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TEXT:  INDENTURE.
AN ANTHOLOGY OF CHANCERY ENGLISH.
ED. J. H. FISHER, M. RICHARDSON
AND J. L. FISHER.
KNOXVILLE: THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE
PRESS, 1984.
PP. 183.21 - 185.9 (156) (INDENT)

SAMPLE 2:

TEXT:  PETITIONS (M4), LONDON.
Idem.
PP. 166.13 - 167.7  (139) (PET4)
PP. 173.33 - 175.24 (145)
PP. 188.6  - 190.18 (159)
PP. 227.33 - 229.38 (189)
PP. 233.37 - 235.8  (193)
PP. 245.33 - 247.37 (202)
PP. 260.27 - 262.9  (212)
PP. 268.15 - 270.6  (217)
PP. 212.22 - 213.15 (173)

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TEXT:  DEPOSITIONS.
Idem.
PP. 168.23 - 171.40 (142) (DEPOSC)
PP. 296.34 - 297.21 (236)

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SHILLINGFORD, JOHN.
TEXT:  DOCUMENT(S).
LETTERS AND PAPERS OF JOHN SHILLINGFORD,
MAYOR OF EXETER 1447-50. 
CAMDEN SOCIETY, N.S. II. 
ED. S. A. MOORE. 
NEW YORK, 1965 (1871). 
PP. 80.12 - 89.30 (XXXI: ARTICLES I-VIII) (SHILLDOC)^]

[^IN THE EXTRACTS TAKEN FROM An Anthology of Chancery English 
ALL PARENTHESES ARE EDITORIAL, E.G. (...); EXPLANATORY COMMENTS
ARE ADDED WHEN GIVEN IN THE EDITION.^]

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<P 183>
[} [\156\] }]
[} [\1441 E28/66/34 ROYAL INDENTURE\] }]

   This endenture made bytwix the Kyng oure souuerain
Lorde on +tat one part and William Pyrton Squier on +tat other  #
part.
Wittenesseth / that the said William is witholden with +te      #
kyng lieutenant
of his Castell of Guysnes / fro +te .ix. day of Ianuer last     #
passed
duryng +te terme of vj. yere +tenne next folowing / And the     #
said william
shall haue continuelly with him abidyng vpon +te saufgarde of   #
+te
said Castell duryng +te saide tyme .l. men of Armes on foote    #
himself
accompted onely on horsbak and .l. Archiers on foote / takyng   #
for
him self .ij s. on +te day for euerich of +te saide men of      #
Armes .viij.
d. and for euerich of +te saide Archiers on fote. vj d a day    #
duryng +te
werre Of +te which wages +te saide william shall be paied for   #
him
and his saide Retenue for a quarter in hand at +te makyng of    #
+tees endentures
& so fro quarter to quarter at the beginnyng of euery quarter
<P 184>
duryng +te (tyme) [\THE WORD IN PARENTHESES TORN\] aforesaide   #
by +te handes of +te Tresourer of Caleys
for the tyme being Of +te which paiement the said william       #
shall receiue
for him and his saide Retenue / +te thrid peny in vitailles     #
couenables
and at suche price as +tey be worth at Caleys +te tyme of +te   #
deliueryng
of hem by +te handes of +te said Tresourer / and yf +te said    #
Tresorer
may not performe +te thrid peny in vitailles as afore it is     #
saide.
he shall performe in monoye to the same william all +tat that   #
he shall
lak duryng +te tyme aforesaide / And yf it fortune that +te     #
kynges
Aduersairs be of suche myght +tat by liklinesse +te saide       #
Castell be
put in grete perill of enny sodeine aduenture by trewe          #
espiall. withouten
+tat it were stuffed with greter nombre of men of Armes &       #
Archiers
that +ten +te said william shall aduertise +te kyng and his     #
counsaile
+terof and +tey to pourueye him in all hast possible oute of
+te Royaume of Englande or oute of +te towne of Caleys vnto     #
+te nombre
of .CC. persones men of Armes & Archiers of within after
+te discrecion of +te kynges counsaile and as +te cas.          #
requireth Also
yf +te kyng for enny cause moeuyng him and his counsaile woll   #
resume
into his handes his saide Castell within +te saide tyme / the   #
forsaide
william shall haue warnyng +terof half a yere afore +te day of  #
his
discharge of +te said Castell by lettres vnder +te kynges grete #
or priue
sealx and in lyke wyse +te saide william shall yeue warnyng     #
vnto
+te kyng or his counsaile by an half yere / that if he for      #
sekenesse lak
of paiement or other cause resonable may not occupie +te saide
lieutenancie So +tat the kyng may purueye a newe lieutenant     #
+ter and
+te said william to stande discharged ayenst +te kyng           #
withouten enny
empeschement in tyme commyng / And the kyng oure souuerain
lorde shall haue aswell +te thrid partie of wynnynges of werre  #
/ of
+te saide william as +te thridde of +te thriddes / whereof +te  #
persones
of his saide Retenue shall be answeryng vnto him of +teire      #
wynnynges
of werre / be +tey prisoners prayes or other +tinges taken by   #
werre
and all droit+g of werre accustumed / Of +te which thriddes     #
and thridde
of thriddes / and also droit+g +te said william shall by his    #
othe or
by +te othe of his executour or executours of his testament     #
trewely
answere to +te kyng oure saide souuerain lorde in his           #
Eschequier at
Caleys / And also +te said william and +to of his saide         #
Retenue shall
haue all maniere prisoners +tat shall be taken by hem. duryng   #
+te said
tyme except princes and sones of Princes / mareschalx &         #
lieutenant+g
generalx and +to +tat bere +te armes of ffraunce except also    #
him +tat
calleth him Duc of Bourgoigne and all his mareschalx and        #
lieutenant+g
generalx / the which shall remayne and be prisoners vnto +te    #
kyng
oure said souuerain / lorde and for +te which he shall make     #
resonable
agreement to him or to hem +tat so shall take +teime And +te    #
saide
<P 185>
william hath vndertake sauely to kepe the saide Castell to +te  #
worship
and proufit of oure said souuerain lorde the kyng duryng +te    #
tyme
aforesaide and not to deliuere +te saide Castell to enny        #
persone bot to
our souerain lorde +te kyng abouesaide / or to his heirs        #
kynges of
Englande or at +teire commaundement by +teire lettres of grete  #
or
priue sealx In wittenesse of which +ting to +te partie of +tis  #
endenture
remaignyng with +te kyng oure saide souuerain Lorde +te saide
william hath putte his seal. Yeuen at westminstre +te x day of  #
feuerer
+te yere of +te Regne of the kyng oure said souuerain lord      #
xixe.

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<P 166>
[} [\139\] }]
[} [\1437 E28/58/62 PRIVY SEAL: PETITION OF WILLIAM SOPER,
CLERK OF THE EXCHEQUER\] }]

   To the kyng oure souerain lord
   Right mekely besecheth to your souerain lordship youre pore  #
seruant
William Soper Clerk of your Shippes that for as moche as he     #
hath
stonde charged with right greet and combrous occupacions in     #
the seid
Office as well in the tyme of your gracious ffader late oure    #
souerain
lord whom god assoil As in all your gracious regne and yit      #
doth.
but it stondeth so right souerain lord that your forseid        #
besecher hath
made a vowe to do certein Pilgrymages beyonde the see. the      #
whiche
he may not do whiles he stondeth thus charged with the seid     #
Office
Wherfor plese hit vnto your souerain lordship. that the seid    #
Beseker
may be discharged of the seid Office. And that som other man    #
with
the same office myght be charged. resceyvyng alle manere        #
thinges
perteynyng vnto the same Office that may be founde due be       #
accompt
in your Escheker in suche manere and fourme as it hath ben
accustomed before this tyme in caas semblable to thentent that  #
the
seid Beseker with your graciouse licence may do the             #
Pilgrymages be
him so promised / And of your noble grace hym to graunte your
graciouse lettres patentent+g for his tuicion and fauour in     #
all parties
duryng his seid pilgrimage in manere as before thys tyme hath   #
ben
graunted to your oder seruant+g in cas semblable. And of your   #
more
haboundant grace to graunte that the seid Beseker may haue xx   #
sakes
of wolle for his despenses vnto the parties of lumbardye paiyng
<P 167>
the custumes and other deuairs as langeth to your Staple at     #
Caleys for
the loue of god and for charitee. Consideryng graciouse lord    #
that
the seid Pilgrymage was avowed and promysed for the greet       #
periles and
combrous occupacions that be liklynesse at diuerse tymes myght
haue falle in the Office aboueseid. Consideryng also that the   #
seid
Beseker groweth into such age that if the seid Pylgrymage be    #
not
don in right short tyme. it may neuere be don be hym:

<P 173>
[} [\145\] }]
[} [\1438 E28/60/47 PETITION TO THE COUNCIL CONCERNING THE SHIP
MARYKNIGHT. MOLEYNS' NOTATION AT THE END\] }]

