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Cheverell and Cheverell. And that ther be holden every year 2 

 cortis. And also that y= Stuard shall yerely oones betwixte 

 Myghelraasse and Martynmasse, take th accountes of the Fermours 

 and Revis of y'" said Lordshippes. And all the rentis, revenous 

 and casualtees of y'' said Maners, to be rescej'ved and take by y' 

 keper of y'' saide hous, and that the saide keper make and yelde 

 accomptes of ye same resce3'te8 from yere to yere before y' saide 

 Stuard, by Seint Andrew's day : so that hit be understood and 

 knowen how the revenous of y'^ said Lordshippes be resceyved and 

 spente. And that such monay as shalbe resceyved be destribute 

 and expended yerely accordyng to this our present ordynaunce. 

 And that therbe yerely a clere boke of accomptes made in dewe 

 forme writen in parchement of the saide resceyving. The wich 

 Stuard we wuU shall have yerely for holding of the said Courtis, 



and for takyng of y" said accomptez And his clerk .... for 



his labour, wich we wull shall yerely be payed by y*^ saide keper 

 upon thende and y"" determynacyon of the saide accomptes, and 

 no rather \_sooner]. Provyded alway that atte every audite y^ 

 monay that is above th'expens and paymentes be putte in y^ cheste 

 vi^ith the iii keyes aforesaide. 



XVI. Item. We wull and ordeyne that all y« Kepers of ye 

 forsaide hous in their furste admyssion of the same hous to all and 

 every thyng as is by us above reherced, sette, and ordeyned for to 

 be kepte and observed, they and eche of theyme make an othe 

 upon y^ holy Evangelists and Gospels, as to that that perteyneth 

 to theyme or eny of theyme in this partye, before ye saide Deane 

 or his depute in this partye : and also in ye presence of y^ saide 

 Margarete during her liff after their admyssion as soon as they . 

 shall move convenyently. Of y« wich othe y« forme folueth upon 

 these wordes : — " I — A. B., adraytted to be Gustos or Keper of 

 y^ Alraeshous and porefolk in Haitesbury swere and make feith 

 upon these gospellis of God by me bodely touched that I shall, 

 in as much as in me is, observe and kepe the laudabill ordynances 

 writynges and statutes by Margarete that was ye wiff of Robard 

 late Lorde Hungerford, Knight, John Cheyne of Pynne, and John 

 Mervyn Equyers, made and ordeyned : so God me helps and these 

 holy gospels." 



