Updated 3 Apr 2009

WIRKSWORTH Parish Records 1600-1900

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Churchwardens Accounts 1658-1727

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5292 .-------------------------09-09L---------------------------------------
5293 .empty
5294 .------------------------09-09R-------------------------------------
5295 .       February the 5th 1686 A Twenty marke Levye
5296 .       was agreed upon by ye pishoners of Wirkesworth
5297 .       for the repairs of ye Church & other necessary
5298 .       ses whereof our towne of Wirkesworth stands
5299 .       charged with three pounds two shillings and
5300 .       threepence to be gathered by a twofould Levie
5301 .                                                         L   s   d
5302 .       which amounts to                                  4   16  9
5303 .       Alderwasley                                       1   6   8
5304 .       Ashlehay                                          1   5   6½
5305 .       Hopton                                            1   5   6½
5306 .       Itheridgehay                                      1   5   6½
5307 .       Calow                                             1   1   4½
5308 .       New Biging                                        1   0   0
5309 .       Midleton                                          1   0   0
5310 .       Crumford                                          1   0   0
5311 .       Ible                                              0   10  0
5312 .       Imbergrange                                       0   10  0
5313 .                                                         -----------
5314 .       Receipts                             Sum is       15  1   2
5315 .                                                         -----------
5316 .       Disbursmts
5317 .       Repaid new churchwardens in 87 being Jo Green     1   12  9
5318 .           Geo Armfeild Henry Farrant & Bartholmew
5319 .           Griffin The sum of
5320 .       Repaid Francis Bunting bill                       4   3   9
5321 .       Jo Booth bill repaid ? he had laid forth          1   16  10
5322 .       Repaid Mr John Bothams bill                       0   18  8
5323 .       Repaid Mr Henry Wigleys bill                      0   3   4
5324 .       Repaid for wine at Easter being 3 dayes           1   18  0
5325 .       Repaid Edw Bothams bill                           0   18  9
5326 .       Spent at Gathering & paying the French            0   1   6
5327 .           protestants breefe
5328 .       Repd James Allins bill                            0   3   10
5329 .       Repd Mary Huttlescutts bill for washing surplices 0   13  0
5330 .       Repd Mr John Wigleys bill for oyle for the Church 0   4   2
5331 .       Repd Mr Tho Fletchers bill for neales             0   3   0½
5332 .           to the church
5333 .       Repd Mr Heanes of Ashborne for wine that was      0   4   0
5334 .           behynde at Easter
5335 .recd 19s    Sidesman for Hopton stopt                    0   6   6½
5336 .recd 5s 6d  Sidesman for Ible stopt                      0   4   6
5337 .recd 4s 6d  Sidesman for Crumford stopt                  0   5   6
5338 .recd 7s 6d  Sidesman for Midleton stopt                  0   2   6
5339 .recd 13s 9d Sidesman for Biging stopt                    0   6   3
5340 .recd 9s 6d  Imber Grange sidesman stopt                  0   0   6
5341 .           Alderwasley sidesman stopt                    0   1   0
5342 .recd 18s 9s Sidesman for Ashleyhay stopt                 0   6   9½
5343 .recd 20s    Sidesman for Itheridghay stopt               0   5   6½
5344 .                                                         -------------
5345 .-------------------------09-10L---------------------------------------
5346 .empty
5347 .------------------------09-10R--1686-------------------------------
5348 .                                                         L   s   d
5349 .       Thomas Wigley house & land                        0   1   4½
5350 .       John Couper                                       0   0   5
5351 .       Geo Clay                                          0   0   4½
5352 .       Arthur Bradshaw & Gervas Jackson                  0   0   2
5353 .       Willm Brown Carpinter 1/2d Geo North 1d           0   0   1½
5354 .       Henry Farrant 1d Charles Peale 1/2d               0   0   1½
5355 .       Mr Taylors land                                   0   0   2
5356 .       pd Mr Bunting upon account of ye oath             0   7   6
5357 .                                                         ----------
5358 .                                       Totall Receipts   15  1   2
5359 .                                     Totall Disbursmts   15  11  5
5360 .                                                         ----------
5361 .       Due to the Churchwardens Mr Francis Bunting       0   10  3
5362 .       Mr John Booth Mr John Botham & Mr Henry Wigley
5363 .       to ballance ye accounts
5364 .
5365 . wch was paid to Richard Booth by ye prsent 5366 . Churchwardens 23 Aprill 1691 5367 . The pased & allowed by 5368 . Philip Gell 5369 . George Tompson 5370 . Robt Toplis 5371 . Will Wingfeild 5372 .-------------------------09-11L--------------------------------------- 5373 .empty 5374 .------------------------09-11R--1687------------------------------- 5375 . The Accounts of John Greene Geo Armfeild Bartho 5376 . Griffin & Henry Farrand Churchwardens for 5377 . Wirkesworth in ye County of Derby for yeare 1687 as followeth 5378 .
