward tor entering Will Jolie 3d & for judgment agst him 4d

7

above Received from [Mr. altered to] Esq Thicknes.

7 6

2 8

The furniture belongingeing to the Churche are these as follows

first The Communion Cup Censer & Jugge the Scarlet & linen Covering for the Table.

Item The Church Bible & service Books & the two great bookes the one Bishop Jewels Apology for the Church of England against Harding & the other the Paraphrase of Erasmus on the four Evangelists and the Acts.

1 0

Gunpowder treason

5 0

More for the Victory at Preston

2 6