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Detailed accounts of income and expenditure for this important London church during the period of the Reformation.

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This volume contains transcriptions of rolls 1 to 20 (1466-1500) of the 105 (1466-1636) extant rolls of churchwardens' accounts from the parish of St Botolph without Aldersgate, London. These financial records, along with assorted memoranda, are filled with information about the church, its operations, and the numerous people who repaired, maintained, and provisioned it. The churchwardens dealt with local problems and kept track of money they believed they were owed. These records not only present very detailed insights into a vanished world, but the resulting evidence augments and challenges existing theories about the fifteenth-century parish.

Churchwardens' accounts --- London (England)

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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.

Churchwardens' accounts --- Bedfordshire (England) --- History --- Clifton. --- Northill. --- Shillington. --- Whitchurch (John Arnold). --- accounts. --- churchwardens' accounts. --- obituaries.