5379 . Receaved a Twenty Mark Levie (viz) 5380 . Wirkesworth 3 2 3 5381 . Alderwasley 1 6 8 5382 . Ashlehay 1 5 6½ 5383 . Itheridghay 1 5 6½ 5384 . Hopton 1 5 6½ 5385 . Calow 1 1 1½ 5386 . Midleton 1 0 0 5387 . Crumford 1 0 0 5388 . Biging 1 0 0 5389 . Ible 0 10 0 5390 . Imber grange 0 10 0 5391 . ----------- 5392 . Sum is 13 6 8 5393 . Receaved for 5 Leastalls 0 16 8 5394 . ----------- 5395 . Totall Receipts 14 3 4 5396 . ----------- 5397 .1687 Disbursmts as followes 5398 .May 11 Paid for 12 Quarts of wine at Derby 0 12 0 5399 . pd for bringing it from Derby 0 1 0 5400 . pd for bread 0 0 4 5401 .May 29 pd for ringing 0 5 0 5402 . pd Peter Archadine for cleaning the leades 0 1 6 5403 . pd Raph Bealy for 3 hedghogs 0 0 6 5404 . pd young Hopkin for 3 hedghogs 0 0 6 5405 . pd Samll Wall for soder & workmanship att 0 14 7 5406 . the Church Porch 5407 . pd John Toplis man for a hedghog 0 0 2 5408 . pd for a load of lime 0 1 0 5409 . pd Geo Frost for a Fox head 0 1 0 5410 . pd Paul Laughton for 3 hedghogs 0 0 6 5411 . pd Geo Deane for 2 days at Church 0 3 0 5412 . pd Antho Simpson for a fox head 0 1 0 5413 . pd a Laborer for 2 dayes & a halfe 0 1 10 5414 . pd for haire to make morter with 0 0 6 5415 .June 14paid Geo Frost for a fox head 0 1 0 5416 . pd Mr Shelmerdine for 1 hedghog 0 0 2 5417 . pd Willm Page for 1 hedghog 0 0 2 5418 . pd Wm Houghton sonne for a hedghog 0 0 2 5419 . pd ye Apparitor for sumoning 0 1 4 5420 . spent with the Parriter 0 0 6 5421 . pd Rob Gregory for a fox head 0 1 0 5422 . pd Mr Spencer sonne for a edghog 0 0 1 5423 . pd Rob Ward for repareing ye pulpitt 0 1 9 5424 . pd Paul Laughton for 3 hedghogs 0 0 6 5425 . John Blacks for a hedghog 0 0 2 5426 . Godfry Batty for 4 hedghogs 0 0 8 5427 . pd James Cotterell for a fox head 0 1 0 5428 . pd Paul Laughton for 1 hedghog 0 0 2 5429 . for a lock to the Litch yates 0 2 2 5430 . pd Jon Storer for 7 Ravens 0 2 4 5431 . pd Henry Clee for wood to ye Litch yates 0 10 10 5432 . pd Mr Shelmerdine for a hedghogg 0 0 2 5433 . pd Jon Spencer for makeing ye Litchyates 0 6 0 5434 . pd Tho Houlbrooke for 2 hedghogs 0 0 4 5435 . pd Jon Toplis for whitleather 0 1 0 5436 . pd for paper 0 0 2 5437 . ---------- 5438 . 3 16 2 5439 .-------------------------09-12L---------------------------------------- 5440 .empty 5441 .------------------------09-12R--1687------------------------------- 5442 .Nov 5 pd to the Ringers 0 5 0 5443 . pd Geo Frost for a fox head 0 1 0 5444 . pd Samll Wall for glaseing ye Church 1 0 0 5445 . pd for 9 Quarts of wine at Michs & Xtmas 0 9 0 5446 . pd Edw Jackson for 3 hh 0 0 6 5447 . pd ye masons for paveing ye church 0 2 8 5448 . pd Geo Frost for a fox head 0 1 0 5449 . pd Crumford sidesman for a fox head 0 1 0 5450 . pd ye parritor for ye proclamation 0 2 6 5451 . pd Isaac Chritchlo for a foxhead 0 1 0 5452 . pd Jon Wheeldon for greens to set in the church 0 0 4 5453 .Feb 6 pd to the Ringers 0 5 0 5454 . pd Geo Frost for a fox head 0 1 0 5455 . pd Tho Houlbrooke for 2 hh 0 0 4 5456 . pd Jon Rimers wife for 3 hh 0 0 6 5457 . pd Wid. Gamble for a fox head 0 1 0 5458 . pd Jon Armfeild for 1 hh 0 0 2 5459 . pd Jon Wigley for oyle 0 1 0 5460 . pd for washing ye church linnen 0 12 0 5461 . pd young Charleton for 1 hh 0 0 2 5462 . pd James Allins bill 0 11 6 5463 . pd Street of Belp lane end for a fox head 0 1 0 5464 . pd Mr Edw Milward his bill for wine 1 15 0 5465 . pd Samll Wall for glaseing 0 1 6 5466 . pd Tho Fletchers bill 0 2 6 5467 . for bread at severall Comunions 18 loves 0 1 6 5468 . For goeing to Derby at Mich visitation 0 2 6 5469 . pd the Parriters fees 0 3 0 5470 . pd for 8 sidesmen their prsentmt & ye Parriters 0 5 4 5471 . sumoning them to ye visitation 5472 . pd for our prsentmt& sumons to the visitation 0 1 8 5473 . And for ye Parriters fees and for my charges 0 2 6 5474 . pd ye sidesman of Hopton for 4 ravens & 2 hh 0 1 8 5475 . pd Jo Storer for 2 hh 0 0 4 5476 . John Rowbotham 1 hh 0 0 2 5477 . Willm Norman 1 hh 0 0 2 5478 . Willm Shurle 2 hh 0 0 4 5479 . Edw Houlmes 1 hh 0 0 2 5480 . James Mather 1 hh 0 0 2 5481 . Solomon Arwin 1 hh 0 0 2 5482 . Peter Archadine for ye sidesmans notes 0 1 0 5483 . pd Mr Edw Milward his bill left behynde in 2 4 10 5484 . ye yeare 1685 5485 . for stateing our accounts 0 2 0 5486 . pd more to James Allin due in 85 1 0 6 5487 . pd Mr John Allsop for oyle 0 1 6 5488 . ---------- 5489 . 