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Transcribed by Kay & John Collins 2006
Old Baptist Church
"Top Meeting"

Building the extension
   
£
s
d
1779 May Sold Stone Dug out of the stone pit inthe Meeting yard. 3½ loads best stone
0
3
6
  14 loads of Common Stone 4d pr load
0
4
8
  Rec'd of Widdow Barry for a years Rent due at Lady-day only giving back Sixpence to drink
1
5
0
1780 Jan Rec'd of widow Hensman one Quarters Rent due at St Thos
0
4
0
Apr 28 Do for a Quarters Rent due Lady day
0
4
6
  Rec'd of Widdow Barry for A years Rent due at Lady day 1780
1
5
0
  Rec'd of Widdow Hensman for a quarters Rent due at Middsummer 1780
0
4
6
  Rec'd for 21 loads of stone
0
7
0
1778 Paid for the purchase of the Houses or Tenements and their appurtenances
30
19
6
  paid for taking up at Court
1
12
6
  paid Mr Lamb for writing the Agreement
0
4
6
Nov 28th paid to Benj Belshur for 6 weeks, 4 days work digging Stone at 14d pr day
2
6
8
  paid to John Partridge for 9 days & half
0
9
6
  ditto Saml Robins 1day & half
0
1
9
  do to John Patridge for one day
0
1
0
  do to George Sayers for ½ a day
0
0
7
  Paid for 4 loads of Straw
2
0
0
  Do to Thos Mackness for Thatching
1
18
10
  Do for 21 Bunches of Reed
0
5
3
  Paid to Saml Knight carpenter For wood & work-man-ship
5
6
6
  Paid to Peter Cooper Mason for work in Repairing the walls and doing up a new fence wall
3
0
0
  Paid to John Morris Blacksmith
0
15
9
  Do for a Lock for the New Gates
0
1
2
  Paid for mending the Meetinghouse thick
0
0
6
   
49
4
0
1779 Gave to Widdow Barry out of the Rent
0
0
6
   
49
4
6
1779 Sep 23rd Paid to Richd Rooksby for walling in the Meeting yard 36 yards at 6d pr yd and repairing a wall at 2s
0
19
0
Oct 9th Paid to Richard Brooksby work on the little House
0
2
0
  Paid Charles Warren for 12 days work
0
12
0
  Paid to Philip Ashton for removing some earth to fill the stone pit
0
4
8
1780 Feb 15th Paid to Wm Hopkins for doing of the Wall
0
19
1
   
52
1
3
  To Charles Warren 2 days work
0
2
0
Apr 28th To a bill of Samll Knight for fencing and repairs in the Meeting House & the little dwelling house
2
14
6
  To Thos Elard & son for quicking
0
6
0
Apr 29th To Thos Robinson for Iron work
0
2
10
Sep 9th Pd Phillip Ashton a Bill for leveling the meeting yard
1
5
0
  Gave Widow Barry to drink when Pd her Rent
0
0
6
   
56
12
1
Nov 28th gave back to widow Hensman
-
-
6
Dec 9th pd friend Morris's Bill
0
6
7
  Thos Elard & son for Thatching Widow Barry's House & Meeting
1
9
7
  for two loads of straw
1
1
0
   
2
17
2
  placed one pound of this to the Charges of the Meeting House
1
0
0
   
1
17
2
  This is the Total Charge laid out
58
9
9


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