Transactions of the Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian & Archaeological Society . here represented ; this mark ispeculiarly characteristic ofDutch paper, and is found onbooks printed at Gouda, Lou-vain, Delft, and other places int he Netherlands in the 15th cen-tury : it gives names to the paper,pot-paper: the letters POmay possibly point to this beingan English imitation. Some ofthe outside pages of the registerare very torn, and almost il-1 egible in parts through soilingand wear, but the writing throughout is not bad and isvery fairly legible. The clerk who w^rote it signs himselfRowland
Transactions of the Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian & Archaeological Society . here represented ; this mark ispeculiarly characteristic ofDutch paper, and is found onbooks printed at Gouda, Lou-vain, Delft, and other places int he Netherlands in the 15th cen-tury : it gives names to the paper,pot-paper: the letters POmay possibly point to this beingan English imitation. Some ofthe outside pages of the registerare very torn, and almost il-1 egible in parts through soilingand wear, but the writing throughout is not bad and isvery fairly legible. The clerk who w^rote it signs himselfRowland Chambers, with a handsome amount of vicar is Edward Mandevell by whom some of the itemsare inserted, though in Chambers hand. There is a dot-ted p against 17 of the of those buried beforeJuly, 15S2, evidently the plague; and during the years1595-96-97, +b frequently occurs; presumably meaningblack sickness. The names of places mentioned are numer-ous, and in several instances offer striking explanationsof the present names. I have appended a list of these and. REGISTER BOOK OF HOLME CULTRAM. 177 and also of the surnames in the register The number ofnames remaining still in the place and neighbourhood isremarkable. There are many curious aliases, but few ornone of any special interest. Visitations are mentioned as having taken place atCarlisle on July 5th, 1580 ; at Calbecke in 15S8 when ex-pense was incurred; and at Isell in 1594 which cost them5s. id. Other general visitations are mentioned withoutnaming the place at which they were held. I will first give an instance of parish accounts as thenkept—followed by such interesting items in those accountsas seem worth notin. The effect of the account maid by the Churchwardens of ye yeare ofour Lord God 1584, viz; Jo. Hewett. \Vm. Sim. Mathew Watman. Simond Messenger. Edward Kendell. & thereasotiats for there yeare being. Unto Leonard Musgrave. JohnShawe John Lethes. Jo Ritson & there fellowes succe
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