10 9 2 5490 . ---------- 5491 . Recd 14 3 4 5492 . Recd for ye old Litch yates 0 2 0 5493 . ---------- 5494 . Totall Receipts 14 5 4 5495 . Totall Disbursmts 14 5 4 5496 . ---------- 5497 . 30 Sep 1690 5498 . This Account was then pused and allowed by us 5499 . Philip Gell 5500 . John Stuffyn 5501 . John Slacke 5502 . Will Wingfeild 5503 .-------------------------10-01L--------------------------------------- 5504 .empty 5505 .-------------------------10-01R--1688--------------------------------- 5506 . The account of Willm Millington Willm 5507 . Milward Jacob Gell Rich Guy Churchwardens 5508 . for Wirkesworth for ye yeare 1688 (viz) 5509 . Receaved by a 30 L Leavie 5510 . Wirkesworth 7 0 0 5511 . Alderwasley 2 17 6 5512 . Ashlehay 3 0 0 5513 . Itheridghay 2 17 6 5514 . ? by Mr Jonothan ? 1 8 0 5515 . Hopton 2 17 6 5516 . Calow 2 7 6 5517 . Midleton 2 5 0 5518 . Biging 2 5 0 5519 . Ible 1 2 6 5520 . Imber Grange 1 2 6 5521 . ----------- 5522 . Sum is 30 0 0 5523 . Recd for old lead 0 2 6 5524 . Recd for old wood 0 0 8 5525 . Recd for 4 Leastalls 0 13 4 5526 . ----------- 5527 . Totall receipts 30 16 6 5528 . ----------- 5529 . Disbursmts as followes 5530 .May 29 (88) paid to the Ringers 0 5 0 5531 .June 14pd Willm Nightingale for 3 bookes 0 5 0 5532 . bread att Whitsontide 0 0 3 5533 . For Ale to ye Ringers at ye birth of ye 0 9 0 5534 . Prince of Wales 5535 .Sep 4 pd Peter Archadine for writeing ye notes to the 0 1 6 5536 . sidesmen & sending them 5537 . And for makeing our booke & decideing 0 2 6 5538 . it afterward 5539 . pd Jo Spencer for repairing the lead frame 0 1 0 5540 .Oct 2 pd Tho Marchinson for boards 1 0 0 5541 .14 pd Jo Armfeild for bricks 0 3 1½ 5542 .15 charges at ye visitation for our selves & 0 9 10 5543 . ye sidesmen 5544 .21 pd Jo Lees for wood to ye Church 0 4 0 5545 . pd Martin Tompson for Lead 6 9 6 5546 .Nov 5 To the Ringers 0 5 0 5547 .8 pd for laying paves? in ye Church 0 5 6 5548 .18 pd Wm Nightingale for a prayer booke 0 2 0 5549 .Dec 12 pd Jon Toplis for wood to ye Church 0 11 6 5550 .17 pd Tho Udall for Coles & sand 0 6 2 5551 . Candles & Beesoms to ye Church 5552 . Xtmas day to ye Ringers 0 5 0 5553 . ------------ 5554 . 11 5 10½ 5555 .-------------------------10-02L--1688--------------------------------- 5556 . The overplus of the booke is 0 6 5 5557 .-------------------------10-02R--1688--------------------------------- 5558 .(88) 5559 .Jan 15 pd Tho Udall pners? for Leadworke at the Church 6 4 9 5560 . for sodering & glaseing 5 13 6 5561 . pd to Biging sidesman for goeing to ye visitation 0 2 6 5562 .Feb 16 & 19 pd to ye Ringers when King Willm & Queene 0 7 0 5563 . Mary was proclaimed 5564 .(89) pd ye Carpenters for worke done at ye Church 1 9 10 5565 .Mar 26 pd Wm Nightingale for 2 bookes 0 4 0 5566 . Given a man with a letter of request 0 1 0 5567 . for a fire at Marson mung? berry? 5568 . Given Jon Newall of Starbolton with a letter 0 1 0 5569 . of request for a fire 5570 . Edw Botham his bill for thinges to the Church 0 16 8 5571 . pd Geo Deane for poynting at the Church for 0 5 0 5572 . haire and a load of lime 5573 . To 2 lame men 0 0 6 5574 . pd for bread & wine to Edward Milward 2 0 0 5575 . charges at ye visitation 0 7 0 5576 . pd to severall sidesmen & others 0 17 8 5577 . for 53 ravens 5578 . paid for 16 fox heads 0 16 0 5579 . pd for 49 hedgehoggs to severall psons 0 8 2 5580 . for stateing our accounts 0 2 0 5581 . ----------- 5582 . 19 17 1 5583 . 11 5 10½ 5584 . ------------ 5585 . Disbursmts 31 2 11½ 5586 . Returnes 0 18 9 5587 . ------------ 5588 . Disbursmts in all 32 1 8½ 5589 . ------------ 5590 . Receipts 30 16 6 5591 . ----------- 5592 . Due to the accountants 5593 . ------------ 5594 . Returnes 5595 . Itheridghay 0 18 0 5596 . Antho Fog 0 0 3 5597 . Mr Burton 0 0 3 5598 . Samll Woodis 0 0 1½ 5599 . ? Cartis? 0 0 1½ 5600 .-------------------------10-03L--------------------------------------- 5601 .empty 5602 .-------------------------10-04R--1689---------------------------------- 5603 . The Accounts of Willm Allen Willm Higgett 5604 . Edward Greenhough & Andrew Greensmith Churchwardens 5605 . for Wirkesworth for the yeare 1689 as followes. 5606 .
