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 been negligent in comeing to church, tending to y^e dishonor of God and the contempt of Government, There the said Vestry have now ordered, that such person or person inhabiting in this Parish, as shall be negligent herein, shall be presented by y^e Church Wardens to y^e Court, and then be proceeded with according to Law, and that publication hereof be made p^r y^e Clerke at both Churches." These Churches were, no doubt, one in the upper and one in the lower portions of the Parish.  Private Pews

June 9th, 1682, "thought fit and likewise ordered, that Coll: Jno. Page may (might) have the privilege to sett a pew for himself and his ffamily in the Chancell of the new Church at Middle Plantation."

Church Yard Land

'On November 14th, 1678, the land on which the Church was built, together with "sixty feet of the same, every way for a Church-yard," was the gift, forever, of the "Honourable Coll: John Page." Every receipt given by Francis Page, for moneys received for the new Church, is thus signed; "I say, Received pr Me Ffra: Page."'

Order Regulating Burial in the Church and Chancel

At a Vestry held the 31st October, 1684, present: "The Minister, Mr. Rowland Jones, the Hon. Philip Ludwell, Esq., the Hon. Jno. Page, Esq., the Hon. James Bray, Esq., y^e Hon. Thos. Ball and Capt. Ffrancis Page," &c., it was resolved that "ffor the privilege of Burials either in y^e Chancell, or in y^e new Church, it is ordered by this Vestry, that for breaking up y^e ground in y^e Chancell, y^e ffees payable to y^e Minister shall be one thousand pounds of Tobacco, or five pounds sterling; and in y^e Church y^e ffee payable to the Parish shall be five hundred pounds of Tobacco, or fifty shillings