[515] In 1450 the chamberlains requested that four men should be appointed out of each ward to guard the gates, and these four were to choose one man to keep the keys and close them every night at nine (ib., 254).
[516] Jusserand, Wayfaring Life, 169.
[517] Sharp, Antiq. 131. In 1362 licence was given to a recluse, Robert de Worthin, to inhabit a dwelling adjoining the church.
[518] Miracles were worked at S. Osburg's shrine, and her birthday was a local holiday. Palmer Lane and the Pilgrim's Rest preserve in their names token of ancient customs. For the wooden image of our Lady of the Tower see Fretton, Memorials of the Whitefriars' Monastery, Harris, Troughton Sketched, 6.
[519] Leet Book, 422.
[520] There is a specimen at Berkswell, near Coventry, and at Malvern.
[521] Leet Book, 643. The prisoners paid the gaoler 1d. a week for their lodging when they had their own bed, 3d. a week if the gaoler provided them with one; over and above, debtors paid the gaoler 5d. for fee, if the debt for which they were liable exceeded 40d.
[522] Ib., 192. See also for punishment of immorality, Ib., 219
[523] Harl. MS. 6388, f. 22. The other lists have Eliphane. I have no doubt that the right reading is Clapham. This man was an ally of Warwick, and led the rabble of Northampton to the battle of Edgecote in 1469. He was beheaded next year.
[524] Ib., f. 25.