Heybridge Church, near Maldon, was formerly strewn with rushes, and round the pews, in holes made apparently for the purpose, were placed small twigs just budding.--_N. & Q. 2nd S._ vol. i. p. 471. GLOUCESTERSHIRE. At St. Briavels, after divine service, formerly, pieces of bread and cheese were distributed to the congregation at church. To defray the expenses, every householder in the parish paid a penny to the churchwardens, and this was said to be for the liberty of cutting and taking the wood in Hudnalls. According to tradition, the privilege was obtained of some Earl of Hereford, then lord of the Forest of Dean, at the instance of his lady, upon the same hard terms that Lady Godiva obtained the privileges for the citizens of Coventry.--Rudder, _History of Gloucestershire_, 1779, p. 307. See _N. & Q. 2nd S._ vol. x. p. 184. A remnant of the old customs of Whitsuntide is retained at the noble old church of St. Mary Redcliffe, Bristol, which is annually strewn with rushes in accordance with ancient practice.--See Edwards, _Old English Customs and Charities_, pp. 216, 217. A custom existed at Wickham for the lord of the manor to give a certain quantity of malt to brew ale to be given away at Whitsuntide, and a certain quantity of flour to make cakes. Every one who kept a cow sent curd; others, plums, sugar and flour. A contribution of sixpence from each person was levied for furnishing an entertainment, to which every poor person of the parish who came was presented with a quart of ale, a cake, a piece of cheese, and a cheesecake.--Rudder, _History of Gloucestershire_, 1779, p. 817. HAMPSHIRE. At Monk Sherborne, near Basingstoke, both the Priory and parish churches were decorated with birch on Whitsunday.--_N. & Q. 4th S._ vol. ii. p. 190. HEREFORDSHIRE. On Whitsunday, says a correspondent of _N. & Q._ (_4th S._ vol. i. p. 551), I was in the church of King’s Pion, near Hereford, and was struck with what seemed to me a novel style of church decoration. Every pew corner and “point of vantage” was ornamented with a sprig of birch, the light green leaves of which contrasted well with the sombreness of the woodwork. No other flower or foliage was to be seen in the church. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE. Miss Baker (_Glossary of Northamptonshire Words_, 1854, vol. ii. p. 433) describes the celebration of a Whitsun-ale early in the present century in a barn at King’s Sutton, fitted up for the entertainment, in which the lord, as the principal, carried a mace made of silk, finely plaited with ribbons, and filled with spices and perfumes for such of the company to smell as desired it; six morris dancers were among the performers.