Memorials of St. Giles's, Durham : being grassmen's accounts and other parish records, together with documents relating to the hospitals of Kepier and St. Mary Magdalene.

  • St. Giles (Parish : Durham, England)
Date:
1896
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Credit: Memorials of St. Giles's, Durham : being grassmen's accounts and other parish records, together with documents relating to the hospitals of Kepier and St. Mary Magdalene. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Glasgow Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Glasgow Library.

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    Ju ^u^u ^°°i^son Carpinder for one days worke at the Bui house & drinks to the laborers, - For ten board Nades a pennie For water earning to the laburers n I r P'^^ gate, jd. To lohn Brantingham for straw for litter To willvam Ben for the Javill O^-/) & house of Correction, ss \7 Fo a stapple id For a dayes worke at the low Carr. yd DittoGylls bndge, yd. Ditto at Bull house, yd. To 4 shouldiers 8^. A pound of powder for the Shouldiers w.Vh . J^K'n^u''^' dressing, i^. For 7 burden of wattles to the bull house, . 2 days worke at scowring- the duck pond, i^. 2d. To willyam Bell for the articklel .if' u Costppples presentment, 8^. 2 spikings for the Bull house id. Disburst for the Kings provision, 3^. 4^. To willyam Bell for a Briddge mending, i^. M. Mendmg t-Hisleases low hedge, i^. A stapple for hangin on the lock of Pelloleases yeet & scowring of Porter Close hedge . For mending & varnishing the Common Muscats, 4J. v^d. To 4 Shouldiers the 15 of October 2^- M For settmg the yeet & the stupe of Pelloleasses, Ad. For a paire of wards to the locke of Pelloleases gate & mending the lock, 4^. A stapple, ]d. 4 spikings, 2d. To the new Captame, —-. A quart of Ale to the writer,^ 2d. Disburst for the fogg of Pellowleases, \l. 4^. To Richard Johnson the 15 of fabruarie 1634 five groates to the house of Correction & ten pence for the bridgs mending . To will : bell for a sesment of one pennie of the pound, For layinge the wattles of the Bulhouse, .' For goinge aboute in the parriche disburste for drinke, iijj. ^d. [Receipts]. After receipts fro7n individuals for gaites, eight in all, Receaved by Richard Corneforth of gorge taler for whins,^ ixj. of Edward smythe for the laines, xj. Of Mat. Charlton for ye bull, £2 2s. Summa totalis, 4/. Ss. Richard Corneforth payd to george Rowell for brod closse, xij>. [Five other payments for fogge follow]. To Robert baynbrough for makinge the yeate in the brod ' See also below, disburst in drinke. Such expenditure, not hitherto entered, except for vvaynmen or other workmen, will be found very frequent and considerable afterwards ; and, not least, in the jovial days of the second Charles. » Cf., above, p. 31, note i. We find also a large clearance of whins from the Moor in 1637, and still more afterwards in 1700. Their g-rowth may have been one reason for so many fogs having been taken about this time by the grassmen and let in gaits to parishioners.