   Vnto the kyng oure souuerayn lord and his most discrete and  #
sage
Counsell
   Be yt remembred that how a ship called Maryknyght of         #
Amsterdam
in Holand of wiche the Maister ys called Petre Van ley went     #
with
<P 174>
certein Merchaundise+g ynto Iseland and there was lade with     #
stokfissh
and other merchaundise+g and the Merchant+g ther yn cleped      #
Copeman
Iohn William Sale and Heyn Rosen with other of Amsterdam and
Clays Williamsone Van Herlam. And so yt happed the seid ship    #
Maister
and Merchaunt+g to mete with a Ship of Hull with xl men ther yn
vnder the costes of Irland at the feste of Michelmasse last     #
passed At
whiche tyme the seid shippes with the persones of bothe the     #
seid
parties were Sworn togedir to be either others frende with oon  #
assent
and promisse And so as frendes they sailed togedir to           #
Crakfarwes
in Irland and there they leyn and communyd togedir as brethern
eche of theym cheryng other duryng iij wokes and fro thennes    #
they sailed
togedir to Dalkesound in Irland and there they came ynne on     #
seynt 
lukes Even last passid And the sonday folwyng thay herd masse   #
and 
ete and drank togedir in Develyn And w(h)ile [\THE LETTER IN    #
PARENTHESES A SUPERIOR INSERT\] the seid Maister 
and Merchauntes of the seid ship called Maryknyght were at      #
diner the
said persones of the Ship of Hull hyred theym hors priuely and
rode downe to the seid shippes And there the same sonday they   #
toke
the said ship cleped Maryknyght lade thanne with Stokfyssh oyle
and lynnencloth and other Merchaundises to the value of xvC li  #
And
thanne come Englissh folk to the seid Merchaunt+g of the
Maryknyght and bad theym beware whom they had lefte yn their    #
Ship
sayng that yt was likely be taken And there vppon the seid      #
persones
of the ship of Hull goyng to do the said wrong / yaf to oon     #
henry
wales Gentilman duellyng abowte the coste of Develyn x marc+g
to lette and arreste the seid Maister and Merchaunt+g wan they  #
come
downe toward their Ship cleped Maryknyght And so they were met
and sonderly prisoned yn dyuerse prisons that they myght not    #
Reskewe
their owne ship And thanne the Maier and Merchauntes of Develyn
/ seyng the seid Maister and Merchaunt+g of the sayd Maryknyght
hauyng the said wrong and vntrue enprisonement with theire      #
strenghth
and poiar had theym out of prison and lete theym walke at large
At wiche tyme the seid mysdoers of the ship of Hull were goon   #
forth
and sailed away with bothe the said Shippes to Portile in       #
Northwales
And there the seid William Sale Merchaunt of the seid ship      #
cleped
Maryknyght happed come to Portile And there he Aspied iij of
the seid Misdoers that toke the said Maryknyght whiche iij ben  #
called
Thomas Crathorn Merchaunt of york William Cokeram Merchaunt
of Beuerle and William Abbot Merchaunt of lynne And there the   #
same
William Sale did to be arrestid the seid iij mysdoers and       #
bothe the
said Shippes and godes the whiche ben vnder arest and kepyng of
Henry Noreys depute to the Chamberleyn there And thanne tho iij
Mysdoers seiden wan they were so arestid that they were not     #
gylty
<P 175>
of the seid wrongfull takyng of the seid ship cleped            #
Maryknyght with
the said Merchandi+ges And the same William Sale seid to theym
that he wold fyght with the seid iij Mysdoers that they were    #
at the said
mysdede doyng And thanne seid oon of the same mysdoers that
ys called Thomas Crathorne that he wold fight with the said     #
William
Sale that yt was contrarie that the same William saide And      #
there 
vppon they cast eche to other their gloves whiche were taken    #
vp and 
ensealed by Henry Noreys Depute of the Chamberleyn of           #
Northwales
And so the same Depute arrested bothe the seid iij Mysdoers
and also the said William Sale to be kept til the said mater    #
be tried
byfore you gracious lord and your noble counsell Werfore Iames  #
Rose
Sederyk Iohnsone and Copeman Iohn Merchaunt+g of the said ship
cleped Maryknyght besechith you of your speciall grace to       #
considere this
premisse+g and by the avise of your worthy and noble counsell   #
ther 
vppon to sende your letters of priuat seale directid to the     #
said Henry 
Noreys comaundyng hym by the same to come (hym self aswel
as to bryng) [\THE WORDS IN PARENTHESES ARE OVER ERASURE\] te   #
said William Sale as the said Thomas Crathorn
William Cokeram and Williamm Abbot to appere byfore you and     #
your
seid counsell (at Westmynstre) [\THE WORDS IN PARENTHESES ARE   #
OVER ERASURE\] yn +te quyn+gisme of Trinite terme
next comyng and furder more to answere and receve that ye and   #
your
counsell wol awarde in this partie And more ouer yeuyng yn      #
charge
to the said henry to kepe sauely and suerly the said shippes    #
and
Merchaundise+g til he haue other comaundemant of you vppon
peyne of CC li for the loue of God and yn way of Charite

<P 188>
[} [\159\] }]
[} [\C 1450 COTTON CLEOPATRA F.IV. FOL.126-27 PETITION OF       #
THOMAS HASELEY, CLERK OF THE CROWN\] }]

   Besecheth and ful humbly preieth youre pouere seruiteur      #
Thomas
Haseley on of +te Clerkes of youre Corone graciously to         #
considere
howe in the absense of that victorieux prince youre blessed     #
ffader whom
god assoile hym beyng in his sharp werris and gracious conquest
of ffraunce and Normandie youre seide seruitour be the          #
commaundement
of youre most gracieux vncle the duc of Bedford on whom
god haue mercy that tyme Regent of +tis youre noble Roialme     #
and aduys
of alle the grete counseill her a commission was assigned to    #
take
and areste Thomas Payn of Glamorganshire Walsshman that brak    #
+te
Tour of London nowe beyng in Neugate sumtyme Clerk and chief
conseillour to sir Iohn Oldecastell Traitour atteint to your    #
seid gracious
ffader the whiche Thomas Payn as Traitour was in the feld armed
a geins your seid fa(der) [\THE LETTERS IN PARENTHESES TORN\]   #
with +te llollardes be side seint Iames next
Charyngcrosse and eschaped vn hurt or taken til your seid       #
besecher
aaccompanied atte his cost and all maner expenses (with) [\THE  #
WORD IN PARENTHESES TRIMMED OFF\] notable
poiar be the space of v daies and vj nyghtes lay for hym in     #
the most
secrete wyse that +tei coude: and so with help and grace of     #
most
almyghty god youre seid seruiteur toke hym and arested hym      #
atte mydnyght
in a place beside your Castell of Wyndesore where atte that
tyme was +te Kyng of Scottes kept as prisoner to your seid      #
ffader and
that same nyght this seid Traitour shulde haue broken the seid
Castell be treson and goon with +te seid Kyng toward Scotland   #
in proef
wher of I founde in +te Traitours purs a cedule wreten of alle  #
places
of giftes and loggynges appointed to hem fro Wyndesore vn to    #
Edynbourgh 
in Scotland and so he confessed the whiche Traitour and
cedule I delyuered to +te Bisshop of Duresme thanne Chaunceller
and William kynwolmerssh thanne Tresorer of +tis your seide     #
(n)oble [\THE LETTER IN PARENTHESES RUBBED\]
roialme and +te seid Traitour +tanne was her committed to       #
prison
til +te comyng a geyn of your seid most gracious fader into     #
+tis roialme
from your seid duchie of Normandie and +tanne in his nexte      #
parlement
here in +te counseil chambre of +te seid parlement a fore your
<P 189>
seid rightwys fader and alle his lordes present +tere +te seid  #
Traitour was
brought and +te cedule aforeseid and your seid suppliant in     #
that
presence examined of alle matiers abouesaid and othre           #
circumstaunces
and incident+g and +te maner of takyng of hym atte whiche tyme
your seide moste noble ffader declared and seide a fore all     #
his lordes
that takyng plesid hym more +tanne I hadde geten or Gyuen hym
x. ml li for +te grete inconueniences that weren like to falle  #
in his
longe absense oute of +tis roialme and so committe(d) [\THE     #
LETTER IN PARENTHESES TRIMMED OFF\] this Traitour
to +te Tour of London +tere saufly to be kept and +tanne        #
immediatly
of his oune roiale largesse and bounteuous grace with outen     #
axing
of your seid suppliant or eny man for hym graunted to hym xl.
li a yere to take terme of his lif in what place in Inglond of  #
hys that
I wold sauyng his oune demesne [\demesne REPEATED AT THE        #
BEGINNING OF THE NEXT LINE\] landes and +te duchie
of lancastre and commaunded +te seid Regent Chaunceler and
Tresorer gif your seid suppliant were not sped a fore his       #
departyng oute
of Inglond to spede hym in his absence in recompense of his     #
costes
(expenses trewe diligent+g acquitaill and labour a foreseid)    #
[\THE WORDS IN PARENTHESES CREASED\] a fore whiche
spede youre seide fader was dede and so his graunt void.
   Item to considere howe your seid suppliant be +te            #
commaundement
and ordinance of your seid ffader at his first parlement holden
atte leycestre was sent fore to leycestre to appere a fore      #
your seid blessed
fader where he of his oune mocion appointed assigned and
ordeigned the seide suppliant seconde Clerk of his parlement    #
with sir
Iohn Frank nowe Clerk of youre rolles that tyme chosen chief    #
Clerk
of +te parlement +tat hadde and toke xl li yerely +terfore      #
while he
occupied / and youre seide suppliant shuld hadde x li yerely    #
as other
men toke to fore hym the whiche office he occupied fro +tat     #
tyme
into youre +tredde parlement hens holden atte westmynstre atte  #
whiche
he myght not be for grete sikenesse and so departed and neuere
com in +te parlement sithe that tyme and neuere hadde peny of   #
alle his
tyme of +te seide .x. li. ne of +te seide xl. li ne non othre   #
regard
in no manere wyse
   Item howe youre seide suppliant in the tenthe yeere of youre
roialme aspied and toke in youre ryver of Thamise tweye         #
shippes fretted
with wolle cloth and othre merchaundise to a notable value
and weren seiled and departed and no custome ne othre deuoirs   #
to you
souerain lord +terof due paied wherefore alle was forfaited     #
and be
+te seid suppliant to his grete perell and labour taken and to  #
you
asnwered as it appereth of record in youre escheker +te whiche  #
coste
the seide suppliant more thanne .xx. li whereof he sholde haue  #
had half
after the fourme of statuyt and hadde no thyng
   Item howe youre seid suppliant this same yeer of youre       #
regne hath
<P 190>
taken and arested diuerse men empesched of high treson ymagined
a geyns youre persone and mageste roiale and destruccion of     #
youre
land and lawes the which he sent be youre roile commandement
to youre presence be your Squyer Gilbert Parre the which were   #
taken
alle atte his cost and many othre grete +tinges doon to your    #
highnesse
and plesirs whiche were to longe to expresse here and nowe is   #
aboute
moo /
   The whiche thynges be youre seid highnesse conteined plese   #
it to youre
most benigne and abondant grace to considere the longe and      #
continuel
seruice don be the seide suppliant to youre graunde fader and
fader kynges of Inglond and to you soueraign lord as it is a    #
fore
expressed and +te grete age of youre seid suppliant and in      #
recompense
of alle his costages expenses and labours and diligences a      #
foreseid
of youre seide grace graunten to youre seide supplaint an       #
annuitee terme
of his lif in manere and fourme conteined in the cedule to      #
+tis bill
annexed / and youre writtes and allocate currant and dormant    #
for
allowance of payement of the same withoute payement of eny fee  #
for
the seales of the same writtes   

