Converse of object

• appoint: This parish did not appoint any churchwardens, and when the necessity arose of doing something in the church the parishioners did it themselves.

• become: In 1916 Miss Hogg became the first woman churchwarden at St Paul's Church, Church Rd St Leonards.

• have: The parish had two churchwardens from the 15th century 22 and they represented the same tithings as the constables.

• elect: From the mid-nineteenth century onwards, the Archdeaconry kept records of churchwardens elected in each parish.

• choose: The first of the six years cannot commence until the churchwardens chosen at the annual meetings in 2002 take up their office.

Converse of subject

• distribute: The £ 10 belonging to eight poor persons of this parish is distributed by the churchwardens in weekly doles of bread.

• make: Complaints about someone had to be made by churchwardens and overseers within forty days before a magistrate.

Adjective modifier

• former: Near to the other end of the row lived Ralph Waterson, also a former churchwarden.

• new: At the Easter Visitations, new churchwardens for each parish were sworn in to act during the following year.

• senior: He was involved in the rebuilding of the Stoke Church where he was senior churchwarden and donated £ 500 to the new building.

Modifies a noun

• account: Churchwardens Accounts are the most valuable of parochial records for the wealth of information on such a diverse range of topics.

Possessives

• account: The churchwardens ' accounts contain several very curious entries.

• presentment: Churchwardens ' presentments only survive from the late 18th century onwards.

• name: When the bell was re-cast in 1984, the incumbent vicar and churchwardens ' names were added to its waist.

• initial: On the wall is a stone dated 1611, with what are thought to be churchwarden's initials.

Preposition: of

• parish: You need to contact the incumbent or churchwardens of the appropriate parishes for further details.

• church: Cromwell required the minister and churchwardens of each parish church to maintain registers of all baptisms, marriages and burials performed.

Preposition: for

• year: There is a lovely Comper window, commemorating Walton Turner, a churchwarden for 55 years who was also Mayor.

• time: In 1548 they were included in the £ 7 lands held by the rector and churchwardens for some time without any specified intent.