Part 4 — EXTRACTS FROM CHURCHWARDENS' ACCOUNTS AND PRESENTMENTS
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Gresmyre.
The First day of Apprill in the XIIIJth of the Kings Ma'tyes Reigne A treue & A P'fect Acount of ye Disbursment of James Benson & Robert Watson Church Wardens For the yeare last past.
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Anno Domini 1661 as Followeth
Imprimus for mending & mossing the Church000704
Ittem for mending the Font stone000208
Ittem for the Font Couer[156]000208
Ittem soldering the lead in the Font stone000006
Ittem For a Quission for the pulpitt000202
Ittem For A table cloth000104
Ittem For A Raill at the pullpit side000010
Ittem For our p't of the Dyell000100
Ittem For mending the great bell Leather000002
Ittem For our p'te of A surp cloth we bought000108
Ittem For Drissing the Church000004
Ittem For greace to ye bells For our p'te000004
Ittem For Lime for ye windowes & Fireing for glasser000004
Ittem payed to ye glasser for mending our p'te of windowes000600
Ittem For A new botle to the Church000300
Ittem payed For bread and wine000804
Ittem payed to John Jackson for lying 2 graues000004
Ittem For writting this yeare000004
Ittem for Two Journeyes to Ambleside000008
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The sume totall02090
Two churchwardens sign by a mark at the bottom. This is clearly an account for Grasmere township alone.
Gresmyre.
A Booke For the whole p'rish Concerning the Church Affaires, For the Churchwardens to writte their Accounts, euery yeare & to subscribe their names to the same mad The 23th day of Apprill 1662.
Church wardens For this present year.
GresmyreMichaell KnottLangdellJames Harrison
Willm WatsonJohn Harrison
Laughrigg Ridell Amblesid'Thomas Partrigge
Thomas Braythwaitt
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Imprimis for our Journey to Kendal to be sworne000600
Ittem for paper000003
Ittem for dresing of ye Church000100
Ittem for binding ye Church bible000100
Ittem for ye bell Founder John Langsha in earnest000500
Ittem for Ringing up on Cronoc'on Day000106
Ittem disbursed for ye Comon prayer book001006
Ittem for mending ye midle bell Ropp000100
Ittem to James Harrison for makeing ye sentences w'in ye church000100
Ittem to Michaell Knott for a Journey to cockermouth for bell founder000200
Ittem left behind unpayed when bell founder was at grismyre000106
Ittem for writting ye P'sentm't for ye whole p'rish000100
Itt for writting ye P'sentm't into 3 P'ts000100
Itt payed to ye Archbishopp men010906
Itt for Ringing upon gunpowder treason day000100
It for our Journey to ye lord Bishopp men000800
Ittem for setting up ye Kings armes & Charges in Drinke001606
A slott to ye west doore of gresmyre owne Charges000109
for bread & wine in owne Charges000908
for grease to ye belles00010
washing the surp cloth & table cloth twice in ye yeare00010
for makeing up ye raill in ye quire01010
Ittem for Driueing wedges in ye Frame of ye bells000003
Ittem for gammers for ye Raill doore00018
Itt. for setting Church (wardens?) nome in ye Church000006
Itt for lyeing Flagges at Raill000003
Ittem for two new bell-roppes000900
Ittem for writting00010
Ittem for mending ye midle bell Claper leather00006
Itt to John Newton for quorter of 2 men y't com to sett up ye Kings Armes in ye Church00020
Finis ye 21th of Aprill 1663.
The sume tottall061604
Churchwardens' Accounts for 1790.
Grasmere April the 6th being Easter Tuesday Churchwardens chosen for the ensuing Year.
For Grasmere James Fleming for Knott houses John Allison for Thompson's Underhelme For Langdales John Benson for Milnbeck Edward Tysons for Fieldside For Rydal & Loughrigg—Edward Park for late Edward Benson's High Close For Ambleside—Thomas Lycott.
General Charge.
£s.d.
To Ringing on Sundays & Holydays & to Grease & greasing the Bells 134
To dressing Church and Church Yard 26
To cleaning Church Windows and Sentences 10
To washing Church Linen 3s 6d, to cleaning Church plate 6d 40
To the Rushbearers 2s 6d, to drawing the accounts 3s 56
To writing Marriage Register 1s, to drawing copy of Register 2s 6d 36
To Dogwhipper 3s to Steeple Window mending 31⁄2 d Repairing Choir Door 451⁄2
To Bell ropes mending 1s, to 4 Bushels of Lime & Carriage for Steeple Roof 7s 4d 84
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£2271⁄2
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For Grasmere in particular.
£s.d.
Received by Assessments for Repairs of Church & Schoolhouse434
Rec.d of the old Churchwardens6111⁄2
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£41031⁄2
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Disbursements.
£s.d.
To the old Churchwardens going out of their office & Journey 14
To the new churchwardens entering on their office & Journey 14
Paid to the Commissary for their part of one Presentment and Prayer Books 771⁄4
To Bread & Wine & Carriage at Whitsuntide 72
To Bread & Wine at Michaelmas 66
To Bread & Wine & Carr: at Christmas 72
To writing their part of one Presentment 10
To Charges at laying Church Rate 1s, to repairing school windows 1s 3d 23
To repairing Church windows in Grasmere Third 610
To Wine at Xtmas 1786 lost by Leakage of the Wood bottle & unsettled before 6101⁄4
Their Third part of General Charge 1421⁄2
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£3231⁄2
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Remains180
For Loughrigge & beneath Moss.
£s.d.
Received by Assessment for Repairs of the Church11341⁄2
Recd. of the old Churchwarden1134
Recd. for one burial in the Church 34
Recd. of Ambleside Churchwarden 501⁄4
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£31503⁄4
Disbursements.
To the old Churchwarden going out of Office & Journey 8
To the new Churchwarden entering on his Office & Journey 8
Paid to the Commissary for his part of one Presentment & prayer Books 503⁄4
To writing his part of one Presentment 6
To Bread & Wine at Whitsuntide 44
To Bread & Wine & Carriage at Michaelmas 50
To Bread & Wine at Christmas 44
To Charges at laying Church Fees 1s, to repairing Church Windows 1s 61⁄2 d 261⁄2
To flagging a grave 2d To Wine lost by Leakage of w'd bottle at Xmas 1786 4s 71⁄4 d 491⁄4
His Third part of General Charge 1421⁄2
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221
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Remains112113⁄4
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The account for Langdale does not appear.
PLAN OF GRASMERE CHURCH
TO FACE PART V.