III. [INVENTORIES.]

[An Inventory of the Church Furniture in a.d. 1431.]

(fn. 1) Arem' that William Baker, Pewtrer, & John Hetheman [made] the first day of May, þ^e ere of kynge herry þe vj^e, after þe conquest x^e

ffirst, a cowpe of siluer and gelt, to bere in goddes body, with cristall'

Also a cowpe of seluer for goddis body

Also a cowpe of laton & ouergylt

Also v chales of seluer, iiij gilt & j white

Also ij cruettes of seluer

Also iij paxbredes of seluer & gilt

Also ij crossis, on siluer & gelt & anoþer kristall'

Also iij sensers of siluer & gilt

Also ij sheppis of seluere

Also a lytill' cofir with relekys

Also a cloth' of gold cald a fertour, þe champ red

Also anothire fertour of cloth' of (fn. 2) gold, champ blu

Also iiij stavis of red clothid with' damaske

Also a sengil vestyment of white cloth' of gold

Also a sengil vestement of blu with sterres

Also a elew vestement with ij toneclys

Also a white vestement of o sewte with' briddes & grefons of gold

Also a red vestement of satyn with lyons of gold of o sevte

Also a hole vestement of blak veluet of o sevte

Also a hole vestement of blu veluet with' sterres & mones of golde

Also iij blu copes of þe same sevte with sterres & mones

Also a white cope with briddes & grefons of gold

Also a rede cope of selk with lyons of gold

Also a blas cope of veluet

Also j elew cope of selk

Also ij grene copes of selk with beres

(fn. 3) Also a vestement of o sewte of blu ray with on cope of the same sevte

Also a sengel vestement with a tonecle & a cope of þe same sevte

Also a cope with kynges

Also a olde sengil vestement of grene selk poudrid with floures

Also a olde blu vestement of bord alysaundre with chakerid

Also a sengil vestement of red lyned with grene selk

Also a olde vestement with serkelys lyned (fn. 4) with blu tarde

Also a olde vestement of red lyned with elow bokeram

Also a olde vestement of white selk for lente

Also a sengel vestement of white busteyn for lent

Also a olde vestement of red selk lyned with elew, for good friday

Also ij children copes

Also a myter of cloth' of gold set with stones

Also v corporas for principall' dayes

Also vj seoudaries corporas & a case

Also vij pelewes of selk of diuers colours

Also iij principall' towels for þe hye awtere

Also xxj auter clothis of lynnen

Also ij towayles for crosses

Also v smale towayles

Also iij feriall' towayles to wype on handes

Also ij sewdarie of lynne cloth' enbraudid with gold

Also ij masse bokes and a pistelarie

Also ij grete antyphaners

Also iiij olde smale antyphaners

Also ij legendes & a manwell' & a Ordynall'

Also iiij grayels & iij sawters & iiij processionares & a marteloge

Also vj candelstykkis of laton more & lasse & a kandelstyk of laton with foure nosis

Also ij olde crosses of laton & ij stanes for þe principall' crosses & ij baner clothis

Also a cheste with evydens þat longeth' to þe chirche

(fn. 5) Also haue in mende of ij chales wheche were broke to þe vse of þe cherche, on to twey sheppis & anoþer to þe princypall' coupe with þe cristall'

(fn. 6) Also a pece of seluer was broke to amend þe fote of þe crosse (fn. 5) of seluer

Also a boke of laweis callyd decretallis

Also a stop & a styk of laton

[An Isolated Inventory of the Furniture of a House in 1485.]

(fn. 7) + Ihesus.

The which' maryn entird at Mighelmas Anno tercio

[R Res . . es. iiij^ti?]

In the Cheffe Chaumbre

a standyng bed, made with estrychborde, with the hed on the same wyse.

In the chambre ouer the parlour

a standyng bed, a fforme, and iij^e barris of yryn for to hyng on corteyns.

Item, a chambre within the same chambre

a standyng bed, corven with estrich' borde of beyond see makyng and a fforme.

In the Inner Chaumbre

a standyng bed and a fforme & ij° trestilles.

