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mented over y® reprises, or and hit happe eny of them to be promoted 

 to eny Spirituell benefice or office, that thanne y® said poreman so 

 agmented or promoted by y® same be removed owte of y^ seide 

 hous. And a nother poreman by y saide Margerete while she 

 lyveth, and after hir death by y^ saide John Mervyn or oone or other 

 to whom the admyssion of such a poreman, ther to be sette and 

 and admitted, shall for y^ tyme pertayne, in y® place of y® poremen 

 BO removed be admytted or sette yn. 



XXYIII. Item. We wull and ordeyne that if eny of y^ saide 

 poremen be agmented to his lyvelode within y® somme of iiii. marks 

 yerely over y^ reprises after his admyssion into y^ said hous casuelly 

 as before is saide in rentis and proventis temporell, that than halfe 

 of that somme, withoute gile and fraude in eny partye goyng 

 betwene, be put every yere in the comen cheste ther, and be con- 

 verted and turned to y' reparacion and use of y® saide hous. And 

 y« poreman so agmented have that other halfe of y*^ said somme 

 with y^ portion of a poreman there opteyned and assygned to hym 

 bifore and be contente of y^ same. Or ellis y^ poreman that wull 

 not kepe this ordynaunce shall for y* same be removed fro the 

 saide hous, and a nother be preferred and depute in his place. 

 Also that no leepre be admytted or putte unto y® saide hous. And 

 if eny such poremen or woman of the saide hous after y^ tyme of 

 his admyssion in the same be enfecte of a leepre or eny long seke- 

 nesse shallbe grevous or noyous to his felowis, by y® saide Margarete 

 while she lyveth, and after hir deth by y*^ saide keper for y* tyme 

 beyng shall be soberly removed : so that he enfecte not his other 

 felowis or to errour or lothnesse theyme provoke : and be carred 

 to a nother place where he may be resceyved. And to resceyve as 

 long as he lyveth, cotidian distributions for his foode and bodely 

 sustynance to hym before assigned and graunted : and alwey be 

 taken and called of y" nombre of y" said xii poremen and woman 

 alway during his liff, so y' nombre of poremen in Haytesbury be 

 not agmented. 



XXIX. Furthermore we wull and ordeyne that the woman of 

 y^ saide hous for y® tyme beyng be as Suster huswifi" of y^ same 

 hous as in wasshing and other like thyngis convenyente and apper- 



