Mayor, returned from Westminster (A.). 1575-6. A grant is made to John Meeke,
chief bellringer of Pawles, towards his paines in bringing to light an old " pervy of.
FASTI OF
]0
ST.
PAUL'S SCHOOL.
40 lih. sterling. This trouble recurs frequently in subsequent years. In 1579—80, the Company again entered an appearance in the Exchequer on the same complaint and in 1580, a fine of £300 was recorded against the Compan}'^ but it does not appear to have for the same matter been paid out of St. Paul's School funds, though there are further entries on the same subject in 1582-83 (a.). ;
;
— The boys may have
license to play every Thursday "so that one of every of the forms in the Upper School by turn one after another first make an epistle to their Master for the same " (m.).
July 28
1573.
afternoon,
Christmas— SSHtlliam iliJlalgm, l^tat .plaster, vice Cook. In this year " a shedde or lyttel house of tymber, now at the East end of St. Paul's Church under St. Dunstan's Chapel, where the children's pissing place' stood," was repaired and made into a residence " for the pore man, the porter of the Schole, to be more readier to attend upon the said Schole and to keep it clean."
„
was agreed between the Dean and Chapter of St. Paul's and Jesus College, Cambridge, that two of the Scholars on the foundation of Dr. Reston should be nominated by the Dean and Chapter, the Candidates to be chosen from St. Paul's School, or, in defect, from any other School.
1574.
It
1575.
Oct. 29
—The
Scholar Paul's
morrow after Simon and Jude, Mr. Malym's made an oration on a " skaffolde " set up at School, when Mr. Ambrose Nicholas, then Lord
Mayor, returned from Westminster 1575-6.
A
(A.).
grant is made to John Meeke, chief bellringer of Pawles, towards his paines in bringing to light an old " pervy of easement" (i.e. privy) "that some time longede to the Children of Pawles Schole,^ and also for the easement of all
From subsequent
inhabitants thereabouts."
entries
it
seems that Meeke became involved in a lawsuit with Abraham Vele,^ bookbinder, who had taken the said "pervy" into his shop, and in 1577-8 Meeke received a further grant, but it does not appear whether he was successful in his suit.
1578.
William
Malym
delivers an oration (in Latin) to
Duke John
Casimir.
1579.
—
It was resolved " that such as have the reversions of Scholarships be examined at Polls " (Paul's).
July 28
1 For the use to which this "place" was put, see Colet's Statutes (Appendix B.) under the headiug "The Children."
^
See,
However,
Colet's
Statutes (Ap-
under the heading " The Children." A view of the pervy may lie seen in an engraving in the Grace Collection representing King James L and
pendix
B.),
his Court
attending a sermon at Paul's March 26, 1620. The brick belonging to it still remains in and was uncovered when the gardens
Cross on cessiJool situ,
were hitely made. ^ Jq 1556^ Abraham Veale, at the sign of the Lamb in Paul's Churchyard, printed Pobyuson's translation of More's Utopia.