In another chambre

a bed without a botom.

In the parloure

a [spear ?] with ij° leves.

In the Bottrye

iiij schelves.

In the Chambre ouer þe gate

a standyng bed.

In the Chambre ouer þe Kechen

a standyng bedd, a foreme & a stole.

In Antonyes Chambre

a standyng bedd.

In the Chaumbre by þe Sommer parlour a standyng bedd, a grete, new, standyng almerye with iij levys.

In the chaumbre next Seynt botolphus chirch' yard a standyng bedd.

In the next chaumbre lye

a standyng bedd, also a coumptour that Ioh'n de pount had covird with grene clothe.

a Coumptour in the chaumbre ouer the well', couerd with grene.

ij° Cowmptoures by antonyes chaumbre couerd with grene.

a Cowmptour by the chaumbre þat peter vatas had couerd with grene.

a newe cowmptour in the highest chaumber ouer the strete, couerd with grene.

In the Kechen

iij schelves, ij dressyng bordes, ij greate fformes, a fforme, and a greate almarye with ij leves.

In the larder house

ij Schelves.

In the house nexte the gardyn

ij schelves and a grete bynn to leye in otes.

In the Stable

a Racke & a mawnger, and it is new planked.

ffor the well'

a Bokett with a cheyne of yryn.

Also ther be xxx spryng lockes & keyes.

and ther be xxij stock lockes & keyes.

Also ther be iiij plate lockes for the greate almarye & keyes.

Also v plate lockes & keyes with v boltes, yryn.

Also ther is, for the postern gate, a plate locke with a bolte, yryn, & ij keyes.

Also v plate lockes with v cleket keyes.

Also all' the glass wyndowes in the saide place, and in the comptores longyng to the saide place [benethe?] myne, hole and sufficientely amendyd, and made at the commyng in of the saide Powle. And so to leve hem att the goyng owte of the saide Maryn and of his attorney by Couenaunt made bytwene hem & me þe saide I. Bedham.

[An Inventory of the Church Furniture, made in 1496–7.]

[This Inventory was probably made in 1496–7, if we may judge from the date of a transaction in 1492 mentioned at the end, and the fact that our Accounts show that an Inventory was made in 1496–7. Also the mention of the late parson, William Wyld, and the name of a donor, Dr. Atclyff, point to this period.]

(fn. 8) The Inventorye of the Chyrch goodes.

The Appareyle ffor the hyghe Aulter.

Item, ij° awlter clothes of Russett cloth' of golde, of the gyffte of M^r Wylliam Marowe & William & Th. his ij° sonnes by the helpe of M^r Joh'n Smarte, grocer.

Item, a corporas caase of the same.

Item, ij° Curtens of Russett sarsynet frengid with sylke.

Item, a Sewte of Rede satyn ffygryd with golde, of the gyffte of the saide M^r Wylliam Marowe and of Ioh'n Smarte, grocer, conteynyng iij^e Coopes, ij° Cheasybles, ij° Aulbes, ij° Amyttes, ij° stoles, ij° fanons & ij gyrdylles.

Item, a cheasyble of cloth' of golde þat Maister Cambryge made, with an Albe & Amyttes, an Albe, stole & fanon; And a gyrdyll' of sylke made lyke a call' with a corporas caase.

Item, an aulter of whyte damaske with the ffrontel palid with purple clothe of golde and white. And a awlter cloth', dyapre, sewed to the same.

Item, ij Curteynes of white sylke to the same.

Item, an awlter Cloth'e, Blewe velveut powdird with fflowres of golde and the ffrontell' of the same sewte.

Item, a frontell' for the schelffe standyng on the alter, of blue sarsenet with bryddes of golde, and ij° blew Curteynes of sylke, ffrenghid.

Item, a peyer Allter Clothes of Grene bawdkyn bothe above & benethe, with ij° Curteynes of grene sarsnet ffrenged with sylke blu, grene, yelou & Rede.

