80 The Will of Thomas Polton, Bishop of Worcester, A.D, 1342, 
disponandas marito in eis nullum in- 
t’esse quomodolibet habituro. 
Et si quisq* ex executoribus meis 
supius nominatis recuset officiu adminis- 
tracionis huiusmodi tune volo quodCleri- 
cus ineus de coquina Johannes Rammes- 
bury succedat in locum suum et sit 
coadmipistrator sicut alii superius ex- 
pressati habiturus plenam administra- 
cois potestatem sicut et aliquis ex eis 
cui Johanni tunc relinquo et here volo 
xx mare pro laboribus suis, 
In quorum omniu et singulorum 
superius inpertorum et specificatorum 
testiom atque fidem Ego Thomas testa- 
tor antedcus hoc presens testamentum 
meum vlitimam continens voluntatem 
sigille mei ob ——appensione muniri fe- 
ceram ac signoti mei impressione in eius 
dorso signavi Necnon et ipi testamento 
clauso sigillum armorum meorum sup*- 
posui eciam cum adiecto signeto. Dat 
London et claus Sexto die Mensis De- 
cembr Anno Domini Millesimo Quadri- 
gentissimo Tricessimo secundo, 
disposal, her husband not being allowed 
to have any interest in them whatsoever. 
And if any of my executors above- 
named refuse the office of such adminis- 
tration, I desire that my Clerk of the 
Kitchen, John Ramsbury, do succeed 
in his place, and be a co-administrator 
like the others above-mentioned. and 
that he have full power of administration 
the same as any of them; to which | 
John, in that case, I leave 20 marks, 
and I desire him to have them for his 
trouble. 
In testimony and confirmation of all 
and singular the above commanded and 
specified [provisions] I, Thomas, the 
testator aforesaid, have caused this my 
present Will, containing my last wishes, 
to be protected, by appending to it my 
seal, and IJ have signed it on the back 
with the impression of my signature. 
And besides, I have placed the seal of 
my arms on the covering of the Will and 
have also added my signature. Given 
and closed at London, the sixth day of 
the month of September, A.D. one 
thousand four hundred and thirty-two. 
Tenore presencium Nos Henricus per- 
missione divina Cantvarien Archiepus 
tocius Anglie Primas et Apostolice sedis 
legatus. Notum facimus vniversis qd 
xvili™? die Mensis Octobris Anno 
Domini Millimo cece™? xxxiij™. In 
Manerio nro de Lambeth Exhibitum 
fuit coram nobis testamentum bone 
memorie Domini Thome Polton 
vitimi Epi Wigorn defuncti pre- 
sentibus annexum quod quidem testa- 
mentum examinauimus illudque rite 
et legitime coram nobis probatum appro- 
bavimus insinuauimus et pronunciaui- 
mus pro valore eiusdem [ &e., &c. | 
By the tenor of these presents we, 
Henry,*by divine permissionArchbishop 
of Canterbury, Primate of all England, 
and legate of the Apostolic see, make 
known to all men,that on the eighteenth 
day of the month of October, A.D. 1433, 
in our Manor of Lambeth, the Will of the 
Lord Thomas Polton, of good memory, 
the late Bishop of Worcester, deceased, 
was exhibited before us, which is annexed 
to these presents; which Will we have 
examined ; and it having been duly and 
lawfully proved before us, we have ap- 
proved it, published (or registered) it, 
and pronounced for its validity[ &c.,&c.f] 
* Henry Chichele, Archbishop, 1414—43. 
_ + The lady who copied the will for me says :—‘ there is a long rigmarole at 
the end of the will which I did not transcribe, but only took out the dates,” 
