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REPLY1850

ST. ANTHOLIN'S

By W.C., JUNIOR (Overseer of St. Antholin)

Your correspondent MR. RIMBAULT (No. 12.) has made rather a grave charge against my predecessors in office as churchwardens and overseers of this parish; and although, I regret to say, such accusations of unjust stewardship and dereliction of duty are frequently and with justice imputed to some parish officers, yet I am happy to be able, in this instance, to remove the stigma which would otherwise attach to those of St. Antholin. The churchwardens' accounts are in good preservation, and present (in an unbroken series) the parish expenditure for nearly three centuries. Mr. Rimbault has doubtles…

Topics: Church Records, Parish Administration, Historical Accounts

Locations: St. Antholin, Myle End