Transcript fo.2v: Great Dunmow’s collection for the church steeple (part 2)
Transcription of Tudor Great Dunmow’s churchwardens’ accounts (1525-6)
1. Item myles doklay | iiijd [4d] | [Miles Dorkley] | |
2. Item John Swetynge | viijd [8d] | [John Sweeting] | |
3. Item Robarde Suttun | iiijd [4d] | [Robert Sutton] | |
4. Item myles pumfrett | iiijd [4d] | [Miles Pumfret] | |
5. Item Roba\r/d parcar bocher | iiijd [4d] | [Robert Parker, butcher] | |
6. Item Thomas veutun | iiijd [4d] | [Thomas Ventun ??] | |
7. Item John Carvar | iiijd [4d] | [John Carver] | |
8. Item Wellem George | vid [6d] | [William George] | |
9. Item \[illegible]/ John P[ar]car tyler | [blank] | [John Parker, tyler] | |
10. Item John kynge habbardasshar | iiijd [4d] | [John King, haberdasher] | |
11. Item John Saucum | ijd [2d] | [John ?] | |
12. Item Thomas Clerke | viijd [8d] | [Thomas Clark] | |
13. Item Rychard Fuller | xijd [12d] | [Richard Fuller] | |
14. Item Father best nichell | [blank] | [Father Best, none] | |
The hye strete | 15.Item John Decon | viiijd [8d] | [John Deacon] |
16. Item Essabeth barun | iiijd [4d] | [Elizabeth Brown/Baron] | |
17. Item Andrew Powlter | ijd [2d] | [Andrew Poulter] | |
18. Item Thomas Averett | xijd [12d] | [Thomas Everit] | |
19. Item Thomas harvy | xvid [16d] | [Thomas Harvey] | |
20. Item father Dane | iiid [4d] | [Father Dane] | |
21. Item Elisabeth grene | iiijd [4d] | [Elizabeth Green] | |
22. Item Rychard Dyctatt | viijd [8d] | [Richard Dowsett] | |
23. Item John p[ar]car whelere | viijd [8d] | [John Parker, wheeler] | |
24. Item Mother skypton | xijd [12d] | [Mother Skipton] | |
25. Item John hunwykk | iiijd [4d] | [John Hunwick] | |
26. Item John vyntner | iiijd [4d] | [John Vintner] | |
27. Item John bykner | xijd [12d] | [John Bikner] | |
28. Item wylyem hotte | iiijd [4d] | [William Hot] | |
29. Item Rycharde prentyc | viij [8d] | [Richard Prentice] | |
30. Item Robard Draper | xijd [12d] | [Robert Draper] | |
31. Item Mother parcar wedow | viijd [8d] | [Mother Parker, widow] | |
32. Item Wylyem blythe | iiijd [4d] | [William Blyth] | |
33. Item Thomas hert nichell | [blank] | [Thomas Heart, none] | |
Bullok rowe | 34. Item John Suttun | iiijd [4d] | [John Sutton] |
35. Item Thom[a]s Godsalfe | ijd [2d] | [Thomas Goodself] | |
36. Item harryy keme | iiijd [4d] | [Harry Kemp] |
Commentary
Line 14 & 19: Father = ‘old man’ ie a local aged man
Line 23 & 30: Mother = ‘old woman’ ie local aged woman, probably a widow or spinster as this is a list of heads of households.
Line 14 & 32: Nichell – Latin for ‘none’ ie this household did not contribute any money towards the collection.
Line 15: The High Street, an area of the town about one mile away from the parish church.
Line 34: Bullock Row, a street in the town behind the area of the High Street.
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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