WILL OF THOMAS PABINGTON. 8l 



almes offering distribucion to prestis, clerkf , and all oder necessarys 

 for funerall expencf, I remitt to the discrecion of myne executors 

 and supervisoure or the most parte of them, requiryng them it to 

 be doon honestely. Also I will that dettf by me due be paid. 

 And if any persone complaine of extorcion or wrong by me doon 

 that upon due prove made of the same, that satisfaccion and 

 recoinpens be made. Also that iij trentallf be said for my soule 

 at the Savoy in I.ondon incontenent after my deceas. Also I 

 will that vij. prcstf the first yere after my diceas, such as myne 

 executors and supervisour or the more part of them shall name or 

 apoynt, have every of them x. s. to this entent — that every of them 

 shall oon daye in the weke saye Placebo, and Direge, and Masse 

 of Requiem, for my soule, and all Xpen soules, and every of them 

 to have a severall day apoynted. And the residue of all other my 

 goodf not bequeathed, I will that myne execute's and supervisour 

 dispose amongf poore people to pray for me, and to the fynding 

 of such poore men and wymen as [ have apoynted duryng theire 

 lyves. And in exhibicion and fyndyng of poore scolers in both 

 Universities of Oxenford and Cambryge after this maner ; that every 

 scoler of xv. scolers, besydis other scolers that I kepte before 

 tyme, have yerely xxvj. s. viij. d. that is, quarterly to every of them 

 vj. s. viij.d. chargyng them to pray for the soules of Sir John 

 Babyngtnn of Chilwell Knyght, Henry Babyngton doctor in Divinite, 

 my soule, Thomas Babyngton, Edith and Margery my wife, John 

 Urmond^'= soule, Sir Robert Gregory prest, and all Xpen soules, 

 saying every daye for the soules above reherssed De Profundis, and 

 ones in a quarter, Placebo and Direge, and such as be prestis Placebo 

 Dirige and Masse and maist Henry Bullock, to have the nomi- 

 nacion of the same scolers in the said Universities w' the advise 

 of myne executo's and supervisour or the more parte of them. 

 And the said Master Bullocke to have yerely for his' labo' xl. s. 

 And this to be doon yerely as long as my goodf will serve for the 

 same, havyng regard to oder dedis of charite aboute hye wayes 

 and oder meritorious dedf, by the advise of myne execute's and 



* John Orinond, father of his eldest son's first tvife. — Ed. 



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