then and there after the same dynner ys don The Mr or govˀnors shall make his oracyon or request in the behalf of the sayde Company as to hys wysdome yt shall seme best in most descrytest maner and shall then geve and delyver unto the sayde Lorde maior of lawful mony in golde ls and in orther corrant mony iijs iiijd that is foure marks by waye as a good wyll of the same Company.
Also It ys Ordayned That god callyng oute or frome this Trancytory vale or worlde any of this saide Company decessed and beynge wthin the clothing or lyvery of the same, his best hood shalbe layed upon the hearse and unto the churche and yr upon yt shall so remayne untyll the takynge of[145] of the said herce clothe wch is used at the goynge forth of the Mr govˀnors & company of the clothinge oute of the churche & the corps goynge to be buryed. And then and yr the clarke of the saide Company shall take the same hood and [it] shalbe his pˀper owne of dewtie. (In default the widow or executor was to pay 6s. 8d.)
The Beadle was directed to look after, and to help in removing back to the Hall, the standings, banners, carpets, etc., after they had been used on any public occasion, and a small yearly fee was to be allowed him for this service.
3rd November, 1566. Edward Parke, referred to in the next minute, was constantly getting into trouble, and sometimes into the Compter:—
Here was Thomas Lambkyn & John Merryt wytnesses against Edward Parke for yt he saide he wolde not com̃e to the Courte beynge warned & yt yf the Mr com̃ytted hym to warde he wolde brynge the Mr before the lorde cheefe Justice And yt is ordered yt the saide Parke shall [be] & is upon his humble submyssion remytted.
16th Jan., 1567. The old vellum book of ordinances, etc., containing portions of the four Gospels in Latin, and still in our possession is probably the book referred to in the minute of this date, which states that Willm̄ Grene had “taken an othe upon the blacke booke that serveth in this howse for the same purpose.”
13th Nov., 1567. Yt ys ordayned that Wyllyam Bull Chrystofor Swalldell William Crowe Wyllyam Grene Henry Rankyn and Leonard Coxe is elected to be of the clothyng and Lyvery and that theyre hoods shalbe by the Mr for the tyme beyng put upon theyre shoulders wthin the pˀlor one Chrystmas day next ensuyng before the company go to pawles to weyghte on the lorde mayor, unto the olde usuage in that behalf provyded accordyngly.
27th Jan., 1568. In this court Rich Hughes is graunted to have the hall to kepe a maryage in upon Sonday c͠o[146] a sevenighte.
Again this year a licence for a similar purpose was granted to Francis Partridge, and there are other instances.