d with velvet spots.

"A black cheseble, with an alb, with the arms of the Lord Bardolph,
by him given.

"Lastly, one mass book, price twelve marks.

"Also it is ordained, that the procession be done in copes, and all
the brethren to have hoods of sanguine, and a reed or wand in his
hand; and persons chosen to be aldermen, that every other of them
have a red cope, and every one a white cope; the next year shall be
clad in scarlet gowns, and parti-coloured hoods, scarlet and white
damask, on the forfeiture of the payment of 13_s._ 4_d._; and every
commoner to be clad in a long gown, red and white, on the forfeiture
of 6_s._ 8_d._; and every commoner to ride to the Wood (St. William's
shrine) on St. George's day, by the rules accustomed.

"Also that a priest be paid a salary, amounting to eleven pounds ten
shillings.

"Persons appointed to provide hoods for the aldermen and commoners,
to wear with their liveries at every entertainment hereafter."

The manner of choosing persons to be members of the society, was thus, in
the thirty-fifth year of the reign of King Henry VIII.:--

"The mayor chose three persons for the common council; the alderman
chose three other persons for the same; these six chose other six for
the same; and these twelve persons, with the advice of the four
feast-makers, chose two feast-makers for the next year."

In the thirty-sixth year of the reign of King Henry VIII., A.D. 1545, at
the general dissolution of the abbeys, monasteries, convents, friaries,
&c., the large and beautiful nave of the church of the Black Friars was
converted into a common hall for the mayors, sheriffs, citizens, and
commonality, with all their guilds and fraternities, to meet and hold
their annual feasts in; but principally the guild of St. George, who
expended two hundred and ten pounds upon its improvement at that time.

"Upon inviting persons to the feast, which was to be done by the
surveyors at the Whitsun holidays, all that promised to dine at the
feast paid their money down to the feast-maker beforehand.

"In the first year of the reign of King Henry VI., all fraternities,
guilds, processions, &c., being thought useless, and tending to
promote superstition, were set aside, and by virtue of the act
passed, judged and deemed in the actual possession of the sovereign.

"In the third year of the reign