64 The Will of Thomas Polton, Bishop of Worcester, A.D. 1342. 
Item lego c. personis eccliarum paroch 
mee dioc Rectoribus seu vicariis aut cap- 
ellanis pauperioribus et magis indigenti- 
bus xx mare videlicet eorum cuilibet ij* 
viij?, aut si tantus numerus talium per- 
sonarum non reperiatur tune voloqd dis- 
buatur pecunia iuxta numerum person- 
arum videlicet cuilibet persone ij*. viij4. 
ad orandum proanima mea vt supra In 
quibus omnibus non fit accepcio person- 
arum prout coram deo respondere volu- 
erint executores mei. 
Item lego c.*. ad faciend ymaginem 
Sancti Michaelis honestam magnam 
et devotam ac principalem in ecclia 
paroch de Milverton Bathonien dioc 
si ad tantum ascendant expense. 
Item lego pauperibus Monialibus de 
Kanyngton videlicet ad reparacoem 
iporum Prioratus xl*. 
Item lego ad reparacoem Cancelliecclie 
de Weston super mare Bathon dioc que 
quondam fuerit mea c.*. 
Item lego vicario sancti Cuthberti 
Well quicumque fuerit pro oblitis deci- 
mis pro tempore inibi steteram in officiis 
xx*, Ita quod pie remittat ipius ecclie 
it be held for the purpose of the above- 
mentioned duties being executed, ful- 
filled, and faithfully performed by some 
other honest person in priest’s orders, 
to be appointed by my executors, or by 
the deceased himself for that particular 
object, a proper security having been 
received from him on that behalf before 
he leaves this kingdom. 
Also, I leave to one hundred parochial 
incumbents of the Churches in my dio- 
cese, being rectors, vicars, or chaplains, 
who are the poorest or most in want, 
twenty marks: viz., to each of them 
2s. 8d.; or, if that number of such 
persons be not found, then I desire that _ 
a sum of money according to the num- 
ber of the incumbents be distributed, 
viz., to each incumbent, 2s. 8d., to pray 
for my soul as above; among all of 
whom no distinction of persons shall be 
made, as my executors wish to answer 
before God. 
Also, I leave 100s. to make a hand- 
some, large, and sacred and prominent 
image of S. Michael in the Parish 
Church of Milverton, in the diocese of 
Bath, if the expense comes to as much. 
Also, I leave to the poor nuns. of 
Kannington* 40s. for the repair of that 
Priory. 
Also, I leave for the repair of the 
chancel of the Church of Weston-Super- 
Mare,f in the diocese of Bath, which 
was formerly mine, 100s. 
Also, I leave to the Vicar of S. 
Cuthbert’s, Wells, whoever he may be, 
for tythes forgotten during the time I 
was in office there, 20s., on condition 
* There was a house of Benedictine Nuns at Cannington, near Bridgwater, 
‘dedicated to the Blessed Virgin, 
was Sewer to Empress Maud. 
and also as to Ilchester. 
It was founded by Robert de Courey, who 
See Diocesan Hist. Bath and Wells, p. 80, 
+I cannot find when the testator was incumbent of Weston-Super-Mare, or 
what offices he held at S. Cuthbert’s, Wells. 
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