204 Ancient Ales in the County of With. 



12. Ales for Special Purposes. 



Of these an instance is given in the Saturday Magazine, for 



Dec. 8, 1832. (Vol. I., No. 28, p. 221). 



"In the church of Thorpe le Soken, in the county of Essex, is an ancient 

 wooden screen, formerly situated towards the east end of the north aisle, hut 

 now removed to the west end of the south aisle, in the centre of the upper part 

 of which on a scroll borne by angels is the following inscription : — 



fljis rnst is tjrr Sarljtlrrs, ntanc hq 5Urs: 

 §jljsn Iie tljrr nun. 



"Which is thus explained : — This cost (the expense of this screen) is defrayed 

 by the single men of the parish, by collections made for that purpose : Jesus be 

 their mede (reward)." 



"With respect to some of the species of ales before-mentioned, I 



have not yet met with any instance in the county of "Wilts, or in 



in the diocese of Sarum, but I here notice them in the hope that 



our clerical members may find entries respecting them in old 



churchwardens' accounts, and communicate those entries to the 



Society, and it may be that some of the information contained in 



such entries, otherwise obscure, may be explained by some of the 



facta here stated. 



F. A. Carrington. 