<P 227>
[} [\189\] }]
[} [\AFTER 1432 C1/1/41 PETITION OF THOMAS APPELTON OF          #
DARTFORD, KENT\] }]
[\RIGHT SIDE RUBBED; MATTER IN PARENTHESES SUPPLIED FROM        #
Proceedings in Chancery in the Reign of Queen Elizabeth\]

   To my most reuerent fadir in god and most gracious and       #
rightwose
lord the Bisshop of Bathe Chaunceler of Englond
   Besechith in the most humble wise your povir seruant Thomas
Appelton That where as william Aleyn clerk of the countynghous
<P 228>
with ynne the housold of the kyng our soueraigne lord. Roberd   #
Aleyn
fadir to the seid william and Thomas Cotes ymagenyng of grete
malice before thoght extorcionesli to oppresse and fynalli to   #
distroye
your seid Suppliaunt ayens concience and lawe / On seynt        #
Stephenes
day at nyght be twene xj and xij of the Clokke at mydde nyght   #
the
vijthe. yer of the kyng our soueraigne lord with force and      #
armes on 
horsbak in maner of werre riot and rowte araied. with bowys and
arowys swerdis and bokelers in maner of rebellion and           #
Insurreccion
a yens the dygnyte of our soueraigne lord the kynge and his     #
crowne.
kome to the hous of your seid Suppliaunt. at Derteford in the   #
Shire
of kent. at mydde nyght. And took awey Anne the doghter and on  #
of
the heyres of your seid besecher beynge with ynne the age of    #
xij.
yere. and in his warde whos mariage of right to hym perteyned.  #
and
to non othir / And that same doghter the seid william Aleyn
ravisshid be force vileynously ... [\... CANCELLED\] and here   #
enforced be the supportacion
and helpe of the seid Roberd. and Thomas Cotes. and weddid
here ayens the wille of here said fadir. and alle here frendis 
expressely ayens lawe And ayens the forme of all maner          #
Statutes in such
cas made before this tyme / And in lettynge your besecher to    #
take
the profit and avayle of here seid mariage. ffor the which      #
mariage your
seid besecher myght haue had CC mark of money. & she to haue
bene maryed to such dyuerse notable persones as myght exspende 
an C li of enheritaunce be yer of yerly lyflode / where as the  #
seid william
Aleyn at that tyme hadde nor +git hath no fote lond of his owne
in Englond. And aftir the seid william Aleyn took an accion of  #
wast
in the comyn place vnIustly withoute concience ayens your       #
besecher
(and) [\THE WORD IN PARENTHESES A SUPERIOR INSERT\] with grete  #
mayntenaunce be color of his seid office broggid 
hyred and enbrasid to hym the Iorores the which Iorores were    #
kept iiij.
dayes in london at the cost of the seid william Aleyn (Thretyng
and manasyng your seid besecher) oppressiouesly that the seid   #
Iorores
were redy to haue condempnyd your seid Suppliaunt in a M li And
the seid william Aleyn Roberd Aleyn and Thomas Cotes thorow     #
grete
manace and meyntenaunce of dyuerse peple be cause of the office
of the seid william Aleyn put your seid besecher in fere of.    #
his lyf and
compellid hym vntrewly. be oppression to make a feffement of
all his londis and. his. tenementes to the value of iiij mark   #
be yere
with ynne the Shires of Essex and Middlesex (to certeyn         #
persones at
the denomynaccion of the seide william Aleyn) vpon condicion    #
that
your seid suppliaunte sholde haue suffisaunt and sure astate.   #
noght
defesable of xxiiijti li be yere to be paied. to hym at iiij    #
termes yerly
duryng his lyf of the issues and profites of the seid londis    #
and
<P 229>
tenementes with a sarteyn payne and reentre for defaute of      #
payment
(in maner and forme) like as in certeyn dedis endentid. there   #
of
made be twene the seid parties pleynly aperith The which        #
xxiiijti
li be yere the seid william Aleyn be covyne and confederacie    #
hadde be
twene hym and the seid Roberd Aleyn and Thomas Cotes with (all
maner of) profites comynge of the seid londis and tenementes
withholdith vntrewly ayens all reson and concience in his owne
hand and paieth your seid. suppliaunt no peny nor no peny       #
wolde paye
this ij. yere and an half. (last pased) and more And (also      #
hath felde
downe) all the tymbre of the seid lyflode to the value of an C  #
li
and more and makith wast fro day to day. And latith the         #
housyng of
the seid lyflode falle doune and go to noght for lakke of       #
reparacion
in his defaute (Please hit) to your highne(sse to considere     #
thes
premisses) and be your most noble and high discrecion to        #
ordeyne
that your seid Suppliaunt myght haue Writtes direct to the seid
william Aleyn (Robert Aleyn and Thomas Cotes) [\THE WORDS IN    #
PARENTHESES SUPERIOR INSERT\] to appere before you
in the Chauncerie. with ynne xl. dayes aftir the date of the    #
seid
writts at Westminster (And that the seid tresspasours be        #
ponysshid for
the seid riottes oppressions and offences aftir their           #
deserte) [\THE WORDS IN PARENTHESES SUPERIOR INSERT\] and
yf the seid william Aleyn apere to the writ aforeseide. that    #
thanne 
be your discrecion restore the seid Suppliaunt to the seid      #
londis and
tenement+g yf hit be founde be due examinacion that the seid    #
rente
of xxiij li be yere was be hy(nd) noght paied to your seid      #
(Suppliaunt
at) eny terme with ynne the seide dedis endentid. comprised.    #
with
the damages that the seid besecher hath hadde in this partie.   #
And
in cas the seid william Aleyne a pere noght on the Chauncerie   #
to the
seid writ. that thanne lyke you to ordeyne that your seid       #
supplaiunt
be restorid to the seid londis and tenementes in maner and      #
forme afore
seid. with all maner of damages that he hath hadde in this      #
partie
 ... [\ERASURE\] Considering of your rihtwosenesse that your    #
seid Suppliaunt
hath no more lyflode to lyve vpon / nor dar nethir ride nor go  #
late nor
rathe in to Essex nor Middlesex where the seid londis and       #
tenementis
lieth for to distreyne nor for to make non entre (in the seid   #
londis and)
tenementis nor dar not nor ys noght of power in no maner of     #
wise
pursue be lawe. ayen the seid william for his damages nor can   #
haue
non officer to execute no writ ayens the seid william Aleyn     #
whiles
he s(tondith) in his office aforeseid And that for the love of  #
god
and in the weye of Charite.

<P 233>
[} [\193\] }]
[} [\1436 SC8/27/1309 PETITION OF COMMONS CONCERNING THE STEWS
OF SOUTHWARK\] }]

<P 234>
   Please hit to the Wisedomes and hye discrecions of the       #
Worshipfull
Comunes in this present parlement assembled to consider two
grete meschiefs nowe in late dayes bygonnen by vntrywe lyvers   #
and people
with owte consciens and yet dwelling in the Burgh of Suthwerk
in the Shire of Surrey / Oon is that howe nowe late by          #
Auctorite of
parlement was ordeyned and stablet that no person that had      #
dwelled
at the comune Stywes shulde hald any comune hostryes ne comune
Tavernes with yn the saide B(urg)h [\THE LETTERS IN PARENTHESES #
TORN\] ne thay shulde not passe in
no maner enquestes with yn the saide Shire safe only at the     #
saide
comune Stywes the whiche ordenaunce hath been to grete weel of  #
alle
the honest people of the saide Burgh and Shire and put awey     #
mony
and grete periuries robberyes and other inconueniences And nowe
syn that tyme ther be comyn other strange persones and have     #
set vp
Stywehouses and houses of bordell and vnclene lyvers with yn    #
the
hye stretes and among the honest dwellers of the saide Burgh    #
and there
they herber and refet alle maner of myslyvers and avowterers    #
theefs
robbers mansleers and other myslyvers wherthurgh meny wemen ben
ravysshed and brought to evil levyng neightbores and strangers  #
ofte
tymes robbed and murdred that vnnethese any persone dar passe   #
thair
house fro nyght come And also nowe late tyme ther been certeyn
Alienes callid fflemmynges that have set vp comune hostryes and
comune Tavernes with yn the saide Burgh where ynne thay refet   #
and
herber alle maner Alienes and strangers as wel ffrensshmen and
Picardes as flemmynges and alle other nacions aswel             #
Aduersaries to
oure souuerayn lord the kyng as frendes and there thay han      #
thair
comenycacions and metynges by thaym self nought sufferyng any
englisshman to be herbered or come among hem / by the whiche
Alienes and strangers by liklynesse the Counseill ordenaunce    #
and
purveaunce of oure saide souuerayn lord and his trywe liege     #
people
is discovered to his Aduersaries his customes and dywtees
enbesiled and conceiled to hym grete preiudice and alle his     #
liege people /
/ Thees premisses considered like hit to youre high discrecions
to pray the kyng oure souuerayn lord by the Assent of the       #
lordes
spirituels and temporels and by Auctorite of this present       #
parlement
to graunte and ordeyne that no maner of persone in eny tyme
to come be hardy to take vppon hym to holde ne kepe any maner   #
Stywes
ne houses of bordell and vnclene lyvers in any place with yn    #
the
saide Burgh safe only atte place called the comune Stywes on    #
peyne
of enprisonement of their bodyes by xl dayes and makyng fyne
and raunsom atte kynges will / And that no maner persone        #
Aliene holde
ne kepe comune hostrye ne comune Taverne in any place with yn
the saide Burgh after the fest of Estire next comyng on peyne   #
of enprisonement
<P 235>
and makyng fyne and raunsom in the fourme
abovesaide / And that the Iustices of pees in the saide Shire   #
and the
kynges baillif of the saide Burgh for the tyme beyng and every  #
of
hem have power at alle tymes that thaym shal seme nedeful and   #
expedient
to enquere in the saide Burgh of thees premisses And opon
alle suche persones as thay or any of thaym fynde gilty and     #
dywly
convycte afore thaym to do execucion and punysshement in the    #
maner
and fourme byforseide for Charite