5607 . Receaved by a 20 mark Leavy viz 5608 . Wirkesworth 3 2 3 5609 . Alderwasley 1 6 8 5610 .stopt 5611 .3-6 Ashlehay 1 5 6½ 5612 . Itheridghay 1 5 6½ 5613 . Hopton 1 5 6½ 5614 . Calow 1 1 1½ 5615 . Midleton 1 0 0 5616 . Crumford 1 0 0 5617 .stopt 5618 .2-6 Biging 1 0 0 5619 . Ible 0 10 0 5620 . Imbergrange 0 10 0 5621 . ------------ 5622 . 13 6 8 5623 . Leastalls 11 1 13 4 5624 . overplus 1 16 3 5625 . ---------- 5626 . Tot 16 16 3 5627 . ---------- 5628 . Stopt 0 6 0 5629 . Returns 0 6 8 5630 . Disbursmt 16 4 11 5631 . ----------- 5632 . Tot 16 17 7 5633 . ----------- 5634 .Disbursmts paid Willm Allsop for 1 hh 0 0 2 5635 . pd ye Ringers at King William & Queen Mary 0 5 0 5636 . their Coronation 5637 . Given a man with a pass & for the reliefe 0 5 0 5638 . of his paines? 5639 . before R Toplis & Jo Spencer 5640 . Pd Luke Allsop for 5 hh 0 0 10 5641 . for 6 beesoms to ye Church 0 0 3 5642 .May 17 pd John Clay for a raven 0 0 4 5643 . Godfrey Batty & Wm Bradberry 5 hh 0 0 10 5644 . Emanll Soresby for 4 ravens 0 1 4 5645 . Geo Gell 3 hh 0 0 6 5646 .Sep 9 pd Nightingale for a prayer booke & 0 2 0 5647 . proclamation 5648 .19 for charges of makeing a Certificate for to 0 2 0 5649 . certifie for ye poore to save from 5650 . hearth money 5651 . pd Mr Cor the collector of hearth money to 0 2 6 5652 . raise? the Certificate to be signed 5653 . before Jo Spencer 5654 . Given a woman upon a pas for ye relief of 0 2 0 5655 . her family shee came forth of Ireland 5656 . before Mr Jo Winfield 5657 . pd Tho Collinson for 5 days of worke 0 8 0 5658 . & a halfe at church 5659 . given a man that came forth of Ireland 0 0 6 5660 . Mr Spateman made him a letter paten 5661 . pd Mr Hough wench for a hh 0 0 2 5662 .Oct 7 charges at visitation 0 2 6 5663 . pd Udalls lads for 3 hh 0 0 6 5664 . ----------- 5665 . 1 14 11 5666 .-------------------------10-05L--------------------------------------- 5667 .empty 5668 .-------------------------10-05R--1689--------------------------------- 5669 . pd Peter Archadine for writeing a levie booke 0 3 0 5670 .Nov 5 pd the Ringers 0 5 0 5671 .13 for charges of a warrant for Antho Willmott 0 1 0 5672 . for pulling down ye Church stiel 5673 . Given 2 men & a Lad upon a pass 0 0 10 5674 . before R Toplis & Geo Tompson 5675 . Given a man that came from Snelson that his 0 5 0 5676 . house was burned by fire before 5677 . Geo Thompsone & Wm Taylor 5678 . Given one Spencer upon a pass & his family 0 1 6 5679 . they came from Ireland 5680 . before George Thompson 5681 . pd Antho Rouse for Ravens and hedgehogs 0 5 0 5682 . witness Wm Smedly 5683 . pd Nightingales man for a prayer booke & 0 2 6 5684 . proclamation before John Wilcockson 5685 . pd John Toplis for 2 dayes about repaireing 0 4 0 5686 . ye chimes 5687 . pd Samll Wall for glaseing the church windowes 4 0 6 5688 . and for repaireing ye leads with soder 5689 . pd for Lime & pointing about ye church Tabrets? 0 1 6 5690 . to Rob Riech before Mr Millington 5691 . pd to a laborer for 3 dayes work to help 0 2 0 5692 . Samll Wall 5693 . pd Samll Wall for mending the font 0 2 0 5694 . given a woman & 3 of her Company 0 0 6 5695 . before Geo Tomson 5696 . pd Paul Laughton & Wm Wilmott for 3 hedghoggs 0 0 6 5697 . pd for washing the surplice this yeare 0 12 0 5698 .1687 Geo Armfeild & persons left vupd? of a smithy bill0 5 5 5699 .1688 Mr Millington & his persons left 0 16 6 5700 . vupd? to the smith 5701 . pd James Allen of a smithy bill for this 0 16 0 5702 . part of ye yeare 1689 5703 . pd Mr Wigley upon his bill 0 1 6 5704 .Apr 11 pd ye Ringers on ye Coronation day 0 5 0 5705 .(90) pd for wier & nailes 0 1 4 5706 . pd Antho Simpson for 4 hh 0 0 8 5707 .May 29 pd the Ringers 0 5 0 5708 .Aug 1 pd Paul Loughton for 1 hh 0 0 2 5709 . pd young Hodgkinson 1 hh 0 0 2 5710 . for 1 dayes worke with Thomas Collinson at Church 0 1 6 5711 . and for a half dayes worke afterwards 0 0 9 5712 . Wm Smedley & Paul Loughton 2 hh 0 0 4 5713 . for raiseing the great Bell after 0 0 6 5714 . mending ye wheele 5715 . ----------- 5716 . 9 1 8 5717 .-------------------------10-06L--------------------------------------- 5718 .empty 5719 .