270 NOTES ON THE CHUKCH OF ST. IVES. 



(London, 1892), a work of considerable interest, though requir- 

 ing to be used with great caution. From tliese records I make a 

 few extracts : — 



(B.A.) 1573 Received of John Clarke for the enterlude 



£1 Os. lid. 

 Received of Wm Trinwith for sixe score & thre foote of 

 elme hordes in the playing place, 6d. 



Eec. of the Kinge & Quene for the somer games 



£1 Os. 4d. 

 (B.A.) 157 5 (?) Received the firste day of the playe 12s. 

 [On the five following days the total receipts ainounted 



to £14 4s. 8d.] 

 More received for drincke monye w'^h am Is. 2d. 

 More received of William Trinwith in the Church yeard 



which amountethe to £1 16s. 2d. 

 More received for drink money after the playe 2s. 8d. ^^ 

 Received of James Huchine for the somer games 14s. 6d. 



Although there were a few payments to be made, as to " the 

 pypers for their wages" and " to William Barreat for 13 j)Ound 

 of hops" and " to John Goman for a barrell of drink, 4s.," yet 

 the profit must have been considerable. Amongst the payments 

 we find a startling one, — 



" Item, spent upon the carpenters that madehevin 4d." 



What orders of councils and monitions of bishops could not 

 effect, the Puritan feeling of the people themselves at length 

 brought about. In 1640 (B.A.) occurs the last reference to these 

 popular pleasures at St. Ives, whether in the churchyard or else- 

 where. "Item, more received from the Lord and Ladie last 

 yeare past, 8s." The borough accounts of St. Ives give some 

 interesting illustrations of the custom of covering the church 

 floor with rushes and such things. 



21 The comparatively small sum received for "drincke" is noticeable. The 

 supply of refreshments was no doubt customary. The Cornish Miracle Play 

 " Beunans Meriasek " (a life of the patron saint of Camborne church, the existing- 

 copy of which, as its colophon informs us, was completed in 1504), closes with an in- 

 vitation " Drink ye all with the players we beseech ye before going. Piper blow at 

 once. We will go to dance. Go ye or stay, welcome ye shall be, though ye be a week 

 here." 



