UID:
almafu_9961163350102883
Format:
1 online resource (xlii, 117 pages, 2 unnumbered pages of plates) :
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illustrations (black and white), digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
1-80010-721-8
Series Statement:
The publications of the Bedfordshire Historical Record Society ; Volume XXXIII
Content:
Churchwardens were parish officers responsible for keeping the church and representing the people in parochial matters. They gradually took on more administrative responsibilities during the sixteenth century. Most parishes had two churchwardens who were appointed annually. They normally kept accounts of their income and expenditure on behalf of the parish. The earliest surviving accounts for Bedfordshire parishes have been included in this volume: Clifton, 1543, 1589-1608; Northill, 1561-1612; and Shillington, 1571-1604. Income from rents for church lands and from individuals is recorded. However the main focus is on expenditure for, eg church maintenance, ecclesiastical visitations, and communion bread and wine, church ales and, in Northill, on May festivities.
Note:
Previously issued in print: Streatley, near Luton: The Society, 1953.
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Frontmatter --
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PLATES --
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CONTENTS --
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EDITORIAL NOTE --
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INTRODUCTION --
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CLIFTON, 1543, 1589-1608 --
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NORTHILL, 1561-1612 --
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SHILLINGTON 1571?-1604 --
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INDEX OF PERSONS AND PLACES --
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INDEX OF SUBJECTS
Additional Edition:
Print version: Farmiloe, J. E. Elizabethan Churchwardens' Accounts Martlesham : Bedfordshire Historical Record Society,c1953
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1017/9781800107212
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