1559-61

Updated: May 25, 2025

So important were they at Chagford, Devon, that the churchwardens were sometimes called alewardens. At Mere, Wilts, out of a total wardens' receipts of £21 5s. 7-1/2d. for the two years 1559-61, the two church-ales netted £17 3s. 1-1/2d., thus leaving only £5 2s. 6d. as receipts from other sources for these two years.

Sedley Lynch Ware - The Elizabethan Parish in its Ecclesiastical and Financial Aspects