friar_n and_o nun_n in_o such_o veneration_n and_o like_n that_o they_o think_v no_o city_n in_o case_n to_o flourish_v no_o house_n likely_a to_o have_v long_a continuance_n no_o castle_n sufficient_o defend_v where_o be_v not_o a_o abbey_n priory_n or_o nunnery_n either_o place_v within_o the_o wall_n or_o situate_v at_o hand_n and_o near_o adjoin_v and_o sure_o omit_v the_o residue_n of_o the_o realm_n hereof_o only_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v that_o dover_n have_v saint_n martin_n canterbury_n christ-church_n rochester_n saint_n andrews_n tunbridge_n the_o friar_n maidstone_n the_o canon_n greenwich_n the_o obseruant_n and_o this_o our_o leede_v her_o priory_n of_o canon_n at_o hand_n about_o two_o hundred_o year_n since_o alban_n the_o prior_n of_o this_o house_n with_o three_o of_o his_o canon_n and_o other_o lay_v violent_a hand_n upon_o the_o body_n of_o a_o monk_n of_o saint_n alban_n whereupon_o many_o more_o quarrel_n will_v have_v ensue_v if_o that_o boniface_n the_o nine_o pope_n of_o rome_n hear_v thereof_o have_v not_o by_o his_o bull_n authorize_v the_o abbot_n of_o saint_n edmundsbury_n to_o hear_v examine_v and_o determine_v all_o controversy_n betwixt_o the_o two_o house_n and_o to_o absolute_a the_o delinquent_n after_o competent_a satisfaction_n make_v to_o the_o wrong_a party_n thus_o go_v the_o bull._n bonifacius_n episcopus_fw-la seruus_fw-la seruorum_fw-la dei_fw-la dilecto_fw-la filio_fw-la abbati_n monasterij_fw-la de_fw-fr sancto_fw-it edmundo_n norwicen_n dioc_fw-la salutem_fw-la et_fw-la apostolic_a ben_fw-mi conquesti_fw-la sunt_fw-la nobis_fw-la abbas_n et_fw-la conuentus_fw-la de_fw-fr sancto_fw-it albano_n ordinis_fw-la sancti_fw-la benedicti_fw-la lincoln_n dioc._n quod_fw-la wilhelmus_fw-la de_fw-fr verduno_fw-it prio_fw-la monasterij_fw-la de_fw-la lead_fw-la ordinis_fw-la sancti_fw-la augustini_fw-la thomas_n de_fw-fr maydenston_n nicholaas_n shirton_n johannes_n de_fw-fr reuham_n dicti_fw-la monasterij_fw-la de_fw-la lead_fw-la canonici_fw-la magistrum_fw-la hugo_n de_fw-fr forsham_n clericus_fw-la antonius_n messager_n johannes_n frere_n et_fw-fr johannes_n linne_n laici_fw-la cantuar._n dioc._n in_o fratrem_fw-la johannem_fw-la de_fw-la stopeleya_n monachus_fw-la dicti_fw-la monasterii_fw-la de_fw-fr sancto_fw-it albano_n manus_fw-la iniecerunt_fw-la dei_fw-la timore_fw-la postposito_fw-la temere_fw-la violentas_fw-la ideoque_fw-la discretioni_fw-la tue_o per_fw-la apostolica_fw-la scripta_fw-la mandamus_fw-la quatenus_fw-la si_fw-la est_fw-la ita_fw-la dictos_fw-la sacrilegos_fw-la tandiu_fw-la appellatione_fw-la remota_fw-la excommunicatos_fw-la publicae_fw-la nunty_n et_fw-la facias_fw-la ab_fw-la omnibus_fw-la arctius_fw-la evitari_fw-la donec_fw-la super_fw-la hiis_fw-la satisfecerint_fw-la competenter_fw-la et_fw-la iidem_fw-la clericus_fw-la et_fw-la laici_fw-la cum_fw-la tuarum_fw-la testimonio_fw-la litterarum_fw-la ad_fw-la sedem_fw-la venerint_fw-la apostolicam_fw-la absoluendi_fw-la canonici_fw-la vero_fw-la debite_fw-la absolutionis_fw-la beneficium_fw-la assequantur_fw-la dat._v lateran_n twelve_o kalend._n novemb._n pontificatur_fw-la nostri_fw-la anno_fw-la octavo_fw-la i_o have_v the_o rather_o insert_v this_o bull_n for_o that_o it_o may_v be_v the_o more_o plain_o understand_v how_o the_o most_o of_o all_o cause_n in_o those_o time_n concern_v the_o clergy_n be_v arbitrate_v not_o always_o by_o the_o authority_n of_o the_o learned_a bishop_n of_o this_o land_n but_o by_o commission_n purchase_v from_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n this_o priory_n be_v value_v in_o the_o record_n of_o the_o late_a suppression_n at_o three_o hundred_o fourscore_o and_o two_o pound_n of_o yearly_a revenue_n mottenden_n or_o motindene_n lambard_n speak_v of_o motindene_n which_o name_n he_o derive_v from_o two_o saxon_a word_n moo_n and_o dene_fw-mi which_o be_v the_o proud_a valley_n a_o name_n impose_v as_o he_o think_v for_o the_o fertility_n thereof_o say_v that_o he_o have_v not_o hear_v nor_o hitherto_o find_v any_o thing_n touch_v the_o religious_a house_n of_o motindene_n in_o hetcorne_n motinden_n save_v only_o that_o the_o head_n thereof_o be_v call_v minister_n and_o that_o the_o house_n itself_o be_v of_o the_o yearly_a value_n of_o sixty_o pound_n neither_o will_v i_o say_v he_o have_v afford_v it_o so_o much_o as_o paper_n or_o place_n here_o but_o only_o that_o you_o may_v understand_v with_o what_o number_n of_o building_n variety_n of_o sect_n and_o plenty_n of_o possession_n popery_n be_v in_o old_a time_n provide_v for_o and_o furnish_v no_o corner_n almost_o without_o some_o religious_a house_n or_o other_o their_o sect_n and_o order_n be_v hardly_o to_o be_v number_v and_o as_o for_o their_o land_n and_o revenue_n it_o be_v a_o world_n to_o behold_v they_o i_o find_v that_o the_o yearly_a extent_n of_o the_o clear_a value_n of_o the_o religious_a live_n within_o this_o shire_n amount_v to_o five_o thousand_o pound_n bishopricke_n benefice_n friaries_n chauntery_n and_o saints-offering_n not_o account_v which_o thing_n also_o i_o do_v the_o rather_o note_v to_o the_o end_n that_o you_o may_v see_v how_o just_a cause_n be_v give_v we_o both_o to_o wonder_v at_o the_o hot_a zeal_n of_o our_o ancestor_n in_o their_o spiritual_a fornication_n and_o to_o lament_v the_o coldness_n of_o our_o own_o charity_n towards_o the_o maintenance_n of_o the_o true_a spouse_n of_o jesus_n christ._n for_o if_o ever_o now_o most_o true_o be_v that_o verify_v which_o the_o poet_n long_o since_o say_v probitas_fw-la laudatur_fw-la et_fw-la alget_fw-la boxley_n william_n de_fw-fr ipre_n a_o town_n in_o flanders_n the_o base_a son_n of_o philip_n viscount_n de_fw-fr ipre_n abbey_n lieutenant_n to_o king_n stephen_n in_o the_o war_n against_o maud_n the_o empress_n for_o which_o service_n the_o king_n create_v he_o earl_n of_o kent_n found_v this_o abbey_n ann._n 1146._o which_o he_o consecrate_v to_o the_o bless_a virgin_n mary_n and_o plant_v it_o with_o a_o covent_n of_o white_a monk_n of_o saint_n barnard_n order_n which_o he_o translate_v hither_o from_o claravall_n in_o burgundy_n which_o as_o good_a child_n be_v to_o follow_v and_o obey_v the_o rule_n and_o ordinance_n of_o the_o abbey_n of_o claravall_n in_o all_o thing_n these_o be_v the_o word_n in_o the_o institution_n anno_fw-la 1146._o fundata_fw-la est_fw-la boxleia_n in_o cancia_n london_n filia_fw-la claravallis_n propria_fw-la and_o further_o quod_fw-la ipsa_fw-la abbathia_n sit_fw-la subdita_fw-la abbathie_n de_fw-fr claravalle_n etc._n etc._n it_o be_v ordinary_a both_o beyond_o sea_n and_o here_o in_o england_n for_o one_o religious_a house_n to_o beget_v another_o as_o will_v appear_v by_o the_o sequel_n for_o not_o many_o year_n after_o her_o first_o foundation_n this_o abbey_n itself_o be_v the_o mother_n of_o robertsbridge_n in_o sussex_n the_o yearly_a value_n of_o this_o house_n be_v esteem_v at_o the_o suppression_n to_o be_v worth_a 218._o l._n 19_o s._n 10._o d._n this_o monastery_n in_o former_a time_n be_v famous_a for_o a_o wooden_a rood_n peramb._o by_o which_o the_o priest_n for_o a_o long_a while_n delude_v the_o common_a people_n until_o their_o fraud_n and_o legierdemain_n be_v detect_v bocton_n malherb_n at_o bocton_n malherb_n kent_n say_v learned_a clarentieux_n have_v dwell_v a_o long_a time_n the_o family_n of_o the_o wotton_n out_o of_o which_o in_o our_o remembrance_n flourish_v both_o nicholas_n wotton_n doctor_n of_o the_o law_n who_o be_v of_o the_o privy_a council_n to_o king_n henry_n the_o eight_o king_n edward_z the_o six_o queen_n mary_n and_o queen_n elizabeth_n send_v in_o embassage_n nine_o time_n to_o foreign_a prince_n and_o thrice_o choose_a committee_n about_o peace_n between_o the_o english_a french_a and_o scottish_a live_v a_o goodly_a time_n and_o run_v a_o long_a race_n in_o this_o life_n with_o great_a commendation_n of_o piety_n and_o wisdom_n and_o also_o sir_n edward_n wotton_n who_o for_o his_o approve_a wisdom_n in_o weighty_a affair_n queen_n elizabeth_n make_v controller_n of_o her_o house_n and_o king_n james_n create_v baron_n wotton_n of_o merley_n if_o you_o will_v know_v any_o more_o read_v hollinshead_n 27_o who_o have_v write_v a_o treatise_n of_o this_o family_n from_o richard_n wotton_n who_o flourish_v in_o the_o reign_n of_o king_n edward_n the_o first_o unto_o these_o wotton_n who_o yet_o do_v live_v in_o our_o memory_n this_o church_n be_v honour_v with_o the_o sepulture_n of_o many_o of_o this_o noble_a progeny_n but_o i_o have_v no_o inscription_n nor_o epitaph_n for_o any_o save_v only_o for_o he_o who_o be_v twice_o lord_n mayor_n of_o london_n the_o first_o time_n in_o the_o three_o year_n of_o king_n henry_n the_o five_o london_n the_o second_o in_o the_o nine_o of_o king_n henry_n the_o six_o here_o lie_v nicholas_n wotton_n esquire_n ..._o twice_o lord_n mayor_n of_o london_n ...._o who_o be_v bear_v the_o 26._o of_o october_n 1372._o and_o die_v septem_n 14._o 1448._o ...._o be_v 76._o year_n of_o age_n newenden_n this_o town_n harbour_v the_o first_o carmelite_n friar_n that_o ever_o be_v in_o this_o kingdom_n peramb._o for_o about_o the_o midst_n of_o the_o reign_n of_o king_n henry_n the_o three_o this_o order_n come_v over_o the_o sea_n arrive_v in_o this_o land_n
general_a visitation_n begin_v in_o the_o month_n of_o october_n and_o in_o february_n next_o follow_v a_o parliament_n upon_o prorogation_n be_v hold_v at_o westminster_n in_o which_o these_o unspeakable_a crime_n of_o all_o the_o covent_n be_v certify_v by_o the_o commissioner_n to_o the_o king_n and_o that_o high_a court._n upon_o the_o read_n whereof_o because_o their_o offence_n be_v find_v to_o be_v many_o and_o odious_a or_o that_o king_n henry_n will_v have_v it_o so_o which_o i_o rather_o believe_v it_o be_v enact_v by_o both_o house_n in_o that_o present_a parliament_n 28._o that_o all_o religious_a house_n of_o and_o under_o the_o yearly_a value_n of_o two_o hundred_o pound_n within_o the_o whole_a realm_n of_o england_n and_o wales_n shall_v be_v give_v and_o grant_v to_o the_o king_n and_o his_o heir_n for_o ever_o with_o all_o and_o singular_a the_o land_n tenement_n rent_n reversion_n good_n cattle_n debt_n ornament_n and_o jewel_n with_o all_o thing_n else_o thereunto_o or_o to_o their_o order_n in_o any_o wise_a appertain_a or_o belong_v the_o number_n of_o these_o house_n then_o suppress_v be_v three_o hundred_o seventy_o six_o the_o value_n of_o their_o land_n yearly_a as_o then_o easy_o rate_v be_v twenty_o nine_o thousand_o forty_o one_o pound_n three_o penny_n half_a penny_n qua_fw-la other_o for_o thirty_o two_o thousand_o pound_n 28._o and_o more_o the_o movable_a good_n as_o they_o be_v sell_v robin_n hood_n pennyworth_n amount_v to_o more_o than_o one_o hundred_o thousand_o pound_n the_o religious_a person_n that_o be_v put_v out_o of_o the_o same_o house_n be_v in_o number_n above_o ten_o thousand_o it_o be_v a_o pitiful_a thing_n to_o here_o the_o lamentation_n that_o the_o people_n in_o the_o country_n make_v for_o they_o for_o there_o be_v great_a hospitality_n keep_v among_o they_o and_o as_o it_o be_v think_v more_o than_o ten_o thousand_o person_n master_n and_o servant_n have_v lose_v their_o live_n by_o the_o put_n down_o of_o those_o house_n at_o that_o time_n before_o the_o dissolution_n of_o these_o religious_a house_n the_o plot_n be_v lay_v for_o the_o suppression_n of_o the_o rest_n for_o first_o of_o all_o for_o a_o introduction_n to_o that_o which_o follow_v cromwell_z