Item, a Sewte of whigh't clothe of golde, of the gyffte of Ioh'n Mongeham, ffisshmonger, conteynyng iij^e copes, j cheasible, ij Tonucles, iij^e Albes, iij^e amytes, iij^e stoles, iij^e ffannones & iij girdelles.

Item, ij° Awter clothes of Red cloth' of golde and whight, panyd. And ij° curtens of Red sarsynet and whight, panyd & ffr[e]ngid with silke.

Item, a corporas case with þe one side of clothe of golde of Tysew, al gold, & the oþer syde grene saten barryd with lasis of golde, of the gyffte of Elizabeth gooswell'.

(fn. 9) Item, a Sewte of Reede Cloth'e of lukis Golde, conteynnyng a Coope with' a cheasible, ij° tonykles, iij Aulbes, iij^e Amytes, iij^e stolis, iij^e fanon & iij^e gyrdilles, of the gyffte of Wylliam Baker, peautrer.

Item, a Reede vestment, broudred with lyons of golde, of Reede Saten, that is to saye—a cheasible and a tonykle to the same with ij° Awbis, ij° Amytes, ij° stoles, ij° ffanones & ij° girdels, late amended, And a coope therto of reede saten poudird with lyons.

(fn. 10) Item, a Coope of white clothe of baudekyn garnyshid with byrdes, grefons and ffloures of golde, prest & dekyn of þe same [nspend ?]. (fn. 10)

Item, a Blewe vestment of velvet, poudyrd with lambes, mones & sterres. The cheasible, þe albe, the Amys, the stole, the fanon & gyrdill'.

Item, a Canapye of blue cloth'e of baudkyn, with birdes & ffloures in golde.

Item, a Canapye of Rede sylke with grene braunchis & white ffloures poudryd with swannys of golde betwene the braunches.

(fn. 11) Item, a vestyment of the gyffte of maister wylliam wylde, late parson of this chirch', conteynyng—a chessyble of blew saten fugerid with syluer, with' an albe, an Amys & o gyrdyll'.

Item, ij Corperas Casis of Clothe of gold And iiij of nedyll' wourke, And vj other casys, of dyuers wourkes.

Item, vj Copes for children, of dyuers sorttes: & viij smale stremers of þe gyfte of M^r Remyngton & M^r Ryvell': And oþer square baners.

Item, a Myter for a bysshop at seint Nycholas tyde, garnysshid with syluer & amelyd and perle and Counterfete stone.

Item, ij cheyres of Iron for Rector Coris.

Item, a pyx clothe for the hight auter, of Sipers frenged with gold, with knoppis of golde & sylke of spaynesshe makyng, of the gyft of M^r doctor hatclyff, parson.

Item, a pix clothe of Sipers, ffrenged with grene sylk & Red, with Knoppis syluer & gylt with corners goyng, of Mistres Duklynges gyffte.

Item, iij crosse stavys clothes, gyldyd, with Images of golde.

Item, a Canape for the pyx, of red velwett with iij Crownys of laton.

Item, a Canape for þe pyx, of whigh't Baudekyn lyke clothe of golde.

Item, a deske of laton with a [ff ?]akon.

Item, ij standardes of laton.

Item, on the high auter ij gret Candylstykes & iij small'. And on sent Stephyns Awter ij Candylstykes.

Item, ij Crosse staves, laten, gyldyd.

Item, ij gylt fete for Crossys, and oon Coper & gylt.

(fn. 12) The Aulter Clothes.

ffirst, an Awlter cloth', diaper, hole & sounde, conteynyng in length'e iij yardes di., In Breede j ell' with' iij p^t Blew Rayes at the one ende.

Item, an Awlter Cloth'e, diaper, conteynnyng in length'e iij yardes di., In Breede j ell' with iiij Blew Rayes at euery ende of the saide cloth'.

Item, a cloth'e of ffyne diaper, crosse werke, content in length' v yardes quarter, in Breede j ell', & the one ende fasid oute longe.

Item, a clothe, hole, diaper, content in lengthe iiij yardes, in Brede a large yard, gernyschid with blewe at both'e endes.

