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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



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books mentioned by your correspondents the 

 prayers are in tlie altered and abridged form. 

 ' -^ T.L. 



PAYMENT OF M. P. S. 



(2°'' S. iv. 188. 236.) 



The following notices of the payment of Mem- 

 bers of Parliament may be found in Kirby's 

 Suffolk Traveller (p. 336.), in a List of Members 

 for Ipswich, apparently derived from Mr. Bacon's 

 MS. and the great court books of the borough : — 



" Members of Parliament for Ipswich. 



" 26 Hen. 6., 1448. — John Smith and William Wethe- 

 reld, at five marks each. 



" 31 Hen. 6., 1453. — John Smith and Edmund Winter; 

 the last without fee. \_This we think was the first bribe.'] 



" 38 Hen. 6., 1460. — William Worsop and John River, 

 at 13d. per day each. 



" 2 Edward 4., 1462. — William Worsop and John 

 Lopham. Worsop to have 20d. a-day at York ; at any 

 nearer place, 16d. ; and at London, 12d Lopham 12rf. 

 a-day everywhere. 



" 9 Edward 4., 1469. — John Timperley, Jun., and John 

 Alfray of Hendley. Timperley at 8d. per day; Alfray 

 serveth in consideration of his admission to be a free 

 burgess. 



"12 Edward 4., 1472. — William Worsop and John 

 Wallworth. Worsop at 5s. per week, and, if the parlia- 

 ment be adjourned, to have Is. per day. Wallworth, 

 3s. 4</. per week. 



" 17 Edward 4., 1477. — James Hobart and John Tim- 

 perley, at 26s. and 8d. each, or 2 marks. 



" 1 Richard 3., 1483.— Thomas Baldry and John Wall- 

 worth. Baldry at 2s. per day ; Wallworth at Is, 



" 3 Henry 7., 1487. —Thomas Fastolf and John Wall- 

 worth, at lid. per day each. 



" 7 Henry 7., 1490.— John Yaxley and Thomas Baldry. 

 Their wages to be at the order of great court. 



"11 Henry 7., 1494.— John Fastolf and Edmund Hock- 

 ing, at 1/. 6s. M. each, if at Westminster ; if farther off, 

 to be ordered by great court. N. B. The great court 

 ordered more : to Fastolf, 4Z. ; to Bocking, 3Z. 



" 9 Henry 7., 1503. — Thomas Baldry and Thomas 

 Alvard. To serve without wages, not otherwise. 



" 1 Henry 8., 1509. — William Spencer and Thomas 

 Hall. Spencer to have 40s. N.B. He had 6s. %d. more. 



" 4 & 5 Ph. & M., 1557. — William Wheecroft and 

 Philip Williams. The said Williams remitted to the 

 town half his Burgess fee. 



" 1 Elizabeth, 1.559. Thomas Seckford, Jun., Esq., and 

 Robert Barker. Barker had 31/. 4s. 



" 35 Elizabeth, 1592. — Robert Barker and Zach. Lock, 

 Esq. Lock, bl. 



" 18 James, 1620. — Robert Snelling, William Cage, 

 gent. Snelling, 50/. Cage, 50/. 



" 10 Charles, 1640.— John Gurdon, William Cage, Esq. ; 

 and in the place of Cage, deceased, Francis Bacon, Esq"^. 

 N.B. 18 Charles 1., Cage had 100/.; and Dec. 5, 1643, 

 John Gurdon had 100/., and Cage 50/. more, besides the 

 100/. formerly granted. 



" 25 Charles 2., 1680. — John Wright, Gilbert Linfield. 

 60/. was ordered for M"- Wright; 20/. for Linfield." 



When were the last payments made to Mem- 

 bers of Convocation ? J. Sansom. 



Perhaps the following extracts from the 

 Journals of the Corporation of Boston may not 

 be deemed an unsuitable continuation of the 

 notices upon this same subject which have already 

 appeared in " N. & Q." 



" In 1552, Mr. Naunton brought suit against the town 

 of Boston for his fee for his attendance at the Parliament 

 House. He afterwards agreed to compromise the suit 

 for twenty nobles." 



Care seems to have been taken at the next 

 election to bargain beforehand with the candi- 

 dates, that, if they were returned, they should not 

 demand any remuneration for their services. The 

 Corporation Journal shows : — 



" An Assemble holden by the Maior, the Aldermen, 

 and Common Councill, the 27«'» day of January, 1552. 



" Also, there was a Avrytt redde, sent from the Sheryffe 

 of Lyncolnshyre, for the chosyng of two burgess for this 

 next Parliament, to be holden at Westmynster, the 1" 

 day of Marche, Anno 6 Edward VL, whereupon it was 

 agreed, that Leonard Irby should be one of the sayd 

 Burgesses, not having nor takyng any fee or wage for 

 the same, according to his promys, as may appear by his 

 letter, bearing date the day hereof; and for the other, 

 respecte is taken to the next Assemble." 



" Assemble holden the 29"^ day of January, 1552. 



" It was agreed that George Foster, according to his 

 request, should be the other Burgess ; without any thyng 

 takyng for his fee ; and then there was a letter of c'ty- 

 ficate sent of the burgesses names to the sheryife of the 

 shyre." 



PxsHET Thompson. 



Stoke Newington. 



Several entries of payments to M.P.'s are to be 

 found in the records of this borough. In several 

 instances the member chosen agreed, on his 

 election, ." to bear his own charges." The custom 

 was a common one in the reign of Elizabeth, but 

 I am not aware when it ceased to exist. 



Wllliam Keixy. 



Leicester. 



CBUSADE OF CHILDREN. 



(2"'> S. iv. 189.) 



The children's crusade alluded to is the well- 

 known one of 1208 : — 



" In the village of Cloies, near Vendome, a shepherd lad, 

 called Stephen, naturally eloquent, declared that the 

 Saviour had charged him to preach a crusade for the re- 

 covery of the Hoi}- Land. He went about through cities 

 and towns, singing in his mother tongue, 'Seigneur 

 Jesus Christ! aide nous encore a conquerir la Sainte 

 Croix.' Many boys about his age followed him. In 

 other parts of France children of both sexes imitated 

 them, and set off to join Stephen, singing, and carrjang 

 crosses, banners, and censers. There were 15,000 in Paris 

 alone, under the age of 12. Everywhere, as they passed, 

 the inhabitants gave them hospitality and alms as orphans 

 and minors ; and to all questions as to where they were 

 going, they replied : ' To God. We are going to seek the 

 holy Cross bej'ond the sea. The Almighty calls us to 

 succour the Holy Land of Jerusalem.' The youth of 



