Many of these papers concern the
problems of a stipend for the living.
Stoke Row was, as mentioned in the
Introduction, formed from parts of the
parishes of North Stoke with Ipsden,
Newnham Murren (which was attached to
the preceding) and Mongewell, and it was
agreed that the vicars of these parishes
should make over part of their stipend
to Stoke Row in proportion to the size
of land transferred there. This system
did not always work, and all attempts to
get more money, especialy via St. John's
College, Cambridge (who owned the living
at Ipsden) did not work. Many of the
letters of Rev. Arrowsmith in PAR256/9/C1 above are concerned with this
problem.
The papers also include plans and
elevations for the Stoke Row parsonage.