Item, a cloth'e of Crosse diaper, ffyne, content in lengthe ix yerdes and in brede a ell'.

Item, an olde Aulter cloth'e, diaper, content in length' iij yerdes di. In brede j yerd, merked with' iij^e Reyes at euery ende.

Item, another broken pece, diaper, content in length' ij yerdes di., in brede a yerd, merked with' ij blew reyes in the myddes.

Item, another aulter cloth', diaper, content in length' iij yardes di., In brede iij quarters & nel', with iij^e blynde Reyes at euery ende.

Item, an olde diaper cloth'e of iij [peces ?] content in length' vij yerdes di., In brede j yard: full' of holis.

Item, a diaper cloth'e, wrack, content in length'e iij yardes di., In brede j ell'.

Item, an olde diaper cloth', content in length'e iiij yardes & di. o quarter, In brede j yerde.

Item, an olde diaper cloth' with losenghis, content iiij yardes, In Brede o yerde large, with' a blew marke on the ende.

Item, an olde diaper cloth'e, conteynnyng in length'e iiij yardes di., In Brede a large yerd, with iij brede Reyes in the one ende.

(fn. 13) Item, a playne clothe, peacid in the myddis, conteynnyng in length'e iiij yerdes quarter, In Brede a large yarde, with an Antony Crosse of Rede on the one ende.

Item, a broken Awlter Clothe, pleyne, content in length'e iij yardes quarter, In Breede a yard & di. o quarter, with' iij blue Reyes in myddes.

[Choir Apparel.]

Item, viij surplyces for the quere of þe whiche ij haue no slevys.

Item, in Rochettes for children vij.

Item, in Albys for chyldren vj, & vj Ameses with parelles & iij Albys and Ameses withowte parelles.

[Miscellaneous.]

Item, ij peyre of old organs.

Item, v grete belles and a sanctus bell', of the which' v greate belles the iiij^th great bell' was clere of þe gyfte of Ioh'n Duklyng, ffysshmonger, as is graved vppon þe bell'.

Item, iiij holywatur stopps of laton.

Item, iiij gret quysshons with downe, ij of them with sylke and ij with ffustean.

Item, iij smale Candylstykes of laton for Tapurs.

Item, iiij Candylstykes of laton with braunches for Talough candell'.

Item, a gylt Table of the Trynete, for to sett on the high' Aulter.

Item, a Coporas Case of Nedyll' wourk the bakside purpill' velwet, and a ffyne Corporas therin with semys of gold, of the gyfte of Mistres Iulyan Roche.

Item, more of the gyfte of the same Iulyan, a syluer bell' parcell' gylt.

(fn. 14) Towelles.

Item, a ffyene diaper towell', hole, conteynnyng in length' vj yardes iij quarters, In Brede di. o ell', with a blewe Raye et eyder ende.

Item, a diaper towell', hole, content in lengthe v yardes o quarter, In Brede di o yard, with' vj strakis at euerye ende.

Item, a diaper towell' of cross werkes, ffyne & hole, conteynnyng in length' x yardes, in Brede iij quarters large.

Item, a ffyne diaper towell', cheker werke, content in length'e vj yardes di., in Brede di. o yard di. quarter, Chekred at bothe endes with blew & tawnnye.

Item, a diaper towell', hole, content in lengthe viij yardes, in Brede di. o yard.

Item, a diaper towell', Cheker werkes, hole, content in length'e x yardes, in brede di. o ell', with blewe rayes at eyther ende.

Item, a diaper towell', content in length'e vij yardes iij quarter, in brede di. o yard, with iij white Reyes at eyder ende.

Item, a diaper towell', content in length' v yardes, in brede di. o yard, Broudred at bothe endes.

Item, a ffyne diaper towell', content in length' iij yardes iij quarters di., in brede iij quarters with iij blue Reyes at the one ende.

Item, a ffyne diaper towell', content in length' iiij yardes di., in Brede di. o yerd, broudred at bothe endes.

Item, a diaper towell' conteynnyng in length iij yardes di., in brede iij quarters, Reyed at both'e endes.

