I. A. Reginald Ely is directed to press masons and buy materials for the construction
of the King's College, 16 June, 1444. (Rot. Pat. 22 Hen. VI. p. 2. m. 15.)

Rex dilectis sibi Reginaldo Ely capitali Cementario Collegii nostri regalis beate
Marie et sancti Nicholai de Cantebrigg', Willelmo Roskyn, et Henrico Beuerley,
salutem.

Sciatis quod assignamus vos coniunctim et diuisim tam ad tot lathamos, Cemen-
tarios, Carpentarios, Plumbarios, Tegulatores, Fabros, Plastratores, ac omnes alios
artifices et operarios quoscumque quot pro operacionibus nostris edificacionis Collegii
nostri predicti necessarii fuerint quam ad petras, maeremium, ferrum, plumbum,
vitrum, tegulas, lattas, cindulas, bordas, clauos, calcem, zabulum, ac omnia alia que
pro edificacione dicti Collegii nostri necessaria fuerint, ac equos, cariagium, et fretta-
gium sufficiens in hac parte tam per terram quam per aquam vbicumque inueniri poterunt
tam infra libertates quam extra pro denariis nostris in hac parte rationabiliter soluendis
capiend' arestand' et prouidend' et ad (sic) eosdem lathamos, Cementarios, Carpentarios,
Plumbarios, Tegulatores, Fabros, Plastratores, et omnes alios huiusmodi arestetis et
operarios in operacionibus nostris huiusmodi ad vadia nostra ponend' et ad omnes illos
quos contrarios seu rebelles inueneritis in premissis seu aliquo premissorum, prisonis
nostris committend' et mancipand' in eisdem moratur' quousque securitatem inuene-
rint nobis in operacionibus nostris predictis servitur'. Et ideo vobis et cuilibet vestrum
mandamus quod circa premissa diligenter intendatis et ea faciatis et exequamini in
forma predicta. Damus autem vniversis et singulis vicecomitibus Maioribus Ballivis
Constabulariis Ministris ac aliis fidelibus et subditis nostris quibuscumque, tam infra
libertates quam extra, tenore presencium firmiter in mandatis quod vobis et cuilibet
vestrum in execucione premissorum et eorum cuiuslibet intendentes sint, consulentes,
et auxiliantes prout decet. In cuius etc quamdiu nobis placuerit duratur'. Teste Rege
apud Westmonasterium xvj die Junii

I. B. Table of the building accounts of Eton College.

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I. C. Contract with Walter Nicholl for a Roodloft and Stalls in Eton College

Chapel, 15 August, 1475.

This indenture made betwene the Right reuerend Fader in god William Bisshop
of Winchestre of that oon partie. And Walter Nicholl of Suthwerk in the Counte
of Surrey karver of that other partie Witnessith

that it is encovenaunted appoynted accorded and aggreed betwene the said partiez
that the said Walter shall take downe at his owne propre costez and expensez the
Rode loft Stallis and dextis with the appurtenauncez in the Quere of the Chirche of
Eton nowe beyng.

And so the same Walter shall make reyre wele clenly sufficiently and workmanly
in the newe Chirche of the said Collage of Eton a Rode loft of the lenght of the
brede of the said newe Chirche of the whiche Rode loft the utter parte therof to-
ward the Bowke of the same Chirche shalbe made like to the Rode loft late made
in Bisshop Wykehams Collage at Winchestre and accordyng to the same fourme.

And the inner parte of the said Rode loft with the Garnysshyng of all the stallez of the Quere from the cowtre upward the same Walter shall make like to the Rode loft and Quere of the Collage of seint Thomas of Acrez in London.

And the said right reuerend ffader shall fynde at his owen propre costez and expensez all maner of stuff and cariage goyng to the same werk that is to say tymbre borde waynescotte glewe naylez and all other Irnewerk redy wrought necessarie of and to the said Rode loft and stallez in maner and forme abouesaid to be made. And also it is encovenaunted betwene the said partiez that the said Walter shall haue deluered unto hym all suche bordez as war late ordeyned for the Selyng of the said newe Chirche redy wrought toward the makyng of the said Rode loft and stallez. And as for all other thyng necessarie to be made vnto the said werk that longith to masondre, to be don and made at the propre costez of the said right reuerend Fader.

And as for all maner of laborers in suche labour and werk as they can or may doo of and aboute the makyng of the said Rode loft and stallez The said right reuerend Fader shall fynde at his owne propre costez and expensez. Also the said Right reuerend Fader shall fynde the said Walter and all his servauntis with hym workyng in the said werk for the tyme beyng an hous sufficient to frame and make the same werk yn And also certeyne chambrez to the same Walter and his said servauntis to be loggid ynne duryng the season that the said Rode loft and stallez of the said newe Chirche been yn makyng.

