18 PAPERS, ETC. 



for the chapels of Stapelgrave (Staplegrove) and S. James 

 by another secular priest, and also for the chapel of Hülle 

 Bisliop's by a third secular priest, each constantly resident 

 in the said places, and with his own proper stipend ; with 

 this reservation, that the said Prior may cause Service to 

 be performed in the chapel of S. George of Kyston, and of 

 S. James, on Sundays and holidays by some well-reputed 

 of his brethren, with the license of the bishop, in assistance 

 of the priests in masses, at least when need shall require. 

 Also we ordain that the said vicar and all his priests serv- 

 ing in the said chapels do make oath of fidelity to the said 

 Prior and rector at their admission, that they will repay 

 and refund all and singular ofFerings in the aforesaid places 

 to the Prior himself without trouble and defalcation. Also 

 we will that for the augmentation of the said vicar's por- 

 tions two quarters of corn shall be delivered to the said 

 vicar from the grange or granary of the Priory at the 

 festival of our Lord's Nativity. The ordinary charges 

 more fuUy incumbent on the said parish church the afore- 

 said religious shall duly sustain, and their portion of the 

 extraordinary according to the rating of the same. And 

 the said Prior and Convent shall provide books, vestments, 

 and other ecclesiastical furniture meet for the said chapels 

 at their own expense. Dated at Tanton, Nov. 1308." * 



In 1313 John is named as Prior. He was at that time 

 very old and infirm, and the bishop appointed two of the 

 Canons to be his coadjutors.f He is referred to, I pre- 

 sume, in the charter of the 8th of Edward HL, to be 

 noticed presently, as receiving land at Dulverton of Richard 

 de Wetenden. On the 2nd of April, 1314, he gave con- 



* MS. Harl. 6964, pp. 22, 23, 24. 

 t Archer, from Reg. Droh., f. 140. 