Item, a course diaper towell' of the gyffte of patryck wolf, late yoman, content in length'e and in brede.

(fn. 15) Pleyne Towelles.

Item, a pleyne towell' content in length' iij yardes iij quarters di., In Brede j quarter di.

Item, a pleyne towell' content in length' ij yerdes di., In Brede di. yerd.

Item, a towel, content iij yardes di., In Brede o quarter.

Item, a towell', content in length' iij yardes, In Brede di. yerd.

Item, a towell', content in length' iiij yardes, In Brede di. yerd.

Item, a towell', content

Item, ij Aulter Clothes, canvas, content apece iiij yerdes, In Brede a yard & di. quarter.

Item, ij dyapre Tableclothis for the high' Auter, of the gyffte of Mestres Ientyll'.

Item, a Towell' of the gyfte of Mother Ienet.

Item, a ffyne Ryven Surplis in a lynnyn Bag, of the gyffte of sir Ioh'n Colyns. (fn. 16) this Surples was geven vnto Maister Welliam Weld, parson, be the asentt of the parysh in the yer anno 1492 be the handis of me Ricardo cloos. (fn. 16)

[An Inventory, imperfect, of a.d. 1523 (?)].

Five pages of MS. B have clearly been set aside to contain the following Inventory. Little more than one of these pages is, however, occupied by text, the rest remain blank. The date of the Inventory may with some degree of certainty be fixed by the fact that the page immediately before the Inventory contains matter of the date 1523, and the back of the last blank page has reference to matters of the year 1524.

(fn. 17) The Inuentory of the Chirch' Goodes.

[An Inventory of the Contents of the House of John Porth, a.d. 1531 (?).

John Porth was buried in St. Mary's church, in 1525. By his will, made in January, 1524, he directed that the goods at the 'George' at Billingsgate should, at the termination of his lease of that house, be sold, and the proceeds be divided between the poor and in masses to be said in St. Mary's church.]

(fn. 19) +

here aftor foloythe the Inmytory Iohn port, layt the kynges seruant, as aftor foloythe.

In the halle.

(fn. 20) In the payrlar.

(fn. 22) +

In the bottry.

(fn. 24) +

In hes chamber.

(fn. 26) +

(fn. 28) +

In the chamber ouer the hall'.

(fn. 30) In the lytyll chamber next.

(fn. 32) +

(fn. 34) +

The napry.

Hes Rayment.

(fn. 39) +

Iakettes.

(fn. 41) +

(fn. 44) +

The wyffe[s] Rayment.

(fn. 46) +

Her bonettes.

(fn. 50) In the garrett ouer the greytt chamber.

In the garrett next the streyt.

In the chamber ayenst the streyt.

In the shope.

(fn. 53) +

In the Countyng howse.

(fn. 55) Certen stuff at [the George].

Item, Certen Stuff at the George at byllingesgate, as aperyth by the Testament of Mr porthe (fn. 56)

Sperat dettes.

Chatelles.

(fn. 57) Desperat dettes.

Dettes that the Testatour oweth.

ffynerall Expences.

(fn. 59) +

Playte and Iewells.

(fn. 61) +

(fn. 65) Iewells for her body.

(fn. 67) +

(fn. 70) Pledges.

(fn. 72) Pledges.

[Inventories of the Furniture of the Church in 1553.]

(fn. 73) These parselles of Napre Insving, latly apertayning to y^e seyde Church of Saint Mary at Hill, were delyuered to doctor Crome, M^r bassell & Rycharde Grafton, apointed by y^e Kinges maiestes commissioners in yat behalf, y^e tenth daye of ffebrvary in the Seventh yere of y^e reign of our souerange Lord King Edwarde y^e Sixt, in y^e presence of Wolstone win, William brafild, William Kelly, Audrian Serle and Edmond Candishe:—

ffirst, delyuered xxxix aubes with lj amices & xij auter clothes, vij of diaper and v of playne cloth.

delyuered xix Svrplices with ij towelles of diaper.