<P 245>
[} [\202\] }]
[} [\1437 SC8/27/1308 PETITION CONCERNING THE ESTATE OF THOMAS
NORTON OF BRISTOL\] }]

   To the right wise and discreet Comons of this present        #
parlement
Besechen mekely Thomas Norton Water Norton of Bristowe          #
Gentilmen
Sonnes and executors of the testament of Thomas Norton late
<P 246>
of Bristowe Gentilman Thomas Halewey Nicholas Deuenyssh and
Iohn Papenham and Iohn Shepward of Bristowe Marchant+g that it
please you to considre how that oon Thomas Stamford before our
souerain lord the kyng at westminstre for certein trespasses    #
falshedes
and disceites doon vnto the same Thomas Norton the fader atte   #
the
suyte of the same Thomas by bylle was found gylty by verdite of
xij notable men of the seid Toun of Bristowe to the harmes of   #
the seid
Thomas Norton of iiijc marc wherupon it was awarded that the    #
same
Thomas Norton shuld recouere the seid somme of iiijc marc ayens
the seid Thomas Stamford. And that the seid (Thomas) [\THE      #
WORD IN PARENTHESES RUBBED, STAINED\] Stamford
shulde be take to satisfie our seid souerain lord of his        #
redempcion
by cause of the seid trespaces falshedes and deceites of        #
whiche he was
conuicted. And after that the seid Thomas Stamford beyng atte
barre at westminstre by fore our lord the kyng at the peticion  #
of
the same Thomas Norton was comytted to the Marchall in prison   #
to
abide vnto tyme that he hadde aswell satisfied the same Thomas
Norton of his seid damages as our souerain lord of his seid     #
redempcion.
After whiche the same Thomas Stamford pretendyng a fals
othe to be made by the seid xij men in the seid suyte sued      #
atteynt
therupon in due fourme of lawe. in whiche it was founden be     #
xxiiij
notable men of the seid Toun that the seid xij men in the       #
premisses
hadde made good and true othe Wherupon the seid Thomas Stamford
was by Iuggement barrid of his seid atteynt and awarded ouere
by the Court. that he shulde abide in prison vnto the tyme he   #
hadde
made an other greet fyn with our lord the kyng for the same.    #
After
whiche tyme Thomas Stamford so beyng in prison encresyng his
greet vntrouthe and malice by favour supportacion and help of   #
his keper
there and by comfort of other vntrue persones by sotill and
malicious menes purposing to hurt vexe and vndoo your seid      #
suppliant+g
and to make hem waste and lese her godds and her bodyes to her
greet hyndryng ymagined (contrevyd) [\THE WORD IN PARENTHESES   #
RUBBED, STAINED\] & feyned diuers vntrue accions
of trespases and fals enprisonement+g in foreyn shires. that    #
is to
wite in london tweyn ayens the seid Thomas Norton water Norton
Thomas halewey & Iohn Papenham iiij of the seid bisechers by    #
the
names of Thomas Norton and water Norton of Bristowe Gentilmen
and Thomas Halewey and Iohn Papenham of Bristowe
marchaunt+g. And in Southrey oon ayens the same Thomas Norton  
water Norton and Iohn Papenham by the same names and Nicholas
Deuenyssh and Iohn Shipward (of Bristowe marchaunt+g supposyng) #
[\THE WORDS IN PARENTHESES CREASED\]
that thei shulde haue beten and enprisoned hym. where in        #
trouthe
thai were neuere gilty +terof ne som of hem com not in suche    #
places
<P 247>
ther the trespaces ys supposid to be doon by x yere before the  #
trespaces
supposid and somm of hem neuere. and in this fourme before seid
the seid suppliant+g (ben grevousely vexed and labored dailly)  #
[\THE WORDS IN PARENTHESES CREASED\] and
so ben likly by longe tyme to endure. by cause that if +te      #
seid Thomas
Stamford perceyue that eny enquest woll not passe with his      #
entent
he woll be nonsuyd and +terupon he will begynn a newe feyned    #
sute
ayen. so supposyng to labore the seid suppliant+g infenytly by  #
vntrue
sutes withoute your good help and socour. And now late our seid
souerain lord enformed of the greet mysgouernaunce of the seid
Thomas Stamford hadde ayen hym and his liege peple for dyuers   #
causes
that meved him and his rightwys Counseill the seid Thomas       #
Stamford
from the prison callid the kynges benche was remeved vnto his
prison in london y callid the fflete be his (lettres vnder his  #
prive
seale) [\THE WORDS IN PARENTHESES RUBBED, STAINED\] the whiche  #
Thomas Stamford sueth now to our seid souerain
lord to be remeued and remyttid ayen to the seid prison of      #
kynges benche
to that entent that he myght be there at large as he was before
and there to enbrace the Iurours ayenst the seid suppliant+g    #
and also
to be an enfourmour a techer and a Counceillour as well be his
writyng as otherwise to alle the prisoners and mysdoers beyng   #
in
the seid prison of the kynges benche As he was before to the    #
gret hurt
and derogacion of oure souerain lord and of his liege peple as  #
it
is openly knowen. Please it to your wise discrecions to         #
consider these
premisses. and that diuers of the seid suppliant+g for greet    #
age ben
impotent to laboure. And therupon to praye our souerain lord    #
the
king by the assent of his (lordes espirituelx) [\THE WORDS IN   #
PARENTHESES RUBBED, STAINED\] and temporell in this
present parlement assembled and by aucorite of the same         #
parlement
to ordeyne and establie that the seid Thomas Stamford may abide
and remayne still in the seid prison of fflete and in the       #
kepyng and
warde of the wardeine of the same prison for the tyme beyng     #
withoute
eny remevement to be hadde of hym into the seid prison called
the kynges benche or into eny o+ter prison out of the kepyng.   #
and warde
of the seid wardeyn of fflete for the tyme beyng till the seid  #
fynes
and alle other thynges of the whiche the seid (Thomas Stamford
standeth charged ayens oure souerain) [\THE WORDS IN            #
PARENTHESES CREASED\] lord be satisfied and
(determyned) [\THE WORD IN PARENTHESES CREASED\] . And the seid #
executors fully agreed and satisfied
of the seid iiijc marc as lawe woll and requireth. and that     #
for the
loue of god and in wey of charitee

<P 260>
[} [\212\] }]
[} [\1444 C49/26/5 PETITION CONCERNING THE MURDER OF ISABELL, 
WIFE OF ROGER BAKELER, BY JOHN BOLTON\] }]

   Prayen the Comunes of this present parlement that hit        #
please the
kyng oure soueraigne lord of his benygne grace to consider how
that now late Iohn Bolton nowe beynge in prison And in the      #
Marschall
ward of the kynges benche the tiuesday next a fore the feste    #
of Saynt
lauerens the yere of youre reigne the xxije at Pekham in the    #
Counte
of Surrey wold haue rauesshed Isabell late the wife of Roger    #
Bakeler
and for as muche as sche wold not assent vn to him he vilanisly
toke of here all the Atire of her hede And al so her clothes    #
of her body
otake her smokke. And yet sche wolde neuer assent vn to his     #
vnlefull
desir but at all tymes kepte her a goode womman. And at the     #
last 
<P 261>
be cause he cowde noghte haue his desir of her. he ther at      #
the same
tyme felonesly sleeth and murdred her and kutte her throte      #
twyes.
and twyes stikked her thurgh her pappes and sides with a        #
dagger wher
vppon sche died. And all so at the same tyme and plase after    #
the
said murdre noght repentyng hym of his horible dede as hit      #
semed.
a gowne. a kirtell. a hode. two kerchieffes and two keyes vppon
her ther founde of the goods and catells of the said Rog(er)    #
[\THE LETTERS IN PARENTHESES RUBBED\] husbond
to the said Isabell the whiche wer the weryng clothes of the    #
said
Isabell beyng vppon her person felonesly toke and bare a way of
the whiche forsaide murdre and roborie the said Iohn Bolton ys  #
endited
wher of the recordes remayneth a for yowe of Recorde in
your benche of the whiche Recorde the tenur ther of ys Annexed  #
vn
to this bille. And the said Iohn Bolton of his sotell           #
ymaginacion
be cause he wold not answer to the saide enditement nether to   #
other
diuerse horible felonies of the whiche he was endited he        #
knowleched
diuerse felonies and ... [\... CANCELLED\] tresons and be cam a #
prouowr and ther
of appeled diuerse other men and vnder colour of that Appelle   #
so
hongyng he gate hym a Chartre of pardon of yow of all maner
tresons and felonies ye beyng not lerned of the forsaid         #
horible felonies
and treson the whiche Chartre ys allowed of Recorde. And ther
vppon  to ordeigne And graunte by the Au(ctorite of) [\THE      #
TEXT IN PARENTHESES TORN, SUPPLIED FROM Rotuli Parliamentorum\] #
this present
parlement that the saide Iohn Bolton so beyng in prison as hit  #
ys forsaid
by what name so euer he be named be putte to Answer vn
to the said felonies comprehen(id in the) [\THE TEXT IN         #
PARENTHESES TORN, SUPPLIED FROM Rotuli Parliamentorum\] said    #
enditement+g And in
especiall to the murdre of the said Isabell with out any        #
processe
to be made Ayenst hym considering that he ys in the (Marschall
warde of your benche) [\THE WORDS IN PARENTHESES ARE OVER       #
ERASURE\] the said (Chartre) [\THE WORD IN PARENTHESES TORN,    #
SUPPLIED FROM Rotuli Parliamentorum\] or allowance ther of or   #
any
other chartre made or to be made to the said Iohn a contrarie   #
noght
withstonding And all so that he be came a prouowr or for any
other cause as a fore (rehersed) [\THE WORD IN PARENTHESES      #
RUBBED\] And yf he be founden gilty in the saide
murdre he to be iuged and demed as a traitour and suche         #
execucion
to be don vppon his body as schuld be don vppon a traitour      #
(atteint
of hie) [\THE WORDS IN PARENTHESES RUBBED\] treson              #
notwithstondyng the saide (chartre And he
to forfete) [\THE WORDS IN PARENTHESES ARE OVER ERASURE\] his   #
goodes and Catels londes And tenementes as the lawe
requireth of hym that ys atteint of ffelonie And that the       #
(said chartre
be) [\THE WORDS IN PARENTHESES RUBBED\] not as for the saide    #
murdre and Roborie to hym in no wise
auaillable but vtterly voide and noght in lawe. And all so      #
that by the
said Autorite A speciall commission be (made to the) [\THE      #
WORDS IN PARENTHESES RUBBED\] Chief iustice
of youre... [\... CANCELLED\] benche and other iustices nowe    #
beyng present to procede
to the Areignement of the said Iohn in all goodly hast vppon    #
the
said murdre (and Roberie) [\THE WORDS IN PARENTHESES RUBBED\]   #
accordinge to this said Acte notwithstandinge
the Aiournement of your Courtes in exsample and drede
<P 262>
to all other that wold offende in like wise And that the saide  #
(Chief
Justice) [\THE WORDS IN PARENTHESES RUBBED\] haue power by this #
saide Autorite to bringe thes saide recordes 
of the saide enditementes by fore hym selue and the saide       #
Comissioners
at the day that they (shalle sitte uppon the said) [\THE        #
WORDS IN PARENTHESES TORN; SUPPLIED FROM Rotuli                 #
Parliamentorum\] comission
And ther vppon to procede in hast as hit ys forsaid (And yf     #
any man
desire here after to Rauisshe Any woman) [\THE WORDS IN         #
PARENTHESES ARE OVER ERASURE\] and for cause that sche
wolle noghte assente (vnto hym sle and) [\THE WORDS IN          #
PARENTHESES RUBBED\] murdre her that any chartre
to be made to any suche person for any suche murdre (be) [\THE  #
WORD IN PARENTHESES CREASED\] voide
and noght auaillable in lawe for the loue of ihesu and yn way   #
of charite 

