Volume II 1603-1660 - The Honourable Society of the Inner Temple

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and baker should be quarterly paid by the steward, which also is
honour and safety to the House.
" We find that the former law made concerning that no butler
should be a married man is very good and necessary and of good
consequence to the profit and service of this House and therefore are
of opinion that from henceforth if any butler, which is or shall be of
this House, shall hereafter marry or that any other person shall be a
suitor for a butler's room, being a married man, he shall be incapable of
that room and shall not be admitted to serve or continue in such place.
" We also think meet that goodwife Evans who hath 51i. per
annum and i2d. a week should for the same also help the puisne
butler's man to cleanse the cellar from time to time, and no other to
come within the cellar to do that business as of late many poor persons
have been brought in, that make much waste.
" Such other things or matters appertaining to the service of the
butlers which are not before particularly mentioned and allotted to
the several service of one or more of them shall be performed and
done by them from time to time in sort as they have used to do
heretofore, till further order shall be taken. And we think it fit that
none of the butlers shall henceforth suffer the scullions or such like
base persons either to come within the buttery or to drink in any of
the green pots serving for the gentlemen of the House, but in such
only as shall be especially appointed for them and that without the
buttery hatch.
" The premises being openly read and understood in parliament
the same with one consent are confirmed and ordered to be held and
put in execution and the further proceeding in the residue of the
matters, formerly committed to the said commissioners, is continued
over till the next parliament of the next term. Mr. Walterhouse,
Mr. Walter, and Mr. Brock are joined to the former commissioners."
Crowshawe, the preacher, is continued till the last parliament of
Michaelmas term, and his petition to have a chamber or allowance
for half the hire of a chamber abroad is refused " in regard the
chambers are few for the gentlemen of the House and the charges of
the House doth daily increase."
No bencher having applied for Gray's late chamber, the treasurer
is to admit any fellow thereto, notwithstanding it was nominated for
a bencher's chamber.