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Enberitours of y^ Hungerfords hereafter, that now be or hereafter 

 shall happen to fall in poverte, be preferred to y« saide Almeshous 

 afore eny other straunge persones. And secondly, we wuU that 

 after them, that such as be or herafter shall happe to be tennantes 

 to y« saide enheritours, be preferred to y^ saide Almeshous afore 

 other persones. And after them we wall that such well disposed 

 persons as be knowen and fall into poverte and have not where- 

 withall for to lyve, be taken into y« saide hous. Alwais provyded 

 that there be no man taken into the saide hous, neither servaunte 

 nor tennante, ne other, that hath a wiff : for hit was y« wille of 

 hyra that furste ordeyned y* saide hous, that no manor man that 

 was maried shulde be admytted into the saide hous. 



XX. Furthermore we wuU and ordeyne that noone of y^ pore- 

 men and woman of y^ saide hous in eny manner wise, absents 

 hymselfe in tyme to come from y^ saide hous an hoole day, or passe 

 oute of y^ boundys of y^ parissh or of ye saide hous, without leve 

 of y« keper of ye same hous for y^ tyme beyng if he be present, or of 

 his depute in his absence, but when nede requyre it, or a nother 

 cause resonabill and approved by y^ same keper or his depute. 



XXI. Item. We sette and ordeyne that ye seke poreraen, 

 feble, and impotent of y^ saide hous, be dailly socoured and served 

 diligently by their felawis that be hole and myghty, and specially 

 by y^ woman of y^ same hous for y« tyme beyng, in all thyngis to 

 theyme behoveful and necessary. And that everich of y^ saide 

 now poremen, and j" woman, and their successours every day, 

 furste, when they shall rise out of their beddis, and y« second tyme 

 when they shall go to bedde, say kneling, three Pater nosters, 

 three Ave Maria, and a Credo, in confirmacion of y^ faith. 



XXII. Item. We wull also that everich of y^ poremen other 

 tymes of y^ day when they may beste entende and have leyser, sey 

 for y^ state and all y^ sowlis abovesaide, iii sawters of y^ most 

 glorious Virgyne Mary. Every sawter iii times, 50 aves, with xv 

 paternosters and iii credes, in confirmation of y^ feith. That is to 

 say, the furste sawter, in y<= worship of y'' great joye that our Lady 

 had when she was greted by y^ Aungell Gabriell, and immediattly 

 conceyved with y^ Sone of God. The seconde sawter in the worship 