and_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o visiter_n in_o their_o visitation_n put_v forth_o of_o their_o covent_n all_o religious_a person_n that_o desire_v to_o be_v ease_v of_o the_o burdenous_a yoke_n of_o their_o profession_n to_o who_o the_o abbot_n or_o prior_n be_v to_o give_v to_o such_o so_o depart_v for_o their_o habit_n a_o priest_n gown_n and_o forty_o shilling_n of_o money_n the_o nun_n to_o have_v such_o apparel_n as_o secular_a woman_n wear_v and_o to_o go_v whither_o they_o will_v they_o put_v forth_o likewise_o all_o religious_a person_n that_o be_v under_o the_o age_n of_o four_o and_o twenty_o year_n and_o afterward_o close_v up_o the_o residue_n that_o will_v remain_v so_o that_o they_o can_v not_o come_v out_o of_o their_o place_n and_o take_v order_n that_o no_o man_n shall_v come_v to_o the_o house_n of_o woman_n nor_o woman_n to_o the_o house_n of_o man_n but_o only_o to_o hear_v their_o service_n in_o the_o church_n this_o little_a bondage_n after_o so_o long_a and_o so_o licentious_a a_o time_n of_o liberty_n can_v not_o be_v endure_v which_o be_v perceive_v by_o the_o commissioner_n with_o fair_a promise_n of_o other_o preferment_n or_o competent_a yearly_a pension_n they_o so_o wrought_v with_o the_o abbot_n prior_n and_o prioress_n and_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o covent_n that_o diverse_a of_o they_o surrender_v up_o their_o house_n with_o the_o appurtenance_n into_o the_o king_n hand_n before_o the_o sit_v of_o this_o parliament_n as_o by_o these_o word_n in_o the_o foresay_a act_n do_v plain_o appear_v and_o also_o be_v it_o enact_v that_o his_o highness_n shall_v have_v to_o he_o and_o his_o heir_n all_o and_o singular_a such_o monastery_n abbey_n and_o priory_n which_o at_o any_o time_n within_o on_o year_n next_o before_o the_o make_n of_o this_o act_n have_v be_v give_v and_o grant_v by_o any_o abbot_n prior_n abbess_n or_o prioress_n under_o their_o covent_n seal_n or_o that_o otherwise_o have_v be_v suppress_v or_o dissolve_v and_o all_o and_o sinâgular_a the_o land_n tenement_n good_n etc._n etc._n interest_n and_o hereditament_n etc._n etc._n to_o the_o same_o appertain_v and_o belong_v now_o by_o the_o example_n of_o these_o or_o by_o what_o other_o mean_v i_o know_v not_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o abbot_n prior_n abbess_n and_o prioress_n at_o other_o time_n with_o unanimous_a consent_n of_o their_o covent_n in_o great_a compunction_n of_o spirit_n contrition_n of_o heart_n and_o confession_n of_o their_o manifold_a enormity_n do_v several_o give_v and_o grant_v to_o the_o king_n majesty_n and_o to_o his_o heir_n all_o their_o right_n and_o interest_n which_o they_o have_v in_o their_o monastery_n land_n good_n or_o hereditament_n by_o certain_a instrument_n or_o write_n under_o their_o hand_n and_o sâales_n of_o which_o i_o will_v set_v down_o one_o or_o two_o for_o example_n which_o i_o have_v from_o my_o love_a friend_n master_n john_n master_n master_n of_o the_o augmentation_n office_n in_o form_n as_o follow_v but_o first_o will_v it_o please_v you_o read_v the_o copy_n of_o the_o king_n warrant_v to_o such_o his_o commissioner_n as_o be_v to_o take_v the_o surrender_n of_o religious_a house_n the_o form_n of_o which_o thus_o follow_v henry_n the_o eight_o etc._n etc._n to_o our_o trusty_a etc._n etc._n forasmuch_o as_o we_o understand_v that_o the_o monastery_n of_o s._n a._n be_v at_o this_o present_n in_o such_o state_n as_o the_o same_o be_v neither_o use_v to_o the_o glory_n of_o god_n nor_o to_o the_o benefit_n of_o our_o common_a wealth_n we_o let_v you_o wit_n that_o therefore_o be_v mind_v to_o take_v the_o same_o into_o our_o own_o hand_n for_o a_o better_a purpose_n like_a as_o we_o doubt_v not_o but_o the_o head_n of_o the_o same_o will_v be_v content_v to_o make_v his_o surrender_n according_o we_o for_o the_o spesyall_a trust_n and_o confydence_n that_o we_o have_v in_o your_o fydellity_n wisdom_n and_o discretion_n have_v and_o by_o these_o present_n do_v authoryse_o name_n assign_n and_o appoynte_v you_o that_o immediate_o repair_v to_o the_o say_a house_n you_o shall_v receive_v of_o the_o say_a head_n such_o a_o write_n under_o the_o covent_n seal_n as_o to_o your_o discretyon_n shall_v seem_v requisite_a meet_a and_o convenient_a for_o the_o due_a surrender_n to_o our_o use_n of_o the_o same_o and_o thereupon_o take_v posâsessyon_n thereof_o and_o of_o all_o the_o good_n cattelles_n plate_n fuelâes_n implement_n and_o stuff_n be_v within_o or_o apperteyneng_v thereunto_o and_o far_o cause_v all_o the_o good_n and_o implement_n to_o be_v indisterent_o sell_v either_o for_o ready_a money_n or_o at_o day_n upon_o suffyciente_a suertye_n so_o that_o the_o same_o day_n pass_v not_o one_o year_n and_o a_o half_a you_o shall_v deliver_v to_o the_o say_a head_n and_o brethren_n such_o part_n of_o the_o say_a money_n and_o good_n as_o you_o by_o your_o discresyon_n shall_v think_v meet_a and_o convenyente_a for_o their_o despeche_n and_o far_o to_o see_v they_o have_v convenyente_a pensyon_n by_o your_o wysdomes_n assign_a accordyngly_a which_o do_v and_o moreover_o see_v the_o rightful_a and_o due_a debt_n thereof_o pay_v and_o satysfy_v as_o well_o of_o the_o revenue_n as_o of_o the_o say_a stuff_n as_o to_o reason_n and_o good_a âonscyens_n appertain_v and_o your_o charge_n reasonable_o allow_v you_o shall_v proceed_v to_o the_o dissolutyon_n of_o the_o say_a house_n and_o far_o in_o your_o name_n take_v possessyon_n of_o the_o same_o to_o be_v keep_v to_o our_o use_n and_o profit_n you_o shall_v furthermore_o bring_v and_o convaye_v to_o owr_a tower_n of_o london_n after_o your_o say_a discressyon_n all_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o say_a money_n plate_n juelle_n and_o ornament_n that_o in_o any_o wise_n shall_v come_v to_o your_o hand_n by_o mean_a of_o the_o premyss_n or_o of_o any_o part_n thereof_o straite_o charge_v and_o command_v all_o maire_n sheryffes_n bayliâââs_n constable_n and_o all_o other_o our_o officer_n minister_n and_o subject_n to_o who_o in_o this_o case_n it_o shall_v apperteyne_a that_o unto_o you_o and_o every_o of_o you_o in_o execution_n hereof_o they_o be_v help_v aydinge_v savour_v and_o assist_v as_o they_o will_v answer_v unto_o we_o to_o the_o contrary_a at_o their_o uttermoste_a perrille_n yeven_o etc._n etc._n the_o resignation_n or_o surrender_v of_o the_o prior_n and_o covent_n of_o saint_n andrew_n northampton_n with_o a_o recognition_n of_o their_o manifold_a enormity_n 28._o most_o noble_a and_o virtuous_a prince_n owr_n most_o rightuous_a and_o gracious_a sovereign_a lord_n and_o undoubted_a founder_n and_o in_o earth_n next_o undre_n god_n
mother_n this_o ralph_n by_o the_o marriage_n of_o his_o wife_n margaret_n write_v himself_o in_o his_o charter_n and_o deed_n baron_n of_o tunbridge_n and_o a_o noble_a baron_n he_o be_v and_o the_o first_o earl_n of_o stafford_n create_v by_o edward_n the_o three_o the_o five_o of_o march_n in_o the_o twenty_o and_o five_o year_n of_o his_o reign_n mill_n in_o the_o catalogue_n of_o honour_n set_v down_o this_o man_n pedigree_n after_o this_o manner_n draw_v from_o william_n the_o conqueror_n time_n stafford_n still_o abide_v in_o the_o male_a line_n nicholas_n the_o son_n of_o robert_n beget_v robert_n the_o second_o who_o daughter_n and_o heir_n marry_v to_o henry_n de_fw-fr bagot_n he_o in_o the_o right_n of_o his_o wife_n be_v make_v baron_n of_o stafford_n and_o he_o beget_v another_o call_v heruey_o who_o leave_v the_o name_n of_o bagot_n and_o take_v on_o he_o the_o name_n of_o stafford_n and_o he_o beget_v robert_n the_o three_o father_n to_o nicholas_n the_o second_o father_n to_o edmund_n error_n who_o beget_v this_o first_o earl_n of_o stafford_n all_o successive_o baron_n and_o lord_n of_o stafford_n he_o die_v the_o 31._o of_o august_n in_o the_o year_n 1372._o margaret_z his_o wife_n die_v the_o seven_o of_o september_n 1349._o this_o earl_n be_v knight_n of_o the_o honourable_a order_n of_o the_o garter_n at_o the_o first_o foundation_n andrew_n jud_n the_o son_n of_o john_n jud_n of_o this_o town_n of_o tonebridge_n sometime_o lord_n mayor_n of_o london_n tonbridge_n erect_v here_o a_o fair_a free-school_n and_o a_o almshouse_n nigh_o saint_n helen_n church_n in_o london_n and_o leave_v to_o the_o skinner_n of_o which_o company_n he_o be_v land_n to_o the_o value_n of_o threescore_o pound_n three_o shilling_n and_o eight_o penny_n the_o year_n for_o the_o which_o they_o be_v bind_v to_o pay_v twenty_o pound_n to_o the_o schoolmaster_n eight_o pound_n to_o the_o usher_n yearly_a for_o ever_o and_o four_o shilling_n the_o week_n to_o the_o six_o almes-people_n and_o twenty_o five_o shilling_n four_o penny_n the_o year_n in_o coal_n for_o ever_o this_o andrew_n be_v lord_n mayor_n of_o london_n the_o year_n 1550._o the_o four_o of_o king_n ed._n the_o six_o die_v in_o the_o year_n follow_v and_o be_v bury_v at_o s._n helen_n aforesaid_a within_o bishopsgate_n ward_n senenoke_n orate_fw-la pro_fw-la anima_fw-la edwardi_fw-la bowrgchier_fw-fr silij_fw-la et_fw-la heredis_fw-la some_fw-mi bowrgchier_fw-fr militi_fw-la silij_fw-la johannis_n domini_fw-la de_fw-fr berner_n wife_n et_fw-la pro_fw-la anima_fw-la domine_fw-la agnete_n uxoris_fw-la dicti_fw-la some_fw-mi bowrgchier_fw-fr filie_n thome_n carleton_n militis_fw-la qui_fw-la quidem_fw-la edwardus_fw-la obijt_fw-la 24._o augusti_fw-la 1496._o thomas_n bourchier_n archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n great_a uncle_n to_o this_o edward_n buy_v of_o sir_n william_n fienes_n lord_n say_v and_o sele_n and_o build_v anew_o that_o stately_a house_n of_o knoll_n hereunto_o adjoin_v which_o he_o leave_v to_o his_o kindred_n the_o cause_n of_o their_o residence_n in_o this_o country_n haymund_n ecce_fw-la sub_fw-la hoc_fw-la premitur_fw-la de_fw-la funere_fw-la cvius_fw-la curia_fw-la primatus_fw-la anglorum_fw-la tota_fw-la soluta_fw-la est_fw-la in_o lachrymas_fw-la haydok_n haymundus_fw-la vir_fw-la preciosus_fw-la moribus_fw-la eloquio_fw-la dulcis_fw-la philologus_n ille_fw-la atque_fw-la theologicus_fw-la clarus_fw-la fuit_fw-la ille_fw-la viarum_fw-la rupta_fw-la restauravit_fw-la letus_fw-la tribuebat_fw-la egenis_fw-la non_fw-la auri_fw-la cupidus_fw-la non_fw-la ambitiosus_fw-la honoris_fw-la extitit_fw-la extinctum_fw-la decembris_fw-la luce_fw-fr secunda_fw-la quem_fw-la mors_fw-la abripuit_fw-la dominoque_fw-la ...._o famulari_fw-la jussit_fw-la be_v annus_fw-la erat_fw-la domini_fw-la quem_fw-la c._n quater_fw-la m._n que_fw-la lxx_o complectimur_fw-la hunc_fw-la bene_fw-la christ_n in_o te_fw-la confisum_fw-la bonis_fw-la celestibus_fw-la auge_fw-mi amen_n priest_n qui_fw-la pro_fw-la alijs_fw-la orat_fw-la pro_fw-la seipso_fw-la laborat_fw-la orate_fw-la pro_fw-la anima_fw-la roberti_n law_n capellani_n capelle_fw-fr beat_v marry_o istius_fw-la ecclesie_n ..._o obijt_fw-la ...._o 1400._o cuius_o ..._o wife_n pray_v for_o the_o soul_n of_o thomas_n brooke_n and_o clemence_n brook_v his_o wife_n which_o clemence_n brooke_n die_v 1510.24_o febr._n on_o who_o soul_n gregby_n pray_v for_o the_o sowl_n of_o tho._n gregby_n alice_n and_o godliffe_n his_o wife_n and_o for_o the_o sowl_n of_o his_o fader_fw-mi and_o mother_n richard_n gregbye_n margaret_n and_o agnes_n his_o wyf_n which_o thomas_n deceyse_v 22._o april_n 1515._o on_o who_o sowl_n totleherst_n pray_v for_o the_o sowl_v of_o robart_n totleherst_n sometym_a servant_n unto_o the_o lord_n cardinal_n bourchier_n who_o die_v ....._o 1512._o wife_n pray_v for_o the_o sowl_n of_o john_n yardley_n sergeant_n of_o arm_n to_o our_o sovereygn_a lord_n the_o king_n and_o joane_n pette_n his_o wyf_v which_o john_n die_v an._n 1522._o wife_n hic_fw-la iacent_fw-la willelmus_fw-la potkine_n &_o alexandra_n uxor_fw-la eius_fw-la qui_fw-la quidem_fw-la willelmus_fw-la obijt_fw-la 1._o januar._n 1499._o et_fw-fr dicta_fw-la alexandra_n obijt_fw-la 6._o dec._n 1501._o quorum_fw-la respicias_fw-la lector_fw-la nostrum_fw-la epitaphium_fw-la ut_fw-la âres_fw-la pro_fw-la nobis_fw-la deum_fw-la peramb_v about_o the_o latter_a end_n of_o the_o reign_n of_o king_n edward_n the_o three_o to_o use_v m._n lambards_n word_n there_o be_v find_v lie_v in_o the_o street_n of_o sennocke_n a_o poor_a child_n who_o parent_n be_v unknown_a and_o he_o for_o the_o same_o cause_n name_v after_o the_o place_n where_o he_o be_v take_v up_o william_n sennock_n this_o orphan_n be_v by_o the_o help_n of_o some_o charitable_a person_n bring_v up_o and_o nourture_v in_o such_o wise_a that_o be_v make_v a_o apprentice_n to_o a_o grocer_n in_o london_n he_o arise_v by_o degree_n in_o course_n of_o time_n to_o be_v mayor_n and_o chief_a magistrate_n of_o that_o city_n at_o which_o time_n call_v to_o his_o mind_n the_o goodness_n of_o almighty_a god_n and_o the_o favour_n of_o the_o townsman_n extend_v towards_o he_o he_o determine_v to_o make_v a_o everlasting_a monument_n of_o his_o thankful_a mind_n for_o the_o same_o and_o therefore_o in_o the_o year_n 1418._o the_o year_n of_o his_o maioroialtie_n he_o build_v both_o a_o hospital_n for_o relief_n of_o the_o poor_a and_o a_o free-school_n for_o the_o education_n of_o youth_n within_o this_o town_n endow_v both_o the_o one_o and_o the_o other_o with_o competent_a yearly_a live_n as_o the_o day_n then_o suffer_v towards_o their_o sustentation_n and_o maintenance_n but_o since_o his_o time_n the_o school_n be_v much_o amend_v by_o the_o liberality_n of_o one_o john_n potkyn_n which_o live_v under_o the_o reign_n of_o king_n henry_n the_o eight_o and_o now_o late_o also_o in_o the_o reign_n of_o queen_n elizabeth_n of_o famous_a memory_n through_o the_o honest_a travel_n of_o diverse_a towne-inhabitant_n not_o only_o the_o yearly_a stipend_n be_v much_o increase_v and_o the_o former_a litigious_a possession_n quiet_o establish_v but_o the_o corporation_n also_o change_v into_o the_o name_n of_o two_o warden_n and_o four_o assistant_n of_o the_o free-school_n of_o queen_n elizabeth_n in_o sennocke_n seal_n in_o this_o church_n rochester_n upon_o a_o marble_n stone_n inlay_v with_o brass_n i_o find_v the_o portraiture_n of_o a_o bishop_n and_o these_o word_n only_o remain_v credo_fw-la quod_fw-la redemptor_n meus_fw-la vivit_fw-la and_o these_o figure_n 1389._o under_o which_o as_o i_o gather_v by_o the_o date_n of_o the_o year_n of_o grace_n thomas_n brenton_n bishop_n of_o rochester_n bis._n lie_v inter_v who_o travel_v into_o many_o place_n beyond_o sea_n and_o come_v to_o rome_n preach_v in_o latin_a before_o the_o pope_n many_o learned_a sermon_n which_o he_o leave_v behind_o he_o in_o writing_n for_o which_o and_o other_o his_o rare_a part_n he_o be_v much_o admire_v and_o become_v very_o famous_a the_o pope_n make_v he_o his_o penitenciarie_n and_o bestow_v upon_o he_o this_o bishopric_n of_o rochester_n he_o be_v before_o a_o benedictine_n monk_n of_o norwich_n he_o be_v confessor_n unto_o king_n ric._n the_o second_o and_o a_o singular_a benefactor_n he_o be_v to_o the_o english_a hospital_n at_o rome_n he_o die_v as_o before_o ann._n 1389._o hic_fw-la iacet_fw-la dominus_fw-la de_fw-la bryene_n mile_n quondam_a dominus_fw-la de_fw-la kemsing_n et_fw-fr sele_n qui_fw-la obijt_fw-la 13._o septemb_n 1395._o knight_n the_o family_n of_o the_o bruins_n which_o i_o take_v to_o be_v all_o one_o with_o this_o name_n be_v a_o long_a time_n famous_a essex_n as_o well_o in_o essex_n as_o in_o this_o tract_n the_o last_o i_o find_v of_o exemplary_a note_n annal._n be_v one_o thomas_n bruine_n high_a sheriff_n of_o kent_n who_o with_o the_o lord_n scales_n and_o other_o keep_v the_o tower_n of_o london_n for_o their_o sovereign_a lord_n king_n henry_n the_o six_o against_o the_o rebellious_a earl_n ann._n 1460._o reg._n 38._o wrotham_n de_fw-fr strattone_n natus_fw-la iacet_fw-la hic_fw-la rogerus_fw-la humatus_fw-la parson_n de_fw-fr wrotham_n rector_n sacre_n pagineque_fw-la professor_n
t.r._n apud_fw-la dover_n 24._o jan_n 2._o pars._n pat._n ann._n 7._o ric._n 2._o per_fw-la versus_fw-la patet_fw-la hos_fw-la anglorum_fw-la quod_fw-la iacet_fw-la hic_fw-la flos_fw-la bench._n legum_n qui_fw-la tata_fw-la dictavit_fw-la vera_fw-la statuta_fw-la exit_fw-la hengham_n dictus_fw-la radulphus_fw-la vir_fw-la benedictus_n this_o flower_n of_o our_o english_a garden_n this_o learned_a father_n of_o the_o law_n this_o bless_a man_n as_o this_o epitaph_n will_v make_v he_o be_v no_o better_a than_o a_o bribe_a judge_n for_o be_v a_o chief_a commissioner_n for_o the_o government_n of_o the_o kingdom_n in_o the_o absence_n of_o edward_n the_o first_o he_o with_o many_o other_o of_o his_o profession_n be_v at_o the_o king_n return_n find_v guilty_a by_o act_n of_o parliament_n of_o manifest_a corruption_n extortion_n in_o their_o administration_n of_o justice_n and_o deep_o fine_v for_o such_o their_o intolerable_a extortion_n first_o this_o sir_n ralph_n hengham_n chief_a justice_n of_o the_o high_a bench_n be_v fine_v to_o pay_v to_o the_o king_n seven_o thousand_o mark_n annal._n sir_n john_n loveton_n justice_n of_o the_o low_a bench_n 3000._o mark_v sir_n william_n brompton_n justice_n 6000._o mark_v sir_n solomon_n rochester_n 4000_o mark_v sir_n richard_n boyland_n 4000_o mark_v sir_n thomas_n sodington_n 2000_o mark_v sir_n walter_n hopton_n 2000_o mark_v these_o four_o last_o be_v justice_n itinerant_n sir_n william_n saham_n 3000._o mark_v robert_n lithbury_n master_n of_o the_o roll_n 1000_o mark_v roger_n leicester_n 1000_o mark_v henry_n bray_n escheater_n and_o judge_n for_o the_o jew_n 1000_o mark_v robert_n preston_n 1000_o mark_v but_o sir_n adam_n stratton_n chief_a baron_n of_o the_o exchequer_n be_v fine_v in_o thirty_o four_o thousand_o mark_n and_o thomas_n weyland_n find_v the_o great_a delinquent_n and_o of_o great_a substance_n have_v all_o his_o good_n and_o whole_a estate_n confiscate_v to_o the_o king_n and_o withal_o banish_v the_o kingdom_n this_o sir_n ralph_n hengham_n be_v a_o norfolk_n man_n bear_v as_o i_o have_v it_o out_o of_o a_o old_a record_n these_o be_v the_o word_n radulphus_fw-la de_fw-la hengham_n ex_fw-la eadem_fw-la ortus_fw-la esse_fw-la videtur_fw-la familia_fw-la ex_fw-la qua_fw-la willielmus_fw-la filius_fw-la ade_n de_fw-fr hengham_n et_fw-la richardus_fw-la de_fw-fr hengham_n in_o pago_n norfolciens_fw-la plerumque_fw-la thetfordie_n justiciarij_fw-la ad_fw-la assisas_n capiendas_fw-la et_fw-la ad_fw-la gaolam_fw-la deliberandam_fw-la sub_fw-la initijs_fw-la hen._n 3._o in_o archivis_fw-la sepe_fw-la memorantur_fw-la rot._n parl._n he_o flourish_v in_o the_o reign_v of_o henry_n the_o three_o and_o edward_z the_o first_o and_o die_v in_o the_o first_o year_n of_o edward_n the_o second_o 1308._o colchester_n hic_fw-la iacet_fw-la magister_fw-la fulco_n lovel_n quondam_a archidiaconus_fw-la colcestrie_n floruit_fw-la sub_fw-la hen._n 3._o rege_fw-la i_o find_v no_o more_o of_o this_o man_n then_o what_o i_o read_v in_o this_o inscription_n but_o much_o more_o of_o his_o name_n wife_n be_v both_o ancient_a and_o honourable_a orate_fw-la pro_fw-la animabus_fw-la johannis_n de_fw-fr boy_n in_o com._n essex_n ar._n nicholai_n rikkil_n ar._n &_o domine_fw-la isabelle_n quondam_a uxor_fw-la eorum_fw-la que_fw-la isabel_n obiit_fw-la 28._o julij_fw-la ann._n 1443._o quorum_fw-la animabus_fw-la propitietur_fw-la altissimus_fw-la it_o seem_v by_o his_o arm_n upon_o the_o pillar_n that_o this_o boy_n be_v a_o great_a repairer_n of_o this_o chapel_n church_n sacred_a to_o saint_n george_n wherein_o he_o lie_v inter_v orate_fw-la pro_fw-la anima_fw-la magistri_fw-la williel_n worsley_n legum_fw-la doctoris_fw-la istius_fw-la ecclesie_n sancti_fw-la pauli_n london_n decani_fw-la dum_fw-la vixit_fw-la ...._o qui_fw-fr obiit_fw-la 15._o die_v mens_fw-la augusti_fw-la 1488._o cvius_fw-la anime_fw-mi propitietur_fw-la deus_fw-la vermibus_fw-la hic_fw-la ponor_fw-la &_o sic_fw-la ostendere_fw-la conor_fw-la hic_fw-la veluti_fw-la ponor_fw-la ponitur_fw-la omnis_fw-la honour_n and_o upon_o the_o pillar_n adjoin_v to_o this_o monument_n these_o verse_n follow_v be_v engrave_v in_o brass_n vnde_fw-la superbis_fw-la homo_fw-la cvius_fw-la conceptio_fw-la culpa_fw-la nasci_n pena_fw-la labour_n vita_fw-la necesse_fw-la mori_fw-la vana_fw-la salus_fw-la hominum_fw-la vanus_fw-la labour_n omne_fw-la vana_fw-la inter_fw-la vana_fw-la nichil_fw-la vanius_fw-la est_fw-la homine_fw-la post_fw-la hominem_fw-la vermis_fw-la post_fw-la vermem_fw-la setor_fw-la &_o horror_n sic_fw-la in_o non_fw-la hominem_fw-la vertitur_fw-la omnis_fw-la homo_fw-la mors_fw-la venit_fw-la absque_fw-la mora_fw-la nescis_fw-la cum_fw-la venerit_fw-la hora_fw-la esto_fw-la paratus_fw-la ei_fw-la cum_fw-la venerit_fw-la hora_fw-la diei_fw-la church_n orate_fw-la pro_fw-la ...._o domini_fw-la rogeri_n brabazon_n de_fw-fr o_fw-fr devy_n juris_fw-la canonici_fw-la doctoris_fw-la &_o huius_fw-la ecclesie_n cathedralis_fw-la residentarij_fw-la qui_fw-la obiit_fw-la tertio_fw-la die_fw-la mens_fw-la augusti_fw-la 1498._o cvius_fw-la anime_fw-mi propitietur_fw-la deus_fw-la nunc_fw-la christ_n te_fw-la petimus_fw-la miserere_fw-la quesumus_fw-la qui_fw-la venisti_fw-la redimere_fw-la perditos_fw-la noli_fw-la damnare_fw-la redemptos_fw-la church_n in_o memoriam_fw-la venerabilis_fw-la viri_fw-la johannis_n coleti_n sacre_n theologiae_n doctoris_fw-la ad_fw-la dinum_fw-la paulum_fw-la decani_fw-la &_o scholae_fw-la ibidem_fw-la fundatoris_fw-la inclyta_fw-la joannes_n londini_fw-la gloria_fw-la gentis_fw-la be_v tibi_fw-la qui_fw-la quondam_a paul_n decanus_n erat_fw-la qui_fw-la toties_fw-la magno_fw-la resonabat_fw-la pectore_fw-la christum_fw-la doctor_n &_o interpres_fw-la fidus_fw-la euangelij_fw-la qui_fw-la mores_fw-la hominum_fw-la multum_fw-la sermone_fw-la diserto_fw-la formarat_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la sed_fw-la probitate_fw-la magis_fw-la quique_fw-la scholam_fw-la struxit_fw-la celebrem_fw-la cognomine_fw-la ihesu_fw-la hac_fw-la dormit_fw-la tectus_fw-la membra_fw-la coletus_n humo_fw-la floruit_fw-la sub_fw-la henrico_n 7._o &_o hen._n 8._o regibus_fw-la obijt_fw-la ann._n dom._n 1519._o disce_fw-la mori_fw-la mundo_fw-la vinere_fw-la disce_fw-la deo_fw-la under_o his_o lively_a portraiture_n allude_v to_o his_o artificial_a askelliton_n these_o word_n istuc_fw-la recidit_fw-la gloria_fw-la carnis_fw-la love_n and_o live_v his_o monument_n be_v late_o reviue_v by_o the_o company_n of_o the_o mystery_n of_o mercer_n to_o who_o charge_n he_o commit_v the_o oversight_n of_o s._n paul_n school_n with_o land_n worth_a a_o hundred_o and_o twenty_o pound_n or_o better_a of_o yearly_a value_n for_o the_o maintenance_n of_o a_o master_n a_o usher_n and_o a_o chaplain_n to_o teach_v and_o instruct_v one_o hundred_o fifty_o and_o three_o poor_a man_n child_n free_o without_o any_o reward_n and_o as_o i_o be_o tell_v vijs_fw-la &_o modis_fw-la more_o come_v to_o the_o schoolmaster_n at_o this_o day_n than_o the_o whole_a endowment_n john_n bale_n say_v 5._o that_o of_o twenty_o and_o two_o child_n which_o