Upon the accession of Queen Elizabeth once more, and this time for ever, the rood was destroyed, and the loft, though "reformed," did not long survive it.
"1559. Payde to John Rialle for his iij dayse work
to take downe the Roode, Mary and John
ijs. viijd.
For clevying and sawyng of the Roode, Mary
and John xijd.
"1560. Rec'd for the beame the Roode stood on, for
boords and other tymber parcell of the
Roode loft xlijs.
For the rest of the stuf belongying to the
Roode lofte ixl.
For the great clothe that hong before the
Rode xxs.
Item, paide to joyners and labowrers abowt
the takying downe and new reformyng of the
Roode Loft, &c. xxxvijl. xs. ijd.
Item, paide for boordes, glew, nayles, and
other neccessaries belonging to the saide
loft xiiijl. xiijs. ixd.
Item, paide to a paynter for payntyng the
same xijd.
"1562. For bearinge stones for the muringe up of the
dore of the late rood lofte viijd."
The rapacious Puritans, of course, did not suffer any portion of the church-goods to escape their sacrilegious and itching palms, if convertible into money, so we read—
"1645. Received of Arthur Condall in part of 5li for
the screen and Organ-loft 1s."
MACKENZIE WALCOTT, M.A.
S.M.W., Dec. 22. 1849.
NOTES UPON CUNNINGHAM'S HANDBOOK FOR LONDON.
The Bagnio in Long Acre.—Mr. Cunningham mentions the Queen's Bagnio in Long Acre. Query, was this the same as the Duke of York's Bagnio? S. Haworth published, in a small 12mo. volume, without date, "A Description of the Duke of York's Bagnio, in Long Acre, and of the Mineral Bath and new Spaw thereunto belonging."