These parselles of plat and ornamenttes Insving, latly appertayning to y^e foreseid Church of Saynt Mary at Hill, were delyuered to Stephen Kerton, Cetezen & Allderman of London, Georg Heton and Wylliam Allyn, Commissioners by the Kinges maieste in yat behalf, apointed the therd daye of maye in the Seventh yere of the reign of our Souerangne Lord King Edwarde the Sixt, in the presence of Thomas Cleton the ellder, Wolston win, William Brafild, William Kelly, Avdrian Serlle, William Steven, Edmond Candisshe, Thomas Shotsham, Ioh'n Heyns, Harry worland, Wylliam Holstoke, Henry Smith, mercer, Robert Heyes, Artheur malbe, Thomas papworth, Ioh'n archer, Stephen skidmor, wythe dyvarars other.

(fn. 74) ffirst, delyuered a challis of sillver gilt with y^e pattin, waing xiiij^ten oz a half.

& j Crismatory of silluer, waying xv oz.

delyuered ij shippes with ij spones of silluer, parsell gilt, waying xxviij oz.

& ij silluer sensers, parsell gilt, wayng lxxx oz.

delyuered a Cross of silluer gilt with a Cristoll in it bovnd with latten wire, waing xlv oz.

delyuered the silluer of gospell boke, gilt, waing xxxiij oz.

delyuered ij silluer Candelstickes, parsell gilt, waing xlviij oz.

delyuered a pix of Sillver, wayyig viij oz.

delyuered a Canipe Clothe of Red damaske branched withe govld & ij Corporas Cases, one of Red velvett with [bovsaes ?] knottes. licke gould and y^e other of Cloth a govld.

delyuered xj Corperas cases & iij of them Cloth a govld.

delyuered a Svte of Red Clothe of govld & iij Copes of ye same.

delyuered a Svte of blew Clothe of govld & iij Copes of ye same.

delyuered a Svte of whit Cloth of gold & iij Copes of ye same.

delyuered a Svte of Red velvet and iij Copes of ye same.

delyuered a Svte of blew velvet and iij Copes of ye same.

delyuered a Svte of whit velvet & j Cope of ye same.

delyuered a Svte of grene bodkin & a Cope of ye same.

delyuered a Svte of Red bodkin & a Cope of ye same.

delyuered a Svte of blacke velvet & a Cope of ye same.

delyuered a Svte of Red with lyons of gold and a Cope of ye same.

delyuered a Svte of whit damaske and ij Copes of ye same.

delyuered for a preist & a deaken of yeolowe silke.

delyuered ij owld Copes & vj owld Tynacles.

delyuered viij Chilldrens Copes and ij Cross Clothes, one of Red silke and the other of grene.

delyuered a Canipi Cloth of Red bodkin with viij stremars.

delyuered a stayned Cloth yat went about y^e Sepultev.

(fn. 75) delyuered xv banner clothes & a vestment of gren bodkin.

delyuered for a preist & a deaken of Red and Russet damaske.

delyuered for a preist & a subdeaken of blew bodkin.

delyuered for a preist a vestment of blew with bovnchis of leckes.

delyuered ij vestmenttes, j of gren y^e other of blew velvet.

delyuered one owld vestment of sattyn a bridges.

delyuered a vestment of whit bvstine with a Red cros.

delyuered j owld whit vestment of damaske & iiij Copes bodkin with ij Copes of blacke vorsted.

delyuered iij vestmenttes, one of whit, another of Red, and the other of grene silke.

delyuered ij vestmenttes, one of Red silke the other grine.

delyuered iiij vestmenttes, one of blew bodkin, another of Red bodkin, one of whit cloth, y^e other of whit bvstine.

delyuered Cortins of Red & whit Sarcenet.

delyuered whole haninges of Russet Clothe of gold and Covrtins of Russet silke.

delyuered Cortins of blew silke with j ovld cope of blacke welvet.

delyuered one haning, beneth, for y^e heigh avter, of whit damask.

delyuered Cortins of whit sarcenet with whole haninges for y^e heigh avter, of grine bodkin, & certins of grine silke.