his_o father_n henry_n collet_n mercer_n and_o lord_n mayor_n of_o london_n have_v by_o christian_n his_o wife_n he_o be_v the_o only_a child_n live_v at_o his_o father_n death_n that_o he_o die_v of_o the_o sweat_a sickness_n age_v sixty_o three_o year_n that_o he_o be_v bring_v up_o in_o oxford_n that_o he_o travel_v into_o france_n and_o italy_n that_o he_o dispute_v with_o the_o sorbonist_n in_o paris_n from_o who_o tenet_n he_o much_o dissent_v that_o he_o invay_v against_o monk_n which_o do_v not_o lead_v a_o evangelicall_a life_n and_o bishop_n qui_fw-la pro_fw-la pastoribus_fw-la lupos_fw-la agebant_fw-la that_o he_o be_v erudition_n facundus_fw-la that_o he_o write_v many_o treatise_n leave_v in_o loose_a paper_n which_o but_o by_o himself_o can_v not_o be_v make_v perfect_a that_o he_o teach_v in_o his_o sermon_n that_o it_o be_v unlawful_a for_o a_o clergyman_n to_o accumulate_v riches_n and_o for_o any_o man_n to_o worship_n image_n that_o by_o richard_n fitz-iames_n than_o bishop_n of_o london_n and_o two_o minorite_n bricot_n and_o standish_n he_o be_v accuse_v of_o heresy_n and_o that_o his_o corpse_n have_v be_v cast_v out_o of_o his_o tomb_n and_o burn_v if_o a_o unexpected_a accident_n have_v not_o prevent_v his_o enemy_n design_n gulielmo_n lilio_fw-la paulinae_fw-la scholae_fw-la olim_fw-la perceptorio_n primario_fw-la &_o agnetae_fw-la coniugi_fw-la in_fw-la sacratissimo_fw-la huius_fw-la templi_fw-la coemiterio_fw-la school_n hinc_fw-la a_o tergo_fw-la nunc_fw-la destructo_fw-la consepultis_fw-la georgius_n lillius_fw-la huius_fw-la ecclesie_n canonicus_fw-la parentum_fw-la memoriae_fw-la pie_n consulens_fw-la tabellam_fw-la hanc_fw-la ab_fw-la amiciss_fw-la conseruatam_fw-la hic_fw-la reponendam_fw-la curavit_fw-la obijt_fw-la ille_fw-la g._n l._n ann._n dom._n 1522._o v._o calend._n mart._n vixit_fw-la annos_fw-la 54._o this_o man_n 5._o integer_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la scelerisque_fw-la purus_fw-la as_o bale_n say_v live_v for_o a_o certain_a time_n in_o the_o isle_n of_o rhodes_n and_o some_o year_n in_o italy_n where_o he_o instruct_v himself_o in_o all_o good_a literature_n and_o make_v himself_o perfect_a in_o many_o language_n withal_o he_o be_v quick_a apprehensive_a and_o ingenious_a and_o therefore_o entire_o belove_v of_o sir_n thomas_n moor_n he_o write_v diverse_a book_n but_o he_o be_v best_o know_v by_o his_o grammar_n he_o be_v bear_v in_o the_o town_n of_o odiham_n in_o hampshire_n the_o epitaph_n of_o agnes_n the_o wife_n of_o william_n lily_n as_o
five_o thousand_o pound_n and_o one_o herbert_n prior_n of_o fiscane_a in_o normandy_n buy_v for_o his_o father_n who_o name_n be_v losinge_v the_o abbacie_n of_o winchester_n and_o for_o himself_o the_o bishopric_n of_o norwich_n trevisa_fw-la whereupon_o a_o versifier_n of_o that_o age_n make_v these_o rhythm_n surgit_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la monstrum_fw-la genitore_fw-la losinga_n symonidum_fw-la secta_fw-la canonum_fw-la virtute_fw-la resecta_fw-la petre_n nimis_fw-la tardas_fw-la nam_fw-la simon_n ad_fw-la ardua_fw-la tentat_fw-la si_fw-la praesens_fw-la esses_fw-la non_fw-la simon_n ad_fw-la alta_fw-la volaret_fw-la proh_fw-la dolour_n ecclesiae_fw-la nummis_fw-la venduntur_fw-la &_o aere_fw-la filius_fw-la est_fw-la praesul_fw-la pater_fw-la abbas_n simon_n uterque_fw-la quid_fw-la non_fw-la speremus_fw-la si_fw-la nummos_fw-la possideamus_fw-la omnia_fw-la nummus_fw-la habet_fw-la quid_fw-la vult_fw-la facit_fw-la addit_fw-la &_o aufert_fw-la res_fw-la nimis_fw-la iniusta_fw-la nummis_fw-la sit_fw-la praesul_fw-la &_o abba_n thus_o translate_v by_o bale_n in_o his_o votary_n a_o monster_n be_v up_o the_o son_n of_o losinga_n while_o the_o law_n seek_v simony_n to_o flay_v peter_n thou_o sleep_v while_o simon_n take_v time_n if_o thou_o be_v present_a simon_n shall_v not_o climb_v church_n be_v prise_v for_o silver_n and_o gold_n the_o son_n a_o bishop_n the_o father_n a_o abbot_n old_a what_o be_v not_o get_v if_o we_o have_v richesse_n money_n obtain_v in_o every_o business_n in_o herbert_n way_n yet_o it_o be_v a_o foul_a blot_n that_o he_o by_o simony_n be_v bishop_n and_o abbot_n but_o simony_n be_v not_o so_o common_a now_o as_o other_o sin_n for_o the_o clergy_n in_o general_n give_v themselves_o strange_o to_o worldly_a pleasure_n 6._o and_o pompous_a vanity_n they_o wear_v gay_a rich_a garment_n gild_a spur_n embroider_a girdle_n and_o bushy_a lock_n the_o monk_n of_o canterbury_n as_o well_o nigh_o all_o other_o monk_n in_o england_n be_v not_o unlike_a to_o secular_a man_n ãâã_d they_o use_v hawk_v and_o hunt_v play_v at_o dice_n and_o great_a drink_n thou_o will_v have_v take_v they_o to_o have_v be_v great_a magnifico_n rather_o than_o monk_n they_o have_v so_o many_o servant_n and_o attendance_n of_o goodly_a array_n and_o dignity_n anselm_n archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n by_o the_o permission_n of_o king_n henry_n the_o first_o paris_n assemble_v a_o great_a council_n of_o the_o clergy_n at_o westminster_n wherein_o he_o deprive_v many_o great_a prelate_n of_o their_o promotion_n for_o their_o several_a offence_n and_o many_o abbot_n for_o other_o enormity_n forbid_v the_o farm_a out_o of_o church_n dignity_n in_o the_o reign_n of_o king_n henry_n the_o second_o the_o abuse_n of_o churchman_n be_v grow_v to_o a_o dangerous_a height_n say_v well_o the_o monk_n of_o newborough_n lib._n 2._o cap._n 16._o for_o it_o be_v declare_v say_v he_o in_o the_o king_n presence_n that_o clergy_n man_n have_v commit_v above_o a_o hundred_o murder_n in_o his_o reign_n of_o which_o nine_o year_n be_v as_o then_o scarce_o expire_v and_o in_o the_o 23_o of_o his_o reign_n the_o nun_n of_o amesbury_n be_v thrust_v out_o of_o their_o house_n because_o of_o their_o incontinent_a live_n rog._n hove_v richard_n cordelion_n king_n of_o england_n be_v tell_v by_o a_o certain_a priest_n call_v fulco_n a_o frenchman_n that_o he_o keep_v with_o he_o three_o daughter_n namely_o pride_n covetousness_n and_o lechery_n which_o will_v procure_v he_o the_o wrath_n of_o god_n if_o he_o do_v not_o short_o rid_v himself_o of_o they_o paris_n answer_v that_o he_o will_v present_o bestow_v his_o three_o daughter_n in_o marriage_n the_o knight_n templar_n say_v he_o shall_v have_v my_o elder_a daughter_n pride_n the_o white_a monk_n of_o the_o cisââux_fw-fr order_n covetousness_n and_o my_o three_o daughter_n lechery_n i_o commit_v to_o the_o prelate_n of_o the_o church_n who_o therein_o take_v most_o pleasure_n and_o felicity_n and_o there_o you_o have_v my_o daughter_n bestow_v among_o you_o in_o the_o reign_n of_o henry_n the_o three_o paris_n the_o templar_n in_o london_n be_v in_o great_a glory_n entertain_v the_o nobility_n foreign_a ambassador_n and_o the_o prince_n himself_o very_o often_o insomuch_o that_o matthew_n paris_n monk_n of_o saint_n alban_n who_o live_v in_o those_o day_n cry_v out_o upon_o they_o for_o their_o pride_n who_o be_v at_o the_o first_o so_o poor_a as_o they_o have_v but_o one_o horse_n to_o serve_v two_o of_o they_o in_o token_n whereof_o they_o give_v in_o their_o seal_n two_o man_n upon_o one_o horseback_n yet_o sudden_o they_o wax_v so_o insolent_a that_o they_o disdain_v other_o order_n and_o sort_v themselves_o with_o nobleman_n but_o this_o their_o insult_a pride_n have_v a_o quick_a period_n paris_n for_o short_o after_o to_o wit_n in_o the_o begin_n of_o king_n edward_n the_o second_o reign_n in_o the_o council_n at_o vienna_n this_o their_o so_o high_o esteem_v order_n be_v upon_o clear_a proof_n of_o their_o general_n odious_a abominable_a sin_n and_o incredible_a atheistical_a impiety_n by_o they_o practise_v utter_o abolish_v throughout_o all_o christendom_n and_o by_o the_o consent_n of_o all_o christian_a king_n depoâed_v all_o in_o one_o day_n take_v all_o and_o commit_v to_o safe_a custody_n and_o thus_o be_v politic_o apprehend_v their_o land_n and_o good_n be_v seize_v upon_o the_o heir_n of_o the_o donour_n here_o in_o england_n and_o such_o as_o have_v endow_v these_o templar_n with_o land_n enter_v upon_o those_o part_n of_o their_o ancient_a patrimony_n after_o this_o dissolution_n ãâã_d and_o detain_v they_o until_o not_o long_o after_o they_o be_v by_o parliament_n whole_o transfer_v unto_o the_o knight_n of_o the_o rhodes_n ãâã_d or_o of_o s._n john_n of_o jerusalem_n a_o little_a before_o the_o universal_a extinguishment_n of_o this_o order_n of_o the_o templar_n edit_n philip_n the_o french_a king_n cause_v 54._o of_o that_o order_n with_o their_o great_a master_n to_o be_v burn_v at_o paris_n for_o their_o heinous_a ungodliness_n in_o the_o reign_n of_o edward_n the_o three_o the_o clergy_n of_o england_n exceed_v all_o other_o nation_n in_o the_o heap_v up_o together_o of_o many_o benefice_n edit_n and_o other_o spiritual_a promotion_n beside_o at_o that_o time_n they_o hold_v the_o principal_a place_n both_o of_o trust_n and_o command_v in_o the_o kingdom_n some_o of_o they_o have_v twenty_o benefice_n with_o cure_n and_o some_o more_o and_o some_o of_o they_o have_v twenty_o prebend_n beside_o other_o great_a dignity_n william_n wickham_n at_o the_o death_n of_o william_n edington_n bishop_n of_o winchester_n be_v make_v general_a administratour_n of_o spiritual_a and_o temporal_a thing_n pertain_v to_o that_o bishopric_n and_o the_o next_o year_n be_v make_v bishop_n of_o winchester_n this_o wickham_n beside_o the_o archdeaconry_n of_o lincoln_n and_o provostship_n of_o welles_n and_o the_o parsonage_n of_o manihant_n in_o devonshire_n have_v twelve_o prebend_n simon_n langham_n be_v archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n and_o chancellor_n of_o england_n john_n barnet_n bishop_n of_o bath_n and_o treasurer_n of_o england_n wichami_fw-la the_o foresay_a wickham_n keeper_n of_o the_o privy_a seal_n master_n of_o the_o ward_n and_o treasurer_n of_o the_o king_n revenue_n in_o france_n david_n wellar_n parson_n of_o somersham_n master_n of_o the_o roll_n serve_v king_n edward_n in_o the_o chancery_n forty_o year_n and_o more_o ten_o benefice_a priest_n civilian_n and_o master_n of_o the_o chancery_n william_n muâse_n deane_n of_o s._n martin_n le_fw-fr grand_fw-fr chief_a chamberlain_n of_o the_o exchequer_n receiver_n and_o keeper_n of_o the_o king_n treasure_n and_o jewel_n william_n ashby_n archdeacon_n of_o northampton_n chancellor_n of_o the_o exchequer_n william_n dighton_n prebendary_a of_o saint_n martin_n clerk_n of_o the_o privy_a seal_n richard_n chesterfield_n prebendary_a of_o s._n stephens_n treasurer_n of_o the_o king_n house_n henry_n snatch_v parson_n of_o oundall_n master_n of_o the_o king_n wardrobe_n john_n newenham_n parson_n of_o fenistanton_n one_o of_o the_o chamberlain_n of_o the_o exchequer_n and_o keeper_n of_o the_o king_n treasury_n and_o jewel_n john_n rouceby_n parson_n of_o hardwicke_n surueior_fw-fr and_o controller_n of_o the_o king_n work_n thomas_n britingham_n parson_n of_o ashby_n treasurer_n to_o the_o king_n for_o the_o part_n of_o guisnes_n and_o the_o march_n of_o caleis_n john_n troy_n treasurer_n of_o ireland_n diverse_a way_n benefice_v in_o ireland_n pope_n vrban_n the_o first_o make_v a_o decree_n against_o the_o heap_v together_o of_o many_o benefice_n or_o spiritual_a promotion_n by_o one_o man_n for_o the_o execution_n whereof_o he_o send_v commandment_n to_o the_o archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n and_o by_o he_o to_o all_o his_o suffragans_fw-la to_o certify_v in_o writing_n the_o name_n number_n and_o quality_n of_o every_o clerk_n benefice_n or_o live_n within_o their_o several_a diocese_n whereupon_o this_o or_o the_o like_a certificate_n be_v bring_v in_o i_o find_v inter_fw-la brevi
