Churchwardens' accounts of sacrament offerings 1724-37

These accounts are written in the parish register after the 1739 marriages. Sacrament money, collected four times a year, was "disposed of to such pious and charitable uses, as the Minister and Church-wardens shall think fit" (Codex Juris Ecclesiastici Anglicani p.392).

An Account of Sacrament Offerings

Rec(eive)d
Disposed
1724
1724
Easter
0
 19 10 Clothed the W(i)d(ow) Cox Girl
Whitsuntide
0
 8 7½ Twelve Common Prayer Books
Michalmas
0
 14 4 Eighteen Common Prayer Books
Christmas
0
 15 7 Twenty           "               "            "
1725
1725
Easter
0
 14 10 Eighteen Common Prayer Books
Whitsuntide
0
 16 1¾ Twenty  One   "               "            "
Michalmas
0
 5 8 Seven Common Pray(e)r 
Christmas
0
 17 9½ Twenty  Two   "               "            "
1726
1726
Easter
0
 16 2¾ Eleven Whole Duty of Man
Whitsuntide
0
 5 11½ Four Whole Duty of Man
Michalmas
0
 6 8½ To Mrs Rice 0 0 11
 
To W(i)d(ow) Allen 0 0 6
 
To W(i)d(ow) Cox 0 2 0
 
To Sarah Mitchell 0 0 6
 
W(i)d(ow) Norris 0 0 6
 
To John Burrell Sick 0 2 6
Christmas
0
 12 7½ Six Whole Duty of Man 0 1 6 Each
One Common Prayer  0 1 6
Ten Answers to all Excuses 0 0 3 Each
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0 13 0
1727
Easter
0
 15 3¼ Ten Whole Duty of Man 0 1 6 Each
Two Answers to all Excuses 0 0 3 Each
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0 15 6
Whitsuntide
0
 5 11½ To W(i)d(ow) Cox 0 5 0
W(i)d(ow) Warr 0 1 0
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0 6 0
Michalmas
0
 5 6 To Mrs Rice 0 5 0
W(i)d(ow)Warr 0 0 6
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0 5 6
Christmas
0
 7 5½ Twenty One Answers to all Ex 0 5 3
To Wid(ow)Cox 0 2 6
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0 7 9
[p.2] An Account of ye Offerings at Sacrament 
Rec(eive)d                               1728
Disposed
Easter
0
 10 5 To Wid(o)w Cox & Norman 0 5 5
To Mrs Rice 0 5 0
Whitsuntide
0
 3 8½ To Widow Cox 0 2 0
To Mrs Rice 0 1 8½
Michalmas
0
 4 9 To W(idow)s Cox & Norman 0 4 9
Christmas
0
 10 0½ To John Daniels Daughter 0 10 0½
Rec(eive)d                               1729
Disposed
Easter
0
 16 7½ To Hamps Wife 0 5 0
Easts Wife 0 5 0
J(oh)n Daniels Daughter 0 5 0
W(ido)w Cox 0 1 7½
Whitsuntide
0
 8 3 To Tho(mas) Bences Wife 0 8 3
July 13th
0
 8 2 To Tho(mas) Bences Wife 0 8 2
Michalmas
0
 8 5 In bread to W(illia)m Easts Wife 0 8 5
Christmas
0
 13 0 In bread to W(illia)m Easts Wife 0 13 0
Rec(eive)d                               1730
Easter
0
 16 0¼ In bread to  Easts Wife 0 17 6
Whitsuntide
0
 7 1½ To Gurneys Widow 0 10 0
Michalmas
0
 5 11 To Gurneys Widow in Bread
Christmas
1
 11 9½ To W(i)d(ow) East 0 5 0
To Mrs Kelsey 0 5 0
To Tho(mas) Bences Wife 0 5 0
In Bread & Candles to Gurney Widow 0 16 9½
Rec(eive)d                               1731
Easter
0
 16 4½ To Gurneys Widow in Bread & Candles  0 16 4½
Whitsuntide
0
 13 2½ To Wid(o)w Kelsey in Bread 0 14 0
Michalmas
0
