564 Marlborough Chantries and the supply of Clergy in olden days. 



deuote dicendo die lune proxim' ante festum sancti Martini 1 in hyeme 

 cum missa de Requiem in crastino sequent' ibidem imperpetuum cele- 

 brandum 2 Et quod quolibet anno ad anniuersarium predictum distri- 

 buantur vis. et viijd. inter presbiteros et pauperes ad anniuersarium 

 predictum interessentes et orantes magis indigentes per manus capellani 

 perpetui et successorum suorum pro tempore ibidem existentium. 



Item volo et 3 Oedino quod in dicta capella Sancte Katherine infra 

 ecclesiam parocliialem S. Petri le Marleborogh predictam sit una Sista 4 

 duarum Clauium in quo ponantur litere euidencie et Immunimenta 

 quecunque ac ornamenta et Jocalia magis preciosa dicte cantarie per- 

 tinencia ibidem saluo et secure custodienda Quarum Clauium vnam 

 penes Capellanum dicte cantarie pro tempore existentem et alteram 

 penes patronum aut aliquem virum ydoneum ab ipso deputatum volo 

 decetero remanere. Et quod cetera vestimenta et ornamenta ad 

 cotidianum vsum deputata ad divina officia ibidem celebranda sint in 

 custodia dumtaxat capellani eiusdem cantarie pro tempore existentis. 



Et volo quod predictus dns Will. Smyth et eius successores 

 capellani perpetui cantarie predicte habeant et quilibet eorum habeat 

 ac eidem Willielmo et eius successoribus . . do et concedo per presentes 

 pro exhibicione sustentacione seu salario aut stipendio suo ac pro 

 reparacione et emendacione predictorum Jacolium 6 et ornamentorum 

 ac pro aliis loco ipsorum cum opus fuerit inveniendis necnon ad 

 inueniendum omnia et singula pro eius imposterum necessaria ad 

 divina audienda, ut premittitur, in capella predicta dicenda et cele- 

 branda et cetera premissa faciend' et obseruand' cum Cantaria 

 predicta Omnia et singula terras et tenementa ac redditus sub- 

 scripta, viz : iii. messuagia cum suis pertinencijs unde ii. iacent in 

 Manton et vnum in Ockebourne Moysy, 6 et vij tenementa cum suis 

 pertinencijs omnibus in Marleborogh. Item x. acras terre arabilis 

 vocatis Sterryshyll et i. acram prati in Sterrys mede infra dominium de 

 Berton iuxta Marleborogh, i. paruum pratumjuxta le Bayly in Marle- 

 borogh : i. pratum iuxta Blyndelane nuper dni Walteri Hungerford, x. 

 stalla in Marleborogh predict'. Vnde ii. pro pannarijs, ii. pro Tanners, 

 ii. pro Carnificibus et iiij. pro Piscenarijs 7 seruantur. Necnon xx 

 solidatos redditus exeunt' de i. tenemento cum pertinen' in Marle- 



1 The feast of St. Martin (of Tours) in winter falls on November 11th. 

 His Translation was in summer, on July 4th. 



2 Placebo, the service of Evensong, and Dirige (whence " dirge "), that of 

 Mattins of the Dead, were so called from the opening words of an antiphon 

 in each of those services in Exequiis Defunctorum, which preceded the 

 Mass of the Departed, which had for its " antiphona ad introitum " the 

 words " Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine ; et lux perpetua luceat eis." 



3 f. 182 b . 

 4 Sista : i.e. Cista, a chest. 5 for Jocalium, i.e., jewels. 



6 Sic. Ogbourne Meysey. 

 1 Perhaps piscinarijs ivas the word intended. The next word appears 

 to be written u fuuil r -" 



