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that Mr. Churchwarden Haines be desired to goe to Hasted,
in Essex, to survey the steeple there, and to report to this
Vestry the fittness and charge of it to doe like here."
Whether this visit was ever made does not clearly appear,
the next minute, dated the 13th January, 1685/6, being as
follows:—"Order'd . . . that the Church "Warden, Mr.
Haines, be desired to bring in an estimate of the charge of
the spire moddell'd, that the difference between that and
Sr. Christopher Wren's designe may be knowne, S Christopher
estimating his said design at £800." On the 3rd
February, 1685/6 we read that "the severall drafts or designes
for the spire to be built on the steple of this Church being
produced by the Churchwarden, Mr. Haines, and the workemen,
the new draft by Mr. Willcox now brought in was
unamously (sic) approved on by this Board, and order'd
that an estimate of the same be prepared by the said Churchwarden
and workemen against their next meeting."
This estimate was accordingly submitted on the 24th
February, 1685/6, as follows:—
An estimate of the Carpenters, Smiths, and alsoe of the Plummers Workes
for the Steeple or Spire agreed to by the bord.
The Steeple or Spire the first upright is :32: foote hie and :60:
foot girt in the Hants the Plates to be of Oake Timber :9: &
:7: inches Upright postes to be :10: & :12: inches the
Braces'es and intertises to be :6: & :8: inches Content is :19:
Squares & :20: Foote
For a firr floare over the bells :18: foot square :1: Sumars to be
:9: & :14: inches Joyst to be :9: & :2:½ inches :3:¼ Squares
For the Oken floare on the top of the Brickworke is :23: foote
square Sumars to be :10: & :14: inches Joyse to be :9: &
:2:½ inches, Content 5 Squares :29: foote
For the floare at the bottom of the Spire :13: foote square A
Diagenall floare timber of Oake :9: inche Square
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