"R'd for the clothe of _bodkine_[11] y't Ser Roger Marten hade before in keppinge, and now sold by the consente of a vestry and our mynnister iij'll vj's viij'd "The Payments as followithe:-- "P'd to the wife of John Bakone _gwder_ of the Lazer cotte at Myle End[12] in full of her due {261} for keppinge of Evan Redde y't was Mr. Hariots mane till his departtur and for his Shete and Burialle as dothe apere xl's viij'd "P'd for makinge of the Longe pillowe & the pulpit clothe ij's "P'd for a yard and a nale of fustane for the same pillowe xvj'd "P'd for silke to the same pillowe xvj'd "P'd for xj'li of fethers for the same pillowe, at v'd iiij's vij'd "P'd for brede and beer that day the quen cam in xij'd "P'd for candells and mendinge the _baldrocke_[13] vj'd "P'd for paynttinge y'e stafe of the survayer iij'd "P'd for mendynge the lytell bell iij's "Pd to Mr. Sanders for the yearly rent of the Laystall and skowringe the _harnes_[14] for his yer iij's viij'd "P'd to Mr. Wright for the makinge of the Cloke[15] mor than he gatheride, agred one at the laste vestrie xvij's "P'd to Peter Medcalfe for mending the Cloke when it neade due at o'r Ladies Daye laste past in Anno 1581 iij's "P'd for entringe this account xx'd." W.C., JUNIOR, Overseer of St. Antholin, 1850. [11] _Brodekine_. A richly-gilt stuff. [12] It appears from an entry in the preceding year, that this man was first sent to "Sentt Thomas Spittell in Soughwork," when it was discovered that he was afflicted with the leprosy, or some cutaneous disease, and immediately removed to the Lazar-house at Mile End, it being strictly forbidden that such cases should remain in the hospitals. These lazar-houses were built away from the town; one was the Lock Hospital, in Southwark; one at Kingsland, another at Knightsbridge, and that mentioned above between Mile End and Stratford. The laws were very strict in the expulsion of leprous people from the city; and if they attempted to force their way into the hospitals, they were bound fast to horses, and dragged away to the lazar-houses. [13] The _baldricke_ was the garter and buckle by means of which the clapper was suspended inside the bell. [14] _Harnes_, or armour, which perhaps hung over some of the monuments in the church. [15] It was about this time that clocks began to be generally used in churches (although of a much earlier invention); and in subsequent years we have several items of expenditure connected with that above mentioned. In 1595:--