Transcript fo.2r: Great Dunmow's collection for the church steeple (part 1)

Transcription of Tudor Great Dunmow’s churchwardens’ accounts (1525-6)

1. Thys ys the cownt of thomas savage John
2. Skylton John nyghtyngale & John clerke cherchwardens
3. of myche Dunmowe electe & choes be ye hole p[a]rysche the
4. upon ye dedicacion day the yere of owre lorde god m cccccxxvi [1526]
[gap]
5. Resaynyd of ye perrysche to the makyng off ye Stepyll
6. \Imp[ri]mis/ M[aster] Robard Sturt[o]n sumtyme vycar of a late tyme	vs [5s]	[Robert Sturton, retired vicar]
7. mayster vycar thatt now ys	vis viijd [6s 8d]	[William Walton, vicar]
8. Item for Sur John mylton	iijs [3s]	[Sir John Milton, parish priest)
9. Ite[m] for Sur Wyllyem Wree	xxd [20d]	[Sir William Wree, parish priest]
10. Item M[r] kynwelmerche	xviijs [18s]	[Mr Kynwelmarshe]
11. Item Robard lovedaye	vs [5s]	[Robert Loveday]
12. Item John parcer Fletcher	xxvjs viijd [26s 8d]	[John Parker, fletcher]
13. Item John longe the elder	xs [10s]	[John Long, the elder]
14. Item Wylyem Whale	iijs iiijd [3s 4d]	[William Whale]
15. Item Wylyem Struttan	ijs viijd [2s 8d]	[William Sturton]
16. Item Raff Melburne	xxd [20d]	[Ralph Melburne]
17. Item wylyem fyche	xxd [20d]	[Willliam Fitch]
18. Item John Dygby	xiid [12d]	[John Digby]
19. Item Wylyem Sauder	xxd [20d]	[William Sauder]
20. Item John Ramsolde	xijd [12d]	[John Ramsold]
21. Item Grefyn Apryce	ijs [2s]	[Griffin Aprice]
22. Item John Colen	xxd [20d]	[John Colen]
23. Item John Cokke	xxd [20d]	[John Coke]
24. Item John Bemyche	[blank]	[John Bemish]
25. Item Thomas Bemyche ye elder	xviiijd [18d]	[Thomas Bemish, the elder]
26. Item Thomas Bemyche junior	xiijd [13d]	[Thomas Bemish, junior]
27. Item Thomas Weytt Wheler	iijs of iiijd [3s 4d]	[Thomas White, wheeler]
28. Item Thomas Weytt otherwyce callyd turner	xijd [12d]	[Thomas White alias Turner]
29. Item Thomas Savage	iijli vis viijd [£3 6s 8d]	[Thomas Savage, churchwarden]
30. Item John Joye	xxid [21d]	[John Joy]
31. Item John Freke	xijd [12d]	[John Freke]
32. Item John Foster	xijd [12d]	[John Foster]
33. Item John Tottryche	viijd [8d]	[John Tottrich (or Dottrich)]
34. Item John raynolde dyer	viijd [8d]	[John Reynold, dyer]
35. Item Thomas moyne	viijd [8d]	[Thomas Moyne]
36. Item John Skylt[o]n	iijs iiijd [3s 4d]	[John Skilton, churchwarden]
37. Item Robard maye	xijd [12d]	[Robert May]
38. Item Robard sturt[o]n cherche clark	viijd [8d]	[Robert Sturton, church clerk]

Notes
Text in square [brackets] are The Narrator’s transcriptions. Line numbers are merely to assist the reader find their place on the digital image.

The early-modern spellings of the inhabitants of Great Dunmow have been transcribed into modern English so that family historians and other researchers can pick up these names via internet search engines. Please leave a comment if you can improve the modern-day spelling. The other hundred or so names written within this list will appear over the next few days, followed by an analysis of the names on the list and the reason for the church collection.

Notes about Great Dunmow’s churchwarden accounts
Great Dunmow’s original churchwardens’ accounts (1526-1621) are kept in Essex Record Office (E.R.O.), Chelmsford, Essex, D/P 11/5/1. All digital images of the accounts within this blog appear by courtesy of Essex Record Office and may not be reproduced. Examining these records from this Essex parish gives the modern reader a remarkable view into the lives and times of some of Henry VIII’s subjects and provides an interpretation into the local history of Tudor Great Dunmow.

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Transcript fo.2r: Great Dunmow’s collection for the church steeple (part 1)

Transcript fo.2r: Great Dunmow’s collection for the church steeple (part 1)

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