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(burning) as long as the saydc derige and masse be in saying 

 and suche lyght to be sett abought my foull body as can be 

 thought be my executors worchypfull for me / Itm I wyll att 

 my monythys mynde that there be taken of the moste porest men 

 and as many as I was yeres of age (74) the day of my dethe 

 eu'y of them heryng the masse of requiem praying for my Soule 

 and other as aforsayd and aft' the sayd masse eu'y of them to 

 haue conuenient mete and drynke and v'' in redy money when 

 they haue dyned and then to go in to the place where I am 

 buryed and say v pater nosters v Aves and a Credo for my 

 Soule my wyffs Soule and all the soulys aforsayd / Itm I wyll 

 that the lande in Rysshall in the County of Stafford whyche ys 

 the yerely valure of \\'f be made suer to the Warden for the 

 tyme Beyng of the College of Tonge and the prestys there beyng 

 to thys intent that the sayd Wardens and prestys there beyng 

 be bounden to myn heyres & myne executors that they shall 

 truly kepe my obbet (obit) and masse of requiem yerely the day 

 of my dethe and so for eu' or ells to lose the sayde londe and 

 ytt to be att the wyll of my sayd heyres / Itm I wyll that the 

 sayd Warden gyff in almes aft' the sayd masse to xiij pore men 

 and women which shalbe at the heryng of the same masse beyng 

 none of the Almes hows of Tong haue eu'y of them j** Itm I 

 wyll that the hows and prior of Stone haue in the bono' of god 

 and saynt Wolfade C" that to be imployd to the bono' of god and 

 the sayde saynt to pray for my soule derige and masse / Itm I 

 wyll that the dean of Lichfelde vicars and chanons beyng resydent 

 haue X marks to say deryge and masse of requiem to pray for 

 my soule and to have forgyfnes of all maner maters that hath 

 bene betwixt them and me aswell in neglegence of tythyngs 

 as otherwyse / Itm I wyll that the abbote of ravcettur* and 

 Convent of the same doyng as aforesayd haue xx' / Itm I 

 wyll that the prio' and Covent of lenton doyng as aboffesayd 

 haue v marks / Itm I wyll that there be a preste perpetuall 



* Roucestor, near Uttoxeter, a Priory of Auguslinian Canons, 