And the said Walter Nicholl shall make fynysshe and set up or do to be made fynyshed and set up at the ferthest the said Rode loft stallez and garnysshyng of the said Quere in euery poynt in maner and fourme as it is abouesaid on this side the fest of Assumpcion of oure lady the Virgyn the whiche shalbe in the yere of our lord God м'.cccclxxvij And the said Right reuerent Fader shall pay or do to be paid to the said Walter for makyng and garnysshyng of the said Rode loft stallez and Quere accordyng to the fourme afore rehersed C marke of laufull money of Englond to be paide in maner and fourme folewyng that is to say in hande the day of sealyng of this indenture viij. li. vj. s. viij. d. and the xv day of Nouembre than next folewyng viij. li. vj. s. viij. d. And the xvj day of Februarij than next commyng viij. li. vj. s. viij. d. And the xvij day of Maij than next folewyng viij. li. vj. s. viii. d. And so from yere into yere and quarter into quarter on after another contynually and immediatly folewyng euery yere at like Daiez as is aboue expressed viij. li. vj. s. viij. d. unto the said som of C marke be fully to the same Walter and his assignez content and paide Also it is encouenaunted that the said Reuerend Fader shall giff to the said Walter ij gownez by thise presentez. Into witnesse wherof to that oon parte of this indenture toward the forsaid Walter remaynyng the said right reuerend Fader hath put his sealx And to that other parte of the same indenture toward the forsaid right reuerend Fader abidyng the said Walter hath put his sealx

Date the xvj day of the moneth of August in the xv yere of the reigne of kyng Edward the fourthe.

(On the back)

Memorandum that Water Nicholas keruer hath Receyved of the provost of Eton of his covenaunt for the making of the Rode loft and stallis of the churche of Eton at diuers tymes the summes that folewith

In primis the iij day of October

Item the xxv day of the same monthe

Item the xviij day of Decembre

::

iiij. li. iiij. li. vj. s. viij. d. viij. li. vj. s. viij. d.

...

Item the ix day of Marche the yer of the regne of Kinge E.
the iiijthe the xvj
Item the xxiiij day of May the same yer of the King for the
iiijth payment

...

viij. li. vj. s. viij. d.

viij. li. vj. s. viij. d.

viij. li. vj. s. viij. d.

Item the xxix day of August

Item the secunde day of Decembre at London the xvj yer of
the king
Item the x day of Marche at London the xvij yer of the kyng

...

viij. li. vj. s. viij. d. viij. li. vi. s. viij. d.

I.D. List of paintings in Eton College Chapel.

The following list of the subjects of these paintings (p. 412) has been chiefly made from the beautiful drawings of them executed in 1847, by Mr R. H. Essex, an artist whom Dr Hawtrey employed to preserve a record of them. These drawings are now in the College Library at Eton. I have compared with them the careful lithographs drawn by Miss Georgina Cust, Miss Eleanor Cust, and Miss Charlotte Cust, which supplement Mr Essex's work in several important particulars. Unfortunately the Clerk of the Works had caused a considerable portion of the upper row to be destroyed before he was stopped by one of the Fellows (Lyte's Eton, p. 431). The paintings had previously been damaged by the erection of the Organ-Screen in 1700-1701 as above related (p, 448), two of the subjects in the lower row on each side having been wholly obliterated, and others much injured.

The paintings commenced immediately under the string-course beneath the four western-most windows on the north and south sides of the Chapel; and were arranged in two rows, each about 67 feet long, and 6 feet broad. The rows were separated by a border, 2 feet broad, and there was a similar border beneath the lower row. A space of about 4 feet intervened between the latter border and the floor. There were

8 subjects in each row, occupying spaces 5 feet wide, and separated by single figures standing on brackets under canopies. As each row began and ended with one of these figures, there were 9 in each.

The following enumeration begins at the east end of the upper row on the south side, where the whole series appears to commence with the Assumption of the Virgin. The second picture gives an occurrence which is supposed to have taken place shortly before that event; and the remainder give various instances of the protection granted by the Virgin to believers in all ages and countries. It has been already mentioned (p. 412) that a legend descriptive of each picture is written beneath it, usually with a reference to the book quoted. These quotations are not exact, but only give a general idea of the story narrated. Roman numerals denote the figures,

Arabic numerals the subjects.

A very similar series of paintings, executed between 1498 and 1524, still exists in the Lady Chapel of Winchester Cathedral. As will be seen from the list given at the end of this description of those at Eton, several of the same stories are illustrated in both places. It has been conjectured, from the style of the composition, and from the close connection between Winchester and Eton, that the same artists might have been employed at both places. The Winchester series has been engraved in 'Specimens of the ancient Sculpture and Painting now remaining in this Kingdom,' by John Carter, Fol. London, 1780-7; and more recently has been described by Mr J. G. Waller, in "Transactions of the British Archæological Association at its Second Annual Congress held at Winchester, August, 1845." I am indebted to him for the identification of several of the subjects. See also the Architectural History of Winchester Cathedral, by Rev. R. Willis, p. 39.