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The vestry of St Saviour parish was a self-sustaining body of thirty members, with new members added by vote of the vestry whenever a vacancy occurred through death or resignation. The vestry was responsible for conducting all business related to the parish.

Entries under the various topics in this list are suggestive, not exhaustive. For example, the collection of tithes preoccupied the vestry every year, but the topic is only scantily represented here. Interested users should scan the relevant document pages for any topics to be pursued further.



ARMORER (trade)
    1614 Oct: an armorer to be found 'to clean all the armor in the Vestry and Church'

BAILIFF (office)
    1597 Dec: the bailiff of the Borough mentioned in the vestry minutes
    1598 Nov: the churchwardens are to 'follow the matter in Star Chamber against the bailiff'
    1599 Feb: the bailiffs' cause in Star Chamber discussed in the vestry
    1599 Apr: the vestry to discuss their Star Chamber suit against the late bailiff
    1599 May: the suit against Wood the bailiff should proceed

BAKEHOUSE (building)
    1602 Aug: Henry Wilson to have a lease of 'the bakehouse parcel of the Church'

BAKER (trade)
    1563 Apr: Rowland Jukes, baker, noted in the vestry minutes
    1563 Apr: William Turner, baker, noted in the vestry minutes

BANKSIDE (place)
    1589 Dec: a distinction made in the vestry minutes between 'our side' and 'the Bankside'

BARGE HOUSE (building)
    1621 May: Barge House mentioned as a parish boundary landmark in the vestry minutes

BATTERSEA (place)
    1562 Sep: St Margaret's Acre in Battersea Field; Thomas Martin allowed to remain tenant there
    1579 Dec: the vestry asks parishioners for help in knowing about Bell Acre in Battersea Field
    1614 May: the parish's acre of land in Battersea Field to be sold
    1614 Dec: Jacob Pratt offers to buy the acre of ground in Battersea Field
    1616 Jan: St Margaret's Acre in Battersea is to be be sold
    1616 Dec: Mr Sturt can buy the acre of ground in Battersea Field for £18

BEAR GARDEN (building)
    1586 Nov: Morgan Pope to pay tithes for the Bear Garden and the ground adjoining, 'where the dogs are'

BEARERS
    1606 Dec: Humphrey Kicker replaces Christopher Mudd as 'a common bearer'
    1625 Oct: rules for bearers, fees, etc
    1625 Oct: the bearers are to be the sexton, the conductor, the gravemaker, and Henry Abbott

BEER POT (building)
    1587 Nov: a lease to the Beer Pot and the adjoining tenement given by the vestry to Henry Draper
    1596 Oct: Mr Draper has the lease to the Beer Pot
    1605 Apr: Mr Draper wants a renewed lease for the Beer Pot
    1616 Sep: a bidding war for the Vine and Beer Pot, won by Mr Iremonger

BELL (building)
    1587 May: the Bell; its income goes to Edward Howlett
    1602 Jun: Mr Philpot to be pursued at law about the division of the Bell
    1603 May: powder stored at the Bell is a danger

BELLS
    1575 Apr: agreed in the vestry that new bells should be bought or cast
    1576 May: the bells should remain in the steeple and not removed for mending
    1584 Dec: one Smith of the Bankside is to have the keeping of the clock and chimes
    1594 Jun: the vestry orders that 'the fourth bell being broken should be mended and the chime also'
    1596 Oct: a new fourth bell is to be cast
    1600 Jun: the Great Bell is to be recast; a bell-founder sought
    1611 Jul: the great bell's crack is a yard long; it is to be new cast
    1612 Feb: the great bell, recast, is a disappointment; it will be re-cast again
    1612 Jun: a new treble bell to be found and purchased
    1612 Jun: the treble bell to be melted for the new-casting of the great bell
    1612 Dec: Miles Gray, bellfounder, is to cast a new treble bell and a third bell
    1617 Jan: hours set for the chimes to ring and the bell to be struck


