aa 
pro animabus parentum et ffratrum 
ineorum ad continuand ibidem quatuor 
annis in celebracione hujusmodi post 
decessum meum xx" argenti Et si ipe 
hoe facere renuerit tunc volo qd alius 
capellanus ydoneus ad hoe per executores 
meos deputetur Et qd iporum quicumque 
ita celebrans pro animabus vt p’mittatur 
habeat eciam animam Willmi Belle mei 
 nuper scrutiferi specialiter recommissam 
iM missis suis nominatim et in specie. 
“Item lego Rectori de Hertylbury et 
Domino Thome capellano Cantarie ibi- 
dem Similiter et Domino Henrico ibidem 
capellano paroch xx*. cuilibet s. eorum- 
dem vnum nobile ad orandum vt supra. 
~ Item lego Amye Tedersale de London 
“paruam ymaginem beate virginis de 
_ Auro inclusam in yno tabernaculo eciam 
_de Auro ad sui memoriale vt in eo cor- 
 dialius sepiusquo de aie mee recordari 
dignabitur salute. 
—— Ttem lego -deuotissime mulieri Eve 
Seynt John Cicestren dioc q*m comuniter 
nuncupo vxorem xx mare et tabulam 
puam ligneam de beate Virgine deputa- 
celebracoe in altari here soleo positum 
_ ante me et vnum anulum bonum ad 
perpetuam rei memoriam. 
 *. 
Tem lego Johanne vxori Johannis 
of Worcester. 
By the Rev. C. Soames. 
= . 
_ * The Bishop of Worcester was feudal lord of Hartlebury Castle. 
History of Worcester, S.P.C.K. That castle is still the residence of the Bishops 
+ It is not easy to say what this lady’s position was. 
75 
Mildenhall for the souls of my parents 
and brothers, £20 of silver, for the 
purpose of continuing to do so for four 
years after my decease. And if he 
should decline that duty, then 1 desire 
that some other suitable chaplain shall 
be deputed by my executors to fulfil the 
same, and that whoever so celebrates for 
their souls as aforesaid, shall be required 
specially, and by name, to recommend 
in his masses the soul of William Bell, 
my late esquire. [ 
Also,-I leave to the Rector of Hartle- 
bury,* and to Sir Thomas, the chantry 
chaplain there, likewise to Sir Henry, 
the parish chaplain ‘there, 20s.. that is 
to say, to each of them one noble, that 
they may pray as aforesaid. 
Also, I leave to Amyas (or Amy) 
Tattersall, of London, a little image of 
the Blessed Virgin, of gold, enclosed in 
a tabernacle, also of gold, as a reminder 
to him (or her), that by it he (or she) 
shall be the more heartily and fre- 
quently moved to bearin mind the safety - 
of my soul. 
Also, I leave to that most devout 
woman, Eve St. John, of Chichester 
diocese, whom I commonly call + wife,’ 
twenty marks, and a little wooden 
picture of the Blessed Virgin, intended 
for twhich I am accustomed to have 
placed on the altar before me when 
I celebrate mass, and a good ring as a 
perpetual memorial of me. 
Also, I leave to Joanna, wife of John 
Diocesan 
Under the word “ presby- 
tera” in Migne’sLewxicon Media et Infime Latinitatis is the following :—“ Pres- 
_ byterorum uxores, eorum nempe, qui, abdicato ex consensu mutuo matrimonii usu, 
-divino cultvi se mancipabant, sacerdotes effecti, vel episcopi; femmes de prétres 
qui vivaient dans la continence apres l’ordination de leur Mari. (Converse 
uxores dicentur, quibus concessum erat in domibus clericorum habitare, quemad- 
-modum matribus aviis et sororibus: ita tamen ut a conjugibus suis ii abstinerent, 
ut est in concilio Turonensi I.) ” 
t It is difficult to translate this in the absence of the word lost or left out. 
