_Plays in Churches._--In Cooke's _Leicestershire_ the following is given
as an extract from the church register of Syston:
"1602, paid to Lord Morden's players because they should not play
in the church, 12d."
Who was this Lord Morden; and did the chartered players claim the right
of their predecessors, the "moralitie men," to use the church for their
representations? Was the 12_d._ given as a bribe to the players to
induce them to forego their claim, or expended in the hire of a place
more in accordance with the parish authorities' ideas of propriety?