Berkshire, Reading, 1520–1

St Laurence's Churchwardens' Accounts

BRO: D/P 97/5/2

p 134 (29 September–29 September) (Receipts)

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Item Receyued ffor hokmoney gatherid by the women clere	xxxj s. vj d.
Item Receyued ffor hokmoney gatherid by the men clere	vj s. vj d. ob.
Item Receyued of the gatheryng of the kyng play at witsontide clere	xvj s.

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Footnotes
- hokmoney gatherid: ie, during Hocktide, 8–9 April 1521
- witsontide: 19–21 May 1521
Glossed Terms
- clere adj and adv clear, without encumbrance, liability, debt, etc; net profit [OEDO clear adj, adv, and n 16.a]; cleare; clearely; clearlie; clearly; cleere; cleerelye; cleerlye; cler; clerely; clerelye; clerly; clerlye
- gatheryng vb n collection, here used to refer specifically to the act of collecting money for the parish; gaderyng gathering; gatheringe; gatherynge;
- 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
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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