Staffordshire, Yoxall, 1542–3

St Peter's Churchwardens' Accounts

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

p 3 (22 April–21 April)

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Item of hoby horse money

vj s. vj d.

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p 4

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Item payd to Iane mynerse for dysshe lost at ye Somergame

viij d.

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Memorandum oppon ye accompt of Richard Cossall & Thomas Hogekynson fynysshed xiiij^o die maij anno xxxv^to Regis Henrici Octaui remayneth yn ye boxe with xv s. of heuynge money

vj li. xviij s. iiij d.

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Glossed Terms
- heuynge n 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
- somergame n comp summer game; a festival, sport, or entertainment held in the summer
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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