Copy of an entry in the parish register of 1658:
Contribution from the Parish of Badsey and Aldington towards the relief of Divers Protestant Churches driven out of Poland and of 20 Protestant families driven out of the confines of Bohemia (according to His Highness’s Declaration) the sum of 26 shillings and five pence, the second day of May in the year of our Lord 1658.
Sum £1 6s 5d
Richard Cragge, Minister
John [?]
Thomas Pigeon
The script at the bottom of the page is illegible.
The copy may have been made by the Reverend William Price when he began his ministry at Badsey in 1898. He was a keen historian and made transcriptions of the parish registers.
See also: Badsey and Aldington contributions to Protestant churches and families in Poland and Bohemia, 1658