Population and dissenters: I have sixteen Families in my Parish. Dissenters none, my Lord, unless one Mr George Marks, who was a Dissenting Teacher, but now comes to Church some Times, & has offer’d himself to your Lordship to be admitted into holy orders. Meeting house none.
Frequency of divine service: On Sundays, and grand Festivals, my Lord. I preach a Sermon every Lord’s Day to each of my Livings, which your Lordship was pleased to approve of, on my taking my Living of Meshaw.
Frequency of communion: Four Times, my Lord; at Easter, Whitsunday, Michaelmas, and Christmas.
Number of communicants: About forty, my Lord. About ten usually receive. As I remember, about half that number Communicated last Easter.
Catechising of children: I Catechise the Children, my Lord, every Summer some several Sundays, 'till I have instructed them all.