Winchelsea. The parishioners, at their own charge, shall find bells with ropes.
Winchelsea. The parishioners shall find, at their own charge, a bier for the dead.
“If any parishes be yet unfurnished of the Bible of the largest volume, the churchwardens shall, within convenient time, provide the same at the charge of the parish.”
By Canon 80. “The churchwardens or questmen of every church and chapel shall, at the charge of the parish, provide the Book of Common Prayer, lately explained in some few points, by his Majesty’s authority according to the laws and his Highness’s prerogative in that behalf; and that, with all convenient speed, but, at the furthest, within two months after the publishing of these our constitutions.”
By the 1 Eliz. c. 2. The Book of Common Prayer shall be provided at the charge of the parishioners of every parish and cathedral church. (s. 19.)
By the 13 & 14 Charles II. c. 4. “A true printed copy of the (present) Book of Common Prayer shall, at the costs and charges of the parishioners of every parish church and chapelry, cathedral, church, college, and hall, be provided before the feast of St. Bartholomew, 1662, on pain of £3 a month for so long time as they shall be unprovided thereof.” (s. 2.)
Canon 80. “If any parishes be yet unfurnished of the Book of Homilies allowed by authority, the churchwardens shall, within convenient time, provide the same at the charge of the parish.”
By Canon 17. “In every parish church and chapel shall be provided one parchment book at the charge of the parish, wherein shall be written the day and year of every christening, wedding, and burial within the parish; and for the safe keeping thereof, the churchwardens, at the charge of the parish, shall provide one sure coffer, with three locks and keys, whereof one to remain with the minister, and the other two with the churchwardens severally.”
Canon 99. “The table of degrees of marriages prohibited shall be, in every church, publicly set up at the charge of the parish.”
Canon 82. “The Ten Commandments shall be set, at the charge of the parish, upon the east end of every church and chapel, where the people may best see and read the same.”