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History of the Church and Manor of Wigan.
you will come hither, or meete the co't at Yorke or Durham about Easter next: only faile not in the rest, and soe I bidd you fare well, and doe remaine
Yor very loving frend,
Pembroke.[1]
Court at Whitehall this
30th of December, 1616."[2]
In a letter to Archbishop Laud, written by Dr. Bridgeman many years later, viz., in March 1638-9, when he was bishop of Chester, he says that the first year's income which he received from the rectory of Wigan, for the year ending at Christmas, 1616, amounted to £566 12s. 1d. A full statement of the account is given in his private Leger as follows:
"Receaved out of the parsonage of Wigan the first year I came to it, ending at Christmas, 1616.
£ | s. | d. | |||||||
May 18 demaynes |
Imprimis James Scott & Roger Brown rec. for me and sent me out of the demaynes; for 41 kines grasse in the maynes | 40 | 11 | 0 | |||||
parson's medow | It. they pd me for every acre of parsons medow 50s (except one acre wch John hide had & payes me the rentall) wch came to | 24 | 7 | 6 | |||||
Hall medow | It. they layd me in 28 load of hay out of my hall medow worth 6s 8d the load | 9 | 6 | 8 | |||||
Easter role | |||||||||
It. they receaved | pt of Wigan Easter book £16 12 2 pt of Holland Easter book £11 2 5 |
27 | 14 | 7 | |||||
It. Wiỻm Wakefield and Wm Wicksted receaved more of Easter role | |||||||||
Lambs | It. I receaved 37 lambs worth 3s the lamb | 5 | 11 | 0 |