<P 268>
[} [\217\] }]
[} [\1450 SC8/2/52 PETITION OF COMMONS CONCERNING TRADE WITH
BRABAND, HOLLAND\] }]
[\LEFT MARGIN TORN; MATERIAL IN PARENTHESES SUPPLIED FROM       #
Rotuli Parliamentorum\]

   (Prayen) the Comeyns in this (your) [\THE WORD IN            #
PARENTHESES A SUPERIOR INSERT\] present parlement assembled
to consider howe that atte your parlement holden atte           #
Westminstre
the xxvij yere of your noble reigne for cause of a certeyn      #
ordinaunce
hadde (proclai)med puplished and streytely kepte in the         #
parties of
Braband holland and +geland that no manere of cloth made in     #
this Reame
of Englond shulde not come in to the seid parties +ter (to be   #
sold)
in eny wise vppon peyne of forfetur of the same cloth wherefore
ye our souerain lord by cause it ys expressely ageinis the      #
trieux and  appointement
made & take betwix (youre Rea)mes landes and subgiettes
of the oon parties and the landes whiche the Duke of Burgoigne  #
holdeth
and occupieth on +te o+ter partie haue often her bifore this    #
tyme do
write your (lettres requi)sitore and send your messages for     #
due reformacion
to haue be hadde in this behalfe whereof as yet no due
redresse is hadde vnto +te right intollerable hurt of all the   #
Comeyns of
this (Reame by) cause +tat many cloth makers +tat is to wete    #
men
weuvers fullers diers and women kempers Carders & spynners &    #
o+ter
biers & sellers +terof such as can noon o+ter occupacions (by   #
verrey
necessite be) compelled for their levyng to do the occupacions  #
And
such of theym as can nat do noon o+ter occupacions be come as   #
ydell
pepull whiche prouoketh hem to (synne and myschevous lyvyng
and) vppon this consideracion that it please you souerain lord  #
by
<P 269>
the aduyce and assent of your lordes spirituelx and temporelx   #
assembled
in your said parlement and by auctorite (of the same par)lement
it was ordeyned that but yf so were +tat due continuell         #
reformacion
wer made in the seid parties of Braband holland and +geland
of the seid (ordenaunce betwi)x that tyme and the fest of seint
Michell +tan next comyng so that all maner of cloth of woll     #
made in
this Reame myghte come and be accepted into (the same par)ties
of Braband holland and +geland ther to be vttred and sold as    #
frely as
eny o+ter merchandises +tat than for defaute of such            #
reformacion
in (that behalve no manere of) merchandises ne goodes of the
growyng nor wurkyng of the landes and parties that the said     #
Duke helde
and occupied schuld not come in to the seid (Reame after the    #
seid
Fest uppon) peyne of forfeitur of the merchandises +tat is for  #
to sey
the one halfe +terof to the kyng and o+ter halfe +terof to hym  #
that
firste seiseth the seid merchandises (in whos handes that       #
ever) they
wer founde and that ther vppon open proclamacion shuld be made  #
betwyx
+tat tyme and the xv day of Iuyll than next comyng withinne
(the Citee of london and other) places necessarie & conuenient  #
+terto
And yif eny suyt wer commenced aftere that tyme hadd for cause
of eny such seisyng in which eny issue (concernyng +tat acte    #
sh)uld
be taken +tat the seid issue shuld be tried in the shire wher   #
the seid seisyn
shulde be hadde and in noon o+ter place The whiche ordenaunce
(shuld endure unto the) next parlement And for asmoch as be the
summyns and commensyng of this your present parlement the seid  #
acte
is fully expired & determyned no (due reformation) of the parte
of the seid Duke of the premysses yut hade that it please your  #
highnesse
be the avise of your (lordes spirituelx and temporell in this   #
your
present parlement assembled) and be the auctorite of the same   #
to
ordeyne and estable that open proclamacion be hadde in the      #
Citee
of london and o+ter places necessarie (and convenient) +terto   #
betwyx
this and the fest of Pentecost next comeyng +tat but yf so be   #
dewe
contenuell reformacion be made and hadde in the seid parties    #
(of Braband)
holland and +geland betwyxte this tyme and the fest of Natiuite
of Seynt Iohn Baptist next comeyng so that all maner cloth of   #
woll
(made in) this your Reame mowe come & be accepted into the same
parties of Braband holland and +geland +ter to be vttered and   #
sold
as frely as eny o+ter merchandises (that than) for defaute of   #
such reformacion
in that be halue no maner of merchandises ne goodes of
the growyng nor wurkyng of the landes and parties that +te      #
(seid
Duke) holde and occupieth shulle come in to the seid Reame      #
after the
seid fest vppon peyn of forfaitur of the merchandises that is   #
for
to sey the (one halfe) +terof to +te kyng & +te o+ter halfe     #
+terof to
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hym that first seiseth the seid merchandises in whos handes     #
that ever
they wer founde and if eny suyt be (commenced) her after for    #
cause
of eny such seysyng in whiche eny issue concernyng this acte    #
shall
be taken that the seid issue be tried in +te shire wher (the    #
seid) seisyng
in hadde and in noon o+ter place and that this acte indur in
perpetuete 

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<P 212>
[} [\173\] }]
[} [\1424-26 C1/1/27 PETITION OF WILLYAM MIDYLTON OF
HOLDERNESS, YORKSHIRE\] }]

   To my graciouse Lorde of Wynchestre the Chauncellor of
Engeland
   Compleines Willyam Midylton of Waughen in holdernesse in als
mykill als Iohn of Cotyngham gentylman of Waughen forsayde a    #
with
certeigne men of his. wapynd & armed. yat es to say. Iohn of
Waughen husbandman. Thomas warde husbandman (Robert of Bate)    #
[\THE WORDS IN PARENTHESES FADED\]
wryght. & Iohn west wryght. wyth yair force of ye same Toune    #
forsayde.
maliciously agayne ye kyngis pece & (rebelliously) [\THE WORD   #
IN PARENTHESES FADED\] agayne ye
gouernours of ye deuyne seruyce of ye kyrk of Wanghen forsayde
in seruyce tyme opon seint Steyn day ye last in ye (same) [\THE #
WORD IN PARENTHESES FADED\] kyrke
woulde haf slayn me with ane polle axe & all ye pepyll & ye     #
preste so
affrayde at ye leuacion tyme clappyd saume ye buke for ferid. &
I for drede of my dede habade still in ye same kyrk of seint    #
peter 
ffraunchiss .x. houre+g lange & ye forsayde Iohan of Cotyng ham #
Iohn.
Thomas Robert. & Iohn with yair force en armed & wapened lygand
<P 213>
still in ane awayte in ye kyngis way & aboute ye same kyrke to  #
haf slayne
me if I had comyn oute of ye kyrk. & no man durst him arest to
ye pece. & yat same Iohn of Cotyngham proferd openly to ye 
qwhylk of yam forsayde yat myght haf kylled me. soulde haf had  #
xx.
noblis for my dede als (it is) [\THE WORDS IN PARENTHESES       #
FADED\] opynly knawen to all yat toune &
ye contreth. for ane worde I spak in ye kyrk. yat it wer        #
better bell
vnrogne at ye sauntes tyme yan ye messe vnsogne. & I neuer sen
yat day hidirward durst yer habyde in ye contree for drede of   #
my
dede for yat Iohn of Cotyngham & his force forsayde. in         #
harmyng &
in costes of me & myne. xx li. Qwharfore lyke it to yhour       #
graciouse
lordeschip in saueyng of my lyfe & ye kyngis pece & ye state    #
of yat
kyrke of seint peter ffraunchess & my harme+g graunte a writ    #
sub
pena for yis for(sayd) [\THE LETTERS IN PARENTHESES FADED\]     #
Iohn of Cotyngham & his iiij. felaughes 
in propir persone+g to com by for yhour self. for ye luf of     #
god & by
way of charite

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<P 168>
[} [\142\] }]
[} [\1437 C49/22/18 DEPOSITION SIGNED BY ADAM MOLEYNS\] }]

