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civitatis_fw-la &_o quiae_fw-la vera_fw-la &_o considerata_fw-la scientia_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la eleemosynarum_fw-la infra_fw-la civitatem_fw-la praedictam_fw-la super_fw-la mortem_fw-la cujuslibet_fw-la talium_fw-la pauperum_fw-la est_fw-la melius_fw-la cognita_fw-la majori_fw-la &_o aldermannis_fw-la dictae_fw-la civitatis_fw-la exoniensis_fw-la pro_fw-la tempore_fw-la existentibus_fw-la dedimus_fw-la &_o concessimus_fw-la &_o per_fw-la present_n literas_fw-la nostras_fw-la patentes_fw-la damus_fw-la &_o concedimus_fw-la pro_fw-la nobis_fw-la &_o successoribus_fw-la nostris_fw-la majori_fw-la balliviâ—_n &_o communitati_fw-la civitatis_fw-la praedictae_fw-la &_o suecessoribus_fw-la suis_fw-la quod_fw-la major_n &_o aldermanni_n dictae_fw-la civitatis_fw-la vel_fw-la major_n pars_fw-la eorundem_fw-la qui_fw-la pro_fw-la tempore_fw-la erunt_fw-la habeant_fw-la plenam_fw-la potestatent_fw-la jurisdictionem_fw-la &_o awhoritatem_fw-la &_o quod_fw-la possint_fw-la &_o valeant_fw-la ad_fw-la omne_fw-la tempus_fw-la &_o tempora_fw-la imposterum_fw-la super_fw-la mortem_fw-la cujuslibet_fw-la praedictorum_fw-la pauperam_fw-la vel_fw-la aliter_fw-la per_fw-la discretiones_fw-la svas_fw-la nominare_fw-la instituere_fw-la &_o appunctuare_a alium_fw-la &_o alios_fw-la de_fw-la pauperibus_fw-la &_o eleemosynariis_fw-la dictae_fw-la civitatis_fw-la quondo_fw-la contigerit_fw-la super_fw-la defaltam_fw-la aut_fw-la vacationem_fw-la alicujus_fw-la corum_fw-la per_fw-la mortem_fw-la decedentis_fw-la vel_fw-la aliter_fw-la ad_fw-la dictum_fw-la messuagiunt_fw-la &_o messuagia_fw-la locum_fw-la &_o locos_fw-la secundum_fw-la intentiones_fw-la praedictae_fw-la fundationis_fw-la &_o illum_fw-la &_o illot_v sic_fw-la per_fw-la praefatos_fw-la majorem_fw-la &_o aldermannos_fw-la nominatos_fw-la institutos_fw-la seu_fw-la appunctuatos_fw-la haberet_fw-la &_o gauderet_fw-la haberent_fw-la &_o gauderent_fw-la messuagia_fw-la praedicta_fw-la cum_fw-la pertinentiis_fw-la ac_fw-la omne_fw-la aliae_fw-la sustentationes_fw-la &_o proficua_fw-la quaecunque_fw-la secundum_fw-la tenorem_fw-la praedictam_fw-la seperalium_fw-la fundationum_fw-la ita_fw-la videlicet_fw-la quod_fw-la supervisor_n receptor_n aut_fw-la seneschalli_n nostri_fw-la seu_fw-la successorum_fw-la nostrorum_fw-la aut_fw-la aliquis_fw-la alius_fw-la sive_fw-la aliqui_fw-la alii_fw-la ad_fw-la aliquod_fw-la in_o praemissis_fw-la faciendum_fw-la sive_fw-la exigendum_fw-la imposterum_fw-la non_fw-la ingrediantur_fw-la seu_fw-la intromittant_fw-la nec_fw-la eorum_fw-la aliquis_fw-la intromittat_fw-la nec_fw-la aliqua_fw-la praemissa_fw-la partium_fw-la facienda_fw-la facere_fw-la presumant_fw-la seu_fw-la eorum_fw-la aliquis_fw-la presumat_fw-la in_o perturbationem_fw-la praemissorum_fw-la ullo_fw-la modo_fw-la proviso_n semper_fw-la quod_fw-la bene_fw-la licebit_fw-la nobis_fw-la &_o successoribus_fw-la nostris_fw-la omnino_fw-la imposterum_fw-la infra_fw-la duoâ—_fw-la menses_fw-la post_fw-la mortem_fw-la cujusâ—â—et_fw-la praedictae_fw-la pauperum_fw-la per_fw-la billam_fw-la signatam_fw-la nominare_fw-la &_o appunctudre_fw-la unum_fw-la alium_fw-la vel_fw-la alios_fw-la de_fw-la pauperibus_fw-la dictae_fw-la civitatis_fw-la qui_fw-la pro_fw-la tempore_fw-la fuerint_fw-la ad_fw-la praedictum_fw-la locum_fw-la vel_fw-la locos_fw-la quando_fw-la evenerit_fw-la per_fw-la mortem_fw-la vacationem_fw-la vel_fw-la aliter_fw-la aliquo_fw-la clauso_fw-la vel_fw-la articulo_fw-la in_o presentibus_fw-la non_fw-la obstante_fw-la in_o cujus_fw-la rei_fw-la testimonium_fw-la have_v literas_fw-la nostras_fw-la fieri_fw-la fecimus_fw-la patentes_fw-la testae_fw-la i_o ipsa_fw-la apud_fw-la westmonasterium_fw-la septimo_fw-la die_fw-la novembris_fw-la anno_fw-la regni_fw-la nostri_fw-la quarto_fw-la regna_fw-la regum_fw-la 5._o q._n elizabeth_n an._n d._n 1563._o mayor_n and_o bailiff_n john_n peryam_n thomas_n richardson_n george_n peryman_n henry_n ellicott_n richard_n prowse_n good_n seize_v as_o foreign_a buy_v and_o sell_v within_o st._n peter_n churchyard_n and_o composition_n make_v for_o the_o same_o all_o person_n place_v in_o almshouse_n within_o this_o city_n or_o suburb_n thereof_o be_v daily_o to_o resort_v unto_o the_o cathedral_n church_n at_o the_o time_n of_o divine_a service_n the_o plague_n of_o pestilence_n be_v in_o london_n no_o good_n bring_v thence_o be_v permit_v to_o be_v bring_v hither_o and_o st._n nicholas_n fair_a be_v for_o this_o year_n discontinue_v regna_fw-la regum_fw-la 6._o q._n elizabeth_n an._n d._n 1564._o mayor_n and_o bailiff_n moris_n levermore_n john_n smith_n thomas_n may_v andrew_n geer_n john_n webâ—_n hugh_n pope_n be_v elect_v mayor_n and_o refuse_v the_o office_n be_v therefore_o fine_v and_o another_o choose_v a_o annuity_n of_o 10_o l._n per_fw-la annum_fw-la by_o patent_n under_o the_o city_n common_a seal_n grant_v to_o sir_n william_n cecil_n afterward_o make_v lord_n treasurer_n in_o remuneratione_n servitii_fw-la another_o annuity_n of_o 20._o mark_n per_fw-la annum_fw-la in_o like_a manner_n grant_v to_o jeffery_n tothill_n in_o remuneratione_n servitii_fw-la praesâ—itâ—_n regna_fw-la regum_fw-la 7._o