Staffordshire, Yoxall, 1546–7

St Peter's Churchwardens' Accounts

LRO: D.(W.)1851/1/13/20

p 11 (22 April–28 January) (Receipts)

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Item receyved of Iohn harden ye mynstrell toward ye payment of ye belles

viij d.

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Item for goyng with ye hobyhorse

xiij s. iiij <.>

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Item Receyved of ye yong men & medens at Ester for heywyng money

ix s.

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p 13 (22 April–28 January) (Payments)

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Iohn hardyn the mynstrell	ij d.
Item the morres daunsse of lychffelld	iiij d.
Item ffor berynge ij stremer polles to lychffelld	ij d.
wylliam Crysterson of Rydware for a stremer pole	vij d.

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Footnotes
- iiij: letter lost to damage at right margin
Glossed Terms
- heuynge n heaving, the Easter custom of lifting members of the opposite sex into the air; heyveng; heywyng; heywynge
- hobby horse n hobby horse, a figure of a horse made of wicker or other light material worn about the waist by a performer, typically at a morris dance; hobbe horsse; hobbey horse; hobbie horse; hobbiehorse; hobbihorse; hobbyhorse; hobby horsse; hobbyhorsse; hoby horse; hobyhorse
- rydware n likely one of several hamlets known as Ridware: Pipe Ridware, Mavesyn Ridware, or Hamstall Ridware
Document Description

Record title: St Peter's Churchwardens' Accounts
Repository: LRO
Shelfmark: D.(W.)1851/1/13/20
Repository location: Lichfield

The churchwardens' accounting year during this period coincided with the regnal year, 22 April–21 April.

1541–7; English; paper; 11 leaves; 400mm x 155mm, except pp 5–8 which are 285mm x 155mm; modern pencil pagination; preserved and mounted on guard pages in a modern green cloth guard book, dated 1962, no title.

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