58 The Will of Thomas Polton, Bishop of Worcester, A.D. 1842. 
de Baudekyn cum toto apparatu al- 
taris de eadem secta et vnum calicem 
cum duobus vreolis + et deosculatorio 
argenteis et vno corporali n°non vas 
pro aqua benedicta duo candelabra 
et tintinabliu de Laton ecclie beate 
marie de Marleburgh ibidem perpetuo 
remansura, Et xlii mare argenti ita 
quod vicarius et custodes et custodes 
ecclie bonorum eiusdem aut parochiani 
faciant securitatem de inueniendo vnum 
capellanum ydoneum ad spaliter cele- 
brand in Capella virginis gliose eiusdem 
ecclie per quinquenniu px sequens 
mortem suam pro anima mea ac anima- 
bus supradcis Ita tamen quod vesti- 
menta et prespecificata perpetuo re- 
maneantadsumumaltareibm Et quod 
in precibus inibi missarum tempore 
populo exponend eis sim nominatim 
specialiter recommissus Et quod per 
pochianos ibidm aliud par vestiment- 
orum competens ac cetera necessaria 
cum quibus per dem quinquenniu ipe 
capellanus in Capella predca honeste 
celebrare possit realiter ordinentur. 
Item lego Rectori de Myldenhale qui- 
cumque fuerit mortis mee tempore x solid 
sterlingorum pro decimis oblitis de tem- 
pore quo apudPolton remansi Ite lego ca- 
pellano parocbiali ibidem si quis tuncfu'it 
Bawdekin*with the whole furniture for 
the altar of the same suit, and one 
chalice with two cruets and a deos- 
culatorium f of silver, and one corporal, 
also a vessel for holy water, two candle- 
sticks, and a bell of Latten,§ to the 
Church of the Blessed Mary, at Marl- 
borough, to remain there in perpetuity ; 
also, forty-two marks of silver in 
order that the vicar and church- 
wardens and keepers of the goods 
of the same Church or the parishi- 
oners may make certain of finding a 
suitable chaplain to specially celebrate 
[mass] in the Chapel of the Glori- 
ous Virgin of the said Church, for the 
five years next following my death, for 
my soul and the above-mentioned souls, 
so as to secure that the vestments and 
above-mentioned articles belong in per- 
petuity to the high altar there, and that 
I may be specially recommended by name 
in the prayers offered up by the people 
there at the time of mass, and that 
there be actually provided by the pa- 
rishioners there another sufficient set of 
vestments and other necessaries with 
which that Chaplain may properly cele- 
brate mass in the above-named Chapel 
for the said five years. 
Also, I leave to whoever may be Rector|| 
of Mildenhall at the time of my death 
ten shillings sterling for tithes for- 
gotten] during the time I lived at 
Polton. Also I leave to the Parish 
a 
* Baudekin. Tissue or cloth of gold, with figures embroidered in silk. Bailey’s 
Dictionary. 
+ Apparently the transcriber’s error for urceolis. 
ft Called a Pax. A tablet, or board, on which is a representation of Christ, the 
Virgin Mary, or some saint, which is kissed by the priest and people at the _ 
celebration of the mass. 
§ Latten—a composition of metal, very like brass. 
|| John Heele was Rector 1430—1462. 
~ @ In “ Wells Wills, by Weaver,” ave numerous instances of payments to be 
made in respect of “ tythes forgotten,” 
See also below (p. 64). 
