« 1619 ... / Dec, 13. Eliza: Curwine of Myerside widow bd. above gree.
About this time there are frequent entries of burials as "above gree" and "beneath gree." In the five years 1610 to 1614 there are six entries above gree and twelve beneath gree; they' are supposed to refer to gradus, a step. There is a step from the body of the church under the screen into the chancel, one from the south transept into the town choir, and, since the reflagging of the church at the late restorations, two steps from the north transept into the piper choir; there having been previously only one step and a gradual rise in the floor of the transept. There are also three steps in the chancel up to the communion table. In the old church books the fees for burials were—2s. beneath the gree, 3s. 4d. above the gree, 6s. 8d. in the piper choir, and the same in the town choir. »
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