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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Licence: Public Domain Mark

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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    Expences for bull hay. Item p to Thomas snowball for vj dossen stone of hay to ye bull ijf. a stone the hole xij>. Item p to Rob'te heighington for a rope to hould fast ij stoupes in the bull howse, iij^^. Item p to Rob'te hudspeth for wrytinge this our accompt, ij^. Item p for our fower dinners & our Clarke, ij>. vjd. Item p to Nycholas sparke for mendinge certayn gapes in Ellesleise, vjd. Item p to Edward cornforth & to Cuthbert cornforth for ther horsses to gaitside {Gateshead) to bring prisoners from newcastell, ij-f. expences ys viijV. iiijj. ^]d. Some declara iiij/. xixj. vd. The following appears on a later page of the hook as now hound up:— The 29 daye of Aprill 1610.^ it is consented and agreed the daye and yere abovesaid by the assent and consent of the 24''^ of the parishe of S' Geles that the Backhouse man that is Silvester maugham shall have the whinnes growing on the common more belonginge to S' Giles parishe for this yere next cominge for iiijj. \]d. rent to cutt and take the said whinnes for the said yere at the appoyntment of the Churchwardens of S' Giles chosen in the said parishe for the said yere followinge for so manie as he shall nead to the same back- house for one whole yere, and none to be sold by the said Silvester to any other. provided that the said Silvester maugham shall without any pennie receyveing bake to everie housholder three pyes or three Caks on the sabothe daye that is everie sabothe daye throughe the yere free, except Easter sondaye Whit soandaye and Christmas daye, and the housholders to paye for thes three feastes & dayes to the backhouse man as hathe bene usually payd, and also everie housholder shall paye to the said Backhouse man for the bakinge of spyce Cakes for there owen house for five cakes one half pennie, tenn A pennie, and so furthe as they are in number, and for the said spice Cakes to paye to the said bakhouse man for everie threteene Cakes one Cake2 and no more, and the backhouse man not to demand any further thenn is heer sett dowen. The new Grasse men chosen for this yere followinge 1611 humphray garrie & Robt. colson And they have Resaved at this account of the old Grasse men the some of iiij/. xixj-. vd. ' See above, p. 18, note 2, and p. 31, note i, with reference to the vestry order which follows. - Cake is written above penny erased. A baker's dozen.