Reg. Coll. London.
_Use of Coffins._--How long has it been the custom to inter the dead in
coffins? "In a table of Dutyes" dated 11th Dec. 1664, and preserved at
Shoreditch Church, it is mentioned:--
"For a buryall in the New Church Yard without a coffin, 00 00 08.
"For a buryall in ye Old Church Yard without a coffin seauen pence
00 00 07.
"For the grave marking and attendance of ye Vicar and Clarke on
ye enterment of a corps uncoffined the churchwardens to pay the
ordinary duteys (and no more) of this table."