   The xe day of ffeuerer the vije yere of the kyng at          #
Westmynstre
in the Sterre Chambre beyng +tanne present +te high and myghti
Prince Duc of Gloucestre the Bisshops of Bath Chanceller and    #
of seint
dauid +terlis of Saresbury and Northumbr the lord Cromwell      #
Tresorer
of England William lyndewode keper of +te kyngis priue seal     #
and Robert
Rolleston Warderober the kyngis counsaillours examined +te      #
person(s) [\THE LETTER IN PARENTHESES RUBBED\]
whoos namis here on folow vpon +te ryot (that) [\THE WORD IN    #
PARENTHESES IS OVER ERASURE\] was doon
at Bedford. +te xije. day of Ianuer +te yere aboue said. AND    #
FIRST.
was called before +te seid (counsale) [\THE WORD IN PARENTHESES #
TORN\] Thomas wawton and sworn 
vpon a bok to sey the playn trouth and nou+gt to mene it with   #
eny ontrouth  
for hate or euel will nei+ter for loue ner fauour but plainly
report as it was in dede nou+gt sparing for no persone ne for   #
no +ting
<P 169>
and he seid plainly he wolde seye +te trouth in such +tingis    #
as shulde 
be demaunded of him. FIRST. it was asked him yif he hadde sette
his seel vnto +te certificat +tat was yeue and put vp to +te    #
kyng vpon +te 
lord ffaunhop as touching +te seid mater of Bedford / and he 
answered ye. And forthwith asked yif he knewe +te mater         #
content in
the said certificatt and he answered ye HE WAS asked with what
pepil +te lord ffaunhop come to +te Toune of Bedford at +tat    #
tyme
and in what array he answered as to +te nombr of persones with  #
a sexti
and as to (+te)ire [\THE LETTERS IN PARENTHESES RUBBED\] array  #
with pikk doublettis and swerdis and
bokelers and +tus arraied some of +teime come in to +te halle   #
/ and as
too of +teime within +te barre IT WAS asked yif +te seid lord
ffaunhop at o+ter cessions a fore +tat tyme was wont to come    #
in like
array he answered ye. HE WAS asked wheder he cam to +te halle
before +te lord ffaunhop / and hou many of +te iustices were    #
+tere
to giders ar +te lord ffaunhop cam he answered +tat he and      #
Iohn Enderby
/ Iohn ffit+g and harry Etwell cam to +te halle before +te lord
ffaunhop / HE WAS asked yif +tei all knewe wel +tat +te lord    #
ffaunhop
was in +te towne of Bedford and yif +tei hadde eny spech of     #
him 
amonges +teime iiije. and to all +tis he aunswered ye. HE WAS   #
demaunded
yif he sent to +te lord ffaunhop eny word of +teire beyng +tere
to geders or warned him +tat +tei wolde procede in +te          #
cessions or
ellis +tat +tei taried vnto his comyng to euerich of +tis he    #
answered nay
/ but +tei iiije. sat downe and proceded not to +te cessions    #
but commoned
to geders HE WAS. asked yif he and his felaws such time as
+te lord ffaunhop come to +teime dede him eny reuerence or what
countenance +tei made (he seid) [\THE WORDS IN PARENTHESES      #
TORN\] +tat his +tre felaws stode vp and
he sitting stille a valed his hode. HE WAS asked hou +te lord   #
ffaunhop
demened him after his comyng to +teime / And he answered +tat
he sat him (doune) [\THE WORD IN PARENTHESES RUBBED\] and       #
callid to him Iohn ffit+g and william Pek and
willed +teime to sitte downe by him and +te seid ffit+g         #
aduised +te
lord ffaunhop to take vnto him wawton (and) [\THE WORD IN       #
PARENTHESES RUBBED\] and Enderby for +tei
were a boue +te seid ffit+g in +te commission / and +te seid    #
lord
ffaunhop aunswered (+teim nay) [\THE WORDS IN PARENTHESES: OVER #
ERASURE\] come and +tu will +te (toon) [\THE WORD IN            #
PARENTHESES OVER ERASURE\] shal
be wolcome +te to+ter may chese and +tis communicacion had      #
+tei sat
downe to (gideris) [\THE WORD IN PARENTHESES RUBBED\] HE WAS.   #
asked hou +te rumor and noyse fill
amonges +teime / he answered by oncurteise langage be twene     #
Iohn
ffit+g Geffray and a seruant of +te lord ffaunhops +te which    #
+te seid lord
ffaunhop bad to answere to +tat +te which was seid vnto him and
+te same seruant forthwith sauyng +te reuerence of his lord     #
seid it was
fals and so lyued +te seid Iohn fit+g Geffray and forth with    #
wawton
seith +tat he seid to +te lord ffaunhop it is +te vnruliest     #
cession +tat
I haue euer sey in Bedford and yif it be not o+terwise reuled   #
I wol complaine
<P 170>
vnto +te kinges counseill to +te which +te lord ffaunhop shulde
haue seid complaine as +to wole y defie +ti menasing and all    #
+tine
euel will wawton seide he answered I sette litil of +ti         #
defiance and
with +tis +tere was rumor and noyse in +te halle and soo +tei   #
rose vp bo+te
+te lord ffaunhop wawton Enderby and all +te remenant / and +te
lord ffaunhop stode vpon +te Cheker borde +te which borde       #
stode a fore
+te benche HE WAS asked yif he sye +te lord ffaunhop drawe eny
dagger he seid forsoth nay he was asked whe+ter he sawe eny     #
dagger
in his hande and he seid ye. fur+termore he was asked in what   #
wise
he helde +te dagger in his hande +te point forth ri+gt foynyng  #
/ or
ellis +te point towardes his elbowe downward / and to +tis he   #
said he
wist nat / HE WAS also asked yif he sawe +te lord ffaunhop (or
any man of his) [\THE WORDS IN PARENTHESES SUPERIOR INSERT\]    #
smite eny man or made eny likly countenaunce to smyte
he said nay / HE WAS also asked whe+ter +te lord ffaunhop such
tyme as he stode vpon +te borde labored to +te cessing of +te   #
rumor
and debat or ellis +tat he stured and moued +te pepil to rumor  #
/ and
he answered +tat he labored to cesse +te noyse and +te rumor    #
+tat
was in +te halle He was asked wheder he labored effectuelly or  #
ellis faintly
and vnder colour of his labore soffred harme to be doo / he
answered +tat to his vnderstandyng he labored to +te keping of  #
pees /
and to stynte +te noyse and Rumor +tat was in +te halle and     #
alsoo
diligently as euer he sawe man. HE WAS asked what the seid lord
ffaunhop dide such tyme as the noyse was cessed / he answered
+tat he went vnto his ynne. and with his owne seruant+g lete    #
feleshipped
+te seid wawton / and o+ter of his felaws / vnto +teire         #
logginges for
+teire more seuretee and +te lord ffaunhop willed wawton to     #
haue
come dronken with him as he hadde Enderby seyeng to wawton +tat
he sholde be welcome for he yaf him drink which he hadde lesse
cause to loue +tanne (him) [\THE WORD IN PARENTHESES RUBBED\]   #
menyng be Enderby: IOHN Enderby called
before +te counsail in fourme as it is reherced of Thomas       #
wawton
in like wise swore vpon a bok to (sey) [\THE WORD IN            #
PARENTHESES IS OVER ERASURE\] +te trouth in +te mater a boue
said & +te which he promissed to do &c. EXAMINED vpon +te       #
first 
article he seide at +te tyme of makyng of +te certificat +te    #
which was sent 
vnto +te kyng his felawe and he were in d(i)fference [\THE      #
LETTER IN PARENTHESES TORN\] and discorde
not for+tanne he sette his seal +terto. AS TO +te secunde to    #
+te +tridde
to +te fourthe to +te fifte to +te vje. and to +te vije.        #
articles he accorded
in all his deposicion and answere with Thomas wawton: AS TO
+te viij. he seide +tat +tei stode vp all such tyme as +te      #
lord ffaunhop
come to +teime. AS TO +te ixe. and +te xe. article he accorded  #
in substance
with +te seid wawton confessing alsoo +tat he him self drewe    #
out
his owne dagger / and in +te tyme of +te rumor his man brought
him a swerd and in what wise he departid from his dagger he     #
can not
<P 171>
sey. AS TO +te xje article he seith +tat he sawe not +te lord   #
ffaunhop
to drawe eny dagger / nei+ter +tat he hadde eny in his hande:   #
EXAMINED
vpon +te xije. and +te xiije articles he accorded with Thomas
wawton no +ting varyeng in substance. IOHN ffit+g in like wise  #
as
wawton and Enderby sworn vpon a bok and examined answereth as
it folowith: IN THE first and +te secunde Article he accorded   #
with
wawton: IN THE +tridde +te iiije and +te ve. and +te sexte      #
Articles he
accorded in his deposicion with wawton and Enderby: AS TO +Te
vij article he accorded with Enderby and not with wawton: AS TO
+te viij article he accorded alsoo AS TO +te ix article he      #
accordith with
wawton. IN +Te. xe article he accordith with Enderby bo+te      #
+tat he
sawe +te lord ffaunhop to drawe no dagger nei+ter +tat he       #
hadde eny
in his hande In the xje and xij articles he accordeth with      #
wawton
and Enderby AND ALSO in +te xiije article no+ting chaungyng in
substance. HARRY Etwell examined and sworn vpon a bok to sey
trouth In +te first article he accordith with his felaws: IN    #
THE
secunde article he accorded also with his felaws saue he        #
va(ri)ed [\THE LETTERS IN PARENTHESES CREASED\] in
nombre seyng +tat +te lord ffaunhop come to Bedford with xl. or
l. persons / IN THE iije +te iiij +te v. and +te vje. articles  #
he accordid
with his felaws IN +Te vij and +te viij. articles he accorded   #
with
Enderby (IN +Te ixe) [\THE WORDS IN PARENTHESES TORN\] and +te  #
xe. articles he accordith with wawton
IN +Te (xie. xij and xiije) [\THE WORDS IN PARENTHESES TORN\]   #
articles he accordith with his felaws: THE
xxiiij day of ffeuerer +te yere a boue seid at westmynstre      #
Thomas
Stratton vnder shereue of Bedford in +te (presence) [\THE       #
WORD IN PARENTHESES RUBBED\] of the high and
my+gti prince +te Duc of Gloucestre the Bisshop of Bath         #
Chaunceller
of England +terle of Saresbury lord Cromwel tresorer of         #
Englonde: +te
lord hungerford William lyndewode keper of +te kinges priue     #
seal
+te kinges counsaillours / swere vpon a bok to make trewe and   #
iuste
answere in +tat shulde be demanded him of +te Ryot doon at      #
Bedford:
FIRST he was demanded yif he was priue of +te certificat
+tat was made vnto +te kyng by wawton Enderby ffit+g and        #
Etwell and
he seid ye: MORE OUER he was demanded where he sat at +te
cession tyme. and he answered at +te lord ffaunhop fete         #
inasmoche as
he was clerc of +te cessions: HE WAS asked hou +te rumor be gan
/ and he +terein accorded with +te (seye)ng [\THE LETTERS IN    #
PARENTHESES RUBBED\] of wawton and soo he dede
in all his deposicions sauyng in +te xj Article he varied from  #
all
seyeng / +tat +te lord ffanhop (su)ch [\THE LETTERS IN          #
PARENTHESES RUBBED\] tyme as he stode vpon +te 
Cheker borde he made (countenance) [\THE WORD IN PARENTHESES    #
RUBBED\] towardes Enderby as he wolde 
haue smete him / but he seith he smote him not
   Adam Moleyns

