52 Tavistock Records. [1655-85
church euery first Monday in the moneth to consult of & consider about the busines of the parish Hen: Pointer, Richard Cudlipp, Jo. Jacob, John Leere, Micheue Willesford.'
The chief matters in the book are : I. Lists of the parish officers : — Churchwardens, overseers of the poor, collectors of the poor, and in some years supervisors for the high- ways. II. Lists of collections made in the parish for various purposes. III. Memoranda of dealings with the parish property. IV, Records of apprentices bound. The entries are very irregularly kept. In the following synopsis of its contents only those passages within quotation marks are cited verbatim.
I. The churchwardens given are as follows: — 1655 — Henry Vosper, John Elford. 1656 — Nicholas Watts, Robert Wood. 1657 — Francis Glanvill, esq., William How. 1658 — Mr. John Gerry, Walter Peeke. 1659 — Beuill Weuill, John Trowte. 1660 — Alexander Goue, John Nosworthy. 1661 — Mr. Richard Vivian, Danyel Reddi- cliffe. 1662 — John Jacob, gent, Daniell Humphry. 1663 — Mr. Ralph Stephins, Richard Chubbe. 1664 — Richard Redstone, sen., Daniel Vinton. [In 1663-64 the outgoing wardens acted as Sidesmen.] 1665 — Mr, David Sargent, Mr. Benjamin Spackman. 1666 — Mr. John Hoggesen, Charles ffacy. 1667 — John Toller, Walter Cole. [In this year the supervisors of highways are two for the town, t\vo for the east, and two for the west.] 1668 — Nicholas Veale, Bartholomew Rundle. 1669 — Richard Hitchings, Michael Doidge. 1670— Thomas Doidge, Richard Keagle. 1671 — Edward Cole, Robert Peeke of Wimson. 1672 — Walter Burgisse, Edward Lugger, 1673 — Joseph David, Pancras Maddaford, 1674 — Nicholas Hunt, Mr. Thomas Edg- combe. 1675 — Mr. William Kelly, Daniel Cutlip. 1676 — Edward Payne, William Spry. 1677 — Eustace Edwards, Mr. James Leere. 1678— William Willcocks, Walter Burges. 1679 — George Dipford, William Elford. 1680 — John Burne, George Rundle. 168 1 — Walter Shillauer [elsewhere Shellabeare], Richard Dobson. 1682 — Andrew Doidge,John Row. 1683 — Ambrose Mannaton, esq., William Doidge. 1684 — Dawbeny Williams, esq., William Doidge. [In these two years there were apparently contests ; under
1683 being entered 'Mr. Mathew Cudlip stood,' and under
1684 'Edward Ward stood.' The officers of 1683 are said to be chosen by 'the masters and parish.'] 1685 — John
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