Middlesex.

“There is this solemn and charitable custom in y^e Ch. of St. Mary-Hill, London. On the next Sunday after Midsummer Day, every year, the fellowship of the Porters of y^e City of London, time out of mind, come to this church in y^e morning, and whilst the Psalms are reading, they group two and two towards the rails of y^e Communion table, where are set two basons; and there they make their offering, and so return to the body of y^e Church again. After then the inhabitants of y^e parish and their wives, and others also then at church, make their offering likewise; and the money so offered is given to the poor decrepit Porters of the said fellowship for their better subsistence.”—Newcomb’s MS. Collect., cited by Bishop Kennett.