84 WILL OK SIR HENRY VERNON, OF HADDON. 



Rawson my Chaplen the whiche executors allthyngs afore wrytton 

 and aftter niotte (must) truly do as they wyll answere afore the 

 hygh Juge at the dredefuU day of dome / Itm I wyll that my wyffs 

 bonys be taken vp and layde w' me when o' tombe ys made ther 

 as I haue appoynted / Itm I wyell that my sayd tombe and 

 Chappell be made w'in ij yeres next aftur my deceasse or erst and 

 the bettur and the more hon'able for the blode that my wyffe 

 ys comyn of / Itm I bequeth and gyff for Makyng of the sayde 

 tombe and Chappell C'' Itm I wyll and bequethe that my sayde 

 executors haue CCC marks to purches x marks land or ells to 

 haue so myche owt of some Abbey or pryorye for the sayd money 

 in a perpetuyte and that to be gyffyn and to be imployed to a 

 conenable pr'este to syng in the sayd Chappell and to pray for 

 my soule and the soulys aforesayd and to say all manere servics 

 w'in the sayd Chappell and eu'y halyday to helpe them and 

 synge in the quere (choir) at the hygh masse w' suche other 

 ordynaunces as my sayde executors shall devyse for the sayde 

 preste for the well of my Soule and soulys aforesayd / Itm I wyll 

 that eu'y almys man and woman in the Almes hows at Tonge 

 haue the day of my burying xiij'' to pray for my soule and the 

 soulys aforesayd / Itm I wyll that ther be ij tapers Set apon me 

 one at my hede and a nother at m\' ffete w' a herce vpon me and 

 the sayd tapers or one of them to be lyght duryng the masse 

 whyle that ys sayd for my soule and so to contenve as longe as 

 my Tombe ys onmade / Itm I wyll that there be geffyn the day 

 of my buryall to prestys and Clerks as many as shall com to 

 my derige''' and masse and eu'y preste viij and eu''y preste 

 w' an amyes (amice) xij'' and eu'y Clerke w' a Surples iiij'' and 

 eu'y pore man and woman mate and drynke and j'' that comyth 

 to my masse and requyem Itm I wyll that yer be xij pore 

 men aboute that careon body of myne eu'y of them hauyng a 

 whyght ffriers gowne w' a hode accordyng to the same ou' ther 

 hed holdyng eu' of them a torche in hys hande brennyng 



* Divigc. A solemn hymn in ihc old English Church, commencing Diris;e 

 giessiis iiicos. It was part of the biu'ial service. 