delyuered for Saint Christoffers avter, an haning above, of Cloth a gold, with Cortins of blew silke.

delyuered for St Annes avter, one haning above, of Cloth of gold, with Cortins of Red & whit sarcenet.

delyuered for St Katherins avter one haning beneth, of blacke vellvet & Red satten cortins of Red & whit silke.

delyuered for our ladies avtter, one haning beneith, of whit silke, and Corttyns of the same.

delyuered j other haning beneth, for our ladies avter, of blacke satten.

delyuered ij basons, one of latten & y^e other of pevter.

delyuered iiij laten Candellsticckes.

delyuered a bell Cavlled a sacaring bell.

(fn. 76) These parselles of ornamenttes, Napre and belles Insving, now apertainning to the seid Church of Sayt Mary at Hill', were delliverid by the said Robert Yovng at the end of this Accompt to stephen Kevald, Churchwardin of the seid parishe Church, saflie to be kept to y^e vse of the same Church.

ffirst, a Challis of Sillver, parsell gilt, with The patten, waing xxx o.

Item, a Challis of Sillver, gilt, waing with y^e paten xviij o.

Item, whole haninges for y^e heigh avtter, of cloth of govld, Contayned in leinth iij^d yeardes iij^e quarters lacking a naile, in bredethe a yeard & iij^e quarters, with one other haning benethe for the high avter, of blew velvet branched with gold.

Item, a haning benethe for the highe avter, of grine bodkin branched withe govld.

Item, a bvring Clothe a govld & blacke velvet.

Item, a bvring Clothe of blew bodkin branched with gold.

Item, a bvring Clothe of ovld blacke velvet with katherins whelles, & an ovld bvring Cloth for Chilldren withe a Crvcifix in y^e middest.

Item, xv Cortins ij of grene silke and The rest of payntted Clothes.

Item, x avter, one owld of silke and the rest of paynted Clothes.

Item, a Cope of yeoloe silke, & iij^e Tinacles, one of Red silke, another of blewe bodkin, and the other of lennen Clothe.

Item, a preist, deaken & svbdeaken of grine bodkin.

Item, iiij Canipi staves with iiij knoppes, gilt, & ij qvoissions, j of grine silke, ye other of nedelworke.

(fn. 77) Item, ij gret qvoissians and nine small.

Item, ij basonnes, one latten, the other pevter.

Item, In the vper vestre a gret chist bard with yron.

Item, In the lower vestre iij^e Small' Chistes.

Item, In at y^e vestre dore a Chist with ij lockes.

Item, In y^e qvire ij settelles with lockars apece.

Item, before my ladie paiges pew, a chist with ij lockes.

Item, a gret owld Chist bovnd with yron, & ij stovlles.

Item, In our ladies Chappell, a chist with ij lockes.

Item, before y^e Qvire, a long ssettell with ij lockes.

Item, before y^e pvllpit, a Chist with one locke.

Item, In y^e Southe part of the Churche, ij long settelles, In the which we were wont to pvt our torchis.

Item, In the Northe part, a Settell to set apon.

Item, In the Roud loft iij^e pair of harms with ij paire of spellentes, ij sallettes & ij blacke howbardes.

Item, more in the Roud loft; a long Chist with the fframe of the Sepvllev[r ?] in yt.

Item, in the vestre, a Chist with iiij latten Candellstickes & a pixe, & a Crosse ffote of latten.

Item, ij Crvettes of leed & v gret Torchis.

Item, more; iiij staf torchis with iiij short Red torchis.

Item, owld yron, amongest y^e which yer is a spit with Cortin Roddes and a sertain of owld leed.

Item, more; a painted Cloth yat did hang before y^e Roud.

Item, In one of the settelles in y^e sovth part of ye Church, v Torchis, Svm long, som short.

Item, ij fovnt Clothes, j wrovght with Red silk, y^e other of gould.

Item, a Canipe Cloth of Red sarcenet sarving Svme tyme for the pixe.

Item, a ffringe with knoppes of silke beloning Svme tyme To a Sacrament Clothe.

