Berkshire, Reading, 1521–2
BRO: D/P 97/5/2

p 139 (29 September–29 September) (Receipts)

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Receiued of the women for gatheryng on hockmonday above all charges xviij s. v d.
Receiued of the men for the gatheryng on hoktewisday above all charges vj s. vj d.

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  • Footnotes
    • hockmonday: 28 April 1522
    • hoktewisday: 29 April 1522
  • Glossed Terms
    • gatheryng vb n collection, here used to refer specifically to the act of collecting money for the parish; gaderyng gathering; gatheringe; gatherynge;
    • hoketewisday n Hock Tuesday
  • Document Description

    Record title: St Laurence's Churchwardens' Accounts
    Repository: BRO
    Shelfmark: D/P 97/5/2
    Repository location: Reading

    The churchwardens rendered their accounts on the feast of the Annunciation (25 March) until 1516 when they adopted the Michaelmas–Michaelmas pattern rendering their accounts on 29 September.

    1498–1626; English; paper; 250 leaves; 330mm x 225mm; modern pagination; some display capitals; pp 1–2, 490–3 are separated but have been repaired and put separately in a brown paper wrapper; bound in boards covered in parchment, title on front cover: 'The Book of the | Church-Wardens Accounts | of the Parish | of | St Laurence.'

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