The parish of Ashburton [in] the 15th and 16th centuries : as it appears from extracts from the churchwardens' accounts, A.D. (1479-1580) : with notes and comments.

Date:
1870
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Credit: The parish of Ashburton [in] the 15th and 16th centuries : as it appears from extracts from the churchwardens' accounts, A.D. (1479-1580) : with notes and comments. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    also for three gowns (togis) xxvi* viiid, also for the “ offres ” of the chasuble x* iiid, also for iii yards and a half for lining the said chasuble xiiid, also for silk iiiid, also for ribbon (rebyn) for the same xviiid, also for expense at Exeter and for labour in buying the said chasuble xiid, also for “ canvas and boke ” for le offres, le stoole, le abe, and le amys ii8, also for making the corporas xvid, also for making vestments vi8 viiid, also for mending the white vestments iiii5 iiiid, also for mending the boxe of silver iiiid, also for mending the silver chalice viiid, also in expenses at Exeter for divers causes and debts belonging to the said church, and for labour vi* viiid, also for ii lb. of wax for making processionals ii8, also for washing the vestments of the church iii times xviiid, also in payment to the clerk (clerico) for making the said account xiid.* A.D. 1485-6.—Walter Antoney, William Picket, Henry Bristow, and Thomas at Waye. Receipts—For two processionals xxx8, and x8 in silver from the gift of William Burgyon paid by the hands of Richard Prediaux, xiiid collected on the vigil of All Souls,(In addition to previous rents, xiid for rent of Bucklonde). Expenses—To the sexton for salary, vis viiid, for halewying of ye churche clothes iis id, for mending of the manuell xd,j also in payment to Master John Half hide for a year’s rent of house near the church iiiis; for mending of the black vestment, iiiid, for soap and “ strych flower” to wash the corporas id, also for the dihige of Thomas Tankret. [The keeping the obit, or anniver- sary of Tankret’s death, and that of others afterwards, is a yearly entry for some time.] * A few remarks here may not be out of place respecting the ornaments of the church. All those, nearly, which were then used in the services, are mentioned in these accounts, and some repeatedly; to prevent, however, these extracts from running to too great a length, the entries relating to these are not often repeated. In the last two years’ accounts we have had mention of the towel and basin for the priest to wash his hands before consecrating ; the “corporas” or corporis cloths, to place over or under the consecrated elements, and the various vestments, as the chasuble with its orphreys, the stole, the alb, and the amice. The box of silver was probably the pyx which is fre- quently mentioned in the accounts. f The collection on the vigil of All Souls is, from this date to that of the Reformation a constant item in the year’s accounts. With respect to the ceremonies observed on this day, Dr. Hook writes, “ In behalf of the dead, persons arrayed in black, perambulated the cities and towns, each provided with a loud and dismal-toned bell, which they rung in public places by way of exhortation to the people to remember the souls in purgatory, and give them the aid of their prayers.” t The “ manuell ” (or manual) in the last account was the book of “occasional offices,” which, with the Breviary (daily services), the Missal (Holy Communion), “ Epistles and Gospels,” &c., were the basis of onr Book of Common Prayer (vide Blunt’s “ Annotated Prayer Book,”)