london_n with_o a_o strong_a wall_n and_o a_o deep_a moat_n be_v âased_v the_o revenue_n of_o his_o see_n adorn_v it_o with_o many_o sumptuous_a and_o staâely_a building_n and_o procure_v diverse_a notable_a privilege_n for_o the_o same_o and_o to_o repair_v the_o book_n and_o library_n of_o this_o church_n heveden_n he_o give_v the_o church_n of_o halegast_n he_o finish_v a_o collegiate_n church_n at_o lambeth_n of_o canon_n regular_a begin_v by_o baldwin_n his_o predecessor_n which_o upon_o the_o complaint_n of_o the_o monk_n of_o canterbury_n to_o the_o pope_n be_v pull_v down_o to_o the_o ground_n maâny_o opposition_n be_v betwixt_o he_o and_o the_o pope_n 119â_n and_o many_o time_n he_o be_v discountenance_v by_o king_n john_n yet_o apparent_o he_o die_v in_o both_o their_o favour_n at_o his_o manor_n of_o tenham_n july_n 13._o 1205._o have_v sit_v archbishop_n twelve_o year_n save_v four_o month_n here_o lie_v entomb_v the_o body_n of_o stephen_n langton_n archbishop_n archbishop_n who_o election_n to_o this_o see_v against_o the_o king_n will_v be_v the_o cause_n of_o many_o calamity_n within_o this_o kingdom_n the_o great_a part_n whereof_o fall_v upon_o the_o clergy_n of_o which_o hear_v my_o author_n bishop_n hubert_z of_o canterbury_n though_o die_v 142._o wherefore_o king_n john_n unto_o the_o covent_n send_v to_o choose_v his_o norwâch_n clerk_n which_o they_o refuse_v and_o deny_v wherefore_o the_o king_n be_v wroth_a in_o his_o intent_n for_o they_o disobey_v the_o letter_n which_o he_o send_v for_o they_o have_v choose_v master_n stephan_n langton_n a_o worthy_a clerk_n of_o all_o disposition_n who_o king_n john_n then_o will_v not_o admytte_a for_o romayn_v bull_n ne_o for_o the_o prelate_n prayer_n but_o prison_v some_o and_o some_o to_o death_n commytte_n some_o he_o exile_v and_o their_o eye_n clear_a and_o all_o persoune_n and_o prelate_n in_o fere_n he_o then_o put_v out_o and_o seize_v their_o benefice_n through_o all_o the_o land_n as_o his_o mortal_a enemy_n the_o romish_a bishop_n curse_a he_o open_o and_o all_o the_o realm_n full_o do_v enterdite_n that_o sacrament_n none_o therein_o shall_v occupy_v but_o howsoever_o these_o mischief_n happen_v upon_o his_o admittance_n yet_o the_o man_n in_o regard_n of_o his_o many_o excellent_a gift_n both_o of_o body_n and_o mind_n be_v no_o way_n to_o be_v mislike_v but_o much_o to_o be_v commend_v for_o his_o religious_a wise_a carriage_n live_v under_o so_o violent_a a_o king_n and_o in_o such_o troublesome_a ungodly_a time_n to_o who_o this_o distichon_fw-la take_v out_o of_o marshal_n epigram_n to_o traian_n warfaring_a under_o diocletian_n be_v apply_v laudari_fw-la debes_fw-la quoniam_fw-la sub_fw-la principe_fw-la duro_fw-la cant._n temporibusque_fw-la malis_fw-la ausus_fw-la es_fw-la esse_fw-la bone_fw-la descend_v he_o be_v from_o a_o ancient_a family_n in_o lecestershire_n bring_v up_o in_o the_o university_n of_o paris_n great_o esteem_v by_o the_o king_n and_o all_o the_o nobility_n of_o france_n for_o his_o singular_a and_o rare_a learning_n make_v chancellor_n of_o paris_n and_o cardinal_n of_o rome_n 2._o ãâã_d s._n chrysogoni_n he_o write_v many_o admirable_a profound_a work_n and_o among_o the_o rest_n divide_v the_o bible_n into_o chapter_n in_o such_o sort_n as_o we_o now_o account_v they_o he_o bestow_v much_o upon_o his_o palace_n here_o in_o canterbury_n and_o upon_o a_o fair_a horologe_n in_o the_o south-crosse_a isle_n yet_o the_o solemnity_n of_o the_o translation_n of_o thomas_n beckets_n bone_n be_v so_o chargeable_a unto_o he_o ang._n as_o neither_o he_o nor_o four_o of_o his_o successor_n be_v able_a to_o recover_v the_o debt_n he_o cast_v his_o church_n into_o he_o die_v july_n 9_o 1228._o have_v sit_v archbishop_n 22._o year_n here_o in_o this_o church_n but_o in_o what_o particular_a place_n my_o author_n know_v not_o archbishop_n john_n peckham_n sometime_o bishop_n of_o this_o see_v lie_v bury_v this_o john_n be_v bear_v in_o sussex_n spend_v his_o childhood_n in_o the_o abbey_n of_o lewes_n and_o be_v bring_v up_o in_o the_o university_n of_o oxford_n from_o thence_o he_o go_v to_o paris_n to_o study_v divinity_n and_o after_o that_o to_o livus_o to_o get_v some_o knowledge_n in_o the_o canon_n law_n catal._n without_o the_o which_o divinity_n be_v esteem_v unperfect_a in_o those_o day_n and_o to_o better_v his_o knowledge_n he_o visit_v all_o the_o university_n of_o italy_n come_v to_o rome_n where_o his_o rare_a learning_n be_v soon_o perceive_v he_o be_v make_v by_o the_o pope_n auditor_n or_o chief_a judge_n of_o his_o palace_n and_o so_o continue_v till_o his_o preferment_n to_o canterbury_n for_o a_o man_n of_o so_o mean_a parentage_n he_o be_v think_v to_o be_v very_o stately_a both_o in_o gesture_n gate_z word_n and_o all_o outward_a show_n yet_o of_o a_o exceed_a meek_a facile_a inward_a disposition_n unto_o double_a benefice_a man_n and_o nonresidents_a he_o be_v very_o strict_a adultery_n he_o punish_v very_o severe_o he_o persecute_v a_o bishop_n terrible_o for_o keep_v of_o a_o concubine_n and_o one_o roger_n ham_n a_o priest_n he_o enjoin_v to_o three_o year_n penance_n for_o fornication_n a_o sin_n predominant_a in_o former_a time_n among_o the_o clergy_n witness_v these_o rhyme_n great_a lechery_n and_o fornication_n be_v in_o that_o 2_o house_n and_o also_o great_a advoutree_n of_o paramour_n be_v great_a consolation_n of_o each_o degree_n well_o more_o of_o prelacy_n then_o of_o the_o temporal_a or_o of_o the_o chivalry_n he_o excommunicate_v one_o sir_n osborne_n gifford_n knight_n for_o steal_v two_o nun_n out_o of_o the_o nunnery_n of_o wilton_n and_o absolve_v he_o upon_o these_o condition_n first_o that_o he_o shall_v never_o come_v within_o any_o nunnery_n or_o in_o the_o company_n of_o a_o nun_n that_o three_o sunday_n together_o he_o shall_v be_v whip_v in_o the_o parish-church_n of_o wilton_n and_o as_o many_o time_n in_o the_o market_n and_o church_n of_o shaftsbury_n that_o he_o shall_v fast_v a_o certain_a number_n of_o month_n that_o he_o shall_v not_o wear_v a_o shirt_n of_o three_o year_n and_o last_o that_o he_o shall_v not_o any_o more_o take_v upon_o he_o the_o habit_n or_o title_n of_o a_o knight_n but_o wear_v apparel_n of_o a_o russet_a colour_n until_o he_o have_v spend_v three_o year_n in_o the_o holy_a land_n he_o die_v ann._n 1294._o very_o rich_a yet_o found_v a_o college_n of_o canon_n at_o wingham_n in_o kent_n found_v value_v at_o 84._o l._n per_fw-la annum_fw-la and_o advance_v many_o of_o his_o friend_n to_o great_a possession_n who_o posterity_n have_v continue_v in_o the_o state_n of_o knight_n and_o esquire_n even_o until_o our_o time_n he_o sit_v archbishop_n thirteen_o year_n and_o a_o half_a found_v his_o heart_n be_v bury_v at_o christ-church_n london_n retro_fw-la magnum_fw-la altar_n here_o beside_o the_o altar_n of_o saint_n gregory_n found_v sometime_o stand_v a_o sumptuous_a monument_n wherein_o the_o bone_n of_o robert_n winchelsey_n be_v entomb_v which_o upon_o the_o reformation_n of_o religion_n be_v pull_v down_o to_o the_o ground_n lest_o that_o the_o common_a people_n who_o will_v needs_o esteem_v he_o a_o saint_n may_v give_v he_o divine_a honour_n he_o sit_v archbishop_n nineteen_o year_n during_o which_o time_n he_o endure_v much_o sorrow_n yet_o finish_v his_o day_n in_o quietness_n and_o great_a felicity_n ãâã_d the_o king_n and_o the_o pope_n concur_v together_o in_o his_o time_n exact_v many_o great_a payment_n and_o inflict_v grievous_a punishment_n upon_o the_o clergy_n whereupon_o these_o satirical_a verse_n be_v frame_v ecclesiae_fw-la navis_fw-la titubat_fw-la regni_fw-la quia_fw-la clavis_fw-la ãâã_d errat_fw-la rex_fw-la papa_n facti_fw-la sunt_fw-la unica_fw-la capa_fw-la hoc_fw-la faciunt_fw-la do_v des_fw-fr pilatus_n hic_fw-la alter_fw-la herodes_n he_o live_v in_o banishment_n two_o year_n even_o until_o the_o death_n of_o edward_n the_o first_o who_o exile_v he_o upon_o surmise_a treason_n from_o which_o he_o be_v call_v home_o by_o edward_n his_o son_n who_o restore_v he_o to_o his_o place_n to_o all_o his_o good_n and_o to_o all_o the_o profit_n of_o his_o temporality_n receive_v in_o his_o absence_n he_o be_v a_o stout_a prelate_n and_o a_o severe_a punisher_n of_o sin_n he_o bold_o oppose_v himself_o against_o piers_n gaveston_n the_o spenser_n and_o other_o corrupter_n of_o the_o young_a king_n and_o enforce_v john_n warren_n earl_n of_o surrey_n to_o forswear_v the_o company_n of_o a_o certain_a beautiful_a wench_n with_o the_o love_n of_o which_o he_o be_v great_o be_v witch_v he_o maintain_v many_o poor_a scholar_n at_o the_o university_n with_o liberal_a exhibition_n and_o such_o preferment_n as_o fell_a to_o his_o disposition_n he_o bestow_v upon_o man_n of_o excellent_a learning_n unto_o all_o kind_n of_o poor_a people_n he_o be_v exceed_v bountiful_a his_o book_n apparel_n and_o other_o movables_n such_o as_o they_o be_v for_o
the_o holy_a cross_n so_o denominate_v of_o wear_v a_o cross_n ancient_o call_v a_o crouch_n upon_o their_o garment_n and_o of_o bear_v the_o cross_n for_o the_o badge_n and_o arm_n of_o their_o house_n this_o house_n be_v value_v at_o the_o suppression_n to_o 52_o l._n 13_o s._n 2_o d._n of_o annual_a profit_n a_o petition_n to_o secretary_n cromwell_n against_o the_o prior_n of_o this_o house_n a_o little_a before_o the_o dissolution_n thereof_o pleasethe_v it_o your_o honourable_a mastoreship_n to_o be_v advertesid_v cot._n that_o in_o the_o time_n of_o lent_n last_o pass_v your_o continual_a orator_n john_n bartelote_n with_o other_o to_o the_o number_n of_o five_o person_n of_o good_a conversation_n find_v the_o priore_n of_o the_o crossyd_v friores_fw-la in_o london_n wench_n at_o that_o time_n be_v in_o bed_n with_o his_o whore_n both_o naked_a about_o xi_o of_o the_o clock_n in_o the_o forenoon_n upon_o a_o friday_n at_o which_o time_n the_o say_a priore_n to_o the_o intent_n his_o misdemeanour_n and_o shameful_a fact_n shall_v not_o be_v know_v whereby_o he_o shall_v sustain_v open_a shame_n kneel_v upon_o his_o knee_n and_o not_o only_o desire_v your_o say_a orator_n and_o his_o company_n to_o keep_v secret_a his_o say_a act_n and_o not_o to_o disclose_v in_o any_o wife_n the_o same_o but_o for_o the_o same_o intent_n free_o and_o of_o his_o own_o motion_n give_v among_o they_o about_o thirty_o l._n which_o he_o then_o be_v possess_v of_o of_o the_o which_o sum_n your_o orator_n have_v by_o the_o say_a gift_n about_o seven_o l._n and_o also_o the_o say_a priore_n promise_v to_o give_v among_o the_o say_a company_n thirty_o l._n more_o by_o a_o certain_a day_n and_o after_o by_o mediation_n of_o friend_n of_o the_o say_v priore_n the_o say_v thirty_o l._n be_v release_v to_o the_o sum_n of_o vi_o l._n which_o six_o pound_n the_o say_v priore_n bind_v himself_o to_o pay_v to_o the_o say_a orator_n by_o his_o bill_n obligatory_a at_o a_o certain_a day_n in_o the_o same_o limete_v yet_o this_o notwithstanding_o for_o by_o cause_n your_o say_a orator_n for_o non_fw-fr payment_n of_o the_o say_v vi_o l._n do_v arrest_v the_o say_a priore_n he_o have_v so_o heinous_o inform_v the_o lord_n chancellor_n against_o your_o orator_n that_o he_o will_v only_o put_v he_o to_o shewertie_n make_v the_o premise_n a_o heinous_a robbery_n say_v open_o that_o your_o orator_n be_v worthy_a