BOOKS
    1561 May: Latin church books ordered to be defaced and cut
    1572 Mar: need 'two fair books in vellum', one for the church, one for the school, for record keeping
    1580 Mar: The 'book of base born children' brought into the vestry by Robert Pinder, churchwarden
    1595 Mar: tithe books, token books, and account books of the parish and the school, deposited in the vestry
    1596 Mar: a list of all the books kept by the vestry
    1597 Mar: the vestry explains how, 'by election and beans', which churchwarden is to be Keeper of the Book
    1598 May: the 'book of marriages, christenings, and burials' mentioned in the vestry minutes

BREW HOUSES (buildings)
    1567 May: brew houses mentioned as a source of victuals

BREWER (trade)
    1578 Aug: John Smith is a brewer

BULL HEAD (building)
    1579 May: the well house of the Bull Head mentioned
    1597 Oct: the well house and an adjoining shop are on the West side of the Bull Head
    1598 Apr: there is void ground between the Bull's Head and Richard Humble's well house
    1600 Jun: the Bull Head mentioned in the vestry minutes
    1601 Feb: the Bull Head mentioned at a vestry meeting

CAGE
    1592 Apr: an unnamed child born in the Cage will be supported by the vestry

CARPENTER (trade)
    1573 Oct: a carpenter engaged to work on the buildings in Chequer Alley
    1583 May: 'the [unnamed] carpenter and mason' are to do repairs in the chancel
    1585 Sep: a carpenter to make a gallery in the Church
    1609 Apr: the churchwardens to compound with the bell carpenter to repair the bell timberwork
    1611 Oct: the bell carpenter is dead

CHAIN
    1562 May: 'the post and the chain' to be sold to help pay for the schoolhouse

CHAIN GATE (place)
    1594 Dec: the path at the Chain Gate is to be paved
    1600 Mar: the footway at Chain Gate to be laid open and kept chained
    1625 May: Chain Gate to be repaired and beautified

CHAPEL (building)
    1576 Dec: swine kept in the chapel by John Peacock, also horse dung
    1578 Jan: John Peacock surrendered his lease to the chapel

CHEQUER ALLEY (place)
    1564 Apr: Robert Smith, stirrupmaker, has two tenements in Chequer Alley
    1572 Jul: houses in Chequer Alley a gift of Thomas Cure
    1573 May: orders that the houses in Chequer Alley be taken down and new built
    1573 Oct: building of the houses in Chequer Alley, continued
    1574 Feb: income from the houses in Chequer Alley to go to the poor of the parish
    1602 Mar: 'new feoffees in trust for the land in Chequer Alley' noted in the vestry

CHEQUER MILL (place)
    1574 May: Chequer Mill, a 3-acre plot of ground in St George's Field, mentioned in the vestry minutes

CHILDREN
    1592 Apr: an unnamed child born in the Cage will be supported by the vestry
    1624 Sep: the parish to be cleared of vagrant children

CHIME KEEPER (office)
    1601 Sep: the unnamed chimekeeper mentioned in the vestry Minutes

CHOIR
    1562 Jun: churchwardens to 'hire the tenor to serve for wages'
    1563 Apr: fees set for clerks of the choir
    1572 Mar: tenor and bass needed for the feast of St John Baptist next ensuing
    1576 Dec: payment approved for 'the choir school master'
    1577 Mar: money for their pay given to John Young, churchwarden
    1578 Mar: money for the choir given to Richard Dodson
    1625 Oct: Lawrence Lunn chosen to be the conductor, and to be a bearer

CHRISOMS
    1576 Mar: in their monthly bills the churchwardens are to take account of chrisoms
    1579 May: the vestry grants churchwardens permission for chrisoms

CHRISTOPHER (building)
    1592 Dec: Thomas Bromfield holds the lease to the Christopher and tenements belonging to it
    1600 Jun: the Bromleys have tenants in the Christopher

CHURCH HOUSE (building)
    1601 Mar: the Church House mentioned in the vestry minutes

