Just a century later it was ordered that for all bodies buried in the
church the sum of one guinea should be paid, and a brick arch turned
"to avoid the offensive smells which the inhabitants too often have
been annoyed with;" and in October, 1767, appears the following:
"Ordered, that whereas it appears to us that the sextons of the
College having unjustly received for many years past 20s. for
the use of the Rev. the Dean and Chapter, and 8s. for their
trouble in receiving the same, making in the whole £1. 3s.,
for every person buryed in the said parish churchyard, not
being a parishioner, besides tacking of horses, and tolerating
pedlars and other strollers to sell their ware thereon, as
also in the passage leading unto the High Street, to the great
detriment of the parish and a nuisance to the community in
general, ordered that the officers of the said parish do set
forth their grievances to the Rev. Dean and Chapter, and humbly
request their assistance towards fencing the said churchyard
in a decent manner, the said parishioners having been at large
expense in repairing and beautifying the parish church, and a
numerous poor rendering them incapable of doing the whole."
About a century ago the parsonage house was ordered to be excused from
all manner of payments, upon consideration of the minister preaching
a sermon on Good Friday yearly; part of this parsonage house was
called "the coffee-house," and was probably used for that purpose. An
annual guinea was paid to the clerk "for singing a psalm every Sunday
_between_ the two services;" the same amount to Mr. Staples to act as
parish attorney to give his advice at any time; Mrs. Mary Linton was
allowed "to have the sole use of the gallery of the church in her time,
to take her scool there, on condition that she be at the expense of
a new staircase to the gallery;" and "ordered, that the parish pump
be locked down, and not to be used (except in case of fire) without
the parishioners who make use of it will contribute towards the late
expense of the said pump."
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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