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ON THE CHARTERS OF CLEEVE ABBEY. 61 
loued in God, Thabbot of 0" Monast’y of Stratford, hath 
ye Rule & guyding of yo" ordre win this our said Roy"®, 
and specially of a Collage named Barnardes College, besides 
o® Vniu’site of Oxford, which, as We vnd’stodde at o' 
last being ther, proceeded right wele in buylding, We 
y’fore woll & strettly charge you, all & eu’y of you, y* 
for no singuler loue or affeccion of any p’sone, of what 
condicion or degre soeu’ he be, ye deliu’e or do to be de- 
liu’ed your contribuc’ons or benyuolence g’unted amongst 
you, but onely to ye said Abbot, or to dompn’ Rob’t Hall, 
or dompn’ Thomas Wynston, his assignes. And ou’ y* 
considered his goode & meritorious entent, that ye geue 
vnto him and ye same his assignes yo" assistence and 
fauo’s, in noo wise int’rupting nor troubling them or any of 
them, by meane ofany surmyse or sinistre enfo'macion, by 
any p’sone maliciously made, touching Thabbot of Cisteux, 
hedhous of yo" said Religion ; acertanyng you y' for there 
deelaracion by ye said Abbot, nor any other in his name, 
was neu’ sute made nor mater shewed vnto vs y! in any 
wise shuld be p’iudiciall to ye said hedehouse of any of 
you. And y* none of you p’sume or take vpon him to 
enfringe, adnulle, or disobeie suche power and auctorite con- 
e’nyng ye wele & good Ruelles of yo’ said Religion, as 
is comitted to ye said Abbot of Stratford, and to 
Thabbotes of Founteyns, Woborn, & of Clyff; but y! in 
eu’y thing ye be obeieng ye same as to yo’ duetes app'- 
teigneth, as ye desire to stande in ye fauo' of 0" grace. 
Youen, &c. the ij day of Decembre, a° p’mo.” * 
Then there is a general commission, confirming a grant 
of almost absolute power :— 
(B.) “ Thabbotes of ye ordure of Cisteux. 
* Harl. MS. 433, f. 125 b. 