CHURCHYARD (place)
    1568 May: a new brick wall to be built to enclose the churchyard
    1573 Dec: the new churchyard mentioned in the vestry minutes
    1575 Jul: a well to be made where the pump stands in the new churchyard
    1580 Apr: the vestry decrees the wall at the new churchyard should be removed and re-built
    1580 Jun: money laid out for the building of six tenements in the new churchyard
    1580 Oct: six almshouses erected in the new churchyard
    1583 Apr: the wall in the new churchyard is to be newly made
    1584 Apr: the house where Richard Harmon the minister lived was in the churchyard
    1587 Jun: the three old houses in the churchyard to have their chimneys removed and replaced
    1587 Jul: the pale in the new churchyard is to be removed to a new location
    1587 Aug: a brick wall to be built in the new churchyard next to William Holford's garden
    1592 Jan: there are two old stables in the churchyard
    1592 Sep: Mr Drew is to pay a noble for the privy in the new churchyard
    1592 Dec: Thomas Garland has built tenements in the new churchyard
    1594 Apr: the footway leading from the new churchyard to the Park Gate is to be paved with stone
    1603 Nov: reparations to the churchyard discussed by the vestry
    1610 Jan: the churchyard wall, lately fallen down, to be rebuilt with a gate
    1610 Sep: the vestry to view the tenements in the new churchyard

CLERK, PARISH (office)
    1557 Jul: John Sadler, clerk, noted in the vestry minutes
    1568 Oct: vestry minutes note that 'Roger the clerk' is departed the parish
    1602 Nov: Gabriel Bolt chosen to be clerk of the parish; his duties listed
    1602 Nov: the parish clerk to have 2d for baptisms and banns
    1603 Sep: Gabriel Bolt is the clerk
    1604 Mar: John Boston chosen to be clerk in the stead of Gabriel Bolt, deceased
    1624 May: 'nihils', i.e. no-charge for services, must now be pre-approved

CLOCKSMITH (trade)
    1626 Apr: William Morton engaged to look after the chimes and clocks

CLOSE (place)
    1617 Mar: tenements in the Close are the subject of a lawsuit in King's Bench

COAL HOUSE (building)
    1573 Aug: dispute in the vestry over rights to the coal house
    1579 Jun: by the gate to the new churchyard; John Emerson's right to it
    1583 May: John Emerson makes commitment to the vestry about properties near the new churchyard, including a coal house
    1583 Dec: the parish to take possession of the coal house from John Emerson
    1584 May: John Emerson releases the coal house to the vestry

COCK (building)
    1595 Dec: Thomas Higginson dwells at the Cock in the New Rents

COLLEGE OF THE POOR
    1612 Sep: Philip Pole to have maintenance of the common privy next to the College churchyard
    1616 Apr: distinction made between the poor of the College and the other poor
    1618 Feb: the Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas is the President of the College of the Poor
    1619 Apr: rent from Herstfield Farm is to go to the College of the Poor
    1621 May: 'all the earthen floors of the houses in the College to be boarded'
    1622 Dec: test for admission: say the Lord's Prayer, the Creed, and the 10 Commandments

CORNER HOUSE (building)
    1596 Jul: the highway 'from the Corner House unto the Cross Hall' mentioned in the vestry minutes

CORONER (trade)
    1622 Feb: the coroner is to view two bodies recently buried

COUNTER IN SOUTHWARK (building)
    1584 Dec: an agreement to pay 6d weekly to the Southwark Counter
    1593 Dec: the vestry commits money to the Counter for 'rogues that are committed to the Hole'

CROSS HALL (building)
    1596 Jul: the highway 'from the Corner House unto the Cross Hall' mentioned in the vestry minutes

DAGGER (building)
    1626 Oct: Michael Mosendue's house is called the Dagger
    1627 Feb: the Dagger is in Long Southwark
    1627 Feb: the Dagger deeded to the parish by George Meriam alias Meriall

DRAPER'S BRIDGE (place)
    1626 Apr: Draper's Bridge, on Maiden Lane in Clink Liberty, to be repaired

DULWICH COLLEGE (place)
    1627 Mar: Edward Allen's writings for Dulwich College are in the vestry box

ELEPHANT (building)
    1598 Jul: the Elephant was formerly called the Red Hart
    1605 Oct: 'the Red Horse otherwise called the Elephant'

FALCONER (trade)
    1603 May: 'Barton the falconer' mentioned in the vestry minutes

