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Tavistock Records.


Churchwardens' Accounts.

[1385-86] Tauystoke—Account of Reginald Strepa, warden of the light of the Church of the blessed Eustachius of Tauistoch, from the feast of the Invention of the Holy Cross, in the year of the Lord, 1385, to the same feast then next following, in the year of the Lord 1386.

Arrears—The same received of iijˢ ijᵈ of arrears of the year preceding—Total iijˢ ijᵈ.

Rents—The same received of iiijˢ ixᵈ of rent of the park of crewelake for the year And of xijᵈ of rent of the garden of Christina Crokker (cᵒkker) for the year And of vjᵈ of rent of the garden formerly Robert Wodemanyswyll for the year And of ijˢ of rent of tenement formerly Robert brente for the year And of xᵈ of rent of the garden which Richard spora now holds And of viijᵈ of rent of the garden of Saint Marie—Total ixˢ ixᵈ.

Pence received—The same received of iiijˡⁱᵇ vijˢ vjᵈ received of Thomas Icye, warden in the year preceding, as shown at the foot of his account And of xjˢ of link money (p'cunia lichenis) this year And of xviijˢ received of wax money this year—Total cxvjˢ vjᵈ.

Full total received wath the arrears above vjˡⁱ ixˢ vᵈ.

Buying wax and tallow, with making the wax and other things to the same belonging—The same accounts—To cxl lib of wax bought this year, lvjˢ xᵈ, price per pound vᵈ To xxxiiij lib of tallow for mortuaries [lights at tombs] bought this year, iijᵈ price per pound jᵈ and ij more in all To links bought this year xijᵈ To making the wax [tapers] for the year ij* To fuel and provender about the making of the wax for the year, by custom ijˢ—Total iijˡⁱᵇ iiijˢ xᵈ.