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Peter and Paul within the same City, the question is 

 who shall be appointed to dispose of the said materials 

 to the use aforesaid, both to make, sale thereof, and to 

 employ the money made thereof to the use of the said 

 Church of St. Peter and Paul." 

 It curiously happens that we can trace the exact destination of 

 the money received from the sale of the materials of this old civic 

 Church. The sum realized was £100; and in 1663, when the 

 Citizens were making a present to Charles II., under circum- 

 stances which I have detailed elsewhere,* it was mentioned in the 

 Council minutes that there was this sum in hand "belonging to 

 Stalls Church," and it was accordingly appropriated to the gift. 

 And now I return to the Church of St. Mary intra muros. 

 The last date on which we have evidence of its use for 

 Ecclesiastical purpose is 1588, and probably its desecration 

 occurred very shortly afterwards. 



But the building was not destroyed. The Grammar School 

 (founded by Edward VI. out of a portion of the much larger 

 property formerly devoted to educational purposes), was held in 

 some rooms over the Westgate. This school was moved into the 

 nave of St. Mary's Church, and we can fix the date with 

 substantial accuracy. 



In 1589, we find the Chamberlain paying — 



" To Thomas Gardener and Thomas Hibbett, masons, for 



byldinge up the chancell at the Schole hous 1/- more 



to a Free-mason for making a window in the poining 



end 9/- " 



From this date then the nave was used as a school, and there 



are many quaint and curious records connected with the master 



and his teaching. These however relate rather to the history of 



the " Grammar School." 



The tower of St. Mary's Church Avas used as a gaol. I have 



* " Cavaliers and Bound-heads : a Chapter in the History of Bath." 