to_o be_v hang_v but_o also_o will_v by_o his_o high_a authority_n compel_v your_o orator_n to_o repay_v again_o to_o the_o say_v priore_n the_o some_o of_o thirty_o l._n unless_o your_o most_o charetable_a goodness_n be_v therein_o otherwise_o show_v it_o may_v therefore_o please_v your_o good_a mastershipe_n of_o your_o abundant_a goodness_n to_o provide_v that_o the_o premese_n may_v be_v due_o examine_v according_a to_o equity_n for_o this_o be_v the_o very_a and_o whole_a truth_n in_o the_o same_o and_o your_o seid_v oratore_fw-la shall_v prey_v to_o god_n for_o your_o honour_n and_o preservation_n long_o to_o endure_v by_o your_o humble_a oratore_fw-la to_o his_o power_n during_o his_o life_n john_n bartelote_n saint_n katherine_n by_o the_o tower_n hospital_n this_o be_v the_o church_n belong_v to_o the_o hospital_n dedicate_v to_o the_o honour_n of_o saint_n katherine_n found_v by_o queen_n maud_n the_o wife_n of_o king_n stephen_n and_o much_o augment_v by_o eleanor_n the_o wife_n of_o king_n edward_n the_o first_o and_o philip_z wife_n to_o king_n edward_n the_o three_o who_o leave_v to_o it_o sufficient_a livelihood_n for_o a_o master_n 3_o brethren_n chaplain_n and_o 3_o sister_n ten_o poor_a woman_n and_o six_o poor_a clerk_n this_o house_n be_v value_v at_o the_o general_a suppression_n at_o 315_o l._n 14_o s._n 2_o d._n per_fw-la annum_fw-la excester_n here_o under_o a_o ancient_a monument_n âouly_o deface_v lie_v entomb_v the_o body_n of_o john_n holland_n duke_n of_o exeter_n earl_n of_o huntingdon_n and_o of_o ivory_n in_o normandy_n lord_n of_o sparre_n admiral_n of_o england_n ireland_n and_o aquitaine_n lieutenant_n general_n of_o the_o duchy_n of_o aquitaine_n fellow_n of_o the_o honourable_a order_n of_o the_o garter_n and_o constable_n of_o the_o tower_n of_o london_n as_o he_o write_v in_o his_o stile_n annal._n when_o henry_n the_o five_o in_o the_o five_o of_o his_o reign_n be_v to_o go_v over_o into_o normandy_n this_o puissant_a john_n holland_n as_o then_o but_o earl_n of_o huntingdon_n be_v send_v before_o to_o scour_v the_o sea_n who_o meet_v with_o nine_o carrack_n of_o genoa_n which_o be_v go_v to_o aid_v the_o french_a king_n fight_v with_o they_o and_o sink_v six_o of_o they_o and_o take_v the_o other_o three_o with_o great_a store_n of_o money_n and_o treasure_n and_o bring_v they_o with_o his_o prisoner_n to_z the_o king_n this_o battle_n be_v fight_v never_o harflew_v upon_o the_o fall_n of_o the_o river_n seyne_n into_o the_o narrow_a sea_n of_o which_o a_o old_a versifier_n harding_n they_o faught_v full_a sore_n afore_o the_o water_n of_o sayen_v with_o carrack_n many_o well_o stuff_v and_o array_v and_o many_o other_o ship_n great_a of_o hispayn_n barge_n balynger_n and_o galley_n unfray_v which_o proud_o come_v upon_o our_o ship_n unpray_v and_o by_o th'euen_a their_o sail_n avale_v be_v set_v their_o enemy_n slay_v in_o battayll_n and_o sore_o bet_v and_o many_o dryent_n be_v that_o day_n in_o the_o sea_n that_o as_o our_o fleet_n ride_v there_o then_o always_o unto_o the_o feast_n next_o of_o his_o nativitee_n the_o body_n fleet_n among_o our_o ship_n each_o day_n full_o piteous_a be_v and_o to_o see_v they_o ay_o that_o thousand_o be_v twenty_o as_o they_o then_o tell_v that_o take_v be_v in_o that_o same_o batayll_v bold_a this_o valiant_a brave_a duke_n die_v full_a of_o year_n the_o five_o of_o august_n in_o the_o 25._o year_n of_o king_n henry_n the_o six_o anno_fw-la 1447._o here_o lie_v entomb_v by_o he_o his_o two_o wife_n the_o first_o be_v anne_n exeter_n daughter_n of_o edmund_n earl_n stafford_n by_o his_o wife_n anne_n the_o heir_n of_o thomas_n of_o woodstock_n duke_n of_o gloucester_n by_o who_o he_o have_v issue_n henry_n duke_n of_o exeter_n she_o have_v be_v former_o marry_v unto_o edmund_n mortimer_n earl_n of_o march_n and_o ulster_n i_o can_v find_v the_o time_n of_o her_o death_n his_o second_o wife_n here_o entomb_v be_v also_o anne_n exeter_n daughter_n of_o io._n montague_n the_o three_o of_o that_o name_n earl_n of_o salisbury_n who_o former_o have_v be_v twice_o marry_v to_o sir_n richard_n hanckford_n &_o to_o sir_n john_n fitz-lewis_n knight_n she_o die_v the_o 27_o of_o november_n 1457._o here_o lie_v likewise_o entomb_v norfolk_n the_o body_n of_o constance_n sister_n of_o the_o foresay_a john_n duke_n of_o exeter_n daughter_n of_o john_n holland_n first_o of_o that_o name_n duke_n of_o exeter_n marry_v to_o thomas_n lord_n mowbray_n the_o son_n of_o thomas_n who_o die_v in_o banishment_n duke_n of_o norfolk_n earl_n of_o nottingham_n and_o earl_n martial_n of_o england_n and_o remarry_v to_o sir_n john_n grey_n lord_n grey_z of_o ruthin_n she_o die_v the_o sixteen_o of_o henry_n the_o six_o new_a abbey_n in_o east-smithfield_n before_o the_o foundation_n of_o this_o abbey_n grace_n there_o stand_v in_o the_o same_o place_n a_o little_a chapel_n within_o a_o coemitorie_a or_o churchyard_n dedicate_v to_o the_o honour_n of_o god_n by_o ralph_n stratford_n bishop_n of_o london_n wherein_o be_v inter_v innumerable_a many_o of_o such_o person_n as_o die_v in_o the_o first_o great_a pestilence_n the_o 23_o of_o king_n edward_n the_o three_o now_o the_o say_a king_n like_v well_o this_o plot_n of_o ground_n and_o have_v before_o in_o a_o tempest_n on_o the_o sea_n and_o peril_n of_o drown_v make_v a_o vow_n to_o build_v a_o monastery_n to_o the_o honour_n of_o god_n and_o our_o lady_n of_o grace_n if_o god_n will_v grant_v he_o grace_n to_o come_v safe_a to_o land_n build_v here_o a_o monastery_n wherein_o he_o place_v white_a monk_n of_o the_o cistercian_n order_n survey_v which_o house_n at_o the_o general_a suppression_n be_v value_v at_o 546_o l._n 10_o d._n yearly_a the_o king_n store-house_n for_o victual_n and_o for_o bake_v of_o biscuit_n to_o serve_v his_o majesty_n ship_n be_v build_v in_o the_o same_o place_n where_o this_o abbey_n stand_v the_o minory_n here_o be_v a_o abbey_n of_o nun_n minory_n of_o the_o order_n of_o saint_n clare_n found_v by_o blanch_n queen_n of_o navarre_n and_o her_o husband_n edmund_n earl_n of_o lancaster_n leicester_n and_o derby_n brother_n to_o king_n edward_n the_o first_o in_o the_o year_n 1293._o this_o house_n be_v value_v to_o dispend_v yearly_o 418_o l._n 8_o s._n 5_o d._n and_o be_v surrender_v by_o dame_n elizabeth_n savage_a the_o last_o abbess_n there_o unto_o king_n henry_n
sic_fw-la mecum_fw-la vixit_fw-la sic_fw-la altera_fw-la vivit_fw-la charior_fw-la incertum_fw-la est_fw-la hec_fw-la sit_fw-la a_o hec_fw-la fuerit_fw-la o_o simul_fw-la o_fw-la iuncti_fw-la poteramus_fw-la vivere_fw-la nos_fw-la tros_fw-la quam_fw-la bene_fw-la si_fw-la factum_fw-la religioque_fw-la sinant_fw-la et_fw-la societ_fw-la tumulus_fw-la societ_fw-la nos_fw-la obsecro_fw-la celum_fw-la sic_fw-la mors_fw-la non_fw-la potuit_fw-la quod_fw-la dare_v vita_fw-la dabit_fw-la the_o character_n of_o this_o ingenious_a and_o learned_a lord_n chancellor_n be_v deliver_v at_o large_a by_o all_o our_o late_a english_a historiographer_n as_o also_o by_o many_o foreign_a writer_n to_o who_o and_o to_o that_o which_o i_o have_v speak_v of_o he_o before_o i_o refer_v my_o reader_n of_o your_o charity_n pray_v for_o the_o soul_n of_o edward_n bray_n bray_n knight_n lord_n bray_n cousin_n and_o heir_n to_o sir_n reignold_n bray_n knight_n of_o the_o garter_n ......_o his_o brother_n reignold_n bray_n esquire_n lie_v bury_v by_o he_o but_o their_o monument_n be_v so_o deface_v that_o i_o can_v find_v no_o further_o remembrance_n neither_o of_o their_o life_n nor_o of_o the_o time_n of_o their_o death_n kensington_n berford_n maud_n de_fw-fr berford_n gist_n icy_a dieu_fw-fr de_fw-fr spalme_n eit_fw-mi mercy_n amen_o meawtis_fw-la here_o undyr_n lie_v phelip_n meawtis_n the_o sonn_n and_o heir_n of_o john_n meawtis_n oone_o of_o you_o secretarye_n to_o the_o king_n hen._n the_o seven_o and_o hen._n the_o eight_o clerk_n of_o his_o counsel_n and_o oone_o of_o the_o knyght_n of_o wyndsor_n which_o phelip_n decessyd_v the_o eight_o of_o novembre_n m._n d._n x._o on_o who_o be_v soul_n jesu_n have_v mercy_n amen_n wife_n hic_fw-la iacent_fw-la robertus_fw-la rote_n &_o elisab_n ........_o richardus_fw-la scardebrugh_n &_o elisabetha_n uxor_fw-la eius_fw-la ac_fw-la robertus_fw-la scardebrugh_n filius_fw-la eorundem_fw-la richardi_fw-la et_fw-la elisabethe_n qui_fw-la quidem_fw-la richardus_fw-la obiji_fw-la xi_o die_v decemb._n m._n cccc.liij_fw-la quorum_fw-la animabus_fw-la propitietur_fw-la altissimus_fw-la laverocke_n here_o lie_v adwin_n laverocke_v of_o calis_n cousin_n to_o john_n mewtas_n of_o kensington_n and_o the_o french_a secretary_n to_o king_n henry_n the_o seven_o which_o decessyd_v on_o seynt_a stephen_n day_n m._n cccc.lxxxxiii_n on_o who_o soul_n god_n have_v mercy_n amen_n in_o the_o worschip_n of_o god_n and_o our_o lady_n say_v for_o all_o cristen_v soul_n a_o pater_n noster_n and_o a_o avie_n essex_n hic_fw-la iacet_fw-la thomas_n essex_n armiger_n filius_fw-la &_o heres_fw-la gulielmi_n essex_n armigeri_fw-la rememoratoris_fw-la domini_fw-la regis_fw-la edwardi_fw-la quarti_fw-la in_o scaccario_fw-la ac_fw-la vice_n thesarar_fw-la anglie_o qui_fw-la obijt_fw-la 10._o novemb._n 1500._o que_fw-fr sola_fw-la virgineo_fw-la nata_fw-la laudamus_fw-la honore_fw-la i_fw-mi protegens_fw-la nato_fw-la fundito_fw-la vota_fw-la tuo_fw-la r._n of_o the_o office_n of_o remembrancer_n whereof_o william_n the_o father_n of_o this_o thomas_n essex_n here_o entomb_v be_v one_o and_o the_o chief_a give_v i_o leave_v to_o speak_v a_o little_a out_o of_o the_o interpreter_n remembrancer_n of_o the_o exchequer_n rememoratores_fw-la be_v three_o officer_n or_o clerk_n one_o call_v the_o king_n remembrancer_n ann._n 35._o eli._n cap._n 5._o the_o other_o the_o lord_n treasurer_n remembrancer_n upon_o who_o charge_n it_o seem_v to_o lie_v that_o they_o put_v all_o justice_n of_o that_o court_n as_o the_o lord_n treasurer_n and_o the_o rest_n in_o remembrance_n of_o such_o thing_n as_o be_v to_o be_v call_v on_o and_o deal_v in_o for_o the_o prince_n behoof_n the_o three_o be_v call_v the_o remembrancer_n of_o the_o first-fruit_n of_o these_o you_o may_v read_v something_o ann._n 5._o ric._n 2._o stat._n 1._o cap._n 14._o and_o 15._o to_o the_o effect_n above_o specify_v these_o a_o 37._o ed._n 3._o cap._n 4._o be_v call_v clerk_n of_o the_o remembrance_n it_o seem_v that_o the_o name_n of_o the_o officer_n be_v borrow_v from_o the_o civilian_n who_o have_v their_o memoriale_n qui_fw-la sunt_fw-la notarij_fw-la cancellariae_fw-la in_o regno_fw-la subiecti_fw-la officio_fw-la quaestoris_fw-la lucas_n de_fw-fr penna_fw-la c._n lib._n 10_o tit_n 12._o num_fw-la 7._o remembrancer_n the_o king_n remembrancer_n enter_v into_o his_o office_n all_o recognizance_n take_v before_o the_o baron_n for_o any_o the_o king_n debt_n for_o apparence_n or_o for_o observe_v of_o order_n he_o take_v all_o bond_n for_o any_o of_o the_o king_n debt_n or_o for_o appearance_n or_o for_o observe_v of_o order_n and_o make_v process_n upon_o they_o for_o the_o breach_n of_o they_o he_o write_v process_n against_o the_o collector_n of_o custom_n subsedy_n and_o fiveteenth_n for_o their_o account_n all_o information_n upon_o penal_a statute_n be_v enter_v in_o his_o office_n and_o all_o matter_n upon_o english_a bill_n in_o the_o exchequer_n chamber_n be_v remain_v in_o his_o office_n he_o make_v the_o bill_n of_o composition_n upon_o penal_a law_n take_v the_o stalment_n debt_n make_v a_o record_n of_o a_o certificate_n deliver_v to_o he_o by_o the_o