FISHMONGER (trade)
    1627 Feb: a lease granted to John Swett, fishmonger

GALLERY IN THE CHURCH
    1585 Sep: a carpenter to make a gallery in the Church
    1585 Dec: a committee to determine where best to put the gallery in the Church

GLAZIER (trade)
    1578 Aug: John Smith is a glazier

GRAVE MAKER (trade)
    1562 Sep: Lawrence Robinson engaged to do bell ringing, grave making, gutter cleaning, etc
    1572 Mar: grave maker: John Hance, his wages set
    1613 Jul: Oliver Simpson chosen to be gravemaker in place of Philip Pole, deceased

GRAVESTONES
    1625 Oct: apparently it is not the tradition to put stones on graves

GREEN DRAGON (building)
    1592 Apr: the way before the Green Dragon has been stopped; steps taken to remedy the issue
    1597 Nov: a wall abuts the back door of the Green Dragon

HEALTH
    1573 Dec: lodging of sick persons in parish buildings discussed in the vestry

HEARSE CLOTH
    1586 Jan: now lying over My Lady Crips's grave; Thomas Ratliff the minister to have its benefit
    1588 Apr: the vestry to buy new velvet for the repair of the hearse cloth
    1612 Feb: the churchwardens will buy the sexton's black burial cloth

HERSTFIELD FARM (place)
    1617 Nov: the vestry to view Herstfield Farm
    1613 Apr: Abel Durkin a tenant of Herstfield Farm; he has paid rents to the vestry
    1614 Mar: the grand lease of Herstfield Farm brought into the vestry
    1614 Mar: vestrymen to 'ride to Herstfield Farm to survey the same'
    1614 May: Abel Durkin to have a lease to the Farm
    1619 Apr: rent from Herstfield Farm is to go to the College of the Poor

HORSE HEAD (building)
    1603 May: Mr Walter makes an offer about the tithes of the Horse Head
    1608 Mar: Mr Walter pays the tithes of the Horse Head

HORSE HEAD ALLEY (place)
    1593 Jan: Mr Walker's Rents in Horse Head Alley mentioned in the vestry minutes
    1602 May: Mr Walter pursued for tithe money from his tenements in Horse Head Alley

HORSESHOE (building)
    1576 Feb: the Horseshoe in Kent Street, bought and sold

INNHOLDER (trade)
    1573 Dec: Leases for vestrymen who are innholders discussed
    1573 Dec: John Young identified as a vestryman and innholder
    1573 Dec: Nicholas Martin identified as a vestryman and innholder
    1573 Dec: Richard Bowmer identified as a vestryman and innholder
    1573 Dec: Richard Cubitt identified as a vestryman and innholder
    1573 Dec: Thomas Etheridge identified as a vestryman and innholder
    1573 Dec: John Young is an vestryman and innholder

KENT STREET
    1562 Feb: James Pennyale's houses in Kent Street to be repaired
    1565 May: three houses there to be viewed to determine repairs needed
    1569 Jul: Kent Street, three tenements in; mentioned in the vestry minutes

KEYS
    1574 Apr: keys for the poor man's chest allocated to the curate, churchwardens, and collectors

KING'S HEAD (building)
    1563 Feb: the King's Head mentioned as being Thomas Cure's tenement

LAMP HOUSE (building)
    1563 Feb: the Lamp House mentioned as needing a fence

LEASES AND TENANCY
    1559 Sep: more church goods to be sold to finance purchase of the lease of the church
    1573 Dec: leases for vestrymen who are innholders discussed
    1595 Jan: all leases of parish property are to be entered into a book and maintained forever
    1607 Oct: William Downing has his garden as a tenant at will
    1611 Nov: all tenants of the parish who are tenants at will and have no leases are to be queried
    1611 Nov: unfit tenants to be identified and advised to leave
    1614 Aug: widow Chapman, poor and unable, is a tenant at will
    1623 Mar: one can 'have a lease in writing or hold by lease parole'

LILY POT (building)
    1579 Jun: Lily Pot (the) on the Bankside; the vestry says William Cox may have a nearby house

