Norfolk: Sprowston

Churchwardens' Accounts

These are from volume 1 of "Norfolk Archaeology", published by the Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society in 1847. They are on pages 39-40.

Extracts from an old Account Book of the Parish of
Sprowston, read at the Meeting of the Committee in
February, 1846, by the Rev. W.J. Stracey.

		£.	s.	d.
1665.	For a hood for the minister	1	6	0
	For bird lime 4d; for powder and shot 1s 6d	0	1	10
	For bread and wine at Cristmis	0	3	6
1666.	For a book of the Fire in London	0	0	6
1672.	For the two Tables of Commandments	0	11	6
	For the Book of Homilies	0	8	0
1678.	Collected on behalf of rebuilding St. Paul's Church in London, Oct. 17	1	16	0
1682.	For a Book of Common Prayer which cost 20s (I paid ten myself)	0	10	0
	Paid for brooms, and a Kalendar	0	5	0
	Paid to two travelling gentlewomen	0	2	0
	For a book of the King's Declaration and Thanksgiving	0	1	0
1689.	For a poor man's box	1	18	0
	For a shaldern of lime 3s, and a load of hard-burnt bricks 9s	0	12	0
	Paid Goody Crabbin for washing the surplis and church powrch	0	1	3
	A new bell rope, 18 yards long, 3s; two passengers 4d	0	3	4
1702.	For the change of the flaggon and a new communion plate	0	5	0
	For kyling the cardows in the church	0	1	0
1704.	Paid at the Blew Boor, chusing as surveyer Goodman Warren	0	5	0
	For thorns to fence in the common 4s; for a man 2 days hedging and beer	0	2	6
	Timber for the eyle of the church	4	7	0
1715.	Paid for killing 14 foxes in our woods, to Sam. Lemon	0	14	0
1719.	Paid for clading of the widow Bernard with a gown, petecoat,
	bodeys, hoose, showes, apron, and stomercher	0	18	6
	For kyling the vermint in the church	0	2	0
1720.	Laid out at Esq^r Longe's for and concerning cutting y^e flags on the common	0	5	0
1723.	Paid Denmark for kylling 15 foxes; paid Tubby for a hedgehog	0	15	6
1724.	And for getting 10 foxes and a badgerd, and 2 doz. caddows	0	11	6
1747.	3 soulgers' wives a pass 1s; paid at y^e Popingjay 3s	0	4	0
1748.	For 2 mats for the pews, and neelers	0	5	0
1764.	Paid for a new surplis, and making	3	0	0
1795.	A Prayer for the Princess of Wales - for the King's recovery	0	1	6
	Received of Alderman Weston 15s - a gift left by Mr. Warnes of 5s. a year
	125 foxes killed between 1715-1774, at a 1s a head

Note: In the book, the years 1723 and 1748 are shown as "23" and "48",

Norfolk: Sprowston

Churchwardens' Accounts

Extracts from an old Account Book of the Parish of Sprowston, read at the Meeting of the Committee in February, 1846, by the Rev. W.J. Stracey.

Extracts from an old Account Book of the Parish of
Sprowston, read at the Meeting of the Committee in
February, 1846, by the Rev. W.J. Stracey.