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For the Snire to be :85: foote hie to the top of the Astrecall or
All the Timber
to be of Oake.
Necke, and :34: foot girt at the Middle of the said Spire,the
Angle peeces or postes to be :7: & :10: Inches at the bottom
and :6: & :7: Inches at the Topp the smaller Timber
to be framed betweene :4: & :5: Inches to be boarded all
over the Timber With good Yallow Dealls
Content :29: Squares
All which Carpenters Worke com's to 453 12 01
The Plummers Worke 200 00 00
The Smiths Worke 050 00 00
703 12 01
When the steeple was completed, further questions arose,
for on the 14th December, 1686, complaint was made to the
Vestry, "that the stone cornish on the steeple is covered with
lead wch. was suggested to be an unnecessary charge to the
Parish," and some gentlemen were named to view the
"cornish" and report their opinion thereon at the next
meeting. A report was presented to the effect that the
defects of the brickwork were found to be very great "proceeding
from the insufficiency of the foundation (the workeing
men who first wrought in it not following the directions
which were given given them as we are credibly inform'd)
wch- has caused the said steeple to leane to the West very
much and has taken the West end of the Church along wth.0
it, tareing of it oft at the two westerne Windowes as the
old cracks make appear, and wee doe farther find that the
Mortar used in Building the Steeple is very bad and the workemanshipp
very ill performed and farther we doe observe that
since the last waite hath been lay'd on the Steeple there doth
severall new cracks appeare. Upon our Serious consideration
of the aforementioned defects we are of opinion that when
the waite of the Lead shall be laid on the spire and waite of
the Bells together with the rocking which will be occasioned
by strong winds and the Ringing the Bells which may happen