68 The Will of Thomas Polton, Bishop of Worcester, A.D. 1842. 
de Bryggewater Wellen dioc xl’. distrib- 
uend inter Magistrum et confratres vt 
ipi celebrent vt supra. 
Item lego pauperibus Monialibus de 
Munthyn barewe xx‘. et pauperibus 
monialibus siue sororibus de Iuilchestre 
XXxé, 
Item lego cuilibet ordini fratram in 
Oxon I*, videlicet cuilibet iparum domo- 
rum Priori xl‘. toto pecuniarum residuo 
inter ffratres eiusdm domus equaliter 
diuidendo vt in qualibet domorum ipa- 
rum faciant celebrari cum festinacoe 
qua possent cc missia pro mea et aliis 
supradcis animabus. 
Item lego Domino Syuete nuper vi- 
cario ecclie bte marie Marleburgh duas 
pecias argenteas et librum qui vocatur 
pupilla oculi. 
Item lego Priori de Staverdale Batho- 
nien divc cuius domus ffrater existo 
vnam marcam argenti et cuilibet ca- 
nonico ibidem ynum nobile et quinque 
marcas ad reparacoem Prioratus ad oran- 
dum pro anima mea et aliis supradcis et 
si aliqui viri Religiosi de supradcis aut 
hic inferius expresssatis renuerint per- 
ren of Bridgwater,* in Wells diocese, 
40s., to be distributed among the Master 
and Brethren that they may celebrate 
[masses] as aforesaid. 
Also, I leave to the poor Nuns of 
Minchin Barrow,t 20s., and to the poor 
Nuns or Sisters of Ilchester, 20s.f 
Also, I leave to every order of Breth- 
ren in Oxford 50s., viz., to each Prior of 
the houses themselves, 40d., the whole of 
the rest of the moneyto be divided equally 
among the Brethren of the same house, 
in order that in each of those houses 
they may,as quickly as possible,celebrate 
two hundred masses for mine and the 
other afore-mentioned souls. 
Also, I leave to Sir Syvet, lately Vicar 
of the Blessed Mary at Marlborough, 
two pieces of silver [plate] and a book 
which is called “ Pupilla oculi.” § 
Also, I leave to the Prior of Staver- 
dale,|| in Bath diocese, of which house 
I ama brother, one mark of silver, and 
to each canon there one noble, and five 
marks, for the repair of the priory, so 
that they may pray for my soul and the 
other aforementioned souls; and if any 
of the above and hereinafter-mentioned 
* There was an Augustinian house at Bridgwater for “ tredecem pauperes preeter 
religiosos et peregrinos. Dugdale. 
+ Bearwe, or Minchin Barrow, Somerset. A Benedictine nunnery, founded 
before 1200 A.D. See Dioc. Hist. Bath and Wells, p. 82, for the behaviour 
of the nuns and their prioress. 
{ Leland says “there is a free Chapelle in the towne.’ It seems to have been 
at first a hospital, for one William Dacus gave the White Hall in Ivelchester, and 
other houses and lands, for founding a hospital for poor travellers, to the house of 
the Blessed Trinity between A.D. 1217—20, It was afterwards changed into a 
house of religious women under the government of a prioress, who was styled 
* Priorissa de Alb& Aula in Ivelchester,” 17 Ed, II. Tanner's Notitia. - 
§ “ Pupilla oculi.” This was a book of instructions for clergymen in all their 
functions and duties, written about 1385 by John de Burgo D.D. Chancellor of 
Cambridge University. Printed, Paris, 1510, and elsewhere repeatedly. Mosheim, 
eel, Hist., ii, 651. ; 
|| Staverdale, near Bath, founded by Sir R. St. Maur. John de Palton, miles, 
1351, held some of its land. Dugdale, ii., 308. 