clerk_n of_o the_o star-chamber_n of_o the_o fine_n there_o set_v and_o send_v they_o to_o the_o pipe_n he_o have_v deliver_v to_o his_o office_n all_o manner_n of_o indenture_n fine_n and_o other_o evidence_n whatsoever_o that_o concern_v the_o assure_v of_o any_o land_n to_o the_o crown_n he_o yearly_a in_o crastino_n animarum_fw-la read_v in_o open_a court_n the_o statute_n for_o election_n of_o sheriff_n and_o give_v those_o that_o choose_v they_o their_o oath_n he_o read_v in_o open_a court_n the_o oath_n of_o all_o the_o officer_n of_o the_o court_n when_o they_o be_v admit_v the_o treasurer_n remembrancer_n make_v process_n against_o all_o sheriff_n remembrancer_n escheator_n receiver_n and_o bailiff_n for_o their_o account_n he_o make_v process_n of_o fieri_fw-la facias_fw-la and_o extent_n for_o any_o debt_n due_a to_o the_o king_n either_o in_o the_o pipe_n or_o with_o the_o auditor_n he_o make_v process_n for_o all_o such_o revenue_n as_o be_v due_a to_o the_o king_n by_o reason_n of_o his_o tenor_n he_o make_v a_o record_n whereby_o it_o appear_v whether_o sheriff_n and_o other_o accountant_n keep_v their_o day_n of_o prefixion_n all_o extreat_v of_o fine_n issue_n and_o amerciament_n set_v in_o any_o court_n of_o westminster_n or_o at_o the_o assize_n or_o session_n be_v certify_v into_o his_o office_n and_o be_v by_o he_o deliver_v to_o the_o clerk_n of_o extreat_n to_o write_v process_n upon_o they_o he_o have_v also_o bring_v into_o his_o office_n all_o the_o account_n of_o customer_n controuller_n and_o other_o accomptant_n to_o make_v thereof_o a_o entry_n of_o record_n the_o remembrancer_n of_o the_o first-fruit_n take_v all_o composition_n for_o first-fruit_n and_o ten_o first-fruit_n and_o make_v process_n against_o such_o as_o pay_v not_o the_o same_o now_o to_o return_v these_o essexes_n be_v lord_n of_o this_o town_n as_o i_o have_v it_o by_o relation_n which_o town_n at_o this_o day_n be_v much_o honour_v by_o the_o lord_n thereof_o that_o noble_a gentleman_n sir_n henry_n rich_a captain_n of_o his_o majesty_n guard_n and_o knight_n of_o the_o garter_n baron_n kensington_n of_o kensington_n earl_n of_o holland_n and_o one_o of_o his_o majesty_n most_o honourable_a privy_a counsel_n fulham_n hic_fw-la iacet_fw-la johannes_n fischer_n fisher._n quondam_a thesaurarius_fw-la domini_fw-la cardinalis_fw-la sancte_fw-la balbine_fw-la et_fw-la postea_fw-la hostiensis_n et_fw-fr cantuariensis_n archiepiscopi_fw-la qui_fw-la obijt_fw-la 27._o aug._n 1463._o here_o lie_v bury_v the_o body_n of_o sir_n ralph_n butt_v knight_n knight_n and_o physician_n to_o our_o sovereign_a lord_n henry_n the_o viij_o who_o decessyd_v 1545._o on_o who_o sowl_v quid_fw-la medicina_fw-la valet_fw-la quid_fw-la honos_fw-la quid_fw-la gratia_fw-la regum_fw-la quid_fw-la popularis_fw-la amor_fw-la mors_fw-la ubi_fw-la seva_fw-la venit_fw-la sola_fw-la valet_fw-la pietas_n que_fw-la structa_fw-la est_fw-la auspice_n christo_fw-la sola_fw-la in_o morte_fw-la valet_fw-la ceterus_fw-la cuncta_fw-la fluunt_fw-la ergo_fw-la mihi_fw-la in_o vita_fw-la fuerit_fw-la quando_fw-la omne_fw-la christus_fw-la mors_fw-la mihi_fw-la nunc_fw-la lucrum_fw-la vitaque_fw-la christus_fw-la erit_fw-la pray_v for_o the_o sowl_n of_o john_n long_n gentylman_n wife_n katherine_n and_o alice_n his_o wyf_n who_o die_v the_o x._o of_o march_n on_o thousand_o fyve_v hundryd_v and_o three_o on_o who_o sowl_n and_o all_o christian_a sowl_n jesu_n have_v mercy_n fili_fw-la redemptor_n mundi_fw-la deus_fw-la miserere_fw-la nobis_fw-la sancta_fw-la trinitas_fw-la unus_fw-la deus_fw-la miserere_fw-la nobis_fw-la spiritus_fw-la sanctus_n deus_fw-la miserere_fw-la nobis_fw-la sherburne_n hic_fw-la iacet_fw-la johannes_n sherburne_n bachalaureus_n utriusque_fw-la legis_fw-la quondam_a archidiaconus_fw-la essex_n qui_fw-la ob_fw-la 1434._o wife_n of_o your_o cherite_v pray_v for_o the_o soul_n of_o sir_n samson_n norton_n knight_n late_a master_n of_o the_o ordinance_n of_o war_n with_o king_n henry_n the_o eight_o and_o for_o the_o soul_n of_o dame_n elysabyth_v his_o wyff_fw-mi which_o sir_n samson_n decessyd_v the_o eight_o day_n of_o february_n on_o
bell_n on_o which_o be_v cast_v a_o piece_n of_o coin_n of_o silver_n of_o king_n edward_n the_o four_o it_o be_v give_v by_o one_o of_o the_o countess_n of_o essex_n as_o one_o may_v partly_o gather_v by_o a_o old_a inscription_n upon_o it_o be_v the_o bowser_n knot_n tiltey_n abbey_n here_o sometime_o stand_v a_o monastery_n found_v by_o maurice_n fitz-gilbert_n before_o remember_v not_o long_o after_o the_o conquest_n which_o he_o dedicate_v to_o the_o honour_n of_o the_o virgin_n mary_n and_o therein_o place_v white_a monk_n of_o the_o cistertian_n order_n the_o donation_n to_o this_o religious_a house_n be_v confirm_v in_o the_o record_n of_o the_o tower_n cart._n antiq._n lit_fw-fr s._n the_o valuation_n of_o it_o at_o the_o suppression_n be_v 177._o l._n 9_o s._n 4._o d._n this_o monastery_n be_v not_o altogether_o ruinous_a in_o the_o little_a church_n whereof_o i_o find_v these_o funeral_n inscription_n follow_v b._n bruntingthorpe_n near_o to_o leicester_n have_v long_o be_v the_o habitation_n of_o the_o ancient_a family_n of_o dannet_n say_v master_n burton_n who_o bear_v sable_a guttee_n argent_fw-fr a_fw-fr canton_n ermine_n one_o of_o which_o family_n lie_v here_o inter_v with_o this_o epitaph_n wife_n hic_fw-la iacet_fw-la sepultus_fw-la cum_fw-la coniuge_fw-la maria_n gerardus_n dannet_n de_fw-fr bruntingthorp_n in_o com_n lecestr_n ar._n &_o serenissimi_fw-la regis_fw-la henrici_fw-la octavi_fw-la consiliarius_fw-la qui_fw-la obijt_fw-la anno_fw-la christi_fw-la m._n ccccc.xx_fw-la mensis_fw-la maij_fw-la quarto_fw-la the_o arm_n afore_o blazon_v be_v over_o the_o monument_n of_o this_o counsellor_n to_o king_n henry_n abbot_n abbas_n famosus_fw-la bone_fw-la &_o vivendo_fw-la probatus_fw-la in_o thakley_n natus_fw-la qui_fw-la iacet_fw-la hic_fw-la tumulatus_fw-la thomas_n dictatus_fw-la qui_fw-la christo_fw-la sit_fw-la sociatus_fw-la rite_n gubernavit_fw-la istumque_fw-la locum_fw-la peramavit_fw-la great_a easton_n orate_fw-la ...._o willelmi_n moigne_n ar_n ...._o qui_fw-fr obiit_fw-la ...._o m.ccc.v_o 1._o this_o william_n moigne_n or_o monk_n hold_v this_o manor_n of_o easton_n ad_fw-la montem_fw-la for_o so_o it_o be_v ancient_o call_v with_o winterborne_n and_o maston_n in_o the_o county_n of_o wilts_n by_o service_n of_o be_v clerk_n of_o the_o king_n kitchen_n and_o keeper_n of_o his_o lardarie_n tempore_fw-la coronationis_fw-la hatfield_n brad-oke_n priory_n so_o call_v say_v camden_n of_o a_o broad_a spread_v oak_n in_o which_o town_n robert_n de_fw-fr vere_n the_o three_o earl_n of_o oxford_n and_o great_a chamberlain_n of_o england_n found_v a_o priory_n for_o black_a monk_n about_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o reign_n of_o king_n henry_n the_o three_o value_v at_o the_o suppression_n at_o 157._o l._n 3._o s._n 2._o d._n ob_fw-la per_fw-la annum_fw-la which_o priory_n aubrey_n de_fw-fr vere_n the_o three_o of_o that_o christian_a name_n earl_n of_o oxford_n enfeoff_v with_o the_o tithe_n of_o this_o town_n and_o to_o the_o instrument_n of_o his_o donation_n he_o affix_v by_o a_o harp_n string_n as_o a_o label_n to_o the_o bottom_n of_o the_o parchment_n a_o short_a black_a hafted_a knife_n like_v unto_o a_o old_a half_a penny_n whitle_n instead_o of_o a_o seal_n these_o be_v the_o word_n in_o his_o grant_n per_fw-la istum_fw-la cultellum_fw-la albericus_fw-la de_fw-fr vere_n tertius_fw-la feoffavit_fw-la prioratum_fw-la et_fw-la conventum_fw-la de_fw-fr hatfeeld_v regis_fw-la colt_n alas_o brodoke_n cum_fw-la omnibus_fw-la decimis_fw-la in_o villa_n predicta_fw-la habend_n etc._n etc._n a_o festo_fw-la assumptionis_fw-la beat_v marie_n virgin_n in_o puram_fw-la &_o perpetuam_fw-la eleemosinam_fw-la etc._n etc._n of_o this_o old_a manner_n of_o sign_v and_o seal_v of_o deed_n you_o may_v read_v lambard_n in_o his_o perambulation_n of_o kent_n pag._n 318._o this_o robert_n be_v first_o entomb_v in_o the_o church_n of_o his_o own_o foundation_n and_o at_o the_o dissolution_n remove_v into_o the_o choir_n of_o this_o parish_n church_n where_o he_o lie_v crosslegged_n with_o this_o inscription_n now_o almost_o wear_v out_o sire_n robert_n de_fw-fr veer_v le_fw-fr premier_fw-fr count_v de_fw-fr oxenford_n le_fw-fr tierz_fw-ge get_fw-fr ci_fw-fr dieux_fw-fr del_fw-it alme_n si_fw-fr luy_fw-fr ple_a face_n merci_fw-la oi_o pur_fw-mi lame_a priera_fw-fr xl_o ior_n the_o pardonn_n anera_fw-la oxford_n pater_fw-la noster_fw-la sir_n robert_n vere_n the_o first_o and_o three_o earl_n of_o oxford_n lie_v here_o god_n if_o he_o please_v have_v mercy_n of_o his_o soul_n whosoever_o shall_v pray_v for_o his_o soul_n shall_v obtain_v forty_o day_n pardon_v he_o die_v in_o the_o year_n 1221._o hic_fw-la iacent_fw-la thomas_n barington_n ar._n &_o anna_n uxor_fw-la eius_fw-la wife_n qui_fw-la quidem_fw-la thomas_n obijt_fw-la v._n aprilis_fw-la m._n cccc_fw-la lxxij_o &_o anna_n obiit_fw-la proximo_fw-la die_fw-la sequenti_fw-la quorum_fw-la animabus_fw-la propitietur_fw-la altissimus_fw-la at_o barington_n hall_n within_o this_o parish_n say_v that_o learned_a delineator_n of_o great_a britain_n m._n camden_n dwell_v that_o right_a ancient_a family_n of_o the_o baringtons_n essex_n which_o in_o the_o reign_n of_o king_n stephen_n the_o baron_n of_o montfitchet_n enrich_v with_o fair_a possession_n since_o which_o time_n this_o house_n be_v much_o ennoble_v by_o the_o marriage_n of_o sir_n thomas_n barington_n knight_n with_o winifred_n the_o daughter_n and_o coheir_n of_o sir_n henry_n pole_n knight_n catal._n lord_n montague_z son_n of_o margaret_n plantagenet_n countess_n of_o salisbury_n descend_v of_o the_o blood_n royal_a be_v the_o daughter_n of_o george_n duke_n of_o clarence_n great_a dunmow_n exoretis_fw-la miserecordiam_fw-la dei_fw-la pro_fw-la anima_fw-la walteri_fw-la bigod_n armigeri_fw-la qui_fw-la obijt_fw-la 17._o die_v mens_fw-la mar._n 1397._o bigod_n simon_n de_fw-fr regham_n iadis_fw-la parson_n de_fw-fr dunmow_n gist_n icy_a regham_n dieu_fw-fr de_fw-fr son_fw-fr alme_n eit_fw-mi mercy_n amen_o of_o your_o cherite_v prey_n for_o the_o sowl_n of_o john_n jenone_n esquyr_n wife_n somtym_v on_o of_o the_o common_a plea_n of_o westmynstre_n and_o alys_n his_o wyff_fw-mi which_o john_n die_v xvii_o septembyr_n m._n vc.xlii_n little_a dunmow_n juga_fw-la the_o wife_n of_o one_o baynard_n dunmow_n a_o nobleman_n that_o come_v in_o with_o the_o conqueror_n the_o builder_n of_o baynard_n castle_n in_o london_n found_v the_o priority_n in_o this_o village_n in_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o reign_n of_o henry_n beauclerke_n and_o entreat_v mauricius_n cott._n bishop_n of_o london_n to_o dedicate_v the_o church_n to_o the_o honour_n of_o the_o virgin_n mary_n to_o which_o the_o same_o day_n she_o give_v half_o a_o hide_n of_o land_n her_o son_n and_o heir_n geffrey_n baynard_n place_v black_a canon_n therein_o by_o the_o consent_n of_o anselm_n archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n this_o house_n be_v value_v at_o the_o suppression_n to_o be_v yearly_a worth_n 173._o l._n 2._o s._n 4._o d._n fair_a the_o church_n of_o this_o monastery_n be_v as_o yet_o stand_v in_o the_o choir_n whereof_o between_o two_o pillar_n lie_v the_o body_n of_o matilda_n the_o fair_a entomb_v who_o be_v the_o daughter_n of_o robert_n fitz-water_n the_o most_o valiant_a knight_n of_o england_n about_o the_o year_n 1213._o say_v