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i st. That the said prior and his successors, for the 

 time being, honeste exhibebunt of the fruits and profits of 

 the priorship, "eidem esculenta et poculenta," while he 

 remained in the Priory "sub consimili portione eorun- 

 dem prout convenientur priori," for the time being, 

 ministrari contigerit ; and in like manner uni famulo, 

 whom he should choose to wait on him, as to the ser- 

 vientibus of the prior. 



Item. " Invenient seu exhibebunt eidem unam honestam 

 cameram," in the Priory, "cum socalibus necessariis seu 

 opportunis ad eundem." 



Item. We will, ordain, &c., to the said P. Berne an 

 annual pension of ten marks, from the revenue of the 

 Priory, to be paid by the hands of the prior quarterly. 



The bishop decrees farther, that John Sharp, and his 

 successors, shall take an oath to observe this injunction, 

 and that before their installation. 



"Lecta et facta sunt haec in quodam alto oratorio," 

 belonging to the bishop at Suthwaltham, May 25, 1478, in 

 the presence of John Sharp, who gave his assent, and then 

 took the oath before witnesses, with the other oaths before 

 the chancellor, who decreed he should be inducted and 

 installed ; as was done that same day. 



How John Sharp, alias Glastonbury, acquitted himself 

 in his priorship, and in what manner he made a vacancy, 

 whether by resignation, or death, or whether he was re- 

 moved by the visitor, does not appear ; we only find that 

 some time in the year 1484 there was no prior, and that 

 the bishop nominated canon Ashford to fill the vacancy. 



