[710] Sharp, 70, 71.
[711] Leet Book, 589.
[712] Sharp, 166. For the riding of the George at Norwich, Leicester, Stratford, and elsewhere, v. Chambers, i. 221-3. Plays in honour of S. George were performed at Lydd, New Romney, Bassingbourne (ib., ii. 132).
[713] Harl. MS. 6388, f. 26 dorso.
[714] Sharp, op. cit., 158.
[715] Rous (Hist. Regum Angliæ, 105-6) ascribes it to the rejoicings on the death of Hardicanute. On Hock-tide, see Chambers, i. 154-5.
[716] The one.
[717] The other.
[718] The carpenters in 1464 paid 8d. to the minstrels at the feast (Sharp, 213); the dyers paid 2d. (ib., 214).
[719] Ib., 209