lGo3.] THE BENIFICATIONS AND THE BELLS. 115 



a house called the Feathers in Newmarket, Ten pounds re- 

 maining in the hands of M"" Witt Phillips of Ely due for y'^ 

 use of y*" poor for ever." * 



In St. Mary's church the preceding grant was also " wrote " 

 on the wall ov-er the arch of the door, " going into the S. 

 Chapel," with the following important addition : " Also gave 

 47' f ann. to this Church & 16' 6^ to the church clerk ; 

 all which gifts are payable for ever out of his house formerly 

 the Greyhound in this Parish ; which is now the King's 

 house, & the sum of money for all these gifts are to be 

 received yearly at the Coffer Office of his Majesty's House- 

 hold, which sum is ;;^I3 5^". '^ ann." f 



I" 1735. Jolin Archer, gentleman, gave to the poor of St. 

 Mary's parish a case of red herrings, the first Sunday in Lent, 

 and 62 band faggots the first working day after Christmas, 

 payable out of the Maidenhead Inn. % 



Some of the five bells in the belfry of St. Mary's church 



are of fair antiquity. Two of them are dated 1580, and bear 



this inscription : " De Buri Santi Edmundi. Ste- „, ^ „ 



- . „ _ , 1 1 ^ The Bells, 



phanus Tommi rne facit. Two others, dated 1019, 



are each inscribed, " John Draper made me." The other (not 



hung ?)," Thomas Gardiner and Tho. Newman fecit, 1719." 



* Davy MS., Lackford Hundred, fo. 251. 



t Ibid., fo. 253. The Greyhound, situated in High Street, on the 

 Suffolk side of the town, is now the property of Mrs. Charles Wood. It 

 is the oldest, the most central, the cheapest, and one of the best hotels in 

 Newmarket. 



% Ibid.., fo. 249. 