-------------------------10-06R--1689--------------------------------- 5720 . for mending ye Church stile 0 1 0 5721 . pd Willm Storer for 1 hh 0 0 2 5722 . pd young Kirk for a Raven 0 0 4 5723 . for bread & wine at whitsentide 0 9 2 5724 . for the Sacrament 5725 . pd Brocklehurst for 1 hh 0 0 2 5726 . Willm Poyser 1 hh 0 0 2 5727 . for charges in paseing in the church 0 1 0 5728 . James Biard a hh 0 0 2 5729 . Bred & wine for ye Sacrament att Michs 0 6 6 5730 . for Court fees at visitation 0 5 4 5731 . and for my charges there 0 2 6 5732 . pd Wm Storer for 2 hh 0 0 4 5733 . ye Saxton a spade ewen? 0 0 6 5734 . pd for shooteing? a plate in the Church 0 1 0 5735 . pd Geo Frost for 2 fox heds 0 2 0 5736 . Bred & wine for ye Sacrament att Xtmas 0 6 10 5737 . Robt Wilson a Raven 0 0 4 5738 . pd for a lock 0 0 6 5739 . Wm Page & Roger Jackson 2 hh 0 0 4 5740 . Willm Webster 4 hh 0 0 8 5741 . Bred & wine upon Palm Sunday & Good Fryday 0 15 10 5742 . & for Bread & Wine on Easter Day 0 15 6 5743 . pd John Storer for Ravens and hedghogs 1 5 8 5744 .May 6 charges at visitation Court fees 0 3 6 5745 . & for ye new Churchwardens Oaths 0 1 4 5746 . & for my owne charge there 0 2 6 5747 . Paul Loughton & Joseph Stanly for 4 hh 0 0 8 5748 .June 10William Poyser for 5 hh 0 0 10 5749 . Fa? Armfeild Rich Peate and Paul Loughton 0 0 6 5750 . for 3 hh 5751 .Aug 16 Dorothy Higges & Geo Swindell for 2 hh 0 0 4 5752 .Sep 11 Paul Loughton 2 hh 0 0 4 5753 .Nov 5 Mary Roper & Jo Mather 2 hh 0 0 4 5754 . for drawing up our Accounts 0 2 0 5755 . ----------- 5756 . disbursmts ye sum of 16 4 11 5757 . Recd 16 3 6 5758 . ----------- 5759 . R(eturns) due in our hands 0 1 5 5760 . ----------- 5761 .Aprill 23 (91) 5762 .Then posed? & examined this account & wee doe allow thereof 5763 .-------------------------10-07L--------------------------------------- 5764 .empty 5765 .-------------------------10-07R--1690--------------------------------- 5766 . The Accounts of Edward Botham Timo Fox 5767 . William Taylor & Willm Rowly Churchwardens 5768 . for Wirkesworth for the year 1690 5769 .
5770 . Recd a 20 mark Levy as followes 5771 . Wirkesworth 3 2 3 5772 . Alderwasley 1 6 8 5773 . Ashlehay 1 5 6½ 5774 . Itheridghay 1 5 6½ 5775 . Hopton 1 5 6½ 5776 . Calow 1 1 1½ 5777 . Midleton 1 0 0 5778 . Crumford 1 0 0 5779 . Biging 1 0 0 5780 . Ible 0 10 0 5781 . Imber Grange 0 10 0 5782 . ---------- 5783 . 13 6 8 5784 . Recd for 5 Leastalls 0 16 8 5785 . ---------- 5786 . Totall receipts 14 3 4 5787 . ---------- 5788 . Disbursmts 5789 . For goeing to ye visitation to take our Oaths 0 10 0 5790 . For 8 sidesmen goeing to take their Oathes 1 0 0 5791 . pd for wine & bread at Whitsunday 0 13 11 5792 . for bringing the wine 0 1 0 5793 . pd Wm Storer for 14 hedghogs 0 2 4 5794 . Antho Willmot for 3 hh 0 0 6 5795 . Roger Jackson for 3 hh 0 0 6 5796 . Geo Aulton for 4 hh 0 0 8 5797 . Antho Chadwick for 2 hh 0 0 4 5798 .May 29 pd the ringers 0 5 0 5799 . pd Tho Gamble for 3 hh 0 0 6 5800 . Martin Willmot 1 hh 0 0 2 5801 . Aron Armfeild 1 hh 0 0 2 5802 . Att the news of Irelands Defeat for ringing 0 5 0 5803 . Rob Harrison 2 hh 0 0 4 5804 . Tho Udall sonne 1 hh 0 0 2 5805 . pd for wine at Michs 0 5 0 5806 . pd for bringing itt 0 1 0 5807 . bread 0 0 2 5808 . pd for our Levy booke & notes to the sidesmen 0 3 0 5809 . for a booke of Articles 0 1 0 5810 . John Spencer for 6 hh 0 1 0 5811 . Willm Storer 4 hh 0 0 8 5812 . Anne Storer 1 hh 0 0 2 5813 . ---------- 5814 . 3 12 9 5815 . ----------- 5816 .-------------------------10-08L--------------------------------------- 5817 .empty 5818 .-------------------------10-08R--1690--------------------------------- 5819 . Transported 3 12 9 5820 . for a booke & proclamation 0 2 0 5821 . pd Edward Botham bill 0 15 2 5822 . A bill Willm Allen left unpaid 0 6 11 5823 . Smiths bill 0 3 0 5824 .Oct 14 for sumoning to the visitation 0 4 4 5825 . for goeing to ye visitation 0 2 6 5826 . pd for prsentmts & Court Fees 0 7 4 5827 . for a booke & proclamation for the Thanksgiving 0 2 0 5828 . Willm Hand 2 hh 0 0 4 5829 . Tho Charleton 1 hh 0 0 2 5830 . John Tharker 1 hh 0 0 2 5831 . Joseph Stanly 2 hh 0 0 4 5832 . John Wagstaffe 3 hh 0 0 6 5833 . pd Emanll Soresby for 5 