MASON (trade)
    1583 May: 'the [unnamed] carpenter and mason' are to do repairs in the chancel

MEALMARKET HOUSE (building)
    1624 Sep: Edward Stokes to be paid for keeping the mealmarket house clean

MILITARY
    1571 Oct: money for armor mentioned in the vestry minutes
    1572 Jul: money left over from the fight against the rebels in the north in 1563
    1586 Apr: nine swords and five daggers delivered to soldiers
    1588 Jun: pickaxes, spades, and bills to be procured for the pioners who will set forth to serve the queen
    1591 Jan: the parish is to furnish four soldiers, properly equipped, for the queen's service
    1605 Jul: return sought of 'money collected for the setting out of galleys'
    1608 Dec: money to be collected for the relief of maimed soldiers
    1628 Apr: orders are in hand for a muster of the Borough

MONEY
    1572 Jul: a counterfeit French crown mentioned in the vestry minutes
    1573 Oct: coins (angels and French crowns) in the parish chest weighed and found wanting
    1615 Sep: Spanish money and brass money received shall be changed for English
    1618 Apr: Mr Gloster paid his debt in gold rings in lieu of money

OVEN'S MOUTH (building)
    1624 May: the Oven's Mouth, beside Henry Wilson's house

OWL (building)
    1614 Oct: 'the tenement called the Owl near the Vine' mentioned in the vestry minutes

PARIS GARDEN
    1619 Dec: the 'Upper Ground Liberty' mentioned in the vestry minutes, i.e Paris Garden

PARSONAGE / RECTORY (building)
    1585 Jan: the churchwardens will take the lease of the parsonage, as granted by the Lord Treasurer
    1585 Mar: the lease to the parsonage locked in the vestry's 'chest with iron bars'
    1590 Jan: discussion in the vestry about a Mr Cope and the lease to the parsonage
    1590 Jan: a new lease to the parsonage discussed in the vestry
    1590 Apr: more discussion with Mr Cope about the lease of the parsonage
    1590 Jun: still more discussion with Mr Cope about the lease of the parsonage
    1590 Dec: another appeal from the vestry to the Lord Treasurer about the parsonage
    1590 Dec: the governors of the free grammar school lend money to the churchwardens for the lease to the parsonage
    1590 Dec: the vestry pays £100 to Mr Cope for resolving the parsonage issue
    1591 Dec: Mr Cope and Mr Cade to be compensated for their efforts in gaining possession of the lease to the parsonage
    1601 Jan: the lease of the parsonage discussed in the vestry
    1605 Mar: to seek renewal of the parsonage lease from the king
    1605 Mar: more on the lease of the parsonage
    1605 Mar: Sir Thomas Shirley's offer that the parish take the parsonage in fee farm
    1605 May: rumor that 'a Scottish man hath gotten a lease of the parsonage'
    1605 Oct: more on the parsonage suit and the Scottish gentleman
    1606 Jul: the vestry to consult with counsel about the parsonage lease
    1609 Feb: vestry decides to purchase the rectory in fee farm from the crown
    1609 Mar: cost of purchasing the parsonage in fee farm will be £800
    1609 Oct: the lawsuit of 'the rectory against the Scot'
    1611 Feb: final negotiations for purchasing the fee simple of the rectory
    1614 Mar: more on the fee simple of the rectory
    1621 Dec: eight feoffees have died, need to be replaced

PEACOCK (building)
    1562 Feb: Agnes Pinfold's house, the Peacock, to be repaired
    1563 Feb: the Peacock, Agnes Pinfold's house, to be repaired
    1563 Feb: the Peacock now repaired, some water control issues are addressed
    1568 Sep: lease of the Peacock purchased by William Downing
    1568 Sep: the Peacock lease is available if anyone wants it
    1568 Sep: Peacock lease purchased by William Downing
    1607 Jul: Mr Marshall has completed the required building at the Peacock
    1620 Jan: quitrents out of the Peacock mentioned

