Churchwardens' Accounts of the Parish of St. Peter's Ipswich, 1563-1664

UKDA study number:5766

Principal Investigators

Wolfe, R.D.
Wolfe, A.S.

Distributed by

UK Data Archive, University of Essex, Colchester.

January 2008

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Wolfe, R.D. and Wolfe, A.S., Churchwardens' Accounts of the Parish of St. Peter's Ipswich, 1563-1664 [computer file]. Colchester, Essex: UK Data Archive [distributor], January 2008. SN: 5766 , http://dx.doi.org/10.5255/UKDA-SN-5766-1

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Copyright:
Roger David Wolfe

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5766 . Churchwardens' Accounts of the Parish of St. Peter's Ipswich, 1563-1664

Depositor:

Wolfe, R.D.

Principal Investigators:

Wolfe, R.D.

Wolfe, A.S.

Other Acknowledgements:

Dr John Blatchly, Chairman of Suffolk Records Society
Dr David Dymond, former General Editor, Suffolk Records Society
William Serjeant, former County Archivist, Suffolk County Council
Dr David Allen, former Archivist, Suffolk Record Office
Michael Begley, local historian
George Pipe, local historian and bell ringer
The Suffolk Records Society
The British Library

Abstract:

This project's aims were to create an electronic version of transcribed materials of Churchwarden's accounts for the Parish of St Peter's in Ipswich. The original document is held at the British Library (Addn MS 25344); a copy of this is also held on film at the Suffolk Record Office, Ipswich JC1/1(4). The accounts are in English and show a gradual and often uncertain transition from the use of Roman to Arabic numerals.

Main Topics:

The accounts give a detailed insight into the life of an urban parish adjusting to the demands of changing religious and civic life from the early part of Queen Elizabeth's reign to the restoration of the monarchy. Phraseology used in the early years of the accounts suggests the residual influence of the old (Roman Catholic) religious beliefs and practices, far removed from the congregational-centred Protestantism evident in later years. In addition to finding the money to provide for a minister and sexton, regular inventories of parish property show the additional obligation of providing items such as books and equipment for the conduct of services and items for maintenance of the church fabric. Expenditure on tools, building materials and the services of local craftsmen is recorded in detail, as are payments for routine jobs such as street cleaning. The management of charitable bequests is recorded and there are occasional disbursements to the poor. The attempts of the parish to recover 56 years of arrears of payments from Viscount Hereford of Christchurch towards the provision of 'an able minister' ended unsuccessfully in court.

Coverage:

Time Period Covered: 1563 - 1664
Dates of Fieldwork: 2001 - 2007
Date file created
Country: England
Geography: Ipswich; Suffolk
Spatial Units: Ecclesiastic parish
Observation Units: Institutions/organisations
Kind of Data: Textual data; Numeric data; Alpha/numeric data

Universe Sampled:

Location of Units of Observation: Subnational
Population: Accounts of wardens of the parish of St Peter's, Ipswich, Suffolk

Methodology:

Time Dimensions: Cross-sectional (one-time) study
Sampling Procedures: No sampling (total universe)
Method of Data Collection: Transcription of existing materials
Data Sources: British Library Addn MS 25344
Control Operations: None
Weighting: no weighting used

Language(s) of Written Materials:

Study Description: English
Study Documentation: English

Access:

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Date of First Release:

24 January 2008

Copyright:

Roger David Wolfe

File last updated:

10 July 2014