ravens 0 1 8 5834 . pd Mathew Bradshaw for 3 ravens 0 1 0 5835 . pd Mary Buxton for washing the surplice 0 12 0 5836 . pd Samll Wall for glaseing 0 3 8 5837 . Robt Rose for 2 hh 0 0 4 5838 . John Storer for 2 ravens 0 0 8 5839 . John Storer for 3 hh 0 0 6 5840 . Paul Laugton for 6 hh 0 1 0 5841 . Tho Udall for 3 hh 0 0 6 5842 . Paul Laughton 2 hh 0 0 4 5843 . Willm Storer 2 hh & 1 raven 0 0 8 5844 . pd a Laborer for 3 dayes helping the plummers 0 2 0 5845 . pd a man sent by George Frost for a fox head 0 0 4 5846 . Geo Armfeild 2 hh 0 0 4 5847 . pd John Wilson sidesman for Hopton for his 0 11 8 5848 . with first visitation & for ravens & 5849 . hedghoggs as by bill 5850 . John Wagstaffe 2 hh 0 0 4 5851 . Willm Spencer for 1 hh 0 0 2 5852 . Young Kirke 1 hh 0 0 2 5853 . Tho Udall 2 hh 0 0 4 5854 . pd Robt Toplis for 5 hh, John Thacker 1 hh, 0 3 6 5855 . Tho Udall 3 hh, Dorothy Higgett 1, Margaret 5856 . Rimmer 6, Joseph Hurd 1, Dorothy Higget 4 hh, 5857 . in all 21 5858 . Tho Udall 1 hh, his sonne 2, Luke Allsop 2, 0 0 10 5859 . in all 5 5860 . pd at seting a bargaine to mend the leads 0 0 8 5861 . ---------- 5862 . Sum is 8 0 10 5863 . ---------- 5864 .-------------------------10-09L--------------------------------------- 5865 .empty 5866 .-------------------------10-09R--1690--------------------------------- 5867 . Transported 8 0 10 5868 .Nov 5 pd the Ringers 0 5 0 5869 . pd for a forme of prayer for the 0 2 0 5870 . Thanksgiving day 5871 . Geo Poyser for 2 hh 0 0 4 5872 . pd the glasiers by bill 2 18 8½ 5873 . pd Geo Frost man for a foxhead 0 1 0 5874 . at Xtmas for bread & wine 0 8 10 5875 . Adam Short 3 hh Paley sonne 1 0 0 8 5876 . pd for beesomes 0 0 6 5877 . pd Geo Tomlinson for 10 Ravens 0 3 4 5878 . pdW Storer for 11 Ravens 0 3 8 5879 . Dorothy Higget for 2 hh 0 0 4 5880 . Robt Chapman sonne 2 hh 0 0 4 5881 . Tho Wright 1 hh 0 0 2 5882 . pd for bread & wine on Palm Sunday 0 8 8 5883 . for bringing the wine 0 0 8 5884 . for Bread & Wine on Good Fryday & bringing itt 0 6 6 5885 .(91) for bread & wine att Easter 0 19 6 5886 .Apr 28 pd for sumons to ye visitation for our selves 0 4 4 5887 . & ye sidesmen 5888 . for goeing to ye visitation 0 2 6 5889 . for our prsentmts 0 4 4 5890 . Court charges 0 3 0 5891 . pd Wid. Coates for 6 hh 0 1 0 5892 . Jon Anable senr 1 hh & a fox head 0 1 2 5893 . for stateing our accounts 0 2 0 5894 . ------------ 5895 . 14 19 4½ 5896 . Returnes 0 1 2 5897 . ------------ 5898 . Totall Disbursmts with Returnes 15 0 6½ 5899 . ------------- 5900 . Totall receipts 14 3 4 5901 . ------------ 5902 . Due to the accountants 0 17 2½ 5903 . Returnes ------------- 5904 . Arthur Bradshaw 0 0 1 5905 . Rob Ogden 0 0 0½ 5906 . Fran Bealy 0 0 4 5907 . Mr Chambers 0 0 1½ 5908 . Wm Cadman 0 0 1 5909 . Wid Moor exeres 0 0 0½ 5910 . Isaac Tompson 0 0 0½ 5911 . Geo Curtis 0 0 1 5912 . Wm Saunder 0 0 1 5913 . Rich Tissington 0 0 1 5914 . Samll Woodiwis 0 0 1 5915 . Tho Tompson 0 0 1 5916 . ------------ 5917 . 0 1 2 5918 . ------------ 5919 . The overplus of the towne booke 1 14 11¼ 5920 . ------------- 5921 . The accounts debtors to the town 0 17 8¾ 5922 . ------------- 5923 .-------------------------10-10L--------------------------------------- 5924 .empty 5925 .-------------------------10-10R--1690--------------------------------- 5926 . The accountants debters to the towne 0 17 8¾ 5927 . as on ye other side ------------- 5928 . whereof paid to John Toplis 0 16 0 5929 . Overseer for wheeles 5930 . pd by Edw Botham to Mr John 0 1 6 5931 . Stuffyn sidesman for Hopton 5932 . the same yeare being for so 5933 . much due to him 5934 . and then paid to the prsent 0 0 2¾ 5935 . Churchwardens the remainder beinge -------------- 5936 .
5937 . So that this account is perfect And 5938 . was seen and allowed by 5939 . Phillip Gell 5940 . Jo Black 5941 . John Botham 5942 . Will Wingfeild 5943 .-------------------------10-11L--------------------------------------- 5944 .empty 5945 .-------------------------10-11R--1691--------------------------------- 5946 . The Accounts of Michaell Jowett James Ragg John 5947 . Brown & Tho Lockall Churchwardens for the 5948 . pish of Wirkesworth for the yeare 1691 (viz) 5949 .