PENNYFOLD ACRE (place)
    1584 Mar: Pennyfold Acre leased to George Merrick

PEWS
    1569 Apr: two new pews to be made for the church
    1572 Jul: pews to be built and enlarged in the church
    1573 Dec: placement of wives of parishioners and churchwardens in pews discussed
    1578 Jun: two new pews ordered for the south side of the chancel
    1579 Dec: the vestry decides about pews
    1592 Apr: more pews are to be added in the church, for 'parishioners as yet unplaced'
    1595 Aug: the vestry authorises repairs to the pews and glass windows in the church
    1604 Feb: vestrymen and their wives to be seated 'according to ancient usage'
    1613 Apr: overseers of the poor for Clink and Paris Garden to have their own pew
    1614 Oct: churchwardens to confer with 'the knight that sitteth in the Bishop's wife's pew'
    1615 Jan: the churchwardens will determine the seating in the pews
    1617 Sep: the three pews next to Richard Humble's tomb to be reduced to one

PLAGUE
    1592 Sep: a mention of plague in the parish
    1593 Jul: another mention of plague in the parish
    1594 Jan: another mention of plague in the parish, and a 'cure'

PLASTERER (trade)
    1563 Jul: Thomas Rhodes, plasterer, noted in the vestry minutes

PRISE'S (place)
    1628 Aug: a farm called Prise's in Shire

PRIVY (building)
    1612 Sep: Philip Pole to have maintenance of the common privy next to the College churchyard

PUMP
    1575 Jul: a well to be made where the pump stands in the new churchyard
    1589 Apr: the pump in the new churchyard is to be repaired
    1594 Jul: a yearly collection to be made for the pump in the market place
    1603 Nov: the churchyard pump to be removed
    1623 Mar: John Miller to help repair the common pump
    1625 Jan: a new pump to replace the old one in Chain Gate

PUMP MAKER (trade)
    1583 May: the pump maker's house in the New Churchyard 'and the house under it' to be repaired

RED BULL (building)
    1575 Sep: a quarrel to be resolved at the Red Bull
    1602 Feb: Thomas Stocks lives out of the parish but owes tithes for the Red Bull

RED HART (building)
    1577 Mar: the garden of the Red Hart discussed
    1598 Jul: the former Red Hart is now called the Elephant
    1598 Dec: the churchwardens have viewed the land belonging to the Red Hart, supposedly the parish's
    1623 Aug: the Red Hart, leased to Mr Iremonger, to be viewed by the vestry

RED HORSE (building)
    1605 Oct: 'the Red Horse otherwise called the Elephant'

ROCHESTER HOUSE (building)
    1598 Feb: the tithes of Rochester House again a topic of conversation in the vestry
    1596 Jul: Mr Clewer's part of Rochester House mentioned in the vestry minutes

ST GEORGE'S FIELDS (place)
    1563 Oct: the parish has property in St George's Fields
    1569 Jul: three tenements in St George's Field, mentioned in the vestry minutes
    1588 Mar: the vestry contemplates three acres of ground in St George's Fields

SANITATION
    1575 Oct: the churchwardens are to contemplate the dunghill by lord Montagu's house
    1576 Mar: a house of office 'upon the bridge' mentioned in the vestry minutes
    1576 Nov: mention of 'the woman which doth make clean the privy at the bridge foot'

SCHOOL (FREE GRAMMAR SCHOOL)
    1559 Aug: a schoolhouse to be set up in the old St Margaret's church house
    1560 Apr: parish support for the school to be assessed
    1562 May: Matthew Smith to be paid for the schoolhouse
    1562 May: 'the post and the chain' to be sold to help pay for the schoolhouse
    1562 Sep: £100 offered to the vestry by Matthew Smith for maintaining the school
    1562 Nov: the vestry will proceed with purchase of the schoolhouse
    1562 Dec: the schoolhouse licence taken to Mr John Southcote, serjeant of the law, for counsel
    1563 Mar: Matthew Smith directed by the vestry to finish up the business of the schoolhouse lease
    1564 Feb: a committee formed to report to the vestry about securing financing for the grammar school
    1565 Mar: the wardens of the school to be called governors
    1568 Apr: agreements with St Olave about the school to be discussed in the vestry
    1570 Mar: a brick wall between the schoolhouse and Richard Paul's house
    1570 Apr: money given by St Olave for the school
    1574 Feb: the school receives money from the rent of the houses in Chequer Alley
    1577 Apr: Margaret Bullen's gift to the school noted by the vestry
    1577 Apr: lease to the Vine delivered to the governors of the free school
    1579 Oct: the vestry directs the governors of the free grammar school to have consideration of the usher

