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 1400-2] Churchwardens Accotmts. 5

\PaymeHts—cz\\\^^ of wax were bought at Plymouth, and \f paid for the carriage] To keeping a bullock in the winter time vj*^ (Itm in sustentacoe vmq bouell in tempe y^mali) Buying a new wax [candle—' cere '] and repairing another wax and vestments KM\f Timber bought for the aisle (gilda) of the said church iiij« viij^ ob. [tiles and laths, &c., were also bought, and tilers and carpenters hired] And bought 'de la schrydeles' [loppings] to the said timber belonging ij'*.

Total expenses viij" xyj** v'^ ob William Mayster succeeding warden.

\_Stock ill hand, set forth on the back of the roll] — Wax yjxx^ijh Xallow iij" The church vessels, with the state- ment that the body of the Lord ' is borne in procession ' in the glass receptacle held by the two gilt angels j bullock Lathes C Lathenaylls j mill Lime ij quarters Tile stones j mill CCC.

[1401-2] Feast to feast of Invention of Holy Cross. John Aysshefoi'de, warden of the light.

[Receipts] — Wax and link money xxx^ Bullock sold of the store of the light vj"* viij*^ — Total receipts viij^' xiij» x'* ob, with vj" ob from previous year.

Wax bought ccxxvii costing v xviij* ij'' Tallow for mortuaries, xxv" costing xxi'^.]

[Pa}'vie?its] — Rushes for the feast of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist iiij^ Itm in venia' die dedicacionis ecclie et Trendenlill ac cordub p campanis cu banderiis eorndm sursLi portand et deorsu querend p annu iiij*^ [This is the longest form which this hitherto annually recurring and obscure entry takes, and with this year it disappears ; here cords and collars or girdles for the bells seem associated with the trendell.] Cords bought for the bells xv'^ A cloth (hers) bought for the high altar in the chancel xiiij'' ob Grease for the bells for the year j'^ Making gates for the cemetery of the church, with timber bought for two gates, v^ Making funeral tapers for the high altar j^ Three yards of linen cloth bought for the high altar and thread (stamand) xx'^ Two yards of linen cloth bought for ' veste spou[.^;/]sal ' xvj'' [Whether this means a wedding or baptismal 'vestment' is not clear. In the former case the ' care cloth,' and in the latter the ' chrisom cloth ' is suggested. By decree of the Council of Exeter, 1287, each church had to find a velum nuptiale.] Repairing and binding books belonging to the parish iij^ vj'^ Washing

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