5950 .Receipts 5951 . Recd A 20 mark Levy as followeth 5952 . Wirkesworth 3 2 3 5953 . Alderwasley 1 6 8 5954 . Ashlehay 1 5 6½ 5955 . Itheridghay 1 5 6½ 5956 . Hopton 1 5 6½ 5957 . Calow 1 1 1½ 5958 . Biginge 1 0 0 5959 . Midleton 1 0 0 5960 . Crumford 1 0 0 5961 . Ible 0 10 0 5962 . Imber Grange 0 10 0 5963 . ----------- 5964 . 13 6 8 5965 . Recd for 4 Leastalls 0 13 4 5966 . ------------ 5967 . Totall receipts 14 0 0 5968 . ------------- 5969 . Disbursmts 5970 .Apr 28 Our charges to the visitation 0 10 0 5971 .1691 8 sidesmen their charges there 1 0 0 5972 .May 1 Wm Houlbrooke sonne for a hedghog 0 0 2 5973 . same day Antho Gamble 4 hh 0 0 8 5974 .May 5 5975 .+6 4 hedghogs 0 0 8 5976 .May 12 Margarett Rymer 4 hh 0 0 8 5977 .14 Paul Laughton 5 hh 0 0 10 5978 .May 29 Paid the Ringers 0 5 0 5979 . To Wm Storer for 22 hh at severall times 0 3 8 5980 . for wine & bread at Whitsunday and carridge 0 8 10 5981 . for beesomes to sweep ye Church 0 0 8 5982 . Geo Armfeild 8 hh at severall times 0 1 4 5983 . James Day 2 hh 0 0 4 5984 . To John Hadfeild sidesman of Hopton for 0 2 6 5985 . his charges at A Court att Wirkesworth 5986 . & 9 hh 5987 . pd Rich Smith sidesman of Alderwasley for 0 2 6 5988 . 2 foxheds & 3 hh 5989 . for oyle for ye Chimes & clock to Mrs Wigly 0 1 4 5990 . pd Paul Laughton for 4 hh Willm Kirke one 0 1 0 5991 . & Tho Worth one 5992 . pd Willm Milward for a fox head 0 1 0 5993 . Dennis Wetton 6 hh 0 1 0 5994 . Joseph Stanly 4 hh 0 0 8 5995 . Robert Toplis 5 hh 0 0 10 5996 . Henry Allen 1 hh Tho Rogers 1 hh 0 0 4 5997 . John Cleator 2 hh 0 0 4 5998 .July 16for leather for the Bells 0 1 0 5999 . Rob Frost 2 hh 0 0 4 6000 .July 22John Higgett 3 hh 0 0 6 6001 . ------------ 6002 . 3 6 10 6003 . ------------- 6004 .-------------------------10-12L--------------------------------------- 6005 .empty 6006 .-------------------------10-12R--1691-------------------------------- 6007 .1691 L s d 6008 . Transported 3 6 10 6009 . Tho Udall 5 hedghoggs 0 0 10 6010 .Aug 13 Samll Wall for a Raven 0 0 4 6011 . Willm Fletcher 1 hh Gervas Allen 1 hh 0 0 4 6012 .29 Godfry Batty 5 hh 0 0 10 6013 .30 To Mr Hurt man for a foxhed 0 1 0 6014 . Willm Page 2 hh 0 0 4 6015 . Wid.Bot: 1 hh Wm Hearing 1 hh 0 0 4 6016 . Wm Storer Shooemaker 4 hh 0 0 8 6017 .Sept 3 pd to Simon Ogden for 4 foxheds 0 4 0 6018 . for wood to mend the bell wheels 10d 0 1 4 6019 . & a spade even 6d 6020 . Willm Storer 2 hh 0 0 4 6021 . Tho Mather a hh 0 0 2 6022 . for bread & wine at Michas 0 9 0 6023 . for writeing our Levy booke and 0 3 0 6024 . notes to the sidesmen 6025 . for sumoning to the visitation 0 4 4 6026 . Charges to the visitation 0 2 6 6027 . Court fees 0 3 0 6028 . for drawing our prsentmts 0 0 6 6029 . For help to take down the treble Bell 0 1 0 6030 . pd the carpenter & help to draw up 0 3 0 6031 . the treble Bell 6032 . At newes of takeing Limerick pd the Ringers 0 4 0 6033 . for wire for the Chimes 0 1 6 6034 .Nov 5 For ringing 0 5 0 6035 .10 pd Geo frost for 2 foxheds 0 2 0 6036 .Ditto for a booke of Thanksgiving att Irelands reduceing0 2 0 6037 .Dec 11 pd for worke done at the Bell 0 2 0 6038 . for 4 large oake planks for the church use 0 9 0 6039 .15 pd Tho Cotton for a foxhed 0 1 0 6040 . for bread & wine at Xtmas 0 6 4 6041 . for bringing the same 0 0 6 6042 . pd the blacksmiths bill 0 17 1 6043 . for a new frame for ye clock hamer 0 0 6 6044 .Feb 20 To Mr Hurt man for a foxhed 0 1 0 6045 .24 for worke done at the bells 0 0 9 6046 . pd for glaseing & poynting the Church windowes 4 7 0 6047 .Mar 22 for sumoning to the visitation and 0 4 10 6048 . and a booke of Articles 6049 . For a booke for the Fast 0 2 0 6050 . For repaireing the dyall? at the schoole dore 0 4 8 6051 . Mr Charles Blackburn as by bill 0 0 10 6052 . For supices washing and new necking of them 0 14 0 6053 . ----------- 6054 . 13 10 2 6055 . ------------ 6056 .-------------------------11-01L--------------------------------------- 6057 .empty 6058 .