Aspects of Kentish Local History

            die eodem Collected etc. for Weymouth ye sum of
            4sh. & 6: pence half peny whereof 13 pence 1ob:
            in brass money¹
                  ffran Norman dept. receivr.
            ffebr: 9th: Collected etc. for Bishops Clift ye sum
            of 4 shill & 6 pence whereof 6 in brass money
                  ffran Norman dept. receivr.
            die eodem Collected etc. for poole the sum of 4
            shillgs. & 3 pence whereof 8 pence in brass money
                  ffran Norman dept. receivr.
   1688 May 31st: Collected etc. for Bradninch ye sum of
             shill: and 9 pence whereof 3 shill: & 9 pence in
             farthings
                  Hen: Smith dept receivr.
1668/9 ffebr: 14th: Collected etc. for Cliff in Kent the sum
            of 12 shillgs: & 6 pence whereof 8 groats in
            farthings
                  Hen: Tassel dept. receivr:
(In 1676 9s. was collected at Cranbrook for Cliff.)
            April: 3rd: 1670 Collected for the accot of 3
            Dover men Captives the sum of 2li: 11sh: 9d:
            whereof 9sh: in brass
            June: 19th: Collected for the accot. of a brief for
            Michael ffowler of great Chart the sum eight shillgs

            & 7 pence farthg. whereof 4shl. & 7d. farthg. in
            brass money(5s. 2d. was collected for this man at
             Cranbrook.)
            Augst. 21: 1670 Collected for the accot. of a brief
            for Isleham in ye Countie of Cambridge the sum of
            twelve shillings whereof there is 3 shillgs. in
            farthings
(8s. was collected in Cranbrook.)
            Septr: 11th. Collected etc. for the redemption of
            Captives out of Salley the sum of 2li & 2sh
            whereof 4 shillgs: in brass money.
                    Decemr: 25: 1670
            Collected then in the Church of Strangers
            unknown and supposed to have contributed before
            in the place of their abode as to the brief for
            Captives.                                               £.   s.   d.
                                                                         00: 13: 9
            (Follows a list of local contributors to the Brief.)
            Jan: 3d:                                               li      s     d
                  Capt Jnº: Titus                             00—10—00
                  Mr Edmund Ibbot Minister          00—10—00
                  Mr Jnº: Clark deputy pilot            00—05—00
                  Mrs Bennison                              00—02—06
                       [Name erased.]
  ¹ ? 12 pence halfpenny.