Scope and Content
At front:
p.1-4 register of "absences" apparently from MM, 25/7/1726 to 16/5/1763 most frequent names: Thos Okely, Phil Vandewall, Thos Dearmer, Zach Neale
Income:
- front p.5-6 collection (at first about 9 names, 6d. to 1s) (incl Moses West, Jas Stirridge) (later monthly totals);
- p.6-63 income & expenditure usually, not always, on facing pp. (but 21-33 income only, 1701-16, for which see end) stock is from time to time lent to a Friend at interest, e.g. p.12
Expenditure: public Friends (v. freqt.);
- end p.7 horses, shoeing a horse, guide to Jordans, entertainment of horses 1701;
- p.9 horse hire for guides, 11s.7d, 1703;
- p.13 mending a Friend's saddle, 1705 17 horse hire conducting public Friend to Chesham, 1706;
- ft. p.6 3 public Friends' horses that came to visit us, 5s., 1694
Meeting houses (one at Wood End, one at Bury Mill End):
Wood End:
- end p.5 cleaning meetingho. at Wood End, 1s.6d 1689;
- p.9 sweeping, things done, mending forms at 9d 1703;
- p.13 Edm. How snr.: arrears for building, 40s. 1705 new deed for, 12s. (also p.47, 61);
- p.27 sweeping 10s. 1716
Bury Mill End:
- end p.5 "mates in the mtgplace", 17s. 1690
Not specified:
- end ½ yrs. rent to Moses West, £1 1701; his servt. maid for sweeping 2s.6d; Moses West for altering the forms & other things 1704; work done 1710; new gallery 1714
Supplies:
- end p.13 1 lb. candles at an evening mtg 1705;
- ft p.12 3 candlesticks for 1697;
- p.12 2 basses 1697;
- p.35 lock 1717;
- p.37 2 new brooms 1719;
- p.37 wood & faggots 1719
Markyate MM
- p.16 (more than once) towards rent of mtgho, at Market St., 10s. 1699
New meetinghouse: & burial ground:
- ft. p.37 fine for the gd. bt. of H. Sybbley on which the mtgho. stands, 6s.8d, bailiff for rect. 2s 27/9/1720;
- p.37 on account of building the mtgho. £4.8.5. 11/4/1721;
- end p.30 subs. for burial gd. & writings 20/2/1718 (Edm Neale, Jn Owen, Phil & Jos Vandewall, Zach Wallis, Thos Reading, Thos Hill, Jn Long, Rich Mards, Zach Neale), £39.8.8½; building cost £315.8.1½ further subs. (18 Friends, sums from £20 to 10s.6d.);
- p.31 Watford £10 Albans £7.8.0 QM £21 (Hertford & Ward, Bp's Stortford, Hitchin) Markyate & Dunstable £13.9.0 Jn Owen collected £56 (much of it in London The Vandewalls collected £17 Zach Wallis collected £ 6 Geo Bowles collected £15 Jn Fallowfield collected £28; total £310 19 8; meeting made up £4 8 5½ making total 315 8 1½
Fire danger:
- ft. p.43 - 4 men watching the fire near the mtgho. & for ale 5s. 1726
Women:
- ft. p.47 women's book, 1732
Poor:
- end p. 7 old Jane Bellgrove; cloak for, 5s.6d;
- p.9 old shoes & stockings, 4s.1d, 1703;
- ft. p. 8 Friend burnt out in Bedfordshire, 10s. 1695
Books:
- end p. 9 out allotment from Market St., £1 1703;
- p.13 Thos Ellwood's History;
- p.17 Fox (also front p.63);
- p.21 against swearing;
- p.23 acts of parlt.
School:
- end p.11 Jn Owen: qtr's schooling for Jn Crow, 8s 1705