Berkshire, Reading, 1510–11

St Laurence's Churchwardens' Accounts

BRO: D/P 97/5/2

p 83 (25 March–25 March) (Receipts)

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Item Receyvyd on hocke monday gaderyd by the wyves cler	xxij s. iiij d.
Item Receyvyd on hocke tewisday gaderyd by the men	x s. viij d.
Item Receyvyd on Seynt Phylypp & Iacobes day for ij^o stondynges at þe chirch porch	vij d.

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p 84

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Item Receyvyd of the gatheryng of Robyn hoode & all Costes alowyd

viij li. ij s. v d.

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p 85 (Expenses)

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Item payd for Caryage of bourdes from the chirche on ester monday

j d.

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Item payd to a taberer on may day

iij d.

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Footnotes
- hocke monday: 8 April 1510
- hocke tewisday: 9 April 1510
- ester monday: 1 April 1510
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;
- stondyng n standing, a stage
Endnote

It is unclear what the 'standings' at the church porch on Philip and James' Day (May Day – one of the abbot's fair days) are.
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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