St Mary's Churchwardens' Accounts

• whyttsuntyde: 29–31 May 1569

• baysse n base, here likely flooring
• bushshinge vb n bushing, the act of constructing a bower; bussheyng
• kinge n in phr kinge ale, kingal, kingale, kingalle, kingeale, kyng ale, kyngale, kyngalle, kynge ale, kyngeale king ale, an inversion of order event in which a king — typically a local young man or farmer — was appointed to preside over the festival; kyng game, kynges game, king play, kynges play, kyng play synonymous with king ale; in phr king halle, kyng halle king hall, likely a bower built for the king of the king ale
• pointe n point, tagged ribbon or cord used to attach hose to a doublet, lace a garment, fasten a shoe, etc [OEDO point n.1 II.23.a]; poynte

Record title: St Mary's Churchwardens' Accounts
Repository: BRO
Shelfmark: D/P 130/5/1A
Repository location: Reading

This book also contains the accounts of the almshouse. The accounts were rendered on Low Sunday.

1561–1633; English; paper; iii + 170 + ii; 302mm x 190mm; modern foliation; gatherings irregular, badly damaged by damp; bound in cardboard covered with parchment and paper stained to look like parchment, 2 dark brown leather patches on spine, title on paper sticker on front cover: 'No 1 Per In | ventory of | Sundries | Churchwardens | account Book | from 1561 to 1633.'