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2 Keeping and repairing the church—The same accounts—To rushes gathered against the feast of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist iiijᵈ In venia die dedicacois ecclie et tᵉndall sursū inᵗtendo et deorsū querendo. [This seems to mean the provision of a trendall, or rolled wax taper, for the anniversary of the dedication of the church, but the full sense of the passage is very difficult.] To j collar (banderio) bought for the bells jᵈ To bokeram [buckram] bought for the repair of vestments jᵈ To hiring a man to buy wax at Plymouth and a horse, and to his expenses there, viijᵈ To j quarter and a half of lime bought xvᵈ To carriage of the said lime vᵈ To half of [di'? 500] tile stones vijᵈ To carriage of the stones iiijᵈ To old glass bought iijˢ vᵈ To repairing of a glass window in the end of the church ijˢ iiijᵈ To fuel bought iijᵈ ob To lviij pounds of lead bought iiijˢ x'ᵈ ob, price per pound jᵈ To vij pounds and a half of tin bought xviijᵈ ob, price per pound ijᵈ j farthing To hiring a mason (machionis) to repair the said window ijᵈ ob Itm to fuel bought ijᵈ To repairing a glass window in the vestry vijˢ iiijᵈ ob To repairing xi feet in divers windows in the said church iiijˢ jᵈ ob To vj feet of new glass bought vijˢ To viij feet of old glass iijˢ iiijᵈ To fuel bought ijᵈ To repairing the old glass in the window in the end of the church [sic] To repairing defects in divers windows with new glass xvjᵈ To making three figures in the vestry window xijᵈ To fuel bought ijᵈ To repairing three shutters (claterias) to the great window in the end of the church ijᵈ To divers expenses about making divers windows, in meat and drink vjᵈ To drink (bibera) at making the windows iiijᵈ To ij ropes for the bells xijᵈ To making [no amount]. To rosin (rasina) bought vijᵈ ob To making ij torches vjᵈ To expenses about the said making iiijᵈ To j beam bought vjᵈ ob To j little cord for the cloth (velo) jᵈ To v yards of linen cloth to make a rochet ijˢ ijᵈ ob To making the same rochet vjᵈ To eight feet for a girdle (de cest) viijᵈ To making a deed (carta) vjᵈ To j bier (libitena) bought vijᵈ To repairing vestments for the year vjᵈ To washing vestments for the year vjᵈ Itm to the chief lord for rent of the park of crewelake xvjᵈ And to divers altars of the church aforesaid of the rents of the park aforesaid namely, to the light of St. Eustachius iijᵈ to the light of St. Stephen iijᵈ, to the light of St. John the Baptist iijᵈ, to the light of St. Katherine iijᵈ To the clerk for writing the account xijᵈ To mending a