Parish churches [ Institutions ]
… Particularly in premodern times, when attendance was expected if not mandatory, they accommodated members of both sexes, different age groups and representatives of poorer as well as more prosperous inhabitants. This entry focuses on … court proceedings, tithe maps and diaries, to name just a few (see the collation of church records for Earls Colne in Essex (1375-1854) and the list of churchwardens’ accounts for England and Wales hosted by My-Parish ) . Many were kept in large chests with multiple locks (as at Beckley in Sussex), preventing individual access. Sussex shopkeeper Thomas Turner, who served as East Hoathly’s overseer of the poor in …
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