County: Lincolnshire
Code: D4443#2
Reference: Lincoln, Lincolnshire Archives: Louth St James PAR/7/1, p. 6
Function: Rule
ıħc
Mmemorandū [sic] that theys her the statutꝭ chargys
belongyn to the parıch clarkes of Saynt James
kırke o louth that folos by the hole body an
moste honest men o the parych thay to be kepyd
an obseruye ~~~
Fırst the saı two ꝑych clarkys shall obey an
delygently do thaıre dewty concernyng Master
vecary and hıs ꝑıch prest thay to be redy at thaıre
cōmaundmentꝭ euy oder o thayme that hıs to say
ın all the sacramentꝭ mynystryng both wıth ın
the kyrke ın the toune os oft nedys ~~~
Also the saıde clarkys shaỻ rynge day bell contynually
fro the fest o Saynt Peter oder wyes called
lames day vn to the fest o the Annūcıacıon of
oure lady called oure lady day ın lenty the
saıde bell to be rounge · x · score pullys and
knelyng after that ıt be rongynge ~~~
at foure o cloke ın the mornyng ~~~
Also the saıde ꝑyche clarkꝭ shaỻ kepe A messerabuỻ
oure ın ryngyn of Curfure that hıs to say ın
pryncıpall festꝭ and oder dobull festꝭ be geyn
to kneỻ the bels at vıȷ · o the cloke · An thay
to ryng a honest peyỻ for worshıpe o the tou ·
Also ın fereaỻ days the saıde curfure to be rounge
at · vııȷ · of the cloke · of the leyst bell · wıth · xvııȷth
score pulls · for thıs consıderacıo ı Any man shuld
goo wronge ın wynter day ın the fılde · be the sounde
o the beỻ he may come the sone to the tou
Also the saı ꝑyche clarkꝭ shall ryng to matyns
ínpryncıpaỻ festꝭ and [Latin: magꝭ duplex] o thıs man
fırst peyỻ wıth two small bels · the secoun
peyỻ wıth one of the say bells · an the thırde
beỻ · And the thırde peyll to be rongyng wıth
the thırde bell an fourte beỻ · An then cay
beỻ An then all Jn wıth · ııȷ · bels or els wt
ıııȷ bels at the leyste · An that theyre be the
space o A houre be twıx the fırste peyỻ and
all Jn · And both ꝑıch clarkꝭ to be psente at euy
peyỻ An after thıs forme to ewyngsong