Old Baptist Church
"Top Meeting"

Extracts from the Old Record Book - Accounts

These are a few entries extracted from the early church accounts.
page	date	year		£. s. d		page
5	13 Mar	1725	Paid to Sister REINS for sweeping 9 times	2. 3		23	Att a Court held for the Manor of Rushden We had our writtings renewed for ye better security of our Place of worship and the passages to the same, from any interruption from any opposers and for the peaceable enjoyment of the said meeting house with all the premises & priviledges thereto belonging, to the use of the Church and Congregation there assembling. The following persons are put in trust. viz.
	09 Apr	1725	Gave by order to Sister MILLER	2. 0
7	09 Apr	1728	Gave to Sister MILER	1. 0
	10 May	1728	Gave to Sister MILER	1. 0
	26 Jul	1728	Gave to Sister RAINS	6
	28 Sep	1728	Gave to Sister REINS	6
	26 Oct	1728	Paid to Sister REINS for 18 times sweeping the meeting house	4. 6			Robert	STEVENS
8	28 May	1731	Paid to Henry REINS for 13 times sweeping ye meeting place	3. 3			William	COLSON
	09 Sep	1731	gave to brother GUTTER	1. 0			Jonathan	STEVENS
11	21 Jan	1733	gave to Danill HILLS & for candle	1. 6			John	MORRIS
	14 Apr	1733	Paid to Goody REINS for sweeping ye meeting 12 times	3. 0			John	KNOWLES
	26 May	1733	Paid to Martha BAILY for sweeping 3 times	9			who at the above mentioned Court were all admitted as Trustees and were sworn
	06 Oct	1733	Paid for sweeping 6 times	1. 6
	06 Oct	1733	a pound of candle when Mr STEVENS preached	6			The whole charge for the writtings, Court fees &c 1.6.7½
	26 Jan	1734	Paid for candles when Moses DETON preached	5
	27 Mar	1734	Gave to Danile HILS	2. 0
12	11 Sep	1760	paid the Land Tax to Mr KNOWLES	4. 2
13	15 Aug	1735	Paid for Brother SHARWOOD a hors to Northampton	1. 6		15	Mr John WOOLASON was Pastor of the Church of Christ Meeting in Rushden and Wolason of the Strict Baptist Denomination. He departed this life 08 Dec 173[7] *edge of page cut away
	Collections made to help build new Meetings
24/25		1768	Greenwich	2.17.4
		1771	Artleboro (*Ithlingborough)	1.13.9
		1772	Nottingham	2. 5. 6
		1775	Barton near Wellingborough *extension & repairs	1. 6. 0
		1776	Oakham	2. 4. 6
		1777	Gretton	1. 7. 3
		1779	Rebuilding Sutton in the Elms Leicestershire	3. 1. 2
		1785	Clipston	2.15. 0
		1786	Riseley	1. 9. 0
		1786	Sharnbrook	5. 5. 8
		1791	Suton	18. 0
		1794	Bedford	5. 8. 1

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