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dyvyne service and other orisons and prayers synguler days in the 

 parissh Church of Haitesbury beforesaide, and to do other thyngis 

 after our ordinauncez that in this parte shall be done, as in our 

 letters foluying shall playnly be conteyned : 



Know ye now that we certayne statutes and ordynauncez for y' 

 goode state, governaunce and concervation of the saide hous, bi 

 strenth, licence, and graunte of y° Kyngis letters patentes before 

 saide, have made, sette, and ordeyned, by these present letters ever- 

 more to endure for all tymes to come. 



I. Furste. That is to say, we wuU and ordeyne that the Dean 

 of the Cathedrale Church of Salisbury with the Chanons residens 

 in y° same for y' tyme beyng, have power for to remove y" keper 

 of y° same hous, whatsoever he be, for his notible defaute, cry me, or 

 excesse founde in hym, and lawfully convicte of the same fro y' 

 keping of y^ same hous for evermore. 



II. Item. Furthermore we wull, sette and ordeyne, that if y' 

 keper of y° saide hous, what so ever he be, be a waster, a riotour, 

 or a myspender of eny of y^ godes or lyvelode of y° saide hous, or 

 be openly forsworne for not keping of such manor statutes, or and 

 he be an open fornycatour or adoutrer, or that he wull not be cor- 

 rected, or use the alehouses, taverne, or tavernes, custumably in 

 tymes inconvenient, or and he use comen hunting, or other inhonest 

 playes [as of the Dees, cartes, or of the hande ball] commonly 

 excercise or haunte : or and he be a debatefull man or noted in eny 

 cryme that shulde cause eny infamye, or desclaunder to y' Church 

 or to y^ saide hous, and may not lawfully therof make his purgation 

 or otherwise of the same, or in eny of y° premyssez be lawfully 

 xonvicte, he shall by the same, all remedies of the lawe set a side, 

 be removed fro y' said hous, and of the right, profite and title that 

 he had therof bifure, utterly pryved. 



III. And furthermore, we wull and ordeyne that neyther y' 

 keper that now is ne eny of his successors, kepers of the saide hous 

 in eny wise absent hym selfe in tyme to come fro the saide hous 

 over a moneth in y^ yere contynuelly, or els such tymes as he shalbe 

 proveably occupied in y' nedis of y" hous, withoute leve of y^ saide 

 Margarete while she lyveth : and after hir discesse withoute leve 



