1572 August. On Tewsday being the xix daye of this monthe of August —— Downing wyfe to —— Downinge gravemaker of this paryshe she was sett on a new cukking stolle made of a grett hythe and so browght a bowte the markett place to Temes brydge and ther had iij Duckinges over hed and eres becowse she was a common scolde and fyghter.
Here are extracts from the burial registers:—
June 4. 1593. John Akerleye wentte too bathe hymsellfe and was drownde & buryede.
August 25. 1598. William Hall was bered being shott by thefes when he was Constabl at Coblers Hol.
September 28. 1623. Richard Ratlive a Londenner which was slayne.
17 January 1623/4 Wm Foster son of Wm a goer about.
This is hardly a burial:—
July 11. 1629. A Bird called a Cormorant light on the top of the steeple and Aaron Evans shot, but mist it.
Here are items from the churchwarden's accounts. The parish dog whipper had become an institution:—
1561. To fawcon for di yere (half a year) whyppyng of doggs oute of the churche. viijd
1578. To wrighte for beating the dogges out of the churche, for half a yeare. vjd.