Berkshire.

The following is a curious account of the expenses for decorating a figure of St. George on this day, taken from Coates’s History of Reading, p. 221:

“Charge of Saynt George.

“First payd for iij caffes-skynes, and ij horse-skynnes, iij^s. vj^d.

“Payd for makeying the loft that Saynt George standeth upon, vj^d.

“Payd for ij plonks for the same loft, viij^d.

“Payd for iiij pesses of clowt lether, ij^s. ij^d.

“Payd for makeyng the yron that the hors resteth upon, vj^d.

“Payd for makeyng of Saynt George’s cote, viij^d.

“Payd to John Paynter for his labour, xlv^s.

“Payd for roses, bells, gyrdle, sword, and dager, iij^s. iiij^d.

“Payd for settyng on the bells and roses, iij^d.

“Payd for naylls necessarye thereto, x^d. ob.”