Parish clerk job description c1579

[philipsearching]

To take noe [?] fees or augment them...
Well done on spotting augment.
I don't think the missing word is extra.

I'm afraid it has me stymied.  It ends with e, the letter before that could be a w (but may not be), it appears to contain a t and the rest is???

Is it a negated form of true?  The letters don't look quite right for that, especially the r (but compare it to the r in trust above).  And what are the letters to do the negating?

Can anyone else shed some light?

Again, many thanks for your eyes, brain, indsight and helpfulness.

Could it possibly be: "To take noe newe fees or augment them that have been accustomed to be taken...."

I have to wonder if these regulations were put in place to stop the naughty activities of one particular parish clerk.  I wonder who he was?

[horselydown86]

Yes Philip, I think you have cracked it.  Well spotted.

It's a tall e, but I'm happy with how the rest of the letters look around it, and it makes perfect sense contextually.

I was stuck on that being a t.

To your last question, I don't know for sure but I imagine these temptations to parish officials were well known.  So this is probably a pre-emptive regulation rather than a response to a specific abuse in that parish.

[philipsearching]

Ah, the satisfaction of having a problem solved.

Ain't Rootschat (and Rootschatters) great!