By J. E. Nightingale, F.8.A. 



387 



relate to the year April, 1589, to April, 1590. The cost of wine 

 about this time will be seen by an extract from the accounts of 

 1603 :— 



" Item — laied out for a quart of wyne for the communicants this viij day of 

 May— viij d ." 



" Here ffolloweth the payments and layings out, and first for wine. 



It — on the moneth of Aprill 





ix d . 



It — on the moneth of May 







viij d . 



It — on Whit Sunday 







x d . 



It — on the moneth of July 





viij d . 



It — on the moneth of September 





viij d . 



It — on the moneth ot November 





xij d . 



It — on Christmas day 





XV j. 



It — on the moneth of february 





viij d . 



It — on mid-lent Sondaye ... 





viij d . 



It — on passion Sondaye 





xij d . 



It — on palme Sondaye 





ij s - x d . 



It — to the sicke folke that did not 



receave on Munday 



ij d - 



It — on Wednesday 





iiij d . 



It — on Thursday 





iiij d . 



It — on good frydaye ... 





iiij d . 



It — on easter even 





xvj d . 



It — on easter day 



vj* 



• viij d . 



It — on easter monday 





iiijV 



In the same churchwardens' accounts of St. Martin's for the year 

 1582 a whole page is devoted to the particulars of expenses for 

 removing" and re-casting one of the Church bells, at a cost of £5 Zs. 

 The bell, curiously enough, seems to have changed its sex during 

 the process of re-casting. It still exists, and is the fifth of the 

 present peal of six. It was cast by John Wallis, one of the early 

 Salisbury bell- founders, who worked from about 1581 to 1633 (see 

 article on Church bells by the Rev. W. C. Lukis, in the 2nd vol. of 

 this Magazine) . The bell bears the following inscription : " Be mec 

 and loly to heare the Word of God. 1582. I.W." 



The entry is as follows : — 



" charges Aboute the new Bell 



It — for unhanging of him xmj d . 



It— for drawing him to the Bellfounders house . . . xj d . 



It — for bringing the Bell to church xvij d . 



It— for getting of her up and hanging of her ... iij a . vj d . 

 It— for castinge the Bell to John Wallis irj 1 . vj 8 . viij d ." 



