This book was buyht by the consent of the p'shonrs of all Saints in Hastin the XXIIIIth of Apryll, ano 1598. ffor this purpose, that is to saye [leaf here torn] that the overseers for this yeare nomynated [ ] and the reste which from yeare to yeare are to be nomynatd in the p'she of all Saints by vertue of a Acte made at the Parlimente holden at Westminster the XXIIIj daie of October in the XXXiXth yeare of the rayne of our moste gracious Souverayne Ladie Queen Elizabeth are for register in this boke all souch some or sommes of money as theye shall taxe tha p'shoners or other p'sons beinge farrynors occupiinge landes in this p'ish towardes the relyffe of the poore, and also to register all such somme or sommes of money which they have layd out aobut the byinge of wares or payinge the poore their wages for there work, and of all sommes they have payde to any olde, lame, blind p'sons, so that whereas the Money taxed it may playulie and enedeth he appear unto the p'shoners of the p'she of All Saintes that the monye hath byn doulie and trulie implyed for the good and charitaball uses p'vided in the saide statute for the poore
- [Many other ancient records will be found in the "Premier Cinque Port" volumes.]We Richard Lyffe, maior, John Lunsford, Martyne Lyffe, and William ffarmor [Fermor], justice of the peace, within the towne and porte of Hasting in the countie of Sussex, have nomynated Stephen Porter, Richard Lane, Marke Sargent the elder and Bayliffe, with John Stephens the younger, to be overseers of the poore of the saide p'ishe & all things to doe, executed and performed accordinge to the statute in that case made and provided at the Palimente holden at Westminster the XXIIIj of October in the XXXIXth yeare of the reigne of our most gracious Ladie Queen Elizabeth. In witness whereof we have here unto set our seales and subscribed our names. Gien at Hastinge aforesaide on Mondaie in the weeke beinge the XXIj daie of Aprill in the yeare XXXIXth of the reigne of our most gracious Soverigne Ladie Elizabeth, by the grace of God, of Englande, ffrance &c. Defender of the ffaith.
Vestry Meetings
A correlative subject, but of more modern date, is that of the 1857 vestries. A meeting of the Holy Trinity parish was held at the Royal Standard hotel on the 9th of February, with Mr. Ge. Curling Hope in the chair. In consequence of the South-Eastern Railway Company having, by letters, desired to have -
