Then received of Mr. Glassington of the Hospitall of Knightsbridge, for the use of the Bayliffe and Burgesses of East Thetford (Retford), in the County of Nottingham, the some of ten shillings, which was gathered for the rebuilding of the church of East Thetford aforesaid. THO. MASON. The following entry refers, perhaps, to the law which made conformity to the Church of England a necessary qualification for official employment:— Mr. Gamaleon Capell and Mr. John Adams received the Communion in Trinitie Chappell at Knightsbridge the 14th day of July, 1680. And the next is an instance of the operation of a very absurd and immoral law:— August ye 6, 1695. Recd of Mr. Tho. Hipsley {87} ten pounds and seven shillings and six pence by order of ye Comishenors for Marridges in Knightsbridge Chappell, at to shillings and six pence per Marridg: By us JOS. RADLIFF LAINE MEASE. The next extract informs us the rental received by the Birkheads as lessees; for I presume it to be a receipt for the whole year:— Recd the third day of Jany, 1701, of Mr. Thomas Hipsley the sum of fforty nine pounds for Rent, allowing all the King’s Taxes to Christmas day last past, it being in full for Rent to the said Christmas day. p. me, MARY BIRKHEAD. In Chelsea Register (1699) is the following entry—“Gave to the Beadle of Knightsbridge, {88} yt brought Sir Thomas Ogle’s childrens clothes, at their first coming to the parish 0 . 0 . 6.” Regarding burials, the only entry in the books recording such is the following:—“Mrs. Smith the wife of Edward Smith of Bromtone deced the 5th day of March, and was bereed the 6th day of ye same month 1667.” If persons were interred here in any number, the interments ceased most probably before 1683, when Mr. Cull was buried at Kensington. No register of such is to be found now, although the tradition was very strong that the enclosure on the Green was consecrated for the resting place of the dead. Before concluding this account of the Chapel I must notice the Birkhead family, with whom it was so many years connected. They appear to have held considerable property in the hamlet, but I have not been able to trace their history, other than what the following extracts from the registers inform us:— 1672 May 28th. “Nicholas Birkhead and Susan Robinson, married by Dr. Littleton.” This, doubtless, was the “gouldsmith” who “rebuilte” the chapel: Dr. Littleton was rector of Chelsea, and celebrated for his Dictionary and other literary productions. 1678. Nicholas ye son of Nicholas Birkhead, junior, by Susanna his wife, bapt. Aprill 30th 1678: in the parish of Buttolphe’s, Aldersgate, London.