72 The Will of Thomas Polton, Bishop of Worcester, A.D. 1342. 
comode debere qd augeat* per eos in ea 
parte num’us missarum huiusmodi di- 
cendarum Et e contrario consimiliter 
defalcetur si iuxt* eorum auisamentum 
comune equitas id expostat. 
Item lego Edithe vxori Henrici Clerk 
de Marleburgh vnum nobile. Et si ipa 
sit defuncta illud lego deo Henrico. 
Itm volo qd si me superstite legatarii 
quicumque in presenti testamento nomi- 
nati infata deeesserint ipis per me relicta 
quecumque sint quo ad eos penitus pro 
non legatis et in pios vsus alios iuxt? 
discrecionemexecutorum meorum super- 
stitum vel ad complecom huius testa- 
menti et voluntatis mee vitime quo ad 
personas alias solumodo conuertenda. 
Item lego domui de Canon Ayschley 
Lincolnien dioc xl*. vt ipi specialiter 
orent pro anima mea. 
Item omnes reliquias meas quas por- 
taui de Roma in duabus paruis sacculis 
lego locis piis et Religiosis iuxta Auisa- 
mentum executorum meorum inter que 
loca volo quod Prioratum de Britelesh*m 
ee primu et Walsyngh*m et Stauerdale 
secundi. 
Volo insuper distriecius inhibendo 
quod nullus executorum meorum sub 
pera anathematis alicni debitorum meo- 
rum quorumcumque sue persone alteri 
cuicumque bona res jura aut negocia mea 
quecumque possidenti vt penes quem 
ista vel iporum aliqua existunt aliquid 
de bonis ipis debitis rebus iuribus aut 
negoclis solus donet concedat aut remit- 
tat absque consensu aliorum executorum 
superuisorumque infra nominatorum 
or ought conveniently to be celebrated, 
then the number of masses of that sort 
to be said be increased by them in that 
place, and contrariwise, in like man- 
ner be diminished, if according to their 
unanimous opinion justice requires it. 
Also, I leave to Edith, wife of Henry 
Clerk, o£ Marlborowgh, one noble, and 
if she be dead I leave it to the said 
Henry. Also, F wish that, if during 
my life any of the legatees named in 
the present Will depart this life, what- 
soever has been left to them by me shalk 
be, as far as they are concerned, entirely 
treated as no legacies, and only converted 
to other pious uses, according to the 
discretion of my surviving executors, or 
used for the completion of this Will and 
my last wishes as regards other persons. 
Also, I leave to the house of Canon 
Ayschley,* Lincoln diocese, 40s. that 
they may specially pray for my soul. 
Also, all my relics which I brought 
from Rome in two small bags, I leave 
to pious and religious plaees, aeeording 
to the discretion of my executors, among 
which places I desire that the Priory of 
Bisham shall be first, and Walsingham t 
and Staverdale second. 
I further express my wish, and most 
strictly enjoin, that none of my exe- 
cutors under pam of anathema give, 
grant, or remit, to any one of my debtors 
whomsoever, or to any other person 
whomsoever, in possession of goods, 
things, rights, or property of mine of 
any kind whatsoever, or in whose power 
those things or any of them exist, any 
of those goods, debts, things, rights, or 
property, by himself, and without the 
* Meant, I think, for Canon’s Ashby, in Northamptonshire, formerly in 
Lincoln Diocese, where was a Priory of Augustinian canons, dedicated to the 
Virgin Mary ; founded in King John’s reign, or earlier. 
Tanner. 
_} There was a famous chapel at Walsingham, dedicated to the Annunciation of 
Our Lady, built 1061 A.D. What the testator’s connection was with Walsingham, 
beyond its being a house of the Augustinians, does not appear. 
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