Berkshire, Reading, 1509–10

St Laurence's Churchwardens' Accounts

BRO: D/P 97/5/2
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p 78 (25 March–25 March) (Receipts)

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Item recevyd on Mondaye getherd by the wyvys xxvj s. x d. ob.
Item recevyd on hocke tewsdaye getherd by the men vj s. x. d.
Item recevyd ffor the getheryng on Maye daye iiij s. viij d. ob.

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p 80

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Item payed for CC levers & tyle pynnis xj d.

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  • Footnotes
    • Mondaye: likely hock Monday, 16 April 1509
    • hocke tewsdaye: 17 April 1509
  • Glossed Terms
    • lyverey n livery, here a badge used as proof of payment for entry to a fair; lever; liuerrei; lyueray; lyuerei; lyuerey; lyvere; lyverie; lyverye
  • 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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