196 NOTES AND QUERIES. 
[No. 13. 
Item, paide for kervyng of Mary and John and 
the makyng newe - - XXXiijs. liijd. 
Item, for gilding of the same Mary and John 
and the Crosse and iiij* Evangelysts 
vjl. vjs. viijd. 
“1530, Item, payd to a laborer for helpyng up the 
Roode Loft into the stepull - - viljd, 
“1534, Payd for a present for Mr. Alford and Mr. 
Herytage for ther good wyll for tymber for 
the newe Rode lofte - - —iijs. ijd.” 
The fickle tyrant Henry VIII. dies ; a more con- 
sistent reign happily ensues. 
©1548, Item, for the takyng downe of the Roode, the 
Tabernacle, and the Images - iijs. vjd. 
Also payd to Thomas Stokedale for xxxvy ells 
of clothe for the frunte of the Rode Lofte 
whereas the x Commandements ke wrytten, 
price of the ell vjd. - - xXlijs. ilijd. 
Also payd to him that dyd wryght the said 
x Commaundements and for ther drynkyng 
lxvjs. ixd.” 
Queen Mary succeeds the boy-king Edward VI, 
and restores the Ritual of her Church. 
“1556. Item, payd for the Roode, Mary and John xi. 
“1557. Item, for peyntyng the Roode, Mary and John 
xls, 
For makyng xvij candilsticks for the roode- 
light - - - - -  xjs. iiijd.” 
Upon the accession of Queen Elizabeth once 
more, and this time for ever, the rood was de- 
stroyed, and the loft, though “reformed,” did not 
long survive it. 
“1559. Payde to John Rialle for his iij dayse work 
to take downe the Roode, Mary and John 
ijs. viijd. 
For clevyng and SATE of the Roode, Mary 
and Johns - : - -  xijd. 
“1560, Ree’ for the beame the Roode stood on, for 
boords and other tymber er of the 
Roode loft - - - - xlijs. 
For the rest of the stuf belongyng to the Roode 
lofte - - - - - ix 
For the great clothe that ee before the 
Rode - - - - - =y GEXE: 
Item, paide to joyners and labowrers abowt 
the takyng downe and new reformyng of the 
Roode Loft, &e.  - = xxxvijl. xs. ijd. 
Item, paide for boordes, glew, nayles, and 
other necessaries belonging to the saide loft 
xilijl, xiijs. ixd: 
Item, paide to a paynter for payntyng the 
same - - - - - = xijd. 
“1562. For bearinge stones for the muringe up of the 
dore of the late rvod lofte - - viijd.” 
The rapacious Puritans, of course, did not suffer 
any portion of the church-goods to escape their 
sacrilegious and itching palms, if convertible into 
money, so we read — 
“1645. Received of Arthur Condall in part of 5li for 
the screen and Organ-loft - = ats,” 
Mackenzie Watcort, M.A. 
S. M. W., Dee. 22. 1849. 
NOTES UPON CUNNINGHAM’S HANDBOOK FOR 
LONDON. 
The Bagnio in Long Acre. — Mr. Cunningham 
mentions the Queen’s Bagnio in Long Acre. 
Query, was this the same as the Duke of York’s 
Bagnio? §. Haworth published, in a small 12mo. 
volume, without date, ‘A Description of the 
Duke of York’s Bagnio, in Long Acre, and of the 
Mineral Bath and New Spaw thereunto belong- 
ing.’ 
“Tavistock Street, Covent Garden. — Richard 
Leveridge, the celebrated singer, after his retire- 
ment from the stage, kept a tavern in this street. 
Here he brought out “A Collection of Songs, 
with the Musick, by Mr. Leveridge. In two 
volumes. London, Engrav’d and Printed for the 
Author in Tavistock Street, Covent Garden, 1727.” 
The frontispiece was designed and engraved by 
Hogarth. 
Duke Street, Westminster. — Miss Hawkins, in 
her Anecdotes, p- 186., speaking of Lady Lucy 
Meyrick, says, “ On quitting her husband’s family, 
she came to reside in Duke Street, Westminster, 
and lived in that house which had been Prior's, 
and which exactly faces Charles Street.” 
Richmond Buildings, Soho. — Horne Tooke re- 
sided here in 1775. He afterwards removed to 
Frith Street. 
Clare Market, originally called New Market, 
was established about the year 1660, by Lord 
Clare. 
“The city and my lord had a great lawsuit, which 
lasted many years, to the great expence of the city; 
but from the inequity of the times the city and my 
lord agreed, and gave it up to the lord; and now it is 
become one of the greatest markets in the adjacent 
parts; and from the success of this noble lord, they 
have got several charters for the erecting of several 
others since the year 1660; as that of St. James, by 
the Earl of St. Alban’s; Bloomsbury, by the Earl of 
Southampton; Brook Market, by the Lord Brook ; 
Hungerford Market; Newport Market; besides the 
Hay Market, New Charingeross, and that at Petty 
France at Westminster, with their Mayfair in the fields 
behind Piccadilly.” — Harl. MS. 5900. 
London House Yard. — Here was formerly the 
town house of the Bishop of London, which, being 
consumed in the great fire, the house in Alders- 
gate Street, formerly called Petre House, was 
rented for the town residence of the bishop, since 
which it obtained the title of London House. 
Epwarp F. Rimpavr. 
