of which the Mercers were patrons, and they came to have a hall in the complex's Sextry.

The college was closed by the time of the Dissolution of the Monasteries.In 1581, Sir Henry Sidney, celebrated the feast of St. George, in Old St Chads on April 23, with great splendour: a solemn procession went from the Council House to St. Chad's Church, the choir of which was fitted