-------------------------11-01R--1691--------------------------------- 6059 . L s d 6060 . Transport 13 10 2 6061 . William Higgett 5 Hedghogs 0 0 10 6062 . Edw Seeds 1 hh Eliz Fouke 1 hh 0 0 4 6063 . Elizabeth Higgett 1 hh 0 0 2 6064 . John Storer 3 ravens 0 1 0 6065 . for drawing our prsentmt 0 0 6 6066 . for bread & wine for Palm Sunday 0 9 8 6067 . For bread & wine & carridge of the wine 1 6 4 6068 . for Good Fryday and Easter day 6069 . Our charges at ye visitation 0 2 6 6070 . for puting in our prsentmt and Court fees 0 3 8 6071 . for stateing our accounts 0 2 0 6072 . ----------- 6073 . Disbursmts 15 17 2 6074 . Returnes 0 7 11¼ 6075 . ------------ 6076 . Disbursmts Totall is 16 5 1¼ 6077 . Receipts totall is 14 0 0 6078 . ------------- 6079 . ? 2 5 1¼ 6080 . The overplus of the booke is 1 15 2¾ 6081 . ------------- 6082 . Due to us 0 9 10½ 6083 . -------------- 6084 . Robert Annable sidesman 6085 . for Itheridghay 0 5 6½ 6086 . Tho Pegg 0 0 0½ 6087 . Rich Bealy 0 0 0½ 6088 . John Aspinall 0 0 1 6089 . Martin Tompson 0 1 10¾ 6090 . Isaac Tompson 0 0 0¼ 6091 . Martha Fogg 0 0 1 6092 . John Shawcros 0 0 0¾ 6093 . Saml Woodiwis 0 0 1 6094 . Geo Curtis 0 0 1 6095 . ----------- 6096 . Sum is 0 7 11¼ 6097 . ------------- 6098 . Recd of Robert Annable sidesman 6099 . for Itheridghay 0 5 6½ 6100 . Recd of John Aspinall 0 0 1 6101 . ------------- 6102 . 0 5 7½ 6103 . ------------- 6104 . from 0-9-10½ 6105 . Take 0-5- 7½ 6106 . --------- 6107 . Recd 0-4- 3 due to the accountant 6108 . ---------- 6109 . Recd 0-1-10¾ of Martin Tompson 6110 . ---------- 6111 . 2-4¼ due to the Churchwardens on this account 6112 .
6113 . 20 february 1693/4 seen amd allowed 6114 . this account by us 6115 . Philip Gell 6116 . Will Browne vic 6117 . Hen Smith 6118 .-------------------------11-02L--------------------------------------- 6119 .empty 6120 .-------------------------11-02R--1692--------------------------------- 6121 . The Account of George Haslam William Bradshaw Thomas 6122 . Spencer & Saml Brandreth Churchwardens for the pish of 6123 . Wirkkesworth for the year 1692 as followeth 6124 .
6125 .Receipts 6126 . Recd a 30 L Leavy gathered by 2 bookes as by 6127 . pticulers appeares L s d 6128 .Imprs Wirkesworth 7 0 0 6129 . Ashlehay 3 0 0 6130 . Alderwasley 2 17 6 6131 . Itheridghay 2 17 6 6132 . Hopton 2 17 6 6133 . Calow 2 7 6 6134 . Midleton 2 5 0 6135 . Crumford 2 5 0 6136 . Biging 2 5 0 6137 . Ible 1 2 6 6138 . Imber Grange 1 2 6 6139 . ----------- 6140 . 30 0 0 6141 . Recd for 4 Leastalls 0 13 4 6142 . Recd for 6 scaffold poles 0 7 6 6143 . Recd for scaffold ropes 0 2 6 6144 . ------------ 6145 . Totall receipts 31 3 4 6146 . ------------ 6147 . Disbursmts 6148 .Apr 16 6149 .1692 pd Henry Calton & Wm Ball for 2 hh 0 0 4 6150 .Apr 17 pd visitation charges 1 12 6 6151 .18 pd John Colledge for 1 hh 0 0 2 6152 .26 pd Tho Spencer of Midleton for 1 hh 0 0 2 6153 . Wm Rowly ? whit-leather 0 0 2 6154 .29 pd Wm Fletcher for mending ye bell 0 0 4 6155 .May 5 Jo Poyser Jo Clay & Tho Harrison 3 hh 0 0 6 6156 . same day Wm Marsh 5 ravens 0 1 8 6157 . whitleather for the bells 0 0 8 6158 .13 Paull Laughton & Wm Kirk 3 hh 0 0 6 6159 .15 for bred & wine at whitsontide 0 9 3 6160 .19 Jo Higgett Samll Wall Paul Laughton 0 0 10 6161 . & Widd.Walbanke 5 hh 6162 .23 The Ringers att the french feight 0 2 6 6163 .24 for beesomes to the Church 0 0 6 6164 . same day Jo Armfield 1 hh 0 0 2 6165 .27 James Hill Jo Armfield Rob Toplis 0 1 8 6166 . Geo Booth & Samll Woodiwis 10 hh 6167 .May 29 pd to the Ringers 0 5 0 6168 .30 Antho Worslow 2 hh 0 0 4 6169 .June 4 Tho Swift Jo Armfield & Jo Clay 5 hh 0 0 10 6170 .27 Tho Swift Michall Clay Paul Laughton 0 1 6 6171 . Michll Gregory Antho Gamble Thomas 6172 . Wall & Henry Mather 9 hh 6173 .30 Francis Brierly 4 hh 0 0 8 6174 .July 4 Paull Laughton & Jo Armfield 2 hh 0 0 4 6175 .10 Tho Doxy of Midleton 5 hh 0 0 10 6176 .15 Paul Laughton Edmd Valence & John Redferne 8 hh 0 1 4 6177 .16 for writeing our Levy booke & the sidesmens notes 0 3 0 6178 . for whitleather 0 0 2 6179 .23 Tho Spencer John Mason & Tho Collinson 7 hh 0 1 2 6180 . ------------ 6181 . 3 7 1 6182 . ------------

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