the_o book_n of_o dunmow_n there_o arise_v a_o great_a discord_n betwixt_o king_n john_n and_o his_o baron_n because_o of_o matilda_n surname_v the_o fair_a daughter_n of_o robert_n fitz-water_n who_o the_o king_n unlawful_o love_v but_o can_v not_o obtain_v she_o nor_o her_o father_n consent_n thereunto_o whereupon_o and_o for_o other_o like_a cause_n ensue_v war_n through_o the_o whole_a realm_n the_o king_n banish_v the_o say_a fitz-water_n among_o other_o and_o cause_v his_o castle_n call_v baynard_n and_o other_o his_o house_n to_o be_v spoil_v which_o be_v do_v he_o send_v a_o messenger_n unto_o matilda_n the_o fair_a annal._n about_o his_o old_a suit_n in_o love_n et_fw-la quia_fw-la noluit_fw-la consentire_fw-la toxicavit_fw-la eam_fw-la and_o because_o she_o will_v not_o agree_v to_o his_o wicked_a motion_n the_o messenger_n poison_v a_o boil_a or_o potch_v egg_n against_o she_o be_v hungry_a and_o give_v it_o unto_o she_o whereof_o she_o die_v the_o year_n 1213._o in_o the_o year_n follow_v after_o her_o death_n her_o banish_a father_n be_v restore_v to_o the_o king_n favour_n upon_o this_o occasion_n it_o happen_v in_o the_o year_n 1214._o king_n john_n be_v then_o in_o france_n annal._n with_o a_o great_a army_n that_o a_o truce_n be_v take_v betwixt_o the_o two_o king_n of_o england_n and_o france_n for_o the_o term_n of_o five_o year_n and_o a_o river_n or_o arm_n of_o the_o sea_n be_v betwixt_o either_o host_n there_o be_v a_o knight_n in_o the_o english_a host_n that_o cry_v to_o they_o of_o the_o other_o side_n will_v some_o one_o of_o their_o knight_n to_o come_v and_o just_a a_o course_n or_o two_o with_o he_o whereupon_o without_o stay_n robert_n fitz-water_n be_v on_o the_o french_a part_n make_v himself_o ready_a ferry_v over_o &_o get_v on_o horseback_n and_o show_v himself_o ready_a to_o the_o face_n of_o
cccc.xlii_fw-la et_fw-fr katherine_n uxor_fw-la eius_fw-la que_fw-fr ..._o quorum_fw-la animabus_fw-la propitietur_fw-la deus_fw-la amen_n canonâ_n this_o town_n be_v beautify_v by_o king_n henry_n the_o first_o with_o a_o college_n of_o black_a canon_n who_o grant_v the_o same_o as_o a_o cell_n to_o the_o canon_n of_o saint_n osith_n in_o essex_n her_o revenue_n be_v augment_v by_o richard_n beauvey_v bishop_n of_o london_n who_o be_v reckon_v as_o a_o cofounder_n with_o the_o say_a king_n the_o value_n of_o it_o be_v 48_o pound_n 8_o shilling_n 9_o penny_n mettingham_n college_n sir_n john_n surname_v the_o norwich_n lord_n of_o this_o place_n build_v here_o a_o four_o square_a castle_n and_o a_o college_n or_o chantrie_n within_o it_o which_o he_o dedicate_v to_o the_o honour_n of_o god_n and_o the_o bless_a virgin_n mary_n which_o be_v value_v at_o the_o suppression_n to_o be_v yearly_a worth_n in_o land_n two_o hundred_o two_o pound_n seven_o shilling_n five_o penny_n half_a penny_n which_o be_v surrender_v the_o 8_o of_o april_n 33_o hen._n the_o eight_o brusyerd_n nunnery_n a_o monastery_n of_o nun_n dedicate_v to_o the_o bless_a virgin_n by_o who_o âounded_v or_o in_o who_o time_n i_o have_v not_o learned_a value_v it_o be_v at_o 56_o pound_n two_o shilling_n and_o a_o penny_n per_fw-la annum_fw-la and_o surrender_v the_o 17._o of_o february_n in_o the_o thirtith_n year_n of_o king_n henry_n the_o eight_o wangford_n pââoây_n here_o sometime_o stand_v a_o priory_n or_o a_o cell_n of_o black_a monk_n cluniake_v dedicate_v to_o the_o honour_n of_o the_o virgin_n mary_n found_v by_o one_o anser_v of_o france_n value_v at_o the_o suppression_n to_o be_v worth_a thirty_o pound_n nine_o shilling_n five_o penny_n by_o year_n and_o surrender_v the_o sixteen_o of_o february_n 32_o hen._n 8._o bungey_n bungeâ_n here_o be_v a_o nunnery_n found_v by_o roger_n glanuil_n and_o gundreda_n his_o wife_n or_o as_o other_o say_v by_o the_o ancestor_n of_o thomas_n de_fw-fr brotherton_n earl_n of_o norfolk_n value_v at_o the_o downfall_n of_o religious_a house_n at_o sixty_o two_o pound_n two_o shilling_n and_o a_o penny_n and_o of_o it_o i_o know_v no_o further_o sotterley_n towards_o the_o uppermost_a end_n of_o the_o chancel_n of_o this_o church_n lie_v a_o large_a gravestone_n with_o two_o full_a proportion_a picture_n in_o brass_n and_o this_o inscription_n at_o the_o foot_n of_o they_o wiâe_n orate_fw-la pro_fw-la animabus_fw-la some_fw-mi playser_n armigeri_fw-la nuper_fw-la huius_fw-la ecclesie_n patroni_fw-la et_fw-la anne_n uxoris_fw-la eius_fw-la et_fw-la sororis_fw-la et_fw-la heredis_fw-la rogeri_n henays_n nuper_fw-la de_fw-la tadington_n armigeri_fw-la qui_fw-la quidem_fw-la thomas_n obijt_fw-la xxi_o die_v mensis_fw-la septembris_fw-la anno_fw-la m._n cccc.lxxix_fw-la et_fw-la predicta_fw-la anna_n obijt_fw-la x._o die_v mensis_fw-la octobris_fw-la ex_fw-la tunc_fw-la prox_n sequent_a quorum_fw-la animabus_fw-la propitietur_fw-la deus_fw-la amen_o in_o the_o same_o chancel_n be_v a_o tomb_n of_o free_a stone_n cover_v with_o a_o fair_a marble_n with_o this_o follow_a inscription_n in_o brass_n about_o it_o here_o lie_v bury_v the_o body_n of_o william_n playfer_n esquire_n playâers_n son_n and_o heir_n to_o thomas_n and_o anne_n his_o wife_n who_o marry_v jane_n daughter_n of_o sir_n of_o knot_n hall_n knight_n by_o who_o he_o have_v issue_n diverse_a child_n and_o die_v the_o xi_o day_n of_o november_n anno_fw-la m.d.xii_o adjoin_v to_o this_o be_v another_o tomb_n with_o the_o effigy_n of_o a_o man_n cut_v in_o brass_n and_o this_o inscription_n at_o his_o foot_n here_o under_o lie_v bury_v the_o body_n of_o christopher_n playfer_n esquire_n playfer_n true_a patron_n of_o this_o church_n son_n and_o heir_n to_o william_n and_o jane_n his_o wife_n who_o have_v two_o wife_n videlicet_fw-la dorothy_n one_o of_o the_o daughter_n and_o heir_n of_o william_n aselak_n of_o carrow_z in_o the_o county_n of_o norfolk_n esquire_n by_o who_o he_o have_v issue_n thomas_n and_o by_o anne_n daughter_n to_o william_n read_v of_o becles_n esquire_n he_o have_v issue_n seven_o son_n and_o four_o daughter_n and_o he_o die_v in_o the_o year_n of_o our_o lord_n god_n m.d.xlvii_o here_o likewise_o lie_v bury_v the_o body_n of_o thomas_n playfer_n esquire_n playfer_n and_o of_o william_n playfer_n esquire_n patron_n of_o this_o church_n but_o they_o die_v but_o of_o late_a year_n thomas_n die_v the_o 19_o of_o september_n 1572._o and_o william_n the_o first_o day_n of_o june_n 1584._o orate_fw-la pro_fw-la anima_fw-la roberti_n bumpsted_n generosi_fw-la qui_fw-la obijt_fw-la xv_o die_v mensis_fw-la aprilis_fw-la anno_fw-la domini_fw-la m._n cccc.lxxxii_fw-la eay_n or_o eye_n where_o be_v a_o monastery_n of_o black_a monk_n eye_n consecrate_v to_o saint_n peter_n and_o found_v by_o robert_n malet_n a_o norman_a baron_n lord_n of_o the_o island_n of_o eye_n so_o call_v because_o it_o be_v water_v on_o every_o side_n with_o brook_n where_o be_v to_o be_v see_v sufâ_n the_o rubbish_n ruin_n and_o decay_a wall_n of_o a_o old_a castle_n that_o belong_v to_o the_o say_v robert_n malet_n who_o donation_n which_o be_v many_o and_o great_a be_v confirm_v by_o king_n stephen_n charter_n of_o which_o thus_o much_o as_o follow_v out_o of_o selden_n in_o his_o history_n of_o tithe_n cap._n 11._o which_o he_o have_v from_o the_o original_n quoniam_fw-la confirmation_n divina_fw-la miserecordia_fw-la providente_fw-la cognonimus_fw-la esse_fw-la dispositum_fw-la et_fw-la longè_fw-la lateque_fw-la predicante_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la sonat_fw-la omnium_fw-la auribus_fw-la diwlgatum_fw-la quod_fw-la eleemosynarum_fw-la largitione_n possunt_fw-la absolui_fw-la vincula_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la et_fw-la adquiri_fw-la celestium_fw-la premia_fw-la gaudiorum_fw-la ego_fw-la â_o stephanus_n dei_fw-la gratia_fw-la anglorum_fw-la rex_fw-la partem_fw-la habere_fw-la volens_fw-la cum_fw-la illis_fw-la qui_fw-la felici_fw-la commercio_fw-la celestia_fw-la pro_fw-la terrenis_fw-la commutant_fw-la dei_fw-la amore_fw-la compunctus_fw-la et_fw-la pro_fw-la salute_n anime_fw-mi i_o â_o et_fw-fr patris_fw-la mei_fw-la matrisque_fw-la i_o et_fw-la omnium_fw-la parentum_fw-la meorum_fw-la â_o et_fw-fr antecessorum_fw-la meorum_fw-la regum_fw-la â_o willielmi_n scilicet_fw-la regis_fw-la aui_fw-la mei_fw-la â_o et_fw-fr willielmi_n regis_fw-la auunculi_fw-la mei_fw-la â_o et_fw-fr henrici_fw-la regis_fw-la auunculi_fw-la mei_fw-la â_o et_fw-fr roberti_n malet_n et_fw-la concilio_fw-la baronum_fw-la meorum_fw-la concedo_fw-la deo_fw-la et_fw-la ecclesie_n sancti_fw-la petri_n de_fw-fr eia_n et_fw-la monachis_fw-la ibidem_fw-la in_o dei_fw-la seruitio_fw-la congregatis_fw-la ut_fw-la habeant_fw-la omnes_fw-la res_fw-la svas_fw-la quetas_fw-la et_fw-la liberas_fw-la ah_o omni_fw-la exactione_n et_fw-la teneant_fw-la eas_fw-la in_o terris_fw-la in_fw-la decimis_fw-la in_fw-la ecclesiis_fw-la in_fw-la omnibus_fw-la possessionibus_fw-la sicut_fw-la unquam_fw-la melius_fw-la &_o honorabilius_fw-la tenuerunt_fw-la tempore_fw-la roberti_n malet_n et_fw-la tempore_fw-la meo_fw-la antequam_fw-la rex_fw-la essem_fw-la cum_fw-la soca_fw-la et_fw-la soca_fw-la et_fw-fr tol_o et_fw-fr tiem_fw-la et_fw-la infanganathief_n â_o precipio_fw-la etiam_fw-la ut_fw-la teneant_fw-la de_fw-la quocunque_fw-la tenehant_n et_fw-la non_fw-la mittantur_fw-la in_o placitum_fw-la sicut_fw-la tenebant_fw-la die_fw-la quam_fw-la henricus_fw-la rex_fw-la fuit_fw-la viws_fw-la et_fw-la mortuus_fw-la et_fw-la die_fw-la qua_fw-la ad_fw-la regni_fw-la coronam_fw-la perveni_fw-la etc._n etc._n dat._n anno_fw-la ab_fw-la incarnatione_fw-la domini_fw-la m.c.xxxvii_o apud_fw-la eia_fw-la secundo_fw-la anno_fw-la regni_fw-la mei_fw-la in_fw-la tempore_fw-la ebrardi_n episcopi_fw-la norwicensis_n et_fw-la gausleni_fw-la prioris_fw-la eye_n âââteâ_n quicunque_fw-la aliquid_fw-la de_fw-fr his_o que_fw-fr in_o hac_fw-la carta_fw-la continentur_fw-la auferre_fw-la aut_fw-la minuere_fw-la aut_fw-la disturbare_fw-la scienter_fw-la voluerit_fw-la autoritate_fw-la domini_fw-la omnipotentis_fw-la patris_fw-la et_fw-la filii_fw-la et_fw-la spiritus_fw-la sancti_fw-la et_fw-la sanctorum_fw-la apostolorum_fw-la et_fw-la omnium_fw-la sanctorum_fw-la sit_fw-la excomunicatus_fw-la anathematizatus_fw-la et_fw-la a_o consortio_fw-la domini_fw-la et_fw-la liminibus_fw-la sancte_fw-la ecclesie_n sequestratus_fw-la donec_fw-la resipiscat_fw-la et_fw-la regie_n potestati_fw-la thirty_o libras_fw-la auri_fw-la persoluat_fw-la fiat_n fiat_n fiat_n amen_n amen_n amen_n this_o foundation_n in_o land_n tithe_n and_o church_n be_v rate_v to_o be_v yearly_a worth_n one_o hundred_o fourscore_o and_o four_o pound_n nine_o shilling_n seven_o penny_n half_a penny_n qua_fw-la ockley_n or_o okeley_n at_o the_o east_n end_n of_o the_o chancel_n lie_v a_o gravestone_n with_o this_o inscription_n cornwalleis_n orate_fw-la pro_fw-la animabus_fw-la willelmi_n cornwalleis_n et_fw-fr elisabethe_n uxoris_fw-la sue_v qui_fw-la quidem_fw-la willelmus_fw-la obiit_fw-la anno_fw-la domini_fw-la m.d.xx_o quorum_fw-la animabus_fw-la propitietur_fw-la deus_fw-la amen_n bucton_n hic_fw-la iacet_fw-la robertus_fw-la bucton_n armiger_n dominus_fw-la &_o patronus_fw-la istius_fw-la ville_fw-fr qui_fw-la obiit_fw-la xvii_o die_v mensis_fw-la decembris_fw-la anno_fw-la domini_fw-la m._n ccccviii_fw-la cvius_fw-la anime_fw-mi propitietur_fw-la deus_fw-la in_o the_o heart_n of_o the_o chancel_n lie_v a_o tombstone_n with_o this_o inscription_n priest_n orate_fw-la pro_fw-la anima_fw-la domini_fw-la johannis_n dennis_n quondam_a rectoris_fw-la istius_fw-la ecclesie_n qui_fw-la