CHAPTER X.
PARISH VESTRY BOOKS.
The following are some extracts from the old Parish accounts, made by the late Rev. C. S. Stanhope: the book from which they were taken I have not been able to recover. They begin in 1681, in which year "mending the Church and School Hous" cost 16s. 6d.; "Paid in Epiphany for a Dish for Bread at Communion, 6d."
1682: "For mossing and pointing the Church, 16s. 6d." In 1683 and 84 there was considerable work done at the Church. 1685: "Given to the Ringers on Crownation Day, 4s.; For a plate for the yew and rails mending, 10s. 1687: York Castle money, £2 2s. Given to a woman of Sandal to help her on a journey to the king for a touch, 5s. For mossing Church and School, £1 5s. 1688: For the King's Declaration, 5s. For a Book for the Prince of Wales, 1s. For ringing for the Prince of Wales, 1s. For a Book for the Prince of Orange, 1s. For ringing on the Day of Thanksgiving, 5s. 1689: Paid to Sir Thomas Wentworth for Parish Houses, 4d." This occurs as a yearly charge, and would seem to be an acknowledgment paid to the Lord of the Manor for the Poor Houses which the Parish had recently built on the lord's waste, soon after Mr. Green's legacy of £10, in 1672, "for the use of the Poor." 1690: "For pulling it and fetching it and mossing the Church, 11s. 6d. 1691: For being sworn concerning Popish recusants, 2d. For ringing for the reduction of Ireland, 2s. For a casement for the school chamber window, 1s. 3d. Parish house, Rents received. 1692: For a Book for the monthly Fast, 1s. For ringing for a victory at sea; for do. for 5 Nov. and for king's return, 6s. For an otter head, 1s. 1693: Spent at the perambulation, 10s. 1695: For a brocke head, 6d. Lead for the steeple, £6 2s. 8d. Load of Lime, £1. Spent on the School, £8 9s. 6½d. 1697: Spent on procession time, 17s. 2d. Ditto, 11s. 10d. 1700: Moss as usual for Church and School, 19s. 1701: Mending Leads, £4 10s.
