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Transcript fo.1v: Great Dunmow’s local history – medieval manors
Transcription of Tudor Great Dunmow’s churchwardens’ accounts (late 1520s) 1. Thys ye the cownte of Thomas Savage John [large gap] 2. The churche \yard/ Fence 3. Imprimis on the sowthe syde begynnyng...
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Transcript fo.2r: Great Dunmow’s collection for the church steeple (part 1)
Transcription of Tudor Great Dunmow’s churchwardens’ accounts (1525-6) 1. Thys ys the cownt of thomas savage John 2. Skylton John nyghtyngale & John clerke cherchwardens 3. of myche Dunmowe...
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Transcript fo.2v: Great Dunmow’s collection for the church steeple (part 2)
Transcription of Tudor Great Dunmow’s churchwardens’ accounts (1525-6) 1. Item myles doklay iiijd [4d] [Miles Dorkley] 2. Item John Swetynge viijd [8d] [John Sweeting] 3. Item Robarde Suttun iiijd...
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Transcript fo.3r: Great Dunmow’s collection for the church steeple (part 3)
Transcription of Tudor Great Dunmow’s churchwardens’ accounts (1525-6) 1. Item Wyllem barcar viijd [8d] [William Barker] 2. Item John hrady(??) iiijd [4d] [John ??] 3. Item mother hotte iiijd [4d]...
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Transcript fo.3v: Great Dunmow’s collection for the church steeple (part 4)
Transcription of Tudor Great Dunmow’s churchwardens’ accounts (1525-6) 1. Item Thomas chapman iiijd [4d] [Thomas Chapman] cherche end 2. Item Rychard bowyer xij [12d] [Richard Bowyer] 3. Item...
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Transcript fo.4r: Great Dunmow’s collection for the church steeple (part 5)
Transcription of Tudor Great Dunmow’s churchwardens’ accounts (1525-6) 1. Item John Sweynge iiij [4d] [John Sweeting] 2. Item John Chaplin nichell [blank] [John Chaplin, none] 3. Item Thom[a]s Stonam...
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Transcript fo. 4r: The Catholic Ritual Year – Plough-feast, May Day, Dancing...
Transcription of Tudor Great Dunmow’s churchwardens’ accounts (1525-6) The top part of this folio has been transcribed here Collection for the church steeple (part 5). 23. S...
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Transcript fo. 4v: Great Dunmow’s Morris Dancing
Transcription of Tudor Great Dunmow’s churchwardens’ accounts (1525-6) 1. Layde owte for ye cherche [Laid out for the church] 2. In p[r]im[s] ffor iiij galuns oyle ffor ye lampe [In primis (Firstly,)...
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Transcript fo. 5r: Great Dunmow’s Tudor dialect
Transcription of Tudor Great Dunmow’s churchwardens’ accounts (1525-6) 1 Item to Rychard scoryar for pavynge in ye cherche[Item to Richard Scoryar for paving in the church] xd 2 &ffor mendyng of a...
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Transcript fo. 5v: Building a late medieval church steeple
Transcription of Tudor Great Dunmow’s churchwardens’ accounts (1525-6) 1. Item payde to John Smethe ffor ye scaffalde tymber [Item paid to John Smith for the scaffold timber] iis vd 2. Ite[m] for iiij...
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Transcript fo. 6r: Easter celebrations in late medieval parish
Transcription of Tudor Great Dunmow’s churchwardens’ accounts (1526-7) 1. The mony & the renttys ych we Thomas Savage & [The money & rents which we Thomas Savave &] 2. John clerke John...
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Transcript fo. 6v: Great Dunmow’s Corpus Christi pageant
Transcription of Tudor Great Dunmow’s churchwardens’ accounts (1526-7) 1. Item ffor ij scaynys of whyte threde ffor ye copys [Item for 2 skeins of white thread for the copys (corpus?) 2d] iid 2....
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Balancing your books in pounds, shilling and pence
How is your mental maths? When doing your household budgeting, can you quickly and easily add together pounds and pence (or dollars and cents)? In this modern day and age, the task is relatively easy –...
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Transcript fo. 7r: Tudor Great Dunmow 1527-1529
Transcription of Tudor Great Dunmow’s churchwardens’ accounts (1527-9) [in the left margin]The churchwardens Choson Anno xxjmc [21st regnal year of Henry VIII sometime between April 1529-April 1530]...
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Henry VIII and the looting of the monasteries
It is widely known that following Henry VIII’s break with Rome in 1533, he went on to forcefully dissolve and destroy all the numerous religious monasteries across England. This he achieved by the end...
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Essex Local History talks
I am pleased to announce that I now give talks all over Essex and Suffolk on various aspects of local history (full list as below). A fully illustrated PowerPoint presentation accompanies all my talks...
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