Stratford-upon-Avon: Guild of the Holy Cross: Masters' and proctors' accounts

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Account of ... Bery and William Suche, Proctors of the Guild of the Holy Cross, the Blessed Mary the Virgin, and S. John the Baptist, 9-10 Edward IV The Account is rendered under the following headings-- [Arrears.] [A legacy and rents of assize.] Delivery of moneys. (Payments for rents; for carrying new timber to the tenement called le Angell and for carrying the old timber from there to the Chapel; for repairs to the houses ; for salaries, c.) In the further allowances following the total obtained by deducting these deliveries of moneys from the gross receipts, is one of 6s 8d delivered to the Priests of the Guild to distribute amongst the poor in the Almshouses, and to find "syngynge brede" for the Priests. Near the end of this part of the Account there are allowances for rents unpaid, but which had been cancelled by the tenants doing work for the Master to the amounts due from them