Archdeaconry Act Book (ERO D/ACA37)

19.5.1615 (Friday 19 May 1615)

document 1802618

office of the judge against Jn Hatch of Earls Colne detected by the wardens for causing straw to be laid in the churchyard he confessed that by reason of the wet weather he was forced to lay a little straw in the churchyard for the thatching of his house and that since he hath made the churchyard clean therefore he was dismissed with a warning 10d