DA/1/5/26

DA/1/5/26

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Account of a Meeting on 9th September 1620 and the Annual Stipend of the Chapter Clerk

9 Sep 1620

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On one side is a record of a meeting in the Chapter House on 9th September 1620 before John Barnston locum tenens of John Bowle Dean and the [Communar] of the Dean and the Chapter, William Osberne [Osborne] Master of Muniments, Giles Thornburgh [Thornborough] Sub dean and Henry Seward Masters of Works, and Walter Curll [Curle] canons residentiary. They elected Dr Barnston as Communar and Official for the following year, Dr Curle as Master of the Choristers, ...... as Master of Muniments, and Dr Osborne Dr Seward and Mr Thornborough as Masters of Works (the text is a little confusing: 'D[octo]rem Curll in mag[istrum] Chorista[rum], ...... in mag[istrum] munimenta[rum] ac D[octo]rem Osberne in m[agist]ros operu[m] [doctorem] Seward [et] m[agistr]um Thornburgh...' - it may be that Dr Osborne was elected Master of Muniments, and Dr Seward and Mr Thornborough were elected as Masters of the Fabric) for the following year, and John Frost Vicar Choral was elected Subcommunar. The final part is very difficult to read - John Frost was possibly paid 26s8d for the office of altarist, then it states that for the fault of being absent once the penalty was 1[d], and for the second absence 2d, then there is something about 2 vergers and 2 sextons for putting on surplices, and finally a line about a beating to keep dogs out of the church (in English). There are similar statements in DA/1/5/30. At the very bottom is something about Mr Russell owing 26s 8d to the Vicars. On the other side is the annual stipend of the Chapter Clerk.

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