 2 7 To Mrs Kelsey in Bread 0 2 7
[p.3] Christmas
1
 3 11 To Sarah Shaw for Bences Child 0 8 0
To Mrs Kelsey in Bread 0 16 0
Rec(eive)d                               1732
Easter
1
 11 7 To Mrs Kelsey in Bread 0 16 7
To Tho(mas) Bences Wife 0 10 0
To Mary East 0 5 0
Whitsuntide
0
 7 10 To Mrs Kelsey  0 7 10
Michalmas
0
 6 11 To Bences Wife 0 6 11
Christmas
1
 3 3½ To W(i)d(ow) Kelsey 1 3 3½
Rec(eive)d                               1733
Easter
Whitsuntide
0
 5 7½ To old W(i)d(o)w Shelton 0 5 7½
Michalmas
0
 7 7 To J(oh)n Sheltons Widow 0 4 0
To J(oh)n Mains Widow 0 3 7
Christmas
1
 0 1¾ In Bread To W(i)d(o)w Kelsey  0 13 0
To J(oh)n Mains Widow 0 4 1¾
To W(i)d(ow) Shelton 0 3 0
Rec(eive)d                               1734
Easter
0
 18 3½ To Dame Shaw 0 18 3½
Whitsuntide
0
 13 10½ To Dame Shaw 0 13 10½
Michalmas
0
 2 7 To Dame Shaw 0 2 7
Christmas
1
 4 8 To Mrs Kelsey  1 4 8
Rec(eive)d                               1735
Easter
0
 13 7½ To W(i)d(ow) Herbert 0 1 7½
To W(i)d(ow) Crockat 0 2 0
Dame Shaw 0 10 0
Whitsuntide
0
 13 9 To W(i)d(ow) Crockat 0 1 0
To W(i)d(ow) Herbert 0 1 0
Edw(ar)d Redals Wife 0 1 3
Dame Shaw 0 10 6
Michalmas
0
 4 2½ To John Wrights Wife 0 5 0
p.4
At Christmas         Sacrament Money To W(i)d(ow) Crockat 0 1 0
0
 19 8½ To W(i)d(ow) Herbert 0 4 6
Edwa(rd) Redings Wife 0 1 2½
Mary East 0 2 0  
To W(i)d(ow) Topping 0 1 6
Dame Shaw 0 10 0
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0 19 8½
At Easter 1736
0
 19 6 To J(oh)n Worsely 0 2 0
To                   Crofts 0 1 6
Edward Redal 0 1 0
To Dame Shaw 0 15 0
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0 19 6
At Whitsuntide
0
 13 6 To Mrs Wright 0 5 0
The Daughter of Dr Crofts 0 1 6
To Dame Shaw 0 7 0
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0 13 6
At Michalmas
0
 3 10¾ To Dame Shaw 0 3 10¾
At Christmas
1
 5 10 To W(i)d(ow) Scot 0 0 6
To  Dr Crofts Daughter 0 1 10
To Mrs Wright 0 4 6
To Dame Shaw 0 19 0
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1 5 10
1737
At Easter 
0
 13 6 W(illia)m Worsleys Wife 0 2 6
At Whitsuntide
0
 9 0½ Sarah Shaw 0 16 6
W(i)d(ow) Day 0 0 6
W(i)d(ow) Scot 0 0 6
W(i)d(ow) Cox 0 2 6
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1 2 6

Notes

Whole Duty of Man: An anonymous devotional work first published in 1658.

Answers to all Excuses: An Answer to All the Excuses and Pretences which Men Ordinarily Make for Their Not Coming to the Holy Communion, by Edward Synge, published in many editions from 1709 onwards.

Gurneys widow: Joseph Gurney died in 1728; his widow Dorothy does not appear to have been badly off.

Bences Child: Mary, daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Bence, was bap. 28 Aug 1731 and buried 2 Feb 1731/2.

J(oh)n Mains Widow: John Main was buried on 7 July 1732

W(i)d(ow) Herbert: Probably Elizabeth, widow of Walter Herbert (d.1702).

Crofts: John Croft the vicar died in 1716. Deborah his widow was buried on 22 Oct 1738. The daughter mentioned was probably Hannah Snow.