For some few years the expenses were normal; but in 1512 the desire to possess more bells again came upon the parish. In the same year the people purchased “a pair of censer chains, when the parson was in London,” and they renewed the device “for hanging up the Sacrament” over the altar. In 1516 the bells evidently did not ring well, and a man was brought over from Boston to set them right. In the same year there are entered expenses for hanging a lamp and for making “a lectern in the choir.” The following year the north side of the church was found to stand in need of repair, and there are expenses for propping the wall up during the work. This year, also, the parish purchased a new vestment and a chalice; and in 1519, after the repairs, the bishop came to reconsecrate the church, and the people paid his fee of 40_s._ for doing so. In 1525 an item of expense is of interest: “To Isabel Frendyke for marking all the lynen clothis: St. Thomas’ with a mark of black sylke +, and O. Lady’s with a M.” [Illustration: BRACKET WITH SUSPENDED DOVE AND COVER] [Illustration: SACRAMENTAL DOVE] In 1526 there was a movement to beautify the rood-screen. An “alybaster man,” otherwise called “Robert Brook the carver,” was procured, and money was gathered in the town for his support, and some who gave no money gave cheese. William Franckis, one of the parishioners, died this year, and left a legacy of 46_s._ 8_d._ to buy “images of alybaster to be set in ye rood-loft.” There were apparently in all seventeen images, and “in earneste thereof” the carver was paid a shilling on account; but when he got to work he found that he could only do sixteen of the figures for the 46_s._ 8_d._, at 3_s._ 4_d._ each. Apparently, however, William Franckis had provided for contingencies; he had probably looked at the vacant niches during the many Sundays he had knelt in front of the rood, had determined that they must be all filled, and so had charged his wife Janet to see to it. At any rate, the widow found the other 3_s._ 4_d._, “that every stage might be filled.”