churchwarden's

Nichol's edition, 1840, we have the following entries from the churchwarden's accounts:

Notes and Queries, Number 20, March 16, 1850 Various

John Cale and young Mr. Threpp, the churchwarden's son, who had been the clerk's companion, were descending the stairs, after the chimes had chimed themselves out, and they had locked them up again to (perhaps) another year, when they found some impediment below.

The Argosy Vol. 51, No. 2, February, 1891 Various

But he had no hesitation in doing all manner of things without more than a perfunctory consultation with the Vicar, and the Vicar, though always ready to be saved trouble, much resented the churchwarden's managing ways.

Of Human Bondage 1919

The waiter, who I supposed had lived in his churchwarden's pew for forty years, could not pursue such an insignificant subject.

David Copperfield Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 1917

Vicar, though always ready to be saved trouble, much resented the churchwarden's managing ways.

Of Human Bondage 1915

Among the entries in the old churchwarden's accounts still extant, none occurs with more frequent regularity than that of the payment made for putting up and taking down the Easter sepulchre.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913

Weybridge's church is modern, but the registers and churchwarden's accounts are old and amusing.

Highways and Byways in Surrey Eric Parker 1912

Caraguel, surrounded by his staff, occupied the churchwarden's pew.

Penguin Island 1909

There were only three courses, and Mr. Lessing had but one glass of wine, for one thing; for another he was actually in uniform, and was far more proud of his corporal's stripes than he had previously been of his churchwarden's staff of office.

Simon Called Peter Robert Keable 1907

Of his private life we know nothing, but the 'Mawde Caxston' who figures in the churchwarden's accounts of St. Margaret's is generally believed to have been his wife.

A Short History of English Printing, 1476-1898 Henry R. Plomer 1901