Identifier: adamsillustrated00ryea (find matches)
Title: Adam's illustrated guide to Rye (with map) : Winchelsea, Northiam, Camben-on-Sea, and all places of interest in the neighbourhood
Year: 1900 (1900s)
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Publisher: Rye : Adams
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at, from May to October, 385 persons died. In 1579, inless than eighteen months, 744 persons were carried off;in 1590, 185 died in three months; and from August toDecember, 1596, 320. Of the 185 who died in 1590, thirtywere soldiers. In the churchwardens accounts, which go back as far asthe year 1513, among other items of receipt, frequentmention is made of money paid to the church for months mind or months day, which signified a monthlyservice performed in the church for the benefit of the soulsof the deceased, the word mind here having the senseof remembrance. Peters pence was also still collected, not having yetbeen abolished by Henry VIII., though it was at asubsequent part of his reign. There were a few gifts, avery few fees, and a kind of tithe on fish. In theaccounts of expenditure, allusion is made to St. Richardof ChichestL-r, at wliost- shrine Peters pence and otherofferings were paid. This saint seems to have been heldin great veneration by the inhabitants of Rye, Hastings,
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K. WHITEMAN, Ciiuiue Ports Studio. Rye. ST. MARYS CHURCH—CLOCK GUIDE TO RYE. 25 and Winchelsea ; for the Barons of the Ports who attendedthe coronations of the Kings and Queens were entitled toreceive the cloths uf the canopy which they bore over theirheads, together with the staves and little bells attached tothe same ; antl Jeake mentions that when Hastingsreceived them in their town, the Barons were wont eogive the cloths to the Church of St. Richard of Chichester,in the cathedral of which is a shrine covering his tomb. Ihere has been some dispute among writers as to thesite of St. Clares ciiancel, which is frequent!) mentionedin the churchwardens accounts. Jeake calls it the Chapelof St. Clare, but does not say where it stood ; while anotherauthor places it in the Watchbell Street, considering theold building on the south side of the churchyard to havebeen it ! This was the Chapel of the CarmeliteFriary. From the parish entries, however, it would seemto have been one of the aisl

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