<P 296>
[} [\236\] }]
[} [\C 1428 C49/22/19 BRISTOL DEPOSITION\] }]

   The certyficate of the Meyr and Baillyffes of Brystowe
<P 297>
   Remembrance that the fryday next after +te fest of the       #
Exaltacion
of the holy Croyce the sexte yer of the kyng that nowe ys: Iohn #
Baylly
late the Clerk of Phelip Excestre: come a fore Robert Russell   #
that
tyme Meyr Roger lyuedon and Water Milton the yonger Baillifs.   #
And
many other worthy men syttyng yn open Court And seyd openly
yn heryng of alle men: that ther were that serteyn day and      #
yere: he shewed
to Thomas Stamford a dede ensealed that Crystyan Nele somtyme  
of Brystowe made vnder her seal. And also vnder the Meyres      #
seale:
to Willyam Combe somtyme Burgeis of Bristowe: of certeyn londes 
And tenementes: yn the towne: and +te subarbes of Bristowe: And #
whan
he had shewed the same dede: vn to the same Thomas: the same
Thomas toke the seales yn his honde: and desyred the foresaid   #
dede:
And for the same Iohn Bailly. wolde not delyuer hit hym: he     #
pulled
of the seales. that he helde yn his honde: and putte hem yn his #
sleue:
And whan the same Thomas hed harde these wordes: he said. that  #
sothe
hit was: that +te said Iohn Baylly shewed hym suche a dede:     #
And.
yn struglyng be twene hem bothe: he brake of the seales: and so #
he
knoweleched the brekyng ther of: openly a fore alle the Court /
and said these wordes: I didde hit. what wolle ye sey ther to:  #
take youre
auauntage:

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<P 80>
[} [\XXXI.\] }]
[} [\THE MAYOR'S ARTICLES OF COMPLAINT AGAINST THE BISHOP,     
DEAN, AND CHAPTER.\] }]
[}ARTICLE I.}]

   For the furst article of theire grevous compleyntis the      #
saide
Maier and Cominalte seyn that there as where the tenantis and
inhabitants of the saide Bysshop with ynne the sayde Cite and
suburb of the same ben cessable and chargable, have be cessed   #
and
charged, and of right oughte to be and yet ben w=t= the         #
citeseyns
and inhabitantis of the same Cite, and hath ben used levy       #
therof to be
made by the Mayer and such as he hath assigned and deputed
therto yn alle maner dymes citeseyn spendyng and the fe ferme   #
yf
nede be, and alle other taxacions talliages and chargis as      #
well to the
<P 81>
kyng oure soverayn lorde graunted and so hath be yn the tymes   #
of
his noble progenitours as of alle other contribucions and       #
chargis
w=t= yn the saide cite and as parcell of the same. And nowe the
laste specially assessying and payment of half a dyme, whiche   #
was
assessed and payd yn maner and fourme as by long tyme           #
favorabilly
hath be done: but the forsayde Mayer and Comminalte moste       #
grevously
compleyne of ij tymes next there be fore of cessyng and paynge  #
of
dymes, one yn the tyme of John Coteler beynge Mayer and another
tyme William Upton beynge Mayer; at whiche both tymes the
tenantis of the seide Bisshop w=t= other were warned to come    #
to the
Gildehalle, as by longe tyme hath be done, to assessynge of the
sayde dymes. And as tochyng the sayd Bysshoppys tenantis they
come noght, ne no wyse wolde come to assesse ne paye with the
sayde cite atte the ij tymes aboveseid, but by one M=r= Henry
Webber wrongefully of mere malice and yvell wyll and by         #
commaundement
of the saide Bisshop manassynge the sayde tenantys
as well as yn other charges yf they deede the contrary [{to{]   #
putte
ham oute of theire tenuris, and so they durste not come sette   #
ne
paye as they hade be woned to done.

[}ARTICLE II.}]

   More over the sayde Mayer and Citeseyns seyn that by         #
commaundement
of the sayde Bysshop and speciall rule of the sayde
Master Harry, assessyng and levy was made amonge the sayde
Bysshoppis tenantis of ij dymes as a cite or a burgh by hym     #
self,
and so was hit never, consideryng that dymes beth graunted but  #
of
citees and burghis, and the money so assessed and made levy     #
kepte
and yet kepeth to the use of the said Bishop to grete hyndryng 
and anyntysement of the same cite, upon the whiche the sayde
Mayer and Citeseyns made sute to the sayde Byshoppis counseill
and most specially to the sayd Maister Harry yn the moste gode
and yesly wyse that they cowde, praying hym of his gode         #
frendship
<P 82>
to helpe to refourme this wronge abovesayde. The sayde Mayster
Harry right shortely weywardly and angerly answered seyyng
that the sayde Mayer and Citeseyns shold right noght have a do
w=t= the sayde Bysshoppis tenantis w=t= yn the cite and suburb  #
of the
same, ne the sayde tenantis w=t= the sayde Mayer and            #
Citeseyns, but
only be ceparat and distyncte awey fro the sayde cite, seyyng
furthermore that we sholde have nywe tidynges yn shorte tyme,
menyng as we conceyved sithen a nywe charter that the sayde
Bysshop hath purchased sithenys. Nertheles by speciall prayer   #
of
the saide Mayer and Citeseyns menyng for the beste hit was      #
prayed
and graunte for a trayne that these maters sholde be put upon   #
the 
sayde Bysshoppys counseyll and the counseyll of the saide       #
cite, and
so hit honged yn trety by longe tyme; under which entrety the   #
nywe
forsayde charter was purchased to grete hurte and hyndryng to   #
the
sayde Mayer and Citeseyns; we praying you oure lorde            #
Chaunceller 
most specially and you oure lordis to considre alle the 
wronges comprehended yn thys article, consyderyng that the      #
seide
wronge of nonpayement of the seide dymes ys alle the grounde
cause and begynnyng of all the grete debate that hongeth now by
twene the seide Bysshop Dean and Chapyter and the seide Mayer
and Cyteseyns; for by fore the tyme of begynnyng sturyng and
movyng of the said Bysshoppes officers and specially of the     #
seide
Meystre Harry of thees forseide maters, he was the most goode   #
and
blessyd Lorde and Bysshopp best wylled and set and most good    #
doo
and lyke to have done that ever we had there, and so we trust   #
to
Godde with youre goode lordshippes woll be yet.

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[}ARTICLE III.}]

   Item the seyde Meyer Baillifs and Comminalte compleyne ham
and seyn that where they and theyer [{predecessoures{] be       #
seasyd 
of tyme that no mynde ys of a leete as hyt ys above seide, one
John Barton felon that feloniously hadde robbyd the churche
of Morchard of a chalys and other goodes to the valew of xx li.
an a hors at Evyll yn S ..... atte pris of v. marke, the whiche
goodes and catell the seide John brought yn to a tenement of    #
the
seide Bysshop yn Exceter where the seide Meyer by hys offycers
wolde have arestyd the seyde John and seised the said godes but
they were let by one John Toylerd and other of the seide        #
Bysshoppys
offycers and by hys commaundement as hit is supposed; wher upon
the seide John Berton by the said John Tylard and officers was
conveyed away and toke the Cathedrall Churche of Seynt Peter
of Excetre, whiche churche ys and ever hath be with ynne the
lybertees ffranchees jurisdiccions and power of the seide cyte;
whither the coroners of the seide cyte come to take the         #
knowleche
of the said John Berton ys felonyes abovesaid as ever hath be   #
usyd
to done there as well as of abjuracions and to corowne          #
prisoners ded
yn the Bysshop ys prisonn. And when the seide coroners cam to
take the confessyon above seide they were let by strenthe of    #
one
S=r= John John and Pyers Carter and many other mynesters and
clerkes of the seide churche by commaundement of the seide
Bysshop Dean and Chapiter so that they myght nought doo theyre
offyce there atte that tyme. And so the seide John Berton by
them was brought yn to a hous ycallyd the Bakehous and so       #
conveyhid
and brought hym oute of towne. Also wher the saide
coroners diverse tymes cam to the Bysshop ys palyce to have
coroned diverse prisoners beyng ther yn the seide Bishop ys     #
prison
ded and yn especiall one William Wey; atte whiche tymes by one
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Wauter Herte and other as servauntez of the seyde Bysshop and
by hys commaundement they were let to do theyre offyce there,
and the seide prisoners so ded buryed uncoroned. And as         #
touchyng
the seide goodes and cattall wayff y-left yn the seid Bysshop   #
ys
tenement, ther was kept with stronge hande by the seide John
Toylerd and other of the seide Bysshopp ys offycers and so      #
wrongfully
to the use of the saide Bysshop as hit is supposed kepyth hyt
to grete hurte and hynderyng of oure soveraigne lorde the Kyng  #
and
the seide Meyer and Comminalte.

