_From Coate's History of Reading._
"1499.
"It. Rec. at Alhalow-tyde for the rode light xˢ iiiiᵈ.
"It. Payed for xliii.-li. of ire wark, on the south end of the rode
loft to stay the lyght, the li. iiᵈ Smᵃ viiˢ iiᵈ.
"It. Payed for xxvi. li. of irewark on the north syde or end of the
same rode loft to stay the same lyght, pic le li., ii. Smᵃ iiiiˢ iiiiᵈ.
"It. Payed for lyne to draw the curtens in the same lofte, iiiᵈ.
"It. Payed for scouring of the laten bolls in the said loft, iiiiᵈ.
"It. Payed for six laten bolls on the north side of the rode loft,
viiiˢ.
"1506.
"It. Paied for settyng up of the said rode, Mary, and John, for the
remouing of the organs, and for making yᵉ sete for yᵉ player of yᵉ same
organs, xxᵈ.
"It. Paied to Henry Blanksten, paynt for gilding the rode, Mary, and
John, in the rode loft, xiiiiˢ."