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No. 77] {| The list of Tythables in the precinct being taken is found to be 283 and the sum
 * ||align="right"|₤ sh d
 * To building the Chappel to Mr John Porter||align="right"|25:0:0
 * To Richard Curton Reader||align="right"|7:0:0
 * To the Standard for the precinct.||align="right"|12:10:0
 * To clearing an acre of ground, and flooring the house to. Mr Smithwick.||align="right"|2:10:0
 * To Nathaniel Chevin acting as Clerk||align="right"|1:10:0
 * To the Joiner for Windows. Table forms. & Benches||align="right"|6:0:0
 * To Thomas Gilliam for trouble of his house||align="right"|1:10:0
 * To the poor of the precinct||align="right"|8:0:0
 * To John Tyler for Attendance||align="right"|0:1:0
 * To Sallery for collecting at so prCt||align="right"|6:8:0
 * ||align="right"|
 * ||align="right"|The total amount. 70:19:0
 * }
 * To Thomas Gilliam for trouble of his house||align="right"|1:10:0
 * To the poor of the precinct||align="right"|8:0:0
 * To John Tyler for Attendance||align="right"|0:1:0
 * To Sallery for collecting at so prCt||align="right"|6:8:0
 * ||align="right"|
 * ||align="right"|The total amount. 70:19:0
 * }
 * ||align="right"|
 * ||align="right"|The total amount. 70:19:0
 * }
 * ||align="right"|The total amount. 70:19:0
 * }

Ordered that the church Wardens collect from each Tythable person in the precinct five shillings and Col Wm Wilkinson having undertaken the collection, and the Vestry agreeing thereto

Ordered that Col Wm Wilkinson do collect upon all and every the Tythables within this precinct (a list whereof is delivered to him under the hand of the clerk of the Vestry) five shillings pr pole and for non payment thereof to make distress according to Law, and likewise to pay unto the several persons aforementioned the several sums due to them and allotted by this vestry, and He together with the other Church Wardens do provide and pay for the other things mentioned in the aforesaid Order, and render an account of the same to this Vestry to be holden the last tuesday in April next and finish all the collection. . ..

The vestry being met and having viewed the Chappel, the major part of the Vestry do declare their dislike of the ceiling of the Chappel by reason of the Boards being defaced.

Ordered that Mr Edward Smithwick and Mr Nicholas Crisp on behalf of the Vestry do choose one indifferent man that is skilled in building, and Mr John Porter shall choose another, who shall meet at the Chappel the second Saturday in November to give their judgment whether the boards be fit for ceiling such a house and if these two persons chosen as aforesaid cannot agree in their opinions, then they shall choose an umpire, and what opinion he the said umpire shall give shall