1558 Item for setting forth the five soldiers to Portismothe the
1559 First paid for a Byble and a Parafrawse...
Item for a Communion-book bound in parchemyne
Item to John Rial, for taking down the tabil on the high
altar, and taking down the holy-water stock
Item for cleaving and sawing of the rood Mary and
John
Item for bread, ale, and beer, on Tewisday in the
Rogacion-weeke for the parishioners that went in proces-
sion
Item, first, the said accomptants asketh allowance for the
costs and chargis of a supper, made to the new
wardens and other the worshipfull of the parish, sitting
and taking of this account
1560 Item, at the buryal of my Lady Jane Semer*
1562 Hereafter ensueth an inventory made by the said wardens
accomptants, of all the goods, jewels, and ornaments
to the said church of St. Margarett appurtaining, Anno
Domini 1562
First one vestment of blew cloath of tissue, with the
tunicles for the Deacon and Subdeacon
Item, one cope of crymson cloth of tissue and ij coorse
copes of blew tissue
Item, vi herse cloths, and a cloth for the pulpit, of
black and red bawdkyn, with flowers of gold
Item, viii old altar cloths of diaper, one great new altar
cloth of diaper fine, and five plain
Item, xvii towels and ij small towells [See foot-note, p. 41.]
Item, one challis with the paten all gilt, and ij great
communion cups all gylt
Item, a paste (circlet) for brydes, set with pearl and stone
Item, a streamer of white sarcenet with a whight cross
Item, ten pair of allmen riveletts, and one harnis for a
horseman, vj black billes, vi armyngehoodis, vij shefe
of arrowse, and vj daggers
Item for the carriage away of certain soyl and dust of the
churchyard against the Queen's Majesty comyng to the
college the first day of the parliament
1563 Item, for iv books of service for the Wednesdays, Fridays,
and Sondays for the cessing of warrs
[Entries relating to "the plague" occur at frequent intervals henceforwards to 1665-6. These two items show that the destruction of dogs, and the marking
* Lady Jane Seymour, the mother of Edward VI., died at his birth, in 1537. See the first item on p. 33·
the street doors with crosses were among the precautions adopted upwards of a hundred years before the visitation of "the great plague."]
1567 Item, paid for the carriage of a polle from Scotland to the
parish church
Item, paid for a drinking made at the Bishop's head when
the sidemen gave their verdict
Item, paid for the setting of two soldiers into the North
parts, and for their coates, slops, and other things, as it
appeareth by a bill thereof
Item for ringing when the Queen's Majesty went to the
Bursse*
1571 Item, paid for ringing for joy of the great victory that the
Christians hath gotten of the Turk
[The victory appears to have been that at Lepanto, with combined fleets, under Don John of Austria.]
1572 Item, for iv new books of the Common Prayer set out by
the Bishops
1575 Item, paid for netesfoot oil to liquor the belles
1576 Item, paid for botehier to London, and from London,
taking a lease of St. Ann's chapel of Mr. Standley
Item, paid for making, writing, and drawing out of a lease
of St. Ann's chapell, to lay wood in for the poor
1579 Item, paid for scowering of the armour and shott against
the musters in Totehill Fields
[Some interesting particulars relating to musterings of various kinds at Tothill Fields are given in Parochial Memorials of St. John the Evangelist, Westminster. These two entries, compared with that of the year 1555, show that bows and arrows had been replaced by weapons charged with powder and shot, which explains the entry against the year 1587.]
Item, paid for powder for the soldiers upon the mustering-
day
1585 Item, paid to Robert Jones, for copeinge out Mr.
Cornellis's will, and for parchment, for writing the
poor people's names which were placed in Mr. Cornellis's
Almshouses+
1586 Item, paid to William Piercy, painter, for painting the
lector pulpet
vjs. viijd.
Item paid for the dinner for the visitation for the church-
wardens and the sidesmen kept at the Sarazione's head ivl. vs.
Item, paid for ringing at the beheading of the Queen of
Scots
is.
1587 Item, paid to Mr. Fisher, for making the butts in Totehill
Fields
il. iijs. Item, received of Mr. Marmaduke Servante, for the use of the poor to buy sea coals, being the gift of the Rt. Hon. the Lord Burleigh, lord high treasurer England, the sum of
The Royal Exchange, which name was given to it in the Queen's presence, Jan. 23, 1570. See her "Progresses," Vol. II. under 1578, p. 108.
+ Ensign-bearer: also written elsewhere at this time "ancient."
Relates to the almshouses for poor women, founded by Cornelius Van Dun seven years previously. A mural monument to the founder is on the north side of St. Margaret's Church. The property was sold long since, and the produce of the investment, amounting to £132 per annum, is now applied to the home nursing of the sick poor by trained nurses.
Item, paid to the ringers the 8th of August, when the
Queen's Majesty went from the St. James's to the
Camp*
1592 Received of the Lord Cromwell and Mr. Freak, being
carried into the countrey to be buryed
Item, paid for perfumes of francomsence, junyper, and
packthrede
1593 Item, the broken tennor waied MDXXIlb. weight; the
new tennor that came in her place weid MCCC and a
Item, the weight of the greatest bell ys MMC and a half
Item, the weit of the treble delivered was CCCC IIJ
quarters and XVIIIb.
