‘Minding’ and ‘mending’: routine spending on care and maintenance
Spending on clocks varied from the routine of small and frequent payments for labour and materials to keep a clock running, which were normally among the costs met from rates paid by parish householders, to much larger payments for major repairs or purchases. These could be much larger sums requiring exceptional fundraising through some combination of an additional rate or parish subscription; the patronage of local gentry; bequests; and other endowments.
Follow the links to access examples of routine duties or expenditure:
Spending at Wolverhampton, 1524 & 1586-88
Spending at Tintinhull, 1618-19
The fluctuating levels of spending from year-to-year at Bishop Stortford, 1475-1560 show a typical pattern of spending on a parish church clock.