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COMPOSITION BETWEEN THE VICAR OF GLUVIAS AND THE 

 BURGESSES OF PENRYN, A.D. 1322. 



Communicated by J. D. ENYS, with introduction by H. M. JEFFERY, Vice-President. 



This deed contains the judgment of the Bishop's deputy 

 respecting two subjects of dispute, (1) the portion of the 

 oblations or contributions received in the chantry of the chapel 

 of the Virgin Mary in the town of Penryn, which was due 

 to the Vicar of the mother church of Gluvias; (2) the best 

 upper-garments of the dead, which seems to have been an 

 unusual claim. The Bishop's court was held in Glasney 

 College ; the vicar of St. Gluvias pleaded in person, the vicar of 

 the Collegiate church of Glasney, a townsman, (Sir Andrew de 

 Penryn) represented the Burgesses, and judgment was given 

 by the Official or Deputy of Bishop Stapeldon. (Bp. 1308-1326). 



The deed belongs to J. D. Enys, Esq., of Enys, who procured 

 a legible transcript and a translation from Mr. John A. C. 

 Vincent in 1877.* The copies of both documents — the latter of 

 which is hereinafter printed — were sent to this Institution by 

 Mr. S. Enys, last year when, he paid a short visit to England from 

 Australia, and enriched the Institution with many valuable 

 presents. 



* This gentleman also translated the Cartulary of Glasney Colleges for Mr. 

 Jonathan Rashleigh of Menabilly, its present possessor, who published it in the 

 Journal of the Eoyal Institution of Cornwall, Vol. VI, p. 213. 



