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 1 2s. vii. OCT. 16, i92o.] NOTES AND QUERIES.

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1580-1582.

The "tower " of the church is without exception alluded to as the "steple " in the oldest records. The small openings in the octagonal turret are probably the "steple vdndowes " alluded to under 1580. "Skool inge " accounts appear several times, anc education in Aldeburgh was certainly in advance of neighbouring places, judging by tie signatures to many documents in the Moot Hall in lieu of marks.

1580

iiii'

To gates for pfume

Itn p d to Robte marshall Jun at y e comande- oaet of y 6 bayliffs for y e Receyvinge of Richard getherte y e sonne of John Gethert into his svie to be prentis w th him for xvi yeres as apperethe in the petie Sessyons booke the some of. . . . xxx

p ( unto harrye Lambe for stoninge of y e m r ket

T) thorns nevshm for y e Tovnos woorke and
 * v n xiiii* vi'

settinge uppe of the Lyon. . ii s x

fr y e dyners of gates and his wiffe Thorns Lovenes and nicholas smithe y e daye th* y 6 bushells were seuled. . . . . . xii 1


 * 'or bread and beere when the stanles weare

removed. . . . . . . . . . vi'

for y 6 whippinge of Dowes wiffe and bridgema vii' p d unto ii countrie skanell menne th* didde

cutte y e groopes in the Reade. . ii s vi (

more to him (Gates) for goynge for marye hed- lies husbonde. . " . . . ." . . v s

To f ullchers wife for matts for m r bailiffs seats xviii d p d for iiii xx and viii 1 ' of povder and di iii 1 ' vi a viii d p d to Eves for Ringinge of y e viii of clocke bell viii p d to m r Davie for cuttinge of a childes legge. . x s To ii mene th* didde carrye y e bourde to chirche to make y e Windowes. . . . viii'

p d -to Deye y e vitlar for gunnershippe. . . . xxx

To ^blowers for y e kepinge of y e lame gyrle iiii 8 viii d for a bedsacke for the same gyrle. . . . ii 8

To Jone Browne for medinge of y e steple windowes. . . . . . . . iiii 8 ii d

To nevshm for makinge of y steple windowes xiiii 8 To y e Joyner for settinge of y e prechers pewe. . ii 8 for a booke of articles for y curatte bought at London. . . . . . . . . . iii<i

p d out of o r monye of o r accompts for monye

Lente to y 6 Earle iiii" x 8

for ii c of Oken bourde for y steple windowes xiiii 8 p d to Robte Halseworthe for y e III d p te of his monye Lent to y e Earle. . . . iii 8 iiii^

p d to W m fiske for his monye lent to y* earle x 8 (ditto John Bredlie . . . . ." . . . xii s )

(ditto Robte Nelson . . . . . . . . x s )

p d to Gryffyn for y 9 quenes comissioners chargs when y carpinters weare preste iiii 8 viii d

Aldeburgh, Suffolk.

ARTHUR T. WINN.

(To be continued.)

SIR PHILIP SIDNEY'S PERSONAL APPEAR- ANCE. The late W. P. Addleshaw ('Sir Philip Sidney,' p. 6), says :

" His face gave pleasure to beholders, and it was illuminated by the fire of his genius."

He is, however, constrained to admit that

" The portraits extant of Philip are disap- pointing " in that

" Features confront us that do not betray unusual intelligence, and they are not handsome."

He concludes that

" Artist, not model, must be at fault." On the other hand ' Southey's Commonplace Book ' (4th Series at p. 321), citing 'Haw- thornden Extracts, p. 90,' says :

" Sir Philip Sydney was no pleasant man in countenance, his face being spoiled with pimples, and of high blood ; and rare Ben said this."

It adds :

" Laing observes, that Ben Jonson was only thirteen when Sydney died, and was very un- likely to know anything of his personal appearance

To this the editor subjoins a note :

" As far as I recollect, Lord Brooke, in his ' Life of Sir Philip Sidney ' not [sic] only speaks of his ' neglected dress, and familiar manners, but inward greatness ' Reprint by Sir Egerton Brydges, vol. i., pp. 15, 16."

JOHN B. WAINEWRIGHT.

"DECIMATE " The Financial News of Sept. 16, on the subject of a company, says

" In July last the shares were decimated, each holder of one share of 10Z. receiving the equivalent in II. shares."

This meaning of the word is stated in the 'ISJ.E.D. ' to be obsolete, the only quota- tion in illustration given being of date 1749.

T. F. D.

THE HIGHEST GROUND IN THE CITY. The interesting carved stone of the Boy and Pannier, still preserved in the wall of Panyer's Alley is, by reason of its inscrip- tion, supposed to mark the highest ground in the city. The claim has been disputed, and the topic with old or new contentions recurs periodically, but apparently it can be finally disposed of by the evidence of the waterworks erected, 1582, by Peter Moris against the first few arches of old London Bridge.

Abraham Fleming in his continuation of Holinshed's ' Chronicle,' iii. p. 348, says :

" This year 1582 Peter Moris a Dutchman, >ut a Free-Denizen, having made an engine for ,hat purpose conueied Thames Water in pipes of ead ouer the Steeple of St. Magnus Church at he North end of London Bridge, and so into