Notes and Queries, Number 13, January 26, 1850

Herytage for ther good wyll for tymber for

the newe Rode lofte              ijs. ijd."

The fickle tyrant Henry VIII. dies; a more consistent reign happily ensues.

"1548. Item, for the takying downe of the Roode, the

Tabernacle, and the Images    iijs. vjd.

Also payd to Thomas Stokedale for xxxv ells

of clothe for the frunte of the Rode Lofte

whereas the x Commandements be wrytten,

price of the ell vjd.        xxiijs. iiijd.

Also payd to hym that dyd wryght the said

x Commaundements and for ther drynking

lxvjs. ixd."

Queen Mary succeeds the boy-king Edward VI., and restores the Ritual of her Church.

"1566. Item, payed for the Roode, Mary and John  xl.

"1557. Item, for peyntyng the Roode, Mary and John

xls.

For makyng xvij candilsticks for the roode-light

xjs. iiijd."

Upon the accession of Queen Elizabeth once more, and this time for ever, the rood was destroyed, and the loft, though "reformed," did not long survive it.

"1559. Payde to John Rialle for his iij dayse work

to take downe the Roode, Mary and John

ijs. viijd.

For clevying and sawyng of the Roode, Mary

and John                              xijd.

"1560. Rec'd for the beame the Roode stood on, for

boords and other tymber parcell of the

Roode loft                           xlijs.

For the rest of the stuf belongying to the

Roode lofte                            ixl.

For the great clothe that hong before the

Rode                                   xxs.

Item, paide to joyners and labowrers abowt

the takying downe and new reformyng of the

Roode Loft, &c.           xxxvijl. xs. ijd.

Item, paide for boordes, glew, nayles, and

other neccessaries belonging to the saide

loft                    xiiijl. xiijs. ixd.

Item, paide to a paynter for payntyng the

same                               xijd.

"1562. For bearinge stones for the muringe up of the

dore of the late rood lofte         viijd."

The rapacious Puritans, of course, did not suffer any portion of the church-goods to escape their sacrilegious and itching palms, if convertible into money, so we read—

"1645. Received of Arthur Condall in part of 5li for

the screen and Organ-loft              1s."

    MACKENZIE WALCOTT, M.A.

S.M.W., Dec. 22. 1849.

NOTES UPON CUNNINGHAM'S HANDBOOK FOR LONDON

The Bagnio in Long Acre.—Mr. Cunningham mentions the Queen's Bagnio in Long Acre. Query, was this the same as the Duke of York's Bagnio? S. Haworth published, in a small 12mo. volume, without date, "A Description of the Duke of York's Bagnio, in Long Acre, and of the Mineral Bath and new Spaw thereunto belonging."

Tavistock Street, Covent Garden.—Richard Leveridge, the celebrated singer, after his retirement from the stage, kept a tavern in this street. Here he brought out "A Collection of Songs, with the Music, by Mr. Leveridge. In two volumes. London, Engrav'd and Printed for the Author in Tavistock Street, Covent Garden, 1727." The frontispiece was designed and engraved by Hogarth.

Duke Street, Westminster.—Miss Hawkins, in her Anecdotes, p. 186., speaking of Lady Lucy Meyrick, says, "On quitting her husband's family, she came to reside in Duke Street, Westminster, and lived in that house which had been Prior's, and which exactly faces Charles Street."