[}ARTICLE IV.}]

   Item the seide Meyer Baillifs and Comminalte compleyne ham
that wher by the graunte of Kyng Edward the ferst one of the
progenitours of oure soveraigne lorde the Kyng that now ys and  #
by
graunte of the seide Meyer and cytiseyns of the seide cyte of   #
Exceter
the seide Bysshop Dean and Chapiter that tyme beyng hadde       #
lycence
to enclose the cimitary ther as hit more pleynly apperyth yn a  #
composicion
ther of made. Afore whiche grauntez the Meyer and
Cyteseyns hadde and yet ought to have a strete y-called Fyssh   #
strete
whiche lyyth with ynne that they calle the prosyncte of the     #
cloos of 
Seynt Peter of Exceter and with oute the seide cimitery; yn     #
whiche
strete of tyme that no mynde ys the ffysh market of the seide   #
Meyer 
and Comminalte was woned to be holde; the whiche strete         #
streccheth
fro a yeate callyd Seynt Martyn ys yeate dyrectly un to the     #
towne
walles to a grete defensable towre ther; yn the whiche strete   #
the
said Maire and cyteseyns by the seide Dean and Chapiter buth    #
let
to holde theire marketes now as we have be woned to doo; yn     #
whiche
way, as well as yn other places with ynne the seide cloos and   #
cimitery,
they have made diverse purprestours as steyrez and gardyns and
yncroched londe contrary to the composycyon above seide; and yn
especiall the ende of the seide Fyssh strete enchroched all     #
the hole
wey thurt over for a court place to the mancion of the          #
Archideacon
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of Cornewaill as hyt apperyth openly; so that the seide Meyer   #
and
cyteseyns may nought have theyre way as theym ought to have to
the towne wallys and y=e= Towre forseide. And also yn the cyte
they have made a purpresture yn the Hye strete of the seide     #
Cyte v.
stalys of lx. fote long and more and iij. feete yn brede yn     #
the for
part of a new tenement above Seynt Stephyn ys churche of        #
Exceter
wher was never no stale but a stony walle of the leynthe above  #
seide.
And another purpresture made by the commaundement of the seide
Bysshop as hit is supposed yn Bolehil strete yn a place         #
y-called the
Bysshop ys rent yn the fore part of whiche rent ys a long       #
stony wall
of cc. fote of lenketh and moche more, yn the whiche walle      #
buth diverse
shoppez wyndowes of olde tyme hadde, the leves ther of goyng    #
ynward,
and none other ne never were, yn to now late the seide Bysshop  #
hath
set oute of purpos a grete bulk stale, a purpresture. The       #
whiche
purpresture with all purprestures above seide standen and been  #
set
upon the grounde of the seide Meyer and citezeins without       #
lycence
of theym asked or hadde to the hurte and disheritson of the     #
seide
Meyer and Cyteseyns abovesaid.

[}ARTICLE V.}]

   Item the seyde Meyer and Comminalte compleynyth that wher
the Dean and Chapiter of the Cathedrall Churche of Seynt Peter
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of Exceter have a cloyster joynaunt to the seide Cathedrall     #
Churche
with ynne the square of whiche cloister ys a voide place        #
y-called
"the Praiell," yn the whiche ys comyn sepulture whenne the
cymytere standith pollute; thrugh whiche cloyster was a comyn
waye for the sayd Maier and Comminalte yn to the said           #
Cathedrall
Chirche and the said cloyster a place of praier and devocyon    #
to praie
for alle the sawlys was bonys lieth yn the said cloister and    #
prayell
atte tyme of dyvyne servyce doyng in the saide cathedrall       #
churche;
but now right late the saide Deane and Chapitere the dorys of   #
the
saide cloister have stoppid and closid contrarie to the gode    #
usagis of
all holy churche, the kynges lawe and the use afore tyme hadde
and ayenst al good pollecye.

[}ARTICLE VI.}]

   Also the said Maier and Comminalte compleyneth whare late
was sette yn the cymytere of the Cathedrall Churche of Seynt
Peter of Excetre a grete drie fryth almoste evyn junant to the  #
bak
side of the costlewe billyng and yn the cheiff place of the     #
citee of
Excetre therto enclose and enclosed a gret parcell of tymber,   #
the
whiche fright atte the stroke of ix. atte clocke yn the         #
shortestez
tyme of eere yn the nyght, alle the close yeatis beyng faste    #
yshet,
as hit aught to be by a composicion ij. owris before, by on of  #
the
mynysteris of the said Cathedrall Churche was sette afire, and  #
began
to brenne, and yf hit hadde had his course lyke to have sette   #
a fyre
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and brende the cheif and grete parte of the citee. And yet hit  #
was
said by the said mynyster and other minystres of the said       #
Cathedrall
Churche to noyse and disslaundre the said citee that hit was    #
sette
afire by men of the same citee to brenne the said Cathedrall    #
Churche.
And hit provith noght so by shutyng of the sayd cloys yaetis.   #
And
by that the said Cathedrall Churche stant a buc shote fro and 
more.

[}ARTICLE VII.}]

   Also the said Maier and Comminalte compleyneth that where
the said Bysshop ys seysed of a gardyn lyyng to his paleys
and the said Dean and Chapitere of iij. other gardynes, of the
whiche said iij. gardynes of the said Dean and Chapitere on     #
lyeth
to the mancyon of the Archdekne of Cornewayle and a nother
lyeth to the mancyon of the Chaunceler of Excetre and the       #
thirdde
lyeth to [{the{] mansion of the Archdeacon of Excetre; the      #
whiche 
iiij gardynes lyeth fro a lane y-called the Freren lane junant  #
a long
by the Towne Wallys almoste to the Sowthe gate of the same
citee. Atte two endys of whiche gardynes and by twyne every
gardyn so ayunant apon the Towne Wallys ys a walle thurte and
buttyng a yenst the Towne Walle and a posterne yeate therynne,
the [{whiche{] wallys and posternys by the Maier and Comminalte
by force of a composicion and as the composicion woll, have be
made and ofte tymes repaired and amended, and ij lokkys and     #
keies
yn and to every yeate, one kaye of every yeate remaynyng to the
said Maier and Comminalte and a nother to the Bysshop and so to
every of the personys ecclesiasticeris forsaid to this entent   #
that the
said yeate sholde noght be sette opyn but atte the Maier ys     #
will
ouns yn a eere a yenste the comyng of the Maier to over se yf
eny nede be to repaire the towne wallys. And yf eny nede be to
repaire, to stande opyn duryng the tyme of repeiryng as yn the
said composicion more openly and pleynly aperith. With owte
the procyncte of the said Bisshop ys garden and yn the said     #
wall
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there is the moste costelew defence and moste stately towre of  #
alle
the City, of the saide Maier and Comminalte well heled with     #
led and
housed for a right gode mansion to be ther yn. The whiche towre
late was repayred to the coste of the saide Mayer and           #
Comminalte
of xx li. and more and right a stronge dore w=t= lokke and      #
keye made
therto and fast yshitte to this entent ther to bryng yn stuf    #
for the
werre and defence of the cite and other thyng more of the saide
cite ther to be kept stronge saf and sure. The which dore of    #
the
towre w=t= the other v. postern doris, the whiche v. dorys      #
buth comprehended 
yn the saide composicion, ofte tymes have be repayred
and amended to the grete coste of the seyde Mayer and           #
Comminalte,
and as ofte as ever they have be repaired ever anon they have   #
be
right spytefully broke up by the Bisshop and Dean and Chapitre
aforesaid, and the dore of the said towre at all tyme and yet   #
is so
stondynge open and fakettes hors and dong and myche other       #
ungodely
thyng by commaundement of the said Bisshop broghte
theryn; bycause of +te whiche the said towre is likely to be    #
destroyed
and fall a down to grete hyndryng of the said cite yn repaire   #
yf
hit falle of m=l~=l~i. and the said v. postern doris so broke   #
up, oo suche 
lok and keye as they woll is sette yn every dore to theire      #
pleisaunce
disporte and yese to go yn and oute when ever they will         #
contrary
to the saide composicion. By the whiche yeatis full ungodely
cariage as suspecious men and wymmen have be ladde yn and oute,
and divers men that sholde have be arest conveyed awey by that
wey to right grete hurte hyndryng harmys and damage to the
saide Cite.

[}ARTICLE VIII.}]

   Item the Mayer and Comminalte compleyneth as tochyng the
Freren lane abovesaide, the whiche is a longe lane lyyng a      #
longe
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by and yn the bakside joynant to divers mansions of divers      #
chanons
of the clos longyng to the said Dean and Chapitre; the whiche   #
lane
is ceverall grounde of the saide Mayer and Comminalte and       #
parcell
of theire fe ferme and wey to the towne wallis for the repair   #
of tham;
yn to whiche lane oghte no dore ne yeate open w=t= oute         #
licence of
the Maier and Comminalte; the said Dean and Chapitre in the 
wallis of the saide mansions yn to the saide lane have made     #
divers
doris w=t= owte licence of the said Maier and Comminalte, by    #
the
whiche doris by the said Chanons dwellyng yn he said mansions   #
by
commaundement of +t=e= said Dean and Chapitre is caryed oute so
moche erthe robill and donge and other fylthis of theire        #
places that
the sayde wey ys dytte, that no man ther yn may well ride ne go
ne lede cariage to the wallis, to grete hurte and hyndryng to   #
the
saide Mayer and Comminalte: and also yn the saide lane was a    #
grete
comyn gutto=r= lyyng deepe underneth a long thurgh the lane     #
almost
to the lane ende and then turned thurte westward thurghe the
mansion of the Archidiacon of Cornewaill to theire grete comyn
gutto=r= liyng yn +t=e= saide Fissh strete havyng issu thurghe  #
the towne
wallis; the whiche gutto=r= lyyng thurgh the saide lane         #
ordeyned
for to defende reyne water and other of Strike stret and of     #
many other
divers placis and mansions grete part of the said cite; the     #
whiche
gutto=r= goyng thurgh the Archidiacon of Cornewayll is mansion  #
as
hit is abovesaide first by one Maister John Gorewyll Maister    #
John
Waryn M=r= William Filham S=r= Richard Kelyer and other som     #
tyme
chanons of +t=e= said churche there dwellyng by commaundement   #
of
the Dean and Chapitre the saide gutto=r= hath be broke and for  #
ditte
and the stonys therof by tham take and bore away so that the    #
reyne
water and other of Strike strete and other places abovesaid     #
may noo
have his course as hit hath be wont to have to grete hurte and  #
noysaunce 
etc. 



