The Parish of St Saviour, Southwark A list of allowable parish fees for marriages, burials, and other parish services from 1613

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A published list of the fees set by the churchwardens for the various services offered by the parish. A single broadside sheet, in three columns, in mixed black letter and roman. Printed in 1613 by John Beale. STC (2nd ed.) 22945.5. The transcription is modernised.     Headings:         Marriages with licence         Marriages without licence         Marriages without licence at extraordinary times         Offerings at weddings         Marriage of women out of the parish         Chrisoms         Churchings         Burials in the church         Burials in the chancel         Burials of children in the church         Burials in any churchyard next the church         Burials of a child in either of the said churchyards next the church         Burials in the College churchyard of man or woman         Burials in the College churchyard of a child         The churchwardens' duties for the bells

St Saviour of Southwark

A rate of duties belonging to the Corporation of the churchwardens of the Parish of St Savior of Southwark in the county of Surrey, as well in the right of the said Corporation as also in respect of their title to the Rectory of the said Prish, agreed upon by the general consent of the whole vestry, and confirmed by the Ordinary of this place, in Anno Domini 1613, as followeth, viz:

Marriages with license

Imprimis, it is ordered and agreed that the churchwardens shall have for every couple     that be married with licence — 8d

And for the service of a minister — 3s

And for the service of a clerk — 14d

And for the service of a sexton — 6d

Sum — 5s 4d

Marriages without license

Item that every couple married without licence in the accustomed time of marriage     shall pay to the churchwardens — 4d

And for the service of a minister — 14d

And for the service of a clerk — 8d

And for the service of a sexton — 4d

Sum — 2s 6d

Marriages without licence at extraordinary times

Item every couple married at extraordinary times shall pay to the churchwardens — 6d

And for the service of a minister — 20d

And for the service of a clerk — 10d

And for the service of a sexton — 4d

Sum — 3s 4d

Offerings at weddings

Item that the churchwardens shall have for every offering — 12d

And for the minister — nihil

And for the clerk — nihil

And for the sexton — 2d

And for the conductor — 2d

Sum — 2s 6d

Marriage of women out of the parish

For those women that shall be married out of the parish and did dwell in the parish     the churchwardens shall have — as above said

For the service of a minister — as above said

For the service of a clerk — as above said

For the service of a sexton — as above said

Chrisoms

For every chrisom the churchwardens shall have — 1d

Churchings

Item that the churchwardens shall have at every churching — 5d

And for the service of a minister — 2d

And for the service of a clerk — 2d

And for the service of a sexton — nihil

Burials in the church

Item that the churchwardens shall have for the ground for every man or woman that     shall be buried in the church, with an afternoon's knell or without it — 20s

And for the best black cloth — 12d

And for the second black cloth — 8d

And for the third hearse cloth — 4d

And for the worst cloth — 2d

And for the service of a minister if he fetch the corpse — 16d

But if he fetch not the corpse — 8d

And for the service of a clerk if he fetch the corpse — 12d

If he fetch it not — 6d

And for the service of a sexton if he fetch the corpse — 8d

If he fetch not the corpse — 4d

The grave maker — 16d

The conductor — 4d

The four bearers whether they bear the corpse or not, so they give attendance — 16d

Burials in the chancel

Item for the ground for every man or woman buried in the chancel with a knell or without,     the churchwardens shall have — 26s 8d

And for the services of a minister and rest of the officers as above said

Burials of children in the church

Item for every child buried in the church being under the age of twelve years,     the churchwardens shall have — 6s 8d

In the chancel — 10s

For the service of a minister if he fetch the corpse — 12d

If he fetch it not — 8d

And for the service of a clerk if he fetch the corpse — 8d

If he fetch it not — 6d

And for the service of a sexton if he fetch the corpse — 6d

If he fetch it not — 4d

The grave maker — 12d

For such as shall die in this parish and be buried in another parish, shall be paid     such like duties to this parish as if he or she had been buried here in like manner

Burials in any churchyard next the church

Item the churchwardens shall have for the ground for every man or woman     that shall be buried with a coffin in any churchyard next the church — 2s

Without a coffin — 16d

For the service of a minister if he fetch the corpse — 12d

If he fetch not the corpse — 8d

And for the service of a clerk if he fetch the corpse — 8d

If he fetch it not — 4d

And for the service of a sexton if he fetch the corpse — 6d

If he fetch it not — 4d

The grave maker if there be a coffin — 8d

If no coffin — 4d

The four bearers as aforesaid

For the cloths as aforesaid

Burial of a child in either of the said churchyards next the church

For the ground buried with a coffin — 8d

Without a coffin — 4d

For the minister's service if he fetch the corpse — 8d

If he fetch it not — 4d

And for the clerk's service if he fetch the corpse — 8d

If he fetch it not — 4d

And for the sexton's service if he fetch the corpse — 4d

If he fetch it not — 2d

The grave maker if there be a coffin — 4d

If no coffin — 2d

Burials in the College churchyard of a man or woman

For the ground if there be a coffin — 12d

If no coffin — 8d

For the minister's service if he fetch the corpse — 12d

If he fetch it not — 8d

And for the clerk's service if he fetch the corpse — 8d

If he fetch it not — 4d

And for the sexton's service if he fetch the corpse — 6d

If he fetch it not — 4d

The grave maker if there be a coffin — 8d

If no coffin — 4d

The four bearers as aforesaid

For the cloths as aforesaid

Burial in the College churchyard of a child

For the ground if there be a coffin — 4d

If no coffin — 2d

For the minister's service and other officers as aforesaid in the other churchyards

The churchwardens' duties for the bells

For an afternoon's knell with the great bell if the party be not buried in the church — 4s

For an hour's knell with the lady bell — [blank]

For an hour's knell with a lesser bell — 8d

To the sexton for an afternoon's knell with the great bell — 4s

For an hour's knell with the lady bell — [blank]

For an hour's knell with a lesser bell — 4d

For the passing bell if it be with the great bell — 12d

With the lady bell — 8d

With the lesser bell — 4d

To the minister for every child baptised [blank]

Item the clerk is to have for registering the name of the child baptised — 2d

Item it is ordered that the grave maker shall make every man's and woman's grave     (if there be a coffin) five foot and an half deep if the ground will serve,     if without a coffin four foot & a half

Every child's grave with a coffin four foot deep, without a coffin three foot and a half

For burial of the poor of the College and all other ordinary weekly pensioners of     the poor of this parish — nihil

Saving to the grave maker and bearers two pence apiece

Item it is ordered that the clerk shall make a bill of the charges of every burial,     and shall deliver the same bill to the party that is to pay the charges if it be demanded

Also it is ordered that the clerk shall bring every such bill to one of the churchwardens,     to the end the churchwarden may set his hand thereto, that so the party may know it to be a true bill