Item, the weit of the fourth bell last brought in ys
MDCCC and a half and XIVlb. weight; the weight of
the fourth bell taken away, as is before expressed, is
MCCC and a half
Item, weight of the second bell carried away DCCC IIJ
quarters. The new bell brought in her place weid just
DCCC and a half
1594 Item, paid to John Dore and George Jhonson, by consent
of the Vestry, for casting a ditch between my Lady
Dacres and Mr. Lyne, thereby to content her Ladyship,
she being then determined to found an hospital in this
parish
[The hospital so founded had become decayed beyond repair ten years ago, in consequence of which its site was sold and the proceeds invested in consols, from which forty pensions of £26 each per annum are now granted. A short sketch of the foundation will be found in the Parochial Charities of Westminster, 1890.]
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1595 Item, paid for bread, drink, cheese, fish, cream, and
other victuals, when the worshipfull of the parish, and
many others of the poorest sort, went the perambulation
to Kensington, in this hard and dere time of all things,
as may appear by a bill of particulars
Item, given to John Crevenne, alias ffote, a poor scoller
born in this parish, after a sermon by him made in this
church, by consent of such of the Vestry as were present
at that sermon
il.
1597 Item, for the charges of diet at Kensington for the per-
ambulation of the parish, being a yere of great scarcity
and dereness
vjl. viijs. viijd.
1599 Item, paid for a long diaper table cloth to make two
towels for the communicants [See the foot-note at
P. 41.]
1605 Item, paid for ringing at the birth of the King's daughter
the 9th of April
Item, paid for bread, drink, cheese, fish, cream, and other
necessaries, when the worshipfull and others of the
parish went the perambulation to Kensington
Item, paid the ringers for ringing at the time when the
parliament house should have been blown up
1606 Item, paid the ringing when the King of Denmark came
to the Abby the 4th of August
1608 Item, bought a cloth of gold and a cushion for the
communion table, and a cushion for the pulpit
1609 Item, paid to Wright, the carpenter, for six days' work... ixs.
1610 Item, paid for ringing when he was created Prince of
Waels and for ringing when the fire-works† were made...
*At Tilbury, on the appearance of the Spanish Armada.
Walcott thought this to be the earliest reference to fireworks extant.
1611 Item, paid for five vines and one apricok tree, and for
the planting of them before the Vestry window
Item, paid for a pound of orris powder to put among the
Paid to Goodwfe Wells for salt to destroy the fleas in
the Churchwardens' pew
1613 Paid to James Wheatley for scowring, amending, and
making cleane the Armour belonging to this Church, as
by his Bill maie appeare, vizt., one Horseman's Armour,
nine Corsletts, thirteene Swordes, and twelve Daggers,
and for twelve Calivers, one Muskett, flashes and touch-
boxes
1615 Item, paid to the glasier for xxx foot of new glass, at
vd. the foot, which was for two windows that have
been heretofore stopped up
1617 Item, paid for twenty yards of diaper towelling for the
desks [See the foot-note at p. 41.] ..
[A notice of the foundation of this "correction house," which was built and at first maintained jointly by the Justices and the Vestry, is given in Local Government in Westminster (1889) pp. 160-162. It gradually assumed the character of a common gaol, was several times enlarged, then rebuilt, and finally demolished in 1884-5. The site is now covered by the Pro-Cathedral, Thirleby-road, Ambrosden-avenue, and Ashley-gardens. Mayhew's Great World of London (1856), p. 353, describes the prison with considerable fulness, and gives several illustrations.
1622 Item, paid to Walter Hall, bricklayer, for bricks, tiles,
etc., for and about the building and erecting of the
correction house in Tuttle fields for this city, etc., being
also for a house to set the poor of the parish on work
there
Item, paid to Thomas Hammond, carpenter, for timber,
etc., for and about the said correction house, and for the
mills and other necessarys
Item, paid to
lxxxiijl. xiijs. locksmith, for iron-work
of all sorts needfull in the new building of the said
house, etc.
Item, paid to the joyner for wainscotting, and a table
and formes, in and about the same house
Item, paid to the painter, for colouring in oil the great
gate, and all the windows, doors, and door-cases, in
the said house, etc.
Item, paid to the glasier for lxxxix foot of new glass for the
said houses, and repairing the old windows, which were
much decayed
Item, paid to the mason, for putting hooks into the gate,
and to a labourer to carry the chimney-stones thither
Item paid the labourers to fill up the ditches, and for
ramming the foundations of the brick wall, and for
drains to pass the water away, and for cleansing and
enlarging the sewers
Item, paid for twenty blocks to beat hemp on, iij plain
blocks, and xxviii beetles, for the said house of correc-
tion
vijl. vijs. vjd.
Item, for a green broad cloth carpet, and six cushions of
the same, a pair of large creepers, fire-shovel and tongs
for the court-house in the said house of correction ijl. vs. id.
Item, paid for precedents and orders taken and transcribed
out of other houses of correction, in Middlesex and
Surrey, and out of Ould Bridewell in London, and
Sessions-house
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