Oliver, the historian of the guild, reads ‘hymnall’ for ‘Ryginall’ in the 1480 entry. He also asserts that there was a regular Corpus Christi play by the crafts. This seems improbable in a place of the size of Sleaford, and in fact Oliver’s elaborate description is entirely based upon data from elsewhere, especially the _Gubernacio Ludi_ of Beverley (cf. p. 340)[910]. STAPLEFORD, ESSEX. ‘Men of Starford’ hired the Chelmsford (q.v.) wardrobe during 1564-6. I find no Starford, but a Stapleford Tawney and a Stapleford Abbots in Essex. STOKE BY NAYLAND, ESSEX. Sir John Howard ‘ȝafe to the pleyeres of Stoke, ijˢ’ on Jan. 12, 1466. Lord Howard ‘paid to the pleirs of Turton Strete xxᵈ’ on Aug. 29, 1481. Thorington is still the name given to part of Stoke. There is also an independent township so named in Essex. On May 22, 1482, Lord Howard ‘yaff to the cherche on Whitson Monday at the pley xˢ.’ On Jan. 2, 1491, the Earl of Surrey paid iijˢ iiijᵈ ‘in reward to the panget’ [? pageant][911]. STONE, KENT. Stone players were at Lydd in 1490. TEWKESBURY, GLOUCESTERSHIRE. The churchwardens’ accounts in 1578 mention payments for ‘the players’ geers, six sheep-skins for Christ’s garments’; and an inventory of 1585 includes ‘eight heads of hair for the Apostles, and ten beards, and a face or vizier for the Devil[912].’ TINTINHULL, SOMERSET. The churchwardens’ accounts for 1451-2 include a receipt:— ‘de incremento unius ludi vocati Christmasse play[913].’ WAKEFIELD, YORKSHIRE. See _Texts_ (i), _Towneley Plays_. WIMBORNE MINSTER, DORSETSHIRE. Players of ‘Wymborne Minster’ were rewarded by Henry VII on Jan. 1, 1494 (Appendix E, viii). WINCHESTER, HAMPSHIRE. The early use of the _Quem quaeritis_ in the liturgy of the cathedral served by the Benedictines of St. Swithin’s Priory has been fully discussed in Chapter xviii and Appendix O. In 1486, Henry VII was entertained at dinner on a Sunday in the castle with a performance of _Christi descensus ad inferos_ by the ‘pueri eleemosynarii’ of the monasteries of St. Swithin’s and Hyde[914]. WINDSOR, BERKS.