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wicli or y^ value of theyme to susteyne y*^ chargis of y^ saide hous, 

 in y^ saide chaste under iii keys lokked shalbe kepte and conserved, 

 and y° other halfe of there godes to dispose of as it liketh theyme. 



XXXIII. Item. We wull and ordeyne that y' Almes and 

 giftes of trewe Cristen men, and y' legates [legacies'] and bequestes 

 whatsoever thei be a monge theyme that be alyve, or by cause of 

 deth lefte, and such other manner thyngis, and all maner Almes 

 of Cristen trewe men to y° saide poremen and woman or to eny 

 of theyme there geven or graunted, or eny other wise in y' wey of 

 cherite or other wise disposed or brought unto theyme, hit shall 

 remayne holely to hym or to theyme to whom or to wich such 

 maner thyngis be so geven graunted or disposed withoute clayme or 

 impedyment of eny other what so ever he be to theire propre use to 

 whom they were geven or lefte as before is saide, for to be converted. 



XXXIV. And also where as we y' saide Margarete, John Cheyne 

 and John Mervyn have graunted y= maners of Chyverell Burnell 

 and Chyverell Hales, otherwise called Mochell Chyverell,* with 

 thappurtenaunces to y' saide keper, poremen and woman and to 

 their successours by authorite and power of the kyng is letters 

 patentes ; We wull and ordeyne that thissues and profites comyng 

 yerely of y" saide maners with thappurtenaunces be yerely distribute 

 under y" maner and form folluyng. 



XXXV. Furste, we wull that the saide keper resceyve yerely 

 to his own propre use of y" issues and profites of y^ said maners, 

 with xxxiii'. iv.'^ wich is assigned to hym in Haytesbury, and 

 with xK that he shall resceyve yerely in Upton Skidmore, and 

 with xviii". viii''. that he shall resceyve yerely in Warmyster, and 

 with xxiiii'. that he shall resceyve yerely at Stockley beside Calne, 

 X"., viii^, viii'^. And over y^ said x^'. that he receyve yerely, be 

 allowed for his man, xx'., so that the said keper for ye tyme beyng 

 shallyerely be allowed for hymselfex". and for his man or servantexx'. 



XXXVI. Item. We wull that y^ saide poremen and woman 

 have every wike for their brede and ale and victaille duryng y 

 season that a bushel of whete is under y' price and passe not y° 

 price of X*. a bushell, vi^ and viii"*. And if y^ pris of whete be att x^ 



1 Michel or Mochel, an old word for " Great." 



