altars we know from the will of Thomas Bradmedow, directing that
eleven torches, price 2 _s_. 4 _d_., be given every Good Friday, one
to every altar. Besides the High Altar there were those of Our Lady,
Jesus, Holy Trinity, St. John, St. Anne, St. Katherine, St. Thomas,
St. Andrew, St. Lawrence, All Saints.

The application to the Lady Chapel of the present name, the "Drapers'
Chapel," is probably subsequent to 1518, when John Haddon, a draper,
provided by will for the support of a priest, "to singe in the Chapell
of our Ladye in the Church of Saint Mychell." But long ere this, by an
instrument dated from St. John Lateran, A.D. 1300, eighth year of Pope
Boniface, Indulgences for forty days were granted for all persons
coming to confess before her altar in St. Michael's Church on the
Nativity, Conception, Annunciation and Assumption of the glorious
Virgin Mary. Also 700 Indulgences for 720 days were granted for
building "the Chapple and Charnell house of St. Michaell, Coventry."
The Drapers' Company was responsible for other things than the
priest's stipend as this extract from their Rules shows: "1534. Ev'y
mastur shall pay toward ye makyng clene of oure Lady Chapell in saynt
Mychell's churche and strawyng ye setus [seats] wt rusches in somer
and pease strawe in wyntur, everyone yerely 2_d_."

[Illustration: POPPY HEAD, LADY CHAPEL.]

The piers at the chancel entrance contain the staircases leading to
the roofs and formerly to the rood loft. The screen on the west side
of the chapel was put together from fragments brought together from
various parts of the church. Against it, and on the south side, are
fifteen of the ancient stalls. Several admirable ends and elbows
remain, and some of the twelve ancient Misereres are of special