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

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

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