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Those of Great Witchingham, Norfolk, for instance, inform the chancellor that their parson "holdeth two benefices, but whether lawfully dispensated they know not," and they add that a schoolmaster in their parish "teacheth publicly, but whether licenced or not they know not."
See Surtees Soc., xcv, I ff. Also the townwardens of Melton Mowbray, Leicester Archit. Hudson, Memorials, etc., 88. Pasture. Surtees Soc., lxxxiv, 15. Soc., 1895, 171. For other examples both of parish cows and sheep: see Hale, Crim. Littleton, Worcestersh. Rotherfield Acc'ts, Sussex Arch. Coll., xli, 26, 46. St. Michael's, Bath, Acc'ts, Somerset Arch. Great Witchingham, Norf. and Norw. Arch.
Great Witchingham Acc'ts, Norfolk and Norwich Arch. St. Hale, Crim. St. Churchwardens accounts are pretty reliable evidence, for they were subject to the scrutiny of those who had to foot the bills. See Mr. Mr. Clark's notes and illustrations drawn from other contemporary sources are most valuable.
The churchwardens acc'ts occasionally allude to the Queen's commissioners, e.g., the Great Witchingham Acc'ts, where they are dubbed by the right name: "for my expenses when I was before the quenes inquisitors for lands and goods" . Norf. and Norw. Arch. Soc., xiii, 207. Jas. Copeman in Norf. and Norw. Arch. Soc., ii , 64.
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