'THE SCOTTISH GENTLEMAN'
    1605 May: a Scottish man haS gotten a lease of the parsonage for 40 years
    1605 Oct: the suit of the Scottish gentleman about the parish's lease
    1609 Oct: parish business touching the rectory against the Scot
    1610 Sep: tithes may be recovered of Mr Humble by the Scottish gentleman
    1611 Oct: the business between the churchwardens and the Scottish gentleman

SCRIVENER (trade)
    1572 Mar: scrivener; John Russell, scrivener, engaged to be clerk to the vestry
    1580 Jun: ?John Allison, scrivener, paid for translating the Latin corporation document into English

SEXTON (office)
    1557 Jul: Lawrence Robbins, sexton, noted in the vestry minutes
    1559 Aug: Thomas Noble, sexton, noted in the vestry minutes
    1566 Apr: Lawrence Robbins, the sexton, ordered to behave himself
    1571 Oct: reversion granted to one Stanmore upon Lawrence Robbins's death
    1601 Jul: Garrett Smith chosen to be sexton in the stead of Thomas Shirley
    1603 May: Robert Loward, basketmaker, chosen to be the sexton
    1621 Aug: Christopher Collinson chosen to be the new sexton
    1625 Oct: Lambert Daggett chosen to be the new sexton

SHEAR GRINDER (trade)
    1578 Oct: William Gotheram, William, shear-grinder, partially repays his obligation

SHIP (building)
    1576 Mar: Joan Marshall lies in childbed at the Ship in Southwark

SHIP ALLEY (place)
    1602 Feb: James Taylor to pay tithes for his temenents in Ship Alley

SHOEMAKER (trade)
    1576 Mar: Thomas Brunt of the Bankside identified as a shoemaker

SOAP HOUSE (building)
    1616 Dec: should the Soap House have a brass pan or an iron pan
    1616 Dec: the Soap House leased to Robert Bromfield after Mr Smith refused it

SOUTHWARK PARK (place)
    1584 Mar: Southwark Park leased to George Merrick

SWAN WITH TWO NECKS (building)
    1623 Jan: the Swan with Two Necks gifted to the parish by Mr Hewlett
    1626 Jul: Michael Mosendue in a house at the gate of the Swan with Two Necks

STIRRUP MAKER (trade)
    1564 Apr: Robert Smith, stirrupmaker, has two tenements in Chequer Alley

SUN (building)
    1595 Mar: Robert Wilkinson dwells at the sign of the Sun, according to the vestry minutes

TANHALL (building)
    1606 Jul: an item about the Masters of the Bridge House and 'the lands called Tanne Hall'
    1611 Feb: Mr Bingham to have three tenements called Tanhall, formerly leased to Mr Garland
    1619 Sep: Tanhaw is a collection of tenements, perhaps the same as Tanhall

THREE CROWNS (building)
    1616 Sep: mentioned in the vestry minutes

TINKER (trade)
    1589 Jun: one Rolfe, a tinker, is to repair his house

TITHES
    1579 May: discusses out-of-parish landlords and the matter of tithes
    1600 Mar: the churchwardens to speak with stage players about tithes

TITLES
    1563 Mar: Thomas Martin identified as a notary public
    1583 Jan: a Mr Fenner is termed 'Serjeant' while representing John Emerson in a dispute with the vestry
    1584 Dec: Edward Hunt is termed 'Mr Serjeant' here and in subsequent entries in the vestry minutes
    1589 Oct: Thomas House is referred to in the vestry minutes as 'deputy' here and subsequently

