74 The Will of Thomas Polton, Bishop of Worcester, A.D. 1342. 
Item lego cuilibet de les Gromes meis 
comensalibus xx*. 
Item volo lego et assigno quod omnes 
familiares mei tam maiores q*m minores 
mecum existentes forsitan in partibus 
tr*nsmarinis si inibi deceder me contin- 
get tr*nseant post sepulturam mei cor- 
poris ad Regnum directo passu simul 
expensis meis sub gubernacone Senes- 
calli hospicii et clerici et aliorum in 
domo maiorum. 
Item lego Marione Evesh*m de Lon- 
don xx*. + 
Item pauperibus Wygorn Civitatis 
viriusque sexus iiij mare. 
Item lego Willmo puero meo qui stat 
apud Sussetr in studio ad exhibucoem 
suam vj marc argentisi scolas eontinuar 
velit. 
ItemJohanni Gardinere puero meo qui 
stat_ Wygorn ad sui exhibucoem iiij 
mare. 
Item Rogero puero meo apud Bristoll 
lego ij mare. 
ates lego paruo Humfrido puero meo 
commensali iiij mare ad exhibucoem 
suam. 
Item lego domino Willmo Saunders 
commensali meo paruum Jurnale meum 
quod ipemet scripsit sub illa condicione 
precise sicut et lego hic inferius Domino 
Radulpho Bolt portiforium et missale 
mea parua et non aliter nec alio modo. 
Item lego Domino Johanni Barbour 
capellano celebranti apud Myldenhale 
Also, I leave to each of my grooms 
who live in my house 20s. 
Also, I desire, leave, and appoint, that 
all my servants, great and small, who 
may chance to be living with me, in 
parts beyond the sea, if I happen to die 
there, may after my burial straightway 
cross over to this kingdom together at 
my expense, under the guidance of the 
Seneschal of the Hospice, and the clerk, 
and the other upper servants in my 
house. 
Also, I leave to Mariona Evesham, of 
London, 20s. 
Also, I leave to the poor of the city 
of Worcester, of both sexes, four marks. 
Also, to my page, * William, who is 
studying at Chichester,f for his main- 
tenance, if he wishes to continue at 
school, six marks of silver. 
Also, to John Gardiner, my page, who 
is at Worcester, for his maintenance, 
four marks. 
Also, to Roger, my page at Bristol, 
I leave two marks. 
Also, I leave to little Humphrey, my 
household page, four marks for his 
maintenance. 
Also, I leave to Sir William Saunders 
of my household, my small “ Journal,” 
which he himself wrote, on the same 
condition precisely, as I hereinafter 
leave to Sir Ralph Bolt my small brevi- 
ary and missal, and not otherwise, nor 
in any other manner. 
Also, I leave to Sir John Barbour, 
the chaplain who celebrates masses at 
it appears that his brother George died childless. 
As regards George, he suc- 
ceeded to the knight’s fee in Polton as his uncle’s heir-at-law, as proved by 
the Court Roll of Castle Combe; and his widow Isabella was his successor in the 
same. 
* It has been suggested that these “ pueri,” taken in connection with Eva St. 
John (see below), “‘ quam communiter nuncupo uxorem,” were more closely con- 
nected with the testator than as pages—but I incline to the belief that the latter 
was their real position. 
+ Sussetr—is it Cirencester=Cisceter=Circestre, ii. Dugdale, p. 356, or 
Ghichoster, elsewhere in the will spelt Cicestre P 
