In Elizabethan times the Court Leet of the manor of Manchester appointed town waits to undertake certain duties, one of which was of "playing morning and evening together, according as others have been heretofore accustomed to do".
In Elizabethan times, the Court Leet of Manchester's manor appointed town criers to perform specific tasks, one of which was to play morning and evening as others had previously been accustomed to doing.