VESTRY
    1578 Feb: the vestry decided that no more than four of its members were to be from the Bankside
    1586 Dec: when a vestryman dies, 'two [persons] shall be nominated whereof one of them shall be chosen a vestrymen'
    1597 Mar: the vestry explains how, 'by election and beans', which churchwarden is to be warden of the College
    1605 Mar: someone is leaking vestry business to outsiders prejudicially
    1605 Jul: vestry proceedings are to be kept secret, on pain of expulsion
    1607 Jul: John Treherne moved from Bankside to Boroughside and lost his vestry place
    1608 Mar: a list of documents held by the vestry, mostly leases
    1611 Feb: vestry membership limits: three from Paris Garden, five from Clink Liberty
    1616 Feb: the common seal having been stolen in a robbery, the vestry will buy a new one
    1621 Dec: proper decorum for vestrymen at funerals
    1622 Dec: 'the vestry' composed of churchwardens, vestrymen, and electors

VESTRY CLERK
    1597 May: Richard Johnson chosen to be clerk of the vestry
    1625 Oct: Edward Collins chosen to be the new clerk of the vestry

VINE: (building)
    1563 Feb: John Smith's house, the Vine, to be repaired
    1567 May: the pathway from the Vine into Southwark to be amended
    1577 Mar: Edward Hart 'of the Vine' mentioned in the vestry minutes
    1577 Apr: the vestry considers the draft of a lease to the Vine
    1577 Apr: lease to the Vine delivered to the governors of the free school
    1577 Aug: Edward Hunt's lease of the Vine discussed, then sealed and delivered
    1587 May: 'our tenement called the Vine' discussed by the vestry
    1588 Nov: tenants of the tenements 'belonging to the Vine' are not paying their tithes
    1598 Apr: the vestry to view the Vine lands encroached upon
    1598 May: garden lands encroaching on the Vine to be viewed by the vestry
    1600 Mar: the vestry to examine Mr Hunt's lease of the Vine
    1600 Mar: the vestry to see if Mr Brickwood's building has encroached on the Vine
    1604 Feb: there is a brick wall between the Vine and Mr Treherne's land on the Bankside
    1604 Jul: Mrs Hunt's unnamed husband holds the lease of the Vine
    1605 Apr: Mr Hunt's lease of the Vine used as a model
    1605 Oct: Mr Draper is 'to take in the garden plot belonging to the Vine'
    1607 Jul: 'the implements of the Vine' have been removed
    1607 Dec: the vestry 'advised by counsel' about repairs to the Vine
    1609 Nov: Mr Draper will give the vestry money in lieu of the Vine's missing implements
    1614 Mar: John Hunt asks for a lease to the Vine, formerly leased to his father
    1614 Oct: Mr Draper owes tithes for the Vine
    1615 Sep: the lease runs out in two years for 'the tenements called the Vine'
    1616 Jan: the Vine to be viewed by the vestry
    1616 Sep: a bidding war for the Vine and Beer Pot, won by Mr Iremonger
    1617 Sep: Mr Iremonger's lease to the Vine and Beer Pot sealed in the vestry

WAVERLY HOUSE (building)
    1589 Dec: John Adlin promises the vestry that the chimneys in his tenements at Waverly House will be secured
    1588 Mar: repairs done to part of Waverly House
    1601 Jan: Waverly House mentioned in the vestry minutes
    1587 Jun: the vestry determines that Waverly House 'shall not be let by lease to any man'

WELL HOUSE (building)
    1589 Apr: Richard Humble to have the lease of the well house
    1589 Oct: the well house seems to be within Chain Gate
    1597 Oct: the well house and an adjoining shop are on the West side of the Bull Head
    1598 Apr: there is void ground between Richard Humble's well house and the Bull Head

WHARF (place)
    1618 Dec: the wharf by the common sewer near the churchyard to be repaired

WHIPPING POST
    1598 Dec: a whipping post to be set up by the church wall

WINDMILL (building)
    1600 Mar: no more water to be brought from the windmill and poured into the churchyard
    1602 Jun: the windmill in the churchyard mentioned in the vestry minutes
    1603 Nov: doors made from the windmill to be made in the churchyard

WOODMONGER (trade)
    1583 Dec: 'West the woodmonger' is to pay 20s 'for the whole tithe of his wharf', else be sued
    1585 Aug: John West is a woodmonger