76 The Will of Thomas Polton, Bishop of Worcester, A.D. 1342. 
Croke de Okeborn prope Marleburgh 
unam de Robis meis et anulum aureum 
pro suo statu. 
Item lego Domino Priori ecclie Coven- 
tren moderno si tune superstes sit et non 
aliter ad orandum et disponendum pro 
anima mea et facere disponi xx mare 
argenti quia in eius benigna deuocione 
et affectione bona summe confido. 
Item lego Domino Thome ffelde ca- 
pellano_Rectori ecclie sancti Martini 
Wygorn ij mare ad orandum ete. 
Item lego Domino Radulphi Bolt 
capella meo Portiforium et missale mea 
portitura pro tempore vite sue. Et qd 
postea tradantur et assignentur yni al- 
teri capellano bono et devoto sub illa 
condicione tantum quod ipe ad vite sue 
tempus oret specialiter_ pro anima mea 
et aliis supradcis. Et qd in omni missa 
sua vnam deuotam et specialem habeat 
colleam pro anima mea. Et conse- 
quenter post sui mortem fiat in eisdem 
libris vni tercio capellano deuoto. 
Ttem lego Serenissimo Principi Domi- 
no meo graciosissimo dno Duci Glou- 
cestr c. mare vt si quisq*m executoribus 
meis in libere disponend bonis meis im- 
pedimentum inferr presumpserit aut 
iniurias eis aut michi in bonis meis com- 
mitter velletipe propicius eis protector 
et defensor graciosus ee dignetur Resi- 
duum vero omniu bonorum meorum hoe 
presenti testamento fideliter adimpleto 
lego in pios vsus pro mee et aliorum 
superius nominatorum animarum salute 
executorum meorum et superuisorum 
Cook, of Ogbourne, near Marlborough, 
one of my robes and a gold ring, ac- 
cording to her rank. 
Also, I leave to the present Lord Prior 
of the Church of Coventry,* if he be 
then alive, and not otherwise, twenty 
marks of silver, to pray and spend, and 
cause to be spent, for my soul, because 
I have the utmost confidence in his 
friendly devotion and kind affection- 
Also, I leave to SirThomas Field,chap- 
lain, Rector of the Church of St. Mar- 
tin, Worcester, two marks, to pray, ete 
Also, I leave to Sir Ralph Bolt, my 
chaplain, my breviary and missal, to be 
carried about by him for the term of his 
life, and afterwards they are to be de- 
livered and assigned to another good and 
devout chaplain, only upon the same con- 
dition, that for the term of his life he 
specially prays for mine and the other 
above-mentioned souls; and that in 
each of his masses he has one devout 
and special collect for my soul; and, in 
succession after his death,the same thing 
shall be done with those books in respect 
of a third devout chaplain. 
Also, I leave to the most serene 
Prince, my most gracious master, the 
Lord Duke of Gloucester,t one hundred 
marks, in order that, if anyone shall 
presume to put any impediment in the 
way of my executors, in the free dis- 
position of my goods, and shall desire 
to do any injury to them or to me in 
respect of my property, he may con- 
descend to be a favourable protector and 
gracious defender of them. The residue, 
indeed, of all my property after this 
present Will has been faithfully carried 
* The Benedictine priory at Coventry was founded 1048, by Leofric, Earl of 
Mercia, and his lady, Godiva, in honour of the Blessed Virgin Mary, S. Peter, 
and 8. Osburgh. 
+ “Humphrey Plantagenet, called the ‘Good Duke Hastie youngest son 
of King Henry IV. Created in Parliament Duke of Gloucester and Earl of 
Pembroke for life, 16th May, 1414. 
honours became extinct.” 
K.G. Murdered 1446, s.p., when his 
Historic Peerage of England. 