Item, ij paire of Organs, y^e one gretter yen y^e other.

Item, a towell of diaper, in bredeth iij^e quarters of a yeard, in leinthe Ten yeardes.

Item, a Towell of dammaske worke, in bredethe iij^e quarters of a yeard, In leinthe xiij yeardes a half.

Item, an avter Clothe of diaper, in leinthe v yeaddes, in bredeth a yeard a qvarter.

(fn. 78) Item, an avter Clothe of diaper, in leinthe v yeardes, in bredeth yeard qvarter a half.

Item, auter Clothe of diaper, in leinth iiij yeardes & better in bredeth a yeard and a qvarter.

Item, xj Svrplices & x aubes, to be mad into Surplices.

Item, in the steple, v gret belles & one Santes bell.

Item, a Mas boke, with ij antiphonars, one greter y^en y^e other.

Item, a graill, with a littell mas boke.

Item, a gospell boke & x bokes of song to be sovng at mas, in parchement, with v Caroll bokes.

Item, v littell song bokes, in parchement, & v song bokes in paist, with v song bokes to be song at mas, in paist.

Item, a gret boke Cavlled a leigend, which was paid for as here after ffolloithe:—M^r cleton, Thellder, iij s iiij d, M^r Lorimor ij s, M^r brafild ii js iiij d, M^r broke iij s iiij d, M^r Stewen iij s iiij d, & Robert Yong iij s iiij d, and all the rest was paid owt of the Chist in y^e Churche of the moni that was Receued at the Commvnion Table, xxj s iiij d—xl s.

Item, ij belles of latten, beloning somtyme to y^e Canipe.

Item, a boxe of evidences apertayning to the bell at Towre hill.

deliverid also aqvittaunce in latten being in [print ?] for the Subsede of the Church for the Svmma of iij l'i vj s.

(fn. 79) ano domini 1553.

These parselles of ornamenttes, latlye apertaning to our Churche of Saynt Mari at hill, ar nowe Restorede agayne by the Qvenes maiestes goodnes, for the vse & behovf of y^e seid Church, y^e xxj^th daye of december in the ffirst yere of her maiestes reigne, to the Intent yat god maie be y^e more honorably & Reuerenly served; the which ornamenttes were Receued of Arther Stovrton at y^e Qvenes wardroppe at westminster, & were deliverid bi the handdes of y^e fforeseid Arther Stovrton, by Indenture, vnto Steven Kevald & Thomas shotsham, then being churchwardins of the seid parishe Churche, In the presence of Thomas Lvcas, William stewen, Nicolas Altroppe, Thomas Mvndy, Ioh'n harison, Thomas bachgate & Robert Young, thes parselles hereafter Insving, yat is to saye:—

ffirst, iij^e Copes of Rede Clothe of gould, the preist, a deaken, & Subdeaken of y^e same.

Item, iij^e copes of whit Cloth of gold, the deaken, & Subdeaken of the same.

Item, a Cope of blewe Clothe of gold, the preist, deaken, & Subdeaken of y^e same.

Item, for y^e highe avter, ij haninges of Clothe of gold Reised with Russet vellet.

Item, a haning for St Christoffers avter, of Clothe a gold Reiseid with wite & grin vellet.

(fn. 80) Thes parselles hereafter Insving were geven of our parishners as hereafter Insvithe, yat is to saie:—

Receued, of the gifte of Thomas Cleton, thellder, a Crosse of Copper gilt.

Item, for a preist, a vestment of grine bodkin.

Receued, of the gifte of William Stewens, ij Courttins of whit silke.

Receued, of the gifte of William Brafild, ij paire of Corttins of Red & whit sarcenet.

[Leaves 761–2b form virtually a duplicate of leaves 749 b–750 b, but the goods were delivered by Robert Young to Stephen Kavoll, and by Kavoll to Thomas Shotsham. After the box of evidence item the list concludes with:—"iij antyphonars, ij grayles, ij hymnolles and ij processyonars," the final acquittance note being omitted. Leaf 763 is virtually a copy of leaves 751 b–52.]

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